Shari, Rob, Brittany and Gregg discuss all sorts of things. However, Gregg is under the impression that Disney somehow owns Mountain Dew. #comedy #webseries #web series #conspiracy
00:00Of course. I'm the first one here. Since no one else cares to be on time, we have an hour.
00:09But why use the whole hour?
00:13Maybe they like that I sit here and talk to myself.
00:20Maybe they're secretly listening to this right now.
00:22Seriously? Where is everyone? I mean, I know how to manage my life. I can be on time.
00:36Oh, hey.
00:39Greg, what took you so long?
00:44Yeah, five minutes late. Oh, well, I was working on some songs and stuff.
00:51And I, you know, just lost track of time a little bit.
00:55And that was more important.
00:58Priorities, Greg. Priorities!
01:02You know that our time is limited here.
01:06So let's do it.
01:08Nothing. Just trying to stop myself from falling into a big, black, empty void.
01:15Sorry to hear that.
01:16You know, when I get like that, I just kind of sit down and work on a song.
01:25And it tends to get me out of my funk, at least.
01:30I'm about as musical as a stone.
01:33You know, if you get the right stones, you can make an interesting xylophone.
01:40Hey, y'all. What is the word of the day?
01:46Idiots.
01:48Cars.
01:50Hmm. Interesting.
01:53Where were you? You are late.
01:57I was reading the latest paper on a hive mind project.
02:00Did you know that they are now predicting that hive mind, among humans, mind you, might be possible by the year 2042?
02:12Hive mind?
02:15What does that mean?
02:18It's where everyone would share the same thoughts.
02:21And we would just suddenly have this ability?
02:26Right.
02:27So humans have been around for thousands, millions of years.
02:33And this is just happening now.
02:37Oh, well, that would be the result of brain implants to help with this.
02:41Um, uh, could we just download each other's thoughts then, whenever we wanted?
02:52No, no, not like that.
02:55You would automatically know what everyone else was thinking at the same time.
03:02Doesn't that sound awesome?
03:04Wait, I would know what Greg is thinking?
03:08I don't think I want to know what Greg is thinking.
03:12Yeah, the scene goes likewise.
03:14I just, for anyone, really, I don't want to know what everyone is thinking.
03:20It just sounds gross.
03:23I don't know.
03:25Oh, no, it's beautiful.
03:29It's the meeting of technology and humans.
03:35Oh, hey.
03:38Rob is here.
03:39You have reached Rob's computer.
03:42He is currently on another call, so he cannot appear at the moment.
03:45But if you'd like to leave a message, please do so, and he will return your call.
03:49Hi, Rob.
03:52This is our usual call thing.
03:53We, you know, every week we do this.
03:55I would, ah, just leave me a message.
03:58Just, hey, we're here.
03:59Well, not Emma's not here.
04:00Of course not.
04:00But, you know, that's, she's, you know, whatever.
04:03Um, but just, you know, join us in the meeting or whatever.
04:08Or, you know, you know, that's how it is.
04:10It is a cool thing.
04:11It's a gadget thing.
04:15He fell.
04:17He fell for it.
04:18Oh, it worked beautifully.
04:23You didn't fool me.
04:25I was, I guess, somewhat fooled.
04:30I don't want to admit it, but I'm just being honest, I guess.
04:35Well, it was something I wanted to try for some time.
04:37So, what's new in your words?
04:43You missed our lovely discussion about hive minds between us people.
04:48That's what.
04:51Hive mind?
04:53Well, then we wouldn't have to have this call to talk to each other, right?
04:58See?
05:00Rob gets it.
05:02Wouldn't that be great?
05:03Yeah, but 24-7, that part I don't like.
05:09And the fact that it would be thoughts.
05:12And it would be creepy.
05:17It would not be creepy.
05:20We're getting off the flow of things, people.
05:22Come on.
05:24So, has anyone got any big problems or big news or solutions that need to be solved for this week?
05:31No, I guess not.
05:36Fine.
05:37I will go first.
05:39Yesterday, at work, I was completely humiliated.
05:47So, there's this woman that comes in and she wants honey on her coffee instead of the normal sugar we put on all the coffees.
05:54So, I told her that I was pretty sure that we did not have this honey and that actually she was probably confusing us with another place that did have the honey.
06:06Who puts honey in their coffee?
06:08Well, apparently, this person.
06:11So, then she goes and complains to my manager who has to come over and show me a cupboard where actually the honey is kept.
06:21In this very secret place that no one goes to and where everything else is not kept.
06:29Honey has its own secret place?
06:32No, not just honey.
06:37All the other, like, oddball things that I will probably never have to serve in my whole life.
06:44But then, of course, my manager had to shout at me about it.
06:49But, she wasn't really yelling, was she?
06:52Could you stop?
06:55No, being yelled at in sign language is much worse than being yelled at normally.
07:00Much worse.
07:03Oh, oh, hey guys.
07:05I have a new gig.
07:05Do you want to hear about it?
07:07New gig?
07:09You are playing a live show.
07:12I thought you hadn't done that in, what, five years or more?
07:17No, no, not a live show or anything like that.
07:19No, no, no.
07:20This is writing car jingles.
07:21I mean, jingles for a car dealership.
07:24My car jingles.
07:27Yeah, and I got two ideas right now.
07:33They're pretty good.
07:35You could use them separately or combine the two.
07:38I don't know.
07:39And?
07:40Well, I have two, which is better than I thought I'd be doing.
07:44Gregory!
07:46It's Greg.
07:49Not Gregory, you know that.
07:51Aren't you going to play them or sing them or something?
07:57I think we'd all like to hear them.
07:59Yeah.
08:00Nothing beats a great car dealership jingle.
08:03You're joking?
08:05Kind of.
08:09But I would like to hear what you come up with.
08:33That is seriously the name of the car dealership?
08:39Yeah, it's German, I think.
08:42It's really difficult to work with, but I did find some rhymes to go with it, so that was kind of cool.
08:48They were decent.
08:50But where's the instruments?
08:53Oh, yeah, that's another thing.
08:55I did have some guitar recorded for this.
08:58Um, but I'm kind of picturing, um, a banjo-trumpet duo instead.
09:06Um, or a French horn-saxophone combo.
09:11Uh, I can borrow all these things from the store and play them, but I'm just not sure yet.
09:22I don't think you should use the word falter in a jingle.
09:26It gives the wrong impression.
09:27Maybe, but perhaps I'm just not good at this.
09:32It probably just needs a little more work and a little more time.
09:36That's all.
09:38Now, oh, that would be a great gig, writing a jingle for this.
09:43You know, I'd love to do that.
09:45Just kind of, as a fan, just kind of do that.
09:49Just for fun, as a fan.
09:51A fun fan jingle.
09:52But I don't know if Disney would let me.
09:57That's another story.
09:59Why would Disney not let you?
10:02I, for once, am not at all following.
10:07Disney seems to be very protective of things.
10:10Well, what does that mean?
10:13Why would they be protective of your city drink there?
10:17Because, well, they own Mountain Dew.
10:22They do.
10:24This is news to me.
10:26Around the time when Disney bought Star Wars from Lucasfilms, I remember thinking, like, wow, there's two of the iconic things from my life, since, like, childhood, that Disney has them both.
10:45What?
10:46What? It was such a weird, dark time for me.
10:50It's just...
10:50Okay, I just Googled it, because this was not making any sense to me.
10:57And, as I thought, Disney does not own Mountain Dew.
11:03Mountain Dew is part of PepsiCo.
11:05No, not a chance.
11:08Mountain Dew is not part of the evil empire.
11:13Evil empire?
11:14What are you talking about?
11:18Oh, um, Pepsi, their logo?
11:21The round ball?
11:22It's a...
11:23It's a Death Star.
11:25It's just...
11:25It is the...
11:26Seriously, it's like the...
11:28Death Star drinks.
11:30It's just...
11:31Rob, don't you get that vibe?
11:33Ugh.
11:34Somewhat, but...
11:36All this Pepsi, Disney talk is making me sick.
11:40On and on and on about these.
11:42We don't need to create an infomercial for these two giant corporations.
11:49They have money coming out of...
11:50Everywhere.
11:53An infomercial?
11:55This is a Zoom call, you noob.
11:57I think Rob is referring to the possibility that the reason these calls were scheduled for eight years was to record us and then sell whatever info we divulge to whomever.
12:10You really think that, Rob, that we're being recorded?
12:13Well, it could very well be.
12:18We've talked about it before.
12:21Anyhow, no way Mountain Dew is ever part of Pepsi.
12:25Was, and still is, Greg.
12:30Look, do I need to screenshot this wiki page and send it to you?
12:34Ugh, wiki pages.
12:36They're so full of...
12:38Anything, really?
12:39Because people can add stuff to them
12:41and just create whatever.
12:44I mean, they're really fact-checked.
12:48Fine.
12:49Take a look at your bottle there.
12:51Read it, and let me know if you find PepsiCo on there somewhere.
12:54Eh, yeah.
12:57Bottle under the authority of PepsiCo.
13:01Yeah, it's there, but you know what?
13:03You know why that's there?
13:04You know why?
13:05I...
13:06Listen, hear me out.
13:08Um, Disney's not in the drink business,
13:10so they have to have a deal with Pepsi?
13:13Because they can...
13:14PepsiCo just bottle it up for them, and that's all.
13:16That's all it is.
13:17That's all that is.
13:19But no mention of Disney on there, right?
13:21Can we please move on to something else?
13:24No, no Disney logo or anything like that.
13:29But I distinctly heard it on the news.
13:34And I was thinking to myself,
13:38should I even continue to drink Mountain Dew?
13:40Because it's like...
13:41I wasn't a fan of Disney at all, really.
13:45So I was like,
13:45but then they got Star Wars shortly after.
13:48It's like, oh, okay.
13:49Maybe they are okay.
13:51Where in the world did you hear that news then?
13:58I don't know.
13:59It was everywhere.
14:00It was just everywhere on the news.
14:01Just saturated.
14:03No one else remembers this?
14:05Nope.
14:10No.
14:10And Greg, for the love of all this good,
14:13can you please accept that your memory is a bit flawed on this
14:17and just move on?
14:19No, I totally remember this.
14:21Brittany, is there anything on the web
14:24that other people have said the same thing?
14:27What?
14:27Am I the only one who can use a computer here?
14:30No, I don't mean that.
14:33I mean, you just like researching type things.
14:37Somewhat, but this is a bit tedious.
14:45There has to be somebody else that remembers this.
14:51Or is it one of those...
14:53Those...
14:53Metal Brought of Facts?
14:57What?
14:57You mean Mandela Effect?
15:01No, no, no.
15:02This is your own personal Mandela Effect.
15:06Right, Brittany?
15:08Nothing at all on the web about this.
15:11I don't know how you came up with this one, Greg.
15:14But it just doesn't match reality.
15:18Great.
15:19Well, you've broken reality again.
15:23No, my reality is not broken.
15:25Mountain Dew equals Disney.
15:28End of story.
15:30You are seriously going to continue
15:32with this illusionary idea?
15:35It just doesn't jive with me.
15:37At all.
15:39What is it going to take to convince you otherwise?
15:42I don't think this is a convincible type of thing for me.
15:47I know what I know,
15:48and that's it.
15:49You are standing your ground
15:51on some very shaky ground.
15:54This is like when Obi-Wan has the high ground
