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Chuck Norris, Religious Pilots, and Gas | Down with DP Podcast 3-24-2026
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Transcript
Introduction and Banter
00:00:00
Speaker
I did write a cold joke. I did write joke. When Guardian Leviosa were in now the Bridgerton part of the podcast. ah
00:00:15
Speaker
Welcome to the...
00:00:21
Speaker
What's the deal? Let me try that again. It's the Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Prendamano in 3, 2.
00:00:37
Speaker
Hey, what's up, Ron? Hi, Robert. Hello.
Commitment to Podcasting
00:00:45
Speaker
Ron is flying on three pixels right now. um Yeah, I'm talking about your video quality. Yeah.
00:00:53
Speaker
Well, I'm traveling, Robert. You know, my dedication, my dedication to the podcast is, you know, i bring my stuff with me and record on the road. So, you know, I don't see you doing that.
00:01:06
Speaker
You were just in Chicago and there was no recording, which is why we had to push the date back
Robert's Chicago Adventure
00:01:11
Speaker
to record. And here I am in Pittsburgh on a layover recording. Well, it's I was very busy.
00:01:20
Speaker
I was very busy in Chicago. ah I was in Chicago. but i hope chicago Yeah, it it was my first time ever in Chicago, and I loved it. Got a lot of great recommendations. Of course, I couldn't do all of them.
00:01:36
Speaker
um Try to eat as much as I could. But boy, howdy. it's You can't eat everything. um So you had to like pick your pick your battles. You know, OK, I got to have pizza here.
00:01:48
Speaker
got to get pizza there. um Yeah. And ah yeah, it was but it was a great time froze my ass off. I went to oh, I'll just say this really quickly.
00:02:00
Speaker
um Sure. There was a lot of amazing things in Chicago, but i have to say something that actually surprised me. Something I thought I actually we we went there ironically just because like this is so silly. Let's just do it because it was literally down the street from the hotel.
00:02:15
Speaker
So Chicago has a five story Starbucks. A five-story Starbucks. Why? Right. And so we went there because it was down the street. We're like, why not? like We're not going to make it a destination, but because it's down the block, like yeah, let's check it out. First of all, there was a line out the door, but the line went fast. And I have to say, I was surprised by how...
00:02:41
Speaker
kind of awesome it was because the first like every floor had something different and of course their menu was open they had they had a floor dedicated to like experimental like coffees and stuff but the top floor was a was a starbucks bar it was a starbucks bar oh i've heard i've heard of these places And I got one of the most delicious espresso martinis I've ever had.
00:03:11
Speaker
And this is at a Starbucks. And it was it was great. So and it and it didn't take long, um but it ah it didn't take long to wait in line. But it was great. Also, it's snowing like crazy. So I think part of us, we just wanted to, um you know, i am so over the snow.
00:03:31
Speaker
i am so over. Yeah. So is it snowing really bad where you are? No, not at all. It's like 60 degrees here in Pittsburgh. Cool. It's like it's we're in the 90s in L.A. It sucks. I went from like, no.
00:03:43
Speaker
Yeah. yeah And I got to see one of my oldest friends of all time. Shout out to Sean, who ah he lives in Illinois. No, he lives in Indiana and he drove to Chicago and we hung out for the whole day and was great. and then we got sushi at the end yes and made out a little bit. And then we like grab pizza and it was great.
00:04:03
Speaker
Yeah. Now, did you go with Chicago deep dish or did you go like, you know, New York style, thin slice, which also there are some good spots in Chicago where you can do that. Yes. So I never knew the name for it. I guess it's called Tavern Style.
00:04:19
Speaker
And that's, you know, Chicago. It's weird. It's either you get it super flat or you get a deep dish. I had both and both were delicious. You know, I am going to be a New Yorker through and through. That is going to be my favorite type of pizza. But I'm also not an asshole where it's like, no, I ain't even eating that other pizza. You know, no, I enjoyed the hell out of it. ah My girlfriend's cousin really made the trip memorable, too, because she was like our tour guide in a sense. She came up with all the places to eat and stuff. And it was just we would have been like lost dogs in the city if not for her. So I'm actually going.
00:04:57
Speaker
I'm actually going to Chicago next month, actually. um o In my in my quest to visit all the baseball stadiums. ah I did go to Wrigley Field.
00:05:12
Speaker
Just so you walked past it. Yes, I walked to it. Me and Sean walked to the Wrigley Field. We didn't go inside. It's a cool area. It's a cool area. Yeah.
Baseball and Travel Plans
00:05:21
Speaker
um But anyway, the often mentioned on this podcast, my dear friend Brad, we are going to Chicago and we are going to see a White Sox game and a Cubs game.
00:05:33
Speaker
Oh, the Cubbies. Now, what's kind of fun about this is the White Sox are playing the Tampa Bay Rays, which is my favorite team. Coincidence? Or did you guys plan that? The schedule just worked out perfectly.
00:05:47
Speaker
Wow. we looked at the date We looked at the games, and then the next day we're going to a Cubs game. And the Cubs are playing my second favorite team, a very close second, the New York Mets.
00:06:00
Speaker
So it just worked out perfectly. and And he's also a Cubs fan, but also a Rays fan. So it's kind of, we're going to cheer for our favorite team and then we're going to hate each other. So it's going to be awesome. Looking forward to it.
00:06:14
Speaker
So the Rays are your favorite team? Rays are my favorite team. Tampa Bay Rays are my favorite I thought Mets were. Wow. The Mets are my number two. I have, a from living in New York for almost 21 years, I have a deep passion for the Mets. um Yeah. To love hate this team.
00:06:31
Speaker
But, um yeah you know, when when they do well and everyone comes together, it's kind of hard to beat. So... Right. Let's go, Mets. It's like the underdog rooting for the underdog. Pretty much, man. Pretty much. Also, across from Wrigley Field, I learned this from my buddy, Sean. ah I didn't go in, but apparently the McDonald's across from Wrigley Field has an international menu.
00:06:53
Speaker
So, I don't know. oh give me ah Give me a McDonald's report, will you? When you're there. I will. Maybe. Maybe. Maybe you'll get a McLoan. Yeah. Yeah.
00:07:06
Speaker
We'll see. Yeah, that'll be fun. um But what about um I know we talked about the World Baseball Classic, ah which, by the way, let me just say, i don't think we did an introduction, but we're going to be talking about the World Baseball Classic. We know that gas prices are up. going talking about that. Some TSA stuff. We're going to talk about ah some, ah you know, we we the passing of Chuck Norris. Also Afro man, which I love that video. I'd love to talk about that and ah might might get a little religious.
00:07:39
Speaker
in here But first of all, tell me, what is there an update on the World Baseball
World Baseball Classic: Venezuela's Victory
00:07:45
Speaker
Classic? Well, the World Baseball Classic is over, and it was the United States versus Venezuela for the championship. Now, mind you, for those of you who don't know, the World Baseball Classic is kind of like the World Cup of baseball.
00:07:59
Speaker
You know, it happens every four years. You know, it's so kind of it's becoming a bigger event. But Venezuela beat the United States. Oh, hell of a game. Venezuela's first title is the World Baseball Classic.
00:08:14
Speaker
Hell of a game. The pitcher that threw the last strikeout of the game. per He shed a tear before he threw it. And I mean, just with the political shit that's going on right now. is Yeah. Of course, I want the United States to win because, you know, I'm an American. But it's freedom.
00:08:30
Speaker
Just freedom. America. America. Yeah, to see Venezuela win was pretty cool, though. i So congrats to Venezuela. That's fucking awesome. Yeah. Congrats. You know, i love that, especially if if they, you know, a country that is in like a, you know, a world...
00:08:48
Speaker
game i i i actually, would you say that they were like the underdog or? yeah i would say they were the underdog. I mean, you know, you had, you know, powerhouses on the American team, you know, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwarber. I'm just, those are the two that come to mind right away.
00:09:04
Speaker
You have these amazing players. Then you have Venezuela. Well, of course, you know, Venezuela baseball that, you know, Venezuela, like soccer's huge. Their baseball's huge there. yeah.
00:09:15
Speaker
Yeah, just to see a team that no one expected to do anything win the whole fucking thing. Awesome. Absolutely awesome. it's I mean, it's always good to root for the underdog anyway.
00:09:26
Speaker
so unless Unless your favorite team is playing the underdog, then, you know. Yeah, that's true. Well, you definitely have let me know how. Yeah, congrats, Venezuela. Well, I but that might talk about it. Like some chisadillas, please.
00:09:45
Speaker
I think half my tongue's numb. I don't know why. There's something in this Diet Coke, I think. Oh, probably the aspartame is numbing my tongue. That's what i'm guessing is happening. It does that time to time.
00:09:57
Speaker
It does. um But, ah you know, good good for them. Speaking of America, um America has fascination. Fuck yeah! Fuck yeah!
Transport and Gas Price Woes
00:10:08
Speaker
the America loves their gas. And right now, Morty, um America is gas price. Sorry, that was not me. That was that was that was one of the interns who we still have. I think we have one left.
00:10:25
Speaker
You have one left now. I broke his soul a bit. he He thinks that he he thinks that ah he needs us. so ah Yeah. So that's why I'm going to keep that manipulation and gaslighting going. Okay. All right. All right. so um Speaking of gas, yeah.
00:10:41
Speaker
so Speaking of of gas, is that affecting you? i would say no because you don't yeah you're in New York and don't need a car. No, but I do use Uber a lot. I do use Uber, especially like, like, you know, like I've mentioned, I call bingo and that my neighborhood that i I, you know, it's a late night event and the neighborhood I live in isn't the best. So for safety reasons, I'll take an Uber home.
00:11:04
Speaker
You know, I don't, you know, and I've had a few drinks. I don't want to go back, you know, drunk. um Right. You know, do it I've done it before and it's all, I've always been fine, but you know, you, you want to be safe about these things. My wife also bartends, you know, a little part-time gig. So yeah, prices, i haven't seen prices go up yet, but I'm sure they will soon. Also in aviation, you know, working for the airlines.
00:11:26
Speaker
Yeah. Prices are going to, you know, gas prices are going to reflect ticket prices. um Right. So I haven't. So it doesn't direct doesn't affect me in a way that it would affect everyone else.
00:11:37
Speaker
um but But you're in California. Yeah. You're in California. You're in the L.A. area. You know, that's an expensive area to live in.
00:11:47
Speaker
um Like I was talking. A pilot told me last night that one of his friends or family members in California. They paid seven dollars a gallon.
00:12:00
Speaker
Yeah. ah Have you seen it that high I've seen it that high before. I'd say now I'm, I mean, well, I'll tell you why I don't truly know, but I haven't seen anything under like 550 for sure, but I've seen it like say something.
00:12:17
Speaker
i think I think today, i think the average price was like 566 in California right now. Obviously San Francisco is going be higher. LA is going to be higher, things like that. Yeah, I definitely ah when I get gas, ah I actually tend to not look and I just pump the gas, but I never.
00:12:38
Speaker
okay I do a weird thing which doesn't work out mathematically. This is not logical. i always do do a again yeah I always go up to a gas station and I always just put in 20 bucks. No matter what.
00:12:52
Speaker
you know yeah needss free of how you You need to reevaluate. reevaluate this. I know. I know. It doesn't make sense, but I'm like, I'm totally going to put $20. If it's $7 a gallon and you're putting $20, you're not even getting three gallons, buddy. So yeah, I would. I know. I'm not. Yeah. It doesn't work out, but um you know in that moment, I'm like, oh crap, I need gas.
00:13:13
Speaker
I'm sure you remember as a kid, gas prices being under a dollar. Oh yeah. Back in my day. kind I mean, it took five bucks. You got half a gallon, half a tank. i mean Yeah. Five bucks. You got half a tank. Like your mom put five bucks and like, Oh, we got half a tank. Oh, that's pretty good. Right. Now it's like five bucks gets you gallon. Maybe.
00:13:36
Speaker
Yeah. um But also, I heard California also has like like two refineries, oil refineries left California because of the taxes and stuff out there. So that's also affecting your higher gas prices, from what I understand. don't much about that.
00:13:51
Speaker
Yeah. um I wish I knew more about it, too, because I definitely go in with blinders on. um i mean, and I think it's how I live my life.
00:14:04
Speaker
I live my life like this I just put my hands over my eyes and that's how I walk around. Is public transit available for you? i mean, and is it efficient? So here's the thing. Public transit in l L.A., we have trains.
00:14:17
Speaker
um We only have one underground because I would assume it's because of earthquakes that we can't really do that. It makes sense. Yeah, it's it's not super efficient because um there's just not enough of it. And it's like we don't even have a train to the airport.
00:14:35
Speaker
which I heard they're working on, um which would be amazing, but not really. would be beneficial. The buses are fighting traffic you the same as everyone else. Oh, absolutely. i mean I mean, if I had a train to LAX, like that would be amazing.
00:14:53
Speaker
ah You could take a train to JFK, but you can't take a train to LaGuardia. You can take buses to LaGuardia, but no trains yet. so Yeah, actually, I've taken a bus to LaGuardia before. So, yeah, I'm very familiar with that. um But, yeah, they just the I don't know why. I think it's, um you know, maybe l L.A. also has a lot of everything's a hill. We're all on hills here.
00:15:16
Speaker
So maybe it's like a and I don't I don't know. I'm sure there's some. chicago Chicago's got like. Not Chicago. I'm sorry. San Francisco's got, you know, a pretty decent bus system. And I think yeah they have their street cars and stuff like that. so Yeah.
00:15:32
Speaker
It's tropical trolleys out there. You're right. So, yeah, it's. ah And, you know, they get to see them go up hills all the time. It's like, you know, holy shit. I know. i don't know don't know, man. It's getting crazy. It's getting crazy, man. Also, I really don't know how... This is a very privileged question. I don't really know how buses work as far as... Because I've gone on buses before and I wanted to pay with car. Well, here you pay the bus. You the route. You pay the bus. The bus takes you between stops until you get to your stop and then you get off.
00:16:09
Speaker
So that depends on... How do pay the bus? I've never taken the bus. It's not a dumb question. I've gone on buses and they're like, no, we only take cash or we only take coins. i'm like oh It depends on the system.
00:16:21
Speaker
New York City, you either pay in coins. I think you can still pay in coins. I i think you either pay in coins or you pay with your OmniCard or your credit card or your phone or something. You just tap it.
00:16:34
Speaker
Tap it and go. Okay. okay this is Okay. The system is called Omni. That's how you do it there. Then there are other places like Seattle, not Seattle. Yeah. Seattle. You have to buy, like I have an app for that.
00:16:46
Speaker
You can use, um yeah you know, just buy the tickets there. New Orleans. There's an app. Okay. San Francisco, San Francisco. They use like the Clipper card it's called, which is also good.
00:16:58
Speaker
And I think San Jose as well. So you just kind of, I used i think you attach that to like, yeah, you attach it to like your Google pay or something like that. You load money that way. So it all depends on the system.
00:17:09
Speaker
Yeah. That's the thing. Chicago was really easy with the subways, but I don't know if I could still, you you know, you you get a digital card and it was so easy to use. Like you buy it, you buy a day pass. But ah but I didn't know if it worked for the buses. Like, does it not, you know?
00:17:28
Speaker
is Some, some cysts like in New York, you can, you know, tap your Omni card and then go transfer to a bus and you, uh, there's no charge. So you can do that when you get one free transfer. Um, if you're on, if you're going bus to bus, you can do that or you can get a bus transfer card so you can,
00:17:46
Speaker
kind of do it that way. ah It yeah all depends on like, and then there are you have some cities where the buses and these trains do not, you know, it's not the same system. So ticket. they don't work together. Yeah, yeah. yeah So that's what confuses In San Francisco, like i I don't think you can take, you can't take, like if you buy a ticket for the BART, it you don't transfer to the buses, I believe. But if you buy, like it all, but if you buy a ticket for like the San Francisco subway or where are underground trains, I think that could transfer to a bus. I'm not entirely sure. I've used it. I've used public transportation out there quite a few times. but ah I love trains, though. I love trains. I do, too.
00:18:26
Speaker
Do you think that... ah Because I think you were going to mention that ah because, you know, the gas prices have have been affecting like airlines.
Government Shutdown and TSA Impact
00:18:36
Speaker
But was there something about I think you wanted to talk about TSA at airports? Sure. So what's going on with that? This wasn't talked. this This was talked about a lot when it first happened. But now it's starting to talk about again. So I'm not sure if you're aware we are in a partial government shutdown right now.
00:18:54
Speaker
I didn't know that, actually, because I walk around and the TSA. And the TIA here in California, this is what you people do. So the TSA. That's how we survive mentally. That makes sense. We take pills and we shoot up with Ozempic and we live our lives, Ron. Okay.
00:19:15
Speaker
That's the face of jealousy. No, that's you guys. That's you guys. That's you guys. No, not jealousy all. No, no, not at all. um They're not. The TSA is not getting paid right now.
00:19:28
Speaker
So a lot of them are starting not to come into work. Okay. a Fair. one open Okay. A lot of people are not going to work anymore because they're not getting paid. Now, yes, they'll get the back pay and stuff like that, but they're not getting paid like they have no paycheck and they don't get paid a lot of money.
00:19:45
Speaker
So with the rising gas, right? You have rising gas prices. You're not getting a paycheck. Everything else is expensive. Fuck you. I'm not coming to work. So when they, and I don't blame them. So when they decide not to come to work, even though they are considered essential workers, um,
00:20:00
Speaker
And I'm not blaming them. I completely understand why they're not coming to work. You're having delays. I think I think i saw, like JFK, I think was like 24 minutes or something like that. I think it might have been l LA. couldve been I forget. It was like 60 minutes or something like that.
00:20:14
Speaker
Like, it's been kind of crazy. just I'm going to see if I can pull it up really quick. But it's insane how long these wait times are. And we're not doing anything about it.
00:20:26
Speaker
Okay, here we go. Now this... Hold on, I got some TSA wait times here. Hold on. Hold on, hold on. Here we go. Okay. essay Houston, 80 minutes. This is now. This is now.
00:20:37
Speaker
Wow. Houston, 80 minutes. We through TSA. j JFK, 50 minutes. Orlando, 27. Newark, 27. LaGuardia, Charlotte, Everything else seems to be fine. Let me see if I can find LAX is three minutes.
00:20:51
Speaker
um Yeah, but so so you have Houston, JFK, 50, 80 minutes, 80 minutes in Houston. That's crazy. Like I've waited for a roller coaster for 80 minutes and this is just to get someone to pat me down, which I would wait 80 minutes for.
00:21:04
Speaker
But at the same time, yeah, that's why I can't recommend enough to get tsa pre-check. That has changed the game for me.
00:21:16
Speaker
Yeah, but even then, even if you do get an expedited program, you're still... If there's no one there to do security, how do you get to work? How you to your destination?
00:21:32
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, the infrastructure, it will collapse. If there's nobody there to do security, nobody's going anywhere. I can definitely see that. And really don't want to be stuck in Pittsburgh. Yeah.
00:21:45
Speaker
Yeah, I totally agree with you. i like this But yeah, it's um I I think what we need to do as citizens is we need to, you know, what they tell us to do all the time, whether it works or not, you know, contract contact our ah senators, our congresspeople and be like, you know, figure this shit out. Get these people paid again. This is ridiculous.
00:22:07
Speaker
Do we take the laptop out of the bag or not? Like, let's let's come to an agreement here. Whatever they tell you, because I've had them tell me no, I've had them tell me yes. So whatever they tell you to do. Yeah, yeah. um Because, ah yeah, if I believe it's an annual fee for TSA PreCheck. It is so worth it. um I've definitely like saved my own neck getting through TSA PreCheck. Clear. Clear.
00:22:33
Speaker
clear Yeah. Well, clear that that's kind of the bougie one. Clear is um as far as I understand, clear is a line skipper.
00:22:44
Speaker
So for everything. So I think clear even gets you in front of the line at TSA pre-check. I've never found it necessary. TSA pre-check line is usually never long, but clear. No, it's not, not, not New York, but clear also gets you into like, but you can get to Yankee stadium faster with clear.
00:23:02
Speaker
Oh, really? So about sporting venues as well. So um i had friends one time that had clear. We, and they got to bring a, they each had clear and they got to bring a person.
00:23:13
Speaker
So my wife and I got into Yankee Stadium in like a minute. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's kind of great. I actually was with someone who was a season holder for the Dodgers and we just walked through like the face scan and it's like, we were in and out or we were just in super quickly. It was great.
00:23:35
Speaker
um But, ah but the yeah pre-check is more affordable, but if you, you know, you don't travel that much, it's not worth it. If you do travel a lot and you're able to afford it, I say do it.
00:23:46
Speaker
Absolutely. I'd say do it because I believe it's annual and clear is monthly. So clear is something I don't think you need clear personally, but TSA. I don't think every airport has it either.
00:23:58
Speaker
Yeah. Not every airport has it either. So, uh, but TSA pre-check. Yeah, definitely get it. Um, um, but we do have a few, uh, you, did you write any cold jokes, any cold jokes were on?
Humor Segment: Cold Jokes
00:24:12
Speaker
Did I write cold joke? I did I did write a cold joke. a We're in now the Bridgerton part of the podcast. ah do you so Do you save all your cold jokes?
00:24:29
Speaker
No, I delete them immediately. i I save them all. I have everyone, almost everyone that I've written. Oh, that's cool. Well, I i wrote um two of them this time. So ah hopefully they I'm not going to say they're funny, but, you know, they're cold jokes. So there's that.
00:24:52
Speaker
I wrote one cold joke. I wrote one cold joke. Dying from your cold joke. This is the segment where Ron and I write each other jokes. We have not read these before, but um ah nine out of 10 chance or or one out of 10 chance will be funny. And that's that's how we go about it.
00:25:13
Speaker
So you'll either laugh or you won't, I guess. um at least expect an eye roll. I like an eye roll, though. Yeah, eye rolls are fine. Even though we can't see you do it, we we like it. We do like it. So here we go. Here's joke number one for Ron.
00:25:33
Speaker
2026 has given us higher gas prices, a new war, and more people out of work. But you know, we are really fucked when 2026 can't even can even kill Chuck Norris.
00:25:45
Speaker
That's how you know. God. Yes. The Invincible Man was killed by 2026. twenty twenty six We were going to talk about this a little later, but we can talk about it right now.
00:25:59
Speaker
If we want. yeah Chuck Norris died. I mean, will well we we'll get to the cold jokes first, but we'll talk about it. Yes, yes. All right. Good job, Rob. Way to bring it down, buddy. Love to bring it down.
00:26:11
Speaker
Bring it downtown. But you have a joke for me, right? Boom. Cool. All right. Pop House Entertainment, a private entertainment company based in Sweden, which is also affiliated with ABBA, recently bought the rights to the majority of Tina Turner's music.
00:26:30
Speaker
Now we'll have songs like We Don't Need Another Hero in Waterloo.
00:26:36
Speaker
All right. I think that was some ABBA hate. You know, just that. I don't know if it was necessary. um But yeah, i it's funny. I searched ABBA and that's what popped up. And I'm like, oh, well.
00:26:52
Speaker
We don't need another hero in Waterloo. Yeah. Isn't that fun? Yeah. That was great. I love that. um thank Thank you. Thank you. Here is my ah cold joke for Ron. Ooh, it's a little long. A little bit long. Hey, I get that all the time.
00:27:14
Speaker
I doubt Anyway, oh, did I mention Chuck Norris died? He was known for his work in Walker, Texas Ranger, and also for his views against gay community the gay community, where one could assume he wasn't a fan of flamboyant men who would float around wearing glittery dresses like some kind of enthusiastic andk angel choir. So as punishment, God decided to send him to heaven.
00:27:40
Speaker
So there we go. You know what, Rob? That was good. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, it was good. Cold jokes.
00:27:51
Speaker
Dying from your cold jokes. ah But yeah, I guess ah it brings us right into ah ah so ah ah chuck Chuck
Chuck Norris: Cultural Impact
00:28:00
Speaker
Norris. chuck nor die Fucking Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris.
00:28:04
Speaker
Chuck Norris allegedly died. Yep. Yep. Oh man. The jokes that have been coming out, some of them funny and some of them I'm like, are I, i did this I did, I did, I did pull up all like Chuck Norris jokes that we have told throughout the years, which I'll read a few in a moment.
00:28:22
Speaker
Yeah. But, um, yeah, Chuck, I mean, you know, However, for Chuck, no his birthday was March 10th, okay? And he was telling people he doesn't age, he levels up.
00:28:34
Speaker
And he's over there like, you know, boxing and stuff like that. Like, for 86, he moved faster than most people do at 56. And for him to just kind of... I guess, drop dead in so many sense, you know, for lesser sense of the word. Really fucking sucks, man. I mean, did I like Chuck Norris as an actor? Sure.
00:28:54
Speaker
You know, it was The Way of the Dragon but with Bruce Lee. um You know, Walker, Texas Ranger, obviously. I remember the kid the movie Sidekicks as a kid. You know, and of course the jokes.
00:29:07
Speaker
um Politically, not a fan of him. Not a fan of him at all. But, um yeah i you know, i it was Chuck Norris, man. I mean, he was kind of a fucking Chuck Norris. You know, his cameo in Dodgeball.
00:29:23
Speaker
ah Do you remember that? I think I forget i forgot that. It's where they need to go and um they need a two-thirds vote to overturn the Chancellor's decision so they can play Globo Gym. And the first guy says yes.
00:29:37
Speaker
The second person says no. And then at the end, it's Chuck Norris with a thumbs up. And Vince Vaughn, Peter's character goes, thank you, Chuck Norris. And he goes, thank you, Peter.
00:29:48
Speaker
So yeah. And then at the end of the movie, at the end of the movie um Ben Stiller's character, White Goodman, he's like, fucking Chuck Norris. So yeah, why i was and that was always cool to see.
00:30:00
Speaker
So, but also what he did, what was, but like what do he did with like, what was it? The total gym or what was it or something like that? Like he, he did a lot. and So yeah. Okay. Sad to see him go.
00:30:11
Speaker
Sad to see him go. it I, I, so I'll be honest. I don't know too much about Chuck Norris's work. I mean, outside of like, obviously a movie and the TV show he did. um I wasn't a fan of him.
00:30:26
Speaker
Oh, go on. No, for us, like that's pretty much it. Like the Walker, Texas Ranger and maybe Sidekicks. That's which is basically like the Karate Kid, but trained by Chuck Norris. That's okay basically it. Everything else is from, you know, like I said, the Way of the Dragon or um or any other type of martial arts movie or something like that. But yeah, that is that's what we know.
00:30:49
Speaker
I mean, he was definitely in that era of when like karate was, you know, the seventies in general martial arts, but he, he did his martial arts, like you know in Walker, Texas Ranger, he was always, you know, kicking someone in the fucking face or something like that. Like I saw a clip where he, he broke someone's nose, a bad guy's nose and he's crying. goes, Oh, my nose is broken. He goes here, let me fix it. He fixes it. We aligns and he goes, Oh, you know what i like to do the other way and punches them in the face again.
00:31:19
Speaker
Oh, yeah. okay Well, a later well i I I haven't watched a lot of his work. I knew him mostly from the memes. um Sure. You know, the the jokes, which were great. I do love a good Chuck Norris joke. i Want to hear some? so Do I?
00:31:38
Speaker
you want to hear some? Yeah. I'm going to read I'm going to read you the tops. The top six. This is just the first six jokes that they have on there from scary mommy dot com.
00:31:49
Speaker
Okay. Chuck Norris doesn't flush the toilet. He scares the shit out of it. Okay. I haven't heard that one. haven't heard that one. When Chuck Norris was born, he drove his mom home from the hospital.
00:32:04
Speaker
ah Okay. That's a good one. That's a good one. When Chuck Norris slices onions, the onions cry. Okay. That's a good one. When the boogeyman goes to sleep at night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
00:32:20
Speaker
Okay. I like that one. Never heard this one. Chuck Norris uses ribbed condoms inside out. So he gets the pleasure. but Okay. Wait, wait, wait. Like what's the, what's the punchline to that one? That was the joke. way Wait, wait, wait, say that part last part again.
00:32:41
Speaker
Chuck Norris uses ribbed condoms inside out. So he gets the pleasure. Oh, that's funny. That's funny. Yeah. I heard one where it was like.
00:32:53
Speaker
ah Chuck Norris actually died 20 years ago, but death just let us know now or something like that. Like death was just too afraid to tell us until now. Yeah. ah Chuck Norris got infinity twice.
00:33:08
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. yeah I mean, they and there was also like a popular, ah there was a cartoon too of, of the, Oh, you the ultimate showdown. Yeah. He had a cartoon or something like that. Didn't do that well. Or yeah, he had cartoon.
00:33:23
Speaker
Well, no, it was um ah it was just it was like a fan-made thing. it was called The Ultimate Showdown Ultimate Destiny. It was from Group X. It was from Group x It was The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. And it's where yeah all the supervillains and everything.
00:33:36
Speaker
And Chuck Norris came through the clouds. What was it? He came through the clouds. There was Chuck Norris. And delivered a kick. Yeah, it was that. Well, so Group X was actually the Shvifty Five band. Yes, I think it was the same people.
00:33:53
Speaker
No, it was ah by, ah I don't know. But yeah, Group X had that, like, they kind of talked like this. And they said, shifty fab. They also did the end of the world.
00:34:12
Speaker
round up oh that so that was a guy it's dumb that I that I know this internet knowledge but that was done by some guy um oh it was Lemon Demon Lemon Demon lemony did um yes yeah yeah um Demon Demon but yeah it was all from that era so that's when those memes came out and uh how about the black sheep.com baby Oh, yeah. Albino black sheep.
00:34:41
Speaker
But ah yeah, so. That that just happened. And but, you know, something that actually made me giggle a bit was, did you see the like the courtroom interrogation Afro man?
Afro Man's Court Case Victory
00:35:00
Speaker
I followed a little bit of the case. um I don't know much about it. I just saw his answer to the questions. Officers, officers, officers broke into his house, um falsely accused him and stuff like that. And um yeah, they were like, no, we didn't do anything wrong. And he's like, fuck you. Yes, you did. And took him to court and won.
00:35:21
Speaker
Yeah, but his responses to their questions were amazing. no I did not see that. He's dressed in a suit made out of the American flag. and Which is not supposed to. Yeah, you're not supposed to. But they asked him all these questions that they were really trying to like nail him with. And Um, basically saying like, do you realize what you're doing to these officers and how bad they feel now by bringing them to court? Like they, they, they tried so hard to twist it on him and he was just, he was not having it. And if you could look at that video, the video is so funny. Um,
00:36:00
Speaker
Yeah. So, I mean, the guy was ready to go. Obviously he was putting on a bit of a show with the suit, but I thought that was really funny. So what is it? Do you know what he gets from it? Does he get any, or is he just like, what? I think he, I don't know what he gets from it. I have no idea. I know he made a music video, which we should probably watch at some point. Oh, he did? Okay.
00:36:19
Speaker
He made a music video out of it. um And I think he actually took the clips from the actual event and put them in the video. So. Oh, wow. Okay. You know what? Justice was served. And ah good job, Afro, man, for not, you know. Yeah.
00:36:33
Speaker
Yeah, fuck yeah, dude. Because I got high. Because got high. Because I got high. But ah so cold this is a little bit of a. Maybe that's all we need. Sorry. yeah I actually have a question too. So we talked in the beginning of the episode about my time in Chicago. um Have you ever run into this? Because this is a weird, ah this is kind of a a weird thing that happened um when I was boarding a plane. Now it sounds nice. Lo, have you ever had a pilot shake everyone's hand as they board on a plane?
00:37:12
Speaker
Oh God, no. Yeah. he So this is where this is how my mind works. This officer, giant smile on his face, I've had pilots. oh I've seen, sorry, I've seen pilots and I've worked with pilots who greet the customers that'll stand at the door and say hi, or at least say goodbye when they're leaving. But I've never had a pilot shake everyone's hand. I'm assuming it was. good i Yeah, it was. He stood outside the door and shook everyone's hand as they boarded. And and then he, ah everyone, everyone seated, he gave this announcement about
00:37:51
Speaker
the grace of God. And he started getting a bit religious and we were on our way to Phoenix. So I'm like, was he just Mormon or something? But my first thought was like, I was, I was so turned off and not just because it was a religious thing. It was just like, is this like his last hurrah? Are we on like his suicide flight right now? Like that's where my mind went. I'm like, this is scaring the shit out of me. Why is this? Why is what was happening?
00:38:19
Speaker
Uh, so, and I just didn't know if that was something normal. Have you ever had a pilot preach before? I don't know. It just, it kind of scared me. So a lot of pilots are conservative white men.
00:38:34
Speaker
Okay. That's just kind of the majority of the demographic in pilots. A lot of them are very good people. i don't give a shit as long as they can land a plane safely. I don't give a fuck. Right. Absolutely.
00:38:46
Speaker
So, Like you, I've never encountered that exactly. I've gotten some interesting characters, but I've never encountered ah super religious pilot. Like that they exist. Sure.
00:39:00
Speaker
But not one where everyone bow your heads in prayer and, yeah or something along those. No, I'm, No, I'm sorry. that and i but you know i It was a bit much. It was just a bit much, and it made me suspicious. Yeah,
00:39:18
Speaker
Yeah, we landed safely. Everything was fine. But I was like, grace yeah by the grace of God, by the grace of God. And then ah the pilot I had on the way to Chicago, we had some major turbulence. And but the way he worded it was kind of like, what the fuck? First of all, he wouldn't stop talking about how there's going to be turbulence. Like, I get it.
00:39:43
Speaker
But he kept talking about it. And then he's like, he said something like, you know, we just got word that, ah you know, going to have to make it. We're going to have to fly over the Rockies to avoid some of the turbulence on our flight path. And, ah you know, we that way we lucky but you they said you have to fly over the Rockies to avoid turbulence. Yes. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. That was that too like, turbulent bad i over when you fly over the Rockies, you usually get turbulence.
00:40:13
Speaker
So that's, yeah, I thought about that too. But then, um and then he was like, yeah, I thought he said something like, um yeah, we were trying to avoid turbulence. We were hoping we get lucky and avoid turbulence, but It seems like our luck is about to run out.
00:40:31
Speaker
And it was just the way he worded it that just was like, I don't want to the pilot say our luck is about to run out. yeah like I get what he was saying, but I was just like, can you word it a little bit better? Just say we're going to hit some turbulence and, you know, i don't know. Lie to me. Lie to me a little bit.
00:40:47
Speaker
So... It was just ah some I got some weird pilots. I got a few weird pilots. And then another pilot on the way home to Burbank was he kept like doing this like Italian thing where he's like, yeah, then we're going to make a landing and bada bing bada boom, boom, boom, bing. And we're going to make another landing. And l was like, what is happening? What is our pilots? OK, are they OK?
00:41:08
Speaker
I always love the pilots that are like they breathe directly into the microphone. They're like, we're going to be landing in Phoenix in about About 25 minutes. um Temperature in Phoenix is about 85 degrees.
00:41:26
Speaker
it's a really nice day. And I just want to thank you all for flying with ah such and such airlines. Have a great day. Or they're always the pilot that gets on. That's like, hey folks from the cockpit. I'm like, got no, shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.
00:41:43
Speaker
Hey folks, how you doing? No, I get that. um I'm going to thank for flying with us today. It was just a strange time. Yeah, they're're're a lot of them are characters. a lot of them are characters. I mean, I guess, you know, yeah they they got to make it interesting. You know, every flight that takes off, they've got to tell you about the weather and how choppy it's going to be. And so, you know, they're trying to make it fun. That's like the minimum they're supposed to do.
00:42:07
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So, um but yeah, we were going to talk about... Oh, sorry, go on. Sorry, just the hands is handshaking. I mean, some airlines do like to have the pilots out there a little bit more in front with the customer interaction.
00:42:22
Speaker
um i on a personal level. ahha I hate it when i bust my ass doing service for a flight. I mean, you know, helping people with their families and stuff like that. And then they walk past me and barely acknowledge me and go up to the pilots and go, that was a great landing. Thank you.
00:42:42
Speaker
I'm the one that fucking picked your kid up to help them because they were crying. Fuck you. Right. ah Yeah, I get that. They land and they start clapping and they're like, oh, what a great landing. I'm like, oh, you're clapping for the flight attendants because we served you drinks and took care of you. And God forbid there was no emergency and we didn't have to do anything.
00:43:04
Speaker
You're welcome. Right. Sorry. Some acknowledgement is just, you know, it goes a long, it goes a long way. but but well, you know that we were going to go into a segment about our youth and ah it kind of talks about it. You know, our youth, our, our, our youth, our, did you ever, did you ever go to a youth group?
00:43:30
Speaker
Yes. couple of times. Okay. I didn't know. i didn't couples it Couple times. I didn't grow up very religious. Like we went to church every now and then and stuff like that. And we were, I was raised Christian for the most part, um you know, basic beliefs. um Yeah. But no, we didn't really go.
00:43:47
Speaker
I didn't, I've gone to youth group a couple of times and both times were a great the first time. And then they ended up being bold face lies.
00:43:58
Speaker
Mm-hmm. So I think the first one I mentioned on a previous episode, I went to pre-K at a Presbyterian church, right? ahha And my mother only paid for like the half day or something like that. So I never got to go to recess after nap time, which was bullshit because she always picked me up at nap time and I always wanted to go to recess.
00:44:15
Speaker
Right, right. First day of preschool, I don't know what day, I don't know what if it was an orientation kind of thing. I have no idea. i was four years old. i Like I said, I think I talked about this last time.
00:44:27
Speaker
They bring it in and there's this giant fucking bug juice container filled with McDonald's Heisey Orange. And I was like, oh shit, this is the best. We get Heisey Orange? Oh man, this is great.
00:44:38
Speaker
Next day I show up, ain't no fucking Heisey Orange. oh Ain't no fucking Heisey Orange, Rob. Then to next time, there was a youth group I went with a friend in like second grade.
00:44:50
Speaker
And um I forget what he was, but it was like Episcopalian, not Episcopalian, but it was ah maybe Pentecostal. It have been a Pentecostal church. Went with them to the youth group and stuff like that. And they gave these wafer cookies.
00:45:03
Speaker
You know, like the strawberry wafer cookies and stuff like that. Yeah. And I'm like, oh, this is great. I'm getting juice. I'm getting cookies. Next week I go. Ain't no juice and cookies. We're just talking about Jesus the whole time.
00:45:15
Speaker
I like to talk about Jesus when I'm having juice and cookies. But apparently, i know. I think Jesus should turn the water into ecto cooler. That would be add something. You know, he could.
00:45:29
Speaker
You know, he could. And he chose wine. Which is fine. Give me grape juice and cookies. I'll be happy. Right. Um, that's all we really want. Why does always have to be a cracker? How, how, how, you know, Jesus was a sweet man. Why does it have to be a stale ass cracker? Why can't it be? And Jesus, Jesus also wasn't white. Why does it have to be a cracker?
00:45:50
Speaker
I'm just saying, I'm just asking questions. no Okay. a lot of his followers are stale ass crackers. Damn. There goes none of our viewership. Good job, bro.
00:46:02
Speaker
Just kidding, LOL. This is a podcast. um But yeah, I went to youth group a lot too, but ah I was going like in middle school though, so I was a little bit older. And I went there for free food because they would do like a cookout like every time, and so I would get free food. Oh, every time. Must be nice.
00:46:23
Speaker
Yeah, well, I'd go once a week and it was nice. I went to i went i went to a friend's church when I was a kid, in a middle school. I'm not going to say her name, but I'm not even going type it. I'll tell you later.
00:46:34
Speaker
But we both know her. And um I think it was a Baptist. i guess i was You can type it. And it was a Baptist church. And I think people were like, put their hands up and stuff like that. I'm like, this is a little much for Ronald.
00:46:47
Speaker
No. um Okay. Okay. No, this is a bit much for me. It was just like, okay, it's a lot lot of Jesus love. Nothing wrong with that. A lot for me. huh but no No, thanks. Just bring me to the cookies.
00:46:59
Speaker
thanks Hey, that's Florida for you, you know? yeah mar But hey, ah speaking of turning water in the wine and, you know, Basically, you know let' let's get drunk. i'm I'm trying to do a transition here. You have found... ah Oh, yes. Yes, of course. um ah You have found... um ah you you got you got it You got a new beer. You got a new brand new right off the market...
00:47:32
Speaker
ah I don't know how long this company's been around. I don't know if it's right off the market, but it it is a fighter. um ah right How we like to end our segment with a nice German tradition of an after work beer called the fire robbing beer.
00:47:44
Speaker
Oh, you mean this?
00:47:58
Speaker
if Before you start, i actually was going to send you a picture. I found a bar in Chicago. I think it was called Brost. And I sent it to you. So, yeah, I thought that was cool. I was like, oh, Ron would love that.
00:48:12
Speaker
This was given to me by Lynn and Mario. They've written in before. They gave it to me as a birthday gift. They got it from place. know if you have them out in California. Total Wine and Spirits. do you have those out there?
00:48:24
Speaker
Yes, yes. yeah We got them. This is called Orchard Bloom. It is a dark or black cherry hard cider. it is made with cherry juice concentrate.
00:48:39
Speaker
I'll give you the little... It's from Beak and Skiff Apple Farms in Lafayette, New York, which I've had them before. Okay. And it's... I was going to say... is Is it like Angry Orchard? Is it related to them? No, no, no. It's a orchard Orchard Bloom. That's the company. ah Okay. The company, I guess it's from Beacon Skiff Apple Farms, which I said I've had them before.
00:49:00
Speaker
Let's see if there's any type of... Love me some Beacon Skiff apples, dude. Yeah, no, no, no. He doesn't love a nice just crisp. Just a little you know thing about innovation in every release, eyeing the future, things like that. Just to Kind of just be like, you know, here you go kind of thing. ah Yeah, nothing about the actual thing itself, just that it's crisp, sweet, and tart to soothe, inspire, and encourage.
00:49:24
Speaker
6.9%, so it's got a bite. It's a nice red color. Encourage what? Talking to that lonely girl. I don't know. I don't know. And then he looking like a fool. That's a 6.9.
00:49:35
Speaker
We encourage. Right? I mean, yeah. The can is very pretty. Go and her. can't Oh, it's so pretty in pink. Pink flowers and a sunset. It's very nice. um I did already drink it, but I did want to save it. And like I said, it's very, very good. a Funny thing about Ron, and you we all know about his allergy, my allergies. I have a birch allergy as well. Okay.
00:49:57
Speaker
The hell is that? So like birch is a tree and when it pollinates and stuff like that, i get affected. The body confuses... the the proteins or whatever the the buildup or whatever it's made of ahha with cherries.
00:50:14
Speaker
Oh, so when I drink cherries, get what's called eat raw cherries. I get what's called oral allergy syndrome with my mouth may break out in hives or start itching. So when I drank this, my mouth itched a little bit.
00:50:29
Speaker
So that was kind of interesting. like Oh yeah. It was delicious. It was really, really good. I need to finish it. Um, If you're in Total Wine and Spirits, check it out. I don't know where else they sell it, but Total Wine and Spirits, good shit. So this would not be a beer that you would want to get trashed with? This is not a beer pong kind of beer. You could get trashed with this. um I'm going to give it a rating, okay? Here, I'm going to change it. Okay. so Maybe I'll try it again. Give it a rating.
00:50:53
Speaker
So in German, Schmeckt gut means it tastes good, right? And Schlecht means bad. So the rating will be Schmeckt or Schlecht.
00:51:04
Speaker
Oh, I like that. This is definitely Schmecht. This is a Schmecht. This is very good. If you like cherries, you like this, very good. So there you Aw.
00:51:15
Speaker
There you go, guys. ah Drink that, and and you'll be encouraged to do things that maybe you would never have done before. Soothe, inspire, and encourage. It's like a massage parlor. I don't know what they're encouraging at a massage parlor, but um you usually pay extra for that. Oh, you but yeah know. You know what they're encouraging.
00:51:34
Speaker
You chug one of those, and you go to a massage parlor, brother. i mean, 6.9, you chug one of these, you'll you'll definitely feel it. Yeah. Yeah. And, or maybe go limp in some places, but well, thanks that, that was our fire. on spear like once happened to me once in the ah In the meantime, um guys, ah we'd ah thank you for listening. We'd recommend, ah recommend, we'd we'd ask you to share out the podcast. If you haven't already, if you see anything in our stories, we'd appreciate a share. Um, and until then guys, uh, if you haven't, uh, hit that subscribe button on wherever you get your podcast, we'd appreciate that as well.
00:52:17
Speaker
And, um, I've been leaving stickers everywhere. i left a few in Chicago. um and, uh, yeah, but I don't want to say where, cause I don't know. It could have been someone else could have been someone else. So, um,
00:52:30
Speaker
ah So, yeah, if if you're if you're listening from Chicago right now, write in. ah You can write into by clicking the link in our bio on Instagram and you can ah send in what we call penetrating questions where if you want to write into the show, we can answer that question for you. And ah until then, Ron, I mean, do you got anything else to say or like what's up?
00:52:51
Speaker
I do. i do. do. One more thing to say. One more plug. Given that this episode will probably be released Tuesday the 24th, I believe. hu Okay. um If you listen on that day, Just Kidding at QED in Astoria, March 25th, I will be hosting the comedy show, 7.30.
00:53:14
Speaker
Check it out. out Oh, awesome. It happened to be in Astoria Queens. Check it out. listen to Ron on the podcast and go listen to him in person in a story. i I long for the day that someone says, I love your podcast. I came to see you.
00:53:29
Speaker
I ah long for that. day That day will come. That day will come until then guys. Uh, Ron's breaking out in tears now until then guys, thank you so much for listening and we will catch you on the next one. Yeah. Bye.
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Speaker
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Speaker
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