A Conversation with... Todd Van Allen and Darcy Fiander from the Ok Heres One Podcast

Ok So Here's One Todd Van Allen and Darcy Fiander swing by to talk to Bob about food, Jimmy JJ Walker, and Jokes, plus a few minor detours into the ephemera. Join in the fun. Ok So Heres One https://youtube.com/live/YaIBLNwcOos Bad AI Transcript Here we go. Hey, everybody, and welcome to a conversation with Darcy and TVA, or better known as Tonbad Halen. I mean, Todd Van Allen from the OU812 album. That's right. By the way, Bob, that's not even the worst butchering of my name I've ever gotten. Really? Oh, no, no, no. I once got on. I said, hi, I'm Todd Van Allen. And they went, Tom Banana? Tom Banana. Sure, yeah. Let's go with that. Let's go with that. That's my alter ego. Yes. I do children's parties as Tom Banana. As well as bachelorette parties. It works either way. That's right. The pants are different. That's right. Exactly. The pants are less pants and one. Yeah. So, uh, guys, so you're from the, okay, so here's one podcast, which had a different name yes which was i can't remember it was like uh top bunk or what was it called? Right. Uh, Darcy, why don't you take him through the history of the lineage of the show? Yeah. Tell me about it. All right. Yeah. When did it start, Todd? I don't remember what year. Oh, I know. A long, long time ago. Uh, 19. Yeah.Nope. We sent it out on cassettes, I remember. Oh, were you? Okay, it was a sneaker net. It was a bonus with our zine, yeah. Yes, it was an oratory sermon that I would deliver, and we recorded on these little cassette tapes. Oh, micro cassettes? Yes, and then Darcy would mail them out, yes. Oh, very nice. No, I don't know what the year was. It was when the internet was big. Do you remember when that year was? Hmm. I think it's still big. Are you talking like it's infancy big or first steps kind of big? Just prior to 2.0. Okay, so back in the probably early 2000s. No, I think it was after. I think it was, what? Was it? 2007, 8, 9, 10.When did we stop saying WWW? That was after, I think it was like 1949. Okay. We just did two Ws. Right. And then there was an afterwards. I remember in like 1919. Yeah, there was another one. There was another number in 1939. That was a big one. We're waiting for the third W. Right. And then there was a WWF for a long time. I thought that was for pandas, but then guys started hitting each other with chairs. And then there was a court order, and then it was a WWE. That's right. Exactly. That's right. And then they threw everybody into a tizzy because, you know what? It's entertainment. I didn't even realize that. No, they had to tell you. Yeah, I was like, what? What's the E stand for? The E stands for, ugh, you still watch this?I thought you were older than 14. I honestly, okay. So no, Darcy, when did it start? It started like 2007, 2008? Something like that, yeah. Darcy doesn't even want to chime in on this anymore. He's like… So the first iteration was called the TVA podcast. Correct. And at some point, you thought you didn't want to have your name on it. It didn't say anything about what the show was. After the first few episodes. Give me off of this. Take my name off of this show. Think about something else here. I want to go by Brian Lobard. I just wanted to get out of this. Around that time, you were hosting an open mic comedy night. Correct. Called Comedy Above the Pub. Correct. Oh, that's what it was. Above the Pub. We'll name it.about something higher than your normal height, but not so high that you're in the sky. So Darcy is really skipping through a few details here. Darcy was a bleeding-edge technology guy around the 2000 and times, right? I can tell because of the air conditioner that he's utilizing still today. Yes, the big block, and if you look at the shelf, the 85 thermoses that he has up there. Oh, I see that, yeah. Right. Uh, here's a, uh, here's a, uh, a little game for you to play, figure out which one's the fleshlight. So, uh, Darcy. He lifted that can up and I was going to be. Um,