EarzUp! | How To Have A Disney Date Night!

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[00:00:30] You know, it's only been like 11 years. It's nice to see you're starting to iron out some of these kinks. It's time for the show that brings the magic right to your speakers. Ears Up! Hey, what's going on everybody? Ears Up Podcast. We are here, this is a Taryn show. Taryn dreamed up this whole show all by herself. Ears Up? I sure did.

[00:00:58] No, this particular show, Eric. Oh, okay. You should do a podcast. Actually, this was my idea. Nope. You're a liar. I will. You know what? This makes her mad every time. It really does because I remember the exact moment I thought of it and I called you and I was at work in San Francisco. I was sitting on this blue chair with my laptop on my lap because I worked at a tech company. And I called you and I was like, why don't we do this?

[00:01:24] Listen, you were like, first of all, we have to look and see how saturated the market is. And also, who is going to be on it? What do you think you're going to be on it? And it started, but it started the conversation. Can I ask you a question? Was your determination that the market wasn't saturated? Because I think you automatically, you already have your first.

[00:01:50] At the time, there were a bunch of Disney World. By the way, Jeremy is here, everybody. Hi, Jeremy. There were a bunch of Disney World podcasts, but the only Disneyland podcasts that were around were people talking into their phones while they're sitting in traffic. And then they would upload that. It was terrible.

[00:02:13] And I remember I remember that where I'm like, I'm like, you're going to have to do you're going to have to to like listen to these shows and figure out what everybody's doing. So I don't so we don't copy them because I can't. It's massive. It's just so terrible. No, but it was awful. Awful. Yeah. So whatever. That's you know what? It's fine. Our show hasn't really evolved much beyond that point. Right.

[00:02:38] Just like Ears Up, I came up with the idea for this show and I am taking over Ears Up and making it the loveliest love fest of all time. Yeah. What is the show about? This show is about love. This show is about how you can have the best date ever at Disneyland or at home. This is just all about Disney love. Jason's favorite things. Yeah.

[00:03:06] Combined with my third favorite thing, podcasting. See, you're talking about this episode, not like the show in general. We don't have to do like love shows forever, right? Yeah. We're doing a format change. Your station is changing to all country and topics. It's all rom-com. Now I get exactly 40 minutes and then I'm cut off and we never talk about love again. Yeah. No, so this is actually a four part show and... Don't scare people.

[00:03:36] No, it's... It has four segments within the same show. Yeah. No, it's not four parts. Not four episodes. That's why I said a four part show. Which part are we in? When will the last part be now? You guys can't see the stare that I'm giving, but I am. Um... Uh... Yeah, sorry, go ahead, tell us. Anyway... It's going to be this way the whole show. Oh, I understand. I know what I got myself into. All right. Um...

[00:04:05] Yeah, we are going to talk about, um, a brief history of the Disneyland date night. Um... Which is why Jeremy's here because he helped me with this extremely. Um... We're going to talk about how to have a great date at Disneyland. We're going to talk about if you can't get to Disneyland, how could you still have a Disneyland date? And then I have a little quiz for everyone. Oh. Okay. All right, man. Look at Taryn go.

[00:04:32] Oh, don't give her assignment for a couple months and she comes back with a heater. I love this. Yeah, so Jeremy's here because Jeremy apparently has done a show about this before, but we can't find it. But no... Or remember it at all. Or vaguely remember it. And it's funny because I told Taryn, like, we don't need to talk about this. Yeah, I know, and then we're talking about it. But I did anyway, yeah. But here's what happened. I was going to do this history. I wanted to talk about Disneyland date night because it has to do with Valentine's Day and love and all that stuff.

[00:05:00] And so I looked it up and I'm reading this article and I'm like, oh, this is great. Like, all I have to do is, like, basically paraphrase this article. And I look down at the resources or the sources from the article and it's Spectro Radio. And I'm like... I know that jerk. That smelt jerk. So I click on that one and it's basically the same article. I mean, this person added their own flair, you know, but everybody kind of does their own thing. And I was like, well, then screw that guy. I'm just going to use Jeremy's.

[00:05:27] So now I'm paraphrasing what Jeremy wrote. Yeah. It's what we all do. Right. Well, she texted me and she's like, hey, I'm, you know, I'm looking at your article and, you know, and I go, oh, I didn't know that I had done that. And then I, so I went to it and I'm like, oh, yeah, I did. And I'm like, oh, this is basically, here's what I did. I took my Spectro. I go, this is just my Spectro Time segment. And I made an article and published it.

[00:05:57] She's like, you did a Spectro Time segment? Well, then I felt bad and I was like, I bet I should know that. But I'm not Terrence, for one. You're not following everything Jeremy does? Terrence does have an encyclopedic knowledge of the show. It was in 28. It was seven. Oh, wow. It was seven years. It was Spectro Time number 16. January 10th, 2018. Hey, so it was right after our 100th episode. Yes. I couldn't find it. Yeah, I couldn't find it either. Is it a lost episode? If anyone finds it, please let me know.

[00:06:27] And then we can link. Isn't it just on iTunes? It's not there. We can send the link to Jeremy and he can link it. I mean, I wonder if you wrote it and never recorded it. I'll look again. I'll look again. All right. No, I remember recording it. Yeah, I think we remember it. Yeah, I remember listening to it. Yeah, wasn't it like there was like a song, the Date Night at Disneyland song? Yes, there's a Date Night at Disneyland. Well, whatever. Anyway. We'll talk about it. If anyone finds it. The Elliot Brothers are on the stand.

[00:06:54] Yes, and I remember being surprised because Jason sort of like knew the song as I was playing it. And I was like, oh, I can't believe he knows this. Yeah, I do remember this. I remember it. A few years later, these are still there. Yeah. I can't find it. So it's somewhere. Yeah. Maybe it's on YouTube and I just didn't post it. Anyway, it doesn't matter. So that's what's Taryn's bag tonight is love and hearts and roses and things like that. Things that she never gets. All the things. All the love. All the lovely things. Yeah.

[00:07:21] So if this inspires you to go to Disneyland or Disney World for that matter, please use our travel partners, Conti Ears. You go to ContiEars.com. Right. By the way, Jeremy, you don't know this maybe, but Taryn and I are going back to Disneyland in March. March. Oh, my God. It's booked and paid for. It's booked and paid for. Jimmy was our Conti ear and he had to remind me of a couple of things, but we are definitely going. It's booked. It's paid for.

[00:07:51] And we're very excited. Jimmy reminded them that Disneyland exists. He's like, hey, no, I email him and I'm like, hey, we're going to do this. He goes, well, great. Give me the dates and I look forward to canceling them for you later on. You're such a jerk. That's right. Right. But yeah, probably. Wow. I'm excited. Well, I'm excited to hear about what you think because you've had quite a hiatus. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm excited to hear. Hopefully the hiatus won't turn into a bi-atus. I don't know what that means.

[00:08:22] Yeah. Well, we're going to do a whole show on it. I think that'll be fun because we haven't been in so long. There is so much new, but also so much the same. And that's the beauty of Disneyland. Right, guys? It changes, but it's always the same. It's so lovely. I want to know if it still has that feeling for you. I can tell you. Forget about all the new stuff. I can tell you right now. Sit down on that bench.

[00:08:51] Are you going to be? I think that it's going to be cheated for us. Like, I think if Alice wasn't here, I don't think that it would have that same thing. But I think seeing this is going to be a whole different experience for us taking a seven year old. You know? Yeah. So I do think there's going to be a magic part to it, but not the same as it used to be. That's my theory. Seven sounds like she's ready to go. Oh, it's going to be the perfect age. Yeah.

[00:09:21] And we're staying on campus so we can go back and rest or whatever because it'll be the longest we've been out actively doing things in forever. So you booked 21 Royal. You're staying above Pirates. Of course. Yeah. We got the Cinderella suite or the dream suite or whatever it's called. Absolutely. Yeah. We actually brought sleeping bags. We're going to dig holes on Tom Sawyer Island and camp out. We're going to bush camp out there. See if we get caught. I don't know. Why not, man? Hey.

[00:09:51] I'm excited. I can't wait. I thought you had something to add to that. You're like, hey. No. Yeah. Hey. It sounds great. I don't know. Well, anyway, go to concierge.com if you want to be like us or if you get inspired and go. So they are basically a full service travel agency. They will book everything for you, do everything, help you navigate the park. Like Jimmy emailed me the next day. He texted me the next day. He goes, hey, just so you know, I know you're you're excited to go to the trip, but don't forget to make your park reservations.

[00:10:21] Oh, yeah. That's a thing. That's right. I would have. I would have forgotten how to do that. I would have forgotten to do it. Yeah. And who knows what we won't. We won't help you stay on Tom Sawyer Island. Darn. Wink. Wink. No, he won't at all. Huh? Yeah. Huh? This is a podcast. You can't see me winking. We can hear you wink, which is cool. Which is cooler. Anyway, concierge.com. Closer to the mic. Yeah. All right. I think I found the episode, by the way. You did? Really? What is it called? What's it called?

[00:10:51] It's called The History of the Walt Disney Company Part 4. You didn't mention in your write-up. That's why we couldn't find it. Oh, that's why. That I'm in it, but this has to be it. It's January 31st, 2018. There was only two episodes that month, and the other one was the year in review, and I wouldn't have done a second. No, you wouldn't. You didn't do it. Yeah. See, and that's what I was looking. Anyway. We found it. We found it. All right. So go back and listen to that. It's going to be much better than what I've got, but. Yeah. Yeah. Then you link it in your write-up. That's why I'm calling it a brief history. Okay.

[00:11:21] Well, Jeremy, before we get into that, dude, what's going on around Spectro Radio, dude? What's been happening with you? It's been a hot minute since we've talked. Spectro? Still doing it? I don't know. I think I'm shutting it down. Are you really? I think it might have run its course. Okay. That's fair. That's fair. That's sad. For a second there, I thought this show had run its course, but you know what? It's got a second wind. Yep. We're here, baby. The episode or just the show in general? No, just the show in general. I will say that sitting back in here now, I'm like, oh, this is fun.

[00:11:50] Like, oh, I wish I had. I wish I actually had a segment to do tonight. I'm like, oh. You just have to come on every six months and then you get your revamp for Spectro. I will say I am working on a Spectro time segment. Oh, man. I can't wait. I've been doing some research and working on it. It's from a pavilion of Epcot, Future World. I'll leave it at that. Okay. Excellent. Sounds good. Mysterious. Can I ask you a question?

[00:12:18] I saw on, I believe, Instagram, you posted, there was like a photo of the globe. Was that a new photo or was that an old photo? So, like the globe. Probably old. Okay. So, they're not like bringing it back. Did it have like the Epcot wand over it? I don't remember. It was like in the water and. The wand. Oh, the globe. Oh, Earth globe. Yeah. Sorry. I thought you meant spaceship earth. No, no. They're not bringing it back.

[00:12:47] I just was posting old stuff. Oh, it's old stuff. I got really happy for you for a second. Wishing it wasn't 2025. I was wishing it was 2017. Yeah. You know what? We all are. Yeah. You're not the only one. Yeah. Probably for different reasons, but like. These were a lot easier back then. Yeah. We can go to the park whenever you want. We were spending all our money going to the park and now, now we're spending it on, I don't know what, nothing. Avocados. Well, you're going to go to the park. But we are going to the park. Yeah.

[00:13:17] How long? Well, I want to, not to derail you, but where are you staying when you're there and how long are you going for? Disneyland Hotel, I think, what, two days? We're going to, we're going to be at the Disneyland Hotel. We're going to, we're staying three nights, but we are going to go into the park two days. There you go. Great. We're also going to do a bunch of other LA stuff. Like I'm going to go, we're going to go to the Natural History Museum and show Alice some dinosaur skeletons. We're going to go to La Brea Tar Pits, hopefully.

[00:13:46] Maybe the Guggenheim. I don't know. I don't know if I'll have time. The Guggenheim is in New York, I believe. I think you've, I think you've, the Guggenheim, the Guggenheim, the Guggenheim, the Guggenheim. So we're not going to the Guggenheim. I didn't tell you. I didn't tell you. I was also going to the Guggenheim. In my head, I was like, oh, is there one out there too? I don't know, man. Oh, I know. Why do I know all these G names? Who cares, right? Everybody loves Stepping and Tar. Yeah. Dude. Stepping and Tar. LA has a space shuttle out there. There's a space shuttle?

[00:14:15] I think you guys have Endeavor. Oh, did not know that. I don't think it's a M. We will Endeavor to find it. Yeah, it takes off from LAX every day. Yeah. All right. Well, yeah, we're going to do some other stuff too, but so it'll be good. That's where we're staying. Nice. Yeah. All blessings to Taryn for saving up for literally the past year so it could actually happen. That's how expensive things are. That's how expensive the stupid park is and all the food.

[00:14:44] Taryn was looking up prices at Carthay today. Woof. Yeah. I mean, if you want me to finance Manhattan for you, I can do that. No, you do enough to finance the show. You're fine. Thank you, Eric. It's fine. What is the price of a Manhattan these days? $39? $25? $25? No, it's not $25. It's not that bad. I think it's like $22, though. It might be that bad. Yeah, it's $22, I think is what...

[00:15:12] When Eric last went there, I think you said it was $22. I mean, a beer... Oh, yeah. Gosh, that was a few months ago. A beer at Blue Bayou is $14. Yeah. So, I was streaming the other... A couple weeks ago, and P's like, oh, yeah, are you going to have... You going to get drinks? I'm like, no. I'm not going to buy... I'm not going to buy... I refuse to pay $14. I will. Yeah, you can. I'm not going to pay $14 for beer. I just don't need it that much. I don't want it. That's too much money for me. Well, part of the experience for me.

[00:15:42] Yeah, and that's cool. That's fine. I'd rather go to the... I love spending $14 for a beer. I'd rather go to the store, get some good beer, and then have one in the hotel room at night or something like that. That's my... That's more of my thing. Well, it's spring. It's spring. Well, doesn't DCA have a food and wine festival in the springtime? Oh, yeah. Will it be happening while you're there? Yep. We'll be there. Yeah, we'll be there for it. Oh, very nice. I'm very excited. If you can get some beers at that, they probably won't be $14. Yeah, maybe. Nope.

[00:16:11] They'll be very small beers. They'll be $13. Yeah, for less money because it's, you know, limited time only. Right. Anyway, all right, Taryn, let's start up with this romance nonsense, whatever that is. I don't even know what that word means. Love it. Well, let's start with part one, a brief history of Disneyland date night. Okay, let's do it. So in 1955, when Disneyland opened, it was a daytime park.

[00:16:38] It closed at six o'clock most nights and occasionally 8 p.m. in the summer. There were no nighttime activities at all. Plus, the park was built and advertised as a place for families to have fun together. So there was really no need for it to be open past like a child's presumed bedtime. Okay. Meanwhile, in these early days, the park was popular but not very profitable yet.

[00:17:04] A couple months after the park opened, Walt got in touch with Jack Lindquist. He was an advertising manager for an agency that represented Kelvinator Appliances. The Kelvinator making appliances. So Kelvinator made refrigerators, freezers, ovens, and other household type appliances. And they had actually been a sponsor of the construction of Disneyland.

[00:17:31] So as the Kelvinator account manager, Jack Lindquist was invited to Disneyland even before the park was open. So he got to see some of the construction and was later invited to the grand opening on July 17, 1955. So two months after Disneyland opened, Milt Albright called Lindquist looking for recommendations for an advertising manager for Disneyland to help with their kind of profitability problem.

[00:17:59] Lindquist suggested that he himself take that job. I got just the man for you. Hold on. He spins around with a fake mustache on. Hi. Hi. The guy. Yeah. Basically. Yeah. He's like, how about me? Yeah. And Milton Walt agreed to this. So now, of course, we know advertising takes a little bit of time.

[00:18:23] And even with Lindquist at the helm, the park spent about 34 weeks of its first two and a half years in the red. So its first two years, not the best. But Lindquist had an idea. He said that the hours, he said that after hours, Disneyland, quote, had a physical area capable of attracting, entertaining, and feeding thousands of guests. But it was just sitting there idle.

[00:18:51] Meanwhile, Disneyland was only advertised as a place to take families. So he came up with the idea of extending the hours and advertising to young dating couples. Suckers. Lindquist was right. He was the right guy for the job. Basically. Yeah. In spring of 1957, the park would remain open until 10 o'clock and during the summer weekend night weekends until midnight.

[00:19:20] Now, as part of an advertising campaign, Lindquist came up with the quote unquote Disney date night. Now, this was a special event that took place every Friday and Saturday, and it was designed for young people and dating couples. Now, this event was designed to attract and entertain a younger adult crowd. Mm-hmm.

[00:19:39] So they wanted to host it in an area that could hold tables and chairs, a dance floor, a stage, a bandstand, and an area that was also close to lots of food and drinks so that they can bring in the money. They chose the Carnation Plaza Gardens, which is today to the left when you're looking at the castle. And this is where today you would see the Royal Theater, Royal Hall, the Fairytale Treasures Shop. It's like right before the castle. Yeah.

[00:20:08] So they had the location and now they needed the entertainment. Disney signed a 14-piece local orchestra called the Elliott Brothers Orchestra, who became the in-house entertainment for Disneyland date night. The Elliott Brothers were an instant hit and even released an album later called Let's Dance at Disneyland. Let's go ahead and listen to clip number one. Yeah, let's go ahead and do that. I feel like Jeremy.

[00:20:38] Number one. Number one. Number one, please. Oh my gosh. I was just in there. The lights were wrong. Oh, that's not. Wrong one. Okay, wrong one. The only clip you need. Just for every studio. Bye. Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. It's Date Night at Disneyland with the Elliott Brothers and the Disneyland Date Nighters. Let's dance.

[00:21:09] Date nights or late nights at Disneyland. We're open to the clock rocks. 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights. Life bands at Disneyland. With the Elliott Brothers on the stand. Under a million twinkling lights. Friday and Saturday nights. Dance slow. Or cha-cha-cha.

[00:21:40] I love like you're just up there playing your own commercial, basically. Yeah, exactly. You know? It's pretty amazing. Yeah. By the way, I love this Lindquist marketing genius. Like, he's like, hey, you guys want to make this place make more money? They're like, yeah, how? He's like, have it be open. Yeah. And you're like, what? Whoa. Yeah. He's like, you're welcome. Surely people won't come just because it's open. There have to be a gimmick. Some sort of gag. See? Like, I don't know.

[00:22:10] Whatever you want, man. But yeah, let's keep the lights on, pal. Yeah. Yeah. It's pretty funny. What if Lindquist would like the marketing of, oh, gosh, I could go in there and see it? What was that? I was just in there. The lights were low. You guys are silly. So, Walt was adamant that these late night park goers get the same experience as the daytime folks. So, the attractions throughout the park all stayed open until closing, which I think was pretty cool.

[00:22:39] He didn't want to limit the entertainment for guests who wanted to stay later than others. Also, as part of the initial push to attract this to young dating crowd, Disneyland offered a special date night ticket book that included two park admissions, 10 attractions, or $6.50. Two tickets for $6? That was a time traveler. I know. Wow, dude. It's insane. It feels insane. That'd be like $20 nowadays. Yeah.

[00:23:08] But also, you know, they didn't have a hill of dirt. Yeah. I mean, they did. We don't. Well, where else are you going to make out? True. Wherever I want. Okay. Disneyland date night was becoming a success. And since more and more people were attending the park at night, they wanted to add some nighttime specific entertainment. In 1958, Disneyland debuted a fireworks show called Fantasy in the Sky.

[00:23:34] Now, what I find incredible about this original fireworks show is that the fireworks were all set off manually by cast members. So each individual fire or firework was set off by a cast member. And so as they lit those off and the fireworks shot into the sky, a soundtrack played with famous Disney songs. So it's a lot like what we. What do you mean?

[00:24:02] Like they had like a lighter and would just like stick lighter. Yeah. They lit them with their cigarette. Yeah. Hey, Walt. Walt was back there. Hey, Walt. Can I bum a lucky strike? Can you light it, pal? Toss it into the air. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, today, I mean, that was the fireworks show. Really? It was Walt riding on the Skyway buckets, but flicking his butts at everybody about down below and they'd hit and kind of spark. Yeah. Kids get out of here. It's 830. I want to go drink again.

[00:24:32] Sorry. Go ahead. That's OK. But yeah, this was before, you know, we had machines to do these things for us. And so it was obviously a much smaller and condensed show than we're used to now. Sure. Yeah. But yeah, each one of those were set off individually. All right. So the fireworks would end just before 9 p.m., which is when guests would gather at the Carnation Gardens to enjoy the Elliott brothers.

[00:24:57] They would often start their show with some corny jokes, some current baseball and football scores from across the country. Boring as hell, man. Holy cow. I guess this is what the young people want. They wouldn't have smartphones to like waste time until the dancing really got started. No. And these young kids, they're not they're not opening the newspaper. How else are they supposed to find this out? Yeah. And the Cubs lost again to the White Sox. Oh, that Willie Mays.

[00:25:23] He sure, you know, is something, you know, way. Can you believe that? Let's go. I'm just I don't know. Whatever. It's fine. This is what the kids wanted and they loved it. And after that short little spiel, they would begin their musical set, which often started with a crowd pleasing favorite song called La Rospa. Clip number three. Well, it's really number two. It's number two, but it's number three. Number three. Oh, wow.

[00:26:33] We love singing about deep hits. Not over yet. Hold on. There's still more. Oh, I'm not going to call myself a young person.

[00:26:53] But it is really hard to believe that young people found those groups of songs to be like the way to start the night. I was I was about to say, like, it's it's surprising to me that we had the population explosion that we did because this is what people were doing for fun. Like this is the least amount of I don't know.

[00:27:18] Like, man, I really can't wait to go kiss Cindy while dancing to La Ronda or whatever it is. You know, La Rospa with the slide trombone. I don't know, man. God bless. Yeah. Well, Olivia Rodrigo wasn't around that show. OK, yeah, it's true. Well, as the success of Disneyland date night grew, so did the entertainment offerings outside of the Carnation Gardens. Young couples could also hear. By the way, can I? Sorry, Tara.

[00:27:48] I just think it's fascinating that Jason's drink has an orange slice mounted on it like he's on the Lido deck of the Symphony of the Seas. Oh, hey, what is I didn't do it. OK, that's part of one of the other segments tonight. Yeah. Oh, OK. Sorry. What is this drink? You should see my shorts. Somewhere. This is his Thursday night drink. What? This is what I. My doctor said, I need vitamin C. This is the only way I can get it. As you were. Sorry. That's OK.

[00:28:19] So outside of the Carnation Gardens, young couples could also hear musical acts around the park at the Golden Horseshoe, the Tahitian Terrace, Tomorrowland Stage and New Orleans Square. And date night was attracting bigger headliners as well. Like Glen Campbell, the Carpenters and the very first public performance of the Osmond Brothers outside of their hometown in Utah. You ever seen footage of Karen Carpenter drumming?

[00:28:46] Yes, I have for some reason, but it's not like I have not. She's a beast like from the Carpenters, his little waif. Yeah. She was like she ripped the drums. Like, go look for videos of Karen Carpenter drumming. If you're into that sort of thing, like you don't think of her as being a drummer, number one, but beast like high, like high impact jazz, almost funky. Wild, wild. Wow. That's all I got to say.

[00:29:14] Also, a lot of you guys will know John Williams, and he actually got I wouldn't say he got his start at Disneyland date night, but he got to start ripping the drums in Disney. Yeah, he was he was there for Disneyland date night performing. OK, who's the. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. The John Williams. The John Williams. Yeah. The Jurassic Park. John Williams. Jurassic Park. John. Like what? Like the composer for Jaws. Oh, OK. Yeah. Sick. Yeah. Love that.

[00:29:45] So around the late. Star Wars. Star Wars. Yes. Oh, that one waiting. Are there any more? No, it's fine. We don't need a whole. We don't need a CV right out loud. But go ahead. Harry Potter. Oh, we don't need it. Go ahead. Home Alone. Harry Potter to Home Alone. Start talking. Around the late 60s. Times were a changing, as they say. And a typical date night no longer included swing dancing and bandstands.

[00:30:14] So the overall popularity of Disneyland date night diminished. And eventually, Disneyland discontinued much of the entertainment offered at Disneyland date night. But it wasn't a total loss. Disneyland date night was a proof of concept for nighttime attractions at Disneyland. And this led to bigger and better fireworks shows, nighttime parades. It also led to the idea that people might pay extra for a special event, which, of course, we see many of these ticketed special events today.

[00:30:44] And in fact, in 2018, they temporarily brought back Disneyland date night as a special ticketed event. However, it was no longer $6.50. No, it's probably $150 or something like that. Probably something like that. At least $125. Gee, I wonder why it didn't stick around. Yeah. And that, my friends, is the condensed history of Disneyland date night. Very good. Well, thanks, Lindquist.

[00:31:10] Now we have all these extra paid events where I have to spend $180 to stand cheek to jowl trick-or-treating with every struts up and down the eastern seaboard. That's right. After I already paid for entrance all day long. So great. That is true. Yeah. So, you know, some people go, oh, man, if I went back into history, you know, if I go back in time, I would go and like, you know, eliminate certain people from history, like world leaders or whatever. It's like, no. Jeremy's like Jack Lindquist.

[00:31:40] He's gone. Lindquist. You're done here. Yeah. You're kaput. Yeah. Yeah. You're not. You're never going to make that meeting, Lindquist. You're never going to make it. Oh, boy. Poor Lindquist. Sorry. While we're at it. I just know. What are you doing? I just know. I just seen you. You're never going to. Yeah, whatever. Go ahead. So we don't have Disneyland date night anymore. No. But what if you wanted to have a date at Disneyland?

[00:32:06] Then you need to move out of your parents' basement. Well, no. I'm kidding. Oh, wait. That's what I have to do? Yeah. Sorry. Hey, Ma. Pack my bags. I need to have a date. Here we go. If you don't know where to start planning your Disneyland date, I'm going to help you. Please. First of all, the most important thing about a date is eating. So I'm going to give you four. Eating food. Oh, okay. Dinner.

[00:32:36] Or lunch. Not groceries. Okay, go ahead. Oh, okay. Okay. It's not the secret show, everyone. No, I just thought that it was weird. Which show are we? Even still, that would be the most important part. For me, it is. Me too. Where are we eating? We're eating. I'm going to give you four different places that I think would be great places to eat. One, the Carthay Circle Restaurant. Now, this place is pricey but elegant. The food is genuinely good and upscale.

[00:33:06] Plus, there is, of course, a huge wine list and signature cocktails, which are always good on a date. And this restaurant is rich with Disney history. So if you want to impress your date with your endless knowledge of Disney trivia, this is a really good place to start. That's what they love. I was going to give some tips on what not to do. And that was actually going to be one of them. So then Jack Lindquist showed up and started. And you're like, oh, God.

[00:33:37] Terrence is watching too much Love on the Spectrum. Oh, that show is so good. Let me info dump on you. Now, I do want to note that this restaurant requires advanced reservations. So you do need to plan ahead. This can't be just a spontaneous restaurant. It's not a hookup. No, no, no. This is a full-on deal. You've got to plan ahead. Now, the second one. Let's say that you don't want to be in DCA.

[00:34:05] Well, another good option would be the Blue Bayou. A very romantic setting. The atmosphere here is top-notch, as we know. It sounds like a shop on Rodeo Drive. Blue Bayou. Where you go in and you make your own handbag or something like that. That would be sick. Blue. B-L-U with just a little line over it. Yeah. That's their specialty. It's just the color blue. Yeah. Lots of shades. Yeah.

[00:34:34] The atmosphere, of course, is top-notch. This place is dark. It's damp. And you're in a swampy smelling bayou. But for some reason, the sounds of crickets and fireflies, it really brings the magic to your table. So here, you can impress your date with New Orleans dishes like gumbo, prime rib, or the popular favorite, the Monte Cristo. And... I love a popular favorite. Shut up. What I hate is...

[00:35:03] What I absolutely cannot stand, especially on the date, is an unpopular favorite. That, to me, that's a turnoff. For sure. You're not getting the first base with that nonsense. Such a brat. First date with Taryn Jason. How did this even happen, is what I'm wondering. I don't know. I bullied you. I go, look, I have your social security number. I will release it. If you don't either pay me two bitcoin or...

[00:35:30] Now, the food at Blue Bayou is good. I wouldn't say that it's as good as Carthay Circle. But the prices are slightly less expensive. And they do carry alcohol now, so that's good. But really, you're going here for the atmosphere. You can't beat it. Jeremy, you all right? My cheeks hurt. I'm laughing so hard. You're like holding your face together. You know when your cheeks hurt, you're like, oh god, stop, stop. Because I'm like... Push him back in. He's a chipmunk. I'm like...

[00:36:02] Now, Blue Bayou is another one where you have to plan ahead because you also need a reservation for that. Now, but what if you don't want to plan ahead? Or what if you want to be more spontaneous on your date? Well, I have a couple options for you there. One, if you don't feel like making that reservation, maybe you feel uncomfortable going to one of these fancier restaurants because you're wearing your Bermuda shorts. Perhaps, right? Yeah. Well, that's where Rancho de Zocalo comes in. That might be a little bit more up your alley.

[00:36:31] Now, of course, this is an order at the counter and then find yourself a seat type dining. But the food is delicious. The portions are really are pretty generous. Yeah. And it's not going to break the bank, which is kind of nice. Now, I also really love the dining area of this. There's lots to choose from. You have kind of... You could sit somewhere where you see a lot of the crowd walking by in Frontierland. Or you can sit under... There's like an overhang where you can sit and there's like all these... There's this fancy decor kind of like...

[00:37:02] I don't know, like Mexican type Spanish decor. Yeah. And that... You can actually usually find a spot that's kind of away from other people. So it can make for a pretty nice date spot, I think. Another option. Okay. If you're in DCA and not in Disneyland. Right. This is the last one on my list. Okay. I would say go to Flo's V8 Cafe. Ooh, controversial. Really? Well... Oh, wow. This is on my list because... Again, you don't need a reservation.

[00:37:31] It's walk up, order, go find your seat. But here, perhaps you could share a milkshake together. You know, how romantic is that? You might... You can also have a couple of beers here, which you cannot do at Rancho de Zocalo. The food is American style. So this is also good for picky eaters. So is the love, Taryn. Yes. Okay. And you can... This is a TV show. You cannot beat the tunes.

[00:37:59] This restaurant has the best music. You're going to hear 50s and 60s classic songs while you dine inside the diner, which is very nice, or outside in the gas tank area. But remember, that may sound bad, but you are in... Gas tank area. You are in Cars Land. I love the gas tank area of Flo's. It's my favorite. No, you're in Cars Land. You're a car. Duh. Yeah. So, you can get into the spirit. Hey, Eric. Why don't you... Never mind.

[00:38:29] Never mind. Go ahead. Go ahead. Also, if you plan your date well, and you are here... In the gas tank area. In the gas tank area. Actually, you do have to be in the gas tank area for this. You get extra dating bonus points if you plan it, and you're right there at sunset when Shaboom plays and Cars Land switches to its nighttime scenery. So romantic. Oh, that's pretty good. I know. That would make for a great date.

[00:38:57] Now, speaking of that, I want to talk about five unique things you can do to make your date at Disneyland special. And one of them is that. Take a stroll down Route 66 in Cars Land right at sunset. And that's because Shaboom plays, and the whole Route 66 lights up in this special, magical way. Now, this happens every night. What is Shaboom? Shaboom, Shaboom. Shaboom, Shaboom. Yeah, you would know the song. It's a doo-wop song, man.

[00:39:26] It's like the most famous 50s doo-wop song ever, dude. Yeah, like everyone... I thought it was like a group, and she's like, oh, it's time for Shaboom to take the stage. Oh, no. It's just a song. And the song plays, and then all of the lights turn on on the street, like the streetlights and everything. Oh, okay. And this all happens every single night. Hopefully not near the gas tank area. Might explode. This happens every single night, one minute after sunset. And so that time changes every day by a little bit. Sure.

[00:39:56] And so you have to check your weather app to get the exact time that you need to be there. No joke. It's a little bit of work. You got to put in some work. We'll never know. Smirk. You want to have a good date? You got to put in a little work. Yeah. Don't ask Disney to try to weave that feature into the Disney app. It's all they can do to get a pass to work. Agur, we need more dental floss to hold this code together.

[00:40:24] So another unique thing that you can do, one thing that I love, is taking a ride around the park on the train. And this is back in Disneyland proper. And I would suggest that you try to get on one of the trains where the seats face out. Yes. Not to the front. No. And it gives you a better view of the park because you want to take this train all the way around and you just want to sit there and relax, put your feet up with your date, put your arm around your date. Beautiful.

[00:40:52] Another one that you can do at Disneyland proper is get your silhouettes done together on Main Street. Okay. A little take home. That's cool. Be so nice. Sure. But as long as it's not a first date. No. Yeah. That'd be a little creepy. Oh, first date would be creepy. I want something to remember you by. Why? Where am I going? Um, I would also suggest another one would be to ride the storybook canal boats.

[00:41:20] This is a relatively quiet and serene ride. And after you've been eaten by the whale on the ride, it's actually kind of romantic and bonus points if you do it at night because all the little tiny houses are lit up. And my last one for unique things to do on your special Disneyland date. Stay late. Try to be the last riders on a ride. And this is for a couple reasons. One, because it's cool. Haunted Mansion is the best to do this on.

[00:41:49] Or Pirates is a second cool one. But really, any ride will do. And the reason is that you're going to be one of the last people in the park. And there is nothing more romantic or special than walking down a much less crowded Main street under the stars with all the building lights shining as you're walking out. Oh, so nice. So those are five unique things and four great places you could take your date at Disneyland. I think that's great.

[00:42:19] I think so, too. Uh-huh. And. I'm in. I would have Napa Rose. I think Napa Rose is a good date spot. It is, but it's not in the park. Oh, fair. But you could look at the park. I never go to the parks. I just go to the places near the parks now. That's fair. Yeah. Like the gas station. Napa Rose just stands outside the parks and goes, I like that. Okay. Now. Yes. Disneyland is expensive.

[00:42:47] Everything I talked about a second ago is going to cost you at least $200 if you're paying for your date just to get into the park, let alone having your dinner, buying the silhouette, all this stuff. It's also 2025. We're going Dutch. Okay. Well, then it's 150 still. There you go. It's crazy expensive. So let's say that's not an option for you, but you and your date still really like Disneyland. Now, let's do a date night at home, but a Disneyland date night at home.

[00:43:16] Hey, I got some tips for you. So you're going to need to plan ahead a bit for this date. Okay. And I'm going to lay it all out there. I've got recipes. I've got it all set out for you, but you're going to have to plan ahead. Now, again, most of this revolves around food because food is the most important part of a date. It really is. Now, first, you're going to make Disneyland gumbo. And I'm not going to go through that recipe because we've done that in the past. Yeah.

[00:43:43] And if you go to the ears up dash podcast, ears up dash podcast dot com website, you can search for Disneyland gumbo and you can find the full recipe. It's great. Yeah. Make that. You can also make that ahead. It actually tastes better when you make it ahead. So then you don't even have to worry about it. Oh, yeah. You don't have to stress. Yeah. The next day is always best. Yeah. All the spices. Yeah. Set in. Yeah. That goes for any recipe. Really? Kind of. Except steak. Well, except for this next one. Or fish. Oh, fish. Fish the next day. Take Alaska the next day.

[00:44:12] Leave that steak out on the counter for a day. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Bear with me. I got a recipe here. Okay. Welcome back, Jeremy. This is day old salmon. Okay. Okay. So you've got your gumbo. You've got it cooked. Maybe you cooked it the day before because it's better the next day. You've got that going. Yeah. But you're going to need a dessert. What date doesn't have dessert? You have to have dessert. And this is going to take some planning. Now, you are going to need at least three hours ahead of this date to make this work. Okay? Without being completely stressed out.

[00:44:43] You're going to make beignets. What are you going to make? You cut out. You're going to make beignets. Okay. And you're going to make Taryn's beignets. And it's spelled B-E-E-N-Y-A-Y-S because that word is spelled hella stupid. Yeah. So. Well, French is generally the dumbest language. I turned it American. Yeah. Do I have to fry these? Yes. But don't worry. Hey, you. Don't worry. Hi, date.

[00:45:10] Is that deep fried ice smell on you? Okay. Fair. But here we go. Hi, date. I'm dad. I thought about this. Okay? Don't criticize the way Jeremy dates. Okay? Jeremy can call his dates whatever Jeremy wants. Okay. I thought about this. All right. This is an advanced recipe. Okay?

[00:45:41] Yeah. I'm going to provide an alternative that is much, much easier, but probably slightly less impressive. Okay. So. Let's do it, man. But first, I couldn't give you a recipe without making the beignets. Oh, my God. So today, I made these beignets, and I kind of adjusted this recipe that I found, which is why it's now my recipe. You're going to need... Should I go through the whole recipe? How should we do this? I guess.

[00:46:10] You're going to need... Go to the store. I'm not doing that. Put your key in the ignition. So first, you're going to take three-quarter cup of warm water, and you don't want this water to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. But you want three-quarter cup of warm water and a half a cup of whole milk, also warm. Okay? You're going to whisk in a third cup of granulated sugar into that little mixture. And then you're going to sprinkle one and a half teaspoons of active dry yeast on top. Now...

[00:46:39] What about inactive wet yeast? You set that aside. No. No. Okay. You set that aside, and you're going to let that... It's going to start kind of bubbling. That's what you want. If it never bubbles after 10 minutes, it's bad yeast, and you've got to start over. Yeah, it's no good. That yeast is terrible. The yeast is terrible. Yeah. It's the yeast in my fridge. Yeah. So that's why you let it sit to make sure that this is going to work for you. So you set that aside for 10 minutes. While that's happening, you're going to beat one large egg.

[00:47:08] Beat it to a pulp. You're going to get two tablespoons of butter. You want this pretty soft, like really room temperature-y soft. And then you're going to get three and three quarter cup of all-purpose flour. And this is going to sort of be divided, but that's how much you need total. I like to get all my ingredients together so that I don't have to freak out as I'm doing it. You're also going to need half a teaspoon of salt. I always put a little extra because salt is great. And you need a lot of oil. Like I used vegetable oil.

[00:47:38] You need a quart of vegetable oil. It's a lot. It's disgusting. I really don't like deep frying. I don't do things like this often, but that's what you need. Yeah. You also need one cup of powdered sugar. So you've got your mixture with your yeast and your water and your milk and your sugar. And you've seen it started bubbling. So now you're going to add the egg, salt, butter, and two cups of your flour. You're going to mix this. This is really helpful if you have a stand mixer. If you don't, don't make this recipe. It's too hard.

[00:48:09] Go buy some antinmins. Yeah. Like just skip. So you put all this in your stand mixer. You're going to mix this with the paddle mixer, actually. Even though we're kind of making a bread dough, you're going to mix it with the paddle mixture. And when you just put the first two cups of flour, it's going to turn into kind of like a pancake batter. And that's what you want. Then you add your other, the rest of your flour. You've got all your ingredients in there now. Now you let your mixer go for like five minutes. And it's going to feel like it's never going to turn into a ball of dough.

[00:48:39] And you're going to go, why is she making me do this? But it will. Give it five full minutes. It'll turn into a ball of dough. Soon as that ball of dough gets into that, into your bowl, you stop it. Put it into, now you're just letting it rise. So what I did and what I suggest is you put it into an oiled bowl so that it doesn't get super sticky in that same bowl. More dishes. I don't like that, but it is helpful to do that. Then you just let it go.

[00:49:07] I put it under our light on top of our oven. I mean, stove. Because you want it in kind of a warmer place. Right. And you just want that to double. Now doubling is interesting when you're working with bread and doughs because it might be an hour. It might be two hours. But you want it to about double. And once you're there, mine took an hour and a half to double.

[00:49:35] Once you're there, that's when you start heating your quart of oil. Now I suggest doing this in a large Dutch oven. That's one of those really heavy pans because you're dealing with a lot of very hot oil. And like I said before, I do not like deep frying. And this is why. I think it's very dangerous. I think it's very scary. I hate it. But it actually worked out really well this time. You did this today? I did this today. Yeah. Jesus. Wow. It doesn't actually work. It doesn't actually have a joke.

[00:50:05] I was on a break. So you're going to heat your oil to 370 degrees Fahrenheit. And that takes a while. It took about 10 minutes for my pan to heat up. And you definitely need to have some sort of device that can read the temperature for you. You cannot guess this. Meanwhile, what? The thermometer. Yes, a thermometer. If only someone could invent a device. A very specific device. It would make your life so much easier.

[00:50:34] You're going to need some kind of device. I looked around. I can't find it. It hasn't been invented yet. But you need to heat it to this exact specific temperature. But if only there was some way to tell what it was. So use a thermometer. Use a thermometer. A candy thermometer is going to work best. But any thermometer is fine, I'm sure. As long as it didn't go in your baby's butt. Oh, God. I need a new thermometer.

[00:51:04] Yeah. Oh, my God. What if you used a candy thermometer for your baby's butt? Well, I'm sorry for that. Oh, my God. Okay. While your oil is heating up, you are going to take out your dough. And you're going to put it on a very well-floured surface. And you're going to roll it out to about 17 by 11, which is one of those giant pieces of paper. I just sort of guessed. You're rolling it out to about a quarter inch thick. And then you're going to cut it into about 20 to 20 slices, like squares.

[00:51:35] Okay. Doesn't have to be perfect. Just do your best. And... Oh, thanks. You're welcome. Once you have that cut and your oil is still getting hot, you want to get some sort of like a drying rack. And then you want to put some paper towels on it to soak up some of the extra oil because oil is disgusting. Right. So, now you've got everything ready. Now you're just going to start frying. You can do about...

[00:52:00] I was able to do about three at a time because they start small and they get big. Like... They puff. Like this. Wow. Look at them. This was like probably two inches by two inches. And now it's like four by four. It's... They get really big in the pan. So, don't overdo it. Make sure you keep your oil at the same temperature. You do one about one minute on each side. Because another reason also is when you're frying, the more stuff you put in, you drop the temperature of the oil. Yeah. And so, it's not as hot.

[00:52:30] It makes everything else weird. That's true. So, about a minute on each... Great British Bake Off knowledge. Yes. About a minute on each side. You want to flip it after a minute and then do another minute. And then you take it out with like... I used a slotted spoon and put it on the prepared paper towels. And then you let it sit. And I let it cool for a little bit. Because you don't really want to put the powdered sugar on a super hot donut. Because it just sort of... It gets gooey and weird. Okay.

[00:52:59] So, you can't do that too soon. But if you were like me, then you definitely tried that. Because you have to try it and make sure that they don't taste like crap. And they didn't. They tasted great. There you go. Good. I am very much impressed by this. They look amazing. Oh, thank you. Yeah. They do. I can't believe that that came out of like your kitchen. Oh. I'm showing you the inside. Yeah. Wow. And they're edible. All right. They are. Wow. I will say it makes a lot of them.

[00:53:30] 22 of them. It's too many. But if you're going to go through all that work, you might as well have it. I also... Let me finish chewing. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Chew it. I also... Because I'm me and I don't like frying, I decided to take some of the dough and test out baking it instead. See if I could get a similar thing out of it, but be a little more healthy.

[00:54:00] You can't. It doesn't work. Oh. So it was like pizza dough with sugar on it. It was not... It did not work right. But what I did notice is you could do this ahead of time and throw a couple of these in your air fryer for like literally one minute and they come before you put the sugar on and then put the sugar on and it's like you just made them. Yeah. Do it. So maybe do it the day before. Air out your apartment. Yes. There you go. Now, that's a lot of work.

[00:54:30] I think your date is probably worth all that work, but it's a lot of work and not everybody's comfortable doing yeasted recipes like this. So if that's too much for you, I have an alternative. And we're going to hear that alternative right after this break. Everybody stay tuned. It's Ears Up. I'm going to have a beignet. Don't go anywhere. Back to Ears Up, where the opinions never stop. Ever.

[00:55:00] All right. Thanks for hanging on, everybody. Yeah. So as I was saying, I'm pretty experienced with bread making. And so this came a bit easy to me, but it also took me probably four years to feel comfortable making a bread dough. And so if you're not there and if yeast freaks you out, which is totally fine, here's an alternative that you're going to get a pretty cool dessert out of. Buy glazed doughnuts.

[00:55:31] And you are going to take that glazed doughnut and you're going to put, you're going to fry one glazed doughnut at a time in a pan with a small amount of oil, about one to two minutes on each side. And then you're going to immediately put that into a bowl and place a scoop of ice cream on top. Oh, God. And I can guarantee you it's going to be absolutely delicious. That sounds amazing. And a lot easier.

[00:55:57] So, and that, that is a, that is, I don't even know if you can call that a recipe. That's a, that's a thing. That's a trick that I heard from. It's a recipe. I mean, you put two pieces of bread together and put meat in between. It's a sandwich. Sure. Listen, if there's more than three steps, you're cooking. There you go. There you go. So. I mean, that's cereal for me. I'm cooking. Yes. Cooking. What are you making? Cereal. Cooking cereal. Get out of the kitchen. I'm cooking. Cooking. The milk will splash. Jason cooks all the time. I do.

[00:56:27] So you can't have a Disneyland date at your house. So you, now you've got, you've got dinner, you've got dessert, but you need, you need a drink. You need breakfast. You've got it. I did not include breakfast. That's too bad. But you need a drink and you're going to need, I'm sticking with this New Orleans theme here. Okay. All right. And so you could do a mint julep, but I don't really like those. So I didn't do that. Instead, I came up with a hurricane. So there is not really a Blue Bayou hurricane recipe.

[00:56:56] So this is the Blue Bayou hurricane Terrence version. Okay. Hmm. So we've got one ounce of light rum, one ounce of dark rum, one ounce of passion fruit puree, two ounces of orange juice, two ounces of pineapple juice. Fill the shaker with ice and all the ingredients above shake vigorously and pour into a hurricane glass filled with ice, just regular ice and garnish with an orange wedge and a maraschino cherry.

[00:57:24] If that sounds like it's a lot of juice and not a lot of alcohol, there's a reason because it's a date. You're not, you don't need to get sloshed. Plus on a date, you want to have a couple of drinks. So I thought about like upping the alcohol on these. And then I was like, no, we don't, we don't need to get messy on our date. We just need, we just want to have a nice little buzz going. Yeah. Oh. Jeremy's learning so much about dating life.

[00:57:54] I know. I've been doing it wrong all these years. Hey, I'm almost done with this bottle. I'll be right down. Do I smell like fried? I've been frying my empty bottle. I've been frying all afternoon. Your house will smell like McDonald's. It does kind of suck. I hate, I hate deep frying. I don't know how people do this. Okay. So lastly, you've got all your food.

[00:58:24] Now, what are you going to do? You're at home, but you want to have this kind of Disneyland themed date. So I have a couple suggestions. And if you guys have any, you know, feel free. But here's a couple things that I think you could do. Maybe after dinner, you work on a Disneyland puzzle. I don't know. It depends on the vibe, right? You could, you know, throw on Spectre Radio. You could play. Not for long. Yeah, it's still there.

[00:58:54] You could play Disney Trivial Pursuit, right? Ooh, yes. Or Disney Apples to Apples is another fun one. Or maybe something simpler. Something that Jason would love to do. Like snuggling up on the couch together to watch a couple episodes of The Imagineering Story. Read to see beignets twice, if you know what I mean. Snuggling. Yes. Gross. Now. Get away from me. I'm hot, too warm.

[00:59:21] Those are my ideas for activities to do on your at-home Disneyland date. And I've laid it all out for you. There are no excuses anymore. But let's go ahead and quit with all this ooshy-gooshy stuff. And let's get to the final part of this love extravaganza. I have a quiz. Okay. How well do you know these Disney couples? All right. Let's go. Okay. All right.

[00:59:51] Question one. Yes. What did Rapunzel do when she met Flynn for the first time? Drop trow. I do have. I have. This is. Is it multiple choice? It is multiple choice if you want them. Oh. She hit him in the face with a. Yeah. She whacked him with a frying pan. With a frying pan. That's correct. She assaulted him. That's correct. She did. She gave him brain damage. Romance. Okay. Number two. That is romance.

[01:00:20] That's the Disney version of romance. It is. Assault. It is sort of jarring. Like it's not just like a regular frying pan. It looks like. It's cast iron. It's cast iron. Like that boy's dead. Yeah. No. His skull is crushed dead. Yes. Number two. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse are Disney's most iconic couple. In what short cartoon did they first appear together? Playing crazy. You guys agree? Sure.

[01:00:49] Galloping gaucho? Galloping. Galloping. That's not correct because it's not even one of the choices. Galloping gaucho was their second short. The chat was saying playing crazy. Hey, let's check. Playing crazy is correct. We have some very smart chatters. Oh, always. True or false? By the way, hold on. Okay. What do you mean smart chatters? I can't. And hoes. Thank you. And hoes. Okay. All right. All right. Number three.

[01:01:20] You better damn well believe I'm going to take every ounce of credit. First. It's nice to just butter up the chat. Yeah. Yeah. Come on, man. They, you know. They get enough. I'm just kidding. True or false? False. Sally and Jack Skellington's love song is the last scene of The Nightmare Before Christmas. That's correct. Right. Says, hey, even nightmares can have happy endings sometimes. That's right. Oh.

[01:01:50] Yeah. When you get lowered into the ground, that's your happy ending in life. I'm always asleep by that point. Yeah. Yeah. What does. They're both dead. What does young Carl swear he'll do for his childhood sweetheart, Ellie? Who the hell is young Carl? This is. From Walking Dead? You never seen. Oh, no. Not that Carl. Yes. Carl. This is from Up. Up. What does. Do you guys need the. The choices? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't.

[01:02:20] I have. I've seen up. That's kind of. It was like fine. A. Marry her. No. B. Work with her at the zoo. B. I swear to you, I will work with you at the zoo one day. B. Get a talking dog someday. Or D. Take their clubhouse to Paradise Falls. B. It's. I don't know. I guess D. I think Brian Soros. I mean, that's what they did. Get to Paradise Falls.

[01:02:50] That's correct. Okay. Take their clubhouse to Paradise Falls. Did you make this quiz? I did not. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Good. Disney did. Oh, geez. This is direct from Disney. Get a talking dog. Oh, well. I promise you, I will get a talking dog with you one day. You're the best. Which of these does Cogsworth not recommend the Beast give to Belle in their courtship? Okay. A. Books. B. Flowers. C.

[01:03:19] Chocolates. Or D. Promises you don't intend to keep. I don't know. D. Gosh. Sticking with D? Incorrect. Really? What was it? O.J. Sands says chocolate. No. Also incorrect. Oh, O.J. Sands. Why am I listening to you? The answer is books. Why? But she likes books. I don't know.

[01:03:49] Cogsworth sucks. I guess Cogsworth didn't know that. He was jealous. Yeah. He doesn't. He's. Yeah. Doesn't have that finger on the pulse. Does not. I've been a clock so long. Books were just invented. Okay. What word do Jasmine and Aladdin say at the same time when they first meet? Personal jinx. Mazel. A. Love. B. Trapped. C. Wish. Or D. Punctual.

[01:04:20] Trapped. Trapped. There you go. I don't know. Correct. There you go. Which of these Disney love songs won an Academy Award for best original song? I'm going with whatever Jeremy says. All right, Jeremy. Here we go. It's going to be from The Little Mermaid. I know that. That's not even an option. Okay. Oh, no. It's one of these songs. So which one of these songs? So I won't say I'm in love from Hercules. Love is an open door from Frozen. Once upon a dream from Sleeping Beauty.

[01:04:49] Or can you feel the love tonight? The Lion King. Can you feel the love tonight? Yeah. Totally. Yes, that's correct. All right. Number eight. Wait, where does Tiana and Prince Naveen's wedding take place? A. The Bayou. B. The French Quarter. C. The Kingdom of Maldonia. Or D. Tiana's Restaurant. Is it in the restaurant? I didn't even think they were married.

[01:05:18] I didn't think we saw where they got married. They were riding down Splash Mountain. That's where they got married. Splash Mountain and then, you know, by claimsies. They claimed Splash Mountain took it over. I haven't saw it once. Yeah, I don't know. Does the chat know? Down the Bayou. Down the Bayou says Ewok Evo. All right, let's try it. Well, actually, someone says Elton John, so maybe that's the answer. I think that was to the last one. Oh, okay.

[01:05:48] The Bayou is correct. There you go. Good job. Good job, Ewok Evo. That's RGH. Yeah. Oh, my God. Isn't it? I think so, yeah. Why would... Number nine. When Prince Philip and Princess Aurora meet in the forest, they A, waltz, B, ride horseback, C, swim in the lake, or D, run away from each other. Wait, who? Waltz. Prince Philip and Princess Aurora. Who's that? Sleeping Beauty. Oh, okay. They waltz in the forest?

[01:06:18] Once Upon a Dream. In Waltz's forest? That's correct. All right. True or false? Prince Charming was the one who put the glass slipper on Cinderella's foot. False. False. Correct. False is correct. It was the Grand Duke. Taren's learning how to mumble. His long-necked Duke. Yes. Yes, it was. What that neck do, Duke? I'll show you. It puts on shoes. All right. We got a couple more. Right. 11. Wow.

[01:06:47] In the... I'm missing a word. In the 1950s cartoons, Donald Duck had a special love song for Daisy Duck. What's the name of that song? A, Lucky Duck. B, Crazy Over Daisy. C, Quacking Up. Or D, Splashing Into Love. It's... Dumps like a truck. What? Feathers like what? Ducks like a truck. Ducks like a truck. I want a web feed again. What were the options? Sorry.

[01:07:17] I'm not paying attention. Lucky Duck. Yeah. Crazy Over Daisy. Yeah. Quacking Up. Yeah. Or Splashing Into Love. Crazy Over Daisy. Because it's stupid. Second. What'd you say, Eric? I'm going with the second one. Crazy Over Daisy. That's correct. Yeah. That's too bad. Yeah. All right. Where does the prince first meet Snow White? There's a prince in that movie? Are you serious? No. Okay. Outside the dwarf's cottage. In the magic mirror.

[01:07:46] In a dream. Or at a wishing well. Wishing well. Wishing well? Oh, yeah. Correct. Jeremy knows more than he's letting on for not seeing any movie ever in his entire life except Titanic. No, I've just seen all these old movies. Oh, God. Jeremy's doing great. During their romantic boat ride, something prevents Prince Eric and Ariel from kissing for the first time. What happens? This is so easy.

[01:08:13] It's the Flotsam and Jetsam flip the boat over. That's correct. Yeah. Too easy. What? Okay. This is Monsters, Inc. What is Celia's loving nickname for Mike Wazowski? Who's Celia? His little girlfriend. Shmoopy. Shmoopy. It is Shmoopy, isn't it? Oh, you've been a little Shmoopy. That's not an option. That's from Seinfeld. It's not Shmoopy? That's from Seinfeld. Not Shmoopy. That's a Seinfeld joke, isn't it? Yes, it is. Yeah, see? All right.

[01:08:42] What are the options, please? Monster Face. Okay. Googly Bear. Googly Bear. That's the one. You're right. What are the other options? Cutie Boo and Short Green and Handsome. Imagine that's your nickname for Mike is Short Green and Handsome. And here is the last question. All right. This is for all the marbles. Churros, yeah. All the churros. All the beignets. Yeah.

[01:09:12] What gift does Anna give Kristoff that prompts their first kiss? A, a medal. B, a sweater. C, a sled. Or D, a reindeer grooming kit. Sled. Doesn't she like replace his sled or something like that? Their sleigh. Who does she give it to? Anna gives who? Kristoff. To Kristoff. Kristoff. And it prompts their first kiss. An ultimatum.

[01:09:47] All right. A paternity test. Are we sticking with a sled? I think the sled works, yeah. That is correct. The boy clutches it up at the end, everybody. And now you guys made it through my love episode. Congratulations. Hooray. There was a third clip. Yeah, I know. I told you. I wrote in the email that I was only going to use the first two because I didn't go into details on that other one.

[01:10:17] Oh. What's the third clip? Well, then why did you send me the third clip if you told me the email to use it? Because I just forwarded Jeremy's email. The Osmonds? Oh, okay. It's the Osmonds. It's the Osmonds. The Osmonds brothers, right? Yes, correct. All right. I just thought their voices were really annoying. Well, now I get it. Yeah, they are very annoying. And also, we've already heard it on these airwaves. We have. Yeah, yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, from Ogden, Utah, the Osmonds brothers. Ew, they're from Utah. That makes a lot of sense. Oh, look at that. Hello. Hello. Okay, that's enough of that.

[01:10:47] All right. Yeah. All right. I got to say, so this is completely separate from my love episode, but as I was, I had to look at the Disneyland website a lot to try and figure things out. Yeah. And on the Disneyland map, and maybe I zoned out while we talked about this at some point, but bear country is not called bear country anymore. Oh. No. You guys knew this? It's bayou country? Yeah. Yeah. I did not know that until today.

[01:11:15] I mean, I probably was supposed to know that, but I did not know that till today. I had no idea. I was. They're taking over, man. I thought that I discovered something really cool. No, no, no, no. We've talked about it a couple of times, like our new segments and stuff, but they're, yeah, they change the whole, they change the whole thing. It doesn't make sense. They push too far with the Tiana's thing. They push New Orleans Square too far to encompass Splash Mountain, and then you gotta, then it doesn't fit anymore. They walked into it on that one. Yeah. You know?

[01:11:45] They also put in a mountain. It's called the Matterhorn. Yeah. That's a new thing near the hub. Wait, the what? The. Yeah. The Matterhorn. Yeah. That's a new thing that they just put in the park. They're trying to. From the last time you were there. They're trying to be funny. Oh, I get what you're doing. They're trying to be funny. I was trying to be funny. That didn't work. Well, I'm tired. Save it for the Supreme. It's not your fault. No, it's his fault. Don't let him off the hook.

[01:12:12] He needs to take his L's, you know, along with his W's. There. I don't know. All right. Some of the listeners laughed. I guarantee. Doubt it. All right. Is that it, Taryn? That is it. All right. I am done. Very good. Okay. Well, that is. That's all we got. And it's very good, Taryn. Thank you. Now, hopefully. It was a good job. I like that. Yeah. Hopefully someone takes you up on your beignet recipe or whatever.

[01:12:41] And if you do any of this nonsense and it works for you, let us know. Yeah. We'll high five you virtually. And I'll give you the recipe. We could put it on the website or something. Yeah. Yeah. You can write it all out. It's all written out. Okay, good. All right. Yeah. Turn into a blog or something like that. Yeah. Yeah. Jeremy, anything else you want to share before we get out of here? Nope. Love it. All right.

[01:13:08] That sounds great. I got nothing to say. Oh, how was the drink? It was good. I did want to say like, I. I wasn't sure if there was alcohol in it. Yeah. It's. Which is good, I guess. It's. But I wanted it to be mild and almost like a starting off point. I do feel like it needed some sort of nutty thing. Like. Like a coconut or. Okay. You could do that. Maybe even like a cinnamon or something. Maybe a tiny bit of nutmeg.

[01:13:36] I felt like it needed something, but I was running out of time. I had a lot of things going on. For sure. Yeah. I feel like that the recipe for the drink is kind of a starting off point. Get creative. Yeah. Sounds good to me. Loved it. All right. Well, Jared. Thanks, man. I appreciate it very much for you coming on and hanging out, man. Yeah. I would like to be back soon. And, you know, maybe in a couple of months I can do my Spectro segment when I get it done. Okay. Cool. That'd be great. All right. Love to have you.

[01:14:02] While you can, it sounds kind of nebulous, but go to spectroradio.us and listen to the happiest station on earth. Yeah. While you can. Oh, my God. Oh, OJ Sands says they love Spectra. Oh. See? Maybe I'll keep it around for a little while longer. There you go. It's all it takes is just one person to be like, oh, man. I just need a little feedback. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Let's get out of here, huh? Oh, you know, before we do, if you're looking for some great craft beer,

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[01:15:58] Yeah, but, you know, let me know and I'll bully them. Thanks, guys, for putting up with all the love and romance. I liked it. It's timely. It's Valentine's Day is coming up. I thought so, too. I thought that was next month. No, it's next week. You know, the day that we met. You know, when people say Valentine's, it really makes me feel like Valentine's. Oh, my God. That's the worst. Oh, gosh. Like when people say library.

[01:16:27] It's time for Valentine's. Or exp-especially. Or expresso. All right, everybody. Jeez Louise, dude. These are the things that I hate. Let's all talk about the things we hate. Let's do the things we hate. You're never going to get. Yeah, like this song. Bye, everybody.