Best Friends with Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata - Sasheer’s Got a New Breakfast Sandwich w/ Punam Patel
Episode Date: July 10, 2024Hey there friends! This week, Nicole and Sasheer welcome Comedian, Actress and their good friend Punam Patel on the show. She shares fun stories from her time traveling with Nicole through Europe, wil...dest audience reactions from performing on stage and her and Nicole’s gelato obsession. Sasheer shares her new favorite breakfast sandwich, everyone starts solving riddles and we discover the real meaning behind Randy Newman’s song “Short People.” It’s not as bad as it sounds. This was recorded on June 28th, 2024. No BuzzFeed quiz this week. Email or call Nicole & Sasheer with your friendship questions at:424-645-7003nicoleandsasheer@gmail.com Sources: Countries asking for their artifacts backhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/africa-stolen-artifacts-colonial-deaccessioning-repatriation/ Gelato was invented in Florence Italyhttps://electrofreeze.com/history-of-gelato/ Talenti Gelato & Soberthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talenti Sikeston, Missourihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikeston,_Missouri Randy Newman’s “Short People”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_People Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link https://siriusxm.com/friends and code FRIENDS.
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Well, this is a good, this is a good time to start.
Yes.
Hello, Sushir.
Hi, Nicole.
This is Best Friends, and we're interviewing our friend.
Yes, Poonam Patel.
Yes, Poonam Patel is an Emmy Award-nominated actor, writer, and comedian.
She's also Indian, which she loves.
This was written for me.
Which she loves?
Yes, which this says she is also Indian, which she loves.
I wrote that.
Oh.
And so I guess it's true.
On your Wikipedia?
Doesn't your team have a bio they have to send out yeah so i was like well let me write it because they wrote it and then i edited it and i feel
like that should be part of my bio that's yeah we should know that you love it people might think i
hate it that's also an option and she's also indian which she hates. But I'm gonna read. Don't tell anyone.
I'm just gonna read some of the things you've done.
I love that for you.
World's best special ghost space force,
curb your enthusiasm, Kevin from work,
I feel bad, the cool kids, American dad,
big city greens, a royal detective,
and you're from Florida.
Who knew someone from Florida could achieve so much?
Which she does not love as much as being Indian.
That's so funny.
Wait, did you edit your bio?
I think I did, yeah.
I didn't.
And I'm constantly surprised by things on it.
I'm like, oh, we thought this below?
Okay.
Yeah.
I think I like editing it because I also want to put
what I am the most proud of on there
and not just what someone thinks
should be at the forefront, you know?
Yeah.
Because they lead with some odd stuff sometimes.
Yeah.
I'm like, I don't value this.
Yeah, or like, I did that 20 years ago.
I don't really care about it anymore.
Leading with my pop TV show.
R.I.P. Pop TV.
Bye, Pop TV.
It popped. And it stopped. That. Pop TV. My Pop TV. It popped.
And it stopped.
That's so funny, Sashir.
That got me late.
You said it and like a beat happened.
I was like, once you pop, you can't stop.
And they popped and it stopped.
Wow.
Wow.
Maybe I should put on my bio that I found dolphin earrings that go through your ears.
Oh, you did?
Oh.
Wow.
Yeah. It's like they're swimming through your body. Yes. The dolphins are inside me. Well, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you so
much. Oh, my goodness. Poonam, thank you for being here. Thanks for having me. It feels fun just to
hang out. I met Poonam
doing a pilot.
Oh yeah. Years ago. It's not in my bio.
Why would it be?
It never aired. No one knew
about it.
What year was that? 2017?
2018?
2017?
2017?
I think so. It was before I actually actually lived out here so i think it's 2017
okay yeah yeah yeah yeah and you were my work bestie yes i worked in a law firm i don't remember
any law stuff happening i don't remember law stuff either because i too was there watching
oh right and there was a dog that wouldn't cooperate and it was a multi-cam and i
was like why are we trusting this dog to perform in front of people because dogs like do well in
ratings and so we put a dog you know who else was in that sabrina carpenter which is wild you guys
should do a reunion with her i'm sure she remembers i do remember her being a joy but she was also
was she 19?
no
she was so young
she was really young
and she was supposed to be like
the roommate of these
grown ass men
grown men
and I was like
what?
what's the logic here?
I don't understand
how did this happen?
how did they meet?
I don't know
questions were never answered
what if before every concert
she talks about that pilot
she was like
I was once in a pilot with these old people.
I wish I would have gone.
I'm a pop star.
She just adds this to the list of like weird jobs I did before I was super famous.
Yeah.
Literally.
It was something.
Yeah.
My whole storyline on it was, you know, because I'm Indian.
Yeah.
And you love it. And I love it. And they acknowledged it, which is, you know, because I'm Indian. Yeah.
And you love it.
And I love it.
And they acknowledged it, which is, you know, we love when they do that.
It was like my character agreed to go on like a hundred dates that my parents set up so then I can date whoever I want.
So there's just all these random miscellaneous Indian extras in like a couple scenes.
In each scene, yeah.
And like after every date, I rejected them and gave them an Xbox.
And that's like all I remember from this.
Yeah.
I love this character.
Her family knows a hundred people.
I don't know a hundred people
that I would send on a date with anybody.
And you have Xbox money?
My parents could set me up with 100 Patels tomorrow.
Really?
Yeah.
It's a whole network.
Wow. Wow. That, yeah. It's a whole network. Wow.
Wow.
That, yeah.
I mean, my parents are dead, so they can't set me up with anybody.
But I don't think.
Not this laugh.
Not this laugh.
She got caught in the loop.
She can't get out of it.
Strange loop. I'm in a strange loop. She can't get out of it. Strange loop.
I'm in a strange loop, which I saw last night.
I just saw it on Wednesday.
Wasn't it great?
Have you seen this this year?
I have not.
You got to see it before June 30th.
Okay.
It's leaving town.
Well, then I'm not going to see it.
I'm so sorry.
But you might be able to get last minute tickets.
Yeah.
Yeah.
If you're not doing something on a night, you have to go.
Wow. It was so fun. I'm sure I'll see it at some point in my life okay okay fair wait what was your audience
like interesting they didn't laugh as hard as i thought they should have mine were laughing at
all the wrong parts they laughed at a couple wrong because they're so uncomfortable yeah it was like
a lot of like rich white people i think that probably have like season tickets to the Amazons. They're like, what's this one this week?
Oh, what's a strange loop?
And like audible reactions, which I was like, OK, people are allowed to react.
That's a point of art.
But some of it I was like, shut up.
Yeah.
I was confused by some of the reactions.
I was like, oh, so you've never heard someone else's story.
No.
You've like you just can't relate to it the protagonist is a
fat queer uh black man writing a musical about that and it's very it's like meta but also
relatable and it was so wild that people were like yeah it was just some things they were like
ha ha oh oh and then uh two old people walked they were like they were waving their hands like uh
waving their hands by their head as they left.
I think to be like, not for us.
Yeah.
We don't like telling the audience.
Why did they need to telegraph that?
Because they were like, we're not racist, but it's not for us.
But it wasn't like, it wasn't something that was so salacious or like, like there wasn't anything happening that I was like, oh my God, I can't believe.
Like it was.
Well, there is an anal sex scene.
Yeah.
But like, that's just because like queer sex hasn't been normalized.
Right.
But like it was a really intense scene.
And after that scene happened, I don't want to spoil, but it's like a very intense scene.
This woman in the audience just goes, oh, wow.
And then everyone started laughing.
And I was like like this is not as
that funny yeah and i felt for the actors because i'm like these are professional broadway actors
they're so and they're live and they can hear you literally and then i was like and you're sitting
here like laughing after they just like were so vulnerable on stage and i'm like i know some
people can't control it but there was also like two men next to me who I was with my friend,
Ryan.
And he was like,
they're gay.
And I was like,
well then it's even weirder that they're having this reaction,
but they were like,
Oh no.
Shaking their head.
Oh no.
Covering their eyes.
And I was like,
you can go.
Yeah.
Get out.
Just get out. Wave your hands. Not for me. I was like you can go yeah get out just get out wave your hands
not for me
I was so annoyed and then I was like
okay just try not to focus
on them but the audience was strange
yeah I was laughing so
there's this one monologue where there's a bunch of different
turns and I was caca I was like
haha caca
I was having a nice time and I was like
alone in it I was like don't you understand how impressive like alone in it and I was like, don't you understand
how impressive that was?
Yeah.
And how funny that was?
Oh boy,
oh boy.
So Shira,
you gotta get to the theater
and get cultured.
You know what?
Maybe I will.
Maybe I'll rush over
after this recording.
Yeah,
rush on over.
They'll do a special performance
just for you.
Please.
Audibly react.
Oh my.
No,
you know what?
I'm up.
It was a, oh no like there's rare things in my life that make me audibly like sigh like that yeah when was the last time you sighed like that
traffic i'm just mad when I'm in traffic.
When am I sighing?
Exactly.
It takes a lot to be like.
Oh, at restaurants when they don't have what I want,
I go, oh.
That's true. That's not a sigh.
I'll let you know right now that's not a sigh.
We saw Take Me Out because because we were like dicks dicks dicks but also i like
the play um and when the shower scene happens every woman in the theater was like
and they had bodyguards at the stage.
So I guess like maybe older women were like, like, it's a mirage.
Is it really here?
Is it my seat?
People were like rushing.
I don't know.
We don't know.
They were in their worst behavior.
Yeah.
Like.
I guess because there was a viral clip of Jesse Williams.
Yes.
Because someone took their phone out.
Yeah.
And apparently it came out
because I interviewed Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Why Won't You
Date Me? And he said that that picture came
out on Tony nomination day.
And he was nominated for a Tony and then
that kind of undercut it. And that like
sucks. It does suck. People don't
realize that like you're ruining shit
when you do stuff like that. They don't realize that. But it did
I think sell out the rest of the run. It sure did.
Made us get tickets.
What's the wildest thing?
You've performed live a lot.
What's the wildest thing
you've experienced
like being on stage?
Like a wild interaction
with an audience member?
I,
when I was at Second City,
world famous theater
in Chicago,
we were doing this one scene that I wrote where it was like, I'm like a beat poet.
And I'm in this like nude colored like spandex bodysuit.
And like the lights just come on me.
So for a second, you might think I'm naked, but I'm just in this like latex bodysuit.
And then I'm like taking suggestions from the audience and doing like beat poetry or like making an improvised poem out of it whatever it was very silly improv fun but so many times the lights would come up on
me um in my latex bodysuit and i would hear an audible oh no oh my god and i was like i'm wearing
spanks under here and it's still like this or they'd be like oh it was wild or sometimes like i would
make like because you know there were like trying material out to see what's funny and what's not
and it is helpful it makes you have thick skin but there were so many times i thought i was
making a joke and i literally would hear people go what but i like delight in any reaction so
it like,
didn't bother me,
but it is funny when you confuse someone,
when you think so much,
they have to actually ask.
What?
Okay.
So yeah.
Or a lot of,
okay.
So rude.
It is so rude.
I once mush mouth something on stage and someone in the front row went,
what?
And I was like,
Oh,
don't go back and explain it.
Don't say that. You just, you, your tongue row went what and i was like oh don't go back and explain it don't say that you just you your tongue got stuck and i was like well i'll just carry and
then i just thought about it the rest of the show because it happened like oh no 25 minutes in i was
like oh god this man on the front's really really listening but he wanted to know he did what were
you saying he wants to get it the word word was intention. And I was like, but out of context,
he couldn't get it.
Like that's my thing.
Yeah.
That's the only thing that was mumbled.
The rest of the sentence didn't make sense because of that one word.
I don't know.
It was a new joke at the time.
What's the,
like,
what's an awkward thing that's happened on stage for you that you're like,
Oh God,
I actually have really well behaved.
You do.
You do. Really? I do. Yeah. I actually have really well behaved crowds you do you do really
I do
yeah
they snap sometimes
instead of laughing
they're really respectful
they shush other people
in the audience for me
I've gotten shushed
at her shows
yeah
wild
wild
I was like what
she's literally talking about me
and they're like
and we want to hear it
yeah
you have a very recognizable
laugh too
and they're like
we don't care.
Yeah.
We don't.
We're listening.
Not your moment, man.
You're not on stage.
You're stealing focus.
I remember, so Shira and I were doing a show with our other friend Keisha.
And we asked for a suggestion and someone just went, Destiny's Child.
Oh, man.
And so she was like, you saw three black women on stage and you said Destiny's Child.
And then everyone was like, ah, and then people started yelling out other things.
And I think it was you or Keisha was like, no, Destiny's Child.
No, we're doing it.
And then we like deconstructed why a white person would think it was a problem.
We roasted them for like 30 minutes.
Didn't we also like play so many other black actresses and like, and celebrities.
It was like also a 4am DCM Delco's marathon show.
No, this wasn't.
Wasn't it?
No, this was under St. Mark's or like a theater.
It was like in a space that wasn't, it was like prime time.
Normal time.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wild time for someone to go.
They weren't drunk.
They weren't too drunk. No. I see. And we Yeah. Wild time for someone to go. They weren't drunk. They weren't too drunk.
No.
I see.
And we did a coherent, very good show where we roasted them.
Yeah.
No.
Make them cry.
Make them cry.
I have roasted someone so hard that they left.
And that felt so good.
Yeah.
I can't remember what he yelled at me, but I like roasted him.
And then 20 minutes later, I was like, is that guy still here?
Let's shit on him some more.
And they're like,
he left.
Do you think it's like,
whose line is it anyway,
ruined it for all comedy
or something that people like,
feel so free to yell things like that?
I don't think it's that.
Not to blame whose line,
like.
Don't blame Drew.
I love that.
I'm not trying to blame whose line.
Big fan. Big fan. Or't blame Drew. I love that. I'm not trying to blame whose line. Big fan.
Big fan.
Or Aisha Tyler.
Not blaming them.
But I'm just trying to think of like, when did people start feeling like they could just
like say stuff?
Crowd clips.
Crowd working clips.
And then like eviscerating a heckler.
Because sometimes, I can't remember what club I was at, but they were like, oh, we've kicked
people out.
And as they're leaving, they were like,
oh,
I thought I was helping the show.
Like they thought they were walking in with a purpose.
Yeah.
Like I'm going to yell and they're going to have a good time with me.
Yeah.
And it's tough when like there's certain parts of like a certain type of show
where you are asking for suggestions,
but you have to be like,
only talk when I'm asking because then we're opening the door.
And then when they keep yelling,
I'm like,
well,
yeah,
we didn't clearly lay out the rules.
So they're just going to keep yelling.
Yeah.
I think things also got worse after the pandemic.
I think people lost their mind and their etiquette and their social constructs.
They just like just being in a public space.
They were just like.
And then.
And then, yeah, it was just like, I think because maybe they talked at home a lot because they were so lonely. And and then yeah it was just like i think because maybe they talked
at home a lot because they were so lonely and so they like talked to their screen they're literally
talking to screens all the time because of zoom and whatnot and facetime so i think i think being
in front of a stage was like kind of new again yeah and then they're just like that
this thing my thoughts and then you're like you can keep that in your head and they're just like that. My thoughts. And then you're like, you can keep that in your head.
And they're like, what?
I mean, like we're like that around our friends.
Like when our group of friends gets together, we are all like that.
But maybe it's because we've worked on the other side.
When I'm in a theater, I am like, especially if they can see me, I'm like, I have to show them how engaged I am.
Like, oh, yeah, because I know what it feels like to look at an audience and I mean literally the person sitting next to Ryan at a
strange loop was dead asleep and not even like it's a long musical but this was like that long
15 minutes in 40 minutes wow 15 minutes in this guy was out and then the two guys on my side and
I was like this is a nightmare wow what if they saw you
they do all that work it's so hard and people are just snoozing yeah wow dead asleep oh my god
punim you travel a lot i do i love to what is like a good thing about traveling like what do you
what is advice about traveling with a friend we get some questions yeah a lot about that well funny you asked because i just traveled with
yeah you guys just took your first trip together which is and we did a wild thing we had never
traveled before no and we spent five days in london four days in uh almost a week in minorca
yeah oh yeah yeah and then three days in Madrid or yeah yeah it was
wild that's a ballsy move yeah yeah and we shared a room for the first couple of days except for
like four nights oh yeah and then I was lonely and then I was like well how will I wake up on my own
and I was like I'll text you I feel like because I love all my friends but also I think like part of being older is like
knowing your friends and knowing like just like who you go to advice for like when I want coddling
I go to this friend when I want to be told something straight I go to this friend like
there's certain activities like I'm not going out to eat with the friend who's on a cleanse or like you
know what I mean like so I feel like if you know that you just enjoy similar things as far as like
schedule like you're not like I can't go on vacation with someone who's super regimented
because I'm not like the only thing I plan as you, is like where I want to eat. Yes. And other than that, I'm like, we'll fill the time with something.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it was funny because we were somewhere and someone was like, oh, you should go to this museum.
And I was like, wow, we should.
And Poonam was like, do you really want to go to that museum?
I was like, no, not at all.
I was like, we're not going.
Wait in line to go to a museum?
No, I'd rather find a thrift store or watch you eat.
Yeah, I don't need to go see
my people's stolen jewelry. I'm good.
We asked for it back and they said no
and we were like, hmm. Wait, really?
Yeah, I think a lot of countries have
asked like a lot of European
museums that feature their
stolen jewels and artifacts
like, can we have
those back? Wow. And I
think a lot of those museums have
said no. That's very
I hope someone's fact checking me on this
maybe it's a narrative I've created. Okay
so we're gonna. Okay yeah okay thank you
I was at the Broad yesterday
and I said earnestly what's to
stop me from taking one of these paintings
and my friend was like
any of the art heist movies
have you ever seen like art is hard to
what are you talking about
it's big
I'm sorry
you can't just
like
carry on
but I was like
looking at some of the stuff
and I was like
I didn't think
I could take that
I have like a blind confidence
about things
yeah
I think I could get
the jewels back
for my people
let's do it honey
do it
I would love to see it
like when I saw...
It's just in your jumpsuit?
Yeah.
And I'm like, look, I put it in my bra.
When I saw Black Panther and there's that like heist scene, I was like, yeah, I could do that.
Yeah.
Oh, Judith on.
African nations want their stolen history back and experts say it's time to speed up the process.
Yeah.
I mean, why is it all collected in a different
place? Last week,
39 artifacts were formally handed back
to the government of Uganda
by Britain's famed University of Cambridge.
While the return is technically
a three-year loan. That's so
funny to steal something from someone and be like,
you can have it back for a little bit.
Alone. Between
museums, it is extendable.
So they can ask for it for longer.
And could see them remain in their country of origin.
Wow.
Okay.
So officially three years.
Maybe they would extend it.
But this is literally colonization.
Like taking something and then being like, but we'll give you this reservation.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know.
Wild.
And you can have this like 50 miles of land yeah you
should be happy with that yeah my neighbor goes through my trash and she was wearing a dirty sweater that I had thrown away with paint stains and holes.
I was like, I can't donate this.
I don't think anybody wants this like really used up sweater or sweatshirt.
Someone did.
And she was wearing it and she was like, I found this in your trash.
Do you want it back?
And I was like, no, that's actually that's trash.
Yeah.
I put it in there for a reason.
That I discarded. Yeah. Your neighbor is so fascinating. no that's actually that's trash yeah i put it in there for that i discarded yeah your neighbor's
so fascinating how does she own a house and like what does she do do you know anything about her
um i know very like i know 10 facts about her because she repeats herself. She is a strange loop because she will start a conversation and we'll get to a point and then she'll start it over again.
And then I have to be like, oh, I have to go.
I have to go.
And it's funny because she also has a bad memory because Millhiser, John Millhiser used to live with me.
He was my roommate for a long time.
And anytime he
comes over she's like are you coming to walk the dogs and he's like I know your your name
I used to live here and then if he he dropped me off in his so he used to have this like
old beat-up Honda Civic that like the bumper was falling off the side view mirror got hit
there was stickers on it it was powder blue the air conditioning didn't work if you went above 60 it would shake like like it was a blender like mixing you up and he once
dropped me off and she went are you her driver i was like in this car this car is not even legal
for uber what do you know and also if he was why is she asking. Well, I think she was trying to get a ride.
I think she said, will you take me to the grocery store?
Absolutely not.
She's wild.
Wow.
Do you know her last name?
Like, if you looked her up, would anything come up?
Have you Googled her?
I have not Googled her.
I don't want to get in it.
Do you know what I mean?
Sure.
Because what if you find out something scary?
And I don't want to.
Yeah.
She does end most conversations with, if you hear me scream, call the cops.
That's a sigh and that's a sigh
that's a sigh
we found him
also don't put that on me
you know I have to save your life
I didn't you don't know that I'm
capable of doing and I'm not
I'm not I won't hear it
in the face of danger i'm rather calm cool and
like i'll it'll wash over yeah i don't i yeah in a like a true emergency pretty calm yeah yeah i am
i was having a bad day the other day where like everything was wrong and i bit into an egg
sandwich and the yolk just spilled all over my
shirt like the whole leg like on my shirt but I was amazed at how calm I was I just
I just lifted my shirt walked over to the sink and then dumped it off took it off rinsed it and
hung it up I could have screamed yeah but I didn't because you were alone you were alone. Were you alone? I was alone. Yeah.
You could have been screaming.
Yeah.
I was like, it's okay.
Maybe you just don't like that shirt that much.
It was a pajama shirt.
And I do like it.
But it was like the silky fabric that I could rinse easily.
Oh, okay.
Good.
And yeah.
And I was like already like at a low.
Yeah.
Like there was too many things happening.
So I was like, of course.
Of course the egg also spilled on me.
The best part of the egg, too.
The best part of the egg is on my shirt.
What's the point of the sandwich now?
Yeah, I still ate it all.
Oh, you did?
What was on it?
Oh, it's my new favorite breakfast sandwich.
It's egg.
I just gasped.
I was so excited.
Guys, get ready.
I just held myself.
I was like.
It's egg sausage.
And it's supposed to be between two English muffins.
But instead, you can replace it with two hash browns.
Babe.
That's nice.
It's really nice.
Wow.
It's really, really nice.
Have you ever thought about getting the hash browns and?
An English muffin?
Yeah.
I have not thought about that.
I mean, I feel like that'd be too much of a chomp for me.
Oh, maybe.
But I'm thinking the crisp and the potato would be just like the crispy potato and then
the English muffin softness, I think would be like a really nice multidimensional texture
sliding down your throat.
I'm trying to get to different dimensions, dude.
And for ease of eating,
maybe even a tortilla.
Oh, wow. Wrap it all up.
And you don't know what's inside.
My voice just cracked.
I'm so excited. Wait, so sausage,
egg, hash brown, any sort of sauce,
ketchup, hot sauce, nothing? They have like
some, maybe it's
mayonnaise? Some kind of white sauce that
tastes really good. And then they have this like orange sauce that I don't know what's in it, but also tastes very good.
Oh, I thought you made this.
Who's they?
Yeah, who is they?
It's Muffin Can Stop Us.
I'm all the way.
They've gone too far.
Muffin Can Stop Us.
They've gone too far.
That is the name of a real establishment. It's a real establishment that I frequent often. They've gone too far. That is the name of a real establishment.
It's a real establishment that I frequent often.
Is that their Instagram handle?
That's the name of the place.
There's a sign that says Muffin.
There's a brick and mortar that says Muffin.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Look at the hash browns.
Ooh, they look crispy.
Wow, that blast.
Whoa, dream come true.
So you're getting the sausage redemption.
I'm getting the sausage redemption.
That looks like a nice, soft Martin's potato roll.
Wait, click on that.
Is it a Martin's potato roll?
The sausage redemption.
It does look like a Martin's potato roll.
Ooh.
Tell us.
Oh, my goodness.
Chicken breakfast sausage.
Wow.
Make it with Impossible.
Oh, and you can get into it.
No spread.
That's me. Mm, I'll'll spread that's what i'll do i'll spread right on on right in there oh my god oh that looks this
is um sexual to me it is i mean the cheese is dripping like oh my god like real wet come get
it egg looking a little too under i don't like a too under. I don't like a runny white. I don't like a runny white either.
That sounds vaguely like rude.
Racist?
Yeah.
Like you see a white person running and you're like, I don't like a runny white.
I don't like an active Caucasian.
I like when they're still.
I love when they're sitting.
See what they're doing.
No sudden movements from the Caucasians, please.
An active Caucasian is so funny
oh my god but you've met you've met you can name probably off the top of your head five active
caucasians you know right now yeah probably yes we could go out on the sidewalk right now
there's a we're i mean we're in large okay, I was going to say where we are. Larchmont, I think.
Larchmont, a lot of active Caucasians in Larchmont.
When we were on vacation, Poonam needed to get a long chicken, which is...
As opposed to short?
Well, Burger King has long chicken sandwiches.
Oh, long chicken sandwich.
And overseas, they call it a long chicken.
Yeah, and they have a veggie long chicken sandwich.
Oh.
Which they do not have here.
So I was really excited.
I think in total over the trip, I had four.
I think so.
Four long chickens?
I had two Whoppers.
We were in Menorca, which is beautiful.
And we found a Burger King.
And at one point, two friends were at at they were eating Burger King in the park
and Poonam took big steps across
the street and was going BK
have it your way
and they didn't hear it
and I just heard it
and Mamie laughed so hard
I was like that was for nobody
that was just for me
really funny
there's an Indian woman on the island
beautiful island of Menorca.
I'm like, yeah.
And then that's the worst when you think you're going to do something that gets a reaction.
And then you just have to keep walking into the Burger King alone.
God, it was funny.
But we influenced people to go to Burger King.
Yes.
Because everyone was like, Burger King, really?
Next thing I know.
Everyone's at Burger King.
I'm seeing BK bags.
Uh-huh.
Also, one night we came back and we went to Burger King and we brought it back to our
room.
And then I threw my bag away in the lobby trash can.
And the next day, three people were like, we saw your BK bag.
Really?
And I was like, I couldn't even say that wasn't me because I had been ranting about the long chicken.
Singing about it.
Of course it's you.
I do feel like the fast food in other countries is healthier than the fast food here.
Like less additives and like legally stuff can't be in there.
Tastes better.
It did taste better.
My Whopper, boy, it did it.
Whop.
It was so tasty.
There was like a sprinkle of salt on the patty.
So it was just like yummy.
And it was like an extra umami.
Oh my God.
She's a chef.
She's a chef.
I had Shake Shack and Turkey.
I was so happy to see it.
It truly rounded the corner.
I was like, Shake Shack?
Yes.
That's such a specific one.
I was like, here? Is there even specific one i know i was like here is there
even one in the midwest yeah there's not one in florida that i know of yeah um i thought it was
a coastal thing but it's also in turkey and uh i got a burger and i was like can i get bacon on it
they're like no you're a bestie for her bitch no I was like sorry
I got confused
that's really funny
no
no
sorry
yeah like the McDonald's
in India doesn't have
like beef burgers
they only have chicken
and then
they have a lot of
really good veggie options
ooh
yeah
I want to go to India
so bad
I don't know where in India
I'd like to go
but I would just like to go
okay
I have so many friends that want to go and I feel bad. I don't know where in India I'd like to go, but I would just like to go. Okay.
I have so many friends that want to go, and I feel like I should design like an India
starter pack trip for all of us.
That'd be great.
Because it's like, I mean, it's like a subcontinent.
So you're not going to be able to see even like a quarter of it.
Too big.
But I feel like I'm from the state of Gujarat, which is in the northwest.
So above my state, there's a state called Rajasthan.
And I feel like that would be a great state to start with because it's like deserts and like
old palaces and forts and like a really cool like folk culture and dance. And they have these things
called melas, which are like these festivals you go to and you sit on the ground. They serve you
all this food on this giant banana leaf and you you can take a camel ride they give you are there weight limits to the camel ride because i went to oh no uh cabo where i
don't think camels are native but we signed up for a camel ride and the lady looked me in the eyes
and she went 250 if you're over 250 you can't ride and i was like i am over 250 so i guess i can't ride and
she's like and you'll sit here and you'll take pictures and i was like and then they made me
wear a special band what did it say it was just a different color band to denote that i'm not
allowed on that camel wow yeah and she gave you a job she said you take pictures so i took lots of pictures of
my friends on a camel and then everyone said it wasn't as fun but i was like i think you're being
kind i wouldn't know i've never been on a camel yeah they get up ass first you know yeah i mean
when they sold the ticket yeah they could have warned me yeah and i could have said oh okay
a camel is such a large strong animal i don't believe that well
apparently horses also have a weight limit of 250 which is i guess the magic number for animals
how did they test this they put a big bitch on a horse are we just breaking horses backs like i just don't believe it no literally like what are no
i don't like it and they're like oh no it's not neighing it's knowing
i don't care for it anyways if you don't want to do the camel ride because we have you know
thoughts on it they also give you like very violent scalp massages like it it looks like you're being abused, but it feels amazing.
And they're just like slapping your head and like rigorously massaging your scalp like this.
But it feels so good.
Yeah.
They like oil you up.
That sounds nice.
In public.
It does sound nice.
In public.
On the street?
Like at the Mela, at the little like festival.
Oh.
Do they wait till after food?
Because what if you got some snowflakes?
Is that extra seasoning? Well, they're not doing it while you're eating oh good okay yeah there's a
separate stand it's like a stall like the one i went to there was like separate things but also
you can get scalp massages at other places too they can come to where you're staying and massage
your scalp in the morning that's nice that sounds nice you guys would love it do you massage your
scalp no i guess sometimes if i had a headache i'll like
yeah try to like put some pressure on it but i don't give a actual scalp massage i feel like i
did when i had hair but i know that i don't i'm like no rules don't gotta take care of this
don't gotta take care of this i guess i do i still have to and I should well do you condition yes
okay
that's taken care
shampoo condition
yeah
I do the basics
yeah okay
maybe next time
you put conditioner in
give yourself
a little scalp massage
yeah
yeah maybe I will
you can get one of those
um
the shower
um
scrub daddy
it's no
those are for dishes
not for your tub
bitch no like it's like a little it's like a flat round shower scrub daddy? It's no. Those are for dishes. Over your tub, bitch.
No, like,
it's like a little,
it's like a flat,
round shower
comb.
Yeah, there's like
thick prongs or whatever.
Yeah, and it has like,
and it just goes on.
Yeah, this.
Oh.
It feels nice.
I have a Kanza comb.
It's like a wooden one
and it's like a
thick, fat comb
and I use,
I put oil on my scalp
and then I use that and I like I go like this and it feels amazing.
And you can go down your neck too.
That does sound nice.
But how does Timu exist?
How is that 27 cents?
27 cents?
It must cost more to ship it.
Yeah, for sure.
Oh, that's sick.
Yeah.
I'm constantly seeing things on Timu for like a penny.
Or they're like, hey, we'll pay you to take this.
It's so wild.
I can't go on because I know.
I mean, it's in my genes.
My dad's obsessed with Temu, Timu.
Is it Temu?
Well, my dad goes, Temu.
Every day I was home a couple months ago,
he came out in a different like polyester bright print shirt
and he would like hold it like this.
And he'd be like, Temu.
For 97.
Temu.
And then like he got mad at my mom the other week because he's like, I'm missing a shirt from my Temu.
Where is it?
And she's like, I washed all the shirts that came in the mail.
And he's like, I'm missing one Temu shirt.
She's like, I don't have your Temu shirt.
Also, I was like, please stop buying shirts from Temu.
Yeah.
Your dad's an icon
he's out of control
that's so funny
to have so many
Temu shirts
he loves it
that's really funny
that's so cheap
four dollars
you can tell
and you can tell
it's like a polyester
polo shirt
yeah
I just went to a
estate sale the other day
and I got a like iridescent purple green suit.
It's like with a crop jacket and high-waisted pants.
Nice.
$40 for the whole set.
And then this like jacket kimono thing for only $20.
Nice.
You always have good finds.
Yeah.
Thanks.
You really do.
Yeah.
A few times I've gone shopping with you you
come out of the corner with something i've never seen and i've been in the store the same amount
of time and i'm like wait because you have to touch everything yeah and some people don't i'm
not saying that you might but like some people don't have the like capacity to touch everything
yeah which i get but that's how you get the good stuff. Yeah, I gotta dig. You also get good stuff too.
Oh yeah, baby. When I was in Madrid,
I found so many
wonderful things. I have one of those shirts here.
Oh. Why?
Because we record two episodes to make
it seem like it's a different day.
This shirt, I believe,
was $2?
Wait, was that the, there was like a store where you
weigh your clothes and they like you buy it by the pound. I've never seen2. Wait, was that the, there was like a store where you weigh your clothes and they
like, you buy it behind the,
by the pound. I've never seen that. Oh wait,
was it? No, no, no. Oh sorry, that was London. Yeah, that was
London. No, this was
that chain that I found that had
everything I wanted.
This was when, and this is another
back to traveling with a friend,
also being okay doing your own thing
if you guys don't want to do the same thing. So wanted to keep shopping and i'm obsessed with food so while you were
shopping i was eating like 30 euro worth of olives that i ordered on mistake at a market
it was overwhelming and you were like so excited and like truly i could not talk to you because
you were just like your eyes were big and And you were like, I don't know.
I was like, I'm going to step outside.
And I was like, oh, I found a store.
And I was like, hey, you go.
Get out of here.
Because also I was like, I can't worry about you right now. Get out of here.
And then I was manically searching.
I was like, oh, my God, I like this shirt.
I like this shirt.
I was like.
Yeah, I couldn't talk to you in the store.
I found a tiny children's stool to sit on.
And it was right next to the mirror in that vintage store.
So everyone kept like trying on their outfits.
For you.
It's like doing a fashion show for you.
So we knew our lanes.
Yes, yes, yes.
That's successful friend travel.
Yes, I agree.
Because we'll do different things sometimes.
Like I wake up later.
So you'll creep out early and get breakfast or like do yoga or
something yeah creep so you creep yeah i once creeped in the morning because i woke up before
you i was truly like scampering in every sense of the word just like lifting my feet very high for
no reason wait is that when we were in healed heelsburg yes yes you kept getting up early and
just like hanging out and moving around in bed.
I was like, were you up for a while?
You're like, yeah, I'm glad you're up.
I was waiting.
I didn't want to wake you up.
It's wild.
The older I get, the more my body's like, let's get up.
And I'm like, no, I will fight this.
Like I woke up at eight o'clock today.
Wow. And I was like, ready. But I said, this. Like I woke up at eight o'clock today. Wow.
And I was like ready.
But I said this won't do.
That's not my life.
Yeah.
So then I took a little nap and then I woke up exhausted.
And then I said better keep sleeping and kind of sleep off that exhaustion.
And now you're chugging a giant coffee.
Oh my God.
She was actually chugging it
i didn't know i mean as nicole's bestie you knew this but this trip was the first time i
found out that nicole orders cough cold brew with four shots of espresso inside the cold brew yeah
it's gotta stay awake and nothing else gotta stay awake gotta keep going but gotta
go fast gotta go fast i'm sonic it was and like every time she
not i'm sonic who me sonic
how do you not go crazy everyone like every time she would order it people would be like
really is she okay yeah and i was like i don't know it's my first time traveling with
i've never seen this before i don't really know her like that i just need a roommate
i just need a roommate i ordered one yesterday and the guy goes all right let's go
let's fucking go and then sometimes i'll be right, let's go. Let's fucking go.
And then sometimes I'll be like, yeah, let's die today.
And they'll be like, yeah.
And then other times people are like, wow, OK.
I get lots of different reactions.
How did you figure out that combination?
Like, how did you build up to it?
Or did you build up to it?
I think I had four espresso shots once and then a cold brew and i was like well i could
combine this all together and some days i'll finish it and then some days i'll leave it like
yesterday i didn't finish it so it went in the refrigerator and i finished it this morning
so is that say again my stomach feels weird just hearing about it like doesn't doesn't it cause problems? No. It's how I get my water.
Oh, no.
Babe, I know that glass has not been touched.
I was begging you to drink water on the trip, and she said,
so Shira always has to beg me to drink water.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I don't need it.
But sometimes my toes will hurt, and I'm like,
I think I should probably drink some water.
For sure.
Yeah, they'll just get a little crampy and I'm like ah it's because I'm dehydrated
but also then I felt like I learned because I was like she's a grown-ass woman and she's kept
herself alive and well thus far yeah but I don't know if I'm like thriving I would say you're
thriving oh I don't know I don't know you look like you're thriving hey thanks
but after like the first five days i was like she's gonna do her
thing yeah you also were like don't you want to eat and that was a thing i think in the first
year of our relationship you'd be like do you want to eat yeah like no and i was like i should
figure out yeah and then i'd be concerned because i always want to eat so we're up we were operating
on opposite extremes but then i was like i can eat yeah even if my friend doesn't eat yeah and
that's when the plate of olives came in i ordered so many olives how many i came back to so many
i so it was like an olive stand and i was like trying to get hit all the stands so i'd already
hitting like a spanish tortilla stand just stood there and ate it and then i was like little olive
skewer so i was like oh this one and this one and then she ate it. And then it was like little olive skewers. So I was like, oh, this one and this one.
And then she's like, anything else?
And I was like, she said it like that's all.
And I was like, well, this is a tasting and it's olives.
It's not like a meal.
So I was like, oh, maybe some of those.
And so she, I was like, maybe just a couple.
And she took a whole scoop.
And then she's like, you're going to like these two.
I'll give it to you for free, which I don't think they were.
And then I was like, well, I'm going i'll give it to you for free which i don't think they were and then i was like well i'm gonna need something so i ordered a
sangria and then next thing i know she's like 32 euro and i was like and i came back and pudim had
made three new friends two of which were not interested and one man who was like i can't wait
to talk to you about olives he was like i was in the airport lounge and there was olives there and
then pudim's like do you want this and he, yes. And then ate one of your half eaten
olives. No, he took the one thing I had taken a bite out of, out of the whole plate. He picked
the one thing. And I think I even said, I'm like, oh, but I took a bite out of this one.
And that's the one he went for. And then he had a bunch of burrata on his plate. And he's like,
do you want some? I was like, I'm good, my dog. It was wild. He had so much burrata. And he's like, I'll tell you how it is.
Poonam's like, we're leaving.
I know.
When you solo travel, sometimes you do just want to make friends.
Yeah.
But this isn't the way.
But you're good at making friends.
We made friends at Dululu Ice Cream.
That's not the name of it.
It was this gelato place.
So there was a bunch of gelato. And Poonam was like, no, we're going to go to this one. And I was like, what about this one? She was like, no. And I was like, it was this gelato place that, so there was a bunch of gelato
and Poonam was like,
no,
we're going to go to this one.
And I was like,
what about this one?
She was like,
no.
And I was like,
what about this one?
She was like,
no.
And it's like,
this one looks really good.
Trust me,
I think it's going to be good.
Thank God we went
because it was the best gelato
I have ever,
you would love it
because it's not super sweet.
It is.
Okay.
I got this peanut one.
Yeah.
And you know,
you love peanuts.
You know, I'll sit on any old bed and eat a peanut. I got this peanut one. Yeah. And you know. You love peanuts. You know.
I'll sit on any old bed and eat a peanut.
I literally sent her a picture of shelled peanuts in a container and went, I think I said, live it.
You're like, living my best life or something like that.
And I was truly standing over the trash, breaking open peanuts, having the time of my life, just drinking strawberry seltzer.
I love peanuts.
And then they have this glorious vanilla.
And it's all like local, Manokan ingredients.
We literally were like, do you want to open a branch in LA?
We'll fund it.
Do you want to come?
And then the day we left, there was one day we went twice in one day.
People did not follow us for that, but people did come on other trips.
And one of our friends, they were bringing ice cream back to their boyfriend and it was melting.
And I was like, just text him that it's melting and he doesn't need it and I'll eat it.
Tell him there was a gelato accident and I'll eat it.
And he's like, to hold it so it would melt
on my hand so i could lick it what a scam like a crackhead yeah like a crackhead for you you
carried it the whole way back so he could enjoy his cone while he was walking because i didn't
want that to melt and i wanted that for at the end of it i wanted him to be like oh he texted
back jimmy said he doesn't want it jimmy wanted it jimmy and i was like yeah and i did all that work for nothing but the day the day before we left we
went back again and the lady came outside and was like i didn't give you a proper goodbye hugged
poonam and was like i wish everyone was as nice as you because poonam took pictures and posted
and tagged them every day and was like this is the best and it was sent everyone in the wedding
party there yeah it was so nice oh that's so nice so nice and then and was like, this is the best. And it was... Sent everyone in the wedding party there. Yeah. It was so nice.
Oh, that's so nice.
It was so nice.
And then online,
people were like,
this is the best ice cream
in all of Menorca.
Whoa.
And it really...
Or best gelato.
And it was.
Wow.
It really was.
I mean,
as someone who went
to Italy directly after,
not directly,
but after,
I tried.
I tried to have gelato
as good in Italy,
arguably the home of gelato.
The home of gelato.
Is that where gelato was made, Judith?
I know.
I was like, question mark?
It wasn't as good.
It wasn't as good.
It was gelateria deliri, but we kept calling it dululu.
Because it was making me cuckoo balooka dululu.
I lost my mind over that gelato.
And it was open during siesta.
I had gelato in Florence.
It was trash.
Not me dragging the birthplace of gelato.
Yeah.
Gelato was created in Florence.
Bernardo Buonatellali.
Oh, that's a brand.
Talenti.
I wonder if that's his brand.
I want Talenti.
Or if someone borrowed Talenti to make the brand.
I wonder.
We're going to look it up.
We're really getting into this.
Yeah, Talenti.
Argentina.
Oh, Argentina.
Josh Hochschuler.
Oh.
Twist. Interesting. Dallas, Texas? husk schuler oh twist interesting dallas texas we're getting farther and farther away
straying yes will you go to the talenti wikipedia
i think you guys just found the new sponsor for your show oh it's a storefront gelateria in Dallas.
Oh, yeah.
Dallas needs something.
Oh.
Talenti is named after
Boo Talenti.
Oh, you better believe.
Okay.
Production was moved
from Marietta
to Sykeston, Missouri?
Oh, who's ever heard
of Sykeston, Missouri?
Oh, Unilever.
There we go.
Ah, Unilever.
Mmm.
Where is, what is Sykeston, Missouri? What, Unilever. There we go. Ah, Unilever. Mmm. Capitalism. Where is, what
is Sykeston, Missouri? What else is there? Can you
click on that?
That's fun. A New
Madrid country? Boothiel?
New Madrid?
In the state of Missouri? Madrid's in
Missouri? It's New Madrid. New Madrid.
County. Situated just
north of the Missouri Boothiel.
Like, we're supposed to know what that is? Boothiel. Boothiel. Oh. The Bo of the Missouri Boothill. Like we're supposed to know what that is?
Boot heel.
Boot heel.
Oh.
The Boothill.
Boothill.
Boothill.
The Boothill.
I am ASL.
I am ASL.
Boothill.
Boothill.
Okay.
Wow.
All right.
That's good to know.
Oh, yeah.
I'll never remember it.
I can't wait to pass these facts off like I've always known them.
Can I ask you guys a riddle?
Please.
A man rides into town on Friday on a horse.
Okay.
He stays for three days.
He leaves on Friday.
How is that possible?
A man rides into town on a horse on Friday.
On Friday.
And he stays for three days and he leaves on Friday.
How is that possible?
I think I know.
Okay, you say.
The horse's name is Friday?
I cannot believe everyone has gotten this one.
It's the way you said it kind of gave it away.
I simply can't believe my answer was he came in on Friday, died after three days.
Nobody found him and they didn't ship him out until Friday.
Oh, God.
And that was wrong.
Well, that's bad.
I mean, that can't that's a logical answer
for sure it's pretty dark but you know i think next time you say it don't say the word horse
just say he rides into town or he gallops into town so people let's assume but the minute you
said the word horse i would because you kind of stopped yourself and you were like on a horse and i was like i feel like this is gonna be friday and then you were like on friday oh i think you were really
excited i have another one okay my friend mark renny we we did a podcast where we talked about
clue so he's like let's solve these mysteries and I got them all wrong. So here's another one. A car is driving down the street with no headlights.
And there's a man walking down the street.
The car doesn't hit him.
How?
There's a car going.
Oh, it's daytime?
Wow.
I said the man was smiling or he was a ghost.
I said they were walking in opposite directions
oh daylight duh yeah right yeah yeah we're smart you guys never occurred to me is there another one
um there is let me see if i could think about it um okay there is a house where all four walls are pointing south,
and there's a bear outside.
What kind of bear is it?
Sorry.
What the?
Who comes up with this stuff?
I don't remember what website he was on.
A house where all the walls are pointing south,
and there's a bear.
What's the name of the bear?
What kind of bear is it it's a house is that what you said a house yeah so there's a house with four walls
you know four walls yeah the house a square yeah you know small um not two stories there's a house with four walls, you know, four walls for the house, a square. Yeah. You know, small, not two stories.
It's a ranch.
And all four of its walls are facing south.
And there's a bear roaming around outside.
What kind of bear is it?
This doesn't make sense.
How can all the walls point south?
Hmm. Is it like the walls point south? Hmm.
Is it like the Great Wall of China
or something?
No, it has nothing to do with the house.
What kind of bear is outside?
I'm just giving you where the direction of the house is.
South bear.
Bears.
I'm just trying to think of
a pun or something.
Do you want to know what it is?
No, wait.
I want to figure it out some more.
Okay.
So it's a house.
I need to see the blueprint of the house. Yeah.
Well, it's okay.
So it's a square.
Yes.
And all four walls are pointing south.
And then there's a bear outside.
What kind of bear is it? Judith,ordan do you guys know polar yeah polar bear because apparently the north pole is the most north you can get
so if a point of the house anything off of it is south i was really tripping on that i was like
what do you mean apparently the earth spins on an
axis and it's tilted and since it spins there is no finite point for east and west but there is for
north and south and i'm mad about it yeah i said what the heck what the heck great job dude yeah
yeah that was okay i think i have one more okay okay so little boy, this poor boy is in an accident.
A car crash.
Oh.
Smashed.
Boom.
He flies through the windshield.
Oh my God.
Why are you just saying it like this?
And his dad dies.
Daddy's dead.
No.
But they rush the little boy who flew through the windshield to the hospital.
And when he gets to the emergency room, the emergency room doctor goes, I can't work on
this boy.
That's my son. And how is that possible since his daddy died because the doctor is his mom
yep i oh i was like i was like gay marriage heard of it i said gay dad i was like yeah his gay dad
doesn't want to operate on his son doctors aren't men i don't know what you're talking about
I'm like, yeah, his gay dad doesn't want to operate on his son.
Doctors aren't men.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Wow.
So Shira's the only feminist in the room.
Wow.
Well, I think I never would have heard that type of joke before.
Like, that would have been, like, mind-blowing back in the day.
Like, the doctor's a woman?
What?
That's crazy.
Wait, I want a new one that I don't know the answer to judith will you look up a riddle i don't even know if they're riddles this is a fun game to play yeah like okay okay
okay i have been talking about this non-stop since I've recorded this episode three days ago.
It's fun.
I've been asking everybody.
How are people doing?
Everyone is killing it.
I feel dumb as hell.
Judith, you have one?
I have one.
Ooh.
Okay.
There is a man who lives on the 27th floor of a building.
And every day he takes the elevator all the way from the 27th floor to the ground floor to go to work.
When he comes back from work, he takes the elevator up only to the 13th floor and then walks the stairs the rest of the way unless it's raining.
And then he takes the elevator all the way up to the 27th floor how come
he really wants to get some he wants to get some vitamin D there's an outside patio where the staircase is outside and then when it rains he's like ah no I
don't want to get wet it's a good guess he's cotton candy is this a game of chutes and ladders no he's
he's a cotton candy man oh his job is selling cotton candy and he brings some home. He's made of marshmallows.
Okay, so he takes the elevator down
and then he walks halfway
and walks up
because maybe he likes the exercise,
but when it's raining,
I mean, it's not just that the staircase
is outside for half of the building.
It's a building built into a waterfall.
I drew it, but then I put a question mark because I'm not sure.
What is the answer?
Wait, Judith, Jordan, do you guys know?
Okay.
When it's raining, he takes the elevator the whole way up.
I'm just mad he's walking 13 floors.
Yeah, why would he do that?
Rude.
Bad on the knees.
Who is this guy?
Yeah, who is he?
This one is active white.
This one is an active Caucasian.
This is really hard.
It is hard. And they're also nonsensical.
Yeah.
Okay, I'll tell you.
He's very short
and he can only reach the button,
the 13th button
unless he has an umbrella
when it's raining
and then he could push
the 27th button.
That's so stupid.
I would have never gotten this.
I would never have gotten this.
I wonder if the person who wrote that also wrote that song.
Little people got little legs and they got little feet and they got little feet.
Have you heard this song?
No.
Wait, wasn't it Randy Newman?
It is Randy Newman.
The Toy Story guy?
Yeah.
He's like stinky little people.
Wait, Judith, can you play that?
He hates little people.
He hates little people.
They got little legs and they got little feet
and they got the dumb old heads on there.
A little bit of bodies.
I'm going to go ahead and say those are not the lyrics,
even as someone who's never heard the song.
But it's pretty close.
This fucking guy.
Little criminals.
Little criminals.
Short people.
Short people got no reason.
Short people got no reason to live.
My mom actually sang this to me growing up.
I'm the shortest in the family.
She didn't mean it maliciously.
It just is. It is.
What's the reasoning?
What's the reasoning of this song?
I don't know.
It's a bop.
It's kind of a bop.
It is such a bop. It fucking goes hard.
They let this guy into Disney?
Yeah.
They didn't fact check.
Did anyone ever ask Randy Newman about this?
Were they like, hey, man, what you got against short people?
Like, what happened to you?
Yeah.
Also, like, I need to know what he thinks is short at what age.
Oh, that's a good question.
You know what I mean?
Short people got no reason to live.
And Jordan, why did your mom sing this to you?
I know, I'm sorry.
Because it was catchy.
That's the only reason.
And she thought it was funny.
She thought it was a funny song.
It is a funny song.
Yeah.
My mom's also, like, 5'10".
So, maybe that.
So, she's tall. She's tall, yeah. Oh, a model. And she's rubbing it in your face. 5'10", like Cindy Craw song. Yeah. My mom's also like 5'10". So maybe that. So she's tall.
She's tall.
Yeah.
A model.
And she's rubbing it in your face.
5'10 like Cindy Crawford.
Yeah.
Hey, hey, your shirt.
I can get married to you.
I can sing whenever I want.
Oh my God.
It's when they go, when he goes after their quote, stinky little feet.
It's where I'm like, whoa.
It is so funny to me.
Wow.
They're lyrically constructed as a prejudice attack on short people.
But why?
Oh, satire about prejudice.
Oh.
In contrast, the bridge states short people are just the same as you and I.
A fool such as I.
All men are brothers.
It's a wonderful world.
Oh, so this is supposed to be like a message about equality? That's so funny. a fool such as I all men are brothers it's a wonderful world oh
so this is supposed to be like
a message about equality
that's so funny
I never get that far
he said the guy in that song
is crazy
he was not to be believed
oh
he was talking in character
whoa
a biased narrator
I'm glad we dug into this
because I was really like
Randy
he needed to
what the hell
clarify that more publicly
because
this song's just out here.
I never get past the middle of the song.
I love it.
That nasty little feet telling a great big lie.
I guess it's like how ridiculous for anyone to like think these things about short people.
So maybe it's like thinking that in general about other types of people who are different than you.
Sorry, the album cover says, keep out of the reach of short people.
That's really funny.
Put it up on that 27 button.
What?
It will be out of reach.
He's like, wow.
That riddle will haunt me.
It's wild.
I was like trying to think of like buildings in Dubai that are tree or something god that's so funny this is a
short person with stinky little feet stinky little stinky little feet well thank you for being here
well well usually we answer questions and queries but we didn't do that this episode
no we'll do it next time do you have anything you want to plug or say or
what everyone just you know i hope everyone finds a little joy today
get out yeah go home get out fuck out of here get out of here
I have nothing to plug
in your bright outfit
we're all trying to stay afloat
I hope everyone finds
a little bit of joy
I'm gonna go to the gelato place
down on Larchmont
let me know how it is
it's called Bacio Delatte
it's pretty good
it's no it's no it's no all right
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