Sorry For The Delay | EP.114 | Baby Bubbly, Maple & Big Steps
-WHAT’S IN OUR CUP-
Sean: Two Town Cider “Sled Zeppelin” (limited winter release, cranberry & cinnamon)
Joshua: “Baby Blue” prosecco/champagne mini bottle (brand not confirmed, 1.99 budget bubbly)
-AI SONG OF THE WEEK-
AI Song Of The Week: “The Year We Learn to Breathe Again” (Lyrics written by Sean, final bridge by AI.)
-CHAT WITH US-
• Music Madness & AI Classics
• Maples Sweet Secret Street
• Steps Tell Stories
• Tomorrow Starts With Today
-CHAPTERS-
0:00:00 Mia Intro, New Year Setup & 2025 Wrap-Up
0:02:49 What’s In Our Cup - Baby Blue Champagne Chaos
0:06:39 What’s In Our Cup - Sled Zeppelin Cider & Trader Sam’s Mug
0:09:15 Fortune Recap Teasers & Chat With Us Lineup
0:12:34 Music Madness & AI Classics - Where AI Music Goes Next
0:20:04 Maples Sweet Secret Street - Maple Street Saga, Storyboards & Midjourney
0:27:15 AI Song Of The Week "The Year We Learn to Breathe Again"
0:34:01 Channel Analytics - Views, Shorts, TikTok Wins & Platform Trends
0:41:26 Steps Tell Stories - 5-Year Step Totals, Miles & “Walk To Japan” Math
0:50:33 Tomorrow Starts With Today - Resolutions, Guests, Growth & Community
0:55:46 Squirt Follow-Up, Challenges, Fun Finds, Fortunes & Farewell
-SOUND BITES-
• “Joshua, this is episode 114 or the New Year episode wrap-up.” - Sean setting the end-of-year vibe.
• “I think my pillowcase has a permanent sweat stain that even bleach can't even get out.” - Joshua describing peak vacation mode.
• “You can't celebrate a New Year's episode without a bottle of champagne, everybody.” - Joshua justifying the bubbly.
• “This thing tastes like the bottom of a a running shoe.” - Joshua reviewing the budget bottle like a critic with problems.
• “Papa's back on the cider, buddy. Papa's back on the cider.” - Sean returning to his happy place.
• “Oh, it smells like apples of love.” - Sean falling for Sled Zeppelin immediately.
• “There's nothing that can't be fixed with good wine, good company, and lube.” - Joshua reading a top-tier fortune callback.
• “I walked a grand total of 18,438,717 steps.” - Joshua dropping a 5-year flex in numbers.
• “Fitbit can suck my balls.” - Sean, betrayed by wearable tech.
• “Dinner is on me.” - Sean closing with the plate joke.
-FORTUNE & FINDS-
Fortune:
Fortune 1: To make dreams real, first you have to have them.
Fortune 2: There's nothing that can't be fixed with good wine, good company, and lube.
Fortune 3: A fashion designer for the Navy will teach you about the unusual taste of seaman.
Fortune 4: Finding yourself is a worthwhile pursuit.
Lucky Numbers: 5, 9, 16, 36, 42, 43, 46
Fun Finds / Value Finds:
Sean: Mad Hatter Funko (limited 5,000-piece glow-in-the-dark), officially entering the “unbox it” era.
Joshua: Star Wars Funko set completion (BB-8 & Rey) with holiday Target luck.
Transcript
00:00 Welcome to episode 114 of Sorry for the
00:03
00:03 Delay. I'm your editor, Mia. Happy New
00:06
00:06 Year, everyone. In what is slowly
00:08
00:08 becoming a yearly tradition, the boys
00:10
00:10 are reflecting on the last year of past
00:12
00:12 adventures with follow-ups on the future
00:15
00:15 of the podcast, a small tease for Maple
00:17
00:17 Street, Animation Inbound, and we
00:20
00:20 finally get closure on our podcast
00:22
00:22 turtle mascot Squirt. He's looking for
00:25
00:25 love. From all of us here, thank you for
00:28
00:28 watching, laughing, and being a part of
00:30
00:30 this community. See y'all in 2026. Enjoy
00:33
00:33 the show.
00:36
00:36 >> Hello and welcome to another episode of
00:38
00:38 Sorry for the Delay. We are your hosts.
00:41
00:41 My name is Sean. Uh this is Joshua and
00:43
00:43 Joshua. This is episode 114
00:47
00:47 or the New Year episode wrap-up. Uh this
00:51
00:51 is the week of New Year's, buddy. Is
00:53
00:53 that Am I correct in saying that? Yeah,
00:55
00:55 I think No, I think you're absolutely
00:57
00:57 right. December 30th, this is this is
00:58
00:58 the week. So, if you haven't uh got your
01:01
01:01 2025 resolutions done by now, it's okay
01:06
01:06 because the year's about to change. So,
01:08
01:08 don't worry. It's going to be okay.
01:11
01:11 >> Oh, man. Buddy, I know that we have some
01:14
01:14 resolutions that we need to talk about
01:15
01:15 this episode as well. But, but before we
01:17
01:17 even start, um how you doing this week?
01:19
01:19 How was your Christmas? How how did
01:21
01:21 everything go?
01:22
01:22 >> Yeah, man. It's been a minute since me
01:23
01:23 and you've been on it. Sean's been doing
01:25
01:25 some stuff. I just started my vacation.
01:28
01:28 Um, so it's been a minute since me and
01:30
01:30 Sean have actually recorded, but um I've
01:32
01:32 I've been taking full advantage of this
01:34
01:34 vacation. I' I've been on sitting on my
01:36
01:36 hands, wearing out my pajamas. Um I
01:40
01:40 think my the my pillowcase has a
01:42
01:42 permanent sweat stain that even bleach
01:43
01:43 can't even get out. It's um it's been a
01:47
01:47 good it's been a good vacation so far.
01:49
01:49 Uh, and I I actually don't go back to
01:51
01:51 work until January 9th, I believe. Oh my
01:55
01:55 god. So, hopefully that's this isn't
01:57
01:57 like a soft firing. You know, they're
01:59
01:59 just kind of like slowly
02:02
02:02 taking work away from me and just
02:04
02:04 bringing me back less and less.
02:07
02:07 >> U, so hopefully, yeah, uh, uh, my
02:09
02:09 announcement will be in 2026 when we get
02:11
02:11 there. I still have a job. Okay.
02:12
02:12 >> And, um, yeah, but but you know, like I
02:15
02:15 say all the time, you know, overall, I'm
02:16
02:16 doing well. I hope everybody listening
02:18
02:18 to us on this December 30th is doing
02:20
02:20 well for our New Year's episode. Uh uh
02:23
02:23 thank you for all listening and thank
02:24
02:24 you for watching.
02:25
02:25 >> Hell yeah, buddy.
02:25
02:25 >> Yeah, everything's good, man.
02:27
02:27 >> Hell yeah, man. I'm glad glad you had a
02:28
02:28 good Christmas. I'm glad you're not
02:30
02:30 jobless. Uh I'm glad you're still with
02:32
02:32 me, buddy. Glad you're still with me. Uh
02:34
02:34 for those of you who don't know, uh
02:35
02:35 Joshua, this is the first time Joshua is
02:37
02:37 wearing clothing uh since his vacation
02:39
02:39 started. Uh so I'm happy to see he is in
02:41
02:41 fully clothed. uh at least from what we
02:44
02:44 can see. We don't know about the lower
02:45
02:45 half of him, but he is fully clothed
02:46
02:46 from what we can see. So, thank you
02:47
02:47 Joshua. Thank you for doing that for us.
02:49
02:49 We appreciate that. Uh but what is in
02:51
02:51 your cup for this New Year's Eve, my
02:53
02:53 dude or Dave?
02:54
02:54 >> Okay, so because this is the New Year's
02:58
02:58 episode, I mean, literally like one more
02:60
02:60 day or whatever it is away. Um you can't
03:03
03:03 celebrate a New Year's episode without a
03:06
03:06 bottle of champagne, everybody. And um I
03:10
03:10 I didn't I didn't want to sit here and
03:12
03:12 just chug a gigantic magnumsiz bottle.
03:16
03:16 So I I got something that I I believe is
03:18
03:18 fitting
03:19
03:19 >> for the two of us, Sean. Sure.
03:21
03:21 >> And I and I went out and uh
03:23
03:23 >> Oh,
03:23
03:23 >> got a baby bottle.
03:24
03:24 >> A tiny little baby bottle, my friend.
03:28
03:28 And uh it's not open yet. So this is
03:30
03:30 this is a brand new bottle, obviously.
03:32
03:32 But while I open this, Sean, um this is
03:35
03:35 this is what's in my cup, clearly. Uh, I
03:38
03:38 have to read off some statistics because
03:41
03:41 it's been a while since I've opened a
03:44
03:44 bottle of champagne. And
03:46
03:46 >> who makes that champagne, Joshua? Who
03:48
03:48 Who's
03:48
03:48 >> Oh, this is uh I mean LA Who's this? I
03:53
03:53 dude, I can't Why are you having me
03:54
03:54 read, dude?
03:55
03:55 >> I just knew he could.
03:56
03:56 >> I don't [ __ ] know. I'm just going to
03:58
03:58 call it blue. Okay. It's a procco. It's
04:00
04:00 It's call baby blue.
04:02
04:02 >> All right. It's about 8 in something
04:04
04:04 like that. It's baby blue. Okay. We'll
04:05
04:05 call it baby blue. Um,
04:07
04:07 >> baby sipping on, dude. Yeah, somebody
04:11
04:11 can put in the comments. Okay. So, so
04:14
04:14 stat statistically
04:16
04:16 uh there are injuries that occur with uh
04:19
04:19 opening bottles of champagne. You know,
04:21
04:21 people
04:22
04:22 >> [ __ ] I I actually wanted to look up
04:23
04:23 if anybody's actually died. And there
04:26
04:26 and luckily enough, nobody has ever died
04:28
04:28 from opening a bottle of champagne, but
04:32
04:32 there's about 20 to 30 serious eye
04:35
04:35 injuries
04:37
04:37 >> every single year, uh, when it comes to
04:40
04:40 opening champagne.
04:43
04:43 >> So, um, we will not cut this out if
04:45
04:45 Joshua loses an eye, but we may have to
04:47
04:47 rate this one a little bit different. I
04:49
04:49 don't even know how to open this, dude.
04:50
04:50 It's [ __ ] plastic.
04:52
04:52 >> So, it's not like a real cork anymore,
04:54
04:54 then. At least not on the baby.
04:55
04:55 >> I think I just twist it. I think I just
04:57
04:57 twist it. Let me see if this actually
04:58
04:58 works.
04:60
05:00 >> Oh, dude. There's no real like cork. A,
05:02
05:02 that is so antilimactic.
05:04
05:04 >> Wow. What a bummer.
05:05
05:05 >> All right, everybody. So, these baby
05:07
05:07 bottles, if uh you didn't know, Baby Boy
05:10
05:10 Blue right here does not have an actual
05:12
05:12 cork.
05:14
05:14 >> It's just And I didn't bring a glass, so
05:16
05:16 I'm just going to sip straight from the
05:17
05:17 bottle.
05:18
05:18 >> From the bottle. All right, buddy. I
05:19
05:19 approve. Go for it, my dude.
05:20
05:20 >> Cheers, buddy.
05:21
05:21 >> Cheers, my guy. This is uh uh the nice
05:24
05:24 >> Mhm.
05:25
05:25 >> Yeah. Big old sip. Delicious sip. It
05:27
05:27 looked like
05:27
05:27 >> Oh, god damn. Jesus.
05:32
05:32 I see why this was dusty when I got it
05:33
05:33 cuz nobody buys this [ __ ] Um god damn.
05:36
05:36 This
05:37
05:37 >> is cold.
05:38
05:38 >> Is it cold?
05:38
05:38 >> It's cold. I threw it in the freezer.
05:40
05:40 Almost forgot about it, actually. Um but
05:44
05:44 >> yeah, this isn't the greatest. So, if
05:46
05:46 anybody has a a champagne recommendation
05:48
05:48 that I should be drinking, I don't care.
05:50
05:50 I'll drink it after the new year. Please
05:52
05:52 let me know cuz this thing tastes like
05:54
05:54 the bottom of a a running shoe.
05:56
05:56 >> Can I ask how much it cost you, buddy?
05:57
05:57 Do you remember how much it cost?
05:59
05:59 >> Uh, this should have been free actually,
06:01
06:01 but I think it was like $1.99 or
06:04
06:04 something.
06:06
06:06 >> Bottom shelf. Bottom really, you know,
06:08
06:08 really going all out for the podcast
06:10
06:10 here. Bottom shelf uh champagne.
06:14
06:14 If you want me to tell the if you want
06:15
06:15 me to tell the truth, it actually fell
06:16
06:16 out of the back backpack of a homeless
06:18
06:18 guy and I just picked it up. Yeah, I was
06:21
06:21 laying in the dirt. So,
06:22
06:22 >> so not only did you steal someone's good
06:24
06:24 time? Uh,
06:26
06:26 >> it's not even worth the taste buds that
06:28
06:28 it's ruining. All right, got it.
06:29
06:29 >> Yeah, it's pretty Yeah, pretty sad. Um,
06:31
06:31 but that's what I'm slipping on. Cheers,
06:32
06:32 everybody. I'm sipping on champagne
06:34
06:34 today for this uh uh this New Year's uh
06:37
06:37 episode. What are you sipping on, Sean?
06:38
06:38 What you got going on,
06:39
06:39 >> my dude? All right, it's a new year, new
06:42
06:42 day. I mean, obviously when you hear
06:43
06:43 this, it'll barely be New Year's, but uh
06:46
06:46 you know, I just wanted to start the
06:47
06:47 year off right, buddy. And because of
06:48
06:48 that, Papa's back on the cider, buddy.
06:51
06:51 Papa's back on the cider. And I got a
06:53
06:53 new limited edition release, my dude.
06:55
06:55 It's another Two-Town Cider. This one is
06:57
06:57 called Sled Zeppelin. Check this [ __ ]
06:59
06:59 out, dude.
07:00
07:00 >> Look at that.
07:02
07:02 >> That's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
07:04
07:04 And this is uh a limited edition winter
07:07
07:07 release. It is made with cranberries and
07:09
07:09 cinnamon as long as well as apple cider.
07:12
07:12 So, I'll go and crack that open. Ooh,
07:14
07:14 I'm going to pour it into my cup here
07:16
07:16 for just a split second because there's
07:17
07:17 a lot kind of pour some out. But we'll
07:19
07:19 give you a first little sip.
07:21
07:21 >> Oh, it smells like apples of love.
07:25
07:25 Oh yeah, that's not your mama's
07:27
07:27 cranberry juice. That is a cranberry
07:29
07:29 juice with hard cider.
07:31
07:31 >> Oh, a little touch of cinnamon on the
07:33
07:33 back end like it's just rubbing my tank.
07:35
07:35 I love it. I love it so much, buddy. I'm
07:37
07:37 going to go ahead and drink it in this
07:39
07:39 non-sponsored, but uh we'll talk about
07:41
07:41 it on the next week's episode, but a
07:43
07:43 Trader Sam's cup here.
07:46
07:46 >> Trader Sam's. Never heard of Trader
07:48
07:48 Sam's. Okay. Okay. All right. I think I
07:50
07:50 know where you're going with this.
07:50
07:50 >> Tiki tiki mug there. But that's what I'm
07:53
07:53 drinking, buddy. That's what's in my
07:54
07:54 cup. And it's uh feels good to be back
07:57
07:57 on the wagon. You know, just felt like
07:59
07:59 something was missing in my life and I
08:00
08:00 needed it. So, no more shakes for Sean.
08:03
08:03 >> I mean, I can see that. You know, it's
08:05
08:05 it's something about, you know, there's
08:06
08:06 something about alcohol. I mean, I get
08:07
08:07 it. There's a lot of people that have
08:09
08:09 problems with alcohol, but if you if you
08:11
08:11 have a if you have a tolerance for it
08:13
08:13 and you can just be careful with it, it
08:14
08:14 is it does take the edge off somewhat.
08:17
08:17 So, you just like feeling a little tense
08:19
08:19 in the shoulders,
08:21
08:21 >> you know. I I feel like alcohol is a
08:23
08:23 nice little little way to go. I mean,
08:24
08:24 and it's legal,
08:26
08:26 >> you know.
08:27
08:27 >> Always in moderation though, everybody.
08:28
08:28 Always in moderation. Don't drink and
08:30
08:30 drive. We do not support that.
08:32
08:32 >> But we do support other things. Joshua.
08:35
08:35 >> Mhm.
08:35
08:35 >> You know what else we support?
08:37
08:37 >> We support things like Sorry for Little
08:39
08:39 ALive. Uh where you can get this
08:41
08:41 beautiful shirt that I'm wearing. This
08:43
08:43 is the original OG shirt. You know, we
08:44
08:44 got to chill out one last time. Uh and
08:46
08:46 then if you've been watching for the
08:48
08:48 previous weeks, I also had my um or our
08:50
08:50 ornament shirt with the uh snowman in
08:52
08:52 it. You can get that as a sweater or a
08:54
08:54 t-shirt. Sorry for little.
08:56
08:56 Uh go there, drop us a comment, leave us
08:59
08:59 a suggestion for something, stick
09:01
09:01 around, listen to some AI songs. Um, I
09:05
09:05 don't know, buddy. I don't know. I just
09:06
09:06 felt excited. I wanted to chill out one
09:07
09:07 last time for the new year. Uh, what
09:10
09:10 about you, Joshua? Do you have anything
09:12
09:12 that you want to talk about this week
09:13
09:13 before we get into the chat with this
09:14
09:14 section?
09:15
09:15 >> Well, I did. So, I don't know if I we
09:17
09:17 should do this yet. Okay.
09:19
09:19 >> But if this is your first time
09:20
09:20 listening, hey, congratulations. You
09:22
09:22 found us. Um,
09:23
09:23 >> you win,
09:25
09:25 >> right? Congratulations.
09:27
09:27 Oh, [ __ ] my other if you hear some fans
09:29
09:29 right now. I Yeah, another I got some
09:32
09:32 fans blowing over here. Something just
09:33
09:33 popped off background. But um yeah, so
09:37
09:37 what I did while I was preparing for
09:39
09:39 this podcast is I I went through and
09:43
09:43 pulled out some of the top fortunes that
09:46
09:46 we have. We usually we usually read
09:48
09:48 fortunes at the end of this podcast. So,
09:51
09:51 I don't know if I should I should reveal
09:53
09:53 before we get into the thick of the chat
09:55
09:55 with us section,
09:56
09:56 >> give you a few teasers of some of the
09:59
09:59 top fortunes for this year 2025.
10:02
10:02 >> I'm totally down for that, buddy. I
10:04
10:04 would love for Okay. All right. All
10:08
10:08 right. I got a few of them here. In no
10:09
10:09 particular order, everybody, because
10:11
10:11 we'd love some some humor every once in
10:13
10:13 a while. They're going to they're going
10:15
10:15 to bounce all over the place. The first
10:16
10:16 fortune that we pulled from one of our
10:18
10:18 cookies at some point on one of these
10:20
10:20 episodes is as follows. To make dreams
10:24
10:24 real, first you have to have them.
10:28
10:28 >> Huh, that's a good one. That is a very
10:31
10:31 good fortune,
10:32
10:32 >> right? I like that.
10:33
10:33 >> I thought it was I thought it was pretty
10:34
10:34 nice. That was pretty nice. Do you want
10:35
10:35 me to give you another one?
10:36
10:36 >> Yeah. Yeah, give me another one. That's
10:38
10:38 good.
10:38
10:38 >> Okay, let me give you one more. Okay,
10:39
10:39 this one's uh maybe not so uh inspiring.
10:42
10:42 This might tickle you a little bit
10:43
10:43 different. Here we go. There's nothing
10:46
10:46 that can't be fixed with good wine, good
10:50
10:50 company, and lube.
10:54
10:54 >> I mean, yeah. Yeah. I mean, definitely.
10:56
10:56 I feel that one a lot. Uh I accept that.
10:60
10:60 That's good. That's good.
11:01
11:01 >> We We can relate to that one. All right.
11:02
11:02 I'll I'll give you one more. I got a few
11:03
11:03 more, but I'll only give you one more so
11:05
11:05 we can move on to uh to the meat and
11:06
11:06 potatoes of this [ __ ] All right, Sean.
11:08
11:08 Here we go.
11:11
11:11 Got another for you. A fashion designer
11:13
11:13 for the Navy will teach you about the
11:16
11:16 unusual taste of seaman.
11:22
11:22 Yeah. Yeah. These are all bangers. These
11:24
11:24 are all bangers. I know. I know. At the
11:26
11:26 end of this episode, we're going to be
11:27
11:27 doing more fortunes, but I know none of
11:29
11:29 them that we do will compare to those
11:31
11:31 three cuz those three were those are
11:33
11:33 some good ones right there, my guy.
11:35
11:35 That's nice.
11:35
11:35 >> Yeah, I got three more. I got three
11:36
11:36 more. So, stay tuned for those other
11:38
11:38 ones besides another one. A new one we
11:40
11:40 may pop open. But yeah, Sean, thought
11:42
11:42 I'd just do a little fun little
11:43
11:43 something like that.
11:43
11:43 >> Hell yeah.
11:44
11:44 >> Hey, buddy.
11:44
11:44 >> Hell yeah.
11:45
11:45 >> I'm ready when you are, buddy. Let's
11:46
11:46 head on over to the chat with this
11:47
11:47 section. The chat with the section, for
11:49
11:49 those of you who are new, again, hey,
11:50
11:50 congratulations. You win. Um, is the
11:52
11:52 topics that we're going to be talking
11:53
11:53 about for the week, and they are as
11:56
11:56 followed. Number one, music madness, and
11:59
11:59 AI classics. Number two, Maple Street
12:03
12:03 Secret Street. Maple Hang on. Maples
12:06
12:06 Sweet Secret Street. There you go. I
12:09
12:09 read that correctly that time. Uh,
12:11
12:11 number
12:11
12:11 >> I wrote that one for Sean. I wrote that
12:13
12:13 for him.
12:14
12:14 >> Number three, um, [ __ ] Uh, steps tell
12:18
12:18 stories. Okay, got it. Nailed it. I can
12:20
12:20 read, everybody. I can read.
12:21
12:21 >> Nailed it. You got it.
12:23
12:23 >> And the last one is tomorrow starts with
12:26
12:26 today. Uh, a very poignant uh, title for
12:29
12:29 that one, buddy.
12:31
12:31 >> Yeah, there you go.
12:32
12:32 >> Uh, but let's go ahead and start with
12:33
12:33 the first one, buddy.
12:34
12:34 >> Music and AI classics.
12:36
12:36 >> Yeah, sounds very fun. Yeah. Hit us with
12:38
12:38 it, Sean.
12:38
12:38 >> No, that's mine. Oh, [ __ ]
12:40
12:40 >> I Yeah, yeah, yeah. I thought you wanted
12:42
12:42 to talk about I mean, okay, so if this
12:44
12:44 is your first time listening, me and
12:46
12:46 Sean love I mean, we love music. I don't
12:49
12:49 know if Sean We didn't really prepare. I
12:51
12:51 mean, sometimes we prepare for this
12:52
12:52 [ __ ] Um, sometimes Shawn will give us
12:54
12:54 his Spotify rap.
12:56
12:56 >> Um, he did this last year.
12:57
12:57 >> I haven't done that yet.
12:59
12:59 >> And he and he probably didn't do that
13:01
13:01 for this episode. Um, but we both love
13:04
13:04 music. Sean,
13:06
13:06 you know, writes music. He's a He's a
13:08
13:08 creator of music. I love to just [ __ ]
13:10
13:10 around with AI music. I think it's, you
13:13
13:13 know, one of the modern ways of being
13:15
13:15 creative without totally [ __ ]
13:17
13:17 everything up, you know, and butchering
13:19
13:19 or stealing anybody else's music. Um,
13:21
13:21 but I'm I'm curious, Sean, because we've
13:23
13:23 made so many tracks now.
13:25
13:25 >> Do you think this will continue to be a
13:30
13:30 direction like society goes into 2026?
13:33
13:33 Do you think
13:36
13:36 real artists will continue to capitalize
13:38
13:38 on this into the new year or or is there
13:41
13:41 going to be things that are going to
13:42
13:42 fall into place where like depending on
13:44
13:44 how much music is AI generated or
13:46
13:46 original, they just won't put it on the
13:48
13:48 radio?
13:49
13:49 >> You know, I read something curious uh a
13:51
13:51 few weeks ago. It was a comment thread
13:53
13:53 on like a Reddit post about AI music and
13:56
13:56 people complaining and going back and
13:57
13:57 forth, right? But in that complaint and
13:59
13:59 comments, there was one post that said,
14:03
14:03 uh, I prefer listening to the AI music
14:06
14:06 that I create rather than what's being
14:08
14:08 played on the radio right now. And I
14:10
14:10 feel like for me that sentiment holds
14:13
14:13 true. Like I love the stuff that we
14:15
14:15 create with generative AI because the
14:20
14:20 pop music already sounds like generative
14:23
14:23 AI, you know, it's already there. So for
14:26
14:26 me, I think eventually people will just
14:30
14:30 kind of accept it for what it is and
14:33
14:33 enjoy listening to it without the
14:35
14:35 stigmatism, without the critiques and
14:36
14:36 stuff. But I feel like once artists
14:41
14:41 really use Generative AI to help them
14:45
14:45 create even more than what they're
14:47
14:47 capable of creating, then that's going
14:50
14:50 to be the sweet spot. You know, like
14:52
14:52 when your favorite band, like let's say
14:54
14:54 the Eagles, comes out with a new record,
14:56
14:56 right? And you're like, "Holy [ __ ] this
14:58
14:58 album is so [ __ ] great, and then it
15:00
15:00 comes out later that they use Generative
15:02
15:02 AI to help them make it even better than
15:04
15:04 what it was." Yeah, they're probably
15:06
15:06 going to get a lot of flack for that.
15:07
15:07 But at the same time, people are going
15:09
15:09 to say, "Yeah, this Eagles, this latest
15:11
15:11 Eagles album, that is the best sounding
15:13
15:13 Eagles album I've ever [ __ ] heard in
15:14
15:14 my entire life." I'm just using Eagles
15:16
15:16 as an example. Don't [ __ ] grill me.
15:18
15:18 >> Of course. Of course. But yeah. Yeah.
15:19
15:19 >> You know what I mean? It's going to be
15:20
15:20 once we reach that point where artists
15:23
15:23 are finding a way to develop with it,
15:26
15:26 then [ __ ] possibilities are endless,
15:27
15:27 dude. And I think that's what we are
15:29
15:29 striving for here is not only myself
15:32
15:32 being an artist and being able to use
15:34
15:34 this to help me achieve better creativ
15:37
15:37 creativity and like not having the
15:39
15:39 resources to create this big sound that
15:42
15:42 I want and having generative AI help me
15:44
15:44 do that is is I think where it's going
15:47
15:47 to head. So, we'll see. We'll see.
15:50
15:50 >> I had this So, I had this idea the other
15:53
15:53 day and they might already be doing this
15:55
15:55 and because you know about microphones
15:57
15:57 and Sean's way more in tune with this,
15:59
15:59 you know, that kind of whole world than
16:00
16:00 I am, but I I was having this idea. Have
16:03
16:03 you ever listened to like a concert live
16:05
16:05 and the person just sounded like [ __ ]
16:07
16:07 terrible? Like it just sounded like
16:09
16:09 really really bad. Like like they just
16:12
16:12 didn't prepared. Their voice was shot.
16:13
16:13 Their chords were just done. They've
16:15
16:15 been on tour the whole time. So, I
16:16
16:16 started thinking about like what if
16:18
16:18 there was a company out there and go
16:20
16:20 ahead and take this idea if you want.
16:21
16:21 Maybe they're already making it. I'm
16:22
16:22 just some guy on a podcast with very few
16:25
16:25 followers coming up with this idea. Um,
16:28
16:28 what if they were able to make
16:31
16:31 microphones with AI voice uh um
16:36
16:36 perfecting qualities in them? So if you
16:38
16:38 went to hit it like it knows your song
16:40
16:40 that you're going to sing and if you go
16:42
16:42 out of note the microphone itself will
16:46
16:46 inherently it will correct your voice
16:49
16:49 >> like autotune.
16:50
16:50 >> So that no
16:50
16:50 >> we talking about autotune
16:51
16:51 >> like autotune but it's a built-in like
16:53
16:53 AI autotune. So it will fix your voice
16:57
16:57 as you're singing through the song. So
16:60
16:60 you could sing absolutely you could you
17:02
17:02 could have slurs. You could totally just
17:04
17:04 [ __ ] you could butcher it up.
17:06
17:06 >> Yeah. You can just say the wrong word
17:08
17:08 and AI will just cuz the microphone will
17:11
17:11 be so smart. It'll be chipped in to your
17:15
17:15 set that will it'll it'll actually fix
17:18
17:18 everything that comes out of there
17:20
17:20 >> like a generative lip sync you know like
17:23
17:23 >> yeah built it's like built in. So you
17:25
17:25 will there won't be a track playing over
17:27
17:27 you know how they play tracks over
17:28
17:28 people's voice like we'll get to a place
17:30
17:30 where artists won't even have to play
17:33
17:33 the tracks because the voice coming
17:34
17:34 through this microphone that probably
17:36
17:36 will cost a billion dollars
17:37
17:37 >> um
17:38
17:38 >> at some point right it'll cost too much
17:41
17:41 money for anybody to own um they'll
17:43
17:43 probably just use it in studio matter of
17:44
17:44 fact um
17:46
17:46 >> but could you I mean could you imagine
17:48
17:48 if we got to a place where this was just
17:50
17:50 available for anybody to get on stage
17:51
17:51 and just their voice would sound so good
17:53
17:53 every time that it would take out
17:57
17:57 >> anything that was just authentic about
17:58
17:58 it.
17:59
17:59 >> You know, that's I feel like, you know,
18:01
18:01 the underlying reason a lot of people
18:03
18:03 are hating on AI, right, is because
18:07
18:07 at the sub level there is this idea that
18:12
18:12 generative AI could kill physical media,
18:16
18:16 right? It could kill music stations. It
18:19
18:19 can kill, you know, going to concerts.
18:22
18:22 It can kill all of that because why
18:24
18:24 would you even want to go to a concert
18:26
18:26 now that you can just create your own
18:27
18:27 concert at home,
18:29
18:29 >> you know? Kind of like kind of like when
18:31
18:31 theaters started like [ __ ] really
18:33
18:33 hating on videos, right? VHS's. They
18:35
18:35 were like, "Vhs are the devil. They're
18:37
18:37 going to [ __ ] crucify your family,
18:39
18:39 right?" And then all of a sudden there's
18:41
18:41 like this shift and people were like,
18:42
18:42 "No, we kind of like VHS." And they
18:44
18:44 learn to live together in harmony. And
18:47
18:47 then they did it again with DVDs, right?
18:49
18:49 People are like, "No, [ __ ] DVDs. you're
18:51
18:51 going to crucify your wife. And then
18:53
18:53 people are like, "No, we kind of like
18:55
18:55 DVDs." You know, I feel like it's like
18:57
18:57 that, right? I feel like generative AI
19:01
19:01 right now is getting its lumps. You
19:02
19:02 know, it's getting its lumps because
19:04
19:04 people are scared that it's going to
19:06
19:06 take away from the minute aura of going
19:10
19:10 to a theater or going to a concert or
19:12
19:12 just being a musician or whatever. You
19:15
19:15 know, I feel like I feel like it's
19:16
19:16 taking its lumps, but I think I think I
19:19
19:19 don't want to be on the wrong side of
19:20
19:20 history here like so many others, but I
19:24
19:24 feel there's going to be a point within
19:25
19:25 our lifetime where generative AI is just
19:28
19:28 going to be another tool that artists
19:29
19:29 have in their category of things to do
19:31
19:31 and to use. So, you know, we'll see.
19:35
19:35 >> Yeah. No, I I think I you know what I
19:37
19:37 think we do a lot of on here? I think we
19:38
19:38 tell a lot of stories, especially
19:41
19:41 future, like stories about the future.
19:43
19:43 We're like almost predicting.
19:44
19:44 >> Yeah. And and
19:47
19:47 another reason we like stories is
19:49
19:49 because sometimes we create our own
19:50
19:50 stories,
19:51
19:51 >> which would be a nice way to lead into
19:53
19:53 our next segment, Sean.
19:56
19:56 >> Listen, you got to give credit where
19:58
19:58 credit's due. Joshua really had me going
19:60
19:60 there for a moment. I was like, what?
20:01
20:01 What? And then next subject. Joshua's
20:04
20:04 coming in with the Maple Street Saga.
20:05
20:05 That's what he's talking about. Earlier
20:07
20:07 this month, um I I embarked on an
20:11
20:11 endeavor uh of a story called the Maple
20:14
20:14 Street Saga. Uh it was about this rag
20:16
20:16 tag team of characters. We did it
20:19
20:19 through all of October. We ended October
20:21
20:21 with uh the grand finale episode and
20:23
20:23 that was really really fun to do and I
20:25
20:25 was so appreciative of everybody's
20:26
20:26 comments and everybody's suggestions for
20:28
20:28 future things. Um, and I just kind of
20:30
20:30 wanted to bring that up because I'm
20:32
20:32 still working on a lot of that stuff and
20:34
20:34 I'm still working on that stuff in the
20:35
20:35 background. And my goal, my whole goal
20:37
20:37 for all this is to do an animated short
20:39
20:39 of the Maple Street Saga and have that
20:41
20:41 ready by October of next year. And I'm
20:44
20:44 still trying my best to do that. Um, but
20:47
20:47 I kind of wanted to share some
20:48
20:48 storyboards that I have of the of where
20:51
20:51 I'm kind of going with the artists or
20:52
20:52 with the uh with the art and with the
20:54
20:54 character design of the short, right?
20:57
20:57 Uh, so I'll share my screen with Joshua
20:58
20:58 and then uh, Mia, just go ahead and uh,
20:60
20:60 put the pictures on to the screen for
21:02
21:02 everybody there. Um, but here is what we
21:04
21:04 kind of have going for us right now. So,
21:07
21:07 this first one's going to be Cody. So,
21:09
21:09 you can kind of see what Cody's going to
21:10
21:10 be looking like as the general idea of
21:12
21:12 Cody. Yeah, it's pretty cute. Josh, how
21:14
21:14 do you feel about Cody?
21:15
21:15 >> Cody. Yeah, I mean, I like Cody. I like
21:17
21:17 the, you know, the centered tooth,
21:20
21:20 >> you know, just the little button nose.
21:22
21:22 Yeah, it's cool little dude.
21:24
21:24 >> Little juice box. And then uh here we
21:26
21:26 have uh our girl uh [ __ ]
21:30
21:30 >> Lady Gray.
21:31
21:31 >> Yeah. Yeah. Classic gray here going.
21:34
21:34 >> Lady Gray. She's cute.
21:36
21:36 >> Yeah. Yeah. And then we have our postman
21:39
21:39 here. Just kind of
21:40
21:40 >> That guy is so relatable. Like if I
21:42
21:42 could grow up and look just like him, I
21:44
21:44 would totally
21:44
21:44 >> This is uh This is Greg, by the way. And
21:46
21:46 then this is Mabel. I forgot. [ __ ]
21:48
21:48 had a brain fart for a second. Mabel.
21:50
21:50 >> And then we have Dumpster Dave here.
21:52
21:52 This is Dumpster Dave's concept art.
21:54
21:54 Dumpster day.
21:55
21:55 >> He looks pretty nice. I like him. A
21:56
21:56 little raccoon. Little trash panda.
21:58
21:58 >> Uh and then we have um our cat here.
22:01
22:01 Beautiful cat. Um Mittens. Is Mittens
22:04
22:04 name? [ __ ] It's been so long.
22:06
22:06 >> It's been so long.
22:07
22:07 >> No mittens. Yeah.
22:08
22:08 >> Yeah. So you go. So I just wanted to
22:10
22:10 share some artwork for that. Uh just
22:12
22:12 because uh talked about it and wanted to
22:14
22:14 clear up that loose end and I'm trying
22:16
22:16 my best to get it out by October of next
22:18
22:18 year. So we'll see. uh going to need
22:21
22:21 some help from a lot of people, a lot of
22:23
22:23 different people. It's going to be a
22:24
22:24 collaborative effort for sure. And uh
22:27
22:27 yes, some of it will be using generative
22:29
22:29 AI, which you know, surprise surprise,
22:31
22:31 the two boys who talk about questions.
22:33
22:33 >> I have some questions if you're ready
22:35
22:35 for my questions. I'm ready for
22:36
22:36 questions.
22:36
22:36 >> Okay. So, what are some of the hurdles
22:39
22:39 >> for somebody trying to get into an
22:41
22:41 animated like create a cartoon like
22:43
22:43 you're doing right now? What are some of
22:44
22:44 the
22:45
22:45 >> stop signs, the hurdles? Yeah. like what
22:47
22:47 what are you running into besides, you
22:49
22:49 know, we don't have, you know, a million
22:51
22:51 dollars to just run up a billious and
22:54
22:54 have somebody do this for us?
22:55
22:55 >> Yeah, obviously we don't have the
22:57
22:57 resources or funds to be like, hey, let
22:60
22:60 me send this out to our designer over
23:02
23:02 there and have him just do this all by
23:03
23:03 himself. Uh, you know, so that's the
23:04
23:04 first obvious hurdle, but besides that,
23:07
23:07 uh, it is
23:09
23:09 >> first of all is creating characters that
23:13
23:13 you want to use, right? So that's
23:15
23:15 probably the hardest part is figuring
23:17
23:17 out the characters, right? So those
23:19
23:19 designs that I showed, those took a lot
23:22
23:22 of hours, not only generating, but also
23:25
23:25 tweaking and figuring out
23:28
23:28 like future planning, right? Cuz the
23:31
23:31 story goes from point A to point B,
23:32
23:32 right? But in between all that is things
23:36
23:36 that the characters need to be doing.
23:37
23:37 And so you have to think about the stuff
23:38
23:38 that they're going to be doing or going
23:39
23:39 to be holding and stuff like that to
23:41
23:41 generate something that will help you
23:45
23:45 tell the story for the long term, right?
23:47
23:47 Because you can't just have like let's
23:48
23:48 say you get a character, right? And all
23:51
23:51 of a sudden your character has to, I
23:53
23:53 don't know, grow a new hand or some
23:55
23:55 [ __ ] right? You because you didn't
23:57
23:57 think about
23:57
23:57 >> character development, right? You got to
23:59
23:59 develop the character. character
23:60
23:60 development, storyboarding,
24:02
24:02 >> all that's all that's
24:04
24:04 >> extremely difficult and extremely
24:06
24:06 timeconuming. And then after that is
24:08
24:08 coming to the meat and potatoes,
24:09
24:09 figuring out how to animate all this
24:11
24:11 stuff going forward, right? Like
24:13
24:13 figuring out what program to use, how to
24:16
24:16 use the programs you get, um how to
24:18
24:18 bring in like simple things like how to
24:20
24:20 bring in a file, right? How to edit this
24:21
24:21 file so I could it does what I want, h
24:24
24:24 how to render an animation, right? How
24:26
24:26 many frames per second does this
24:27
24:27 animation need to be? All of these
24:29
24:29 things are completely un unknown to me,
24:34
24:34 but it's fun to learn how to do it. It
24:36
24:36 just again time consuming, right? So,
24:39
24:39 one step at a time, you know,
24:41
24:41 >> and I know most of these most of these
24:43
24:43 platforms are credit based and uh we're
24:45
24:45 not sponsored by any of them. So, would
24:46
24:46 you like to name drop in case any of
24:48
24:48 them want to, you know, give us some
24:50
24:50 credits just to help these two guys uh
24:53
24:53 create a little bit more with a little
24:55
24:55 less payw wall block?
24:57
24:57 >> You know, we're just
24:58
24:58 We're we're definitely using a few of
24:60
24:60 them, but the one in particular we're
25:01
25:01 using is MidJourney uh for most of what
25:05
25:05 >> Shout out to Midourney.
25:05
25:05 >> Yeah, shout out to Midjourney for what
25:07
25:07 we're uh generating on there. And you
25:10
25:10 know, this is this is not something that
25:13
25:13 is going to be like,
25:15
25:15 >> oh, we generated this with AI and now
25:17
25:17 this is our art, you know, blah blah
25:19
25:19 blah. No, this is just two storytellers
25:22
25:22 who want to tell stories. And because we
25:24
25:24 don't have the resources
25:26
25:26 to do it like in a way that, you know,
25:29
25:29 would be amazing. Like we're not
25:30
25:30 DreamWorks over here. This is the next
25:32
25:32 best thing, right? This is the best way
25:35
25:35 that we can do it. And I'm just so happy
25:37
25:37 about that because, you know, and it's
25:40
25:40 going to be fun. So, famous last words
25:42
25:42 from Sean.
25:44
25:44 >> No, I mean,
25:45
25:45 how's it going?
25:46
25:46 >> The sto the story has been developed.
25:48
25:48 the characters are there. Obviously,
25:50
25:50 this was thought out and now what it
25:52
25:52 comes down to is just generating the the
25:54
25:54 animations and putting it down. I mean,
25:57
25:57 how how long do you expect this
25:60
25:60 >> uh animation this I don't want to call
26:01
26:01 it cartoon cuz I don't want to like do
26:03
26:03 it any you know
26:04
26:04 >> cartoons animation I don't I think both
26:06
26:06 of them I think both of them are fine to
26:09
26:09 call it. Uh but I think the run time I'm
26:11
26:11 shooting for half an hour. That's what
26:13
26:13 I'm shooting for. 30 minutes is is my
26:16
26:16 sweet spot, my bread and butter. I'm
26:18
26:18 gonna see if I can get to that 30 minute
26:20
26:20 mark, and I'm I'm hoping that I can. Um,
26:23
26:23 but we'll see. We'll see. Again, ask me
26:26
26:26 in June, Joshua. We'll follow up, see
26:28
26:28 how far I've gotten
26:29
26:29 >> and then we'll we'll go from there.
26:31
26:31 >> Okay. All right. In June. So, it's kind
26:34
26:34 of cool because not only do we create
26:37
26:37 animations and do artwork, Sean, you
26:40
26:40 know what we also do?
26:41
26:41 >> What What are we doing? You know what we
26:43
26:43 also do, Sean? Besides sip,
26:46
26:46 >> Sean's sipper right now. So, so if
26:48
26:48 you're if you're just, you know,
26:49
26:49 listening.
26:50
26:50 >> Delicious.
26:51
26:51 >> Uh Sean's got a nice big I don't What
26:54
26:54 was the name of that cup again? What was
26:55
26:55 that?
26:55
26:55 >> It's a Trader Sam's mug.
26:57
26:57 >> Trader Sams. All right. Trader Sam.
26:59
26:59 We're going to have a story to tell
26:60
26:60 about Trader Sam's, I think. Uh cuz I
27:02
27:02 can't even say the name of my stupid ass
27:03
27:03 bottle.
27:04
27:04 >> I've t I've taken you there many times,
27:06
27:06 buddy. Taking you there many times.
27:07
27:07 >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, Sean, what else do
27:09
27:09 what else do we love to do
27:12
27:12 >> on this podcast besides create stories?
27:15
27:15 >> Joshua, not only do we love to create
27:17
27:17 stories, but we also love to create
27:20
27:20 music, right? We love to create music
27:23
27:23 using generative AI. If you don't care
27:25
27:25 for that, go ahead and skip on over.
27:27
27:27 There's chapters in there you can skip
27:29
27:29 to when we're talking about the next
27:30
27:30 topic. Uh, but for right now, buddy, I
27:32
27:32 have this week's uh AI song. And this
27:36
27:36 week's AI song is called The Year We
27:38
27:38 Learn to Breathe Again. Uh I wrote
27:42
27:42 >> all of these lyrics, including the
27:44
27:44 chorus. I did not write the final
27:47
27:47 bridge. Um which I'm kind of happy I
27:49
27:49 didn't because what I what uh AI was
27:52
27:52 able to do for that last bridge portion
27:53
27:53 of this song is kind of nice. Uh but
27:56
27:56 this is supposed to be an emotional,
27:58
27:58 uplifting new year start. Uh, so just
28:02
28:02 like every week, buddy, I'm going to go
28:04
28:04 ahead and share my screen with you. And
28:05
28:05 for the people watching, just keep on
28:07
28:07 watching. And for those of you
28:09
28:09 listening, just keep on listening. Here
28:11
28:11 it is, buddy. Uh, the year we learned to
28:14
28:14 breathe again. Enjoy.
28:22
28:22 >> Then the room inhales.
28:29
28:29 Street lights blink like tired little
28:32
28:32 planets.
28:38
28:38 I was a calendar with coffee stains
28:41
28:41 counting the days like loose change in
28:43
28:43 my pocket. You said stop paying interest
28:45
28:45 to your fear and kick the doors stop out
28:48
28:48 of my logic outside the neighborhood
28:52
28:52 holds its breath. Snow on the curb like
28:54
28:54 a pause confession. I wrote apologies I
28:58
28:58 never said. Folded them up and slept on
29:00
29:00 the lesson. And maybe the snow is not a
29:03
29:03 verdict. Just the world learning how to
29:05
29:05 be quiet. If I'm a mess, then let me be
29:08
29:08 a message. Something honest that still
29:11
29:11 gets better with time.
29:15
29:15 So raise your glass to the almost in
29:20
29:20 the night. We survive without knowing
29:24
29:24 how
29:25
29:25 we are not ruined. We're only rearranged
29:30
29:30 like stos
29:45
29:45 over like a river and I'm still here.
29:48
29:48 I'm still here. I still live up in a
29:50
29:50 storm in a closed up jar. Shaking myself
29:54
29:54 just to prove I existed. A good kid with
29:57
29:57 bad ideas. A heart that sprinted until
29:60
29:60 it blistered. Look, the sky is that
30:02
30:02 thing again where dawn blush is like it
30:05
30:05 got caught dreaming. I don't need
30:07
30:07 perfect. I need possible. I need the
30:10
30:10 kind of hope that keeps on breathing. I
30:12
30:12 can't erase what I broke inside me. But
30:15
30:15 I can learn to hold it without shame. If
30:18
30:18 love is a lighthouse and I'm the
30:20
30:20 shoreline. Let every wave come in
30:22
30:22 wearing my name. SO RAISE YOUR GLASS to
30:26
30:26 the almost
30:29
30:29 to the nights we survive without knowing
30:33
30:33 how
30:35
30:35 we are not ruins. The world rearranged
30:40
30:40 like songs by the core is not falling
30:44
30:44 down.
30:47
30:47 The future's a door with a st handle
30:50
30:50 shoulder and laughing will make it give.
30:52
30:52 Tonight the year turns over like a
30:55
30:55 river. And I'm still here. I'm still
30:57
30:57 here. I still live. I used to think
31:00
31:00 January meant a clean slate. Like the
31:02
31:02 universe was stopped circling my
31:04
31:04 mistakes in red. But it's a doorway held
31:06
31:06 open by everyone I've ever been. So
31:08
31:08 shaking, some brave. So still counting
31:10
31:10 breaths in the dark. You don't have to
31:12
31:12 be bulletproof. You don't have to be
31:14
31:14 okay all at once. Just be here. Keep the
31:18
31:18 engine running. Keep the light on. We're
31:21
31:21 not a firework.
31:23
31:23 We're a furnace.
31:27
31:27 Slow heat, stubborn flame.
31:32
31:32 If I've been living like a question
31:35
31:35 mark,
31:37
31:37 tonight I answer with my name.
31:43
31:43 Raise your glass to the send and after
31:48
31:48 to the nights we survive without knowing
31:52
31:52 how. We are not ruined. We're only
31:57
31:57 rearranged like songs that find the
32:01
32:01 chorus by falling down.
32:05
32:05 And if the future's adoring
32:10
32:10 it will make it tonight. The year turns
32:13
32:13 over like a river. And I'm still here.
32:16
32:16 I'm still here. I still live. New year
32:19
32:19 same hands. New scars, new songs, new
32:23
32:23 plans.
32:24
32:24 the match. I've got a strike and you're
32:27
32:27 the wind that helps it last.
32:32
32:32 >> All right, buddy. There you go. There is
32:34
32:34 your AI song for the week. How did you
32:36
32:36 feel about that one, my guy?
32:38
32:38 >> That was a beauty. That was a really,
32:40
32:40 really good I think that's a nice way to
32:42
32:42 take in the new year.
32:44
32:44 >> That's a nice way to take in the new
32:45
32:45 year. And uh while while that song was
32:48
32:48 playing, I did a little bit of research
32:50
32:50 and I wanted to know,
32:51
32:51 >> okay,
32:52
32:52 >> as far as like how many songs like like
32:55
32:55 say AI or whatever you call it what you
32:57
32:57 want are being produced through certain
32:59
32:59 platforms,
33:00
33:00 >> okay,
33:01
33:01 >> every uh every day or or throughout the
33:03
33:03 year, whatever. Uh so if you're familiar
33:05
33:05 with the platform,
33:07
33:07 so Sunno users generate about 7 million
33:11
33:11 songs per day.
33:12
33:12 >> Million songs. I know,
33:14
33:14 >> believe it or not, everybody. And that
33:16
33:16 means produces 49 million songs per
33:20
33:20 week.
33:20
33:20 >> Holy crap.
33:22
33:22 >> And if that number is not big enough,
33:25
33:25 check this one out. Soon the uh so these
33:29
33:29 platform is generating about 2.5 billion
33:33
33:33 songs per year.
33:35
33:35 >> Um
33:36
33:36 >> I just want to throw it out there. I
33:38
33:38 don't care about those 2.5, but I do
33:40
33:40 care about the one you just made. So uh
33:42
33:42 share that with your friends, everybody,
33:43
33:43 because that was a good [ __ ] song.
33:45
33:45 That was [ __ ] That was wellspoken.
33:48
33:48 Joshua, give this man a vacation all the
33:50
33:50 time. His brain's clicking on all
33:51
33:51 cylinders today. A dog.
33:54
33:54 >> Yeah. Yeah, that was a good one. That
33:55
33:55 was a good one. Put that on the top of
33:56
33:56 your playlist. Share that with your
33:57
33:57 friends. Come visit the website.
33:59
33:59 >> Thanks, buddy. Appreciate it. Hey,
34:01
34:01 before we move on to steps, tell a
34:03
34:03 story. Uh, let's talk some more about
34:05
34:05 analytics.
34:06
34:06 >> Uh, buddy, let's talk about some channel
34:09
34:09 analytics and let's talk about kind of
34:11
34:11 words. Let's talk about what we've done
34:13
34:13 and some of the more popular things that
34:15
34:15 we've done for this year, buddy. Um, I'm
34:17
34:17 not going to share my screen. I'm just
34:18
34:18 going to give you numbers, buddy. And
34:19
34:19 you tell me how you feel about him. So,
34:21
34:21 Joshua, we are a small YouTube channel
34:24
34:24 and a small podcast, and we, you know,
34:26
34:26 we're not the biggest, but let me just
34:28
34:28 tell you, buddy, this year, this year
34:31
34:31 for us has been incredible with people
34:33
34:33 like you listening and people like you
34:35
34:35 watching. Uh, we do appreciate every
34:37
34:37 single one of you. And because of that,
34:39
34:39 Joshua, in the year 2025, my dude, we
34:43
34:43 had our videos viewed and collectively
34:47
34:47 100,33
34:51
34:51 times collectively, a total amount for
34:54
34:54 the year of 2025. That is bonkers to me.
34:59
34:59 And it's an improvement of about 130,000
35:03
35:03 from last year. So that is awesome. Just
35:06
35:06 want to say incredible. Uh we gained 50
35:08
35:08 subscribers, buddy. Uh that is plus 50
35:11
35:11 over last year and our hours watched,
35:14
35:14 which is insane. And a huge thank you to
35:17
35:17 everybody watching us. Uh we people have
35:20
35:20 watched us for the entire year, buddy. A
35:21
35:21 total of 893
35:24
35:24 hours.
35:26
35:26 >> Joshua, what would you do with 893 hours
35:30
35:30 of your day?
35:32
35:32 >> You know, I have no idea. I mean, that
35:34
35:34 is a lot of time. What is there like a
35:36
35:36 10,000 hour uh test or whatever? Like if
35:39
35:39 you do something for 10,000 hours, you
35:40
35:40 like if you play the piano or you do
35:42
35:42 whatever there's like become really good
35:44
35:44 at it. So um with 800 hours, I have no I
35:47
35:47 mean I have no idea, but I'm glad that
35:50
35:50 is a metric. I mean 800 hours is
35:52
35:52 beautiful and um I can't say it enough.
35:54
35:54 Thank you for listening. Thank you for
35:55
35:55 watching. 800 hours for these two guys,
35:58
35:58 that's a lifetime to be honest with you.
35:60
35:60 and and I appreciate every minute, every
36:02
36:02 second like I do in my personal life.
36:05
36:05 Uh, every minute and every second,
36:08
36:08 >> buddy. That's [ __ ] great. Hey, uh,
36:10
36:10 speaking of great, let's talk about our
36:12
36:12 top shorts for the year. Uh, Josh, do
36:15
36:15 you think you can guess what our top
36:16
36:16 short on YouTube specifically? Because I
36:18
36:18 have the analytics for everything else.
36:19
36:19 Do you think you can guess what the top
36:21
36:21 short was for YouTube?
36:23
36:23 >> The top short? Well, if if it has to do
36:26
36:26 anything with Big Frank, if if you have
36:29
36:29 not seen a Big Frank short or um one of
36:32
36:32 our would you rathers, I'm going to go
36:34
36:34 with the I'm going to go with the Big
36:35
36:35 Frank or it got to be a would you rather
36:38
36:38 >> short. Interesting. Okay. No, it is not
36:41
36:41 on YouTube specifically. Our top short
36:44
36:44 for the year was the Wall-E vault and
36:47
36:47 the uh mystery Funko reveal uh that we
36:50
36:50 did
36:52
36:52 >> followed closely second
36:54
36:54 >> very closely close second uh to the odd
36:57
36:57 cakes and drink pairings. That's the one
36:59
36:59 where you uh told me about the pumpkin
37:00
37:00 and the that.
37:02
37:02 >> Yeah, that's their that's their second
37:03
37:03 one. And then I just want I want to put
37:05
37:05 this out there because uh this one we
37:06
37:06 just released and it's already up there
37:08
37:08 for our top shorts. Uh the toasted
37:10
37:10 marshmallow short that we just put out a
37:11
37:11 few days ago. That one is up there as
37:14
37:14 well. So that is [ __ ] incredible.
37:17
37:17 >> Toasted marshmallows. Yeah, those still
37:19
37:19 are a thing. I mean, I was actually
37:20
37:20 surprised that you said you don't eat
37:22
37:22 marshmallows like on the because you'd
37:23
37:23 like marshmallows.
37:24
37:24 >> Yeah, but I'm not one of those peeps who
37:27
37:27 one of one of those creeps who eat
37:28
37:28 peeps.
37:30
37:30 >> One of those creeps that eat peeps. I
37:32
37:32 like it.
37:33
37:33 >> Yeah. Not me. Not me, buddy. Uh
37:36
37:36 Easter. That could be an Easter song.
37:37
37:37 One of those creeps that eat peeps.
37:39
37:39 >> Oh, hey. Now you're giving me some
37:41
37:41 ideas, buddy. That can be your next one
37:43
37:43 for Easter.
37:45
37:45 Let's move over to Tik Tok real quick.
37:47
37:47 Some analytics there because everybody's
37:49
37:49 watching us on everything and I [ __ ]
37:51
37:51 love it. So, thank you guys again. Uh,
37:52
37:52 but Josh, do do you think you can guess
37:54
37:54 what our top post on Tik Tok was this
37:57
37:57 year?
37:58
37:58 >> No, I mean, but I can tell you we do not
38:00
38:00 have a view farm. So, whatever it is,
38:03
38:03 >> we do not have a view farm. We do not
38:04
38:04 pay for viewers as you if we paid for
38:07
38:07 views, we'd have a lot more views.
38:10
38:10 >> Yeah, there's no doubt. I mean, we don't
38:12
38:12 even have pennies. Those are almost
38:13
38:13 going extinct. We don't even have
38:14
38:14 dollars. So, I I have no idea what what
38:18
38:18 >> Josh, let me give you a hint. It
38:20
38:20 involves a type of soda.
38:22
38:22 >> Oh. Oh, are you going to say a road
38:25
38:25 soda, man?
38:25
38:25 >> Yeah, buddy.
38:28
38:28 Shout out to Hey, wait, wait, can I say
38:29
38:29 shout out to the road soda? You know,
38:33
38:33 that was not that was not one of my uh
38:37
38:37 uh uh Yeah, that was not my pick. I
38:40
38:40 mean, not my pick, but it wasn't an
38:41
38:41 original thought. That was the words I
38:43
38:43 was looking for. There you go.
38:44
38:44 >> So, thank you for the uh road soda
38:45
38:45 suggestion.
38:46
38:46 >> The road soda was the top one for
38:50
38:50 YouTube or sorry for uh Tik Tok.
38:52
38:52 >> Tik Tok.
38:53
38:53 >> Uh followed by buddy. Followed by
38:56
38:56 Crypted Cryptids versus Zombies. That's
38:59
38:59 the one of the would you rather ones for
39:01
39:01 you. So, there you go.
39:03
39:03 >> Those are good, man. I love those. I
39:05
39:05 love those. I love to revisit that. It's
39:06
39:06 it's like when you look at the you know
39:08
39:08 the pencil marks you know when you were
39:10
39:10 growing up as a kid you're like oh
39:11
39:11 that's when I was four feet tall and
39:13
39:13 then you hit puberty and your balls
39:15
39:15 dropped and all of a sudden you grew
39:16
39:16 like two feet you're like that's when it
39:18
39:18 happened.
39:19
39:19 >> That's exactly exact. And it's fun to
39:21
39:21 see especially for my cuz I see this
39:23
39:23 every week every day right when I'm
39:25
39:25 posting all this stuff. It's fun to see
39:27
39:27 the the changes in views as far as like
39:32
39:32 the trends on different platforms, like
39:34
39:34 what does popular on what platform and
39:35
39:35 what doesn't on another. Like the for
39:38
39:38 YouTube and Tik Tok specifically, the
39:40
39:40 would you rathers do really really great
39:43
39:43 great really really great on great witty
39:46
39:46 witty great did they do really great on
39:49
39:49 both platforms but the Funkos and Funko
39:52
39:52 Fridays do better on YouTube than they
39:55
39:55 do on Tik Tok which is amazing to me
39:56
39:56 because I would think they would do
39:57
39:57 better on Tik Tok but yeah it's crazy.
39:60
39:60 And then uh for the redheaded stepchild
40:02
40:02 of the group, the Instagram portion,
40:03
40:03 buddy. This is like a honestly Instagram
40:06
40:06 is has been better for us recently than
40:09
40:09 it has been before. Uh but Instagram
40:11
40:11 unfortunately doesn't have a feature
40:12
40:12 where I can go back 365 days for the
40:15
40:15 entire year. I can only go back 90 days.
40:18
40:18 >> Uh so what do you think our top post 90
40:20
40:20 days out was
40:23
40:23 >> on a uh on Instagram?
40:25
40:25 >> On Okay. Like what type of post? Right.
40:27
40:27 We're still keeping with the theme.
40:29
40:29 >> Yeah. like would you rather or whatever.
40:32
40:32 >> I'm gonna go with a Dude, I just love
40:35
40:35 would you rathers and we go down that
40:37
40:37 road, you know, fairly often and and
40:38
40:38 they're fun. So,
40:40
40:40 >> uh you are correct.
40:41
40:41 >> Would you rather?
40:41
40:41 >> Yeah, you are correct. It is a would you
40:43
40:43 rather. It is the tiny elves one that
40:45
40:45 you uh that we posted a few a few days
40:47
40:47 ago. So, that one that one is our top
40:50
40:50 post for 90 days. So, yeah, that would
40:52
40:52 you rather elves or gingerbread.
40:55
40:55 >> Yeah. And if you haven't seen those, you
40:56
40:56 got to you got to rewind the tape. Some
40:58
40:58 of those are pretty fun. Yeah, some of
40:59
40:59 them are awesome. Sorry for load out
41:00
41:00 live. You can see all the shorts and
41:01
41:01 they're all down there. Like you can
41:02
41:02 click through them.
41:03
41:03 >> And just because they've already been
41:04
41:04 posted doesn't mean you can't go back
41:05
41:05 and watch them. That's a, you know, it's
41:07
41:07 like why do we go back and watch like
41:09
41:09 Home Alone? Some of this shit's still
41:11
41:11 relevant and fun to go back and just
41:12
41:12 watch. So just because it's not brand
41:15
41:15 new and it's like the new pair of
41:16
41:16 Jordans that just came out, go back and
41:17
41:17 watch that [ __ ] These two guys have a
41:19
41:19 little bit of fun and uh you know, go
41:21
41:21 back and and rewind the tape a little
41:23
41:23 bit
41:24
41:24 >> for sure. Uh all right, buddy. Let's
41:26
41:26 move on. Let's do steps tell stories.
41:28
41:28 >> This is an exciting one. I like this
41:30
41:30 one. This one's fun.
41:31
41:31 >> Yes. Would you like me to go first?
41:34
41:34 >> I would. I would like you to go first on
41:35
41:35 this.
41:36
41:36 >> Tell stories. Okay. So, um Jesus, like
41:40
41:40 all of us live our lives. All of us walk
41:42
41:42 one foot in front of the other and we
41:44
41:44 just either we're going somewhere or
41:46
41:46 we're not going anywhere. We're sitting
41:47
41:47 around, right? So, I think with every
41:50
41:50 step we take is a another story. It's an
41:53
41:53 adventure towards something or walking
41:55
41:55 away. It's it's kind of a personal
41:58
41:58 journey. So I want to take you on a
42:00
42:00 journey over the past five years of the
42:04
42:04 steps I have taken. Everybody
42:06
42:06 >> the past five years
42:08
42:08 >> the past five years because this this
42:11
42:11 young man I mean I'm not I I you know if
42:13
42:13 you're watching yes I do have a little
42:14
42:14 bit of gray but a gray gray people with
42:16
42:16 gray hair have stories to tell and we
42:18
42:18 got a lot of steps that we put
42:20
42:20 underneath our feet here. So, I'm gonna
42:22
42:22 I'm gonna tell I'm gonna walk you
42:23
42:23 through from uh uh the last five years.
42:26
42:26 Sean, okay? You ready for this?
42:28
42:28 >> I'm ready.
42:28
42:28 >> And if you are just watch or if you're
42:31
42:31 just listening, feel free to slide over
42:34
42:34 to YouTube. I'm going to have some
42:35
42:35 pop-ups right now. Just enjoy the show
42:38
42:38 or just sit back and listen. Uh um here
42:40
42:40 you go, Sean. Sean, here is the road I
42:44
42:44 took and the steps I took in 2000. Holy
42:48
42:48 [ __ ] [ __ ] it uh 20
42:52
42:52 uh 2021.
42:54
42:54 >> Okay,
42:54
42:54 >> look at that. Sean, can you see that or
42:56
42:56 is it pretty pretty?
42:57
42:57 >> Oh, I can I can see it. Yeah, 7,729
43:00
43:00 steps a day,
43:02
43:02 >> averaging of three miles. Okay.
43:05
43:05 >> All right.
43:05
43:05 >> So, in 2021, I was averaging 3.75 miles
43:08
43:08 for that year though. In 2021, I walked
43:11
43:11 2,821,000
43:14
43:14 and and some change, some half steps,
43:16
43:16 you know, maybe I walked backwards a
43:17
43:17 couple times. Okay. So, that that was a
43:19
43:19 that was a pretty solid year. All right.
43:21
43:21 How about in 2022? I stepped up my game.
43:25
43:25 No pun intended.
43:27
43:27 >> Uh in 2022.
43:29
43:29 Yes.
43:29
43:29 >> So, uh a I averaged, you know, 4.67
43:33
43:33 miles per uh uh steps a day, 9,398. And
43:36
43:36 that year, I did 3.4
43:40
43:40 million miles. Holy [ __ ] This is not me
43:43
43:43 flexing, but I'm telling you, every day
43:46
43:46 we take a step is a brand new page in
43:48
43:48 our life. Let's keep going. Uh, in 2023,
43:53
43:53 >> what the [ __ ]
43:54
43:54 >> I walked a monster. I walked a monster
43:59
43:59 3.7
44:00
44:00 million miles. Again, stories to tell.
44:04
44:04 I've seen people went on vacation, saw
44:06
44:06 some beautiful places. I would share
44:08
44:08 pictures with you, but we don't have
44:10
44:10 enough time for that. Again, life is a
44:12
44:12 journey. And that year, I did 3.7
44:16
44:16 [ __ ] million steps. The next year
44:19
44:19 after that, we're getting closer to
44:20
44:20 today, everybody. Uh, last year I did a
44:24
44:24 grand total of 4.3
44:26
44:26 million almost 4.4uck
44:29
44:29 million
44:30
44:30 >> steps. This running marathons out here.
44:34
44:34 >> Yeah.
44:34
44:34 >> What the hell?
44:35
44:35 >> I'm just telling you, man. I like to
44:37
44:37 move. I like to get around. I love life.
44:39
44:39 And I'm definitely not sitting on the
44:41
44:41 couch with uh 4.3 million steps. I'm
44:45
44:45 getting around everybody. And finally
44:47
44:47 for this year, everybody, because we're
44:49
44:49 wrapping it up, this is the New Year's
44:51
44:51 uh episode. This year, everybody, and
44:54
44:54 it's not over yet. I still I maybe I can
44:56
44:56 walk a million miles tomorrow. We'll
44:57
44:57 figure it out. Um Good luck. This year I
45:01
45:01 averaged a day 11,255
45:06
45:06 steps, which is an average of 5.5 miles.
45:10
45:10 And this year, Sean, I totaled 4 million
45:15
45:15 steps.
45:16
45:16 >> That is incredible, buddy. That's a lot.
45:20
45:20 >> And I know you're going to ask me.
45:21
45:21 >> I know you're going to ask me, "Hey,
45:22
45:22 Joshua,
45:23
45:23 >> so how many steps did you walk over the
45:26
45:26 last five years? And where could you
45:29
45:29 have gone?" I know that's what you were
45:30
45:30 going to ask, but I'm gonna say it for
45:32
45:32 you.
45:32
45:32 >> That is what I was going to ask. I was
45:34
45:34 going to ask, can you show me on a map,
45:35
45:35 Joshua?
45:37
45:37 >> Right.
45:38
45:38 Exactly. Was so I I had to get the map
45:40
45:40 part down. But Sean, what I will tell
45:43
45:43 you incredibly over the last five years,
45:48
45:48 believe it or [ __ ] not. This is what
45:50
45:50 technology has been telling me. I walked
45:53
45:53 a grand total of 18,438,717
46:02
46:02 steps.
46:04
46:04 >> Holy [ __ ] Right. That's steps. How many
46:06
46:06 [ __ ] miles is that? Which is
46:08
46:08 incredible. That's 8,700
46:11
46:11 steps. And this, again, this is math. I
46:14
46:14 probably should slow down. This is math.
46:17
46:17 >> This is using a 2.5 foot uh uh feet per
46:21
46:21 step. So it's like on average, you know,
46:23
46:23 like everybody steps.
46:24
46:24 >> Yeah. Your stride.
46:25
46:25 >> Your stride basically. So this is the
46:26
46:26 most commonly, you know, the stride that
46:28
46:28 everybody has.
46:29
46:29 >> Yeah. For sure.
46:30
46:30 >> Um would you like to guess uh if I
46:32
46:32 started in California?
46:35
46:35 >> Where you
46:35
46:35 >> how far it could have gone?
46:36
46:36 >> Okay. Are you go which direction are you
46:38
46:38 going? Are you going So the Earth is a
46:40
46:40 round object, right?
46:42
46:42 >> Okay.
46:42
46:42 >> So are you going towards New York or are
46:45
46:45 you going towards Japan? Which way you
46:46
46:46 going?
46:47
46:47 >> Let's just Okay. Well, let's just say I
46:50
46:50 it doesn't matter what direction. Let's
46:51
46:51 just call it towards New York.
46:53
46:53 >> Okay. So, you would have to
46:55
46:55 >> 18 million 18.4 million steps.
46:59
46:59 >> That's 8,700 miles.
47:02
47:02 >> [ __ ] me. Uh, you're going to end up
47:04
47:04 somewhere in like Russia. It's like
47:06
47:06 you're walking towards New York. Like,
47:07
47:07 I'm saying that's where you I'm saying
47:09
47:09 Russia. Yeah. Final answer.
47:11
47:11 >> Okay. You're going to go Russia. Okay. I
47:12
47:12 got This is [ __ ] incredible,
47:14
47:14 everybody. And this is why I love
47:16
47:16 technology because how would you
47:17
47:17 actually I I'm not smart enough to do
47:19
47:19 the math. You know what I mean? Like
47:20
47:20 like what would this actually be? So I
47:22
47:22 had to put this into chat. Um if we
47:24
47:24 broke this down from California, I could
47:28
47:28 have walked to Japan and back.
47:31
47:31 >> Everybody [ __ ]
47:32
47:32 >> in the last 5 years.
47:33
47:33 >> Like full circle. Yeah. Full circle.
47:35
47:35 >> And I could I I could I got a couple
47:37
47:37 more. I could have also from California
47:39
47:39 to London with one mile to spare. Oh
47:43
47:43 [ __ ]
47:43
47:43 >> Could have walked from California to
47:45
47:45 London. Uh from California to South
47:48
47:48 Africa.
47:49
47:49 >> Okay.
47:49
47:49 >> Or I could have walked the entire US
47:52
47:52 coast to coast about three [ __ ] times
47:54
47:54 in the last 5 years.
47:57
47:57 >> See, that sounds more fun, you know, cuz
47:59
47:59 I don't know how you're going to Jesus
48:00
48:00 your way out there on the ocean. Uh but
48:03
48:03 I know you can do coast to coast because
48:05
48:05 you know you can walk on anything.
48:07
48:07 Pretty cool. And why this is why this is
48:09
48:09 significant because I think every day we
48:11
48:11 just think about steps is just something
48:13
48:13 that we normally do. But it's what you
48:14
48:14 do along the way that I think is very
48:16
48:16 very important. Um so I I think as
48:20
48:20 simple as everyday steps are, you never
48:21
48:21 know what kind of relationships you're
48:23
48:23 going to build, who you're going to see,
48:24
48:24 where you could have gone. Um so let's
48:26
48:26 not that let's not forget that. I think
48:28
48:28 it's very important going into the new
48:30
48:30 year because who knows how many steps
48:31
48:31 you will take the next year. Could be 4
48:33
48:33 million, could be a million. But I
48:35
48:35 guarantee if you get off off the c off
48:37
48:37 the couch, you're going to see a lot
48:39
48:39 more and and appreciate life a little
48:41
48:41 bit more. And and this was a great year
48:43
48:43 for me. And so yeah, that that is my uh
48:47
48:47 my uh what do we name this? Steps
48:51
48:51 >> tell stories everybody.
48:52
48:52 >> Step tell stories. That's amazing buddy.
48:54
48:54 Hey congratulations.
48:56
48:56 Um that is a lot of steps. And for the
48:58
48:58 record, I do have my steps here, but
49:00
49:00 they are kind of tainted. Uh because
49:03
49:03 earlier this year, my Fitbit, not a
49:05
49:05 sponsored segment, and I will not be
49:07
49:07 sponsored by them because Fitbit can
49:08
49:08 suck my balls. Uh my Fitbit broke and
49:12
49:12 was no longer like it just didn't work.
49:15
49:15 So, I got a new one
49:16
49:16 >> and then that one chose to not work with
49:18
49:18 my iPhone and didn't track any of my
49:21
49:21 steps for a few months.
49:22
49:22 >> And so, I gave up on that completely and
49:24
49:24 I just got an like an eyewatch, Apple
49:26
49:26 Watch. So, there's that. Uh but before
49:28
49:28 it broke, Joshua, my steps for this
49:31
49:31 year, uh were 8,897
49:34
49:34 steps, uh which was the equivalent of
49:40
49:40 4.32 miles a day. So I covered over a
49:45
49:45 million miles, a million.5 for the year.
49:49
49:49 And then I had a 3 million.1
49:52
49:52 uh step so far. And that is with uh one,
49:55
49:55 two, three months uh missing. So I would
49:58
49:58 have been right up there with you, but
50:00
50:00 uh you know, [ __ ] FB.
50:03
50:03 Yeah, it's incredible. It's incredible.
50:05
50:05 And without this technology, we would
50:06
50:06 not be able to track that. And uh you
50:09
50:09 know, every place we go, it's a new
50:11
50:11 story, new people, and it's what we make
50:13
50:13 with it. So, uh I I hope along those
50:15
50:15 million steps, Sean, you made new
50:18
50:18 connections or broke some old ones. I
50:20
50:20 don't know. But hopefully it all worked
50:22
50:22 out for you, buddy.
50:23
50:23 >> That's neat, buddy. That's neat. All
50:25
50:25 right. You ready to move on with this
50:26
50:26 last topic, buddy?
50:28
50:28 >> Yeah. Let's hit it. Let's get out of
50:29
50:29 here, man. Let's let's get to landing
50:30
50:30 the plane. The landing gear is is
50:31
50:31 sitting in idle.
50:33
50:33 >> Yeah.
50:34
50:34 >> Yeah. The the tower is telling us that
50:36
50:36 we can land. Uh but we've chosen to just
50:39
50:39 [ __ ] the barmaids.
50:41
50:41 >> So, uh the last topic we're going to
50:43
50:43 talk about is tomorrow starts with
50:45
50:45 today, buddy. Uh what do you want to
50:46
50:46 talk about with this one to wrap
50:48
50:48 everything all up? No, I I mean, hey,
50:50
50:50 it's the end of the year, everybody. And
50:52
50:52 uh we all like to make resolutions. We
50:55
50:55 all I mean, you know, we all kind of
50:57
50:57 just like, what are we going to do with
50:58
50:58 the end of the year? How are we going to
50:59
50:59 make change? What's going to happen? Um
51:03
51:03 tomorrow starts with today. I I think if
51:05
51:05 you're if you're living in the moment,
51:07
51:07 it's nice, but you should always be
51:08
51:08 thinking about what's going to happen
51:10
51:10 tomorrow. So the question I I guess I
51:12
51:12 have for you Sean is with this podcast
51:15
51:15 with everything that's going on. I know
51:17
51:17 we're in the now today's today but what
51:20
51:20 is the future? What are we looking to do
51:23
51:23 with tomorrow even though we are here
51:26
51:26 today with everything going on
51:28
51:28 creatively, actively just what where are
51:32
51:32 you feeling? How you feeling?
51:33
51:33 >> Yeah, for sure my dude. Um, that's a
51:36
51:36 that's a great [ __ ] question and it's
51:38
51:38 the question that we ask ourselves every
51:40
51:40 year around this time is where are we
51:42
51:42 going? What are we doing? Right? And I
51:44
51:44 think the biggest thing that we have
51:46
51:46 chosen to do in this is continue to do
51:50
51:50 this, right? Continue to create stuff on
51:53
51:53 sorry for the delay to continue to build
51:56
51:56 the brand to continue to do things that
51:58
51:58 we want to do. And so this coming year,
52:01
52:01 I feel like we're going to have more
52:03
52:03 people on the podcast. I loved having
52:05
52:05 your brother on. That was sensational.
52:07
52:07 Hopefully everybody listened to that
52:08
52:08 previous episode last week. Uh hopefully
52:10
52:10 you got a little creeped out as I did
52:12
52:12 with that.
52:12
52:12 >> Spoiler alert. Yeah, if you didn't watch
52:13
52:13 it, that was my brother. Yeah,
52:15
52:15 >> spoilers. Uh we're going to have more
52:18
52:18 guests on for sure.
52:20
52:20 >> Some of them I don't think are going to
52:21
52:21 be comedic. You know, I think we're
52:22
52:22 going to get some like real in-depth
52:24
52:24 conversations going.
52:25
52:25 >> Um
52:26
52:26 >> looking forward to that.
52:27
52:27 >> Yeah, it's going to be it's going to be
52:28
52:28 fun.
52:28
52:28 >> I'm looking forward to that for sure.
52:29
52:29 >> Also, you know, just more designs with
52:32
52:32 t-shirts, right? selling the brand. I
52:34
52:34 think that's the biggest thing. Uh I
52:37
52:37 think moving forward is just that just
52:40
52:40 continue to move, right? Showing small
52:43
52:43 improvements. And I think that's where
52:44
52:44 this podcast is going to continue to
52:45
52:45 shine is doing stuff for you and I and
52:48
52:48 then for everybody watching and
52:49
52:49 listening and just like those
52:51
52:51 improvements, you know, I think that's
52:53
52:53 the biggest takeaway for me, at least
52:54
52:54 for personally where I think we're going
52:58
52:58 to really start to hit the stride is
52:60
52:60 next year we're going to go out bigger
53:01
53:01 and do harder things. We're going to try
53:02
53:02 to fill bigger shoes than last year's.
53:05
53:05 You know, we're going to get more
53:07
53:07 in-depth topics. We're going to talk
53:09
53:09 about a bunch of [ __ ] or who knows,
53:10
53:10 maybe we die tomorrow. You know, you got
53:12
53:12 to have the yin and the yang, my guy.
53:14
53:14 So, but that's that's kind of what I'm
53:16
53:16 thinking with this whole podcast and
53:18
53:18 where we're going to go in the future.
53:19
53:19 You you still on the same ride with me,
53:21
53:21 buddy. Where where's your head at?
53:23
53:23 >> Yeah, man. I mean, I I think I'm with
53:24
53:24 you. I I'm all about building community,
53:26
53:26 building friendship, building strong
53:28
53:28 relationships amongst the our listeners
53:30
53:30 and watchers and people that love our
53:32
53:32 music. Um, I'm a big fan of community.
53:35
53:35 I'm a big fan of connection. Uh, of
53:38
53:38 course, it'd be nice to maybe someday be
53:40
53:40 able to sit here and make a little bit
53:42
53:42 of money doing this, but ultimately I do
53:45
53:45 this for the fun. I do this for the
53:47
53:47 feedback. I do this just to sit here
53:49
53:49 with everybody listening and the jokes
53:51
53:51 and the community overall. So, I think
53:54
53:54 the future's bright.
53:56
53:56 >> I know we're not going anywhere. I'm
53:58
53:58 just going to get grayer and grayer and
53:59
53:59 older and older as this [ __ ] as this
54:02
54:02 progresses.
54:03
54:03 >> And I promise to never use a beauty
54:06
54:06 filter. I'm just going to let you guys
54:08
54:08 see every blemish that comes through on
54:11
54:11 this dude. And um I hope you guys enjoy
54:14
54:14 my humor cuz I enjoy all of you watching
54:17
54:17 and listening. But yeah, dude, I the
54:19
54:19 future's going to be great. We're going
54:21
54:21 to continue to have fun with things that
54:23
54:23 you can wear and support our podcast.
54:25
54:25 >> You can uh uh support us by turning us
54:28
54:28 up louder in your car and just letting
54:30
54:30 people hear
54:32
54:32 >> our voice or our music. Yeah. Just tell
54:35
54:35 a friend, you know what I mean? If you
54:37
54:37 you know somebody who has the same humor
54:38
54:38 as us,
54:40
54:40 >> uh just have a good have a good time.
54:41
54:41 And that's just what I want to have the
54:43
54:43 next five years. Like I talked about the
54:44
54:44 last five years is I just think we want
54:46
54:46 to continue just to grow and have a
54:47
54:47 great [ __ ] time. have people on that
54:49
54:49 that want to spread their voice, spread
54:51
54:51 their values. Um, none me and both of us
54:55
54:55 do not or the listeners never have to
54:57
54:57 always agree with what people say, but
54:59
54:59 we will give you a platform. We will
55:01
55:01 listen to you and I'm looking forward to
55:04
55:04 every guest uh moving forward other than
55:07
55:07 my brother. My brother was a good time,
55:08
55:08 you know. Again, spoiler alert, my my
55:10
55:10 brother came out last week and talked
55:12
55:12 about some [ __ ] um that I don't even
55:14
55:14 remember. Um,
55:16
55:16 so good good on that. It's nice. It's
55:20
55:20 nice to revisit some of those blocked
55:21
55:21 out memories every once in a while, you
55:23
55:23 know.
55:24
55:24 >> Um, but yeah, man. The future's today
55:27
55:27 and let's let's keep it going. I'm
55:28
55:28 excited. Um, before we end this episode,
55:31
55:31 buddy, I had some follow-up questions
55:34
55:34 for you because, uh, you know, follow-up
55:36
55:36 stuff because this is the last episode
55:39
55:39 of the year. And so, just general
55:41
55:41 questions that I, you know, thought of
55:43
55:43 while I was scrolling through some of
55:45
55:45 our stuff on Sorry for the late live.
55:46
55:46 Um, buddy, do you remember this thing
55:50
55:50 named Squirt? Do you do you remember
55:52
55:52 Squirt? Squirt was the turtle that you
55:55
55:55 brought in?
55:56
55:56 >> Yeah. Remember that?
55:56
55:56 >> I do remember Squirt. Uh, Squirt. I
55:59
55:59 don't remember the episode Squirt
56:01
56:01 debuted,
56:02
56:02 >> but Squirt is still alive.
56:05
56:05 >> Squirt is still healthy. Squirt can
56:08
56:08 still swim.
56:09
56:09 >> Good.
56:11
56:11 >> Squirt does not have a partner. So, if
56:13
56:13 you're a turtle out there looking there,
56:14
56:14 I don't know if there's like an
56:15
56:15 e-harmony for turtles. Um,
56:19
56:19 >> but I'm sure you'd like to hang out.
56:21
56:21 Maybe
56:23
56:23 maybe rub on some shell, you know, just
56:26
56:26 just make a little turtle make a little
56:28
56:28 couple turtle babies. Maybe. You never
56:30
56:30 know. Looking for love.
56:31
56:31 >> Squirt's good.
56:32
56:32 >> Squirt's looking for love. Yeah,
56:33
56:33 Squirt's good. Looking for love,
56:34
56:34 everybody. So, if you got one, let's
56:36
56:36 make babies. Squirt.
56:38
56:38 >> Shout out.
56:40
56:40 >> All right. Second second question here.
56:42
56:42 Um Joshua, our uh our weekly challenges,
56:46
56:46 how how did that go?
56:48
56:48 >> Gosh. Okay. All right. All right. All
56:50
56:50 right. If if I mean I know we don't make
56:52
56:52 New Year's resolutions on here, but uh I
56:54
56:54 I promise to do better with weekly
56:58
56:58 challenges, everybody. And I need to be
56:59
56:59 held accountable, man. Like if somebody
57:01
57:01 drops a com like somebody tells me I do
57:03
57:03 the I I do my best when my name is on
57:06
57:06 the board with check marks next to it.
57:07
57:07 You know what I mean? Like I'm [ __ ]
57:08
57:08 up. Like I do better.
57:10
57:10 >> Take away some gold stars.
57:12
57:12 >> A trackable like a whooping in the ass.
57:14
57:14 You know what I'm saying? like somebody
57:15
57:15 spanks me, I'm going to remember you
57:17
57:17 pulled out the, you know, the stick and
57:19
57:19 hit me a couple times with it. So, hold
57:21
57:21 me accountable. But yeah, yeah, I did
57:24
57:24 not do so well.
57:25
57:25 >> Yeah, we both we both kind of dropped
57:26
57:26 the ball on that one at towards the end
57:28
57:28 there. I will say that I do have one for
57:30
57:30 this to end out the year.
57:32
57:32 >> Um, I I'll tell it to you after this
57:34
57:34 third question. I have this third third
57:36
57:36 follow-up. Uh, buddy,
57:38
57:38 >> you had an idea at the beginning of the
57:40
57:40 year for an air guitar contest.
57:44
57:44 >> Is it Is that still a thing? Should we
57:46
57:46 Is that something we can wait on for
57:48
57:48 next year? Should we be planning that?
57:49
57:49 What What are your thoughts on that?
57:51
57:51 >> An air So, okay, if we have enough
57:53
57:53 people that sign up for an air guitar
57:55
57:55 concert, we could totally do this via
57:57
57:57 just webcam. We could totally do this.
57:59
57:59 Um, but if you're down to sign up for a
58:02
58:02 webcam, VR, whatever you want to do,
58:04
58:04 come have some fun with these two. I'm
58:06
58:06 totally down to
58:08
58:08 >> And there will be a prize. I can't tell
58:09
58:09 you what it is because nobody's signed
58:11
58:11 up yet. Um,
58:12
58:12 >> well, this episode's not out yet. So,
58:14
58:14 hey, the the more people that sign up,
58:16
58:16 uh, the the better the get the better
58:18
58:18 the prize will be. Let's just put it
58:19
58:19 that way. If you're the only person
58:21
58:21 signed up, then, hey, let's just come
58:22
58:22 on, have a good time. We'll have a chat.
58:24
58:24 You could, you know, spin an air guitar
58:26
58:26 in front of us and we'll watch.
58:28
58:28 >> All right, those are those are three
58:29
58:29 things I wanted to follow up on. And I
58:30
58:30 had I had more, but for the sake of
58:32
58:32 time, uh, Joshua, let me give you my
58:34
58:34 final uh [ __ ] poem about cats that I
58:39
58:39 was challenged to do. So, here it is,
58:40
58:40 buddy. I wrote this when I was flying
58:42
58:42 down to Disneyland. First class. Not a
58:44
58:44 humble brag. Just a regular good
58:46
58:46 oldfashioned first class brag right
58:48
58:48 there. Joshua, here it is. 30,000 ft up.
58:54
58:54 Wind booze dreams. Not one care here.
58:58
58:58 Cats could never feel this.
59:02
59:02 Boom. Like a magician, buddy. Like a
59:05
59:05 [ __ ] magician. Let's land this
59:07
59:07 goddamn plane, buddy. Let's do some
59:08
59:08 [ __ ] fun finds, some fortune, some
59:10
59:10 lucky numbers, everything that's going
59:12
59:12 to take up another 15 minutes of
59:14
59:14 everybody's life because that's how it
59:16
59:16 is.
59:17
59:17 >> No, we'll speed through this [ __ ] I'll
59:18
59:18 hit you with some fun finds real quick,
59:20
59:20 everybody. I found these locally at one
59:22
59:22 of the targets and around the holidays
59:24
59:24 sometimes you can come up on completing
59:26
59:26 a set and I did actually. I completed a
59:28
59:28 set, believe it or not.
59:29
59:29 >> I love when he does these. I love when
59:31
59:31 he completes the set cuz I don't know
59:32
59:32 what set he's got. Who know, it could be
59:34
59:34 another Care Bear set. Here we go. Uh,
59:37
59:37 no. This is Unfortunately, this is not a
59:39
59:39 Care Bear set, but uh, spoiler, I did
59:41
59:41 find another one of those really
59:43
59:43 expensive Care Bears. Good idea. Yeah.
59:46
59:46 Yeah. Yeah. Um, so I was able to
59:48
59:48 complete the set. This is the Star Wars
59:51
59:51 uh, I don't know what you would want to
59:52
59:52 call this. This is the Star Wars. What
59:55
59:55 do they call this set?
59:56
59:56 >> This is set.
59:59
59:59 >> I don't know what it is. Like Yeah, I
59:60
60:00 don't know what it is, but uh, these are
60:02
60:02 Funko exclusive. This is This does
60:04
60:04 complete the set. This is the BB-8 and
60:06
60:06 the was it uh Ray.
60:08
60:08 >> Yeah.
60:08
60:08 >> Set.
60:08
60:08 >> Those are nice,
60:09
60:09 >> buddy.
60:10
60:10 >> Those are actually really nice. Like
60:12
60:12 really cool. Good job.
60:13
60:13 >> I love the artwork on these. But yeah,
60:15
60:15 buddy. That's that those are my fun
60:16
60:16 finds. And I love it when I complete a
60:18
60:18 set. And uh that's my fun find for this
60:21
60:21 episode. You know,
60:23
60:23 >> let me uh show the people my fun find.
60:25
60:25 Uh let's go right here on my side over
60:27
60:27 here. Uh Joshua, you know, I'm a big fan
60:29
60:29 of Alice in Wonderland. I collect it.
60:31
60:31 [ __ ] Alice in Wonderland all over the
60:32
60:32 place. Uh, I was gifted this for
60:34
60:34 Christmas. Uh, and it is this bad boy
60:37
60:37 right here. This is the Mad Hatter. This
60:40
60:40 is the limited edition 5,000piece
60:42
60:42 release. It glows in the dark. It's
60:44
60:44 inside of its little case here, buddy.
60:47
60:47 But you know what? You know what we're
60:48
60:48 going to do this year, buddy? We're
60:49
60:49 taking the lid off. I'm throwing it over
60:51
60:51 there. We're opening this bad boy. We're
60:53
60:53 going to take him out of the box. I'm
60:54
60:54 throwing this over here cuz [ __ ] that
60:55
60:55 [ __ ] We're going to take him directly
60:57
60:57 out of the goddamn box yesterday because
60:59
60:59 you know what? 5,000 pieces. 5,000
61:01
61:01 pieces. That's too many pieces, buddy.
61:02
61:02 That's too many pieces. My New Year's
61:04
61:04 resolution this year is to take every
61:06
61:06 one of these bad boys out that are
61:07
61:07 limited edition and just [ __ ] throw
61:09
61:09 away the boxes, throw away the plastic,
61:11
61:11 and put my grimy little hands, my grubby
61:14
61:14 little grippers on his [ __ ] hat. Look
61:16
61:16 at this. Look at this bad boy right
61:18
61:18 here. It is sensational. I love him.
61:21
61:21 He's going to go right behind me this
61:22
61:22 week, buddy. And here, [ __ ]
61:24
61:24 Madhatter. Look at that. Look at that
61:25
61:25 beautiful hat. 10 and six, buddy. 10 and
61:28
61:28 six.
61:29
61:29 >> Where'd you find that?
61:30
61:30 >> I don't know. I got it for Christmas as
61:31
61:31 a gift. So, thank you to my old lady.
61:34
61:34 Appreciate you. Love you.
61:35
61:35 >> And uh shove this guy back here.
61:38
61:38 >> And for those of you who were appalled
61:40
61:40 by what I just did, don't worry.
61:44
61:44 >> I have another one right here, my guy.
61:45
61:45 >> I knew you had another There was a
61:48
61:48 snafu.
61:49
61:49 >> Yeah,
61:49
61:49 >> she did not realize I had him already.
61:52
61:52 So, no worry. He's safe. He's safe,
61:54
61:54 everybody. He's safe. So, you want to
61:56
61:56 show that off, buddy? Let's do some
61:58
61:58 fortunes
61:59
61:59 and uh you know wrap up this episode.
62:03
62:03 >> All right, buddy. I I mean, I got three
62:04
62:04 more fortunes. I don't I I don't think I
62:06
62:06 want to open another cookie. I think I
62:07
62:07 just want to hit us with a good one to
62:08
62:08 end this year.
62:09
62:09 >> Hit us with the good ones, buddy. Hit us
62:10
62:10 with the good ones.
62:13
62:13 >> Here you go, everybody. This is your I
62:16
62:16 mean, I can't even remember what episode
62:18
62:18 we this debuted on, but I thought it was
62:20
62:20 I thought it was thoughtful. I thought
62:21
62:21 it was a good way to end the year. And
62:24
62:24 this is your final fortune for 2025,
62:28
62:28 everybody. Here you go.
62:31
62:31 Finding yourself is a worthwhile
62:35
62:35 pursuit.
62:36
62:36 >> Huh. That's actually really nice. That's
62:39
62:39 a really nice fortune. I like that.
62:42
62:42 >> Yeah.
62:42
62:42 >> Oh,
62:42
62:42 >> find yourself worthwhile, man. Because
62:44
62:44 it is. It really is. I believe in that.
62:46
62:46 So, I thought we'd end it with a good
62:48
62:48 one on there.
62:49
62:49 >> That was beautiful, buddy. That was
62:50
62:50 [ __ ] beautiful. And now let's end the
62:53
62:53 end the year on the final lucky numbers.
62:55
62:55 And for the record, we didn't call any
62:56
62:56 numbers that won. Although we did get
62:58
62:58 three numbers in the the Powerball
63:01
63:01 lottery on one of our our waterflower
63:03
63:03 guesses or whatever. I don't know if you
63:04
63:04 win anything for that, but we did guess
63:05
63:05 three of them in a row. So that was
63:07
63:07 cool. But we did not guess any of the
63:09
63:09 big uh big prizes. So you you could be a
63:11
63:11 winner.
63:12
63:12 >> Um
63:13
63:13 >> but with that being said, here are your
63:14
63:14 seven lucky numbers for the week. They
63:16
63:16 are as followed. 5 9 16 36 42 43 and 46.
63:22
63:22 Once again, your seven lucky numbers are
63:24
63:24 5 9 16 36 42 43 and 46, buddy.
63:31
63:31 And with that, my guy, it's time to
63:33
63:33 finally land this plane
63:36
63:36 and give you the final monologue from
63:39
63:39 Joshua, everybody. The final words that
63:41
63:41 he will be saying to you
63:42
63:42 >> for 2025.
63:45
63:45 Joshua, the stage is yours.
63:48
63:48 >> You know, Sean Sean always puts so much
63:49
63:49 pressure on me to do this and uh I I
63:52
63:52 think because I never do uh any kind of
63:55
63:55 New Year's resolutions and I promised I
63:57
63:57 wouldn't make one this year, I I think I
64:00
64:00 have to kind of like fudge that a little
64:02
64:02 bit and say this New Year's resolution,
64:04
64:04 I might prepare a little bit more when
64:07
64:07 it comes to closing monologues,
64:10
64:10 everybody. So, so, so if you're for
64:12
64:12 that, if you want me to be more
64:14
64:14 coordinated at the end of these
64:15
64:15 podcasts, let me know. Like I said, I
64:18
64:18 need feedback with this [ __ ] Um, but
64:20
64:20 you know, I just want to be real honest
64:22
64:22 for a second. Uh, I think, you know,
64:24
64:24 2025 and leading up to all this,
64:27
64:27 everybody has been pretty [ __ ] extra.
64:31
64:31 And this isn't me talking [ __ ] about the
64:33
64:33 people putting a little bit too much
64:35
64:35 makeup on or a little just going a
64:38
64:38 little too [ __ ] hard, you know, to
64:40
64:40 just try to be relevant. Um, I think I
64:44
64:44 think a good I think a good resolution
64:46
64:46 for people that just go way too hard is
64:50
64:50 try going a little less hard this year.
64:53
64:53 Try not going for an A+. Try going for a
64:57
64:57 [ __ ] C every once in a while. Just be
64:60
64:60 [ __ ] regular. You know what I mean?
65:02
65:02 If you always tuck your shirt in, just
65:04
65:04 leave that [ __ ] out for a little bit
65:05
65:05 and just be a regular guy. You know what
65:08
65:08 I mean? If you're always the person that
65:10
65:10 puts the shopping cart back in the
65:11
65:11 corral, [ __ ] it. Just leave the [ __ ]
65:13
65:13 shopping cart out of the corral every
65:15
65:15 once in a while. Just be [ __ ]
65:17
65:17 different. Don't be so extra. And uh I
65:21
65:21 mean, [ __ ] dude. What else can I say?
65:23
65:23 Uh this is going to be a great year.
65:25
65:25 2026, I believe, is going to be a great
65:26
65:26 year for not only you listening or you
65:29
65:29 watching. It's going to be a great year
65:30
65:30 for these two guys. And thank you for
65:32
65:32 supporting us. Thank you for watching.
65:33
65:33 Check out the website. There's plenty of
65:35
65:35 music. There's going to be stories
65:36
65:36 coming. And and I can't say enough. I
65:38
65:38 appreciate all you guys. Thank you for
65:40
65:40 listening. Thank you for watching. And
65:41
65:41 we will see you in 2026.
65:43
65:43 Happy New Year's everybody.
65:46
65:46 Joshua, that was beautiful, buddy. You
65:48
65:48 did great this week. Proud of you. And
65:50
65:50 with that being said, thank you for
65:52
65:52 watching. Thank you for listening. and
65:53
65:53 Joshua, it's been an honor and a
65:55
65:55 pleasure to have you in my life for
65:57
65:57 another [ __ ] year, my dude. I said I
65:60
65:60 was going to stop at 101 and here I am
66:02
66:02 still somehow kicking. So, I appreciate
66:04
66:04 that. Uh, but a big shout out to
66:07
66:07 everybody who watches and listens. And
66:09
66:09 if this is your first time listening,
66:11
66:11 hey, congratulations. You found your two
66:14
66:14 new best friends. And uh, for that, I'm
66:16
66:16 grateful. Uh, but like Joshua said,
66:18
66:18 happy new year. I hope it's a safe one.
66:20
66:20 I hope it's a fun one. We will see you
66:22
66:22 in 2026. And Joshua, there ain't no way
66:24
66:24 in hell I'm going to leave you without
66:26
66:26 another little corny little joke here,
66:27
66:27 buddy.
66:28
66:28 >> This one, in honor of all the food that
66:31
66:31 we just ate these past few months,
66:33
66:33 buddy, here you go. What did one plate
66:37
66:37 whisper to the other plate?
66:40
66:40 >> I don't know. No idea.
66:43
66:43 >> Dinner is on me. Ladies and gentlemen,
66:47
66:47 we will see you in 2026.
66:50
66:50 Mia, [ __ ] take us out of here.
66:53
66:53 Deuces.
67:17
67:17 A standing boner. a standing boner. You
67:19
67:19 ever Has that ever happened to you when
67:21
67:21 you were in like school? Like you just a
67:23
67:23 had a random boner and the teacher
67:25
67:25 called on you and you had to like go up
67:27
67:27 in front of the class. Is that a thing?
67:29
67:29 >> Yeah. One time I took the desk with me.
67:34
67:34 My erection was so large it got stuck
67:36
67:36 underneath the desk and it picked the
67:38
67:38 desk up and I was Everybody thought I
67:41
67:41 Everybody thought I like it was like a
67:42
67:42 magic trick because I was like, "Hey,
67:44
67:44 look, no hands." And they were like,
67:45
67:45 "What the fuck?" Like, "How's he doing
67:47
67:47 that?" I was like, "Hey,
67:50
67:50 follow me to the showers.
