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Halloween is actually a better holiday. than Christmas. >> You're a idiot, Thaddius. >> Christmas is cool and all, but uh. Halloween's the best. >> I'm trying to think in like what world. somebody would think Halloween is. better. And the only thing that makes. sense is that their parents gave them a. Christmas. >> Don't put that on Thaddius's parents. >> I'm definitely putting that on. Thaddius's parents. That's the only. possible way Thaddius thinks that is. that his parents gave him a shitty. Christmas. >> If I'm just going to be honest, I'm kind. of with that in this one. >> Apparently Brandon's parents gave him a. pretty Christmas as well.

Welcome to this bonus episode of New. Heights, a wry show and we're your host. Travis Kelce. This is my big brother. Jason Kelsey. Subscribe on YouTube Plus. or wherever you get your podcast and. follow the show on all social media at. New Heights Show with 1s. And Jason is. now going to tell you what exactly you. get in this bonus episode. >> That's right. Welcome. >> to today's bonus episode. That's right. Maybe you're here because you stumbled. across us on your phone or internet.

>> All right, man. >> Or whatever your device is. Maybe you're. here to see Travis Kelce here. Listen to. his voice. >> What? >> Just maybe you're here to listen to some. holiday hot takes from some of the. 92enters call-ins and other shenanigans. about holidays and hot takes. All right, here we go. >> All right, we got a few options. The. bold ones seem to be the ones that they. prefer us talking about. >> I say you just go ahead and hit the bold. ones. All righty. Holiday Halloween. better than Christmas. I can already. know this is not accurate.

>> Hey, this is Thaddius from Kansas City. >> Thaddius. Great name. >> My holiday hot take is that Halloween is. actually a better holiday than. >> [ __ ] idiot. >> You had us with Thaddius and then you. lost us. >> Uh just better allound vibes. You get to. spook kids and uh play pranks and. Christmas is cool and all, but uh. Halloween's the best. All right, take it. easy. >> It's a hot take. >> I mean, he does share your love of.

scaring children. >> It's a very hot take. I listen, I love. Halloween. It's great. I'm very on board. with Halloween. >> You can spook kids in Christmas, too. That's the thing about spooking is that. you can spook kids whenever. >> Yeah, Christmas is the greatest holiday. on the planet. There's not even there's. not even something that compares to it. >> Yeah. I'm just there's just nothing that. gets like people happy like Christmas. does. >> It moves the stock market. That's how. like influential it is. Like consumer.

products. This is so ingrained into our. culture and so like unanimously. I knew. Jewish people that celebrated Christmas. >> Don't don't say who they are because. then they will be. >> they'll be frowned upon. I think it's. pretty common place at this point. I. think I bet if you it's it's it's gone. beyond religion at this point. It's like. so ingrained in American culture and it. comes down to family giving the holiday. spirit like all of it. Like it's just.

>> it's a fantastic holiday and I love. Halloween but I mean it couldn't sniff a. fart of Christmas to be close to give. you two weeks off on Halloween. >> That's right. That alone. it's remarkable. It's a hot take. It's a. very bad take. All right, next one. >> Yeah, it's tough. Thaddius, though. >> Great name. >> Great name. >> Horrible take on Christmas. >> This guy was getting cold for [ __ ]. presents every year. >> I just the joy that Christmas gives you,

just seeing the decorations, going to. Christmas parties, the thanks, the joy. of seeing another person open a present. you give them. >> Like, what is this going to be? Like I. just don't know that there's any I I'm. trying to think in like what world. somebody would think Halloween is. better. And the only thing that makes. sense is that their parents gave them a. shitty Christmas. Like I don't know what. else they could do. >> Thaddius's parents. >> I'm definitely putting that on. Thaddius's parents. That's the only. possible way Thaddius thinks that is. that his parents gave him a shitty. Christmas.

>> He's just got to see it clear. He's got. he's got candy vision. He's got spooky. vision. He's just got to see it for what. it is. >> But Halloween has I mean Christmas has. candy, too. Candy canes. >> You hate candy canes. >> I love candy canes. >> What? >> You don't like candy canes? >> Candy corn. >> Candy corn is [ __ ] Yes, exactly. The. the candy that represents Halloween and. the candy that represents Christmas is. night and day better for Christmas. >> They don't They don't make a Christmas.

Reese's. >> Yes, they do. It's a Christmas tree. >> Trees. Yeah, they make them. Yeah, >> that that's not a stop. It's the same. >> You put candy in the stocking. It's. basically the same thing, but you don't. have to walk to other strangers houses. You just get them from your loved ones. >> Nice. >> Thaddius, you're kind of right though. >> Christmas candies. Now, now that we. >> I'm kind of with that, if I'm just going. to be honest, I'm kind of with that in. this one. >> Well, apparently Brandon's parents gave. him a shitty Christmas as well. >> Oh god. >> This is a failure. Anybody who thinks. Halloween is better than Christmas,

their parents have failed them. >> I had a great Christmas. I just I've. turned into a Halloween guy in my in my. old age. Uh I don't know how that. happened. Halloween's fine, but it's no. doesn't hold a candle to Christmas. >> What were you? What were you this year, Brandon? >> Me? Oh, we did at one battle after. another. I was Benio Del Toro. I was. sensei. >> Oh, that's right. I saw that. Lauren. DiCaprio. Yeah. Great costume. The dog. was Sean Penn from that movie. Great. costume. Have you ever tried to put a wig on a. dog on Christmas? See, that's a. Halloween thing. >> Thank you to our partner Gillette. Right.

now, Jason, you've been retired for a. full year. Uh, let's talk pregame. rituals. Do you miss them? Still have. them? >> I kind of have one, I guess, for Monday. Night Countdown. Like, I kind of I go do. the uh production meeting, then I kind. of iron out what's happening in the. rundown, then I go to the makeup lady, then I go to the hair, and uh then I go. on set. >> Was just curious to see if you were. putting that same game day energy into. your uh new broadcasting routine. That's.

all. Well, first and foremost, it. includes making sure that this beard is. looking real nice, which is finally. starting to show some of my grays again. after dying it. I'm getting those. natural colors back. >> Thank you. Thanks so much. Um, but yeah, I have uh some some grooming individuals. that make sure it's looking nice and. tidy. If you were looking for a tool to. help wrangle it in a little bit, look no. further than Gillette Labs. NFL licensed.

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make everyone's day a million times. better. >> Wait a minute. Could Reese's Oreo cups. be like the Kelsey brothers of candy? Which one of us is Reese's and which one. of us is Oreo? >> Which one of us is Reese's and which one. of us is Oreo? >> Yeah. Are we talking about Oreo with. peanut butter in the middle or Oreo with. white in the middle? >> Just regular Oreo. >> I mean, I'm clearly Oreo. I'm a little. bit darker. >> You got to love it. So, grab these. Reese's Oreo cups today wherever candy.

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extra crispy chicken. Hi D Travis. I. would like to give an extreme hot take. since it t the damn season and that is. turkey is one of the worst dishes on. Thanksgiving of all time. It's so dry. and people who like it just are weird. Thank you. >> Listen, I'm fully This is why I fried. turkey. I It's hard to eat turkey unless. it's deep fried and. >> I'm with you, man. >> Like, you know, boiled in fat grease. We. never had turkey. We agree. We We. purposely never had turkey. Mom would. make pork chops or some other meat. I.

love everything else about Well, I take. that back. I love most other things. about Thanksgiving fair, right? I'm a. big mashed potatoes guy. I'm a big corn. guy. Kylie makes a badass green bean. casserole. [ __ ] love that dish. Um, Mama Kelsey dinner rolls. Like, everything else about Thanksgiving is so. fantastic. And then it gets kind of. muddled down with for the most part the. way most people make it, a dry ass bird. that you got to slather gravy and.

cranberry sauce on to redeem anything. about it. I mean, it's just the honest. You got to fry it. >> You got to fry it or you got to be in. that thing non-stop injecting it with. like. >> You got to fry it or you got to [ __ ]. spatchcock that sucker. >> There you go. >> Spatchcock it. >> Or or what you haven't tried yet is. trucking. You got to stuff that thing. with the duck. >> You're right. I have not tried the. turducken, but I'm very in on it. >> The premise of it sounds incredible. >> What um. >> I'm out. Um. >> what else was Oh, the other thing that I.

don't um pumpkin pie is okay, but I. think it's also common place for a lot. of people. Maybe I'm wrong on this. Apple pie around Thanksgiving. I'll go. on this. Apple pie has got to be the. most overrated dessert on the [ __ ]. history of topshelf desserts. >> It's got to be There's got to be a [ __ ]. ton of cinnamon in that thing. It's got. to be a [ __ ] ton of cinnamon and butter. and I gotta [ __ ] That's got to. overpower the apple. >> I'm just not Apple pie just doesn't I. like ice cream. So like when you put it. with ice cream. >> pie. That's the thing. That's.

>> that's another thing. I am definitely. more of a cake guy than a pie guy. Although um Steven cookies down the. shore, they make a mean blueberry pie. It is [ __ ] incredible. >> See blueberry pie, different type of. pie. >> And this is they do it weird too. It. like isn't as like I guess like jelloy, you know what I mean? A lot of the pie is like a texture thing. that I just don't really Warm fruit. doesn't make me excited. >> I like cold fruit. >> Noted. >> I'm trying to think. There are pies that. I like though. Pumpkin pie is not bad. Pumpkin pie is.

>> key lime is the only. >> key lime. Cold fruit. Key lime's a cold. pie. >> Cold pie. >> Key lime pie is the closest thing to. like cheesecake that I'll ever have. >> I feel like. raspberries would be good in a pie. I. It's got to have a little bit more like. tartness for it to be good. Apples just. don't bring that like note that really. makes me enjoy it that much. >> I need something in the inside that. doesn't just like give me like a comp. You know what I mean? Like a like a like. a comp. You know what I'm talking about?

>> I I think it's co p is what you're. thinking about. >> There it is. Yeah. >> But it's Is it compost? It's comp. C O T. E. Right. >> There you go. >> I think it's comp. I think I know it's. either way. I don't like that. That. stuff I'm out on. >> I don't mind if it's cold. I just. There's something about the warmness of. pie that I'm just out desserts. I don't. like warm desserts. >> Were you ever a apple? >> That's not true. I will desserts. That's. not true. I'll take that back. Uh what. >> were you ever guy?

>> No. >> I don't like it. I like apples. I will. eat apple by itself. >> Apple caramel. >> I'm not a big like dressing. I like. apple and peanut butter. I'll throw some. peanut butter on that apple. >> So you don't like caramel is what you're. saying? I like caramel on certain. things. I just don't really The other. thing is like a caramel apple for me. with a beard to eat is just like sounds. like the biggest disaster of all time. Like it's going to be [ __ ]. everywhere. I I'm not Yeah. Yeah, you. could cut it up, I suppose. I just. >> like I like caramel in certain. I like. caramel mixed with chocolate. I don't.

like caramel with apple. No. >> All right. Nice. Noted. >> Yeah. Anyways, I don't know what we just. >> I don't know where that even. >> Yeah. So, yes, we agree. Turkey sucks. All right. Sweet potatoes. Let's go. Let's hear it. >> Okay. So, my Thanksgiving holiday hot. take is that sweet potatoes have no. place in a Thanksgiving menu. Um, whipped mash roasted, they are just the. least of the least. They're the worst. thing on the table. Especially. marshmallows, guys. [ __ ] idiot with.

maple syrup. It just it's a dessert. You're not to uh pumpkin pie all day. >> What are you trying to watch your. calories? >> Put a marshmallow on top. Put them. around both. >> Sweet potatoes on your menu. You've got. You could do roasted root vegetables. You can do your mashed potato. >> Roasted root vegetables. >> Other things. Carrots. Honey glazed. carrots. >> Honey, I'm in on honey glazed carrots. Now you're just getting carrots to. dessert. Honey glazed carrots.

Marshmallows. Dessert dish basically in a whole bunch. of savory stuff. You're not going to put. your gravy over your sweet potatoes. You're not going to, you know, take a a. Brussels sprout and dip it in your sweet. potato. It's just weird. >> You can't bacon or anything. It's got. marshmallows, maple syrup, >> and uh that's it. It's It's wrong. It. should not be on a uh Thanksgiving. table. Um that's that's my best hot. take. >> Well, you're wrong. Sweet potatoes and. marshmallows and freaking. >> I think potatoes and sweet potatoes both.

have both. You don't need to have one or. the other. And sweet potato fries. If. somebody made sweet potato fries, I'd be. [ __ ] jazzed. Personally, I don't. understand the roasted root vegetable. Like, this guy wants [ __ ]. >> Where the [ __ ] did he go? Where the. [ __ ] He's the That is You want to talk. about a hot. >> You want beets in here? Like, what are. we talking about? >> And then he said like, "You can't you. can't candy up the sweet potato, but you. can have candy carrots with honey glaze. on them.". >> Listen, if you gave me the choice of. honey glazed carrots or sweet potatoes.

with marshmallow on them, I'm taking the. sweet potatoes and marshmallow all day. Oh, some roasted honey carrots are good. though, man. >> I don't I'm not in on that honey. carrots, >> dude. I got you. >> Yeah. >> No, >> carrots when they get roasted, they just. get mushy. They get too mushy for me. >> No, you still got to have that crunch a. little bit. >> Yeah, but it's hard. Yeah. If it has If. it's cooked perfectly, I could do it. >> Yeah. >> But I just I prefer carrot cake. That's. how I prefer my carrots. >> See, now we're talking. >> Green cheese frosting. >> I didn't know you were a carrot cake. guy. Next time you're in the city, I got. a place,

>> dude. get these little carrot cupcakes. that make you feel like you're not doing. too much. >> I'm not a big frosting guy. The only. reason I think I like carrot cake is. because of the cream CHEESE FROSTING. IT. IS. >> DUDE, I GOT THE PLACE FOR YOU. >> DAMN, it's good. It's so good. >> I got the place for you. >> Like, what are we making apple pie for? Just put the carrots in there. >> Jack Stack has one of the best carrot. cakes. >> Carrot cakes. >> ever, dude. It's so good that people. like just like go in and get the carrot. cake like cupcakes just so that they. don't feel too bad about getting the.

entire [ __ ] mammoth of a cake that. that you could get there. >> We have a couple spots around here that. we'll go and specifically just get the. carrot cake and then we'll eat it like. two fatties all day. >> The best, dude. That's the best. And. they do they just slab that [ __ ]. cheesecake icing on there. It's so. [ __ ] good. >> No doubt. We're big um stocks people as. well in Philadelphia. That's a big. dessert one for us. I don't know how we. keep getting back to desserts. We keep. getting back to desserts. All right, we're talking about sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are fine. >> They're good. They're [ __ ] awesome.

>> I mean, you can have sweet potatoes and. mashed potatoes. I don't think you have. to differentiate between these two. And. I disagree. Like, you can do sweet. potatoes with marshmallows and the maple. glaze. And then at the end of the day, you can have your dessert, too. Like, what do we We're not calorie counting on. Thanksgiving. >> No, that's not what we're doing here. >> We're making the most delicious thing. possible. If that may mean throwing. marshmallows on top of it, bring it on, brother. >> Bring it. Throw that [ __ ] on top. >> Throwing roasted root vegetables like. that's [ __ ] gonna get it done. >> Unless you're throwing [ __ ].

marshmallows on those. >> This guy's coming with beets. >> I don't even know if I'd like that. Yeah. I don't even know. >> I mean, I like beets, but that's if you. like. >> put it with goat cheese and smother a. bunch of [ __ ] salad dressing on it. I. just had a beet beer in Las Vegas. It. was a It was like a beet sour. It. actually wasn't bad. >> Your curiosity to know what [ __ ] tastes. like. >> It wasn't bad. >> Blows my mind. >> The fact that you actually had. >> I'm in beet.

>> You'll dry You'll try any kind of. [ __ ] beer and it's absolutely. disgusting. You You brought you gave me. a [ __ ] blueberry time and I wanted to. shoot myself. No, >> it's probably great. >> It was disgusting. >> I like experimenting. I like a little. citrus lime or something or like a. >> Yeah, a little garage beer lime. I got. you. >> I like it. I like a cider. I'll drink a. cider. >> Cider's I'm I'm not a big cider guy. It's too much. It's too sweet. >> But beet beer was good. >> It was okay. I wouldn't want to drink a.

bunch of it, but for one glass, it was a. unique flavor profile. It had like a. borch soury kind of thing happening. It. was not bad. >> All right, that's all I got for his. sweet potato take. >> Yeah, the sweet potatoes. I mean, >> that was a rough take. >> That was a rough take. Uh, this is my. last question coming from me just based. on that conversation. >> Oh gosh. >> Really quick. No. No. This is good. This. is good. Last question real quick. What. is the best Thanksgiving side dish? One, two, three, go. Ready. >> Green bean casserole. >> Ooh. Travis. >> Mac and cheese.

>> Mac and cheese. Yeah. Okay. I knew I. knew I was more of a Travis on this one. I knew we were locked in. >> The problem with mac and cheese is it's. not. >> No, that's where you're wrong. The. problem There is no problem that in. >> Well, here's the problem. Here's the. problem. If anything, >> it's an everyday like. >> Not the way Not the way you make it on. Thanksgiving. >> Yes, it is. It's. >> You guys make it all the time. I You. guys are like You guys are not just. doing it out of the box. >> You do it. I've had it baked a thousand. times, too. Yes. Like I don't It's not. always out of the box. >> I'm not Green casserole is like an. exclusive thing to Thanksgiving.

>> Really? >> Maybe. I mean, pretty much not mine. >> The sweet potatoes. >> Travis having it every goddamn day. I'm having it never. Travis is not. having creamy guest room. >> That's true. I It's mac and cheese. I'll. go one step further. Mac and cheese the. day after. Get that congealed. >> I'll go one step further into the mac. and cheese is the most overrated dessert. or a side item. It's not I'm not a big. mac and cheese guy. Travis has always. been a big mac and cheese guy. I've. never been a big mac and cheese. >> So now we have Canada mad at us. We have.

the mac and cheese fans mad at us. We're. just going down. >> It's okay. I just think it's overrated. It's not. There's a thousand other. things you can have cheesy and I would. prefer. >> I think when you get it just right and. it's got like that baked crust that is. >> Yeah, I hear you. If you get the If you get the crunchies. to it, >> get the crunchies. >> It's good. It's good. >> You also can [ __ ] it up real good, too. I've seen some people deliver some wet. ass noodles. It is not good. >> I don't like [ __ ] too cheesy. >> That green bean casserole. God damn. I. can't wait. >> Wait, does Kylie make that? >> What's in this green bean casserole?

>> What do you make on Thanksgiving, Jason? What do you help with? I fry the turkey. and Kylie doesn't even eat that. So, I. pretty much make a turkey for myself. >> This guy is so [ __ ] funny. >> KYLIE, WE'RE ALL GOOD. >> She doesn't trust me cooking this [ __ ]. Cooking it, right? >> What's in this casserole? >> I believe I I could be wrong cuz I've. never made it. Uh, green beans are a. component. I believe it's um like this. mushroom uh Oh my gosh, what's it. called? It's like a cream mushroom thing. that is like the base of it. >> Creamy. Yeah,

>> it's like a creamy texture underneath. it. >> Clam chowder with green beans. >> and then it's got fried onions on top of. it basically. Like it's across the. board. I think Travis is not a big fan. of great bean casserole. >> I think when I was there I tried it just. cuz I was appreciative and thankful like. my dad always taught me. But. >> I'm looking at pictures of it. I know. Travis is out on this. This is the. anti-Travis Kelsey dish. >> One thing we never had growing up that. I'm a big fan of is cranberry sauce, but. Kylie only likes the like canned. cranberry sauce. >> She's correct. I don't like the canned. cranberry sauce. As much as I like like.

a actually made cranberry sauce. >> Yeah, because canned isn't actually. made. >> Well, it's it's like more I like a fresh. cranberry sauce made rather than a. cranberry sauce. That's. >> I want to see the ridges. I want to see. the outg, brother. >> I'm out on the ridges. >> I want that thing to come plopping out. and don't even touch it. Just let it sit. as a cylinder. >> Like spam. >> That's what it looks like. >> Let it be nasty. All right. >> So, you like jello? Exactly. That's what. it is. is Jell-O is technically cold. fruit. >> I always steered clear Jell-O because it.

was always like hospital food. >> That is a little weird. >> Feel like pudding is more of a hospital. food in my mind. >> I would like eat the jello packs like. they were fun dip, but I wouldn't I. wouldn't [ __ ] I wouldn't I wasn't. very very in on. >> That's very funny. >> So funny. >> Yeah. >> Just dipping your little finger in. there. >> Like that's like a Kool-Aid play. That's. odd. You would do that with Jell-O. packing. You know what? You know what.

that might be? No, I think it was. Jell-O. I think it was Jell-O. >> I think you could technically do it with. Jell-O, too. It's just sugar and fruit. powder. Yeah. >> Little Travis Kelce with just green ass. fingers. I wonder what he's been doing. All right, that wraps up another edition. of Heights Hotline. That's right. >> We'll have some more bonus content for. you all in December. So stay tuned for. what that might be. And now once again, New Heights, a wre show. Please follow. the show on all social media at no. height show with 1eness. And uh we give. a big shout out and a thank you to our.

production crew for always making this. so much easier and so much more fun than. it uh could ever be. And thank you to. the 92enters for listening to us talk. about absolutely nothing but kind of. something all at the same time. >> We love you guys. Happy Thanksgiving.