257: Odd Layers.. Ft. The Basement Yard
2/26/20262 hr
Two Hot Takes host, Morgan, is joined by guest co-host Joe Santagato & Frank Alvarez from The Basement Yard! You guys have been waiting for this one, and I hope we delivered. We have a bunch of stories that have odd layers we're trying to peel back and sort though. For example a guy who used their Scrub Daddy as a liter box cleaner, a woman who doesn't want her future BIL at the wedding, a homicide detective that treats his partner like a suspect, and a very special "where's the beef" shirt. Can't wait to see how you would...
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First 90 secondsMorgan Absher· Host0:00
Okay. [whistles] You can hum the intro today if you want.
Joe Santagato· Guest0:05
I don't know the intro.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:06
It's crazy.
Joe Santagato· Guest0:08
It's kind of crazy.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:08
We know it obviously. Frank, you do it. Hit it.
Joe Santagato· Guest0:11
I, I mean, why don't we do it together?
Morgan Absher· Host0:12
[laughs] You'll listen and you'll get there eventually.
Joe Santagato· Guest0:17
We will.
Morgan Absher· Host0:18
Yeah. That's fine. Are you guys ready for today?
Joe Santagato· Guest0:21
I'm very ready.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:21
Yeah.
Morgan Absher· Host0:21
I'm so- Cozy ... excited to have you guys. People that are watching are already probably screaming in their cars, their house, wherever they are, because they've been begging for you guys.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:30
Have they?
Joe Santagato· Guest0:31
Wow.
Morgan Absher· Host0:32
Hands and knees.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:33
I, whatever the- Oh. Yeah. First of all- [laughs] [laughs] ... take it easy. Second of all, uh, whatever the response is is not enough, so I hope that they just ramp it up a little bit.
Morgan Absher· Host0:42
I- The- Hands and knees wasn't enough?
Joe Santagato· Guest0:45
Hands and knees... What else do you want them to do, Frank?
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:46
Uh, throw offerings at our feet maybe, you know.
Joe Santagato· Guest0:48
Oh, okay.
Morgan Absher· Host0:49
Offerings.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:49
Yeah.
Morgan Absher· Host0:50
What would be your ideal offering?
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:51
That's a great question.
Joe Santagato· Guest0:52
Man, I mean, I don't hate tropical fruit.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:55
I knew it would come in the form of- Food.
Morgan Absher· Host0:57
Hmm.
Frank Alvarez· Guest0:58
Yeah. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tropical fruit would be great.
Morgan Absher· Host0:59
Pineapple is supposed to be a really nice gift.
Joe Santagato· Guest1:02
I don't care about that.
Frank Alvarez· Guest1:03
Is that, isn't that something with swingers?
Joe Santagato· Guest1:05
That's swingers.
Frank Alvarez· Guest1:05
It is. It is. Don't lie. You know it.
Joe Santagato· Guest1:08
Or is it upside down pineapples? I don't know.
Morgan Absher· Host1:09
Upside down pineapple in your cart at the grocery store indicates swinging.
Frank Alvarez· Guest1:13
Whoa, grocery store.
Morgan Absher· Host1:14
Allegedly.
Frank Alvarez· Guest1:14
I heard on like... I'm talking loud. [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] I don't know why I'm so passionate about swinging. I am not. [laughs] Um, apparently on, like, cruise ships, like cruise ships and s- like cruises- Yeah ... if you put, like, a pineapple on your door, it means, like, come on in. You know what