MBMBaM 831: How the Sausage Doesn’t Get Made
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What is the opening disclaimer and who are the McElroy brothers introducing the show?
The McElroy brothers are not experts, and their advice should never be followed. Travis insists he's a sexper. But if there's a degree on his wall, I haven't seen it. Also, this show isn't for kids. Which I mention only so the babies out there will know how cool they are for listening. What's up, you cool baby? One, two, three, four. It's the start of something beautiful. A small acquaintance has blossomed, it's ripened into a precious friendship. Could've never seen what was coming for me Hangs at the skate park, hangs desert beach, my life, it feels like
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Well hello everybody. Welcome to my brother, my brother, main advice show for the Modron era. I'm your oldest brother, Justin McElroy. Oh, hello. What up, Trav Nation? Didn't see ya come in there. I'm your Mildest brother, Travis Big Dog Wolf from the Heater Award-winning McElroy. Hey, what's up, Trav Nation? It's been your sweet baby brother, thirty under thirty media luminary griffin built for Jeff McElroy. And it's that time of year again. I was gonna wait to talk to you guys about this in the munch quad section, but it is September 9th as we record this, which means that pumpkin spice season is here and in Full effect.
And we couldn't think of anything else to talk. We tried to think of other people.
You don't have to t I want people like transparency, sunlight is the best disinfectant and we're we're it deeply, deeply infected. And they don't need to know how the sausage doesn't get made.
We ran out of sausage, I ran out of sausage. There's only so much stuff you can put in these things.
Hey, can I tell you what's wild about pumpkin spice? Just for Yes, dude. Go off king, please. It's not pumpkin. Well pumpkin pie. It is the thing that you add to pumpkin to make pumpkin pie. Yeah, this but this would be like if you said um dairy yes, oh I love Italian food, so I've scented this thing Italian seasoning. Not like a specific dish, but the things that you put into That was a bad example. Yeah, man. What do you want it to smell like Italian? You just want it to smell like Itali that example didn't work or make any sense. Okay. Well then it's like I'm gonna make you a dish and what okay, what is it? It's just a bunch of like thyme and oregano and rosemary mixed up together. Yeah. So what's up with pumpkin s what's up with pumpkin spice?
I'm stupid. You gotta start with the king. Okay. You gotta go to you gotta go to Starbucks and say, what do you have in s in store for us? Right. They teamed up with Martha Stewart this year to remind us that pumpkin spice is uh good and that that we should have it. They did a whole commercial about it. And she says that. She says she comes out on the commercial. She says, Pumpkin spice is good and you should have it. And also I'm still here. I'm still relevant. Listen to me. She says she's well, hold on, she is. This is what Martha says about PSL. Because Martha if Martha's going to take the time out of her busy schedule to show tell us about the PSL, I think it's the least we could do is just see what's up.
Oh, pumpkin spice latte? The drink that makes us all a little more basic? Pumpkin spice latte for Martha. It smells like my house in the fall. It's perfect. Can I get a straw? You would get loved. Should I know him? What? Girls just wanna dance. So let's just let's just pause. This was
Martha Stewart and then she comes in and I appreciate what she's doing here, which is that We're all we're all sort of bored. With the pumpkin spice. We all have a lot of stuff going on. We're all fighting for our lives basically day in, day out. We're all pretty bored with the pumpkin come pumpkin spice lot. Drinking it, talking about it, thinking about it. Martha's here to say, cash all cash in some of my credit. You know me. I own some of Martha's bowls, and they're fantastic. They've lasted me a long time. I have my own vineyard. She rolls up, she's got her own vineyard. That's true, Travis. Yeah. And so she's like, You can still believe me, I'm Martha Stewart, and I actually like this stuff, and it's okay to like this stuff.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening disclaimer and who are the McElroy brothers introducing the show?
0:00–9:24
2
How do the hosts break down the pumpkin‑spice craze and Martha Stewart’s new commercial?
9:24–16:46
3
Why do the brothers keep returning to the “sausage doesn’t get made” gag?
16:46–25:13
4
What is the story behind the Starbucks PSL ad and the “pumpkin spice society” merch?
25:13–35:13
5
How does the episode explore the idea of a second alto saxophone from arcade tickets?
35:13–46:14
6
What advice do the brothers give about the mysterious moving stone tortoises?
46:14–53:31
7
How do the hosts riff on beach‑cleanup volunteers, plastic islands, and “Bottle Island”?
53:31–56:46
8
What are the final takeaways and how can listeners support the show and its merch?
56:46–57:51