It began long ago. Two young boys in an American town riding their bikes to school and Little League practice. Over the years, the boys became fast friends, united in their love for stories where things would go horribly wrong. Pour yourself a strong beverage and buckle up. You're in the shallow end with

Schnebley and Toff. The clock on the wall says it's episode 69 of the shallow end with

Schnebley and Tooth. Say Johnny, that's one smug look you got on your face. And deservedly so, sir,

right back at you. What say we do this entire episode in

these campy old-time voices. And let's call each other Johnny and Sally. Can't you just hear

the listeners tuning away? What do they call that? The Mid-Atlantic accent? Yeah, is a famous,

or I think a kind of a hackneyed, yeah, term for that. It's a combination of like an American accent in a British accent

that the studios in the 40s and 30s thought,

well, everybody will enjoy this.

That's what they want to hear.

Sitting in front of their tube radios in the living room,

waiting for the next episode of Amos and Andy. Can you fathom,

can you imagine Amos and Andy in 2023? No, that would never fly. That's an SNL sketch. Amos and

Andy adapted to the year 2023. Whoever comedian takes that and runs with it, that's a freebie. It's yours. Go ahead. We're not going to touch that with a 10-foot pole. I think I went first last time. Is that right? Yeah. And I've got a story for you. And I love that about you. Yeah. And it's a true story. It happened to me. What?

For reals?

For reals.

It's not the clogged toilet in the hotel with Jeff Davis, is it?

Not that I'd mind hearing that story again, because it's one of your best.

That was actually one of my prouder moments.

Now, this story, I'm not sure if I'm the person who dove deeper into the shallow end than the

protagonist here okay you know what the listeners and I will decide okay so here we go

it's kind of like it's almost like dumb and dumber right out of their playbook

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