Bittersweet Infamy - #100 - One Hundred Gumballs

Episode Date: June 3, 2024

Josie and Taylor present the Melties, celebrating your choices for the best moments of 100 episodes of Bittersweet Infamy. Josie chews so much gum that she becomes unstuck in the multiverse. Taylor's vendetta with an old foe has deadly consequences.

Ooh, yellow gumball. I think they all taste the same. No, it tastes yellow. Lemon yellow or pea yellow? Just like yellow sun yellow. That's nice, a little hug from within. How many gumballs you figure are in that bad boy? The gumball machine?

Yeah, the gumball machine. I don't know, like, a hundred? Ninety-nine 199 now that, like, are we counting the one in your mouth? I guess you would have asked, you would have said it that way. Do you ever think that if I got a different color gumball, the entire course of reality would change? One hundred different realities, right here in the Civic Center waiting room gumball machine. I think I want to smoke the gumballs you're smoking. Yeah, that yellow is really peaking.

That sweet yellow kush dude. Damn. I think I've seen someone selling those out of a fanny pack around the college campuses. I'm not trying to cramp your chew, but how long you think you're going to be chewing that? The reason I ask is because I think that the sound, what's it called, the union tax will only let us do the sound check until I think like four.

I can tell you right now, it's gonna lose this flavor pretty soon. So, I'll just do a second. So if we're doing that, then we should do opening number intro straight into present them infamous. Did you bring the backing track for the opening number? I did, yeah, yeah.

It's with the tech guys now. We took a big risk choreographing a dance number and like a live awards show. People are used to us being on a podcast. They don't know we can dance, they don't know we can sing, they don't know we can act. And this is our opportunity to tell them

and maybe get discussed. Show don't tell, baby. Show don't tell baby show don't tell Show don't tell but like also I've been telling a lot of people Okay, all right before we get started I just want to make sure did you pay Billy Joel for this song Did you go through all that? rigmarole Who are you talking to who do you think, did I pay Billy Joel for this song? Billy Joel is a piss aunt.

Oh. Like I'm gonna pay Billy Joel, who by the way, you know how I feel about him. You know what he did to my family. So there's that. I just, okay. No, I will never pay that man a dime of my money for any reason, but I cannot,

as much as I detest Billy Joel on like a personal moral level, find him to be a repugnant soul, I think he's a damn fine musician. I want to use Billy Joel's evil against him, and so I obviously thought that we should parody his most evil song to start episode 100. Greatest episode ever.

It's a statement. It's a statement. It's a statement. And a a statement. It's a statement. And a strong one? No one will leave the melties not knowing where we stand on Billy Joel and we stand on his neck. I support you 100%. I'm right there on his neck.

I got my dancing shoes are tight. There she is. There she is. There she is. There's my fucking friend. They're character shoes. They've got stout little heels. Just right.

Good, good, good. Right there in the trachea. i'm gonna get rid of the gum now okay oh it really loosens the jaw it's good for like a that's good skate do you want to do some leather yellow leather la la la la la la scales okay yeah me me me me me me me so you're all structured and ready you got got the right shoes, right? I see you got the good shoes. Good shoes. I got the same shoes that you told me to get. I've been watching the YouTube videos.

I've been learning the... Did you change the choreography again? Because I noticed when I looked at the last email, there was a few pivots where there should have been pirouettes and vice versa. Okay. Which I'm fine with. I don't want to go over that. It's just at the extremely start, like straight out of the gate, like a very easy little tweak.

Right, so instead of pirouette, kick, pirouette, kick, we're gonna come in, pirouette, kick, kick, pole, change, kick, pirouette. That's all. We're just gonna toss in a little kick, pole, change. I think you tossed in like four moves there is my worry and it's not to say that I don't think that we couldn't do them. I think you could do them. Thank you. But you can too. No, because I've seen you do them.

Kickball change, bum bum bum, dum dum dum. Okay, let's go. Fuck it. Fuck it wee ball. Fuck it wee ball. Okay. Play us in, Mike. In three, two. You wanna be on stage right? Stage right? Okay, and the pirouette? Which one is mine or your audience? Audience, audience, think of the audience, no, think of the audience Who's on stage? Who's on stage?

I can't see Biggie, Chewpock, Al Capone, Porygon, Twilight Zone Lexicism, Joni, Mitchell, Mick, Bartch, Glitter Us Derry, Lucy, Barbara, Streisisand, WikiFaker, Rabbit Island, North Dakota, San Diego, Chicago, Cuba's. Should there really be this much cardio at the start, right before we have to sing? It's already in the oven, we gotta let it cook! Kojiro, Ogress, Miss Cleo, Baroness, Momo, the Silent Twins,

Margaret, Stork, and Peters, Fen, Steamboat, Willy Willie Koi Koi, who is JT LeRoy Pio, Nono, Esperanto, La Tete, Takeden We didn't melt the ice cream We didn't know we're melting Cause we never felt it We didn't melt the ice cream Wish it didn't happen, but we need a napkin Oh, by Ashi Cinema, Falcoo in Dominica Delorean, Bretherian, Millionaire, Cough Book Band, Florida Man, Vesuvius, Darien Train Track Mother's a love-struck astronaut Friday Block P, thanks Sherlock and Hambalteen

Eiffel Tower, Changi, Sal, Bendy, Johan, Killer Clowns Sinead, Janet, Rain, Raisin Drama, Coltrane, Slender Man, Bae Bae, Rand, Wada Bush and Carl J We didn't melt the ice cream We didn't know it melting cause we never felt it We didn't melt the ice cream Oh I wish it didn't happen but we need a napkin I wish it didn't happen but we need a napkin I wish it didn't happen but we need a napkin I wish it didn't happen but we need a napkin Oh my god are you okay?

Oh no no no please stop the tape stop the tape stop the tape please stop the tape Okay stop it's hot it's hot it's hot it's hot Stop oh my god are you? Uh Oh I'm fine Are you okay? I am fine

Don't move just just breathe I am fine Okay Don't have...just breathe. I am fine. Okay, you're fine. I can't put weight on it! Nope! Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Okay, okay, just, uh... Uh... How about just a light little...

Like a flamingo standing. One leg... Oh! Okay, go! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Just we've got time before the show. It's okay. It's okay. Can we uh, get me that high top table. Get me that high top table. Okay. I can lean. I can lean. Come on, I lean. Come on, I lean. You got this.

Okay, yeah, see? See, you're up. Okay, okay, okay. There you are. You're up. I just have to stand here. Look at you. I just have to stand here. Look great. And there have to stand here. You look great. And there's not weird swelling.

None of that, it looks fine. No, two propositions. Number one, we have to cut the musical number. Number two, I say we just burn through Best of Infamous, present it, and then we go home. You go home, I go hospital. Could you just try a little kickball? No. Okay.

Josie, Josie, it was the kickball change that got me. Okay, well, I, okay. Why did you change all of the choreography and kickball change? I just missed one little kickball, and then it changed. It was at least four consecutive kickballs, Josie! Welcome to the Melilties, where we are celebrating the first 100 episodes of Bittersweet Infamy.

I am Josie Nicholl. I'm a little bit late headed. Taylor Basso. I'm Taylor Basso. I'm Taylor Basso. And we are proud to be hosting this shindig and welcoming you, the Bittersweethearts, into our home slash this rented community center. The wood paneling! Gorgeous!

Exposed ducts? Yes! We're gonna be presenting awards tonight for the best moments of a hundred episodes of Bitter Sweet Infamy, but we're not gonna be the ones making the decisions, folks. We are merely the messengers. You, the Bitter Sweethearts, have voted in your droves and made your voices heard as to what will be our best special segment, our best multi-episode series, who will join the Bittersweet Hall of Fame, and even what will be our bittersweetest episode.

And afterwards, you can head over to coffee.com, that's K-O-F-I.com, slash bittersweetinfamy, and enjoy the Melty's After Party for free. The After Party takes place Sunday, June 9th. But Josie, it all starts here as we present our first award for best minfamous. The best minfamous goes to the opening segment of every episode that we have. It is a short mini story of infamy,

hence the name Minfamous. And the melty goes to... The Dave Matthews Band Pooh Bus Incident from episode number 68, The Cult of the Colitera. A Pooh Pooh Bus! A Pooh Bus! The story of the Dave Matthews Band tour bus releasing its septic load onto a Chicago sightseeing boat. Yes! Wow! Good! Good! Yay! Good, good, good! Oh, shit! Are you okay? I might need you to call my mom. Alright, we can get Anna Maria on this.

That's not a problem. That is not a problem. Okay, I'm just gonna real quick, I'm just gonna pop over to the gumball machine. Are you going to the gumball machine? Your leg is really freaky and I just, I think better when I chew. It's fine, I'll be right back and I'll call Anna Maria, no big deal. ["The Last Supper"]

["The Last Supper"] Ooh, a blue gumball. What does the blue one taste like? Sky, hard sky. Hard sky, none of that soft sky you hear about. This is that Vanessa Carlton, if I could fall into the sky you break some this was hard Dude how many gumballs you figure are in that bad boy gumball machine like 99 well like are we counting the gumball in your mouth? 98 with gumball and mouth, 99 with,

if you were to stick that back in, I guess, is my answer. I can't stick it. I think, I think Gopher Ball will have something to say about health code violation if I stick this back in. What are they gonna do? What are they gonna do? They could kick us out.

Yeah, I guess that's probably what they would do. You ever think if I got a different color gumball, the entire course of reality would change? Like a hundred different realities right here in the main entry of Guilford Mall. I think- Wait, have we had this conversation before? I ask you again, are you certain that was a gumball?

Only one way to find out, baby. Did you find the Pac-Man pellet machine? Cause you're like, you're tripping out No, I would say if you got a different color it might turn your tongue a different color. That's what I think Look at my tongue Looks like you licked off Papa Smurf Licked off Lord, that's nasty dude.

There's like kids around, you gotta watch it. That's what's gonna get me kicked out of Guilford Mall. That sort of talk. I'm glad you're having fun because I'm gonna be needing to lean on my stand up comedy since you cancelled the musical number by the way. Listen, you were not improving. It had to be cut. Anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway, anyway. Did you hand out the flyers?

Yes, all the flyers. Yes, that is not the voice of someone who handed out all the flyers. I did you leave them in the car? Maybe you know, once we start though, Taylor, once we start the masses will come. If you build it, they will come that's just happening. I don't okay. I think Kevin Costner passed out flyers for that ghost baseball diamond? Absolutely not.

No, I guess I don't remember that part of the movie now that you put it that way. Maybe I don't see the vision because when 604 was pitching us on Guilford Mall, Main Atrium, I would say that they made it sound both busier than I would observe that it currently is. I think it's weird that they booked us on a Tuesday at nine a.m. Right, well. I'm not trying to sound ungrateful.

Early lunch is gonna be soon. Who knows where else we could have been, right? That's true, that's true. Some dusty old civic center in a performance to an empty room, so. Exactly, yeah. Okay. You know what, there's a rainforest cafe here.

So. That's what the thunder was what? There's a rainforest cafe here. So that's what the thunder was there's still a rainforest cafe here and We can even take that punk kid that we hired to bring in our amps to do all the hauling for us What's his name again? Gareth Gareth Gareth Gareth G-A-R-E-T-H Yeah, well, I don't know if Gareth is gonna be able to join us. He's in fucking mall jail What happened to Gareth? Are you kidding me? be able to join us. He's in fucking mall jail Shit in the fountain he I'm not even kidding you he shit in the fountain full floater I had to lie to security and say that we were doing a charity event for punk kids with IBS So if you guys if fucking Paul Blart comes around we need to pivot into punk kid with IBS content immediately

I really sold it. So like, we're not copping a charge, thank Christ, but he is stuck in mall jail until further notice. I said I would go and get him after the show. Oh my God, poor Garrett. He took a shit in the bathroom. I couldn't tell if it was protest or necessity, honestly. He had a really far away look in his eyes. I would say that.

I don't know if he was like mentally present while he did it. It seemed like a kind of dissociative event for him. I don't know what he's going through. I really try not to judge anyone until I've walked a mile in their Doc Martens, you know? Punk kids with IBS. IBS is a silent killer.

Really is. What time is it? It's 15 past. Okay, that's the trickle in time. Nobody else is coming. Nobody else is coming. You feeling ready? You feeling pumped? You feeling pumped already? I would have loved to have gotten a coffee but Gareth spilled them so no. I think his gumball is giving me some sugar rush. Spit it out already! Okay okay okay okay okay okay okay all right because we're gonna do a special segment, right? Special segment. Yeah. Okay.

Well, everyone, I would tell you what the Milties are, but I don't suspect you would care. So let's just burn through these bad boys. Alright that sounds great. Yeah. The special segment ca- Josie? Can you please?

Yeah. Can you please? Yeah. Can you please fix the reverb? Yeah, I am- okay, try now. Try now. The special segment ca- I think it's off. It's off? Try it again. Put it back- oh! Okay.

Okay. The special segment category is a special category for segments. Did you get an AI to write this? No. The special category's... I'm just gonna freestyle this. The special... Everybody! Our next category honors those small segments that go a long way to keeping the show fresh by introducing new formats and letting Josie and I play around. Not that way, you silly people. fresh by introducing new formats and letting Josie and I play around. Not that way you silly people.

We've created a brand new Melty to recognize these segments. We call it Best Special Segment. Woo! Okay. Oh shit. Made it clear. Please. The Melty for best special segment goes to Bitter Sweet Ambush.

I called it! I knew it! Thank God we're so on there! Thank God! Bitter Sweet Ambush episode number 90! I'd like to phone a friend. This is the episode where Taylor along with special surprise guests Dylan and Jonathan ambush me with a quiz show about the podcast that I co-host. Yeah, it really

got me. I'm still fearful of ambushes. Except what if Taylor this is an ambush? Is it an ambush? It's not. Hey! Shit shit and wait wait wait wait um and also though more importantly everyone knows or knows of someone who knows a punk kid affected by this grueling disease, mall cop's right there, not along, not along, and... Right, yes sir. It makes us sick to our stomach, literally, to think about it. Ouch. Did swallow a lot of gum.

You can cut it out. Mall cop is distracted by that... smoke? Oh, what? What's that smoke, Josie? Yeah, that's a mechanical... Yeah, it smells like burning oil. Oh, it's coming from way...

Dog, is it the Rainforest Cafe? It's coming from that way. I don't know if they have forest fires at the Rainforest Cafe, Jo. Would they have a mechanical fire from the electronic animatronic? And while the polyester leaves get a grip Oh my god. Oh my god! Oh my god!

Do you need help? The Rhino has me quartered in Randy River! Oh my god, in Randy River? Do you need help? The Rhino has me quartered in Randy River! Do you need help? The Rhino has me quartered in Randy River! Do you need help? The Rhino has me quartered in Randy River! Do you need help? The Rhino has me quartered in Randy River! Do you need help? The Rhino has me quartered in Randy River! Um, just stay there! I'll come get you! I'll sa- um, um, okay, wait, I'm just gonna... Okay, just real quick, I'm gonna get a new gumball! I think better when I chew! Can you hear me? I think better when I chew! AHHHHH!

Oh Red gumball Blood is it blood viscera gore human hearts a positive baby. Oh It's a good gumball. That's a top-shelf gumball. Oh baby Click click click click click that jock click that jock Mm-hmm. Well, can you hear it is again picked up the acoustics are good at the hotel, baby Who knew that conference room would have sex good and they've got a gumball machine. That's pretty sick And the gumball is not bad. It has like a little bit of some cherry cherry blood like cherry coke for vampires Mm-hmm, how many gumballs you figure in that bad boy

in that gumball machine? 98, 97 actually, if we include the one in your mouth, which we shouldn't because it's been removed from the machine. Do you ever think that if I got a different color gumball, the entire course of reality would change? Wait, no, I've definitely said this before. I have definitely said this before, right?

What? Listen, this is a nice, boring, predictable conference room. I don't think any sort of, I don't know, unfortunate deja vu omens are gonna come to pass here. Compared to Guilford Mall, where 604 tried to set us up, can you believe that we were even asked? And thank God we said no

That would have been rough. How would we have done with equipment there? We'd have to hire some idiot off Craigslist. Can't say your chair was so nice. Such a gem. A mensch truly No, and I like these low ceilings. Me too. Makes me feel held You don't want the guests to be doing moon salts and clipping their heels on the light fixtures and whatnot No, it encourages a quieter party and I think that that's going to be a good vibe for this. You know, I don't think we really need to blow it up. We don't need to do any musical numbers. We just need to put on a nice, steady, I dare say boring performance for the fans. This might be a good time to tell you also that the room that we're in that's so lovely and great for our boring

performance is... You're gonna tell me about the automatic light switches. I got those too. What else? Vertical blinds crank in not out. We won't charge another deposit. They were really nice about saying that by the way because I've been to these fancy places where you put duct tape on the wall. They send you an invoice for $200 after the fact. Anyway, what were you about to say? All of that. And we're double bucked. Isn't that crazy? Double bucked. What does that mean?

It means that at the same time that we're going to be in here doing the Maltese performance, there will also be a, I think our concierge bread said a gender reveal party. So a gender reveal party. We're going to vibe. We're going to figure it out. We're going to, you know, we were already doing blue and pink decor, I guess. Oh, what's, uh, are you, are you seeing this large, large gumball machine toward us rolling on a, yeah.

What the fuck is that? Okay. What are you doing over there, John Dyer? Thank you very much. Would you like a tip? Here's a tip, invest in gold. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe He looks wonderful. Oh, the baby will love it if the baby were here! I'm so happy!

The baby is here, darling. I can see them every time I look into your beautiful eyes! Who the fuck are these people? Uh, dude, I have no fucking idea this must be the gender reveal I don't know. Oh dear we're being so delinquent in introducing ourselves please. My name is Adelaide Winthrop it's a real pleasure to meet you we're so excited that you'll be part of this experience with us. My name is Sherman Harley Winthrop candid Candidly I feel

significantly more anxious about it. Sweetie there's nothing to feel anxious about. This day is going to go perfectly. I can feel it already. When she says it I believe her. Oh goodness. And you must be the decorator? Yes, darling. The people that I hired from Baby Pearls and Pistols, the gender reveal decorating company. Oh, that's wonderful. I think there's maybe been a misunderstanding here. Well, actually, you know what, Taylor, baby pearls, pistols, you know?

Yeah. Yeah. Sounds like there might be money in that. Totally, yeah, yeah. I could be convinced into being that. Yeah, it's not like we double booked the room and we need to figure out a way to use the room for our purpose or anything, but yeah, we're the.

I certainly didn't do that. I certainly didn't double book the room. I can say that honestly. Okay. Well, and now we get to decorate. This is rad. Oh babies. Do you have any decorations in blue and pink? As a matter of fact, that's the only kind of decoration we do by coincidence. Yeah. Yep. We keep a pretty tight brand over here. Yeah, yeah, those are the team colors.

Those are the team colors. Oh, that's just wonderful. That's exactly what we were dreaming of. My goodness. What do you need from us? We have the gumball machine. Is this placement okay? We were thinking the very middle of the stage.

We were hoping that it would frame us as we told the story of how we first met at that nudist colony in upstate New York. It was so damp I don't know why we did it in November. It was magical. It was spellbinding. All I saw was you and all I thought was a rash. Oh, sweetie. So we were thinking, the gumball machine, which is this playful nod to childhood. Whimsy! We'll have that up here, center stage, and we'll do a few games, we'll do a few call-ins,

we'll share, do an emotional check-in for everybody involved. And that usually takes about three hours. And then when that wraps up, we'll have a short break for cake. I'll play the harpsichord during the entire thing. It's so beautiful, Shuri. It's very soothing. It's real talent. Thank you, darling.

She sees in me the things I do not see in myself Okay Josie a word. Thank you. Love that. Love you. Whatever the fuck this is great stuff Fantastic love go would love to interview you later for the show Josie huddle What the fuck are we gonna do? What the fuck are we gonna do? How are we gonna present this special multi-episode series situation? I don't know, you need to, I don't know. Chew the gum harder, think Josie, think. Okay, okay, okay.

What if we booked this space, we can sit down, we can record, because we're a podcast, it's not like we need a big musical number or a bunch of decorations or a big stage show. We can sit in a boring hotel room and record boringly. Yes. The system works.

This is perfect, okay. We get a picture in front of the pink and blue gumball machine, we put it up on Instagram, it fits our aesthetic, it fits our vibe, in and out. We just record best multi-episode series, we honored the multi-episode specials themed series that made the biggest impact with our listeners Totally you might even get a piece of gum out of it. I know you like that. Mmm. Yeah, let's do it

Motivated got motivated. Okay, let's go send mr. And mrs. Howell out to pastor Winthrop. Oh god Hello there, right? Hey, hi again All right So yeah Right, hey, hi again. Hi, hello. All right, so yeah, one thing that we wanted to bring to your attention is that the blue and pink gender stuff may be a little bit outdated. We thought maybe you could get some like non-binary gumballs in that machine,

color of your choosing. Uh-huh, break it open. Absolutely, we don't know where you bought these giant gumballs is the thing, these massive prop gumballs. Oh dear. Yeah, so is there any way that you get on the horn with your gum vendor and get a few new colors, you know, shake things up a little bit?

We'll keep to the blue and pink for the most part, we promise. We kind of have no choice. I think that you're very wise and I think that the Yelp reviews for this event will be a delight. I agree. I'm a little nervous making a last-minute change like this, but I Trust that you have the best insight and I'm really looking forward to seeing your creation She has such an open mind for last-minute change. Oh, sweetie

Thank God they left thank God they. I'm a pretty chill guy. I like most people. Yeah. I don't know if I liked them. It was a little much. It was a lot actually. At first I thought that that was just going to be, you know, an episode in our lives, but it turned into kind of a multi-episode series, honestly.

Nice seg, doggy. Woohoo! That's right. Here is the category of best multi-episode series. ["The Last Post-Credit Scene"] Made it clear. Please. ["The Last Post-Credit Scene"] And the Melty goes to

Bittersweet604. And rightly so, and rightly so, and rightly so. You really thought it. You thought that one through, dog. You had that, you had that. I did think that one through, and rightly so. Hometown boy. Hometown boy makes good as always.

You know what this means now, Taylor. What's that? You have to get a 604 tattoo, that's it. Just get your local area code tattooed on your body. Anywhere you want. You have a say. I wouldn't not. It's a bit gauche, but I'm a bit gauche.

Let me give it a think. Yeah. Let me draw up a design. If I can stylize it in a cool way, I'll think about it. Ooh, okay. All right. Sweet. My love for BC shines true as in our bittersweet 604 limited series

celebrating BC based infamous stories. All right. So what do we do now? We got a, we got a, should we keep banging through these till gender reveal couple get back or what do we, we're, we're. You know, I'm just gonna, I,

in that presentation, I, You gum guzzler. Accidentally swallowed my gum. So I, I'm just gonna like take a little break, take a little breather, try and get this knot out of my throat. Yeah. And I'm just gonna like take a little break, take a little breather, try and get this knot out of my throat. And I might just, do you think I can just like sidle up to their huge gumball machine?

I just- No Josie stop! You're gonna ruin the gender reveal! You're gonna ruin the gender reveal! Oh, a green one. Okay. I know I've been here before. Which is like deja vu but deeper.

What is happening? Okay, Taylor. Oh, there you are. Hey, Taylor. Hey, Josie. The weirdest thing is happening. I crank this gumball machine and then I'm like a whole another reality happens when I crank the gumball machine and a new color comes out and it's a whole new world and I don't understand. Do you? Like you were here. What's happening? We need to prepare for the melties.

Melties, yes. Okay, but what are you, what are you saying? What are you talking about? Did you eat that useless gum again? I just told my friend that they and Batman are conspiring against you. You have to sell your Or something off about this one. This is weird. I'm just giving up the ghost on this one. I'm going to crank right out of here. All right. Okay. Um, goodbye, oh Esperanto Taylor-o. See ya.

Ooh, a pink gumball. What do the pink ones taste like? Oh. What? Josie. Oh. Oh. Oh.

Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Ooh, a pink gumball. What do the pink ones taste like? Josie? Josie? Uh oh. Uh oh. Is your jaw stuck? Uh huh. We have to record the melties in 10 minutes.

Alright, hold still. Hold still. Stop. Why are you going back to the gumball machine for another piece? Uh, I think my leg's too... Josie, what gumball did you retrieve from the giant gumball machine? Gold, Taylor, gold!

Oh, the audience loves it and so do the listeners. What pray tell is inside that gold gumball, crack it open. Look at this, an envelope with gold script all over it. Let me just... Look at this, an envelope with gold script all over it. Let me just... Whoa! Taylor, it's an invite to the Melty's after party. Whoa, that is an exclusive invite to the hottest ticket in town, the Melty's after party.

A week from today, Sunday, June 9th. Where can they attend that magical event? All the listeners at home and those in the studio audience here, give yourselves a round of applause. They can head over to coffee.com slash bittersweet infamy. That's K-O dash S-I dot com slash bittersweet infamy. Oh my gosh, that'll be glittering your drinks. That's free of charge folks, free for everyone to listen to.

What a great event that'll be. But first, before we start looking forward, it's time to take a little bit of a look back. It's been a pretty exciting three and a half years since we started this podcast over Zoom as a pandemic project. And you know, I think I'd like to take a little bit of a walk down memory lane lane if you don't mind.

Let's head down there together, Taylor. Arm in arm. Pinkies intertwined. That sounds great. Here are some of our favorite memories from the past 100 episodes of Bittersweet Infamy. 3, 2, 1, record. I'm now recording. I too am now recording. For the dozens upon dozens upon dozens of people who will surely be listening to this first effort. Dozens. I personally hate podcasts where they talk all the time. Let me rephrase that.

They move to San Diego which is where I currently am actually. I know. Go Padres! You can do significant damage to your bones, to your nerves, to your muscles by carrying around a fax machine to have it to your leg. And of course his enunciation isn't very good because he's trying to speak English out of a blowhole. He's a fucking dolphin. Man trap! It trapped your night, dude. I'm a bloat hole? This is a fucking dolphin Match up!

It trapped your night dude Hey Josie, tragedy strikes No In fact it's a special minfamous, courtesy of a special guest Composer in residence, Brian Steele Oh my god, what? Brian? Yes, sex cult Josie is back!

I've the people We have gotten letters on letters on letters Let me tell you, where the sex cult Josie is back! I've the people, we have gotten letters on letters on letters. Let me tell you, what happened to that nice young woman in the clip? Josie, what are you doing in a 1923 game? 1923, I am glad the war is over. Go away 2020, fuck you! This is like the new year. We're gonna blast your ass out of here.

I'm sick of looking at the old. There's something new on your finger, Josie. Hopefully the marriage license got to the office. Well, I fucking hope. FedEx it. Oh, geez. What was that honk, Josie? What was that vroom, Josie?

Oh, we're getting on the ferry. Back in San Diego. I'm in British Columbia, Vancouver. 604. 604, baby. We are coming at you from the inside of a VW bus. I've got loads of mods in here. This is the beginning of bittersweet summer.

Welcome to bittersweet romance. Trick or treat. Trick or cheat. Trick or cheat. Infamy. Infamy. What I have for you today are two stories. One is fact and one is fiction. Apparently there was so much blood in her eyes that even her irises were red. Like Halloween, like red contacts. She got forest demon eyes.

She has a little tent that she's staying in. Apparently he likes to sneak in and give her the old husk of mystery, you know what I'm saying? He also makes a mandate to hire more top female executives into the Sunmade Company. Break that wrinkled ceiling. Mm-hmm. Puncture right through it.

It might take you a few times, but you can't go. I mean, I got my ears pierced. Who hasn't gotten their clit pierced? You don't have your eyebrow pierced? I'm joking. It's a joke. Nobody gets their eyebrow pierced or their clit pierced at Clit. Oh, it is on us, Linda. Don't you worry about a thing.

I see a rummaging around in your pockets. We don't want it. Your money's no good here, it's covered in butter. And I think the time I was there it was like the cocaine years in the music biopic, where things are going south. We opened up the wig store next to the tubing store and we didn't think it would be a customer synergy but you know. Do you pinch yourself and try and wake up

from this horrible nightmare? What the fuck? What was that? Are you okay? Josie, there was no baby Ajax. Was there a fish at all? No. No.

Fucking! No. I had a really hard time with an ending. What's that Obama quote? No matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning. Wasn't that something special Josie? Doesn't that bring a tear to your eye? My heart is so much fuller because of that. Thank you, Taylor. My gosh. Through the years, bittersweet infamy. Love it. You know what else is going to be fuller shortly is the newly opened

bittersweet infamy hall of fame. But we need some hall of fame scholars. Josie, why don't you remind us of what it takes to be eligible for the bittersweet Infamy Hall of Fame? To be eligible to be in the Bittersweet Hall of Fame, you have to have been mentioned multiple times on the Bittersweet Infamy podcast, and then referred to again and again in a loving or ridiculed way. You could probably win it for like one really good appearance too, I imagine. I haven't actually checked the nominees to see if any of them fit that criteria. You know, Taylor, it's a vibe. It's a vibe thing. It's absolutely, absolutely Josie. I imagine. I haven't actually checked the nominees to see if any of them fit that criteria. You know, Taylor, it's a vibe. It's a vibe thing.

It's a vibe. Absolutely, absolutely, Josie. As the kids say, it's a vibe. The Hall of Fame is now open. In no particular order, the first inductees into the bittersweet infamy hall of fame are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Oh, Sherlock's dad, Sherlock's dad. He couldn't be here. He is trapped in the further, but he sends his regards. Yes, but you can feel his spirit in the room. All around us. Congratulations, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. spirit in the room. All around us. Congratulations to Arthur Conan Doyle. Our next inductee into the bittersweet infamy hall of fame is T Street composer Brian Steele. There we go. There we go.

Well deserved Brian. Well deserved. I know. Way to go, Brighy. The man who has played us into every episode. Our final inductee into the bittersweet infamy hall of fame is Sinead O'Connor. Good for her. Everyone, if you look in the crowd, if you look under your seat, you'll find a picture of the pope. Three, two, one. Rip it up. I'm now ripping it up. I too am now ripping it up. It's nearly time for our grand finale, the presentation of the award for bitter sweetest episode. Some might say it's the bitter sweetest moment of the night because it means that the evening is coming to an end. But before we bid adieu, let's take a look back at one of our favorite celebrity relationships from the show, the torrid

affair between the nanny Fran Drescher and the governor of California Jerry Brown. Oh, but uh, yes, I, yes, Taylor, a wonderful idea to go to the next, just oh okay. There's a okay. There's a All right, I can't be the crowd There's somebody coming through there's something Oh my god, it's Billy Joel Oh my god, it's Billy Joel! My kung fu fists will give you a heart attack! Taylor, did you pay him for the opening act?

Why would I pay him anything when he took so much from me? He took half my life, half my years. You think I'm gonna pay him anything? Because he will come and take more, dawg! Look, he's here! He's fucking snapping necks! He's in here causing bodily harm! Fatal bodily harm!

No Billy, stay out of the orchestra! It's black and white and red all over. My piano after I'm done with you! He's not gonna catch me alive! My leg! My leg! Josie save me! Where are you going? Uh, okay just trust me on this Okay, okay, I've done a few of these now I'm just gonna hit the crank

I'm gonna hit the crank Ooh, a white gumball What's that flavor? Ooh, a white gumball. What's that flavor? Just gumball, okay. So now fast forward. Flash forward what? It's 2017.

Okay, my hair has grown out, yeah. Yeah, exactly, you got rid of the fan. And Barbara Streisand. Barbara? Oh! Me got winner, Barbara Streisand. Oh! Barbara? Oh! Me got winner, Barbara Streisand? Yes, sorry. Where am I?

I'm so excited, yes. Her 14 year old dog, Samantha, lovingly called Sammy. Mm, little cutie. Has passed away. Oh my God, RIP, what the hell? Did you just drop that, like a stuffy? And Sammy is, and I won't say her breed right, it's a Coton de Tulliar dog? Oh, just you wait. You're gonna be mispronouncing a lot of things.

That is for sure, um, something that was specialty bred in a lab to Barbra Streisand's specifications. Most likely. Like, that dog doesn't exist. Yeah, no, uh, I mean, now it does, right? But... Can you hear me? Hello? And Babs is in her Malibu mansion, which, just a side note, is insane.

Her house is insane. That's why she's a meek-ot. She has a basement that, you know, usually people store equipment or stuff or amazing stuff whatever it is they use their basement storage and she's like I use mine as what I think it is I've built a whole bunch of shops in my basement to display my storage did you know this is this episode one she has like an underground Christmas village kind of barb yes like a sweet shop the rich are so different from from from the rest of us.

It's fucking bizarre. Yeah. And also side note to this side note, I found this out while I was on Molly and I was in this big mansion house and they had a coffee table book about Barbra Streisand's house. Side note to this side note of a side note, I bet you that Barbra Streisand has a store in her basement that's all white gumballs. It's such a classy and insane move. Very Babs, very B. Gottwinder. Oh man. So I like, Roland was like looking through this coffee table book being like, holy shit. What a treat. It was a treat. It was a little hidden treat. Like this gumball, but I don't think anybody can hear me in this world.

That's exactly what you want to find when it's 2am and you're tired of hugging whoever you just met. Bye Episode 1, Taylor and Josie. Good luck! Hang in there. Make the podcast louder. Don't worry, you get to 100! Are you about to tell me this? Because if so, I won't step on you. Do you know about the Streis Whee! No. Welcome to the outer reaches of the largest dust cloud in the Glortnax galaxy. I'm the 300th clone of Taylor Basso, and I'm one of your hosts tonight for the 948th Melty Awards! And I'm here with my co-host, the cryogenically frozen body of Josie Mitchell. It's been a few centuries since she was up and about but she's coming back any day now. Isn't that right Josie?

Taylor! It's so good to hear your voice! It has been way too long! Unfortunately, the real Josie is still cryogenically frozen, and she won't be waking up, well, for the next 100 to 1,000 years. So you can check back soon. Or, best option, visit her Ko-fi page at ko-fi.com slash bittersweetinfamy. Have a great award show, Taylor! Josie, what are you talking about? Don't embarrass me in front of everyone. Here, limber up! We gotta do our, we gotta rehearse for our big, uh, our big opening number. Here, let's limber up those arms.

Please don't touch the body. Please don't touch the body. Please don'tber up those arms that's not good y'all partners I tell you this here Maltese is gonna be a fine award show but first a word from our sponsor Dr. Mitchell's medicated tonic Here right here right here right here here you got your medicated tonic and you're gonna take your medicated tonic every morning and you're gonna feel great you're gonna feel good you're gonna feel bittersweet good It'll make your ingrown hairs grow in It'll make your hair as smooth as silk

It'll even make your mother-in-law's kiss a little bit warmer. Dr. Mitchell's medicated revitalizing toner. And that's right, we only have 25 vials of it in our possession. The rest are back in New York City. That's right, in New York City. The namesake of modern-day science. That's right, that's where this comes from. This Dr. Mitchell's bittersweet toner.

I dare say that you only have 24 vials because I'm'm gonna buy the first one from you right here and now! Who's with me? Welcome to the Melty's. I'm your host Sean Connery and this is my co-host, Sean Connery. Thank you Sean Connery. Thank you Sean Connery. And now the Melty goes to Sean Connery! Sean Connery, we've won again! It's actually Sean Connery. They're taking away our titles Sir Sean. We cannot accept this Melty.

Where's Catherine Zeta-Jose? That's enshrapment! This is a murder on the Orient Express! You're the man now, dog. We're both the man now, dog. We're the man now, dog. You named the dog? The dog. He's the dog now, man. Welcome to this Florida swamp. I am Taylor Gator. This is Josie Gator.

And it is melting out because we are hosting the Melty's Awards for the best in three and a half years of alligator podcasting. Can you believe that, Josie Gator? It is really phenomenal and I'm surprised but I'm not surprised that Florida Man has won all our Melty's awards for these past three years. It's really quite stupendous. Our best tasting winner. Mmm, tastes like chicken. Yeah, that's what I hear. I mean I've been vegan for a

while as long time listeners will know. It looks good on you. I think it's it's good for my skin. Yeah. Yeah Hi everyone, welcome back to the melties We have to be really really quiet It wasn't the smartest decision to host the event in the middle of an avalanche prone field on a mountain, but Josie really wanted to do it here. I had hotel points for this very nice chalet, but for some reason, Taylor, you're the one who wanted to come out into this snowy field to record. So that's on you. I take exception to that interpretation of the order of events,

but the fact remains that we are in this field. I don't want to point fingers. I still can't hear you, Taylor. I really can't hear you, but you're wrong. Oh my God, my phone vibrated no! Welcome to the melties one and all! Your regular podcasters Taylor and Josie couldn't be here because they were sad. So they left the event to us, your favorite couple.

I'm Sherman Harley Winthrop. And I'm Adelaide Winthrop. And this is our newborn baby, Colgate Winthrop, Harvey Winthrop. It has my name and her name and my name and her name. And Colgate is the name of our toothpaste. It's a beautiful compromise. I love when you quote our wedding vows. Oh, that's so sweet, Sherman.

Now, welcome to the melties. Okay, orange gumball. This better be a good fucking timeline. Okay, there are no more gumballs left in that goddamn machine. 100 realities, 100 gumballs. Why did I swallow them all? Joe, you're uh, you're looking a little off color, you okay? Yeah? Can I ask you, uh, where are we? We're outside the studio. We're about to tape the Melties, are you okay? Your breath smells really sweet.

Uh, what year is it? 2024. Who's the president? Oh god, Biden, but ask me again later. Mother's maiden name. Are you trying to break into my bank account? What's going on? Who won the bitter sweet and for me Hall of Fame?

Sinead O'Connor, a striker, Conan Doyle, Brian Steele, T Street. Good, okay, yeah. Tell me this, what won for best Mimphemus at the Milti's? A poo poo bus, a poo bus! Ow, ow, ow. Oh, what's going on? You're acting kooky. Not kooky, affectionate, kooky concerning.

Thanks for that... compliment, I guess. I just gotta take care of something. Josie, what the fuck? I broke that gumball machine to smithereens! That oughta fix this problem. They're gonna, did you sign a waiver? They're gonna fucking take that, we're gonna be charged for that. Six of four is gonna be charged for that.

You know what, I feel a lot better. I don't know, it's okay. There are bigger fish to fry out there. I don't think we're gonna have to see those big fish. So, this is great. This is good. This is fine. Boy, it's a little glass a little gum it's okay I'm willing to lie about your property damage because I'm a fucking good friend but are you sure that

do you need like you should retain a lawyer would be my advice I am feeling better than ever let's let's find out what episode is the bittersweetest episode all right let's record a right, let's record a take here. Let's record a take, okay. Bittersweet episode in three, two, one. Josie, it's time to acknowledge the bittersweetest episode of the past 50 episodes of Bittersweet Infamy. Now I know we've been vlogging this big number 100 all night.

In our first Melty ceremony in episode 50, we honored the first of these episodes. Now we've honored number 49 through 96 who are eligible in this year's awards pool. You, the bitter sweethearts, are allowed to vote for as many of your favorites as you wanted. So hopefully everyone got to direct their love in the appropriate direction and we don't see any, I don't know, tears of joy only I'm hoping, tears of joy only. Bittersweet tears, bittersweet tears, that's all. All right, let's get to it. Number 90 I'd like to phone a friend. Oh ho! Ho-dily-ho-dily-ho! Very cool. Ambush. Ambush Extrata now! Ambush. And thank you so much to Dylan and Jono for being on that one.

And of course a great spread of stories about all the great game show scandals. Yeah. Yeah. This one, a little pour out for, what was the fish's name? Baby Ajax! You still don't remember my fish's name. A real friend will remember my dead fish's name? Baby Ajax! You still don't remember my fish's name? I really can't remember my dead fish's name. Yeah. Coming in second. Number 62, Fight the Real Enemy. One wonders!

One wonders! One wonders what might have been had the vote gone another way. We accidentally omitted episode 62 from a lot of the voting period because we left it off the ballot. We did fix it, but that might be the difference between second place and first. Who knows? Who's to say?

But instead, your choice for the bittersweetest episode is... Number 51. Pregnant? don't wanna be, call Jane. Yeah! Da da da da da da! You sick fucks, you like listening to her cry. Yeah, very well deserved, very well deserved. A fabulous... Okay, well let's not make everyone get them, but yes! Everybody who wants to! Absolutely.

Absolutely. Should be affordable to everybody. So there you go. Night Trap hands its crown over to pregnant, don't wanna be, call Jane, our new, bitter, sweetest episode of the past two or so years. So again, for posterity, our top three episodes. Number 90, I'd like to phone a friend about all the great game show cheating scandals. Number 62, fight the real enemy about Sinead O'Connor and her infamous Pope ripping SNL performance. And our milty winner number 51, pregnant don't want to be called Jane about an underground Chicago abortion collective. Congratulations Josie, congratulations.

Congratulations Taylor my dog! Oh no, that was a Josie episode. If you were put, like, if you were, if, when the Library of Congress comes around asking for the Josie episodes, that's like one of the obvious picks. And we have some comments on the ballots here. Thank you so much voters for taking the time to write in. That's so sweet! Congratulations on 100 episodes. As I read through the selections here, reading down the long list of enigmatically titled episodes, we'll try to be clearer in the future, and Minfamai, very true, I was overwhelmed by a wicked sensation of delight, the joy of it all and the size of it. You two have given us so many wonderful and thoughtful stories, always with kindness, so often leading to a more complicated, more personal understanding of a thing and the world itself, which is what the best stories do.

Listening has been an absolute pleasure. Thank you. Thank you. Whoever you are, these are anonymous. That was very nice. You're so sweet. That was a very nice thing to say. We've also got you rock.

Congratulations on 100 episodes. I've been a big fan since day one. Look forward to your next 100 and beyond. And finally, more cat related stories. I'll get back to you on this, I have a lot of thoughts. Too true, too true. Okay, it's actual, I hear you. You know, loud and clear, loud and clear.

It's been, thank you so much, thank you to everyone. Thank you to our, obviously our coffee supporters, who as of now, John Mountain, Erica, Joe, Lizzie D, the greats, thank you to everyone who's donated At the various points my mom Dina Ramon Dylan anybody and everybody I'm forgetting when we got that Starbucks card That made me really happy. I got four pumpkin spice lattes. That was great It was Lizzie D that was the dollar ZDs the best. She's been around. I love these She's a real one. She's a she's a OG from the OC. Yeah, this is a real labor of love And we really really appreciate we really appreciate thank you to all of our guests. Oh my gosh

I can't I better not be forgetting anybody everybody who's ever fucking taken a second if you've taken a second to engage with us engage with the show we really appreciate it because Like ah i'm actually having the emotions that I had been not feeling because we were busy putting together an episode of the show. Oh my god! You know, like a pretty complicated one. But I really appreciate it. I appreciate it means a lot to me. When my friends and my family and the people that I love engage with my art, that means a great deal to me. It- it-

Truly. Yeah, it is really amazing. And say nice things like, like, um, when Leslie came over at your wedding or like when, um, Erica Jo came over, just really, really nice people. Yeah. It's been a joy. It's been a pleasure.

It's been a real joy to research these stories and to learn more about storytelling and to like dig into the responsibility of telling a story and the joy of telling a story and sometimes the challenge of it as well. Having to fudge that out sometimes on the fly, sometimes deep in the research, it's a great time. It's a good thing. Thank you for letting us do that.

Thank you for listening in as we do it. It's a good way to connect with you. A huge thank you to 604 Podcast Network for supporting us. Yeah. Thank you to the Reddit people who listen on the Reddit folks. Waterpark Lady, I see you. You know, it's all good. Thank you, Taylor, for doing it with me. Thank you. And thank you for being a friend. Thank you, Pancho. Thank you to your brother. Thank you to everybody who listens. They're playing me off. They're playing me off.

Hahahaha Taylor, I really gotta say, I really like this timeline, too. This is probably my favorite timeline, and I'm really glad that I chewed a piece of gum and ended up here. So thanks for that, as well. That's so sweet. Yeah. I love your metaphors. Yeah. I love your metaphor. Yeah. I never quite know what they mean, but I know that you mean them from the heart. I really do.

Yeah. Alright, you wanna call her a rap on the Melties? I mean, Melties proper, obviously. We still need to tape the big musical number. Oh, uh, you know, I just, I had a thought about that. You're not gonna believe what this jag off Billy Joel has been texting me like I'm gonna come and kill you. Yeah, buddy. Come and break my neck Billy Joel you fucking wiener We're talking about the- Taylor. Hey, um, I just I think I think we should go ahead and just that was such a nice

earnest note to end on I think we need to just kind of like focus in on that and Move along and get out of here and get someplace safer. Are you my friend or his? I love you. Hey, Billy. God, who's Billy? Don't know him. Let's leave though. I just I had this thought that, you know, what Billy gets wind, you know what I mean? Like, it's just I think. Turn on the tape deck. You know what? You're right. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this timeline is totally different. Okay. Yep. I'll hit the tape deck and here we go.

Just safety first. Okay. We want safety first. Look at the doors. See if anybody's coming in. And... Biggie, Tupac, Al Capone, Porygon, Twilight Zone, Exorcism, Joni Mitchell, Mick Bodge, Glitter Us. Oh my god, I knew it! It's Billy Joel! Shit! My leg! Josie, he's saving me! Save yourself, he's coming! I can't move! I have a stomach ache from all that gum I swallowed!

Have mercy on us, Billy! It's our hundredth episode! Don't worry, sweethearts, Josie and I are fine. We were just having a little bit of fun. Isn't that right, Billy Joel? That's right, Taylor. But you know what's not fun? This sobering statistic. One in every five punk kids is affected by Irritable Bowel Syndrome, also known as IBS. That's no way to live a life, is it Josie?

It's certainly not Billy Joel. It's a real shame. And I have to speak from some personal experience here because I've eaten a lot of gum this evening. It's painful. It takes a lot out of you. It feels like your life is really being shortened. It's debilitating. That's right, Billy. But you know what? If you're listening to this, you can do something about it.

You can head over to coffee.com slash bittersweetentherme and you can throw a few cents, a few bucks, whatever you have to help support these punk kids with IBS. That's coffee.com slash bittersweetinfamy, k-o-f-i dot com slash bittersweetinfamy. And if it's not in your budget this year to donate to punk kids with IBS or a podcast badly masquerading as them.

We completely understand and we still welcome you to join us over at Ko-fi.com for content that's free for everyone, including the Melty's After Party, which will be available one week from the release of this episode. Sunday June 9th, we really want to thank you all for being a part of the show. Thank you to everyone who supported the show. Thank you to all of the artists whose work we've used during the show, including those who created the music and effects that you heard throughout the evening to include Liberio Conti whose song Sinelax you're listening to right now, as well as newly minted little ice cream humor there. Bittersweet Infamy Hall of Famer Brian Steele and Mitchell Collins who really came through with We Didn't Melt the

Ice Cream. It was pretty good wasn't it Billy? I think it was even better than my own version honestly. A huge thank you to the people whose stories we've told over the course of this podcast. We want to thank the listeners, we want to thank our friends and family and more than anything thank you to the inimitable Billy Joel. Thank you, Taylor and Josie. You really know how to put on a show. And if I may be so bold, I hope you two stay sweet. Stay sweet, Billy.

Stay sweet to Piano Man. Something in there has to be funny, right? Pfft. Hahahaha!