Ghostrunners - 325 - Encyclopedia Brown

Episode Date: April 24, 2024

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Hey, go see Happy Wednesday. Jake, Tymon, anyone else? What's up? Sorry. What's up? Hey. Hey. What's up?

Thanks, Tymon. What's up? What's up? What's up? Anyone else? I have just... Anyone else, guys? I feel irrationally awkward when I see someone else who's not in the room is viewing the same document as me online.

Anyone else? You're on Google Docs. Oh, totally. 100% know what you're talking about. You shared it with Time and Imch. You say, hey, man, I just shared this document with you or whatever. Hey, or we're writing on Gene Short's document, and I see Jake's also on there.

I don't know why, but I don't like it at all. I do actually relate to this. So there'll be times where it's like, so for the last year or so with mood swings, it's pretty impressive what Trey and I are doing. We don't really talk about it. We're just professionals. We just show up to the golf course,

and we've got stuff ready to go. We just do it all separately. It's like stand-up almost. But occasionally, it's like stand up almost. Yeah. But occasionally we will be like, it's like an hour before our tea time. And I'll see that I'm doing last minute writing in the document and Trey's doing last minute writing the document. And I'm like,

ah, I don't like that. He knows. And I don't like that. I know that about him doing this right now too. Yeah. You're like watching him write a joke and you're like, I don't like this.

Yeah. I don't like that. They watch me. You do it. It's whatever you need to do. And I'll just figure out the car. You see him like highlight a piece and like you know backspace it out like that's not good he's backspacing what i'm typing right no no no that's not gonna work that's not gonna work i don't like that you get it timing definitely for sure like hey i don't want anyone

to see something incomplete 100 that's it it's like i don't my best yet yeah yeah yeah i don't tell people to come to open mic night because i say it's like practice i come to my games don't come to practice yeah i don't even know if that to open mic night because I say it's like practice. I come to my games. Don't come to practice. I don't even know if that's what it is, though. I shared, the reason I got this was because I shared with Brooks the document for Gulf Shores. And it was pretty much like master schedule, blah, blah, blah.

And then I shared it with him and I saw that he was on there. When I was on there, I got out. I was like, I don't, like I'm going to see his, sorry, I'm going to see his reaction. I didn't know you were in here. Whoa, sorry. Oh, you're just at the menu? Okay, sorry. Let me know you were in here. Whoa, sorry. Oh, you're just at the menu?

Okay, sorry. Let me know when you're done. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Dude, why does Google sometimes like all share a document with you? We're in the same coffee shop. I know you're signed in. That's how you operate.

You would never not be signed in. No, I'm not. You're on Chrome. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But yet, instead of saying Bellas30 or Brad Ellis or show me your picture it says anonymous deer yeah why do they do that and it's never a deer either it's never a deer oh it's the most obscure it's an animal you've never heard of oxalotl and it's like what yeah anonymous ibex

ibex in there anonymous too like so it is there some sort of like purgatory option where i could name myself but still retain the animal structure well that's like a really famous ibex no this one's not this one's i not i anonymous anonymous no way yeah anonymous it's i don't know why they do that or why why they have to give us animal names yeah it is funny so uh time and give us an animal name to go to a theme song and we'll'll start this Wednesday episode off right. Elk. There's an elk in the... Oh.

There's an elk in this milk, and it's getting pretty chunky. Elk in the milk. Uh-oh, ooh, I think this tight beat means that it's going down with some random thoughts in white. Me too, Midwest best friends eating fast food on repeat. So come along, let's have some fun and go ahead, get on your feet, jobs than Caitlin Clark gets paid for hers. This is why I was so excited about Rachel playing professional volleyball. I Googled.

After I saw Caitlin Clark's salary, I was like, Jake's wrong. Jake is wrong about a cuddle lodge. He doesn't know how to use Google very well. Dude, you were right. That's what I was like, Rachel, this is more than you will make as a school counselor. I know it's not about money,

but still, if they're paying you seven thousand dollars like yeah obviously not worth your time just be worth your time to go be a professional volleyball player caitlin clark that was that was baffling to me so caitlin clark time if you don't know best women's basketball player yeah um probably could beat you in basketball she's white so america likes her but they don't like angel reese because she's from baltimore okay well baltimore not because of a race she's just oh northeastern i didn't she just she just you know the original colonies people have something against them it's yeah you should see delaware people betsy ross yeah so uh anyway she signed a three four year three hundred thousand dollar contract something like that right yeah so seventy five thousand signed a three four year three hundred thousand dollar contract something like

that right yeah so seventy five thousand dollars a year yep i was just i i knew that like the wmba is not getting paid a ton because they're not bringing in exorbitant amounts of money but i was without bringing it they're not profitable they lose money every year but i was shocked i was still shocked i i for her because i just assume she's on big old commercials right now like i just assumed she was going to get a million dollars. Yeah, that's incredible. Well, it's like set in stone. It doesn't matter who it would have been.

The first draft pick, that's what you get. So why do you think she left? Because she could have stayed, right? Yeah, she had a COVID year left. I'm sure it's a little bit just like I'm ready for a new challenge, maybe a little bit. Like I've broken the records. And if she were to go another year, that's kind of unfair from a record-breaking standpoint like no one else will have an opportunity to play five years it's got an asterisk next to it yeah

it's a little um different so yeah probably just like hey i've dominated this ready for a new challenge new teammates better competition better teammates yeah and maybe she'll get the same endorsements and NIL type things. Oh, yeah. Maybe they can work out a deal where she gets a percentage of jersey sales. They've already sold out of Indiana Fever, Caleb Clark jerseys, and yeah, she'll be doing just fine. She was on Saturday Night Live last week.

She'll have an Adidas deal and a Bose headphones deal and a Jack Link's jerky deal. That's how you know you've made it. Whoa, Caleb Clark. Now I'm eating Jack Link's jerky. I'm Caleb Clark, and I only jerky from Jack Link's jerky deal. That's how you know you've made it. Whoa, Kalen Clark. Now I'm eating Jack Link's jerky. I'm Kalen Clark, and I only jerky from Jack Link's. Jack Link's. Jack Link's.

Number one. Number one. That been on your mind? Women's salaries? Yeah, just, no, just literally thought of it just five seconds ago. Professional volleyball, dude. Yeah. Good for them.

That's what, I think I said that last episode. I was like, what's their revenue model? How are they doing this? I'm so intrigued by the business standpoint. Or is it like, we're just going to hemorrhage money until they've got investor money. Yeah. And just try to build up the sport. That's fun too. That's fun too. You'll get on the ground level. I think 60 grand is enough. Like a lot of girls who just graduated college, they're division one college volleyball players. We're planning on getting a job like, well, I'm already in incredible shape and I'm good at

volleyball. I'll just go to this and make 60 grand. So I think the talent level will be amazing. You're in your prime still. Yeah. 100%. Good luck, Rachel. Good luck, Buster. Anyway, I want to start off with that. Yeah. Thank you. I would like to start off with

I was in the elevator in Salt Lake City. I am two hours from going on stage and performing probably. And I got ready in my hotel room. I'm going down. And I'm sharing the elevator with one other person. That's it. Intimate setting. One other woman.

And she is middle-aged. And I kid you not, you know, it's just us. I have no one to verify this, but this is how it went. She starts her sentence by saying, this is inappropriate, but fun way to start a sentence. All right.

Yeah. Just lobby for me is fine. Yeah. This is inappropriate, but you smell amazing. I was like, oh, that's not inappropriate. That's awesome. Yeah. Thank you.

And it's classic. What would you spray on? I say, just the detergent. It's called Diva. Yep. And it was great. Really, really gassed me up. I. Thank you. And it's classic. What would you spray on? I said, just the detergent. It's called Diva. Yep. And it was great. Really, really gassed me up. I really liked it.

And she was like, if I say like, oh, she was a cougar, it's exactly what you're imagining. Like that age, that look, that like amount of work done. Like she was in town on a work conference. Yes. Okay. She lives in like Fresno probably in Salt Lake city for, you know, mortgage brokers stuff. And anyway, yeah, really gassed me up right before the special. This is, this is pretty appropriate, but you smell amazing. You smell amazing.

It is wild. Like how many people tell you that when you don't wear cologne? Yeah. Strong deterge. And it has been packed away. It's been in my suitcase for three days now. It doesn't matter. It was awesome. That's fun. And it was appropriate. I liked it. I responded back by telling her some inappropriate things.

I can't repeat them, but I wanted to, you know, what's fair is fair. Just letting you, just transparently though, you said them. Hey,

this is also inappropriate. Yeah. Do you still smell it or are you desensitized? Oh, I smell it. It's awesome. Yeah. And hey, we're coming up about a week from now

when this comes out. Gordy Miller, you're getting that hug. You're going to smell it and you're going to love it. It is funny. It's like cilantro. Have you heard people

that are like, it tastes like soap. And I'm like, no, it tastes like gold. Amazing. And some people just don't get it. So maybe there's just people out there that just... I think she's doing something wrong. It just smells like No, it tastes like gold. Amazing. And some people just don't get it.

So maybe there's just people out there that just... I think she's doing something wrong. It just smells like good. Oh, there's people. I mean, a lot of like ghosties, like it was kind of a dividing line. They're all doing something wrong. They're all doing something wrong. They don't have it right.

That's fun though. When do you think the special will actually air air quote-unquote good question i are you going to edit yourself again yes me or timing actually i've been talking to timing about it so um because my computer had a little bit of trouble editing eight 4k clips at the same time i was able to do it but i was editing everything in 1 16th the resolution and how it looked and so it's just like kind of tough to know what you're editing. It's just so pixelated. 1 16th is really, yeah, getting down there.

So, yeah. Yeah. Or if anyone else wants to. Time and claim that before. Dibs, dibs, dibs. I don't know. I'll time it. It would be like the highest production thing I've ever edited probably.

Yeah. Yeah. Trace spent some good money on it. So all that to say, I don't know. I think they're just going to mail me a hard drive, but I don't even have an email. I don't know who they are. Cool.

I don't know when I'm going to talk to them, but I don't think it'll take that long to edit. It's just like the hardware component of it. And I think if I were to hire a time, and part of it would be like edit my special and also deliver me 10 clips as well. Just doing that work that would be beneficial. So, yeah, I'm excited.

I don't think it'll take a ton to edit. Although, of course, I had to make it complicated. But I think you would appreciate this. I think you do the same thing. We didn't get to talk about this much last week. But so we did the special two different nights. The first night, Trish was like, hey, just do your thing. 20 minutes set.

Go out, kill it. And I do, except for when my dad came out and fixed the wire the last joke so other than that i felt pretty good about how it went i was like okay we got i got pretty much everything i wanted it shows like the next night i'm like i'm gonna be doing my finale song twice we might have to get a couple stuff it's gonna be a longer show so he's like lucas if you could cut down a few minutes jake if you could do like 15 minutes so i was like okay this is great so then i came up with a plan i was like all right the the goal is the first show get everything i need from like written material second show do as much crowd work as possible and then put that into the special so now my special becomes maybe 25 minutes or

something like that so that was kind of the strategy there was a lot of like thinking in the moment of like how does this get edited and what is the first crowd know her name to be? Ooh, that's tricky. Yeah, that aspect of things. So that will be interesting. But I do think we got everything we needed, so I'm really excited about it.

There was actually some pretty good crowd work moments and anything that didn't work, you just edit it out. They don't know. Yeah, they have no idea. So enough, you know, I think last time at my special, I didn't have anything good in the crowd work.

So it'd be fun this time. Got some good stuff. It is tough because you never know if the crowd's going to participate well. You know what I mean? Yeah, it went so well in Denver that one of my friend's wife was like,

that's awesome. This is inappropriate, but. This is inappropriate, but I could smell you. I was sitting on the balcony. She was so convinced that it was a plant who I was talking to. I was like, this is kind of a compliment, but also I want you to believe me that I can pull this off. Maybe it's because

there's a friend and so they were analyzing it a different way. That's my theory for it. You know what I mean? Yeah, I was just like, that's not a thing in comedy. No one does that. It's like, yeah, this is like the, the greatest thing I can provide you is this impromptu comedy. So please believe me. I promise that was, you said, yeah, that was in Denver. So it wasn't even special for the special, like, yeah, it was too bad that one didn't get, um, recorded, but anyway, so I don't know when it will come out, but I'm excited. Okay. So he performed the song twice. That's interesting to me. Just like, I can understand,

like, maybe you need it for something, but that would be so uncomfortable for me. Just knowing the audience is like, has already heard this. Well, when you've heard all the DMs Trey got about like, Hey, I was in the back. I couldn't hear any of the music. You're like, well, turn it up a second time. So Trey goes off stage like, hey, real quick, we're going to do the song one more time. You guys have been awesome.

We're going to get you out of here in five minutes. And he goes side stage like, how are we looking? You know, whatever. And I forget the conversation, but basically you're like, hey, audio is good.

Audio is good. And Trey was like, I don't think it is. Like, I know the reaction I normally get at the finale song. I don't think the reaction, like, I don't think they could hear it. They're like, no, no, no, they can hear it.

They can hear it. Trey just goes on the mic, hey, real quick, really loud, he goes, real quick, make some noise if you couldn't hear anything in that last song. And everybody in the back row starts, like, cheering and applauding. Trey's like, see what I'm talking about? And so then they turned up his music for the second one.

The reason he did the second song was Derek got to go on stage and had, like uh the gimbal out okay so getting like new camera angles that you wouldn't get new coverage basically and that was really cool looked awesome so it was planned to do twice or it was planned all along like derrick comes up grabs his camera grabs his gimbal and he's on stage for the second one and you said that some of the like the jokes he was like i'm gonna do that one again right he would do like uh if just like he fumbled over his words like uh my wife and i've been married for we're starting over we're filming my wife and i've been you know whatever yeah yeah i'm trying to remember exactly it was very impressive just like yeah how he would handle

like continuity issues or just like even just stuff like where an audience member is being weird it's like hey we're filming tonight so let's not can you just answer me normally oh okay i'm gonna ask you that again can you just answer me normally yeah um we're just like all right we're so we're coming out of the last section we're gonna enter the song again so audience let's pretend we're like at the end of the last joke so give me like a medium laugh okay three two one and they start like medium laughing it's like all right we're gonna do a song for you guys really it was beautiful it was awesome and the audience was involved and yeah trey was just like what really was like a master at directing this what yeah which is great it sounds like he was more yeah he was like the experience for them is that they get

to be yeah involved in shooting this special rather than being like like if it were me i'd be like i don't want to make this weird for them like, like if it were me, I'd be like, I don't want to make this weird for them. Like show it like, you know, peeling back the curtain or whatever. He's like, no, that's like, what is fun about this experience is they get to watch this like fun thing unfold. So that's what I told Trey. He came off stage in the middle of chaos happening that first show we got, Hey, you're too sweaty. Come off stage here. Mike's not working. Hey, Alan's in-ears aren't working. Whatever. And I could tell he was very stressed and angry and I was like,

dude, here's the good news. This audience thinks this is fun. Yeah. Just remember that. Like, I promise you, this audience, like, nothing like this ever happens at Stalk City.

They think this is so fun. Right. Just remember that. Yeah. Go get them. I mean, yeah, I remember going and watching Jeopardy be filmed

and I just thought it was so cool. Cool. Like, yeah, it was like they took a commercial break and Alex Trebek was just a normal guy and I was like, was so cool. Cool. Like, yeah, it was like they took a commercial break and Alex Trebek was just a normal guy and I was like,

oh, this is fun. Like he's just, you know, it wasn't like, oh, they're showing me too much and there was a few times where he had to repeat a question. Did he?

Yeah. He re-recorded a question because he like fumbled over his words. Actually, that's kind of fun. Yeah, I didn't think twice about it, you know, so. Yeah, so if you're at

the Stalag City Show, let us know if anything stood out to you or maybe you didn't notice 90% of this stuff. But yeah, if you're at either show, I think it was pretty cool how Trey was directing the whole thing while on stage. Very comfortable up there. So it was fun. It was fun.

Scott Peck came to watch us play a little volleyball last night. Oh, you're back in the league? Yes, we are. He brought Palmer. They had dance already in that side of town or something, I think. And so he's like, yeah, I'll back in the league? Yes, we are. He brought Palmer. They had dance already in kind of that side of town or something, I think. And so he's like, yeah, I'll pop in. And Scott didn't get to see us at our best. We showed up last night, and we were playing.

So we're in the competitive division. We were playing against the Kansas City Art Institute team. Let's just say they were very artsy. Okay. It was rough. I was was like scott i'm sorry you came to this one i didn't know we were playing them you're telling me you guys whooped them oh yeah yeah yeah so they got to see you at your best they just didn't see good competition well it was like it would be dangerous for us to be our best like isaac could concuss someone like we would gotcha like they're not blocking i mean they're just letting isaac have his way with them they're just like you know they're like on their knees just don't hit it to

me like playing dodgeball like please don't hit me like i know i'm at the front of the line but like i'm just gonna try to avoid this real quick yeah it would be legitimately dangerous for us to try so what we would do i mean we would get it over in one hit or we would like hey i want to set you know isaac's our setter you know're like, we're trying to find that balance of like, we still need to make it fun for us, obviously. That's the whole reason we do this. We paid money to be here, but I don't want to humiliate them

or do anything crazy. So try to find the balance of like, let's make it fun for us, but not like embarrassing or whatever. Why were they in the competitive division? Dude, and here's the worst news. I went back and looked. I was like, okay,

the team we played was called KCAI. Yeah. KCRI Institute won. I was like, okay, the team we played was called KCAI. Yeah. KC Art Institute. One. I was like, oh, no. There's a KCAI two in this division. Why are there two art teams?

Yeah. Did they take the best, like, talent and put them on one team and then the second one's B team? Or did they split up the talent and the other team's going to be just as bad? Maybe, yeah. Maybe we'll play the varsity team next time. KCAI two. Maybe that's varsity. I mean, what does competitive mean to you? Like. I to be just as bad. Maybe. Yeah. Maybe we'll play the varsity team next time. Casey. Yeah. I too. Maybe that's varsity. What does competitive mean to you?

Like, I know it was bad. They, they had seven of them, seven out of seven all had knee pads on. So it's like, they're, they're looking the part they're doing what on paper,

what they're supposed to do. They literally had to Google what to wear because they've never played before. Like, okay, let's see here. This is funny. I don't know if Rachel would want me saying this,

but maybe 30 seconds into the game, one of our players was running late, so she just gets there, and so she joins us in the back row. I was like, hey, you didn't miss anything? We're playing the Art Institute. I'm kind of whispering to her, and Rachel goes,

yeah, I was not wearing a bra. I was like, how do you notice that already? We just started. Watch the ball. You know what? Keep your eye on the ball. Do me a bra. I didn't even notice that already. We just started. Watch the ball. You know what? Keep your eye on the ball. Do me a favor. Yikes.

Yeah, that's. So, felt bad for Scott. But we got to hang out and talk afterwards. That's fun. Yeah. Yeah. For Scott was. Was Palmer boiling?

Yeah. It was. Scott made a very funny comment. He's like, he said, Palmer is so interesting. There are some moments where she has ants in her pants and other moments where she can just watch the world go by. And I was like, wait, you're right. Where is Palmer?

And she was just sitting on one of those railings and she's been sitting there for maybe 15 minutes. Just no screen time, nothing. Just sitting, watching a little bit of pickleball go on, a little volleyball, a little basketball shoot around. I was like, that's kind of fun. She's enjoying life. Because during volleyball, she was going nuts. She was just round offs and cartwheels a little volleyball, a little basketball shoot around. I was like, that is kind of fun. She's enjoying life. Because during volleyball, she's going nuts.

She's roundoffs and cartwheels, and yeah, just couldn't sit still. And then, yeah, just sitting there watching the world go by. I was like, that is fun. I appreciate that in kids. That's sweet. Yeah. So, yeah, I got to see them hang out. It's fun.

Hattie's been saying on Boiling recently, I'm roasting, is what she's been saying outside. Because we'll be like, I mean, obviously, we're encouraging our kids, go play outside. Especially with new baby and whatever, trying to help him sleep and everything. Go outside. I'm roasting.

And it's like, Hattie, it's 78 degrees. There is going to be way worse days than this. Or whether it's been real nice. It's been amazing. There was like two days ago, I think, where it was 76. Pretty perfect. Cloudy, but then humid. And I think that's my perfect

weather. You like cloudy? I think that's it. I think that's it. I think that's it. Partly cloudy. Yeah, partly cloudy. I was going to say cloudy. I don't know. It was just awesome. Because it kind of feels like maybe a storm's coming. No storm in sight. It was just a cloudy day. I liked it. kind of feels like maybe a storm's coming. No storm in sight. It was just a cloudy day. Yeah.

I liked it. How much wind do you like? Not much. No. Minimal. Five. At most. Four to eight.

Four to eight. Four to eight. With no gust. No nine. It's just a consistent four to eight. Yeah. Good for golf. Good for pickleball.

Good for a light breeze. Yeah. We're at the time of year right now where like those summer evenings at like 7 p.m. way the shit the way the shadows work with the sun and the trees and the grass looks nice just the other night uh i was watching my i mean i think i was inside with one of them can't remember which kid anymore that's weird to say i didn't think i'd be that kid or that parent but like and the i think it was hattie and beau

were outside with k Catherine just running around the front yard, just literally frolicking in the yard with this like beautiful, like the beams of sun, but like mostly shadowed lawn. And it was just like, this is idyllic. Idyllic.

Yeah. I'm idyllic right now. So. Well, that's fun. Yeah. Anyway, time.

And what's been going on with you? I feel like you didn't, uh, didn't get to talk too much last, uh, yeah i don't know what's going on not too much okay um i don't have too much written down genuinely not much great okay i did so my whole life i've never had allergies like to like just like the outdoor and like Paul and stuff this year. They're here now. They're here It's it's it's ragweed we think I don't know It started with Just like my my eyes like itching and hurting

Mm-hmm, and then it was like I was outside for a few hours like Sunday evening just like uncontrollable sneezing and just like Yeah, it was rough. What is your guys? He's been crazy windy recently That's true. It has not been 48. Yesterday was really windy. Yeah, so I think that I was going to play pickleball with Graydon and stuff, but it didn't work.

We didn't try. Least favorite allergy symptom. Yeah, the eyes. Just like struggling to keep your eyes open because they're so open. Yeah, the limited, like my first time experience, I think the eyes the worst i was gonna i'm gonna go congestion

yeah well congestion you had eyes eyes are like it's more specific to allergies though like yeah maybe i don't congestion with like a cold like any any hate that too yeah no i'm not saying not saying i like it you call it what you want. I hate it. I experienced really bad allergies. One time down South visit my grandma in Georgia and it was so uncomfortable in my eyes. I can remember that specifically. Yeah. Often with congestion, it's always like, is this allergies? Is this, am I just a little sick? But congestion is also miserable. Just ain't right. All right. So you got got allergies you've been running yeah haven't missed a day i it's like right now the contest or like i have like throughout the year i've missed a few days but like the it was with not right now it's like with my sister we're like head to head but

she is one day ahead of me and has been for a long time oh you just needed to miss because i um it was like the night getting home from like california i was fully planning on running but i genuinely just fell asleep on the couch accidentally dang so i woke up the next morning dang it i forgot like fell asleep unintentionally like i was just so tired there should be some sort of like rule where it's like if you miss a day you can make it up by running four miles another day or something like that Like I'm not too much. I would do it. Would you for my pride's sake? I think yeah like something about like You know, there's always that bonus round at the end of at the end of a game shorts

Like yeah, and the points are tripled so anybody could win, you know Cuz yeah, and then if you miss like two days it has to be six miles something like tougher and tougher or something like that but you've been you've been going every day every day haven't missed one yet well there's been some some hard ones really they're very hard if I've done a I've already been planning for 2025 because I do like being active every day I think it's a fun discipline to get into but what I won't do in 2025 is like play two hours of pickleball and then go run a mile. Like to me, I'm like, I'm good.

I use my muscles. I don't need to do that. That mile is so slow and my knees hurt so much. Dude, the miles last so long. I'm like, I have the energy to do it if I need to, but just why does it have to take like eight minutes? Like I'm tired of this. I get bored roasting

so i'm already thinking i'll keep doing this year i'll do a mile a day but the next year i don't think i should need to do it like you know i'll go play two hours of football yeah and then go run yeah just do something every day so yeah still run five days a week or something because those miles stink like we played three hours of Padel in Denver in altitude. And then later that day I had to run a mile in altitude and I was dying. Yeah. And it's like, what? I don't need to be doing this.

I already, I'm already active. Yeah. Already like mission accomplished. I was active today. Has Rachel missed a day? No, she hasn't. Wow. Yeah.

So, I mean, it's looking like we're going to do it. I mean, have you figured out like a potential like punishment or anything i don't know something to have at the at the end there's no sign that either of us are not gonna do it so i think we haven't even like crossed that road i mean it's gonna take like a major sickness or a major injury to like our lower body to keep us from doing it every day i think dude it was about to get gross too. Like it's just starting to get humid. It started to get sweaty for the first time. It's going to get nasty.

See, I, I, I'd rather work out in the like super hot and super cold, not running. I've already changed my mind. No, really?

Yeah. You get hot so quick running. It's nice. Don't mind that. My fastest miles are when I'm a little underdressed. And so I'm trying to go faster. I think subconsciously trying to go faster to get my body to like a comfortable temperature.

Yeah. Life hack. Okay. Do shorts in 40 degree weather. What's like the metaphor there? You know, like. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Like. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, spend a little more than you should so that you're always, you know. So you work harder. Live a social class up from what you should. First test of the semester, fail it.

Yes. How much harder will you work to get back up to a B, best case scenario? Get a zero. DNC. Yeah. Yeah. Fail the first test. Spend money you don't have.

Those are great motivators. Yeah. It's like I. Cheat on your first wife. Okay. Cheat on the honeymoon. Those are great motivators. Yeah. It's like I... Cheat on your first wife. Okay. Cheat on the honeymoon. Throw away half your food. You know?

All those things. Yeah, that's pretty good. Can we talk about our accountant having a wild turkey like fly through his window? Oh, yes. I thought you were just kind of like... Can we talk about our accountant

and how much money he made? Can we talk about how, man, when he does our taxes, I feel like I have to work a lot harder. Yeah, when I was doing my taxes, I was, I was fudging some numbers. Dude, it's so funny.

So Brock Purdy's sister-in-law is on our volleyball team. Oh, cool. It's fun to get to know her and become friends with her. But the conversation has taken a little bit of a turn recently because she does auditing for a living. Where now I'm like, so what? Yeah.

What are some things that jump out at you? How big of a, like, give me a a number give me a number that catches your eye give me are you two corporations you do individuals technically i'm an escort what do i ask what do you think about escort you know and uh not actually but i i do think about it a lot i'm like i should i should weasel the conversation into this yeah it's like someone who's asking a detective like now how how why was it so hard for you to find the killer like what what was it about that they they hid their tracks really well with this it's like a breaking bad like i mean if i was a cop i'd have to tell you right you'd have to what does he say badger like you would have to tell me if you're a cop right you have to promise

yeah i'm not a cop it's pretty good badger huh yeah yeah like if i was i was if i was auditing you i would have to tell you yeah did you you you didn't just like you you joined this volleyball team because you like volleyball right like you're not about to send me some like hand me some papers say i've been served or something yeah she's she's awesome though caitlin's kids the best so shout out caitlin she has auditing for a living though yeah it's crazy she's she's working all the time i mean now she said it's finally like chilling out calming down but um but yeah connor it's you know he's i pretty much every third text i'm like dude i appreciate you thanks keep me out of jail that's just why i text him all the time thanks keep me out of jail because i don't know what i was doing beforehand i've always i always am like thanks for doing thanks for this man it's it sucks but thanks like always it's just like gosh

this time of year i get real you know fourth of july 9 11 makes a good time to get patriotic this time of year i get really into like yeah local government like i'm gonna use the crap out of the sidewalk i'm gonna go to the public library. I'm not using my libraries enough. Yeah. I'm going to, what else? Look at the stoplights a little differently. I don't know what else, where the money's going.

But. I mean, your street. My street, yes. Dude, you guys have 50 flags in your yard right now. The flags. And I, Tyman walked in the house. I was talking to him today. And then I would go, dude, who is, there's a new brand

of truck, like a new, like, labeled truck in front of my house every day. Today it said, Kansas City Institute of Software or something weird. I was like, who's that? Yeah. What are they up to? A new truck every day. Yeah, TaskRabbit coming, yeah. Yeah, Bo loves on the walks, like, taking those flags. And Catherine's

always like, Bo, you can't take those out of the ground. I don't know what. Yeah. But if he finds them on the street, they're, they've already been like blown over or something. Oh, it's like treasure to him. He's,

she's got like 10 of them in her stroller. Anyway, our accountant, yeah, he keeps us out of jail. And also, also, yeah,

he texts us. He's like, Hey, didn't actually make your payment today because as I was working a wild turkey, literally jumped through my window, broke my window. And I screamed I screamed whatever like a little girl I don't know if he's a little girl like I screamed super loudly I would scream too dude can you imagine me you would you would not handle it well you saw a turkey on a golf course and we're freaking out no I was excited

about that freaking out positively yeah guys that's a turkey dude but that turkey was big if that thing were if that thing were right here right now i i get aggressive i get mad my feet would no longer be on the ground i think they'd be up in my i got i got one off right now just thinking how many okay let's play a game a turkey in here is scary one mouse in here kind of scary how many mice would it take for you rather have them than a turkey wait sorry sorry it's like for instance would you have one mouse or one turkey in here one mouse yeah yeah yeah would you rather have three mice in here or one wild turkey it's a wild turkey i think i think i i think i'm going I think I'm getting to go turkey.

Maybe. Because three mice, you can't keep track of them. Each of us can keep an eye on one. I think three mice is the limit because we can each watch one. That's fair. So the situation is all three of us are in here with the turkey? It's exactly like now. Turkey in the middle. In the middle?

Yeah. Oh, okay. I think the game starts, the animal gets dropped in the center. So it's like three mice get dropped. It's like you're respawning a halo. You're respawning. Okay. I'm choosing three mice for sure. I spent some time around mice. Probably. They're so

skittish. They would be out of here instantly. The turkey, would he be aggressive? Do they have talons? I that's what connor was like the the only ways of exit were either the window again which he just flew through or the the door that i was blocking him from for sure three mice okay yeah i go three mice i'm looking at what wild turkeys look like real quick so doing the same thing don't google turkey. It's probably something Tymon knows.

Wet eggs in the sink. Because there's like the big ones that have like the fan and then there's like the smaller ones. Well, aren't they the same thing? Probably.

Don't make fun of me, please. Like male peacocks? Yeah. Yeah, probably. I also hear that it's really hard to hunt turkeys. Really?

I don't know. That's what I hear. Maybe it's just because I'm just hearing it. I also hear that it's really hard to hunt turkeys. Really? I don't know. That's what I hear. Maybe it's just because they're... I'm just hearing it. I'm not saying it. We could keep it in here. Eight mice or one wild turkey. No way.

Eight's quite a bit. Eight's kind of creepy. Eight mice is a lot of mice. What if their tails get caught? What if two of them decide to team up on... It's a small army at that point. Eight mice? Yeah, it's like, what, two and two-thirds per person?

Oh, they're all dropped in a pile. Then they just spread. Yeah, I think I might go one turkey over eight mice. One turkey. This is a small room. Yeah. I'm getting mad thinking about this. Then again, a turkey, if we're talking practically,

a turkey would do a lot more damage to camera equipment and knock stuff over. We're surviving at this point. Yeah, it's true. Turkey for sure, I think. Do you think I could Yeah, I was gonna say I could stomp out some of those mice, but they're fast. I wouldn't even want to. That's fair.

Okay. 12 mice. I already chose the turkey with 8 mice. 8? For sure? Yeah. Yeah, I think so. So with 12, I already chose the turkey with eight mice. Eight? For sure? Yeah. Yeah.

I think so. So with 12, I would also choose turkey. Let's reevaluate. Okay. Yeah. Anyway, just can you imagine like we're recording a podcast right now and all of a sudden through the blinds, it kind of struggles through. Oh, I would freak. Oh, that's, that's what a mental image.

Honestly, how would you freak, though? Those would be my first two moves. Would you make some noise? Ah! Yeah. Yeah, I would be like, ah! Dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude, dude!

Dude, there's a turkey right behind you. Turkey right behind you. Look. The other night, I was picking up dude, dude. Dude, there's a turkey right behind you. Turkey right behind you. Look. The other night, I was picking up my hoodie from the chair, and there was a little toy. Bo has some miniature animals, and it looked like a mouse. And I just go, oh, frick. And Gavin just laughed so hard.

He's like, you get so mad when you're scared. That's exactly right. Anyway. like you get so mad when you're scared that's exactly right anyway so i uh you know last wednesday we did a podcast with michael and then that night uh he was at concert and i went to go see him uh tywin was able to end up making it so uh i went without him and it was sad but uh it was so fun to see Mike L in action. I was just like smiling the whole time. It was at a church. It was like sold out.

There were like a thousand people there and just could see him on stage. Like what we asked Mike L to do is so funny compared to what he's doing on other stages. Like he is like performing and he is like getting the crowd hyped and it was just awesome. Yeah.

I was so excited for him. Yeah. How much is he talking, transitioning from song to song versus KB? You know what I mean? So he performs. He opens for KB. He performs with No Big Deal. And so they do some of his songs and some of their indie tribe songs together.

Oh, I see. So, oh, okay. I thought he was doing stuff with KB as well. So he does it with No Big Deal and himself solo, or is it No Big Deal and Mike Hill always together? Them together, open for KB, and do a 25-minute set. So is he like behind a table, like mixing,

or is he just... He's a little bit behind the table, like starting the song, starting the track, but then he gets out and moves, and they've got cues, and they've got staging, and they've got lights and video board. It was sweet. I mean, Christian rap has come a long way. That was one of my takeaways. Like I went to the Lecrae concert,

the Tadashi concerts back in the day and haven't been to one in 10, 15 years. And it's like, these have gotten way more fun. And white high schoolers have gotten way better at like being at a rap concert. Like they've learned how to do this better. It was like such a hype atmosphere. Like Michael, you know, he's just got a good voice

for like just hyping people up and you know he's screaming kansas city are you with me ready bounce bounce and the whole crowd is about it was like an eight mile scene yeah and the whole crowd is like bouncing with michael and i was just sitting there smiling like i gotta become a musician this is so fun it's probably why i made the mouse song yeah right timmon's jingles the last few weeks. Dude, going to live anything motivates me. It's so inspiring. Yeah.

And I was like, this is so cool. And yeah, it was awesome. So I got to go backstage and meet some of the guys and just told them how great I thought it was. And it was awesome. No Big Deal is a big comedy fan. He's like, dude, come to Nashville sometime. Yeah, I think I've seen your stuff.

Come to Zany's. You know, whatever. Yeah. He's friends with all of them. That's awesome. I know, know yeah gunner was the first person i ever heard no big deal he's like i love this guy yeah i said gutter videos like dude it's too bad you're not here i know i love this it was the day before his birthday would have been perfect he truly would have loved it he would have yeah like he listens to that music more than anybody else i know yeah he comes to the pickleball court. Hey, I got a speaker. New KB just dropped.

I'm like, oh. We're going to have to listen to the ads because I don't have Spotify for you. Hope you like Swiffer Jet ads. There's a lot of them. Oh, man. That's fun. Yeah, it was awesome. Shout out, Mike L.

After we interviewed him, I think it was probably motivated by that, but I think it was kind of subconscious. I watched the Dude Perfect documentary on YouTube. You ever watch this time? I think I started it one time. Never finished it. And how were your emotions during it? I told you this already.

Yeah. I cried. I don't know. I'm trying to remember exactly when I cried. I think I cried like it was definitely during the emotional part. It wasn like when they were just like amazing trick shot yeah yeah we're just struggling with these like lemons to cut them fast enough it was a hole in one you they just came so far yeah whatever no it was something it was either i think it was something to do with like i was just envisioning like doing something like going to something like that with

bow or something like just going to something like that with my kids and how much it means to them either that or when it was doing like the stuff with kids and cancer or something like that so it was something deeper than just like whatever from a helicopter but but dude michael is in there so much i know i need to re-watch that i didn't see it but i knew him like like catherine watched it with me and like I was like, well, there's my kill like thinking like that. That's my friend. Mike. I'm friends with him. I gave him a hug and like

thinking like that was the two seconds he's going to be in this documentary and he's you know, little b-roll shots of him 20 times. I mean, it's amazing fun. Yeah, it was maybe I'll tear up at those parts. Maybe dude, he does have a great voice like you're saying like it's amazing. Fun. Yeah, it was fun. Maybe I'll tear up at those parts. Maybe, dude. He does have a great voice, like you're saying.

It's just good. It just purely sounded awesome. So it kind of like, I mean, I'm not a day-long daydreamer like you are very often. I love daydreamers. But it did kind of inspire me of like, I enjoy making content like this, like kids stuff. I think that'd be fun to just do like silly kids. I don't know what it would look like or whatever. Yeah.

The K country in you basically circle back to whatever that was. Yeah. Cause so much, and I don't know, do perfect. I'm not like a dude, perfect enthusiasts. So I don't know all the characters and stuff. You have what? Three of the five autographs. You don't have all of them. I don't have, I don't have beardos.

I can't remember their names. Tall guy. What do you think their names are? Rattle off't have, I don't have beardos. I can't remember their names. Tall guy. What do you think their names are? Rattle off the new perfect guys. Col, Colby. Col. I don't know if it's Col or Col.

Colby Bryant. It starts with a C though. It's a Colby with a C. Tanner? Okay. Colby Tanner. Is the bearded guy Travis? Colby Tanner Travis.

Colby Tanner Travis. Connor? Connor, Connor, and Keenan. You got one of the five. Kobe. No, no. It's a Colby with an L. No, Kobe.

Kobe. Yeah. Okay. The guy is Travis or T something with a T. It's Kobe. The bearded guy is Travis or T. Something with a T. Tyler. Tyler Frick! Frick! The tall guy is named? Tanner.

Connor. Cody. Cody! I mean, come on. The bald guy is named? Bill Burr. Yes. Maybe once you watch the documentary documentary you'll like once you spend an hour with them this will come this will be a lot easier bald guy's name is travis garrett garrett kobe's twin brother kobe and kyle kobe and it's an alliteration of some

sort yes only one letter different that's a good guess. Kobe and... No one has the same name, though. Kobe and Corey. Corey. Yes, that's right. Okay. Yeah, one of them looks a little different. One of them is like, oh, I know him.

And the other one's like, oh, I don't know about that guy. Anyway. That's all I have to say. Dupree, though. Honestly honestly i was just like like all their characters and stuff that's the kind of thing like when the guy comes out as like i don't know all the things like the yeah the k k countries type k-pop skits they do with the absurd recurreds and uh yeah yeah the rage monster and all that stuff. That's very up our alley. It's going to be fun to see.

And Ghostbusters fans, you'll be there the whole time because we're never going to stop doing this to see where the entertainment and our lives goes. I think Jean Shorts is not going to be a thing we do forever or next month.

Whoa. Excuse me. Just kidding. But yeah, for a super long time. But I do think we will probably be doing some form of entertainment. Like how much longer will I do stand up? I don't know. Is it forever?

Is it none? Hire us for your church events. Yeah. That was something we could definitely continue to do. Totally. Yeah. It's just going to be fun to see what the entertainment in our lives look like. Yeah, totally.

Totally. I wrote down, this is just such a, whatever. Catherine is just, Catherine's funny. And I don't think people understand sometimes that she's funny. She is funny. So do you remember the line in the office? I'm trying to remember.

I think it's when Jim and Pam are having their baby and Michael says something like, bring a dictionary so you can remember their, or so you can find the name for him or something like that. Do you remember this? Some of the baby name? Yes. Yeah.

And Oscar goes, the hospital, the hospital will provide dictionaries. Bring us the, gosh, the hospitals will provide dictionaries. Bring a thesaurus. Okay.

You kind of remember this? I don't remember Oscar saying that, but I remember that line. Yeah. And for whatever reason, Catherine thinks that it's such a funny line, whatever. And so, but it's not like she quotes it often or anything. I just watched the episodes with her when they say that.

Anyway, I was like hustling the kids out the door the other day on Sunday to go to church. We were running late. I was like, let's go. Let's go bring your Bible bow. Come on. And I hear Catherine like from the back, you know, whatever. And I don't even like hear what she says. I'm like, I'm sure that was funny, but I got to go. Love you. And she texted me later. She said, I said, the church will provide Bibles, bring a concordance.

Oh, that's good. And like, said it like immediately. Like I was like, Bo, let's go. Let's go bring your Bible. The church will provide Bibles, bring a concordance. Yeah, that's funny. Bring a commentary. Spurgeon. My wife is just funny, man. Anyway, I don't think she gets the credit she deserves, but she's witty and funny like that and can often bring back quotes like that

of some of her favorite shows. That's fun. It was fun to hang out with Catherine. Obviously, I haven't seen her as much with a brand new baby, but you guys came over for a little game night and didn't get to see you as much. You kind of came over brand new baby, but you guys came over for a little game night and didn't get to see you as much. You kind of came over just for games, but Catherine's over there for probably an hour just hanging out and talking with us,

which is fun. Yeah, dude. It took us forever for our kids to fall asleep, which is so rare. All good. But yeah. It was a fun time. We played Secret Hitler. Yeah, played two rounds of it, which that game is like, it is fun, but you need to become

a little familiar with the strategy. It's going to take a game or two to figure out how should I play this if I'm good? How should I play this if I'm bad? So we kind of got through the trials and errors and maybe next time

it'll be more fun. No, I had a lot of fun. I think it was great. Yeah. Yeah, we brought Henry over. I literally like carried him over in his dock-a-tot, like portable pillow, essentially

from the house, holding him as I'm crossing the street. Just like, what are these people think of me right now? Hey, great weather though. He did great. Oh yeah. That was great weather. Oh yeah. He did great though. We, we yelled and screamed and he did just fine. He did. So that's how it is all the time. Parenting is easy all the time. Dude, that's awesome. Rachel, speaking of that, I just thought of something. Rachel has like a handful of ghosties who follow her on Goodreads. And Rachel just checked out two books

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I am so encouraged by the Friday Pickleball YouTube performance of our video that came out, I guess, two weeks ago. Did you see that? Yes. So fun. That fired me up. I, two weeks ago. Did you see that? Yes. So fun. That fired me up. I was excited about it. Isn't it fun? We've all been in positions

where we've all had millions of views and videos, but I think if you know, like a 10 minute long video on YouTube for a channel that just started for that to get the views it gets, it's so valuable. Even when it had, so yeah, every Friday,

we obviously post like a comedy skit on Friday Pickleball, but for about the last two months, I think I've talked about this on the podcast, we decided to make the investment. Hey, we're going to pay Tymon what he's worth. We're going to pay him well and get him out there and his new gear, new camera. We spent $1,800 just on audio equipment because we were told this is the best you can get. And we got the best YouTube editor.

And we're like, let's invest in content. And we're proud of what we're putting out, but it's maybe 4,000 views, 6,000 views. Yeah. Something like that. And then, yeah, I had this idea. I was like, let's do 4.0 men. Like can 4.0 men beat 5.0 women? I was like, I think that's kind of fun. It's kind of catchy and that's intriguing. And yeah, it really works. So shout out Timon, shout out Ryder, Scott and Isaac. And the video just kept climbing. Even when it only had like 8,000 views in 24 hours, I was like, this is so fun. 8,000? I mean, it's double what you're used to.

8,000? Yeah. It's crazy how much that little amount, quote unquote, you know, like meant to me. And then now as a recording, it's like 53,000 views. Wow. We have 3,000 subscribers. Just yesterday, it was like 42 or something.

So it's still climbing. That's sweet. It's just so cool. Oh, it's fun. I'm very encouraged. Yeah. What, uh, have you analyzed it a lot? Like, what are you thinking? What's what's, what are you taking from this? Like I think new videos getting like asking a good question in the title as a fun way to intrigue people. Okay. Um, like if you can, if you're, if what you're packaging with your title in the thumbnail is something that would spark a good conversation anyway, that's probably a good video. You know, like, can, like a good, I'm just coming up with something off the top of my head. Like, could, could Tyreek Hill score a punt return against 100 fourth graders?

Yeah. It's like, that would get you and I talking. Right. against a hundred fourth graders. Yeah. It's like, right. That would get you and I talking. Right. That's a fun conversation. Yeah. If you made that into YouTube video and then brought in eight other

challenges that Tyreek Hill is going to do, that's an amazing YouTube video. So yeah, I think the title is good. I think pitting men versus women where the women have an advantage is intriguing. Well, I feel like that's,

that's definitely a hot topic these days with Caitlin Clark. I didn't put that in the video. I was like, women didn't used to be like this. I was like, Caitlin Clark has done a number of women's sports. I was joking. I was like, it didn't used to be like this. Yeah.

I feel like how ridiculous that channel. They do a lot of that kind of stuff. Just like the most insane thing, but would this, like does that rolling 2,000 golf balls down a hill, will it get a hole in one or something like that? Yeah. Yeah, that's a good point. Yeah, will this,

will basketball go through a trampoline, you know, if we drop it off a tower? Is this the first video that you've asked a question for the title? No. Okay. But it's the first one where we've involved women, and I'm glad we filmed three videos with them,

and the second one, and I think you'll like this like this it was the second one's gonna be more fun so that in the second iteration of 4.0 men versus 5.0 women it was like we get to earn scott if we do something right we get scott on our team so it's like if we get two points in a row me and isaac we get scott as a third player or no just to sell out yeah or if we successfully win a rally, if at any point we lobbed them the ball, we also get Scott. So that was very fun. So once we'd hit a lob, it was like, lock in, we get Scott if we win this.

And so we were lobbing all the time. We could also lose Scott. So if the girls ever got two points in a row when Scott was on the team, Scott had to go sit out again. So I think that video is way more entertaining. So I'm excited that we filmed two additional ones with the girls. How are you going to title that one? Just barely differently So I think that video is way more entertaining. So I'm excited that we filmed two additional ones with the girls.

How are you going to title that one? Just barely differently, I think. Okay, yeah. That's awesome. Anyway, it was good. Yeah, right away I was intrigued by the data and the click-through rate and everything. I was like, I think this is going to be good. So, yeah.

Cool. Fired up. And we are now monetized. So let me show you a little something. Friday Pickleball, you know, it's not the easiest thing to get monetized, but we did it. And let me... I'm not trying to brag, but...

Yeah. Sorry, this is taking a while. Let's click on the video. Let's click on metrics. Let's click on revenue. What's that say right there, Brent? Oh, baby. $2.74.

All right, muchachos. Look at that line, baby. You went from zero to 274. You were skyrocketing. That's crazy. I'm so fired up. That'll update soon enough. Yeah, 48 hours behind.

274, though. We're going to frame it. 274, yeah. What can you buy with 274 two things at dollar tree plus tax good some batteries for the for those cameras so that's my one of the week uh my one of the week is um yeah longer story i guess but like i went to a have you seen that doll cradle uh doll hospital over by mclean's doll hospital yeah oh so there's like a doll store over by McLean's? Doll hospital? Yeah.

No. So there's like a doll store over by McLean's, and it's one of those things that's like, this is creepy. Until you go in and it's like, this is really creepy. They have a monkey in a cage in the middle. Where do we live? No, there's like this doll store down the road from us, and Catherine follows them on Instagram or something.

They had some promotion. They're like, hey, free wash and styling of your American Girl dolls hair. What the heck? What the heck? Yeah. And so I bring, and so Catherine's like, if you have time, I think you should take Hattie over there. And my first reaction was like, honestly,

to be a little bit defensive of my time and act like I'm like so busy or whatever, you know, sometimes I get a little bit, uh, defensive when Catherine like suggests I do things during the day. Cause I'm like, do you not understand that I have stuff I need to do?

I get it. You're an entrepreneur and you are providing for your family. Yeah. And I think I've struggled with that. We've gotten better at like, she doesn't ask, I don't know, whatever.

Like we're, we're definitely healthier with it. But every once in a while I still have these responses of like, gosh, like I've been here all morning and then I've been doing breakfast and then this and you know, whatever. Um, and, and then of course she's like, I mean, she's like, okay, I understand. No problem. Like, but if, but she's like, she posed this idea to me and I'm like okay like let's do it whatever i can find the time i can find the time of course i should do that and and it was such the right decision it was like one of those things where like like it'd be it'd be similar like if you and i went to a sports card store as kids or like whatever like oh she was just in

dude i mean every corner she would turn she'd be like and look at these dresses oh my gosh and like they have shoes over here and look at these doll i mean she just thought it was like literally a toy store for her i mean that's all what a great find it was and and yeah she loved it dude it was just so yeah so such a good experience it was one of those times where i like text i always always text Catherine when I'm headed home, like headed home with a very happy girl, right. You know, and it's like, it's one of those things where it's like, I need to slow down. I need to understand that bigger perspective of like, I can do, I don't have anything

pressing that I had to do today. I just have stuff I got to do, you know? And so it was, it was just a great moment with her. And, um, this woman working there, she's like, now, is this your first time here? And she's like, because first time people get a special gift. And I'm thinking like, oh, that's so nice. Like they're going to give her a certificate that says it's my first time with a doll cradle or something like that, whatever.

Or maybe some shoes or something because, you know, we have American Girl dolls. So maybe get some shoes. This woman comes back with a full-on porcelain doll like two foot tall like whatever however like a normal size like big doll just for being a first timer and i was like surely that's not ours like yeah it gave it to haddy haddy gripped i mean she was so excited, so pumped. She was curly blonde hair, this doll. And so she named him Shirley for Shirley Temple. Nice. Yeah.

Her middle name is Dimple. Shirley Dimple Ellis. Because she looks like Shirley Temple. Shirley Dimple. And so because of that now, like we've talked about, she's like, I really wish I had a double bunk bed where all four of my dolls could sleep. And I'm like, well, how do you know I make furniture? Like we could do this together. And so now we have plans to like build a double bunk bed where all four of my dolls could sleep. And I'm like, well, how do you know, I make furniture, like we could do this together. And so now we have plans to like

build a double bunk bed and paint it together and all this stuff. And it's like, all because I did that one little thing, you know, like all because I was like, and somewhat reluctantly, honestly, it wasn't like, yeah, of course I would love to do that. Cause I had this great dad idea. Yeah. It was like, no, Catherine gave me this, you know, prompt and was very okay if I didn't do it. Because I had this great dad idea. It was like, no, Catherine gave me this prompt and was very okay if I didn't do it, but at the same time. Dude, that's got to be so hard to be an entrepreneur, be your own boss, and have kids.

Correct. What a just constant struggle of what's the priority today. Yes. Yeah. Just constantly. And I'll, yeah, I guess I'll go off that deviate a little bit. Cause I, I did have kind of a dad fail, not truly, but like a struggle on Sunday night, the kids were just overstimulating me. And I think it was like the end of the

weekends I've been with them more than normal. And I, I like, I like didn't lose it, but I like raised my voice and was like,- What the heck? Yeah. They were setting the table. I had Bo be in charge of forks. Hattie be in charge of spoons. And they were arguing over who got this one spoon that we have. And I finally, I was like, I just was like, stop arguing about the spoons. I was like, I'll make you guys eat without forks and spoons if that's what-

Dixie Stampede style. And you could tell, like they were like nervous, they were like scared. And I felt so like, I felt sorry. I even said later, I was like, guys talking about the spoons, I was still fired up. I was like, I don't say this word very often, but I'm going to say it right now. I was like, you guys argue about spoons is stupid. I said, I was like, that's stupid. And you could just tell how he was like, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, that's good. you could just tell how he was like okay yeah yeah hey that's good sometimes as a pitcher you got to back him off the plate a little bit just get him a little

chin music but then my dad sends me this picture of me as a I learned it was as a six-year-old from my grandma's like calendar that she had whatever like one of those classic like here's a different picture every month yeah I think it was a six-year-old picture of me, my dad and I, like one time organized all my like toys, all my guys, you know, in, in the, in my room and like just took a picture of it. And I thought that was so cool and so fun. And I'm like, I vividly remember this as a six-year-old. I was like, Hattie may vividly remember the fact that I got very angry with her today, you know, or she might vividly remember this doll cradle thing got very angry with her today. Or she might vividly remember this doll cradle thing. Or both.

So it's like, oh, I need to be more conscious of hey, what I'm doing here is going to make a difference forever. It's probably a shift, as a parent. Once they hit age three, it's starting to make memories. We've got to get in gear now. 100%, man.

It's like, what's she going to remember? Because they're not remembering everything from every day. Yeah. It's like one thing from age three, two things from age four. And then you start to really have some memories. It's amazing what Hattie will come back and be like, yeah, you told me this. Remember that? And I'm like, yeah, I do. But you remember about compound interest? Out of everything? Yeah. Like, okay, cool. cool so anyway that's awesome yeah yeah yeah it was

it was some interesting times but anyway said the s word in front of my kids um got a free doll win of the week so all that to say time you got to win um all right um playing pickleball yeah twice this week and it was gonna be three times. I was going to last night. Where's your court? First time, it was some Saturday morning, I think. It was at this school in Spring Hill. That's where Graydon lives. It was with Graydon and Zach came.

Great man. And then Sunday evening, it was a little church event at Meadowbrook Park. We just played pickleball for a couple hours. It was so fun. I also played pickleball with my kids. I took them to this park down the road that has the tennis pickleball courts. Oh yeah, Rachel and I run there sometimes and play. And it was a blast.

The kids just scraped the ball and hit it back to me most of the time. Representing Friday on the court. Heck yeah. What color? Seasalt. The blue like blue right. What color? Sea salt. The blue, like... This one? No, that's a little different.

Sea salt's more of a dark blue. Yeah. It has waves. Well, that does too, but whatever. Yeah, that's my win. That's great. I'm trying to find my comment of the week. There's been so many good ones.

Hard to choose from. Oh, geez, yeah. This is from Jenna. My husband and I like to watch full comedy specials on YouTube for at-home date nights occasionally. My favorite by far has been Jake's Sheltered Kids special. We've also

watched Trey Kennedy and John Crist. Anyone else have any good recommendations? She was just going on the Facebook post asking for recommendations. Like, hey, that's a huge deal. I know you probably listen to the podcast and feel more emotionally attached to me, but I don't care. Thanks for saying that mine's your favorite. And that was my first time doing comedy. It's only going to get better. At least I hope so. Yeah, it should get way better. I mean, that thing might be off YouTube in five years because I'm so

embarrassed by it. Probably not. But no, that means a lot, Jenna. So thank you a ton. Hopefully mine will come out, I don't know't know this summer and let me know if you have ideas for what i should call it last time felt obvious to call it the shelter kid special this time i don't know i haven't thought about it much what's like your biggest joke um what would it be like without giving too much away grew up sarcastic or my dad or I got married this year. The bidet. Bought a house. Anything in there ringing any bells?

Or not ringing any bells, but you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Giving any inspiration. Newlywed. Kid special. Newlywed sheltered kid grew up slightly special. Special kid special. Yeah. Probably doesn't matter that much i'm still trying to find a comment i'm sorry um timing sure i got one uh cass m wilcox says not what i was

expecting for some reason i pictured dj michael my head is an older man something that's funny it is fun to like yeah have your image of someone just shattered like yeah what is there anybody that you're like i wish i didn't know what he looked like or like i wish i i enjoyed that guy more before i like oh probably that that happens to me in like reading books oh totally like even like an illustration of like what they're supposed to look like i'm like that is not and occasionally it's fully on me because I don't even like pay close enough attention to like their description. Yeah.

But like, oh, it's in the Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe. Okay. Their hair colors need to be switched. Okay. Yeah. I remember being so mad. I'm like, Frank is a blonde haired name. Yeah.

And Joe is a dark haired name. Oh, the Hardy Boys. That's so funny. Yeah. I think we're going to start reading those to Bo. I love the Hardy Boys. And they always funny. Yeah. I think we're going to start reading those to Bo. I love the Hardy Boys. And they always end on a cliffhanger every chapter. I love a good book like that.

Yeah. Because I was talking about recently like, Bo, what if you and I and Hattie read a chapter book together? Also, do you remember Matt Christopher? Oh, yeah. Yeah, all the baseball or sports books. Yeah. Bo and I started Tommy Touchdown, I think is what it's called. Something like that. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. All the baseball or sports books. Yeah. But when I started Tommy Touchdown,

I think is what it's called, something like that. He loves it. So I'm sorry. Go ahead. I probably said this on the podcast, but I had a friend who gave an entire like oral book report

for a Matt Christopher book that he didn't read. It was called like... Because they're all the same. Yeah, yeah. It was called like the the stud at third base or something like that.

I was something third base. I forgot what it's called. Yeah. Trevor Yarberry just went up there and gave a whole book report. So he started off his first baseman, you know, whatever, and just made up this whole story. His parents got divorced. That's a really niche joke. But like, that'd be a funny Gene Schwartz video of like, like making up a Matt Christopher

book report about some book that doesn't exist. Because like everyone, like, do you remember any Matt Christopher book growing up? No, I just remember like, if there's nothing else good out right now. Yeah. Throw in a little Matt Christopher. They were all good, but they were all very just, they're about sports. Surface level sports. It's not like, oh, that one where he had cancer and, you know, somebody was an organ donor for him.

So. I remember loving Encyclopedia Brown. Oh, yeah. Rachel got me some this past year. That's fun. But my toxic trait, I would always just read the answer and not try to figure it out.

I never got the answer. I don't even know why I liked the book. I wasn't smart enough to... Oh, so it was like there were mystery books where Encyclopedia Brown, he's like this savant genius, like eight-year-old. Okay. And the whole town knows it.

So they would come to him to solve their mysteries. And they pay him a quarter, I think, every time. And there was this one bully in the town. He's always up to no good. Bugs Meany, I think was his name. Yeah. Or like a cardboard crown or something like that. I remember.

Okay. Oh, that he wrote on it? It was just like he wore this cardboard crown. Oh, he wore a cardboard crown. It was like his thing. Okay. And anyway, so there'd just be some mystery that could solve it.

So the book would give you obviously plenty of details you don't need, but there was like one or two details in this story that like would help Encyclopedia solve the mystery. And like,

and then that's what Encyclopedia told him. I knew it was you, Bugs Meany. I knew it was you the whole time. How did Encyclopedia know? Okay. Go to chapter 30, or you know,

page 39. So you would just, you would just read this. I would always just go read it. And I would always try you the whole time. How did Encyclopedia know? Okay. Go to page 39. So you would just read this? I would always just go read it. And I would always try to figure it out. I'd look back like, I don't know it. And then you go read it like, ah, it does make sense. But I just wasn't old enough or wasn't smart enough to be like solving these crimes.

Was it like, yeah, was it pretty hard to figure it out? I can only remember one from memory. And it was, you know, some story or some story where the eyewitness account said, no, I saw him leave my store and he didn't have anything in his hand. I was looking through, I saw his reflection in a spoon and I knew he didn't, whatever. It was something like that.

And the answer is like, encyclopedia knew she could not have seen him this way because when you're looking at the concave side of a spoon, everything is reversed. I was like, oh, well, I didn't know that i'm seven yeah so i you're you learned it though but that is the one thing that stuck with me i was like oh yeah the this you know part is real and this part is flipped i'm trying to think of one i think there was one it was like someone running away with a knife and it was like he he was like uh he had a broken arm in one hand he was like i saw him running away put the knife in his like right pocket or whatever and it's like he

he couldn't have done this because he had a broken arm and like it's really hard to put a knife in your pocket i remember as we all know you can't run and sticks hating this answer i was like i can i can run with my left hand and put a knife in my right pocket if I try. But that's the only one I remember. I've never been talking about this. I'm going to go get the encyclopedia of Ryan Burke that Rachel got me and we can look through some of the answers. I remember, yeah, go ahead. You still need to do your comment? Yes, I do.

But I also remember Catherine, yeah, from her house growing up or something, she brought some home recently and like, yeah, it wasn't that, but it was on the same plane. And some of the questions, some of the answers were like, that is so far fetched that it just so frustrated me, but yeah. Um, all right, we'll get back into the cyclopedia Brown. My, uh, coming to the week is coming on Facebook from Megan Delaina. I was watching hometown recently and was thinking how much Ben Napier and his friends remind me of Brad

and his friends. Then I remember that Brad has previously said that he thinks he and Ben could be friends. So I thought I'd share that confirmation. It'd be so fun to watch them make a table together. So if you don't know, Ben Napier is awesome. And this was such a compliment to me of like, Hey,

that guy kind of reminds me of Brad. I'm like, okay, I'll take that. I'll receive that. He's just a big burly stud of a man uh makes tables and uh loves his wife and family wealth so um anyway thank you megan for the kind you know connections it's fun okay i have my book encyclopedia brown everyone's favorite boy detective oh he's like around in the case of

the secret pitch is he a lefty looking like oh south. Let's go. Southpaw Encyclopedia. So solution to case the secret pitch. Encyclopedia knew instantly that neither the letter nor the check was written by the Yankee pitcher Spike Browning. Great name. Nor by any grown up. Both the check and the letter bore the same date, June 31st. But there is no June 31st. That's pretty good.

Yeah. June only has 30 days exclamation point you should you should like give me the quick premise of like a story if you find in there i'll see if i can like how long are these stories do a little story hour are they like a couple pages um it's a long podcast why not yeah it's a wednesday episode all right if i if i remember it i won't say like you think you might remember the answer to one of these? I might remember. I mean, Tymon did these like two years ago. It'll come back to me.

It's been nine years. I don't know. I'm flipping through trying to find the shortest one. All right. It's story time. I'm closing my eyes so I'm not distracted. The case of the wounded toe. Charlie Stewart had the biggest tooth collection

of any boy in Idoville. That's where they live, so don't worry about it. After every rain, he went off tooth hunting. Encyclopedia frequently went with him. The rain water washes off the dirt, explained Charlie. Sometimes you could see a possum's tooth shining 50 feet away. Charlie didn't depend entirely upon the rain

to help him find interesting teeth. He was more scientific. He took off his shoes. Shoes cut down your chances, said Charlie. With shoes on, you could step on a partly buried tooth without feeling it. But if you go barefoot, you get bitten, sort of. Off came his shoes.

He tied them together by the laces and hung them around his neck. He began wiggling his toes. In a few minutes, he was warmed up. Okay, that's fine. It took him a few minutes to get to speak. I'm good to go. Let's proceed.

Okay, I'm ready, he said. Let's get started. The two friends planned a search in a new area. They entered the woods near Mill Creek and walked northward. This way, they could avoid the garbage dump, but they would have to pass close to the ancient burial grounds in order to end up at Charlie's house.

I used to spend a lot of time in the garbage dump said Charlie, but all I ever took away were sore feet. Do you ever get a toe stuck in an old dishwasher? No, I honestly can't say that ever did. It said in encyclopedia. Once I caught my hand in a bed I was making, I had my mind on a case.

The two boys moved slowly through the woods, their eyes searching the ground. After a mile, Charlie found two raccoon teeth. He threw them away. He already had a complete set. Encyclopedia found a few bottle caps, an old tennis ball, and last month's newspaper. Then, near the ancient burial grounds, he found something worth keeping. He found a felt hat,

like those worn by Bugs Meany and his tigers. Oh, boy. What do you suppose the tigers were doing way out here, wondered Encyclopedia. I don't know, said Charlie, and I don't care. This place gives me the spooks. Let's go. Spooked.

Spooked. Encyclopedia stared over the rusty fence. Weeds had overgrown the graves. Wild vines twisted around the small tombstones, which bore the names of early settlers and soldiers. Encyclopedia pointed to a tree near the fence. Nailed to a trunk was a red and white target. Come back, hollered Charlie, as Encyclopedia climbed the rusty fence. It's against the law to go inside the ancient burial grounds. I'm only going to sit on the fence, said Encyclopedia. Now get on my shoulders. Take a close look at the target.

Not me, said Charlie. I could fall in there. Nevertheless, he did as Encyclopedia bid him. He put his nose close to the target. Somebody's been doing a lot of shooting with an air gun, he called. The bullseye is filled with pellets. Hmm, said Encyclopedia. Come on down.

As Charlie landed, he let out a yelp. He rolled on the ground moaning, My foot, my foot! Suddenly he sat up as if struck by a happy thought. Maybe I was bit by a Charlie landed, he let out a yelp. He rolled on the ground moaning, my foot, my foot! Suddenly he sat up as if struck by a happy thought. Maybe I was bit by a buffalo tooth, he said hopefully. Encyclopedia knelt beside the tooth hunter. He wiped the blood from his friend's left foot with a clean handkerchief.

Why? Encyclopedia gasped in astonishment. You've been shot! There's a little pellet in your big toe. Does it hurt much? Here's a visual for those watching. Here's what it looks like. Encyclopedia, or Charlie on Encyclopedia's shoulders. That's a little pellet in your big toe. Does it hurt much? Here's a visual for those watching. Here's what it looks like. Encyclopedia, or Charlie on Encyclopedia's shoulders.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Perfect. So does it hurt much? Not much, said Charlie. But the longer we stay around this place, the worse I feel. I'm roasting. Encyclopedia helped Charlie to his feet

and out of the woods. 10 minutes later, Charlie's mother watched anxiously as Dr. Ross removed the pellet from her son's toe. Do you know who shot you? asked the doctor. We have a clue, answered Charlie. Encyclopedia found a hat the kind all the tigers wear. We think one of them shot me. Stay away from those boys, said Charlie's mother.

They're wild. Let the police handle them. I'm going to need one of Charlie's old shoes, said Dr. Ross. I'll have to cut a hole for the big toe so Charlie can walk with his bandage on. Bummer. Will you get his old blue sneaker? Charlie's mother asked Encyclopedia. It's in his closet. I'll be back in a wink. Leaving the doctor's office,

the boy detective saw Duke Kelly, a tiger, pacing the sidewalk. Duke looked worried. Encyclopedia thought quickly. Hey, Duke, you live near Charlie Stewart. Will you run to his house? What for? Charlie's been shot in the foot, said Encyclopedia thought quickly. Hey, Duke, you live near Charlie Stewart. Will you run to his house? What for? Charlie has been shot in the foot, said Encyclopedia. The doctor wants to cut a hole in one of his shoes

so he can walk around with a bandage on. Mrs. Stewart says to use one of his old blue sneakers. They're in his closet. Charlie's room is on the second floor in the front, isn't it, said Duke. All right, I guess I could find one of his blue sneakers. When Duke returned with the sneaker, Encyclopedia took it to Dr. Ross.

The doctor cut a hole in the sneaker for the wounded toe. Then he slipped the sneaker over Charlie's bandaged foot. It fit perfectly. I think I know. Immediately, Encyclopedia marched outside. You're in a pack of trouble, he told Duke. The Tigers have been secretly shooting at a high-powered air gun in the ancient burial grounds.

Now you've shot Charlie. Me? exclaimed Duke. I didn't shoot anybody. You shot Charlie and followed us to the doctor's office. You were scared, so you waited around to learn just how seriously Charlie was hurt. You're as nutty as a chestnut tree, retorted Duke. I just happened to be standing here when you came out. I didn't know anything about Charlie being shot in the foot.

Yes, you did, said Encyclopedia. Like every criminal, you made one mistake. What was Duke's mistake? I think I know it. It's kind of fun to try and solve. I remember this story vividly. No way. I was like, yeah, he's going to get shot or whatever. Wow.

I know the answer. You do know it? I think it's a little far. Okay, whatever. It was an interesting What am I trying to say? the answer you do know it i think it's a little far okay whatever it's it was interesting uh what what am i trying to say like practice they're trying to like solve a mystery while reading out loud it's like two parts of my brain working at the same time i mean i don't even have a faintest idea it has i mean it seems like it has to do with the fact that he went and got the shoe but i don't know much beyond that or like maybe he knew which shoe that's my guess i didn't go back and read it obviously i he knew which foot because he only needed to get one he said charlie yeah got shot in his foot

he went automatically got the yeah that's what i think the proper shoe i don't know how much of it is remembering that or like thinking that i'm figuring it out all right so jake look and see don't don't read it out loud okay is remembering that or thinking that I'm figuring it out. All right, so Jake, look and see. Don't read it out loud yet. Okay. See if that's right, and if not, give us some clues. Yep, that's it. Okay, yeah. He gave himself away by not asking which sneaker

he should bring from Charlie's closet. He knew that... Doctor cut a hole through the wooded toe. He said it fit perfectly. That meant Duke had brought the left sneaker. The police took away the air gun from the tiger. Oh, we get a little conclusion here. The police took away the air gun from the tigers

and each boy's parents punished him for holding target practice in the ancient burial grounds. I like that. Just FYI. Ancient burial grounds is so funny. A little resolution. Yeah. That's fun.

I'm trying to think about... You should just like... I want you to come back to you should just like, I'm trying, I just, I want, I want you to like come back to me. Like just like. Yeah. Solution to,

okay. The case of the stomach puncher. Stop. That ringing any bells? It does ring a bell. We know it was you Duke. Someone, I feel like someone had like.

Your breast knuckles are in his belly button. I remember someone having like metal armor on under their shirt in that. Really? I think so. I was a savant. Biff said, I don't know what it's going to say. Biff said that the bike had been lying under the canvas. Oh yes,

the grass would have been dead. Dude, I remember this. Look at time and go. The grass had to have been dead. The limit does not exist and the grass would have been dead. The bike had been lying under the canvas and you just knew the grass had been dead? Ever since I bought it two months ago. Yo, when the encyclopedia removed the canvas. The bike lay on the grass that was green.

Had the canvas been covering the bike and the ground for two months, the grass would have died. Dead grass is brown, not green. The green live grass proved the canvas had just been put over the ground on the bike. Timer, let's do one more. This is amazing. This is so fun. The case of the two-f Poet. These names are amazing. I love the names from that. Like Biff, Duke. This one's got Percy involved.

Percy. Two-Fisted Poet. Doesn't necessarily ring a bell. Aren't all poets two-fisted? Most. Here's a picture of Sally reaching out and giving his nose a twist. I remember that.

That picture. I remember. Yeah. We were that. That picture. I remember. Yeah. We were Sally and Percy for Halloween one time. Have any guesses? The Two-Fisted Poet. I feel like it was like... Percy lay on the sidewalk, his eyes closed.

Percy, say something, he begged. Is she gone? Yes. Was there like a blind person involved in this one? I feel like it could have been. Okay. Well, no. Or like... Yeah, I don't in this one i feel like it could have been okay well no or like yeah i don't remember this one it's something with the eyes is it okay i is this percy have glasses oh my gosh he's good folks

um during the fight the bigger boy pounded per Percy's chest and stomach with body blows. Yet after the fight, Percy had put on his eyeglasses again. That was Percy's mistake. Had the bigger boy hit Percy as hard as he could, Percy's eyeglasses would have been smashed by the body blows. That one's a little grayer. That's a little vague. Yeah, it's a stretch a little bit.

There's some 10-year-old out there right now obsessed with Encyclopedia Brown that's getting so frustrated you're giving him an answer. Quit! Quit! I'm on that one. What the heck? Just so bothered. Of course, it's Case of the Secret Pitch, the one I'm reading right now.

I knew it. I know Percy obviously has sunglasses. Eye glasses. Oh, man. Well, that's pretty fun. I like that. I want to read those again. I like it.

Hey, shall we do an encyclopedia jingle? A little Patreon episode? Oh, that's fun. Yeah. We could do Patreon encyclopedia brown. Also true. Yeah, you got to... Tywin, let's do it together.

Let's do a little chat GPT encyclopedia brown. All right. What are you going to... Tymon, let's do it together. Let's do a little chat GPT, Encyclopedia Brown. All right. What are you going to look up? I don't know. Tymon, you get the jingle going. Okay. And send me... The lyrics?

Yeah. Send me lyrics. All right. What do you guys think of this? Does that have enough of a beat to be a song? Wait for it. It's coming. Oh, that's tough.

That sounds tough. Yeah. That sounds like a fun rap. I googled a copyright-free mystery sleuth song. Yeah. You have a genre in mind. You can also just give me something. I don't.

Yeah, I don't know. Do dramatic. Yeah, I had the word dark in here. Maybe dramatic pop. Because it needs to have a little beat or something. Yeah. Also, fun fact, my grandma was in the ukulele club at her retirement community. Oh, okay.

Bragging. Which had to have been the worst sounding place in the world. Can you imagine like your 15, 80 year old trying to play ukulele together? If even one person's off, it just sounds terrible. Anyway, all I have to say, I have her ukulele now and it's awesome. So if we ever want to incorporate that. Somewhere over the rainbow. Yeah. Do you remember my Instagram story from like a year ago

when outside of my dressing room where I was performing, there was like a circle of people all just drumming. Yes. It was like four generations of people. I don't actually, it might've been Houston or San Antonio or something, but they're all just drumming, doing whatever beat they want. And there was a little kid, there was like a teenager.

There was like multiple ages of adults. It was not fun. I can imagine ukulele. Because like the hardest thing for playing in string, like guitar instrument kind of thing is learning how to strum. So there's no way anybody's strumming at the same time. Yeah, perfectly. Yeah, you lose a little rhythm at that age.

All right, see this timing. No, that's not pop. These are some wordy lyrics. Yeah. Yeah. Does this work? Right. You want to start it off?

E-B-B-B-B-B. That sounds very encyclopedia brown. I'm just going to rap, I think. This feels a little rappy. Encyclopedia brown

with a magnifying glass In hand He's a sharper sleuth in town Solving mysteries that Are grand From the case of the secret pitch To the case of the missing watch He cracks the codes and solves the puzzles

Never a botch, botch, botch So bad What is those lyrics, Tymon? What? What's that? Never a botch botch botch What is those lyrics timing what I'm so bad It's like a little like take us away timing, okay, okay Okay, here comes it I tough. Ha! Okay, here it comes. Hit it. I'm waiting for the next bars. I'll go to verse two. Seven, eight.

In the case of the dead eagles, he uncovered the truth. In the case of the midnight visitor, he cracked it without Ruth. With the case of the diamond necklace, he showed his brilliant might. In the case of the Civil War sword, he solved it in the night. That was so fast. No, but yeah. Okay, okay. Idaville, he wears the crown with mysteries at his command this is

not really keeping up with the standard we've set for these this is a very tough instrumental this hogs over I'm going to take some of the blame let the saxophone cry you know maybe the content wasn't easy either going to take some of the blame. Let the saxophone cry!

You know, maybe the content wasn't easy either. I mean, Encyclopedia Brown is a tough thing to just throw in there 20 times. So many words, and the beat did not necessarily fit it. But I liked the beat, but just yeah, Taji Petit didn't. Next time. Next time.

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Down low, yeah. Well, you just got to. Short. Little dog, little Rhodesian Ridgeback right there. Hattie the other day goes, why do you only wear rowback? I go, it's awesome. And they send it to us.

It's amazing. GRKC 20. GRKC 20 gets you 20% off. She loves, I mean, they love the dog. So if you're looking for things that your kids will think is cool. Kid friendly. Yep.

Your kids are going to remember what you wear if they're seven or older. So put a dog on them. Put a dog on them. Put a smile on their face. Cool. Thanks for listening. Shout out Ghosties who are at the shows. It was probably fun seeing you, but we're recording this before then, so I don't know

what you said. You got Connecticut? Yeah, going to Northeast. Are you going to Delaware? Is this Times Square? That show actually just got canceled. That was probably going to be lame anyway. That's probably not one you were looking forward to

out of the Delaware and Massachusetts casino shows. That was supposed to be this weekend though, right? Yeah, yeah. Oh, bummer. What happened? Just not enough tickets? I think so. But the guys who work on the manufacturing side

of Friday Pickle are in New York, so good to kick it with them. So you're still going to New York? Still going to New York, yeah. We're doing a Correct Pays interview with Joe Senegato. No way. Isn't that crazy? Dude, that's like your favorite guy. I used to listen to his podcast all the time.

Oh, you're not as much into it anymore? No, but still, I mean, very much like him and respect him. He's been doing YouTube. I mean, he's like a top five comedy podcaster. Oh, it's that guy. Dude, the clips are so funny that I see on Instagram. Dude, he's a huge deal. He's been doing YouTube. I mean, he's like a top five comedy podcaster. Oh, it's that guy. Dude. Yeah. The clips are so funny that I see on Instagram.

Dude, he's a huge deal. He's massive. That's awesome. That's so funny. I'm going to interview him and I think one other New York-based comedian, so I'm still going to go to New York and do most of it.

Dave Chappelle. Dave Chappelle. Fun. Cool. All right. We'll see you guys on Monday. Next episode. Wait. No. It won't. Dang it. Cool. All right. We'll see you guys on Monday. Next episode. Wait.

No. Well, dang it. No. But I can't wait for Gold Short. You know. I can't wait, guys. It's pretty much like ironed out.

We got all the details going and now it's just like, let's make it happen. So, let's make it happen, baby. Let's make it happen. We'll see you guys next week. Love you guys.

See you Monday. Bye. Bye. Bye. Bye. it happen, baby. Let's make it happen. We'll see you guys next week. Love you guys. See you Monday.