Thanksgiving Message 2025

[00:00:00] Speaker A: Good gobble and welcome to the turkey. This is a special Thanksgiving episode of Regarding Spawn. I'm your co host, John Fisher. [00:00:11] Speaker B: And I am your co host, David Williams. And yes, yes indeed, it's Thanksgiving. [00:00:18] Speaker A: What's special about it, David? This episode should be shorter than it takes for us usually to get to the issue of Spawn. [00:00:23] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. One can only hope. I'll be thankful for it. Thank you, sir. [00:00:29] Speaker A: Yes, we are allowing ourselves a break. So recording a quick thank you and Thanksgiving episode. [00:00:36] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:00:37] Speaker A: So we can get back to our families. [00:00:39] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:00:39] Speaker A: You know, David's in line. David's recording for the line of the midnight showing of Zootopia 2 right now. Yeah, he loves that sloth. [00:00:48] Speaker B: I like the joke about him being slow. [00:00:51] Speaker A: He's real slow. [00:00:52] Speaker B: Oh, man, he's so slow. And everybody gets so upset. [00:00:55] Speaker A: Just you gotta expect it from. He's a sloth. [00:00:57] Speaker B: Yeah. I. I actually. I got to see them feeding a sloth at the Lincoln Park Zoo once. [00:01:03] Speaker A: Oh, really? [00:01:04] Speaker B: It was just this person just like holding their hand up in the air. And then every once in a while a little claw would come down and take whatever was in there out of it. [00:01:12] Speaker A: Here's the real question, David. Does ACAB include Officer Judy Hopps? She got that wagon, dude. [00:01:20] Speaker B: Oh, boy, that's a tough one. I. I think it does. I think. [00:01:23] Speaker A: Oh, no. Acab. [00:01:25] Speaker B: Oh no. But that also means that. It means the rhinoceros voiced by Idris Elba. [00:01:31] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. [00:01:32] Speaker B: Oh, man, that's real sad. [00:01:34] Speaker A: Well, he's. He's in that too. [00:01:35] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, when they know he's not a rhino. He's a. [00:01:39] Speaker A: Are you confusing? Sing. No, he's a gorilla and sing. [00:01:42] Speaker B: No, he's like the. He's like the police chief, isn't he? [00:01:46] Speaker A: Okay, dude, I don't. You're the Zootopia expert. [00:01:51] Speaker B: The Shakira song is very good. I am thankful for the Shakira song in Zootopia. [00:01:56] Speaker A: What was the joke? Shakira was just like Gazelle or something. [00:01:59] Speaker B: What was her name? Yeah, it was Gazelle. [00:02:01] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:02:02] Speaker B: Because she was a gazelle. [00:02:03] Speaker A: She was a gazelle. [00:02:04] Speaker B: She was a gazelle. [00:02:04] Speaker A: It's like Adele, but it's gazelle. [00:02:07] Speaker B: Yes. Yes indeed. [00:02:08] Speaker A: Yes, I was. We are here for a Thanksgiving special and this was David's idea. So what's the format, David? [00:02:17] Speaker B: We would just say what we're thankful for. That the. The format is always. Johnny is just talking about stuff. So we're going to talk about being thankful. I think I am very much thankful for you, Johnny. And for, yes. This time we get to spend together. Because it's awesome. It's the best part of my week. [00:02:35] Speaker A: True. I do love doing respawn. Very thankful for that. I'm thankful for our listeners. I'm thankful for the abundance of spawn. I mean, it's a gluttony of spawn. [00:02:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:02:48] Speaker A: We're so far behind, it's crazy. [00:02:50] Speaker B: It's ludicrous. But it's a good problem to have, Johnny. [00:02:54] Speaker A: Good problem to have. Keeps us in the. In the green. [00:02:57] Speaker B: Yes, yes, indeed. [00:02:58] Speaker A: Keeps me honest and Good boy. [00:03:00] Speaker B: Yeah, Johnny, good boy. Johnny be good, as they say. [00:03:04] Speaker A: Johnny B. Johnny for good. Oh, I just saw Wicked for good, and let me tell you, it's a lie. It ain't for good. It's for mediocre. [00:03:16] Speaker B: Well, I mean, they can't all be winners, Johnny. But you're. [00:03:19] Speaker A: But we talked about this before. The second act of the musical is not as strong as the first act. [00:03:23] Speaker B: No, it is not. It's. It does have. It does have a couple bangers, but on the whole, it does. [00:03:27] Speaker A: What is that one? No good deed. [00:03:30] Speaker B: No good deed. [00:03:30] Speaker A: No conditions for good. It's a pretty good song. [00:03:33] Speaker B: Yeah, it's the. It's the. The final ballad. It's the understanding. [00:03:38] Speaker A: Oh, there's just no sense of urgency to, like, that she's gonna die and Dorothy. It's all, like, played as a joke and it's just like, okay, yeah. I don't know in the movie. You haven't seen the movie, but, like, it's like, oh, here comes this girl. There's just like. [00:03:52] Speaker B: It kind of also has the. The problem where we know where it has to end. And at some point they're like, yeah, we just gotta get there, dude. [00:03:58] Speaker A: Yeah, it's just for, like, checking boxes a little bit. [00:04:00] Speaker B: We just get checking Bach. I am thankful for puns. [00:04:07] Speaker A: Me and Bach. We belong together. See, like, that's even another. That's a lesser song for the first one. It's better than any song in the second one. [00:04:14] Speaker B: That's true. But it is tucked away inside, like the big act finale. [00:04:19] Speaker A: Yes. [00:04:20] Speaker B: Yeah, it's a good one. [00:04:21] Speaker A: That's the thing. [00:04:23] Speaker B: I loved the fucking library with the ladders for the show. That don't make any sense. [00:04:28] Speaker A: That was great. Yeah, the first was awesome. [00:04:31] Speaker B: Yeah, it's great. [00:04:31] Speaker A: I love the first movie. The second one was not so good. [00:04:34] Speaker B: Can't all be winners. I'm thankful that they can't all be winners, Johnny, because could you imagine if. [00:04:39] Speaker A: We were all winners? We're all Getting participation trophies. Yeah. [00:04:43] Speaker B: Could you imagine how those kids are? [00:04:46] Speaker A: Imagine getting mad about that. I definitely got participation trophies in the 90s, so it's not a new thing. [00:04:50] Speaker B: I'm pretty sure all of my trophies were participation trophies. Yeah, I think I got 1/3 place once and then all the rest of them, except for speech terms. I was just excited to have something. Hey, I was like, look at this. [00:05:03] Speaker A: You were thankful, you might say. [00:05:05] Speaker B: Yeah, I was very thankful. Just thankful to be invited. [00:05:08] Speaker A: It's been a very life changing year for me. I've moved states, I've changed careers. So I'm very thankful that everything's going well and then I have a great. They get to be around my family more. [00:05:21] Speaker B: Hell yeah. [00:05:21] Speaker A: Here in Tulsa. [00:05:22] Speaker B: Thankful for families. I'm thankful for Wanda and Mugi and Becca. Very much so. [00:05:30] Speaker A: I'm thankful for my girlfriend Megan. Our number one fan. [00:05:35] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:05:35] Speaker A: Our own Annie Wilkes. [00:05:37] Speaker B: Yeah. That's exciting. I'm thankful for fan. [00:05:40] Speaker A: Thank you for fan. [00:05:42] Speaker B: Thankful for fan. [00:05:43] Speaker A: I'm thankful for avatars coming out. [00:05:46] Speaker B: Nice. It's really this, this holiday season. [00:05:49] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:05:50] Speaker B: Oh, how have I missed? How have I missed? [00:05:52] Speaker A: December 19th, baby. [00:05:53] Speaker B: Dang. Dang, that's quick. [00:05:56] Speaker A: It's coming out. The 10th anniversary of the Force Awakens. [00:06:00] Speaker B: I think we talked about this already. Damn. My brain is just dumb. Dumb. I'm thankful for dumb brain and for Windbrain Ant dumb. [00:06:07] Speaker A: You need a brain from the wizard. [00:06:09] Speaker B: Yeah, boy. Head full of straw. I definitely don't look as good as Fiera though. [00:06:14] Speaker A: So he's hot. I will say, even it's a snow. Even a snowman. A scarecrow. He used a scarecrow. [00:06:20] Speaker B: Excellent. Excellent. That's not a. That's not a self diss on on myself. No, no, no, no, no. That's just an objective fact. Yeah, some people. Some people are too gorgeous to exist. [00:06:30] Speaker A: And they look too good as a character. [00:06:32] Speaker B: I am not one of them. Thankfully. I am thankful to not be one of them. [00:06:35] Speaker A: Oh my gosh. You're just fishing for compliments now. [00:06:38] Speaker B: Hey, I'm thankful for compliments, but yeah, it's. It's been. It's been a great year. Not. Not a great year. It's been a great year in certain aspects and all of the aspects that matter. I think it's been a great year. [00:06:52] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:06:53] Speaker B: I'm just glad that we get to do that. [00:06:54] Speaker A: Yeah, me too. [00:06:55] Speaker B: You got anything else that you're thankful for, Johnny? [00:06:59] Speaker A: Kickstart energy drinks that they sell at Quick Trip. [00:07:02] Speaker B: Nice. [00:07:02] Speaker A: My favorite drink. And they have them at every Quick Trip. [00:07:05] Speaker B: Nice. [00:07:05] Speaker A: All three flavors are. [00:07:07] Speaker B: You're not just thankful for Quick Trip. [00:07:09] Speaker A: I'm thankful for Quick Trip, man. [00:07:11] Speaker B: Best. It's the best. It's the best. [00:07:14] Speaker A: And everyone's. They're always like, hey, boss, what's up? $5. Thanks, boss. Thanks, boss. See you next time, boss. They're hilarious. Like, I don't know who they find. Like, these people. Like, it's like Chick Fil. A call workers that goes the same. [00:07:24] Speaker B: Like, they've got a. They've got, like, an academy. [00:07:28] Speaker A: Yeah. They've got, like, an academy of manners for the. For the Quick Trip clerk. [00:07:32] Speaker B: Maybe. Maybe Quick Trip also draws that kind of personality. [00:07:35] Speaker A: I'm thankful for. I was going to say maybe a Spawn movie started filming next year, but I doubt it. [00:07:41] Speaker B: I'm thankful for Hope. And we can always hope, Johnny. [00:07:44] Speaker A: Hope springs eternal. [00:07:45] Speaker B: It sure does. You know what else springs eternal? The stack of Spawn. [00:07:50] Speaker A: Yeah, it does. Indeed it does. [00:07:54] Speaker B: Man, I still haven't even gotten my first issue of that next new series that just started. I'm thankful for a new Spawn series. [00:08:03] Speaker A: Me, too. [00:08:04] Speaker B: I'm excited to read it. It looks awesome as hell. [00:08:07] Speaker A: There's so many. [00:08:09] Speaker B: I wish it weren't so much fun, or else it would be very easy to just be like, yeah, that's too much. [00:08:14] Speaker A: Exactly. [00:08:16] Speaker B: But it is very good. [00:08:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:08:18] Speaker B: Do you have any? If you don't have anything else to be thankful for, then Joni and I say, I've got nothing else to be thankful for except for. May the scorch be with you. [00:08:27] Speaker A: And also with you, David. [00:08:28] Speaker B: Hell, yeah. [00:08:29] Speaker A: Hell, yeah. We'll be back next week with another regularly scheduled episode. We just need a little break. Everyone needs a break. [00:08:36] Speaker B: And why not have a break for the holiday? [00:08:38] Speaker A: Why not? [00:08:39] Speaker B: Why not? [00:08:39] Speaker A: So go enjoy your family. Fuck America. [00:08:44] Speaker B: Or not, if that's your thing. [00:08:46] Speaker A: Or not. Or enjoy Thanksgiving or not, if that's your thing. [00:08:49] Speaker B: You know, eat a lot. Or not. You know, watch the dog show. [00:08:54] Speaker A: No, watch the parade. [00:08:55] Speaker B: The dog show comes on after the parade. [00:08:57] Speaker A: I know you watch the parade first, though. [00:08:59] Speaker B: Yeah. As long as you stick around for the dog show, that's all that matters. [00:09:01] Speaker A: I love the parade. We were just talking. I think it was off mic that there's a James Bond channel on Pluto. Yeah, that's why I always associate James Bond with Thanksgiving, because they'd always do the marathon on USA or Spike tv, and then usually the James Bond movies came out at Thanksgiving. [00:09:17] Speaker B: Nice. I never realized. [00:09:19] Speaker A: Yeah, Harry Potter stole the James Bond spot. Now it's like the fantasy Spot weird. It was James Bond for a long time. [00:09:28] Speaker B: Interesting. Man, I like a parade. Did you see that Derpy cat from K Pop Demon Hunters is going to be in the parade? [00:09:35] Speaker A: I did not. [00:09:36] Speaker B: Oh, boy. Actually, I think his name is just Derpy. [00:09:39] Speaker A: I know there's gonna be a Labubu. [00:09:44] Speaker B: Man, it's gonna be awesome. [00:09:45] Speaker A: Oh, next year let's do a Thanksgiving parade episode. [00:09:48] Speaker B: Oh. Where we. Where we do a live commentary of the parade. [00:09:53] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:09:53] Speaker B: Oh, hell yeah. That would be so much fun. [00:09:55] Speaker A: That would be fun. I love the parade. I watch it every year. [00:09:57] Speaker B: Yeah, I do too. [00:09:58] Speaker A: It's so. I love to see these people miss. Mess up the lip syncing. It's great. [00:10:02] Speaker B: I remember the. [00:10:03] Speaker A: One of the worst was Lou Vega, Marvel number five. He could not get any of those yeahs. Like the. Yeah, he like, halfway through he would remember to start lip syncing. Was so funny. [00:10:14] Speaker B: Oh, man, I was just too excited to see Lubega at that age. We're talking the first time around, right? Because didn't he just do it again a couple years ago? [00:10:23] Speaker A: Yeah, this was like the original, like when it was popular. [00:10:25] Speaker B: Yeah. Oh, man, I remember. [00:10:27] Speaker A: I also remember on the Today show one time, they were talking about Mama number five because it was such a big hit that Matt Lauer went a little bit of Monica, you know, my life. And then everyone like looked at him. He's like, I of course mean the song Lubega, not Monica Lewinsky. And it was just like, so awkward. [00:10:44] Speaker B: Methinks thou dost protest too much, good sir. [00:10:48] Speaker A: Damn. [00:10:48] Speaker B: Matt Lauer creep yet outed himself then I'm thankful for creeps getting caught. Sure. [00:10:56] Speaker A: When I was watching Wicked, I was like, what are they coming for? Jeff Goldblum? Because he's probably kind of a creep. [00:11:02] Speaker B: I don't know. I've. I've always heard that. Heard. I've always heard that. He's lovely. [00:11:07] Speaker A: Okay, well, could fool me. [00:11:09] Speaker B: I don't know. And that he's. He's. He's always. It's. It's not an act. That's always him all the time. He just plays himself all the time. [00:11:18] Speaker A: And I think you can get it. [00:11:19] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. Being. Just getting paid to be yourself. That's the dream, Johnny. [00:11:24] Speaker A: That's what we're doing right here. [00:11:26] Speaker B: Yeah, well, without the getting paid part. Shh. [00:11:28] Speaker A: Don't say anything, David. [00:11:30] Speaker B: Unless you mean being cosmically paid in a dopamine, then. Yeah, maybe you're right. [00:11:38] Speaker A: Yeah, I am. [00:11:40] Speaker B: Yeah. You know, you're right. And when you're right, you're right. And you. You're always right. [00:11:46] Speaker A: Because I knew you. I have been changed. [00:11:52] Speaker B: For good, Sam.