Everybody's got an opinion.
THEME SONG:Every Californian and Virginian.
THEME SONG:It's so hard to tell who to trust and who to ignore,
THEME SONG:Someone's gotta settle the score.
THEME SONG:Trey and Chelsey will help you choose,
THEME SONG:Who's views win, which ones lose.
THEME SONG:Online haters, their comin' for you,
THEME SONG:Baby, it's time to Review That Review!
THEME SONG:. TREY: Hello!
CHELSEY:Hi!
TREY:Oh my goodness.
CHELSEY:It's Episode one!
TREY:Here we are.
TREY:Welcome to Review That Review!
TREY:The podcast dedicated to reviewing...
CHELSEY:...reviews!
CHELSEY:We're just like Siskel and Ebert only instead of reviewing cinematic masterpieces, we
TREY:That's true.
TREY:That's Chelsey Donn
CHELSEY:And that's Trey Gerrald.
TREY:and together.
TREY:We're
VOICEOVER:The Review Queens!
TREY:Here we are.
TREY:Chelsey episode UNO.
CHELSEY:Yay.
CHELSEY:I cannot believe it.
TREY:And all the listeners are here.
TREY:Thank you for being here and listening to episode one, we, um, are so excited
TREY:I figured that for this first episode, we can just take a brief little moment up
TREY:and then we'll jump right in.
TREY:So you're not just listening to a boring infomercial at the beginning
CHELSEY:I think that's a great idea.
CHELSEY:So who, who are we?
TREY:well, I'm Trey Gerrald, and I am a actor writer, sometimes funny person,
TREY:I'm from Columbia, South Carolina.
TREY:I live in New York City and , I've been here for almost 11 years.
TREY:Who are you?
CHELSEY:I am Chelsey Donn.
CHELSEY:I'm also an actor writer, comedian.
CHELSEY:, I live in Los Angeles.
CHELSEY:I've also been here almost 11 years, which is crazy.
CHELSEY:Grew up on the east coast, right outside Philadelphia.
CHELSEY:And just here to do the thing, you know
TREY:Go pirates or Buccaneers or what's Philly?
CHELSEY:Definitely not pirates or Buccaneers.
CHELSEY:Phillies?
CHELSEY:Is that what your
CHELSEY:... TREY: I don't know.
CHELSEY:I don't
CHELSEY:...Phillies, Sixers, Eagles?
TREY:Are any of those, right?
TREY:I don't know.
TREY:I don't follow sports.
TREY:Oh, I'm thinking of Cinc-- wait
CHELSEY:Pittsburgh?
TREY:Pittsburgh is the pirates, right?
TREY:I've been to a pirate's game.
TREY:Oy, okay.
TREY:Now people hate me.
TREY:All right.
TREY:So I was thinking we met, I think the year was 2017.
TREY:Is that right?
TREY:I should have gone back and looked.
CHELSEY:As my memory serves.
CHELSEY:Yeah, it was the summer.
CHELSEY:I believe, of 2017
CHELSEY:winter!
TREY:I don't know.
TREY:It was LA it's hard to tell.
CHELSEY:I don't know.
CHELSEY:It was nice out.
TREY:yeah, we met because I was spending a little time in Los Angeles
TREY:Hey!
CHELSEY:Hey, shout out.
TREY:She was like, you have to meet my friend, Chelsey Donn, you're
TREY:And you know, that can go one of two ways...
TREY:... now here we are...gosh.
TREY:Now it's 2021.
CHELSEY:Yeah, It was the same thing on my end.
CHELSEY:Emily was like, you're going to love Trey.
CHELSEY:You guys are just going to be quick friends.
CHELSEY:And I was like, I trust Emily with probably my life.
CHELSEY:So I was like, if Emily signs off on this human, they're probably pretty great.
CHELSEY:And thank God you lived up to the hype.
TREY:Oh, phew!
CHELSEY:Yeah.
TREY:Uh, so little quick notes here.
TREY:So we have spent the last couple of months, really hashing things out, getting comfortable,
CHELSEY:Maybe!
TREY:And it's been maybe, maybe there'll be bonus content on our pateron.
CHELSEY:Could be.
TREY:And, uh, this has been like a really fun experience working with you.
TREY:And so I hope that all of the listeners equally enjoy diving into this
TREY:oh, wait, I do want to quickly ask, are you someone who partakes in online reviews?
TREY:Are you a person that is in this world already?
CHELSEY:I'm an avid reader of online reviews.
CHELSEY:I wouldn't say I'm as much of a writer, but I read all the time.
CHELSEY:I'm constantly dissecting reviews.
CHELSEY:I do this for friends when they get like, they're like, oh, I'm afraid to buy this product.
CHELSEY:And then I really will go through it and say like, is this a deal breaker?
CHELSEY:I've been that person for a long time.
CHELSEY:And I think I generally have a good sense.
CHELSEY:Of people.
CHELSEY:And when we're like, you know, just sort of kvetching because, or sorry, complaining
CHELSEY:And I think I have a pretty general respect for both of those sides.
CHELSEY:So I can say I'm passionate about reviews and I've written a few in my day.
CHELSEY:How about you?
TREY:I think I have written one review in my life on delivery.com and after a horrible experience.
TREY:And then I got so paranoid that I actually like completely changed my entire username
TREY:So I'm not a person that frequents Yelp or all of those situations, but I do,
TREY:So
CHELSEY:I'm going to find that review that you wrote.
TREY:Oh, I wonder if it's still there.
TREY:You know,
CHELSEY:if there's retribution to be had
TREY:Oy-yow-yow!, all right.
TREY:Well, I'm glad that we, um, are here.
TREY:I'm glad that the listeners are here and I feel like we are more
TREY:So here we are episode one of Review That Review.
CHELSEY:I feel like before we hear other people complain, just to like even out the playing
TREY:if I was making a podcast, I think I would come up with a really cute phrase for that.
TREY:And it would maybe be the first segment called.
VOICEOVER:Lodge A Complaint.
CHELSEY:Wow.
CHELSEY:I'm so glad you had that cued up.
TREY:Mmm-Hmm!.
CHELSEY:You have a complaint to lodge Trey?
TREY:Yes.
TREY:I absolutely have a complaint to lodge and I I'm going to be controversial.
CHELSEY:Oh no.
CHELSEY:Okay.
TREY:But, with a heart of bravery, and I'm going to go after this complaint that needs to be
CHELSEY:Oh!
CHELSEY:Okay.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:The Voice, can you, okay.
TREY:Chelsey, can you name a single winner from The Voice?
CHELSEY:Oh, no, I've watched some episodes.
CHELSEY:Probably not to be honest, but my parents are avid Voice Watchers, so they might be able to.
TREY:Can you name a winner of American Idol.
CHELSEY:Kelly Clarkson,
TREY:Okay, there you go.
CHELSEY:Ruben Studdard.
TREY:Okay, this is what has occurred to me.
TREY:I was never in that reality competition watching.
TREY:Cause I went was in a boarding school.
TREY:We didn't have cable, but , my husband is obsessed with American Idol and always has been.
TREY:And so I've seen it and I have seen the evolution of that program, where it was really sort of,
TREY:Okay.
TREY:So then in that platform, we start to create a show called The Voice where it's literally
TREY:Great idea.
TREY:But we're on season.
TREY:I don't know, 2,800 and I.
TREY:, I don't know, a single person who wins it's the same as like The Bachelor.
TREY:Like as soon as it ends, then they have one of the, of a different gender Bachelorette.
CHELSEY:Right.
TREY:So it's like, I feel like we need to put an end to these entertainment.
TREY:Reality competition shows that aren't fostering.
TREY:Like careers for people, but then is that like unfair to expect that this like competition
TREY:Like don't you have to put, you know, I don't know the music industry is nothing.
TREY:I know anything about it just really bugs me that this reality show there've
CHELSEY:They also like.
CHELSEY:I think have multiple seasons in a year.
CHELSEY:Like it's not just one.
CHELSEY:I think we're maybe like over-saturating the market.
CHELSEY:But I agree.
CHELSEY:Like, when I think about the voice, I think about like Blake and Adam bickering back
TREY:Yeah.
TREY:I also have a really great friend who, was like up into the live show
TREY:And it's one of the most transcendent vocalists I know.
TREY:So it's just, you know, it is at the end of the day, which is a reality show
TREY:I think that's why it is about the judges.
TREY:And so to me, it's sort of like obnoxious that it's this whole, ruse that it's about finding
TREY:So, all right.
TREY:So they're not trying to find America's next, superstar.
CHELSEY:I'm sure they get some sort of a record deal and.
CHELSEY:Similar to idol, who knows?
TREY:I don't know, but that's my complaint.
TREY:I'm just, it bothers me.
TREY:And I think there could be some reflection about why it bothers me, but, maybe
CHELSEY:I think it's a worthy lodging of a complaint, Trey.
CHELSEY:I am thinking about this and I'm thinking about how we should be doing more to
CHELSEY:And I'm glad that you're the one that said something about it
TREY:Thank you for that beautiful spin.
TREY:Chelsey, do you have any complaint you want to lodge?
CHELSEY:I do.
CHELSEY:I want to make first of all, a general complaint against Murphy's Law and whoever
CHELSEY:And at the most inopportune time.
CHELSEY:It's been like getting really hot in LA lately.
CHELSEY:And it's great.
CHELSEY:I love it.
CHELSEY:Except this was the time that my air conditioner decided let's just not work anymore.
CHELSEY:And so I don't have a working air conditioner when things are really starting
TREY:What do you think Murphy's last name was?
CHELSEY:I thought Murphy was the last name.
TREY:Oh,
CHELSEY:Newton, like Newton's law.
TREY:Wow.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:So what do you think Murphy's First name was?
CHELSEY:I think Murphy's fIrst name is probably something like very old and
CHELSEY:Cause that's taken by Freud.
CHELSEY:But I think like something that's like, oh wow.
CHELSEY:Like haven't heard that name in a long time would be my guess.
TREY:Edwin.
CHELSEY:Edwin!
CHELSEY:Yeah.
CHELSEY:Edwin with like a middle name, you know, Murphy the fifth,
TREY:Oh yeah.
TREY:There's definitely a lineage.
CHELSEY:but why, why such a pessimist?
CHELSEY:Why can't it be like everything that can go right.
CHELSEY:Will go right.
TREY:You know, I feel like that's very Buddhist of you.
CHELSEY:Thank you.
CHELSEY:I mean,
TREY:"Ommmmmm."
CHELSEY:Anyway, lodging a complaint against Murphy and like the bad, I dunno, ju-ju that
TREY:It's a good complaint.
TREY:I'm going to be really thinking about Edwin Murphy for awhile now.
CHELSEY:as you should.
CHELSEY:But flip that shit around.
CHELSEY:All right.
CHELSEY:I feel like I've heard enough about us and our complaints.
CHELSEY:Maybe we should hear some other people's complaints.
CHELSEY:What do you think?
TREY:I love that let's do it.
CHELSEY:Okay.
CHELSEY:As your trusty Review Queens, Trey, and I will each bring in a new review from the
TREY:We will read the review
CHELSEY:we will break it down.
TREY:and then we rate the impact of the review on a scale from one to five
CHELSEY:it's true.
CHELSEY:It's a very Regal process that we've created with leading scientists and
VOICEOVER:Assess That Kvetch!
TREY:But Chelsey, my dear, for those of us who don't speak Yiddish, what does that word mean?
CHELSEY:Kvetch, it means complaint like, "Ugh, you're kvetching, stop
TREY:Oh, like what we were just doing.
CHELSEY:Correct.
TREY:Oh, great.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:Awesome.
CHELSEY:Alright.
CHELSEY:Well, which one of us is going first today?
CHELSEY:I don't...
TREY:Me!
CHELSEY:...know.
TREY:I'm first.
CHELSEY:Oh, you're first.
CHELSEY:Okay.
CHELSEY:Well, take it away.
CHELSEY:Review Queen.
CHELSEY:Let's hear it.
TREY:Alright.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:So here we go.
TREY:This, I found this review a while ago and I've been sitting on it it's a little bit long,
TREY:So here we go.
TREY:The very first review on Review That Review.
VOICEOVER:Review That Review.
TREY:all right.
TREY:So today this review I have found from the website Good Reads, which is, reviewing books
TREY:I don't know if you are aware of it.
TREY:this review was written by.
TREY:Shaniece.
TREY:She has a very cute photograph.
TREY:this is a one star for the book, 50 Shades of Grey.
CHELSEY:Okay.
TREY:"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
TREY:No, you're serious?
TREY:This is a New York Times number one best seller?
TREY:Why?
TREY:Why are people still claiming how quote unquote good it is.
TREY:How much they quote unquote loved it.
TREY:Have you never read a decent piece of literature in your life?
TREY:Not to say this is literature, but come on.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:I'm abusing italics.
TREY:I was excited to read this book because I like a little romance and erotica every
TREY:This wasn't erotic nor was it romantic.
TREY:When Ana first meets Christian, it's more than obvious that this is a fanfic of Twilight.
TREY:Ana's clumsy, continuously bites her lip, doesn't understand why a guy, any guy, would be attracted
TREY:There was a moment in the book where I put it down and laughed.
TREY:A good hearty laugh.
TREY:I'm not exactly sure where it was.
TREY:The whole thing is purely comedic.
TREY:I wasn't going to continue reading it, but I kind of wanted to know how it ended.
TREY:So I basically skimmed through, I mainly read their emails, though idiotic, were still cute.
TREY:The actual writing in this book was poor at best, the repeating of sentences, phrases,
TREY:I believe she mentioned her subconscious about 80 times parentheses.
TREY:This is not an exaggeration, but fact, and I wanted nothing more than for her quote
TREY:And her inner goddess parentheses mentioned about 60 times question mark.
TREY:Ha!
TREY:Haha.
TREY:What a slut.
TREY:BDSM.
TREY:I'm not one who is a fan of this.
TREY:I don't want to be quote unquote controlled and I don't want to quote unquote control someone.
TREY:So that whole aspect was bad enough in and of itself.
TREY:And the fact that she was actually scared that if she did something wrong,
TREY:There's a difference between love and obsession.
TREY:For anyone who wants to read a romance or even erotica, you can buy a $3 or $4 book
TREY:Why the fuck would you want to pay anything more than a penny for this book?
TREY:Seriously.
All caps:why do people like this?
All caps:Christian was no where neeeeeeeaaaaar sexy to me, no matter who I tried to picture
All caps:And now they're making a movie that's completely unfair and how will they even do it?
All caps:I say Jack Black plays Christian and Busy Phillips plays Ana.
All caps:Heh.
All caps:Now that would be interesting, please, italics: please, bold: please, please
All caps:Just stop!
All caps:Read books that deserve this attention.
CHELSEY:Oh, wow.
TREY:All right.
TREY:That was a little lengthy.
TREY:I know it was a little lengthy.
CHELSEY:Shaniece came to play and she had a lot to say,
TREY:But like that is the review on a website.
TREY:Like she, like, that's an essay like that.
TREY:If I was a third grade teacher, minus the F words, that's an essay.
CHELSEY:Oh!
CHELSEY:For sure.
CHELSEY:I mean, I think that it's like could even be collegiate level.
CHELSEY:I mean, she,
TREY:They could turn that into a pilot.
CHELSEY:We could, I mean, she, like, I just heard you reciting that.
CHELSEY:And I just want to point out that not only did she use italics and bold and things
CHELSEY:She's like I overuse the italics.
CHELSEY:I'm aware.
CHELSEY:It was a choice.
TREY:It literally was like very small on the website and it's kind of long.
TREY:So I had to like copy paste it and put it into a word document so that I could see it better.
TREY:And I like erased all of the font formatting.
TREY:And then I had to go back and undo that because so much of what she's writing.
TREY:Is in the way in which she chose to put it on the page.
TREY:Maybe Shenice is like an English teacher.
CHELSEY:Yeah.
CHELSEY:I mean, like say what you will about Shenice and we'll get into her personal bias, but
CHELSEY:There is no mistaking her opinion about this book where I sort of lose
CHELSEY:the fact that she's, you know, really speaking for all of us when really she
CHELSEY:Like personally, I think of Shenice.
CHELSEY:Was talking more about her personal preference and less about the absolutes.
CHELSEY:Like this doesn't have a right to be made into a movie.
CHELSEY:This doesn't have a right to take place anywhere within literature.
CHELSEY:Not to mention within this genre.
CHELSEY:I feel like Shenice, could have been a Review Queen, but the bias really pushed
TREY:that's actually a really great point.
TREY:I didn't read this book.
TREY:It D it was a cultural phenomenon and it's about BDSM.
TREY:So it's just interesting to bring up, like, why is this about BDS?
TREY:Like, if you aren't interested then, like,
TREY:Pick a
CHELSEY:different book,
TREY:Yeah.
TREY:Like, or just like, you
CHELSEY:go to Walmart.
TREY:there's no point in putting that into the review.
TREY:Like if you're reading it, because it's, everyone's talking about it, that aside,
TREY:Is a wordsmith.
TREY:And so there's a lot of, attention to detail and it is like a full arc, , this, this review.
TREY:And so I imagine that they have a high level of taste when it comes to other people's writing.
TREY:I kind of feel like, yes, I agree.
TREY:She's speaking in absolutes rather than personal opinions.
TREY:but that little shift aside, I, feel warned maybe like spend your time somewhere else, unless , you
CHELSEY:Okay.
CHELSEY:Like, we got to talk about the laughing because the laughing really did have me rolling.
CHELSEY:Like she started this entire review.
CHELSEY:How many, like hahahahahaha's were there?
CHELSEY:Like,
TREY:Girl, I knew you were going to ask me that.
TREY:It's um, I can't even count.
CHELSEY:oh my God, that's a long ha ha ha.
TREY:it's probably 16.
CHELSEY:I feel like Shaniece is the type of person that just laughs all the time, say
CHELSEY:But when you're around, Shenice you're going to be laughing too, because she just brought
CHELSEY:I sort of found it endearing.
CHELSEY:Like I.
CHELSEY:Let's see, like I'm going to stand by.
CHELSEY:I think Shenice took this one step too far in speaking for everybody.
CHELSEY:But I think Shenice is the kind of person where like, if we were all hanging out and she was
CHELSEY:And we would be laughing too.
CHELSEY:So I do feel like I got some, some character from the repeated laughter.
TREY:Yeah.
TREY:I, I find that this, um, point of view, especially on good reads, there's tons and tons, and people
TREY:and I picked Shenice because I felt like it wasn't just trying to like go
TREY:So I do, kind of think this was a common experience.
TREY:I mean, I think everyone knew that it was like based on fan fiction for another
TREY:Right.
TREY:I think this is probably a common experience, right?
CHELSEY:I do, but I wonder like, if this would be a deal breaker, like if I was somebody that was
CHELSEY:Would anything in this review keep me from buying the book?
CHELSEY:I don't think so.
CHELSEY:Especially if I was like onboard for a BDSM moment, you know, she doesn't like that.
CHELSEY:She's not into that but what do they say?
CHELSEY:You don't go to, you don't get milk at the hardware store.
CHELSEY:I mean, like, you know what you're getting when you're going in for 50 Shades of Grey,
TREY:Agreed.
CHELSEY:There's no gray area in what you are receiving with this book.
TREY:Zero gray in 50 Shades of Grey.
CHELSEY:Zero gray!
TREY:I mean, I think we've been talking about this the whole time, but I,
TREY:I think it's a very entertaining
CHELSEY:Definitely points for entertainment from me,
TREY:And then, like you were saying the impact, the deal breaker, I don't know.
TREY:I mean, I don't feel persuaded either way.
CHELSEY:Right.
TREY:So that is interesting.
TREY:Cause I really liked this review.
TREY:I enjoy it, but I, don't really know that there's any impact, honestly, other
CHELSEY:I agree, I don't think I'm necessarily gonna take her, advice, run the other way,
TREY:Right.
CHELSEY:but I think what she wants us to do.
CHELSEY:All right.
CHELSEY:I feel like we have enough information.
TREY:Yeah, I think we do too, are you ready crown it?
CHELSEY:Yeah, I'm ready.
CHELSEY:Let's crown it.
TREY:All right.
TREY:So Chelsey and I each have our own set of one to five crown cards and in an effort to
VOICEOVER:The Queens are Tabulating!
TREY:You ready to show
CHELSEY:Yeah.
CHELSEY:I mean, can I say it was like really tempted to break a crown in half for this?
TREY:Oh, we should discuss that.
TREY:Should we be able to do that?
TREY:Should we have a half crown card
CHELSEY:I mean maybe.
TREY:Maybe in the future.
TREY:Listeners, if you have an opinion about that share.
VOICEOVER:Total Score!
CHELSEY:Unanimous!
TREY:A Tie, we both have three crowns.
TREY:Chelsey, you want to, um, explain why you voted for three.
CHELSEY:Yes, I voted for three, cause I gave Shaniece high points on personality,
CHELSEY:So that was why I took away two points, but I kind of want to like, go get a
CHELSEY:How about you?
TREY:Okay.
TREY:Wait, like, Actual like verbatim ditto, because I feel like I want to be friends with Shenice.
CHELSEY:Yeah.
TREY:um, but Yeah.
TREY:I mean, I would need to read a couple of more reviews to sort of get a deeper feel.
TREY:I found this to be incredibly entertaining, um, which is why I was
TREY:It was a pleasant read and I appreciate her attention to bold and italics and line spacing,
TREY:Maybe I would break a crown too, if we were doing that, but, um,
CHELSEY:wow.
CHELSEY:That was such a good first entry, Trey, way to really have the first review of Review
CHELSEY:I'm impressed.
CHELSEY:But I think we do need like a little bit of a pallet cleanse before we
CHELSEY:What do you think.
TREY:I love that idea.
TREY:So let's do a quick little break.
TREY:And then when we come back, we are going to introduce you all to
CHELSEY:Love it BRB.
VOICEOVER:Hold your crown, we'll be right back.
TREY:Hey, Review Queens, it's Chelsey and Trey here.
TREY:We're doing this really exciting thing for the launch of our new
TREY:If you write a review for this podcast.
CHELSEY:Yeah, it's super exciting.
CHELSEY:And the best part is you could win a very glamorous Review That
TREY:It's perfect for a hot date, you know, and you're totally rad pimped out denim vest.
CHELSEY:pop the bling on!
TREY:But wait, there's more.
TREY:We are also throwing into the prize package of very deluxe Review
CHELSEY:Oh my god, stop it.
CHELSEY:It's perfect for writing those first drafts of your five star reviews.
TREY:all right, so here's how you enter.
TREY:Leave us a five star review on apple podcasts, take a quick screenshot, email
CHELSEY:And we made it super easy with a super cute link lovethepodcast.com/thereviewqueens.
TREY:There's also a one-click link in the show description below.
TREY:It's easy, peasy, beautiful, Review Queens.
CHELSEY:Yes, I can't wait personally to experience how easy it is.
TREY:Two birds, one stone.
TREY:This will also enter you, listener, into the mix for possibly being selected
VOICEOVER:Royal Reviews!
TREY:Where we read listener reviews of our show.
CHELSEY:Yes.
CHELSEY:Happy reviewing.
TREY:Now back to the show,
TREY:Chelsey it's game time.
TREY:It's time for you and I to take a quick spin on the Meryl-Go-Round.
VOICEOVER:"I don't feel like an icon.
VOICEOVER:Most days I feel like, 'I can't....that's with an A!"
CHELSEY:Meryl.
CHELSEY:Love you.
CHELSEY:All right.
CHELSEY:Here's the deal.
CHELSEY:Trey and I are each going to pick a rotten, scathing, pithy one-star zinger.
CHELSEY:And with 30 seconds on the clock, not a second more.
CHELSEY:We'll take turns, trying to recite the zinger in as many genres as possible
TREY:Just like queen Meryl, who does it all.
CHELSEY:before the clock runs out.
TREY:All right, Chelsey, you go first for this one.
CHELSEY:Oh my God, Okay.
CHELSEY:This one star zinger is from Rate My Professor and it is from a UCLA professor who I will not
CHELSEY:That's fine.
CHELSEY:it is by Archeolog.
CHELSEY:And the review states, I would rather pass a gallstone during a Yanni concert.
TREY:Alright.
TREY:That's all right.
CHELSEY:So,that's what I got to work with.
CHELSEY:It's a little long, but I got it.
TREY:I think you're going to do great
CHELSEY:okay.
VOICEOVER:3 2 1,
VOICEOVER:Go!
CHELSEY:I would rather pass a
CHELSEY:Yanni concert
TREY:Disaster!
CHELSEY:I would rather pass a gallstone during a Yanni concert.
TREY:Televangelist.
CHELSEY:I would rather pass a gallstone during a Yanni concert.
CHELSEY:I would rather pass a gallstone a Yanni concert.
TREY:Mime!
TREY:Pop star,
VOICEOVER:That's all.
TREY:Chelsey!
CHELSEY:I am like exhausted.
CHELSEY:How many was that?
TREY:six.
CHELSEY:Wow.
TREY:Wow.
TREY:Uh,
CHELSEY:I can't even believe it.
CHELSEY:I hope Meryl would be proud.
TREY:I, oh, of course.
TREY:I hate going second.
TREY:Cause you're really good at this game, but
CHELSEY:No, Trey.
CHELSEY:You're good.
TREY:Who cares?
TREY:Okay.
TREY:My one-star zinger is, um, also from Rate My Professors randomly.
CHELSEY:Oh.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:So this is actually from Brown University for a history professor, for context, this has four
TREY:All Right.
TREY:Hmm.
CHELSEY:Alright.
CHELSEY:Are you ready?
TREY:I am ready?
CHELSEY:Mine would to start
TREY:He didn't laugh.
TREY:When I said that his mom was the Capitol
CHELSEY:musical theater.
TREY:when I said to his mom, I was like,
CHELSEY:Disney.
TREY:Oh,
TREY:he didn't have, when I said that his mom was capital of Japan,
CHELSEY:Oh,
VOICEOVER:That's all.
TREY:that was like four something.
TREY:How many did I
CHELSEY:no, it wasn't.
CHELSEY:It was 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
TREY:All right.
TREY:Well, that's good.
CHELSEY:Good job.
TREY:I'm really proud of you.
TREY:You, you really are good at this.
TREY:And so you deserve this round of applause.
TREY:. Okay
CHELSEY:Wow, thank you.
CHELSEY:I'm honored.
CHELSEY:I never really won anything growing up, so I will take the win for today and
CHELSEY:I will say, thank you, Trey, and better luck next time.
TREY:I'm really glad that you're implementing your new year's resolution in July, June.
CHELSEY:Listen, it's never, she late where we're almost at the halfway mark
CHELSEY:So that's sort of like, you know, a year.
TREY:oh my gosh.
TREY:Yeah, that was uh, the Meryl-Go-Round.
CHELSEY:Yes.
VOICEOVER:Review That Review.
TREY:All right.
TREY:So we're back from our game break.
TREY:And now it is Chelsey's turn!
TREY:Chelsey Donn, where is your review from this week?
CHELSEY:Okay.
CHELSEY:Um, my review is from Yelp.
CHELSEY:It is written by David S uh, it is David S's one-star review of the Central Park Zoo.
CHELSEY:Just for a little bit of context David S.
CHELSEY:has written 38 other reviews and included nine photos.
CHELSEY:He did include two photos in his review of the Central Park Zoo.
CHELSEY:so without further ado, David S.
CHELSEY:This is a zoo?
CHELSEY:Good luck seeing any animals.
CHELSEY:Unless you consider thousands of other tourists, crammed elbow to elbow in this tiny space as
CHELSEY:Is there no capacity limit?
CHELSEY:We saw part of a bear's leg, I think, maybe an arm?
CHELSEY:We saw some beautiful, but dirty swans eating from a grain dish, but they were pretty quickly
CHELSEY:That was barely entertaining as here's what would happen if you took a beautiful
CHELSEY:It would get covered in a layer of New York scum and some rats would eat its lunch.
CHELSEY:I suppose this place is a zoo in the pejorative sense.
CHELSEY:Wait, is that what it's supposed to be?
CHELSEY:Is this some kind of a sarcastic art installation?
TREY:Wow that, that really took a turn there for me at the end.
CHELSEY:David S has thoughts.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:Well, first of all, great pick.
TREY:Um,
TREY:I just have a question.
CHELSEY:Yeah.
TREY:Why would you choose the Central Park Zoo when you could go to the Bronx Zoo?
CHELSEY:I'm with you.
TREY:I mean, I've been to both zoos and.
TREY:Okay, here we go.
TREY:David S.
TREY:I don't think is very far off.
TREY:When I went to the Central Park Zoo, I actually don't know.
TREY:if I did see animals.
TREY:Like, I've never actually thought about that, but a lot of the, like things were closed,
CHELSEY:I know.
CHELSEY:This was written, like it says over two years ago.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:I don't know something.
TREY:This is like, this is just occurring to me as I'm sharing it, but something about
TREY:I don't know.
CHELSEY:Yeah, there are a lot of things that were a turn off about this.
CHELSEY:Let's just be clear that David S obviously has impeccable grammar.
CHELSEY:Um, he, he used elipses properly and he also used words like pejorative.
CHELSEY:So I think maybe David S is like an S.A.T.
CHELSEY:tutor on the side.
CHELSEY:Maybe S.A.T.
CHELSEY:2.
CHELSEY:in writing.
CHELSEY:So he definitely has a way with the pen, but that being said, there was a sense of
TREY:There was a sense.
TREY:I think I I'm nodding in agreement.
TREY:Yeah.
TREY:Do you think that there's like value in this review?
CHELSEY:I think maybe in the sense of, like you said, it's not the best zoo, go to the Bronx Zoo.
CHELSEY:If you're going to be in the area, if you want a real zoo experience, this is like a zoo-lite.
CHELSEY:It's in the middle of Central Park, which has so many things to offer.
CHELSEY:So it's just like, oh, you're here, pass through sort of thing.
CHELSEY:It's not.
CHELSEY:It's not like a full blown zoo.
CHELSEY:So in that sense, I don't think he's misleading the reader.
CHELSEY:I think it's right to keep expectations low.
CHELSEY:If you're going to go to the Central Park Zoo,
TREY:Yes, but you do, have to pay that admission fee.
TREY:So it is a zoo.
CHELSEY:I want say go, I mean, I think it goes to some sort of restoration of the park, or
TREY:that's yeah, you're probably right about that.
TREY:David S, has a point to be a little upset about paying to go to a zoo and like maybe seeing
CHELSEY:But also it's like pizza rat, you know what I mean?
CHELSEY:Like rats are part of the experience,
TREY:They're just there.
TREY:Yeah.
CHELSEY:They're just there.
CHELSEY:If you're going to be in the City, you're going to see rats.
TREY:I think like this is probably somewhat typical.
TREY:I hope we don't get hate mail from the Central Park Zoo What's the entertainment value here?
TREY:I don't know.
CHELSEY:I dunno, I feel like David was giving me a little bit of Karen
CHELSEY:I think I was somewhat entertained.
CHELSEY:I wasn't knocked off my socks.
CHELSEY:He wasn't giving me laughter or anything like that.
CHELSEY:You know, like Shenice.
TREY:I think that's what turned me off about the, um, the turn at the end about
TREY:Like, it just felt a little like.
TREY:Heavy handed.
TREY:I don't know, like he, David, I thought they were being really clever, but I don't know.
CHELSEY:mean, and also is this some kind of sarcastic art installation?
CHELSEY:I like unnecessary.
TREY:Althought, that would be a really interesting, like, performance art,
CHELSEY:That's it.
CHELSEY:Yeah,
TREY:But if we'd never had the Central Park Zoo, we would never
CHELSEY:that's a good point.
TREY:What do you think the impact of this review is?
TREY:If If you were David S's grandmother, would you hang this on the fridge?
CHELSEY:No, I wouldn't.
CHELSEY:I would be like chill.
CHELSEY:You know what I mean?
CHELSEY:Don't go.
CHELSEY:Don't don't go David S.
CHELSEY:Don't go to the Central Park Zoo also, like not judging cause my mom loves the zoo,
CHELSEY:Like I brought like my niece and nephew and they liked it.
CHELSEY:Their expectations were very low.
CHELSEY:We were just at Central Park.
CHELSEY:Let's do this thing.
CHELSEY:And David S I don't know that he's the right audience for this Central Park Zoo.
TREY:That's fair, but I I do think there is value here because it's sort of like, okay, so
CHELSEY:Love a good bunny sculpture.
CHELSEY:I can stick my face in.
TREY:I feel like I'm ready.
TREY:Like I can crown this.
TREY:Right?
CHELSEY:I think I'm ready.
CHELSEY:Let's crown it.
VOICEOVER:The Queens are Tabulating!
TREY:You ready?
CHELSEY:Ugh.
CHELSEY:I guess I'm ready.
CHELSEY:Okay.
CHELSEY:Let's do it.
VOICEOVER:Total score!.
TREY:A Tie again!
CHELSEY:We're the same!
CHELSEY:Two crowns.
CHELSEY:We both gave two crowns.
CHELSEY:This was another example, which I kind of wish I could have break your crown in half.
CHELSEY:I gave two
TREY:One and a 1.5.
CHELSEY:I would have gone maybe 2.5, because I think that in terms of literacy.
CHELSEY:And being able to understand what was written that was clear.
CHELSEY:Sometimes you read reviews.
CHELSEY:They're just like, they're the, spelling's all over the place.
CHELSEY:The grammar is all over the place.
CHELSEY:I don't understand what you're saying.
CHELSEY:I feel like it is probably a fair assessment.
CHELSEY:There's lots of tourists.
CHELSEY:I'm sure.
CHELSEY:You know, people walking around the city all day walking around the park.
CHELSEY:I'm sure they do smell.
CHELSEY:I'm sure I can expect to probably only see a leg or an arm.
CHELSEY:Um, the top of a head of an animal in that environment.
CHELSEY:So I did feel like he was being truthful in his experience, I took a few crowns
CHELSEY:So that was why I ultimately came to two crowns.
CHELSEY:How about you?
TREY:Yeah, I gave it two crowns because I felt like, you know, generally I think there's
TREY:Like it's probably accurate saying that they're never going to be wearing deodorant.
TREY:All the hordes of people is sort of like, is that for real?
TREY:And I wasn't very entertained.
TREY:And, um, so for that reason, I just, I gave it two.
TREY:Two crowns.
CHELSEY:I think that's valid.
TREY:Yeah.
CHELSEY:Wow, we did it.
TREY:Yay!
TREY:As we reach the end of today's episode.
TREY:Chelsey, have you got any personal reviews for someone in your life that you think
TREY:Who are you inducting for?
VOICEOVER:My Royal Highness!
CHELSEY:wow.
CHELSEY:Yes, there's so many people always.
CHELSEY:Right.
CHELSEY:but I'm gonna go a little bit unusual with my inductee and I'm going to induct whoever
CHELSEY:It's an affirmations app and it's just really nice.
CHELSEY:It's a great part of my day.
CHELSEY:Whenever I'm feeling down, I just get a little alert on my phone.
CHELSEY:Like I am worth it.
CHELSEY:I am.
CHELSEY:Able to accomplish what I want to, and I have a problem with affirmations.
CHELSEY:Like I always want to do them, but I feel like it's too much homework.
CHELSEY:Like, oh, I have to come up with the affirmations.
CHELSEY:And then I have to remember to say them.
CHELSEY:And so if you're someone who is interested in doing affirmations, but not quite sure
CHELSEY:"I Am" because they do all the heavy lifting for you and you get all the
CHELSEY:So thank you to the inventor.
CHELSEY:I should figure out who it is of the, "I Am" app.
CHELSEY:I'm always grateful when there's somebody that uses this platform for good.
CHELSEY:And thank you.
CHELSEY:I Am.
TREY:I love that.
TREY:Okay.
TREY:So we all have to download the "I Am" app,
CHELSEY:Yes, not an ad though.
TREY:Not an ad!
CHELSEY:I'm not getting paid for this.
TREY:We're not sponsored.
TREY:okay.
TREY:So my Royal Highness, I went shopping, uh, cause there was a Home Goods and
TREY:Her name was Carol.
TREY:And if I had to guess her age, she was pro like, to be honest, she was
TREY:She was tasked with wiping down all of the shopping carts when you walk in.
TREY:So she was like the greeter and she was really lovely and sweet.
TREY:And I came in and she asked me how I was doing.
TREY:And she called me sugar and she gave me the, her cleanly wiped down cart.
TREY:And then on my way out, I, um, had too much stuff.
TREY:So I had to get a larger cart.
TREY:And so I went up to Carol and she said, "oh, you underestimated!"
TREY:so then I had to get the other cart and put everything in the car, you know, it was whatever.
TREY:And, um, so I was like, can I take this out, like to the parking structure?
TREY:And she was like, you can do whatever you want, sweetie.
TREY:anyway, my whole point here is in this time of sort of, recognizing
TREY:Carol really made my day.
TREY:And I ended up overspending at Home Goods and I bet Carol is responsible.
TREY:So she should get, you know, a stock in the company Carol, whoever
TREY:And so for that, you are my Royal Highness inductee for this week.
CHELSEY:Congratulations, Carol.
CHELSEY:It seems like well deserved and I hope you do get some stock in Home Goods.
TREY:She better.
TREY:She was really working hard.
TREY:All right.
CHELSEY:Okay.
CHELSEY:We did it.
TREY:We did it, Queen that's episode one in the books.
CHELSEY:Oh, my goodness.
CHELSEY:Thank you so much for joining us today.
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CHELSEY:You're a queen!
TREY:Gender non-specific Queen.
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