1 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:17,410 Speaker 1: Hello. 2 00:00:17,750 --> 00:00:18,210 Speaker 2: And welcome. 3 00:00:18,230 --> 00:00:19,250 Speaker 1: To my favorite murder. 4 00:00:19,730 --> 00:00:20,610 Speaker 2: The Minnesota. 5 00:00:20,650 --> 00:00:22,270 Speaker 1: We read you, your stories. 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:23,500 Speaker 2: And emails. 7 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:26,220 Speaker 1: And emails. And stories of emails. 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,830 Speaker 2: Stories where you're writing emails to us. 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,659 Speaker 1: Thoughts and feelings about email. You're first, I'm first. 10 00:00:33,020 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: Whatever you want. I'll go first. Okay. 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:36,820 Speaker 1: So this was an email that I found when I 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:42,380 Speaker 1: was researching back for episode 544, where I covered the 13 00:00:42,409 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: Paul Fronczak disappearance, the baby who was kidnapped as a literal, like, 14 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: two-day-old from the hospital. Yeah. So it's called, Was My 15 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: Dad Adopted or Stolen at Birth? Wow. Hey, best pals. 16 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:56,540 Speaker 1: I've been putting this email together in my head for 17 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,340 Speaker 1: months now, so here we go. My dad, Jeff, was 18 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:05,660 Speaker 1: a wild dude and lived life fast and extreme. When 19 00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: I was young, I would ask him to tell me 20 00:01:07,050 --> 00:01:10,370 Speaker 1: his craziest stories. He'd paint beautiful pictures of his younger self, 21 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:13,170 Speaker 1: convincing the cops to buy him and his friends beers 22 00:01:13,830 --> 00:01:16,450 Speaker 1: and smoking doobies on their way to their fifth Rolling 23 00:01:16,490 --> 00:01:21,190 Speaker 1: Stones concert. Just regular bedtime stories every father tells his daughter, right? 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: As I got older, and because I've always been a 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,980 Speaker 1: murderino at heart, these stories slowly became more murdery. Like 26 00:01:28,020 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: how his friend Ray was acquitted for the murder of 27 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,780 Speaker 1: his wife in 1996, but everyone in town knows that 28 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,740 Speaker 1: he probably did it. But that's not the story I'm 29 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,449 Speaker 1: here to tell you today. Sadly, my larger-than-life dad died 30 00:01:40,490 --> 00:01:44,470 Speaker 1: of colon cancer complications this past February. At his celebration 31 00:01:44,510 --> 00:01:46,790 Speaker 1: of life, we were all telling stories with tears in 32 00:01:46,870 --> 00:01:50,050 Speaker 1: our eyes. Then out of nowhere, my dad's cousin Donna says, 33 00:01:50,070 --> 00:01:52,870 Speaker 1: I always remember us making fun of Jeff for being 34 00:01:52,890 --> 00:01:58,990 Speaker 1: that stolen baby from Chicago. Man, he hated that. Come again, 35 00:01:59,070 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: first cousin once removed, Donna? What came next was the 36 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:05,460 Speaker 1: unfolding of my dad's final wild story, the one that 37 00:02:05,500 --> 00:02:07,860 Speaker 1: was so good he didn't want to tell me in person. 38 00:02:08,020 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: He wanted me to do the digging myself. So it says, 39 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:12,900 Speaker 1: everyone knew my dad was adopted. This is something that 40 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 1: he never really cared about. He would always say in 41 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,490 Speaker 1: a very South Side Chicago accent, my ma's my ma 42 00:02:18,530 --> 00:02:20,900 Speaker 1: and dad's my dad. That's all that should matter to 43 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: you guys. My dad was born and adopted on April 24th, 1964, 44 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: by my grandparents. On that same day, Paul Joseph Franzak 45 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,900 Speaker 1: was stolen from a Chicago hospital by a woman dressed 46 00:02:31,940 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: as a nurse. 47 00:02:32,740 --> 00:02:33,119 Speaker 2: Same day. 48 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,980 Speaker 1: Same day. And then he was adopted. So it's so suspish. Like, 49 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: look at all the people who adopted babies on that 50 00:02:39,650 --> 00:02:42,810 Speaker 1: exact day who were born there, and you'll find who 51 00:02:42,830 --> 00:02:43,260 Speaker 1: took it. 52 00:02:43,270 --> 00:02:44,950 Speaker 2: The turnaround, though. Yeah, yeah. 53 00:02:44,990 --> 00:02:45,330 Speaker 1: Turnaround. 54 00:02:45,350 --> 00:02:47,650 Speaker 2: That's very true. But that turnaround is like, wouldn't you 55 00:02:47,690 --> 00:02:48,530 Speaker 2: think that the person. 56 00:02:49,730 --> 00:02:53,470 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. Well, it's not. This launched a huge manhunt 57 00:02:53,570 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: and baby search. The FBI tested and examined over 10,000 babies, 58 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,220 Speaker 1: one of which was my dad. They came back multiple 59 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,540 Speaker 1: times to examine my dad and took multiple hair and 60 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: blood samples. The authorities were highly suspicious of my grandparents 61 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,820 Speaker 1: as they weren't my dad's biological parents. And their lawyer 62 00:03:07,860 --> 00:03:11,780 Speaker 1: was under suspicion of black market adoptions. It says, OK. 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,890 Speaker 1: And then it goes on to say it's clearly not him. 64 00:03:15,130 --> 00:03:17,110 Speaker 1: It dried up. Another baby was found to be him, 65 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:19,630 Speaker 1: but it wasn't. It's a story I told. 66 00:03:19,770 --> 00:03:22,130 Speaker 2: Obviously, it wouldn't be him because you would have told 67 00:03:22,180 --> 00:03:24,579 Speaker 2: that during your actual story. Right. I don't know what 68 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,620 Speaker 2: the hell I was thinking. I'm just like, wait, so 69 00:03:26,660 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 2: it isn't him? It's suspicious. 70 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: So episode 544 is where you can read, you can 71 00:03:30,700 --> 00:03:33,580 Speaker 1: hear about that story. And then this email goes on 72 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: to say that she's been reading Paul Fronczak's book called 73 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,370 Speaker 1: The Foundling, which he wrote. And then she says, this 74 00:03:40,410 --> 00:03:42,230 Speaker 1: has been such a comforting way for me to cope 75 00:03:42,250 --> 00:03:44,890 Speaker 1: with the loss of my dad. Only murderinos get it. 76 00:03:45,470 --> 00:03:47,310 Speaker 1: Thank you for giving my dad's story a voice. It 77 00:03:47,340 --> 00:03:49,540 Speaker 1: means more to me than you will ever know. I've 78 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:52,180 Speaker 1: been on the hunt for my dad's bio family because 79 00:03:52,260 --> 00:03:55,700 Speaker 1: in my grief, that's just what feels right. So murderino fam, 80 00:03:55,780 --> 00:03:58,460 Speaker 1: if you know anyone born in that time frame with 81 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: a last name Schwerer, S-C-H-W-E-R-E-R, hit me up. Wow. And 82 00:04:05,140 --> 00:04:08,180 Speaker 1: of course, a huge you rule for normalizing mental health 83 00:04:08,260 --> 00:04:11,060 Speaker 1: issues And everything that comes with it. If Prozac is 84 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:12,620 Speaker 1: your bestie, say hey. 85 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,500 Speaker 2: Hey. 86 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: Stay sexy and hug your dad for me, Allie. So 87 00:04:18,420 --> 00:04:21,940 Speaker 1: it's Allie Schwerer. Check it. I mean, if you know something, 88 00:04:22,810 --> 00:04:23,310 Speaker 1: look her up. 89 00:04:23,510 --> 00:04:24,490 Speaker 2: Get onto our Discord. 90 00:04:24,550 --> 00:04:29,630 Speaker 1: Or message me, yeah. Solve this. Message us. 91 00:04:29,630 --> 00:04:33,030 Speaker 2: 559. Call the hotline. We've just had it installed. 92 00:04:33,750 --> 00:04:34,690 Speaker 1: Isn't that crazy? 93 00:04:34,710 --> 00:04:35,570 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's wild. 94 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,170 Speaker 1: So thank you, Allie, for your info and then. Obviously, 95 00:04:38,190 --> 00:04:39,070 Speaker 1: I had to read that as well. 96 00:04:39,130 --> 00:04:44,630 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's great. Okay, well, we'll just do a quick 97 00:04:44,710 --> 00:04:47,270 Speaker 2: pivot over to this subject line, which is Children of 98 00:04:47,300 --> 00:04:50,140 Speaker 2: the Corn, a Nebraskan child labor story. 99 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:51,099 Speaker 1: Okay. 100 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 2: Right? 101 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: Okay, L-A-H. Oh, no. You said Nebraska. 102 00:04:57,820 --> 00:05:00,220 Speaker 2: Oh, it could have been so perfect. Could have been 103 00:05:00,260 --> 00:05:03,620 Speaker 2: so perfect. Hi, Karen in Georgia. While most seventh graders 104 00:05:03,660 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: were gearing up for summer pool days, my friends and 105 00:05:06,750 --> 00:05:11,050 Speaker 2: I were applying for summer jobs as detasslers. For people 106 00:05:11,089 --> 00:05:14,230 Speaker 2: outside of Nebraska and Iowa, detassling is the process of 107 00:05:14,290 --> 00:05:17,610 Speaker 2: pulling the pollen-producing top off of a corn plant to 108 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:22,270 Speaker 2: prevent self-pollination. Giant machines do the first pass, and then 109 00:05:22,370 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 2: crews of teenagers walk the rows of seed corn to 110 00:05:25,420 --> 00:05:26,779 Speaker 2: pull whatever was missed. 111 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,500 Speaker 1: Those tiny little young hands? Wow. Yeah. 112 00:05:30,380 --> 00:05:32,870 Speaker 2: In the Midwest, this is basically a rite of passage. 113 00:05:32,930 --> 00:05:33,330 Speaker 1: Wow. 114 00:05:34,190 --> 00:05:37,390 Speaker 2: Every July, thousands of teenagers spend about three weeks working 115 00:05:37,430 --> 00:05:43,469 Speaker 2: in the cornfields. I love this information. A typical day 116 00:05:43,510 --> 00:05:46,230 Speaker 2: looks like this. I woke up at 4.30 a.m. and 117 00:05:46,270 --> 00:05:50,210 Speaker 2: put on my uniform, a hat, mosquito net, safety goggles, 118 00:05:50,290 --> 00:05:54,700 Speaker 2: long sleeves, long pants, tall socks, galoshes, and gardening gloves. 119 00:05:55,820 --> 00:05:59,620 Speaker 2: You do not want exposed skin unless you wanted corn rash. 120 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,580 Speaker 1: Corn rash is a thing that I've never heard of. 121 00:06:04,420 --> 00:06:07,669 Speaker 2: Wow. At 5 a.m., I boarded a yellow school bus 122 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: with a bunch of other kids my age to head 123 00:06:10,140 --> 00:06:13,310 Speaker 2: to whichever cornfield we'd been assigned to that day. This 124 00:06:13,390 --> 00:06:16,430 Speaker 2: is just like child labor in a very real way. 125 00:06:16,750 --> 00:06:18,830 Speaker 2: Once we got to the field around 6 a.m., we 126 00:06:18,850 --> 00:06:21,710 Speaker 2: spent the next 10 to 12 hours walking row by 127 00:06:21,790 --> 00:06:25,330 Speaker 2: row pulling tassels. It took a trained eye to recognize 128 00:06:25,370 --> 00:06:28,150 Speaker 2: the tassels, so we lived by the cardinal rule. When 129 00:06:28,210 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: in doubt, pull it out. Rain or shine, we were 130 00:06:31,380 --> 00:06:34,229 Speaker 2: out there. The fields were often wet and muddy, which 131 00:06:34,370 --> 00:06:37,490 Speaker 2: added to an extra challenge. Sometimes the cornfields were so 132 00:06:37,550 --> 00:06:40,790 Speaker 2: tall that at 5'2, I had to jump for each 133 00:06:40,870 --> 00:06:42,430 Speaker 2: and every tassel I pulled. 134 00:06:42,690 --> 00:06:43,510 Speaker 1: That's a good workout. 135 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 2: For 10 to 12 hours. 136 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: No, fuck you. No. Suburbia is not that bad now 137 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: that I think about it. 138 00:06:50,380 --> 00:06:53,500 Speaker 2: But we got paid by the acre. By the acre. 139 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:55,830 Speaker 2: It's so big. Yeah. So the goal was to be 140 00:06:55,890 --> 00:06:59,060 Speaker 2: as efficient as possible. No excuses, eyes on the prize. 141 00:06:59,160 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: Yep. 142 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 2: This is farm life for sure. Of course, since we 143 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 2: were teenagers with minimal supervision, there was also plenty of tomfoolery. 144 00:07:07,820 --> 00:07:10,610 Speaker 2: The most memorable was corn bowling, where someone would sneak 145 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,490 Speaker 2: into your row and shove you over just to see 146 00:07:12,530 --> 00:07:15,110 Speaker 2: how many corn stalks your body could take out on 147 00:07:15,150 --> 00:07:20,130 Speaker 2: the way down. I fucking love corn bowling so much. 148 00:07:20,420 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: It's the best. 149 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,390 Speaker 2: Despite the bugs, mud, and intense heat, I actually loved it. 150 00:07:25,590 --> 00:07:27,670 Speaker 2: All my friends were there. And since we didn't have 151 00:07:27,710 --> 00:07:31,130 Speaker 2: smartphones yet, we were forced to interact and invent ways 152 00:07:31,170 --> 00:07:33,030 Speaker 2: to entertain ourselves. That's right. 153 00:07:33,070 --> 00:07:33,290 Speaker 1: Yeah. 154 00:07:33,570 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 2: The amount of teens that fell in love in the 155 00:07:35,650 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 2: corn stalks pulling out tassels, detasseling. 156 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,430 Speaker 1: Fell in love or did it? Don't fall in love. 157 00:07:44,450 --> 00:07:45,010 Speaker 1: You're too young. 158 00:07:45,030 --> 00:07:48,050 Speaker 2: No, no. Like, sorry, let's keep it on the crush level. 159 00:07:48,070 --> 00:07:51,190 Speaker 1: You don't want to be like weirdly staying back in 160 00:07:51,210 --> 00:07:53,170 Speaker 1: your hometown for your corn crush. 161 00:07:53,470 --> 00:07:57,660 Speaker 2: No. What if your crush is corn? Then what do 162 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 2: you do? Anywho, all caps. I love the show and 163 00:08:01,380 --> 00:08:03,500 Speaker 2: I listen while getting ready for work every morning. I'm 164 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:06,820 Speaker 2: now a middle school teacher and MFM has inspired me 165 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,740 Speaker 2: to sneak little safety lessons into my classroom. We talk 166 00:08:09,780 --> 00:08:13,860 Speaker 2: about appropriate boundaries between kids and adults. I mean, the 167 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 2: idea that it took this long. Yeah. It's so fucking nuts. 168 00:08:17,020 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: The difference between secrets and surprises and all kinds of 169 00:08:20,340 --> 00:08:24,620 Speaker 2: other random things. Hopefully, I'm planting seeds that help kids 170 00:08:24,790 --> 00:08:28,070 Speaker 2: trust their instincts when something feels off. Fuck yes. 171 00:08:28,110 --> 00:08:28,530 Speaker 1: I love it. 172 00:08:29,330 --> 00:08:32,090 Speaker 2: Stay sexy and make your teen work a grueling summer 173 00:08:32,130 --> 00:08:34,830 Speaker 2: job to build character and teach them the value of 174 00:08:34,970 --> 00:08:35,430 Speaker 2: a dollar. 175 00:08:35,550 --> 00:08:36,429 Speaker 1: Oh, my God. 176 00:08:36,470 --> 00:08:41,780 Speaker 2: Cassidy. And here's Cassidy. When Cassidy was 14 years old. 177 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:42,719 Speaker 1: That outfit. 178 00:08:42,820 --> 00:08:44,820 Speaker 2: Getting those galoshes. 179 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,580 Speaker 1: Yeah. You're going to get sunburn or ticks. You got 180 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: to look out for everything. 181 00:08:48,860 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 2: Yes. 182 00:08:49,780 --> 00:08:50,540 Speaker 1: That's amazing. 183 00:08:50,660 --> 00:08:51,819 Speaker 2: I know. It's so good. 184 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: Look at that. 185 00:08:52,620 --> 00:08:54,730 Speaker 2: I really want to know the dangers that why the 186 00:08:54,750 --> 00:08:56,550 Speaker 2: sleeves had to be so long. Because if you've walked 187 00:08:56,590 --> 00:08:57,150 Speaker 2: in corn. 188 00:08:57,350 --> 00:08:57,950 Speaker 1: Which I haven't. 189 00:08:58,270 --> 00:08:59,530 Speaker 2: It's not that intense. 190 00:08:59,550 --> 00:09:00,469 Speaker 1: Scratchy or anything? 191 00:09:01,290 --> 00:09:03,870 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not the one to say, especially to 192 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:06,310 Speaker 2: a person that lives in Nebraska or Iowa. 193 00:09:06,330 --> 00:09:08,910 Speaker 1: That's a great outfit. I want to be that for Halloween. 194 00:09:08,929 --> 00:09:09,050 Speaker 2: Yeah. 195 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:13,660 Speaker 1: Who are you for Halloween? D-Tassler. Well, I'm a D-Tassler. 196 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 2: Cassidy to the D-Tassler. 197 00:09:14,710 --> 00:09:15,829 Speaker 1: I'm a teenage D-Tassler. 198 00:09:16,250 --> 00:09:17,930 Speaker 2: Oh, sorry. It says, this is a picture of me 199 00:09:17,970 --> 00:09:21,710 Speaker 2: excitedly showing off my D-Tassling outfit at age 14. The 200 00:09:21,750 --> 00:09:24,750 Speaker 2: photo was taken on a razor flip phone and immediately 201 00:09:24,830 --> 00:09:26,530 Speaker 2: posted to Facebook. 202 00:09:27,740 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: Yes. Great one. 203 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:28,780 Speaker 2: Nice. 204 00:09:31,500 --> 00:09:34,940 Speaker 1: Okay. This is St. Paddy's Day of the St. Paddy's 205 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,500 Speaker 1: Day story. Hi all, it's been a minute since we've 206 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,140 Speaker 1: heard any things in wall stories, so it's time I 207 00:09:40,210 --> 00:09:43,110 Speaker 1: shared mine. Five years ago, I bought my very first house, 208 00:09:43,230 --> 00:09:45,610 Speaker 1: a small old farmhouse that needed a lot of work. 209 00:09:45,929 --> 00:09:48,330 Speaker 1: Renovation started, and one winter night, I was talking to 210 00:09:48,350 --> 00:09:50,809 Speaker 1: my mom on the phone. I noticed something gray sticking 211 00:09:50,850 --> 00:09:53,410 Speaker 1: out of the brick fireplace on the wall. I assumed 212 00:09:53,429 --> 00:09:55,770 Speaker 1: it was drywall paper or something since we'd just barely 213 00:09:55,809 --> 00:09:59,069 Speaker 1: removed the old wood paneling in that area. A few 214 00:09:59,110 --> 00:10:02,400 Speaker 1: moments later, I noticed this gray thing had actually moved. 215 00:10:03,340 --> 00:10:06,820 Speaker 1: I paused the conversation so I could focus, squinted real hard, 216 00:10:06,860 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: and said, Mom, I gotta go. There's a snake in 217 00:10:09,260 --> 00:10:13,570 Speaker 1: the fireplace. Luckily, it was just a harmless baby garter snake. 218 00:10:13,770 --> 00:10:13,870 Speaker 2: Oh. 219 00:10:14,309 --> 00:10:16,980 Speaker 1: One fishing pole, a shoelace, a cardboard box, and an 220 00:10:17,140 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: hour later, the snake had been relocated to the backyard. 221 00:10:20,780 --> 00:10:23,340 Speaker 2: Sorry. Let me just think about it for a second. 222 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,750 Speaker 1: Because you can't just spray it with fucking ant spray. 223 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:26,490 Speaker 2: No. Jesus. 224 00:10:27,790 --> 00:10:31,069 Speaker 1: Like, we found fucking black widows in our backyard recently, 225 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:33,170 Speaker 1: and Vince just, like, emptied a whole bottle of, but 226 00:10:33,190 --> 00:10:35,190 Speaker 1: you can't do that with a snake in your house. 227 00:10:35,390 --> 00:10:38,450 Speaker 2: No, first of all. Then the snake's angry at you. Right. 228 00:10:38,590 --> 00:10:40,430 Speaker 2: And also this is a baby garter snake. So there's, 229 00:10:40,750 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 2: I think I would feel comfortable picking up a baby. 230 00:10:43,290 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 1: I'd call someone. 231 00:10:44,140 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 2: And just throwing it. Or like, because they're good for outdoors. 232 00:10:48,540 --> 00:10:50,780 Speaker 2: They're going to eat rodents. They're going to help you 233 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:51,479 Speaker 2: in all other ways. 234 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:54,300 Speaker 1: But I have no experience with snakes. Like, suburbia also 235 00:10:54,350 --> 00:10:57,670 Speaker 1: didn't have snakes. So, like, you probably met some snakes back. 236 00:10:57,450 --> 00:10:59,650 Speaker 2: In your life. Met a snake a time or two. 237 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:02,020 Speaker 1: Married him. 238 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 2: My first husband. But just don't kill things. 239 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 1: No, I would never kill it. I would just make 240 00:11:09,460 --> 00:11:11,939 Speaker 1: someone else do it. A month later on St. Patrick's Day, 241 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: chatting with my mom on the phone again, I looked 242 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: up at the fireplace and there it was, a snake 243 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,179 Speaker 1: poking its head out of the wall. Want to see 244 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: a picture of it? 245 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:18,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. 246 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,660 Speaker 1: Oh, no. I mean, it's beautiful. That doesn't look like 247 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:28,530 Speaker 1: a harmless snake. Like a pattern like that and yellow 248 00:11:28,610 --> 00:11:29,970 Speaker 1: is not what I would think of as a– like 249 00:11:29,990 --> 00:11:31,470 Speaker 1: I don't know what a fucking harmless snake looks like, 250 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:32,530 Speaker 1: but that doesn't look like it. 251 00:11:32,750 --> 00:11:35,270 Speaker 2: No, and it's not gray. They said gray. 252 00:11:35,630 --> 00:11:39,099 Speaker 1: It's yellow and gray. So you can imagine how concerned 253 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:41,900 Speaker 1: my mom was becoming with my new big financial investment. 254 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: The snake was caught, relocated much further away this time, 255 00:11:45,020 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 1: and the house was snake-free for the rest of the year. 256 00:11:47,059 --> 00:11:49,830 Speaker 2: I also don't understand how they were using a fishing pole, 257 00:11:49,850 --> 00:11:52,510 Speaker 2: a shoelace, like that list of things in a shoebox 258 00:11:52,530 --> 00:11:52,870 Speaker 2: or whatever. 259 00:11:52,890 --> 00:11:53,929 Speaker 1: Totally. 260 00:11:53,970 --> 00:11:55,010 Speaker 2: So that was kind of like. 261 00:11:55,250 --> 00:11:58,070 Speaker 1: Maybe a hoop around the fishing pole, and then you 262 00:11:58,130 --> 00:12:01,709 Speaker 1: fish it, you get it, you tighten the shoelace, put 263 00:12:01,750 --> 00:12:04,010 Speaker 1: it in the box. Okay. I would do that. 264 00:12:04,150 --> 00:12:04,689 Speaker 2: That makes sense. 265 00:12:04,770 --> 00:12:06,510 Speaker 1: I wouldn't touch it, but a fishing pole, I think 266 00:12:06,570 --> 00:12:07,620 Speaker 1: I would. deal with. 267 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:09,369 Speaker 2: That almost sounds like a game at the fair and 268 00:12:09,770 --> 00:12:11,550 Speaker 2: then you could win a huge stuffed animal. 269 00:12:11,670 --> 00:12:15,670 Speaker 1: I mean, PETA would get mad, but okay. Snake breathed 270 00:12:15,700 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: for the last year. But the next year on St. 271 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: Patrick's Day, sitting in my newly renovated living room and 272 00:12:20,980 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: enjoying the warm fireplace, I looked up to see a 273 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:28,319 Speaker 1: snake again. It made multiple visits and proved impossible to 274 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: catch this time. They were getting smarter. It's not one guy. 275 00:12:31,580 --> 00:12:32,180 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. 276 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 2: It's a fucking nest of snakes. 277 00:12:33,860 --> 00:12:35,940 Speaker 1: If you've seen three now. And then it said, so 278 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,580 Speaker 1: we started cocking every entry point I could possibly find. 279 00:12:38,620 --> 00:12:40,980 Speaker 1: And eventually the snake stopped coming back for the rest 280 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:43,470 Speaker 1: of the year. But sure enough, the next year, and 281 00:12:43,710 --> 00:12:46,550 Speaker 1: every year since, a snake has found its way into 282 00:12:46,650 --> 00:12:48,430 Speaker 1: my house on St. Patrick's Day. 283 00:12:48,590 --> 00:12:49,690 Speaker 2: That's crazy. 284 00:12:49,750 --> 00:12:51,949 Speaker 1: Then it says, they might make a visit on other 285 00:12:51,990 --> 00:12:54,589 Speaker 1: days of the year too, but like clockwork, there's a 286 00:12:54,650 --> 00:12:57,220 Speaker 1: snake coming out of some wall in my house on St. 287 00:12:57,250 --> 00:12:59,300 Speaker 1: Patrick's Day. And then it says, Karen, as a good 288 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:03,020 Speaker 1: Irish Catholic woman, understands the irony of the situation. St. 289 00:13:03,059 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 2: Patrick is this saint. He's a saint because he drove 290 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 2: the snakes out of Ireland. 291 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,059 Speaker 1: Holy shit. 292 00:13:08,179 --> 00:13:12,220 Speaker 2: So that's, it makes me go, what? Prove it. Every year? 293 00:13:13,030 --> 00:13:13,570 Speaker 1: I believe it. 294 00:13:13,809 --> 00:13:16,930 Speaker 2: So the ghost of St. Patrick is caught in her chimney. 295 00:13:17,350 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: No, she just has a house with a fucking snake nest. 296 00:13:21,010 --> 00:13:23,660 Speaker 2: She just has 50,000 snakes under her house. 297 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:25,939 Speaker 1: And she's paying more attention that day because it's happened 298 00:13:25,980 --> 00:13:28,900 Speaker 1: once or twice. And so it happens every fucking day. 299 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,459 Speaker 2: They're doing it constantly. 300 00:13:30,580 --> 00:13:34,219 Speaker 1: It says, I keep plugging every entry point I find. 301 00:13:34,300 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: But a few years back, while in the crawlspace doing 302 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 1: some plumbing work, piles of snakeskins were discovered. Leading us 303 00:13:41,059 --> 00:13:44,100 Speaker 1: to believe there is, in fact, a den beneath the house. 304 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 1: The Nick Terry Den of Snake episode. Go to YouTube 305 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,780 Speaker 1: and find it immediately. It's fucking hilarious. So every spring 306 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,070 Speaker 1: when the babies start hatching, they make their way out 307 00:13:54,190 --> 00:13:57,310 Speaker 1: and into the walls of my house. Yay for country living. 308 00:13:57,890 --> 00:13:58,730 Speaker 1: I believe I found. 309 00:13:58,750 --> 00:14:00,550 Speaker 2: You don't have to live like that just because you're 310 00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:01,329 Speaker 2: in the country. 311 00:14:02,490 --> 00:14:04,689 Speaker 1: I believe I found all of the entry points for now, 312 00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:06,890 Speaker 1: but we'll see if San Patrick will do me dirty 313 00:14:06,950 --> 00:14:11,010 Speaker 1: again this year. Stay sexy and pray to St. Patrick, Jessie. 314 00:14:11,370 --> 00:14:13,250 Speaker 1: And then it says, in case you want to see... 315 00:14:12,950 --> 00:14:14,500 Speaker 1: Do you just want to see the video? 316 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 2: Yes. 317 00:14:14,980 --> 00:14:22,300 Speaker 1: Okay, here we go. I mean, I'd burn my fucking 318 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,460 Speaker 1: house down. We've had multiple... Excuse me. 319 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 2: Do you have any butter? 320 00:14:28,540 --> 00:14:31,070 Speaker 1: Happy St. Patrick's Day. You're not wearing green and it 321 00:14:31,090 --> 00:14:31,890 Speaker 1: comes and bites her. 322 00:14:31,910 --> 00:14:32,230 Speaker 2: Pinch. 323 00:14:34,130 --> 00:14:37,050 Speaker 1: He's cute. He's kind of cute. Also. 324 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:41,020 Speaker 2: That's not caulking holes. We need entire bricks. 325 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was an entire brick. 326 00:14:42,820 --> 00:14:44,420 Speaker 2: Brick it and then a piece of metal. 327 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:47,180 Speaker 1: Okay. 328 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,350 Speaker 2: Wow, that was amazing. Also, who put that music on? 329 00:14:51,830 --> 00:14:52,510 Speaker 1: One of the girls did. 330 00:14:52,530 --> 00:14:53,390 Speaker 2: Was that you guys? 331 00:14:54,170 --> 00:14:56,590 Speaker 1: The listener sent it in with music and we weren't 332 00:14:56,630 --> 00:14:58,850 Speaker 1: sure if it was cleared. So I think Clark picked 333 00:14:58,890 --> 00:15:03,380 Speaker 1: that for dramatic effect. I love it. It's like robbing 334 00:15:03,420 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: a bank with music. 335 00:15:04,940 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 2: Sneaky little snake. 336 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: Okay. 337 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:10,090 Speaker 2: Okay. The subject line of this email is a dog story, 338 00:15:10,550 --> 00:15:12,870 Speaker 2: and then in parentheses it says happy ending, just so 339 00:15:12,910 --> 00:15:13,310 Speaker 2: everybody knows. 340 00:15:13,330 --> 00:15:13,750 Speaker 1: Okay, thank God. 341 00:15:14,070 --> 00:15:15,910 Speaker 2: Because these days we need to know that. Truly. It 342 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:19,470 Speaker 2: just starts, I've been thinking about writing in with this 343 00:15:19,510 --> 00:15:22,930 Speaker 2: story for literally years, so I won't keep you waiting 344 00:15:22,950 --> 00:15:26,790 Speaker 2: a moment longer. Thank you. Almost 20 years ago, and 345 00:15:26,810 --> 00:15:29,310 Speaker 2: then in parentheses it says, Jesus Christ, that math makes 346 00:15:29,330 --> 00:15:32,790 Speaker 2: me want to cry. I feel you. That happened. Me 347 00:15:32,830 --> 00:15:35,810 Speaker 2: and Nick Schwartzen went to lunch the other day, and 348 00:15:35,830 --> 00:15:38,230 Speaker 2: then we were like, We have to figure out how 349 00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:39,890 Speaker 2: many years it's been since we've seen each other, and 350 00:15:39,930 --> 00:15:41,930 Speaker 2: it was literally like 16 or something. 351 00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: That's impossible. 352 00:15:43,270 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 2: Insane. Okay. My husband and I were living in Texas, 353 00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 2: about 40 minutes northeast of Austin, when our next-door neighbor's dog, 354 00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 2: a beagle-healer mix named Junior, started escaping his yard and 355 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 2: showing up on our front porch. We would take the 356 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:58,780 Speaker 2: dog back to his house, work with the neighbors to 357 00:15:58,820 --> 00:16:01,630 Speaker 2: fix the fence, etc., but it just kept happening, and 358 00:16:01,670 --> 00:16:03,590 Speaker 2: the owners did not seem to give a shit. We 359 00:16:03,630 --> 00:16:06,110 Speaker 2: finally just stopped bringing him back, and again, they did 360 00:16:06,150 --> 00:16:09,060 Speaker 2: not give a shit. Nicely. Unfortunately, it was quickly apparent 361 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,180 Speaker 2: that our dogs wanted nothing to do with this poor 362 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:14,620 Speaker 2: boy who was not properly socialized. So I started working 363 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:17,670 Speaker 2: on finding him a new happy home. I was thrilled 364 00:16:17,690 --> 00:16:19,770 Speaker 2: when a colleague and his wife said that they would 365 00:16:19,790 --> 00:16:22,550 Speaker 2: take Junior and that they understood the commitment they would 366 00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:25,950 Speaker 2: need to make to work with his adorably destructive behaviors. 367 00:16:26,410 --> 00:16:30,220 Speaker 2: Big win. Fast forward about five years, and we had 368 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,580 Speaker 2: moved to upstate New York when my old coworker called 369 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: me out of the blue. Well, he said, I wanted 370 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,430 Speaker 2: to tell you what happened with Junior. My heart started 371 00:16:38,470 --> 00:16:41,050 Speaker 2: to sink. He confirmed that the pup was no longer 372 00:16:41,110 --> 00:16:43,170 Speaker 2: living with him and his wife and wanted to tell 373 00:16:43,220 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 2: me the story that I was certain I didn't want 374 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 2: to hear. There was a family living in their neighborhood 375 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,420 Speaker 2: that they spent a lot of time with, frequently heading 376 00:16:53,460 --> 00:16:55,820 Speaker 2: to the other family's cabin in the hill country for 377 00:16:55,860 --> 00:16:59,470 Speaker 2: weekends of fishing, grilling, and hanging out. On one such weekend, 378 00:16:59,510 --> 00:17:02,270 Speaker 2: they brought Junior along for the trip. He zeroed in 379 00:17:02,350 --> 00:17:06,030 Speaker 2: on the other family's five-year-old son who was autistic and nonverbal. 380 00:17:06,670 --> 00:17:09,310 Speaker 2: We'll call him Tim. Tim would run around the yard. 381 00:17:09,490 --> 00:17:12,609 Speaker 2: Junior was constantly nipping at him and grabbing at his shorts, 382 00:17:12,930 --> 00:17:16,590 Speaker 2: pulling him around. When the families were enjoying a bonfire 383 00:17:16,630 --> 00:17:20,550 Speaker 2: and s'mores, the dog repeatedly knocked Tim down, sometimes holding 384 00:17:20,609 --> 00:17:24,190 Speaker 2: him in one place by lying on his legs. Late 385 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:26,730 Speaker 2: in the night, Junior stood at the front door, barking 386 00:17:26,810 --> 00:17:30,450 Speaker 2: frantically until the entire house was awake. My heart continued 387 00:17:30,470 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 2: to sink. I could just picture this crazy pup running 388 00:17:33,420 --> 00:17:35,580 Speaker 2: riot over what was supposed to be a fun family 389 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,490 Speaker 2: weekend in the country. and the stress that it must 390 00:17:38,550 --> 00:17:41,470 Speaker 2: have caused everyone. But as he wrapped up the story 391 00:17:41,530 --> 00:17:44,910 Speaker 2: about this fateful weekend away, where Junior harassed the crap 392 00:17:44,970 --> 00:17:47,590 Speaker 2: out of this poor family and their little boy, he 393 00:17:47,630 --> 00:17:50,109 Speaker 2: closed with, so they asked if they could have Junior, 394 00:17:50,330 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 2: and we said yes. Plot twist. The family recognized that 395 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,900 Speaker 2: Junior's pulling on Tim's shorts was his way of trying 396 00:17:57,940 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 2: to keep the boy away from the street. And knocking 397 00:18:01,220 --> 00:18:03,620 Speaker 2: Tim down and lying on his legs was keeping him 398 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:06,970 Speaker 2: from getting too close to the fire. Oh. the incessant 399 00:18:07,030 --> 00:18:08,930 Speaker 2: barking in the middle of the night, there was a 400 00:18:08,970 --> 00:18:15,340 Speaker 2: rattlesnake behind the couch. What? So Junior, the dog who 401 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,379 Speaker 2: had been fed by his previous owners just throwing handfuls 402 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 2: of dry food into the backyard, who was never allowed 403 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:25,260 Speaker 2: in the house or provided with love and affection, was 404 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,570 Speaker 2: now going to school to become a support dog. Did 405 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:30,570 Speaker 2: we get you? I think so. 406 00:18:30,950 --> 00:18:31,390 Speaker 1: Yes. 407 00:18:32,130 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 2: Can we zoom in on Georgia's eight tear ducts, please? 408 00:18:34,820 --> 00:18:39,659 Speaker 2: Because it's actually finally happening. It only took 501 of 409 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,580 Speaker 2: these fucking episodes to get you, and we got you. 410 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,580 Speaker 2: When Tim started elementary school the next year, Junior went 411 00:18:46,700 --> 00:18:50,189 Speaker 2: with him. I literally couldn't believe my ears. It was 412 00:18:50,369 --> 00:18:54,290 Speaker 2: all so beautiful and so unexpected. Even now, close to 413 00:18:54,290 --> 00:18:57,070 Speaker 2: 20 years later, I still see saving this dog from 414 00:18:57,109 --> 00:18:59,470 Speaker 2: that gross backyard and And being a link in the 415 00:18:59,510 --> 00:19:01,889 Speaker 2: chain that brought him to Tim was one of the 416 00:19:01,950 --> 00:19:04,250 Speaker 2: best things I've ever had the privilege to be a 417 00:19:04,290 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 2: part of. Stay sexy and endeavor. Oh, now it got 418 00:19:08,420 --> 00:19:11,580 Speaker 2: me too. Stay sexy and endeavor to deserve dogs. 419 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:12,660 Speaker 1: Rebecca. 420 00:19:12,700 --> 00:19:15,060 Speaker 2: Oh, my God. Perfection, Rebecca. 421 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 1: That's even better than be the person your dog thinks 422 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:18,260 Speaker 1: you are. 423 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,660 Speaker 2: Yeah. So good. 424 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 1: That was so beautiful. 425 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:24,620 Speaker 2: That's like a dog that's found his calling. 426 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:25,140 Speaker 1: Purpose. 427 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, a real purpose. 428 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,730 Speaker 1: Oh, my God. Oh, there's another one. The dog having 429 00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:35,370 Speaker 1: a purpose. Yes. Hi, all. 430 00:19:35,609 --> 00:19:36,290 Speaker 2: Loved the show. 431 00:19:36,590 --> 00:19:38,510 Speaker 1: I moved to L.A. two and a half years ago 432 00:19:38,650 --> 00:19:41,630 Speaker 1: and loved listening to your L.A. pre-show talk to hype 433 00:19:41,650 --> 00:19:43,949 Speaker 1: me up for the move. I digress back to the 434 00:19:43,970 --> 00:19:47,620 Speaker 1: point of this email. Speaking of LA things, I've seen 435 00:19:47,660 --> 00:19:50,820 Speaker 1: many celebrities and influencers in my short time as an Angeleno, 436 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,260 Speaker 1: but one sticks out to me as an all-time favorite 437 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:57,090 Speaker 1: interaction because it happened twice. I lived near a very 438 00:19:57,140 --> 00:20:01,450 Speaker 1: popular hiking spot for two years. Has to be Runyon Canyon. Probably. Right. 439 00:20:01,810 --> 00:20:04,570 Speaker 1: And I would walk my dog on the same two routes, routes, 440 00:20:05,230 --> 00:20:06,810 Speaker 1: every morning in that area. 441 00:20:06,830 --> 00:20:08,630 Speaker 2: Routes. I think routes. 442 00:20:08,650 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: I think routes. Mostly uneventful, except for one fateful morning 443 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,619 Speaker 1: when my dog ran straight up to this very attractive, 444 00:20:14,940 --> 00:20:19,070 Speaker 1: fine wine-aged man with a thick beard and slightly peppered, 445 00:20:19,150 --> 00:20:21,970 Speaker 1: slightly wavy hair and beautiful blue eyes getting out of 446 00:20:21,990 --> 00:20:25,209 Speaker 1: the passenger side of a car. The dog ran up. 447 00:20:25,369 --> 00:20:27,189 Speaker 1: I was stunned because I had truly just rolled out 448 00:20:27,230 --> 00:20:30,409 Speaker 1: of bed, straight out of a rom-com, I swear. He 449 00:20:30,470 --> 00:20:34,109 Speaker 1: politely laughed and petted her. I apologized. We smiled at 450 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:36,930 Speaker 1: each other, and I continued my walk when it hit me. 451 00:20:37,609 --> 00:20:41,190 Speaker 1: I know those beautiful blue eyes. Then I thought, surely not. 452 00:20:41,710 --> 00:20:43,790 Speaker 1: I had to throw away my dog's waste bag up 453 00:20:43,830 --> 00:20:45,610 Speaker 1: the sidewalk a bit, which meant I had to double 454 00:20:45,670 --> 00:20:47,770 Speaker 1: back to go back to my building when we passed 455 00:20:47,869 --> 00:20:50,490 Speaker 1: each other again. We made eye contact for a second 456 00:20:50,530 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: time when I saw a different look in his eyes, 457 00:20:53,020 --> 00:20:55,660 Speaker 1: this time a little more anxious. Do you recognize me? 458 00:20:55,780 --> 00:20:57,820 Speaker 1: Are you going to say anything? Freak out. What's about 459 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,979 Speaker 1: to happen? I again politely smiled because I knew that 460 00:21:01,060 --> 00:21:04,220 Speaker 1: he knew that I knew who he was, that he 461 00:21:04,260 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: was clearly trying to enjoy his morning. So I just 462 00:21:06,340 --> 00:21:13,270 Speaker 1: smiled and kept on all caps. It was Gerard Butler. Oh, listen, 463 00:21:13,310 --> 00:21:15,609 Speaker 1: I didn't not have to Google. I'm not going to lie. 464 00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 2: Well, but you know who he is. 465 00:21:18,270 --> 00:21:19,290 Speaker 1: Yeah, as soon as I saw him. 466 00:21:19,369 --> 00:21:21,130 Speaker 2: That name does not suit him. 467 00:21:21,430 --> 00:21:21,770 Speaker 1: No. 468 00:21:22,410 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 2: He's a Jerry Butler, but he's Gerard always throws me. 469 00:21:25,540 --> 00:21:27,420 Speaker 1: Gerard is a sexy name. You don't think so? 470 00:21:28,010 --> 00:21:30,690 Speaker 2: Yeah, but it doesn't, he's, although a very sexy man, 471 00:21:30,890 --> 00:21:34,570 Speaker 2: he's also like, hey guys, like he's Mr. Regular. 472 00:21:34,630 --> 00:21:38,060 Speaker 1: He's Scottish, I guess. It doesn't fit that character, but 473 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,260 Speaker 1: good God, he's gorgeous. He's from 300, what else? 474 00:21:42,340 --> 00:21:47,660 Speaker 2: Well, every movie I watched in COVID. Greenland, fucking, my 475 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 2: wife is trapped somewhere and I'm going to punch my 476 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,780 Speaker 2: way to her. Like, that's every movie of his. 477 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: Okay. Barely recognizable under the beard and long hair, but 478 00:21:56,060 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: it was most definitely 2000s rom-com and 2010s period war 479 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:05,310 Speaker 1: drama heartthrob Gerard Butler. I was starstruck but somehow still functional, 480 00:22:05,510 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: so much so that I never expected to run into 481 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,169 Speaker 1: him again on our same route a couple weeks later. 482 00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:11,649 Speaker 2: Uh-oh. 483 00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:14,210 Speaker 1: This time, both he and the man he was with 484 00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:16,990 Speaker 1: appeared to remember my dog's sweet face and looked happy 485 00:22:17,030 --> 00:22:19,290 Speaker 1: to see her again. Then it says, good girl. 486 00:22:19,310 --> 00:22:19,389 Speaker 2: Yeah. 487 00:22:20,820 --> 00:22:23,660 Speaker 1: They both said good morning and the Irish accent proved 488 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,390 Speaker 1: my suspicions correct. So he's Irish. 489 00:22:25,930 --> 00:22:27,170 Speaker 2: He's not. He's Scottish. Okay. 490 00:22:27,670 --> 00:22:29,330 Speaker 1: Although I told the story to friends on my block 491 00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:32,909 Speaker 1: and said he introduces himself as Jerry, smiley face. 492 00:22:33,070 --> 00:22:33,670 Speaker 2: Thank you. 493 00:22:34,090 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: That's amazing. Either way, I'm glad my interactions with him 494 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 1: were positive. Stay sexy and get a dog who introduces 495 00:22:40,740 --> 00:22:45,980 Speaker 1: you to your celebrity crush, Steph, she, her. Gerard, we 496 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:47,939 Speaker 1: want to hear the story from your point of view 497 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 1: about this girl stalking you on Runyon Canyon. 498 00:22:50,220 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 2: You've got to have your say. 499 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: Despite your fake beard. 500 00:22:53,140 --> 00:22:55,290 Speaker 2: I mean, because that's the kind of thing that, like, 501 00:22:55,490 --> 00:22:58,650 Speaker 2: for somebody like that, he sees somebody once, then they 502 00:22:58,710 --> 00:23:00,650 Speaker 2: see her, and then it's just like, do I call 503 00:23:00,670 --> 00:23:02,490 Speaker 2: security now or do I have to wait for a 504 00:23:02,510 --> 00:23:03,010 Speaker 2: third time? 505 00:23:03,050 --> 00:23:04,810 Speaker 1: But if you're an actor and you're going to Runyon Canyon, 506 00:23:04,869 --> 00:23:06,510 Speaker 1: it's kind of because you want to be seen. 507 00:23:06,550 --> 00:23:09,300 Speaker 2: You're asking for it and you want it, Jerry. 508 00:23:10,340 --> 00:23:11,700 Speaker 1: Jerry, let us know. We don't know. 509 00:23:11,820 --> 00:23:13,740 Speaker 2: Jerry, you have to have a say. 510 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. 511 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:19,310 Speaker 2: Jacob Tierney and I, all through COVID, that's what we 512 00:23:19,330 --> 00:23:22,510 Speaker 2: would do is if a new Gerard Butler movie came out, 513 00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:25,810 Speaker 2: then we'd be like, whoa, we got it. And we 514 00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:27,669 Speaker 2: would act like we had to see it on the 515 00:23:27,710 --> 00:23:32,360 Speaker 2: day it premiered. So like I've seen every... questionable choice 516 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 2: that man has made for like the last, I guess, 517 00:23:34,900 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 2: six years or so. 518 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,500 Speaker 1: Do you want to hear Karen's opinion about it, Jerry? 519 00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:40,629 Speaker 1: She'll give you some feedback about your career. 520 00:23:40,730 --> 00:23:45,250 Speaker 2: Jerry, I went to acting school for a year and 521 00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:45,550 Speaker 2: a half. 522 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:47,930 Speaker 1: That's right. I've done level one of improv twice. 523 00:23:48,590 --> 00:23:49,430 Speaker 2: We have feedback. 524 00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:50,409 Speaker 1: What more could you want? 525 00:23:51,890 --> 00:23:54,520 Speaker 2: Here's the thing. I get a feeling about Gerard Butler 526 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,340 Speaker 2: that's very similar to Russell Crowe. Yes. Which is you 527 00:23:57,420 --> 00:23:59,619 Speaker 2: want to go to a bar in the daytime with 528 00:23:59,660 --> 00:24:00,380 Speaker 2: these people. Right. 529 00:24:00,810 --> 00:24:06,190 Speaker 1: Wow, especially when they're Irish or Scottish or anything, English, whatever. 530 00:24:06,390 --> 00:24:08,730 Speaker 2: Gaelic, Australian. Sure. Get in there. 531 00:24:08,770 --> 00:24:09,210 Speaker 1: Totally. 532 00:24:09,410 --> 00:24:13,090 Speaker 2: Because there is a certain, they're just not the typical 533 00:24:13,170 --> 00:24:14,210 Speaker 2: Hollywood actor type. 534 00:24:14,270 --> 00:24:14,710 Speaker 1: Totally. 535 00:24:14,750 --> 00:24:16,730 Speaker 2: They're kind of like, hey, look, I'm way more good 536 00:24:16,780 --> 00:24:18,879 Speaker 2: looking than most of the people on my island, so 537 00:24:18,950 --> 00:24:21,100 Speaker 2: I get to be here. But other than that, this 538 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,340 Speaker 2: is crazy. That's the vibe I get. 539 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 1: Are we done? Is that it? Do you have one more? 540 00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 2: Here's my last one. The subject line is stories about 541 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:32,950 Speaker 2: your landline. Greetings, pals and gals. Greetings, gals and pals. 542 00:24:34,190 --> 00:24:37,330 Speaker 2: Same diff. You asked for stories about our landline phones. 543 00:24:37,950 --> 00:24:39,730 Speaker 2: And then in quotes it says, you know, the one 544 00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:42,290 Speaker 2: that used to hang in your kitchen before smartphones? I 545 00:24:42,330 --> 00:24:44,470 Speaker 2: guess that's what we said. I grew up in a 546 00:24:44,510 --> 00:24:48,050 Speaker 2: house of yellers. Our house wasn't particularly large, but with 547 00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:51,310 Speaker 2: a basement and three bedrooms, my parents often found reasons 548 00:24:51,350 --> 00:24:54,810 Speaker 2: to scream across the house. To each other, to us kids, 549 00:24:54,930 --> 00:24:57,889 Speaker 2: to our cat, you name it. One day my dad, 550 00:24:58,109 --> 00:25:01,990 Speaker 2: and then in parentheses it says Kurt, Kurt. Kurt. Came 551 00:25:02,030 --> 00:25:05,580 Speaker 2: home with a marvelous new contraption, a set of rechargeable 552 00:25:05,710 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 2: cordless phones for all the major rooms of our house. Kids' 553 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,940 Speaker 2: rooms were sadly not included in that list. The most 554 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,859 Speaker 2: exciting feature, he proclaimed, was an intercom function that turned 555 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 2: each phone into a not-quite-walkie-talkie. 556 00:25:20,180 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: That's smart. 557 00:25:20,859 --> 00:25:22,640 Speaker 2: Do you remember those? Yeah. The cordless phone? 558 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: Yeah. They were, like, gray and bulky. Yeah. And you'd 559 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:27,740 Speaker 1: have to pull the cord up. 560 00:25:28,140 --> 00:25:28,500 Speaker 2: That's right. 561 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:28,760 Speaker 1: Yeah. 562 00:25:29,470 --> 00:25:31,790 Speaker 2: If you hit the button for the intercom and then 563 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:35,230 Speaker 2: dialed the single-digit number of whichever other phone in the 564 00:25:35,270 --> 00:25:37,790 Speaker 2: house you were trying to reach, the other phone would 565 00:25:37,830 --> 00:25:41,210 Speaker 2: bleat out a special ringtone that indicated someone was trying 566 00:25:41,230 --> 00:25:41,950 Speaker 2: to page you. 567 00:25:42,050 --> 00:25:43,869 Speaker 1: Is that more annoying to be paged than to be 568 00:25:43,930 --> 00:25:47,770 Speaker 1: yelled at and go, what? Yes. Getting paged is annoying, too, probably. 569 00:25:47,869 --> 00:25:49,390 Speaker 2: I think it's all a little bit. But it's like, 570 00:25:49,820 --> 00:25:51,709 Speaker 2: if they just yell it, first of all, it's what 571 00:25:51,730 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 2: you're used to. Yeah. And then it's also just like, 572 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 2: then you just know what's going on. 573 00:25:57,060 --> 00:25:59,820 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think Vince and I... The most 574 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: annoyed we've ever been with each other or ever are 575 00:26:01,619 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 1: with each other is when one of us is trying 576 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: to yell something to the other one and they can't 577 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:05,409 Speaker 1: hear it. 578 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,650 Speaker 2: And no one's coming closer. 579 00:26:09,010 --> 00:26:11,310 Speaker 1: Or like they're brushing. I can't hear you right now. 580 00:26:11,530 --> 00:26:11,790 Speaker 2: Yes. 581 00:26:12,570 --> 00:26:14,149 Speaker 1: And you're going to be mad at me because I 582 00:26:14,190 --> 00:26:16,210 Speaker 1: can't hear you. But you're the one yelling. 583 00:26:16,890 --> 00:26:19,050 Speaker 2: In our aunt and uncle's house, our cousins were raised, 584 00:26:19,190 --> 00:26:21,209 Speaker 2: which my sister and I, the first time we stayed there, 585 00:26:21,230 --> 00:26:23,860 Speaker 2: we were both like, wow, that's intense. But they weren't 586 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:28,110 Speaker 2: allowed to say what. They'd have to say coming. Wow. 587 00:26:28,170 --> 00:26:28,850 Speaker 2: If someone was like. 588 00:26:29,130 --> 00:26:30,670 Speaker 1: Did the parents have to fucking do that too? 589 00:26:31,030 --> 00:26:33,310 Speaker 2: No way. Fuck that shit. Well, that's because the kids 590 00:26:33,330 --> 00:26:36,820 Speaker 2: were downstairs and the parents were upstairs. Okay. I like that. 591 00:26:37,060 --> 00:26:38,619 Speaker 2: And older and paying for everything. 592 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:39,540 Speaker 1: Okay. So anyway. 593 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 2: So that way we didn't have to yell across the 594 00:26:43,859 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 2: house to each other anymore. My dad explained excitedly, dear reader, 595 00:26:48,580 --> 00:26:51,940 Speaker 2: it did not work. My mom, Sue, who has always 596 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:55,210 Speaker 2: been a hyper-efficient type A person, That's right. The screaming 597 00:26:55,230 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 2: was never going to end. 598 00:26:55,970 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: Oh. 599 00:27:15,869 --> 00:27:18,710 Speaker 2: After a few months, the intercom function saw no more 600 00:27:18,850 --> 00:27:21,030 Speaker 2: action except for when my brothers or I would prank 601 00:27:21,090 --> 00:27:23,850 Speaker 2: each other with it or show it off to our cousins. 602 00:27:24,150 --> 00:27:26,449 Speaker 2: My parents still have a landline to this day but 603 00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:28,500 Speaker 2: have shrunk the number of phones in the house to 604 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,260 Speaker 2: just two. It's a good thing, though, because some of 605 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 2: my bank or credit card accounts that I opened in 606 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 2: high school or college are still linked to that phone number. 607 00:27:38,260 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 2: I'll only know which ones when my parents finally disconnect 608 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,369 Speaker 2: it and I'm unable to log in. I'm sure there's 609 00:27:44,670 --> 00:27:48,230 Speaker 2: no other way to know. Dot, dot, dot. Anyway, thanks 610 00:27:48,270 --> 00:27:50,889 Speaker 2: for all you do at Exactly Right. You're lovely people 611 00:27:51,210 --> 00:27:53,619 Speaker 2: who light up my life with your content. Keep up 612 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 2: the good work. And it's just signed A, they, them. 613 00:27:56,660 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 1: Thanks, A. 614 00:27:57,540 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 2: Thanks, A. Wow. 615 00:27:59,780 --> 00:28:00,459 Speaker 1: Those were fun. 616 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:00,859 Speaker 2: I know. 617 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:03,889 Speaker 1: Yeah, write us your stories at MyFavoriteMurder at Gmail. We 618 00:28:03,910 --> 00:28:04,950 Speaker 1: want to hear all of them. 619 00:28:05,290 --> 00:28:07,570 Speaker 2: Any kind of slice of life that you want to report, 620 00:28:07,930 --> 00:28:12,370 Speaker 2: whether it's a complaint about your childhood or just fun times. 621 00:28:12,410 --> 00:28:12,750 Speaker 1: Yeah. 622 00:28:12,869 --> 00:28:15,429 Speaker 2: Or this is what made my family different than the 623 00:28:15,470 --> 00:28:16,889 Speaker 2: rest of the families in the neighborhood. 624 00:28:16,910 --> 00:28:18,699 Speaker 1: This is the thing we always fought about. The one 625 00:28:18,740 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: thing we always fought about. 626 00:28:20,020 --> 00:28:26,139 Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah. Yelling in phones is so relevant for 80s people. Totally. 627 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:29,909 Speaker 2: So fun. Yeah. All right. Well. Thanks for writing those in. 628 00:28:29,970 --> 00:28:31,669 Speaker 2: Everybody did a great job. 629 00:28:31,690 --> 00:28:31,949 Speaker 1: You did. 630 00:28:32,490 --> 00:28:33,629 Speaker 2: And stay sexy. 631 00:28:33,950 --> 00:28:37,620 Speaker 1: Coming. And don't get murdered. 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