Waikiki Was a Swamp, 4000-lb Manta Rays & Earth's Loneliest Island 🌴🦈🌋 | Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 54

**Chip** (00:00:00:00 - 00:00:09:22): And the last few. It can be used as a shampoo. Yeah, a conditioner an exfoliant for your skin. Yeah. Plus, you can use it to clean your sink, your shower and your toilet. **Thomas** (00:00:10:00 - 00:00:10:18): That's a miracle. **Chip** (00:00:10:19 - 00:00:15:08): Yeah, and those are the 57 uses of Heinz tomato ketchup. **Thomas** (00:00:15:08 - 00:00:21:04): That is an unbelievable list. And just to clarify, you would never put it on a burger or hotdog. **Chip** (00:00:21:05 - 00:00:26:13): No, just cleaning the old skin and on the toilet. Okay. **Thomas** (00:00:26:15 - 00:00:29:21): Speaking of skin in the toilet chip, I think we started recording already. **Chip** (00:00:29:22 - 00:00:31:01): Oh, hey. **Thomas** (00:00:31:03 - 00:00:43:00): Hey, what's up everybody? This is the Sun Burp podcast where we talk about comedy and tropical travel. We are the number one tropical travel comedy podcast on the planet. Can you even believe it? **Chip** (00:00:43:02 - 00:01:08:08): On the planet Earth, we are number one. I can believe it. Yeah, I am, I'm saying we are number one. I'm taking it by storm in the the tropical travel comedy, genre. We have this alpha energy. We are number one. We are the, the the ones to be reckoned with. You could you could see that I'm not comfortable at all being in this alpha situation. I tried for five seconds to be that dominant alpha male that crushes all of the podcaster. Yeah, and I can't do it. I think I literally got a papercut while saying that it's. **Thomas** (00:01:16:15 - 00:01:18:04): Tough to do in a Hawaiian shirt. You know. **Chip** (00:01:18:05 - 00:01:20:23): A Hawaiian shirt with a sweatshirt on because I'm a little chilly. **Thomas** (00:01:21:00 - 00:01:25:08): We're very sensitive. Our flowers need to be warmed up a little bit. **Chip** (00:01:25:09 - 00:01:26:07): Yes. They do. **Thomas** (00:01:26:08 - 00:01:37:01): Everybody to my right, as always, is my illustrious co-host. You know him from Netflix? You know, I'm from a stand up comedy special. Move closer. It's Philadelphia's own chip chantry. **Chip** (00:01:37:03 - 00:01:50:16): And over here, to my left is Emmy Award winning producer writer. He does charcoal drawings of Timothy Shalom and sells them online to raise money for his stray porcupine rescue. Mister Thomas O'Brien. **Thomas** (00:01:50:21 - 00:01:59:18): I don't support everything Shalom says in the press, but I do support how his chin can hold a nice line, though. **Chip** (00:01:59:18 - 00:02:01:11): Sweet, sweet cheekbones. **Thomas** (00:02:01:11 - 00:02:05:02): Sharper than the than the instrument I used to draw him. **Chip** (00:02:05:02 - 00:02:05:19): Exactly. **Thomas** (00:02:05:19 - 00:02:09:20): Do you think that's okay for him to be getting roasted like this over that comment? Chip? **Chip** (00:02:10:00 - 00:02:28:22): I think so, I think he's got to get to get thrown back. He's he's an artist, you know, kind of, dunking on some of the other art forms. It's like, yeah, yeah, let him have it a little bit. It is kind of like that, you know, ballet and opera thing. It's like just that alpha male tropical travel comedy genre that we're in. It's like, yeah, hey, we're just here, over here doing our thing. But if, if, you know, if somebody tries to take a swipe at his kid, he's going to get the claws out. How about you. **Thomas** (00:02:39:02 - 00:02:55:17): Shouldn't have said it. I don't think he meant to say it right. You're in an interview, somebody's talking to you. You're free flowing. I just wish they would have edited it out. Yes. Instead of, like, having a bunch of hurt feelings, a bunch of controversy. He could have just gone to an award show and got his ass handed to him and left with a little bit of dignity. **Chip** (00:02:55:18 - 00:02:56:21): Right, exactly. **Thomas** (00:02:56:21 - 00:03:13:21): Edit the man's mistakes out. He he admitted it to me. He's like, oh, I shouldn't say that. He's like, I probably talked down to some people, didn't I? And Matthew McConaughey is just like, nah, nah, I hear what you're saying. Like I was just trying to smooth it over by ignoring that anything bad happened. **Chip** (00:03:13:23 - 00:03:25:05): Well, I mean, I can I could go on. I mean, we're on a free form podcast right now. Yeah, I could say whatever I want, but maybe you would edit this out that like, if I say this about the, **Thomas** (00:03:25:07 - 00:03:26:07): Chap. **Chip** (00:03:26:09 - 00:03:30:18): In the Irish people. So she said it that out. **Thomas** (00:03:30:20 - 00:03:40:02): It's true. We, we do have the gift of editing. I wish they would have helped, our boy Timmy out with it. But you know what? Something that something tells me he's going to be just fine. **Chip** (00:03:40:04 - 00:03:41:00): I think he'll be okay. **Thomas** (00:03:41:03 - 00:03:44:02): He made a movie I saw in theaters about ping pong. **Chip** (00:03:44:02 - 00:03:52:22): Yeah, I so I think we're. I think we're good. You know, it's. I just can't wait for his, his next foosball musical, and, I think he'll be. It'll be good. **Thomas** (00:03:53:00 - 00:04:00:21): Yeah. Yeah. Foosball jukebox musical. It's, him playing foosball to a soundtrack. **Chip** (00:04:00:21 - 00:04:03:11): By Miami Sound Machine. **Thomas** (00:04:03:13 - 00:04:04:19): I like I love it. **Chip** (00:04:04:19 - 00:04:07:03): The rhythm is going to get you. 00:04:07:05 – 00:04:08:05 UNRESOLVED – **Thomas** (00:04:08:20 - 00:04:10:18): Well, dude, we got to get going, man. **Chip** (00:04:10:19 - 00:04:11:17): Yeah, we got too much to do. **Thomas** (00:04:11:17 - 00:04:16:11): We have such a chock full episode. Yeah. Dude, this is the rundown. Are you ready, Chip? **Chip** (00:04:16:11 - 00:04:18:08): I don't think so, but give it to me. **Thomas** (00:04:18:08 - 00:04:27:18): Hold on to your lay. We're about to get tropical, dude. The oldest hotel in Waikiki Beach just hit an age milestone. Your grandparents definitely. **Chip** (00:04:27:18 - 00:04:28:21): Won't. You know they will not. **Thomas** (00:04:28:22 - 00:05:01:01): Thailand's most famous island is getting resort, and the sunburnt podcast has a direct connection. Yeah, we do have scientists found a mineral on Mars that doesn't exist on Earth. And this rock has an $11 billion price tag, 22 million Americans are about to turn cruise ships into floating frat houses this spring break. DC's famous cherry blossoms are actually Japan's second attempt after we sent their first gift back to the kitchen, tourists are now spending $10 billion a year chasing darkness. The Academy Awards were Sunday, but we have the list every actor actually wanted to be on this year. The number one at the top of that list is a sunburnt favorite national all star of all things. Bart. We've got a special Saint Patrick's Day buffet fact check. Yeah, we do, putting those two things together. Good God, we're on fire. Dude, we got fish of the week. It's Barnaby, and he can recognize himself in a mirror. **Chip** (00:05:26:06 - 00:05:30:07): Dude, I can't recognize myself in a mirror half the time. And Barnaby is killing it. **Thomas** (00:05:30:07 - 00:06:10:00): Barnaby is such a freaking star. We're going to jump into the gut. But, if you're looking for a little peace and quiet. Chip found a vacation destination where the closest neighbors are a seven day boat ride away. Trouble in Paradise hotline is open. You can leave us a voicemail at (310) 845-6038. And if we use your message, we're going to send you one of these bottles, where you can do an old fashioned slather with us at the start of every podcast using the Hawaiian Tropic shear touch, the exact formula that we use to get our slather going. **Chip** (00:06:10:03 - 00:06:12:20): To get our Tropic all is what I got to say. **Thomas** (00:06:12:21 - 00:06:16:08): Oh, man, it feels so good to. The weather's turning everywhere. Chips, smells. **Chip** (00:06:16:08 - 00:06:16:20): Summery. **Thomas** (00:06:16:20 - 00:06:25:04): We're actually in the internet. Played to some pickleball this weekend. Applied twice. Still think I got a little, little zing. **Chip** (00:06:25:05 - 00:06:26:21): It's all about the reapplication, baby. **Thomas** (00:06:26:21 - 00:06:35:08): This is the summer podcast where we talk about comedy and tropical travel. If you think those two things should go together, stay tuned. Front desk. **Chip** (00:06:35:08 - 00:06:41:14): Hi. This Mr. Chantry in room 308. My digital clock isn't showing the time. It's showing a countdown from an hour. **Thomas** (00:06:41:16 - 00:06:47:17): That's right, Mr. Chantry, we've booked you in our hotel's escape room. You have 60 minutes to solve the puzzle in your room and escape. **Chip** (00:06:47:18 - 00:06:50:10): What happens if I don't solve the puzzle? **Thomas** (00:06:50:12 - 00:06:52:17): I said too much already. Good luck. Chip. **Chip** (00:06:52:17 - 00:06:54:12): Thank you, chip Thomas. **Thomas** (00:06:54:12 - 00:06:58:17): Episode 54 of the sunburnt podcast, buddy. Yeah, they just keep coming. **Chip** (00:06:58:18 - 00:07:05:15): Just one after another. And the numbers just keep adding up. I mean, they don't they don't decrease the more you do them. I'll say that. **Thomas** (00:07:05:15 - 00:07:09:10): I'm a numbers daddy. I'm always tracking the data mathematician. **Chip** (00:07:09:10 - 00:07:09:16): You know. **Thomas** (00:07:09:16 - 00:07:26:01): I really care about this podcast. And, you know, YouTube's been a little slower than the audio version growing, but, something happened last week, man. And we just want to thank you. People were Chester reeling off the long form podcast. **Chip** (00:07:26:01 - 00:07:27:05): Reelin in the years, baby. **Thomas** (00:07:27:05 - 00:07:49:17): Do pretty well. And shorts do pretty well on the audio. And then the long form YouTube was lagging behind a little bit. And just like, dude, there was, a day where we kind of taxed the amount of time people were watching for the next day, it doubled on top of that, and then, yesterday it doubled. On top of that, something is hopefully happening that's here for good. But, either way, thanks for watching. We really appreciate it. Subscribe to our YouTube. See our beautiful faces. If you're just listening. **Chip** (00:07:56:18 - 00:08:02:22): Yeah, it's spring break right now, and everybody's popping off in the, tropical travel genre. **Thomas** (00:08:02:23 - 00:08:09:07): Yeah, dude, just come on. We're having a great time here. Come on. Come hang out with us. Yeah. Chip, did you get into anything this weekend? **Chip** (00:08:09:07 - 00:08:11:08): Trouble is what I got into. I will tell you that much. **Thomas** (00:08:11:10 - 00:08:13:03): Ooh, tell me about it. **Chip** (00:08:13:03 - 00:08:15:12): I was at Steel Stacks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. **Thomas** (00:08:15:12 - 00:08:16:07): Yeah, yeah, yeah. **Chip** (00:08:16:08 - 00:08:32:21): One of my favorite shows every year did not disappoint. This time had, we were talking about spring break a little while ago. My, had five of my fraternity brothers just show up. I haven't seen in years. Oh. Shut up. Sit in the front row. And, were there for the show. So that was, that was that was a lot of fun. **Thomas** (00:08:32:21 - 00:08:35:22): Did they chug, chug chug chug chug chug. **Chip** (00:08:35:23 - 00:08:40:16): They imbibed. I will say that, they had a good time, which was great. So I was I was glad to see them. **Thomas** (00:08:40:17 - 00:08:42:01): Oh, dude. That's awesome. **Chip** (00:08:42:01 - 00:08:46:20): I think I was Tony last week. It was like 80 degrees. Yeah. Philadelphia was amazing. **Thomas** (00:08:46:20 - 00:08:48:03): Yeah. Turn it around. **Chip** (00:08:48:08 - 00:09:04:19): We're back down to. It was 33 this morning and windy. When I walk the dog this morning. So we're back in the cold doldrums, but I think I, I just had that taste of summer, and I'm riding that wave with the sunburn podcast. I'm feeling it. I'm ready. I'm ready to go. I think we're, We're getting to the tail end of it. How about you, Thomas? **Thomas** (00:09:05:13 - 00:09:13:18): Dude, I love it. Academy Award season. Kind of a big a big weekend here in the old Los Angeles entertainment landscape. **Chip** (00:09:13:20 - 00:09:15:19): Huge weekend for you and your. **Thomas** (00:09:15:19 - 00:09:33:04): Household when I'm out at comedy things, something that's a little more adjacent to the sunburnt podcast. It's, not uncommon for a burnt one to come up. Sure. And say, what up? It's just like, you know, and over arching circle. But this was the first time I was at, like, a real deal, kind of like Hollywood event. **Chip** (00:09:33:07 - 00:09:34:01): Okay. **Thomas** (00:09:34:03 - 00:09:37:01): A room full of, you know, powerful people. **Chip** (00:09:37:01 - 00:09:38:03): Decision makers. **Thomas** (00:09:38:06 - 00:09:45:01): Some decision makers in the industry and, you know, as somebody walked up to me and said, I'm a little burnt boy. **Chip** (00:09:45:04 - 00:09:46:06): Oh, come on. **Thomas** (00:09:46:06 - 00:09:51:05): A burnt one coming up in this environment, is not usually expecting that. **Chip** (00:09:51:05 - 00:09:52:07): In this economy. **Thomas** (00:09:52:07 - 00:10:01:08): Can you imagine a little burnt boy being at a party? No, that's a deep cut. I think I call this a little burnt boy's. Maybe twice. And you didn't like it very much. So we stopped. **Chip** (00:10:01:10 - 00:10:04:22): But coming out of somebody else's mouth, I enjoy it, dude. **Thomas** (00:10:04:22 - 00:10:20:13): It was so. It was so cool. And then. Yeah, like, it was one of those things, like, we've shot our flare gun up into the air. We said, this is who we are. This is what we're going to. We proved it for 54 episodes, and now when we're out and about, other burnt ones can come right up to us. Come of, come back to us if you're a burnt one. Yeah. Come say what up. This is why we're doing it. It made a very, like, potentially cold room or room where I didn't know. A lot of people feel very, very comfortable. **Chip** (00:10:33:02 - 00:10:35:01): You got the sand in your toes. All of a sudden. **Thomas** (00:10:35:01 - 00:10:52:22): I mean, that's why we did it. We wanted to let people know, this is this is what we're into. If you're into it, you're you're a burnt one. You're part of the crew. And we just had an amazing conversation about comedy and about tropical travel. Turns out he's into both of those things. Can you imagine he found The Sunburnt podcast being into both of those things, the Venn diagram. **Chip** (00:10:52:22 - 00:10:55:20): He found it because we're the number one tropical travel comedy podcast. **Thomas** (00:10:55:20 - 00:11:15:17): If I'm at the, Comedy Store or whatever, I get it. Like people come back. It's it's expected. It's normal. Right. But this was like, you know, outside of that a little bit. And, what a strong connection. What a great conversation we had about, all things, all things in the comedic, movie landscape. It was friggin awesome, dude, that's. **Chip** (00:11:15:17 - 00:11:17:21): What we're doing. Why we are doing Thomas. **Thomas** (00:11:17:21 - 00:11:24:01): Burnt ones all over the place, and I couldn't be happier. Dude, are you ready to jump into for the algo? **Chip** (00:11:24:01 - 00:11:25:22): Dude, there's so much for the algo this week. **Thomas** (00:11:25:22 - 00:11:37:02): I can't wait for the Alagoas to segment where we talk about things and hopes that you'll like it. And it will also make the computers like us too, so they'll show more of us to more of you. **Chip** (00:11:37:03 - 00:11:44:22): Maybe that's why it's popping off a little bit more, because we're making the, the digital overlords, all tingly in there. Zeros and ones. **Thomas** (00:11:44:22 - 00:12:02:19): Dude, I love tickling the zeros and ones. By this first story, so near and dear to my heart. Near and dear to us. Yeah. Before Waikiki was a place you went to get sunburnt. It was a place you went to get malaria from a duck pond. Did you know that? Yep. **Chip** (00:12:02:21 - 00:12:07:15): I mean, that's my second favorite type of vacation. **Thomas** (00:12:07:17 - 00:12:19:23): And then a one man dropped $150,000 to build a hotel with 75 rooms, a private phone, and each one, and the island's first electric elevator. **Chip** (00:12:19:23 - 00:12:35:15): And you should say $150,000 in what year, Thomas? Because if somebody's built. I gotta be completely honest. Honestly, I don't care where it is. If somebody spent $150,000 on a 75 room hotel, I'm not staying in that hotel today. In 2026. **Thomas** (00:12:35:15 - 00:12:38:10): That's going to be a hotel for roaches. **Chip** (00:12:38:12 - 00:12:42:02): That is a death trap waiting to happen. This was many a year ago. **Thomas** (00:12:42:03 - 00:13:06:14): This year marks the 128th anniversary of the opening of the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki. It out? It was the first hotel, kind of over there in that Waikiki area. Apparently just used to be a swamp with mosquitoes and ducks, and it wasn't like a place you'd go to to hang out, necessarily. And now it's become the beautiful escape that we know and love. And the Moana Surfrider is literally my favorite place on this planet. **Chip** (00:13:10:19 - 00:13:22:07): And it's been there since 1901. That's incredible. And I have to say, I stayed next door at the hotel, but I spent a lot of my time at the Moana. Yeah, what a beautiful reference. **Thomas** (00:13:22:07 - 00:13:28:14): The banyan tree in the courtyard. You know, the at the where the beach bar is, where they play live music every night. **Chip** (00:13:28:14 - 00:13:35:02): Old Keith, I like to call him Old Keith. That's what I. You know, sometimes people like name trees. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. There's old Keith. **Thomas** (00:13:35:05 - 00:13:45:01): Old Keith, the banyan tree. And it's, the beach bar is the home of your favorite Mai tai in all of Hawaii. **Chip** (00:13:45:01 - 00:13:46:21): My favorite Windex drink as well, but that's. 00:13:46:21 – 00:13:47:18 UNRESOLVED – Our, **Thomas** (00:13:47:20 - 00:13:53:22): Yeah, we had, we had a, blue Hawaiian that really could peel some paint off a wall. **Chip** (00:13:53:22 - 00:14:00:10): But I think it was just at what? It was a fluke. But, I will say also, maybe my favorite burger ever. **Thomas** (00:14:00:15 - 00:14:15:17): My Thai and the burger at the beach bar at the Moana Surfrider. That's the first thing I do every time I get to Waikiki. The first thing we did when we landed there. And I don't regret it for a second. And I normally have 2 or 3 of those combos over the course. **Chip** (00:14:15:17 - 00:14:20:15): Of a week. And then he goes right to the emergency room in Waikiki, which is also decked out beautifully. **Thomas** (00:14:20:15 - 00:14:26:21): I've been to, the emergency room in Waikiki with the meets seven times. **Chip** (00:14:26:23 - 00:14:28:16): All worth it every trip. **Thomas** (00:14:28:18 - 00:14:33:07): So it's always worth it. So do the banyan tree was planted in 1904. **Chip** (00:14:33:09 - 00:14:34:12): Yep. So three years in. **Thomas** (00:14:34:17 - 00:14:35:20): Three years in. **Chip** (00:14:35:20 - 00:14:37:11): So that tree is over 100 years old. **Thomas** (00:14:37:11 - 00:14:45:15): It's now over 75ft tall and the tree is older than sliced bread. The NFL and commercial aviation. **Chip** (00:14:45:15 - 00:14:56:07): Show, it's just doing its thing. It's been on vacation ever since. Imagine being a tree and like you don't get to decide where you're planted. Yeah. And they're like, we're going to plant you in literally the coolest place on Earth. **Thomas** (00:14:56:08 - 00:15:04:19): Can you imagine the amount of good vibes that tree is soaked up over? What is it, 122 years? 21 years? **Chip** (00:15:04:21 - 00:15:05:07): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:15:05:08 - 00:15:13:10): To celebrate, they're released. 125 monarch butterflies into the courtyard. Opened a time capsule from 2001, which is like, okay, that. **Chip** (00:15:13:10 - 00:15:28:14): Was the one that I thought was really funny. Like everything else, I was like, this is the coolest story. What a great celebration. And then you're just like, oh, a time capsule. I'm like, oh, a time capsule from 1901 or even like 1940. Yeah, like, great, let's do this. And then it's like 2001. **Thomas** (00:15:28:14 - 00:15:53:16): Any time capsule that like it comes out from a year that Jessica Alba like probably had a hit. The theaters just doesn't hit the same way for me. Yes. But here's the big one. Yep. To celebrate, they're also giving guests a $600 anniversary credit per day. I think you have to, like, hit some different elements to, to make that work, but, pretty cool. Dude. It's my favorite place. Like, go check it out 125 years old. **Chip** (00:15:57:15 - 00:16:13:02): That's cool. You go, like, just go on YouTube. You're probably on YouTube right now. Diverge when you're done this podcast. Go just look at I'm sure there's there's definitely videos about it, but, about the one I remember I just loved being up in your in that stairwell with all of the old pictures. I took my wife to see it. Yeah, with all the old historic photos of just like, these, this beautiful, gorgeous hotel right on the water in Waikiki overlooking Diamondhead. Yeah, it's a beautiful place. **Thomas** (00:16:24:07 - 00:16:31:11): And I could be wrong, but, like, I think it was episode 41 of the podcast we shot in the morning. Surfrider. **Chip** (00:16:31:11 - 00:16:37:07): Oh. That's right. Yeah, it was literally. Yeah. You can watch us in a 125 year old hotel. **Thomas** (00:16:37:08 - 00:16:39:12): We're in a newer wing probably than the original. **Chip** (00:16:39:12 - 00:16:40:23): We're in a newer, nicer. **Thomas** (00:16:41:00 - 00:16:42:19): It's the sun burn upgrade we get. **Chip** (00:16:42:21 - 00:16:43:06): Yes. 00:16:43:12 – 00:16:45:02 UNRESOLVED – **Thomas** (00:16:45:04 - 00:16:47:12): All right, man, and now we're taking a step next door. **Chip** (00:16:47:12 - 00:17:00:16): Yes, to the Outrigger Hotel. That's where I stayed. That's where, the Blue Note Jazz club is where we did, ship Chartres. Thanksgiving, a Paradise and, not another great hotel. **Thomas** (00:17:00:20 - 00:17:06:09): Duke's bar, Duke's, hula grill, the hula grill. I'm sure there's an ABC store. **Chip** (00:17:06:09 - 00:17:09:10): Oh, there definitely is an ABC store. That's where I got my floats from. Thomas. **Thomas** (00:17:09:10 - 00:17:23:09): It's really a special a special spot, but, yeah. Outrigger also in the news, because they are launching a new resort, on the island where the Leonardo DiCaprio film The Beach. Yep. **Chip** (00:17:23:10 - 00:17:24:05): Interesting. **Thomas** (00:17:24:06 - 00:17:42:09): The island, a Phi Phi? Yes. The one where Leonardo DiCaprio found that secret lagoon and lost his mind at the beach is getting an outrigger luxury beachfront resort opening this year. They're also opening new properties in the Maldives and Vietnam. Dude, the outrigger is outreach to. **Chip** (00:17:42:09 - 00:17:45:01): Outrigger in the Indian Ocean by storm. **Thomas** (00:17:45:01 - 00:17:55:04): Absolute beautiful Paradise. The outriggers moving in. What are you hoping they're taking from your experience in Waikiki and bringing to that island? Yep. **Chip** (00:17:55:05 - 00:17:57:07): Okay, so first of all, you got to have the Mai Tai, right? **Thomas** (00:17:57:07 - 00:17:58:09): You gotta have the Mai Tai. **Chip** (00:17:58:10 - 00:17:59:15): Gotta bring those Thais. **Thomas** (00:17:59:15 - 00:18:10:10): That's a Duke's mai tai. So the Hula Grill and Duke's share a kitchen. I believe they have different menus, but that drink is exactly the same. It is the same Mai Tai. The Duke's mindset. **Chip** (00:18:10:11 - 00:18:25:06): You want to have a fun Poké buff buffet? We just did the breakfast buffet was fun. Yeah. And, the Pokeballs were great. But I got to say, bring it ABC store. 00:18:25:11 – 00:18:27:04 UNRESOLVED – That's that's. Of all the beautiful things we came, the outrigger, the the, our hotel room was beautiful. The balcony. The staff was great. Bring an ABC store to the Indian Ocean. The people are clamoring for it. Do you want to get, a magnet with the name of the island on there? Plus some t shirts, plus, some motor oil and, a couple of pallets of Kool-Aid as well as, I don't know, let's just say a harmonica. **Thomas** (00:18:58:21 - 00:18:59:19): Yeah. **Chip** (00:18:59:21 - 00:19:09:05): Then the ABC C store has it. They literally have everything. It is the size of a walk in closet, and it has literally more items than Amazon.com. **Thomas** (00:19:09:05 - 00:19:29:07): Unbelievable pitch for the ABC store. I think that's absolutely correct. I am hoping they bring a venue where Chip Chantry can perform, a venue where we can have an In Paradise stop someday. Outrigger, we would love to come christen whatever theater situation you've set up at this resort, let us know. Get us on the horn, please. **Chip** (00:19:29:07 - 00:19:33:23): I'll do some Leo DiCaprio jokes. We can do it. What's. What's the deal with Shutter Island? 00:19:34:01 – 00:19:35:08 UNRESOLVED – Are you guys all going to be incepted? Yeah, I can do it. I could do it. **Thomas** (00:19:38:03 - 00:19:45:10): This hotel is so new, Leonardo DiCaprio would date it. You know, classic Leo jokes like that. **Chip** (00:19:45:10 - 00:19:53:05): Two quick questions. What's for dinner and what's eating Gilbert Grape? This is the brand of humor that I bring. **Thomas** (00:19:53:06 - 00:20:12:10): And can you imagine, after you've got this material up on its feet for a year, you know, because you put in the work you dedicate, it's like, a year of straight, Leonardo DiCaprio, work, you know, give a nice, tight three minute chunk, really blow the roof off of the outrigger. Fifi. **Chip** (00:20:12:13 - 00:20:20:17): I'll do a couple of shows, a couple night show, and then I will have departed. She had another just yet another Leo movie. **Thomas** (00:20:20:17 - 00:20:21:15): You're on fire. No. **Chip** (00:20:21:16 - 00:20:22:07): Yeah, really? **Thomas** (00:20:22:07 - 00:20:30:19): All right, next story. Oh, we can't find the guts to use our paid time off on Earth, but we found a brand new mineral on Mars. Chip. **Chip** (00:20:30:21 - 00:20:31:11): We did. **Thomas** (00:20:31:11 - 00:20:35:22): Scientists just discovered a brand new mineral on Mars called dough tonight. **Chip** (00:20:35:23 - 00:20:36:14): Dough tonight. **Thomas** (00:20:36:14 - 00:20:53:08): Not only does dough tonight sound like a supplement you can take to squeeze a little pea out before bed, chip. It was also found chilling in Jezero Crater by a machine that shares the name of your current method of tinkling before bed, the pressure variance rover. **Chip** (00:20:53:10 - 00:20:54:23): So what I'm calling it. **Thomas** (00:20:55:01 - 00:21:03:12): It doesn't match any of the 6000 plus minerals we've cataloged on Earth. Dough tonight is formed under extreme deep subsurface pressure. **Chip** (00:21:03:12 - 00:21:10:21): That's how most, comedians make it out of the open mic scene. It's the same exact thing. Just deep subterranean. **Thomas** (00:21:10:21 - 00:21:28:21): Pressure. Now, there's a big debate, chip. NASA doesn't know if it wants to bring this sample back to Earth. It's considering it. The price tag would be $11 billion chip, $11 billion to bring dough to MIT back to Earth. **Chip** (00:21:29:01 - 00:21:36:15): And how much of that Mars rock do you think it is? Is it the size of a baseball? Is it the size of AA3 car garage? **Thomas** (00:21:36:15 - 00:21:37:14): Oh. **Chip** (00:21:37:16 - 00:21:47:05): Is it going to be a tiny little gem? That's going to be the engagement ring for Jeff Bezos, his next wife. You don't know. And it's high pressure. So it's got to be super heavy. **Thomas** (00:21:47:05 - 00:21:48:18): Oh yeah. That's a dense nugget. **Chip** (00:21:48:21 - 00:21:56:14): Pretty lady with, with a dead arm. Basically just drag dragging those knuckles around with that hot Mars rock. **Thomas** (00:21:56:14 - 00:22:03:13): Dude, this one is shocking to me. We've talked a lot about cruises, but America is officially on cruise control. Check cruise. **Chip** (00:22:03:13 - 00:22:06:04): Control. Speed to baby dude. **Thomas** (00:22:06:06 - 00:22:14:05): 21.7 million Americans are choosing boats over beaches for spring break this year. **Chip** (00:22:14:05 - 00:22:15:17): 21.7 is that we said. **Thomas** (00:22:15:17 - 00:22:29:09): 21.7 million Americans. Dude like that is getting close to like one out of every ten people you see walking around America is like getting ready to get on a cruise in the next week or two. **Chip** (00:22:29:10 - 00:22:39:12): To put in perspective, how many 21.7 million people are taking cruises? That's too many, dude. **Thomas** (00:22:39:12 - 00:22:41:02): I think people are trying to relax, man. **Chip** (00:22:41:03 - 00:22:42:08): They need it. They're getting away. **Thomas** (00:22:42:08 - 00:22:56:18): They're getting away. They're getting some sun. They're having some fun. They're not having to worry about picking a restaurant. They're not having to worry about cooking. They're having to worry about dishes. They're not having to worry about, activities. Do you know how many how much room there is for activities on a cruise ship? **Chip** (00:22:56:18 - 00:22:58:17): So many activities. **Thomas** (00:22:58:19 - 00:23:06:15): This is the highest number ever recorded for the spring break period. You know who's the most excited about this ship? **Chip** (00:23:06:17 - 00:23:07:15): Who's that? I think. **Thomas** (00:23:07:15 - 00:23:14:14): Netflix. Because, you know, with 21.7 cruisers, at least one of them is going to go missing. **Chip** (00:23:14:16 - 00:23:32:19): Yeah. I mean, with those numbers, maybe I see here's what I would do if I was Netflix. I would just give out free passes. Yeah. Yeah. Like every once in a while you click on something. It's like because you liked The Office. You get a free trip. Oh. Also, are you clumsy? Yes. Here's an extra ticket. **Thomas** (00:23:32:19 - 00:23:47:17): I think with those kind of numbers, this would be my hope. Somebody is just, like, kind of over their current life, right? Like, they just. They just want a refresh. They want a hard start over. They figure out a way to disappear off of a cruise ship. **Chip** (00:23:47:19 - 00:23:49:07): Pull the old Dick Whitman, if you. **Thomas** (00:23:49:07 - 00:24:13:05): Will, exit onto an island, start living a remarkable sun soaked life on a beach somewhere. They get to have the life they always wanted. Netflix gets another docu series where they can show beautiful tropical footage of people at sea. They can interview everybody that's ever worked or been on that ship. They can talk to all of this person's loved ones, give them a little shine. Yep. And, take, take the world on a, cinematic journey of trying to find this person. And then when it's left unresolved at the end, it's ultimately unsatisfying. **Chip** (00:24:24:02 - 00:24:25:21): I'm greenlighting this project already. **Thomas** (00:24:25:21 - 00:24:29:21): But it does leave the door open. That somewhere there out there just having a great time. **Chip** (00:24:29:23 - 00:24:30:12): **Thomas** (00:24:30:14 - 00:24:41:07): I also do like it when a bass player gets accused of a crime. And that is part of every cruise documentary. Is somebody in the band is at least has a finger pointed out of. **Chip** (00:24:41:07 - 00:24:46:00): The low end. Always gets the brunt of it. It's never the drummer. **Thomas** (00:24:46:00 - 00:24:51:12): Often it is actually the drummer, but he's not who's accused or shot. That was sexist. **Chip** (00:24:51:12 - 00:24:52:10): Come on, Thomas. **Thomas** (00:24:52:10 - 00:24:56:22): Ship, dude, we're heading into cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C.. **Chip** (00:24:56:22 - 00:25:02:16): I've got my decorations up. I've made my, my famous chili for the season. **Thomas** (00:25:02:16 - 00:25:14:04): Yeah, we're ready for the blossoms. Dude, a beautiful time of year. I've been there before, but, an interesting fact is circulating about the cherry blossoms. The cherry trees were actually a gift from Japan. Yup. **Chip** (00:25:14:06 - 00:25:14:23): Yes, I knew that. **Thomas** (00:25:14:23 - 00:25:17:14): I had no idea, because I'm dum dum. **Chip** (00:25:17:14 - 00:25:18:01): That's right. **Thomas** (00:25:18:01 - 00:25:39:15): But here's something people don't know. The first initial offering, was brought over here, I believe, by ship. And, you know what we did when they handed over all these beautiful cherry cherries? With that, we let them right on fire. They were covered. They were covered with bugs and insects that we thought wouldn't be good here. The trees seemed a little worse for wear from the trip. Maybe a little disease. We said, you know what? We're going to torch these if you want us to have cherry trees in Washington, D.C., and bring us a fresh batch. Wow. Bring us a fresh batch. **Chip** (00:25:51:12 - 00:25:54:08): We sent it back demanding a new one. **Thomas** (00:25:54:08 - 00:25:55:12): Send it back to the kitchen, baby. **Chip** (00:25:55:12 - 00:26:00:00): And then they have to sail on back to Japan, pick up some more. **Thomas** (00:26:00:03 - 00:26:04:13): Yeah, and bring them up. Bring them on back and shout out Japan, dude. **Chip** (00:26:04:15 - 00:26:05:04): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:26:05:06 - 00:26:14:15): Thanks for thanks for hooking it up. Our nation's capital has cherry blossoms because you were disrespected and didn't take it that way. **Chip** (00:26:14:15 - 00:26:26:23): I would have given them a big, fat nothing. Yeah, the Japanese were gracious enough, to do that. So, so thank you. And I've seen those cherry blossom before. The beautiful. And, I did I did not realize they were a second run. **Thomas** (00:26:26:23 - 00:26:35:04): If Japan and America, where two grown men, 240 year old man. Yeah. And the same exact scenario happened, they would just never talk to each other again. **Chip** (00:26:35:09 - 00:26:37:06): No, a lot of ghosting would happen. **Thomas** (00:26:37:06 - 00:26:45:21): You're just crossing that friend off the list. You don't need that. No, but you know what? Diplomacy. One out and, and here we are. **Chip** (00:26:45:21 - 00:26:47:06): Enjoying the spoils. **Thomas** (00:26:47:06 - 00:27:00:16): Speaking of spoils, Chip, did you know that darkness has become a $10 billion industry? Because we've built so many lights, darkness can now be monetized. **Chip** (00:27:00:18 - 00:27:08:05): I've seen darkness on the web. I see the band darkness. So, yeah, I can I can 100% get behind this. **Thomas** (00:27:08:08 - 00:27:17:19): Astro tourism is now a $10 billion industry. Yep. Unreal. People are traveling specifically to see stars, auroras, and actual dark skies. **Chip** (00:27:17:20 - 00:27:19:11): Oh, so nerds, is what you're saying? **Thomas** (00:27:19:15 - 00:27:23:17): No, I think people that yes, I love, I love a night sky. **Chip** (00:27:23:19 - 00:27:45:23): Sure. So do I make my brother. Speaking of nerds, is he, planetarium director? And, yes, he shows us the night sky indoors and out. He also has a great telescope. And to nerd out, it is. If you've ever seen the moon, like from one of these, like, high powered telescopes, it is one of the one of the craziest things I've I've ever seen in my entire life. **Thomas** (00:27:46:00 - 00:27:52:03): No, it's absolutely amazing. And you've also done a series of comedy shows and planetariums. **Chip** (00:27:52:04 - 00:27:54:18): At the planetarium over the years. Yeah, we've had it. We've had a good time with it. **Thomas** (00:27:54:19 - 00:28:04:09): It's, one one of my favorite things that you've, brought onto this, this comedic world. And, I hope we, we get to do more of those in the concert. That would be awesome. **Chip** (00:28:04:14 - 00:28:06:12): Night sky. **Thomas** (00:28:06:14 - 00:28:17:07): But the, the dark night sky has become so rare that people are willing to pay to see it. Like I live here in Los Angeles. You got a better chance of seeing a movie star than an actual star, chip. **Chip** (00:28:17:12 - 00:28:18:09): That is true. **Thomas** (00:28:18:11 - 00:28:32:23): There's so much light pollution that, they really just kind of, fade to black in the night sky. But it's really incredible when you get out there and see something special, like, we in Hawaii. Amazing, amazing. Night sky there. **Chip** (00:28:32:23 - 00:28:37:21): We've been up to Maine a couple times where we're just up there, and then there'll be some meteor showers, and it's. **Thomas** (00:28:37:21 - 00:28:38:11): Just. **Chip** (00:28:38:12 - 00:28:40:16): All over the place. It's incredible. **Thomas** (00:28:40:16 - 00:29:03:17): It's a trend. People are scheduling their vacations around night time phenomenon, specifically, the Northern Lights. Dude, they've been, like, really keyed up lately. And we don't mention names on the podcast, but one of our friends and. Com and somebody we've worked with before, went to Iceland specifically to see the Aurora and had one of one of the best trips of his life. He said. **Chip** (00:29:04:07 - 00:29:05:10): Go see that borealis. **Thomas** (00:29:05:10 - 00:29:10:05): He said his life is changed because he has. **Chip** (00:29:10:11 - 00:29:12:01): Because he's seen the green is what? **Thomas** (00:29:12:01 - 00:29:14:15): Have you seen the green? Show me. The green. **Chip** (00:29:14:17 - 00:29:14:22): Is. **Thomas** (00:29:14:22 - 00:29:37:06): The new Jerry Maguire. And it is not about money. It's about that aurora borealis in the beauty of nature. Love it. This is a little buzzy, Chip. Okay, the Academy Awards were this Sunday. But we have the actors list. That is a really an honor just to be considered for this is Forbes Highest-paid actors of 2025 list. **Chip** (00:29:37:06 - 00:29:40:08): Yep. This is where it matters. Speaking of seeing the green, it's a. **Thomas** (00:29:40:08 - 00:29:50:00): Top ten list and the first one is the youngest actor ever to make the top ten highest paid actors list. Any Annie gas. **Chip** (00:29:50:01 - 00:29:51:08): Chevy Chase. **Thomas** (00:29:51:08 - 00:30:20:20): Chevy Chase. Maybe not the youngest actor around, but, Millie Bobby Brown, 11, from Stranger Things, the youngest ever at 22. Daniel Craig coming in under number nine at $27 million. Knives out three being a large chunk of that, if not all of it, tied for number seven, a very unlikely duo, Jack Black and Jason Momoa. **Chip** (00:30:20:21 - 00:30:27:04): That's a shoe. They're just tied. So they're not connected via a project. Just. They made the same amount. **Thomas** (00:30:27:04 - 00:30:34:06): You know, I don't know, they might have both been in the the Minecraft movie, but they both made $28 million in 2025. **Chip** (00:30:34:06 - 00:30:37:09): I would watch something with Jason Momoa and Jack black in it together. **Thomas** (00:30:37:10 - 00:30:38:12): Oh, and in a heartbeat. **Chip** (00:30:38:12 - 00:30:40:02): Like Bring Back Twins. **Thomas** (00:30:40:02 - 00:31:00:10): Maybe Jason Momoa, I believe with Dave Bautista has an action comedy movie that's, out maybe on Prime, something like that. Okay. I mean, yeah, I think it came out this year. But Jack black dude freaking love Jack black. I think he's hosting SNL sooner than later, which is so exciting. Yeah. Number six, Denzel Washington, $38 million. Number five, Brad Pitt, $41 million. Number four, Scarlett Johansson. $43 million. **Chip** (00:31:08:23 - 00:31:11:11): Is she, is that Black Widow? Is that what? **Thomas** (00:31:11:11 - 00:31:34:13): Maybe there's some Marvel stuff, but I think she was in the new Jurassic Park. Okay? She was kind of the mainstay where it's, lion's share of that came from. Dude number three. Not not totally surprising, but, like, this is where streaming is really flexing. Mark Wahlberg $44 million with zero movies in theaters this year. **Chip** (00:31:34:14 - 00:31:39:12): That's it. Yeah, because I was going to say, like, there's nothing. I haven't seen him in a commercial in a while. **Thomas** (00:31:39:12 - 00:31:47:19): He made three flicks that came out in 2025, $44 million. Number two, no surprise, Tom cruise, $46 million. **Chip** (00:31:47:19 - 00:31:50:19): Mission impossible is impossible is very possible. **Thomas** (00:31:50:19 - 00:32:06:14): And then, number one, no stranger to the sunburn podcast, the Sandman Adam Sandler 48 $1 million spread across Happy Gilmore two and, Jay Kelly with Mr. George Clooney. **Chip** (00:32:06:16 - 00:32:10:13): See? And again, not in the sea. It were either those in the theater. **Thomas** (00:32:10:13 - 00:32:45:03): That is a good point. I mean, like, I think they may have run, but they were I mean, he's he's got a deal on Netflix. Deal primarily at Netflix. Some sometimes he does stuff outside of it, I guess. But, those ones were Netflix movies that may have had some theater action. But yeah, it's that that big stream paycheck and, total top 20, actors made a combined $590 million, and that is down 20% from 2020 force list, which was $730 million. So like, even though they're making a killing like the, I mean, 20% loss and overall like, salary, that's that's pretty significant in any industry. **Chip** (00:32:57:23 - 00:33:17:07): Let me just talk directly to those millionaires, those movie stars. Just because you took a 20% loss this year, you are still making millions. You do not need to cash in on that podcast dollar. Stay out of the podcast lane. Let the rest of us have it for you. Making those movies, either for the silver screen or for streamers. Stay out of the podcast world. Don't get your hands dirty. That's all I'm. **Thomas** (00:33:20:22 - 00:33:25:07): Saying. Except for Jack black. Shout out Jack black if you want to do a podcast, do it. **Chip** (00:33:25:07 - 00:33:26:21): I would watch a Jack black podcast. **Thomas** (00:33:26:21 - 00:33:37:10): Adam Sandler, if you want to do a podcast. If I watch you hang out with your buddies, let's do it. If you want to be on our podcast, let's do it. You want to make a deal, let's do. **Chip** (00:33:37:10 - 00:33:38:11): It. Let's make a deal. **Thomas** (00:33:38:11 - 00:33:39:06): I love making. **Chip** (00:33:39:06 - 00:33:42:01): Deals. We should make a game show about making deals. **Thomas** (00:33:42:04 - 00:33:47:14): Ooh, okay, we're putting it on the board. Siri, take a note. **Chip** (00:33:47:19 - 00:33:50:04): Let's make a deal or no deal. Write that down. **Thomas** (00:33:50:05 - 00:33:55:17): Let's make a deal or no deal. A game show about deals. That's it for for the go. **Chip** (00:33:55:19 - 00:33:56:19): I'll go. **Thomas** (00:33:56:21 - 00:34:23:02): I know Saint Patrick's Day has perhaps passed people by at this point, but the day we are recording it is bright and early on Thanksgiving morn. Yeah. Chip, you unearthed a very special Saint Patrick's Day fact about the man, the inspiration, the legend, Jimmy Buffett. And, if you would share it with us right now, that would be incredible. **Chip** (00:34:23:04 - 00:34:37:19): Jimmy Buffett always celebrated Saint Patrick's Day with a traditional green Irish beer. And by green Irish beer, I mean a margarita with a shamrock on the rim. **Thomas** (00:34:37:21 - 00:34:48:13): Yeah, that guy stayed true. He loved. He loved to, themed party. But he was going to do it his way, just like he did everything else. Yeah. **Chip** (00:34:48:16 - 00:34:50:17): Of course. Yeah, that's the way you do it. **Thomas** (00:34:50:22 - 00:34:52:05): What a legend. **Chip** (00:34:52:07 - 00:34:52:22): A legend. **Thomas** (00:34:53:00 - 00:34:56:01): Buffett. Happy Saint Patrick's day, Jimmy Buffett. **Chip** (00:34:56:01 - 00:34:56:20): To Jimmy and everyone. **Thomas** (00:34:56:20 - 00:35:00:16): Else. All right, Chip, do you feel that splashing? **Chip** (00:35:00:18 - 00:35:02:05): I feel some motion in the ocean. **Thomas** (00:35:02:05 - 00:35:07:06): Do you feel that motion in the ocean? Do you feel something bubbling up from the deep? **Chip** (00:35:07:10 - 00:35:07:22): I do. **Thomas** (00:35:07:23 - 00:35:11:10): Everybody, it's time for the fish of the week. It's the fish. **Chip** (00:35:11:10 - 00:35:14:02): Of the week. Our hero from the deep. **Thomas** (00:35:14:02 - 00:35:17:20): Our hero from the deep. Chip dude who is our fish of the week this week to. **Chip** (00:35:17:22 - 00:35:32:23): I'm so excited about this one. This one is huge. Not only in excitement, but in actual size. Oh come on, this week's fish of the week is Barnaby, the giant oceanic manta ray. Whoa! **Thomas** (00:35:32:23 - 00:35:36:19): Take it easy. Size queens. There's enough Barnaby to go around. **Chip** (00:35:36:21 - 00:36:02:17): Take a look at this beauty. It's just black and white. He's giant. This enormous aquatic Rorschach test, has black and white markings all over his body. Barnaby looks like a goth girl's kite. If you picture that. For those of you my age, he looks exactly like the cover of the Crow soundtrack. Barnaby, the giant oceanic manta ray is 20ft wide. Come on. And 4,000 pounds. **Thomas** (00:36:07:06 - 00:36:09:07): Oh, my gosh, that's a dense beast. **Chip** (00:36:09:11 - 00:36:37:03): 20ft wide and 4,000 pounds. Thomas, I'd be making a joke about your mom right now if I wasn't so mesmerized by this creature's beauty. Okay, now, how does he get that big? He's got to eat because he's moving around a lot. Barnaby has two fleshy phallic fins that he curls up around his head, that he unrolls to scoop and shove water and krill into his mouth. **Thomas** (00:36:37:03 - 00:36:39:01): I didn't know those fins were so phallic, though. **Chip** (00:36:39:02 - 00:36:48:01): They're so phallic. And they just. He just pops that krill that just that krill swoop into his mouth, that he's just constantly eating, salty krill. **Thomas** (00:36:48:01 - 00:36:48:07): So. **Chip** (00:36:48:08 - 00:37:03:01): So he just unfurls these little, these little fins and just boom, boom, boom shoves them all to his mouth. He is a beautiful, natural wonder with horrific table manners. Just like Britney Spears at the waffle House. **Thomas** (00:37:03:03 - 00:37:06:07): Oh, no. For that part of it. **Chip** (00:37:06:09 - 00:37:09:18): Come on, Thomas, do you know where babies come from? **Thomas** (00:37:09:23 - 00:37:11:00): Yes. **Chip** (00:37:11:02 - 00:37:16:02): Well, I'm going to tell you nonetheless that these were where Barnaby's babies come from. I'll tell you that. **Thomas** (00:37:16:08 - 00:37:17:02): **Chip** (00:37:17:04 - 00:37:29:13): During mating season for the giant manta rays, Barnaby and 30 of his other friends, his other male friends will form a single. This is their word, a mating train. **Thomas** (00:37:29:13 - 00:37:30:18): Whoa. **Chip** (00:37:30:20 - 00:37:56:23): Behind a female manta ray. And they will, for hours, potentially in a straight line. 30 of them will mirror her every move to try to mate with her. You've never seen anything like this unless you've seen manta rays in the wild. Or have ever been to a party at Arizona State. Once the deed is done, no others will carry a single pup. This is not. She doesn't release a whole school of fish. She, carries a single pup for a whole year. I mean, these things are big, you know, they got a. Yeah, they got a cook in the oven for a while. And then when it's born, it comes out as this little wet burrito that immediately unfurls its fins and wings and swims off on its own immediately. Wow. Which means that, Barnaby doesn't have to worry about any, any custody battles. **Thomas** (00:38:27:10 - 00:38:27:14): Yeah. **Chip** (00:38:27:16 - 00:38:37:01): Or any, child support payments. But there's no, tossing the ball around. That kid is off. It's it's a real catfish in the cradle situation. 00:38:37:05 – 00:38:38:15 UNRESOLVED – All right. **Thomas** (00:38:38:17 - 00:38:40:21): Barnaby came out fully cooked. **Chip** (00:38:40:21 - 00:38:48:06): Yes. Now, Barnaby may be a monster. And an enormous one at that. Yeah, but he likes to be pampered, Thomas. **Thomas** (00:38:48:06 - 00:38:49:03): Of course. **Chip** (00:38:49:03 - 00:39:03:04): Barnaby and his buddies will travel hundreds of miles sometimes to go to what they call a cleaning station, where they just hover almost perfectly still while a little tiny fish will eat dead skin and parasites off of their bodies. **Thomas** (00:39:03:06 - 00:39:04:05): So smart. **Chip** (00:39:04:07 - 00:39:15:03): It's kind of like you get, getting a little petty, you know what I mean? Yeah, it's a full body thing. It's. He likes to pamper. It's what I like to call a little reef yourself day. **Thomas** (00:39:15:05 - 00:39:20:14): You got to reef yourself. It sounds like one of my pedicures, but with less parasites being eaten. **Chip** (00:39:20:16 - 00:39:32:02): Yeah, after he Pampers himself, he likes to check himself out in the mirror. Manta rays like Barnaby can actually recognize themselves in a mirror. **Thomas** (00:39:32:03 - 00:39:35:13): That's insane. That's. How do you find that out? First of all. **Chip** (00:39:35:13 - 00:39:39:02): How do you find a mirror? That's 20ft wide? **Thomas** (00:39:39:02 - 00:39:40:00): That's true. **Chip** (00:39:40:02 - 00:39:44:07): He's he's got to figure it out somehow. But manta rays can recognize themselves in the mirror. **Thomas** (00:39:44:10 - 00:39:45:10): Unbelievable. **Chip** (00:39:45:12 - 00:39:58:14): But, you know, I'm so glad that he does pamper himself because he deserves it. This beautiful black and white beast. Just a gigantic, gentle giant. Barnaby. The giant oceanic manta ray is our fish of the week. **Thomas** (00:39:58:14 - 00:40:00:09): So graceful, Barnaby. **Chip** (00:40:00:09 - 00:40:02:01): So graceful, so graceful. **Thomas** (00:40:02:01 - 00:40:06:02): Technically a fish. Cartilage fish, I believe. **Chip** (00:40:06:02 - 00:40:20:18): No bones. Got that cartilage. He's got teeth. But, like, they've, like, basically gone, like, evolved over the years where they're just basically these tiny little scales around his mouth. So he's. Yeah, he's this gentle giant. Barnaby. That's what I love about him. **Thomas** (00:40:20:18 - 00:40:42:22): Barnaby. Hats off to you. You're so graceful, so beautiful. I love the way you guys move in the water. The loop de loops, the. Yeah, the sweeping up of the krill, all the movements. Unbelievable work. And that's why you are sunburnt. Podcast. Fish of the week. Fish of the week. Fish of the week is over. That means we are cruising. We are moving straight into the good book ship. **Chip** (00:40:46:14 - 00:40:51:05): The Guinness Book of World Records. Thomas, do you want to, do you want to kick us off? **Thomas** (00:40:51:05 - 00:41:15:19): Yeah, and I want to start off with an apology. Oh, I want to say I am sorry if you tried to find a quiet spot on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, this January, okay? Because the Dominican Republic is officially the hottest ticket in the Caribbean right now. Really? I'm calling it a tourist soon. Nami, they just set the record for the most people flying into the country in a single month. Whoa. Care to guess how many tourists flew into the Dominican Republic this January alone? **Chip** (00:41:24:18 - 00:41:28:11): I was impute to God about 12 years ago. Beautiful. **Thomas** (00:41:28:13 - 00:41:29:06): Beautiful. **Chip** (00:41:29:10 - 00:41:38:14): It's a small island. Just in January, I'm going to say 50,000 800,000 tourists. **Thomas** (00:41:38:14 - 00:41:45:20): Chip. Whoa. That's basically the entire population of Seattle deciding to move to the same beach at the same time. **Chip** (00:41:45:22 - 00:41:48:18): How many coffee shops would open that that week alone? **Thomas** (00:41:48:20 - 00:42:00:12): Oh, it'd be delicious coffee. This represents an almost 9% increase from the previous year, showing no signs of the tropical fever breaking. I love this tropical fever chip. I think I have. **Chip** (00:42:00:12 - 00:42:01:15): It, I don't want it to break. **Thomas** (00:42:01:15 - 00:42:21:20): I think I have it, dude. People are just looking for an escape. It's tense out there. Real life is hard, right? Sit on a beach, I love it. That was just people flying in to the Dominican Republic. When you add in potential cruise passengers, okay, the total visitor count for the month goes up to 1.2 to 1 million people. It's wild. Do you think you'd notice if an extra 1.2 million people showed up? **Chip** (00:42:27:21 - 00:42:30:21): Honestly, I think the island would tilt just about, you know. **Thomas** (00:42:30:23 - 00:42:32:00): Anything that's a problem. **Chip** (00:42:32:00 - 00:42:36:14): I was on a resort and it at least where I stayed, it was sort of isolated. So it's like, yeah. **Thomas** (00:42:36:15 - 00:42:36:22): You're. **Chip** (00:42:36:22 - 00:42:42:06): On your resort and that's where you are. Yeah. You go out for some excursions, which we did, which were really interesting. **Thomas** (00:42:42:07 - 00:42:43:17): I love an excursion day, but. **Chip** (00:42:43:17 - 00:42:51:21): Like it's not like it's a huge plate. I mean they really hopefully they have the infrastructure there. I'm sure they do. But man that's that's a lot of people. **Thomas** (00:42:51:21 - 00:43:02:00): Well interesting. You mentioned the infrastructure because it has to handle a 61% increase compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. **Chip** (00:43:02:00 - 00:43:04:09): That's like Thanksgiving traffic every day of the year. **Thomas** (00:43:04:10 - 00:43:12:04): It really is. So like basically there was a surge in tropical travel, post the Covid. **Chip** (00:43:12:06 - 00:43:14:08): Time, right? Yeah. Everybody needs to get away. **Thomas** (00:43:14:09 - 00:43:34:01): Yeah. They're they're prioritizing sun over savings at the moment, which, you know, who knows how long that can continue. Yeah, dude, 61% increase in. Just, I guess at this point, seven short years. Crazy. That's, that's wild, man. Yeah. And, **Chip** (00:43:34:03 - 00:43:35:23): I'm glad I got in on the ground floor. **Thomas** (00:43:36:02 - 00:43:38:10): You can say, like, I remember when. **Chip** (00:43:38:10 - 00:43:40:02): I am a punch kind of hipster. **Thomas** (00:43:40:03 - 00:43:43:03): Chip Chantry, the original puts a counter hipster. **Chip** (00:43:43:05 - 00:43:45:15): What I am, it's, introduce some sometimes on stage. **Thomas** (00:43:45:19 - 00:43:53:11): That would do well for you, dude, because you are exactly what, people would expect. Yep. They heard the kind of. **Chip** (00:43:53:11 - 00:43:54:04): And hipster. **Thomas** (00:43:54:08 - 00:44:01:05): Smash together, dude. So, I mean, hats off to Michigan Republic for keeping it together with all those extra guests. **Chip** (00:44:01:05 - 00:44:01:17): Yeah. **Thomas** (00:44:01:19 - 00:44:25:01): A 1.22 million tourists visited in January. 800,000 of them flew to hang the whole time on the island. Pretty wild. So that is my world record. The most amount of travelers, air travelers ever to go to the Dominican Republic. In one month, 800,000 chip, hit me with your world record. **Chip** (00:44:25:03 - 00:44:30:05): I'm going to move into a similar but very different world record. **Thomas** (00:44:30:10 - 00:44:30:21): Yeah, we're. **Chip** (00:44:30:21 - 00:44:46:15): Still talking to the islands. Yeah, we're still kind of talking the Atlantic Ocean. Caribbean's sort of part of the Atlantic. Okay. But we're going in a much different direction, both geographically and intrinsically. Let me start out with a question, Thomas. **Thomas** (00:44:46:15 - 00:44:47:18): Okay. **Chip** (00:44:47:20 - 00:44:49:01): Do you hate hustle? **Thomas** (00:44:49:05 - 00:44:50:19): Hate it. **Chip** (00:44:50:21 - 00:44:52:18): What about bustle? **Thomas** (00:44:52:20 - 00:44:55:05): Oh, my God, don't get me started on bustle. **Chip** (00:44:55:07 - 00:45:15:21): Right. It's it's a lot. And hey, and hats off to the Dominican Republic, by the way, for that hustle and bustle. And good for them. Yeah. But if you want a little something different, maybe take a trip to my world record Island, which is the most remote inhabited island in the world. **Thomas** (00:45:15:23 - 00:45:18:17): Rare. Okay, this the most robust. **Chip** (00:45:18:18 - 00:45:25:17): Tucked away island where people actually reside. Okay. Yeah. Furthest away from anything else on Earth. **Thomas** (00:45:25:20 - 00:45:26:21): Yeah, dude. **Chip** (00:45:26:22 - 00:45:37:11): Congrats to Tristan da Cunha, a tiny volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean halfway between Argentina and South Africa. **Thomas** (00:45:37:13 - 00:45:39:10): Dude, that is out there. **Chip** (00:45:39:12 - 00:45:58:19): So you are down and you're down pretty far in the Atlantic. We're not talking tropical island here. Like the Dominican. This is this is a little chillier, a little down a little closer to Antarctica. Okay. Yeah. Okay. It's halfway between Argentina and South Africa. It's Thomas, it's the Barstow of the Atlantic, if you. **Thomas** (00:45:58:19 - 00:46:00:16): Will, between Vegas and Los Angeles. **Chip** (00:46:00:21 - 00:46:11:06): Exactly. It's like if you're driving, if you're driving for a big bachelor weekend, you start in Argentina, you're going to drive to South Africa. You're stop in interest in De Acuna, you're. **Thomas** (00:46:11:06 - 00:46:15:07): Going in Tristan da Cunha, right, with the help of some dynamite. **Chip** (00:46:15:08 - 00:46:32:03): Right? Yeah. You got to got to get that dough to right in. Gotta get that fix. It's seven miles across, and 38mi². It's about the size of Santa Barbara, California. Oh, except you're not going to find Oprah or Elon or. Yeah, Harry and Meghan. **Thomas** (00:46:32:08 - 00:46:33:23): They're my birthplace trip. **Chip** (00:46:34:01 - 00:46:40:21): That's right. You're not going to find many people there, Thomas. You're gonna find 250 people, roughly. **Thomas** (00:46:40:21 - 00:46:42:08): Ooh, that's a low number. **Chip** (00:46:42:10 - 00:46:58:20): And all of them share one of the seven same last names. So there are only seven last names. Serious, on this island that they that they share. The phone book. And, let me just say Tinder has to be very awkward. **Thomas** (00:46:58:22 - 00:47:02:00): No phone books. Probably like a phone sheet. **Chip** (00:47:02:00 - 00:47:04:10): Yeah, it's just one laminated. Just paper. **Thomas** (00:47:04:10 - 00:47:06:01): Everybody is a hinge match. **Chip** (00:47:06:01 - 00:47:16:06): Everybody is. So again, this is not a tropical island. I want you to picture Thomas. We've all been there. It's one of our favorite places on Earth. Picture Dingle, Ireland, the town of Dingle. **Thomas** (00:47:16:07 - 00:47:17:12): Free and Love Dingle. **Chip** (00:47:17:14 - 00:47:33:09): Put it on its own island and then throw it down in the middle of the South Atlantic. And that just by some of the pictures and videos of watching, that's kind of the vibe. Some beautiful mountains. And then just sort of like this little village, of these people, you know, get the little grocery store, they do. **Thomas** (00:47:33:09 - 00:47:33:13): The. **Chip** (00:47:33:14 - 00:47:51:16): Thing, it's it's it's just beautiful. Now, here's the thing. Their closest neighbor. And that's what makes them the most remote inhabited island, their closest neighbor. So if you want to get off the island, be like, I gotta go see some other people. Yeah, you have to travel 1300 miles. **Thomas** (00:47:51:18 - 00:47:53:16): Dude. That's insane. **Chip** (00:47:53:18 - 00:48:22:08): And here's here's the kicker. To get to that island. That island is also another super remote island. So you're really not going to get much more. Yeah. Okay. If you really wanted to get to civilization, like on the continent. Yeah. You are going 1500 miles to South Africa. That that's the closest you're going to get to, Thomas, there is no airport on Tristan da Cunha. There's no landing strip, which is a joke that I'm just to, bedazzled to even make. Yeah. **Thomas** (00:48:28:22 - 00:48:30:04): Okay. **Chip** (00:48:30:06 - 00:48:53:00): If you really need to get to civilization, it is a civilized. It is a civilization. But, like, you know, a bigger, you know, a bigger land. Yeah. You can't take a plane because there's there's literally not a landing strip or an airport. You have to take a 6 to 7 day boat trip to get to South Africa. **Thomas** (00:48:53:00 - 00:48:58:12): That is so remote. It's just, like, makes me wonder, like, what's the medical situation on this island? **Chip** (00:48:58:13 - 00:49:08:18): Yeah, I mean, that's it could be scary if you really, you got you got something going on. You better. Hopefully the local doctor can take care of it. Yeah. Taking a week's journey on the high seas. **Thomas** (00:49:08:18 - 00:49:20:14): Yeah. This is, like, almost like Deadwood. You know, it's like there's 1 or 2 people that got a little training, maybe, hopefully a full fledged doctor, but like, wow, what a tight knit community. What a remote community. This is incredible. **Chip** (00:49:20:16 - 00:49:39:19): And they seem like the coolest people they do. I will say they do get visitors. It's a back up of like months or even years to because they do actually have some cruise ships show up and visit the island. They get guided tours of the island. So it does raise the, of course, raise the, the, the rate of the population. And they seem very friendly about it, but, yes. And so they do get those visitors, but they yeah, they get supplies in apparently once, maybe every two months or so they say, like groceries and that type of thing. **Thomas** (00:49:50:23 - 00:49:52:05): That's not. **Chip** (00:49:52:07 - 00:50:03:03): But most of them subsist on. Are you ready for this? Yeah. Not not just this, but they have, they grow potatoes, and their biggest industry, which is lobster fishing. **Thomas** (00:50:03:05 - 00:50:04:07): Okay. **Chip** (00:50:04:09 - 00:50:19:20): Thomas. I mean, could you imagine just. I at first when I heard this is such a remote island, I was like, why would you want to live there? And then I saw the people, I saw the stuff. And then I thought, it's. And it just seemed great. And then I thought, magic. Could you just imagine living on lobster and French fries every day? **Thomas** (00:50:19:21 - 00:50:24:10): Not a bad way to make it through. If you like lobster French fries. Fantastic. **Chip** (00:50:24:10 - 00:50:42:02): So, hats off to, to this island for being the most remote inhabited island in the entire world. Tristan da Cunha. Which, of course, translates to go ahead, have a nuclear war. We'll be chilling out down here. **Thomas** (00:50:42:04 - 00:50:47:09): Dude. Yeah. To be so far away from it all, that's got to be fantastic. Do you know what, language they speak there? **Chip** (00:50:47:13 - 00:50:55:19): I watched a guy do a video. Yeah. And, the people that I was speaking to all speaking English. So I'm sure there are some other dialects or some other. Yeah, but. **Thomas** (00:50:55:19 - 00:51:05:20): Yeah, too. It's so remote, so few people. It's, Yeah, that sounds like a blast. Dude, I would love to go hang out there for a week, see what's going on. You see what the people are into. **Chip** (00:51:05:22 - 00:51:10:16): I maybe 250 of them can squeeze into a little auditorium. We do a comedy show for them. **Thomas** (00:51:10:16 - 00:51:12:01): I would yeah, I mean. **Chip** (00:51:12:03 - 00:51:13:06): I'm ready. **Thomas** (00:51:13:08 - 00:51:39:05): And then Paradise. Stop, perhaps. Yeah. All right, well, that's it for the good book. Just want to give you a quick reminder. Trouble in Paradise hotline is open. You can leave us a voicemail at (310) 845-6038. If we use it, we'll give you one of these. And, you know, we appreciate we appreciate the prank calls. You really do bring up one baby, but we can suss out what? It's not a trouble in Paradise call. That's real. So, bring whatever you want that you. **Chip** (00:51:45:06 - 00:51:58:03): Have a an embarrassing vacation story. A harrowing vacation story. Just a crazy vacation situation that you've had. Give us a call. Leave it on there. Leave it with your name. Or just be anonymous. Either one. We're cool. **Thomas** (00:51:58:05 - 00:52:12:16): We are beyond cool. We're sunburnt. This is the sunburn podcast where we talk about comedy. Tropic travel. Thanks so much for hanging out with us today. Until next time, stay burnt. Front desk. **Chip** (00:52:12:16 - 00:52:18:22): Hi. This Mr. Chantry in room 308. My digital clock isn't showing the time. It's showing a countdown from an hour. **Thomas** (00:52:19:00 - 00:52:25:01): That's right, Mr. Chantry, we've booked you in our hotel's escape room. You have 60 minutes to solve the puzzle in your room and escape. **Chip** (00:52:25:02 - 00:52:27:19): What happens if I don't solve the puzzle? **Thomas** (00:52:27:20 - 00:52:30:01): I said too much already. Good luck. Chip. **Chip** (00:52:30:01 - 00:52:30:11): Thank you.