Episode#703: Bryan & Krissy discuss a viral trend claiming to "hack" the bar pick-up scene by staring annoyingly at a potential mate until they submit to your will. Will it work? Of course not! Hacks are just bad ideas to get views or secret cleaning tips your grandma used years ago. Plus, Bryan finds out he could use some cleaning hacks after one of kids pukes all over his shower time. Watch episode #703 on Youtube Text us or leave us a voicemail: +1 (212) 433-3TCB FOLLOW US: Instagram: @thecommercialbreak Youtube: youtube.com/thecommercialbreak TikTok: @tcbpodcast Website: www.tcbpodcast.com CREDITS: Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Executive Producer: Bryan Green Producer: Astrid B. Green Voice Over: Rachel McGrath To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the story behind Roman Rachmaninovich?
And welcome back to WSHIT's Focus on Community, a follow-up on a story 22 years in the making. Longtime Crabapple residents will remember the short-lived but meaningful Russian exchange student program that tugged at the hearts and the souls of the citizens of this great township. And some with a keen mind will recall the very first Russian exchange student, 42-year-old Roman Rachmaninovich.
Roman was just a rather fresh-faced middle-aged man studying opera, at the local community college of Crabapple when he lost his chin, part of his tongue, and most of his nose in a terrible massage-related accident at Tina Tannin Tweeze. While Tina Tannin Tweeze continues to deny culpability, Roman harbors no ill feelings and made a triumphant return
to the Crabapple Community Theater this afternoon to give a rousing performance. And with very little pun, Crabapple took this one on the chin. Here now, Roman, with the Crabapple Community Volunteer Orchestra, covering the Beatles, Let It Be.
Let it be.
Let it be. I wake up to the sound of music. Now the memory comes to me. Speaking of wisdom, let it be. Let it be.
He may not be able to smell what you're cooking or put on a helmet properly, but on behalf of the township of Crabapple, let me be the first to say post-dravinaj.
On this episode of the Commercial Break.
If there was a secret that you could use, some magic power, and on occasion, I will admit, on occasion, a hack works.
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Chapter 2: What are Bryan and Krissy's thoughts on hacks?
On occasion.
And it's usually something your grandma was doing way back when.
Right, exactly, like how to clean the microwave out with steam.
And like some weird tribal writing in a cave that's been lost for a generation, but now we've found it again.
That's so true.
Like lemon and vinegar really does clean. Yes. Noemi taught us that one, and we're still surprised that vinegar's cleaning the house.
The next episode of The Commercial Break starts now.
Aw, yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Greene. This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Kristen.
Best to you, Brian.
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Chapter 3: How does Bryan feel about children's television and parenting?
All right. And we're back. You know, Chrissy, I'm always looking out for the listener. I'm always thinking about the listener. I like to think that I'm selflessly thinking about the listener as I'm trolling around bikini pictures and making sure that the world of Instagram is nipple-less. But sometimes I come across a trend that I think is important for some of our listeners to know.
And, you know, I think we have a few single listeners out there. I hear from them every once in a while. I get a text message or an email. And just by the nature of the email, you can tell that they're single or they should be single. Or there's a reason they're single. There's a trend on TikTok and Instagram going on right now.
There's a girl who has taught everybody something called the sticky eyes. Have you heard about the sticky eyes? I have not. Okay, let me let her explain in her own words. How's that? I'm going to put this up to the microphone because we don't have somebody to play this for us. Sticky eyes.
Sticky eyes.
This is one of my most powerful hacks. This is how to get anyone to come up to you in a bar or in a social setting. This is called Sticky Eyes. I invented this in college. It is so powerful that usually while I'm demonstrating to someone how to do it, I end up just doing it. And I'm not even giving it my all.
First of all, this girl, there's no humility with this girl. I mean, she is. I invented this. I invented it. You invented eyes? Did you invent eyes? Let's see what she has to say.
I'm going to tell you how the hack works, and then I'm going to tell you why it works, okay? It's simple. You pick your target, you stare at them until they look back at you. Once you make eye contact, you look away like you've been caught, okay? And here is the next very important part. The next time that you look at them and they meet your eyes again, don't look away.
Let them break first because they're going to check to see if you were really looking at me. And the second look will confirm... And this time you're gonna have to hold it uncomfortably long. They have to look away first for this to work. Once they look away, you never look at them again. And in about 45 seconds, they will be right in front of you as if they have been summoned psychically by you.
Okay, this sounds just as dumb as anything Michael Anthony has ever said.
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Chapter 4: What is the sticky eyes trend on TikTok?
Yeah, just like cornered them. Put an arm up so they can't get away. I mean, this is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Stare at them uncomfortably long and they'll come right to you. With a police officer, maybe? I mean, how many restraining orders do you have, young lady? This is weird. You don't just stare at somebody uncomfortably long. That is a weird notion that that would work.
It was a two-part, it was a two-pronged approach.
Yeah, you first look away.
Yeah, stare at them until they look at you, then quickly look away. Then... And then when they look back, then that's when you just stare. And then, wait, it was actually a three-pronged approach, right?
Then they will come right to you.
No, well, then you look away and then you never look again.
Never look again. Throughout the entire relationship, look down at your feet. So I noticed you staring at me. Nope, my shoes. Those are my feet. What the fuck?
Yeah, well, okay, so how is that even supposed to work? Then they just come up to you and say what?
It doesn't work. This girl, for some reason, thinks she's got some magic because she stared at a guy and he came to her. Yeah, okay, guys are pretty fucking dumb in general. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, she's a pretty girl. Yeah, she's a pretty girl. I mean, she's attractive. You give...
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