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129: Thanksgiving Flavored Candy Corn - 5 Star Review
Episode 12922nd November 2023 • Review That Review with Chelsey & Trey • The Review Queens
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GOBBLE GOBBLE! The Queens celebrate Thanksgiving with a Listener Submission: rating and reviewing a 5 Star Twitter Review of Brach's Thanksgiving Dinner & Apple Pie & Coffee Candy Corn! Trey needs tags to be in their rightful spots and the Queens get a vocabulary less from Mommy. Don't worry... they will maliciously comply.

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Review That Review is an independent podcast.  Executive Produced by Trey Gerrald and Chelsey Donn with editing and sound design by Trey Gerrald.  Cover art designed by LogoVora, voiceover talents by Eva Kaminsky, and our theme song was written by Joe Kinosian and sung by Natalie Weiss.

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VOICEOVER:

Everybody's got an opinion, Every Californian and Virginian, It's so hard to tell who to trust and who to ignore.

VOICEOVER:

Someone's gotta settle the score.

VOICEOVER:

Trey and Chelsey will help you choose, Whose views win which ones lose, Online haters are coming for you, Baby, it's time to Review That Review!

Chelsey Donn:

Hello,

Trey Gerrald:

Chelsey.

Trey Gerrald:

Well, hello, listeners.

Trey Gerrald:

Welcome back to Review That Review.

Trey Gerrald:

We are the podcast that is dedicated to reviewing.

Chelsey Donn:

Reviews!

Trey Gerrald:

That's Chelsey

Chelsey Donn:

I'm that Trey Gerrald.

Trey Gerrald:

And together, we are,

VOICEOVER:

The Review Queens,

Trey Gerrald:

is it 50 Ways to Eat Cock?

Trey Gerrald:

Or are we Goblin Goblin on a fantastic pre Thanksgiving?

Trey Gerrald:

Are you Thanksgiving?

Trey Gerrald:

Are you Thanksgiving?

Chelsey Donn:

I'm Thanksgiving,

Trey Gerrald:

I think I'm Thanksgiving too, I'm excited, I obviously love pumpkin pie, and I'm ready to engorge on pumpkin pie tomorrow.

Chelsey Donn:

okay, I know maybe you're ready for something else in addition to pie, something, something to go along with the pie because every pumpkin pie needs a little like whipped cream and every episode of Review That Review needs someone to

VOICEOVER:

Ledge a Complaint,

Trey Gerrald:

A little dollop of complaint,

Chelsey Donn:

dial up a complaint daisy.

Trey Gerrald:

Yeah, well today, you know, speaking of engorging yourself with food, I feel like we talked about this last Thanksgiving, but this um, theory of tryptophan making you sleepy.

Trey Gerrald:

Today I want to lodge a complaint against getting all cuddled up in a blanket or in your bed, under the comforter, and somehow, when you unfurled the blanket.

Trey Gerrald:

It's upside down and that tag is in your face.

Chelsey Donn:

Oh, yes.

Trey Gerrald:

I hate nothing more than feeling the warmth of, say, I don't know, a down comforter or like a nice fleecy warm blanket and then you get that scratchy scratchy scratchy scratchy of the tag.

Trey Gerrald:

What?

Trey Gerrald:

And what is this whole thing with like furniture where it's like do not

Chelsey Donn:

Don't remove?

Trey Gerrald:

Yo, what is that?

Trey Gerrald:

I hate it.

Trey Gerrald:

It occurred to me when I had made the bed the other day and I didn't clock that the tag was where my face was gonna go instead of where my tootsies are gonna go.

Trey Gerrald:

Have you ever been in this conundrum?

Trey Gerrald:

I hate it.

Trey Gerrald:

I hate it.

Trey Gerrald:

I hate it.

Chelsey Donn:

I've definitely been in this conundrum.

Chelsey Donn:

I mean, there's just nothing worse than in any situation feeling like you're going to be comfy and then being interrupted by a stiff, pointy tag.

Trey Gerrald:

Talking about a cock gobbler.

Chelsey Donn:

Yeah, no, I feel you, Trey.

Chelsey Donn:

I mean, I also, I wonder, I think the don't remove the thing is about the warranty, maybe.

Chelsey Donn:

Ooh, you guys, Trey is indulging in a Thanksgiving cocktail.

Trey Gerrald:

point it out.

Trey Gerrald:

I was trying to be discreet because you look down.

Chelsey Donn:

Okay, well, it's so decadent.

Chelsey Donn:

It's in a, like, martini glass and it's so fancy.

Chelsey Donn:

There's even, is that a sliver of lemon?

Chelsey Donn:

Like a very thin

Trey Gerrald:

it's actually an orange peel.

Trey Gerrald:

This is the, um, this is the Hillstone recipe for a cosmopolitan.

Chelsey Donn:

Trey, that is so sexual.

Trey Gerrald:

I know, it feels very adult.

Chelsey Donn:

I really wish I was there and I could be cheersing to a happy Thanksgiving or happy

Trey Gerrald:

Are you about to punk me and ring my doorbell?

Chelsey Donn:

Day of Gratitude.

Chelsey Donn:

Ding dong!

Trey Gerrald:

More like ding dong dash, because I know you're not here.

Chelsey Donn:

I'm not, but I have my water.

Chelsey Donn:

But anyway, yes, I hear you.

Trey Gerrald:

you are right about the tag for a warranty thing, but, so here's the question, do you cut tags off of, like, your blankets, your comforters, your, all of that stuff?

Chelsey Donn:

like with, with abandon, without abandon, with like just, yes, without abandon, I think that's,

Trey Gerrald:

Well, you know, we, we are like proud proponents of the company Cozy Earth for all of our bedding.

Trey Gerrald:

We've talked about it before

Chelsey Donn:

yes, we've talked about it because Trey's, staying in Trey's guest room is such a treat.

Trey Gerrald:

Well, that's nice.

Trey Gerrald:

Thank you.

Trey Gerrald:

We're currently staying in the guest room because our primary bathroom is being redone, which is a whole conversation, which, oh, that should be a complaint.

Trey Gerrald:

Okay, making a note.

Trey Gerrald:

Um, but they thankfully, like, they do like, and then, like, it's like a seal, like a, you know, it's like when you now buy t shirts and they have the tag printed on the fabric, like, they have, like, but it's like an embossed, it makes me think of, like, uh, what are the, what are the people you pay for to notary?

Trey Gerrald:

You know the little notary seals?

Chelsey Donn:

a notary seal of approval,

Trey Gerrald:

It's like the logo for The Secret.

Trey Gerrald:

Yeah, where they, like, would print it in wax or

Chelsey Donn:

a stamp, stamp, a wax stamp,

Trey Gerrald:

Anyway, that's my

Chelsey Donn:

God, we would be so good at 100, 000 pyramid

Trey Gerrald:

You think?

Chelsey Donn:

is, no,

Trey Gerrald:

I

Chelsey Donn:

mean maybe, I think they should apply for us.

Trey Gerrald:

Oh, and then wait quickly before we move on.

Trey Gerrald:

What did everyone think of last week's episode with Joe?

Trey Gerrald:

Wasn't it just amazing Joe Kozian?

Chelsey Donn:

as if I I could fall more in love with Joe Kinosian I already loved him just in theory.

Chelsey Donn:

I didn't really know Joe that well prior to recording and then he's just such a delight you guys

Trey Gerrald:

I know

Chelsey Donn:

Like, A human.

Trey Gerrald:

A one yes.

Trey Gerrald:

Circle back

Chelsey Donn:

Sorry, go back.

Chelsey Donn:

A1 human, you guys.

Chelsey Donn:

I hope you enjoyed that.

Trey Gerrald:

when I was editing it the whole time, like I kept, I texted him multiple times to be like, you were so charming on this episode.

Trey Gerrald:

Like

Chelsey Donn:

He's just so charming in general.

Chelsey Donn:

I love, love, love Joe Kinosian.

Chelsey Donn:

Not, I mean, he created our theme song, but also he's just such a stellar human.

Trey Gerrald:

That was a really nice moment of thanks.

Chelsey Donn:

Yes, you're right.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you, Joe Kinosian.

Trey Gerrald:

Do you want to pivot into some more?

Trey Gerrald:

Thanks?

Trey Gerrald:

Perhaps?

Trey Gerrald:

I don't know.

Trey Gerrald:

I don't know what you brought in.

Trey Gerrald:

Chelsey,

Chelsey Donn:

I want to pivot to more.

Chelsey Donn:

Thanks.

Trey Gerrald:

do it.

Trey Gerrald:

Let's jump into an online review.

Chelsey Donn:

Whoo.

Chelsey Donn:

Let's do it

VOICEOVER:

Review That Review,

Chelsey Donn:

Alright as you know, we are your trusty review Queens We bring in reviews from the internet that we feel need to be inspected

Trey Gerrald:

We read you the review.

Trey Gerrald:

We break it down and rate the impact of that review on a scale from zero to five.

Trey Gerrald:

Gobble!

Trey Gerrald:

Gobble!

Trey Gerrald:

Crowns.

Trey Gerrald:

It's a very regal process that we call.

VOICEOVER:

Assess That

Trey Gerrald:

And Chelsey, all us turkey gobblers.

Trey Gerrald:

Yeah, that's what it is.

Trey Gerrald:

Turkey gobblers.

Trey Gerrald:

We've moved on from cock gobblers to turkey gobblers.

Chelsey Donn:

That's

Trey Gerrald:

What have you got for us this week?

Chelsey Donn:

Okay.

Chelsey Donn:

Well, keeping that gratitude, you know, train going this week, Trey, I have a special Thanksgiving treat for us.

Chelsey Donn:

We have a review that was sent to us via Instagram.

Chelsey Donn:

Somebody, James Donegan, AKA James Donna Graham slid into our DMs and sent us a very special Thanksgiving themed review.

Chelsey Donn:

So James Donna Graham.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you so much for sliding into our DMs.

Chelsey Donn:

Guys, slide into our DMs all the time.

Chelsey Donn:

We love to hear from you.

Chelsey Donn:

We want to hear your reviews.

Chelsey Donn:

We want to hear what you want the queens to review.

Chelsey Donn:

So for you, James Donogram, we are going to review this review.

Chelsey Donn:

All right.

Chelsey Donn:

So, in addition to James Donogram being a queen, he's also sent us, alert, alert, a new source.

Chelsey Donn:

What?

Chelsey Donn:

I thought we have thought of everything, but apparently, we haven't.

Chelsey Donn:

So this is one of those sources that there's like multiple layers.

Chelsey Donn:

So basically, James Donogram sent us a link to a page called Hungry AF, okay?

Chelsey Donn:

Do you guys know the...

Chelsey Donn:

Instagram handle, I'm 30 AF,

Trey Gerrald:

Oh, I think I follow them.

Chelsey Donn:

yeah, so it's the same, it's like their sister, Instagram handle, Hungry AF, that is like all about food posts, so this is,

Trey Gerrald:

is it a page or is it an Instagram account?

Chelsey Donn:

so this is Instagram, I'm sorry, this is very difficult to explain, but so on Instagram, James slid into our DMs, he shared with us, A post from Hungry AF that was screenshots of a text diatribe on Twitter aka X from, are we following?

Trey Gerrald:

many layers.

Trey Gerrald:

You're right.

Chelsey Donn:

I know, it's many layers, from an account called AtMomOfNoRank.

Chelsey Donn:

So this review is written by, at, mom of no rank, on, are we calling it X now?

Chelsey Donn:

Okay, on X, and it is one of those just like, bop, bop, bop, bop, because you know, X limits you.

Chelsey Donn:

So it's like, guys, let's buckle in, because it's, it's a long review, and it is for you guys.

Chelsey Donn:

I don't even know how this is possible, that this is a thing, but.

Chelsey Donn:

Brock's Turkey Dinner and Apple Pie and Coffee, Candy, Corn.

Chelsey Donn:

So it is Brock's Turkey Dinner, Candy, Corn.

Trey Gerrald:

But with also the flavors of apple pie and coffee.

Trey Gerrald:

Is that the

Chelsey Donn:

it's the whole turkey dinner.

Chelsey Donn:

So in this review written on eggs by at mom of no rank, she is going to break down for us all of the elements, all of the colors, kind of like how Trey and I did.

Chelsey Donn:

That's why James said he thought of us kind of like what Trey and I did in an after show a while back where we broke down these jelly beans.

Chelsey Donn:

Mom of no rank is about to do that for us.

Trey Gerrald:

Oh, I can't

Chelsey Donn:

this is very exciting.

Chelsey Donn:

In the end, I'm like, I don't know if I should announce the star amount.

Chelsey Donn:

I'm gonna let Mom of No Rank announce the star amount at the end because they do.

Chelsey Donn:

We're just gonna jump right in.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you, James.

Chelsey Donn:

Please also send us all the reviews and here we go at Mom of No Rank.

Chelsey Donn:

Here is an example of each flavor.

Chelsey Donn:

When you open the bag, you'll smell only the coffee ones.

Chelsey Donn:

This is a transparent and deliberate attempt to lull you into a false sense of security.

Chelsey Donn:

Don't be a sucker.

Chelsey Donn:

First of all, there is a special place in hell for whoever decided to make three of the flavors so similar in color.

Chelsey Donn:

In a just world, this person would die alone, Surrounded by ugly, pink, floral wallpaper, After a lifetime of petty disappointments, With the sound of a super fun and fashionable party, Absolutely everyone else was invited to, Drifting across the street.

Chelsey Donn:

Top left is Turkey and Gravy.

Chelsey Donn:

It is...

Chelsey Donn:

Disturbingly, hauntingly, like candy turkey, Wrong on every, top middle is stuffing, Tastes like hate and sage, So much sage, it's ironic, Because you'll need to burn sage to erase it from your psyche.

Chelsey Donn:

6 out of 18.

Chelsey Donn:

Top right is Caramel Apple Pie.

Chelsey Donn:

It's fine.

Chelsey Donn:

Most poignant flavor is caramel with a surprisingly natural cinnamon background and then a crisp finish with just a faint whisper of, oh, the artificial flavoring that once spent 15 minutes in a room.

Chelsey Donn:

With an apple pie, scented, hashtag, Yankee Candle, with the lid closed, bottom left is allegedly cranberry sauce, what should have been a softball in the flavor development game instead offers nary a smidge of either cranberry or tartness.

Chelsey Donn:

There is, however, the vaguest intimation of alkaloid bitterness,

Trey Gerrald:

Ew.

Chelsey Donn:

best guess, cotton candy cough drop, middle is...

Chelsey Donn:

Green beans.

Chelsey Donn:

Friends, it is unforgivable.

Chelsey Donn:

If you left a cup of green tea on the porch in bad weather for a week, during which time it attained sentience and promptly began plotting your demise, and you hate green tea, that's what this tastes like.

Trey Gerrald:

Ew.

Trey Gerrald:

Ew.

Chelsey Donn:

some dirt in it.

Chelsey Donn:

And, is that a hint of dead leaf or decomposing June Beetle?

Trey Gerrald:

Ew.

Chelsey Donn:

You'll have the stabbing pains of deep regret for company as you work that one out.

Chelsey Donn:

Lastly, bottom right is coffee.

Chelsey Donn:

It's the best one, and it's terrible.

Chelsey Donn:

It's what you hoped coffee would taste like when you were five, alarmingly sweet, kind of butterscotchy.

Chelsey Donn:

It's second cousin, twice removed, has heard of coffee, The stuffing one is by far the worst flavor, It is appalling, Pepperidge Farm has apparently taken up training assassins, I've met voodoo dolls with less evil intent, The developer of this flavor deserves your disdain, and for that, I salute them.

Chelsey Donn:

However, I think my personal pick for most offensive to hashtag Thanksgiving food is the green bean.

Chelsey Donn:

It is not green bean casserole, by the way.

Chelsey Donn:

Oh, no.

Chelsey Donn:

No umami here.

Chelsey Donn:

Raw, unholy, green in flavor as well as color with a single one note foghorn taste like mowing the lawn with your mouth open,

Trey Gerrald:

What?

Chelsey Donn:

to paraphrase Douglas Adams, It is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike green beans.

Chelsey Donn:

It's what you might get if you described green beans to an alien who had been tasked with reproducing the flavor using only very inexpensive petroleum based esters.

Chelsey Donn:

And, you never actually had green beans, and also, the alien hated its job, Five Stars, star, star, star, star, star, Everyone should get a bag, Set them out in a nice inviting bowl, and don't Say a word.

VOICEOVER:

Kvetch,

Chelsey Donn:

And just so we know the at, um, I'm starving AF, like caption for this was turkey dinner, candy corn is pure chaos and absolutely no one asked for this, but I'm not going to keep an eye out for it.

Chelsey Donn:

And then they, they linked to the Twitter mom of no rank.

Trey Gerrald:

So wait, so in the end, is this a five star review?

Chelsey Donn:

Correct.

Chelsey Donn:

That's what I'm saying.

Chelsey Donn:

That's why I was like, I don't want to give it away in the beginning because they do bring it up even though this is a Twitter review, which wouldn't normally have a scale, but they, they assigned this five scales.

Chelsey Donn:

Makes me think of what do they think of their friends that they would want to torture

Trey Gerrald:

I mean, I think that's hilarious.

Chelsey Donn:

Do you think it

Trey Gerrald:

Well, I think it's funny because, yeah, I, I love little small pranks.

Trey Gerrald:

I think that's very funny.

Trey Gerrald:

Wait, okay, so are they candy corns or are they gr gel?

Trey Gerrald:

Are they Jelly bellies?

Chelsey Donn:

They are candy corns.

Chelsey Donn:

So they, they look the same as candy corns, except instead of there being just that like one candy corn color, there's like the green one for green beans, but we'll have to share this on the Instagram story the week this comes out

Trey Gerrald:

So the, so the candy corns are a single color.

Trey Gerrald:

They're not three colors.

Trey Gerrald:

Because in my mind, candy corns

Chelsey Donn:

They are two colors, but it's like, it's really one color, because it's primary.

Trey Gerrald:

Here, I'm looking.

Chelsey Donn:

There's like a little bit of white at the bottom, you know, it almost looks like a tooth that's like discolored.

Trey Gerrald:

it looks like weird teeth.

Chelsey Donn:

That's what I just said, yeah, it looks like teeth,

Trey Gerrald:

These are like either two colors or the green one is just simply green.

Chelsey Donn:

The green and the red are like that eye exam test, when they're like, How many colors do you see?

Trey Gerrald:

Okay, so Brocks, obviously, like, is known for, I guess, oh, I guess I do think of Brocks as, like, Halloween little pumpkins, like the candy corn flavor, but they're little

Chelsey Donn:

And also jelly

Trey Gerrald:

Yeah, I think of them as jellybeans, but I guess Brocks is the candy corn company.

Trey Gerrald:

Okay, because that was very perplexing to me for the majority of that review.

Trey Gerrald:

So, Mommy, you have rank here.

Trey Gerrald:

So, the most successful is coffee, because don't you ima Even though she goes on about how it's not successful, But wouldn't you imagine that coffee probably did exist prior to this marketing

Chelsey Donn:

Coffee as a candy corn?

Trey Gerrald:

Oh yeah, you're right.

Trey Gerrald:

But probably had a flavor profile.

Chelsey Donn:

Well, certainly, because there's like coffee jelly beans.

Chelsey Donn:

Yes.

Chelsey Donn:

I mean, but

Trey Gerrald:

wait, that's a good question.

Trey Gerrald:

I wonder if they do other thematic candy corns.

Trey Gerrald:

Also, it's weird to me that it's candy corn on Thanksgiving.

Trey Gerrald:

Why wouldn't they just go back to jelly beans?

Chelsey Donn:

corn is I think kind of Thanksgiving y, like it's like still the harvest or coming out of Halloween.

Chelsey Donn:

Now we're like on to Thanksgiving where I can definitely imagine there being corn at the table.

Chelsey Donn:

So like it makes sense beyond just Halloween.

Trey Gerrald:

that's a good point.

Trey Gerrald:

Well, now looking at this image, I really do see that the three orange y, light brown colors really are very similar.

Trey Gerrald:

It really is hard to distinguish.

Trey Gerrald:

So that makes a little more sense in Mommy's Review.

Chelsey Donn:

Yes.

Trey Gerrald:

Also, I'm obsessed with the phrase, Petty Disappointments,

Chelsey Donn:

I thought of, I immediately, of course, our friends over at, um,

Trey Gerrald:

Oh, Petty Crime,

Chelsey Donn:

Petty Crime,

Trey Gerrald:

Laugh, Larceny.

Chelsey Donn:

Live, Laugh, Larceny.

Trey Gerrald:

What do you think that mommy's job is besides being a mom of no rank?

Trey Gerrald:

Cause their vocabulary is pretty impressive to me.

Chelsey Donn:

Yeah, I almost wonder if they're, they were like a teacher or a lawyer.

Trey Gerrald:

least, I think they were an English major.

Trey Gerrald:

At very

Chelsey Donn:

for sure.

Chelsey Donn:

They definitely know how to write.

Chelsey Donn:

There wasn't a single spelling error in this.

Chelsey Donn:

We gotta get into some of the nitty gritty, Trey.

Chelsey Donn:

Like, what, what was like the part that stood out the most to you?

Trey Gerrald:

Well, I have like 18 things written down here.

Trey Gerrald:

The distinction between green bean and not even green bean casserole is so funny to me because I love green bean casserole.

Chelsey Donn:

It's so amazing to me when they make these products.

Chelsey Donn:

Like, is anyone buying this as not a joke?

Trey Gerrald:

Well that's my question.

Trey Gerrald:

Like what are you aiming for when you're conceiving this idea?

Trey Gerrald:

It's like when these gourmet ice cream places make like mac and cheese ice cream.

Trey Gerrald:

It's like these mediums don't go together.

Trey Gerrald:

So what is then the intention?

Trey Gerrald:

Because do you want to be accurate?

Trey Gerrald:

Which is then really disgusting?

Trey Gerrald:

Or do you want to be like, playful and reminiscent?

Trey Gerrald:

What is the goal, Brocks?

Chelsey Donn:

What is the goal, Brocs?

Chelsey Donn:

Can you tell us, Brocs?

Chelsey Donn:

What's the goal, Brocs?

Chelsey Donn:

I mean, I don't know, but I think that this has to be a joke.

Chelsey Donn:

What do we think of, like, the style of comedy, Mommy's style of comedy?

Trey Gerrald:

Alright, well, okay, so, I think because it's a super hybrid thread on X or Twitter, I think reading it versus hearing it out loud sort of lands differently, because there's a context in a way of like, You see how many people liked this section of it, but to be fair, in my opinion, I felt like it became a little redundant of like, my goal is to spell out how horrible each of the flavor palettes are by going so far and extreme of like, we ran out of earthly things and then we start, we end with an alien?

Trey Gerrald:

Like,

Chelsey Donn:

Right.

Chelsey Donn:

Right.

Trey Gerrald:

know so but

Chelsey Donn:

Yeah, it didn't, it didn't have, like, necessarily, like, a, a straight build of, like, hilarity, even more hilarity,

Trey Gerrald:

it was sort of the same thing for each flavor which made me laugh i mean i was laughing and i love it's very much like the blue mountain review where it's like this soup looks like glue so i obviously tried it it's like this is how terrible this is so go buy it and make your friends eat it

Chelsey Donn:

yeah,

Trey Gerrald:

that made me really laugh too But, I don't know how long it took Mami to write this, but they have really funny, hysterical, like, metaphors.

Trey Gerrald:

Especially the whole section about voodoo dolls with less ill will.

Trey Gerrald:

I mean, that is such a funny thought.

Trey Gerrald:

Like, I think that Mami needs to be, like, a sitcom writer.

Chelsey Donn:

yeah, oh, for sure, I think that Mommy has like very interesting POV, like, I think this might have played better as like a sketch, like I almost wish I could see visuals with it,

Trey Gerrald:

Some, yeah.

Trey Gerrald:

Someone should animate this on

Chelsey Donn:

yeah, like if this was animated, maybe this would, if anyone's listening and they're an animator and they want to animate this.

Trey Gerrald:

What is alkaloid bitterness?

Trey Gerrald:

That makes me think of batteries.

Trey Gerrald:

Alkaloid?

Chelsey Donn:

Yeah, like a battery.

Trey Gerrald:

Like, who thinks of those two words together?

Trey Gerrald:

Mommy is genius,

Chelsey Donn:

Mommy is genius.

Trey Gerrald:

a decomposing beetle,

Chelsey Donn:

A decomposing fetal sounds gross.

Trey Gerrald:

petroleum based asters, what, is that?

Chelsey Donn:

I, esters, I don't know.

Chelsey Donn:

I've never even heard of the word esters

Trey Gerrald:

What is that?

Trey Gerrald:

Esther?

Chelsey Donn:

I think it's like a wine thing, like a wine, um,

Trey Gerrald:

is it like a scent or something?

Chelsey Donn:

an organic compound that reacts with water to produce alcohol and organic or inorganic acids.

Chelsey Donn:

This person is

Trey Gerrald:

So maybe it wasn't English, maybe they were a

Chelsey Donn:

Maybe they're a chemist.

Trey Gerrald:

or both,

Chelsey Donn:

major, English chemistry.

Trey Gerrald:

yeah, I mean, I just don't understand the point, because I don't see how it would be successful, like, if you're going for accuracy, it's going to be disgusting, so.

Trey Gerrald:

I'm perplexed.

Trey Gerrald:

So the useful information here to me is that it's like really appalling.

Chelsey Donn:

Yes, for sure.

Trey Gerrald:

That it just like is not enjoyable.

Trey Gerrald:

It's not even funny.

Trey Gerrald:

Like, don't go for it.

Trey Gerrald:

Like, do this to

Chelsey Donn:

It seems like those, like, disgusting jelly beans from Harry

Trey Gerrald:

Exactly.

Trey Gerrald:

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Trey Gerrald:

Spelling grammar seems pretty on

Chelsey Donn:

really spot on.

Chelsey Donn:

Like, honestly, mom of no rank is, like, a lot smarter, I think, than both of us.

Trey Gerrald:

So do we think So I'm perplexed on Truthful Shady because I feel like, I feel like they really didn't like it, I think that's truthful, but I'm wondering about the shady factor because they're leaning so hard into the humor of like, how much are you sending it up?

Trey Gerrald:

Like, how shady?

Trey Gerrald:

Then they are saying it's five stars.

Trey Gerrald:

So they want you to go buy it to trick your

Chelsey Donn:

like it's, I think it's shady in the sense that like, if we were talking to a Bronx representative, well, it's an interesting thought.

Chelsey Donn:

If we were talking to a Bronx representative, would they be happy or sad about this review?

Trey Gerrald:

Well, I don't know.

Trey Gerrald:

'cause all press is good press.

Chelsey Donn:

Right.

Chelsey Donn:

I, at first I was going to say bad, but then I was thinking, yeah, but if this has been shared 15, 000 times,

Trey Gerrald:

I mean, it almost makes me wanna buy it just to see how bad, it's like, it's almost like genius marketing, which is, I, I wonder if that is part of the goal for Brocks is like candy, corn, whatever.

Trey Gerrald:

Do they make these weird thematic flavors, like as some sort of spice to en entice you to buy it?

Trey Gerrald:

'cause you probably wouldn't think of it.

Trey Gerrald:

You know, like I just.

Chelsey Donn:

percent.

Chelsey Donn:

I mean, I feel like that's like literally Trader Joe's in a nutshell, like every other month, it's like it's pumpkin season and there's fricking pumpkin and everything.

Chelsey Donn:

And now I need the pumpkin variety or all of a sudden everything is coconut, you know, or whatever it is.

Chelsey Donn:

Mango.

Chelsey Donn:

A lot of people obviously found this very funny.

Chelsey Donn:

I mean this as of the time.

Chelsey Donn:

This was screenshotted by I am Starving af.

Chelsey Donn:

There were 15,700 re-shares and 985 replies.

Chelsey Donn:

And it was written in 2021 actually.

Trey Gerrald:

that's so wild how long it takes for things

Chelsey Donn:

in October 2021.

Chelsey Donn:

So

Trey Gerrald:

is quite a dream, like, for this to have this resurgence,

Chelsey Donn:

wonder if this was like Mom of No Ranks, like this must be because it's still pinned.

Chelsey Donn:

This must have been their like, this is their home run.

Trey Gerrald:

I would think,

Chelsey Donn:

So clearly we have to give them points

Trey Gerrald:

and it's gonna resurge every Thanksgiving, I imagine.

Chelsey Donn:

Right, which is,

Trey Gerrald:

have staying power,

Chelsey Donn:

that's right.

Chelsey Donn:

I agree.

Chelsey Donn:

I totally agree.

Trey Gerrald:

but definitely entertained.

Trey Gerrald:

Humor, obviously, is good.

Trey Gerrald:

And, I mean, I don't know about the impact deal breaker because it feels like it's a negative review, but it's a

Chelsey Donn:

but then in the end it sort of switcheroo, I mean both of us are now saying we're kind of curious,

Trey Gerrald:

I feel, how do I feel about this?

Trey Gerrald:

I feel like I could crown it.

Chelsey Donn:

I think I can crown, oh wait, and I just want to say quickly, James D., if you're listening, we would love it if you would call in and leave us your ranking, how many crowns would you give this review since you handed it in, so call us at 1 850 REVIEW ZERO, now let's go into the crowning,

Trey Gerrald:

all right, So, Chelsey and I each have our own set of zero to five crown cards.

Trey Gerrald:

In an effort to be fair and not influenced by one another, we will simultaneously reveal our rating.

VOICEOVER:

The Queens are tabulating,

VOICEOVER:

Total Score,

Chelsey Donn:

Okay, interesting.

Chelsey Donn:

I'm holding up four and a half crowns and Trey's holding up three and a half crowns.

Chelsey Donn:

Why three and a half crowns?

Chelsey Donn:

For mommy or at mom of no rank.

Trey Gerrald:

Well, I appreciate the unique take on the medium and like, I think there's a lot of ingenuity here.

Trey Gerrald:

Obviously, I think the intelligence level is super interesting, not something we come across very often when we're like, you know, reviewing a wooden rake from Home Depot, but I just, I get a little lost in what the point is.

Trey Gerrald:

Is it just for humor?

Trey Gerrald:

I think maybe, and I like the turn at the end of like, it's actually five stars, everyone should get a bag.

Chelsey Donn:

Right, right, right,

Trey Gerrald:

I guess I do feel like I kind of want to taste it now.

Trey Gerrald:

So then I start thinking, is this a plant?

Trey Gerrald:

Does mommy secretly work for Brock's?

Trey Gerrald:

I mean, but then it's like, how do you predict going back?

Trey Gerrald:

It's like, and this was written two years ago.

Trey Gerrald:

It's like, so I'm saying three and a half because I have a lot of questions.

Trey Gerrald:

But, ultimately, like, very delightful, very enjoyable, and I can't tell if they wanted it to, like, is this a negative review, is it pos so that's why I'm sort of, like, somewhere more central rather than extreme on either side, but very funny, thank you for bringing this to our attention, James.

Trey Gerrald:

Chelsey, why did you say four and a half nearly a review queen?

Chelsey Donn:

You know, I went back and forth on this in my head, but at the end of the day, I really feel like there was some like Jedi mind trick action happening with this review that was like super fascinating to me.

Chelsey Donn:

And I think things really turned around for me when we talked about, you know, would this be a good thing or a bad thing for the company?

Chelsey Donn:

And I really think that Mom of No Rank put this product on the map.

Chelsey Donn:

You know, she delivered in a way that I think maybe even the company could never have imagined.

Chelsey Donn:

And clearly we're reading it and, and we see all these disgusting descriptions and we're still sort of tickled by like the prank idea of it all.

Chelsey Donn:

So then our likelihood to buy the product is.

Chelsey Donn:

Dramatically increased from when we read the name of this product and we were both like, ew, disgusting, like now we're on board.

Chelsey Donn:

So for the Jedi mind trick of it all, I feel like that's a four and a half crown, but I do think that I wish that the humor would have built a little bit more, but mostly super interesting

Trey Gerrald:

yeah, that was fun, good job, thank you, James.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you so much, James and listeners.

Chelsey Donn:

Please continue to slide into our DMs and send us reviews.

Chelsey Donn:

You can also submit a review at any time at ReviewThatReview.

Chelsey Donn:

com.

Trey Gerrald:

Yes,

Chelsey Donn:

Love that.

Chelsey Donn:

Well, I think we've done it, Queen.

Chelsey Donn:

I think we've officially reached the most regal Thanksgiving portion of our show.

Chelsey Donn:

Trey, who are you inducting for?

Chelsey Donn:

Okay.

VOICEOVER:

My Royal Highness

Trey Gerrald:

well, of course, the, um, NSYNC band bug continues, because, as Mommy stated in their review, petty disappointments.

Trey Gerrald:

Today, I am going to induct this Reddit page, which I don't know anything about Reddit, I'm not like a person on Reddit, but.

Trey Gerrald:

I was scrolling through Instagram as well and someone posted like a Reddit screenshot about like sticking it to their boss and, and someone in the comments was like, Yes, Queen, we love malicious compliance.

Trey Gerrald:

So, okay, so then I went on this whole Reddit thread, Khole, of I guess you call it like it's a Reddit thread called malicious compliance.

Trey Gerrald:

So it's just people sending in stories of being either the boss who had a malicious compliance story done to them or employees who stick it to their bosses by following rules to the detriment to show the stupidity of the rules.

Trey Gerrald:

There's just something about it that is so delicious.

Trey Gerrald:

There are so So many.

Trey Gerrald:

I mean, I think it's been a Reddit thread for years and years and years.

Trey Gerrald:

So there's truly hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of examples.

Trey Gerrald:

But like, one of them that I thought was really funny that I'll just briefly share is this employer shares all the soap dispensers in like this workplace were empty.

Trey Gerrald:

And so they went to like the janitor to be like, hey, they're all empty.

Trey Gerrald:

You have to fill them.

Trey Gerrald:

And the janitor was like, that's not my responsibility.

Trey Gerrald:

It's the nighttime janitor's job.

Trey Gerrald:

And the person was like, I don't care whose job it is.

Trey Gerrald:

You are gonna go into the supply closet, find whatever soap there is, and fill them up.

Trey Gerrald:

And so what they did, is they took bar soaps, and put bars of soap in all of the things because it wasn't their job.

Trey Gerrald:

So it's just like delicious because there's so many examples of people doing as they're told

Chelsey Donn:

right like you can't tell me I didn't do what I was supposed

Trey Gerrald:

I mean it's just so delicious and wonderful and I was like cackling like tears coming out of my eyes.

Trey Gerrald:

It's just so great.

Trey Gerrald:

So, in honor of Thanksgiving, specifically, celebrating things that deserve five stars, I just think there's something really fun about taking your power back and being justified and also like being a little bit shady.

Trey Gerrald:

I love it.

Trey Gerrald:

Oh God, I love it.

Trey Gerrald:

I encourage all of you to go.

Trey Gerrald:

You'll find your own petty disappointments, as mommy put it.

Trey Gerrald:

And for that reason, I am inducting Malicious Compliance as this Thanksgiving episode's Royal Highness.

Chelsey Donn:

Wow, I'm definitely going to have to check that

Trey Gerrald:

Does that, like, tickle you?

Trey Gerrald:

Do you, like, love that sort of shit?

Chelsey Donn:

That totally, yes, of course.

Chelsey Donn:

It's just like any moment where you feel like there's like sweet redemption that still falls within the realm of like, you didn't kick someone in the face.

Chelsey Donn:

You didn't do something terrible.

Chelsey Donn:

And yet you still got that sweet redemption.

Chelsey Donn:

Chef's kiss.

Trey Gerrald:

I have two examples of where I've done this in life that I'll share on the after show.

Chelsey Donn:

Yes.

Trey Gerrald:

Do you have any examples?

Chelsey Donn:

I'm sure I do.

Chelsey Donn:

I have to think

Chelsey Donn:

about one.

Chelsey Donn:

But

Trey Gerrald:

cause, I definitely want to talk through it.

Chelsey Donn:

Yeah, for sure.

Trey Gerrald:

Go check it out, everyone.

Trey Gerrald:

Well, my queen, we did it.

Trey Gerrald:

The ending of another round on the R U A R Q.

Trey Gerrald:

Ferris wheel of voodoo dolls with less ill will.

Chelsey Donn:

Yes.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you for joining us today.

Chelsey Donn:

If you like what you heard, please, you know, while you're around the Thanksgiving table, tell a friend, tell a relative.

Trey Gerrald:

And if you didn't like it, go fuck yourself and tell an anime.

Chelsey Donn:

Okay, Trey.

Chelsey Donn:

So you guys on this week's After Show Pod, we are, I don't even know if I want to say what it is.

Chelsey Donn:

I guess I'll say what it

Trey Gerrald:

oh, yeah, tease it, tease it.

Chelsey Donn:

Okay, I'll tease it, I'll tease it.

Chelsey Donn:

We are rating and reviewing a YouTube review, you

Trey Gerrald:

What?

Trey Gerrald:

Another new source?

Chelsey Donn:

Another new, this is like the Thanksgiving of new sources, truly,

Trey Gerrald:

and from conception conversation of this podcast, you mentioned YouTube reviews, and we've never done it.

Trey Gerrald:

Here we are 129 episodes later,

Chelsey Donn:

know, isn't that crazy?

Chelsey Donn:

But we've finally done it and we are reviewing a YouTube review for New Jones Turkey and Gravy Soda,

Trey Gerrald:

what, ew, why

Chelsey Donn:

bleh,

Trey Gerrald:

are all the, why is everything today these weird flavors that shouldn't be things?

Chelsey Donn:

because it's a holiday and we gotta make money, I

Trey Gerrald:

Oh, God.

Trey Gerrald:

Well, somehow, I can't imagine how, in this conversation, this gets said, and then I eventually had to have a meeting and I had to apologize, which makes my skin crawl every time I fucking think about that today, because, are you fucking kidding me?

Chelsey Donn:

that is crazy.

VOICEOVER:

subscribing.

Trey Gerrald:

begin to conceive of why that was uttered.

Chelsey Donn:

Me neither.

Trey Gerrald:

Well, to all of our royal listeners out there,

Chelsey Donn:

Ignore the haters, you're a queen!

Trey Gerrald:

Gender non specific, Turkey and gravy soda, decomposing June beetle, Queen!

Trey Gerrald:

Gender non specific Queen, of course.

Chelsey Donn:

That's right.

Chelsey Donn:

Poor turkeys.

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Chelsey Donn:

I feel like we should just take like a quick moment in this outro to just say, you know, an extra special Thanksgiving.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you to our listeners, to our Patreon members, and most importantly, to every single person who has written a review that Trey and I have shared on this podcast.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you.

Chelsey Donn:

Thank you.

Trey Gerrald:

I also say we should give a big thank you to people that have left reviews for our

Chelsey Donn:

Oh my God.

Chelsey Donn:

The most thanks for you because that's how people find our show.

Chelsey Donn:

So if you would be so kind as to do a Thanksgiving gift for Trey and I and leave a five star review on Apple podcasts, that would be much appreciated.

Chelsey Donn:

Love you, Queens.

Trey Gerrald:

Yeah, do that.

Trey Gerrald:

Or don't.

Trey Gerrald:

Or just do it.

Chelsey Donn:

Just do it.

Trey Gerrald:

Okay, I cannot wait to tell you about some of

Chelsey Donn:

Oh my God.

Chelsey Donn:

Yes.

Chelsey Donn:

I'm like trying to think of mine as we speak, but I'll get there.

Trey Gerrald:

Alright, see you Friday.

Chelsey Donn:

Bye.

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