How do you form a bond that lasts four decades? Apparently, you start a "Haters Club" directed at your future best friend.

In this episode of The Gen-x-istentialists, Bunny and Scot perform a forensic audit of their own origin story. They travel back to the fifth grade—a world of "mobile units" (fancy talk for trailers), gifted student programs, and the terrifying reign of the school's greatest villain, Mrs. Carol Muzny. Along the way, they dig into the "invincible" years of age 21 and why Bunny had an existential crisis over a wooden apple.

Inside the conversation:

• The Pee-berg Years: Bunny reminisces about working on the set of Innocent Blood with Don Rickles, while Scot recalls the "robotic" grind of double-majoring in Philosophy and English wh ...