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Spelling, an iHeart radio podcast.

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So Bo, the

1:17

people have spoken. And

1:19

your last episode of

1:21

Miss Spelling titled Bo Talks

1:23

was a super

1:26

huge success. Oh, he's

1:29

asking if he got paid. I'm

1:35

sorry. going have to discuss that

1:37

with my lawyer. I'm sorry. I don't know. One

1:39

dollar each episode. Wow. And

1:43

that sounds like a good deal, Tor. Ask

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iHeart. What's iHeart? Our

1:48

boss. No,

1:51

our podcast is partner with iHeart. They

1:53

make our podcast. They make

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all of this happen, like Oz, the

1:58

Wizard of Oz. OK,

2:00

so Bo. So

2:02

this is your second official

2:05

episode of Botox. And is

2:07

there something that you want to talk about specifically? Well,

2:10

I'm sad. You want to talk

2:12

about when you're sad? No. We

2:14

can talk about when you're sad. What happens when

2:16

you're sad? I

2:19

don't know. Any TV? I

2:21

just don't get lucky. But when I have fun,

2:23

I get lucky. When

2:25

you have fun, you get lucky? I

2:27

don't know. I feel like you're very

2:29

lucky. Yeah. You've been

2:31

doing scratchers lately. I won. How

2:33

much did I win? Remember that scratcher

2:35

I got? $6. And

2:37

another one was $2. Oh, the

2:39

first one I got. And then you

2:42

talked me into giving you $20. And

2:46

then you talked me into getting

2:48

some scuba -ty toilet thing for

2:50

$50. And I

2:52

still never... The scuba -ty toilet thing was not $50.

2:55

There was $7. And

2:58

one almost $7. Another one's $5.

3:00

But what is Skibbity toilet? Brain

3:05

rot. Brain rot? Bear?

3:09

Brain rot. You know what brain rot is? Stuff

3:12

was on YouTube for kids. Brain

3:14

rot. Brain rot. Most

3:17

parents would agree with that. And I

3:19

know, I know brain rot. How close

3:21

are they? I know brain

3:23

rot. You don't want brain

3:25

rot? No. So, what are some

3:27

terms that kids use now? Like,

3:30

you guys had to educate us

3:32

parents what scubity toilet means.

3:34

Like, we didn't know what it

3:36

was. It's a YouTube channel.

3:39

Okay, but we didn't know. So,

3:41

what are some other things

3:43

that kids say or terms, the

3:45

words they use that parents

3:47

don't know that Is

3:53

like is busted a word like

3:55

the kids use bussing. I feel

3:57

like or bussing old school. Oh,

3:59

bussing is old school. Nobody

4:02

use that anymore. Nobody

4:04

uses bussing anymore. Do

4:06

not use that. Do not use that

4:08

around kids. OK. Oh,

4:10

wait, wait, wait. He has one for you. Riz.

4:13

Oh, Riz. I know that. That's

4:15

charisma. Is Riz still cool or

4:17

not cool? Well, Riz. Do

4:20

you know what new he is? Well,

4:22

what is? You know

4:25

what nearing is? No,

4:27

I know that Riz means charisma. That's

4:29

all I know. OK, what is it? You

4:31

can you can you and you can

4:33

get a straight jaw line. How

4:36

do you mean? That's

4:38

how you do it. I'm

4:41

doing that later. And you get a

4:43

straight jaw line. Oh, too late for

4:46

me. I saw that 20 years ago.

4:48

There's new gum. What's what's a thing? And

4:51

it makes it, it says

4:53

it makes a giant, uh, Sherpa.

4:55

It's not. Yeah.

4:58

That's, that's called filler Botox.

5:00

Yeah. No, no. Kids or adults.

5:02

Like, would I do, would I do that to

5:04

a kid or would I do that to an adult?

5:06

Who would know? Adult.

5:09

Adult. Got it. I'll try it

5:11

out later. I'm going to tell you what security toilet

5:13

is now. Okay. Go for

5:15

it. A person's head shunned to a toilet.

5:18

And up. person's

5:21

body with a camera instead

5:23

of the head. What?

5:26

In the toilet? In

5:28

the toilet, and it's a real thing. Are

5:31

you sure about that? Yeah, very brainwrought,

5:33

and their channel has so many likes,

5:35

and they're probably rich. Because if you

5:37

make a YouTube channel and get likes

5:40

and subscribers, you make money. This

5:42

is wrong in all the wrong

5:44

and so good ways. make money

5:46

from making brainwrought. Wait,

5:49

what message are you

5:51

giving my listeners? I

5:54

mean, that's a true message. Your

5:56

channel and get money. Because

5:58

you can make a lot of money from YouTube.

6:02

Because the more subscribers you get,

6:04

the more you can make.

6:06

You can get likes. Subscribers

6:09

can make even YouTube

6:11

shorts. So that's like having

6:13

a podcast. The more

6:15

subscribers listeners and downloads I

6:17

get. The bigger my

6:19

podcast becomes. Yep. You can make

6:21

a podcast on you on YouTube. And

6:24

you can listen to podcasts and it can

6:26

be like a Monday podcast. Comedy.

6:30

Comedy makes you

6:32

money. There's a few

6:34

gamers on YouTube that make like a lot,

6:36

lot, lot, lot, lot.

6:38

Yeah. Gamers are like it's

6:41

ridiculous on YouTube. A lot

6:43

of money to me is one, me,

6:45

and young. That's what you say

6:47

in Chinese. Not

6:49

Chinese in Japan. One million

6:51

yen. One million yen.

6:54

One million yen. Honestly, I

6:56

wonder what the rate

6:58

is, how much that is

7:01

in American dollars. In

7:03

American dollars, but in

7:05

Japan, that's like a

7:07

million dollars. In America,

7:09

it's a million dollars.

7:13

Oh my God, guess how much

7:15

one million yen is in

7:18

American US dollars? A million dollars.

7:20

Nope. One million yen

7:22

equals six thousand seven hundred and

7:24

fifty six dollars in America. That's

7:26

not a lot. I mean, that's a lot.

7:29

Yeah. The exchange rate is

7:31

crazy. Did you know

7:33

that? No. Do

7:36

you know what an exchange rate is?

7:39

No. No. So

7:43

look at me trying to tackle this

7:45

one when I know nothing about money. That's

7:47

why I set it up. So

7:50

the currency. Correct.

7:55

Fair of exchanging. So like

7:57

in one country, something

7:59

that's worth something money wise,

8:01

like a dollar, the

8:03

currency exchange in a different

8:05

country might be higher

8:08

or lower. So.

8:11

How much is it? A five

8:13

dollar bill. Where? Like, where

8:15

in the world? Japan. In

8:18

Japan? Let's see. Five

8:21

dollars. Yeah. You might change

8:23

my mind. What about one million dollars? One

8:25

million dollars. Not

8:28

ten. Ten million dollars.

8:31

Ten million dollars. What

8:33

about ten million dollars? So

8:36

it's seven five dollars

8:39

US dollars equals seven

8:41

hundred dollars in Japanese

8:43

yen. That

8:45

sounds better. That's sounding better.

8:48

Yeah. One million

8:50

US dollars. What

8:53

is it? One

8:55

million US dollars is

8:57

one hundred and forty five

9:00

million yen. Money,

9:05

money, money. That

9:07

doesn't sound right. Do you like money? I

9:10

like money. I think I even had

9:12

it might be one hundred and forty five

9:14

billion yen for one million dollars. I

9:16

like my stuff. Well, mom,

9:18

yes, we have to live in Japan. Why?

9:21

Because. There's like stuff

9:23

at Japan. There's like a there's some

9:25

places on markets If your shoes are

9:27

wet from the rain, you can put

9:29

them in something and it'll seal them

9:31

and if your umbrellas went into rainy

9:33

day Can you swipe it through something

9:36

and it'll make it not wet anymore?

9:38

Really? There's other stuff.

9:40

They're very cool stuff and there's

9:42

like backpack for kids. Yeah, what

9:44

what are like lights? Lights

9:47

if it if it's dark and they're

9:49

like shields, so they're very hard And

9:51

we're made in Japan. That's on our

9:53

bucket list, right? Like, that's our dream.

9:55

Bucket list to go to Japan? Yeah.

9:57

China? Where else do you want to

9:59

go? Yeah, Japan is

10:01

like my number one place I want to go.

10:04

Second? My Japan is my first, but

10:06

second? The

10:09

moon. The moon?

10:11

The moon. I think

10:13

you just turned eight. I think

10:16

in your future that... That would

10:18

be my job. Absolutely

10:20

no. No, I

10:22

was going to say in

10:24

your lifetime, that will probably

10:26

be something that will be

10:28

readily available. Uber

10:31

to the moon. I'm sure it's

10:33

going to happen. Uber in the future. Uber

10:36

into the future, like the metaverse.

10:41

That's not the future. Futureverse.

10:43

Futureverse? No. What is

10:45

that called? Future tripping? Future seeking.

10:50

Hmm. I'm still on Riz. Oh,

10:53

yeah. What does Riz

10:55

mean, Bo? To you. Riz

10:57

means means you have

10:59

a Riz. You can pick

11:01

up girls fast. I'm

11:04

closer. No, Riz is. You

11:07

can pick up

11:09

girls fast. So

11:13

if you have a

11:15

beautiful and Riz. They

11:17

know boys can only have

11:19

risk only boys. Why? Boys

11:22

members. Why? That's

11:24

just the thing boys can only have risk. That

11:27

doesn't sound fair. So I

11:29

can't have risk because I'm a girl.

11:31

It's good. That's

11:34

a good thing. Have you said

11:36

yet? Made the Kardashians millions. They

11:39

don't have them. I've never

11:41

met someone around like that. OK,

11:44

wait, I don't understand why I can't

11:46

have Riz because I'm a girl.

11:48

I'm really offended by that. This

11:51

only boy. Oh, you

11:53

were on a roll. Oh, my God,

11:55

that was so funny. So then

11:58

the can boys have can boys

12:00

have is it guy? Can boys have

12:02

that? No. Only

12:04

girls. So only

12:06

boys can have Riz, but

12:08

only girls can have guy. If

12:10

that's even how you say it, you're

12:12

wrong. I'm getting mad. How do I say

12:14

it? Yeah. Yeah.

12:18

No. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:20

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:23

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:25

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:29

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:31

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:36

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

12:44

Maybe it's Maybelline. Now

12:48

let's talk about other memes.

12:51

Get closer and talk to us about

12:53

other memes. Now we're on a roll. Okay,

12:57

no, I want to hear about memes. I

12:59

don't know anything about memes. You

13:03

just said let's talk about other memes. What

13:09

are other memes? You

13:11

know what memes are? What is a

13:13

meme? That's just

13:16

funny jokes. Just funny jokes. Like

13:18

jokes. What's a gif? What? A

13:20

gif. What do you mean? What? Am I

13:23

saying it wrong? Yeah. Wait, some

13:25

people say gif. Oh, what's a

13:27

gif? A gif. It's

13:30

just a regular gif. No, like

13:32

on this, when you can like

13:34

put things like poo emoji and

13:36

like. Yeah, emojis? Oh, emojis. You

13:40

don't know this. I don't know how

13:42

to say anything. I'm old. What do

13:44

you want to know? You were

13:46

about to tell us about a meme. You said there were

13:48

more memes. We want to know more

13:50

of like the cool stuff to say to the

13:52

kids so we can communicate. would show memes

13:54

to you on my phone, but

13:57

it's broken. Oh, what's

13:59

like a cool what's a cool

14:01

meme? The next time we do Botox,

14:03

I'll have my phone fixed and

14:05

then I'll show you memes. If he

14:07

gets paid a dollar from this

14:09

yeah, he'll get his phone fixed and

14:11

mom every eight -year -old. I will

14:13

make a part two of memes. Oh

14:16

Oh my god, he's negotiating with

14:18

you part two. What's

14:20

my get once my phone gets fixed?

14:23

I just want to know

14:25

I like that game

14:28

here TV maybe No,

14:30

no. Now you just want to

14:32

get the TV on. No, no. There's

14:34

me. There's memes on the TV. What

14:37

would a good meme for mom be? Even

14:40

for you. There's

14:42

lots of memes. There's a hundred more.

14:45

OK. So I don't know which one. I don't know that.

14:48

So what's another cool word we

14:50

should say? Like

14:52

Riz or like. No. I'm

14:55

not saying Boston anymore. I

14:58

know that. That one. And I

15:00

don't know about like something's fire. Is

15:02

that still cool to say something's

15:04

fire or it slaps? No,

15:06

no. I'm

15:08

stuck in a rut. What did you just say

15:10

that would he has a question for you? You know,

15:12

James. There's

15:15

a mean little brown James and there's

15:17

a song. You are

15:19

my sunshine. You

15:21

make me happy. That's

15:24

the song. And

15:29

LeBron is now that

15:31

the meme ended as LeBron

15:33

being someone's king. LeBron.

15:36

Oh, because they call him King. Yeah.

15:38

That's a thing. That's a song my mom

15:41

used to sing to me every night before I went to bed.

15:43

He's that pookie. He's

15:45

that pookie. No, pookie is

15:48

no. I

15:50

forgot pookie meant again or like

15:52

sports celebrities cooler or like

15:54

TV celebrities cooler to you. None

15:56

of them. LeBron James is

15:58

just a meme. He's

16:00

just none of them. LeBron James

16:03

is just a meme. Yo,

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what's a Tory spelling,

18:44

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18:47

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18:57

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18:59

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19:01

on Botox? Maybe

19:04

we could have them on if you want to

19:06

interview them. Who would it be? Who would you want

19:08

to come on and you interview them? I

19:14

don't know. I don't know. There

19:19

must be someone you could think of

19:21

that would be good for Botox. that

19:23

you, me and Chrissy, could interview. Like

19:25

a celebrity? Yeah, a celebrity. Who would

19:27

you have? I want a fun celebrity.

19:29

OK, go. A

19:31

celebrity would buy me. What?

19:35

I don't know

19:38

about many celebrities. What

19:41

gamer would you like to have on? How

19:43

a game or not even a game? Well,

19:45

who's the one you... Unspeakable. Unspeakable.

19:48

No, no. I changed my

19:50

mind. Like, you watched ones.

19:52

You watch people playing games and they

19:54

just go and they scream the whole

19:56

time. And I get so I'm like,

19:58

both. That's like maddening that noise. Right.

20:04

Well, it looks like a to be determined. He's

20:06

going to have to think about it. I'm

20:08

just going to he loves watching food videos,

20:11

travel videos. Right.

20:14

Oh, yeah. Like a chef would

20:16

be fun. Oh, he loves like

20:18

the like he loves to look

20:20

at like the craziest markets, like.

20:22

grocery stores around the world, craziest

20:24

restaurants around the world, where they

20:26

make stuff. You love all that. That'd

20:29

be cool. And now that

20:31

I told you the Japan stuff,

20:33

it's on a YouTube video

20:35

and that's why and there's other

20:37

stuff. That's why I told

20:39

you. I think that's interesting. He

20:41

wants to go to Japan. Mom,

20:45

is there like a dessert and you

20:47

can separate the egg from the yolk?

20:50

A dessert where? Separate the

20:52

egg from the egg. And you do a

20:54

lot of TikTok hacks at home. You try,

20:56

right? I

20:58

love it. You got bored with

21:00

us. I know. Yeah, you have to end this.

21:02

And it's like, stand up and say goodbye. All

21:05

right. Here it comes. Well,

21:07

no blank in your head. That's

21:12

old school, blanket on your head. You

21:17

have to say something like, this was another episode

21:19

of Botox. Catch you next time. Stay

21:21

bussing. Please

21:24

stop us saying that. Please

21:27

stop us saying that. OK, I won't

21:29

say that anymore. Do you want

21:31

to say, like, Botox, peace out? What's

21:35

that mean? That's

21:43

how they say it in Botox. You're to

21:45

start a new goodbye. I

21:48

want to go to Dubai. Oh, we like

21:50

making Dubai chocolates. We,

21:53

that's Stella. Stella makes

21:55

them really well. That's

21:58

like the new thing right now, right? Dubai

22:00

chocolates and everyone's making their version of

22:02

him. Dubai chocolate just became

22:05

a thing and everybody loves it. I

22:07

know. They're the next big thing. So

22:10

you should think before. Why are we

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still talking? We should just end it. Stuff

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out. Peace out.

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Like, see Chris out? Like, Bo

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talks out. He's out. I'm

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tired now. We

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