Listing of Nick’s shows in Jan. & Feb., length of breaks after the Rumble flip & excuses for the breaks. (These breaks were never a thing before)
Jan. 2, 16, 18, 21 & Feb. 7 were short shows / no flip. Jan. 17 daytime show, so excluded.
Short breaks:
Jan. 8 - guests Adam & Sitch, break was 5 mins. Jan. 11 - at Steel Toe morning show studio, break was 4 & 1/2 mins. Jan. 19 - guest, Dick, break under 3 mins. “Bathroom breaks.”
Long breaks:
(Commas inside quotes are indicative of pauses in Nick’s way of speaking)
1/1 - Break, 7 mins. “Had to check on, had to check on, everybody, had to do the rounds, make sure everybody is doing ok, you know, sleeping, mostly.”
1/4 - Break, 8 mins. Seconds before Nick’s return a cartoon clip played that said in a sarcastic tone, “Women!” Nick said, “Thank you, Ryan! Ryan, I thought you went to bed!” (Ryan the editor) Chat accused Nick of having been gone drinking off camera, Nick invited chat to believe whatever they wanted to.
1/3 - Before break: “I need to run to the bathroom & [also] check on Lady R., make sure everything is good, before she falls asleep.” Returned after 6 mins., to say: “I have to step away for another minute or two because I need to take care of something that has popped up unexpectedly, so that’s, fun” (Said in a disdainful tone that indicated the opposite of “fun”)
Was gone for 17 additional minutes, excuse: “That lady, we teach tomorrow, she had this big fucking box of music stuff that I had to put, put in the car.”
1/9 - Break, 9 mins. Came back offering no explanation, started talking about his chair, which had been on video for the period of his absence.
1/15 - Break, 7 mins. “I was actually, kinda surprised, Lady Rackets was still awake, so I got to say goodnight to her again, which is always fun.” (Said in tone indicating not-fun)
1/22 - Break, 7 mins., no excuse given.
1/23 - Break, over 10 mins. Gave no excuse but came back saying like, “Whew, whoa” in an aggravated way.
1/24 - Break, 10 mins. Summary: Three youngest children were screaming, not in terror, but like loud & rowdy. Each were on their separate iPads, shrieking over whatever was happening iPad-wise. It was 12:15 a.m. Nick: They’d been told to go to bed? Why hadn’t they? Child: Lost track of time. Nick: The time is on the iPad screens in front of you. Go to bed.
Went to check on Kayla. She was passed out in front of Star Trek, “snoring like a 90 yr old man”. Nick recalled himself wondering “Is everybody defective in this house besides me?” Kayla had “stolen” a four pack of mini muffins from the children. She’d fallen asleep with the mini muffin pouch on her stomach, hand in bag. Nick described as, “like a fatso with a bag of chips” Then, “I thought I had a sleeping disorder, turns out she has all of them!”
Shortly after, Nick replied to someone in chat that Kayla has “Central Sleep Apnea”, & then goes on to explain & re-explain for way too long how it is not the sleep apnea type that fat people get. He wants to be clear on this point, not the fat people kind. It is a worse type than the fat people kind, & it is caused by the brain.
(Edit: changed p.m. to a.m. thank you
@John Andrews Stan )
2/1 - Break, almost 9 mins. No idea what Nick said upon returning, he was muted the entire time. Looked super gay though, lots of pulling faces & hand waving. After realizing muting error he went on with other stuff.
2/2 - Break, 8 mins. “Sorry about the delay. I’ve always gotta, check several, uhh, I’m a husband & a dad! I’ve gotta check several areas of the house & make sure everybody is good, so.” Response to chat: “Oh it was 8 mins.? Well. Cheers to 8 mins. But just as an announcement & a reminder, there is uhh, no more drinking tonight. We are all good. That is done.”(Dejected tone)
2/3 - Before going to break: “I’m going to hit the bathroom, check on Lady R., double check the kids, make sure everybody is ok.
Break, 12 & 1/2 mins. “I gotta check on the house, make sure everybody is ok, in the middle of the show.” (Said with tone of annoyance, at family situation or chat is unclear. Returned from break looking frazzled)
2/8 - Break, almost 10 mins. Left Branca awkwardly alone. Had to bring Kayla a Gatorade & move some things out of her room. (Yes,
her room)
2/9 - Break, 13 mins. Explanation is this: