Calm Down with Erin and Charissa - Vikings-Lions, Panthers-Packers & Halloween recap! | Episode 428

0:00 There is literally no one. If I am ever on the road and I get sick, I would want to be Erin's travel partner. Because my bitch is a CVS. She's like the person on Canal Street in New York. I got this. It opens up the trench coat. And not that she has fake Rolexes. She's got a pharmacy over here. There she is. Putting the old hat on because you know what we did? The old microneedle and in the forehead. Hey, I did this facial today called a Botox facial where they microneedled my face, which is why I look crazy. And then they put a Botox over it like a serum. So it sucks. It soaks in and tightens it up. Welcome to the Calm Down Podcast, everybody.

0:52 Erin makes fun of the way that I say serum. And, and I'm so close to this, by the way.

0:59 And Erin is always finding the best and newest ways to stay looking like a buck. But you also have your PBR hat on, which makes me so happy. The fact that in Montana, one of my favorite things to do is visit Erin and her whole world that exists out there and go to the rodeo. Because as everyone knows, I clearly have an affinity for that rodeo, ranch, you know, country living.

1:24 And one of my.

1:25 Gigs coming up through the industry was hosting a rodeo show. And let me tell you what, bareback saddle bronc and bull riding, toughest cowboy, head-to-head competition is still one of my favorite gigs.

1:36 First of all, the cowboys are so nice, but they're also like half the size of me. Yes, like jockeys. Yeah, like jockeys. But they're just so nice. And there was no.

1:46 It was the best way for me to memorize things because there wasn't a prompter.

1:51 And there was... No joke. There was like three pages of script that I had to memorize. And I don't know. I got to find a picture. Like what? What was the script? What are you memorizing? Welcome everybody to Toughest Cowboy. We're here in....

2:04 I don't know, Oregon, where we're bringing you competition number three, head to head. Today, we've got so-and-so against so-and-so, so-and-so against so-and-so.

2:12 And we have, it's just like with, with storytelling, like for the last two weeks, we've seen Bandy Murray fall off the bull and, you know, his specialty horse is doing this. And it just was like, all storytelling, but there.

2:23 Was no voiceover. It was all on camera. And it was honestly incredible. Like when I look back on the experience, yeah. And so when anyone that's starting out in the gig just wants to jump straight to the big time, I say, no, get your fricking reps in on the rodeo circuit.

2:40 Now PBR is not the rodeo circuit. That's big time. But like, you got to get those.

2:44 Things in when no one's really watching because you're ready for the camera lights, camera action.

2:49 Sorry, Ms. Jackson. You hope that you're ready. So with that, we welcome you in. Week eight is in the books. Again, reminder, we record this podcast on a Monday.

2:57 So if anything happens in a Monday night game, which it has in the past, the Rams-Bills ended up being a great game that week and weren't able to talk about it. We have Seattle and Chicago playing.

3:07 Cannot wait for this game. Cannot wait for this game.

3:10 And also the fact that the Bears just went out and made a massive trade, went and got Jeffrey Simmons. who is a defensive lineman. They gave up two first-rounders and a fourth-round pick to get him. And so seeing him out on the field in a.

3:22 Bears uniform is going to be awesome, not to mention the fact that, as you know, because you've covered Seattle, been in Seattle this year, that defense. So anyway, it's going to be a great game. Looking forward to that. I want to go back to the prompter thing really quick. Really, really quick. So you're just talking about, and that is so interesting. And I think people in our biz or people that are interested in being in our business, which we know we've gotten a lot of DMs from all sorts of people that are asked questions about our job.

3:49 So you didn't have a prompter for that. And that helped you start what on live TV, like, you know, doing things online. Fly by the cedar pants. I was talking to Tom Rinaldi about this the other day because he welcomed everybody to the World Series a couple weeks ago and did this whole thing where he was moving around, had to be on his spot. And I said to him, did you have a prompter? And he said, no. And I said, holy crap, that's amazing because that's really hard.

4:15 We don't have prompters down on the field either, which is fine. Our hits are 15 to 20 seconds. The times you want them, I remember having a couple of serious opens One was an incident that happened in Dallas. Their strength and conditioning coach passed away. And that was actually our Thanksgiving game. And I did this whole thing about it. And you're like, God, you just don't want to mess this up. transition now to, uh, less important than losing someone super bowl. My first hit is probably the most nervous. I am that entire freaking game that, and coming back from halftime, that's the one. And I was talking to Rinaldi about this. That is the one I want to talk to Z and Zeger and those guys.

5:01 Can we just have a fucking prompter for that first hit? you have so many emotions. It's just like, just help me out with that. You mentioned hundreds of millions of people watching. I know. I remember I was doing, I think it was 49ers Casey. And I was giving a hit about what John Lynch's speech to his team was the night before and what Kyle said. And I was like, Oh my God, please just don't mess this up. And then you're in the back of your head and you're like, please don't mess this up. Please don't. Oh my God.

5:24 Am I, what am I talking about? So yeah, that's when it's like, Ooh, could we get a prompter right there? That's just the only one I need it for. You don't because I've stood there with you every Superbowl you've worked because it's our tradition that what, right before you do your hit, I want to be down there and I want to support you and the whole thing. And nothing makes me happier than, because I can't hear you.

5:44 I can only see you, but nothing. I know that it's a good hit right away when you walk over and you're like, and you like do this like head nod. And I'm like, good, good, good, good. She nailed it. But yeah, I mean, look, you were so candid last week about. Oh yeah. Yeah. That turned into you're shitting yourself and we love a headline. Also too, I was, something was brought to my attention that AI is creating these headlines that And there's, wait for it, a whole algorithm that the more, I guess it all makes sense really, the more obscene and the more crazy the headline, obviously it's clickbait. Okay, that's just like headline 101, right?

6:20 You saying you shit your pants is going to get clicks because people are like, what are you talking about? The stupid headline that I had a few weeks before that is going to get clicks. But I heard there's some sort of like AI generated thing algorithm wise that like the more, and I'm going to get it wrong, but something to the tune of the more like you know, salacious, the more whatever, and then it generates and it prompts it.

6:42 And so then there's more eyes on, I don't know, there's something with AI that's perpetuating already what is bullshit stuff.

6:50 And it's getting out of control. But I think, you know, there's, there's that stuff. And we've been around long enough to know that it's like, if you're going to believe some of the things that are written, then that's on you. Like I'm over trying to sit there and mitigate the like nonsense. It's not going to, I don't want to be afraid. And this podcast actually is a good example, right?

7:10 Where it's like the whole point of having a podcast is to be able to refute the things that are said about you, not the whole, but part of it, or to be able to like self deprecate and not take things so seriously and whatever. But I just, I don't want to get into a world where we feel like we can't say anything because then it's going to be taken to, God knows where, and it ends up being detrimental. And that's something that I'm really based on a lot of things in my life, cognizant of, and I'm somebody who's very much an open book, but I've had to learn to like have governors. Cause I'm like, I don't want this to be taken the wrong way.

7:43 So I don't know. It's like a push pull on how I feel. Some days I'm like, fuck everyone. I don't care. And then other days I'm like, shut it down. Say nothing. They don't have anything to say about you, but anyways. So back to you shitting yourself. I didn't go to that. Yeah, it was the last thing I did.

8:00 I was, it's an expression. I should probably watch my mouth and not say that. Jarrett came home and goes, babe, that was everywhere. And I go, thank you. Thank you. Great. That's perfect.

8:10 Perfect.

8:10 Perfect. So anyways, week eight, I, uh, well, first of all, let's start Thursday night football. You were in green Bay, my second home. along with Dallas and Philly. How'd it go? I was so happy you had Jordan Love and Matthew Golden on this side. Had you ever met Jordan Love before? Yeah, I met him, but I haven't done a sit down interview with him. I've just met him, you know, peripherally like in covering games, but not in a sit down, like real. And I saw him, where was I? Oh, is it NFL honors last year when Matthew won? Anyways, I got to chat with him a little bit there, but any who adorable. Great. Let's just go back to Christian Watson. Okay. So Christian. Oh my God. So many questions. Christian.

8:52 You guys were great on this. That missed the game. It's Panthers versus the Packers. Now the Panthers come in atop the NFC South. Look, historically, it's been a division that you can have a losing record and still win the division. There's they're, they're working things out down there between those four teams. Sure.

9:09 So Panthers have really good games and then they have really bad games. And so it's, At this point in the season, week eight, you're trying to figure out, like, who are these teams? Are these teams their record in terms of the wins or are they their record in terms of the loss and the losses are going to actually, like, be what their identity is?

9:28 Same thing with the Packers. When we were there back in week three against the Falcons, the sky was falling. The fans were booing them in the third quarter. It was a disaster. So back at the scene, which, by the way, was, like, so fun to be in Lambeau twice in a year because very rarely do you get to, like, go to a place two times in a year for a schedule like that. But anyways, I like, sorry to interrupt.

9:49 Amy had posted a video of you guys pregame and all the lights were there and you were standing there and I was like, Oh, Lambeau at night. What a time. This was Al Michaels' 43rd trip to Green Bay. Wow. 43 times. And his son, Steve Michaels. This will be my 42nd time to Lambeau. No, I'm kidding. Probably when we look at your schedule, but Steve Michaels, his son had never been there before. Which is like really cool because like 43 trips and we're like, Steve, you've never been here. So it was very cool to see Al like experience that with his son. And anyways, all of that to say that Lambeau, Green Bay in October, beautiful.

10:27 Not to mention the fact that the Brewers, when we land Wednesday, the World Series. And so, you know, me, any excuse to get out on the town and have a great time. So I was like, we're all sitting there and we're watching the last like few pitches and everyone's got their phone up at the bar. Like, Oh my God, this is so fun. So then, you know, me rally the troops. We're going out. Like, like you would think that I'm a brewer. Yeah. But there is a connection, because I'll find any excuse to go get a cocktail, that the Milwaukee Brewers were actually originally the Seattle Pilots back in the day, a Seattle baseball team, and then they moved to Milwaukee. So I felt like it was my duty to celebrate. Like we, a Seattleite,

11:04 won the World Series. So we go out. Eddie Lacy is randomly at the bar. Oh, okay. Where'd you guys go? Oh, God, I don't know what the name of it. Did you go in that little area? Well, we went.

11:16 There and then we ended up. Out to another few places. Because I was like, the Brewers just won the World Series. And so I was like, just having a great time celebrating a victory that wasn't mine. So that was Wednesday night. Thursday rolls around and game is going good. Let's figure out who these teams are. Packers are rolling. And then Christian Watson gets hurt. So it comes up the sideline and Kayla's giving the report. He's like pointing to his side.

11:44 The doctors are looking like in his rib area and he walked off on his own accord.

11:49 So it's not like we're like, okay, well he's okay. But like, what's the severity of it? Okay.

11:54 All of a sudden, no, he's not okay. He's being taken to the locker room. Like, okay, Kelly's obviously, you know, we'll get more information and update you guys forever. Well then Matthew's not Matthew, Christian's being taken to a local hospital, according to Kaylee's report.

12:09 In his uniform. In his uniform. Being taken to it because, again, Green Bay is amazing. We'll just go right down the street to the local hospital and check it out because whatever machine they had that they needed to, they obviously were doing their due diligence medically to like, Was there internal things that are happening that, you know, the medical staff's not going to clear him to go back out and play if he hasn't been checked out. So whatever imagery they needed was not available on the field or in the locker room. So they went to the local hospital.

12:37 Sure enough, we do our halftime hit.

12:39 We're coming off at halftime and we're like kind of like where the green rooms like located or whatever. It's like enough where you can see in the hallway and like all of a sudden we see the ambulance.

12:48 And we're, Oh no, no. I take that back in. I take that back. We do our halftime hit.

12:53 We went up to go meet the, the brewers, the Milwaukee brewers and take a picture with them and see the trophy and the whole thing.

13:00 And so we're coming back down in the elevator from that. And we see the ambulance pulling. Are y'all telling Kaylee, like, how does that happen? What are you guys saying? We don't, we don't think that we don't think he's in there. We don't think he's in there because like, yeah, by the way, Al Michaels had the quote, the quote of the whole game.

13:19 Which is why he's a fucking legend. He goes, Whoa, you don't often see a round trip in an ambulance. Which is so fucking funny because think about it.

13:27 If you've been taken away in an ambulance, you're not coming back in the ambulance, let alone in a uniform. So we hear that beep, beep, beep of the ambulance and we think, oh, it's dropped him off at the hospital. The ambulance came back in case, God forbid, somebody else needs it, you know, just there for protocol. We don't think he's in there. Do you guys wait? No, because we've never seen somebody come back in a uniform in the thing. So, and again- We're like walking around, whatever.

13:55 So we go into the green room.

13:58 All of a sudden Fitz comes running and he goes, guys, I just saw Christian come out of the ambulance.

14:04 And so I'm like texting, I'm like, wait. And then Kaylee was already back there because they got word that he was coming back. But anywho, he gets checked out. He comes out, points to this guy. The crowd is like going wild, whatever, the whole thing that it was great. fast forward to post game. So Packers win. He's great.

14:24 He comes in, has another few receptions. I don't know what the stat line was, but, uh, wasn't the first play to him out of the huddle. Yeah, it was. So we asked Jordan about that when he comes up to the desk, but Jordan and Matthew didn't know that he got brought back in the ambulance. So we rolled a B roll of it. Wait, wait, what? And I was like, you didn't know that he came back that way that we were like, they were like, no, we just thought that like, I don't know, he got dropped back off, but not from an ambulance. Anyways, it was very funny, very unique. Every, all the guys were like, I've never seen anything like this before. Luckily he was fine.

15:00 And Packers won.

15:01 And Yeah, that NFC North, I don't need to tell you, you had the Lions and the Vikings in your game.

15:08 So yeah, so week eight was eventful. It was fun.

15:11 And also the convergence of having the World Series champs there was a really cool moment.

15:15 So yeah, that was my Thursday. What do you have for yours, gal? It was so neat. What did Jordan say when he heard the crowd cheering? He thought it was for something else, right? What did he think it was for? I can't remember specifically what he thought it was for, but then he like looked and he was like, Oh my God, he's back. Because you know what?

15:31 So, and that's another part that you don't realize, like these guys go back to playing, like obviously they're worried about their, their buddy, like that gets taken away.

15:37 But again, he had walked off on his own accord. It was just being extra precautious.

15:42 It wasn't something as severe as I know we'll talk about it with, with Jack Campbell's injury, but.

15:47 You're like, okay, like, but he's getting checked out. He'll be back, you know, whatever. But then comes back and in the game, I don't think anyone was expecting that. I flew from green Bay. Oh yeah. Right. Right after that and sat down with Jared Goff and Amon Ross St. Brown. And, you know, we've known Jared for a long time now.

16:07 This is his 11th year in the league. And he's just, he's so Jared's great. Jared's who you want your son to grow up to be. He is a wonderful man. He's so polite. He's so kind. He does things the right way.

16:20 And it's well-documented everything that, you know, career wise leaving LA and that didn't go down the way he wanted, but really found a home and, in Detroit and everything, but it's an interesting time. And I I'm curious about how lions fans that are listening, feel about this because we talk so.

16:36 Much in sports about the window is the window closing.

16:39 We've been saying is the window closing for San Francisco for so long, because they've had so many opportunities, so many NFC championship games, super bowls.

16:45 And like, what does that look like? But yet they continue to show up.

16:49 And so you look at Detroit and you're like, okay, they've been, you know, Dan Campbell and, um, Jared come in in 2001 and a couple years to to get things going in 23 they have 12 wins 24 they have 15 wins last year they don't make the playoffs and now this year they look like they're they're rolling again so it's just probably as a Lions fan that thing where you're like we're so close but like are we still so far away I don't know it's just given the way that this season has gone where you look at teams like Baltimore, right? Who we have this week on Thursday night. And it's like, oh, they're going to be Super Bowl contenders. It's Lamar and they've got this great defense. And now it's like, there's a lot

17:27 more questions there. It's just, I don't know, as we sit here in week eight on the precipice of week nine, you're kind of like, it just feels like every, every team with the exception of a few at the top could be 50, 50.

17:39 Like you could either go here or go to the basement. So anyways, it's the podcast over. I've been talking a lot. I'm so sorry. No, it's so interesting. It's, it's interesting. I was listening to sports talk radio, um, on my drive home as I'm sitting here scratching a mosquito bite. Now, of course, in the back of my head, I'm like, do I have West Nile? What are the symptoms, Ryan?

17:58 Could you let me know? It's so crazy. I also love that you listen to sports talk radio because I do. You're so adorable. I do. My dad likes me. I love it. It helps me. I'm, I'm clicking around, but they were talking about, I actually, Herm Edwards was on and he was like, who wants to win this thing? Like who, who's going to win this thing? And you know, right now, who do you, who do you even think could win the whole thing? It's just so it's, which is why the NFL is so great. You just don't know.

18:26 I mean, like you said, Monday night bears at Seattle. I think that that's a really big preview of what maybe we could see in the NFC championship. Um, in the playoffs, it'll be sick, but yeah, Detroit, we knew leaving. Cause I was in Detroit last week. We had Detroit Packers. Yeah. And then, you know, they were so pumped and excited about the, that was a crazy, crazy game, crazy finish.

18:47 We had talked about it on the podcast, but we knew with the undefeated Vikings, it was going to be interesting. And then all week in preparation, we had heard about Brian Flores is blitz. And if Jared can handle it and Jared loving the cat and mouse game, and then, you know, All of that. And it was it was really interesting. It was a tale of two halves. You know, the first half, they really had their way with the Lions.

19:09 They couldn't get any sort of pass protection going. They couldn't get any rhythm in their offense. And then Dan Campbell said at the half, like, we are close. to breaking one of these runs off and sure as heck, you saw Jameer Gibbs just do his thing and what a freak show he is and how he doesn't get tired.

19:25 Although he did get tired on that one run and he came back and then they tried to put him back. It was pretty awesome. When I put together my, I'm muted myself. When I put together my parlay each week, I always feel like, Oh, Jameer Gibbs is such a solid choice. Cause it's like, Oh, of course he's going to score a touchdown. Like every single week you're just like, Oh yeah, I had a hit. But anyways, um, Yeah. Yeah, so that was that. And then there's the real sobering part of the gig. And I get really emotional about this stuff because I've been in an ambulance a couple of times with my husband and it's just really hard. Actually, one of my husband's ex teammates who had suffered a big time injury is a huge lions fan. And he

20:00 texted me on the sidelines and he was just like, how bad is this? And I don't know anything versus what everybody else has. And Dan Campbell, I was just looking it up. He had said, it's positive that the prayers are working. So it's just tough because I go to his family, his wife, his kid. Like I said, I've jumped in an ambulance before. It's the shitty part of the game. It's the real part of the game.

20:26 I was texting Jay Glazer after and He's like, look, this stuff is, you know, it's big time stuff. It's hard. It's violent. There's big time hits. So anyways, and that's also the hard part of what we do is having to report on it. You don't want to misspeak. You don't want to... You just want to handle it with as much grace and let the trainers do their gigs and let the, you know, I felt bad even asking PR, like, do you have an update? But I think the biggest thing that we saw and it was happening right away, you talk about, yeah, you have to, I don't know. Oh, you were talking about the guys don't really know what's going on. The guys that are playing on the field, like Jordan Love didn't know what was going on with

21:08 Christian Watson. Those poor Lions and Vikings players didn't know what was going on. defense has to get back out on that field. Aiden Hutchinson makes a huge play. He points to the tunnel that they took Jack Campbell up and then they called this player's meeting.

21:24 For anyone that doesn't know what Aaron's referring to or speaking about Jack Campbell, who you so eloquently described in your report, Calvin Shepard, the defensive coordinator described Jack Campbell as the heartbeat of that defense. And he went down on what seemed to And again, just a routine sort of like, OK, a tackle and a hit. And then he didn't get up and they took him off and it took a long time in a stretcher doing everything that they were doing with all the precautionary measures that you take in a situation like that. But as Aaron mentioned, there's no update other than just it's.

22:01 Hopefully Dan candle. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hope so. Um, but that's hard. And then it was just like, okay, let's see what we can get. And the players, the defensive players all got together and we're saying prayers and as crazy as it sounds, try to get back into the game. And, and Tom Brady, I thought gave a great, comment about that.

22:21 You have to believe that he is with the people that can help him the most. And this is part of the job. You got to get back to it. So yeah, that's the shit side of what we do. And I'm not saying it's different for people who haven't been involved, but like I said, you know, just being in that seat and getting a text from the trainer saying, Hey, you got to come down here. That's scary shit. And it's the hard part of the gig. So, um, and the sports, we live and breathe the NFL. It is our job. It is our passion, but when you sit there and you also understand like, yeah, we're, we're not players on the field, but.

22:55 It is the other side of a very, it's a very violent game. And those guys sign up to participate in that every willingly. And it's their passion to go out there and do that. And so it just sucks when something like that happens and thoughts and prayers to him.

23:09 Of course. No, that's cliche to say, but it's true. Like we do think about, um, the bigger picture in moments like that. So yeah, he's a great guy. Where are you? You're going to new England this week. I'm going to new England for two things are happening. Tom Brady's coming home to new England. He's going to call his first game at Foxborough. Um, it is Patriots hosting the green Bay Packers and Rob Gronkowski is being honored.

23:39 He's being put into the Patriots hall of fame, correct? Of course. Inducted?

23:43 Yes, it is.

23:44 I can't wait. Cutie pie. The man in his red jacket, red rover, red rover. Are you guys coming?

23:48 I wish, but we're doing, well, actually, and Gronk will appreciate this and he's going to also be a part of it, but we have our Veterans Day salute.

23:57 Yes.

23:58 Uh, the troop show, which Fox does an unbelievable job. I have people say to us all the time, it's one of their favorite shows, um, that Fox does that for years. I mean, I, this goes back to the David Hill era of always going out to a different military base. I've been a part of these premium shows, I guess, for however many years it's been now 15 something to go out to, uh, different branches, whether it's.

24:21 The Navy or the army or the Marines, um, coast guard. And, uh, thank the service, the men and women of this country that do the most selfless thing in the world, which is allow us to go out and live the way that we do and have the jobs and have the freedom. So I am headed to, um, it actually works out perfectly in that I'll be in Baltimore for my Thursday night game. I've got the Ravens and the Jags, and then I'm headed over to Annapolis. And then we also have half of the pregame crew at West point. So we have two different locations. So really excited about that.

24:53 And then, yeah, Rob will shoot on up to, uh, Foxborough for his investment.

24:59 So, um, yeah, so headed to Baltimore. I was actually, before we jumped on here, I was in the process of packing. I leave tomorrow for two weeks.

25:08 And how's that going? I am. Okay.

25:11 So not to brag or break my arm, patting myself on the back, but I am an expert packer every single week, multiple different outfits, multiple different things.

25:22 I'm a carry on kind of gal. I never check the bag. I never send things in advance. It doesn't matter if it's like, you know, snowing outside. I'm going to find a way to ensure that I only have a carry on. Well, I have to pack a full suitcase. And so you should see me upstairs like a little bit ago. I was like, OK. And then I was like trying to like cut stuff down. So I'm either in my life. This is like very symbolic of who I am. I'm either an all or nothing kind of gal.

25:48 I'm either like, I'm in that carry on and I can roll 10 outfits. Or if you're going to give me a full suitcase, I am throwing the entire closet into the thing. I have so many goddamn outfits. I mean, you would think I was going to be on the road for a month. If you're checking, you might as well. You might as well. That's what I'm saying.

26:01 But then we get into a whole conundrum about the weight. And so now we have to make sure that it doesn't go over 75 pounds or whatever that number is.

26:08 Because now it's like, we got to pay the extra punish fee. And sometimes they get those orange heavy labels out. And I'm like, oh, no.

26:16 And then you get the real thing where it's like, if they make you take, if it's like over 75 pounds, like you can't, you have to take some stuff out. Where do you want me to put it in the imaginary extra piece of luggage that I brought?

26:26 This is what I got. And this is what I actually, I'm, I, here's a grievance. Why does it matter? Travels and tribulation. Well, it's a travel and tribulation because if you're just logically, If you're going to say that, okay, let's say the, for all intents and purposes, the amount is 75 pounds. So let's say mine goes over to eight. It's 80 pounds. Okay.

26:46 That's an extra five pounds. Okay. You can't do that, ma'am. You have to take five pounds out. Well, if I have two suitcases and this is like a SAT problem. If I have two suitcases and there's 40 pounds in each suitcase, that's 80 pounds. So you're going to let, you're going to let me check the two suitcases that are 40 pounds each, but you're not going to let me check the one piece of luggage that's 80 pounds.

27:07 It just logically doesn't make sense to me. I understand that at some point we have to put like a, okay, you can't be over here with 200 pounds. Now the jet's not going to be able to take off because of your shit. That's fine. But if I'm only five pounds over in a suitcase. Is it, that's really a problem.

27:22 But you're telling me that if I had another suitcase here, I could easily check two bags with 80 pounds. I just need to understand why the five, there's not like a, you know, it's like when you're driving on the road. It's really well said. Yeah. I just don't understand. Or like if you're driving on the road and the speed limit is 35, they let you go up to 40. Okay.

27:38 Now, if you start creeping into 45, we're going to have to pull you over. Now you're getting a ticket, but give me a little leeway on the five pounds.

27:45 Okay.

27:45 For the suitcase folks. Okay. Help me help you or else I'm going to roll in here with three suitcases and check them off. Sure. You know what I'm having a problem with my container or my sack, like kind of bag in my purse with the, I got two chargers. I got an, I got two headphones in case I lose them. I got my IFB. I got the charger, the battery thing that clicks on here. That's freaking five pounds. Yeah, it is. And that's not even my outfits yet. You put that all in your, your travel. No, it's right.

28:21 it's in my purse deal get up but whatever how's the um how's the people asking me people are stopping me all the time asking me on the streets about bags yeah how's the um no the you know the little pouches inside the bag because i'm a pouch queen i love a pouch not to be confused confused with you gave me all my pouches i know and i love the pouches i love them i love them but they're filling up they're filling up i know You got to be real careful. I got Zofran. I got face spray.

28:49 I got hand sanitizer. There's a lot of shit going on. And now you've got the Nile virus and mosquito bite. Well, Zofran's in case you get a stomach flu on the road. You got to stop the vomiting before the dehydration sets in. There is literally no one. If I am ever on the road and I get sick, I would want to be Erin's travel partner. Because my bitch is a CVS.

29:10 She can say it's a she's like the person on canal street in new york i got i got this i got the opens up the trench coat and not does she have fake rolexes she's got a pharmacy over here yeah this this segment brought to you by insert pharmaceutical company here oh my god i pulled speaking of trials and tribulations i pulled an errand this week what oh god dominique and i for those of you new to the podcast, Dominique's my sweet little angel that I literally can't live without. She has been my hair and makeup person for, oh my God, can you believe like 15 years? Dominique just celebrated her birthday and she's 34 now.

29:51 And it was so funny the other day, someone asked me, they're like, how old is Dominique turning? Cause she could either be 14 or 34. We don't know because she's so cute.

30:01 Like, you don't know if I need to card you or if it's like, you actually could be my mother.

30:06 It's just such an interesting thing. Cause she can play in both sandboxes. All right. So we are, we're in Detroit. It's after the green Bay game, go to Detroit for the interviews. And you know, that move, You got, and this is a Joel Santos, shout out to our producer, Joel Santos, who does features on this feature. Um, Connor was, but Skip and I were talking about how Joel always cuts it real close to like, Hey, your feature is going to, you're going to be done with these interviews at three o'clock. You can make the four o'clock flight.

30:34 No problem. Okay. Which by the way, we've spoken about this. I'm a fly by the seat of my pants galley. I look at that carry on as previously mentioned, I got no problem cutting it close. However, this one was a real Aaron Andrews close call. And that airport is big. Even driving in is big. You think you're there. You're at Wally World. You're not there yet. Exactly. You're still stuck at A. It's like going to the Denver airport where you see it off in the distance and you are still on an Oregon trail that you got to go over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go. Oh my God. I got cholera on the way there. Yeah. So is that a buffalo? West Nile.

31:14 So I am like, waiting for him and he's getting treatment, which by the way, I cannot overstate. And Aaron does, it says this all the time, how lucky and how grateful I am that these guys are going to sit down and talk to us. This ain't part of their gig. Okay. That doesn't seem their contract. You got to sit down with Joe Schmo every single week and do an interview. Okay.

31:33 So we are on their agenda. So I'm getting treatment. We're waiting. No problem. Well, now you got to do the whole Ooh, we're boarding in 10 minutes. We're boarding in 10 minutes. Oh fuck. So I was like, so right when he walks in, but normally with these guys, you get 15, maybe, you know, you don't want to monopolize too much of their time, 20 minutes. So I was like, Hey, if I don't make the flight, I don't make the flight. Okay. So sometimes some of them want to sit and gossip though. And it takes a minute.

31:59 I'm like, Hey, I enjoyed this gossip, but we got to leave. So we're talking on and on.

32:05 Also fun fact, I didn't know this until doing my, I mean, I knew that his mother was from Germany, but I didn't know that he was fluent in German. He grew up and growing up in his household, his mother only spoke to him in German.

32:20 Excuse me. Edit. No, you don't have to edit it. This segment brought to you by Diet Coke. Anytime I have carbonation, my dad used to say when I was a kid, if I would do that, he'd say good rip. My mom would get, she's like, do not teach these girls to burp. And he's like, oh, Kathy, get over it. There's worse things to do. So I think my dad would have given me like a seven out of 10 on that one. Anyways, so Amin Raab. Growing up, his mom speaks only German to him in the household. And so he's so cute. They're going to Munich for their international game in two weeks. He's got family coming and it's so cute. His mom was the one that FaceTimed him and told him that they were going to play in Germany. It was adorable. So interview wraps. I look

32:59 at my phone. Oh, zone two is boarding. Literally as I'm sitting at the Detroit Lions facility, zone two is boarding. Okay. Well, I am only nine. Excuse me. I'm probably at this point. 19 minutes from the airport, from the facility. Okay. I jump in that car and never know. There could be a delay. Someone could fall. I already had sent Dominique on her way. Cause she has checked bags because of all the bullshit she's got to carry for me. I say, girl, you go early, get those bag checks. Okay. So now I'm waiting for the Uber and Uber's there. And I go, Hey, don't do anything unlawful, but I need you to get me there in 11 minutes. I need you to shave eight minutes off this car ride. My man. not breaking

33:43 the law, but he was doing his thing. Cause you know, there's nothing worse when you're like, Hey, is there any way you could just speed it up a little bit? And they're like this. You're like, Hey, give me the wheel. Jesus. Take the wheel. I got it. The thing is, is that at that point, look, if I missed it, whatever, but the next flight's not for another two hours. And I don't want to be at that PF Chang's that long.

34:04 I know I can only eat so many lettuce wraps. So my, my dude, five stars. Great. I'll be on block there. 40. Yeah. Percent tip. I, my man gets me there.

34:15 So Dominique's waiting for me right at the door. She's already checked her bags. We are through security in three minutes.

34:21 No joke. Three minutes. Great. Touchless. Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. But I go, Hey, to Dominique, she's already done the scouting report. I go, Hey, what gate are we at? She goes 74. I just was at 72 last night. You got, did you go tram or no? Oh yeah. You got to do the, no, no, no, not the tram. We didn't have time to get on the tram. Moving sidewalks, moving sidewalks, moving sidewalks, running. I am in heels. Cause I'm still in the outfit. I am in Cameron Diaz and heels. I tell you what, thank God that we, I'm not, I don't have the same cardio level you do.

34:56 but there was something in me that triggered. And then of course I'm like cute little nugget behind me. I'm like, Hey bitch, I love you. But like, you got her little legs. I was like, we're going, we're going. She kept up. She did great. Okay. So now we're like, we're only at 65. And I was like, there's 74.

35:10 And you just don't want to stop, but you have to, you need a minute. have to catch your breath. But then I'm also like, if we do not make this flight because we were not in shape, then I'm going to be even more mad at myself. I was like, let's go. Anyways, we make the people they're, they're taking that little thing out of the door. Like, you know, the hook, the thing that they put down to keep the door and it's about to go like this. I go, no.

35:34 And she like stops and look and I was like, I like can't breathe. Then you move that you're so winded that once you get on the plane, you start coughing and And you can't stop the cough because it's like dry your mouth dry. That little water ain't doing it. I'm taking the guy next to me is water. I mean, you would have thought that I just ran the New York marathon. Okay. It was crazy, but we made it and I was so fucking happy and I couldn't get that red wine down my throat fast. Yeah. Didn't you feel like you just won the lottery? You beat the system.

36:06 Goonies never say die. So great. There is no greater feeling than thinking, like, there's no way I'm going to make this. There's no way that zones for while I'm still at the facility and her and I made it. And not only did we make it, the.

36:19 Bags were checked. And then I start thinking, like, this is the good stuff. The foresight to say.

36:24 Hey, you go ahead. You check the bags. We're in this together. I'm going to run. Tell me more about Germany. And it's just, it's so great, honestly. Yeah. They even taught me the phrase in German. I forgot it. Oh, I know. It's so cute. So sweet. So anywho. Yeah. Welcome to my Sunday. We, uh, we got through. Pretty quick.

36:45 We didn't have time for a drink. I got enough time to actually open the suitcase in the bathroom. Detroit bathroom's very, very clean at that airport, by the way. Shout out to their cleaning staff. Really clean. Got the eye makeup off, all the things. The old white eyeliner in the eyelids. Yeah, it was good. Good stuff. Hey, do you have any shout outs this week? Let me see.

37:14 Let me look at my little, um, do I have a shout out? Do I have a shout out? I can't remember if I have a shout out. Do you go, you go first. I'm going to give a shout out to the sweet lady during trick-or-treating this week that as it was dumping rain, she was passing out King size candy bars for the kids and candy for the adults, which was little jello shots. I thought that was amazing. Yes.

37:40 I love her. So sweet. What a gal. Okay. We got to talk about this. Trick-or-treating is so adorable in the Andrew Stoll household. When I got that picture, I was just like, look at this family. And I'm going to say something. Erin, and she's going to interrupt me because she's like, oh, whatever.

37:58 Erin is such, such a good mother. I'm just going to leave it at that. There was scheduling things. There was stuff she needed to do to make sure that she could not only be there for Mac, but get to her game and do her job. And she went above and beyond and I'll leave it at that. But you are an incredible mother. And when I saw that picture of the entire hook and Wendy and Peter Pan.

38:17 And Tinkerbell and how a smash moves, I was like, your family's so great. And I love you. And you're an amazing mom. Thank you. I appreciate that. It was a long day. Got there, was able to do the game. Grateful for all of it. My kid was a freaking durable. He was old enough to understand it. He was saying trick or treat. He was embracing the costume so much so that he started when he was... Tell him when he ran to the door what he would say. Oh, yeah, yeah.

38:46 After we were done, he came back and he was really excited to pass out candy. And he was standing there at the front, atop of the stairs because it was raining in L.A. So that kind of made it annoying. But whatever. It was perfect for us. He was standing there with all the candy and the kids were coming and he goes, take whatever you want, take whatever you want.

39:04 And then like we closed the door because the kids were gone and we'd go and I was trying to get ready to leave to go to Detroit. And the doorbell would ring and he goes, more kids, there's more kids here. And he'd run in his undies and half of his Captain Hook costume to go pass out candy. but he was awesome. He totally got it. And it was cute because we wanted to start early. Cause I wanted to be like in the air by like 8 PM to get there. Cause it was a long flight and I didn't land till like early in the morning, but he woke up from his nap and my sister was in her Tinkerbell costume and I was in my Wendy costume. Jarrett was coming home from the hockey game.

39:38 So he wasn't there and he woke up and he goes... Wendy, I love you. And so I'm like, Captain Hook, let's get you ready. And he, we got him ready and he was so much fun. He was really, really cute. I loved it. And he didn't call me mom all night. He called me. No, that's really, really cute. That was awesome. Wendy.

40:04 And you looked fantastic. Fantastic. Oh, thank you. Well, Vivian, I didn't want to wrinkle you. You looked amazing. Aaron and I, one of our favorite movies, of course, is if you listen to this podcast or have listened to it for the last five years, we will often reference Pretty Woman, Steel Magnolias, a lot of different things.

40:23 But yeah, I love that movie so much. I remember it's the first rated R movie I watched, which in retrospect. I shouldn't have watched that at the age I did. My parents, I don't know what they were letting me do.

40:33 I watched that at like 11 years old, but they would make me cover my eyes during the sex scene. It's a love story. Watching the kid, like watch the prostitution, but it really is a love story at the end of the day. It's not, it's not how things start. It's how things end. But that Steve hadn't ever seen the movie in its entirety. Like he'd seen it. So we watched it on Saturday night and, I went as Vivian and Steve went as Edward Lewis. For those of you that aren't familiar with the cast and characters, that is pretty cool. And I have all, I mean, clearly like I, it's just, it's also an easy costume because it's been done like so many times that they have really good dupes. Like I got that off Amazon. I

41:13 was like, yeah, Amazon. And then my girlfriend, Julie, who's a stylist, she's great. She had all these accessories. She's like, Oh, you have to accessorize it. But like that outfit was like 30 something bucks, like perfect. Um, but it was really funny. So we went to a fun, really fun party. Like give me a theme anytime, all day, every day.

41:30 I mean, I, Halloween is one of those things that like, if you're into.

41:34 It, like it's awesome. The same way as Vegas. It's kind of like you're either into it or not. Like people that don't like Vegas are like, ah, I hate Vegas.

41:41 I'm like me. I love Vegas. So if I'm dressing up, like I am full character.

41:46 Like we were on our way to this party and it was in Beverly Hills and I saw the Beverly Hills sign.

41:51 It was so good. I go, please stop, sir. Can we take, please take a picture? Because it like, anyways, Steve was like, what are we doing? I was like, Steve, you weren't paying attention to the movie. Go with it. From Hollywood to Beverly Hills. You get it. But anyways, so at this party, one of the people that was there was Emma Roberts and the actress, Emma Roberts, her aunt is Julia Roberts. And she looks at me and she goes, Hey, you're my aunt. And I was like, you know, you're in LA when that is standing there and it's like, Oh, you're dressed as my aunt, but she's adorable. Shout out Nikki. We love your clients. But anywho, it was really fun. We had a great time. And then, uh, yeah, I don't know what would any costume suggestions for next year.

42:29 I'm already thinking about next year. I, uh, Well, I wanted to stay home at night this year because next year we'll be on the road, so I'll probably miss it. But I have– you know you're in– you said you know you're in L.A. when that happens. You know you're a mom and trick-or-treating in the suburbs when this happens.

42:47 So I go as Wendy, and I wanted to be Wendy because I didn't want to be in Tinkerbell. I don't want to be in a tight little short outfit. I wore this long nightgown. I wore my Jordans with it. I wore a cardigan sweater because I knew it would be cold. And I'm fine. I'm walking around. I look like an old hag. It was perfect for me. Oh, wow.

43:06 I see my young mom friends from Barry's there and it's raining and you know, they don't have to get on a plane to go work a game in like five hours. So they're having a great time. We had packed a couple bottles of wine in our diaper bag as we were walking around, filling it up. But listen, I wasn't as, you know, I wasn't as on the moon as they were. I see these gals and they're hot and they're younger. I mean, they got me by what, 15 years maybe? And they're like, oh my God, Wendy, you look so cute. Hold on. I'm going to tell Nicole. Nicole, look at Erin. She's so cute. These gals are in their unitards. They're in their like, short skirts with like, they're like the Gordon Biersch girl, like whatever, from like, whatever,

43:57 Oktoberfest in their heels. And they look great. And they've got the bra and like, you know, again, unicorn, like unitards and like the horns. And I'm like, I'm Wendy. I'm Wendy. My Jordan's walking on the street with Captain Hook and my big gator, my husband. I'm like, Hey guys. And Jared's like, Oh, the bear is cute.

44:20 Oh the berries crew and I was like yeah I'm treadmill seven these hot bitches are treadmill six and five like that's very funny you're.

44:33 Like you should see my costume when I get home ladies yeah it's like hey hey there's nothing worse though when like when you go out.

44:40 And you see that and then your husband like or Steve like looked at that and it's like Hey, why don't you dress like that?

44:46 It's like, you know, fuck you. I'm not dressing like that. That happens sometimes when we go out, like these girls being like hot little numbers. And I'm like, yeah, no, we're not doing that. The time has passed. The only time you're going to get me in that outfit is in this hooker outfit for Halloween. Oh, you look so good.

45:06 What a time. I got a Larry David ism for the trick or treating. Sure do go. My husband, listen, he worked for most of his life, even as a young child. He was a child star. He wasn't on the Mickey Mouse Club, but he was on the junior hockey circuit. he's living vicariously a lot through my son. I mean, I am very, very grateful. There's nothing more this man wanted to do. Puck drop was at one o'clock.

45:33 We were hitting the streets at four 30 to get trick or treating going. Cause mom had to leave. This guy races home from crypto arena, throws this full blown Gator costume on is got two bottles of wine and is ready to hit the streets with his family. Yeah. I don't know if this was the first time he's ever trick or treated, but like we're dealing with Mac.

45:55 It's raining. Walking upstairs is an issue. We don't want him to slip. He's excited. Trick or treat, trick or treat. Some people have scary things in their front yard. Jared is all about, we got to hit this house. We got to hit this house. Let's hit this house. Very confused of the houses that have the lights on, but not answering the door. And multiple times coming back to the family as we're standing there and he goes, why are they going to light their, why are their lights lit?

46:18 And they're not going to answer the door and give candy. you're in your forties. It's going to be okay. Let's worry about the three-year-old who's like worried about these jack-o'-lanterns coming to life and scaring him. Well, I don't, I don't understand this street. There's like four houses and they're not giving candy. I mean, look at this house. They don't even have decorations. And the people are standing right there that own the house. It's like, you know what, Jared?

46:40 That's okay. It's okay. But it's just, he's so upset about it. I can literally hear him saying this. And it's even funnier in an alligator costume. Like, I don't understand. Like, why, why, why do they have the lights on? By the way, Jared should never come to our fucking house then because there ain't no lights on. The doorbell's ringing. And this is Steve and I. Because we didn't go get candy because we basically live on the 405. Well, we live on the 405. The cars are way too far. No, you don't. If you're trick-or-treating on this street, you don't like your family because this is dangerous out here. And so I was shocked that the doorbell rang. And then I looked at Steve. I go, we ain't got nothing.

47:17 He goes, we got saltines. I said, no, we're not handing out saltines, okay? So it's like in this podunked bachelor pad that I live in over here. You think I'm grocery shopping? Stop it. Stop it. So anyways, when the doorbell– He's just– so upset. Oh, I just, these people have all the decorations. They have none. Then we get home and it's time for me to get going.

47:37 And I needed to feed Mac and get on the plane. And it was, it was funny because there was a lot of people waiting outside our house and Jared's like, oh my God, they're going to know. They're going to know we're not home to give them candy. So he's parking the car, but it's raining. So we got to get Mac up. He's in a gator costume. We didn't outside the house. Cause you live in a very like traffic, like a good neighborhood for trick-or-treating. Yeah, we didn't think about it because we were just like, let's go, let's get Mac out, we'll come back. Well, then when we get back, there's a big contingent outside our house. Kendra's very worried, like so much so leaves the lights on, the car halfway parked into the street. I'm like, I

48:13 got it. Let's just get Mac up. No, he's not worried about getting Mac up. He's worried about getting these people their candy. So we get up. Kendra takes the dog out. I'm with Mac. We grab the candy. We start passing it out. My sister starts taking video of us as we're passing out candy to these kids. And Mac is so excited. And I'm like, trick or treat. Thanks, guys. Like, da, da, da, da, da.

48:34 you see there's a line outside our house of like kids waiting for candy. You see Jarrett walking on through, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, moving the kids, walking through the plants so he can then cut me off. And then he grabs the bowl and he passes it out. I literally look at him and he goes, you can go in now. And my sister's filming my, I'll send this to you and Steve she's filming. And I walk up and I go like, He's so, he's got to do it all. It's like, cause the guy's never done it.

49:07 Apparently in our old house, kids didn't come. Now there's kids. And he's like, and then he's like, Oh my God. Why is it so much funnier when it's not you? But in the moment you're like, get out of here. You're crazy. Doing the best I can. I can. Because you can go, you can go now. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I'm trying to go. I'm trying to do it all.

49:28 I have to go actually, because I have to go by the way, then it spirals into the hole. I know I'm trying to do it all. I'm not mother. And now you're bringing up shit from five years ago. Oh my God. Yes. He texts me as I'm at the field and he's like, Hey babe, just letting you know, Max slept great last night. I said, Hey, no, your audience. Perfect.

49:49 I got two hours. Awesome. Thanks bud. Happy Halloween. Take the decorations down. He's out of his mind. Larry David. I'm going to tell you why I don't do decorations. I also, we don't have a child, but it's like so much work. And then you're taking them down. And now you're putting out the autumnal like garb for Thanksgiving.

50:12 And then you got to quickly take that down. And then I used to be like, who are these, you know, trash bags that leave their Christmas lights up year round? Well, now I'm starting to understand. I get it. Because by the time you take all the shit down and you're getting back to back to back holidays, you know, you celebrate.

50:29 And if you don't put it up, Jared's going to talk shit about your house. So there's that. I don't understand. I don't understand. Well, we're all out of time. All right. We'll see you next Halloween. Trick or treat.