Fresh off the turkey hangover, Mike and Tony sit down to unpack all the holiday chaos. Tony boldly declares his wife made the best turkey of all time—a bold claim indeed. In other Turkey Day-related news, Mike has cooked turkey in basically every form known to mankind… except fried. (Seriously, Mike. How??)

Tony also goes on a rant about the fall time change, starts finally sorting the mountain of sports cards he inherited from his dad, and discovers that his OCD has very clear opinions about what belongs in the Bears Pile, the Hall-of-Farmers pile, and the “How is this not worth more than three bucks!” pile.

We talk man caves (yes, the studio counts), Stranger Things returning, Tony’s daughter binging Harry Potter, and that one year Tony didn’t serve turkey at all—still unacceptable, Tony.

From there we spiral into turkey brines (not literally), how COVID feels like it was 50 years ago, and how impossibly fast everything is changing—nanotech, AI, ChatGPT… the whole “what is happening to reality” vibe.

Also covered:
• Rich gamers who just straight-up buy power
• Tony raging at video games that demand too much thumb dexterity
• Couch Guy sightings (rare, but real)
• Being a forty-something trying to lose weight during holiday season
• Mike doing CrossFit occasionally, which is definitely not how CrossFit works
• Nick, the giant hard-dribbling basketball terminator
• Tony’s IT coworker who eats raw ground beef daily and somehow looks like a Marvel character
• A surprisingly deep dive into which meats you can technically eat raw (but… why?)
• And finally: Florida now has Nile Crocs and wild macaques, because Florida refuses to be out-weirded by anyone.

Another classic Merry Chaos episode. Enjoy.

Cheers!

m&t