Chapter 1: What are Beanie Babies and why are they still valuable?
Casey had an exchange of words with the gunman that she now regrets.
I said to him, I'm like, that looks kind of like a fake gun. He's like, you want to know how real it is? And so then he just kind of smacked me in the forehead.
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You got to be careful in this neighborhood. It's kind of like the hood. And I'm like, oh, really? It's kind of like the hood? I felt no danger whatsoever. None. Zero danger whatsoever.
They're tripping on that stuff.
You know what? I will say I did get politely mugged while I was in London.
Politely mugged?
Do you mind if I borrow your wallet? Yeah. I got the most polite mugging I think I've ever had.
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Chapter 2: How do billionaires invest in collectibles?
Their value has skyrocketed. And some of those Beanie Babies are worth $50,000, even unboxed, 50 fucking grand. It's insane. Yeah. And so I got on the phone with my dad. You did. Because, you know.
Everybody needs to be asking their parents where those things are.
If you haven't asked your parents, you're a fool. Where are those beanie babies? How do I get a hold of them? Can I have them back? Or can I have them, period? Don't let on that there's something going on with your parents. Just say, I want to take some junk off your hands. I've got kids. Or you just tell your dad, I'm thinking about having more children.
And I need those beanie babies because I need some toys for the kids. Don't let on that they're worth a whole lot of money because then you might get into a fight with your parents. But I want to know from my father, like, do you have any toys, quote unquote, toys from the kids? You know what I do think? I do think my father has some beanie babies up at his house.
I do think he's got some beanie babies and I am going to steal them from his house. Not ones that he bought for me, but ones that he's bought for the grandchildren. They're like the grandpa house toys. You know what I'm saying? They stay there. They're only supposed to stay there. We don't take them home.
As a matter of fact, I beg the children not to take any toys home because we don't need another fucking toy in this house. But this time, I'm going to just put them in my backpack and head out the house.
Yeah, just swipe a couple.
Why not?
They're small anyways.
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Chapter 3: What is the story behind politely getting mugged in London?
And it goes on the backs of an interesting story I read probably six months ago. How millionaires and billionaires are now putting a lot of their wealth into collectibles. All kind of collectibles. From Pokemon cards to fine art, you know, to Van Goghs. They are dumping their money into hard assets like art and collectibles.
Because the collectibles market, especially fine art, is going nuts right now. It's raising in value. And, you know, there's some tax benefits. You remember that movie... The movie we were asking Wendy about whether or not Wendy had seen any of the... Oh, yeah, yeah.
It was Christopher Nolan.
Christopher Nolan movies, Inception, his most recent one, which I can't remember the name of. But the one about... Did you see the movie? The one where everything's traveling backwards? No, I guess I need to watch that. Okay, there's a big part of the movie that takes place in this... I forget what they call it, but it's like a... They call it like an art port.
It's a safe harbor where you can't get taxed, and there are no local laws, and they build them at airports, and they're for billionaires to store their wealth.
Oh, right.
Yes. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, I do.
I've read about that. They're like these big storage...
Huge storage facilities. Containers, yeah. Yes. And some of them have the most high-tech security you've ever heard of in your life. They are basically bulletproof, bombproof, fireproof, anything proof. And Christopher Nolan does a great job of telling you why that is not exactly true. I won't ruin the movie for you.
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Chapter 4: How did Henry Hall and Daniel Thrasher land their roles?
Are you getting great feedback? What's the word on the street?
Word on the street is, you know, my aunt Jamie in Virginia is loving it. You know what I'm saying? My aunt's texting me. I got my sister messaging me.
Unbelievably, I think your sister is the only person who listens to the commercial break, too. So we got something in common there. We both have one viewer. Big fan.
No, great, great feedback. People are loving it. What about you, Henry?
Yeah, my girlfriend, who is Aunt Jamie, Loves it. Like Daniel said. I guess it's better than his sister. She's, yeah, she's, we've watched every episode together and she loves seeing her nephew. Yeah.
And your neighbor James. And your neighbor James, the sandwich guy down the street.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah. They're both, they're both, they're both enjoying it. They're more like, you know, prestige era, like Breaking Bad this, why are that? It's like, come on, guys.
come on guys i can't do white housing plumbers yeah people it's definitely uh it's exciting to be on a show that's like as um open to any person yeah in terms of uh potentially enjoying it i think yeah so we've i've had all all sorts of folks uh chime in and say they're enjoying the show.
You know, I'm a big fan of the first... I don't even want to say a reboot, because what I expected was a reboot, but it wasn't a reboot. The show lives on its own. It really does. It gives a little bit of homage to Friday Night Dinner, which was... A huge hit. Yeah, the BBC, huge hit in the UK. And I think it's loosely based on that.
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Chapter 5: What are the behind-the-scenes pranks on set?
I love it. I'm up for a good fart joke.
It's funny. We've talked to other actors and comedians and they've shared with us that sometimes they get into situations where they get on set and there is no chemistry. They get on set, they get on stage, they're doing improv, whatever. And it's just like, there's dead no chemistry between the two of them, right? It's really hard to make something work.
So when I'm watching this show, I'm imagining that there's a lot of this going on behind the scenes because it just, I don't know, it seems natural. It seems like you two are brothers, like antagonizing each other in a way that feels very
organic on screen and um and so i it shines through on on the show you guys did a great thank you you guys did a great job how did you get how did you get cast daniel you're you own youtube the research says here is that correct you're owning youtube now yeah i'm
I'm the new CEO of Alphabet.
Congrats.
Thank you so much. ThrasherTube. Yeah, ThrasherTube, yeah. No, I do okay on YouTube. I really... Okay, so basically how I got cast was... through legit means I have a manager who, you know, and an agent who found this audition. And I think at the time they had already cast or were heavily considering Michaela Watkins. And, you know, she and I have similar facial features, I guess.
And Dan, and Dan back at all was like high in the running. And so, yeah, they were looking for the brothers. And actually, I don't know if Henry knows this, but initially I auditioned for David. Oh, really?
That's right.
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Chapter 6: How does filming in London compare to other locations?
Okay. And didn't hear anything back. And then months later, got a call back. And... proceeded to do two or three callbacks over the course of a couple of days. Yeah. And then not, and I didn't really even know what was, what the next step would be, you know, at like per callback, I was like, okay, am I about to get the part or is there another, you know, whatever.
Are you just torturing me on purpose?
I was just sort of rolling with the punches. And then, and then I got a call that I got the part. And, um, I was in a, uh,
michaels you know the art getting something framed he was drawing posters for vidcon i was getting a daniel thrasher poster framed exactly that's the place to go no i yeah i was i was getting i was getting a uh birthday get like this really cool um i'm gonna obviously wait i think it's It's a poster. It's a photo of Gene Tierney and Rock Hudson, I think.
But it's Gene Tierney and Rock Hudson on set. It's like, it's a still, it's like a, it's like a venture still, whatever. Yeah, it's an astounding thing. From like a Douglas Sirk movie. And I was getting that framed. It was something my friend Hannah got for me. And so, yeah.
So Michaels brings you luck.
Michaels brings me luck. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Michaels, we bring you luck. Michaels, you got the park.
That's right. You got the part.
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Chapter 7: What can we expect from the new show 'Dinner with Parents'?
Yeah, it was like a big, yes, a Lyft. It was a big freight elevator with, and I was in there with like 25 people or something, you know, people commuting to work and whatever. And I just remember thinking like, if this was New York City, we would all be getting stabbed right now.
Yeah.
It is literally we're just all standing there like that, like everyone's like this. Very smiling. That's right. Smiling. You know, no one's saying, fuck you.
You know, when there's a there's a big podcast conference that happens in London every year. It's actually it's in a couple of weeks. And so I've been and. The hotel was over here, and the podcast conference was over there, and I just decided to walk. It was like a three-mile walk, right?
So it's me and our manager, and we're walking, and we're just taking the way that the maps go, because I don't know where it's going. And we're walking through, and we see another podcaster that we know, and he's British, and he says, Hey, listen, you've got to be careful in this neighborhood. It's kind of like the hood. And I'm like, oh, really? It's kind of like the hood.
I felt no danger whatsoever. None. Zero danger whatsoever.
They're tripping on that stuff.
You know what? I will say I did get politely mugged while I was in London. Do you mind if I borrow your wallet? I got the most polite mugging I think I've ever had. I didn't tell you guys, I guess. Well, this guy was like... Me and my girlfriend at the time were walking out. We were going to the grocery store or something. We were going to some restaurant. I don't know.
And this, this gentleman, a little scraggly, walked up and he was like, he was like, could you, you know, do you have a couple pounds? I'm trying to catch a bus to see my sick mom. And that's not, that's not what was going on, but it's fine. And, and I was like, Oh no, what's your problem?
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Chapter 8: What is Henry's upcoming album about?
That's what it was.
oh god i was like i was like i know that you're technically suggesting we go to an atm i know that i could turn this down but i really don't think i want to find out what happens especially because he knew like which grocery store we were going to based on like where we were walking or whatever so i was like all right to protect me and the lady like i'm gonna go with
You know, it was freaking weird.
You were just, you were trying to.
You went with your gut.
Yeah, you went with your gut and you quickly got away from it. I'm not sure by the international laws of thievery that this guy would, you know, he suggested you felt.
I can't file a report on that. No, no, no. What are you going to say?
He asked me to go to the ATM. The cops would look so silly. The cops would be polite. Someone's going to give you back the 20 bucks.
Well, not technically a robbery, but here's $20. Here's 20 pounds. 20p. 20 pence.
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