316 - The Concert (w/ Phil Traill)
Middling with Eden and Brock
Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli
4.7 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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We're recapping episode 316, "The Concert," with our director! Phil Traill (All About Steve, St. Denis Medical) chats with us about where Axl's speed limit storyline came from, the incredible acting on The Middle, and tells us a hilarious story regarding red or white wine -- and which one is "funnier." Plus we read a letter from an international fan!
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| 0:00.0 | Rocky. Yes, my child. What was your first concert? I think we, have I said this out loud |
| 0:07.0 | on in public? I feel like I know the, what is the answer? I feel like we have talked about this. |
| 0:11.6 | Clay Aiken and Kelly Clarkson. There it is. There it is. I did know that. What was your first concert? |
| 0:16.9 | We probably talked about this. Now I can't even remember. Well, I mean, my first concert as like an adult, like I chose the concert or because I went when I was like six or seven, I saw Peter Paul and Mary with my mom and my aunt like as a family concert. |
| 0:33.4 | We saw it at the Hollywood Bowl. |
| 0:34.5 | I think that's it. |
| 0:35.7 | Does that count? |
| 0:36.5 | I think it's Peter Paul and Mary. |
| 0:39.6 | Because I went to Kelly Clarkson and Clay again with my mom. Well, I went to Hanson with my mom. And that was one where I was like, I want to, I'm seeing Hanson. That is what I am seeing Hansen. But that was, you know. Oh, Peter Paul and Mary. I think it's that. Let's go with that. |
| 0:52.5 | I definitely, |
| 0:53.1 | definitely the first time |
| 0:54.0 | I ever smelled weed. |
| 0:55.8 | Sure. |
| 0:56.3 | Oh, |
| 0:56.4 | four. |
| 0:57.1 | Six year old, |
| 0:57.8 | I remember like, Peter Paul and Mary. I think it's that. Let's go with that. I think is that. I definitely the first time I ever smelled weed. |
| 0:55.8 | Sure. |
| 0:56.3 | Oh, |
| 0:56.5 | four. |
| 0:57.1 | Six year old. |
| 0:57.9 | I remember like smelling it again as, you know, a 10 year old and then as a teenager |
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