Watching The Crying Game with your parents during a hurricane? 😬🌪️
That's just the start of Episode 45 of the Sunburnt Podcast — a tropical comedy vacation full of bad family movie choices, Las Vegas grandmas, and fireworks that absolutely did not need to be 62 minutes long.

Welcome to Sunburnt Podcast Ep. 45, where every episode is a mini tropical vacation — even when paradise goes very wrong.

This week, Chip Chantry and Thomas O'Brien kick off the new year with:
🌴 A brand-new listener segment: Trouble in Paradise
🎬 One of the most uncomfortable family movie stories ever (The Crying Game, age 9, parents present)
🎰 A legendary Las Vegas grandma story that takes a sharp turn
🎆 A Guinness World Record fireworks display vs. the boys firework show in Hawaii
💰 Adam Sandler's $73 million year and what it teaches us about effort
🧠 "New-ies" — Sunburnt-style New Year's resolutions for 2026

🏝️ What Happens in This Episode:

00:00 Tropical cold open & welcome
06:12 Trouble in Paradise — listener vacation disasters begin
15:14 Vegas cigar night goes horribly wrong
20:06 Watching The Crying Game as a kid during a hurricane
28:45 Why that movie traumatized an entire generation
42:06 World Records return — longest fireworks display ever
48:19 Adam Sandler's $73M Guinness record
52:43 2026 goals, fitness plans & tropical comedy dreams
59:46 Front desk outro & balcony air-drying chaos

📞 Call the Front Desk
Had a vacation disaster? Call (310) 845-6038 and tell us your Trouble in Paradise. Anonymous calls welcome.

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🌴 Subscribe for tropical escapism, beach-brain comedy, and SPF-soaked nonsense.

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Happy holidays from Sunburnt! This Christmas episode mixes Santa with island vibes: CVS coupon wizardry, brand-new holiday movies we can't wait to see, and two festive Guinness records. Slather the sunscreen, pour the cocoa. Let's go. 🎄🌴

Why hit "Play"?
🎄 Baby's first Elf + "men over 50 are scary" recap (and the Will Ferrell debate) (00:56).
🧴 Our ritual: cold-weather "slather" to teleport back to Waikiki; coconut = "nature's Sudafed" (08:12–09:01).
🧾 CVS long-receipt Olympics, locked shampoo, and why Amazon keeps winning (09:17–11:03).
🏝️ ABC Store love + future deep-dive tease (11:03–11:29).
☎️ "Front Desk" cold-open returns: Santa, a ski mask, and… call the police (12:33–13:24).
🎭 Bingo, strippers & stand-up in one venue (Sunnybrook Ballroom story) (18:06–19:36).
🎬 Brand-new holiday classics we pitch live:
• "Santas Cuban Hall pass" (30:03–33:28)
• "Forgetting Sarah Marshall's White Elephant Gift" (35:16–42:06)
• "Cookies and Milk, Milk Lemonade" (42:31–47:41)
• "Anchorman 3: Ron Burgundy meets Tan Rather" (48:04–50:28)
• "All I Want for Christmas Is GOO: A reverse vasectomy on Kalākaua Avenue" (50:48–54:13)
📚 The Good Book: world's tallest snowwoman "Olympia,", and the largest nativity collection (55:01–1:00:13).
🎁 Sign-off: Merry Christmas, no new ep next week—back the week after (1:03:53–1:04:08).

Chapters
00:00 Holiday welcome & show intro
00:56 Baby's first Elf + Will Ferrell talk
02:46 Will Ferrell = acquired taste; Old School, James Caan notes
05:19 "Annoyed by my own moves" bit & teacher flashbacks
06:28 Backstage "what's your name?" → headliner misunderstanding
08:12 Sunblock "slather" ritual; coconut = "nature's Sudafed"
09:17 LA pharmacy chat → CVS coupon wizardry & locked cases
11:03 ABC Stores mug + future deep-dive tease
11:47 What's in this episode (holiday movies + Hawaii glow)
12:33 "Front Desk" cold-open (hotel Santa ski-mask gag)
13:53 Christmas in Waikiki decor; Brady Bunch Sheraton moment
15:07 Is It Cake?, Nailed It, and Taskmaster shoutouts
18:06 Sunnybrook Ballroom: bingo, strippers & comedy trifecta
22:07 Setting up "new holiday classics" segment
30:03 Pitch #1 — "Santas Cuban Hall pass"
35:16 Pitch #2 — "Forgetting Sarah Marshall's White Elephant Gift"
42:31 Pitch #3 — "Cookies and Milk, Milk Lemonade"
48:04 Pitch #4 — "Anchorman 3: Ron Burgundy meets Tan Rather"
50:48 Pitch #5 — "All I Want for Christmas Is GOO: A reverse vasectomy on Kalākaua Avenue."
55:01 The Good Book: Tallest snowwoman "Olympia"
58:25 The Good Book: Largest nativity collection
1:03:37 Merry Christmas, programming note & outro "Front Desk" tag

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We did it. We took the Sunburnt dream to Waikiki and Chip headlined Thanksgiving Eve at Blue Note Hawaii — then floated, feasted, hiked, and laughed our way through paradise. This is the first episode back, packed with travel wins, comedy chaos, and the exact playbook we used to make Chip "the most famous man in Waikiki" for a few days. 🤙

Why hit "Play"?
🏝️ We're back from Hawaii and still sandy: the post-trip debrief begins (00:00).
🎤 Blue Note Waikiki on Thanksgiving Eve — how the show actually went (and the one rule Chip broke onstage) (18:51, 26:35).
📣 Our "make Chip famous in Waikiki" promo blitz with beach/ocean GoPro spots & hotel posters (20:19).
🍔🌺 The banyan-tree Mai Tai + best burger night at Moana Surfrider (29:38).
🛩️ Medical-emergency flight story, improv "heroics," and zero-turbulence gaslighting (11:13, 14:25).
🛟 ABC Store float life, passing the floats forward, and a surprise sea turtle encounter (48:33, 51:18).
🍚 North Shore Foodland poke lunch with a rooster audience (58:01–1:01:19).
🗻 Diamond Head hike, "Frog the Bounty Hunter," and a phone blasting Mariah Carey & Wham! on repeat (1:14:19–1:21:21).
🌊 Diamond Head Lighthouse view, balcony (Really Anywhere) Cutwater Mai Tais, and giant shave ice (1:22:20–1:24:05).

If you love tropical travel and comedy, this episode is your SPF-soaked debrief: Waikiki sunsets, ABC Stores, sea turtles (keep 10 ft!), and exactly how we sold a beachside comedy night in a brand-new market. Subscribe and come with us on the next one. 🤝

Chapters
00:00 We're back from Hawaii — raw heels, sandy smiles, what this ep is (cold open)
01:14 "Christmas recap" of our decade working together & why Hawaii happened
02:23 The plan: build to a Blue Note show — then actually do it
05:00 2026 trips? Yes — come with us (call to action)
07:05 We're running a Waikiki slideshow — vacation photos incoming
08:00 "Front desk, everything's perfect… and a plunger?" mini-bit
08:20 Ep. 41 shout and the Waikiki live pod setup
11:13 Flight saga: two medical calls, improv "CPR," and turbulence that wasn't
18:20 Let's talk about the show (set-up)
18:51 Blue Note Hawaii — Thanksgiving Eve on the beach (how it felt)
20:19 Making Chip famous in Waikiki: ocean promos + hotel digital posters
23:09 Backstage with Thomas's dad; hot local/tourist crowd (incl. Tires fans)
26:35 The one rule: "no liquids on the piano" — and Chip's water-bottle mishap
29:38 Post-show bliss: banyan-tree Mai Tais & burger at Moana Surfrider
37:49 First lunch, first leis, first Waikiki sunset ritual (and that sailboat)
44:10 Blue Note lobby poster moment (double-takes galore)
45:14 Thanksgiving AM 5K & sunrise over Diamond Head
48:33 ABC Store float life; pass the floats forward
51:18 Sea turtle rules (10 ft!) — "look, don't touch"
53:32 "Hassle-free" Pearl Harbor tour ads Chip kept getting served
58:01 Foodland poke on the North Shore… with hungry roosters watching
1:04:35 The perfect Moana Mai Tai vs. the cursed Blue Hawaiian (never again)
1:08:22 Baby's banyan-tree dance moment
1:10:26 "Sir is fully horizontal" bathroom story on the final night
1:13:00 Spider-Man with a fanny pack scrolling IG on Kalākaua Ave.
1:14:19 Iconic Diamond Head vista; stairs-to-hell climb & switchback carols
1:22:20 Diamond Head Lighthouse + balcony Cutwater Mai Tais + giant shave ice
1:26:46 Gratitude, millions of views, and what's next — stay burnt 🌞

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