3601 – Grabbing the bull by the horns with John Quaintance
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In studio notes by Garon Cockrell
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
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https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/john-quaintance
00 Soft beep! Welcome in!
We wish Climate Change well!
Is Jimmy gonna invent nude podcasting? Probably.
Jimmy’s got a story about a gig near Southern Illinois University, Carbondale!
https://www.travelmath.com/cities-near/Southern+Illinois+University+Carbondale
Dunlap!
Jimmy and Danielle went to the Tesla protest in NoHo and it turns out the organizers are fans of the show!
10 – Talking Tesla deals and purchases honking at the protest coming out of the dealership!
Do you buy one? Maybe a used one so musk doesn’t get money.
Eliot wonders if telsa purchasing is similar to those that buy something they don’t like just to destroy it.
15 – Talking Trump and how he still has supporters.
Tesla sit in?
20 – Oliver has killed Roberta Flack with his trivia question. It’s the NNF Curse!
https://apnews.com/article/roberta-flack-dies-61ad9755cc7b4f37b29884adc49c9340
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Flack
What earbuds are you using!
25 – Jimmy loves our NNF Cult!
30 – Jeopardy talk? I went to see to our guest.
Pop Culture Jeopardy actually!
John Quaintance is here! Rachel’s husband!
We’ll be right back!
39m40s – We’re back!
Good Cop Bad Cop!
https://www.cwtv.com/shows/good-cop-bad-cop/
Jimmy wants to save local filming somehow.
Rachel has a part on the show!
Is Leighton Meester a legend? To some people yes!
Luke Cook – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Cook
Danielle has signed off on him apparently.
45 – Talking about talking about spouses!
John talks about an SNL writer complimenting one of his jokes after a show and the joke showing up the next week on SNL.
50 – SNL doc talk! The Pardo-Koenig house watched the doc about the Weird Year – 1985.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Sweeney
Where can you watch Good Cop/Bad Cop? Wednesday Nights (Thursday in Austrailia) on The CW at 9pm. It’s on the CW App the next day and eventually on Roku!
John talks about his time in Australia and the traumatic experience he had with a bat as a kid.
There are a lot of bats in Australia apparently. They are the size of Garfield.
55 – Talking Bats and Bosom Buddies!
Jimmy likes the opening credits more than the show.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosom_Buddies
60 – Matt’s first SNL season was season 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live_season_11
Jimmy tells John about his New Kids on the Block interaction.
Matt says they actually weren’t great but didn’t need to be.
https://screenrant.com/why-boston-blue-is-happening-not-blue-bloods-season-15-explainer/
“you watch them fuck?”
1h5m – Vinyl talk!
John is mad at the Alt Jersey!
Stadium names talk!
Golf sponsorship talk.
Ever Wonder How Much a PGA TOUR Pro Makes to Wear All Those Logos?
1h10m – Rodeo talk!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodeo_(Garth_Brooks_song)
Brazilians dominating rodeo?
recent Rodeo injury from a bull – https://www.marca.com/en/more-sports/2025/02/13/67ae4418e2704e31098b4577.html
https://collider.com/friends-9-11-episode/
Friends scene – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIlWLMB8m-s
1h15m – Talking Match Game and Largo.
John talks about taking Ford to the ER when he was a baby and Laura Silverman was in the ER with her cut hand in the air.
1h20m – Jimmy still had his ASpecialThing.com password in his phone.
Password talk!
Trivia time! Full results below!
Rodeo Clowns!
We’ll be right back!
1h30m – we’re back!
3601!
Round the horn!
Jimmy doesn’t need a roofing estimate and he NEVER DID!
The Blakers Dozen! Johns school a capella group.
Fat Nancy!
1h35m – John talks about Rachel at a drag show wanting to get her hands on the microphone.
Drag Show and Regina Spektor for me!
Monster!
Eliot’s off to Restaurant Depot again. Jimmy’s gonna give him a list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Orbison_discography
1h40m – John doesn’t like his voice. Everyone disagrees.
He has an older brother and sister.
John does a perfect non verbal Rachel impression.
Eliot’s turn!
Is he gonna give up on a new car?
https://shopwaterside.com/shopping/
1h45m – Eliot’s not sure about getting a car now. Too much nonsense!
1h55m – Billy Joel talk! Jimmy only just hates his Doo Wop stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_Houses_(album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nylon_Curtain
Give eliot his money.
We’re done!
See you next time! !
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Trivia Results:
Category: Space Science
Question: Inspired by Galileo’s famous experiment, in 1971 to show that they would fall at the same speed they dropped a hammer and a what from the air force academy mascot?
Garon: Feather (10 pts)
Eliot: Feather (22 pts)
Matt: Orange (4 pts)
John Quaintance: Feather (5 pts)
Jimmy: Felt Pennant (3 pts)
Answer: Feather!
Eliot wins with the wager!
My pleasure,
Garon/The Beast/Mush Mouth Shy Guy/The Notekeeper/Lazy Queen/Sloth/Little Asshole
