TPS219: Live At MoDean's
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The gang at The Produce Stand are joined by their buddy Awesome to discuss episode 1 of season 12 of Letterkenny: Live At MoDean's.
MVP
Mat: Mick
Victor: Stewart
Al: Alex & Olive
Tanya: Reilly & Jonesy
Awesome: Katy
Final Rating
Mat: Fresh
Victor: Clearance
Al: Fresh
Tanya: Clearance
Awesome: Fresh
Scientific Twitter Poll
Fresh: 69.6%
Clearance: 26.7%
Compost: 3.7%
Speaker 0
Jared Kiso. Damn, son. Eighty one episodes calling it done. Don't get me wrong. It's been a hell of a run, but to pack it all up and start walking, Now before anybody starts the complaining, think they know better, get to explaining. Know that I get it, I hear what you're saying, but no baby. Mom is talking. What's that cupcake? Hard to be funny. Shoresy got you downy. Don't sweat it, honey. We know you too damn busy counting your money. What's that baby? You like a limerick Jared Kiso use my favorite, Hick. You hotter than hell, and I guess you can tell I'm a little preoccupied with the dick. But of course, the d gives me distraction. Got a Portuguese man giving me action. I am the d Jan queen yo. Toronto Dorino, drinking my Vino, burgundy Pino. You ain't never seen nobody like me. Oh, get a good look while you can. I am the fairy pod mother. I am unlike any other. Take a good look and soon you'll discover the lady they all called Han. But, oh, yeah. The subject of today, Letter Kenny. Now I must admit at first glance that it was a bit hard to get what the hell was this shit. I'll said give it a bit. I said, no, thanks, and split, but the man just won't quit. So, yeah, so my guy started a podcast. My guy assembled a squad fast. He got a Victor. He got a mat. But even he knew it would take more than that. He must be selective. He must be subjective. For this year, collective comes ineffective, because the one thing you need is a woman's perspective. See, I'm a little bit naughty, a little bit nice, little bit sugar, little bit spice, little bit fire, a little bit ice. But here you go, Matt. I'll blink twice. Nevertheless, Now I must confess and we must address that we, more or less, here at TBS would like to express and hope to impress, keep doing our best for continued success. When it comes down to it, Jared, he knew it. He's leaving on top, and that's how you do it. We're left with the memories let's not be saddened or feel bad that it's over, but glad that it happened. Speaker 1
That fresh produce stand there. That's a beauty. Speaker 2
What do you listen to? Speaker 3
My favorite murder podcast. Speaker 4
Jagert and Doran's podcast. Speaker 1
The produce stand. Speaker 2
Fucking sexy. Speaker 5
It's Thursday, Thursday. And that means we are once again hanger at the Pro to stand, a podcast paying tribute to everything in that. You diverse. It gets all you people on the live stream. Now I know what you're thinking. There are many other lot of Kenny podcasts out there, but this one is fun to be around even when you're not smashing us because we're funny. I'm out your host and joining me in the room as always is lovely, Tanya. And online, we have squirrelly matt and the Vasy vocivorous Victor. And joining us tonight, she's the moderator on Letter Kenny Subret and Discort. She's a member of the blueberry crew and takeover team, one to four TPS trivia Masters, a frequent contributor to our DM Group, and a real mensch, please join me making some noise for awesome. Mundress. Oh, my gourd. Speaker 3
I regret nothing. Speaker 5
Welcome back to the produce stand. Awesome. Are you there? Speaker 6
I am here. Okay. I was just, highly amused by, Victor doing the arsenio Hall. Speaker 5
During during that cold open, you said you were having a crisis. So I'm like, oh, no. Did did you lose your internet or something? But, Speaker 6
No. So crisis is Torian slang for an orgasm. Speaker 7
Oh, gotcha. I I I didn't know how to read that too. I'm like, is she okay? Or is she just really, really enjoying herself? Speaker 6
You guys need to brush up on your DH Lawrence. Speaker 7
We'll do a whole episode just on that. Speaker 5
Yes. How about that? But let's let's talk about that. A brilliant brilliant cold open, written by Tate and Webb, and they were both so nervous on the live stream. They couldn't wait to hear it. No one's heard it. This is a first time, anyone other than myself and Tania heard it. Just really quickly, Matt, what do you think? Speaker 7
Oh my god. It was everything. I knew it was gonna be. Like, They gave me some I I'd read it Mhmm. And, and added some small insights, but there was it was Tate and Webb all the way. But hearing it. Oh my god, Tanya. You fucking slayed it. Speaker 0
Oh, you were nervous. I was nervous. I had to I'm like, this is such an epic piece. And I was like, I've been practicing for I don't know as as when you gave it to me. I've been practicing ever since. And I'm like, I'm not doing it enough. I have to do it better. I have to do it better. I had, like, so many. Speaker 5
Yeah. It came down to the wire. We we we recorded a few times last night and she was out of energy. And then this morning, she, like, but I was gonna work with whatever we had last night. And then this morning, she's she came into my office. I'm like, I wanna do it again. And then she did another three or four times until I finally said, please stop. I've got enough. Like, you you've done it. Speaker 8
I I Speaker 0
do. One of my sleep. Speaker 5
And if if you're watching on the live stream, you'll see she's mouthing the words. She already knows it by heart. It's crazy. Speaker 7
Amazing, Tanya, bravo. Like you fucking rush that. Speaker 5
On the live stream, let's see here. We had, Liz said she's nervous because she's one of the co writers. Speaker 0
This and trace. You guy I'm like, you guys did such an amazing job. I just I I hope to god that I didn't let you down because That was an amazing amazing piece. Speaker 5
Gordon said, this is fucking genius. Cutler yelling out pod mother, tobias. This is so fucking good. I can feel that heat in my face. That was from Zach. Holy fuck. It was amazing from Trace. That was a single best moment of this pod from Tobias. Cutler. He's hornies now. It just keeps on going. It's yeah. It was it was really well done. Speaker 6
Like, I have to go change my shorts quick, Ken. Fuck it in. Speaker 5
I mean. Speaker 6
Like, okay. Look, if if Keith doesn't hire Tate and web Speaker 5
Right. Speaker 6
After this, he's fucking up. Speaker 5
Oh, man. Speaker 6
I heard it here first, folks. Speaker 5
Victor, what'd you think? Speaker 9
I'm blown away. Like equally the way I mean, Tanya did an awesome job delivering it. I didn't have a doubt on my mind that you'd you would do great. But equally as great as the way that it's written. I mean, just, you know, it's Speaker 5
the funny thing is so I was just Speaker 9
blown away. Speaker 0
I was just gonna say. Speaker 5
They wrote it, and then, Trace recorded a version of of it himself just so Tanya got, like, the sense of the the rhythm and and the timing. But so Tanya listens that over and over and over Speaker 0
so much. Speaker 8
But Speaker 5
to the point where when we the first few times we recorded, the first dozen times we recorded, she couldn't get the trace out of her, like, She kept on with the the southern accent. I'm like, honey, you're from Ontario. Like, you're from New Marcos. Speaker 6
Fine. Well, twang. Speaker 0
There was so much southern in my I'm like, I don't know how to hear this any other way. I'm like, this is how it comes out. I'm not trying to do it. Speaker 6
Essentially, you're just like doing your best glenn impression. A man from Ontario who somehow sounds like he's Speaker 8
from Dan's soup. Country rap is Speaker 6
in, I think. Speaker 9
Al, I I I would love for you to just for funsies Mhmm. Take that through one of those apps, you know, that you you can kinda basically speak into and it filters out a, like, a, like, a hip hop song. Speaker 6
Mhmm. Speaker 9
Like, using auto tune and whatnot. There's, like, There's there's a million apps like that. I've I've had some fun with them, and I think this would be perfect for that just for some funds. Speaker 5
I think with, Tanya's permission, I might post some of the outtakes to our patrons, just to pay paying members. Speaker 0
I I just kept on trying to go as fast as I can. I'm like, it's a rabbi. Gotta go I'm like Edna and Al kept on slowing me down. Speaker 7
Now tell me and I know, Al, you and I experienced this a bit when we did the aerobics thing last season, You you you get a new appreciation for what they do when you try to replicate what they do. Speaker 9
Right? It's Speaker 7
For sure. It's Mhmm. Oh my god. It's next level. To try to hit the tone, the pacing, the the timing, everything. So Speaker 0
I listened to Katie's rap so much. And and and I hear her and I can but then when I do it myself, I hear my own voice. And I'm like, no, I'm trying to get Katie's voice. I'm doing it. It was a lot of fun. A lot of fun. Speaker 5
We I'll definitely be posting that, you know, tomorrow to Twitter and stuff as as a not tomorrow, maybe next week, as an in individual clip and stuff. So, people can share it around. But, bravo kudos to the writers, Tate and Webb, kudos and and Matt. I think didn't you contribute a line or two to it? Speaker 7
Yeah. A little bit, but I don't wanna take much from those two. They set they set the tone. I was a punch up at that best, at best. Speaker 5
And, obviously, kudos to Tanya who who killed it and she put the work in. So, that was amazing. So why don't we get started here? Speaker 7
How are you now? Speaker 5
Oh, hold Speaker 6
on. Can I just say first? Speaker 5
Oh, yeah. Speaker 6
Every time we say Tate and Webb, that gives me the warm fuzzies, because it sounds like a legit fucking For Speaker 5
sure. Well, Speaker 9
there's a legit. Speaker 5
They're a legit team. Are you kidding me? Speaker 9
They they need a logo. Speaker 6
No. But like an established, you know, copy firm, Speaker 7
you know? Yes. Speaker 8
I love it. Speaker 9
It's like Speaker 7
a slick logo with that plus sign in the middle. Speaker 6
Yeah. Right. Like, we need to get you some business cards. Oh, t shirts. Speaker 0
Tating web t shirts. Yeah. We'll we'll get TPS. Speaker 6
And hats. Right? Absolutely. Speaker 5
Alright. Let's, let's get this rig rolling here. Speaker 7
How are you now? Speaker 5
Tonight's lineup is Matt Victor Al tenure and our guest awesome. We'll have the last word. Matt, have you been Speaker 7
I have been well. Yeah. We had Smith and New Year's and all that. Yeah. Speaker 5
Lots is under lots happened. Right? Speaker 7
Lots is lots happened. Yeah. We made it through. I I didn't quite make it to midnight, but I don't normally make it to midnight. Years. Speaker 5
I didn't think you did. No. Speaker 7
No. Unless, I mean, it was just it's just Jen and I hanging out, getting drunk, listening to watching stand up comedy, and then we crashed right, but close to midnight. Speaker 3
Oh, yeah. Speaker 5
Thanks for watching. Interesting. Speaker 7
We watched the new Chapel Speaker 8
Okay. Speaker 7
Which was It was what it was. And then we watched an old, and this was Jen's request is, oh my god. I'm blanking the guy's name. Nope. Total the banking. Gone. Alright. Gone. Gone. Speaker 5
And he was hilarious. Speaker 7
It was funny. Yeah. It's gonna bug me. I can't remember, but No. No. It was it was another black guy. Speaker 9
Arcinio Hall. Speaker 7
Very eccentric dresser in every, camera's name. Gonna fucking drive me nuts. Speaker 6
Victor is the kind of guy when somebody's counting something would just dark shape and random numbers. Speaker 5
That is correct. Speaker 7
Kat Williams. Speaker 5
Oh, yes. Cat Williams. Yeah. Hey. He's great. Speaker 7
Yeah. We watched an old cat Williams set, so that was really good too. And then I went to bed. That aside, the the rest of the week has been fine. My my older kids are with their moms, but my oldest left is PlayStation five here for the week. So that's kept it's kept me busy. Speaker 5
So you've done Speaker 7
almost crushed the entire Spider Man two game, which is a lot of fun. So that I only got a couple more days left before he takes it back. So I'm trying to Make every every minute count. Speaker 5
Me think there might be a a a PS five and you're under your, Christmas tree next year. Speaker 7
Right? Not a fucking champ. I I wish, but no. It's not. There's way too many other priority things in my budget. That does not fit the bill. Speaker 5
So you'll find one used on on, marketplace. Speaker 7
Yeah. Or I'll try to con my thirteen year old in to bring you in over again and leaving it for a couple weeks from time to time. So we'll see what happens. The la well, actually, two quick things. One, we've been to watch the show called Outlast this week. It's a reality show on Netflix, which really enjoyed, actually. It was not what I expected, but it's a survival show. So it's kinda like survivor without all the gimmicks and game functionality. They basically take a group of people, drop them in the Alaska wilderness and say go. And there's the only rule in the entire game is you must outlast, which is the name of the show, and you have to be a part of a team to stay in the show. But it's I mean, there are a lot of survival shows or whatever, but this one, I don't know, there this one highlighted some of the best and worst qualities in humanity in a in a few episodes. So there's some real things. I'm like, ah, I had trouble just stomaching as I was watching it. But Oh, Speaker 5
yeah. Well, we watch something similar, thanks to Victor's recommendation that, showed the worst qualities of humanity as well, but we'll get to it in the start. Speaker 7
Yeah. So it it was if you like outdoor stuff and, I mean, as a reality show, but it felt less reality more just survival. I quite enjoyed that. And then all that, aside, we're getting ready. I'm, I don't think I've ever actually mentioned my age, but I'm crossing the forty mark in a week and a half. So kind of moving moving into the next Oh, man. Decade of my life and and a little bit. So, yeah, counting those days down, but, you know, it is what it is. Speaker 0
What you got planned? Speaker 7
Well, I'm I I know what's going on. My wife's planning stuff, but, we're we're getting together a bunch of friends. And I think you guys have gotten invites. I don't know if you've except at all, but, yeah, I know invites were sent your way. Speaker 5
I, I don't know what you're talking about. Speaker 0
I really don't know what you're talking about. Speaker 5
That's that's Speaker 7
totally fine. That's totally fine. But it's gonna be fine. Speaker 6
We're gonna never gonna listen to this anyway. Speaker 7
On a surprise party. Let's just put it that way. But, she's doing the planning because I'm useless. So she's been put she hasn't told me every detail, but, we're gonna have a good time. So counting down to forty. There you go. Speaker 0
Nice. Not good for you. Speaker 7
Victor. Speaker 9
While I'm still a little bit shell shocked over that intro. So, let me gather my thoughts. So, I was on a podcast. Oh, possibly. Speaker 1
You forgot about that. Speaker 9
That one's Speaker 6
about Is it your daughters? Speaker 9
So that was fun. And, I got a prize for attending We Speaker 1
all did. Speaker 5
Past Everyone, Speaker 9
which was a lasagna. But mine was special because it said to cook it for fifty minutes, but it was only half ready at fifty minutes. So I have to No. Speaker 5
It's a it always takes over an hour. Speaker 0
Well, you're supposed to thaw for twenty four hours. Speaker 9
I I did in my fridge. Speaker 6
Okay. Speaker 9
Yeah. Anyway, what else? And and, I've we discovered that there was a third season of the morning show that we didn't know about. So we start watching that. It's a little it feels kind of weird watching it because it's so it's it's it's dipping so much into the whole COVID time. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 9
And it's like I kind of been there, done that, not interested in watching shows that are talking about COVID anymore and stuff like that. So Speaker 6
Yeah. Who wants to relive that? Yeah. Speaker 9
So it's kind of a a bit of a kind of love hate. Well, it's not a it's it's a it's it's a good show. But not loving kind of the the reminders of that. But if, you know, if if you watch the first two seasons, you gotta, I guess, continue watching. Yeah. That's about it. Speaker 5
Okay. Speaker 0
You didn't plug the podcast that you were on there, Victor. Speaker 5
Well, I'm gonna plug the night. So what's my time? You. Yeah. Victor's being cagey, but, basically, all the four of us were on the Toronto Mike podcast last Friday. He had us on to talk about this podcast. So, Mike's Mike's a good guy. He's a really good guy. And, when he heard the clip of Victor, predicting our award from, like, three years ago. And and then me saying, oh, I'll I'll have I'll feel like I've arrived when Toronto Mike interviews us. He reached out immediately and said, alright. You guys are coming on. When do you want to come on? So, that was nice of him. And what Victor's alluding to Toronto Mike, he's got a bunch of sponsors. Mineris is one of them. So everyone everyone who appears on his podcast gets a a large frozen lasagna, Speaker 0
not from Manara. From Palma Pass. Speaker 5
That's from from the his pasta sponsor. Great lakes beer, from his beer sponsor, Bluetooth speaker from Manera. Like, you you you bay basically come away from his podcast with a with a swag bag, but but a really good swag. Like most of this stuff is really useful. Speaker 0
Matt, did you regift the lasagna as a family, present for Christmas to celebrate. Speaker 7
We're having it tomorrow. Speaker 0
Oh, nice. Speaker 5
Oh, and Gordon is reminding me here. Matt won the podcast. Mike was flirting with him. And and also, if if you if you haven't listened to it, it's a funny episode because basically Mike toronto Mike ran the gamut of Victor. He started off loving Victor. And by the end of the episode, he didn't want to have anything to do with Victor. No. Speaker 0
No. He went out at all. And then he came in to love again. Speaker 5
That's right. Speaker 3
It was Speaker 5
it was pretty hilarious. So if you Speaker 6
haven't No glitch. Perfect score under sixty seconds. Speaker 5
It was amazing. Speaker 7
Yeah. Because I think at one point, he said, Oh, Victor, you and I could do an amazing podcast or whatever. And then the five minutes later, I was like, I could never do a podcast. Yeah. Speaker 5
It was, yeah, he ran the gamut of emotion there, but So that was fun. That night was the Canadian Podcast Awards and on a on a less fun note. We went zero for four on at the awards, which sucks. You know, I mean, you know, congratulations to all the winners and all of that bullshit, but it sucks that we did. Speaker 0
It was an honor to be nominated. Speaker 5
Yes. It was an honor to be nominated. It was. But, yeah. Okay. Speaker 6
And you said that was such a straight face. You were such a fucking actor. Speaker 5
We We went from the high of being on Toronto Mike to, the low of watching the entire award ceremony and not hearing our name called, which Speaker 7
I didn't get to do a shot I had my shot ready to go, and I didn't do it. Speaker 5
There's always next year. Speaker 0
This is part out. Speaker 6
Well, see the great thing about shots is, right? They could be celebratory or they can be ciliatory. Speaker 7
Yeah. In this case, it was a spiteful decline. No. I'm kidding. No. Spide, but it was definitely a privilege to be Yes. In the running, but And Speaker 5
hopefully, next year we'll be on the again. Speaker 7
The fact Speaker 0
that we were even on there Mhmm. Is is a hot like, it it's huge. I think. Alright. Speaker 7
Oh, I think it is. Lose again. Speaker 0
Day, Sharzee. Yeah. Speaker 7
Okay. You gotta Speaker 6
pitch it up a couple. Speaker 5
We need some tough natives on our podcast in order to never Speaker 0
lose interest rate. Yes. Speaker 5
Yeah. Tobias said he fucking loved Victor on Toronto Mike. He said he was so good. So Speaker 9
Nice. I have a one fan. Speaker 5
Yeah. One fan. Speaker 9
To combat that other fan, the anti fan that I have. Speaker 5
But yeah, it has been, like, two weeks. It's been since the A call social that we've done something, and and like, podcast wise anyway. Speaker 0
Everything went down. Speaker 5
So everything went down. Speaker 7
I I Speaker 5
got I got COVID Speaker 0
I You had COVID on that because I was I was in the other room. Speaker 5
That's right. I was in quarantine. I came out of quarantine on Christmas Eve, which was too late for me to go to my parents fiftieth wedding anniversary, which sucked, and they made me feel plenty bad about not going, even though I was COVID positive and, anyway, we won't get over there. So it was a quiet Christmas and New year's eve or sorry, Christmas day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with just the four of us here at home. Tanya had pink eyes. Speaker 0
It boxing day. Speaker 5
Yeah. It was just a, like, the whole week was just a a mess. We didn't leave the house. It was it was kinda it wasn't fun. And then The Toronto Mike thing happened Friday, which was a lot of fun. And and then, New Year's Eve, we had, people over. Speaker 0
We finally had people. Speaker 5
Yeah. We played games and we had a good time. So New Year's Eve was, was a lot of fun. Yeah, that's been our two weeks, Tim. Oh, and sorry. One last thing. On Victor's recommendation, or were you gonna talk about that? Speaker 0
I was gonna. Speaker 5
Okay. Never mind. You go ahead. Speaker 0
I was gonna add to your rough week and and encounter that with, okay, so you were in quarantine, but I was still cleaning and sanitized the house. Because because you were out and about in the and I was trying to keep us from getting it. And then our daughter, the very, two days later came up with, pink eye. So then I sanitized the house again, and then you came out of quarantine so I sanitized your room. And then, boxing day, I woke up with pink eyes. So I had to sanitize one more time. So I my hands were raw, by the time Christmas, came and and and went and, yeah, just really not a fun time. Haven't actually even have At Speaker 7
this point, you've got the cleanest house in nine counts. Speaker 0
Oh, man. I think so. Speaker 6
We haven't And I can recommend marigolds. Seriously. Speaker 0
Marigold? Speaker 6
Investil some marigold. The flower? Speaker 5
The the love No. She works. Speaker 9
From that from poker at door. Speaker 7
No. The rubber gloves. Speaker 0
I I just got myself a really nice pair of, it's sad that I'm happy to Speaker 6
go up, like, mid bow. Speaker 0
They they are really nice. And they're and they're like felt inside, like, not just like plasticky. I'm I'm really excited to, like, get get to some more cleaning. Not that I'm excited anytime soon. No. Speaker 7
But You have a miracle of flowers. Right. As well. Right? Speaker 0
It is. Speaker 5
Yes. It's a thank you. Yeah. Speaker 6
Amerigold is a flower. Thank you. It's edible. But, yeah, no, I got eczema on my hand. So when I do the washing up, I, you know, slip on the marigolds. Speaker 0
I'm gonna have to take a look at what marigolds are. Speaker 7
Not the flower. Speaker 5
It's just little rubber gloves. It's a brand name for the rubber gloves. Speaker 6
Yeah. Yeah. That's it's a doll. Speaker 0
But they might be an even nicer. Anyways. There's a few patterns and colors. Yeah. So it was rough, but, yeah, we made it through, and we made it to, New Year's and got to play some cards with our friends. And, then we played minute to win it games all Christmas or sorry New Year's Eve. Which was a blast. We had, games and prizes and food, and it was fun. So that was great. And then, we binge watch, like, really binge watch. The whole season of squid games, game show, on New Year's Day. Yeah. We just the whole day. We just and the kids both kids were like engaged in it and could not we couldn't stop watching it. So, yeah, we watched the whole damn thing and just veged and did not. And It was good. Yeah. Speaker 5
It was really well done. Speaker 0
It was it was really well up, but we were yelling a lot at the TV because, as you kind of referenced, Matt, society and and people. Speaker 5
The worst of humanity was on display. That's why I don't like these reality shows too much because it does kind of show the ugly side of people. This one here, I just enjoyed watching it just because it was so creatively done. Right? Like, the way they were. Speaker 7
Very well done show. Speaker 0
But you know what? It also shows the stand up people. Like, there was a in one of the, references of somebody kind of doing a shitty thing. There was a a a deaf woman and she was like, I feel sorry for you for looking at the world that way. And and she was a stand up person for like, why you gotta be like this? Why are you taking this this stance on things. So I I, you know, it kind of shows that that good side too that, you know, you don't have to to go down that dark bad path. Speaker 5
Yeah. But the good people are usually limited pretty quickly, sadly. Yeah. No. But it's well done. I don't know if I'd watch another season of that, but, just the whole dye pack thing and everything. It was just really creatively done. Yeah. Kudos there to the producers. Awesome. How have you been? Speaker 6
Bired. The kids don't go back to school till Monday. So I've got, like, a succession of niblets that I've been watching for their parents in between terms. And then, of course, you know, all the packing up and shit after the Holly bobs, people gotta put stuff away for the rest of the three hundred and fifty days of the year. Mhmm. Speaker 5
We haven't put our tree, away yet. Speaker 8
Well, Speaker 0
we haven't had our my family Christmas yet. Right. Speaker 5
Yes. So we're having our family Christmas this weekend. The tree still up. Speaker 6
Yeah. I've been doing so much family stuff. It's been ridiculous. My New Year's is pretty fucking restful, though. We decided we were gonna have a bonfire and make Kosta and watch a movie. So that is what we did. Speaker 9
What do you want to watch? That Speaker 6
Princess Bread. Speaker 7
Nice. Oh, classic. Yeah. Speaker 6
Yeah. So we went over to my sisters. We started day drinking in around two. We made Kofta. We made we had charcuterie. We got in the hot tub. Speaker 0
I have to ask what is what what is Kofta? I don't know. Speaker 6
It's it's like a skinless sausage. It's just like, Grand meat with, like, spices, and then you roll it up into, like, you know, sausage shape. And, I like to wrap it in plastic to get the shape real quick and then throw it in the fridge for like an hour to let it chill out and then just grill it. Nice. Speaker 5
Meet stick. Speaker 0
I love myself some sausage. Speaker 7
It's often on a stick. Right? Middle admit is big and middle eastern cooking, isn't it? Speaker 6
Yeah. Yeah. Because I don't do mine on a stick. Yeah. Speaker 0
I I think I have had that. I didn't know the name of it though, Kfta. Speaker 6
Some people would yeah. I I mean, I do lamb because I fucking love lamb. Speaker 8
But, Speaker 6
yeah, it's just like, you know, chili powder, garlic, onion, thyme, salt, pepper, etcetera. Speaker 5
Sounds delicious. Speaker 6
Yeah. Throw it on a bun with, like, some baba ganoush and some parsley and onion. Speaker 7
It's just fun Speaker 5
to see. Baba ganoush Speaker 7
from baba ganoush Ababagun. Speaker 6
So Yeah. I cheated. I didn't make the babagun. About it. Speaker 5
How dare you? So you're here today to help us with, season twelve. The first episode of season twelve. Thank you for joining us. Speaker 6
Thank you for having me. Once again, I could not not be on the last series. Speaker 7
I agree. Speaker 5
Yeah. So that's that's why we had you on, and we appreciate you in in having you on. Before we begin though, I gotta do the, dreaded Twitter roll call. So here we go. Welcome to not so new Twitter followers. Steve Harryman, gas laws and pro pofol. Propropofol? I don't know. Isaac Stockians, Charles Chapman junior, Mosheriff Houshan from Bangladesh, Chris Murdoch. Two of Jackson from Jacksonville, Florida, Jonathan Stubbs, Ryan D from outer space, Mark from Irvine, California, Nope train, just suffering, from Saugust, Massachusetts. Eric denial. Oh, by the way, speaking of, Massachusetts. Our buddy cutler is actually on the live stream. So, he could have done that live if if we had him on. Anyway, Eric, from denial, the dude from Lynchburg, Virginia, Glenn Vaughn from Huntington Beach, California. Fifty four forty, the the great Canadian band from Vancouver, Mike Hills from Pittsburgh, Jeff Altman from chal Chalmers Indiana Thompson Bailey Hamed Ali Abdallah. Daniel from Buffalo, Nick Hirschman, deliciously Dope TV, weight loss tips, surgeon, r x from Connecticut, bearded Beast from Two to towson, Leah Skye from Little Rock, Arkansas, Savannah from El Paso, Texas. Jason Arrenberg from Dallas Richard McCorkle from Fontana, California, Mac from Boston, drown, fellows, Borrowgard, Napps, John Meyer, Gothnique, so deaf, podcast overlord from Portland, Oregon, the broadcast podcast in gaming from Australia that blonde pod from your speakers, Melanie Brando from LA, New York, or Toronto. She can't make up her mind. Chris bought bossworth from Nashville roughing it, Coke or coxie, zombie moms from Phoenix, Arizona, b, Harry, and Brian from Ocean Tree created Saint Paul, Minnesota. Thank you for, following and hopefully for Speaker 7
listening. Previously, on Letter Kenny. Speaker 5
Last time we got together, which was a few weeks ago, just before Christmas. It was our festive ag hall social fun was had by all and we crowned our fourth trivia champion Jay from Edmonton. So I'm looking forward to that showdown between our four trivia champions. This week, we begin our coverage of the final season of Letter Kenny, beginning with episode one, live at Odine's. Have you done your homework, Matt? Speaker 7
I have. Speaker 5
Victor, have you done your homework? Speaker 9
It is. Speaker 5
I've done my homework, Tanya. Have you done your homework? Speaker 0
I did my homework when it came out. Speaker 5
That's right. So it's been a while. You're gonna need a refresher. Speaker 0
No. I I I I did a fast track today too. Speaker 5
There you go. And awesome. Have you done your homework? Speaker 6
I have done my homework multiple times. I've done everyone else's homework. Speaker 5
Oh, of course. Here we go. Speaker 1
Well, don't bore us. Get to the chorus. Speaker 5
We open. With one final game of alpha alphabet aerobics. This is the cold open that was released weeks prior to season twelve to get to get everyone's tear ducts ready for the end. So let's just listen to it one more time. Speaker 3
Allegedly. Speaker 1
Absolutely. All activities, acts, and ag hall antics. Speaker 4
Businesses. Speaker 1
Bussles, bar nights, fit Bakindones. Speaker 9
George. Speaker 1
Campaign, chronicles, contracts, and commitments. Speaker 7
Dirty DANGles. Speaker 1
Donny Brooks. Deeds, duties, doings, and dealings. Speaker 4
Eventually. And Speaker 8
Fucking embarrassing. It's all for Speaker 1
fuck's sake, friends, Speaker 7
of your balls to talk. Speaker 1
Get glad. Gogren. Gather glee. Speaker 5
How are you now? Speaker 1
Have happiness. Hoots and haulers. Hearty he he's and howling haas. Have a hernia. Speaker 2
Heck initially idiotic and infinitely immature. It's interprovincial, international, and interconnecting influential and impactful indeed. Infamously intelligent, isn't it? Speaker 6
Jacked. Judge are justified, but joy is juicier, jostler, jollies. Speaker 1
K. Kindly rekindle Ken chips and kiss kittens because it's cookie, kind hearted and a little bit kinky. Speaker 4
Letter Kenny. Legend dairy. Magers. Speaker 1
Not tuggers and no nets, not Saks, nicotine and nosebleeds numb not snow needless negativity or unnecessary noise up north. Speaker 4
Ostrich. Speaker 1
Obsessively observe and outwardly obscene, organized an original Outlandish and unorthodox. Occasionally, offensive top position, overprotective. Speaker 0
Pitter. Patter. Speaker 1
We're pertinent perfectly patient and proper particular, but if you poke in prod Paul. Speaker 6
Weird? Questionable? Really? Speaker 0
It's Gordon. Speaker 5
Scute us. Speaker 1
Today. Turn off Twitter and take the time to treasure town. Speaker 4
Understood. Speaker 1
We're unkempt and undercooked, but not up at a year untoward, united unconditionally. Virtuous. We're violent and venomous, but not vultures or vagrants got value. It's got vertebrae. Why? We will whip your watchamacallit. But well, we'd rather work wordlessly in worthy weather without wrath. We're well wishers. Wise crackins, how we're wired, but warmth and widespread wealth is the way. Whether you're weird, wondrous. Wayward or witless, You're welcome. Exactly. Expecial, Speaker 6
you. You you. Speaker 4
After zillion zippy zany zingers were zapped. God Zilch zero Zipola. So now we Speaker 10
zip it. Speaker 5
Yeah. I had to play the whole thing because I didn't know where to clip that one, but, that's the cold open alphabet aerobics the last One will ever hear, Matt. How did that make you feel? Speaker 7
All kinds of ways. I loved it. I I know this isn't I mean, I you know how I feel about the alphabet aerobics. I fucking love them. This one, in particular, I feel like they spent extra care in writing. I I, you know, at a face value, they're talking about Letter County, this the town, but in reality, I took it as they're talking about them, the people, the creators, and speaking to the fandom behind it all. That's how I'm interpreting it. I I took a couple excerpts that really stood out to me the letter I. So when I got to I, it says, initially idiotic and infinite, infinitely mature. It's interprovincial, international interconnecting. Influential and impactful indeed, infamously intelligent, isn't it? Very aware of where they started, and where they've come. Mhmm. And then when you get to w, I really like this one. It says, but well, we'd rather work word wordlessly in worthy weather without wrath. Where well wishers, wise cracking's how we're wired, but warmth and widespread wealth is the way, whether you're weird, wondrous, wayward, or witless, You're welcome. And as a real, oh, to anyone is welcome, we're all here doing this because we love it. It's just how we do things maybe a little different, but we're having a great time. So I think they really spent a lot of time, perfecting this one, and I think it paid off. So I really enjoyed this take. Great way to start the season. Speaker 5
That pause too, near the beginning there was was Speaker 8
Oh, letting it Speaker 5
hang there on e was really good. Victor, what'd you think? Yeah. Speaker 8
It was really good. I Speaker 9
Also had a similar thought, on on the eye. However, I have got a grievance with that one, which we'll get to, I think, at the end of this episode. K. So we'll let that one marinate a bit. And and I also didn't like what kind of them promoting Twitter. So Speaker 5
They're not promoting it. They're telling you to get off of Twitter. Speaker 6
They've they Peter is a cult. Speaker 9
Yeah. They they they called it out. Nice. Feel like maybe they could have done without that. Speaker 7
But Well, Speaker 6
I mean, here's the thing though. First of all, this was written over a year ago. Speaker 7
Yeah. Speaker 6
And also, I mean, at least they didn't fucking call it X. Speaker 5
Nobody calls it Speaker 9
X, though. Nobody calls Speaker 6
it Yeah. The site formerly known as Twitter. Speaker 9
They should have said turn off your fart book. That would have been maybe more apropos Maybe. Speaker 6
Yeah. But that wouldn't have fit the the scheme. Would it? Speaker 7
Yeah. Yeah. I I know. Speaker 8
That Speaker 5
brings any point that I should have probably asked before we started this. Have I know Victor, you're going episode by episode. Right? You haven't gone past episode. Speaker 9
No. No. I'm gonna go episode by episode. Matt, have you? Speaker 7
I know I've only watched the first one. I don't actually necessarily have an intention on staying that way, but that's just what I've had time for. Okay. Speaker 5
And just so y'all know, Tanya and I have seen the whole thing front to back already. Speaker 7
So yeah. And and Speaker 5
I have I feel like awesome has probably watched it front to back. What? Two, three dozen times? Speaker 6
Spout right? Speaker 5
Yeah. Sorry, Victor. I just because, yeah, go ahead. Speaker 9
No. No. I I that that's I think that's it. Yeah. And so it'll be fun to come around back to the eye later on, but, it was really well written. Almost almost as good as, the the one we had, a few minutes earlier. Right. Speaker 5
Yeah. May may they should've sent it maybe to, Tate and Wed for for a punch up or two. Speaker 7
That's right. Speaker 5
Anyway, yeah, it was great. I mean, this is a classic I feel I mean, this is a classic letter Kenny thing that they've done in the past and they're doing again. And but to great effect, and it's it's it's basically thanking everyone for watching and and and making them feel good about the end or trying to anyway. I loved it. Yeah. That that that pause, Gordon called it out in the in the live stream. It it was really impactful. But, then following it up with coaches, fucking embarrassing was just perfect. Like, snap out of it people. This is still a comedy. We're still gonna have fun fun on our way out from this. Ten? Speaker 6
And Shoresies give your balls a tug here Speaker 1
too. Exactly. Speaker 5
Tim? Speaker 0
So without wanting to say, anything, I didn't like it as much as you guys. Speaker 7
You're doing it. Speaker 0
I didn't like it as much as you guys did, but you know what? It's because that goes so fast and I don't get it all. Like, I It's Speaker 9
not a competition, Tanya. Speaker 0
My the hairs on my the back of my neck rose when Matt just read it. I loved when I could hear it and and and feel the words. It jumps too fast for me, and I don't get it. And then I zone out because it's like it's too too fast and it's too like, jump from one person to another and I I get that. Like, I like seeing everybody. I like that everybody's participating in it, but it takes away a little bit from the words that are being said because I can't get it as fast. Yeah. Speaker 5
That's called out by Liz too. She loves that all the main characters were in it. So, yeah. Yeah. Speaker 0
But I I truly heard it when Matt said it. I was like, wow. That that that's what they would said. Like, I didn't know. Speaker 5
Watch it again with captions for the things Speaker 0
in the past. Speaker 6
Maybe I do. Sometimes Speaker 0
I need to read it. Subtitles. And and it's, like, subtitle it. And I I don't know how how did you get the words, Matt? Did you Speaker 7
Close captioning. Speaker 0
Oh, is it? Oh, okay. Speaker 7
I because I I I listened back to it. Like, I rewatched it until, like, three or four times because there was a couple things I I caught. I'm like, Hold on. I need to slow that down. I really wanna hear what they're saying, and that's why I took the time to understand. Speaker 0
But that's the thing. Okay. So there's the question. Should they slow it down so that you re No. No. So that you really appreciate Speaker 7
the words. It's like listening to it's like listening to Speaker 9
it's like listening to It's Speaker 0
the fact that you have to slow it down or put the closed caption on Speaker 7
to the freezer. What it is Speaker 5
is you have to watch it over and over again. This letter Kenny is a show that awards people who watch it over and over and over again. Yeah. Speaker 6
It the pacing in the delivery is just so critical to their identity as a show. Yeah. If you slowed it down, that's half the magic gone. Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 9
But, Tanya, I agree with you. Like, if you're watching, if you're a one and done kind of a person with with these shows, And your pro I'm sure there's lots of people, you know, not not like the diehards, right? But there's people that watch the show. They don't need to see the same episode again. And and for those types of viewers, I think that you're spot on that you're it's it's gonna go, you know, some of it is gonna be, oh, that's cute, and a lot most of it is gonna go in one year out the other. Yeah. It's like listening to a new song for the first time. You're not gonna be able to sing along with it you know, the next time you listen. Right? It it will take a little while. And and eventually, it's, back to the extreme album. I didn't love it the first time we listened through it. But now Sure. You did. Speaker 5
Of course, you did. Speaker 0
I don't Speaker 7
believe that. Well, I I I I Speaker 9
I just I liked it, but I I I didn't love everything. Now I everything. Speaker 7
Al, you should cut that one line and said the new extreme album. I didn't like it and then stuff. Yeah. And just just play that Speaker 5
on Put a tweego going Victor thought the new extreme album was crap. Speaker 7
I did not like it. Speaker 5
And I'm gonna send it to new No Bettencourt because according to Toronto Mike, because he's Portuguese and I'm Portuguese, we somehow know each other. Speaker 0
Your cousins. Speaker 5
I'm sure. Anyway, awesome. What do you think of this? Speaker 6
As has been pointed out, the hang on e, just letting it soak in, That was good. I've alliteration is my favorite literary device as well. Like, so I just I love an Abasadarian. They're so fun to read. Speaker 5
Bless you. Speaker 6
I got hooked on them. Well, so when you run through the alphabet like that, right? Speaker 5
Well, Abba is very I I get Speaker 6
it now. Speaker 5
I get it now. Speaker 6
Abecedarian. Anyway, Speaker 9
Is that, like, an abacus Speaker 5
of letters? It's just the ABC is all set as a word. Speaker 6
Yeah. No. That's a different that's a Sesame Street song. An abbasid arian is just a, b, c, d, e, arian. Speaker 5
Yes. Gotcha. Speaker 8
Okay. Speaker 5
There's a racist alphabeta. That's controversial. Speaker 6
But back to w, the the use of your welcome is a pun because it works both ways. Right? Like, Okay. So cold opens often will break the fourth wall, and the audience will be directly addressed in the intro and outro. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 6
But with these the, you know, alliterative cold opens, everything is sent directly to the audience. There is no fourth wall. We are being addressed by white. So when he says you're welcome, He's like, yeah. You're welcome in to the club, but also, you know, you're welcome. I've All Speaker 7
he assumes Speaker 8
thank you. Speaker 6
And here's my life Speaker 5
Yeah. Speaker 6
Work and I did it to share it with you. Speaker 7
Yeah. Totally agree. Speaker 5
For sure. Alright. Let's move on to the after the credits, scene one, we open with a musical montage, set to the song, you gonna get it by coachwhips, The montage starts with Wayne, squirrely down in Dairy hanging at the protostand like usual. The skids in their lair doing a bunch of sneaf like usual, note that Coke is laid out in on the mirror in the shape of a penis. Speaker 0
I did notice that. Speaker 5
Right. Riley and Jonesy headed to the arena to play hockey, like usual. Gail and Bonnie McMurray at modine's busy setting up tables and chairs for an event, Rosie sitting and reading as per usual and Katie stepping off a bus with a suitcase. Wayne, scrolling down in Dairy, are, are there to meet her. They rushed over to Katie. Wayne grabs his sister's suitcase. And squirrely Dan and Dairy give her a big welcoming hug. It seems like she's just gotten back from somewhere. And then everyone, including the hic, skids and hockey players head over to modines for whatever is happening that night. It turns out what's happening that night is a comedy night called laughter Kenny. Featuring two comics, Alex, and olive played by Ali Pierce and Olivia Stadler respectively. Both our real life comedians and writers on letter Kenny will get to them a little later. Both Alex and olive are from let are from letter Kenny. It turns out they're both Riley and Jonesie's former Billet sisters. And Riley and Jonesie wanna smash them so bad. Riley and Jonesie think funny girls are the best because they're fun to be around even when you're not smashing them because, well, they're funny. Raleigh and Jonesy decide to take a run at their Billet sisters. And then case, this needs to be said, production note, Billet families, are families that take on, take in young hockey players playing away from home. They they basically set up as the parental influence for the young players while they're away from home. A few years from Speaker 6
It's like a host family. We're in exchange. Speaker 5
Yeah. They're basically Speaker 7
We did that. My parents did that for years. I think those are always my parents' favorite kids, by the way. Speaker 5
Of course. Speaker 9
That's why you hate sports now. Speaker 5
So when when, Riley and Jones are talking about Build's sisters, they just mean they're the daughters of the families who who were were watching them. So they're not really sisters. Speaker 6
Question. Speaker 5
Yep. Speaker 6
So Shoresy definitely smashed their mums. Mhmm. Speaker 9
A letter. Speaker 6
So they're from Letter Kenny. Mhmm. So why the fuck are they billoting with families in Letter Kenny? Like, billoting on the road I can get. Speaker 5
Right. Right. Speaker 6
But why the fuck do they have Billett Family in Letterton? At their moms. Speaker 5
Saw a question. Yeah. It's a good question. I don't Speaker 9
know. You're asking your portal type questions. I feel like Speaker 6
Yeah. This is equivalent to where did Wayne get that cheese from? You know? Yeah. And, in the series three. Speaker 5
It's a it's a good question. Speaker 6
What stuff too? Speaker 9
You you can add it to, part two of our interview with Keesa. Speaker 0
Maybe at one point. Maybe at one point of their hockey career, they went somewhere for a little for a year. Speaker 5
Yeah. But the girls are from Letter Kenny. So if they lived in Letter Kenny and they're his their beloved sisters, then Speaker 0
Oh, then I don't. Speaker 5
Yeah. It's a good question. You may you may have found a a flaw in the the much much like Victor's flaw of the three team league in in Shoresy, but, we'll move on. At another table, we learn about where Katie just got back from. Speaker 3
Are you glad to be home from your vacation to Mexico, miss Katie? Speaker 0
Yeah. It's always good to be home. Speaker 1
All I can see you never wore your sunblock. Speaker 2
Well, neither did this guy sub squirrely tan. Speaker 5
Who's your favorite part? Speaker 0
Oh, Speaker 2
doozy. You have a question, Gary. Sun, the beaches, the ocean, surveys, siestas, and the margaritas. It was all like one big beautiful dream. Kinda thinking about a lot since I left. Speaker 1
While you better wear your sunblock, your skin will look like an old saddle bag. Speaker 5
Then we cut to Allian Jonesie who approached their village sisters at the bar. Speaker 8
Alex, All of. Ry guy, Jojo. Speaker 10
Isn't it crazy that we lived in the same house for so long and never like, succumbed to it. Speaker 8
Succumb to it? Yeah. Speaker 4
I think it was Speaker 11
like pretty nutty. We lived in the same house for so long. I never like surrender to it. Speaker 8
To what? Speaker 10
July ten. Speaker 12
Never mind. Speaker 8
Are you guys trying to smash your Billett sisters? Speaker 10
I'm trying to smash my Billett sister. Speaker 11
Yes. Yeah. We, talked back there and we both decided we'd both try to smash our village sisters. Speaker 0
First of all, Speaker 12
no. But second, I'm curious. We lived in the same house and you never took a run of Why now? Speaker 11
We weren't as cocksure at that time of our lives, boys, but I'll Speaker 9
have you know I was Speaker 11
in my bedroom across the hall wailing on it to you, to four times a Speaker 8
day. Yeah. Speaker 7
I wouldn't want you to worry Speaker 10
about that. I was hammering on it to you three to five times a day in the bedroom next to yours. Speaker 6
Three to five, two to four. Yeah, but I was only wailing Speaker 11
on it to you two to four times a day because I was wailing on it's my billet mom, your real mom, one to two times a day. Speaker 10
In addition to hammering on it to you three to five times a day, I was also hammering on it to my bill at mom. You're a real mom one to two times a day. And often an additional Speaker 6
one to two times, it's complicated. My real. Seriously. Thank you. Speaker 5
Back at the Hicks's table, Squirley Dan tells the others that watching the comedy or reminded him of when he did his observational rumors that the talent shows ways back when. Katie reminds Gary that it wasn't such a fond memory for him. And we flashed back to when Dairy got up to do the dance at the talent show and was so nervous he almost choked before the others stepped in to save him. Back to Riley and Jonesy who are still shooting their shot with their billet sisters. Speaker 10
So let's say we, finally succumb. Speaker 8
Dog shit line, Ry guy. At least be funny. When? Always preferably. Speaker 5
And we're funny? Unintentionally. Speaker 11
What's so good about funny guys? Speaker 0
They're still fun to Speaker 8
be around even when you're not thing. Speaker 0
They're just like Speaker 5
That last that last line Speaker 6
was They're not. Speaker 5
Riley and Jonesie realizing that the girls are just like them. Back to the Hicks, squirrely Dan is contemplating taking his observational humors out for another spin, just then Riley and Joanzy joined the Hicks at their table licking their wounds. They heard about, they heard, screwy Dan's idea and they decide they could do stand up comedy too. Katie's skeptical. Jonesy thinks they'd be good at it. Wayne doesn't think so. Then their Billett sisters would think they're funny, and they'll go they'll be able to smash them. Katie tells Riley and Josie that stand up comedy doesn't look easy. But Riley says neither do their village sisters, but that's not going to stop them. The skids join the crowded table. They think Raleigh and Josie should definitely try it. Katie asks them why they don't try it. Stuart says he'd rather be a master of one trade than a jack of all. Oh, what's going on here? Come on. Really? Speaker 7
My job. Yeah. Speaker 6
I just I feel like I'm being edged. Speaker 5
My sound board is Speaker 7
cracked. Here we go. Speaker 5
He'd rather be a master of one trade than a jack of all. Speaker 2
What are you a master of? Speaker 9
Thank you. Hey. Every comedian needs an audience. Every audience needs a heckler. Speaker 3
We should all give it a try. Speaker 1
Hard no. Speaker 3
Oh, come on, good buddies. You like chatting with people at the grocery store, and the banks, and whatnot. Used could be at Cradwerks' comics. Do it. And, miss Katie, he likes to say that skids are. Speaker 2
Reasy. Speaker 3
And then hockey players. Speaker 2
Grab a monkey by the tit if they could. Speaker 3
Used can be as a rough comments. Speaker 7
Do it. Speaker 4
What about me? Speaker 6
No. No. Why? Talentcha. Speaker 1
Darry, besides from the time I seen you singing Beyonce in the car wash, You're not much of a performer. Speaker 2
You get the yips butt. How do Speaker 4
you make people laugh all the time? Speaker 6
Unintentionally. Don't worry, buddy. Speaker 10
I'm totally do that too. Speaker 2
Dairy comedians have to be cool. Speaker 4
And now I'm not cool? Speaker 1
Well, now don't everybody answer all at once. Speaker 5
Poor, dairy looks hurt by this. Then Wayne piles on commenting on how even by his standards, Derry's barn closer, particularly right today. Katie Addson. Speaker 6
Oh, no. He says part particularity. Speaker 5
Particularly ripe to the. Katie adds a wee bit spicy. As for the end, brings the subject back to the comedy saying they'll need a host. They all look over to Alex and all of sitting at the bar, except for Dairy who's still sitting there looking hurt. Seeing three, another musical montage, this time, set to the song, north end life, light life from by the headphone activists. We see everyone working on their stand up routine. Katie, at her laptop, Darry, speaking into an ancient looking recording device, squirrely Dan sitting in his armchair with a notepad. Riley and Jonesie just standing in the middle of the arena parking lot, with their hockey sticks, blades staring, staring blankly into the distance, weighing on his back porch with the puppers sitting in a in quiet thought. They all look like they have fun funny material, scene four cuts of laughter Kenny, laughter Kenny comedy night, Alex and all of our hosting. Speaker 8
Welcome to modine's. I'm Alex, and I'm all in. Some circles may know us as Riley and Jonesy's old Village sisters. Unfortunately, you know, it's such a cliche to hook up with your Villa Brothers, which is why we've never done it. But that didn't stop our old Villa Brothers from trying to hook up with us last weekend. They actually told us that they used to masturbate to us. Speaker 7
Used to. Speaker 12
Hey, Alex. Who do Speaker 6
you go clam digging into? Speaker 8
Oh my god. Norm McDonald's Chris Farley, George our land. Wait. They're all old. It's my daddy issues showing. Speaker 5
Ali introduces the first comic of the evening. The next King of crowd work, Wayne. Wayne takes the stage. Speaker 1
Are you not? Speaker 0
Good. And you? Speaker 5
So, is your beard? Pretty good. Yours? Speaker 7
It's not Speaker 6
too bad. Speaker 1
So if you hold the bottle by the neck there rather than the body, she'll stay cold longer. Speaker 5
Right on. Speaker 1
How's it all been? Pretty good. Speaker 5
He's a good guy. Speaker 1
Oh, he's a Speaker 7
real good guy. Speaker 1
He's a great guy. Speaker 5
Cut to two minutes later. Wayne's wondering if Debbie's still smoking, but she quit when she got pregnant. Wayne finds this amusing because she used to smoke all the time in high school. Hilarious. Cut to another two two minutes later, Wayne talking to someone else about a quad versus side by side vehicle. Stuart has Stewart has had enough heels out. When did the joke start cut to two minutes later again. Wayne is talking to someone else about their friend hitting some loose gravel and almost going into a ditch After another bad joke about car insurance, Wayne stands on stage awkwardly and quiet, then utters the words too much fun. And ends his set by saying, well, we'll talk to you and leaves the stage to a smattering of applause. Alex and all have returned to the stage, about that crowd work? It was actually work for the crowd. Between comics, Dairy goes to the bar for a shot of Gusenbro. Gail comments said, Dairy seems white as a sheet. He says he's fine. Down the bar from Daria guys drinking a puppy. He too is wearing co coveralls. He watches Daria as he takes a shot and returns to his table. The next comic up is squirrely Dan with his observational humor. Speaker 7
Thank you, Alex. Speaker 3
Thank you, Alex. It's great to be here guys. Dad. Does that ever's notice? Never needs to ask your gal if she hungries? She always says, no. So you go as a head, make yourself up a plate? She ends up eating half of it. Kinda makes a fella wonder. Donuts. Speaker 5
Scirley Dan is killing it once again, much the confusion of Alex and all of. During squirley Dan's, set, Daries back at the bar. The guy from down the bar goes up to Dairy and introduces himself as Mickey Jabralter. He's played by Canadian actor Morgan Baddard, known for aura, purgatory Jack, and the boy, and the boy in the woods. Mickey offers his hand for Dairy to shake, but Gary says his palms are pretty sweaty. Mickey says he's pawned worse today and, calls Dairy Super chief. Dairy introduces himself. Making things Dairy could use another shot of Gusenbrue. Derry agrees, but Gail's nowhere to be found. So Mick offers him an extra shot of his. It was for his sister, but she wasn't there. So, Dairy can have it. And they both do the shot. Mick asks Dairy if he's going on stage. He is. Mick says, well, now he's excited. Dairy strikes him as a cool, funny guy. He's going to do great. There he appreciates Mickey's encouraging words. And the background, spoiler Dan is still killing it and steward is heckling him with the when did the joke start? But the crowd is eating squirrely Dan's act up. He gets a rousing applause when he's done. And as squirrely Dan walks off the stage, once again, he comments how easy that was. He doesn't understand why people make such a big deal of it. Next up is Dairy with his act that he calls Letter Kenny Problems. He gets on stage and looks nervous. The crowd braces themselves for Dairy to choke, but Dairy sees Mickey who's giving him encouraging thumbs up. Derek clears his throat and begins. Speaker 4
You seen your ex sweetie holding hands with a guy who kicked your ass one time in high school, and that's just about enough to make you wanna drown yourself in a potted plant. But it's okay because your ex sweetie used to look herself in the mirror every time after she took a poop to see if her tummy was any flatter. Speaker 3
I'm sorry I'm sorry, everybody. She's not coming. I wasn't ready. I kind of pictured a girl looking at herself in the mirror. After when she's laying, Kayla, I'm sorry. Speaker 4
Your second cousin put her toddler in a onesie that said, to snatch and kisses and vice versa. Your third or fourth cousin was the only one left to fuck at the end of night. And when there's no more firewood, sometimes you gotta burn the axe handle. Speaker 7
When did the jump start? Speaker 4
It's funny. This one's actually about you Stewart. You saw a skid one time and put his name wrong in the computer at Bowling, and he always figured that the nickname Stu rat would stick. Speaker 6
I'm surprised it didn't. Speaker 4
The government tried to bust you for switching plates on your four wheelers, and as stuff shirt could suck cold shit through wool socks. Okay. Well, that's gonna do it for me. But like your second cousin always says, liquor before beer, poker in the rear. Speaker 5
Dary's given a standing ovation as he walks off the stage, Wayne and Katie looks super proud. But instead of returning to the Hicks table, Dairy makes his way to the bar where Mickey awaits still laughing and keeping praise on dairy and offering him more beer. Darry's loving the attention. Wayne Katie and Swirley Dan sit back down and look concerned. The next comics to take the stage are Riley and Jonesie. They ask all of analytics to stay on the stage because they wanna practice some funny pickup lines on them. The first few attempts backfire as the girls turn Raleigh and Jonesie's lines against them, but then Raleigh and Jonesie try something different. They try self deprecation, which seems to work. Speaker 10
Hey, girl. If you were small words on a page, you'd be fine print because I can't read you and I'm not even gonna try to understand you. Speaker 8
That a self deprecating humor. Okay? Speaker 11
Hey, girl. My name's Microsoft. Can I crash your place tonight? Speaker 10
He's named after my Speaker 6
I can handle this angle. Speaker 0
Give him some runway. Speaker 8
Let's give him some runway. Speaker 11
You must be a wet suit and I must be the sun because you are tight and I'll make you dry. Speaker 10
Hey, girl. This condom in my pocket's gonna expire tomorrow. Do you wanna help me use Oh, wait. Never mind. It's it's way too big. Speaker 11
Hey, girl. Do you mind touching me so I can tell my friends I was touched by an angel? Speaker 6
I swear if you fart. Is this intimate? Speaker 8
So intimate. Speaker 11
Yeah. My doctor suggested that I tell people I'm intimate with that you've come in contact with two STDs. Speaker 10
But Seriously boys? Speaker 8
Oh, seriously now boys? Speaker 11
Yeah. Siri dog boys. Speaker 8
Okay. Siri dog boys. Speaker 10
I have a problem, and I really need your help. Speaker 8
Oh, you've got a lot of problems. Me too. You're beyond help. Speaker 10
There's something wrong with my phone. Oh. Mine two. Speaker 12
And what's that? Your Speaker 7
number's not in it. Oh. Put it in. Speaker 5
The two comics given to the peer pressure and Riley and Jonesi's charm, and give them their numbers to big cheers from before dismissing them from the stage. The final comic is a roast comic, but before they call the comic to the stage, Alex has a question for the audience. Speaker 8
Wait. No one here gets offended too easily. Do they? Speaker 7
No. No one here gets offended too easily. Speaker 8
Wow. That's refreshing. Yeah. That's different. Why? Speaker 7
Because there are real problems in the world. Speaker 8
Fucking a. Speaker 5
The roast comic being called to the stage is none other than Katie. Katie gets on the mic and starts roasting everyone in the audience. She makes fun of squirrely Dan's weight, Wayne's lack of personality, gay Gail's promiscuity, Stewart's drug problem. She compares Riley and Jonesie to cat ladies because they're obsessed with pussy and they're probably gonna die alone, and then she turns her sights on to dairy. Speaker 2
Dairy. What what do I say about dairy? Thanks for taking a break from freeloading on our farm to beer tonight. Dairy has all the term of that sketchy guy who is running a model search in a strip mall. You know that guy? Yeah? Yeah. Derry works with farm animals. And I think that's great. It's important to be on the same intellectual level as your colleagues. Doesn't Gary look like he just dirt biked over here from his divorce hearing? Dairy's pals with the toughest guy in Letter Kenny, but dairy's tough too. Yeah. Tough to look at. Tough to talk to. Tough to be around, tough to love. Yes. Speaker 5
These jokes don't land well with dairy. Cut to another musical montage. This time, set to the song, take no sides by relations. We get a long, slow push in on Alex and all of then cut to Riley and Jonesi doing the whitest white boy dance you've ever seen, and Alex and all of laughing their asses off at the side of the two hockey players dancing, then cuts Katie dancing with the skids, Bonnie dancing with Glenn Gail dancing on her own, Wayne and scurly down at the bar watching this all transpire, but no dare. No dairy. He's sitting at a table with Mick watching everyone having a good time. It doesn't look like he's having a good time at all. Normally, he'd be dancing like a fool with everyone else. Mick gets up, Pat's staring on the back and walks toward the dance floor. Just then Wayne sees Rosie's dancing. Makes stumbles into her. In a flash, Wayne grabs Mick and slams him against the wall. Mick says he slipped, Wayne demands that he apologize. Make refuses to apologize for slipping. Wayne is about to throw hands when Dairy stops him, tells him to cool it. Mick taunts Wayne. Wayne is about to pummel him, but Rosie jumps in and asks him to go for a dart with her. Seeing five, Wayne and Rosie are outside having a dart. Speaker 13
No sense causing a big stink the night before I leave. No one wants a fussy. Speaker 1
No reason get excited. Speaker 13
You're not gonna see me for a week. Speaker 1
Well, your pit bull rescue pals out West will be happy to see you. Speaker 13
Gonna be sad all week missing me? Speaker 10
That might be a wee bit sad. Yeah. Speaker 13
You don't have to do something every time the drunk do bumps me? Speaker 10
Well, that comes with the territory. Speaker 13
Of what? Being the toughest guy in letter Kenny? It must be iron after a while. Always having the pork chop around your neck, boar chop. Speaker 1
Oh, boar chops is a goddamn good. Speaker 13
Man loves boar chops. Speaker 6
I got a pack. Speaker 13
Coming now? Speaker 1
I'll finish my beer and come crawl in. Speaker 13
I wonder how important being the toughest guy in Letter can he needs to be to you anymore. Speaker 1
Oh, I've had this conversation before. Speaker 13
It's fine if it is. I just wonder. Maybe it isn't Speaker 5
Rosie smacks Wayne on the butt gets in the truck and drives off. Once she's gone, Wayne flicks his dart rushes inside the bar and a few seconds later, Mick comes flying out of the bar with Wayne close behind unbuttoning his cuffs, and we fade to black. Alright. That is the first episode of the final season of Letter Kenny. Let's start with, first impressions, Matt, your first. Speaker 7
Yeah. A lot to unpack in this first episode. I'll I'll say out of the gate very different tone. And feel to what's been going on. And I it's obviously intentional, but I'm not mad at it. I'm already getting the vibe and whether it continues into the rest of season that they're really trying to pay pay homage to the eleven seasons that came before. Right? There's there's already a lot of throw box and and gentle nods to Whether, I'm I'm not sure if it's just their, maybe, maybe some of their favorite episodes or scenes from the past that they're calling back, but But I but I appreciate it. You know, for a final season, a show like this, a lot has happened. Why the hell not? Lafter Kenny, I thought was really clever. I think it's fun. This right out of the gate pays a bit of a tribute to, like, the talent show. That they did. I mean, obviously, the flashback, which was kind of weird. And I don't think I've ever seen a flashback in the show. I know awesome. You'll keep me honest on that one, but It was a little out of character, but it was alright. It it was quick and out of the out of the out of the way. But, yeah, that was a lot of fun. Alex and all of, so Ali and Ali Peterson, Olivia Stadler, I'm kinda mad at them that they didn't own up to that the fact they were in the show when we met them. Speaker 9
Oh, they Speaker 5
wouldn't be allowed to say. Speaker 7
I know. I know. I know. I know. I'm I know. I'm not it's Speaker 5
So so just those who who didn't go haven't gone to a letter Kenny presents comedy night Speaker 7
Yeah. Speaker 5
Ali and and Olivia are are are are are the two other comics with, Mark Ford and and Jeff McHenry. So, it was great to see them in this show because up until we saw them. They were writers on the show, but they'd never appeared on screen. Speaker 7
Yeah. And so happy for that. Speaker 6
Just give them a shout out for their other episode. Speaker 5
International women's day? Speaker 6
Yep. That's right. Oh. Because they're all they're co credit they're co credited with Jared for international women's day and what for this episode too. Absolutely. Speaker 5
Yeah. They they're co credited for writing, but they're also punch up writers like, like risk is. So Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 7
Yeah. And we'll get into a lot more of them in in in further weeks, but, I just I was great to see them, really enjoyed meeting them at the show and then seeing them on the episodes fantastic. But, one of my early favorite scenes in this episode was the, was the, was Riley and Jonesie going toe to toe to that with them, about taking a run at them. And what I loved about that was Jonesie, especially, I think, really hit hard, but it It almost felt like they approached it like it was a legal matter, right, the way he positioned his questions, and he's like, you know, he's everything was very fact a very statement, like, driven. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 7
It it kinda felt like a bit of a rebuttal scenario, but and their facial expressions through that scene, anything that Alex and all have said back to them was spot on. So I thought that was a really strong scene for those two. And I know the context and whatever and and and how many times they went at it in a day, whatever. But that's Riley and Jonesy. That's why we fucking love these idiots. So, you get what you what you get. Going quickly through the lineup, not the whole lineup. So Wayne, doing his bit. And I think I saw Color call it out in the chat because it was on my paper too. Hundred percent felt like a shout out to crack an egg. Yep. It was absolutely another bit of it of Wayne taking a call and, just really not getting anywhere. Just having a conversation. So to absolutely Speaker 6
In in Letter Kenny versus Penny, he even, you know, he going around and knocking on people's doors, that could get contentious, right, and that whole discussion goes, you ever notice How you can never get a straight answer and then you want a small town? Speaker 7
Yeah. Speaker 6
I like that. Mhmm. Like, this this fool enjoys main English chit chat. Speaker 7
Yeah. And and in his mind, he probably found that hilarious. Oh, yeah. Of course he did. And if they tried I would have actually been mad if they gave him jokes and made him attempt to do jokes. So I think they handled that perfectly in the the timeline every two minute, two minute, two minute. Oh, that was brilliant. So, well handled. Speaker 8
Go ahead. Speaker 6
Side note. You know what this means. Right? Speaker 7
What's that? You know? Speaker 6
Wayne thinks that the lounge lizard stick is charming. Speaker 7
A lounge Because Speaker 6
you noticed how he was like yeah. He was doing, like, the lounge lizard act. Right? Like, he's leaning up against various prop sees that kind of crowd work. It can be genuine, you know. It can be spontaneous. It could be a reaction or feeding on something that happened, or it can just be, like, very Vegas, schmoozy. Speaker 7
Yeah. Speaker 6
He thinks that's charming. Yeah. This fucking Yeah. Speaker 7
And he owned it and that too much fun to wrap it all up was was absolutely perfect. Getting into Dairy and then Katie's act, I'm I don't know how to feel about this. It's obviously mean. I mean, roast roast roasting's hilarious. I love roast battles. Olivia Stadler being on the show makes sense. She's an expert at this. She probably had a big part and and and like you said, they are they were they were obviously co writers of this episode. But roasting works best when the person is already put themselves out there to be a part of the roast. Right? Dairy absolutely did not, and it just came across mean. And I'm sure that's the intent and there's more to come in the episodes ahead. You can see they're setting up a big dairy timeline from what I can tell, but I didn't like it. I mean, I I I appreciate what it did, but it was just it felt mean and that's its intention. So I I I'm guessing I'm kinda torn on it. Speaker 5
I'm gonna I'm gonna say though, I don't think Katie was being any more mean to Dairy than she's been in the past with him. I think she's always Speaker 7
in it. It was all at once. Speaker 5
And you can see Gary's in a bit of a red lady as well. Yeah. Yeah. He's in a bit of a mood, already. Okay. But I don't think she was because I don't think she was any Speaker 9
She hasn't done it in front of a live audience. I mean, come on. This was way worse than what she's done in the past. Speaker 5
No. And and Speaker 6
he is in a bit of a mood because he's already, like, nervous because they brought up previously. Mhmm. They brought up his previous tanking performance with the line dancing with no fucking line. Speaker 7
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 6
So he's already primed to be pessimistic. Speaker 7
Yeah. Absolutely. And and and I totally agree. Like, they they make these jokes to out to your point. They make these jokes, but to Victor, you said, not in a in a public setting. They are a tight group of friends. They can joke amongst themselves. This felt mean into me. Speaker 0
And Katie should know and I and I just gotta add to what you're saying. Katie should know dairy well enough to know that he would get hurt by this. Speaker 7
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 0
But it didn't feel right to me either. Speaker 9
This was on the same level as tennis and Stuart Speaker 5
I don't think it was, quite that long. Speaker 9
Well, let me put this. Speaker 7
They talked about it, but I think it was risks instead of sorry. I think Speaker 6
it's a definite parallel. Speaker 7
So what? Sorry? Speaker 5
To the Tennis and Stuart? No. I I I disagree because I think Tannis was with I don't think because I think Tannis to Stewart was out of disgust, a genuine disgust. I think Katie Katie's treating treatment of Daryl has always been with love behind it. It's just at in in this case, he wasn't ready to receive that. Speaker 7
No. Not at all. Speaker 6
Yeah. Speaker 8
Which Speaker 6
he is very much the awkward little brother. Speaker 7
Yeah. Speaker 5
Yeah. She's always yeah. She's always blaming. I'm not not blaming him at all. I'm I'm I'm just anyway, go on, Matt. Sorry. Speaker 7
No. I was gonna say, which brings me to the balance of the episode, which is Mickey Gibraltar Gibraltar. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 7
Right? This guy what did you say? Morgan, Bedard, I think, his name was? Speaker 9
Yep. Yeah. Connor Connor Bedard's dad. I Speaker 5
don't think so. Speaker 7
No. Not not accurate. I actually looked so that's one of the few sports names I knew was Bedard. So he did a quick Google search to see if they're connected. You know, go sports. Well done. Speaker 6
Loved loved Medars are really fucking common, West. Speaker 7
Well, I didn't know that. Okay. I'd only ever heard it one other time, and it was in sports. So go sports, and I thought it was Speaker 6
a connection. Speaker 7
What I'll say about Mickey is love him or leave him. Everybody needs someone like him. Or more people deserve someone like him. His Unapologetic cheerleading for Dairy. I absolutely loved. He he he kinda gave me a Joe, a trigger, Treglio, Vive was boil in, like, Brooklyn nine nine where he's just, like, he's unapologetically himself. He's loud. He's out there. But he just he cares so much for Well, Speaker 9
it doesn't have a hidden agenda though. Speaker 7
No. And and they and that's what I mean. I don't know beyond this episode. And there could be more. But what I saw was Speaker 6
Well, neither does Victor, to be fair. Yeah. Speaker 0
Fair enough. But Speaker 7
I loved He just met from what he saw face Speaker 6
value. Appreciate you. Speaker 7
Was that he met him, and he was right on his on his side, and he was cheering him on and trying to make him feel good about what was going on. Again, there's probably more to the story, which I I'm waiting to see. But in face value at episode one, I think he I liked how he came across even if it did come across abrasive. And then the Wayne and his interaction was very uncomfortable too, which they're setting a bad picture for both Wayne and and Maya's Katie for the a dairy attack in episode one. So a lot to unpack as we get deeper into this season, but Yeah. I'm I I enjoyed it. Speaker 5
Okay. Victor. Speaker 9
Wow. So immediate difference in this episode is that it doesn't have the tropey stand up. Well, Scott stand up, but it doesn't have the tropey vignettes. Right? It it it it was a story from beginning to end, and any substories are all deeply connected to the main story. So it's really just one story. They're they're building something here. They're introducing new characters. There's protagonists. There's one that looks like a protagonist, but is clearly gonna be an antagonist where he's almost like what's his name from few few seasons ago The the the the derrick's derrick's thing. Here. Right. Yeah. He's he's like the derrick's wannabe or something. Speaker 7
I have Speaker 0
the facial thing where I'm like, oh my god. They brought derrick back for the last day. I'm like, oh, I don't think that's the same person. Speaker 6
That's called cross hypnosis. You got face blindness. Speaker 8
She does. Speaker 5
Yes. We've established that. Speaker 9
Anyway, so so, you know, that's So there's intrigue, there's mystery, there's humor, there's, you know, they're they're tugging at your emotional strings and stuff like that. So I I think it was a pretty good episode. It was very full and, yeah, we'll we'll share a little more as we continue to go around. Speaker 6
Yeah. I agree. Tugging and I immediately thought balls. Speaker 5
I agree. I really enjoyed. I like the the tone of this. I love the the introduction of the the new character I'm I'm although introducing new characters, you know, this late in the game kinda makes me sad that this is the last season because having, Ali and and Olivia on there, I'm like, oh, man. Like, they they could be so much fun. Speaker 9
Living the moment just Speaker 5
for sure. I got it. I get it. I mean, I I just I think, no one no one acted out of character in this episode. I think Oh, Speaker 0
they did. Speaker 5
I think Katie, you're so wrong. I think Katie has always been brutal to dairy Speaker 9
Not like this. Speaker 7
But she still has his back, and I don't think she had his back in this sense. Speaker 0
No. She didn't. Speaker 5
I think At the end there, they were very proud of him when he went up on stage and and did well, and they were proud of him. And when he didn't ghost join them, that's probably when they started to see, oh, wait. Something's wrong with dairy. Up until then, they had Speaker 9
Oh, so let's stab him in the back. Speaker 0
Then they should have consoled him and took care of it that night. Speaker 7
Because he went before her. Speaker 5
Yeah. And look, she went up there. She made fun of Swirly Dan's weight. She made fun of her brother's uh-uh Speaker 0
love. They're not close. Speaker 6
But she Speaker 5
She roasted all of them, and she's Speaker 7
got that Speaker 5
she's got that rep that that Speaker 9
letting her to her. Speaker 5
I'm not letting her off the hook. Speaker 7
I'm saying move your Speaker 9
your crush that you have Speaker 5
on her. I'm saying right now no one is acting out of character. Except dairy is in a mood. Speaker 0
Okay. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Because you know what? Like Speaker 6
You're victim blaming. Speaker 0
Think back. Think back to Supersoft. Super soft birthday and how he was and how he is with them. And him, like, oh, you know, I just don't wanna and I and and they're like, no. We're gonna Speaker 5
do this. Fuck your feelings. We're still having a party even if you don't want it. Like, to Speaker 0
show those are his feelings. He is a really Speaker 5
I understand, but do you understand in in that exact same scenario? She's like, I don't care about your feelings. We're gonna have a birthday party for you anyway. Because we wanted us Speaker 6
to have that sally and since And Speaker 5
she and she told him embarrassing from your clutch. And she and she told him embarrassing story of him having a getting a boner during the national anthem. Speaker 6
Like Great nine. Speaker 7
Yeah. That's kind of funny. Always specific moment. That's not personal attacks. It Speaker 9
can be it. Speaker 5
All I'm saying. Speaker 0
In front of Speaker 5
this is all, obviously, this is all setting up for kind some kind of confrontation. And look, growing up, I had, a a circle of friends We were always like at each other. We're always making fun of each other. And usually, that's all in good fun, but all it takes is free to be in a bad mood for some of that to land poorly. And then all it takes is for somebody else to come with at you with kindness for you to start wondering, are these really my friends or am I missing out on something better? Speaker 9
You're you're you're forgetting, or for some reason, just dismissing Speaker 8
the Speaker 9
fact that it's public shaming. It's not a friend's having fun with each other and kinda roll around. Speaker 5
It's letter Kenny. They're everyone knows each other there in that room. Everyone No. Speaker 9
No. No. It's not an extension. Speaker 5
Come on. Agreed to disagree. What I'd I'll agree with you with this, Victor. I love the setup that that seems to be happening here and that it's one story and not a bunch of vignettes. I think they're going and here's some of the things I see setting up here. There's you you called it out. First time, I think I've ever seen a flashback in an episode of Letter Kenny, except for the the the Saint Patrick's Day, which was all flashbacks. Like Mhmm. But flashbacks of things we'd never seen before. This is actually flashing back something we we have seen. There's a lot of callbacks to previous episodes to the talent show, to Letter Kenny Problems. I mean, Derek's act is basically, the letter Kenny problems, the YouTube plus, which is amazing. I love it. Speaker 7
That's great. Speaker 6
That's so much. Speaker 5
Yeah. Wayne, Wayne's set was crack and egg. Cutler called that out. I completely agree. Same kind of, quote, unquote, humor, full circle there with, at the end there. I mean, when we when we start letter Kenny, Wayne wasn't fighting because Angie convinced him that he didn't need to. And now we have not Rosie trying to convince Wayne not to fight, but asking him, is it really that important to you to still be the toughest guy in letter Kenny? And he even said, well, I've heard that before. So something there. Like, again, a kind of a full circle moment there. And, obviously, at the end of Wayne, when he said too much fun. There's a callback to Letter Kenny versus Penny. So I'm loving all this. Like, some of it is is like actual flashbacks, but some of it's just like calling back to previous seasons and, like, yeah, the nostalgic trip that we're gonna be on is gonna be crazy. Okay? Speaker 0
I am a little kid and I am, like, kicking and screaming, don't want this to go. So I I my back is up. My back is up. I know that this is the last season, and we watch the trailers you know, we saw Katie coming off the bus. We didn't have any text to it. We thought she was getting on the bus and we're like, she's leaving. She's going somewhere. Speaker 3
Oh, yeah. Speaker 5
Yeah. That's Speaker 0
right. And we were like, guess, like, it was like autofill. What what's happening in these in these scenes. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 0
So to hear and to see that she's coming off the bus, and that she had just had a trip. But the whole time watching it, I was like, okay, where is everybody going? How are they gonna end this? And it was just like, I feel like I was pro trying to prepare, but at the same time, trying to hold on to everybody and keep everybody where they should be, where they need to be and and and leave them in a happy place in my mind. And I was getting upset watching it because I was like, okay, who's this new guy? Speaker 5
No. Speaker 0
What are you doing with my dairy? Like, what, like, what what's happening and why are we breaking up the the group? Is that where we're going with this? Cause I don't want the group to break up. Like, I was I feel like I was getting my feelings hurt Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 0
Or very concern over every little thing because I didn't I I've just fear what the end's gonna be and, if they're going to end it where they're all splitting up. You know, I saw Rosie and Wayne and they're talking about, you know, do you have to be the the toughest guy? Her going out to to the dog, to see the dogs. And I'm like, oh my god. She's going to BC. Like, like, everything is just I think that I I just am. I'm I'm pulling a little kid. You know, I don't want anything to change. Yeah. Everybody just say where you are and let's just end this happily. And, this episode isn't lining up for that. It just it got me. And then when I saw Katie do what she did to dairy, I think that's why I got so upset. It was like, no. Like, you know, Gary, you're friends with him. He's gonna get upset with this, and you should know his body language, his behavior, and you should go and have a conversation with him. Speaker 5
Well, so this is episode one of six. Right? So I mean, the the the resolution you're talking about might happen, you know, in five episodes. Speaker 0
Well, and and I I don't know Speaker 8
where this Speaker 9
is. No. Speaker 7
No. No. No. No. No. Speaker 0
No. I'm not giving anything. I Speaker 9
don't think it could be a murderer and Could be. Gary might not get a chance. Speaker 7
I'll talk about Mick like that. Speaker 0
No. No. I'm not giving anything. It's a good guide. There's nothing, there's nothing in my my contact. But that's just how I felt watching this first episode. It's like, know, like, what is happening? And and why is all of this happening? Speaker 5
Sure. Speaker 0
That all being said, you know, the the laughter Kenny was, really funny. I I liked that they did that. Riley and Jones and Jonesie, I thought was hilarious. Them being in unison saying that they used to masturbate to, the girls. That that was an ever reference. And I really wanna hear feedback as to, how how it was delivered. So when the girls said before Katie went up to start roasting. And and that delivery of nowhere in a small town, there's bigger things Like, why was it delivered that way? It was so in unison and deliberately stopped. Speaker 5
That was blatantly a message to anybody who watches this and gets and gets offended easily. And I mean And Speaker 6
like the flat monotone delivery too. It's like this is a line that they have had to drag out previously. And it's the the town line. Right? Like, the party line that they're all gonna tow. Speaker 5
Yeah. Like, they're they're more important things in life to worry about them being offended by a a few jokes is basically them saying to the viewer. And, as the town. Yeah. Speaker 0
Well then Speaker 9
They're they're they're talking Tanya to you, watching Al watch the show for the first time. That that's that's who they're talking. They're they're not talking to the regular viewers. They're talking to the, you know, fly buyers. What's the fuck? For you. Yeah. What the fuck are you watching? Mhmm. They're they're talking to, Matt's poor kid that walked in on on him. That that you know Speaker 5
It's on him to Toronto Mike. Actually. Speaker 7
That was a core memory for him. Okay? Speaker 0
That's gonna be a masturbating memory for him. That's it. Speaker 6
Walking in on your parents. Speaker 5
Okay. Awesome. Initial thoughts. Speaker 6
Oh, okay. So I need to preface this. I have had to really work to separate like, my general malaise and disappointment that twelve is the last series of a letter, Kenny. Speaker 7
Mhmm. Speaker 6
From what I actually think about twelve as a story. Speaker 5
Sure. Speaker 6
Right? So, like, I'm trying to be objective and fair when I evaluate these episodes based on what actually happens on fucking screen. Speaker 5
And also try not to be spoilery, please. Speaker 6
Yeah. No. I definitely try to avoid that. Mhmm. But like so without spoiling anything. The precedent of the letter Kenny is that these episodes are, in fact, quite episodic. Right? Like, they're it's not until we get to, like, series five that they get to be more serial. Like, there's a plot line running through the whole series that drives everything and is addressed in every episode of the series. Speaker 5
Right. Speaker 6
So For me, that's classic letter. K. That is what I like about the show is I like the episodic nature of it. I like that everything returns to the status quo. I like that we're just getting, like, these these moments, these slices of everyday life. Speaker 5
These random days. Yeah. Speaker 6
That is what I like about letter k. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 6
Right? So twelve is very serial. So you can't everything that we're talking about today in this episode is going to come into play. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 6
There you can't separate this episode from those that follow. Speaker 5
Right. Speaker 6
So just bear that in mind. Speaker 5
Yeah. But I think, I mean, I mean, Victor hasn't watched ahead and he he can tell. I mean, I think anyone who's who's watched TV knows. Yeah. Think it's pretty easy to see that they're setting up a story here. Speaker 6
Yeah. There were I've said it before and I'll say it again. God lesson. I love the boy, but Jared is not particularly subtle as a writer. And I think that's one of the shows mean virtues. Everything is just right there. You don't have to fucking guess. It is literally in the text. Okay? If there is something going on, you fucking know what's going on. Everything isn't just saying it. It's screaming it at you. So let's go on. Speaker 5
Quickly. Speaker 6
Alright. So when when Katie gets off the bus and the boys are standing there, Wayne immediately launches himself at Speaker 9
her. Mhmm. Speaker 6
And Danny Darier, like, a step behind. And then Wayne grabs up her suitcase because that's he shows rather than tells. Speaker 7
Yep. Speaker 6
I bet you a million dollars Wayne has only ever said the l word, like, maybe twice in his entire life once to his mom and once to Katie, and that's fucking it. Like, he is that type of prick. Speaker 7
Letter Kenny. Speaker 5
Did you say leakage? Speaker 7
Letter Kenny. Is that it? You went with leakage. Leakage. K. Just wanna be clear. Speaker 5
Keep going. Keep going awesome. Don't don't let him just derail you. Speaker 7
Okay, guys. Speaker 6
That point. Okay. My next point, so headphone activist, his, his song in there. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 6
The classical piece that he samples is Johan Sebastian Bach Speaker 7
Thank you. I couldn't I couldn't name it, but I was like, that's a sample for sure. What a banger. Speaker 9
Good job, Matt. Speaker 6
Yeah. I I like classical music. I'm a I'm a nerd. Yeah. My my next point was that Wayne thinks that the lounge lizard shtick is charming. That's so funny to me. So I wanna talk us a second about, you know, quote unquote, Alex, and Allive's stand up routine. Mhmm. These women are really accomplished stand up comics. I've seen some of their shit, but their characters are doing like the most cliche tropey fucking stand up shit. Yep. And that is definitely a hundred percent on purpose. Like Speaker 5
Sure. Well, they're also tag teaming. Like, you don't Yeah. They're not a team generally. They're they're like Speaker 6
the blatant calling out of, oh, my daddy issues. Nearfner. Yeah. Right? Like, Speaker 7
Yeah. They were w scaled back versus who they are. Speaker 6
Pretty small, if you know what I mean. No. No. No. So it's it's funny to me. Have, like, they They basic their act. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 6
Right? Like that that is the most you know, stand up one zero one. Everybody goes through that phase when they're first starting out comedy. And then they've got the fucking audacity to look askance at Dan's Act, which I get why it is fucking mystifying, but that's small town shit. Right? It's a hundred percent relatable it's familiar, and that's why it's amusing. Speaker 5
Oh, he's he's got the catch phrase. He's got multiple catch phrases, and and everyone loves that shit. Yeah. So that's For notice. Speaker 6
Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Speaker 5
Like serious comedians hate catchphrase comedians. Speaker 6
Right. But again, again, their act, Alex and Olives, their act is so cliche. It's like, okay, Speaker 8
whatever. Speaker 6
Ask judgment if you like. So Mick. He comes on so strong. And, like, okay. Matt, yes, everyone needs hypeman. But Nick is so fucking creepy. Like, he is dressed identically. Too dare. Speaker 7
There's some weirdness for sure. Don't get me wrong. But Speaker 6
And once vibes are just off, Speaker 0
and what's with him bumping into Rosie? Speaker 5
I think it was legitimately an accident. Speaker 0
That looked everything everything Speaker 6
he does There is a level of plausible deniability. Every single fucking thing he does. And the fact that it is so ambiguous immediately pings my radar. Right? Like, my antennae are up and they are quivering. And I'm like, This is a man to watch. Yeah. Not in a he's gonna be entertaining kind of way, but in a I need to know where that person is at all times, and they need to never be between me and the fucking exit. Speaker 7
Yeah. Have your suspicions high. I get it, sir. But to to my the only I'll say is we've always talked about Letter Kenny, especially being a caricature of people. So Yeah. Jibril or whatever, he is an exaggerated version of a hype man to me. Yeah. So that didn't throw me completely off knowing Although I completely agree with you're saying Yeah. Didn't throw me completely off because that's the tone of the type of people that enters. Speaker 9
When you go to a resort, you're the one that gets condent to seeing those timeshare property. Speaker 5
I don't see. Speaker 8
No. I Speaker 0
will. No. No. No. Speaker 6
Matt Has anybody ever slipped you a date rape drug? Speaker 5
No. Speaker 6
Because, yeah, that's something like right now. Speaker 7
What? No. No. What I'll say about the the timeshare? Hundred percent. I have been to timeshare, but I am very aware of what I'm doing. And all I'm waiting for is that free shit at the end. Yep. And then a hard nope. Speaker 5
Yep. Yeah. Speaker 9
That's what you convince yourself by halfway through. At least I'm gonna get something out Speaker 7
of it. Well, I lapped it one really quick size. Sorry. I got invited to one of those one time, and they were trying to sell me on shit. This was like, at when I just started my career, I was barely making bank to to even rent an apartment, and they're pushing this shit. I looked at the lady and I laughed. I'm like, are you kidding me? You think I could afford any of this? Give me my vacuum or whatever they're giving me. I'm out of here. Speaker 5
We got free j's tickets for one that we went to. Speaker 8
Oh, yeah. Speaker 7
I was laughing in their face and they were so mad. I'm like, you're insane. You need to do a better vetting job before you bring people in because there's not a chance I can afford even your basic package. Speaker 5
Yeah. So Speaker 9
It's the people that can't afford it are the ones that typically get conned into it, unfortunately. Speaker 5
Yeah. Yeah. In terms of Mickey though, he's exact what Gary needed at that time. But, yeah, you're right. Yeah. He he came on very strong. Speaker 6
And it's like so wrong, it's suspicious. Like, I don't know if it's just, like, twenty something years of hanging out in bars and, like, college campuses and library and having to get to know the warning signs. But for me, Michael Gibraltar was fucking waving more flags than a com more red flags than a communist rally. Speaker 9
Okay? He targeted scary. He targeted him. Speaker 6
He really did. Speaker 9
He targeted. And I'm on like, who is he? Why is he? Why is he doing this? What's it? What's up? Speaker 6
He and it's just He creeps me the fuck out and he did from the first fucking second. Because when remember, when Gary's, like, ordering his first shot of Gus and Bruce from Gailer, Mick is staring right at him. Mhmm. He's like drilling into it. With his eyes. Speaker 8
And it's like Speaker 9
and if Gail's not there, where do you get those two shots? Speaker 5
Well, he he he he explained the shot. Speaker 6
Like front loaded it. Speaker 5
Yeah. Speaker 6
Yeah. He had ordered previously ordered the shots. I don't know if his sister Speaker 9
There's no sister. There's no sister. Speaker 8
Yeah. Speaker 6
I don't know if she's ever gonna show up or whatever. I think he deliberately ordered two shots in order to get at Daryl. Speaker 0
It seemed deliberate. Speaker 9
But there's gonna be a sister in his basement. Speaker 5
Alright. Awesome final point before we move on to ratings. Speaker 6
Oh, god. I have so many more. Okay. So when when Gary, if during his set, Katie and Stewart starts chirping him when did the fucking joke start? Katie smacks him down. Yeah. Katie slaps the table and tells him to not get the fuck off. Mhmm. Right? And her and Wayne were the first ones up and clapping and supporting Speaker 5
her and everything. K. Well, anyway, we'll get to to ratings in a second and and I'll Yeah. Speaker 6
And then and then so alright. When, Wayne Gibraltar bumps into Rosie. Again, plausible deniability, it could have been an accident. Dance floor's credit, whatever. So Wayne's about to haul off and Rosie puts the pause on it. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 6
And then after that, Wayne looks at Katie to double check. Like, Rosi has made her feelings clear, don't fucking do it. He double checks with Katie to make sure that that's the correct thing. Right? Because, like, if if Katie had said go ahead and get him, he would have done it even though Rosie had said not to. So that's and that's actually not the first time that that's happened. Speaker 0
Didn't, Terry also come in? Speaker 5
Yeah. He's he was the first one to Speaker 6
say Gary. Also came in. Speaker 5
Cool it. Speaker 6
Yeah. So when when Rosie is having the conversation with Wayne by the truck. Minor point and then major point. The fuck pork chop around your neck, Is it not an albatross around your neck? Speaker 5
Yeah. I didn't quite understand the reference. I thought it was just their way to get to board shops eventually I thought he was talking about Portuguese. Speaker 0
I thought he was like Uh-huh. Speaker 8
I thought Speaker 7
it was a Portuguese reference to. Speaker 0
I thought it was like the big dog, the alpha male, the port lady. Speaker 7
Maybe it was a shadow hell. Speaker 5
Oh, it was definitely a shot Speaker 6
at me. So, like, I can imagine, like, okay, in terms to being a big dog, right? Having a pork chop around your neck. That's bait. Right? When you're the best at something, you have a target on your back. Everyone's always gonna come at you. Right? An albatross around your neck though is a burden. Right? Speaker 8
Yep. Speaker 6
It's something that you carry with you that weighs you down. It's it's a bad luck charm. So I don't know which way that was supposed to go. And then The big point, Wayne immediately makes that leap to Angie, like, once burnt twice shy. Right? Mhmm. When she asks him if it's still important, it's okay if it is. But is it still all that important to you? Yeah. Yeah. It fucking is. It has been low these eleven fucking series. Why would that change down? Especially after the note, we ended on in eleven. Right. Yeah. That was It would change because of the eyeballs. Speaker 9
And and that's where I was going from beginning. It would change because they said you know, initially they started out this way, but now they've they've grown and then now they're intelligent. Well, no. You're still the same Mhmm. Mud that you were. You know, eleven seasons ago. Speaker 5
Alright. Let's move on to ratings. You're also be here all night. Speaker 6
One last thing, though. Speaker 9
Okay. Quickly. Speaker 6
Yeah. Quickly quickly. So, Tanya was talking earlier about, like, I don't want this, you know, and feeling like, why are they doing this? And, like, I swear to Christ, in twenty goddamn nineteen, I literally wrote on the subreddit, Jared, you do not have to play with my emotions in order to get me to watch your fucking show. Okay? And that was in reference to, like, the serial cliffhanger endings that we had gotten that were all, like, big, what the fuck is gonna happen? Notes. But Yeah. No. Like, this, because this is the final series, and because you're watching everything with an eye to, like, insulating yourself and protecting yourself from the separation that is going to happen, like, the thing with Katie on the bus. Right? Like, we all thought she was getting on. In reality, she's getting off. But we're all watching it with the perspective that something is going to happen. Like, that you don't need to have any spoilers or anything just to know that because by virtue of the fact that this is the final season. Speaker 5
Yeah. If Dean were Speaker 7
here for yeah. Speaker 5
If Dean were here, he'd say they're playing with tropes, but they're they're they're reversing them. Right? The trope that everyone Speaker 7
leaves it. Speaker 5
They're they're they're subverting the tropes. Yeah. Speaker 6
Yeah. But again, it's like You don't need to jerk me around, to get me to watch your shit. Yeah. I'm gonna watch it. I'm gonna think what I think about it, I'm probably gonna like it because I'm very heavily biased. But, like, I just I don't know. It's narrative misdirection is one thing and I get that. But The advertising around this was such that everything looks like it is ending. And, yes, okay. Again, series twelve, final series. Speaker 5
Yeah. No. I think they're playing with the tropes. I think they're they're playing with our emotions and, but in Jared, we have to trust. Alright. Let's move on. Speaker 0
Sorry. Before you move on, I do have one final question Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 0
Which is, so Dairy stops, Wayne from from pounding Nick on the dance floor. But then as soon as Rosie leaves, he grabs him and throws them out the door and he starts rolling his sleeves. So he's going to fight him anyways. So, oh, yeah. How does how does that image at the end? You know, Jerry asked him not to. Rosie asked him not to, and he did it anyways. Speaker 5
Yep. Because that's what he's gonna do. He's gonna do what he's gonna do. Speaker 6
Yeah. That's the beginning of Speaker 5
There's no risk. Yeah. There's no growth there. And it's the beginning of of the rift. Yeah. Speaker 6
That that singular moment put Wayne and Daryl at odds for practically the first time ever. Speaker 5
Okay. Yeah. Matt's rating. Give me a rating, please. Speaker 7
You sure you don't wanna recircle back? Speaker 5
No. I I I need a reading. Speaker 7
Alright. Yeah, I won't dance too far. This episode was one of the most enjoyable in my opinion in a long time from Letter Kenny. I'm like what they did, the music was on was absolutely on fire. Speaker 5
Three montages. Three. Speaker 7
Three montages that Speaker 6
has song? I'm at Speaker 7
dance floor. Fuck. Oh, and the headphone activist track there with that sample, like, that really made me happy. They gave me a lot of the things I love most about Letter Kenny. Even though there's some things that obviously rubbed me the wrong way, I'm not holding that as a disadvantage on the episode. I think they are clearly setting something up, and I'm really excited to see where it goes, even if I was mad at it. So this honestly was Easily a top ten episode to me. Speaker 5
Oh, wow. Speaker 7
Maybe even a top five. It's one of the easiest freshers I've given to a letter Kenny sowed in a long time. Really, end to end. Just enjoyed the hell out of it. Speaker 5
Nice. Fresh. Okay. Victor. Speaker 9
So, and we didn't point out that dairy's, not dairies. Wayne's eyes were more beaty than usual, especially at the end, beaty. When when at the end, before, before he saw Rosie on a dance floor, he was looking very, very angry. And his eyes were almost completely closed. And and when he saw Rosie, then they opened up just a little bit and got a smile. And then they became angry again when we saw the bump. So but anyway, it was a great episode from beginning to end. However, because of history. I'm gonna give this episode a temporary clearance. What? Speaker 7
Yeah. You Victor. Speaker 8
I don't Speaker 0
think we've ever used the word temporary. Speaker 5
Temporary clearance. Speaker 7
Can't do this Speaker 9
clearance. I can. Speaker 6
I can. What makes it temporary? Speaker 7
Explain yourself. Speaker 9
I can very easily explain myself. No. Speaker 7
You know, it's not gonna be right. Speaker 9
So I can't remember what season it was, but the season where they totally embarrassed the ladies, in the hockey game. There was never truly. I some of you may disagree, but there was never any true Commopence to that. Speaker 8
There Speaker 9
was no there was no real reason to embarrass them, and there was never a kind of closure to that. Speaker 5
Sure. Speaker 9
So so because of that, there was this episode kind of left us with two uncomfortable bad case in our mouth. One one with Dairy being completely humiliated, by his friends in front of a live audience. And nobody came to his defense. They just let it happen. And, and, and, and, and, what's his name? Two point o coming out, Speaker 5
Mick. Dirk's. Speaker 9
Dirk's two point o, where he's still, you know, in in sheep's clothing. And Speaker 6
If men leave a bad taste in your mouth, just don't swallow. Speaker 5
Okay. Speaker 9
So, yeah, settle down. And and and and so so you've got this you've got this guy in sheep's clothing he's clearly doing something. There's there's, you know, something bad's gonna happen. And and and it's unresolved. Okay. And it's unresolved. And and this shows Speaker 7
You know, you're not you you're getting yourself out. Like, give it a rating based on what you saw. Speaker 9
No. I am. I am. What I stopped? Speaker 7
But you can't say temporary because what I'm expecting episode of two when things resolve you. Oh, you know what? That was it? That was Yeah. Not when. That's gonna look stupid at that point. Speaker 9
No. No. No. No. Not No. No. Speaker 6
I'm a judah king. I am adjudicating this, you cannot give a provisional fucking rating. Speaker 9
Well, then I'm gonna give it a permanent clearance, Speaker 7
but do it? I don't Then own your clearance and don't dance around it. You're right. Speaker 9
I it's a clearance because because I don't like how this episode made me Speaker 7
feel. Okay. Speaker 9
Like, the the the letter Kenny show has always been a feel good show. With some controversy, that whole line that they said, you know, don't, you know, it's just the show. Don't, you know, don't take it too far. Don't be a softy and whatnot. That's fine. I get that. But there's been episodes that they have gone too far and they weren't that great, and I've given them clearances or compost in the past. And so this episode for now, for now is a clearance. And as a sum here on this panel have chosen to review their ratings on fartbook, I am doing the same thing. Speaker 5
He reserves the right. Speaker 9
Okay. I've reserved the right. And so we'll see. We'll see around. Speaker 7
I'm making up rules as we go along. Clearing. Speaker 5
No problem. Speaker 6
It's bullshit. Speaker 5
Let's move on my rating. And before but before I give my rating, I am not victim blaming Dairy. He has every right to feel the way he feels. I one hundred percent think he should feel the way he feels. I have felt like him. Speaker 7
And and that was a bad choice. From my Speaker 8
No. Speaker 5
No. No. But but just because smoke yeah. So he one hundred percent legitimately should feel the way he feels the way he was treated by them. All I'm saying is they haven't treated him any differently than they've treated him in the past, but he totally totally deserves. He he totally should feel the way he's feeling. I've been the same way, before. Like I said, I I grew up with friends. We were always jabbing at each other. And when there are days where I didn't wanna couldn't handle it. So you have to put those Don't Speaker 7
air your dirty laundry, though. Speaker 5
No. But so anyway, I love this episode. I love the story it's setting up. It's I like I like the addition of alley of Alex and and oliver in, Olivia. Everything about this. And you know what? I mean, it's the last season, and we haven't seen something as dramatic as a rift between the hicks. So I think this is gonna be this is setting up really exciting. So I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. Ten? Speaker 7
No. What's your rate now? My Speaker 5
or my rating was fresh. I gave it a Speaker 9
ten, ten, before you go. And that there was a third Speaker 5
reason. Right? Speaker 9
So so Speaker 5
the third Speaker 6
This is Victor. Speaker 9
So the third reason Speaker 6
is so off. And you're getting on are Speaker 0
you stepping on my deck here? Speaker 9
Yes. So the third reason, yeah, the one the one made out of that, cocaine The third reason was Wayne just disappointing us. Right? Choosing to beat up this guy over. Yeah. Speaker 5
It wasn't a good look for Wayne either. It was not looking there's not a good look for Wayne at all. Speaker 9
It was a bad look, and he's choosing him. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 9
He's choosing this new guy in town over Rosie. Yeah. What that's such a douche baggery move. Like, grow up a little bit. And so, yeah. No. Speaker 7
I That doesn't discredit the episode though. Like, that doesn't discredit them. That sets a tone that sets where they're heading and and define what we're ready. What we're excited for. Speaker 5
So We'll see. Ten. We'll see. Your ratings. Speaker 9
We'll see. Speaker 0
This episode made me have a flashback upon reflection of it, flashback to to Subbury where, awesome. You'll remember this very well. That woman, taking your hair and and, braiding it. Speaker 6
Oh my god. Right? Speaker 0
Oh, yeah. Like, when you know something is out of place, and something is weird, and you have your backup right away. Mick made me have my backup. Speaker 6
Before she even asked. Speaker 0
When when I'm at a bar, I am watching. I am watching my people. I am watching the other people. I am like, there's feel like I'm a bloody security guard, and and I always have my backup watching and ready for what's gonna happen? Like, is it or is everybody safe? Is everybody okay? If we're having fun, we're having fun. Great. You know, I'll I'll I'll calm down. But I'm always watching. And she was, you know, at first, you know, trying, like, she was drunk as hell, but it was like, nuh-uh, you are still not something's weird about you. You're not being, like, you're you're trying to be nice, but you're not being nice. And and we, you just have your backup. And Mick made me feel like I have my backup. You know, I'm worried about dairy, Anyways, we've already talked about all of that. It's a clearance for me. I can't I can't bring it to a fresh. Like, it didn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling. I was worried and, you know, weighing going against Rosie and, dairy and Like, it just there was no good feeling at the end. I'm I'm yeah. Speaker 5
Yeah. Even that whole long dance scene where everyone's dancing and having fun and Speaker 9
Tania, I'm your train and you're my sole sister. I'm Speaker 7
so surprised. Speaker 9
Okay. I'm not gonna lie. Speaker 6
That was a very funky analogy. Speaker 5
Awesome. Speaker 6
Okay. So, again, I'm trying to be fair and objective about this. So I am evaluating this episode on the rubric. Does it accomplish what it sent out to accomplish. And for me, the answer is yes. Speaker 7
Okay. Speaker 6
Alright. So Speaker 5
Well, everyone has their own rubric. So, yeah. Speaker 6
Yeah. I have to push back against, something Victor said. Like, Speaker 7
That's fun too. Speaker 6
Yeah. I know. Right? It's so easy. Speaker 9
Just just be gentle. Speaker 6
Never. No. Like, again, this this episode set is a set up for the rest of this year, and that's always how the first episode is. And I I Wayne did not disappoint us. Right. Wayne didn't even disappoint himself. He might have disappointed Dari and Rosie, but he has always been this person. Yeah. He has always been the same man. He looks to Katie because she is his moral compass. Right? Right. Like, he'll make a judgment, but he always needs that backup. Speaker 8
Mhmm. Speaker 6
And Like, under in that situation, it's easier to let it go for the moment but it still needs to be addressed. Mhmm. And wait So Speaker 5
are you giving it a temporary clearance too? Speaker 9
Katie's American compass was broken to this up So Speaker 6
No. No. It wasn't because Katie's hackles were up for the same reason me and Tanya's hackles were up. Right? Speaker 5
Awesome. Give me a rating. Speaker 6
Give me Speaker 5
a rating, please. We're running late. Speaker 6
I wanna point out one more thing. I am very fascinated with the difference Al with you. Okay. Between this episode one and Shoresy Series two. We're Speaker 5
not talking about Shoresy here. We're not talking about Shoresy Speaker 0
here. Listen. Speaker 5
I thought you were Speaker 6
just doing the same thing. They're setting up the entire arc for the entire series. Mhmm. And with Shorsey, you were all down on it, but with this episode, you're all fucking in. Speaker 5
Completely different shows. Speaker 6
Fucking fascinating. Speaker 9
You can Speaker 6
take multitudes. And I think you're a hypocrite. Speaker 9
Okay. Speaker 6
But she's a hip bone. Is a fucking fresh. Speaker 5
Fresh. Alright. Thank you. A rare tweet during the episode here from Steve Jeffrey. Katie went too far. Tannis got a kick in the mid for that level of disrespect for Stewart in season one. And he's a skid for Cribe's sake wailing on dairy so hard and laughing it off instead of actually thinking about how he'd take it, laid the basis for the whole season. Thank you, Steve, for that. And and, some of us here agree. I agree. She went too far, but I also think she's all she's always been that way towards him. Alright. Let's move on to, MVP. Matt, who do you give the MVP to? Speaker 7
Looking at face value, and I know there's more to come. I I love to make it your vulture in this one. This guy just he just did it for me. Speaker 5
I Speaker 7
know there's a nothing but sketch there, but Speaker 5
But it was the perfect level sketch. Speaker 7
It was perfect level sketch, and I I know that I think awesome. Awesome. Maybe maybe it's what you said is, like, he or one of you said it's what Dairy needed in that moment. And, I I enjoyed him for that. Speaker 5
Yeah. It was what what Dairy needed in Speaker 6
that moment. That Speaker 5
I said that. I said that. Thank you. I was Speaker 7
gonna say I didn't say that line, but I like that. Speaker 5
Okay, Mick. Gibraltar. Wow. I didn't see that coming Victor. Speaker 9
Matt, you enjoyed them for the wrong reasons, but anyway. Speaker 8
That's a Speaker 5
big driver. I believe you gave Derex an MVP one. So Speaker 9
Yeah. No. But for the right reasons. Speaker 6
That's all. Enjoy it for the wrong reasons. Title your sick state. Speaker 9
So, let's see here. This one's easy. You gotta give it the steward. Speaker 7
Just just let him go guys. Speaker 5
God damn it. How'd it go? Speaker 9
When did the joke start? That was placed many times right at the right time. Speaker 7
Mhmm. Speaker 9
He he was He was that he was the backbone, the soundtrack, the mood setter for the entire episode. Loved him. He did great. Speaker 5
You would side with the fucking heckler. I swear to god, hecklers are down, like, with the me this one. They're they're the lowest form. Speaker 6
Right? Fucking skid. Speaker 5
Oh my god. Alright. My MVPs, I'm gonna give honorable mentions to Riley and Jonesie. I thought they were a lot of fun in this episode and just I mean, and I even did a animated gif of their dance because it was just too much fun. Speaker 6
Dorky white boy moves. Speaker 5
Darry. Come from the air. I really I really enjoyed Darry in this episode here, especially how intense he got when he told Wayne to cool it before, like, when Wayne had a makeup against the wall. Speaker 7
Good call it. Speaker 5
That that was really intense there. But but I gotta give to the new the new girls. Alex and the olive. I thought they were so much fun and and, they're, like, they brought new life to this and And, I mean, I might be a little biased because, Al or Ali wore a TPS shirt on stage when we got when we saw them in burlington. So I might be a little biased there, but, I'm gonna give this one to Alex and olive. Yeah. Speaker 6
Wait. Hold on just a second. What is the equivalent of a full house? Cause I am betting right now that we are all going to have five different separate, like, individual MVPs. Speaker 5
It's possible. Speaker 6
And I wanna know Speaker 7
That's a straight flush. Speaker 6
Or that's a straight flush. Yes. Okay. That's not a lot. Great. Speaker 9
By the way, I'll you know, I'm I'm disappointed in you not so much, Matt. I I didn't. Matt at least noticed the olive tree in the background, but you you didn't even say any Speaker 5
Oh, is that an olive tree? All Speaker 7
of tree? Speaker 5
I didn't know. Anyway, whatever. Alright. Ten, you're you're MVP? Speaker 0
I've never seen one so big. Speaker 7
I didn't know where they grow on trees. Speaker 9
That's what she said. Speaker 0
I've seen quite a few all trees in in in real life, but never one so big. Didn't know that they could get that. I still Speaker 7
thought that was a tree from Lion King. Speaker 0
He's Yeah. They're very interesting trees. Speaker 6
Anyways, the tree from Lion King is a Bay a Bab tree. Speaker 7
Well, I didn't know that either. Speaker 5
Bam bam. Okay. Speaker 8
Full Speaker 7
of things that I didn't know tonight. Ten. MVP. Speaker 0
I'm giving it to Riley and Jonesie. They made me laugh, this episode, and they are the reason why I gave it a clearance, because they they gave me something that I could laugh at, and they're just so bloody funny. Like, even when they're not not funny, they're funny. Speaker 5
So they were gonna get your didgies too. Speaker 6
They were Speaker 0
gonna get my Speaker 5
Awesome. You're an advocate. Speaker 6
Unintentionally. MVP. My MVP is Katie. She is the lynch pin. Okay. Interesting. Like, without her, without all her shit, none of the rest of this happens. Speaker 5
Okay. It's Katie. Speaker 7
Because you're you're on the tone that did the episode set out to accomplish its goal. And you think Katie is Speaker 6
Well, and just, like, within this episode, in particular. Right? So, like, Kenny comes back from Mexico and they're having the conversation around the table, And, you know, Dan brings up the comedy and Katie is the one who drives that conversation. And then when they're all doing their sets, everything hinges on Katie's performance. Speaker 5
Okay. Speaker 6
So, yeah, it's Katie. Speaker 5
Alright. Okay. I've got a couple of, iTunes reviews that I wanna get to real quick here. First one here, four stars. Great recaps. I love the effort put into these shows and the banter between the four. It annoys me when some of them completely miss the point of a scene. Or bit match your you always get it. No. Matt always gets it and the relentless Twitter roll call. But overall, I really appreciate the relaxed chat between friend, friend's approach. Finally, after about a month of listening every day and getting fired up every time it's spoken, it's pronounced letter Kenny, not letter Kenny. I don't hear the difference there, but anyway, listen to how Tyler Speaker 6
the irish thing. Speaker 5
Well, listen to how Tyler Johnson, says it, please, phew. Great job. I'll carry on as from Amy MC seventy seven. Thank you, Amy, for listening. Let the the emphasis is on the letter. Speaker 0
Let her Kenny. Speaker 6
Let her Kenny. Right? Comes from let her cannon. Which is Speaker 7
higher for Speaker 6
the land of the Kenny. Speaker 7
Fair enough. But I'm pretty sure you said it LennyKett. LennyKeter, wow. Letter Kenny. Lenny Kenny a few times. It lasted a while. Speaker 6
Mat, babe. How much were you? Speaker 7
Let's do one. I just stumbled. Stumpled. Sometimes stumble. You just gotta get back up. Speaker 5
K. Here's, a longer one. Speaker 9
Defending, Mick. Speaker 5
Here's a longer one here. And four stars enjoyable, except dot dot dot. Victor. A fun actually, this one isn't Victor. A fun listen overall with an eclectic mix mix of host including a special guest weekly. Speaker 0
This is a roast because I wanna know ahead of time. Speaker 5
True fans of both Letter Kenny and Shoresy who have inside info clearly love the overall arc, but aren't afraid to critique when they deem necessary. They even managed to get Jared Kiso on the show, which is a huge feat unto itself and deserves recognition as he clearly listens into and enjoys their work. Their interview with him was a must listen. My only gripe with the show as a whole is during Shoresy recaps, the main host acting like he has any clue about hockey culture. When it is painfully obvious, he has no idea what he's on about. Even when shown the error of his comments, usually by Victor, Speaker 0
Did you did you write something online? Speaker 5
You will double down and Speaker 6
Thank you both. Speaker 5
You will double down with ridiculous comments and overall ignorance. To the underlying tone of what is happening. Speaker 7
Wow. Speaker 5
The nuance is lost on someone who has clearly never been part of it. What's the big deal about going undefeated in the season when you know you'll finish first? Are you serious? Why would anyone go after a player for trying a Michigan goal? So dumb. Credit towards do often the cohost specifically his wife a lot of time will ask when they don't have an understanding of the situation being played out and heavily exaggerated for TV comedy. She will say things like I need clarification and almost inevitably get a incorrect or half correct response from Al before someone else chimes in with a more accurate representation of the show's heavily exaggerated fictional take on a situation. I'd love to see them get real hockey guy on the pod for those episodes. Someone who recognizes the small stuff someone from inside the game who can help give con this guy's going on and on. Give context Speaker 7
to greeting. Speaker 5
Jared, this Speaker 6
is your cue to come back. Speaker 5
Hold on. Dozens of inside jokes from every episode that such a great watch and for the rest of us. All that said, Al does a great job of moving the show along. Keeping it on the real for the most part and is this hopefully constructive critique applies solely to the Shoresy recaps discussions and not to the excellent work he does for the Letter Kenny episodes. That's from Spearsy Eleven. Speaker 8
Wow. Speaker 6
So what did I just say? I loved Victor's hippo rave. Speaker 9
Yeah. Speaker 6
Bring that back. Put some lights on it, make it a little hit from the disco. Speaker 1
It really Speaker 7
did not like your take on the Michigan. Speaker 5
It's all good. Because let me just say this. Spears the eleven. Last week, in one night, during an NHL game or two NHL games in one night. Two Michigan goals were scored, and nobody got killed. And nobody was They both went in out. Nobody was dragged off and and beaten up by the opposing team. And actually, the people who scored them attempted them and scored them properly were were, applauded, and and their skill was applauded. So I feel like I was vindicated on that. So anyway, there you go. Speaker 6
You vindicated on shit. Speaker 9
What are you talking about? Speaker 5
I didn't hear one negative comment about the Michigan goals, and there were two scored in one night. So the Speaker 7
same thing. Speaker 6
I'm not exactly sure. What a Michigan goal is. Speaker 5
Of course, I know what a Michigan goal is. Speaker 9
They they were scored. That's the difference. It was at the NHL level. And Speaker 5
Oh, so if if Connor Burdard, failed his attempt, you you would have been okay for them Speaker 0
to This isn't a Shoresy show. Speaker 9
This isn't a theory. This isn't as Speaker 0
sure as the Absa Anyway, Speaker 5
I think I was been vindicated there by all of the hockey pundits who celebrated, the two Michigan goals. I thought Speaker 7
that was a well written, critique. Speaker 5
Yeah. Thank you, Spirity, for listening, and that was great. Speaker 6
When you put the blue spatula too close to the camera. It blinks you out entirely. Speaker 0
We see Speaker 5
That's good. Yeah. Keep doing that, Victor. So let's go to final comments. We're we're running on almost two hours here, Matt. Go. Speaker 7
Yeah. I'm so glad we're back to Letter Kenny. I'm so that's almost over. This was so much fun. Awesome. You're always a delay. You always ensure that we have a nice long lengthy, awesome show. So that's fun too. And I mean that with nothing but love my friend. Speaker 6
I'm a librarian. I drink, and I notice things. Speaker 7
And you happily share. But, no, there this one had this was such a great episode to talk about. I love the banter. I do wanna give another shout out back to Tate and Webb on that intro. And, Tanya, you're amazing, amazing delivery of it. I don't want that to go unnoticed even for a moment. That probably was one of the, if not, the most shining moment of this podcast. Between the writing and the delivery, it was just that was an all star MVP moment in itself. So congrats guys. You guys fucking slate it. Speaker 6
January, I got my hands up. Like, I went to church with my husband's parents. Oh my god. Speaker 5
Victor. Speaker 6
Like, Speaker 9
I'm not, is that a good thing? So Speaker 8
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It's the mood, whichever way it goes. Speaker 9
Matt Ditto and everything. It said, awesome, love the extended director cut, takes that you have. Right up there with the snyder Speaker 6
cut, baby. Speaker 9
Yep. Yep. Good job. Always welcome. Even though it's the last, letter Kenny season, we've forty nine unknowns coming up. So, there'll be much more opportunity in the future. So, good times all around. And, Nice to be talking about Letter Kenny. Speaker 5
Alright. Yes. Awesome. Thank you for joining us tonight. We love having you on, and you're a great partner to this podcast, and and obviously, member of the Blueberry crew a member of the takeover team, a member of the trivia Masters. I mean, you're you're all over this, this podcast. Speaker 6
I do it all, baby. Speaker 8
I do it all. Speaker 5
That's what we appreciates about you. Yes. Kudos to Tate and Webb for that unbelievable rap that they wrote and my and Tateania who killed it and and I saw the work she put into it. She wanted so badly to to do it justice. And I think I think she did a great job. And, yeah, it's great to to be, you know, reviewing Letter Kenny episodes again. And sadly, you know, this is the the sixth last episode that we'll be reviewing. But, Speaker 0
I You're not gonna be counting down, are you as we do this? Speaker 5
I really I really feel like we will be doing a review of a letter Kenny movie one of these days. So, fingers crossed. Speaker 6
That's just gonna be depressing if he does this for each episode. Tan? Speaker 0
Awesome. Thank you so much. I love your insight. I love what you bring. I can't wait to have your back at the next time we go to a bar together and, girl, I got you. Tate and Webb. Love you too, girl. Tate and Webb, been absolutely fantastic. Again, thank you so much for for writing that piece. I hope I did it justice. Thank you for all your kind words to to everybody that has sent sent sent messages. Yeah, I I hope I did it well. It will be funny for you guys to hear the, the southern Speaker 9
Well, the outtakes. Yeah. I will post Speaker 5
those for the patrons. So Speaker 0
That I got. Speaker 5
There's a lot of them. Speaker 0
Oh, man. I just couldn't knock the trace out of me. At you. Tracy's very strong. It was great though. This was a lot of fun and, looking forward to, the next six, episodes of, recapping, Shoresy. Speaker 7
Five. Awesome. And letter letter Kenny. Speaker 0
Oh, sorry. Letter Kenny. I said Tracy didn't I? That's my yeah. That's my sleep Speaker 7
deprivation. Awesome. Speaker 6
Off the top. Liz and trace. Fucking Tate and Webb, we have got we have got to get you some fucking business cards. Right? Knock it out of the part. Speaker 8
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like the embossed anagram or something. Yeah. Speaker 6
Yeah. Exactly. I can picture the logo already. Yeah. Right? Like, just full fancy, could not have dreamed in my wildest of a better kickoff. For this series. I I love being here. Love seeing all your beautiful faces. Love being able to talk about Al, you really need to, like, just, like, revise your expectations for the first episode of a series and also whenever I'm on. Like, just just let go and let Jared. Right? Speaker 5
Yeah. Speaker 6
And Again, I'm sad to see it go. I'm happy it's here. I'm sad to see it go. That's always gonna be true. Speaker 5
Love watching it walk away, though. Speaker 8
Oh, yeah. Speaker 6
Have you seen that as in the teens? Oh, Speaker 7
yeah. Alright. Speaker 6
Maybe hockey butt is real. Yes. Speaker 7
And walking around jeans ever since I saw that. Speaker 5
I'm gonna play this off here with a song from this episode. Take no sides by relations. Here we go. Second. Speaker 8
Gripstart. Speaker 5
Victor has an Speaker 0
Albert fall Speaker 5
That's all we have for this episode. Next week, we'll recap and review episode two of season twelve Sund darts. That's gonna be a fun one. With our buddy, Zach. If you'd like to support the podcast, please tell a friend also follow us on most social media outlets at produce and pod. Thank you for joining us. Now we're gonna go work on our five minute stand up sets. On behalf of awesome Tanya Matt Victor and myself. Thank you for listening, and have a great week. 
