This week on Two Dykes and a Mic hosts McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon discuss evacuating, the new moon, Dennis Quaid, sobriety, inauguration performances, first kisses with a boy, gay Traitors, grandma breaking her hip from scissoring, a Babygirl movie review, and so much more! Follow @TwoDykesAndAMic @MckGoodwin @RachelScanlonComedy If you can donate, here are some places: Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery Fund https://www.calfund.org/funds/wildfire-recovery-fund/ and for Public Displays of Altadena https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-pda TOUR TICKETS ON SALE : TwoDykesAndAMic.com Cardiff - 4/1 Brighton - 4/2 London - 4/4 Unlock Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/two-dykes-and-a-mic/subscribe Join Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/TwoDykesAndAMic Tickets to Rachel's solo stand up shows: https://www.rachelscanloncomedy.com/ Want to hear yourself on the podcast? Leave us a voicemail at (818) 540-1487 or write us at [email protected]
Chapter 1: What are the hosts discussing in this episode?
We are the greatest dykes in the world. Mackenzie Goodwin. Rachel Scanlon. Worldwide dykes for life. Hey! Two dykes, two dykes, two dykes. One mic, one mic, one mic, one mic. Yeah. Two dykes, two dykes. Who dykes, who dykes? We dykes, we dykes, we dykes. Yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Two Dykes and a Mic. I'm Mackenzie Goodwin. And I'm Rachel Scanlon-Ali.
We are so glad that you're listening to this podcast and that you're here. We sure are. We have a lot to get into, obviously. But first and foremost, did you write down all the things that you're letting go because of the new moon last night? So I saw that there was a new moon.
But there has been so much going on in my life due to the fires that that was the last thing that I was thinking of. For sure. Did you?
Yeah, I had the opposite reaction. I saw that was going on because we're gay. Yeah. And that's kind of what we're talking about whenever there's a moon. Mm-hmm. So when I saw that, even though, yeah, my car is fully packed with everything that's important to me and I'm only looking at the watch duty app. However, I said this is top priority. Do you know what's so insane?
Because we're going to talk about our experience with the fires here in L.A. It's been one week. It's very it's been. But it has. It's very hard for I feel like there's a lot of chatter that people are like, this isn't something to joke about. It's not. It's devastating. That being said, I have the type of brain that is like, I'm an issue. And if you're like, don't make a joke about it.
I'm like, yeah, that's all. Well, also, we're professional comedians and it isn't to joke about. That being said, I'm super useless in these situations and all I've been doing. I mean, other than I'm like sending, I'm driving supplies over to the Pasadena Job Center. However, my other free time is spent writing down things I'm letting go. And what are you letting go of?
I was letting go of like a lot of things that I'm trying to like leave in 2024 because it's still January.
Okay. What are some of the things that you're leaving? And then I would like to just do it now because the moon is still technically new. Is she still new? She's still new. It was last night. Okay. Okay. You have a 24-hour grace period, especially if you're gay. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, the moon is up there, and she's like, I'll give you some grace, especially during the fires. Yeah.
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Chapter 2: How are the wildfires affecting Los Angeles?
That's not the time for that. Please. I'm never going to light a fire again.
No, I know.
I'm not lighting candles, which is honestly my goal. You know that I have a there's a massive candle that I spent so much money on. Yeah. Five to six dollars. It's huge. It's in the center of my table. I did not want to burn. I love that candle. And Erica, without my permission. Yeah. Burned the candle. Burn did it.
Without your permission? Yeah. The first burn? The first. I would divorce. Do you know how important a first burn is? Okay. Do you have any idea how important that is? And then she has the audacity to go.
Because I come home. Did she trim the wick even? Oh, she didn't trim the wick. I know. It's over. She has the audacity to go. It doesn't really even smell that good. Okay.
Rachel? No, I'm upset. Here's the thing. Can I say something? Can I say eight things? No. Can I say like a hundred things? Go ahead. Did you say no at first? Yeah. And then immediately change your mind? Dude, I miss you. I miss you. This fire is literally... I'm not doing well. We're not doing well. Yeah, I mean, we are safe. Our neighborhood... Are we? Half of it is safe. It's...
I don't know. I don't know why we're here. We're actually not out of the clear. Spotify was like, are you sure you want to come in? We said. Our guests canceled, which is fair. I mean, people are gone. People are not in the city anymore. My left eye won't stop twitching. I'm unwell. Yeah. What would you like to say? What are you letting go of? Besides your breasts.
God, I mentioned my litter was just, I drew two huge tits. No, that's really good. That's really good. No, I was... It's bam. I don't even know. I can't believe how... I mean, we're really tired because we're super lucky, but we're just, we're on high alert, you know?
Yes. You and I are both right next to the evacuation zone. Yeah. We are like, we are the next. So it's a ready, set, go system for evacuating. And right now we are right, we are in the ready.
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Chapter 3: What are the hosts letting go of during the new moon?
It's confusing, scary, it's terrifying. It's awful.
Everyone knows somebody who's lost everything. It's insane. We're trying our best to be as helpful as we can, putting out the right links and sending money to the right places, filling up. I've been in the middle of a move, so my stuff is... I'm able to help with Nazara's hatchback right now, so I'm just grabbing shit and going. But...
That is so like, you know, trying to sit down and get the right information and be as helpful as I can because I'm able bodied and I'm also sober. So I'm like, I can fucking move shit right now. That being said, deep down at my core, I'm probably the most useless person that I know. I don't know. I don't have any skills. I'm not very smart. And I also am only focused on packing my cologne.
What is that?
Can I be honest? I don't think that that's true. Dude. I think you're not giving yourself enough credit. Ken. You're not. Mackenzie. After seeing my wife, you're actually pretty excellent.
In your household, I feel like you're the dad, right? And I've seen you in a fire. You're good. Yeah. And your wife is like...
My bikinis! Dude, she screamed at the top of her lungs when she got that evacuation notice. And I go, calm down. Yeah. Read it. Read the evacuation notice. I can't with these notices. No, I know. Dude, my eye. Our eye. Our eye is twitching. I haven't slept.
My watch is like, bitch, what are you doing? We got to talk Dennis Quaid. Wait, we have to talk Dennis Quaid at my house? Mm-hmm. We have been ping-ponging between who is like super unhelpful and who is like, hey, we got this. It's almost daily. It goes back and forth. Yeah, that's good. Because she, for the longest time, has been like, we got this.
Because she packed all of our, thank goodness we have a lot of photos from our wedding that we have already ready. We've got like our safety box.
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Chapter 4: What happened with Dennis Quaid during the evacuation?
And this news reporter, who I've seen on NBC for years, he comes up and they're giving a pretty normal interview. And it keeps going. And he keeps talking about Dennis Quaid in the third person, which is... Weird. He goes, what does Dennis Quaid think of this? Is Dennis Quaid doing all right in the fires? Dennis Quaid finally is like, hey, why are you talking to me in the third person?
He's like, this is weird. He keeps trying to leave the interview. Ash is falling on him. He's in an evacuation zone. He's just trying to get his medicine and his daughter's laundry. He finally escapes from this interviewer. Then the interviewer starts going through the laundry of the daughter.
Did you see that part? Dude, Dennis Quaid was on screen for so long, which also we're having this weird issue of. People are focusing really a lot on the Palisades fire. And the celebrity of it all. And the celebrity of it all. So I was already like, this is crazy. He was on screen for so long. I left to go make some more puppy chow. When I came back, he was still on camera.
He's trying to get out. And then I was like, cause I couldn't tell if he was trying to like end the interview or if they were, you know how sometimes when two men talk to each other, it just keeps going. Yeah.
Do you know when men are just like, I think it was that until it hit 25 minutes. Okay. Legitimately. Then he was like, Hey, for real, I got to go. Right. So he's packing up his car. He can't shove all the laundry in there. So they're those big wicker baskets, laundry baskets. He's trying to shove them in there. The cameraman decides to not pull away. So we're watching him struggle with it.
Such a struggle where I was I was cringing. Erica screaming at the TV. Let Dennis Quaid go. We were all I started texting you like free Dennis Quaid. Yeah, it was unbelievably awkward. It's so cringe. Then the guy, the interviewer is like, wow, here's one thing Dennis Quaid can't do. It is. So he's almost like trolling Dennis Quaid who's trying to escape a fire.
It was it went on for so long. I literally felt like I was in a different universe. Like we were it was it was never ending. It was it.
Dude, I came back. Then Dennis gets in. He gets in his car. He's about to leave. The interviewer knocks on the window. He goes, roll it down. Then he's like, can you see out of your window? Because you have to see out of your window to drive away.
It was insane. It was fucking nuts.
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Chapter 5: What is the latest on sobriety during stressful times?
Yeah. Like if we're in an airplane, put the mask on yourself first and then help others.
Yes. Yeah. Because we're going to, LA is going to rebuild. We're going to get through this. We're going to be okay. Yeah. And also thanks for being here. We fucking love you.
Let's get into some gay news news. Dude, I feel bad for Dennis Quaid. It's the first time I'll ever feel bad for a straight white man. Especially Dennis Quaid. Isn't he the one that came out and was like unbelievable? He's a Trump supporter. Speaking of Trump supporter, we do want to get into Carrie Underwood.
So it was announced this week, perfect timing during the wildfires, that Carrie Underwood would be singing at the inauguration of President Dump.
I couldn't, I didn't know what was going on, but I opened my TikTok app and I just saw people being like, I'm glad he cheated on you.
Regarding Carrie. Here's the thing. And this is when I first knew she was a bitch. Back, it was years ago. And I used to work all those award shows. I was working the Country Music Awards. And she made a lot of our lives a living hell that year. Because she was coming in and it was the Country Music Awards in Vegas. And she was like, no one can see me. She didn't want anyone seeing her.
She was like, you're not going to see my face because... I had a terrible accident and she took all this time off and was like, next time you see me, I'll be unrecognizable. And all of us were obviously very good about it. We were like, let, you know, give her her privacy. Right. Rehearsals are closed. Do not look at her. Whatever. I thought, She's going to be like disfigured. Right.
And I don't know if you've seen her now. She looks the exact same. Nothing happened. So she was making all of our lives a living hell for literally no reason. That's when I first knew that she was not up. Something's amiss.
And so she does this mean she's a Trump supporter or she just has no price for her soul? I think both.
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Chapter 6: What are the hosts' experiences with their first kisses?
Loves kissing men. Local dyke found loving kissing men. Let me say a couple of things about kissing men. Have you ever kissed a man? First kiss was a boy.
Cool.
cool just so my i feel like my eye's gonna pop out of its socket me too i don't feel well okay you first kissed a boy my first kiss was a boy what was his name matt is that okay to say why not i don't know do you think he's gonna come for you lawyer up bitch you know this is what so let me paint you a picture okay how old was he i don't know what do you mean no we were both in third grade okay
Underage. Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah. Believe it. But this is let me let me pin it to you this way. Paint the picture. We were best friends. All of my friends were boys. So let's just start there.
Yeah.
All of my friends are boys and we liked to skate together. We were skaters. So his older brother knew how to ollie, which if you know anything about skateboarding, which I assume you do. I know a lot about. I know you do. Melancholy. Hi. Yeah, I know a lot about Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 on N64. Yeah, I'm a lesbo. Yes, I had a Nintendo and all I played was Tony Hawk. Duh. I own 17 long boards.
His older brother was teaching us how to ollie, which I... That's hard. That's hard. Yes. And then we stopped and I said, it's about time. Yes, it was my idea. Yes, I micromanaged the whole event. Yes, it was weird. And we kissed. And I brought Nazara, my wife, to that spot over Christmas. And I said, this is where I had my first kiss. That's really cute. And I said, I prefer boys to girls.
That's what I said.
To her. You said they're just historically better kissers.
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Chapter 7: What is the buzz around the show 'Traitors'?
It doesn't seem serious because you're literally, this feels like a private episode and I know it's not.
How many sex toys did you pack in your evacuation to go back?
Okay. You know how they're like, you got to keep everything charged in case you lose power. Did you?
here's the thing i was like i was like phone yes phone charger bank yes and then once they were full i was like you may just yes make sure this guy is i'll never need to charge anymore because balessa gave us so many sex toys that i'm like i have so many that i'm like i'll never in my lifetime need to charge another one i actually felt guilty how many sex toys i charged up i said this is privilege i gotta donate this to the queer community i know
I know. People, I kept, so I've been donating like before they were like, this is too many clothes. I was like donating clothes and I was like, there's going to be some people out there looking like full on a dyke.
If there's any people in need in our community, let us know. Balessa has sent us way too much and I haven't even opened half of them.
Yeah. If you need unopened sex toys, let us know. We're doing our part. Dude, it's insane. When I'm grabbing supplies to go bring, it looks like I'm hoarding because I'm loading up carts and carts of bottled water and toilet paper and baby formula. And people are looking at me like... I think people know. Everyone out here is donating.
I hope so. Everyone's doing the exact same thing.
But I've come up with quips. Do you want to hear them? No. Of course, dude. You can't. I'm a Cancer. So am I. So I know.
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Chapter 8: How do the hosts view Carrie Underwood's performance at the inauguration?
Jinx, we have to hook up. Fine.
Tongue, all the time.
Okay, wait, I have to say, I've added another Vancouver show. I have to. Yeah. It's on March 22nd because the Vancouver original show sold out. So we added one at like 6 p.m. If you want to get that, it's going to be now available when this episode comes out. So make sure you get those. And all of the shows that happened last week were sold out, and I'm so grateful.
And there's still tickets available for Brooklyn, Philly, Atlanta, Nashville, Sacramento, and San Francisco. And it's in the same link. But we're adding one specifically for Vancouver, and I can't wait to go see. And Two Dykes will be dropping our spring tour. Is it spring that's come next? Or is it fall next? What's the next season? Spring. Spring will be coming, I'm thinking, in two weeks.
We don't know. We hope. We hope. Yeah, we'll see.
Okay, that's all. Okay, we are now going to review Baby Girl. Baby Girl. Which is? A sex movie. It is almost exclusively a sex movie.
You know how when you look at movies, they say if they're sci-fi or romance or whatever, this one's described itself as erotic.
Yeah, I was listening to an interview with, I think her name is Helena. Yes, the director. The director who did Bodies, Bodies, Bodies. Same director. She's unbelievable. But she was like, this is a... She described it as a dark comedy thriller. Interesting. Yeah. I get that. Which I thought was interesting.
Nazara was like, why was I so tense? And I'm like, I think that's the thriller aspect of it. Yeah, but there was...
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