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I wish I had one of those idiot buttons you could press.
Where do you live?
Out of a home!
Gil:attempt to get up to the Phoenician Diner anywhere upstate.
Most of my connections kind of fell through.
George:Well, they died years ago.
Gil:Yeah, many of them died.
And so we decided to stay in our apartment on 74th and Amsterdam.
So we decided to stay.
You know, were in two different rooms.
Were in a double.
George:We were concerned, you know, cause Gil is at risk.
On Twitter, thats his handle @Risk because hes part of these board games where you plan war.
George:Im a Stratego man myself.
Gil:Yeah, its true.
But Im at risk.
And it turns out George diagnosed me; he stuck his fingers way up my schnoz.
George:Ten seconds each nostril.
On Creating Their Own Podcast
You guys are both artists.
Gil, you are an actor.
George, youre a writer.
If youre picturing a Bb Barker microphone, you have to picture a larger microphone.
And then you go, That was great!
Gil:That was great!
George:There was a lot of great stuff in there.
And then we have to go in and splice magic out of their dirt pile.
Gil:Its true.
George:So its different than writing a book, which is typing.
Gil:I think were trailblazers as far as launching a pdcast during the quarantine.
We were the first, I think the first, to do it.
George:We were.
Yeah, we were.
You had a show once.
Move on with your life!
What are you providing us?
It just sounds like inane chitchat.
George:And at least we respect the 18-minute mark.
I dont think we have a show longer than 21.
On Their Pandemic Binge-Watching
Did you watchTiger King?
Did you watchThe Last Dance?Gil:Oh my God.
George:Oh,Tiger King.
Listen,Tiger King, heres how good …
If youve never seen a documentary before,Tiger Kingis … Its amazing.
They have footage of stuff.
Gil:Its awesome.
Gil:We watchedTiger Kingand we ordered one of those tigers to have in the apartment.
Gil:We went to the same cult school as Bhagavan.
Is it already disappeared from our collective conscious at this point?
George:You mean the guy who had a hat and longer white hair?
We watchedTiger King, Last Dance.
Cause we were big Knicks guys back in the 90s when Jordan and the Bulls were the big squad.
George:We actually … We worked for Pat Riley as his slicked-back team.
He would dunk his head in the sink, and we would go Easy!
And wed double-check that those beautiful Hermes ties didnt get any gel on them.
Gil:Thats right.
George:I was also hired by Knicks PR to make John Starks more unlikable.
On Bill de Blasio
How do you think de Blasio is doing?Gil:De Blintzio?
Well look, were Y guys.
De Blasios catching a lot of heat, but hes a Y guy.
You know, he goes to the Y every day.
And so we certainly get him.
We see Bill at the Y.
George:And he doesnt have nice workout clothes.
Gil:No, hes wearing shorts from Modells.
George:Hes wearing the Modells brand.
Gil:[Singing] De Blasio goes to Mos!
De Blasio goes to Modells!
George:I mean, listen.
In a city that never sleeps, the mayor gets up at noon.
Gil:The guys a winner.
The guys a proven winner.
To be one of the least-liked mayors of New York and to immediately run for president?
George:Even Koch did not run for president.
What did you think about that decision?George:Cowards.
Gil:These cowards.
These human trash, these cowards.
You know, weve been carrying these two for years, you know?
And I said, What I got, what I jimmied it out of the dumpster, is mine.Comprende?
And I remember Charlie saying, This guy makes me nervous.
And I said, You know, fine.
Gil and I are going.
And Gil was in a little peasant dress and he had long braids.
Gil:I was barefoot tromping through Laurel Canyon, hungry.
George:Walking downhill on Laurel.
Gil:And George grabbed me.
And I had a lust for blood!
But George got me out, you know?
George:I came to them with a folder I made, a brochure on Monsanto.
We could do ads for Monsanto.
I believe they make pesticides and other ways to make flowers smell fruity.
Why dont we call them?
And they [said], Oh, you know, that makes us uncomfortable.
And I shook up a can of Sprite and I threw it at their heads.
I go, You know what makes me uncomfortable?
The rock-size gallstone that Im currently passing through my urethra.
But you dont hear me calling that out except for right now.
And then I passed it and I threw it in Nick Kroll and John Mulaneys face.
