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St. Patrick's Day Memories and Musings

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A solo St. Patrick's Day episode where Theo previews the self-funded Busboys movie and checks in honestly.

  1. They funded the movie themselves after Hollywood passedDirectors and agencies wouldn't help, so Theo and David Spade put up their own money and shot it anyway.
  2. A break from dating to check the magnetHe stopped dating and interacting with women to get time to think and work on his relationship with his higher power.
  3. Speaking up matters more than being rightHe says he worked hard for a voice and will use it on Israel and America even if he turns out to be wrong.
Executive Summary AI
  • Theo opens the St. Patrick's Day episode with the running "hey, Patty" bit, then looks St. Patrick up on Perplexity: a fifth century missionary captured by Irish raiders at 16 and held in Ireland about six years before escaping.3:40
  • He recaps a one-day trip to Albuquerque to watch his friend Abby Pavia play at the Pit where the Lobos play, eating at Frontier and El Modelo, with everyone there asking whether he tried the green chilies.5:12
  • In a personal check-in he says he has taken a break from dating and interacting with women to work on himself and his higher power, admits he hasn't been praying much, talked to his therapist about it, and slipped up on pornography yesterday.10:56
  • He states his discomfort with America's relationship with Israel's political leaders, says he believes if people don't speak up now their children won't get the chance, and accepts that listeners may think he is wrong.20:56
  • After seven years of his own busboy work in Arizona, he pitches Busboys, the movie he wrote and funded with David Spade on roughly a $3 million budget after Hollywood passed: tickets March 16th at busboysmovie.com, in theaters April 17th.35:48
Key Quote
“you got to just check in on the magnet, make sure the magnets work and see what's going on with the magnet.”
— Theo11:39
Key Quote
“but sometimes I get tired of being the one to always have to take care of myself.”
— Theo15:34
Key Quote
“But I have to speak up for myself”
— Theo26:27