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#3706: Baddies

Mike O'Meara, Robb Spewak, Josh Sroka

September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

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Robb and Josh return from their Outer Banks boys’ weekend with tales of THC beverages, Coyote vs. Acme, two closed restaurants, and enough X-Men coin-pusher time to qualify as a residency. Mike investigates whether the wives were truly invited, whether Robb and Josh can survive breakfast together, and whether an arcade watch gets more valuable when it costs $104 to win. Michael makes Dad proud in the football broadcast booth—then his school hangs 60 points on the visitors before halftime and the other team declines to return. A TikTok sage explains that deodorant and cologne are why men can’t “pull baddies,” leading the guys to recommend the irresistible musk of Costco onions instead. Add ugly-pants choreography, vintage hot-dog manufacturing, dueling organists, and an NFL player who finally says what he thinks, and the show smells like a winner.

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[SPEAKER_05]: It's only the beginning.

[SPEAKER_06]: And now, here's Mike.

[SPEAKER_06]: Man, oh, man, thunderstorms and weather down here in Southwest Florida.

[SPEAKER_06]: I had to leave all my retirees.

[SPEAKER_05]: They were looking at me like, What are you gonna do?

[SPEAKER_05]: What are you gonna do?

[SPEAKER_06]: Why are you doing?

[SPEAKER_07]: We have your money then?

[SPEAKER_07]: Did you leave your money behind?

[SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, I have to.

[SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, no.

[SPEAKER_06]: Were they playing like crap?

[SPEAKER_06]: We play a game where you four guys and you have one set of partners, that another set of partners, then the final set of partners.

[SPEAKER_06]: And I lost with all of them.

[SPEAKER_06]: Well, that's good, at least you're consistent.

[SPEAKER_06]: uh... welcome to the michael marriage show everybody we are delighted to have you here on uh... a two-day the two-day after labor day and uh... hopefully your labor day was uh... just duckie uh... i don't want to waste any time whatsoever uh... but i want to get right into the weekend of two of our principal cast members mister's syroca and spewak they from eastern europe don't you know both of them so

[SPEAKER_07]: You know, they lots of good strong cabbage based stock.

[SPEAKER_07]: Oh, a broke cup in the next week.

[SPEAKER_07]: You whack.

[SPEAKER_06]: That's why you got that's one of the reason you guys are muds is you probably originate from the same part of the, you know, the world.

[SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, Poland.

[SPEAKER_07]: Yep.

[SPEAKER_07]: We spent most of the week in trying to figure out different couple things like how to make ice.

[SPEAKER_07]: Josh Lawson recipe.

[SPEAKER_06]: Polish.

[SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, so here it is, folks, the brotherly weekend of Robin Josh, you know, you're good for you.

[SPEAKER_06]: I don't, I do work trips with the guys, you know, but this was just a hangout weekend based on two men who have become fast friends and will be continuing on with their

[SPEAKER_06]: fast Polish buddies and so last week, we were informed that they were going to be spending the weekend in the outer bags and as of yesterday when we communicated via text

[SPEAKER_06]: Rob was still there in the kitchen sitting across from Josh Soroka and that's when I informed you, you know, that house guests are like fish as my mom used to say after three days they stink.

[SPEAKER_07]: This is very true.

[SPEAKER_07]: I left very shortly after we took that was the end of the weekend.

[SPEAKER_07]: But what you should know is that I think when we left the listeners,

[SPEAKER_07]: They were under the impression that Carrie and I would be joining Josh and Kelly.

[SPEAKER_07]: And that's not how it turned out.

[SPEAKER_08]: It turned out to be a two person weekend as opposed to four as both wives decided it's not going to work.

[SPEAKER_06]: But to be fair, that's, you know, I could have had 70 different directions.

[SPEAKER_06]: The weekend would have, if you had asked me to predict, yeah, that both wives were there.

[SPEAKER_06]: Because I thought it was a given that Josh's wife would be there because she's there all the time, right?

[SPEAKER_06]: Right.

[SPEAKER_06]: It was.

[SPEAKER_08]: It was things, it's, it's hard to juggle like kids, calendars and stuff with split custody.

[SPEAKER_08]: And we have a sick dog.

[SPEAKER_08]: Get down.

[SPEAKER_08]: I get the off.

[SPEAKER_07]: So, sick dog was a new key ingredient.

[SPEAKER_07]: She didn't want to be far from the dog.

[SPEAKER_06]: Yes.

[SPEAKER_06]: Which way were we talking about?

[SPEAKER_07]: Well, let's talk just about Kelly first.

[SPEAKER_07]: Kelly.

[SPEAKER_07]: Then we'll talk about the dog.

[SPEAKER_06]: This episode of the Michael Merit Show 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_05]: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha [SPEAKER_05]: It's only the beginning. [SPEAKER_06]: And now, here's Mike. [SPEAKER_06]: Man, oh, man, thunderstorms and weather down here in Southwest Florida. [SPEAKER_06]: I had to leave all my retirees. [SPEAKER_05]: They were looking at me like, What are you gonna do? [SPEAKER_05]: What are you gonna do? [SPEAKER_05]: What are you gonna do? [SPEAKER_05]: What are you gonna do? [SPEAKER_06]: Why are you doing? [SPEAKER_06]: Why are you doing? [SPEAKER_07]: We have your money then? [SPEAKER_07]: Did you leave your money behind? [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, I have to. [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, no. [SPEAKER_06]: Were they playing like crap? [SPEAKER_06]: We play a game where you four guys and you have one set of partners, that another set of partners, then the final set of partners. [SPEAKER_06]: And I lost with all of them. [SPEAKER_06]: Well, that's good, at least you're consistent. [SPEAKER_06]: uh... welcome to the michael marriage show everybody we are delighted to have you here on uh... a two-day the two-day after labor day and uh... hopefully your labor day was uh... just duckie uh... i don't want to waste any time whatsoever uh... but i want to get right into the weekend of two of our principal cast members mister's syroca and spewak they from eastern europe don't you know both of them so [SPEAKER_07]: You know, they lots of good strong cabbage based stock. [SPEAKER_07]: Oh, a broke cup in the next week. [SPEAKER_07]: You whack. [SPEAKER_06]: That's why you got that's one of the reason you guys are muds is you probably originate from the same part of the, you know, the world. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, Poland. [SPEAKER_07]: Yep. [SPEAKER_07]: We spent most of the week in trying to figure out different couple things like how to make ice. [SPEAKER_07]: Josh Lawson recipe. [SPEAKER_06]: Polish. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah, so here it is, folks, the brotherly weekend of Robin Josh, you know, you're good for you. [SPEAKER_06]: I don't, I do work trips with the guys, you know, but this was just a hangout weekend based on two men who have become fast friends and will be continuing on with their [SPEAKER_06]: fast Polish buddies and so last week, we were informed that they were going to be spending the weekend in the outer bags and as of yesterday when we communicated via text [SPEAKER_06]: Rob was still there in the kitchen sitting across from Josh Soroka and that's when I informed you, you know, that house guests are like fish as my mom used to say after three days they stink. [SPEAKER_07]: This is very true. [SPEAKER_07]: I left very shortly after we took that was the end of the weekend. [SPEAKER_07]: But what you should know is that I think when we left the listeners, [SPEAKER_07]: They were under the impression that Carrie and I would be joining Josh and Kelly. [SPEAKER_07]: And that's not how it turned out. [SPEAKER_08]: It turned out to be a two person weekend as opposed to four as both wives decided it's not going to work. [SPEAKER_06]: But to be fair, that's, you know, I could have had 70 different directions. [SPEAKER_06]: The weekend would have, if you had asked me to predict, yeah, that both wives were there. [SPEAKER_06]: Because I thought it was a given that Josh's wife would be there because she's there all the time, right? [SPEAKER_06]: Right. [SPEAKER_06]: It was. [SPEAKER_08]: It was things, it's, it's hard to juggle like kids, calendars and stuff with split custody. [SPEAKER_08]: And we have a sick dog. [SPEAKER_08]: Get down. [SPEAKER_08]: I get the off. [SPEAKER_07]: So, sick dog was a new key ingredient. [SPEAKER_07]: She didn't want to be far from the dog. [SPEAKER_06]: Yes. [SPEAKER_06]: Which way were we talking about? [SPEAKER_07]: Well, let's talk just about Kelly first. [SPEAKER_07]: Kelly. [SPEAKER_07]: Then we'll talk about the dog. [SPEAKER_07]: Carrie's answer. [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_06]: Don't answer for him when he's talking about his own wife. [SPEAKER_06]: Right. [SPEAKER_06]: Right. [SPEAKER_08]: He's far as my wife. [SPEAKER_08]: The dog has been very sick. [SPEAKER_08]: And she didn't want to be too far from the vet since things have not improved. [SPEAKER_06]: Wow. [SPEAKER_06]: So, what's the matter? [SPEAKER_06]: If you don't mind me asking, I don't like sick depression. [SPEAKER_08]: No, here's the problem. [SPEAKER_08]: it's not it's stomach issues but the vet who hasn't had them the vet did the one thing you're never you never want them to do and say well we'll do some tests and we'll do this and it's stomach issues and maybe the probiotics will fix it but maybe it's cancer. [SPEAKER_08]: and all the crew can't throw it out there. [SPEAKER_08]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_06]: Aren't they? [SPEAKER_06]: That's now just like dentists. [SPEAKER_06]: Right? [SPEAKER_06]: It's the same racket where, you know, they get the medical training and then they have to just screw people. [SPEAKER_07]: Well, I think of things without insurance. [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_07]: And I remember going to the vet with a dog like when I was little. [SPEAKER_07]: We had a guy in McLean named Dr. Patton who loved gas analyst. [SPEAKER_07]: He just said, I think it's time you're no one ever want to war. [SPEAKER_07]: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no [SPEAKER_07]: But when we take our dogs in, we go to Banfield, which is part of Pet Smart, and you have all of the confidence in it that's like going to a Starbucks that's in a target. [SPEAKER_07]: It just feels like an afterthought, and all the vet's appear to be about 15, 16 years old. [SPEAKER_07]: So I don't think, I think veterinary sciences are on the down low grade now. [SPEAKER_06]: it's also now like when you go to the doctor's where you don't see the real vet you see all the assistance yeah and you see the vet for two minutes yeah and it's just but it's it adds to the list of well i don't know you can make it debate we can't even take care of our own people um... as far as medically is concerned so i mean don't get us into the whole debate over whether you know there ought to be some help for people with dogs do you think we take care of people better if when they finish their examination they got a [SPEAKER_07]: like he do with the vet. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_06]: Like a drink. [SPEAKER_07]: Yes. [SPEAKER_07]: Well, not that for everybody. [SPEAKER_06]: You're shot a peppermint snobs. [SPEAKER_08]: Good boy. [SPEAKER_08]: But then I'd have to drag you to the back room as well. [SPEAKER_06]: Ernesto says my dog died August 22nd and we had just gotten him on May the first poor guy had cancer and the vet thinks they gave him a for adoption because they didn't want to pay for the tree. [SPEAKER_06]: Oh, that's horrible. [SPEAKER_06]: Wow, the vet thinks that. [SPEAKER_06]: Oh my god. [SPEAKER_07]: We always thought that about my grandmother. [SPEAKER_06]: We're seeing like this all weekend. [SPEAKER_08]: I want to give back to the one and I think that's what happened is when when we decided to write Kelly's gonna stay because of the dog. [SPEAKER_08]: And then I think it turned into Kerry didn't want to be the third wheel between me. [SPEAKER_07]: There was, there was that, but also Kerry, at least I think in an effort to protect our feeling. [SPEAKER_07]: She says, I was looking at the weather for the outer banks and there's a chance of rain every day. [SPEAKER_07]: It might not be ideal and if it's going to be just you and Josh, you're just going to be inside talking about podcasts all the time. [SPEAKER_07]: I don't want to, and then she said, I don't want to get in the way. [SPEAKER_07]: and what she really meant. [SPEAKER_06]: Well, what are your feelings on the situation? [SPEAKER_07]: Well, I think actually it turned out great that she's staying home. [SPEAKER_08]: But we got to do a lot of manly things. [SPEAKER_07]: That's not very nice. [SPEAKER_07]: But I mean, after sort of pressing her on whether it was the weather or whether or not she thought she's going to be a third wheel, that's when she said, and you know you and I don't share many common interests. [SPEAKER_07]: And I said, oh, okay. [SPEAKER_07]: Well, I'll see you on Monday and I was out the door. [SPEAKER_07]: So were you pissed? [SPEAKER_07]: No, I wasn't. [SPEAKER_07]: I was, I was a little hurt by the common interest comment because that's much bigger than that. [SPEAKER_06]: That's pretty snarky. [SPEAKER_06]: But then again, you were snarky just now, too, when you said it ended up being better that she didn't come. [SPEAKER_07]: Well, I think that it would have hampered the good time to Josh and I enjoyed if we had had a third wheel there. [SPEAKER_07]: What's carry of wanted to spend a third wheel? [SPEAKER_06]: Your wife, you mean? [SPEAKER_07]: Well, in this situation, a third wheel or a fifth wheel. [SPEAKER_08]: In this situation, you're white. [SPEAKER_08]: Well, yes. [SPEAKER_08]: Terry would have probably dragged us out of the arcade. [SPEAKER_07]: Yeah, she would not have wanted to spend two and a half hours playing the X-Men coin pusher game. [SPEAKER_06]: So you guys, I mean, that's great. [SPEAKER_06]: So they felt like that they had diversions for you. [SPEAKER_06]: Oh, absolutely. [SPEAKER_07]: And we even toured something historical, Mike. [SPEAKER_06]: We'll get to that. [SPEAKER_06]: Well, I want to wrap up this wife thing. [SPEAKER_06]: So me too. [SPEAKER_06]: Uh, you. [SPEAKER_06]: Yeah. [SPEAKER_06]: So both of you were pretty cool without having the wives there, right? [SPEAKER_07]: I, it threw me a little bit because we had both been invited and this is the first time that we've been able to, Josh has invited us to the house in the outer banks a few times throughout since he started on the show. [SPEAKER_07]: And for some reason, it's just never worked out. [SPEAKER_07]: And this is the time that we accepted and we're both going to be there. [SPEAKER_07]: And I didn't want Kerry's cancellation to make it think that we were less than enthusiastic guests. [SPEAKER_06]: And when I said, when did you, who quit on the weekend first? [SPEAKER_06]: I, which wife? [SPEAKER_06]: Fine, yes. [SPEAKER_06]: Okay. [SPEAKER_07]: And Carrie was still, I would say, Carrie was in play as late as 10 a.m. on Friday that she had not totally committed to not going yet. [SPEAKER_06]: She has it so easy with you. [SPEAKER_06]: She can do whatever. [SPEAKER_07]: Well, I mean, I knew that no matter what happened, it was going to be the same for me. [SPEAKER_07]: I was going to drive the whole way. [SPEAKER_07]: If she went, she'd be sitting in the passenger's side, surfing her phone. [SPEAKER_07]: So that's no different. [SPEAKER_07]: She would, it was actually quite refreshing to make such a lengthy drive without her. [SPEAKER_06]: Would she have gone if Kelly was going to be th