Well, hi. I'm Dave Holmes. Welcome to Troubled Waters. The show that treats popular culture is the most important kind of culture because, well, it's mostly the one that bums us out the least. Although, not even that's true anymore. Now, back in the before times, troubled waters would pit two teams of comedians against one another in a pop culture battle royale. But now, still, two years in,

teaming up with someone who is not in your quarantine pod is maybe lethal. It's definitely more

frowned upon than trying to lead a comedy audience through a spooky mental haunted house.

So for now, it's one comedian against another. And to win this battle, each comic will be called upon to use their brains, their rhetorical skills, the great saucy comebacks.

They've been saving in a notebook for the last two years.

To earn the coveted troubled waters title, Pundit Emeritus, thereby giving their opinion on the almost complete

shutout of House of Gucci by the Oscar voters this morning.

More weight than a civilians.

I personally am like kind of fine with it.

It seemed like Lady Gaga was in method as Count Chocula through the whole thing.

I don't even want to talk about Jared Lato.

Anyway, we're getting off point.

You're listening to Troubled Waters. Let us meet our contestants. Our first is one half of the Animal Review Podcast,

Just the Zoo of Us, here on Max Fun.

She also does work for the LGBTQ plus nonprofit Jasmine

in Jacksonville, Florida.

It is Ellen Weatherford.

Hello, Ellen.

Hey, y'all. How are y'all doing today?

Oh, we're doing so well.

How are you?

I'm so excited to be talking y'all today. I'm a little

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