Which Riddle Riddle?

#184: Johnny Scramblers & The Heartbreak Pumpkins

00:00:02

Erin

This is a HeadGum podcast.

JPC

I needed to be recording before I shared this, but my favorite Italian scandal, I think this is a little old at this point, was there was Italian doctors who people were trying to get Italian doctors, they were bribing them to give them fake COVID vaccines and then give them the paperwork. And Italian doctors were accepting the bribes and then giving people the real COVID vaccine. Holy shit. They were just, they were taking the bribes and they were still giving the COVID. That's amazing. I love that.

Erin

Nevermind. Humanity can stay. I don't want to start over. And the award for most riddles solved on a podcast goes to... Adal Rifai and JPC! Oh, it's high. This is awkward.

00:01:15

Adal

Are we the only two nominated? Do you want to accept the word?

???

Why don't you accept the word for us please?

JPC

Yeah sorry, can you just accept the award for us please? Yeah, there's a guy eyeing my seat and I feel like if I get up he's thinking it.

Erin

Please? Adal Rifai and JPC were unable to come up to the stage tonight.

Adal

Sorry, it wasn't that we were unable to, it's that we didn't want to. We're here. Sorry, hi everyone, we're here. We're here.

JPC

Come on, man. Why don't you go up there and do the stage? No, fuck you. You're gonna take my seat. I know you've been looking at my seat all night. Hey, come on.

Erin

So I guess I want to thank their families and friends and God. No, no, sorry.

JPC

No, no, no, no.

Adal

I'm in a fight with my family.

JPC

Yeah, we can thank a couple of uncles on my mom's side and that's it.

Erin

JBC would like to thank a couple of uncles on his mom's side.

JPC

We can! We don't have to!

Erin

Okay, and I feel like if you're not going to come up here it can't be too picky or choosy. I'd like to thank the Academy of Riddles. Who else do you want me to thank?

00:02:21

JPC

Okay, that's attitude. All the friends that never were. Oh yeah.

Erin

They would like to thank all the friends that never were.

Adal

Sorry, Monica. Don't say it in a way that you're second guessing it.

Erin

Chamblor, Rops, Chamblor, Joey, Joey. And I think they would like to thank their partners who have stayed in crime. Gemma, Mariah, if you're listening, they are thankful that you stood by your partners who did a Riddle podcast for years. They thank you.

JPC

She said partners and she mentioned my boss's name. That seems weird. Is that partners?

Adal

Is it too late? The music's playing. Is it too late to think? We're reading the next award. What was the other host? JPC.

Erin

And the award for most patient woman on a podcast goes to... Erin Keif!

JPC

That wasn't from how did this get made probably. Wait, on a podcast? That woman from How Did This Get Made? June Diane Raphael? Come on. That woman.

00:03:25

Erin

I don't want to come up to the stage. There's a guy who's been eyeing my seat. I want to come up. Yeah, come on. Just go over to the stage. Who's going to take this chair? I know you've been eyeing my seat, asshole. You are not getting this. I didn't get a seat.

Adal

I didn't get me a seat. Just so everyone knows, that is a seat filler. If you leave, he will fill your seat with like a Bavarian cream. So when you sit down, it'll be so gross.

Erin

Can you thank Joeb for me?

Adal

Hold on, I'll get up there. It seems like she wants to thank Joey. Wait, if you're going up, I want to go up. I thought we weren't going up. I'm accepting her award. Oh, can I co-accept? Yeah, absolutely. Okay, everything is equal.

JPC

Aw, no. He got both of our seats. He's got one leg in each seat.

Adal

Hi Academy, I am of course Adal Rifai. I'm JPC.

???

And I'm still in my seat.

Adal

And I'm Joey.

JPC

My name's Rusp.

???

Hi guys.

Adal

Hey Riddle Riddle. We are a podcast about award shows.

Erin

If you're wondering why the show is so bad already, it's because we're recording in the morning.

00:04:29

JPC

Recording in the morning. It's almost 1 p.m. Not for me.

Adal

I woke up at, I want to say like 11.45 noon and there's already a text from Erin at like 8.45 a.m. that said I'm ready to record early if we want to.

Erin

I couldn't sleep because I was anxious.

JPC

Ooh, did you have an anxiety dream?

Erin

Oh yeah, I've been having anxiety dreams all week. Thank you for asking. Um, one where I was really high up in a tree and I fell out.

JPC

Oh yeah.

Erin

And I knew when I fell to the ground all my bones had broken and I couldn't even scream out for help.

Adal

That's interesting. JBC and I just took, last night we took a course at a community college that's dream interpretation. Do you want us to tell you what that means?

Erin

I would love to take a crack at it.

Adal

You said you fell out of a tree and you said all your bones were broken?

Erin

Yeah, but just so you know, I want you to take a crack at it because I'm trying to get most patient women on a podcast award two years in a row. So that's why. Of course, of course.

JPC

Is it kind of fucked up that her award was for on a podcast and ours was specifically a Riddle podcast? Like the categories were pretty wildly, you know, incongruent.

00:05:39

Erin

I don't know if it's going to make you feel better, but that was a fake bit for our show.

JPC

I still get a trophy though, right?

Erin

Yeah, of course. I have to send DBZ a trophy every month or he doesn't feel validated.

JPC

Or I don't feel up to doing the podcast, do I? If I don't have my trophy.

Erin

I send them like kickers, soccer trophies, just like trophies for children. Adal, what did my dream mean? Well, yeah, let's think about this.

Adal

Okay, let's think about... So what it means... So first let's dissect the fact that you were in a tree and you fell out. So typically that means that you are afraid of heights. And that you're afraid of heights because when you go up high, you're afraid you're gonna fall down low.

JPC

I think it also has something to do with the fact that you are tall. And so it's kind of what it is, is it's a desire to be shorter. Like you, I think a comfortable height for you, Erin, is like 5'4", 5'5".

Erin

You want me to be smaller?

JPC

No, Erin, your dreams want you to be smaller.

Adal

Your dreams want you to be smaller. And then the fact that all your bones were broken means that you are concerned about befriending the guy who played Bones on Star Trek and then breaking his heart.

00:06:41

JPC

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Erin

Okay.

JPC

No, not the one, not the new Star Trek, not, uh, uh, uh, oh god, what is his name? Oh, it's not Clyde Owen.

Erin

This is very helpful, by the way.

JPC

It's not Clive Owen, but it's like he's that type. He's that type. I think he's from Australia? That's my type. Oh God, what is his name? Oh boy. He's got the name of a famous country singer, which is Keith Urban, but it's not Keith Urban. Carl Urban. Carl Urban. They're not related. He's on the boys. Erin, you also said in your dream that you couldn't scream even though you tried. And as we all know, a scream that you can't do is a whisper. Which, the most famous whisper, Zoom Zoom. Which is, I believe, a Mazda commercial.

???

Is that the most famous whisper?

Adal

Yes, Zoom Zoom. Well, there's careless in Zoom Zoom. And Zoom Zoom wins by a hair.

JPC

By a hair slide. Which, by the way, I went on one time, wanted my money back because I had too good of a time.

Erin

Are you sure it's not? Maybe she's born with it.

JPC

It's in some which makes me think that you want a monster now, but you every every tagline whispered A panic scream?

00:07:50

???

Yeah, so I think you're a monster.

Adal

I assume I'm being taken hostage.

???

I don't have much time. Would you hear your family?

Adal

He's at an Olive Garden, quick.

???

We got a location.

JPC

So I want a Mazda. A Mazda for someone who's 5'4", basically, that whole dream.

Erin

Oh, I love it. Can I tell you guys something funny that I saw that made me go? Yeah. So it was very funny. I went to a concert. It was super COVID safe, luckily, but it's like the only time I've gone out in the last month.

JPC

Well, you don't have to worry about it, right? You can't get Omicron twice.

Erin

Yeah, that's true. But I still don't want, you know, I don't think it's better. Sure, sure, yeah. But I went to a Sammy Ray concert. She's coming to a Sammy near you.

Adal

Oh, I knew a man. He did a dance for you. Nope. I was just going to do Sammy Ray pot as well.

00:08:52

Erin

She's my favorite singer. She easily, easily the most incredible vocalist I've ever seen live.

Adal

Her core just started. She has some questions.

Erin

Tell her I love her as much as my mom. What else does she need from me? But Sammy Ray is on tour with Joe Hartler and the Rainbow Seekers, which is another band I absolutely love and have for like five years. So go see that tour. I think there's still tickets. It's gonna be in a city near you. It's unmissable. It's truly one of the best concerts ever.

JPC

Alright, let me write that down. Johnny Scramblers and The Heartbreak Pumpkins.

Erin

There you go. Anyways, it was perfect. But at the end of the concert, a guy during one of the songs with help from the band proposed to his girlfriend.

JPC

Wow.

Erin

Great, I love that. At every concert I go to I feel like that's happening. I love that people are doing that.

Adal

So when you say help from the band, did he ask the band to like buy the ring since they probably have more money than him?

Erin

Totally. He also asked them to like be a good boyfriend to her for years. So he asks and everyone's like cheering and Sammy Ray goes to him. She is actually saying, what did she say? And then he goes, thank you. Because he thought she said, what do you say?

00:10:14

JPC

Like, he's a child. What do you say? What do you say? That's amazing.

Erin

And he went, thank you. And she was like, no, what did she say? And he went, oh, yes. And I was like, I need a timeout for men.

JPC

I know we breezed right past it but Johnny Scramblers and The Heartbreak Pumpkins would be a good name for the episode I think so just like Johnny Scramblers and The Heartbreak Pumpkins? I just want to put it into the public consideration.

Erin

That's all. You've said it so many times I'm having a hard time remembering the name of the band that I have loved for you.

Adal

Jack O'Lantern and The Fanta Lanterns.

Erin

Oh no. Can you do a couple more? That's not it.

Adal

But what is it? Jimmy Cramblin and the Mistook Barbers. Joey Clystale and the Drysden Hairblowers. Can you imagine proposing to someone and they just look at you and go, thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I guess JPC you can, you can't imagine.

00:11:15

JPC

Well, for my proposal, I stunned Mariah so much that she was like completely, it was like comatose. Like she couldn't really figure out what was going on. She truly had like this dazed look at her eyes.

Erin

She was dead asleep.

Adal

And can I just say, great, now I'm fucking hungry. Now all I want in the world is comatose. Comatose. It's toast through an IV.

Erin

It's like French toast.

Adal

It's like French toast, but you put it on a bicycle.

Erin

I'm canceling us.

Adal

Toss it down a ravine. Nope, I'm canceling us. We need 500 cc's of comatose now.

Erin

Oh my god. Anyways, check out Sammy Ray and Joe Hurtler and the Rainbow Seekers coming to us to hear you. I remember the name of the band. Their song, Old Love, is my favorite song. I don't know if people are interested in music at all. You're listening to a podcast right now. You probably hate music. How was your weeks?

Adal

Hold on. I want to guess the lyrics to Old Love. Is it like, my heart has arthritis for your touch?

Erin

I love that. Write that down. That's beautiful.

JPC

Is old love like Macklemore's same love except for elderly people? Cause I would love that if it's a song. Because Macklemore's same love is like, I'm not gay, but I do like gay people. And old love would be great if it was like some 22 year old being like, two people who are 60 kissing and fucking. Not for me, but for them it's something.

00:12:37

Erin

No age that you'll ever stop loving. What's going on everybody?

Adal

Not much. What's going on with you?

Erin

Just spinning the wheels before riddles come crashing down on us. Forget it. Fine. I'll do fucking riddles.

JPC

Oh my god. Fucking fuck you guys. Cheers. It's also, and I feel ashamed to say this Erin, but it's been two days since we last talked and I've, nothing interesting has happened to me in those two days.

???

I don't believe it.

JPC

It's been, I truly, I have, I've just been doing a lot of like, like tasks and like errands and cleaning and shit like that. So it's like truly nothing, nothing happened. I've just been really burning the clock. Hey Riddle. That's a Pink Panther bit. You do not need to hire a man to come and attack me. I could get a man to attack me pretty much any time I want, with just my words and personality. Oh, okay. Yeah. I could initiate the fuck out of a fuck for sure.

00:13:46

Adal

With just my words and personality.

JPC

Yeah.

Adal

That's fantastic. Erin, I had nothing... I spoke to you two days ago, so I have no update except for just a fun little thing that I thought of just a moment ago, which is if your name is Ben, every time you arrive somewhere, you have to... I think your new catchphrase should be, it's Ben.

Erin

I think you gotta make it so your friends start saying that.

Adal

Okay.

JPC

It's Ben. If your friends are like fans of old movies, you could arrive and say, Ben Her. Ben Her.

Erin

I guess this episode's only fun if your name's Ben.

JPC

We should do that every episode. We should pick a name and do something fun for a person with that name.

Erin

Oh fun, okay. Next week we're going to tell people named Julie what kind of hat to wear. So look forward to that Julie's.

JPC

Listen up old lizards. If your name's Julie or if you know a Julie, have them listen. Future lizards. Thank you. I couldn't remember what we call people. Listen up future lizards. If you know a Julie, or you have been knowin' a Julie, or your name is Julie, make sure they listen next week, because that's the big hat reveal for Julie. Julie, Julie.

00:14:56

???

Nope.

JPC

Don't burn it. Don't burn it.

Erin

What was I gonna say?

JPC

You were gonna tell us some riddles, yeah.

Erin

Yeah, but there was something before that. We were gonna say another name. No.

JPC

You were gonna say another name? Did you have a run for Ben? Because you didn't quite do one for Ben yet. Were you gonna tell us the way to your heart?

Erin

Man, it's gone. Maybe it was a funny joke. Maybe it was just a comment. I don't know. We'll never know. Oh, I was gonna say to Adal, I ordered a suit for your wedding. Finally ordered it. If it fits, it's gonna be great. I'm gonna look really cool. I'm one of the groomsmen and I'm gonna match you guys. I know that you're trying to coordinate without me, but I'm gonna match you.

JPC

I do actually have an interesting life update that I did think about. The other day I went to Taco Bell and I saw that they had iced coffee on the menu. And I said, I gotta know what this is about. So I was like, I'll have an iced coffee as well.

Erin

Was it nacho cheese with ice in it?

JPC

First of all, they did ask me if I wanted like cream and sugar. I said, nope, black. And they gave me the coffee. And as soon as I touched it, as soon as they handed it to me in the car, I said, oh, this was hot coffee that they put ice in. I'm picturing an employee taking a 20 ounce piping hot coffee and putting it in the soda machine ice maker

00:16:29

Adal

Thanks for watching!

JPC

It's gonna be bad. It's Burger King. Don't try it, of course.

Adal

It's like going to Burger King. Yeah, I'd still get it. I'd still get it. It's a Taco Bell, ice coffee. It's a soup for a wedding, and who would have thought it's Riddles.

JPC

Oh God, it was a joke just for me. The hot coffee with ice in it thing was just a joke just for me.

Erin

I remember the concept I was going to do for yourself when we started recording.

JPC

Well we can't hear you with your hands in front of your mouth. Was it a hand in front of your mouth?

Erin

No, I was going to try to do 50 riddles.

Adal

Erin, we can't see you with your hands in front of your eyes.

???

Uh, 50 riddles.

Erin

So let's get these 50 riddles underway.

JPC

Didn't we try to do 100 riddles one time? For 100th anniversary.

00:17:30

Erin

Let's do this. So here's the listener submitted riddles. These are from Isaac. He him. He wanted us to give a shout out to his brother Timmy, which is the most brother name I've ever heard in my life. Yeah, that's a brother name for sure. Because he's a massive Hey Riddle Riddle fan I know would mean a lot to him.

JPC

We don't have time.

Erin

Hi Timmy, your brother loves you a lot.

JPC

Wait, wait. So is Isaac not a fan?

Erin

I guess not. I think Isaac...

JPC

Huh.

Erin

Kind of sucks to hear.

JPC

I hope this motherfucker gets hit in the head with an apple. Hey Isaac, here's an idea. Listen to the show and then you'll have something to talk to fucking Timmy about. Because I know you got nothing to talk to about you just emailing random strangers being like, can you help me connect with my brother? That's your job Isaac. Do the work.

Erin

Talk to him, Isaac.

JPC

Talk to Timmy. He probably wants to hear from you.

Erin

When was the last time you said I love him? To anyone.

Adal

I've never said, oh wait, to anyone, I love him?

Erin

Yeah. And then are you saying, are you telling Timmy you love him to him?

JPC

When was the last time you told a person named Timmy that you love them?

Erin

I think never.

00:18:31

JPC

I don't think I've ever loved a Timmy, I'll be honest. I don't think so either. I do now. I love Tim Lyons, but he's, I don't think he's ever gone by Timmy.

Adal

He doesn't go by Timmy. No.

JPC

I'm

Erin

This is going to be one of those episodes that people message me about how annoying it is that we don't do riddles and I'm really sorry. Except I'm not. Because here are the riddles.

JPC

I'm just glad that they keep sending those messages to you. If I ever read one of them, it's over for you.

Erin

Well, they know that you're not going to read them and they know that I will. Here are some celebrity puns. Wordplay. I don't know. Let's just call them brain teasers. That's what he says.

Adal

Do we have to guess them or are you just telling us them?

Erin

Here are some celebrity brain teasers I wrote for the show. They are bad and I hope you use them anyway. Alright, I'm going to do this first one, and if you get it, great. And if not, we'll just pretend this is the example one.

00:19:39

Adal

Okay.

Erin

Dumbass bovine making rocket ships.

Adal

Elon Tusk.

JPC

E dumb tusk. Were you just supposed to say Elon Musk, or are we supposed to say the rhyme?

Erin

The animal that's added to his name.

JPC

E-bore tusk. Is it musk ox?

Adal

Great.

Erin

You got it. Now Musk Ox.

Adal

That's extinct, right? Is the answer Elon Musk Ox or just Musk Ox?

Erin

Musk Ox. Elon Musk Ox. Don't do this. Don't do this. Elon Musk Ox. Oh gosh.

JPC

Got it. Sure. It's not like egret Musk Ox. Like it's not two animals.

Adal

A Musk Ox is a bovine? Is a pig?

JPC

A pig? A bovine's a cow.

Adal

That's slime?

JPC

Yeah. This is the Joe Rogan podcast when he thought hamburgers were made of pork because the name Ham is in the name. Ham is in the name?

Erin

Canine who robbed a Las Vegas casino.

Adal

Canine who... oceans? Oceans are a good boy?

00:20:39

Erin

Oceans... It's gotta be an actor.

Adal

It's got to be an actor, George.

JPC

Well, there were so many actors that robbed that casino. Right. Oh, Brad Pitbull.

Erin

Yeah, Brad Pitbull. Do you want these to be easy? I'm sorry. You wanted these to be super obvious and easy. Funny omnivore who challenged the devil.

JPC

Erin, if I wanted life to be easy, I would have been born white in America.

Erin

Wait a minute.

JPC

Uh-oh.

Erin

Furry omnivore who challenged the devil.

Adal

Uh, Charlie Daniel. No, uh, Devil One Times Georgie is looking for a soul steal. What's that guy's name? Johnny. Johnny's fired up his resume.

Erin

It's not. It's another person who has a song about that.

JPC

Okay. Dude, people gotta stop challenging the devil.

Adal

You know that's what he wants. Who challenged the devil?

Erin

Um, also, well, them and their bandmate challenged the devil.

Adal

Charlie Daniels.

Erin

No.

Adal

Was it that blues guitarist? Charlie Cocker span Daniels.

Erin

A furry omnivore who taught kids about rock and roll.

Adal

Barney.

Erin

Hold on.

Adal

Taught kids about rock and roll.

???

We love you. We love you. We love you.

00:21:40

Adal

We love you.

JPC

We love you. We love you. We love you.

Erin

We love you. We love you.

JPC

We love you. We love you.

Erin

We love you. We love you. We love you. We love you. We love you. We love you.

JPC

We love you.

Adal

Can you milk me? I want to see a scene. Erin, you are some sort of animal. JPC, you are some sort of animal. And Erin, you are the animal in the forest that people go to for guitar lessons.

JPC

Wait, we're both animals?

Adal

You're both forest creatures. Erin is the teacher. JPC, you're probably a little younger. And Erin, you're teaching guitar lessons to animals.

Erin

I know what you're thinking. How is a snake going to teach me guitar?

JPC

Oh, I was actually thinking, how's a deer going to play guitar? But I mean, I guess we're kind of at the same wavelength.

Erin

Yeah, I'm going to indicate to you what to do with my eyes, because that's the best I can do. I'm also definitely going to eat you. Never ate anything as big as you. I'm going to try it out. Try to swallow you in one little bite.

00:22:53

JPC

I wish you the best of luck. I am a deer. I'll be honest, there's no way you eat me.

Erin

Tip or tail, where do you want me to start? Eating me?

JPC

Yeah. Hoof to mouth. It doesn't matter. It's not going to happen.

???

I'm starting to get the hoof.

JPC

Yeah, you got it. You got the hoof. Now, you know right now I could just smash you on a rock and just blow up your whole body, right? Because it's on my leg. You don't want me to? You want me to let you keep going?

???

No! I'm so close. You're so good.

Adal

Okay, thank you for coming in for your yearly checkup. Now, last time we spoke, I said you did need to change your diet. You had to stop eating deer. What's going on with your body today?

Erin

As you can see, I sort of look like a deer wearing snake skin.

JPC

It's real tight. I can get out at any time, just so you know, doctor. Who said that? I'm not being digested.

Erin

He's inside me. Disgusting.

Adal

I love that it's just, it's a deer inside a snake and they both fight crime. It's a deer inside a snake and they both fight crime. It's a deer inside a snake and they both fight crime.

00:24:00

Erin

All of the sexual implications in that scene, absolutely disgusting. Get your minds out of the gutter. Okay, Rodent who sued Disney over streaming.

Adal

Scarlett Johansrat. Wait, they sued... I just do Disney, right?

Erin

Yeah, you got the right celebrity, but you added the wrong rodent.

Adal

Scarlet Mouse Hanson. Scarlet... I'm trying. Joes.

Erin

What's one that begins with an H?

Adal

Oh, hamster. Scarlet Joe hamster.

Erin

There you go.

Adal

Scarlet Joe hamster. I mean, hey, real quick, thank you so much for sending these, but also what are we doing here?

JPC

Hey, you know what? Can't be any worse than that asshole that wrote those Ryan Reynolds riddles for us that one time. Yeah, everybody gets a bass. Scarlett Johampster, why not?

Erin

Amphibious ASMR painter.

Adal

Bob? Aqua Bob? Bob Ross? Bob Frog.

00:25:01

???

Oh, you kind of got it.

Adal

Toad Bob Frogs.

???

Is it Frog Ross?

Adal

I just think they're a band that is past their prime. Jack Antoff went solo. I love fun. Okay. Napoleon Dynamite's pet has been nominated for six Grammys. This one's hard. I don't know Napoleon Dynamite's pet. He had a goat, right? Did he have a goat? No.

Erin

Something equally as weird, you're in the same.

Adal

A llama.

Erin

A llama.

Adal

And what was the second part of the riddle?

Erin

Has won six Grammys, so it was the name of a singer.

JPC

I'm in Isaac's head. I'm in Isaac's head. You ready for this Adal? Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

Adal

Hold on. It's the llamas and the papas. All the leaves are brown and we're eating them. I was going to say llama and sheeran. All right. It's llama in 86 Grammys. Are we looking for a band or a woman?

00:26:13

Erin

Female singer.

Adal

Beyonce Normans.

Erin

Her first name sounds... Madama.

Adal

Instead of Madonna, Ma-Lama. Madonna, Ma-Lama?

Erin

No, it's her first name.

Adal

It begins with L. Lama Del Rey. Yup. Lama Del... That's actually... Lama Del Rey is good. Okay, we're back on track.

Erin

I would like to see a scene.

Adal

Isaac, we're back on track.

Erin

Adal, you are like a record producer, and at GBC you're a llama, and you're at the microphone, and you guys are discussing your new album.

Adal

Okay, we're a go inside the studio now. When you do this next song, I want you to really pour your... This is embarrassing. How many hearts do you have?

JPC

Technically, I can answer that question. The llama is just going to sing, but I'm his handler. I'm Mickey. Llamas have one heart.

Adal

Okay, so put all your heart into it, and I want you to just really bleat. Bleat from the bottom of your heart. Here we go.

JPC

Hold on, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I was listening. I have to translate for the llama. He doesn't speak English, obviously. That's why I'm here. I'm Mickey.

00:27:16

Adal

You got my email.

JPC

All right, give me one second.

Adal

Well, I got the email, but it was spirit gibberish.

JPC

Did I write it in lava? Oh, Mickey. I'm so used to taking English regurgitated in lava, sometimes I think in lava. My wife, my wife woke me up the other night. I was dreaming in lava.

Adal

Are you doing stand-up?

JPC

I'm sorry?

Adal

You grabbed a microphone, you pulled the cord, and you started to pace back and forth while saying, my wife woke me up the other night.

JPC

Well, you're in another room. You're in a sound room. So I was, I was just trying to make sure that you could hear me. Anyway, I'll get this back over to the lava. We're good. I think I remember. I think I remember the gist of what you were saying. I'll get this back over the lava. We'll be good to go. Give me one second. Let me ask a follow-up question. Yes. Are you wearing a cologne?

???

Yes. It's so strong.

JPC

Oh, it's curve. We're going, we're going, we're going.

00:28:21

???

Sorry, cut, cut.

Adal

The llama isn't supposed to sing, go to sleep, go to sleep. So the llama's not singing that.

JPC

I'm sorry, thank you Lava. It's a parody of that. Hey Riddle Riddle.

???

Hey Riddle Riddle.

Adal

Not to be rude. She sounds like a snake who swallowed a deer.

JPC

Hey, you're talking to my wife. Uh oh. I'll let the bean slip on that one.

Erin

I was singing Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey.

JPC

I can't believe he didn't pick one of those memorable songs from Kim Trails Over the Country Club.

Erin

I guess I could have done Summertime Sadness. Llamas sing the hits. Born to run, but probably not born in the USA.

00:29:28

Adal

Bruce Springsteen. Just no pun. Moose Springsteen.

Erin

No, think of another thing that rhymes with that.

Adal

What's the animal hand?

Erin

It's sort of a bird.

Adal

It's a bird that's born to run. Ostrich. Does it rhyme with moose?

Erin

Yeah, it actually can sometimes fly.

Adal

A goose. Okay, goose and moose.

Erin

Bottom feeding drummer with no brain or blood.

Adal

Uh, John Bonfish. Yeah, drummer. I know John Bonham. Keith Moonfish.

Erin

Most, one of the most famous drummers for sure.

Adal

Make Whitefish. John Bonham.

Erin

Not John Bonham, not Keith Moon.

Adal

Wait, is it Ringo? It's Ringo?

???

He's not one of the most famous drummers. Yes he is.

Erin

Are you kidding?

???

He's not even the best drummer on the beatle.

Erin

If people had to name, he's actually a pretty good drummer. If people had to name five drummers, you don't think Ringo would be in every single person's list. You guys couldn't think of more than two. And then you thought of Ringo.

00:30:33

Adal

I would think of Pete Best before I thought of Ringo. I actually make white and you didn't respond to me.

Erin

Well, I can't hear you when I'm not listening to you.

JPC

That's a t-shirt. We got John Bottom. We got the guy from Death Leopard who's only got one arm. We don't remember his name. Adal? No, I don't remember it.

Adal

Wanna say Shaker Sullivan? Oh, what about Whiplash? Okay, here. We're going to name all the drummers we can. Whiplash, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Rolling Stones drummer. I said Charlie Watts, but is that right? I don't think so. It might be.

JPC

I know Pete Best, throw Pete Best on that list. Pete Best. That's five. We win. Erin has to do my laundry for a month.

Erin

What? No. Your laundry is disgusting. Yeah, we won.

Adal

I know. I get it real dirty. Neil Pert? No. What's that guy's name? Pert Plus. Pert Plus.

Erin

I like Carter Beauford.

JPC

What's the guy from Van Halen?

Erin

Carter Beauford is my favorite.

JPC

Why would I know, man? Why would I know these people? I don't know these fucking people. I don't know these fucking drummers. I don't know drummers. Drummers?

Erin

Have you guys ever done an edible and watched Carter Beauford play drums on YouTube? Because that is a good evening. What?

00:31:38

Adal

That's what my plan is tonight now. Will you send me a link, please? Because I forget what his name is.

Erin

He's Dave Matthews Drummer. And he is, like, I've never seen, no, you got, you have to, don't let that stop you. He's amazing.

JPC

You have to watch him.

Erin

Sometimes he won't play Dave Matthews songs, and that's when he really sores.

JPC

Hey Erin, I've been tricked into watching Dave Matthews a thousand times in my life. This is one of the least convincing Dave Matthews tricks I've ever seen.

Erin

If I can convince you to watch a Dave Matthews video, if I can trick you, then you have to do my laundry for a month.

JPC

Okay, but here's my qualifier. The only Dave Matthews video that I will watch is the video of him dumping shit on that tour.

Erin

What about him singing with Grover on Sesame Street? Would you watch that?

JPC

Everybody sings with that ho.

Adal

Oh, speaking of, animal. Last drummer, animal. Oh, animal, yes, that's a drummer.

Erin

Ringo Starfish. We're going to go on a break and we're going to be back with more of the celebrity animal puns.

JPC

Maybe. Talk to you, Brother Isaac.

00:32:42

Erin

I know what you're thinking. Do I have a new hat, Adal and JPC? New haircut? Why am I walking around with so much confidence?

Adal

I bet you're wondering. I wanted pretzels from the food court.

JPC

And I was just going to let you know that it looks like you leaned on paint.

Erin

Anyways, I just had a bunch of subscriptions canceled for me by Rocket Money that I wasn't using. And so now I'm flushed with cash and now I'm confident. Pretzel money? Well, maybe we'll talk about that. Rocket Money is a personal finance app that binds and cancels your unwanted subscriptions, monitors your spending and helps you lower your bills all in one place. I've been using it for years, even before they were a sponsor.

JPC

Erin, it looks like you may have leaned on like with someone painting a rocket money like billboard or sign or something because it's all it's all down your back it's like and it's I could ock it ock it

Erin

People think they're spending $80 on their subscriptions when in reality, the number is closer to $200. And when you signed up for so many free trials, like streaming services, you watch one show and then you completely forget about it. You lose track and then all of a sudden you're like, why am I bleeding money? Rocket money? They take care of that for you. They go, sit back, relax. We got this. And they make everything color coded and easy and super intuitive.

00:34:02

Adal

You're also color-coded. A little birdie told me that Rocket Money also lets you monitor all your expenses in one place, recommends custom budgets based on your past spending, and they'll even send you notifications when you've reached your spending limits, which sounds like something my friend would like, but I forget which friend I'm so hungry for pretzels.

JPC

Speaking of pretzels, you don't get all twisted up by salty and the bread of your finances. With over 3 million users and counting, Rocket Money customers have saved an average of $720 a year.

Erin

Stop wasting money on things you don't use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and manage your money the easy way by going to rocketmoney.com slash riddle. That's rocketmoney.com slash riddle. rocketmoney.com slash r-i-d-d-l-e.

JPC

Hey, what's going on? Somebody leaned over my rocket money paint thing. Run. Everybody run.

???

Oh no. Maroon.

Adal

Is that DaVinci?

???

Yeah. Yes.

00:35:02

???

And bye.

Adal

Erin. Erin, sweetie, wake up. It's time for school.

Erin

Um, okay.

Adal

Don't tell me five more minutes, because if you keep sleeping in, you're gonna grow up to host a podcast.

Erin

I'm 30. Do I still have to go?

Adal

Erin, get down from that tree. Why are you up in that tree? It's so high up. You're gonna break all your bones.

Erin

Um, I think it's because I want a Mazda. Can I have a Mazda, please?

???

Erin, it's me. Wizzy? I believe yes. Get into my Mazda, Erin. There isn't much time.

Erin

Guys, I woke up from my break nap. I have more dreams for you to try to figure out.

JPC

Oh, okay. More dreams for us to try to figure out? I'm into it.

Erin

In this one, you guys shut the fuck up and did some riddles. What do you think that means?

00:36:03

JPC

I mean probably that we shut the fuck up. Probably a one for one. That's a one to one dream.

Erin

No, Wizzy was there, and you were there, and you were there too.

JPC

Well if Wizzy was there I'd definitely shut the fuck up and scared out of my mind of that guy.

Erin

No, he's nice. He's not a pervert.

Adal

That guy got arrested for beating up five people at a bar.

Erin

Yeah, but it's because they didn't let him play the song he wanted to play.

JPC

Yeah, Wizzy's nice. He's not a pervert. That's why when he moved into my neighborhood, he had to knock on my door and explain himself.

Adal

I have to go door to door to let everyone know I'm a wizard. I choose to go door to door to tell everyone I'm not a pervert. Because obviously, look at me. Now please sign below the word that my thumb is covering.

Erin

Most patient person on a podcast award goes to Erin Keif. For her life.

JPC

A Lifetime Achievement Award.

Erin

A Lifetime Achievement Award. Kill Bill, but deep in the jungle.

JPC

Wait, are we still doing Isaac Shreddles?

Erin

Yes, of course. Hello.

Adal

Kill Bill, but deep in the jungle. Okay, okay. Amazon Carradine.

00:37:05

JPC

Uma... Under, underrated response, Amazon Carradine.

Erin

You have the right actress with Uma Thurman. Now make it a jungle cat.

Adal

Uma, Uma Thurman.

Erin

Yep.

Adal

Puma Thurman. That's good. Puma Thurman.

Erin

High school musical, but in the Himalayas.

Adal

Zach Braff. Zach Braff?

Erin

No, it's not Zach Braff. He's from Europe.

Adal

Oh, sorry. Zach Braffron. What's his name?

Erin

I would love it. You're combining Zach Braff and Zach Efron. Efron, thank you. I guess technically they're both animals.

JPC

High school musical changed nothing except swap Zach Braff with Zach Efron. So funny. I mean, honestly, Zach Braff, he's like a 40-year-old guy, and we know he likes to date people 20 years younger, so there's no problem with it. It works.

Adal

It still works. Well, High School Musical goes to the Himalayas.

Erin

Yeah, High School Musical, but in the Himalayas. So it's Zac Efron, but what is it?

Adal

Yeah.

Erin

Zac? That rhymes with Zac?

Adal

Zac Efron. Zac Efron. Okay, real quick. I'm back on board with these. These are actually fun.

00:38:10

Erin

I actually don't I'm not familiar with this actor really, but you guys will probably get it. Rocky 4, but underwater.

Adal

Dolphin Lundgren.

Erin

You got the one right away. Nocturnal comedy musician.

Adal

Nocturnal comedy musician. Nocturnal comedy musician Reggie... I've met him?

Erin

Yeah, he's famous.

Adal

Bat Burnham. Nope. Weird. Ow.

Erin

Yeah, you kinda got it.

Adal

Weird Owl Yankovic. Stephen Lynx.

Erin

Nope.

Adal

I forgot about Stephen Lynch.

Erin

He wrote The Wedding Singer or something?

Adal

Weird Owl Yankovic. Oh, okay. Weird Owl.

Erin

Academy Award winner who loves to eat grass.

Adal

Academy Award winner. Give us something.

Erin

No, this is the person I think who's been nominated for the most Academy Awards.

Adal

Oh, Meryl Streep. What was the second part?

Erin

Who loves to eat grass.

Adal

Meryl Sheep.

Erin

There you go.

JPC

Meryl Sheep. Has she really been nominated for the most? She's won though, right?

00:39:12

Erin

Yeah, she's won before, but she's been, I think, nominated them. She's been nominated like 19 times or something.

JPC

Dang. Her and Adrien Brody. Don't strip on her.

Erin

Former nun with a five second memory.

JPC

Adrien Brody was nominated for his introduction of a musical guest on SNL, correct?

Erin

Yes, of course. A time traveler constantly being hunted by English hounds. This one just works.

JPC

Kate Bush?

Erin

No.

JPC

A time traveler?

Erin

He's an actor in one of the most famous, if not the most famous, time-traveling movie of all time.

Adal

Christopher Llama. Christopher Lloyd. Christopher Michael J. Fox. There you go. You got it. Michael J. Fox on my own.

Erin

This long dog has a- I want to see a scene.

Adal

Is that okay? I want to see a scene. JPC, you're a Christopher Lloyd type, like a Doc Brown type. So in this reality, Back to the Future is real, it's not just a movie that actually happens, so you're actually Doc Brown-ish. Okay. And your first partner in crime, what was his name in the movie? Marty. Marty McFly died. You fucked up and lost him in time and he died. And now Erin is your second pass, so you're trying to be a little more careful. And Erin, you've heard the rumors. Martha! Martha!

00:40:27

???

Yep, still here.

JPC

Good, yes, I just finished my newest time machine, Martha. We have to go back.

Erin

Um, great. Can you just remind me one more time like what time in history Marty got stuck in?

JPC

It doesn't matter what time. It was an alligator. Alligators exist at all times, Martha. Okay, I- It was a crocodile. I don't remember, Martha. It doesn't matter. We have to go back.

Erin

I'm not really dying to get like eaten by a dinosaur. Is it possible that I could stay here?

JPC

Martha, you have to go back. I left my debit card in the bar and the bouncer knows me there. He won't let me back in, Martha.

Erin

Okay, well, I have this puffy vest on, so I'll probably be safe.

JPC

You'll be safe. Just so you know. What? It was a bar in Jacksonville, Florida, Martha.

Erin

No, you can't make me go to Florida! In any time! Yes, Martha.

JPC

It was a swamp bar, Martha.

Erin

No!

JPC

Yes, you have to go back!

Erin

All right.

JPC

Martha. There was one more thing, Martha. It was an alligator bar. It's not humans there, Martha. It's an alligator who stole a crate of booze, but the prices are cheap, Martha. And this is basically Morty, right? This is Rick and Morty now I'm doing.

00:41:35

Erin

I think you got it.

Adal

Oh, speaking of Al Caponegator. Al Caponegator. That could have been one. Al Caponegator.

Erin

I would like to see a scene as well. JPC you're a fox and Adal you're a hound and you're both English and Adal you're very fancy and you have found JPC and you're asking him very politely to go back and get killed for sport by these men.

Adal

Bark bark old champ. Sorry I seem to have you cornered against the tree here.

JPC

Yes that would be the situation that we find ourselves in. Would you like a cuppa? Mmm, yes. Yes, I should have a cuppa. Should I put one on or should you?

Adal

If you don't mind, why don't you so I can... Bark bark?

JPC

Yes, of course, and what a noise a fox makes.

Adal

Once we have this cuppa, and at your own leisurely pace, when you feel comfortable, would you mind joining me so I could take you back to the... How do I put this politely, the hunters?

00:42:38

JPC

Of course. I mean, as you know, you are the guest and it would be rude of me to brush off a guest's request in that way. Quite, quite. Quite, quite. I will say, old chap, I couldn't but notice you're a sporting dog, yes? Yes, I am a sporting dog. So fast. The way that you cornered me up against this tree.

Adal

So fast. So strong. Well thank you, that's quite a kind of you today. Did you, did I meet you in Bristol? Bristol, Bristol, Bristol. Yes.

JPC

Yes. By God, you're right at that charming alligator bar.

Adal

Yes, it's an alligator bar in the Elks Club.

JPC

I hope, dear Chav, it's so nice to see you again. Ma, you know what we should do. We should go back to Bristol. Just the two of us. Oh, we'd have a rousing good time.

Adal

That would be, oh, just outstanding. Um, bit of a bother though. Hmm, yes. Um, once I take you back to my, uh, friends in the backyard waiting patiently, you will be, um, skinned and mounted.

JPC

Uh... We'd have to do the bar first, then. We'd have to do the Bristol first. Come on, old chap. It's a Bristol. It's just a hound's gallop away.

00:43:46

Adal

I resent that term, but, um... Oh, I'm so sorry, old chap. It's a foxtrot away. There you go, of course.

JPC

I resent that. Now you must apologize. I have to apologize? I resent that, and you agreed to it. A foxtrot, that's offensive to me.

???

I can hear Reginald Bocking. We must be close.

JPC

You know what? Let's call it water under the bridge. I'll see you in Bristol. At the address we agreed upon, we won't mention any of this foxtrot business because of unsavory. In the cup is ready so go ahead two lumps of sugar as you take it and I will see you in Bristol. As I take it in as you like it.

Adal

See you in Bristol. I think from now on, anytime there's a gunfire, do you have to say poll first?

00:45:01

JPC

It's stupid. What does the posh British uncle say to his nephew?

???

Poll. Nice.

JPC

Yeah, well he sticks his finger out of course, you know. Of course. For the part, for the part. For the uncle.

Erin

For the queen, for the part. This long dog has a reality TV empire.

JPC

Zoey Duchineau.

Erin

Weenie. No. One of the most famous reality stars. One of the most famous reality stars?

Adal

This Avenger almost went extinct but was saved by Teddy Roosevelt's conservation initiatives. Ultron Conservative. National Park Man.

Erin

It is a actor. He has been around for a while. He's green sometimes.

00:46:06

JPC

Mark Ruffalo. Yeah, you got it. National Park Buffalo.

Erin

The most celebrated pop star of the 2010s can be found flying over every continent in the world.

Adal

Katy Paragon Falcon.

Erin

And this one just works.

Adal

Taylor Swift. A Greek general, a French cop, an American mathematician in a surprisingly large bird.

Erin

A Greek general, a French cop, an American mathematician in a surprisingly large bird.

Adal

And this one just works. It's all three of those things?

Erin

It's an actor who's played those roles.

Adal

Uh, Russell Crowe. As the Russell Crowe flies.

Erin

And this is another one that just works. He will steal your french fries and reboot the Muppets.

Adal

Robble, Robble. Uh, steal your french fries would be hamburglar. No? No, that's fry burglar. Uh, steal your french fries.

JPC

The only French fry stealing thing I can think of is the Chris Farley gap girls thing from SNL. Lay off me, I'm starving. You know the one.

00:47:13

Erin

What bird do you feed at the beach? There you go.

Adal

Seagull. Jason Seagull.

Erin

Jason Seagull, yeah.

Adal

Oh.

Erin

Acting veteran, best picture winning producer and lap dog. A really cute kind of dog. They get a little squish. They're a little squish.

JPC

Like a pug?

Erin

You got it. He was in The Game, the movie The Game.

Adal

Michael Puglass.

Erin

Yep. There's something about this lizard.

Adal

Cameron Diaz. Jim Carrey.

Erin

No, you got it.

Adal

Cameron Diaz.

Erin

Yeah, but what's her first name?

Adal

Cameron.

Erin

Yeah, but so, but change it to... Chameleon Diaz.

JPC

I want to see a scene.

Adal

Okay, I'm going to hit these again.

JPC

Adal, you're going to be playing Michael Douglas on a movie set. Erin, you are in charge of letting Michael Douglas know that there's going to be, he doesn't need to be on camera right now because they're going to use a stand-in. But the stand-in that you're using is like a pug. And Michael Douglas, you're going to be upset at the comparison.

00:48:25

Adal

So did you need me on set, Tora?

Erin

Yep, we're just about finished with the lighting. Your makeup looks great. Thank you so much.

Adal

I'm married to Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Erin

Right, that's 10 times today you've said that. We know.

Adal

Did you get my shirt that says so?

Erin

Yep. She's very beautiful, sir.

Adal

I have pictures of her if you want to see.

Erin

I have pictures of her face. She's very famous.

Adal

This is her eye sitting on the couch. This is her and I brushing our teeth. I just want to make sure you believe me. I'm married to Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Erin

You're very lucky, sir. She's a very beautiful woman. We're just finishing up the lighting here and then you'll be good.

Adal

Speaking of lighting, my dad was Kirk Douglas.

Erin

Yes, sir. I know. Very good, sir. And... Pebbles is just standing in for you and he'll be done.

Adal

Oh, I wasn't in Flintstones. Wait, what is this?

Erin

Oh, Pebbles is the... Sorry, we couldn't find an actor that looked enough like you, but this pug has the same sort of facial structure as you.

Adal

Calm down, Michael. This dog looks nothing and sounds nothing like me.

00:49:29

JPC

You are sitting the same way. Liar, I am. I have pictures. I admit it. I have pictures.

Adal

This is her dodging lasers. This is her John Connery.

Erin

Sorry, I don't know if you realized, Catherine and Pebbles met two movies ago that you worked on, and they hang out sometimes. I don't know if you knew they had a friendship.

Adal

They meant two movies ago? They meant two movies ago for me, Michael Douglas. So that would have been... I want to say the Thomas Crown affair.

JPC

It's okay, buddy. It's Thomas Crown affair. It's Thomas Crown affair, I'd say, yeah.

Adal

Oh, was I in that? No, I don't think I was.

JPC

We're just friends, man. We're just friends.

Adal

You're just friends?

JPC

Yeah.

Adal

Does she tuck you in at night and say good boy? No. Because that's what she does with me.

JPC

Oh, good, man. We sleep in separate beds. Yeah, I know. I know, yeah, sometimes I see her after you go to bed. You go to bed, alright, because you're so old.

00:50:30

???

And action!

Adal

Wait, he's a stand-in?

???

Pull!

Erin

Scene. Um... Evil Dad Loves Nuts, which is so funny.

Adal

This sounds like a bumper sticker. Evil Dad Loves Nuts. Peter Griffin.

Erin

Or Lion Dad Loves Nuts.

JPC

Lying Dad Loves Nuts. Lion. Lion Dad. Lion Dad. Scar.

Erin

No, he's an evil dad and also a lion dad.

JPC

He's an evil lion and he's not Scar.

Erin

No, not an evil lion. He's an evil dad in a famous franchise. He's the voice of it. James Earl Jones.

Adal

James Woods.

Erin

Yep, you got James Earl Jones, but... Loves nuts.

Adal

Oh, Darth Vader.

JPC

James Earl Jones Elephant.

Erin

Nope.

JPC

Wait, what's the second part?

Erin

The middle name is going to be... James Earl Elephant Jones. No, it's not an elephant.

Adal

What was the, can you give the riddle again? He loves nuts.

Erin

Evil Dad loves nuts.

Adal

James, uh... Squirrel.

Erin

There you go.

Adal

Jones. James Squirrel Jones.

00:51:33

Erin

And then the worst one, actually I want to see a scene. You guys are two squirrels and the winter's over and you're going to find the nuts that you buried and you can't find them. They're not there anymore.

???

Hey, you ready, Reggie? Yeah, I'm ready. Let's get fucking nuts. Okay, let's get these fucking nuts. Hold on, hold on. Mikey, you said you buried the nuts by the big oak tree, correct? Yes, like I said before we start to hibernate, Reggie, I buried the nuts by the big elm tree. I'm sorry, elm tree? Wait, Oak Tree or Elm Tree? Nightwell on Oak Street? Hold on, I haven't seen that movie. No spoilers. Okay. I'm gonna watch it through a window one day. Just gonna wait for someone to put it on. We're here at the tree, and I see no nuts. Except you, you big nutbag. Because you lent us to the wrong tree. Wait, okay, I remember I marked it. And here's how I marked it. It's where you and I first had sex. Sex marks the spot. So snip around for our pheromones. Or someone's fucked here, but I don't know.

00:52:40

???

You idiot. Are my ears burning?

Erin

Hi, I'm human woman Erin Keif. You must be smelling me.

???

Uh, yeah.

JPC

Sure lady. Oh, hold on. We're smelling the absence of fun.

Erin

Shut up! You're a dumb squirrel rat.

???

You're a rat, you gross rat. Tree rat. When was the last time you had sex, huh? Shut up. We had sex all winter. We spent four months fucking in a tree.

Erin

Okay, you know what? Then you'll be single and during the summer, okay? Everyone has a winter boyfriend.

JPC

Yeah. Oh yeah. We got winter made up big time.

Erin

Oh yeah. We had so much fat restored. You guys don't have plans later, right?

JPC

We're going to a squirrel party. You can come, I guess.

???

Everyone puts their nuts in a jar. No, no. You pull out someone else's nuts and whoever's nuts you have, you eat them. No, I wouldn't want to intrude. No, it's fine.

JPC

No, I did invite her. There probably could be other humans there.

???

Reggie, can I talk to your first man? Yeah, sure.

00:53:43

Erin

Hey, you guys went to this side of the tree. What's going on? Get out of here. Oh, okay. We could have done that in front of her. She doesn't speak llama. I guess I'll go. Wait a second.

JPC

Wait a second. Is that, is that the theme for Nightmare on Oak Street? Excuse me, do you have access to, what's that streaming, that horror streaming service?

Erin

I have all the streaming services and I can play whatever movie you want, but I guess you're too busy with your squirrel party.

???

Wait, no, do you have all the streaming services?

Erin

I have too many. I need to type that out.

JPC

This is out of context for the squirrel. You need to maybe re-examine that. You don't need all of them.

Erin

I have Discovery Plus. What? I have Discovery Plus. You're the one? You're the one? It's me. It's my home shows. I need my home shows. They're the only shows I watch.

JPC

Well then, get rid of everything but Discovery Plus.

Erin

I also have Peacock.

00:54:43

???

No! Erin! What are you doing?

Erin

Should I tell them I have Paramount Plus?

JPC

I think if you have one you don't need the other.

???

I mean Yellowstone's on Paramount Plus so I get it. We love Yellowstone. Huge Yellowstone fans. Tell me you don't have stars and Showtime.

Erin

I forgot to cancel. I did a free trial.

???

That's how they get in the way. I'm looking at your bill here. How do you still have WB? I got conned.

Erin

You're still paying for a network that doesn't exist anymore? What if I want to watch The J.B.

JPC

Fox show? She's paying for the DVD version of Netflix where they send you DVDs and you have to mail them back.

Erin

What if Blockbuster doesn't have what I need?

Adal

And you have cable. You also have this cable. I pay for that $70 hulu baby. $70 hulu? $70 hulu.

00:55:56

Erin

I know, I know. Also, I really love the show Van Gogh on Discovery Plus. And my absolute favorite show on Discovery Plus is Lost Kitchen. It's Erin French. She's a chef and she is a restaurant in Maine called The Lost Kitchen.

Adal

Erin, do you just stand behind a cardboard cutout that makes it look like you're on TV and you call yourself Erin French?

Erin

And do I draw a little curly mustache on my face and wear a beret and I go... Bonjour and welcome to the last kitchen.

JPC

You gotta be getting some friends and you gotta be sharing some of these logins. You gotta have like a login password chain because you can't be paid for Discovery Plus.

Erin

Molly Keif. I don't mean to throw her right under the bus, but my sister does use a few of mine and my parents use some of mine too. We have like a whole little thing. Like Sean and his siblings, we share some of them with them. So like, I'm not paying for all of them.

JPC

We can say whatever the fuck we want. The FBI only listens to the first 15 minutes of every time. They have to turn it off. And then they have to turn it off.

00:56:59

Erin

They also listen to plugs too though. Tops and bottoms.

Adal

Tops and bottoms for the FBI.

Erin

We have one more of these.

Adal

Oh wait, can I see a scene please? Yeah. Also, you have to get YouTube TV is the best. That's the best one. I want to see a scene. She's at Erin. Erin, you're throwing a little house party. You ask if people want to watch something and then you come out with a big piece of cardboard that's cut out like a TV and you stand behind it. JBC is your guest and then Erin, you go on TV as Erin French.

Erin

Hey, do you... Want to like throw something out?

JPC

Am I early? Am I way early?

Erin

Yeah, like just a tiny bit, so... I'm so sorry.

JPC

I mean, I just... No worries. I hate when people say like, party starts at seven and people show up at eight. I'm like, if it's seven, I'll be here at seven, right?

Erin

That's really sweet of you. Can I grab you a drink?

JPC

No, I brought my own. Okay. Yeah, I'm doing this like, you know, lemon cayenne pepper and water.

Erin

Yeah, of course. So let's just like watch some TV, I guess, while we wait.

JPC

Oh, I'd love to watch Monk. I'm like halfway through season four. I don't want to make you start watching this.

00:57:59

Erin

I'm assuming everyone's already seen. I was going to do something else, but I already said Bonjour outside of the scene. Yeah, you're right. I can put on Monk. I can put on Monk.

JPC

Would that be okay? Is it halfway through season four?

Erin

Yeah, got it. Got it.

JPC

Can I be honest with you? Yeah. It's like episode 11. I'm like 20 minutes into episode 11. If we could start there.

Erin

Yeah, no problem.

JPC

Monk episodes really start in the middle though.

???

Yeah.

???

Okay. Cool.

JPC

I'll just get comfortable. This is gross. Why did I make this? Not even on the diet.

???

I just thought this would be good. I'm Tony Shalhoub and I'm very nervous. Oh boy, I gotta solve these crimes, but they stress me out. What's going on? Oh gosh, I'm Tony Shalhoub.

Adal

Oh sorry, am I, am I, sorry to be, am I early to the party?

???

Oh my god, Tony Shalhoub is talking to me?

Adal

Wait, is this guy also in Monk? Buddy, are you seeing this? The TV's talking to me. He's breaking the fourth wall.

00:59:00

JPC

He's talking to me now. Am I crazy?

Adal

The character from Monk is talking to me. I don't remember in Monk where Monk keeps saying, I'm Tony Shalhoub. I don't remember in Monk where a character from Monk doesn't understand the concept of Monk.

???

I'm scared of the dark. I'm... I'm gonna go... Oh, germs! Uh oh!

Adal

I'm scared of the dark. I thought he was OCD.

???

He's a child?

JPC

Is he a child? So a character from Monk is trying to figure out Monk in this episode of Monk. Maybe I wasn't on this episode.

Erin

This is definitely not just a show. I've only walked through the room to see people watching. I've definitely watched a full episode of Monk.

Adal

Right. Let me make up a little riddle here. The lead actor from Monk is involved in some slippery sex. Tonisha lubrication. Okay.

Erin

That's not an animal and scene.

JPC

I want to leave, but I also really want to get laid.

Erin

Last one from Isaac. Thank you so much for sending these in, Isaac.

JPC

Yes.

Adal

Thank you, Isaac. Say hello to my... Your sci-fi books are phenomenal.

01:00:03

Erin

What does that happen to you?

Adal

Sorry, I just had to... to Isaac.

JPC

Alright, I'm assuming Isaac Asimov.

Erin

Oh cool, okay. Very good.

JPC

Yeah, I guess it's cool. My Asimov here.

Erin

Say hello to my llama friends.

Adal

Uh, Al... Joe Pesche, which is Italian for fish. Alpaca Pacino?

Erin

Alpaca Chino. Alpaca Pacino. I'll take a double shot of Alpaca Pacino, please.

JPC

I'll pack up these Cheetos and move out.

Erin

Um, anything to plug, Adal?

Adal

Erin, my friend, I'm so glad you asked. Wow, he is very glad. His fate is lit up when Erin asked. I would like to plug, there's a wonderful TV show on HBO called Station Eleven, which I'm just so in love with.

Erin

I finished it last night.

Adal

It is so well acted, it's so well written. I thought the book was really good. I thought the TV show was even better, which is rare.

Erin

You know what's insane? That first scene when they're on the train at the Chicago Brown Line stop, that is the train station and the train I was on when I got a phone call and I found out about COVID.

01:01:05

Adal

I was screaming at the TV and then when they showed the little... The actor gets up in the scene, the character gets a phone call about a virus that's that's blown up worldwide.

Erin

Exactly. And then when they get off the train and they show the overgrown, the green over the city, that's my building that I lived in, in Chicago. Isn't that crazy?

JPC

And I was like, whoa, they knew. They must have knew.

Erin

But Sean was like, yeah, that's cool. And I was like, no, it's scary. And then we argued if whether or not it was cool or scary that the apocalypse show happened where we experienced the global pandemic. He thought it was cool and I thought it was scary.

Adal

That is super eerie. But yeah, check out Station Eleven, one of the better shows, and Jeevan. Jeevan?

Erin

I love him.

Adal

Maybe one of my favorite TV characters of all time. I also want to plug there's a Switch game called Later Alligator. A listener of the show, Emily P, was kind enough to send me a code to download it because she recommended it so much and I played it and it's fantastic. So check out Later Alligator. I played it on Switch. You can play it wherever. It's a town much like one of our scenes today, I think. It's a whole city full of alligators. It's almost like New York City, but Alligator City. It's all alligators. It's so funny. It's so interesting. It's so well done. So check out Later Alligator. Oh, interesting. JPC, anything to plug?

01:02:22

JPC

Yeah, so I just did an episode of a show called Bundle Buddies with, I guess, acquaintance of ours, Alex Honnett, who hosts a show that they bought like a bundle of like 3,000 indie video games. Him and his friend Eric, they just play three a week and they are gonna do that for, I guess, a thousand weeks. Um, but it's a very fun show and it's a very cool show about like indie video games. It's very funny. Uh, I played three games on it. And, uh, if you want to hear my opinions of those games, you're going to have to listen to the episode. I believe it just came out, uh, like a day or so ago. So it's out now. Um, it's Bundle Buddies. Uh, you can find that wherever you find podcasts. Very fun episode, very fun show. Highly recommend Erin anything.

Adal

Oh, real quick. I do want to plug. Um, there's a podcast where I, um, pack up a little satchel and I travel around the world on a train. It's called Bendle Buddies. Um, if you want to listen to that, it's kind of interesting.

JPC

Yeah, uh-huh. Is that fun? Yeah, I think so.

Erin

Don't get people's hopes up. They're gonna Google it now, Adal.

Adal

Erin, anything to plug?

Erin

Yes. One thing I want to say about Station 11-2, the apartment that they're in where Jeevan's brother lives, the one that's across from Navy Pier. What's it called?

01:03:31

Adal

Yes. I forget the name of it, but that's where Oprah, I think, lived.

Erin

I nannied in that building for two years. I had that exact level of floor and it was fucking with my brain. I was like, this is so weird.

Adal

Did somebody steal your memories and then make a show out of it?

Erin

It genuinely was really, really weird. I was like, this is the exact feel of the apartment that I needed.

JPC

Hold on, I'm looking at the credits for station 11. It says that one of the location scouts was Erin Keif.

Erin

Oh my God, fuck, I forgot.

JPC

That makes so much sense.

Erin

All right, yep, all right.

JPC

Hmm. Maybe not a coincidence. Maybe somebody got paid?

Erin

That was my quarantine brain. Okay. Uh-oh. Uh-huh. Follow sitcomdnd on Twitter and Instagram in less than a month. It will be out for you to listen to, but the trailer will drop soon. And Adal and JPC are going to be on the first season. Adal already recorded and JPC is about to record with us. Very exciting stuff.

JPC

And can I say something? Can I have some big news? This is like a general plug. This is going to be a fantastic next three weeks of Hey Riddle Riddle because we are doing a three week stretch of our other projects. That's right.

01:04:32

Erin

Best friends stretch.

JPC

We're going to have best friend stretch. Coming up in the next three weeks of Hey Riddle Riddle, we're going to have Johnny O'Mara, Matt Young, and Elizabeth Andrews from all of our respective side projects. And that should be very fun. That's going to be a very fun three weeks of episodes. So look forward to that.

Erin

I'm really excited. It's going to be fun. I'm going to ask them secrets about your life that no one's supposed to know.

Adal

Well, Erin, I have a little secret, which is the dreams that you've been describing. You know that there was a celestial dream you had where you turned into a million stars and your body lifted up into the night sky and you kind of exploded outwards. And you said you felt like your stomach was like in a big ball. That big ball actually represents one of the planets.

Erin

Right. Alpaca china.

Adal

Bye Bye Birdie Forever.

01:05:52

JPC

Hey there beeps and boops. If you like that, you are going to love this week's Patreon. We hit our next stretch goal, so we bring you part one of Hey Riddle Station. You can listen to that plus our entire back catalog at Patreon.com slash Hey Riddle Riddle by joining the Clue crew for $5 a month or the Review crew for $8 a month and get ad-free episodes at the Review crew tier. See you there.

Erin

That was a hate gun podcast.