What Were We Saying?
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What Were We Saying?
117: Snake Eyes Pt. 2 - A Cleaner Recap Of A Show Still Drifting Off Course
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The archive reopens for a second installment of the WWWS Clip Show Spectacular - this time pulling from Episodes 8 through 15, otherwise known as the period where the show stopped “finding itself” and started settling into whatever this has become.
Snake Eyes Pt. 2 revisits the era of growing confidence, expanding segments, increasingly specific grievances, and the now historically significant “Episode 13 peak.” From failed predictions and old-timey slang to movie assignments, mailbags, rankings, and the slow realization that the episodes were getting noticeably longer, the second half of Season 1 is somewhat adequately documented here.
Compared to the first clip show (which often felt intentionally designed to test the audience’s concentration, patience, and general willingness to continue) this collection is slightly more focused, marginally more coherent, and organized just enough to create the dangerous illusion of professionalism.
The structure improves. The conversations do not.
A retrospective. A victory lap. A carefully edited timeline of escalating commitment.
Keep your expectations low - but the momentum, somehow, remains undeniable.
Maybe you can do Zocks just chatting away on what we say.
SPEAKER_01Hey, hey, hey. Two have cats with nothing to say. It's a group of good time, so listen away. What will we say?
SPEAKER_06Oh hey, here we are. We're back again for our second clip show spectacular. Part two. Wrapping up season one. A full recap.
SPEAKER_05If you missed uh part one, go back and watch it. You're gonna want to watch it.
SPEAKER_06You do want to watch it. You don't want to miss.
SPEAKER_05It was grand.
SPEAKER_06Oh my goodness. I'd call it a spectacular. Part one of a spectacular. So let's get right back to her. And we'll see you guys in a bit. Shout out to Harold Winthrop and the Silver Astray Orchestra who played us in. They also play us out. And uh this is interesting, Luke. You might uh well, I mean you know this, but I know. But the peeps might not know that uh Harold's got a really nice uh youthful tone to him, but he's uh he's 76 years old. And they are not the nicest gentleman you've ever met, but you know what? They're helping. I right there it is. If that's the bar. Those guys aren't in the room with us here, but they're quietly watching in their uh I think it's a hostel, or is it I don't know what it's legally. It's a rooming house, anyways.
SPEAKER_05Whatever it's legally described at. They have a we have a TV that watches them.
SPEAKER_06We have a camera there, we can see their reactions. Which is nice. We can I don't know. Actually, it's more so we can keep tabs on them. They've made their 7-Eleven grocery run for the night and they're settling in to to watch the show, so good for them. Watching from a decommissioned dog track on the south side of town. I can't believe they're still there. Well, they're starting to build a shanty town there, so it's they're really digging in. I did actually catch word from Harold today. Oh, snap. Yes, he reached out to me. They are not going to be able to watch this episode because they've gotten themselves a gig. What? Yes. Oh, snap! They are for the next two weeks, they're sitting in for a Chuck E. Cheese band. I love that. From that one that's really not very busy. I think it's what is it, off the old mill road? I think so.
SPEAKER_05Looks both like he's 84 and 56, which is c throws me off every time I see him.
SPEAKER_06But his uh the tones he's got there is nice, so. How'd their gig go? I haven't heard back from him since. Uh-oh. I think they got I think they're still there. Maybe they're just caught up in all the excitement. I mean. Harold and the boys are sitting in for a Chucky Cheese band off of Old Mill Road. And uh we got word last week that this was happening, but we haven't heard back from him since.
SPEAKER_00So Big Uke is a man of strong opinions, stronger beverages, and absolutely no formal qualifications. A recurring voice of reason on what were we saying? If your definition of reason includes ranking poolside cocktails with the intensity of a Supreme Court ruling, Big Uke brings unearned confidence and earned charisma to every segment. Known for delivering top ten lists that feel both deeply researched and completely improvised, he has the rare ability to unravel on air while insisting he is, in fact, the only one holding the show together. Equal parts dive bar philosopher and mall food court critic, Big Youke stands firmly on Hills No one else noticed were there.
SPEAKER_06I was listening to last week's episode and heard the letter from the guy who asked if he could join you for a beer sometime. Speaking of Kyle, I will admit your reaction sounded less than enthusiastic. Um, I would like to say that's very observant because it was That said, I completely understand that the idea of meeting a single listener for beers might feel a bit strange. However, I think the situation improves significantly with numbers. Oh, okay. I I For instance, if the original beer gentleman attended and I also attended, that already changes the dynamic. Now it's not just one listener inserting himself into your evening, it's a couple of guys in a small group situation which feels far more socially acceptable. And if hypothetically a third and fourth listener joined us, at that point it's basically a triple WS event. You're no longer reluctantly having beers with a guy, you're hosting a gathering of your community. You know, he makes some great points. Um you never said it was the name yet. The logic. I that you know what? This is tracking. So while I did notice a hesitation in your voices, I would still like to put my name forward in case the listener beer initiative ever develops. Looking forward to your reconsideration. Sincerely, Robert, brackets sometimes Bob. I do love though, Robert, that he puts that.
SPEAKER_05I would like to throw my name in if the initiative develops.
SPEAKER_06Not hey, take me for a beer. Hey, let's get this going. It's just like if it does, remember basically save this letter. Robert, you a true one.
SPEAKER_05We'll save the letter. We're saving that letter for sure. That's going on the wall. Dear, what were we saying? I've been meaning to ask this for a while now, and I hope it comes across in this in the spirit intended. Why doesn't tube socks like normal things? I don't mean this as as criticism. No, it doesn't sound like it. I don't mean that as a criticism necessarily. Okay. In fact, it's become an interesting undercurrent of the show. I've started to notice a pattern where something that most people would generally agree is fine or even good is met with hesitation, skepticism, and dismissal. Again, I want to stress, I enjoy this. It gives the show a certain unpredictability that I think works in its favor. But at the same time, I do find myself wondering what would happen if just once TubeSocks encountered something wildly accepted as normal and simply said, Yes, this is good. I like this. Wow. That's pretty solid. Anyway, just something I've been curious about as a regular listener. Keep up the good work, even if it occasionally raises more questions than answers, unsigned.
SPEAKER_00As co-pilot of What Were We Saying, he specializes in confident detours, unnecessary deep dives, and introducing segments with the energy of a man who just found the orcs cord at a house party. A self-appointed curator of grievances, TubeSocks treats minor inconveniences like federal cases and sizzling restaurant plates like personal enemies. Not grumpy, never grumpy, just deeply committed to the idea that things could be 12% better, and someone has to say it out loud. If Big Euke is the steady hand on the wheel, TubeSocks may very well be the guy leaning out the window, narrating the road trip. Loudly, passionately, and occasionally into the wrong microphone.
SPEAKER_06The future that wasn't. Or been even close. Helicopters, the family car of tomorrow. That's the dream. Dinner at the push of a button. Ooh! The pitch was that cooking would become obsolete, replaced by precision technology. Disposable paper clothing for everyday use. Ooh. Your personal atomic reactor right in your basement. A compact self-contained reactor installed in your home, quietly generating limitless energy.
SPEAKER_05The 15-hour work week is just around the corner. Where the biggest challenge wouldn't be earning a living. It'd be figuring out how to spend all that free time.
SPEAKER_06The promised leisure revolution never quite materialized. Electricity will be too cheap to meter. Nuclear energy would become so abundant and inexpensive that utility companies wouldn't even bother charging for it. Vacation trips to the moon by 1975. 1975. Cities beneath the sea. Brawling undersea colonies housed in glass domed structures where thousands would live and work beneath the ocean's bat. That this whole thing is what a time to be alive.
SPEAKER_04The topic is important.
SPEAKER_06Veterinary inspectors uncovered a herd of suspiciously enhanced entrants. We're talking humps with a little extra oomph, lips with a noticeable pout, and faces that looked unusually well rested. Oh my gosh. Festival organizers were not amused in a statement they vowed to crack down on all acts of tampering and deception in the beautification of camels. I love how they're calling it beautification of camels and not just straight up animal abuse. Yeah, there's a bit of an animal cruelty angle to this. A little bit. Little bit. Little bit. We're more than 60 million dollars in prizes reprograms. Oh my gosh! Money makes people crazy. Why are we not raising camels and putting them into pageants? That's one of the odder news stories I've come across.
SPEAKER_00Edgar is a man who claims to be the producer, yet has pivoted hard into referring to himself exclusively as the chairman. This man has never chaired a meeting in his life. He doesn't produce the show. He presides over it. From a beanbag chair. He introduces himself to people like we're running a Fortune 500 company, and not two guys arguing about ranch dressing and smart fridges. You say, Hey Edgar. He says, That's chairman to you. Buddy, you once forgot to hit record. The only thing you chair is the awkward silence when a bit doesn't land. Long live the chairman. May his reign over absolutely nothing continue indefinitely. I do want to give a shout-out to all our sponsors.
SPEAKER_06The Reliable Continental Cult. These guys do great work. The Apology Drafting Service. Ooh. Yesterday's Donuts. Only pierogies. The paperwork lounge. Formerly a carbon paper supply house. Uh the Crystal Shocker charging station. Cliff Bannerman's All-Night Wicker Emporium. Cliff Bannerman's All-Night Witch? Wicker Emporium. Wicker Emporium. So this segment is called.
SPEAKER_05Say what now?
SPEAKER_06Wow. I was not expecting that tone. 1930s slang. Giggle water. My first assumption would be like champagne or liquor.
SPEAKER_05Doll dizzy. Is that when a man's infatuated with a woman? Holy shit.
SPEAKER_06Who's gal.
SPEAKER_05Is that a who's gal? Yeah. Like it's like a slang for jail.
SPEAKER_06On the nut.
SPEAKER_05You you're you're onto it, you know what's going on.
SPEAKER_06I'd love to help you out, pal, but I'm on the nut till Tuesday.
SPEAKER_05Oh, is that just me working?
SPEAKER_06Nope. Go, like out of town? Nope. Broke. Raz my berries. It's just going at you trying to get you worked up. There you go. Iron your shoelaces. Work hard. Don't just stand there ironing your shoelaces. We've got work to do.
SPEAKER_05Oh, so it's like leaning on a shovel. You're not doing work at all. Wasting time.
SPEAKER_06You did four for six in the first edition, which is pretty good. In the soup. You're in the mix. You're involved. If this thing unravels, we'll be in the soup before we even know what hit us. Oh, like trouble. You're in boiling water. You're in hot water. Yeah. Banks closed. Get out of here. Get out of my face. Damn it. Don't give me your sub story, pal. Banks closed. I ain't helping you anymore.
SPEAKER_05Like it just makes so much sense. What's your means?
SPEAKER_06Right? Number three, trip for biscuits. Does it just mean fall down? No. Does it mean drugs? No. Ah, give me a sentence. The whole scheme smelt like a trip for biscuits from the start, but nobody had the guts to say it out loud. Oh, it's just a bad idea, a bad plan. A waste of time. A fool's errand. Butter and egg man. It's like necessary. Like we need him. He's our butter and egg man. Like we just we gotta have him. He blew into town like a butter and egg man, silk suit, fat wallet, and just enough ego to make him dangerous to himself. Is it just like a cocky prick? Kinda. I'll go you know what? I'll give I'll give you a half on that. He's rich. He's throwing it around all night because he's trying to get in. On wheels. It's related to uh restaurants. Going for a meal? Put those sandwiches on wheels, dollface. I ain't got time to hang around. Oh, so it's just getting food to go. Getting it to go? Bone polisher.
SPEAKER_05Is it gonna be it's something to do? Is it like a corner? Or like something to do with killing people? Okay, like disposing of bodies?
SPEAKER_06Is it a dog? No. The room was full of bone polishers, all nodding along if they'd come up with the idea themselves. Oh, is it like nerds and like smart people? Bootlickers and sycophants. They're just polishing his bone. Making him feel good. Yes, man. Turns out four for six is going to likely stay as my record for a while. So you're one for six or point five for six? I just simply will amalgamate. It'll be uh it'll be an aggregate four and a half out of twelve.
SPEAKER_05Oh, hey there. Just uh cutting in quickly here in uh the middle of uh part two of our clip show spectacular.
SPEAKER_06What are your thoughts so far? You know what? It's uh part two is every bit as fun as part one. Part one was a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun to make. It was a lot of fun to reflect on what we've put together. It's a good season. It's really good season. I'd say it's our best season yet. Okay, back to the clips. Uh back to clips. Only the cool kids get to drink those because the cool kids are in the studio here. Yes, yes. You're all very cool because you're here. Very beautiful fun. We've been riding a high now, and I don't know if we can turn the ship around. Nah, we're just going to the moon, baby. So I'm at the urinal doing what a fellow does at the urinal, and there's free urinals all around. Like, there's like, say there's a bank of eight. There's one guy, four urinals, me, everything else, the whole place, the floor's wide open. Uh oh. I can see this guy in my periphery vision walking behind, and then he crouches down right behind me to tie his shoe. Oh. He's like eight centimeters behind my heel of my shoe. Of all the like, there was room for him to do this anywhere, but he chose right behind me. Oh, my shoe's untied. I'm gonna. Right? So right behind me, so I'm at the urinal and I can see that there's this guy, like right behind me. So awkward. Yeah, that's a And I'm like, what the hell's going on? And then I see him get up and ties a shoe, and then he gives me the nod and moves on, and didn't wash his hands and headed back out to the casino. Ooh. So that was dumb. And here they are! Big Uke and TubeSocks. Totally. It's not a real warning. It's literally on the label. Uh, they can't mean that. Why would they print it if they don't mean it? Legal reasons? So you think they just made that up? I think they got nervous and overcorrected. I think you're ignoring a direct warning. I'm choosing to interpret it loosely. I think that's worse. This top ten list is top ten things that instantly ruin a good time. This is very two socks-esque.
SPEAKER_05So oh I can't I can't wait to agree with all of these.
SPEAKER_06Here we go. Number ten, the Uber that's way too quiet. Number nine, the sudden bill autopsy. Number eight, running into someone you half know. Number seven, the let's take a group photo person. Number six, the we should totally do this more often conversation. Number five, somebody brings up work. I left work physically and emotionally, and now somehow you've brought it here. Number four, the early fade announcement. Nothing ends the night faster than someone pre-ending it early on. Number three, the one guy who gets way too drunk way too fast. Now you're stuck managing a situation instead of enjoying one. Number two, the sudden mood shift. Everything's rolling, then someone drops something way too real. And the number one, the number one thing that instantly ruins a good time. Realizing you've peaked too early. You've hit your absolute stride, but it's 8 42. Self-realization, too. Now you're just maintaining the illusion for three hours. God, that's that's rough. Yeah, because now you're You've all had those nights too. You're in your own head. We're gonna go head down and watch a guy hit a bunch of golf balls into a shower curtain. You wanna come?
SPEAKER_05You know his full name's Charles Entertainment Cheese. And his parents were killed. Like that's in his biography. Really? His he is an orphan who never got birthdays as a kid because his parents died. So he wanted to make it so that other children could have a fun place to party. And he he created It's like Batman. Right?
SPEAKER_06It's like it's Ratman. I I had no idea. Charles and Cheese. I also had no idea that we'd go so deep into Chuck E. Cheese. Hey, lore. I love lore. That's what we were saying. You never know. That's kind of the whole point. Oh my goodness. Fun, right? Wow. Google it. Look it up. No excuse for you to not very few, and I can't think of any. Jesus! So, anyways, that's why you never leave a clown on a platypus in the same room together. It's just that's just what I've learned. Valuable life experience. It's important stuff. It just seems like social engineering, and I don't dig that. You know what? We're gonna make these people make friends with each other. No, don't. Anyways. Alright, three things that can kick rocks. Clapping when the plane lands, sleeves served as pints, waterless urinals, beards without mustaches. Deliberately misspelled names. Overly aggressive brand loyalty. Those shitty, crappy then vs. now AI videos. Face timing in public. Radio ads read by children. Adult sized bucket hats. The word adulting. Fleetwood Mac. Relish. Skin tags. Nut Milks. Bidets. Nope. Communal seating in restaurants. That professional golf sim league. Those aggressively rude blue collar shirts. Social media life hacks. The phrase low-key. Wet bread. Tube socks. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. The 1877 Cars for Kids Band. Cauliflower masquerading as other food. What are you listening to on the drive home today?
SPEAKER_05Probably something Elvisy. Like that. Can't go wrong with Elvis. Might listen to last week's episode. Some 80s soft rock. I am thinking I'm gonna listen to some rockabelli.
SPEAKER_06Well, I think just silence after this nonsense. What about you? And I'm a big William Shatner fan. And uh of course I have a three-hour William Shatner playlist. It's called William Shatner Beat Night. One of the coolest bands to ever come out of Calgary, Alberta Calvin.
SPEAKER_05Leewood Mac!
SPEAKER_06Oh uh The Forbidden Dimension 3. It's a playlist called Mean Streets. A playlist called Garage Rock Explosion. And I'm in a mood for some uh some Rockabilly. Truck Driving Man. Woo! It's uh songs about the guys that keep them big wheels rolling and the gals that like their cigars. Well, is that it? I think that's a wrap on uh on season one. Oh hey! Hello. Well that was really an in depth look back at season one, which may or may not have made sense. At times. But it was the season that was. It was the season that was. The inaugural. The inaugural.
SPEAKER_05The inaugural season of what were we saying with uh a big youke and tube socks. Uh, we hope you enjoyed watching that as much as we had fun making all those episodes. Tube did a hell of a job all season. He's grinding. He needs the break. Uh but yeah, we hope you enjoyed it. We hope you stick around for season two. We're excited for what's coming up. Uh, you know, make sure you like it, subscribe it, send it, share it, download it, watch it, comment on it, do your thing, girl.
SPEAKER_06We are back next Thursday in our usual slot with the start of season two. Woo-hoo! Season two with all new fresh episodes, freshies. So we will see you guys next week. Bye.
SPEAKER_03Big Yuga Tube socks. We're chatting today on why don't we say? Hey, hey, hey, those two hip cats found something to say. It was a groovy good time, and now they're going away. Now they're going away. Now they're going away. Get the heck on outta here.
