Episode #745: Bryan and Krissy arena rare form , and chaos is on the menu—served with a side of mistaken identity and a heaping scoop of AI-generated nonsense. In this episode, Bryan nearly crashes the show with a rogue software update, accidentally confuses Bill Belichick with Bill Bellamy (yes, really), and proudly unveils a brand-new jingle segment: “Bryan Got It Wrong… Again.” But it’s not all confusion and caffeine—there’s a revealing look behind the scenes at how AI (hi, ChatGPT!) now fuels their frantic interview prep for the 12 Hours of TCB. The team digs into their no-holds-barred approach to interviews, jingle writing, and life on a podcast that makes exactly zero dollars and thrives in beautiful disarray. Mistakes were made. Jingles were born. Nobody’s sleeping in this episode of The Commercial Break. The episode opens with a race (literally) to the studio Bryan’s Mr. Bean impression meets studio disaster A rogue computer update nearly tanks the whole production Astrid calls Bryan out on a missing episode (before sunrise!) Bryan puts episodes out “at midnight for your pretty little ears” Bill Belichick vs. Bill Bellamy: The mix-up of the century A new segment debuts: Bryan Got It Wrong… Again! Bryan explains how ChatGPT helps with guest research and jingle work Krissy tries to keep Bryan focused—it almost works Behind-the-scenes of the 12 Hours of TCB interview marathon Why TCB interviews are more barroom banter than biographical deep dives The team’s low-budget, high-effort approach to comedy podcasting “You’re not talking to Terry Gross—this is The Commercial Break” TCB Intro Clips: Hawley Smoot Tariffs didn't work! Watch EP #745 on YouTube! Text us or leave us a voicemail: +1 (212) 433-3TCB FOLLOW US: Instagram: @thecommercialbreak Youtube: youtube.com/thecommercialbreak TikTok: @tcbpodcast Website: www.tcbpodcast.com CREDITS: Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Executive Producer: Bryan Green Producer: Astrid B. Green Voice Over: Rachel McGrath TCBits Written, Voiced and Produced by Bryan Green To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone? The Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The Tariff Bill, the Holly Smoot Tariff Act, which... Anyone? Raised or lowered? Raised tariffs in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects?
It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Anyone? Anyone?
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I just locked it, and you have to press in the numbers before you lock it, or else it's the last person's code. And then it just started yelling at me. It was like, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, red, red, red. And I was like, okay, all right. So here I am, you know, fat, you know. At least you had your underwear on. Man boobs. Like, yeah, at least I had my underwear on.
So then she comes in, and she was like this. She literally put her hands like horse blinders. And she's like, I just want to make sure no one else is in here. And I'm like, no, I'm the only I'm the only old fat guy you're going to see today. So thank you. I mean, she was like young, too. And I think she was like, oh, God, this is not I don't get paid enough for this.
I don't get paid enough to look at this guy naked.
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Ah, yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green, this is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Chris Joy Holdley.
Best to you, Chris. Best to you, Brian. Best to you out there in the podcast universe. Why not? Start off with a race. A race. Do you remember that movie with Mr. Bean, like the Great Race or whatever it was called? Yes, yes, that's right.
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