Frank and John tackle everything from questionable internet health hacks and standing on salt before taking a shower to zip-away pants, Vaseline-covered feet, and the mysterious benefits of the National Association of Clammy Libations. Don't ask what that is. Actually, go ahead. They probably don't know either.

Then things get nostalgic. We're revisiting classic movies like Training Day, Stripes and Charlie Wilson's War, remembering Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Bill Murray, and John Candy doing the stunts for Daryl Hannah in Splash!

We also are taking a trip back to the golden age of arcade games with Pac-Man, Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command.

Remember the Tootsie Pop owl asking how many licks it takes to reach the center? Frank and John have thoughts. So does Abbott and Costello's legendary "Watt is Caroline's maiden name?" routine.

And if you've ever wondered how a perfectly normal conversation turns into a discussion about Siri's Sss-notes, a bed of nails, the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, or the legendary Jorge the Jungle, then congratulations, you're already a YouMeNot.

Along the way, the guys revisit old workplace stories, resurrect forgotten running jokes, discuss Frank's creative projects, including Space Orphans, Mabel's Monsters and President's Day, and prove that 38 years of friendship can produce an almost unlimited supply of completely unnecessary conversations.

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This week, somehow a conversation about sleeping in an RV turns into DreamCloud mattresses, 1980s email technology, Gmail, William Shatner, nursing, vomiting, bears, rabbits, possums, cemeteries, ATMs, supermarket checkout lines, and the eternal struggle between being a city boy and surviving in the country.

Frank claims John has Harvard-level reading comprehension skills thanks largely to the ProComm Plus training John gave him in the late 1980s. As a result of that training, Frank shared the Gmail concept with John (before Gmail existed, but thankfully there's a photo of it for proof).

Somewhere along the way, they discover the secret to escaping one of their infamous conversational loops!! Tune in to find out THAT secret and the comes the possum. Actually, several possums and one of them may or may not have been dead.

Note: None of those possums were harmed (or relocated) at the time of this recording.

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The boys are back for Episode 2 of Context Not Included, and somehow the conversation goes from Miller High Life and potato chips to comic book culture, Batman, Marvel vs. DC, brick oven pizza, Siri, Alexa, Legends of Valdoria, and whether your rectum is socially aware.

So… basically, a normal conversation.

This week, Frank reveals the shocking truth about America’s Got Talent: apparently, those close-up magicians aren’t actually doing their own magic. Frank is.

There’s also an important investigation into the “champagne of beers,” Miller High Life, a highly scientific chip and beer tasting involving Middleswarth potato chips, and a frozen piece of Italian soppressata that may or may not require cooking.

Then things take a hard left into comic book culture as John attempts to educate Frank on Marvel, DC Comics, Batman, Superman, Iron Man, secret identities, and the actual target audience for Legends of Valdoria. Along the way, we meet Capicola Soppressata (Gobs for short) , hear about Sapienza's Deli, and discover that Frank apparently has created an entire comic book universe that John was not adequately briefed on.

From there, it's onto brick oven pizza, homemade propane fire starters, pizza peels, wood babes, Koala Dave, and the proper use of a gardening hoe, which is exactly as confusing as it sounds.--

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After 38 years of preparation, several questionable career decisions, at least three verbal loops, and one extremely confusing discussion about Lululemon, John and Frank have finally decided it’s time to make a podcast.

In the inaugural episode of Context Not Included, the longtime friends attempt to explain what the hell this show is and immediately prove that even they have absolutely no idea.

In the pilot episode, John and Frank revisit how they met back in the late ’80s, debate the exact year of their first encounter, discuss the dangers of ugly dresses, reflective surfaces, plastic rakes, thick restaurant menus, and somehow arrive at the German word "Schadenfreude" after taking several scenic detours through Sonny & Cher, the Backstreet Boys, Boyz II Men, the Ink Spots, and the Isley Brothers.

Along the way, they introduce the legendary “You, Me, NOT” story that gave you, their listeners and viewers, your name, explain why working in television technology was basically high school with paychecks, and demonstrate their unique ability to turn a simple conversation into an archaeological excavation of decades-old inside jokes.

There are stories. There are songs. There are future guests. There are senators. There are special-effects artists who worked on Titanic, Die Hard, and The Addams Family movies. There may even be sports figures.

But this is not a political show.

It is also not a sports show.

It is not a special-effects show and It's definetley not a political sports show with special effects.

Instead, it’s two longtime friends sitting around talking about whatever the hell crosses their minds and inviting you into the conversation, whether you understand what they’re talking about or not.

And if you don't understand?

Perfect.

That's the whole point.

Context Not Included.

Because sometimes the best stories are the ones where nobody remembers why they started, everyone remembers them differently, and somehow you end up talking about a Wi-Fi thought file in AIFF format.

Welcome aboard, YouMeNots, try not to get caught in a loop.

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