Wanna know why Tom & Travis couldn't make a new episode last week? It's cause we were worried Tom would get evacuated due to a toxic chemical tank possibly exploding! In this episode, Tom & Travis recaps the bizarre story that made national headlines about a little town close to our home called Garden Grove and all the little anecdotes we heard along the way.

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[This episode was recorded in 2025.]

Just as they did with movies and music, Tom & Travis take another stroll through memory lane - this time with video games. Join us as we relive the 90s Nintendo domination, the absurd hype for Halo 3, and neverending juggernauts of Call of Duty and Madden!

CORRECTION:

• 22:10 - GameCube was released in North America in November 2001. But close enough.
• 28:14 - Tom of course meant to say “2005”.
• 32:19 - Chopin’s “Raindrop Prelude” is in D-flat major.
• 1:15:42 - It was Pat Summerall made those jokes, John Madden's longtime play-by-play commentator.

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Clips Cited

• CoD: Modern Warfare 2, directed by Jason West, performance by Craig Fairbrass, Activision, 2009.
• “Chris Berman’s..." YouTube, uploaded by firshad, 9/21/2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYXqI7nrV40&ab_channel=firshad.
• “HALO 3 - “Museum of Humanity”....” YouTube, uploaded by USNCDFspartan, 8/14/2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDkradNKaZ4.
• “"his buttcheek is inbounds"...” YouTube, uploaded by Cleveland Browns, 6/24/2024, https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uroj1j5X-BU.
• “Kevin Harlan..." YouTube, uploaded by Trending Daily Sports Videos, 12/29/2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxkOG-WeLVo.
• “NFL Funniest Penalties” YouTube, uploaded by Highlight Heaven, 10/20/2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U53V6IPtrqE.
• “the funniest penalty in football” YouTube, uploaded by NFL, 1/20/2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ro5XuSLj0.

Music Cited

• “At Doom’s Gate” by Mick Gordon (Doom, Bethesda Softworks, 2016)
• “Deference for Darkness” by Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori (Halo 3: ODST, Microsoft Game Studios, 2009)
• “Finish the Fight” by Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori (Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, 2007)
• “Heavy Action” by Johnny Pearson (ABC/ESPN Monday Night Football, ABC/ESPN, 1970-present)
• “The Last Spartan” by Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori (Halo 2, Microsoft Game Studios, 2004)
• “Madden Theme” by Aubrey Hodges (Madden NFL mid-200s, EA Sports)
• “MLB on Fox Theme” by NJJ Music (MLB on Fox, 1996-present, Fox/FS1)
• “NFL on Fox Theme” by Scott Schreer (NFL on Fox, 1994-present, Fox)
• “Overture” by Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori (Halo: Reach, Microsoft Game Studios, 2010)
• “Posthumous Zone” by E.S. Posthumous (NFL on CBS, 2003-present, CBS).
• “Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 (Raindrop)” by Frederic Chopin, 1839.
• “Roundball Rock” by John Tesh (NBA on NBC, 1990-present, NBC/Peacock).

Gavin Newsom will be saying "Sayonara!" soon, so we gotta find his replacement. There are a lot of choices. Are any of them good? Well....

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Someone tried to shoot President Trump... AGAIN! And everyone just nodded off it feels like. Travis & Tom talk about why people either don't care or are conspiratorial about it.

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This week, Travis & Tom talk about whether post-apocalyptic gangs and factions are depicted realistically when Travis notices a different take on the trope on the latest season of Hulu's Lost-knockoff, 'Paradise'.

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Warehouses be burnin'! Are these just crazy folk or is this a sign of a societal shake-up? Travis & Tom discuss!

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Gambling is more legal than ever and it's everywhere... and it's making everything worse. Even the Iran War is affected by it. Travis & Tom give their experiences with gambling and what they think needs to be done to fix this.

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON PATREON!

We call ourselves 'Give Us the Launch Codes' but true power is if you somehow master TIME! Travis & Tom give their listicles on which historical events would they alter - from Biblical times all the way to as recent as 2010!

CORRECTION:

• 32:03 - Travis wishes to extend ACTUAL apologies regarding not remembering Doug Hutchison as he would have recognized Hutchinson as famous liver-eating monster-of-the-week Eugene Victor Tooms from ‘The X-Files’. Upon remembering, he feels Mr. Hutchison would have been an excellent Rorschach.

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Clips Cited

• “1988 WS Game 1: Kirk Gibson’s dramatic game-winning home run” YouTube, uploaded by MLB, 20 April 2013. https://youtu.be/0toCMwEBwLo?si=PvvJGwWwg1MOIBM8.
• The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, performances by Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi, Universal Pictures, 1980.
• History of the World, Part I, directed by Mel Brooks, performances by Brooks w/Chorus, 20th Century Fox, 1981.
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, directed by Leonard Nimoy, Paramount Pictures, 1986.
  • Performances by DeForest Kelley & William Shatner
  • Performances by DeForest Kelley & James Doohan