Which Riddle Riddle?

#213: Feather-Butter-Pillows

00:00:02

Erin

This is a Headgum podcast. Pop, pop, pop, pop to the top. Stripped inside in my dad rhythm.

JPC

Erin, was that high school musical?

Erin

Um, what are you? Oh no. Oh no, you guys, we can't do an episode, please. I already know that I'm not going to be funny. I couldn't think of anything to say. Oh no, oh no, oh no.

JPC

That's not sure. You thought of the lyrics to High School Musical, kind of.

Erin

Oh God. God, stay with me. Stay with me in this recording. Oh, then we're going to finish.

???

It was the cabin of an airplane. He stabbed him with the knife in the head. Hello Riddle Riddle!

00:01:10

Adal

Excuse me, sir, do you mind if I step inside and show you this brand new vacuum? Absolutely sir, but before you do, let me put some pants on.

???

Okay. Oh, hello, ma'am. I'm the pants! Oh, I'm sorry.

JPC

I thought you were his wife. Play along, fella. Play along. Me and my wife are in the middle of something that we can't explain, but you should be able to pick up with context clues.

Erin

I see.

Adal

I've walked into some sort of role play where you're a human man and you're pants and somehow that gets you off.

Erin

Saying the quiet part out loud I see. Come on in.

Adal

Okay, I'm going to dump this glitter into your carpet if you don't mind. There we go. Dump, dump, dump. I don't mind. It'll be right at home with all the other glitter we've dumped into the carpet. Oh yes, there's quite a lot of glitter in here. So this vacuum here is state of the art. Do you want to know why?

???

There's so much glitter in the carpet.

00:02:11

JPC

Do tell. She's the pants and I'm the glitter. Now you're getting it.

Erin

It makes us feel sexy for each other.

Adal

So when you play the glitter sir, you just dump glitter on the carpet. But man, when you play the pants, you pretend to be a pair of pants.

Erin

Sir, you're following.

???

Can I leave please? I hope your vacuum's as quick as your fucking wit. I can't get the door open. That door don't open. But I just came through it. It's a one-way door. Oh no.

Erin

I bet you've sussed it out audience. Wear a throuple and this whole thing is a sex thing. Whole thing is a sex thing.

Adal

Whole thing was a sex scene. The vacuum salesman was in on it the whole time. And I'm the glitter.

Erin

So that's our pilot idea. Do you guys like it?

Adal

So CBS, will you air this? Because you did air that sitcom with what's his name as a bowler. He's like a bowling guy and he says, what's that called? Shit my dad says? Yes.

00:03:19

JPC

Who's the Buller? Is this based on Kingpin with Bill Murray?

Adal

No. Who's the comic who's like pretty tall? He used to be in Chicago. Real tall guy.

Erin

Is it Kingpin with Bill Murray?

JPC

Tall guy who used to be in Chicago.

Adal

Yes, and he's known for like being a clean comic like he doesn't really curse and I think he's fairly religious.

JPC

Jim Gaffigan? He's Catholic.

Adal

No, but he's from Indiana. Is it tall Ross Kimball? No, I love Ross Kimball. This guy had a TV show on HBO and it was about, it's called Crashing maybe?

???

Oh, Pete Holmes. Pete Holmes.

Adal

He has a sitcom where he bowls and that's the sitcom.

Erin

Good for him, isn't that really a funny baby?

JPC

I did see that. I saw the trailer for that. Did that ever come out? Must've. I think it did. Why not?

Erin

Well, how is everyone doing? Be honest.

JPC

Well, a little less good now that I know that they really did make that show and it wasn't just like a bad dream that I had.

00:04:21

Erin

He's making money, and we haven't seen it. It could be good.

JPC

Erin, are you dating me at home?

Erin

No, I'm just saying. I don't know.

JPC

Erin's out in LA trying to keep her options open.

Erin

No, you know what I'm trying to do?

JPC

She's not about to say, like, fuck you to this, like, uh... No, I'll say fuck you to everybody.

Erin

I'm never going to be on TV. But you know what I am trying to do? Not die on weird hills anymore. I die on too many hills, and so I have to be more particular about the hills that I die on.

Adal

That's true. And that's our show, CBS Do You Like It? So the pilot is basically... Three people, two of them start to talk shit about someone, the third refuses to and they say they won't die on that hill. The name of the show is King of the Hill.

JPC

And CBS, Pete Holmes is attached to not talking about the project or not answering our calls. He's very attached to not answering our calls.

Erin

I get it. So my weekend was fine. And I went to a bar that was an outdoor bar and then I went to the bathroom and there were girls... outdoor bathroom this has been answers to questions no one asked and the girls in the bathroom were having a discussion they were strangers to each other and the girls in the bathroom were having a discussion about what aura what color aura the two of them have So I heard these two women meet each other and then immediately start talking about each other's aura.

00:05:42

JPC

Sure.

Erin

And one girl said the other girl's aura was yellow and she got emotional in her voice and she says, you have no idea what that means to me. And I thought, wow, this is a part of humanity that I missed a lot when we were in a complete lockdown. I forgot about how quickly women can become soulmates to each other in a bathroom.

Adal

I always forget, I will say Erin, that's a fascinating story. But no one asked. But no one asked. I am always surprised and shocked to remember so many people. Chakra. Thank you. I'm only shocked and surprised that so many people when I leave the house and go out into the real world, I forget how obsessed so many people are with astrology. So I'll be out grabbing a cup of coffee or something and someone will be like, oh he was a total Taurus and I wish he was an Aries. And I will hear that constantly and I'm like, oh yeah, I guess this is a pretty big thing that Steers a lot of people's relationships to some degree. It's very interesting to me because I have zero I cared nothing about it. I don't believe in it I feel like we as humans we as as a people have created the construct of time and years and months and so to me it's just interesting I mean, I guess there was like a lunar calendar or like the stars aligned to some degree but Erin are you going to say it?

00:07:02

JPC

Are you going to say it or am I going to say it? Because Adal? I read Jim and I. I read Jim and I of you.

Erin

That's a real Gemini thing to say, Adal! Whoo!

JPC

Erin, do you believe in astrology?

Erin

Well, you know what? In a young girl's heart! I think, honestly, the moon and the planets are doing something. Sure. So, I don't think it's any less ridiculous than, say, Scientology, or other religions.

JPC

Well, weird hill to die on. Okay, I guess you don't want to be in a Mission Impossible movie, Erin.

Erin

I guess I won't be in a Mission Impossible movie, although I'd be great, so give me a shot.

JPC

Yeah, give her a shot, Hollywood. I do believe in astrology. I am a scat-a-terious, which is... Scat-a-terious.

Erin

You play with shit.

JPC

I believe I'm a poop sign. I'm a poop rising because I will not hire a plumber. I could do it myself.

Adal

If I were to believe in astrology, I think that I'm probably a dark knight rising.

00:08:03

JPC

Does that make sense? Yeah, it makes sense to me.

Adal

I make a lot of pencils disappear. A Sagittarius values independence and the ability to do what they want when they want, above all else. No, I was going to say that perfectly describes the Sagittarius. They have those big plates on their back. They were one of the biggest sinosaurs, but they kind of did their own thing. Yeah, but they weren't vegetarians, complete vegetarians.

Erin

They are adventurers, risk takers, and have a sharp business and sports mentality.

Adal

And what about a Torex?

Erin

Uh, doesn't say.

JPC

It says the Ford Taurus was a dependable mid model.

Adal

It's insane to me, this reminds me, it is insane to me that the Ford Taurus went the way of the dinosaurs because that was, that's the car I've seen most on the road my entire adult life. I've been, I'm 40 years old. I've been on this earth for 40 years. I've seen more Ford Taurus vehicles than any other car in my life, but it got discontinued like 10 years ago or something, 12 years ago.

00:09:10

JPC

Yeah, the four tourists in my mind was just like a classic staple car of my childhood.

Erin

I'm not listening, I'm reading about Sagittarius's. This was such a bullshit.

Adal

Classic, classic cancer.

Erin

If this was such bullshit, then why would your soulmates, your list of soulmates, GPC, be Leo, Aquarius, Ares, and Libra? And Mariah is a... He's too old for Leo.

JPC

Uh, well, yeah, at this stage, Leo don't want me anymore. Seven years ago, though? Ooh, I would've been all over Leo. Uh, Mariah is a January. What's that?

Erin

Yeah, but what- Capricorn?

JPC

Capricorn.

Erin

Oh.

Adal

Well then, never- It's all turned to dust in your mouth.

Erin

You're a Gemini, Adal?

Adal

I'm a Gemini, yeah.

Erin

You're not safe. You're not safe here.

Adal

You know what? Everybody's getting roasted. Everybody's good. Here's what I'll say. I was a Gemini, but then at some point, maybe around the time the four tours got discontinued, didn't they shift the months or something?

00:10:15

Erin

No, yeah, but that was people born from that time of the shift.

Adal

I see, because at some point they pulled a weird fucking move where they're like, actually, you're this, not that.

Erin

Playful and intellectually curious, Gemini is constantly juggling a variety of fashions, hobbies, careers, and friend groups. They are social butterflies. They are quick-witted.

JPC

Adal's a social dead moth. I'm an indoor mosquito.

Erin

I'm an indoor mosquito. And you buzz between happy and sad. Am I a bug?

Adal

There's a lot of insect terminology.

Erin

And your soulmates are Aquarius and Libra.

Adal

Gemma is March 28th. Do you know? I think that might be in Aries.

Erin

Well, this isn't wrong. You're with the wrong people.

Adal

Erin, what are you?

Erin

Ah, fine. I'll read about me, even though I'm mysterious.

JPC

I do know that my Chinese Zodiac, I get to be a dragon, and I always thought that was really cool, because some of them are like sheep and a rat and stuff like that, and I get to be a dragon.

00:11:23

Adal

Dog is fine, but there's cooler ones out there. Dragon, for what? Dragon, for one. And I think dragon's like the big one, like that's supposed to be, you're the luckiest.

JPC

Yeah, it's very funny to have like the Chinese Zodiac where it's like, okay, so you get to be a dragon. It's like, what are you? It's like, I guess you're just food for the dragon. Hamster. Everybody's food for this dragon. This dragon has to grow big.

Erin

I'm bold, creative, determined, mysterious, mythical, and passionate, but I'm not too proud to read my weaknesses. They'll hold a grudge forever. Scorpios are expert grudge holders who aren't quick to forgive or forget. They don't like being played or betrayed, so if it happens, they're liable to hold it against the person for the rest of time. Once a traitor, always a traitor.

Adal

Okay. JVC, here's what's going on. I just pulled up the New York Times review for Pete Holmes' new sitcom, and I quote, New York Times calls this new sitcom, bold, creative, mythical.

JPC

Pete Holmes is, uh... Okay, so we found out what's happening here, and although I haven't quite put it together yet, I definitely will by the end of the episode.

00:12:31

Erin

And I suppose I should be with a Virgo or a Taurus.

Adal

And what's John?

Erin

Who's to say? Pisces? Pisces, Erin. You're to say.

Adal

So is there something where the three of us, the R3 signs, is there something you can look up to see if we are supposed to be hosting a podcast together?

Erin

Yeah, this is a Riddle podcast, by the way. So sorry.

JPC

We're not, to be clear, we are not sorry about not getting to the riddles. We're sorry that you're listening to a riddle podcast.

Adal

Erin, we had it until you called it out.

Erin

Alright, I'm gonna look up Scorpio Gemini friendship compatibility. Okay. Oh, uh oh.

JPC

Wait, J.P. said Scorpio? Paywall. Paywall. I'm a Scorpio.

Erin

A Scorpio, a Gemini Scorpio.

JPC

No, I'm a Sagittarius. I'm a Sagittarius.

Erin

Well, we're gonna, we're gonna get to you in a second. A Gemini Scorpio friendship is certainly not impossible, but it's not exactly going to be a cakewalk.

JPC

I would describe your friendship as not impossible. Well also I don't like cake walks, so this is good news.

00:13:31

Erin

Adal's Scorpio Facilitating Growth and Transformation for the Gemini.

Adal

Wow, okay.

Erin

Wow, Erin, I really needed to hear that. You're welcome. We're good at working together and forming a team to do whatever it takes and we succeed. I guess we're good co-workers. That's great. I'm going to look up Sagittarius Gemini friendships.

JPC

And then I'll do some riddles. To be like, do these two people work together? Well, they're good at working together and forming a team. It's like, cool. That's great. Perfect.

Erin

Gemini and Sagittarius make incredible partners, be it friendship, love, or marriage. Although their natures are slightly contrasting. Gemini and Sagittarius is highly rated. The credit largely goes to the Sagittarius. I wish I hadn't read that part out loud. I'm sorry, Adal.

JPC

But it also sounds like Adal, we could have a pretty kickass marriage.

Adal

Ooh, I do think a lot of this seems like self-fulfilling, where it's like, if I was dating a cancer, read a horoscope, and it was like, Gemini and cancer don't mix, and then I break up with that cancer, I can't then two years later be like, it didn't work out. Isn't that... Isn't that just how the horoscope said? It's like, well, I took action based on the horoscope.

00:14:38

JPC

Don't come at me if this is not the way that it is, but I believe from my limited interactions with this that it is the way that it is, and I don't think Capricorns and Sagittarius really get along, and Mariah's a Capricorn and I was a Sagittarius, but there are little things where like, yeah, but this is something that they do, and Mariah's always like, this is like us, and I'm like, yeah, but the other thing is that we don't get along, like, come on, we gotta know that.

Adal

You see what you wanna see.

Erin

It sounds like the strength of your friendship is that you solve problems quickly and can forgive each other easily. And I think that's really lovely. And I'm the one holding grudges in the corner. And then let's see. Erin, put down that copy of the grudge. I won't. I'm too scared to watch it, but I like to hold it.

Adal

I like to know where it is at all times.

JPC

That actually makes me feel better if I know where it is. Where is it? It's in the DVD player I'm watching.

Erin

We are quite compatible as friends, JPC. It can be rocky at first, but it develops into a good friendship over time.

JPC

Skip to the good part. Do we fuck? Do we ever fuck?

00:15:40

Erin

I gotta know. Oh, no.

Adal

Thank God. That would ruin my marriage. This is like verbal Rorschach. It's like you shouldn't be compatible but sometimes you are. Or the reverse is like you are worse enemies unless there's a breakthrough. It's all right in the middle. It's all skating that middle line.

JPC

I would say that this is when Kevin Spacey auditioned for Watchmen. Verbal Rorschach. But we get it, right? I mean, it's not good. It's not good, but we get it. We get what the joke is.

Erin

Sagittarius men can be quite blunt and passionate. Female Scorpios can be a bit too secretive at times with their abundance of feelings.

JPC

Damn, dude.

Erin

Scorpio women open up to Sagittarius men. They have to soften their words with each other. That's their advice to us. Anyways, I have some riddles that are listening to me submitted. Sure. So let's get to it. Sorry.

JPC

Erin, can I try softening my words to you? Yes, please. Okay. This is my, this is my attempt at softening my words. Yes.

00:16:43

???

Butter pillows, feather butter pillows, pillow butter feathers.

Erin

I love it.

???

Would you turn into Will Forte? I guess so.

Erin

Well now we have an episode title.

Adal

Welcome to pillow-butter-pillows. Feather-butter-pillows. My name is Will Forte. Feather-butter-pillows.

JPC

I wish.

Erin

These are from Kat and we can use their name.

JPC

Should we say Meow when you say Kat or is that inappropriate?

Erin

Not spelled like that kind of Kat. I have some homemade riddles and fuzzies for you. I really enjoy the show. It's helping them at their job. But they're only on episode 124, so it's going to be a while before you hear this cat. You might never even get to hear your riddles, which would be good to start. Erin!

Adal

Sorry! How dare you? What are you saying?

Erin

I'm sorry.

JPC

Wow, so that means that Kat will eventually hear this riddle, but where they're listening now, are they 124? Are they in the year that we like riddles? Because that year's over. Because we don't have to like riddles anymore.

00:17:44

Erin

Even worse, I think they're like beginning of the pandemic.

???

Oh no! Oh no!

Erin

Kat, run!

???

We could be in the year of the dog.

Erin

Okay, so these are probably some warm-up riddles. Some of these might be better than others, but the format is simple. The answer is a two-word item, and the clues are phrases that describe the individual words in the name. For example, the answer to knowledge that guides to the solution to a problem or mystery, plus another word for the staff of the ship or boat would be... Brain GPS ore. Yes, Adal, yes!

JPC

Here's what's going on with me right now. Erin, as you were reading that, I was like, oh, this is eighth period, you know, seventh eighth period. I'm done with the day. I'm not learning anymore. I am making paper airplanes in the back of class. I am just throwing the paper airplanes and I don't care what happens to them. That's the energy that I've been perching solving these riddles.

Erin

Jokes on you because you're in physics and you just got an A for that paper airplane. Cool.

00:18:47

Adal

And Sweetie, can I just say as a school nurse, eighth period, you need to go home and see a doctor.

Erin

All right. So it's clue crew because it's knowledge that guides to the solution of a problem or mystery to another word for the staff of a ship or boat.

JPC

Oh, clue crew. I get the, I get the setup.

Adal

I get the setup. Okay, I was thinking staff is in an ore and it's the staff is in the client. You shall not pass. The client ownership.

Erin

I came up with all of these on the job and if you need him, keep in mind that and then actually I'm not gonna tell you that hint unless you need it. Oh no.

JPC

Okay. Save it. I don't need it yet.

Erin

Delicious mold that may make some people get upset stomachs.

JPC

Okay.

Erin

Plus what you do with a cigarette. Or the name of a magic dragon.

JPC

Shroom butt. Penicillin puff.

Erin

Yeah, penicillin is delicious. Mommy, I'm sick.

???

Can I please have some more penicillin?

Erin

We have a burnt brioche bun with a bit of penicillin on top in joy.

00:19:50

JPC

Who ate all the goddamn penicillin? I just bought a jar of penicillin down at the market.

Adal

Delicious, I will say as a kid I used to eat all the Flintstone vitamins. I don't know if you had those in your house. Oh, yeah, we have. They were so tasty.

Erin

My son only eats locally sourced penicillin. Okay, delicious mold that may make some people's stomach.

Adal

Cheese?

Erin

Cheese. Yes.

Adal

Okay.

Erin

Cheese puff. The cheese puff. Yes.

JPC

Oh, a cheese puff. Okay, cool.

Erin

Every plant needs a strong foundation, plus a drink that doesn't taste nearly as good as frat boys make it seem.

JPC

Stop your pepper.

Erin

Yes. I cannot tell a lie. This is the tastiest fruit, plus the leader of the powder puff girls.

JPC

Apple. The boy who cried wolf blossom. Apple blossom? Damn it. Oh no, Blossom wasn't the leader. I've never seen Powerpuff Girls.

Erin

No, you have the right idea, so who chopped down a cherry tree?

00:20:54

JPC

George Washington. George Washington Bubbles.

Erin

Yeah, so it's Cherry. Cherry Blossom. Yes.

JPC

Cherry Blossom, okay. Who's the third Powerpuff Girl that I'm forgetting? Mojo Jojo.

Erin

Buttercup.

JPC

Buttercup. Yeah, Bubbles isn't one of them.

Erin

Bubbles. Na na na na na na, Blossom. Na na na na na na, Buttercup.

JPC

Okay, okay, we got there.

Erin

Okay, okay. A word to encompass the whole of something. I would like to see a scene actually. Damn it. The three of us are the Powderpuff Girls.

Adal

Okay. Is it Powderpuff or Powerpuff?

Erin

What did I say? I've never seen the show, so I don't know. It's Powerpuff.

JPC

Did I say Powder? Okay, I will settle this. I will settle this.

Erin

It's Power.

JPC

I said Powder.

Erin

Okay.

JPC

Now, do you want to see a scene where we are the Powderpuff Girls or the Powerpuff Girls?

Adal

So Powder Puff, and Erin before you decide, Powder Puff is slang for doing cocaine.

Erin

I would like to see a scene where we're the Powder Puff girls.

Adal

Okay. Sure. Okay.

00:22:03

JPC

We all did it.

Erin

We all did the nose thing. I just talked about astrology, and then we did one scene that was just a sniff. This has got to be our last episode ever, right?

JPC

Hey, I got to say, I think I fucked up one of my ear trumps when I did that big sniff. I think I did a big sniff too hard.

Erin

I don't know how, but I have swimmer's ear. Okay. A word that encompasses the whole of something, plus a bread product that gets its distinctive texture from having a nice hot bath before it's baked.

Adal

description french toast?

Erin

Lacrosse knees.

???

Lacrosse legs.

Erin

Lacrosse face. Because lacrosse face is when you have a punchable face. Yeah.

Adal

Cricket neck.

00:23:04

JPC

Cricket neck. I don't know, man. You should have saved golf balls. A racquetball butt hole.

Erin

A word that encompasses the whole of something plus a bread product that gets its distinctive texture from having a nice hot bath before it's baked.

JPC

Does the ass encompass the whole?

Adal

Ooh.

Erin

No.

Adal

It's not ass. Also, JPC, I forgot to mention I one time had to go home from school sick with swim fan.

Erin

I wanted to watch that movie.

Adal

So badly. I'm a fan of swim fan. A word that encompasses, what was it again? A word that encompasses the whole of something? So that would be the scripture, a definition, a... No, if we're talking about... Yeah, all or... All things in the world.

JPC

Everything? Everywhere? All at once? Everything. A family. Oh, everything?

Erin

Oh, it's everything. And then a bread product. Bagel. Yes, everything bagel. Oh, yes. I would like to see a scene. You two are some bagels in a bath.

00:24:11

???

Okay.

Erin

Having a nice hot bath.

???

Okay.

???

My back is killing me. My back is absolutely killing me. This, I needed this. I needed to soak today. Oh boy.

Adal

Hey Sesame, Sesame, can you pass the butter please?

JPC

Okay, Garlic, I'm only doing this because you asked me to do this. Come on, come on. You said I had to cut you off. Garlic, you said I had to cut you off at a certain point and you had a lot of butter today. This bathwater is almost all butter.

???

I'm feeling so hot. I just want to, you know, I want to rub it on before I look before I get stale. What about a little schmear?

JPC

What if I give you a little schmear just to tide you over?

???

Okay. Okay. All right. Hey, let me let me cut myself in half.

JPC

Oh, yeah. Not all the way. Not all the way. Not all the way. Leave a little connection.

???

Let me just splay myself open. Yeah, get some in there. Okay. Let me get my knife out. Oh yeah. Slower. Slower. Schmear. Slower.

00:25:14

JPC

Hold on, I'm gonna wipe it back the other way because there's a little bit of schmear. Somehow, they got schmear on the other side of the knife by wiping it across you with that side.

???

So, flip it, flip it, and oh yeah, there we go.

Adal

Now just toss on some locks. What, am I made of money? Well, won't you, I mean, do me a favor, I'll pay you back.

???

Oh, you'll pay me back. Come on. The garlic bagel's gonna pay me back. Sesame, I'm good for it. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What can I do for you, huh? What's that?

Adal

What can I do for you, huh? You want me to kill someone?

JPC

Why don't you kill someone? Now, would it kill you to put some sausage, egg, and cheese inside of me?

???

Disgusting. That goes inside a croissant or a potato roll. It does not go inside a bagel. Can I tell you something?

JPC

I'm a brioche bun.

???

What?

00:26:14

JPC

I put sesame seeds in a brioche bun, but maybe I've never been a pickle.

???

What? I'm a brioche bun!

Adal

What did I- I just learned today, earlier today, late last night, 2am this morning, I just learned that ciabatta was invented in like, 1987. Wow.

Erin

What a day you had, buddy.

JPC

All right, Gundy your bagel hole. What is the difference between a bagel and a Bialy?

Adal

Bialys are flatter, right? I don't know.

JPC

Unless you're a tough guy.

Adal

And there's no such thing as a bagel sock and bloom.

Erin

The producers. I'm allergic.

JPC

So I can't- Not two bagels. Erin's just allergic.

Erin

I'm just allergic to this conversation.

Adal

I thought bagels were just like kind of flatter maybe? I really don't know.

JPC

I really don't know the difference. I went to a place called New York Bagel and Bialy and I got a Bialy sandwich and then I got a bagel and I could not tell the difference through the two of those things.

00:27:17

Adal

That place is fantastic. They're black and white cookies are usually in the fridge are very good. And then they also sell my favorite drink, which is the cherry. It's like Dr. Brown's cherry cola, which is the best drink of all time.

JPC

Can I tell you I had a very weird interaction there because I placed an order online. No, I called in an order because they don't do online orders. So I called in an order and then I went to pick it up and there was a line around the block. Like it was a long line.

???

Very popular place.

JPC

And I walked up to the door and there was a guy standing outside like waiting to go in. And the first guy to the door and I went up to him and I said, hey, are you picking up an order or? No. Yeah. So are you picking up an order or placing an order? And he goes, we're all just placing orders. And he said it like there's no such thing as picking up orders, but I was like, oh. And then I like went in front of him, and he like moved to like try to like block me from going in the door. And I just went in the door, grabbed my bagels off the counter, and then like walked out. And when I walked out, he was not looking at me at all. He was like looking down and at his phone. But I was like, what the fuck?

00:28:18

Erin

He must have been so embarrassed.

JPC

Insane energy. An insane energy of like, hey, we're all waiting here, guy. I don't care if you call the head and know something I don't. We're all waiting.

Adal

That place is great. Go to Coffman's. That's the best place in Illinois for bagels. In Illinois for bagels? Yeah, go to Coffman's.

JPC

So you're telling me, not just Chicago, but all of rural Illinois with all their dipshit people can't make a better bagel. Look, it's mostly dipshit people there.

Adal

Let's be honest.

Erin

All right, let's do one more.

JPC

Yes.

Erin

I couldn't participate in that because I'm allergic. Yeah, that's sad. Japan's Parliament, or in science, what you call the eating habits of an animal, plus the shortened name of a drug derived from the leaves of a cocoa plant.

JPC

Okay, leaves of a cocoa plant.

Erin

David, is that in unison? Yay.

00:29:18

JPC

Japan's Parliament, or what is it? What, a dinosaur eats an animal?

Erin

This is going to be easier for you.

JPC

Yes.

Erin

What you call the eating habits of an animal. Diet. Yes.

JPC

Oh, okay. Just for the taste of it, diet coke. Yes. Diet squirt.

Erin

And now I can admit to you that Cat works at a grocery store.

Adal

Thank you Cat. So they just walked up and down the aisles and then reverse engineered stuff snacks they saw.

Erin

Kind of fun. Thank you so much for listening, Kat. I hope that you make it to this episode and you get to hear your riddles. Let's go on such a quick break. So quick, I promise.

JPC

Kat, don't go anywhere. Except, I mean, do listen to the commercials. And we're back. Wow. Are we? Holy shit, we're back so fast. Wow. I got whiplash from how fast we were back.

Adal

Not my tempo. Sorry, that's not my Ford Tempo. Is this your car? Can you move it? I'm sorry, this is my Taurus. Not my Taurus?

JPC

Do a little hand section, a little hand symbol. Not my Taurus. Not my Taurus. I don't like Miles Teller. I don't. I'm not gonna like Miles Teller.

00:30:24

Erin

There's nothing you can say- JPC did so much coke this episode. We're so sorry, you guys. He's really on one.

Adal

Well, let's take, Erin, if I may. I'm not the host of this episode. I'm not Old Man Puzzles. Let's take a bit of a longer break.

Erin

Let's take a break. 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 until 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 finds 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.

00:31:29

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.

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.

00:32:39

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.

Erin

Maroon.

???

Is that DaVinci?

Erin

Yeah. Yes.

JPC

And bye.

Adal

Hey Powerpuff Girls. It's me. I think your dad or a scientist who built you. Yeah, what do you need? Listen, someone went into my room and there's a certain thing I kept under my bed and all of it's gone. Do you know what might have happened to it?

???

Oh, yes, it's all gone. Little monkey bones? No, I have buttholes. I'm a perfect clone. I'm a perfect clone. I don't think you're a perfect clone of whatever you think you are. No, I'm a clone of bubbles. Uh, listen.

00:33:53

Erin

Yeah dad, this is buttholes, a perfect clone of Bubbles.

???

Okay, well where is Bubbles? Uh, she had to go, she has, uh, it's court-appointed anger management therapy. So I'm gonna be filling in every second Wednesday. Uh, buttholes, I'm the same.

Adal

Okay, stop saying it. Stop saying it. Well, I'm gonna go on vacation. Can you girls handle the city, I guess? Did you get any a clone?

JPC

I'll get you a clone! I'll get you a clone!

Adal

What was that era was like, Samurai and Jack? Samurai Jack, baby. Powerpuff Girls. Powerpuff Girls, baby. What else was on Virgin Network?

JPC

Dragon Ball C reruns. Dexter's Laboratory. Dexter's Laboratory, baby.

Adal

And they all have a similar art style, right? I feel like it's a very similar vibe.

JPC

Yeah, Dexter's Laboratory and Powerpuff Girls, I felt like, yeah, was it maybe like a similar color palette too?

Adal

I never watched any of them, but I was aware of them because I would watch Dragon Ball Z on Cartoon Network.

00:34:54

JPC

God, love that Dragon Ball Z. I think my little brother liked Samurai Jack, or maybe someone I knew in high school liked Samurai Jack.

Adal

I hear it's good.

JPC

I never really was able to watch cartoons because they give me headaches.

Adal

Huh, so Simpsons?

JPC

No, but I just, I could just listen to that opening. Sorry, I'd always listen to cartoons. Okay. Erin, why about you? Are you allergic to cartoons?

Erin

Yeah, I'm allergic to cartoons. I was going to say, I understand that. Cartoons and video games make me feel motion sickness in my brain and my head. You know my brain and my head.

JPC

Do you ever get lotion sickness, Erin?

Erin

Yeah, when I put on way too much lotion.

JPC

And then I slip and fall down the stairs and then I feel sick. You take a look at some lotion that you keep by your sink that sometimes you put on your hands after you're done washing dishes to kind of rehydrate them in a way. And you take a look at the back of the lotion You don't even know why you're doing it. It's just kind of an off-the-wall, hey, I'm going to take a look at the back of this lotion. And you just see something you can't unsee that said it expired in 2016. Now this bottle is still half full. Do you keep the lotion or do you throw it out knowing that it has been expired for, I want to say six years?

00:36:13

Erin

JPC, I throw it out so fast that I'm trying to turn back time. I am so trying to not live in that moment of the disgust of that that I'm moving faster than lightning.

JPC

You don't do one more pump just to get a little goodbye to be like, this is fine motion. I will throw it out, but I will prove to myself that it's still fine.

Erin

I am throwing it out and then hitting myself super hard in the head so it leaves my brain.

Adal

Oh no. Erin, you also said you were allergic to cartoons. Weren't you married to Launchpad?

Erin

We weren't married.

Adal

We were having fun.

Erin

We were having fun.

Adal

Erin, I do want to see a scene. You're Erin Keif. GPC, you are a fairly well-known cartoon character and the two of you are on a date and Erin, you're trying to get out of it any way you can.

Erin

Well, this is me. Or should we get dessert?

Adal

Come on!

Erin

The episode of short scenes. I love it. That was amazing.

Adal

This is Robert Altman's Hey Riddle Riddle.

00:37:15

JPC

Aren't you gonna ask me up?

Erin

Okay, so these come from Dan C. He him. Thank you so much for sending us these riddles, Dan. I'll thank you.

JPC

I'll thank you at the end, Dan, if I deem the riddles appropriate.

Erin

Inspired by a before and after runway challenge on RuPaul's Drag Race, I've decided to carry a list of some for you guys to figure out.

Adal

So remind us how this works.

Erin

Is there an example? Yes, so the Golden Girl did a dirty but catchy duet with Meg The Stallion.

Adal

The Golden Girl did a dirty duet with Megan Thee Stallion. Blanche Dubstepbois. Dubois Dubstepbois.

Erin

Think of another Golden Girl.

Adal

Okay. Rose.

Erin

No, it's the actress.

Adal

Bea Arthur. Bea Arthur. What's the other one? Bea Arthur.

Erin

No, you gotta be. It's Bea Arthur.

00:38:17

Adal

Okay, Megan Thee Stallion songs.

Erin

Well you do. The one that she does with a very famous rapper. Be Arthur Wap. The rapper name comes before.

Adal

Wap Arthur. Wap Be Arthur.

Erin

Yeah, but who else sings?

Adal

Wet Ass Be Arthur.

Erin

Who else sings?

Adal

Oh, Cardi B Arthur.

Erin

Yeah.

Adal

Okay, okay.

Erin

We got it. That's the example.

JPC

Wait, wait, wait. The answer is Cardi B Arthur? Oh, oh, oh, I get it, I get it, I get it.

Adal

Erin, just for clarification, in that instance, I believe Golden Girl came first in the clue.

Erin

Yeah, so it doesn't really matter what- It doesn't matter. Okay, okay. You just combined two things. I just got it. This past season of Drag Race, the all winners, was so good and I enjoyed it so much.

JPC

Maybe the best season yet.

Erin

And I loved the format.

JPC

Yes. I swear to God I thought I was hearing a clue. I was listening to Erin say that like I was like, this past season of Drag Race was so good. I'm like, what the fuck kind of clue is this?

Adal

I won't spoil it in case anybody's running very behind, but the winner of this season is my all-time favorite drag queen. Gemini is both. And I think the only thing that could have made this season better is to not replace anyone but to add Alyssa Edwards and then it would have been the perfect season.

00:39:31

Erin

I will say the second half of the season has some of the hardest crying moments I've ever had on a TV show. Monet exchanged us something that I get goosebumps just thinking about and some of the best everything. The best version of everything is in the season. I cannot recommend it enough. Okay. Anyways.

JPC

I can't watch because I'm allergic.

Erin

No, you're not.

JPC

I am. Too many feathers.

Erin

She quit being a spy for Charlie so she could have a little Monica in her life and some Erika by her side.

Adal

Okay. She quit being a Charlie's angel.

Erin

Mm-hmm, so she could have a little bit of Monica in her life.

Adal

I do not know.

JPC

Lu Bega Cameron Diaz.

Erin

Come on.

JPC

Lucy Lu Bega.

Erin

Yeah. Lu Bega Cameron Diaz. Perfect. Thank you. He not only uses chairs in the wrestling ring, but he also sits in them centrally without underwear on. Like from a movie.

00:40:31

Adal

Oh, oh, oh. Hulk Hogan from a movie?

JPC

I think this is my favorite. Yay!

Erin

Isn't that so good? That's my favorite. Dealing with her co-hosts on The View is like playing chess with the Russians.

Adal

Whoopi Goldberg.

Erin

This one's kind of hard. This actress is amazing from...

JPC

From the view? An actress from the view?

Erin

No, the chess.

Adal

So chess is Queen's Gambit and her name is Anya Taylor-Joy.

Erin

And then you add the last name.

Adal

Behar. Nice.

JPC

Wait.

Erin

Anya Taylor Joy Behar. Joy Behar is the view. She looks like Pam Anderson, but has the voice.

Adal

Oh wait, Erin, I'd like to see a scene.

Erin

Oh, I'm so sorry. Pardon me.

Adal

Hey JPC, real quick. Dead stop. If you're about to make Erin the Queen of England and me gambit, I am walking away from the pocket.

00:41:34

JPC

I shall stay. I guess I play gambit. No, Erin, how's your Joy Behar impression?

Erin

Uh, terrible. I don't know. I haven't heard her speak in a while.

JPC

What? Okay, so hold on. I'm sorry, Adal. Pre-seen. So what do we know about Joy Behar? I know nothing. Is she an actress?

Erin

She's like the liberal one.

JPC

She's older.

Erin

Yeah, but she's like old Democrats, so she's still not in touch.

JPC

Joy Behar. Can we just try, Erin? Like, try her accent? Maybe just try to get into it a little bit?

Erin

Okay. Alright, I'm ready.

JPC

Okay, so that's it. So Erin's ready. So Erin is gonna be playing Joy Behar, which is a horse with peanut butter. Erin is Joy Behar has made it to the finals of the Russian chess competition. Adal, you are a Russian chess player and you are trying to play like mind games during this match with each other.

Adal

I have to say I'm very Disappointed to see you in the finals, I thought as an American, you would not even be in the competition. No.

00:42:44

???

Scene.

Adal

You ski.

JPC

No, you never, you never intended to do a Joy Behar impression.

Erin

Whoa!

JPC

Me? J'accuse!

Erin

J'accuse!

JPC

J'accuse!

Erin

J'accuse, eh, the better Zealand is to your liking, sir.

Adal

Casey's video is off right now, but I guarantee you he's grinning ear-to-ear and rubbing his hands together because this is gonna be the easiest episode ever for him.

JPC

Casey's gonna get off and Mike McDuffin across the hall is gonna be like, Casey, how's the editor going for that episode? He's like, perfect, I only need yackity sacks. I only need four seconds of yackity sacks, and that's gonna get me to the whole edit.

Erin

You just use yackity sacks, thank you.

JPC

Casey, please, four seconds of yackity sacks. I don't think we can get sued if it's just four seconds.

Adal

No, and that's a hill I would die on.

Erin

And it's also so fun because now you know, because Yaketty Sacks has been playing throughout the whole episode, but now you know why it's because of this moment. So you're hearing the birth of it, but you will have been experiencing it already. So that's interesting.

00:43:51

Adal

I wish to Christ. I wish to God. That a modern-day artist would be brave enough to sample Yakety Sax in a song that at least is soon. I would love that.

Erin

Hey man, it's me, God. Can you pray for more important shit?

Adal

It's me, God. You know that Yakety Sax song you were looking for? Listen to this.

JPC

This is a few months old, even while we're recording it, but did you guys see that, like, base Hugh Grant moment, where, I think it was around the time when, oh, old What's This Fuck was getting fired, Boris Johnson was getting fired, and the Tories were supposed to come, they were like in front of Parliament, and they were supposed to come out there and like talk about what was going on, and Hugh Grant tweeted at some protester, It's perfect. I sent that video to my dad and I went, I'm so glad we were alive at the same time. It was even funnier that it was fucking Hugh Grant, who was pretty based on Twitter by the way, who was going after him. Does he tweet like he talks?

00:45:10

???

Oh god, fucking romantic.

Erin

Whoopsie-jesus. Alright, let's do a few of these from more of these from Dancy. Dancy! He's Dancy!

Adal

Ignore me.

Erin

She looks like Pam Anderson, but she has- Pam Anderson. She looks like Pam Anderson, but she has the voice of an evil cyborg.

Adal

She looks like Pam Anderson.

Erin

Who played Pam Anderson in a TV show recently?

JPC

Lily James. I don't know the person. I know that there was a show that was like Pam and Tommy.

Adal

Alan. Collins.

Erin

James.

Adal

Lily James. Lily James Marston. Lily James and the Giant Peach. Lily, what was the second part?

Erin

What actor does the voice of an evil cyborg?

00:46:10

Adal

Evil Cyborg. Voice. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Lily James Invader.

Erin

I'd say the most famous, one of the most famous lines in cinema.

Adal

I'll be back. Weesa gonna die?

Erin

Yeah. Yes, Adal.

Adal

Frankly, my darling, Weesa gonna die.

Erin

Yes.

Adal

God with the binks.

Erin

Adal, Adal just, I just, it's basically, have you guys ever seen it phone charge itself? Adal just completely re-energized himself with his own joke.

Adal

I don't know why, but inserting Jar Jar Binks in the classic movies just really tickled me.

Erin

Yeah, we're going to get a text in two hours. I know how this goes. Adal's going to think of a hundred of these and then we have to deal with the text.

Adal

What else? What else? If I only had a pink, what else? What else? Sorry, so you said the most famous cyborg in history. Is this like Darth Vader?

Erin

Yes.

Adal

So... Is he a cyborg? Who does the... James Earl Jones. Lily James Earl Jones.

00:47:15

Erin

Thank you. That was exhausting. My God.

JPC

Wow. Thank you. Exhausting? Me? Thank you.

Erin

When he's holding his hammer, he can fly. But when he's behind the wheel, he drives fast and furious.

Adal

Maxwell Vin Diesel.

JPC

Bang bang Thor, Silver Mule, and there goes... Wait, now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Maxwell Silverhammer... Uh, excuse me.

Erin

Oh, the white album. You just snorted it.

Adal

Uh, by far the best Beatles album of my opinion. Um, Thor, and then, uh, Thor Walker.

Erin

Thor... Who plays him?

Adal

It's never going to be the character. Chris Hemsworth. Chris Hemsworth Vin Diesel.

Erin

It's attached to Luda.

JPC

Oh, Luda Chris Hemsworth. Luda Chris Hemsworth.

Adal

What in the world is in that bag? What you got in that bag? What you got in that case? Cocaine.

Erin

He's always looking for new deals on bright neon pictures of unicorns. This is his second favorite. Bob Barker.

00:48:18

JPC

Right, Max Landis.

Erin

This is a person that comes up on our show so often, mostly on our Patreon. Oh, Howard Dean. Howard Dean. No, but this, okay, I cannot believe it. I've been trying to dodge Howard Dean references for months and they keep happening. So it's a woman we mentioned the most in the show. Erin Keif. If Howard Dean is the man we talk about the most for Howard Dean, and who's the woman? Stevie X. She's infamously private.

Adal

JK Rowling.

Erin

She's infamously private and cheap. She has bright neon pictures of unicorns. Oh, it's Lisa Frank.

Adal

And her little diary.

Erin

Over on the Patreon, I tried to buy a Lisa Frank zoo. I wanted a zoo that only had Lisa Frank down at the minute. That is right.

Adal

No one's going to comment on my Lisa Frank story.

JPC

So the answer is Howard Deed Lisa Frank? Wait, oh, I'm sorry. The answer is Lisa Frank.

00:49:24

Erin

No, it's think of who did the New Deal.

???

Frankly, my darling, I don't give a... Wait, wait, wait.

Erin

The New Deal, F.D.A. It's Lisa Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Adal

Oh, so it was F.D.R. but it's the full, we had to say the full Monty. Okay.

Erin

Nothing compares to a bald Irish native who can fight in an octagon.

Adal

Sinead O'Connor, what's that guy's name? Connor McGrath? Oh, yeah. Wow. Nice job. Damn.

Erin

A robotic revolutionary in Zombieland.

Adal

General Grievous. General Grievous. This guy's got Star Wars on the fucking brain.

Erin

Can you repeat that one? A robotic revolutionary in Zombieland.

Adal

You said think of Westworld?

Erin

For robotic revolutionary. Ed Harris? No.

Adal

Who else was in that? It was, um... I know that there is more episodes of it that I've never seen. Who was like the big stars in Westworld? Uh, Erin Paul was in this third season? The biggest. The biggest? Ed Harris.

00:50:28

Erin

No, I mean, I think that it's the biggest role.

Adal

Biggest role. Oh, uh, Thandie Newton?

JPC

It has to be Boston Market. That has got to be the biggest role in all of Fast Food.

Adal

And it's unlimited.

Erin

No, I think that she was, like, especially the first season, super proud.

Adal

Yes, yes, yes. The daughter from The Wrestler, what's her name? She was in the Beatles movie. What's the Beatles movie? Lucy and the Sky of Diamonds?

JPC

Oh, she was in 13 Going on 30 or?

Erin

Very famous. Evan Rachel Wood.

Adal

Thank you. Evan Rachel Norwegian Wood.

Erin

I have Evan Rachel Wood and then... Would you rather?

Adal

Evan Rachel?

Erin

Was in Zombieland, what act?

JPC

Would Evan Rachel love you, Harrelson? Harrelson, that's right, yes.

Erin

And then he says, hope you have fun, love you guys, and hope to see a live show soon. Well, if you're in New Jersey, it looks like Dan, so maybe you can come to our New York live show. If you want to get on a train.

JPC

Yeah, if you want to get out of fucking Jersey.

Adal

If you want to woke up this morning and get yourself busted.

00:51:31

JPC

All right, I did say that I would wait until Dan's riddles and I have to say Dan, very good riddles. Thank you.

Adal

These are wonderful.

JPC

I do thank you. Very good. I do decide. This is my choice to thank you, Dan.

Erin

Thank you, Dan.

Adal

I'm so sorry. May I see a scene?

Erin

Uh, yeah, you can. Let's see how it goes.

Adal

So based off of, based off of inserting Jar Jar Binks into old-timey movies, I want to see a scene.

Erin

I knew it. He hasn't been listening since that happened. I knew it.

Adal

Well, my eyes went completely white. So you can always tell. I want to see a scene, so this is like a 1930s or 40s movie, definitely like black and white era. JPC, you are a legit, you're like whoever the lead is in Maltese Falcon or whatever, like Clark Gable, whatever you are, you are a legit 1930s actor, you are of the times, you speak in the lingo, you have the cadence, you're totally that. Erin, you're a time traveler from now who goes back in time and finds yourself accidentally on the set of a movie and you're trying to play along but you clearly are not of this era and it's a little out of place.

00:52:37

???

Great.

JPC

Ooh! Look at the getaway sticks on that getaway vixen.

Erin

Not you hitting on me.

JPC

Oh it's me, it's me alright and I'm hitting on you. You're a cool glass of soda poured by a jerk. And I'd be a jerk if I didn't take this chair and pull it out from behind you and say would you like to sit down, rest those limber legs?

Erin

Okay well you're problematic AF. Hold on let me treat this. Hold on.

JPC

Girl you're literally sending me. Wait what's happening? Uh oh.

Erin

Hey, you are hotter than a hot bun on a Tuesday. Whoa, what's happening to me?

Adal

Uh, cut. That take hit different? Wait a second. What's going on?

JPC

This- This director?

Erin

Thanks, doll. Let's do another.

JPC

This director should be off this project. It's cancel culture run amok. I should be off this project.

Adal

You're mid. What am I saying?

00:53:37

Erin

And now I'm back in town. Oh no, we've switched!

???

Deb! Deb!

Erin

Adal, you fell asleep and you're cocaine! We're still gonna die. It's always fun recording a lost episode.

Adal

I want to get a clip of Darth Vader going, but through the filter.

Erin

Oh, it's worse than I remember though.

JPC

It's so much worse.

Adal

Hold on. Here we go. Casey, you're going to know when I want you to play it. Here we go. I'm going to say a quote and I want you to punctuate it. Luke, I am your He fucked you. He fucked you. He fucked you big time. He fucked you big time. Which brings the all-time total of times anyone on this podcast says yes and at Adal to, zero.

00:54:51

Erin

Okay surf's up my guy, 100%. I didn't say that, just said that wasn't me. I like saying you all the time.

Adal

That's fair. That's fair. Oh, okay.

Erin

But Casey, I do want to do this. Okay. Hey guys, we're going on tour soon. We want to go to Rhode Island. We want to go to Montana.

JPC

I'm so happy we have that. Do we have any voicemails?

Erin

Howard Dean, do you want to come on a road trip with us?

JPC

Hey Aaron, Adal, and JPC.

Erin

I thought I would just share a fun little story about when I was listening to your podcast.

???

A couple weeks ago I got an email that told me I was going to be bad. My husband and I have been trying to adopt and I was on a walk and I was listening to you guys as I read the note that we had been matched. So you will always be in my life now because I'm going to remember that moment for the rest of my life. So thanks for all the laughs and for keeping me laughing through lots of diaper changes and bottle feedings and late nights and listening to you guys a lot while taking care of my new baby. You're all the best. That's incredible.

00:56:18

Adal

Wow. Happy Howard Day. Happy Howard Day to the screen. Can you name a baby Howardine Scream? Howardine Scream. This child's name is Howardine Scream. Name him Dean Scream.

Erin

That's our first and only suggestion.

Adal

Or Riddle. Or Pinch.

JPC

What about, whatever your last name is, Ditcha. Name this baby Dean S. Cream.

Erin

Well, congratulations. That's so nice. That's amazing.

Adal

Congratulations.

Erin

And when it's the middle of the night and you're feeding that baby, turn us on and we'll make you feel worse, buddy. We'll make the baby madness even crazier. That is so exciting. They just gave me goosebumps.

Adal

That's wonderful.

Erin

Congratulations to you and your husband.

Adal

You're gonna see Earl Stein is laying next to you? What? Earl Stein is in bed next to you.

Erin

Yeah, we're together. Do you know that he didn't write goosebumps until he was 49? Something to think about?

Adal

Wow. Did you know that Alan Rickman didn't read goosebumps until he was 52?

Erin

Do you know that Howard Dean didn't scream until he was 15?

00:57:23

JPC

So there's still time. This whole show is ruined.

???

Okay, here's what I'll say.

Adal

There's still time. Here's what I'll say. I know that Wes Craven has passed away. RIP Wes Craven. We stand a king. Whoever handles Wes Craven's estate. I am willing to pay upwards of $5,000 if you will have a new scream come out. Call it scream, call it scream 2, whatever you want to call it. When people show up to theaters they get their popcorn, they see Nicole Kidman go through her whole spiel, we see an hour of trailers. Lights come up on the screen, the lights go down in the theater, light comes up on the screen, it's just Howard Dean doing that one scream, roll credits. If you could make that movie scream happen, I would pay $18 to see it at least five times. You heard it here, Craven family, $5,018. You tell us when and where.

JPC

Here's what I love. I love that the inspirational thing of being like Kurt Vonnegut didn't sell a book until he was like 42 years old. Yeah. And I love the other side of that, which is like, because that message is you can do it, you know, it's never too late. You can always do something. The Howard Dean scream is like Howard Dean didn't scream until he was 55. It's like you could fuck up your life at any moment and it would be done forever.

00:58:42

Adal

You could fuck your whole life up. He expressed enthusiasm and his career was ruined. Ruined.

Erin

Ruud. He must have been so devastated watching Donald Trump get elected. Anyway, but you know how my dream is to host a three-day festival? Like, for the Riddle Riddle to host it? And it's like a bunch of different podcasts and improv teams and all the merch is like summer camp themed and we have all sorts of events.

Adal

We were planning on this actually 2020. We plan on doing it, I believe July, the weekend of July 17th or something. Yeah, we were planning on this. We were planning on it. We invited another podcast we enjoy and it all fell apart.

JPC

I would say planning is 100% a strong word to describe what we were doing.

Erin

Well, I reached out to a theater about it and they said yes, so what do you mean? But anyways, I think that one of the events should just be a small theater that plays the Howard Dean scream on a loop for the whole festival. And some people can sort of go in and recharge.

Adal

Team scream.

00:59:43

Erin

Would you buy tickets to that, everybody?

JPC

We have to put a moratorium on the Dean's scream. We have to end the Dean's scream.

Erin

Let's do one more voicemail.

JPC

Oh yes, thank you.

???

Hey, Adal, JPC, and Erin. I've got a fun and slightly terrifying story. I was taking a nightly walk. It started raining. So I picked up the pace to try to head back to my car. Thunder and lightning and no exaggeration, maybe 200 feet in front of me, a power line got struck by lightning. And my ears are still ringing. I'm sitting in my car trying to process the consequences of my own mortality. And I just wanted you guys to know that that happened while I was listening to your podcast. Do with that information what you will. Yeah. Love the show. Thanks for doing it.

01:00:48

Adal

That is fucking bonkers.

Erin

What a devastating way to find out that God doesn't like our podcast.

JPC

I don't know. There's not a court in this land that would convict us. I think we're fine.

Adal

Lightning crashes and old mother dies. Here's how I would spin it. If that was me, if there but for the grace of there is no God, Uh, goes I. I would start wearing, what is it, a very goofy movie? The band Powerline? I would start wearing exclusively Powerline sweaters and shirts and everything, and when people came out to me to talk about the shirt, I would parlay that into me being like, did you know I almost got hit by lightning the other day? By a Powerline?

JPC

If that were me, I would just tell people I got hit by lightning, and that's why I am the way I am.

Erin

It's a concerning trend that it seems like people might start calling us in an emergency. If you almost get struck by lightning or get struck by lightning, I'd say have us be your third call. I would say that's number one. If someone sees a car crash, they call Hey Riddle Riddle.

Adal

We're going to start having voicemails that are narrated by Werner Herzog with a disclaimer of like, please do not listen to this voicemail.

01:01:53

JPC

When I got into that car accident where I almost died, the very first person I called was this person that I was working on this, like I was on my way to shoot a 48 hour film project. I called like that person to be like, hey, I'm not going to come because I got this really bad car crash. They were like, call the hospital. Or your family. Call a doctor. Outstanding. Outstanding. I'm glad you're still alive and I'm glad you're still listening.

Adal

Yes. Erin, besides Howard Dean, is there anything else you'd like to plug?

Erin

Sure. I was recently on an episode of Improv is Dead with some of Webbus and it was really fun and that's already out so you can check that out. Adal, anything to plug?

Adal

JPC and I were recently on an episode of Too Scary Didn't Watch. I think we plugged it last week or two weeks ago, but just want to say if you haven't listened to it, please check it out. We had a really good time talking about Dead Zone and I really enjoyed it. And also, I maybe already mentioned this. Erin, you recommended a game called It Takes Two. Gemma and I started playing it. It is some of the most fun I've ever had playing a video game. I think you have to have two people in the same room to play it, I believe. Maybe you can play it online, but it is some of the most fun I've ever had playing a video game. Could not recommend it more enough. Erin, thank you for putting that in my field of vision. JPC, anything to plug?

01:03:08

JPC

As always, I am ceding my plug time to read a five-star review if you want to get your five-star review. Featured on the show, just leave us a five-star review on iTunes. This five-star review is from Slablo Picasso. Is that a big grande?

Adal

That's a big grande reference.

JPC

Yeah, Slablo Picasso writes, Very, very funny. Earnest and joyful in an infectious way that will more often than not leave you beaming as the credits play. And not because the episode is finally over. Erin Adal and John Patrick Coan make every week brighter without fail. P.S. The Patreon is somehow even better. Truly one of the reviews of all time. Anyway, I've been wanting to talk to you guys about this cool new idea I'm jazzed about called Reaganomics.

Adal

Did he say in the review, truly one of the reviews of all time?

JPC

It's just truly one of the reviews of all time. Now here's what I will say. I do think that when you type in a review on iTunes, I don't think it gives you like a spell check thing.

Erin

It gives you a word count, so you have to be...

01:04:09

JPC

Yeah, you're typing into a form, so there's a lot of mistakes in these reviews, and I do think it's very funny to read them as is.

Erin

That's so funny. I actually have one more riddle for you guys. Oh, please. From Kat earlier. Okay, Kat earlier. I think these were the snack ones. I am the last child of a Titan, who ate all my siblings before me. When I overthrew him, I married my sister, who I discovered was really quite boring. I slept all around, and the proof can be found in the stars and space above you. For much to my shame, the astronomers gave the names of my partners to my moon.

Adal

Well, I know the guy, the God who ate his own son, very famous portrait. Uh, maybe it's a photo. We don't know. We don't know. The technology that they had, but I know that was Chup... Chup... Uh, what is his name? Juniper... Chronos. Juniper... Chronos. Bye forever.

01:05:18

JPC

And that's why Boris Johnson is stepping down. The parliamentary elections will be head. The Tory leadership must remain strong if we are ever to overcome. It is actually a very important distinction. It is that the Labour governor... Frankly, my darling, we are gonna die.

Adal

I'm not stopping it. You're closing the whole thing.

JPC

I'm not doing it. Turn it off, Casey. Why is it so fucking long?

Adal

What the fuck? We regret to inform you that JPC, Erin Keif, and Adal Rifai have died.

Erin

Oh my god, that's what you would hear if you went to Hey Riddle Riddle hell.

Adal

Is that... Oh my god. I think my neighbors are banging on my front door.

JPC

Yeah, there's definitely banging coming from inside of my head.

Adal

The banging is coming from inside your head.

JPC

I honestly keep all of it. If anything, add more Howard Dean students in post. Hey there, JF's and DB's. If you like that, you are going to love this week's Patreon. We have Jesse Farrar and Mike Hale from the Your Kickstarter Sucks podcast on to play a little game of real or fake. 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 and you get those ad-free episodes for $8 a month. See you there!

01:06:46

???

That was a Headgum podcast.