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Episode Date: November 29, 2024

In this Thanksgiving special of "Right About Now," host Ryan Alford is joined by co-hosts Chris Hansen and Brianna Hall. The episode, covers a range of topics from Black Friday shopping trends to pers...onal reflections on gratitude and health. Brianna shares her shift from early morning Black Friday shopping to supporting local businesses, while Ryan humorously admits his love for Harbor Freight. Chris discusses the art world, including a $6 million banana duct-taped to a wall, and the group debates Drake's lawsuit against UMG and Spotify. The episode concludes with heartfelt gratitude and holiday reflections.TAKEAWAYS Thanksgiving reflections and expressions of gratitude Changes in holiday shopping habits, particularly regarding Black Friday The impact of health and well-being during the holiday season Discussion of a $6 million banana art piece and its marketing implications Analysis of Drake's lawsuit against UMG and Spotify General Motors' entry into Formula One racing through Cadillac The strategic importance of F1 for American audiences and GM's global presence Controversies surrounding GM's entry into F1 and antitrust investigations The marketing potential of Formula One compared to NASCAR Evolution of Cadillac's design and its competition with luxury sports cars If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan’s newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE.  Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding.  Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel  www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is Right About Now with Ryan Alford, a radcast network production. We are the number one business show on the planet with over one million downloads a month. Taking the BS out of business for over six years and over 400 episodes. You ready to start snapping next and cash and checks? Well, it starts right about now. Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to Right About Now. It is November 29th, 2024. here closing out the holiday editions here of right about now.
Starting point is 00:00:37 It's your basically business and marketing news of the week. And, oh, we'll just say our thank yous, our thankful fours, all the above. Join, as always, by Brianna Hall here at Studio. Hey. Chris Hansen down to Miami. Hey. Chris is down to, is it his parents' house, I think. Is that right, Chris?
Starting point is 00:00:57 Yeah, that's right. I'm at my folks' house for the holiday. There it is. MakeShift studio going on here. I like it. I like the lamp and the bong. Oh, no, that's, uh, whatever that is in the back. That's a nutcracker.
Starting point is 00:01:10 Yeah. It looked like a bong for the other angle. Yeah. I got to give a shout out to Copenhagen Imports for your furniture needs. Hey, there. Yes. Get that again. We're the deets on that.
Starting point is 00:01:19 Chris. Give this some love. Copenhagen Imports, Arizona, Florida. Minimalist, modern Scandinavian design furniture. Tamimi Tami Trial. Tap in. There you go. Get it.
Starting point is 00:01:30 Get it, get it. I might be a 12-year-old boy and a 47-year-old man's body, but even just today saying Nutcracker, it kind of makes me laugh. Is that just, am I so juvenile? I can't say those things without like, oh, it's a nutcracker. And my boys do the same thing. I live with, you know, four juveniles. I think, dude, you're living with four guys. I think that's just, you're probably in the environment. I, yeah, and I live with lots of boys as well. And, you know, my four-year-old is very into all sorts of things right now. You guys have a lot of nutcracker jokes. You don't have a lot of nutcracker jokes yet, but it's like, you know, potty talk. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:10 Yeah, potty talk. Classic. Yeah, that never goes away. You just layer on to the potty talk. That's what it is. Yes, we are thankful for you if you're listening, wherever you are, whenever, however you are. First and foremost, we don't do this without. you. So thank you for listening and watching on YouTube. If you're not watching, you need to go watch it.
Starting point is 00:02:31 You know, you get to see the sights and sounds of right about now, especially the sites. You get to see our wonderful sponsors here in the front, always of me. If it's a physical product, that is. And then you never know what fancy outfits Chris might have on. You know, we had the Hollywood flair last week or Chris Vakey. I guess, as I call him. We're all more a little more casual today here on the holiday, getting you, we're after Turkey. You know, we're going to keep it pretty light today.
Starting point is 00:03:07 I'll just go ahead and give you that. We're not going to, it's the day after Thanksgiving. We're thankful. You're hopefully out supporting the economy, spending way too much money in all the Black Friday sales. So, Brian, that brings me it. And I'll ask you next, Chris, because I think you and I've talked about this. but Breonna, I don't know that I've talked to you. Like, are you a Black Friday person?
Starting point is 00:03:28 I love Black Friday. I would prefer to go out and do all my shopping on Black Friday. I used to go like, you know, the Crackadon and go stand in line and all that stuff. Now, a little bit more online shopping, but trying to get back to supporting the local shops. So you're going to get up at 5 a.m. then? No, absolutely not. All right. Not this year.
Starting point is 00:03:48 No. No, not anymore. Yeah. I will be early Black Friday shopping. at a hopefully sponsor to be soon. Sawyer had this idea. You will be hearing from our producer Sauger today. We talk about it a lot.
Starting point is 00:04:03 I call them out a lot. So you're actually going to hear from today because we're getting one of his favorite subjects. And he's a way bigger expert than I am. But Harbor Freight will be getting, you know, we pre-record this. It's on Wednesday this week. Typically on Wednesday, sometimes Thursdays for Friday's episode. And it's Wednesday for us. So I will be Black Friday shopping early to hopefully beat the crowd at Harbor Freight,
Starting point is 00:04:28 one of my favorite stores. I'm not a big shopper. I mean, I'm online when I need stuff. I have my brands. Okay, T-shirt, black T-shirt, ordering time, my favorite pair of jeans, my noble tennis shoes are no longer as white as they need to be. I'm pretty simple, shopper, but I like some Harbor Freight. I am turning into my dad.
Starting point is 00:04:50 Like, I remember as a kid, like literally, You know, he'd go to the hardware store, do whatever. I was like, God, this is so boring. And, like, why does he like to do this? And now I find myself at Harbor Freight three to four times a month. And I don't even need anything. I'm just there because there might be some zip ties or some kind of new, like, I don't know what. My husband is turning into an old man, too.
Starting point is 00:05:13 He likes to get the newspaper on Thanksgiving Day that has all the deals. And then he'll go through and he'll, like, read every single page and be like, oh, look, Home Depot. having a whatever sale. Yes. Look, that 9,500-watt generator that you don't need is on sale. It's $500. Which is really cheap anyway. $1,700 at Harbor Freight.
Starting point is 00:05:39 You need it if a storm like Helene comes back through. That's true. That's true. And, you know, like more random lights and it's some random stuff in there. Maybe some Bluetooth speakers, if you're lucky, Yeah. Like more construction-type Bluetooth speaker, I could see. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:57 Lots of rollable carts for your, for your, like, garage, like little carts you can put stuff on and like little tables and chairs and like rollable toolboxes. Oh, DeWalt rollable toolbox. Yeah. Oh, not DeWalt. This is Harbor Fregg now. This is value. This is all straight from China, I think. But it's the best quality cheap stuff you can find.
Starting point is 00:06:19 Anyway, not for a non-sponsor there. But that is my guilty pleasure now is Harbor Freight. So we'll be there. I'm thankful for them. I don't know that anybody's put those two things in a guilty pleasure sentence before. This is the strange life that I live now. Only a man would have Harbor Freight as a guilty pleasure. I can promise you that.
Starting point is 00:06:45 Yes. Most purest, like Mike, Mike, my dad, my dad, My dad's a true master carpenter. And like they don't really like Harbor Freight because they think it's cheap shit. Like, and it's, but it does the job if you're a casual kind of workshop guy. And that's me. I'm a casual workshop guy. Like I do little projects and little things and I'm not completely helpless.
Starting point is 00:07:08 Handy enough. That should be their tagline. If you're handy enough, come to Harbor Freight. Oh, man. Chris, any big guy? Weekend plans for Thanksgiving? Just hanging out with the family to be a nice, nice chill weekend with some family and friends. Nice.
Starting point is 00:07:27 Go take storm to get a good little bath and get his paws trimmed. That's on the agenda. That sounds great. Brianna, what are you guys up to? Not a whole lot. It's our first Thanksgiving in the upstate. So we're going to go to neighbors and that'll be nice. But I think it'll be relatively quiet.
Starting point is 00:07:44 I have some work. Are you cooking? I'm not cooking. Not. Oh, okay. No, I have some projects. I'm going to work. on though. Okay, like around the house.
Starting point is 00:07:51 We're just like... No, like a social house marketing. Oh, oh good. I like you already. I mean, I'll tell you what. I like these projects, you know? Yeah. I'll have to buy you something better than I was going to get you. Oh, my gosh. Yes. Sawyer, what are your plans? We go up to Asheville to hang out with my family. There we go. And is how, what's the recovery like up there? I think they're doing a little better.
Starting point is 00:08:20 They got the boil notice for water was just recently rescinded, so they should have drinkable water now. So I think they're getting back on their feet. It's hard to believe how long the recovery's been. I said you forget. The news cycle makes you forget the stuff unless you're routed every day. Yeah. But it's crazy. So be thankful for that.
Starting point is 00:08:40 And, you know, just be thankful that if you live where places where you don't have to deal with that stuff or haven't had to deal with it. you know, we forget to be thankful for like the simple things. It sort of makes me sad, but it also, you know, reminds me of how well we have it living in this country and being American and, you know, some of our freedoms and some of, you know, the abilities to take care of ourselves and get after things. And, you know, I don't know. I think we lose sight of that sometimes. I think for both you and Chris as entrepreneurs, it's a good, like, time to reflect. on like the business year and what, you know, went well and things that you learned and, you know, lessons to be thankful for. But I think ultimately, and I think everybody will have this sentiment,
Starting point is 00:09:28 health, right? Our health is a big one. I'm super happy to be sitting here and be healthy and have healthy kids and healthy family. Amen to that. I mean, I had a wife that was diagnosed with cancer in January and she's cancer free now. So first and foremost, thankful for that. And then, but I do have four boys and we we seem to have a sprain every other day. But, you know, but nothing serious to date. And so can't lose sight of it and definitely appreciative. Chris, what are you thankful for, my friend? Always thankful for my friends and family.
Starting point is 00:10:07 Community, thankful for health. Thankful for myself for putting my health more importantly in my life. Yeah. part of, you know, the wellness journey. I think, you know, Chris and I do another show called Vibe Science where we're trying to empower people to take control of their own health. And I think, you know, when I think of, you know, things that you can control and things that are, you know, within your power. And I think that comes top of mind and doing what you can because we always know, like, and I've lived this this year firsthand, when things are going to strike that are not. out of your control. So if you can mitigate that by doing what you can do, that's the best.
Starting point is 00:10:50 And if I can stop eating gummy candy, I would really get on fire. That's my weakness, man. I had some good gummy candy bears last night. They're good. They have anything in ever. You got to get the organic fruit snacks. That's my like gummy replacement I've got with your organic fruit snacks to kind of fill the the cravings. I'm just not where I go when I want something sweet. You're chocolate rich person. Yes.
Starting point is 00:11:20 I can, I'm not that guy. There's, is it a time and a place for it? But it's just not all the time. I'm not all like if you put like the right kind of gummy candy in front of me right here, it would be all day all night.
Starting point is 00:11:35 Yeah. There's never a time that wouldn't be okay for me. No, I like like the even like the really bitter chocolate. Oh, no, no. I could put that a mile away from. Like the 80% cacao. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:49 It's good for you. My wife and I use this expression about certain things because we're both health conscious enough and take care of ourselves for the most part. We're not perfect, but like both fairly in shape. And what we use is not worth the calories. That's kind of like what we'll say because there's certain things that we both know that it's worth the calories. dark chocolate that's bitter, I'd rather not have the calories, you know, like not worth the calories to me.
Starting point is 00:12:20 Gummy candy, absolutely. Don't even count the calories. Just give them to me. Subject them. I know. It's totally subjective. Everybody. Different strokes for doing folks.
Starting point is 00:12:30 Well, speaking about eating things, our first article of the day is about a $6 million dollar banana that the crypto investor who paid $6 million. for it plans to eat it. You know, before we go to the fact that he's going to eat it, it really shows you, you know, is that a banana in your mouth or anyway? Sorry. The marketing and branding. This is a story of marketing and branding because this guy,
Starting point is 00:13:06 the artist, had made his brand, Yeah, artist. Marizio, Catalon. Catalon, Catalon, Catalon, Catalon. Catalan. Catalan. Italian artist. I just, I'm telling you, like, that you can sort of make people,
Starting point is 00:13:26 it's back to the guy, the artist that does, like, the, like, the most random, like, drawings or something. And he did, like, he shredded it, like when someone bought it. Anyway, all the marketing and branding, when you can create, this halo of thought and belief in what you're creating and having this value, I respect. Now, whether or not I personally would apply that value to it is a whole other thing. But this is a lesson in marketing and branding more than anything. Now we can talk about the fact that the guy's going to eat it.
Starting point is 00:14:06 But that's it. So crypto investor Justin's son purchased a banana duct taped to a wall titled Comedian for $6.2 million. Ownership details include that what he received for his $6.2 million was a role of duct tape, installation instructions, and a certificate of authenticity but no banana because it would rot. So, I mean, it's interesting that it's a crypto investor. like, you know, there's a lot of crypto stuff happening in the world that Chris, you know, can speak to. But what do we think about this?
Starting point is 00:14:44 Says the Benaz value parallels that of NFTs as the certificate holds the true value, not the physical object. So it's the fact that he bought it. It's kind of like the cred. You know, he bought the cred of the certificate that he bought Marizio Catalan's art, right? And I guess that has the value. Yeah. essentially the certificate because you're not paying $60 million for a roll of duct tape and instructions that had a duct tape have been in a tool wall no but it's still and dude the
Starting point is 00:15:20 crypto space has a lot of you got a lot of guys making a lot of money and it's I feel like they're almost making a joke in a way yes the whole art scene in the old elite wealth society right it's like a mockery of it in a way, right? But there is, it's kind of like anything, right? The NFTs, there's only value because there's a big group of people that believe there's value in it. And that's it. Yeah. And I do think that crypto and even what happened like right around or during the with all the money in the market with it's both.
Starting point is 00:16:04 it's devalued some things and also made it almost like monopoly money in a way where you're buying and spinning it in a way that most people would never think about it. You like this way. Like the way that this guy, because he's rolling in money so much, thinks about $6 million is the equivalent of probably your average person's thinking about $60 or $6. dollars, maybe six. But like, like, God, you think about it. And it's not, but it's quick.
Starting point is 00:16:41 And I think it's more a sign of that. And then there's, like you said, Chris, this sort of mockery almost that I'm so wealthy that I can do this. And also the cachet. And yeah, he could say it's about, you know, the NFT certificate and it kind of is. but I feel like it's it's kind of like its own encapsulation of a metaverse that's not real. Because it's not normal or attainable for a lot of people. I thought this was an interesting quote. So Justin Sun, the purchaser of the art, said it is not just an artwork.
Starting point is 00:17:22 It represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the crypto community. Yeah, I could see that. And the reality that there are upshots in crypto that make people that haven't had money have so much money that they devalue it in a way. Or it's not my job to tell you what you value or not value. But when someone that doesn't necessarily have a legacy of money, and I have no idea who's doing. this person is, but generally speaking, can generate $100 million or something in six months, you know, which some of these crypto dudes have done. Hey, I give him credit.
Starting point is 00:18:11 Not hating on them. It creates a false sense of money value concept. I think that's going on here as well. Would you agree, Chris? Yeah, then I'm sure part of it's like ego, right? Like, I don't know who this guy is, but maybe he could probably know he might be one of these big Twitter crypto influencers. Yeah, he's a Chinese born cryptocurrency entrepreneur and business executive.
Starting point is 00:18:35 He's only 34. I mean. He's born in 1990. And it's like, I'm going to eat the banana. I think it's back to the ego. That's the, like, I was going to eat this shit. I don't care because it's $6 million. No big deal.
Starting point is 00:18:50 I'll make that tomorrow. Listen to his quote on eating the banana. On the act of eating the banana. I plan to eat the banana as a part of this unique artistic experience. honoring its place in both art history and popular culture. If he believes that, he's a fruitcake. And if he's what I'm thinking is, he doesn't mean it. He's just fucking flaughting.
Starting point is 00:19:13 This is like, this is the ultimate pulling up to your first date in a Ferrari. Yeah, he's like trolling, I feel like, you know. He's like peeling the banana. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I can see it like the 6 mil right here. See this one side? that's at least $500,000. You know, back to the IOUs and dumb and dumber.
Starting point is 00:19:33 You know, like, hey, that's a Ferrari. You might want to throw away that one, the piece of paper. I'm not a big banana fan, so it would be hard for me to, like, some of the value in eating a $6 million banana. I mean, he should pay, like, a supermodel to eat it. Yeah. So that way it's, like, seductive or something. It's an ad.
Starting point is 00:19:55 Exactly. See? And start his own company behind it. Now we're getting something. Like this $6 million banana was eaten and high in production. Like Sawyer filming it. Like he's filming it. It's a produced commercial and just super artistic.
Starting point is 00:20:13 And she's eating the $6 million banana. But then they're called actions like crypto.com. Yeah, I could see that. See? I'd tell you should have done. Ah, there we go. Add mine in overdraft. Yeah, there we go. It's Thanksgiving people. I'm drunk on turkey early.
Starting point is 00:20:36 I'm so excited to eat turkey. What we got next? This is funny. Drake filed a lawsuit against UMG and Spotify because he is accusing them of artificially inflating his rival, Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us. So on Monday at November 25th, he filed a lawsuit against them. And I don't know if it's just that he got his feelings hurt or if he has anything to back up this lawsuit. Every musician I know uses bots on their music. So I would be very careful out of his Drake because someone could come back and do the same thing and prove he's doing the same thing. Yeah, so he's basically saying that that, that, that, They paid currently unknown parties to use bots to artificially inflate Kendrick's new song.
Starting point is 00:21:32 But you also saw it going viral over the internet, right? Like people doing dances and TikTok and stuff. I think he's in his feelings. Yeah. These guys both have a lot of money. And it's just like, and it's like, why do you? Don't figure this out in private. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:51 I do you need a feud. Like, come on. I'm sorry. I just don't have many. Because it keeps their name in the press. That's why. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:21:59 Like it is just PR stupid and maybe both. Yeah. And like, do I give a shit? Yeah. Like, I either like music or I don't like the music. I don't give a shit if it's inflated or not.
Starting point is 00:22:11 No. I mean, I listen to Nikki Minaj all morning working out today. Like, I hope. I have 2014 of you. I know. See?
Starting point is 00:22:23 Her re-released album. You know, like, it's good shit, you know. At least it wasn't Taylor Swift. Absolutely not. Yes. Oh, good. Our final topic today, I'm not, I am not, this is not my topic. I'm staying out of this one other than like weighing in on my plans moving forward.
Starting point is 00:22:46 So I'll let you see you. All right. General Motors agrees to a deal to enter Formula 1 F1 in 2020. So General Motors through Cadillac brand is going to be emerging on the scene of F1 starting in 2026. So we thought this would be interesting kind of for some of our younger listeners. F1 is, you know, really big in the 25 to 35 age range. I'm not an expert on it either. I know my husband's super into it.
Starting point is 00:23:17 He talks about it sometimes while I'm making dinner and I tune out what he's talking about. But our producer Sawyer is a fan. So I were hop in. Yeah, I mean, I'm a business side of this formula one is trying to expand more into America. So having an American car manufacturer brand is good for them. They've been expanding their American audience for the past four or five years really successfully. They added the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which happens in Las Vegas with the cars racing on the strip. That was a big part of that, big investment there.
Starting point is 00:23:52 And then this is a play for GM to get more. recognition overseas. They're one of the largest car manufacturers in America, but overseas, European international recognition isn't as popular. So they're trying to get their name out there to get more car export sales. And then they're using Cadillac as their high end. Yeah, exactly. I mean, that's a lot of brands do that where they'll have the manufacturer support, but they'll put the name of kind of their luxury car brand on it. So Alpine is one that does that.
Starting point is 00:24:27 I'm not sure who they're owned by, but Alpine is a French luxury car brand. They're in a team in Formula One, but they're owned by a bigger manufacturer. So I think Renault, I think they're owned by Renault. So it's the same thing. GM, they take one of their nicer car brands. Cadillac put that on there.
Starting point is 00:24:43 But so it would be Cadillac racing. There's actually a lot of controversy. Getting this team into the sport was a real challenge. A lot of other teams don't want another team because there's a prize pool. And so the more teams there are, the more diluted that prize pool gets. So there was kind of a pushback against getting this team on there. And it ended up, the Department of Justice ended up doing like an investigation about antitrust monopoly laws because they were blocking a team from getting in.
Starting point is 00:25:14 And then shortly after they kind of reorganized the deal and they got them in this past week. Great analysis. Yes, I like it. I know. Yes. Sanger Rice. F1 analysis here. I like it. I need to, I'm going to spend the next month I've made this because I, you know, I do not want to be outside the trend box looking in. I refuse to be outside. So I'm going to go watch the Netflix special and see if I can get my arms. And look, I like fast cars. I just have never gotten and have owned probably almost every brand you can name. but I just have never gotten into F1. So here's some bonus news. F1 has been making an F1 move for this exact reason, Ryan, trying to get more people into the F1 ecosystem.
Starting point is 00:26:02 Yes. They've been making a movie for the last year. It's going to be called Just F1. It is the director of the newest, that Top Gun Maverick. It's the same director. And they have been, for the past two years since 2023, they've been on the grid with a car. It's not, it's like a, it's a lower grade car that they've made look like an F1
Starting point is 00:26:20 car. And so like they've been going around like on the formation laps when all the cars are lining up. They're out there driving it on track to get footage. Just recently at the Las Vegas F1 race, they filmed a scene where they had the crash version of the car they brought on track. They had their actor get out of the car and he's walking. There's all the smoke. And they asked the crowd to react in the background like there was a big crash. So they've been filming the movie at real F1 races. It's got Brad Pitt and some other big actors. That's cool. So we'll see how that turns out.
Starting point is 00:26:52 It's supposed to be coming out in 2025. So hopefully that'll be good. Sick. Hey. I like it. I need applause, you know, for the F1 insights here. And I like that. That Maverick will be these good.
Starting point is 00:27:05 Yeah. So, uh, the trailer is out. You can look, it's got, it's, it's similar. You know, the way Maverick had those shots of the actors in the jets for like really flying the jets. They've got similar type of F1 shots of Brad Pitt and everything. And they were really, uh, at the track driving, driving past cars around the track.
Starting point is 00:27:22 So I thought that was cool. I mean, look, as a business and marketing show, no one respects the fact that there isn't much more bigger as far as sponsorship goes than what this is. NASCAR was hot like 10 years ago. And before everybody rolls their eyes, they did have a moment like 10 or 15 years ago that has definitely passed, by the way.
Starting point is 00:27:42 You know, I don't know how they're going to get that thunderback, pun intended. But F-ODA definitely feels like the more. sophisticated, you know, version. Yeah. The most complex, right? It's like those cars are basically like airplanes upside down. They are so aerodynamic that, you know, an airplane uses lift to go up.
Starting point is 00:28:04 F1 cars use lift to push themselves in the track, giving them insane amounts of grip and being able to go around corners like no other car. Yeah. I mean, driving Chris's Ferrari, I could attest. Yeah, it's like the same thing. Down the freeway in Miami. It's the sound of those cars alone is kind of worth the price. You know, like the cars that drive, you know, especially in South Carolina, you know,
Starting point is 00:28:30 you got these kids that drive around, like with the Honda, with the bad muffler or whatever. And it's like, oh, my God. And versus hearing like a real rumble. And my Audi has a pretty ballsy little rumble itself. But I'm just saying, like the difference when you hear those machines is, there's a certain, I don't know. Yeah, I don't know if it's a guy thing. I don't know if it's, but it's, there's a sound that's like, yeah. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:28:56 I'm surprised they have Brad Pitt playing in this. He seems a little old to be racing. That's part of the, that's part of it. He's an old, he's an old retired racing driver who's come back to a new team. They needed an experience. So he's, that's part of the story. Tale is old as time. Right.
Starting point is 00:29:12 Yeah. I will say this. I see the new Cadillacs do look, definitely. more. Yeah. Like, if one goes by you, even me, like, you used to always know the different. Okay, there's a, there's a Cadillac versus a Ferrari or whatever. Now one goes, they'd have that exotic look.
Starting point is 00:29:31 And I give them credit for that because it's, they're pretty badass. If you didn't, if you took all the emblems off of it, you wouldn't know. Yeah, especially, I mean, once you know the look, of course, but I'm just saying in general, like if you line them up like three or four years ago, you would not go, oh, there's, that's, that's, the, you know, definitive GM. Yeah. Chevy. So. It'll look the same to me.
Starting point is 00:29:58 You don't notice the nuance? Come on. We like, in my house, we watch a lot of those, like, car flipping shows. So, like, Borderland Customs, Russ Valley, like, all of those types of shows. I really enjoyed it. At first I thought you meant, like, jumping, like, flipping. I was like, wow, I haven't seen that yet. And now I'm like, oh, like, flipping, like selling.
Starting point is 00:30:18 Yeah. Yeah, yeah. So they buy them. I want to see some cars slipping. No, they're all rusty. Then they fix them up and sell them. Yeah, I love this. My father-in-law fixes up.
Starting point is 00:30:30 He has like a 65 Mustang that's like immaculate. He has, you wouldn't believe what Broncos. You ever priced an old Ford Bronco? Dude. That figure is easy. Oh, yeah. He's got one. He has the original Jeep stars.
Starting point is 00:30:48 like Stars and Stripes, like the CJ5 that's like got the stars on it. There's a name for something. Yeah, but it's like stars and stripes. It's something like that. He had a guy and he's owned it. It's all original paint. And it's not in perfect condition. I mean, it's in good condition, but it's not perfect.
Starting point is 00:31:05 He was at a gas station and what looked to be a well-to-do guy that was in a really nice car, came up and told them and offered him 50 grand on the spot for that Jeep. Like it. And he literally, he gave him. The card was like, I mean, yeah, until the money's in your hand, you don't know, but pretty freaking legit off. I'm like, for that Jeep? And like, if you looked at this Jeep, you'd be like, uh, maybe 15 grand, you know,
Starting point is 00:31:31 but I mean, it's crazy what some of these classic cars are worth and what people pay for. I couldn't believe the Broncos, like 200 grand. They're so pretty, though. I love an old Bronco. A Bronco, Mustang, jeeps, all that stuff. So anyway, now F1. coming to America and 47-year-olds like me. I got to get in it.
Starting point is 00:31:55 I could get into this. This is something that I could. I've always felt like I should be into this, but I'd watch a race and I'd kind of fall asleep. You need to go. They got the race in Miami. You need to go down, you and Chris, do a little content shoot, go to the F-1 race, see all the fancy cars.
Starting point is 00:32:10 I bet that would get you into it. I think that'll get you into it real quick, yeah. Yeah. I mean, it feels like me. It's bougie. it's just wait until you get one episode in the Netflix series you're going to be like I do have to Ferrari gear you know you're going to be like you know what I think I'm going to trade in Audi and get something else now yeah Audi actually is joining the sport they've
Starting point is 00:32:32 bought a team they're born joining the sport so Ryan's going to show up with a new exhaust system pull it up to the office I know I think maybe I've been protecting myself from myself like not getting into this because my wallet gets protected like for the gear and the going to it and then the cars and then the, you know, oh, we're going to helicopter in to our private island where F1's going on or whatever happens when you get into this whole shit. I don't even know what. I need to focus on business again.
Starting point is 00:33:01 Making some more money if we're going to get into this. Yes, I love it. All right. F1, it is. Any final thoughts? Final thank you. I do want to send a thank you out to all of our sponsors, branded bills. the best custom merch in the business, Brandonbills.com.
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Starting point is 00:33:57 holiday party christian you'd come up for the holiday party December 7th I would love to I cannot that weekend oh come I got to go to Houston remember oh yeah that's right well we appreciate everyone out there for listening more than anything we're thankful for you So we had the show and you can find everything you want at riot is right.com highlight clips. Full links to all the episodes and more info on our sponsors and all the all the social media channels. We want to thank you. I thank the team. I'm thankful for everyone.
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