Ghostrunners - 230 - Cinnamon Swirl

Episode Date: May 29, 2023

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It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine? It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood, a neighborly day for a beauty. Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Jake, I've been waiting a while to say it officially. Hey, neighbor. 83 steps. Oh, baby. Drive waiting a while to say it officially. Hey, neighbor. 83 steps. Oh, baby.

Driveway to driveway. It's official. You're here. Yeah, just slept here for the first time last night. Thank you. Sorry for interrupting. Slept here last night, and yeah, it was fun. I haven't left.

I haven't put shoes on yet today. I'm recording a podcast. I noticed you didn't have shoes on. I was like, that's different. That's different from over here. Yeah. Wow. It is fun. I didn't, I haven't left. I haven't put shoes on yet today. I'm recording a podcast. I noticed you didn't have shoes on. I was like, that's different. That's different for over here. Yeah. Wow. It is fun. How are you feeling now that you're a Shawnee resident versus Olathe? I've made the transition before. Now you're, you know, coming around to Shawnee as well. I think I'll be really excited once Catherine is mayor. I'll feel more comfortable right now. Once we know somebody in the public arena. Yeah. I don't know the mayor, so it feels different, but no, it's good. Yeah. I got

all moved in yesterday. Got my bed here in the guest bedroom. So last night I was like, where do I sleep? Yes. Because initially I was like, you know what? I don't want to sleep in Rachel's bed until we both do. Because yeah. So as a reminder, Jake is not married yet. I know the timeline is very confusing because when you're listening to this, Jake is married. That's true. But when we're recording this, Jake is not married and Rachel's in Iowa. Rachel's in Iowa.

So he's moved all his stuff in. Yeah. Yeah. And so I was like, yeah, no, I think I want to, I want to wait. But as I'm starting to move things into the guest bedroom, I'm just like, I have so much crap and so little place to put it. I went from two walk-in closets to zero. Yeah. You know, so just downgrading a lot of room, a lot of size. And so my bed in the guest bedroom

just has stuff all over it still. It's my entire dresser, my closet. And so I was like, all right, I guess I will sleep in Rachel's bed. You know, and first thing I'm and so I was like, all right, I guess I will sleep in Rachel's bed. You know, and first thing I'm noticing, it was like, wow, there's like 11 pillows on here. This is my life now. Why are there so many, why are there so many pillows? What are we, what are we going to do with all these pillows? They're not even comfy. Like what I'm like hurt. Yeah, they do. Some of them like poke you like They like sequence on them or something. It's like, what am I supposed to do with this porcupine pillow? There's two huge pink ones. Yeah, porcupine pillows. Yes.

But then there's one that's so tiny. I'm like, what am I supposed to do with this one too? Dude, that one's going to sneak up on you in the middle of the night sometime. You're like, I didn't know that one was still in there. I don't know what we're supposed to do with a tiny pill. I mean, it's like, it's the size of the hat, I would say. Yeah. And,

but so as I'm rearranging the pillows, I actually did it. Tell Rachel this last night. I was like, you know what? She doesn't need to know. I guess she's got to find out now is when I'm, uh,

moving her pillows around. Spider came from underneath the pillow. No, tell her dude. Well, then she's going to be freaked out. Then she's going to be freaked out. Then she's going to think,

I shouldn't put all these pillows on there because it's just a bunch of places. Your first marriage hack, Jake. You're welcome. You think that's like a problem solved? Yes. You just said all these pillows are bothering me. How could I fix that? Say, hey, FYI, underneath most of the decorative pillows,

there was a family of spiders jake a family they seem to really enjoy like the the not soft ones for like the the decor they're more porous they have more they have more place they might be living inside of those pillows i'd throw them out completely problem solved brother so probably should so yeah either way first like first moment in that bed was like oh oh my gosh, that's a decent sized spider that came from underneath the pillow. And I was like, I should probably kill that. I went to take a picture of it.

I was like, no, I'm not going to tell Rachel this. But that's because I'm not married yet. I don't know. Good. Well, and I would just say in marriage, just general tip, tell your wife everything. Really? Even the danger? I mean everything.

Oh, that's a good point. Yeah, maybe. Maybe eventually you got to say everything. I think I'll hide some things from my wife. Good. That was a test and you passed. Jake's great to be married, guys. All right, roll the theme music.

Uh-oh. Ooh, I think this tight beat means that it's going down with some random thoughts and white me too then west best friends eating fast food on repeat so come along let's have some fun and go ahead get on your feet because it's a ghost that's a fun game to play. Yeah. What should I hide from my wife? Let's start doing a segment every week.

What'd you hide from your wife this week? That's fun. Now that you're married, so this one for you is preemptively like, I'm not telling you about the spiders. There's spiders in the pillows. Yeah, mine, I don't know. Sometimes I'll be in charge of watching Rosie while she naps,

and she'll wake up and be very content in her bed for like 30 minutes, so I don't go in there. And then Catherine will be like, what time did she wake up? Oh, 11.45. Oh, wow, she's been up for a while. Yeah. So, you know,

having been able to get that much work done, even though it's like, no, she's been just singing and playing in her crib. So I'm just like, yeah, I'll keep her in there. Yeah.

I see what you're saying. All right. Fun, fun new segment. What'd you hide from your wife this week? What'd you hide from your wife this week? Yeah. Anyway.

So stays lighthearted. No, let's, let's like dive down a deep, like dark circle with like, yeah, you know, uh, incognito mode. I asked her to wear open toed shoes, not for the weather for me. It makes you a lot of money and we are down on our luck right now. People aren't supporting the podcast like they used to. So patrons down, only fans is up. It's fine. Sneaking picks,

sneaking picks. Um, yeah. Marriage, man, wedding. You're leaving a night for the wedding. Yes.

It's my last day in kid city. I mean, then again, you'll still hear from me on the Wednesday episode. You'll hear from me next Monday's episode, next Wednesday episode, because we're not going to your honeymoon immediately. I know. Yeah. That's a fun update. Because last week, I think we said, people will be here taking your place next week. Yeah. Definitely a good chance that I misspoke about it. Cause I keep getting confused about it a little bit, but so you're getting married, coming home for four days, leaving again for a little for standup. Yeah. And then from there going to the honeymoon,

which now that I'm in the thick of it, I feel very thankful to not have to be packing for the honeymoon as well. Yeah. Cause there's so many things. I mean, I have a 25 item checklist of things that I cannot forget to bring to Iowa this weekend. Imagine if the honeymoon as well. Yeah. There's so many things. I mean, I have a 25 item checklist of things that I cannot forget to bring to Iowa this weekend. Imagine if the honeymoon was on top of that. It's like, all right, now I got to pack for a seven day

beach vacation. It's just nice to like one thing at a time. Sure. Rehearsal dinner, wedding, boom, we're done. Come back, settle in, unpack. Yeah.

And you're driving to the wedding. So then you'd have to worry about getting your car back. Yeah. And like, yeah, you'd have to whatever. Yeah, absolutely. It's going to be nice. And so you thought about all the gifts you have to bring back. Yeah. And like, yeah, you'd have to, whatever. Yeah, absolutely. It's going to be nice.

And so have you thought about all the gifts you have to bring back? Thought about, I mean, you saw the mound in there. It's crazy. They just keep coming. Maybe it's like a, you know, I got married literally almost 10 years ago. So it's like, it's just a time thing, but like, yeah, it's just crazy how many you've like gotten shipped to your house. Cause so many of ours, we got at the actual wedding. I wonder if you're going to have like four gifts there, maybe not much at the wedding. Or maybe you're going to have a million and like people just really like you a lot and gave you a lot of gifts. It's crazy. It's crazy how generous people are and how many ghosties have given who aren't even like didn't

even ever weren't even asked to see the registry and gave us gifts. So yeah, guys, there's nothing else on the registry if you're interested. Catherine was like last night, she's like, I want to get them something off their registry because it feels like they've gotten so much already there. There can't be anything left on the register. And so I was like, well, I was like, what if I get them, like make them a custom cutting board. And then I looked over there in your kitchen just now, you already got, got one. So it's like, dang it, it find something else do you guys have anything else that you need that's like wooden wooden wooden wooden um let's see i don't think we need a wooden desk okay sorry how about how about i what if i well rachel listens to the podcast right she supports you in

that way yeah she does dang it um rachel what if I make you like the ugliest version of like a triplet, like, you know, family sign ever. And then like, see if you feel obligated to put it up in your house because I come over here, you know, five times a week or just like, Hey, I did. Um, I don't know. I don't really do this, but I, I carved you into wood. Yeah, I whittled you and Jake. Yeah, what do you think? Kind of like Michael with the Cornhus doll with Oscar. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or whatever that is.

He's like, he has the lowest opinion of me out of anybody. I love the idea. Yeah, just the ugliest piece. Just like use Comic Sans font on there and just say triplet. Live, laugh, just... The ugliest piece. Just like use Comic Sans, you know, font on there and just say triplet, live, laugh, love. And just see... Triplets is spelled wrong. Yeah.

Oh, cool. Thanks, Fred. And not even like a normal, like forgot the, or, you know, forgot the second T at the end, like put two P's and a I. T-R-I-P-P-L-I-T. T. T.

Yeah. That's fun. That's fun that you guys were thinking about it. I feel like you don't really need to, you're in the wedding. I P P L I T T T. Yeah. Um, that's fun. That's fun that you guys were thinking about it. Yeah. I feel like you don't really need to, you're in the wedding. I kind of told it to Catherine. I was like,

I've spent so much money on this fricking wedding. No, I'm just kidding. I didn't say that. Yeah. We're, we're so pumped. Uh,

we were talking yesterday. Catherine's very confident. I am less than very confident about Hattie walking down the aisle. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think she was like, Catherine was like worried that you were going to get confident about Hattie walking down the aisle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think she was like, Catherine was like, worried that you were going to get worried

if Hattie didn't walk down the aisle or something. No way. And I was like, Jake's not going to worry about that. It's cute either way. Exactly. Either way. Yeah, Hattie just has like some stage fright kind of sometimes. And I'm like, I could see her just, she's stubborn.

And once she just decides not to do it, she's not going to do it. And Catherine's like, no, she'll be fine. We'll see. I think Catherine made the good point, though, that her responsibility to guide Rachel's niece, Lucy, down the aisle could get her over the stage fright hump. Right. She's not thinking about anything.

You're the big girl. Yeah. She's the adult now. Yeah. She's responsible for somebody else. Yeah. She's so sweet, man. So anyway. It'll be fun. It's going to somebody else. Yeah. She's so sweet, man. So anyway.

It'll be fun. It's going to be a fun weekend. And so, yeah, next Monday's episode will probably be the one recapping all of it and anything fun that happens. Anything fun. Anything fun that happens. I mean, if something fun happens, we'll talk about it. If something fun happens, we will dive into it later.

But, yeah, yesterday was uh fun all moved in as i was like moving out of my house so this is like i moved out during like in the morning went did some stuff then later that night i was like all right i need to go back to the house grab a few more last minute things um you know like the movers had accidentally packed up my like google fiber router i was like oh like i'm not taking this you know, like the movers had accidentally packed up my like Google fiber router. I was like, Oh, like I'm not taking this, you know, this needs to stay in the house. So stuff like that. Um, and as I'm leaving, like I said, bye, I'm in the driveway to leave the Aletha driveway for the last time.

You cry? No. Um, our next door neighbor comes over and introduces himself to me for the first time. Next door neighbor. Next door neighbor. Jimim we had never met what's jim paint me a picture of jim paint me a picture mama he is probably 72 okay he um geriatric gym pretty baggy slacks baggy slacks yeah he did yes oh good, good for him. 5'9". Okay. Still got his hair. Oh, good.

Not too gray either. Okay. Not bad. Yeah. You know what? Put Jimbo down for 66. Maybe he's not that old. Okay.

And he's a pretty nice guy. Some weird posture at times. It's like he would go from standing upright to then like really hunched over and then back to upright again. Couldn't quite figure that out. What? Out of nowhere?

Yeah, I don't know. He would just kind of bend over. I don't know. His shoes came untied, so, you know. Out of nowhere, he would just like. So you live here alone? Just like the way he would shift his weight. I don't know.

It was like not a natural, like just going from like left to right foot it was like going from straight up and down to like i don't know like 70 degree angle seeing if you have like you know enough oil in your car like yeah you got an oil leak under there like so so already i was just like man this is so nice of him to come over that is so unfortunate that it is as i am leaving right and so um so right away uh you know he's like hey i wanted to introduce myself it's you know jim and pam we live next door no way pb and j you know jim and pam yeah yeah wow did we know this yeah yeah they invited us over like two weeks into living there and it was like a margarita party oh that was them i thought that was two houses down for some reason no that's Roscoe who we played pickleball with. Roscoe

is a little bit of like a, like firecracker. Yeah. He's like, he likes the 4th of July kind of guy, right? Like Halloween kind of guy. But also we got some packages from Roscoe. It seems like he ordered some DVDs of the chosen. So, okay. He's a guy. Well, 4th of July is for America. It's for freedom. It's for, yeah, absolutely. Found it on Christian values in America. Thank you very much. So anyway, so yeah, I just, Jim comes over. He's like, want to introduce myself?

I'm like, oh yeah, it's about time, you know? And he's like, yeah, I know you travel a lot. You know, the people have told me. And I think the first question I asked him was like, how long you been living here? And then that really took the conversation in a direction I was not expecting. Because I was like, yeah, when did you guys move here? And he goes right after nine 11. Oh, I was like, well, that's an easy way to remember. September of 2011. Okay. So about 22 or 12, 12 years. Okay. Right after nine 1111. He goes right after 9-11.

Did you go, oh, I'll never forget. Did you say that? I said, oh, easy way to remember it. And then, dude, he just talked to me about 9-11 for like at least five minutes. Okay. Just like a really long time. Like summary or like giving you his feelings? Like, did he just say like, here's what happened.

There were two towers in New York City. So New York City is one of the biggest, you know know e-commerce no you think trade center you think like stock exchange it's not that it's not just that it's it's way bigger yeah so no it wasn't like a wikipedia article it was more of like um that's what he was bending down to do is actually looking at his wikipedia so yeah the twin towers was its nickname al-qaeda um yeah al-quweda um osama bin Laden yeah he was uh he was just kind of recapping how he remembered that day oh it was crazy yeah and he did this thing this is great because I feel like either you or I won recently on the podcast talked about having an interaction with a person like this and I can't remember the specifics of it okay but it

was basically like was it the uber driver thing? Sorry. Yes. You nailed it. Sorry for interrupting. Yeah. You nailed it. That's exactly what it is. Okay. Yes. Where you try to relate and then you get denied. Yes. Well, not exactly that. This is what this guy did. So he, so he was talking about how, uh, he was like, you know, um, I remember like hearing on the radio, just like all this crazy stuff's happening. And I remember thinking that it does sound crazy, but you know, believe it or not, I went to St. Louis that day and I go, oh my God. I was like, you were on a plane the day of 9-11.

He goes, well, I drove. So I was like, oh, well, that's not like newsworthy then. You drove on 9-11. Yeah, we all did. Well, I don't, I don't understand why that was noteworthy information. So I was like, oh, okay. And then a couple minutes later, he goes, you know, my brother was in Manhattan at the time.

And I was like, oh my gosh. I can't imagine having a family member there, knowing they're in Manhattan, New York. And he goes, he didn't say Manhattan, Kansas. Oh, that's what I thought. I was like, well, he was in college at K-State. No, but yeah, I was like, I can't imagine having a brother in Manhattan.

And he goes, well, he was nowhere near it. I was like, oh, all right. Screw me. Yeah, yeah. Sorry. So why'd you tell me, Jim? Yeah, okay, okay. So yeah, it kind of was like that Uber driver he had.

He's like, you can't. All right, well, dude, I'm trying pretty hard. And I remember, yeah, I remember every single news station had it on. Everything on the radio was all about it. And you're like, oh, I remember that too. Yeah. All those channels. He's like, well, you didn't have the cable that I had. So you probably didn't see every news station. Well, you were what, fourth grade. So I can't imagine. You probably didn't have DirecTV at that time. How did you know that it was like a big deal in fourth grade? Do you remember?

Yeah. I remember pretty vividly. I just remember like teachers are freaking out. They wheeled in a TV to our classroom for us to watch it. Okay. Yeah. And it was like, oh man, that's kind of sketchy. You thought you were watching Bill Nye and instead you're not. Yeah, no. I remember going to, there was choir or music, whatever class we had later that day. And our teacher calming us down and be like, no one is going to bomb Stratford, Missouri. Oh really? Cause that was like the sentiment I feel like was like, who's next? America's under attack. Yeah. I don't think I remember feeling fear like that because I don't think I understood it well enough, but I remember Audrey all twice came in. She said they, yeah, they planes hit, you know, the twin tap or world trade center. And I remember thinking I've never, what is that?

Yeah. No idea. And then we had computer class later that day. And so the whole assignment for every single kid was just try to find any information you could from any website. And all the websites were jammed. Really? Jammed? Yeah, whatever it was. The internet didn't work, basically.

Whatever site. And it was specific news sites were not working. Because I was like, we would try to go to a website, you know, and whatever e-bombs world worked. Mini clip. No problem. Yeah. But then, uh, yeah, whatever, all the, whatever news.com or whatever it was that we were trying

to find. That's a fun, that's a, I shouldn't say fun. That's a very unique memory of that day of trying to use the internet and the internet doesn't work. Yeah. And then I remember going home, like I always, you know, would watch TBS, watch Fresh Prince reruns and stuff, uh, you know, after school and every single channel was covering this event. And that's when I realized like, okay, this is different than just like, you know, state of the union. Yeah. It's

like taking over the channel TBS, you know, like it's one thing if, you know, ABC is covering it. Al Qaeda is coming for TBS. No, that's when, you know, so anyway, one thing if, you know, ABC is covering it. Al Qaeda is coming for TBS. No, that's when, you know. So anyway, that's so you and Jim, you're talking, just connecting on 9-11. We just talked 9-11 for a while, but probably the best part. I'll just call this the my people pleaser moment of the week. Did you see Isaac's close friend story? Yeah. So that kind of runs it for you.

But basically, so Jim is just he's just being a really nice guy, and I didn't have the heart to tell him, like, well, I'll never see you again. You know, like, I'm leaving right now for the final time. And I just didn't have the nerve to tell him. And so he's like, you know, Memorial Day weekend's coming up. What are you doing this weekend? And I go, nothing much.

I'm racking my brain. Do I have something? Do I have a prior engagement? I can't remember. So I told him nothing much. And then he presses me on it. He's like, wow, Memorial Day? I figured you'd have something. And I go- Busy guy like you? A young strapping bachelor? I literally go, I might go up to Iowa. Didn't even say why. It wasn't even like I have family there. Yeah, oh, who's in Iowa?

Oh, my fiance and about 300 of our friends and family. I just said, go up to Iowa. And he was like, well, that's great. He didn't ask any follow-up questions after that. I was like, well, that's nice. Like Okoboji probably up there, huh? Yeah, Clear Lake maybe. We'll see. Yeah, I said nothing much.

Might go to Iowa. Why didn't... So you were worried that he would be sad that you were leaving and not going to live there anymore? Or did you... Is that truly the reason? Or was it more like I just don't want to have more conversation. I'm ready to be done with this conversation. I think the biggest chunk of the pie was like, I don't know... Chunk of the pie. don't know if it was a pie chart of the reasons why.

Most people say piece of the pie. Do they? Yeah. A chunk of my pie. Because I was worried about him, just like weird Karen type behavior coming from the neighborhood, the HOA. Like if I don't live there anymore,

am I allowed to rent this out? I don't know. I didn't want to like bring that up. That was the main thing that was like on my mind. Because he knows that you're the owner? Yes. Okay. Let's just not bring it up.

He doesn't need to know. Like, oh, cool. So your wife's moving in soon. You know? Yeah. No, it'll be like five guys that are between the ages of 21 and 25. I feel like I could see people, if they wanted to raise a fuss, they could.

It would be annoying, even though everything's totally fine. No, totally. That makes sense, too. So that was a big thing. I think another thing was just elongating this small talk conversation. You've already talked about 9-11.

How much more is there to cover? I was really polite about 9-11 and I feel like you kind of shut me down. So you don't get to learn about my wife. But I'll see you for margaritas in July. But yeah, you let me know when the alcohol party is coming around again. Because you and Rachel just are, yeah,

big wine drinkers, you know, margarita. Yeah. I had like a seltzer before a show this past weekend and Tom made such a big deal about it that it made me never want to drink again. Whoa, whoa. Jake's getting crazy. Oh my gosh. Yeah. And then I think we all went out that night later and I had a margarita that night and you know, Tom was going, dude, this guy's drank more alcohol today than I saw him drink all last tour. Yeah. It's like, all right, well, if I'm going to be treated like so differently, then this is no longer worth it.

That's amazing. Like, like you, you hear like, well, not even here. You see the classic caricature of like, you know, oh, if you're a Christian and you don't drink, people are going to make fun of you, you know, whatever. And I never felt that way in college. Like I would go to parties where people were drinking and I would just be like, oh, I'm good. I'll just have water. No one ever was like, you're just going to have water, you loser. Like never once.

And then now that you're 31 years old, 32. Getting made fun of for drinking. Look at this guy. Yeah, finally. Like let me pressure him into it some more. And it's like, cool. All right. Thanks, dude.

Give me a Dr. Pepper next time. That is, yeah. It's like, yeah. It's like, yeah, you don't experience it when you're young, but you're experiencing it when you're older now. Yeah. Did you ever experience? Probably not going to SBU.

You probably didn't encounter that very often. One story I think of when you said not getting made fun of for that is I remember a really cool basketball player for SBU came and sat at the lunch table with me one day. It's like, I didn't really know this guy. And like, I looked up to all the athletes. I thought they were like the coolest people, you know? Sure. And he was like trying to invite me to some party and asked me if I like smoked or drank. And I was like, no, I don't do that. Which felt like nervous at the time to like tell this guy who like, right. Apparently thinks I'm cool. Has heard good things about me. Wants me to come to his party. He's like you smoke, drink. And I was like, no, I don't do that. And he was like, dude, good for you,

man. That's awesome. Right. I was like, oh, that was so like, I was so nervous to say I don't. Yeah. But then when I did, he was like respected a lot. He's like, well, you should still come, dude. I think if you're out there listening to this and you're a high school kid and you're worried about that, like, don't be as worried as you think you should be. Yeah. Or whatever, however old you are. However, like, yeah, I was 21 when I was worried about Santa. Yeah. It was like, don't... People...

If anything, I'm always like, well, it's cheaper for me to be at the party. Like, you know? That's a... I'm just drinking water out of one cup. It's so much cheaper. Yeah. Like, it's expensive.

Alcohol is expensive. I had no idea. If for nothing else, don't drink it for that reason. Totally. I don't think I realized that until I was probably 27 years old. I saw someone else's receipt at a bar that I was walking up to and they had spent like a couple

hundred dollars. That's crazy. Whoa. Yeah. On, yeah. On just like temporary feelings. They have something called free refills and you get it for maximum at a bar and grill $4. And that's, what's great. So if you go to a restaurant, yeah, you are going to pay $3 for a soda. But if you go to a bar, soda's free because they're like, you know, most of the time. They're like, I don't care. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, you know, just take it. Get out of my way. Awesome. Right. Great. People don't even have to know. They think it's rum and Coke. No, I told them to hold the rum. Hold the rum. It's just Coke. Gin and tonic hold the gin. Actually hold the tonic too. Yeah.. Actually, hold the tonic too.

Yeah, I'm good with the tonic too. Just give me water. Water with a lime. Water with a lime in there. Yeah, anyway. So those are your PSAs for this week is, hey, don't be ashamed of not drinking. Yes, and don't be ashamed of your wedding. That's another thing.

That was my bad. Is there going to be alcohol at the wedding? Yes. That was another thing we're trying to figure out too. Thank goodness. I'm just kidding. I was like, I don't foresee a lot of my friends like really going crazy with it.

And so I was like, with that in mind, I think we could probably do an open bar and it not end up costing anyone that much money because no one's going to. I think it's very nice to offer that and knowing that our friends are not going to, I think it's very nice to offer that. And knowing that our friends are not going to take advantage of it. Right.

So it's not like a, I've seen some venues where it's like, if you have an open bar, it's $20 per person that you have like at the wedding. Yours is not like, yours is just like whatever alcohol we use. That's how much they charge you. Yeah.

Now that we're saying this, I might've misspoke a little bit. I'd like to redact it, redact it, redact it. I think it's like cocktail hour, open bar, go crazy. Wedding reception, I think unlimited like beer, wine, and seltzer. Classic. And if you want mixed drinks. So we're talking open bar at the very beginning, daddy going double fistos because I'm a big drinker, get it while you can yeah uh my yeah that flower girl over there she's just curious you know i won't you know i won't give her too much no whatever um yeah i think that's how it'll be fun but yeah i try to figure out

like how much you know it's cheaper if you bring your own beer in sure you know and they're like how much do we bring i'm like i am the last person i have no idea i estimate that in general i think there should be someone whose profession is to estimate food and drink like pizzas how do you ever know like like uh at um in florida for the trip we got pizza one night and brooks is like how many pizzas should we get and i tried to estimate it and i was like i think on average everyone's eaten two and a half pieces. And so we got enough pizza for two and a half pieces each. And Brooks got the biggest pizza pieces I've ever seen. Remember those things? Yeah, they were long. Brooks, no one's eaten two and a half of those things except for big dad. Like Catherine couldn't even probably finish one. There are a lot of websites, uh, like pizza calculators.

See, people are making lots of money off of this pizza need.com. Um, yeah, we didn't have, uh, alcohol at our wedding. And I remember the wedding, we had a wedding, you know, coordinator planner or whatever. Um, and she's like, and she's like, what time you guys want to leave the wedding reception? I think we said 1130, like kind of late. And she's like, Oh, you need to, you need to plan on leaving before that. Cause if there's no alcohol, people aren't going to want to stay. And like, she was serious about it. And it was like one of those like classic, like, you know, like ministry ministering to this woman, like moments where like at the end of the night, she was like, I've never seen a

wedding, this fun, exciting. And I can't believe that, you know, with, you know, the circumstances, it was like, yeah, we had, uh, vintage Dr. Pepper bottles. That was our like crazy drink. Yeah. That's a cool idea. And it was, it was one of those things where it was like, yeah, so many of our friends just know how to have a good time and who cares. And it was like, we were just out of college. Especially at that age.

Yeah. Yeah. Half the people weren't even legally able to drink. And anyway, fun times. That's pretty cool. That's fun. So yeah, we did all that. They did ask, they're like, okay, what about,

forget numbers, just like preference of beer. And so I said Coors Light because I think I had seen you and Isaac drink that sometime. Mountains are blue, baby. That's great. You're like, I'm a Coors guy most of the time. Yeah, it's safe. It's not Coors, I'm not drinking it.

Yeah. I love the idea of you being in like that situation and just having no opinion but trying to have an opinion like i've heard uh best modello maybe is a thing i don't know mezcal is that a beer i know that's something get get four of them whatever it is get patrone patrone i think is a thing i remember t-Pain in high school rapping about it. Rappers like Patron beer, I think. They're big Patron beer guys. Oh, I will say I learned, Rachel was like,

okay, say you do this or they can do it well. And I was like, okay, I've heard this word before, like tequila well. Yes. And I got it wrong. I thought it was the nicer top shelf stuff, but it's not, it's the cheaper stuff. Yeah.

So we learned. So that is what it means though, is just not. It's the cheaper stuff. Yeah. So we learned. So that is what it means. It was just cheaper versions of like the mixed drink. Yep. Okay. Cause, uh, yeah. Like a malt liquor. I think in college, like Thursday night, it was like $1 wells or whatever.

Yeah. It's a weird, I don't know how to even put it in a sentence. $1 wells on Thursdays. Like, oh, I'm drinking from the well. Oh, I ordered a well. You went well. I got tequila well. I want, yeah. Medium well. I'm not. Oh, I ordered a well. I got tequila well. Medium well. I'm not even joking that much. Oh no, you order a medium well.

No, you do. Where do you think the steak comes from? That's why everyone wants medium rare, Jake. Not medium well. I know it's not that. You don't know. You're pretty sure. You don't know. You get a small well, a medium well, a large well. Oh, Vinty. Vinty well. Vinty well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Grande well.

Yeah, Starbucks. If you don't want like, I don't need the good stuff. Just a little espresso to get me through. Yeah, I guess. A tall well. I guess like a well is like a, yeah, category of, yeah, quality. Yeah, I guess so. Which well is pretty, like should be pretty good that's what i

would think too yeah comes from the earth the well water well yeah anyway that's been alcohol talk um speaking of drinks we've got a old sponsor but new segment yeah talk about uh beam they're awesome we've talked about them we've talkedie, our girl listens to the podcast. Now, um, Oh, uh, Brandon's coffee corner made a little video for the Facebook group this

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Yeah. So I agree. We're going to do a little, uh, segment. So they're a big thing. And even their big, um, you know, acronym basically it's where it's B E A M beam is be amazing. So we're each going to talk about, um, someone, something, some action that was amazing.

Something that was amazing for us. Yeah. So I've been watching a lot of playoff basketball this past week. Hadn't watched it since Scottsdale. And I watched probably 15 minutes in Scottsdale when we were there. Yeah. But I kept like, people would be like, are you an NBA fan? I'm like, I am.

I just haven't sat down. So this week I decided to sit down and watch the games. All of them. Like it's almost, it was almost two sweeps in a row. Like there was just not like super like, I mean, they were still good games,

whatever. Um, but even though the Lakers got swept, LeBron is 38 years old in the Western conference finals. Basically might be amazing is just LeBron James. I found a stat that is he, he leads the, um, like all time NBA playoff scoring list with over 8,000 points. The second place person is Michael Jordan with 5,987. Oh, wow. That might be an unbreakable record. It's got to be. It's just like, and like the difference in, you know, LeBron and MJ, like Kyrie doesn't even have that many points like in his,

like it's just like there's so many like crazy stats that I was trying to find like compounded on this. But like basically he's just so much farther ahead of everybody. He's amazing. Be amazing. Beam, be amazing. LeBron. LeBron. LeBron G amazing.ron, LeBron,

G amazing. Yeah. LeBron is cool. It's very impressive. The longevity, the success, how he's been like the most like, you know, prolific,

like touted, like the most pressure a high school athlete's ever had on him in his life. And he's like handled it so well, no controversies, no allegations. It's really, yeah, it is married.

His high school, sweetheart, wild, like how successful he's been and yet still how we all choose to like have like, you know, all these debates about him. So many people hate LeBron. I don't hate him, but at the same time,

I don't know if I like truly love him like I should for how good he is. That's fair. You know, like- Like we've gotten to grow up and see LeBron his entire career, but I don't feel this like, you know, adoration towards him.

Like, wow. Yeah. Like, like the way we feel about MJ basically. Yeah. Like, do you think it's because LeBron's too big?

Like, seriously, like, do you think, do you think he's like, do you think if, if LeBron were, that might be the allure with steph curry a little bit i think

or even michael jordan like he was six six but he was not like like lebron is so jacked and like physically just a specimen and so i think sometimes you're like well he's not that good he's just huge that's why people like tom brady you guys never had a you know even a four pack in his life very soft bodied yeah and mich And Michael Jordan was strong. No, don't get me wrong, but like LeBron is just a physical, just, just anomaly. Yeah. And so I think maybe that's why we don't like him as much. Cause like, well, yeah, if I had LeBron's body, I would be as good as he was too. You know, that's kind of a funny thought. I don't hate it. That's why I like Kobe. Kobe was not like, whoa, so strong, so huge. He was more like typical NBA body, probably.

But all I have to say, numbers don't lie, LeBron James, 8,000 playoff points is insane. That is amazing. Insane. 8,000 in the playoffs. Not just the playoffs. The first week on tour, the whole bus got in this huge Jordan versus LeBron debate,

and I didn't say a single word. Really? I just get so tired of all that. It's like, I liked them both. They're awesome. There's no way of truly being like, this is obviously the answer. Yeah.

It's like, why are we even debating this? Yeah. Who are you going to choose on? It just depends on what you value the most. What do you value the most? And I value Kobe. So Kobe's the right answer, but not really. It's Steph, actually.

Steph Curry's cool. Steph, if you're listening, we love you. The Air Force? Air Force is cool. That's a funny quote. The Air Force? Okay, my be amazing is going to be the guys who moved me from Olathe a Shawnee yesterday.

Yeah. They let's hear about it. We're awesome. Okay. So just real quick, the whole just moving process, you know, I call them, you know, a couple of weeks ago, I'm like, Hey, I'm trying to get a quote for this move. Like, all right, let's get a few details. Like, what are we moving? And you know, I'm going, it's just, it's really just one bedroom. Like I live in a five bedroom house, but it's just one bedroom. And I feel like she had to re-clarify that with me like four different times. So it's just the one bedroom. Yeah. Yeah.

It is just the one bedroom. Talk about an anomaly. Yeah. You know, I was looking for a quote, not some shame. Okay. Can you leave that for somebody else? It's just, just call me a piece of garbage and let's move on. The bed's super heavy though.

It's like made out of like quality, like high, you know. It's like light bamboo. I put it together myself. It's pretty, it's pretty chill actually. I just don't, I don't own a truck. Yeah. I don't know anybody who does. I know.

My roommates are so nice. They offered multiple, multiple times. Like, let me know whenever you need help moving. You offered to help, but I don't know. I just like, to me, that's just my personality. I don't even know how to describe that part of my personality. I was just like, let's just let professionals do it. I don't mind paying them because I would feel, even if you, to me, that's just my personality. I don't even know how to describe that part of my personality. It was like, let's just let professionals do it. I don't mind paying

them because I would feel even if you did help me, I would want to pay you, but I don't know if I paid you enough. Like I'd rather just pay someone a hundred percent of what they asked me to pay them. And then I just, the peace of mind is just like, oh, great. Yeah. We both got exactly what we wanted out of this. And the professionals, there's bang bang yeah so they come in and they just had the best attitudes it was like these two guys in their 20s and well sorry go ahead they i i walk them into my bedroom like this is basically it and i've been getting so many like like packages even in my own house just like clothes i'm ordering or is there so many bad birdie packages i just get for free from the golf sponsorship Tacoma sent me clubs. So I've got just a lot of big boxes in there that I was planning on throwing out, but I hadn't gotten around to it yet. So it's

like, I'm so sorry about all the boxes and the cardboard. And you're like, this is awesome. Like we can just pack all your stuff up in these boxes and then we don't have to charge you. I was like, Oh, cool. And then they were finding like old Amazon packages that kind of those sealed envelopes that have like thin bubble wrap in them. Like, this is great. And so they're like the YouTube plaque right here. They were like wrapping an Amazon package.

They just had the best attitude. They were like MacGyvering everything. They're like, we can use this for this. They were saving you tons of money. This is the perfect size for his computer monitor. Like not even really including me on the conference. They're just geeking out by themselves. Like, dude, this is amazing.

Look at it. Look what I'm doing here. I'm wrapping it around the corners. And they were just like, so fired up. They had an amazing attitude. That would be a fun puzzle is just like, Hey, we just, we like there, the answer is here in the boxes. How do we use the boxes? Here's a cardboard box that held a golf club, make it work for a computer. Yeah. You know, and they would do it. That's fun. Oh, I bet they were, had a great attitude coming in there. Cause they're like, they have, he has one bed, one desk. This is close compared to what these guys, these guys are moving on a daily basis, refrigerators, you know, couches. And they come in, they're like, this is a good day. And then they took some extra time to like,

get a little creative with the boxes. And so like, we don't have to go to that next job yet. Yeah. Yeah. they brought the size of the truck they brought i mean could have almost fit the physical house itself in it you know i was like wow that is huge i was like what size you know they're like this can this truck can really fit like a four bedroom house yeah what about like a queen size bed could it fit that did you take a picture of it no i should have that would be funny like how little was packed into the back but because it's amazing like when bamford the guy that delivers some of my furniture from Alice custom creations, uh, will like load up like what I think of as like a huge table. It looks like nothing in his delivery. So I'm sure your six boxes and bed and desk.

Yeah. Just look like it barely fit in the corner kind of thing. Have you ever seen or heard of wardrobe boxes? Yes. They, yeah. About the shape of a, maybe a small refrigerator size box, but then they put a little, you know, bar on it and you hang your clothes. That was awesome. So we were all working together. They were throwing up boxes and putting clothes on it. Super efficient. I think we packed up my entire house in like 40 minutes and got out of there. And one of the first things they did though, when they got in there is they were like kind of packing up stuff and they're like so our um our notes say that you're an influencer and i go whoa whoa hold on i was like i guarantee you nowhere in the notes did i say i was an influencer i guarantee you that and i was like old jen who i talked to on

the phone must have done a little homework or something i was like i was like okay instagram handle yeah yeah so i don't know how you know'm like, that is pretty funny, and they were good sports about it. I was like, do not take that off the notes. No way. So say you're an influencer. Yeah, we talked about it. But then they saw the YouTube plaque and some other stuff, and so they kind of started putting it together.

Dude, that's funny. Do you think she looks up everybody, or do you think she recognized your name? I have an answer for you. Come to find out, I think they might've been lying because one of the movers, his wife is just a big fan. And so maybe he just saw, I don't actually know how he pieced those two things together,

actually how his wife knows who his clients are. But either way, we took a selfie for his wife. Oh, that's cool. So that might've been how. Have you ever used the word influencer to describe yourself? I don't think ever. I did the other day. Did you?

Talk to me about it. Or should we wrap up Beam Be Amazing? Beam Be Amazing. So basically, these movers were just amazing. They made the experience so much better. It's a free promo for them. It was the company called Moving Pros with a Z. Yeah.

If you're in Kansas City. Be amazing. Also with a Z. It's all a big Z from A to Z. A-ma-Z. A-ma-Z. But yeah, Beam is great too.

If you like super greens. Yes. I've been having them a lot lately. Or if you like moving around. Yes. Okay. Yeah.

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Talk to me, influencer. Yeah. So the other day at church, we, yeah, it was, it was the Awana night. It was like the night where we have the Awana award. So it was a couple of weeks ago and we were out like waiting for Hattie to be ready to go into the auditorium. So I was hanging out with the little kids out on the church playground. There was one other couple there playing with their kids on the church playground doing the same thing. And just getting to know these people, they seem really cool.

And so she asked me what I did. And initially I said, you know, I'm a furniture maker. I only said that. And then I feel like I don't remember how the conversation got to this point. And I could have easily just said, I have a podcast or I don't, I think I said like, and I don't like to use this word, but maybe I'm an influencer. And Catherine was like, I mean, I don't know if he's an influencer. And the girl's like, okay, let me check you out. What's your, you know, what's your Instagram? And she looked it up. She's like, I already follow you. No way. I thought I

recognized you. That's really cool. Yeah. And it was like, cool. And I had a hat on. So maybe she just didn't recognize me in the same way. I don't know. But it was like, it was just funny how she, yeah, had talked to me for probably 25 minutes before I ever said this, but I felt so awkward, say influencer. Yeah. You know, this is like a very micro awkward thing. I want to know if you feel the same way, but when people are like, they learn about what I do, dude, that's so cool. It sounds like I would love that. Like, what's your name? And I say, Jake triplet. And they're like, all right, I'll look you up. And I'm like, well, I know I don't like that. Oh, you don't like, Oh, wait, wait. What do you mean?

I, sorry. I was thinking you were saying something else. Like, I don't like that. Um, that my Instagram is like, my name is not like where they can go to find it. Yes. That's yes. Yeah. Yeah. Right.

Like, Oh, what's your, okay. I'll just look up Ellis custom creations. It's like, well, no, that's actually, Oh, literally almost completely just tables on there. Yeah. I've had the thought of like, do I just like, I don't know. Cause I'm still doing Ellis custom creations. I was going to raise your time on Instagram. Um, but like, do I change, do I, do I like start that content or start, start an account that I put content on instead? Yeah. Because yeah, it's one of those things where

it's like, if I ever wanted to like try to market, you know, Hey, Jake and I can do, can you stand up comedy? It's like, great. Like, let me see your profile. Let me see anything about you. And he's like, look at, look at my Instagram stories every once in a while to see things about me. But like most of the time I don't post very much. So it's like, yeah, it's just tough. I don't know. And I don't want to be like a slave to the, the Instagram game either. Yeah. You know, so some guys recognized me a couple nights ago and they were like, you're from, you're on TikTok, aren't you?

And I was like, yeah, I am. They're like, what's your name? Jay Triplett. Oh, dude, we'll look you up. And like, you know, they're looking at it and I know it's like, I haven't posted on there. What you're saying right now, I don't put any time into.

I don't like that you're saying that. You know, it's like, you should look up, but then I don't want to be like, you should look up mood swings or correct opinions or, you know, Ghostrunners or J-Shorts. And then it's like, you should look up, but then I don't want to be like, you should look up mood swings or correct opinions or, uh, you know, ghost runners or shorts. And then it's like, well, that's annoying too. I would just, I would just start with like, what's your name? Well, our, yeah. Instagram is Jean shorts comedy. Well, my friend makes tables.

You should look at that. Yeah. Something like that. I don't know. That is funny. But yeah, the influencers. And then I actually had a similar experience. I went to a kid's birthday party this past weekend. Oh, Catherine, just tell me about this. Oh, she did. Yeah. I mean, first of all, I finally felt like that adult feeling of going to a kid's birthday party where I, I mean, if anybody that was there is listening, I just, I didn't want to go at all because it was a kid that we like that, that the kids kind of know from church. I like

have talked to their parents a few times, but it's never been for more than like 30 seconds, a minute at a time. And it was just one of those things where it's like, I, as an adult, I don't feel like I need to be here. Did Hattie want to go? Oh, Hattie was pumped about it. And it was even more like, I think Bo was excited because the kid that he was turning four. So he's closer to Bo's age anyway. Um, yeah, they were excited. It was like a wet and wild, you know, like outdoor look out. Hello. And, uh, so they were, they were having fun doing all the sprinklers and whatever stuff. Um, but I get there and actually like, right when I got there, another guy walked in that I was like, I recognize this guy from my childhood. And if anybody's listening out there, I know that people will know his name is Mark Weatherford. And he was an elite, the Bible church guy. And a lot of my, like all my best friends went to

like the Bible church. So, um, I was like, and he looks the exact same. So I was like, I know him. And I was like, he's like, I definitely recognize you. Um, I think from childhood, whatever. And then his wife who did not go to that church saw me and she's like, so you went to K state. I went to K state. I guess maybe that's how, you know, like, what were you involved in a K state? And I kept like trying to tell her all these different things. And then like, we had talked on and off for like an hour at this party, you know? And then she was finally like, I got to figure out how, like,

how, how do I recognize you? And you was kind of like, I don't know. I just have one of those faces, I guess. And finally I was like, okay, I'll level with you. I don't like to preface this, but I was like, I do make videos. Maybe you've seen some videos of mine. And she looked up. She's like, I've totally seen videos of you. And I'm like, yeah.

It's at least satisfying when they haven't seen the videos. It sucks when you're like, okay, I make videos. And I'm like, no, I don videos. No, I don't have Instagram. I don't have social media because I'm more disciplined than you. All right. Well, maybe you know my dad. I don't know.

So anyway, it was an experience for sure. That's fun. Because you never know. You don't want to assume people are definitely only knowing you from that. No, yeah, you give them some chances. Hey, let's figure this out. Hey, you know anyone assume people are definitely only knowing you from that. No, yeah. You give them some chances. Hey, let's figure this out.

Hey, you know anyone from SBU? How long you can't see? Let's do our due diligence. Yeah. All right. I just got to tell you. All right. It's time.

Got some fun stories for me from the road this week. A little from just first one right off the bat. I mean, an hour into the trip this weekend. Very early morning, you know, 6 a.m. flight flying out to Salem, Oregon. And as we're like walking into the airport, Isaac goes, man, I hope I can fall asleep on this flight. I was like, yeah, it would be nice. Because he doesn't fall asleep on flights. Not normally. Yeah. And so then we kind of part ways as we go through security. We meet back up at the gate and Isaac has like a 36 ounce iced coffee.

And I go, what are you doing, dude? He's like, well, I like coffee. I was like, you just told me, gosh, I hope I could fall asleep on this flight. And he's like, oh yeah, probably gonna be hard now. I'm like, yeah, dude, what are you doing? Dude, you know, TJ has that theory like, hey, if you're tired enough, drink the coffee, you'll fall asleep and then you'll wake up and the caffeine hasn't hit you yet.

Yeah. Which is the stupidest thing ever, but people believe in it. That is kind of fun. I should try that sometime. So let me guess, Isaac did not sleep on the plane. No, he did not. And that ended up being a really long day.

By the time we went to bed that night, we had all been awake like 21 hours on like three hours of sleep. That was by far the most exhausted collectively the whole group has ever been, I think, after a show. Because flying west, you know, when you gain two hours of time. And then we had two shows that night, too, on top of it. So it was just like, dang, we're getting done at 1 a.m. Pacific time. And, you know, I woke up at 4 a.m.

Would you have rather flown the night before or would you have rather done it that way? Good question. With how much is going on right now, I'd rather just bite the bullet and just be sleepy rather than lose a day in Kansas City. But that was another fun thing from that. So that same gate experience, Isaac's got his big coffee. And the woman kind of like scanning your like boarding pass

is a little flustered when I'm getting there. And so she's getting ready to say a new boarding group. She's like, okay. And now we are boarding. And then right then she kind of scans her, my boarding pass and says, Jacob Triplett, have a good, oh, and then it's over the loudspeakers. And so she basically just announced now boarding Jacob Triplett.

Right. And so Isaac goes after me. He's like, can I get my name announced? So that was kind of a fun start. It's like 6am. I love, I love confident Isaac. Yeah. Like when he's, when he's feeling it, I love it. Like he is, he is one of the most charmingly like fun. Oh yeah. Yeah. Goofy guys. Every once in a while, like shouldn't, shouldn't have said it. All right. One too many. One too many. I'm sure I talked about this probably two years ago when it all happened,

but you've got to go on a hike with Isaac. Oh, right. Because he talks to every single person and he tries to say the most basic thing to them or the golf course too. Yeah. Hey, better than a good day in the office still. Right?

And the guy's just like, yeah. Totally, man. He was throwing those out in Spokane. Yeah. Other couple just fun stories real quick we've got someone made a comment on like the facebook group or something which by the way the facebook group is just great so many i feel like there's been 10 posts this morning it's crazy it's just popping yeah it's awesome yes i love it uh i saw a comment somewhere there's like

we need a weekly update on like dj michael saying yo that's crazy i saw something like that so i jotted down two different instances that were like the funniest times when he he hit us with it like yo that's crazy let's hear him um where did they even go in my notes one was oh the one night we went out we were michael and i were just kind of like sitting in the back just kind of like making observations at people like what do you think that guy's you know what's his what's that guy's job you know kind of thing and then i pointed out Like, what do you think that guy's, you know, what's that guy's job? You know, kind of thing. And then I pointed out, I was like,

did you see that guy over there? He's like, no, I didn't see him. I was like, when I walked by him, he's just pounding chess. He's just playing chess on his phone by himself. Pounding chess. And he goes, yo, that's crazy. My man came to a bar just to play chess by himself.

And I was like, yeah, it is kind of crazy. And he was just saying it. He got saying it pretty loud. I was like, yeah, it is kind of crazy. And he was just saying it. He was saying it pretty loud. I was like, dude, you got to say it. That guy can hear you. That guy. It's time to, yeah, be quiet. He doesn't need to hear it.

And then the other one is our last night. We're getting off the bus. We're staying in a hotel. And so we're asking her, like, how far away is the airport from here? And she goes, oh, it's just, it's across the street. So it's probably 15, 20 minutes. And just like in oh, it's just, it's across the street. So it's probably, probably 15, 20 minutes. And just like in her face,

he goes, it's across the street, 20 minutes? That's crazy. Yeah, it's crazy. It can't be across the street in 20 minutes. I agree with him.

He's right. That is dying laughing. That is crazy. But he's just so, he's also like very charming. It's not like he's being sad. Right. It's like the woman

was also laughing. Yeah. Yeah, everyone loves him. Yo like it's like the woman was also laughing and yeah yeah everyone loves him so yo it's across the street yo that's crazy yo how big is this street oh that's crazy it's like level 58 a frogger on that street yo how big is this street yeah so that was that was really funny he's just yeah really good guy love hanging with him how's. How are the shows themselves? They were good. I had a hot feeling about them. Oh, yeah. That was fun that you texted me that.

Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for saying that. That was a cool encouragement. Yeah. So fun fact about the Spokane show, which is the second night. So Trey sells out these shows pretty often. Trey and you.

Rarely do 100% of people actually come, right? I mean like stuff comes up, you forgot about it, whatever. Um, this is the first time ever that every single seat had someone in it. It was like at a hundred percent capacity.

Wow. Never happened before. And it was like, it was noticeable. It was really palpable. Yeah. It was so, I came off stage and I was like,

Trey, you're going to have so much fun up there. Really? It was just so loud. Really? It was also a good theater too. I came off stage and I was like, Trey, you're going to have so much fun up there. Really? It was just so loud, dude. Really? It was also a good theater too. I feel like the first run of shows was like Columbus

was only like maybe 60% full and then Grand Rapids, that's actually like a music venue. That's not really meant for like to hear laughter back. And so these, this weekend was like all in like beautiful,

ornate, old theaters. They sound amazing. Every show is a blast, but yeah. So what do you think is a normal, you think like 85%? Well, I guess you said 60, like if he sells a hundred percent of the tickets, I would say 90 to 95% show up. But even, even that 10% is like noticeably. Yeah. Yeah. A couple of hundred extra people. And

yeah. So it was just so loud. So fun. Kind of funny story from that show. So Trey does his VIP meet and greet. I think you're going to like this story. Trey does his VIP meet and greet before the show. He meets a number of people that said that they drove up from Montana. A couple of them actually said that they came from a Native American reservation. That's where they live. Like they are Native Americans.

Okay. One of the people he meets is named Feather. So it's like, whoa, that's cool. That's like your given name. That's where they live. They are Native Americans. One of the people he meets is named Feather. So I was like, whoa, that's cool. That's your given name. That's cool. I don't know this information. It did not get passed along to me. Are you at the meet and greet? No, no, no. I do mine for free afterwards. So yeah, I don't know this. I don't know that there's a Feather

in the audience. I definitely don't know that there could be Native Americans in the audience. I'm 30 seconds into my set. Hey got somebody up here front row what's your name and she's like um she's like may may and i go oh okay for those not watching i just hit the nay-nay pretty hard. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. And Trey's in the back like, dude. Just like, don't do it, man. Patrick Mahomes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Chiefs, Chiefs, Chiefs. Cleveland Indians. You're high school mascot. You're like, yeah. Chiefs. Chiefs. Chiefs. Cleveland Indians. You're high school mascot. You're like, oh. Who's next to you? Feather? So here's what I'll say.

Okay. It could have been worse. However, I did make one additional joke because then I was like, who you got next to you? Is that the whip? Which everyone laughed at. Sure. It's fine. I mean, May May May by itself is a name.

Yes. You know, mama is a thing you call your mother. So May May is not that ridiculous of a name. Thankfully, I did. It's not like obviously a Native American name. And I will say Trey and I debriefed it afterwards. I was like, did it seem especially dark tonight? Or maybe the opposite.

The lights were especially bright. Because normally you could see the people in the first couple rows. You know who you're talking to. You get an idea of their age. But this was like, I could tell it's a woman, but that is it. I definitely was not. That would have helped a little bit. Well, they had ponytail.

You sure it was a woman. So luckily, I didn't really go in and like, oh, they're naming. White people are naming people everything. I didn't do anything like that. I was just like, oh, they're naming white people or naming people everything. I didn't do anything like that. I was just like, okay, Maymay, and a couple quick jokes. Because then once I learned her husband's name was Peta, then I was like, okay, we have something culturally going on. I'm definitely not going to go in on this.

This was in Spokane? Yeah. Okay. Although I did make a couple. I guess I did actually make a couple jokes. Because his name was Peta, like the organization. So then I had to ask a couple, like, you think because his name was PETA, like the organization. So then I had to ask a couple like, you guys have any animals? And you know, whatever.

Sure. But yeah, that was a pretty funny story. Wild stallions. Maymay. Okay. Yeah. Just hit me. Maybe a lone wolf.

Wow. That was a pretty good story. That is, I love that. How's the crowd work? I know you've been like trying to like think about like crowd work questions that can only have, you know, a finite amount of answer. Have you done that yet? Or have you stuck with the more open-ended stuff? Yeah. I feel like I haven't found it. I haven't like had a ton of success doing that yet. Um, a lot of my time is spent. Okay. Every city come up with three to five minutes of new material every night,

which has been really fun and just trying to improve the bits I'm already doing. And so, yeah, no, the crowd work hasn't like found a sweet spot, but I mean, it's, it's still good every night. I feel like I'm still having fun with people. There was one show where, um, this mom kept like trying to like, I think take a picture of me or video me, but her flashlight kept going off. And so I just kind of called it out. I was like, I know we got moms in the audience. Cause that flashlight's out right now and you don't know how to work a phone. And then, so kind of quick joke. And then it like goes on again. And so I'm like making more jokes. And then once it happened the third time, I was like, all right, let's just pause. I'm just going to kind of educate you on. And I just told

her how the phone like flashlight works. If I get, if you would got a big kick out of it, I was just like, so in the top left, you know, I'm just doing it by memory. I was like, there's like a lightning bolt symbol. And if there's like a yellow circle around that, the flash is on. And that's how it's been for about 11 years. And that got like a big laugh. So I was like, oh, this is great. This is fun. So crowd work's fun.

All the shows are going well. I feel like I'm still writing plenty of new stuff every day. It just feels like I'm in stand-up now. Everything I see now is like, oh, that could be a bit. The pillows in Rachel's bed. I'm already writing material. About marriage and stuff. Yeah, already starting to realize things, find things.

It's fun. I thought it would be a really fun idea to have my Instagram audience choose how I walked out on stage. They chose the Michael Scott, the twirl. I thought this would be a really fun thing. I fully committed. I did the twirl. No one really cared. I was like, ah. what do you mean? No one, how do you know? Just, I feel like there were like hardly any responses that were like, this was great. Or

like, can't believe you did this. It was just like more people were like, you looked a little stiff or the people being like, Oh, I thought, yeah, they were like, Oh, I thought you were going to do it, you know, while you're holding or whatever. So I was like, all right. This didn't really go like I thought it would. Oh, I loved it. I watched it three times. Oh, thank you. It does seem like something that you would appreciate. Oh, 100%.

Thank you for that. If anything else, you have an audience of one. Sold out crowd. 95% of them have no idea who I am. So they don't know this is funny. They don't know. They just think this guy is a flamboyant start. No, dude.

I loved it. Make that your thing. I'm the Jock James guy. You're the twirl man. I just twirl every time. Uh-huh. Yeah. Well, and until people appreciate it, you add a twirl every time.

Until you feel like you have the adequate appreciation. So next time you go to twirl, double twirl. Double twirl. Birmingham. Eventually, you're going to be twirling all the way to the microphone. Then people will say something. Wow something one way or the other. That was something. Still look a little stiff though, bud.

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This is the best. This is the best. I went to Monster Jam this week, Jacob. Oh, yeah, that's right. I saw you did that. It was pretty fun. Yeah, Bo and I went. It was in Arrowhead Stadium, which is where the Chief this week. Oh yeah, that's right. I saw you did that. Uh, it's pretty fun. Yeah. Bo and I went, uh, it was an Arrowhead stadium, which is where the chiefs are.

Uh, do you know anything about monster jam? Not really. I know that it's loud. Very loud. Yeah. Uh, I had never been in like kind of intentionally didn't look up anything like to know what it was about. And Catherine, when I said I want to take Bo, she's like, is that a good idea to take like kids to this? And it's actually like, I think intended for kids, the more after going to like, sure. There were no, there were adults there, but I kind of thought to

myself, like, are you here without a kid? Like, I mean, like they were, they're really, I mean, so obviously it's monster trucks. So they're just massive trucks. Um, and it was so, it was great, man. I will go back again next, like next year. Yeah. It was really fun. First of all, it's just fun. Once again, just going like more intentionally one-on-one with Bo or just any of our kids trying to be more intentional one-on-one with them. Uh, he was really excited about it. I didn't tell him until like an hour before we were leaving. Oh, that's kind of cool. Uh, because we weren't sure like if he was going to nap earlier that day because he's going to he hasn't been napping all the time and then

he's going to stay up later. So like what if he's in a bad mood, you know, whatever he's been behaving all day. So I'm like, Bo, you want to go with me to a monster truck rally? And literally he gasped. He's like, he doesn't even know what it was like your monster truck. I know he's being invited

to. Yeah, he was so excited um so we get there we get our popcorn we get seated um and like right when they start driving all these trucks out like he throws on his earmuffs like yeah he's like he's like very sensitive to the sound but not in like once he put his earmuffs on he was fine right yeah he was totally fine with it i put my earmuffs on and i looked around not very many other adult men had their earmuffs on. That's okay. But I was like, I don't, I have hearing loss already. I don't drink alcohol and I use ear earplugs. Yeah. Uh, but it was such an interesting experience because like you, I didn't, I didn't know what the clientele was going to be because in my head it was like, maybe this is just very NASCAR adjacent.

So therefore it's like going to be a bunch of, you know, you know, more like redneck kind of people. And there was definitely some of that, but there was also plenty of people like parents that had little kids that just looked like middle-class people, like just like normal,

which whatever rednecks can be middle-class, whatever, you know what I'm saying though? Like just normally dressed. Yeah. Nice looking people. And which, I mean, no, I was kidding. Their necks weren't actually red. Yeah. Nice looking people. And which, I mean, no, I was kidding. Um, um, their next one actually read. Yeah. And then there was like, I mean, there was different races

there. It wasn't just like all white people. Like it was like all sorts of different things. Um, and right when they all drive out there. So it's like a, it's like a circuit, like, so, you know, in Kansas city, they get points for kin city, but then like it, you know, adds up throughout the season, but this was the very last spot on the circuit. So in Kansas City, they get points for Kansas City, but then it adds up throughout the season. But this was the very last spot on the circuit. Oh, well, sure. If Gravedigger won tonight, he was the winner of the season kind of thing. So it's kind of a big deal. What's the name of the cup or the championship?

Do you know? The Monster Jam Cup. MJC. Yeah, MJC. No, I have no idea. But they drive out, and right when they drive out, I believe Gravedigger, two of the cars immediately had malfunctions. They had to get towed back into the tunnel.

Yeah, and they're announcing everything on the microphone. There's this woman that's like the play-by-play almost. It's like, Gravedigger, he's had some mechanical issues. They're going to try to figure it out. I'll try to get to, you know, talk to their crew chief and see what's going on. Uh, you know, and turns out, uh, I don't remember if it was great vigor or the other one, but came back like 15 minutes later, genuinely 15 minutes later. And the report was that they had to change the transmission. Oh,

I'm like, you can change that to me. I guess I don't know enough about that stuff. Maybe it's not as impressive to somebody who's like mechanically inclined. But I'm like, I feel like when you have to change a transmission on a car, it takes a lot more than 15 minutes. Monster truck seems like it would be a bigger transmission. A huge transmission.

But people went nuts when Gravedigger came back out there. Like, it's like, there's definitely like, they have, people have loyalties towards certain cars and stuff. I think, you know, the cars themselves were all really fun, like decorated. There was one that looked like a shark. So I had like a fin, Bo loved the shark Megalodon. And then there was a, which do you know what that is? I've never heard of. It's like an old school, like extinct shark. That's like, was the biggest ever. They like still find the Megalodon's like teeth every now and then. And they're oh fun see i didn't even know um they had megalodon they had uh what was it

called something mutt it was it was a dog and it had like ears that flapped as it drove no wonder he liked the megalodon megalodon there was megalodon there was woolly mammoth and there was like yippy chihuahua monster jam mutt uh what is it called? Um, what is it? Oh, I figured for sure that would make it, I would be able to find it with that. Um, monster mud is what it's calling on here, but I don't think that's what, anyway. Um, and then they had, you know, one that was a zombie. And so like they had arms like sticking out of it. That's pretty cool. It's like homecoming floats. Yeah. And so like, and they had one that of it. That's pretty cool. It's like homecoming floats. Yeah.

And so like, and they had one that was, you know, fire truck looking like they call it ax. And so all these different ones and Bo loved, you know, everything. But at the same time it was like, I couldn't talk to him. Like, you know, he'd look at me and be like, and I'm like, what? You know? And I, I like look at him, like get him right in front of my face. Still couldn't hear anything he's saying. Um, but it was so fun. They, they had three different levels of the competitions. One of

them was a race, uh, you know, one-on-one racing. Then they had something called skills and then they had freestyle. So the, and we actually, we stayed for like an hour and a half and then we left. Okay. It's solid. Uh, because like after an hour and a half, they're like, okay, it's halftime. And it was eight 30. And I'm like, we can't, they're like, okay. So like 20 minutes later, we'll get started again. And I'm like, we can't wait till nine to get started. That's enough. Yeah. And so I was like, Bo, it's over. And he's like, I don't think it's over. It's like, yeah, it's over. I'm pretty sure it's over. Everyone's leaving. See how everyone's going out there. Oh, goodbye. Yeah. They're playing the song. Yeah. We are the champ. Yeah. I think it's

over. I'm pretty sure it's over. Um, and so anyway, we watched the racing. It was really fun. And then the freestyle dude, it's kind of wild what these trucks can do. Like they can get on two like front wheels only or back wheels only hind legs. So literally like, like, yeah, it's like literally like vertical, this massive truck and they're just driving it back and forth up a hill, up a ramp, all these different things. That's pretty impressive. Or they can do the same thing, but both right tires can be sideways, and they can drive around.

And every once in a while, they tip over. Yeah. And so this big crane or big construction thing would come, pull it back on its wheels or whatever. Uh, but it was so fun. Like every single driver had their own like theme music, kind of like a baseball. So, uh, the zombie, it was thriller, you know? So right. When it's like, and next up zombie and everyone in the audience would do this, they do the zombie thing and bow caught on so quick. So all of a sudden you see bogone just doing it with them. Just stand in there

because you know, he's short enough where he can just stand the whole time and no one cares. And it was just so fun. Like, and then they had who let the dogs out for the monster mutt. Who, who, who it was. I'm coming around on the monster dude it was awesome it was so much fun it was so like geared towards kids it was such a clean like fun play like it wasn't like i was never even worried at all like oh this guy's gonna be drunk there or anything like that like it was like just uh i don't know just it was it was it was sweet i i really enjoyed it and uh we'll definitely take bow back again and yeah he got that night, and the next day he was like, Hattie, I got to see monster trucks.

I got to see monster trucks, Hattie. So just Dad and I got to go. Was it weird being at Arrowhead Stadium and being like, Patrick Mahomes is on this field, but so are these monster trucks. They share the same field? Yeah, it's kind of a funny thought like that. We walked in, and Derek Thomas' picture is on the stadium, and Bo's like, the Chaves, that's the Chaves. He was so excited like that. Like we walked in and Derek Thomas's pictures, like on the stadium and Bo's like the chiefs, that's the chiefs. You know, he was so excited about that. It's just a funny thought to be like, yeah, this is also like really like hard to like the seat that we were in.

I was like, if we were in the seat for the, for the chiefs, it'd be like the most amazing seat ever, you know, but it's monster jam. So it's pretty cool still, but like how cool it'd be if we were watching a football game here. Um, yeah, it's just a funny thought. Cause it's pretty cool still, but how cool would it be if we were watching a football game here? Yeah, it's just a funny thought because it's like obviously the field is completely like dirt. It doesn't even really register with you, but then it's like, oh yeah, they do play here. You see all the signage and everything for it. So Bo thought that was really cool too, like going to the Chiefs.

Because then he goes, next time let's go to a Chiefs game. I was like, you're not going to go to a Chiefs game until you're 15 years old or later. It's expensive. And just like, you're not going to go to a cheese game until you're 15 years old or later. Expensive. And just like, I don't know. Like, it's just an atmosphere that I don't want to expose it to. I don't know if I'll ever take Hattie to a game.

I'm like, you can get married and go to a game, Hattie. Yeah, it'd have to be like an NFC game, like a Vikings game. Just like nice and. I don't, yeah. Maybe like a, I don't know, like maybe a noon game, maybe, because then people aren't nearly as liquored up at that point. Preseason game. Yeah, maybe like a, I don't know, like maybe a noon game maybe because then people aren't nearly as liquored up at that point. Preseason game. Yeah, preseason.

They don't get too wild for. Yeah. But anyway, it was a blast. And so now Hattie the next day was like, Dad, why does Bo get to go to all the stadium things with you? And so now I'm like trying to plot a time where she and I can go to Royals game together this summer. So now me and Hattie have to go to Les Mis. So now Hattie and I have to go to 18 Royals games this summer.

I mean, it's just the rule. Sorry. I have to. Sorry, Catherine. Speaking of NFL football, just got the email. We have a phone call with Austin Eckler on Tuesday. No way. How about that?

Officially. Yeah, yeah. Tell me more. He said, how about Tuesday? Two 45 Pacific. Wait. And I said, brother,

I'm all over the Pacific time zone. Did you D is it a DM? Is it email? No, no, it's email. Wow. So what's the,

yeah. Tell, tell people the details on. So first of all, anybody that's not a big NFL fan, Austin Eckler, arguably the best running back in the league. Fantasy wise.

Yeah. Not, not, not, not skill wise. No, I don't think so who is sorry austin who is listening to this cmc christian mccaffrey yeah maybe so yeah you're right you're right thanks okay i just recently did my rankings for zane oh that's why you know it's fresh on my

mind what where was he in the list be honest i let's let's see yeah i know because eckler really is like yeah fantasy i mean he was yeah there's not many people better. Dang. Wait, okay. I can't think of him very well off the top of my head. Zane had him second, so I will say that. Where'd you have him? Fifth. Wow.

There's a lot of talented people. Okay, okay, okay. It's so hard to know who's actually a good running back because so much of it is the offensive line. Oh, yeah. Look at the Cowboys offensive line for the last 10 years. I mean, anyone they throw in there is just a good running back. Yeah. I was going to say.

Zeke Elliott's really good. It's like, oh, he went down. Some guy named Tony. Tony Pollard. Some guy named Tony is like a top 10 running back, I guess, anyone they throw in there is just a good running back. Yeah. I was like, it's really good. It's like, Oh, he went down some guy named Tony, Tony, Tony is like a top 10 running back, I guess all of a sudden, or is it just his offensive line? Like, think about that. Like, um, Dalvin cook goes down some guy named Alexander Madison. Yeah. Brushes for 200 yards. You know what I'm saying? Like it's, it's all the offensive line. Oh, back in the day with the chiefs, baby priest homes. Yeah. Tony Richardson. Larry Johnson just became the beast. Yeah. Absolutely.

Yeah. Tony Richardson, Will Shields, Willie Rove. That was a Hall of Fame offensive line. Three of the five of them. Brian Waters. Four of the five of them. Yeah. Casey Wegman.

Oh, yeah. Anyway. Okay. So was Dalvin Cook above him for you? No. Okay. I'm trying to even think of teams. I'm just blanking right now.

Let's see. Tony Pollard. Was he above him? No. He's below him. Okay. I'm trying to even think of teams. I'm just blanking right now. Let's see. Tony Pollard. Was he above him? No, he's below him. Okay. No, Derek Henry. Yep. He's above.

He's number two. He's number three. Really? Who had a really good year this year and a contract year. He needed it. Oh my gosh. I'm just, let's see. He was probably number one or two in fantasy this past year.

Give me like a region. AFC West. Oh my gosh. Oh, Josh Jacobs? There you go. Yeah, yeah. Really? just let's see he was probably number one or two in fantasy this give me like a region afc west oh my gosh oh josh jacobs there you go yeah yeah really number two yeah and then um fourth i put jonathan taylor oh i forgot about yeah that was one like he was like undisputed like the best running back and it's like oh well he got a bad year yeah so i don't know that's why it's so hard to rank running backs okay so austin eck, the fifth best running back in the league, according to Jake Triplett, his future business partner. Really good fantasy wise.

Yeah, he kind of started this new company. It seems kind of like it's a cameo, but a little bit more than just personalized videos. And so I wanted to have a chat with him. So I said, yeah, let's do it. Cool. And I think we're going to get on there, and he's going to be like, probably like, yeah,

my management set me up with this. I don't even know who you are, but we're going to charm them and he's going to be like, you guys are awesome. I was going to say, what can we do to stand out? Right? Chiefs jerseys?

I would say Chiefs jerseys. That would be kind of funny because if anything, it's like the opposite of sucking up. Other people on the phone call like, oh, I got to wear my Chargers gear. Yeah. What if, yeah,

we like, what if we like reenact a play where like we stop them on the one yard line? Like we don't even say hi to him. Like the first thing, like when the video call connection comes in. That's a fun idea. Yeah.

That's that's. So you really think it's going to be him? He said, I mean, it's, he was the one who emailed us. He signed it. Austin Eckler. He said, Hey, if you want to have a phone call, I will personally be on the call. Oh, I emailed him. He mailed back and it's, it's him again. And he's like, great. How's this? And I told him, I was like, Hey, I get married in like four days. So it's kind of crazy, but what about next week? And he's like, yeah, man, congrats on

that. Let's talk next week. Cool. I said, you just moved up number four, buddy. Maybe that's what we say. We say like, Hey, FYI, just full transparency. You were number five on my list, but if we do this thing, you'll be number one, baby. He's like, what does that get me? Nothing. It's just one friend that I text. So there's that. Fun.

I'm excited about that. Yeah. That's kind of fun. What are you drinking, Brad? Dude. Looks like you're enjoying it. I'm sorry. It's.

Now, can I get that again in a slightly different voice? Chike! Chike! Chike! Chike! Chike! Chike!

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Shout out to the Carmels. Carmels? Oh, they're awesome. They're awesome. Come to Florida or wherever we're going. They were the ones who went and visited main street in person and took all these pictures they were also the

people i talked to them after i think the wabash show and i was like you guys are so fun to talk to come on the next trip yeah they're awesome um yeah they're really cool it was just sitting out there they they had me ellis customer creations make this cool like family value sign for them so it said like carmel family values and And then it had, you know, accountability, honesty, all these different cool things with Bible verse. Anyway, we're sending it out. Um, and as I'm, I was, I was doing my classic, like park and sit there for a few minutes and, you know, be on my phone kind of thing. I love that. Oh yeah. It's, it's getting like more and more, the less busy I am, you know, where it's like, I think I've been here for 16 minutes. Um, but as I'm sitting there, this guy goes in, comes back out. And I noticed that he

went in because he looked like somebody I knew it wasn't Craig. It was a different guy, but it looked like Craig, Craig, Craig 2.0 comes back out and he just kind of stands by his car for a second. And then somebody else is walking in and this guy's like, yeah, this is the first time that's ever happened. The dog locked him, locked himself, locked the car on me. And there was a dog inside with the car running. And the dog had like ran up to the like, like wind or the, you know, door and press the lock button. And so this guy couldn't get in. Wow. And I don't know what happened. I only stayed in my car another like five minutes and then went inside and then came back out and he was still struggling. And I don't know what happened. I only stayed in my car another like five minutes and then went inside and then came back out and he was still struggling.

And I was like, do you want me to call somebody? Is there any, he's like, I don't know who to call. My phone's inside with all my numbers. I'm like, dude, you just have a few like memorized. If you're going to lock your phone and your dog in a car, have keyless entry, have a key fob. Well, he didn't lock them in. Oh yeah.

I guess that's what I'm saying. If you're going to keep them in there though, like why? I don't know. I would never put myself in that situation if I don't have a way in back in my car. I, yeah. Why would you do that? What are the odds? Luckily the car was on. Cause that was my first thought was like, you know, it's like a, on the office whenever they like break through the car window for the dog. Remember like, it's like, maybe, maybe we have to do that. Maybe we got to save this dog. Cause it was kind of hot out yesterday, but the car was running. And now that I'm saying it out loud, I probably should have helped more than I did. I have triple a, I could have been like, Hey, but I didn't, I don't know. I just, there's no end to the story. I don't know what happened. Maybe the car is still running in the UPS, you know, stores parking lot. I don't know.

It's still there. The dog's just chilling. It's still got gas in it. But anyway, it was kind of wild. Huh? Yeah, I guess. I don't know what you do. You just really coach up your dog.

He did go to the gas station next door and came back with like what looked like a belt, but it wasn't. He was trying to do the thing where you like jam it in there. I'm like, this guy doesn't know what he's doing and yeah he there and then he like left to go inside and like try to figure something out and there was a guy that like knew the situation walked up and was just kind of like trying to like tell the guy come here tiger come on tiger press the button tiger i know you've never done this before in your life except for once right now but do it again yeah mean, I think the second that happens, you just got to like bite the bullet and just like,

hey, can I use your phone to call locksmith? Just get over it. That's going to be the quickest way out of it. Because this guy's like, I mean, I'll figure it out eventually. I'm like, no, you won't. The door's locked. You must be pretty available the rest of the day if you're like willing to commit to it.

It's like, oh, maybe it'll just unlock eventually. If I just pull on the handle like 17, times what if i get a new transmission would that help i know those are quick yeah that's that's quicker than unlocking your car so anyway um one other thing i can't forget to mention is i got to see uh one of our favorite ghosties this week got to see patrick oh i. Forgot to mention it almost. The Drain Man. Yeah, Patrick, Draymond Green, and of course, Giuliano, a.k.a. Giancarlo. Giancarlo. a.k.a. Giovanni.

We've called him some different names over the years. Carly John. Carly John. But yeah, I met those two the last time I did a show in Spokane, two summers ago. Yeah. Got breakfast with them the next day. It was like, these guys are awesome.

And then fast forward, Patrick's coming on the Florida trip. Celine, Giuliano's wife, came to the show that night. And afterwards, she was like, I want to come on the next trip. Fun. So it's all good. They took me to brunch in an old train car. Pretty cute, Brad. Did they transport you there in the train car

or was the brunch taking place in the train car? Good question. I walk there. The brunch took place in an old train car. Fun. It's pretty cool. Um, yeah, I loved getting time with them. Got to chat plenty. I just love the idea of next trip. Julian and Celine, like are just the names of the people, like the manifest is going to look so much nicer. The manifest. You know, if we ever go down and wreckage, they'll know. Yeah. At least there was some culture. Those are some beautiful people.

Yeah. Like there's no way those people are ugly. No way. Those people are beautiful. No wonder they found love young. Yes. And most attractive people in Spokane. Their hearts will go on.

So. I bet she's never heard that. That, yeah, that was fun. So I got brunch with them. Then me, Trey, Isaac, Alan went out and golfed. That was beautiful. That was fun. Had to end a little early, go back to sound check.

And I was like, well, I haven't really done my due diligence. I got to come up with some Spokane materials. Even though it's like 5.30 at night, I got to come up with some Spokane materials. Like even though it's like five 30 at night, um, I don't like need coffee by any means, but like, I'm going to go in a coffee shop and talk to people there and just like start asking people. It was my daily random strangers.

Yeah. That's what I do every day on tour is I go, I just ask around. So I don't Google it. I don't like, I don't like to look it up. I just ask people like, what do I need to know about this town?

Which is way smarter because how easy, how hard would it be to Google and actually get like true answers and not just like whatever Google-y stuff. Yeah, like, you know, SEO. Population density and stuff like that. So this isn't helpful. And so maybe I'll get better at prompting the questions, but right now it's like, it's crazy.

Because Isaac has even like seen me do this and he's like, it's crazy people don't have more to say. I'm like, right? If someone asks me like, hey, what do you know about Kansas City? I'm a comedian performing tonight. Like what a fun opportunity. What would you say? I say, well, everyone loves barbecue. If you're into that barbecue is a big thing. Just mentioning my home's name at all will get you like an applause. Like people will go crazy. Just, you know, mention that if you need like a bad part of town mentioned something about like, yeah, I, you know, I walked too far. I got on truce, you know, it's like, that will get like

a great reaction. You know, like there's so many like intricacies and nuances of an entire city, you know? Oh my gosh. And when I asked people, especially the Pacific Northwest was like extra sad, Salem, Spokane, Seattle, all three cities in a row. What do you need to know? It is pretty sketchy. There's like, I don't know. There's just like not much. You can ask her. Okay. yeah. What do you think? I mean, don't let your boyfriend finance your car. Okay. What?

That's what one girl said. Yeah, I got repoed this week. Okay, I'm sorry to hear that. I was more thinking like a gas station that people like. Are a lot of people getting their cars repoed because their boyfriend's not paying for it? Or do you feel like that's just you? Like an epidemic that's happening here right now?

You should just take everything they say at face value and just like go up there. Like, yeah, unemployment's up around here, probably because no one's able to get to work because of their irresponsible boyfriends. Move it around. That is funny. I was listening to John Chris' special yesterday

and he does do some very smart things. Like he talks about Dallas specifically, but that I know he uses that in every city. I had that thought. He's gotta. And that's so smart of him. Cause he talks,

the punchline is like, they're always doing construction. You can do that in every city. Yeah. But that's also a little similar to like, Oh, the drivers around here, the drivers,

the weather. Yeah. Wait five minutes. Yeah. There's a lot that you could do for every city. We did a gene shorts video about that one time. That's right. Yeah, there's a lot that you could do for every city. The taco. We did a Gene Schwartz video about that one time. That's right.

Everybody that thinks their hometown's unique. Like, you've got to try the taco. We have the best tacos. The food here. Dude, mosquitoes are just, they run rampant around here. They eat me up, dude. Oh, yeah. The sunsets here.

No, I'm serious. Low-key, the sunsets are amazing here. There's something about the sun specifically here. It's our latitude. I don't know. It's just, There's something about the sun specifically here. It's our latitude. I don't know. I don't, it's just, there's something about the horizon here. They say it's the best horizon. So on one end, I was like, that's actually good.

That's very smart of him. On the other end, I'm also proud of myself for not repeat. I don't do any of the same jokes. Like I, you know, they're all different every show. Fun. So that is fun. That's just, you, you would not be proud of yourself if you just had a formula. Exactly.

That's just you, man. Like, yeah. Like so many people I think would just be like, I'm just, that's what be proud of yourself if you just had a formula. Exactly. That's just you, man. Yeah. Like so many people I think would just be like, that's what I'm doing in my set. And I just know I'm smart enough to, you know, whatever, quote unquote, smart enough to figure out this formula works for everything. You would, it would eat you up. Yeah, I did it at CannaCook too. I was like, well, this skit is working really well, but I'm tired of doing it. Yes.

Let's move on. You would get tired of it so quick. Yeah. If you just did the same act every single night. Yeah. I know that about you. Thanks, dude. Anyway, so one of the places in Spokane I go to is this coffee shop, and everyone is being really nice,

but no one is being helpful at all. But the barista was like, well, since I helped you out, you got to get some coffee? And I was like, well, now I feel like I have to. And so I was like, yeah. She's like, well, I recommend the cinnamon swirl. And I was like, now i feel like i have to and so i was like yeah she's like well i recommend the cinnamon swirl and i was like okay yeah let's do it got a cinnamon swirl she's like you know that of course she's like what do you think and so i'm like i gotta gotta drink this in front of her now and dude 15 minutes later i had to leave that place i had the

worst diarrhea i have had in 20 years wasn't wasn't swirling. It was just cinnamon gush. Oh, no. Yeah, dude. Maybe there's traces of meat in their cinnamon in the Northwest. I don't know. Holy cow. I don't know. It was brutal. I was like, I got to get it. Thank you, guys.

I got to go. Show's soon. Can anybody drive me back? Well, I can't. I'll tell you that right now. So I go back. No problem. But also just a little bit like, whoa, holy cow. Cinnamon swirl. Cinnamon swirl, dude.

I think that needs to be a new code name. For like, I got the cinnamon swirls. Dude, yeah. Actually, I can't come to bowling tonight after all. I got the cinnamon swirls. I got some cinnamon swirling in me. Yeah. Just a salad tonight.

We had cinnamon swirls last night. Still kind of recovering. The only thing that would ruin the wedding night would be if either one of us gets the cinnamon swirls. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness. That's what i had yeah it was just no so to add to like the the ambience so it's like i'm i'm getting rid of all this in like a kind of just a dingy uh like dressing room bathroom yeah those things are never going to be like clean yeah it's like the type bathrooms where like when you do drop your shorts,

it's like my shorts are getting dirty by being on the ground. I'm going to hang them up on the thing. Honestly, I need to spread my legs a little bit anyway. Let's take the shorts all the way off. And so I was like, yeah, this is kind of gross. And I put on a ton of sunscreen earlier that day for golf. And you haven't showered yet? So that's the thing.

So, you know, because I was like, I can't get sunburned for the show. Jeffy can't get sunburned for the wedding. Sure. Caked in sunscreen. I'm cinnamon swirling because I was like, I can't get sunburned for the show. So if they can't get sunburned for the wedding, sure. Caked in sunscreen. I'm sitting in swirling. I'm like, man, I cannot wait. And yeah, I think I might've kicked off the shorts towards the end of it. Like, yeah, I'm going straight to the shower.

I cannot wait. Oh, cause often you have them in the room. Yeah. There was a shower in the dresser. This is your own room. Yeah. Yeah. Isaac kind of shares it with me.

Well, but at this point he's out. He's seen your swirls. It's like probably like six senior swirls it's like probably like 6 15 so it's like i need to wrap this up shower shows at 7 oh my gosh so i would be freaking out if that is so little time to me like i would i you could have said shows at 8 and i would have been like dude i'd be a little nervous right now i remember one time last tour where i was like all right jake you're getting a little too comfortable. I was in the shower at like 645. Like I think kind of

getting out of it at that point, but still like I'm getting a little too comfortable. I mean, how many shows you've done 85 shows? Yeah, I'd probably done Yeah. Yeah. Maybe maybe you're right. Maybe eventually you're like, okay, I can do this. But I as in my shoes, I'd be like 45 minutes and you're struggling with some cinnamon swirls

right now. I don't know about this, dude. Yeah. I was like, all right, I think we can knock this out. Like I'm starting to get nervous too. Like this is a lot to ask, but I need it. Because what if, what if you shower and you feel like, yeah, the swirl was a boomerang. So I'm like, but I do get done. I feel like depleted, you know, like whether you're throwing up or anything

like that, it's like, I think I got it. Like, I feel good enough now. Like I got it. We're done. Is this when you did the cinnamon twirl on stage? Uh, yes. Same night. I think actually, yeah, it was. Cause I made that Instagram story while I was sitting in that coffee shop. Yeah. Well, it was the same night. So I, I'm fully naked. I just got done swirling sticky,icky, sweaty, sunscreeny, gross. Go to pop in the shower and it doesn't work. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. There's no water.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. And so I just sucked it up and I put some new clothes on and I performed that show so gross. I felt disgusting. And it was the best show of the tour. Yeah, and everyone in the meet and greet has no idea until now. Somebody said I smelled good and I was like, yeah, sunscreen from earlier, but

in a boat does wonder. Yeah, no way to mask the swirl. Oh, that's so funny. Like like thinking about the people had great interactions with you in Spokane and now I know like it's been. Yeah, now they know like, yeah, now they have cinnamon swirl colored glasses on. They're like,

Oh man, that's funny too. Yeah. Wow. You smell good. Is this that diva detergent? You know, or like,

I know it smells like cinnamon. Oh God. Oh gosh. That's not good. Cinnamon swirl. So yeah, I can't believe I almost forgot to talk about that, but yeah,

that was a bummer. So then I showered after the show, forgot to talk about that, but yeah, that was a bummer. So then I showered after the show, which felt kind of funny, but yeah. As soon as I got done performing, just hopped in the shower. Wait. Oh no, not there. Obviously. I was like, oh, well, so then they didn't smell. Yeah.

No, they did. Yeah. Yeah. That's so wonderful. Those kind of, yeah. Situations are so funny to me when it's just like, what am I supposed to do? You know, the show must go on literally. And I think if, if, uh, if you weren't by yourself, if I wasn't by myself, I would have, like, if Catherine were in the room, like she was hanging,

like if Rachel's going to be in the room with you someday, I think it would have been 20 times more stressful because I think all of a sudden then you can like, um, outwardly express your stress. Whereas before it was just like, uh, okay, whatever. This is fine. But if you're like, I don't know, should I do this? Should I not do this? I don't know. Jake, what are you thinking?

It's like, well, what am I supposed to do? You know, I'm a hundred percent in agreeance with you. I feel like I just do. I work faster. I work quicker when it's by myself. I wonder if everyone feels that way or if some people, maybe if they're not typically a decisive person, if like like, when I get stressed, I need somebody else to like guide me through it.

Oh yeah, I wonder if even Catherine would say the opposite because she loves talking it out. There's so many times. Verbally processing. So many times where she's like, can we just talk about this real quick? And I'm like, great. And then I don't know if I ever say a word. Genuinely. Or I'll be like, well, I don't know. Maybe she's like, actually, no, I think

we should do it this way. That's a funny bit. You should write that in your stay-at-home notes. That's a funny observation. Really? Yeah, yeah. I think that's good. Okay. Some of our best conversations are when she says 100% of the words.

Okay. Some of our best conversations. That's funny. Yeah. Can I just talk about this? And then I don't say anything? Yeah, because I think I'm like, I can make decisions so much faster if it's just me and my own brain, not having to talk, not having to listen. Just like, let me just like find the best

alternative right now. Totally do it. Yeah. New jeans. That was the alternative. No pair of pants, which I mean, that's like, that's like a half shower right there. Honestly. Yeah. Switching out boxers and socks is yeah.'s it's more than halfway well but when you have sunscreen on it's halfway there's something about sunscreen that like it's like extra sticky because sunscreen's like a layer in between your sweat and your skin yeah or no yeah your skin sweat yeah sunscreen like it's like a it it keeps it in there so you got some stuff i was definitely gross yeah but yeah went out and had a great show. So it's all good. That's great, man.

I think we've been recording for a really long time. You want to do some reviews? Let's do some reviews. If that's cool with yous. Do you want the one? I don't know. You go first. You got dibs. Okay. Mine's from Tristy. Oh, nice. Okay, Trist. It's a five-star

review titled The Betterest Podcast. This podcast is truly incredible. Don't worry. It has nothing to do with actual ghosts or running, but you will be on your feet. I truly consider... On your feet! Oh! I truly consider myself to have hit the jackpot when I stumbled upon Ghostrunners a few years back.

This review is long overdue. Jake and Brad are two of the most genuine, funny, and relatable people I have ever listened to. It feels weird to say listen to because I feel like I personally know them. They're such good guys who have used their talents to bring about so much good in this world. Week after week, they share their love of Christ, family, friends, and strangers through relatable and hilarious stories. Their ability to find humor and fun in everyday life has inspired me to do the same. You will feel better. You will feel after a few episodes like you have gained two new Midwest best friends

and maybe even a little brother. Hi, Tymon. Tymon? Oh, yeah, we got to talk. Yeah, everyone thought it was a joke, but Tymon did get fired. Right. He is gone.

Everyone, like, believes the vacation bit. Yeah. But, like, you heard his answer. Horses. He's gone. He's gone. He's out of here. You're not allowed to say stuff like that. We're like the Ellen bit. Yeah. But like you heard his answer horses. He's gone. He's gone. He's out of here. You're not allowed to say stuff like that. We're like the Ellen of podcasting. Like you think that we're like good guys. He's no, I put a cigarette out in his forehead

every time he's late. Yeah. Do you smoke or drink only cigarettes on my 17 year old? Hi, Timon. You'll even have the old. Hi, Tymon. Uh, you'll even have the, Oh, Tymon got sick. That's why he's not here.

He had a few too many cinnamons, a few too many swirls. Uh, you'll even have the inside jokes to prove it along with being the most amazing podcast. They have created a special, such a special community that is supportive, loving,

and hilarious. I'm so grateful to be a part of the ghosty community. They, along with Jake and Brad have time and time again, restored my faith in humanity. I think Jake summed it up perfectly when he said, we're all just trying to do our best with the circumstances that, with what our circumstances have been. Well, something like that. I have always believed, I've always believed most people are good, but through this podcasting community, I've come to know it for sure. I can't wait to see where this podcast goes. And I'm

thankful every day that I'm a part of something truly special. Thank you, Jake and Brad for everything. Seriously, just give it a listen. Signed, a sheltered kid who couldn't say her aws for foul, foul, foul too long. That is a great review. Thanks, Tristy. And I said something on stage and one of the ghosties who was there remind me, I slipped up. My aws came out on stage this weekend. I forgot what I said. Really? Yeah. It was like his job or something, and there were two R's in the word. Like honoree or something like that.

It was something tricky, and I said it out loud. I was like, oh, had a speech impediment as a kid. Still not over it. But I'm speaking in front of people for a living, so make fun of me all you want. I figured it out. Nice try, Maymay. Great review, Tristy, though. That's awesome. That's just great.

And I think my review of the week also kind of has a similar example. This is from Carrie. It's five stars. Okay. I am so grateful to have found this podcast through jean shorts. That's already cool right there. Yeah, it's fun. It's just fun.

I've been listening for six months, but I wish I found it sooner. However, I am definitely not the intended audience. It seems like most of the listeners are Christian, maybe conservative, living in the Midwest. I'm a non-religious, progressive, bisexual, vegetarian woman living in California. On the surface, it might seem like I'm the total opposite of most listeners. While I was initially worried I wouldn't enjoy something created by people who seem so different than me, this podcast has shown me that we're actually so much more similar in our values and perspectives than I ever would have guessed. Which that's, I'll pause real quick.

That's just great that she was like, wow, I don't think I'm having anything to relate with with these guys. And she still gave it a try. That's cool. I don't think I would ever do that. Something I think about all the time is how Jake explained that he thinks thinks all people no matter what their background or perspective are genuinely doing what they think is the right thing i wholeheartedly agree i feel like jake and brad are my friends who are kind communicative giving supportive and goofy which is how i strive to be as well let's go carrie let's go this podcast has brought me comfort and laughter during my darkest times

it's helped to lift my spirits during periods of deep depression and it has been one of the only things that could make me smile while i navigated my brother's stage four cancer diagnosis Thank you. CJLA advertisements that stress the company's Christian values because I know and trust that we all have common values and desire to do good. I think if other people who are like me could listen to Ghost Runners, they would open their eyes and bring different groups of people together. Jake and Brad, thank you so much for creating this beautiful community. I'm so grateful to have found Ghost Runners. Sending love to you both.

Carrie! Wow! That's cool. That's awesome. I love hearing stuff like that. I think that's really cool of you to trust us and to still give it a try. I think it's also, yeah, it's just a helpful reminder. We all have so much more in common than we think we do. Look at the difference in what you see Facebook conversations look like, and then go out in the world and look at what your conversations look like. Just think about like in high school, how much I was friends with everybody in high school. Yeah. And then if I knew like what they really thought, like would I have like given them a chance?

Yeah. I think I, yeah, it's, yeah, it's a good, good, good word. It's always fun like on election day or like these crazy times in our country when it's like everyone is fighting to just go out and go to a restaurant, go to a coffee shop and see like no one is fighting. No one, there aren't riots on the street.

There aren't like, you know, it's like we are all just like, you know, getting along because we really do have so much more in common so thanks carrie carrie fornia thank you that's fun um i don't have a original jingle this week but i want to throw it back to the one where we sang about you getting married uh to your eventual doe. Oh, sorry. Your eventual wife. Is this the one? Didn't we already do?

We did, but I want to do it again. Okay. Third time. Okay. Because at the end of it, I think, yeah,

we, we kind of allude to it again of like, dude, you're going to get married. It's happening. And now we're happening, baby. Okay,

cool. So Jake, well, see you Wednesday. Truly madly deeply. Is that what it's called? Mm-hmm. All right. Look at me. You're remembering. Oh, we're singing'll see you Wednesday. Truly Madly Deeply, is that what it's called? Mm-hmm. All right.

Look at me remembering. Oh, you want me to sing it now? You want me to sing it now? I was thinking we were just going to do audio. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Hey, hey. Yeah, we should. Hey, it's your wedding.

No, it's your wedding. What do you want to do? No, we should. That's great. We already have it. Yeah. We already have it. Okay.

We already have it. So, we already have it. Tywin, feel free to cut this at any point. No, no, no, Tywin. Ty already have it. So we already have it. Tymon, feel free to cut this at any point. No, no, no, Tymon. Tymon, stop. Keep it juicy. Organic. I forgot.

I called our new editor Tymon on accident. Oh, that's a burp. Dang, it's embarrassing. Sorry, Brian. Oh, I don't know this song very well. I know it well enough, I think. Hey, what a great 90s beat. Judy. Judy. Oh.

Be my mommy. Thank you, Judy. I'll be your friend, root for the chiefs, and help you cook healthy. I'll make you laugh and cheer you on, help raise a golden puppy. Just as devoted devoted but less creepy Than Joel Goldfig from you I will be here, I will be patient Cause I'm praying for a genuine interest

Honorable intentions A co-host for a family I want to sit by you on an airplane A co-host for a family. Yeah. I want to sit by you on an airplane. See your face light up in Hawaii. I want to hear your jokes whenever. Even if sometimes you wake up in your own pee oh come on and secret

Santa when I get your name at Christmas time give you a teapot filled with jokes to zany partners and cry a custom table for all the friends and all the bible studies when you're surrounded by the

options and decisions of choosing adventure each chapter chapter you enter a lot of adventure two. I wanna clap for you doing stand-up. Cheer with Grandpa when you're pickling. Oh my gosh, this is like emotional. I wanna dance too at weddings. Brad and I

share lots of the same qualities. I don't know the bridge here very well. This is good. Oh, one more thing. I don't know how this part goes. Yeah, I was born in the Middle East. Near a pyramid.

Not kidding. Memphis, Tennessee. It's true. I think that's how it goes. You can nail it. I'll fill you. Oh, I think. Crap, I don't know if I'm. Guitar solo maybe. I think that's how it goes. You can nail it. I'll film your... Oh, I think... Crap, I don't know if I...

Guitar solo, maybe. I hope so. Mandolin. I'm going to go in here. Yeah, here we go. I'll film your jokes in the drive-thru to put on your story. Your laptop's safe, I'll steal your heart

Snap for your slam poetry Be as devoted but less creepy Than Gold Drolbert from you Ready? Here we go. I wanna sit by you on an airplane I wanna travel to Hawaii Aloha I wanna hear your laugh forever even if sometimes you wake up in your own pee and I wanna clap for you doing stand up cheer with grandpa Wow. This is where we hold hands and walk into the sunset together, baby.

Yeah. Yeah. Hey, Brad, thanks for singing that again. You're welcome, man. Man, it sounded good. It reminded me a lot of the second time. It sounded more like that one than the first time. That's great. We're going to go. Well, I like that one than the first time. That's great.

We're going to go... Well, I guess you'll hear from us Wednesday. You'll hear from us... Gosh, my timeline is messed up. I'm married when you're listening to this. How does it feel? Messed up. I feel messed up.

I feel like I got some cinnamon swirls. No. Okay. This is it for Mondays. Wednesday's going to be a fun episode. We're doing a fun schmores and we're bringing in a surprise guest. Hello.

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