The Costco King w/ Tom Thakkar! | Are You Garbage Comedy Podcast w/ Kevin Ryan & H. Foley

• 0:00 Cold open for AYG’s Nov 13 Gotham Comedy Club shows, then Tom Thakkar’s sixth visit and the Bud Light Lime-A-Rita from his first.
• 4:20 Life as a new dad in LA: a police helicopter over his block, a loudspeaker, and the Citizen app he keeps deleting.
• 6:20 What makes Tom feel classy: Costco eye masks and protein Doritos. Then the Minneapolis “beef jerky” that was dog treats.
• 10:00 The counter-top count, from the air fryer combo to four coffee makers, a breaker box outside, bottled cold brew, hand-scooped ice and 70-person parties.
• 22:15 One product he recommends: Dr Pepper & Cream Soda Zero Sugar. Then Pepsi versus Coke and KFC switching to Coca-Cola.
• 25:20 Costco three times a week: samples with the baby, Kirkland golf gear, soup, wine, and a $180 skeleton head for his son’s Halloween birthday.
• 33:00 Dad duty: daycare pickups, meal prep and bananas, then golf at Alhambra for $32 on weekdays.
• 38:20 The open laundry-room trash can, a Litter-Robot that does not work as promised, and a pontoon boat in Wisconsin with six babies.
• 46:40 A mattress on the car roof, a baby who wrecks restaurant floors and says hi on the subway, football with a one-year-old, and hot chargers.
• 53:30 Should he carry a knife in LA? A nunchuck guy on the train, a Bed-Stuy run-in with Shane Torres, and a near miss with the knockout game.
• 59:20 Hotels: Courtyard, Hampton Inn, Best Western, Tom’s old Baymont front desk in Athens, Ohio, hotel bars and lobby beers.
• 1:05:00 Plugs: You Hurt My Feelings, Zanies Rosemont on Dec 3, Dr. Grins, and AYG’s Gotham shows.

• 6:20 Costco as a lifestyle — Tom goes about three times a week, brings the baby for samples, buys Kirkland wine to try and calls Costco his museum.
• 10:00 The appliance count — A classy kitchen has a clean counter, and Tom’s count blows past the over-under of five.
• 22:15 The soda wars — Dr Pepper & Cream Soda Zero Sugar as his one product, plus a case for fountain Pepsi over Coke.
• 39:40 Traveling with a baby — A first flight where the baby will not sleep, then a rented pontoon boat that was far too small.
• 53:30 Self-defense in the city — A knife, a gun or nothing. The talk covers the threat versus actually using one, and why chasing a kid who swings at you looks bad.
• 59:20 Hotel habits — Mid-level chains, cheap Hiltons, gyms, bars, and why the front desk does not care if you hang out in the lobby.

AYG live shows — including two shows at Gotham Comedy Club on Nov 13 for the New York Comedy Festival. Official site

You Hurt My Feelings (Tom Thakkar’s podcast) — Tom’s new show, where guests talk about times their feelings got hurt. It is on his YouTube channel and in podcast apps. YouTube 1:40

Citizen app — The safety app Tom downloads when a helicopter hangs over his block, then deletes again. Official site 5:00

Doritos Protein — The nacho cheese protein Doritos Tom buys in a giant bag at Costco. They pull them up on screen. Official site 7:20

DR PEPPER and Cream Soda Zero Sugar, 12 fl oz cans, 12-pack — Tom’s answer when asked for the one product he would recommend. He says the strawberry and blackberry versions are good too. Amazon 22:20

Kirkland Signature golf gloves, Cabretta leather, 4-count — Tom buys his golf gloves and golf balls at Costco under the Kirkland label. Amazon 28:15

Campbell’s Condensed 25% Less Sodium Chicken Noodle Soup, 12-pack (closest match) — Tom just bought Campbell’s chicken noodle in bulk because it was low sodium. This is the closest Amazon match. Amazon 28:50

Litter-Robot 4 automatic litter box (closest match) — Tom has a Litter-Robot and says it does not do what it says. He did not name the model. This is the current one. Amazon 38:50

American Garbage (AYG special) — The hosts’ sign-off: keep watching their special on YouTube. YouTube 1:06:30

Bud Light Lime-A-Rita — What Tom pulled out on camera on his first visit. 3:40

Costco eye masks — The ones by the register. Wearing them is what makes Tom feel classy. 6:40

Dog-treat “jerky” — Free bags by a club door in Minneapolis, with a water bowl underneath that he noticed the next night. 9:00

Four coffee makers — An espresso machine his wife uses, a Keurig, a single-serve Keurig and a coffee maker nobody uses. 13:20

Bottled cold brew — Tom buys Starbucks bottled iced coffee on Amazon, not concentrate, and puts ice in it. 15:20

Pepsi vs. Coke — KFC switching to Coca-Cola, Taco Bell’s Pepsi, and a case for fountain Pepsi. 23:15

Kirkland everything — The jokes about a Kirkland CR-V and a Kirkland casket. 28:20

Costco seaweed and wine — Seaweed snacks for his wife, and Kirkland Pinot Noir at about $10. 28:50

Costco skeleton head — A giant skeleton head for about $180. His wife asked where they would put it after Halloween. 32:30

Frozen bread — His wife keeps the bread in the freezer. One host says freezing makes toast crispier. 35:20

The NFL package on his phone — Tom bought it so he can watch games without the TV on in front of the baby. 51:30

Off-brand chargers — The cheap ones run so hot they burn. One host has lost seven or eight chargers in green rooms. 52:30

Knife or gun — Tom thought about carrying one in LA. The table splits on whether it makes things more dangerous. 53:40

Lobby beers — Some hotel markets sell beer, and Tom likes drinking it at the lobby tables. 1:04:00

Gotham Comedy Club, New York City (Official site) — AYG’s New York Comedy Festival shows on Nov 13. 0:00

Los Angeles — where Tom now lives with his wife and son. 4:20

Sisyphus Brewing, Minneapolis (Official site) — the brewery club where Tom ate the dog treats. 8:40

Astoria, Queens — the Costco by his old apartment, which he calls one of the busiest anywhere. 27:45

Alhambra, California — the golf course near his in-laws, with $32 weekday rounds. 36:20

Wisconsin — the lake town where the families rented the pontoon boat after flying into Chicago. 40:00

Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn — where Tom and Shane Torres were followed for two blocks. 56:15

Athens, Ohio — the college town where Tom worked the front desk of a Baymont Inn. 1:02:20

Ann Arbor, Michigan — the hotel bar that stayed open until 2 a.m. 1:03:40

Zanies Rosemont, Illinois (Official site) — Tom’s Dec 3 date at the club where he used to work the door. 1:05:40

Dr. Grins, Grand Rapids, Michigan (Official site) — another upcoming Tom date, along with Milwaukee and New Orleans. 1:06:05

• AYG live shows — New York Comedy Festival (house ad, pre-roll) (0:00) — areyougarbage.com/pages/live-shows · Gotham Comedy Club, Nov 13 · no code.
• AYG Patreon (house plug) (1:20) — patreon.com/AreYouGarbage · bonus content · no code.
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• 9:20 Check what a free snack bowl is for before you eat from it. Tom’s “jerky” had a dog water bowl under it.
• 14:00 Mind how many appliances share a circuit. Plugging too many in at once trips Tom’s breaker.
• 16:30 If guests will use your ice bucket, keep a scoop in it. Tom says he should put one in his.
• 47:40 When the baby makes a mess at a restaurant, pick up what you can and tip extra, as Tom does.
• 1:01:30 At a hotel, refill the room’s water bottle from the gym’s chilled water instead of paying $7 a bottle.