Pyramid schemes (…from 5th-grade “success” booklets to laundry balls), airport “divorces” that save your vacation... and marriage, the OG bungee jump and Vanuatu land-diving, plus a 34-day sprint to Thanksgiving in Paradise (two shows, Blue Note Waikiki).

Sunscreen ritual? Always. Drawer-packing? Required. Fiber? Don’t ask—just do it.

Why hit “Play”?
🚗 Celebrity Road-Trip: Meet the Lake George superfan with a fleet of three “Family Truckster” wagons—vanity plates and Aunt Edna roof-prop included.
🛫 “Airport Divorces” Explained: The trend where couples split up inside the airport to cut stress, then reunite at the gate—plus Chip’s anti-airport-coffee rant and Britt Daniel (Spoon) at LAX.
📘 The Good Book (Guinness):
• Longest inverted flight—Joann Osterud, 4h 38m (1991, Canada).
• First modern bungee jump—David “Kirk(e),” 1979 UK—then back to the ancient Vanuatu vine-jump ritual (and the wild origin tale).
🧳 Vacation Rules That Actually Help:
#82 Unpack the suitcase (and use the “dirty drawer”).
#222 Fiber is your friend—start before you fly.
🎟️ 34-Day Countdown → Thanksgiving in Paradise: Two Chip Chantry shows, Blue Note Hawaii (Waikiki). Tickets via Blue Note Hawaii or our site’s Tickets tab; we’ve also linked a local Turkey Trot 5K and Thanksgiving dining options for the week.

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Chapters
00:00 Cold open + “Sha Na Na” pyramid bit & side-hustle jokes
02:00 Pyramid-scheme lunches → napkin triangles; 5th-grade “success” booklets
08:16 Laundry ball & “solar-powered clothes dryer” (rope) scams
11:33 Today’s roadmap: road-trip celebrity, airport divorces, Guinness, Buffett, rules
14:05 “Front Desk” hotel sketch (first tag)
14:24 Ep. 36 + 34-day Waikīkī countdown (Blue Note Hawaiʻi)
15:20 Beach hangs invite; Waikīkī family vibes
16:38 Ticket links: Blue Note Hawaiʻi + site (SunburntPodcast.com)
17:07 Warm-water chat; Chip’s first Hawaiʻi trip
18:03 Sunscreen slather ritual + Turkey Trot sign-up plan
18:42 Thanksgiving dining page on site; “one-stop shop” gag
19:51 Bit: re-publishing Thomas’s childhood “success” books
21:03 “Wallet full of wonder” riff
21:35 Weekend shows: Don’t Tell; Yakov Smirnoff in the suburbs
24:00 Flu-shot line story & the “jazzy” pharmacy guy
25:40 Vincent Price intrusive crowd-work idea; SNL/Hader aside
29:39 Road-trip with the Family Truckster (Lake George, NY) → fleet of three
37:17 Chevy Chase impersonator vs. Truckster—who ya road-trip with?
41:01 Planes/Trains segue; airport coffee rant
48:11 “Airport divorces” trend; 54% say they behave differently in airports
50:07 Travel styles; same LAX→HNL flight; wives meet; family on board
53:53 Crack open “The Good Book” (Guinness)
54:20 Longest inverted flight—Osterud’s 4h 38m upside-down record (1991)
59:10 First bungee jump (1979) → Vanuatu land-diving & yam-harvest origin tale
1:07:01 Would you bungee? (Hard pass.)
1:07:24 Vacation Rule #82 — unpack & use the dirty-drawer system
1:10:27 Vacation Rule #222 — fiber is your friend (start pre-trip)
1:12:22 Take more photos—and be in them
1:12:33 Jimmy Buffett “facts”: escape room → Aruba; star navigation bit
1:14:25 Outro + “Front Desk” button

Rain in Philly, drizzle in L.A., and 41 days until we trade jeans for boardshorts in Waikiki. In this one, we map your perfect Thanksgiving week on O‘ahu (step-by-step), survive a Jon Mulaney show seating disaster, get interrogated after a bizarre elevator ride, and crack open two delightfully Guinness records—plus our weekly “Vacation Rules” and a Jimmy Buffett Facts.

Why hit “Play”?
🌺 Waikiki Thanksgiving Playbook — Day-1 to Day-3 guide: HNL → taxi vs rideshare, beach-bar first stop (Duke’s / Hula Grill / Moana Surfrider / Royal Hawaiian), ABC Stores floaties, reef-safe sunscreen, sunset catamaran, Diamond Head reservations, and the Turkey Trot plan. Real ticket PSA for Nov 26 @ Blue Note Waikiki (buy direct).
🎭 Crowd-Work in the Wild — Chip’s favorite “audience member” sleeps through his whole theater set—after demanding the show not be filthy.
📵 Mulaney Night Mayhem — Voice-memos at full blast, a spilled wine “wet-leg” incident, and the wildest row exit in San Diego history.
🔐 Elevator Interrogation — We step out of a hotel lift…and straight into questions from heavily armed security. What was going on on 31?
📚 Record Fan Delight — Martin Tovey’s 816 unique editions of the Guinness World Records (plus the largest GWR memorabilia stash).
🌎 The Big One — 1960 Valdivia quake (M9.5): 10 minutes of shaking, tsunamis across the Pacific, and even Earth’s rotation nudged.
🧭 Vacation Rules — #153: Talk to strangers (safely). #71: Appoint a “Trip Mom.”
🎵 Buffett Facts — Our totally real weekly Jimmy Buffett facts.

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Chapters
00:00 Cold Open + “Front Desk” bit returns
00:02:10 Ep. 35 kick-off + 41-Day Countdown to Thanksgiving in Paradise
00:06:07 Cloudy-day sunscreen and “slather” talk
00:06:41 Chip’s theater show: the anti-filth crusader who…falls asleep front-row
00:11:43 Mulaney in San Diego: anniversary date, “wet-leg” wine spill, phone chaos
00:18:29 The Hyatt elevator ride → lobby security grilling (what happened on 31?)
00:26:00 UCB/Comedy Deathray memories + Jeff Garlin stories
00:30:21 Waikiki 2025: why we anchor the trip with shows at Blue Note
00:33:04 Ticket PSA: buy direct (avoid reseller markups)
00:34:48 HNL → Waikiki: taxi vs rideshare, luggage, early beach check-in mindset
00:37:58 First stop beach bars (Duke’s / Hula Grill / Moana Surfrider / Royal Hawaiian)
00:41:22 ABC Stores floaties (already inflated) + ocean temps in November
00:43:25 Reef-safe sunscreen (don’t get burned on Day 1)
00:45:19 Sunset catamaran sail (open-bar options) + nightly sunset walk strategy
00:48:35 Diamond Head reservations, hike details (closed on Thanksgiving)
00:50:26 Thanksgiving morning Turkey Trot plan
00:51:26 Thanksgiving dinner options + why we book early (water-view picks)
00:53:01 Sunset + live music (Royal Hawaiian / Moana Surfrider) nightcap
00:57:17 “Good Book” segment intro — Guinness time
00:58:27 Martin Tovey’s 816-edition Guinness collection (& memorabilia record)
01:02:20 1960 Valdivia M9.5 earthquake: energy, tsunamis, Earth’s rotation
01:07:31 Vacation Rules: #153 Talk to strangers; #71 Appoint a Trip Mom
01:11:24 Buffett Facts (completely official, don’t look them up)
01:14:41 Outro + “Front Desk” tag

Elvis movies, storm-door royalty, and a “Boomer Fyre Fest” in Cabo?! Chip & Thomas pack this episode with tropical escapism and comedy: a collapsed yacht-rock festival, a Guinness-level Beef Wellington, and the longest mermaid-fin swim you’ve ever heard of. Plus two Vacation Rules you’ll actually use on your next beach week and the 48-day countdown to Thanksgiving in Paradise (Blue Note Waikīkī).

Why hit “Play”?
🎸 “Woodstock of Yacht Rock”… canceled: Sunset Fest Cabo (Oct 24–26) loses most headliners (Loggins, Springfield, Christopher Cross, Alan Parsons), even Ambrosia, and gets postponed to Memorial Day weekend. The guys break down what went wrong.
🥩 World’s Largest Beef Wellington: Gordon Ramsay’s team built a 56-lb, 12-oz Welly from six steaks (yes, meat glue) and finished it with blowtorches. Welly belly explained.
🧜‍♀️ 31.13-Mile Mermaid Swim: Estonian athlete Merle Liven mono-fins 50 km in Miami’s Biscayne Bay (14h15m) and her team hauls 20 lbs of trash while she swims.
🧺 Vacation Rule #483: Do laundry mid-trip to “reset” your vacation—less rationing, more fresh fits.
😤 Vacation Rule #36: Vacations are too short to be angry (even when the room isn’t what you booked).
🦃 48-Day Countdown: Thanksgiving in Paradise is coming—surf lesson, turkey trot, and a circle-island day are on the docket.

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Chapters
00:00 “Front Desk” cold-open (hide-and-seek in Room 308)
03:16 Ep. 34 begins + 48-day countdown to Thanksgiving in Paradise (Blue Note Waikīkī)
04:01 Waikīkī plans: surfing lesson, turkey trot, and circle-island day
05:01 Big Toothpaste Rant (how ads made us over-squeeze)
08:10 Colored toilet paper & “Cleveland slather” bit
12:20 Sunscreen vs. sunblock vs. “suntan lotion”
28:00 Guinness Time kickoff
29:08 Giant Beef Wellington (why it’s so hard to nail)
32:17 56 lb 12 oz Welly; meat-glue & blowtorches!
33:41 New 2026 Good Book sighting (they’re still using 2025)
34:34 Mermaid mono-fin record setup (Biscayne Bay)
37:22 50 km (31.13 miles), 14h15m, 20 lbs of trash collected
40:23 Pitching our own “costume swim” world records
44:20 Yacht Rock Fest collapse intro (“Boomer Fyre Fest”)
45:06 Dates, billing, and the top-tier lineup that bailed
49:47 “Even Ambrosia dropped” + IG statements
53:16 Official word: postponed to Memorial Day weekend (reason given: recent hurricanes/flooding)
56:14 Tease: take a road trip with a celebrity impersonator (next week)
57:03 Vacation Rules segment begins
57:21 Rule #483 — Do laundry mid-trip
1:00:58 Rule #36 — Don’t waste vacation being angry
1:15:45 Title runner: “Cleveland Slather” sign-off + Front-Desk tag

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