Overview of 1016. - Chris & Jason
Chris Black and Jason Stewart riff on Halloween aftermath in Los Angeles, a chaotic Phoebe Bridgers show at the new Intuit Dome, and a run of food and culture obsessions ranging from omelets and bread to a new Echo Park restaurant. The episode also veers into celebrity costumes, accidental gun-range injuries, sports-watching habits, and their ongoing off-mic debate about whether the next How Long Gone expansion should be a boat.
Main Topics Discussed
Halloween in Los Angeles
- They compare Halloween energy in West Hollywood vs. Glendale, with Chris describing the Sunset Strip as a mess and Jason noting a quieter scene.
- Chris and Carolyn stayed in, handed out candy, and saw a surprisingly big uptick in trick-or-treaters.
- Their candy strategy mixed classic Snickers with Kinder Bueno to satisfy both “standard” and “international” tastes.
- They joke about Halloween as a day of excess and weirdness, from costumes to street debris.
Phoebe Bridgers at the Intuit Dome
- Chris attended Phoebe Bridgers’ show at the new Intuit Dome and described the experience as unusually high-tech and tightly controlled:
- Downloading the special Dome app
- Face scan / selfie verification
- Locking phones into pouches
- Receiving a seat-section slip of paper
- He was impressed by the no-phone policy, saying it made him more present and deeply locked into the show.
- Opening act Alex G reportedly played a full Coldplay cover set in pink wigs, which Chris found hilarious and cool.
- Phoebe’s staging, including a solo pump-organ moment, created a dramatic and intimate atmosphere even inside an arena.
Food, Restaurants, and Bread
- Chris says he had an omelet for lunch and another for dinner, with Max and Helen’s edging out Sunset Tower as the better omelet.
- They discuss the merits of waffle-and-omelet combinations, soft French cheese, and “classic” vs. “newfangled” breakfast styling.
- A new LA restaurant, Henrietta in Echo Park, gets a strong endorsement:
- Fried broccolini with green chili, honey, yogurt, and mint stood out.
- Everything they ordered was described as excellent, straightforward, and well executed.
- Chris also explores his current bread preferences:
- Moving from baguette toward ciabatta
- Wanting less chewing, less roof-of-mouth damage, and more manageable texture
- They joke about the ideal “bread and butter wine pairing” tasting menu and the superiority of bread + cultured butter.
Culture, Celebrities, and Costumes
- Martha Stewart’s “homeless person” Halloween costume sparks debate:
- Jason initially frames it as activism/awareness
- Chris thinks she may simply be too detached from reality to realize how it reads
- They praise some strong costumes seen around town:
- Alex Kacani’s “thumb” costume
- Reed/Stevie doing a Drew Barrymore / David Letterman bit
- They also get into fashion personality:
- Law Roach’s taste vs. his talent
- Chris says he’s come around to respecting Law’s troll energy even if he doesn’t love the looks
Sports, Standing Up, and the Body
- Chris talks about watching USC vs. Ohio State and getting into the rhythm of sports as a social / physical activity.
- He likes standing while watching sports because it makes him feel more engaged and slightly more active.
- He and Jason connect this to a broader habit of standing while eating, especially over the sink, which Chris frames as a family tradition.
Current Events and Miscellaneous
- They react to the news that Michael Mann accidentally shot himself in the leg at a gun range, joking about the absurdity and seriousness of that kind of injury at 83.
- There’s a side conversation about how gun enthusiasm, age, and bad luck intersect.
- Jason mentions a TikTok/business-history topic about the “demise of cheeseballs,” which leads into nostalgia for old-school snack food.
Notable Takeaways
What Chris and Jason are into right now
- No-phone concerts, if done well
- Straightforward but excellent food executed at a high level
- Bread with the right texture: crunchy, but not mouth-destroying
- Small, weirdly specific cultural rituals: standing to watch sports, standing to eat, keeping certain slang alive
Running bit / show energy
- The episode is built around fast-switching banter, absurd digressions, and recurring in-jokes:
- “Chomplings”
- “Rick” as the type of guy who wears a jersey to dinner and uses speakerphone in public
- Their shared skepticism toward overproduced luxury and performative taste
Boat talk
- The episode ends up circling back to a recurring off-mic debate: expanding the How Long Gone brand, with the current plan apparently being a boat.
- Chris claims Yahoo Scout has helped him “build the deck” with data to support the argument.
Sponsor Mentions
- The transcript includes ad reads for:
- Yahoo Scout
- A View From a Bridge
- BetterHelp
- Squarespace
- Series by Marriott
- Quince
Closing Note
The episode is a classic How Long Gone mix of lifestyle observations, LA food talk, celebrity mockery, and low-stakes absurdity, with the Phoebe Bridgers concert serving as the main real-world anchor point.