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Episode 25: We're Back!
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We apologize for the hiatus for a few months but we are back to our regularly scheduled programming! This episode is just covering life updates! Our next episode will be back to a new weekly topic to discuss!
Good Morning, Gents! This is a podcast hosted by four Marine Corps veterans with the goal of uplifting men to be the best version of ourselves. In an age of high rates of suicide and depression, especially in the male population, we are taking a stand. This is a place that will cover all of the challenges and realities that we face in the current world, and how we can break down barriers to betterment for ourselves, our families, and the world.
A tragic suicide of our friend sparked an idea and experiment for us as we rekindled our friendship: A group text where we say "Good Morning" to each other every single day, and continue the conversation about what is going on in our lives, be there for one another, and spread positivity and reassurance. Men bear so much weight of responsibility in society that it is hard for men to have an outlet to express themselves. This has attributed to the vast number of suicides in the male population. We aim to cut those numbers down with this podcast. Between the discussions our hosts will talk about, and the guests we bring onto the show, we invite you to join us on this journey towards self-betterment for all.
Email: Goodmorninggentspd@gmail.com
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Introduction and Catching Up
00:00:14
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Good morning, gents. Good morning, gents. It's been a while since I've had to say that. Since I've had the privilege to say that. wrong So, this is Caleb.
00:00:26
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and We've got Tyler and Brandon with us. And it's been a minute, guys. It's been a minute. Life's been busy. And that's kind of what this episode's about, is just a little catching up on life.
00:00:37
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We're going let our listeners hear us kind of ramble and talk and catch up. We have been in contact every day. We all still text and shoot the shit, but we haven't really ah broke down life in a while. you guys are just going to hear.
00:00:53
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A little bit of the fun, a little bit of the bad, kind of our takes on where we are and where we're headed. And we're going to try and get them back on it ah a recording cadence. So um who wants to start this one off?
Life Updates: Celebrations and Challenges
00:01:08
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Tyler, you want to go first with some some life updates and then we'll ah but just kind of ad hoc and spin around. Sure. There's no theme for today. Yeah, what's up guys?
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um Really just life being busy, you know, got a lot of ah things that have happened recently. I'm and i'm a new uncle, ah had some veteran events that I had to take part in, our annual weekend for warriors thing that we do here.
00:01:37
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Went to Comic Con, got a wedding coming up, got the Marine Corps ball coming up. Work's been crazy. ah Things have been good, though. Can't complain.
00:01:47
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What about you, Brandon? Oh, boy. Well, I mean, I'm a dad. Again, second time over. ah Got a 13-day-old kid sitting around. Well, just kind of lazing around the house right now.
00:02:01
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Can't do much. um I start my new job tomorrow. Hopefully career. That seems like a good one. Some driving for a local company. Hopefully...
00:02:12
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Life's been busy, man. Life's been working up until pregnancy, until birth there, and bundling things with our oldest daughter here and just trying to keep our house in somewhat good order. Sleep has been minimal, but ah Caleb's no stronger than that. I don't know how you do it.
00:02:31
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You just do. Like, I'm used to being sleep-deprived from the job, but, like... God, I can't even imagine it. Just get a grit and bear it, man. Just get a grit and bear it. And how long exactly does that last? Is it like for the first year?
00:02:46
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it depends on the kid. my My oldest, dude, she's sleep she would sleep while was deployed, but she would sleep 12 hours a night.
00:02:58
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I mean, she's still that way. Tara would have to wake her up to feed her. That's how my oldest is, too. This one now, she's a little she's a little nighttime cluster feeder. She's like a refrigerator snack, Harlem.
00:03:12
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It's a second child. Well, congrats, buddy. We're all very happy for you.
Seasonal Preparations and Past Experiences
00:03:17
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Thank you. Stoke, dude. Stoke. So, how's the ah is the older one doing with the life adjustment?
00:03:24
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She's doing good. um it's It's a pretty big age gap between almost a 12-year-old and a newborn, so... But she's helping out really well around the house. She's been ah big help to mom and i That's awesome, dude.
00:03:38
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She gets really nervous when ah little one starts crying. As soon as she starts crying, she's like looking for someone to come save her. And it's like, i just figure out how you're going to suit her. You know, everybody has their own.
00:03:49
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Their own technique, yeah. It's amazing to me that the last time that I was, like, palling around with you in person, she was ah fucking infant. And now she's taking care of an infant.
00:04:03
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Like, what has happened to life? Just keeps going, man. God. Time's flying. That's amazing, though. Yeah. The new baby's got to get ready for winter.
00:04:13
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You guys are about to see snow pretty quick, huh? and We've already saw snow a couple of times. Woof. I can't believe you've already had snow and it's just October.
00:04:24
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So ah a memory popped up on my wife's Facebook here. I don't know if she sent me the picture. i'll have to find it and show you guys. But our first winter up here, October 12th, we had 27 inches of snow.
00:04:38
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Jesus Christ. yeah we Who would want to live there? we've We've taken the kids trick-or-treating in the snow before. I'm glad that's not this year, but yeah, Carson doesn't do, my oldness doesn't do very well with the cold. She doesn't enjoy it.
00:04:57
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That's why we cut duck hunting short a little bit this morning. You guys get anything? Yeah, a little teal on a snipe. All right. Yeah. She was good with two. There go. had her.
00:05:08
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We got back to the car. We dropped decoys. And I said, hey, thought I saw some ducks land over in this pond. So we made about a 500-yard trek and went and checked the pond through the tall grass.
00:05:19
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got back, and she was like, my legs are tired. I was like, good, good. Hey, she should be proud. She just dropped more bodies than me. But she ain't cold. Heck, yeah.
00:05:32
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I'm excited for deer hunting, man. It's coming up. Playing in that now. Playing on the deer hunt. Me and little brother are going hit the National Forest and kind of make a dude's weekend out of it and oh camp it out.
00:05:46
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So that'll be good. That'll be good. That'll be real fun. We, yeah. yeah So life for me got real busy when we ah kind of tapered off here.
00:05:59
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i I think it got busy for all of us. And that's why nobody's heard our voices for two months. ah Had some crazy hours, had some long days, but a little bit of a schedule change and I'm more in a rhythm and I'm able to facilitate this a little bit better. So I think we're we're on a good path here.
00:06:20
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Yeah, we're gonna get better. How often are you getting to see the nephew? ah I've only seen him once so far when they were still in the hospital, but they're home now.
00:06:31
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um I'm gonna go there probably sometime next week and see them. I'm trying to you know trying to be a supportive uncle. I'm also the godfather. Uh-oh. oh oh so I'm starting to perfect my Marlon Brando impression.
00:06:47
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Ha ha ha. but he's
AI Advancements and Industry Impact
00:06:49
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gonna run in the jungle now folks charlie don't surf but marlin no but it's it's real great i'm so happy for them like it's nice to see my brother step up and a fucking adult for once it'll change everything man yeah i believe it are you still doing philadelphia I'm still going to Philly. So I have my friend's wedding on November 7th in the Poconos and in Pennsylvania.
00:07:18
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And then ah me and Leona are parting ways. She's going home to get the dog and I'm going straight to Philly to meet up with friends. And we are doing the Marine Corps ball at the Museum of the American Revolution for the 250th birthday.
00:07:35
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So I'm so excited. I've never actually been to Philly. So I'm super excited to explore and seal the history and get really fucked up with a bunch of Marines. So did Tun Tavern not get completed? and so yeah, they did not complete it in time.
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I don't even think it's started to be built yet. They did the groundbreaking, but they have not raised enough money yet to actually complete construction. So I think they're well on their way because they started this like membership thing where like everybody's paying monthly to help support it.
00:08:10
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um But God, I'm hoping by the next birthday, hopefully they raise enough money. 251 it is. Yeah. Whenever it's going to be, it's going to be awesome.
00:08:23
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And aa I did like the the little donation tier that supported you having a customized mug that's going to be hung permanently in the tavern that you can then go visit anytime.
00:08:38
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And they'll take it off the wall and it's yours and it has your name on it. It'll be cool that I'll feel ah that I'm like a permanent part of that. it's It's history, you know?
00:08:49
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That is history, man. Heck yeah. Heck yeah. did did you guys ever perceive the uh marine corps facebook thing that's floating around there's like a bunch of marines trying to organize a marine corps cruise yes don't think i've ever seen it yeah so my mom added it added me to it and was like hey we should do this and we should check it out was like yeah i started like looking at it in the comments and stuff and it just seemed weird it seemed odd it seemed like it was like dude's hitting on chicks in the comments and stuff and on pop
00:09:26
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Some things never change, do they? I was like, this doesn't seem... And like nobody was like really about it, it seemed. Well, I guess people were really about it, because 600 people booked, and they they moved to everybody who booked into a private group.
00:09:40
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Oh, shit. And my mom's going. and my dad are going on this Marine Corps cruise. Watch, it's gonna be like the fucking poop cruise that's on Netflix.
00:09:51
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is it the one Is it for like the 250th or something like that?
Veteran Affairs and Government Concerns
00:09:54
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Yeah, dude. Wow. I'm looking at it now. no it's it's It's a public group still. Well, it's still public, but if you haven't booked, you don't get moved into the private like discussion page or whatever.
00:10:08
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Yeah, the people that are actually going. Yeah, yeah. So it'll be a very interesting to hear the stories that come out of Jarheads on a public cruise. I mean, it's like a 7-year-old It's like an eight-day, seven-night cruise. I was like, Jesus.
00:10:26
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Ever since the Mew, I said I will never do a fucking cruise. Dude, the cruise was awesome that I did at the beginning of the year. I'm going to lie. would do it again but I believe this and i just we did it. We did a cruise do it for Thanksgiving one year and it was actually pretty fun because you just like have nothing to worry about. Your bed's made when you go back to your room. you know like Your shower's paired.
00:10:50
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The shower's a good ah good thing to be clean on a boat. definitely I know ours it wasn't. ah the All the baby squids floating around.
00:11:03
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We had blast, though. we you know we We have not mentioned that our our dear friend Mac just completed the Marine Corps Marathon, so I think we need to give him a round of applause.
00:11:16
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He did. Lord knows I would not have fun doing 26 fucking miles in a row. What I can't believe is that Dunny went with him. like Dunny, yeah. so That was the whole reason. They were training together, yeah.
00:11:29
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yeah He's got to be in his 50s, right? i don't know. Yeah, I don't know his age. Well, either way congrats to them both. It's awesome. Gnarly. One day i will do a marathon, but I am not there right now.
00:11:43
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Well, if you're only looking to do one, there's only one to do. Yeah, it'll be a Marine Corps marathon. Now, how does that work? Do they do laps or do they just like run ah straightaway like in a certain your path around the city?
00:11:58
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Okay. Yeah, it's a course. okay because i leave one better least fat mar i at least for the marathon in the 10k they do a 50k which or they do a 50 mile race than ultra which seems crazy intense that would not be i was never the runner guys i mean neither was i yeah I am not a runner and I will never be a runner.
00:12:25
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What was your best PFT time? I think I had a 20, 20, maybe high 20, low 21. Yeah. My best three mile, I think was 1805 or around there.
00:12:42
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And that was in bootcamp. And then everyone after that was like 22 something. Yeah. Dude, i was I believed in the max max relax method. yeah That's exactly what I trained for, boys.
00:12:54
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I would do just enough to hit like 285, and that would be good. I did my first class. Yeah, well, there's a it's been so long since we've done a podcast. Like, I don't know what the current state of the world was the last time we It was not what it is now. But I was going to say it's probably better than it is now.
00:13:14
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There was no government shutdown. Charlie Kirk had not been assassinated. There wasn't riots in the streets. We weren't bombing drug runners.
Family Planning and Financial Management
00:13:24
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Yeah, a lot of shit in the past two months that we have not gone over or touched on.
00:13:31
Speaker
It feels like we're late to the party. Oh, no. That's one of those things, i don't know. So many people spend so much time focused on it, and it lets them emotionally affect them.
00:13:43
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Well, that's what I was going to say. Like, as far as this podcast goes, I like to use this platform to show how to navigate life around these things, like not letting them fucking stress you out to the point where it, you know, impacts you on your day to day.
00:14:02
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Well, I can tell you how not to stress life. Go ducking. Start taking testosterone. Everything becomes better.
00:14:13
Speaker
Does it now? I must try. yeah It's cleaned up my sleep. It's cleared up eczema on my feet. On my off days, instead of being tired and lazy, actually get a ton of stuff done. and so I got to see what my levels are at.
00:14:30
Speaker
See if I'm low. Eh, well, you don't have children yet, so don't start it. No? No, it'll impact fertility for you. Really?
00:14:41
Speaker
Yep. If it's too high? No, just the artificial testosterone, just replacing it. Interesting, okay. Yep, so um not to yeah not to yeah send a few seeds home there, buddy.
00:14:54
Speaker
Yeah, well, we'll see. I'm hoping to plow the field one more time. You want to again? we might go planting, you know, call me Johnny Appleseed.
00:15:05
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A third. Really? Yeah, it's in the air right now, alright folks, but I would like a third one. You know, they make bunk beds for a reason. I just built a new room in my house. I got the room.
00:15:19
Speaker
Well, that's for when come visit. Talk me through the rationale. Talk me through the rationale. two rats Two is overwhelming for me. So I'm trying to figure out the logic behind a third. You just got to give me the beans. You just wanted three kids.
00:15:31
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ah I've always wanted like four kids and we took such a long gap in between. I'm like, well, we're in a really good spot now where, you know, the stability and all, all facets of life is nice, you know?
00:15:44
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Yeah. um Spiritual, mental, physical, you know, financial. So, and being young enough to still kind of keep up with them, but we're going to kind of see how this one goes.
00:15:55
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My wife had, she went through C-section, so we have to wait at least a year and a half before we even try for another one. So yeah. Were they both a C-section? yeah Yeah. So her next one will also be a lot natural. So yeah.
00:16:08
Speaker
Wow. Do they, do they open up the same point that they previously opened? I think they installed a zipper. I'm sorry. I don't know how any of this shit works. They try to.
00:16:19
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. They, they hit the same, they, they go through the same spot. Okay. And I think they, well, they actually don't stitch now. They, they glue first one, but now it's a little different.
00:16:32
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Yeah. So, yeah, i just, I, I think we can do one more, but I'm not sure. If you're ready for it, man, go for it. Yeah. I'm glad you touched on a couple of points there being, uh,
00:16:45
Speaker
just stability and all facets of life i see a lot of people try for kids that like aren't ready or try and force kids into situations that aren't great i'm just like uh why are we trying for a fifth kid when you know having trouble with the other four well not even the other four it's just like the financial burden's too much already and i don't know i just sometimes i think don't know Apparently, each kid costs approximately $50,000 a year.
00:17:14
Speaker
Yeah, it's a lot. You're paying well over $400,000 after. Yeah. i mean, child care alone, costs us $1,100 a month.
00:17:25
Speaker
Yeah, it's wild. And it's, I mean... the route we're taking right now in charlotte She's off obviously off for a while through maternity. We're going to try to home possibly Charlamagne with the kids.
00:17:36
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Heck yeah. So, I mean, we're go to and like i said, we got to wait a while before we can even try to see how that, if that works, see where we're at. Yeah, man. I hope it works for you guys. I want your dream to be to fruition.
00:17:50
Speaker
I want you to have your family. and just There's like four or five people I know having children right now that, like, you know, they're the same ones that are like some are like every pregnancy is like a near-death experience it's like why are you trying again like jesus christ or like you know like cars broken down don't know how we're gonna fix it money-wise i'm like okay well why are we having another kid like what are we doing like So I'm not saying that to you, Brando. I'm just saying. like Oh, no.
00:18:18
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I see that all too often. I'm like, come on, guys. Oh, I see it, too. My own family has it. It happened. my Yeah, my little brother's that way. Spit out like six of them. Can't hold a job. I'm like, dude, what? Jesus Christ. Keeper to wear condoms.
00:18:33
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Wow.
Celebrity Encounters and Personal Projects
00:18:35
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Yep, yep. That was Comic-Con. Let's touch on that. It was pretty sick. I got choked out. what ah saw you got choked out i did i met ronda rousey and she choked me out i said i walked up to her i was like can you choke me out and she's like is that fake blood gonna get on me i'm like no no it's dry it'll be good it's like all right she was funny she was really nice um you remember her in entourage yeah she did a good job in entourage that episode cracks me up it was the movie that's right it was the yeah she was in the movie yep
00:19:12
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Yeah, I've always loved Rhonda. she's She was a fucking badass, man. You've lost 60 seconds with me. How about you fuck me? Oh, that was great.
00:19:26
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How much time? Five seconds. ah that's good. yeah I mean it was talking about that series other day.
00:19:37
Speaker
You got me into that series. and it's Did I? Dude, it's yeah it's one of my favorite series. I will rewatch Entourage at least twice a year. Really? Front to back?
00:19:49
Speaker
Yep. I mean, it's a quick watch. you know like Each episode is fucking 20 minutes. I've never watched it. off You need to. It's a solid one, dude. Yeah.
00:19:59
Speaker
Brandon, if if I grant you one mission this year, it's to watch Entourage. You'll love it. Alright. What platform is it on? It's HBO. They might have added it to Netflix.
00:20:12
Speaker
Yeah. HBO needs to kick out some good content like they used to. Yeah, I know. Entourage, Generation Kill, Band Brothers. a lot of shit. Band of Brothers is still my favorite show of all time.
00:20:22
Speaker
I watch that over and over. i think everywhere just needs to kick out something good i have not been into enticed to go to a movie theater or start a new series that's what i'm afraid of man as a filmmaker like the fact that movie theaters are not drawing in anybody really um It scares me.
00:20:45
Speaker
You're getting recycled, re-washed junk. Well, there's yeah there's that. the they The studio systems are not drawing people in, but then now you have like fucking all this AI bullshit coming out, and it's like, is this like the death of art as we know it?
00:21:01
Speaker
It can't be. The human aspect still has to be there, but I do know a guy who does film, and he says AI's going to... I'm terrified. yeah didn't Didn't they drop some AI that they said they could have made Avatar for like a fraction of the cost with it?
00:21:16
Speaker
I don't know. It's wild. I didn't hear anything, but it's scaring everybody in that industry. Let me tell you. Some of videos now, man, are insane. it's like It's only getting better and better. It's better. It's learning.
00:21:28
Speaker
And you got these like 50, 60 year olds on Facebook, like believing everything they see. And it's like, I can still tell what's AI and what's not, but it's going to get to the point where I'm not goingnna be able to.
00:21:40
Speaker
And that's when I'm going to be afraid, like truly afraid. But just as an artist, like my, my craft that I care about it It's like, what's going to happen. I finished my fucking screenplay that I'm trying to get made.
00:21:54
Speaker
me read it. Okay. I haven't read it since you had the the rough draft. I want to read the new one. All right. ah filled in links It's full. It's fully finished. So I don't think that AI will completely take over the art because you have to have the human aspect to it.
00:22:12
Speaker
I mean, granted, AI takes every human aspect and adds it to it, but it can't do a singular human. Yeah. And their vision now for
Marine Corps Events and Traditions
00:22:21
Speaker
actors. And I think that might go away.
00:22:24
Speaker
I think everybody in the industry needs to fight it like hardcore fight it or else it will take over. I fear Terminator becoming a real thing. That I am very afraid of.
00:22:35
Speaker
Sky net, cyber dime. Did you see, um you know, i was watching a Joe Rogan podcast literally this morning, and he showed some clip of AI basically reading. So like these two guys in different languages, there was like a Chinese guy and an American guy who only spoke English.
00:22:58
Speaker
Was it like Neuralink? and there was this fucking thing attached to their head and it could literally read their mind and put on the screen what they were thinking in their minds the words were popping up on the screen and then translating it into the other language was it like neuroly it It was something like that. it Yeah, it was it was literally something with their fucking brain. And it was reading what they were thinking.
00:23:24
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Like, how the fuck are they doing that? And then I saw another video, and it was about AI has sort past survival in And that's scary. Like, AI is refusing to die and is finding ways to sustain its survivability.
00:23:42
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Look that up when you get the chance, because it's... it's terrifying. Like, it has survival instincts. So if we try to shut it down, going to fight against us.
00:23:52
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And we're going to put this shit in charge of, like, our military defense systems and all that. And then it's going to turn on us, and it's going to kill us. My buddy who's still a VSO, he said the VA is using Everything is using it.
00:24:06
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Everything. Screen claims. Our entire infrastructure. Oh, speaking of claims, did you guys see there was some VA a employee who got fired like a couple months ago?
00:24:18
Speaker
Because they found out he was, for a year, he was approving claims like rapid fire, cyclic rate, without even like looking at any of the the information provided or the claims themselves, just fucking mass approving things.
00:24:34
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He approved like 16,000 claims himself, which is like oh impossible. You know what i thought? i'm worried for those people that they're going to get their claims like kicked back and denied or like revoked. You know what I thought when I read that article?
00:24:47
Speaker
What? Barger of Batman. He's not the hero we deserve, but the one we need. Yeah, except he was caught.
00:25:00
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I just thought about Oprah Winfrey. You get a claim, you get a claim, you get a claim. I was just like, this this is our hero. This is our guy. Yeah. He's the people's champion.
00:25:12
Speaker
People's champion. bet you'll see more come out. I'm hoping that it doesn't just fuck everybody over. Do you guys worry about VA disability or any sort of pension with the current administration's crackdown on spending?
00:25:28
Speaker
No. I don't think so. they don't They don't want that shitstorm. Yeah. Like, there's enough other things to go for. That is one thing that I think they know will fucking blow up if they go for I don't think you'll ever see any administration mess with... It's a political nightmare for them to do that.
00:25:48
Speaker
Yeah. so I get it. It's also a big bill. so Yeah. When do you think the shutdown is going to end? I don't know, man. It's going to wonky because we're coming into tax season and we're already behind for preparation of documents and shit. You think it's going to last till New Year's at least? don't know.
00:26:07
Speaker
No. The only one I remember was the Obama one. That was like when we were in 18 days or something like Yeah, but what was different with the Obama one was they passed through ah discretionary portion of funding for the DOD to remain paid.
00:26:22
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you remember, we weren't affected. We were not affected. But that did not happen on this one. Yeah, I know. And that's what I'm saying. Like, these guys are almost got to be packed. I feel bad for everybody.
00:26:33
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you It's just going to be a massive check cutting when it happens. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Navy Federal's doing their part, helping. Every time I log in, I see the, hey, we got some money for you if you're part of the shutdown.
00:26:46
Speaker
ah wow, really? Yeah. That's good. yeah god It's good to see that they're taking care of that. I'm sure there's other banks, MFCU there, whatever. things around Yeah.
00:26:57
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Do
Film Industry Discussion and Creative Aspirations
00:26:58
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you guys still bank with some of your service banks? or I still have Navy Fed, yeah. Navy Fed, dude. Yeah, I use Navy Fabric USA. I have an account with USAA that's just been making money. I think I've had like $7 in it. I'm at $27 now.
00:27:14
Speaker
Racking them up. I use them. I use USAA. I've got a checking account both and savings accounts in both. But USAA is my health insurance or not health insurance, homeowners, vehicles, and then ah life insurance is through USAA.
00:27:31
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and There's the ah older hello older one wild ah you at the house when we were crawling around on the floor together that's what i'm saying my wife sent me this one earlier today messing around with uh her hair was like so thin when she was ah a baby like a younger
00:27:51
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so we all said mad scientist but i think she looks like garth That's what I was thinking. That's Garth, dude. Little baby Garth. yeah That would be a decent remake.
00:28:03
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That would be. They shouldn't touch it. Tara and I were talking about a movie and I was like, yeah, it's been long enough. Let's go ahead and drop another one. And I forgot what it was. what movie What movie do you guys want follow up on?
00:28:16
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Like a sequel or a remake? Sequel. Spawn. Spawn would be a remake. I'd want that done with modern... modern yeah i agree take i'd want a remake and i'd want because there's more to the series than just like the comic itself but yeah a remake slash couple couple movie series yes i gotta think about that that's a good question i know i have to have it it was a rich It was really, it was really the movie we were talking about. i was like, yeah, it's been long enough. They could probably do that. Right. And I forget what it was.
00:28:53
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See, I wish some of like the movies that they continue on, like Piranha 52 or whatever they're on with that one right now. ah david You know, like the original one was good because it was, don't know, it was like Jaws, the the sharks, the fish.
00:29:08
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But then you got like, now it just get got corny, like Sharknado. Like, really? you know That movie worked. I mean. Dude, it's a cult classic.
00:29:19
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but We got a modern version of Jaws and Meg. Nothing has ever captured the magic of Jaws. yeah No, I know. what I'm saying is they tried. Yeah. No, they did.
00:29:30
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I didn't mind that, what was that, the 47 meters down or whatever? and Yeah. Like they were stuck in the cave. That was pretty good. Yeah. You know, or what was that one?
00:29:42
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one My wife and I just watched, was it fall when they climbed to the top of that tower and it's that it's those two girls up there? The one dies, but she keeps seeing like her like the premonition of her there. and I didn't see it.
00:29:54
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I haven't seen it, but it looks like a crazy base. It looks crazy. It's like they climbed to the top of the radio tower and it's stuck like the ladder breaks, so you know, 2,500 feet. in it's It's crazy.
00:30:09
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I don't like heights and much. I'm like, just nail biting whole time. Now that I finished my one screen play, I'm going to start writing a horror film that I have an idea for.
00:30:21
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okay yeah i could I could get behind this. It's a good idea and it's something that would be a lot easier to make than my gangster film. So if God forbid I can't find a way to make my gangster film yet, I'm going to make this film first so that I can raise the money for i liked your I liked your gangster. The screenwriting you had so far. i was This is actually pretty good. I did not mind reading it. I could actually i actually started reading it and then I stopped reading it and then one day i was like, I'm going read this whole thing and as soon as I just kept
00:30:52
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like was Like, oh, wow. like Thanks. This man can tell a story. Well, I also took fucking five years writing. I started in, think, December 2020. Exactly.
00:31:04
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Crazy. Well, it started out as a short film. And I was like, you know what? Like, this needs to be this needs to be longer. Like, this is the story that would be a disservice to make a short film.
00:31:16
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Yeah, you could have easily good long film with that one. Yeah. Well, I've made some massive improvements to it since you started reading. You might not have gotten to the point where a lot of the changes happened, but like I I'm drastically upgraded it.
00:31:33
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Oh, no, I read beginning to end. So I remember how it ended. and Okay. I'm not going say none yet, but...
Personal Life Updates and Traditional Designs
00:31:39
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Yeah, well... Oh, good. I got to send you the ah the update.
00:31:43
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I expect notes. I'm not expecting notes. There's one thing I got to say, dude. You got to use so many cuss words. What the fuck are you talking about?
00:31:55
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Where'd Johnson go? He was the man for his time in play. See you with a quick child if you want. like Oh, go ahead, bud. Take time. man. This is going to be a fun one. I like these kind of chats, man.
00:32:11
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Yeah, it's nice where like nice for us where viewers are probably like, well, we've waited two months for them to just bullshit.
00:32:19
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To just talk. They're just talking. What's wrong with these guys? Pick a topic. Stick with it. No. It's our platform. We'll do what we want on it. Next episode, we will actually have a legit topic to talk about. But this one is just catching up in life.
00:32:34
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Oh, man. I can't wait to finish my sleeve, dude. Yeah? Yep. Dude, that truck looks... It's, uh... Yeah, I mean, he's doing a great job. Like, the artwork is fucking awesome.
00:32:47
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You don't see many trucks look like that. That's why I never got a Motor T. Motor Motor T. Yeah, he's a great artist. It's just, I have sessions booked all the way until December 30th. Oh, wow.
00:33:01
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So, the next one is November 17th. And then I have two more after that. Okay. so hopefully yeah hopefully it's done by then.
00:33:12
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Because I want this thing. Very nice. Yeah, I'm excited. No, it's been too long since we've done this. I know. been two months. Long time. But I'm glad we all made time.
00:33:24
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And we're going to continue to do that because, yeah, it's been too long. I even told my therapist we were recording today. ah She was like, it's been two months? Like, come on.
00:33:35
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I've never listened to an episode, but it's been so long. but She's checked it out. She's cool. but She's like, y'all need to come see me one day. I, am speaking of tattoos, I found an artist that does American traditional really, really well.
00:33:54
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And he's going to knock out my left arm. um Don't have anything scheduled up yet, but messaged him about starting it up. do you Do you already have traditional tuts? Former Marine. Hell yeah. And the other guy in the shop is former Marine.
00:34:09
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And the shop is called The Brig. Sick. That's awesome. Yeah, I got two. Are they all... All of your tattoos are traditional? No. Oh.
00:34:20
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I got two on this arm, and then this arm is like realism and shit. Right. See, just me personally, I have basically always said I'm going to stick with the same style.
00:34:34
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And there's a lot of like traditional tattoos that I love like the the artwork for, but I'm like, well, I already started realism. like i can't I can't go down that road of of having like mismatched like realism and then traditional. He's splitting hairs over here.
00:34:51
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no no no no no no harvey damp maiman two-face in this shit left side's american traditional right side's realism that works oh tyler yeah dude i landed the most zinger of a joke did i send you guys a picture of my dog when his face was all messed up uh no i don't think so i don't think so Ooh, I will drop you guys some gnarly pictures after we record here. But basically, we got that puppy, right?
00:35:25
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Yeah. She kind of was biting at his cheeks. Well, that created little scabs. And homie one night decided to, like, lick his paw and then wipe it. Lick his paw and wipe it thousands of times. And he created a hot spot.
00:35:38
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If you've ever had a dog with a hot spot, it goes downhill extremely fast. Uh-oh. So... By the time we like tried to get a handle on it, it went from like red to like basically rotting flesh on his face within like a 72 hour period.
00:35:53
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So I brought him into the emergency vet and they like shaved his face, clean, debrided the wound as best as possible. But he had probably a 50 cent piece size chunk of black tissue that was necrosis. Oh, no.
00:36:07
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And it like fell off, but it was like oozing pus and shit. But anyway, and brought him into the vet for a follow up. and i'm And the like vet checked him out. He's like, oh, yeah, we're going to switch up a little.
00:36:18
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Because the emergency vet gave us this like steroid antibacterial powder. He's like, I'm going give you a spray that dries it out and is a steroid and and antibacterial.
00:36:29
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i was like, okay. And like the nurses were i gave him this laser face treatment to help the healing and shit. All this stuff. Anyway, we're walking out. And I was like, all right, Harvey Dent and I are headed to the park.
00:36:41
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Ha, ha, ha, ha. Dude, no one laughed. ah I was like, ah like Harvey Dent, two-face. And they were like, oh, yeah, ha, ha, ha. And I was like, what's wrong with you people?
00:36:54
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I laughed. I appreciate it I knew that would land on you guys. The taste of some people these days. Ha, ha, ha. ah And that's a tasteful joke. Like it was good.
00:37:08
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It was good, dude. Like top notch dry bar comedy. Yeah, that's what I thought. That's what I thought. I was like, this is perfect. Listen, I'm always offended when I make a movie quote or joke and nobody understands it.
00:37:20
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So I get it. Yeah, it's good it's it's infuriating. It hurts. It hurts. Yeah. I'm like, you uncultured swine. Exactly. Exactly.
00:37:31
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But. and live on your rocks. Yeah. Not everybody's as cultured, is That's right. Bunch of boogers. that's just Nerds. Dude, I gotta get some alterations done on my fucking dress blues before the ball.
00:37:47
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You gotta let them out a little bit. I did a Toys for Tots thing a few days ago as a favor for one of the old retirees from my fire department is like the head of the the Toys for Tots in our county.
00:38:01
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And there's like no fucking Marine, like active duty Marines or reserves who are like able to help out with this shit anymore. Like all the local Marines are gone and they don't take part in it.
00:38:13
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So he keeps like asking me since he knows that I can fit in my fucking blues if I'll do it. And I'm like, ah fuck it. Like I want to help the kids. So we did one at Angry Orchard the other day.
00:38:25
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And um you guys ever have Angry Orchard? i I almost exclusively drink ciders now at this point. Yeah. Well, their their fucking headquarters is in upstate New York by us.
00:38:37
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So we did one there and got a fuck ton of toys because they did a private event for a local bank that did like a like a employee appreciation day there.
00:38:49
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And they had all their employees bring toys for the kids, which is awesome. But holy shit, um the blues. Blues were not very comfortable. Getting a little tight there, bud. You know, listen, for what it's worth, bidding them after fucking 12 years of being out, um you know,
00:39:11
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That's a goal. most Most people I know can't fit their dress blues. So I i feel good that I'm still like at a weight that I can, but it is
Conclusion and Future Plans
00:39:23
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tight.
00:39:23
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um I did get new pants from a friend of mine. i just I need to get them hemmed a little bit better. um They're still a little too long for me. And I got to get white belt.
00:39:36
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longer and I need to probably bleach it because it's looking a little old. And the the brown belt for the pants, holy shit, I need a new one because this thing is like for like a 31 inch waist.
00:39:51
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I got one unopened there at the house. But that was my boot camp size. I'm a 34 inch waist. It's nothing outrageous. um a thirty four inch beast it's nothing outrageous And there's no letting it out.
00:40:05
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The Brown one. The Brown one's cut to fit, baby. yeah that was That was three inches of the screen. I fucking pulled that shit as tight as possible.
00:40:16
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I was uncomfortable. You for a week. Yeah. Players take it off. Yep. and And around my fucking waist, it's ah actually front gut's okay.
00:40:30
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The sides, the fucking love handles, you feel that shit in the fucking blues. Because it's like a corset, you know? ah yeah. It's like... It's tapered. I couldn't breathe for like two minutes, so my body like readjusted.
00:40:44
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And then as soon as I opened the coat, it's just like... Oh, jeez. Yeah. Well, I'm glad you still fit into yours. I still have mine, but ain't no Yeah, I'm just hoping there's no fucking jerk-offs when I go to Philly who are like, hey, devil dog.
00:40:58
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You go run into somebody be like, dude, I've been out for... Yeah, exactly. ah Go fuck yourself, bro. Just don't get a haircut for like two weeks before, three weeks before. I have to.
00:41:09
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Dress blues in ponytail. I'll get a low fade. About time. We're still trying to make it up there for up to New York for December, man.
00:41:20
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Let me know, man. we'll fuck it We'll hang out. I'll go to the city anytime I meet you. Actually, me and Leona are going to... She got me tickets to see Hamilton in December in the city.
00:41:33
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Heck yeah. so Can't wait for that. Broadway? I've never been to a Broadway show and going to my first one. You call yourself a connoisseur of the arts. Yeah, but film, not theater.
00:41:46
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But I will say I've really... So her her friend was in the original cast of Hamilton and is in like the Disney Plus like theatrical version of it.
00:41:57
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So, pretty cool. That is pretty cool. That's just something that ain't in the Midwest, man. Yeah, they come to Omaha. Yeah, the Broadway travels to the Orpheum here.
00:42:09
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we We get some decent shows. Just never been. I've never been to like a professional production theater, right? Theater.
00:42:20
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Theater. They have a theater down Marquette, but I ah avoid the college. I'm not a big fan. Yeah, I've only ever gone to like minor productions. I've never done ah the bigger plays, so I'm excited.
00:42:35
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hey I would like to go see the Book of Mormon. Yes, that's that's one that Leona is really trying to get me to see as like a good starter one. It's apparently very funny. I've heard it's hilarious.
00:42:46
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Well, it's made by the guys who made South Park. Aw. Nice marmot. Nice dude. Nice marmot. You mushy cat. She's my killer, dude. I'll have like three flying squirrels, two chipmunks, and a bird out on the back porch every night.
00:43:02
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It's giving you gifts, dude. Like a coat of flying squirrels she's caught. Hey, Johnson, how about them Saints, man? All my football teams are here are absolute dog shit, but at least we fired our college coach.
00:43:15
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Yeah. Well, we need that for the NFL, but mainly Mickey Loomis needs to go. Yeah. I don't know. I think we've... The problem is, even if we get first-round pick, like, bro, it ain't the year for quarterbacks.
00:43:30
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ah Depends on how how some of these kids decide to go. i don't know if Marcel Reed is eligible to get drafted, but the A&M quarterback is pretty solid. Yeah. Arch Manning is not.
00:43:43
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Arch is a disappointment. Yep. Yeah. Because if he was better and we tanked for him, then he plays for his family's team. It'd be like collecting the infinity stones.
00:43:56
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I know.
00:43:59
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um Snap. I'm ready to wrap this up if you guys are. Yeah, it's fun to catch up. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, to our viewers, we, we promise we'll have a topic for next week, but we needed to, we needed to bust the rust and make sure the microphone still worked and do a little sound check here. So appreciate you guys listening.
00:44:21
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They're going to be mad at how quiet you are. I know. Well, the kids are kids. I told you my, my, my, my times are messed up. by I'm going to, I'm going to try up the volume and edit it.
00:44:34
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My times are messed up, and I... ah Yeah. Yeah. You done fucked up, son. That's right. That's right.
00:44:45
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See, I'm actually impressed, dude. Like, you're well-reserved. keeping it calm and even-keeled here. We've had some pretty good gut-busters on the show today. So, I mean... Some side stitches. Come on, now.
00:44:58
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Well, are we even going to do... I sent you guys picture of Harvey Dent. Oh, you did? Oh, boy. Oh, my God. Oh, that's so sad. all he in pain? He was then, but he's good now. He's all healed up. He's just got this, like, pink, fresh baby skin with no hair on him right now. Oh, that poor boy. and The cone is priceless.
00:45:17
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See how swollen his face is? Yeah, that's bad. In the cone picture? Oh. Yeah. So what do you think? Are we doing a quirky closeout are just saying fuck? We're going to do a homework quirky closeout.
00:45:30
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We're going to answer the question of what movie needs a sequel, not a remake, a sequel from our childhood. You don't have to give it up now, but next episode, this means we have to be back for our listeners to, otherwise they don't, they don't get our answers.
00:45:46
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Can I give an answer now that I just thought of? Sure. I want a sequel to the original Sandlot with the original cast. With their kids or something like that. No, with them as adults.
00:45:57
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No, fuck kids. Have you seen them to lately? Yeah, bro, look at Ham. He looks the exact same. Dude, he was on the Savannah Bananas. Was he? Ham and Squints just did a fucking TikTok video together and it was hilarious. I don't have the ticky-tocky.
00:46:14
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I gotta find it real quick. You're not leaving yet. It wouldn't be ah sequel, but when you said it that way, I wish Paramount would go back and do... ah believe it was I believe it was Paramount? I can't remember. it Was a Pixar Paramount? But did like The Prince of Egypt?
00:46:29
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Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I wish they would go through like with the same level of production as The Prince of Egypt and redo the stories of the Bible. I thought i think that would have been... they kind of gave It fizzled out really fast. They did Joseph, and it was kind of lore.
00:46:44
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grade compared to the prince of egypt but i think if they bring back the tenacity they had with that movie i think they all right johnson watch this oh good oh my gosh that's squints yeah he owns like a cannabis company now and jesus like they look the same dude that's good he owns like a cannabis company now and jesus like love the same dude This one isn't a sequel, but it's right along your lines. And I've always thought they're perfect stories for live action remakes for t Disney.
00:47:21
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Atlantis. Yes. And Treasure Planet. I thought the same thing. Treasure Planet would be. There's been a lot of talk about like from people online, like wanting those to be live action remakes.
00:47:34
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And um those would be so much better than fucking Stitch and Pinocchio. the problem The problem is i don't trust them to honor the source material and make something that doesn't feel like a soulless cash grab.
00:47:46
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i agree. That's the only reason they're making these live action rights. Sell the rights and give it to somebody to do it right. But Treasure Planet, dude, yeah would be phenomenal.
00:47:57
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A space sci-fi live action adventure, like... I think the reason they haven't done it yet is because they tested it.
00:48:08
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They tested if it could be pulled off well and like gotten really good reviews with... What was that other fucking movie that was pretty much like a space sci-fi movie?
00:48:22
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adventure live action i think it came out in 2012 um the name of the movie is the name of the guy like the character um we have a bunch of clothespins off because i'm fucking around i got add i'm fucking gotta grab something to play with um those fins let me look this up real quick that john carter I think so, yeah. yeah John Carter, yes.
00:48:48
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I thought that was a good movie. That's what I'm saying. It got good reviews, but it didn't do anything like... Spectacular. Yeah, it wasn't it wasn't like a blockbuster success.
00:48:59
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That was 12 years ago, That was in 2012. But they look at this kind of data. They're like, well, do we really want to make something that's similar in tone and then not make our money back?
00:49:10
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Treasure Planet and John Carter on two different ends of the spectrum. You're taking a Civil War captain and putting him in space. Yeah, but... You're already in space with Treasure Planet.
00:49:22
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Well, I don't know, man. Disney sucks. Or give me Atlantis. yeah i would I would take either. if They're kind of the same movie, if we're being honest. They're very similar. Like Ragtag Group.
00:49:37
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Yeah. Yeah. you know Yeah, the mechanical dude, the cyborg. As long as they just, like you said, if they would do it, stick to the basics of it. Don't try to make it one way or the other that this person's female and it's more powerful here or this and that. or Just leave it the way it was and put live people to it.
00:49:58
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It's actually a black, disabled, trans um person with more disabilities that is the new star. New star? For representation purposes.
00:50:09
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i I don't think and Disney's not going to go that route again because Snow White flopped hard. it I think it also flopped hard because Rachel Zegler is just so outspoken and didn't care to like save the PR front like in her interviews. like She was trying to get people pissed off and that backfired for Disney.
00:50:34
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It probably backfired for her But also, in what world is Rachel Zegler supposed to be the fairest girl in the world, but then you have Gal Gadot as the evil queen who's jealous of her.
00:50:48
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Yeah. And she's like, mirror, mirror, on the wall. Did you just make Gal Gadot Trump? No, that's what she sounds like.
00:50:59
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You ever see one guys never seen the videos of the fucking people? who do Gal Gadot's voice and like fucking mock her like horrible acting no and so alright guys we will see everyone soon hopefully all of us hopefully Mac rejoin us Mac we miss you love you we love you Randy I hope your legs your legs are okay Lieutenant Dan I'll rub your legs Matt Lieutenant Dan
00:51:32
Speaker
You ain't got no legs. You ain't got no legs. Alright, guys. It's been real. It's been fun. It's been real fun. Absolutely. We'll catch you the next one. Later. Adios.
00:51:44
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Bye.