Adult Male Friendship

## Overview

Double Heads Variety Hour presents “Adult Male Friendship," where DJs Matt Fox and Dr. Bronner present a playlist combining city pop and mashups. They go to Chuy's, attempt to rescue Mike Korolla from a bathroom stall, and make a disturbing discovery. Listen to the episode.

## Episode Summary

Matt Fox has the studio all to himself this week, and he's excited to finally get to play city pop without Dillon Minacci giving him grief for it. Before he can even finish explaining to the audience what city pop is, resident mailman and disgraced soap seller Dr. Bronner arrives with a strange package shaped like a football. He says it's for Mike Korolla, and before they can discuss the package further, Mike calls from the Chuy's near Barton Springs to confirm that he's still trapped in a bathroom stall and needs the package delivered immediately. Matt and Dr. Bronner decide to take a road trip in Matt's Land Rover.

During the drive to Chuy's Dr. Bronner requests to play some songs on the stereo. Matt's excited to see that he has "Idioteque" by Radiohead, but is quickly let down when he realizes Dr. Bronner has only curated very abrasive mashups of popular songs. Dr. Bronner also reveals that he has hundreds of bottles of his birthday cake-flavored soap, which he uses on his body, around the house, and in his tea every morning.

They finally make it to Chuy's, where a feeble Mike Korolla instructs them via phone on how to get to the bathroom. They finally find him in stall 3 at the Chuy's bathroom, where they are unable to get the door open because the knob is missing. Mike informs them that while the first 13 days were nice, he's now on day 28 and feeling very weak. He also explains how he's the president of the midwest chapter of the Chuy's Fan Club, where there are lakeside Chuy's near multiple great lakes.

Matt tries to build a doorknob and fails. A caller tries to call and say things and also fails.

Dr. Bronner then presents a new plan: they will grease Dr. Bronner's naked body with his birthday cake-flavored soap, slide him under the door, and from there he can deliver the package and rescue Mike. After Matt greases Dr. Bronner and they send him under the stall, they discover that Mike hasn't been in the stall the whole time. They then receive a final call from Mike, who is relaxing on Lake Superior reveling in accomplishing a master prank. He encourages the DJs to open the package, which turns out to be a $25 (or less) gift card to Chuy's. Mike appreciates "adult male friendships" and encourages the two to enjoy a meal together and talk about life. A man named Jasper from Round Rock inquires if he can join, and the DJs say yes.

They decide in a roundabout way that the genres contradict.

## Featured Characters

Matt Fox

Dr. Bronner

Mike Korolla

Jasper from Round Rock

## Featured Music

Hidemi Ishikawa - "Summer Scene"

Radiohead / Eiffel 65 - "Idioteque / Blue (Da Ba Dee)"

Toshihiko Tahara - "Everything You Can't Do"

Earth, Wind & Fire / Nickleback - "September / Someone That You're With"

Goro Noguchi - "Silver Headphones (Early Spring)"

David Bowie / Blink 182 - "Space Oddity / All the Small Things"