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Coming up, I talked to Pete Holmes, star of the HBO show, crashing. The reason this is going to start a bubbly, because the microphones were on, and we had been talking and the podcast just started. So here's Pearl J. Here we go.

Do you love the Dooby brothers? I mean, from that's not the Dooby brothers right there. That's that's almost famous. Yeah, that's Jason. Jason Lee, yeah, Billy Crudup. Yeah, they it looks like a real band. Yeah, what did they call it? It was they were called stillwater in the movie.

Great fake band. Yeah, great fake band. They've got a couple good fake songs. They do have a couple great songs and every time I was pretty good. That's right. Right. It's not that hard. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, like somebody can write a rock song. Yeah. And if you put it in the movie and everyone's cheering, you're like, that sounds like a hit rock song. You ready? Yeah. Were you taping that? Yes. All right. We started with Pete Holmes. We were talking about. He was looking at my almost famous and dooby brothers posters. I don't know why you love it.

I do love it. But I also have seen the case or goding. No, I've seen I've heard the case against it. It's a polarizing movie for people. Love it. They're like dreams, I guess. And that's just one that I don't want to have over and over and over. I don't know why. Interesting. There's a lot of like fighting. I feel like they're up unhappy. So you down on Bougainites. Because that's another one like that buddy. You like Bougainites. I don't like Bougainites. So you don't like me. Understand. So you don't like fighting. But guess what my favorite movie is? Coco there will be.

So I'll be seeing my way out. No, it's a Paul Thomas Anderson. There will be blood in the master to my favorite movies. I don't like ensemble movies. Interesting. That's that movie. That's why I don't like the X-Men. I'm a Batman guy. I'm not an X-Men guy. I don't like groups. I don't want them being like, well, very and get in there. I just want one guy and one villain. I don't like tennis over basketball. I mean, if I were I like poker over basketball. I like lone wolf stuff. Like one guy heads up.

That sort of thing baseball, I suppose, is more compelling to me. But even like basketball. And I'm not a sports person. But like what I do identify is it's the it's the sport that is easiest to be famous in. Meaning it's the most showboady. No helmet. You know what I mean? So the better photographs I grew up obsessed with with Jordan. Obviously. So even though it is five on five. It does kind of get reduced into it's all about Kobe man. You know what I mean? So it is kind of a one player sport.

Especially when you're a seed in person. It's the best sport to just kind of zone out and watch the guys at all times even like during timeouts and stuff. Really?

How they interact? How they hang out at the fall line? What they're in? Just what they're up to. You feel like you're like looking into their soul. I don't feel like any of the sports like that. That's interesting.

Like what they're actually like. There's no joke out. Yeah, you were in shorts and a sleigh was really vulnerable. Everyone's staring at you. Yeah.

And you're and when I've been to basketball games I'm struck by how close they are. Yeah. Baseball you're like. Oh my god. My father red socks. Yeah.

Season ticket holders are seats. I don't know. First base line. Okay. Is that what you say? First base line. First base line. Yeah. So you're like section. Take a right at first base.

You'll hit us after not the box. Six but way back. So the okay. So you're back. Back. Yeah. Second level. Second level. Yeah.

It's not up but on the ground but back. Seed and like baseball. Not a baseball person though. Didn't like going to you're from Lexington right?

Here's why Bill. Yeah. I'd love to talk about this. Okay. There's a couple. Well it's really simple. My dad and my brother had baseball.

And I just like I did the thing where I tried to get my dad's attention by pretending I also like baseball. Yeah.

I just didn't work. Wasn't paying out. So I went with mom. Oh, interesting mom was paying out. So I learned like to talk and to gossip and like go on strolls.

I'm not saying baseball stupid. I'm just saying I didn't find what I wanted there. I was actually good at baseball. I'm left handed. Left handed.

You're talking you're secretly talking. I'm a tall guy. Pull pull that ball right in the right field. See. Thank you.

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