"The Naming of 2023" was originally released on January 2, 2023.
Description
Not gonna lie folks, this year was the hardest it's ever been. We had an existential crisis or two in the middle but don’t worry, no more than one third of it is just us barking syllables at each other.
Suggested Talking Points
Possible talking points: A year with the McElroy brothers, Deeper than Words, Uncle Blunty Tree, Twenty Hunny Vine: Monkey Beesness, THE SEA IS DEEP
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Outline[]
01:12 - Intro - I hired Jay Leno, Twitter's dead, I have to read all of the names
6:41 - The Naming of the Year - With the ceremonial Opening of the Google Doc, the naming of 2023 officially commences. Travis announces that he has tried to improve upon his clunkers from past years. Justin and Griffin brace for impact.
- Twenty Sunny D: All Right Mom! (Travis). Griffin also had Twenty Sunny D, and Sydnee suggested it to Justin as well.
- Twenty Sunny D: The Good Year Kids Go For (Justin)
- Twenty Sunny D: Unleash the Power of the Sun (Griffin)
- Twenty Money Tree: Time to Sell Out (Travis)
- Twenty Honeybee: Don't Wait, Pollinate (Griffin)
- Twenty Honeybee: Unfinished Beesness (Travis, who also had Twenty Honeybee coming into it)
- Travis also suggests Twenty Honey Hive: Back in Beesness and Twenty Honey Vine: Monkey Beesness for 2025 and 2029.
- Twenty Blunty Tree: Life Finds a Weed (Justin)
- In talking about the fun new character of Blunty Tree, Griffin hits upon "Deeper than Words" as a tagline.
- Twenty Kenny G: Deeper than Words (Justin)
- Twenty Wait and See: Check Back in October (Travis)
- Twenty Wait and See: Where's the Rush? (Griffin)
- Twenty Who's the 'Me'? (Travis, about who the 'Me' in 'My Brother, My Brother and Me' is)
- Twenty Mystery: Follow the Clues (Griffin)
- Twenty Mr. E: Pickup Artistry (Travis)
- Twenty Jubilee: A Special Celebration (Griffin, who disliked it even as he said it)
- Twenty Cup of Tea: Something's Brewing (Griffin)
- Twenty Chucky-Free: The Doll's Gotta Go (Justin)
- Twenty Manatee: Large and In Charge (Griffin)
- Twenty Manatee: Float On (Travis)
- Twenty Potpourri: Mix It Up (Griffin)
- Twenty Potpourri: That's Not Trail Mix! (Travis)
18:03 - The Naming of the Year II - First mention of 'Twenty Sun and Sea,' suggested by Travis. Both the others enjoy it. The fun aesthetic comes up right away. Jack Johnson is mentioned.
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Surf's Up, Brah!
- Twenty Undersea: Wetter and Better (Griffin)
- Twenty Hunt at Sea: The Beast Dies Today (Justin)
- Twenty Applebee's: Eating Good in the Neighborhood (Griffin, who realizes his suggestions are mostly brand-centric)
- Twenty Dungarees: Do the Dirty Work (Griffin)
- Twenty Runnin' Free: Wide Open Spaces (Travis, who says this is his way of saying "touch grass")
- Twenty Runnin' Free: Break the Chains (Travis)
- Twenty Wild and Free: Nature's Calling (Griffin)
- Twenty Plant a Tree: O2? Oh Yeah! (Justin)
- Twenty Funny Three: A Year of the McElroy Brothers (Travis) The others think this sucks. Griffin says it gives him hives.
- Twenty Rumpelteaz: Meowrvelous! (Griffin, who admits it was not a serious suggestion)
- Twenty MTV (Justin)
- Twenty You & Me: Deeper than Words (Griffin)
- Twenty Knowing Me: Get to to Know Yourself (Travis)
- Twenty Penny-Free: Round It Down (Justin)
- Twenty Penny-Free: Pound the Clown (Griffin)
- Twenty Take a Knee: Good Hustle Today (Justin) This was the brothers' final pre-prepared suggestion.
32:02 - MZ - It's Stamps.com's responsibility now, ad for The Greatest Trek, ad for The JV Club
36:07 - The Naming of the Year III - The brothers come back with some weird energy, but ultimately reassess their suggestions. Sunny D is still a contender. Justin doesn't want more Bee iconography, in spite of Travis' master plan for nonstop Bee year names. Justin still supports Blunty Tree, Travis is uncertain, Griffin hates it. Several other prior suggestions are chopped up and thrown into the fire.
- Twenty Grunt With Me: Huhhh? (Justin, who does his grunt à la Tim Allen)
- Twenty Grunt With Me: Strength in Numbers (Griffin)
- Twenty Grunt With Me: HEAVE! (Travis)
- Twenty Stuntin' Spree (Justin)
- Honey Mystery: Solve the Beesness (Travis)
- Hunny Mystery: Who Killed Pooh? (Griffin)
- Hunny Mystery: Sticky Beesness (Travis)
- Twenty Cup of Tea: It's Not for Everyone (Justin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Crave the Wave (Griffin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Carve the Wave (Griffin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Go Get a Wave (Travis)
- Twenty Dungarees: Work Hard, Play Hard (Travis)
- Twenty Hunt with Flea (Justin)
- Twenty Hunting Flea (Griffin, who imagines the brothers at sea harpooning a bassist)
- Twenty Hunting Spree: Justin Has a List (Travis)
- Twenty Wild and Free: Pure Michigan (Travis)
- Deuteronomy: Dooter on-a You (Travis)
53:30 - The Naming of the Year IV - Griffin says Twenty Sun and Sea is the most powerful contender because it incorporates themes of their other main contender, Sunny D. Justin worries it won't be funny. They workshop the tagline.
- Twenty Sun and Sea: A Day at the Beach (Travis)
- Twenty Fuck the Sea (Griffin)
- Twenty Hunt the Sea (Justin)
- Twenty Fuck the Sea: Let's Get Its Ass (Griffin)
- Twenty Fuck the Sea: Get the Ocean's Ass (Griffin)
- Twenty Hunting Spree: Let's See if We Can Find 'Em (Justin)
- The brothers employ standing energy in an effort to improve their names.
- Thunder Come to Me: Summon the Storm (Travis) Griffin says this has "big QAnon flavor."
- Thunderwalk With Me: Work With the Storm (Travis)
- Thunderwalk With Me: Ride the Lightning (Travis)
- 20-50 G's: Offer's on the Table (Travis)
1:01:24 - The Naming of the Year V - Justin opens RhymeZone, which marks the tailspin portion of the program.
- Twenty Sleepy Bees: So Tired... (Griffin)
- Twenty Monkey See (Travis)
- Funny Funky Three: A Year With the McElroys (Griffin)
- Funky Uncle Cheese (Justin)
- Funky Uncle Steve (Griffin)
- Twenty Man-v-Bee (Travis)
- Twenty Filled With Glee: Fill Your Life with Laughter and Love, Again (Griffin)
- Twenty Cross the Sea (Travis)
- Jumpy Funny Good (Griffin, mocking Justin)
- Blunty and Dupree (Griffin)
- Blunty Walk with Me (Travis)
- Footprints by the Sea: When Was Jesus Carrying You? (Travis)
- They take a step back and assess what they want the year to be about. Travis says "sticky mysteries." Griffin, prophetically, says "a vibe."
- Funky Starts With Me (Griffin)
- Eat These Runts With Me (Justin)
- Yummy Tempting Me (Justin)
- Funky Funny Yummy Tempting Me (Griffin, mocking Justin)
- Nonsense ensues.
- Uncles by the Sea (Travis)
- Funky by the Sea (Justin)
- Twenty Bump With Me (Justin)
- Party Funkily (Travis)
- Funny Luckily: Otherwise We Wouldn't Have Jobs (Travis)
- Mummies in the Sea (Travis)
- Mummy Uncle Steve (Justin)
- Mummy Running Free: Catch that Mummy! (Travis)
- Money Don't Come Free (Justin)
- Mummy by the Sea (Griffin)
- Dunk With 23: An Interactive Michael Jordan Experience (Griffin)
- Twenty Cummy- (Justin doesn't finish this one)
- Enchantment by the Sea (Griffin)
Twenty Sun & Sea - MBMBaM Video Clips
1:18:30
Official design from the McElroy Merch store
1:16:45 - The Naming of the Year VI - The brothers reject altering "Twenty" and focus on "Sea" as their rhyme. They quickly return to Twenty Sun and Sea as their only hope of salvation.
- Twenty Drain the Sea (Travis)
- Twenty Drink the Sea (Griffin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Sand Between Your Toes (Travis)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: The Beach Is in Your Heart (Justin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Bring the Weather With You (Justin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Coastal Connections (Justin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: My Love Is Like the Sea (Travis)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Deeper than Words (Griffin) They spend a long time mulling this over.
- Twenty Sun and Sea: The Heart Is a Beach (Justin)
- Twenty Sun and Sea: Surf the Vibe (Travis)
1:22:55 - Housekeeping
1:24:34 - Outro - They don't know how to end the show at this point. Surf the vibe.
Quotes[]
- “Hey Guys, If we're still recording this in Twenty-Honey-Vine: Monkey Beesness, something's gone terribly wrong.”
- — Justin
- “If you eated a whole apple and just threw it out the window, you may have just done a tree for all you know.”
- — Griffin
- “I am of the maybe conflicted position that weed should be decriminalized, records expunged, but I also think that no one should ever talk about it.”
- — Griffin
- “Think about this, listener at home. In the year of our lord, 2022, at some point, I was in a bathroom stall trying to get tuxedo pants buttoned around my gut. And it's all because we thought it was funny to call the year Twenty Rendezvous. Like, I am setting a tone here. You at home can kind of have a laugh and maybe forget about it. We are living in it. We're sitting in it. We're marinating in it.”
- — Justin
Justin: It's gonna be just something we say. And that is what's weird about this process, for me at least. I don't know that it's ever been one that we've brought. Travis: No, no, no. Those are all thought starters. Justin: I feel like we are divining this. This feels more like divination to me. Travis: Yeah, we're breathing in the fumes from the vent at the top of the mountain so that we can see what the rest of the year will be. We're the oracles.
- “Yummy! What if the name of the year is just Funky Fun With Me, Yummy, Whee! Fun!”
- — Griffin
Justin: [looking at RhymeZone] Twenty... trump- Travis & Griffin: [instantly] Nope!
On Twenty Sun and Sea: Surf the Vibe[]
- “That sounds like a tweet that Cheez-Its would put out to advertise their new pineapple flavored Cheez-Its.”
- — Griffin
- “Surf the Vibe! That kicks ass, actually.”
- — Griffin, like three seconds later
- “It sucks in such a specific way that I'm actually kind of a sucker for.”
- — Griffin
Notes[]
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