Who Is Your Choppleganger? | Thursday 01.15.26

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0:52 We didn't plan this. It just kind of sometimes happens. Women, if they spend enough time together, can sync up on their periods. Apparently, with us inside the treehouse, we'll sync up on colors of shirt. Light blue is the theme of the day. Apparently except for you, Raj, you got the black hoodie. Yes again not intentional, but here we are like minded. I guess. We are going to start today with something we have not done in just a little while, and. That is.

1:46 Total side note. I just saw that. I think CBS said they we're going to have that reboot. I was just about late this year. Really, the last thing I saw was that there was it was a dead show and it didn't have any hope. So that's good news, thank you, Trey. The pilot didn't get picked up because they had changed it to where it was a girl that was, But now they've gone back to the original format and looks like it's happening. All right, brown girl, No, is it a white guy? Yes, there you go, Hollywood back in back in traditional form. No, So that's unrelated to the story I'm going to share with you, and you have to guess about whether or not you believe it. But believe it or not coming back, I think the time is right for it. It was it was a fun show back in the day. It can be a fun show today, especially with all the superhero stuff you can make fun of, which is what the whole point of the show was in the first place.

2:48 So yay, good news. All right, believe it or not, science has finally proved that girl farts are worse than guys. Do you believe it or not? Trey, We'll start with you, Uh, don't believe it? Okay, Jerry, do you believe it or not believe it? Believe it? And Raj do you believe that girl farts are worse than men according to science? Uh? I'll go with. Yes, Trey, you are wrong. According to science, women's farts really do tend to smell worse than men's, and there's a reason behind it. According to research, women's farts contain higher concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and superiority complex. The superiority thing was my.

3:53 Addition that was, where was this research done? I haven't gotten to that yet. Okay. Stuck on the headline, science proves girl farts are worse, I'm like, yes, it is. This is a classic case of confirmation bias. I have long since believed that girl farts are way worse than men's and science has now proven it, and I saw a headline that backed it up, So I'm going to stay with that. I'll try to give you a little more info here. According to research, women's flatulence contains higher concentrations of hydrogen sulfide. The sulfur based compound behind the classic rotten egg smell, which makes it smell stronger even if they pass gas less often than dudes. But here's the twist. That smell of your gas might not be all bad. Oh god, seriously, they get to be right even when they fart. This isn't right.

4:48 Small amounts of hydrogen sulfide have been linked in studies to potential brain protective effects, including helping nerve cells communicate and possibly reducing risks associated with aging and Alzheimer's. Oh god, no one showed my wife this story, because if this is true, that means the more she farts, the more I remember, and we can't have that. Well, that also justifies us for all those times we gave them Dutch evans. Well, see the difference there is. We're doing it just to be funny or crude. Now if they start doing it's because they're trying to change us and make us better. So we've just given them another way to do that. This is actually bad news. I now hate this story.

5:30 It prevents them from getting Alzheimer's, not us, I don't know. Small amounts of hydrogen sulfide LinkedIn studies to potential brain protective effects, including helping nerve cells communicate and possibly reducing risk associated with aging and Alzheimer's. It doesn't specify there if it's your own gas or if taking in somebody else's does it or does it even matter? I mean gas is gas, right, well it is. But there is definitely a difference between smelling your own fart and somebody else's because I'm pretty sure I've seen this somewhere that science has also proven that the smell of your own farts is not bad to you. It's not as bad to you as it is compared to somebody else's because it's your smell and for some reason, you don't mind it as much. But if it's somebody else, you're like, oh my god, what is that.

6:35 I've I've I've I've farted before, like I shouldn't be alive, Like it's this is terrible. Uh yeah, yeah. It doesn't happen often, but there have been a couple of times where I've also let one go and thought, oh god, what what if I been eating? Like it's a it's a frightening thing when you fart and it actually smells like somebody else. It's like, that's not someone like just sneak in here like that that doesn't smell like one of mine. You stret looking around because they're an intruder, and that's when you know you're like, Okay, something needs to change. I need to go to the doctor, need to change my diet. Something doesn't happen often, but when it does, it is kind of alarming. As you just pointed out, right, yeah, I've had one more or I was like, I need to go to the hospital.

7:26 There's something dead inside me. What just happened. I don't need to know now if there's a if there's an easier way to get it out of me than it bursting through my chest. Also, I need to stop eating cabbage like that. I mean, so yeah, so I don't. I don't technically know if if the girl smoke, if if that makes her brain protected from Alzheimer's, or if she's just every time she lets one go protecting everyone that inhales it. I don't know that part. I mean, you make it sound like if if it was protecting you, that you would all of a sudden be able to remember your birth.

8:12 Well, I guess it depends on the fart. I mean, I mean, well, you you don't you Uhara in a good light in this one. Well, they do say with great power, it comes great responsibility. I mean, you could freak out a lot of people if you just start crop dusting everyone you come across and they all all of a sudden remember their birth. That would be traumatic and hysterical. If you're the one doing. It, you're going to turn into rain Man. At one point. You're just gonna start counting cards in Vegas. Like if I'm around someone that a female that farts enough and I've got an identic memory, or if you'll ever get enough of them together and you inhale it, then you can play out your own version of Back to the Future too where you're biff. I think there's a category on Pornhub by the way, spelling parts. Yeah, oh, I'm sure of course it is.

9:20 I feel like at some point you're gonna be able to identify the second gunman on the grassy note. Yeah. I can't wait to see the look on the CIA agent's face when I come forwards. You're in the visit us online a treehouseonair dot Com. Let's get Daniel Cook from COOKDFW Roofing and Restoration into the treehouse for your free roof inspection and property review. That's free as well. Eight three three cook DFW the website cookdfw dot com. It's sort of a new service that you're offering, Daniel, the property review, and it's a great one because, I mean, other roofing companies will offer a free roof inspection, but I don't know of any company that, when they're there to do that, will walk around the rest of their property and point out any issues you may have and potentially saving you a ton of money.

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11:50 That's eight three three Cook DFW, or visit their website take a look at some of their outstanding work. Cook dfw dot com. On the heels of science, proving that girl farts are worse than ours. We have a new word alert I believe this one is attributed to Jin Alpha. No Boy. Teens have officially found a new way to throw shade, and parents are actually kind of loving how funny it is. The new word is chopel ganger. This is the latest slang taking over middle school classrooms. But what does it mean?

12:33 Does anyone know? Right now? Do you know it yet? No? I know actual words? Man if I may, I would like to take this opportunity to quote Thor in Avengers Infinity War when he said all words are made up. It really is one of the most brilliant lines in cinema history, and it was sort of a throwaway in the middle of that epic saga. And it really was Thors on the spaceship with the Guardians of the Galaxy and they're like, you just made that up. All the words it made up, and then right into the next line, and he was right, because they are. Choppel Ganger is the new term from teenagers, and it's meaning it's pretty damn good. Actually, choppel Ganger is a noun and it describes someone who looks like another person, except they're the downgraded off brand version. Think t MoU doppelganger. That is choppel ganger. It is a mashup of two words, chopped and doppelganger. I guess chopped is a gin alpha term for I guess like a cutoff version, a chopped up version of the real thing that that word. I don't exactly know, but I had the definition here for choppel ganger, and that's what they say.

13:59 I mean, Gary Busey. Gary Busey is the poor man's nicky. Nicky is the poor man's ripped horn. And two of those gave us two of the best mugshots of all freaking time. Absolutely, does Gary Busey not have a mugshot. He's got to have one somewhere. I don't think buy is a mug shot. I don't think the camera takes his picture. No that if it does, it does so silently because it knows what's good for it.

14:48 Mugshots aside, that was always you know, Gary Busey, you know you're the poor man's nick nolty, You're a knockoff. Wow. Yeah, I never really thought about that, but I guess you're right. I guess they look similar. I just did a quick search. I don't see I just oh, I did Gary mugshot? No wonder I got some weird results. Me tried Gary Busey instead, But yeah, Rip Torn and Nick Nolty had two of the most classic mug shots in history. There's no doubt about that. But here I'm trying to see I don't see a Gary Busey mugshot. Interestingly, though, when you type in Gary Busey mugshot and look up an image result, you get the Nick Nolty mugshot. That's how good of a mugshot. Nick Nolty's was back in the day. Not only is it his, but he also gets attributed for Gary Busey, who doesn't even have one.

15:43 Go back and compare their their late eighties pictures. There there's strikingly similar. Yeah, I will say this. Does everyone know who mel Kiper is? The NFL draft expert on his for years? Mm hmm, Well, Jerry, he's the NFL draft expert for years, And for those that don't know who he is, I'm going to show you what he looks like. He's responsible for the business of the NFL draft the entertainment side. Yes, yes, that is that is very, very accurate. I'm trying to get a photo pulled up of him here, but it is true. Trey has a choppel ganger, a less good looking version of him, and it actually is mel Kiper, the NFL draft expert from ESPN. I stand by that wholeheartedly, Raj, you know what I'm talking about right now that you said it. Yes, I didn't know his name, but yes, so quick, look here you go.

17:02 This is mel Kiper. That's Trey right here. So here's Trey and we've sorry, now I'm just playing with buttons. So Trey and mel Kiper and I and I mean this as a compliment to you. Trey, mel Kiper is your chappel ganger. You are there better looking version. Yes, yes, there's the. Ganger. I'll take that over the one most people say so, which is head Cruz.

17:46 Oh. Oh that's not right. I mean that kind of is. No. No, I'm no, I'm not gonna do it to you, Trey. I'm not. Oh. On the other hand, hang on, let me go old school, yeah, before the beard. Yeah, ship, I'm sorry, Trey. You know what, Let's just stay with mel Kiper. How about that? Yeah, let's do that.

18:26 But again again, actually, you know what, there's there's still there's still a positive angle to keep in mind on this I'm gonna I'm gonna pull that up in a second. But it's still true. You are still the better looking version of you and the Ted Cruz doppelganger thing. So I still I still believe that you are Trey Prime and your chappel gangers happened to be mel Kiper from the NFL draft and Ted Cruz, us Senator for our state of Texas. And you're right, there is a third that wouldn't it? This is not it.

19:10 You're such a dick. I thought that was it. That was a dick move. Look, I just see it as Trey has a built in easy Halloween costume year in, year out. If he so chooses, just go as Grandpa Munster. That's fucked up, Trey. Who's who is your third? I said, I people have said it, and I don't see it at John Cusack. Oh yeah, I can see that. Okay, Uh all right, Oh you know what that's That's not bad Trey. I feel like that's a loose, a looser interpretation, but I could see that. I see the resemblance.

19:57 Yeah, no, much to my I just absolutely disdain Ted Cruz is the one that just cuts me. Okay, So that was going to be my next question of your four possible chapel gangers being mel Kiper, John Cusack, Senator Ted Cruz, and Grandpa Munster. Which is the one that angers you the most? It angers him so much he flies to Mexico when it gets cold. And keep in mind Trey is an ardent conservative, so it might hurt him in two ways. Yeah. And if you ever freestyle rap, Trey Prime is your name, bro.

20:42 And now, so this is one of those gin alpha terms that I think all of us are actually like, Okay, this is one we can kind of get on board with. It's funny. It's not something stupid like a lot of their terms are. I mean, it was only a couple of months ago that I learned the actual horse word, the origin word for riz. Do you guys know what that is? Yeah, charisma, Trey got it. Yeah. Uh it took me forever to figure that out. And to be there, someone had to tell me. Figure out the source word for fucking skivity And then you let me know there is one for that. I just word for that is marijuana.

21:26 Laced with some stuff. Yeah. Uh so, Trey, We've that's so funnyt your expense and I appreciate it, and I mean that in a good way at your expense. But you're the easy mark in here when it comes to finding celebrity lookalikes. Like there's right there, there's four and I only knew of three, so you gave me the fourth. And again, apologies to cruise. Look like contest winnings that you could get if somebody ever threw that party. Uh do the rest of us have famous lookalikes at all? Like, I don't think I do. Raj, I'm not sure if you do. And Jerry is Jerry, so I have no idea. I mean, right now, Terry looks more like Kurt Cobain at the moment with his current look with the long hair and goatee. Uh, Jerry looks like Chad Croger from Nickelback.

22:08 Uh, that's it, Yes, all right, you pulled this up? Or if he shaved and put on a suit, you know, Buffalo Bill from the Silence of the Lambs. That is one that we've that's a yeah, that's a comparison we've We've drawn quite a bit. Mine would be the worst one. I can't remember the guy that killed the kid in Florida. I'm sorry you're gonna have to narrow that down. The standard ground the first Oh this is. Oh gosh, he lives in now Oh.

22:54 I got that a lot a couple of times when I was on stage at the Laugh Factory, George Zimmerman. Yes, that's what I'm you can when I was a lot heavier, when my beard was all black and I was a little heavier, I got him a lot. They would post my videos on the Love Factory website. I would get that quite a bit. When he first said that, I was like, Casey Anthony, that. Would be an interesting one. Yeah, So I got that quite a bit. So I think mine's the worst of all of us.

23:41 Being George Zimmerman. I would have to agree with you as far as who it is. And so yeah, my apologies there. At least George Zimmerman's gone away. Ted Cruise is a hangs hang upon me for years. He's he's a he's a hangnail on your side. Uh, let me see here if I can pull this up. So here's Jerry as Chad Kreeger. Okay, yep, currently pretty solid. Yep, all right, Jerry, you your chappel Ganger is Chad Kreeger. This is again this is good news because I would say, as that straight guy, you are the better looking version of him. So congratulations, he is your chapel ganger, you are not his. And then, Raj, this really does just suck for you because yes, yep, I told you. Sorry there it is that that that laughs not for you Russia.

24:44 I know, man, if they do the biopic, I know I'm getting the I know I'm getting the part. There's nobody else getting it. I mean again, you're the better looking version. At least you're not at least people don't see you as George Zimmerman's chopolganger. He's a murderer like you guys, star television star, senator, Uh you know job. Yeah, but George Zimmerman's more well like than Ted Cruz. God jail. You may actually be right.

25:30 You're in the tree house. Visit us online tree House on Air dot com. Want more Treehouse check out our YouTube exclusive shows at YouTube dot com. Slash at Treehouse on Air. You're in the tree house. Visit us online a Treehouse on air dot com. All right, okay, so there is one more major story or we want to get to here inside the treehouse today. But I did want to you know, make sure I open this up for the possibility of you guys being able to run me through the ringer here, because look, when it comes to chapel gangers, I please tell me if I've got one, because I spent all morning trying to think. Okay, Trey was easy with you know, with mel Kiper I didn't realize the Ted Cruz thing. Again. Apologies, Jerry absolutely is Chad. Chad Kreeger from Nickelback is his chapel ganger Kroger. I think it's Kreeger.

26:40 It's Kroger. I'll let him assume me uh. And then Raj yours being George Zimmerman, I think, you know, might be the worst of all of us. Do I have one? Do I? Because you know, is there any semi semi Is there any semi fan this person that I look like that you could be like you're the uglier version of this person or vice versa. Not that I can just bring up to mind, but I am sure there is an app for that. So yeah, I thought about putting my like putting a photo into pat GPT and saying, Hey, who's who's my celebrity lookalike? And I haven't had a chance to do that yet, Yeah, I don't see one. Yeah, like like even our buddy Asher, because I'm just like, he looks like Matt Damon. Uh, so many of our friends that you'd be like, ah, this person looks like that, Like my wife looks a little bit like Sandra Bullock, and so most people have if you do like the side by side, like, okay, yeah, I can see similarities here.

27:47 I don't have one, not even a female one. I don't think. Yeah, I don't. I don't. I don't see it. Yeah, okay, I just just in case I wanted to be fair. But let me get back to you. You're gonna do something really, really bad. I can feel it if you think a one, let me know. In the meantime, speaking of not being able to tell one thing from another, a Filipino woman was worshiping a green statue for four years thinking it was Buddha. Turns out it's Shrek. Talk about a chapel ganger, And to be fair, like a little green statue of Shrek that's made to look sort of like the Buddha does look like the Buddha except for the you know, very shrek ogre like ears. You guys, can't see that right there, can you? All right, well, just believe me there for a moment. Yeah, just look

29:17 it up on your phone. Just imagine your head, little fat green Shrek as boot to boom. So this I'll start over. The Filipino woman was worshiping a green statue for four years and she found out recently it's just the animated character Shrek, and she treated the green ogre figure with great reverence, saying she will continue to worship the kind hearted cartoon statue. I feel like this is an indictment on society as a whole, where a lot of us these days are backed into a corner and feel like, instead of admitting we were wrong about something, more than doubling and tripling down on it. So like in this lady's case, she's been praying to this little green statue of Shrek thinking it was Buddha. But she feels better overall, so does it really matter. I mean, at the end of the day, it's sort of a cathartic process for prayer, reflection, meditation, whatever, you know, whatever you do, And if she feels better praying to little Green Shrek, then I guess more power to her.

30:26 Yeah, I mean at least it wasn't. At least it wasn't. Donkey, and I wouldn't expect any miracles. Yeah, but yeah, if you're just like sharing some stuff with a little green statue or whatever, then that makes you feel better. Fine. But yeah, like a lot of people pray to Jesus and say, you know, can you change my luck? Can I you know, please protect this sick fame remember, or something like that, and maybe it works. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. You don't really know. But in this case, you can pray to the little green Shrek and he's not going to cure your cat's cancer because it's Shrek.

31:08 No, but he he would eat the cat. That's the problem if he was real. The woman's misplaced faith, of course, sparked amusement across social media. The story actually began four years ago when the unidentified woman from Manila bought a Buddhist statue from a local shop. With its round shape and gentle expression, she believed it to be a depiction of Buddha and treated it with great, great reverence. She placed it in a prominent spot in her home altar and began worshiping it daily, offering incense and praying in the hope of receiving blessings. However, a visiting friend noticed that the color and facial features of the statue looked quite different from a typical Buddha. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the figure she had been devoutly worshiping was actually a three D print model of Shrek, the fictional green ogre from the animated film Shrek, known for his intimidating appearance but kind heart. On learning the truth, the woman was both amused and speechless, and rather than feeling embarrassed or upset, she laughed and said that what truly mattered was the sincerity of her prayers, not the figure itself. She added that faith with good intentions mattered more than appearances. Is she right?

32:27 Well, I mean she should have known, you know, when she was praying that, you know, when it was answering back that Buddha's not Scottish. Uh, that's the statue doesn't talk. I don't think, Like, how amazing would it be if had a poll string and you know, to talk to her, right? That would have been the other clue I believe. Don't care if your buddhast statue has a pull string. We got a problem. We'd at least know what Mike Myers is doing for the last five years.

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