Dumb People Town - Amanda Seales - Bird Truthers

Episode Date: August 30, 2019

Amanda Seales comes to Town to talk about a movement who has doubts about birds. ...

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Star Pains, I know. Hey townies, welcome to another episode of Dumb People Town. Population Seals. Amanda Seals. Amanda Seals. Hi, girl. Welcome to Sound. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Can we... This is...
Starting point is 00:00:55 I have wanted to do this since we hung with you at Moon Tower and you did your set as you were sort of ramping up to the HBO special. That was like all that material in there. I know, but there was so much material in there. It feels like nine years ago. I know, but there was so much material in there, which was like the woman on the plane,
Starting point is 00:01:10 the reach over, open the window, woman on the plane thing. I think about that every time I get on a plane. I just can't handle stupid behavior and how it's like now creeping into our lives. You know what I mean? Creeping? I feel like it's a tsunami. Okay, so good.
Starting point is 00:01:22 So good. So now you are here in Dumb People Town, okay, where we believe that the world is getting dumber. Absolutely. And we have proof. Our great fans send Dan great stories that we, the three of us, don't know anything about these stories. We've never heard them.
Starting point is 00:01:34 We're going to hear details about what's happening for the first time. We try to break it down and understand. Shall we jump into one? Yeah. I was going to tell you I had a plane situation happen yesterday. Hold that story. Wait, wait. I said hold that story.
Starting point is 00:01:44 Let's do it after the break. So hold that story. We got a plane situation happen yesterday. Hold that story. Wait, wait. I said hold that story. Let's do it after the break. So hold that story. We got a plane story again. Amanda Seals. Let's jump into this story and then we'll get to her place. Sent in by Kelby W. Davis at Kelby W. Davis. KWD. Don't you love when a Twitter handle is the name?
Starting point is 00:01:59 Yeah. Because most times it is not. Because you know they're not trying to hide behind some opinionated bullshit. I'm Amanda Seals at Twitter.com. But the most opinionated people that don't have any backing to their opinion have the names like Monkey Fox 1192.
Starting point is 00:02:14 I'm like, who are you? Don't ask. Don't ask. Well, good for you for getting that handle. And their Abby is like Garfield with a pizza hat. Wow, that is some right wing shit from Garfield and a pizza hat. Like, wow, that is some right-wing shit from Garfield in a pizza hat. She 3PO is coming at me with some serious shade. Oh, one of my favorites was Klu Klux Kunt.
Starting point is 00:02:32 Oh. KKC. A lot of baking recipes on their account. A lot of baking recipes. Here's how you do sticky balls. All right. Well, Kelby W. Davis has got nothing to hide. You are you, Kelby W. Davis.
Starting point is 00:02:45 Thanks for being a townie. If you want to be like Kelby, you can just tweet at me. You go at DanielVanKirk, hashtag Dumb People Town, and that's how I get the stories for this show from you. That's the method. All right, ready? Ready? Let's jump in.
Starting point is 00:02:58 Memphis, Tennessee. Don't know if we've ever been around Memphis. We haven't. I have. I went to Memphis for my mother's 70th birthday. She's from Grenada, so everywhere in America is foreign. Mexico, Missouri.
Starting point is 00:03:12 She was really set on going to Memphis. I'm going to read you the headline and just off that, I know I say this a lot, but it always makes me happy and I have to point out, we could just riff for 10 minutes on this headline. By the way, just to correct my own mistake here, I thought she meant that her mom was from Grenada, Tennessee.
Starting point is 00:03:31 Like it's a town near Manhattan. She's never gotten out of there. There is a Mexico, Missouri. Sure. And there is a Lebanon. I'm going to inquire about that joke after, because I'm going to keep trying to figure it out. No, Grenada, the island in the Caribbean.
Starting point is 00:03:44 I am wrong. Okay, let's just go. Okay, because I'm going to keep trying to figure it out. No, Grenada, the island, and the Caribbean. I am wrong. Okay, let's just go. Okay, ready? Yeah. Here's the headline. It's five words. That is all we would need, but we've got a lot more. Let's hear it.
Starting point is 00:03:53 Birds aren't real, says man. Nope. Oh, come on. Oh, wow. No, I have a mini story about how I have a friend whose cousin, he was like, my cousin is coming here to meet us. We're eating dinner. he was like, my cousin is coming here to meet us. We're eating dinner.
Starting point is 00:04:06 He's like, my cousin is super handsome. She's like, don't fall for him. Okay? He's just like a- That was her first intro? His. His first intro. He was like, a womanizer, don't fall for him.
Starting point is 00:04:15 And I was like, all right, cool. So he walks up. Good intel. He's drop dead gorgeous. And I was like, touche. And my boy was like, I got to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back. I'm like, cool.
Starting point is 00:04:23 He's like- Do not have a meet cute. Do not have a meet cute. Do not have a meet cute while I'm gone. So we're sitting there and his cousin's like, what's up? And I was like, oh, I don't know. I just feel like I can't wait for Mercury to get out of retrograde. And he was like, oh, like, you believe in that shit? And I was like, what do you mean?
Starting point is 00:04:39 He was like, you believe in, like, space? Space? Space. And I said, what? What do you? And I said, again, what do you mean? He was like, you know, like space. Space? And I said, what do you, and I said again, what do you mean? He's like,
Starting point is 00:04:47 you know, like planets and shit. Mercury. And then you were like, you were like, I just fell for you. You had me at, fell for that.
Starting point is 00:04:56 Right. Like he literally thought like, planets, Mercury. He heard Mercury and then tuned out. That's all he heard. That's what I always ask for these people. And I would say it to this person here. We'll dig it we get in it what would what's to gain what do people
Starting point is 00:05:10 have to gain by space not being real i don't know i don't so they're like if i don't go up and experience it with my own eyes meanwhile and what you're talking about mercury mercury out of retrograde is like it's astrology it's astrology so it is connected to the stars but he said he threw out all of astrology because he doesn't believe in astronomy he threw out astronomy science right so now hang on a second like but he did one he did want to investigate uranus he told me that don't fall for that so he's But space is like Okay we say space and space is out there And it's stars and it's black and it's dark
Starting point is 00:05:50 And what not but like there's space Between us right now Dave Matthews knows that So your boy is saying He does not believe in like Space as a concept No like space as planets But it's just like also like hella people have seen outer space.
Starting point is 00:06:08 Like it's not like it was just Neil Armstrong at this point. But that's what Randy was saying. That they live in this world of like the earth is flat. Like if I haven't seen it myself, it's not real. And I always wonder, do these people think like water slides are magic? No, there are people. Because they're at the top and they're like, there's no ending to this side. I can't see it.
Starting point is 00:06:23 There's no slide. There's no ending. Get in. Find out. Your's no ending to this side. I can't see it. There's no slide. There's no ending. Get in. Find out. Your world's about to be blown. I sat next to a person who sells satellites for, come on, what's the big company? Halliburton. Woo, there it is.
Starting point is 00:06:36 And so it was like Halliburton or Lockheed Martin, but it was like one of those. And he's also the brother of the prime minister of Grenada, the island. There we go. Not Grenada, Tennessee. I don't even know if there is one. And he was like, he's also the brother of the prime minister of Grenada, the island. There we go. Not Grenada, Tennessee. I don't even know if there's one. And he was like, he's a physicist. And he's like talking to me about it. And finally, I was like, I know this is going to be a dumb question, but like I have to ask it because so many people really think this.
Starting point is 00:06:57 Is the earth round? And he was like, well, of course. Yes. And I was like, but how do you know? He's like, because I've seen it. I was like, when did you see it? And he's like, all the time. And he's looking at me like but how do you know he's like because i've seen it i was like when did you see it he's like all the time and he's looking at me like where who doesn't know this and he's like this is common knowledge like he's like we look at this all day like he's like but we've i've
Starting point is 00:07:15 seen the earth rotate he's like i've literally seen it with my own eyes right all right daniel give us birds real birds no memphis tennessee right uh just 20 miles from Grenada. Okay, fine. All right, stop. A new movement is accusing politicians of spreading lies through tweets. Literally. This month, a billboard that reads, Birds aren't real went up in the Highland Strip near the University of Memphis.
Starting point is 00:07:38 According to one Memphis man, it's a part of a movement to educate people on the mass government surveillance program that replaced birds with drones. No. That is what this guy believes. So he's saying birds are real, they're just drones. This is what Calbee Kirby or what? No, no, no. Calbee Kirby just saw it and found the story.
Starting point is 00:07:57 A man is saying that every single bird in the United States has been replaced by a drone, which watches our movements and reports back to the government. I don't doubt that that might be like, there might be one out of every hundred birds is a drone. Sure. I'm not... We're willing to entertain that. I'll entertain that
Starting point is 00:08:14 for like a moment. But birds are real. Actual birds. That may sound like a joke to some, but don't tell that to Peter McIndoe. McIndoe. I mean, come on. The Big Brother, or would it be Big Bird?
Starting point is 00:08:28 Stop telling jokes, person. Stop it. It's not funny. The Big Brother theory is that beginning in 1959, the United States government started killing off
Starting point is 00:08:36 all birds in the country while simultaneously replacing them with identical undercover surveillance drones, what we now call birds. Believers say that footage is used to monitor all Americans every day. Okay, so now we are all comics here.
Starting point is 00:08:51 We all are trained to look at the world and say, why is this the way that it is? And we are trying to figure out why people behave the way they do. That's what we all try and do in our standard. No, this is a dude who a bird looked at him funny once, and he's like, well, there they are. They're looking at me. He's looking at me. once, and he was like, well, there they are. They're looking at me. He's looking at me.
Starting point is 00:09:05 But I'm saying, like, wouldn't it be great to just believe in all this crazy shit? No, you'd never stop. I know, but I'm just saying, like, this guy is- You think your TV is recording you. I know, but this guy's so confident. I've dated that person, too. You have not. I've dated every kind of person.
Starting point is 00:09:19 I've dated the person- I did, though. I did. No, stop it. But I dated that person who was just like i don't like being recorded i don't like like we were making out in front of my tv and he was like he kept looking and i was like what are you looking at he's like i just don't like doing stuff in front of a tv and i was like why oh also also uh plot twist he's an actor yeah like what do you mean you're gonna
Starting point is 00:09:42 have to do this if you want to and then I cannot make out with you he did a sex scene like I can't make in a movie yes man this is what you don't understand wait you dated Paul Giamatti I'm fine with doing it
Starting point is 00:09:53 as long as someone slates first and then I dated somebody who literally and I talk about this in my special who literally was like I don't fuck with birds
Starting point is 00:10:01 really and I was like what are you talking about do you mean like promiscuous women and he was just like I don't like birds he. Really? And I was like, what are you talking about? Do you mean like promiscuous women? And he was just like, I don't like birds. He was like,
Starting point is 00:10:07 aren't they funny? I don't like how they move. They don't trust things that can fly. How do they just move and start flying? How are their bones thin enough
Starting point is 00:10:16 and light enough that they can do that stuff? That's a healthy dose of paranoia. I don't fuck with birds is like one step removed from Birds Aren't Real. Exactly.
Starting point is 00:10:24 Do you know what I'm saying? Like in 20 years, that guy's going to be like birds. What was that hip hop song that was like, I don't fuck with birds, but it's you instead. Remember what I'm talking about?
Starting point is 00:10:33 Who is that? Dick Sean. I don't fuck with Jim, but he was talking about a bird. Right. He was talking about a bird. There you go. Maybe he got it from that.
Starting point is 00:10:41 Nick and Doe, who is from Arkansas, which tells you right away, the person from Tennessee who wrote this needed you to know. Not Tennessee. Not from my state. He's from that shit-ass state right next door. This guy's from Arkansas.
Starting point is 00:10:54 Let's just be clear. Let's be clear. First up, that's what they should have written. First up, Nick and Doe, who's from Arkansas, and said he moved to Memphis to become, quote, a full-time activist. That is, you cannot put that on your taxes. So I'm becoming a full-time activist. I have, quote, a full-time activist. That is, you cannot put that on your taxes. So I'm becoming a full-time activist. I have also dated.
Starting point is 00:11:08 A full-time activist? Legit, yes. When you break up with people, you say, I'm glad this is over, but also I'm more glad for the minutes I got out of it. I literally broke up with someone 10 hours ago. And so, yes, I've literally had to be like I'm sorry The material The material
Starting point is 00:11:26 It's all going in the works So you dated an activist I dated somebody who The bits I dated somebody who I literally was like How are we gonna Make a living Like how are you making a living
Starting point is 00:11:38 And he was like I'm a revolutionary And I was like That's not You can't You can't sign a check with i'm a revolutionary and mind you we're really good friends now but like six years later he's like i see what you meant when you said i get it i get it now i gotta revolutionize my finances and what you did and now
Starting point is 00:11:57 he's like i see how that i got you i gotta make paper not just sign so mick and doe peter if you're nasty moved to uh memphis to be a full-time activist, said he didn't start the movement, but around 2015, he joined because he always had a, quote, distrust of feathered beings. There you go. He wanted to spread that message further than the stickers or posters,
Starting point is 00:12:20 so he put up a billboard in Memphis. He's got billboard money. Wow. He's got billboard money. I. He's got billboard money! I don't know. Maybe you should be dating this guy. I don't know. That's the kind of activist we're talking about. Is he independently wealthy? Maybe. I have no idea.
Starting point is 00:12:34 You know what, though? I appreciate that his white man craziness went to billboards and not to movie theaters with guns. Thank you. Thank you. I can get on board with you. You want to throw up a billboard that makes no sense? Go find. He did an interview of all of this and we will break it down
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Starting point is 00:13:28 And you were saying you just got off a plane. I just got off a plane. I just got off a plane. What happened nutty on the plane? What dumb thing happened to you there? On the way to where I was going, I ended up in an emergency row. Yep. And, you know, they always ask everyone, can you do what needs to be done. Can you perform the function and you have to audibly
Starting point is 00:13:46 say yes. Yes. Audibly say yes. So there was a I would say like 17 year old blonde white woman sitting next to me like 17, 18 but she was old enough to know things. Sure. Okay. So she's sitting next to me and she's last to be asked. So the woman asks
Starting point is 00:14:02 every single person we all say yes. Yes. Yes. So she's seen it been asked. So the woman asks every single person, we all say yes, yes, yes. So she's seen it being done. That's always my favorite too, when the flight attendant asks somebody, ma'am, ma'am, can you just take this out? No, this guy was looking at his phone and she was like, sir, sir.
Starting point is 00:14:15 He was like, oh, yes. So I said yes, then she's like, and she's like, you know, she does the head motion to somebody. You know, when you just look at somebody with your head and eyes like, I'm prompting you. And the girl was like i don't know i don't know i don't know and then she looks at me and it's like what does she want and i was like what do you mean and then
Starting point is 00:14:34 the guy on the other side of me is like for real there's only one answer and she was like and then the flight attendant is like don't give her the answer don't give her the answer right and then she's like i don't know what you like, what, and she's like looking around like, panic. I don't know what you guys are, what is, what is So ill-equipped. She's like, what is happening? And I'm just like, is this happening? Like, she was so
Starting point is 00:14:56 verklempt. Like, she was really. But can we give credit to Amanda for this? I'm now going to now employ this. If you're ever like, involved with someone who is being crazy, her question, she put it back on the woman.
Starting point is 00:15:09 So she's like, I don't know what it means. And you're like, what do you mean? So now you put it back on her and she has to explain herself. That's literally therapy. What do you mean?
Starting point is 00:15:19 I'm not going to figure this out for you. What do you mean? That's literally the work of anger management and therapy. That is so mean. Let me not try and figure this out. Let me give it back. Because if I try and figure this out, I'm going to get annoyed.
Starting point is 00:15:30 Did she get moved or figure it out? So she was like, I, and so the flight attendant was like, I'm going to say this again. Do you have the abilities and capabilities to do the actual tasks for sitting in an exit The flight attendant was Rosie Perez? Yes. Funny enough though, like, yes. And she was like, I mean, I don't, I guess. Like, I guess.
Starting point is 00:15:51 And she was like, I, uh. Oh, my God. Rosie Perez was up in arms, and then. She's like, Mookie! Mookie! And she turns around, and then when she turns back around, an Asian man is now sitting in the seat. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:16:02 So somehow a switcheroonie happened that quick and Asian man was like, yes. I get this. Good to be here. Isn't it crazy in this day and age? Whenever I travel and someone goes through the metal detector and they don't know what
Starting point is 00:16:19 to do, I'm always like, here we are. Are you joking? This is crazy that you do it. It's Europe. Guys, Europe, still people can't figure out how to get on an escalator. No. Or all. I did see. I'm like, we're 40, 50 years into escalators. We've been doing escalators. And we still got people acting like they're
Starting point is 00:16:33 Indiana Jones in this shit. It's definitely playing double-dutch. And I don't, I watch someone today struggling to get off a people mover. And it wasn't someone that was like an elder. It was just like someone who should know.
Starting point is 00:16:47 Right. You got on. You got on. You figured that part out. Did you think this was your new life? This was never going to end. This was going to take me to my car.
Starting point is 00:16:56 You get to wally it the rest of your life. It's all taken care of. It's going to take me past my children and show me my future. I just liked that the person's wife looked at him like,
Starting point is 00:17:06 what is your problem? I wouldn't look like him like I just like that the person's wife looked at him like, what is your problem? I wouldn't look like him like that. She walked by him and looked back at him like, get off. What do you mean is my new response to anything crazy? I'm so serious. What do you mean saves you a lot of energy? I'm going to put it back on the feed. All right, let's finish this. What did this dummy say about his interview?
Starting point is 00:17:19 Really quick, though, before we get into this, in case you guys have any, I want to remind people I'm running my hour at UCB on August 29th, Thursday at 8 o'clock. Do that. And then I'll be in Jacksonville the 12th through the 14th in September. And in October, I'll be at Zaney's the 16th through the 19th. And there's a ton of other dates at danielvankirk.com. So go to those. And on the 9th of September, live Dumb People Town.
Starting point is 00:17:38 We do live Largo at Dumb People Town. People, come on out. Tell them. We've got Pete Yorns playing music. We've got Andy Richter and Kate Micucci. Great show. Andy Richter just put up a funny tweet about a guy who had his feet up. Was his feet up on the thing.
Starting point is 00:17:49 I read that. That's ridiculous. Guy put his feet on the TV screen. So he'll be on the show. And then at the Bell House in Brooklyn on October 13th, we're doing a Live Down People's House with Michael Che. And if we can sell it out, we'll add another one. So anyway.
Starting point is 00:18:02 Superschoolers.com for a ton of dates. AmandaSeals.com. Is that for all your dates and stuff? Yeah. You can go to SmartFun one. So anyway, we'll add another one. And superscrollers.com for a ton of dates. AmandaSeals.com, is that for all your dates and stuff? Yeah, you can go to smartfunnyandblack.com and I will be doing my show Smart Funny and Black
Starting point is 00:18:11 at the Novo on September 14th and in Chicago at the Chicago Theater on September 28th and it's a live black pop culture game show. We're going to be in Chicago the 27th actually,
Starting point is 00:18:21 the night before we're down at Tinley Park at the convention center we're doing a show there. Basically what we're saying is we're busy we're busy
Starting point is 00:18:27 and come see us we're coming to you here we go ready he put up the billboard we don't know how we got billboard money this is what he said
Starting point is 00:18:35 in his interview we wanted to put it up in a big city the Paris of the West you have now somehow said something more ridiculous than Burns are real is it the Paris of the West
Starting point is 00:18:44 Paris Texas of course it is okay fine I'm just wondering Is it the Paris of the West, Paris, Texas? Of course it is. Okay, fine. I'm just wondering. What is the Paris of the West? New York. I don't know. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:50 Memphis is like Midwest or East. East of the Mississippi. Memphis, I believe, is literally Eastern Standard Time. Yes. I think you're right. It's East of the Mississippi. We know that to be true. We came to the one city we knew would be the big deal, Memphis, Tennessee, the 901.
Starting point is 00:19:06 All right. The 901. Which is also, you're from Arkansas. You don't get to yell out other area codes. The only person who gets to do that is Ludacris. Yes. If you try to do it, it's just Ludacris. It is just Ludacris.
Starting point is 00:19:16 Nice. Said, bird truthers have come to Memphis just to see the billboard. He also said other people think it's a joke. A.K.A. the Audubon Society? Like, is that who bird cheaters are?
Starting point is 00:19:30 Adam K. Collins just out there, look at that sign. Just people with binoculars looking at it. Wait, do you know that you've seen The Incredibles, the original Incredibles?
Starting point is 00:19:41 Of course. That animated movie? Yeah, phenomenal. There is a moment where the bird comes up and looks at him and they start talking. They're like, oh, that bird. And then it goes, and it is a drone. Maybe this guy just saw
Starting point is 00:19:52 that. He saw that and was like, they're into it. I'm not alone. Why would they put it in the Incredibles if it wasn't real, yo? I mean, everything in the Incredibles is real. More from Mick and Doe. We don't find this humorous, he said. This is a serious issue and this is something where we're trying to spread awareness of unconsensual surveillance happening having consensual sex i don't know
Starting point is 00:20:15 like is someone fucking surveillance it's always needs enthusiastic consensualisms yeah uh i made that up happening on a mass level Birds are lying to them every day Every tweet by a bird is a lie What bird hurt you? Does he think birds do Twitter? I think he thinks birds are Twitter The logo is a bird Maybe this is metaphorical
Starting point is 00:20:39 The reason I ask if he's having sex Is because these are the moments Remember I just broke up with someone And these are the moments where I'm like Is there someone for everyone? Because did McIndoe's find another bird hater? And they were like,
Starting point is 00:20:50 I've been looking for you my whole life. The couple that hates birds together stays together. He's always said that about me. Peter McIndoe insisted he's not the... The couple that flocks together flocks together.
Starting point is 00:20:59 There you go. Insisted he's not the founder of the movement, just a messenger. But he said the founder of the movement, just a messenger. But he said the leaders of the movement prefer to remain anonymous, and even he doesn't know who they are. Though the evidence may seem scarce, McIndoe said he knows enough to know a cover-up is happening. By the way, I love the movement. You can never know a cover-up is happening because it's not a cover-up. Right.
Starting point is 00:21:21 If you know a cover-up is happening. But I love that he always trusts a movement where the leaders of the movement won't let you know cover-up is happening but i love that the always trusted movement where the leaders are anonymous won't let you know who they are that's right yes right 100 so he believes that he believes everything they're saying but he cannot know who they are right quote there i consider myself remember so he's done two ridiculous things birds aren't real and i've memphis is the paris from like you know god's not far-fetched from, like, you know, God. It's true. Quote, I consider myself to be a normal American, Peter McIndoe. Sure you do.
Starting point is 00:21:54 I wake up in the morning, brush my teeth, wash my car, and have an avid disbelief of avian beings. Every day? You wash your car every day? That's the first crazy thing. Well, the interesting thing about that, is it because birds are shitting on his car? There you go. That's it. He has to realize it's the proximity to the tree. This is it because birds are shitting on his car the proximity to the tree this is it we don't find this humorous this is a serious issue and this is something we're trying to
Starting point is 00:22:13 spread awareness of unconsensual surveillance happening on a mass level he said the government controlled bird drones use a power lines as charging units to power up and the birds that's brilliant and birds that are eaten like chicken and turkey are actually synthetic meat alternatives. I'll take it. I knew I had to give my all to the movement, so I abandoned everything. I left my friends. I abandoned my family. I've not spoken to them since.
Starting point is 00:22:35 Let me correct that. Your friends left you. It's like he's starting to talk about this shit. I've not spoken to them since, and I made the truth my family. Just as lonely. Just so you know. With or without the truth, you're just as lonely. Just so you know. The truth. With or without the truth, you're just as lonely. You spend Christmas with the truth.
Starting point is 00:22:50 It's not fun. Truth? Truth at home. I need to write. Spending Christmas with the truth? Christmas with the truth. Amanda Seals is spending Christmas with the truth. I want to be in that Hallmark movie.
Starting point is 00:23:03 That's a Hallmark movie. Christmas with the truth? She marries the truth. I want to be in that Hallmark movie. That's a Hallmark movie. Chris is with the truth. She marries the truth. Oh my God. Like Amanda Seals is hanging ornaments on her and then breaks down and starts like one falls off and she starts crying. Do the truth. I should have married the truth. He doesn't consider, McIndoe doesn't
Starting point is 00:23:17 consider this a conspiracy and he said he doesn't identify with other conspiracies. Quote, flat earthers are out of their minds. They're nuts. There's a lot of crazy people out there. I'm not crazy. I'm not crazy. He said this is just a phenomenon in the U.S.
Starting point is 00:23:34 Quote, sometimes I travel internationally just to breathe that drone-free air, he said. Sometimes I'll go to the Himalayas, look around at all the birds there. It gives me this warmth, this feeling of hope for what this country could be if we fight back, change legislation and get these drones out of here and get the birds real quick. All right, we'll close up on this. He's trying to raise awareness
Starting point is 00:23:56 and Google searches for the terms birds aren't real are actually increasing. They increased at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. Of course. Here's where we will leave us. We like to play little guessing games about the stories we do in this show, Amanda. All the townies play along with us. How many Instagram followers
Starting point is 00:24:11 does the account BirdsAren'tReal have on Instagram? Now, he started... I would also like to say before you guys make your guesses, there's a part of me that hopes and part believes this guy's on some sort of Kaufman level, that he's created this whole thing as a ruse, which either way, better.
Starting point is 00:24:30 By the way, that would be amazing. I would love this guy so much. I would love him so much. All right. So, Amanda, you can go first. It's actually Joaquin Phoenix. And he hates himself because he's a drone. It's a new Spike Jonze movie.
Starting point is 00:24:42 It's Larry Bird. So you can either go first. You can go between the two of us Which is the Tig Notaro slot You can go first Tig Or you can go last I'll go Tig Okay
Starting point is 00:24:49 Jay Arant How many How many followers Does Bird's Out Real have Because we're covering this right now With her in the episode It's going up It's going up
Starting point is 00:24:57 You're welcome Mick and Mick I'm gonna tell you right now I think it's 11,000 11,000 Which is a lot Amanda Seals How many followers on Instagram
Starting point is 00:25:10 Does at birds aren't real have I'm tempted to prices write it and go like 10,900 It's closest no matter where you are I'm going to go 5,200 I was going to say 3,700 3,700 I thought you were going to go 5,200. 5,200. That's a good guess. I was going to say 3,700. 3,700?
Starting point is 00:25:27 Okay. I thought you were going to say 37. Thomas, 3,700. Get your answers in. It's definitely over a few thousand. Get your answers in right now. If you're in Chicago, go see Amanda Seale's show. If you're in Chicago in mid-October, go see me.
Starting point is 00:25:39 If you're in Chicago a week after Amanda's show, go see the Sklars. No, the day before. Oh, the day before. I'm sorry. Go see the Sklars. All right. Here we go. We got your comedy weekend on locks
Starting point is 00:25:47 September 27th and 28th, okay? And then three weeks later with me. Here we go. You hear us in the 312? The amount of Instagram followers that Birds Aren't Real has on Instagram I'm going to be so surprised right now. Am I not, Dan?
Starting point is 00:26:01 135,000. What? Oh my God! Oh! What? Yes. Shut the front door. That's bird shit crazy. Not bird shit crazy.
Starting point is 00:26:14 I think we need to change our Twitter handle to like the wind hates us. Or something like that. Or the air isn't real. Oh my God. 135,000. I've got to see what the content is like. Is it verified? You know what I looked a little bit
Starting point is 00:26:27 before I see it? A lot of shirts. A lot of birds. It's like the guys, if it's all a ruse, it's just created a merch. It's all merch. Yes. This is a merch thing. Oh my god. Birds aren't real. Amazing. What's crazy is that in the hip-hop world, that shirt means something completely
Starting point is 00:26:43 different. Yeah. Birds is a euphemism for promiscuous, like for like gold digging women. That's right. So birds aren't real is actually like very, a very strong point of view. It's what I'm saying. Like you're not being real.
Starting point is 00:27:02 You're not being real. You're not being real. That's a strong point of view. I'm saying like, you're not being real. You're not being real. You're not being real. That's a strong point of view. That's just going to lose his mind
Starting point is 00:27:08 when some like famous rap artist is like, oh, they're on that show. They're on it. They're on it. Oh my God. I love it. We go sit here
Starting point is 00:27:16 with birds aren't real shirts. I love it. Oh, Amanda Seals, thank you for driving by. We're going to have you on a full episode coming up soon. I'd love to. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:27:22 We love having you here and for all of our townies, we love you too. And oh shit, we are going back to work. Dum, dum, dum, dum. Dum, dum, dum, dum. Dum, dum, dum, dum.
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