Regulation Podcast - Our Favorites of 2022

Episode Date: December 24, 2022

Join the F**kface crew along with Producer Eric & Engineer Nick as they get together on an office day and talk about their favorite things of 2022. A nice little year end wrap up to the year and the things everyone appreciated. What were you thankful for this year? Let us know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a Rooster Teeth production. Hello and welcome to another piece of supplemental face content. This is the best of 2022 as deemed by the members of the F*** Face podcast. My name is Jeff Ramsey. With me, as always, Gavin Free, Andrew Panton. We are out there in Canada. And then Eric and Nick are here as well. This is 100% Andrew's idea.

However, he tried to disown it three minutes ago. The whole time you weren't in here, Gavin, it was Andrew distancing himself from the thing we were about to do. Ah, that he presented to the audience or to the, to the group. First of all, I suggested it as an idea. I was like, Hey, we could do this. We don't have to do this. Jeff was very against it.

We talked about it in the episode we just recorded. And then today when we started, I was like, you know, know we don't have to it doesn't really matter to me it's not a big deal and Jeff's like no I did prep we're doing this so in the episode I said it I determined it was a good idea yeah and the episode you said originally you didn't want to do it and then you thought it was a good idea yeah I mean it's been talked about in and promo'd in an

episode clearly we're going to do it why the fuck wouldn't I mean Eric still has an icy hot at his balls that was promo promo five weeks ago dude listen listen I'm I am of the opinion Jeff almost did it

by himself I am of the opinion that we try not to piss Eric off anymore today I'm just I just had questions no one answered

my questions and now we're rolling for nine minutes and uh what was your question doesn't matter talk about it you wanna cut Jeff

reading his recipe book to himself recipe no i i was making a point of i wouldn't know how to make carrot soup gavin was saying who needs that it's so obvious i don't think i i do know how to make carrot soup i would need a recipe 2022 was in many ways the shittiest of the pandemic trilogy for me. Yeah. Started in 2020. We thought, well, 2021 can't be as bad as 2020.

And then it was worse. And then I thought, foolishly, 2022 cannot be worse than 2021. Boy, was it in a myriad of ways. A couple of car accidents, COVID, a million vacations got canceled. Dogs died. Just... Your mouth got sewn apart.

I had... You know, my mouth... Still don't have a fridge. I had my gum thing. I still don't have a fridge. You still don't have a fridge. I get one in February. I'm two months away.

Or three months away now. I forgot. I had a surprise root canal. Remember the COVID, like, activated a previous root canal and they had to reroute. I had that whole thing. I had jock itch for 80% of the year. Just like one thing after another was just worse than the last.

However, some things were extremely positive and I didn't realize it. And that's why I like that. Andrew presented this as a potential content, because it forced me to sit down and try to think of positive things that happened in 2022. Turns out there were a lot. That's great. A lot of good stuff that happened in 2022.

We all compiled a list. I'll go first, because I know Gavin didn't compile a list, and we'll give him a little bit of time. I just couldn't think of anything. First off, right off the bat, right off the bat, and I got to lead with this,

I got engaged. Emily said yes. Emily, right off the bat, and I gotta lead with this, I got engaged. Emily said yes. Emily, the most wonderful woman, the most wonderful woman in the world said yes to me. So that was awesome. Highlight of the year right there. Then my daughter, Millicent, young

Millie, not so young anymore, 17. She had a surgery. She had a surgery, likehuh she had a surgery like basically had her face rebuilt in in June that has been uh in the works for half of her life and it's been like this huge monumental moment that we've been working towards with fear and trepidation and excitement and uh a lot of stress and we we did it. And the recovery was a nightmare and it was brutal. But she did recover

and she's in a much better place physically. And that was a huge success. So that was a big weight off my shoulders. You were telling me about that even back when I lived with you. Yeah, since she's been like seven or eight. We've known about it her whole life. And so it was like this huge gravitational pull

that was pulling all of our stress and energy into this event. And then it finally happened and we got through it and it was awesome. And she, uh, well, it wasn't awesome, but the surgery went really well and she recovered really well and she was a trooper and she's great. And so that's a huge success. How has that felt being over that? Is it like a sigh of relief thing or is it like a constant, like, I feel 10 pounds lighter? I feel a hundred pounds lighter. Okay. Like it is the, the, the, the brute, the brutality of it is that I, I went through the surgery. And so I remembered it all. And so I knew what she had ahead of her. Now I knew that she had a less severe version than I did and technology has grown leaps and bounds. So hopefully it was

an easier surgery, but still it's just brutal. And it's hard to have your face all cut up. It's hard not to be able to open your mouth for cut up. It's hard not to be able to open your mouth for six weeks. It's hard not to be able to eat anything solid for six weeks. And then, so I was just heartbroken knowing she was going to go through it. But also excited to know that like, once she's through it, she's through it. And then she's set for the rest of her life.

And so I'm fucking jazzed about that. That's the thing that made you really violently push out like a tiny little pea of shit, right? When you couldn't eat for that for so long? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you're right. My first dump after my surgery, and Millie had trouble dumping too

after her surgery, I think, but I don't think it was as severe. Yeah, it took me three weeks to take a shit after my surgery. And then I finally did, and I cried. It hurt so bad. And when I looked down at the toilet,

it was like the size of a peanut M&M. Oh my God. And it was covered in milk of magnesia because I had been drinking milk of magnesia all day. It was just like a white, goopy white peanut M&M

that ripped my asshole from my throat to my sphincter. It just ripped me up. It was brutal. Don't ever take three weeks off. I'm sorry.

The body closes back up. You need to, you need to, you need to constantly, it's like Wolverine's claws you need to constantly shit you need to constantly use that hole or it'll close back up just like just like wolverine's claws yeah uh okay so emily said yes millie had her surgery and it was a huge success uh other things that were good about 2022 hitting baseballs yeah i hit i rediscovered a love of hitting baseballs. That was a huge bonus

for me in 2022. Something that I hadn't done since I was probably 17 or 18 and I had forgotten about and it brought me tons of joy, a lot of pain. I think that's the most people have been surprised

and impressed with you in real life. Yeah. It was really impressive to see. Not this entire building that we're all working in in this industry. No, because that happened really slowly over time.

Okay. But that was like, no one was expecting that on that day. It was like more of a gust thing too, so. I was driving around over the weekend, and it was more of a gust thing. Jesus Christ. Yeah, yeah. All right, listen.

I'm not going to talk shit about, here's why, I'm going gonna talk shit about here's why I'm gonna I'm gonna refrain from engaging in that because I gotta get through this list

and you'll see why regardless as an aside I went by Roy G. Guerrero Park over the weekend great baseball fields I don't know

if that's an option for us I can check it out they're like I think center field is like 340 oh nice so it's pretty big

no way I can hit it out of that but like, I think center field's like 340. Oh, nice. So it's pretty big. No way I can hit it out of that. Yeah. But I'd love to try. Next, tap. I know tap has existed for a long time, and certainly over in

Europe and the UK, but I feel like in America, tap, you tap your credit card to pay. Oh, I feel like in 2022, tap. I was trying to

figure out what he was paying. Tap, finally. Really? finally fucking works in America. That's crazy. Until you said tap to pay, I still thought you were talking about tap dancing. No, tap to pay. I was trying to figure out what tap was. I thought it was a beverage.

I know it's existed before 2022, but I feel like now there's been enough turnover that like HEBs and everywhere lets you tap to pay now. I thought he was confused about Tab the Soda. Yeah. No, Tab the Soda sucks. That's why I was really confused when you said it was one of the best things of 2022. Yeah, 2022. Yeah. That's what I was thinking too.

Deploy. What? Marcus Smart. One defensive player of the year. Oh. First time a guard has won defensive player of the year in the NBA in over 20 years since Gary Payton, the glove, did it. One of the greatest, maybe the

greatest defensive guards of all time. That was a huge, huge win for me. And by the way, as of this recording, this isn't on the list, but as of this recording, the Boston Celtics are the best team in basketball. That's pretty awesome too. So love that. Next thing. Music. Really liked music in 2022.

Really? Really enjoyed it. Next. Shabu Shabu. Nice. Wait. What's that, Andrew? I was just going to say, do you have any music, like specific music things?

Oh, I love, tons of great music that I listened to in 2022. Really enjoyed it. Shabu Shabu. Okay. Fantastic. Love Shabu Shabu.

Can't get enough of it. Been there with you. Been there with you. Everybody but Nick, honestly. Sorry, Nick. Can't get enough Shabu Shabu I hope 2023 has a lot

of Shabu Shabu in it as well Tiny Town really hit my stride with Tiny Town you guys haven't seen the Christmas Village yet we've seen

no no you've seen Halloween you haven't seen the Christmas Village I've seen Halloween haven't seen Christmas Christmas Village is all Emily but it is gorgeous

and we'll be filming a special yeah and a podcast I want to try to get that hopefully next week, but we can talk about it later. I'm all about that. Jockitch Medicine.

Didn't know it existed. Assumed it existed. Didn't think I'd ever need it. Saved my life eventually, slowly, over about six months. I think I'm like 98% of the way through with that. I don't... But it was a huge help. PS5.

Got a PS5 in 2022? Pretty cool. Appreciate that. You got a war yet? No, I haven't taken it out of the box yet. He's thankful. I'm really jazzed about it. He's excited about it.

Yep. And here's the next one you'll see. Why I had to cut off the other thing. Gus. Yep. Gus was great in 2022. I agree. Really, really enjoyed. Gus. Yeah. Gus was great in 2022. I agree. Really, really enjoyed.

It was a good Gus year. Really enjoyed interacting with him, making content with him. We hadn't made content together in many years. And yeah, it was good. Gus was good in 2020. He sucked in some previous years. But 2022, he was fucking on point.

It was a good Gus year. Is this the year of Anima? Is that when it started this year? Or was it last year? I don't know. It was this year. Really? Who can tell? Me and Nick can. Oh, okay. There you go. Listen to them.

They probably know. And the last thing on my list? Oh, I figured a lot of people would put like TV and movies and stuff. I will say I discovered Real Housewives of Potomac in 2022, and that might have benefited me more than anything else. No offense to Emily or Millie, but Real Housewives of Potomac

is the greatest version of the Real Housewives franchises that I've ever seen. I am instantly hooked and I can't believe I slept so long. The Wendy Mia drama, oh my god. And let me tell you, you have the world's biggest fucking Karen stand right here.

She is fucking awesome. I will also say 2022, bit of a stumble for Salt Lake City, I think. Bit of a stumble. Bit of a stumble for Salt Lake City, I think. I haven't enjoyed it as much this season as I wanted to.

Also, largely not a great year for, and I think anybody who watched Housewives of Beverly Hills understands it wasn't a great year for the Beverly I think anybody who, who watched a housewives of Beverly Hills understands it wasn't a great year for the, for the Beverly Hills women. Uh, however, I will say they're even taking an extended break from the show before

they record again. I will say this year was the redemption of Sutton started off really rough. Sutton has a way of putting her foot in her mouth. Um, she caught some heat for not showing, uh, appropriate, uh,

uh, deference to uh and and and she wasn't conciliatory at all to when dorit got her house broken into and the guys almost killed her and her kids and uh she tried to equate that with uh what yeah so like dorit say dorit uh she was home one night her husband was out of town uh armed robbers came in put a gun to her head what emptied out the whole house told her they were going to kill her and the kids and then they left her and she lived uh and then when it was relayed to to sutton she said it's been one of those days i had a uh i had a designer coming in for a fashion show and his flight got canceled and so people were like that's

not the same thing you know however neck and neck however since that moment Sutton has been phenomenal on point and the relationship between her and Garcelle I live for it they are the new core of the Housewives of Beverly Hills

so really looking forward to good things sounds like the thing he's most thankful for this is way more than music yeah remember when he started

remember when he started getting engaged and just moved on yeah such a good such a good year for music. Also, I listen to it every day. I listen to more music than anything else this year. More than any podcast, more than video games.

Well, I don't even really play video games. More than anything. Last thing I have here, the mall. We've talked about it at AM briefly. The mall is back. I am telling you, if you are not hanging out at the mall, you are sleeping. You are missing out.

The mall has returned indoor malls. We all thought they were dead. Barton Creek Mall is fucking awesome. It is a hive of activity. They got stores you've never heard of in that mall, and they're all popping off. Most of them are not franchised. They're just like weird one.

I went to the mall the other day. Oh my God. I was so blown away. I went to the mall the other day. Oh my God. I was so blown away. I had to take Millie and Emily. Took at Millie and Emily. We're there. Millie is super trepidatious. She's like,

and I go, well, I'm sure all your friends hanging out at the mall, right? Millie's like, no, none of my friends

hanging out at the mall. We go to the food court. We were in the food court for three seconds before we hear, turn around. 36 of her friends are hanging out at the mall.

She just wasn't invited to the mall. She was just, I was just like, the mall she just wasn't invited to the mall she was just i was just like i thought your friends don't go to the mall and she's like i guess i thought they didn't either oh found out they do and apparently they're not inviting her so we'll have to fucking get rid of that busted so the fucking they got tiny town at the dillards at the mall which is you know i've been driving to fredericksburg to get that shit or like what we really do because it's so goddamn expensive. You got to go to estate sales. You guys don't know this

but every weekend I go to estate sales with Emily to look for Tiny Town mostly to buy it from dead people because it's cheaper that way. One thing about the mall, went to the, you know,

do you guys know about the Cheesecake Factory? How I've been trying to go to the Cheesecake Factory for about six months and anytime I try to go, there's like a, let's just go today.

There's like a two, you can't. There's a two and a half hour wait. Anytime you try to go to the Cheesecake Factory two, you can't. There's a two and a half hour wait. Anytime you try to go to the Cheesecake Factory, there's a huge wait. You get it for delivery? Huge wait.

We went for Face Jam in the middle of the day on Tuesday. There was like a 10 minute wait. Well, I mean, usually it worked, but I mean, we could do it in the daytime.

However, we tried to go to dinner at Cheesecake Factory, they're like, sorry, that'll be a seven hour wait. You're trying to go to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory?

What are you, Uchiko? And they're like, yeah, no, you could get into Uchiko, you can't get into the Cheesecake Factory. Found out Barbecue Mall has a Cheesecake Factory? Yes.'re like, yeah, no, you can get into Uchiko. You can't get into the Cheesecake Factory. Found out Barbecue Week Mall has a Cheesecake Factory? Yes.

Finally went in? Let me tell you something. Yeah. It fucking sucks. Yes. I don't like Cheesecake Factory at all. Why me and Nick just kept looking at each other like, why the fuck are you doing this? Emily and superfan Vanessa have been talking it up for years, and it's a dump.

Well, it surely can't be good when there's 78 different items on the menu. Well, that's the thing. Avocado egg rolls or pancakes. The book, the menu is the size of the mechanics guide for a 1972 Ford F-150. It's almost the size of your Ramsey Golf Club recipe book. Yeah, it's massive. It's like an entire cookbook.

One thing I ordered, I thought, I don't know what's massive. It's like an entire cookbook. One thing I ordered, I thought, I don't know what to get. There's so many things called factory here. Factory chicken. Factory hot chicken.

I don't want anything named factory, right? Yeah. And I realized I'm in a place called the Cheesecake Factory, but I didn't think they'd be so on the

nose with the structure. So I thought, well, I'll just get a club sandwich because it's not a factory club sandwich or a club sandwich because it's not a factory club sandwich or a club factory sandwich.

They were out of turkey. Now, Emily says, why the fuck would you order turkey the day after Thanksgiving? But, which I think is a fair point. Well, she's right.

Yes. I think it's a fair point. But, if you've got 19 turkey meals on your menu, I think you'd have turkey. You think? I think it's bullshit.

Anyway, that's my, think it's bullshit. Anyway, that's my, so that's 2022. That displays the depth of the menu though. Like a restaurant, they still have 80% of the menu available

and they're missing 19 dishes. Like it's absurd. I've never been there from what I've heard. The loss of turkey takes out like a fifth of the entire menu. And suddenly all I wanted

was turkey. I have a question about your list, Jeff. Okay. Now you mentioned tiny homes and you go to estate sales. Is this a good year for dead people? What's that? Is this a good year for dead people, like for acquiring tiny towns?

And we had a good haul this year. Let me just say that the last like two or three years have been, there've been a lot of estate sales. Is there like a dead list, like a Craigslist for just that kind of thing, or do you have to physically go to them? What do you mean? Oh, is there like a Craigslist for estate sales? Yeah, for the dead. Yeah. Well, I mean, an estate sale doesn't

mean they died. It could mean that they moved into assisted living. It could mean they decided to go move in with their family in Florida, and they just want to sell all their crap. Yeah. Got it. It doesn't necessarily mean dead, but that's part of the fun of going to an estate sale is you walk around, you look at the house, you look at the state

of it, and then you play the game, what happened to these people? Yeah. Do you think it's like when you see snow without footprints in front of someone? Right. Yeah, it's exactly like that. Guess who might be dead? Yeah. Do you think typically these people are moving somewhere else or do you think they're moving on? Emily finds out.

Oh. And I'd say it's probably 50-50. She has ways of finding out. Wow. She's good. That's pretty cool. Leading questions and stuff. Yeah.

Google. Turns out when people die, it's reported, so you can look it up. So I would say it's like 50-50 probably, but I mean anybody that's had to buy a Department 56 village knows how expensive they are. Way easier to buy them to people who don't need

them anymore. How much are we talking? One of those little houses cost like $140 or $15 if you buy it from somebody who's no longer alive. Well, that's a great roundup from Jeff. Yeah, so that's $20. That's fantastic. That's an extensive list. Emily,. Yeah, so that's 2022. Yeah, that's fantastic. That's an extensive list.

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was martin short in sctv oh no he wasn't picking up no no um who else uh dave thomas it was an mvc thomas yeah he's in it uh harold ramus was in it like it's fantastic so I've been going back and watching that because as a kid it would air on Comedy Central for me but I was too young like I just didn't get any of the humor it was sort of like a weird show and I just changed channel so I've been going back and I've been revisiting SCTV and it doesn't always land

but when you have so many comedic legends and like a show it's just so fascinating to watch them and they're so like even when the joke isn't that funny they're just such great performers this is my favorite sketch and it's a little on the nose with the vancouver child kicker thing but i'm sending it to eric for you guys to watch yep it's called yellow belly and i just i've seen this like 20 times at this point i laugh it was almost well i'll explain after. Okay. Here we go.

So they do these shows where it's like fake shows that they've made within their station. Sort of the premise. The junk handy? Yeah. Scared of a child. What? Oh, my God. Is that Catherine O'Hara?

Yeah. This sketch is really funny. Oh, my God. Dude, that rules. That's really funny. Oh, my God. Dude. That's going to make that scene together in Home Alone way funnier.

I'm a big fan of a get in, get out sketch premise. That one gets in and gets out. It gets out hard. What a blast. Everything about it makes me, the impact the child has when being shot is so funny to me. And that they're in frame the entire time.

That's very funny. Oh, I almost wanted to draft that kid in my fall list. But I knew we were doing this. Great 2020 moment. Yeah. Oh, it's brought, watch's brought watch oh it's so great just the premise of that is like a criminal minds like show like oh it's so funny uh so that that was that my second thing i i play a lot of games i don't talk about it a lot on the show it's probably my favorite hobby i invest a lot

into so i just wrote down some indie games that i really enjoyed from this year that i'd recommend people check out that don't get necessarily a lot of attention almost all these are on game pass but i think they're also multi-platform a lot of them so my list of indie games that i would recommend are tinykin which is i don't know if anyone here has played Pikmin. Yeah. It's very Pikmin-like. It's like Pikmin, but no combat, which I know doesn't necessarily sound fun, but it's just this super meditative game where you play this tiny little person

who's running around this house from the 80s, and you have to try to collect ship pieces to return home. Oh, okay. And you're collecting pollen, so it's kind of a collect-a-thon, but it's really low-key. It's awesome.

And you said ship with a P, right? Ship pieces? Yes. Okay, I'm pretty sure. Yeah, that's shit pieces. Oh, okay. It's a different game. Got it.

I've never played a shit piece collect-a-thon. There's too much shit in this game. Which can't be happening. That's a collect-a-thon thing. Anyway, next game. Nobody Saves the World. It's a really impressive RPG small team. As I said on Game Pass,

I think it's on multiple platforms. It's a lot of fun. It's really inventive for what it is. It's a kind of unique art style. It's just a good game. I'd highly recommend checking that out. And then my last one is Research and Destroy, which is like a hard to explain.

It's like a turn-based, but you move action shooter game it's co-op it's it's i'm i should have written down like you're doing a great job i played it back in no i'm doing terrible but uh i wrote it i played it in like february it's a great game i i've never heard anyone else recommend it give it a try yeah i'm sorry i couldn't be more detailed than music was great this year it was did you also enjoy music this year uh

not especially a little bit I guess but no I wouldn't say it was great you enjoyed a little bit of music this year another thing that I don't know if we've ever talked about on the show but it's extended into this year is when Gavin and I play Halo we'll be talking we'll be having fun.

Whenever he gets a lead near the end of the game, he calls it a screenshot game. He said he would screenshot any time he had more kills than I had. Yeah, I just screenshot the leaderboard at the end. Yeah, and it creates this frantic race. And I enjoy it immensely. It's extended into absurd side bets and eventually

led into a thing gavin tried to we're talking about you know how there are like names for numbers jeff so like you have a baker's dozen that's like a name for a thing we're doing we're talking about that and we're listing the different ones. And then Gavin said something. And I said, that's not real. That's like, that's, that's the worst fake name I've ever heard.

Well, cause we, cause I think first I suggested like a score. It's like 20. Is that right? Yeah. We're setting like lines, like what you would call different leads you'd have in kills for this.

And I don't remember what you said the word was. He said, he was trying to, we're like going back and forth and he tried to trick me you said the the word was he said he was trying to we're like going back and forth and he tried to trick me and it was the worst lie i've ever heard it was so blatantly a lie i was like that's fake and gavin immediately broke and started laughing yeah and i said how many what would that have represented what amount of he's he said 67 nobody needs a term for 67 items what has turned into a problem is i forgot what he said 67 nobody needs a term for 67 items what has turned into a problem is I forgot what he said and he refuses to tell me

this has been a weeks long like several months at this point of me trying to figure out what this is me trying different strategies to get him to tell me pretending I don't care about it acting like it never I've tried everything and it's infuriating,

but it has to be on my list. It's for 67? 67, I believe. I was going to check on my phone what he said. Well, let me tell you. I believe it was 67. Gavin very graciously just wrote it down on a piece of paper and gave it to us, so we all know what it's called now, too.

That's so mean! That's so rude! Nick, I want you's called now, too. That's so mean. That's so rude. Nick, I want you to see it, too. I don't even remember my guess. Okay. Just so we're clear, he's never going to guess that. Never in a million years will he get there. I tried to do it totally casually.

I was like, yeah, Baker's dozen, 13. Score is like 20. And then X is 70. Did great. 67 67 and then I broke like halfway through looking at that word isn't it the fakest sounding word you ever heard no it's totally plausible to me yeah it seems like

it's a very pubert Adams type thing where if Gavin said it to me I would go that's too stupid to not be real like this is not where I'm not going to die on this hill with you again I would instantly believe it that's too stupid to not be real yep like this is not where i i'm not gonna die on this hill with you again i would instantly believe it that's fascinating well i don't know what it is i'm still infuriated by it i fucking hate i didn't expect that this would turn into all of you knowing as well well when you guess it correctly i will tell you that you've got it that's the problem yeah i don't even remember what my guesses were but i kept i was what do you remember about

the word i don't remember anything at this point, which makes it even worse. Like before... Because in conversation in the game, we both said it probably 25 times. Oh, absolutely. And then I forgot it two games later. What it's like is like the name of it. It's like we're in the water and I'm constantly drifting further away. And now

I'm miles away. I have no trace of what direction to go in. I feel like every time you've guessed, it's just gotten you further away from it. Like you don't even know which direction land is, right? Yeah, exactly. My favorite thing about doing the screenshot games is that like Andrew and I talk a lot.

We very casually play, even ranked. But it'll get to the point where it's like, I have 16 kills and he has 12. And eventually he'll just stop talking because I realize he's noticed the scoreboard and he goes dead silent and all I hear is like grunting and like

he's like really trying to play really hard to get ahead of me right towards the end of the game it's definitely my favorite thing about playing with him it's great I wish there was a way we could tell the entire world what this name is yeah there's no way you can't I want every regulation listener and comment lever to what about this and you're not gonna i will put my headset down no and i will not absolutely no no 100 no no what we will do is figure out a way to leak it into the content without you realizing it interesting i like that

idea a lot right that's a fantastic plan and the the last thing, and I already talked about it, so it's not a great, great topic to have for my end, but truly one of my funniest things of this year. It's been consistent every year, is how our audience takes things and just creates something ridiculous and absurd. It's been in the Christmas albums in the past. This year, it was anal

passage for me yeah this thing that was like supposed to be up for like a day or two and then be pulled and then they turned it into the number one shirt in the store it just it's so fucking funny it's such a lame lame isn't the right word but it's such a general thing but jeff said music but our community is consistently one of my favorite things of each year and the ways that they surprised me and how funny and creative there I really like tracing stuff back like the origins of how stuff happened like anal passage I think came from the video of you and Jack trying Bovril it was just at some random yeah it was in England yeah and

I just it was like his shirt was folded. Like it said, annual passage. Or like, I was thinking about this the other day, fucking the monkey movie, which we finally watched MVP too, was first referenced like in episode four of this podcast. Like episode four of face. We, Andrew mentions MVP too.

And then again, in episode five, he goes like into it in detail. And we watched it around episode 128. Talking about tracing it back. It's ridiculous. I love that we get stuff done on this podcast. Eventually.

The ideas eventually happen. It's tough, but we do it. That's a good list. That's a great list, Andrew. I love it. Fantastic list. Gavin. My favorite thing about 2022

is not having to worry about whether one of our stupid bits works. Like I went to the pizza cooking day with absolutely no fear that we would walk away with like a really funny video, which I think we should, we can watch my cut after this as well,

by the way. I'd love to. That'd be fun. Yeah, we can definitely do that. this as well by the way I'd love to that'd be fun yeah we can definitely do that but yeah just like the just knowing in advance like this is just

going to be good no matter what and I think that's pretty special and it doesn't happen with everything you work on yeah so hubris was one of the things

you liked about 2020 got it overconfidence yeah no well you could interpret it that way

you could yeah it that way. You could, yeah. Hitting a home run every at bat. Undo send. New feature. I thought, I don't think, I don't see myself ever using that until I was texting Jackie Butler, Alfredo's partner,

who was playing God of War right before the next one came out, God of War Ragnarok. And I sent her a text, because I knew she'd been streaming it, and after God of War Ragnarok came out, I sent her a text saying, are you on the rag yet? Which just means are you on your period yet?

Yes, it does. Let me undo send and rephrase that. Pretty good. There you go. And then I fully I thought, let me undo send and rephrase that. Pretty good. Way to go, man. Isn't me asking that? Yep. Yeah. And then I fully spelled out Ragnarok.

Wow. Good work. That was good. That was 2022. I don't actually think I rewrote it. I think I just didn't send it at all.

Oh, boy. I thought, I just, I don't even care. 2022 moments. I just kicked my shoe into even care. 2022 moments. I just kicked my shoe into an iron girder in the ceiling. And I don't think I've ever heard Barbara laugh so much in all of her life. That was the highlight that I just went and did because I didn't have anything on my list.

Top Gun Maverick. Top Gun Maverick. Damn good movie. They were sat on that thing for a couple of years. They had that in the can. What must have that been like? Just having that film finished. Crazy.

And finally, oh, being able to film again with Dan. That was an important part for me of 2022. I hate, I hate, I hate making my own channel without...

Your secrecy is amazing. You put Dan behind Tom Goodman. And the shoe you just kicked it's true yeah I hate making my own YouTube channel on my own which is a problem had to do it for two years

it sucked glad he's back so it took till 2022 for you to learn to appreciate Dan uh no I already well I think appreciate's a strong word. I was gonna say, man, I would love to get there someday.

Let's see what we can do in 2022. I think you'll eventually appreciate Dan, too. And finally, England winning the World Cup. Hasn't happened. They have France. I feel like maybe if I say it, they'll win. Is that next? England will lose to France

on the 10th of December. But if I say that they won, maybe it'll push it through. You want to make a bet? You want to bet 50 bucks? I'll bet 50 bucks they won't. That you won't what? That they won't win.

No, why would you take that? I thought you were in England. But you just declared that they won. Why bet money when we have double salted black licorice? That's true. We both think England's going to lose. That's why we can't bet.

That's my list. That's a great list. That's a great list. That's a great list. Great list. Top Gun Maverick. Great movie. Look, I will watch that lunatic Scientologist make anything.

Yeah, I totally agree. He is the, he is the definition of suspending disbelief. Yeah. Like, as a person, you're like,

but then you put a gun in that guy's hand and you tell him to run in a direction and you're like, you son of a bitch, I'm in. Just doing it all.

Like, you're just like, there's no way he does it in this movie and boy, he does it near the end and you go, I cannot believe they fucking did it.

He fucking did it. Incredible. Yeah. It's awesome. Eric? I don't think there's any other actor I'm more excited about getting old. Like, I cannot believe they fucking did it. He fucking did it. Incredible. Yeah. It's awesome. Eric, I don't think there's any other actor I'm more excited

about getting old. Like, I just, he's going to have to change what movies he makes. I don't think he's going to. I think you're seeing, I think you're seeing

old Tom Cruise right now. he already retired from Mission Impossible five movies ago and he's still back. He's 60. If he does this as a 60 year old,

I'm on board. I mean, Liam Neeson's out there fighting wolves and he's 95. That's a great point. He's out there, he's fighting wolves, he's pissing his pants, he's doing it all. He's jumped the same fence 82 times.

What was it, like 12 cuts? My list is I think a little more succinct, but big music's on there. Yeah, hell yeah. You guys know about music? Yeah, big fan. I've heard of it. I've just realized in seven years,

Tom Cruise will be years old. Oh! Oh! That's exactly, you're right. He'll be 67, so he'll be that word.

Yep. That's excellent. Wow. That's on my list. You guys can all bond over this. Yep. Can I amend my list to add something?

Oh yeah, no kidding. I'm thankful my list to add something? Oh, yeah. No kidding. I'm thankful for the word 67. What it truly is. Going off of Top Gun Maverick, I get Nick every time. Seeing movies with my friends this year was so much fun. Seeing Ambulance at the beginning of the year

with you and TPG. Incredible evening. Yeah. Really great stuff. We learned about the ultimate combo, which we don't know what it is still. One day we'll find out. Really cool.

Went and saw Top Gun Maverick with my buddy Robbie. We went to Baby A's and got hammered on margaritas and then watched that movie in 40 X. And it was like, we were, it was like we were in the plane. Could it have been a better, is that like the best 40 X?

A hundred percent. It like we were tanked and then drinking beer there and going like this fucking rules, this fucking rules. I couldn't get enough. I didn't see a lot of movies in theaters. Uh, I don't see a lot of movies anymore,

but that, um, seeing them with friends was, was a lot of fun. I am grateful that pro wrestling is back and there are live sporting events to go to, not just wrestling, but sports in general. Went to a Cowboys game, went to a bunch of Padres games. Just seeing, being able to be in a crowd,

that energy that you get from live sports is really meaningful to me. And on that, I'm grateful for the 2022 San Diego Padres who destroyed the Los Angeles Dodgers. Congratulations to the Dodgers winning 111 games and one playoff game. Way to go, guys. And congratulations to Fernando Tatis for getting rid of those pesky worms.

He has no... My team is now in 2023 worm-free. There you go. We are worm-free in 2023. He had like butt wubs? No, he took steroids, but it was for like... Oh, this is like a banned substance and it's supposed to like get rid of some kind of worm or like ringworm or something.

It was called ivermectin. Yeah. I'm also, uh, this year, uh, grateful for, I got to take a bunch of trips that I had a good time with,

went to Vegas, went back home to San Diego and just had a good time. Was able to, um, travel and stuff. And then on the tail of that, uh, had a great time with my small wife and she uh

well didn't you also get a small wife this year no it was last year oh um so it's it's retained your small wife i retained yeah so far my thing i'm thankful for is retaining my small wife and uh as as much as people don't want to hear it, my job. I really like doing this. Well, you didn't look like it two hours ago. That's true. I can't believe you just said that on the same day as this. I really do.

I really do like doing that. I'd rather be doing this than working in IT again or at a zoo again or at a Pier 1 Imports or an electrical contractor, even a Target. This is great.

It's a lot of fun. They pay me decent money to do something that I really like doing. So it's great to be able to record, come up with new ideas like Anma, which is just had a conversation. Someone's like, oh yeah, just rehashing the RT podcast. And I went, yeah, but this is a free cup of coffee

that I get every week. So now it's even better. You dipshit. So grateful for all the stuff we get to do and being able to do it and the weird ideas that we can sort of piggyback onto things. And I'm hoping that next year we can do work with Cocaine Bear.

I want to do something with Cocaine Bear. I don't even know what the, oh, it's a movie? Yeah, it's a movie about a bear that does cocaine. Yeah, I saw the trailer. Oh, awesome. It's based on a true story apparently too. Yeah, yeah.

A bear does a bunch of cocaine. That's it. You think it's in 4DX? You think it makes you so fucking jittery? Just cocaine blowing at you in the theater? Oh no, I'm going to see Cocaine Bear again. I'm addicted to Cocaine Bear. But I think that's my list. It's just nice to be with people again i think is my big sort of takeaway from all of it so yeah that's a great

list can i make an addition to my list is it music you reminded me of some uh no it's not music it's not music sadly it's uh it's a tweet that really made me laugh you're talking about sports and i can link it to something else i'm gonna post it in our slack channel okay for everybody to see um it was just the the caption what they used to describe it i think it's hilarious i'll read it cam acres explodes for 37 yards in week 12 loss the implication that that is what exploding is which then took me back to one of my favorite old sports clips eric do you mind showing one more video i know i said no no no it's fine it's not a problem uh let me pull it up so a long time ago with the canucks one of my

favorite sports clips of all time there's a press conference with the head coach and the reporter was talking to him and like asking him questions about like the last game. And he said, what did you think of your third line? So in hockey, like the third line is like not an elite player at all. Like they're good, but not great typically. And he's like, how did you feel about your third line performance this week?

Kyle Wellwood played like a man possessed. He had like an assist. Like the Wellwood played like a man possessed. He had like an assist. The notion that playing like a man possessed for Kyle Wellwood would be an average stat line for a good player, and the coach cannot contain himself at it, and it brings me so much joy. It's the Cam Akers.

I'm sending it. I guess just I'll put it in the same place. Oh, okay. It's there, Eric, for you to pull. That's okay. Wellwood, a man possessed. It's there, Eric, for you to pull. That's okay. Mm-hmm. Well, what a man possessed. It's like 40 seconds. Just the embarrassment you would feel as a player. Yeah.

That, like, your coach would break over saying, like, you did really great. Like, that is your all-star performance. That's very funny. That's the same energy. Oh, there you go. One of my favorite clips. Nick, that is your all-star performance. That's very funny. Pet's name energy.

One of my favorite clips. Nick, do you have anything to be thankful for? I'm thankful for a child that sleeps through the night. Yay! That's the fantastic. That's the biggest thing. I'm so tired still. Well, it gets...

No, it doesn't. It's just harder in different ways, I was going to say. Thank you. It'll just get more difficult in some other way. You'll transfer your exhaustion to that. Nick, would you consider that a hack? That piece of information that Jeff just gave? Is that a life hack?

I think that might be a life hack. It is now. Hey, you know what? I'm going to pre-put something on my 2023 list. Yeah. Okay. When we all met up. Yeah, absolutely.

Oh, the Olympics in February, right? That's on mine too. Yep. We're doing that still? Yeah, February in Vancouver or in Austin. In Austin. Okay. I think.

I'm going to have to go back to Austin. Okay. Oh my God. Okay. Yeah, you are. You're going to have to go back to austin okay oh my god okay yeah you are you're gonna have to go back to austin yeah after all these years not last week not even a week ago well there you have it uh that's what we're thankful for and we're thankful for you and you already said community but thank you guys for listening um it is a lot of fun when we get feedback maybe don't you don't

have to tweet at me directly, your feedback, but you can put it anywhere else, and that's probably good. But it is nice that people are checking this out, and people get so adamant and excited. We had so much that kind of came out of nowhere. We made a Gerpler. We made a

Switchfuck. We made we have like these two I saw them dominating the Black Friday sale. We made like we have like these two I saw them dominating the Black Friday sale. We made two shirts with Pedro Martinez and Don Simmer. Who's doing that in 2022?

No one. Do I have one of these somewhere? I don't know. I can check. They didn't mail you? They should have sent to me. I got like six in the mail. Oh shit. Yeah, they should have sent to you. I'm going to give them away as Christmas presents. Good. Now I can say six in the mail. I'm going to give him away his Christmas presents. Now I can say, hey, you.

But yeah, I think that's it. Anything else that anyone else wants to take it home with? I'll say one last thing. I'll add to the good feelings and say that I also appreciate the audience this year. More than anything, I appreciate

y'all, and more than all of you, I appreciate Andrew for being the inspiration for this very podcast. Yep. It was a good year for Andrew. It was a good 2022 Andrew year. A redemption year? Some of it.

Okay. See you in 2023, losers.