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#3718: Creamage

Mike O'Meara, Robb Spewak, Josh Sroka

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 24 min

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Robb celebrates fitting into size 36 jeans, while Mike celebrates “creamage”—his favorite food group and the reason an empty ice-cream box can become evidence against him. Reduced-sugar Frosted Flakes get a harsh review, cereal milk must earn its flavor, and vegetables remain acceptable only with the proper creamy accompaniment. Then Robb prepares to meet a princess at the Library of Congress, prompting a full wardrobe intervention, a debate over “smart casual,” and some very specific rules about what he can bring. The boys tackle rising costs, corporate consolidation, and the arguments that keep everybody distracted before a moving DNA reunion story leads Mike back to memories of his beloved grandfather and a childhood reel-to-reel recorder. Plus, vintage Stardust dreams, a Chicago buffet with questionable presentation, and Al Pacino’s greatest overreaction in several languages.

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[SPEAKER_14]: We're going to start with the race.

[SPEAKER_10]: It's got to be fucking liquid.

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[SPEAKER_14]: It's the Michael Mara show with Michael Mara.

[SPEAKER_14]: Josh Roca and Rob Speedway.

[SPEAKER_14]: It's only the beginning.

[SPEAKER_14]: And now, here's Mike.

[SPEAKER_07]: So what's your podcast about?

[SPEAKER_06]: Don't burden me with your questions.

[SPEAKER_06]: Firstly, hi, everybody.

[SPEAKER_06]: Welcome to the Michael Mary Show, a little early start for us on a Tuesday because we're going to get right to the reason because something's going on and I'm not exactly tuned into what it is.

[SPEAKER_06]: We'll get to that in just a second.

[SPEAKER_06]: And I couldn't be more excited about it.

[SPEAKER_06]: Little note and I'll speak a little quietly.

[SPEAKER_06]: OK, should I go to the music?

[SPEAKER_06]: Yep, please.

[SPEAKER_05]: Thanks every day until you you so many times you've told me to let me hear the music you say let me hear the music.

[SPEAKER_06]: No, and I started talking Anyway noted So Little update yeah a little update remember I think it was last week near the week before I was talking about the fact that the Next one neighbor was Kurt

[SPEAKER_06]: You know, I don't want to say Kurt it was Kurt what I mean was like he was ready.

[SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, a beautiful conversation today, long detail how are you, how does it go and we, you know, real cool any planet lunch?

[SPEAKER_06]: No, but I like him.

[SPEAKER_06]: I actually like him.

[SPEAKER_06]: I like how I like talking.

[SPEAKER_05]: Did you bring out the last week?

[SPEAKER_05]: No.

[SPEAKER_05]: Because we're not that close.

[SPEAKER_06]: So I mean, why would I do that?

[SPEAKER_05]: You know, you're pretty nice now.

[SPEAKER_05]: But you know, what have you done for the last week?

[SPEAKER_06]: Come on.

[SPEAKER_06]: No, no.

[SPEAKER_06]: Because it goes to show that the only way

[SPEAKER_06]: paranoia can be, you know, battled is by communicating so that the paranoia can go away.

[SPEAKER_06]: So that's how I would describe the situation.

[SPEAKER_06]: And I get it every day.

[SPEAKER_06]: I'm that kind of person.

[SPEAKER_06]: I'm always, you know, thinking, a look here.

[SPEAKER_06]: I do it with my own kid.

[SPEAKER_06]: I do it with my wife.

[SPEAKER_06]: I do it with everybody.

[SPEAKER_06]: And, you know, sometimes, if you're not at first of all, that was not something where there were sleepless nights involved.

[SPEAKER_06]: I didn't like much about

[SPEAKER_06]: how you doing and everything was was cool.

[SPEAKER_06]: And I like our little normal back to our normal little exchanges.

[SPEAKER_05]: That's with a with a wife or a kid that you live with, you need to address it because they're your wife and kid.

[SPEAKER_05]: But if it's like a coworker, you can sort of blow it off because you don't necessarily have to do with them all the time.

[SPEAKER_06]: This episode of the Michael Marasio is brought to you by the TMOS Amazon Portal. [SPEAKER_06]: Remember to click the Amazon link at TMOSpodcast.com before you shop. [SPEAKER_06]: It's that easy. [SPEAKER_06]: Thank you. [SPEAKER_06]: Now, on with the show. [SPEAKER_03]: Right A on the season premiere of The Incredible Hulk, David Banner saves a rock star's life. [SPEAKER_03]: Then the dukes of hers will take you on a rip-loor and race you will forget. [SPEAKER_03]: Next on Dallas, unexpected danger threatens JR's baby. [SPEAKER_14]: Free great season premiere is this right A. Michael Mella, radio entertainment. [SPEAKER_14]: It's a baby. [SPEAKER_14]: I forgot about that. [SPEAKER_14]: Our TMOS podcast.com or anywhere find podcasts or fun. [SPEAKER_14]: Welcome to our show. [SPEAKER_14]: We're going to start with the race. [SPEAKER_10]: It's got to be fucking liquid. [SPEAKER_14]: There's plenty for everyone. [SPEAKER_14]: It's the Michael Mara show with Michael Mara. [SPEAKER_14]: Josh Roca and Rob Speedway. [SPEAKER_14]: It's only the beginning. [SPEAKER_14]: And now, here's Mike. [SPEAKER_07]: So what's your podcast about? [SPEAKER_06]: Don't burden me with your questions. [SPEAKER_06]: Firstly, hi, everybody. [SPEAKER_06]: Welcome to the Michael Mary Show, a little early start for us on a Tuesday because we're going to get right to the reason because something's going on and I'm not exactly tuned into what it is. [SPEAKER_06]: We'll get to that in just a second. [SPEAKER_06]: And I couldn't be more excited about it. [SPEAKER_06]: Little note and I'll speak a little quietly. [SPEAKER_06]: OK, should I go to the music? [SPEAKER_06]: Yep, please. [SPEAKER_05]: Thanks every day until you you so many times you've told me to let me hear the music you say let me hear the music. [SPEAKER_06]: No, and I started talking Anyway noted So Little update yeah a little update remember I think it was last week near the week before I was talking about the fact that the Next one neighbor was Kurt [SPEAKER_06]: You know, I don't want to say Kurt it was Kurt what I mean was like he was ready. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, a beautiful conversation today, long detail how are you, how does it go and we, you know, real cool any planet lunch? [SPEAKER_06]: No, but I like him. [SPEAKER_06]: I actually like him. [SPEAKER_06]: I like how I like talking. [SPEAKER_05]: Did you bring out the last week? [SPEAKER_05]: No. [SPEAKER_05]: No. [SPEAKER_05]: Because we're not that close. [SPEAKER_06]: So I mean, why would I do that? [SPEAKER_05]: You know, you're pretty nice now. [SPEAKER_05]: But you know, what have you done for the last week? [SPEAKER_06]: Come on. [SPEAKER_06]: No, no. [SPEAKER_06]: Because it goes to show that the only way [SPEAKER_06]: paranoia can be, you know, battled is by communicating so that the paranoia can go away. [SPEAKER_06]: So that's how I would describe the situation. [SPEAKER_06]: And I get it every day. [SPEAKER_06]: I'm that kind of person. [SPEAKER_06]: I'm always, you know, thinking, a look here. [SPEAKER_06]: I do it with my own kid. [SPEAKER_06]: I do it with my wife. [SPEAKER_06]: I do it with everybody. [SPEAKER_06]: And, you know, sometimes, if you're not at first of all, that was not something where there were sleepless nights involved. [SPEAKER_06]: I didn't like much about [SPEAKER_06]: how you doing and everything was was cool. [SPEAKER_06]: And I like our little normal back to our normal little exchanges. [SPEAKER_05]: That's with a with a wife or a kid that you live with, you need to address it because they're your wife and kid. [SPEAKER_05]: But if it's like a coworker, you can sort of blow it off because you don't necessarily have to do with them all the time. [SPEAKER_05]: But a neighbor is sort of in the middle there. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, because the neighbors are always going to be around. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_05]: And even you know what, if you have zero, which is no opinion at all, that's OK. [SPEAKER_06]: But if it goes to the negative side of a negative opinion, that's bad when we first moved into this community years ago, I remember. [SPEAKER_06]: I think a couple of times saying to Carla, you know, Connie, I wouldn't mind getting away from these people that are out on the street there. [SPEAKER_06]: And now, after all these years, I'm one of those people that, right, if I've got the dogs with me, and I hear a car coming, I'll just turn towards the dogs, because I don't want to be burdened with the smile and a greeting. [SPEAKER_06]: I have no desire for it. [SPEAKER_06]: And by the way, the Scandinavians have had all over us with that. [SPEAKER_06]: They don't bother with that foolish. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, no, that's just meaningless. [SPEAKER_05]: Well, there's that one, there's that blonde soccer player in Ted Lasso on the on the on the male team that is very, very just blunt with what he says and I think that's the Scandinavian personality. [SPEAKER_05]: It is. [SPEAKER_05]: They're not going to mince words, but if you're an idiot, Germans do it too, you know. [SPEAKER_05]: I heard a great story about Germany today. [SPEAKER_05]: It was being related by Kevin Pollock, and he was talking about one time, Robin Williams was promoting something, and he was in Germany, and he was on a talk show. [SPEAKER_05]: And it was just, he was killing. [SPEAKER_05]: He was having a great time. [SPEAKER_05]: The host was feeding him what he needed, and he was just doing wonderfully in this German talk show. [SPEAKER_05]: And the host, a lady said, [SPEAKER_05]: you were having such a good time and you come from America and you're just so funny. [SPEAKER_05]: Why do you suppose there aren't many funny German people? [SPEAKER_06]: And Robin Williams that. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, and Robin Williams said, well, perhaps you killed a lot of them. [SPEAKER_06]: Oh God. [SPEAKER_06]: What a loss. [SPEAKER_04]: What a race. [SPEAKER_04]: That's on the fly when you think of that. [SPEAKER_04]: You know, because I was like, I want to see you in a say. [SPEAKER_06]: That's why it's a love it. [SPEAKER_06]: When you take a, you know, you tee it up for somebody and they, they hit it out of the park. [SPEAKER_06]: Before we continue, I want to make note of the milestone wait for Mr. [SPEAKER_06]: Rob Spiewack, who is down. [SPEAKER_06]: How many pounds now? [SPEAKER_06]: You have a new way. [SPEAKER_04]: Well, I mean, you're just assuming down. [SPEAKER_04]: If you go. [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, that's right, Jessica said it might be a new stone. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_05]: Just a mile. [SPEAKER_05]: No, if you go from my heaviest since you and I have known each other, which has been my heaviest of my lifetime, I've lost 110 pounds. [SPEAKER_05]: Wow. [SPEAKER_05]: I'm at 225 as of this morning, but the milestone is this. [SPEAKER_05]: That's a middle school boy. [SPEAKER_05]: I am wearing size 36 jeans today. [SPEAKER_06]: There you go. [SPEAKER_05]: I haven't worn those since my junior year in high school. [SPEAKER_06]: Oh, that's got a feel. [SPEAKER_06]: Amazing. [SPEAKER_06]: And that's your height is what it feels. [SPEAKER_06]: But no, actually it's they're good fit. [SPEAKER_05]: It feels great. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_05]: That is my size. [SPEAKER_05]: No, it's not. [SPEAKER_05]: No. [SPEAKER_05]: No. [SPEAKER_05]: But what if you, what if your in-seem has got to be a 34. [SPEAKER_05]: So we couldn't swap clothes. [SPEAKER_06]: Jean's are, do you find that Jean's run smaller than regular pants? [SPEAKER_05]: It's hard to say. [SPEAKER_06]: Well, Jean's for me, I'm a 38. [SPEAKER_06]: I'm a 38 and I'm a 40 in my golf shorts. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, I think that is, I think, a fitted panel, 38. [SPEAKER_06]: I would, that's the, you know, and now the genes are made of those special fabrics, too, where you can be a skinny jeans, right? [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, well, this summer, I bought some Kenneth cold jeans at Costco, and I have this, the stretchy, and they were 38. [SPEAKER_05]: And I said, you know what, that's still pretty thin. [SPEAKER_05]: And I put them on those with tight ass. [SPEAKER_05]: My ass is, [SPEAKER_05]: It was sensational. [SPEAKER_05]: No, it's not. [SPEAKER_05]: You know Mike, I have no after all and all I've done is lose what I had. [SPEAKER_05]: I mean, it's really, it looks like a five by four back there. [SPEAKER_05]: Just like you could build a deck with my ass. [SPEAKER_05]: But the 38 and the stretch, it's literally, it's literally too big. [SPEAKER_06]: I mean, did you do anything different? [SPEAKER_06]: Did you do it? [SPEAKER_06]: I mean, to lose the last bit. [SPEAKER_06]: Have you been focusing on [SPEAKER_06]: You know, Lou did you just wake up and say, hey, look at that. [SPEAKER_05]: You know, well, the first thing was of course when you almost died from liver, I'm not talking about that part. [SPEAKER_05]: But after that, I'll give some of the credit to you, honestly, because giving up soda is a lot of it, I think. [SPEAKER_05]: Oh, yeah, I think that's a lot of it. [SPEAKER_05]: Yes, yeah, liquid sugar. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, but then also just trying to balance out your your carbs with protein. [SPEAKER_05]: I eat salad every day now to make sure I get the ruffage I used to eat a lot of smoothage Mike smoothage is not good for you. [SPEAKER_05]: I love smoothage. [SPEAKER_05]: No, but you hate veggies. [SPEAKER_05]: I hate veggies. [SPEAKER_05]: I love smoothage. [SPEAKER_06]: I love saltage Love and and really numeral Uno on my hit parade is creamage [SPEAKER_06]: Oh, yeah. [SPEAKER_06]: And by the way, yogurt counts as creamage, too. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah, but you know what, it's okay to have fat. [SPEAKER_05]: Correct. [SPEAKER_05]: If you, if you, if you value a cremage is okay, if you balance it out, cremage, that should be the title of the show. [SPEAKER_06]: Cremeage. [SPEAKER_05]: Cremeage. [SPEAKER_05]: I don't do a lot of, you know, breads anymore when I do. [SPEAKER_05]: I appreciate it. [SPEAKER_05]: But like a burger without a bun just thing great, but you can do it. [SPEAKER_05]: You can do it. [SPEAKER_05]: I salad. [SPEAKER_05]: I a lot of times I'll put protein right on the salad. [SPEAKER_05]: That's good veggies every night. [SPEAKER_06]: What do you mean protein right on the set? [SPEAKER_06]: Like I'll put a burger on the salad or the chicken on the salad. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, that's cool. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_05]: And then my the thing that has been you've done it without medication. [SPEAKER_05]: Right. [SPEAKER_05]: Exactly. [SPEAKER_06]: I mean not medication for weight loss like I. [SPEAKER_06]: Right. [SPEAKER_06]: So yeah. [SPEAKER_05]: So into my my A1C because you know pre diabetes. [SPEAKER_05]: That's coming. [SPEAKER_06]: I thought you're saying everyone sauce. [SPEAKER_06]: No, no. [SPEAKER_06]: I like that. [SPEAKER_06]: I'm at a point where I got bloodbork yesterday and I will [SPEAKER_06]: I am not optimistic because of the the summer of creamage. [SPEAKER_05]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_06]: Well, that's what I mean. [SPEAKER_06]: You can balance it with fish to fry right now. [SPEAKER_05]: And like you shouldn't be frying anything. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, you're probably right. [SPEAKER_05]: Add you shouldn't be throwing anybody. [SPEAKER_05]: Not with your back. [SPEAKER_05]: It's true. [SPEAKER_05]: The last doctor visit I had. [SPEAKER_05]: He was so pleased with all my scores that really the visit was mostly small talk. [SPEAKER_05]: He just said, you know, you could get out and walk some more. [SPEAKER_05]: I said, yeah, you're right. [SPEAKER_05]: You're right. [SPEAKER_05]: And then you do that. [SPEAKER_05]: Gradimate. [SPEAKER_06]: I'm, uh, having a little numbness of my, my right. [SPEAKER_05]

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