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Cove balcony or regular balcony? Guy’s Burgers or the Cucina? The Golden Boys settle in to rank every stateroom type and all ~16 Carnival eateries they’ve tried — a topic supplied by listener Nick Jackson himself. Expect a debut proto-segment reading wild posts from John Heald’s page, a spirited defense of 24-hour pizza’s healing powers, and one accidental broadcast that sets off smart speakers in living rooms everywhere. Sorry about your Alexa.
What they covered
Topics on deck
“Let’s Ask John” segment
Favorite stateroom types
Cove vs. regular balcony
Top-10 eateries ranked
Guy’s Burgers
24-hour pizza
Green Eggs and Ham breakfast
Multiple-entree debate
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- The segment jingle workshop — the guys try to build a theme song on the fly.
“Let’s ask John. Let’s ask Jaaaawn. What does John have to say?”
- Guilty as charged — both confess to being the “gluttons” a listener complained about, ordering double shrimp and double lobster.
“It’s already included — why not try the food?”
- The accidental smart-speaker attack — Trevor’s cove-balcony demo goes a little too far.
“I just said Alexa play thunderstorm… I hope all of our listeners didn’t just get a bunch of thunderstorm.”
- 24-hour pizza doctrine — Trevor makes his boldest medical claim yet.
“It has magical curing technology built in… hashtag 24-hour-pizza-medicine.”
- The ranch schism — Tom draws a hard line on pizza toppings.
“Pizza and ranch go together like peas and carrots.”
- Tom’s impossible finale — a #1 tie he simply cannot break.
“I cannot place either of those two above each other.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- Nick Jackson, promoted — the listener becomes an “honorary member of the podcasting team” after supplying this week’s topic.
- “Let’s Ask John” takes shape — the proto-segment reading wild posts from John Heald’s page (this week: a passenger wanting Carnival to ban multiple entrees).
- The lasagna crying, remembered — called back as “crocodile tears,” cementing the E3–E4 arc as show canon.
- The wedding nobody remembers — the recurring gag about Trevor’s wedding cruise (“We had plenty to drink at your wedding”) surfaces again.
- The sign-off sticks — “everything that happens on the boat stays on YouTube” is now the show’s locked-in farewell.