Speaker 1: Welcome back to a very special bonus episode, a fut
Speaker 1: around and find out. We have a super social guest today,
Speaker 1: one that a lot of you have been begging to
Speaker 1: get on the pipe. Today we have the Geico Gecko
Speaker 1: joining us. I've gotten to know the Gecko a little bit,
Speaker 1: so I'm super excited for all of our listeners to
Speaker 1: get to know you as well.
Speaker 2: Get go.
Speaker 3: Welcome, Hey, Asy, how are you? Hey Shanty? Can you
Speaker 3: guys hear him? Is this? Mike con is this? And
Speaker 3: can you see me? Because sometimes I'm a little bit
Speaker 3: low in framing these things. But you're agree all right?
Speaker 3: All right? If we go?
Speaker 4: You and Asy have known each other for a little bit.
Speaker 4: How did this all start.
Speaker 3: I'm a massive fan of basketball always I've been. I've
Speaker 3: been following Asy for quite a while. And then Geico
Speaker 3: announced the partnership with you, Asy, which I was like
Speaker 3: really super excited about. We've got to hang out on
Speaker 3: the set and we had the Geico commercial team behind you,
Speaker 3: which was great fun. And then we got into the
Speaker 3: tournament and listen as I've watched every game and there
Speaker 3: we are on the podcast. So yeah, listen, I'm super
Speaker 3: I'm super happy to be here.
Speaker 1: You're famous, like you really are, But I want to
Speaker 1: dig in a little more to know who the real
Speaker 1: g go is. So I think we should start with
Speaker 1: some basics. Yeah, what's your actual name? We're calling you
Speaker 1: mister Gocko.
Speaker 2: What's your real name?
Speaker 1: Ye?
Speaker 3: No, you ain't got call me mister Gecko probably the
Speaker 3: gecko or Gecko. No.
Speaker 1: So when you're out on the street, do you get
Speaker 1: recognized a lot?
Speaker 3: It took me a little bit of time to get
Speaker 3: used to, if I'm honest, Like so many people come
Speaker 3: up to me where their phone's out and ask me
Speaker 3: out how much can I save? Can I use the
Speaker 3: phone to get a quote? And I'm like, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: it's eazypasy. I love helping people. Chip Is always make
Speaker 3: them take the selfie. In fact, I have to because
Speaker 3: I've got really short arms.
Speaker 2: What's your favorite Harby?
Speaker 3: Wow, that's a tough one. I'm so busy all the time,
Speaker 3: Like you know, it's full of pardon me, but you
Speaker 3: could save this or you know, you get great service
Speaker 3: that you know, there's not a lot of extra time
Speaker 3: for tinkling the ivories or you know, pickleball or whatever.
Speaker 2: What kind of music are you into?
Speaker 3: So I always used to want to play a jazz sexophone,
Speaker 3: but my arms wouldn't reach, so I've got to stick
Speaker 3: to your djail. What sort of music do you like?
Speaker 1: I love R and B me too, I like all music,
Speaker 1: but I would love to hear you DJ one day,
Speaker 1: maybe next time.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you have to come down.
Speaker 2: Can't wait. I'm definitely coming.
Speaker 1: So if you had your own podcast, what would it
Speaker 1: be called and what would it be about?
Speaker 3: Wow? My own podcast? Right? Well, I am rather qualified
Speaker 3: to talk about one thing, so it could be called
Speaker 3: at your service or claims to fame or my brain.
Speaker 3: My brain's gating a mile a Minute's let's let's just
Speaker 3: see how this one goes.
Speaker 1: First, curious to know what your favorite food is.
Speaker 3: MY favorite food probably probably shrimp in a creamy pisto
Speaker 3: sauce over angel here beautiful.
Speaker 4: If you had a pet, what basketball player would you
Speaker 4: name them after?
Speaker 3: Sadly a chanty. I'm allergic to pets. It gives me
Speaker 3: the sneezes to our pets.
Speaker 4: I was gonna say, I get you a hypoallergenic one.
Speaker 1: What's your star sign?
Speaker 3: Virgo? Maybe that's why I'm such a perfectionist. I don't know.
Speaker 3: Let me guess yours? Asy, Can I try and guess yours?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Please?
Speaker 3: Right, So you're intensely passionate and you're about basketball. Mm
Speaker 3: hmm sounds like a scorpio.
Speaker 2: I am a scorpio. Scorpio.
Speaker 4: Yes, wow, you're good. Okay, So what's a fun fact
Speaker 4: about you that most people don't know about.
Speaker 3: I've never had lasagna. Interesting said it. I've never said
Speaker 3: that in public before.
Speaker 2: But yeah, is there a reason?
Speaker 3: No, I'm open to it. It's just never come up.
Speaker 1: What are other projects that you're working on right now?
Speaker 3: Well, I'm always on the Telly in various Guico commercials.
Speaker 3: You can follow me on social media. You can like, comment, subscribe,
Speaker 3: you can hashtag. Do people still hashtag? I'm not sure
Speaker 3: it's the hashtag.
Speaker 2: I like the hashtag? Yeah.
Speaker 3: Can I ask you a couple of questions?
Speaker 2: Of course?
Speaker 3: Definitely, I need some fashion tips.
Speaker 2: I would love to see you with some hair. Hair's crazy, but.
Speaker 3: That's not gonna work.
Speaker 1: Maybe some pink right, like, it's a little pink week.
Speaker 3: Do you guys want to play a little game? Yeah? Yeah,
Speaker 3: it's called overrated, underrated. Driving on the right side of
Speaker 3: the road.
Speaker 2: Is this a truck? Question.
Speaker 3: I think it's overrated.
Speaker 4: I'm a passenger princess, so I'm gonna say underrated.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say underrated because I would think I would
Speaker 1: be so confused on the left side of the road.
Speaker 2: Gunny shots underrated, I'll go underrated.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like they're underrated.
Speaker 2: Fish and chips underrated. It's so good.
Speaker 1: I would also say underrated. There are some bad ones
Speaker 1: that are overrated, but good fish and chips. Good fish
Speaker 1: and chips is delicious.
Speaker 3: I'm so glad you said that. Easy. I thought we
Speaker 3: were gonna have our first little falling out there.
Speaker 2: Oversized hoodies, underrated, underrated, love them?
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, all hoodies are oversized as far as I'mkerson. Yes.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 4: So to close it out, we have our what the
Speaker 4: Fud of the Week where we share something that happened
Speaker 4: this past week that made us say, what the fuck?
Speaker 2: Geck go? Do you ever what the food to share?
Speaker 3: I do have a what the fud? I saw a
Speaker 3: UFO what Yeah, it was a what the fud moment.
Speaker 3: I took a picture of the sunset, and I could
Speaker 3: have sworn there was like an alien spaceship in the sky,
Speaker 3: But now it was just a little smudge from lunch
Speaker 3: that was on my on my camera.
Speaker 1: The shrimp pastal pastor must have been good. My what
Speaker 1: the fudd is having you on fud Around and find Out?
Speaker 3: Absolutely this is the first ever podcast I've ever been
Speaker 3: on them, and I've enjoyed every second of it.
Speaker 1: Guys, We're honored, Gecko. Thank you so much for your
Speaker 1: time today. It was an honor to have you and
Speaker 1: an honor just share your first podcast.
Speaker 2: This was incredible.
Speaker 3: Thank you Azy.
Speaker 1: That is all for today's episode of fut Around and
Speaker 1: find Out. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe wherever
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Speaker 3: I do want to look at this. Sorry, yeah, touch
Speaker 3: it so crazy? Lovely Hi