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[0:00] Steven Ferezy: Take one.

[0:01] Dana Craig: Knock knock.

[0:04] Steven Ferezy: We're Steven and Dana.

[0:05] Dana Craig: We can't believe you thought I'd knock in the hotel.

[0:10] Steven Ferezy: We're so glad you're listening to, and we would never listen to.

[0:13] Dana Craig: But I don't even want to listen to it to edit it.

[0:15] Steven Ferezy: I don't even want to wake up in the morning.

[0:18] Dana Craig: Stephen and Dana.

[0:20] Steven Ferezy: In the room.

[0:22] Dana Craig: Hi, Mom.

[0:34] Steven Ferezy: Wait, Thanksgiving happened.

[0:36] Dana Craig: We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.

[0:38] Steven Ferezy: We have just this very moment laid our ragged ass bodies down in my room back in Astoria.

[0:47] Dana Craig: We just got back from a whirlwind week.

[0:50] Steven Ferezy: Honey, we've trotted a tiny corner of the globe.

[0:55] Dana Craig: I can't even sit upright right now.

[0:57] Steven Ferezy: I am so tired.

[0:58] Dana Craig: I'm too tired to take my pants off.

[1:01] Steven Ferezy: Leaving them on is the more comfortable option.

[1:05] Dana Craig: So we spent it in Wisconsin.

[1:07] Steven Ferezy: But pin and that.

[1:09] Dana Craig: Yeah, we have to back up a while because last week was our hang on, we're gonna do something great over Thanksgiving episode.

[1:17] Steven Ferezy: Right.

[1:18] Dana Craig: You promised a lot of things.

[1:19] Steven Ferezy: And then this episode is that promised episode.

[1:25] Dana Craig: Oh my god.

[1:26] Steven Ferezy: Uh so we haven't spoken since Slani.

[1:29] Dana Craig: Ugh.

[1:29] Steven Ferezy: So what I mean, what have you been up to since uh uh November 7th?

[1:35] Dana Craig: Well, we did go to Jennifer Lewis Salutes Social Media.

[1:40] Steven Ferezy: Oh, did we know?

[1:41] Dana Craig: We did.

[1:44] Steven Ferezy: I had almost forgotten.

[1:46] Dana Craig: Psych.

[1:47] Steven Ferezy: First of all, we were invited, a special invite only, as social media influencers.

[1:54] Dana Craig: Yeah, because like we have a following of six.

[1:58] Steven Ferezy: So many.

[1:59] Dana Craig: So we were invited to Jennifer Lewis Salute social media because she is on a book tour.

[2:05] Steven Ferezy: Every time I hear wait, I did it wrong.

[2:08] Dana Craig: Every time she hear my name, she salute.

[2:11] Steven Ferezy: Jennifer Lewis is promoting her new book, The Mother of Black Hollywood.

[2:16] Dana Craig: Get it.

[2:17] Steven Ferezy: Audra her book.

[2:18] Dana Craig: Get the audio book of her book.

[2:21] Steven Ferezy: Auda book.

[2:22] Dana Craig: We nailed it at Jennifer Fucking Lewis on West 72nd Street at 2 o'clock on a Monday, Wednesday, some weekday that nobody does anything on.

[2:31] Steven Ferezy: Living our dreams, dressed at the triad for an intimate.

[2:37] Dana Craig: If not to the nines, to the eights, to the sevens.

[2:40] Steven Ferezy: I mean, I'm honored to be among the single digits.

[2:43] Dana Craig: We lived.

[2:44] Steven Ferezy: It was a very intimate QA.

[2:46] Dana Craig: There was piano, there was high kicks.

[2:49] Steven Ferezy: There was a surprise, Mark Shaman who shuffled in from the back.

[2:52] Dana Craig: Yeah, there.

[2:53] Steven Ferezy: I mean, her it's her tight friends.

[2:55] Dana Craig: It's her, she had done the view, and then she did this.

[2:58] Steven Ferezy: And it's the day before her book comes out, and she gets to be in New York and see her New York people.

[3:05] Dana Craig: Right, by the way, we had no idea what this was.

[3:08] Steven Ferezy: There was no little paragraph about it.

[3:11] Dana Craig: We didn't know if we were getting books.

[3:13] Steven Ferezy: We didn't know if we were supposed to have already read the book.

[3:17] Dana Craig: We don't know if we're supposed to bring our bedazzled mic.

[3:20] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, like we didn't know.

[3:22] Dana Craig: We were prepared for anything, had no idea.

[3:24] Steven Ferezy: There was no instruction.

[3:25] Dana Craig: So many gifts were given.

[3:27] Steven Ferezy: So many so many gifts were given.

[3:32] Dana Craig: And I mean, just fucking listen to her book, read her book.

[3:35] Steven Ferezy: I highly recommend listening to it.

[3:37] Dana Craig: I'm doing both.

[3:38] Steven Ferezy: I got the audible.

[3:39] Dana Craig: I'm I needed the audible.

[3:40] Steven Ferezy: Jennifer Lewis.

[3:41] Dana Craig: You need to hear those.

[3:43] Steven Ferezy: You need to hear her tell it.

[3:44] Dana Craig: You just do it.

[3:46] Steven Ferezy: Just do it.

[3:47] Dana Craig: She's giving one hundred and ten percent.

[3:52] Steven Ferezy: What Jennifer Holliday brings in visuals, Jennifer Lewis brings with vocal inflection.

[3:59] Dana Craig: That will be a very interesting statement to yourself as you read the book.

[4:03] Steven Ferezy: Why?

[4:04] Dana Craig: I'm not telling you.

[4:05] Steven Ferezy: Oh.

[4:06] Dana Craig: I'm not telling you why.

[4:07] Steven Ferezy: I think this book goes deep.

[4:09] Dana Craig: It's going to be a life changer.

[4:13] Steven Ferezy: 100%.

[4:14] Dana Craig: A world rocker.

[4:15] Steven Ferezy: Completely.

[4:17] Dana Craig: Moving on.

[4:18] Steven Ferezy: On I got to see Tori Amos.

[4:22] Dana Craig: In New York City.

[4:23] Steven Ferezy: She was my first concert.

[4:26] Dana Craig: She is.

[4:27] Steven Ferezy: How old were you?

[4:29] Dana Craig: 15 or 16.

[4:31] Steven Ferezy: Oh, nice.

[4:31] Dana Craig: I think 15.

[4:32] Steven Ferezy: The Greek amphitheater in Los Angeles.

[4:35] Dana Craig: The Beekeeper Tour.

[4:37] Steven Ferezy: Got a signed program from the friendly merch booth attendant.

[4:42] Dana Craig: I've still never heard a Tori Amos song.

[4:45] Steven Ferezy: Well, that's because you are simple.

[4:47] Dana Craig: I've been working a lot.

[4:48] Steven Ferezy: I haven't done anything fun.

[4:49] Dana Craig: Let's see.

[4:50] Steven Ferezy: Work, work, work.

[4:52] Dana Craig: Work, work, work, right, right, work, right, work.

[4:55] Steven Ferezy: Written in there, Jennifer Lewis.

[4:58] Dana Craig: I went to go see the Donna Murphy.

[5:00] Steven Ferezy: Hello, Dolly.

[5:01] Dana Craig: Yes, and you'd already seen Bet.

[5:02] Steven Ferezy: I had seen Bet.

[5:04] Dana Craig: I went with our friend Dan Fortune.

[5:06] Steven Ferezy: Well, he does produce one of my favorite podcasts with Justin Sayer called Sparkle and Circulate with Justin Sayer.

[5:12] Dana Craig: And I would 100% go and listen to the Lady Bunny episode.

[5:17] Steven Ferezy: Oh, I'm done talking about other people's podcasts.

[5:21] Dana Craig: Enough about you.

[5:22] Steven Ferezy: So enough about me.

[5:23] Dana Craig: Let's talk about Donna Murphy.

[5:25] Steven Ferezy: Go for it.

[5:26] Dana Craig: I still have yet to see the production.

[5:29] Steven Ferezy: Right.

[5:29] Dana Craig: Well, they're this is what I can say.

[5:32] Steven Ferezy: They are two very different Dolly Levi's.

[5:36] Dana Craig: I do not think Donna is doing a bet.

[5:39] Steven Ferezy: Which could be very tempting to do.

[5:42] Dana Craig: She makes it her own completely.

[5:45] Steven Ferezy: As of course she does.

[5:47] Dana Craig: As as one should.

[5:48] Steven Ferezy: She's an actress.

[5:49] Dana Craig: That's right.

[5:50] Steven Ferezy: That is right.

[5:53] Dana Craig: I adore her.

[5:54] Steven Ferezy: I I don't know what else to say about it.

[5:56] Dana Craig: I am a bet free.

[5:59] Steven Ferezy: So you're you're team but.

[6:00] Dana Craig: I'm team bat.

[6:02] Steven Ferezy: In any face-off.

[6:05] Dana Craig: One of my German exchange students was in town, and I took him and his brother and his brother's girlfriend to see our pals in kinky boots.

[6:15] Steven Ferezy: Mm-hmm.

[6:15] Dana Craig: Which was super fun.

[6:18] Steven Ferezy: These are not theater folk.

[6:22] Dana Craig: And they're from Germany.

[6:24] Steven Ferezy: So Das Boot!

[6:26] Dana Craig: Yeah, that's 100%.

[6:28] Steven Ferezy: Das kinky boot.

[6:30] Dana Craig: Oh, that's offensive now.

[6:32] Steven Ferezy: Das offensive.

[6:33] Dana Craig: Das super offensive.

[6:35] Steven Ferezy: Um.

[6:37] Dana Craig: So I I I, you know, I love watching people watch.

[6:40] Steven Ferezy: You got to do the thing because you know everyone in it, and I'm not sure.

[6:43] Dana Craig: Yeah, and I just love watching people who I have no idea if this is gonna be hit or miss, and I love watching it be a hit.

[6:49] Steven Ferezy: I just remembered.

[6:51] Dana Craig: The girl sitting behind me at Kinky Boots was among the top three worst audience members I've ever encountered.

[6:59] Steven Ferezy: How dare she?

[7:01] Dana Craig: She was talking the whole time.

[7:02] Steven Ferezy: If you shushed her, she would shush you back louder.

[7:05] Dana Craig: She just kept going, and the more you told her not to, the more she would.

[7:08] Steven Ferezy: So you just learned to not fight the fight.

[7:11] Dana Craig: I couldn't look at going one of the things.

[7:13] Steven Ferezy: I couldn't tell if she was a hillbilly or wasted or both.

[7:17] Dana Craig: Oh but she was offensive to everyone around her.

[7:25] Steven Ferezy: And she would say, Why aren't you guys just living your life?

[7:29] Dana Craig: Just enjoy life.

[7:31] Steven Ferezy: Is she me?

[7:32] Dana Craig: 2008.

[7:32] Steven Ferezy: I'm just trying to enjoy life.

[7:35] Dana Craig: Like, yeah.

[7:37] Steven Ferezy: So are we.

[7:38] Dana Craig: That's why we're at the theater.

[7:41] Steven Ferezy: Not out in the streets.

[7:44] Dana Craig: She was an abomination.

[7:49] Steven Ferezy: And rant.

[7:51] Dana Craig: Um, oh!

[7:53] Steven Ferezy: I went to a free thing at NYU featuring Felicia Rashad.

[8:03] Dana Craig: Oh.

[8:04] Steven Ferezy: I went with my friends uh Max and Byron, and we it was so she was talking about August Wilson.

[8:11] Dana Craig: That was the focus.

[8:12] Steven Ferezy: It was broken up into three chunks.

[8:14] Dana Craig: There was a QA from like NYU folk, and then um drama students in the master's program.

[8:24] Steven Ferezy: Uh did a scene.

[8:25] Dana Craig: She gave them notes on that our pizza's here.

[8:28] Steven Ferezy: They did it again.

[8:30] Dana Craig: Hello.

[8:31] Steven Ferezy: Kenny.

[8:33] Dana Craig: Yes.

[8:34] Steven Ferezy: I'll be right there.

[8:35] Dana Craig: Actually, she's gonna go get that.

[8:36] Steven Ferezy: I'm gonna finish both this.

[8:38] Dana Craig: And then the third part, she um what did she do the third part?

[8:44] Steven Ferezy: Oh, QA from the audience.

[8:47] Dana Craig: Great.

[8:48] Steven Ferezy: It was three hours long.

[8:49] Dana Craig: She was just, she knows how to speak.

[8:53] Steven Ferezy: She can speak.

[8:54] Dana Craig: She can make you believe it.

[8:55] Steven Ferezy: She can make you hear it.

[8:57] Dana Craig: Um, and that was a treat.

[8:59] Steven Ferezy: That was a real treat.

[9:01] Dana Craig: And it was free.

[9:09] Steven Ferezy: So that was Tuesday.

[9:11] Dana Craig: And then Wednesday night I came here to get ready to go to Watoma, Wisconsin.

[9:18] Steven Ferezy: And we watched the blind side.

[9:20] Dana Craig: We watched The Blind Side as I do every Thanksgiving.

[9:23] Steven Ferezy: Yes.

[9:23] Dana Craig: I made pork chops.

[9:25] Steven Ferezy: We had a nice night with Miss Moment.

[9:28] Dana Craig: Calm before the storm.

[9:30] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[9:31] Dana Craig: And we got up bright and early at 3 a.m.

[9:34] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, okay.

[9:35] Dana Craig: On Thursday, on Thanksgiving morning.

[9:38] Steven Ferezy: Got our asses to LaGuardia.

[9:40] Dana Craig: Sure did.

[9:41] Steven Ferezy: We're gonna take you through every minute of the four-day weekend.

[9:44] Dana Craig: We watched Karina Karina on the airplane.

[9:47] Steven Ferezy: I hadn't seen it in so long, and I quote from it often.

[9:53] Dana Craig: You're not my mama.

[9:55] Steven Ferezy: You can't tell me what to do.

[9:58] Dana Craig: It's one of my favorite movies of all time.

[10:00] Steven Ferezy: I love Sinkelberg so much.

[10:02] Dana Craig: Oh god.

[10:03] Steven Ferezy: And Tina Amos?

[10:04] Dana Craig: How do you say it?

[10:05] Steven Ferezy: Tina Majorino?

[10:07] Dana Craig: She's not Marjorie.

[10:08] Steven Ferezy: She's major.

[10:09] Dana Craig: I don't know.

[10:10] Steven Ferezy: I don't know her intimately, but I feel like I do.

[10:12] Dana Craig: Well.

[10:14] Steven Ferezy: Because she's such a part of my childhood.

[10:15] Dana Craig: Anyway, she's great, and you have a little Tina story.

[10:19] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, Tina and I went to elementary school together, and she was my study buddy.

[10:24] Dana Craig: And we used to hang out and make eraser villages.

[10:28] Steven Ferezy: And how old was she?

[10:29] Dana Craig: Was she a If I remember she was in fifth grade, so that like Karina Karina was ha had happened.

[10:37] Steven Ferezy: We knew that she was acting, we knew that she was taking a lot of time off of school at a time and coming back.

[10:46] Steven Ferezy: Um, but she's always been such a down chick.

[10:49] Dana Craig: Saw her once since, but I was I mean, still years ago.

[10:53] Steven Ferezy: But she also did Napoleon Dynamite.

[10:55] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[10:56] Steven Ferezy: She did that Alice in Wonderland.

[10:58] Dana Craig: Yes.

[11:00] Steven Ferezy: Mm-hmm.

[11:01] Dana Craig: Yes.

[11:02] Steven Ferezy: When a Man Loves a Woman.

[11:04] Dana Craig: She was like the child star that everyone needed.

[11:08] Steven Ferezy: Right now it's Jacob Trembly.

[11:14] Dana Craig: From Room.

[11:16] Steven Ferezy: And from the upcoming Wonder.

[11:19] Dana Craig: Oh.

[11:20] Steven Ferezy: That little boy.

[11:21] Dana Craig: He's like the it.

[11:23] Steven Ferezy: And Ian loves theater.

[11:24] Dana Craig: They're both like the it kids.

[11:26] Steven Ferezy: Great.

[11:27] Dana Craig: Um.

[11:29] Steven Ferezy: Karina Karina.

[11:31] Dana Craig: We land in Chicago.

[11:34] Steven Ferezy: And we were picked up immediately by Aunt Linda and Uncle Dan, who wears the same sweater to Thanksgiving every year in a row.

[11:45] Dana Craig: And it's I don't think it's.

[11:48] Steven Ferezy: It's not a funny thing he does.

[11:50] Dana Craig: It's just what he does.

[11:51] Steven Ferezy: It's what he does.

[11:53] Dana Craig: Um.

[11:53] Steven Ferezy: So we drove and drove and drove and drove.

[11:56] Dana Craig: We drove about four hours up to Plainfield, Wisconsin, at to my Aunt Julie's, where we have epic Thanksgiving.

[12:05] Steven Ferezy: There were 39 of us.

[12:10] Dana Craig: And there was a huge adult table, and then there was a small adult table.

[12:15] Steven Ferezy: Hey.

[12:16] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[12:17] Steven Ferezy: Like the junior associates.

[12:19] Dana Craig: And then we had the children were sitting at the bar.

[12:24] Steven Ferezy: It was a full house.

[12:25] Dana Craig: Okay, so I gave Stephen was like, you need to have a sign and a safe word, which ended up being Henry Iggans.

[12:36] Steven Ferezy: If you get cornered by someone, or if you're in a situation that you need to be saved.

[12:43] Dana Craig: He employed it about three times.

[12:45] Steven Ferezy: With the same person.

[12:47] Dana Craig: Yeah, well.

[12:49] Steven Ferezy: So everyone was so enamored with you.

[12:53] Dana Craig: It was great.

[12:54] Steven Ferezy: You did very well.

[12:55] Dana Craig: Keep in mind we've been up since 3 a.m.

[12:57] Steven Ferezy: I'm so tired about it.

[12:59] Dana Craig: I'm baddie.

[13:01] Steven Ferezy: Baddie.

[13:04] Dana Craig: Baddie Lapone.

[13:06] Steven Ferezy: I played football.

[13:08] Dana Craig: We did sports.

[13:10] Steven Ferezy: I threw it and it spiraled.

[13:13] Dana Craig: Yeah, all the cousins we got together and played football in the front yard.

[13:16] Steven Ferezy: It's very Wisconsin Thanksgiving.

[13:21] Dana Craig: Um ate our faces.

[13:23] Steven Ferezy: Pictionary.

[13:24] Dana Craig: We're a gaming family.

[13:27] Steven Ferezy: So we did we did a makeshift Pictionary board.

[13:31] Dana Craig: Everyone was about eight or nine drinks in, so it was real fun.

[13:35] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[13:35] Dana Craig: And then we went home and fell into an eternal slumber.

[13:39] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[13:41] Dana Craig: That was the very long day.

[13:44] Steven Ferezy: What was the next day?

[13:46] Dana Craig: It's right here.

[13:46] Steven Ferezy: I made a little list.

[13:47] Dana Craig: Alright.

[13:51] Steven Ferezy: Um.

[13:55] Dana Craig: Oh we went up, we drove up to Grandma Craig's house.

[13:58] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, we did.

[13:59] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[14:00] Steven Ferezy: And she was so excited to see you.

[14:02] Dana Craig: And they gave her a manny.

[14:03] Steven Ferezy: She is the reason why Steven came to Thanksgiving.

[14:08] Dana Craig: Because they have a little love fest.

[14:10] Steven Ferezy: Basically.

[14:10] Dana Craig: On Facebook.

[14:11] Steven Ferezy: Um, and then we went with Grandma Hartford to El Popo.

[14:11] Dana Craig: El Popo!

[14:16] Steven Ferezy: If you're ever in Watoma, you need to go to El Popo Mexican restaurant.

[14:20] Dana Craig: The burritos are as big as your face.

[14:23] Steven Ferezy: And the entrees, I don't know, they're all like five dollars.

[14:27] Dana Craig: So good.

[14:27] Steven Ferezy: Wonderful.

[14:28] Dana Craig: So delicious.

[14:30] Steven Ferezy: Authentic Mexican cuisine.

[14:32] Dana Craig: They also have burgers and fries.

[14:35] Steven Ferezy: But that's where Grandma Hartford goes to eat, so we needed to go there.

[14:41] Dana Craig: And then what happened?

[14:43] Steven Ferezy: Oh, we played pool.

[14:45] Dana Craig: Stephen beat me.

[14:46] Steven Ferezy: Another sport.

[14:47] Dana Craig: Mm-hmm.

[14:48] Steven Ferezy: We did very well.

[14:49] Dana Craig: Yeah, it was very athletic, this trip.

[14:52] Steven Ferezy: And then we went to a local brewery.

[14:55] Dana Craig: Yes, Central Waters Brewery.

[14:57] Steven Ferezy: It's very established.

[15:00] Dana Craig: Very good.

[15:01] Steven Ferezy: Um, I had some of the stouts.

[15:04] Dana Craig: Is that stuff available here in New York?

[15:07] Steven Ferezy: Central Waters?

[15:08] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[15:09] Steven Ferezy: Might be.

[15:10] Dana Craig: Go to beeradvocate.com and you can see wherever your favorite beer was located.

[15:15] Steven Ferezy: Huh.

[15:15] Dana Craig: But Central Waters is uh they have the whiskey barrels, bourbon barrels that they make their beer out of.

[15:24] Steven Ferezy: It was delicious.

[15:27] Dana Craig: And we came home and made dinner.

[15:32] Steven Ferezy: That's right.

[15:33] Dana Craig: That was Friday.

[15:35] Steven Ferezy: Uh Saturday.

[15:37] Dana Craig: Gotta Oh no no, we started Friday with Ethiopian breakfast.

[15:42] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[15:43] Dana Craig: My brother and his wife spent some time there, and so they wait that wasn't Friday.

[15:47] Steven Ferezy: That was Saturday.

[15:48] Dana Craig: Was it?

[15:48] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[15:49] Dana Craig: So the next morning.

[15:50] Steven Ferezy: Ethiopian breakfast.

[15:52] Dana Craig: Ethiopian breakfast.

[15:53] Steven Ferezy: Great.

[15:57] Dana Craig: Which was delicious.

[15:58] Steven Ferezy: Thank you.

[15:59] Dana Craig: That bread.

[16:00] Steven Ferezy: That was some of the best bread I've ever had.

[16:03] Dana Craig: Ooh, girl.

[16:05] Steven Ferezy: That Midwestern broad.

[16:07] Dana Craig: Um, and then we went over to Val's mom's house.

[16:11] Steven Ferezy: You might know Val as in Is Val here.

[16:14] Dana Craig: Or is Val listening, do you think?

[16:19] Steven Ferezy: Val is the first person to listen to every episode.

[16:22] Dana Craig: Val is watching.

[16:23] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[16:26] Dana Craig: Scott and Val.

[16:27] Steven Ferezy: Dear friend from high school, best friend from high school.

[16:30] Dana Craig: Needed to go say hi to Debbie.

[16:33] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[16:33] Dana Craig: So you're hitting all the hot spots.

[16:35] Steven Ferezy: Oh yeah.

[16:37] Dana Craig: That there's a spot to hit.

[16:38] Steven Ferezy: I'm coming in.

[16:39] Dana Craig: You're gonna take him to Billy B's or what?

[16:41] Steven Ferezy: Oh my god.

[16:43] Dana Craig: Maybe at like midnight.

[16:45] Steven Ferezy: When we've had when does it close?

[16:49] Dana Craig: Two is bar time.

[16:50] Steven Ferezy: Isn't two bar time anymore?

[16:52] Dana Craig: Well, it never used to close Christmas Eve.

[16:54] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, maybe just stay open.

[16:56] Dana Craig: Alright.

[16:57] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, stay open for family.

[17:00] Dana Craig: We did not tell Val.

[17:02] Steven Ferezy: We surprised her.

[17:03] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[17:03] Steven Ferezy: We need to go see all this hometown peeps' parents.

[17:06] Dana Craig: True.

[17:07] Steven Ferezy: Yes, absolutely.

[17:09] Dana Craig: Hello.

[17:10] Steven Ferezy: Say hi to your parents.

[17:12] Dana Craig: Oh my god.

[17:17] Steven Ferezy: Oh my god, there's my mother's voice.

[17:22] Dana Craig: Say hi to Sue.

[17:24] Steven Ferezy: Baby.

[17:25] Dana Craig: Hey Val.

[17:26] Steven Ferezy: Hey Sue!

[17:28] Dana Craig: Oh my gosh.

[17:29] Steven Ferezy: How are you guys doing?

[17:31] Dana Craig: We're so well.

[17:32] Steven Ferezy: I'm gonna get a root beer at the A&W today.

[17:34] Dana Craig: Oh, delicious.

[17:36] Steven Ferezy: Okay.

[17:37] Dana Craig: I'm so tired, my face is falling off.

[17:39] Steven Ferezy: Great.

[17:40] Dana Craig: We're almost done.

[17:42] Steven Ferezy: So prior to my trip to Wisconsin, I thought that A&W was just a brand.

[17:52] Dana Craig: Like you could go get a six six cans of A&W.

[17:56] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, at the market.

[17:57] Dana Craig: Like, do you like Barks or do you like A&W?

[18:00] Steven Ferezy: Sure.

[18:01] Dana Craig: So when I when we were driving and I saw a drive through, I was beside myself.

[18:11] Steven Ferezy: Oh yeah.

[18:12] Dana Craig: So there's there's establishments in your hometown where you have not ever set foot inside.

[18:18] Steven Ferezy: A&W, I've probably been to inside thrice in my entire life.

[18:24] Dana Craig: And how cute was it?

[18:25] Steven Ferezy: It was a throwback.

[18:26] Dana Craig: There's the dorbs.

[18:27] Steven Ferezy: Had a little jukebox in the back.

[18:29] Dana Craig: And that root beer float was not kidding.

[18:32] Steven Ferezy: No, it was offensively large.

[18:36] Dana Craig: Whatever.

[18:37] Steven Ferezy: Heart attack inducing.

[18:40] Dana Craig: Great.

[18:41] Steven Ferezy: So we had that.

[18:42] Dana Craig: That was really, really great.

[18:44] Steven Ferezy: Um, I helped put up Christmas lights.

[18:46] Dana Craig: Yes.

[18:47] Steven Ferezy: I untangled the wad.

[18:50] Dana Craig: Oh yeah.

[18:51] Steven Ferezy: You guys were bringing the word wad back.

[18:53] Dana Craig: Wad.

[18:54] Steven Ferezy: You wad.

[18:57] Dana Craig: Sue has some zingers and wad is part of her lexicon.

[19:02] Steven Ferezy: Oh god, I'm so tired.

[19:06] Dana Craig: This weekend was a lot, you guys.

[19:07] Steven Ferezy: Steven was a real trooper.

[19:09] Dana Craig: He had to be with me.

[19:11] Steven Ferezy: You know, you gotta see all the people.

[19:14] Dana Craig: I don't come home very often.

[19:16] Steven Ferezy: You gotta see all the people, and you're coming with me.

[19:18] Dana Craig: Well, I got you TSA pre-check.

[19:22] Steven Ferezy: You sure did.

[19:23] Dana Craig: You were grandfathered.

[19:25] Steven Ferezy: You guys know that you weren't TSA pre-check.

[19:28] Dana Craig: Whoever's with you is also TSA pre-check.

[19:33] Steven Ferezy: I think they do in their area itinerary.

[19:36] Dana Craig: So fancy.

[19:37] Steven Ferezy: Um, we went to a supper club.

[19:40] Dana Craig: Yes.

[19:42] Steven Ferezy: Wisconsin is famous for their Wisconsin Supper Clubs.

[19:45] Dana Craig: It was Friday night fish fries.

[19:48] Steven Ferezy: And we learned that supper club has to do with a prohibition.

[19:52] Dana Craig: Yes.

[19:53] Steven Ferezy: What makes what makes it a supper club instead of just the sauce?

[19:58] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[19:59] Steven Ferezy: And you're meant a supper club, you're meant to stay there for the entire evening.

[20:03] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[20:03] Steven Ferezy: So they'll have a bar area, there's a restaurant, there is a stage, live entertainment.

[20:12] Dana Craig: So it's kind of like an evening maker.

[20:16] Steven Ferezy: It's the destination.

[20:21] Dana Craig: So yeah, we went to Silvercrist.

[20:23] Steven Ferezy: It's kind of like the place to go if you have guests.

[20:27] Dana Craig: It was super young.

[20:29] Steven Ferezy: I had a full rack of ribs, and Wayne had a pork chop as big as my neck.

[20:36] Dana Craig: I think your rack of ribs is from my knee to my foot, is how long it was.

[20:45] Steven Ferezy: I'm looking at my knee to my foot, and I think that's about it.

[20:49] Dana Craig: No.

[20:50] Steven Ferezy: Yes.

[20:51] Dana Craig: Maybe need an eight.

[20:52] Steven Ferezy: Oh, it was so disgustingly large, Steven.

[20:56] Dana Craig: Oh, so bad.

[20:59] Steven Ferezy: Well, good thing I ate all of them, and you didn't have to look at it anymore.

[21:03] Dana Craig: Well, we had a table of 14 cousins, grandma.

[21:08] Steven Ferezy: All the grandma.

[21:09] Dana Craig: Grandma Hartford was the only one on her phone checking in on Facebook.

[21:12] Steven Ferezy: Oh, yeah.

[21:13] Dana Craig: See, she's a social media master.

[21:17] Steven Ferezy: Master.

[21:18] Dana Craig: 100%.

[21:20] Steven Ferezy: And then the last day, we golfed.

[21:20] Dana Craig: We golfed.

[21:24] Steven Ferezy: We hiked to the property.

[21:25] Dana Craig: We walked all through nature and things.

[21:28] Steven Ferezy: Stephen had to wear his first blaze orange because it is hunting season, and you need to be careful.

[21:34] Dana Craig: I was blaze orange.

[21:37] Steven Ferezy: You need to make yourself known.

[21:39] Dana Craig: Oh yeah.

[21:40] Steven Ferezy: I was a highlighter.

[21:41] Dana Craig: Make thyself known.

[21:48] Steven Ferezy: You're an idiot.

[21:50] Dana Craig: No.

[21:51] Steven Ferezy: Um, we went to Culver's.

[21:53] Dana Craig: We went to Culver's.

[21:54] Steven Ferezy: Cheese curds.

[21:55] Dana Craig: I used to work at a Culver's, but also if you're in Wisconsin, you need to stop there and get their butterburger or a malted something or other.

[22:04] Steven Ferezy: Sourdough melts.

[22:05] Dana Craig: Sourdough patty melts.

[22:09] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[22:10] Dana Craig: Oh, it was so yum.

[22:14] Steven Ferezy: It was yum.

[22:15] Dana Craig: I've never been fatter.

[22:17] Steven Ferezy: In my whole life.

[22:18] Dana Craig: Never been happier.

[22:20] Steven Ferezy: How did you like Wisconsin?

[22:22] Dana Craig: What's your feedback?

[22:24] Steven Ferezy: Oh god, I could never.

[22:26] Dana Craig: I could never live there.

[22:28] Steven Ferezy: No.

[22:28] Dana Craig: But I mean, I see the appeal later in life.

[22:34] Steven Ferezy: And A&W is hiring.

[22:36] Dana Craig: I mean, 69 cent cones, honey.

[22:39] Steven Ferezy: My employee discount.

[22:41] Dana Craig: I totally work at A&W in Wautoma.

[22:47] Steven Ferezy: But right, it's just so slow.

[22:49] Dana Craig: It's the slowest.

[22:51] Steven Ferezy: I saw buggies.

[22:52] Dana Craig: I saw.

[22:53] Steven Ferezy: We well, I live in Amish country, so yeah, we pointed out some Amish housing.

[22:58] Dana Craig: I pointed out to Steven earlier today.

[23:00] Steven Ferezy: Um, not that I care or anything, but um I noticed that I had gone four or five days straight without seeing a single Starbucks, which is just something that is so foreign to me as a Los Angeles native and a New York resident.

[23:22] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[23:23] Steven Ferezy: I mean, I think any day I have left the house, I've seen a Starbucks.

[23:31] Dana Craig: Of during my whole life.

[23:33] Steven Ferezy: Wow.

[23:33] Dana Craig: In Europe and then meet Mowgli over here, living in the freaking rainforest.

[23:39] Steven Ferezy: Basically.

[23:40] Dana Craig: Raised by wolves.

[23:41] Steven Ferezy: It was interesting.

[23:43] Dana Craig: Umbrewery is cool, and to have that much space and quiet and stars.

[23:52] Steven Ferezy: In New York, if you fart, everyone knows who did it.

[23:56] Dana Craig: We're all very close quarters.

[23:59] Steven Ferezy: In Wisconsin, you step out of your car, fart all you want.

[24:08] Dana Craig: You could actually dust that crop and no one will know.

[24:11] Steven Ferezy: An actual crop.

[24:17] Dana Craig: It's always Dana, you guys.

[24:20] Steven Ferezy: It's always Dana.

[24:22] Dana Craig: Um, and then so that brings us to today.

[24:26] Steven Ferezy: We woke up pretty early.

[24:27] Dana Craig: We were on the road uh before seven.

[24:29] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[24:30] Dana Craig: Barely.

[24:31] Steven Ferezy: Well, no.

[24:31] Dana Craig: I mean, last night we played cards with Graham.

[24:34] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[24:34] Dana Craig: You taught us a game.

[24:36] Steven Ferezy: Taught you guys sentence to drawing, which is apparently a very hard game to teach.

[24:43] Dana Craig: I think you have reasons to why I think human beings would have a hard time learning.

[24:48] Steven Ferezy: If you've never played it, it's like telephone but visually.

[24:52] Dana Craig: You write a sentence, you pass that sentence on to the next person, they draw a picture of that sentence, they pass the picture on to the next person, they write a sentence of that picture, etc., etc., etc.

[25:06] Steven Ferezy: Fade out, fade in, it's all over, and um you go through the packets of paper again to see how it progressed from the original copy to the revised copy.

[25:21] Dana Craig: Did you just teach us how to do something in a minute?

[25:25] Steven Ferezy: Maybe.

[25:26] Dana Craig: Yeah, that was great.

[25:29] Steven Ferezy: Great.

[25:30] Dana Craig: Let's hold for applause.

[25:34] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, well, today was the longest day wacky in all the land.

[25:39] Dana Craig: Today was very wacky.

[25:40] Steven Ferezy: I don't know that I've ever done anything like this.

[25:43] Dana Craig: Can't even stand up.

[25:44] Steven Ferezy: When it comes to like to wacky travel.

[25:46] Dana Craig: I don't think I've ever done something like this.

[25:48] Steven Ferezy: Ooh, let's go through it.

[25:49] Dana Craig: Our day of wacky travel.

[25:51] Steven Ferezy: Woke up early.

[25:52] Dana Craig: We were out the door before seven.

[25:54] Steven Ferezy: Uh, in Wisconsin.

[25:56] Dana Craig: We drive down to Madison to catch a bus into Chicago because we were flying out of Chicago.

[26:03] Steven Ferezy: We chose a bus intentionally that uh would get us into Chicago around noon so that we could have lunch and um go visit the Chicago Art Institute.

[26:18] Dana Craig: Art Institute of Chicago.

[26:20] Steven Ferezy: Yes.

[26:21] Dana Craig: Um, to visit my favorite painting on the planet.

[26:27] Steven Ferezy: A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grande Jatte.

[26:32] Dana Craig: Lives there.

[26:34] Steven Ferezy: And I got to go visit it.

[26:36] Dana Craig: And I made Steven come with me, and I made a Sunday in the Park with George playlist of several different recordings.

[26:44] Steven Ferezy: And built a story and made Dana listen to it.

[26:49] Dana Craig: And stood there for n I'm not kidding.

[26:53] Steven Ferezy: One full hour.

[26:55] Dana Craig: Oh, the playlist was 90 minutes.

[26:57] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[26:57] Dana Craig: Oh, 90 minutes?

[26:59] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[27:01] Dana Craig: You stood there for 90 minutes and watched the painting.

[27:05] Steven Ferezy: Mm-hmm.

[27:07] Dana Craig: I was moved.

[27:08] Steven Ferezy: Beautiful.

[27:09] Dana Craig: I was moved.

[27:12] Steven Ferezy: Um, and then we immediately got into a car to the airport, and then we landed and we walked home.

[27:19] Dana Craig: You guys, LaGuardia's going through it right now.

[27:22] Steven Ferezy: We had to walk back by Orange is the New Black kind of set dressing.

[27:29] Dana Craig: Looked like we were about to get murdered at any point.

[27:32] Steven Ferezy: Shanked with a shiv!

[27:34] Dana Craig: Ugh.

[27:34] Steven Ferezy: Shank me with a shiv behind LaGuardia.

[27:37] Dana Craig: Apparently there's a passenger walkway because of all the freaking construction.

[27:42] Steven Ferezy: Ever.

[27:43] Dana Craig: Oh, it was awful.

[27:45] Steven Ferezy: Do you can say that again?

[27:47] Dana Craig: To go get our lift.

[27:49] Steven Ferezy: Uh huh.

[27:50] Dana Craig: Yeah, we'll be back to our regular routine um next next Tuesday.

[27:55] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[27:56] Dana Craig: And before you know it, it's gonna be 2018.

[28:02] Steven Ferezy: Do you do New Year's resolutions?

[28:04] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[28:05] Steven Ferezy: Do you keep them?

[28:06] Dana Craig: No.

[28:07] Steven Ferezy: I'm good for about two weeks.

[28:09] Dana Craig: Uh-huh.

[28:10] Steven Ferezy: Any last words?

[28:11] Dana Craig: I've never been more tired than I am right now.

[28:19] Steven Ferezy: Hello!

[28:20] Dana Craig: So my roommate sent me a text yesterday that he thought I got a new job and moved out.

[28:26] Steven Ferezy: And then he's like And he's like, oh, I knew it was false because also in the dream we had a washer and dryer.

[28:34] Dana Craig: My baby.

[28:36] Steven Ferezy: Um no, in my dream, I woke up at 3 a.m.

[28:40] Dana Craig: and I was like, why is someone doing laundry in the middle of the night?

[28:44] Steven Ferezy: And I walked out, and you were hunched over, and there was a washer dryer there.

[28:49] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[28:50] Steven Ferezy: And you were like pulling out all of your stuff, and you looked up and you were like, caught.

[28:54] Dana Craig: And I was like, Dana?

[28:57] Steven Ferezy: And you were like, I got the job, I'm leaving.

[29:01] Dana Craig: That's amazing.

[29:03] Steven Ferezy: I would never leave you.

[29:04] Dana Craig: I woke up and I was like, I feel really rejected.

[29:07] Steven Ferezy: I feel really on the outs.

[29:10] Dana Craig: You're like, but I just got here.

[29:11] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[29:12] Dana Craig: And I was like, who's gonna take your place?

[29:15] Steven Ferezy: Certainly not anyone that's cool.

[29:18] Dana Craig: Or relaxed.

[29:19] Steven Ferezy: How's everyone?

[29:20] Dana Craig: The most tired.

[29:22] Steven Ferezy: So tired.

[29:22] Dana Craig: Yeah, do you travel?

[29:23] Steven Ferezy: Do you eat cheese curds?

[29:25] Dana Craig: I mean the curtiest curds in the world.

[29:30] Steven Ferezy: I saw a Kinky Boots poster and I thought of you singing that.

[29:34] Dana Craig: Not 20 minutes ago.

[29:35] Steven Ferezy: Oh.

[29:38] Dana Craig: Hi.

[29:39] Steven Ferezy: I guess.

[29:40] Dana Craig: Well, Kinky Boots is the unofficial sponsor of this podcast.

[29:42] Steven Ferezy: Yeah, I guess that's some sort of life accomplishment.

[29:47] Dana Craig: Was it everything?

[29:48] Steven Ferezy: Did you live?

[29:49] Dana Craig: Did you laugh?

[29:50] Steven Ferezy: Did you?

[29:50] Dana Craig: I laughed, I cried.

[29:55] Steven Ferezy: And cheese curds.

[29:56] Dana Craig: I cheese curds.

[29:57] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[29:58] Dana Craig: It's a lot.

[29:59] Steven Ferezy: How was hope?

[29:59] Dana Craig: Had a lot did a lot of firsts, did a lot of bucketless things.

[30:03] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[30:03] Dana Craig: You know you're live on In the Room at the moment.

[30:07] Steven Ferezy: I expect that.

[30:12] Dana Craig: Yeah.

[30:16] Steven Ferezy: Alright.

[30:17] Dana Craig: He's gonna shuffle off to Buffalo.

[30:22] Steven Ferezy: Yep, that's it.

[30:25] Dana Craig: Well.

[30:27] Steven Ferezy: Thanks for hearing our long-winded story about our four-day weekend.

[30:31] Dana Craig: We hope that you had a great Thanksgiving.

[30:33] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[30:33] Dana Craig: Tell us tweet us what you're thankful for.

[30:36] Steven Ferezy: Yeah.

[30:37] Dana Craig: I wanna know.

[30:39] Steven Ferezy: I'm thankful for you, Dana.

[30:41] Dana Craig: I'm thankful for you.

[30:47] Steven Ferezy: Well, see you next next Tuesday.

[30:50] Dana Craig: See you next next Tuesday.

[30:56] Steven Ferezy: In the Room with Steven and Dana is produced by Steven Ferezy.

[31:00] Dana Craig: And Dana Craig.

[31:01] Steven Ferezy: Special thanks to Joel Wagoner for tinkling the ivories on our theme song.

[31:06] Dana Craig: Hit him up at JoelWagonerd.com.

[31:08] Steven Ferezy: We apologize, and you're welcome.

[31:11] Dana Craig: We'd also like to thank Jesse Wiener, W I E N E R, for our jazzy original music sprinkled throughout each episode.

[31:19] Steven Ferezy: You can find him at jessewiener.com.

[31:22] Dana Craig: Last but certainly not least, we'd like to thank Kevin Thomas Garcia for taking all of our ridiculous photos.

[31:28] Steven Ferezy: You can find him online at KTGNYC.com.

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[31:48] Dana Craig: And thank you so much for listening.

[31:50] Steven Ferezy: Thank you so much.