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DANK Pod Episode 3

August 24, 2024 • January, Ash, Nat, JP • Season 1 • Episode 3

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Welcome fellow DANK's!
(Disney Adults No Kids)

This week we chat about a 1970's cast member newsletter that January found on Reddit.
The Upcoming EPCOT Food and Wine Festival.
(Flavors of America)
The Universal Studios Orlando Passholder Appreciation Night.
And Nat delivers another solid rapid-fire question. 

Feel free to send any questions comments or suggestions to us at thedankpod@gmail.com


January:

I feel like your foot's already out. I don't know why you have to take the flip flop off and be on the cement.

JP:

Yeah, you're already, you're right. It's like being in a convertible and then being like, you know what? I think I'll stand up. Like, what's the point? That wind's already whipping through your toenails,

Bernard:

welcome to"The DANK Pod," the podcast where four Disney Adults No Kids share their magical adventures! Join us as we explore the enchanting parks, savor Mickey-shaped treats, and ride Space Mountain without worrying about height restrictions. Whether it's dissecting hidden Easter eggs in"It's a Small World" or debating the best churro flavor, we're here to sprinkle some pixie dust on your day. So grab your Mickey ears, listen up, and let's dive into the magical world of Disney-Adulting! This week January shares a 1970s newsletter that she found on the reddits and we find out that Disneyland was littered with brats in the seventies. The DANKS explore what America has to offer during the upcoming food and wine festival. Ash and JP chat about Universal Studios Pass Holder Night. And Nat brings the heat again with another rapid fire question! Thanks for tuning in, let’s get DANK! Disclaimer: This podcast is purely for entertainment purposes. We love kids, but sometimes we just want to ride the teacups without’em

JP:

Let's, let's fire it off. Uh, January bringing the heat. You got any, uh, historical bits that you

January:

so one of my favorite pieces for information, I don't know if you've checked it out. It's the Disney Reddit.

JP:

I have not,

January:

Have you gone in

JP:

I, I didn't know they had reddits for it. I have not gone in there. Is this

January:

Yeah. And there's a, there's a couple of different pages. There's Disneyland, Disney

Ash:

Are there Karens in there? Because he should not be there if there are.

January:

I don't recommend you go in there and talk to

JP:

Don't talk to strangers.

Ash:

It's for information, not for

January:

Yeah, it's great for some people like to give their tips and trick. They like to share like, they recently went, these are all the things they did. This is about how much they spent. So it really helps people budget. So like, you know, say for a really fun vacation, but what I also love about it is that you, you can have a little bit of nostalgia. So I found this post from a 1970s cast member. would you call it? Like a newsletter. And I thought it was really funny because they had an article I really love that somebody shared a newsletter. It's really cool to Like the art of the time and like, you know, the company's values and how they've changed through time or, but what I thought was really cool, especially since we have a podcast where we talk about Disney minus kids. Um, the article that they took a picture of, of the newsletter was about how the kids are to the, um, characters, even the people that dress up in the costumes

JP:

Oh yeah.

Ash:

Oh my, this is wild. So I'm reading in, it says, At the end of the day, the same grateful public have left their marks on our characters, black and blue in color, and in fact, very painful. What motivates these seemingly innocent children to become sadistic monsters of torture. Is

JP:

Is that, that's in the, that's in it?

Ash:

the

January:

Yes. And then I like how they end the article with like, what a bit about the affluence.

Ash:

Have permissive parents forgotten the value of discipline? The answer is probably some complicated sociological problem of immense proportions. These kids are basically rotten. I mean, that's like page two. It's a booklet. And so based on like the syllabus or whatever at the front, there's like 20 pages of it. So we don't see them all, but it's really And there's like kids climbing on top of like, you know, it kind of looks like Porky Pig. That's the wrong Um, It was the wrong IP. But it's just climbing on top of it and it's just wild. This is

JP:

Oh, wow.

January:

I appreciate that they, acknowledge.

JP:

That's the correct IP

Ash:

It looks like Porky

JP:

That's the Three Little Pigs

Ash:

well it looked like Porky Pig and I said Porky Pig was the

JP:

Porky Pig And that's why I

January:

might have been but now that makes me understand why when characters come out, they do have a chaperone.

Ash:

Protection. Security.

JP:

We saw, um,

Ash:

Kevin

JP:

this weekend, and he

January:

saw Kevin? I love when Kevin comes out.

Ash:

But you

JP:

But you could definitely tell they had a chaperone

Ash:

chaperone in there.

JP:

but like Kevin especially, people kept trying to get in his

Ash:

people

January:

yeah, and um, he's on stilts too, so need extra protection from that.

JP:

They were very playful back and forth with the, um, Like, the cast member would look at the animal and shout, Kevin! Over here, Kevin! And then Kevin would be like, Caw,

January:

And he is really cool, if you love Up So cool in like real life.

JP:

It's, it's nice to know that cast members still have to go through the same, it's not nice to know, but nobody's changed really. You still have to go through the same abusive structure.

January:

I appreciate that they had an article about it. You know, some companies won't acknowledge pain points that employees go through. So I, I like that they did that. Like, we're aware

JP:

Do you think Disney acknowledges the pain points of its cast members?

Ash:

cast member newsletter?

JP:

that a cast member newsletter? It

Ash:

it appears to be something very specific

JP:

But not like a fanzine, more of a, uh, more of a dot, like a, uh, corporate or, newsletter that says, Hey, these kids treat you like shit. There's probably some technique to like, what do you do when a kid is really getting you're dressed up as one of the country bears? like, how do you communicate that? It's got to be

January:

Oh yeah.

Ash:

so they can't, I don't believe they deny hugs. Like that's actually one of the talking points on a lot of

JP:

Didn't Gaston deny a hug to, like, a lady who was trying to, force herself on him?

January:

Was that a grown person though?

Ash:

But like for the kids, the cast members can't be the first to let go. Is like a, is like a thing. And I don't know that it's a written rule, but a lot of parents will post their children in And you'll never the character let go first or like motion to make the kid uncomfortable or to try to break it away.

JP:

shove that kid

Ash:

Well, that's why you don't work for Disney, sir.

January:

Oh,

JP:

I'm like, I'm also a giant. There's no way you're fitting me

January:

like, can you imagine

JP:

It is, that's what I'm saying. Like, screw them kids. Take up so much Do you wait in line for character meet and greets?

January:

I have before, um, I actually have a very funny story. So when they first opened the aerial ride. I waited in line. It was about an hour and a half, two hours, and finally the line's moving, and I turned the corner, and I think we're about to get loaded on the ride. No, it's Ariel sitting on a rock

Ash:

In the grotto.

January:

in the grotto, and I was like, we waited two hours,

Ash:

Not the

January:

that it was gonna be for the ride.

Ash:

why it was taking so long.

January:

I almost was like, let's leave, and I didn't get the picture with Ariel. I rose because I just waited in the wrong line for two hours and it was for a photo op. So

Ash:

common mistake. But jonathan did meet with ariel and they sang

JP:

We did. We sang in the A duet.

January:

sing in the grotto with ariel. I'll send you the photo of me and ariel

Ash:

You have a photo somewhere.

JP:

I'm sure I do. I will not be sending that to appreciate it. I appreciate Natalie, you got a historical bit for us? We've been waiting for you. I've been waiting on you for you to, to, you gotta, so you got any historical tidbits, little morsel?

Nat n JR:

Well, actually I do today in history. No, i'm just kidding. I don't have that I know, We're all looking forward to food and wine and um, it's actually Kicking off a little bit later this year In past years.

JP:

When does it normally kick

Nat n JR:

that you guys know like what the months are usually when they run

January:

we, we tell us.

Nat n JR:

Yeah, it usually runs from July to November. So, this year, they're kicking it off, like, it starts late August. Um,

JP:

Is that a first

Nat n JR:

I mean, that's definitely a different phrase. It's one of the more popular festivals. So, it's kind of surprising. Everybody was kind of shocked by it. You guys know, when, when the first up cut was.

JP:

When the first

Nat n JR:

The first food and wine. Sh

JP:

Food and wine.

January:

let me guess.

Nat n JR:

Ooh, 91.

January:

91. I feel like 87.

Nat n JR:

87. Ooh. 91 87. Okay. All right, last

JP:

I got a question, I got a question,

Ash:

can't ask a

JP:

I got a, yeah, I got a question. Are we talking

Nat n JR:

it was,

JP:

Epcot food and wine?

Ash:

Oh.

January:

have they had food and wine at other parks? Food and

JP:

Epcot food and wine, okay.

Nat n JR:

International Food and Wine

JP:

Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. If I'm going to make an educated guess, Epcot opened in 82.

Nat n JR:

All right,

JP:

refurbish the event structure 10 to 15 years down the road. so I'm going to guess It's either going to be night between 92 and

Ash:

a big gap. You got to narrow it down.

January:

Okay, I I need

Nat n JR:

I need a solid year. So get it together.

JP:

was desert storm. So 94 95. That's my guess

Nat n JR:

Okay. I need a final answer

JP:

Ooh.

Ash:

a pick me up, it

JP:

Um, if we were coming out of Desert Storm and we were looking for a pick me up, it would be 94. If it was too soon, 95.

Ash:

up. I'm

JP:

I'm thinking positive. I'm looking for a pick me up. I'm going 94.

Nat n JR:

final

JP:

answer. Locking that shit in! Locking it

Nat n JR:

my god?

JP:

Oh my god! I'm so nervous!

Nat n JR:

you were the closest

JP:

When was it? of That's why

Ash:

That's why she made you

Nat n JR:

I thought you were gonna get it. I thought you were gonna get it. I really believed in

JP:

And this was a showcase

Ash:

a

January:

had a feeling

Nat n JR:

Yep

JP:

Ooh.

Nat n JR:

1995

JP:

Fucking

Ash:

Was it July of 95?

JP:

me shaking. My goodness.

Ash:

So mad right now. Oh my god.

January:

You had it right, Jonathan. You guessed both of them. And then she pressed me for

Ash:

Bro, you can't drink out of that cup during the podcast.

January:

could you do this?

JP:

Life will

Ash:

It's so wrong. Switch it out, bro.

JP:

It's Jurassic Park,

Nat n JR:

how dare you.

Ash:

The audacity.

JP:

Not a Jurassic Park dank podcast had a cheer for us. I was going to like, like go team go. Like it was going to be, um, on me. Danks on three, one, two, three. And then we all say danks. Okay. Anyway, sorry, my bad. Maybe later. Maybe when we go to the park, we'll do hands in. Thanks, go, thanks! Um, anyway. Speaking of food and wine, thank you Natalie for that. Um,

Ash:

think

JP:

yeah, I think we're at, we're 90, 19, 1995?

Ash:

Well, was that her only

JP:

Did you have other historical

Ash:

you didn't even ask.

Nat n JR:

Uh, no, I actually remember the other day how I was wondering about how they create the menu and like what that process is like.

JP:

Tell me about it.

Nat n JR:

I can't, I actually tried looking it up. Apparently it's either top secret or it's very hard to find. Like, I would just would have thought like there was some kind of no, no, not that I, so now, I mean, I'm going to,

JP:

Hold on,

Nat n JR:

I'm going to have to, I know who to bring in. I have somebody to bring

JP:

And then you came to this and you were like, not a fucking thing.

Nat n JR:

That's right. That's what I found out. I was like,

JP:

Rollercoaster up, rollercoaster down,

Ash:

top secret, bro.

Nat n JR:

but

JP:

bring us back up.

Nat n JR:

like I really found some good

JP:

Yeah, I was like, damn, she found everything. She's gonna, she's got names. She's, she knows where the bodies are buried. Tom Sawyer Island. That's what I think. Um, so, so let's bring this back to food and wine. Um, which country are we talking about this

Ash:

Merca.

JP:

What's going on in America?

January:

In America this year. Know, it's not, I'm not proud

JP:

I'm, yeah, neither am

January:

on our

JP:

so upset that this is how they chose to show off America.

January:

like, don't get me wrong. I love a good hot dog, but this year in America, what's on the menu is three types of hot dogs.

JP:

just a bag of dicks.

January:

You know, um, in the past we've gotten a mix of different things, you know, they had a lot of before they've had a lobster roll before this year. It's all about the Frank's

JP:

food ever. those are, uh, brats.

Ash:

it's the same

JP:

Um, I don't think it's the same concept. I think one is like a pig intest and the other is goat. I don't, I really

Ash:

can only have so

JP:

It's gotta have, well you can only have so much.

January:

remember, remember

Nat n JR:

when, when she said, when he said that the, the,

JP:

Yeah, we gotta watch the hot dog haul. We can't go

Ash:

can't go down there. The media

JP:

There's a meaty hot dog haul. How many varieties of hot dogs? You

Nat n JR:

the other dangerous,

JP:

You said we got three hot dogs to choose from?

January:

So, can you look at the menu and tell

JP:

We got a New York style dog, um, which I'm hoping, I'm hopeful that it's Nathan's, but it's a, it is an all beef hot dog with sauerkraut, onion, tomato sauce, and spicy mustard in a brioche bun. And it says new. I only want, I don't want any used hot dogs. I would love to just have new hot dogs every time

January:

I love a good Chicago

JP:

That's up next, Chicago style. Another all beef with uh, tomato dill pickle. And then pickled sport pepper.

Ash:

pepper. Is it? Okay.

JP:

A pickled sport pepper?

January:

pepper,

JP:

Is it? Okay. I thought it was just a faster, maybe it has a

Ash:

part that makes it spicy?

JP:

I don't know. I'm a little bothered because this one has diced onions and then yellow mustard and it's going to be, and then Chicago green relish on a poppy seed bun. I didn't see that coming. I thought it would be like a hard roll. And then,

Ash:

Poppy seed buns

Nat n JR:

I mean, the Chicago dog usually does have the poppy

JP:

Can you say that again for me, Natalie?

Ash:

What, do

Nat n JR:

usually does have the poppy seed

JP:

What city again? One more time. I'm, I don't know if, am I detecting the accent? Is that what I'm getting?

Ash:

Did the New Yorker pop out? I

JP:

The ch is getter.

January:

Yes, they

JP:

Okay. That's okay.

Nat n JR:

This what we're doing right

JP:

Yeah, no, I just, I'm sorry. It's, it's like, uh, it's like Tupperware

January:

You don't know how to say Tupperware?

JP:

No, I know how to say Tupperware.

January:

I

Ash:

you guys not know that

JP:

Yeah, yeah, that's

Ash:

We'll send you

JP:

We'll send you the video later. Don't worry. Back on track. I definitely squirreled us. My bad. Um, so they all have, they do have the poppy seed funds. The, uh, that from that city. Okay, good.

January:

was the first hot dog?

JP:

The New York style,

January:

New York style.

JP:

which I'm thinking has like a softer

Nat n JR:

What's your guys favorite kind of hot dog? New York style or Chicago style? There's one

January:

more. What's the third one?

JP:

Carolina style is another. It's all

January:

There's a Carolina dog?

JP:

all three are all beef. I'm surprised there's no, is there four? Yeah, there's four. But again, it's all beef. There's ooh,

Ash:

We're not good at our bullet. Oh, our

JP:

all beef hot dog with chili. I didn't see that one coming coleslaw.

January:

definitely

JP:

I might try that. It's got it's on a brioche bun as well.

Nat n JR:

Is that chili and cheese or just chili?

Ash:

It just

JP:

It's just chili. It says chili and coleslaw with yellow mustard and a brioche bun. It's I think it's basic.

Ash:

basic.

JP:

Yeah, I don't know. I'm assuming they stack

January:

coleslaw changes the texture.

Nat n JR:

What, what's the fourth one?

JP:

Southwest style.

Nat n JR:

Southwest style, what's on that one?

JP:

It's again, we're going back to an all beef dog, not a partially beef dog and all beef dog. Oh, they, you all, they all, this one, one already

Ash:

Already?

JP:

wrapped in bacon with

Ash:

Where put the

Nat n JR:

What, oh, pinto beans?

JP:

Pinto beans and, uh, tomitos, jalapenos, avocados, crema, and queso fresco in a

Ash:

Wait, say the A one again.

JP:

Uh, avocado.

January:

Avocado, do they have avocado on it?

JP:

hmm. Yep.

January:

Honestly, the southwest one, the beans is a little jarring, but it does sound delicious. It sounds like nachos on a hot dog.

JP:

It does. It's especially, I'm interested in the, um, in the avocado crema. I, that sounds delightful for me. I don't know if I'm

Nat n JR:

That gives me, when I hear, when I hear that, it gives me the vibe of like, Have you guys gone to Bahama Breeze and had the patties?

Ash:

Mm

JP:

they have beef

Nat n JR:

Well, they, they give you like, it's almost as, it's not really, but it gets with the gut, the vibes. It gives me like the avocado crema mixture. It's good.

JP:

Is it is it I'm getting like, um, cool whip vibes from it.

Nat n JR:

What?

January:

Lip

JP:

Cool

Ash:

texture wise.

JP:

Yeah, texture wise, it's not like that. It's not airy. It's not as light airy. It's not dense, but, you it. Um, and then, We got some desserts going on there.

January:

What's, what's the dessert

JP:

freshly baked. I didn't know you could bake. Oh, nevermind. I can see how you can bake it. Freshly baked chocolate pudding cake with bourbon. And, question, caramel or caramel?

Nat n JR:

Caramel.

JP:

Caramel. Caramel. Are we doing caramel? Is it, you think it's like wethers caramel?

January:

Werther's American?

JP:

I, I, I don't know. I think it could be,

Ash:

did you

January:

sure the Werther's is in isn't it?

JP:

dang. Um, did you know that German chocolate cake is not German?

Ash:

German

JP:

just dark

Ash:

is

JP:

wait for you to say the

Ash:

got beaverages. Uh, Yeah.

Nat n JR:

Do we have adult beverages?

JP:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Ash:

yeah. Uh, from

JP:

Uh, from the brewery.

January:

Let me hear you say

Ash:

me just, let me just spell

JP:

me just spell it out for you. Um, it's, it's American. Cause it's like from Cooperstown, New York. O M M E G A N G Um, um, gang. I feel like it's gotta have two hard G's in

Nat n JR:

I'm gonna look it up.

Ash:

So they are based in Cooperstown, New

JP:

look what I told you.

January:

New York. Where's Cooperstown?

JP:

It's in New York. We covered that.

January:

Is that north?

JP:

North of us.

Ash:

a word, it's a word that means variously, uh, it variously means coming together and walking about.

JP:

Is it Australian? Is it Aussie?

Ash:

Uh, Brussels, isn't that Germany?

JP:

Brussels. I mean

Ash:

Festival

JP:

Is Brussels part of Benelux?

Ash:

Now you're just making up

JP:

It's where the sprouts are Yeah, it's um, from Belgium, the Belgian

Ash:

That's what I said.

January:

Ashley was right.

Ash:

Fuck yeah.

Nat n JR:

it again.

January:

Ashley

Nat n JR:

Ooh, so

Ash:

a little sign.

Nat n JR:

up the menu just so I can join you guys visually. And see, uh, check out this word that we're trying to figure out. But as I'm scrolling and the images that I'm getting and whatever sites that I went

JP:

also Benelux Belgium is part of

January:

Look, a hot

Nat n JR:

dog.

Ash:

Owmegang.

JP:

That's how you say it. Alma Gang. Al Owl Owl. Ang. Who's mute? Who's muted? Oh, it's okay. Al Alma Gang.

January:

that, uh, that America has selected hot dogs as our

JP:

I feel real shitty. Oh my gang. I feel real shitty

Nat n JR:

like, like, you know what, like other countries are going to be like, this is exactly what we're talking about. is exactly what we're talking about.

Ash:

is what it is. It's like the pumpkin spice of November, of fall.

JP:

But of hot

Ash:

Hot dogs

JP:

I'm

January:

there is some chatter about. Italy's new edition. when we talk about Italy,

JP:

Where

Ash:

Make a

JP:

not that make a note. We can do Italy next week.

Ash:

Were there more

JP:

should we do Italy next week? Cuz now I want to know

Nat n JR:

Don't

JP:

I'm put Italy on next week

Ash:

So we also have Goose Island Beer Co.

Nat n JR:

wait. How are we jumping from America to Italy?

JP:

We're not we're still on America dear

January:

next week.

Ash:

I was

Nat n JR:

I know,

Ash:

of the list.

Nat n JR:

but we can't just, how are we? I just, I'm sorry,

JP:

We can

Nat n JR:

I'm sorry.

Ash:

It's okay, this is my life.

JP:

Hit me hit me baby one more time

Ash:

Uh, so the second beaverage on the list was Goose Island Beer Co., which is a hazy beer, hug, hazy IPA. Did you copy this in right, sir?

JP:

copy

Ash:

Hug Hazy IPA?

JP:

right, sir? Beer,

Ash:

What's an IPA versus?

January:

appreciate the ABV and IPA. Of

Nat n JR:

the IPA.

Ash:

Oh. So, uh, this, so Goose Island Beer Company is based in Chicago, Illinois, according to our list, assuming that this was transcribed

JP:

It was, it was, I copied

Ash:

checking. And then the

JP:

V.

Ash:

And then the next one on the list is Wicked Weed Fest.

JP:

Interesting.

Ash:

Beer with an I. That's really gonna fuck with my head,

JP:

B R, B

Ash:

Uh, Asheville, North Carolina. And then it just says beer

JP:

flight. You probably

Ash:

Of all, oh. So you can have them individually or you can have them in a flight.

JP:

I.

Nat n JR:

fun just cause you get to taste all three of them. cute.

Ash:

I just don't like

JP:

I

Nat n JR:

So, so I have a question. Like when you guys eat stuff, do you eat, do you eat your favorite thing first or you save it for last?

Ash:

I saved it for

JP:

save it for

Ash:

has no taste What's the worst thing you've ever eaten? Rapid fire, come on.

JP:

no, you can't you're not you don't get to do that. That's not the way it sounds to stay in your lane. Stay in your motherfucking

Ash:

It was a valid question, you can't even think of it because you just mash it all together, it all tastes the same.

January:

the worst thing you've ever eaten,

Ash:

A lot? Lettuce? Lettuce is bad. Across the

JP:

listen, we've squirreled, can't squirrel, no squirrel. Stay, keep us out of that. We got to stay out of the hot dog hole. We can't, no. Save the rapid fire let's get out of that cot. Let's, uh, let's get outside of Disney for a

Ash:

second. Are we leaving the berm?

JP:

get outside the fucking berm. What happened outside of the berm,

Ash:

outside of the berm was Passholder Appreciation Nights at Universal Orlando

JP:

Did you feel appreciated?

Ash:

Uh, uh, You know, the food lines were,

JP:

disrespected.

Ash:

the food lines were a little longer than I anticipated for Passholder Appreciation Night. Um, I appreciate that everyone showed up. So Universal does this fun thing usually once a year for a couple nights where if you are a passholder, you can sign up for a free event. They shut down the park and only the passholders that were able to secure reservations get to attend. So it is a very limited crowd situation. Uh, they had

JP:

you have to fight for it. You gotta

Ash:

You do have to fight. We got lucky. We got lucky.

JP:

Go ahead Natalie, you are chomping at the bit. Hit it.

Ash:

Hit it.

Nat n JR:

just, I'm just thinking it must, it just, it feels, it must feel so nice to feel appreciated,

JP:

It, you know, you don't feel appreciated.

Ash:

I mean, it was exciting. It was, um, It is definitely an event that people want to do. Especially because it's free, right? So you're paying for this. No, it's not. It's a, it's a

January:

your admission is part of your annual

Ash:

Right. And it's shut out to the rest of the people. So if you don't get a wristband, you're not coming in. And it's an event.

January:

of, it's

JP:

It's fake,

January:

VIP for an

JP:

sort of, yeah, but like,

Ash:

The ride weights are extremely low because of the limited attendance. Actually, it was. No, they were very

JP:

little lower. We

Ash:

We waited longer for food than we did for rides.

JP:

did for rides.

Ash:

brought out, like, Frank the Pug from MIB.

JP:

Pug from

Ash:

That's okay. He's a, he's a

JP:

That's okay, he's a, he's a pug. Yeah, so funny. We did

Ash:

We did not do, we did not meet

JP:

get our

Ash:

We did get our, yeah, they had the real dog. We got our fancy annual pass holder cup.

JP:

movie like 20

Ash:

it is a real pug. I doubt he was in the movies. Our puppies don't last that long. Well, he is an alien.

JP:

It could

Ash:

be the same, Frank. But it could be.

JP:

it So,

Ash:

Passholder Night, there were exclusive menu items. We stood in line for a very long time for those things. They released, um, this is a Halloween Horror Night special, but this is Little Boo, guys. Can you

JP:

see? Well, yeah, it's

Ash:

Well, yeah,

JP:

him off at the top. Separated

Ash:

This is Little Boo. He's kind of the mascot for Halloween Horror Nights. He has been, he has the face of the millennials since the pandemic. And so he resonates for people. And this one's really exciting because he's like one of the little shoulder guys. So you get a magnet and he could sit on your shoulder. He just sits there. Disney has something like it too, but it's not as

JP:

the origin story for Lil Boo is, Halloween Horror Nights, they did like pumpkin, like, uh,

Ash:

Was it like 2019?

JP:

Like, funkens. You ever have the funkens, like the styrofoam ones that you carve? they had drawn like all sorts of different, like scary And then they just made this like millennial meh one. And, uh, people. people just like honed in on that one particular pumpkin and just started taking pictures with it and like it was like i'm in a sea of

Ash:

It was like

JP:

pumpkin that stood out

Ash:

Yeah, it was like going viral before like internet virals were truly a thing for something like that. And it's just exploded in the last four or five years that everyone wants something little boo. So they've done pillows and purses and t shirts and things like that. I'm a big fan if you hadn't I have a couple little boos, but this is my first little shoulder friend. I was very excited to secure him because he was selling

JP:

She's very

Ash:

little pal.

JP:

Um,

Nat n JR:

I love that you love him.

Ash:

I do.

Nat n JR:

Does he have an, have you named him?

Ash:

No, his name is just Little Boo and we're gonna make him hats.

JP:

she says, when

January:

make him a hat?

JP:

we're

Ash:

We're gonna make him hats.

JP:

him hats, What she really

Nat n JR:

gonna make him

Ash:

What means is that I'm going to fund the enterprise and he's going to make them because he's the creative one. I just lack that expertise. Um, and so he's gonna make him little hats and then I'm, we're hoping for like a reindeer. You know like antlers headband or a hat like a Santa hat and then I'm gonna wear them to Disney too And people are gonna be like, where'd you get that pumpkin? I'm gonna be like

JP:

Wrong IP. going to be that, she's going to be that person. I'm going to

Ash:

But if we can make him like Mickey ears, too, it's gonna be really funny.

JP:

funny.

January:

Little

Ash:

guys, get yourselves some Little Boo merch. You can go to Universal Merch. I don't know what the website is, forgive me. But it

JP:

go to the park and get it in the park.

Ash:

Well, maybe. He's been selling out.

JP:

but I'm going to say this. The one take away, one take away from this and it's not a direct, yeah, it's not a direct. It's an even up comparison, the drone show.

Ash:

Oh, so they did the Sinistation. How do you say it?

JP:

Sin sensational.

Ash:

Sinistational. Sinistational.

JP:

a shitty name's, terrible name for it., I don't even know. They changed. It's no longer bill anymore. Parks? The lady, I gotta talk to her. They gotta just changed the name. It should have been Sin Sensational is what it should have

Ash:

have been.

JP:

it sinna like cinema

Ash:

Yeah.

JP:

um, and their drone show. Well, it wasn't

Ash:

Well, it wasn't solidly a drone show, it's like a water show, you know, like the fountains that shoot up and lights and stuff. Yeah, there were some pyros. Yeah.

JP:

shoot up.

Ash:

But it was really, it was really spectacular. The drones themselves were limited, but it was just very like poignant. and

January:

their entertainment new

Ash:

It was really pretty spectacular. I was wowed, honestly, and those things don't normally impact me. But I had a good time. It was a good

JP:

and those things don't normally me.

Nat n JR:

we gave we gave it another go at like what we could do.

JP:

good

Nat n JR:

We had a great spot

JP:

was a good show.

January:

People go to the top of the orange garage

JP:

That's it. I mean, people have been saying, I don't know if it's like legit legit but like people have been

Ash:

seen some

JP:

can get up to the top of the or the top deck of the orange garage and then watch the entire show from there. It makes sense because it's like directly behind it.

January:

Right.

JP:

know if you get the music playing like pump they

January:

Well,

JP:

Talk

January:

were actually of late for the 10 45 show

JP:

for the 10. 45pm show? Like you were out doing something like, You know what, we need to calm

Ash:

drive home. was

January:

we got there. I think like within five minutes of the starting time And like they have the grass area blocked off like at that five minutes, they open it up. So we got a spot right there in front of the water.

Ash:

in a

JP:

too.

Nat n JR:

Yeah. There was nobody in front of

Ash:

the point? The wind's already whipping through your

January:

Oh, I feel like we went Saturday. So we did Epcot and it closed at nine went over to Disney Springs, found walked over. I saw a guy in front of the house of

JP:

Was it a guy you knew? Were you like, hey buddy? Or was it like a stranger who was directing

January:

but the detail that caught my eye when he was talking to the cops with his flip flops off. standing straight on the pavement, no flip flop.

Nat n JR:

You already know.

January:

I feel like your foot's already out. I don't know why you have to take the flip flop off and be on the cement.

JP:

Yeah, you're already, you're right. It's like being in a convertible and then being like, you know what? I think I'll stand up. Like, what's the point? That wind's already whipping through your toenails,

January:

um, my, our friend had to go to the bathroom, so we ended up waiting for her not too far from where the guy was talking to the cops. And we saw, huh,

JP:

He gave you directions from there?

January:

who gave me

JP:

The shoeless Joe Jackson.

January:

No, what ended up happening is, we see the cops walking him.

JP:

Oh, he's in trouble.

January:

They're, they're a group, so they're like surrounding him. They're like, we're walking this way, right?

JP:

triangulate around That's

January:

was, it was like a square. Yeah.

JP:

start to like position themselves. You're

January:

Yeah. Yeah.

JP:

I'm in

January:

He was surrounded

JP:

usually,

January:

and they were walking with him. And then he tried to like turn and like walk away from them.

Ash:

That's not how this works.

January:

They pulled out the plastic, plastic cups.

JP:

That's, it's interesting to see like what goes through their mind when they're like, you know what? I think I can probably outrun these Let me give it a, I don't even, he doesn't even have his shoes on. I'm slowing him down.

January:

did it.

JP:

going to keep holding him back no

Nat n JR:

And there was, there was a good, like six or seven officers. There was a lot of

January:

them. I feel like by the behavior, like them trying to guide him out, like they're trying to give him a chance to voluntarily

JP:

just made it worse.

January:

when he thought he could get away.

JP:

So then you took his position at this drone show.

January:

Yes, we did.

JP:

Was

January:

I don't think he was really preoccupied with the drone show.

JP:

Was the drone show good then?

January:

It was

JP:

So, if you had a rate 2 that we saw, so the one that, uh, the one that we saw from, the ice cream stand versus the one that you saw that night. What are you, what's the rating you're going to give it? Like the two rating. Number one,

January:

I'm sorry. We're going to five, 10 stars.

JP:

points don't matter, whatever you want. Level 17.

January:

So, the one we saw over by the hot air balloon, that would be It was the same

Nat n JR:

show, it was just

JP:

the experience

Nat n JR:

Well, yeah. Are you talking about the view?

January:

Our vantage

Nat n JR:

Oh,

JP:

frog. I'm giving it

Nat n JR:

we were at, 100 percent is

Ash:

I feel like that's One

JP:

Kermit the Frog.

Ash:

I don't like the

January:

love Kermie!

JP:

like Muppets.

Nat n JR:

I know you do, but look at Ashley's face. I don't think she loves Kermie.

Ash:

don't like Muppets. They freak

January:

And I love when the kids get the big Kermit and they just carry him around.

JP:

freak

Ash:

Squirrel.

JP:

out.

January:

There's a really good documentary on Disney Plus about Jim

Ash:

Sure isn't. No. No.

Nat n JR:

You don't like puppets?

Ash:

No.

Nat n JR:

Is that your fears? Are you scared

January:

of

Ash:

not a fear, I just don't like

January:

Do you like, like the string puppets? Like the wooden ones?

Ash:

Now you're

Nat n JR:

the marionettes?

January:

Marinette's, there we

JP:

or

Nat n JR:

When did this hate of puppets begin?

Ash:

Always.

Nat n JR:

Always. long as you remember, or was it after an incident?

Ash:

never liked Muppet shows.

Nat n JR:

That's crazy. Is it because,

Ash:

Muppet Puppet.

Nat n JR:

rap?

Ash:

didn't edit it. That's all pop

January:

Is there trauma? What's your trauma?

Ash:

that shit. a whole

January:

you didn't watch any Sesame Street?

Ash:

yeah

JP:

glaring at me?

January:

Barney count? Does Barney count as a puppet?

JP:

if

Nat n JR:

He's not a puppet. He's a,

JP:

to talk about trauma,

Ash:

I

Nat n JR:

well, because he is a puppet, it's different. There's a different setup. You guys have to watch the documentary.

January:

Yeah, well, Jonathan, Jonathan can watch the

JP:

I've watched it. You think I haven't subscribed to that shit? I've watched that shit. I love it.

Ash:

The closest you'll get me to a puppet No. The closest you'll get to me to a Muppet or a Puppet is Star Wars.

JP:

I get a sock puppet for her

Nat n JR:

Is what?

Ash:

Star Wars. Yeah, because a lot of those characters from the original movies were like Jim Henson based. I don't know if it was Jim Henson Productions, wasn't it?

JP:

Um, they work

Ash:

together. They worked together.

JP:

Uh, they, they, their paths definitely cross, especially with the, um, what's the maze

Ash:

the, labyrinth. I was thinking that in my head.

JP:

my

Ash:

Alright, guys.

JP:

Oh,

Ash:

We're winding down, unless anybody has anything left.

JP:

have something Rapid? fast or quick?

Ash:

Speedy?

JP:

Quick. question? Hit us with a hit us with a rapid one

Nat n JR:

are you ready?

JP:

I hope so

Nat n JR:

Favorite live animated disney movie go

Ash:

been

Nat n JR:

live action. Sorry

JP:

There's been a, there's been a bunch over the past few years. What do you, what do you got, uh, January?

January:

was

Nat n JR:

your favorite?

JP:

Yeah. Uh, favorite. Um, okay. I have a favorite, but it's for a very negative reason. Yeah. It's a lion King because the look on Mufasa's face when he's getting it, do you, have you ever had like a dog that jumps to the sofa? Doesn't quite make it. And it has the fear of God in his eyes. Boom. Uncanny Valley, that's what Mufasa had, has his little bitty paws who were trying to claw into the cliff and Scar said, screw you, you're out. Boom. That's why that's my favorite.

January:

Okay,

Nat n JR:

the question wasn't why just just which was your favorite, but thank you for

JP:

That's the one.

Nat n JR:

Um, that's why

JP:

what do you got? What's your favorite?

Ash:

Um, my favorite. I enjoyed Beauty and the Beast.

Nat n JR:

oh

Ash:

I didn't have a ton of complaints about it. I enjoyed the, the music and the

JP:

actors. I'm just like prepping the whole time. The whole time this movie's

Ash:

I had been, like, prepping him the whole way there, like, don't ruin this movie for the

JP:

we're going to fucking sing now. You can't hold this bag. It's like trying to hold the ocean back for the broom. I got an audience up front. That is fabulous. Fucking less. Let's go. I was ready.

Ash:

my caveat, however, to that is I'm pending this Hercules situation. I have high

January:

for hercules.

JP:

You mean

Nat n JR:

It's not out yet. So it doesn't count.

Ash:

No, I

Nat n JR:

Maybe we'll revisit this question

Ash:

What, like a couple years from now, my answer could be different.'cause I am stoked

JP:

January, what you got?

Nat n JR:

How about you january favorite live action?

January:

I agree with ashley. It's beauty and the beast Honestly, I feel like out of all the live action movies, it really stays kind of true to the animated one. They added a song or two, but

Ash:

And I think those songs were based off of like the Broadway musical, so it's not completely

Nat n JR:

that's cute. We didn't need them, but it's fine.

JP:

She's like, no extra credit here.

Ash:

jk. jk, jk.

January:

Natalie favorite live action

Nat n JR:

I wasn't ready for the

JP:

She's had the most, you asked the question. I've had the most time to think about

Ash:

Did you,

Nat n JR:

I asked

Ash:

circle back?

JP:

She

Nat n JR:

I think,

JP:

didn't plan this far ahead.

Nat n JR:

I'm definitely going to say the same beauty and the beast is definitely a fan fave. Um, I think the same. I mean, they did a great job and

JP:

it, was it the, um, the, the forced servitude or was it the bestiality that hooked

January:

it was the library,

JP:

Okay, just checking.

Ash:

Honorable mention

JP:

was very

January:

come true.

Nat n JR:

Right. Like, even to see like Belle in her yellow dress and like, I mean, I think it just. It was I think it's well done.

Ash:

is, it was very tasteful.

JP:

it was amazing. And, uh, it's my favorite part because you'll

Nat n JR:

least favorite go

January:

least favorite

JP:

favorite?

Nat n JR:

Least favorite live action

Ash:

I'm

JP:

I have not seen

Nat n JR:

you received to see who

January:

oh, I mean dumbo always makes me

Ash:

lot of them.

January:

and it hit it still made me cry.

JP:

I don't have a least favorite of the live actions. I think they're all in the same

January:

I think mine is. Um

JP:

Blasphemer! You don't

January:

The live action

JP:

like Will Smith? Oh

January:

I didn't like the music. I love the music of the animated one and like in this live action, I just didn't get the same like Excitement that I got with the anime music,

Nat n JR:

you know the original that's you know, we had some hit makers

JP:

Yeah. Uh oh. Yeah. Uh, Alan Mankin was a, was a, was a genius. I do wanna change my answer. I don't, I didn't like the

Nat n JR:

You didn't like what

JP:

The Little Mermaid.

January:

a little mermaid,

Nat n JR:

you know

JP:

was the king.

January:

had what didn't

Nat n JR:

you like about

JP:

king, And The crab

Nat n JR:

Okay,

Ash:

crab. was

Nat n JR:

You want a better casting,

Ash:

No, no, no, so

JP:

the king

Ash:

Diggs, no, no, no, Daveed Diggs topped here.

JP:

The but it was too is too real of a crab

Ash:

the, the, the, what they, the CGI of the crab was too realistic. And Flounder, that was a little

January:

you know um a friend pointed out to me that the ending was very um Underwhelming

JP:

Didn't make I didn't make

January:

in the animated movie, she comes out of the ocean with like a sparkling gown You

JP:

Ursula is beautiful

January:

in the live action movie, she comes out in her regular dress.

JP:

Hmm

January:

Why didn't we get the sparkling gown?

Nat n JR:

Yeah, why didn't we?

January:

she's regular. They made her regular.

JP:

I didn't, I didn't to the end.

Nat n JR:

You didn't watch The Little Mermaid?

Ash:

I don't think we made it to her getting legs. Yeah, I want

January:

it to her getting

Ash:

I want, I wanted to watch it. He turned it off. We just never

JP:

just, it just wasn't,

January:

Her voice is beautiful. I love the songs that she did.

JP:

I, I believe that

January:

We just wanted to see that costume and there was no costume.

Ash:

that's a I

Nat n JR:

Yeah, that was, that was lacking for

Ash:

I thought Jungle Book did an okay

JP:

I thought it was a great

January:

Honestly, I think The Jungle Book was really good

Nat n JR:

What's the live action that you want to see being made?

Ash:

that

January:

I'm waiting for Snow White.

Ash:

be seeing

January:

to do it justice?

JP:

I want Moana. I want to see,

January:

deal, you

JP:

I want to see the rock rap.

January:

I want to see Amphor's new groove.

JP:

It, they can't, it's, it's nude. You'd just be seeing cock

January:

I don't know, but I would love to see it. Like, give me an Yzma.

Ash:

I didn't like Pinocchio.

JP:

Wait, that was live action? Oh, I did watch that. Was that, that was with Tom

Nat n JR:

was nice.

JP:

very, it was a

Ash:

was a very popular movie. Pinocchio. I

JP:

I don't

January:

I love Tom Hanks. I

Ash:

that was hot garbage.

JP:

Oh, that was garbage. That was hot garbage, but I watched it all the way through. Ch ch ch chippendales.

Nat n JR:

wait. There's a Chip and Dale live action?

JP:

You got to watch it. Yeah. It's like, so it's

Nat n JR:

So you finished Chippendale and you couldn't get through The Little Mermaid?

January:

The

JP:

Yeah, it was. You know what it was like? It was like a Seinfeld reunion, but like one of them had like, was it

Ash:

It was the train wreck you just

JP:

Dale had like CGI work done or something. Like it was like real shitty. It was good.

Nat n JR:

this is on Disney Plus.

JP:

it on Disney plus it might, it must be on Disney plus.

Nat n JR:

January, we're watching this today.

JP:

they brought in, didn't they bring

Nat n JR:

not today, but during the week.

JP:

they brought in like the rescue rangers and like one of them was like hooked up. But like the big bear married the mouse.

Ash:

married the

JP:

It was like it had like 18 kids, bear, mice, kids or something like that. It's like real. It got a little got a little creepy. It was definitely interesting.

Ash:

a good thing.

JP:

yeah, yeah, it was. I mean, I made it all the way through, but I could not make it through the seven seas that didn't hey, that was a very good, um, that was a very good rabbit fire. appreciate it. Anyone have anything else to add? Or are we set to wrap it up? Alright! I love it. It's been magical.

Ash:

love it.

JP:

Natalie,

Nat n JR:

Sometime next week,

Bernard:

And that wraps up another magical episode of the DANK Pod! Remember to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. Find us on Instagram at the dank pod. On line at the dank pod.com and send any questions, comments, or suggestions to the dank pod at gmail.com We hope you enjoyed our chats and Adult takes on Walt Disney World. Remember, even as adults, we’re all just kids at heart when it comes to the magic of Disney. Thanks for tuning in, and until next time, stay DANK!”