What is up everybody? Scott here with another edition of Challenge Mania. This episode brought to you by Challenge Mania Live Tampa. We're talking Saturday, October the 9th at the Tampa improv. That's right. We were supposed to come in April 2020.

But we are finally making up for it Saturday, October the 9th. Derek and I will be joined by his sell it. Delgado the Godfather Mark Long and we are going to keep the guests rolling in. Get your tickets today at Challenge Mania. Live and I just checked there are still VIP meet and greet tickets available as you know Chicago completely sold out. But Tampa is the way to go. Go to Challenge Mania. Live today and get your tickets for Challenge Mania Live Tampa on Saturday, October the 9th. All right. You didn't come for me. You came for D. We know you guys

come for D every week. We're on episode 243 here. You still come for D and that's fine. I come for D honestly. I come for D in more ways than one. Just kidding. That's disgusting. We're going to get to D in a second here. I'm just going to explain what podcast you guys have for episode 243 here. Wanted to round out the week with some more spies, lies and allies content for you guys didn't even mean for that to rhyme. But it did five guys burgers and fries.

We broke down the trailer and it was a Patreon exclusive patreon.com slash challenge mania. That's where we put a ton of bonus content up every week for the pod squad. There's other perks as well. You get first access to Challenge Mania Live tickets. We do monthly zoom calls, exclusive merchandise, tons of fun stuff over at patreon.com slash challenge mania. That's also where you will get our weekly bonus series spy guys every Wednesday night after spies lies and allies. We will spy lie and answer.

I lie and analyze the show over on spy guys over at patreon.com slash challenge mania. So that's where we first launched our cast break down. That's where we first dropped this trailer breakdown. But we wanted to thank you guys. The challenge maniacs everybody who listens over here on pod bean or on speaker or on Apple podcasts or on Spotify, Google play. Maybe I heart radio. You name it. We wanted to thank you guys for subscribing to the podcast for rating the podcast.

Reviewing the podcast telling people about the podcast.

Frankly, we want to thank you guys for sticking through us in this tough year and now year and a half going on. It's been so tough and for supporting us getting back on the road with this first show in Chicago selling out almost instantly. We cannot thank you enough. So we wanted to give you guys our trailer breakdown our evaluation of the season so far as we go into the premiere on Wednesday, August 11th.

Now if you live in the New York City area or if you live New York City adjacent New Jersey, Connecticut, I might be doing a premiere party on August 11th. You can go ahead and put it in your calendar for now. I just want to confirm as we get closer to the date. Obviously if you've been watching the news, things are changing every day. But I'm pretty sure it's going to rock and it's going to roll.

It's going to be in Midtown Manhattan. It's going to be around the 39's. It's going to be around 7th Avenue, 8th Avenue, something like that party will start probably around 7 o'clock.

Get everybody seated. Enjoy the episode, which I believe is from 8 to 9 30 party a little bit after I will be there. I'm inviting a ton of guests. Don't know how many cast members will be there, whether they're cast members from the challenge. Big brother.

Anybody local is invited. And so it will be 100% free. It's going to be a thank you guys. As I said, for sticking with us in this really tough year.

Obviously local mass mandates, whatever those are will apply. So whatever New York City is rocking with at the time. That's what you guys will have to roll with inside of the restaurant. It will be restaurant rules.

Obviously if you're at your table, I believe if you're eating and drinking, you don't have to wear a mask. But at the time, if you have to be masked up while you're walking around, that's what we will do.

Vaccinated people, of course, currently do not have to be masked here. But if that changes, that will change for the party itself. However, if you're unvaccinated, I highly recommend masking up the entire time or maybe staying at home.

It's the safest way to do it. Unfortunately, especially since everything's been changing these days. Look, I'm not trying to get quote unquote political. I'm not trying to get too much into the weeds about the vaccine about the Delta variant, which by the way, they couldn't come up with a different name for the variant that had to pick my preferred airline.

By the way, I just traveled to Miami last week. I'm flying on Delta. And literally every word I'm hearing is either Delta this or Delta that.

See, they're the best thing ever, the worst thing ever. Shout out to Delta. I'm a fan of the airline, not the variant. But look, if you've been paying attention to the new stuff is getting serious. So just stay safe out there. However, you're doing that, whether you're getting the vaccine, whether you're masking up.

I'm going to try not to be too pushy about it. Obviously, I feel like what the safest way to handle it is, but that is neither here nor there. I just want to tell you guys about the party.

It's Wednesday, August 11th. Consider it taking place for now. If you want to attend RSVP by emailing challenge, maniac podcast at gmail.com.

You will see flyers posted. You will see me plugging it as we get closer to. I do want to get a formal head count. I believe I'm securing a space that will be outdoors, which is again, it's good for the circumstances. Well, it will be loaded for TV with TVs.

I have the sound on for the episode. All that good stuff. But I believe the floor we're getting is a rooftop floor. So barring weather conditions, that will be a great place to be as well.

You can email me with any questions, challenge, maniac podcast at gmail.com. Once again, free premiere party for the challenge spies, lies and allies here in New York. I will be there. Lindsey will be there. Hopefully some guests from the challenge will be rolling in. Who knows?

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