My Brother, My Brother And Me - MBMBaM 500: Spaghettageddon Two: 2 Saucy, 2 Carbious

Episode Date: March 2, 2020

So, before setting any expectations based on the title of the episode, know this: Ten years later, our bodies respond to spaghetti-loading SUPER differently. We all recorded this one together, and mostly spent it talking to our various family members, but also there are two impromptu musical numbers and a fierce competition of athletic prowess, so, yeah. Thank you all so much for sharing this past decade with us. You’ve changed our lives irrevocably, and there’s no way we’ll be able to repay that kindness in our lifetimes, so instead, we just ate a bunch of pasta and recorded it for you.

The McElroy brothers are not experts, and their advice should never be followed. Travis insists he's a sexpert, but if there's a degree on his wall, I haven't seen it. Also, this show isn't for kids, which I mentioned only so the babies out there will know how cool they are for listening. What's up, you cool baby? It's a new craze And the girls, do you want it? Just say, hey, I want it Just say, hey, I want it Give me a pitch

Here's where I'll start Too high Let me know Too low No, no, that's where it, that's right Do you want to just let me know when you're recording? Yeah, I'm recording now Yeah, it's hot

Isn't it rich Oh, sorry, now I'm recording Isn't it Oh, sorry, no, it was recording before It was recording before now He got a virus pop up Yeah, it's recording now It's recording now

And juice, McAfee's got this one So don't worry about it Yeah, we got it People love this and you're really ruining it for me No, we got it, well, we'll edit all of this out The virus hackers are the ones who are ruining it And it's Norton Antivirus who sponsored this 500th episode of the show They are a brick wall

Go ahead and sing for me now Isn't it rich Are we a pair Are we Me here at last on the ground and you in midair Where are the clowns Where are they? Isn't it bliss

Don't you approve One who keeps tearing around and one who Can't move I can just tell those levels aren't good Where are the clowns He's just fluctuating He's all over the fucking place I know There ought to be clowns

Just when I stopped Oh, god I thought that was it Yeah, I didn't know there was a bridge Opening doors It's 500 All right Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours

Making my entrance again with my usual flair Sure of my lines But no one was there That's gotta be the end Don't you love a fox Oh, that's a lot Actually, I just come around on it It's my fault I fear

It's your curry sauce Oh, you're rubbing on it I thought that you'd want what I'd want I'm sorry, my dear Uh-huh, bring them home Who's those levels Send in the clowns But where are the clowns

Take me home, Justin Don't bother They are here They are here Maybe next year Hello and welcome Are you gonna sit back down now? I gotta sit back down, yeah

We could all do standing if you guys wanted to No, this is my home I'm very comfortable The conceit of the episode is we've just filled our rigid frames with hot pasta The last thing I need to be doing is elevating my I've introduced 499 of them Hello and welcome to My Brother, My Brother, and Me An advice show for the modern era

I'm your oldest brother, Justin McElroy I'm your middle-est brother, Travis McElroy And I'm still, even after all these years, Your sweet baby brother, Griffin McElroy So welcome to the 500th episode of My Brother, My Brother, and Me Spaghetti a-get-in two Two saucy Two Carbius

Now, a lot of people pointed out that apparently in episode 251 We said that episode 500 was going to mark the beginning of period 3.0 Of My Brother, My Brother Oh, interesting And now I would like to suggest a change Okay Right off here, right off the bat Maybe from now on, we're an advice show for a bygone era

Okay A little timey, like how do you get the hoop and stick? Yeah, yeah Hey, so how do your bodies feel presently? I'll tell you, Griffin Yeah Feel great Okay

I ate two bottles of that saucy stuff Yeah Munched it all up Yeah, and it's giving you Would you Special thanks to our stepmom, Carol, for that saucy stuff Carol, yeah, Carol gave us the chunky stuff And it's a

The saucy stuff we crave Yeah, it's the saucy stuff we crave Just, and I threw that right down my hole And it's weird because I remember Spaghetti Gaten 1 Feeling like energy had been put in me by the pasta But weirdly, this go round It feels like it went the other way And I was somehow, it was taking something out of me

Because I feel like, I feel like I need to go to sleep You feel heavy I feel a heft Well, we did also listen to Smooth Jazz while we ate spaghetti Yeah, that helped push me further down the hole And so I, maybe that's a reflection of 10 years Just sort of where my body is Yeah

Now I had my pasta because it is of that bean life I had mine on shirataki noodles Which are made of seaweed And they are indistinguishable No, I'm kidding, they're bad And saying that I They weren't bad They weren't bad

That was like passable pasta experience Yeah, but saying I ate spaghetti for lunch would be like saying I read the VHS Amaray on the back of old school And I had seen the movie Old School There's really not a connection between the two It's a ghost to the experience That's fair So this is our 500th special episode

I hate recording in the same room I fucking despise it I'm looking at, your faces were in Travis's office I have also positioned Justin directly across from here And how do you work like this, Travis? What do you mean? It's, I need sparse, spartan It is, there's chaos

There's chaos This is representative of my brain I love half-formed but fully charged-ahead ideas Yeah This is what I've done here You just kind of got an Ewok Village play set up there next to some sort of Cinco de Mayo skeleton man Yeah

So that's just like, what's the theme, bud? Well, that shelf is all comic books We got superheroes on that big shelf This shelf is all about me I mostly focus on the Ewok play set Cinco de Mayo shelf Well, Ewoks like to party No, no This is our 500th episode

Oh boy, it feels like 486th though, doesn't it? Yeah The time just fucking goes the normal speed So was the special element we added here us just being really sad and tired and talking about my room? No, we're not going to talk about your room We're going to have special guests We've got, I'm assuming you guys have prepared some other stuff Yeah

And it's going to be a fun episode To listen to I got updates from a lot of people Oh, that'll be fun I've got some yahoos, but there are special yahoos because I'll read them funny or something Oh, nice, nice, nice, nice Hey, do you guys want to start with an update? Yes

Okay, so this update Is that your refrigerator, Marietta? I mean, are you asking if that is a physical refrigerator in the room? The sound is something's- A little bit of a buzz, yeah And you let that happen? I edit it out You edit the refrigerator buzz out?

Yeah Why don't you edit the refrigerator out of the office? So this is from I'm quote, new to not-aversary, end quote, and you answer my question in episode 91, Feeding Frenzy I was the question that inspired the title You told me the best way to heal my newly single heart was to get my girl shark pack together, break some hearts and eat some seals Okay I'm pleased to say I followed your advice and 2012 became a year where I took chances, met new people and followed- and moved to a new city where I met the man of my dreams

Eight years later, I'm happily married with a beautiful puppy and I listen to Feeding Frenzy anytime I need to pick me up All the best, Jenny I'm assuming you named either the puppy or your husband after us Yes Or both And I'm also assuming that the husband is a very handsome Very eloquent mako shark who has gotten the power to speak like through magic like in the movie that won the Oscar I can't remember

Free Willy Big man in the water Yeah I think that my bet and Jenny did not describe the husband, but here's what I like to fix there Yeah A very resilient maybe a little scarred seal Oh I see And Jenny attempted to eat the seal but then they fell in love and now married and they have a seal pup

And that's what she means like puppy It's their seal baby They've produced a seal baby Yes, a human seal hybrid All right, well that sounds like a listener of our show Right guys, let's, hey what if on 500 we just fucking rip them up We didn't really talk about this beforehand, but like what about on 500 like okay, let's do this ready Hey everybody, thank you

There is no way for us to say thanks enough to make up for how much you have done for us in our lives And created a bounty and a blessing That we uh or any human being who has ever lived does not deserve thank you Now but we can't just do that the whole time No So what if we just rip them the fuck up And maybe that'll be a start of a new era, you know The start of the new area area

Is the new area Oh we're shock jocks We insult people, we talk about nasty body parts Here's the new energy Let's talk about the nastiest body part The areola That's fucking good Areola 51, am I right boys?

Alien nips Areola 51 is something That we need to nurture like a small flame that hold that idea of areola 51 I want to like make sure that we do have enough kindling to put on it and blow on it Because what's the follow-up, you know, doesn't go out Yeah, I mean that's that's I want to I want to nurture it until It's a spark right now Skin dependence day

Skin dependence day, areola 51, it's really good I'm getting close, you know what I mean? I'm in the areola Because it's like You can't do actually doing the second Oh there it goes Oh no I killed the flame Not enough kindling

Oh damn it Should we do you guys want to do a yahoo This is going to be pretty fucking loosey goosey Let's bring somebody in Let's bring in a special guest Okay Okay, let's but it's not if we if we have a lot of them It's not going to be very special is it

So let's decide on three right now No not three Let's get them all in the room And we'll make them fight it out Let's bring our daddy in Let's get dad in here because he does have diarrhea And I would like to He needs to go, he's EATED this again

He is bad off, boy Okay Hi dad Hi Do you remember how to do By the way, this energy has been This episode has been so fucking low energy dad So if you could bring some spice and really get us going

That would be huge Please display good microphone technique Are we blaming that on the pasta? I'm blaming it on the pasta And the fact that I broke my fucking spine last night At our show That is true Where I did a full blown death drop

Hey dad, I wanted to This is Clint McElroy He's Hey everybody, it's me Clint McElroy Bringing the energy So yeah, give us that juice dad That stinky stuff The shit we crave

About what? About funny stuff Just be funny Let me start by this What's your favorite moment from my brother My brother made the podcast Uh The first time I was on

Okay, when was that? Yeah, when was that? Um, I remember exactly It was a long time ago because I was We were still up on the hill In the old studios at the radio station Yeah And I had to step outside

Because I was laughing too loud And it was bothering my recording compatriots I see So I stepped outside and So wait, we just called you on the phone? Yeah Yeah Well, we called him on the phone

Was it for a bonus episode? Yeah, that was a full episode We called him on the phone This was back when we recorded the show On a fucking yak back On a broken talk boy Yeah, we would hold it up to a landline Dad, how would you say that

What's the biggest impact on your life? Like how have we changed it? How have we fixed it? How have we fixed it? It had, you have fixed my life By enabling me to build my own career Finally You know, to make something of myself

You know And I've gotten The big thing is I've gotten a chance to Like meet Joel from Mystery Science Theater 3000 Yeah, that's pretty good That was a big life changer Who's the best famous person you've gotten to meet By riding our coattails?

Yeah, that's a good one Well, now wait a minute I think Joel Maybe Joel was Joel from Mystery Science Theater 3000 Joel from it, Joel Yeah Brandon Routh was a nice get

Nice dude Nice guy Fucking jacked Tall Tall What did you think of Brandon Routh's Huge muscles His frame

His pecs were good But when he pulled up his shirt and showed us his six pack I thought that was a little Yours is better Well, he had to do it every 15 minutes He has a timer on his watch Yeah, contractually Oh, excuse me

Whoopee Yeah, and he actually was He says whoopee He says whoopee every time Which is weird He said Superman make a whoopee And he pulls up his shirt And he's got a six pack of Michelobaltra under there every time

That was good What's your favorite city we visited for live shows? And what's the worst city? For me going I will go back to the Wilbur In Boston In Boston Well, you say that

We are specifically not going back to the Wilbur this year Well, I still That first time we did a live Taz And we stepped down on the stage And I've never experienced anything like that And I've done Boys, I've been walked a lot of stages I've trawled a lot of boards

But that was an extremely cool moment I felt like that was that was awesome But it's not the 500th episode of the adventure zone Correct No Oh, it's not No What is this for?

Ah, okay And what was that least favorite city? Which one did you really hate? Which one was a real stinker? And be honest about it Yeah, we'll bleep it out We'll bleep it out We'll bleep it out

Because, hey, Dad, after 500, we're fucking ripping them Yeah, dude Yeah, dude I would have to say the time we spent in San Francisco was I can't believe you actually answered it We have so many listeners in San Francisco One of the best times I've ever had Hey, folks, Clint McElroy, thank you so much, Clint

Am I done? You're actually done Yeah, you're done Do you want to say anything, Ernest? Oh, honest, Ernest? Yeah You mean like going on about how damn proud I am? No, no, get out

No, I love that stuff I just, I'm very proud of you guys I really, and just to be able to look on my oldest son's face And see how happy he is that I am proud of Oh, my God And look, I don't want to really Hey, Dad, on your way out, will you send in the clowns? Just tell them they're up

Do we want to send in another get? Am I done? If Henry's not up, can you send, can you ask Rachel to come in? Uh, okay So let's talk about how the show, do you all think it has changed since we became parents? I think it's, all our jokes are still totally relatable I think everything hasn't changed I think that we didn't miss a fucking step, did we?

I don't think we missed a step, did we? Have you guys started encountering the idea of like now our kids will soon listen to like shit we said Like five, six, seven, eight, ten years ago Are you reaching that part, are you reaching that with Charlie where Charlie's like talking to you about Hey Come on in, come on in Join us Is Henry asleep?

No, that really chaps my ass If I'm being honest Anyway, here's Rachel Hi, hun Hi How are you doing? Are you frustrated because our son didn't take a nap? This is an honest place

I'm kind of frustrated, I did some work in there, told him a story about Superman I thought he liked it Wait, was it off the dome? It was right, I flipped it right off the dome What did he do? He wanted to be slow in his story and beat the Joker So anyway And that didn't work, he's not asleep

No, he's not asleep All right, well I'm not worried about it What, um, what am I, am I supposed to Well, this is kind of a retrospective 500 looking back Your fate, if you could rank, this is gonna be really tough If you could rank your top 10, my brother, my brother B episode

Uh, 17 Uh-huh Oh, nice Oh, yeah, hey, that's a safe bet Shooting before the first, like, 15 is a safe bet You're not gonna, 17 is gonna be like our, like, we said some wild shit And why did she pick 17? Uh, which leads me to 43

Oh, that's a dog whistle right there And those two, if you think about it, canonically, are pretty late, actually Yeah, who's the yikes? Uh-huh I mean, I could continue to just do numbers Just name numbers How about I say my least favorite ones? Okay, yeah

So, number one Yeah, that's an easy, easy call I bet everyone at home is going Mm-hmm Yes, yes Unless it's simple Yeah You, you came on the team, uh, a little bit later

You were, you were recruited by Tom Cruise's guys So, he's just a fine brides Yeah We needed to get Griffin married to be a little bit more relatable The admins whittled down the list And you were brought on the team a little bit later, uh, after the product had already been, uh, in, well, production Mm-hmm For, uh, for a few years

Now, is the product you, in the scenario of the podcast? Um, it's, we're, it's symbiotic Or is it your seed? Oh, yeah My seed? Well, let's talk about my seed Okay Pretty cool

Made a little guy with it He did Didn't we? I didn't Hey, we did it Thank you You took my seed And you ran with it

You ran with it Oh And you I really, I've seen the before and after and you did a great job making something out of nothing You made it your own, dude Don't say that that's the weird slime is, I, I had anything to do with it afterwards Rachel, you've listed the first episode of this podcast Yeah

If you, imagine being 10 years ago Yeah And being someone who listed that, can you, is there even a glimmer in your mind? Even a spark where you think, but these guys are going to make 500 This is the sort of thing that 500 of them will be I mean, I didn't even think you guys would still be brothers by now Dang it It was so fair

I, I just assumed that like people who listened that first episode was like, if you find an injured baby bird And you're like, I'm going to nurse it back to health But then you found out you had to nurse that bird for like 500 days And you're like, oh, I really thought he'd be flying by now You only have to nurse the bird for the first like 100 Yeah Days to use your metaphor And then you're just waiting for him to fly

And like, is today the day you fly? And I'm like, nah, I'm more gentle about horses Yeah We met about a year after the show had started You and Rachel, not us No, me and Rachel are guests and I met you right after you did your second city show or right before, somewhere around there April was funny

It was right before, yeah, this would have been And did you go back? We kind of had a little flirt going on, a little correspondence going on for a while after This is great with Justin sitting in between us Yeah, he's really good at love And did you go back and listen to the old episodes where I would talk pretty much about like, you know How I didn't wash my bush or some white shit like that and be like, I can't not get with him I was actually always surprised at how comfortable you were talking about how terrible your digestive system was

Oh, yeah I was like this That's one of his defining features This man is really comfortable talking about his diarrhea on a podcast and this and he's trying to be my boyfriend But when we met, I did have bad diarrhea that I got on the airplane and I told you about that But Rachel, you now have the insight that you can share with our listeners at home Is that just a funny persona Gryffin puts on for the radio? I mean, he plays it up for sure

Mr. Bad guy That's a good character that Gryffin plays at home Rock solid digestion This guy, he poops once a day every day Same time Same time. Thank you for watching about it It lasts an hour and a half I love you a lot

I love you too And I'm glad I met you because I feel like I can't go back and listen to episodes One through 50 because you were a lot sadder. I was much sadder That seemed to be a thing. I remember early after we started dating getting tweets from people like I miss sad He was funnier when he was sad Hey, he wasn't Wicked was not Well, Rachel, thank you so much for your contributions to our family. Thanks for having me

Yeah, and the love and laughter that you provide me every day With your smile your grace. Okay, Justin's clocking out Who'd you get Your wife I got a big get for a real special special guest. Okay The co-host of saw bones a marital tour of misguided medicine and my wife and my best friend Don't plug your own show Smurl McRoy. Welcome. Dr. McRoy. Thank you. I like the purple mic. Yeah, that's very nice Sydney you've been With her since the beginning since before the beginning you were already shaping Justin into the performer and co-host that he is today

Um, what's it like to finally see all your hard work pay off? And to have a partner who finally is bringing something to the table because you were a doctor for a while Well, Justin was just like kind of a lay about video game journalist And now he's able to provide for you and give something to society So you don't have to do all the work. Is it nice? Yeah, I think it's a huge relief really Yeah, I mean you you bet on somebody, you know, you take that gamble you put all that work in and yeah You just really hope at some point it pays off Said you've known us for a while. Can you remember the exact moment where success ruined us?

Uh Or if you refer me specifically, yeah, right because I've always been ruined. Yeah, Travis was ruined Travis came pre ruined from the factor. We got what our first iTunes reviewer. Somebody was like, yeah, pretty good That's what that's what did Travis. Yeah, I got second place in a lip sync battle in elementary school And ever since then I just spoiled the milk. Yeah Uh, I think the bidet has been a real Turn point for you. Was that not a Present from you to him. Well, I guess I take the blame for it

But I became the sort of person that would appreciate the gift. I mean in your defense Yeah, you did want a bidet before I've gotten you the bidet now that he's got a pretty like constantly clean hole Like how has he been? Since that. Yeah, have you noticed as a lover? No, I don't want to talk about that. I know either Hey, Sid, what's your favorite episode of the podcast of my brother my brother and me? It's so hard to choose. I bet it is. Yeah, there's quite a few. I bet it is hard. That's not why Sydney, what's your favorite bit from my brother my brother and me your top? You can't pick one favorite bit This is nobody's saying shrimp having now yet. Just pick one favorite bit. Nobody's taken donkey

Uh Donkey's huge right now. Donkey's a pretty big one. Yeah, it's really sad that when I try to think of my favorite bits They're all from like over 300 When I asked Sydney to come in here, Rachel said it's fine. I just did it. It took five minutes You have to stir three it goes a little bit That quote is to be expected Oh boy, Sydney's refusing to do that though. Maybe like um, I'm very uh, I I love them all It's just you guys are so great more of a tass fan

You are will you have listened to my brother my brother means that's what hurts I've showed you videos of like look at the funny thing I did. I haven't listened since we had kids. Okay. Well Yeah, so you haven't heard all this shit. He's been talking about these two everyone else Everyone can agree all our best episodes were before that anyway to be fair That's where we were just really grinding and we were just like, hey, we just got to record We just gotta get an hour out there. Well, the show was our kid, wasn't it? Yeah, the three of us got together and made a baby and the baby was our show There was a lot of horse stuff back then and that's fucking funny

Like why do you think that that's so funny, Sydney? Sydney, why are horses so funny? I mean, they're big. Yeah, we never talk about that Yeah, I think and they got funny names. They kind of look like they're gonna talk Right They look like at any moment they're going to and it's weird then that you like ride them Have you guys seen Bojack Horse and he talks? He talks. Yeah. He talked Mr. Edge I'm glad to finally get like a doctor's opinion on the fact that horses mouths look like they should be talking Yeah, I feel that so to my core Sid was there a moment in our meteoric rise to podcast stardom where you thought

I gotta start treating him better. I'm gonna lose him Um Yes Okay, that's fine. You treat me very well. Um, no, no, I I mean You know, I yeah, I guess I guess at some point was like, you know The live shows and everything and every cheering for you all. Yeah cheering like, yeah I want to fuck your brains out just and stuff like that. Look at that sexy guy. Yeah, I'm gonna feel him I love the one who only wears disney shirts. I'm gonna steal that wiener

Sydney, um, what do you feel like you as a podcaster have learned from us in your own podcasting careers? Mmm Well, I I mean I this sounds like I'm Stroking your egos, but uh everything I would never have done a podcast otherwise. This is that good shit. Keep it coming No, but I mean, it's true. I would never have thought to do it I mean my in the doctor world. They don't even a lot of us Don't know what podcasts are or how to find them or get them or how you tell them about it. All right. Yes Is that she burns them set tapes?

I mean, it's growing but we're not like doctors are never on like the cutting edge of like cool new media Or anything cool and new sounds like those doctors have borders and they're not oh They have some borders around what they'll listen to And they only shop at borders and they only shop at borders, which is closed so they can't buy podcast CDs You know just side note because you just made me remember this Um for like the first 50 episodes to get my friends to listen to it. I did burn it onto cb Oh, yeah, for sure. Yes Yeah, I used to because I worked at the shaker company and they had like a company van

And I would use it to drive like materials and then the tour and company would use I would like leave the cd in the like in the player so that when they started the car it would just be on That sucks, bud. Yeah, but look at me now. That's rough now even now at work. Sometimes people will be like, how's your um Blog oh cool. That's pretty good. I mean, this is a confessional sort of Medium right now is there possibly the doctors are doing that because they're jealous I don't think so I don't think they know what i'm doing Would you say how many who's who would you say sydney?

Has saved more lives. Okay. This is interesting because we get emails from people. They're like you saved my life Yeah, yeah, you really made me laugh us or a doctor you um a doctor me. Okay. Yeah, okay, but let's change the parameters Okay, wait. Okay. Think about it this way. You right? You're strong right? You could pick up 50 pound weight and very tiny picks up a big crumb. I think that's more impressive Right, so you may have saved more lives, but the amount we've saved Comparatively are pizza rat. Yeah You see us saving our life and you're like that shouldn't be them doing that But we're gonna do it anyway. I guess one of the thing is are you proud of us?

Of course, i'm proud I you you all have definitely your skill set has brought a lot more joy to people than I think my Skill set does well, but you're but the problem is you also do podcasts and I do not doctor So you still handily whip my ass. Yeah, uh, sydney. Thank you so much for joining us Um, will you at some point? Will you see if charlie wants to come in? We'll get a real Mubin Bambam fan on here. She will. Yeah. Okay. Are you sure you're ready for that? Could I get my wife in to talk about how great I am? It's just sure Yes, I guess. Okay, but we gotta we gotta hurt it. We're running out of time

It's just that you guys you got to talk to your lives and I just miss terry so much. Yeah, I know but look at the time Yeah, where does it go? I mean, we're only a half an hour into our hour-long show. Wow. Okay. We have time for lots of special guests Yeah, thank you sydney. Thank you all I'm gonna go blast off in the bathroom while we wait for our next guest All right, this is a segment where travis and I talk about ruffin I just think I might not edit this one. Oh Yeah, I think I might just call this wouldn't that be fun. I mean jason and I were really quiet while you peed so we Could hear it through the microphone. Oh cool. Yeah, that's authentic. That is that's that rough and raw stuff

You know, let's let's listen to how jason would do it Uh-oh Quiet maybe he's nervous. I hear it a little bit. Maybe we should open the door juice open the door The acoustics are bad. We need to get room tone on your pissies We're gonna have you finish this bottle of water and do a take two real quick before he gets back travis. You're my favorite. Okay. Thanks All right, just count us back in Okay, let's just do your pissy was real quiet and a three and a four You know what did you uh

Do you want to do another catch-up? Yeah, I want to check in my wife. Yeah My wife I legitimately thought I had a problem with the weird excess chocolate in my office But just in being like just throw it away made me feel much better I have not thrown away the old chocolate But it comforts me to know that the chocolate police will not come for me if I do I would now appreciate your advice on whether I should make a sign for my office with the nickname you gave me Dr. Prilly, Matorium's fudge of Matorium

That's good shit. Yeah. Hi, honey Yes, make that sign. Hello. Welcome. That was a pretty low stakes sort of problem that we saw too, huh? Yeah, we did start doing a lot more slow Pitches in our later years. Well, you can only do so much roommate shit Now, uh joining us in the studio is the co-host of uh shamaners a wildly popular advice cast that I also happen to be on and uh It's Theresa McRoy and she also she and I started dating two months before we started recording my brother my brother and me

So she has been there from the beginning and you've really seen me Become unbearable. Is that true? It's true. Yeah, I think that the that the real catalyst for um Travis's head not fitting through the door anymore is to thank Travis for Travis. Yeah, that did happen. I think I started myself I think you did. Yeah, I'm very appropriate. Yeah That's the thing it's like. Oh, who said that first I did I love I love That Theresa needed basically no prompting to get into that Someone said hey, isn't Travis kind of she just ripped the sleeves off her shirt. It's like a fucking go Well, here's the thing. Here's what people don't see the listeners at home

Is that my life does not think I'm funny? And so the balance there is like to make him work pretty hard. I'll come out like hey listen This funny thing I did and she was looking at me like that's dumb and I'm like, oh no people laughed at it on twitter Have you heard about play along at home? Um, I have what you think let's get your in the dark moments In the dark times that Travis is staring into a mirror letting only my candles in his own sadness And he says maybe I should stop during play along at home. That is the opposite of what happens, sir I come busting into whatever room she's in like listen to these questions I wrote

You'll never believe what I found out about squirrels. What's your what's your what's your feelings on play along at home? Well, the first time that he came to me with this quiz I said so is this quiz for your brothers or for the listeners? And he said a good important question He said yes, it's for everyone. It's for everyone sitting play along at home. Okay, and uh, I thought that these would be maybe like Like it would be some kind of like trivia game but Now honey, would you say that maybe I happen to have a certain

I don't know dark desire to create Things that only I find funny Oh, you mean like sad libs like sad libs and play along at home and pretty much half the stuff All the jokes you've ever said. Yeah, it says like I find that you can't please ever I heard that Justin not all the jokes. You're right. Honestly, you have honed me. I would take to a razor sharp edge Only all my best stuff makes it on air now. Now tell me Play along at home part of the razor. Hey, you wouldn't believe the other shit. I don't Naturally, so what is your favorite episode of my brother my brother and me?

Well, I would be remiss if I didn't say spaghetti getting one You are the first of the wives to actually name an episode. So thank you. Thank you for that. What's your favorite bit? Um Does does uh Fugue for tin brothers says that count as a bit. I think it does. So we didn't really write that Right. Technically Lynn stole the music for it. So and our jokes. So he didn't really write it either. So who that's the Real noodle scratch. It is Who wrote that this is like that time travel canal to whom does the bit belong exactly if I go back in time and I hand

Shakespeare a copy of hamlet and then he uses that to make hamlet. Who wrote hamlet, right? Still shakespeare, or I guess who No, because I'm creating a cyclical loop. Where did I get it from? Shakespeare, okay, but I'm taking it back to him and giving it to him and he's using that to make hamlet Yeah, but you still gave it to him because you had it from shakespeare. Oh damn griffin you solved What he's not saying is then he disappears from the photograph, right? Why is shakespeare on the photograph? Who took a photograph of shakespeare? And then you gotta get shakespeare. I missed his shakespeare to hook up in a car at their junior prom You gotta get biff out of it. You gotta get biff out of it

What if he went back too far and you gave it to teenage shakespeare and he wrote it was like This sucks bring me to play with jugs And then he never wrote anything. No, but then he wrote Romeo and Juliet. Sure. All right. Okay. That's fair Uh, Teresa Marie, thank you so much for joining us and for making our brother a better Person indeed a thankless job. Yes. That ain't just in a better person You've got you've got so many more miles to go Teresa, but I am a bearable person now. Yeah You're my favorite person. Thank you. You're my favorite too. I love you. I love you, too Oh, no, they're kissing a friction right on the table

That's how we do it and I hope that your listeners know that it's it's all in good fun. We rip each other I've had apparently not my jokes. Uh, no your jokes are terrible She got the memo man post 500 rip in that butt Thank you, Teresa. You're welcome. She's ripping that butt. She's ripping your butt, dude Okay, so we have in the room now Griffin went to go get Henry. I don't know how long we're gonna have him BB. Hello Hello, that's charlie That was a no from Henry. That's a big no from Henry. Okay

You're going to use your microphone with me. Okay. That's a rubber glove. That's a rubber glove, uh, charlie Why does travis have that in his office? That's a great question. Is it for weird bad stuff? No, it's for my hair Hi, bb. Please don't call me travis bb. You know, I don't like that I'm touching the microphone charlie that wait. Good mic technique. Come on, baby. Good mic technique. We've done the drills at home Charlie, what's your favorite? bit like you want, you know how sometimes you and I before you go to bed watch, um At your asking for it watch some my brother my brother me Cartoons that people make on youtube, you know, we watch this sometimes

Uh, the one about Ice cream or the one where you make a new outfit for that. Those are my two faves You always the one about ice cream the one with the flavor brown. Yeah. Yeah, that was pretty good. How's that song go? Well, I forgot Do you want ice cream or the dreamy screaming cream and the chocolate flavor or vanilla bean? They want your sweat. Okay. Do you want to come over and sit with me? Hey, bb. Why don't you why don't you? There you go Yeah, go sit over there cousins Oh, that's great charlie. Um, if you did a podcast about anything, what would you do a podcast about?

candy Okay, what would you say about candy? That I love candy and we'll talk about all the different kinds of candy. Yeah, bb. What's your favorite candy? Uh, strawberry Like those weird little strawberry hard candies with gush in the middle Yes You like the gummies, dude. You like sour gummies? Well, I like sweet gummies

Okay, okay cousins don't fight over the microphones charlie. Do you think maren was overrated just because he's been on the scene for so long Yeah Maybe yeah, maybe cereal came around and sort of like opened up a lot of people to podcast Bb don't play with the wind filter please Just leave him right there. We don't need to touch it anymore. Hey bb. Don't touch So charlie was asking you about cereal season one. It seemed to really cause a Real zeitgeist. Do you think that was for the positive or for the negative? Do you think I'd like a critical analysis? What do you think about cereal?

It's amazing. Yeah, what is your favorite favorite thing about cereal? that When when some cereals get soggy, it gets really sweet. Yeah, bb. Do you like cereal? Yes, what's your favorite cereal? You like strawberry. Okay, I'm picking up that I think is your favorite food strawberries Yes, yeah, strawberry's pretty good. What's your favorite my brother my brother and me bit? You silly daddy. Okay. I am pretty silly. Do you think daddy's funny? Yeah

Hey, can I ask you a question bb? How do you feel about play along at home? Do you like it or is it really bad? I like it. Yeah, that's who I'm doing it for Okay, my turn. Okay charlie. What do you think about play along at home? It's amazing. Yeah Hey, I'm resonating with the younger generation and picking up that new demographic. That's interesting Do you think that uncle travis and uncle griffin are too mean to daddy about opening his refreshing sodas in the middle of the show?

I knew it Uh Maybe maybe but he does kind of grip it and rip it right and he rips it right? He really he really makes a meal of it. Uh, no No, charlie. Do you have any other favorite my brother my brother and me bits? That you'd like to share with us No, those are the only those two Silly Justin, bb. We've been thinking about rebranding. Can you think of another title like what else the show could be called?

No Uncle Travis. Uh-huh. What's your favorite? favorite Of your podcast me Oh, good question charlie. My favorite bit Is there is an episode where we talk about tim curry driving an ice cream truck and he says i'm hanging out in here with Pikachu and charmander I'm chilling in here with pikachu and charmer

Charizard pump the brakes and he's bracing the pile on we're all eating pushpups And the way that griffin says it backs me up every time I think about it with charmander BB will you tell us a joke? see What charlie Charlie that's a pretty good joke. Hey, bb. Guess what? Chicken butt Another joke chicken face

Chicken face is a bigger one. That's actually way better than travis's. Yeah. Yeah. Hey charlie. Can you tell it? Can you? Tell us a joke. Do you know a joke? I now don't be silly joke telling is deadly serious. Yeah. Guess who who? Chicken poo. That's good. That's kind of was this one bit too formula. Yeah, why? Chicken pee Pretty good. This show used to be about something when you say charlie. Yeah, charlie. What do you think this show is about? Yeah, what is my brother my brother made about if you had to tell a friend? Chicken hands, yeah, it's another part of the chicken you had to tell Hey charlie, would you say that uh, justin has changed since he had kids?

Do you think i'm different since i had kids? Please stop talking about chicken poo Yeah, that's wild isn't it? All right. Well, all right. Thanks guys. Thanks guys ends. I love you Well, then you got to bring something bring some baby stop hanging off the microphone No, no, no, I mean like a bit or something like a story. Can you would you guys sing a song? Hey, she doesn't celebrity impressions. Oh tight. Do michael keaton. No, do do a celebrity impression One of your best ones Is that spongebob? Yeah, very good. Very good. All right. Thanks charlie. Okay. She got one more just a little bit more heat Uh-oh

Baby's gonna walk the room. They're like Move the microphone from the stand. Good charlie. Do your impression permit the frogs here. That's good. That's right I love it. BB. Do you want to sing a song? Drink a drink Every guy sure charlie All the other girls here stars Be on the northern lights They try to shine and do your curtain

Too close and too bright They try and they try For everything that they do is a ghost of a trace of a pale imitation of you I'll be the one to Drive you back home Yay She wrote that last week actually I told her it wasn't good enough. I'm sorry. We're gonna keep Come on. All right, you two kids out of here. Bye charlie. Bye BB. Bye cousins. You leave the microphone charlie

She's doing an airhead style protest where she won't leave this studio. She's got a gun full of hot sauce Guys I just figured out how we're gonna amp this episode up. We got a microphone. We can take out the thing You got a pull-up bar. I say oh we all gotta see how many pull-ups we can do I think this episode has got to have a pull-up conference. Okay. Yeah, all right Now griffin what you will just take turns holding the microphone up to the person. Yeah, it's fucking tight This is good Travis move your uh big basket of laundry that you have in your office for some reason out of the way Yeah, again in the office is a strange. Okay. Wow. That's a big closet. Yeah, sure Get a big bag of barbecue

Just the usual office. I cleaned up so that you could be in here. I'm the okay So who's gonna go first how secure is this because I already ate shit once it's secure. I hang on it all the time Okay, so like do you use this? Uh, well, you can use hands like this or hands like this. Can you do a pull-up? Yeah, I've never done one before You can do it in middle school. I tried to do one and the the doctor the gym doctor told me to just stop If you want me to go pull-up, just go ahead now. All right. Okay. Do it What are we counting as a pull-up if it goes get your chin up to your hand level One oh my god

Two All right, Justin, you're up. Hey guys, that was my first pull-up ever in my life. It was two Okay, there was two pull-ups. Here we go This isn't fair. I have more weight than Griffin does to pull up. You got more power though. Yeah, you have more torque You can really stop my ass if you want to juice I I won't be it that I realized that I came up with the idea Look at this You are literally hoisting on your own batard one baby one. That's good. That's one. Oh, um, this is a bad idea

All right, let's see how dougie big arms does it here. We go dougie big arms. That's one That's two his neck looks crazy and big. That was three. That's all you needed Now could you needed to do with three to win and it's because I've been working out my uh guts hurt real bad Yeah, sure, babe. Yeah, bud. Hey more um, you ready more? Uh, catch-ups check-ins. Oh, yeah, that'd be nice I would like to pause it if we can all right, let's pause it Let's get real for just a second. I just and we don't have to get saccharine But I want to ask you guys your favorite sort of memory associated with

Uh us doing this show. Oh, whoo like for dad like for dad like being doing that first task at the wilbur That was like huge. That was a while That was our first show that I remember thinking like this is fucking wild. This is getting out of hand I will I will never forget. Uh the first live show we ever did Was opening for jordan jesse go at second city in chicago And we were uh very nervous to do it because we'd never like done it live And like we'd always relied on it at that point. I think we were literally at a year. Yeah at that point almost exactly Yeah, because it was on my birthday, uh, and we started on april 10th my birthday. Yeah, and so we went out

Uh, and like I at that point like called my girlfriend teresa. I was like, I'm so nervous She was like just focused on making your brother's laugh. Just don't worry about I did a throw up backstay I did I did a literal mom's sketchy like right there. That's not a joke. I did that with my body And then the show went super great and it was the first time like I had heard people laugh in the room Like things we were saying and enjoy it and that was very special Uh, I think and we it's why we haven't talked about Uh max fun since we've been doing this this wrap up episode, but it's been mostly sort of bits and bites and goofs and pranks and stuff

But I remember getting the waiting in line at trader joe's in chicago uh with like You know two feet of snow on the ground and I just walked and I was miserable and soggy and while I was checking out I checked my email on my phone and there was one from jesse Uh inviting us to be on the network and that was like that is the that's the most memorable moment That was a defining moment from yeah, that's where I was like, hey, this is like we're we're going to like make money This is yeah, this could be like a this could be like a more than just a just a hobby And also like we were all such big like fans of of you know his show and a bunch of

max fun stuff and so the idea of uh, it's like meeting a It was like meeting a celeb and you feel this weird like oh our worlds are weirdly like intersecting at this one moment Only it's not just the one moment. It's like All the moments after that was so nice. Um, I think that was when we filmed the camomites episode of the tv show and the having the crowd of people there and like All our family being there and and the filming and everything it really felt like I don't know. It really felt like a thing like we had like it was one of the rare times where I've taken this You know, it's hard when you make a podcast

uh every week There's another one to make so you very rarely like that's part of the joke I think with us talking about like favorite bits favorite episodes or whatever like, I don't know We have to do another one next week. You can't rest on your laurels too much It's just you gotta do another one So I think that was one of the few moments that actually took the time to like realize that how how far we had come and And uh, how cool was what we what we get to do. Yeah, you you uh, like, you know

Getting pretty emotional during that that shoot like I don't know that a lot of people realize like that was our And jd amado taught us this term as he taught us So many things because he single-handedly saved that show and is a lifelong member of the of the fan The martini shot as he called it that was the last thing we filmed like that scene about sitting there So and it was a scary thing like us doing the tv show We had no idea what we're doing and this was like this weird cathartic. We had just on the show I had just just fucking smashed the mayor's car with the car

Just fucking annihilated it earlier in the day So I had a lot of emotions going on and to have that be the last thing we shot that was that stand up that's been for me like Uh a recurring theme from the beginning because the the truth is the honest thing is going into it Justin and griffin were already doing the joystick podcast and I had I wasn't doing Anything that was like of any kind of public interest whatsoever And uh, Justin, you know, it's whoever came up with the idea first I think it was Justin, but like let's do a podcast and then it was Justin

Yeah, when we went into that first episode Justin said we're just gonna do like a test one to see how it goes And I was so nervous But him saying like he's just like for practice and I was like, oh, okay So then I was able to do it. Yeah, and then we finished recording. I still have to tell Travis that actually before every episode And then we finished recording. Justin's like, okay. Yeah, we'll just publish that and I was like, oh, thank god I didn't know we were posting before it would have been so in my head and then people received it Well, I liked it and I'm like it was nice So I guess you know what let's go ahead and call it there. This has been a wonderful time of reflection and growth

I want to say thank you to everyone who sent in updates. I'm sorry. We only did Can you can you just rattle some off? I'm I I think that it would be back in 2000 October 2016 I wrote in saying that my wife and I bought a house and found 280 rolls of toilet paper In unopened 40 roll boxes in the attic There's 45 rolls left and I just got the last box down for the attic and I'm getting nervous because I can't go back to buying toilet paper after I can run the numbers and figure out how much shit and you're doing my man Let's see you answer my question about my roommate about starting a bone collection episode 476

I did follow your advice and just asked my roommates how to start a collection But before they could help me they turned out to be shitty people. So I'm moving out good news I thought I Good news though. I asked my dad who says a lot of time in the woods if he had any bones or advice How to get them and now I have a pretty large collection. Thank you for your advice. Even if my roommates turned out to be total jerks Uh, oh, this is a more recent one, but this one made me really happy. Uh, hey brothers This is Calvin the ravioli champion from the 2019 candlelight episode I decided to take your advice and start training an air to the ravioli throne

There's a young lady who also works at the camp who has been uh a competitor in the past And she has the stomach of a true champion We've talked and decided that I will tab out early this year after a reasonable helping in ravioli And in the same moment announce my successor and continue to coach her for the remainder of the meal It will be a true move from you moment just like rocky. Thank you for the advice of my positive situation and happy 500 Uh, a while back I sent you a question about a fast food joint with an employee that wouldn't take my family's order until we solved His riddles this led to you this led you to the website riddles.com Which thing grew into the segment riddle me piss

After listening to the episode my family and I returned to the restaurant only to find the burrito riddler wasn't working there anymore In fact, we don't know where he went or if he was real And it was this day What should I do if I see him out in the world continuing his chaotic work of refusing service to people until they solve his riddles And should I be prepared with the riddle myself? Should we ever cross paths again? It's the people the people who wrote in with the updates asking us for more advice It's like you everybody only gets one everybody gets one Uh, oh, here's one in episode 102

You answered my question about how to cope with my then boyfriend going on a two month trip to scotland to do field work Justin had just gotten through sydney's time abroad in africa So your response was as usual a mix of heartfelt advice and hilarious goops Uh in addition to suggesting eternal sun shining myself You recommended my boyfriend bringing back three bobbles from the trip Which then led to a bit that made uh, your anti juggler stands part of the mbm canon Damn, that was a big one then sorry jugglers instead of pulling an eternal sunshine We skyped a lot and tried to stay busy. He did come back with three bobbles for me

No juggling and just a few months later we got engaged Actually today we've been married for almost seven years and we uh are expecting our second child in april Thank you for entertaining us through the years. We love you rachel and joshua. That's big. Yep Uh, that's another kind of unforgettable moment is that time we did the show in that was huntington Okay, but i'm thinking about the show that we did in wisconsin Uh, where we had uh two and a half proposals. Yeah, we were rocky. Yeah. Yeah, that was wild Well, I'd say maybe even the half proposal was probably the weirdest part. Yeah, that might be weird Uh, yeah, this has been a lot of fun and it's been fun doing this. It's a shame. We have to cancel the pocket

This is uh, I'm actually doing it, but I kept hoping that jesse would call and say I've changed my mind But no, he's just to say he's proud of us that to also be cool Yeah, but our licenses run out our children are just screaming at us screaming. We have to wrap this up. Thank you so much for listening Um, thank you uh to you at home for everything you've done for us. We really can't thank you enough To me that i'm so thankful for for you at home is everyone who has ever told someone else that they should check out the podcast Yeah, like we owe you a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid. Yeah, it's the it's the reason we're here Like it's the reason we are here doing doing this still it is it is a Uh, we I used to be able to say we've never paid for advertising

But one of you two dipshits did like a facebook campaign without talking to the other ones and so now that's a lie Now we've got zuckerberg fucking down our necks and we're part of the corporate machine But before that word of mouth was the only way that we got around And it got got around we did and that's all thanks to y'all. Um speak We're working on it should be up soon in the merch Store a like 500th episode challenge coin. Yes, that's like if you're part of that 500 club You'll be able to show it with pride with the 500th the coin And as self-indulgent as this has been uh in what a month and a half

We're gonna also be celebrating our 10 year anniversary, which is wild And also I tried to run the numbers on how many episodes we've missed if we don't hit an even 520 not a lot Yeah, I guess not very many at all not enough not enough. Yeah, we're gonna we're gonna take the next 30 episodes off Um, do you have a final y'all here this time? Oh, I can pull one. Um, but wow Well, I just want to say I also wanted to say thank you. Uh, because it's uh Uh, it's weird. I feel like there's a gun to my head because there's children screaming like be more be grateful faster Well, let's let's do all the other stuff right check out maximumfun.org or podcast home Uh, john rondrick and the longer winters for the use of our theme song putting uh, the days

You never have to do this part bud It's it's uh, it's a departure that is the name of the album It's uh, yeah, that's uh, we're very grateful to be able to use that song. Um, also just sort of final review I never want to eat spaghetti before recording the podcast again. It did not make me funnier Getting my body sort of feel leaven and uh, and and sag sag what you learned is that the Um, the magic was in you all along. Yeah, you didn't need the magic spaghetti or at least it was I mean was He's not of the magic. Yeah, it's possibly yeah 10 years ago. It's just my body. It wasn't just a big duffel bag full of socks Like it is now

Also a big thank you to all of our family. Uh, the ones who joined us on the episode Hello, I'm all of a family I've been making these show happen for over 10 years. Oh, that's our producer. He's usually on my consider yourself my dad Um, you all if you all have uh, uh, it changed changed our lives. This feels too like uh, uh, I don't know It doesn't even cover it. Well, yeah, but it all if it doesn't feel like it like created our The lives that we live now is is because of the support y'all have given us and um, yeah I I don't know what my life would even look like without this show and you boys. I love you both so much

I'm so glad I get to do this show with you guys every week. It is uh, it is amazing now every week on this show as you know at this point, uh Griffin gives us a yahoo and we come back next week and uh talk about talk about our thoughts Yeah, griffin. What do you what do you got for us? Well chad sent this one and thanks chad. It's yahoo answers user tim I think everybody who sends in yahoo's. Yeah everybody. Yeah. It's a fucking minefield out there. It's a slog It's a psychic Minefield and you all are it does if we have faced so many troubling concepts I can't imagine the other ones who didn't make it on the show

And that's just the cream that rose to the top. Yeah, but below that cream is a bunch of sewage Anyway, just a lot of botulism, right? Okay. Anyway, thank you chad. Tim. Tim asks Is it bad to eat a burger for breakfast just once? My name is Justin McRoy. I'm Travis McRoy. I'm Griffin McRoy This has been my brother my brother and me kiss your dad square on the lips Oh Oh Oh

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