182: RE-VIEW: Ripley's Believe it or Not! (from Ep 7)

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I don't believe it.

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Babies, it's time to Review, Review That Review, Episode 7, which aired on July 21st, 2021.

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The original episode contained two reviews, two complaints, and two Royal Highness inductions.

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I don't know if you can believe it, but Ripley doesn't care if you can believe it or not.

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This was a turning point for me and the show because the review had pictures and I remember like cackling with Chelsey and this may have been one of the very first TripAdvisors.

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I don't know if that's true.

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But I, whatever, I remember a light bulb in my head going off like, Oh, I have to start checking for these random, kitschy tourist things.

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And that was because of Chelsey.

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So today's review is just a bite sized version of that original airing.

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So if you want to catch all of the reviews, all of the complaints, all of those Royal Highnesses, you got to pop back up and listen to episode seven in full.

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Also, while you're scrolling up, just go ahead and leave the review five stars, do that in whatever podcast app you're listening in right now.

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Share it with your friends.

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Everybody's got an opinion, Every Californian and Virginian, It's so hard to tell who to trust and who to ignore, Someone's gotta settle the score.,

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Trey and Chelsey will help you choose, Whose views win which ones lose, Online haters are coming for you, Baby, it's time to Review That Review!

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Hi.

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Hi, everyone.

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Welcome to Review That Review, the podcast dedicated to reviewing

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Reviews.

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We're just like Siskel and Ebert, only instead of reviewing cinematic masterpieces, we rate and review those hilarious, scathing, and sometimes suspicious online reviews.

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So suspicious.

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That's Chelsey Donn.

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And that's Trey Gerrald,

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and together, we're

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the Review Queens.

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How's your crown feeling today, Trey?

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You know, I've secured it with 19 bobby pins and a whole lot of aquanuts.

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Okay, well then it's definitely not going anywhere.

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Um, how's your week been?

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Uh, my week is, is good.

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I feel like I always have a really boring answer to this, which is probably a great thing.

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It's a hard question, to be fair.

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I think my week's been good.

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We're still, um, you know, assimilating as a family with our new dog, which I think we are gonna, Go with Hunter.

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We're sort of still figuring that out.

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Um, Winnie's doing well with him and the week is good.

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Our nephew Denver is visiting and staying with us, which is nice.

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And, um, my friend from preschool, Rachel is also staying with us.

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So it's a very full house.

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It's been a good week.

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How about you?

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How's your week?

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My week has been good.

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I just spoke with my alumni office at my high school for a little while, which is nice to connect and might be doing something with them in the future, which is great.

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Feeling excited to be here.

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And I can't even believe what this is episode seven, right?

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Seven, seven minutes in

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heaven.

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Hopefully it will be however long, 52 minutes in heaven or however long this ends up being, but thank you guys for tuning in.

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It's been so amazing doing this podcast and having so many of you reach out with just the nicest things to say and Trey and I really, really appreciate it.

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First and foremost, this is something that we're doing for fun that we, we just enjoy doing.

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And the fact that people are enjoying it along with us is just, it's so nice.

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So thank you guys.

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It really is amazing actually.

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And with all that love just, you know, being spread around, I think that it's time that we

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Ledge a complaint.

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It's really funny because when we conceived this whole idea, it was like, yeah, we'll start with talking about our week and we'll go into complaints, but like, It's such a hard segue consistently because we're like so full of gratitude about the podcast.

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And then it's like, all right, hard turn.

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But I'm going to start because I have a really hardcore complaint.

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That is something that has been with me internally for probably all of my life.

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I'm not sure exactly where it began.

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It has something to do with being a people pleaser, but I want to lodge a complaint against this internal turmoil about telling anyone when their fly is down.

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It's the same internal turmoil when, like, you're talking to someone and they accidentally spit on your face.

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Oh, yeah.

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And you, like,

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don't want to, like, wipe it away.

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You don't want, like, you don't, like, they know they did it.

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You know that they know.

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But you also don't want their spit on your face.

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Right.

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So you're like trying to like be clever and like, Oh, is that a fly?

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And you just magically wipe your cheek or it's like, Oh, oh, you know, it's also that same internal feeling when you're in conversation with someone and they have halitosis, disgusting, horrifying breath.

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And, and it's like, if I say, Oh, your breath, it's like the conversation's over.

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It's terrible.

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I just registered that those are all the same feeling inside where I feel stopped in expressing what's actually occurring from a place of uncomfortability.

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So I'm just lodging a complaint Subs about being stifled and sharing like, Oh, sir, your fly is down.

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It's not the same.

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If someone has like, um, someone comes out of the bathroom and they have toilet paper on their shoe, that is sort of, it's like, you haven't done anything wrong.

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Like you just didn't notice that that's there.

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But I feel like if your fly is down, you like, maybe like, How did you forget to zip it up?

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I don't know.

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But like, if you have bad breath, it's like, why do you have bad breath?

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And you didn't realize it.

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And so I don't want to acknowledge it, because then I'm being judgmental.

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And then it could be confrontational.

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And if someone spits on my face, I don't know why that's so uncomfortable.

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And I'm really hoping that out of the pandemic, that's something that we just have no issue with anymore.

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But that's my complaint.

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It really.

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Reeks havoc internally on me, and I'm going to commit right here on the podcast to taking action on this complaint, being the change I want to see in the world when it comes to acknowledging when a fly is down, when someone spits on my face, and when someone has horrifyingly bad breath.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:06:19

Wow, speak your truth, but I also feel you, I had a friend whose mom told somebody, like a friend of her sister's, that she had something in her teeth,

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Oh, same thing, and

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she tried to do it as a joke, which I understand, like, joke is a good way of going about it, right, like, it's, it's a, you know, we're humans, these things happen, And the woman did not take the joke well, but it's, it's just one of those things where it's hard to know, like, how can I be helpful without making you feel worse?

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Like, how can I create a safe space for you?

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Cause the alternative is if I don't tell you, you're going to go home at night and be like, Oh my God, how long was my fly down?

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Totally.

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Or, yeah, I mean, like, or like me, like I had chicken Caesar salad stuck in my braces for most of my bat mitzvah.

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Can you believe it?

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Are you serious?

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I swear half my pictures of my bat mitzvah have chicken Caesar salad in my braces and not a single person told me.

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I mean, I'm livid every time I come across a picture where you can see the romaine.

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It's terrible.

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I am mouth agape at that.

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How does the photographer not tell you?

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I mean, like, to be fair to all parties involved, I mean, the photographer, I don't know, like, maybe it was the braces and he couldn't really see it.

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And then, like, I saw it later.

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I do wish, like, one of my friends or somebody would have just been like, let me just, like, give you a little bit of advice.

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Like, here's a toothpick.

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Yeah.

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Wow, I'm, I'm, I'm so amazed at how, how much, um, we both have to share about this internal turmoil.

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But anyway, let's move on.

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Let's jump into some written online reviews.

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Please.

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As you know, we are your trusty review queens.

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We each bring in a review from the internet that we feel needs to be inspected.

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We read you the review, break it down, and rate the impact of the review on a scale from one to five crowns.

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It is a very regal process that we call Assess that

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kvetch.

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Hey, Chels, did you know that kvetch means complaint?

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I'm kvelling, Trey, you're Yiddish.

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It's excellent.

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Gazigazunt.

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Yikes.

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Okay.

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Who is first?

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You are, my lady.

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Review That

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Review.

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Okay.

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My review is written by, I'm going to butcher this name and I apologize in advance, Orsolya.

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I'm going to spell it.

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O R S O L Y A or Solya D.

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This is a two star review of Ripley's Believe It or Not, uh, in, in Hollywood, I believe it's in Hollywood, and this is, uh, Ursulia D's opinion of, of Ripley's Believe It or Not, you're right, Ripley, I don't believe it, I don't believe what a complete waste of time and disappointment you are, You're lucky I had complimentary tickets, Because there's no way anyone should spend hard earned cash on you, One expects much more fun from this famous tourist hotspot, What a dud this auditorium turned out to be, The most appealing factor?

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The exterior, Which has you believe that the contents will entice, excite, and astonish.

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I suppose that is another one of Ripley's illusions.

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I generally stay away from tourist spots, but I had complimentary tickets, and hey, if it's free, I'm in.

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Not to mention, I took the metro, so I didn't have to deal with parking and whatnot.

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I arrived to an empty building.

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Maybe everyone already knows not to come here.

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Even the young teenager working the front desk was bored and making fun of the establishment.

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I expected oddities, jars with preserved alien creatures, ancient artifacts, etc.

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What'd I find?

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A few rooms of facts on tablets and the most cheesy mannequin displays demonstrating the stated fact.

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It was horrible.

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I have a better time reading a Ripley's Believe It or Not book.

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A complete bore.

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There were only a few highlights, which are barely memorable, so that shows how much of a highlight they were.

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Everything looked like a funhouse at an elementary school carnival.

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The hall of dungeon like displays.

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Of torture weapons was okay, But played cheesy Halloween sound effect tapes, And the mannequins were dressed up for Christmas, Wearing Santa hats and naughty signs, Which decreased the effect even more, We were in and out of this place in about 30 minutes or less, I can't believe this place is still in business,

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Wow, yeah, Orsalia D wants to make it very clear that they had comp tickets, I think they said that about three times,

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They did, I will say, love Orsalia D's personality and passion here, but they were a bit repetitive,

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Have you ever been to a Ripley's, believe it or not?

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I went to, yes, I've been to the Ripley's, believe it or not, in Atlantic City, and I remember when I went with my friends, we were so excited, because there was something else to do in the area, it was pretty boring, though,

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Oh, really?

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I've actually never been,

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Yeah, it's not, like, they really oversell it, which I think is what, Or Zalia is getting at like outside of it and everything though.

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Please believe it or not.

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And there were like some interesting factoids about like the guy with the longest toenails

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or that woman that can pop her eyeballs out.

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Oh, yes, I'm sure she was.

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She was probably Or like something with Snapple or like the most Snapple ids.

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I was a kid when I went, like I was still a teenager at the time and I think we had like enough fun sort of making fun of it and probably using the photo booth or something.

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But again, this was in Atlantic City, not Hollywood, so I don't know.

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There is one in Key West and there's obviously a famous one in New York, but I've actually never been.

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But I know in Key West, the building is, and even in Hollywood, I've seen, I've driven by the one in Hollywood, the built, the facade, like Orsaglia said, is like really cool looking,

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100%.

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The facade is like super cool.

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It definitely makes you think like, Oh, maybe I'll do that.

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Even if it's like, Oh, maybe when my nephew comes in town or something like that's something we can do.

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I'm happy to know that it's kind of bad.

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I mean, like, I'm, I'm glad that I read this review because I think it might like push me over the edge.

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edge.

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to not go and remember the last time I did it when I was a kid that it really wasn't that interesting and they're not really giving anything but I think maybe if I got complimentary tickets

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does or so or solia solia say anything about children or was it just or saw you It says they were in and out within half an hour, right?

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So

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it said we were in and out.

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So they were with somebody.

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I'm trying to just quickly look.

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Yeah, no, the only other person that Orsalia mentioned was the younger teenager that was working there, who was bored and making fun of it and also making fun of it.

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I mean, it does definitely occur to me as a tourist.

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thing for children, like that is definitely so hearing that it's just stupid mannequins and also I just love like the ageism within saying.

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The cheesy Halloween sound effect tapes.

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Like the, this franchise of Ripley's Believe It or Not is using cassette tapes.

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What is the spelling and grammar like?

CHELSEY DONN: 00:14:10

Spelling and grammar is solid.

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Good.

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We, you know, we use quotations appropriately.

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Punctuation's all good.

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We use all caps, but not in a way that was abusive.

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I actually really believe Orsaglia in this only because at first I was like, Why is this bitch writing a review when they got comm tickets?

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But they must have, like, they must really be committed to making a difference in the world, because if they were that offended by the inferiority of this oddity display,

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Auditorium.

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Auditorium.

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And this is two stars, right?

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So I wonder why it wasn't one.

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I think the second star is for the comp ticket.

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We can't just give a one star.

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I think I agree with you.

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Like we got comp tickets.

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It was free.

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The whole, I think that they say you're lucky I had a complimentary ticket, you know, because it was something to do.

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I wonder how you get those.

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How can I get a comp ticket?

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I want to go.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:15:09

I feel like it's probably, Either like a school raffle, you know, or maybe if you're just walking on Hollywood Boulevard and they're just passing them out because they're trying to get bodies in the room and they don't want to hire extras.

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I was intrigued and entertained instantly with The subject, or the first sentence, which is like, well, Ripley, I don't

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Ripley, I don't believe it.

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I don't, yeah.

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It was good.

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I mean, I thought Arsali was clever.

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Again, like, I think long winded, repetitive at times, but I was laughing when I read this review.

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If you were Orsaya's grandma, would you put this on the fridge?

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Maybe?

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I don't know.

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Probably not.

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I don't think it's that interesting.

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But, um, some people's grandparents have a lot of weird things on their fridge.

TREY GERRALD: 00:15:57

I mean, it is interesting to me to be given something for free and then make the choice to, like, give a negative opinion of it.

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Which, like, I appreciate the, um, integrity of doing that.

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But there is something odd about, like, well, but it was free.

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I mean.

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Orsaglia was like really turned off by this.

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I mean, I do find this to, I don't know if it's a deal breaker, but it's, but it's definitely an impact because every time I go by the Ripley's in Key West or in Times Square, I do like feel a little sense of like, Oh, I bet this would be really fun.

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Right.

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Or I should cross off the bucket list or something.

TREY GERRALD: 00:16:33

But now I really think Orsaglia is going to live within me.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:16:36

Yeah, I think Orsalia is not going anywhere for a while, but I, I also think just to like push back a teeny bit in terms of the free thing and whether or not Orsalia has the right to write a review because it was free.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:16:49

Like you said, like they were transparent about it was free.

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It wasn't like they were saying they paid for it and, and then writing this review.

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So like, I appreciate the transparency.

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It's similar to, I don't know if you've ever come across a product, but Sometimes people in like product just like reviews will say, you know, I, I got this as a free trial or, you know, I, I got this product for free, but I'm reviewing it anyway.

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And I think that sometimes money comes up in, in the review.

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Like I, this was a rip off or something like that.

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Obviously we dealt with that, um, with last week's, uh, wish.

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com issue, but like this, It doesn't always have to be about money.

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It's really about, is this worth my experience?

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Is this worth my time?

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And so I think I would consider Orsalia just as much as I would, I would consider anybody else because they did walk through it.

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They experienced it.

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I mean, half hour, but you know, they were in there and they did break down some of what I might expect to see.

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If I were to visit this Ripley's, believe it or not, And they also

TREY GERRALD: 00:17:52

said it was an empty building.

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So like that also helps you to like read the tablets that fast and get out.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:17:57

Yeah, like there's like nobody in there.

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So there's no, there's no fighting over a tablet.

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:01

To your point about this, like it almost pushes me more in the other direction about They got this for free and it was still like so inferior of an experience that they just like don't want anyone to spend money because they didn't like it and it was free.

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:15

So there is something like very humanitarian about that.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:19

Yeah.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:19

And also like Orsolea is an elite reviewer and I know that people who are elite reviewers, they take it seriously.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:27

Like it's almost like their job to whenever they have an experience.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:31

You know, share their experience with the people.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:34

I think that plays into why Orsaglia wrote this review.

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:37

Wait, I missed that before.

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:38

So this is, so Orsaglia is an elite Yelp reviewer?

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:42

Yeah.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:43

Maybe that's how they

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:44

got Comtica.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:45

Oh, maybe.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:45

Yeah.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:45

Good point.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:46

Maybe.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:18:47

But they didn't have a good experience, so it didn't work out in that regard, but yes, I think, I think we can crown it.

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:55

Yeah, I think I'm ready.

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:56

Okay.

TREY GERRALD: 00:18:57

Chelsey and I each have our own set of one to five crown cards, and in an effort to be fair and not influenced by one another's crown cards, we will simultaneously reveal our rating.

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:06

The

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:08

queens are tabulating.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:10

All right, are you ready?

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:11

Um, I know, I really want to break a crown in half again, I'm like,

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:16

We could just do, let's just do, let's do half crowns, I'll, we'll make cards and do, and incorporate them later.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:21

Okay,

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:22

okay, right now, you want to make one to hold it up?

VOICEOVER: 00:19:25

Yeah, I'll do those really quick.

VOICEOVER: 00:19:26

I'm gonna make one too.

VOICEOVER: 00:19:28

Yeah,

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:30

all right now.

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:32

Wait, this is so bad.

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:33

It's really funny.

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:34

I'm gonna show you.

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:35

I can't wait to show you.

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:35

Okay, hold on.

TREY GERRALD: 00:19:36

Okay.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:43

Central School.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:45

Oh my goodness.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:46

We both said 3.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:47

5 crowns.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:48

Oh my God.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:49

Trey, your crown.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:54

It looks like Bart Simpson.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:19:55

I appreciate the drawing, I didn't even draw anything, I just wrote it on the back of one of our cards from Meryl Go Round, but okay, three and a half crowns, unanimous decision by the Queens, Trey, please explain your three and a half.

TREY GERRALD: 00:20:09

Orsalia had really salient points here, and I appreciate candor, it wasn't super, uh, entertaining, I, I, I thought it would be more from the joke at the get go, but I do think that there really is a lasting impact, and so for that reason, I actually do want to go to one now to see how factual Ursulia was.

TREY GERRALD: 00:20:31

So for that reason, I broke one and a half because I didn't really think it was four, but I didn't think it was three.

TREY GERRALD: 00:20:35

So three and a half.

TREY GERRALD: 00:20:37

That is my rating.

TREY GERRALD: 00:20:39

Why did you do three and a half?

CHELSEY DONN: 00:20:40

I have the same feeling.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:20:42

Like I ate it.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:20:42

I wanted to do four, but then I was like, I, you know, I'm sort of a little bit of a stricter judge, so I didn't think it was quite worth four, but I did think it was worth more than three.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:20:52

I took points away from Arsalia because I think they were a little bit repetitive and they really were top heavy with the entertainment and then sort of like fizzled a little bit, but that being said, I was thoroughly entertained.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:04

Everything was clear.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:05

I could understand what they were saying.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:07

They were transparent about their experience.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:09

I definitely believe that they're real.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:11

Um, and this is an authentic review.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:13

So for those reasons I gave or Solia three and a Half Crowns

TREY GERRALD: 00:21:18

great job, or Solia.

TREY GERRALD: 00:21:20

I mean, it's a very solid rating.

TREY GERRALD: 00:21:22

Half, half of a crown above being middle of the road, which yes, I, I applaud.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:27

Yeah, me too.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:29

All right.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:30

Oh my God.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:30

Wait, hold on one second.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:31

Shoot.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:31

Sorry.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:32

I thought I turned my phone off and I guess I didn't.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:34

Oh, it's a listener voicemail.

TREY GERRALD: 00:21:38

Oh my goodness.

TREY GERRALD: 00:21:39

I didn't know we were doing this because I didn't say that we were going to do

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:43

this.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:43

I actually don't know what I'm about to hear.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:21:45

So I'm like, I'm excited, nervous, like all of the above.

TREY GERRALD: 00:21:49

So this week, We have two separate listener voices that we're going to play.

TREY GERRALD: 00:21:54

First of all, this one comes from someone I'll, I'll actually just play it because they're going to say their name, right?

TREY GERRALD: 00:22:01

So I don't need to say it.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:02

Hi, my name's Kirsten.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:04

I'm not calling to be featured on the podcast, but I am calling as a fan.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:09

If I were going to review, review the review to get meta, I would, uh, say, Yeah, this is where we're playing, buddy.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:17

Um, great to listen to while you pretend to listen to your children say the same thing for the ninetieth time in a row.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:25

Ten out of ten would recommend it for that activity.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:28

You guys are doing great.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:30

Love you.

KRISTIN GIANT: 00:22:32

Love you!

TREY GERRALD: 00:22:34

Wow.

TREY GERRALD: 00:22:35

That was so

CHELSEY DONN: 00:22:35

nice.

TREY GERRALD: 00:22:36

It sounds like Kristen's very busy juggling a child.

TREY GERRALD: 00:22:40

First of all,

CHELSEY DONN: 00:22:40

juggling a child obviously, like, has to be around the kids and still took the time to call and compliment.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:22:48

And also, I'm sorry, Kristen, because I know you said you didn't want to be featured and we featured you anyway.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:22:52

I'm so glad, Trey, you played that for me.

TREY GERRALD: 00:22:54

And Kristen gave us a 10 because we're good for ignoring children.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:22:58

Yeah.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:22:59

And like, Who doesn't need

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:01

to ignore their child every once in a while?

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:02

I've aspired for nothing more in my life than being able to ignore

CHELSEY DONN: 00:23:08

children.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:09

Kristen, thank you.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:10

Thank you, Kristen.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:11

That was awesome.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:13

We have another voicemail.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:15

This one is from Matt.

MATT BAUMAN: 00:23:17

Hi, this is Matt B.

MATT BAUMAN: 00:23:19

I'm lodging a complaint for the Review Queens because I want to hear what your reviews look like.

MATT BAUMAN: 00:23:25

I want you to read your reviews when you review something online.

MATT BAUMAN: 00:23:30

And let maybe the users actually tell you their thoughts on your reviews.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:35

Thanks.

MATT BAUMAN: 00:23:36

Bye.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:37

So nice.

TREY GERRALD: 00:23:38

So, I

CHELSEY DONN: 00:23:39

mean, nice, but I feel like came in a little, I don't know, like, I'm sorry.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:23:43

I think that this is like, um, neither one of us are really big review.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:23:49

Writers, like I've only, I went to my Yelp profile to see like, am I wrong?

CHELSEY DONN: 00:23:53

Have I written a lot of reviews and I've only written one five star review.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:23:58

I probably sent some heated emails.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:24:00

So if it would make Matt feel better, like I can bring in one of my heated emails and read that, would that be helpful?

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:07

I actually appreciate Matt lodging a complaint.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:10

against us.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:11

I think that I love that.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:13

I think that's fun.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:14

I know.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:15

I so I did a lot of digging in response to this voicemail prior to us recording today.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:21

And in the first episode, I referenced that I left a review on delivery.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:26

com that I was so scared about that I changed all of my user information.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:31

Oh, that's yes.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:31

And the restaurant no longer exists.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:35

So is it your fault?

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:37

Probably.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:38

But I went through 17 pages.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:40

of, uh, history in my delivery.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:44

com account.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:45

This is three houses ago, apartments ago.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:47

I can't find it anywhere.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:48

I think I may have actually deleted it because I was so worried.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:52

So I have no record of that.

TREY GERRALD: 00:24:55

Then I, I looked really long and hard for this and I'm really hoping that this is not going to be lost forever.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:02

But I worked at a outdoor summer stock theater.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:07

So Like 2005, and I had a really bad experience there.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:13

And there used to be a website called Non-equity deputy.com, which is a little inside baseball here, but it's a place where you could leave reviews as former hires of these summer acting jobs.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:27

And I left a horrifyingly scathing.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:31

Horrible review.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:33

Okay.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:33

The website no longer exists.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:35

It was purchased by another website called Audition Update, and that was purchased by Backstage.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:42

And now none of it exists.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:43

So there is absolutely no record anywhere.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:46

And here, this is more history.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:48

I went back out of more fear several years later to see if anyone had ever replied to it.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:55

And there was like a horrifying, decimating of my character reply.

TREY GERRALD: 00:25:59

Oh my god.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:00

Wait.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:01

Wait, where did you find

VOICEOVER: 00:26:02

that?

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:02

It was someone else that was like, I worked there and it was great.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:05

And obviously this person like is not a cool person and like whatever, but I can't find it anywhere.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:10

And I'm really disappointed about that because I think it would be very cathartic, but I think it would be really funny to read and like mortifying.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:17

So I can't find it.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:19

I'm not giving up.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:20

I'm hoping that maybe I emailed it to myself.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:23

I like logged into my old LiveJournal account, but I didn't have the right password.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:27

We did a lot of

CHELSEY DONN: 00:26:28

research for Matt.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:29

I was really sleuthing because I love this idea.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:32

So Matt, thank you for calling in.

TREY GERRALD: 00:26:34

We are going to take their criticism, the complaint and try to implement it in the future.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:26:39

Yeah.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:26:39

And I also just want to take this opportunity to like say that, you know, there is a certain amount of bravery in posting online reviews.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:26:48

And even though we're kind of like picking fun of these people because it's a comedy podcast and we want to have fun, like, you know, I get it.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:26:55

Like it takes a little bit of chutzpah.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:26:58

To, uh, write a review and put it on the internet.

TREY GERRALD: 00:27:00

That's true, and maybe, you know, I'll be more vocal and leave a negative review simply to read on the podcast.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:27:08

Yes.

TREY GERRALD: 00:27:08

Um, all right, well, listeners, if you have something to say, like Kristen did, if you just want to give us a 10 out of 10, we'll take it.

VOICEOVER: 00:27:16

Love her.

TREY GERRALD: 00:27:17

We want to hear it.

TREY GERRALD: 00:27:18

So, if you have a complaint to lodge, if there is a very special person in your life that you want to induct for My Royal Highness, then call us, leave us a voicemail at our voicemail box, the number is 1 850 REVIEW ZERO.

TREY GERRALD: 00:27:31

That's

CHELSEY DONN: 00:27:32

1 850 REVIEW ZERO, and operators are standing by, or not, but just leave us a message.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:27:42

We've reached the most regal portion of our show, which is who are you inducting, Trey, for?

CHELSEY DONN: 00:27:51

My

VOICEOVER: 00:27:51

Royal Highness.

VOICEOVER: 00:27:52

All right,

TREY GERRALD: 00:27:52

so this week, I have chosen to induct an organization that is very near and dear to my heart, that I've supported for many years, and it's called The Trevor Project.

TREY GERRALD: 00:28:01

So The Trevor Project is a nationwide organization that's Provide support for LGBTQ youth and they have a 24 7 lifeline phone number as well as a text number and an online chat for youth that are struggling, questioning, having suicidal ideation, anyone that just needs support.

TREY GERRALD: 00:28:24

I want to give them a shout out because they have been around for a very long time, really making a huge impact in the world.

TREY GERRALD: 00:28:30

I want to And they also have amazing resources for parents.

TREY GERRALD: 00:28:34

There's a whole resource page on the website with guides for how to be an ally for a transgender youth, gender non binary, as well as coming out guides for anyone that's questioning or, or curious.

TREY GERRALD: 00:28:47

So if you or someone, you know, needs help, the Trevor Lifeline number is 1 866 488 HELP.

TREY GERRALD: 00:28:53

7386, they're available 24 7, 365 days.

TREY GERRALD: 00:28:58

If you want to text TrevorText, all you have to do is text START to 678 678.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:07

So I want to induct the Trevor Project for My Royal Highness this week.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:29:14

Another very, very worthy induction and thank you for sharing all that information, that was great.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:20

All right.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:21

So every so often we like to feature one of our very own reviews from listeners like you

CHELSEY DONN: 00:29:25

and that's right.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:29:26

But a review from one of our listeners isn't just any ordinary review.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:29:31

It's a royal review.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:41

Imagine being such a good vocalist that you can riff in a funny way.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:45

I know.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:46

Not otherwise.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:46

All right.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:47

So, um, Today's Royal Review is from the user JoshKnowsFL on Apple Podcasts.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:55

Five stars.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:56

Obsessed.

TREY GERRALD: 00:29:57

I'm so obsessed with this podcast.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:00

As a restaurant manager, I can fully relate to everything that is shared here.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:05

As part of my job, I have to pay attention to online reviews.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:09

So to have a podcast that lets me make light of what is honestly one of the worst parts of my job is a treasure.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:16

The chemistry between the two of you is also totally on point and I can't for the next episode.

VOICEOVER: 00:30:22

Oh, my God.

VOICEOVER: 00:30:24

Josh knows FL.

VOICEOVER: 00:30:26

Josh knows Florida.

VOICEOVER: 00:30:27

That was so sweet.

VOICEOVER: 00:30:28

Thank you.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:29

That's so amazing.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:30

And the statement of all statements that one of the worst parts of being a restaurant manager is looking for reviews.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:37

I mean, imagine all the complaints that you get as a restaurant manager.

TREY GERRALD: 00:30:39

So many fires you have to It

CHELSEY DONN: 00:30:42

just makes me feel good that like, I feel like Josh, not only does Josh know Florida, but like Josh knows the deal.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:30:48

Like Josh gets it.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:30:49

Josh understands the podcast and, and we're just trying to make light of something that can sometimes feel heavy and scary, like bad reviews on the internet.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:30:58

And we take everything so personally.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:00

And I totally, Understand what it must be like for Josh to have to read bad reviews of a restaurant that he manages and probably loves and adores or hopefully loves and adores.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:11

So thank you, Josh, for knowing us as well as you know, Florida.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:15

I hope it is, Lauren.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:16

I think it is.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:17

I'm sure it is.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:18

And if you want to be featured as one of our royal reviews, then make sure you leave us a review right now.

TREY GERRALD: 00:31:25

We've made it super easy with a super cute hyperlink, lovethepodcast.

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com slash thereviewqueens.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:32

And there's also a one click link in the show description below.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:36

So, super easy.

TREY GERRALD: 00:31:37

Well, well, here we are.

TREY GERRALD: 00:31:39

We did it, Queen.

TREY GERRALD: 00:31:40

Another round in the books.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:42

Thank you guys so much for joining us today.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:44

If you like what you heard, please tell a friend.

TREY GERRALD: 00:31:47

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TREY GERRALD: 00:31:50

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CHELSEY DONN: 00:31:59

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CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:04

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TREY GERRALD: 00:32:17

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CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:21

And remember, be like Robert.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:24

Wait, is it Robert?

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:25

It's Josh.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:26

I don't know who the hell Robert is.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:27

Okay.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:29

And remember, be like Josh, who knows everything.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:34

Ignore the haters.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:35

You're a queen.

TREY GERRALD: 00:32:37

Gender non specific queen.

TREY GERRALD: 00:32:38

Of

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:39

course.

CHELSEY DONN: 00:32:39

Bye.

TREY GERRALD: 00:32:40

Bye.

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