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Speaker 1:
[00:00] Maz and Morons, welcome back to the Good Guys podcast. Ben, I have a very important question.
Speaker 2:
[00:06] Tell me, please, tell me.
Speaker 1:
[00:08] If you were gonna go back to school, what would you study?
Speaker 2:
[00:14] It's so hard to say, Josh, because what I wanna say is marine biology.
Speaker 1:
[00:21] What are you, a sitcom actor in the 90s? Marine biology, Mr. Cosby.
Speaker 2:
[00:28] That said, it wouldn't pay the bills. But I would love to learn about the deep sea, Josh. I would love to learn about the deep sea. Also, as you know, I've been watching my unbelievable documentary, PBS, Josh, okay? PBS about New York, let me tell you, maybe a little American history. I love learning, Josh, now that the stakes are so low, nobody's testing me. I love learning, but yeah, I'm going to see marine biology. You go back to school, Josh, what are you learning?
Speaker 1:
[00:58] I would be biology. I'd want to be a physician.
Speaker 2:
[01:02] See, that's smart. You focus on the people. I'm focusing on the mammals, okay?
Speaker 1:
[01:08] Yeah, listen, were you going to ask the porpoise if they're covered?
Speaker 2:
[01:12] Yeah, they're not. By the way, they're not, okay? Who's paying for that surgery, by the way? Is the government? Maybe I could get a government contract for operating on seals.
Speaker 1:
[01:23] That's hot.
Speaker 2:
[01:23] Ooh, maybe there's real money. They don't have any insurance.
Speaker 1:
[01:26] Yes.
Speaker 2:
[01:26] They don't have it. It's all out of network. I'm the out of network surgeon of the seals.
Speaker 1:
[01:33] Then maybe you could take an Alex Jones turn as the marine biologist conspiracy theorist. Like, they're turning the seals gay, you know?
Speaker 2:
[01:42] Yeah, maybe they are. I don't know. I'll find out. I'll get to the bottom of it. Wow.
Speaker 1:
[01:49] I could see that for you.
Speaker 2:
[02:22] I would love to go back to school. I just like, learning's so fun. I don't like, we'll never get that back.
Speaker 1:
[02:29] Olivia, where are you going?
Speaker 2:
[02:29] And I just didn't want it then. I want it now.
Speaker 1:
[02:32] What are you gonna study?
Speaker 3:
[02:33] I am going to study.
Speaker 1:
[02:35] She's like, anything that allows me to not have to work with influencers.
Speaker 3:
[02:42] I wanted to study like English at one point, but I would be completely unemployable, I fear. So, I would say, let's be really practical. I'm going to trade school.
Speaker 1:
[02:54] A vocation, huh?
Speaker 3:
[02:55] I'm gonna go to trade school and make a ton of money as an HVAC person.
Speaker 2:
[03:00] Very smart, very smart.
Speaker 3:
[03:04] And everything that I have to do is just right in front of me, just with my hands, tactile.
Speaker 1:
[03:08] Yeah, you finish at the end of the day, you're not thinking about work.
Speaker 3:
[03:11] I'm clocked out.
Speaker 1:
[03:12] Yeah, you're going home. I love that.
Speaker 2:
[03:15] HVAC, that's smart. The amount, I don't remember the exact percentage, but there's a serious amount of boomer HVAC owners that are going to die with their business, or people are going in, giving them a nice retirement amount, and they're taking their profitable business off their hands. This is a thing, a big thing. So Olivia, honestly, you could do that now. Go in, buy an HVAC company, you don't even have to get your hands dirty.
Speaker 1:
[03:41] Diversify.
Speaker 3:
[03:42] There we go, I like this. I've got one pot in the media pool, and then the other one in just trades, craftsmanship. I like it.
Speaker 2:
[03:51] Josh, did you like school?
Speaker 1:
[03:53] I did. I didn't mind school. I was working, and so then I fell behind, and that made it hard. But I loved school.
Speaker 2:
[04:05] I loved school. I really, I really hated learning. And it's so sad because of how much I currently love learning. I love it. I just, I like yearn for that time back. I actually, I'm sad about it. Like, I'm, and I think about it often, how I didn't know what I had, and now I don't have the opportunity again. You know? Like, it really is very, very special to have so many hours dedicated towards learning, I guess it would be better if you could pick what you wanted to learn. Maybe that would make things a little bit more interesting and people wouldn't push it away so hard. But yeah, I hated it.
Speaker 1:
[04:48] I also think we got rid of very practical classes in favor of electives like poetry. No Shane on poetry. Fucking Walt Whitman out there. Okay, I'm sorry. I know you're all-
Speaker 2:
[04:59] A New York legend, Mr. Whitman. A New York legend. I know that from my documentary.
Speaker 1:
[05:04] We love you, Walt Whitman, and we love poetry. But I think there were these practical classes like Home Ec. Anthony Bourdain is a great quote. He goes, you know what the problem with Home Ec was? They didn't make the boys go. Like- Yeah. You know how many dumb men who don't know how to cook a thing? I mean, you can't relate to that at all, Ben. But like, that was a big Bourdainism. Like, if you cannot cook for yourself and your family, like a couple basic meals, you're useless. I totally agree with that. Boys should be in Home Ec. And boys and girls should be in Shop Class. Like, that ended too. Like, metalworking and whatnot. So like, we wonder why every kid wants to get a communications degree and is like, how come I don't have my $300,000 a year job at a college? It's like, because you actually maybe aren't good at anything.
Speaker 2:
[05:52] At anything. Yeah, because you're an idiot. No, seriously, that's the problem. You're dumb. You're really dumb. You offer nothing. You're entitled. You learn buckets.
Speaker 1:
[06:04] But you know, all the best.
Speaker 2:
[06:04] And you have no original thoughts. And you have no original thoughts. That's the problem.
Speaker 4:
[06:10] Why can't I get a job?
Speaker 2:
[06:11] Because you're stupid, okay? That's why you can't get a fucking job.
Speaker 4:
[06:15] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[06:17] Dummy. We're really endearing ourselves. The podcast's crying. They're just crying.
Speaker 5:
[06:24] They're like, why are they calling me dumb?
Speaker 1:
[06:26] Do you want to do a weird story real quick?
Speaker 2:
[06:29] I do, but I'm so excited for Maury. I just had to tell them. Maury's coming in later, and let me tell you, what a beautiful Jewish king that Maury is. I love him. I love him. Josh, I used to be sick at home. I'd watch Maury. I'd watch Jerry. Maybe at night, I'd sneak a peek at Robin Bird. They're all in my collection, all in my brain. They're in just a different part of my brain that I don't access enough, where I was young and I loved Maury and Judge Judy. Just a big part of my life.
Speaker 1:
[07:03] I didn't have sick days, cause they would say to me, it's not called Drake and replacement. It's not called the Drake and Stanton show, is it? Is it called Drake and Understudy? No, it's called Drake and Josh. Five, six, seven, eight. Take some steroids.
Speaker 2:
[07:26] Now bend over, and I'm going to inject you with steroids.
Speaker 1:
[07:29] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[07:29] Yes.
Speaker 1:
[07:29] Take some steroids, eat a pizza, and say the funny fat fat, no, I don't know. Oh, my. Make with the funny big boy.
Speaker 4:
[07:47] Oh, it hurts still.
Speaker 1:
[07:49] The New York Post writes, Crew's weddings are a cost-efficient but glamorous trend couples are partaking in. It's a movement, not a moment. Love is on deck. As more couples lean into the destination wedding trends, some are going the all-inclusive route at sea, opting to say their I do's on a cruise ship. With a cruise wedding, you blend the excitement and glamour of a destination celebration without the hassle of scheduling and corralling guests. It's a way for couples to do something memorable that doesn't feel like everyone else's wedding. What do we think?
Speaker 2:
[08:22] I love the idea of a cruise wedding. I've never thought about it. I've never considered it. I don't really understand the whole, you don't have to wrangle your guests. There is a port. Like people need to get on somewhere. So you're wrangling them.
Speaker 1:
[08:37] But once they're on.
Speaker 2:
[08:39] Sounds pretty amazing, honestly. I'd love to go to a wedding on a cruise.
Speaker 1:
[08:44] Yeah, I would be open to it too, especially if it was a Ted Cruz wedding. No, I...
Speaker 4:
[08:51] Like a ball of butter or something. Oh, that's funny.
Speaker 1:
[08:59] Yeah, I think it would be... I'm not against... That to me actually seems like a better version of a destination wedding, honestly.
Speaker 2:
[09:08] Way better, way better. And everything's taken care of. All-inclusive drinks, the gluttony. It just makes sense on a cruise. Yeah, I love it. That said, is the cruise... You're there with other people, Josh. You're not having a 3,000-person wedding. Cruises are big. This isn't a private cruise. So really, you're trying to enjoy the pool and you have somebody eating a burger in the pool. I just... Like, sloppy passerby is... I don't know. Unless you have your own private part of the cruise, that would be huge. The Carnival Cruise Wedding? We need to work at the Kinks.
Speaker 1:
[09:53] A Carnival Cruise Wedding sounds so lit.
Speaker 2:
[09:59] We need to work at the Kinks. You know how many people are going to die from bad crab? Like, they're just dead. They're dead.
Speaker 1:
[10:07] All you would see is the people doing their vows, and all of a sudden, you'd hear, and it's just me getting soft serve over to the side. It's a free all day. Fuck, I love soft serve. Me too.
Speaker 2:
[10:24] And I love a swim up bar. What's better than that? You swim to your margarita.
Speaker 1:
[10:29] Oh my God. It's a big whale coming in for some chips and guac.
Speaker 2:
[10:34] Yeah, you just see me. I've been doing the breaststroke underwater. All of a sudden, I just pop my head out, ready for my margarita chips and guac. Right there. I scare the bartender.
Speaker 1:
[10:48] You just hit him a wet 20. Keep the change. It was 19.
Speaker 2:
[10:57] Keep the change if you can salvage the bill.
Speaker 1:
[11:02] Keep the change. It will weigh me down.
Speaker 2:
[11:04] It's just in pieces.
Speaker 1:
[11:09] So dumb. Well, we've got another story. That's right. Another story, which is, proud 35-year-old Virgin refuses to settle, despite what trolls say. I'd rather wait. This is from the New York Post again, to all legal teams, it's from the New York Post. She's doing what's best for her. In 2026, when digital dating is tough as it is, one 35-year-old woman is standing her ground on refusing to settle, especially regarding giving up her virginity. Not only has Lauren Harkins never had a boyfriend or been intimate with someone, but she's never been on a date.
Speaker 2:
[11:50] Okay, 35.
Speaker 1:
[11:52] I think it's the no boyfriend never had a relationship that's a little more troubling, right?
Speaker 2:
[11:58] Definitely. Definitely. Right. But I don't, it's very, it sounds very lonely, I'm not gonna lie. That's what it sounds like. Lonely. Lacking fun. I hope you have used all of your extra time to become very proficient in a skill. But lonely. That's what I would say. Lonely. And agreed, it's not the sex piece. You do what you want in the bedroom. You want human interaction. You want to go to dinner with someone. You want to share a piece of sushi, okay? Or share a sushi roll. You want to share a piece of sushi. One piece? Sounds terrible. It's terrible. Well. Then you also like it's falling out of the side. You can't even bite a piece of sushi in half. You can't do that. Share a sushi roll. How thin are you? Share six sushi rolls. Go out and enjoy. Speaking of six sushi rolls, last night I ordered in from Tao. Josh, I know you're like, wow, what are you nuts?
Speaker 1:
[12:53] What are you nuts?
Speaker 2:
[12:54] Unbelievable. I was thinking to myself, it's Sunday night.
Speaker 1:
[12:58] You're like, I ordered it from Yankee Stadium.
Speaker 2:
[13:02] I wanted sushi. And I'm thinking to myself, everybody says don't do sushi on Sundays, don't do sushi on Sundays. I'm like, is Tao really selling bad sushi on Sundays? I know it's a myth. It's Monday. No, because the fish market's closed.
Speaker 1:
[13:14] The Bourdain World, yeah, Monday.
Speaker 2:
[13:17] But all the sushi places are closed on Sundays, maybe because they can't prep. I don't know why. Most high-end sushi restaurants in the city close Sundays.
Speaker 1:
[13:24] Okay.
Speaker 2:
[13:25] Not Tao, Josh. Unbelievable sushi.
Speaker 1:
[13:29] I believe that.
Speaker 2:
[13:30] I couldn't. It came in, it was such a beautiful display, too. Branded, you open this box. It was my best bite of the week. It was wonderful.
Speaker 1:
[13:41] Do I love a best bite? Well, did you know, how can you tell a man's penis size? LA controversial's dick print expert is turning women into schlong sleuths. This is a dirty ass article in New York Post. Oh my God. Anwar White is teaching women how to be a private detective. Call them. Oh my gosh. This is too, never mind. The New York Post, get your shit together. I feel like a dirty bird. I'm not reading it. Sorry, guys. This is my...
Speaker 2:
[14:15] Speaking of detectives, our guest here is Maury.
Speaker 1:
[14:21] Maury's perfect in that department. Guys, we've got the great Maury Povich for you. You're going to love it. He and Ben got to sit down together. There's love in Ben's eyes.
Speaker 2:
[14:33] I love Maury. Maury's... all my grandparents are dead. He's alive. This is like my living grandfather. He was... Maury's amazing. Better than I ever could have imagined. And hopefully you all love it.
Speaker 1:
[14:49] Love you guys. See you soon. Here's Maury. Listen to his podcast. On par with Maury?
Speaker 2:
[14:56] On par with Maury. Maury's a podcaster.
Speaker 1:
[14:58] Let's hear a little more.
Speaker 2:
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Speaker 5:
[20:03] Right.
Speaker 2:
[20:04] We stitched together these videos and the listener really doesn't even know.
Speaker 5:
[20:08] And where do you do it in Florida?
Speaker 2:
[20:10] In Florida, we do it.
Speaker 5:
[20:12] Do you have a studio?
Speaker 2:
[20:13] We have a studio in Florida.
Speaker 5:
[20:14] Really?
Speaker 2:
[20:14] Yeah, we do. You're more than welcome to come anytime.
Speaker 5:
[20:17] When my podcast, On Par with Maury Povich and I go to Florida, maybe I can do it in Florida.
Speaker 2:
[20:22] I think you can. I think you can.
Speaker 5:
[20:25] Because I'm tired of paying these high prices in New York.
Speaker 2:
[20:27] My God, you can do it there easily. We'll talk later. Me and Maury are in business together, Josh.
Speaker 1:
[20:33] This is it. It sounds like a deli. Maury and his.
Speaker 2:
[20:36] You want to open a deli? We can open a deli.
Speaker 5:
[20:39] No, but I've eaten in a lot of them. That's another thing about Los Angeles.
Speaker 2:
[20:44] What's your favorite deli?
Speaker 5:
[20:45] No great delis.
Speaker 2:
[20:46] What's your favorite deli in New York?
Speaker 5:
[20:48] Well, I mean, in the old, old days, it was always the Carnegie. That was always the place to go. The sandwiches were as big as the Empire State Building. And I used to love one on the Upper West Side. It's now closed. It was called EJ's, a great diner deli up there. You can't, I mean, today, I mean, the deli of delis is still Katz's way down on Houston Street.
Speaker 2:
[21:18] It is. It is. I still think Pastrami Queen and a good day at Second Avenue Deli is on par with Katz's.
Speaker 5:
[21:27] Second Avenue Deli is good.
Speaker 2:
[21:28] Very good. And Pastrami Queen on 77th and Lex is very good.
Speaker 5:
[21:32] What food determines the deli for you?
Speaker 2:
[21:37] I think hot pastrami determines the deli for me.
Speaker 5:
[21:39] Not corned beef.
Speaker 2:
[21:41] A mix of both. If you're going to a deli, Josh, and you're ordering turkey, that's a Whitty and Nuts. Get out of here with that, okay?
Speaker 4:
[21:47] Get out of here.
Speaker 5:
[21:49] And probably with mayonnaise, right?
Speaker 2:
[21:50] Yeah, no. We need a heavy dose of Russian, corned beef and a pastrami.
Speaker 4:
[21:54] Exactly.
Speaker 2:
[21:54] You get a side of coleslaw, if you're ordering a half sour pickle, I'm also out on you.
Speaker 1:
[21:57] Right.
Speaker 2:
[21:58] I'm sorry.
Speaker 1:
[21:58] They're about to put this podcast in an internment camp. It's so Jewish.
Speaker 5:
[22:06] Josh, do you think you could ever find a bagel in Los Angeles, as good as a New York bagel?
Speaker 1:
[22:12] Maury, I won't fight you on that one, but I will give you a little pushback on this. I would say that Langer's, the famous deli in LA.
Speaker 5:
[22:21] I love Langer's. I used to work near Langer's.
Speaker 1:
[22:24] Wouldn't you say the pastrami is on par, could compete against the Katz's?
Speaker 5:
[22:27] Pretty good. Not the bagels.
Speaker 1:
[22:30] Not the bagels. You're right. You're so right.
Speaker 5:
[22:32] But Langer's was always, Connie Chung, my wife, always went to Langer's. Chicken soup was good there too. Yeah.
Speaker 1:
[22:40] Tell us.
Speaker 5:
[22:40] That was good.
Speaker 1:
[22:41] I'd love to hear about the love affair with your amazing wife, Connie, because you guys have been together how long?
Speaker 5:
[22:47] I'm not too sure you could call it that.
Speaker 1:
[22:51] But how long have you two been together?
Speaker 5:
[22:53] It's 41 years now, and then about seven non-exclusive dating before that. So, I mean, it's near 50. Wow. I think the key to our marriage is, she calls me Mr. Chung.
Speaker 4:
[23:12] That's awesome.
Speaker 5:
[23:15] I mean, that's the way, I mean, it's... I think more than anything is that since we grew up in the same business and worked in the same business, that we understood all of the pressures in the business and what we had to go through, and how we had to talk each other down from the outside forces within the business, like management or this or one guy, let's say an anchor who didn't like her or this person didn't like her or didn't like me. And so we could talk truthfully to each other. I mean, she would complain sometimes about this guy, this management guy and always honor and always criticize on you. I said, don't you understand? He wants to sleep with you. I don't get it.
Speaker 2:
[24:04] Whose idea was it to do paternity tests?
Speaker 5:
[24:07] Well, it was my executive producers. Her name was Amy Rosenblum. And Amy came up with this idea. And I went, I don't know, I just don't know. She said, no, don't you understand? It's just like all the soap operas. They have this theme about whether they're the father, but it plays out over six months on the soap operas, and we can do it in 12 minutes with an answer. And basically my input was, the first time I did the show, and I knew the story and I had read about it, and the show producer was briefing me right before the show. And she said, she would say, and the result is, and I said, I don't wanna know the result. I don't wanna know anything more than my guests, my live audience, my audience at home. I would skew questions. I never wanna feel that I'm more important than anybody that I'm talking to or the audience. And that's when the whole inflection of, you are the father or you are not, it's cause I was as surprised as anyone. Yeah, wow, wow. And that was the best add on that I put to the themes. And the same thing with lie detectors, and that's a lie or you're telling the truth.
Speaker 2:
[25:26] Yeah, cause you didn't know.
Speaker 5:
[25:27] I didn't know.
Speaker 2:
[25:28] You were open. And how much, so it sounds like all of it was real.
Speaker 5:
[25:32] Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2:
[25:33] All real.
Speaker 5:
[25:33] Yeah, I mean, it's, everybody tries to compare the show with Jerry's show, Jerry Springer.
Speaker 2:
[25:38] Yeah, rest in peace.
Speaker 5:
[25:39] And Jerry, yes, a dear man who, we were friends from, we started the same year, 1991, so we knew each other well. And Jerry gave me the best compliment. He said that he used to say to interviewers, you don't understand, Maury shows the real deal, and my show is wrestling.
Speaker 2:
[26:00] I was just about to compare it to wrestling. So interesting. Maybe that's because I've seen a clip where somebody compared it to wrestling. Maybe that's not an original thought. But that is, that's fascinating. Because in my head, I definitely did have it as similar, but no, Maury was 100% real.
Speaker 5:
[26:18] I mean, and people, you say, are those people real? I said, are you kidding? It's part of the American fabric. I mean, I used to say, I used to justify it. There was a New York Times Sunday story one time in the New York Times Sunday magazine. And the story was 10% of all kids in this country are with the wrong father. Wow. Wrong birth father. And I went 10%. Wow. I couldn't believe that.
Speaker 1:
[26:51] I would have taken the wrong one for something. I had nothing. I would have liked maybe the wrong one.
Speaker 2:
[26:58] Josh, give Maury a little background.
Speaker 1:
[27:01] Maury, I don't have a dad, never met him. I just know what my mom's told me, but it would have been fun to catch him good.
Speaker 5:
[27:09] Well, it's interesting. So you grew up with a single parent.
Speaker 1:
[27:14] Yes.
Speaker 5:
[27:14] Never had a father in your, not a stepfather, not a...
Speaker 1:
[27:18] No.
Speaker 5:
[27:19] Not a father figure.
Speaker 1:
[27:21] Only when I was around nine or 10, I got a big brother from the Big Brother Foundation, and he's turned out to be one of my dearest, closest friends for over 30 years. But yeah, that's it.
Speaker 5:
[27:32] Do you think your life would have been any different with a father?
Speaker 1:
[27:35] 100%, but not necessarily better or worse, but different for sure.
Speaker 5:
[27:42] Yeah, it's one of the reasons why I don't know how the show worked because I was always felt like a member of the family of all the people who came on the show because they could unburden themselves and they felt that I could have been welcomed into their home. But I never, ever, you, Josh, have had the experience of being in a single parent home. Wouldn't know what that would be. I don't know if I would be different or not.
Speaker 1:
[28:17] Was there ever follow up, Maury, about how after a guy found out he was the father, whether or not they continued to be in the kid's life in any capacity?
Speaker 5:
[28:26] Absolutely, it's the best part about the fact that the show lasted so long.
Speaker 2:
[28:31] Yeah.
Speaker 5:
[28:33] That baby we would bring back when she was 20 years old and we would, whether the father got into the life and on many occasions, not only did he get into her life, but got with the woman again and had more babies. And so that's how I, that's what critics would say over the years. You're just exploiting this theme, you're exploiting these people. Said, no, I'm just trying to get these parents into these kids lives so that the child will have a better chance.
Speaker 2:
[29:09] And they also have to be excited about being on TV. Like, there's an element of them being famous too, that plays into all of this, right?
Speaker 5:
[29:19] And then there's also the case on many occasion, when the guy wasn't proven to be the father, they would come back and test other people. And the audience would boo them, boo these women. And I went, oh no, you don't understand. I think these women are brave to come back. It had to take a lot of courage to take that kind of humiliation and come back on the show.
Speaker 2:
[29:45] Yeah. Do you have one moment or memory or family that just stands out that you remember?
Speaker 5:
[29:52] There was one particular story that will go down. It's famous. And a woman came on the show accusing a guy of being the father of her twins. And since I didn't know the answers, I opened up the envelope and he was the father of one, but not the other.
Speaker 2:
[30:12] Wow.
Speaker 5:
[30:13] Paternal twins. Wow. And if the young lady is active over a certain period during the month, you can have two fathers.
Speaker 2:
[30:22] Holy shit. Holy smoke.
Speaker 5:
[30:25] How about that, Josh?
Speaker 1:
[30:26] That's our-
Speaker 4:
[30:27] Josh, say it's true.
Speaker 1:
[30:27] You're blowing my mind over here.
Speaker 2:
[30:31] Oh my God.
Speaker 1:
[30:33] This is, I'm seeing Danny DeVito. I'm seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Speaker 4:
[30:36] Right, exactly.
Speaker 1:
[30:39] The twins.
Speaker 2:
[30:39] That's crazy.
Speaker 1:
[30:42] Can you imagine, Ben, if you had a brother who was like Wemby?
Speaker 2:
[30:50] Ben Soffer and Wemby Yama. Yeah, Wemby is fantastic. Oh my God. That is unbelievable. How does that happen? My brain can't even wrap my head around it.
Speaker 5:
[31:03] Most people have fraternal twins because the woman has gone through IVF and you can end up with a lot of eggs and a lot of sperm, but it's not identical because it's been used through IVF and you have a lot of fraternal twins in this country. I know many of them, but the doctors told me that it's like a million to one shot.
Speaker 1:
[31:30] Wow, that's unreal.
Speaker 2:
[31:33] I feel like more people should do that. Like now that IVF, like now that we can sort of play God, it's very interesting. Just saying, maybe for a gay couple.
Speaker 5:
[31:44] Well, maybe the next time you go around, you have an 11 month old now or something?
Speaker 2:
[31:49] Yeah, I could, I could try. You want to do it with me? Maury, me and Maury are gonna have fraternal twins out of Claudia. I think she's in. I love it.
Speaker 4:
[31:58] What do you think about that?
Speaker 2:
[31:59] Right, Peccino just had two kids. Or maybe we defy us and we do all three. Josh, you'll send us a sample. We'll do all three of us. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 5:
[32:05] Now, Josh, are you married too?
Speaker 1:
[32:07] I am, I'm married. I have three kids that I'm the father of all three.
Speaker 5:
[32:12] How do you know?
Speaker 1:
[32:13] How do you know?
Speaker 5:
[32:15] How do I know?
Speaker 1:
[32:16] One and a half look like me, I'm telling you. Yeah, you never did maternity tests, which I found weird. Anyway.
Speaker 5:
[32:24] Well, I did one. I did. How about this? We would do one when the mother didn't want to be the mother.
Speaker 4:
[32:34] Ah, right.
Speaker 2:
[32:35] Yeah, sure. And how often, because I've heard this before, sometimes you mix up the baby in the in the hospital.
Speaker 5:
[32:42] Sure.
Speaker 2:
[32:43] Sometimes that happens.
Speaker 5:
[32:44] And the other, I mean, really strange ones were, we had a woman, young woman, who was claiming that this guy was the father of her baby, but this guy had been killed while she was pregnant. And so therefore, the grandmother wanted to know if that was going to be her granddaughter or grandson. And so we had, we tested through the grandparent, and they ends up many times that it's her grandchild.
Speaker 1:
[33:19] Were you ever, Maury, was there a case where you were secretly rooting that the father wasn't the father?
Speaker 5:
[33:26] You know, I would root, how about this? I would root when we would have a guy who had been on the show several times and was the father of these various kids and wouldn't get into their lives. And so when he would come on again, I was hoping he wasn't the father because he would never show up anyway.
Speaker 2:
[33:54] There were always tons of inbound requests, or was it your team going out sourcing these?
Speaker 5:
[34:01] It was so popular, the 1-800-number call in. But then we, my staff operated like a new staff. I mean, we would go out and check these people out and make sure they...
Speaker 2:
[34:15] Legit.
Speaker 5:
[34:15] Yeah, and not only that, with the paternity test, I mean, they had to go to a place to take the test. And one of the reasons why it was popular for a real paternity test, not one of these home deals, it's like 1,500 bucks.
Speaker 2:
[34:32] It's a lot of money.
Speaker 5:
[34:34] And so people can't afford it.
Speaker 2:
[34:36] Yeah, yeah. So they'd come on, they'd get the free test.
Speaker 5:
[34:38] We'd pay for the test.
Speaker 2:
[34:39] Pay for the test. And 10%.
Speaker 1:
[34:45] What's it like? You know, the landscape of like late night talk shows is so different from like the midday talk shows, right? It's a different animal. How did you approach that?
Speaker 5:
[34:56] Well, it's interesting because if... I just actually did a three part series for ABC on what we called the Golden Age of Daytime Talk, which was the 1990s and early 2000s. There were 20 of us on the air. I mean, we had Oprah and Phil and Geraldo and Sally Jesse and Jenny Jones and Montell and me. I mean, just go on and Ricky Lake. In fact, on my podcast, on par with Maury Povich next week, Ricky Lake comes.
Speaker 2:
[35:30] Oh, wow.
Speaker 5:
[35:30] I haven't seen Ricky in 25 years. It's going to be great.
Speaker 2:
[35:35] Amazing.
Speaker 5:
[35:35] So anyway, all of these talk shows were so prevalent. And I'm telling you, I know for a fact there would be no Kardashians, there would be no Housewives, there would be none of those reality shows. All of them were all spin-offs of our shows in the 1990s, because we basically created reality TV.
Speaker 2:
[35:58] You did. You did. People are coming on. It was so... I mean, it was my ultimate sick day. I remember.
Speaker 5:
[36:05] I was sick. So I'll ask you the way I ask everybody else. Did you pretend that you were sick? Because I have all these people who remember that and say, I said, so how did you convince your parents you were sick? Well, we used to take the thermometer and hold it up to the light bulb.
Speaker 2:
[36:22] That's a big one, for sure. Also, my parents didn't like, if I told them I was sick, they'd let me, like, they're not forcing you into school. But I remember I would watch Maury, I would watch Jerry Springer. I remember Jerry Springer feeling a little bit naughtier than Maury. And I would watch Judge Judy. And yeah, that was, I remember that like it was yesterday.
Speaker 5:
[36:40] Those reality shows spawned everything that's going on now.
Speaker 2:
[36:44] Yeah, yeah, because we love drama. And if we can be told that it's real, then it's even better. So what are you up to today?
Speaker 5:
[36:51] Oh yeah, so I'm doing this podcast. It's called On Par.
Speaker 2:
[36:55] Okay.
Speaker 5:
[36:56] And it's like, you know, it's like I'm stepping into a world that is very different for me. I mean, I was 25 years in the television news business. I did these talk shows. It was all about the story. It was never about me. And now I can bring on guests. And if I have some kind of similar experience in my life, I can reveal it, you know? I mean, the handcuffs were off.
Speaker 2:
[37:27] That's so interesting. You're there. I've never thought about that. But Josh, when you host a show, you don't get to talk about yourself at all. You're just talking about everybody else. So yeah, now you get to interject.
Speaker 5:
[37:38] Yeah, and so for instance, I would have, let's say, a comedian on. And the comedian, I'd say, well, did you ever get upset at anybody? Oh yeah, I said, well, who would you get upset? Well, how about if you were the owner of a comedy club and they didn't like you? And they waited to put me on till two o'clock in the morning when the joint was like a third full. And so therefore, he would never give me a better time period to go on. And I really resented that. I said, well, let me tell you something. I had a list of general managers I worked for and who fired me or we didn't get along or didn't understand me. And I had this list, about five people, five guys. And I said, I wanted revenge on them so badly. Each one of them at one time or another got fired themselves. And instead of a big smile on my face, I felt sorry for them.
Speaker 4:
[38:44] I just, I couldn't even hold a grudge. Yeah.
Speaker 5:
[38:48] Now, I would never have been able to say that on my talk show.
Speaker 2:
[38:52] No, but you can now. So you're enjoying podcasting.
Speaker 5:
[38:54] I like it a lot. I like doing them. You know, promoting it is just another story. You guys know about that.
Speaker 2:
[39:01] Yeah, it's different. I imagine you get to just be talent when you're on a network show. When you're in the game of podcasting, you're a little bit of both, right? You have to be talent, but you also have to use strategy and you have to help it grow. Of course, you could spend money traditionally, but the best podcasts aren't advertising by spending money. They're doing exactly what you're doing, where you're coming on our show, or we'll go on on par, or the clips will go viral. But it's a completely different business. It's just so interesting.
Speaker 5:
[39:30] That's right. And it's like a family.
Speaker 4:
[39:34] Yeah.
Speaker 5:
[39:35] All you podcasters, all of us podcasters.
Speaker 2:
[39:37] All of us podcasters, Josh, that each have our semen in my wife. We're gonna have three, Josh.
Speaker 4:
[39:44] Listen, have you been reading my diary?
Speaker 2:
[39:46] Three fraternal twins.
Speaker 1:
[39:48] What I would do to have a throuple with you, Ben? Let me tell you.
Speaker 2:
[39:52] And Maury.
Speaker 5:
[39:53] A throuple.
Speaker 1:
[39:54] Oh my God, and Maury. Maury would be the captain.
Speaker 5:
[39:56] Yeah. For sure.
Speaker 1:
[39:58] For sure captain.
Speaker 5:
[39:59] I don't know if my DNA is gonna hold up here.
Speaker 2:
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I have been in a sexual relationship with my aunt Cathy. You heard that right. Since I was 15. It stopped for a while when I got married. I've been married for 10 years now. My wife is starting to get suspicious of us. And yes, my aunt is full blood related. It's, it's just she's been like a best friend since I was a kid. We both lost my mother. We became close and I can only get hard to her now. I don't know what to do. I'm a big fan and I need some guidance from someone I respect and trust. Also, Cathy's husband is an X ranger and knows how to kill. He's killed in combat before.
Speaker 4:
[45:28] Oh, come on.
Speaker 2:
[45:28] I'm scared.
Speaker 4:
[45:29] This is just bullshit. This is all bullshit. You can't go down this road. Welcome to the Good Guys, Maury.
Speaker 5:
[45:37] Oh, this is not working.
Speaker 2:
[45:38] Oh my God.
Speaker 1:
[45:39] If Maury says bullshit, it's a big lie.
Speaker 4:
[45:42] You're actually. Oh, man.
Speaker 2:
[45:47] When I tell you, on my life, we've never received a message like this. I looked, I'm like, are you kidding me? So it's just beautiful Jews.
Speaker 4:
[45:57] This is somebody.
Speaker 5:
[45:58] Are you kidding?
Speaker 2:
[45:59] This can't be real, right?
Speaker 5:
[46:00] Yeah, somebody's, you know, somebody's testing a novella with you.
Speaker 2:
[46:04] Okay, they're testing a novella.
Speaker 5:
[46:05] Okay.
Speaker 2:
[46:06] But we should comment.
Speaker 1:
[46:07] We should answer.
Speaker 2:
[46:08] We should comment. Okay, just in case.
Speaker 5:
[46:11] Okay.
Speaker 2:
[46:11] I was like, are you.
Speaker 4:
[46:12] So the guy's been having a blood relationship with his blood relative.
Speaker 2:
[46:18] Yes.
Speaker 4:
[46:19] Since he was 15.
Speaker 2:
[46:20] A sexual relationship with Aunt Kathy.
Speaker 4:
[46:22] Gets married, cools it a little bit. And now the wife is suspicious.
Speaker 2:
[46:27] Yes.
Speaker 4:
[46:27] Of the aunt who's married to a ranger.
Speaker 2:
[46:32] What do we think he should do?
Speaker 1:
[46:34] Josh. Bother your heart, babe. You got to bother your heart, man. Turn your eyes away from what the public say.
Speaker 2:
[46:42] I think he belongs with Aunt Kathy. I think that's the only logical end for them.
Speaker 5:
[46:46] I think I should come out of retirement and get the wife. Get the wife and have a lie detector test.
Speaker 2:
[46:52] We need it.
Speaker 1:
[46:53] Get rid of the podcast, Maury. We want the show. We want Aunt Kathy.
Speaker 5:
[46:57] Come out of retirement.
Speaker 2:
[46:58] We need it.
Speaker 5:
[46:59] Do the lie detector test.
Speaker 2:
[47:00] We need it. Oh my God. All right. Let's do one that-
Speaker 5:
[47:05] I want to hear the next one.
Speaker 2:
[47:06] Okay.
Speaker 4:
[47:06] All right.
Speaker 2:
[47:07] Here we go.
Speaker 5:
[47:08] Probably negrophilia.
Speaker 1:
[47:11] You're negrophil me?
Speaker 4:
[47:13] Okay.
Speaker 2:
[47:14] I run a small Etsy shop where everything is handmade and customed. So each order takes time, about 30 minutes per item. What's the expectation my friends and family want to buy from me? Am I supposed to give a discount? And if so, how much? Or should I only charge for materials and not make any profit, even though my time is a real cost and I'm a busy mom with young kids? Sometimes the material cost is small and I feel awkward charging it all. But if I keep saying, don't worry about it, it adds up and I end up losing money. How can I do the right thing without undervaluing my work and time?
Speaker 5:
[47:43] Charge them. Charge them the going rate.
Speaker 2:
[47:46] I agree, there are no friends.
Speaker 5:
[47:49] There are friends and family, right?
Speaker 2:
[47:50] Not in this.
Speaker 5:
[47:51] Not in this, I mean, something that's home made like this?
Speaker 2:
[47:53] Exactly, maybe if you make a product, something mass produced, it's a different story. If you are hand making things.
Speaker 5:
[47:59] Yeah, I mean, if you buy something from a wholesaler and therefore you have to add on your costs, but you don't want to do it, forget about it. But that...
Speaker 2:
[48:07] Yeah, you're not a friend, Josh. It's exploitation, that's exploitation, right?
Speaker 1:
[48:14] Totally exploitation. And Maury, I got to ask you too, you're so good at giving advice. And when the show was on, I mean, you're New York royalty no matter what, but when the show was at its height, you must have been walking around New York City like Derek Jada.
Speaker 2:
[48:28] I mean...
Speaker 5:
[48:28] I mean, it's... Yeah, I would walk down a street and there'd be a construction site and the hardhat would go in, Hey, Murray, I'm not the father. Yeah! I mean, and I'll tell you, it's after I've been the origin... By the way, the repeats are as big now as the originals. I mean, the reruns are just huge and going to be even bigger because a lot of talk shows are canceling their shows, so therefore, all these time periods on TV are opening up, and so my show still has a huge life. So, and I haven't done the originals like in three years, but what I find is I can't believe the penetration the show had. I was on a talk show a couple of months ago, and I'm walking down the hall, and all of a sudden this guy wraps his arms around me and goes, you are my man, my man.
Speaker 4:
[49:37] You're like security.
Speaker 5:
[49:39] I look at him and I go, 50 cent. Are you kidding me?
Speaker 4:
[49:42] Oh, wow.
Speaker 5:
[49:43] So, I mean, 50 cent, watch my show. I knew that I was lyrics and a lot of hip hop artists and rap artists, and they put me in the lyrics, going on the Maury Show, going on this, going on that, but I'd never, 50 cent, man.
Speaker 2:
[49:59] Everyone.
Speaker 5:
[50:00] That's royalty.
Speaker 2:
[50:01] You were on during a time where this is what was on. Like, again, I'm sure Josh was the same with you, that being sick moment, which you said that you've mentioned. There was no other choice, and then you loved it.
Speaker 5:
[50:16] And the fact that the good news was that other show hosts would try to do paternity, it didn't work.
Speaker 2:
[50:23] No.
Speaker 5:
[50:23] Didn't work. And then I had all these pro athletes, like NFL players, would tell me they'd be in the locker room before practice, and the show would be on. And they're watching the show. I've confirmed this with many players. The show would be on. The coaches would be up on the field, waiting for them to come out. They're late, and they won't come out until they find out who the father is.
Speaker 2:
[50:48] Yeah, we have to know.
Speaker 4:
[50:50] Yeah. We have to know.
Speaker 5:
[50:51] Shaquille O'Neal told me that he and his buddies used to bet on whether the guy was the father.
Speaker 1:
[50:57] You know, Maury. Maury Povich, you're never gonna guess.
Speaker 4:
[51:03] Me and my friends, we'll bet on Maury.
Speaker 2:
[51:06] By the way, now that's an idea. I'm just saying with these polymarkets, with these cal-she's people are betting on anything.
Speaker 5:
[51:11] Everything.
Speaker 2:
[51:11] You can have a new show. Just saying, a new show, paternity test, and Josh, people are live wagering.
Speaker 1:
[51:18] And Maury takes the VIG. That would be good. He's Vegas. That's, we're pitching it.
Speaker 2:
[51:22] Maury's the house. Genius. We call it that.
Speaker 5:
[51:25] It'd be great.
Speaker 2:
[51:26] Maury's the house.
Speaker 5:
[51:27] I could also charge VIG.
Speaker 2:
[51:28] That's what I'm saying. You're the house. You don't care if he's the father or not. You just care that they bet. Wow.
Speaker 5:
[51:38] That's the way bookies were. They didn't care who won. All they wanted was the 10%.
Speaker 2:
[51:42] As long as they had some type of an even split, they get their 10%.
Speaker 1:
[51:45] Our people have been charging predatory interest for millenia.
Speaker 2:
[51:50] We need to, that's the title of the episode. Should Maury become a bookie? Maury, bookie, that's so good.
Speaker 1:
[51:58] Ben, do you have one more Moron Mail?
Speaker 2:
[52:00] I do. Hey, Good Guys, about seven years ago, my best friends since high school were now 28, ran off with my dad to live on the streets and do drugs together. They have both been sober now for about three years and are still together. I've always told my dad that when he had a good amount of time with sobriety, that we could work on mending our relationship. I started talking to him and seeing him on again, when he was around and sober. I don't have any interest in mending my friendship with my old friend. I don't want to be her friend. She'll never be my stepmom or a grandmother of my children. Am I an asshole for that? Is it wrong for me to forgive him and not her?
Speaker 5:
[52:40] No, I think it's fine.
Speaker 2:
[52:44] I think that's a real boundary to cross when you start sleeping with your friend's father. That said, it does sound to me like...
Speaker 5:
[52:52] I mean, if they're sober, I mean...
Speaker 2:
[52:54] Yeah, they...
Speaker 5:
[52:55] Look, I've never been there, but I can imagine how difficult it is to get sober.
Speaker 2:
[53:00] Yeah.
Speaker 5:
[53:01] And if this friend is sober for three or four years, how about this? I can love my father, but I'll be civil to my friend.
Speaker 2:
[53:12] I think that's right. I think that's right. Also knowing that when they got together, they probably weren't in the right state of mind. And then they went down this terrible path.
Speaker 5:
[53:21] What do you think, Josh?
Speaker 1:
[53:22] Yeah, I think it's do you want to be right or do you want to be happy? And to what you said, Moria, I think a level of civility will allow you to have a nicer time. Because if you're sitting and hating the wife at brunch, you're not going to enjoy the eggs Benedict.
Speaker 2:
[53:39] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let's talk more about food, Josh.
Speaker 5:
[53:43] I love food.
Speaker 2:
[53:44] You love food. What's your favorite cuisine?
Speaker 5:
[53:46] I love everything. If I had to pick, probably Italian.
Speaker 2:
[53:50] Italian. What would you say is the greatest Italian restaurant in New York?
Speaker 5:
[53:55] Well, I mean, there are...
Speaker 2:
[53:57] Or what's your favorite of the moment? Let's do that.
Speaker 5:
[53:59] Well, the favorite of my moment is my apartment. Because...
Speaker 2:
[54:03] Okay. You're a big cook.
Speaker 5:
[54:04] No.
Speaker 1:
[54:04] He's got a private chef.
Speaker 2:
[54:05] You're a big ordering in. Big ordering in.
Speaker 5:
[54:06] No.
Speaker 2:
[54:07] Big private chef.
Speaker 5:
[54:09] Why don't we just call them cooks?
Speaker 2:
[54:11] Great. Big cook. Big cook. Big time cook.
Speaker 4:
[54:13] I mean, they don't wear white hats.
Speaker 1:
[54:15] Listen, I call my drug dealer Ron. He's still a drug dealer.
Speaker 5:
[54:21] But we used to go to a place when we used to go to a theater called Patsy's on the West Side.
Speaker 1:
[54:28] The best.
Speaker 5:
[54:29] And Patsy's was always kind of our go-to place. And it was an old Sinatra place.
Speaker 2:
[54:33] Yeah.
Speaker 5:
[54:34] We always liked Patsy's. Yeah. But, you know, there's Northern Italian and there's Southern Italian.
Speaker 2:
[54:45] Yes.
Speaker 5:
[54:45] And so there's a big difference.
Speaker 2:
[54:47] Yes.
Speaker 5:
[54:48] I kind of like the Northern Italian.
Speaker 2:
[54:50] Yes.
Speaker 5:
[54:50] With the lighter sauces, the creamier sauces.
Speaker 2:
[54:53] Yes. Josh and I, how long ago did we go to Parkside?
Speaker 1:
[54:59] Two years ago.
Speaker 2:
[55:01] Parkside is probably just from a vibe standpoint.
Speaker 5:
[55:06] Yeah.
Speaker 2:
[55:07] Probably my favorite. I just love, of course.
Speaker 5:
[55:11] Here's my biggest problem.
Speaker 2:
[55:12] Tell me.
Speaker 5:
[55:13] Fish.
Speaker 2:
[55:14] Okay. They're fish.
Speaker 5:
[55:16] Any fish.
Speaker 2:
[55:17] You don't like fish?
Speaker 5:
[55:19] No, I don't like fish, but I eat fish. Okay.
Speaker 2:
[55:22] But not even like a Dover sole, lemon butter.
Speaker 5:
[55:25] Yeah. I'll do a Dover sole if they could really put it in a way that doesn't taste like fish.
Speaker 2:
[55:32] Okay. We don't like fish.
Speaker 5:
[55:33] I like all, it's why I do not understand all these healthy people eating salmon, because salmon to me tastes fishy.
Speaker 2:
[55:45] Then you're eating the wrong salmon, Maury. We're going to have to fire this shit.
Speaker 5:
[55:48] Really?
Speaker 2:
[55:49] Yeah. Salmon is not supposed to taste fishy. It really isn't. If your salmon tastes fishy.
Speaker 5:
[55:55] Now, I like Nova.
Speaker 2:
[55:56] Yeah. Who doesn't? Fantastic. Have you ever had pastrami lox?
Speaker 5:
[56:03] Oh, sure.
Speaker 2:
[56:04] Unbelievable.
Speaker 5:
[56:05] Very good.
Speaker 2:
[56:05] I had it with eggs. It's a great combo. The Leo, the Leo. But if your salmon is tasting fishy.
Speaker 5:
[56:14] So if the cook, without the big white hat, he can really dress it up good. He can dress. I do like, I do have a lot of fish and chips.
Speaker 4:
[56:25] Oh, come on.
Speaker 2:
[56:27] Tartar sauce.
Speaker 5:
[56:27] You don't like fish and chips?
Speaker 1:
[56:29] No, I love it, Maury. I'm saying, of course, that is a delivery method that is acceptable when it comes to fish, deep fried and battered.
Speaker 2:
[56:37] The only thing that I don't like is those French fries are a little bit too big. I'm not a big French fries. I like a McDonald's skinny crispy.
Speaker 5:
[56:47] Wow. Tell me.
Speaker 2:
[56:49] You're deep in thought.
Speaker 5:
[56:50] I mean, there is no question, all right, that McDonald's is the best fry of all.
Speaker 2:
[56:57] Ever. No question. No question. I think we should outlaw steak fries. These aren't fries.
Speaker 5:
[57:06] I don't like steak fries.
Speaker 2:
[57:07] They shouldn't be called fries.
Speaker 5:
[57:08] I like skins, potato skins.
Speaker 2:
[57:09] Sure. That's a different thing.
Speaker 1:
[57:11] Can you imagine the three of us at a table at McDonald's, couple extra value meals, couple apple pies.
Speaker 5:
[57:17] Oh, you have no idea. Every time I do the podcast, you know, I come in nine o'clock, two egg McMuffins right there. Wow.
Speaker 4:
[57:24] Oh, that's amazing.
Speaker 5:
[57:25] That's another thing. Everybody says, so how do you, you know, you're 87 years old, how do you stay? I said, wouldn't know.
Speaker 2:
[57:35] You're blessed.
Speaker 5:
[57:35] I eat everything.
Speaker 2:
[57:36] That's it.
Speaker 1:
[57:36] Tim and Moron Buffet.
Speaker 5:
[57:38] Everything.
Speaker 2:
[57:38] Wow.
Speaker 5:
[57:39] Prime rib tonight. Delicious.
Speaker 2:
[57:41] So, our final segment, Maury, it's a great one. It's called What are You Nuts? It's our great nuts, people, places and things. You're walking down the street, there's a lady barefoot eating a hot dog. You're like, lady, what are you nuts? Okay. I will go first. I'm sure you have one. Josh has one. My What are you nuts is the wax hand, Maury. I've been thinking a lot about this.
Speaker 5:
[58:04] Wax hand?
Speaker 2:
[58:05] You go to a bar mitzvah. It's 2012. You can't go to a bar mitzvah without there being a wax hand machine. You are going, kids are dunking their hands. 12 and 13 year olds are taking their hands and putting it in hot wax. And we are trusting this random vendor that they have put that wax to just the perfect temperature, that it isn't completely searing the skin off of the youth. They are then going home with a wax hand for what, Josh? What are you nuts? Like whoever's idea the wax hand was, whoever trusted that they wouldn't burn the youth, the whole thing is just crazy. What are you nuts? What are you nuts? Josh, what are you nuts?
Speaker 1:
[58:56] I once had one with the West Side symbol though. Can you imagine getting these fingers out of the bag? So tight, so hot. Okay, my what are you nuts moment is food pics on social media where a bite has been taken out. I don't want to see your dirty plates. Listen fatso, if you can't take the photo before you took a bite, you don't get credit on social media. I want to see it perfect or I don't want to see it at all. What are you nuts?
Speaker 2:
[59:29] I agree, completely agree. It's nuts. Maury, what about you?
Speaker 5:
[59:34] What are you nuts? For all those people who can't stop their tats at their neck and go to their face.
Speaker 4:
[59:44] I like it.
Speaker 5:
[59:45] What are you nuts?
Speaker 2:
[59:46] What are you nuts?
Speaker 4:
[59:48] Yeah.
Speaker 5:
[59:49] Because even if you wanted to take them off, you're scarred for life.
Speaker 2:
[59:54] What are you nuts?
Speaker 1:
[59:55] Holy shit do you fit in here, Mr. Fowlridge.
Speaker 5:
[59:57] I can't just stop at your neck.
Speaker 2:
[59:58] Stop at your neck. Josh, what's wrong with that? You can't stop at your neck.
Speaker 5:
[60:02] By the way, do you have any tats?
Speaker 2:
[60:03] I don't.
Speaker 5:
[60:05] Josh, do you have any tats?
Speaker 1:
[60:06] I do, but they're little, they're little, you know, they're very tasteful.
Speaker 5:
[60:10] Right.
Speaker 2:
[60:11] You have any tattoos?
Speaker 5:
[60:12] My daughter.
Speaker 2:
[60:12] You have a big line on your back?
Speaker 5:
[60:13] My daughter has one, but you know, very small and in a place I don't want to see.
Speaker 2:
[60:20] Sure, sure. You don't have one?
Speaker 5:
[60:22] I don't have one. My son, who lives, we live half the year in Montana. And so, and I'm not new to Montana. I've been going for, we've been there for 30 years. He's, we adopted him. And when he was a day old and he's Jewish in every possible way. And I said, Matthew, and he's not, he grew up observant. He had a bar mitzvah and everything, but not really observant. And I said, did you get any tattoos? And he said, no. I said, how come? Because all these people out here have tattoos. He says, I'm Jewish. We're not supposed to have them.
Speaker 2:
[61:08] This is right. This is right. This is right. I love it.
Speaker 5:
[61:13] Also, he says, I hate needles.
Speaker 4:
[61:16] By the way, also, very fearful, very fearful.
Speaker 2:
[61:19] Me too. Too scary. Ah, Maury, this has been a pleasure, a pleasure. Everybody listen to Maury's podcast, okay? Maury's a podcast.
Speaker 5:
[61:29] On par.
Speaker 2:
[61:29] Maury's a podcaster on par with Maury. Okay, this episode is five stars. Otherwise, what are you nuts?
Speaker 5:
[61:35] Did you have fun?
Speaker 2:
[61:36] I had a great time. Did you have fun?
Speaker 5:
[61:37] I had a terrific time.
Speaker 1:
[61:38] Thank you, Mr. Povich. This was awesome. We really appreciate you.
Speaker 5:
[61:41] Josh, you can call me Maury.
Speaker 2:
[61:45] Listen to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Look, Maury, we're on Spotify Video. I don't know if you're on Spotify Video. You gotta get Maury's podcast.
Speaker 5:
[61:51] We're on YouTube.
Speaker 2:
[61:52] Okay, this Spotify Video, Maury, this is all the rage.
Speaker 5:
[61:55] See, now you're telling me something I didn't know.
Speaker 2:
[61:57] You get the video. Watch us on Spotify. It's the easiest way to consume the video. It's right there on the app. And Maury, our shows come out Mondays and Thursdays.
Speaker 5:
[62:06] Perfect.
Speaker 2:
[62:07] Every Monday and Thursday.
Speaker 5:
[62:08] And my show comes out Monday.
Speaker 2:
[62:10] Okay, you watch us, you watch Maury first. Watch Maury, then you watch us.
Speaker 5:
[62:15] Okay.
Speaker 2:
[62:16] And folks, we'll see you next time.
Speaker 5:
[62:17] Thanks so much.
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