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Happy New Year 2026 | Bad Friends

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Happy New Year 2026 | Bad Friends", an episode of Bad Friends published December 29, 2025 (28 min, about 3,959 words). It mentions 12 people, works and ideas, including Pendry Hotel, Victory Lab, Zack Town, FaceTime, Sesame Street.

What this episode is about

The content celebrates the New Year with a message of gratitude and connection to fans, while the hosts share fond memories and humorous moments from a past trip to San Diego. It highlights their appreciation for the audience and acknowledges the temporary pause in regular programming due to individual commitments around the world.

Key takeaways

  • The Bahamas: where New Year's resolutions are made, not kept—blame the sun, sand, and rum.
  • Skipping episodes this week, proving even podcasters need a 'pause-cast' occasionally!
  • Penthouse envy runs high, till you realize luxury's best from your own couch.
  • Missing shows for 'me-time'—the real showstopper is sometimes a good nap.
  • Public photography banned because selfies didn't get the 'no-professional' memo!

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: Pendry Hotel, Victory Lab
  2. – 10:00: Zack Town
  3. – 15:00: FaceTime
  4. – 20:00: Andrew Santino, Cookie Monster, Grover, Ice House

Notable quotes from "Happy New Year 2026 | Bad Friends"

  • We're here at the Pendry Hotel. we're waiting on Fancy and Bobby. I believe Andrew is here. My car is right there. next to the course. Yeah, we're feeling good. We're hungry. We.
    about Pendry Hotel · at
  • Right. So, we can say Victory Lab in 5 minutes.
    about Victory Lab · at
  • To START THE SHOW. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT NOW FOR MR. ZACK TOWN.
    about Zack Town · at
  • You know who you know who talked to me today on a FaceTime?
    about FaceTime · at
  • Well, it's a better show, honestly. Dude, that Sesame Street clip was phenomenal.
    about Sesame Street · at
  • No, no, dude. Like I know for an Asian guy like there's Steve Yung, right? And there's me. You have Santino and there's you. You know what I mean? You're the bottom of the candy.
    about Steve Yung · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Zack Town — Person · 1 mention · first at
  • Steve Yung — Person · 1 mention · first at
  • Andrew Santino — Person · 1 mention · first at
    No, no, dude. Like I know for an Asian guy like there's Steve Yung, right? And there's me. You have Santino and there's you. You know what I mean? You're the bottom of the candy.

Companies & orgs

Concepts & topics

  • Grover — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Oh, really? when we were you were like what did you say [ __ ] Grover or I mean Cookie Monster was Armenian.
  • Cookie Monster — Concept · 1 mention · first at
    Oh, really? when we were you were like what did you say [ __ ] Grover or I mean Cookie Monster was Armenian.

Full transcript with timestamps

Hey bad friends, here I am in the Bahamas. Just wanted to say happy holidays, happy new year. I hope it's a good one. Can't wait to see you guys next year. Thank you for coming along for the ride. We've had such a good time with you. We love you and most importantly, thank you for being a bad friend. Happy New Year, Bat Friends, family. We are skipping this week's episode because we are all scattered around the world, but we didn't want to leave the year without showing you something uh that you guys haven't seen yet. We shot the following footage uh almost a year ago when we went down to San Diego to support Andrew's special.

It features a lot of embarrassing moments for myself. So, enjoy. Happy New Year and I'll see you all in 2026. Thank you for being a bad friend. You don't shall be dead now, [singing] baby. Crimson in your eyes. take another.

We're here at the Pendry Hotel. Um we're waiting on Fancy and Bobby. Uh I believe Andrew is here. My car is right there. Um next to the course. Yeah, we're feeling good. We're hungry. We made it an hour ahead of time. And uh we'll see what happens. I need to go pee now, though. I don't know where the [ __ ] bathroom is.

How you doing? Good to see you. Good to see the room. Good. Good. This is what it's going to be like.

This is what you want. This is what it's like. Yeah. The closer the better. The closer the better.

Apologies, my friend, but the uh hotel does not allow for public uh professional photography.

Only smartphones are fine. Right. So, we can we can say Victory Lab in 5 minutes.

Bobby. Hey. Uh, we're at the hotel right now. Staying here. Wow. Just celebrating.

Holy [ __ ] He's staying in a king suite. The the top floor the whole He doesn't have a penthouse. He doesn't

That pisses me right off. Bobb's uh meeting us there. Okay. He'll be here in uh probably 25 minutes.

Dad cooked for you already. We ordered steak. Yeah. What's up, babe? Where's the uh

Hi. This is going to be blue cheese back. You're doing a [ __ ] gay up from Goony's impression, dude. What the [ __ ] is going on?

Yeah. Yeah. Smoke Jones. Just say that. Very good. All right. Go ahead and lay down. Put it inside. We need

something. He's already doing that. Yeah, you are, dude. I Come on, guys. You know what he said to me? He said he lied and said

over here. Thank you. Do you guys want another cut of meat or no? Does anybody need more food?

I'm getting my fetuccini though, right? You're still getting a lobster. You are you still hungry for me? Are you still hungry?

I'm good. I got that. Um, Bobb's not going to the first show cuz he needs to jerk off and just kind of hang out. He parked at the wrong hotel and um yeah, waiting for the car now. We're uh back as some family waiting on this [ __ ] car.

Hi. Where what are you doing? Oh, where's where's Lo? Watch this. There you go, pants. There he goes. There he goes. There he goes. There he goes. Go, go, go. There we go. There we go. There we go.

One shot. Oh, watch that. Woo. Watch that belt. Hi love. How are you? Good. Nice. Nice to meet you.

That's my only choice. That's great. All right, cool. Um, thank you guys. Thank you, Veronica. Where's uh little body?

He went to the hotel. He's going to come for the second show. Oh, second show. He went to the hotel. He's tired. He wants to like go hang out and take a [ __ ] and a piss and

Okay. We're leaving without you. Yeah. I'm going to let production know that we're not having Bobby on the first show.

No, he's not going to come to the first show. Just He'll be here for the second show.

All right. Cool. Thank you. I did know that though. I did say I called him today. I was like, "There's no way you're going to do both." Huh?

Yeah. He asked me last night about it. I was like, "Do both. No, I knew I knew he didn't want to do balls, but I don't blame him, dude. Driving all day.

I mean, he's probably Carlos. It was supposed to be a winner. Now, you know that I have to cut some stuff right now that escapes my my radar because of you.

Huh? Unfortunately, no. $4. Are you serious? That's [ __ ] crazy. I'll pay it though. I don't give a [ __ ]

Then everybody's going to Don't put that on the picture. That's fancy. I'm going to be getting blanket. really high.

Last year we saw a little dip across calm before the storm. That's what it feels like.

Run that back. Turbo, [ __ ] I got my skin, [ __ ] I told you. No, I want If you want to

I want to see you. Go. Yeah, go out there. What are you doing? No, I want to see his

He's saying he wants to go sit in the audience. Oh, I can also put you in front of the house.

Any anywhere where I can see. Give him a seat. There's There's single seats for sure. Yeah,

there's two. I got a [ __ ] This ain't good. This is not good. Say that right. I got a [ __ ] This ain't good. Ladies and gentlemen, hello.

Hi. Hi. All right, guys. Hola, San Diego. [screaming] [screaming] You ready for a good show, BABY? I can't wait to come out and see you guys. I brought a special friend with me to START THE SHOW. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER RIGHT NOW FOR MR. ZACK TOWN.

All right, guys. Don't thank you so much. YEAH. HEAT. HEAT. HEAT. All right. All right. That was pretty fun, dude. That was awesome.

Make the game. I wasn't expecting that. Cuz I thought I could have all the jokes, but that one.

Did we go down this way? You can go. You can go down the stairs. The stairs. Oh, yeah. Let's do that.

Watch. That was it. Yeah, that was the hour for sure. Yeah. The most like Yeah, like he doesn't want to spend any time with us. Bobby wants to get picked up right before the next show. Like just chill with us for a second.

Why is Meredith from the office on this hallway? This guy just explodes. It's a Latin little crazy. I'll tell you all about yourself in a week or two. There's a bad house. I can [screaming] tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. I can tell you. Yeah, dude. Make sure you get this [ __ ] This is the cool This is where the cool [ __ ] happens. Bring back the cool [ __ ] dude. This is the moment that we can have some fun uh with for this

and at least to bring up the story. Bobby Bobb's at the hotel. Oh, he's walking now.

Hey, Bob. Yeah, I am. What time though? 9:30 right? Okay, I'll see you then. That Andrew wanted me to text you that. He Andrew wanted me to ask if you were awake. No, don't walk here. Don't walk here. There's too many people. It's very far from the hotel. Don't walk. And I I know you just want to see girls. All right, cool. I'll come get you. All right, I'm coming.

You're in such a silly mood tonight. What's going on with you? One shot. Yeah, one opportunity.

Carlos is going to make love to me in Miami. What? Yeah, dude. What? You say you're going to make love to me in Miami? No, you brought that up and then asked me if we would.

I'll tell you why I won't have sex with you. Why? Your [ __ ] breath, dude. That Bobby,

your breath is so bad right now, Dad. That's insane. I have vape mouth. I vape.

Did you hear smell his breath from there? Right. It's my god. No, I would never tell.

It could help paint off of a house. Dude, that [ __ ] is like Dude, that's like

Wait, I do have a question. Peloo is Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We don't say like that in America, but I think I know. You mean the skunk?

All right. Wow. Why did I come down here? Why am I coming down here? We're celebrating.

I know, but he's doing his show. Yeah. I feel like I was manipulated to come down here.

You were just asked twice. What? You were just asked. But it's like asking like Andrew, come to my weekend. Like, why would I do that?

Well, it's his last one before he tapes. Oh, that's right. And it's just a good celebration of

Boston. Well, when when is he taping? Next week. No, in a month. In a month. So, this isn't the last show.

Yeah. Yeah, it's not. Yeah. Can you turn the other way? Thank you. is like, "Oh my god,

have my narrative." Do are you opposed to breath mints or gum? I do. It's vaping.

Do it now. I don't have any. Oh my god. Well, it's vaping and also you don't eat enough. So, it's your stomach acid.

Thank you, M. No. I mean, it's not a good thing. That's not a compliment. Yeah.

No, not eating enough is a compliment. No, I eat once a day. Bobby, can I ask you please turn around? I'm begging you, please.

Can I go to the Jake Paul Super Bowl party with you? Yeah. Hell yeah. Why are you not You're going to be my guy, right?

Yeah. Yeah. I'm just asking. Yeah. Super Bowl party. You know who you know who talked to me today on a FaceTime?

Who? That girl. The the the Oh, your friend. Yeah. Your best friend. She's so beautiful.

She's so beautiful. Because you think it's going to turn into something else. No, but here's the thing.

Like work. I have feelings and I'm not going to be able to get her. And I like the pain.

I think that's what it is. It reminds me of when I was early in my early 20s. Yes. This is like me and or something. It's like so long ago.

It's long. Yeah. It's It's a pain I haven't felt. And I kind of like it. I know. You're longing. You want

I love longing, dude. So if she like I want her to break my heart. All those are people.

Yeah. Oh my god. They're all Yeah. They don't know you're going to be here. Yeah.

You're going to drive them crazy. I'm not. Yes. They're all Andrew friends. Look at They're all better looking when we do it together. And these are her good looking fans right here.

Yeah. All right. Thank you. Let's go. I'm just talking about Oh, he's going out to smoke. Who's first?

Of course. Yeah. What is the smoking man? Oh, yeah. We know. Thank you. Where's the smoking area?

It looks like that door Zach kept going through he was going to go outside. Yeah.

Going outside and meet with the fans. I think I think there's it's an alley, right?

Yeah. This is crazy. Breaking news. What happened? The Mavericks have traded their starage to the Lakers for Anthony Davis. That's actually insane. It's happening live on camera. That's kind of cool. It's like you caught the first plane at the tower.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Hello. You want to do 15? What do you want to do? 10. 10? Yeah.

Yeah. Go in the bathroom. I want to talk to you about something some business. Look, if you want to grab a beer here at the bottom of there, there's like probably

Okay, close this door, guys. So easy to get you in here. Bamboozled. Bamboozled, though.

Honestly, please close the door. Yeah. Yeah. Please, please. Honestly, I'm being real. Clo the door.

Are you getting me a box? What were you guys doing there? Teaching him a lesson about life.

They call them life lessons. A little lesson, huh? Yeah. This little piece of [ __ ]

This little guy. This sick sick [ __ ] What? What did I say? What did I say earlier?

He scolded me earlier. What did I say earlier, man? You said white people are Yeah. And you got another thing coming, dude.

Bob, what does he have coming? You think everything, dude? You have [ __ ] no idea, dude. You know what I mean?

Hit him hard. Don't bow on him now. You want to see Karan Han the rage? Give it.

No, don't bow to him. Look at that bow. Look, he took his shoes off for you. You son of a [ __ ]

You son of a [ __ ] dude. He asked me. He said, "Do I take my shoes off when he walks in the room?"

Yeah. Well, this guy, huh? Our fans are our fans. I I bet you 50% of these people are not my fans.

That's such a wrong thing. That's so insane to say. No, because you have your own fans.

I know, dude. But they're all Bad Friends fan. Everyone's a Bad Friends fan. They're all Bad Friends fans. All of them. Literally all them. If they're my fan, they're Bad Friends fans.

Yeah. And you have you have so many of those uh belly whatever it is. No, but they all watch Bad Friends.

I would hope so. Yeah. It's a better show. Well, I mean, it's a better show, honestly. Dude,

that Sesame Street clip was phenomenal. That Sesame Street clip we were naming what race the Sesame Street characters are.

Oh, really? when we were you were like what did you say [ __ ] Grover or I mean Cookie Monster was Armenian.

I did give me the cookies I want the cookies. So funny. No, you know what it is in this you know San Diego just like I always so many Mexicans it's great.

I know but it's also weird. They're really more into stardom and fanfare or whatever.

What do you mean? Like when I'm walking down the street it's more of a thing. Mhm. Like when I walked into the American Comedy Company, they couldn't believe I walked in there.

Like when I walk into a comedy company, they don't want like Ice House. They don't even want me there.

No, that's not true. I know, but you know, they they have an air of like, but you're out of town. They can't believe you're

No, like I was smoking in the patio yesterday in the and and the black lady came up to me. She goes, "No smoking here." I go, "Where do I smoke?" She goes, "Out in front." Yeah. I go, "You know what, Johnny? I could said I could smoke in the side." He goes, "Well, I have to talk to him." I go talk to him. And then Johnny, you know what I mean? Like that kind of thing. But I want to walk in the mirror comic company, they're like, "What are you?" Oh my god. I can't You know what I mean? It's like that respect.

You get respect everywhere you go. He doesn't like you, dude. I like I like Bobby a lot.

No, but he doesn't like you yet. He's learning right now. See, he's figuring out I'm good looking. He said I was ugly outside for a white guy, dude.

We look the same. We look the exact same guy. Yeah, we basically the same guy. No, no, dude. Like I know for an Asian guy like there's Steve Yung, right? And there's me. You have Santino and there's you. You know what I mean? You're the bottom of the candy.

You think he's the bottom? The bottom. Where's Where's Carlos? Who's Mexican or Spanish or Mexican?

For a Spanish guy. Top. Top. Yeah. Yeah. What about fans? Top. He's top. Yeah. Because he's the kind he's the kind of guy that like, you know, I mean, is in the war room.

Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? He's not on the field. Push that button down. Exactly.

With your breasts. Soldiers don't have breasts. You lost a bunch of weight. That doesn't matter. Milky breast, dude.

Yes, you did. Get in here, dude. You little piece of [ __ ] You know how expensive that's going to be?

Hell yeah. I don't see that makes any sense. Carmel. Well, well, they get two starters, 80, and they get first round draft pick, too. That's pretty good.

Is it Isn't Utah? See, I just saw Davis. That's so [ __ ] I mean, it's [ __ ] beautiful.

Keep going. Is he Are you talking [ __ ] I He's talking. He's dancing. I love it.

Keep going, man. He will watch [singing] any. Okay. So, what animal enclosure would you rather fall into? The mountain lion, the baboon, or the black bear.

Black bear. Why? Because black bears aren't you can you can be louder than them and they'll go away. Black bears aren't getting grizzly.

The baboon baboon would rip your face off. That's the last one I'm going to Why baboons though?

Monkeys are so scary. Why? Cuz they're smarter. They are so strong and they and they have human hands and they will just grab you and suck.

Why can't I rip their face off first? while you can give it a try. Yeah. Why don't we ever do that to them?

You mean there, you know what I mean? After a bamboo gets done with a human, two weeks later, the human's like their eye is here and their mouth is here, right? And everything's all tubed out. You know what I mean? All [ __ ] up, right? But the baboon's fine. What if I rip his [ __ ] [ __ ] off?

You don't think that, man? No. I bite him. I bite his face, dude. What about a um hyena? Would you fall in a hyena trap?

Yeah, armed hyena scavengers. Yeah. Yeah. It's like a coyote, I bet. So, you don't hyena will [ __ ] with you?

I mean, over the other options. Yeah. I think a a black bear actually probably still [ __ ]

What about lion? Lion or baboon? Baboon. Baboon. I mean, the monkeys are just so scary to me.

You rather do lion? I'd rather do lion. Do lion is scary, dude. But lion is more is a cooler way to die.

What? Cooler way to die. I Oh, I couldn't do it. 15 years ago this guy shut the [ __ ] up. I remember this guy um like 15 years ago and I saw him in the original room and I just knew when I saw him perform that we were going to be friends. We become friends and you chase my life and we have the best podcast in the world

and he's so a great I love him like he's family and he's the best guy ever. Crazy. He's insane. That pup was insane. Yeah.

Grinding motion. You need to talk to someone. Yeah. HR. I can't I tell you this is how I met Bobby. This is exactly how I met him.

Yeah. What's up, man? What's up, baby? You come around this club from baby. What's up? Huh? You want to go hook up? Hook up, baby. What's up?

I like this game, baby. What's up, baby? Huh? You want to go get a corn dog? Let's go get a corn dog.

What's up, baby? Oh [ __ ] You're like Thor, dude. So, you're like Thor, dude. First show was

this is like the first show was just when you were going uh back and forth that couple kid. I was like the permanent of a drink.

Yeah. Yeah, she was pregnant. She was pregnant. Did you think I was trying to give him something cigarettes? Just don't know anymore. About what? Just want to fall in love, you know. But it's a it's a it's a it's deception, isn't it? It's not real feelings. [snorts] Never felt it before.

If it it dies eventually. So do you. Doesn't mean you're not. Maybe you're right.

Heat. Heat. Woo! Yeah! Woo!

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Happy New Year 2026 | Bad Friends"?

Bobby Lee (Host), Andrew Santino (Host), Carlos (Guest), Zack Town (Guest), Fancy B (Guest), Veronica (Guest), Unidentified group member (addressed as "Dad" / "M") (Guest), Unidentified hotel staff/security (Guest).

What is "Happy New Year 2026 | Bad Friends" about?

The content celebrates the New Year with a message of gratitude and connection to fans, while the hosts share fond memories and humorous moments from a past trip to San Diego. It highlights their appreciation for the audience and acknowledges the temporary pause in regular programming due to individual commitments around the world.

What is mentioned in this Bad Friends episode?

12 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Pendry Hotel, Victory Lab, Zack Town, FaceTime, Sesame Street, Grover. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Happy New Year 2026 | Bad Friends"?

The episode runs 28 min; the transcript is about 3,959 words in 131 timestamped sections.

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