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

Schnebly and Toff. This is the point in the show, J.G., where I usually have something very witty

to, like a little story. Funny thing happened on the way to church yesterday, or so I was out for my walk this morning when all of a

sudden and uh I I don't have anything you don't I don't however you were telling me in the

pre-production meeting that even though you didn't have a very clever lead in at least your story sucked

true yeah which actually now that I think about it segues perfectly in even though you didn't have a very clever lead in, at least your story sucked.

True. Yeah.

Which actually, now that I think about it, segues perfectly into the setup for my story

because it's true.

And I'm not sure if I have told this before on this podcast or not.

But I'm going to say 25 years ago when I was still living in the international

city of Long Beach, California, which is one of California's best kept secrets, I must say.

Long Beach is one of my all-time favorite places that I've ever lived.

There was a river trail along the two different rivers, a Coyote Creek and the San Gabriel River, and there was this confluence, and they had this amazing bike path.

And I loved either running or cycling on that path.

And one morning, I'm cycling south down towards Seal Beach, and two older couples are cycling toward me.

And when I say older, I'm guessing they were, they looked like those kind of retirees that are still very physically fit and active, you know, like late 60s, early 70s.

Sure.

It's two couples.

So it's the two women riding in front and then their husbands riding behind them.

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