Do You Believe In Miracles?!

On this week’s episode, Bridget talks about her evergrowing circle of elderly friends, her love of high tea, and shaking ass to Bad Bunny, because range. Colleen recaps her trip to Paris where she had the time of her life but desperately missed iced coffee and Diet Coke. You can take the girl out of America!

Then Bridget takes us into the story of the week, the MIRACLE ON ICE aka the 1980 US Men's hockey team. She breaks down how a ragtag group of hard hat, blue collar college kids went up against the most dominant hockey team in the world and pulled off the ultimate David and Goliath moment. From the comeback to the final win, it is the story of how this team shocked the world and gave the country a sense of pride at a time we so desperately needed it. Sound familiar?!?! Revive us Olympics!!! No pressure!!! Grab a beveragino and sip with us. It's what Catherine would've wanted.

Sources:

•  Miracle: The Boys of '80- Netflix
• Miracle - Disney
• Herb Brooks' Speech - Miracle

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oh, should I just keep chasing pavements even? Oh, no way. That's new. That's not how that goes really. I think those are the words. I don't think that's the, those are the notes. The you. I'm sorry. I'm no Adele. I'm just hitting them where I can. Thank you. Maybe that was a great harmony and I just did it. I don't know what a harmony is, but I, I like that for me. Great. What are the other things in No, sure. A higher, what are the terms higher and lower? OC A baritone. Is that a word? Super low. Okay. There's an alto. That's what I'm thinking of. That's like me. That's like a lower female. Oh, I must just said a ball would be us. But that would be a movie. Soprano is like what I would call the DPR R, the Disney Princess Register. It's the really high Julie Andrews. Got it. You know the high or what's the, is it snowing? That's like, no, nevermind. I can't even do it. It's Oprah. I knew exact. You're doing Miss Congeniality, the opera part. Oh shit. What am I thinking of? But you know what I'm talking about When she's at the beginning with the birds. Oh, cinder. No, I think that's Sleeping Beauty. Oh, fuck. Or it's Cinderella. It's one of them. I don't It was one of those bitches. Yes. One of those whores. So high. So one, one of those ho bags. Day was Hoing. Ain't nobody coming to your doorstep. But why? That's not real. People are realistic the're. Giving personality, we're giving unrealistic expectations for the next generation. We're giving Stockholm syndrome is what we're giving. We're giving Stockholm. I tried to convince someone that recently I said, I watched a documentary about you and they both Stockholm syndrome. It was the girl that was kidnapped for like nine months and she could like go out in public. Oh, Elizabeth smart. Yes, yes, yes, yes. It was that one. Mm. And I was like, I watch a documentary about you. You're suffering. You should look into this. Just letting you know. Isn't that such an awful story? No. So terrible. There were so many times for her to just be like, it's me. It me. I know, but that's how that goes. No, I know. The Stockholm Syndrome is Stockholm Syndrome. Yeah. Syndrome limb. That poor girl. Anyway. Hi. Hey. Welcome to this week's episode of Sipping with the Shannon's. We're cousins and every other week we sit down, we sip on some wine, we talk some shit, and we have a great giggle. I'm Bridget Shannon, A great giggle. I'm calling, I'm a real old giggle and the grand oh, I'm calling in case you missed that one, but I recently said yes on air. Yes. There are a few celebrities. If they died, I would not care. Wait, did you say her? Nope. And I would just like to state for the record, Catherine O'Hara dying is devastating. Mm-hmm. I was so sad. I am so sad. She was 71. What the fuck? Cancer. What the fuck was it? Cancer. Yeah. She had can, and then they, I think it was a blood clot to her lung that that content of her back in like November, she would not look right. Yeah. So I guess like she hadn't made a public appearance in a couple months and she wasn't at the Globes, even though the studio was up for everything. And the last time I saw a picture of her, she looked really frail. Yeah, ill, and she didn't have weight to lose. Like she's not a big person. And she looked gaunt. And I was like, oh, I bet, I bet she's been sick for a couple months and we just didn't know. Devastating. Devastating. Ugh. Moira. Moira. She's on the TV right now. Times for those of you, how many do you think we've done that accent on this podcast? I mean, not enough at this rate. 1 million. Possibly a hundred percent. It's never enough. It's not in her honor. Our girl, our woman, she invented Moira. That wasn't even a thing. I know. The entire accent was made up by her. And the wigs and the outfits. Like she's a fucking genius. I know. God rest her soul. But pour one out for a fucking real one. No, literally, it's like, should I be drinking right now? Probably. Probably. That's what Catherine would've wanted. Yeah. She would've wanted me to do that. Do you, would you like to go get a beverage? Kind of, yeah. Go get one. Okay. How do you feel now? I feel better now that I'm, I'm, I'm grasping this fine stem. I love that. For you it's a work of art. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate that. Anytime. So I have a few things and then I wanna like get through it. So,'cause I wanna hear about Paris. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Leave the Traeger. We went and saw her live. How was that So fucking funny. Like busted a gut. My face hurts from laughing so hard. Me and my girlfriends went unbelievable. The crowd work, her jokes. Is she really? I don't know if it's her cadence. I don't know if it's her tone, her inflection, how fast she talks, or a combination of all of it. It feels like you're sitting on the couch with her talking shit. Yeah, and she has a take on everything. Like you could pick something completely random and she'd be like, I've thought a lot about this and hear me out. It was just incredible. Like, I want her to come back and I can't wait to see her. I feel like she has a, this is gonna sound weird, but you'll understand what I mean. Like a funny face. Like her expressions are Yes. Oh, so animated. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So funny. So funny. Loved it. The next day for Leanne's birthday, we did high tea. How was it? There is this place, it's called Vintage. It's in Arlington. It's like right on like Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville. You know that line? You ha, we have to go. You would love it so much. First of all, I don't even drink tea. It was delicious. Really? Did they have alcohol? Yes, they had mimosas, like lavender something Prosecco, something in Bellinis, Bellini. And then you can pick a vegetarian or meat one, and they come over with the trays and everybody gets one of everything. So there's desserts, there's a cucumber, there's like a smoked salmon. There's a chicken salad. Oh, okay. There's a deviled egg one. You know we could fuck up a chicken salad. Oh my God. It was so good. The only thing is it's not a whole meal. Yeah. No, but it's 30 bucks. It's for ladies, right. It's like, it's definitely a picking and then you have to go have a potato somewhere else, which is exactly what we did. I was like, I I'm gonna need sustenance. That little cucumber triangle did nothing for this big backhoe. Like, what are we doing here? Not a GLP one slide. Not, no, no. So I am not, I'm I'm hungry all the time. That's not me. No, no. Could not be us. So we ended up going to the burn after just coincidentally so much more. My speed during the day. It was like 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM was the sweet spot. It, the, the fiddlers were fiddling. Mm-hmm. It was an older crowd in there. We got a table, we got a waitress, we got food. I was like, oh, this is way more my speed. Mm-hmm. Than when I went and all the 18 year olds were like sweaty. I, you know what I mean? I just don't Yeah, I know. Grinding all up on each other. Right. We, to Shanghai Moon with Paula recently, the old guy, you know how he comes up to us and he tells us a joke every time. Yeah. The joke of this trip to Shanghai Moon was, I'm here to celebrate my pride and joy. And we were like, oh, really? And he opens his wallet and he has a laminated picture of pride, the detergent in like a joy bar. And it said Pride and joy with an and sign in the middle. He planned that one and we were like, that's great. And then he walked away. I love that man. I love him. I love, love him. I have to ask him his name. I just, but I kind of like that. He just walks up to us every time. And I don't think we're special, by the way. I'm sure he does this to every single that's his spot for sure. He, I've never seen him not in there. I've never been there when he was not there, and I don't go. So does he live? He just lives there. You should ask him his story. Him and his, him and his squad post-op. Okay. I have to, but I kind of like that it stays unfamiliar. Yeah. Like I, I don't want, I don't know how to explain it. Yeah. It's just like, that's the way it is and I don't think we need to go any further than that. Yeah. Yeah. And it's nothing against him. I just like the dynamic. Yes. I agree. That this random, adorable old man comes up and tells me a joke every single time I walk in there and that's it. No notes. Correct. I feel that way about this guy. The Ecolab guy at my work. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's just too late to ask him what his name is. And we are the best of friends. Mm-hmm. And it's just too far gone. The other day I saw a different guy and I said, excuse me, I need to know the name of your colleague. And he was like, what? What? And I was like, my best friend, I need to know his name. And he was like, Josh. And I was like, yes, Josh. Where is he today? Where is he? Because I have something to chat with him about. I'm sensing a presence here. And he was just like, I lady, I can't help you. And you know what else I said, oh, I was being casual. And I was like, oh, well I'm Colleen, and mind you, there's like three signs around my desk that have my name on it. And he was like, I see that. I was like, okay, so you're not cool. Give me Josh. Yeah, you're not Josh, go away. He gets it. He gets the problems. Josh in this building, Josh. God bless him. That guy, that fucker. No, he doesn't, he doesn't get it. I do have an update about Ginny. Okay. Excited. So if you guys were listening, I think it was at the end of last week's episode, I told you guys a while ago that I had volunteered to get paired with an elderly person. And I was very excited'cause I got paired with a woman named Ginny and I was so excited to meet her. And so we picked a time and a date and a place, and I went to her elderly home and she asked for a medium hot black coffee from Duncan's. God bless her. Mm-hmm. And so I parked the car and I, I'm like nervous. I'm like walking in there, she's feeling shy. I'm feeling shy for the first time in my life. And so I walked in and I realized a couple of mistakes that have been made. Number one, I don't know her last name and I did not ask for the apartment number. So there's no way to ring me in. There's no way to buzz in unless you have the apartment number. I don't have that. A very nice elderly woman let me in. Turns out I look very unintimidating. I'm not intimidating at all. Oh, she's not suspicious at all. Yeah, no. I have resting friendly face. So she's friend, not foe. Yeah. And I had a coffee and I was clearly waiting for someone and she's like, come on in. And I couldn't ring her'cause it was first initial full last name. So I was like, oh, I don't even know what to do. So I sit in the lobby for about 20 minutes and I can feel the coffee getting cold and I'm just feeling a little sad stop. And I call, it's nothing she couldn't zap. Yeah. And so I call her the number I have and no one answers. And I called again. And then in this lobby my phone went on. SOS, like there was no service. So after about 20 minutes, I felt bad because I was worried she was gonna call and I wasn't gonna get it. Like I had not an ounce of service. I run out to my car and I sat in my car for 20 minutes and she never came. Stop. It's like being like, stood up legit. And I legit had a thought, Colleen, like if I got stood up at a bar by a man, I literally would've ordered myself a Cosmo and some french fries, popped in my AirPods and like listened to a book and had myself a time. I, I like wouldn't bother me at all. But this, I think I just, the expectations were a little too high. Yeah, we were, and that's on me. That's on me. Like this isn't about me, this is what we're Yeah. But God forbid a girl's excited. I know. So then I went to swap and shop to get a rotisserie chicken and they were out. And I was like, this stage. Yeah, but fuck, fuck, stop and shop, dude. What are we doing here? But don't worry, that's the day Paul and I went to Shanghai Moon. So I, I had plenty of cosmos and I had plenty of delicious food. And we got to meet my other old friend who tells me jokes. And so while we're at Shanghai Moon, Pauline Ginny's roommate calls me because I was getting worried something was wrong and they didn't have a way to contact me. And so Pauline calls me and Jenny's in the hospital. She's okay. No one panic, she's totally fine. She has a bad knee. They're looking at her knee, and she's also a type two diabetic. So they're just going in and they're, they're checking all the parts, making sure everything's working the way it should. And so in my conversation with Pauline, I say, do you need anything? Like, are you okay? Do you have everything you need? And she goes, I hate to ask. Oh no. Do you drive? Yeah, I go, I do. And she goes, will you take me to the a TM tomorrow? And I was like, yes. And she was like, can you pick me up at seven 30? And I'm like, I sure can. So I arrive the next morning at seven 30, bright eye and Bushy tailed, and I'm sitting outside and no one comes. And I am like, if I get blown off twice in 24 hours, but my new elderly friends, I'm gonna lose it. She's blind. Both are, both are. I didn't realize that. So how would she know I was there? So of course, I'm sitting idle outside in the car waiting for her as if she can see me. So you're supposed to honk. I didn't know. I didn't know. Oh. And so she asked what color car? Like what's the car you drive? And I told her, what does that matter? She can't see it. So she has a helper with her. Got it. And so I see a guy kind of like looking at me funny and then I see her come out and I'm like, oh my God, she's fucking blind. Like of course she didn't come out right away. And I go, Pauline. And she goes, how are you chicken? Oh, born and raised Bostonian. We, we get her in the car. She is a hoot and a hollerer. What a queen. I drive her down the street to the ATM. She, her favorite thing to say to me is grab a wing chicken. And then she grabs my little elbow and we shuffle. She's probably four 11. Shut the fuck up. She had a little backpack on. Oh. And she was like, can you put my backpack in the backseat? I was like, I would die for you. Of course. That's all you need. I will give you a an organ. What do you need? And we went to the ATM and she used the braille and she said, I need you to read out to me. You know, she told me the amount of money she needed. There was a woman in like the vestibule next to us and she was like giggling at us'cause we were just being ridiculous. Yeah. And we became very fast friends and we were walking out and she said that ATM is an A sharp. And I said, do you have perfect pitch? And she said, yeah. And I said, what? And I was like, you know, giving her notes and she was just like saying what they are. That's crazy. It was fucking crazy. So smart. So funny. Absolutely delightful. Quick as a whip, just like, and I, I watched all these videos and I took this course on like how to work with the blind just so I was, because I've never done that, but I don't know anyone who's blind. Yeah. I now have two buddies. Two besties. Two besties who are blind. But you know, I took all these courses and you're not supposed to like hover over them. You're supposed to ask like, do you want my elbow? But you're not supposed to like, jump in, essentially. And I'm, she asked me to come upstairs to the apartment because they needed help with the Mac laptop. She goes, stop. Do you use a MacBook? I go, I do. She goes, can you help me with Ginny's MacBook? I was like, I'll be right up. So I drop her off. She, she scurries in. She tells me the apartment number. I'm like, okay, Trek. We got, got somewhere. I park, I run back to the apartment and I go upstairs. It was on mute and it was on mute, but when I walked into the apartment, she kind of put her arm out to like gain, to like get purchase. Mm-hmm. And I ran up and she goes, no, no, no, don't hover. I just need a landmark. She, and then she just like walked along the wall and knew exactly where she was going. Obviously she lives there. And I, I backed right off. I was like, so our girlfriend yeah. And she showed me her braille typewriter her dad bought so he could write her letters that she could read. Stop. Yep. They love chess, they love travel. She was like, explain Ireland to me. And I just was super descriptive and yeah, we had a grand old time. And so she goes, you wanna hang out next weekend? So I go, sure. So what are you guys doing this weekend? So she I was waiting to get an update from Ginny because Pauline was matched with another girl, like Pauline has. They both asked for a volunteer. Got it. Because I think they also need some space from each other. Not in a bad way, just like, I think they both wanna venture out a bit. So I, I've been waiting to hear about Ginny and I was gonna call this week and just check in, but yeah, Ginny and Pauline. So Pauline and I had a day and I'm just waiting to hear back about how Ginny's doing. Oh, what a batty. That brings us to the Super Bowl. Super Bowl. Tough night for the pick Patriots. Jesus Christ. I didn't even watch so Well you had just gone back from Paris, right? Exhaust. Yeah, but I mean, I was in my bed, but I was like not. Oh, it was, I'll tell you what, I was watching What? When it's time. Oh, okay. When we're done, I'll tell you what I was watching. Uh, Yeah. There the defense of the Seahawks was just insane. Like Drake may could not catch a fucking break. He was sacked. Oh God. So many times. The rail winner of the Super Bowl. Yeah. Bad buddy. The way I was shaking ass. I was so, I'm so glad we went to Earl's because everyone in there lost their fucking minds. Oh. I mean, I feel like that's every setting. It's just like the vibe. Oh my immaculate. Mm. If you didn't watch that and feel pride in joy in just like, this is the most fun thing I've ever watched. You're dead. You're dead from the neck up. Like I don't have anything else to say to you. Like, we're just not on the same planet. I don't even care if you didn't understand him and didn't have fun, you're her fucking idiot. Fair. Like, how did you not watch that and wanna shake your ass? And like, I loved every second of it. I thought it was amazing. I did see clips. I didn't watch it fully.'cause I'm just, I just haven't, I'm a shelf a person, but I feel like Why was Alex Earl in the casa? Yeah. Yeah. I I didn't make sense with the others. I totally get, do you know what I mean? Pedro Pascal, I totally get Jess love him. Jessica Alba. I totally get Cardi B. Carol G was there. I she looked like a plant. Yeah. I mean like her, love her, but like, what, what are we doing here? And I was thrilled for the moment. The camera panned and I saw her. I was like, oh my God. Good for her. Like, showing up everywhere. It just felt like it was a la Latino experience and she popped in there, which like, who, who cares? At the end of the day, it just didn't match. Yes, yes. I would agree. The, with the other celebrities, I almost wish. She was like in a different spot. Mm-hmm. It was just like a very weird lineup, but all the rest of them made sense to me. And I'm happy for her. She's, she's crushing it. She'd be everywhere. She'd be everywhere. Jake Shane's about to be on Broadway. Like these people. I saw that. I love him so much. I adore him. Amber Ri, I just, she's just who I thought of when you said Love her. Love, love him about Jake Shane. It's like same but different fonts. I just feel her laugh is just like her, like I love when she comes for people in the audience too. Like I loved that Liza, at one point there was this couple behind us who were drunk. Mm-hmm. And early on in the show, the guy, she said a joke and the guy yelled at her and she goes, and do you think you added to that? Like did you think you added to that joke, like that interaction? Is that what you think happened? And it was just such a funny way. To give him shit without being like, Hey motherfucker, shut up. I'm in the middle of a set. Yeah. And then about 20 minutes later, his girlfriend, wife, partner, whoever she is, yelled something to and she was like, oh, you guys are talkative couple. She was like, oh, okay. So that's what's coming from over here tonight. And they did not say a fucking wear the rest of the time. It like humbled. It was the perfect way to nip it in the bud without being over the top being like, Hey, you two heck Liz. You know what I mean? Yes, I understand. Um, Yeah. I loved Bad Bunny, Gaga, Ricky Martin, the end, the message, the flags. I was like, put it in my veins. I'm gonna watch it every morning when I wake up. He told me to believe in myself more and so I will because therefore I will. Bad Bunny told me too. Mr. Bunny told me Mr. Bunny approved so here we are and I'm watching Love Island UK All Stars and we are so fucking back, baby give, give me the old favorites. Bring them back. They know how to act. They know what to do. They know the right around amount of drama without being insane influencers. I would agree. I love that they're there for the right reasons.'cause they were already there. They're just like, it's just a totally different vibe. Mm mm-hmm. Totally different vibe. Okay. Tell me everything about Paris. Tell me everything about your life. I'm not caught up on Love Island. All stars, as you mentioned. I was really happy when I saw Sam me back on it. Love that bitch. She's so pretty. I'm so obsessed with Paris. What's her name is so fucking pretty and I'm obsessed with her name. I haven't heard that name since. Ella Enchanted. Lucinda. Lucin is a tricky one. I don't really, I is a, I've only caught her for one episode. That's how behind I am. Okay. Sammy is an all timer. I fucking love Sammy. She's so pretty. Millie is another one. Millie's a bad bitch in the best way. Millie's a cute name too. She's so fucking cute. She's so wholesome. Yeah. There are a lot of like, do people say that about us? Oh geez. That were really cute and really wholesome. No, I don't know. A single person. Really cute and really wholesome. Yeah. You, you know, I think they're probably like, oh my God, she's so cute. She's insane. Those baddies, she's mentally ill. Ew. That's fair. I, I really just want them to tell me that I'm skinny and I'm pretty, and that's all, that's all it takes. That's all. That's truly all we can strive for. I, I saw a thing. We know we're funny. We know we're smart. You don't have to tell us that. We just wanna be skinny and pretty. Claudia Ji made a TikTok that was like the voiceover was bring a person, a family member back from the dead or be permanently skinny. And she's like. Skinny and someone commented on and goes, your dad is dead For real though. Jesus Christ. I thought it was hilarious. Obviously she's not fucking serious, but it's so, no, of course not. Of course not. She's like, huh, skinny Jesus. And one of her sisters commented on it and said, it's what dad would've wanted. See, that's fucking funny. Yeah. Oh, too. Too good. Too good. Oh, love it. But I honestly like, haven't watched much. I've been super busy with work, and then when I stopped working, I put on Love Island uk. So here we are. I mean, what else is there to live for? Well, the other day, Paula was like the number one movie on Netflix. The Lucy lady who's like a horrible person and did horrible things to infants. Mm-hmm. I, I was like, what are you talking about? She was like, it's the number one thing on Netflix right now. And I was like, oh my God, I haven't been on Netflix in, no, I haven't either. Yeah. I think the America's X not model thing came out, but I haven't even watched it yet. No, it comes out next week. Okay. I thought I saw it. Ready to go on H Married, I was like, the fuck my bad. Mm-hmm. I have been watching The Pit. Yeah, that's what I was watching yesterday. Noah Wiley. Who the fuck is that? Dr. Robbie. Oh, is that his name? His name in real life is Noah Wiley. Okay. Yeah. We love him. We die for him. We die. Okay. What do you think about Frank? What, like, who do you like, who's Frank? Who do you not like? Who's Frank? I'm only on um, two o'clock, Dr. Langdon. Oh, I don't like him the hot one. Oh, I hate him. You don't like him? You think he's hot? Yeah, I do. I definitely, oh my god. I think he looks like a prep best teenager. Oh, interesting. No disrespect. I'm just like, no, that's true. He is also like, he's just always like ya. Yeah, he's a gr and they're always, he's a gr. Yeah. And all their they're always like, oh, buy your wife something nice. And he is like, what do you mean? Like, shut up, shut up. Dana's like, go give her a drip somewhere. She works and he goes, I'm a doctor. Dana. Like, shut up. She's that bitch. I have no notes. The charge nurse, she is perfect for that role I made for her. I aspire to be her. Yes. Agreed. And as unbothered as her as well. Yes. In life. And you know, she is ripping cigs. Oh, as she should. She as deserves. Everyone needs their vices, you know, truly. I thought I would hate her, but I absolutely love her. Mel so that is Brian Cranston's daughter. Do you know who Brian Cranston is? No. Oh, Jesus Fucking Christ. Breaking bad. The bald one. Nothing. No, seriously nothing. I real like, I genuine map him in the middle. I really wish I could give something to you and I'm giving nothing. I'm so sorry. That's the saddest, that's probably the saddest one I've ever said to you. I'm not gonna lie. I'm sorry. Yeah. Everyone listening to this come for her. No, I'm sorry. DM her and shame her. What do you want from me? I'm sorry. I'm not perfect. I like Dr. McKay. She's the redhead. Yes. Yes. We have her. I really like her Whitaker. Fuck. Who's Whitaker? He's the prees boy. Like the literal one. He looks like a teenage boy. Oh, oh my God. Yes. The one from the farm? Yes. Oh wait. Yes. And he got spit on, peed on and all the things in the first like three hours. Yes, exactly. I fucking hate that bitch. Santos. I hate her. I know she's tough. Be nice for five seconds. You're not all that you stupid bitch. Oh no. I hate her. No, I like really hate her. And then she looks at everybody like this. Yeah. Santos is, yeah. We get it. You, you had something happen to you in your childhood. We get it. They does. It mean you could treat people like that? Yeah. They all have their moments and like that's what I love about them. They all feel so real. Mm-hmm. Like they all feel like genuine people that you would meet at a hospital. I love Dr. Collins. Dr. Abbott the guy he starts with. Mm-hmm. Like right at the top. Yeah. Yeah. It's just a amazing show. So what part are you at? Like, what's happening? Yesterday I watched the episode where Dana gets punched in the face. That's where I'm at. Oh. So I'm like fresh. I'm not like really into it. Oh, man. Oh man. So, all right, keep us posted. I was waiting. So, so ready to talk to you about that. Yeah. Other, in, other related, I wrote down, do you wanna be by Valentine? To me, I wrote is what I wrote down on my notes. No. Like, I'm on a different planet. I'm not, I haven't dialed back in. You have a boyfriend. I know, but you wanna be my Valentine. Of course I do. It's okay. I'm don't care about Valentine's Day. I neither does he, honestly. Okay, great. Make you care less truthfully. Okay. Just checking. I have a bush right now. It's kind of cute. I love that. For you, it's like maybe the French got into me. I don't really know, but I just, she's, she's just there. I kind of like her. Okay. That's all. Thought I'd share that. That's great. I might like, you know, do a shape or something, you know, something fun. Oh. You know, once it gets there, I'm like, oh, do a heart. Get a cookie cutter. Do a heart like the sex worker my mom had on probation. I could do that. I could do that. That'd be fine. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Because like a landing strip's kind of boring, you know? Yeah. It's like, it's so, it's so 2025. Imagine I have like a mustache. I must ask you a question and I cannot shave it for later. Or like a, a maybe some zebra stripes, like, I don't know. I'm going like a little Zorro Z Yeah. Like yeah, A lightning bolt. Harry Potter. Yeah. I think there's a lot of work that can be done here. I think there's a lot of creativity that can be put into a bush, and I think we're not doing enough of it. And I think I'm feeling inspired. Great. And I was already halfway there, so I was like, you know what? Let it go. And then you went to Paris and you were like, this is art. Let it go. It. And I'm about to make my bush into art. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I was feeling one with the Louvre. The Louvre. Fuck. The Louvre also of respectfully. That's insane. No, to say loud. I know it's like a number one thing out there, but like so many people, it's so hot in there. What are we doing? Get some central air. No wonder why these people are stealing. Also the security there wouldn't even look at us. Like, no wonder those people got away with it. I mean, you're pretty unassuming respectfully. Like, what are you stealing? What are you I could be listen, there was some antiques in there. I could have. I was feeling some type of way about the fine China. I could've stolen it, but you know what? I didn't. Okay. Well why don't you tell us what the things that didn't suck that you actually really enjoyed. Okay. We'll go in order in properly. I also did write down cherry Diet Coke. It must be talked about. It's coming back. No, I saw your post about it. It's very, you're very vocal. This is the most top tier news I've, I've heard in a while. Wow. However, they only have Coke Zero over there, across the po, across the way. Mm-hmm. Don't love that for me. You said this last time as well, I'm surprised you thought something else was gonna happen. Well, I wasn't Europe's old as fuck. Just like I did have a, a Pepsi zero that kind of slapped. Okay, great. That's all. I just wanted to share that. Okay, cool. This is mix of positive and negatives altogether. I didn't list out pros and cons, but like, this is, these are my thoughts. Okay. Yeah. I am not more than a three night girl. I decided, and I thought to myself going into it, this, this is a longer trip than normal for me. I don't really do that Three nights. Yeah. So I did four and I, it was too much. I couldn't do it. Okay. I like my bed. Also, the bed's there very uncomfortable, very hard. Which was probably why Americans have terrible backs, but, you know, knocked down for that. So I, we had a red eye on Tuesday night. I took an, I'm usually a good sleeper on planes, especially like it's overnight, like, goodnight. I have no problem. I took an Ativan in hopes that that would assist with sleeping, even though I'm already a great sleeper. Didn't sleep a fucking wink. Not a wink. Do we think that Ativan you would need whatever, Ativan Plus, because Ativan would just mellow you out because it's like made for people like you. I could, you're supposed to have like NyQuil on top of it. I, I, the thing is I don't normally need anything at all. I took, I wasn't Yeah, you're a sleeper. Sleeper. I wasn't gonna take anything, so I was like, eh, whatever. And I was like kind of tired, took it I don't know what happened. Wide awake the entire time. My sleep score was like a nine. I slept 4 45 minutes and had a whole full day the next day. So. I was like mentally preparing for that. And I'm not, I'm not trying to sound like a brat. Okay. I'm really not. I'm just not someone that cannot sleep. Yeah. I turned into the most violent version of myself. I, I get irritated in five seconds. I'm already an impatient person and I can't fight. Like, I just can't, I can't, can't do it. I'm a child. Yeah. That's why, I mean, you did the right thing. That's what people do is they bring drugs for the red eye so that they wake up and don't feel like shit. No. Your girl was bright eyed and bushy tailed all night long. Oh boy. All seven, seven hours. Can you guess how much my bag weighed my luggage for four nights? Correct. Is was it over 50 pounds? Yeah, of course. Colleen, do you know? Well, first of all, guess how, guess how heavy and then also guess how much it cost me to, for that overweight bag. So it was probably a hundred plus bucks. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's my bag was 20 pounds over and it cost me$150 each way. What did you put in a four night bag that weighed 60 pounds? That's two 70. Claire's. No, 70. That's two Claire's in my defense, the 3-year-old, everything was jacket like. I was wearing coats, like those are my day outfits. Jacket at night. Yeah. You wear them on the plane? Not that many. I had like six. Do we think, you know what? Go for it, Colleen. I was just, I came prepared. You never know. That was so stupid and silly. But you know what, if you felt like your fits were slapped then, I mean, not really, but like, I just, I wanted some options. All of that to not even feel like your fits were that good. I mean, they were fine. I wasn't like this sleigh, but it was just like a comfy, cute outfit. Oh, good lord. Yeah. I was like, I was very humbled. Well, also when we were leaving and the Uber goes, this is one of the heavier ones I've ever felt. I was like, oh yeah, no. That's insane. No, I've, I've been places two months where I don't even do that. Listen, I lemme live my life. I didn't know. Okay. So yeah, 150 each way. I will never financially recover. Yeah. No shit. Paid for a seat on the way home.'cause I was like, your girl needs to be in the corner and she needs to try to sleep. I Too many monies too, too, too many monies. I will give you, I will not be leaving the house for the next year. Okay. The first day we were there, we went to Riverside, which like, I just, I could spend every single day there all day. Yeah. I love it. Love it. And just walk around even at night like Scrooge with like his little cap. Yeah. With the little ball in the headd and like a candle. I just wanna be a wandering the hall. You can stay, it's super expensive, but there is an opportunity to like stay at Versailles. Yeah. I don't know what section it's in. Also Holly Madison from the girls next door did it one time. Is the only reason why I know that. And she said it was like the coolest thing she's ever done. Like my, the, the way I must live there. No, no. Yeah. It's pretty stunning. Hot coffee everywhere. Not my vibe. And I usually am good with acquired taste, but I get so cranky without coffee. This doesn't pertain to you'cause I know you don't like it. I like, I just simply need it like what everyone in America does, just coffee in general. I can't get past hot coffee. I just can't do it. You did the same exact thing last time, but this time it's much, it was different'cause it was like four, it was like two and a half to three extra days and I stayed last time. So by day four I was like, it's, I it's time. It's time. I, I think I love America, unfortunately. Noted emphasis on the, unfortunately, I'm sorry, but I think I do. Why is being a Taurus, not speaking for myself, embarra, but when you look around Embarra such a fucking ick. Like why is it such Nick? Like you just look around and everybody's like, it's a hoards of like 400 people looking at the Mona Lisa. Mona Lisa. Ain't that cool? I don't love it when I'm somewhere where someone is obviously obnoxiously American. Yes. Like screaming over everyone or like, be cool, be cool. It's just like everyone hates us already. Can you just chill the fuck out? No. I know. I couldn't agree more. But like, I don't even think of it that like if I'm in the Louvre, I'm not thinking about that because everyone's in the same boat. Yeah, that's fair. For the most part. Yeah. That's fair. The Louvre I didn't realize was as big as it was like you would spend actually all day in there. Oh, massive. Yeah. It's massive. I did, I was like lost in the sauce. Loved all the decor in there. I was, I wasn't really like a big, and I wish I could appreciate art more. I just wasn't big into the sculpture. Vi like, yes, I can appreciate it, but like, there's people that like feel things when they see things like that and I just don't Yeah, that's fair. But it's good for everybody. Love the knickknacks, love the decor, love the jewelry. I love how you're saying those as if they're tch and not like the crown jewels of the royal families of the last, like Yeah, that's, yeah. That what I mean, centuries, the decor as if it's not like the most beautiful paintings on the per No, the decor is in like the rooms. They have like rooms redone. I know. Not like a painting of like a, a person perched like Yeah, we appreciate those. I want one myself. But you know, sick dude. Oh geez, Louise. Lot of not China. Well obviously China, but also the silver ugh, to die for. Why don't they make shit like that anymore? I don't get it. I don't either. However, I know I talked about not liking, liking the hot coffee vibe, the cigarette at the cafe vibe. I'm all about gimme an opera spritz, gimme a little. And also I tried Escargo. Oh, did you? Now I did. I didn't mind it. Okay, great. Would I be like, yes, I need this. No, but it was actually wicked fun to take the, use the, the knick-knack to on the clamp on the shell and like dig it out. It was so fun. I just did it for everybody. It was so cool. It like scratched my autism. Something I noticed that you would hate. They, anywhere there's live music, they would be loving shallow. Oh yeah. Everybody loves it. For the record. They love it. Oh, they love Gaga. That's fair. Yeah. As one does. Specifically shallow though, wasn't expecting that. What's with the lack of deodorant in this bitch? Via TAUs. Via what? Just in any, all the Uber. Get in the Uber. And I, mind you, I don't have a sense of smell getting in the Uber, fighting for my life. I don't underst, I just can't, I can't place it. Yeah. I like, of course we have smell Ubers here, but like, why is it that 20 outta 20? And also like in big spaces you're just, you walk in and you're just like, whoa. Body odor. Big odor. Big odor, energy. And like, I'm a smelly one. Be so for real. Sometimes I forget. Do you smell? Yeah. Yeah. I do smell frequently and I'm aware of it and you know, whatever, dude. But crazy. I'm like, is this how I am perceived? Mark? Cool. West Strong. Mark. Our Airbnb didn't have, when you open the windows, there's no screens. It's just open. Mm. One dangerous two. Loved it, loved it. When I looked out the window, it looked like taken it be, do you know what I mean? You know this scene where she's like looking through and she sees her being taken from across like the, our fucking Airbnb looked like that. I couldn't get over it. And when they're running over the roof. Mm-hmm. That's what the roofs look like. Roofs. The roofs. The roofs looked like it was crazy. Yeah. It was crazy. Crazy. Something about, and I saw talk about it, this girl that's like, oh, you guys want a house tour? Let me show you how I get to my apartment in Paris. And she's like, holding up a get, because obviously, and it's like you enter a room into down a hallway and then into a big, big open space. Mm-hmm. And then another hallway and people are like, commenting on it being like, how does DoorDash get to you? Do you, how do you, do you have guests? Do you like all these things? That was what my art Airbnb was. Love it. Not nearly as bad, but like, you open up a door and you're in a courtyard and you look down and there's like six floors down. It's, it was bananas. I love it. The Airbnb guy had to send us a video of him, like walking. Oh, so you knew how to get in and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Very. Yeah. We shouldn't be trusted with that. B days bide everywhere you Yeah. Utilize no when possible. Too scary. Too scary. Yeah. It was like almost like a little, it wasn't in the toilet, it was the kind that, like a, a water gun. It's like, what am I supposed to, like over my shoulder? Like what's the, that angle is just over your shoulder. I'm not understanding the angle. Do I let it roll down my back? Like, no. What on earth is happening? I, I just can't be. I'm the angle. It's the angle for me. Jesus Christ. I, the way she's bending her body right now, I'm just, I had a hard time with it. Got it. Yeah. It just wasn't for me. I don't think. That's great. They have all, why is it that they have olives everywhere? Every table you sit down at, everywhere, they give you olives, but they don't have dirty martinis. Not a complaint, just a, a question for the class. Yeah. I don't, I dunno, just a thought you, because you would think that they would love it there, but whatever. I was thinking about this and I meant to text it to you, so I just wrote it down in my notes. When you're in line at the airport and you're like, about to get in on the plane, whatever, and I, I'm looking around at other people in line too. I feel like I'm in final destination. That's crazy. Yeah. I'm now I feel I like, as I'm like looking people up and down, I'm like, oh. I'm like, I feel like I'm like the person in final destination that is watching all the people beforehand and remembering the people and then something happens every single time. I don't know why I don't either. That's all. We went to a, a club right night. Well, we went to a club every single night. Crazy how they're open until all hours of the, of the day. Literally. No, it's absurd. Yeah. Not for your girl and her big fat feet, lemme tell you. Yeah. Fair. Fair. And it's not a place you can just be barefooting bare balls. It's annoying. We went to this club called LA like Arc Dayum. Mm. And as we're waiting in line to get in, there's big along the walkway, there's big, what looks like big, they're basically big doors, but it looks like a wall. Okay. All along the buildings. And Aaron or Fiona had leaned their back up against like, just like hanging out, like posting up, you know. And so I like join in beside them and I, you know, put my back up against the wall, my perch up and it was a door. Did not know that. So someone on the other side either was unlocked or someone opened it and I, my full body weight, like Fiona was saying something to me, turned around and turned back and I was gone. I went, Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. It like to the floor on my back, big tree, fall hard on my back to my and all. She turned around and all she saw was like Wizard of Oz. Yeah. Your feet, the house fell on the Yeah. Wicked witch. And just my feet were down there and I laying there fully on my back looking up at the ceiling, like, what the fuck? Like, it was like a quick flash. Yeah. That all happened and all of a sudden I just was there and I look up and I just see three sets of eyes leaned over me. French being like, are you okay? And like, I just started laughing'cause I'm like, what the fuck? Why does this only happen to me? And Fiona's in the doorway, like, where did you, what's happening? I don't even think Erin noticed, but she was like, I was like, it was crazy. It was so fucking funny. I couldn't stop laughing. We hadn't even gone to the club yet. I'm pretty sure. I wasn't even drunk. And I was like, why? Why me? And then I, we closed the door and all you could hear was the three people in there dying laughing at me, like, laugh with me, not at me. You know, the club was actually really cool. It played music that was like from my like college playlist, like very 2016. Ask. Love that. Oh, so good. And the ceiling opened up so you could see the arc at the club. Oh no. It was, wake was fucking crazy. And it wasn't like two packed. They sold SIGs inside at the bar, behind the bar. What a dream it was wicked cool. And it would all of a sudden you like could feel cold air my dream at a club and you look up and they were literally opening it like a sunroof and it was just the arc with all the lights on it. Incredible. Yeah. That was the only, I was like, okay, I fuck up with the club if it's, you know. Yeah. If this is the club. Yeah. There's a man walking around that's just like putting gray goose in your mouth. And at one point I must have made a visceral reaction to the Greygoose and he goes, are you okay? A man, A man stopped me personally and said, are you all right? And I was like, mm-hmm. Yep, I'm good. I was being an old lady, like a full old woman being like, we have to go home. I can't who this anymore. I'm tired of this grandpa. That's too damn bad. The girls were eating and the girls were eating good, let me tell you. And one night we ate dinner twice. Listen, if you're gonna eat your body weight anywhere, it's like they're in Italy. Yeah. We, I mean we did like 20,000 steps a day, like really canceled down. Oh no. And that's the other thing. And everything's not filled with fucking preservatives and bullshit. Yeah. And so you can eat more without feeling like a piece of shit. I was like, give me all the bread. Give me this. Yeah. I was shoving french butter packets in my purse. Listen, we're nothing if not consistent, they made it home with me. So whatever, whatever. What else was I gonna tell you about? Oh, one of the nights we went to a bar, I mean a restaurant. And this was the night that we had the second dinner because the. When you went and you made a reservation, you had to order a meal per person at the table. We had literally just come from dinner. So we're like, okay. So you're like, Welp, fuck it up. We got some chicken, you know, mashed potatoes, scallops, all the things, racking up a big fat bill. This particular club, I forget what it was called, Bambini maybe. They do, they had this guy come around who is on a guitar and he like, basically like hypes up the group. Very cheetah girls when they go to Barcelona and they're Colleen. No, I beg of you. You have to get new references. I beg of you. I looked at the girls and I said, hear me out. When Cheetah Girl, when he came down the stairs, he was the guy from when they're in Barcelona and they're in like that cafe and all of a sudden they hear the guitar. Do you know what I'm talking about? Yes. And they're like, hunger. It was him. It was him. He was popping his pussy in a top hat. It was crazy. And he was getting, he was creating like a conga line and the conga went all around the restaurant upstairs. Downstairs, and it came out near us. And he basically had this giant group of people and he brought people up on the tables to dance. It was a stunning experience. I just, there's no words to describe it. It was great. I love that for you. And we looked over to the right and right below where he was dancing and like she going up on the tables is a group of like six women that are probably, if I had to guess late thirties, early forties. But some, like, you know, when you see a mom that's like trying too hard and they're just not hitting it. Mm-hmm. Like they're trying to dress like they're 25. There was a few of those, but also some that were like just so posh and like, I couldn't figure out, I'm like, are they Ians? Are they like. Are they from? We couldn't figure out if they were like maybe from London. We, we didn't know they were going so hard and not like an icky way. Like we were mesmerized by them. They were on the tables. They were all like with their martinis. They would not stop. They did not stop all night. They were popping it to the point where they made us go up on the table with them. I love them. Great. And so they went to the bathroom at one point, a couple of them, and Erin went too and she came back and she was like, they are fucking hysterical. One of them was just walking around the bathroom going, Rachel, Rachel in a British accent. And Erin had looked across the hall and there was a woman in the men's bathroom like washing her hands and like fixing her teeth. And so Erin was like, I is Rachel blonde. And the woman was like, yes. And she's like, I think she's over there in the men's room. And the girl goes, oh, that tracks or whatever. And like ran after Rachel. And everywhere they walked, they were just dancing. And we, we were obsessed with them, no notes about them. One of came over and sat down and she's like, can I ask you something? Are you American? And we were like, yes. We're like, is it so obvious? And she's like, don't take this the wrong way. Love, but you're just so happy to be here. You look around and everybody's seen it, but you, you're just like, I'm so happy to be here. And it's just, that's what's obvious. She goes, got great dental work as well. I'll tell you like what is good with the British and their lack of dentistry, I'm not understanding, but she was a doll. She kept like, running joke, please, when you have children, do not be boring. Like, we do this every six months. First of all, what the fuck do you do for work that you guys are doing this every six months? That sounds fantastic. She's like, yeah, we just tried to be fun and mind you, it, we looked at the clock. It was at one in the morning and its a restaurant also. You have to keep in mind the London to Paris flight Yeah. Is super quick and super cheap. Yeah. We you couldn't get a train ticket to New York. At the price that they get to fly country to country. That's fair. It's just, but with multiple children and you can all just take the weekend off. No, that's crazy. Two or three times a year. I mean, I would kill if my friends could do that. Yeah. But they were just like such a vibe. We passed two of them on the way out, smoking a cig outside and they were like, bye girls. Like they were obsessed with us. We were obsessed with them. It was great. No notes. We should have made it to Facebook. Like I almost forgot, we had another night where we were at a restaurant and two girls that we tried to guess their age sat down next to us, like straight out of love island. They were so fucking cute. And they were just like, can we ask you something are American? And we just made it. We were the best of friends. Laura and Alex were their names. They ended up gonna the same, they were gonna the same club that we were afterwards. Oh. And we were like, can we ask you what our age, wait, how old do you think we are? And she's, they were like 24. The way these people all think we're 21. I'm like, keep it coming, keep it coming. And they're like, how old are you? How old do you think we are? And I was like, oh, I don't know, like 21. She goes, we just turned 18. The fact that you just turned 18 and can just like middle off to Paris for the weekend is crazy. Mm-hmm. It's absurd. Mm-hmm. And also the club we were going to was a sixth floor club, but it met in the middle. Yeah. So when you were at the bottom floor and looked up, it was just like six floors of people all popping their sties. It was, and there was enough space like to play. Yeah. Imagine that being just like what you get to do on the weekends. No SIGs inside everywhere. And then you come back here and you sit in traffic and like literally someone sedate me. Also Paris traffic. Not for the fan of heart people. They drive like me there. I do appreciate that. Yeah. Yes, they do. I do appreciate that. There was a waiter that we put dinner, our second dinner in front of us, and we ate it so fast that he came back and goes, you ate fast, huh? Don't point that out. Excuse. Don't shoot me. Don't dare point that out. S oh, rude of you. Rude. Yeah, those are all my little tidbits of my entire weekend. I did do a lot of financial damage at a vintage store. I bought a fur, I bought a vintage drawer bag. I just had to do it. Okay. The, the fur coat is stunning. She's stunning. She's mink and she's perfect. And she's so heavy and she is straight out of mob wives. Oh, she's stunning. I will say, I, I have one more thing to tell you and you just reminded me of it. Right? So there was like a 2000 plus DJ night happening in Boston at the House of Blues. Yeah. And I bought tickets and me and Leanne ended up going and in my brain I was like, oh, they're like the 30 plus nights that I've done with my college friends that are so much fun. Yeah. We show up at the House of Blues in a child, a a a child bride with no clothes on. Okay. Came up to me and was like, can we cut you guys shivering? Can we cut you guys? My, I go, where is your coat? She's a mother. Where is your coat? And Leanne was like, no, no, you guys go ahead. And like, I didn't realize it in line. And then I opened our tickets and it says 18 plus no. And I walk and I'm like, what? But like what? 18-year-old wants to listen to two thousands music? Yeah. Like whatever. They were born in five. I, yeah. Correct. I walk in, I get me and Leanne drinks. Not a single person could drink alcohol. I have never been more uncomfortable in my life. No line though. We put our drinks down in left. That's how bad it was. We were the moms at the high school dance. And to add to the like, I am so uncomfortable right now. Vibe. A lot of them were dressed like what they thought we dress like in 2000. Like they were dressing vintage for my entire high school years. Yes. And I was like, and at one point I peed pretty early on when we got there in the bathroom alone. Like they were doing tiktoks. Oh my nightmare. Like the stuff they were talking about. I was like, oh, I am not, this is not the vibe. Like when I'm in a girl's bathroom, we are drunk, we are happy, we are talking shit. We are fixing our makeup and our hair. We are pumping each other up. And there is a comradery. Correct. And if someone is crying, you tell them that boy is no fucking good and that they're too pretty to cry and that they need to go out there and shake their ass Right. And hold back some hair if you need to. That was not the vibe. No. So Gen Z doesn't really drink and so everyone was very sober and very embarrassing and like they were gig like no, it was high school dance. Like groups of kids in quote unquote costumes. I bet you know what, it's probably one of those very few and far between events that are 18. So they're like all creaming at the like to do something different. Oh, and if, and I remember like if I was 18 and there was an 18 plus night at the House of Blues, I would've fucking been there with all of my friends. Like no doubt about it for, we just went in there like, oh this is gonna be a fun 2000 night for 30 plus. And there were children, there have no fear. We left and we went to Lansdown Pub and we ended up going in before cover. We get ourselves some drinks, the band starts unbelievable. Like one of the best live bands I've heard in a while. They have good bands. And Loretta too, they rushed, I have a really random memory that I'm not sure is a real memory, but I believe that it is and it's of you. When I was a child. Okay, you must have been 19 or 20, maybe 20. Great. You weren't legally allowed to drink, but was there a phase? I have to ask you this different Yes, there was that they, they switched it. No. So there was no phase in which they switched the drinking age. It has always been 21. No, but clubs, I meant no. So there is the only bars that were 18 plus near here are in Providence, Rhode Island. And so there was a phase where my friends would drive to Providence, Rhode Island. So if you're not from this area, 45 minutes to an hour. To go to an 18 plus club, and then we would like have someone buy us drinks or like someone would get a fake ID and then buy everyone drinks and then we would drive home. Okay. Someone would stay sober, obviously, but like, and we would switch off. But yeah. So I don't know what age you were, but I swear to God, there was a time that I was at your house with my mother very early in the morning. Probably not actually that early. It was probably like noon, and you came strolling in and you were being like silly and funny. And my mom was like, you know, being my mom and was like, she's fucking drunk to your mom. And I don't remember why you were home, but I remember being like, oh my God, she's so cool. And then I swear that you were like, yeah, I had to go to Providence because, and you were like, thanks, Manino, or something like that. So in my head I was like, God, was he the mayor? Yeah. Okay. So, so I wasn't off, but I was like, oh, maybe he changed it. I'm like, oh my God. Did they switch that up on her? That sucks. I remember. No, I think it was, I, I don't, maybe he just wouldn't allow it or something was like so sassy. No. Right. But also like Bridget, shut up when you literally come home like a little withered and you were like, thanks Manina. And I swear in my life. So I think that must've been what you were doing. Yeah. But I remember being like, who? Yeah, we probably went to Providence the night before. I was probably like 13 or 14. Oh my God. That's so fucking funny. Colleen. That's all. It's a random memory I have in my brain. Wow. That's funny. Do you have anything else? No, I think that was really it. I did have a grand old time, although, you know, I always have something to complain about and those are my complaints. But I will say I do need a restful vacation because I am not at rest like I have. I Yeah, no, I'm broken. I'm a shell of a person. Yeah. Although I had the best time. Yeah. And giggled a lot. Yeah. That's why I always say like, you know, I have a travel trip where you like run around, go to the museums and you are walking, walking, walking, walking, walking. And then there are trips where I just want to lay, wanna be. Yeah. The dogs. Dogs are walk in my, I my bags are bagging. Did I have the best time? Yes. Do I need peace? Yes, I do. Yeah. And it is nice to come home and have all your comforts and get the coffee the way that you want it to and get the diet Coke. And I know that's not so terrible. I just experienced something that a lot of people don't get to. I'm just saying. However, you're allowed to go somewhere and go like, Hmm, I don't actually love that. No, don't love that. And still be grateful that you're having the experience and still love where you are. Yes. Like both things can be true. However, mother loves her home and she loves America. Mother loves a bitch. Indeed. She fucking does. Lemme tell you, she was fine in purchase everywhere she could. Yeah. As you should. They loved Jesus. Jesus was in every club. Oh, really? Yeah. Everywhere. Bridget. Oh, we went into one that was called something wonky and we walked in and there was just like a stain glass window of Jesus. And then all the walls in the private like rooms were all like, when you go to mass and you go to give penance and it's that room where the priest is behind you. Mm-hmm. And it was like that. I was like, this is giving me weird feelings for my childhood. Confessional. Yeah. It was so weird. Do you think it was a church themed?'cause I have been to nightclubs where it like, that is the theme of everywhere. Interesting. Everywhere. Mr. Jesus was everywhere. Well, Notre Dame is pretty world renowned. It's like one of the most beautiful cathedrals. I don't think that shit was open. We drove by. Yeah, because it, they had a fire burning. I don't if you remember that burning a couple years ago, which is so fucking sad. It's like I did fall into a spiral of a TikTok that was talking about how they have were ex, when they were fixing it, they were like, obviously excavating, they found like a ton of shit underneath and they're just like kind of not ignoring it, but there's like so much they could be looking into. Like they're finding whole ass sarcophaguses, if that's the word. I don't really know and shit. Like off a guy, I don't know. And like things to be studied, but they're like, no, we gotta reopen this bitch back up. So they're kind of just like sealing it, but there's so much shit under there. Okay. Isn't that cool? And they're trying to figure out what, like important people they were. Sure. I don't know. I'll send it to you. Yeah, let me know. Let me know if you find anything. Those are my thoughts. Keep me updated. Well, we can go pee now. Sorry about that. Okay, let's go pee. Thank you. Are you ready? Yes. I'm so ready. Okay. Today I felt like we needed some inspiration. Okay. We needed something uplifting. Oh, what? My last week's episode didn't kill you there. Mm-hmm. Was it so inspiring? Uhhuh, we need to feel United again as, as people, and as a country. Okay. And so what Bad Bunny did, I'm gonna continue. Okay. What we really need is the Olympics. Okay. T So today I will be telling you the story of Miracle on Ice. Ak the 1980 US Men's Hockey team. Oh, the one with the documentary that just came out? Yep. Yes. Let's go. Dude, I have tried reading this out loud to like make sure it makes sense. Mm-hmm. And I have cried multiple times. Oh, Jesus Christ. So I know you are gonna get the ick from me in this episode, and I need you to use That's okay. Just power through it. Thank you for the, the, you know, the warning, this makes me so sentimental. That's my version of a trigger warning. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yep. Cool, cool, cool. I wrote, calling it a hockey game would be doing this story a disservice. Nay. It wasn't a hockey game, it was a piece of American history in a cultural phenomenon. Dare I say something crazy right now? Sure. You sound like Dan Shannon. Daniel Shannon, my father. Yes. Of all the people you were about to say, Danny Shannon was not one of them. Yes. That is who you sound like as you say that. Oh, wow. Okay. In the best way, that's not it. Yeah. Wow. Okay. Sources. I watched Miracle, the Boys of the 80. On Netflix. I highly recommend it. It is so, so good. They bring the original team back, they show them footage of the games, and it is just, it's 46 years later and they're, they still, it's like, it's happening right now. You know what I mean? Yeah. And I've obviously watched the movie, miracle won bajillion times, so I'm obviously an expert. Okay, let's turn back the clocks to 46 years ago. Things not great in this country. Insane inflation. Millions unemployed, low income families are really suffering. Every time you turn on the, the news, it just keeps getting worse. There was, was a hostage situation in Iran. Gas was so insane. Like getting gas for your car mm-hmm. Was so insane that people would be lined up on the streets and people were running out of gas waiting in line for gas. That's crazy. You would commit a murder in that line. Crime was up 20%. The culture and the vibe depressed. Okay. Not familiar. People weren't slang. No. Doesn't that sound familiar though? Do, do we feel, do we feel some overlap? I don't know. Okay. I know we were also in the midst of the Cold War and before you asked Colleen the Cold War. Was basically the US and the Soviet Union, AK Russia. Mm. Being in a decades long Passive aggressive situationship where they hated each other. Okay. And they never actually fought directly because everyone was afraid we were gonna blow the whole world up. But it was just like very passive aggressive. And yeah, tensions were high. I feel like they have some weird bomb shit going on over there. Oh for sure. Us and Russia not, not buddies. Oh, okay. Okay. Good to know. Enter the Olympics is important to note two things. America at the time, not super well-known for their hockey team. They won the gold in 1960. And then this is in 1980, right. So over the next two decades, the number one team in the world is the Soviet unit. It's the Russians, yeah. And in America, it just wasn't as big of a deal because it's super niche. You didn't find it in the middle of Texas. You didn't find it in the middle of Florida or Mississippi or Georgia. It was the east coast. It was the Midwest in like Minnesota. In Wisconsin. Like areas where it's cold, where you can get an ice rink. Right. So it was a little bit more niche back then. And like I said, Russia is the greatest hockey team of all time. They have been playing together for a decade. They were a force. No one is touching them. When the Olympics come around, people are like, okay, who is coming in second and third? They have the best captain in the world and they have the best goalie in the world. This goalie, if you see past clips of him, fucking insane. So there's no heated rivalry situation going on there. You never know. You never know. I'm just wondering, also, in this Olympics, and this is, I believe, the last Olympics where this happened, if you got paid to play hockey professionally, you could not try out for the Olympics. So nowadays your Olympic team is pulled from the NHL. So the USA team are all NHL Americans in Canada. You know what I mean? Yeah. Back then, tryouts for the Olympics were a bunch of college kids. Oh, I didn't know that. Yes. So they, they're, they can't play professionally a legit tryout. So it's literally one step down from pros. So tryouts are in 1979, team USA needed to change, and so they hire this guy, herb Brooks as the coach. He was the coach of the University of Minnesota, and they were on a roll. They were winning National champions left, right and center. He's at the helm. He is very competitive. He's organized, he's disciplined, he does not fuck around. He does not fuck around. Craig is the assistant coach. We love Craig. Okay, Craig, he, he's in the documentary too. He actually plays a, a, I would say a bigger part in the movie than the documentary, but Craig's great in walks a group of lunch, pale hard hat, Rugrats from all over the country. There were 26 guys picked, but there's only 20 spots on the Olympic team. And Herb wanted the best team humanly possible, but he said that these 26 guys suffered from quote unquote regionalism. Okay. And so here's why. You've got your four guys for who went to bu, which is Boston University, who are like your east coasters. And then you got a bunch of guys who were from Minnesota who won with Herb as their coach. And it does not help. They hate each other because Minnesota had actually be in BU in a championship. And so not only are they like, we don't like each other, they're bitter rivals and have been playing against each other for years. Got it. No, no. Good blood here. So like palpable dislike in, in the locker room and Herb is just not having it. And he said quote, we can't beat ourselves off of the ice. Like we have to come together. We can't like get over it. Get over your own shit. Like get outta your own way. This is for America. Exactly, Colleen. So he gets this hodgepodge Frankenstein team together and they practice and they train nonstop and they start traveling to Europe to play other teams that are going to the Olympics. Just to like, where do we compare? How do we stand up to these teams? Right? How do they measure up At one of the games they're playing Norway and the guys were on the bench and they're looking out in the crowd and they're pointing out hot girls and they're having a giggle. Okay. And they're like, oh, look at that one. And like, oh, she's fucking hot. I don't know the way college kids do. And one guy said he looked at her Brooks and Steam was coming out of his ears and he could hear them basically talking about who they'd give their number to later. And the gay ends, they tie, it's three to three gay ends. They shake Norway's hand and they get off the ice. And before the, before USA tries to get off the ice, he goes, stay on the ice. Fans leave Norway, leaves everybody leaves. And he has them do suicides. If you do not know what a suicide is, they're fucking miserable. So if you're on a rink and you can do this on a court, we did this for chairing, like it's a very common. Practice for drill. Yeah, it's a drill and you start at one of the ice and then you skate to a quar like 25%, and then you skate all the way back and then you skate halfway and then you skate all the way back and then you say skate three quarters of the way and then you skate all the way back. Then you go to the full length of the rink and then you come all the way back. He was so mad at them for not taking the game seriously. He made them do this for an hour and 15 minutes. No, he wouldn't live after a game. He was livid. Now if you've ever seen the movie, this is where he has the whistle and he keeps whistling going again. Again. And they're like puking like at one point. So they nicknamed this drill Herbies and they are dying. Like at one point they were getting to the end of the suicides, like when you go all the way down. Yeah. And I think pissed off, but also exhausted. They were slapping the side of the rink like, or the side of the boards with their sticks by the time they got to the end and he got so mad at them for doing that. He kept, he kept making them do it like, don't even make noise while you do this. Like, shut the fuck up. He was a very tough coach in the movie. He has this iconic line. Where he says to them, the name on the front is the hell of a lot more important than the name on the back. Get that through your head. That's too, and it's so good. They were there so long that the Zamboni driver shut the lights off and said, so I have to go home. The doctor said to Herb, you're gonna kill them. And even Craig was like, we gotta, we gotta, this is getting insane. They were so pissed and so exhausted. And Herb said, if you play this way tomorrow, I'll make you skate this way again. So they won the next day. I mean, I can imagine we learned our lesson, but let's talk about Herb a little bit. They were scared of him. He was a very scary coach. No shit. He pushed them very hard. And he knew what buttons to press. Like he knew what they were self-conscious about and he would talk shit to them about it on the ice. Yikes. And he never swore at them, but nothing was good enough. You could have the most perfect game. He was not about praise. He was just like, okay, do better. Do more what you just did. Not good enough. Do more, do more, do more. Like Mike Rou, who's the team captain who we'll talk about, he said at one point he was like, you know what? You gave it your best shot. Like maybe you should just go home. You can just tell, we'll, we'll tell people you got sick so you're not embarrassed and you can just go home. Yikes. Yeah, he was relentless. He was also obsessed with beating the Russians and he, he basically pushed these boys to the limit. They were doing herbies one day and one of the guys, Dave Silk, he laid on the ice and he said, that's it. I'm done. I'm gonna die. It'll be on his soul, like, I can't do this anymore. And he, herb Brook, said quote, I wasn't trying to push greatness into anyone. I was trying to pull it out. End quote, in his, we have a poet. We have a poet, and his methods were very, very difficult. Cult. What's his beef with the Russians? I think everyone has a beef with the Russians, but I'll tell you, herb has a, a chip on his shoulder and we will get to why he's so aggressive about this. Got it. Also, as I'm going through, I'm gonna tell you about different, the guys on the team. I can't do everyone, but I picked some of like the biggest players. So let's talk about Mike Garone. He's from Winthrop Bass. He's one of the guys who went to Boston University. He becomes team captain of USA. We love him. He grew up in a house, three floors split between 14 children and six adults. Whaf, dude, he's one of six. They were all on one floor with his parents. Five kids were on another floor with their parents, and three kids were on another floor with their parents. They did not have money. That's, but he asked, and he really wanted to go to hockey camp and it was$75 and his parents didn't have it. And he asked his uncle Tony, who lives in the house, and he's like, can I have the 75 bucks? And Uncle Tony's like, yes, I'll give it to you. So he goes to hockey camp and he loves it. He's thriving. This is his thing. And he said he loved snowstorms because he got to shovel for all the neighbors. And when he shoveled, he got to make money. And so he made back the$75, gave it to his Uncle Tony. And he tried to give it back to Uncle Tony. And Uncle Tony said, keep it, Ugh. This is a lesson. And you worked really hard and this is, this is good. And so Mike Rizone, we, we live for him. We die for him. He said that herb's tactic was that if we all hated him instead of each other, it would bring us together. Like he became the common enemy that we all had in common. Right. I said that wrong. No, no, I know what you meant. He became public enemy number one. And we like trauma bonded because of it. Mm-hmm. Like we all hated him. So we didn't hate each other. We now all have something in common. Yes. And it worked. They all bond herb's. Obsession becomes, like I said, being the Russians. Like I said, again, they're the best team in the world. Best captain, best goalie, best everything. They've been dominating for a decade. They've actually almost two now. But this particular team has been skating together for a decade. Got it. Herb realized that. No one can keep up with the Soviets. Every time he watches game tape with, which is all the time, he would try to sneak into their practices. Like he is on it. He realizes that everyone hits a wall. Even if you have a great first and second period, the third period, everyone falls flat. No one can keep up with their stamina. No one can keep up with their discipline. Like they're just on another level. And so he's like to survive, I have to push this team to their limit and then keep moving the limit up. Great. And so that's what he does. He does stamina building, they train constantly. He pushes these guys their fucking limit. And they never felt safe. Like at one point because there were 26 and there were only 20 spots on the Olympic team. And at one point in the documentary they have all the Minnesota guys and the guy behind the camera said, did any of you feel safe? And they laugh out loud. They all laugh. And they were like, every day was a tryout. You could not slip up, you could not half-ass, you couldn't complain. You shut the fuck up and you skated with like every single thing that you have. No, the way I could not live in such an environment. Correct. So a couple months go by and now we're two months away from the Olympics and they're at 22 guys. And like I said, there's only 20 spots. Ralph Cox gets a phone call and it's herb and he's like, can you come down? I need to talk to you. And he's like, the whole time I was freaking, I was like sweating. And he's like, I know what's about to happen, but I'm like, it, I could have puked. I was so anxious. And when he gets there, herb is visibly upset to the point of crying. What? He like almost started crying. He couldn't say anything for a few first few minutes and they like sat across from each other and didn't say anything. So for context, in 1960, herb was on the US Olympic team and he was one of like the 26 guys or however many guys got picked. Okay. He was the last man cut. Oh. And he went home and he watched them win the gold medal from his couch. And so he knows what it feels like to be the last man cut and then watch greatness happen from your fucking couch. Yeah. And he was, he couldn't even say the words like he, I mean he does say it, they have a conversation, but Ralph Cox is so cute and he's basically like, I felt bad for him. Like you could tell it was hard for him taking a toll on him just to have the conversation.'cause he's been on the other side of it. So he has that chip of like, I didn't make it. I'm gonna do it right this time. Which I think is fueling the competitive. Yeah. It doesn't just like come from nowhere. Right. We're also at war with them. Yeah, that's true. Like in real time outside of hockey. So it's like there's a lot going on, riding on this. Something has to guide you to feel such passion, whether it's money, it's, it's gotta be something. Yeah. Something is fueling you. So we've got our final guys, the thought going into the Olympics is basically if you get a color that's great. So, or a bronze, like you're not touching them. So to just be on the podium is a win at this point. I mean, not to Herb, but to everyone else, right? So Herb wanted a final stress test on how the guys would do in the Olympics. And they have an exhibition game five days before opening ceremonies, and they play the Soviets, and it's at Madison Square Garden. It's on February 9th. Okay. And the moment they step on the ice, they're like, holy fuck, wait. We're screwed. We're screwed. And like, I, I just remember this about cheering'cause you know, I did it super competitively or any sport, whatever sport you played, if you did it seriously, intimidation starts immediately. It's like a vibe. It's an entrance. It's like what you're wearing, it's, are you taking it seriously? Are you goofing off in the corner? Like, not to sound so corny. They stepped on this ice and they were like, we're about to get our asses handed to us. Like th this is, we're Dorothy's aren't in Kansas anymore. I feel Fear. Yeah, I feel fear. This game went very poorly. They get absolutely smoked. They lose 10 to three. Oh dear. I know that sounds like a football number. That is a hockey number. At one point the Russians scored a goal that was so slick. Mike was like, I di I did not know what happened. I was like, where did that come from? He goes, I had to watch it back.'cause I was like, I don't know what just happened on the ice. They're just skating loops around them. They're sickening. Yeah, they're sickening. And I remember, and I, I don't know if this is just me anecdotally, so take this with a grain of salt. I almost remember them saying like, they may not air it because if it goes poorly, like it will upset Americans that much. Oh wow. Like it's, it'll be such a bummer. And there's al already so much bad news, like, we can't air this. Right. So that's where we're at as like a group of people and as a hockey team. And they're just like children stepping toes onto the ice. Yes. 22 For America? Yes. For the country of America. For the country. So the Olympics begin. We're in Lake Placid, New York. It's in upstate New York. Opening ceremonies begin and the Russians show up in fur coats and fucking mink hats. Okay. In muffs. What a like, do, do you know what they look like? You know when Victor Cru comes into the Great Hall? Mm-hmm. Yep. When they announce derm string something and he's like stomping in and he looks so serious. That's what it looks like. They like march in and there's video, you can watch it, but they're babushkas. The USA comes in with cowboy hats, jeans. And I was like, Colleen would love this love. They just look so American. Like the cowboy hats. And the jean combo was perfect. Yes. Like who side of that? Who? I don't know. And it's so cold they don't have jackets on. I know they're hockey players and they're used to it, but I was like, it's freezing. What are they put clothes on? The Russians are in mink. What are we do in here? Free balling it. That's right. With our cowboy hats on. Talk about underdog. I know. So like truly though, and mind you, this is before social media. So the way families and everyone at home is watching this is on your television that has like three stations and like news and your newspapers'. That's crazy. And so articles are coming out and they're like, well, it'll be great if they come in anywhere from seventh to 12th. It's like, okay. So they're pretty anxious. So let's talk about Robbie McClanahan. He is an amazing love that last name. Oh, he's the best. He's an amazing player. He's a Minnesota kid. He's one of the kids who played for Herb Brooks for years, and he's like a Golden Bowie. We love him. A golden boy. I don't know why I said that, like that. He gets hurt in the first shift of the first game, and he's in the back and his leg is all fucked up and he's in excruciating pain, and it's all wrapped up and Herb walks in to the back with the doctor and says, don't be a candy ass. Get out there and play. And Robbie McClannahan fucking loses it. He was like, I was so full of rage. Like, I have been a good soldier. I have shut up and played for you. You have beaten me into the ground and I get hurt. And that is, he goes, I, I'm not kidding you. I almost punched him in the face. And right when I was about to, he turned around and left. And when he walked out, he winked at Craig and Robbie McClanahan played the rest of that game. And he was in so much pain. He could not sit on the bench. He had to stand for the rest of the game, and he played the rest. I'm not saying the way that he coaches is okay. No, but it works. But it, he just knows how to get under someone's skin and like infuriate them into doing it. Yeah. And not shutting them down either. Mm-hmm. I, I don't know. It worked. I don't know. Damn. So we play Sweden, we are down initially, and then we come back and win. Yay. Team. Let's talk about Jim Craig. Jimmy Craig is the goalie. He's from Easton Mass. He went to bu. My mom went to BU at the same time as these guys. Biggest crush on him. Everyone loved Jim Craig. So cute. So, so cute. He, when he was little, he would write his mom love letters and he would put them in the mailbox so that when he was at school she could read them. That's so cute. And, okay, well don't get too happy.'cause I have something sad to tell you. Did she croak? He jokes that he was her favorite and she gets sick with cancer when he's at bu and she's at Mass General. And after practice or after class, when everyone was like going to eat or going to get a drink, he would take the green line to Mass General and sit with her and she would save her meals so that they could eat together. Stops. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And she was his biggest fan. Like, she was just like so supportive of him and she does pass away and his dad is a wreck. His dad, Jim Craig was like, he lost his best friend of decades of being together. He, he just looked lost, like he looked like a lost puppy. He didn't know what to do without My mom and his mom said to Jim, when someone dies, they don't lose their strength. They give it to someone who earns it. And he goes, she gave me a lot of my strength and he starts crying in the documentary. That's so nice. Yep. And so one of my favorite parts of this documentary, and just like watching this is the Olympics brings his dad back and it just gives him this like, new life and watching his son compete in the Olympics, it just like brings them together and it's really, really sweet. That's nice. And we will come back to that. Steve Janna. Zach is the backup goalie to Jim Craig. He's from St. Paul, Minnesota and he was on the Minnesota hockey team. He was the goalie for Herb. Mm-hmm. Who like won all those championships. He never sees a second of ice time. Jim Craig crushes it, right? He's pro He's prepped and ready though. Oh my god. Colleen, he says, I didn't see a, a single ounce of ice time, but everyone loves him. He's like every, he's so supportive. He's like yelling stuff from the bench. He's everyone's favorite teammate. He just seems like he has a heart of gold. He's that bitch. He's so positive. He says that one night they went to the entertainment complex in the Olympic Village to watch Saturday Night Fever. God bless'em. God bless them. I love it. And there was this woman, and she was an Olympic interpreter, and he would see her just like walking around. And so he started bringing her ice cream sodas and just like visiting her and trying to like pop in on her. They get married. Shut up. Yep. That's his wife. They were married a year later and they started popping out babies. And he says now that it's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. And he goes, even though I never played or saw an ounce of ice time, I'm the luckiest of the 20 guys. Hands down. No doubt. Stop. It's so cute. I know, I know. So, okay, back to the Olympics. They play the Czech Republic, they dominate, they're gaining some momentum. Al Michaels is one of the most famous sports commentators, broadcasters of all time. He does the Olympics. Every Olympic, like, he's just iconic. He's a sports commentator at this time. He's at the Olympics. Mm-hmm. And he said after this win to the Czech Republic, it is the first time he has ever heard. A crowd chant, USAU. And he was like, that was the first time I had ever heard it. And he, and they talk about it like at home at the time. They're burning flags out in the streets. Everyone is so sad and depressed, nothing feels like it's going right. And then all of a sudden this momentum starts and it's like people have hope and pride again. Like yeah, I know that sounds these last silly, safe to America. Legitimately. Like they, they just brought this sense of hope and people were getting so excited about like the underdog coming back and all that good stuff. We cannot move forward in the story without talking about my guy Jack O. Callahan. He is from Charlestown Mass. Mm-hmm. Of course he's a townie. He went to bu and they show footage of old Charlestown in the documentary. And guys, if you listen, this is where my family is from. That's where Dan's dogs comes from, is the old footage of Charlestown. Yeah. And I was like, oh my God, this is so cool. Dance dogs. I wish Dan's dogs was in it and it's not. You never know. It could've got cameo. And he is a spitfire. He's just fiery. And he says, you either knew how to stay outta trouble or you knew how to throw the first punch, which is the most accurate way to describe growing up in Charleston I've ever heard in my life. He is now a hometown hero, but he's just very scrappy and he's not your flashy goal scoring hero. He's like, you know, one of the guys on the team got a cheap shot. Herb's like OC. Get him and he just, fuck, he's a big hitter. Got it. And he's like the team rower. He's like contagious. Very big energy. Larger than life. Spitfire Love Jack O' Callahan. Big, big, big fan. Love that name. Oh my God. He's the best. I, I love, one time my mom was like, do you wanna meet Jacko Callahan? And I was like, if you bring him over here, I will burst into tears. Like, I, I cannot meet him. Like, I, I can, I will lose my fucking mind. I think I did. I think I blacked out, but I think I did. He's very accessible, but like he's, so, I grew up watching Miracle. I was like, I to, to meet him. Yeah. Oh my God. But yeah, so I actually asked Chad Bt like, who would you compare Jacko Callahan to today in Chatted? Charlie Mvo. Oh, okay. I'll have to ask Aaron if she agrees with that. But I feel like personality now, like the way you're describing him versus Charlie. Oh, he's, yeah. You know what I mean? Jack o Callahan's, like sassy and funny and whip smart. Like he's got more of a, it's not the energy I get from Charlie Bite to him than Charlie Voy. Yeah. Charlie Mvo seems wholesome. Yes. OC was like, I gotta chip on my shoulder and you're gonna hear about it. Got it. Like an old school townie, you know, the classic. So back to the Olympics it works in brackets. I'm not gonna go through it. Who cares? They play a bunch of games. That's how it works. I won't go into all the game, the games, but the USA keeps winning and they get to the semifinal. And if they win the semi-final, then you go to the gold medal round and that's like the final, final game. And the way that the brackets work out is the semi-final game is against the Soviets. Nice. And they have to beat the Soviets to get to the gold medal. And at this point in the Olympics, the Soviets had won the following games. This is how the scores ended. Okay. 16 to zero, 17 to four in eight to one. Oh, okay. So it's going well. So it's going really well for them. Yeah. This seems like they can do this in their sleep. There was such a buildup to the game now though. Like American people were losing their minds, right? Their both teams are undefeated. One is David, one is Goliath, you know what I mean? Mm-hmm. Underdog of all the underdogs versus the greatest hockey team. Everyone roots to the underdog. Come on. Yeah. Also again, at War Off the Ice, right? Like one article came out in the newspaper and it said War on Ice. Like people were like, we're taking war to the rink heated rivalry times 100. Noted. Also, again, because there's no social media and there's no way to track like who's watching the shit at home, they have no idea the effect they're having on America. They have no idea that people, they can't hop on Twitter. People are like, no, they can't hop on Twitter. They're not on TikTok seeing, like, who made a thirst trap of them? Like Jim Craig's thirst trap. Like it's not, yeah. Do you know what I mean? Like they, they, they don't know what the ratings look like. They all, they know. Is there a, a wall of telegrams. And in the movie you'll see they, they hid it with their glove on the way out to the ice. And you could write the team a telegram and they would put it on the wall and you could read all these notes. Okay. The telegram wall is filled to the, like, busting at the seams. And they were like, Ooh, a lot of people are writing into us. And one guy goes, I remember one day I saw a note from a lady from Texas that said, beat those Soviet bastards. Amen. Which is like so unbrand. Yeah. Herb put, at best the Russians at that point were cocky. I mean, not two and a half weeks ago they just handed us a fucking whoop ass. Yeah. They had no respect for the US team. They were like giggling at us. You and your cowboy cowboy hats. Oh, it's so cute that you wanna play us in the semifinal game. LOL. So here we go. It's game day. Okay. We're in, I dialed in, we're in the locker room. Okay. Herb comes in, they're getting ready and the energy is palpable. Right? Herb gives his famous speech on how they were all meant to be there and how they were all meant to be hockey players. If you have not watched Miracle, I need you to YouTube. Herb Brooks Speech Miracle and watch like the five minute 23 second for whatever it is. It is. It makes me wanna run through a wall every single time. Like I cry every single time I watch it. It's so, it doesn't sound like the speech in real life was that good? Yeah, but it all, you know, it was there, it, the message, the feeling was there. We get it. We get it. Yeah. Yeah. Meanwhile, the parents and all the fans are in the crowd. And one of the moms says in a way that only a hockey mom can, we gotta get this crowd going. We gotta, we gotta pump these people up. Yeah. They start chanting USA. And so when the guys come on the ice, everyone is chanting USA, I wish I could be on, fly on the wall. And Robbie Michan says, I can remember how loud it was. Like it was shaking the arena. It was so fucking loud in there. And they were screaming USA and we were like, let's fucking go. Right? So the game begins. Russia scores first. Ausone said we were nervous, but we weren't afraid. Ah, ah, ah. Everyone say, ah, okay. US scores, Russia scores again, and with one second left in the first period the US scores. So now they're tied two to two and they go into the locker room and they're like, holy shit, we might win. Like we thought we were just gonna get our asses kicked and it's fucking tied. That's like we, yeah, we could do this. Russia's pissed. If Russia is like wtl, where the fuck is the team from two weeks ago? Who is this? So they come back on the ice. The coach benched Olli, which had never happened to him and God only knows, they probably tarred and feathered him when he got home. Yeah. A hundred. They probably put him in solitary confinement for the rest of his life. Knowing the Russians, the backup goalie was probably like, who me? What do you mean it's getting, what movie am I thinking of? Where they're like you and he's like all the way in the back. It might be high school musical or something. And he's like, me. He's at the end of the line. He's like, you want? Yep. You want me? Yep. Are you talking to me? Right. So they, the Russians come back out, but they're like, not fucking around this time.'cause they're like, you know when that mosquito keeps slapping you in the face and you're like, alright. Enough? Yeah. Like that's how they feel. So in the second period, us is fighting for their lives. They're just like, we need, we just need to stop them from getting a goal. Jim Craig has an incredible period. He does let in a goal, but the fact he didn't let in 45 more, and they, they do this really well in the movie. There's so many shots on the net. He is scrambling, he is jumping, this man ran a marathon without leaving that net. Like he is really put to the test. The end of the second is now three, two Russia, but they're like not losing steam. Like it's still anyone's game. There's, there's 20 minutes left. Yeah. Like there it's still, that's forever. Yeah. And the fans are, I mean people are feral at this point there's only a period left and there is a chance. Yeah, there's usually like 20 to one at this point. Remember when it was, if you guys come in anywhere from seventh to 12th, like oh my god. So they go in, they collect themselves, they're like, we fucking got this. And they come out to the third period ready to rumble. McClanahan ties the game with 11 minutes left. So now it's three to three and a minute later Mike ru slap shot, it goes in cast and people lose the fucking plot. Like now it's four three USA is up. The arena loses its mind. Al Michael said There are times when sound has feel like, has a feel. Have you ever been in a really loud place where you can feel it in your chest? Like the vi? Yes. Yeah, it is. Chaos. Right? And you can see it in the p in the video, people are losing their minds, but there's still 10 minutes left. OC was like, that clock would not fucking move. He's like, I still, when I see 10 minutes, I'm like, oh my god, that's so much time. Like it just was in slow motion and none of them wanted to be caught with the puck that made the bad pass that someone picked up in Russians. So it's like, so they were all like, get rid of it. Yes, get rid of it. It's just not ours. Right? And the coach for the Russians screaming, everyone, they're falling on the ice. They're playing really po like they have never been in this situation in their life. And they are completely losing their cool herb Brooks cool as a fucking cucumber. He walks behind the bench and he just says over and over and over again, play your game. Play your game over and over again. And so for 10 minutes, they're tossing the puck around hot potato style. Jim Craig is jumping all over the net. And with one minute left. I mean, it's like, the countdown on New Year's Eve ti times a thousand even slower. It's, and it's just like, oh my God, we're so fucking close. Like this could happen. And it goes 5, 4, 3. And Al Michaels yells, do you believe in miracles? Yes. And they fucking win in all of us. Obviously the bench immediately clears. They're jumping all over each other. The arena is going insane. And there's this picture of Jack o' Kellyann and he's straddling one of his teammates who's laying on the ground and he like, throws his arms in the air like he's praying. Now it becomes the movie poster for Miracle. He has teeth in that poster. I would like to be very clear. OC does not have teeth in real life. Those teeth be gone. Yeah. Hockey, you know, these hockey boys, they be missing teeth. They looking like rednecks. Yes. And so it's just absolute pandemonium. They Say it's the greatest moment of all time in sports history. It's just insane. Okay. I'm very glad us won. I like almost feel bad for the Russians. No, they, they look dumbstruck. Their jaws are open. They're like, what the fuck just happened? And in Russia, they got you comfortable. Can I tell you in Russia. At the time, hockey was their whole ass personality. They got, and I forgot to say this earlier, they marked the hockey players as student or soldier so they could get their professionals to play. Oh. Like that was their professional job was winning the Olympics. Yikes. And it's like this rag tag fucking towering. They came up in cowboy hats. Yeah. Legitimately. And you're telling me my mink didn't stand a chance. Oh my God. Why does die? I feel like Herb gives bay dick energy. He does. He absolutely does. Cool. He does. So they go back to the hotel. People are stopping them in the streets. They're taking pictures, they're having them sign stuff. Everyone in America is losing their mind. They have this shot and they show it to Michael Rizone and it made me cry of his parents' house and the watch party that happened at the house. Oh. And all of his like aunts and uncles like screaming and talking about it. And this part of the documentary really got me and they have a TV in the interview. So you can see their reaction as they watch the screen and they show them videos of their parents talking about how proud they are of them. Oh, that's so nice. And like a lot of their parents are gone. It was 50 years ago. Like, so them talking about their dead parents, watching them talk about how proud they are. Like, come on. Yeah. Come on. It's so good. It's just so good. So. The next day, and this is not the movie and I'm actually pretty glad'cause it would've turned people against our, our friend Herb, they were taking pictures and signing stuff and like essentially acting like celebrities on their way to practice. And he fucking loses it. And he goes, what the hell are you guys doing? You haven't won anything yet. And they still obviously have the gold medal. You still have to win. Yeah. Okay. So you're either silver or gold, which is great, but imagine getting this far and like, just calling it. Yeah. And he put them through one of the hardest practices of their whole lives. Again. Like why did you guy, I, I mean, how could you not Why comfortable? Yeah. How could you not? You just beat the greatest hockey team of all time. Like, how could you not take a few celebrity photos? I don't know how you don't. Yeah. Let them have a moment. Yeah. So, okay. So now we're underdog to favorite, which is a very different type of pressure. Yep. It's still pressure. And how do you come this far to just get this far Like you have to win. It's just not even up for debate. Right. And also, Finland's a great hockey team. They got to the gold medal round too. It's not over yet. Yeah. And Herb's speech to them, he walks in to the locker room and he never swore, they had never heard him swear. He did say candy ass to Robbie McClanahan. But I feel like Candy, it's like jackass. It's not Doesn the same. Yeah. That doesn't, that doesn't count. He comes into the locker room and he goes, if you lose this game, you'll take it to your fucking grave. Then he went to go walk out and right before he did, he turned around and he went, you are fucking grave. And then he left and they were like, we got it. Like check. Understood. Understood. So they were like, oh shit, we gotta clock in. It was not an easy game. Finland was leading two to one at the end of the second period. And there's one period, there's 20 minutes left, and they're down. And Jack O. Callahan said, I went into this locker room and I was like, there's no way we're losing this fucking game against the Fins. And he's like, I just started sla, like slapping, everyone's let, like let's get this mother fucking going. And it gets contagious. And they all start yelling and screaming. And they're being boys gross. But they're like shoving each other and screaming. And at one point, herb hadn't been in the locker room and he says to Craig, Craig, can you go give them a pep talk? Mm-hmm. And Craig walks in and they're like, pinging off the walls yelling. And he's like, so I left. And Herb went, how'd it go? And he went, it was good. It went good. It went great. I didn't have to say, he was like, I didn't, I wouldn't tell him that I didn't say anything, but I was like. No, it was good. It was tough, but it's good. So 20 minutes left as a team. They said it's the best hockey they had ever played. They score and they tie it and they're like, let's motherfucking go McClanahan scores. And now it's three to two. And then this guy Mark Wells scores and it's four to two, and then they win it all. And I know that's much less anti-climatic than the Russian game, but they did it and they celebrate and they all skate out onto the ice. And fans are on the ice with them, with American flags. The US chant, USA chance are going, there is video footage of Jim Craig on the ice and he is looking up into the stands and he is saying, where is my dad? And he sees him and his dad is crying, stop upset, and they like connect from ice to to stands. And when he sees him later, he says, his, your mother would be so proud of you. The guys go up one by one to get their gold medals at the ceremony. And really quick sidebar, I don't know what footage they use and how they updated it. It looks like it happened 10 years ago. Really? Not nearly 50. Huh? They had to have used some, some type of, I don't know how they did it. It looks incredible. It was just really clear. I was like, there's no way. Yeah. This is like the real 1980 footage. Interesting. But anyway, so as the team captain, you can't, it's an entire team. You can't fit on the tiny podium. So when the National Anthem gets sung. Mike Rizone, Takes the position and the whole team's behind him and they all sing out loud, the national anthem. And it's like the first time the country has felt pride in a very long time. And at one point at the end, they're all cheering and he's waving and he looks out and he says, if you see me make a fist, like how kind of, if you held your hand up, your fist up in the air, like in a, we did it like a chair. Yeah. He said, that was my uncle Tony. He's the one who gave me the$75 stop. He snuck into the ceremony and I saw him in the stands and I held my fist up to him.'cause I wouldn't have been there without him. I'm upset. And so then after that he turns around and he goes, come on, come up here. And the whole team runs and stands on the podium and they literally hold each other in a group hug.'cause it's the only way they can get all their feet on it. And they all hold up the number one. And they weren't even, they didn't even like each other at the beginning. No, they don't. They don't. And they still think of each other as family. And they went home heroes. Like truly hometown heroes. And I think what's really powerful about it too is like these weren't guys who spent their entire lives in private schools and were in the NHL or Famous. These were like. Oh, the plumber down the street. Sun is really good at street hockey. Yeah. And went to college for it. Isn't that cool? they Were. You're a neighborhood kid. Yeah. And they just came back in, won the biggest. Yeah. And against the biggest team. So unfortunately Herb Brooks does pass away in 2003 he was in a car accident. Oh. And he never saw, obviously this documentary that just came out. But he also never saw the movie Miracle. Oh, that's really upsetting. And the guys talked about in the documentary how they wished they had, could have known him a bit more as a person and just like seen him let his hair down a little bit. Yeah. Because they only knew him as that in that POV. Yeah. And in the movie they give him a whistle for Christmas and he like kind laughs And I think that was just soften his character. It does not sound like that happened at All in real life. Mm. But they never really got the chance to know him. And one of them, I forget who it was, had a written note from Herb from 1980 and this is what it said, quote. June of 1980. Under separate cover, you will receive a laminated team picture from Craig and myself. This reflects our complete respect we have for you as an athlete and as a person personally. This year was not only my most enjoyable year in coaching, but also my toughest, toughest because it involved making so many difficult decisions regarding the makeup of our final team. Because of that and because I wanted to be as objective as possible, I stayed away from close personal contact with you. This year was a challenge for all of us. Aw. A challenge to live and work as a unit, play positive, play a positive game, a creative way, make the most of our dreams. You met those challenges and conquered them. If there were any team I ever wanted to identify with on a personal basis, this was the team. Hopefully that day will come. Oh, so he wanted to I know, and it just, and it didn't, and I think I, I, I think the cutting people killed him, and so he was like, if I don't, the, the whole part about being objective, like if I don't like anyone, I won't fuck up who I pick. Just shut it all off. I'll, I'll just go purely off of talent and what makes the most sense. And I think after they won, and he never goes out in the ice. Hmm. He goes, they say in the movie, he goes in the hallway and he has like a moment to himself. In the documentary it says he went into the locker room and no one knows. What he did. But I think he also had a moment of, like, I, I didn't get on the team in the 1960 team and they won and I, I finally did it. Yeah. I just wish after they won, I think he died with regret. Honestly, I don't know him. I'm just, you know, take this with a grain of salt. If that was him, I just feel like he, it bummed him out that he never really got to have a relationship with these guys because he chose to make himself the enemy so that they would get along. Yeah. So selfless of him. Yeah. It's, it's really crazy. So they come home and they are parades are happening in hometowns. Right? And my, this is my favorite Jacko Callahan story. And this is straight, this is not on the documentary, this is straight up lore from my hometown. So he gets picked up from the airport in a limo. It was a very big deal. He had never been in a limo in his life naturally. And they drive him through Charlestown. It's probably a 10 minute drive, no traffic from the airport to Charlestown. And they go up Bunker Hill Street and no one is out. And he's like, you gotta be fucking kidding me. He's like, I come home. I'm the only town who's ever won an Olympic medal. I come home and no one's here. And he's like, where the fuck? It's a ghost town. He's like, where the fuck is everybody? And they turn the corner to his hometown, his, his home where he grew up in the entire town is there. Oh. And they all got, and he got to have his big homecoming. It was just so fucking cool. And you know, they were all from different parts of the country. They had different beliefs and cultures, but they were Americans and they came back from this, David and Goliath and it gave people hope. And it was a time when people really needed it. And so I asked Chad, I said, how do you describe like in a paragraph, the effect this team had on the country? And Chad said The gold medal win at the 1980 Winter Olympics hit Americans like an emotional defibrillator. The country was deep in a slump. Cold war, anxiety, inflation, gas lines, in a general, are we okay? Vibe? And suddenly a bunch of college kids beat the unstoppable Soviet Union national ice hockey team on the world stage. It wasn't just a hockey win, it felt like proof that the US still had grit, heart and underdog magic people cried, hugged strangers, and felt patriotic without it being political. For one night, Americans stopped feeling stuck and started feeling hopeful. Like maybe just, maybe the good guys could still win. And that is the comeback story of the Miracle on Ice. Wow. And I'm proud to be an American. I would love to feel proud again. I would love to feel pride and Olympics. I want you to cure me. I have no pressure. We'll wait, we'll wait And like listen, it's usually, I won't lie to you. It's usually the gymnastics team. Yeah. And I know we're not in summer. That's fair. It's usually my girls, my fab fives of the worlds. Mm. I also, they always stack those up. I also love the swimming. The track in field really inspired me this last Olympics. So listen, winter, I'm open to you. I am receiving you. I'm putting out good vibes into the universe as a country. We need you right now. Step it up, step your pussy up, Olympics, step your pussy up. We need you Anyway. Anything else you'd like to add? No, that was good. I'm gonna watch both of those things. I really love Miracle the movie, it just does such a better drop than what I just did. And they actually have him cutting Ralph Cox in the movie. It's so hard to watch. It's just really like Jack o' Callahan's amazing. In the movie. There's a few things added in that didn't happen, but that's just showbiz. Yeah. But watching them all get together and just watch old footage and have them talk about it is just really, really fucking cool and wholesome. And watching Mike Ruti cry about Uncle Tony, like Jim Craig seeing his dad, and they show the video of him going, where is my dad? Where is my dad? And they're like pointing into the, that's in the movie too. AONE calling them all up to the podium, like it's just the fucking best. If you just wanna feel good, if you wanna feel hope, watch it. Watch Bad Bunny and then watch Miracle. Okay. In that order, that particular order, or actually maybe watch Miracle and then watch Bad Bunny.'cause you like dance in the credits. Okay. Not good. Yeah. What are you, what are you getting yourself up to? Anything new? Anything fun? No. Great. Hoping to find peace somewhere. Somewhere somewhat soon I'll be watching Miracle and Finding Peace. Valentine's Day. This is this weekend? Yeah. Oh, wow, okay. Yeah, I'm not, I'm not a, I've never had one before, so I don't really I know, but you're a year in, you were like, I have a Valentine's this year. I mean, yeah, I guess, but like, even like, he doesn't like really care about it. Neither do i, I personally do not like Valentine's Day. I just thought people in relationships make a, a big deal out of it. I don't think so. Oh, okay. Maybe I made that up. I like Valentine's Day. I'm a gines day girl. Yeah. I'm here for the Gines as well. Yeah. It's just an excuse to do something and wear pink. Like, that's cute. Like I just don't understand like, what's, we go and go to dinner, whatever, anytime. How do we have to do it on this particular day? Yeah. I do feel like if you really love someone, you would find little things to do throughout instead of like, oh, I ha I just hate that when the. Conversation is like, well, I have to do something with my old ball and chain. It's like, ew. Yeah, no, ew. Then you just don't like them. Yeah. Like, you just don't like that person very much. Yeah. Yeah. No, I don't like, I like, I get the girls something from Valentine's Day and like, I'll probably get him like something, but like, not like anything exciting, but just like cute, you know? Oh, that's sweet. That's really like, I like that you're being chill about it. Yeah. No, I don't care because it's like if we do stuff special stuff all the time, we don't need to like, yeah. No. Focus it all on this one day. Yeah. And he feels the same. It's one thing if I would be like, if I've like felt one way and he felt the other, like that would just be icky. But yeah. Fair. The only thing that we really like said we were gonna do just'cause it felt correct, is Thursday is the 12th is the 12th of last year was when I had five tequila sodas. And I met him at rao's for a drink for the first time. And I fell over and I fell over the step. Yeah. I remembers why I said year. Yes. We're gonna go to RA's again. Oh. Like, that's like not, you know what I mean? Just'cause you like have to Yeah. Yeah. How could I not? Yeah. Then that's really it. But your anniversary spot is Ros. Is rao's? Yeah. Yeah. Well, everyone, however you spend your Valentine's Day, your Valentine's Day, I hope you watch the Olympics. I hope you feel pride. I hope you pop your post seated bad bunny or whatever you're listening to nowadays. I'm loving Olivia Dean. I just wanna listen to her and repeat. She's all, she's all over my girl hood playlist. Yeah, just, I gotta give her a listen. I keep meaning to do that. Oh, she's incredible. But anyway, I hope you all have fun and you have a good time, and you all find peace. Yeah. Okay. Amen. No notes. Love you mean it. Love you mean it. Bye. Goodbye. Goodbye. Good day.

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