You're on with Mario Lopez. Happy Monday and happy Holidays. Mario Lopez, You're kicking off another week of festive fun as we continue that count down to Christmas. Gordon, He's got a random question for us. Plus Brian baum Gardner from the Office is going to zoom in a little later to talk chilly recipes, a bit of buzz to get into and just a few songs away from Solo Matta Luenya joining us to talk Cobra Kai. So turn it up. You're on with Mario Lopez. To Mario Lopez joining me now on zoom from Cobra Kai actors, Solo Matta Luena, Welcome back, brother, Thank you, Thank you so much Maria for having me. I appreciate it. And this is this is funny. I've I've done these these interviews with you at like mile stones in my life, so I feel like this every time I meet back with you, I'm like, Okay, this means something is happening in my life. I tell you what, I'm so proud of you. I've been cheering you on from the sidelines, so I'd like to think I'm a bit of a good luck charm for you. Every time I think here, but no, man, last time we um spoke, um, you're and then the shows just continue to blow up. I love it. You've been doing a great, great job and the martial arts skills are definitely going next level. How's that? How's that treating you? Hey man? Don't you're You're one to talk about martial arts skills. Okay, I saw I've seen you in there. I just said, yeah, yeah, I've seen I've seen you in the in the ring on Matt I don't yeah. I think I think if we introduced Mario Lopez to the to the Karate Kid universe, I think it might it might be a little hard. But the karate and the martial arts aspect is is one of the most fun parts obviously of getting to film the show and being able to you know, it's funny. At this point, it feels less like karate and more like mm A just on on the street. At first, it felt fairly traditional. It felt like grassroots karate in terms of stances and punches and moves and whatnot. And now because the fights aren't happening in the dojos anymore, they're happening in the schools and the streets of value. It it uh. I actually, I honestly that a bit more it um, It adds a more as realistic, I guess, as twenty sixteen year olds punching each other. It makes it feel a little bit more gritty. Yeah. No, it looks very very cool, and I know a lot of time is consumed to learn because with the choreography and getting into it. So it's great man, good for you. All right, we gotta take a little break, but I got more with Solo made Luena coming up. Happy holidays from the entire on with Mario fam more festive fun coming up Mario Lopez here hanging out with from Cobra Kai. Season five is out now. Um. For those who may not be familiar, worthy things pick up from regarding your character, you know so uh. One of the things that was highlighted about Miguel for the first you know, four years is this sense of Johnny Lawrence, right, Billy Zafka. He is the father figure that Miguel never really had growing up. And I think that's where their bond really has its strengths, and it has that codependency where Johnny has been trying to, you know, take care of a kid his whole you know, since since he's been a father, and he's kind of found faults with with that, and I've been trying to find a father and now I think we've reached the end of the line with that. So he embarks on this on this journey to to Mexico to find his father, and that's kind of where we start off in the season. And then I think once he returns from that trip, that's kind of when the rest of the dominoes will fall into place. All right, we'll Cobra Kai available on Netflix. Hold on, Solo, Let's play some more music. Mario Lopez here got actress Solo made on Zoom with me and I didn't realize he also had a podcast, Loan Lobos. Loan Lobos. That's right, what are you talkmatically incorrect? But and it's funny and it's concept. Um, yes, I have a I have a podcast with my co host, Jacob bertrand he is also on Cobra Kai. He's the dude with the mohawk. Um, you can't you can't miss him and we we it's like a current events podcast. Mean, we love uh talking about the news, and I think it really gives the audience a chance to learn about us without knowing every intimate detail about our lives. You know, it's not and it's not so much an anecdotal podcast. And where where we're telling our lives are talking about um, you know, where we come from or what have you. There, there's a bit of that, but it's mainly you know, current events, things happening in the world. Um. And we love to do like advice on on. People will submit their problems and we give our our you give your takes, we give our Yeah, we give our hot takes. I'm gonna have to check out Loan Lobos right there. I like it. Little play on loan Wolves. Good for you. All right, let's play some music. You're a Mario Lopez hanging out on Zoom with solo Mata Luena, who was just cast as the new DC superhero Blue Beetle. Now I'm not that familiar with this particular care. What does Blue Beetle do or what can you do? So so Blue Beetle, I would say in powers and in um you know aesthetically is similar to that of Iron Man and that he has a UM it's an attachment to scarab um. In Blue beetles case that attaches to his back and deploys a suit, an alien suit over his body. It's it's dope, super super cool. Um. But and then his hands, he's also you know, known for being able to fly in his hands can transform into tons of different weapons, swords, like blasters, there's these um, you know, kind of staples for lack of better word, that are like clamps that. Yeah, but he's a really cool superhero. And you know, we we just got wrapped up finishing are we just finished up the movie a month or so ago. We'll go into some reshoots and what like and stuff like that. But this is I I truly feel like when when you hear the word diversity or or buzzwords you know, floating around, and I think that this movie really does capture the truth of what it means to be not only Latino, but a person of color as well. And I and and on on every level on camera work, the writing, the directing, the acting. I mean, you have we have a fellow Lopez, George Lopez is in the is in the movie is as well. So we're we're we're keeping it keeping yeah, everyone everyone's let you know. I love it. I love it man again. I'm so happy and proud you right there? When um is the movie expected to be released? It's expected to be released August of next year. Cannot wait, cannot wait. But hey, we gotta take a break. I'm gonna wrap it up with in a moment, happy how it is to you and yours? This is on with Mario Lopez. We'll be right back Mario Lopez here wrapping things up with solo from Cobra Kai. So as busy as you are, does that throw a monkey ranch into the social life? You got anyone special? And what's up? Um? You know I don't. I've had the really blessed opportunity of kind of having not only Cobra Kai, but this blue beetle thing happened over Quarantine. You know, when obviously we were on we were on YouTube premium for for those first couple of years on Cobra Kai, and it felt like we had a really intimate cult fan base. Heading to Netflix was a whole different ball game, right, But that happened at the height of the pandemic to two falls ago, when everyone was forced to say inside, it was like the perfect timing. You know, I have I have facial hair, glasses, long hair, earrings, like I don't look the same as I do in the show. So I've been really fortunate to kind of still live this, you know, quote unquote incognito life. Um, weren't able to take advantage of it? Yeah, no, definitely. I mean it's it's perfect, it's funny. I mean, so I wouldn't say it hurts the social life it um at least right now. Who knows. Yeah, I continue to have fun player, take it slow, take it grats on everything and listen check out season five Cobra Kai out now on Netflix solo. Thanks for taking the time, bro, Thank you, Bro? What im my? According Lopez, here getting closer and closer to kick off the I Heart Radio jingle Ball Tour. Great lineup this year to do a Lapa Lizza Charlie Pooth. If you can't make it to a show in your town, We've got the live stream coming on December night, So get the lineup and all the infot on with Mario dot Com, Corti Lopez, put on your thinking caps and sound of Cordy random question what you got honey? So Ashton Kutcher, I love these stories, says he was drunk the first time he said I love you to meetle coolness. Do you would you love me if I was aware? Do you remember the first time you said I love you to me? I do remember the first time because it kind of took me a minute. Huh yeah, yeah, I did. Well. I just wanted to make sure I was moving here and you still had instead of it. But that was a trial, wasn't it. It It was gonna be a trial basis. That was That was a trial. Bas come on, you love it or not. You want me to move across the country and give up my job. Well, it's like, here's the deal. Here's the deal. Um, I wanted to I could have pulled the Ashton Kutcher move and said when I was drawn, because if you didn't get it, that's kind of like it's a week move. I'm sorry, because you you you gotta be straight, sober and taking like a man to see because you can get away when your drunk and then oh they don't see anything, and then you feel a little comfortable. You have liquid courage. I was um living at Paso Rodondo. You were um with me. We were in the bedroom out there. You remember that, No, no, we wasn't a mad It was like February one to date. Did you say I love you back? Hey, you better put that in your calendar right now. I'm sure I did that mean I get a gift? No, it's out one of your holidays, you get a gift. Happy Holidays from the entire on with Mario fam more fested fun coming up, so many great holiday movies and specials over the next few weeks. Mario Lopez here, and if you're like me, you don't want to miss anything, so hit up Amara dot com for our complete holiday movie guy, what up? Mario? Cordy Lopez? Here was some quick buzz. Universal given the green light to a bio pick about Snoopdo double G. Yeah, it's a first production from Death Row Pictures. No star attatched yet, but the screenwriter co wrote both Black Panther movies. I'm very excited about this one. Listen. Snoop has done a masterful job keeping himself relevant since the early nineties. It's hard to do that as a musical artist, especially a rapper, so good for him. All right, more music now, more Accordy Lopez. Let's get your tweets in comments. What'd you find today? Honey, this is always my favorite. This is from at Nova Tinfoil TV, and they said, would Fredis Stare be able to compete with all of today's TikTok dancers? I could see him going on America's Best Dance Crew and Mario Lopez telling him, sorry, dog, you're not going to Hollywood. You know, Nova Tinfoil TV. Fredis Stare was incredibly talented. I'm sure he would have adjusted to the times, and I think he'd be killing the TikTok game. By the way, we should bring back tap dancing the way Fredi Staire used to soft shoe right there? Aren't you doing that in your new holiday movements? Why he wants to bring it back? I was just you know what I do? You know? That was called the ty Thanks a lot, honey, thanks a lot, And he wants to be I was trying to set up the promote of the movie. Yes, but that was the snark he wants. But I mean it. So I watched it stepping into the holidays this holiday season on something that's tell Maria what do you think? On Twitter? On with Mario More Mario Lopez on the way Yard Marrow Courtney Lopez. I heard radio app as a hook up. When it comes to Christmas playlists, the music has been NonStop around the house. It so has, but there's so many different stations. We haven't heard the same thing twice yet. I suggest the station called I Heart Christmas Rock with a Mario Lopez here. Today's guest should be zooming in any moment. It's Brian baum Gardner a k A. Kevin from the office. He's leaning into one of his most famous scenes and has written a book full of chili recipes. We're gonna turn up the heat after a few more Songs's Mario Lopez joining me on zoom, actor, podcaster, author, my man, Brian bomb Gardner. Welcome back, Brian. How you doing. What's up? Mario? I am amazing. How are you? I'm well? Thank you my friend. Last time we saw each other we were cooking some chili on my show Access Hollywood. I saw you in action. Congratulations on the new book, Seriously Good Chili Cookbook hundred and seventy seven of the best recipes in the world. I did not know it was possible to have that many different recipes with chili. How how did you put the research in for the book? Uh? Well, let me say that. First of all, I didn't either initially. I mean, I thought, what do you mean recipes? It's how hot and spicy? Right it? Right? Um? But I yeah, they said they wanted a hundred. I was like, this is gonna be tough, like a hundred different recipes, And then we started doing search and found you know, there's green chili, chili can chili veryday. One of the favorite I judged at the World Championship Chili cook Off last year. My favorite was the thing I would not never even thought it was chili, but it was a smoked chicken, white white bean chili. Delicious, spicy, still tasted like chili, but totally uh just a totally different, uh flavor profile. It was like, its awesome. So we went We got a ton of World champion recipes for it. We had celebrity chefs and and real chefs and fans submitted and uh yeah, instead of a hundred, we got to a hundred seventy s. That's unbelievable. In that particular recipe you mentioned does sound pretty tasty, like palt wouldn't be expecting something like that. All right, hold on, gotta take a little break. We're gonna more. Brian baum Gardner coming out. Happy holidays to you and yours. This on with Mario a little bit only right back. Maria Lopez here talking chili with Bryant bom Gardner, the author of Seriously Good Chili Cookbook, And how many of the seventies seven have you personally tasted? Have I personally tasted? Uh, I'd say I personally tasted a little over half. Pretty good. I have made significantly less than that. Yeah, I mean we had we had a great team that was working. I mean we kind of if it was a World champion recipe, we kind of just gave that. I was like, well, who am I just say no to them? Like they won? They won the World Champions. That thing's been going on fifty years. So we got a bunch of recipes from them, and yeah, and so like that. That that chicken one I just made myself a couple of weeks ago. I've I've been making different types and having a lot a lot of fun with it. Well, you can pick up the Seriously Good Chili Cookbook wherever you get your books. Hold type, Brian, we gotta play some more mus what al Maria Lopez here and my guess is actor Brian bom Gardner, author of this seriously good chili cookbook. And uh, is there a particular city or region who does chili best? Well, we talked about that in the book. I don't know about best. I'm not gonna steak of you know, I'm not gonna endorse one specific region, but uh, Kansas City, Big Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Homeless, Skyline chili. That's right, L. Yes, that's right. And famously they eat it over noodles like spaghetti noodles. Yes, and you know what I've had that it's pretty good. Then there's kind of the whole Texas versus everybody else thing, which is the beans versus no beans debate that the Texans don't don't eat beans in their chili, and they're very, very passionate and stubborn about it. Um, but I think both are delicious. L Maria Lopez. Guest today is Brian marm Gardner from the Office. And you've also got a podcast off the beat. Who you've been to into on the recently. I'll tell you what I it's crazy, I mean, And you know I've had Rain Wilson and Correll and a bunch of bunch of folks on it from the office and and otherwise these last three that we've recorded, one just came out yesterday. Um, they might be they might be some of my favorites. I UM. Busy Phillips, her story was so interesting and in a way her the show she was on Freaks and Geeks kind of it was Paul Fieg and Judd Apatow kind of kind of launched Judd and and Paul Fieg who worked on the office with me. Um, Kevin Pollock, who I didn't realize, like he's the legend in stand up. I mean we think of him as like the usual suspects and uh, you know a few good men and now all these movies now, but he was him and Dana Carvey and Robin Williams who were like the gods of stand up. And about Kevin Park he's a good actors. Great. Oh that's cool. That was It was so cool and interesting to talk to him about our early days. And you know, I had worked with with you know, Robin a few times. He obviously knew him really well from their their old days sort of you know, talk about that. And then Paul Walter Houser, Oh that's my guy. I love Paul Walter Houser. That dude makes every project he's in better. He makes everything better. And he is then you know, he is so sweet, he said, A nice guy, no doubt. All Right, Brian gotta take a break. We're gonna wrap it up and just Cabby Holidays from the entire on with Mario fare Festive fun coming up. Mario Lopez wrapping things up with actor Brian baumb Gardner. And before we go, something I didn't know about your Brian. You're a golfer and I hear a pretty good one. I love the game. It's the time, um, and I think everybody needs this. It's not about golf, but it's about everybody needs a a thing that they do. I think it has to be activity based, but a thing that they do that makes everything else go away for them and just be with themselves, not thinking about you know, work or you know business or personal finance or like you know, your relationships or like anything else. It's my It is my and it takes four hours as opposed to an hour, but it's my therapy, like it really is. I go there and you know the question will come up afterwards, like, oh, what do you you know what you and John talked about. It's like, I don't know golf. I was trying to put the ball in the hole and that's all I thought about for four hours. So for me, that's why, that's truly at this point why I love it. I agree with you and listen. Pick up the seriously good Chili Cookbook wherever you get books. Brian, thanks so much for hanging out. Congrats on everything. Thanks so much, dude, as always my pleasure. All right, cheers Mario Lopez. Here we're helping you kick off your holiday shopping. These are some clever ideas that help you stick your budget first. Some more music, No Courtney Lopez where your official radio headquarters for great holiday gift ideas. Here are some clever ideas that are all under twenty bucks. That's right. We have a Moscow mule kit. It comes with mugs, cocktail mix, and a shot glass. Oh you guys like that, you will very underrated drink USB heated mittens okay not kittens, mittens. A Sausa grow kit you can make your own SUSA from scratch. You could gross also neither a microwave Smores maker. You can have Smores all year long. That's kind of cool that many USB humidifier it avoids dry helps you avoid dry winters. Humidifiers are underrated. People don't realize how great they are for you. I want to learn more. Hit up the website fond with Mario dot com. Me right back with U. Mario Lopez here had a lot of cool guests recently, and some of the conversation happens while the music is playing. So if you want to hear what we're talking about off the mic, we put all the chats up on our podcast. Just search On with Mario Interviews wherever you get your pods. Check it out. All right, more music. Now, almost time for me to wrap things up for the night. Mario Lopez. Here is still time for a request or two. So if you got a song you want to hear, tweet it my way at On with Mario and Hank Tight. One last thing to get to coming up next with Courtney Lopez. I'm now for one last thing. Mariah Kerry is not the official Queen of Christmas. A court has denied her request to trademark the title. They also said no one can claim to be quote Princess of Christmas or the Christmas princess. Bri had wanted to put the phrase on clothing and ornaments, but other artists like Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chance said they also had a stake in the title. Seems fair, Yeah, I mean you you can't. You have probably demo popular Christmas song of all time, of all time? Go was playing it last night? Is she showering? Um? But no, why do you need that? Just you can think of yourself as a princess. But that's as far as it's there. It is. The countdown at Christmas continues in moments. This is on with Mario Lopez. That's it, Mick. Thanks again to both Brian baum Gardner and Solo Mado for zooming in Alla Mario dot com. Relive my full chats with both of them. More fun tomorrow, Abanel entaries, Lisa and Walter is going to join us. Plus we're gonna get the scoop on Dane Cook's new stand up special when he zooms in. Got all that more until then, Mario Lopez ain't Good night with Mario Lopez

You're on with Mario Lopez. Happy Monday and happy Holidays. Mario Lopez, You're kicking off another week of festive fun as we continue that count down to Christmas. Gordon, He's got a random question for us. Plus Brian baum Gardner from the Office is going to zoom in a little later to talk chilly recipes, a bit of buzz to get into and just a few songs away from Solo Matta Luenya joining us to talk Cobra Kai. So turn it up. You're on with Mario Lopez. To Mario Lopez joining me now on zoom from Cobra Kai actors, Solo Matta Luena, Welcome back, brother, Thank you, Thank you so much Maria for having me. I appreciate it. And this is this is funny. I've I've done these these interviews with you at like mile stones in my life, so I feel like this every time I meet back with you, I'm like, Okay, this means something is happening in my life. I tell you what, I'm so proud of you. I've been cheering you on from the sidelines, so I'd like to think I'm a bit of a good luck charm for you. Every time I think here, but no, man, last time we um spoke, um, you're and then the shows just continue to blow up. I love it. You've been doing a great, great job and the martial arts skills are definitely going next level. How's that? How's that treating you? Hey man? Don't you're You're one to talk about martial arts skills. Okay, I saw I've seen you in there. I just said, yeah, yeah, I've seen I've seen you in the in the ring on Matt I don't yeah. I think I think if we introduced Mario Lopez to the to the Karate Kid universe, I think it might it might be a little hard. But the karate and the martial arts aspect is is one of the most fun parts obviously of getting to film the show and being able to you know, it's funny. At this point, it feels less like karate and more like mm A just on on the street. At first, it felt fairly traditional. It felt like grassroots karate in terms of stances and punches and moves and whatnot. And now because the fights aren't happening in the dojos anymore, they're happening in the schools and the streets of value. It it uh. I actually, I honestly that a bit more it um, It adds a more as realistic, I guess, as twenty sixteen year olds punching each other. It makes it feel a little bit more gritty. Yeah. No, it looks very very cool, and I know a lot of time is consumed to learn because with the choreography and getting into it. So it's great man, good for you. All right, we gotta take a little break, but I got more with Solo made Luena coming up. Happy holidays from the entire on with Mario fam more festive fun coming up Mario Lopez here hanging out with from Cobra Kai. Season five is out now. Um. For those who may not be familiar, worthy things pick up from regarding your character, you know so uh. One of the things that was highlighted about Miguel for the first you know, four years is this sense of Johnny Lawrence, right, Billy Zafka. He is the father figure that Miguel never really had growing up. And I think that's where their bond really has its strengths, and it has that codependency where Johnny has been trying to, you know, take care of a kid his whole you know, since since he's been a father, and he's kind of found faults with with that, and I've been trying to find a father and now I think we've reached the end of the line with that. So he embarks on this on this journey to to Mexico to find his father, and that's kind of where we start off in the season. And then I think once he returns from that trip, that's kind of when the rest of the dominoes will fall into place. All right, we'll Cobra Kai available on Netflix. Hold on, Solo, Let's play some more music. Mario Lopez here got actress Solo made on Zoom with me and I didn't realize he also had a podcast, Loan Lobos. Loan Lobos. That's right, what are you talkmatically incorrect? But and it's funny and it's concept. Um, yes, I have a I have a podcast with my co host, Jacob bertrand he is also on Cobra Kai. He's the dude with the mohawk. Um, you can't you can't miss him and we we it's like a current events podcast. Mean, we love uh talking about the news, and I think it really gives the audience a chance to learn about us without knowing every intimate detail about our lives. You know, it's not and it's not so much an anecdotal podcast. And where where we're telling our lives are talking about um, you know, where we come from or what have you. There, there's a bit of that, but it's mainly you know, current events, things happening in the world. Um. And we love to do like advice on on. People will submit their problems and we give our our you give your takes, we give our Yeah, we give our hot takes. I'm gonna have to check out Loan Lobos right there. I like it. Little play on loan Wolves. Good for you. All right, let's play some music. You're a Mario Lopez hanging out on Zoom with solo Mata Luena, who was just cast as the new DC superhero Blue Beetle. Now I'm not that familiar with this particular care. What does Blue Beetle do or what can you do? So so Blue Beetle, I would say in powers and in um you know aesthetically is similar to that of Iron Man and that he has a UM it's an attachment to scarab um. In Blue beetles case that attaches to his back and deploys a suit, an alien suit over his body. It's it's dope, super super cool. Um. But and then his hands, he's also you know, known for being able to fly in his hands can transform into tons of different weapons, swords, like blasters, there's these um, you know, kind of staples for lack of better word, that are like clamps that. Yeah, but he's a really cool superhero. And you know, we we just got wrapped up finishing are we just finished up the movie a month or so ago. We'll go into some reshoots and what like and stuff like that. But this is I I truly feel like when when you hear the word diversity or or buzzwords you know, floating around, and I think that this movie really does capture the truth of what it means to be not only Latino, but a person of color as well. And I and and on on every level on camera work, the writing, the directing, the acting. I mean, you have we have a fellow Lopez, George Lopez is in the is in the movie is as well. So we're we're we're keeping it keeping yeah, everyone everyone's let you know. I love it. I love it man again. I'm so happy and proud you right there? When um is the movie expected to be released? It's expected to be released August of next year. Cannot wait, cannot wait. But hey, we gotta take a break. I'm gonna wrap it up with in a moment, happy how it is to you and yours? This is on with Mario Lopez. We'll be right back Mario Lopez here wrapping things up with solo from Cobra Kai. So as busy as you are, does that throw a monkey ranch into the social life? You got anyone special? And what's up? Um? You know I don't. I've had the really blessed opportunity of kind of having not only Cobra Kai, but this blue beetle thing happened over Quarantine. You know, when obviously we were on we were on YouTube premium for for those first couple of years on Cobra Kai, and it felt like we had a really intimate cult fan base. Heading to Netflix was a whole different ball game, right, But that happened at the height of the pandemic to two falls ago, when everyone was forced to say inside, it was like the perfect timing. You know, I have I have facial hair, glasses, long hair, earrings, like I don't look the same as I do in the show. So I've been really fortunate to kind of still live this, you know, quote unquote incognito life. Um, weren't able to take advantage of it? Yeah, no, definitely. I mean it's it's perfect, it's funny. I mean, so I wouldn't say it hurts the social life it um at least right now. Who knows. Yeah, I continue to have fun player, take it slow, take it grats on everything and listen check out season five Cobra Kai out now on Netflix solo. Thanks for taking the time, bro, Thank you, Bro? What im my? According Lopez, here getting closer and closer to kick off the I Heart Radio jingle Ball Tour. Great lineup this year to do a Lapa Lizza Charlie Pooth. If you can't make it to a show in your town, We've got the live stream coming on December night, So get the lineup and all the infot on with Mario dot Com, Corti Lopez, put on your thinking caps and sound of Cordy random question what you got honey? So Ashton Kutcher, I love these stories, says he was drunk the first time he said I love you to meetle coolness. Do you would you love me if I was aware? Do you remember the first time you said I love you to me? I do remember the first time because it kind of took me a minute. Huh yeah, yeah, I did. Well. I just wanted to make sure I was moving here and you still had instead of it. But that was a trial, wasn't it. It It was gonna be a trial basis. That was That was a trial. Bas come on, you love it or not. You want me to move across the country and give up my job. Well, it's like, here's the deal. Here's the deal. Um, I wanted to I could have pulled the Ashton Kutcher move and said when I was drawn, because if you didn't get it, that's kind of like it's a week move. I'm sorry, because you you you gotta be straight, sober and taking like a man to see because you can get away when your drunk and then oh they don't see anything, and then you feel a little comfortable. You have liquid courage. I was um living at Paso Rodondo. You were um with me. We were in the bedroom out there. You remember that, No, no, we wasn't a mad It was like February one to date. Did you say I love you back? Hey, you better put that in your calendar right now. I'm sure I did that mean I get a gift? No, it's out one of your holidays, you get a gift. Happy Holidays from the entire on with Mario fam more fested fun coming up, so many great holiday movies and specials over the next few weeks. Mario Lopez here, and if you're like me, you don't want to miss anything, so hit up Amara dot com for our complete holiday movie guy, what up? Mario? Cordy Lopez? Here was some quick buzz. Universal given the green light to a bio pick about Snoopdo double G. Yeah, it's a first production from Death Row Pictures. No star attatched yet, but the screenwriter co wrote both Black Panther movies. I'm very excited about this one. Listen. Snoop has done a masterful job keeping himself relevant since the early nineties. It's hard to do that as a musical artist, especially a rapper, so good for him. All right, more music now, more Accordy Lopez. Let's get your tweets in comments. What'd you find today? Honey, this is always my favorite. This is from at Nova Tinfoil TV, and they said, would Fredis Stare be able to compete with all of today's TikTok dancers? I could see him going on America's Best Dance Crew and Mario Lopez telling him, sorry, dog, you're not going to Hollywood. You know, Nova Tinfoil TV. Fredis Stare was incredibly talented. I'm sure he would have adjusted to the times, and I think he'd be killing the TikTok game. By the way, we should bring back tap dancing the way Fredi Staire used to soft shoe right there? Aren't you doing that in your new holiday movements? Why he wants to bring it back? I was just you know what I do? You know? That was called the ty Thanks a lot, honey, thanks a lot, And he wants to be I was trying to set up the promote of the movie. Yes, but that was the snark he wants. But I mean it. So I watched it stepping into the holidays this holiday season on something that's tell Maria what do you think? On Twitter? On with Mario More Mario Lopez on the way Yard Marrow Courtney Lopez. I heard radio app as a hook up. When it comes to Christmas playlists, the music has been NonStop around the house. It so has, but there's so many different stations. We haven't heard the same thing twice yet. I suggest the station called I Heart Christmas Rock with a Mario Lopez here. Today's guest should be zooming in any moment. It's Brian baum Gardner a k A. Kevin from the office. He's leaning into one of his most famous scenes and has written a book full of chili recipes. We're gonna turn up the heat after a few more Songs's Mario Lopez joining me on zoom, actor, podcaster, author, my man, Brian bomb Gardner. Welcome back, Brian. How you doing. What's up? Mario? I am amazing. How are you? I'm well? Thank you my friend. Last time we saw each other we were cooking some chili on my show Access Hollywood. I saw you in action. Congratulations on the new book, Seriously Good Chili Cookbook hundred and seventy seven of the best recipes in the world. I did not know it was possible to have that many different recipes with chili. How how did you put the research in for the book? Uh? Well, let me say that. First of all, I didn't either initially. I mean, I thought, what do you mean recipes? It's how hot and spicy? Right it? Right? Um? But I yeah, they said they wanted a hundred. I was like, this is gonna be tough, like a hundred different recipes, And then we started doing search and found you know, there's green chili, chili can chili veryday. One of the favorite I judged at the World Championship Chili cook Off last year. My favorite was the thing I would not never even thought it was chili, but it was a smoked chicken, white white bean chili. Delicious, spicy, still tasted like chili, but totally uh just a totally different, uh flavor profile. It was like, its awesome. So we went We got a ton of World champion recipes for it. We had celebrity chefs and and real chefs and fans submitted and uh yeah, instead of a hundred, we got to a hundred seventy s. That's unbelievable. In that particular recipe you mentioned does sound pretty tasty, like palt wouldn't be expecting something like that. All right, hold on, gotta take a little break. We're gonna more. Brian baum Gardner coming out. Happy holidays to you and yours. This on with Mario a little bit only right back. Maria Lopez here talking chili with Bryant bom Gardner, the author of Seriously Good Chili Cookbook, And how many of the seventies seven have you personally tasted? Have I personally tasted? Uh, I'd say I personally tasted a little over half. Pretty good. I have made significantly less than that. Yeah, I mean we had we had a great team that was working. I mean we kind of if it was a World champion recipe, we kind of just gave that. I was like, well, who am I just say no to them? Like they won? They won the World Champions. That thing's been going on fifty years. So we got a bunch of recipes from them, and yeah, and so like that. That that chicken one I just made myself a couple of weeks ago. I've I've been making different types and having a lot a lot of fun with it. Well, you can pick up the Seriously Good Chili Cookbook wherever you get your books. Hold type, Brian, we gotta play some more mus what al Maria Lopez here and my guess is actor Brian bom Gardner, author of this seriously good chili cookbook. And uh, is there a particular city or region who does chili best? Well, we talked about that in the book. I don't know about best. I'm not gonna steak of you know, I'm not gonna endorse one specific region, but uh, Kansas City, Big Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Homeless, Skyline chili. That's right, L. Yes, that's right. And famously they eat it over noodles like spaghetti noodles. Yes, and you know what I've had that it's pretty good. Then there's kind of the whole Texas versus everybody else thing, which is the beans versus no beans debate that the Texans don't don't eat beans in their chili, and they're very, very passionate and stubborn about it. Um, but I think both are delicious. L Maria Lopez. Guest today is Brian marm Gardner from the Office. And you've also got a podcast off the beat. Who you've been to into on the recently. I'll tell you what I it's crazy, I mean, And you know I've had Rain Wilson and Correll and a bunch of bunch of folks on it from the office and and otherwise these last three that we've recorded, one just came out yesterday. Um, they might be they might be some of my favorites. I UM. Busy Phillips, her story was so interesting and in a way her the show she was on Freaks and Geeks kind of it was Paul Fieg and Judd Apatow kind of kind of launched Judd and and Paul Fieg who worked on the office with me. Um, Kevin Pollock, who I didn't realize, like he's the legend in stand up. I mean we think of him as like the usual suspects and uh, you know a few good men and now all these movies now, but he was him and Dana Carvey and Robin Williams who were like the gods of stand up. And about Kevin Park he's a good actors. Great. Oh that's cool. That was It was so cool and interesting to talk to him about our early days. And you know, I had worked with with you know, Robin a few times. He obviously knew him really well from their their old days sort of you know, talk about that. And then Paul Walter Houser, Oh that's my guy. I love Paul Walter Houser. That dude makes every project he's in better. He makes everything better. And he is then you know, he is so sweet, he said, A nice guy, no doubt. All Right, Brian gotta take a break. We're gonna wrap it up and just Cabby Holidays from the entire on with Mario fare Festive fun coming up. Mario Lopez wrapping things up with actor Brian baumb Gardner. And before we go, something I didn't know about your Brian. You're a golfer and I hear a pretty good one. I love the game. It's the time, um, and I think everybody needs this. It's not about golf, but it's about everybody needs a a thing that they do. I think it has to be activity based, but a thing that they do that makes everything else go away for them and just be with themselves, not thinking about you know, work or you know business or personal finance or like you know, your relationships or like anything else. It's my It is my and it takes four hours as opposed to an hour, but it's my therapy, like it really is. I go there and you know the question will come up afterwards, like, oh, what do you you know what you and John talked about. It's like, I don't know golf. I was trying to put the ball in the hole and that's all I thought about for four hours. So for me, that's why, that's truly at this point why I love it. I agree with you and listen. Pick up the seriously good Chili Cookbook wherever you get books. Brian, thanks so much for hanging out. Congrats on everything. Thanks so much, dude, as always my pleasure. All right, cheers Mario Lopez. Here we're helping you kick off your holiday shopping. These are some clever ideas that help you stick your budget first. Some more music, No Courtney Lopez where your official radio headquarters for great holiday gift ideas. Here are some clever ideas that are all under twenty bucks. That's right. We have a Moscow mule kit. It comes with mugs, cocktail mix, and a shot glass. Oh you guys like that, you will very underrated drink USB heated mittens okay not kittens, mittens. A Sausa grow kit you can make your own SUSA from scratch. You could gross also neither a microwave Smores maker. You can have Smores all year long. That's kind of cool that many USB humidifier it avoids dry helps you avoid dry winters. Humidifiers are underrated. People don't realize how great they are for you. I want to learn more. Hit up the website fond with Mario dot com. Me right back with U. Mario Lopez here had a lot of cool guests recently, and some of the conversation happens while the music is playing. So if you want to hear what we're talking about off the mic, we put all the chats up on our podcast. Just search On with Mario Interviews wherever you get your pods. Check it out. All right, more music. Now, almost time for me to wrap things up for the night. Mario Lopez. Here is still time for a request or two. So if you got a song you want to hear, tweet it my way at On with Mario and Hank Tight. One last thing to get to coming up next with Courtney Lopez. I'm now for one last thing. Mariah Kerry is not the official Queen of Christmas. A court has denied her request to trademark the title. They also said no one can claim to be quote Princess of Christmas or the Christmas princess. Bri had wanted to put the phrase on clothing and ornaments, but other artists like Darlene Love and Elizabeth Chance said they also had a stake in the title. Seems fair, Yeah, I mean you you can't. You have probably demo popular Christmas song of all time, of all time? Go was playing it last night? Is she showering? Um? But no, why do you need that? Just you can think of yourself as a princess. But that's as far as it's there. It is. The countdown at Christmas continues in moments. This is on with Mario Lopez. That's it, Mick. Thanks again to both Brian baum Gardner and Solo Mado for zooming in Alla Mario dot com. Relive my full chats with both of them. More fun tomorrow, Abanel entaries, Lisa and Walter is going to join us. Plus we're gonna get the scoop on Dane Cook's new stand up special when he zooms in. Got all that more until then, Mario Lopez ain't Good night with Mario Lopez