All Aboard The Failure Bus!
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What listener feedback is discussed at the start of the episode?
I want to speak to those of you who are
jesus christ on this episode of the commercial break 90 of podcasts don't make it to episode number five hoping that that would also be us but look at us now we just got dragged through
It's been a wild ride.
I feel like I'm hanging on to the success bus by the back and it's just bouncing me along the road.
Like tin cans? Yeah, like ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. You're going to get there soon. Next stop, success. It's been five years. The next episode of The Commercial Break starts now.
What milestones are celebrated as the podcast approaches episode 500?
show break.
I'm Brian Green. This is the Batwoman to my Robin Thicke. Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Kristen. Best to you, Brian. Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Interesting reaction to our holy water, our Peter Popoff breakdown the other day. Yeah? Yes, we had an interesting reaction.
How does TCB therapy play a role in the hosts' discussions?
Someone actually wrote in a story about their uncle who used to, like their elderly uncle, who used to idolize Peter Popoff. He would like drive thousands of miles to see him in person. He would... watch every special he would tape the infomercials he fully believed in the holy water that the holy water was going to cure him i guarantee that holy water came from the tap of a peter popoff assistant but let's neither here nor there yes and she explains the story i'm gonna kind of prep it i'm gonna just like um not preface it but i'm gonna shorten it up abbreviate i'm gonna abbreviate it thank you chris uh She says that her uncle came down with got diagnosed with prostate cancer at one point. And the prostate cancer was not a very serious form of prostate cancer, the type of prostate cancer that a lot of men will just live with.
Right. And so he got the holy water. Wow. Wow. And that after years of not seeing a doctor, he went back to the doctor and the doctor said, the prostate cancer has not progressed. You are in the category of men who live often with prostate cancer for their entire lives, especially elderly men. And we just don't do anything about it because it's not that aggressive and it can be a rather... It's not actually benign, but it can be a benign form of cancer. Well, he now, for the rest of his life, swore up and down that the magic holy water was doing it. So... He believed in it so much that he would call repeatedly and repeatedly and repeatedly and make donations so he could get magic spring water. She says to the point where Peter Popoff sent a gallon or the Peter Popoff Enterprises sent a gallon of the magic spring water to her uncle.
And then one Thanksgiving, they caught him sprinkling it on the turkey.
What?
And I was like, this is either a totally made up story or very fucking funny.
What funny story is shared about exploding kombucha?
Your crazy uncle. It seems pretty specific. It does seem pretty specific that your crazy uncle was sprinkling magic holy water on top of the Thanksgiving feast. You sprinkle it everywhere. Yeah, why not? It can't hurt. Listen, I've been through some Thanksgiving. I've had some Thanksgiving turkey that I wish I had magic spring water for to make it moist. I take it. I take it. You just can't get that Thanksgiving turkey right. I don't care what you do. Ha ha ha. We even fried it one time. And besides almost setting the entire neighborhood on fire, it didn't do a damn bit of good for that fucking turkey. It didn't taste the exact same as it did the year previous when we baked it. I mean, okay, it was a little bit more juicy, and the skin was a little bit more crispy.
I guess it was a bit more enjoyable.
Crispy skin.
Yeah, crispy skin.
What is the story behind the bacon pickle McMuffin?
That's the only part of the turkey that I give a shit about is that skin. And my dad, too. Yeah, it's like that Christmas story when, you know, my dad was a turkey skin connoisseur. Well-known across the Midwest. So was my dad. My dad, he just would start eating the skin. And if we tried to have some, he'd be like, no, no. It's unhealthy for you. Then I had a little bite one time. He finally gave me a little bite, and I was hooked. It's like the first time you have bacon. We just gave our youngest bacon for the first time.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What listener feedback is discussed at the start of the episode?
0:00–1:19
2
What milestones are celebrated as the podcast approaches episode 500?
1:19–1:38
3
How does TCB therapy play a role in the hosts' discussions?
1:38–3:55
4
What funny story is shared about exploding kombucha?
3:55–4:40
5
What is the story behind the bacon pickle McMuffin?
4:40–5:41
6
How do hotel check-in and check-out times impact travelers?
5:41–6:31
7
What treaties are humorously proposed in this episode?
6:31–7:13
8
What reflections do the hosts share about their podcasting journey?
7:13–52:49