Episode 3084 - The Scott Adams School 01/30/26

What this episode is about

The main topic revolves around the engaging, light-hearted conversation between hosts and guests as they discuss current news events, blending humor with commentary. The hosts emphasize creating a fun atmosphere for the audience, encouraging participation and enjoyment through playful interactions and shared beverages.

Key takeaways

• In a world of chaos, coffee remains the steadfast companion for clarity and fun.
• Security at events has turned into an unexpected necessity—intimacy can thrive amidst vigilance.
• Scott's memorial revealed unseen bonds; familiarity often hides deeper stories, waiting to be uncovered.
• Event planning skill stacks: juggling emotions, logistics, and safety can turn a grieving process into art.
• Behind every lively persona, like Scott's, is a complex individual—celebrating the visible while pondering the obscured.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Scott Adams (Guest)
• Erica (Guest) · 22 min speaking
• Shelly (Guest) · 17 min speaking
• Quinn (Guest) · 17 min speaking
• Marcela (Guest) · 13 min speaking
• Sergio (Guest) · 9 min speaking
• Owen Gregorian (Guest) · 9 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 10:00: Locals, Scott Adams, Montreal
2. 10:00 – 20:00: Michael Malice, Scott Adams, Dilbert, Mike Cernovich
3. 20:00 – 30:00: Dilbert, Locals, California
4. 30:00 – 40:00: Christmas
5. 40:00 – 50:00: Locals, Dilbert, Scott Adams
6. 50:00 – 1:00:00: Dilbert, Michael Malice, California, Christmas
7. 1:00:00 – 1:10:00: San Francisco, Locals
8. 1:10:00 – 1:20:00: Locals
9. 1:20:00 – 1:26:32: Scott Adams, Locals

Notable quotes from "Episode 3084 - The Scott Adams School 01/30/26"

• Good morning, Montreal. Bookish.

  about Montreal · at 0:05

• Because we don't get to know so much about Scott's personal life. Like we think we know everything, you guys. We don't know anything. So Quinn is going to help shed light. But first, let me introduce Shellyley and then she'll take.

  about Scott Adams · at 3:15

• Speech and he, he really wanted to honor Scott. And then so Michael Malice is another brilliant, brilliant mind with an amazing smart sense of humor. And like he said, when Scott Adams validates you and says follow this guy's.

  about Michael Malice · at 16:58

• It up over time, but and Shelley, I don't remember, but there was a dent in the drywall and so he drew a big Dilbert character underneath punching up like he was hitting a hole…

  about Dilbert · at 20:56

• Didn't want to have to take the put the lights back on and put the ornaments back on. He wanted a Christmas tree closet that he could just roll that Christmas tree in. So, it…

  about Christmas · at 55:40

• Far for them, but in his mind I mean he actually Do you guys remember when Vive was in the running? He said I think he's going to be speaking in San Francisco. I'm going to…

  about San Francisco · at 1:00:16

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Scott Adams — Person · Central subject (memorialized); referenced creator/host · 5 mentions · first at 6:51
  The entire episode is a discussion of Scott Adams’ memorial service, his character, generosity, and impact on the community.
• Michael Malice — Person · Referenced memorial speaker; referenced commentator/author · 4 mentions · first at 11:58
  Mentioned as a notable speaker at the memorial; discussed for his humorous Dilbert-mask idea and his admiration for Scott.
• Mike Cernovich — Person · Referenced memorial speaker; referenced influencer · 2 mentions · first at 11:58
  Discussed as a key figure Scott credited with boosting his early Twitter/X presence; also described as emotionally affected by Scott’s death.
  Total admirer of Scott like in Joshua Lysac or in Jack Pobic. And then Mike Cernovich, who Scott credits with launching his career onto the Twitter platform because he said, I wouldn't have had that validation without Mike.
• Jack Posobiec — Person · Referenced memorial speaker/attendee · 1 mention · first at 17:23
  Named among the range of memorial speakers/figures who admired Scott, illustrating Scott’s broad influence across media/politics.
  Really meant something. And so, and then you have like a another more serious total admirer of Scott like in Joshua Lysac or in Jack Pobic. And then Mike Cernovich, who Scott credits with launching his career onto the Twitter.

Companies & orgs

• Locals — Company · Business focus · 15 mentions · first at 2:38
  Platform where Scott Adams engaged with his community, mentioned as a place for deeper interaction and content.
  Doesn't say right here, but it's 662 is the episode on YouTube. Welcome you guys. We have some special guests today along with myself. I'm Erica and we have beautiful Marcela and we have sexy Sergio.

Products & tech

• Dilbert — Product · Referenced work · 11 mentions · first at 15:49
  Mentioned in the context of Scott Adams' career and legacy, including a unique Dilbert cartoon drawn on a wall.

Places & events

• California — Place · Setting · 2 mentions · first at 23:02
  Mentioned as the location where Scott Adams lived and worked, providing context for his lifestyle and community.
  But he went through that thing as I was preparing for the memorial I was thinking about that as Scott's life kid from the middle of nowhere New York town moves to the big city…
• Christmas — Event · Personal tradition · 2 mentions · first at 30:30
  Mentioned in the context of Scott Adams' personal life and traditions, including his Christmas tree closet.
• San Francisco — Place · Reference · 2 mentions · first at 1:00:25
  Mentioned in passing as a location related to Scott Adams' life or events.
• Montreal — Place · Greeting · 1 mention · first at 0:05
  Mentioned as part of a greeting to listeners, indicating the podcast's broad audience.
• San Jose — Place · Reference · 1 mention · first at 59:57
  Mentioned in the context of Scott Adams' local community and events.
  Yes. You get this massage. But the idea, like his idea of that was he was hoping that when the tournaments, the tennis tournaments came to San Jose locally that he could invite…

Full transcript with timestamps

0:01 All right. Good morning, Stephen. Good morning, Gunnar. Good morning, Montreal. Bookish.

0:08 The friends. Welcome in you guys. Look, YouTube. All right, let me see. Let me make sure I'm going. All right, guys. Let's kick it off.

0:21 YouTube is going. Okay, awesome. Thanks, guys. Welcome in. Here we go. Yes. Right on time. Look at me. Finally, finally being organized after a week of not. Yeah. Come on in here. It's good to see all of you. Grab a seat near the front. We're going to have a fun time today. Sometimes the news is just fun. Sometimes it's horrible disasters. Today, few horrible disasters, but there's small ones. Mostly it's just fun. So you know what to do if you want to have the maximum enjoyment of this Periscope. It doesn't take much very little on your part actually to have the peak experience of your day which will make all the rest of the day amazing. All you need is a cup of mug or a glass of datalis tanker to thermos flask. I can't eat a vessel of any kind. Fill it with your favorite liquid. I like coffee. And join me now for the unparalleled pleasure of the simultaneous epic. Go.

1:31 Oh my god, it gets better every day. I love coffee. Can I add grail? Yes, I can. Grail. All right. So the new new theme song will be cover glass a chalice the tanker thermos flask canteen grail or a vessel of any kind. Done. Now that's what I call responsive to the audience. Beat that. You can't.

2:07 What was that Erica? This one was from episode 662. And let me see if I could tell you. So, I love this because back in the day,

2:18 we would all just shout out different containers and be like mason jar, you know, a boot, and he would just try to like throw them in there. It was so fun. So, that one we added Grail. Um, you guys, I'll get the date later. It doesn't say right here, but it's 662 is the episode on YouTube. Welcome you guys. We have uh some special guests today along with myself. I'm Erica and we have beautiful Marcela and we have sexy Sergio. We have uh again Dapper almost like tapper Owen Gregorian.

2:55 Good morning. And we have our beloved Shelly. And um we asked Shelley to bring a special guest with her who um she's going to introduce properly, but he's a a great friend of Scots. And really uh moved me at Scott's memorial service, which is what we're going to talk about today. And I thought, who better? Because we we don't get to know so much about Scott's personal life. Like we think we know everything, you guys. We don't know anything. So Quinn is going to help shed light. But first, let me introduce Shellyley and then she'll take it from there.

3:31 Hi. Hi, everybody. Um, yes, that's Quinn. I, um, Quinn's been a longtime friend of Scots through pretty much, you know, all the time I've been with him. Um, and Quinn's been a family friend. So, we're going to definitely, um, want to ask him some questions. I'm sure everybody will have some questions for him. But um yeah, I just wanted I thought it would be a good time just for us to chat about, you know, the day. Um what it was like, what Scott wanted. Um so I think Erica, I think you can kind of kick it off and let's let's talk about it.

4:11 Okay. So I, you know, I have to say the things that struck me, I was very impressed by the amount of security, might I add. We all felt safe. That was very an interesting surprise. There was lots of security there, guys. Um, lots of

4:29 Yes, that was interesting as you say, the security because, you know, of course, I wanted to make sure it was safe um for the family and but what an interesting dynamic of working with the local PD and the security and just how that all works because, you know, I've never experienced that before. So, it was very interesting, but they worked well. I had a great great security team. It went very smoothly. So, thanks to

4:58 Yeah. And you know what? It's like it was nice that you even thought that through because that's like the world we're in now, guys, right? So, it's like, okay, you know, you got to keep everyone safe. You never know. Um and and I thought that was impressive and thoughtful. Um it was interesting too to get there. I mean, I didn't know what to expect, like how many people. It was intimate, you guys. It was intimate and it made it just feel like you really got to know people even before the service started because everybody was so friendly and talking and mingling. And, you know, Quinn came up to me and I said, "Oh, wait. I know you." I'm like, "Are you a neighbor?" I'm like, "Weren't you playing ping pong with Scott in the man cave the one day?" And he's like, "Yes." And I said, "Oh my god." So, some of you on Locals, Scott would just um turn on the camera sometimes just to hang out with us. Like, he loved us as

5:54 much as we love him. And so, it just seemed like a miracle that day. There was Scott like having this medical rebound and playing pingpong and that was with Quinn. Um Quinn, right? Like that that was a crazy day, right?

6:12 It was. And and I'll I'll kind of back up and thank you guys for for letting me be here and talk about it. It was a good day and you know credit to Shelly. I know you guys all saw it, mentioned it, but there was so much going on for her and her ability to mourn and organize was just it was unfair to be honest. I mean at the level of what she was trying to accomplish for everybody. So big big shout out to her for that cuz uh she she needed it. But she also built her skill stack. She's an event planner, knows how to arrange security, audio, so uh she's better for it, but it was uh pretty impressive what she achieved. But yes, it the pingpong tennis. Scott was very competitive as as you guys uh probably saw through the things because I will tell you what we see online is as much Scott as anything. there's a deeper person behind it, but he was very transparent. So, you did get to see who the real real man was. Uh there was just

7:10 things that he cared about that he didn't talk about and that was the kids as I mentioned at the at the service. But yeah, pingpong it was amazing because he went on their hormone blockers because before that he's in a wheelchair, can't do anything. I see him and then a week later, two weeks later, he's beat me in ping pong. And I made comment everybody, you know, 68-year-old man, cancer meds, pain meds, and I'm still losing, you know, three out of five matches to him. So, um, he was he never never he was always competitive.

7:44 So, that's where we knew Quinn from. When I when I saw Quinn, I'm like, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah." So, um, but it was everybody was really sweet. I was looking for Shel. I knew she was going to be busy, but Shelley, I couldn't wait to see you in person. And you guys, not to embarrass you, Shelley, but Shelly is first of all, beautiful inside and out. You looked gorgeous. You definitely I know a lot was going on with the audio visual stuff, but you were very composed and pulled together. And you guys, she's just so cute, too. She's like petite and cute and like just a good hugger and felt made me feel very welcomed and the other simultaneous sippers that were there with us and um so I I just appreciated that like I felt like I've known you forever and you guys Marcela and Sergio and Owen didn't you feel like that too when you met Shel?

8:45 Absolutely. Yeah. She was like um you know the feeling you get is um I thought it would be awkward and like there's these famous people. Shel's like this this big bigger than life person or something but everybody was so like family. Everybody was so nice, you know, and um Pat actually Shel's husband is the first one that came up to us and he hugged us and I was like, "Who are you? You're hugging me?" and then he explained it was him and um I just you know I I don't know if Owen had the same experience as Sergio but I I felt very um and I didn't feel nervous anymore after I met them.

9:30 Yeah, definitely. I mean, I I think it was it was very welcoming, very um you know, it was it was an inspiring service, too. And um I wasn't really sure what to expect, like how solemn it would be or you know, what the vibe would be. Um, and certainly there was some sadness, you know, when it was quiet before we started and things like that, but really as soon as the speakers started, it was like, you know, we start off with Trump talking about how, you know, in sort of a funny way how uh Scott had been loyal from day one and things like that. Um, and you know, of course, Greg is the MC kept it kind of humorous and everybody was just talking about all the positive things about Scott and all the things he taught us.

10:12 And it was just amazing to me. It was like I I I posted online. I thought it was the most useful service of its kind in history. Like I you could just implement what you heard on that one live stream and you'd have a successful life. Like it was amazing to me. He um made a micro lesson of uh his um you know last funeral me memorial. That's so so Scott. I liked what you said about the security, Erica, because um when I first got there, my first impression was like, "Wow, this is serious, right? This is big time." And um

10:47 and I was like, uh I was I was I was the only one carrying a the only man with a with a mess basically. And I was worried about being, you know, but it was fine. Quinn, you you you were like such a light, you know, a son uh to me, you know, when you came to me and and and say hello and I was like, "Wow, people know me." And uh you were amazing. and and and and and what I want to say the the most is that um when I say like I don't want to be divisive when I say you know some of us do pre-shows and some of us didn't you know it was just like uh when I said that it was just because when I got to the house I felt like I knew the house already right and uh and I was like oh let me give a tour and I you know it was great that I got the tour but it felt like like many here on the show on YouTube everywhere ex not just locals have met Scott deeply. So um I have no nothing else to say about that. So that

11:49 was wonderful. Thank you. What I was going to add is oh my god Quinn, you did such a great job because there's all these professionals like Gutfeld and Mike Cernovich and Michael Malice and Alter Hearn and then here you are. you were going to give the speech and so was Shellyley. And so I I'm really um in awe of of you know the fact that you even though through the mourning and grief you still did like an amazing job.

12:23 You did. You really did. Thank you. You gave us plenty of time to prep. The the good part was is you know it wasn't sudden. So there was plenty of time with him leading up to it. So there was those emotional times with him, but you had that mental buildup of of strength to to get there. But yeah,

12:41 a lot of support. So thank you. You know, celebritywise, I saw one of the strongest men um

12:49 I ever met. Why you laughing about? But you know, I I was trying to find a place where nobody could see me, right? So, I went to this the side where Shel put us in a in an area where it was easy to access the microphone and all that for the speakers, right? So, I sat all the way in the back and on the other side I saw this I don't want to say who it was, you know, and he was sitting there and um and seeing um a strong man suffered like that in silent without tears or anything. Owen, do you see that Owen too? like uh that was what really got to me

13:28 when I saw that and and that's when I understood that it was nothing ordinary. It was uh historic.

13:35 Yeah, I think so. I mean, Scott just meant so much to all of us. And, you know, we've talked about this before, but I think it was just like he was everybody's best friend. And, you know, he I think set that up in the way he did his show where he just created this bonding experience where it was like sitting down with your best friend and talking about the news over coffee every single day for 10 years. And it's kind of like how could you not think that he was like one of your closest friends if you if you're one of the people that was there for 10 years or even less. But, you know, sitting down every day talking over coffee. It's just like this intimate experience. It's kind of really unique. It's not like any other podcast or show. Um, and it just really feels like you're really getting to know this guy. He talks about all his problems and vulnerabilities and um, how he's feeling about things and it was just um,

14:23 amazing. And I think it he just developed this really close relationship with everybody he was dealing with. Also, when you look at the range of speakers, you know, I Shelley, I I love that we were like all sitting in that one section actually because we like we're all like sort of the same mindset over there and like we know who Scott's, you know, podcast friends were and mentors were. And so it was like we could all like we were probably laughing so hard at times when no one else got the joke. And so that felt so good to just know like, okay, I'm not the only one that thought that was funny or whatever, like the little inside jokes, but to see the range of speakers and how emotionally touched they all were. Like for example, when Naval came on toward the end, you know, if if if somebody doesn't know Naval, like he he's Scott's smartest friend. Scott would say he's the smartest person I know. And then when

15:25 Naval spoke beautifully, of course, and when he said that Scott was one of his mentors, like I almost just lost it. I was just like, "Wow, Scott's one of his mentors, you know, and then you have my friend Michael Malice." Okay, so we're texting a few days before and he sends me a text and he says, "I just purchased a Dilbert mask from the 90s off of eBay." And he's like, "Do you approve?" And I said, "Oh my god, are you going to wear it?" And he's like, "If you approve?" I'm like, "I totally approve. Like Scott would totally approve. Like, yeah, do it." He's like, "I hope it gets here because Monday is a holiday and you know, and then I've got to travel and this and that." So, but it was so funny because he was just like, "I really think Scott would love it." And, you know, and I think that, you know, everybody there that knows Scott would get the joke. And I said, "For sure."

16:19 But I'll tell you, he he wanted me to introduce him to Greg Gutfeld and to Dr. Drew and everybody. And I said, "Oh, how do you want me to do that?" And he said, "You know, just take me by the arm and walk me up cuz I'll have the mask on and they won't know who I am." And he said, you know, just say, "Hey, Greg, I want you to meet uh my friend Dilbert." And then, you know, he's like, "And I'm going to have like this little whiteboard and I have all these jokes written out." And I was just like, "Oh my god." So, it was cute. Of course, when Michael walked in and I brought him over, everybody was just like, "Hey, Malice." before he even got up there.

16:56 But he did put it on to come up for a speech and he, you know, he really wanted to honor Scott. And then so Michael Malice is another brilliant, brilliant mind with an amazing smart sense of humor. And like he said, you know, when Scott Adams validates you and says like, you know, follow this guy's podcast or he's really funny, like it really really meant something. And so, you know, and then you have like a another more serious total admirer of Scott like in Joshua Lysac or in Jack Pobic. And then Mike Cernovich, who Scott credits with launching his career onto the Twitter platform because he said, "I wouldn't have had that validation without Mike."

17:43 Um, Mike's come into his own and and the death of Scott really has affected him to the point where he said, "If I cry right now, I don't care." You know, it's it's important. And that's what really struck me. So, I basically sobbed like a baby the whole time. Like, if anyone's voice cracked, it was over for me. I had like a wad of tissues up to my face. But, um, I think that that was amazing. and Quinn, everything you said about the family and the kids. I don't want to monopolize. I'm just trying to paint a picture. Um, was so meaningful because Scott was very private about his family, which is perfect. But the kids love him so much and um I just appreciated you like letting us all in on that for the live stream. Um, I'm gonna be quiet for a minute. Sorry. Thanks.

18:37 No, no. And and thank you again. just one for for the audience is his loyalty and and belonging in that family, but once Scott's in your corner, he's in your corner. The loyalty, the protection, and obviously the kids growing up because they were I don't know Shelley, Savannah, maybe six, eight, I don't know how old they were at the time when and then Justin. So, we've got a daughter Savannah's age and son Justin's. And that's we saw Scott and Shel every weekend at the soccer games or the volleyball tournaments and all that kind of stuff for the hangout. But he wanted the best for them. And I mean a lot of his focus it was there was always them in his mind regardless of what he was doing. And again the behind the scenes you saw that more than he did it here and talked about him. But again you saw with Justin also he took on China. So uh he didn't think small that's for sure. So uh he loved those

19:31 kids dearly. Quinn, yeah, I have Go ahead. Go ahead. Oh, I I had a question for Quinn. Uh uh because Quinn, you showed me the man cave. You gave me that tour of the man cave, which I appreciate. You saw me you saw me mopy on the corner there. You came over and you said, "Okay." And you sat down and said, "I I want to show you something." And you took me over there and and that was the most meaningful thing that it happened to me that day. Um the the the way you took me there and you showed me that um that the Dilbert cartoon that he drew on the wall where there was um there was a hole and um it was punched through. So you you told you showed me that and uh and I actually I didn't take a photo. I froze right there. Then I as Shelly, can you please take that photo? And I had running around the house taking photos of everything until I she finally sent it to me the right one. And I was like,

20:28 "Oh, I'm sorry, Shel. I'm wasting you so much time." But, uh, Queen, uh, tell me any more. I don't want to ask you how that hole was made because that might be personal, but any any other, um, stories that you would like to share that you didn't couldn't share on the on the on the on the big service?

20:46 Uh, no. And so in the original garage, and again, Scott had a nice house, but he would never lavish, never anything. So, it's a drywall garage and he built it up over time, but and Shelley, I don't remember, but there was a dent in the drywall and so he drew a big Dilbert character underneath punching up like he was hitting a hole in the wall. And I over the time Scott would use that as I'm not changing that dent or because he wanted to impact the world. He wanted to dent the universe was his kind of concept and that was his reminder and as he moved in the garage.

21:20 I think one of the things and I haven't heard it talked about and I'd love your guys take on it but as he talks about story arcs and act one act two of Trump but he went through that thing as I was preparing for the memorial I was thinking about that as Scott's life kid from the middle of nowhere New York town moves to the big city makes it big gets canceled how does the hero recover from that story and then he explodes and goes private and says now my creativity is I'm unhandcuffed. Here I go. And makes a huge thing and a huge recovery.

21:55 And then obviously the final act of being raw and transparent on dying and public

22:03 every day. Here I am and I'm dead. So just amazing man. Go ahead. Sorry. No, sorry. I'm I'm interrupting you. Sorry. I do that all the time. Sorry. I apologize. The the That's the only Dilbert cartoon with a mouth too. Um, one of Kimy actually the one that say like is Serio that's the only one she's he's got his mouth open and uh he has no mouth in any other Dilberts. So um you know if somebody wanted to buy that cartoon you need to buy the house basically right so that's the because that's a collectible that's the only one I've seen like that. So

22:38 and again I looked at that a million times Sergio never paid attention to the mouth or no mouth. I mean, I just never So, thank you. I'll have to go look at that again. But, yeah, but no, just at that story arc and so I'll let you guys go ahead, but uh just appreciate

22:55 I I definitely think it was that kind of story arc, the hero's journey. um you know he he had that call to adventure when he left to come to California and he's talked about that as a way of managing energy but just kind of you know getting out of his small town um having his you know sort of misadventures I guess in his corporate life um and how that kind of spawned the whole Dilbert thing and then that was obviously a huge part of his life for for a very long time and um you know then he he sort of probably accidentally got into politics with Trump. You know, I don't I I I don't think when he wrote that article, he thought it was going to have anywhere near the impact that it did, but it kind of forced him public about that in a way he probably didn't even intend. Um I don't even know if he was a Trump supporter at that point. I think he was just calling calling it how he saw it. But then, you know, the the

23:48 way our political field is so polarized, it was almost like he he didn't have a choice. like he'd either have to recant, which he wasn't going to do, or he had to just embrace it. And so he embraced it. And um you know, I I I think as a person who did watch him back back from the Periscope days, um you know, he really did I think change a lot of his views or you know, evolve as we watched. And um you know, early early on it was kind of like every conspiracy theory that would come up in the news, he'd be like, "Oh, no, that's not that." You know, that's not real. you know, you he would always be poo pooing it and saying that's not a thing and and later on he was kind of the opposite. He was like, you know what, I think this is all real. And um you know, never never the full everything, but you know, he kind of I think he at least at one point commented even on the Joe Rogan thing when he said

24:39 sort of the same thing where he's like at this point I might even believe we didn't go to the moon. Like I don't know. Um and uh so it was just amazing to watch as he changed and um certainly the cancellation I think had a big impact on him but he bounced back very quickly. I remember him talking about that day saying I feel fine. Um and so he certainly took it in stride and I but I I think it was a traumatic experience to an extent and um certainly it would have to be to say okay all of a sudden my big income stream is gone from Dilbert and I'm not published anymore and I got to figure out what to do next and but he very quickly bounced back. I think he really appreciated all the support he got from locals through that experience. Um, and I, as far as I can tell, he was very successful with his, you know, Dilbert subscriptions and Dilbert Reborn and the calendars and and everything else that he did after that.

25:32 So, um, certainly I I see that whole story arc you're talking about. I think it was pretty amazing to watch.

25:39 Yeah. Oh, and yes, you put Scott on prisoner island and he would talk about that. I mean, for years it was amazing. But he just had mental muscle. If you put him in a box, he's going to get out and he's going to come out. I mean, it just it was uh very impressive to be around and I saw behind the scenes as you guys were coming online. He told me, "Oh, I've got people behind the scenes sending me news articles or way back when with Cernovich and getting on X and if I get a million followers, I'm going to be able to rule the world kind of thing. It it just it was never small with Scott uh in terms of just what he thought potential was." And there was one and who knows I don't know what episode but where he just talked at the beginning that the system is just trying. That's it. System is just trying and putting yourself out there. And he was example of it for for us and uh a lot of ways but also just a good friend,

26:34 loyal, I mean very trustworthy. Quinn, I love that you know all of the uh ins and outs of his show and everything to that like really meant a lot to us because you had both sides of it going like the personal life and the friendship and then you really understood, you know, the simultaneous sippers and the live stream and the nuance and you just really brought them both together and I I feel like I feel like everybody on this live stream right now um was very well representative represented and remembered and um Shelley your friend Carrie like so cute at the house like we did the simultaneous sip together like we you know we just like launched into it and I love how many of his friends you know really knew what he was doing like genuinely that was cool

27:28 yes there's something else I wanted to talk about too I know um my speech was mostly about how we met because I felt like that's probably, you know, how how did I come into his life? I think a lot of people didn't know. Um, just one day I appeared next to him in the live stream and, you know, everybody's like, "Who is that?" Uh, he quickly introduced me and so therefore, not a lot of people knew like the the backstory. So I felt that was the probably the most important thing to talk about just because I wanted to you know he kept us private and you know there was a reason for that and um but there was so much more I wanted to say. I mean just there there is so much more and I hope I can you know gradually share this with you but since we have Quinn on here um one piece that you do know about Scott is just how generous he is. Um, especially with this time. I mean, this is the part that you

28:31 guys know because he would spend hours with you. I mean, it could have been 50 people and he told me this like, "Oh, I'm going to do, you know, this and there's probably only going to be 50 people on, but those 50 people need me and I'm going to do it." And so his time that he spent just just how generous he was with his time. Um, but also he was very generous in other ways and that's probably part of, you know, just you probably can imagine him being generous in other ways, but he was overly generous. Um, you know, there was I guess there's a quot I was going to read a quote that I think he said. Let me see if I can find this. Um, he's quoting something like this.

29:23 There's not no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. This reflects the idea of even the basic generosity and that basic generosity matters. So that's how he lived his life. I mean, he really lived his life to give to others and whether it was financially um I mean, he didn't want anything from he he trying to convince him to spend money on himself was just like what? I'm not going to pay that for that. What are you talking about? I'm like, but you're willing to tip, you know, all the servers crazy amounts of money. you're, you know, you're willing to help, you know, anybody in need. And I I I I know um pro most of you probably don't know this, but he was very generous to his family, to his friends, anyone in need. He had just this uh every year he would towards the end of the year Christmas time he would just pick someone someone that you know he's

30:37 run across that he thought maybe you know what I $5,000 you know whatever the amount is it could probably help their Christmas you know or his employees he overpaid all of his employees um he always gave bonuses is, you know, he he opened two restaurants, um, which, you know, the first restaurant was successful, um, but he just poured his money into it and it really wasn't, you know, he wasn't making money from it. He was just giving back and I just think that um, he did this in so many ways. And I mean, especially for me when we He's a smart guy. every relationship he was in, he did make sure an agreement was signed.

31:28 He's not a stupid guy. Um, but with that, you know, he made sure the kids had college funds, you know, he made sure that he actually he actually bought us a house definitely in walking distance just two streets over because he wanted us close. you know, he's definitely a generous man in in in strangers and people he loved. And I know Quinn, maybe he could talk about this a little bit more, but you know, he wanted to he wanted to start businesses and Quinn was one of them that uh he worked with with trying to start a business and he and I want Quinn to talk a little bit more about it, but he w Scott wasn't going to give up. I want I want Quinn to be successful on this and you know maybe Quinn you can chime in here on this but um turn your mic and let's talk about that a little bit.

32:26 Yeah, I mean very generous indeed and without wanting something in return and it was quiet, you know, that's always the best kind. You know, don't let your left hand know what your right hand's doing when it comes to giving those kind of things. So Scott had that mentality for sure. And yeah, as we were going through kids events or whatever, we're talking about scheduling and calendar issues and we both had our tech issues. So there were real fixes within calendars, but we so we said, "Oh, let's start." And he was just blogging at the time. And he goes, "Okay, well, I'll try and find some tech support." So he blogs out. We find a incubator company out of Australia and they help us. We started this little calendar tree thing for scheduling and that involved over the years we're going okay that's there's no traction in calendaring at least there wasn't for us and then we tried an approach app which was just geol

33:17 location sharing temporary as a business we're trying to do that and then we did interface which was two-way uh video dialogue and it was supposed to be between experts and so at the time and I want to say this is right about 2014 14, 15, somewhere around there and Scott gets into the persuasion side of politics and then COVID comes around and it's nobody's trusting the experts. Well, our app was purely expert to expert kind of thing. So, it was totally he was calling out experts saying you're not there. So, that was just so we laughed a lot. I mean it was a lot if we didn't achieve anything through it but you learned as you went and Scott was committed to it for me personally wanting to make it work and I don't know if it was you Marcela or Erica there was a something Scott would tell you and I I know he's written about it is he can he could see the future like I can envision 2020 I can envision 2021 and in 2014 or

34:18 right before he did the political thing I picture something big next year in 2015 15 and we're hoping it's the little business that could could and get it going and it was all the political his prediction on Trump and that was the big thing. He just knew it was coming. So, uh but yes, to Shel's point again did well and was very generous. Never on himself again he'd buy one car, had a garage, threec car garage and it was full of stuff, ping pong tables and stuff. No sports cars, no fl fancy anything. So just a very humble guy at the end of the day that uh obviously was very successful in pretty much everything he put his mind to uh when it came to business. But uh

35:02 and also the the I want everyone to know that the all the kids were there. um Christina's two girls and Savannah and you know what I saw Shelley was um Christina's girls like run over to you and you know like they clearly adore you too and I was like so heartwormed and I was just like this is like one big you know blended family at the end of the day and like I'm going to get choked up cuz I was just like I could tell that they like love you and like they're comfortable in the house and like you know everybody like Scott really you guys Scott really had so much love around him and we didn't know you know the ins and outs of his everyday and um a lot of people thought like Scott was really lonely and like you know was just in this house by himself all the time.

35:53 He definitely was surrounded by so much love and such a beautiful family and amazing amazing friends that I feel like listening at this service also like to you Quinn and um and John his tennis partner what he said about like if there was a a questionable point Scott's like ah you take it you know whatever like it was just like this like big loving dynamic and it made me feel just so happy and and warm. warm and the house is full of love and um I I don't know it meant a lot to see the kids there and all of that too.

36:31 Um don't forget Shauna um Shel's sister. She was so funny. She's like um because we made coffee at Scott's coffee maker and it didn't want to work for me. And I think Sergio had the same thing and I was like why is it not working? And she's like wait for it. I think it's Scott. And I was like, you know, and we were standing in front of it and we were like, is it him that is like blocking it? And then and then it took like maybe longer than usual Kurri. And um she made me laugh and then she's like, "Okay, now it'll work." And it worked. And she was funny, too, because she's like, "I needed a stir." And she's like, "Oh, I forgot to buy that, but here's the spoon. Don't tell anyone.

37:22 She's just amazing. Shauna was like so amazing. And the most amazing thing is that she knew us too. And so did Quinn and so did all his family. They are very aware of the beloveds. They're aware of everybody in the chat. Um that's something that that uh shows the love um they had for Scott and still have. And it's just so so warm. But I I did want to bring up a question that came up Quinn in the um chat. They wanted to get a little further about how you guys met, how you and Scott met.

38:01 Well, it was through Shelly again. Uh Savannah and our daughter the same age and it we met they started dating or I don't I'm assuming you were dating Shelley but came to one of the girls soccer games and it was just after the match Shel introduced us and then you start seeing them at the other games and then we just start hanging out from there and then we Scott organized our I don't know was it 35 and older soccer co-ed team and again at the time say I'm 35 I don't dates exactly but Scott was like 50. So, he's like 14 years old or whatever. And I'm thinking, he's such an old man. We're there's no way this is going to work out. But he was always fit, always in shape, you know, he played a lot of tennis and club, went to the club and all that kind of stuff.

38:47 But, so just over time it was just that. And then we just hang out. We go to again, he stayed at home if he wasn't at the gym or somewhere. So, it was often at the house. And it was he taught me how to play tennis and he was just a good instructor. I think one of the things that he's so good at communicating, he could break things down even when it came to teaching you how to play tennis and how to hold the racket and all that stuff. Um, but that was

39:11 Did Scott do any soccer coaching? No, he he he wasn't one of the coaches. We I did the coaching side, but no, he never uh I don't recall him coaching either soccer or volleyball with the boys. And Justin was the baseball team. I've got a couple pictures I was going to share with Shelley yesterday. I forgot Shel to show you the Dodgers with Justin and then the pink I don't know the girls team name but it was that it was from that meeting. I think that's the book that they gave me. It's a little soccer ball photo book from the kids uh with Savannah and them. But I think I was trying to look for the exact date of that game, but it's not there.

39:48 It's just the year. But uh but that's that's it. Erica, so did Yeah, it was Go ahead.

39:55 I was just wondering so in soccer did he win then? because you're like, "Oh, this old man." And then like,

40:01 "Oh, no. We we were a pretty decent team. We had a good team." Shel and my wife pretty similar. And then we had uh two other families and then uh they were there at the service. One family was and then another Matt Shocker who's uh really good friend at Scots as well. Very good soccer player. I think he played in other leagues and things like that. But yeah, we were we were a solid team until we went up with the 20-year-old teams. than we indoor soccer's a lot harder than you think. If your kids are playing and you're yelling at them to keep running and they look tired, go try it first and then you'll realize that it is very tiring. So

40:37 yeah, I was just wondering about him coaching because I remember him saying he was really good at soccer and I could imagine him maybe being, you know, wanting to step in and show things to people and stuff, but if you had good coaches and other people that had a lot of talent, I'm sure he probably would have been happy to sit back and watch.

40:52 Yeah. Oh, he set up soccer for the kids in the backyard. So, he would he would teach them on their, you know, he would use

41:00 the kids as his teaching. So, he definitely he definitely got them out there in the backyard and

41:08 hit the soccer ball. I also want to add to that um I I'm obsessed with Savannah. I love her. And that's Shel's daughter. And Jacob, he's so sweet. That's Shel's uh Oh, Shel. That's Savannah's husband. They're newlyweds. And um they like even Jacob was like, "Oh yeah, you know, I see you guys on the live stream." And you know, everybody's aware of this part of Scott's life. And you know, so I can just tell you you guys like like he really loved all of us and and so after the show sometimes I'll go back and like look at the comments on locals and peek at some of the comments on YouTube which I don't recommend. But um you guys, the locals, you know, we we just are we know more about Scott because of all the pre-shows, the show, the post show, the man cave, the two a days during COVID, the hey, I'm just turning my computer on and I'm going to make soup today and you're in my kitchen now. Now we have a cooking show. Or hey,

42:19 help me draw my Dilbert comic. like we the locals I I highly recommend you guys like come over to the locals community.

42:27 It was like it was the only fans. It was the only fans. Only fans with Scott. Yeah.

42:33 Only fans but only Scott. Yeah. Yeah. Only Scott. And so we you know we had so much um more of Scott. But when I read the comments on the locals live streams I like you guys I love you guys so much. it it's just such a an amazing group. Everybody's so loving and caring. Like you really built this family and some of us have known each other here for 10 years and and then you think of all the hours that you could log in a day with Scott. I mean some days I think I probably spent five or six hours on a live stream with Scott, you know, and that's it's a lot. Um, so I just want you guys to know how much Scott like truly loves you guys. And not that I didn't already love you, but I love you guys so much more just seeing what an amazing family this is. I'm not going to cry. Um, and also how much Scott's family and friends love all of you guys, too. And, um, I wanted to say that. So, remember you guys when

43:39 Scott was making his museum in the house, the Dilbert Museum, and he would like show us like this was my desk and this was here. And so, Savannah kind of finished that up and she made the museum beautiful. And so, Shelley took us up like in groups or whatever to to see it because you can't put everybody in there at once. And, you know, and I I love seeing it and whatever. And then Shel's like, "Okay." It was like kind of like the podcasting group, like the speakers that you saw and his, you know, and the four of us. Um, and so Shelley just said, "Do you guys want to see Scott's office?" Cuz it wasn't open for people to walk in there. And, you know, we were like, "Yes, yes, yes." And when she opened the door and you just see his desk now, I might cry.

44:28 That's like that Shel saw me. That hit me hard. But that was like that's the museum to me. Like that was just like his energy and it's what we looked at every day for all those hours and his his his blanket was folded and you know I had to like put my hand on the blanket. It's so soft you guys. I wish I could have given you like a cashmere or angora blanket but it would have been so expensive. Um but it's so soft and and one thing you might not know is there's a ton of room behind that desk. like you know how Scott would like push himself off and like roll to the back to get something. It's very big back there. And um but I think we were all really moved by that. And Shel, I just have to thank you because as emotional as it made me, it was just very special. Thank you. Sorry guys.

45:23 So just a little bit more about the locals. I just since you were, you know, talking about the locals, I know Scott did a lot of extra for the locals and we that is our plan going forward. Um, just bear with bear with me right now, but we hope to transition so that the local grit gets more time. So, I just wanted to let everybody know that you're not forgotten and we're going to try to I know we're doing the Dilbert um comic strip there and we're taking you know kind of from the beginning taking a week out of the first year and kind of moving on to uh through the years maybe taking a week um for those locals and we'll continue to do more for the locals. So, going forward

46:09 and also that's what Scott wanted you guys. So, we're not Scott. We're not trying to be Scott. Nobody can be Scott. The Coffee with Scott Adams show lives on its own. And Scott had ideas of what he wanted to happen after he wasn't here anymore. That's what we're doing. So, it's not like just, yeah, we're working it out and figuring it out, but it's not like haphazard. Like, he had ideas of what he wanted. He wanted us to remain a community and remain together, have our simultaneous sip. Sometimes we have guests. We're, you know, but really locals. He really wants you guys to stay together. We want more people to come over. But yeah, his micro lessons are going to be there. They're not going to be like on YouTube. He he really had a vision for it. So, I know it feels weird and it feels different and maybe not everybody's going to like this and that's okay, too. U maybe you just want to come in and have the simultaneous sip

47:09 with us and go about your day. We would love that too. Or maybe some days feel better to you than others. But just know that we know that we're not Scott and we're not trying to be. But we um we've all been students of his for a long time and have love and respect for him and are always going to try to just do right by him. So we hope you understand that. Hey, uh, Eric, I have a couple of stories from the the day. Um, if you don't mind because we there was no coffee at the service, right? I don't know if it was on purpose to get us like to crave it more. I don't know if Scott planned it at all, like some kind of a, you know, elaborate scheme, but I was like, there has to be coffee, right? There was no coffee. So, we got to the house. I made a beline for the coffee machine. I started pushing the buttons. like a smart man trying to do it. It wouldn't work. Jay Plemons, our the best the Akira of clips, came over

48:11 and plugged it in. He plugged it in and I was like, "Wow, okay. This is Scott doing all this right now." Right. And then um but then Shauna, I want to mention Shauna, she um also was like Queen um approached me. I was there moping and she came over and said like, "Let me give you a tour." and uh and she took me over to the office and um because I missed the the I missed the group tour. So she took me there um and and it was an amazing experience. It was like the the the holy land right there. It felt something strong. And then but then Owen and I went to see Gary and Roman and that was amazing. And we took a lot of photos and I said like I'm going to make the girl so jealous you'll see. And uh and Owen, he I never seen anybody handle kittens that way.

49:04 Amazing. Owen, you want to tell us more about that? Because I'm learning how to handle my cat like you. You know,

49:10 only if the locals chat inserts all of the inappropriate jokes about how Owen handles kittens. Okay. Then then let's go. Go Owen.

49:21 I I I I would what I would say, you know, I've had a number of cats over the years. Our very first pet was a cat and that one was, you know, totally docil. You could hold it any kind kind of way you wanted to. It would never get upset. Um, it wasn't weird or demanding like a lot of cats are. But I've had a lot of the weird cats, too, that are very picky about, you know, they only want to be held a certain way or they don't want to be held at all. And so I've learned over the years just how to do that. And I would say Gary and Roman, at least from my experience, are are the type that, you know, they don't want you to just pick them up and hold them. Um, they might want to get on your lap or they might want to, you know, do it their their way, but they seem to, you know, not necessarily want to be held for a long time. Um, so I I, you know, I I turned them over and held them upside down. I think you posted a photo of it,

50:12 but um you know that's that's one of the positions I learned with my one of my cats that it's like he wouldn't let you hold him any way except that if you if you put him upside down with his tummy up and you held him securely then he would let you hold him that way. And that's that's what I was doing with Gary. So,

50:28 you know, you know what I'm realizing is that I'm realizing that the house the the the Scarano's house, I used to think that it was like this one man, you know, like the Wizard of Oz by himself, you know, and now is it's like it's the Adams family really. I'm thinking of like that show, that TV show with everybody there. Shel, you are like Morticia, you know, or something. I don't know. Uh all of you guys are different characters. Uh Queen, you're like uh Uncle Fester. I don't know. Uh everybody's somebody. And it was so much fun to to to see that.

50:58 And it has, you know, in in the house itself is like a crazy house. I mean, it's amazing. I love it.

51:03 Right. I mean, what do you think? The the tennis court is like like it's like a football field. Like that's how giant it is.

51:14 And the neighbors, we had a ne Oh, yeah. We had a neighbor. I want to reveal this. Um

51:19 uh somebody asked Owen for an over autograph. No way. Right. Yeah. Yeah. There was one of the neighbors.

51:25 I as I asked Owen for an autograph and the very first autograph with the cats too and um and he's a neighbor that lives close by. So I wanted to ask Shel uh how is that living with neighbors or you know that well how was that for Scott with every you know neighbors snooping in and stuff you know it's like having a house tour every day. How how do you deal with that? Yeah, you know, the the community, the neighborhood, they treated him just like family. And he had a text chain with the whole neighborhood. This is Scott, you know, and he would when it was possible our power was going to go out, he's like, "I have backup generators. If this happens, I'm prepared. I have everything for you. Come over." and he in, you know, he had he extended the invite for them to come over anytime if they ever needed anything. Um, it was great and, you know, the neighbors didn't take advantage of anything. Um, they were

52:31 great. Uh, probably the neighbor you're talking about, I don't know, she's she's baked us I don't know how many apple pies and chocolate chip cookies the last few weeks. Um, it amazing. and she just we just kept returning the the pie plate and she just kept bringing them back. So, uh the whole I know the whole the whole neighborhood we just have a I mean he had a great uh group of neighbors that were definitely um willing to help in any way and and he was the same. He just you know he invited him over and you know it was very close to them. So,

53:12 he told us about the text thread, too. And, you know, like if something weird was happening or, you know, a car got broken into or whatever it was. And I want to give a shout out. So, you guys, you know how Scott loves Halloween and he gives out the fullsize candy bars. Oh, or waters. Waters. Um, shout out to any trick-or-treater that went to his door cuz he has a very steep hill. So, they worked hard to get up that driveway to get the candy. So, the reward was worth it. It was interesting.

53:43 And Savannah was every was there every year with him doing that. So yeah, it was very special.

53:49 And uh we might have taken a few putts on the putting green inside and that's definitely a wavy little green. And uh we could see where Scott had like a little thing on the on the putting green to hold his phone upright. So you know how he position the phone. So, we took a couple of putts and um I don't know like it was I keep saying like I I also felt like I knew every inch of that house because we lived in it with him virtually for so many hours and it was an amazing experience.

54:22 Yeah. Um just a little bit about the house. I think most of you know um we built the house together. He wanted to build this Dilbert house and it he wanted to feature certain things and so we did it together. We didn't hire designers. We did, you know, we had a contractor of course um that led us to, you know, all the places to look for stuff, but he wanted the kids to pick out their tile and, you know, they got to I think I told most of you at the house, he made sure the kids' bedrooms were exactly the same size, exactly the same layout. There was like, you cannot make this an inch bigger for the other kid. So, um, he wanted to be fair and but they did. They they got to pick out their tile for their bathroom, what they wanted to look like. They got to pick out their design. I mean, he let us pick out everything. I think there was So, Scott's big thing for the house.

55:25 There's two things I would say for the house that he were important to him. One was the Christmas tree closet. So, he didn't want to have to take the the, you know, he had an artificial tree and he didn't want to have to take the put the lights back on and put the ornaments back on. He wanted a Christmas tree closet that he could just roll that Christmas tree in. So, it had to have a big opening. It had to, you know, it was a double double door. You had to make sure that that that was going to be able to go in it cuz he wasn't going to go through the work of doing that every year. So that was one of his things that he had. I mean, of course, a lot of things, but then the other one was the tennis court. He wanted an indoor tennis court. And mind you, we're in a community. We don't have an HOA, but you know, the neighbors have to approve this and they're like, "This is going to be a big structure." Um, so we had to go back

56:25 and forth, but he made it happen. But he asked me like, "What do you want?" Like, I mean, this is for me. Uh, I want the tennis court. I want to do something for you. Like, what do you want? I'm like, I don't I I mean, I just want some palm trees around the pool or something. I mean,

56:44 those are really really important to me. Um, and what was that? That was the one thing that the city did not want to approve. No, Scott, he's decided that this is going to happen and we we actually went in and we had to fight it and he just, you know, we're going on and we're like, "Of course, we'll we'll change the paint color for you. We will do this for you. We will, you know, move the house back, you know, whatever it is they want, all the, you know, neighbors wanted. We'll do this. want to make sure the the tennis court has it doesn't it looks like a house from the outside has no windows so it's like a fake facade window because it they don't want the light coming out from the tennis lights.

57:32 Um but when it came to he was you know we were coming in there he he just said but enough's enough. We're having palm trees. Shelly is getting her palm trees. So So we have palm trees. Um so he made that happen. I did have a little room right by I don't know if you guys noticed that a little spa room so we can have little girl days to get our nails done or get pedicures. I had a little pedicure spa along with the washing for the hair and we would do massages hang by the pool and you know Quinton can tell you Missy you know we had spa days there so it was great. So that was what he did for me. them.

58:18 It's great. And and and the tennis court is pretty incredible. I mean, it's like you'd never suspect it walking up to the house. You'd never suspect it being in the house. Like, it just looks like a relatively I mean, it's a large house, but not like mansion large, you know? It's not like one of those things that impresses you as like, wow, this just goes on and on. But then you go through this one little door and all of a sudden it's like this big cavern opens and you have this full-size tennis court. It's just amazing.

58:44 Yeah. the house was built. It look doesn't look as big from the front, but if you keep going, it just keeps going. And I don't even know if you guys went into the backyard. There's a huge backyard after the tennis court. So, it was a double lot and it just kept going. So, Shelley, your sister, don't tell on her, but she was so fun and funny. She took myself and Marcela and Michael Malice. She's like, "You want to go in the master bedroom?" We're like, "Yeah, let's go." So, we go in, you know, check it out. Then she's like, "But wait, come on." And I'm like, "I know it's back here." And so, then there's like another room in the master and she opens the curtains where there's a big glass window looking out onto the tennis court.

59:36 And, you know, I was like, "There it is. I've seen it on YouTube, but here it is." So, um, and that's get his Friday night 6:30 massage in there right?

59:48 Yes. You get this massage. But the idea, like his idea of that was he was hoping that when the tournaments, the tennis tournaments came to San Jose locally that he could invite these tennis pros to come stay and then, you know, he could watch their match. and from the masters. So yeah, that was his we we never did it. We never offered. Um I think it was a little still a little too far for them, but in his mind

1:00:19 I mean he actually Do you guys remember when Vive was uh in the running? He said I think he's going to be speaking in San Francisco. I'm going to offer him to come here and play tennis,

1:00:30 you know, and whatever. But he I forget what happened that he didn't or Vake didn't come or whatever. But yeah, like Scott, you know, just had these like visions and worked around them and just tried to install them and instill them everywhere. And the other And yes, and your sister also took Marcela and I to the back backyard and

1:00:52 on her. Oh my gosh, she was the bomb. She gave us some fortune cookies that she got from San Francisco. Yeah, I was like, let's go. Love her.

1:01:02 I love that she did that for you guys. We did too. We appreciated every second of the entire experience.

1:01:10 That's great. We did. Um Quinn, I have a question. Would you consider coming on with us from time to time?

1:01:20 Sure. Happy to accept the invite. As long as I can add value, I'm happy to be here.

1:01:26 I think you do add value and I think we would all love that. and you give us like um another level of closeness to Scott and to Shelly and you obviously know him very well and I think that's valuable to all of us. Don't you guys think so? You guys drop an emoji in the chat if you want to see Quinn back with us. I think that would be fun.

1:01:49 Um to everybody that's watching on other platforms, please uh do consider joining Scott's Locals page. I think it's Scottadams.local. locals.com, something like that. But I'll I'll put it on Twitter today. So you guys, everybody's saying yes, Quinn. There's a stream of emojis and yeses. Um, so that's awesome. And don't you guys love that Shellyley was with us talking and sharing her stories? It's so good. Shelley, we love you so much. I I've just only

1:02:21 you guys, we love you. Everybody just adores you. And um, you know, I I know you guys don't want this to end. Does anyone have any questions they want to drop in or do any of us have anything you want to ask? Marcela, Sergio, Owen, do you want to add anything? I I could add a lot, but

1:02:44 I I don't want to give you a lot if we go over the time. Maybe maybe a random question. Did Scott ever hypnotize you?

1:02:52 Oh, I was gonna No. And that's a great question because I did uh there were times when I we talked about it for sure, but uh

1:03:01 I just yeah, we just never did it. But we talked about hypnotizing and people he had hypnotized and things like that. So there's there will be some confidential stuff that I will never tell you guys. So uh you can ask, but I I'll I'll do my best, but there's still confidentiality uh loyalty to Scott that I I won't reveal things. But uh but no to to answer your question, no.

1:03:25 Okay. Yeah. I just wondered because he, you know, he talked often about being a hypnotist, but I didn't know if he ever did actually hypnotize the people that were around him. No, but I I mean I again I benefited so much because behind the scenes as he was building this I saw the thought process like he'd have his whiteboard and like a blog post that he's working on and you'd see behind the scoped and then as he got into the podcasting again whiteboard notes when he was trying to do the movie the museum used to be it's been a couple different things we can share later but sticky notes all on the wall on the on his thoughts when and he was trying to to get the movie back going, but it was just fun seeing how he planned for the show way back when and seeing how he put the pieces together, practiced on the whiteboard before he would come on and start presenting it. So, we we I got a little bit of sneak peek to that. And

1:04:19 one system that I implemented, I'll leave you guys with this is as we got going, you know, he showed me the systems, all that stuff is so daily I have three things that I focus on. thank, help, and ask at some level. It doesn't have to be overwhelming, whatever you do, but those kind of components is try and do something in each of those buckets for somebody else or ask something of them. And it's it was just a system that made a huge difference to me just because it put you in gratitude mode and how can I be of value and then in my work life, whatever, it's you got to learn how to ask valuable questions or ask for help or things like that. But that was part of Scott talking that through to build a simple system that you can do daily. So it was Yeah, I got I got much more out of the relationship than he did. I'm I'm I'm sure of that.

1:05:11 Can you say those three words again? Oh, go ahead. Oh, I just I couldn't hear those three words you said that that this

1:05:18 sure thank, help, and ask. That's it. Those kind of do those three buckets a day. But go ahead. I'm sorry, Shel.

1:05:28 Yeah. No, I was just gonna say that uh he would wake up till the end. I don't know if people know this. He would wake up at 4 a.m. no matter what to prepare for his show at 7 4:00 when he was sicker than sick, barely could stay awake. I mean, he would be writing his notes, just falling asleep till the end. I it. But he it didn't stop him. I asked him like, "How about why don't we wake up at, you know, 5:30, maybe sleeping a little bit more?" Nope. 4:00 it was. And he would fall asleep. He's like, "Oh, wake me up if I'm, you know, falling asleep." It's like he was dedicated to this. He very dedicated.

1:06:18 It was really important to him. So, yeah. I mean, Scott always said sleep was a waste of time. So, I I love that mindset and um I would like some sleep personally, but yes, sleep is a waste of time. He had things to do and he did and he did more than most and uh right right till his last breath which was just uh inspirational and um just taught us a whole other level of lessons about life and death and dying and um I hope that I hope that I can you know carry on the way he did when you know when one day you know god forbid but we'll be in those situations.

1:07:06 I I just I'm so grateful that he always had his mind about him and um you know that he he got to do what he loved doing till the very very end which is be with his family and work and think and try to solve problems and make the world a better place and ultimately just to be useful. So that was amazing that that happened for him.

1:07:32 Yeah. He told us that it was going to be a transition month, right? We're still in January and um I get the longest month of my life. I think uh has been I don't know with all of you all the stuff that is going on behind the scenes to put all this together. And um I just want to second what Erica was saying that we're not nobody none of us trying to be scat here or anything. We're just trying to uh keep respect his wishes and honor his wishes. And I'm so happy that um Shelly is, you know, is is soldering on and and loving it more and more and more in the chat is embracing you and and the community and and it becomes this dopamine cycle uh that we can continue and sustain. So, um it's been a wonderful week, uh uh for the show and and I think that um we're just going to keep trying to to be as useful as possible and and I'm glad that Quinn joined us today to to give us that Scott view, you know, that we don't have. So,

1:08:36 I don't know if you want to go over the questions they asked us. I think they were asking about Gary and Roman and where where they're going to be at

1:08:45 and Yeah, Gary Roman's they're they're staying with the family. Savannah is introducing well they've they've been for the last month a little bit more introducing she has two uh English cream um dogs. So they have been slowly been introducing the dogs to them. So they are taking the dog they're taking Roman and Gary. the staying with the family.

1:09:16 And Gary and Roman are used to Savannah. They know her. They love her. Yeah. It's not like it's not going to be traumatizing for them. They're they're with people they know.

1:09:25 Yeah. And she's going to make sure they have their own space so they can hide away from the dogs if they need to. So the dogs can't get to them. They'll have their little door. She's got it all planned out so they'll have their own space if they want to get away from the dogs. But, you know, if if for some reason it didn't work out, if they'll be with me and my four other cats.

1:09:47 Shel is an animal lover, too, you guys. Yes. So, she has beautiful cats and a dog or no?

1:09:54 No. So, I just I Yeah. And I rescued So, I live close to Pleasanton um in Liverour. It's, you know, maybe five miles, maybe a little bit longer away. And I live on, so I have property. I live on five acres. So, I've had two, well, I've had two strays come up and basically bring me their babies.

1:10:24 So, from the first time was when I lost my it was a year after I lost my son. And all of a sudden we, you know, we would feed this outdoor cat and it looked like it was getting bigger and bigger. I'm like, are we feeding this cat too much? I think it's, you know, we we may we may want to. It was very feral. Would not let us close, but it would go to the bowl if we set it outside. So, we're like, this I don't know. And then all of a sudden we had this tree out our windows. We can kind of look and we had this tree. All of a sudden I see these little kittens climbing up the tree with the mom. And I'm like, "Oh my goodness."

1:11:09 So we, you know, captured them all and got them all fixed and uh released mama back and then we kept three. So we kept three of them. Uh, and my friend took the other two. And then mom still comes to visit her. I mean, she still comes every day, same time we feed the cats and she comes back to see her her babies and we feed her. Then not too long ago, uh, we another we were driving up the road and it was a black cat and I'm like, it looked kind of like a skunk and we're like, is that a skunk in the road? cuz it looked like it had a really big belly. And I know that's a cat. And the cat followed me all the way up the hill, all the way to the house. Very friendly cat, but super skinny. Oh, I just felt so sorry for the cat. And you can tell just so pregnant. And brought the cat into the garage cuz I wasn't sure if it was going to let me touch it. So, I brought it into the garage and then ended up like very friendly letting me

1:12:19 pet her and then brought her in like kind of I had just like this little hallway and I put this bin with towels cuz I'm thinking I don't know how far along she is. I'll call the vet tomorrow. I'll figure it out. Next thing you know, the next day she was popping out babies. So, we did get them all adopted except for one. Um, and we kept the one. So now we have four.

1:12:43 Say no to come to you. I know. I'm like, okay, I gotta look. Look away. So I love that.

1:12:52 Did you see other questions, Marcella? Yeah, it's the cat distribution system finding you. Um,

1:12:58 you know, the weekly. No cats. No cats apply, please. Um, they are asking was there a program for the service and can it be shared with everyone? I can share the cover, Shelly, and who the speakers were.

1:13:18 Yes. And I'll leave the other side out. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I I'll post that later, you guys.

1:13:23 Yeah. There was some information in there like addresses. We don't want those in there.

1:13:28 I'll I'll post it later so you can see who all the speakers were. And they were asking I'm sorry to ask. You can like decline to answer, but um they were asking about Jose.

1:13:40 Oh, yes. because he became part of the show even though we never saw him in real life but you know like oh I have a water leak and um Jose is um

1:13:53 actually I don't know there was a story that Joshua told us um I'm sure he's okay with me sharing it Joshua starts with J and Jose starts with J. Um, sometimes instead of Jose, he would end up Scott would end up calling Joshua or texting Joshua about water leaks and I don't

1:14:19 Yes, he was he was at the he was at the celebration of life. He just kind of snuck in and didn't really, you know, he he was there. He didn't come over afterwards to the house, but he was there. And yes, he's still uh he's still been doing things for us at the house. And and yeah, so

1:14:38 for for those that don't know, Jose was like the contractor for Scott throughout all that time. If if something needed to be fixed, he would be involved in fixing it, at least from what Scott would tell us. And so he became like this character for the locals in the man cave more so. Um because one time he came by like we felt like he walked behind uh uh Scott and we were like Scott show him show him like no no no you know so it's like became this thing for us to figure out what he looked like what does he what was he like

1:15:14 you were like interview host swag yeah he was a he was a part of the house for sure he was there almost every day and I think honestly I think he Scott would just make up things for him to do just so that he could be around and not be alone. And he's like, "Oh, I think we need to I don't know, repaint the doors or you know, that type of thing because that's who Scott was. He he was generous. He you know, kept him working and you know, he liked the company to be honest with you."

1:15:46 And they I also want to Oh, go ahead Marcela. This is connecting to Jose. They were asking about the they some of them knew about uh Scott's bathroom and how it was being uh uh being changed because of a leak and they were asking if it got finished the the Scott's bathroom.

1:16:08 Yes, the master finally Yeah, the master. So when we built it, we built it Mediterranean style, which you know, at the time you would think that that would have, you know, lasted that style would have lasted forever, but you know, here we are now more modern and everything's more a little has a little cleaner look, a little brighter. So Scott decided to change it up, you know, um change the cabinets, paint them blue, let's not have them look like old cabinets and redo the showers and redo the the granite and the tile and the flooring downstairs. So he did a lot to the house just to give it more brighter, more modern, but still Mediterranean look. I mean, when you look from the outside, it's just it's Mediterranean. It's hard.

1:17:00 It's hard to change a Mediterranean house fully into a modern house, but he he did a really good job at um doing that. And in that he did the showers and uh you know fixing the leaks in the showers and the shower heads and all that stuff. So yeah, it's it's almost I would say it's pretty much finished with most of the stuff that we'll probably do to it. and and unfortunately I know I don't really want to break the news but he will be the state will be selling the house. So um unfortunately uh it's it's too big of a house for anyone to be honest with you. Any one person I would say it's a it's a it's a big house so he will be selling it. Um, you know, I'll give details more when the time comes, but it's it, you know, most likely do it offm market and um, but it's a it's going to be really hard for I think everybody the family um, you know, we've built that's all we know.

1:18:09 You know, we've it's going to be really hard, but I say everybody just move into it.

1:18:16 We're hoping Elon Let's go. Let's buy it. Let's do that. We can keep the museum in there.

1:18:22 Please buy it. Somebody clip me and and and show Elon this clip that we would want Elon Musk to buy Scott's house to keep. That's my

1:18:36 Elon doesn't even have a house. That's the best part. Yeah. Um, I wanted to just say too, uh, shout out to Paul Collider who kept Scott like sane for all these years. He would do our check of which platforms were working and he's like this quiet unsung hero. But honestly, Paul Collider, shout out. I don't know if you're listening anymore to us, but never took a day off and if he did, we didn't know about it. He had someone else doing it. Um, shout out to everybody. And I also wanted to tell you something. What was it? I forgot. But, um, I know it's getting a little bit later, you guys, but I'm positive that Shellyley and Quinn would both come back on together and we could have more questions for them. I think it's really fun to talk about Scott and um, he's our favorite subject, right? So, we will definitely do it again. Also, um Shelley just reiterating about locals one more time. So, the micro lessons are being

1:19:40 worked on. They're just being kind of tightened up cuz um they like Shelley and Scott wanted them to be like really nice and concise and uh clippable. So, those are being worked on. They'll remain on locals. So, definitely come over and join us there. And there will be some bonus episodes over there, too. Shel and I were talking about maybe Scott's brother will come on with us on locals and we'll be able to talk to him and some other ideas that we had and um any closing statements from anybody. Oh, and I want to remind you too Owen is on tomorrow on spaces. Okay, so Owen and Sergio and SJV will be over there. Am I right?

1:20:26 Yes. Yeah, we'll we'll start at the normal time that Scott would have the show. So, it's 7 a.m. Pacific or 10 a.m. Eastern or you can join your time zone.

1:20:34 And I'm sure you have a million news stories to talk about. We do. We always do.

1:20:40 Awesome. And those go long, you guys. You can get like a news fill like no other. Oh, and we have some amazing guests lined up for next week. I'm so excited. So, you know, click in. Sergio, did you want to say something?

1:20:53 No, Marcela wants to say something, I think. Okay. Yeah. Um, I just wanted to bring up that this weekend there's more meetups with more people. So, scottadamsmeup.com, you can go there. Um, we're not connected to it, but somebody put that together and it's where you can find other Scott uh fans and they're having quite a few meetups this weekend and I just wanted to bring that up. I know they have an at X. It's Scott Adams meet. M E T.

1:21:28 Scott Adams meet me. Like I'm meeting somebody. Everybody, you know, one second to say the following. I do I I have to say that Erica, you've done so much and so many things and and you are doing a wonderful job

1:21:49 and I just like we love you and I'm sure everybody does and I just want to say thank you foring and being able to even through the grief being able to just basically making it look because yesterday the CNN lady um the Kim she was like, have you been a producer before? You know, because you seem like a complete natural at what you do and I

1:22:15 That's so sweet. Thanks, Marcella. Thank you. Yeah. And and I would echo just, you know, if you can go to a meetup, I think they're great. I mean, honestly, I consider what I just did at the service to be one of those because I got to spend a lot of time with Sergio and Marcella and Erica and a bunch of other people and um it was just great meeting people in person and just getting to know people. 100%

1:22:37 level. And it was really great for the four of us to spend time together. And it didn't feel awkward. It didn't feel weird. You know, it was like we've known each other for so long virtually that meeting was just as easy. And we all have very different personalities and they all work so well together. And then Shelly is just like the easiest person to just immediately love. So, it was just very cohesive and fun and everybody that loves Scott is all right with me. So, yeah. Um,

1:23:14 yes. Thank you, Erica. Thank you all of you guys. So, Erica, you are doing a great job. I so appreciate I so appreciate you um just leading us to this because you're you are a natural. You're a

1:23:30 Thank you. That's so sweet. Thanks you guys. Quinn, thank you so so much for coming on. When Shelley and I were talking about like who should come on and I was like, can Quinn come on and she said, "Oh my gosh, I think he'd love it." So, I'm so happy that you did and that we all are witnesses that you've agreed to come back on with us.

1:23:49 Well, and and thank you. You guys have been great. Uh, keep going. Keep going. I will throw plant a seed is with Jay or however you do if they can just make a compilation of Scott making himself laugh and just go with that. You can throw in some rants. I loved when he kind of got on one too when he was get fired up a little bit, but

1:24:10 his laugh was great. It was hard to make him laugh as hard as he could make himself laugh, but uh

1:24:16 it is it is it's just a big part of his personality. I know his brother mentioned that in the in the video at the memorial if you haven't heard it. Uh Dave reflected on his laugh too, but uh have Jay work on that if you can. That's just a

1:24:30 100% because there's nothing better than Scott either in a fit of laughter or rage.

1:24:38 Like we like we love both of those dopamine hits and amazing Shelly. Did you know that there was another Shelly that Did you ever hear that there was a Shelly that was like a troll of his? So the name Shelly was like a trigger for us. So whenever there was a troll or someone acting up, there was this lunatic, Shelly, who was like a total troll for him.

1:25:02 So any troll, we'd be like, "Shelly," and we'd all be like, "It's Shelly." And we would laugh so hard. Obviously, it wasn't you. It was another Shelly.

1:25:13 Oh, that's funny. So, all right, you guys. Thank you so much. and we'll all be logging in tomorrow to see um Owen on Spaces with Sergio and SJV. We'll be back on Monday. We have uh a very special guest lined up for Monday. Um so, make sure you're here. Bring your mugs and be useful this weekend and always. And um you guys, let's have a final closing.

1:25:39 I just want to say I want to uh praise you a little more. Okay. Oh, no. There's a lot of things that happen behind the scenes that uh that Erica is keeping everything together that all you guys have no idea. Just wanted to say, okay, so there's a lot of stuff that I don't know if anybody has the skills to make it happen what she's what you're making happen over the next uh few weeks and months. So, I just wanted to say that. Thank you.

1:26:02 Thank you you guys so much. I really love you guys a lot. Thank you. All right. So, a final closing sip to our beloved Scott. You guys go out there, be useful. We love you and to Scott.

1:26:15 Scott. Bye guys. Byebye.

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Who speaks in "Episode 3084 - The Scott Adams School 01/30/26"?

Scott Adams (Guest), Erica (Guest), Shelly (Guest), Quinn (Guest), Marcela (Guest), Sergio (Guest), Owen Gregorian (Guest).

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The main topic revolves around the engaging, light-hearted conversation between hosts and guests as they discuss current news events, blending humor with commentary. The hosts emphasize creating a fun atmosphere for the audience, encouraging participation and enjoyment through playful interactions and shared beverages.

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The episode runs 1 h 27 min; the transcript is about 15,453 words in 166 timestamped sections.

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