TPS255: Soo Hunt
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The gang at The Produce Stand are joined their buddy Josh to recap/review Episode 5 of Shoresy 3: Soo Hunt.
Hockey Haiku
Shoresy is concussed
And still can't push when he shits
Nat tells him he's benched
The Soo Hunt are next
But they have to face Jory
Before the Bulldogs
Tough love from the sluts
Nat ask him to contribute
But from the stands.....how?
Final Rating
Tanya: Clearance
Al: Clearance
Mat: Clearance
Victor: Clearance
Josh: Clearance
MVP
Tanya: Ziig
Al: Nat
Mat: Shoresy
Victor: The phrase "I can't push when I shit."
Josh: Nat
Scientific Twitter Poll
Fresh: 73.7%
Clearance: 26.3%
Compost: -
Speaker 0
Shorzy is concussed and still can't push when he shits. Nat tells him he's benched. The Sioux Hunter next, but they have to face Jory before the Bulldogs. Tough love from the sluts, Nat asks him to contribute. But from the stands? How? Speaker 1
That fresh produce stand there. That's a beauty. What do Speaker 2
you listen to? Speaker 3
My favorite murder podcast. Speaker 0
Taggart and Torrance podcast. Speaker 1
The produce stand. Speaker 4
Fucking sexy. Speaker 5
You heard the man. It's the produce stand, your favorite source for everything in that universe. I'm Al, your host, Tanya, Matt, and Victor on the mics. And tonight, we're talking some Shorzy season three. And just like Dolo, we're feeling blessed tonight to introduce tonight's guest panelist joining us. He put the pen in Pennsylvania, the Ham and Ham radio, and the trip in triplets. He's a good buddy of the podcast, and he's a good guy. He's a really good guy. Please join me in making some noise for Joshua. Speaker 1
He wants to set the tone, boys. He's gonna fucking set it. Speaker 4
Yeah. Woah. Speaker 1
This team will never lose again. Speaker 5
Welcome back to the Pro Stand, Josh. How are you doing, bud? Speaker 6
Let's set the fucking tone, boys. Speaker 5
That's right. Well done. Wearing your TPS, T shirt and everything. Speaker 6
I don't have my my new ones are upstairs. I didn't wear a new one today, but Speaker 5
It's all good. The vintage ones look just as nice. I mean, I sent it Speaker 0
They're vintage now. Speaker 5
Yeah. Of course, they're vintage. Speaker 2
What what what's the oh, my mic is off. My headphones are Your head. Headphone. What's what's vintage? What's the the time span on that? Speaker 5
The old logo versus the new logo. Speaker 2
I know. I know. But is there, like, a oh my god. I'm in and out with audio. Speaker 5
Are you Speaker 0
I think classic cars are only twenty five years. Speaker 2
Is it twenty five makes it vintage? Speaker 5
With this podcast, anything, you know, older than last year. Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 5
No? I think so. Did you get your your hearing back? Not yet? Speaker 2
I'll I'll work on the problem myself. Speaker 5
No. You can't do that. Here. Tell me when. Tell me when. Speaker 0
Just keep shaking that cord. It all figure itself out. Speaker 3
Turn off the VPN. Speaker 2
If you just shake the cord enough, it's all good. Speaker 6
Oh oh what Speaker 0
she said. Speaker 2
It was in there, and now it's not. Oh, it's in. It's in. It's out. Speaker 1
It's out. Speaker 3
Oh my god. Speaker 2
Oh, you do you. Speaker 3
This is like the play by play thing. Speaker 1
No. You have to be able to hear the you you have Speaker 5
to be able to hear the clips. Can you not hear anything? Speaker 1
How about Okay. Speaker 2
Oh, oh, on the left. Okay. Speaker 5
How about that? Speaker 0
Is is it just a tip out? Speaker 3
This is this is just like the honeymoon. I I my tooth. Speaker 2
Oh, that's the that's the spider. Speaker 5
Nobody touch anything. Speaker 2
Can I have a Kleenex? I made a mess over here. Speaker 1
Here we go. Speaker 2
That was fantastic. Speaker 5
Alright. You know, let's just get this rig rolling. Tonight's lineup is Tanya, Al, Matt, Victor, and Josh. So, Tanya, guess what? You get to go first. Speaker 1
Oh, fuck off. No. Speaker 5
That's Oh, Speaker 0
I love when Tanya goes first. It's always a shit show. Speaker 3
I thought you just went. Speaker 2
Didn't I already go once already? I I think it's Victor's role. Speaker 5
Four episodes. Four weeks ago. That's how that works. Speaker 2
I think Victor needs to go first. Has he not? Speaker 5
Or Yes. He has. We've all had our turn since the last time you Speaker 2
went first. Fuck's sakes. I wasn't ready. Speaker 0
Going well. Speaker 2
Okay. Speaker 0
Have a have a sip. Speaker 5
That's what happens when you're late. You know? You're you're you're in a rush and you're Speaker 0
fussing. Speaker 2
Was, like, four minutes. That's, like, gotta be my new record. No? No. Alright. I'm in. It's been a day. I don't the week is gone, and I don't even know what the hell happened. I've been working nonstop as, I think our good friend Josh, cheers to you. I believe you've been going nonstop work wise too. I don't know what's going on. Anyways, it's just it's been super busy. I don't think I sleep much. I just check off more and more boxes and add more things to the to do list. How's your foot? Today's been pretty darn good. You've been Speaker 5
walking around a lot lately. Speaker 2
I had this new not new. New to me. I haven't had cupping done before, anyone else. Not and not the bra size. Not that kind of cupping. So they stick these, like, things on you, and they suck your skin up into it. And I don't understand it quite completely. But, anyways, it was it was so like, I should send a picture, or I'll send it through my people. Speaker 5
Yeah. Don't send it because Trace will lose his shit. Speaker 2
Oh, it was the Speaker 0
foot Where where did they do it? Like, on your back? No. Speaker 2
No. My foot. So my foot. So, I'm I'm I'm aggressively getting treatment because I need to walk I need to walk this Saturday. Speaker 0
Right. Speaker 5
So what's happening this Saturday? Speaker 2
This Saturday, I'm going to a powwow. Yes. I am so bloody excited for that. So excited. I don't know what I'm more excited about is, seeing, Cassie or, or going to the powwow. I'm I'm excited about both. Mhmm. So, anyways, I yeah. So I've been trying to do everything I can to get my foot working, and I had, ultrasound therapy. Like, the guy was doing the whole ultrasound thing. I had electrodes, four of them on random places on my foot, and then I had three of these cupping things going on as well. So it was like an aggressive treatment Yeah. That I was like I think Speaker 5
he was just hiding the fact that he was turning off your VPN, and and now you're feeling better. Speaker 2
I don't know. Yeah. I feel like, there was so much going on that maybe the whole point of it was just to make pain in other areas so that the pain of where the issue is stops. So I think that that was the purpose of it. I ended up looking like, a a diseased leg. Like, there were these circles and and red blotches all over the place. Anyways, whatever it did, I was in pain for the next couple days after, but I am walking today. Like, what like, pretty pretty damn good walking. I did take a pill. But you know what? Speaker 0
Four to six walking. Speaker 3
That's what I Speaker 1
was thinking. Speaker 2
Four to six walking. And now I know what that means. Yeah. Not four to six. And, yeah, like, I'm I'm quite a few steps in today, and, normally, I would have been out. Speaker 5
What else, just came back to you as of the last couple of days? Speaker 2
Oh, this is a trick question, is it? Speaker 0
I don't taste. Speaker 2
Oh my god. Speaker 0
Is it taste? Speaker 2
It is. Taste and smell. Speaker 0
I've been fall I've been playing the home game. Speaker 2
Taste and smell. Alan came out of the shower, and I'm like, oh my god. I smell you. What's happening? I smelled him. I and and the and the shower, which I love that smell. And and Speaker 5
Just move on. Sorry. Speaker 2
Skip. And, I had a fruit salad, and I it wasn't just, like, the cold sensations and the texture of it, but I actually tasted it. Like, I had mango Speaker 0
what's real and what's not anymore. Speaker 1
I was like So Tanya Speaker 5
is on the mend, folks. Tanya is on the mend. Speaker 2
I that you have no idea. Like, the the realization that it is back, not just, like, subtle, but it was like, oh my god. That I distinctly can taste different things in this. Yeah. But thank you. Speaker 1
You're welcome. Well, I Speaker 5
didn't do anything. I just Speaker 1
No. Speaker 2
No. You helped me remember what the hell I've been doing this week. But, yeah, good stuff. Speaker 5
Alright. My week, has been busy as shit. I mean, I've been I was writing my script today right up until, like, nine o'clock until, like, half an hour ago, and loading my soundboard during the preshow. I mean, that's how how behind I was today. We had our, you know, we had our eye exam today and happy to report that my prescription hasn't changed in five years or changed very slightly. So, you know, gave me gave me and, yeah. And the powwow coming up on Saturday. I'm looking forward to that as well. Not only are we gonna see Cassie and and not so squirrely Matt, but we're also gonna see our buddy Colin, because he's joining us for dinner, after the powwow Speaker 4
Saturday. Fantastic. Speaker 5
So that'll be fun in Brantford. Can't wait for that. And, yeah. The only other thing, I finished The Last of Us, the season one and the only season so far, I guess. And I enjoyed it. It was pretty good. I I mean, I wasn't you know, I didn't play the video game, so I don't know how true to the game it was or whatever, but it was an interesting story. And, Pedro Pascal and, I don't know what the girl's name is, the who the actress, but she she's really good in it. So, yeah, it was an impressive impressively done story. And, yeah, it was kinda cool seeing some of the settings too because while I was out in Calgary, I heard about how some of those scenes were shot in, like, downtown Calgary and and in the area, and and you could totally see, like, the mountains in the background and stuff like that. So it was pretty cool. Fallout was better according to Zach. You know what? I enjoyed Fallout two. I think they were kind of they were just both different kinds of shows. Fallout was a little more cartoonish in terms of, like Speaker 0
Yeah. I don't think I could directly compare them. Speaker 5
I mean, other than the fact Speaker 0
that they're to vote? Speaker 5
Yeah. Other than the fact that they're, what's the word, end of the world kind of stories or whatever, but, yeah, other Speaker 3
than that dystopian is what Speaker 5
it is. Dystopian. Yeah. That's what I was looking for. But, I enjoyed them both, for different reasons. So, yeah, that's been my week. Matt, how have you been? Speaker 0
Not bad. Mhmm. First, kudos, guys, on the Ashley Ney interview. Speaker 5
Oh, right. You've been home. Speaker 0
I got I wasn't there, unfortunately. Speaker 5
She was Speaker 0
great. I never I never like missing them, but I know scheduling doesn't always work out. But it was, it was fun to listen back. I reached out to Ashley after and and and let her know how great I enjoyed the list and so I couldn't be there. And she was a sweetheart. But, yeah, great interview guys. Really enjoyed it. Loved her stories and her takes on things. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 0
My week, though, yeah, I mean, it's been a little less chaotic than last week, I would say. Speaker 5
You weren't stuck in an elevator this week? Speaker 0
No. No. No. I was hesitant to get in one when I went to work, but Speaker 1
I did. Speaker 0
And, Speaker 6
that was cool. Speaker 5
Way to get back on that horse. Speaker 2
I heard there was rain coming this week. I'm like, are you sure you wanna go into Speaker 1
the office? Speaker 0
So really, Speaker 5
I was so I Speaker 0
was in there yesterday Yeah. When it started right around the time I was gonna leave, it started torrential downpour again. Speaker 5
Oh, I was there too. You you were were you? Yeah. We should've met for We Speaker 0
didn't we didn't coordinate very well. We did. But, yeah, my boss is like, maybe don't take the elevator. I'm like, shut up. So, anyways, that happened. The weekend was good. We, we took the the kids and everything up to a friend of ours cottage just outside of Bobcaygeon, which was great. He's right on a river, so we had a good time. We did some river floats with beer and met all kinds of neighbors because we had to float by them. And I think it's a river that doesn't get a lot of traffic. Speaker 5
Were there any aqueducts? Speaker 0
Almost, I think. Speaker 7
My Speaker 0
youngest, had a couple moments, but, alas, no. It definitely came up in conversation. Speaker 5
Of course. Speaker 0
But, yeah, we had a, yeah, we had a great time up there. And, Speaker 2
Doesn't life just feel that much better when you're on the water? Like, it just like, the cottage life is just anyone that has a cottage, I'm I'm jealous. Speaker 1
Yeah. I hate Speaker 2
cottage. It's a really Why? That, like I Speaker 5
would never wanna own Speaker 2
it. Quiet. Speaker 5
But I I love visiting somebody else's car. Speaker 0
Oh, it's my happy place. Speaker 2
Yeah. That quietness, that hung up coffee in the morning on Speaker 5
the car. You're basically doubling your yard work. Speaker 0
But I like that kinda yard work. Speaker 5
No. But it's not it's not just yard work. It's yard work that's, like, two hours Speaker 3
of open it. You gotta close it. Speaker 5
You gotta drive two hours to mow that that lawn and to open it Speaker 3
and close it. Near slave Speaker 5
to Yeah. Speaker 2
I don't wish to have one. I just like going to them. Yeah. I don't don't give me that. Speaker 0
I I find that I mean, that to me in a location like that, I would welcome that work. I find it therapeutic. I actually enjoy going to friends' cottages and having them put me to work. Work. I'm like, what like, the same cottage I went to last year, Speaker 2
I started getting you. Speaker 1
In Northish. Speaker 0
I should. Yeah. Speaker 2
Feel Speaker 0
free. Victor Victor's always saying Speaker 5
how we live up in the sticks. If you wanna come up and, like, move my Speaker 2
lawn. You're pretty sure you have to pass some cows on the way here. Speaker 5
So, like, a lot of people We had foxes outside yesterday. Speaker 2
Yeah. We did. Sitting on cars. Speaker 0
I've probably talked about this. It was, like, last year there before I went to the same cottage, and I started digging up boulders in his yard. He's like, everywhere I was going, he's tripping over boulders. And I'm like, you need these moved. He's like, yeah. I'm like, I got it. And I just started digging up boulders, and then there was one really big one in the center of his yard. I, like, half dug it up and then realized it was too big to move, so I just left a mess in his yard. He's like, thanks. I'm like, well, I tried. Speaker 2
Oh my god, Matt. We need to vacation together. I feel like you and I would get into a whole lot. How do you how do you beach? Do you just, like you're not a you're not, like, a sit there you're like a sand castle maker. Right? Speaker 0
Oh, yeah. Don't you remember the shark I made a couple of year? I posted that Oh, I Speaker 1
a year ago. Speaker 2
Yeah. My peeps didn't share that with me. Speaker 0
I I play. Speaker 2
I feel like we need to go to a beach and play. Speaker 0
Let's do it. You you Speaker 5
go. You go. Have fun. Fun. Speaker 0
And then and then last thing I'll quickly touch on for the week was tonight. My little guy has decided to quit soccer. He's only four. Oh. But he's may I don't know. We'll see how long it lasts, but he's a fucking nightmare with this shit. So he's supposed to go two days a week. He really wanted to do it at first. It was going okay. And then over the weeks, he's been like, I don't like it. I don't like it. And then Tuesday, I was get I pretty much had to force him to get dressed, and then he had a full on temper tantrum meltdown. So I'm like, forget it. We're not going. Speaker 5
Well, then he's already halfway to being a professional soccer player. Speaker 0
True. He's already diving before the place. And then tonight, we decided and it's probably I don't know the great move, but we didn't really know. So they gave him a medal a couple weeks ago, but he hadn't really done anything up until that point. So when he said I'm not going, we made him take his medal back tonight. Speaker 5
Oh, wow. Yeah. Nice. Speaker 0
Yeah. We're like, if you're not going, you didn't earn this medal. All the other kids in your team worked really hard, and he's like, fine. I'll give it back. And we went back, and we gave him one last chance. Like, you can go play. And he's like, no. I'm done. I don't wanna play stupid soccer. And I'm like, hey. Well, go over to your coach and give him your medals. He did. And, yeah. Maybe maybe bad form for a four year old, but, that's what we did. That's how that's how we handled the situation. Speaker 5
You taught him to to you know, if you're gonna commit to something, either finish it or, you know, or you don't get Speaker 1
the job. Speaker 3
Medals are stupid anyway. Speaker 0
So, anyways, we'll see. There I think the coach is probably gonna hold it. If we happen to show up again, he'll probably give it back. Mhmm. I don't know. We'll we'll play it week Speaker 1
by week at this point. Hold on. Speaker 5
Alright. Victor, how have you Speaker 0
been, bud? Speaker 3
I'm still still recovering from Tanya's opening, but, I've been Speaker 1
It's fine. Speaker 3
We've been I've been pretty good. I've had a bit of a staycation this week, so, so just chilling, going around the city, checking out spots I haven't been to in a while, met up with Linda when she went in downtown on Tuesday. And, today's the first day I didn't go anywhere because, we are landlocked now. I'm not sure we're gonna be able to go on a weekend. Why? It's still it's still a kind of a give and take. We have a renovation that started today, surprisingly. When the construction guy showed up and put one of those, bins, you know, those giant Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 3
Metal bins in our in our driveway, removing any chances of us moving our car out of the garage. Speaker 5
How what? Wait. Speaker 1
What's the Speaker 5
where's the construction happening? In your house? Speaker 3
It's in in in the driveway. Would the so we have a sloped driveway, and two retaining walls are made out of our wooden. Speaker 5
Yeah. Speaker 3
And they're basically, you know, like, twenty five years old, and they need to be replaced. And so we're gonna replace them with concrete. But he just showed up today and, started working. And, and yeah. So our car is in the garage, and there's and it's not coming out because there's a big metal bin in our driveway. Speaker 0
And you're just accepting you're just accepting this fate? Like, how long is this rental going Speaker 5
on for? Speaker 3
It's gonna be about a week and a and a cup few days, like, a week and a half. So we do have our mother in law's car Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 3
But she usually uses it on on Saturdays, so we're still trying. So it's not a so we'll figure it out. We'll see what's gonna happen on Saturday. Right now, it's a fifty fifty. Speaker 5
Wow. Speaker 3
Anyway, so there so that's happening. Okay. In terms of dystopian shows, so we started watching two new ones. Mhmm. One is called Sunny, and they they it's funny because they both have the same actress in it. I forget her name. She remember when the off when Dunder and Mifflin joined with that other Speaker 0
off Jones? Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. That one. Anyway, so so start watching Sunny. Watched three episodes so far. The first two are good. The third one, wasn't crazy about, but we'll see what happens with the fourth one. But the other show we started watching, oh my god. I so far think it's way better than fallout and, two of us or whatever. Speaker 5
Last two of us. Speaker 3
Yeah. Like, it's it's really, really I'm so impressed. Silo. Silo. Speaker 1
Super, you Speaker 3
know, recommended. Speaker 5
That does not look appealing to me at all. Speaker 3
You don't know nothing. Go watch it, and then you'll see. Speaker 5
I guess. Speaker 3
It's it's better than all of those shows Speaker 0
so Speaker 3
far so far. We're only two episodes in, so it could go downhill hard. Speaker 5
It's got a great cast, but I don't know. Just, Speaker 3
it's not the cast. It's you can have a great cast and still have a shit show. Oh, for sure. This this is very, very well written. Yes. There's a lot of trope y stuff. Yes. This is similar to the other shows, but it has its own feel, has its own intrigue. Sure. And and you really don't know what's going on. You know, sometimes you can guess, oh, that's they're probably going here or they're probably going there. And two episodes in, I have to say, I'm not sure what's gonna happen. I have you know, you can guess, but, so I'm not gonna say anything about it because I don't wanna ruin it. But go watch it, and you will enjoy it. Speaker 5
Kinda suffering from dystopian burnout. I feel like I need to watch a more, I don't know, optimistic show afterwards. Yeah. Speaker 3
You have your palate cleanser. I'm sure you haven't finished watching the other two of us show. Speaker 5
The, the the what is it called? The Speaker 0
last of no. Speaker 5
No. That's This is Us. This is Us. That's it. Speaker 2
Yeah. Every single time. Speaker 5
I know. I know. Speaker 1
Oh my. I said I did That's Speaker 3
that's a bit of a palate cleanser show. Right? You can always go back to that one, you know, cry a little bit, and then go and watch your other shows. Yes. Speaker 2
We finished the bear, actually. Speaker 5
Oh, yeah. We finished the bear too, and that was, it was a bit of a slog. There was there was some nice parts of it, but season three was definitely a letdown after that great, great season two. Speaker 0
Yeah. I I agree. I was it was a little lackluster. I just recrushed, speaking of dystopian, my one of my weird go tos is last man on earth. With Speaker 5
Oh, you know what? I I started that because I love the idea of that of the premise. Speaker 0
Tom, and I love it. I I think I I just Speaker 3
can't stand that, actor so much, but I still watch. Yeah. Yeah. He's he's too much. He's just Speaker 0
I've officially gone through the entire series three times. Wow. Speaker 3
Yeah. I've watched the whole thing. Speaker 6
I love it. Speaker 3
They left us on a cliffhanger. Speaker 0
Such a big one. It's so disappointing. And And Speaker 5
then they got canceled? Speaker 0
Yeah. Yeah. I I guess, yeah, they just didn't renew. The I looked it up. There was they talked about it, but, Speaker 3
But they didn't tie things up, and that No. Sucks. Speaker 0
That sucks. That's did the ops. Anyways, that was that's a weird go to that I like to crush on repeat. Speaker 5
Alright. Well, before he falls asleep, let's ask Josh about his week. How's it going? Speaker 0
Josh? Speaker 5
I know you've had a long week, Josh. So Speaker 6
Yeah. It's it's been crazy. Work's been busy, especially with everything happening on Friday. That made it cause for a real shit storm. Speaker 5
Oh, right. Because you're an IT team in that, Microsoft thing. Speaker 6
Microsoft, though. Right. It's not Microsofty. Speaker 3
Crowds Club Craft or something like that. That's right. Speaker 6
Yeah. So that that was a a nightmare. I was still dealing with that this week, with users' PCs, including my own. Went to use my computer Friday morning and wasn't able. So didn't help that that also took out servers that we had to look up Speaker 1
Oh, man. Speaker 6
The encrypting keys on in order to log in to our laptops. Speaker 1
Oh, shit. So we Speaker 6
had to wait till those were back online. But, yeah, I think we're through most of that now, but that made for a long, long week. And then, of course, this is fair week here in Shippensburg for the fair and with my daughter being in girl scouts and taking her trip to Europe that her and I are going to in twenty twenty seven. Part of that fundraising is helping out the milkshake stand, so we've been doing that. She was there Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. She'll be there tomorrow and Saturday. So, Tuesday, she actually pulled an an eight hour shift. Her and my wife did an eight hour shift. So Speaker 0
What flavors do they offer, this milks milkshake? Speaker 1
Well, they Speaker 6
have three different flavors of girl scout cookies that you can get in your milkshakes, any of the milkshakes. So you can get Thin Mints. This is for the tagalongs, which are the chocolate peanut butter. Speaker 2
We don't have that. Speaker 0
Never. We yeah. We don't get that. Yeah. So you can get fucked Thin Mints though. Speaker 5
Oh, that's right. Matt doesn't like mint and chocolate. Yeah. Speaker 0
So you Speaker 6
can get any of those in your milkshake, and they're all made with either chocolate or vanilla ice cream. But then they also have you can get vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, blue raspberry, orange cream. Speaker 5
Oh, I love orange cream. Speaker 6
Peanut butter, chocolate peanut butter, and any combination thereof with any of the cookies and all of that as well. Oh, there's also mocha. They have a mocha flavor with coffee. So, yeah, that's been been most of this week. But, yeah, working remote a lot because we don't have AC in the office anymore. Jeez. We had a, an issue with a leaky roof here back beginning of July, that brought down the ceiling in on the second floor and the first floor with water from a rainstorm. Speaker 2
Oh, wow. Speaker 6
It took out the AC. So it's been close to a hundred degrees in the office every day, and, I can't take that kinda heat. So I've been working from home. Speaker 2
You, the the guy that wears shorts in snow, I don't believe it. Speaker 1
Well, that's why. Yeah. Speaker 5
I'm with you, Josh. Speaker 6
I know that's shocking. Right? Speaker 5
I'm with you, Josh. Speaker 6
But, yeah, they're saying it's gonna be at least another month yet until I can get the AC fixed. So I said, well, it looks like I'm working from home for a while yet because I can't be in the heat. So yeah. And then, what was it? This week? Just, I've been prepping for this weekend. Last day of the fair is Saturday. I'm doing a radio testing session Saturday morning. And then at lunchtime, there'll be thirty people here at my house that I need to feed. So Speaker 0
Excellent. Speaker 5
A lot of people. Speaker 6
Ready. So I was tonight before the podcast, I was actually making, macaroni salad for Saturday and blueberry barbecue sauce and bottling that up. So that's all ready to go. Delicious. And getting my ribs ready to go. So I put the ribs in the smoker tomorrow, get them smoking. So Speaker 5
Alright. We'll be over we'll be over this weekend. Speaker 2
A family, gathering, the thirty people? Speaker 6
Kinda. My my wife was adopted and met her found out she had a biological sister that was also adopted in this area back in February. Mhmm. We just out. So this will be all of her biological family coming to meet Oh, wow. Some of them for the first time. Speaker 3
Nice. Wow. Speaker 5
That's so cool. Speaker 1
There could Speaker 3
be there could be fireworks. Speaker 6
With that? Speaker 5
Yeah. There could be fireworks. Yeah. Speaker 6
Yeah. No. I mean, most of them, we've met. So we met her sister. We met her biological dad who turns out lives just down the road from us Speaker 0
Wow. About a mile Speaker 6
and a half or so, two miles. And, and Speaker 2
And did they know like, have they passed each other? Like, any stories there of of paths crossing? Yeah. Speaker 6
Probably. We just don't we didn't know. Speaker 2
Wow. Speaker 6
Well, the way we found out she actually had a sister was, her sister's husband has family, lives over, in Fulton County by where my wife grew up and went to school. And they were out at some at dinner somewhere, and a former, teacher or principal, something from the school came up and kept calling her by my wife's name and said, how are you doing? I haven't seen you in a while. Wow. She and it happened, like, three or four times, so she finally decided to do the ancestry deal and found out she actually had a sister, and they do look somewhat alike. So it's, it it's been interesting, but we met actually met her and her husband when we went to Tennessee in June for a week on vacation. They came over from North Carolina and spent four days with us. So we've met them, but now they just got up here today to visit because they're all their family's up here still. They used to live in this area but moved to North Carolina, for jobs. But so they're up visiting family and, let's see. It's my wife's sister and her husband and their youngest daughter and a friend of hers and then her their other daughter, her husband, and their little girl, and then her son my Yeah. Nancy's son will be coming up for Saturday. He lives in Maryland, I believe. Speaker 2
That's amazing. Speaker 1
I love that. Speaker 6
Be coming over here Saturday, and then her dad lives down the road. And it'll be him and his wife, All of his kids and the kids that they had together will all be here, some of them with their kids. Speaker 2
Wow. Speaker 6
So we figured it would be close to thirty people here altogether. So Wow. Speaker 0
Did she seek them out, or did they seek her out? Speaker 6
She did the the AncestryDNA thing couple years ago just out of curiosity, and I talked to her biological mother a year ago. We we didn't have DNA to confirm that from her then, but now she's since then, she's done the test and so that is actually her biological mother who also lives in North Carolina now. Wow. So she's talked to her but hasn't met her in person, but they've talked on the phone and everything. So, yeah, it's, it's gonna be an interesting weekend to say the least. So Speaker 0
Amazing. Yeah. Sorry. And I know I don't get a we're getting on top, but, like, I was adopted too. I think I I may have mentioned that in my interview one. But for me personally, it's never I there's certainly moments where I'm curious about the what if or the what, but I've never really had any true design. I have friends on the opposite side or, like, or your wife who did it and went and looked and and but it's just never my wife all the time, she's like, don't you wanna know? And I'm like, not really. Speaker 1
I I I don't know Speaker 0
what I wanna find out whether it's good or bad. I just I just not a stone. I'm looking willing to turn over. Mhmm. Speaker 6
Yeah. I mean I mean, my wife was kinda the same way. She kinda looked at everything. She's like, I know I have half siblings around, but she didn't realize that because once we got the the DNA stuff and all that, I went down that rabbit hole. And and once I start that, I'm Speaker 0
It's over. Right? Speaker 6
But within, like, a week, I had forty people on the family tree already, Speaker 1
a couple of things. Speaker 6
But, yeah. Now since then, you know, like I said, it's she went from being an only child growing up to now one of eight. So Wow. Speaker 0
Wow. That's pretty cool then. Yeah. Yeah. Good for her. Speaker 6
So, yeah, it it's been a a little bit of a change, and she's she's just been taking it one day at a time. Speaker 0
Yeah. That's all you can do, man. Yeah. Speaker 6
I'm I'm much more familiar with the names than she is because I've been looking at it a little bit longer on Yeah. On screen Yeah. Yeah. With photos. But but, yeah, it's amazing the stuff you can find through public record and Facebook. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 2
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 5
Facts. Alright. Here we go. We're gonna get this, party started. Speaker 0
Previously. Speaker 5
Last week, we recapped and reviewed Shorzi three episode four, Brooks Berylman. That episode was a unicorn and an Alzheimer. According to our scientific Twitter poll, eighty four point two percent of you agreed the episode was afresh. Fifteen point eight percent gave it a clearance, and no composts were given. So far, no compost at all in five episodes, or as short as a three. So, not bad there. This week, we'll recap and review episode five of of Shorzy three. Sue Hunt with our buddy, Josh. Tanya, are you ready? Speaker 2
Yeah. Who? Speaker 5
I'm ready. Matt, are you ready? Speaker 1
Yeah. Who? Speaker 5
Victor, are you ready? Speaker 3
It is. Speaker 5
Joshua, are you ready? Speaker 6
Of course. Speaker 0
Here we go. Get me some fucking going. Yeah. That's good on the go, boy. Speaker 5
So we open with the song We We We Bros by, Wu Life, an overhead shot of Shorzy laying unconscious on the ice. As the camera zooms back, we see the ref coming to his aid and trying to shield the unmoving Shorzey from the fights happening around him. Goody and Dolo are fighting the freezer twins in retaliation for, them knocking their captain out. The ref calls for the paramedics, and then we cut to Nat and management running through the halls of the arena to get to ice level. They arrive in time to see the paramedics bring the stretcher out onto the ice. Cut to Shorzy being wheeled through the arena corridors, his head and neck secured to the backboard. He's still not moving. Cut to the paramedics cutting away Shorzy's sweater and hockey pads. Shorzy finally opens his eyes. Next scene, Matt and management helps Shorzy walk back to the locker room. Shorzi limps heavily and walks slowly. Nat, Zeke, and Meeg look on with concern. The music ends and Shorzi and Nat sit together in the locker room, listening to the crowd react to the third period of their game against the, barrelman. We hear some shots ring off posts in the crowd oohing and ahing, and then then a big cheer at the end. It seems the Bulldogs won the game and cut to the title card. So that was a pretty intense cold open. And, Tanya, to see you first, what did you, what did you think of that cold open? Speaker 2
So the the cutting through the sweater and and them zooming in and and them going right through the middle of the bulldog dress, That was so powerful. And so it it was just like, is everything gonna be okay? Like, it it was it was like, are the paddles gonna come out? Like, again, my concern for Shorzy already last week, I was on this, like, what's happening? Mhmm. Did we cut cut back to him sitting in a where where is the image coming from in my mind? He was sitting, and they were all looking at him, and he was staring off in space. And then they said, are you or and he said, I can't so when did that happen? Speaker 5
Yeah. This cold open kind of messes up or not messes up, but it confuses the timing of the last episode. So when he is sitting in the in the, locker room telling the guys he can't go anymore, that's right after Nat, Meagan, Zieg help him walk back Speaker 0
to the Speaker 5
dressing room. Speaker 2
Okay. Speaker 5
And then because the third period still has to play, they play it with him and Nat sitting in the dressing room the dressing room. Right? So Okay. It did kinda mess around with the time a little bit and made it a little muddled and confusing for sure. I figured that was gonna come up for you. Speaker 2
I did get confused by that because I was I I got Speaker 5
But they needed that they needed that moment to close last episode of Shorzy saying, I can't go anymore. But then they had to replay to show the severity of his injury. Speaker 2
Why he couldn't go. Speaker 5
Yeah. Why he couldn't go. Right? So Speaker 0
yeah. Speaker 2
Yeah. It it was it was extremely powerful. I feel like it was a a short cold open. Speaker 5
And not funny at all. Speaker 2
No fun. No. Not funny. It was it was it was, like, it was one of those moments that's, like, there's there's, concern and there's, it's, like, it's very emotional. Right? Yeah. Yeah. It was, it was powerful for sure. Speaker 5
Yeah. I agree. Love the music selection in this cold open. There's a very the the dramatic images showing there. I mean, just the the length of time Shores is laying on the ice without moving, he he looks like he's been shot. He's lying there dead. And then the whole cutting through the the chest through the logo and stuff, look, it kind of mimics, you know, cutting through a chest plate. Like, it was it was very dramatic on purpose, obviously. Right? And having him strapped to a backboard and walk. So and in the livestream, Tobias said that should never have happened. No chance he walks back to the locker room. For sure, in a professional setting, you're probably right. This is the no show. Right? This is senior Welsh hit hockey. Speaker 2
Even neck injury. Like, they had his neck in the on the board. Like, I I figured it was hospital. They weren't going very fast for my liking. I was like, Speaker 5
air masses. It's on slow motion. Speaker 2
But I was like, make the slow go faster. Speaker 5
You're you're hurting Victor's head. Oh, there's the blue spatula. Anyway, I really enjoyed the cold open. It was very dramatic and very serious. There's nothing funny about it, but it was still it was powerful. Matt, what did you think? Speaker 0
I didn't like it. Speaker 5
Oh, okay. Speaker 0
Kinda what Tobias already called. Speaker 5
So so Are you getting a a hippo from Victor? Speaker 0
Wow. I I I like what they tried to do, but I don't think they pulled it off. And and and I'm happy to be wrong on this, but, yeah, the the timing was a little confusing, but I was able to piece that together. Yeah. The the cutting of the jersey and all of that, if they had gone that far Mhmm. He would not still be in that arena. Speaker 5
He'd be at the hospital. Right? Yeah. Speaker 0
He'd be at the hospital. So that didn't make any sense to me. I I get it. A dramatic effect. I almost wish either, a, they did a scene in a hospital, right, and and made it and went a little extra and made it a little more dramatic, like, show an ambulance, whatever, or not had paramedics at all. Right. Speaker 5
Like Oh, they might have had, like, a a medical room in the arena maybe or something. Speaker 1
Right? But if they Speaker 0
like you said, he was all Mhmm. Strapped up. Why why are they cutting his his gear off? Speaker 1
Yeah. Speaker 0
There's like, if they're not gonna be doing anything more I don't know. I'm happy to be wrong, but I love what they tried to do, and I agree it felt dramatic, but I was very confused. I had to I actually when I watched it, I went back and rewatched the ending of the fourth episode just so I could reconnect the dots. I'm like, was he wearing that Under Armour shirt? Okay. Yeah. He was. I'm like, okay. So that's where this is. That's where the it it yeah. And then him walking back in, it didn't it didn't jive with me. It felt very unrealistic. Speaker 5
Mhmm. Speaker 0
Although I appreciate what that was attempted, I think I think it fell flat for me. Speaker 3
Alright. Victor? It haunts me to say it, but I agree with every word that Mattress said. Speaker 5
Okay. Speaker 0
I wish I had a hippo. Speaker 3
I did give you a hippo while you were talking. Speaker 0
I saw I saw that, buddy. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 3
So I wasn't confused at all. I knew exactly what was happening. Mhmm. I just didn't agree with it. I, you know, they they kind of they needed to have there's only six episodes, guys. Sure. There's only six episodes. Mhmm. So you have time to really think this through. Mhmm. And I think that the way they ended the last episode erased their ability to do what they did in episode five. They needed to have done something different. The fact that they we already saw him sitting there. He said, I can't go. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 3
It it we already knew that there was there wasn't anything to be concerned about. We already saw him after that Yeah. Paramedics scenario. It's like, yes. He's lying on the ICs. They're dramatically cutting, destroying their the equipment for no reason at all. Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 3
And and and we already know he's he's he's fine. Like, his his life is not in danger. Yeah. Speaker 5
He could have been knocked out cold, but then woken up almost immediately, and he wouldn't have gone to the hospital, and Speaker 3
the rest Speaker 5
of that could would have been possible. Speaker 3
Yeah. What made it completely what what made it completely unrealistic is that nobody ran to his side to just just in case, just to hold him as he's walking to the dressing room. Right. They let him limp away on his own. Speaker 5
Oh, yeah. Speaker 3
There is no way if you had a buddy that not was knocked out like that Mhmm. There's no chance in hell that you would let your buddy walk on his own after that immediately after that happening. You would say, shut the fuck up Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 3
And hold on to me. I'll Speaker 0
call stubborn as sure as he is. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. It's like, you know, letting your buddy take the keys when he's drunk. Right? Like, you just don't do it. So I felt that, like, they the way the episode ended, they killed their ability to do it, but they did it anyway. So that was, a little, you know, out of pocket. Speaker 5
So they were going for, like, some dramatic impact, but you yeah. I I I don't disagree with what you're saying. I still like the attempt at it and and stuff, but, yeah, you're right. And and there's a lot of chat in the livestream about, yeah, protocol. Like, if you're strapped to a backboard on a stretcher by paramedics, you're going to a hospital. Even even if you wake up, and say you're fine Speaker 3
I'm saying even even if it's a no show and they're all a bunch of amateurs and they're all they don't know how to do their jobs Mhmm. Just there's no way a buddy lets another buddy walk on his own after a hit like that. That's all I'm saying. Yeah. Like, forget about protocols and all the other stuff. Yeah. It's just that doesn't happen. Speaker 5
Okay. Josh, what did you think of this cold open? Speaker 6
I actually agree with Matt and Victor. I mean, I I've been I've had that happen to me before. I've been knocked out cold. Speaker 3
Oh, yeah. We saw you fall down the stairs. Speaker 1
No. He he got up from that one. No. He got up from that one. Speaker 6
That didn't knock me out, though. Speaker 0
But, Speaker 6
I mean, I I I have been doing stuff, and they do. They they you don't just take they don't take you out of the the room and do everything there. I mean, if you're you don't wake up right away and they have to try to wake you up Yeah. Speaker 0
You're gone. You're Speaker 6
in an ambulance. You're on your way to the hospital. You're gone. Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 6
Or somebody's taking you to the hospital immediately and they're you know, whatever. There's no stand you know, you wake up. You don't just get up and walk. And it was for me, when I was watching it, and, I mean, I watch it while I'm working here at home. So I'm as I'm looking at it, I'm I'm kinda like, wait a minute. Did I miss something when it first started? Because I'm like, how the hell did he get knocked out? He's laying on the ice. What the hell happened? Yeah. So I I did the same thing like you were saying, Matt. I went back. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 6
Watched the previous episode again. I'm going, did I miss something at the end leading up to that? So yeah. I I mean, I I don't know. I but I just I did not like the cold open on this one. Speaker 5
Okay. And, definitely, there's a continuity issue there for sure. I, again, I I I like the tone of the cold open and what they were going for they were trying for. Agreed. Oh, you said yeah. Speaker 0
Totally get what they were going for. I just I don't think it it came out the way Yeah. That they expected. Speaker 6
Yeah. And Yeah. I I agree with that too, Matt. Speaker 5
And I love the at the end of the previous episode where the guy says ready ready to be on TV, that was the same guy that Shorzy said to him when he got cut. Right? So, again, there's a lot of great reason for ending the previous episode the way that they did. But by doing that, they they they kinda they kinda killed the beginning to this episode. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, so let's move on to, next. Speaker 2
Scope. I'm just wondering too. Like, if they had of made that if if they cut off the the last one early, didn't show us that last little bit, and then started this one. And instead of going slow through the paces, which they like to do, if they had have been, like, emergency, like, going fast, having the paramedics, having the rush, then that would have fit more. Speaker 5
Well, the the unbelievability there is it's a Canadian medical system. So, I mean, if even if he got crunched at the beginning of the second period, he would have had to go through all of that and back in time for the second intermission. Never would've. Speaker 1
Never would've. Speaker 0
The timing as well. Speaker 5
The time anyway, let's move on. Scene two, Shorzy and Sanger are standing in Nat's office, and here's what happens there. Speaker 2
You should sit. Speaker 4
I'll stand. Please sit. Speaker 1
I've got a concussion, not multiple scleritis. Close. Looked like Rick and Maritis an hour ago. Speaker 6
Sorry, my guy. Speaker 4
You didn't hit me, Sanguinet Coolant. Just sit. Speaker 1
I'll stand. Why won't you just sit? Because I got a concussion, not cerebral palsy. Close again. Speaker 6
I'm really sorry, my guy. Speaker 2
I don't know Speaker 1
if this calls for your hand on my back, Sanguinex. You couldn't go. For a period. Speaker 4
You know what I'm gonna say. Speaker 1
Yep. What? Keep your head up, kid. You're done. What do you mean I'm done, Shorzy? What does she mean I'm done? In in hieroglyphics, dude, you're done. Just because I can't push when I shit? No. Then for what? Speaker 4
You've had two concussions this past month. You have a pulled groin on the right side and a smashed ankle on the left. Should I go on? Sure. Speaker 1
You can't push when you shit. Speaker 5
Zeke's comment gives Shorzi a brief pause. Nat asked Shorzi to speak. He know she knows what's going he's going to say. Go till he can't go no more. Nat normally has time for that kind of talk, but Speaker 4
This isn't the nineties. An entire arena just saw you get knocked out cold. Speaker 1
Not to mention all the people watching the Broadview broadcast. Speaker 4
So at this point, it's not about you or what you wanna play through anymore. It's about us and this organization and dressing a player who's Speaker 1
Who is what? Fucked up. Speaker 5
Every time Zeke speaks, gives Shorzey pause. He knows she only speaks truth no matter how brutal. Then Nat comes around her desk and approaches Shorzey, who grabs Sanger's arm to brace himself for what's coming, but and Nat does not mince her words. Speaker 4
You're not playing the semifinal, but you better believe we're gonna beat the Yanks for you. Speaker 3
Promise my gut. Speaker 4
Shut the fuck up. And I think it's time. Ned. You had an honest conversation with yourself. Speaker 1
You're too old for this choice, though. Can we agree that's an outside dog? Speaker 4
Whether or not you should play again at all. I know how close you are with your family. I'm so fucking mad at you. Talk to them. Speaker 5
When he tears up there, that's that's pretty powerful. They all just stand there quietly for a moment. Shorzy wipes tears from his eyes. Finally, Mig tries to brighten the mood. At least Shorzy will not we we'll never have to see his favorite YouTuber again. Next scene, cut to that YouTuber, Jory Jordan, and the Sudbury Kids Sport Report. Jory gives the rundown of the tournament so far. The next matchup for the Bulldogs are the Sue Hunt in a matchup of the No Show Cup. The winner of that match will play the winner between the Charlotte Town reds and the undefeated Rapides de Rodin, when, Shorzey when Jory cuts to an interview between him and Schnur, Palmer, and Delaney from the Sioux. Jory starts off by laying it on really thick how thrilled he is to be sitting in an interview with the champs at the No Show Cup. Delaney wonders if Jory's making fun of them, which, of course, he is. Speaker 0
Is he having a piss? Pardon? Are you having a piss? Speaker 1
I don't believe so. Speaker 0
I feel like you're taking the piss out of us. It couldn't be further from the truth, Delaney. Speaker 1
Delaney. You know, as times like these, I can't help but pause to think, what did I do to get so lucky? I don't have the answer, but I must have done something. Speaker 5
We're happy for you. Speaker 1
Somewhat love, somewhat money? Look in the eyes and tell me I don't have it all holding this mic for the three of you right now. Speaker 6
I won't do that. Speaker 1
Seventeen fifty two. Ben Franklin flies a kite in a thunderstorm and discovers electricity. Some say that's dangerous. I say that's what it takes to get where I goddamn am. Fellas, I'm gonna go buy a lottery ticket. Speaker 0
But before I do it, are Speaker 1
you aware that number sixty nine, Shore, will not be dressed for the semifinal matchup? Speaker 5
News that Shorsey isn't playing gets the attention of the suit players. Delaney can't believe it. Palmer has a big shit eating grin on his face, and Schnur asks why. Cut to the sluts at the apartment. Hitch exclaims four to six. Shorzy isn't happy, and now Hitch is kicking him while he's down. Hitch responds with the old saying, if the shoe fits, wear it. If the truth hurts, bear it. Dolo agrees. Shorzy tries to change the subject with food talk, but they won't have it. Goody says he was a soft four to six when he was hit in the first round because he didn't get knocked out. But he's a hard four to six now because he got knocked out. Shorzy disrespectfully disagrees. Goody says he was a sorry. Hitch suggests another walking competition. Shorzy invites him to walk off a cliff, and then Dolo chimes in. Yes, Shorzy, if he's his brother. Shorzy says he is. They'll ask if they can be honest with each other. Shorzy says, of course. Even if he doesn't like what he's what he hears, Shrozy's getting annoyed with the line of questioning. He asked Dola to get to the point. You fucking suck, man. Speaker 0
What? You suck. Well You suck. It ain't your fault, Jersey. Speaker 1
Hold on. Oh, no. No way. Speaker 0
Nobody won't do what you needs it to do no more, old man. Speaker 1
Well, I'll tell you what it can do. Fuck your mom. Speaker 0
There's an expiration date on guys who plays like you. Sheweber, Dan Girardi, Brendan Gallagher. He still play. The body can only take so much. Speaker 1
We play on a team with Frankie, and you're making up your minds about my body. Speaker 5
The sluts look at each other upon hearing Frankie's name. Shorzy asked, what about Frankie? He hasn't heard the latest. Cut to the Quebec talk show, Hey, Vous Auteur, and then the host, Marie Camille Robidoux LeBlanc with her very special guest, the pride of Quebec, JJ Frankie JJ. Frankie is sitting beside three empty chairs. Marie Camille asks him asks Frankie if he's curious who they're for. He is, so Marie Camille introduces her first surprise guest, Lisandra Nadeau. Lisandra walks down the the catwalk, strikes a bunch of poses before finally sitting in the chair beside, Frankie. Marie Camille asks Cassandra, which she has which she'd like to say to to Frankie. Lisandra gives Frankie gave Frankie her heart, and he stomped on it, trampled it, crushed it into a thousand pieces under a suffocating weight of his three hundred fifty pounds. She hates Frankie JJ. Frankie just sits there avoiding eye contact and offering no rebuttal. Marie Camille doesn't give him a chance for a rebuttal before calling her second surprise guest, Laurence Labeouf. Laurence walks down the catwalk not looking amused, but still manages to strike her poses at the end of the catwalk before taking her seat beside Lassandra. Frankie's looking increasingly uncomfortable. Marie Camille asked her what she'd like to say to Frankie, and Laurent says she believes in second chances, but Frankie tried to turn his second chance into a threesome. She's here to tell Frankie it's the end of the road for them. None of his pets none of his pets are welcome, in her world any longer. Not his Siamese cat nor his Portuguese water dog or his Amazon sailfin catfish. Before Frankie can say anything in his own defense, Marie Camille calls her final surprise guest, Marie May. She comes down the cap block but wastes no time with poses or music. She makes a beeline for her seat. She's the only one, she's only there to clear her name. She respects and admires both Lissandra and Laurence, for the work, but they're apples and oranges when it comes to Frankie. Frankie proposed to her after only a few months of dating, and, she said yes because he she was intrigued by him. But as soon as he thought he had her, he revealed his true self. So Marie, Camille Marie May, who the true j, Frankie JJ is, she says he's a man who buys a DQ Blizzard to watch movies on a Sunday night, and one for himself too, which may sound nice, but he'll also fill your freezer with half a dozen backup blizzards to pick away at. Speaker 0
Hell, yeah. Fuck, yeah. Speaker 5
Both Laurence and Lissandra add that he always eats them all. He's also the man that calls back the pizza place after she orders her gluten free pizza requesting to give him the gluten they took off her pizza. I don't think it works that way. Lassandra says he does the same with dairy, and La Laurent says he does the same with MSG as well. Most Speaker 3
I appreciate that. Speaker 5
Yeah. Most importantly, Frankie is a dog, not the pride of Quebec. She tells people of Quebec dogs sleep outside. She got lucky. She got out before he cheated on her. But wait, Marie Camille interrupts. Her next guest may have something to say about that. She introduces her surprise surprise guest, Marjorie. As Marjorie makes her way down the catwalk, the other three women start yelling at Frankie who just sits there quietly stunned. A production note, Marjorie is a Quebec model and actress and online influencer from Montreal. So, there you go. They just keep on finding them and bring them on the show. Next scene. Shorzey is at work, roughing Corey and Liam's game. The boys are giving him a hard time about his most recent Conkie. Speaker 1
Don't play a whistle too hard, Shorzy. Give yourself another conky. I said the same thing to your mom about blowing my dank. Fuck you, Shorzy. Oh, quit crying, Corey. You're just like your mom. Yeah. Fuck you. She made me put her legs behind her head then cried when she got a leg cramp. It's always something with her. I'm so sick of it. Fuck you, Shorzy. Fuck you, Liam. You're just like your mom. She makes everything about her even when it's Corey's mom's birthday. Speaker 5
They go back and forth for a few more turns as usual, but then here's my favorite from this scene. Speaker 1
Fuck you, Shorzy. Fuck you, Liam. Your mom's got me on a pineapple diet, so I taste better for her. But she's so fucking fat that extra sugar might cost her a butt. Speaker 2
Terrible. Speaker 0
That's awful. Speaker 5
Bad. Anyway, after the game, Shorzi gingerly steps off the ice as as somber music begins playing. The song is Surviving by, Rebbele. Shorzi limps badly to the the handrails, stops, and leans heavily on it on the rails while taking weight off his bad ankle. And then cut to him walking to the townhouse trying his best to hide the limp while smokers outside greet him. He enters the townhouse and walks up to the bar where Nat's sitting, drinking alone, looking depressed as he is. He stands beside her but doesn't look at her. Speaker 1
Can I please play? Speaker 4
I don't know. Can you? Speaker 1
May I? Speaker 4
This isn't a grammar lesson, dude. I'm asking. Speaker 1
Asking if I can play? Speaker 4
Yes. Yes. Physically, can you play? Speaker 1
I can contribute. Speaker 2
I love that about you, man. Speaker 4
You're pointless your last ten games. Playoff games. You can barely skate. Speaker 1
I can skate. Speaker 4
I said barely. Sorry. But you always find a way to contribute. Speaker 1
I can still drag the boys into the fight. Speaker 4
Doesn't your head hurt? Speaker 1
The lights are Speaker 4
a bit bright in here. Yeah. Still can't push when you shit? Speaker 1
No. It's basically the point I only sit down if it's just gonna run right out of me. Speaker 4
Dude. That's a bit Speaker 1
of a smack the side of the ketchup bottle situation. I just take what I can get. Speaker 5
Oh, man. Matt asked Shorzey why he wants to keep doing this to himself. It's because he loves it. The begging failed, so Shorzey turns to bargaining. Speaker 1
Two shifts a period. No. One shift a period. No. One shift. Final offer. Speaker 4
We can talk about what happens next after this game, but you are not playing this game. Speaker 1
I'm so fucking mad at you. Help. I'm so fucking mad at you. I can live with that. What if we lose? Speaker 4
I can learn to live with that. Speaker 1
Then you don't love winning that. Speaker 4
Has that occurred to you? I care more about you than I do about winning. Speaker 5
Nat shuts Shorsey up, and he walks away. Next scene, cut to Megan Zieg outside the restaurant freezer with gorgeous gourd Gallant. The owner, the owner won't charge him for the space as long as he can have some of the crab meat for his risotto. Gallant agrees. He takes an opportunity to ask Zeke out again to eat some crab risotto. Zeke turns him down again. Gallant asks her why she won't have dinner with him. Cut to the next scene. Cut to Laura Moore at the Sudbury Arena with Shorzy telling him, he's a slut. Shorzy corrects her. He's a hockey player. It's the same thing for Laura. She can't believe Shorzy has ever thought about has never thought about life beyond hockey. She asked him why not. Shorzy replies, because I'm not a hockey player, but he can't finish his sentence. Laura Moore reminds him he is a hockey player right now, and right now he's a guy who can't push when he shits. Next scene, cuts to a Nick giving an update to the tournament. Later, I've paid, remain undefeated by eliminating the Charlottetown reds. Now they just have to wait to see who wins between the Bulldogs and the hunt. And Nick has gorgeous George in the in the tunnel. Gord, not George. In the tunnel for the postgame interview, she asked him how, now that they're eliminated, if they're gonna be on their first flight home tomorrow. He tells them they're staying until it's all over. They're going to treat the players to a big Atlantic seafood supper. Can't leave without, showing a little maritime hospitality. Nick signs signs off the interview, then follows Gallant into the hallway. She asks Gord if he'll, grab a drink with her. He turns her down. He might be meeting somebody else. Nick, not accustomed to being turned down by by men, asked Gallant if he's gay. Gallant just walks away. Meagan Zeig witnessed the exchange. Meagan Sieg call Meagan calls Sieg an idiot for not going out with Gallant. Then Shorzi joins them and reprimands them for being late. Sieg is in a bad mood because she just got a speeding ticket. Speaker 1
You got a ticket? You got a ticket? From a guy? No. A chicken. You're an idiot. Told you. Speaker 2
You're an idiot. Speaker 1
And you didn't get out of it? Speaker 2
No. Is there a fucking secret handshake or something? Speaker 1
Hot girls don't get tickets. What? Hot girls get anything they want. You think that Cobb's seen anyone hotter than you today? Probably hasn't seen anyone hotter than you this month, unless you were with me. What? But half the guys maybe even think you're hotter than me. You're not, like, fifty fifty, but, like, forty, thirty five. Hey, little fucking idiot. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck you. You think she's hot? Oh, yeah. Think she's hotter than her? Actually, don't answer that. Speaker 3
Say hi. Alright. Speaker 1
Get the fuck Speaker 0
out of here. Speaker 1
Fuck you. Fuck you. Speaker 0
Fuck you. Speaker 1
Wanna know what you do next time you're gonna get a ticket? Okay. Speaker 0
Come here. Speaker 1
I'm gonna be you down the car. You come up to me like you're a cop. You're gonna give me a ticket. Okay? Me? No fucking Santa Claus. Come on over here like you're a cop. You're gonna give me a ticket. That's all you have to do. Speaker 5
Shrozy crouches down on the floor, looks up at Zeke as if he's in a car and she's the cop. He looks at her with big eyes, bites his bottom lip, and quietly says, sorry. Zeig doesn't hear him, so he says sorry again. Then the third time, he finally yells it. Tells Zeig to look at the cop, that she and she won't, look like that at the cop, and she won't get a ticket. And then he storms off calling her an idiot. Shrozy walks by Jory again. And again, they exchange fuck yous like Matt and Chad during an I call social. And Nick, apparently, recovered from her rejection, finds Shorzy. Speaker 4
Shorzy, heard you're not playing tomorrow. Speaker 1
Yeah? Yeah. Yeah. So maybe you say sorry to hear that? Think he'll never play again? Not gonna then, Speaker 4
Frankie's really fucking up for the only guy who isn't hurt. Speaker 1
Frankie's got a mental battle to win now. Speaker 4
You ever thought about life beyond hockey? Speaker 1
No. Never thought about it? No. I'm a hockey player. You've had two concussions in a month at your age. Know who you are? Guy who can't push when he shits? Speaker 2
Cav. Speaker 1
I'm gonna grab a pop. But you've been good on the Broadu broadcast. Oh, great. That's all I've ever wanted to be. On the Broadu broadcast? Good. You've been really good. Sometimes I run out of cream soda. So If you're not playing them all craving an orange crush. Come join me on the broadcast. Oh, talk about the game rather than playing it? I'd rather jam a root beer mug up my ass. Speaker 4
Couple of interviews a period. No. One interview a period. No. One interview final offer. Speaker 1
No. Next Speaker 5
scene cut to a musical montage set to the song objects of my affection by Peter Bjorn and John. We see Shorzy's father, his sisters, Freak, and Carey, and his brother, Moe. They're all sitting at Eddie's with a distraught Shorzy trying to comfort him. Then cut to Shorzey sitting in the stands by himself in the arena. We see flashbacks of the good times Shorzey had with his teammates. And cut to Shorzey sitting alone in the locker room, still thinking back to the good times. Then cut to some of the shots of of of Sudbury at night. And then the the townhouse, Gallant, having a beer surrounded by women, but he notices Zeke at the bar. Then cut back to shore as he's standing outside the Sudbury Arena stand, staring at the Marquis, which is promoting the next day's game between the Bulldogs and the Sioux hunt. Next scene, it's game day. Nat is nervously walking the halls. She meets up with Sanguinet. They're both nervous about the game. Nat's worried they may have made a mistake. Speaker 6
Shit. I'm Speaker 4
worried I'm making a mistake. Speaker 3
I'm not. Just do hurt. Speaker 4
What happened to never let them know you're hurt? Speaker 3
My man's not capable of that anymore. Speaker 4
Oh, you're so mad at me. Speaker 3
You can live with that. Speaker 4
What if we lose? Speaker 3
You can learn to live with that. Speaker 5
Shorzy shows up. Sanger asks him how he's feeling. His entire team's about to play a hockey game, and he's not. So not bad. Nat asks him if he's been in the room yet. He hasn't. Nat says, he always finds a way to contribute. Speaking of which, Sanger has a great idea. He asks Shorezy if he'll read the lineup to the players. He accepts the responsibility for his part in Shorezy's being too banged up to play. He apologizes to Shorzy, but the team needs their leader. The boys need to hear from Shorzy. He asks Shorzy to help him set the tone by reading the lineup. Shorzy says it's the stupidest idea he's ever heard in his life. It's so soft. He's been gone for five minutes, and Sanger's already acting like a girl. Shorzy continues to make fun of Sanger being soft. Sanger leaves Shorzy and that alone. They don't say anything to each other and just go their separate ways. Final scene, cut to outside the Bulldogs locker room. Shorzy stands there listening to Sanger, reading out the lineup and doing the yahoos and clapping along with his teammates. Then the team files out of the locker room towards the ice. Shorzy high fives each of them and offers his encouragement. And then Nick, meets up with Shorzy in the tunnel for a pregame interview. Speaker 1
Shorzy. Alright. Let's get this over with. You're back in the Sudbury Arena playing the Sioux Speaker 4
hunt with the season on the line. How's this partition? Speaker 1
I don't know what that means. Speaker 4
That was a Speaker 1
bit confusing. Mhmm. Is that a question? Well, yeah. Speaker 4
This is going great. Speaker 1
Yeah. You're doing really good. Speaker 4
How are the boys feeling going now? Speaker 1
We won seven games with these guys. We know them well. We know their secrets. Speaker 4
And what Speaker 1
are those? Delaney's a coke head, Palmer's a dumb fuck, and Schnur's an old fart. Speaker 4
So you're confident? Speaker 1
Doesn't matter what I am. I'm not playing. Is JJ Frankie JJ a distraction? Why? Because he's so big. He's just always in your peripheral vision. Speaker 4
I mean, his most recent scandal. Speaker 1
I don't care what Frankie does as long as he scores. Speaker 4
He's not scoring. Speaker 1
Neither am I. So what does he have to do? What does he have to do? Speaker 2
He's the only one not playing her. Speaker 1
I'm really craving a ginger ale, I think. Speaker 0
No Speaker 1
problem. Yeah. Thank you. Yep. Shorzy. You bet. Speaker 5
Shorzy walks off, and Nick meets up with someone in the hall. It's Emma from the bro dude rep played by Vanessa Mitsui. And Nick asks, see what I mean? Emma responds, yeah. He's perfect. The puck drops and the game starts. Delaney scores a quick goal to put the Sioux up one nothing. Shores is sitting in the stand between Corey and Liam. There are a couple of Sioux hunt fans sitting behind them being a pain in the ass. The Bulldogs look lifeless without energy. Not management look on and notice notice this. Schnur, scores another one to put the Sue up two nothing. Shorzy, Corey, and Liam are getting angry, and the Sioux fans behind them continue to grate on them. The Bulldogs are being beaten mentally and playing without emotion. Meeg says somebody needs to snap them out of it. Zeeg adds they need some, they need some action, and Nat says someone has to drag them into the fight. The song Joy, God Only Knows by Joy anonymous begins to play as Delaney scores again to put the Sioux up three nothing. Sanger throws a water bottle in the fit of rage. Michaels breaks his stick on the net and screams at his bench to wake the fuck up. Nat has seen enough. She grabs her phone and and sends a text. Shorzy takes out his phone. It's a text from Nat with the message, find a way to contribute. Shorzy thinks for a moment as Nat watches on, then he has an idea. With a look to both Corey and Liam, in unison, the three toss their beers behind them at the Sioux fans, and we cut to black. Speaker 3
The Beach Boys song. Speaker 1
Was it? Speaker 5
Yeah. It was a really great cover, the Beach Boys, god only knows it cover or I don't know Speaker 0
what you mean Speaker 5
or something like that. It was a Yeah. Speaker 0
I'm here to know. Speaker 5
Alright. That was the episode. Tanya, you're up first with, your your thoughts. No ratings yet. Speaker 2
So it was longer than usual. Speaker 5
Mhmm. Twenty twenty seven minutes. I'm trying to think of a longer Letterkenny or Shorzy episode. I can't think of one. Speaker 2
Yeah. Okay. So, gosh, lot a lot to unpack. I think where I'll start is the JJ Frankie JJ. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 2
I don't quite understand why they're so like, this is we've this has been done already before where there's been a panel. It's been the whole, like Yeah. What was that talk show or it wasn't a talk show. What was that where he would bring people on and Speaker 5
Maury Povich? Maury Povich. Oh, no. Jerry Springer. Speaker 2
Jerry Springer. Speaker 1
I thought Speaker 3
it was Phil Donahue. Speaker 5
Well, they all kinda did it Speaker 2
right there. Yeah. All of those. Like, I know there's, like, a niche for that, but I'm not sure that this is it. Mhmm. Like, I I I I understand that, you know, when you get to a point in, your your fame that people want to know everything about you. And, you know, he's dated some pretty, famous people, and he himself, I guess, has has a bit of a a a level to his fame and and and people knowing him. But I just I don't I don't know. It just it it I kind of tune out. I like the French aspect of it, but I think that's where I end because I feel like I've been there, done that, watched this part before. It doesn't change. He is obviously a cheater, and that is who he is. And these girls keep on going out with him, and then this like, again, watch the show, people. He's done this before. Speaker 3
But he's cheating on other people's diets, not his own. Speaker 2
I don't know. I just I I don't know. It's it's just it's it's like a one trick pony. Like, I I don't like, it it doesn't interest me for whatever the only part that interests me of that is the French speaking aspect of it, and I like that they incorporate that, but I'm just not incorporating it in that in this way. I I don't know. Anyways, so Shorzy and Nat and that whole storyline, You know, him having that conversation with her, her her benching him, him, you know, getting upset with Sanger. Like, don't, you know, don't hold me. Don't I I don't want your support. I don't want your sympathy or whatever. Don't apologize to me. Like, he's he's mad, but I I like that he's mad, and he's he's saying that he's mad, and he's not lashing out. Because at the same time, he's he's going Speaker 5
through all the He knows. He Speaker 2
knows. Right? Speaker 5
He knows she's right, but he's still mad. He's angry that because he has no no control over it. Speaker 2
Because we've seen Shorzy mad, and we've seen him throw things and get mad at people and and be hurtful to people. He's not being hurtful because he's being sad about it, which your your heart goes out to him. Right? Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 2
And we've all had this conversation before that it's all it's always kind of felt like there was a shoe kinda dangling that there was reference to him being the oldest. There was reference to to different things that was like, okay. So how far can Shorzy go? And and is that going to be a storyline that he leaves the hockey world, which this this episode very much supports him moving into a different direction, especially with the whole, Nick and, Speaker 5
Emma from Speaker 1
Brodie. Yeah. Speaker 2
That whole thing, and and and even the the pivot and it it happened already. It happened, I think, last episode. But the pivot of, his name is, oh, Jory. Jory interviewing other people. Mhmm. And and even, oh my goodness. Names are are leaving my head today. Speaker 5
Laura Moore. Speaker 2
Laura Moore. Thank you. Holy hell. Sorry. It's been a long Speaker 0
pressed out. You got all those right. Speaker 4
I'm I'm Very good at charades with me. Speaker 5
Thirty years of experience guessing what Tanya wants to say. Speaker 2
Laura Moore, interviewing other people. Like, we we've started to see this kind of, shift and split of of Shorzy doing things in in a different direction than he's been in, and other characters, interacting with people that they weren't interacting with before. So, again, it's it's it's this whole, shift. I kinda wish that we had a scene a little bit more of Shorzy with his family. At the same time, I guess, you know, there's so Speaker 5
I hope that's not the only scene this season of him with the Shore family because that would be Yeah. That was what? A thirty second scene or, you know Speaker 2
And there was no spoke spoken word Speaker 6
during that. Speaker 5
It was just a musical montage. So that would be a letdown if it's Speaker 2
Them sitting at Eddie's and and, you know, just kind of his head down. You know yeah. The I found it interesting too, the the guys at the apartment and having the truth Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 2
And that conversation. Speaker 5
I love that. I love that part. Speaker 2
Guys don't talk much when it comes like, it's it's like walking competition. Like, four to six. You're four to six. The whole four to four to six thing. I feel like there's a wrap there. Anyways, I'll I'll let Dolo do that. Speaker 5
Find it if there Speaker 2
is one. Yeah. I I I found that an interesting, part of this, you know, them being truthful to him and saying, you know, you're you're you're done. Speaker 5
Okay. Speaker 1
There you Speaker 5
go. Alright. Let's see. Things I really enjoyed here. Oh, shit. Or yeah. The the the scene in the the apartment where Dolo and Hitch, especially Dolo, saying, you suck, Shorzy, like, being brutally honest him. I love that. And if you think about if you think back to is it the first, scene the first locker room season in in Shorzy where I mean, Shorzy said to Sanguinet, hang it up. You're done. You're you're you're you're, what was it, a a a scratch on a an a healthy scratch on a last place team, your hockey playing is done. He was brutally honest to Sissinger then, so he shouldn't expect any any less from his teammates now being brutally brutally honest to him. I also like Shorzey's reaction to Zeig. Every time he is arguing back and forth, it seems like Zeig always got the last word, to to shut Shorze up during the that scene in Nat's office. And, also, yeah, the scenes between Shorzi and Nat where he's just being so angry but so hurt and, like, almost crying, I love that. I thought that was really great. Some of the things that kinda fell short, of all the Jory Jordan scenes, this this interview of of him with the Sue Hunt was kind of probably the the weakest as far as I was concerned. It was just okay. I'm with, our buddy, y y z Gord, who I think has gone to bed. I'm so over this JJ Frankie JJ storyline. I was way more interested and exciting excited about it when I thought there was some kind of, like, Quebec's gonna get their revenge, plot. But all it is is this where he's like a dog and and sleeping with all these women, and and these women are, like, getting upset with him, but still taking him back and then getting up like, going rinse and repeat. It's so kinda tiring and boring. I know that they need something to explain why he's not contributing to the team right now. I wish it was something I wish it was, like, diet based or something. Right? Like, I'm kinda getting tired. That whole scene with the talk show kinda took like, I I was mentioning how this is and and I think Austin, acknowledged it in the livestream. This is the longest Shorzy episode there have been longer Laticani episodes. They could have lost that whole Quebec talk show scene, and this episode would not have, like, lost a beat, I think. So, but, I mean, overall, I I still like the fact that Shorzy is, you know, grappling with his his future in hockey and and and start and people are everyone's asking him, why haven't you considered life after hockey? Like, you're an old man. You're you need to start thinking about these things. So I I enjoy that part of the story. This episode wasn't, you know, especially funny. Although the, ticket scene was kind of sweet, and and fun. Yeah. Those are kinda my initial thoughts. Matt? Speaker 0
So you guys have said a lot that I completely agree with already. Speaker 1
Okay. Speaker 0
You know how I felt about the opening. Mhmm. The the Dolow and back and forth, I love I loved that bit. Like, that really made me happy. And I love that, again, as Dolo always does up until the very end of that. Spoke to him in French, and I love that he understood and responded in English. Like, I like I like the how that played out. It just felt natural, and it worked for me, and it was powerful. So loved it. I I completely agree. The the Frankie bit, as soon as I saw that stage, I'm like, oh, fuck. Like, I get and I and I thought of you, Al, instantly again, and I'm on this one because I'm like, I was with you as soon as you had that theory about something big around Quebec never forgets and all that. I'm like, okay. This is something we can bite onto. Okay. This is something we can bite on to. To me, the only thing that saved that scene was the silent catwalks. Yeah. Yeah. That really made me fucking laugh. Speaker 5
That was fun. And then Yeah. There's some fun moments during those scenes, especially the faces that, Frankie gives whenever when another woman gets called on stage, he's got the big eyes, and he's, like, looking more and more uncomfortable. Amusing. Yeah. But, yeah, I'm so over this story line. Speaker 0
Yeah. And and and the gluten line and MSG line, that really hit hard, and that Speaker 5
was Yeah. Speaker 0
Yeah. Yeah. That movie laughed. So, yeah, but, again, they could have axed that from the whole episode, and it wouldn't have been missed. The scenes with Shorzy and Nat, obviously, the first one where they're all in the in the room and then at the townhouse later, So great. Like, those two together, those were the highs of the episode. Mhmm. They really play well off each other. I actually almost and it not not to take it away from that first scene, ice I almost wish that first scene was just Shorzy and Nat as well. I could have done without Zeke, Meagan, and, Sanger in that first one. Even with Sanger, like, keeps kept trying to give him hugs. It felt awkward. Yeah. Yeah. I I I didn't I it could've just been Nat and Shorzy having a heart to heart, and I and I think I would have been satisfied. But I'll say they they were fantastic. The really quick comment about there was one point, Gallant made something about the air. They made some kind of a maritime hospitality. That is real. If you ever go east, you will find it. The East Coast loves, and they, they make you feel right at home. Mhmm. So I'd like that comment because, again, I have a lot of East Coast family, and I can I can can confirm on that one? Another down for me was the the, the family. The I agree. I don't recall. I I think I've watched the last episode. I don't recall. But either way, if that's all we get, the only in my head, the only thing I feel is that they did a bigger scene, and it didn't make the final cut for whatever reason. Because if that's all they use them for, especially Scott Thompson and stuff, it's just I'm like, why? What like, I won't like, similar to the beginning, like, I almost wish they they didn't even do it at all. Like, I they just leave them out completely. So I don't know what's to come. But Speaker 5
I mean, I don't mind it just because I like I like seeing Shorzy struggle with this Speaker 0
I agree. Speaker 5
Decision, and I like seeing his family support him in this Right. Speaker 0
But it's like other characters in in in other seasons, even Letterkenny, where you have someone. If they're not there, we can say, oh, they didn't include them. Like, we didn't include the Dicks this season Speaker 3
or whatever. Speaker 0
And you don't care, but they've shown them. So you know that they were there, and it's like, I hope there's more. But we'll see. The and then the Zig ticket scene, I loved. That actually, I I fucking loved. I loved. I loved. Yeah. I I really appreciated Shorezy's sort of weird, like, backhanded compliments towards her. Like, I don't know if that's the best way to describe it, but I love that he was, like, outright calling her hot because he's never said anything nice about her, but he kinda did it in a roundabout way. Yeah. And then throwing Jory into the middle of that just just sold it for me. So him just walking down and then, of course, she's hot. Fuck you. Like, that I I just all felt really good and natural to me. Mhmm. So I love that scene. And then the last little minor comment I'll I'll add is I love that he sat with Corey Liam in the as a game. Yeah. Yeah. That that that that hit home. He joined the guys in the crowd. Yeah. So there was this one was up and down for me. There were some highs and obviously a few lows that, Speaker 5
Yeah. Speaker 0
I've I've I've talked about. So Speaker 5
yeah. Victor. Victor. Yeah. That's my job, Matt. Victor. Speaker 0
I did it. Fucking took that from you, bud. Speaker 5
Blue spatula. Speaker 0
What? To who? To you. Wait. Well, I handed it off to you. Speaker 3
First, you fucked that up. Second second I said your name. You're you're trying to deconstruct one of the few good scenes in in the entire episode. Speaker 0
Which one? Speaker 3
Like, just leave things alone. Speaker 5
Okay. Which one? Speaker 3
This the scene with him and Nat and Sanguinet and Neag and Zeke. Speaker 5
Oh, in the office. Yeah. Speaker 3
Yeah. Like, that was that was, like, literally, like, one of the Speaker 0
scenes. Deconstruct it. I just said I could have done with just the two of them. That's all. Speaker 3
Yeah. That totally changes the scene. The laughter that we Speaker 0
get the scene. I just I was really focused on the two of them. Speaker 3
It's literally one of the only two scenes that was actually not bad. Speaker 0
So why are you Speaker 3
trying to deconstruct Speaker 5
What's the other Speaker 3
one, Victor? Scene that was actually good. Speaker 0
Like, it Speaker 3
just doesn't make sense. Why are you wasting your energy? Speaker 1
Oh, we just Speaker 5
got the balls out. Alright. Alright. Stop. Stop. We need to stop, like, with these gimmicks. Speaker 3
Okay, Victor. Anyway, so it's probably the weakest, Shorzy episode of the universe so far. Wow. I I I We went Speaker 5
from the best last week to possibly the weakest this week. Speaker 0
It's all about balance. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. It's extremes. Speaker 2
Not to be confused with the the Speaker 0
We know how you feel about extreme. Speaker 3
Pun intended. Mhmm. So so, you know, that's a good scene. I love the, can we all agree that's an outside dog line? Yeah. I I mean, that's that's just classic. And then, you know, a line like that, and then later in the episode, he's basically telling her that she's hot Yeah. Which is kind of I Speaker 5
love it. Speaker 3
You know, that's, like, basically telling like, anything that Georgie says, it's just it's it's all just it's all for show. That's not really who he is. He's a fun loving guy. He loves it's like, you know, that whole the scene that I I'm tired of. I'm bored with it. That whole chirping the moms, scene. I know people love it, and, well, let's they keep going back to it. But that whole scene is just so unnecessary at this point because that's the two dimensional, Shorzy that we get in letter Kenny. Speaker 5
Yeah. Speaker 3
Like, it's it's we've already moved away from it, but we keep going back to it, and there's too much time devoted to it. And here's another example. Like, you know, I this oh, why don't we watch this episode together? And it's like, and, you know, I was sitting there with Linda, and then just they're, you know, just these mom jokes over and over and over again. It's, like, just not funny. It's just not funny. Maybe if I was in my twenties with a bunch of guys, it would be hilarious. It's just not funny anymore. Speaker 5
The diabetes one was was pretty funny. Speaker 3
Yeah. It went yeah. Yeah. It was alright. It was alright. Speaker 5
It was the best one of that scene in my opinion. Yeah. Speaker 3
But, anyway, so you go from that scene, and then he's best buds with with the two, buffoons because they're, you know, sitting in the aisles together. Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 3
And, you know, so so that's fine. That I one hundred percent agree that the the, JJ, talk show was just completely unnecessary. I'm kind of sitting there waiting for a a punchline, waiting for a reason for that scene. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 3
And that reason never came. It just it just it kind of ended. And it's like, wait. Why did I just literally waste the last five minutes of my life watching that scene when nothing happened? Speaker 5
It's just meant to explain why he's not contributing to Speaker 1
this scene. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Been there. Done that. Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 3
Like, give if you're gonna go there, give us something of substance. Speaker 5
Yeah. I don't disagree. I don't disagree. Speaker 3
No. Nothing happened. It was disappointing. Yeah. And and I hate you know, like like, fine. It's my fault for not knowing French for living in this fucking country. Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 3
But I I don't I don't understand French, which means I have to read the subtitles. I'm reading the subtitles, which takes me out of the scene, and then nothing funny. I'm not reading anything funny. Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 3
So it's like I it's it's like a double double dirty. Speaker 5
Well, the MSG line was pretty funny too. Speaker 3
You're fine. I I I'm but I'm reading it angry. Right? Anyway Speaker 1
It's angry reading. Yeah. Okay. I guess it's crazy. So then Speaker 3
so then we Speaker 0
Fucking reading. Speaker 5
What do you how do you think I feel writing my script? There was no way I can clip any clips from that whole scene. It was a long fucking scene. Speaker 1
I know. Yeah. I know. I know. Speaker 3
That's I was actually thinking that as I was angry. Anyway, so then we move on. And and, you know, I'm just try grasping grasping at it's like, you know, make me give us something to enjoy about this episode. There's a couple of scenes. The scene where he's talking to Nat in a one on one Mhmm. Matt's, more, kind of intimate setting. It was great. It was great. You got some honesty. I love the scene with the with the driving because of that very, very natural, Jordy. What's his name? Jory Jordan. Jordan. Jordan. Yeah. It's just it feels it's very jarring to say Jordan. Anyway, so so the exchange there, oh, do you think she's hot? Yeah. And then they go back to kind of, you know, slamming each other. Yeah. It was it was really well done. I I enjoyed it. Overall, I have to take a step back and say, you know, again, like, six episodes. Like, it's I you got a year. Mhmm. I feel like this is an example of he needs to maybe bring in some more writers into the room and bounce some ideas and and and and, like, get maybe more people involved in the writing? Maybe he didn't have access to Tierney this season. Maybe the maybe that's maybe that's something. Overall, this is so far, like, I feel like the season has the most substance we've had so far overall. But but I just feel like when there's only six episodes, you don't have you can't Speaker 5
Take a have a dud. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. You can't have a dud. They all have to be great. Speaker 0
Yeah. And we've had that conversation before with other seasons and other shows where, like, yeah, that one done. You've made that exact comment. I totally agree. With so little to bite onto for a season. Yeah. It's all gotta count. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. And so this episode, I especially being, I think, like, also one of the longest ones. If they threw away that, the JJ, scene and maybe give us a little bit more of the family Speaker 5
Yeah. Oh. Speaker 3
And and I and the other thing that's missing this season, for me anyway, is the other kind of comical element is, unfortunately, with the, oh, man. Jonathan, to Oh, Speaker 5
Benny and Remy. Speaker 3
Benny and Remy. Yeah. I those guys add an element, and that layer, I can definitely feel it missing when the hockey games are running. Mhmm. Because you just want them to come in. I'm hoping maybe we're gonna be shocked and surprised in the final episode, they'll show up for the championship game, but, I don't know. Like, I I was a little disappointed, to be honest, this episode. Speaker 5
Okay. Josh, what did you think? Speaker 6
Well, the one thing I noticed that I don't know I didn't hear anybody else mention was right after he he has the concussion, everything, and when he's talking with Nat and he does the for what, there's no Speaker 0
Oh. Speaker 6
After I noticed. Speaker 1
I don't Speaker 6
know if anybody else noticed that, but that was one of the first things I noticed in there. Normally, he would jump in with that, but he didn't. Speaker 5
Maybe the concussion kinda knocked that part of him loose. Speaker 6
Maybe. Yeah. I don't know. I would have liked to have seen less of the whole deal with Frankie Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 6
And more with his family in there. I agree with that part. That whole part with Frankie, leave it off the episode. I that was my least favorite part of this entire episode was sitting at that. I actually like, I I'm the victor. I don't wanna sit there and read subtitles Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 6
Number one. But number two, I don't care if Frankie's doing whatever he's doing. We know he's gonna do that. We already know he does all that anyway. So we don't you don't need to tell me again. We already got it. Mhmm. Like, I covered it last season. We don't need to see it again. That that was my theory. But I did like to part I I mean, the whole thing with Corey and Liam going back and forth with the chirping, and then at the end, he's sitting in the stands with them. Yeah. I like that part, which kinda to me, it makes it seem more like he only chirps the people that he he likes. Speaker 0
Yeah. Speaker 6
He he likes Corey and Liam, so he gives him a bunch of shit. Speaker 5
Sure. Speaker 6
You know? That's I Speaker 3
Their mom's a bunch of shit. Speaker 1
Oh, yeah. That's it. Speaker 6
But, yeah, I I mean, all in all, I mean, I like the episode overall, but the whole part with Frankie, I just did not care for that at all. But, and I think had you taken that part out, you would have had more of the the length of the episode would have been more Sure. In line with all the rest of it. Speaker 5
I don't mind longer episodes as long as, like, there's good stuff there. But but, yeah, in that Yeah. Speaker 1
In this case Speaker 6
And there was a couple of good lines in there. Speaker 8
Oh, yeah. Speaker 1
Yeah. Like Speaker 6
that, but I still could have done without them. Speaker 5
Well, I'll get to that in in the MVP part. There yeah. There's a few fun things there. Alright. In the live stream, I have some let's just read some of the comments here. Cassie says, weakest in the universe, weaker than sleepover? She's asking Victor. Shorzy. Speaker 3
Shorzy. Speaker 5
Yeah. Okay. So it's weakest in the Shorzy. Awesome says, Victor, you shut your whore mouth. Tobias, I have never agreed with Victor so much. Jeff, Victor can only describe how bad this episode was using more than words. He wholeheartedly agrees that this, is a bad episode. He's going on the extreme puns. He wishes the Quebec stuff would get the funk out. Yeah. They go on. Victor Victor's loving it. Zach says, reading is hard, Victor. Cassie says, the long awaited sequel to Drive Angry is Read Angry. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So there's some good stuff here. Like, I should go to the livestream more often. Anyway, yeah, thank you guys on the livestream. Alright. Let's move on to ratings. Tanya, what do you give this episode? Speaker 2
Oh my. So it I I do wanna add one additional thing to what we've all been talking about because I don't think we touched on it enough. The the end shot there where Nat sends the the text message, pretty much just saying do something. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 5
And I really like that part. That's that. Yeah. Speaker 2
Toss, like, it has to have been planned. Like, the way they looked at each other, and it was, like, one, two, three, like, to but you know what? Okay. So the takeaway on that, again, my mama bear instincts. I'm like, dude, just had two concussions. Now you're gonna pick a fight in the stands. Yeah. But You're gonna get hit. Speaker 5
Doesn't fight fair. Like, he's not gonna pick a fight that he isn't gonna like, he's probably got a a weapon of some kind or he's somebody's gonna jump in to to fight his fight Speaker 2
for our own. Dude's gonna get hit, and he can barely string Speaker 3
lower ground. Speaker 5
He can Speaker 3
He's gonna tickle their balls, and Speaker 0
that's gonna be Speaker 1
all that. Speaker 2
He can barely string his words together, and we're gonna get into a fight again. Oh my god. He's got his balls, and he's playing with them. Yeah. So, again, we're ending with, you know, Shorzy's gonna get hurt again or more, worse, whatever. My rating, I it it wasn't a solid episode. I I don't know whether I would put it in the worst. I don't know whether I'd put it in the worst episode either. There's a lot there, and I think the turning point of Shorzy and him getting hurt and and this is that pivot moment where Speaker 0
Pivot. Speaker 2
Pivot. Right? This is that moment where the hockey stick has been taken out of his hand. Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 2
So I think it is what was needed. Was it done really well? I'm not sure. Anyways, the whole JJ thing though too Mhmm. It was a big part of this and one that I didn't really need. So I'm I'd I'm gonna stick it in the middle. I'm gonna stick it in clearance. Speaker 5
Clearance. Okay. Alright. You you bring up the ending. I really enjoyed the ending. I I I think it was kind of all driving to the end there because, Nat keeps on saying, Shorzy finds a way to contribute regardless, and he, once again well, we'll see what the aftermath is of the the beer spilling. But, her texting him after the entire episode, they couldn't even stand looking at each other. They were so angry with each other. But in the end, when the team needed, Shorzy, Nat reached out to Shorzy. So I really enjoyed that. There's a really weird thing in the in in one of the montages where Shorzy's, like, sitting in the stands, sitting in the locker room, thinking about the good old days, which, you know, it's one of those montages you see in in movies a lot. But in the middle of that, there's one that stuck out, and that's the one with Gorr Gallant in the townhouse looking at Zeke at the bar. Yeah. Like, everything else is about Shorzy thinking back to the good old days of hockey, but then there's that one little scene of that. It's like, it kinda and then it went back to Shorozie standing outside the arena looking at the Marquis. It was just kinda weird there. So, yeah, it's a very uneven episode. There's a lot of stuff that could have been cut out of this episode. The funny wasn't there to, you know, to the same extent as some other, episodes. So, yeah, I'm giving this one a clearance too, and it's, like, right, down the mill, if not a little bit on the low end, I gotta say. I I don't disagree with Victor that this might be the the weakest Shorzi episode so far, which is weird. And maybe compared to last week, which is, like, the strongest one so far, made this one look feel weaker. But, also, I feel like there's a trend where the episode five of any, like, Letterkenny or Shorzi has always been kind of the weakest episode in in in the season. So maybe this is, again, a sign of that. Matt? Speaker 0
Yeah. Let's call was this whole episode is a setup episode. Speaker 5
Yeah. But what's it setting up? I don't know. Right? Speaker 0
Well, I I mean and that's what I'll get to. So it it's a clearance for me. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 0
It's not a great clearance, but it's a clearance. Obviously, we've talked about things, liked and didn't like across this. It it's setting up Shorzy and his like, the whole season's been focused on him. So this was kinda like the end of four then end of five was that reality. Like, it's this is what it is. Yeah. The only thing the thing that saved it from going down to compost for me, and I say that very boldly, was the Nat and Shorzy Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 0
Interactions across this episode. Okay. They I I I think this is the two of them, like, this is some of their strongest work. They Speaker 5
With each other. Yeah. Speaker 0
With the with each other and as characters Mhmm. Across the show, start to finish. Like, the this episode really showed them and their relationship and so many great and you saw so many different versions of Shorzi throughout this episode. Speaker 5
Yeah. When she when she says the line, and it's the line of the episode, I think, has it ever occurred to you that, I care more about you than than, winning or whatever she says, whatever that line is? That's a gut punch. That's I love that. Like, yeah, that's probably the the the line of the episode. Speaker 0
Yeah. And there yeah. There's some really strong stuff from a from a dramatic perspective between those two that was just so powerful to me. That saved the episode. Yeah. Not enough to put it to a fresh, but it certainly saved. So they didn't have that or didn't spend as much time as they did with those two. It would have been a compost for me. But I do applaud them because I like what they delivered. And and when I say setup is they're really setting up for sure the show show's called Shoroz. Yeah. So setting up for what is his character gonna do next. So they've put it out of the line. They've given you glimpses of he's perfect for bro dude. You know, he may not play anymore. Is he is he too old? Like, all these things have been building up, and then it all got thrown into this one, and now he's coming to grips with all that. So I I applaud that. Mhmm. But the the rest of the episode was was was kind of a mess to me. So it's a clearance. Speaker 5
Okay, Victor. Speaker 3
Oh, man. It's eleven fifty nine fifty nine PM and midnight, everything on clearance goes to compost. And I feel like that's where we are with this episode. Speaker 5
Like low, low clearance, like, almost compost. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. That's where we are. That's where we are. There there's enough kind of good stuff in here that Speaker 4
kind Speaker 3
of saves it and keeps it at a clearance. I think that, again, we get to, unlayer a few more or peel a few more layers from Shorzy, the human, and remind us that he's not a caricature, where he's basically, again, that scene where he's after shitting on Zig Yeah. The whole the I think that's the first time he said anything positive, anything of Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 3
A compliment towards anybody, is calling her basically hot. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 3
You know, it's just another layer that basically that whole thing between him and her is just a show. They love each other. They respect each other. Well, at least he does her, and we're not sure about her, him, but maybe now she she does. But Well, Speaker 5
I think she cares about him because I think she's on board with not letting him play. She's she's she's concerned about him. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So so it's just, again, a little more of that. And then the whole thing with Liam and and Corey that, you know, he's they're, obviously friends. The the fact that they would call each other up and say, hey. Do you wanna go to the game together and all that kind of stuff. It's all just to show. Yeah. This is just you know? So so I think that's good. Again, it just reminds us that he's not a cartoon. He's a he's a person. I I wonder, though, like, this season, it the way that last season went, we thought that, oh, okay. I wonder how they're gonna handle the whole the whole Laura Moore thing because now that they got together, are they gonna focus more on that relationship? And there hasn't really been any focus on that at all. I mean, there might have been, like, one or two conversations this season, but for the most part, there I don't think there's been really any focus on developing that really chemistry or that relationship a lot. I don't know if we're gonna have a part two, to the love fest that we had, you Speaker 5
know With Chad. Speaker 1
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 3
So so so, you know, so that's interesting. It's not a good thing or a bad thing. It's just it's just an observation. Sure. But but, yeah, overall, you have my rating. It they it it's there's enough good stuff that it kept itself out of the basement, but, I I hope we we finish strong after this one. Speaker 5
Our buddy, Jazz, says, worst Shores the episode, and you still can't give it a compost. Rose glasses, he asks. Mhmm. So it just continuing to show that Victor is, is on team Shorzi. Josh, what what rating do you give us? Speaker 6
I, I'd have to give it a clearance. Speaker 0
Okay. Speaker 6
I mean, it's I I wouldn't give it a compost, but it's it is a lower clearance just because, you know, I I like the part where, you know, you you do see a little bit more of Shorzy Mhmm. And kind of a different side of him. And and that part, I think, is what saves the whole episode. But that there's a lot of stuff there that I just I didn't care for. And, I I would agree that this is probably, so far, in my opinion, the worst episode of Shorzy to date. Speaker 5
Interesting. Okay. We have ourselves a Walmart unicorn, clearance across the board. Well done. I don't have a sound clip for that, though. Tanya, we're going to you now for MVPs. Who do you give the Game Stick to? Speaker 2
Well, I was there was, like, that quick glimpse of, a Sudbury winter. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 2
That was just like that the the it was like I could've just paused the screen for some strange reason. Speaker 0
You I Speaker 2
was like Really? I was really feeling that scene. I just I loved the glimpse of it. Mhmm. Anyways, I got excited with that, but that is not what I'm wearing. Speaker 5
Dead of summer in Canada. I know. Speaker 2
It was so weird. Speaker 0
Like, are you about to give it to Sudbury Winters? Right? Speaker 2
Yeah. Right? No. It doesn't make any sense. It it it just it made me I don't know. For some reason, Speaker 3
I cupping. Speaker 2
I had the feels. I had the feels for for that, Speaker 0
This is what happens when we let Tanya go first. Speaker 1
Right? I think Speaker 3
I think your feet retains too much blood in the cupping No. No. Speaker 2
Brain's not working. No. But it's going to be Speaker 0
I I I liked, the Speaker 2
one part that I did like was, Zeig and that her character this episode, you know, going through the things with a gorgeous, Speaker 0
galant. Yeah. Speaker 1
Galant. Yeah. Speaker 2
Her facial expressions, the way you know, we did see that clip of her in the bar, and, you know, she's kind of Speaker 5
Melting a bit? Speaker 2
Melting a little bit, and letting herself enjoy that. Speaker 5
Being being pursued. Speaker 2
Yeah. Yeah. And and that moment that she had with Shorzy and and and that transaction and and her, again, facial expression. And I think she really did that care her character really well Speaker 5
Okay. Speaker 2
For what she usually does and now, you know, feeling a bit softer. Speaker 5
Okay. So you're giving it to Sieg? Yep. Alright. I got a couple runner runners up before I get to my stick. The one the one I mean, there are a couple of amusing parts to the the the Quebec talk show. The one I love is the when LaRoz LaBeouf goes down the catwalk, she's got a face, like, this the most sour face you see. Yeah. But she still goes through the whole posing part at the end with the sour face, and she still does it. I thought it was really funny. So and yet Lawrence gets a shout out. I love the scene where Dolo gives, Shorzy the truth in in the apartment there. You know, I don't think I've ever given Dolo a game stick. I'm not giving it to him this time, but I'm giving him, like, strong runners up. Because this scene here this episode here, I think Matt, deserves the the stick. I think she does most of the heavy lifting in this episode, her and Shorzy. But I'll give it to her because, that scene at the end kinda caps it off when, like, the whole time, they can't look at each other, they can't talk to each other. But when she sees her team's in trouble, she knows what she has to do, and that's get the captain to to, what is it, to drag the team into the fight? And that's what she she asked Shorzy to do. She swallowed her pride, reached out to her captain, and he will see if he delivers, but it looks like he did deliver. So I'm giving this one to Matt. Matt? Speaker 0
Yeah. I like your honorable mentions. Totally agree with Dolo. That was a a great moment for him, and, love that scene. I I'm close to you on this one, but I I'm giving it to Shorzy. I think Matt gets the very close second on this one. Mhmm. I've talked about it all episode around how the the chemistry of those two in this one was so strong, but I really felt like he so I think he probably had a lot of fun making this one even if we didn't love it, because he I feel like he really got to stretch some muscles that he hasn't probably done in a bit, from an acting perspective, and I believed every bit of it. Speaker 6
Mhmm. Speaker 0
So like that Speaker 5
He was great. Speaker 0
Like that that scene at the in that first discussion in the in the in Matt's office there Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 0
And he's like, I'm so fucking mad at you, and he's, like, crying. Like, I believed every bit of that sentence. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Speaker 5
And I Speaker 0
think he really came strong in this one, at all of his interactions. So we saw a a whole magnet a whole different plane of him across this episode, but, no, I think he deserves it in this case. So it's, it sure is it. Speaker 5
I even like this little interview with Nick when he when he's like, I don't understand what you're saying. And is this what you want? Is this is this going well for you? Because it doesn't I think I'm gonna go get a ginger ale. Like, I just I think it was a really fun Speaker 0
We saw, like, ten different sides of him in this one, and they all were perfect. Speaker 5
So Yeah. Victor, who's your, Gamestick going to? Speaker 3
So I'll give it in a minute, but, a couple of things I forgot to mention. Mhmm. For the non hockey fans, it was probably, kind of a miss, but it was hilarious when they called out Gallagher because the guy is just sitting at home, minding his own business Right. And then catching catching shrapnel for no reason at all. The guy's still playing. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And they called that out. So that that was pretty Speaker 0
He's probably a buddy. Speaker 5
They're probably that was probably, like, a little, yeah, a little shot across the bow. Yeah. Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was it was pretty good. And then and now that conversation, that I also kind of didn't really get because, when, Sanguinet is telling him, hey. Why don't you go in and do you know, read the lineup? And so two things I didn't like about that. One is Sanguinet saying, I take my I'll I'll share my fault and kind of what happened. It wasn't his fault. There was nothing. He didn't do anything wrong. He actually said, I don't want you going out on the ice, and he went against his own. Speaker 5
But he sent he sent Shorzy on the ice. At the end there, he he said, oh, if you think he can do better, go do better. So I think he he feels guilty about that. He feels guilty. Speaker 0
But he he baited him. Speaker 3
He's no white. He just baited. That was all Shorzy. That was I Carlos should not or Sanguinet should not Mhmm. Carlos. You Speaker 5
know, they're acting. Right? Speaker 2
Yes. Charlotte Speaker 5
likes to Speaker 1
be fine. Yeah. Harlem likes all. Speaker 3
You know Speaker 5
what I'm saying? Okay. Yeah. Speaker 3
So so I play, you know, n h like Mhmm. NHL twenty four, and network and then, you know, every year, it's it's gonna be called twenty five next year. Mhmm. Speaker 0
So Speaker 3
the I you have to give your player a name. And so my my player's name is because you have to give him a first name. It's Harlan Sanguinet. Speaker 5
Oh, geez. Speaker 3
And, actually, yesterday so I was playing just drop in games, and there was a team, the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs. Speaker 5
Was there? Speaker 3
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I just randomly got matched up with that team, and then my my center was, Shore, which was, hilarious. Speaker 1
Yeah. Speaker 3
Yeah. So, anyway, so Game Stick goes to, a phrase. Oh, okay. A phrase that we heard probably all season long, but more in this episode than any other episode, and that is, I'm a guy who can't push when he shits. And, Of Speaker 0
course, that's it. Speaker 3
So if you're gonna Speaker 5
put a ketchup bottle it's like a ketchup bottle thing. Yeah. It's oh my god. It's so funny. That was yeah. Okay. The the can't push when I shit is Victor's game stick. Joshua, who's your MVP? Speaker 6
Oh, how do you follow that? Speaker 0
Don't cry. Speaker 5
We're not even mad. We just expected that. Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 6
I mean, it's a a completely victory answer. Speaker 0
Mhmm. Speaker 6
Now I was I was kinda going between, you know, two different ones trying to decide, but, I ultimately went with Nat, just because I I do think, you know, she's the one that kinda kinda helped keep Shorzy in, you know, kind of his head in there and in the right spot. But I was trying to decide between her and Shorzy. It was kind of a toss-up for me Speaker 5
Sure. Speaker 6
Between the two of them, but but I didn't wanna pick two. You know, I wanna make sure I only had one and just try not to to pick a phrase or Speaker 0
a Speaker 6
song or a singing to pull a victor, but, you know, every now and then. But, yeah, so Nat. Speaker 5
Alright. Cool. Yeah. And it's some there's some votes on the livestream for the song, the, God Only Knows, remix or whatever, as as as the game stick or whatever. It's a banging remix. We may be listening to that one a little later. Anyway, thank you, guys. I'm gonna move on quickly. We have a couple of these. Questionable call. And the first one is coming all the way from sunny Melbourne. Here we go. Speaker 7
Hey, guys. It's your buddy, Melbourne Jack. Back with the right of reply for God. I'm not even mad, God. I'm just disappointed in you. As a well traveled man like yourself, I thought you'd know better. The pickup truck is only a thing in North America for a reason because it's just too damn big. It's got no point. The humble you is such a better option. You use the you world round. Anyway, Speaker 0
still love Speaker 7
you, Gord. See you next time you're down under. Chad, great episode last week. So happy that you got your unicorn, buddy. And thanks for sticking out for me. That's what I appreciate about you. Jeff, top job on the Aussie slang. Love it. Next time you're are you coming down on the with your travels, I'll see you at Pubchair. Catch you, boys. Speaker 5
And that was from our buddy Jack who our cohost. Yeah. He's giving kudos to, yeah, Jeff's, down under questionable call last week and and and defending the Utes. I think there's some we're starting to get see them around North America as well. So I think we're gonna see more of those. Anyway and we have one last, questionable call, and guess who it's from? Speaker 8
Hey, guys. It's your buddy Jeff from Maine again. Al, can I have my own segment? I feel like we've been a little trapped lately, maybe in a small confined space a dozen floors up with a couple of other people. The walls are closing in. We can call it jesterophobia. There's no way Matt didn't shit in that elevator. Just a thought. Last week's episode was so good, I had a hard time coming up with anything to blow a whistle on. It was true playoff hockey. I heartily agree that this was the best episode of Shorzy to date. More than a chef's kiss, it was a chef's orgasm. I will point out Matt's failed opportunity to give Chad the ultimate fuck you, Chad, by not assassinating the unicorn. That would have been great, but the episode was just too damn good. Shout out to Victor for giving his game stick to the Speedo for effectively hiding Michael's thunder. This week's questionable call is universal, but involves another great Canadian content creator, Craig Baird, over at Canadian History Eggs. If you're Canada sexual like myself, check out his stuff. It's really good. After wrapping up his greatest Canadian song contest, god bless Gordon Lightfoot, his current endeavor is finding the greatest Canadian television show. I'm disappointed to report that Letterkenny ran into the juggernaut that is Schitt's Creek in the second round and lost seventy seven to twenty three. Let me say that these are two great shows, but Letterkenny even facing Schitt's Creek in just the second round, not to mention losing, is a travesty on par with attentions paid getting bounced in the round of sixteen during the TPS cold open bracket. In this case, a network show with star power taking on a streaming service show with comparatively unknowns. Maybe if the contest was greatest show made in Canada, I could stomach the loss a little more, but I hate to lose. And really the filming locations are the only thing Canadian about Schitt's Creek. Jared Keeso, on the other hand, crafted something so Canadian, he's giving sir John a McDonald a run for his money. Sir Jared Keeso has a great ring to it. Oh, get a run. An old lady smiling at me. Peace and love y'all. Speaker 0
Oh, Jeff. Speaker 5
Well done, Jeff. Thank you so much for those. We we look forward to them every week, so keep them coming. Yeah. Yeah. Unfortunately, Letterkenny lost to Schitt's Creek. And today, what was there was a matchup today. I feel bad for any any show that goes up against Littlest Hobo. I feel like it's just gonna get crushed. And once again, I think I'm rewatching that show right now. What? Littlest Hobo? Really? Yes. I watched it. Finding all those episodes? Speaker 3
Oh, it's it's all available on YouTube. Speaker 5
Oh, really? Speaker 3
Yeah. Speaker 5
I I watched the one episode where that they shot at Canada's Wonderland, and I'm like, okay. I I I that's enough nostalgia for me because the the production quality is, you know, it's of the time. Speaker 3
Right? So good. It's so good. Speaker 0
I love it. Against marketplace. Speaker 5
Oh, yeah. Well, that, okay, that was pretty easy. I think little Stobo will will win that one pretty easily. But, anyway Speaker 3
And and and and you get to see these, like, stars Speaker 5
Mhmm. Quote on the Speaker 3
stars in each episode. You know? So it's pretty cool. Speaker 5
Yeah. Awesome. Alright. Let's, all that's left to do here, because I have no news that I can think of, no no news, is, final comments. So, Tanya. Speaker 2
Thank you for staying up, Josh. I see I see that you're as tired as I feel. This was it was great to see you. Every time I see you, I just, like, wanna share some, Oreos with you. Like Deep Speaker 5
fried Oreos. Speaker 2
Deep fried Oreos. You you you you turned me on to them, and, oh my god, so good. This was a lot of fun. Looking forward to, our weekend, and, we've got vacations coming up, which I think you're gonna be referencing. So, yeah, looking forward to, some summer fun and, hanging out with people, local local friends. Speaker 5
Yeah. Looking forward to that as well. Josh, thanks, bud. Yeah. I know you've had a long week, and your sleepy eyes are giving you away. We appreciate you staying up and doing this with us. You you did great, and, yeah, it's it was good to have you back on because I think the last time we mighta had you on was, like, Letterkenny season eight or something. Like, holy sheets. Speaker 2
Oh, yeah. Speaker 5
Like, it was, it was a while ago. So it's good to have you on again as a solo act. The, livestream tonight was jumping. There's a lot lot of people on tonight, and so we had a lot of really great comments. Thank you very much. On the livestream for for participating and for adding to tonight's show. Matt? Speaker 0
Yeah. Josh, great seeing you, bud. It was a nice surprise to turn on my Zoom and see, see your pretty ass sitting on the other side. So, always a pleasure, my friend. This was a fun one. I'm looking forward to the wrap up even though I know it's, you guys are off for, what, two weeks? I'm actually gonna have to make a formal request, and maybe we push our episode six at one additional week because I am actually off gone the week of the twelfth. Speaker 2
Oh, boy. Squeeze one in on the Thursday, couldn't we? Speaker 5
What? Next week? Yeah. No. Because Tobias is our guest, and he eats. Yeah. He's Speaker 0
Oh, okay. Speaker 2
It didn't work. Speaker 5
Alright. We'll have to talk. We'll we'll we'll We'll take that offline, but I Speaker 0
I I was looking at the timeline after I saw you guys saying that you're going into vacation mode. And have an amazing time, guys. Speaker 1
Yes. Thank you. Thanks. Speaker 0
Enjoy your time, Alex. Speaker 5
Where we're going yet or what we're doing, but we're taking a couple weeks off. Speaker 0
And We'll staycation by the way. Speaker 5
Happens. Yeah. Speaker 0
We'll we'll look forward to reconnecting soon. Speaker 1
Mhmm. Sure. Speaker 5
Victor. Speaker 3
Did I hear Tanya offering squeezers? What? Speaker 2
Pretty sure. Speaker 0
They're probably gonna go to Waseca at some point. Speaker 5
We are going to Waseca. Yes. So Labor Day weekend. Speaker 2
Labor Day. Speaker 0
I'll bring the party island. Speaker 3
I you just said we could squeeze one off. Like, I swear to God. Speaker 1
You squeeze an episode Speaker 0
on that. Speaker 2
Episode in. Speaker 3
Oh, okay. I I stopped listening after you said squeeze. Anyway Of course you did. Josh, you did you did great. You answered all the questions. Sorry. I didn't mean to get political. Listen. This was lots of fun, and and you you actually were coherent through the entire episode. I wasn't sure if we were gonna have you here at the end during the wrap up, but but you're you're here, so congrats. But this was lots of fun. Unfortunately, it wasn't the world's best episode to kind of do, but I think that also also makes adds a little more color to the, to the show, I think, as well. So that's important. Anyway, it just means that it can only go up from here. So looking forward to the next one, whenever the hell it's gonna happen. Yeah. It's like it might be a while. So, so we'll see how that goes. But, we've got some fun events coming up in the summer. Yeah. I I I don't know what's gonna happen this weekend. So, Cassie, if I don't make it, I'm sorry. We'll see what what what's gonna happen. But, if if not that, we definitely have some other fun events ahead of us this summer as well. Anyway, this was, just lots of fun, and, over to you. Ma Josh. Josh. Yes. It's your turn. Speaker 0
See what happens when you try to take Al's job. I did it flawlessly, and you gave me a fucking Speaker 3
Yeah. I blame you for introducing this new kind of segment. Speaker 2
Segment. If you're Speaker 0
gonna if you're gonna take it on, you better do it right. Speaker 5
Alright, children. Don't make me go back there. Josh, your final word to you. Speaker 6
Appreciate you guys having me back. It's nice to see everybody again. I know I'm fighting to stay awake here, but, it's worth it. I know the other thing I've been working on is I've been finalizing all my plans for November to come to Toronto. So Speaker 5
right. Yes. For the Kate Trevor. Speaker 1
Sorted out. Speaker 5
Did you get your tickets yet? Speaker 6
I did. Speaker 5
Oh, so not not Kate Trevor. Sorry. For November for the hockey game for the Yeah. Speaker 6
I'm not Can't do this. Speaker 5
Yeah. Yeah. Speaker 6
I can't do everything. I I don't have enough vacation days. Mhmm. I actually thought I was gonna have to work the Monday after every the the game and everything, but, wound up having that day off. So I got an entire day to waste in Toronto. It's been flight till evening, so I get to stay a little longer. So, but we'll worry about that when it gets there. But, yeah, it was nice seeing everybody, and, hopefully, I'll be able to make a couple of the after shows here. Can't wait for school to start this so the kids are out of the house. Might feel that. So Speaker 5
Yeah. Have some time to rest. Speaker 6
Yeah. I can work in quiet. Speaker 5
Very cool. Speaker 6
Yeah. Speaker 1
Alright. I bet. Speaker 5
Alright. Thanks. I'm gonna play us off here with the song from this episode with the one that we've been talking about a bit here. The God Only Knows, I don't know if it's a cover or a remix, what you wanna call it, by Joy anonymous. Here we go. Speaker 0
I may not always love you, Speaker 4
But as long as there are stuffs above you, you'll never need to doubt it. Speaker 5
Alright. And that's all we have for this episode. Tanya and I are taking the next couple of weeks off for vacation, but we will be back, I was gonna say just, Thursday, August fifteenth, but maybe a week later even with our buddy Tobias to recap, review Shorzi three season finale. We'll we'll let you know. Stay tuned. But in the mean time, there may be a takeover episode, to fill that void, so please stay tuned. If you'd like to support the podcast, become a patron or tell a friend. Also, follow us on most social media outlets at produce amp pod. Thank you for joining us. Now we're going to the after party with our buddy, Josh. If you can stay awake, on behalf of Josh, Tanya, Matt, Victor, and myself, thank you for listening, and have a great week. 
