409 - Christmas Help (w/ Paul Hipp)

Middling with Eden and Brock

Eden Sher & Brock Ciarlelli

Abc, Rewatch, Eden Sher, Tv & Film, The Middle, Rewatch Podcast, Comedy, Brock Ciarlelli

4.7 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Snack Daddy Paul Hipp is here with us today! That's right... Reverend Tim Tom himself joins us to break down ep 409, "Christmas Help." No one makes us laugh like Paul, and today is no exception. He shares stories about horsey school and ice skating school he had to do for The Middle, and even reads some unused Tim Tom lyrics he wrote for the episode.

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0:00.0	Eden.
0:00.9	Brock.
0:02.1	Where would you like to get a part-time job and you can't say JJ Mackey's?
0:07.4	A fictional store in a fictional town?
0:09.6	Yeah, you can't, yeah, yeah.
0:10.4	Not the JJ Mackey's in Orson, Indiana on Main Street.
0:12.8	You can't say that one.
0:14.4	No, I would like a fiction.
0:16.4	Fictional.
0:18.0	Well, I'd like a lot of fictional jobs.
0:19.5	I would like a part-time job at Crossroads. Oh, I look a lot of fictional jobs. I would like a part-time job at
0:21.5	crossroads. Oh. Because one. Is that nationwide? That's a, um, is it nationwide? It's like a
0:29.2	used clothing shop. Yeah, yeah. But they are notoriously, you like bring a bag of clothes in to sell.
0:36.2	You can sell your stuff. I've done it a handful of times. It is one of the most stressful experiences of my life. They like assess it. Like Rick Harrison from Pond Stars. Yes. They'll pick it up and go, mm, mm. And put it to the side. They're like, if they take one item of yours, you're like, oh, okay, I have approval. Okay, I'm on. I would like the opportunity to take someone's clothes just be like a judgmental beat and just be like, not today, honey, throw it aside and then be like, take it for the bag. No, this is not going to work. We can just take care of this free if you'd like though. We can just throw it in a dumpster fire. Yeah. Meanwhile, you look in so fashionable when you wear it the next day. I know. I know exactly and I get a discount because I love most of the stuff that's there. Everything's like so overpriced for being second hand. Yeah, yeah, yeah. point it has like, it has the reputation of being super trendy and it does have, and those workers, they do got that attitude where they get to judge everything that comes in that store. I think I would choose somewhere wherever I, wherever I go the most, I need a discount. So like Domino's Pizzeria. You do not eat Domino's Brog.
1:44.8	I don't understand.
1:46.2	You were eating salads from Trader Joe's.
1:48.2	Baby, if you could see my recent order history, you would be appalled.
1:53.0	Just somewhere where I eat a lot.
1:54.4	So like salt and straw, this is an ice cream place here in L.A.
1:59.2	Anywhere to get that discount, I think that's where I would work.
2:01.7	Well, I do think it's fitting that both of us chose places that we want a discount.
2:06.2	Something out of.
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