Yacht Rock Fiasco, 56-lb Beef Wellington & a 31-Mile Mermaid Swim 😂🌴 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 34

**Thomas** (00:00:00:00 - 00:00:14:15): What up everybody? It is the sunburnt podcast where we talk about comedy and tropical travel. With me as always. You know him from Tires on Netflix and his unbelievable stand up special, “Move closer.” It's Philadelphia's own chip chantry. **Chip** (00:00:14:17 - 00:00:22:03): And to my left, over here is Emmy Award winning writer, producer, and storm door king of Milwaukee, Mr. Thomas O'Brien. **Thomas** (00:00:22:04 - 00:00:23:02): It's good to be the king. **Chip** (00:00:23:03 - 00:00:23:22): It's great to be the king. **Thomas** (00:00:23:22 - 00:00:31:05): And when people tell me they want a storm door, I go, thank you very much, because I saw that Elvis Presley movie. And I know that's how the king talks. **Chip** (00:00:31:06 - 00:00:34:09): If you're the king of anything, that's how you should talk. That's that's the way to do it. **Thomas** (00:00:34:09 - 00:00:38:07): I think you should be grateful, at least polite. Thank you very much. **Chip** (00:00:38:08 - 00:00:41:05): Elvis Presley was nothing if not courteous. Let's say that. **Thomas** (00:00:41:05 - 00:00:42:22): Have you ever seen an Elvis Presley movie? **Chip** (00:00:42:22 - 00:00:45:14): Yes, 1 or 2. Not great. **Thomas** (00:00:45:14 - 00:00:50:00): It just proves that looks can get you far. **Chip** (00:00:50:02 - 00:01:04:15): That looks can get you very far. And the man could sing. The man's got pipes. And so, like, they were like, yeah, you can sing like that's me. Like I'm not a great actor. But if you were like, all right, what if it was like you? So he would always sing songs in it. So that was his age. Grace was not a good actor. And, again, we'll probably get some hate for this, but. Yeah, I don't believe he was, he was a great thespian. But that would be like me, like, okay, Chip, you're not the best actor in the world, but you can star in series of movies. But what we're going to do is every 25 minutes, you're going to stop and you're going to hacky sack and do some Mr. Belvedere trivia, which is something two things that I'm good at at the same time. And you're like, that makes up for your lack of, you know, you're no Anthony Perkins. You know, you know, you're no you're no Day-Lewis. But you can do some. Yeah, you can, you can, you can do some Frisbee tricks. **Thomas** (00:01:43:10 - 00:02:04:22): You got to be great at two things. I think that's what it comes down to in entertainment. And here at the sunburn podcast, we've chosen comedy and tropical travel. This week we are going to be getting into the collapse of the yacht rock fest Chip the Boomer Fyre Fest. Those guys are having a time over there. If you've read the trades. **Chip** (00:02:05:00 - 00:02:05:09): Yep. **Thomas** (00:02:05:09 - 00:02:13:05): And you can do this one at home, too. Yeah. We're going to be talking about an opportunity to take a road trip with a celebrity impersonator. **Chip** (00:02:13:05 - 00:02:21:04): And this celebrity impersonator. If we give you a million guesses, you would. You would not get it. This is. And but but you definitely know it. So this is. **Thomas** (00:02:21:04 - 00:02:36:04): Exciting. It's going to be exciting. We're countdown to Chip Chantry. Thanksgiving in Paradise. We're talking Guinness Book of World Records. We've got more vacation rules and more buffet facts. Chip. This one's chock full of good tropical comedic stuff. **Chip** (00:02:36:04 - 00:02:38:07): Full of sharks, baby. Full of sharks. **Thomas** (00:02:38:09 - 00:02:42:11): Ooh. Is a former teacher. Does it give you a little bit of PTSD to hear the word shark? **Chip** (00:02:42:11 - 00:02:46:15): Yes, in any form, it really does. Especially this time of year. As the leaves, they are a turn in. **Thomas** (00:02:46:15 - 00:02:57:11): Let's check this up to a great episode, sunburn podcast, where we talk about comedy tropical travel. If those interest you, stay tuned. Front desk. **Chip** (00:02:57:13 - 00:03:03:02): Hi, this is Mr. Chantry in room 308. Do you wanna come up and play hide and seek? **Thomas** (00:03:03:04 - 00:03:07:18): Mr. Chantry, did you get stuck under the bed again and need me to come get you out? **Chip** (00:03:07:20 - 00:03:13:09): Yeah. And bring the crowbar this time that Eminem rolled really far under. **Thomas** (00:03:13:10 - 00:03:14:15): I'll be right up. **Chip** (00:03:14:17 - 00:03:16:10): Jeff Thomas, episode. **Thomas** (00:03:16:10 - 00:03:24:22): 34 of the sunburnt podcast. We are sitting at 48 days till Chip Chantry Thanksgiving in Paradise. We're under the 50 day mark. **Chip** (00:03:24:22 - 00:03:37:13): But yeah, it's less than two months away. We are going to be in Hawaii doing some stand up shows. You should come with us. It's going to be blessed. I'm very excited to be the Blue Note in Hawaii the night before Thanksgiving. **Thomas** (00:03:37:13 - 00:04:01:21): I just can't even imagine the vibes. It's such a good scene out there on the week of Thanksgiving. And, to have just like a nice comedy show, you can just walk steps off the beach into a beautiful jazz club and see, Chip Chantry do his brand new hour that he's been perfecting ever since, the release of his last, stand up special. So it's going to be on real, dude. And we're doing a bunch of other stuff we were putting on the books. You and I have both agreed to take a surfing lesson. **Chip** (00:04:12:21 - 00:04:13:05): Yes, we. **Thomas** (00:04:13:05 - 00:04:26:18): Have. We have agreed to do a turkey trot the day after. We're going to do A5K, we're doing a, What do you call like, circumnavigation trip? We're going all the way around the island. **Chip** (00:04:26:20 - 00:04:28:18): We we will. Magellan the island. **Thomas** (00:04:28:18 - 00:04:30:03): We're Magellan like a Phelan. **Chip** (00:04:30:03 - 00:04:31:03): Yeah. We are also. **Thomas** (00:04:31:03 - 00:04:36:19): Shout out doctor Shoals for sponsoring this podcast. Got whack feet? Yep. **Chip** (00:04:36:19 - 00:04:38:07): Doctor Shoals, start yelling. **Thomas** (00:04:38:07 - 00:04:44:09): Start yelling. Ooh! You know what's nicer than an orthopedic insert on a tropical island? **Chip** (00:04:44:09 - 00:04:47:00): Chip I think word play about that insert. **Thomas** (00:04:47:00 - 00:04:48:18): Now you're speaking, Jaylen. **Chip** (00:04:48:18 - 00:05:01:05): Like Magellan. Like that gal used to say in the commercial. That's the only thing better than the luxurious feel of just what feels like two tubes of toothpaste under the soles of my feet as I walk and run. **Thomas** (00:05:01:06 - 00:05:03:23): Ooh. And now we're getting into crest territory. **Chip** (00:05:04:02 - 00:05:04:15): Here we are. **Thomas** (00:05:04:18 - 00:05:06:01): What color is your toothpaste ship? **Chip** (00:05:06:01 - 00:05:13:08): I think the latest one might have, like, a red stripe in it. Like, not the beer, but just a red stripe, I believe. How about you, blue? **Thomas** (00:05:13:10 - 00:05:14:05): Going blue. **Chip** (00:05:14:07 - 00:05:17:06): I'm so mad at the toothpaste industry. If we can get into it. **Thomas** (00:05:17:06 - 00:05:20:14): Oh my God, okay, I do. We need to buckle in. **Chip** (00:05:20:14 - 00:05:41:09): Yeah, if we want to start controversy like big toothpaste. When I was a kid and I, they probably I'm sure they probably still do. But like, you would have these toothpaste commercials where they would show them holding the toothpaste and then squirting the toothpaste onto the brush. Right. Yeah. And they would make this, like, loopy, like, s kind of thing. **Thomas** (00:05:41:09 - 00:05:42:03): Yeah. **Chip** (00:05:42:05 - 00:06:01:10): Beautiful. Like they're icing a cake. You don't need all that toothpaste. It took me until. I don't even want to admit how old I was when I was like oh you can literally use a quarter of what they're using and you get plenty of toothpaste. They're just they sold a bill of goods to children in the 80s and 90s. That said, use all of the toothpaste every time. And they sold so much more toothpaste. When you just put a button, put a button of toothpaste. Yeah. On your brush, you're done. **Thomas** (00:06:11:21 - 00:06:19:11): Well, do you remember that when toilet paper commercial where little Jimmy, every wipe, he would use a whole roll of toilet paper? **Chip** (00:06:19:13 - 00:06:22:08): Yeah. He's a he's a cartoon bear, though, so I think. **Thomas** (00:06:22:11 - 00:06:23:18): That's a bit different. **Chip** (00:06:23:20 - 00:06:27:07): It is a little different little Jimmy, he was like the little toddler, and he was always like, Papa, Papa, Papa. **Thomas** (00:06:27:07 - 00:06:37:21): Right. It. Do the whole thing. Do a whole roll, get a real big wipe. But 3 or 4 wipes, it would take you know, it was a two, three minute long commercial. **Chip** (00:06:37:23 - 00:06:38:05): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:06:38:05 - 00:06:47:14): But it was all behind this 80s marketing idea that if we teach the consumer to use our product and efficiently, we're gonna move more product. **Chip** (00:06:47:14 - 00:06:53:21): I mean, that's exactly what it was. Or it's like that, Toyota commercial where the guy would just drive it off the cliff. **Thomas** (00:06:54:00 - 00:06:54:17): **Chip** (00:06:54:19 - 00:07:00:05): And you're like, yeah, he's going to need another Toyota and probably some hospitalization. But they sold a lot more. **Thomas** (00:07:00:05 - 00:07:04:01): Toyota's Toyota truck for every day of the week. **Chip** (00:07:04:01 - 00:07:07:01): Just keep driving it off those cliffs. That's what you get man. **Thomas** (00:07:07:01 - 00:07:09:09): But the economy was boom and so nobody cared. **Chip** (00:07:09:10 - 00:07:23:11): I do miss and I think it's something that I didn't appreciate at the time. And I 100% understand why they don't have it. Yeah, but I kind of miss colored toilet paper like tinted. Remember there would be like yellow or pink or blue. **Thomas** (00:07:23:11 - 00:07:25:04): Now that you say that, that's ringing a bell. **Chip** (00:07:25:05 - 00:07:36:04): Yeah. And they I think it's because the dyes, they were like it's not good for the, for the water, you know, water waste and everything like that. And but where we're at in the world, like, let's just, let's just die or toilet paper at this point. **Thomas** (00:07:36:04 - 00:07:47:11): There's nothing fun happening in restrooms. Now add a little color. Have you ever seen what happens to like, a a cut vase of flowers? If you put a little food coloring in the water. **Chip** (00:07:47:11 - 00:07:49:00): It gets water, gets psychedelic. **Thomas** (00:07:49:01 - 00:08:10:06): It gets psychedelic. The flowers really absorbed the colors. I like to think of your posterior as the cut stem of a flower. So I think you put a little color on there and now all of a sudden, like orange toilet paper, T-Bone doesn't even have to get a costume to be an up upper loompa this Halloween. **Chip** (00:08:10:08 - 00:08:18:19): Yeah, yeah. Speaking of, Halloween, I was going to say orange toilet paper. I think you are literally just using Halloween decorations to. I mean. **Thomas** (00:08:18:21 - 00:08:30:14): Yes. Somebody's former pumpkin napkins is now in your posterior. And once you use it, you get the exact logo for the Cleveland Browns. Isn't that. **Chip** (00:08:30:16 - 00:08:32:16): It? 100%, is it? **Thomas** (00:08:32:18 - 00:08:47:05): Yes. Isn't that just unfortunate for all you Browns fans? Huge presence and shout out Cleveland. Yeah, thanks for being burnt ones. Come join us in Hawaii. We love you all dearly. **Chip** (00:08:47:07 - 00:09:04:12): I was taking a sip of water. I wasn't I felt like that silence for a second was me tacitly not supporting Cleveland. And I want to. I want to clear the air right away. I was literally just taking a sip of water when you're like, we love you. I was about to say, yes, we do. But then I was just bobbing up and vibing. So, so apologies Cleveland didn't. **Thomas** (00:09:07:16 - 00:09:11:01): You lose a lot of girlfriends back in the day from just the hydrating. **Chip** (00:09:11:01 - 00:09:12:19): Lot of hydrating? Just drank a. **Thomas** (00:09:12:19 - 00:09:19:00): Lot of water during key moments and conversations. You were just not going to stop that 20 ounce gulp. **Chip** (00:09:19:02 - 00:09:28:17): I'll give you an example. So, be my college girlfriend and ask me like a really difficult. We're sitting there on a futon, having a heart to heart because something's going down. **Thomas** (00:09:28:22 - 00:09:53:18): Chip, I've got some news. I have decided to not do my internship this summer. And to join you on your study abroad program to, Portugal. **Chip** (00:09:53:20 - 00:09:58:11): Sorry, I was just taking a drink there real quick. Yeah. See? Is it so? I don't want Cleveland to think they are my ex-girlfriend from college. You're great people, I love you. You're burnt once in Cleveland, and, come on out to I. **Thomas** (00:10:10:07 - 00:10:12:19): I've never been to Cleveland before. You actually. **Chip** (00:10:12:19 - 00:10:28:12): You know, I, I there's a great, comedy scene there. I've been told a couple of good, good clubs and I've never been. I've been to Cincinnati. I've been to Columbus. And, I from what I understand, the Cleve is the, superior city. Just haven't been, haven't been yet. **Thomas** (00:10:28:13 - 00:10:39:20): A lot of love for Chip Chantry out in Cleveland. Yeah. I have a bud. A Bud who, from Cleveland loved the speech shared. I shared it with his boys. **Chip** (00:10:39:22 - 00:10:42:20): Move closer, now available on YouTube. **Thomas** (00:10:42:22 - 00:10:52:03): Where all the best stuff's available. Chip. Including the sunburn podcast. Yeah. You know, whatever Louis C.K. is doing, it's all on YouTube. **Chip** (00:10:52:09 - 00:11:01:22): It's all. It's all there. Charlie the unicorn. Everything's there. Speaking of all the best stuff, you know, we need to do before we go to Hawaii or Cleveland. **Thomas** (00:11:01:22 - 00:11:03:03): Yeah. **Chip** (00:11:03:04 - 00:11:20:11): Is before we get that that Cleveland sun. I think it is time to put some, some sunblock on it. Yeah. Okay. By the way. Okay, I okay, I have a question for you, Thomas. We are putting on some Hawaiian Tropic right now. Yeah. It just it feels good. It smells good. What? Okay, I'm just asking you point blank. What do you call this product? This Hawaiian Tropic? If you say, hey, you leave it in the house real quick, you're going to the beach. Yeah, but you leave it in the house and you tell your wife, oh, hey, I have to run back in and grab the sunscreen. **Thomas** (00:11:34:09 - 00:11:35:07): Sunscreen. **Chip** (00:11:35:09 - 00:11:39:10): Sunscreen. Okay. Sunscreen. I'll say sunblock sometimes. **Thomas** (00:11:39:12 - 00:11:40:03): Oh, yeah. Yeah. **Chip** (00:11:40:04 - 00:11:45:19): Sunscreen, sunblock. I remember one time I. Because when I was a little kid, I called it suntan lotion. **Thomas** (00:11:46:01 - 00:11:47:07): **Chip** (00:11:47:09 - 00:11:54:09): And I remember my middle school health teacher, who was also the school nurse. She was pulling double duty. It was a recession. **Thomas** (00:11:54:11 - 00:11:55:13): Yeah. **Chip** (00:11:55:15 - 00:12:14:21): And she kind of reamed to me out in front of the class and was like, that's not suntan lotion, that's sunblock. Suntan lotion is what you put on to, to get more sun like. It's almost like that oil or whatever you do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I was like, sorry, I'm 12 and I, I'm trying to put some Hawaiian Tropic on, put up. Man. She she was like, she told me who boss with that one. And I'm always like, oh, I guess it's not suntan lotion. **Thomas** (00:12:20:01 - 00:12:26:04): Yeah. It's really weird how you can just internalize those little moments of just, like, being corrected when you're a kid. **Chip** (00:12:26:06 - 00:12:27:23): Oh, yeah. **Thomas** (00:12:28:01 - 00:12:32:06): But that it would stand out to you 74 years later. Yeah. **Chip** (00:12:32:12 - 00:12:33:16): 78 years young. **Thomas** (00:12:33:16 - 00:12:41:05): Really means that it made an impact. And also, like, look at that skin on you, buddy. You can tell you've been using sunblock. **Chip** (00:12:41:08 - 00:12:42:11): I've been blocking it up. **Thomas** (00:12:42:11 - 00:13:00:17): Speaking of Cleveland and speaking of, you know, we just did our world famous slather. Everybody always loves the slather. They like to talk about it on the street. But you take a slather and you mix it with the city of Cleveland. And don't look this up on the internet, but you get a Cleveland slather going. **Chip** (00:13:00:17 - 00:13:01:06): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:13:01:06 - 00:13:05:06): And that will get you in jail. That'll put you right in jail. **Chip** (00:13:05:11 - 00:13:07:11): That's something I will say is not on YouTube. **Thomas** (00:13:07:11 - 00:13:17:19): That is not on, you know, that Cleveland slather removed. It's been removed. But if you do know what a Cleveland slather is, we're curious. Drop it in the comments below. **Chip** (00:13:17:19 - 00:13:20:11): The definition I understand it's a sandwich. **Thomas** (00:13:20:13 - 00:13:24:11): It's a two word review. And it's not shark sandwich. **Chip** (00:13:32:03 - 00:13:32:11): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:13:32:15 - 00:13:38:05): Dude, how was your weekend party? I mean, you were just all over the place. **Chip** (00:13:38:07 - 00:13:52:11): Yeah, it was, wild, crazy weekend. It was it was a lot of fun, but it was, I did a lot. I was busy, I did a lot of work, which was good. I got a lot done. But then, your boy went to goose my work hard. **Thomas** (00:13:52:13 - 00:13:53:11): Play hard. **Chip** (00:13:53:13 - 00:14:02:17): Work hard, play hard. Even though I hate that term. That's what I did this weekend. Went see goose, with your buddies Brian and Chris. You met at the last you show at Madison Square Garden. **Thomas** (00:14:02:17 - 00:14:04:14): Say b, c and g. **Chip** (00:14:04:16 - 00:14:08:22): B, c and g. And it was, It was great, man. **Thomas** (00:14:08:22 - 00:14:11:05): Did they bring anything funky? Chip. **Chip** (00:14:11:07 - 00:14:12:17): They brought a lot of funk. **Thomas** (00:14:12:19 - 00:14:14:00): Yes. **Chip** (00:14:14:02 - 00:14:23:16): That was at the Man Music Center where I saw Phish earlier this summer, where I saw. Yeah, goose last year. Just this outdoor amphitheater right on the outskirts of Philadelphia. It's just gorgeous. **Thomas** (00:14:23:19 - 00:14:26:09): And that's the Leslie man's amphitheater. **Chip** (00:14:26:11 - 00:14:39:19): That is. Yeah, it's the Leslie Mann Music Center. Yeah. She comes and sings, not unlike Elvis. She comes out and sings like she has it in her right. Or where even during somebody else's concert, she comes out every 20 minutes, does a quick number, then leave stage. **Thomas** (00:14:39:19 - 00:14:43:05): And she's just exasperated by a man. **Chip** (00:14:43:07 - 00:14:50:01): She's very angry at a man, and she has to do all the work, and she's getting no support. She's getting no support at all. **Thomas** (00:14:50:02 - 00:15:03:12): I don't think we've talked about this before on the podcast, but me and my wife were having brunch sitting next to like, a bunch of younger women from the fitness industry. Okay. And they were just talking about the classes they were teaching and this and that, just. **Chip** (00:15:03:13 - 00:15:06:07): As they were from, you're saying they're from big fitness? **Thomas** (00:15:06:09 - 00:15:14:23): Big fitness plants? Probably. Yeah. But, they were just chatting and, you know, we love to eavesdrop. Sure. **Chip** (00:15:14:23 - 00:15:31:22): Like, I think we talked about this on the podcast before, but like, my wife and I will go to a diner where we go all the time and like, we almost sometimes don't speak to each other because because we walk there, we walk to and from, it's about a probably good 25 minute walk. And so we just listen to the crazy conversation around us. And then on the walk home, we just debrief the entire time. **Thomas** (00:15:35:09 - 00:15:36:02): I love it. **Chip** (00:15:36:02 - 00:15:39:17): So are you eavesdropping on these, these professional gym rats? **Thomas** (00:15:39:17 - 00:15:49:08): These professional gym rats. And it has nothing to do with their profession. I'm just adding a little color, because what I want to talk about is, they started talking about mod Apatow. **Chip** (00:15:49:10 - 00:15:50:02): Okay. **Thomas** (00:15:50:04 - 00:16:22:12): And then one of the girls said, you know what? I heard something crazy. Did you know that mods mom is also an actress? Oh my God. And I was like, oh, that's their way into Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow. Yeah, it's like just they're just a footnote. There's somebodies parent pap paps. And on the Wikipedia, when you go to mod, Judd and Leslie are just two little hyperlinked, names that you're not going to look in there under parents. **Chip** (00:16:22:14 - 00:16:29:23): And to a certain extent, especially in the comedy community, who was more ubiquitous then the two of them over the last two decades. **Thomas** (00:16:30:03 - 00:16:31:14): Oh my gosh, they were not many people. **Chip** (00:16:31:18 - 00:16:41:05): Yeah, every it's that is, well, just like, the Judd Apatow movie, this is 70 because that's. **Thomas** (00:16:41:05 - 00:17:06:00): How that makes. Yeah, I know, I know and, yeah, like I, I before that happened, I was like, we're all at the same restaurant. We're all probably in pretty similar stage of life. We all look great. We'll work on our bodies professionally. Yeah. And have all the collagen nature ever intended a person to have. Yeah. And then after that, it was like we got different appetizers as our, entry point. **Chip** (00:17:06:06 - 00:17:08:19): Yeah, different appetizers is what I'll say. **Thomas** (00:17:08:21 - 00:17:09:06): Yeah. **Chip** (00:17:09:06 - 00:17:17:14): Is that's like. That's like a reverse nepo baby situation, I think. Yeah. Like, here's Judd Apatow on Leslie Mann's kid. It's like, did. **Thomas** (00:17:17:14 - 00:17:20:01): You know that Judd Apatow is a nepo daddy? **Chip** (00:17:20:06 - 00:17:38:16): He's the cannibal daddy. Yeah. And a nepo mommy. That's what they are. They're like, they're just bringing them along. Like, you know, Jimmy Kimmel brings his family, you know, like, that's. That's how they probably picture Maude Apatow, the, the killer of the breadwinner of the family. And she just lets mom and dad come in every once in a while. **Thomas** (00:17:38:16 - 00:17:44:06): All right, let's put that on the board. Let's circle this. Maybe this is something we we work on writing up. Nepo. Daddy. **Chip** (00:17:44:08 - 00:17:51:11): Nepo. Daddy. Yeah. Let's get that. If if so, if one of our viewers could mail that to us right now. Just so we have the idea. **Thomas** (00:17:51:11 - 00:18:00:12): My assistant had to take the week off. So we're asking you at home, please take notes on the podcast and then, mail the hard copy, and we'd appreciate it. **Chip** (00:18:00:12 - 00:18:28:07): By the way, I hope your assistant, Joshua, is feeling better. I heard that he, accidentally fell down the steps at your, office. And you happened to be standing right next to him when he accidentally, fell down the steps and, yeah, watched the whole thing happen. So I'm sure that was very traumatic for you. And also exasperating, too, because I know that he had your car detailed at a place you didn't approve of. Yeah. So you're going through that trauma, you're standing right next to him, and then all of a sudden he falls down a large set of stairs. Vitally. **Thomas** (00:18:35:12 - 00:18:45:21): Yeah. And I mean, you have to imagine how emotional I was about the whole thing because there was the car situation. And you know how I love my baby. I love my. **Chip** (00:18:45:21 - 00:18:50:01): Baby. It's not a Mazda. You oughta. **Thomas** (00:18:50:03 - 00:19:04:09): It's a miata. Yeah. But imagine how like, challenging it would be to have all that going on. Your assistant tumbling down the stairs, and I'm sitting there holding the wrong coffee from Starbucks. **Chip** (00:19:04:09 - 00:19:06:02): Insult to his injury. **Thomas** (00:19:06:04 - 00:19:14:00): Yeah, yeah, it was tough for all of us, but it's just like, you know, when you say a splash of milk. **Chip** (00:19:14:02 - 00:19:15:05): You mean a splash of milk and. **Thomas** (00:19:15:05 - 00:19:19:17): They give you, at least a splash and a half if not two splashes. **Chip** (00:19:19:20 - 00:19:21:06): It's too much dairy. **Thomas** (00:19:21:08 - 00:19:26:04): It's too much dairy. Nobody, nobody needs that much dairy in the morning. **Chip** (00:19:26:06 - 00:19:36:05): Do you know what I call too much dairy in my milk. What I call that order. That's that's called a stair pushing. Oh, yeah. That's a that's a stair push in amount of milk in there. **Thomas** (00:19:36:07 - 00:19:47:14): Yeah. And you kind of it's not we don't it's not a venti. It's not a tall. It's not a cute little naming system. It's just like one story stair push two story stair push three story stair push 100%. **Chip** (00:19:47:16 - 00:19:47:22): Yep. **Thomas** (00:19:47:22 - 00:19:50:08): I mean, we are rocking and rolling today. Why don't you start. **Chip** (00:19:50:11 - 00:19:54:03): Speaking of measuring sizes, we need to measure some of these stories right here. **Thomas** (00:19:54:03 - 00:19:56:21): That's the best Segway I've ever heard. **Chip** (00:19:56:23 - 00:20:01:09): Yeah, I think I do. I think I nailed it, I think I nailed it. **Thomas** (00:20:01:14 - 00:20:07:17): Let's measure some stories, everybody. Yeah. And, shout out to Joshua. Get better soon, bud. **Chip** (00:20:07:17 - 00:20:10:23): And and also, best of luck finding a new job. I don't know if this is. **Thomas** (00:20:10:23 - 00:20:11:18): A rumor or not. **Chip** (00:20:11:18 - 00:20:16:00): I heard he was recently terminated. That's not. That's just the rumor that's going around town. **Thomas** (00:20:16:00 - 00:20:19:21): No, he recently auditioned to be in the Terminator reboot. **Chip** (00:20:19:23 - 00:20:20:13): Oh, okay. **Thomas** (00:20:20:17 - 00:20:36:14): Yeah, that's the problem with assistants out here. They all want to act. They all got another gig. They're really trying to get. But did you hear this thing about Elon Musk? Like, a story's been circulating about Elon Musk and his long time assistant. I do not know if it's B.S. or not. And once again, we're not going to look it up. **Chip** (00:20:36:14 - 00:20:38:01): That's not this type of podcast. **Thomas** (00:20:38:01 - 00:21:03:22): No. We're talking about what we heard. This is secondhand news. But apparently, longtime assistant the man is worth quite a bit of money. And he's been very, very successful in his companies. And he had one personal assistant for like 13, 14 years. If what I read is to be, can be believed. Okay. So this woman comes up to him, he's like, hey, listen, I've been here a decade. I would like, you know, a raise and a couple of other things. And Elon Musk goes, you know what? Thank you for asking me. I'm not sure how we're going to proceed with this, but I want you to take a two week, all expenses paid vacation on me. **Chip** (00:21:21:14 - 00:21:22:08): Whoa. **Thomas** (00:21:22:10 - 00:21:42:13): Yeah. So she goes, takes her vacation. Doesn't spend a dime out of her own pocket. And when she gets back, she goes and has a meeting with Mr. Musk where he says, while you were gone, I did your whole job myself and didn't miss you. Not only knocking her as you were fired. **Chip** (00:21:42:15 - 00:21:49:22): Oh, my God, he. Mr. Burns her. **Thomas** (00:21:50:00 - 00:21:53:23): Excellent. Yes. **Chip** (00:21:54:01 - 00:21:54:19): Wow. **Thomas** (00:21:54:20 - 00:22:02:05): That could be an urban legend. You know, I don't trust anything anymore. Oh, I got got by an I video the other day. **Chip** (00:22:02:05 - 00:22:02:22): Did you? **Thomas** (00:22:03:01 - 00:22:05:00): And you know how I know I got got by. **Chip** (00:22:05:00 - 00:22:13:23): It, okay. Because, because it was, Stephen Hawking at the X games. No, because I almost got by that one. **Thomas** (00:22:14:01 - 00:22:32:09): Yes. That when you put a celebrity in there, sometimes it makes a little easier. No, I know what I got got because I sent it to you. I just something I saw. And you didn't like it either. It was, it was a, you know, I, Oh, of large size. Riding a motorcycle. **Chip** (00:22:32:11 - 00:22:34:02): Yes. **Thomas** (00:22:34:03 - 00:22:38:09): And it reminded me of one of our favorite Guinness Book of World Records of all time. **Chip** (00:22:38:14 - 00:22:40:13): I texted you back, I said, I miss his brother. **Thomas** (00:22:40:13 - 00:22:52:14): Yeah, yeah. The heaviest twins to ever have had motorcycles together. What was the what was your delineation like? How did that? They were just the, largest. **Chip** (00:22:52:16 - 00:23:14:05): I think, twins ever. Yeah. We by the way, we have not done that one. We talk, you know, we each each week, we, as the listeners know, we do. We each find a Guinness book from the good Book. We find a Guinness Book of World record. Neither of us has ever covered that one specifically. We've talked about it, but I don't think we've specifically I, by the way, I'm hands off on that one. I love that one. But I think you were the one that brought it up first. I feel like you've dibs. So at any point you ever want to do those two brothers or. And, hey, by the way, maybe, maybe they've been, beaten out since, **Thomas** (00:23:26:17 - 00:23:27:14): Oh, some. **Chip** (00:23:27:16 - 00:23:34:18): Maybe their record has been eclipsed, I don't know, so I'm gonna I'm taking the backseat on that one. I would love for you to do that sometime. **Thomas** (00:23:34:21 - 00:23:35:18): Okay, too. **Chip** (00:23:35:20 - 00:23:36:22): Because I think you would love it. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:23:36:23 - 00:23:54:15): Two things. Number one, we keep talking about what's our world record going to be? How are we going to do it? I think you and I, I mean, while it would be tough to become biological twins, I think with a couple years dedication, the support of our family, friends and loved ones. **Chip** (00:23:54:21 - 00:23:55:12): Yes, we. **Thomas** (00:23:55:12 - 00:24:01:14): Could be the heaviest friends to ever ride motorcycles. **Chip** (00:24:01:16 - 00:24:09:02): I think that could happen. I'm going to. I'm going to text the wife now, see if she's okay with me starting a new career path. **Thomas** (00:24:09:04 - 00:24:16:10): There was a Jerry Springer back in the day where, I believe it was Jerry Springer, but, two. **Chip** (00:24:16:10 - 00:24:18:12): Now there's a Lawrence Welk. Go ahead. **Thomas** (00:24:18:14 - 00:24:39:12): You two buddies. We're just tried to get as fat as they could together. They were married dudes who in their, like, you know, late 30s, early 40s, decided that they were going to put on as much weight as humanly possible together. That was like their group effort and like their wives were on there being like, what are you doing? Like, this is unhealthy. You look gross. And they just were resolute. They stood their firm. They stood their ground. They're just like you don't know anybody dedicated enough to double their body weight in seven months. We did that. **Chip** (00:24:54:08 - 00:24:56:01): We did that. Yeah. Mean you come. **Thomas** (00:24:56:01 - 00:25:04:07): On TV and tell us that our achievements don't work. It's the leg lamp. **Chip** (00:25:04:09 - 00:25:11:14): Yeah. It is. It's. Yes, it's a major winner. Yeah, it's a major award. It's a major award. **Thomas** (00:25:11:16 - 00:25:14:15): The male ego. Yep. Wow. Male ego. **Chip** (00:25:14:20 - 00:25:19:02): I wonder how those guys are doing now if they're still with us. **Thomas** (00:25:19:04 - 00:25:21:08): Those ones. I know the twins aren't. **Chip** (00:25:21:13 - 00:25:23:01): The twins are no longer with us. We know that. **Thomas** (00:25:23:01 - 00:25:27:06): Yeah, because, also, I sent you a video of somebody visiting their graves. **Chip** (00:25:27:08 - 00:25:29:03): Yeah, one of my favorite videos of all time. **Thomas** (00:25:29:07 - 00:25:29:21): I mean. **Chip** (00:25:29:23 - 00:25:31:16): What also available on YouTube. **Thomas** (00:25:31:16 - 00:25:34:20): It's all on YouTube, folks. Yeah. **Chip** (00:25:34:22 - 00:25:44:12): It was just like a ten minute video of a man who traveled to, I want to say, with the Carolinas, maybe to visit the graves of the brothers who rode those motorcycles. **Thomas** (00:25:44:12 - 00:25:55:14): Yeah. And that's all he does on that channel, is he goes around and visits the graves of famous people, semi-famous people, accomplished people, and just kind of shows you their final resting place. **Chip** (00:25:55:14 - 00:25:58:10): It's kind of relaxing, to be totally honest with you. **Thomas** (00:25:58:12 - 00:26:09:21): It totally is relaxing. And it's just like something that if television kept going the way it was going, in the heyday of cable, I think this would have just been a television show. **Chip** (00:26:09:22 - 00:26:13:13): Yeah, it would have been great. Yeah. Grave sites of the rich and famous. **Thomas** (00:26:13:13 - 00:26:15:18): Yeah, but it's like it's not cribs. **Chip** (00:26:15:20 - 00:26:17:01): I was oh, it's Crips. **Thomas** (00:26:17:02 - 00:26:19:01): Oh, MTV's Crips. Yeah. **Chip** (00:26:19:03 - 00:26:19:20): Crips. **Thomas** (00:26:19:20 - 00:26:20:18): MTV's Crips. **Chip** (00:26:20:19 - 00:26:22:12): That's still host. **Thomas** (00:26:22:12 - 00:26:28:18): Somebody. Can you write down MTV's Crips and, mail it on into us? We are trying to keep tabs on with this app. **Chip** (00:26:28:18 - 00:26:40:21): Also, if you could write down, I know it's a word that you'll be able to figure out, and it's not an actual English word, but if you could write down MTV's ridiculousness, I have another idea for a TV show. It's called ridiculousness. **Thomas** (00:26:40:21 - 00:26:48:06): Chip. That sounds too good. Simply too good. Okay, so that was number one. Number two. **Chip** (00:26:48:08 - 00:26:49:07): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:26:49:09 - 00:26:57:23): Regarding the twins on the motorcycle, the good book has been sterilized, but that's not in there. That's why we haven't covered it, I know. **Chip** (00:26:57:23 - 00:27:18:16): Well, I will say I have. I usually use our physical book as a jumping off point, but sometimes I will go to the internet, to the actual Guinness Book of World Records site and then find some other things too. So, so just so you know, you can feel free to do that as well. But it has been it's I think it's a little more kid friendly as we talked about. They don't, motorcycle riding in of itself. I mean, you saw what the world, how the world reacted to Fonzie when he first came on the scene. They were not fans. They were scared. And then they embraced him. It took it took a long time, though. **Thomas** (00:27:31:19 - 00:27:39:20): The pendulum swing in, it's over to the far side. I don't even want to say it because that's political far. Yeah. So over the one far side. **Chip** (00:27:39:21 - 00:27:40:21): It's over to the west. **Thomas** (00:27:40:23 - 00:27:46:02): Back over to the east, where the sun rises. And I know that from beauty and the beast. **Chip** (00:27:46:02 - 00:27:56:17): I want to call an audible right now, you you can you can disagree with me since we've just done some Guinness talk. Do we want to jump in, do our Guinness, records right now, and then jump in as the other stories. **Thomas** (00:27:56:19 - 00:28:00:12): Chip you, you glorious son of a gun? Let's get into it, buddy. **Chip** (00:28:00:14 - 00:28:02:10): I'm, Do you want to start with yours? **Thomas** (00:28:02:11 - 00:28:03:21): Yeah, I'll start with mine. Okay. **Chip** (00:28:03:21 - 00:28:05:08): I'm so excited to hear this, dude. **Thomas** (00:28:05:08 - 00:28:13:21): The record I found this week, and this is near and dear to my heart, and also has a beautiful tie in to chip chant trees. Thanksgiving in Paradise. **Chip** (00:28:14:01 - 00:28:14:08): I like. **Thomas** (00:28:14:08 - 00:28:21:04): This. I found the record for the largest beef Wellington ever made. Chip. **Chip** (00:28:21:04 - 00:28:22:23): I don't know if I've ever had beef Wellington. **Thomas** (00:28:22:23 - 00:28:24:06): Do you know what it is? **Chip** (00:28:24:08 - 00:28:31:17): I mean, there's beef and pork, but I, I can't remember. It's it because it's not just a steak, right. It's there's something enlight me. **Thomas** (00:28:31:19 - 00:28:42:17): Let me tell you. So it is a perfectly cooked steak, okay. That is somehow wrapped in a perfectly cooked piece of pastry dough. **Chip** (00:28:42:19 - 00:28:45:18): Oh, okay. What? How did I not know this? **Thomas** (00:28:45:18 - 00:28:50:14): It's one of the most challenging things to make. From my understanding, because you got to nail both. **Chip** (00:28:50:16 - 00:28:53:19): It's like hacky sacking and doing Mr. Belvedere trim. **Thomas** (00:28:53:23 - 00:29:08:12): Yeah, and that's why this thing is ready to star in a movie. Yeah. But, basically, for me, in my world, made famous by Gordon Ramsay, like, it's one of the toughest things to make. So it's like on the TV shows he does, it's like people have to make that every once in a while. **Chip** (00:29:08:12 - 00:29:18:06): How have I never even seen this before? This is. This is crazy. I feel like I'm a man in my 40s who just learned what? Beef Wellington. Wellington. Let me ask you this. Have you had you had it before you could taste it? **Thomas** (00:29:18:11 - 00:29:23:21): Oh, yeah. Dude. So, I don't know if you hear about our our old fart friend Aaron Rice. **Chip** (00:29:23:23 - 00:29:24:06): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:29:24:07 - 00:29:27:10): Me and him would sometimes leave a rice. **Chip** (00:29:27:10 - 00:29:29:05): Another food I've eaten many times. **Thomas** (00:29:29:09 - 00:29:51:00): Yes. We would leave work like on Friday, go to Burbank airport, go to Las Vegas. And our first stop would be Hell's Kitchen, which is one of two places on the planet that I order beef Wellington. And we would get what we called jelly bellies. I guess so. That was always our first stop. If we could get a reservation. Not always the easiest thing to do, but it's just so good. But it is so rich and so decadent. There's also, I believe there's some kind of mushroom like paste that goes in between the meat and that. **Chip** (00:30:03:14 - 00:30:04:09): That sounds about right. **Thomas** (00:30:04:15 - 00:30:23:09): Yeah. And, it's. Yeah, it's because of all the different mediums. And then there's, you know, just the one oven really tough to cook this thing to perfection. But like, once you nail it, you're a really good chef and everything's good. So that Hell's Kitchen Gordon Ramsay restaurant is one of the Gordon Ramsay joint. Yeah I've gone. And then the other place on the planet that I get a beef Wellington at is a very nice steakhouse in Waikiki called highs. Really. It's literally two blocks away from, like, maybe three blocks away from the beach, kind of where the, the, the really luxury hotels are. And you just walk back, it's like in the basement or like the first floor of what I think is like a condo building otherwise. And it's just beautiful restaurant. Some of the rooms have just like that mahogany wall look that you get in like some really high end places. Of course. Really cool art. There's always live music there, cool drinks, everything is delicious. And it's like kind of the the nice meal we do in Hawaii. **Chip** (00:31:08:10 - 00:31:09:22): Okay? I mean, I love. **Thomas** (00:31:09:22 - 00:31:26:17): It, but beef Wellington and like, it's it's so rich that half the time me and my wife will just share one, right? Right. So we cut it in half and then, at highs, they have an option for any meat on tray to be split in two. And then they'll bring you extra sides for like a ten bucks or something. It's like a good value, but it's also an appropriate amount of food because like it can get really heavy. But this is the world records largest beef Wellington ever made. Chip. I don't I don't even know what a normal Wellington is. I'm guessing 6 to 8oz. **Chip** (00:31:43:16 - 00:31:44:01): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:31:44:01 - 00:32:06:19): Of meat covered in dough. Do you care to venture a guess? What? And this was from Gordon Ramsay and another chef. I forget his name. It sounds something Italian, but I think it's American, like, devolved out or something like that. Okay, but, do you care to guess what the weight was on this beef Wellington? **Chip** (00:32:06:21 - 00:32:08:20): A pound and a half. **Thomas** (00:32:08:22 - 00:32:17:21): Chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp chirp. It was. 56 pounds. Oh, my God. And 12oz. It was made out of six steaks that were held together by meat glue. And I don't know what meat glue is, but apparently it's a thing. **Chip** (00:32:31:13 - 00:32:34:07): I'm learning about beef Wellington. I'm learning about meat glue. **Thomas** (00:32:34:08 - 00:32:43:22): Yeah. Oh, this is an education. This is an educational podcast, everybody. Yeah. Like, subscribe. Comment if you know what meat glue is. **Chip** (00:32:44:04 - 00:32:45:03): Yeah. Glue your meat. **Thomas** (00:32:45:03 - 00:32:59:21): Six humongous steaks basically glued together, wrapped in so much dough, cooked for ten hours. And then I don't know why, but I'm guessing because of the laws of thermodynamics or whatever. I'm guessing they cooked the meat separately first. **Chip** (00:32:59:22 - 00:33:00:20): Yeah, you assume so. **Thomas** (00:33:00:20 - 00:33:24:10): Then they covered it with the other stuff, covered the dough, and then finish it off with Blowtorches chip. Oh my God, if you're into it when we're in Waikiki, well, I'll hit highs and we'll get you a slice of that welly belly, and you will truly come to understand how gargantuan a 56 pound plus beef Wellington can be. I love the good book chat. I didn't think I was going to be talking about beef wellingtons, but I found it. Great tie into Hawaii. Great world record. Thank you Guinness Book for keeping the mind stimulated and the world fascinating. **Chip** (00:33:38:19 - 00:33:40:22): Exactly. **Thomas** (00:33:41:00 - 00:33:52:00): A new edition came out. Yep, I saw it on the 20 2026 as I believe it's already out. Already available. Okay, we'll keep rocking with the 2025 because we bought them in them books aren't cheap. **Chip** (00:33:52:00 - 00:33:53:02): Yeah, exactly. **Thomas** (00:33:53:04 - 00:33:57:14): But it's also still 2025, so I think it's fair play. Fair Athens play. **Chip** (00:33:57:15 - 00:34:08:04): All right, I got one that is, Hawaii adjacent. It is tropical adjacent. I love this this is something you probably would not want to try after eating some beef Wellington. I will say that. **Thomas** (00:34:08:05 - 00:34:08:15): Okay. **Chip** (00:34:08:16 - 00:34:16:05): This is the longest swim with a mono fin Amano fan. **Thomas** (00:34:16:05 - 00:34:17:15): So like a mermaid. **Chip** (00:34:17:17 - 00:34:19:15): Like a mermaid fin. **Thomas** (00:34:19:17 - 00:34:20:22): Like when I was a little girl. **Chip** (00:34:21:03 - 00:34:52:11): You know, like. Yeah. So, like you put, I'm a merman father. A merman. Yeah. So this is the longest swim with a mono fin. Okay. Mermaid. Okay, I love it. So Merle is her name Merle? Merle Lete Lee. And I'm going to. It's lii v, and her name almost looks like Roman numerals, but Merle Leven of Estonia of Estonia fame and Estonia swimmer. She did the world's longest mono fins, modified swim in Biscayne Bay in Miami. So outside of Miami, of Miami, Florida. **Thomas** (00:35:04:01 - 00:35:04:21): That's warm. **Chip** (00:35:04:21 - 00:35:24:14): Water warmer than Estonia, I'll tell you that. I'm sure she's glad to be there. Yeah, yeah, she did it on April 15th, 2023. Okay. And boy, what people will do to get out of doing their taxes at taxes are due today. You got to finish the work. You know what? I'm just going to slap on this mermaid outfit and swim a couple of miles. **Thomas** (00:35:24:18 - 00:35:34:15): But there is a big I mean, I don't want to get too in the weeds and IRS stuff, but a big mono fin deduction available for for those who do it professionally. **Chip** (00:35:34:17 - 00:35:55:09): Exactly. Yeah. You have to be you have to be a money making model. Fittest. Yeah. Which there's not there's not too many out there. So if you don't know what mono fitting is, it is like you said, it is the mermaid swim. It's you. Apparently you can't really use your arm. It precludes the use of arms because, like, you know, mermaids aren't doing the breaststroke or the freestyle. It's they're basically just they're just fluttering those arms around kind of uselessly. Yeah. And then, and then just I, I'm taking this right from the good book. It relies solely on, quote, undulating the core and lower body, and, lower body and propulsion with the monitor so undulating. First of all, I think we might need to add an explicit warning to this episode. **Thomas** (00:36:21:21 - 00:36:22:06): Yeah. **Chip** (00:36:22:07 - 00:36:28:15): Just the the undulating movements of a mermaid, an Estonian mermaid in Florida. **Thomas** (00:36:28:17 - 00:36:39:07): Warning. Fair warning. This is going to happen, but I think you and I need to try and undulate right now to what our understanding is. It's just kind of like a. **Chip** (00:36:39:09 - 00:36:48:09): Yeah, I have my chair can hold it, but yeah we're. Yeah. Doing some the undulating podcast I think it's like it's just comics talking to comics as they're undulating. **Thomas** (00:36:48:11 - 00:36:54:14): I mean, can you imagine the, the, the cause, the comedy world would come out of that podcast. **Chip** (00:36:54:14 - 00:36:57:13): With everybody would just be rocking it. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:36:57:13 - 00:37:06:13): I mean, I think somebody had poop that pants, you know, you give me a whole season of undulating comedian, that comedian. At least one person is going to poop their pants. **Chip** (00:37:06:14 - 00:37:10:03): Yeah. You squeeze the toothpaste, the toothpaste comes out. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:37:10:03 - 00:37:17:03): And you can't get that toothpaste back in. Especially this toothpaste. No. That's bad. Cleveland Browns continue. **Chip** (00:37:17:04 - 00:37:22:15): Maryland undulated off the coast of Miami. Yeah, for 50km. **Thomas** (00:37:22:17 - 00:37:24:08): Get the fuck out of here. **Chip** (00:37:24:13 - 00:37:27:10): Yeah, which is 31.13 miles. **Thomas** (00:37:27:10 - 00:37:28:17): Wait, that's a marathon, right? **Chip** (00:37:28:17 - 00:37:30:05): Marathons, 26 miles. **Thomas** (00:37:30:08 - 00:37:31:09): Oh, wow. **Chip** (00:37:31:10 - 00:37:43:04): Longer than a marathon in the water. She now, she did have the use of a mono fin. I think that is helpful. But she undulated her way 31 miles. It took her 14 hours. 15 minutes. **Thomas** (00:37:43:04 - 00:37:46:01): Dude, this is insane. In the. **Chip** (00:37:46:01 - 00:37:49:23): Ocean. And here is the kicker. Thomas, you ready for this? **Thomas** (00:37:49:23 - 00:37:51:18): I mean, she's the kicker. She's undulating. **Chip** (00:37:51:18 - 00:38:08:18): She's the edge. Here's the undulation right here. This woman, Merrill, live end of Estonia is also an advocate against marine pollution. Okay with that? I mean, she hates to see when Marines are on leave and they just throw their shit everywhere, you know? Yeah. Also, she doesn't like when people, litter in the ocean. **Thomas** (00:38:08:20 - 00:38:11:08): Sailor, clean up that trash. **Chip** (00:38:11:08 - 00:38:27:13): She is an advocate for, against marine pollution. During her 31 mile undulating swim, she and her support team picked up 20 pounds of garbage in the ocean as she did that. **Thomas** (00:38:27:15 - 00:38:38:21): This lady is unbelievable. Like I'm still trying to put it together. That is a 50 K for those of you keeping track at home. Yeah, 50 K in the Wawa. **Chip** (00:38:38:23 - 00:38:39:11): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:38:39:12 - 00:38:43:16): In the surf in the ocean water. **Chip** (00:38:43:18 - 00:38:44:00): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:38:44:04 - 00:38:48:13): Merrell and picking up 20 pounds of carbon. But it said her and her support team. **Chip** (00:38:48:15 - 00:39:00:08): Right. So her support team they're picking up trash. And also by the way you know no offense to her but you know five of that pounds was just the motto. The motto Finn of the last girl that she that tried it. **Thomas** (00:39:00:10 - 00:39:01:12): So. **Chip** (00:39:01:14 - 00:39:04:06): She took that one, which is that's there's five there's 5 pounds. Right. **Thomas** (00:39:04:08 - 00:39:06:17): I'll also tell you who wasn't on her support team. **Chip** (00:39:06:19 - 00:39:07:09): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:39:07:11 - 00:39:13:22): My former assistant Joshua. Because if he was on her support team, they're. Nothing's getting picked up. **Chip** (00:39:14:00 - 00:39:14:16): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:39:14:18 - 00:39:21:17): How do you push somebody down a set of stairs when you're in the ocean? I don't even know how to manage people on the ocean. **Chip** (00:39:21:17 - 00:39:26:02): No it's it's international waters. Yeah. I don't think you can legally. **Thomas** (00:39:26:04 - 00:39:28:09): Gary Crook, captain hook Kevin. **Chip** (00:39:28:09 - 00:39:29:04): Hook. **Thomas** (00:39:29:06 - 00:39:31:10): Oh why don't you throw the book. **Chip** (00:39:31:12 - 00:39:34:09): What kind of lady practice maritime? **Thomas** (00:39:34:11 - 00:39:34:17): Jerry. **Chip** (00:39:34:17 - 00:39:56:02): Cute story. By the way. This is the fifth time that Merle has set this record, so I think she just keeps. I don't know if she's always beating herself or there's other people, but she has set this record five times, so this is the longest now 31.135. Oh. And I just in closing, I just like to I want to give her credit. Like you see sort of these stories of like people swimming long distances dressed like a mermaid. **Thomas** (00:40:02:21 - 00:40:04:12): Yeah. **Chip** (00:40:04:14 - 00:40:23:10): This is where I think we can set a record. We're talking about the, the heaviest friends. The heaviest podcasters. I think we can do this. Like, what if it's just, like, the longest distance swam dressed as a robot? **Thomas** (00:40:23:12 - 00:40:23:22): Yeah. **Chip** (00:40:24:02 - 00:40:48:10): You just dress up like a robot and you swim two laps in a pool. Do you think anybody's ever dressed like a robot and swam two laps in a pool? No. No world record right there. Okay. The furthest distance swam dressed as Warren G. Harding. What if you and I were the two guys to swim the longest distance in a horse costume? **Thomas** (00:40:48:12 - 00:40:49:21): A two person horse costume. **Chip** (00:40:49:21 - 00:40:51:16): A two person horse costume? **Thomas** (00:40:51:18 - 00:40:58:00): Yeah. I mean, I'd have to bet that the distance on that is shorter than most. You know. **Chip** (00:40:58:01 - 00:41:00:06): It is because of all that. Because of all the drama. **Thomas** (00:41:00:06 - 00:41:04:14): Drowning. Yeah. And the dark, the darkness underwater. **Chip** (00:41:04:16 - 00:41:06:15): **Thomas** (00:41:06:17 - 00:41:19:06): You know, but there's there's no records without effort, you know, you're going to have it. You're going to have to take the good. Take the bad. You're taking both. And there you have, there you have. **Chip** (00:41:19:08 - 00:41:19:22): The Guinness Book. **Thomas** (00:41:19:22 - 00:41:35:02): Of World Records, the Guinness Book of World Records, the classic song Wheel Chair, I mean, unbelievable record. And I really like I think there is something about it. It's a little silly because it's a mermaid costume I'm on. And like, that's a subculture of people who really enjoy. **Chip** (00:41:35:02 - 00:41:40:03): But she is also like a very professional swimmer too. So it's like silly but not. **Thomas** (00:41:40:03 - 00:41:50:16): To swim that far, period, much less just undulating with a fin like the distance is so impressive that it takes the edge off of any silliness you feel once you really dig into it. **Chip** (00:41:50:20 - 00:41:53:16): She's also got to be shark bait, too, if you think about it like, oh. **Thomas** (00:41:53:17 - 00:41:55:22): Yeah, you look like something they eat. **Chip** (00:41:56:04 - 00:41:57:15): Like a blue fish or something. Yeah, but. **Thomas** (00:41:57:15 - 00:41:59:20): Have you ever been in that that Miami water? **Chip** (00:41:59:20 - 00:42:01:23): Yeah, smoking. It is. **Thomas** (00:42:01:23 - 00:42:14:03): Smoking. It's just bath water. You can go in in the middle of the night. You're doing great. It's, Yeah, I, I, I get it, I get it. I think she really enjoyed that swim. **Chip** (00:42:14:04 - 00:42:15:16): I think I believe so too. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:42:15:16 - 00:42:22:22): I'm also bummed that they were able to find 20 pounds of trash. Just on the swim. That said there should be no trash to the ocean. **Chip** (00:42:23:00 - 00:42:30:00): I know Thomas, I know maybe that's what we do. The that the most picking up trash in the ocean. They will be heroes. **Thomas** (00:42:30:02 - 00:42:41:09): I don't want one of those feel good awards. Those selfish graduating I want to get. I want to get massive in size and do something normal with my body. **Chip** (00:42:41:11 - 00:42:43:21): Yeah. Speaking of massive in size. **Thomas** (00:42:43:23 - 00:42:46:18): Speaking of, ocean faring vehicles. **Chip** (00:42:46:22 - 00:42:51:22): Speaking of a two person horse costume. Speaking of our president, Warren G. Harding. **Thomas** (00:42:54:01 - 00:42:55:13): Speaking of the regulators, do. **Chip** (00:42:55:13 - 00:43:05:06): We jump into this next gigantic story? By the way, we have two stories. It doesn't matter which one we are. It's just I think that segway from both of us was so good. It doesn't matter which one we go. **Thomas** (00:43:05:07 - 00:43:09:19): Doesn't matter. We've got him mesmerized. Whatever we say next. **Chip** (00:43:10:01 - 00:43:10:17): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:43:10:18 - 00:43:16:20): It's going to go down pretty smooth because it came with a beautiful appetizer. They got your palate primed. **Chip** (00:43:16:20 - 00:43:29:04): Wrap your pasty around this meat is what I got a set of phyllo dough. There it is. There's the t shirt right there. The sunburn podcast. Wrap your pastry around this meat. Mail it to us viewers. **Thomas** (00:43:29:04 - 00:43:35:01): We prefer, not college rolled paper. Wide, wide rolled from a spiral notebook. **Chip** (00:43:35:02 - 00:43:43:15): There is nothing more depressing than opening up a notebook and seeing a wide rolled. I just, I open, I'm like, a child was just here. **Thomas** (00:43:43:15 - 00:43:46:02): This is not. **Chip** (00:43:46:04 - 00:43:54:20): Give me college rules. I want like, I want grad school level. Like that's what I want. Tiny, tiny spacing. **Thomas** (00:43:54:22 - 00:44:01:23): Yeah. How come it is the, the higher you are in your education journey, the smaller the lines. **Chip** (00:44:02:01 - 00:44:06:05): Fine motor skills. Thomas, fine motor. **Thomas** (00:44:06:07 - 00:44:10:01): But we all know this. People start to go. It's a diminishing returns at some point. **Chip** (00:44:10:01 - 00:44:12:13): That is true. You got to go back to wide world. **Thomas** (00:44:12:15 - 00:44:13:11): Yeah. **Chip** (00:44:13:13 - 00:44:13:18): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:44:13:18 - 00:44:18:07): It's it's it's once again it's the pendulum. That's this the north. South. **Chip** (00:44:18:09 - 00:44:20:04): Yes yes it is. Yes it is. **Thomas** (00:44:20:06 - 00:44:43:00): Time and space. We're going to talk about the collapse of the yacht. Rock fast. Yeah. Boomer fire fast chapter. What's going on? I know you've had your finger on the pulse of this story since it started happening. And as two people who are planning an entertainment event, a tropical location, we could not feel anymore for these, these folks who are putting this fest together. Yeah, having a little bit of public trouble with it. **Chip** (00:44:45:14 - 00:45:06:14): If they can't do it, what are we doing? Right. But, yeah, let's the, they have a little bit more overhead than we do. Let's just say that, ship Chantry is not demanding the rates as some of these acts. So there was the sunset Fest combo. Yeah. And of course, we all know Cabo is in the great state of Wyoming. Down there in, Mexico, Sunset Fest, Cabo, it was is taking place October 24th to 26. That's two weeks from now. Okay. Yeah. It is a they're calling it the Woodstock of Yacht Rock. Okay. This is all the yacht rock superstar. **Thomas** (00:45:25:01 - 00:45:46:11): So we've got a lot of tremendous branding going up front. Like, yes, they're doing some good stuff here. They have a clear goal. They have ambition. They're not like most people who are just sitting on their hands doing nothing, bellyache and wishing the world was different. They're picking up the phones. They're sending some emails. They're putting their name and reputation on the line. They're getting venues selected, they're getting insurance. They're doing all the stuff we've done for Chip, Tangerine, Thanksgiving in Paradise. It's set in a larger scope. They're trying to do the Woodstock of yacht rock. Chip. **Chip** (00:45:57:22 - 00:46:13:12): Yeah. Yeah, it's it's a big undertaking. And, the man to thank is Joe Puerto, who happens to be the, the frontman of the 70s band Ambrosia and yacht rock, band, if you remember Ambrosia, you're the. **Thomas** (00:46:13:12 - 00:46:17:15): You're the Big is part of me. **Chip** (00:46:17:17 - 00:46:25:21): It ubiquitous late 78. Yeah. I want to say late 70s. I could be wrong with that. Could be early 80s. And I apologize to the Ambrosia fans out there is absolutely. **Thomas** (00:46:25:23 - 00:46:28:19): Is Ambrosia a disease or a skin condition? **Chip** (00:46:28:23 - 00:46:45:20): I think it is a it's a dessert, actually. That might give you a disease. I haven't said it. I was like a salad, but, like, it's like the salad of the gods, I think where it's. It's like. I think there might be like. It's almost like I could be wrong about this, too. Again, we're not doing the homework, but it's like, almost like this. There's like it's almost like putting, like, tapioca, maybe like fluff kind of stuff with like, fruit and such inside of it. **Thomas** (00:46:52:02 - 00:46:52:23): **Chip** (00:46:53:01 - 00:46:53:23): So that's ambrosia. **Thomas** (00:46:54:03 - 00:46:57:23): Oh, I thought it was a skin condition. I thought it gave you, like, a thread. **Chip** (00:46:58:01 - 00:47:02:19): Of, vitiligo, maybe. Or. **Thomas** (00:47:02:21 - 00:47:04:06): Maybe Viggo Mortensen. **Chip** (00:47:04:11 - 00:47:09:15): Viggo Mortensen, you're thinking of Viggo Mortensen, one of the best yacht rock actors out there. **Thomas** (00:47:09:17 - 00:47:12:18): Yeah. And also, I mean, just great complexion. **Chip** (00:47:12:20 - 00:47:14:08): Great complexion. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:47:14:10 - 00:47:15:22): Okay, continue. **Chip** (00:47:16:00 - 00:47:26:12): So it's coming up in two weeks. They have the some of the biggest yacht rock artists out there. Okay. And by the way, what a great time. October 24th to 26th. **Thomas** (00:47:26:14 - 00:47:35:19): Dude, it's there's no better time to be in, like, a tropical location. You're just getting those first whiffs of fall. You got spooky season. You're right in the middle of it. And you, you. **Chip** (00:47:35:20 - 00:47:39:12): Come home just in time, hung over. Take your kids trick or treating. **Thomas** (00:47:39:14 - 00:47:46:21): Yeah, dude, put on that ghost costume, grab a pillowcase. We're going to go beg for treats. Neighbors. **Chip** (00:47:46:23 - 00:47:52:02): Yeah. What? What's that clanking going on underneath your ghost costume? Shut up. It's not a six pack. **Thomas** (00:47:52:04 - 00:47:54:00): **Chip** (00:47:54:02 - 00:47:58:07): So. Okay, some of the artists, I mean, big names, Kenny Loggins. **Thomas** (00:47:58:12 - 00:48:01:05): All right. Love, Kenny. You ever seen Kenny Loggins? **Chip** (00:48:01:07 - 00:48:04:11): I've never seen him a concert. I've seen. I've seen photos and videos of him. **Thomas** (00:48:04:11 - 00:48:10:19): I saw him on the Live the Unbelievable Dream tour. **Chip** (00:48:10:21 - 00:48:12:20): Oh, okay. **Thomas** (00:48:12:22 - 00:48:34:15): And, I knew one song at that point. I was in high school, went with my friends. It did not play, highway to the Danger Zone. And totally third on courtship really makes you wait for it. Live the impossible dream. That was the name of the tour. You know, I just dream. I just thought that was such a hilariously cheesy thing to put on a t shirt. It was just his face. Live the impossible dream. And now that I'm like an older person who is seeing, like, what life can just do to to people. Yeah. I'm just like, yeah, live the impossible dream. **Chip** (00:48:49:22 - 00:48:50:13): That what it. **Thomas** (00:48:50:13 - 00:48:54:21): Inspiring thing? Absolutely. I've completely changed my pursuit. **Chip** (00:48:54:21 - 00:48:59:23): You just have like an airbrush picture of him. It just looks like. It's like a, like a funeral message. Like just at the bottom. **Thomas** (00:48:59:23 - 00:49:08:00): But like, you, you know, that's exactly what it was. That's perfect. All right. Sorry about that. So we got we got Loggins on deck, we got Loggins. **Chip** (00:49:08:00 - 00:49:20:17): We don't have Massena, but we got Loggins. We have Rick Springfield of Rick's, who sometimes gets confused with Loggins, Jessie's Girl, etc.. Yeah, okay. We have Christopher Cross sailing. Maybe the yacht Rock God himself. **Thomas** (00:49:20:20 - 00:49:21:04): **Chip** (00:49:21:05 - 00:49:37:03): Right. Christopher Cross, big name, Alan Parsons of the Alan Parsons Project. Did they do were they that I want to say wheel in the Sky. And I think that's journey. I forget, but big band, Pablo Cruise, which is. That's just a great rock. Yacht rock name. **Thomas** (00:49:37:03 - 00:49:39:22): That's the business you go into if your last name is cruise. **Chip** (00:49:39:22 - 00:49:41:10): So those are some of the big acts. **Thomas** (00:49:41:10 - 00:49:41:17): Yeah. **Chip** (00:49:41:17 - 00:49:47:02): However, record scratch on the yacht Rock Hi-Fi. **Thomas** (00:49:47:04 - 00:49:48:00): Yeah. **Chip** (00:49:48:02 - 00:50:20:04): In recent weeks, a majority a majority of the acts, including most of the headliners, have canceled. They've dropped out in very recent weeks. Loggins is now gone, Springfield gone. Cross out Alan Parsons. See you later. Even this is my favorite one, Thomas. I even Ambrosia has backed out. The band that the promoter is in has backed out of the event. **Thomas** (00:50:20:09 - 00:50:28:04): Okay, okay. So I mean, this is Chip. Don't get any ideas. If you pull out of Chip Chantry Thanksgiving in Paradise. **Chip** (00:50:28:04 - 00:50:30:05): Thomas, you're gonna have to do a tight 45. **Thomas** (00:50:30:06 - 00:50:41:01): If you want to see a grown man have a panic attack for 45 straight minutes. What could it be? Tighter than the undulating. I'd be doing full panic attack for 45 minutes. **Chip** (00:50:41:01 - 00:50:43:13): I would pay to watch that, I think. Thomas. **Thomas** (00:50:43:15 - 00:50:46:16): You are a sick puppy, I am, I yeah. **Chip** (00:50:46:18 - 00:50:52:14): Yeah. So now all of these people are like posting on their Instagram and stuff like that. **Thomas** (00:50:52:15 - 00:50:59:17): So Ellen takes me away. Yeah. Sailing. **Chip** (00:50:59:20 - 00:51:12:16): I'm going to be sailing to another gig where they're just basically like, you know, due to, due to, you know, situations beyond our control, we can no longer do this. And it's always like one of those things, right? **Thomas** (00:51:12:16 - 00:51:29:00): Yeah. And when that many happen, you have to think. And I could be wrong. This is a complete assumption, but I think generally, not even about this situation. Generally, you think there's probably some financing issues at some point when that many people are simultaneously backing out. **Chip** (00:51:29:02 - 00:51:30:11): Yes. **Thomas** (00:51:30:12 - 00:51:36:19): Gracefully. But backing out, you think maybe something's changed in the economics of the, the festival here? **Chip** (00:51:36:21 - 00:51:53:20): Yeah. So there. So no explanation has been given. And like, they hadn't put anything up on the like people have purchased tickets. Everything's still basically listed. I think they might have like, gotten rid of like some of the names that have backed out, but it's like they're like, are you guys still doing this? And there was like sort of radio silence for a while. This one Instagram, this woman whose Instagram she's like very big in the music industry. She's like a manager. And I've seen her numerous times before, like, talk about like, business deals in the music industry. Yeah, she didn't name it, but basically was like, hey, there's this music. I don't know if she said yacht rock, but this music fest down in Cabo at the end of October and, you know, so she's basically saying, what? **Thomas** (00:52:14:17 - 00:52:15:06): Yeah. **Chip** (00:52:15:08 - 00:52:27:21): And she did the math and was like, apparently a thousand tickets. That's the capacity of whatever this venue is or venues that they have. It's a thousand people. And tickets were going from 300 to $700. **Thomas** (00:52:27:23 - 00:52:28:11): Right. **Chip** (00:52:28:11 - 00:52:53:21): So even if you sold it out at the highest rate, that's $700,000 to have all of those acts, Rick Springfield, Christopher Cross, Alan Parsons to to give them what they, you know, paid them their money, plus travel plus per diem, plus hotel lodging and all that stuff. It's just $700,000. That's not going to go for. Plus, you have to staff the place and security and, you know, all of that stuff, right? Yeah. The your you know, all of that. So they're thinking that just they just didn't, they didn't do the math. They didn't crunch the numbers. So finally word is come. If you go to the website for Sunset Fest Cabo, they have finally posted something. It has been postponed to Memorial Day weekend of 2026 this coming Memorial Day. **Thomas** (00:53:16:20 - 00:53:18:05): That's a big weekend. **Chip** (00:53:18:07 - 00:53:40:06): This big weekend. They're kicking it off. They have mentioned. So the reason giving on the website I'm not making any judgments. I'm just saying that, they mentioned some hurricanes and some flooding that has happened in recent weeks that that is a big cause of of what's happening. So that's the reason they give. But the, the fest is going to happen apparently. They're just kicking it down to Memorial Day next year. Here's what I, I think maybe we could do. Yeah. For any listeners, any viewers have any ideas? How can we help this group? Okay. How can we what would be the best experience is, you know, because there's always there's, like side experiences at conventions or these big things. What, like, you know, the Jimmy Buffet buffet, you know, like, what could you do that would be like a fun outing or a fun event with or without some of these artists. Let's try to think about it because and I want to I want to send them an email, be like, you're going to make a lot more money if you offer this. It's like the gathering of the Juggalos. But for your rap fans, like, what are those special events that are happening? Also, I want to start a little controversy here. I want to hear from the viewers what bands and artists are considered yacht rock. **Thomas** (00:54:27:23 - 00:54:29:13): Chip, you're stirring the pot here, but. **Chip** (00:54:29:14 - 00:54:45:06): I am stirring the pot. I don't mean to get political here, but I'm doing it. What is yacht rock and what is not? Yeah, Rock, because I, I did some brief digging and I got my ideas of who they are. Some of these things listed, I might throw the Doobie Brothers in there. You maybe I get some heat for that. I don't know, but there was a list that I saw where it was just like everybody was listening to that. It was like you, Lewis. The news was yacht rock, and it's like, I don't know, maybe it is. I don't I don't see that, but I don't know, maybe it is. So, I want to know what you guys think. Who is in the yacht rock vein? Who is not in the yacht rock vein? **Thomas** (00:55:04:01 - 00:55:06:12): It's an ambiguous term. **Chip** (00:55:06:12 - 00:55:08:04): It's an ambrosia ish term. **Thomas** (00:55:08:07 - 00:55:11:01): It's an Ambrose U.S.. It's a Viggo Mortensen. **Chip** (00:55:11:05 - 00:55:11:21): Yep. **Thomas** (00:55:11:22 - 00:55:29:20): Style of music. And people aren't really sure what to do with it. No. But. Yeah. Who is who is that? I love it, I love it because I have no clear definition. Maybe I'll have to really, take a stone to my blade and hone that edge. Yes. What my understanding of your rock is. **Chip** (00:55:29:21 - 00:55:44:05): Let's bring another podcast up. Why not? Yeah. One of the godfathers of podcasting, one of my favorite podcasters and a great guy who I've worked with a number of times. Jimmy Pardo. He's never that funny podcast. He talks about it how he listens to the yacht rock station on, I guess Sirius XM, all the time. And apparently it's a thing where his wife gets mad at him because a song will come on and he will angrily yell, this isn't yacht rock. People have opinions out there. **Thomas** (00:55:53:16 - 00:55:56:02): Yeah, no. And you can have a beef with a radio station. **Chip** (00:55:56:02 - 00:55:58:10): Sure, you can have a beef Wellington with a radio station. **Thomas** (00:55:58:12 - 00:56:00:05): Ooh, only if you have enough dough. **Chip** (00:56:00:10 - 00:56:02:12): Oh, Tommy. I mean. **Thomas** (00:56:02:12 - 00:56:04:20): It's medium rare, so let's keep it moving. **Chip** (00:56:04:21 - 00:56:06:08): How are we doing on time? Are we good? **Thomas** (00:56:06:09 - 00:56:14:02): I think we need to start heading towards the exits here. Yeah. So we've got two more. I mean, it's vacation rules time, Chip. **Chip** (00:56:14:02 - 00:56:22:13): Oh, and by the way, should we tease? I like to tease people. Yeah, I want to tease the rental of the celebrity that you can. **Thomas** (00:56:22:13 - 00:56:28:04): The road trip with the celebrity impersonator. We're not going to get to it this week. We'll get to it next week. **Chip** (00:56:28:04 - 00:56:35:09): This is a good one. Celebrity impersonator that you would never guess in a million years. But all of you know, that's all I'll say. Yeah. So we'll get to that next week. **Thomas** (00:56:35:10 - 00:57:03:12): Now we're going to jump into vacation rules, where we, we're expert travelers. Chip. Yes, we've been everywhere, man. Was a song that was once written about us. Yes. And, we've come up with a list of rules to make your vacation life better. We call it vacation rules because we're branding geniuses. And every week, Chip and I give you one chip, hit me with your vacation rule for this week. And also, if you do, wouldn't mind just the beginning saying what number vacation rule it is. I'd appreciate. **Chip** (00:57:07:22 - 00:57:21:10): It. And before I say that, I just want to, I think you and the listeners may disagree with this rule on the answer, but you might be on board right away. But I'm hoping if you if you're not onboard, I may change your mind. **Thomas** (00:57:21:10 - 00:57:26:08): And I will say a rules are rules. So whether you agree with it or not, like it's what you gotta do. **Chip** (00:57:26:10 - 00:57:51:07): That's what you have to do. This is a must. Here we go. Let's go. There are some ifs, ands and buts in here, but here we go. Okay, vacation rule for 83. If you're going on vacation for a week or more, and if you have the opportunity, do a load of laundry. It resets the whole vacation. It restarts it. No more rationing underwear. You can then show off that sweet Taylor Swift t shirt that you had on the first day and spilled guacamole all down the front of it, just starts it all over again, fresh, and you could just have a great time, and then you come back and you're not doing as much laundry. Reset the vacation by doing some laundry in the middle of it. **Thomas** (00:58:15:11 - 00:58:17:17): We've never agreed on anything, Marcia. **Chip** (00:58:17:19 - 00:58:18:05): Really. **Thomas** (00:58:18:05 - 00:58:45:16): We've been, I think, more like if I'm taking like a road trip, if I'm taking a road trip, I will. Try and get like the fifth day. Fourth day? An Airbnb that has a washing machine. For that reason, I also, you know, a lot of hotels, people don't know this, but a lot of hotels, even hotels that you think don't have coin operated laundry machines. **Chip** (00:58:45:17 - 00:58:48:21): There are a laundry room somewhere in the basement. Somewhere there. Yes. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:58:49:01 - 00:59:10:17): Like I can tell you, like I know in Waikiki, where chips and trees. Thanks again. Paradise is right next door to the outrigger, which is where the Blue Knot Comedy Club is. And the Moana Surfrider. Yeah. I'd stayed there like, 4 or 5 times. I never had any idea. There is, like, coin operated laundry right in the bottom of the thing. There's, like, a little basement area you got to duck through. Like there is laundry to be done. There's also services you can use to get it done. Like in, in Kihei and Maui before I've, visited a little, dry cleaner laundry place, and you just drop off your suitcases, they wash it all folded up and give it back to you in, like, two hours or like, 20, 30 bucks and you have a new lease. You're not like you were talking about. You're not worrying about meundies. **Chip** (00:59:42:21 - 00:59:49:03): You're not rationing those things. And then it's also not like in the room where there's just you're in a hotel room with a bunch of dirty laundry. **Thomas** (00:59:49:05 - 00:59:53:08): Yeah, it's a little less funky. It's it's a little less ghost show. **Chip** (00:59:53:09 - 01:00:09:03): Yes it is. I think it's one of those things where it's that day in the middle of the week where you've been going, going, going. Yeah. And then you're like, you know what? This this morning or this afternoon or even tonight. You know what the wife and I tonight we're going to stay in, watch Forensic Files in the hotel and do some. **Thomas** (01:00:09:03 - 01:00:09:20): Laundry. **Chip** (01:00:09:22 - 01:00:12:22): And then wake up the next day. Brand new vacation. **Thomas** (01:00:12:22 - 01:00:39:12): That is a big day to stay and watch some TV. Reset your, laundry. It's funny, I, I I've been a proponent of this for a long time, doing laundry on trips. Yeah, to the point where, like, if I'm staying with family, for example, like going to visit my parents, sister and brother in law combo on the day before we leave, I will wash all the laundry. I'll do another load of wash. So I'm coming home, and then I'm loading up my dresser drawers and my closet with clean clothes from my suitcase. And it just it it just takes that much pressure off of the return to normal life. **Chip** (01:00:54:10 - 01:00:55:20): Yeah, it's a great feeling. **Thomas** (01:00:55:20 - 01:00:58:02): It's a really nice family. Great rule Chip. Great. **Chip** (01:00:58:02 - 01:01:00:10): Thank you. Thomas. Well, what do you got? All right. **Thomas** (01:01:00:10 - 01:01:15:04): This one, I think, is just as ironclad as your rule. Okay. I think it's, it's just straight down the barrel. I think it's a fact. So this is vacation rule, 36. **Chip** (01:01:15:06 - 01:01:15:14): Okay. **Thomas** (01:01:15:15 - 01:01:16:13): Vacations are. **Chip** (01:01:16:13 - 01:01:17:11): Too short for. **Thomas** (01:01:17:11 - 01:01:27:09): You to be angry. I don't care if the hotel room doesn't look like the picture. If your girlfriend turned out to be one of those lizard people. **Chip** (01:01:27:11 - 01:01:28:00): **Thomas** (01:01:28:02 - 01:01:46:02): If your bed is mostly bugs, or if your girlfriend won't go on that scuba diving trip with you because she's busy eating the bed. If you can't have fun on vacation, you're the A-hole. **Chip** (01:01:46:03 - 01:01:50:04): Well, said Thomas, again, 100% agree with you there. **Thomas** (01:01:50:08 - 01:02:16:05): I had to get it off my chest. I had a situation like. And this is this is hard for me to say. This is a true thing that happened. Booked a hotel room six months in advance. A very specific room with a very specific view. And when me and my wife flew halfway around the country or around the world basically to get to said location, they did not have our room. **Chip** (01:02:16:05 - 01:02:16:20): No bueno. **Thomas** (01:02:16:23 - 01:02:22:08): You want to just like you know shrug it off or whatever. But like. **Chip** (01:02:22:10 - 01:02:22:20): I. **Thomas** (01:02:22:22 - 01:02:27:00): Couldn't I felt like my, my girlfriend was disappointed. **Chip** (01:02:27:01 - 01:02:27:18): It's difficult. **Thomas** (01:02:27:19 - 01:03:04:09): I felt like we made these plans long in advance. And then, like, I just I couldn't get over it for like 3 or 4 hours. I was in Paradise and I was fuming, angry. And then once I shook that off and got back to being and one of the most beautiful places in the world with my favorite person in the world, and, it just soaking into what that actually is, I, I've never felt sillier and I will always regret the four hours I spent just being furious in the wrong hotel room with no view. Even though I had done all the planning to get it. So it's like when you get there, when you're on vacation, roll with the punches. If there's nothing you can do, it's only going to hurt you. You're only going to rob your vacation. The person at the front desk, like you're probably the fifth person that got married today. Their world is not going to be any different, but just, you know, just enjoy it. Do yourself a favor. Don't get mad. **Chip** (01:03:29:04 - 01:03:31:13): Get even, is what you're saying. Get even. **Thomas** (01:03:31:13 - 01:03:36:15): Get even. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I'm not saying don't give them a haircut they weren't expecting. **Chip** (01:03:36:15 - 01:03:38:19): Don't not push them down a flight of stairs. **Thomas** (01:03:38:22 - 01:03:46:16): Yeah I'm not saying don't. Don't ask them to get you a coffee and meet you. Three's three flights up. I'm not saying. **Chip** (01:03:46:16 - 01:03:48:03): That. Yeah. **Thomas** (01:03:48:05 - 01:03:58:00): But what I am saying is like, you know, take a deep breath, realize where you're at, and know that you're only robbing yourself with that anger chip. You ever been angrier than you should have been at something? **Chip** (01:03:58:01 - 01:04:03:22): No, but I'm looking forward to experiencing some day. I, I think people think that I'm a very nice guy. **Thomas** (01:04:03:22 - 01:04:07:03): You are. You're very polite. You're very nice guy. You care about people. **Chip** (01:04:07:03 - 01:04:25:03): I care about people. But there are certain times and certain things that and it's little things that set me off. It's not always the little things, but it's it's people being disrespectful people, whatever. That will set me off and I will flip out, but then I kind of get it out, if you like. So then if something big rolls my way, I can handle it a little bit better usually. **Thomas** (01:04:25:05 - 01:04:34:07): Yeah. That is that is interesting. I find that to be the case. Like I can carry around a lot of anxiety. I can get upset about stuff, but like when real things happen. **Chip** (01:04:34:09 - 01:04:35:12): Yeah. **Thomas** (01:04:35:14 - 01:04:54:17): You know, when there's something to actually be nervous about. Like, I'm not. I don't know why. I don't know why when there's, like, you know, something that I should be furious about. I can kind of keep it under control. The little stuff, though, Chip. Well, will nag nag away at me. And I remember, early, early in our friendship, I saw some of your act. And at the time, it was kind of about, like, you know, you being, maybe a little more passive, maybe not being the toughest guy in the world. There was some jokes in that area, and, so, like, that really informed who I thought you were. And then the first time I got into a car with you that you were driving, I was like. **Chip** (01:05:11:23 - 01:05:13:01): A motor vehicle. Yeah, yeah. **Thomas** (01:05:13:01 - 01:05:20:12): I was like, this is. No, this is not a passive, timid guy. This is. Yeah, it's this is somebody who's ready to rumble. **Chip** (01:05:20:17 - 01:05:25:04): I am driving in the streets of Philadelphia right now, and I have no patience for nonsense. **Thomas** (01:05:25:06 - 01:05:26:19): Yeah, I was just. Yeah. **Chip** (01:05:26:21 - 01:05:32:13): Yes. Yeah. You. The curtain comes back. Yeah. You're like, oh, wow. This is this is who that is. **Thomas** (01:05:32:13 - 01:05:47:12): I feel like I feel like over time though, I've seen and I think this happens with everybody. But like your act and who you are is like, you're getting closer and closer together. It's just like, yes, you know, it's like becoming. Not that it was ever inauthentic, but it's. **Chip** (01:05:47:12 - 01:06:02:18): Like, no, but that's what a good comic should hopefully do is like when, you know, they say like, you know, like the more you become yourself, the more it's probably going to work. Yeah. By the way, I did this just yesterday. Daddy went out yesterday, bought some pumpkins. **Thomas** (01:06:02:20 - 01:06:05:10): Ooh, pops, it's that time of the year. **Chip** (01:06:05:13 - 01:06:21:14): It's that time of year. We didn't go to pumpkin patch or anything. Just went to the grocery store. I had to pick some things up in the grocery store. Yeah, they had the pumpkin crates out front. Got two nice big pumpkins. Really nice. And I got in line, had just a few items at the grocery. At the grocers. Yeah, the supermarket. And there was a lady in front of me, a little bit older, not like elderly, but a little bit older, but whatever. She was taking. She's one of those people who. It's like, no offense to the people, Southern California, but I every morning before I would get on the bus to go to Burbank, to the show where we were working off for those six months, I would stop in the 7-Eleven. I would get a bottle of water and an apple. Yeah, every morning I do the same thing, and every morning I would see almost the same exact people at that 7-Eleven right there. **Thomas** (01:06:55:04 - 01:06:56:04): Yeah. **Chip** (01:06:56:06 - 01:07:15:08): And almost without fail, every one of them in front of me would get up to the counter, put their stuff on, and then act surprised that a a cash transaction was about to happen. They're like, oh yeah, I guess I should fumble for my wallet now. It's like it's 730 in the morning, we're going places. And it just infuriating. So yesterday, same thing. I'm in there and this lady is fumbling around for a quarter. She doesn't need the quarter. She could actually just pay with more cash, but she wants to get rid of the change. **Thomas** (01:07:25:22 - 01:07:27:18): She wants to get a whole dollar back. **Chip** (01:07:27:18 - 01:07:42:17): It's down at the bottom of her little change purse, and she's playing with it, and she's talking about it, but she's not in no rush. And I'm next in line. And then there's, like, five people behind me. I am furious, okay, but I'm buying pumpkins and almond milk, right? **Thomas** (01:07:42:22 - 01:07:44:05): Yeah. **Chip** (01:07:44:07 - 01:07:58:02): This is where I think during the pandemic and during just the way the world we in, I think a lot of us look at ourselves that we are victims, we're angry and like, I don't talk about like, victim culture or anything like that, but it's like I've been wronged because I think we've been wronged by a lot of things. And so then it's like, if somebody gives away your hotel room, you've been wronged, and then you go to anger or sadness or whatever it is, and I sometimes forget that I'm funny and then I just, I'm just there and just kind of. And I'm just kind of staring her down. But I'm not being I know I'm not being overtly a dick, but I'm not being happy with it. And she could tell that I was sort of giving her the I whatever. And then she said something, and then the lady who was checking out said something, and then I was just like, you know what? And then, I said something really smart ass to her, but funny, and, like, not in a it was in a very joking way that was, like, lighthearted. **Thomas** (01:08:34:14 - 01:08:35:11): Yeah. **Chip** (01:08:35:13 - 01:08:55:05): I made this lady cackle laugh, but like, also too. And then the lady checking her out and even the lady behind me all laughed. And we all had a good time. And like she was done by that, I was like, oh, use good, not evil. I could have like said something shitty or just like really stared her down, but I was like, oh, you know what? Let's be funny here. And I felt it felt really invigorate. I feel like I haven't, hadn't used that skill out in the wild in a while. **Thomas** (01:09:03:01 - 01:09:06:14): I love you using your skills in the wild. That's what I try to have. **Chip** (01:09:06:16 - 01:09:07:22): So what I try to do. **Thomas** (01:09:08:00 - 01:09:09:23): That's a beautiful story. And I love also. **Chip** (01:09:09:23 - 01:09:15:02): A beautiful a beautiful role. Yeah. You don't have the time to be angry on vacation. **Thomas** (01:09:15:03 - 01:09:21:08): No, no, no. And you know who didn't spend a lot of time angry on vacation? From what I know about them. **Chip** (01:09:21:10 - 01:09:22:05): I do. **Thomas** (01:09:22:07 - 01:09:38:05): I did the man himself, Mr. Jimmy Buffett. We're going to wrap up the show here by giving you some facts about Jimmy Buffett. Me and Chip have just got our little noises in the annals. We've put our noses in the annals. **Chip** (01:09:38:07 - 01:09:46:01): Okay, let's. I mean, we've talked about undulating and now the annals. Okay. This, hope your kids are not watching. **Thomas** (01:09:46:02 - 01:09:50:05): Unless they have their own account. We could use the views. Maybe they subscribe. **Chip** (01:09:50:07 - 01:09:51:07): Yeah, yeah. **Thomas** (01:09:51:09 - 01:09:52:08): Maybe they get into it. **Chip** (01:09:52:09 - 01:09:54:15): Tell them we are Roblox. Is that a thing? **Thomas** (01:09:54:15 - 01:09:58:23): Roblox? Yes. Not son blocks. They're playing Roblox. **Chip** (01:09:59:01 - 01:10:01:10): Yeah, wrote hand lotion. Go ahead, wrote hand lotion. **Thomas** (01:10:01:14 - 01:10:07:02): I'll go ahead. The kids can't get enough of our buffet facts, Joe. **Chip** (01:10:07:04 - 01:10:07:18): They cannot. **Thomas** (01:10:07:18 - 01:10:08:12): They love them. **Chip** (01:10:08:12 - 01:10:11:11): Our buffet facts are. Facts are sweeping the nation. **Thomas** (01:10:11:13 - 01:10:14:15): Yeah. They're, zippity toilet. **Chip** (01:10:14:15 - 01:10:15:03): Yes. **Thomas** (01:10:15:03 - 01:10:16:12): Yeah, people are saying that. **Chip** (01:10:16:12 - 01:10:19:18): Yes. I think you're saying it correctly. Yeah. **Thomas** (01:10:19:20 - 01:10:24:23): It's, totally toilet. Toilet. Which is good on the internet because I'm young and I know. **Chip** (01:10:25:00 - 01:10:26:11): These facts are six, seven. **Thomas** (01:10:26:11 - 01:10:27:22): These facts six, seven. **Chip** (01:10:27:22 - 01:10:28:20): Do you know, do you know that one? **Thomas** (01:10:28:20 - 01:10:33:22): I know for a fact, by the time I heard about six, seven, it was officially over. Yeah. **Chip** (01:10:33:22 - 01:10:34:09): It's done. **Thomas** (01:10:34:09 - 01:10:43:08): I am now my mom. Yes. There was a dance that had been popular, post my mom's 30s, and she's trying it. **Chip** (01:10:43:08 - 01:10:46:09): It's like seeing your aunt do the Macarena. It's done. **Thomas** (01:10:46:11 - 01:11:00:22): It's done? Yeah. By the way, we will be doing the Macarena in Waikiki, this November. Come out, join us. You know, we might be doing some mambo number five. **Chip** (01:11:00:22 - 01:11:02:13): Mambo number six sevens, maybe. **Thomas** (01:11:02:13 - 01:11:16:08): Yeah. Mambo number six. Seven. Yeah. Number number five. Six. Seven. I don't know. We're doing it anyway. We love Jimmy Buffett. We've done some research. We found some facts. Chip, what's your. **Chip** (01:11:16:10 - 01:11:16:21): What's your. **Thomas** (01:11:16:21 - 01:11:18:23): Buffett fact this week buddy. **Chip** (01:11:19:01 - 01:11:27:21): Jimmy Buffett went big game hunting once and he came home with an original Pac-Man machine. **Thomas** (01:11:27:23 - 01:11:38:19): Oh, Chip, that is big. Yeah, big game hunting. Because he got the biggest game you can get an arcade. **Chip** (01:11:38:19 - 01:11:40:01): Yeah, yeah. **Thomas** (01:11:40:03 - 01:11:46:04): Got that guy was good. He was good and fun and fun. That's a good way to spend some time, dude. **Chip** (01:11:46:04 - 01:11:49:19): Great hand-eye coordination. Yeah. What's your fact? **Thomas** (01:11:49:20 - 01:12:07:09): My fact is this. Jimmy Buffett knew how to unlock an uncompromised, sun soaked life. He said you just have to use the Florida Keys. **Chip** (01:12:07:11 - 01:12:09:19): He unlocked it with those keys. **Thomas** (01:12:09:20 - 01:12:30:16): Those are the keys that worked for him. And I can't see how they wouldn't work for a lot of people. I've never been to the keys. We've talked about this before. I would love to go spend some time in Miami. I've seen a lot of television shows where less than great things happen. I'm talking about bloodline. I'm talking about Bad Monkey. It makes it seem like there's some dicey stuff going on there, but you can't ignore the vibe. **Chip** (01:12:35:00 - 01:12:43:15): When I went last year, that's that little section. It's kind of the historic section. It was. Yeah, it's the coolest vibe that not cool. It's, I should say coolest. It was the hottest vibe I've ever. **Thomas** (01:12:43:15 - 01:12:45:12): Oh, I hear it's hot, baby. **Chip** (01:12:45:12 - 01:12:46:08): Hot and humid. **Thomas** (01:12:46:08 - 01:12:48:08): I hear you're going to get a little heat down. **Chip** (01:12:48:08 - 01:12:52:02): There, but, what a what a great, cool, weird little place. **Thomas** (01:12:52:04 - 01:13:01:07): It's got real potential for, like, a retirement, situation in my life. I think I'm also deathly scared of hurricanes. So are you really? **Chip** (01:13:01:09 - 01:13:17:07): See I'm not. That's something I, I love it, I love a good storm. Now I will say I've been involved in a couple of hurricanes by the time they get up to Philadelphia generally they're, they've withered down. So I'm not I don't, I don't want to down talk because if you live down in Florida it could be devastating of course. Yeah. But there is something to me that is almost calming about a storm because like, everybody's then inside, we're all inside together. It's like we're chilling out doing our laundry. Yeah, and then it's cool, but. So. But you're not a fan of hurricanes. **Thomas** (01:13:29:13 - 01:13:38:10): I understood I think what you're equating here is a little off chip. You're talking about a Philadelphia, you know, not known for their tropical weather. **Chip** (01:13:38:10 - 01:13:42:22): Yeah. We get some storms up here, but not to the level of the devastating. **Thomas** (01:13:42:22 - 01:13:50:04): Level of, like, why don't you want to go to Iraq and fight for your country? You love to argue with your brother. **Chip** (01:13:50:06 - 01:14:13:00): Exactly. Yeah. I say that is the exact same thing. Yeah. I will say there is something calming about watching on television. Like those storm chaser or like those, you know like tornado videos or whatever. There, there's something relaxing about it. It's very weird. I've talked I've talked to other people, agree with me, which is very strange. But it's just I don't know what it is, but I think. **Thomas** (01:14:13:00 - 01:14:13:20): There is, but I will. **Chip** (01:14:13:22 - 01:14:24:06): And again, this is somebody who's who's never had his home devastated by a storm. So you know, I again I don't I feel like I don't want to be you know disrespectful anybody you have. **Thomas** (01:14:24:07 - 01:14:28:02): Yeah. Being disrespectful but I, I will say like, we're just talking turkey. **Chip** (01:14:28:04 - 01:14:31:06): We're talking turkey. I you ever see turkeys in the storm? Wild. **Thomas** (01:14:31:09 - 01:14:33:15): Oh, they don't like it. They go on. **Chip** (01:14:33:19 - 01:14:35:05): Just a turf. Yeah, just a turkey. **Thomas** (01:14:35:05 - 01:14:40:17): Same. But I, I will say there's something calming about the storm chasers. The ones who can see it and are chasing after it. There is nothing more unsettling than the local reporter, in an act of hurricane. **Chip** (01:14:51:15 - 01:14:52:12): Yeah. You're not a fan of that. **Thomas** (01:14:52:12 - 01:15:02:21): It is just shoosh. Yeah. Really blowing. I don't know how they get their mics to work. No, there's so much wind. They must have really good wind screens. **Chip** (01:15:03:02 - 01:15:05:14): I don't even know how this mic works. **Thomas** (01:15:05:15 - 01:15:27:21): Oh. If you had to give me $1 million and took away all internet capabilities, I could not tell you how this works at all. This is magic to me. And as people who watch the program can tell or listen to the show, no, I also don't know how to use the dials or the volumes or any of that stuff, or. **Chip** (01:15:27:21 - 01:15:29:09): Apply your makeup appropriately. **Thomas** (01:15:29:09 - 01:15:38:11): I know, I know, my wife worked in the other day and she was just like, that doesn't go there. All this makeup is for above the waist. **Chip** (01:15:38:13 - 01:15:40:00): Hey, you got to slather somewhere. **Thomas** (01:15:40:01 - 01:15:45:00): That's, Cleveland slather. All right. That might be the name of the episode. Cleveland Slather. **Chip** (01:15:45:00 - 01:15:45:14): There it is. **Thomas** (01:15:45:14 - 01:15:50:07): We got to get out of here. Chip. We've we've stayed too long. But I've had so much fun. Thank you so much for watching. **Chip** (01:15:50:08 - 01:15:53:19): Thanks for being our friends. **Thomas** (01:15:53:21 - 01:16:01:22): This is the sunbird Bob gas. We talk about comedy and tropical travel. Until next time, stay burnt. Front desk. **Chip** (01:16:02:00 - 01:16:07:12): Hi, this is Mr. Chantry in room 308. Do you wanna come up and play hide and seek? **Thomas** (01:16:07:13 - 01:16:12:04): Let's just. Chantry, did you get stuck under the bed again and need me to come get you out? **Chip** (01:16:12:06 - 01:16:17:19): Yeah. And bring the crowbar this time that Eminem rolled really far under. **Thomas** (01:16:17:21 - 01:16:19:11): I'll be right up. **Chip** (01:16:19:13 - 01:16:28:01): Get into the groove, boy. You gotta put your knee. **Thomas** (01:16:28:03 - 01:16:31:07): I think people want to hear a song, chip. Maybe we got it. Yeah, or that in there.