Unofficial aftershow for the official AFTERSHOW: Magnets

I'm sorry, I'm not a fan of people having to explain inside jokes. Catch the guest up with the "aftershow bit" before recording.

9:37 I guess I'm timestamping this moment because it fits so well that Owen would wish for high energy for himself. He even sounds chill when he laughs.

(Chris explaining Mr. Robot is the best way to do it. It doesn't spoil anything and still tells people why it's compared to Fight Club.)

16:53 I used to agree with that, Brett. But there are bad episodes when I start to unfortunately, not like one of the hosts anymore. Either I've changed or they've changed but I feel drained listening to them now.

I love Steve so much that I will listen to him guest on any podcast. Even if the hosts are chill (boring) Steve makes that episode entertaining. I have come to a brick wall with one of the podcasts he is on because the other host frequently refuses to "yes and" Steve's jokes. When they used to play along with anything Steve said.

Steve still plays along with his host-anyone actually! It's why I'm still a big fan of his all these years later. Steve will add on to jokes even if he doesn't agree with it, just to make someone laugh.

I wish the other host still did that instead of wanting to argue about everything. Just argue off mic! We're here for a comedy podcast, not a debate where Steve's jokes are shot down because the other host is annoyed that someone in the room has a different opinion and they want the last word.

I'll get over that brick wall someday but for now, I've bookmarked where I stopped so I can easily go back when I feel up for it. I want to enjoy it again. I really want to.

37:15 ChatGPT says that Owen is correct. 

Marriage is legally letting everyone know who you're activating that chemical at home with.

42:12 #NotEverythingIsForEveryone  I support this long hashtag.
I get annoyed with people who have to comment on every post they disagree with. People need to learn to keep their mouth shut and keep scrolling if they can't relate. 

My favorite bands:
Korn
Slipknot
Nirvana
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Pillows (they did the soundtrack for FLCL):

They end the episode by saying that Breaking Bad is the best show ever. I agree! I loved Better Call Saul but Breaking Bad is more fun to rewatch. In Better Call Saul, the lawyer and court stuff isn't that interesting the second time around. I found myself wanting to skip so many moments that were exciting when I first seen them. 

With Breaking Bad though, I didn't want to skip anything.
(I loved the fly episode too.)

Unofficial aftershow for the official AFTERSHOW: Stakin' Breaks

So that's what bag pipes with bees in it sounds like. Thanks for sharing, Brett. 

2:42 🧡

I wonder if they still think, stakin' breaks, sounds good or if they cringe about it now.

8:50 I agree, Owen. Lots of people love to daydream and turn it into a conspiracy. 

Owen asks why everyone makes T-shirts and posters vs something different. Thank you! I keep wondering that too. I'm so bored with T-shirts being the "exciting new merch" from creators. I wish people would sell unique merch like Dynamic Banter. I bought DB's trading cards, zine, vinyl and cassette tape.

But I asked Steve on a stream, if they would make another cassette and he said most likely not. I didn't ask why because I didn't want to come across aggressive but I'm thinking it's complicated to order and then sell? Mike mentioned that vinyls are expensive to make. Maybe they didn't sell that many cassettes to feel it's worth the trouble? Because why not sell more? 

And my power goes out a lot so my radio/cassette player came in handy (takes batteries or can be plugged into the wall). It was nice to have.


Here are some clips I've kept from Steve's recent streams:

(Turning my username into a bit really made my day.)

(Someone send this to Elliott. I'm too shy.)

17:24 Right?! I wish more people would just keep scrolling too, Owen. There's too many Karens and "this doesn't relate to me, delete it now" people online....

21:23 I love how Brett was playing with him and having fun with it. I love Steve but man, he sounds like a "mean girl" every time he told that story. I KNOW Steve is a good and polite person but I still just enjoy hearing how Brett handled the guy instead. 

32:25 I told Steve about this moment LOL

36:52 Mike and Steve fanfiction.

Episode ends with the sound of bees in a bag pipe 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥🐝🐝🐝𝅘𝅥𝅯

Unofficial aftershow for the official AFTERSHOW: The First Time It GOT REAL

I do miss the EZU talking about Delman. His voice is fun to laugh at. I miss the Instagram stories and Vine videos where Steve would say a "dad joke" in Delman's voice. 

I wish Steve still did it anyway but I can understand why he doesn't. Some people wouldn't like that Steve's making fun of his voice. 

Just say it's a Ben Stein bit 😉

4:23 Owen's right, it would be a nice feeling for us if men were smooth vs hairy. I don't mind hair but that's because I'm blessed with a husband who loves to be clean. He was wiping the groceries before 2020.

TikTok makes me feel sorry for women who still have to date men and wounder if they cleaned their butt good after pooping. Or even after using the fucking shower! Men were real quiet in the comment sections of videos of women sharing their stories about men who still had shit stains after being "clean."

If you don't know how to clean your hairy ass then wax or shave, you gross pigs.

8:21 I like hearing men laugh at almost breaking something.
I know someone who would get pissed and go on a rant about it almost happening that it may as well have fell and broke!

Anyway....

11:50 I love that Brett tried to really test it out lol

18:46 Yeah...unfortunately, I think that is what they meant. It's cool that you're not embarrassed to play it. I don't think I've cared much about accordions when I heard or seen them. There is that one Korn song with bagpipes that sounds cool. Maybe an accordion would sound cool in a rock song, I don't know.

It sounds fine here though:

Link

It is more interesting than someone playing the trumpet or flute though. So, maybe Brett is right about it not being nerdy since it's so rare so see someone playing it 🤷

23:47 I wanted to go to my high school reunion! I loved high school and I was cool with everyone from my class. But my school didn't set it up 😭

I get that people think Facebook is already like a reunion but it really isn't the fucking same. I wanted to reconnect with people face to face. It's always so awkward to send a random message to someone I haven't spoken to in a while in an effort to catch up and become close. So much easier to do that in person. 

Yeah, I can see what you're up to and you can see my posts but we aren't talking, joking and chilling with each other. It's so hard to not feel awkward as an adult and to keep friendships alive. As kids we can talk about anything but now, there needs to be a point to our calls and messages.

I miss having a lot of friends to talk to everyday. I do like my quiet life but that's because I'm used to it. If I had to leave my house everyday, I would get used to that too if the place I had to go to was full of cool people to talk to. That was how high school was for me. School was an escape from a boring day at home. 

I didn't really have bullies to deal with like I did in grade school.
There was one class in senior year that gave me trouble but it was a class mixed with the other years being shitheads but they soon became bored with me. So, it was whatever, didn't ruin my year ✌

I loved walking into class and being able to sit anywhere I felt like and being welcomed by anyone in the seats next to me. I hated school work but my classmates made it worth going to school everyday. 
I wish I took more pictures.

26:08 Agreed! But now, 8 years later, Bree went back on Dynamic Banter with Mike there too this time! I love Bree so much 🧡

I love the vlogs she's been doing on her Instagram.

I actually haven't listened to that DB episode yet because I've been so obsessed with reading Hazbin Hotel fanfiction and doujinshi. I was very happy though to see Bree in the DB thumbnail. I'll watch it very soon....after a few more fanfics.

34:02 Speaking of fanfics 👀

Unofficial aftershow for the official AFTERSHOW: I Thought We Had Done the Weirdest One

Glasses sponsor story from Brett 👌

8:48 Steve doesn't do standup.
I can't get into standup but if Steve or Brittany Broski started to do it, I would go to their shows. Brittany Broski for sure.

I think this spring she has surpass Steve Zaragoza for me as my favorite comedian. Steve has been my favorite since SourceFed so this is a big realization for me... I'm sorry I had to share that here but it's important because I think those two would get along and I want her to join the EZU someday.

I think Owen and Brett would love her too. I can imagine an alternate universe with them falling in love with her humor, becoming her friends and doing an aftershow for her podcast. She would fit right into Dynamic Banter.

Next they talk about Adam Sandler movies. I remember being a big fan of him when I was young and my parents thought that meant I had a crush on him. I didn't but when I denied it, it sounded like I was lying out of embarrassment but really I was embarrassed they thought that.

I hated when my parents didn't understand me and I was too young to know the words to use to make them understand. Just because I found Adam Sandler funny, didn't mean I fantasied about him.

(I just went on a detailed rant about them but deleted it. It's too personal to share but I want ya'll to know it felt good typing it out.)

I'm happy to learn from Brett that Adam Sandler is a nice person. I haven't kept up with a lot of his recent movies but I enjoyed the murder mystery comedy movies he did with Jennifer Aniston. They actually made me laugh. (I had to google her name, I just know her from Friends.) 


18:01 They talk about Jesse's podcast.
I've been thinking about it and I don't want them to ever tell me if they find this blog and read my posts. I thought I wanted that but I feel so free with my thoughts and can share my real feelings about everyone in the EZU. 

If you read this, Brett, don't tell me. I know I emailed you but I regret it now. Not a big regret because I feel like even if you talk about this blog, I'll get through it and be alright. 

I love being a fan. I don't have the intention of ever becoming friends with people I look up to because I love not holding back my feelings on them when I'm mad or disappointed. I wish other fans can understand that it's okay to be mad while still being a fan of them. 

Other fans will drop them on the first red flag and not care to understand that people are messy. I just really love how real Steve and Brittany are. They wear their personalities on their sleeves. When they are conflicted with their feelings on something, they say so. They try to be good people and that's rare 🧡

There's also the other ugly side of fans where they believe the people they look up to can do no wrong. I hate stan culture because those fans would hate my blog. They are the reason I rarely participate on Reddit or Discord. Fans can't nitpick anything about the shit they love or they will be labeled as a "hater" no matter how polite the complaint is.

But some criticism is needed because sometimes having a microphone and a following can go to your head. It's good to understand that some outside prospective can help reevaluate ourselves. For Brittany to understand that not all her fans are White and American. And for the boys to understand not all their fans are cis and straight. 

And I think they all do a pretty good job at remembering that when we show ourselves in their comments, emails, and photo tags. And know that some of their words can be ignorant. It's not a deal breaker for me to hear ignorance come out of them because I know their hearts are in the right place. But every fan has their limit. I get it.

All this to say, I love being a fan of them because finding good people to follow is getting harder to come by. And I don't want to stop blogging just because they find this and get mad that I rant about them in some of my posts. It's all out of love ✌ Instead of being defensive, just listen to how you sometimes come off.


21:58 That is actually cool to imagine. I've been there twice and it's nice thinking about me being in someone's photo.

31:35 My favorite board game was Sorry! and Mouse Trap.
Sorry! was simple and easy to play, the main reason my family loved it was because it was fun to yell "SORRY" as you aggressively push the other player's pieces out of the way. It was funny because the person had to get up to go find where their piece landed. 

I remember playing it with my cousins and the adults were asleep and we would talk low until we had to yell, sorry. I miss that so much. We did get in trouble but the most that would happen is we would get yelled at 😂 It was rare that we did that. Maybe three times we played it while people were sleeping, it was so funny. 

Mouse Trap was just fun to set up. 

Owen thinks audiobooks are not that good for your brain like reading is. I don't know if he still thinks that since this podcast is like 8 years old but audiobooks is like listening to podcasts. Audiobooks has got to be better for your brain than podcasts, right?! 

So, if you're not a reader, just listen to the audiobook on a library app so that you can check out so much for free. A series I'm really into is, The Murderbot Diaries. It's a dramatized adaptation with music, sound effects and voice actors for each character. I really recommend it if you love sci-fi action with light comedy. I love reading but I can't imagine this story being as fun if I were just reading it myself.

48:36 Dynamic Banter should've brought back reading fanfictions of themselves for just their 400th episode. Or for their Patreon. These were great. 

Unofficial aftershow for the official AFTERSHOW: The Small Gentleman

2:52 This is why Talkin' Banter was fun but with Kevin there now to correct the boys while they record, TB would be pointless. TB corrects the boys after they record so we got to hear Steve and Mike being wrong about something the whole episode and it was hilarious.

(A moment of silence for a dead bit.)

7:00 I want Brett and Owen to be on the Let's Get Haunted podcast and just laugh at and with the girls on everything. They're already in the EZU because they've had Mike and Steve on their show before. They've had Steve on by himself and Elliott too!

Those boys had an open mind and the episodes were fun 🧡

I feel like Brett and Owen would be chill and get into the mood of listening to ghost stories without rolling their eyes too. (Plus, LGH is audio only so Owen doesn't have to be on camera 👌)

I'm also a skeptic but I love listening to LGH talk about ghosts and aliens! They are very funny women. Their podcast is the reason that got me to finally make a Patreon account just so I can support them when they announced it, day one.

I love this podcast! They do so much work because they are passionate about it. Each episode one of them tells a story, a spooky topic they spent time researching on their own. 

Link

Nat writes hand written thank you notes to anyone who buys their merch. I love being in their community. They are so active on their Patreon, they make it worth paying for. It's like their own private social media. Posting fun videos, pictures, random thoughts and rants 💖👽👻🍳💢

I'm so happy I've found LGH before they get too big and busy. In some ways because the girls are more active with their fans, they feel more nerdy than the boys of the EZU. 

Link

16:12 My dad wouldn't let us play Nintendo games because he thought it was dumb games. But PlayStation was good because it had "brain games" LOL I don't know.

Because of him, I became a PlayStation gamer, I love story based games more than playing a game to pass the time. But I do like some Nintendo games, I just have to be in the mood for them. 

I enjoyed the times of watching my dad playthrough Tomb Raider games because they were too scary for me to play myself. I played Spyro, Crash Bandicoot and a disk that had demo games on it. (Until I got older and realized that Tomb Raider wasn't scary and then played it myself.)

17:27 One of the first things I've recorded was on a VCR because I wanted to see Digimon season 2 anytime I wanted. I had a crush on the character, Matt and I would rewind and fast-forward to him being on screen over and over. Then I started recording Transformers RID for the same reason; had a crush on the character, Sideburn.

Later, I recorded Dragon Ball Z episodes just to have them and my dad seen I was building a collecting (because there's so many fucking episodes of DBZ) and would then buy me the actual videotapes.

He also bought me magazines with DBZ characters on the front. I didn't really have a crush on DBZ characters, I just really loved the show. I loved any strong woman that showed up, my favorite was Videl. 

I love doing these blog posts because it's fun thinking about the my childhood that I haven't thought about in a while. I asked my mom to start sending my old stuff little by little by mail. I've rearranged my home and I'm decorating a room to make it look like it's from late 90s to early 2000. It's looking real cute!

I've never had my own room before so it's fun to imagine how I would've decorated it if I did. (And the only reason we have an "extra" room to have fun with is because we put our bed by the backdoor and made that area look like a bedroom. It's cozy 🏡📚🍵)

18:21 Reminds me of Goosebumps! As a kid, I loved watching the theme song when the dog's eyes turned into yellow snake eyes. I thought it looked cool, evil and scary while the rest of the show was too corny for me. I wasn't smart enough to know good and bad acting yet but I knew when horror stories were softened. 

After the episodes ended, I would talk to my friends about how it could've been scarier if "this or that" happened instead. That part was fun and made it worth watching. 

24:42 🧡 

(Comic-con 2011 in Phx. I'm on the right, my best friend in the middle and my cousin on the left.)

Yeah, those crazy protesters about cosplaying being evil, at every Comic-con, are annoying. 

33:26 Like 3 Tims & a Tina from The Valleyfolk! I really wish that stream was archived. It was fucking funny. They never broke character and started and ending the stream as their characters. There was a moment where they were silent to hold in their laugh but then got right back into the bit. I wish I could see it again!

37:48 More proof that Kevin is not like Owen at all. Yet people keep saying he's the "new Owen" when Kevin feels more like another Steve. 

41:19 Brett explains The Pacifier.

I enjoy listening to people explain shitty movies than for me to actually watch shitty movies. It's fun!

I recommend the podcast, The Dead Zone Drive-In. They canceled it because it was too much work but that just means it's not overwhelming to marathon their episodes 👍

43:21 Owen and Brett like Friends 🙌

50:57 Steve coughing in the background 😂

57:36 This is hard for me to imagine because Owen sounds like a tall person that I didn't expect him to have been a short kid.

1:12:15 I remember liking Free Willy because I think it was one of the first feel-good movies I've experienced. Usually those movies were boring to me but that one caught me at the right time. 

1:05:46 The tweet they were talking about: Link

1:06:41 Brett reads fanfiction. DB should bring this back.

1:11:20 Brett likes Owen's sign off and it becomes official for TB.


In my last Talkin' Banter post, I said if I could tweet Brett and Owen a question, I would ask how they both met. And I was able to ask that thanks to Steve streaming on Twitch!

Owen answering it. 

Also, what the fuck, Brett?! There could've been a weekly fun show but you didn't want to do it because it's an anime?! (I'm guessing you don't like anime because you didn't like Cowboy Bebop and refuse to watch Deathnote.)

Dude! After that, it could've put Steve into the groove to do another show or movie that you love! He might have let you pick anything as a reward for having to watch a show you didn't like! 

I can't believe you didn't think it was worth it to sit and laugh with your friends every week. Even if it's watching something you don't like, it can still be fun! Clips! New and old clips! Theme songs. Funny emails. Plus, anything with Steve is going to be fun.

This was the first time I've heard Steve actually wanting to start up the It Feels Like The First Time podcast again and you stopped him, Brett 😭

Unofficial aftershow for the official AFTERSHOW: Fall

Talkin' Banter was a fun roleplay for them. I really love how nerdy it is because you know this wasn't really meant for fans. It was for Steve, Mike, Brett and Owen.

Fans sending them emails and tweets were great but if they didn't get anything, they were fine with it. They really loved when Jesse made an aftershow to theirs. It was a pleasant surprise for them and added to their game 🧡

3:59 It reminds me of the long bit Steve did by reading the full terms of service on Elden Ring. Now anytime the terms of service pops up while he's playing another game, the chat gets nervous because Steve will start reading it a little to "jumpscare" them. I love it every time. 

I'm so happy that I got to experienced that long bit live. I was coloring, browsing online shops or working out. Something where I didn't mind what he did because I was listening to him like a podcast.

I'm happy he committed to the bit and read all of it. Some fans got annoyed and others cheered him on. Even Steve regretted it but he's also proud he did it. It was an awesome, one time thing to catch him do. Then he made his character into Shrek 😂

7:24 I don't know who those names are either. I just googled them. I relate big time with people who don't care about celebrities. My favorite band is Korn but I still have no idea what they look like. Only been to one concert and hated it because everyone was yelling and I wanted to hear the music. I was maybe 12 or 13. It was for the Goo Goo Dolls. 

I never look up stuff because I don't like seeing actors who play characters who are enemies with each other, laughing and hugging on set. It breaks the immersion for me. I waited until Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul ended to watch the bloopers. (I couldn't tell you any of those actors names except for Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul because fans of the series keep saying their real names instead of their character names.)

I'm nerdy for canon stuff, not behind the scene stuff. 
I think the EZU is the first time that I'm into any "behind the scene" stuff. 

Do I get any "cool points" too or is it only cool if a man doesn't know actor names?

9:50 Owen didn't like looking for cool nerdy shit to buy at comic-con? I wonder if he's a minimalist. Or he just buys his nerdy stuff online. 

I can't help myself, I love buying art prints, figures, keychains, and clothing at comic-con. Give me all the things that will collect dust. (I do have nightmares of my house catching on fire and losing everything but 🤷)

I wonder if he has gone to comic-con since this episode was recorded.

I miss cosplaying. I haven't been to a convention since 2014.

(Character from Attack on Titan.)

I wish I got to experience Pokemon Go when it came out. I still had a flip phone in 2016....

I like how positive Owen's outlook is on games and technology. That's how I felt too at the time. Now it just feels like only rich people can have all the fun. I still have hope that there's room for A.I. to be fun and cool for the working class too someday.

I played Pokemon Red ✌

14:24 I didn't even know there was another Independence Day movie. I know I've seen the old one but I cannot remember it. Owen saying it's bad makes me not want to rewatch. It sucks when a cool sounding story is badly executed. 

Most bad movies would work better as videogames. That's what I like to think about for fun while watching a shit movie. Videogames are my favorite form of story telling. You can control so much and experience the art your own way. Even if the game has bad acting or writing, it can still be fun and interesting thanks to the gameplay. Games will always have that "last chance" to make someone love their experience with it that movies don't have.  

I just finished reading Dreamcatcher by Stephen King and I loved it. It was so fun picturing the "mental battle" they had with the alien. I always imagine it with really beautiful animation or awesome video game graphics. I'm sick of Stephen King movies looking cheap as fuck. 

I wish people would stop making every adaption into a live action. They would have more freedom with animation. (And if an actor needs to be replaced, it doesn't have to effect the story if all they have to do is replace a voice actor.)

Cartoons shouldn't just be for comedy or melodramatic stories. 

(Maybe Independence Day would've been better as an animated movie.)

16:52 Magic Mike XXL is the better movie from that series. There was so much love for women in the movie and makes us wish that every man in the world thought like them. (Not to have every man look like them just have their mindset.) It made me feel good about getting older. Kinda like how the TV show, Friends made me feel excited to turn thirty. 

It's not a good movie, it's a guilty pleaser for sure. 

21:04 I wish there was recordings of them playing as a band. 

I was 14 or 15 when they started. I love thinking about this stuff because I wonder if I came across them playing music or them just walking around and hanging out when I went on my California trips in High School. (2004 - 2008) We had free time to just wonder around shops in the city for an hour or two until meeting up with the teachers.

I love daydreaming that maybe I passed by them on the road, in a store, in a restaurant or the other side of the sidewalk. Either while I was on those trips or after high school when I went to LA for Anime Expo around 2011. 

(Trying not to fit into the parasocial category is a daily battle 😅)

22:50 The way Owen sounds I can believe that they really did have such a good time together. I really want to hear more about it. I wonder if Brett got to hear more in private because he seemed really interested too. 

This isn't the same but it's reminding me of my resentment towards one of my cousins. She was like my best friend growing up but then she changed and threw me away. It was very shocking.

She reached out to me, years later, to reconnect but it's not the same after being hurt like that. I keep the conversations short. I don't want to get close to her again. What's the point? The trust is gone. 

But I love thinking about my childhood with her. Anytime I wasn't at school or with friends, I was hanging out with her. We wished we were sisters. We stayed over at each other's house so much that we asked so many times for our parents to let us live together. We didn't care which one of us had to move but they always said, no. 

Like I said, not the same thing at all but hearing Owen say that he wished Steve had been there every single time, made me think of her.

Whenever me and my best friend would hang out, I thought about my cousin and how fun it would be if she was still cool and hanging with us.

Anyways, I had to google Chromecast, Firestick and Roku because I didn't know what those were. I've been using the PS3, PS4 and now PS5 for my streaming services. I've never had to think about how to watch something on my TV. 

I think I may have heard about Roku before and forgot because it was never mentioned until this podcast. I feel like my world has opened up a little after learning how other people stream on TVs without gaming consoles. 

32:36 You sure about that now, Owen? You sure Mike was just being funny?
Or was he actually complaining in a passive-aggressive way like he does now. Openly. Clearly. Commonly....

I do love how positive you are, Owen. You seem like the most sweet, supportive and understanding friend in the EZU group.

33:27 Crazy lady story.

I like to think that my video of the crazy lady is what Steve and Mike heard and used in their Vinyl. They admitted in the 400th episode that they just searched for fan-made videos of DB to see which moments were "fan approved" and picked those.

(I uploaded it years ago but my, Videlreyes channel was recently deleted...so I reuploaded it on my other channel.)

The one question they got:

If I could go back in time and not be a lurker, I would ask, "So, Steve and Owen met by bonding over music. How did you and Owen meet and what did you two bond over?"

Maybe that's boring but I like asking serious questions over funny ones. Although I do like it when other people ask funny questions. I'm just not confident enough to do it myself. 

I did get to ask Steve this question:

But I would love to hear how Brett and Owen met. Maybe I'll ask Steve on another livestream instead of wishing for Talkin' Banter to come back to ask them.

42:34 Thank you, Brett.

45:23 He's sweetest person in the EZU friend group. Straight up.

Unofficial aftershow for the official AFTERSHOW: Bees

I was a fan since SourceFed and was excited hearing about Cloverfeels, Dynamic Banter and It Feels Like The First Time because I love Steve Zaragoza. But I was just a lurker and I'm sick of being one.

I agree with the quote, "Be critical of the media you love." I'm going to be critical for selfish reasons because that's what being a fan is all about! Like, nitpicking a series you love.

I've already started some "aftershow" posts of DB and The Valleyfolk in December, but now I feel like relistening to Talkin' Banter. 

I enjoyed finding Owlbynight's blog (and relating to his feelings on Steve).

1:30 Owen's voice is much more soothing than Kevins so it is a shame Owen doesn't want to be apart of the show as much Kevin does. I love listening to Owen talk. Brett's voice is hot too.

I love erotic audios, so I'm drawn to the sound of someone's voice. I don't get suddenly turned on but it is an immediate attraction to whoever is speaking. Like, seeing hot people in movies, you don't get horny on the spot but it's still nice watching them. So, Owen and Brett's voices are nice to hear. 

7:56 That must have felt so good to get that complement from Owen. (The Snapchat video he's talking about.)


10:14-11:20 Say it louder for Kevin in the back!
There's no "worry" that they will forget what they were talking about because Kevin makes sure the boys stay on track now. There's no "worry" that they will talk about a topic incorrectly because Kevin will look up the information. DB loses the magic of forgetting about topics because of a long bit and DB loses episodes where they "bungled it." 

Anyway, it's sweet how much Owen loves them. I hope that when Mike and Steve listened, they had the biggest smiles on their faces. He's their friend but he sounds like a fan in that moment 🧡 

I love Talkin' Banter so much for giving us a peek into their friendship.

15:40 Owen liked Ryan before they became friends!
Ryan is closer to Owen's vibe while Kevin is closer to Steve's. But "Kevin is the new Steve" doesn't fit because DB doesn't need a new Steve, so they feel the need to compare him to Owen 🙄

19:40 They haven't heard Mike's music yet.
I have 3 songs of his in a playlist on Spotify.

20:52 - 21:52 I agree with Owen.

24:51 He was in high school in 1996, I'm guessing as a Freshmen.
I didn't know there were so many Mormons in Phoenix until my Junior year, 2007. My cousin went to the same high school as me and became obsessed with a boy there and found out he was Mormon. She became interested in that religion just for him.

She brought that world into our lives 😒 Her mom became a Mormon then my mom did, for a while. Then my best friend (who was also her best friend) was looking into it but never joined. (Yay!) I was dragged to go to a few Mormon events but I was loyal (lol) to staying Catholic. (I'm not Catholic anymore but I still believe in God, just not in any religion.) 

It was good at least, to learn about them even if I didn't agree with them. I liked feeling like my world got bigger and made me really want to leave Arizona and travel. 

I got to go to Japan because it was with the school. If you take Japanese for 3 years, you can go to Japan during the summer.

(I'm the one with my hand on the wall.)

I also got to visit California with the school by joining the "Asian Studies Club." All we did was sell ramen during lunch time in that club. $1 a cup. If we each worked during lunch a number of times, then we got to go on the trip. It was a weird club because I don't remember studying anything... It was just a place to hangout with people who liked anime.

The teachers in charge of that club were smart. Got a free vacation every year because of over priced ramen 😂 but kids bought them. There was always a line, especially during winter.

(I'm on the left end, standing up.)

California and Japan with no parents, just my friends? I do feel lucky as fuck for being able to experience that.


Then I got to have a taste of camping with the school by joining a club(?) called "Bobcat Town." I only went one year and they only took kids who haven't been before so no one got to go a second time. We were told not to talk about it and the secret made kids interested to sign up.

My friendship with my best friend became stronger. We were put into small groups by random. We got sad and said goodbye to each other but we ended up being in the same group! Other friends got split up that we felt so lucky. We didn't say shit just in case the adults would change us out if they knew. 

The food was so good! I remember that very well. It was shocking how good it was. And our cabins were really cute and cozy. And it was the first time I got to play in snow.

Okay, so it was revealed that this camp was group therapy. We talked about race, gender role stereotypes, sexual orientation, religion, cultures, and our past and home life.

My friend and I talked about things that we didn't know about each other and stuff we might not have shared if it wasn't for this club (it was a three day thing). It pushed us to share our family dramas and it made sense why they didn't want close friends in the same group. People shared personal stories more easily with strangers. I'm glad it made us closer instead of adding an awkwardness between us. 

And that is why they don't want us telling anyone at school what Bobcat Town is. They said if kids knew it was heavy stuff then they wont want to come. They're right. If I heard that, I wouldn't have signed up.

If it rubs you the wrong way to know that adults tricked teens into getting therapy, just know that I'm glad I experienced it. But it was a risk making kids share trauma they aren't prepared to talk about. So, I wouldn't recommend it.

(Red is me and blue is my friend. The boring shirts they gave us on the last day.)

Anyway, I've also been to New York twice for Comic-con but that was only thanks to my aunt who paid for my plain tickets and my mom paid her back with payments.

(2013)

(2014)

I visited California again, for Anime Expo around 2011 (I think.) with my best friend but I guess we didn't take any pictures because I can't find any....

And now I live in West Virginia. I'm so happy to be so far from home. $425 a month for rent, in a house! I'm never leaving the countryside. 

(Bye bye, Phoenix heat.)

It's fun reliving and sharing my "History Road."

Owen says he grew up religious. I wonder how his family responded to him becoming an atheist. Was it easy to lose faith or did he struggle with it?

Not following Christian rules as been a struggle for my mom to accept. She's the only person in my life that bugs me about it. Everyone else leaves me alone, they don't "poke" at the topic with me.

I wonder how it was with Steve and his family. I love how much his mom supports him and watches everything he's in. 

29:46 I never had to go to a "church sleepover." Or any church event.

Other than my mom pushing us to go to church every Sunday, that was pretty much it. (Until my cousin became Mormon when I was 17). I'm so glad to have had a fun childhood where I could hangout wherever and with whoever I wanted to.

But Owen seeing the movie, Spaceballs at one, makes it seem like church sleepovers weren't that boring. Good for him. 

I do remember my first communion because my dad actually went to that.
But other than that, Sunday church was the only thing. 

My mom became strict once I turned 16 and started calling rock music, "evil." So, that was fun because almost every CD I owned was rock 🙃

30:08 My first R-rated movie was A Nightmare on Elm Street or Halloween. I loved watching scary movies with others. My friends, cousins and aunts would scream and it made me laugh and feel brave that I never screamed. (I jumped though!)

I was never interested nor "sexually awakened" by sex scenes. I always skipped them or muted the tv. So, what did it for me was when I was the only one up late watching random channels and seeing a Girls Gone Wild commercial. I was imagining myself in their shoes, being wanted by guys. I wasn't attracted to the girls, they were "self-inserts" for me.  

(I know Owen didn't expand more on seeing a sex scene for the first time but him just saying that made me think up my memory of seeing GGW.) But other than that, I never cared about sex scenes.

I did have cartoon character crushes though. Like, Sideburn from Transformers RID 😂

She gets me.

Cars are sexy 🤷

I loved going to the movies and sneaking into other rooms to see another. I always loved seeing two for the price of one. It made the money worth it and it helped pass the time during the summer. I hated being out in that fucking sun. I loved walking around Phoenix at night.

I loved seeing Pokemon on the big screen and getting a Ancient Mew card. The next time I visit Arizona, I should bring my card collection back with me. I feel like looking at them but I'm nervous to ask my mom to ship it to me. It would suck if it got lost or damaged on it's way over. 

For my 10th birthday, my parents made it Pokemon themed 🥳

(2000)

37:42 I bonded with my dad on movies too. My mom could watch horror and action but it wasn't her favorite. My brother hated horror, didn't even stay in the room to watch. 

40:08 I love how excited Owen is about doing an aftershow. He wanted to continue doing Talkin' Banter until that fucking negative email in episode 13. 

I know he would've quit sooner or later because the podcast about Lost was draining him but he wouldn't have given up that instantly if all they got was positive emails. 

That bitch took something awesome from the EZU and DB fandom that we'll never get back 😭

41:56 I have been watching and listening to everything. Owen is saying to do that as a joke. I'm doing it for real since the start of winter.

Other people that I've become a fan of on Youtube, I usually slow down with watching their stuff but I haven't with Steve's content. Since SourceFed, I've kept up with all his stuff. His vibe is nerdy "feel-good" and hilarious. It's really cool to find someone who has a kind heart and who is very funny. He's the best person on the planet. 

And with Owen being his best friend, Owen must be the 2nd best person on the planet. 


Anyway, thanks for reading.

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Aftershow for Dynamic Banter - The 400th Episode Extravaganza!

(I was sad about this episode and I explain why but for my future self, and anyone reading, let's lighten the mood right off the bat by turning this into a drinking game. Take a shot every time the words, cheap and lazy show up.)


They call different guests..."yay" for bad audio from the phone calls 😑

Why couldn't they just be there in person? Not all in one episode but a whole month (or more) of guests on every episode for a real celebration. 

Let's Get Haunted had guests on for two months and as a "Halloween special" they did extra short episodes called, "What's Haunting You?" That took so much more work because they were meeting the guests for the first time themselves and the girls had to research topics for each episode. They made time to meet them off the podcast and on just to see if the vibe was right to collab with. 

They are such hard workers. And they are a smaller podcast. I was expecting more work to be put into it from Steve and Mike. They have more Patreons and more help so I don't get why this episode was the best they could come up with to celebrate 400 episodes. 

At least have Owen there in person to play on the keyboard for History Road. Or have Bree and DJ there to help with getting more people supporting the movie he's trying to make. Just something that isn't "Lets call our friends and asked how they feel about us having 400 episodes! Also, they can't hear the soundboard or see us so they can't fully joke along with us. It'll be good enough."

It's not. I love this podcast but this is really lazy. If Let's Get Haunted can work hard in a week to record so many episodes for the month and be funny, then so should the boys. The only hard part the boys had to do was hold the phone up to the microphone.

They should have an easier time because they can be in the same room. The girls can't, but that didn't stop them from making good fucking episodes.

Different👏Guests👏Every👏Week👏For👏Two👏Months👏(or more!)

I really feel Nat and Aly's gratitude and love for our Patreon support. While I just felt the laziness from DB because they "planned" this shit in a week.

(Nat and Aly would have kept track of the number 400 and recorded guest episodes early. Having each of the guests in the episodes from start to finish. And that's exactly what they did.)

A special return of the Talkin' Banter would have been better. If the 400th episode was just Owen and Brett talking about episode 399. And 401 was Steve and Mike doing the episode like 400 never happened.

That would have been so fucking funny and fun! A good inside joke for the hardcore DB fans. 

Or if Owen didn't want to be on camera, just have Brett and Chris with Owen off camera/off mic, adding to the conversation. Two inside jokes in one episode. 

Whatever, I guess that's what fans are for. The fans think up all the good shit that could happen and write fanfictions (or blog posts), do sketches, or make fanart of the ideas.

The boys are so funny but so lazy. They've seen the episode numbers. They had so much time to get ready to plan something and choose to wait for the last week to think. And all they came up with is phone calls. 

I'm not a hater or a troll, I'm just disappointed at the moment. By next week, I'll have "fangirl mode" on full force again. I'm not a mindless fan. I need time to get over this sour feeling and this blog helps. It's better than leaving a comment on their video or a post on Reddit, right? 

If they didn't have a Patreon I would expect just phone calls but they do and I wanted more love put into it.

Lets Get Haunted post extra shit on their Patreon like Vlogs, gaming and cooking videos. Pictures and blog posts. They make it feel like a fun nerdy club that is worth paying for.  

The girls don't just post extended podcast episodes on there.

2:24 "big big show"
They even point out that it doesn't seem that special. They know how cheap this is yet aren't sorry about it. 

The bit of how big the celebration is goes on and on. I'd rather they just acted like this was just a normal episode because this is just annoying. Just reminding fans how they didn't plan much for this. 

Maybe this episode seems more exciting to audio only listeners?

I know for a fact that the DB fans would hate this blog post 😅 Stan culture sucks. They wont let fans criticize the boys or Kevin because "true fans" accept and support DB no matter what:

(Even if you love Kevin, you have to know this is true. They were downvoted for pointing out this fact.)

4:07 They go into the technical difficulties bit 👌

11:16 First call is Ryan... I like Ryan but he started out as a fan, like Kevin. So, him being a guest is so lackluster... Why not just call people who have been their friend from the start? Joe and Elliott? Give The Valleyfolk podcast a shout out so the fans who only know of DB can learn of The Valleycast. If they love Steve, they will love him on other podcasts too. 

I know their friend group thinks that The Valleycast isn't worth listening to but it fucking is. Joe and Elliott are hilarious. On or off Zoom.
Plus, it's the fucking podcast they choose to promote Gunplay.

Yes, Ryan has been a big part of the show so why not have him on a full episode? Suck it up and have him on Zoom or do another VR episode. 

20:44 Second call is Harley.
Who I don't know because I don't watch his content. I only know him from the few times they called him before. Why not call people from SourceFed? Where's Will? Sam? Candace? Reina? Steven? Trisha Hershberger? People who DB fans will most likely know of and if they don't, they'll be interested in checking out because both Steve and Mike were on SourceFed too. 

Harley is a mystery to me. It sucks that Steve picked him to call just because he's playing Fortnite with him a lot. His Fortnite crew? Really? 

The chaos of a lot of guests would be funny if this was planned for weeks. But it's chaotic because they were lazy. It sucks how rushed this all feels.

I love Malcolm's response to Steve calling what they are doing on the podcast "work"

Yes, podcasting is work but look at the context of what they have to do for work and what others have to do. My husband works at 12pm and has to deal with the general public. So, if we lived near Mike's place and at 10am they were screaming into a microphone, they would wake my husband up early and call it important because it's "work." 

Malcolm asks who's their favorite guests and they can't even name one. "We don't have many guests" Seriously? Will and Nic? Owen?  The fact that they weren't prepared for that question is wild. 

Third call is Whitney, after they read the Ads.
I usually hate dream talk too but this could've lead into some funny jokes if she was the only guest.

52:17 Forth call is Felicia 🙃
Combine everything I said about Ryan with Harley and that's her. 

I think calling fans from their Patreon would've been better. It would actually be interesting because each fan would be prepared for the call and talk about their favorite moments.

56:47 This is a weird way to show it, Mike. Learn from Let's Get Haunted on how to show your love and hard work to fans next time. 

Malcolm asks them when did they start the show, right after Mike says "400 was a important number to us" and they both can't even answer it. They have Kevin look it up. How are they not prepared for that question?

1:03:56 History Road from Nic Hamilton because they couldn't call him.

1:08:47 Fifth call is "Sally" who they once had on the show before. This bit would've been funny if it wasn't in this episode. We could spent more time talking to Malcolm but no. Let's make him hear this inside joke. 

1:20:00 fans from the DB discord stepping up to really show the fucking love. Maybe if the boys wanted to not think about the 400th episode until the week of, they could've just read History Roads. Because we fans know how to really nerd out on the shit we love. 

The fans have made DB very funny. From sending in clips, videos, music, gifts, stories and bits. Fans helped form this podcast. 

The boys wanted to end the show not knowing that someone else was going to call. Are you kidding me? How can any fan reading this, think I'm being bratty? This "extravaganza" is rushed.

This is cheaper than the Zoom episodes because we know they worked hard to get the sounds to be as clear as possible during that time. This is just lazy with guests who don't get a full hour to be on the episode.

1:25:37 Owen is the sixth caller.
Owen seemed nervous that he didn't have a favorite moment thought up and had to think fast. But it's all okay, Owen. Because the rest of the episode has been a let down. Nothing you can do would make it worse. If anything, the fact that you care makes it better and worth getting to this point just to hear your phone call. 🧡

1:31:31 Chris is the Seventh caller.
I LOVED that Malcolm was reading old stuff Chris worked on. And I love finding out that he still listens to every episode, like Owen. Their support for their friends is so sweet. 

Thank you, Owen, Chris and Malcolm for making this episode worth listening to. What both Owen and Chris had to say about the show was very nice and adorable!

I'll end by reminding whoever is reading this that I still love Mike and Steve. I wanted some thought put into this episode like the thought they put into their awesome merch. 

Next week I'll be in better spirits. I know now to not be over hyped for DB episodes and Patreon content. Fans should just be okay, with a rare, extra long DB episode 👍