Will and Rusty dive into the Instagram hard launch, buying a cranberry bog, blacking out at the airport, and how to actually beat a hangover. The gang also ponders where the sweet spot of fame lies and whether stealing a car might be easier than it seems. To close things out, the boys draft their 2025 ins and outs, as well as touchdown celebrations and college bowl games that definitely should exist. FOLLOW OUR SOCIALS: https://www.flowcode.com/page/playdatepod HEAD TO http://www.drinktriple.com/playdate TO GET 10% OFF THE ORIGINAL HIGH SELTZER USING CODE: PLAYDATE. 0% HANGOVER, 100% SOCIAL. $10 OFF ALL CASES OF ACCELERATOR ON AMAZON WHEN YOU ENTER CODE 10BUCKSOFF AT CHECKOUT UNTIL 1/9 - SHOP HERE https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/FB06B38E-F0C2-479F-9DA5-FD4A1C852B07?channel=Playdate VISIT www.dollarshaveclub.com/playdate AND USE PROMO CODE PLAYDATE FOR 20% OFF $20 OR MORE. CONTROL BODY ODOR ANYWHERE WITH @SHOP.MANDO AND GET $5 OFF YOUR STARTER PACK (THAT’S OVER 40% OFF) WITH PROMO CODE PLAYDATE AT https://shopmando.com/ #MANDOPOD (00:00) Intro (01:08) Getting High in Public (07:11) Student Section Leaders (11:36) Brett Harrelson (22:52) Episode 71! (27:31) The Drunkest Man in the World (32:03) New Year’s Eve (39:32) André 3000 (51:50) Dry January (57:14) Rusty’s New Year’s Roadmap (01:05:48) Roadmap (01:13:02) Pitch Submissions (01:33:05) Pitches (01:39:09) This Guy Rocks (01:45:00) Teach Me Something (01:53:45) AITA (02:02:43) 2025 Ins and Outs (02:04:01) Touchdown Celebrations that Don’t Exist (02:06:26) College Football Bowl Games that Don’t Exist (02:07:42) Whose Personality are you Stealing? #AlmostFriday #FridayBeers #PlaydatePod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are the benefits of a hard launch on Instagram?
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Wir sind zurück. Es ist der erste Podcast von 2025. Ja. Der erste unserer Show. Wir wissen es nicht. Wir hatten einen, der auf dem ersten kam. Richtig. Cool. Einiges ist passiert. Wir haben das vorher gedreht. Das ist wahr. Das ist der erste, den wir im neuen Jahr gedreht haben. Und wir haben neue, wir sind total neu dieses Jahr. Ja. Alles über uns. Das ist ein Sportpodcast jetzt. Ja. Und Lauren.
Wie war das große Home Run letztes Jahr? Lauren ist der Catcher. Yep, that's right. We do have our softball championship game tonight. Yes, which I might come and watch. Are there our friends in the stands or would I be the only, or mostly the other team?
Mostly the... You'd be the only guy on our side, but...
Unless people show up for the championship. I mean, you could also come in the dugout and hang out with everyone. I know, but then that implies that I might have to go play. No, you can't play. Oh, okay, great.
Gavin's friend did that once.
You didn't hang out in the dugout? Okay, I'll do that. He was a good locker room presence, honestly.
He smoked a joint.
Speaking of Gavin. He did smoke a joint. In the locker room?
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Chapter 2: What happened with the drunkest man in the world?
Vor Jerry, glaube ich. Und Jerry war so, ja, das ist einfach ein Live. Did we already talk about this?
We talked about this in the day after our Friday meeting when it was just like 10 of us. Did we talk about this on the last podcast?
No.
Wait, but... Oh, so it wasn't as cool. I mean, he was good. Right, but... But I thought it was like he knew all the words and the band just like got him in and like it was like a...
cool moment the coolness for me is twofold where 50 of it is that he was good but the other 50 which is i think is more important was that i thought he was just cool enough that the band was like we dig this guy's vibe get up here i agree yeah but i believe that wasn't the case i could be wrong i hope i'm wrong that is a that's a kick in the new evidence it felt like a kick in my nads too did i tell you about my night that night please it was viral
Like everything I do. No, we were at Jamesons after our company Christmas party.
My phone cannot stop.
Oh, there goes Runsty. Runsty and Lauren are both on their phones right now. Wait, wait, I was turning mine off. I was putting mine on do not disturb because it kept buzzing. Likely story, you're probably Snapchatting abroad.
Oh, he only has one broad.
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Chapter 3: How can you effectively beat a hangover?
What's his name? We bleep it, but... Fuck... Wait, why did you hate him? I will give both of us credit. We were both very good at our jobs. And part of that was the Instagrams were like throwing jabs. And so like most of, I think his week probably consisted of this as well, was like being a detective. So it was like I had like inside sources at the school.
And I was like, what's like the hot, what's the hot drama?
And then we would pick at that scab in our posts, whatever.
We went to Walmart and we made big blow-up... I don't know, in hindsight, if I had put half of the effort I put towards this job, towards actual school, I think I could have gone to Harvard. I got really good at Photoshop.
I would Photoshop things and make these giant posters and we'd hold them up against the glass. And... But I remember one time we had a flag and someone was holding it against the boards kind of as like a curtain. And for them to get to the bathroom, they had to walk through our student section, which was horrible planning.
And I remember... I told the kid on the other side of the flag, like, hey, if you see any of these... Tensions were running high. If you see any of these kids that, like, might want to, like, scrap, like, tap me or, like, let me know. Because, like, I'm right on the other side of these curtains. Like, they know I'm there, but I can't see them until we're, like, face to face.
Okay. And I just remember him coming under the thing, and we ended up on the ground. No punches were landed, but it was just, like... You were, like, humping each other?
Yeah, it was just, like, on the ground. Like, gnawing at each other's T-shirts. Ich erinnere mich, dass wir uns in diese Position eingelassen haben. Und ich glaube, wir beide dachten, dass es viel früher brechen würde. Und ich erinnere mich, dass unser Vizepräsident, ein riesiger Ex-Kollege-Basketballspieler war. Und ich erinnere mich, dass er mich mit meinem Knie in meine Schuhe aufgehoben hat.
Und er hat mich zurückgezogen. Und dann waren wir so, okay, nennen wir es even. Ja. Good fight. Another draw. Split decision.
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Chapter 4: What are the best touchdown celebrations that don’t exist?
I was telling my lady's roommate about you. She was asking. The story I always tell about Will is that one of the speakeasy. That's my favorite Will story. The one that I met?
No. That... I don't know if we can keep this in. That girl loves Will. Who doesn't? A lot of girls love Will.
Chapter 5: What are the college bowl games that should exist?
Chapter 6: What are the 2025 ins and outs?
Chapter 7: Why is a cranberry bog a great investment?
Und als ich den zweiten trinkte, setzten sich die Effekte des ersten ein. Ich glaube, ich habe das schon gesagt. Es war eine 100-Jahre-Wohnung zurück zu meinem Haus. Es ist ein sehr aktives Gebäude, also die Chancen, dass du deinen Freundes Eltern auf einer Wohnung fliegen kannst, sind sehr hoch.
Ja, kein Wunsch. Und wir fliegen durch, wir sehen meine gute Freundin, Chris' Mutter, und sie fliegt, sie sind Hunde. Und wir hatten 50 Jahre, um zu sagen, wie man nicht hohe Menschen... Ja. Wir haben mit Chris' Mutter gesprochen.
Wie sprechen sie mit Päckchen? Hatten sie das Päckchen getötet? Was haben wir gemacht? Wir formulierten einen langweiligen Plan. Bevor wir das gemacht haben, war sie da. Ich erinnere mich daran, dass wir es geschafft haben.
Wir sagten laut und laut, dass wir das verabschieden. Sie wusste es nicht. Wir kamen zurück. Und wir waren so hoch, dass sie mir schon gesagt hat, dass mein Vater... Nicht so, als würde er uns in Schwierigkeiten bringen, sondern nur so, dass wir uns vorbereiten. Sie sind so hoch.
Wir sind eingeschlafen und wir haben Bagel-Bitte gemacht. Und er wusste es klar. Aber er hat mir nicht für einen Moment gesagt. Das ist lustig. Speaking of Gavin McHugh, we haven't, we haven't, about earlier, I wanted to tell this story.
His cool friend that smoked the joint.
Yeah, his friend was sick. We walked into the, I think you were there, and I think you were there as well. We went to Jamesons after the New Year party. Company Christmas party. Yeah. Und ich ging rein, um mehr Bier zu bekommen.
Schön. Schön. Und die Band rippt. Ja. Und ich bin so, oh, das ist alles, die Band ist krass gerade. Ich muss das schauen. Und ich schalte die Kante und Gavin singt die Hauptvokale für die Band. Er singt Sex on Fire.
Also, wir legen den Clip hier. Wahrscheinlich war das wie ein Karaoke-Ding.
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Chapter 8: What are the funniest New Year’s resolutions?
So I take out my little eye mask that Spotify sent us. So nice. So nice. Love that thing for traveling. I go to put it on. I'm about to take my little... Because it was a red eye. And then he sees me putting it on. He's like, that looks really nice. I have one too. And he digs at the bottom of his backpack. Takes his disgusting eye mask out. Because you smell it. It was all dirty.
And then he puts it on. And then he takes out... Okay, okay. Because he goes, I live in Venice, you have to come to my New Year's Eve party. And he's like, what are you doing for New Year's Eve? When you're sitting an inch away from this party, he wouldn't stop talking to me. I was like, no, I'm not doing anything.
Was he like our age?
No, he was like mid-30s. Did he ask for your number? Yeah, he asked me. He hands me his phone.
Okay, because he was... I think you say, I'm sorry, I don't give my number to...
I know, I realized that after. But I didn't put my last name in, which is good. I just put Lauren. Okay. Did he text you? No, because he was too drunk. Because when we landed in L.A., he woke up from his slumber and didn't look at me or talk to me again. So I actually think he was blacked out.
Was he ordering drinks on the plane?
No, because he just fell asleep immediately. Wie kriegst du das so trank in einem Flughafen? Wir hatten einen Wartezeit in Miami, also haben wir nicht eine Stunde und eine halbe Zeit gehalten.
Er springt auf die Tür, wenn wir losgehen, um sicherzustellen, dass wir noch nicht wegfliegen, aber wir hatten den Wartezeit. Meine Mutter, hast du das erinnert? Warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte, warte.
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