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WIldcard Wednesday: Dad Bod Veteran
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Welcome to another Wildcard Wednesday! Tonight the DadBod Veteran will be joining =our hosts; Glick, Michael and Blazin' for an awesome night! Tune in and join us in the comment section
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Unintended Humor and Wild Card Wednesday
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I don't know if you were intending to scare the rabbit pellets out of everyone, but you've been quite successful. You know, I've honestly never looked at them like a phallic statue, but now that you bring it up, I can see that.
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Madam, well, all ladies out there, I don't know what self-help book you were reading that made you think that older her men were more mature, but it was probably written by a woman before.
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Here he It's secret.
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We were like, if we get a phone call, who could it be? Who could it be? ARP, there's no way. ARP, call
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and everybody? Welcome back to another wild card Wednesday. you guys know me. I am Glick as always. We got, well not as always, but lately as always, we got my man Blaze in the building. What is up everybody? Holy shit. What's up?
00:01:41
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Hey, we got our professional idiot in the building as always. What up? And if you guys aren't already, make sure you guys are checking out The Nonsensical Network. We are on all the social shows. We're live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitch all the time.
00:01:54
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We're always live doing something. And you can listen anytime, anyplace, wherever you listen to podcasts at. We're on all them podcasting platforms ah at The Nonsensical Network. Or simply go to bio.link slash nonsensicalnetwork.
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And give us follow. Give us a like. Give us a share. Don't forget Nine out of ten grannies do approve. The other one died before she completed the fucking... Yeah, right? That was the last bong shot she
Introduction to DadBotVeteran, the Celebrity Guest
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took.
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Bong shot. Tonight is kind of a cool episode of Wild Card Wednesday. um We got a little bit of a celebrity hanging out with us. Not just me. I mean, I know I'm the biggest name that usually that's usually on one of these shows, but not tonight. I'm not.
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We have the one and only. You guys have seen him all over social media, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, the DadBotVeteran, or John, as him and I are on first-name basis. and you that's how Only my friends call me John, but that's fine.
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Welcome to the show. Thanks, guys. Welcome, How are you? I appreciate it. Hey, man, that was a great opening, by the way. You did lot of research for that. Did a lot of research for that. Because some of those videos, I'm like, well, that's an old video.
The Online Persona and Generational Commentary
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Thank you. Professional grade morons right here.
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All that for free. Blaze is my guy behind the scenes. He's my technical guy behind the scenes. The guru. We haven't quite figured out what Michael does yet, but he's here. He shows up looks pretty. He hasn't gotten the looking pretty down part yet.
00:03:31
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Looks good, sounds dumb. before Before we get rolling too much real quick, glick I just want to remind everybody, man smash that like button, slam that subscribe, leave a comment, freaking comments, and share out to your homies.
00:03:43
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And again, share this out to your grandmas too. Yes, grandmas dig us.
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don't i don't don't Don't ask. We don't know, John. it's just we We are huge in the grading circle. that's that's ah that's That's good for you. I can't say that I am. but i got some I got some boomers that follow me, but I don't know. i don't know how Maybe I am. I don't know. I could be. figured since we're all Gen Xers, we're all Gen Xers, we probably all have grandkids just about by this time.
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It makes sense. Yeah. That's our version of a cougar now. It's scary.
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Yeah, how did that go? When did we get so old that now, like, 70 year old women. It was like a day ago actually. It feels like it. It feels like it was a day ago um when I was 20 and now I'm contemplating hip surgery because that's what happens.
00:04:37
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Wow. Time and gravity. Unfortunately. Unfortunately. One of the things. Yeah right. Right out the gate real quick John I want to ask you I'm sure you've been asked this a million times.
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Was this it's that obviously the success not planned, but where did the, you know, that the Gen X retorts, or retorts, I think it's wrong word. Words are hard.
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But going at like Gen Z and this younger generation when they say stupid shit on the Internet because you're saying what we're all thinking as Gen It's all your fault, by the way. It's everybody's fault. I didn't create this monster. This monster was created by the comment section and DMs.
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it started out It started out harmless. I was just an idiot with the phone on the porch telling stories about the way the world used to be. And then some people started saying, well, what does he think about this?
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And I started saying that and I did one and it it took off. And then all these other ones came in and they're like, well what does he think about this? Well, one of these and then I started to get more ah sarcastic about it and more ah deliberate about it and more punchy about it in a Disney kind of way, in a very Disney kind of way.
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Right. Because you can hear the undertones. They're not very direct, but they're. They're still there. It's still PC enough that I could, I could get through all of the censorship on all the platforms with the way that I do it. But he is, he is a product of everybody's desires to have somebody say what they're all thinking in a PC way.
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And that's where he is. That's, that's what he's become. And and i speak, i speak about him in the third person. Like, ah you know, he's not really me, but he, he really does have his own personality and his own dialect and all that stuff.
00:06:19
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He's just fucking character. I was going to say, you do have your own, like you said, dialect accent when you you know yeah go into character. It's like, like god not British, almost British, more sophisticated sort of. Yeah, it's a little bit more sophisticated, a little more refined, a little bit more I can take you out of public.
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Yeah, a little pompous. Just a
From Therapy to Viral Comedy Shows
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little bit of, you know, above you kind of perspective. But that's funny I don't talk like that. Very colonial. Yeah, they call it the transatlantic. That's the best.
00:06:51
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The best analogy ever heard of the accent is a transatlantic accent from like the Titanic era. suck It was never intended to be that. It was just the voice that I came up with that sounded good to me.
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um But everybody's called it when they call it the transatlantic. I'm like, that sounds right. That sounds about right. So, yeah, and he is. He's got his own dialect because I don't talk like that. You watch one of my comedy shows. I do not talk like that. I cuss like a sailor and I tell stories about shitting my pants. And, you know, it's a great time.
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But I don't talk like him at all. Everyone. and It's almost it's almost like it's almost a lot of money. I might. yeah It's almost a perfect accent. I can't talk tonight. Words are hard. Seriously.
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ah A perfect accent to kind of sound snarky, like you said. You say just PC enough yeah just to stay under the radar. Yeah, but that that that accent just...
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little icing on the cake so to say yeah he just he just he flows it properly it's kind of like the british are the british have very dry sense of humor but they're punchy as hell right uh just in the way that they talk and that's kind of was the intent of the way that his dialect went when it matured into this reaction video type situation is let him run let him do what he wants to do and you know there have been actual times where Some of my moderators in the comment section have made me pull back a little bit cause they've gone a little bit too far.
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But you can't, I don't think you can, you know, make a good omelet without breaking a couple of eggs. So. Dave's the best. You said, how do you know where the line is if you don't try to cross it once in a while? Exactly. Exactly. And it's not often that I cross it, but.
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The comment section will let me know. Either that or the missus. She's my other troll. Missus dad. by troll She crap out of me. like That one was too far.
00:08:43
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That one was way too far. I'm like, okay. Do you want me to delete it? She goes, let's see. Let's watch it for a day. Tomorrow she'd be like, yeah, take it down. Just a little bit too much. and I don't know if you guys know how how much effort it takes to take down a video.
00:08:57
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like When you put it up on like i think i'm putting like seven different platforms that it goes on, It's a lot of effort. lotter It takes a lot of time and a lot of energy. You know, 100%. It really does. I've had to... We are... we Here on the network, we are habitual line crossers.
00:09:13
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We don't believe that there is a line. And if it it it it at the end of the day, if if your feelings are hurt, well, you're clearly too soft to be on one of our... You know, to be in one of our lives or watching one of our our shows.
00:09:26
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But there have been a couple times where I was like... Ooh, we did go a little bit too far. And and and and the worst case, and the worst thing is, you know, is trying to pull down a podcast that is on, when we go to the audio format and it's on Apple and Spotify and, yeah you know, Tim and Frank's podcasting app. And it's just like,
00:09:50
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okay, how do I get these pulled down? And that's where the time and energy, it's just like, you know, it's almost not worth it. Just fuck it. At this point, none of us are ever going to be politicians. None of us are ever going to be in a role that we have any power in because of everything else that we've done.
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Maybe. Well, that's that's basically if he takes over Kentucky or something. I'll never, no. I'm never going into politics. No, no, no, no. I'll comment on it. I'll make fun of it, but I'll never go into politics.
00:10:21
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Hell no. Hell no. did you up My bad. Obviously, just starting out and just I'm sure like most people on TikTok, you're just, you got a phone and you're bored and you got a little bit of free time.
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Did you ever imagine that, or did you have any aspirations of this blowing up into the way that it has for you? i'll I will say what I say every time I talk to somebody, this is the dumbest shit I've ever been a part of.
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This is the dumbest thing that I've ever been a part of in my life. The fact that as an idiot, I can sit there with my phone on my porch lean over the railing and talk to it in some accent that's not mine to a bunch of people that I don't know.
00:11:00
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And it can turn into money and potential career. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I mean, that for especially for our generation, it's like stupid. It's like, there's no job. There's no,
00:11:10
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there's There's no work hard to it. There's no work hard. There's no go go to go to work at 7 a.m. and get off at 7 p.m. You know, only working a half day. um There's none of that. And that this is. Yeah. So, no, this was never intentional. This was this was really therapy for me.
00:11:25
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um And it turned into this. You we still find catharsis in it, though? Oh, God. Yeah. All the time. I mean, it's it's it is a lot more work now than it used to be.
00:11:37
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But there is a lot of there is a lot of relief in doing this. You know, there's a lot of venting that I can do. There's and I'm i'm getting into script writing with my morning, you know, the coffee cup videos that I'm doing.
00:11:49
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So I'm actually writing those, which is. more along the lines of, you know, doing the standup comedy and writing those, which helps. Um, but there's a lot of relief in being able to do those, you know, just to be a different thing and not have to just rely on somebody else's video for me to react to. So do you write your own material for the stage? you tell stories out of your life? Like, what Oh yeah, those are like real life. If you ever see my stage stuff, which that the, the, the, the Gen X takeover stuff, you guys have seen the little clip from, you had the one from the Nashville show.
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um which that was our very first show. That was only a hundred people at that show, but now we're in 2000 people venues now. um Yeah. That's that that again, the dumbest shit I've ever been a part of the fact that right us four idiots can get together and create a comedy tour is that's so dumb because we're all,
00:12:37
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idiots with a phone and too much time our hands. Um, but but you know, that the material that I do on stage is all real life material. In fact, I roast my kids. I roast my ex-wife.
00:12:49
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I roast myself and I pretty much roast anybody that's available, um, to be roasted through stories. Yeah. That's a fun thing. I'm a storyteller myself. That's what I love to do.
00:13:00
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My stories on stage are right out of my life. I'm not a comedian at all. I just tell my idiot stories, people like my dumb, dumb stuff. Yeah, you can accentuate your life and make it funny. I think it's actually harder to be a joke comedian, right? Me too. delivery is so hard and the timing has to be so perfect. Whereas a story, you're just you know thinking about what's in your head and you know talking to your family and telling them the story of of when you shit your pants.
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And that's funny. Everybody loves it. Only lucky you. I'm not telling you how the story went. Let me just say that if you come, it is definitely a banger of a story. It's a great one.
00:13:39
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If you're in Ohio, August 9th in Cincinnati. Yeah, August 9th in Cincinnati. Go and see us. So, yeah yeah. I love it. and I'm a blast. I believe in doing stand-up.
00:13:50
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The Hard Rock. um So that Nashville show, the one that he had the clip of in there, that was our very first show. That was last Labor Day. That was the first time I ever did stand up. Last May.
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Or last Labor Day. That was September. Oh, wow. September. Yeah. So green. Oh, dude, we're we're not even green. We don't even know what the hell we're doing. um It is. It's it's but a great story.
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Oh, yeah. But that's I think that's because we have a great following, all four of us. And um I guess we're funny. i don't know. Nobody's left there saying they weren't happy. um But it's got a dumb story to it, too. Right. Because we just ah none of us had ever met. The only two that ever met were Sherry and Nick.
00:14:34
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And, uh, Sherry and Nick had talked and they said, Hey, let's get together in Nashville and hang out and do creator stuff. And so they decided to call Kelly and me, not knowing either of us.
00:14:48
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And we went to, we said, they she called Sherry called me. and She said, Hey, do you want to go to Nashville? And I was like, yeah I'll go to Nashville. That sounds like fun. Cause I'm also in this part of my life where I don't say no to anything. So it's been some interesting things that I've been involved in because of that, but,
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So we go there and on the way, you know, as we're planning this whole trip, we were just going to stay at an Airbnb and hang out and, you know, eat bonbons and watch rom-coms and do creator shit, yes videos, whatever. be funny.
00:15:17
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Our wives got involved and they're like, well, we're not going to this trip for free. We're going to pimp you guys out. And so that's when they called, that's when they called third coast, which was where that video was done at.
00:15:28
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And they said, Hey, can we rent the space for a show? It's only 88 seats in there. And so they're like, yeah, sure. So we set it all up. We put the tickets on sale and sold out in an hour.
00:15:39
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Nice. Damn. And then, and so we're like, okay, let's do two. So that one sold out in a day. was like, oh, shit. Okay. So this is a thing. So we rock show. That was my first time ever were doing stand-up in my life.
00:15:52
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Didn't know what the hell I always I don't do any of those jokes anymore because I think they were horrible. um I was like, one pretty the ARP one was because they were actually, but that was ah that was even dumber, right? Is that they literally did call us and they're like, hey, we want to sponsor you. and we're like, what? Shut up. Get out of here. That's that's so and so perfect for the whole bit. That's so perfect that AARP is calling this. And it's funny because I whipped my AARP card out on the stage, and I actually do have one, and I had one before this.
00:16:22
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And, you know, I was like, I made the whole audience go, like, who's got their AARP card? and they're all like, oh, no, we're not that old. I'm like, fuck you, you're that old. Get your AARP card and throw that shit down like you're playing Spades at Denny's. And they're like, oh, yeah, yeah.
00:16:35
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So, I mean, it was it was a great show. And then we left there feeling good. And then we're like, okay, let's do it again. So we go to Cleveland. And we do the Big Bang Piano Bar, which is not a piano bar anymore.
00:16:49
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And we did a show there. And that was 250 seats. And that sold out. And we're like, crap. Okay, this might be an actual thing. So then we said, okay, let's go let's go do a hard one. Let's do it later. I'm proud of them. Yeah, let's do Atlanta. So we went to Atlanta and we did the Atlanta Comedy Theater, which is like this underground special place.
00:17:08
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Like you go in there and there's pictures of Matt Reif and Tom Segura and Burt Kreischer and you know ah Jamie Foxx and all these, you know Dave Chappelle and all these people who have played at this venue.
00:17:19
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We don't know. And we're like, why are we here? This is dumb. We're notre not anybody. We do two shows at 350 people. Both of them sold out. Nice. we're like, shh.
00:17:30
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shit damn oh yeah this is an actual thing and then we we did the same thing in new orleans two two shows at 350 we went to vegas and played the palms at 700 and then we just sold out st louis at 2200 and we're on our way to uh circus circus in atlantic city and then the hard rock in cincinnati and we've got 20 more shows already booked wow oh yeah did So yeah yeah that's fucking great this is the dumbest thing I've ever been a part of.
00:18:03
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i repeat that. just i'm just dumb Just something that out of out of boredom or you know, that was therapeutic to you. It's turned, it's just steamrolled, you know, has turned into anything that, and, and the people love it. I mean, because, you know, it's, it's music, it's comedy.
00:18:22
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It's a lot of other things that happen at the show. I'm not going to give it away. You guys have actually come see it. um But everybody leaves there like this whole Gen X rejuvenation therapy. That's what we really called it. Originally was called the group therapy tour, but it's kind of molded into something else, but that's, everybody loves it.
00:18:38
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And, you know, we have a line of people that are all telling us to, we've had well dude this was crazy we' we're in new orleans this was when i knew this was some crazy shit because we're in new orleans and this lady was there and she was like this is on my bucket list and we're like what do you mean it's on your bucket list she's like i'm in hospice i'm about to go oh shit and her whole family flew her down from illinois to new orleans to come see us and we're like well that's deep that's some deep stuff so there's like people that are like this is you allowed somebody to die that's i I know that was
Absurdities and Opportunities in Life and Online
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nuts. I mean, we're all fucked up. I hope she told you that before or after the show rather than before. No, she told us before the show. we knew this ah show the first you knew exactly
00:19:17
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We knew exactly where she was sitting. We were all like when the show was over, there was all these people like, hey, can I get a picture with her? Fuck off. I'm going go talk to this lady over here. And we stood around and hang hung out with her for like 10, 15 minutes. after the show, you know, giving her all the pictures you want doing everything. But that was, that's crazy.
00:19:32
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That's crazy that this phone and, and, and, you know, wasted time turns into something like this. This is dumb. This world is dumb. don't understand it. Unfortunately. Yeah. Yes. Unfortunately we live in a civilization where attention band attention spans are very short and, you know, somebody that can,
00:19:54
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do this and be mildly entertaining for a minute or 30 seconds. A minute. A minute on repeat. It's dumb. yeah so I don't want to hear it. I'm very civilized, really.
00:20:06
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yeah I don't want to hear that people need they can't find a job or something like that because they could sell feet pics or do something. There's a lot. You'd fart in a jar. um They'll buy it. There's dirty underwear. works I thought about that.
00:20:19
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i was like, if, if, if my missus, somebody wants my missus to fart in the jar, I will do it for her and she can call it hers. and i ah Take one for the team. I will bean burrito it up that day. I will do all this. Taco Bell. Creatine and hard-boiled eggs and just go to town. I'm going to start my own feet bands only, whatever. I'm going to have Blaze do me an hot chick for my profile picture. I'll go get a mani-pedi and do a toenail painting. Shave your toes.
00:20:52
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Shave my toes, paint my toenails, and just start selling my feet. That's why there's not enough servers in restaurants anymore. They found out during COVID times they could so make a lot more money selling pictures of their butthole on the internet. Exactly. And if you got really free cream through like peanut butter and hot dogs in the whole mix, you're making a mess.
00:21:11
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Oh my. Yeah. I'll take requests. Whatever you want me to put my feet in. I mean, it's it's reasonable. It's reasonable. up I'll put my feet in it for you. I don't care. Fuck it.
00:21:23
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Yeah. Now, what is this all going to lead to? I don't know. It could actually be that we do hit idiocracy at some point, but ah it's going to be fun to to ride the wave until it you know splashes into the wall.
00:21:34
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You do. Sometimes you just have to accept the the absurdity of life. And like you like like you said, ride the wave. it's all yeah write it write it till it's over it's not gonna last forever uh either i'm not gonna last forever or it's not gonna last forever so you know let's let's see where it goes and let's say yes to everything and god who knows what's next it's dumb it's so your hat your hat says only dads does it not yeah it says only dads not only fans only dad available in the merch store go get it um
00:22:09
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Speaking of merch and all that, his link is down in the description, guys. if you guys want ah his His link his linked tree link is in in the description. You guys hit that up. Check out his other other social media sites.
00:22:22
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Check out his merch. I might get me a challenge going. I was scrolling through some of your stuff. Yeah, those are limited edition. The 2025, that is year three. Okay. it's It's crazy that I have three years worth of challenge coins with my face on it. That's even dumber.
00:22:37
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I don't appreciate you. sure not too many people I don't think too many people know what challenge coins are, but they're part of military tradition. yeah so
00:22:48
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How big is your challenge coin collection? Out of curiosity. I actually gave it to my son since he's in the Navy. I gave mine away too. Yes, because it was so big and I was like, I have my own collection of my own, just my challenge coins because I always take number one and number two because they're all serialized for my personal collection.
00:23:07
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And then I got a gold one this year. Just one gold one. It's number zero. It's cool. e Yeah. Make a mouthful. You and Blaze, not only are you and Blaze both veterans, Blaze was in the Air Force, but you guys have similar similar jobs from my understanding. I did. So yeah, I wanted to ask you, you were a weapons technician?
00:23:31
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I was a fire control man, yeah. That's the the guys that operate the shipboard weapon systems. and okay okay okay so like the missiles and guns and stuff like that we're the ones that press red button got you i would have been the guy who brought you the munition so you were like ah you were like an ao those were well i was uh gunner's mate for the navy version yeah well i was i was out in the bombed up pumping bomb storage and all that stuff counterpart wise so yeah but i have i have been on some ah exercise operations with uh with navy when i was in guam and
00:24:04
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Some of y'all suck at driving the forklifts. but No, that's going to be my son. He's a CB. He's going to Guam in September. Oh, he's going to fucking love it. They're the cheapest place in the world to learn how to scuba dive.
00:24:15
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Yeah. And the equipment's expensive, though. But, dude, deep sea charter fishing trips there are off the wall amazing. If he's into that, and I, yes. um yeah I'll stay for like two years.
00:24:28
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I'll have to get with you offline. There's a couple, there's there's a cave down there that he'll want to find. um it's an It's about a 30-minute boonie stomp through the jungle. Get down there and you go inside this cave and it's fed by the only ah freshwater aquifer on that island.
00:24:44
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You go inside and you go swimming inside the cave. Bunch of candles that that line the yeah one one one side kind of slopes up. A bunch of people's putting candles over there over the years and it's just a dope-ass spot.
00:24:57
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Take your historical gear, you take your scuby de scuba gear. It's pretty freaking deep. It's pretty fucking dope. Nice. Yeah, let's let's talk. I'll give him some recommendations because it'll his first real deployment.
00:25:10
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Oh, he's only going there on a deployment? Yeah, six months. Ah, well.
00:25:17
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He'll have plenty of time. i Still plenty of time. Oh, yeah. Yeah, he'll have plenty of time. <unk> Moving on. that's ah The better I keep getting.
00:25:29
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Man, I can get lost in Guam. i knew blaze Blaze was excited. you know Blaze is not one to throw in our face too often the veteran status, but he was excited that you were a veteran as well.
00:25:43
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um you know So I wanted to give him his his his time to kind of chat. We're a cadre for sure. Even though you're Air Force, I mean, I'll forgive you for that part.
00:25:56
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I'm a coward. Some of my best drinking buddies in Guam were Navy. what Really? Yeah. I mean, we're the only branch with drinking in our fight song. yeah my li the baby What's that old ammo ammo saying? If you ammo, you ain't shit. Ammo, ammo, ammo. But anyway, it goes like, ammo, we suck tits, clits, beer cans, and sometimes army wives.
00:26:22
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Old school saying.
00:26:26
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Justin Nunley was ammo. so oh Yeah, was he? Yeah, he was ammo. Yeah, he just retired.
00:26:36
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Old, old military saying. He was still active? Yeah, he just retired last year. Holy shit. just hit a year retirement. He's been doing the the whole content thing on the side. Oh, wow.
00:26:48
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But now he's full. He's full. He just did a whole, he just did a, uh, a five day Harley ride up to Milwaukee to, uh, Harley's headquarters. Okay. Is he a, is he a club member or just a solo?
00:27:02
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No, he was sponsored by the, by the dealership down there in, uh, Florida. Oh, okay. And so I think he was riding with some guys. I think he's just, yeah. Agnostic. Agnostic.
00:27:16
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Fair enough, man. Fair enough. Yeah, I didn't realize Nunley was still active. He's been another one of those guys that just, with the most, like you said, it's stupid.
00:27:28
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It is dumb. And his is dumber. His is dumber because he literally literally just stops whatever the video he was, you know, he was doing a reaction to. And he just says, yeah, no. And then he just throws out a stupid ass fact. It's the most genius thing ever.
00:27:42
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But it's like, it's so dumb. It's so dumb that you can get 10 million followers over that. It's so dumb. It's almost aggravating sometimes because you're watching the video and you start to get into it.
00:27:53
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And you're like, hell yeah, this is a good video. And then there's this stupid face. Yeah, there's this stupid face. And he's like, listen. And then you're like, fuck. I don't want to, but I'm going to listen to the whole thing. I think the first time I came across one your videos, and this has been a while back, I've been follower for a while on TikTok.
00:28:16
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um was like kids being kids, you know, doing the things that we used to do growing up. there There was like, I think it was a video of a kid that had a helmet on and he was headbutting a goat or something like that.
00:28:28
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Yeah, that's that's where i that's where I talk about these Gen Alphas, the the Honey Badgers, or as I like to call them, the Gen X squared. Yeah, these, listen, I think that what happened was is the Millennials and Gen Zs, they went off the rails into this helicopter parent situation and and the, you know, the Trophies for Everybody situation.
00:28:46
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But I think the Gen Alphas are like the the return to the greatness of Gen X yeah with all of the advances in technology. That's the difference between the two, right? Is they are so they are some crazy MFers.
00:29:00
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They are. Wow. They are some crazy kids. um And I don't think that the parents of the crazy kids have enough time to handle them. And I think that because, because of the world and the way that they have to live, they don't have the time to handle these kids. So it's almost returning a little bit to the latchkey situation. Yeah. um And they, they're going, they're going to wreck this world. And, you know, glad I'm a grandparent.
00:29:22
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Yeah. No, that's, that's, I'm looking forward to, cause like I joke around that it's, it's thundered, it's Thunderdome in my house yeah with my kids, you know, like, ah You know, there's that meme that goes around ah soft parenting. I talk to my kids like I'm Stone Cold Steve Austin.
00:29:39
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And that's how I treat my kids, man. It's Thunderdome in this house. Only the strong is going to survive. And if you're not strong enough, you might get eaten by the others at the end of the day. So, like, my kids will come down and they'll just start fucking with me for no reason. Oh, my kids don't that. They know better.
00:29:55
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Pokes a bear. Pokes a bear. That's what they do. they just just They will, especially my middle daughter. but She's a psychopath, so I try i i tread lightly with her. so but she that's where That's where the FAFO comes in, man.
00:30:10
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You've got to toe the line with them. You're like, listen, you sure you want to do this? You sure you want to do this? I have to remind them every once in a while who who the big dog You do know who you're poking, right?
00:30:20
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You do know. and if you if you didn't know, give me a minute. I'll remind you. yeah I just got to I got to give him a little bit of respect for because it's like, OK, all right. You got you. You're brave enough to do it. and I'm going to let you have your fun for a few minutes. But just know I'm going to. have twin my youngest are twins.
00:30:39
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The one that's in the Navy, he's got a twin brother. And, you know, with with boys, eventually they hit that what that age where they're going to pop up to dad. And you know, you know, it's coming because we all did it too. We popped up our dad, you know, and you know, like he hit us in the knees and took us down, punched us in the face. And that was the end of it.
00:30:55
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But I knew that that was day was coming. So I made sure that when it actually happened, that both of them were in the room because I wanted the other one to see what happened so that he could just go ahead and skip that process and be like, okay, I'm cool. I'm good.
00:31:09
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And it really happened that way that, you know, Max, the one that was in the Navy, It was his brother who decided to pop up to me and and and we got a little, little physical and Max saw it and he goes, you know what?
00:31:20
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I'm good. I'm sad. I don't, I don't want to i don't want to do that. Now, Max is actually bigger than me now. He's a big boy and he could totally take me, but he would, he would never. Cause it's like, it's like the elephant. You ever heard about the story about how they train elephants?
00:31:34
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When they're, when they're small, they put them with the biggest chain possible to the top, to the strongest tree possible. And they leave them there and they can't even drag the chain. And then when they get older in life, all they have to do is put a little rope around their neck. And as soon as they know that that thing's around their neck, they think they can't move because it's become instinctual.
00:31:53
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Right. And so Maxwell never, he'll never pop off to me because he saw his brother get his ass whooped. but He just, he just thinks that that's a way that is always going to be because dad's just kind of a bad-ass.
00:32:04
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Well, yeah, that's that. Yeah. That's a, that's, that's the thing. It's like, yeah. you You pulled the godfather's tongue. And I say it all the time. Sometimes all you have to do is make an example out of one or two people.
00:32:15
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Yeah. you know And you yeah you made an example. i The way my son's growing, I don't um think you can hear me.
00:32:26
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ah oh the way he's The way he's growing, and I'm not a small guy by no means. I'm a big guy. But the way he's growing, I don't know. him early i hope he did i hope he I hope he does it like the next year or two. Because if he waits too much longer, I'll be like...
00:32:40
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Well, I got five good fights left in me, and one of them I'm going to have waste whooping you. Yeah, you're not getting any younger either. Yeah, but it's a street fight, son. There are no rules. I'll pick up a brick and hit you in the face of my head.
00:32:53
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Oh, dude, we I wrestled with Max when he got out of boot camp in the hotel, um and I thought I was going to die. I thought I was like, oh God, I'm going to die. This is going to my
Humorous Reflections on Aging and Physicality
00:33:02
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heart's to explode. I'm going to die because I was like, I can't keep up with this kid.
00:33:06
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But you couldn't let him see that. I couldn't let him i couldn't like to see that. you know It's like, I'm going to die quietly in the bathroom. That's right. Like a man. Don't let him see that you're dying. Don't let him know. Lucky I took it easy on you.
00:33:18
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I'll be right back. young yeah Just give me a minute. oh yeah We don't all age the same. I know I'm aging really poorly. Not like a fine wine. More like a well-aged toilet paper. Cheese.
00:33:32
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Amazing like cheese. Cheese. I've got the curds and the lumps. My back of my legs look like I a beat with a bag of nickels. Yeah, I'm good. my My partner at work today, we were talking, and he was like, you ever sneeze so hard to shit yourself?
00:33:49
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I said, can't say that's happened. And he was like, yeah, he's like yeah me either. And I was like, no, I think it has. I said, however, did sneeze one time and threw my back out, and I was laid up in bed for two weeks. So...
00:34:04
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Oh, dude, i had I had a really fun one. I had my arm. You know how you wake up and your arm's numb? Well, my arm decided to take an extended siesta, and it was dead for 10 minutes.
00:34:16
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you know For 10 minutes. Do you know how long 10 minutes is to not have an arm? Yeah. It feels like i was just I was literally about to stick a pen in my hand and walk around like Bob Dole for the rest of my life. I was like, call call it off. It's done.
00:34:30
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It's done. Game over. Yeah. i was like And when you tell people that story on on social media, they're like, oh, my God. You get all the WebMD Karens that come up like, oh, my God, you're dying. I'm like, yes, I know. But that's the joke.
00:34:43
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We're all dying. Get over I need to break it to you. From the moment we're we're born, we're all dying. Yeah, and that's the thing. is we don't We don't actually realize that until we hit 40 and then we're like, fuck, we're to die. but Before that, we're all like... Once those wounds start taking days to scab over and shit. exactly I remember I'd be scabbed up and done like five hours after getting a scratch.
00:35:03
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know No marker of any kind whatsoever. Now you get a paper cut. It's a fucking triage situation. Yeah, exactly. You you need to, if you if you break a bone, it's going to require surgery because it's never going to heal or so your hangover has last 14 days. Yeah.
00:35:20
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I know we're near active enough to break a bone. Talk about yourself there, pal. Just last week, I slipped on gravel and pulled a muscle in my leg. it's still i still I'm still walking with a limp.
00:35:34
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It's just a muscle. like at First, how do you pull a muscle in your leg slipping on gravel? it was It was hardly anything, but I'm still limping around because it's still tender and it still hurts. ah You want to know something? else i went to I went to Dave Chappelle. He has this little thing up in in Yellow Springs, Ohio every year.
00:35:52
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And I got to go this year and it was really cool and I got to meet him. It was really fun. But they had kickball. All right. ah That was a bad idea. That was a horrible idea. It was a horrible, horrible, horrible idea for anybody over the age of 40 to play kickball willingly that's not you know Tom Brady.
00:36:12
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Ouch. That sounds dangerous. Because I kicked the ball, and I had a great kick, but it wasn't the kick that almost killed me. It was the running to the base. Because if your body hasn't sprinted in a certain number of years, I don't know, two or more.
00:36:27
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I think for me it was like 10 or 15 maybe that I've actually sprinted. um Yeah, i I felt pain immediately. When I got to the base, I felt pain immediately. So I grabbed one of the little kids and I said they could run for me the rest of the time. Pinch runner. Pinch runner. Pinch runner.
00:36:43
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good so So if anybody's inviting me to a charity softball game, just know that there better to be some little kids around because they're running the bases. i I'll swing all day long, ah but I'm not running bases.
00:36:54
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It's not happening. Running, I stopped that when I was told I didn't have to do it anymore. Exactly. i yeah I don't run unless there's somebody chasing me or there's food in front of me. So one of those two conditions has to be met.
00:37:06
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I don't remember the last time I ran. I don't even run for – I mean, I briskly walk towards the food. I don't remember i will still harm a small child or an old lady if they're in the
00:37:21
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i don't remember last time i actually ran Yeah, it was probably the last PRT back in my 20s when I actually ran. I've switched over to the elliptical, you know, because I'm supposed to exercise.
00:37:33
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and But now we're on the elliptical. I'm one of the old people on the elliptical, you know, with my iPad. and yeah Man, you're making me feel... I turn 48 in a couple months. i i get out and I get out in the woods every day and go hike and walk.
00:37:48
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making me feel old. Oh, I can hike and walk. Oh, good. oh to tell you That's fine. He is generally on some type of drug, and he just disciplines his in the he comes to in the woods.
00:38:01
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It's not necessarily planned. He's like, whoa, how'd I get here? Whoa, I'm in the woods. Sometimes I do feel like I'm transported there. But still, man, I've tried the elliptical before. um the Going through VA physical therapy and stuff, you know they get you on different equipment.
00:38:18
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And it's it's weird. It doesn't doesn't seem to like my body doesn't want to flow with it. It's weird. and The whole elliptical thing. jump about the one. It's the one that it's like, you know, it's not like a running motion.
00:38:33
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so Yeah. Okay. yeah Yeah. And you can change the elevation of it and all that stuff. Yeah. It's what old people do because it's low impact. I got a bad hip. not ready to get old.
00:38:44
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I don't like this conversation. got a hip surgery. Yeah, i got I'm getting my hip resurfaced. This is actually my next bit. It's getting my hip resurfaced. That's so much fun. That's where they take your hip out and they grind off the top of it, put a little metal cap on it, shove it back in and hope for the best.
00:38:59
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That's what's happening to me in December. So it's a quick in and out. It's an out. Merry Christmas. year're You'll be fine. Yeah. Merry Christmas. Well, they say they say you're going to be you're going be 100 percent after this. And I'm thinking, I don't know if that's true, but my days are 100 percent are over, son.
00:39:13
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Yeah, 100%. I gave up on 100% back at 35. I haven't been 100% since I was like 15. Yeah, I actually have to plan my, you know, me and the missus. We have to plan if we're going have our moments together. There's got to be the right conditions.
00:39:31
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Got make sure the AED is on the bed. Make sure that Alexa can hear. No, we actually don't ever do it without Alexa in the room. Just in case I have a heart attack. ah exactly that truth and we've got a alexa in every room i I had to be careful not to say that out loud on my device.
00:39:51
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yeah yeah Be careful because we don't don't do go more we we learned a long time ago on on on these shows and these networks that we can we can activate certain electronic devices that people have in their houses and we had far too much fun with that because we had just all kinds of random shit added to Amazon carts and you know, shit like that. so But think about it. I mean, this is where we are in life. So these things we got to consider whenever we're doing anything is we're going to consider like, if I die, I was like, if I, if I'm home alone and I take a shit too hard, I could kill myself.
00:40:32
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I could step on yeah but after yeah you can step out of the and slip on the water. That be hysterical legacy for you to leave behind. How did dad bodventure die? He was taking a shit and his wife came over and found him. And there he was, slumped over on the shit. Poop all over the place. No shit.
00:40:52
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That's literally legit how one of my high school teachers went out when ah when we were in class. Yeah, so I don't push too hard. If it's not ready, I don't force it. It does happen. That's the story behind the el Elvis dying. you know Or conspiracy theory or urban legend is that he died on the crapper.
00:41:09
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and i hope the I mean, we all we all get one chance. We might as well make it glorious. We get one shot at this, right? So don't ruin it. If it's your time, make sure that it's memorable. However it is. I feel the same way, man. i'm glad to hear someone else say that.
00:41:22
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Yeah. this is i mean this This life has been great up till now. I might as well go out with a bang. So let's just figure out what the coolest way to make it happen is and let's make sure that we Let the whole world how know how it happened. live is free live Live so free that your existence is a rebellion.
00:41:39
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There you go. there you go
00:41:43
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Camus. Paraphrasing.
00:41:49
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I figured like this. If my lifestyle doesn't kill me, I'm going to live right up until I die.
00:41:55
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And you don't know when that's going to be anyway, so don't worry about it. Sooner rather than later. I read it wrong in the good book. I treat it like a toilet, not so much a devil not so much of temple.
00:42:07
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i Mine's like a temple. It just happens to be you know broken down from you know the Aztec Empire and
00:42:16
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crumbling. yeahp Enough time as we get older, temples crumbles. yeah but it's good it's good it's good i think that's that's the that's the fun part of getting older is that you realize all that stuff and then you realize what's not important and you hopefully focus on the stuff that's important what's in the future for for dad bod veteran when it comes to when you're not doing stand-up what's your goal or what's your uh i don't have a goal uh
00:42:48
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die quietly? No, I, I really don't. I mean, that's the, that's the thing is I'm at that, that point in life that
00:42:56
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I used to have a five-year plan all the time. And I, for the first time my life, I don't really. And so I'm just kind of taking it wherever the, the, the world takes me. And, uh, hopefully it doesn't take me homeless into a gutter somewhere.
00:43:10
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Um, that would be less than desirable. But other than that, I'm just going to ride the wave and go where it takes me. Don't fight the current. Just see what happens. That's right. hanging out with you guys, doing you know whatever comes up. And who knows where that can happen. We're talking to talking ah like TV producers and stuff about that, about like doing TV shows and stuff. It's just really wild time in the world that there's no barriers to doing crazy stuff anymore like if you want to do it you can do it that's right yeah if you want to you can if you want to and if you're lot of people don't want to and they don't want to put the effort towards doing it and that's okay um that's wanting it disagree
00:43:54
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yeah Yeah, that's well, wanting it, wanting it and then acting upon that desire. That's wanting it. Yeah. That's really, truly wanting it. Yeah. There's talking about wanting it, and then there's wanting it. There's lazy, there's a lot of lazy people that say they want it, but they're not willing to go after it. Don't talk about it, be about it. That's what I always tell people. That's why apparently I'm not a good friend when it comes to people dealing with their mental health issues, because I tell them, stop being a bitch.
00:44:17
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Stop being a bitch. Don't talk about it, be about it. Jesus Christ. there's There's a little bit truth to that. There's a little bit truth of truth to that. A little bit truth to that. Yeah, I mean, you you can't you can't have had have have lived in a better time to be able to go after whatever you want than right now.
00:44:37
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right now you there's nobody in your way it's so easy uh it's so dumb yeah like he said it really is it's like it's like us here we're just i mean for the most we're just four jack off jack offs uh not you but the guys here oh no i'm please i'm just a qualified jack off certified okay dude i'm just work with certified you're not i am i am forklift certified calm down now I got my little badge and everything.
00:45:08
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Yeah. yeah yeah We're just ah here on the network. We're just four jerk offs that are just hanging out, just enjoying each other's company and having fun. Yeah. There's people that hang out with you and they come back every time and they love it. And, know, I love the people you get to bring on and,
00:45:25
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You know, that's what this is all about. it It's when you turn it. I think it the what what a lot of people struggle with is when they turn it into like, and don't know, like a business, like a true business.
00:45:36
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And they treat it like a job. ah Yeah, they they treat it like a job. And like there's a product here of, you know, widgets in, widgets out. um that's when they ruin it. So if you focus on it, just go fucking have fun.
00:45:49
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Yeah. That or you start taking yourself or what you're doing way too seriously. and Well, and you throw it. Well, and if you let this go to your head,
Navigating Success and Authenticity in Comedy
00:45:58
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that's the other thing. If you think that you are somebody because of this, that's in my opinion, just my, heart i don't I don't know anything about that. I don't know anything about having an ego.
00:46:09
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Shut up, man. Yeah. Because that's the other thing is I feel like this could all go away, so I'm just enjoying the ride, right? Exactly. That's the thing. I mean, you could wake up tomorrow and it could just, you know, hopefully it doesn't, you know, but, you know, you could wake up tomorrow and all this could be gone in a blink of an eye. Yeah.
00:46:29
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I think there's more substance there than Hawk 2, so I think you're all right, though. Yeah. And, you know, I never had a Hawk 2 moment, right? I wish I did. Yeah. And she, she barked. I don't, I actually, and that's what I'm saying. I think it's good that you didn't have that hockey.
00:46:45
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Like you're, I don't even know what that would work like. not like but But you know what? She was still in times top 100 creators. but So time magazine did a top 100 creators and people like Kavi lame and,
00:46:57
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Justin wasn't in there, but there was a couple other people, but she was in there. um So yeah I guess she's still relevant. I don't know. I haven't seen her. I know she's doing, shoes doing things all that fifteen she is dogs. She milking that 15 minutes of fame, boy. She's getting like, just, just starting OnlyFans, take your clothes off and shove up your ass at this point, you know,
00:47:21
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got i mean business it's all the tips for fame I have gone on rants about that goofy bitch so many times. because I am not a fan. I didn't i didn't mean to drum up any feelings, Blake. No. it just just a so summer play but you i' not I was just trying to make i was trying to make it make a comparison to like fifteen minutes of fa And authentic, growing.
00:47:47
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Content, content, actual content creators. Like like yourself, John. You're a content creator. No, I'm an idiot with a phone. Well, yeah. Mr. Beast is a content creator.
00:47:59
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That's a content creator. don't got no studio. And I don't have, yeah, he is a monster. He is literally a beast. He's burning money in the backyard. Because you don't know what to do with it.
00:48:13
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the what's that guy's name? Roman Atwood. I had honestly forgot about him. But apparently he's still kind of a big deal. He's from my hometown. He's from my town where I live at. Oh, yeah. that way He's a YouTuber.
00:48:26
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Yeah. ah I think you's got he's got some kind of darkness came out about him and he's not as relevant as was worth. They can make a comeback. I mean, like John Kreese, the comedian, he made a comeback.
00:48:40
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He's back up. Yeah. Louis CK made a comeback. You can make it he can make comeback. There's only one John Kreese, and you know who that John Kreese is. Cobra Kai, until he dies. Oh, God. Sweep the leg.
00:48:53
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Send that first, strike heart. You guys should see you guys if you get a chance, go watch John Kreese. See one of his stand-up performances. He's he's hilarious. And if you're like... ah If you grew up in religion or anything that like that, he makes fun of the church a lot. And it's funny.
00:49:10
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It's funny. It's good. Unfortunately, yes. I love good church joke. Yeah, he's he's he does not shy away from church jokes. There's a lot of I that's what I do now. is ah And it's weird because now that I'm doing stand up, it's like I go to stand up shows to half watch for the comedy, but half watch for the technique and see how they do it.
00:49:29
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Not that I'm going to take their their material or anything, but I just want to understand, like, how does that make them tick? Like Tom Segura, first of all, is a sick son of a bitch. If you've watched his bad thoughts, I did not know he was that messed up.
00:49:43
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I've seen him twice do live. And i I never got the feeling that he was like ah SNL for psychopaths. thats ah yeah Because that's what bad thoughts is. I mean, that's yeah that because that's how he he created it. He wanted to go on SNL way back in the day.
00:49:58
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And he didn't get to go on for whatever reason. And then he's always had this thing in the back of his brain. And that's where bad thoughts came from. him and But if if you haven't seen that, man, my brain needed a bath after that. i've binge yeah i binged it when I saw it was on. wall What's this? I love Tom.
00:50:15
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That was, wow. That was wild. But i'm sorry he's he's great. he's he's his His messaging and his storylines are great. His his stand-up is fabulous.
00:50:27
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um it's It's very punchy. It's it's great. Burt Kreischer, that's another one. I thought I was going to die watching him live. i love burn crasher he's he's one favorites i saw him do the uh you know the bit about the escape room that was on a stand-up special i saw that live and i'm not bullshitting you i was on the floor laughing ah and i thought i was gonna die i couldn't breathe when that part where he you know i'm not gonna give it away if somebody hasn't seen it but the part the crescendo of that bit uh god
00:50:58
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I like, like, well, like Michael does, and and you said you do the same. i like the storytellers that tell stories about their real life, and that's what I like about Craig. It immediately connects you to any audience.
00:51:09
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It's relatable. Yeah. do you have that, like Chrysler has the, ah the, the machine machine like that. I don't have the machine story yet. I'm trying to make the shit my pants story that, that story.
00:51:22
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It's my crescendo. It's definitely my crescendo story. um But I think I'm going to have to, I'm going have to change it after this year, once we get done with a tour in December, ah because we've already got shows for 2026 all the way through August. So wow I'm going to, I'm going to change the material up a little bit. I'm thinking about what,
00:51:38
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my next crescendo story is going to be. I've got plenty. I've got plenty. And then they come up. they they Bert is so yesterday. Oh, Junior, come on, dude. Bert's today.
00:51:49
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Just because he's 50-something. Bert's now. Hey, I'm 50-something. Zip it, pal. Yeah, exactly. 50-year-olds can make it these days. tom's toms you know Tom's only 46. He's the same age as me.
00:52:02
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I thought he was older than Bert. Dave Chappelle's in his 50s, and he's still good. Dave Chappelle still rocks. Hell yeah. But yeah, I got to figure out what my next crescendo story is going to be.
00:52:15
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I'm sure there's going to be lot stuff that come up. I've got probably three or four, maybe maybe five signature stories. And you just rotate through? it i just decide how I'm going to close when I decide it's time to close.
00:52:30
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See, I'm not pro-level. I'm not pro-level yet. I actually, stand we actually, before every show, we'll take a day and I'll stand in the, in the living room at the fireplace with a little karaoke machine and practice my bit in front of the missus so I can get my time down. So I, you know, she'd be like, no, take this out at this.
00:52:50
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Cause it's always different. Every city, especially your opening part is always going to be like something related to the city. So yeah, I'm not, I'm not, really don't always have to, you don't always have to pay into the city. I don't do that.
00:53:03
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I try to a little bit, or at least something that's relevant of the times. um Like it was great in St. Louis because St. Louis, the day that we got there, um we decided that we were going to go.
00:53:15
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what do we go do? We went and top golf, which top golf is a strenuous activity, especially if you're drinking. And then the day after that, because we had a charity softball game here in Charleston the week after the St. Louis show, we went to the batting cages so we could all practice batting.
00:53:30
Speaker
Also a strenuous activity. uh if you haven't done it a while and uh then that night which was the night before the show we go over to kelly's neighbor's house for a barbecue and we played kickball again you're doing an awful lot for an old man and it was that what here's the kicker it was at that moment that kelly decided to say let's all have some chocolate Mmm. Special chocolate.
00:53:58
Speaker
Now I have Special chocolate. and Special chocolate in a very long time. In fact, I've never actually done special chocolate in my life. So I said, give me the smallest itty bitty piece, like the itty bitty tiny corner. Like just, I want to lick it.
00:54:10
Speaker
That's all I want. I don't want anything else because I'm scared. And so she was like, okay. She gave me the smallest thing and she broke it in half and she gave it to me. And nothing happened. And for like like a half hour later, and Kelly was like, oh, it's no big deal. And so she starts popping a bunch of them. And I'm like, no way.
00:54:25
Speaker
I'm not touching that ever again. All of a sudden, I'm sitting there and it came over me in a wave. And it was just like, and I was like, oh, I'm high. I'm high.
00:54:37
Speaker
And I'm at these people's house. I don't know who they are. And the people on the kickball field are like, John, get out here. And I'm like, I can't move. I'm so high.
00:54:48
Speaker
Yeah, I've i've never, i'm I'm with you, John. I've never been one to partake in that that side of the world. ah And my ex-girlfriend, she was like, you should try gummies. The first, ill first i I guess I have two stories. I was going to say, i only have one story, Michael, and you know one because he he he begs for it.
00:55:09
Speaker
But ah the first time I tried it it was fantastic. We were doing the show. Little quarter. Don't feel nothing. Little quarter. I'm drinking. Don't feel nothing. Little quarter. ah by By the end of the night, i'd had like two full gummies.
00:55:22
Speaker
And we ended the show and I'm still drinking. And we went out to a see some friends. We were in her hometown and it hit me. Boom. Like a wave. Dude, I'm in outer space. I'm an astronaut, man.
00:55:35
Speaker
that i'll And I'm loving life. Just. Thirsty as hell, so I'm drinking Pepsi like it's going out of style. And she props me up beside the DJ, who's a friend of ours, Bill. You know Bill from another shop podcast, ah another friend of ours here in the podcasting world.
00:55:50
Speaker
And she says, you're in charge of it. And Bill goes, I'm DJing. And I just leaned on that pole. Here, take this. And I was happy as could be. However, the second time, and I wish Blaze was still here.
00:56:02
Speaker
He's having some internet issues. He's got a picture of the second time. I thought I was going to die. I was naked in the bathtub. My ex found me like two hours later. Showers running. I'd puke my guts out. And then there's a picture of me because I like she gets me out i and I go and I lay down on the bed. I'm like, I think I'm going to die. And I only had like half a gum and she just came back right as we were starting to show and shoved it in my mouth.
00:56:25
Speaker
And then about 45 minutes after i'm laying in bed, second wave. And I felt amazing. And I was hungry. Oh, I was hungry. So I start eating everything in the kitchen.
00:56:37
Speaker
And there's a picture that these guys like to play around with, especially Blaze with his little AI. um' I'm shirtless in a pair of sweatpants. I've got these this massive sandwich. It's like five pieces of bread. It's peanut butter, bananas, and potato chips. And I've got a family-sized bag of veggie straws.
00:56:55
Speaker
And I am happy as can be, bro. I am the happiest I've ever been in my life. And Blaze likes to play around with it. He throws me in the woods. He throws me at a water park. He puts me at a carnival, whatever. Yeah, it's not an assets here. i would have thrown it up. I know how to do that. Two times in my life, I've played in this in that and that and that world, and I'm like, nope, I'm good. I'm done.
00:57:16
Speaker
and all Yeah, but it made for like when i when I told the story on stage, you know and then got to the point of like, y'all here in St. Louis, y'all got these special things that we don't have in South Carolina. I mean, crowd went nuts.
00:57:28
Speaker
They absolutely loved it. so So yeah, I tried to, every chance I can, is like come up with something related to the to the area. I think that that helps. Because I'm the opener. I'm always the the first guy up.
00:57:39
Speaker
And I like it that way because I don't want to sit there and wait. I'd rather get it done than I can go back and watch the show. So... ah You set the bar. i so I do. so I try to set the bar. And I make a joke about it I'm like, look, one of two things are going happen. I'm going to either...
00:57:53
Speaker
I'm going to either have an awesome set and you guys are not going to be able to think about the other three or going absolutely bomb it and they're going to rescue this show and I still win. They're going to look so much better. like like I still win. It doesn't matter. got to go out there with confidence and have an ego. Exactly. Let them know that, look, I'm the best that you're going get tonight. These other three clowns in the back, they're going to suck. These other idiots. I don't know why they don't they don't. I don't even know why they're here with me. Yeah.
00:58:20
Speaker
Yeah, so it's it's it's good. I'm trying to think about what I'm going to for Atlantic City. Because Atlantic City, our show doesn't start until 9pm. And that's like really late for our people. We're going some drunks.
00:58:32
Speaker
Yeah, that is really late for you. For our for our our our age. Our age, that's a lot. like We try to start our shows, most of them five. I'm not kidding you. I'm like, these mofos want to be a bit.
00:58:45
Speaker
Exactly. They won't be a bed by nine with the pajamas on. We've actually put it out on the internet that it's a pajama party. and We want everybody to come in their freaking pajamas. not Including us.
00:58:57
Speaker
We're going to come in our pajamas. I'm going to change my opening music I'm change everything to match a pajama party. not going to figure out how to open that. ah and walk out walk out with a great know coffee cup says don't be a cock click on it and uh yeah you know make some jokes about it or something yeah pajamas it's fun this is is like i said this is the dumbest thing i've ever been a part of so let's just have fun with it and see where it goes and uh i mean there's nothing wrong with that i mean just ride that wave and and and enjoy what you're doing and you know you know your fans are loving it you know the people who watch you on social media they're loving what you do uh like i said i
00:59:33
Speaker
I'm one of them. i'm um I'm old school. I was back there from back in the day. and Back in the day. Back when it was just stories and fun. Yeah, just stories. Now it's all, I've got to do all the things. I've got to do so many posts per day and so many heto static posts. You're a puppet.
00:59:49
Speaker
Dance, puppet, dance. Yeah, I've got to feed the algorithm and do all the stupid things. I don't like that part. for for For you, the social media, you just kind of said it, and we say it all the time when I when i interview musicians.
01:00:04
Speaker
Social media, unfortunately, in the world we live in, is a necessary evil. Oh, yeah. you have It's a double-edged sword. It's a double-edged sword. You have to feed it, but also it's the most powerful thing you have.
01:00:18
Speaker
It can move on. And hate it. I'm over here like, yeah, I'm going to post videos, but I also, but we also, you know, I'm also responsible for 12 hours of live content every week, if not more. So give me a break if I'm not posting on social media. yeah It's not, it's not easy. It's not for the faint heart. Like truly doing it is not for the faint heart, ah but when it's running and when it's right, if you use it appropriately, it'll like, so for instance, we have a cruise coming up in November.
Social Media Influence and Viral Phenomena
01:00:46
Speaker
Um, which is fun. We're excited about this. But when we, when we signed up to do the cruise, we had 150, 160 rooms that we had to sell. and We had a 250 room block. We had to sell a minimum of 160 rooms. And for a couple weeks there, it was really slow.
01:01:02
Speaker
Um, until one day when Kelly put out a video, um, and, and she was, you know, just doing it, uh, as an advertisement and it hits so well.
01:01:16
Speaker
that it didn't just sell out the 250 rooms that we had. It sold out an additional 500 rooms. So we ended up with 750 rooms. We're actually a third of the boat, one of the biggest boats in the Royal fleet because of one video.
01:01:30
Speaker
And it's just the way the algorithm works that if something is like that, it can change it can rotate the earth in the opposite direction. But you've got to feed it. Yeah, that's the other thing for you. You know, ah we're obviously a lot smaller than you are as far as numbers and stats and stuff like that. But it's crazy because I'll post something that is so incredibly fucking stupid.
01:01:56
Speaker
And it'll...
01:01:59
Speaker
3,000 views, the likes, the comments. And then like something that I put work into, like a clip from a show, which is, in my opinion, and you know even our pant or our chatter's box when we're live, is absolutely fucking hilarious. And I'll post it on social media and it's crickets.
01:02:16
Speaker
The problem is, is the algorithm isn't for you. That's the problem. That's the hardest part for a creator to understand is that the algorithm is not for you. It's for everybody watching. And so it all depends on how many people within the first couple of minutes, like it, share it, do whatever they do with it.
01:02:34
Speaker
That causes something to be be propelled. And it's different for every platform. um Each platform has its own way of doing things, but basically that first 20 or 30 minutes is what matters the most for a video. And so if the right people see it and the right people touch it and the right people move it,
01:02:51
Speaker
that's what will cause something to go viral. And most of the time it's the stupidest stuff. It's just stupid. without um and Not the stuff you plan for to to go crazy. It just happens. And then you're like, okay, well that's good day. Yeah.
01:03:04
Speaker
You know, it's, it, the, the algorithm is a finicky monster because don't like my personal stuff, my personal like TikTok page and stuff like that. It had traction.
01:03:15
Speaker
And then I take my shirt off and then it's a whole new world. And it's like, I'm not even in that great of shape, but I take my shirt off and it's just like... You don't have to be.
01:03:26
Speaker
The video's been up for two minutes and it's already got over a thousand views and you know hundreds. I'm like, what the hell? that a Skin always works. That's why that's why i can never catch up with these girls.
01:03:39
Speaker
I look like a shaved Sasquatch at the end of the day. You're like, come on. Come on, you're killing me too, Tom. like I'm about to do it on our nonsensical nonsense page. I'm about to start dropping our network page. I'm about to start dropping some thirst traps on that bitch so we can get some followers. You might as well. Have you ever seen a, ah who are they? Dadbods and where they got the, the dad bod. Yeah.
01:04:05
Speaker
I can't remember the two guys that have beards. Um, they do know those guys. Yeah. guy big i know a very large I can't remember. i can't remember their names right now, but they did a couple thirst trap videos and it helped them out a lot.
01:04:19
Speaker
It really did. They did a couple of shirtless bearded guy thirst trap videos and it helped out a lot. Well, boys, I know you're going to make fun of me, Mike and Blaze, but I got to do what I got to do for the network. No one's no one's better made a better thirst trap video than me. No, those are not thirst traps. Those are bottle-inducing.
01:04:36
Speaker
and That'll get you restricted from a school zone. and Michael's already not allowed within 500 yards of playgrounds in preschool. Yeah.
01:04:46
Speaker
yeah No, it really is. It's crazy you know how you find yourself in that in that algorithm monster when you don't even mean to. i
01:04:57
Speaker
But yeah, sometimes sometimes a little... ah Sex sells at the end of the day. Oh, yeah. You obviously don't need it. I don't. I don't i refuse. I refuse. I just don't promise that just, well, I'm not there yet. I need to keep it in my back pocket just in case. Right. So don't give it up if you don't have to.
01:05:15
Speaker
I'm not starving yet. That's for the resurgence tour. that's Yeah. that's That's like when we, if i if I get to the gutter point, okay, it's time to start showing some skin. And they're not going to be impressed.
01:05:28
Speaker
It's going to be a very short video.
01:05:34
Speaker
I'm telling you, man, it's it's a weird world we live in. Apparently the dad bods and the beards are taking over the world. But again, it's like you said, it's stupid. There's that there's that kid, I can't think of his name.
01:05:46
Speaker
Big dude. Great big dude. But the only content he puts out is him doing the same stupid dance to the same chicken noodle soup song. like If it's not broken. If it's not broken. and He's a great big dude. I'm just like,
01:06:03
Speaker
speaks volumes about our our civilization and the society we live in today. I'm not mad at it. That's why I use idiocracy in a lot of my videos is for that reason. Exactly. Everybody can relate to it that's seen the movie and they're like, yeah, we're going there.
01:06:19
Speaker
By the way, san tarantula mentioned a dedecracy earlier I have six pairs of Crocs. so Oh, man. That's six more than me. Dude, Crocs will change your life.
01:06:31
Speaker
These things will change your freaking life, man. You got to get up here. I have converted so many people. I've tried them, but my problem is, is yes, they are comfortable. I'll give you that.
01:06:42
Speaker
They are comfortable. But my feet sweat. that's okay. You can rinse them off. oh Yeah, but no, then it's uncomfortable and then it's like, then I want to just squeak in when I walk around. Yeah, no, it's just a whole, there's a whole bevy of problems when it comes to ah me and Crocs. Like, they are very comfortable. and Like, to wear them around the house or if I'm just like barbecuing on the patio or something like that, but to like,
01:07:08
Speaker
wear them for a full day on the weekend with my full data tire cargo shorts. And yeah I think it accentuates the data tire. I think it just, it is like the chef's kiss to a full data tire. It's that coup de gras.
01:07:22
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. You, you won't do it yet. Tarantula. You won't do it yet. Only Everybody. I'm not proud of that.
01:07:36
Speaker
I'm not proud of that moment, please, but it happened and it's a thing. So it's there. Once it's on the internet, it's there forever. I can't change it. Yeah, man. Like I said, they are very comfortable. My kids all wear Crocs and they they are very comfortable. I just, I can't, I can't get past the, uh, the feet sweats.
01:07:54
Speaker
And I did one set my feet start sweating in them and it's, it's just game over. And then I'm mad at the world and I want to punch a baby. and travel over me and Never, never, never go full punch a baby.
01:08:06
Speaker
Yeah. and go full but microwave Sometimes a baby needs punched. I'm just saying. They do. Only when they're cute. When they're cute, you got to punch them. I punch cute babies all the time. i' like that fucking baby. You hear that? Bring bring ah bring bring your cute babies to the Gen X Takeover comedy show. and Yeah, I will sacrifice them on stage right there.
01:08:28
Speaker
Dad bought a veteran. Kissing hands and shaking babies.
Stage Fright and Comedy Show Dynamics
01:08:31
Speaker
That's right. Kissing hands and shaking babies. Give me that cute baby. We actually did have somebody bring a baby to the New Orleans show. That was weird. that is weird Why would you bring a baby to a show? Why would you bring a geriatric comedy show? It was the late show, actually.
01:08:48
Speaker
It's like, why dot why is there a baby here? and like I don't know if he's going to get the joke.
01:08:56
Speaker
Yeah, it's good times. I'm childish, but not that childish. Yeah, yeah. So, did you have any preconceived notions of what comedy might be, stand-up comedy, when you got into it?
01:09:08
Speaker
I'm assuming you're a fan of comedy anyway, going in love comedy. Of course, who doesn't? That's who. Yeah. I, I, the only thing I've noticed that you have any like thoughts you thought for sure we're goingnna be.
01:09:19
Speaker
And then as your experience has almost bloomed into a year now, I thought that, uh, I thought that all, all comedians had mental issues, which maybe they do. Uh, maybe I just don't, um, I'm not diagnosed yet or something.
01:09:32
Speaker
Um, Oh, you're on the spectrum. Yeah. I was ADHD when I was a kid. um Yeah, I i didn't. I've never been a stage guy, believe it or not. I don't really like the stage. Doing social media content is easy for me because I'm talking to my camera.
01:09:51
Speaker
I'm not talking to any individual. I'm just recording a video and then I kind of post it blindly and don't worry about it. You know what I mean? it So I don't, I don't see the eyes back at me, but I have severe stage fright.
01:10:03
Speaker
I really do like vomit all over my sweater. Mom's spaghetti kind of stage fright. Yeah. um I actually was going to have that be my intro song. The first time I did that, did the set, but because I have slim Sherry there, I couldn't cause she's like the real slim Sherry. So she took, um, um,
01:10:23
Speaker
So I, I didn't, I was not ready to do comedy. I wasn't ready. I'm still not ready to do comedy. Um, but I'm doing it because I'm here and I got nothing better to do.
01:10:34
Speaker
No, I, I love, I absolutely love doing it, but I do have a lot of nerves around doing standup comedy that I have not fully gotten over with. It's getting better. It's much like flying.
01:10:46
Speaker
I hate to fly. That's a whole nother story. So I didn't know there wasn't that much work into it. was the other way. Because I thought this shit was easy.
01:10:57
Speaker
I thought that like comedians, maybe it is easy when they get up to, the you know, really big times. But it's not easy here. lot By the time you get big, yeah, it's easy because you've done it for so long. Yeah, you've done it for so long and your sets are routine and, you know, you can do the same set. Nobody cares. They're just going to show up. But, you know, we kind of have to work for it. And then there's all the...
01:11:16
Speaker
There's all the behind the scenes stuff that goes on to make this show happen. That's a lot. That's a lot with production and stuff. i again Production and agents and contracts and finance and, you know, electrical and audio visual that I don't know anything about.
01:11:31
Speaker
um There's a lot of things that happen and it's, and I'm the kind of person that wants to be involved in everything because that's what I'm good at. um I'm not a performer, so I'd rather be behind the scenes, but I can't.
01:11:44
Speaker
So I have to trust the people that are there. What up, Brent? um It's funny that you say that, you know, having the stage fright thing, because I've had that discussion with people before about myself personally, because I have the worst stage fright.
01:11:59
Speaker
I have to be somebody else. I have to literally become somebody else to get on the stage. yeah like I have to be like, I'm not me for this next 20 minutes while I'm doing my set. I am that person that they want to see.
01:12:10
Speaker
And that's what makes it easier. Exactly. And they're like, like how you how do you have stage fright? You do streaming and the podcasting and everything else. That's easy. It's big difference when I'm sitting in my room staring at a camera.
01:12:23
Speaker
Yeah, I got camera right here. Nobody's looking back at me. There's nobody looking back at me except for the people on the panel. And I know there's people watching the show, don't see them. Yeah, not seeing them. Yeah. that's you That's what's great about being on stage though. That exchange of energy, man. yeah but yeah that's what hate argue so That's the good part is when you get the, when you get that first laugh, once you get that first big laugh, it's done.
01:12:44
Speaker
It's done. Then you're like, okay, I own this. yeah Yeah. Or, or, or, yeah. Or you get that pop because. Michael and I share a mutual friend, and Michael don't know what this is about, but i got that he's a he's a musician. He has a band, the Southern Outlaws Band, and I was fortunate enough to emcee a show for them that they did a charity event for our veterans.
01:13:04
Speaker
And you know Michael, you know he's he's ah he's a big-time stand-up comedian. He's used to being in front of crowds, but he's never emceed these guys for in their concert. But um I was a mess. The ultimate heel, the ultimate heel, this guy right here.
01:13:21
Speaker
But ah I was a mess because i don't I don't like to get up in front of people. I don't like to talk. and like i don't and i don't like I don't want all them eyes on me. And there was zi you know there was there was there was a pretty large crowd for this event.
01:13:33
Speaker
and And, you know, and I'm drinking a little bit. I didn't want to get too drunk, but I wanted to take the edge off. And of course, everybody there, they're hyping me up. They're just like, be you, be you, be you. But like you said, that big, that first big laugh, when I got that first big pop, when I, when I got up on stage, it was like, hell yeah, I got this.
01:13:52
Speaker
I'm the fucking man. You know, like. The one thing that gets better is the bigger the stage, the bigger the spotlight, the less you can see. Yeah. this is that This is at an outdoor event. So I could literally see there were no spots. I could see all of them. And when I first come up on stage, they're just like, who the fuck is this jerk off?
01:14:15
Speaker
We didn't come here to see him. Hold on a second. But like I said, I got that first pop. And once I got it, then it was like, hell yeah. Okay, this is cool. and it's like ah And I don't know. i' mean I'm sure I've talked to Michael about this, but I want to ask you as well.
01:14:28
Speaker
It's like a drug. you know you you know You've done it a few times. it's You're constantly chasing that high again, and that that adrenaline high. yeah Whenever I leave whenever we leave the venue and we leave the shows and we go back home, that's that's there's a little bit of depression because our shows aren't all the time. It's like at least a week or two between shows. Right now it's a month between shows. and then Then we're going to have a pretty tight stretch between shows yeah August through November.
01:14:55
Speaker
Um, but it's, it's hard to actually go home because you're leaving all that energy and you're leaving all that excitement and you're leaving all that, all that fun that you just had. And you're leaving the feeling of being on stage and you know, you're not gonna be able have it for a while.
01:15:08
Speaker
Um, so we, we actually said, we're like, look, can we just get our schedule to where we're just like out for two weeks or three weeks or four weeks or whatever, and just be hardcore hitting it. yeah Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that because nobody wants to go to a show on a Tuesday night.
01:15:23
Speaker
They only want to go like Thursday, Friday, Saturday. so we We do have to balance between the two. The energy awesome. The feeling is awesome. You guys should check out the Columbus, Ohio Funny Bone.
01:15:37
Speaker
I think that's a great location for you guys to go. I'm not saying that because it's only 45 minutes from my house. but but i we've got We've already done Cleveland and now we're going to do Cincinnati. And, you know, we've got a whole country that we got. We haven't been to California. and It is.
01:15:54
Speaker
it is Listen, here's here's what I know about Ohio is everyone is from Ohio, but nobody moves to Ohio. You're 100% right. That is the truth about it. It's like the Jerusalem of America.
01:16:07
Speaker
like you could Everybody can six degrees of separation themselves back to Ohio. um But there is nobody that's like, yeah, man, you want to move to Ohio? no yeah no No. Nobody wants to move to.
01:16:20
Speaker
yeah I'm born and raised here, and I and and i and i tried to get out. I tried to get out. I got out for 10 years and I was like, hell yeah, let's go. I'm free. I got out. How's the It keeps sucking me and my ex-wife was the My ex-wife was the black hole that sucked me back to Ohio because she was like, I'm going back to Ohio with the kids. And I was like, the hell if you are in South Carolina. Guess what, buddy?
01:16:47
Speaker
You're a dad. Your rights mean nothing. And I said, well, okay, I guess I'm going back to Ohio. Because I didn't want to be 12 hours. Tarantula, we're coming to Arizona and we're coming to Mesa in March. That hasn't been released yet.
01:17:00
Speaker
Has not been released yet. was' my Exclusives. I always get the exclusives on this network. yeah yeah i've got a whole list marches march is gonna be big we have seven shows in march of next year so oh your road warriors yeah so but you know obviously you being in the military you you you got to travel when you were in the military and stuff like that what's that like for you to on come back home and now you're doing this and you're just yeah on a boat with a bunch of dudes and with a bunch of dudes um this is easy this is this is really easy i mean
01:17:33
Speaker
my i I had a corporate job. I still have a corporate job until the end of this year that I travel for all the time. and I don't have any kids at home, so that's that makes it even easier. Plus, the missus, she works from home and travels as well. so um we're we are going to be this is This is a blast for us because she tries to come to every show as well. so this is like We're in our 40s. We don't have any kids.
01:17:55
Speaker
Let's just go on the road. and like i mean You still have kids. They just don't live with you. Well, they're all old and they're supposed to be giving me grandkids, which is another joke that I do. um So, yeah, they're they're all doing their lives and we're like old people now.
01:18:09
Speaker
So let's go do old people's shit and just travel. but So we get to do it and let somebody else pay for it. Yeah, 100%. but to do one hundred percent Yeah, I'm all about figuring out life to let somebody else pay for everything. So that's where I'm
Touring Life and Personal Encounters
01:18:22
Speaker
at.
01:18:22
Speaker
So, yeah, the traveling part is easy. Way easy. i want every I want somebody else to pay for it and i want somebody else to do it for me. Now I want somebody else to start organizing it. That could be the next one is they can start organizing my travel.
01:18:34
Speaker
That's when I think I've made it is when that. And if we ever get on a private flight, that's when I think you really made it. If you get a private at think time, Mr. Big time over here, got my own private job. We're not there. We're not there.
01:18:46
Speaker
I'm like spirit airlines is expensive. You know, I'm not there yet. Um, but maybe one day be nice. Southwest rewards number, baby. Yeah.
01:18:58
Speaker
So coming into doing this, doing this like comedy tour, this Gen X comedy tour, and the four of you are all pretty, you guys are, you guys are all big names. Was there pressure on you coming in? Cause you know, you, I mean, across the board, I mean, I don't want to throw any numbers or anything out there, but y'all can go check out his social media.
01:19:17
Speaker
He's not hard to find. Just put in the 5.7. 5.7 is number.
01:19:22
Speaker
Nice. 5.7 million. That's across all social media. Yeah. yeah there I wish I was that on one platform. That'd great.
01:19:34
Speaker
Yeah. but i mean that's ah so But you're coming in and it already feels like you know you're a big name. you're You're obviously known. Was there any added pressure on on you for that? and And the other three individuals that are with you, they're not small timers on the social media.
01:19:51
Speaker
I mean, they're all they're all well really well known. Did you guys kind of come in like, oh shit, we're not, you know, you're not Tom Segura, you're not Burt Kreischer anything like that. because we're all like, very we're all like working people.
01:20:02
Speaker
i mean, we're all working class people. Like, I don't see myself as anybody special. i I, you know, I shit on the same type of toilet that everybody else does. I put my pants on one leg time. My pants aren't even really nice. in fact, I don't ever actually wear pants. It's always shorts.
01:20:16
Speaker
um I don't, I don't see myself as that, that the world might see me as. And I don't ever want to see myself as that. And so I didn't expect anything. I was more, I felt more ah pressure of like, I hope that I don't, you know, make myself look like an asshole up here.
01:20:32
Speaker
Yeah. Embarrass the crap out of myself. um But you know how I perceive myself and how other people perceive me and the dad bod and all that personality stuff is, is different.
01:20:43
Speaker
Yeah. I, like I said, I have to put myself in the mindset of what the people want when I'm on stage. I'm not me. I'm what they're asking and then what they paid to see. Uh, and so I've got to make that.
01:20:54
Speaker
I'm a kid. I'm kind of a character because me personally, I'm not that funny. I'm really not that funny. like I'm not at all. So dumb I wish I wish I had that problem. I wish I had that problem because me in real life is just amazing. Just like I am on the podcast.
01:21:09
Speaker
The greatest of everything I do. See, so you don't even have to transition. You don't even have to do that. You don't have to kind know put the face on. It's, it's, ah you know, not all heroes wear capes at the end of the day, John.
01:21:22
Speaker
some some Some people just, you know, I just go back to being mild-mannered Clark beard um at home, and that's fine. I'm okay with it. and and And I don't, i mean you know, i I still get stopped. and in it That was one of the hardest things is it's getting stopped at public.
01:21:38
Speaker
was going to ask you, what's it like to be recognized? That was hard. That was way, that's probably the hardest thing. Because I would be like, oh, yeah, hey, I'm like shying away. And it took me a really long time.
01:21:50
Speaker
It took the missus. It took her. She got involved and she would be like, she, she had like a cattle prod behind me. She'd be like, go talk to them. They're like, go take a picture with them. Like go say hi to them. She carried my, you know challenge coins and some stickers in her purse and she'll like get involved. And she, she's, she very much has been a proponent of making sure that I don't fuck that up because I had remember again,
01:22:12
Speaker
What they're expecting versus what I think of myself are different. They're expecting this this person that's, you know, relatable. And, you know, I'm in i'm in their phone every day ah with the videos they love. And they expect that I engage with them and and do all those things. And it's it's hard to to become that person.
01:22:32
Speaker
um But I've learned through many different interactions how to do it. sometimes Yeah, sometimes you just gotta... a yeah That's cool. that it sounds like It sounds like Mrs. Dad Bot is fully embracing the success and the fame and whatnot. She was completely against it when we started.
01:22:50
Speaker
Was she really? She was totally against it. That's why it's so funny. Now she sees it can put some cheddar cheese in the bag. Yeah, exactly. now she's like she would be like she's like, I can't believe you're spending all that time on heart. What you doing?
01:23:04
Speaker
What are you doing out there? Who are you talking to? All it is is women that are saying you got pretty eyes. I don't want to see that. This is stupid. This is going to make you look bad. shoot and now yeah well She's like, why are you in the living room? You need to get on the porch.
01:23:19
Speaker
You're supposed to be on the porch. You're supposed to make videos because it's that time of day. You need to go make some videos. Now she's whoring you out. that's just more She is. She's like, don't you have a show to go to?
01:23:30
Speaker
Did you get an offer for a new show? You better take it. I don't care if it's in Siberia. Go.
01:23:36
Speaker
let's go i gotta go i love it i love it she's awesome she's awesome she's good she's she has definitely made made this possible without her um it'd be very difficult she actually runs the merch table sometimes at the shows yeah so if you if you go uh to the show in mesa tarantula she might be at the merch table just hit her up say thank you for being awesome and making sure that he does this She'll be like, fuck, I ain't doing that. But she's like the most antisocial person in the world.
01:24:06
Speaker
She's antisocial, i completely antisocial. I fully expect ah VIP backstage passes when we come to Cincinnati. You got it. You got As soon as you pay back to be at the Ticketmaster, you got it. How do I get press passes?
01:24:24
Speaker
I'm going to go to the merch table, and and and if she's there, I'm going to say, hey, yeah Mrs. Dadbot, I'm going to go to the merch table. Just want to let you know if he has pretty eyes. You know, we've got, we have these security guys, our security guys. I love our security. I see that. They're actually just regular old dudes that we hired and because they're cheap and that's why we hired them. But one of them is a giant six foot ah million ginger who wears,
01:24:48
Speaker
bib overalls he's from north carolina he's a farmer from north carolina who wears bib overalls and it's probably the most intimidating dude you've ever seen in your life i converted him to crocs by the way he now wears crocs at the shows but he's our security guy he's a giant fucking teddy bear he is a teddy bear but he is the most intimidating dude in the world like if he just stands over you like oh please don't kill me and bury you me in your backyard i know you have a pig farm
01:25:14
Speaker
That's great. love it. ginger and in overalls and crocs. A ginger with a big old beard, like my beard, in overall and and a shirt that says security under it. You can see it under his bib overalls and crocs.
01:25:28
Speaker
yeah Yeah, he could be four foot three and he's going to be terrifying. You're just like, many I know you're going chop me up and feed me the pigs. please Yeah, because i im waiting for that I'm waiting for a true crime documentary to come out about this guy at this point. I don't even know anything about him. He's a freaking teddy bear. He's the biggest teddy bear in the world.
01:25:48
Speaker
He's awesome. It's just so much fun. We have such a ragtag bunch of people that run our show. It's and I think that's a cool thing. I think that's a cool thing. Learning that about you guys. And I think that's really cool that you're still just normal people because sometimes people, and this happens with Tik Tokers or, or YouTubers or whatever, excuse me, they, they reach a level of success and they forget who they were.
01:26:16
Speaker
And and ah that's really cool to me that you guys are just like, this who we are. We're just average people doing. The worst thing that's going to happen to me is I might get a nice car. But other than that, I'm not changing anything.
01:26:28
Speaker
I'm going to eat at the same restaurants. I'm still going to wipe with the same toilet paper. None of that's going to change. I just feel bad for you that you're stuck putting your pants on one leg at time. You figured out how do it two legs a time? I do. I'm the greatest at everything I do. Two legs.
01:26:43
Speaker
you haven't figured you figured out out how to do it two legs at a time i do man i told you i'm the greatest of at everything i do legs like I need some lessons. yeah because i am I don't know. i wish i Listen, I can barely do it one leg at a time without falling over. yeah I was going to say, we might be getting a little bit too old for for me to be teaching you how to do it two legs at a time. Oh, my God. Somebody gave me ah a sock putter on thing.
01:27:08
Speaker
It's like a little device where you put your foot in there and it puts your sock on for you as a joke. I threw it away, and I'm so kicking myself for that. that's sort That's a thing. It's a thing. Yes. It's an actual thing. Like you put your sock in it and then you put your foot into the device and it puts your sock on.
01:27:25
Speaker
Yeah. It's a thing. big Somebody got got me one as a joke and I'm like, this isn't funny. And I threw it away. Susan, I got to get on Amazon. I hate to break it to you. You know how many times I've pulled my back out or my bags popped out just putting my socks on.
01:27:41
Speaker
Dude, I need that in Velcro. i'm um but I'm about there. um about the Velcro. I've got a three and a half foot long shoehorn. There you go.
01:27:52
Speaker
Yeah, um i wear um I wear boots, so I just got to slide my feet into them and hope that when I bend over to put my pant legs over top of them. I can't tell you how many times I sit on the edge of the bed and I got to use both hands and do the grunt and grab my leg and pull it up so I can put my sock on.
01:28:10
Speaker
And it's just that pop or that crack. And it's like, Oh, I guess I'm not going to work today. I'll be here for you. You ever accordion yourself with your own fat and blow your own air out as you're bending over. for accordioning yourself and i actually wrote a i actually wrote a script tomorrow about um the aches and pains of putting your shoes on at an old age and the fact that you got to make noises so that's going to be a good one for tomorrow just just keep that there but yeah i've i got a bad hip too so i can't actually get my one of my feet up to me so it's it's like this magical contortion act where i actually put my foot behind me and my shoe is somewhere around there and i'm reaching back and i'm trying to put it's
01:28:49
Speaker
It's fun. It's fun to watch. Not for much longer, man. You're going to be 100% before you know Yeah, yeah, 100%. You're going to be able to put your... Mrs. Dad Bod's going to be putting your leg up behind your head before you know it. You can do that once.
01:29:01
Speaker
She can do that once. and As Toby Keith once said, I'm as good as I was once. Man, thats that looks like a lot of work.
01:29:12
Speaker
Is that sock putter on her? little bit of both. little column A, a little column B. yeah but Penis pump and sock putter on her. Definitely my bag, baby.
01:29:26
Speaker
Shut up and take my money. Birth control of some sort. took 60 seconds to find it for me. Yeah, trust me. If you're if your significant other sees you used in that, it's definitely going to be birth control because she's never to have sex with you again. I promise you. What makes you think it's happening now?
01:29:46
Speaker
oh god can't afford the calories exactly exactly it's planned it's always planned always planned wednesday 4th yeah exactly wednesday the 4th we gotta make sure nobody eats anything spicy we're not gonna have heartburn we gotta to do it between the hours of 7 and 8 p.m because otherwise i'm gonna fall asleep and yeah should we take a shower first and yeah it's We would get our stretches in. i understand I understand. Get out of my head, dude. This is weird. Get out of my head.
01:30:20
Speaker
Why people stop doing it. I get it. I understand why they just like, yeah, do old. Fuck this. yeah Fuck it. I refuse to get old. You guys can be old. I refuse to be old. um a Hashtag worth it.
01:30:31
Speaker
Whatever happens, it happens. I'll deal with the consequences later. I mean, that's a That's always that's always that's always a choice. that's always a choice until Until, you know, get that heart palpitation when you're halfway through because you decided to do it on a different diet.
01:30:47
Speaker
Oh, my God. I'm so terrified. There's a movie out there. it' I think it's a Stephen King movie. It's called Gerald's Game. And it's about a couple who go to this secluded cabin for a week, a romantic weekend getaway, blah, blah. And they want to spice up the sex life.
01:31:04
Speaker
And he handcuffs her to the bed. And right in the middle of it, he has a heart attack and dies. I think I saw that. i think I saw that. I think it's i can't remember who's in it maybe Maybe the hot Judd sister.
01:31:18
Speaker
know, the Judds. Yeah. But she's literally handcuffed to the bed, and she's in the middle of nowhere. He's dead, and she's just like, what do I do? but like that is ah that is a legit fear of mine right now.
01:31:30
Speaker
Wait, is she going to handcuff you to the bed, are you going to handcuff her? Well, whoever. I mean, if she handcuffs me to the I feel like I'm...
01:31:40
Speaker
Hopefully not me. Wait, I better not say that out loud. We're live, right? on the eat I've stopped just because I was out of breath. All right, we're done. yeah exactly. You've made it good enough for me. I want to get some sleep. oh What about you? What about me? i just want to get some sleep.
01:31:57
Speaker
I got what I needed. I got what I needed. got what i need um fine I refuse to get old. I refuse. i'm not giving ah You don't have a choice. you get one my body yeah You can get old or you can die.
01:32:11
Speaker
Hashtag worth it.
01:32:16
Speaker
That's choice too. Yeah. yeah might My body can say one thing, but my brain still is reciting in my head the Toys R Us oath that I took as a child. I don't want to be a Toys R Us kid.
01:32:31
Speaker
I always say I'm one of the Lost Boys, Peter Pan style. I'm never growing up. Yeah, that's not where I thought you were talking about. I thought you were talking about the Lost Boys movie with the vampires. I was like, what?
01:32:47
Speaker
Calm down, Michael. Big Dumb Animal. Right there, you see it in my name. BDAE, Big Dumb Animal Energy, all day long. No.
01:32:58
Speaker
no Oh, my God. it's been What's been the biggest surprise about your rapid climb into fame?
01:33:08
Speaker
That so many people know who I am.
01:33:12
Speaker
It's just strange getting hit up in public. I know. It's just a weird thing. I mean, it's not just a public thing. it's ah I mean, that there's a lot of people that know a lot about me. A lot more than I thought should.
01:33:24
Speaker
But that's you know that comes with the territory. um Like from Google searches or just by what you've... I don't know. if you i mean you I've Google searched myself and you know how Google will automatically give you the fill-in of what people are searching? you know they'll They're like...
01:33:43
Speaker
what is the dad bod? And then it'll say something like net worth or something like that. What is the dad bod's net worth? It'll automatically populate. Dad bod kids. Yeah. Who's the dad bod's wife? You know, whatever. ah What's the dad bod's shoe size? It's stupid shit like that.
01:33:56
Speaker
But it's, it's interesting to see what people search about me. Cause it's like, it's like, that's not, why are you, why are you searching that? Why are you searching that part of me? But you know, this is a wide open world that people do a lot of weird things.
01:34:12
Speaker
um dad bod nudes has you have you seen that one dad bod nudes i haven't seen thank god i haven't seen that one that would be hilarious to find out about yourself yeah promise whatever whatever ai nudes they generate are going to be better than the real thing they're going to be way better than the real thing because i am a dumpy pile of mashed potatoes okay there's nothing there's nothing great to this um Dad bod means spongy pudding like.
01:34:39
Speaker
Yeah, dad bod is not. That that that doesn't equal the you know fitness model. That's not what dad bods They're dopey. They're out of shape.
01:34:51
Speaker
They're old. Gelatinous is another word that we could use. Gelatinous. Yeah. so I find the only way for me to tighten it up is to eat too much, and then it's hard to push on your belly. Yeah.
01:35:05
Speaker
ah You're buying the domain dadbodnudes.com? Well, good, because you have dadbodnudes. That could be any dadbod. That's not me. But it's a good domain name, actually, if you think about it.
01:35:18
Speaker
I bought all my domain names just to make sure nobody else would have them. I had to spend a lot of money for the dadbod veteran one. I was like, wow, why did somebody hoard this? People just started doing all sorts of things just to have them so they could...
01:35:32
Speaker
They do. is ah It's like somebody pops off. It's weird. They go and buy, like, like Hak tua girl. The Hak tua, um it it has actually been patented by somebody else.
01:35:45
Speaker
So she had to buy it from them. She had to buy the patent from them. So, yeah. Weird. It's weird how this world works. People just do stuff like that.
01:35:56
Speaker
But no, I... Other than, you know, like I said, I still try to live a very normal life. There's nothing eccentric or exciting about me other than when I go on stage.
01:36:07
Speaker
um That's been the most interesting part is the stage part, seeing how that all unfolds and how people react to you. And like and the the VIP lines, the people that you get to shake hands with and stuff like that.
01:36:20
Speaker
That's that's pretty cool. That's really cool stuff.
The Formation and Unique Style of the Comedy Group
01:36:23
Speaker
Um, new chances has been my favorite thing. I'm a people person. I'm different than you. I'm not introverted at all. I love to meet people. I love talking to people. That's just who I am.
01:36:31
Speaker
Yeah. I love to meet people. i love to talk to people. I do. I just don't, I don't see myself as what they see me as, you know what I mean? I'm a very much a people person. I just don't. That's staying humble part. Yeah. I don't see them as, um is getting that part of, you know, playing the part of what everybody thinks I am.
01:36:48
Speaker
That's the, that's the harder part. but You're that character. You've already said so yourself. You're you're already dichotomous. You're very confused in your own mental state. You're going to make excellent stand-up. Mental illness is key. Mental illness is key. very It's very important part of this.
01:37:05
Speaker
Rule number one, be crazy as hell. We've got a pretty crazy group. Very crazy group. How did the four of you guys link up?
01:37:16
Speaker
ah You said you guys have never met or anything like that? Put together like a boy band by producers? No, no. We we decided... the ah what What happened was, like I said, Sherry and Nick knew each other because they had went to the Cheer Choice Awards in Vegas the year before.
01:37:31
Speaker
And so they were chatting and they said, well, who else could we bring on and make a foursome? to just hang out with or who else they didn't. It wasn't supposed to be a foursome. It was just like, who else do you want to hang out with?
01:37:41
Speaker
And they kind of went through the Rolodex of people who were Gen X on social media. And they were about the same size. And me and Kelly were about the same size. And so that's really what it was. And and we responded to the, to the text.
01:37:55
Speaker
That's how it happened. There was no magic sauce. Did you guys have any interaction at all before that or anything like that? I mean, Sherry and I had DMed a little bit because we are, we have been on a parallel path.
01:38:07
Speaker
We started about the same time and our trajectory has been about the same on all the platforms. And we're really close in followership on all the platforms. um I think she's like, got me by like a hundred thousand on Instagram whatever.
01:38:20
Speaker
maybe I think I've got her by like 200,000 on Tik TOK. I mean, we're very close on all the, all the platforms. Nick and Kelly have been doing it a lot longer. Um, so they've got a more established following, but they're not as, they're not as spread out across all the platforms like Sherry and I are. So, um, we're, we're all the same size and it just happened to be that, you know, uh, Sherry knew that she could get ahold of me, uh, when,
01:38:44
Speaker
they were going down the Rolodex of people and I responded and said yes. And the rest is history. And Kelly must've responded to Nick, I guess. ah And then we never even met until we all showed up in Nashville.
01:38:58
Speaker
Oh, hell yeah. Kicked it all off. And we were already, but we when we showed up in Nashville, we were already planned to do that, um to do that comedy tour. or the the comedy show in Nashville. It was already, all of that had already been decided before we got there. So we basically just accidentally walked into doing comedy together.
01:39:19
Speaker
I guess you could say it worked out. you guys clicked and yelled. Yeah, we could. Oh, it, trust me. is that it's It has not been, it has not been all roses. It has not been all roses. We got personalities. I mean, we got big personalities. I'm one of them.
01:39:33
Speaker
My personality is in one direction. Others are in other directions, but, So we've clashed, but we've also we've also kept the thought process in front of us. in fact, we've had a couple, what we call come to Jesus meetings where we said, okay, do we want to keep doing this? We don't want to keep doing this. But we always keep that the whole idea behind this was to interact with our fans.
01:39:53
Speaker
right It's not about the money. It's not about the the stardom or whatever else happens with it. It's about giving the opportunity for all these fans that we have to have an in-person interaction with us through the comedy show. so When we have those Come to Jesus meetings and we bring that up, it makes things a whole lot easier to get past whatever our hiccup is. and As long as we do that, I think we're going to be fine and we'll be doing this for Any any relationship, communications, Keith.
01:40:22
Speaker
Yeah, and it's the hardest thing. It's the hardest thing, especially when you've got more than two people. Hell, it's hard enough when you've two people. That's why you do what I do, and you hire people beneath you.
01:40:33
Speaker
Well, you don't hire them, just bring people beneath you yeah that what they know what did that hire they they they They come into the situation already knowing who daddy is. And then there's no push. Well, and that's, and we have those, right? And that's another, another paradigm that we've created.
01:40:49
Speaker
It's like, we're, I guess we're being talked about in comedy circles that we don't know about because of the trajectory that we've been on and how fast we've climbed and et cetera. And how you don't make your pieces of shit.
01:41:00
Speaker
yeah yeah that's awesome good for you that means you're doing something right fuck that well they say your comedy show breaks all the rules because you're four you're four performers and you're all balanced that doesn't work i'm like yeah does watch um and we have music in there so we do music and we do sing-alongs and we do we do a lot of interactive stuff in our show um and they they're like, you can't do that. And we're like, and we're going to do it because a, we don't know what we're doing.
01:41:25
Speaker
So no one can tell us that we're doing it wrong. Right. Because we don't know. And we've brought some, you know, we brought some professionals on, we've got tour manager and we've got a host who's part of the show. And, you know, they're, they're employees of the company though.
01:41:39
Speaker
They're not, they're not telling us what to do. We four are telling them what we're going to do, you know? Yeah. And so it's a different, if it's a different for somebody at our size, it's, we're presenting ourselves more like somebody who's bigger. Um, and we're telling the industry what we're willing to do, um, which is different for somebody. You're being the first you, not the next somebody else. There's something wrong. There's going to be another thing. You're doing it right.
01:42:05
Speaker
Yeah. And man I think there's more than people lost in the, they get lost in the money and they get lost in the fame and they get lost in the opportunity and we don't care. We're social media creators. We're still going make content. We're still going make money off social media.
01:42:19
Speaker
um So if this succeeds, if it fails, ah whatever. It's no big deal. You'll do it your way. Yeah, what do is it's Frank Sinatra. It's my way. um Yeah, you know, i yeah I was fortunate enough to have Michael and a couple of his comedian friends come up a couple weeks ago and on on my on my interview show, my music show.
01:42:40
Speaker
My music show, I had comedians on it. But as an outsider looking in, I said, you know, I learned something. i had I got the opportunity to go down to Florida. I've got several friends that are stand-up comedians, musicians, podcasters, radio show guys down in Tampa.
01:42:56
Speaker
And, you know, being a fan of comedy, one thing I realized real fast when I was down there, comedians are the biggest diva crybabies you will ever come across and i said and i said that to michael before we did the show because mike and i are friends like he's on the network with us and he was like bro you're 100 right like that is that is 100 accurate and i would love to talk about it tonight because i never asked him that question was most surprising for him yeah i never realized that experience until i was kind of thrown into and i wasn't
01:43:29
Speaker
doing anything other than just going down there as a friend and a and and getting to see shows and stuff like that. But I was like, Jesus Christ. On social media, these guys act one way. But in real life, they'll they'll fucking stab their own granny in the throat if it means they can get ahead of the next guy. It's a cutthroat business for those that are playing by the rules.
01:43:48
Speaker
I've never been like that ever. And I never will be. You don't have to step on somebody else to get it. You just don't have to. okay yeah Okay. Hold on a second. Go back to what Tarantula just said. Completely off topic. Sorry, my ADHD just kicked in. And I caught part of that comment.
01:44:04
Speaker
Off topic of comedy. The three of you have amazing beards. What do you use or do to maintain them? Allow the females to know so they can buy. a There you go. So they can buy whatever ah for their guy they're with.
01:44:17
Speaker
That's just comb. i have i have I have product and I have a guy. i You have a guy. I need a guy.
01:44:29
Speaker
You need to get a guy. well would you mean it You have a guy who who cuts it and trims it? Yeah. yeah Oh, yeah, I have a guy. Yeah, I have a guy who actually threatened to kick my ass because I trimmed my beard one time and I fucked it up. And he was like, if you ever touch it again, i will beat the brakes off you by barber. He was like, I will beat the brakes off of you. Like, I promise you, I will. He trimmed it once. He's the only guy that comes anywhere near anything sharp.
01:44:55
Speaker
uh near this with anything sharp he's the only person allowed it well he trended one time and he trimmed like an inch off and i came home and the missus was like what just happened yeah she called him she's like if you ever ever ever i was like oh this is hot this is getting deep this is getting ruthless but yeah he's my guy and he does it he does a fantastic job shut up please two thumbs way up
01:45:21
Speaker
You know what? I've never heard of it, but there's this product line called Roselle. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I use all Roselle stuff. ah So i was where I was using a product, ah which I'm done using them because fuck you guys, first and foremost. um My ex's my ex is friends – no, actually, no. They've got amazing products. I'm just done using them because I have no reason to anymore. But my my ex was very good friends with the guys who own Mad Viking Beard Company. It's out of PA. Oh, yeah, yeah.
01:45:51
Speaker
Great product. ah Great product. You guys are amazing what you do. um They wanted to talk about sponsorship and stuff like that for the shows. And and then when they're like, they were all taught. That's all they were. They were just all taught when they came down to actually proceed.
01:46:07
Speaker
They wanted to vanish. And I'm like, who better to represent your shit? yeah I'm just saying. yeah exactly But um I'm also a huge fan of Badass Beard Company. I'm a fan of them because they are veteran owned.
01:46:20
Speaker
veteran operated and they do a lot for our vets charity wise, donation wise and stuff like that. But Badass Beard Company makes some really good product which I'm more than likely going to go back to.
01:46:32
Speaker
yeah But I've got all the products. The oils, the balms, the lotion, the shampoo, the conditioner. um I've got the beard comb to straighten it. you know I'm not a beard bro. Do you use a hot beard comb?
01:46:46
Speaker
i do. Do you a beard straightener? o Yeah, I do. I know I'm not supposed to. I don't use it every day and I don't use it all the time. I don't use it all the time. I got yelled at. i Shout out to Randy at Denny Hair Station here in Newark, Ohio.
01:46:59
Speaker
If you're ever in Newark, Ohio and you need your haircut and you need you need your beard cleaned up, go see Randy and or Shauna. Either one of them will take care of you at Denny's Hair Station. It's in the ghetto, but it's worth the trip.
01:47:12
Speaker
but you never to know what you're going to see One day I was in there getting my hair cut and they literally raided the house across the street. So Randy and I went outside and watched them raid the house across the street. It was awesome. Yes. Hot is bad for hair.
01:47:25
Speaker
Hot is bad for hair. It is very hot and I don't use it every single day, but I do use it a couple of times a week ah just because like I'm not a beard bro by no means, but man, if you're going to have a beard, take care of it.
01:47:37
Speaker
Don't, don't, don't let it be all scraggly and don't look like Michael. Oh, I need to comb. No, just kidding. No, there's guys like that. And I know you've seen it because you're ah you're in that world on social media and you see the beard bros.
01:47:52
Speaker
Like that's their entire personality. That's their whole world is their beard. Their beard. that they they got to They've got the South Carolina squat on their trucks that daddy bought them. And they drink Bush Light and wear pit vipers. It's it's a whole it's a whole thing. Pit vipers are super cool. I've got a pair.
01:48:10
Speaker
I mean, they are cool, but if you're a fan of Bret Hart, they're great. but come but But yeah, it's just like, dude, you look homeless, man. like Run a brush through Run a comb through it.
01:48:22
Speaker
Wash it. but I can't leave the bathroom after I wake up until I've at least put it in some form. Because in the morning, you wake up and you got hairs out here. and You're doing all this. and I can't go in the bathroom, brush my teeth, and I and make it presentable.
01:48:39
Speaker
I spend more time. yeah It takes me more time in the morning to get my beard ready for the day than it does to get dressed, brush my teeth, brush my hair. Cause I've got a full head of hair. So I like little water. Oh, you got all that Oh yeah. yeah I ain't had that middle school.
01:48:57
Speaker
Yeah. So I was like little water on my hair, a little, it's, it's really all not that it's not all that hard work. little spray on the water, brush my hair, brush my teeth. And I spend more time on my beard in the morning than I do anything else.
01:49:10
Speaker
it like i don't want to go I don't want to go out looking like a Johnny Meth Head. you know Yeah, and if you've got... No one's ever going to sink you from Meth Head. Shut up, I've seen Meth Head. Speaking of Meth Heads, that's a great story. um How come how come ah my ah following happens to include them?
01:49:35
Speaker
Why is it... Why did I get pigeonholed? but So we're at the we're at the thing we're we're at the thing with Dave Chappelle. And it's a whole thing. It's a family thing, right? And they've got like inflatables, you know, for the kids and stuff like that.
01:49:47
Speaker
And one of them is the inflatable that's got the, it it it spins around and the kids have to jump over it or the big inflatable arm hits them and knocks them down. So we're like, we're going to go get on it.
01:49:59
Speaker
Because that, you know, what's what's a more horrible idea than a bunch of Gen Xers getting on an inflatable? Let's go do it. So we go up there to the ride and we see the dude and he totally, his teeth are ground down.
01:50:11
Speaker
His teeth are just ground down. isn total And he's like, dad bod. I'm like, so son of a bitch. And Sherry's right there with me. She's right there with me. And she goes, oh, he's a fan of yours.
01:50:29
Speaker
Unfortunately, unfortunately you, okay. This is, so this is, this is a conversation. This is what happens. You tell me to go on the porch. This is the stereotyping. This is the stereo this is the kind like conversation that I've had a lot. in in in and nowhere And I'm nowhere near as big as you, but I've had this conversation.
01:50:46
Speaker
I can't help who follows me. I can't. I can't. I have no control. You have no control. you Just like you have no control of the comment section none of your videos.
01:50:57
Speaker
None. i mean, you do to a certain degree. You can delete comments, you but you can't control what they post. You can't control your demographic. You can't control what they say. yeah Yeah. i mean I have a certain ah certain side of the political spectrum that follows me.
01:51:14
Speaker
I get all the the white dudes, ah chunky white dudes, and I get all the veterans. Of course, I get all the veterans. oh I get the methods. I get the methods. Methods are loyal.
01:51:26
Speaker
They're a rider guy, for sure. If I wanted somebody to go yeet off a bridge to go attack some boat that was driving by, they would do it by the hundreds. They would not even question it. That'd be some great content. i'm just I don't mean to tell you how to i don't need to tell you how to run your social media, but if you get 100 meth heads to eat off a bridge, that would be amazing.
01:51:45
Speaker
We would play the shit out of that right here on the network. I don't know if the video would stay up very long. That's all right. All I need is the video because, as I told you earlier, a pitch will line crosser is here. We don't believe in lines.
01:51:58
Speaker
I will put that video in rotation, and we will play it every chance we get. Yeah, it's like it's like i can I can survey a room and I can go. When we're at the shows, I can survey the room and there's certain people that I can go, yeah, they're mine.
01:52:09
Speaker
They're mine. They're mine. And there's certain people I could go to Sherry because Sherry's got a certain following as well. And I can go, no, those are Sherry's. There's a couple Nick and Kelly are harder, but like we're on the spectrums.
01:52:22
Speaker
we're We're on the spectrums for sure. And it's not, there's nothing wrong with it. They're they're all great people. They're all great people. It's just for some reason we get pigeonholed.
01:52:35
Speaker
Hey, I'll take it. You know, ah they're buying tickets, who gives a i wish I wish I had a nickel for every time I got asked the question, do you ride a Harley?
01:52:46
Speaker
because yeah you got ah ah gotta like be in remote I would be in a much better i don't have the persona because I'm not a giant douchebag with a small dick I have a small dick but I'm not a douchebag I'm not here to kill conversations. You're halfway there. Yeah, I'm halfway there. But yeah, like, no, I don't ride.
01:53:07
Speaker
and they're like, are you sure? like, last time I checked this, I'm like... Wait, hold on. Yeah, you're right. I do. i forgot. I forgot. yeah just but I forgot. Let me go check the driveway again. Yeah, yeah my bad. Sorry. I should just lied to all of you guys.
01:53:23
Speaker
I do want an Indian, but again, I'm not motorcycle guy. If I ever have a bike, it's just going to be for my period. I already did the motorcycle thing and I i laid one down and I said, nope, that's it. We're done. but When I was younger, I had a crotch rocket, but now I'm in my forties. And the last thing I want is a crotch rocket because even at 1920, know, whatever you, you spend three hours on a crotch rocket. You're going, Oh fuck.
01:53:46
Speaker
You spend three hours on any motorcycle and you're going to hurting. Yeah. Cause I, I rode roadsters and it was no, sorry. Especially now, especially now.
01:53:59
Speaker
Yeah, no, I just, I just want me a big cruiser that I can take out and ride around town when it's nice out just for my own pure enjoyment. Nothing else. not, I'm not motorcycle guy. I'm just a guy who likes to go out and that guys that you're just a guy that rides motorcycles.
01:54:16
Speaker
Man, just guy who rides motorcycles. You're not motorcycle guy. You're just a guy who rides motorcycles. I don't need the vest, and and I don't need all the t-shirts. If I buy an Indian, I'm not going to change my wardrobe around to all Indian.
01:54:29
Speaker
I do love me a fat boy. I'm just saying. What's up, fat boys? How y'all doing? where Where's all my fat boys at? No.
01:54:41
Speaker
No. What, Michael? Michael looks like he wants to say something to me. No, I'm not a motorcycle guy. I'm not a motorcycle guy either. Yeah.
01:54:52
Speaker
No. Apparently, I look like one. but You do. You do. Let me ask you one question about your face tonight. What is with the Moulin Rouge? have you Did you wipe something red all over your cheeks?
01:55:04
Speaker
Are you talking about my face? Yes. Or John's face? You look very red tonight. No, I was out in the sun. My face got let's got a little bit of sunburned the other day. Ah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did my makeup before. I didn't.
01:55:17
Speaker
It was a whole. I was slapping the shit out you. I mean, i can only hope. I'd pay for that at this moment in time. yeah No, no. We had a whole discussion Saturday night because, excuse me, we went to the beach Saturday and my face was, sorry, hold on minute.
01:55:37
Speaker
Sorry, John. We went to the lake that has a man-made beach. Before I yelled at by the people on the coast. You don't have beaches in Ohio. Yes, we do. Just... That's not a cool ones.
01:55:50
Speaker
Some of us don't discriminate around what people call a beach. yeah Sand and water beach. Sand and water, yeah. And it was a whole thing Saturday night where it was like, why is your face so red tonight? Click it.
01:56:03
Speaker
Because I was ah fucking manatee beached on on on Buckeye Lake. Leave me alone. Look, I was out there in all my glory just enjoying life with the kids. Don't judge me.
01:56:14
Speaker
Oh, my God. don't pet the manatees.
01:56:21
Speaker
Damn it. That VeggieTales song just came in my head. but Dude. You are so wholesome. ah You are so wholesome. feel like Jessica. feel like Jessica.
01:56:33
Speaker
I feel like Jessica lied to us. You're you're the the lady who reached out to us. She was like, John's going to be a great fit. And here he comes out. He's like, I'm a great fit. I'm a great, I'd listen. I am. no yes what you said I'm a chameleon. I can fit in anywhere.
01:56:46
Speaker
I can fit in. Like I said, I'm not going to lie. There was a, there was a, there was a big part of me when I got that email that was like, this is the second Monday in a row that I went to work and got a great email. Like, this is awesome. Like,
01:57:00
Speaker
I never in a million years thought were reading I didn't think it was a scammer. I did. i did I did. I'll be 100% honest with you. I did. And I did my research. He's got 5 million followers. This is bullshit. Well, I well i knew i knew the name. i Obviously, I knew who you were. And I was like, Blaze and I talked about it. I was like,
01:57:20
Speaker
I'm a little skeptical and I'm going to be skeptical until John pops up here on the panel and I see him, but but I did, I did do research on the company and everything like that. i was like, okay, it's, it's, it's legit.
01:57:31
Speaker
All right. You know, and then talking to Jess and the first email, it there was, there was, Parts in the email where like, okay, she definitely watched a Saturday night show because you're not going to get some of these things in the first five minutes of the show, you know? So it's like, okay, cool. I'm down. like She does her work. She does good work.
01:57:51
Speaker
i'm I'm down for it because like I said, ah there was a big part of me that got super excited because I have been a fan of yours since the early days. And, you know, We have a group chat. One of the guys in our group chat on Snapchat, he constantly posts your videos. And now he's a jerk off, so go fuck yourself, Brian, if you got your ears on. because Because I was like, he posted one of your videos, and i was like, hey, he's going on the show Wednesday night.
01:58:15
Speaker
And then I got seven videos about barbecue, and I'm like, wow, not even an acknowledgement. But he posts your videos in our group chat all the time. What a douchebag. Is he sharing our videos with anyone else?
01:58:27
Speaker
Fuck you, Brian. ah Probably I don't even share our videos to anybody else. What are you talking about? Just kidding. I'm the only one who shares our videos. Calm down. like I do to all the grannies.
01:58:46
Speaker
I hope we reach the reach the level of success that you have, John, and we go do a show somewhere and it's just 95% grannies in the audience. That would be awesome.
01:58:58
Speaker
that would be that would be That would be absolutely spectacular. Especially, i mean, if you do it near, I mean, you are in Ohio and there are a lot of retirement homes, so you are in a target rich environment. Yeah, but the problem is, is all the all the old people, they moved to they moved to Florida, man.
01:59:12
Speaker
Oh, no, no, no, no. you need where are you Are you in Northwest, Northeast Ohio? I'm in Central Ohio. Canfield, Youngstown area, dude, is nothing but retirement homes. Yeah, I'm in Central Ohio. I'm like 20 miles from Youngstown.
01:59:25
Speaker
Yeah, there's nothing but retirement homes there. I am right in the heart of Buckeye. Target rich in Buckeye. Right in the heart Buckeye country. My cousin is a, she's a manager at one of the retirement homes up there and it is target rich, man. yeah get You guys could do a whole show in a retirement home and they wouldn't even know what the hell is going on.
01:59:43
Speaker
but Yeah, I've done it. Michael, I have an idea. much It was not my target demographic, that's for sure. Michael, I have an idea. they yeah We're going to bring a Saturday night show to our retirement home.
01:59:57
Speaker
I had a rough spot where I was going in the lineup. And it was just not. Dude, one kid was talking about video games. To granted. Get the fuck out here with that, brother. What the fuck are you doing?
02:00:09
Speaker
He lets some lady take the mic off of him. It's like, what is this nightmare I'm living? Why am I with you people? He might get our jokes more he got to his. It was a couple years back. It was it was hellish.
02:00:22
Speaker
Yeah, there's plenty there's plenty of it up there in that area. That's where I'm originally from. I'm originally from Youngstown. You are? Yeah. Oh, no kidding. Yeah, yeah. I still got family up in Youngstown. and I'm from the big city of Champion. you know where that is? First Town North of Warren, Ohio.
02:00:37
Speaker
I know where Warren's at. and know're First Town North of Warren. Okay. okay Nobody knows where Champion is. but Not yet, but I'm going to put it on the map, baby boy.
02:00:48
Speaker
I believe in you. I have faith in you. That's why I think I have to move to Arkansas. That's why I have to move to Arkansas. i need to put this little itty bitty city on the map in Arkansas. just like Just like Dave did to Yellow Springs. I'm going to Yellow Springs a ah city in Arkansas. going to tell you which one until I do it.
02:01:05
Speaker
I don't want to give away the secrets. Don't want to give away the secrets because then people got bug start buying real estate there. You're going to start buying up all the real estate before I get there. But but if you ever get a chance if you ever get a chance to go to Yellow Springs on 4th of July, you need to.
Dave Chappelle's Influence and Community Ties
02:01:21
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um Because Dave really does turn that town up. He really does. I mean, he does good stuff for Yellow Springs. um You ain't going to get within 50 yards of his house, but he does some good stuff.
02:01:35
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He does some good stuff.
02:01:39
Speaker
got it i think it's I think it's so cool that Chappelle is here in Ohio and and he's on some really good drugs because he loves living here.
02:01:49
Speaker
Like that cat is so proud of being from Ohio. I love the people in Ohio. I hate the weather. Yeah, well, Yellow Springs is different. I think Yellow Springs is really different. It's like this... like it ah It doesn't feel Ohio when you're Yellow Springs.
02:02:02
Speaker
It's like a magical... it is a married It's not an airway. First of all, there's nothing... yeah I smelled nothing but weed the whole time i was there. yeah That's there's magical because you had a serious contact buzz.
02:02:14
Speaker
It really was. that so far um It's very... ah It's very rural. Yellow Springs is very rural. There's only couple stoplights, but it's very... um Have you ever been to Asheville, North Carolina?
02:02:28
Speaker
Yeah. It's very Asheville. Very Asheville like that. Small town feel. big town Small town feel with with with a lot of um eclecticness. far white would would say that In a personality and and ah and and somebody of ah Dave's fame, like you would never think he's going to live in some podunk-ass town in Ohio of all fucking places.
02:02:56
Speaker
He wanted to get away from all that spotlight. Yeah, wanted to get away from all that. That brings notoriety to that town right there off the rip is the fact that Dave Chappelle lives there. and At the end of the day, he's I may be on this hill on my own. I think he's one of the greatest of all time.
02:03:14
Speaker
The fact that he had the the wherewithal and the mindset to just go cut out and go hide. Remember, he disappeared for like two years. yeah He dipped out. That's when they cloned him. That's what I heard.
02:03:28
Speaker
ah But Donnell Rawlings lives there now, too. You know who that is, right? No, hell yeah. does If you know Dave, you know Donnell. I'm rich, bitch! Yes. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, Donnell lives right there. and Oh, Donnell.
02:03:41
Speaker
Somebody's getting the reparations episode. Yeah, yeah. Driving the big old box a truck of truck full of cigarettes. Plus, I'm sure, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, there's not a lot of people that look like Dave Chappelle, so he kind of stands out.
02:03:55
Speaker
There is very few. Yeah. Very few, very few, but they all know Dave. and They all know. Well, he comes across like those very nice comes earth yeah he comes across like like a genuine human being.
02:04:11
Speaker
you know yeah like he Yeah, he really does. seems like a really good dude. I've never met the guy. I'm just basing this off of seeing him in interviews. met and that's who he was. He was just a really cool dude. It was really just cool to hang out with him.
02:04:22
Speaker
And he walked in the room, and he had Wu-Tang right behind him. And I'm like, what the fuck? Oh, I'm just very strong. yeah his entourage was four people from wu-tang i'm like what yeah that's probably lose my shit no no because we's why we had to we had to be we had to calm down we had to calm down we could not be the crazy white people okay because we were because we were at the barbecue we got invited in fact sherry did a video we did a video of a joke as to how we got invited to the barbecue because you know we walked in there and it's
02:04:53
Speaker
We did this video and we're like, oh my God, we made it. We're finally at the barbecue. And then Justin, who's our host, he's Armenian. He kind of walks up beside us and he puts his sunglasses on and he's like, yeah, I come here every year. And the joke cause he's Armenian, you know, and we're white.
02:05:11
Speaker
But anyway, yeah, we were the only white people there at the barbecue. And so we had to, when, when Dave came up, we had to be like, we gotta just be calm. We couldn't freak out. We wanted to inside. We were all like geeking out.
02:05:22
Speaker
ah but We had to be cool. We had to be cool. Mr. Chappelle, what's up? How are you doing? Shake your hand. Hey, thanks for coming, white people. you know but but We had to get a token white people there.
02:05:36
Speaker
Welcome to Chappelle. I would have been cool with Chappelle, but I probably would have lost my shit when Wu-Tang was with him. because I surprised a lot of people. Wu-Tang's plenty nothing to fuck with.
02:05:47
Speaker
I didn't even know what the with him. I didn't say a word to them because they didn't look like they't look like the kind of... They weren't like Chappelle. They weren't walking up shaking hands. They were just kind of like standing back and i was like, nah, that's Wu-Tang. I didn't fuck with that. Why why do you why are these white people here?
02:06:00
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Dave was kind like, that's our token. That's our token. It's for tax purposes. It's a tax write-off to have them here.
02:06:13
Speaker
it's a jacks right off i have them here You almost got me on a spit take. Don't have a bitch. You saved that one until you saw me taking the drink. ah that's ah that Here on the network, that is ah that is a that is a badge of honor. If you can get somebody to choke on their drink, spit it out, or make it come out of their nose.
02:06:32
Speaker
Or all three, and then the person walk away for three full minutes to recompose. I was going to say, Michael has made me... I'm the only one to shut Glick down completely. mike Michael has been the first and only person who has made me walk off a camera.
02:06:46
Speaker
Because I am never one loss for words, because I'm always... Finally, a worthy adversary. yeah so but Spot on. And Michael got me to walk off camera. I had to leave. I'm like, this motherfucker.
02:06:59
Speaker
Tip of the hat for that one. Well, boys, I am going to have to jump off my Twitter and blow my phone up. I was just looking at that, and I didn't even realize the time, man. It flew by, and I apologize because we were going to try to keep you for an hour. Well, I was only going to try to keep you for an hour, but it flew by, man. And I want to say, man, 100%, thank you. Thank you to you and Jessica for setting this up. I greatly appreciate I appreciate you guys having me.
02:07:28
Speaker
I'm an old school fan. i didn't i I think I did a pretty good job of not completely fangirling out. You did a good, great job. I'll send you some dirty underwear later. Okay, Daddy.
02:07:43
Speaker
I'll bring him to the Cincinnati show so you can sign him. And maybe model him for me if I'm lucky. like sorry Sorry, Mrs. Dadbot. He has beautiful eyes.
02:07:55
Speaker
and i mean And a purdy mouth.
Podcast Success and Future Plans
02:07:58
Speaker
you got per We're going to touch beards later. We're going to touch beards later. Don't mind us. Don't cross dreams. Just one time. It'll be magical.
02:08:10
Speaker
No, but no, seriously, man, I appreciate you coming on, brother. Anything we can do, anything we can do to promote anything, please don't be a stranger. you know Reach out to us. Hopefully, if I can get the guys together, I know I'm going to plan on coming down to Cincy in August.
02:08:25
Speaker
If I can get the yeah March and and Mesa. A little exclusive right here on the wild card Wednesday night. Mesa. or Here's March. Here's here's your exclusive. The rest of it.
02:08:36
Speaker
ah Indianapolis, Baltimore, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Mesa, And I'm missing one. How many was that?
02:08:47
Speaker
Indianapolis, Baltimore, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Mesa. I'm missing one. There's a seventh. I can't remember what it was. There's a seventh.
02:08:58
Speaker
But those are your those are exclusives right now. That's all in March. ah yeah Have a great time with those. mark Thanks again for hanging out. A lot of fun. but Yeah, boys. I appreciate it, Michael.
02:09:08
Speaker
I appreciate it. If you appreciate it, we would love it if we could hear us out to your audience. If we could get 10,000 of them to love us too, that would be a good start. Yeah, absolutely. You're welcome back anytime. Jessica, if you've got your ears on, you're welcome back anytime, whether it be a Saturday night or Wednesday night.
02:09:28
Speaker
ah you know you're You're more than welcome to come back and hang out with us. I had a great time. Well, I can speak for everybody. I think we all had a great time getting to know you and hanging out with you. Two thumbs way up. and Cool, cool, guys.
02:09:39
Speaker
Wish for nothing but more success and keep doing what you're doing. Hopefully, we'll see you guys down in Cincinnati. We'll bring the entire nonsensical crew down there and hang out with you guys. Yeah, it'll be a good time. It'll be a good time. I'll see you guys there.
02:09:53
Speaker
see guys there. all right but If you need to drop down, I'll let you drop down. Feel free. Guys, the dad bod veteran, just just hit the Google box. and if you If you're not smart enough to hit the Google box and you're already following us, I have literally tagged him in everything we have posted on all of our social media.
02:10:09
Speaker
He is not hard to find. I promise you. Not hard to find at all. All right, gentlemen. Y'all have a good night. You too, brother. Not just tonight. Peace out.
02:10:19
Speaker
What a cool cat. I loved him. He was amazing. That was a blazer. If you've got your ears on and you're able to, man, jump back up in here.
02:10:31
Speaker
I know you're having some internet connection issues, but... Yes, yes. I did seamlessly beg him to share his... I know you did, and I'm not mad at you for it because you beat me to the punch, and I know you you have no shame in the game. No, guys, make sure for real you guys you guys check out... If you don't know who he is already, well, then you've been living under a rock.
02:10:54
Speaker
um But if you're not already good and follow him, the veteran or the dad bod veteran and guys literally everywhere everywhere. here ah I shut up,
02:11:12
Speaker
i was going to say, I've been watching the comments. Sorry to you guys in the chatterbox. I haven't been doing a whole lot of responding tonight. But Saturday night, we're going to celebrate Tranchel's birthday. So if you're available, girl, go ahead and jump up in there and hang out with us Saturday night. Because I know your birthday is Friday night. But we're going to celebrate it Saturday night.
02:11:28
Speaker
So feel free to jump into the panel and say hello if you can. Because you're old. And... Well, there you Well, and maybe you can be in the chat.
02:11:42
Speaker
What's up, dude? No, yeah i was trying very hard not to fangirl out. I kind of i kinda got it all out of my system this week with the anticipation and the buildup. and just He was somebody that I wanted to have come on to one of the shows for a long time.
02:11:58
Speaker
and And it was one of those I can swing, but I'm probably going to strike out type deals. and i didn't even and and and and and and and they And Jessica reached out to us. So shout out to Jessica.
02:12:12
Speaker
at What is the name of that company? Sorry, Jess. want to give her a proper shout out. Yep. Very cool, Jess. through
02:12:26
Speaker
Nope, that's not it. Nope, that's not it. There's so many random emails in our email. You suck. Eight Branding Group. Shout out to Jessica at Eight Branding Group, man. She reached out to me, and we were able to set this up, and we just kind of threw it all together within a matter of a couple days.
02:12:43
Speaker
ah You know, I know we had the the paranormal investigation stuff going on, and I wanted to make sure it wasn't going to interfere with what what Blaze has been working on and doing. And Blaze is like,
02:12:56
Speaker
Just schedule it whenever the fuck you want, bro. I was like, hey, that's all I needed to know. yeah At the end of the day, that's all I needed. So I threw it together. and But, no, was a good time, man.
02:13:07
Speaker
and John was awesome. And, man, Wild Card Wednesday night, man i'll tell you I'll tell you, Michael, I i wasn't against it.
02:13:21
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I was weary of it. but but I was weary of it. Leary. Leary or weary? Weary. Weary. Okay.
02:13:33
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Not weary. Weary means tired. Weary or leary? Well, either or. Words are hard. What he said. But I'm loving the wild card Wednesday aspect because it really opens our and it opens the the door for us to do so much right here on Wednesday nights.
02:13:53
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Now you need Ripped Redneck on here. Look, look, I'm not here for your fucking thirst trap meets. All right, angel. If Blizz was here, he would have had that picture of a Ripped Redneck up there.
02:14:06
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Yeah. Yeah, so it's already bad enough. I had Walker on last night, and and but ladies in the chat were losing their mind over his goddamn accent.
02:14:17
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Dude sounded just like Colin Farrell, man. Hmm. just like calling he's from Ireland. Just, just like Colin Farrell. He was tripping me out with his accent. Not like in a sexual way, but, uh, but, uh, no, he, he was a cool cat and this is, uh, guys, you know, gotta, I, got you know, I gotta shout out Mike. I gotta shout out blaze, especially blaze. Blaze has been here a little bit longer than you, Michael, lot long but,
02:14:47
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um You know, Blaze came in here with the same mindset and the same ideas that I had. and and And Blaze keeps me motivated. And then you came in here and it was just like extra motivation. And and it's been paying off, man.
02:15:02
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um Let's just keep having fun. We're just having fun, man. It's not work. It's just us having fun and doing our thing. But, man, last Monday, completely mind boggled. Top 100 podcasts in all of Ohio. We were number five. This week, we're number seven.
02:15:17
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like We're simply fifth best. and and we're surrounded And we're surrounded by podcasts. And Michael, you're in Ohio. yeah Michael, you're in Ohio, and you're a Buckeyes fan, so you understand yeah how big of a deal the Ohio State University, the Ohio State Buckeyes are in Ohio. To get one of those top ten spots.
02:15:34
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to to To be in that mix is huge. So, Ohio, you've got your ears on. Guys. Hook us up. Give this man some comedy shows. Give us some live gigs. Blaze is in Kentucky. he's mean He can't help it.
02:15:48
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But he's go he'll travel up here. We can come and do some shit for y'all. What's up, Ohio? Shit. definitely doing something special. We're definitely doing something special New Year's Eve. Don't forget. Oh, my God. you want to?
02:16:03
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I feel like i feel like ah this is going to be amazing, and I'm excited for it because I know it's going to be done right. because it's It's my third year of race. It's my new New Year's anniversary. This will be my third year of race. I usually go a little while coming your area.
02:16:19
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Hell yeah. You and Blaze won't let it done be or done be be done wrong. We're exactly right. um so I for this because... i am excited for this because Y'all see me on my bullshit.
02:16:33
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Y'all see me with my ego. Y'all, like michael calls me as Michael calls me, the ultimate heel. i'm still I'm still working on out heeling the heel. But I just just just know, i am i' am really excited for this. I want to just, I want to be just roasted and and and just fucking bring it.
02:16:54
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But as every roast goes, just know. I will get a microphone in my hand at some point in time. the end of the night, you get to be the last. I will get a microphone in my hand at some point in time.
02:17:08
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And i'm roasting somebody is the highest form of love, just so you know. It really is. Just know, like I said, I will have a microphone in my hand at some point. and i And everybody that knows me knows that I come bearing all the gifts. I'm the Santa Claus.
02:17:25
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Oh, roasting. Yeah, the vision is run a full comedy show, follow it with your roast, and then ah close out with DJ until the end of the night with they midnight champagne toast.
02:17:39
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Hell yeah. I'm excited for this, man, especially if we can do it down here down here in my neck of the woods. we got It wasn't cold. i knew ah I know a venue, but they only have an outside stage, but it's going to be hell. However,
02:17:53
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ah junior However, there's there there's a spot there's a spot right down the road for me. Maybe we can finagle something. We'll talk about it. No, I'm excited for it. I really truly am excited for it. um Yeah, man.
02:18:06
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it The trajectory that we're on now, man, and I know you and I haven't had a chance to really talk about it too much, but I'm excited. I told Blaze that Spark is back again.
02:18:25
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Enough drinks, people warm up. Right? Yeah, right? Unfortunately, don't think there's going to be enough drinks to warm up. Well, I mean, if we get a big enough crowd, I mean, they could just all body heat. Like a herd. A herd of cows.
02:18:38
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Get close together. Shuffle in and out. I love the trajectory that we're on right now, man. things are Things are happening. Things are popping off. Things are, but like I said,
02:18:51
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i didn't have to I didn't have to go put any work in for this interview. and And I'm grateful for it. I'm very grateful for it. and just It just fell into our lap. And this wasn't even an interview.
02:19:01
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I'm going to phrase it. Just hang out. This is a nice conversation. You're doing it right. Just keep running this ship of fools. It's hard to be as good as I am.
02:19:15
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and Shut it down before Blaze starts yelling at us for over two hours. I know. Blaze isn't here. He doesn't control me. He doesn't dictate my life.
02:19:28
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Dance puppet. Dance for me.
02:19:32
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the maro ah lays The maestro. the maestro. hey man Shout out to Blaze and and all the work he does backstage. You know what? I just want to... Actually, you know what? For real. Shout out to all you guys because as much as I talk and as much as I do the ego thing,
02:19:49
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It's nice to have a team around me, Wally included. A good team, exactly right. A good team around me and and guys like Blaze that can do the behind the scenes, the you know the videos, the pictures, the stuff like that, man. I am very grateful. Outside of the serious talk, with like real talk, the ego aside, like you guys have no idea how much more fun this is to me after four years in the last few months.
02:20:18
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What is Sue doing? Is she practicing her jujitsu back there? Garbage night. She's collecting trash. and just's my It's my cue. She's like, yes, shut it down.
02:20:30
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Garbage night. Yes. Yes. So anyways, thank you guys for hanging out. Thank you guys for watching. and Michael, thank you for being here. Blaze, ah thank you for being here while you were here. Sorry, your internet sucked.
02:20:43
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Most importantly, a huge shout out to two hours. Most importantly, thank you to the dead bod veteran, a.k.a. John and Jessica Urban Eight Branding for putting this together.
02:21:00
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02:21:12
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02:21:27
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And shout out Ohio. Thank you guys for listening. I'm going to say that for Ohio specifically because I don't know of anywhere else. Now, once upon a time, we were number three in the DR, the Dominican Republic.
02:21:39
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Hmm. But this is a lot bigger to me at the end of the day because we all know. Yeah, it's hometown, man. Fuck the Buckeyes. I get another win over the Buckeyes. Let's go. You bitches.
02:21:54
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But ah tune in tomorrow night. Wally will be doing Cold-Blooded Conversations, I believe. Dinosaurs. Friday night, Michael and Blaze are back doing their thing. I don't know what you guys are doing on Friday night. We're going to do upcoming films for August.
02:22:09
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Okay, there we go. August upcoming films. Saturday night. Nonsensical nonsense. You guys know the drill. The inmates take over the asylum. We open the fucking doors. and We drop the link and well, we dare you assholes to fucking come hang out with us.
02:22:23
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Take the keys, crazies. Yeah, take the keys because Jesus is drunk with Glick and nobody's holding the wheel.
02:22:35
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Shit yourself.
02:22:38
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For a good time scan. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, know what? Don't scan it because it goes to nowhere right now. I'm revamping my website. Oh. It's down right now. I'm going open it back up probably maybe before August.
02:22:50
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Probably not. No MichaelCopenhaven.com. Yeah, whatever. Whatever you call it yeah
02:23:01
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it. Just store the scan and for a good time scan in August. Yes. And last move but not least, there's some asshole on PA. You can go check out his podcast as well, Another Shot Podcast.
02:23:15
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He's like the special needs of podcasters, but you can go check him out, Another Shot Podcast. i was just there with him on Sunday, me Arliss. Yeah. as the pick he actually yeah he He actually popped up Saturday night for a little bit and and hung out with us.
02:23:29
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So, yeah, go. and Like I said, special needs of podcasting. Michael was there. Arliss was there. yeah Bill was there. they They were the short bus. They were fighting over they were fighting over the window that they could lick.
02:23:42
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They all wanted to lick the same window. It was ridiculous. It was two hours of them fighting over a one window. We took turns, and I never tasted the same way twice. Yeah.
02:23:53
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yeah Michael, look at Michael. Thank Tarantula. Tarantula, we're going to celebrate your birthday Saturday night. I know you're going to be at work, but nonetheless, we're still going to so celebrate your birthday Saturday night because these assholes on Friday nights, they have their own agenda and they don't care about your birthday.
02:24:07
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It's an agenda. With that being said, so y'all won I'll see y'all when I see y'all.
02:24:16
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dude could you imagine if they had a kid and they named after us it'd be like michael well or michael oh that's my own
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