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I have a problem. Oh no. What is that? I didn't watch the episode. No. Yeah, I didn't. But how about we just fudge it, like go through it? Yeah. Let's do it. This will be the episode that I watch after we... I mean, I do remember stuff. Yeah.

But I'm leaving on a... I haven't been out of the country in like five years and I'm leaving tomorrow and I'm like very nervous. So because I have so much to do. Okay. Are you going to Italy too? Because everyone's in Italy. It is all good. Okay. Well, let's jump on in and see what happens. I'm going to rely on you guys. All right. Welcome to our show.

Welcome to our show. Welcome to our show, folks. Welcome to our show, everyone. I want to start this episode off by saying, Hannah, I focused, I watched, I actually watched this episode, technically, overall, three times when it originally aired and then twice yesterday. Once to take notes and two to look for the bear.

Did you look? Really? Are you joining my team right now? Are you on the bear hunt? Am I on the what? Bear hunt with me. No, but I just, I, I, this, you, you, you do such a bad job of finding the bear that I was like, I said, let me see if, if I find it. I didn't. I thought you were like, you know what? You do this alone.

I'm going to join you. And no, it's just shady. You just being shady to me. I wasn't being shady. I'm just I'm actually curious this episode to see if you found the bear. Gosh. OK, well, now I have to prove your shady remark true because I did not. Did you? Did you? Did you find it, Lamar? You know, it's a long shot, but I think I did.

Tell us. It's a long shot. So when Schmidt talks about himself being a baby and he said he was breakdancing as a baby and you did the flashback in the beginning scene. Yeah. In that flashback there are teddy bears all behind the baby. Count. It counts. The teddy bears. That's it. Teddy bears. Wow. I don't think that's a long shot. Thank you for joining Team Bear. That's a confirmed bear. But this is my question for you. I say it's a long shot because they were stuffed.

Dogs. Do those count as teddy bears? Okay, let's put that up to our listeners. Do dogs count as bears? No, they don't. I'm just curious. Well, I got all excited.

And I finally had someone helping me with this. You know who actually is the best at helping this? Our listeners. Because they DM me after the fact and go like, girl, this is where the bear was. So if you guys find the bear, because I'm sure it's in this kid's episode, let me know and I will screenshot your DM and I will put it up.

Help us out, guys. I thought I was doing a good thing. You literally are worse than me. Twice. Once for you and once for me. By the way, that shot of the baby...

in a wig being baby Schmidt doing baby break dancing is one of the funniest things I feel like we've ever had on the show. I remember there was like a whole thing about that baby wig too. Do you guys remember that they were like spray painting the baby wig and then everyone was like, wait, you can't spray paint a baby wig and then put it on a real baby. Oh my gosh. If that baby is bald forever, we know why. No, they didn't put the wig on.

On the baby. They found a baby safe way. They put a lace front weave on the baby. They put a weave on. That makes a lot of sense. It's so funny. This whole thing starts with this cold open of Zoe and I sitting on the edge of the bed together. And my character thinks that she, well, she's late, so she could be pregnant with Schmidt's baby. And I remember that two shot. That whole thing is basically a two shot of you, Zoe, holding me.

And we just have that long stare of horror.

of imagining what a schmidt baby would be and i remember shooting it because it was the lines are written so so funny this is leslie wick webster and donna carrie wrote this episode but the lines were so so so so funny and all the alts of what a schmidt baby would be that it was really hard to not break yeah i just remember that and that two shot being like okay and we have to look horrified but

But it was such a funny scene to shoot. And I love the foreshadowing of that particular scene because, again, the lines are so funny and the things you two are describing about the Schmidt baby. And when we foreshadow, you know, cut to the future, obviously, for the fans of the show, you know that.

Dad, your kid turns out to be fantastic. And he's also a great dad. Yeah. And the kid is really great. Right. But the fear was like, would the baby just want to nurse all the time? That line made me laugh. But it is, yeah, it's really funny. Actually, you're right that by the end of the series, you exactly get to see what that baby looks like and is like. Right.

and who Schmidt is as a dad. And the huge fear of this episode is Cece thinks she's going to be a bad mom. Exactly. Which turns out in certain episodes, maybe she is, but she's great. You mad at me today? What's going on? She's a good mom. Showing up shady. I will say this. I wasn't in this episode too much, but the thing that I enjoyed about this episode, you know, were the guest stars.

The the fantastic guest stars Jean Triplehorn Chloe bridges and also yet Phil Hendry obviously who plays Joe Napoli But I remember watching this episode going why why these people look so familiar to me It obviously Jean Triplehorn but you know Chloe bridges for example who played Chloe the 18 year old that Nick was dating in the episode I realized that I'd been around her a lot. She's married and

To Adam Devine. Oh. Oh. Yeah. And I thought, wait a minute, I know her. I was like, oh, that's how I... Because we were just... I just knew her from, you know, being out with Adam in real life. And I forgot. Because I didn't do any scenes with her in this episode. But I put two and two together. Oh, we technically been on the same show together. Look at that. It's funny because I remember shooting this episode really clearly because it was really funny and...

It was before any of us were parents. And so it was these characters exploring this idea of parenthood and what it looks like and means. And I think all of us in our own minds were in that same space because it was just all hypothetical to us, just like with the characters. But Lamorne,

Like your storyline. I had no recollection of because they really just put you like out in the wild, like with almost zero overlap. I will say this. And there were moments again in this first season. I'm going to keep I'm going to keep saying it. Not my favorite season. I'm going to keep saying it. And I'm OK with it. Oh, season one. Season one. For your character. For my character. For the show. The show is good. Are you serious? For you. No, no, you didn't.

You didn't get, like... You know what it was? Like, it was because you kind of joined a little leader, and I think the writers were experimenting with you and just throwing stuff at you and seeing what you do best. And I think...

I'm looking forward to watching the episode where you first start puzzling because as soon as... I think puzzling was the gateway into Winston's soul. And all of a sudden, when Winston got quirky and bird shirt and prank Sinatra and all those weird quirky things that...

We weren't expecting when you first came on, you were supposed to be like a really good basketball player who was really cool and stronger than everyone. And then you turned into a bird shirt wearing prank, prank doing, puzzling, kind of quirky guy, which we love. You were adorkable. I was what? You were adorkable. I was adorkable.

It was, it was very, it's very interesting to watch it and remember and, and,

In certain moments, obviously we all grow as performers. This being my first show, a lot of it was the fact that I was still uncomfortable a little bit. And I will say watching it now, all I can, I cringe because I go, why did I make that choice? The obvious choice, Lamorne, would have been to do this. Why didn't you do that, you dumbass? Like, why would you? That's all I can think of when I'm watching, especially this episode in particular, because

you know, Phil Hendry is so funny. And I felt like I could have, I could have done different things, you know, to compliment what he was doing in those scenes. Well, I always say that the like mark of an actor is that you're like on the plane flying home from making the movie and you're looking out the window and then you're like,

that's how I should have played the character. Like the whole thing is done and then you figure out how you should have done it, you know. I've never heard anyone say that, Zoe, and that I feel like

is me all the time. Like in the car, driving home from the lot and then going like, oh no, oh, I got it. Ah, I should have done. Yeah. Ugh. Yeah. Well, next time. And it's just that every single time on the drive home. It's a piece of time. Yeah. We have to think of it. It's a piece of time. It's a piece of time. It's not you now, it's you then. And we say,

That's the choice we made back then. Yep. This episode, one of the craziest things I realize now, because it's nuts, is that Jess is taking care of Russell's daughter, Sarah. Yes. And the whole time I'm just waiting for like Dermot to like be in the episode. Yeah. And he's not. Like you're like the new girlfriend. Yes, you're Sarah's teacher. But the mom...

drops her daughter off to you and then just like deuces bye and i'm like what are both parents doing that you're dropping off your daughter to the girlfriend who lives i know a lot of male roommates i mean i think they're different types of parents but some parents are like hey you're willing to watch the kid here you go thank you

I'll take it. I'll take this opportunity. That's true. That's true. Free childcare is not to be fucked up. So you're right. Listen, it's tempting, especially like it's the kid's teacher. So like, you know, probably,

pretty trustworthy, right? Yeah, I think so. You're a school teacher. And she's in middle school, so it's not like she's so young. It's not like dropping off a baby. But here's the thing. You live with grown male roommates and what happens? I'm not saying I would do it.

I would not. But this teenage girl then, young teenage girl has a crush on one of the male roommates she's staying with. I'm like, it's all parental fears. And what's interesting is that she has a lot of questions. Like what's a dry life? Have you ever done a 99?

Have you ever done it animal style? I'm not dropping my daughter off. I forgot about all this and I'm like very uncomfortable even like. Here are the six questions, right? Are you in love with my dad? Do you and my dad ever dry lump? Is sexting cool? Have you ever done a 99? Have you ever given someone plow chops? How do you make love to a person animal style? This is what you'll...

The only animal style I know is the one for the fries at In-N-Out. In-N-Out. That's right. That's it. Secret menu. That's right. But I'm going to actually go through and answer some of these questions. No, I'm not in love with anyone's dad. I'm not. Okay. All right. Unless their dad is Zoe Kravitz. Do you and my dad ever dry hump? I've dry humped before. It hurts.

Is sexting cool? Only when it's consensual on both ends. You don't want to sext a person when they're not expecting it. That's right. You ever done a 99? Still trying to figure out what that one is. Probably. Plow chops? Absolutely. Do I have a make love animal style? No, I'm a very boring lover.

So there you go. You don't like to pour Thousand Island dressing all over your bed? Not at all. Okay. Well, then I guess I'm going to just say that's what it is. Making love animal style is just Thousand Island dressing. Yep. Or secret sauce. But not me. Justin gives the advice of choose someone who makes you laugh.

I think that's very good advice. I agree. I agree. I think so for sure. I will say this in my, in my life, that's how I date, you know, that that's, that's how I feel comfortable with someone who, who, who I laugh at, laugh with, you know, there's a difference there though. Yeah. What'd you say? That's,

There's a nuance difference there. There's someone you laugh at. No, they're always laughing at me for sure. You know what I mean? Always laughing at me. I feel like this whole podcast is Zoe and I just laughing at you. Yeah, they're like, he's so stupid. All right, we're going to go to break. When we come back, we'll continue laughing. You're not stupid. You're just sometimes laughable. All right, we're going to go to break. We'll be right back.

And we're back with our very dear friends.

Lamorne and Hannah. Yes. And Zoe. The three of us. The three musketeers. Honestly, it's one of those things, because it was so long ago, where I don't know what came first. Like if the show, like what happened in the show, or if we were talking about something on set and it made it into the show eventually. Which is, which of the characters are which Golden Girl? Oh, yeah. Right? I feel like we had discussed this before.

Yeah. And then all of a sudden it was in the show or maybe it was, you know, written on the page and we then started talking about it. I don't know which one. Okay. I mean, I, I know who's who. Go for it. Go for it. Okay. Um, Nick is Dorothy. Yeah.

Jess is Rose. Yeah. Winston's Sophia. And Schmidt's Blanche. And then Cece...

you're the guy who comes to date one of the guys who comes to date blanche that's true i try to sweep blanche off her feet yeah blanche is the you know what's so interesting i don't remember the i remember the golden girls obviously but i don't remember their character traits i did a sketch at second city back in the day and and one of the i forget who wrote the the sketch but

It was called the, um, the golden life, the golden facts of life. It was a mix between golden girls and facts of life. Oh, that's good. And I just remember, um,

What were the names again? Judy? Who was it? Judith? Judy? There's no Judy. Yeah, yeah. Rose. No, because there was Judy from Facts of Life. Oh, there's... No, Judy. Oh, oh. Yes, and then Trudy. Not Trudy. Trudy. No, Trudy. Trudy? Yeah, Trudy. So there's Trudy, Blair, and Dora. Okay, wait. Trudy, Joe. What's the snobby one?

I gotta just Google it. So I remember the song went a little bit like this, where there's Tootie Blair and Dorothy, the slut is Blanche, she's 93, the golden life, the golden facts of life. And that's how I remember that Schmidt was Blanche, just because of that lyric in the sketch. And I was like, oh, the one that should be out there in the streets. I love it. I would have really given a lot to have seen that. I

If you're listening, you wrote that sketch. Let's revive it when you do your late night show. Did someone tape that sketch? Could they send that in? Come on now. Send us a copy. So Sarah, you know, you're Russell's daughter. She's in love with Nick. Now we touched on it a little bit. Is this, I had a hard time, not a hard time watching it. It was a little weird. Like she was aggressively in love. Young girls with their first crush. It's intense. Yeah.

It's super, super intense. But I mean, also weird choice. Like Nick feels like a man, you know, like usually like a first crush is like,

Harry Styles or something who's more like has a more, not that Harry Styles is not a man, but he's like, like Jake has this, like he's from Chicago, you know, he's like, he's like a move furniture for a living type of vibe. Whereas like Harry Styles feels like boyish and like he's only ever done music, you know, um, that feels more like a thirst crush than a,

You know. Yeah. It is a surprising choice. Very, very surprising. But really, she was there without her parents, alone with two men, because Winston's just running around in the streets. And so she only had two options of who she was going to find cute in that loft. Yeah. Yeah. So it was 50-50. 50-50. Do you remember your first crush? I remember my first crush...

um not real life person crush but like first crush on a on a movie i saw and i was like oh my gosh which was johnny depp in cry baby i mean great choice game over yeah great choice it was gross when you drank his tears but yeah about yeah he did but that whole movie is weird on a rewatch man but he is

a very good looking man in that movie very good looking very good to this day i'm like that movie so i liked anyone on tv who wore glasses i was like that is my type okay oh my gosh i was like does like anyone who was my age does

No, I wish like I mean, I would be like he I would be happy if he did. Like, I'm happy if he does or doesn't. But but like, you know, he's my number one type now. But I'm just talking about when I was like 11. I feel like now if Jonathan's listening to this, he's going to go out and just stare at the sun. He's going to be like, you know what? He has a he has a pair of he has a pair of reading glasses, but he doesn't wear them very much.

I don't know. You got to tell them to read more. That's right. Pick up some books, Jonathan. I love a Clark Kent, Jonathan. That makes sense. I get that. Handsome, right? Clark Kent. Christopher Reeves. I think mine was Tyra Banks. Tyra Banks was my first crush. I feel like Tyra Banks was a lot of people's first crush. That's true. But she's the only person that I've ever, aside from basketball players, that I put a poster on my wall of.

So Jonathan had a poster of Tyra Banks on his wall, too, when he was a kid or a teenager. So I think everybody had that same poster. Yeah, I still have that poster, actually. I still have it. So Tyra, if you're listening, can you sign it for me? Tyra! I had a meeting with Tyra Banks about something, and she was the coolest, kindest, most wonderful person ever.

And I tried to stay professional. I met her at a party once and I was just like, her eyes are so pretty. And I was like, that's my eyes. Like, I was like, that's right. She's like, almost like hypnotic to avoid. And you see here, you're just like, whoa, have you guys showered since? Can I be in your, your, your Roma?

I have not showered in three years. I've showered about several thousand times. Okay, so there's something that's in this episode that I think is, again, we kind of glossed over it a little bit. Cece thinks she's pregnant. Okay, she thinks she's pregnant. How scary is that moment?

Like, you know, you could, I on the surface go, you know, it's a, how scary is that? Even in a relationship, is it scary or is it?

Is it... It depends on where you are in your life and what you're doing. But there was a funny... I'm going to sum it up. There was like a funny... I think it was like an Onion headline or a Reductress headline. But it was like, woman turns 34 and goes from being terrified she will become pregnant to being terrified she will never be pregnant. Mm-hmm.

And I think I think it represents just that if you're at a place, not that 34 is the thing, but if you're at a place in your life where like you're like, yeah, I'm settled enough. I have enough money to take care of a child, you know, pay for a child like, you know, all that stuff.

you know, and you have the time to do it and you have the support in whether it's a partner or community or whatever, then it's, it's fine. And it's, you know, if it's planned, obviously. Um, but if it's not very scary, I think, cause also as a, as a female, your body goes through a lot of changes. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. A lot of scary things. Yeah, I think Cece's reaction is appropriate. I don't think that was something she was expecting. And it also is forcing her then to look at her relationship with Schmidt in a whole different light.

In a whole different light. And I remember that moment because there's that moment where she starts screaming at Sarah, you know, and kind of like loses her cool and is super frustrated. And then has that self-awareness of like, oh, my God, I'm going to be a terrible mother. And then Schmidt overhears and comes in and says, are you pregnant?

And it's one of those really super sweet foundational moments for those two characters because the reaction of him just like falling to his knees and putting his hands on the belly and saying we made a caramel miracle. I just think shows like their path for that whole series. And it's so sweet and kind. And he makes her a mocktail. Yeah.

Like, it's actually like, it's super, super sweet. There are two moments in this episode that I found to be interesting, obviously going backwards in time and looking at it. You know, when Sarah's asking Jess, you know, does she find Nick hot?

And I think, you know, we know obviously where it's going. Like that's the thing. It's Nick and Jess. Well, they won't. But I thought that was a really cool just moment of like, because he's got this other girl there. This young girl is telling Jess how amazing Nick is. And you're like, you know. It's fine. He's okay. He's all right.

I thought that was interesting, especially now that we know how it ended up. And in this particular moment, we don't know what's happening with Cece and Schmidt. But in this moment, we see he was going to propose to you early on. Like, I thought that was wild. I didn't, you know, I didn't remember that moment because obviously the will they won't they between your two characters gets a little crazy later on in the later years.

But I didn't I forgot that he was going to propose to marry me at the tag at the end of the episode. Yeah, it's wild. Like he just he dives right in. It is also this is what's amazing about doing a rewatch podcast, I find, is that when we were shooting it at the time, we didn't know that any of that stuff was coming down the pipelines over the years.

It's cool to go back and watch it and know. And I wonder if that was more so long form thinking on the, on the creatives part, or were we just experimenting, seeing what happened, seeing what the fans reaction would be, seeing what works. I think it was kind of feeling it out because there were things that there were seeds that were planted early on. And I was like, they're definitely going to pick up this seed. And then they didn't. Yeah. Yeah. So, um,

You know, I think there's definitely, like, long-form thinking, but I think, you know, our writers, who are all incredibly brilliant and, you know, but they're having to do this, like, so fast. I mean, they were writing this as we were going, and sometimes they'd have to scrap entire episodes. Like, we would get a script, and then they... I would be pitched, like, a storyline, like,

Weeks before, like, oh, we're going to do this. And then they were like, oh, we totally scrapped that entire thing because it wasn't working. It's like all about just what's working and it's not really –

It's not really about the like, you know, cleverness. It's more about the like, you know, does this work as a show? Exactly. Exactly. Well, they do a great job. They've done a great job. They did an amazing job. Yeah. Hats off. This episode also has one of my favorite lines ever, which is when Jess calls Nick ranch to tear BPM because he makes children cry.

I was in that movie. Really? Bridge to Terabithia. Yeah. And it's the saddest movie. And that book is the saddest book of all time. Get out. I've read the book. I didn't know you were in the movie. Now we got to go do a rewatch. I've seen the movie. Do a rewatch of the movie. I play the teacher that you're going to hate because I basically take the kid away from meeting the girl. Spoiler alert. How many times have you played the teacher?

Gosh, I mean, just twice, I think. I realize I played a cop maybe four times now. I think maybe people see me as teacher. In fact, like I was in Sephora the other day and two middle school girls, I was wearing a mask. So two middle school girls came up to me and were like,

Hey, are you a teacher at our school? And I was like, no, I'm not. And then I was like, but I play water TV. Then I freaked out and ran. No, I didn't say anything. I just like, nope. But no, I made my voice so that I was like,

Sound like Batman. No. No. Oh, my gosh. What? Yeah. All right. We're going to go to break. And when we come back, we're going to play a little game called True American. Okay. And we're back. Yes, we are back. Guys, should we play True American? I would love to. Yes, please.

Welcome to True American, where the rules change weekly and you leave more confused than when you showed up. On this week's True American, we're playing Babysitter Survival Club. We're taking funny babysitter horror stories from the internet and giving unsolicited advice on how to manage these nightmares in the future. All right. Who wants to take the first one? Should I do it? Should you do it? I'll do it. Okay.

Numero uno. I was sitting for an eight-year-old boy. He came up to me, told me to close my eyes and hold out my hands for a surprise. This is already terrifying me, by the way. He then put a cold, dead hamster in my open palms. His parents explained after my very panicked phone call that there was nothing to worry about. It had simply been stored in the freezer until the ground was soft enough for us to give it a proper burial.

Needless to say, I did not volunteer my services again. That's from Jay Conway. Okay. Wow. Don't go into this house again.

I think that the nothing door... In the freezer? Sure. It explains the dead hamster in the freezer, which I kind of understand-ish. But like, why is he putting it in your hand? Why is he playing with it? Like, no. I expect that maybe from a one-year-old, maybe two. They didn't know any better. But when you're eight years old, there's a lot of learning that should have been going on in that household. And I...

First of all, here's what you should have done. Okay. Should have tied that boy up. Set him outside in the cold. This is what life is like when you continue to behave this way.

All right, now bring your little ass back inside and don't ever do that again. Well, I also don't want Lamorne babysitting for me, but... I feel like babysitters get that kind of behavior, though, because I'm sure his parents have told him a thousand times, no, you can't go get Keebles the hamster out until spring has come and we can dig the ground. Keebles to do this? So he knows he's not supposed to do it and that babysitter...

Does it know to not tell him because she doesn't even know about the hamster? Keebles. Hannah. Hannah. Keebles. I don't know, man. I just didn't pick up a name on the spot and Keebles came out. Also, what we should probably we should probably keep a close eye on this eight year old boy, because in a few years he might be on somebody's watch list. Yeah, I agree. R.I.P. Keebles. All right. Who wants to do the next one? Lamorne, you want to do the next one? Sure. Sure.

My sister and I were babysitting this little girl who would run around in the dark and giggle like a haunted doll. After we put her to bed, she would sneak out, cut all the lights off and scream. When we asked her why she would do that, she said, I just wanted to scream in the dark. Not to mention her parents came home three hours later than they said they would. When they arrived home and we told them about the situation, they told us,

Yeah. Sometimes she does that at night. So weird. No. Oh, my God. That's from Dylan Marie. Listen, Dylan Marie. Run. Yeah. Far away. Yeah, that's a haunt. I think it's weird the parents came back three hours late. That's crazy. But the kid giggling in the dark feels like a...

You know, an imaginative kid to me, like maybe a little weird, but maybe the kid's OK.

Not that I wouldn't be scared, but... The parents' behavior is more of a reason to not return the kid. I've seen a lot of horror movies, okay? And I've seen... The thing, the recipe to this that I'm questioning is, so you got the kid, right? You got the kid who giggles in the dark. You've got the dark, right? You've got the fact that... You've got the babysitting. You've got the babysitting. You've got the parents that aren't home. My question is, how old was the house?

Because these things usually happen in an old decrepit house. That baby, when you leave, I'm sure, Dylan, I'm sure everything was fine. But when you left and you realized that that baby, that you were babysitting, never actually existed, where you freaked out. It does feel like the beginning of a horror movie. Yeah. Like at the end of the movie, you realize the parents finally come home and they're like, we don't have a kid. What are you talking about? What?

No. Well, now I'm spooked. Yeah. All right, Zoe, take number three. All right, your turn. Yeah, it would definitely creep me out. But I do feel like this is on the parents for leaving them three hours extra with this kid screaming in the dark. Okay. I used to babysit. Okay, this is not me. This is a person called Cameraman 13. Okay? Okay? Okay.

I used to babysit my cousin while his parents worked. There was a day I was pretty sick. I had a fever and I couldn't keep food down. I told his mom I didn't think I should come watch him in case I got him sick. She told me she would find someone else to come and watch him, but needed me to stay with him until she found someone. I went thinking I'd only be there a couple of hours tops. Someone finally came to watch him 30 minutes before his mom got off work.

The week after, I felt better and went back to babysitting. But his mom said she couldn't pay me for the day I watched him while I was sick because I left early and I got him sick as well. Then she told me if I couldn't be reliable, she would find someone else. So I quit. Then she called two weeks later asking me to come back. I was 16. This is just a story of how hard it is to find child care. That's all that is. Also, you can't.

not pay someone who watches your child that's right that's on you like that's on you he told this guy told you he was sick and and you didn't listen yeah and you know this is your relative yes he's saying his mom the baby's mom the kid's mom it's your auntie yes

Why did you just say your auntie? Not okay. You gotta pay people. Yeah, that's not cool right there. Thanksgiving is gonna be fun for Cameraman 13. Family sometimes think they can get away with it. That's right. You gotta hold them to task. That's right. I know I gave your little boy the flu. I know he's got diarrhea everywhere. However, where is my money?

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. It is hard when you're working and all of a sudden your kid's sick and you're like, uh, but I, uh, okay. Who's, uh, who's going to watch you? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah, that's the hardest thing. Who's going to race over to pick up your sick kid and be exposed? Oh my gosh. Yeah. Having COVID with my, when I had COVID, my daughter also had COVID. So that was strange.

Yeah. That was strange. I just was like, here's the remote control. You get to watch TV all day. Good play. All right. Hannah? Last one. Yeah. I babysat overnight for a family member with three kids because they had to go out of town. Whoa. The kids were great and caused no issues. All right.

It was a school night, but I said we could watch a movie after they had dinner and did their homework. I set everyone up to fall asleep in front of the TV in the basement. That was a great decision because around 11 p.m., the house got hit by a tornado. It was the only house on the block with damage. The kids slept through it.

I got a call very early in the morning asking if I could keep them all day. The school was closed because of storm damage. I awkwardly told the kids mom she probably needed to come home and deal with her missing roof. Oh, my God. There's a lot to unpack here. Well, anonymous sounds like the babysitter of the year. Yeah. Yeah. The luckiest babysitter.

Also, great decision. Like, I was thinking, oh, bad idea to fall asleep in front of the TV watching a movie 11 p.m. Like, yikes. This all sounds like bad decisions. And then...

The tornado hit and I was like, perfect place to be asleep when a tornado hits. Yeah, they're watching. But here's the crazy thing is that wouldn't the mom know that a tornado hit their neighborhood and she calls and says, could you just keep the kids all day?

- Yeah, that's crazy. - Probably not. - That's what I call bananas. - Race homies to your babies? - I've lived in the Midwest most of my life and you hear about the tornadoes, you get the tornado warnings, the sirens go off. Never been hit by a tornado, knock on wood. - Well, but didn't you grow up like in Chicago?

Chicago for the first 14 years of my life, like in the city, city. And then we moved out to the Burbs where it was more open, a bit more open where tornadoes definitely. Yeah, because I feel like tornadoes don't generally like hit cities. I don't know why that is, but.

Yeah. But it was, you know, not not too far away from us where we lived in DuPage County, Glen Ellyn. Shout out to Glen Ellyn. You know, I think I want to say there were tornadoes not too far from there. But I luckily had never been, you know, you go to a friend's house who live far away. You go and you go camping, whatever the case may be. Never been hit by a tornado. And, you know, I'm very thankful for that. Yes. Thank goodness. Yeah. But I think I'm the type of person, though.

And this is something everybody knows about me, that if I were to get hit by a tornado, I'd be the guy that lands directly on his feet right afterwards. In Oz. Yeah, I'd be in a different dimension, sure. Sure, sure. You'd be wearing ruby slippers. Sure, sure. You'd be singing songs. Yeah, absolutely. That's like the origin.

the origin story explanation of Winston where he went from one storyline to another. He just kept whacking by tornadoes. All those tornadoes that missed you in real life hit you in the Winston. Oh, man. This was fun, guys.

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