Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy reflect on 10 years of their flagship podcast and look ahead.
Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy have turned their boisterous family dynamics into a multimedia enterprise.
What worlds are left for the McElroys to conquer?
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JUSTIN MCELROY:Yeah, you left out I was a chef at the Olive Garden for a month.
GRIFFIN MCELROY:I think weve reached the poorly advised pseudo-celebrity restaurant phase of our career.
TRAVIS MCELROY:I was going to say celebrity fragrance.
I think its time for us to partner with, I dont know, Dior?
And make, like, what do the McElroys smell like?
JUSTIN:I mean, the wine is right there, ripe for the picking.
TRAVIS:Celebrity wine!
You know,50 Centhas branded condoms, we could maybe do that.
GRIFFIN:Theres so many doors left open to us.
What can listeners expect from episode 500?
So we mostly get very tired.
GRIFFIN:My son refused to be on it.
Not a joke, he shot me down.
The other children make appearances, but his rider was a little too intense for us to fill.
JUSTIN:He wanted a million bajillion gummy bears, which isnt even a number.
GRIFFIN:Not possible, and it would also make him very sick.
Any plans yet for the notoriously skipped episode 420?
TRAVIS:Cheech and Chong literally burned up all the good weed jokes.
TRAVIS:Yeah, it should be way more, right?
GRIFFIN:No, its wild.
Its very, very flattering, obviously, and very humbling.
The songs, it helps, are bangers.
I dont know what we would have done if hed turned out some real stinkers for us.
Can you explain a little howJimmy Buffettbecame a part of the shows canon?
JUSTIN:I am an unironic fan of James Buffett.
It doesnt get much better than that for me.
Knowing what you know now, would you ever agree to record an episode at a Broadway premiere again?
GRIFFIN:In a heartbeat.
JUSTIN:Yeah, in a heartbeat, it was great.
Looking back, whats your favorite bit fromMBMBaMs run?
and Travis said, “Worcestershire,” and I laughed for two minutes.
To me, that was the funniest thing we have ever done, and we will never top it.
JUSTIN:The idiom is that hunger is the greatest sauce.
We were having a discussion, and we asked what the greatest sauce is, and Travis says Worcestershire.
TRAVIS:You see, it was asubversionjoke, Griffin.
GRIFFIN:Ill have to go back and listen, man.
You canlink out to that.
People will hear it and be like, “Thats good.”
You three have a history of using your platform to do good.
What is theMBMBaMaccomplishment youre most proud of?
Were really blessed to have a listenership that actually gives a s about people and actually cares.
GRIFFIN:Yeah, MBMBaM Angels is tough to beat.
It makes me very emotional to think about.
What should fans expect from thenext500 episodes of the show?
I dont recognize the people who made that show.
Probably fewer boner jokes.
If you average it out, probably fewer dick jokes in the next 10 years.
TRAVIS:Hey, he doesnt speak for me.
So again, the show reflects that.
TRAVIS:Oh, yeah!
GRIFFIN:And I would anticipate maybe even more changes coming down the line.
I will have no more solid ground to stand on.
