36Y – Skinning the cat with Denise Winkelman
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In studio notes by Oliver Pardo
Editing and additional notes by Darryl Asher
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10 – Jesus Christ Superstar Corrections
Moving into college
Trump beginning/organization size/beginning of The Apprentice January 2004/slap
Cat massages
Dorm sizes
Roommates
20 – 3 Olivers
Frat Nicknames
Griffin vs. Oliver vs. Pardo
Biting a goose
25 – Yogurt Shop Murders
Hesher vs. Pothead vs. stoner vs burnout
Sammy Hagar was huge, and Van Halen wasn’t and vice versa East Coast vs West Coast
New Letter game is song titles
35 – Squiz is for older men according to Eliot / Jimmy says it’s for everyone
Denise Winkelman, Bougee on a Budget
Grew up in Northern Minnesota – graduated in the bottom 8
You can drink when your 19 there
Played Basketball at a Christian school
Wrote a handwritten letter to a bunch of wrestling promotions
Wrestlers couldn’t get drink tickets
Did a Promo as a Mad Scientist as Doctor Melvin Winkelman then became
that character
No autographs for the mad scientist and other “bad guys”
Tag Team partner Dr Medler
Hit opponent in the head with a baseball bat as hard as possible
Skin the cat is flipping back into the ring
Winkelman hit in the head with a folding chair
45 – Denise transitioned in her early thirties
Was married to a woman
50 – Denise did some wrestling as a woman but wasn’t fun because they didn’t let her talk
Wrestling hurts a lot more in your thirties than your twenties
Then moved to doing stand-up comedy in Denver
Moved to LA in 2020
Did a lot of zoom comedy
People can be very unwilling to date trans people
All the anti-trans ads are ill-informed and wrong
Denise wanted the money from the ads
55 – Kaitlyn Jenner has really disappeared since the election
The trans community is very anti-Kaitlyn Jenner
Trump was pro vaccine then anti vaccine
Kaitlyn Jenner killed somebody in a car accident
Jenner says she regrets backing Trump
Trump Kennedy Honors
Gloria Gainer
Michael Crawford
George Straight
Kiss – Paul Stanley was very anti Trump but then accepted the award
Gene Simmons was critical of Trump
Paul Stanley’s odd comment about having to accept that “your guy lost” after the 2024 election
Ace Fraley is very pro trump
Peter Chris is disappeared
The other two are maybe neutral
60 – Tom Cruise had a prior obligation so he couldn’t accept the Trump Kennedy Honor
Trump will be hosting the Kennedy Center Honors
Denise wasn’t allowed to listen to rock music growing up in a Christian household, so she listened to country music
Denise Winkelman wants to misgender on Fox News
1h5m – Oliver isn’t an adult yet
He cooked a Spanakopita in an oven for 2 hours without turning it on
Street Smarts show
Denise Winkelman ate a pizza without turning the oven on at 12 years old
She served it to her younger brother
How could you not tell it wasn’t cooked
Denise’s family is somewhat supportive
Father used to publicly misgender her, he got on board, but he is still looking for loopholes to “get her into heaven”
The Bible says don’t mix fabrics and people have latched onto that and used it a lot
Denise shops at the Baby Gap
Denise’s mom’s funeral was weird
A waiter was hitting on Denise at a Denny’s, but her father kept misgendering her
Best compliment was when her father said she was “a very handsome woman”
Neighbor was a “catch” but not really
1h10m – Denise’s mom would only eat at Denny’s or Golden Coral, because she hated doctors and had allergies
Big fan of Denny’s
A diner is better but Denny’s is a solid option according to Denise, Matt and Jimmy
Denise’s jazz brunch in the park where every guy had the hots for her
Good with her Brother
1h15m – Vegas is now a ghost town but too expensive
Denise dropping ten grand in Vegas
Denise used to stay in murder hotels
Matlock would be able to solve Jimmy’s hotel murder but couldn’t stop it
Denise used to go to the theater all the time
Her last movie in a theater was Doctor Strange 2 or Spiderman
Her pilot that’s a dramatized version of her transition won awards in festivals
Hard being a comic and not being yourself at your day job
Denise wrote a lot of material about her coworkers
Galactic Snacks taste test, recap of strawberry Cheetos
Spicy Strawberries
1h20m – Oliver can’t open the bag
Waving the bag in everyone’s face
Heels in wrestling sometimes win
Denise never asked to win a match
1h25m – Denise says they taste like Cheesewiz or Ralph’s Dorito
They are lightning bolt shaped
Matt and Eliot think it has almost an Asian flavor
It was American Hot Wings Flavored Doritos
What’s New Galactic Snacks songs
Everyone guesses Orange and orange drink for mentos
It was Fanta Flavored Mentos
1h30m – Jimmy’s new knee injuries
Toddler Vampires that suck your knees
VanPampers
The Twilight Movies, they suck even though they haven’t seen them
Denise and Matt are big Marvel fans
Matt’s text review of Doctor Strange 2 to Garon
Irma saw Weapons but Elliot doesn’t like Horror movies
Shadows run in the theater in Weapons
Denise saw a horror movie where Lucy Lui moves into a haunted house and there’s something in the house called The Presence
1h40min – If you don’t know about Blair Witch Project it may be the scariest thing ever
Denise saw it when she was in the middle of nowhere
Barbarian was one of the last movies that freaked out Matt, but it releases you at the end and its no longer unnerving but it really is in the middle
Elliot went into a government building
There’s an old 80-year-old woman with a pocketknife and a pair of scissors
Wand check
The security guard says if he doesn’t find it don’t worry about it
Letter game!
Denise – Halloween
Matt – Hellboy
Jimmy – Highlander
Oliver – The Haunting
Garon – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
1h50min – Making a canoe like Nick Offerman
Elliot’s Answer
5- Her
4- Hellyboy
3- House
2- Halloween
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
1h55 min – Bougee on a Budget out on Amazon, Apple, Youtube, Vimeo, Google
Plex
2h – Bone tree
Pine needle sex
My pleasure,
Oliver