This is a HeadGum Podcast.
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This is a HeadGum Podcast.
Erin
Whoa, guys, that recording was crazy. We played all sorts of characters and my brain's like, we whoa, we whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I need to find a way to unwind. What to do, what to do, what to do.
JPC
Erin, you are not wrong. That last recording that we did for the podcast Hey Riddle Riddle was a doozy.
Adal
Oh yeah, I sort of tweaked my back playing Kung Fu Shrimp. Remember that character, Kung Fu Shrimp? I sort of threw my back out. So I'm looking for a natural way to relieve aches and discomfort. You know, I'm not as young as I once was. Oh yeah, maybe like cornbread hams, CBD gummies?
Erin
Right!
Adal
I feel like that's been a huge piece of my wellness plan recently.
Erin
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Adal
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00:01:07
JPC
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Erin
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JPC
Don't just take it from us. Take it from, what is it, Kung Fu Shrimp?
Adal
Hello, I'm Kung Fu Shrimp. Everyone, let's chop these boards.
Erin
Adal, you're going to really hurt yourself.
Adal
These surfboards. Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee- Oh my God, that's so wild. That's so wild. Oh, I have something we can do for the slumber party.
00:02:08
Erin
Okay.
Adal
Sure, yeah.
Erin
I liked that the activity of us laughing, fake laughing over nothing though. That was so much fun. I really loved that.
Adal
That was a great idea, JPC. Thank you.
JPC
I was hoping that I would get to go once before we moved on, but it seemed like everybody else went and had a fun time.
???
No, no, no, let's do it.
Adal
Let's do it. Ready? Let's do it.
JPC
Let's do it.
???
3, 2, 1.
JPC
Oh, I thought I was supposed to say something. Oh yeah, you say it one time and then we'll laugh.
???
You say something.
JPC
You say it.
???
3, 2, 1.
JPC
It just feels like we're rushing the 3, 2, 1 thing and I'm trying to think of... Was that the bit? Was that the line? Yeah, I feel like I got as much of it out of it as I'm gonna get, so we can move on.
Erin
I'm having the best time. Adal, what's your plan?
Adal
I'm having a great time. Oh, I thought we could go... No, it's naughty.
Erin
No, tell us.
JPC
No, let's do it. Oh, fuck. Are we gonna fuck? Well, I mean... Then I'm a no. I've changed it. No, yeah, no.
Erin
I thought, well, I thought we could all go... Because last time we did, you finished three times, none of us finished, and then you needed, then you got asked for a hot towel. But what was it? I feel like...
00:03:12
JPC
We've said that recently on the show. Yeah, we've said it three times. That's why I'm with the callback. It's a callback to like, I mean it's like, it comes to you so quick.
Adal
Yeah, well something I thought we could do, because it's like spooky season, is like we all go in the bathroom, we turn off the lights. And no, not JBZ, we're not doing that, but we turn off the lights, we look in the mirror, and we say, Bloody Mary three times. But that's dumb. No, that's dumb.
JPC
Are we ordering? I don't understand. Oh, sorry. No, not Bloody Mary the drink. It's not really a Halloween drink, right?
Adal
Well, it is. I think it's probably like- I love a Bloody Mary. A Dracula's favorite drink on a Laffy Taffy wrapper.
JPC
Okay, don't reference riddles that we're going to have to do later in the episode. What about a little seasonal, I mean like maybe something like pumpkin spice or like a mulled wine, you know?
Erin
What's usually the episode we do around Halloween? What's it called?
JPC
I can't remember. What do you mean, what's it called? We don't do like a specially named episode around Halloween, do we?
00:04:13
Adal
Hmm, not that I can remember.
Erin
But what if we said that into the mirror three times?
Adal
Oh, bleh riddle riddle? Yeah.
JPC
So now he remembers?
Erin
Like what if we said it, but nothing would happen, right? I'm not scared.
Adal
I guess this would be bleh riddle riddle number eight, so maybe we say bleh riddle riddle eight times into a mirror and see what happens?
Erin
Okay.
Adal
Okay, let me, okay, we're in my... Let's go into the bathroom. Okay. Bathroom here, we'll turn off the lights, everyone look in the mirror, and here we go.
JPC
How do we know where the mirror is? Turn the lights back on. Oh, sorry. We did that in complete wrong order. See, I'm facing the wrong way.
Erin
Yeah, we're all facing the wrong direction.
Adal
JPC, you're face down in the toilet.
JPC
Okay, let's all look where the mirror's at. I'm sorry. We turn the lights off in the bathroom. I go face down in the toilet. That's the first place I go. Here we go.
Adal
Lights off and here we go. Bleh Riddle Riddle.
JPC
Oh, interesting. Are we saying bleh or blah?
Adal
Oh, that's it. We should, yeah, we should all be on the same page. Let's say it. So Erin, pronounce it. Bleh. Bleh.
JPC
I didn't ask how it was spelled, I said how we say it. Bleh.
00:05:16
Adal
Bleh.
JPC
Bleh. Bleh. Okay, here. Bleh Riddle Riddle. Bleh Riddle Riddle. Bleh Riddle Riddle. Bleh Riddle Riddle. Bleh Riddle Riddle. Bleh Riddle Riddle.
???
Welcome to the episode. The duck was the mummy. He stood on a block of fat.
???
All of them were small things. It was a cabin in the woods. He danced with the rice coops, the works, and the horses they danced. One, two, three, four, five, riddle riddle riddle. One, two, three, four, five, riddle riddle riddle. One, two, three, four, five, riddle riddle riddle.
00:06:21
???
Welcome to the episode.
???
Oh no! It worked! It summoned something! JPC, kill it with fire!
JPC
And something's here! Kill it with milk! And something's here! And real quick, just while something's here, do we want to make sure that we want to do the voice the whole time? Or is there a different voice for something? For whoever this is and whatever this is going on? Call me something? What the fuck? He's committed to it. I would not be doing that voice the whole episode, but hey, something what's going on? What are you? Not much, what's up with you?
???
Oh, not much. We're having a sleepover.
Adal
Just having a sleepover, thought to do some spooky incantations.
JPC
Yeah, we should play Riddle Riddle 8 times, see what we could summon.
???
Oh, yes, well you've summoned me. My name is... Stuart. Took a long time on Stuart.
Erin
Stuart, I haven't listened to the show in a while. Stuart, are you like a classic part of these Bleh Riddle Riddle episodes? You're like a classic. You're like a fixture. You're a mainstay for these episodes.
00:07:31
JPC
I'm on Which Riddle Riddle right now and I'm not saying anything for Stuart.
Adal
How is which spelled?
JPC
Oh, you know what? I'm on the wrong thing.
???
Okay. I'm not sure what Bleh Riddle Riddle is, but you summoned me and I am a man in the mirror reality.
JPC
Okay. So, hmm, you're a man. You kind of just seem like a guy. Yeah, I'm a guy. Yeah, for sure.
???
I guess, sorry, on my end, you guys live in the mirror.
JPC
Yeah. Is there anything terrifying about your reality or whatever? Or are you just like a guy like we're a guy?
???
Just like a different reality? I mean, we have, like, scoliosis is rampant. Scoliosis? I don't know if we're doing Halloween fuds yet. What else? Malaria's been an issue in the past. Malaria, maybe. I don't know. We have a thing called influenza.
00:08:32
Erin
We got that.
???
We call it flu for short.
Erin
Yeah, we got that.
JPC
Yeah, it sounds like your reality is pretty close to ours. Although, I don't know. I don't know that in ours I would lead off with scoliosis. That seems like more of a niche. Oh, that's number one.
???
That's number one? That's number one. People get scoliosis there like we get the flu.
Adal
That's like a big thing. That sucks. You can catch scoliosis?
???
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. It's a seasonal thing. Seasonal, sure. That makes sense.
???
Yeah. What else? What else?
Adal
What else? What else?
???
You get a scoliosis booster every year? Yeah. Oh, spiders are everywhere. Hey everyone! Shit, I would have done the voice of Hopscotch Host.
Erin
Shit, shit. What the fuck?
00:09:45
JPC
And Erin is kind of saying that because I think she might remember something that happens in Bleh Riddle Riddle and she might not want to get to that.
Erin
No, no, I'm not spinning my wheels because Bleh Riddle Riddle is famously an episode I'm really bad at and panic and do all sorts of nonsense in.
JPC
I think what Erin is saying, Stuart, is that you are welcome here if you want to kind of hang out for Bleh Riddle Riddle. You absolutely can.
Adal
Yes, yes. Stuart, if you want to stick around, you can host or not host. I don't know if you have anything prepared. Or if you have Hey Riddle Riddle in your universe. No, we don't have. We don't have Hey Riddle Riddle.
JPC
So we're the bad universe. We're definitely the bad universe. Yeah, we're in the darkest timeline. It says if the school gives us a better universe, it's the better universe, yeah.
???
Yeah, yeah, it's brutal.
JPC
Apples are oranges and oranges are apples.
???
Well, what does that mean? How do you know that? I made that one up, I'm sorry. I wanted my world to seem more interesting.
Erin
Yeah, but it's not though, huh?
Adal
It's not. Yeah, it seems pretty...
JPC
And no one's world is really interesting to them, right? But, you know, it's like maybe, like, the things that you find, like, mundane about your world would be, like, fascinating to ours.
00:10:51
Erin
Let's talk about this the whole time, though, I think, because we got nothing we gotta get to, right?
JPC
Well, we have one thing we have to get to.
???
Hey, Stuart. Stuart taking control. I like this. Mummy, mummy, mummy. Spider, spider, spiders. Give me such a fright. A ghoul-terrifies-haunted-doll-hair-giveaway. Based on the tome, Attletude, my death and release, and Pussy's undead atoll. Right to the chair.
???
Underdaddle writes a check! Bleh heh heh heh!
???
Mummy, mummy, mummy! Spiders, spiders, spiders! Give me such a fright! A ghoul terrifies! Haunted, I'll have a giveaway! A ghoul terrifies! Haunted, I'll have a giveaway! Based on the tome, Adaltooth, my death, and riddles and puzzies! Underdaddle writes a check!
JPC
So, Stuart had that prepared, so it seems like Erin, they have Hey Riddle Riddle in that universe for sure, right? Like, that's like, they could exist one-to-one, right?
Erin
Uncle Adal rides a jet.
JPC
All right, Stuart, we'll give this a shot. This seems new to us. How do we play and what do we win? Kind of sucks.
Adal
Usually, blah riddle riddle's my thing, but I'm going to go take a nap.
00:11:52
???
All right, see you later, Adal. Love you, miss you.
Adal
All right, see you later, Adal. Love you, miss you.
JPC
Adal, wouldn't it be more fun if you participated? Or I guess take your nap. Why not? He looks like he's already gone.
Erin
He's gone. He's gone.
???
Well, this is Stuart's episode now.
JPC
Stuart, can I ask you a question? Yeah. Are you the only guy in your universe, or are there also other guys in your universe?
???
Hell, hell, hell, hell, hell.
???
Guys, be cool, be cool, be cool.
???
Well, Stuart, aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?
Erin
Can we close this mirror?
???
Please don't. Please don't. Sorry. This is my friend. This is Mirror Uncle Satan. Uncle Satan! Hell, hell, hell! Uncle Satan. Hi, Uncle Satan.
Erin
Well, what's this? Yeah, you don't see me coming through the mirror with some nonsense, huh? You see me having some self-control?
???
Who is this exasperated young woman? Young... Yeah, what was your... Erin, right?
00:12:56
Erin
Wait, why are we pushing up against young? Hi, Uncle Satan. I know you.
???
You know me.
Erin
Yeah, we've met before.
???
Well, you must be on my naughty list, which for me, Uncle Satan is the good- Is the good list. Is the good list.
Erin
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've done the song and dance before.
???
Wait, we've done Uncle Satan before?
Erin
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ah, yeah.
???
On our end, we haven't. Also, um... Yeah, on your end, Uncle Satan is new? Like, he's a new guy? Yeah, brand new. And he also just got scoliosis. Which is good.
JPC
Yeah, here it's good. Here it's good to have that. And also, not making a judgment on scoliosis because that's like... I think that's just like a thing that happens to people.
Erin
I have it.
JPC
Oh, shit.
???
Good or bad. That's good. That's good. But hey, it's whatever. It's, yeah. I think it's cool. Hell, hell, hell.
Erin
Can we all... Are we going to record this from the bathroom? Because I'm feeling a little claustrophobic with sort of everybody.
00:14:01
???
Um, I mean, I guess if I'm hosting this in front of the bathroom, I can't really leave. This is the one.
Erin
Well, Uncle Satan, you smell, like, really bad. Or that could be JPC.
???
You can smell me through the mirror? It's me.
JPC
I think that might be the toilet on your end.
Erin
JPC?
JPC
I had my face right in there, Erin, so there's nothing I can do about that now. Um, well, Erin, we could leave. We could leave the mirror and, like, go wake up Adal. Is it worth waiting for a little bit at the mirror to see if maybe there's like a another character that shows up like I don't know what it even would be but like some sort of I'm not saying it's like a direct one to one to like each host of the show with their like a mirror version but would it be would it be worth waiting to see?
Erin
It's me Mirror JP Riddles and I'm no I'm not gonna do this.
JPC
Yeah, plus you're on this side of the mirror. So I don't know what you were doing with that. And that's also feels like one of my characters. Do you have maybe like someone that you could do like in the mirror? Well, you do have one big one.
00:15:03
Erin
Yeah, but there is no Halloween pun I could do for it.
???
Well, we better be going then. We're gonna head out.
Erin
Come on, guys. Let's just do the episode.
JPC
Okay, let's turn the lights back on. Oh, okay. They went away.
Erin
Great.
JPC
Um, should we wake up Adal, or should we do some sleep pranks to him?
Erin
Ooh, spooky sleep pranks. Okay.
JPC
Put his hand in water and pee on him.
Erin
Wait.
JPC
Put whipped cream on his hand and pee on him.
Erin
Hold on. I have so much pee available still.
JPC
Well, I had my head in the toilet.
Erin
Pauses for eight minutes. Stares at JPC.
JPC
I sucked the pee out.
Adal
What do you get when you cross a ghost with a detective?
Erin
Um, Sherlock Boo. Whoa, Erin, that was so close. I doubt it.
Adal
Sorry, I must have been saying last year's riddle. Sherlock Bones? We're one letter off. Well, a couple letters off, but phonetically, one letter off. Sherlock Booze? No. Do I have the Sherlock part off? A ghost doesn't have bones, but a ghost might do this sort of like wailing.
00:16:21
JPC
Oh, oh, uh, Scarelock Holmes.
Adal
Scarelock's actually very good. Sherlock Moans. That's what you get when you cross a ghost with a detective. Full year for Sherlock Moans. Yeah, that was the riddle we ended with last year and I didn't give the answer. Oh, oh, you know what?
Erin
Wake up, pissy. Sorry. That's your new nickname.
Adal
Did you guys put my underwear in the freezer and then piss on me?
Erin
We did not do the underwear in the freezer part. If your underwear is freezing cold, that is something going on with you medically.
Adal
Well, I'm gonna do something to you. A little something called... Mummy, mummy, mummy, spider, spider, spiders, give me such a fright, a ghoul terrifies, haunted doll hair giveaway, based on a tome, adultude, my death, and riddies and puzzies, undead Adal writes a check.
Erin
Undead Adal writes a check.
???
Mummy, mummy, mummy, spider, spider, spiders, give me such a fright, a ghoul terrifies, haunted doll hair giveaway. A ghoul terrifies, haunted doll hair giveaway. Based on a tome, adultude, my death, and riddies and puzzies, undead Adal writes a check.
JPC
I am also checking my bank app. I don't think I've been paid for this ever.
00:17:30
Adal
So, should I? Oh, sorry, on Halloween my checks are sort of like, I write like, pay to the order of like, candy. Sort of like a fun... Sure, I mean, yeah. For trick-or-treating I just hand out checks that say, whatever, like, Almond Joy in the box where you write the money. Oh, so you're the guy?
Erin
I'm not complaining. I see JPC's complaining. I'm not complaining.
Adal
And you can cash those whenever and I'll go out and buy the candy for you, so. I think it's, I think kids think it's fine. I'm ready to play, Adal! It teaches them fiscal responsibility. Let's play the game that we play every Halloween. And what we're going to do is we're going to start with costumes for 2025. I have a list from trusted source USA Today that says the top 25 trending costumes or costume searches from 2025.
JPC
It's funny we've been doing this for so long that things like USA Today, I've looped back around to being like, it's the only one left. It's the only one left doing news.
00:18:35
Adal
Let's see.
Erin
I can't think of anything that happened this year, culturally.
Adal
So what we'll do is we're going to start with Erin, and I'm going to let you guess five different items. For each one you get correct, I'll give you 10 points. If you happen to guess the number one costume, you get 100 points. And Erin, you'll get five guesses, and then JPC, you'll get five guesses, and then we'll see where we stand. So Erin, I'm going to give you a chance to name five items that we hope are in the top 25 Halloween costumes or Halloween costume searches for 2025.
Erin
I'm going to start with K-pop demon hunters.
Adal
Now, Erin. Wow. Erin.
Erin
Yes.
Adal
You are dead right in terms of the, I want to say of the top 10, six of them, five of them are K-pop demon hunters. Yes. I do need you to be more specific.
JPC
No, she should get all five points. The three girls. I wouldn't have said that. I wouldn't have said K-Pop Demon Hunters.
Adal
Okay, here's what I'll say. Erin, you're gonna get... The number one costume, or costume search, is Rumi from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Number two costume is Zoe from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Number three is Mira from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Number four is Jinu from K-Pop Demon Hunters. Number five is Baby Saja from K-Pop Demon Hunters. And number eight? is Derpy the Tiger.
00:19:51
Erin
Yes.
Adal
From K-Pop Take Back House.
Erin
My favorite part of the whole movie.
Adal
You get 50 points for getting shit. 5 of the top 10 and then 100 for getting to the number 1.
Erin
Thank you.
Adal
So that's 150 points.
Erin
Can I keep guessing?
Adal
Yes. What?
Erin
Do you think Elphaba and Glinda are on there?
Adal
Erin, right in the top 10 is Alphaba from Wicked, and then around 15 or 14 is Glenda from Wicked. That's another 20 points, Erin.
JPC
Okay.
Adal
You're up to 170 and you have three guesses left.
JPC
It's just so I know.
Adal
Huh?
JPC
She gets multiple guesses per guess. The first guess was five guesses.
Adal
Alright, I'll stop there. I'll stop there. I'm happy with what I got. Hey, JPC. Hey, JPC. Hey, JPC, real quick. Earlier, I felt like I was like, you have to be specific with K-Pop Demon Hunter. And you were like, give it all to her. And then I did, and now it seems like you're doctor complaining.
JPC
Well, she said one thing. She said K-Pop Demon Hunters. The second time, she definitely said two things. I'm trying to follow your lead, dog.
00:20:51
Erin
Adal, I was there for that. He's being ridiculous.
JPC
If the third guess is three things, like, now it's a guess that matters.
Erin
He's being ridiculous. You were damned if you did and damned if you didn't. Let them eat cake.
Adal
We'll not eat cake.
Erin
Um, JBC, I'm happy with what I got. You can have a turn now. Go ahead.
JPC
Yep. Mr. Complaining. I think the big difference is I know Elphaba and Glinda. I don't know K-pop demon hunters. Um, okay. Things that happened 2025. Um... Man, it kind of sucks because I'm like 2025. Okay, what's 2025? Oh, yeah, Trump was inaugurated. And then I'm like, it hasn't even been a fucking year. Yep. Are you fucking kidding me? So let's see. Um, would there be something on this list of like doing like, um, like an ice raider, like one of the Today we're What are we doing? We're doing like a Charlie Kirk costume this year? Or is that maybe too soon?
00:22:04
Erin
I think JPC yields his time.
JPC
Oh, wasn't there a thing earlier the year where like a helicopter hit a plane? There was like a really bad helicopter. He yields his time.
Adal
No, actually, maybe I don't see that there. Two more guesses, JPC, two more guesses.
JPC
Maybe I remember less like pop culture things and more like terrible things that are happening.
Erin
Remember our show is escapism. Remember? We talked about this being escapism.
Adal
TBC, two more guesses.
Erin
Two more guesses?
JPC
Oh, OK. Let's go to movies. What happened in movies this year? OK. There was an Avatar trailer. So I'll say the Na'vi. Are the Na'vi back?
Adal
Don't see it on the list. One more guess, JPC.
Erin
The woman from Weapons.
Adal
Oh, that's the costume I want to see the most of, but I don't see it on this list.
JPC
I didn't see Weapons either, so... Very good.
Adal
JPC, do you have a final guess?
JPC
Oh, God, I really wish I had a final guess. I will guess... Oh, I'll just guess that it's that Australian breakdancer that was on the list last year.
00:23:13
Adal
What's her name? Rewind? No. Ray Gun?
JPC
Raygun.
Adal
I like Rewind as well. Not on the list. Let me say just a couple more that are on the list. Chicken Jockey from Minecraft, LaBooBoo.
Erin
Oh, of course LaBooBoo.
Adal
The Lorax? Why is LaBooBoo as a comic? I don't know why the Lorax is on the list, but the Lorax. Hamilton from the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, not from history. Nightwing. Nurse from Silent Hill. I don't know what that is. Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon. Ladybug. Gabby from the Netflix series... Wait, can I say one? Can I say one? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Stitch, right? That came out this year. The little Stitch remake. What? Superman? Superman and Supergirl. We also have Donnie Darko.
JPC
Donnie Darko? What is that? From 2025?
Adal
I guess so. Also Founding Father.
JPC
So that's another Hamilton thing? Why are people still talking about Hamilton in 2025?
Adal
Pyramid Head from Silent Hill. I guess Silent Hill is making a big comeback. Wednesday from the Netflix series Wednesday. Oh yeah. Cleo Denial from the TV series Monster High. And rounding out the top 25, my personal favorite, Lord Farquaad from Shrek. Now when you first saw Shrek, were you guys too young to realize that Farquaad was a play on Fuckwad?
00:24:30
Erin
I didn't know that until just now.
JPC
I truly had no idea that Farquaad was a play on Fuckwad. That's crazy.
Adal
Yeah, because I was old enough when I saw Shrek when it first came out in the theaters to be like, how are they getting away with it?
JPC
Were there people, were there kids before Shrek came out that called people Farkwads?
Erin
No, there was no kids before Shrek came out.
Adal
There wasn't kids before Shrek came out. That's why I saw it. That's why I'm as old as I am.
JPC
Because I remember people saying things like schoolyard and that were like curse words but not curse words so you couldn't get in trouble for them, but I've never heard fuckwad as fuckwad.
Adal
And maybe this is in my own imagination, but I like to think it's a play on fuckwad.
JPC
If it's not, it's a pretty good play on fuckwad. If it's not, I'd be equally shocked.
Adal
Yeah.
JPC
As shocked as I was to learn it, I'd be equally shocked to learn that it wasn't true.
Erin
That was an interesting list. Thanks for watching.
00:25:46
Adal
Well Erin, you're currently winning 170 to 0, but I'm going to toss you 30 points for that. So you're up to 200, JPC you're at 0. And what we're going to do now is we're going to move on to some spooky scenes. Now remember, during Bleh Riddle Riddle, you can win scenes. Some points afterwards, and I'm going to give you a setup, of course. So for this first scene, what I'd like to see is, just because it seems like maybe we're all a little bit confused, and it seems to be dominating the zeitgeist. Yes. I want to see a scene that's the two of you sort of portraying whatever you think K-pop Demon Hunters is. So this is maybe a scene from what you think K-pop Demon Hunters is.
???
Got it.
Adal
OK, great. We'll start now.
???
Psst, hey kids. We're about to hypnotize you into loving this movie.
JPC
We just want to let you know. Who's speaking? Is the Netflix logo talking to me? It's like pulsating on the TV. What's going on? Hi, sorry.
00:26:47
Erin
I'm Jennifer Netflix. Got sucked into the screen. It's a whole thing. Hey.
JPC
Hey. I'm so interested. You are Jennifer Netflix. I didn't know Netflix was someone's last name.
Erin
Yeah, so I got sucked into this thing. Here's the thing. We are trying to... Sucked into the screen?
JPC
How?
Erin
We've been doing mind control. I messed up. I did something stupid and then I got... This is my punishment from the Netflix family is that I'm sort of... They sucked you into the screen? Yeah, sucked for eternity. But this is what I mean. I'm a good guy. Like, I'm a good person.
JPC
So that's the technology they possess.
Erin
Yeah. You're a kid, right? I mean, I'm 16. Okay, wait. I think I got the data wrong. You have a little sister then?
JPC
I have two little sisters.
Erin
Oh, can you call them in?
JPC
They're sleeping. It's like 10 o'clock at night. Oh, God. Okay. Do you not have a sense of time in there? No. Because you got sucked into the TV?
00:27:49
Erin
No, and that's why I have to keep asking people if they are still watching. Because I just have no sense. That's me. I'm like, are you even still here? Here's the thing.
JPC
I remember what it was like to be a kid. Like I'm 16 now, but I'm like, I'm not too far away from it that I don't kind of remember the feeling.
Erin
We're just trying to make content that because we know that parents aren't really like looking at what their kids are watching and we're gonna make things. I was gonna watch porn. Right, I know, I know. I saw what you typed in. But we're going to do subliminal messaging.
JPC
They just don't have it on Netflix. I keep forgetting they don't have it on Netflix. I'm typing on my remote so it takes so long to type the stuff I like and then I'm like, oh no, it's on Netflix.
Erin
Yeah, and I just also, I'm not here to judge, but you were actually the first person to ever type super duper romantic porn into the Netflix search bar.
JPC
Well, I know Netflix isn't going to have the hardcore stuff, but I know they have Outlander, so it's like, you know, that's not really porn.
Erin
Oh, they have Outlander. Oh, is it not porn? Does it not serve the same purpose that porn can serve?
JPC
I think it's not really porn, but I mean, it's basically, right?
00:28:49
Erin
It's porn in a pinch, my guy. It is porn in a pinch.
Adal
Wonderful job.
Erin
Adal, have you seen K-Pop Demon Hunters yet? I have not, but I know- Oh, Adal, it is perfect.
Adal
Is it legit good?
Erin
I would say it is. You would love it so much.
JPC
Casey says Adal would love it. So Casey and Erin have both seen K-Pop Demon Hunters?
Erin
It's a perfect movie. Twice, yeah.
JPC
Twice?
Erin
I've seen it multiple times. The music is amazing. It's super good and moving. I feel like it is on the echelon for me with Into the Spider-Verse and Puss in Boots' The Last Wish.
JPC
Okay, Casey said, I've seen it twice, and both times I was so drunk, and there were... He said it with my nieces and nephews. Oh, what am I reading? Oh, a lie. I'm reading a lie, because he can't... Okay, yeah, with my nieces and nephews, makes more sense.
Adal
From that scene, I'm going to award JPC 100 points, and Erin, I'm going to award you 150. The additional 50 is for the name Jennifer Netflix, which I thought was very good. Thanks. So just a slight bump there. So that brings us up to, Erin, you're at 350, JPC, you're at 100. I do want to see another scene. This is based off the fact that one of the costumes on the list was Clio Denial from Monster High. Never heard of Monster High, but I do want to see a scene of the two of you as sort of classic monsters in high school. Erin, do you have a favorite sort of classic monster?
00:30:14
Erin
I like a vampire.
Adal
Great. So you're a vampire or Dracula type in high school. Great. JPC, do you have a favorite sort of classic monster? I mean the most classic monster, Frankenstein's monster. Perfect. So this is Dracula, or a vampire type, and Frankenstein in high school. Frankenstein's a monster. I'm so sorry. Frankenstein's a monster in high school. And this scene starts now.
JPC
School sucks.
???
Right? Yeah, I saw that you got detention again today.
JPC
Paul McCartney?
Erin
I know. I heard it. Scene. Oh, I heard it too. I can't go back in there.
Adal
And Erin, real quick, you cannot call scene. This is still the scene.
Erin
I know, but I'm just saying, I know I have to go back in that scene, but I went to Paul McCartney, and now I can't undo it.
Adal
Grass bird. Good. It was almost Bob Dylan, right? He was like, yeah.
Erin
I know, but now how am I supposed to get back in that scene? Okay, I'll go back.
Adal
Okay, here's what we'll do. We're going to restart this scene. Slight punishment because we stopped it. Erin, you're now Frankenstein's monster. JPC, you're now Dracula. And we're in high school and go.
00:31:28
???
High school sucks, huh?
Adal
I don't know. I quite like high school.
???
Adal! Erin, stay in the scene. I know it seems like we're not going to use a lot of the things that we learn here, but I quite like the company and the teachers are all nice. God, I could go for some blood.
???
Yeah.
???
What I wouldn't do for a little blood. Just a song I'm kind of tinkering with. It's nothing yet.
???
I was wondering if you had a date to homecoming at?
???
Honestly, all the girls want to go to homecoming with me. They keep swarming me, absolutely thmobbing me wherever I go, but I haven't said yes to a single one of them yet.
???
Well maybe you say yes to someone who is made up of a bunch of different dead people.
???
Take my best friends to homecoming. Why, that could work.
00:32:34
???
Can you be honest, I feel like I sound a little bit like Cookie Monster.
???
Don't know who that is. All right. Think you sound like yourself, Frankenstein. Starts jiggling at the door handle of the scene.
???
Locked, it's locked. Maybe I could, maybe I could ask my best friend if they'd go to homecoming with me.
Erin
Adal, Adal, can you unlock, Adal? I'm moaning to you.
???
Would you go to homecoming with me, Dracula? What do you say, Bob Dylan?
Adal
Opens the mail slot at the scene and shoves some trail mix in here and there for some protein. Grabs your hand. End scene. End scene. Wow. Very good job. I will say. Yes.
JPC
And this is not a criticism of Erin at all. Don't do this.
Erin
Don't do this.
Adal
She wasn't really staying in it.
Erin
Hey, I was so in it. I was so committed.
Adal
JBC, it was barely noticeable, but I did pick up on that. So Erin, I am going to deduct 100 points because both times you tried to stop the scene.
00:33:41
Erin
Well, because I accidentally did a Paul McCartney voice. Yeah, I guess that's my fault. No, no, no, no, no. This time it's on me. Every other time I've accidentally done a Paul McCartney voice, it's usually your fault. This one, I will take personal responsibility for.
Adal
And JBC, because you were tried and true trying to push forward on that, I am going to give you 150 points. That's exactly what I need. So we are currently at, Erin at 250 points, JBC at 250 points. We are tied! On this episode of Bleh Riddle Riddle, and what we're going to do now is maybe the spookiest thing of all, which is to take a break.
???
Octopus's garden! Hi Erin.
???
Hi JPC.
???
It's me, Saving Squirrel.
JPC
Erin, I'll stomp on it, you just give me the yes, the go ahead, the thumbs up, and this thing is gone.
00:34:41
Erin
No, no, JPC, I think there's something he's trying to say. Squirrel, I was just thinking about how, like, why don't they teach us more about money in school?
???
Like, I feel like there should be a whole class for it. Because you go to college and you're dealing with money really for the first time. Right? And you don't know how to do it. Yeah.
JPC
Erin, don't say go to high school and go to college around the squirrel. It's obvious that this is a guy that didn't go to high school and college because he's a squirrel.
Erin
Yeah, he did. Look, he's wearing a little graduation cap. Yeah.
JPC
Oh.
Erin
I went to MIT.
JPC
I am so sorry, Squirrel, but not as sorry as I am about not learning about money when I was younger. Squirrel, let me ask you, do you have a piggy bank?
Adal
And I should say MIT stands for Munch Into Trees. That's what I thought. I do have a piggy bank.
JPC
Well, piggy banks are cute and they're great for loose quarters, but these days there's so much more that kids and squirrels need to know about money. Acorns Early makes it easy to teach kids lifelong money skills they can actually use in the real world or whatever world you live in, Squirrel. Hmm. Thank you.
00:35:52
Adal
I'm not sure. I thought it was the normal world, but I could be wrong.
JPC
Well, let me ask you this. If it's the normal world, in your world, does Acorns Early have a smart debit card and a money app that grows kids' money skills as they grow up? You betcha. Okay, and can you start with In-App Chores Tracker and teach your kids the value of a dollar?
Erin
Absolutely.
JPC
Okay.
Erin
And then you let your kids set their own saving goals and start building healthy money habits early?
Adal
You better believe it.
Erin
Hmm.
Adal
Okay, so it sounds like we're in the same world. I feel like when I said MIT stands for Munching the Trees, we all just kind of glazed over that.
Erin
No, I know. It's in Massachusetts. It's a really great school. Kids can spend what they've earned with their very own customizable debit card, giving them that extra sense of independence. Plus, with Acorn Early's spending limits and real-time spend notifications, parents always stay in control.
JPC
I've looked through Acorns early. I am thrilled for when my kid gets old enough that I can use Acorns early and kind of help them manage money. But I've gone through the system. I've gone through the information that exists there. Although I haven't used it, it's all stuff that I would really recommend. And I think that like teaching young kids financial literacy stuff is super, super important. It really just gives them such a leg up for The world that they will have to live in.
00:37:07
Adal
You better believe it. So take it from Saving Squirrel. Ready to teach your kids the smart way to earn, save, and spend? Get your first month on us when you head to acornsearly.com slash heyriddle or download the Acorns Early app. That's one month free when you sign up at acornsearly.com slash heyriddle. Acorns Early Card is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, member FDIC, pursuant to license by MasterCard International. Free trial for new subscribers only. Subscription fee starting for $5 per month and list canceled. Terms apply at acorns.com slash early terms.
Erin
Alright, JPC, let's go find you a little animal to step on. Water, food, water, food!
???
Smash!
???
Ow!
???
My leg! It was a cartoon! Mr. Monopoly here! Monopoly is back at McDonald's! Register in the McDonald's app so you're ready to... GET YOUR BAG! Two ways to peel for a chance to... GET YOUR BAG! Physical peels with select items and digital peels with others to... GET YOUR BAG! Play Monopoly at McDonald's!
00:38:16
???
Hey Riddle Riddle.
???
And we're back. And of course, this is your host, Stuart. As always, I'm joined by Uncle Satan. Hell, hell, hell. And fuck you.
JPC
And I'm also joined by... I really didn't think about what my whole thing would be.
???
No. I was gonna say, that was good. That was good.
JPC
Hell, hell, hell.
Erin
We're not letting you out. You can't get out of the scene.
???
No, I'm in it. I mean, I'm in it. I'm still doing the voice.
Adal
And smash, smash, smash. Sorry guys, I just had to smash my bathroom mirror. It seems like we're still getting the frequency through there. But it does sound like Stuart and Uncle Satan started a podcast, which is fun. Yeah, that's fun. Good for them. With, I assume, a mirror version of Erin Keif, it sounded like. Yeah.
Erin
Everybody has a podcast these days.
JPC
It's hard out there. It's hard out there. But it's fun. You know, people do it. If they like what they're doing, that's enough, right?
Adal
Yeah. Can I just, you know the market's saturated when the creatures in my mirror have a podcast, right? Yeah, for sure. Well, but we also have a podcast and this is Bleh Riddle Riddle No.
00:39:25
???
8.
JPC
Do you think we could do a spinoff podcast as just character? Like would people listen to like Lil Monkey Bone's Dr. Chameleon Coco Cashmere podcast?
Erin
Can we not test their loyalty any more than we already have?
Adal
That's at least a Patreon idea. Let's make that like a $500 tier to where it's like, you gotta really ask for that.
Erin
Yeah, no one wants that though.
Adal
I speak for the trees.
Erin
I guess the lorax is having a comeback too, which is exciting. Yeah.
Adal
Which is nice. Nice for the lorax. Lorax-a-sants? That sounds like a medicine. I was trying to do like, you know how when Matthew McConaughey was everywhere, they called it the McCona-sants? I tried to do Lorax-a-sants, but it sounds like a medicine.
Erin
I speak for the episode when I say that it's time to move on to a Bleh Riddle Riddle classic trailer damn near killed her.
Adal
What's going to happen is You're both going to have two minutes to improvise the perfect horror movie trailer based on the title I give you. You will be doing all the voices, all the sound effects, any spooky music up top, narration, edits, maybe listing the cast, etc. Your mission, basically, is in two minutes to make me scared. Should we choose to accept it? Did you choose to accept it?
00:40:47
JPC
I let the VHS blow up. And the little player that they gave me, I just let it smoke out.
Adal
Your mission is to make me scared. to miss this movie. Now, because you're tied, I'm going to let Erin choose. Erin, would you like to go first or second?
Erin
I would like to go second, please.
Adal
Okay. JPC, you will be going first.
JPC
Your titles.
Adal
You have two to choose from.
JPC
And could someone, and this is not immediate, but could someone please untie us? It's not that I don't want to be here doing this. I just, I would love to use my hands.
Erin
Why are you complaining? I feel like I've showered recently, probably, right?
JPC
I don't know. That's how you feel?
Adal
When we turned off the lights in the bathroom, it sounded like someone turned on the shower.
JPC
Not me. My head was right in that toilet.
Adal
James, are you ready for your two titles? Please. Your two options to choose from are Raging Skull, play on Raging Bull. Got it. Or One Rattle After Another, play on One Rattle After Another.
JPC
Okay, well, I've seen one battle after another more recently. So recency bias, I can't work with that. I have to go with Raging Skull.
00:41:53
Adal
Okay. So Raging Skull is your option, and your two minutes starts now.
???
We will, we will scare you.
JPC
This Halloween, Channing Tatum and Dave Bautista will be in attendance watching the scariest movie to hit theaters in 100 years. They've already agreed. They don't hang out as much as they used to or would like to. These plans are firmly set in the grave.
00:42:57
???
One minute left. We will, we will. Ooh, ooh, ah. Ooh, ooh, ah.
JPC
Imagine a man so terrifying that no one wants to punch him in the face. Because his face has no skin. And there's also no lips, but there is teeth. Oh, you know what? Let me just show you. Briefly. Oh, you see that? I flashed it on the screen. Scary as fuck, huh? Channing Tatum's gonna freak out when he sees this. This Halloween, it's time for Raging Skull. And we got the guy, the little guy from Dune. Oh, tip of my tongue. We got the little guy from Dune.
Erin
No, it's not tip of my tongue, it's Timothy Shalabay.
JPC
Timothy Shalabay! Timothy Shalabay! This Halloween. Yay.
00:44:00
Erin
I can't fucking beat that.
JPC
How long do I have? Is it a minute?
Erin
Is there a timer? It's two minutes. It's two minutes?
Adal
Yeah, it's two minutes.
JPC
I feel like it's usually a minute. Two minutes feels long.
Adal
It's always been two. It's always been two minutes. It's always been two? Yep. All right. Now, JPC, I'm going to go ahead and give you 75 points. The reason you got 75, stellar trailer, but it felt like the first minute or so was mostly talking about the celebrities who have signed on or agreed upon the idea of watching this movie.
JPC
That's what sells. Okay. I mean, I'll take the feedback. But I'm telling you right now, that's out.
Erin
Yeah, but it feels like it's like they could say anything. They could be like, Meryl Streep might see a screener of this. Like, that feels kind of misleading, right?
Adal
We reached out to Meryl Streep. She said no.
JPC
I guess we'll see what yours is, Erin, because if yours is all that to pad time, because it is two minutes, Erin, and two minutes goes by pretty slow.
Erin
All right. I'm famously good at these, so watch out.
00:45:00
Adal
Erin, are you ready?
Erin
Yes.
Adal
Your two options are The Little Murder Maid Or, It's a Wonderful Knife. Wow.
Erin
What's the first one to play on?
Adal
The Little Mermaid.
Erin
Oh, yes. So that makes sense.
Adal
I thought it was obvious, but let me go ahead and start over. This is The Little Murder Maid, based on The Little Mermaid. Great. Or, It's a Wonderful Knife, based on It's a Wonderful Knife.
JPC
And Adam, I'm not fishing for points, but I got the Little Mermaid thing pretty quick. I'm not sure if that's- That's 10 points for JSC.
Adal
That's 10 points.
Erin
It's a Wonderful Knife. I'll do It's a Wonderful Knife.
Adal
Erin, you're going to be doing a trailer in two minutes.
Erin
Wait, I'll do The Little Murder Maid. I'll do The Little Murder Maid.
Adal
Erin, I do have to deduct 10 points because I was mid-sentence when you changed, so I do have to deduct 10 points for that. Erin, you're going to be doing a two-minute trailer for The Little Murder Maid, and your time starts now.
???
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00:46:28
Erin
With bloodlust. But that doesn't satisfy the impulse, father. Please. Sebastian, keep an eye on our little murder maid. Oh my god.
Adal
Do the voice, do the voice, do the voice. One minute left.
Erin
Oh, Ariel. The human world, it's a mess. They keep killing each other without our help. Life on the sea is better. Killing a mermaid is super satisfying. No, I'm going to go to Ursula and she's going to let me make a wish and then I'm going to get to go to Earth and become a serial killer. My dream. And then she walks out of the water and she's like, Oh, I got these feet. And then she, and then she can't talk. And then she goes and then she kills the chef. And then she walks over and then she kills the king and queen. And then she walks over and Eric's like, You're beautiful, didn't I save you on the beach? And she goes, yeah, now I'm gonna kill you on the beach.
00:47:42
Adal
15 seconds left.
Erin
This Halloween. Percussion, strings, winds, blood. There you see her, sitting there across the way. She don't got a lot to say, but there's something about her. You don't know why, but you're dying to try. You want to kill the boy. Ersla, you're not even scary when you come back and you're the bad guy, because I'm the bad guy this time. 16-year-old redheads can be the bad guy. That's the lesson. That's the lesson of this. Change yourself to kill people.
Adal
That's a wonderful job, wonderful job. Erin, that was really good.
Erin
I literally have a full year to prepare for these, but when they're kind of, can I?
JPC
That's, Erin, that's just too much time. That's, that problem is that's too much time.
Adal
Yeah, you overprepared.
Erin
I'll give you the knife, Mary. You want a knife, Mary? What if I had done that?
00:48:44
Adal
Oh, for a wonderful knife. That would have been... Erin, here's what I'll say.
Erin
Every time an angel falls from the sky... No. Every time a knife stabs, an angel dies from heaven.
JPC
Every time a knife stabs, an angel dies from heaven. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, that's really good.
Adal
Erin, I'm going to give you 50 points for... Don't give me any points.
Erin
Okay. I know I did bad. Hey, Adal, I know I did bad.
Adal
Okay, so... 50 points is bad, Erin. So I guess... You're getting a bad amount of points. You're rejecting the points. So Erin, you're going to stay at 240. JPC, you're up to 335, it looks like. Erin, I will give you an option for a bonus 100 points if you are willing to do five seconds of a Jamaican accent.
Erin
I yield my time.
Adal
Okay.
JPC
And Erin, I think that's a smart move. Yeah. And Erin, you said that your points that you didn't want to use, you were going to donate to the Riyadh Comedy Festival, correct?
00:49:44
Adal
Oh, that's so sweet of you. That absolves you of any wrongdoing.
Erin
Yeah. I yield my time.
Adal
Erin, I am going to run this again so you have a chance to make up some ground.
Erin
Yeah, I need another shot at this.
Adal
Yeah, yeah. So here's what we'll do. JPC, we're back to you. I'm going to give you two options. You ready? Sure. Yeah, please. Your options are The Fast and the Furiously Possessed, which is a play on The Fast and the Furious, or Home of Bones, which is a play on Home Alone.
Erin
That's a lot of fun.
JPC
I wasn't going to guess either one. I wasn't going to guess that those weren't plays on those things. So if there were points on the line for Fast and the Furious and Home Alone, I feel like I should retain those points. Okay. Okay. Which one do I know more about?
Adal
The Fast and the Furiously Possessed or Home Abounds.
JPC
There have been more Fast and Furious movies, but I feel like Home Alone might be better for the zeitgeist. I think I'll do, I think I'll do the Fast and Furious. Fast and the Furiously Possessed is what it's called? That's what it is. Okay.
00:50:55
Adal
See a two minute trailer and JPC, your time starts now.
???
I'll see you when we get there. If we ever get there. See you when we get there.
JPC
This Christmas. Celebrate by going fast. Faster than a ghost.
???
I don't know Vin Diesel. We're going pretty fast.
???
We're going fast enough because it's about family.
???
Okay, whatever you say Vin Diesel.
???
And me, I'm in the movie too. I'm Gal Gadot and I have a mastery over accents, the language. I disappear into you and you and I play.
00:52:03
???
Wanna laugh? We better get going, Gal Gadot, or we're gonna miss the Christmas Day drive-off.
JPC
Hey, it's me Ludacris. I'm on the moon or something. It's crazy on the moon.
???
Oh Ludacris, we should get down to the Christmas Day drop. How's the squad gonna all get back together?
???
Oh, how's the squad gonna all get back together?
???
Well, I'm not even in this fucking movie it looks like. They got me over here working with Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
JPC
That's right. It's me, Wade Johnson.
???
Oh boy, this is a scary movie.
JPC
Coming to theaters only on Christmas because it wasn't done in time and we have to put it out this year or else it can't be in consideration for an Oscar.
???
Oh, this isn't going to win an Oscar. It's not very good and nobody's even in the same room. It seems like you couldn't get any of these actors to work together anymore.
00:53:11
JPC
This Christmas, The fast and the scariest, hold on.
Erin
Oh my god, did you forget the title? Isn't that actually pretty easy to forget?
JPC
I actually think I came up with a better one. I won't call scene there.
Erin
Okay, I would like an apology for the amount of judgment I got from JPC for forgetting the title a few years ago.
Adal
I think we would all love an apology. Um, I think I do have to technically give you zero points. Yep. Because you forgot the title and um... Yep. I think if you two go back and listen to previous Bleh Riddle Riddles, there was a point when it was like, it seemed like trailers for like, movies, if that makes sense.
Erin
Oh, wait, you wanted movie trailers. Alright, yeah.
JPC
It's unfair to say that now because now Erin gets a turn. So it's like, she's facing back and notes.
Erin
I got it, I got it. Based on my performance? I love it, let's do it.
00:54:13
Adal
Alright, alright. You ready for your options? Yeah. Your options are... Back to the Boocher. Back to the Boocher. Play on Back to the Future. Or, To All the Boys I've Buried Before. A play on To All the Boys I've Loved Before.
Erin
We'll do Back to the Boocher.
Adal
Back to the Boocher. Okay. Erin, this is a trailer for the movie Back to the Boocher. Two minutes and your time starts now.
Erin
Hold on, hold on. This Halloween.
JPC
They say hold on, hold on.
Erin
This Halloween. Nostalgia is coming back around. Oh my gosh. I gotta go back to the future. Wait, when I'm gonna go back, I'm gonna accidentally date my mom. We just are re-releasing Back to the Future, but everyone's gonna really look at it with fresh eyes this time, huh? Pretty fucked up what we did in that movie, huh? Featuring all your favorites, Michael J. Fox, the old guy, the guy who played the bully, the woman who played the mom, and that car that goes back in time.
00:55:42
Adal
One minute left.
Erin
We don't cut any of the scenes. We're leaving it all in. But this time, we're really going to realize how weird it is that he flirts with his mom in the past. I want everyone to sort of think about how strange of a choice that was. They could have done anything in this movie. And they chose to do that.
Adal
It's 35 seconds left.
Erin
Featuring the skateboard that flies through the air that never came true. That red puffer vest. And other stuff from the movie. Meryl Streep says, why are you re-releasing this? Wait, how did you get my number? This fall. Back to the boocher. It's just the same movie, but now we're just looking at it with fresh eyes.
Adal
And scene. Wow. Okay.
00:56:43
Erin
How'd I do?
Adal
You nailed back to the butcher. You nailed back to the butcher. I think I'm, I think I'm blaming myself right now because I think, you know, I take existing movie titles and I put sort of a spooky spin on them and I think that's causing, it hasn't in the past, if you go back and listen to the previous episode, but it feels like you guys are really caught up in like making sure it's like I think I've got enough at this point from your feedback to really nail one more. Is it possible that I could do one more? Do we have another one that I could maybe try? Erin, I'm going to leave this to you. Would you like to do one more round of trailers so you each get that, or would you like to go to rap for daddy, which we did.
Erin
This is the easiest question of all time, Alex Trebek.
Adal
Okay, somehow we're letting you off the hook, even though I will say last year for Bleh Riddle Riddle number seven, Erin, if you go back and listen, you did say 2025 is your year for rapping.
00:57:48
Erin
I will wrap at the end of this episode. Okay. I promise.
JPC
I think it's better now that we get another round of this now that we really know what this is about. Yeah. Okay.
Erin
And maybe give us a title that isn't based on IP so we can feel really free.
Adal
You know what, Erin? You're right. That makes me feel better because now I confirm it is my fault.
Erin
No, no, no. Not your fault, not your fault. I'm saying we, it's our issue. We're dumb.
JPC
I will say this. I will say this. No matter what title that you give me, I think this is the one that I feel like I'm really going to knock out of the park.
Adal
Okay, okay. And just a heads up because I don't want to feel like I'm... You know, tricking anybody or hiding how I'm judging movies. If any trailer features Gal Gadot, you do automatically get zero points.
JPC
Great.
Adal
Great. And that's just sort of a standard I live by. That's kind of what happens at the box office as well. Enough champagne to fill the Nile. JPC, are you ready for your two titles that I'm going to make up right now? Your titles are An Axe to Grind. An Axe to Grind. Or Buried Alive.
00:58:56
Erin
Great titles.
JPC
Really great titles. I think I'm going to take an axe to grind. OK, perfect. This is a trailer for an axe to grind.
Adal
Your time starts now.
JPC
Hi, I'm Ryan Reynolds. You're about to see a trailer for my new movie, An Axe to Grind. Well, that's what I normally would be saying in front of one of these trailers. But because this movie is so gruesome and so violent, there's actually not a scene or even a sequence of scenes that we can show you. So instead, we're just going to simply show you this. This is going to be, I want to say, about 90 seconds of Erin Keif rapping. Her topic is... Chainsaw.
01:00:03
Erin
I shake your cat's paw, then I grab my new chainsaw, then I kill your cat with the chainsaw. Cause it's Halloween and I can be as mean as I wanna be. I got a chainsaw.
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No, I can hear you. You have to mute yourself too.
Adal
One minute left.
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I got a cha- oh.
JPC
Hey, this is Ryan Reynolds. So, you've only seen about 30 seconds of the Erin rapping thing, but again, the movie's just too violent. We really, it's called an ax to grind. I mean, this thing is gonna be violent. We can't, we can't show you the movie. All we can show you is Erin rapping. Her suggestion is pumpkin.
Erin
Oh no.
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No need to let me in, cause I'm a pumpkin, and I'll sit on your porch for the whole month. That's a whole month, cause I'll start to rot, or a kid'll come up, and he'll smash me on the ground.
Erin
But I hope not, cause you carved a face into the face of my pumpkin. You took all my insides out. What was that about? I'm a pumpkin. What, what, what? Act a grind?
01:01:15
JPC
I'm a pumpkin. Hey everybody, Ryan Reynolds here one more time. So, we didn't make the movie. It was a bad idea for a movie. And it's one of those things where technically the studio can shelf the movie, never release the movie, and make way more money on it. I know, it's super complicated. It's kind of like back-end Hollywood stuff. Anyway, I hope you enjoy that.
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Erin, I love in the wrap the idea that you would sit on a porch all month long.
Adal
I think that's a service people would love to see.
Erin
Well, I'm a pumpkin.
Adal
Because you're a pumpkin. And JPC, I love that within your trailer you set up Erin rapping, which is something I wanted to get to, so I very much appreciate that.
JPC
I didn't even, Adal, I didn't even put that together.
Adal
Yeah.
JPC
I was just doing what felt honest for a trailer.
Adal
It came about organically.
JPC
Because you know sometimes it's like Tom Cruise would be like, welcome to the movies or whatever.
Adal
Yes. He's like, I'm glad you're in the movies.
01:02:18
Erin
You know when you do like EMDR therapy and then like you talk about your traumas and then you like do the eye movement thing where you're like trying to get like bad images out of your head? No. Let's just say yes. If I ever get to do that therapy, I'm going to shelve all my other trauma and say, can you get me to forget what Adal and JPC's faces look like when I start to rap? That's the image I want erased from my brain the soonest.
JPC
Erin, if you were rapping and we weren't around, would you still see us?
Adal
Ooh.
Erin
Yeah. Oh, for sure.
Adal
If a tree wraps in the forest.
Erin
How did I, how did I do in the rapping guys? Pretty, pretty bad.
Adal
I think, I really like, so I think you said for the first rap, you said something about like, I got a chainsaw, hold on, which I think hold on could be almost like your, you know how like DMX would always be like, rah, rah. Or like, I think like Ja Rule's always like, uh.
Erin
Well, in the chainsaw song, I was about to go.
Adal
Erin, that would have been 1,000 points.
JPC
Yeah, it would be really good.
Erin
I was about to do it, and then the music cut out.
JPC
I think, Erin, for your comfort zone, I think Hold On is going to be way easier to incorporate into lots of your music.
01:03:24
Erin
No, no, I think I can do the Chainsaw Sound.
JPC
You think you could do the Chainsaw?
Erin
Yeah, I think I can use the Chainsaw Sound. Sure. That's no problem.
JPC
Okay, so that's done with trailers. Do we have time for Erin to rap? I don't want to end the episode without giving her a chance to do that segment, because that's a really popular segment.
Adal
Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure. Well, let me, real quick, sort of award points here. So I think ultimately I do have to give zero points to both of you, just because it feels like... We're blaming you for how bad we are at this? The sort of setup and the rules to the games, it seems like we're just really disregarding that this year.
JPC
Can I get maybe some bonus points if I can remember the name of the movie that I was supposed to be doing?
Adal
I will give you 100 bonus points if you remember the name of the movie in a Sebastian Jamaican accent.
Erin
It's a trap. Don't do it.
Adal
Well, hey, I got good news for you. I don't remember the name of the book.
Erin
Oh, good.
Adal
Okay. Erin, I'll give you an option. To close out the show, you can either rap or rap a trailer.
Erin
I'll rap.
01:04:27
Adal
A trailer?
Erin
No, just rap.
Adal
Okay. I'll rap. I'll rap. I'll rap.
Erin
And then, JPC, at some point I'm going to throw it to you, and then you're going to take it home. I'm going to set up the rap, and then you're going to... Okay, great.
Adal
Got it. Okay, Erin, here's your options for topics or themes to rap about. Are you ready?
Erin
Great, yeah.
Adal
I'm going to give you six.
Erin
Great.
Adal
Six. I just, I want to set you up as best as possible. I know, you're doing great. I love it. I'm ready. I'm ready. Thank you so much. Could that be too much?
Erin
Could that be like- Maybe, give me three. Give me three. Give me three.
Adal
I'm going to give you six.
Erin
Okay.
Adal
Erin, your options are gravestones, poison, masks, tarot, dark alleys, full moons. And these are not lucky charms, marshmallows. These are options. Gravestones, poison, masks, tarot, dark alleys, full moons.
Erin
Hmm.
Adal
Wow. I thought six would lead to an immediate choice.
Erin
I'm going to go full moons.
Adal
Full moons. Erin, this is your wrap to close out the show about full moons. Erin, whenever you're ready, wrap away.
01:05:35
???
Yeah, I'm a werewolf, and it's my time of the month. It's time to change. Look at the full moon. I was in the middle of watching Dune with Timothee Chalamet.
Erin
He's a cute... JP, the guy can see you.
JPC
You said I was supposed to come in at some point.
Erin
Yeah, I'm gonna... Wait, hold on. I'll tell you when it's time to come in.
JPC
So I have to turn my camera off until... Okay, fine.
Erin
The moon... Wait, wait. This meme tune is gonna make you swoon at the moon like me. I'm a werewolf. And look over there, it's a vampire. And it's his verse. Do it!
JPC
Well, the music cut out. Can I get music back? That was humiliating.
???
Here comes a vampire. He's about to rap. And go!
???
That was a werewolf. Now I'm a vampire?
???
No, you're a vampire.
???
Great. Hey, it's Ryan Riddles. You're seeing me again. I'm steady sipping on aviation gin. If you call me, I'll be a while. You'll hit up my Mint Mobile. Reckon FC is my soccer club. If you see me in the club, show me some love. I'm Ryan Reynolds.
01:06:51
???
I was in Blade Trinity. If you see a movie this summer, you'll be seeing me. Yeah, I've been a lot. I don't want to talk about Blake Lively.
???
We got married at the plantation. Not really something I'm proud of.
Erin
Oh, it's over.
Adal
Okay. Very nice job. Very nice job. I think pretty good. Yeah, I think pretty good. I think I won. Well, I'm gonna give zero points to both of you, but here's what we'll do. Smart. Let's get to a riddle. How do you fix a jack-o'-lantern? How do you fix a jack-o'-lantern? Oh, okay. This will be fun.
Erin
Probably won't have to wait a year for this. We'll get this.
Adal
Yeah, we'll find out next year. Erin, what's the spookiest planet?
Erin
Jupiter! Die forever! Hit me with a rap. I'll rap about Jupiter on our way out, Casey. I'm going to make you a little bit stupider. I'm going to rap about a planet called Jupiter. JPC, you're a vampire now. It's your turn to rap.
01:07:52
???
What's that planet in the sky? Me oh my oh me oh my. I think it might be Saturn or some other thing.
???
Hold on, hold on.
???
It's broken.
???
My chainsaw is broken. It won't turn on. Mint Mobile. Oh no. How to delete my tracks.
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Bleh Riddle Riddle, evoked by Adal Terrifai. Starring Skerren Keif, and John Patrick Coan. He's scaring it up, Casey Tomey, and Eddie Murphy. It's a horror manga, read the book. The car is getting on the terrain. The logo created by Emily Cardenas and Emma Steinborg-Thomas. Bleh Riddle Riddle.
01:09:03
JPC
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That was a hate gum podcast.
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01:10:06
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