Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Jackie Kashian, Jeremy Bent, John Moe, and Dan McCoy

[0:00] Hey everybody, it's Jakey Fanstraten and Helen Hong, and we're the hosts of Go Fact Yourself,

[0:11] a celebrity comedy trivia game show right here on Maximum Fun, and we're here to welcome

[0:15] you to The Max Fun Drive Kickoff Spectacular!

[0:24] You can tell we rehearsed that.

[0:25] Hey, this is the most wonderful and important time of year for Max Fun, and to get it kicked

[0:29] off, we've invited tons of your favorite Max Fun hosts from across the network to join

[0:34] in this special show.

[0:35] If you listen to a lot of Max Fun shows, you may have noticed versions of this kickoff

[0:41] episode posted across multiple feeds that you're subscribed to.

[0:46] That's because this is an event that cannot be contained to just one episode or just one

[0:50] podcast feed.

[0:51] There are actually six total versions of this kickoff, so make sure to look at the title

[0:56] of this show so you know that it's one of the versions you haven't already heard.

[1:00] Or listen to all of them again.

[1:01] They're great.

[1:02] You're going to hear the same questions in each episode, but the answers can be very

[1:06] different.

[1:07] Go to MaximumFun.org for the full show with trivia and fun involving dozens of hosts from

[1:13] across the network.

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[1:54] Helen, while they do that, who are we talking to for this kickoff spectacular?

[1:58] I will let them introduce themselves and the podcasts that they host on our network.

[2:05] I'm Dan McCoy.

[2:06] I'm in Brooklyn, New York, and I'm a co-host of The Flophouse.

[2:11] Hi I'm Jeremy Bent.

[2:12] I'm in Los Angeles, California, and I'm a host of the show Eurovangelists.

[2:18] Hi I'm Jackie Cashion.

[2:19] I'm currently in Sunnyvale, California, but I'm based in Los Angeles, California, and

[2:24] the podcast is The Jackie and Laurie Show.

[2:27] I'm the co-host.

[2:28] John Moe in St. Paul, Minnesota, host of Depression Mode with John Moe and Sleeping With Celebrities.

[2:33] Well thank you all so much for joining us.

[2:35] Let's hear from each of you now about the shows that you host on MaxFun.

[2:38] And for extra points, see if you can describe your show in six words or less.

[2:42] On The Flophouse, we talk about movies that were critical or commercial flops or sometimes

[2:47] just things we wanted to talk about.

[2:50] We try not to be mean about it though.

[2:52] In six words or less?

[2:54] Three friends talk about bad movies.

[2:56] Great.

[2:57] And Jeremy?

[2:58] Eurovangelists is a show where we try to get people into the Eurovision Song Contest, the

[3:02] longest running music competition and I would dare say most important music competition

[3:07] in the world.

[3:08] And Jackie, tell us what The Jackie and Laurie Show is.

[3:10] The Jackie and Laurie Show is two stand-up comics talking about stand-up comedy.

[3:16] We celebrate a show about getting stage time.

[3:20] Terrific.

[3:21] And John?

[3:24] Six words for Depression Mode?

[3:26] Open conversations, mental health, jokes included.

[3:30] Fantastic.

[3:31] For Sleeping With Celebrities, sleep-inducing celebrity talks night-night.

[3:38] Wonderful.

[3:39] All right, thank you so much everybody.

[3:42] Helen now, tell us about the rules of today's game.

[3:45] We have a series of MaxFunDrive-related trivia questions to ask you today.

[3:51] Some notes on the scoring.

[3:52] We are on the honor system here, so we ask that you stick with the first answer that

[3:57] pops into your head regardless of what else you hear.

[4:00] Also, you may earn points for not only correct answers, but also for creative and funny answers

[4:07] as well.

[4:08] Ooh, sounds like a challenge.

[4:09] All right, for our first group of questions, each answer will contain the word max as in

[4:13] MaxFunDrive.

[4:14] All right, here's your first question.

[4:17] Tiger Child was a short documentary that was the first movie shown in what large film format?

[4:23] Jackie?

[4:24] HBO Max.

[4:25] John?

[4:26] Cinemax.

[4:27] Jeremy?

[4:28] I'm going to say IMAX 70mm.

[4:30] And Dan?

[4:31] Yeah, I was going to say IMAX, but I'll say Omnimax to make it different.

[4:35] Well, you certainly made it different.

[4:37] Helen, what is the correct answer?

[4:39] IMAX.

[4:40] IMAX, yes.

[4:42] With that tune.

[4:44] Next question.

[4:45] What auto dealership chain claims to be the way car buying should be?

[4:48] Jackie?

[4:49] Max Headroom.

[4:50] John?

[4:51] CarMax.

[4:52] Jeremy?

[4:53] I believe it is CarMax.

[4:54] And Dan?

[4:55] I concur on CarMax.

[4:56] Helen, do you concur?

[4:58] I concur it is CarMax, but I want to give a quarter point to Jackie for Max Headroom.

[5:04] I'm going to try to get them all incorrect, but still, don't forget to join or upgrade.

[5:09] All right, next question.

[5:11] What phrase, meaning most disgusting, was popularized by Moon Zappa in her 1982 song

[5:17] Valley Girl?

[5:18] Jackie?

[5:19] Grody to the Max.

[5:20] Jeremy?

[5:21] I like Grody to the Max, but I will also say barf me out.

[5:24] John?

[5:25] Gag me with the max amount of spoons.

[5:28] And Dan?

[5:29] Yeah, I was hearing Grody to the Max in my head.

[5:32] Helen, what is the answer?

[5:33] It's like Grody to the Max.

[5:34] I don't know why I don't that.

[5:39] Killed it.

[5:41] Which of the following five Major League Baseball pitcher has one brown eye, one blue eye, and

[5:45] three Cy Young Awards?

[5:46] Jackie?

[5:47] Max Headroom.

[5:48] It's got to be correct one day.

[5:51] John?

[5:52] That would be Max Scherzer.

[5:53] Jeremy?

[5:54] Yes, I believe Max Scherzer.

[5:56] And Dan?

[5:57] I know nothing about baseball, so I'm going to say maximum number of eye colors.

[6:06] Max Scherzer.

[6:07] Very impressive.

[6:08] I had him on my fantasy team.

[6:10] But I also want to give a quarter point to Dan for saying maximum number of eye colors.

[6:17] What is the discount chain TJ Maxx called in the United Kingdom?

[6:21] Jackie?

[6:22] King Charles.

[6:24] John?

[6:26] His Royal Max.

[6:27] Jeremy?

[6:28] I'm going to say maximum TJ.

[6:31] And Dan?

[6:32] Terrence James Maxx.

[6:34] Wow.

[6:35] Helen?

[6:36] All of you bombed out on this one.

[6:39] TK Maxx for some reason.

[6:43] I'm going to guess that TK stands for the night because it's the UK.

[6:49] But good on you, as they say.

[6:51] Good on you for your attempts.

[6:53] All right.

[6:54] Our next group of questions will all have the word fun in their answers, as in Max Fun

[6:59] Drive.

[7:00] Here we go.

[7:01] Our first question.

[7:02] What phrase essentially means that your perception of a clock speed changes whether you're enjoying

[7:08] a particular activity?

[7:09] John?

[7:10] No.

[7:11] I think that would be time flies when you're having fun.

[7:15] Jackie?

[7:16] Funhouse timepiece?

[7:17] That's not anything.

[7:19] Dan?

[7:20] Fun zone time.

[7:23] And Jeremy?

[7:24] I know Tempus Fugit is time flies, but I don't know when you're having fun in Latin.

[7:28] I didn't get that far.

[7:29] And Helen?

[7:30] The answer is time flies when you're having fun.

[7:33] Yes.

[7:34] It does fugit also, I've heard.

[7:36] Yes.

[7:37] I don't know where you are.

[7:38] Yes.

[7:39] You might want to have that looked at.

[7:40] All right.

[7:42] Finish this line in the ad jingle for slinky.

[7:44] It's slinky.

[7:45] It's slinky.

[7:46] For fun, it's a wonderful toy.

[7:48] It's slinky.

[7:49] It's slinky.

[7:50] John?

[7:51] It's fun for a girl and a boy.

[7:53] Jackie?

[7:54] It's fun for a girl or a boy?

[7:55] Dan?

[7:56] It's fun for a girl or a boy.

[7:59] Jeremy?

[8:00] It's fun for girls and boys.

[8:02] And Helen?

[8:03] We had a lot of variations.

[8:04] It's fun for a girl or a boy.

[8:10] Never at the same time and never in multiples.

[8:12] It's a toy for a lonely individual.

[8:15] It's a locker room toy.

[8:18] Solo toy.

[8:19] All right.

[8:21] Whether served with beef, chicken, or vegetables, what staple of Chinese restaurants is always

[8:25] made with stir-fried rice noodles?

[8:28] John?

[8:29] Chow fun?

[8:30] I think Jackie might try to answer sincerely this time.

[8:32] Chow fun!

[8:33] I enjoy beef chow fun.

[8:34] Dan?

[8:35] My fun.

[8:36] And Jeremy?

[8:37] I'm going to join team chow fun here.

[8:40] Helen, how do we like that team?

[8:42] Team chow fun wins.

[8:45] What Broadway show based on Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir won the 2015 Tony Award for

[8:50] Best Musical?

[8:51] John?

[8:52] Um, Fun House?

[8:55] Jackie?

[8:56] The Music Man was really fun.

[8:58] Dan?

[8:59] Fun Home.

[9:00] Jeremy?

[9:02] It's not just a fun house.

[9:04] It's a fun home.

[9:05] Aw.

[9:06] You know what makes it a fun home?

[9:07] Love.

[9:08] Love.

[9:10] The answer is Fun Home.

[9:12] That's right.

[9:13] Fun Home.

[9:14] All right.

[9:15] Next one.

[9:16] A favorite line of Walt Disney was, it's kind of fun to do what?

[9:20] And please state your answer with the phrase, it's kind of fun to do at the start.

[9:24] John?

[9:25] It's kind of fun to do animation of mice?

[9:28] Jackie?

[9:30] It's kind of fun to own your own IP?

[9:35] Dan?

[9:36] It's kind of fun to do fun things.

[9:39] It was a tautology.

[9:40] Just sort of.

[9:41] Jeremy?

[9:42] Uh, it's kind of fun to claim credit for everything Ub Iwerks does for me?

[9:47] All right, Helen.

[9:49] What's the answer?

[9:50] True.

[9:51] But actually, the quote was, it's kind of fun to do the impossible, including freezing

[9:59] your body after you die.

[10:02] All right.

[10:03] Time for our final group of questions.

[10:04] These will all have the word drive in their answers.

[10:07] As in?

[10:08] J'Keith.

[10:09] J'Keith.

[10:10] I think they get it.

[10:11] What is the common name for the activity of moving a group of bovines from one place to

[10:14] another?

[10:15] Dan?

[10:16] A cattle drive.

[10:17] Jeremy?

[10:18] I believe that's a cattle drive, sir.

[10:20] John?

[10:21] Cattle drive.

[10:22] Jackie?

[10:23] Yeehaw!

[10:24] Cattle drive.

[10:25] Woo, doggie.

[10:26] Helen, what's the answer?

[10:28] The answer is cattle drive.

[10:30] That's right.

[10:32] What show hosted by Guy Fieri is somehow airing its 47th season on Food Network?

[10:37] Dan?

[10:38] Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

[10:40] Jeremy?

[10:41] Uh, Triple D. Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

[10:45] John Moe?

[10:46] I just want to mix it up a little bit.

[10:48] I kind of agree with those guys, but I'll go with Donuts, Death, and Destruction just

[10:52] for the sake of it.

[10:55] And Jackie?

[10:56] Is it Diners, Drives, and Dri- Yeah, it's Triple D. There you go.

[11:02] Helen, what does that Triple D stand for, actually?

[11:05] Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.

[11:07] But definitely John gets a quarter point for Donuts, Death, and Destruction.

[11:12] You know, you can't have any of those without Destruction.

[11:14] Right.

[11:15] All right.

[11:16] In a vehicle, what is the name of the rod that spins around and takes the power from

[11:19] the engine to the wheels?

[11:21] Dan?

[11:22] Drive-Shaft.

[11:23] He said, pretending he knows anything about this sort of thing.

[11:27] Jeremy?

[11:28] Uh, Drive-Shaft.

[11:29] John?

[11:30] Uh, Drive-Rod, he said to be contrary.

[11:35] And Jackie?

[11:36] The EDM band, Drive-Shaft.

[11:40] And no self-narrations?

[11:41] I got nothing.

[11:42] All right.

[11:43] Helen, what is the answer?

[11:44] Drive-Shaft is the answer.

[11:46] Next, in computers, what does SSD stand for?

[11:50] Dan?

[11:51] Uh, Standard Disk Drive.

[11:54] Jeremy?

[11:55] I believe it's Solid State Drive.

[11:57] John?

[11:58] Solid State Drive.

[11:59] Jackie?

[12:00] Solid State Drive.

[12:01] If I didn't know that, Andrew Sampson would kill me.

[12:04] I was just going to mention that as well.

[12:06] Helen, what is it?

[12:07] You do not need to be killed, Jackie.

[12:09] It is Solid State Drive.

[12:11] Oh, thank goodness, Jackie.

[12:12] You live for another day.

[12:13] All right.

[12:14] Yes.

[12:15] Last question.

[12:16] Made famous in a Michael Moore movie, what did President George W. Bush say on a golf

[12:20] course right after saying, I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop

[12:25] these terrorist killers.

[12:26] Thank you.

[12:27] Dan?

[12:28] Now watch this drive.

[12:29] Jeremy?

[12:30] Drive to the mall.

[12:32] John?

[12:33] Now look at this drive.

[12:34] And Jackie?

[12:35] I also think it was drive to the bowl.

[12:37] Yeah.

[12:38] Well, Mall of America is the best mall in the world for our Minnesota friends here.

[12:42] But Helen, what is the actual answer?

[12:45] Now watch this drive.

[12:46] Hey.

[12:47] Yes.

[12:48] He enjoys a wet seal as much as any other president in our history.

[12:53] All right.

[12:54] Now it is time for a special bonus round.

[12:55] In this bonus round, it will be up to Helen's discretion to award points based on your answer

[12:59] to this question.

[13:00] Why is the MaxFund drive so important?

[13:02] And why should everyone listening to this show become a MaxFund member or become a Boosting

[13:07] or Upgrading member today?

[13:09] Look, this is the only thing I got going on right now, so I'm counting on you guys.

[13:14] Jeremy?

[13:15] As they say, a rising tide lifts all boats.

[13:18] And I know every show I've had on MaxFund has benefited from being involved in MaxFund.

[13:22] John?

[13:23] The show sounds better when you donate.

[13:25] It's just a quality thing.

[13:27] It's just a better show if you're a member.

[13:30] And Jackie?

[13:31] Literally supporting something that you get 52 hours of a year should be worth something.

[13:38] And it supports everybody, which is a really cool thing when you're in a network.

[13:42] So yes.

[13:43] Thank you all so much for those answers.

[13:45] Helen, who is our big winner today?

[13:48] In the spirit of MaxFund drive, we declare everyone a winner!

[13:53] Yay!

[13:54] Woohoo!

[13:55] But the biggest winner, of course, is you, listening to this, who just became a MaxFund

[14:01] member or upgraded or boosted your membership at MaximumFund.org slash join.

[14:09] Don't you want to be a winner?

[14:11] Go to MaximumFund.org slash join and become a MaxFund member now.

[14:15] The future of the podcast that you love quite literally depends on it.

[14:19] By the way, if you want to hear more MaxFund hosts playing trivia games, make sure to check

[14:24] out our show, Go Fact Yourself.

[14:28] We've welcomed loads of MaxFund hosts, including Jesse Thorne, John Hodgman, Ross and Carrie,

[14:35] and we think every single McElroy on the network, although there might be one hiding that we

[14:42] haven't gotten to.

[14:43] Yeah.

[14:44] And if you want to hear more McElroys, we will host them on our show.

[14:47] We also have a lot of non-MaxFund celebrities, including everyone from comedian Paula Poundstone

[14:51] to author Roxanne Gay to DJ Jazzy Jeff.

[14:54] Check us out wherever you get podcasts, and if you're in the LA area, come to our live

[14:58] audience recordings.

[14:59] We've got ones on March 23rd and March 30th.

[15:02] Okay, everyone, what's that link to become a MaxFund member again?

[15:08] MaximumFund.org slash join.

[15:13] Ah, that was musical, everyone.

[15:15] All right, you heard them.

[15:17] Maybe.

[15:18] That was MaximumFund.org slash join.

[15:21] And that just leaves me to thank everyone who participated in our games today and everyone

[15:25] behind the scenes as well.

[15:27] And of course, thank you for listening and supporting Maximum Fund during the MaxFund

[15:31] Drive.

[15:32] I'm J. Keith Van Straten.

[15:33] And I'm Helen Hong.

[15:35] Good night.

[15:36] Maximum Fun, a worker-owned network of artist-owned shows supported directly by you.

Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Jackie Kashian, Jeremy Bent, John Moe, and Dan McCoy

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