Summary
Smosh Mouth episode #128 features hosts Shen and Amanda with guest Tommy discussing wildest ideas and testing new segment formats for 2026. The episode includes conversations about personal experiences, new game concepts like Hot Take Roulette, and various recommendation segments, with a focus on experimenting with fresh content ideas for the upcoming year.
Insights
- Testing new segment formats early in production allows for refinement before full rollout, reducing risk of underperforming content
- Audience engagement increases when hosts are authentic about their creative process and willing to experiment on air
- Game-based segments with clear scoring mechanics (Hot Take Roulette) create natural competitive tension that drives entertaining moments
- Personal storytelling and vulnerability from hosts builds deeper listener connection than purely scripted content
- Broad category selection in games requires more creative thinking than specific categories, making it both harder and more rewarding
Trends
Podcast formats increasingly incorporating game mechanics and interactive elements to boost engagementCreator content moving toward more experimental, unpolished formats that feel authentic rather than heavily producedRecommendation segments gaining popularity as low-pressure, relatable content that builds parasocial connectionMulti-host podcast dynamics benefiting from physical set changes and spatial variation to maintain energyYear-end content planning focusing on 2026 innovation and format testing rather than retrospectives
Topics
Podcast Segment InnovationGame Show Format DesignContent Creator Burnout ManagementAudience Engagement StrategiesCreative Experimentation in MediaHost Chemistry and DynamicsNew Year Content PlanningInteractive Entertainment FormatsPersonal Storytelling in PodcastsCompetitive Game Mechanics
Companies
Shopify
Sponsor offering e-commerce platform with AI tools for business owners to build online stores
IQ Bar
Sponsor providing protein bars, hydration mixes, and mushroom coffee products for health-conscious consumers
ZocDoc
Sponsor offering app/website for finding and booking doctors with quick appointment availability
Tavala
Sponsor providing smart meal delivery service with automated cooking oven for home meal preparation
Channel 7
Boston news station where Amanda previously worked as a news reporter covering local stories
People
Boston Rob
Reality TV veteran from Survivor/Traitors who demonstrated psychological composure during bug challenge
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Actor discussed in Hot Take Roulette segment regarding his filmography and physical appearance
Beyoncé
Music artist used as example in Hot Take Roulette game about vocal talent
Miley Cyrus
Pop star referenced in numerical ranking discussion about celebrity status and public perception
Victoria Beckham
Celebrity mentioned in People.com headline guessing game about her husband David being knighted
Guy Fieri
Celebrity chef mentioned as having recently injured his knee while filming
Quotes
"I think you should fold your knitwear. You shouldn't hang it."
Amanda•Hot Take Roulette segment
"If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future, or anything else, what would you want to know?"
Shen•Question segment
"Tequila is the liquor for people who don't like alcohol."
Tommy•Hot Take Roulette - Alcohol category
"Where's your mom?"
Amanda•Running joke throughout episode
"I think millipedes are cute. Centipedes, gross."
Tommy•Hot Take Roulette - Gross animals category
Full Transcript
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This is our final Smosh mouth This is our final shoot day Final shoot day Of the year Of the year Of 2025 Now as of this airing It's 2026 Right But Happy New Year We're filming this in December We take a big break So we're not gonna have time In January to film this episode To get it out in time Right Tommy's energy is just like his phone No case Okay He's free He's wild He's energetic And he could drop at any moment Cracks Thanks Have you ever owned a phone case? Yes. Oh, I used to phone case all the time. What happened? I dated someone who put it into my brain that if you didn't have a phone case, you look rich. What an insane origin. What? If you don't have a phone? Oh, because... Because I can afford a replacement. Yeah, that's what I was going to say. But also, I have the green back case. I have the orange. Ew! It's so cute. What are you talking about? But see, like, I could do a clear phone case, but I want to look rich. And I guess I look poor. No. But then you also don't have the mag thing that you can stick onto, like, stuff. I know, it's heartbreaking. No, you still have magnets. That's the ring. You still have magnet? Yeah, but, like, that's to keep the magnet through the case. Wait a second. That doubles the magnet. Oh, so this doesn't, like, hook onto, like, my fridge or anything, right? It can. It can. It can. You just X-Men yelled at the wall. I had to get it out. I had to project it out. People who burp like that are wild creatures. And Tommy does. He burps, yells. Yeah. Dude, you know the burp that I think trips me up the most is Arasha's. Because Arasha does the thing where she's like, eh, eh. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm like, what are you doing? Yeah, yeah. Let it out. We were on the game set. I wonder if it'll make it into a video. This is so nonsense. I said something and then Arasha went to repeat it. and just went, and then just like shut down. And so now I just, I'll go up to her and I'll go, did she mean to shut? She just went to, her brain just short circuited. So she went to go say something. She went, let me say my brain has short circuited a lot. I'm sure. Frank, you got it. No, I'm yeah. I just can't speak. Can I ask, this is airing on the eight, the 26th of January, January. So the live show is done. The live show happened 10 days ago. How are we feeling with the live show? I hope good. I thought it went really well. I hope good. I realized I've not talked about it a lot in the previous Smosh Mouths because we were shooting them before we even announced the live show. But I hope it went well. I was working on that bad boy for six months. That's wild. Yeah. But hey, you can still check it out, I'm sure. Yeah. I got my lines memorized day of the live show. Yeah. Yeah. Right the last second. I got my line. I can't believe you did what you did in that show. Oh my God. It was wild. Yeah. Absolutely. I was disgusting. It's gross. That backflip that I did. So cool. I nearly broke my right hip. Yeah. Good thing you broke your left one instead. Thank God. Yeah. Anyways, I'm recovered. Good. How was everybody's Christmas? Oh. Hot chocolate. Hot chocolate. Marshmallows. It was good. I had a good Christmas. I went home to see my family and oh I can talk about this now because this won't come out. So my parents are so hard to get gifts for because I'm an only child. So it's like there's a lot of pressure. And I know the gift is me coming home. Yeah and you coming out. And me coming out every year. Gay! Mommy, daddy, gay! Gay! And so my dad loves hockey and he loves the Panthers. and so I decided to do a small splurge and do something that I've always wanted to do which is he's gonna open a box and it'll be like in two days we're gonna go see a hockey game. No. That's the best. Those are the best because it's like oh you literally we're gonna go do something for it because it's like I kind of went from it too because I get to spend a day with my dad. But I got somehow I got a really good deal and we have second row up from the glass. What? So it's gonna be like I'm not gonna tell them what seat. You are gonna love it. Have you been to a hockey game before? I used to go when I was a lot younger. It's truly like going to a soccer game, but it's indoors. I've never been to a hockey game. Oh, they're so fun. And cold. I'm sure. It's cold. And it's inside. Very exciting. And no matter what, there's a lot of movement and you can't really tell what's going on. You're just like, woo! I think the last one, I went to a Kings game and then I would go to Bruins games a lot. And I was obsessed. I loved it. Loved it. Because it's kind of brutal to watch. Yeah. Brutal. it's kind of what Shane's sweatshirt says brutal brutal yeah it's a lot of fun they fight sometimes oh yeah they do the rule that the refs don't interfere until it goes to the ground is wild it's awesome when I was working at channel 7 we had a lot of Bruins players come in because we had like a sports area and every time they came in it just looks like they were beaten with like an inch of their lives like their nose were just gone like they were just forever like cemented and they always had like dark circles and they were like in suits and it was just a weird thing to see. Oh wow. The Bruins were like near the North End which was very close to where Channel 7 was in Boston. Pretty cool. Neat. Do you wish you were back at Channel 7? No. I really, really don't. What's something you wish you could have reported on? Ooh. Ooh, oh, that's a good. It could be anything. It's a good question. Whether it's out of your league, under your league, has nothing to do with news. I wish I could have reported on like a big, like the World Cup or like something really epic where everyone was getting together and I was like outside in all the chaos. But except it was just like, you know, Boston's been working on the bridge, the turnpike, the bridge, you know, construction's still underway. And it was just like, oh, another thing. Or snowstorms. Thanks, loser. And then we've also got Webber. You're like, aw. I think being a newscaster, I oddly feel like the big, insane news stories, that's got to be the easiest, most interesting part of the job. When I see when it's like, oh, you're a newscaster and they're putting you out in the field at the chili cook-off, I'm like, that's got to be agony. You got to be milk in that energy. Dude, they just sit forever. And if they're going to court, they're in court for hours and hours and hours. And then it's their time to go. So I just, and you think like Channel 7 is like glitz and glam. Like it's old in there. Like they don't even, they didn't even have, when I was there, they didn't even have everything on digital. I'm sure. You had to go to like little tapes in the stacks that were like, there's a dead body in here. Like it was like old. It just, it felt like, and you didn't know what time it was. And it was definitely 4 a.m. And every time I would park my car, I'd go through the alleyway and there was tons of rats. The amount of rats that hit my boots. Hit your boots? Hit my boots. So you're making it sound like you're not kicking rats. It sounds like they're T-boning your shoes. No, the rats were attacking my boots. They would like run at your shoes. I didn't kick nothing. I just shuffled through the alleyway. Oh my God. Oh my God. My boots had rat prints all over them every day. So they're just hanging out, having a normal night, just like having conversations. and then a giant scary woman comes in with her big feet. Their normal night is this. Just running from, they're going, I got you, tag. I got you, I got to this side. And then I'm just going. Doof, doof, channel seven. Channel seven. Oh, well fun. Yeah. Well fun. The news anchor voice is probably my favorite thing ever. When you talk like this and you dip it down here and you know that you're going to go here. but everybody knows that it's this time. Amanda, my favorite thing is when there's up and down, side to side. And I'm sitting at this table next to Shane and Amanda. Tonight, we'll find out what I'm going to say next. What's in your fridge that will kill you at 11? It goes up at the end. And what we mean by that is at 11 p.m., your fridge will kill you. Your fridge will kill you. Isn't that great? Now let's see these puppies. Later tonight after Jimmy Fallon, we'll find out who's behind you and what they're about to do. Yeah, very good. Very good. Thanks. It's fun. It's fun, you know? It is a fun time. No, it sounds like it's actually not fun ever, but it's fun. But it's fun to hear. It's fun to hear. If it was my dream, it would be unbelievable. But it wasn't my dream. It was like, I want to be an actor. And my mom was like, you're gonna do this is the next best thing i remember we next best because we did that we had a um we did a local news uh for for la we did an interview uh where someone came in here and just like the what it demands to do that type of work i'm like i'm incapable one day and i'd be so exhausted i'd have to nap for five months especially if you're just starting out it's just You, a cameraman, you're doing everything. Truly. Yeah, and you have to care so much about nothing. And your hair and makeup. Simply. Two hours before you're on air. So if you work at the 4 a.m. shift, you're up at 2 a.m. Yikes. Oh, my God. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes. Starting a business can be overwhelming. You're juggling multiple roles. Designer, marketer, logistics manager. All while bringing your vision to life. 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Yeah, we want to try a bunch of new stuff in 2026. Okay. I don't think we've really kicked that into high gear yet. Yeah. But throughout 2026, that's a goal, is to try new things. Yeah, we've been comfy. We have gotten very comfy. Kicking them in high gear with you and the rats. Yeah, me and the rats. Kicking them up. Hey, segment episode, we just get some rats. we just throw them on the table. Have Amanda take them around. I would hate that so deeply. Do you have an aversion to rats? I really don't like rats. No. I feel not. Whoa. No. I've never understood the fear or hatred of rats. No, they're little cutie tooties. They're just rats. Cutie tooties? That tail looks like a rubber band that's thick and it's going to slap you across the face. Are you joking? Oh, yeah. How do you feel about snakes? I'd rather you'd rather have snakes I'd rather have snakes how do you feel about frogs love cuties frogs are adorable you've held them so people don't like frogs because they're like sticky oh they're not sticky they're slimy how do you feel about slugs slugs fine something's happening to me I'm getting like my body hurts just thinking yeah truly it's the rats that are bothering you do rats mice mice mice are fine because they're smaller and innocent yeah how do you feel Would you take bugs over rats? This room has to have one of them. Sorry, I know this is awful for you right now. Cockroach. I just need to... Cockroach, no! Worse than rat? I'm not even playing this up. Amanda's brain just took a screenshot. My body is... My body is like... I don't know. Cockroaches are horrible. Yeah, they're pretty bad. Cockroaches and rats. Cockroaches are horrible. awful awful you know that scene in traitors where they're dumping the okay can i be honest though i'm the type that when i saw that challenge i was like that that's the easiest challenge i can what explain it oh so so they they had to hold each other's hands within this glass box and they just had to have a grip and nothing's pulling them apart it is purely psychological They're holding hands, but then they're dropping stuff into this box. Not just stuff. Snakes. Bags. Bags of bugs. Ugh, Vintex. Lots of bugs inside this. But none that'll bite you. Oh, they could. Yeah, and they're not going to bite them. I think that's a liability. Cockroaches don't bite. Like, it's mostly. Then they dropped in this, like, thick, long, like. Yeah, like a millipede. You're cool with that? I think it was a millipede. I'm shocked by this. And then they also drop it on their heads. They drop it on their head? They're dropping bugs and stuff on their heads. Top hats. We don't know why, actually. That was just like a separate thing. But do you think, okay, we've talked about Survivor and stuff on this show before. But when it comes to having bugs on you, is that something like you could- Dude, if I'm signing up for a challenge and I can do a bug, that's fine. Do you think, Amanda- If I'm in bed. Oh, yeah, that's different. Honey, this isn't a bug. This is bags of bugs. Bags of bugs. I can do bags of bugs if I say- Amanda, sure, bags of bugs. If we had our hands in a glass box and we were holding hands and they were dropping bugs, If we're like this and they're dropping bugs on us, are you going to be able to hold on? I don't know. I might throw up and scream. I might throw up and scream. I might throw up and scream. I hate this. Okay, close your eyes. It's bugs. But I know it's your hands. They're like heavy. No, it was the coolest moment because in Traders, in that season, I know the new season's out now, but in the previous season, Boston Rob, who's like such a vet from reality shows, he's holding, and I forget his partner, was like a young woman, right? Yes, yes. And the way he was like talking to her throughout that process, he's like, hey, so when's your birthday? He's like, oh my gosh, that's so funny. That's the same birthday as my daughter. Yeah. And he's like talking to her, they're covered in bugs. And he's just like, that's so interesting. So like, what do you like to do when you go to this place? Whatever. He's like, just like, hey, let's just go somewhere else. Because he was unfazed. He was unfazed. Of course, he's Boston Rob. He's Boston Rob. He's a legend. I love Boston Rob so much. But truly that stuff, I'm not bothered by it at all. Forever ago, we got to do a thing where um we had a bunch of bugs and animals here that courtney and and olivia were hosting a show with with them and uh there was a part where they're like oh we have this big tarantula do you want it to crawl across your face and i and truly like olivia did it i don't know if courtney did it but then i was like i'll i'll do it i was like that sounds cool yeah and so like i laid my face down on a on a table and they're like this tarantula crawled across it And it feels crazy. Because they're heavier. They're a little heavy, but also the tips of their legs feel like a little needle. Oh, really? It feels like a little acupuncture type of vibe. Oh, my God. I need that on my arm. It was really interesting. I'm actually very surprised that you're into this. I don't want. Yeah, you don't want. I don't. You're not. When a bug in nature decides to interact with me. Yeah, you don't want. I don't want. You don't want. But like in my home If I see a spider I'm like usually I'll let him chill out Yeah Unless he's up in my business You don't have You don't have an aversion To spiders Not really Oh A thick ass tarantula With like a big butt See I'm like get out Oh no tarantula Does not bother me It's the tiny little Tiny little skinny fast ones No no Spiders are weirdly okay Maybe cause east coast There's spiders everywhere Yeah but tarantulas Like are known to be Like the least They're not like a problem They really don't care Here's You guys You guys are confused I'm not worried about what they'll do to me I don't want the texture and the touch on my body got it I get that so it's not their intent it's their form yeah that sounds awful I think I'm going to cancel you for that it's not their intent it's their form is so funny that actually is so awful we can't say that well I get it though I'm always fascinated when people just have a full aversion because I'm like yes if I'm walking around and suddenly a bug skitters out of nowhere i'm gonna jump back and be like what the hell is that i don't want that near me right but i don't understand just just seeing it and being like oh oh i do have to say like i will ride or die for you but if if if a rat or something comes towards you so i was walking with my friend sam and we were walking to the movies and it was I think downtown A guy opened a door and the door was like to a trash room And my friend wore open-toed shoes, which you never do downtown. You never wear open-toed shoes downtown. This is actually... Everyone knows that. So the door opened and the rat was like, yay! And it ran directly towards us. And we were like holding hands, like cracking up, like being friends. Imagine you pick Sam up and you throw her at the rat. Nope, I didn't do any of that. The rat. She kills me to this day. The rat landed on, like sprawled out like a beach on her open toad. And I ditched her ass. I literally unhooked her arms and I went, no! It crawled onto her foot? It literally went, ah! Like on her feet. It was like, yay! And I left her ass and ran. I literally was like nope and I ran and left her alone to go ah and the rat was like oh you're freaking out so what it did is just kept rubbing its little belly on her what the hell is this rat oh you're scared I'm gonna stay here have you ever seen a really fat rat like a pet rat that's really fat no pet rats are apparently really sweet in New York they're like the size of your forearm so yeah no no when I go to New York whenever I see a rat it's like truly like a celebrity sightings for me. I'm like, rat! Same. I hear about you guys. Yeah. Here? They're there. They're everywhere. They're everywhere. But like in New York, they're like celebrities. I've rarely seen them. I've rarely seen them in my life. Like when I'm in cities, I look for them and I'm like, but I feel like you see them for a moment and then they skitter away. Well, you gotta go into the back alleys. Yeah. You've lived a very cushy life if you haven't seen a rat. And I just, you don't know, you don't know what that rat's been through. It's like, maybe you make delicious dishes. What? Maybe you train turtles. No, they're bear crawling buildings. They're like, do, do, boom. That's what they're doing. Amazing. Sounds incredible. So they're Spider-Man. They Spider-Man? Yeah, they're Spider-Man. Are they Spider-Man? Are they Spider-Man? They're not like cute like Spider-Man. They're not like. I just, I don't see rats as being disgusting. I see them. They look cute. They look no different than, they're just big mice. Oh, that's wild. Good for you. One person's right and one person's wrong. I will say, okay. Right. There is one, there is one thing. it's a bug that fuck them. Absolutely. Mosquitoes. Not mosquitoes. I don't get bothered by like I don't get bit by mosquitoes too often. You don't have sweet blood. I guess I don't have sweet blood. I actually haven't been bit by mosquitoes in a while. And I also there's not they're not that prevalent in LA. I will say when I go to Florida and stuff sometimes I get annoyed by them. Florida. I don't hate them though. I don't if I see them it's not like a disgust. There is one thing that if I see it, I'm gonna kill it. Whoa! Full on. I love everything else. I do everything to not harm any bugs or any animals. Even flies. I'm like, you can do your thing. My cats are gonna probably kill you. And I can't stop them. Love that. What is that? But wasps. Wasps can go to hell. Well, they're like nature's villain. They're naughty. They are awful. They are awful. One time I went camping, glamping. I don't camp. Cute. And I didn't pay for the glamp. So I was just, I got to go. Whoa, nice. We were just hanging. It was when I was dating someone whose family was like that. And so we went there and there was, they were coming out of the ground. Because you know, the wasps can like nest in the ground. They can do everything. And so there were, I would say, maybe five wasps around you at any time. It was that many wasps in the air. and so we would just, we would take paper plates and just go, bam, bam. We would just be like, oh, you know, oh, let's, you know, it's 11 a.m., let's walk around and so we're just out there going, boom, boom and as soon as you'd hit one, it'd fall on the ground and go, ah, ah, ah, ah, and then we'd kill it. Oh. And it was like, we felt like evil monsters against nature but also we were like, we need to protect ourselves. We're trying to hang out. I'm a good person over here. I'm just talking about my disgust. You guys are actually murdering. Only wasps. Only wasps. Because they will get in your face. Bees love them. Oh my God, there was a dead bee in my kitchen this morning. And it makes me so sad. And I was like, how'd you get in here? I would have saved you. Yeah, I know. Occasionally, running into a dying bee is so tragic. It's really sad. It happens a lot. My friend Bear, he has a pool in his apartment area. Okay, Rich. No, it's shared by everyone and no one's ever in it. Except every once in a while, a drowning bee. And if I walk by, I'll be like, no, no. And I'll like scoop him out and I'll like put him on a thing and I'll be like. That's very sweet. A little tiny CPR. Some honey. Yeah. Drink, drink, drink the honey. Thank you, Tommy. He's like, I don't drink honey. I make it. Idiot. Anyways, that's a little fun fact for me. Should we play one of our segments? All right. I liked this a lot. Segments. How many segments does a roach have? Your face dropped immediately. I just wanted to see what would happen. No, literally, I'm not even playing these faces. It's like a... Like a grate through my whole body. I'm just like... I'm like... All right, shall we segment? Yeah. Does anyone have one we want to talk over? And we can play any that we are capable of playing, or we can just talk it out. It's okay. We're going to move on. Okay. I have one that's just fun. that's like easy. I love recommendations that aren't focused on anything at all. It could be a book. It could be a movie. It could be something to do. It could be how to sleep. It could be, I don't know, something that's working for you right now or that you've enjoyed recently that you want to recommend just broadly. Okay. This probably won't work. It could be a product. It doesn't matter. This probably won't work for like you guys, but for me, hair towels are a big thing when I get out of the shower, like a big thing like it needs to be the right hair towel if it's too thick it'll just fall yeah I do like did you like the cartoon lady up it's up yes exactly you're in the robe and you're like oh exactly and then I drop my robe and then I open the door and I go oh and no one's there so I got these towels for my son they're like muslin cotton they're so wonderful they are and they have like the little triangle where you put the baby's head in they are perfect for your hair towels oh they're so light and soft and they dry super, super quick. Okay. That's my recommendation. Is your head the size of a baby? No. Okay. So the triangle only fits up here. No, no. The triangle fits. So I put the triangle here and then I bend over and then I wrap it around and then I do the... Oh, so it's up in the back. Yes, yes, yes, yes. That's great. Okay. Incredible recommendation. For everybody who has long hair. Thank you. Incredible recommendation. So fun, just any recommendation at all. At all. What do you recommend? today. Okay. Give me a second. Do you want to go? Yeah, I can go. I would like to recommend if you have a bottle of orange wine to finish it on the day. I've had a few orange wines lately where I've let it rest until the next day and it has turnt. It has turnt. Is it outside of the fridge? or inside the fridge? Nope, it's in the fridge. I don't know. Sediment. So I was at the end of a, okay, so people at home, like orange wine, you know, it's fucking crazy. It's a weird thing. It's skin-talked. It's so delicious. Sometimes it tastes like a foot. Yep, and I like that. This one tasted like if white wine was a cigar. Okay, go with me. Okay. It was really good. It was really nice. Okay. People are like, ew. No, I like that. I'm like, wait till you're in your 30s. You're gonna want your wine to taste like a cigar. Wow, that voice is good. We need another scam caller to call. For real. Diabetes. What do you mean? What? This voice is so good. Me when I'm at Toshi Station in Star Wars. This voice is so good. That was crazy. You sounded like you work for Jabba the Hutt. Or at the DMV, like the woman comes out at the end. Did you bring your ID? Jesus. This is so good. You sound like you're part of a Jap punk song. Work it. Make it. Okay. I'm losing it a little bit. Anyway. So good. I poured, I guess this was the second, the third day. So maybe the recommendation is the third day. Oh. Because you can kind of get away with the second day. I poured, and it was at the bottom. And I've had this wine before. It has a picture of a woman who looks like Natalie Portman on it. And I can keep, I continuously find it because I'm like, oh, there's Natalie Portman again. I guess I'll get the cigar wine. Of course. Anyway, poured it out. Thick. Like it was like top to bottom, like opaque. Yes. Like fully like brown pieces. I was like, oh, you can't put that in your body. Yeah. You can't do that. It does that. Orange wine does that. I don't know why. I actually don't know why. If there's not a little bit of sediment, I'm not drinking it. Because then I know it's going to taste like yummy light out by the beach. You want messed up. I want it to taste like this. And that's it. Okay. similarly I've been doing this a little bit this year my recommendation we have a lot of like long shoot days here at Smosh right sometimes I get sleepy in the second half of the day but I've noticed something that I feel like fixes it for me and maybe it's placebo if I eat an orange orange if I eat an orange in the early afternoon I have energy it's incredible I don't know vitamin C maybe it's just maybe it's just the sugars in it. I don't know. But I swear by the orange. What's clean, natural sugar? Orange. Orange. And it's delicious. Orange. I love an orange. Orange. Do you eat it cold or do you eat it room temperature? Oh, good question, Tommy. You put your oranges in the fridge? Delicious. Oh, I don't do that. But that makes sense because it's like cold orange juice in it. I put my apples in my fridge. I put my apples in the fridge too. I do not put my apples in the fridge. I just don't put my bananas in the fridge. Can't turn brown. Do they turn brown in the fridge? Yes. Oh, well. I would think it'd be the opposite. And if you freeze it, you have to peel it. Why? Bananas? Why do you have to freeze it? Or why do you have to peel it? So it lasts longer. No. Why do you have to peel it? You want to take out a banana that's frozen with a peel on it? How are you going to get that peel off? Well, you let it thaw. But then what's the point? You use it. Exactly. You want it for a smoothie. Oh, see, no. Thank you. If I let bananas get really brown and with the peel on it, I put them in the freezer so that I take them out, I let them thaw and I make banana bread. I just save them. When's the last time you did that? Probably like a year or so ago. I make banana bread a lot. It's the easiest thing to make. It is the easiest thing. It's so easy. But it's been a year. Not a lot this past year, but I was making it a lot. He's lying his ass off like, yeah. Before that, I was making it all the time. Shane is lying his ass off. I was making it all the time. I don't get to make banana bread. By the way, Tommy, we got to get you on board with this. We are going to get Reba on Smosh this year. Yes. And then also, we want to do a Reba Moose Master. Yes. Oh my God, that'd be incredible. Different versions of Reba. That's great. Different eras. You're in. Yeah, Reba. I'm in for Reba. So, yeah. But I think it's going to be a big group effort to get Reba on Smosh. Reba. Reba. Reba. Reba. Anyways. Wow. Orange. Orange. Orange wine. Quickly. Muslin cotton hair towels. There you go. And those are your recommendations for today's episode. Those are the recommendations for today. That's a fun little segment. I like recommendations. I really like that. It's just whatever. That's a great segment. Whatever's working. It's so nice. So niche. So nice. So nice. So nice. Very nice. Very nice. No. Here's this new segment where we just say very nice over and over. Very nice. Okay. Oh, I have a really dumb one. This is a one-time segment. Okay. And maybe we could do it with different guests and stuff where we just switch seats for like a minute and we just see if the vibes are different. Okay. Okay. I've always wanted to sit over here. I've always wanted to sit there too. So let's switch. Let's do one. Because I sat here a week ago. Let's move counterclockwise. Okay. One. And then see the vibes. See, I've been here before. And these vibes are good. Okay. Something's different with you over here. How do you feel over there? I'm just kidding. Whoa. I've never been sitting here with you there. I don't actually know if I like this. You don't like it there? It is tricky. We've never done this. I feel like I just swam at the bottom of the pool and I popped up at a place that I didn't like. I popped up in the deep end with a bunch of people talking and I'm like, oh, sorry, I thought my friends were here. It's like when you're like seven and you're like, look, look, I'll do something underwater. And you go to flip upside down underwater and then you come up and you're like, oh, I'm... It's just that woman. I'm elsewhere. It's that woman on the thing. Where's your mom? What happened to you? Wait, what? Wait, what's going on? I don't even know. Wait, what? Amanda's crying. Amanda's crying. The idea of a woman. I'm floating in the pool. I'm going. Where's your mom? I'm going. Oh, my God. I'm going. Where's your mom? He's like, where's your mom? Where's your mom, kid? And she's crying. You are actually crying. Oh, shit. Oh, my God. You know when you have a vision in your head and people go, yeah, and then they add on to it? That got me, man. This is a good spot. It's a great spot. I feel more chill here. As you're sobbing in the corner. I'm having more fun here. People think I laugh a lot. It's just where I'm sitting. Oh, thanks, James. I'll take one, too. Oh, my God. Just to blow my nose, though. Thank you. Where's your mom? Where's your mom? You guys, I really needed that. Thank you. Of course. I slept really dry last night, so my throat is ready to do that. Ready? Slept really dry. Yeah, yeah, because I'll sleep with my mouth open. Some people snore, I sleep with my mouth open. Uh-oh. Yeah. Is that bad? I don't know. People say that's bad, and I'm like. Spiders can get in there. I'm like, let them in. They want to go in, let them in. Spiders get in there, yeah. Spiders get in there. Oh, my God, I'm so happy. I'm glad you're happy. Do we want to swap one more? Let's do it. because I've never sat here. I've literally never sat here. Whoa. Oh, interesting. I've actually sat here. You have sat there. Once. And I've sat there before. Still a little dewy under this eye. I'm dewy. Okay, this spot's pretty cool. Yeah. You just are looking at Scott the whole time. Oh my God, and I love it. I don't know if he loves it, but I love it. Oh, okay. I'm like, Scott, when he agrees with something, he's like. You're mid-conversation with the person here, but you're just like, yeah, I fully agree. I look at Scott a lot. For sure. Yeah, and I know when the vibes are good when Scott's doing that, but when he's not doing that, it's like, ooh, we gotta move on. So I'm realizing this chair is the focused chair because my attention's here and it's just a wall. Whereas if you're here, your attention's split between the two and you have everybody out here. This is a tough chair. But then when you're over there, it's just this person and Scott. Yes. Yeah. But this is the focused chair. And a little bit of Selena. This is like, let me talk. Yeah. And a little bit of Selena. Is this chair hard to look at the guest? I don't necessarily think so. I think the guest is perfectly split. You guys died. That was so needed. Like, I needed that. Starting a business can be overwhelming. You're juggling multiple roles. Designer, marketer, logistics manager. all while bringing your vision to life. Shopify helps millions of business sell online. Build fast with templates and AI descriptions and photos, inventory and shipping. Sign up for your one euro per month trial and start selling today at shopify.nl. That's shopify.nl. It's time to see what you can accomplish with Shopify by your side. This episode is brought to you by ZocDoc. Never have I ever put off an annual checkup, a dentist cleaning, or any doctor's appointments. Oh, come on. Wow. I lose. Look, I tend to take vitamins and supplements and just hope for the best and just say I'm totally fine. Shane, it's time to do things a little differently this year. You have to. 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That's Z-O-C-D-O-C dot com slash SmoshMouth ZocDoc.com slash SmoshMouth Thanks ZocDoc for sponsoring this message. An ollie-oop from James. Stop this nonsense. Back to the show. Ow! My foot! Good. Oh, wow. I needed to cry last night, and it came to me, and this is a very sweet thing, actually. It was just like, okay, here's my segment. Tommy says a sweet thing. Love that. There was just a TikTok that I saw. It was a Native American woman in a natural history museum cultural installation and she was singing a Beautiful Her like culture her tribe or whatever And it was so impactful that I just started like weeping And then I was like, humanity. You've been weeping. I've been weeping. I've been very connected lately with my like grateful for like the lives we lead. I love that. And connections with people. You've been in your weeping era. I'm in my weeping era. And I love, I love that. But in my like beauty, beauty, like in my like, oh. I primarily cry in like positive ways. I don't cry when things are really sad. I cry when things are happy. Oh, not me. I cry for a lot of it. Yeah, for a lot of it. I cry for a lot of it. Like I cry when things are really, I will, I'm going to admit something here. I cried in the most, in the strangest way. I got a full night of sleep. Good. I, when I was at work, I missed my son completely. I didn't see him when I woke up and I didn't see him when I got home. So I was really sad. So the next morning, I got a full night of sleep. I was holding my son and H made crepes. And I took one bite of the crepe while holding my son. And I sobbed, sobbed, sobbed, talked, sobbed, sobbed, sobbed, sobbed, sobbed, I was like, it's so good. It tastes so good. And it was like, oh my God, this is that moment. This is that moment where people go, parenting is hard. I'm like, oh no, this is that moment. This is where it's at. Like, childbirth, I'll do it again and again. Literally, literally. It's like that famous picture of that mom who's holding her crying son and she's sitting on the toilet and there's another son holding her leg. Have you guys seen that picture? Is that a picture or painting? I don't know. I know what you're talking about though. But I was like, yep. But I was crying in joy. Of course. Because you're like, oh my God, I have my son. I have this breakfast. And everything's really working out. But it was like tasting a crepe in that moment just solidified it. It just launched it. Anyways, where's your mom? Where's your mom? Should we swap back? Let's do it. This is a fun place to be. Yeah. Yeah. You're right in the middle. I'm really happy for our guests. I have the most energy in this chair. A hundred percent. Really? I don't know why. What did you think about my chair? It's good. Oh. Oh. So, yeah. Yeah. I think it's Shane's chair that has the energy. I think I just bring those vibes there. My chair's just fine. It's professional, I guess. I think it's professional. It's grounding. It's a grounding force. Yeah. Yeah, I feel very professional. You shut down when you sat in it. You kind of were fine when you sat in it. I was kind of fine. Fun. I feel like, yeah. Okay. I'm going to have to change some things. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to have to bring some new energy. Okay. I'm gonna have to chill out. Yeah, switch it up a bit. Yeah, I'm gonna be chill. I'm gonna be relaxed. No filter. For sure. For sure. Yeah, let's go back. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm back. I'm back in my chair. Okay, I have a segment. And we're back. Actually, you haven't done one yet. And we're back. I don't have one. Do you not have any? I'm kidding. I know you have said companies because we talked about it before. No, you go. Okay. I think it would be fun to answer one of the questions that make you fall in love with people. Every episode we do. That's like 50. There's like 50, right? From Women's Health Magazine. There's like 50 questions. Yeah. So if we start doing that, we could do one every week for a whole year. You said make someone fall in love with you? Uh-huh. Yeah. Or to determine. Oh, I love that. I'm picking one, I'm picking one, I'm picking one. Where's your mom? That's what I was going to do. Where's your mom, kid? Where's your mom? If a crystal ball. She's got a cigarette. Literally. She burns it out on the floaty. It deflates. She sings. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future, or anything else, what would you want to know? So if a crystal ball. Thank you. Elda, Ina, I don't know what your name is. You're welcome. It's getting worse If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future, anything else What would you want to know? Her name is Ina Because she's Ina Poole right now It is your seat Your seat's full of mine Mine is lame God Mine's so serious I'm like segments Sorry, what is the question? If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future, or anything else What would you want to know? Not the future. I do not want to know about the future. I don't want to know the future either. My life. My life. My life. I'm scared to go to a psychic for that reason. Like, I don't want them to tell me something that I don't want to know. I guess my life. I don't know. Okay. I feel like psychics have said, like, oh, I don't want to. We don't predict the future because it is kind of like. I think it's a vibe thing. It's not set. It's a vibe thing. It's not set. I think I would want to know, like, where to put my energy. I would like a light guide of like I think you should keep maybe focus on a pilot kind of give me a nudge and a direction and that could just teach me something or it could be it gets created I'd love a little keep writing that thing I know this is impossible because it is all subjective and it's all our own feelings and whatever, but like, you know, in, in video games where it's like something will highlight of like, oh, this is the recommended thing to do. Right. And I'm like, man, that'd be so nice to have in life of like, oh, well, this is, this is the path. You're walking around. It just pops up. Recommended. Like things just kind of light up and it's like, oh, go that direction. And I'm like, give me that once. It's called intuition, Shane. Yeah. Intuition. It's called intuition. It's called inner. Intuition. Where's your mom? I think people hate those voices. Honestly, where's your mom? That whole thing is going to be my 2026 world. That lady's my new favorite character. Where's your mom at? Because she cares about the well-being of the kid. She does. But she's also really enjoying her time smoking a cigarette in the water. In her floaties. In a public pool. And she's got like a frilly bathing suit on. Oh, for sure. She's a cigar woman, but she's a cute frilly bathing suit on. Like short, choppy hair that's got blonde highlights. I'm picturing, what's that cartoon, that newspaper cartoon of the old lady with the sunglasses? Kathy? Oh, no. The old lady who's like... It's like a famous cartoon. And it would be on birthday cards. She's always a little sassy. That is to a T... Maxine? Maxine. Maxine. That is to a T what my grandma was like. That was her vibes. Just kind of like... And she had that short... Is that where you get your Aunt Carol? There's definitely some vibes there. She was very sarcastic, very funny And just a lot of just like Alright Very popular I feel like the imagery of hers everywhere In the funnies Do you guys remember Is this crazy, oh my god this is me showing When you had to call Or look in the newspaper for movie theater times Do you guys remember that? Where you had to call and hear the movie theater times Yes Yeah thanks Selena Oh my god this seat I do remember that. This seat is old and lame. This seat is crusty and dusty. I'm changing it up. I'm going to cut my hair like this old woman. We're going to get you a frillip. I do remember that. That was right around the time we were like Watergate and stuff. It was crazy. I hate you. Fuck you. Yeah, I remember that. Fuck you in that seat. I remember that too. I was like swimming around with my like 500 brothers and my dad's balls. 500? he's got a good girl you're a miracle you guys keep me in this seat that's actually what's happening it's not me it's you guys it's you guys okay I love that I have a big I have a big one let's just do it now and then we can go back to smaller ones so I have this show I have a show that I pitched to Kiana years ago okay that we would do on Smosh Pit now this is a very rough idea and the idea is for it to just be like fun conversation okay with a little bit of a game to it and it is called hot take roulette. Okay. Now, we got this roulette wheel. Now, this goes to 12. Ideally, it would go to 10. Now, I think also there'd be two roulette wheels. There'd be a roulette wheel that has a bunch of categories on it, and then there'd be a roulette wheel that has the numbers. And one being the absolute coldest, ice cold, 10 being the hottest. Now, this goes to 12, so 11 and 12 are crazy. How do you go beyond hot, hot, hot, hot? So am I presented with a thing that I have to then make a hot? Let's do an example. What it would be is one person would be the judge in this given scenario. One person is the judge, and they pick a category. They spin the wheel. It lands on a number. And the other two people, they don't have to believe in the hot take, but they have to give a take that is equivalent to that heat level. Got it. And the judge then determines who won, who got closer to the number. It's not a matter of agreeing with the take or liking the take or whatever. It's is that take. It's like wavelength in that sense. Yeah. Okay, so it's not like pineapple on pizza is the category. It's just like food is the category. And then we both have to try and make a hot take. And you can determine how specific you want to get. Got it. You could say pineapples is my category. Give me a hot take about pineapples. Pineapple on pizza is like the best thing in the world. What number would that be? Well, the way you said it, I'd say a five. It would be how hot I think that take is too. All right, let's take a broad category. Let's say music. Okay. Music. And we land on a one. Okay, who wants to go first? My hot take in music? I don't think I'm going to be good at this game. Give me a one. What is a one take? What is the coldest possible take on music? Tommy? Coldest? It is a one, so as cold as it gets. Get ready, guys. Get ready. Okay, here we go. I think Beyonce is a talented vocalist. Okay. That's really nice. Beyonce is a talented vocalist. Amanda. Most people like pop music. Oh, shoot. I'm not winning. That's not a one. No, no. I think I'm going to give it to Amanda because most popular music. Okay, okay, okay. It's in the name. Most people like popular music. It's in the name. That is the most because I think, I don't know who, but I think there, I would believe more people out there would potentially. Yeah, right. disagree with the best vocalist in current history. Yes. Both of those very good one takes. Does anyone want to spin and give a category? Okay. The category is clothing. Clothing. What are we going to get? I like the hypnosis in the middle, by the way. Oh, that's so spooky. Okay, three. We're getting low takes. Okay. Okay. Jeans. Go with everything. Whoa, you think that's a three? Oy. Okay. Hmm. Okay. All right. Okay. I'm having fun in this chair. What are you wearing right now? Not jeans. I'm not wearing jeans. Whoa. Because I'm different. This is a three. This is like a chill take. I think it's a chill take. I think it's a chill take. Do you think it's more of like a one? No, I think that's actually more of a hot take than a chill take. Really? Because I know people, well, I feel like the tides have turned and people don't like jeans anymore. People like big pants. Jeans can be big. Pants. Jeans. Okay. And what do you got? Okay. I'm going to go with... You should fold your knitwear. You shouldn't hang it. You should fold it. You should fold your knitwear. Well, rest on these two. Okay. I think knitwear wins, unfortunately. That's about three. I feel like jeans is more of a... That's a pretty bold statement. Fine. Yeah, give me this. I heard that about knitwear, and I realize it's true, because whenever I would hang it, I'd have those... Yes, it would get... The bumps on my shoulders. Yeah, yeah, because it's too heavy. Yeah, yeah. Okay, pick a category. Pick a category and spin your wheel. We need to get some hotter takes up here. Yeah, let's look. Alcohol. Alcohol. Alcohol. Alcohol. Let's spin it again. What did you, what? Hey, this is what happens. This wheel loves. A nine. A nine. Alcohol. Okay, and once again. Alcohol. I want to be clear with hot take roulette. It's not about, you do not have to believe the take. Right. You are just saying something that is of that caliber. A nine hot take. Okay. Okay. I think classic cocktails should not have twists on them. And I don't mean twist like a lemon twist. I think classic cocktails should honor their classic form. Wow. Okay. Okay. That's a good one. Guess what? I don't believe that for a second. I know. I love a twist on martini. That's just my take for the cake. But I can respect what you just said. I like this take. That's my take. That's your take. That's my take. That's your take. That take is going to trigger people. Okay. A nine. I'm going to say tequila is the liquor for people who don't like alcohol. hey oh i don't believe it i don't believe it but is that a nine out of a ten like tequila shots people taking tequila shots i just think i think tequila is the go-to for people who don't actually like that's like saying being launched out of a cannon is for people who like land yeah fucking crazy or people who like who don't enjoy like they don't like the taste of it is the most intense liquor there is. I know, it's crazy. That's what's crazy. It's just like, if you didn't like alcohol, you should be taking shots of vodka. No. Because it tastes like, no, I, yeah. Well, hey. Well, I mean, hey, it's different tastes for different things. I will say that's interesting. I feel like tequila's the go-to. It's like, oh, you never drink, you don't like drinking liquor, so you go with tequila. That's so interesting because I love alcohol, but I don't like tequila. I have started to not do tequila unless it's in an espresso martini. Wow. If you get the golden tequilas have more of a vanilla flavor and actually pairs really well into an espresso martini. But I spent so many years in my mid-20s thinking that I knew how to pace myself really well. And then like near the end of the night, I'd be like, let's do a tequila shot. And then I'd be sleeping on the floor in my bathroom. And it was always the tequila shot at the end of the night. I hate tequila shots. I actually don't like shots. I don't do shots. You know what'll help? Shake it. I mean, you've made your decision. I just said I don't. But if you shake the tequila shot, it'll help. Anyway, who won? Now it's a 9 out of 10. If you think mine is beyond... 9 out of 12. 11 and 12 are extra. 11 and 12 are just insane psycho mode. I don't know, actually. There's no wrong answer. You're picking what you think is more accurate to that. If you think I went past a nine or I'm not quite there. Or if I shot too short. I'm going to go with Tommy because I actually think you went past a nine. That's like a really hot ass game. Okay. And that's the point of the game. That's the game. I'm going with Tommy. I'm sorry. That is the game. I'm sorry. That is the game. Starting a business can be overwhelming. You're juggling multiple roles, designer, marketer, logistics manager, all while bringing your vision to life. Shopify helps millions of business sell online. Build fast with templates and AI descriptions and photos, inventory and shipping. 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But before we do that, I must say this story. And I'm like, maybe if I say it on the podcast, we'll make it get made. And it needs to be a one-off and it needs to be maybe not on YouTube because it would lose monetization. But a game that Kiana and I wanted to pitch ages ago was Try Not to Nut. And what it was was there was two screenshots of a porn. but before it becomes a porn when it's just like, hi, I'm, oh, you're my brother. Welcome up. And it's just like a screenshot of the acting part. And then a Hallmark movie or a student film or something. And so you have to choose which one isn't the porn based on the screenshot. And if you pick a porn, you get pelted with walnuts. This was back in the punishment era. This was back in the punishment era. I think you're going to know which one's the porn. I think that they use a different camera filter. It's a creamy one. Okay. Okay. Anyway, turn off to bed. Okay. Obviously that didn't get made. And instead, Kiana said, what if we read Reddit stories? And here we are. And here we are. Okay. So those they were on the same plane at one point Wow I love that Okay I keep it broad it broad still I gonna say movies Okay Movies Give me a good one I want like a seven. That was crazy. Got a seven. That was crazy. What the heck? Seven's hard. Seven out of, let's do seven out of 10. Okay. Seven out of 10 on movies. So not too hot, but getting there. Hot, not boiling lava hot. This is where it's hard How do you nail down a seven hot take On movies I almost think the more specific the category gets The easier it is to come up with Yeah The broad is a little challenging Yeah movies Do you want to say movies from this past year? Hot takes on movies Movies from this past year I'm throwing out things just to help you narrow it down Paul Thomas Anderson is the best director ever Ooh okay Okay. And I'll say. I haven't seen one battle after another, but I'm just saying. That movie's amazing. And I'll say Alien Romulus was just the best Alien movie. Oh my God. Okay. Tommy. That was too far. I think I got to give it to Amanda. I think you went past. You went past. That's a hot take. Do you agree with that? No. I really liked Alien Romulus. It was fun. To say it was the best Alien movie. That tall. That came out of my mouth. It was a little too crazy. That's a nine. Tall. That creature was spooky. I loved it. Yeah. I really got barfy with that. Yeah. Me too. I was like, oh, you know, that was a real guy. No, I know. He basketball. He basketball. Did you know he basketball? And he basketballs in that outfit. Yeah. Just dressed as that alien. He's not really wearing anything. Yeah. Ish. Hmm. Yeah. Gorgeous. Gorgeous. Beautiful man. Get that man on a runway. Oh my God. No, seriously. Well, okay, here we go. So I won. You won that. You won that. Good job. Okay. I can't do that one. my category is let's say you you you you YouTube YouTubers YouTubers no no okay I'm just kidding you can do it I can I was gonna say Harambe and that's why I laughed and I was like we're not doing takes on Harambe because he's right there that's just because I and he can see and he can see you so okay okay okay okay okay okay okay animals um okay Okay, here's your category. Gross animals. Gross animals. Fun. Your take on gross animals? We got an eight. We got an eight. Gross animals. Okay. However you want to make that happen. I have a take. Okay. Millipedes are cute. They're not gross. They're cute. And I believe that one. I've always thought millipedes are cute. You should be shot down. They're just, I don't know. Centipedes, gross. Millipedes, cute. Remind me the difference. Millipedes are the ones, they're a little bit rounder. They can be big and long, but they're very round. They do not have antennae, really. Here, I'll pull up a millipede. I think millipedes are cute. Yucky! So they're kind of like those guys. Oh, the ones that look more like worms. They're a little bit wormy. Centipedes are flattened out. Centipede, centipede. I think that's what was on traders in their hands. Yeah, centipedes deserve to die. Millipedes have tiny little legs. Yes, and they're going like, and they're like and I think they're very cute. Centipedes, terrifying. Millipedes, cute. Millipedes are cute. I really don't know. An eight out of ten. Like if we had a millipede here, I'd be so excited. I'd be like, you could reference the first conversation we had on this podcast today. You do not have to believe it, but I do believe mine. You don't have to believe it, but I think you can. Gross animals. Think about them. think about gross animals we brought it back when Amanda's thinking she does little air kisses hmm this is really hard to think about I love I love just like thinking things that we do it reminds me of that interview of Ethan Slater where they ask him some questions and he goes he goes like ah and he does like a weird he does like a weird smile thing off to the side. It's like to fill time with the face. Oh. I'm struggling with this. I don't really like, no. All right. Shane wins. No, hey, hey. I win. Hold on, hold on. Hold on. Cockroaches are the best insect to eat. Okay, that's, she went, she went to a 12. I feel like that's, I feel like that's a little too far. Yeah. I'm so sorry. I really, I really couldn't. I really couldn't. I think I was so taken back. Okay. I want to go specific Okay The Rock Dwayne The Rock Johnson Yep Okay Spin A seven again Different number It's up to you I feel like we should either do a ten or a five or something like that Ten or five Okay Ten or five Oh a 10 Dwayne The Rock Johnson Is your category Okay here we go I'm thinking of one that you specifically Will think is really fun Okay I think this is a hot take But I think Amanda you might even agree with it The Scorpion King Is The Rock's best movie name a better movie he's bringing 10 he's bringing 10 okay Moana okay fine fine fine the leading the Scorpion King is the Rock's best leading role like okay here's my take on the Rock here's my 10 take on the Rock not buff enough that's pretty fucking good not buff enough He's really buff. Not enough. He's big. Hey, here's my 10 out of 10 take. Nah. He's dialed it back a little bit recently. He has. He's dialing it back. But this was, my standpoint is before the dial back. You're talking about at his peak. At his peak. Fast five, not big enough. The Scorpion King is a really, really good hot take, though. That's true. How do you feel about the CGI? No, that's The Mummy Returns. I'm talking about The Scorpion. That is The Mummy Returns. No, but The Scorpion King has tons of CGI. It's when he literally turns into all the fucking scorpions Yeah but he showed up as the scorpion king In the mummy And then his head And his head was crazy I love all the mummies I think I'm going to have to go with Shane on this one I'm so sorry Tommy I love the scorpion king though That movie is awesome I won one Scorpion king Yeah And that's this game I love that game. Are you hoping to do one more? I'm going to change the game really quick. Let's do it. I'm going to spin the wheel and you have to make the sound or sentence of that number. Love. Who that number would be. Love, love, love, love, love. Oh, my gosh. A six. Sound or sentence. Hi, guys. I'm just here hanging out and I want to sit on your lap. Okay. Hey, so I've got a pitch for you guys, and I think you're going to want to hear it. Thank God. All right. God. I've got my Tesla parked out there. It's mine. I own it. Well, it's a lease, but I own it. Can I come sit in your Tesla? I'm allergic to tulips. So if there's going to be tulips at the wedding, I'm not going to be able to make it. Yes. That's how I feel. Because they're sick. Because they're sick. Well, they're middle of the road. They're like the middle. They're like not so much a wet blanket. They're fine. Right. There's just something a little, ugh. There's something, I actually really love that game. Remember when we played Hughes and Cues? I love Hughes and Cues. Did you play Hughes and Cues with us? Of course I played Hughes and Cues. Where we did the character stuff, though? No, I don't think I was that one. It's very fun. I love also in Challenge Pit when we do the game where you have a number. Yes. And you're giving categories and you've got to match that. I got the most stress I've ever been. And I don't think this has aired yet, or maybe it has right around the time. If not, it's airing soon. Where we got the number four. Me and Arasha got the number four. And Chance was sitting in the seat in front of us. And for four, for the number four, he goes, pop stars or pop divas. And I was like, oh, no. That was a hard one. I was like, what do I say to that? I'm like, I'm going to piss off everybody no matter what. What did you end up saying? I ended up saying Addison Rae just because I'm like, what's the public opinion of like, I'm like, you know, I know she had an album this year or this past year that people did really like. I don't have much skin in the game, but I'm like, what do I say? Like, what popped you as a four? I have no idea. What would you say? I've thought about it more. I would say Miley Cyrus circa 2012 when she was doing the like crazy. Goofy, goofy. Goofy, goofy. Beetlejuice stuff. Beetlejuice, Miley Cyrus, I think is there. That's pretty good. I think since then, she's now far beyond a four. But in that era, four. Because it's not like, okay, you're not like a complete joke. You are talented. Right. But what are you doing? You're figuring it out. Yeah, that's pretty good. But I felt bad. I was like, currently, I don't know who I say. Yeah. That's hard. Yeah. It's really hard. I don't know who I would say. I don't actually know. It's too challenging. It's way too hard. I also don't want to insult anybody's stuff. Exactly. Agreed. I think Pop Divas is too. You don't want to mess with that. Courtney and I have played it just one-on-one. and my favorite category we've ever picked is you get a number. The category is Tom and Jerry sounds. I don't think I know them enough. So you just, it's just like yells and like. That's. Well, so like, I think I had. I think I had a nine and it was just like, it was like, I forget. This is more of a dizzy, but it was like cartoon noises. Right, right, right. And I got a nine. I did the like. It's like, yeah, that's a nine. That's pretty good. The goofy. The goofy. This guy. Can we do it? Can we do it really quick? Do what? That. What you just said. Oh, yeah. We need to find a way to pick a number. Oh, how crazy. Holy shit. Okay. So you guys have to get the number. And I. This is Tom and Jerry sounds? Cartoon sounds. Cartoon sounds. Cartoon sounds. I'm not going to look. Okay. We see the number. We see the number. We've clocked the number. All right. Go for it. Okay. Go for it. Okay. We're making the number. Okay. Okay. Here it is. That's a good one. Amanda. It's going to be okay. I'm not good at this. It's going to be okay. It's going to be okay. I'm not good at this. It's going to be okay. I need to go home. It's going to be okay. Maybe I'm biased, Tommy. I really like that sound, but I don't think it's going to be like the top of the like, top of sounds. It's because it's very small, very subtle. I'm picking up... I'm going to go with a... I'll go with a five. What about what I did? I don't know what you did. I completely disregarded what you did. What about what I did? That was an exasperated big dog. Okay. I'll go with a five or a... I'm going to go with six. Okay, let's do... It was a two. Oh, see, I love... I love that, though. Oh, it's picking something. I love that sound. It's a good sound. It's a really good sound. You did it. All right, all right, all right, all right. Okay, okay. You didn't see it? No. I'm going to try to do this. Okay. Okay. And your take? I'm going to pack up my stuff I think my car is outside My lift is here Before you go, they wait for five minutes after you call them Can you tell me what that was supposed to be? I don't know, I can't recreate it I don't know what I did, I blacked out I think, what did I do? Right I'm going to say six Or seven It was a twelve I forgot that those numbers were up there Yeah but if you'd said a 10 we would have counted that I was trying to do Tom from Tom and Jerry Like when he like Gets launched When he gets launched or when he yells Or like a hammer hits his hand or something I'm like that's the big thing It's been a long time since I've watched cartoons So I don't think that this is fair Have you not watched Tom and Jerry? Tom and Jerry is hilarious I watched Tom and Jerry but a long time ago When I was a child My grandpa was watching Tom and Jerry up until the end And he was laughing his ass off That's awesome We weren't really allowed to watch a lot of cartoons. Because it's violent. I don't know. My dad just didn't like it. Your dad was scared of him. He said it was like brain rot. Brain rot? Yeah, my dad. We weren't allowed to watch The Simpsons. You need to show your dad actual brain rot. We weren't allowed to watch Ren and Stimpy. Well, that makes sense. Can you please show your dad actual brain rot? Like pull up TikTok and be like, this is Italian brain rot, dad. And he would probably love it. Yeah. That's the issue. He's probably hooked on it already. Can I give you a little bone that you want? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So there's a positive thing you can participate in. Can you tell me about this beautiful red ring on your hand? Yeah. This is my wedding ring. This is your wedding ring? Yeah. It's gorgeous. It is really cool. That's got to be one of the most unique wedding rings I've ever seen. This is my wedding ring, and then we designed this wedding band together. It has braided wheat on it, which back in the day, like a traditional way, braided wheat would mean like, oh, you work really hard together to create the harvest. But in Belarus, you throw seeds and it just grows wild. so it's kind of like a a a hilarious thing about marriage it's just like it's really really hard or you just you give it a little bit of love and then it it just goes I love the combo too because your wedding ring is all red and then the ring you have on the other finger turquoise yeah so you've got blue and red so if you ever get mugged you'd be like bam fire ice or be like the red pillow the red pillow the blue pillow oh do a little matrix action Adam yeah matrix pretty cool I was gonna say that I'm one of the categories is that Matrix is the best movie ever. Matrix, best movie ever. Matrix. I have one. Help me, God. I love the Matrix. Selena has a segment for us. That Amanda might be good at. Okay. Selena has a segment. That's tough. That's got to be tough to hear. Selena has a segment that I might be good at. We pitched this. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. So you would read articles from people.com or from any news like. I'll get you guys in the comments Selina will read it We'll work together Reading headlines from people.com And we have to guess the celebrity Yes, I forgot that we came up with that Okay So blank confirms she has a new title After husband David was knighted Oh, well that's Oh wait, after husband David was knighted What David is knighted? Sir David Sir David Sir David No, I know, but who? Which David? Bowie? and he's passed away. Okay, is this, is this, I'm gonna go with, who's a celebrity who's married to someone who got knighted? I have no idea. So you were supposed to be- Do we know this person? Do we know this person? Both of them are famous. This is the one I'm supposed to be good at. I will say David from the UK. David from, well, that's a given. David Benfield. They don't knight Americans. until me. Natasha Bedingfield? David? That's not his name. Yeah, so we're gonna say Natasha Bedingfield. They're not married, they're siblings. I hope they didn't learn that on this podcast. Soccer. That'd be a hell of a word. Soccer. Beckham! Oh, Posh Spice. Her name is Victoria Beckham. Wait, what about it? So she confirmed that she has a new title after David was knighted. David was knighted? For, I mean, I like him a lot, actually. for kicking ass. For kicking bulls. You guys mentioned him earlier. Blank reveals how he met his wife, Lori, after firing her friend. Lori. I'm supposed to be good at this? The only Lori I know is Shark Tank Lori. She's beautiful. Guys, it's just not my day. It is not my day. This is hard. Wait. Flavortown. Guy Fieri? Yeah. Guy Fieri just busted his kneecap wide open. You hear about this? Why is this making me laugh? How? He slipped down the stairs or something while filming and his knee fucking blew up. Oh, damn. And he's like, fuck. He's like, damn. He's okay. He's just like, his leg fucking popped. It's crazy. I hope he rests up so he can get back to that barbecue. I know. He's like, fuck. He's like, damn. He needs to get back to his labor. He's like, shoot. Oh shoot No I truly wish Guy Fieri the best recovery Oh I love that guy I love that guy Amanda how are you doing Not well guys Guys I'm done I think we can put this episode to rest I think we've done it It is the last shoot day of the year But now I know that I need to get better at cartoons Cartoons Well look Amanda I'm not gonna remember this last hour. In like a year or so, I feel like you're gonna be watching a lot of cartoons. I'm not gonna remember this episode. Guys, guys. You guys are lucky that I showed up today. Like, you guys have no idea. I am running on negative 100. I know. I am shocked. I'm here. I do not remember anything we just talked about. I remember switching seats. That's what I remember. I think 2025 is literally this character. Where's your mom? Alright. We gotta get abandoned. Tommy, thank you. Thank you. And thank you for watching. We'll see you later. Bye. See you guys later. Thanks for coming. Bye. you