Which Riddle Riddle?

#283: Best of 2023 Part 1

00:00:01

Erin

This is a HeadGum Podcast.

???

Ho, ho, ho, and welcome to part one of our 2023 best of episode. Anti-Santee? Is that Anti-Santee?

JPC

What did everybody get for each other for our Christmas gift this year for each other? Oh my god, we forgot to do that.

00:01:06

Adal

Well, maybe. Maybe we did, maybe we didn't.

JPC

We'll have to wait and... Looks like Erin forgot. Erin, want to go first?

Erin

Oh my god, we actually forgot to do it this year. Who normally organizes that? Is it me?

JPC

Erin has forgotten to do it.

Adal

I'll go ahead and say what I got. This is from Erin. It's a big Macy's bag. Okay, I'm opening it up. It's mostly tissue paper. Oh, there's something at the bottom here. Interesting. Okay, this is a dead turtle. All right.

Erin

I was just trying to return my dead turtle to Macy's. That wasn't a gift. I'm so sorry. I completely forgot about our gift exchange.

JPC

I got one from Erin as well. That's not how this works. Erin doesn't get both of us, but I got one from Erin. Fine.

Erin

I was trying to return two dead turtles to Macy's.

JPC

Well, that's a spoiler. Now I guess I don't even bother unwrapping it. Whoa, wait a minute.

Adal

My turtle just flew away. It was a turtle dove. Wait, Erin, how many turtle doves did you try and return? I've made an expensive mistake.

JPC

Think about it. Erin, how many turtle doves?

Adal

How many turtle doves? Erin, think about it.

00:02:08

Erin

Three. No.

Adal

It can't be. She's singing numbers again.

Erin

Two turtle doves. It's two.

JPC

There you go. Erin has anosmia. She has that thing where she sings colors. Where I'm so annoying.

Adal

Making me anosmus, nauseous, anosmus.

Erin

So everybody, this is our first of our best of. Adal, DPC, what were some of your favorite moments of the year?

JPC

Honestly- Great question, Erin. Let's listen to a couple of them now. Is that what we were supposed to do?

Erin

Think of something you liked.

Adal

Honestly, number one with a dead turtle, or living turtle dove, would be the introduction of one of my favorite characters, Auntie Santy.

Erin

That happened just now, Apple. Huh?

Adal

I know it all feels very recent.

JPC

And all the stuff I like happened on the Patreon, so patreon.com slash heyriddleriddle.

Adal

For the real best of. Just go through that. That's the real best of.

Erin

Well, I'm the one who put these together, so if you don't like these episodes, blame moi.

Adal

Erin, why would you do that? Erin, here's the thing. Why would you do that? JPC and I recognize... Trying to protect you. Protect me? JPC and I recognize how much work you put into these every year. We're so thankful. We love you so much. We care about you so much. We respect that you put so much work into it, so we chipped in and we got you something.

00:03:26

Erin

Please, you dead turtle doves.

Adal

Here, JBC, lift! There you go, Erin, if you want to unwrap it.

Erin

Ooh, and I'm unwrapping it. I'm unwrapping it. Ow, ow, it's French hens! Fuck! But how many?

Adal

But how many? But how many?

Erin

Three. Three French hens. Three, it's three. Ow!

Adal

And here's the thing, Erin, you would not believe how big these guys get.

Erin

It's Okay, well, this is useless to me. Thank you so much for the gift, guys. Thank you for a great year. I had a lot of fun listening to these episodes. I do have to always bring it up in therapy how hard it is to listen to myself so much in such a short amount of time making these episodes. It's happened the last couple years. But I did laugh out loud a lot. And I felt very grateful for a year filled with laughter with you two guys and Casey.

00:04:40

Adal

Erin, it's me, Hunter, your therapist. Unbuttoned shirt to the navel. Wind starts to flow. I just wanted to say I'm really proud of your growth this year.

Erin

Okay, this rules.

JPC

Guys, get out of here. And I would just like to say, sincerely, I really enjoyed everything that we did as a group this year. I think we put out some very funny stuff, again, on the Patreon. The main feed's really going downhill in a hair basket. It's not really great stuff anymore. It's obvious that we've kind of checked out. We're taking two weeks off, so what does that tell you? But the Patreon, that's where the good shit still lives.

Erin

Yeah, new stuff through the end of the year. No best ofs over there. Well, enjoy this. It's mostly Lord of Beeps, probably. We love you so much and we'll see you next week.

Adal

Erin, I'm on the back of this French hen. Hop on. Let's ride to my summer home.

Erin

Okay. I love therapy.

00:05:51

JPC

My girl is pissed. Give me one second.

Adal

Erin, you look like when a president has to sign the bill that says, like, we're going to war, and they put down the pin. When the vice president clears it off their desk, and then they just put down the pin and squeeze their foreheads. Knowing that history has changed forever.

???

Adal! Adal!

Erin

I'm making that face just reading ahead at the riddles we're about to choose.

Adal

So you're saying we're going to war. Erin, you're saying we're going to war.

???

Oh, I'm crying. That's so heavy. This feels on my soul. That I may change as a president. We're going to war.

Erin

It's like a black and white photo of me being like, dear God, the absolute pain and suffering that is upon us.

Adal

The humanity. Oh. What is that? Oh, we're going to war.

00:06:56

Erin

Ladies and gentlemen of this great nation, I stand before you, a president with a heavy heart, to tell you that we will be doing riddles for the rest of the episode. My apologies to our citizens and let freedom ring. GBC, you just missed a lifetime. Oh, brother. Okay.

JPC

Alright, are you guys ready for a frickin' road trip? Woohoo! Alright, Erin, you were on snacks. Tell me what you brought.

Erin

I brought a bunch of loose teeth. Enough to share. Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry. Couple glue sticks. Some uncooked rice. Okay. So the same stuff as last time.

JPC

I fucked up. Yeah, same stuff as last time. Same stuff as last time. Okay. Adal, Adal, bring us back. You're on tunes, brother. Tell me what you brought. Woo! Yeah! Jock jams. Wild man. What?

00:07:57

Adal

Jock jams? Jock jams. But not the, sorry, not one through five. It's six when they kind of were scraping the bottom of the sports barrel.

Erin

Just like last time.

Adal

Just kind of just like last time. So it's not, I mean, they're not really sports anthems.

Erin

That's okay, that's okay. It's all about the destination. JPC, where are we going on the road trip?

JPC

It's our destination. Well, you know I like to keep it a little crazy. So I brought out the globe, spun that motherfucker, and then jammed my finger on it to stop, and we are going to the Pacific Ocean.

Adal

Oh yeah, you shouldn't... Most of the... Just like last time. Just like last time.

JPC

Well, just like last time, we're going to be listening to Pump Up the Soccer while eating baby teeth at the bottom of the ocean.

Erin

We all get out of the car, silently walk into the studio, sit down, and decide to record an episode instead.

JPC

Yeah, this is better.

Erin

Okay, what are we doing? You got sued. Don't know who sued you. That's your own business. It definitely wasn't me for attention. But Godspeed and good luck.

00:09:06

JPC

It says, whoever is suing us, their name has been redacted for their own protection.

Erin

Yeah, and I spelled all those words wrong.

JPC

Huh. Yeah. It was redacted wrong as well as it was just underlined instead of blacked out. And it says Erin Keif with a big black underline underneath it.

Adal

And then there's also a weird little portion where it's, I guess it's referencing Billy Joel's, You Ought to Know by Now, where underneath redact, it says redact-act-act-act-act-act-act-act.

Erin

Yeah, I got that confused with the Alanis Morissette song. I wanted to make an Alanis Morissette and then I forgot and I started singing the Billy Joel.

JPC

And it looks like you included the ChatGBT prompt that you used to build the rest of this because it says, ChatGBT, build me a lawsuit against you assholes. You spelled both of our names correctly, which 90% of the people on the internet can't do.

Erin

Here's the craziest thing. I typed that into ChatGBT and it started making a lawsuit. GBT? GBT. JPC. A lawsuit against the two of you. It just knew that you were the two biggest assholes in the world. Isn't that so crazy that computers know that now too?

00:10:12

Adal

And Erin, I'm looking at the second page here and it's one of those games where it's a bald man and you have a little magnetic pen and you put the hair on him.

Erin

Look, now he has a mustache. Now he has a beard. Now he has some hair.

JPC

Okay, in page three it looks like it's that game where you have to like pull the floor away so that like water falls into lava. Is this an ad? Are you running ads at this court? It doesn't matter.

Erin

Just sign here and then we can be done with this entire interaction.

Adal

Page six is yo-bituaries? Did you mean obituaries? I did not. These are like yo mama jokes.

Erin

Yeah, this would be calling out all the people who died recently. I'm roasting them to oblivion.

JPC

Okay, actually, Erin, I don't know if it's the right project for you per se, but I do like the project. I do like yo-bituaries. I think maybe this runs.

Erin

I'd like to see a scene. GPC, you're an orchestra conductor, and you've just been struck by lightning, but you're trying to play it off like you haven't.

00:11:33

JPC

Hey Brian, hey Brian, Brian. Hey, why don't you sit down?

Adal

Why don't you sit down?

JPC

Tibbles? Do you mean sibbles?

Adal

Brian, hey Brian. Brian, you gotta lay down.

JPC

Right side of the orchestra, take a break.

Adal

The right side of your face is drooping. No, that's for the song.

Erin

Josh, let him try for 30 seconds and then we'll tell him to stop.

JPC

You should be playing trombone. You shouldn't be up here. Sit back down and play trombone. Okay, now I'm going to turn around. Right side of the orchestra, take a break. Left side, pick it up. Left side, pick it up, because I've turned it around. Now I'm doing the left side.

Erin

You're just pointing at us again and again. Where are we at in the music?

JPC

Okay, pause. Pause the music. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen. Excuse me for one second while I talk to my orchestra. Guys, do you want to be here?

Erin

He's facing the audience now.

???

Come on.

00:12:35

JPC

I know we all got stuff to do. We can all be at the hospital getting the medicine that we need. I'm a doctor.

Adal

No sir, sit back. Sir in the audience, please sit down.

JPC

Tonight, you're just enjoying your time. You paid a lot of money for the orchestra. We're gonna keep... Oh, got hit again. Hey, it fixed me. I'm all better now. I'm better on both sides. What? Hold on. What fixed you back? Say cymbals. Cymbals.

Adal

Cymbals. It fixed me. Honestly, Sarah, that was pretty close.

JPC

And a two, and a through, and a root, and a grip.

Adal

Nope, something's wrong.

JPC

Cymbals. Crash them. You know what, folks? Pause. Pause, everyone.

Adal

I'm sorry. If you stop waving your wand, we pause.

JPC

I'm sorry everybody that my band is so unprofessional. I'm going to lay down right now. I'm going to take a little five minute micro nap. It's going to be so brief. I'm going to take off one shoe, take off the other shoe, take off my shirt, fold it, fold my shirt.

00:13:35

Erin

Boss, why don't you just go to the hospital? We'll try to get the backup conductor to continue.

JPC

No! You want Pete to come out here? He doesn't even know what he's doing.

Erin

Great, then let's just take it from the top. Just try to start us over again.

Adal

Hey Sarah, I can see his brain is starting to leak out of his head.

Erin

Let him try.

Adal

That's bad.

JPC

Okay. Are we ready? Are we ready to be adults? Are we ready to be professionals? I think we're the villains here.

Adal

We're ready.

JPC

And a five, and a fire, and a sneeze, and a wires.

Adal

That was actually very good.

JPC

Oh, wait.

Adal

He wrapped himself up in the American flag.

JPC

Thank you, everyone. This has been Brian Seltzer, Orchard Scrum. He's floating up to the ceiling.

Adal

And everyone, look under your chairs.

JPC

Everyone has keys to a brand new Ferrari. No, don't do that. I'm going to take a little. It's going to be a three minute quick, quick, quick, quick, quick nap. Quick nap. Three minute nap? And I'll take a quick bow. It fixed him. He's back. I think that's my new favorite character. I'm not even kidding. I absolutely loved that.

00:14:41

Erin

Guy who keeps getting struck by lightning?

???

Sure.

JPC

We're going to see a scene, Erin's a princess and I'm a prince from a foreign land, and I have been wed to Erin. But Adal, you are going to be playing the knight that always gets in between when it's our wedding night. You are bewitching in the moonlight, milady, and I am so much looking forward to consummating our holy matrimony this eve.

Erin

You've written such beautiful poetry to me through our courting and, uh, such a lovely day. I feel blessed to be here and I can't wait to be with you, my sweet husband.

???

Hail and well met, and I, too, am excited for a night of romp and sexual intercourse.

Erin

Oh, oh my gosh, I thought you were one of those still knights that are here for display.

00:15:44

???

Like a suit of armor. You just started moving. Yes.

Erin

A suit of armor.

???

No, I'm still a knight.

Erin

Whoa!

Adal

And tonight, tonight, I shall betwixt you.

Erin

You smell like tuna fish.

Adal

What's going on? I can't get out, can I? I can't get out. Is that you, Sir Lance Not Much? That is correct. I got the name because every time I came upon a dragon, I would scream and run away. And so people said, what a coward. He does not lance very much. That's not why he got the name. He's just a cockblocker.

Erin

Well, Sir Lance Not Much. Cockblocker. We are happy to have you here. Could you, um, maybe protect the door from the outside?

Adal

Yes, guard the door.

Erin

Guard us while we consummate our marriage. What a wonderful idea.

Adal

Why don't all three of us stand up and I will stay betwixt you and we shall shuffle our way over to the door.

JPC

Ooh, here's an idea. Uh, we're both parched from the wedding ceremony so that's not much. Would you mind going down yonder hall and fetching us a cask of fine wine?

00:16:47

Adal

Um, I wouldn't mind if the three of us just want to get up together and again shuffle down yonder hall, uh, grab some, uh, Hey men!

Erin

How can I say this without being crass? We want to beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, in case you put beep there. to each other without you there.

JPC

Yes, what is the best way to phrase this? I would like to beep upon my wife's beep. Of course, understood. Say no more beeps.

Erin

And I would like to try beeping her his beep. And if we have time, perhaps try something like beep or beep. I mean, at the end of the day, beep.

JPC

Sounds like a traffic jam in here. Listen, here's what I'll do. And maybe she throws a hand behind and I get my beep beeped.

Erin

Just a little, just a little bit. Oh, beep yeah. Oh, beep yeah.

Adal

Okay, well I know that stood for prostate milked, but here's what I'll do. I'll compromise. I'll stay- Beep him!

JPC

Where's the Lord of Beeps? How is he able to say prostate milked?

???

Wait, the Lord of Beeps must be dead! Sound the alarm!

00:17:48

JPC

He's been murdered!

???

He's been murdered! Fuck! Oh God! Fuck! I can say it!

JPC

Oh! Suck my fucking nuts! He's been murdered!

???

Oh no!

Erin

The Lord of Beeps!

Adal

Scene.

Erin

Oh my god, what the hell is happening y'all? What is happening y'all? I don't feel so good. What's going on?

???

Okay.

JPC

I think the Lord of Beeps is Casey's best character yet.

???

Oh, the Lord of Beeps goes across the land.

Erin

Beeping all the bad things he say. The Lord of Beeps goes across the land. He'll never let you say a bad thing.

Adal

Lord of Beeps. Yes, itty beeps, itty beeps, itty sucks on a beep, bitty fucks suck beep, bitty beep, beep, beep. Sometimes it's beeping, fuck times it's not. Beep, beep, fuck, suck, bop, dick. There he goes, the Lord of Beeps. Fucking his horse across the land, Beep.

JPC

Erin, do you have more riddles for us?

???

No, I want to keep singing about the Lord of Beeps.

00:18:49

Adal

The Lord of Beeps is a tall old man and he's too short too.

Erin

I'm just thinking about more Lord of Beeps songs if someone else wants to talk.

JPC

Well, we don't have any riddles, so I don't know how we're going to talk.

???

The Lord of Beeps won't let you down.

Erin

Tell you why, it's cause he cares. He loves to do what he loves to go. He'll never fall in love though, the Lord of Beeps.

JPC

What's funny about this is the Lord of Beeps is canonically dead, so we're just like standing over his dead body singing.

Adal

We're all drunk and we're singing... Yeah, body tales. Body tales.

Erin

Hopefully we've gotten Arnie Parrott to write a Lord of Beep song that we can end this episode with.

???

Lords and ladies of the distinguished Finger F*** Tavern, please gather round for a song of the greatest hero in all the land. F*** my life, here we go. Bang your mugs on the table, folks.

???

Oh, the Lord of Beeps is a noble man Keeping order from chaos throughout the land With the guiding light of his gentle hand Keeps the worst of us at bay He knows of the demons we keep therein And he purges the words that are worse than sin So we wrote this chorus to honor him Full of words that we can't say So we'll toast his... In the... Church... With a... In a tentacle... He sells... Their men and... Their... In the leftist communist... So we'll... Fuck, drudge, cock, and slap my snatch with a hairy rock and all. Fuck. I mean, what? What the fuck? I mean, fuck!

00:20:24

???

I can fucking swear!

???

Oh, mother of God, piss on the cross, what the fuck is...

Adal

Hey, what's going on? Oh my god. Oh my god. What did you do? Oh my god. Oh my god.

???

It does not matter who you are. That reaction when you come in our room always sucks. Like, I know what I look like, but this truly is painful to see.

Adal

Head of a goat. Body of a goat. Wings of a goat, which is no wings.

JPC

Legs of a goat. Huh? You don't describe what someone looks like physically when they come into a rib cage. Is that something you do? I wasn't being rude. I didn't say you look like Steve Buscemi.

???

Head of a goat. Body of a goat.

JPC

Erin, I think that was about you.

Adal

Well, Erin, now that you mention it.

???

Laugh of a goat.

Adal

Diet of a goat. Erin, you have the diet of a goat. I watched you drink the Sprite and eat the can.

00:21:25

Erin

The can's the best part. It tastes like Sprite.

JPC

The can's the dessert. You guys don't eat the can when you're done with the Sprite?

Erin

Sorry, Demon. Give us one second. I guess we have a lot to talk about. All right, we have to play a game. Adal, you clearly need to be on the team, obviously, for the people who are naming these movies. So if the 10th movie was Fast 10 Your Seatbelts, I'm going to put three minutes on the clock here. The two of you need to come up with the titles of the Fast and Furious movies 11 through 20, just so we can get ahead of it and they can start actually using these.

JPC

Oh, I got the next one. Fast 11 Diesel Resurrection.

Erin

Wait, hold on. What is that? Say that again.

Adal

Fast 11 diesel resurrection. I hope him repeating that didn't count against our time. I have the next one. Yeah. Fast 12 days of Christmas. It's 12 days until Christmas and they have to kind of drive. They're being chased by nine lords a leaping, 10 swans swimming, whatever that is. So fast 12 days till Christmas.

00:22:35

JPC

I'm

Adal

the show. Your seatbelts. Fast teen your seatbelts. It's kind of a parody of Not Another Teen Movie, which is like doing a parody of a Weird Al song. Fast Sweet 16. Yeah, Fast Sweet 16. So this is where, at this point, the cars are sentient. I think we all agree on that. And it's one of the cars' 16th birthday, and they get a new car for their birthday. So this one has, hold on to your seatbelts, this one has cars driving cars. So cars get inside, bigger cars, and they drive the cars, but there's people in the smaller cars that are driving the bigger cars. Does that make sense? It's like a Russian nesting doll.

00:23:43

JPC

Then of course we have Fast 17 again, which is whatever happens in that movie, if that is a movie. It just happens, but with cars.

Adal

Yes, then we have Fast 18 Again, which is a remake of the George Burns movie, where the car, it's an older car and it gets younger, so it's like a little baby car.

JPC

Fast 19, colon the Cuervo Gold, which is a Steely Dan reference, so sorry.

Adal

And then we have Fast 2.0. Yes. They put the dot in the wrong spot, but it's 20, but it's 2.0, so. Yeah.

JPC

How are we on time?

Erin

Okay. I have no idea, but I'm going to read them back to you. Okay.

JPC

I don't want to hear it back.

Erin

It's sort of like showing a dog its throat.

JPC

No, no.

Erin

Don't rub our nose in this.

JPC

Yeah, I don't want to. This is not how you train a dog.

Erin

I don't want to hear more. 10 is Fast 10 Your Seatbelts, which you never got better than that. That one was the best one. 11, Fast 11 Diesel Resurrection, Fast 12 Days of Christmas, Fast 13 Going on 30, Fast 14 Going on 31, Super Bowl something, typo, XV, aka Fast Teen Your Seatbelts. Fast Sweet 16, parentheses, cars are sentient, cars driving cars. Fast 17 again, whatever happens in that movie. Fast 18 again. Fast 19, Cuervo Gold. Fast 2.0.

00:25:17

JPC

And you say it kind of like, the Cuervo Gold. And then the subheader on that is the fine Columbia.

Adal

And Erin, can I say, I should have added this onto Fast 2.0. So Fast 2.0, of course, is Fast and the Furious 20. The subtitle for that is Fast and the Curious. So the cars are in college, they're 20 years old, they're junior year of college, and they're starting to experiment. So they're kissing maybe same-sex cars, they're just putting themselves out there in ways that they haven't before. So that's Fast 2.0, Fast and the Curious. And then after that it's Fast 21, and then the subtitle of that is, This is Getting Exhausting. And that's a fun play on exhaust.

Erin

What about Fast 21, Jump Street, Furious?

JPC

Okay, Erin, you're hired. You wanted the job and you nailed the interview.

Erin

That's the best one. And I stand by that.

JPC

All right, Erin, you brought it up. So we got to talk about it. I'm on beverage watch. We've been on this call for 10 minutes. I've seen you sip two different beverages. So tell me, what are you drinking?

00:26:28

Erin

Well, then you can do the final count when I show you. I have some tea.

JPC

Okay, cup of tea. I thought that might be a cup of tea.

Erin

I have a seltzer. A polar seltzer. We're a polar family. I've got a mango factor smoothie.

Adal

That's a third drink.

Erin

She's pulling up a fourth.

???

And I have a coffee.

Erin

And just out of reach I have a water. It's like I'm at brunch and I'm hungover. Yeah, there's a water, but I don't want to reach that far.

Adal

So it's a bit of a five drink morning. Yes.

Erin

And I wish I had more. To be honest, I feel like I'm missing a couple categories.

JPC

I kind of wish I had like a juice, but... Erin, how do you... Isn't one of those a mango smoothie? Wait, what?

Erin

Yeah, but I want like juice. Smoothies are not juice.

Adal

Erin, when you walk around the house, how do you not just slosh? How do your insides not just slosh around?

???

I do slosh. Who told you I didn't slosh?

Adal

I slosh. I just assumed. Okay. Good to know. Good to know. Big old sip of the smoothie.

00:27:28

JPC

Erin's obituary will definitely be how much she sloshes. Obituary? I slosh too much. She's sloshing in the coffin.

Erin

Yeah, I'm sloshing in the coffin.

Adal

I do want to see a scene. Erin, you are the famed superhero of Skylight City. You are Rotator. JPC, you are the sidekick of Rotator, Reverser. And this is going to be Rotator and Reverser out on their first night patrolling the city.

Erin

Reverser, I'm going to be honest with you. I'm a little dizzy. I keep spinning and I'm getting some pretty bad motion sickness.

???

That's the best.

JPC

That's his language. That's how he speak.

Erin

Yeah, of course. You both are two chickens on a farm and you both have you swear like sailors.

00:28:34

???

I got a big cock. I got a big cock. I got a big cock. I got a big cock. I got a big cock. I got a big cock.

JPC

I got a big cock. Hey Jeff, what the fuck is going on man? What are you doing? Oh no. I'm trying to read the paper, man. What's going on?

???

And I'm trying to look in the mirror like George Washington. Look at my cock. I've got a big cock. Jeff. Jeff.

JPC

You've got to get your life together. What are you doing?

???

I've got a big cock.

JPC

Come on. It's a break room, man.

???

We're just two guys hanging out. We can be guys, big guys. Guys, big guys. It's a locker room talk. Big cock. I've got a big cock. It's a locker room talk. I've got a big cock.

JPC

I guess, man. I guess.

???

I've got a big cock.

JPC

All right. Let me see it. Okay, yeah, pretty big. Yeah, pretty big. I mean, yeah. Congratulations, man. That's awesome.

Erin

I don't know if that might be one of my favorite scenes ever. Oh, brother.

00:29:38

???

A message from the king. Any person this day forward who shall do riddles will be executed.

Erin

Man, I just got it.

JPC

This king is wishy-washy.

Erin

Sorry, I have to stop the podcast for one second. Something insane just happened to me.

???

Sorry, is this your new character?

Erin

Erin, is this your new character? Yeah, we paused. We're going back to that.

JPC

Remember when we would do improv on stage and Erin would be like, okay, everybody, pause. I had something crazy happen to me.

Adal

I just heard a pop in my knee. And I need everyone to shut up.

Erin

So I put my hands down on my legs, right?

Adal

Sure, yeah. And then I was like, what?

Erin

There's something... I'm wearing leggings. I went to Pilates this morning wearing leggings, not to brag.

Adal

So far, nothing to stop a podcast over.

Erin

Exactly. But you'll see. Adal, I am so confident you're about to be on my side. You have no idea. Wow. I would bet my life you're about to be on my side. And then I feel something in between my leggings and my leg and I go, I've been wearing these for... for

00:31:13

Adal

They're putting kernels in your tights?

JPC

Wait, Erin, Erin, is it in, it was in between your legging and your leg, a little kernel of popcorn?

Erin

Yes! What does it mean? Okay, now you understand why I had to stop the fun podcast? That's crazy. You guys, that's so weird.

JPC

Erin, here's what I will say.

Erin

What?

JPC

I get that this is alarming to you, but it is not surprising to me.

Adal

Does that make sense? Yeah, can I say something? Erin, you are so adamant I would be on your side, and honestly, I don't know if finding a piece of popcorn on your pants is worth stopping at.

???

In my pants, Adal!

Erin

Serves up my guy 100%. Casey, thank you.

JPC

It was in her pants, but Erin, and don't take this the wrong way, you are the type of person who I don't think it is unreasonable that you find a little popcorn in your pants.

Adal

Yeah, Erin, I think without being... Erin, I love you so much. I love you so much. Sometimes you just have to know who you are. You're the type of person, Erin, I love you so much. You're the type of person who would go to speak and suddenly realize they have a mouthful of tomato soup and it would just go everywhere and you'd be like, I totally forgot I had put some soup in my mouth this morning and I just been holding it in my mouth all day.

00:32:28

Erin

I don't know what you're talking about. I get compared to Grace Kelly all the time. I'm nothing but.

JPC

I do think that if you think this is rock bottom, I think some self-reflection has to be at play here because I gotta tell you, this is the top. You are soaring right now with a little piece of popcorn. You have said on the podcast how much worse it can get. I can't breathe, I'm spinning. I kind of thought you were like, I'm wearing tights, I went to Pilates, I looked down and put my hand on my leg and said, this feels weird, I'm not wearing tights. I have thought I've been wearing tights all morning and I am not wearing tights.

Adal

I think it's something where I could see Erin Erin is in the back rooms of Harvard, in some wood-paneled room in the library. She's defending her dissertation for PhD. Yeah. And halfway through, she stops, she goes, I'm so sorry. Can we stop for a second? You're going to love this. I just found a cat hair in my hair. I've never owned a cat. And they say, please, please leave.

00:33:33

JPC

Erin, I have some theories, though. I have some theories. So, with the popcorn, do you have your own washer and dryer, or do you have a washer and dryer that you share with other people in your building?

Erin

I have my own washer and dryer. It's the best part of my life.

JPC

My theory is out. Sorry, this theory no longer applies.

Adal

I truly think someone's trying to kill you. Or, Erin, as per last week's episode, Sorry, this is directed towards JPC. Or JPC, as per last week's episode, Erin is slowly introducing things she's allergic to, just by happenstance appearing, because she's going to fake her own death.

JPC

Oh, okay. Also, pertaining to last week's episode, it could be that Erin went to a movie, sat on a popcorn kernel... Oh yeah. Then she came home, took her tights off backwards. Now it's inside. Didn't know her tights were on backwards today. Put on those same tights the other way. So really what she's doing is she's wearing her tights backwards with a popcorn kernel inside now.

00:34:35

Adal

Erin, I have a question that could be dumb. If it is, I want you to remain silent. I'm pretty well versed in biology. Could that have been an ovary? Hmm, pretty well.

JPC

He's like a 75% almost there. I got a 75% on my biology test.

Erin

I don't know much about anything.

Adal

Don't know much about nothing.

Erin

That seems too small for an ovary. Yeah. It's certainly a popcorn kernel. It 100% was. And you know what? I regret saying anything because I thought I would have two... Okay, hold on, hold on.

Adal

Wishiwashi, nobody says that about the king. You shall be beheaded now. Hey, my guy, I was already getting executed, okay?

Erin

Sorry, back to my thing.

JPC

Welcome to Hey Riddle Riddle.

Erin

I texted Sean and I said, have you eaten popcorn this week? And he just texted back, no.

???

OK.

JPC

OK. It's a podcast about riddles. I am one of your hosts.

Erin

You are two John Wick's and you just got on the same elevator.

00:35:40

???

Can you hit three? Sure.

Adal

And we fast forward through 38 minutes of dead silence. Thanks. Yeah. And 30 more minutes he goes back down the slow elevator. Are they able to kiss?

???

Hey, you dropped this. Pulls out knife.

???

56 minutes later.

???

Yeah, I'm thinking I'm stabbed.

Adal

48 minutes later. I miss him.

JPC

Who? Two guys walk out of the theater. That fucking rule, man.

???

What the fuck was that? Oh my god, I fucking love that. That was awesome. Action movies are back, baby.

Adal

The dog, when his dog, the dog pressed the button on the elevator. Oh fuck.

00:36:47

Erin

The fight choreography alone, bro.

Adal

Unbelievable.

JPC

Okay, cool. So let's get on the line right now. We have about an hour until Erin gets back and then she blows this whole thing up. So I'll just call every celebrity in my phone, you call every celebrity in your phone, okay?

Adal

Okay. Yep, somebody already answered. Hello, Joe Pesci?

???

Hey, it's me, Joe.

Adal

Oh my gosh. JBC, JBC, JBC, JBC. JBC, I cracked something right open.

JPC

I never expected Erin to help with this at all.

Adal

There's two Joe Pesci's, I cracked the code.

JPC

Too many Pesci's, too many Pesci's. You called the two Joe Pesci's. Pesci, Pesci, Pesci, three Pesci's. We have a band called Joe Pesh Mood. Okay.

Erin

Okay.

???

Do you think I'm funny like a clown? Like there's three of me in this car?

00:37:50

JPC

I never in a million years did I expect Erin to just help out. She had a look on her face like, you dug your own grave boys.

Erin

That's just my resting face is the, you dug your own grave boys face. JPC, you are Adal's dad and you are teaching him how to shave, but you maybe don't really know how to do it and you don't know what you're talking about.

Adal

Ready, Dad.

JPC

Okay.

Adal

Okay.

JPC

Yeah.

Adal

So obviously- Lay out all the utensils and here we go.

JPC

Yeah. Everything you have here is what you need. And then there's, you could use a gel lather or like a foam lather. That's up to you. They both kind of lather up the same, but you never want to shave dry. You definitely want to use one of these lathers.

Adal

Okay. Now dad, those are, um, what you put forward is two different types of hot honey.

JPC

Yes, well, no, now, you need a little bit of the honey, because it makes the hair stick up, and it needs to be hot, because it's like an icy hot thing, because the blade is going to be so cold. And it'll lather up really nice, you have to add it to the milk or whatever, and you choose the milk, it could be 1%, 2%, full fat, skim, whatever you like. Now typically the way that this works is you go bottom to top. So you're going to want to start toes.

00:39:08

???

Okay.

JPC

You don't have hair on the underside of your feet, do you? Most people don't.

Adal

Yes, I do, sir.

JPC

Okay. So it's underside of your feet up to the upper side of your feet, toes, then foot, then leg. And then we're just going to, we just kind of, we'll just kind of keep moving, like keep, you know, zoop, zoop going up. Should it make that noise? What's that?

Adal

Should it make that noise? Zoop?

JPC

Either you make the noise or it makes the noise. The noise gets made. Uh-huh.

Adal

And you said I have to ride this Razor scooter the whole time?

JPC

I think so. I think it's important not ride it, but be on it. And you can have one foot on the floor, because I don't think it's about balance. And then, and let me just check my phone. Okay, so none of your uncles have texted back, which doesn't matter. I'm not waiting for a text for them at all. And you're ready to start shaving, huh?

Adal

Yes, sir.

JPC

Okay. You know what? It's your first time. We should get a treat. You should have a treat.

Adal

Oh, okay.

JPC

Because that's how you associate a positive reinforcement with it, is you have a little treat. Why don't we go out to Ice Cream? You know what? There's an ice cream store right by your uncle's work.

00:40:15

Adal

Oh.

JPC

So why don't we pop into the hardware store, you get the ice cream across the street, I'll talk to your uncle about something that's nothing, and then we get right back into this. Is that okay?

Adal

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, let me go. Should I drive?

JPC

I just got a text message from one of your uncles, which is great. Didn't even need to hear back from them, but here's what I will say. You should be, whatever part you want to shave, you should not have any clothes on for. So if it's going to be the feet, take the socks off.

Adal

It makes sense.

JPC

Yeah, because, yeah, now that we're both thinking about it, like shaving through the socks, that was a test and we both passed. So yeah, take the socks off first. Okay. Oh, another text from another one of your uncles.

Adal

I'm having a little trouble, Dad, taking the sock off because- Haven't heard from you since the funeral.

JPC

What is this about? Oh boy. You're right.

Erin

That is the first-

Adal

Really calling him out. I haven't heard from him since his funeral. What do you want? What do you want?

00:41:19

JPC

Yeah, that would be a text. Conceivably, I could send.

Erin

What's going on? Let's take a break. I don't want to do this for a minute. Let's take a break.

JPC

I don't want to do this for a minute. I agree.

???

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???

Yeah, you can connect with anyone from any distance.

???

This is a great gift. You actually gave this gift to your mother, did you not?

???

Not just my mother, but Jill's parents and Jill's grandmother.

???

So how does it work? You give them a digital picture frame and then before long they plug it in and they're seeing photos that you took? Yeah. And it's constantly being updated.

???

I have access to their picture frame. I can upload any new photo that I take of my daughter. I can just pop it on my mom and dad's frame. And then you can send videos too.

???

That's cute. And can you upload like a little silly cheeky message like, help, I'm trapped in the photo frame. Um, I guess you could do that. I don't think anyone would like it. Because it looks like kind of like a weird cry for help. They'd rather just see pictures of loved ones. Yeah, of the baby. They don't even want to see me. That's fair, actually. Yeah. Okay, so if that's not personal enough, you can even upload a video message to play as soon as they plug it in. Like I'm trapped in the photos.

00:42:43

???

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???

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???

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???

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Erin

Thanks. Adal and I have some bad news. Yeah. JPC got sucked into his toilet, and we cannot get him out. So, we cannot join them.

Adal

We can hear him, we can't see him. We've called plumbers, we've called exorcists, priests.

Erin

Right. But to self-soothe today, to try to stay positive, I want to talk about my favorite app on my phone, Rocket Money. 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.

00:43:50

Adal

Did you know, Erin, that over 80% of people have subscriptions they've forgotten about? It's too easy to subscribe to a free trial of something and then completely forget about it once you stop using it. Just like, you know, it's as easy as forgetting a friend in the toilet, am I right? Right as the monthly charges start rolling in, you know, all of a sudden you're like, oh no, I'm ruined. That's why I'm such a big fan of Rocket Money, Erin.

Erin

I've been using it way longer than they've been a sponsor. It helps so much with my taxes. Everything's color coordinated. It helps you figure out where your spending is going. It is the best. With over 5 million users and counting, Rocket Money has helped save its customers an average of $720 a year and a billion in total savings so far. That's about how much it's going to cost to get JPC out of the toilet.

Adal

Oh, I heard him. I think I heard him say thirsty. I'm going to flush the toilet real quick. There you go, buddy. Go nuts. Okay. Yes, Erin, I struggle with saving money every month and with Rocket Money you can quickly identify all those sneaky little subscriptions that keep charging you month after month and cancel any you no longer use. It's such an easy way to start saving money, Erin. I want to start saving money.

00:44:59

Erin

and they can negotiate to lower your bills for you by up to 20%. All you have to do is take a picture of your bill and Rocket Money takes care of the rest. It's like having a financial secretary and it's awesome. So stop wasting your 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, R-I-D-D-L-E, rocketmoney.com slash riddle. Right, GPC? Oh, we both did it.

Adal

We both did it.

Erin

Hey JPC and Adal, I've been thinking so much about how I've been craving like, like delicious restaurant quality food at home. Yeah. And I just, oh wait, JPC's sucked into a toilet. Yeah. But anyways, Adal, I've been thinking about it. And then guess what showed up at my door?

Adal

JPC's family?

Erin

CookUnity. Oh! No. Well, them too, but I did not open the door. CookUnity. And guess what I got to have for dinner last night?

Adal

What's that?

00:45:59

Erin

Lobster tacos from my own home, and they made me emotional. That is how good CookUnity is. CookUnity is the first chef-to-you service delivering locally sourced meals from award-winning chefs right to your door every week. And it's cheaper than other delivery options.

Adal

And here's the thing, around the holiday time, or really at any time, I'm just getting so tired of prepping every meal, cutting all the vegetables, turning the oven on and off, preheating stuff. With CookUnity, all you do, it comes all prepared for you. You just pop it in the oven, pop it in the microwave, and it's done in minutes.

Erin

I had lobster tacos last night. I'm going to have steak tonight, and I don't have to do any of the grocery shopping or the prep work, and it truly tastes like an incredible restaurant made it for me and brought it right to my door.

Adal

That sounds absolutely delicious. My meals were all absolutely delectable. I did feel bad for JPC. I wasn't going to waste any CookUnity on JPC, but I did flush some of his favorite hats and tanks down the toilet, so I think he's feeling comfortable down there.

00:47:05

Erin

Oh, yeah, probably, right? And every meal is handcrafted by chefs and made in local micro kitchens, not large production facilities. You can really taste how fresh and made with love they are.

Adal

Yeah, and if you have dietary preferences or restrictions, CookUnity has got you. Vegan, paleo, pescatarian, gluten-free, etc. There's a filter for soy, nut, and dairy-free options. They have your back. CookUnity is the best. You're going to want to check it out.

Erin

Your food arrives fresh, never frozen in packaging that keeps meals fresh in a fridge up to seven days. And CookUnity packaging is compostable, recyclable, and reusable. Pick as few as four or as many as 16 meals per week.

Adal

And you can do that now by going to cookunity.com slash riddle or entering code RIDDLE before checkout for 50% off your first week. That's 50% off your first week by using code RIDDLE or going to cookunity.com slash RIDDLE.

Erin

JPC would have loved this, but again, he did get sucked into a toilet.

00:48:06

Adal

Yeah. Um, I thought he was crawling out last night, but it was just a alligator.

Erin

Oh, okay.

Adal

The alligator did have help written on it, but that might've been something else.

JPC

All right, this is a real bummer. I hate to bring this up on the show, but I did just get an email. The subject of this real doctor's note is from Erin Keif. It says, to whom it may concern, Erin Keif should not do riddles today for medical reasons. Love, Erin's doctor. Now, I know I just broke HIPAA about nine times reading that on the air. That stinks. That sucks. Erin, now you don't have to disclose what the medical reasons are, but if you want to, I mean, we'll all honor it, of course.

Erin

Oh my god, I don't know. You should ask him. Write back and ask him.

JPC

Wow, you're assuming it's a him, huh?

Erin

It is a him. He just happens to be a him. I'm sorry.

JPC

Your doctor just happens to be a man? Bullshit. I thought you didn't want to do riddles today. I thought you were too sick to do riddles today.

00:49:10

Erin

I am.

JPC

Okay, you know what? Erin? Your thing says, Erin should not do riddles today for medical reasons. I think that that is fine because what I have today is actually not riddles. What I have today is American Girl Minute Mysteries. Wait!

Erin

Don't read the latest email from him. Don't, don't, don't.

JPC

Oh, don't, oh God. Now I'm just, okay. This email says her butt is sick.

???

No it doesn't! I don't know if it's a male doctor.

JPC

JBC, can you shake your email again? Wait, Erin, why does it say her butt is like... Okay, we've got another email here. It says, Hey, did you notice after my long elephant joke, Erin talked about her puffy eyes? Uh, that is from anonymous. I requested a related comment. Another email here. Separate, separate thread, by the way, just says, is she made at? And then it says me.

???

Can you ask her, is she made at me?

JPC

What the fuck could that mean? Is she made at me?

00:50:12

Adal

I do want to see you sleep. Okay. JPC, you are eating alone at a, this isn't the place in San Francisco, but you're eating alone in a restaurant. Erin, you are a waiter at this restaurant and they happen, at this restaurant, they happen to serve food in an unusual manner. Perhaps, wink wink, you know what I'm talking about. And let's see that scene.

Erin

Sir, sorry for the delay. Oh, no worries. I have your rosé. So just open up.

JPC

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. What?

Erin

I'm going to mama bird it into your mouth.

JPC

No.

Erin

I just drank your rosé and I can do that thing. What's his name? David Blaine? The David Blaine liquid thing.

JPC

No. I'm sorry. I'm having a strong reaction. Just a glass of rosé for me.

Erin

Yes, I did have a glass of rosé.

JPC

I see it there on the tray.

Erin

Yep. So, I would really rather not be drunk. I'm obviously at work, sir, so the longer it's inside me, the more I get tipsy.

00:51:16

JPC

It's currently inside you right now?

Erin

Yeah, just if you open up, I'm gonna... Where? Wherever David Blaine keeps the water for his act, I don't know.

JPC

Huh? You don't know where it is?

Erin

Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes.

JPC

Okay, I want to see where it's... No, I don't want it, but I want to see where it comes out of.

Erin

Okay, where do I put it then? Put it in the glass. Does your wife want it?

JPC

My wife died a hundred years ago.

Erin

Okay, all right, all right. I'll put it in the glass, I guess. Jeremy, why did you say... Your glass of rosé, weirdo. I mean, sir.

JPC

Okay, well, this is a good time for me to say I didn't order this. I think that's for that table over there. With the man and his wife.

???

Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.

Adal

Easy to lift, but hard to throw. What am I? Easy to lift.

JPC

Oh, our hearts to the Lord.

00:52:16

Erin

Oh, not this again.

Adal

I do want to see a scene. God damn it. The three of us are in some sort of congregation, some sort of house of worship. And the, I don't know, the head of that house of worship is clearly improvising on stage and it's time to sing a song. And they are clearly trying to kind of make up the words as they go along. JPC, you are the head of the house of worship.

JPC

And Jeremiah took upon the fish and ate.

Erin

Jeremiah is not talking about you. Jeremiah, stop. Oh, sorry.

JPC

And now if we could all pick up a book of Psalms. I'm being told by our deacon here that our book of books of Psalms were taken to the cleaners for Psalm cleaning. So let's just do one we all know. Both Psalm Sunday. Thank you, Jeremiah. Please be quiet at church. Sorry. Let's just do what we all know, huh? Let's sing the one, let's sing the one that, um... Hallelujah.

00:53:25

Erin

He's panicking.

JPC

Let's sing Moses' Big Night, huh? We all know that one.

Erin

I don't think I've known Moses' Big Night.

JPC

I didn't get your phone out. Join in when you know it. When the chorus kicks in, join in. Moses' Big Night.

???

Okay.

JPC

Oh, Mr. Burning Bush, I do not think upon your wish. And if I had it my way, we'd all be free. And now it's time for Moses' Big Night. I'll start by cooking up a steak with my best friend Jake.

Adal

And then I'll cook up some fish and serve it on a dish. Is that right? I don't know this. Carol, now you go. Carol, you go.

???

And then I cook up a bush and I burn it too much.

00:54:26

Adal

Hey Carol, hey Carol.

Erin

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Adal

I know you went to choir college, but do you kind of get the vibe that everyone else is putting out there? It's just more of like a song.

???

And I serve the burned bush for dinner.

Erin

Those are always my favorite ladies in church. Sing eight times louder than everyone else, way higher. Casey knows exactly what I'm talking about. And they are soprano screaming at everyone.

Adal

Oh, soprano screaming. One of my favorite spinoffs.

Erin

I want to be that lady when I get older. She's having the time of her life. Adal, you have just been hit by a car that JPC is driving. And when JPC gets out of the car to see if you're okay, he's basically just telling you to calm down and relax. And it's not a big deal.

00:55:34

???

Oh, hey buddy, did I nick you there? Forward or reverse? Forward or reverse? Forward or reverse? Quick, quick, quick, quick.

JPC

It does both and it does them both real fast. Oh, I'm gonna die. Oh, hey, I'm still on you. I'm still on you. Okay, here. Oh, kind of easing off of you. I couldn't see. I'm sorry, buddy. Did you hit my car or did my car hit you? I can't, I couldn't.

???

You fanned me over.

JPC

I fanned you, I fanned you over?

???

I'm gonna fan you off, you little hot buddy. Tell your wife I love her. Tell your wife I love her.

JPC

Tell my wife you love her.

???

Yes. I'm having an affair with your wife.

JPC

Did you know? Oh no, buddy. You're having an affair with my wife?

Adal

Yeah.

JPC

Oh, I had no idea. That's terrible.

Adal

It seems like you know the tone of your voice. It seems like you knew. Do you work here? On the ground? Yeah. You work here on the ground?

???

No.

JPC

I couldn't have known that, right? I couldn't have figured out where you worked and drove to your work. Oh, you trying to tell a secret? Trying to tell a secret? Hey, what do you have to say?

00:56:37

???

Your daughter is yours, but your son is mine.

JPC

Well, can't take him with you, so guess he's mine now. Guess he's mine now. Anyway, walk it off, buddy. You're fine. You ain't hurt. I thought that was a death rattle, but it wasn't.

Adal

It was a regular breath. All my regular breaths sound like death rattles now. Kill me. Kill me.

JPC

Oh, buddy, you know I can't do that. Even though I kind of did already. Anyway, you're fine. You're fine. Walk it off, okay? Hey. Hey. Who's my champ? Who's my champ? I don't know. Your son. Your son is my champ. Come on.

???

No.

JPC

It's all fair. Come on.

???

Come on.

Adal

Wait, speaking of ruining, I think the 4th of July parade might be... The sharks are eating humans! Wow! Come on! The tiger has a headache!

00:57:40

JPC

A starfish has a caked up ass. Wait, I do have to say, when I went to the Boston Aquarium, I went to the Boston Aquarium as well, I saw some starfish that have never missed leg day. These starfish had the biggest asses I've ever seen.

Erin

You were checking out a starfish right in front of your wife?

JPC

Wow. Yeah. Well, hey, when you have a cool wife, you can actually do it with her.

Adal

We like your vibes from across the water.

Erin

That's ridiculous.

Adal

Well, we did an animal parade, so now... Is it something of like, it's not running because it's snot or something like that?

???

Oh, because it's snot running.

Erin

I'm laughing, sorry. I'm laughing about the Lord of Beeps thing. That bit is really going off like a time bomb in my body. I love that.

???

That's awesome.

???

That's like my favorite bit we've ever done on the show. Wait a minute.

Erin

That fucking rules. Okay, I don't care what everyone says. I love that.

00:58:44

JPC

Erin, what I like about the Lord of Beeps is because every time we've ever beeped before, we've never referenced him, but he's been there, and now he's dead.

Adal

He's been an integral part of the show, and now he's dead.

JPC

He died, and we ended the scene and we never killed him. He's dead. He got stabbed.

Erin

Okay. All right. Next time I do an episode, we're solving the Lord of Beeps murder. I'm sorry.

JPC

That's about it. Look for that three weeks everywhere. It sounds like Patreon content.

???

Oh yeah, you're right.

JPC

No, we're doing that in the main feed. No, it's too good for these hogs. Too good for these hogs. These slobs.

Erin

While my third grade teacher was reading to us, there used to be like outlets in the ground. Oh, okay. And I was sort of like playing around and I got curious and I stuck my finger in as far as I could to the outlet and it shocked me so bad. And I felt it go up from my finger to this part of my brain, from like my right pointer finger to the left top part of my brain. And I swear to God, I don't think I've ever told anyone this, I got worse at math after that. I was so good. I was freakishly good at math up until like third, fourth grade. I literally felt it.

01:00:00

JPC

280 and we figured it out. It took us 280 episodes, but we got there.

Erin

I felt the shock go from the bottom right part of my neck up through, like I felt it go to that top part of my brain and I genuinely think- Erin?

JPC

Casey, just mark this as the point where it explains everything that happened.

Adal

This therapy experiment is over. Erin, you're cured. So we got there.

Erin

I do think, I genuinely, there was like a before time and an after time of like my personality and what I was like.

JPC

Does anyone else want to share any pivotal trauma that may have come? I'm good too.

Adal

I love that the way you tell the story is almost like the electricity had a destination.

Erin

Truly though, it like found the math. Kill it, kill it, kill it. Kill all logic. Make her insufferable.

JPC

Zap her math.

Erin

I'd like to see a scene actually. JPC, you are a Burger King employee. Adal, you are a McDonald's employee and you're in love and your love is forbidden.

01:01:04

Adal

I can't believe we're doing this. Should we... Should we get back to work? I'm sorry, I'm just... I'm so swept away and I'm... I've never said this before to anyone, but... Ba-da-ba-ba-ba, I'm loving you. Don't, don't, don't... I'm loving you!

???

Don't finish that! Shh!

JPC

Okay, calm down. We have to be cool. No one's gonna spot us here, no one goes to Arby's, but we have to remember... You and I are not allowed to be together, okay? I know. We can't, we can't, you can't be loving it because we can't be loving it outside of this.

Adal

This is how it has to be. Do you remember what you told me, date one? You said I could have it my way. Yeah. Do you remember that? But now we have to have it- Maybe right away? Is that part of it? My way or right away? No.

JPC

That can't be part of it. No. I just said that you could have it your way.

???

Okay, okay.

JPC

But we also have to have it Ronald's way, and we have to have it the King's way.

???

Yeah.

JPC

And those two ways go against each other. They are not cross streets. No. Or they are cross streets. They're parallel. Or they run parallel, but they don't cross.

01:02:11

Adal

They run parallel. Yes. Yeah, okay. Can I blow your mind? Like- Ronald and the King? Fucked. Like Belmont and Fullerton. Oh, great example. No wait, they intersect. Famously intersect. Oh no. Big intersection. Damn. Wait, Ronald and the King fucked? Yes.

JPC

What do you mean?

Adal

Don't you know what they gave birth to? No.

JPC

Finish your beef and cheddar and tell me.

Adal

That's how little Rowley's was born. You mean checkers. Well, that's a checkered past. Because Ronald and the King fucked and gave birth to Rowley's. I didn't know. Yeah. When these two people came together, they gave birth to rallies. And famously they went in and out. They will this very special sauce, an animal sauce. They did it animal style. Tell me they didn't do it animal style. Scene.

JPC

Scene.

Erin

Wow. That was fun. That could have gone on forever, seemingly. Maybe not.

01:03:13

JPC

Seemingly, but maybe it was exactly how long it could have gone on. Who knows? All right, I gotta see another scene. Fuck you, Adal. I gotta see another scene. Erin, you are going to be the operator for Grandma Phone, and we are going to be playing callers who are calling in to Grandma Phone trying to get some grandma-specific information.

Erin

Hello, you've reached grandma phone. Eh?

???

Hello?

Erin

If you know the party that you want to call, please press hello?

???

Hello? I need to know when William's birthday is.

???

Marie? Marie too? God bless you. Gesundheit. Good night. And good luck. Okay, I love you, Marie. Love you.

Erin

Hello, welcome. Hold on. I have it written down here what I'm supposed to say. Where are my glasses? Oh my god, they're on top of my head. My head would fall off if it wasn't screwed on or something. Welcome to the Grandma Hotline. How can I help you?

01:04:28

JPC

Hey, I'm sorry. I'm just making cookies, oatmeal raisin, and I do not know what temperature to preheat the oven for.

Erin

Where are my glasses? Um, you're making cookies?

JPC

Yeah, oatmeal raisin. I know it's 12 minutes, but I just don't remember what I'm supposed to preheat to.

Erin

Mason, is that you? Are you my grandson?

JPC

Uh, no. Sorry, I just sound like a grandson.

???

He never calls.

JPC

Oh, okay. Yeah, this is grandma phone, right?

Erin

Yeah, pre-heat your oven to 6,000 degrees. That'll cook them.

JPC

No, no. Hold on. Now, I don't think that's right. If I had a grandma, I would call my grandma, but sadly, both of my grandparents have passed away.

Erin

Oh, how? How'd they die?

JPC

Titanic.

Erin

Oh god.

JPC

Yeah, they um, they both were deep-sea explorers and they got the bends really bad trying to find the Titanic. Love you! No, no, wait!

01:05:34

Erin

Welcome to Where Are My Glasses, Hotline. Do you know where my glasses are?

Adal

No, but this is the gas company, and we need some information for you to keep your gas line running.

???

Marie? Is that you?

Adal

Mother's maiden last name?

Erin

Oh god, I gotta have that. Hold on. Do you need my credit card or social security? Both, please.

Adal

Is it something of like, it's not running because it's snot or something like that?

???

Oh, because it's snot running.

Erin

I'm laughing, sorry. I'm laughing about the Lord of Beeps thing. That bit is really going off like a time bomb in my body. I love that.

???

That's awesome.

???

That's like my favorite bit we've ever done on the show. Wait a minute. That fucking rules.

Erin

Okay, I don't care what everyone says. I love that.

01:06:34

JPC

Erin, what I like about The Lord of Beats is because every time we've ever beeped before, we've never referenced him, but he's been there, and now he's dead.

Adal

He's been an integral part of the show, and now he's dead.

JPC

And we ended the scene and we never even killed him. He's dead. He got stabbed.

Erin

Okay, alright. Next time I do an episode, we're solving the Lord of Beeps murder. I'm sorry.

JPC

That's about it. Look for that three weeks in a row. It sounds like Patreon content. Oh yeah, you're right. Erin, that's too good for the main feed. No, it's too good for these hogs. Too good for these hogs. These slobs.

???

Starving, Erin Keif, and John Patrick Coan. Casey told me to be editing. How are the parents in the music? Logo created by Emily Cardenas and Emily Naboris.

01:07:38

JPC

Hey there, hoes and ho-hoes. If you liked that, you're going to love this week's Patreon. We are going to the North Pole to see all the Santas. You can listen to that plus our entire back catalog at patreon.com. Hey Riddle Riddle by joining the clue crew for $5 a month or start your seven day free trial or the review crew for $8 a month and get those ad free episodes. See you there.

Erin

That was a headgum podcast.