While waiting to talk to his good friend, Danny Boyle, Leo Laporte ruminated on his probable new location for the TWiT studio. This is the studio that FMCP alluded to 6 weeks ago, and the one confirmed by CeHO less than a week ago.
An enterprising fellow in #twitlive
sleuthed around and got Soup to admit that his new location (1370 Redwood Way) is located in an old office park — with ample on-site parking — far away from his current upscale downtown location right across from his beloved soup market.
Live from the TWiT beige metal house far, far away from beautiful downtown Petaluma, it’s The New Screen Savers!
We feel sorry for jammerb
. He will soon have to travel quite a distance to fetch food for Leo on command. Our sources indicate this will not affect Lisa’s trips to the massage parlor and lack of time in the office.
Live from the TWiT beige house from the 101 ,exit 476 ,second intersection at the east side , it’s The New Screen Savers!
Brewing Companies are not too far away. Let’s do dunk Netcasts. It would improve some and with the others you wouldn’t notice a difference.
The free Tesla supercharge station moved a little further too. Not around the corner anymore for the coming car.
The Applebee and IHOP takeout might get a spike in orders after the move.
Joe Shoe» Quote comment
“This property is walking distance to restaurants” – won’t be of much help to LaHeffer.
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
Of course the first item of comparison is the size of Leo’s office which is so important.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
It’s plain to see that he has absolutely no clue of what’s going on, he’s just being led and told what to do, where to sign, what to say, and what to accept and just take it and shut up. I predict a huge blowout between he and his CEO. The stress level in his voice is palpable, good luck LL, you did this to yourself.
Mark Pugner» Quote comment
Well good for Twit. Just think not many years ago Leo had it all. Good job, great people to work with and a office romance. Now a nice retail outlet, no good people to work with and his new life partner that says “Here honey, sign this” every mans dream.
Good job Leo.
Harkonnen Mentat» Quote comment
i heard that it is right next to a massage parlor that charges by the quarter hour and specializes in ‘happy endings.’ Classy, Leo, real classy. I wonder if Soup will try to squeeze in a fifteen minute rubdown in between shows.
Ken Sintek» Quote comment
Any bets on who will visit said massage parlor? LL or the good padre… Feel free to express your own opinion.
Mark Pugner» Quote comment
Ken , you must be talking about this fine place.
Nothing better than to relax after or before a hard day of net-casting.
Happy 8 Spa & Massage :
…. Helen (from Peking, she’s only been there two months) gave as thorough and skillful of massage ….. For $50.00 I got a full hour that not only felt wonderful but which also provided the deep tissue work I needed a hard couple of days. I left HAPPY and eager to return
4 Starts @ https://www.rubmaps.com/erotic-massage-happy-8-spa-and-massage-petaluma-ca-17364
Joe Shoe» Quote comment
I’m CUMMING NOW!….
Kevin Murphy» Quote comment
Do you think they’ll do hand deliveries for regular customers? I’m sure Leo would definitely be up for that, maybe as a special TTG member.
Charlie» Quote comment
It’s very close to the health club used by those two and twit employees (paid for by twit last I heard). Yes, Leo is the member of a health club.
Jeff» Quote comment
“Yes, Leo is the member of a health club.”
Unless there’s photos of this I don’t believe it. 😀
Esch» Quote comment
I predict Petaluma Market will have to layoff employees as a result of this move.
Soupslurper» Quote comment
Anything like this is a hit for the Petaluma downtown, for sure.
Charles Chadwick» Quote comment
Can you put more links in? You could get more hits!
Leo fan» Quote comment
I think some of you may be missing the point: Leo and now Leo-and-CEO are not good at business. Building such an impressive and expensive studio and back-studio in a building which you do not own and for which you do not a long-term lease is not smart business practice and questionable planning. Very strange.
Charles Chadwick» Quote comment
She was sick the night they were teaching that at her community college, give her a break.
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
Don’t smack the community college. I’m sure it’s miles ahead of the great institution that is the University of Phoenix.
oinkers» Quote comment
Oops, UofPh is actually what I was thinking of. Since it’s correspondence she couldn’t have missed that lesson. Guess it’s confirmed, she’s a dumbcunt!
That’s one word, like dumbass but bette. I just made it up. Dumbcunt.
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
Ummm, Yeah, I will smack community college. It’s where you go to get the credits you don’t care about and extend high school another couple of years. UOP is where you go to fool yourself into thinking you’re doing something worthwhile while the a-holes that run it give the place a bad name.
I can say that because I have a degree I worked damned hard for from there( not online, I went into an actual building for 3 years) All this smack talk about it doesn’t hurt the the pack of thieves and morons that run it. It hurts the people who were actually trying to do something with their lives.
Guilt by association and now all of us with 60K in student loans look like schmucks.
What I’m really saying is that expect the UOP ads on TWIT next week. Bird s of a feather and all that.
Digital Dynamic» Quote comment
Hahahahaha.
I wonder if they’re going to recreate the recreation of Lay-o’s office at the new place.
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
That was one of the stupidest decisions I heard of when he first did that
Jorge» Quote comment
Of course, it’s always been a huge vanity boondoggle, they’re just relocating.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
Leo will doing live reads for http://www.nightshift.com soon.
John» Quote comment
Question is… Can he reach the new place with his segway?
Leo’s closet» Quote comment
He needs a segway to get to his segway.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
They’ll set up a Pony Express with Segways. 😀
Esch» Quote comment
Let’s start selling total drama bricks so we can snatch it from under his nose (and make it a brew pub).
Ffhhg» Quote comment
Gum will pre stage his Segway 1/2 way in – park it and walk in while Leo picks it up for the remainder of the commute in. A inturn will hustle out and walk Leo’s dead Segway into the new Shit House all the while Steve Gibson is touting a new battery technology !!!
John» Quote comment
Gum’s not really gonna be making the move.
#FIREMIKE
they will can tn2 and give TNT to megs
Ken Sintek» Quote comment
What’s going to happen to Leo’s A8??? Maybe Abby will take it over and will then be able to drive herself into Sat. Dental appt’s.
John» Quote comment
It’s going back to Audi since it’s a lease, how else can he afford $100,000 car?
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
TY
John» Quote comment
Is it so out of the realm of possibility that they didn’t buy the cars? The did build a massive studio in a rented building. Sound financial thoughts don’t flow freely between Soup and Ho.
oinkers» Quote comment
If they’re leased by the business it’s probably the only smart financial decision TWIT has made. You never want to own a luxury car if you can lease it for 5 years and dump it.
Of course any smart decision happens by accident over there.
Digital Dynamic» Quote comment
How does a Catholic priest get a tech gig ? Who allows this to happen? It seems there are quite a few interesting personalities at work in TWIT. That Miriam Johrre also has me wondering, like something out of Metallica’s, “Turn The Page” lyrics.
“Is it woman or is it man”
Living In Cebu» Quote comment
ugh ……. “Turn the Page” was actually a Bob Seger song. If you have not heard the Bob Seger version, pls,pls,pls look it up as it is much more heartfelt and meaningful. Don’t get me wrong ….. I painted my walls with Metallica…. LOVE THAT BAND (the first 5 albums anyway), but to say they penned “turn the page” is somewhat sacrilege if you respect the pipeline of blues and rock and roll.
Ken Sintek» Quote comment
Ha, came here to say the same thing.
I was mostly going to do it for comedic effect though, I actually prefer the Metallica version. I loooove Bob Seger too though, Night Moves babay.
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
You are right, but on the other hand it’s not relevant the conversation I proposed. FYI, my introduction to the song was by Metallica, so it’s natural for me to remember them for it. Plenty of songs have been remade to sound better than the original version and “Turn The Page” is one on them. Cheers!
Living In Cebu» Quote comment
Uh, no it’s not. Seger’s original was art, Metallica’s was just another bad cover to finance all those lawyers they have trolling YouTube for people humming “for whom the Bell tolls” to their kids.
Think about that for a minute… I’d actually hum that to my kids…
It’s the last time you will!
Digital Dynamic» Quote comment
I bet they invite Steve Gibson for the housewarming at the wrong address.
The Ihnatko Kerouac» Quote comment
ok I laffed.
Fudgey» Quote comment
The immediate neighborhood is a hoot. While visiting Twit, stay at Petaluma’s luxurious Motel 6. Fine dining any hour of the day at iHop and BK. Then join Leo for a snack at Donut Den, a little cardio at Petaluma CrossFit, some fine leather goods suitable for Folsom Street Fair from Mavrick Leathers and an EKG at the Community Health Center. Truly everything within handy Segway battery range!
Night of the living Twits» Quote comment
LMAO. TYFYC for the verbal tour. Sounds like leo just bought the perfect office space for his ebay shop. this guy is a fecking idiot.
Ken Sintek» Quote comment
No doubt that some of the twit staff will befriend the forklift operators and truck drivers who work at the picking and packing warehouse in the same complex
Ahmed» Quote comment
pancake warehouse?
Now we know the real reason for the move…
Digital Dynamic» Quote comment
so he goes from the cozy cottage to the lived-in Brick house to a piece of shit and charmless industrial park? WTF
Douche-eliminator» Quote comment
Maybe they want to branch out into the telemarketing or call center business. They seemed to have picked the perfect spot for it.
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
So are the TWiTcouple going to write another stupid crappy lease that boots them out after three years?
What a fucking idiot to write a short term lease on the shithouse!
Ex-Fan» Quote comment
It does seem like a peculiar situation to be caught in. It’s not like they’re running a lemonade stand or something.
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
You act like the Market will shut down without him. He will just send someone across town for his soup now. Since the new place is closer to his house, he will comment sooner or later about being able to walk to work (yeah right. like that will happen).
ReformedKoolaidDrinker» Quote comment
One word. Pipeline.
oinkers» Quote comment
Great decision. Put a studio way out on the edge of town, 3 miles from runway 11 and less than a mile from where the planes line up to land. I see huge soundproofing expenses ahead.
DramaDude» Quote comment
It’ll give Leo a opportunity bring back Ray Maxwell, the pilot and color expert.
John» Quote comment
Shhhhhhh.
You’ll spoil the fun.
Remember, he has an “excellent” commercial agent.
😂
NativeInExile» Quote comment
Something about Leo’s no-neck posture in the embedded vidcap is funny. It’s like he’s given up, yet still very Dunning-Kruger.
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
“Commercial real estate is a real crap shoot.”
Yup. No money to be made from owning the building you occupy. Just ask Donald Trump or any of your past landlords, idiot.
Good thing Laporke has an “excellent” commercial agent representing him.
Pray tell, did she get her real estate training from the U of PHX, too? And is she licensed by the state of CA? Not that she needs to be since she is your spouse and can enter into contracts and obligate you, sucka Laporke.
NativeInExile» Quote comment
Too funny, in the video he credits ArthurGodfrey2 for finding the location. Given the “LaPorke is just like Godfrey” meme here. LOL Good stuff.
Ram» Quote comment
The Podtrack ads that every other podcaster on iTunes has isn’t able to pay for a 1.5 million dollar lease property these days. Time to move the studio next to JB’s liquor sto, and Quick-E-Pawn. She’s just about drained you dry Leo. Can you feel it yet? Can you feel it? LOL, how to appear rich: Lease everything including cars you know you can’t afford to actually own.
Me» Quote comment
Here’s some more info:
The new space is only around a third of the size of the ground floor of the current studio. That’s not including the unused basement.
The asking price is $1.50 per square foot, so that’s $4,800 a month. That’s massively cheaper than what he is paying now – and it raises the question of who on earth was making the financial decisions when they decided to move to the current studio.
evilpants» Quote comment
Wonder what will become of all the TWiT bricks at the old studio? I bet they will become cannon fodder.
kernel^klink» Quote comment
The new location is now “off-market” which means that TWiT either signed and are now 100% certain to be going there, or someone else got it before them. http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/16853368/1370-Redwood-Way-Petaluma-CA/
Yars Revenge» Quote comment