Mr. Deeds — Adam Sandler going from small-town guy to billionaire overnight — and how that movie holds up next to Big Daddy and The Sopranos. From there, we went deep into nostalgia: Blockbuster memories, scratched-up PS2 games, bootleg DVDs from the bowling alley, and renting Jackass: The Game.
Then it turned into pure storytelling — selling broken cars, bad mechanics, and the debate over whether laziness costs you more than effort. We talked about section 8 housing, audio boards, sound effects, and the new setup for the show.
After that, we got into city life: tweakers asking for cigarettes, homeless encounters, wild porta-potty stories, working construction, graffiti inside porta-potties, and running into people who clearly aren’t real — NPCs, simulation talk, proximity chat in NYC.
We closed out with old-school parenting vs soft parenting, “deaf kid at play” signs, leash kids, 9/11 conspiracies, Desert Storm, Saudi money, live golf, inside jobs, and why pigeons aren’t real. Add in weird New Jersey myths, the Gates of Hell, abandoned buildings, and random Indian street food videos — it’s all here.
We got into discipline, parenting, soft kids, leash kids, the “deaf child at play” signs, and how every generation got softer. Then it went straight into 9/11 talk, conspiracies, oil wars, Bush, Cheney, Desert Storm, and what “inside job” jokes still get laughs.
After that — Saudi princes jumping sand dunes, bumper stickers, hippies, protests, and comedians taking money from the Saudis. We talked about being struck by lightning on golf courses, NPCs in the city, pigeons being fake, urban legends, Weird NJ, the Gates of Hell, abandoned tunnels, homeless encounters, Indian street food, and random YouTube rabbit holes.
We ended the episode on baseball, bad teams, the Mets, Yankees, and why everyone’s just ready for the season to be over.
Timestamps:
0:30 MR. DEEDS
01:25 BIG DADDY
02:00 THE WIRE/SOPRANOS
04:15 BLOCK BUSTER
05:40 ABOVE TACKER/RICHARD FLOYD
07:35 PS2 AND DVDS**
08:15 KID DRIPS OFF DAN
13:50 TWEAKERS ARENT REAL
15:30 DAN WILL GO TWO ANYWHERE
19:30 PROXIMITY CHAT IRL
28:12 DEAF KID AT PLAY
35:08 SAUDI PRINCE FLYING
35:32 SAUDI COMEDY FESTIVAL
38:44 LOST IN REELS
40:04 METEROROLOGIST
41:50 PIGEONS ARE THE FEDS
42:50 URBAN MYTHS
43:48 GATES OF PERTH AMBOY HELL
48:45 I WOULDN’T PISS ON YOU
51:32 BASEBALL SEASONS OVER
59:51 COACH TED
01:09:28 RIDING THE BUS
01:16:20 SCARY MOVIE 3/SIGNS
01:19:00 TRAP HOUSE
01:23:45 IM UP!
01:27:00 SERIAL KILLER HOUSE
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