The Nateland Podcast - 153: #153 Minnesota

Episode Date: June 14, 2023

This week, Nate critiques a social media influencer's first pitch, Dusty gives us an update on baby names for his son, and Brian shares some historical facts about Flag Day. Then, the guys learn about Minnesota by researching when Little House On The Prairie aired, a UFO sighting in Nevada, and the unfortunate changes to the McDonald's menu. Co-hosts: Brian Bates (https://www.instagram.com/brianbatescomic) Aaron Weber (https://www.instagram.com/realaaronweber) and Dusty Slay (https://instagram.com/dustyslay) Podcast produced by Nate & Laura Bargatze Recording & Editing by Genovations Media https://www.natebargatze.com https://www.genovationsmedia.com Email - [e-mail]

Today's episode of the Nateland podcast is brought to you by Gooder, BetterHelp, Aura Frames, and Viori. Hello folks, and hey there, welcome to the Nateland podcast. I'm Nate, I'm Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay. All right. Soon to be two-time dad. Two-time dad, yeah. Soon to be. Two-time dad.

Anytime now. What is it again, a boy or a girl? Boy this time. Boy, now. What is it? You're getting a boy or a girl? Boy this time. Boy, yeah. Yeah. Got a name? I don't have a name, but Brian put up a poll of four names. We had Duke, Hank, Jesse, and Sam.

Oh, yeah, here's the poll. This is Instagram. I did Instagram and Twitter. Very close. Hannah likes Duke the best. Oh, yeah. Here's the poll. This is Instagram. I did Instagram and Twitter. Very close. Hannah likes Duke the best. Oh, really? Did you just make these names up or you gave them? Now, these are names I've been thinking about.

Yeah, yeah. Hank is a name I like the best. I like Hank. Jesse was the number one for a while, but it's slipping. Yeah. And then Sam, we just like the, I think, what is it? In the Bible, Hannah is the mother of Samuel. My wife's name's Hannah, so we thought that had a fun.

Yeah, that's nice. But that's ranking pretty low on the list right now. But Sam Slay, I think, has a fun ranking. Sam Slay is, yeah. I like Hank Slay. A lot of people say Duke. Everybody's like, Duke's a dog's name. But Duke is like a title of nobility.

The Duke, you know? And then his middle name probably will be Richard because that's my middle name. So it'd be like, and Richard is like a king's name, you know? So Duke Richard, I mean, that seems very royal. Until they get to the end and it's Slay. Right. Yeah. So all English names, though.

Slay comes from England. And as far as we've been, my family has been able to trace back, the Slays came in in the early 1600s. As far as we can trace it back in England is to Richard. The farthest guy we found, his was richard oh wow richard slay which is what my dad's name is so pretty wild yeah the slaves we go way back how do you yeah what was uh how was richard that one back then you know it's just a name when you get back that far actually pictures don't go back for my family very far at all i mean you're you

think pictures too also going away for your family like i could see yeah in the future slaves y'all are like we don't take pictures yeah i could see it you know i'm i'm into that i mean yeah you know because back in the day you find a picture of a relative you're like whoa this is amazing but now we have a thousand pictures of ourselves right so i can see my family drifting away from the photo yeah yeah yeah go the other direction yeah yeah we're ready to just have like a in the sleigh just you know just a little clump in the middle yeah 30 year window 30 year window of just dark ages of the sleighs yeah no one knows what happened after that yeah and we just were farming you know and

then but i think that's what we've been doing the whole time it's farming but we dipped into technology a little bit here i am running around from city to city yeah yeah really breaking the sleigh mold you might end up being the letdown they might they're most frustrated with you right out of the sleighs that could could be true. Because you sold out. Yeah. And then, you know, you put too much of a light on. That could be we're trying to lay low. Yeah.

I think the sleighs have been laying low for a while. Well, I mean, I think that's Duke's job. Yeah. Duke is going to have to. He's going to have to get back in it. He's going to have to get back in it. Like really get back to the dirt. Yeah.

Get back to the land. Yeah. Get connected. Yeah, I see that. Duke or Hank. And I like Hank Williams and I like Hank Hill. Those are the two strongest Hanks I know. I like Hank.

And Hank, I think, means like master of the house or leader of the house, which makes sense why they would give him that in the TV show. He might try to overthrow you. Yeah, he may. Well, you would name him Henry, right? And then call, he might try to overthrow you. Yeah, he may. Well, you would name him Henry, right? And then call him Hank? I think I'd go straight for Hank.

I don't need to name him a name and then choose a nickname. You mean like you do with your name? Yes. Well, you know, that is what my family did. I don't like to reveal that about myself, but my parents did write down Dustin on the birth certificate, but they never called me that. Oh, yeah. So I don't know why we're doing so it said dustin slay dustin everybody said everybody called me dusty your license is dustin yeah it does yeah yeah it's the saddest thing

about me yeah yeah yeah yeah and people yeah i mean mean, do they have trouble with that at the airport? They're like, you go, but it's Dusty. They go, I believe that. Yeah, I think they're like, I don't think they believe Dustin. You don't. They look at the ID and they go, I don't know if that's your name. Yeah. Doesn't fit, yeah.

Yeah, I mean. Have you ever met another Dusty? I've met a few dusties. Oh, you know what? I meet Dustin's and then they're like, we go by dusty too. I met a,

a girl named dusty in Houston, Texas. She's a comic. I don't know her last name. I didn't do comedy with her, but I met her. Yeah. Dusty Rhodes.

It could be, but I don't think so. No, as a wrestler. Yes. Yeah. And Houston, dusty Baker wrestler. Yes. Yeah. In Houston, Dusty Baker must have been.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. My dad says I was named after Dusty Rhodes, but my mom says I was named after a character on a TV show called Dallas. But both of those are named Dusty. Neither are named Dustin. Yeah. Well, maybe they thought they couldn't write down Dusty. I think they got afraid in the moment.

They were like, ah, we can't do that. Or maybe they said Dusty and then the person that wrote it down was like, I think they mean Dustin. Now, that could be true because everywhere I go, if it's a restaurant or a Starbucks and they ask for my name, they always write down Dustin. Yeah. Sometimes I'll go Dusty with a Y and that really confuses them because i think they're like they think i'm saying like the first letter dusty with a y and they're like that doesn't make sense justin yeah what did they write dust instead of the i they put a y yeah like oh yes see that's how a kid from this era would spell it. Yeah. Dustin. That's true. With a Y. Yeah.

So you were named after a character from Dallas? That's what my mom says. And your kids are named after the Dukes of Hazzard. Daisy and Duke. Yeah. Well, not yet, but maybe. Maybe. But that's how it'll sound. If I go, these are my kids, Daisy and Duke, that's what people are going to think.

I go, these are my kids, Daisy and Duke. That's what people are going to think. Yeah. I think Daisy and Hank still keeps a Southern vibe without going all Dukes of Hazzard. Even Jesse. There's Uncle Jesse on the TV show. Yeah. I mean, I like Dukes of Hazzard, but I'm not that big of a fan to name my family after the show.

You know what I mean? To name your family. You're about to do it. I know. I know. But it's like Duke is a fun name to me yeah cooter cooter cooter too yeah cooter slay is unbelievable that's too much i would love to actually introduce my kid to people this is daisy this is cooter and then and then and with a straight face just to see what make them go oh that's cute yeah what is it they go what is it now all right well that's a cute name you don't hear that a lot daisy's a good uh daisy and duke when will you decide? I don't know.

It may come down to the wire. Game time decision. You may look at it. I think you look at the kid and you decide in that moment. Yeah. Yeah. Is this a Duke or is this a Hank? I feel Hank.

I like Hank too. I mean, both polls are almost identical, Twitter and Instagram. But Duke and Hank are neck and neck there. Yeah. Yeah, maybe I should do like a runoff now and get rid of those other ones. Yeah. Let the people decide. Let's include the middle name.

Hank Richard? Yeah, Hank Richard or Duke Richard. Or, you know, maybe we should, you know, I told my dad today what the middle name was going to be and I thought he'd be excited and then all of a sudden he was wanting to tell me what the first name would be and I was like all right well if you're not happy that I've done that because my dad's middle name's Richard my middle name's Richard so I'm doing that to keep that going but then he was like you know Austin there's a Austin Riley that plays for the Braves so he likes the sound of Austin Richard and I'm like well it's probably not gonna be austin but it's like if you can't

be happy that i'm gonna name him after you then what does that have to do with austin right he likes the sound he just likes okay austin riley austin richard it's kind of i don't know if i don't i don't mind austin richard well sounds like a NASCAR driver. Yeah. Austin Richard Slay. I mean, Austin. Or a serial killer. Yeah. One of the two. It's got a ring to it, but I don't really like the name Austin.

I know some Austins, but not for my kind. I don't think for the Slay family. I don't think it's right. Yeah. Yeah. I think it's Hank. Well, my dad had some surgery today, and I to him and he's like, you know, a little loopy because he's like on medicine because I didn't know he was having surgery. My friend saw it on Facebook and said, hey, I heard your dad's having surgery today.

And I go, oh, I didn't know. So this is a heart surgery. You know, I'm like, you can give me a call. Let me know this is happening here. And he is OK. Not major. major like i guess it's always major if it's yeah but he has a pacemaker so they were replacing a valve which they say is not that big of a deal but i had to find out from my friend second hand from facebook yeah and he's all loopy and he's still trying to tell me what to name my kid. I'm like, why don't you take it easy a little bit? Yeah.

Don't even worry about yourself right now. What's his first name? Guy. Guy. See, my granddad was named Guy Slay. I'm told he had no middle name. Born in 1900. Wow. And then my dad is Guy Richard Slay.

So I'm Dustin Richard Slay. So I'm trying to keep the Richard thing going for my dad. I mean, Aaron's losing it. Guy Slay is unbelievable. That's what I'm saying. I like it. But I don't think I would have ever guessed you were about to say Guy. Yeah.

Especially with him suggesting Austin say guy. Yeah. Especially with him guessing, with him suggesting Austin. Yeah. Yeah. But maybe he's like, let's just get into the real world with some names. Yeah. Yeah. And he's like, Austin's like, you know. My dad loves the Braves.

Yeah. You know. I thought about the name. We thought about the name Bear for a little while too. But then I thought everyone that listens to this podcast would think I'm naming it after, Hey bear. Uh, but I mean, that's okay.

But then I also thought bear Bryant. Right. Yeah. So, uh, Dale for Dale Murphy, Dale Murphy. Oh,

that's a good one. You could go Dale Murphy, Dale Earnhardt. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, congrats,

man. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. I appreciate it. It was big time. Yeah. Yeah. This is a big time. All right. Well, congrats, man. Yeah, thank you. Yeah. I appreciate it. It was big time. Yeah. Yeah, this is a big time.

It is. We're, so welcome, everybody. I was in Vegas this week. Las Vegas all week. Fun time. Fun shows. Did you meet Mel Gibson? No, he was at the show how did you know that I got my sources oh yeah Abigail now somebody emailed us oh really they sat next to

him oh really yeah yeah man yeah we get uh the guy we're standing and I'm standing in the back greg garcia came down and hung out so he got and greg got food poisoning uh and he ate some crap soup but everybody else ate like i didn't eat it but like chase ate it other people ate it greg's the only one that got it so we didn't believe greg uh but greg had to come he can it was we had a super fun weekend it was like just uh the last day we went and like sat at the pool great uh and like just did uh i was like just trying to write some stuff like talking about jokes and like whatever and uh it was just a really fun uh it was a fun weekend like and uh so so, oh, I'm sitting there, we're sitting backstage,

you know, in the dressing room, the green room, just talking. And a guy that runs the venue, like he goes, did Mel Gibson come back here? And then he just said it, I mean, out of nowhere. Yeah.

And then at first I was like, no. And then I was like, what? I go, wait, what? Like, it was just so, I didn't understand what was happening. And so they said, yeah, Mel Gibson was in the show. And he, I mean, he had a scooter. He like broke his leg, I guess, or something. I didn't get to meet him.

I mean, I would have liked to meet him, but I mean, I think he just kind of, like he got done and, you know, scooted out. Yeah. He got out quick. I mean, I could have like hunted him down, but I was like, I don't know if he just wanted to leave and whatever. I mean, I think it becomes probably. He would have come back if he wanted to, I'm sure. Yeah. Maybe he didn't think.

Yeah. He's like, this show is done. Yeah. Not what I thought. No, I don't think. Yeah. I don't know. Sometimes you can.

Some people come back. Sometimes they like coming back. Sometimes they're like, we're just here to see the show. And they just kind of get out of there. And so something doesn't become a whole thing, which I don't. It would have been neat to meet him just because I've never met him. So, yeah, I was very. That was one of the surprising ones yeah mel gibson you

know obviously had a little issue for a minute but um he i mean he has like the movies from my childhood i mean he was like crushing it oh yeah passion of christ yeah i mean uh yeah that's it what's the uh i think he's making a sequel to that. All the Mad Max movies and then Braveheart and The Patriot, Lethal Weapon. Yeah. Oh, it's crazy. Have you ever seen What Women Want? I did see that. Yeah.

I actually like it a lot, too. I just didn't want to name it in that list. Oh, I'd say it's up there. It's a great movie. It is really good. It's a lot of fun. He's got a lot of good movies now, though, too. There's that one where he's in a Mexican prison or something.

Oh, Get the Gringa. Yeah. That's a good one. That's a good one, too. It's really good. No that's really good no i've never heard of i thought it was gonna be bad but it was really great yeah yeah yeah it's uh yeah that was it was very cool that uh he came out like you know it was very very surprising because vegas you will get people that can come to you know we had dana white come what yeah like you end up just having people stop in. So it is kind of neat. And then, but, yeah, that one was, I was definitely.

Will Gibson come back here? What? No idea. So, yeah, we did that. I mean, Vegas was great. Vegas was great. St. Paul, Minnesota this week and Sioux City then I got a little break

which is nice nice yeah yeah where were you at it was a little different I was in Glasgow Kentucky Vegas of Kentucky

yeah yeah I was with Henry Cho Las Vegas they call it yeah Las Vegas it was a great show met some folks

so Henry killed it so it was a fun time. Nice. I was in town doing some shows. Still working. Still working. Yeah. I haven't quit comedy yet.

Did a show at a candle bar. Just people in there. Just. So drunk. Oh, okay. I always think that. Oh, really? At a candle store. Yeah. One guy got kicked out right. I always think that. Oh, really? At a candle store.

Yeah. One guy got kicked out right when I went on stage. He was causing problems the whole show. And then I get up and they finally come up and go, you need to leave. And it was like he was waiting to be asked. He goes, all right. Yeah, you're probably. Was he lighting the candles?

No, dude. It was just like this, just yelling stuff, sleeping. I've been kicked out of a lot of places when i used to drink but never a candle that's what i said if that guy's like me he's gonna wake up tomorrow and go i did all that in a candle shop last night yeah anyway i did a a spot at the cmas i did a uh at the music city center i did a uh 45 minute set at 11 45 a. Wow. Following an interview from Reba McIntyre. So Reba's on stage doing an interview and then comes off. I never met Reba McIntyre. She comes off stage. I'm standing there with my buddy, Evan, who's also a comic. And she comes

back, comes right up to us, shakes my hand, shakes his hand like we're old buddies. And she goes, hey, have fun out there. And I was like, whoa, what's happening right now? And then she stood there for a second. And then some people came and got her and kind of whisk her away. But I thought we were about to just hang out. I guess she had watched the podcast and seen me sing That's the Night that the Lights Went Out. That's why she's a star, dude. Yeah. And she's, you know.

That's why she's a star, dude. You can just tell. She just had that. Well, that's what Evan said. He's like, that's how you make it right there. I mean, she just came right up, shook. I mean, I was like, this is great. I love Ruby McIntyre.

Yeah, I do too. So it was great. She always had a place on 109. I remember just driving by growing up. That's Reuben McTarrant. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was great. I mean, I was so pumped. I wanted to get a picture, but I'm like, she's almost made it like we're friends

in this moment to where I can't even ask for a picture. Maybe that's the move. Maybe that's the move. Because now it's like, now it'd be weird. Otherwise, I could just be a fan. But she's made us like friends here she probably thought you were someone else yeah i mean maybe yeah i was hardy i guess billy yeah hardy billy ray cyrus yeah uh is it i might have talked about it that's what i heard

george clooney does is he'll just go up to you and shake your hand and meet you and it's so quick that he's in control of it that you don't think to ask for a picture because it's like, you can't believe he came up to you. And then so it's like you're in. He just gets ahead of it. Just gets ahead of it.

Just someone in control. That's what Larry Cable guy did with me. Yeah. The golf course. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He just came up to you. Yeah. I met Tom Hanks at the Ryman one time and i was going to tell him that i have this

joke where i say i look like forrest gump after he ran for a long time yeah and i so i go up to him and i go i was just gonna you know i'm just gonna start talking to him because i know that he knows that i know who he is yeah so i go hey i start talking he goes tom and he sticks out his hand i'm like yeah yeah i mean i was like your hand introduced myself but i know who you are yeah you know and he was very nice yeah i think it's like what are they got to just it would be crazy if he just said like he was like yeah i know you know who i like you know right yeah you're just trying to be a polite person yes or just trying to be a normal person that just goes tom and that's what I was trying to do was just like, just start talking to him instead of making it all weird. Being like, hey, I'm a huge fan.

What did he say about the joke? Well, he laughed a little bit, but then he went, I thought he left because his wife was performing. But someone months later at the Opry, a security guard told me that Tom Hanks was in the upper deck when I did the joke on stage and said he was really laughing. Slapping his knee, he said, which seems like a fake laugh. Yeah, it does seem. Yeah, but I'll take it. Why don't you name your son Hank Middleton, Tom Hanks Slay? Oh, Tom Hanks Slay.

Because it almost says with the Hanks Slay, it's almost like a S, like Hanks. Yeah. I like Hanks Slay. like hank slay yeah probably leave off the tom yeah yeah uh all right uh let's start with some of you guys comments uh all right scott cumro i'm a middle school band director, and I've been struggling with getting everyone's attention to start the day. I've tried a few techniques, but the most successful right now is to say, hello, folks. And my whole class responds with, hey, bear.

Oh, they don't know why they're saying this, but they love it, and they wait for the next thing that I have to say. Thank you. There you go. All right. That's great. That is a good way to start. That's great. Yeah. That is a good way to start. That's great.

Yeah. I like it. Get some ready. Mason Long. I introduced my mom to the podcast a few weeks ago and found out she was listening on one and a half times speed. I tried it, and you can't understand what anybody's saying except for Nate, who now sounds like a regular person.

Wow. That's funny. I wonder, does their mom know they were doing that? Probably not. They were just listening like, this is... Yeah. They're really going fast here. Do people listen to one and a half times?

Some people who are uber productive, I know they'll just to maximize their day, they'll listen to these podcasts sped up. You want to hear what you sound like? Two-man type thing. It's tough. I had a reading along. I think he steps on my toes a lot. I think about leaving.

Going to a different church. It's in your family. Derek's got some rude kids. Brian sounds good too. It's listenable, dude. You have to listen. No, you have to be paying attention.

I think you could... For me, I could see it being... It would be tough. Two times speed is a little more intense. And that's you rating, dude. That's fun. Two times speed is a little more intense. And that's you reading. Yeah.

That's fun. Get the podcast done in an hour that way. Yeah. Yeah, what does it do? It's like you just, it does, it cuts it in half. So if you did 0.5 speed, it would take four hours? Yeah. Wow.

And then 0.5 speed is probably tough to listen to. Oh, that's your brother. Everybody's drunk. Barry Sanders. Yeah, that's what that sounds like. Randy Reeves. Why do y'all keep pronouncing the L in folks? I'm from Mississippi And I even know not

I even know not to do that Folks Why are you supposed to say it? I don't know Folks Folks Folks Hello folks

Folks Folks I can't have another word where I'm overthinking how I'm saying it Folks Yeah We do the L just because. We like to get all the letters in there. Yeah.

You know what I mean? It's not fair to the L that it doesn't get its sound. We love everybody that listens to this podcast. L's like, I'm in here too, buddy. The people know who the L's are in this podcast. The listeners will go, I bet I'm an L. Yeah. And this guy doesn't acknowledge you yeah

randy reeves that's a good name that is nice that sounds like that fits like yeah it's got a good one so hank would be friends with yeah it's like a news anchor doesn't it where you at we're going to randy reeves we're going down to randy reeves house randy reeves uh i like randy too my mom dated a guy named randy for a while but she wouldn't like if I named my kid Randy, but I like the name Randy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

That's pretty tough. Who are you named after? My mom went on a few dates with a guy named Randy. And I liked him. Yeah. Yeah. Well, how did we use your mom dating?

Well, it's explained everything. Yeah. Yeah. Kristen Herbert. dating well uh you have to explain everything yes yeah yeah kristen herbert i just want to say thank you to aaron for his tip to use your school as a school school skull skull skull as an antenna for your car key to find your car. Save me from searching for my car for an hour. Hey bear. All right.

Glad I could help. Hmm. Did a little video demonstrating that this does work. It does extend the range. And I don't know the science of it other than what Google's telling me is that the, it uses the fluids in your head as a conductor extending the range. Let's work this little,

little tumor in your chin here. Yeah. I'm sure it's good. You keep your keys in your pocket? Oh, yeah. I mean, all that stuff that's coming. I mean, it's all coming to my legs. That's for sure.

Yeah. Without your legs, it's going to. Yeah. Austin Meek. Austin. Yeah. I just went to purchase a new, we're having a good time hat from dusty.

I died laughing when I noticed I had the option to finance my dusty hat for four easy payments of $8 and 75 cents. I can't imagine a more trailer park scenario than a guy in a suit showing up to showing up to repo dusty hats from the trailer park faithful because they defaulted on their hat payments yeah we'll get you we'll get you i mean don't think they won't come for that hat interest free that's a good deal yeah i don't know any of that stuff i i all i write is the name of it i wrote wrote the Red Dusty Slate Trucker Hat. They're out of stock right now.

I got a lot of them at the house. I put 52 online and I sold them all in one day. It was a real mess at the post office. But I did get it done. Yeah. I don't know if people do.

I remember doing layaway yeah you know yeah i didn't know you can make payments on the hats i mean i i've not had anyone do that yet but i wish they would yeah i love that idea now you want a hat but can't afford it but you're like i'm gonna go ahead and make those payments yeah you know the good that dusty sleigh hat some sunglasses maybe some gooder that's true that was good you're proud of that one i could tell yeah they're i mean yeah i look i'm i a big fan of them i they i got some i mean i have three pair uh that and that was before they came on uh jay mill gotta say i a little surprised Dusty allowed his wife to officially become a U.S. citizen.

Ooh, I like that. He strikes me as the kind of guy who would argue with her that she should stay off the government's radar if she has that luxury. Not hand a government official a binder full of information on her and worst him yeah well the thing about it is um they already have all that information you know because she had to get a work visa to come down here and work so she already had the information and they don't let you just hang around um you know you gotta you gotta go through some stuff if she had a baby though, would they, is it like, I think the baby helps, you know, but you still have to,

you know, you have to, I mean, I think there's a way to do it illegally, I guess, because people talk about that a lot. So that seems to be happening, but,

uh, the legal way is not super easy. Yeah. And I'm not, you know, there was an old Doug Stone Stanhope joke, I think, where he talked about marriage.

And he's like, this is going pretty well. Let's get the government involved. So I'm into that. There's no reason to bring the government into anything. But she's a foreigner, so I had to lock it down and get married. Did you think Canada existed before you met her? Well, I knew it existed,

but, you know, I didn't know that it existed the way it does. Like, it's great in Canada. Yeah. I had a lot of fun there.

I drove there and I was like, oh, this place is great. Yeah. When I was growing up, I thought rednecks were only in the South.

Oh, no. And then I pulled into Canada and I was like, oh, this whole country's full of rednecks. I mean, outside of Toronto, I mean, that is what it is yeah yeah what if uh your kid's name is freedom freedom i like that because it represents she's free now in a free country yeah she's

she left canada and uh and came to freedom freedom slay like Freedom. Freedom Slay. Freedom Slay. Let Freedom Slay. Yeah. Freedom Slay. Freedom's a good name. Yeah. It fits. I like Freedom. Yeah.

Like he only has American flag apparel. Yeah. That's all he has as a kid. He always has to carry an American flag with him. Yeah. Little Freedom Slay.

Today's flag day. Is it really? Yeah, it is. The day this podcast comes out. Wow. Do you know why there's 13 stripes uh 13 colonies do you know why there's 50 stars 52 states uh 50 states no no i thought of a joke after after i said that and so i never thought the thing would come back up. And so then a question arises itself, and I go,

oh, I can try the 52 states. Do you know who sold the first flag? Susan B. Anthony. You do remember. Yeah, we got it. Yeah, that was from last week. I did learn a couple other things for Flag Day. I thought we might do a flag episode.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. My grandfather, Guy Slade, by the way, born on Flag Day. Just wanted to bring that out there to you. There you go. Old Glory. It's a Nashville connection. Nashville connection. There was one of these transplants, of course, moved to Nashville from Massachusetts.

This was during the Civil War. He flew his American flag outside his house. He moved from Massachusettsachusetts to tennessee during the civil war right before it started okay man talk about bad time flew his american he bought when the real estate was high yeah and he called it old glory and then once the war officially broke out they're like we're gonna go get that a flag from him and he took it and he hit it where they couldn't find it and then uh when the union uh took over nash and he took it and he hid it where they couldn't find it and then uh when the union

uh took over nashville he took it down to the capital to the union general and said i've been hiding this flag and they flew it wow uh and like you know old glory now it's in the smithsonian he just called it old glory there's no other meaning than that yeah i guess it's pretty nice and we gave it a whole day huh well the flag day that was actually uh a teacher said we should have a day honoring the flags and should be june 14th and then he wrote a letter to the editor saying it should be june 14th and he kept pestering him finally the president was like let's make it june 14th flag day a teacher was trying to get a day off of school. I guess. That didn't happen. Well, that's true. Yeah.

Yeah. A little backfire. Good point. A day off of summer school. It's a good joke either way. You still got in-service days and stuff. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. And so we just celebrate all the flags, all our flags. American flag. Just the one flag. Not our state flags. Yeah, I don't think it's a day for all flags. Yeah, I think it's just the American flag. Oh, okay. Just the one flag. Not our state flags. Yeah, I don't think it's a day for all flags. Yeah, I think it's just the American flag. Oh, okay.

Yeah. All right. Yeah, people- Isn't it called American Flag Day? They may should call it that. Should be called that. Yeah. You know, I think back in the day, they used to really put the flags out on this day.

I think it kind of goes by unnoticed now. People don't really celebrate it now. We put a flag out. We have one out. The flag day? But year round. Yeah, year round, yeah. Yeah. I think the day goes mostly unnoticed. People don't really celebrate. We put a flag out. We had one out. A flag day? Year round. Yeah, year round, yeah.

I think the day goes mostly unnoticed. It's also my sister's birthday. I think you're not living as close to car dealerships as you used to. I saw a lot of flags today. Car dealerships love a flag. Oh, my gosh, yeah. Something about freedom and getting yourself locked into a car payment. It goes hand in hand. Zachary Peters.

Nate, I was right there with you on finding out Michigan is more than the mitt. Educational podcast? Question mark? Thanks, Nate, Aaron, Dusty, and Betty by Bates.

He's just saying, is this educational podcast? I think it is because I learned about the UP. Yeah. A couple of people said they didn't know either. Yeah. I like that in doing these comments, you have the power to change every time somebody calls you something back to your own name and you still put it in there. Keep it original. Yeah. Yeah. That is true. time somebody calls you something back to your own name and you still put it in there keep it original yeah yeah that is true i mean every time betty i don't even know what this is yeah i don't

you could have just changed it back but you kept it in there i don't even notice it anymore yeah i respect that about you yeah katie visagio i think i nailed that. I think you did too. Visaggio. That's your Italian blood coming out. Yeah, yeah. That's Visaggio. V-I-S-A-G-G-I-O. I think it's like there's only one way to say that. Visaggio. You would find a way.

Yeah. As a homeschooling mom and former teacher, I think my new goal is to teach my kids to pass the citizenship test especially after hearing y'all's guesses yeah that's good well people argue that was nate that was yeah i think so too and people from the internet always they always have all the answers right but if we had asked someone that first question everyone the way it's worded no one thinks the constitution no not at all but people on the internet of course will go oh no i i had it you know yeah i agree but um but katie i

mean do homeschool your kids though i support it i support where you're going with it yeah uh kyle she did kyle she did she didn't say anything about homeschooling did she sorry with it. Kyle Shadid. Kyle Shadid. She didn't say anything about homeschooling, did she? Sorry. She said as a homeschooling mom. Oh, and former teacher. It's right up your alley. She left the system.

She's like a homeschooling mom and former teacher. She said a homeschool teacher. She just homeschooled her kids and then also went to work. No, no. She was a teacher and she got out of the system. She got off the grid. She's you, dude. This is you.

This is a female you. I support Katie. That just left the game. Yeah. Said, I don't like what's going on. Yeah, I support it. Kyle Shadid. I love that Nate got the war from the 1900s answer right on accident when he

said Iraq because he definitely was not referring to the gulf war that's probably true well i think uh we just we were in iraq yeah afghanistan right right the middle east the middle east yeah it's a broad it's a safe answer yeah yeah yeah yeah i didn't think of Vietnam I said Vietnam Vietnam I could have said World War I Korea

That's probably people's Really all the wars With the exception of like Silver War Yeah Yeah Yeah You know what I thought

The war of 1812 was in there I thought what happened was Because he said War from the 1900s And I thought You got 19th century mixed up And thought that really meant The 2000s Oh And I thought that got 19th century mixed up and thought that really meant the 2000s. And I thought that's why you said the Iraq War.

Oh, no, no. I was just kidding. You got it right. I was just, I don't know, nailing it. Yeah. Don't read into stuff too much, everybody. Right, right. Sometimes the kid just got it.

Yeah, yeah. And I think that's what that was. Grant Morgan. I recently had a flip phone for two years. It was so nice being disconnected from a smartphone. I finally had to go back to a smartphone because all my kids' activities involve using apps. For example, my son's baseball team communicates on a team app. Once I was on the way to a game out of town.

While driving to the game, it was moved to a different field because I didn't have a smartphone i was the only one at the wrong field yeah yeah i mean i did i would love to get a flip phone i mean i tried like the blackberry i've tried it so much and it's just you know you just have like so many group texts that you got to do or so much there's just too much stuff that's like everything's kind of like it is what it is yeah i mean i bought a flip phone recently i mean i still have the smartphone i'm gonna try to go two phones yeah i'm gonna try to be a two phone guy yeah that way when i'm in the hotels on the weekends i can turn the phone off and live my life instead of being trapped in my phone. Yeah.

And then you just would have the different number? Yeah. That way if my wife needed to get in touch with me, she would have that number. But I could turn the phone off and do things. I get really sucked into social media. No. It's bad. Okay.

And then they could still reach you. Yeah. All right. I think you're just going to turn that phone back on. Probably so, but I'd like to try the experiment. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you can do it.

I leave my phone when I go eat or something. I go walk around, just leave it in the hotel and go eat. And that's what I want to do too. But if somebody needs me, like in my family, I like to have a way for them to get in touch with me. Yeah, that is true. But it's amazing though how throughout amazing though, how throughout history, and even in our lifetime, that used to just not even be a thing that we thought about or worried about.

And we all just got by fine. But now that it is, it would be like something bad happens. I know. Just hanging out, eating lunch. I know, it's crazy how it's changed. Yeah. But do you have, like, if you're on the road, you got someone with you. Sometimes. So that's what I'll do is you just go, Yeah But do you have Like if you're on the road You got someone with you Sometimes So

That's what like I'll do Is you just go Like I'll tell Laura I'm not taking my phone And then So call Chase Yeah Or call

You know like And then There's phones Yeah So like if you got someone with you On the road That doesn't care About bringing their phone

Then you can be like Text your wife Just say Hey Something happens call that's a good idea then you leave it and then you just sit there i give my wife the hotel number and then i try to sleep with my phone on airplane mode and she called me once and it was terrifying the hotel phone rings in the middle of the night yeah i don't like that. Was it something? There's always something. You know what I mean?

Was it worth the call? Yeah, I guess it was at the time. But it was like... You had a deer inside the house? I... All right. Terra Stratos Tara Tara Stratos Tara Stratos

I've started to love and look forward to Nate reading the comments and after the first run at every person's name he always follows up with an alternative alternative

pronunciation he's usually right the first time but then starts sounding it out and it cracks me up every time you're doing great, Nate.

Really love this podcast. Thank you. I'm so glad you did that second pronunciation. Yeah. Stratos. David Epstein. Epstein. This sounds like he misspelled it.

He put a Z. I know a lot of Epsteins, and he put a Z in the middle. Maybe after the recent stuff with that name. You know a lot of Epstein's and he put a z in the middle maybe after the recent stuff with that name you know a lot of epstein's huh yeah yeah yeah i know a couple uh here's a link that describes what current animal skeletons would look like if scientists never knew what they look like given this like dusty I am out on dinosaurs. Yeah. This is an article. This is what Hollywood thinks dinosaurs look like.

And then here's what scientists think they look like. I don't like that they're pinning this on Hollywood. I never thought I'd defend Hollywood. But don't act like that's not how every dinosaur in every museum looked. Yeah, that's true. You know what I mean? It wasn't just Hollywood taking a lead. Let's see some of these animals. Other examples here if

you if you just found a baboon skeleton and you reconstructed it the way they did dinosaurs that's that's what it would look like oh yeah that's what i'm saying i just think we're just they're just making this up this is a zebra skeleton reconstructed like a dinosaur it looks a lot like a thestral from harry potter just if anyone's interested and then there's a cow looks a little bit like a gazelle yeah i met a guy at the cmas who told me that his he he mutes the podcast when aaron starts talking about harry potter and i was like about to you know give him a, and he said, because my daughter's reading the books. He doesn't want Aaron to give it away. He doesn't want Aaron to spoil it.

Oh, look at that. An intellectually curious kid listening to the podcast. How about it? What is that? That's a cat. Oh, really? That's a house cat. I want a cat like that.

And it looks horrifying. I mean, so they're just saying like if you just gave them bones that's a flamingo who wrote this these are swans right here swans so it's saying you know we found the skeleton of the dinosaurs so we just reconstructed it but you know there's so much these are all examples of you can't just go off the bones because there's all the skin and fat and tissue and everything else but our bones look like it makes sense. Now here, we're going to end it on, at the very end, this is what, here's a python. But they have the human being.

This is what it would look like if we just found the human skeleton. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Looks a little creepy. Looks like an alien almost. Yeah, but why, I know, but so we know we don't look like that. Yeah. So that would make it be wrong.

Wrong. That's what he's saying. That's the point of this. Yeah. All these animals, they would have got it wrong if they didn't know what we really look like. Oh. If they tried to figure out what these things look like just based on the skeleton. Yeah.

This is what we think they'd look like. Yeah. But we know that they don't. Yeah. Yeah. I think things were just bigger then. I mean, there is some research like with they find those like dried sap and they find like oxygen inside them and they can test that and find that the oxygen was thicker years ago than it is now. So things could grow more because they had more oxygen in the air.

So I think things were just bigger. You find a T-Rex, you really probably find some kind of, you know, bird. But the biggest animal ever is alive right now. It's a blue whale. It's the biggest animal in the history of the world. But it's in, you know, it's in the ocean. Who knows what's going on down there? Yeah.

There's oxygen in the water. Yeah. Yeah. But maybe what's going on down there. Yeah. There's oxygen in the water. Yeah. Yeah. But maybe the blue whale was even bigger. They have so much room to grow. Yeah. Maybe it was even bigger back in the day.

And we don't know because those bones floated to the bottom where we can't go. Yeah. All right. I forgot to mention last week you threw out the first pitch at the Sounds game. I did. How'd that go? It was good. We didn't talk about it last week?

I don't think so. No, we didn't. No. Yeah, it was good. We had my daughter's softball team, the Hurricanes. H-E-R. Cane. Is it really? Yeah.

Oh, okay. Yeah. That's not bad. That's fun, yeah. And so then, uh, so yeah, I was like with the,

they all got to come out and, we all got to go on the field and it was kind of, and it was fun and a lot of pressure with all them out there. A lot of pressure. They're all throwing. And, uh, it was,

uh, you know, the rooster catching, you know what Harper to be like, that's not my real dad. Boom. Yeah. Now that he dropped the ball went through his glove too hot for him. You know what? Harper would be like, that's not my real dad. To a pitch. Boom. Now that he dropped, the ball went through his glove.

Too hot for him. Too hot. It was a solid throw. You should give me a real catcher out here. A little mascot catcher. A little to the left. I said I wasn't going to stand on the mound, then I did stand. Because they like said, like, they kind of said it.

And then it was like, you know, I had it all dim. And I was like, oh, let's just go staying and so now i do find interesting you almost always wear a hat and then you're out there on the mound you don't have yeah i did not wear a hat well sometimes i think it was like because it's like i'm i'm not you know not trying to hide like it was it was like, cause they're, it's like, you feel like they're inviting you to be out there to be comedian neighbor. It gets easier. Like, yeah. All right.

Maybe I shouldn't wear a hat. They asked me to wear one. They did. Cause you wear a scarf as well. Yeah. I, uh, sometimes I won't wear a hat if I know like, uh, you know, it's going to be nighttime soon. And then you're like, well, I don't want to, you know, and it, maybe it feels dark to me and I'm like, well, I'll just not worry about it for too long. out there to throw the pitch. I was doing an interview with something else,

and you're just kind of like, you know, I don't want to just look. Like, I'm just, uh-huh. If they would have given me a Nashville Sounds hat or something. What about the video you made off this pitch, Aaron? Of Nate getting taken yard? Yeah. Oh, I had a lot of fun making that. Yeah, yeah.

Laura sent me that video. There it is that's a foul jeez i've also a million people have sent me the video of the guy who just fell in the mound i don't know if you've seen that video i think it must have just happened the guy threw out the first pitch i don't know who he was oh he just slips and falls down completely falls down so yeah a lot of people have sent me that saying just try to be better than this guy. Boom. I have a theory that that guy did that on purpose. Oh, really? Yeah, because I saw a TikTok he made about it. Where he was like, oh, I guess I messed up.

And then if you watch it, you're like, that looks a little intentional. What do you mean he messed up what? The first pitch where he tripped. Oh. He's trying to go viral. He's like a content creator on TikTok. Yeah. Oh, I don't believe that at all now.

Can you tell me that? He looked very, to me, he looked embarrassed when he got up, but maybe you're right. No, I agree. I think I did see this, and then I thought, well, he didn't.

I don't know if I believed it because it was like, it was dumb. I wondered why, I've watched it a bunch because everybody sent it to me, he didn't. I don't know if I believed it because it was dumb. I wondered why. I've watched it a bunch because everybody sent it to me. Why he slipped? Yeah, it doesn't make sense why he slipped. And then, I mean,

now I'm completely done with it. The fact that you go, he's a content creator. Yeah, then you get a viral video. Everybody's watching it. And then if you got some other videos... Maybe I will slip now here's the pitch

yeah that's fake then the throw in the ball like that yeah he should have threw some confetti up too yeah I don't know if I believed it too he looks like an athletic guy.

Yeah. Yeah, man. Like, he looks too athletic to. Yeah, that's. Nobody's going to question it if I do that. Oh, God, I hope you do, Brian. It's to go. I really want you to practice and burn it up out there.

Yeah. That's what I want. It's to go, VAR. Man, this. Yeah. He did a good job yeah so everybody sees this video that's like i i think about that like they're you know if you're a content like golly that is that is like a prison that you're in where you just have to do stuff like this all the time? You have to do anything that you do. You have to create and do stuff and fake stuff.

And just because it's... Because what else are you going to do? Yeah, the ball throw. Yeah, here. Yeah, it's like people that just have a story going all the time on Instagram, and it's like, that must be exhausting. Exhausting. I mean, I can't do it.

No. Well, it's the difference of, like, I always think that with comics, like some of those comics, like, you know, it's like they think, put all your stuff out or whatever, and you're like, to save like if you have a good joke like save it yeah don't just put it out on something that's kind of gonna get like just flipped by it's gonna be like oh that's really funny and like maybe get shared i just don't think there's a connection to it it's like it's like eating fast you know he was eat fast food, you don't get full. You're just hungry again.

It's kind of that. It doesn't really matter how good the joke is or whatever it is or whatever it can be. It's like everybody will see it. Everybody's going to go. And it's going to be the whole world will be like, oh, yeah, that's that. And then it'll just be gone. And then, yeah. There's a balance though.

You have to put stuff out to be seen and kind of stay in the mix. I, I, yes, I, it's a lot harder now as a, as a younger comic that you do have to do that. And that's why when I see the crowd work stuff,

I don't, I guess I don't mind that. I mean, I don't like, I'm not the biggest crowd work fan, but it's there. It's a, but I don't, I understand. I understand like that's an easy way to be like, not easy, but it's, it's a way that you're like, yeah, what are you going to do?

Like you're just, you're, you have to do it to get into these things. But man, you just paint yourself. It's just like, you got to do that forever, dude. You got to go talk to. I don't feel like you're ever going to really get to do, be a comedian. Like you're not going to really learn how to be a comedian because it's. I mean, obviously these dudes are very funny and I get it, but you're not going to like learn how to do a joke,

learn how to really work a joke out. You got to work. A joke takes a long time yeah a long time that's the it's comedy is like fun and it's all like you know just just being funny just being silly it's to like it's just it's a lot of work it's a lot of work to get a joke to work right or you can just do this yeah but i mean like that guy like that yeah i look i i i feel i do feel bad for like uh comedians that are starting out like it's like you gotta go do that i mean i don't even know what i would tell them it's like i get that you gotta go put that stuff up. I get you got to go put jokes up on social media and stuff like that. But.

Yeah, just do one current event joke a week, you know, at an open mic and put that up. And then you don't have to burn your real jokes. Or I would honestly just like, yeah, do this, start a podcast. Like do, you know, something. Sketches or something. Yeah. Yeah. Or yeah, that could be expensive, though. But it's like you know, something or something. Yeah. Yeah. Or yeah, that could

be expensive though, but it's like, you could do podcasts or you could do, I mean, you got to do stuff. I it's, it's a weird, slippery thing, but I think if you also work on your act and you become just go like, it's like, you could do stuff, but then just go keep working on your act. If you're knowing like, all right, I'm going to do stand up. I'm going to tell these jokes. So I'm going to keep just doing this. Like you think about there's something that's rewarding to think about. Like, or that's good to, if you have a good joke to no one can see it until they see you live or they can see you or you sell a special

look getting to that point is obviously very hard but you should be protective of stuff that's like good otherwise you don't want those something but so good at that you're like dude that could have been a five minute stand-up bit that everybody would have remembered yeah instead you like put it out and you're like it's gonna everybody's gonna look at it multiple times and then they're gonna kind of move on they're not gonna really because it's like this stuff like with that guy falling down you're not gonna be like what is it you know it's like i mean that guy has to just do this like like he has to go, you know, to like everything he does. Every second of his day, he has to walk into a door or like do something. Imagine being proud that you fell on the mountain.

You're like, oh, yeah, this is great. This is going to be awesome. This is what I wanted. You would rather fall than throw a good pitch. Because a good pitch, that's got, you know, two views. Yeah, I mean, look, it really made me laugh when I first saw it. When I first saw this video. And then I found out who the guy was, and I was like,

that kind of sours the whole thing for me. I mean, I go like, well, I don't know if I believe anything. So it's like, even when you see the first, I think when I saw the first, I was like, I don't know if I'm like, I don't believe that. Like, it's because it doesn't make sense why you would fall. Yeah. And you can, it's, uh, and he's young, he's too young. He's too, like, he's a big dude.

There's a great chance. Like, I bet if you really looked at him, you're like, this guy probably played sports like this guy, you know, you're like, you're just not gonna. Yeah. And then there's people that won't create anything. Right. I got a younger sister and she works all these jobs that she hates, but she had like 20 dogs,

right? I was like, why don't you feed, why don't you film yourself feeding these dogs and post that? I was like, just do something. You might pick up a following and you might make a little money off this monetized.

She won't do it. I'm like, just get in there in the pen, throw some meat out there, see if they tackle you, whatever, just film it. You know what I mean?

Just go crazy. Get out there and fight these dogs. And she won't do it. I'm like, you love these dogs. Just get in there with them. The neighbor has some dogs. You can fight those dogs. I said, I'll buy you the camera.

Let's do it. Yeah. But they won't do it. I think stand-up is a good... Stand-up's in a great spot right now. So comics coming up, it's a good thing, man. It's a lot of... Stand-up comedy is more known than it's ever been known.

A lot of people are doing big, big places. And it's in a great spot. So the ones starting out, just make sure you have an act i don't it doesn't even really matter like whatever your act is have an act i'm not if it's crowd work if it's this it's that or whatever it is have a show to be like when people come see you have a show if if the ones that make it and the ones that are going up if they have a show. If, if the ones that make it and the ones that are going up, if they have a show, they will continue to grow the whole art form of staying.

And it's going to become giant. Just have a show. People need to sit there for an hour and feel satisfied that they, you know, they saw you. And then we'll be good. All right. Yeah,

I agree. I mean, it's like, it's like, there's nothing like putting out a video that you think you're like, oh, I love this joke. This joke does well live all the time. I'm going to put it on the internet. And then it kind of bomb on the internet.

Because now you're like, oh man, now I can't do it live. But it's like having an act. I mean, that's what I try to do. I post a lot of kind of bad jokes because they got a laugh in the room room but it's not ruining that material for me because i like i want to save all this stuff for the live show yeah i mean i want people to come and be like oh i've not seen any i want them to be pleasantly surprised they're like i've been seeing these riffs on the internet and now the show is great yeah that's what i'm looking for oh you mean look at a special like Why would someone watch a special if they've seen a bunch of clips of this

already? You want to see it. I'm trying to set the bar real low. I'm trying to have people think I'm terrible at comedy. They show up and I got punchlines. They're like, wow, I had no idea this would be like this. I didn't expect this.

Exactly. All right. This week, we're talking about Minnesota. All right. The Lake State. 10,000 lakes. Atlanta, 10,000 lakes. Yeah.

You know why they call it that? Because there's 10,000 lakes there. There's actually 11,000 or something, but... It doesn't have the same ring. That sounds better than 10,000. Does it? 11's more. Well, it's like it was like 11 300 i don't know you don't need to be that specific but but the name though the land of 11 000 lakes oh i like it yeah there's an alliteration there land the land of 11 000

lakes land of 11 000 lakes you don't like that but i mean maybe when it was called that there was only 10 000 maybe lakes. Maybe so. And so then they're like, well, we can't just keep. Yeah. And then someone's like, we probably shouldn't put a number on it. Yeah. They probably just couldn't count as well back then. And then what if they do?

The land of lakes. They go, well, how many lakes does other people have? They go, there's a good chance they have 10,000. There's a good chance every state has. Yeah, like depending on what we're calling a lake. Yeah, how many lakes are in Tennessee? I have no idea. What do we even consider a lake?

10,000 seems like a lot. Could a pond be a lake? I don't think so. In the right context? Let me look that up. There are 1,393 lakes in Tennessee. Oh, okay. So there's a lot more in Minnesota.

Yeah. Okay. I mean, about 10,000 more. Because I think we talked about this on the podcast before, the difference between a lake and a pond. It's about depth. It's not necessarily about how wide or long it is. It's about how deep it is. How deep does it need to be?

I think you just kind of go, that's pretty deep. Like if it dries up in July, it's probably not a lake. It changes into a pond real quick. Or a marsh. Yeah. Yeah. The legend is Paul Bunyan and his blue ox created the lakes with their footprints. I believe that.

The other alternative, you've already beat me to the punch, Dusty, is melting glaciers is what scientists say caused it. But I figured you would go more with paul but even before you heard the other answer yeah yeah where was he walking to i don't know what is the deal with paul bunyan keith alberstadt used to have a funny joke about driving through minnesota and they're like oh look at that blue ox and they're like yeah he's from here yeah they're like oh the imaginary yeah it's just a legend. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, they have a statue there in Minnesota. And according to Kodak, it's the second most photographed statue in the U.S. behind Mount Rushmore. I had a book where John Henry and Paul Bunyan played baseball.

Oh, yeah. John Henry was going to pitch, and Paul Bunyan was going to bat. And they were both giants. And John Henry threw it so fast, and Paul Bunyan swung so fast, the tree burned up, the ball burned up. We don't know. It was a pretty riveting tale. But Paul Bunyan, you know, was a giant ax man.

Yeah, it's just like a big lumberjack. Yeah, it's a giant ox. It was blue. Yeah. Yeah. It's not based off a guy, right? Like, it's just like a, I don't know that there's any. I don't think now Johnny Appleseed was like a real guy, right?

At one point. Yeah. Okay. So this is Paul Bunyan's different. Was he hanging out with Paul Bunyan? I don't, I don't know if they were the same time period. No, I don't think so. It'd be a fun hang though.

Yeah. Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan. I don't know that Paul Bunyan was ever a real person. I think it was just folklore. Minnesota's a Native American word, which means land of tiny soft drinks. That's funny. That's good. Did you make him up with it?

It took a minute. Come on. It's been waiting all week to throw that out. Oh, man. That's great. That's pretty good. I was not making the connection. That's good. It took me a minute. Yeah. That's great. That's pretty good. I was not making the connection. That's good.

Yeah, it took me a minute. Yeah, that's good. It's a smart joke for smart people. Yeah. I'm going to dumb it down for this one. It was a good joke in the 80s. Still good and relevant now. Yeah.

Does anybody know the capital of Minnesota? St. Paul. That's North Dakota. Not the capital, but what did you say? St. Paul. you say St. Paul yep St. Paul that's where I'll be

six shows right six shows six shows yeah that's the that's the sister city of Minneapolis

right yeah theater wow there's sisters St. Paul and Minneapolis yeah twins

twins the twin cities twin cities yeah I didn't realize not identical they're fraternal, I didn't realize. Not identical for term. Yes. I didn't realize when my routing.

When I see where we're going and stuff, I didn't really think about it. And then it's like St. Paul. And so then I'm not thinking that's Minneapolis. I'm looking at all these cities.'re just kind of like okay and then i feel like we were trying to do a bigger an arena or something there and then it was like oh let's do this other one and i was like that makes sense saint paul who knows you know if i'll sell tickets yeah i don't know it's minneapolis but you but my agents are

they're good they're very good at knowing what to do so then we ended up doing it and then I'm like wait where is St. Paul again

and then they're like look at them in proximity to each other I mean it's a few blocks away yeah it's just across the river right that's what it is

yeah yeah it's yeah it's the same it's playing the same it's just like that venue's there yeah yeah but it's the same. It's playing the same. It's just like that venue's there. Yeah. Yeah. But it's fun.

We'll be there, yeah, all week. And so that is fun. Six shows, man. That's crazy. Yeah, it's a lot. So St. Paul is the Twin City. Not originally, though. According to the Minnesota Historical Society, it was originally, I've lost my place, St. Anthony that was the original Twin Cities.

And then, because St. Paul is 14 miles from Minneapolis, which was a day ride away back then. Oh, yeah. But then over time, St. Anthony just became part of Minneapolis. And then later, St. Paul became the Twin City. St. Paul at one time was not going to be the capital. The legislator voted to make it St. Peter. But the St. Paul legislator

who was in charge of making it happen, he took he took the bill and ran and hid for days to keep them from passing it. And then they just never. Well, pocket veto. Well, pocket veto. It's like the Flag Day person just kind of. What do you mean? Well, they got a Flag Day. They just kept emailing or writing in.

Yeah. Whatever. Persist or writing in. Yeah. Whatever. Persistence is key. Yeah. Same kind of thing. You could just. This guy took physical possession of the document, ran and hid for days in a bar. And nobody could find him.

So they finally were like, all right. Now that document's in the Smithsonian. Yeah. It might be. Who knows? But they kept it at St. Paul. St. Paul was originally called Pig's Eye. Oh, geez.

It's a good change. Yeah, I was going to say. Called it Pig's Eye because. I like Pig's Eye. I don't think it was officially called that, but there was a guy with a patch on his eye. He was blind in one eye and they called him Pig's Eye and he ran a tavern. Everybody liked him. So they called the place Pig's Eye.

The town. Doesn't sound like they liked him. The whole town they called it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. This is like when it was first becoming an establishment, like a place called Pig's Eye. And then they changed it to St. Paul. Yeah.

When was this? Early 1800s. Yeah. Or mid 1800s. That's about the time they were doing that kind of stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

You're going to know a lot about this. And they're like. You're going to blow them away. They're like, is it Pig's Eye or St. Paul? Yeah. By the name. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You're going to know a lot about this. And they're like, they're like, is it pig's eye or St. Paul? Yeah. By the name. Yeah.

It was like pretty unanimous poll. Yeah. Came down to St. Paul, I think. Exactly. Now I bet the people that time like pig's eye better. This was just some uppity guy who changes to St.

Paul. Some priest, some Catholic priest comes in, tries to ruin things. That's what they always do. They're trying to live in a society. No, but we like pig's eye.

He's blind in the one eye, you know? Yeah. That's why we call him that. Okay. Yeah. Where's the pig come from? I was about to say, maybe he had a look like a pig.

Did he smell like a pig? It was a pig skin eye patch. I bet he's, I have a feeling he was just a big guy yeah that has an eye maybe his one working eye was from a pig it was a pig transplant i thought that you say that he put a pig the other eye was like he's like well i'll just put a pig's eye in there so one of his eyes was a from a pig doesn't say It just said he was called Pig's Eye. His name is Pierre Perrant. Oh, he's a Frenchman.

Yeah. I think everybody was. That's why they're calling him a pig. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Probably a real cultural thing.

They hated the guy. Pretty nice. Yeah. Heard that it was a polite thing. Yeah. Maybe. Yeah. Maybe pigs were a term of endearment.

Mm-hmm. To take your shoes off at someone's home. Maybe so. Minneapolis used to be called Mill City. It was the mill capital of the world. The meal capital? M-I-L-L. Okay.

Mills. Sorry. No, that's a cat. They said meal. Well, I say it the same. It would take a lot to be the meal capital of the country. The old mill screen. Sorry. No, that's a cat. They said Mill. Well, I say it the same. It would take a lot to be the Mill capital of the country. Old Mill Scream. Yeah.

Riding Nashville at Opryland. Old Mill Scream? Yeah. Oh, is that? Okay, a ride. Yeah, yeah. Like the Scream Machine and Six Flags. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Remember that? This one was a water ride. This was a water ride. You just went down a hill. Old Mill Scream. There you go. A mill. What is a? This one was a water ride. This was a water ride. You just went down a hill. Old Mill Scream. There you go. A mill. What is a mill?

It's the water thing. It just pumps water. It's a windmill. Windmill. Or it could be a water mill. No, no, no. A water mill. What's that called?

This is a water mill. Is it called a water mill? I don't know what it's called. They were a mill town. Like flour. Mill. There's the Old Mill Scream right there. Like flour. Mill. There's the old mill screamer. Like they produced things.

Yeah, so the old mill screamer would go down and there's a bridge. You could stand over it and you'd get splashed with water. So like kids would just go stand over it and just get drenched. Yeah, they had one of those at Six Flags too. I remember that. What was that called? But you could stand on the bridge and they just soaked you. Yeah.

Yeah. And the old, what was the TV show? Step by by step they had a scene at the beginning where they were standing on that yes yeah yeah so they had more of these in minneapolis than anywhere else old mill screams yeah there's a mill city museum there now you can go visit what kind of mills did they do though like uh a flower mill flower okay yeah general mills did they do, though? Like a flour mill. Flour, okay. Yeah. General Mills is still located there. Okay. I think we talked about that. So they did a lot of wheat. They're doing a lot of wheat, grinding a lot of wheat

in there. Yeah. Thrilling stuff. I guess so. Minneapolis is, I mean, Minnesota is home to Target. Right. Best Buy, 3M, Duluth Trading Company, and General Mills. I know Target.

Maybe I did know that. Target's not one of those. I like that you're losing interest as the list went on. Kept waiting for somebody to jump in. Is Duluth that big of a, yeah. I think it's pretty big now. They have a lot of commercials. Yeah, they do have a lot of commercials.

I see them everywhere. I remember them coming out. Yeah. Yeah, you remember like stuff. It's crazy to remember stuff coming out Yeah Yeah you remember like stuff It's crazy to remember stuff coming out Like the cartoon commercials Yeah Yeah

Yeah I guess they've been around a minute They've been around for a while Yeah I remember I think I've had I've had stuff from Duluth And 3M

You know I love tape I love being able to use tape Scotch tape was invented there Yeah Oh and Minnesota I use tape. Scotch tape was invented there. Oh, in Minnesota? I use tape almost every day.

I use a little tape. They started in 1989. And that's short of time. 34 years ago. They really made a splash. Good for them. Target started in Roseville, Minnesota. I think they're headquartered now in Minneapolis.

Target Center. Target Center and Target Field. Yeah. For the twins and the... Timberwolves? Yeah. Well, that's where the Minnesota Twins comes from because of the Twin Cities.

There it is. I never knew. Did you just piece that together? Yeah. Yeah, it's fun, isn't it? Yeah, it is fun. You think they were just named after... I had no together? Yeah. Yeah, it's fun, isn't it? Yeah, it is fun. You think they were just named after? I had no idea.

Yeah. Minnesota has one of only 13 McDonald's in the country. This is in Apple Valley. You should go visit this, Nate. Still has the original design. Oh, really? Oh, wow. Look at that.

Oh, wow. Yeah. It does look fun. I like the McDonald's where it still has the number on there of how many people they've served. It says over 1 million people. They probably eclipsed that. Oh. Yeah, I mean, do they not say that everywhere anymore?

Well, they're probably losing a lot of eaters, too. I think it's over a billion now. You don't see these signs. I've seen them say billions and billions served. Oh, really? I've seen that, yeah. I've never seen it. I remember seeing the 1 million.

The 1 million was everywhere. When people pass away, though, do they still say they're serving them? I mean, the numbers should be balancing out in some way. No, it's not serving at this moment. That they've served over time. It's only going to grow. It's total number of customers lifetime. Yeah.

They don't have to go recalculating people's lives. It's a tote board. Yeah. We're going down. Well, 3M makes some post-it notes, I bet, too, so they could easily just fix it. Oh, work together. Yeah. Yeah.

I wonder. That would be fun to go to that McGaugh's. I looked it up. It's in Apple Valley, which is a suburb of Minneapolis, so not too far. All right. Got a suburb of Minneapolis. So not too far. All right. Got a little something to do. Still got the original packaging on all the food. That's cool.

With a single arch. Yeah. It looks a little weird. I love McDonald's, man. I just look at it and I mean, it's probably my favorite i can smell it looking at the logo i can kind of smell it yeah i would honestly say it's my favorite restaurant yeah i'm lucky for you there's there's a bunch i know but it's like i just i like the colors i like everything about it i know it's not good for you but the last two nights driving home from

shows i've went through talk me through it brian good for you, but the last two nights driving home from shows, I went through McDonald's drive-thru. Talk me through it, Brian. What'd you get? Number seven. Okay, what is that? Two cheeseburgers. Oh, okay. Well, it used to be number two.

Yeah, they got the number two. Now the number two is the quarter pounder? Yeah. I've had one quarter pounder in my life in this because I was trying to order two cheeseburgers, and I said number two. And then they... It was not too long ago either

and then i go what is i was like what is this i don't because i'm not a people that like the quarter pounder they're into the quarter pounder like that's their thing uh but i was trying to get the two cheeseburgers and they switched his number seven i don't like it that's the one thing that i it's a weird i don't think that's a that's a good that I, it's a weird, I don't think that's a, that's a good number. It was not fair. It was two was like such a good, because it's two burgers. Yeah.

It's two burgers. I'll take the number two. McDonald's almost, you just get back in line. You go, I don't like this. Just get back in line and get where you want it. It's that efficient.

Yeah. You could in a lot of ways. Yeah. Yeah. It would be as if I had my last meal, I think I would probably go McDonald's. I would just, that's your death row meal. Yeah. I'd be as if I had my last meal, I think I would probably go McDonald's. I would just, that's your death row meal.

Yeah. I'd want to, you know, like hot, like don't like, you know, that's your order. The number two by mistake for your last meal.

I go, you know what? I'll take the number two. Um, it was, I, I would do, uh,

no, I would do number one, no onions. And I, but I would like, and I, what's the number one, the Whopper, the Big Mac, no, I would do number one. No onions. But I would like. What's the number one? The Whopper? The Big Mac. Oh, Big Mac.

The Whopper. Sorry. Dusty, what is the matter with you? Get off this podcast. Yeah. That sounds like. I've not been to McDonald's in a long time. The only thing I've had.

Why don't you name your son Thomas? Because you sound like you're too high-fluting that you don't know the poor man's food. Is that what McDonald's is? No. I think it's real Americans. I think it's the last true cross-section of Americans.

I've had a hash... I like the hash brown that McDonald's has. The hash brown's great. I like that. That's what I like. You don't like fast food? I don't really. No, I don't really eat it. Did y'all not eat it growing up?

No, we ate it like it was the only food that existed. See, this is the opposite. We had fast food once a year. Yeah. Once a year? Yeah, on Fat Tuesday. Is that true? Yeah.

On Fat Tuesday? As your family? Yeah, our family. We'd go to McDonald's, and then we went to Dairy Queen on a fat Tuesday. Two in one day. We'd double dip. Wow. And then we'd never have fast food.

My mom cooked every meal. So I think that that was actually a problem later in life. Yeah. When I was on my own making my own money. I was like, every day can be fat Tuesday. A lot of times I ate Hardee's two times a day. Yes. If that Wednesday Fat Tuesday. Yes. If that Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

That's your special holiday. I've seen that joke. Oh, yeah. That's my Martin Luther King. Yeah. Old pig eye. He goes, look who's. Pig eye Weber.

Yeah, pig eye Weber. Look who he is. He's going back through the line. But actually, I believe in that theory. I think you should let kids eat a little fast food. They'll want to eat it less when they're an adult. Yeah. I think there's some truth to that.

I don't know. We'll find out with Harper. She's with me. Yeah. Laura cooks, though. I ate it so much. I mean, fast food, so much as a kid i think generally speaking you learn your parents eating habits and i admire you for changing just because you just do

it because the health right because you know it's not good well because my stomach was like stop doing that i mean i just put it to i mean even in my 20s i would go to hardy's and get the loaded omelet biscuit and then put a little gravy from the gravy and biscuits on there. I mean, it's delicious, but I was really putting on the pounds. I mean, I was, you know. That's the hardest part about trying to eat healthy is it's just, you know, it's because it's just an immediate reward. So you're just very happy in the moment and you don't feel you feel kind of gross after yeah but man that that moment's awesome sometimes i feel gross halfway through it yeah maybe like well

might as well finish it yeah you don't even enjoy this yeah eat that side sandwich yeah it's like you got to get addicted to feeling good that's the that's the thing that you don't want to break the streak of i try to get my think of that now with myself. Cause I, I, I'll tend to want to do something and I'm, I'm, I'm not, I'm in a better spot than I've ever been where I now I'm kind of like, I know if I, you know, cause it's, you think one bite of this doesn't matter. So what does it matter if I eat, you know, if I think one bite of this doesn't matter. So what does it matter if I eat? You know, if I have one McDonald's, why does that matter?

But it does matter. But it's hard for me to understand why it matters. Well, don't you think, man, I'm not going to appreciate feeling good if I don't feel bad from time to time. You know what I mean? I got to appreciate feeling good. That is true. But I mean, it's the thing that Tim Young, comedian, said. People don't know how good it feels to feel healthy.

Like, they don't know how. You feel like it's every day. You're like, dude, today's the best day I've ever had in my life. Yeah. And it's because you wake up and you just don't feel. You're not bogged down at all. You don't feel like kind of sick to your stomach. You don't feel.

You're just like. But it's boredom is where you go then i'm gonna go eat because you're like well what am i gonna go do like i'm just standing here and then so it's uh you're addicted to i'm nuts with alcohol food all that stuff yeah that's what quitting drinking is all about when you quit and you wake up and you're never hung over you're like because when you drink every day you don't you almost get used to being hung over and when you're not hung over you're like oh this is amazing yeah that's how people live every day yeah yeah they don't people but people do like they don't you know it's uh you know they're the Kurt Metzger had a joke about something like going

to the bath like you're not supposed to go to the bathroom 50 times a day or like you know, they're, Kurt Metzger had a joke about something like going to the bath, like, you're not supposed to go to the bathroom 50 times a day or like, you know, like, or like, you know what I mean? Like your stomach can't just be hurting all the time. Yeah. It's not,

you know, it's, it should be, uh, you should be able to like, I don't know, just wake up. You feel good.

You don't feel tired. You don't feel, I think caffeine's a problem too. Yeah. I, I, I, and i have a lot of caffeine and i i'm like slowly going like i think you just realize like you can wire yourself off this stuff you're like i think you can you would you you will feel so much better and you realize like oh how much this stuff is so bad yeah and it just keeps us i love it though like it just keeps i love it too it just keeps us down because it's like yeah you know you just overwhelm us you just have so much you're addicted to so much stuff that you just sir

coffee is like a real comfort thing too i did not have coffee for i don't know six or seven months and i had a cup yesterday and then or seven months and I had a cup yesterday and then I got here and they had a cup. I was like, you know what? I'll take one too. And it's like, it just- It's just something to do. It feels good. Yeah. It is something to do, especially in the wintertime, you hold a cup and it's warm and you're drinking and it just feels good. And I don't know, I love coffee. Yeah. Cardboard thing over the cup. Yeah.

You like that? Yeah. I like that too. Yeah. Yeah. It's just something to do that. You know, someone's like,

let's go get coffee. Let's go do something like, you're not gonna just sit and talk, you know, but if you're like, you know, you had a meeting, you're like,

let's just go get coffee, you know, something. Yeah. You need something. Even if you're offering something in water, you're doing something like, cause it's just, what are we doing well that's what's great

about cigars too is it's like at night time it's a thing you can gather with people and do and and not drink yeah and they're healthy yeah yeah that's what i like about it is the health benefits natural you know grown from the earth tobacco yeah Yeah. Oh, it is all those things. Just good old, yeah, it is. It's toasted. Yeah. Did you ever see that? No.

All right. Do you smoke cigar at home alone? I would like to, but my wife really cracks down on it. So I have to go do things just so I can have the cigar. Yeah. And then try to hide it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is not easy to do. do dusty won't share ice cream with

his pregnant wife well what i do do we had this debate recently but i do buy her her own ice cream yeah and then she wants mine yeah and i go well i don't like your flavor as much but then what she does is she doesn't eat hers so i end up it, even though I don't like the flavor because it sits in there for too long and I eat it. Yeah. So it's a real debate because I'm like, don't eat mine because you have your own. And then I eat both of ours. I do. I tell when I like when I'm going to go to McDonald's and I'm like set on like I'm eating this McDonald's.

I'll tell Laura, do you want something? I go, I'm not giving you. Yeah. So make the decision now. But when I come back, you're not going to, because every time it's like, well, maybe I'll have a bite of it. You know what I mean? Yeah.

I'm locked in. Yeah. Sometimes you just got to buy an extra thing just because you know. Just because you know it'll happen. You know, they're going to come. She's going to come like a dog. They just sit there and stare at you. And you're like, you better.

Yeah. And you go, what are you doing? Yeah, I hate it. I have a whole system with my ice cream. If you buy a Ben and Jerry's, like a peanut butter cup or a chocolate chip cookie dough, it's got these little chunks in there. And if my wife wants a bite, she's going to want a bite with the chunk in there. Of course. And she's not going to want a vanilla bite. No. but it's never just one bite it's two or three so now i'm giving up two

or three chunks and there's only so many chunks in there i'm working it out as i go through i'm cutting chunks in half so that i can have one with every bite she messes up the ratio yeah you have a system that you kind of like i like you you getting a little routine of how you eat in there. Whatever you do. Like, yeah, I do the same thing where you go. If I know how much something is in there and then I'm like prepared myself to

like, all right, I'm gonna have this tonight. Yeah. And then it's like, you go in there and it's gone. And I mean, it's,

I would drive to Kansas in the middle of the night to fix this problem. Cause you're like, I wanted, I don't, sometimes I'll have, I wanted, I don't, sometimes I'll have to tell myself, I'm like, maybe it won't be there. Yeah. So I won't, then I won't, then I can like already like let myself down easy instead of just like, all right, here we go. I'm about to eat this thing. And then it's gone. Yeah. I've said to my wife before, we would be like eating cake.

And I'll go, I don't need to be eating this cake. And then later on that night, I'll go, oh, there's some cake in there. And I'll go in there. It's gone. She goes, oh, I threw it out. You said you don't need to be eating it. Threw it out. And I'm like, what?

It's the most devastating thing. Yeah. I can get cake anywhere. But in the moment, it's like, I can't believe you threw the cake out threw it out that's crazy were you running out of space in the fridge I don't think so

she said you said you didn't want to be eating this I'm like yeah I said it yeah I was just talking I say a lot of things we're having a conversation you gotta say I don't mean it. Yeah. You got to say, I shouldn't be in this. I will decide when this will be thrown out.

Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You do have to get specific. My mom used to just put, write no on stuff growing up. She didn't want us to eat it with a Sharpie.

Yeah. But it's in there. It's in there. That's almost a little bit of a torture. Yeah. When you turn it upside down, it's on. Yeah, that's right. There's a joke about that. Yeah, I feel like you've told that.

I've heard that somewhere. Yeah, well, we've talked. We have a relationship outside of the podcast. Oh, okay. Dusty, why don't you tell us a little bit about those frames? Oh, yeah. There we go. We've got two ads for frames.

Glasses, picture frames. Yeah. We're framing it up out here. Framing it up. Let's talk about some famous Minnesotans. All right. Who do you guys think of? Who's somebody that comes to mind?

Jesse the Body. Yeah, that's who I would have thought of. I thought Prince. Prince jumps out to me. That's who I would have thought. I didn't even think about Jesse the Body. I thought Jesse. Who's Jesse the Body? Jesse Ventura. Oh, i've never heard him called the body that was his wrestling

name jesse the body oh i had no idea i know mainly as a governor that's so funny i forgot about him uh well i thought of prince um paisley park that's somewhere else you could go nate that's his home that's kind of like graceland? Where you can go take tours and stuff like that. Yeah. Um, that's not too far from Minneapolis, about a 20 minute drive. I also think of Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan is from Minnesota.

From Duluth, Minnesota. Is that right? Uh, I didn't write down where he's from, but he's from Minnesota. I think up in that area, we did a,

me and Aaron did a gig up there in Duluth, uh, at the, uh, I forget what it's called. The Irish pub. Yeah. Yeah. I, yeah, I forget what it's called. The Irish Pub. Yeah. Yeah, I might have even said Kirby Puckett.

Oh, yeah. I don't know if he's from there. Minnesota Twins guy. I don't think he's from there, but he played, obviously, for the Twins. He played against the Braves back in the day. That World Series killed me. I was a Braves fan as a kid. They were always terrible.

91, they turned it around, worst to first. Yeah. Seven-game World Series and and twins, one and seven. Didn't he lose an eye or something? He did. Kirby Pock? Kirby did? Yeah.

Old pig eye. He was blinded. He was at least blinded in an eye. Pig eye? What's it? Old pig eye. That's what we think of it. From a foul ball, was it?

I thought he had some type of weird disease, like some type of eye disease that caused it. Yeah. What a shame. Like, didn't his playing playing days or at the end i guess like it was after he retired yeah but he still would have liked to use the eye i think well you know my dad died yeah yeah he died in 2006 oh at 45 45 so young man forced to retire in 96 at age 36 due to loss of vision in one eye

from a central retinal vein occlusion you know my dad tore a retina in his eye too he had surgery on it but they he had to have

several surgeries not today and it he has scar tissue he can barely see out of that eye yeah well

had to stop hunting because he can't see through a scope that's crazy he's from Chicago that's close enough to Minneapolis such a good name man Kirby Puckett He had to stop hunting because he can't see through a scope. That's crazy. He's from Chicago. That's close enough to Minneapolis. Such a good name, man.

Kirby Puckett is a great baseball name. Kirby, maybe think about Kirby. Kirby Slay. Kirby Slay. What about Puckett? Oh, Puckett. Puckett. Yeah, Puckett Slay. Puckett.

My kids, Daisy and Puckett. Daisy and Kirby. You see Daisy and Kirby. Daisy and Puckett. Daisy and Kirby. You see Daisy and Kirby. Daisy and Kirby, yeah. Chris Rock used to have a joke saying there's two black people in Minnesota, Prince and Kirby Puckett. Judy Garland's from Minnesota. Oh, yeah. Garrison Keillor.

Garrison Keillor, yeah. Prairie Home Companion. Yeah. Had a a girl told me i talk like him one time oh yeah a little bit yeah sort of your energy is the same yeah your voices don't sound alike would you listen to that it's funny prairie home companion growing up in the car yeah there we go what are you talking about? I can see that. Did you not listen to that? No. Are you out of your mind?

I would catch it on Sundays. He was on the show. I was on the show. It's right above my head. Yeah. But with Chris Thiele. But I mean, I never heard of it. Y'all weren't an NPR family?

Lake Wobbegon? Is that it? Yeah. Would you listen to public radio? Nah. Yeah. Not you listen to public radio? No. Yeah. Not growing up. I did listen to it a little bit on the road when I only had regular radio.

Yeah. On a Sunday, you find this, you're like, this is actually pretty good listening. This is the difference. We'd also listen to Car Talk on NPR, too. You ever listen to that? No. No, we didn't. I don't know if I knew what NPR was.

I don't think it existed when I was a kid. Yeah. I was a kid. The only talk radio was Paul Harvey. Yeah. That was the only talk. I remember that. My parents were listening.

Yeah. I figure you liked Bell. Is it Al Bell? After Hours? I remember hearing about that. Oh, is that like Coast to Coast? Coast to Coast, yeah. I'd be into that.

I never figured out how you can find Coast to Coast. Yeah. I remember someone telling me about that like coast to coast? Coast to coast, yeah. I'd be into that. I never figured out how you can find coast to coast. Yeah. Yeah, I remember someone telling me about that, coast to coast. Yeah, but Prairie Home Companion is fun. Yeah. I've done the show. It's very fun. I just, it's, you know, I think it's a certain.

I don't even know what it really is. Your clientele is. It's just a made up show As I can see A family that goes to fast food One time a year Yeah And they all went to Notre Dame

And all Like Yeah I think It makes sense It makes sense Uh huh You know

Yeah Oh it does Oh yeah That's fair What was your meal at McDonald's The one time a year Oh dude I would go It's when the dollar menu was hot I think Icdonald's the one time a year oh dude i would go that's when

the dollar menu was hot i think i just you went economical the one time a year well i know you could just go i'd put in some work on that dollar yeah yeah i'm just saying multiple dollars order it used to be very common to just order off of that i got you i got you i thought you'd like guys want to save us money so no this is fat tuesday it's not a fat tuesday y'all have a budget or was it kind of i don't think so yeah maybe my parents did but we we weren't thinking about it is that what fat tuesday is it's mardi gras yeah but like it it means to eat as much as well we're about to we're about to go into 40 days of lent okay so it's, yeah, you live it up before. And Ash Wednesday, which is the day after Fat Tuesday, it's like a day of fasting.

Okay. So the idea is you go in on Fat Tuesday because you got 40 days coming up where you're supposed to hold it back. Oh, see, I've read that. That's like the worst thing to do just for torture of yourself because on the day before you expand the stomach. Well, I think that's part of it. And then the next day you fast.

So you're like, oh, so you think it's all about- Trying to make the fast more meaningful. Okay. All right. I don't think so. They're like, would you give up, Aaron? He goes, not McDonald's. Charles Schultz, Creator Peanuts.

Oh, yeah. Okay. Laura Ingalls. Laura Ingalls Wilder. Okay. Yeah. You know who that is? I know that name What did she do?

Little House on the Prairie Okay yes That's the prairie I watched Yeah We watched Little House on the Prairie A lot of prairies Did you watch that? You wouldn't have

I know my mom would I remember watching it I remember there was a watermill Yeah Yeah You watched it Was it live when you watched it? It was like Was it J jr martin there wrote game of thrones as the show was going like you would add what's going on with the house of the prairie when did it when did it air in the

70s and early 80s yes i'm saying you watched it live oh i thought you meant like like i was out of the prairie happening in 1800s oh yeah i did yeah, I did watch it. Yeah, I mean, yeah. There'd be a cliffhanger, and I'd have to wait. That's so funny. Oh, that is funny. I mean, maybe we— Albert got hooked on drugs once. Yeah.

He did. What was—I remember that guy, Lant— Michael Landon. Michael Landon. My mom loved Michael Landon. Well, I mean, dude, he was on fire. Like, he did that Seventh Heaven, right? He was on that?

Highway to Heaven. I don't think he was on Seventh Heaven. Oh, he wasn't? Highway to Heaven. What's Highway? Oh, yeah. He was an angel. Yeah.

He went from this to an angel? Well, he was an angel in this. He was on Bonanza, which is one of the biggest Westerns ever. Oh, yeah. Then he does Little House on the Prairie. Yeah. Then Highway to Heaven. Bonanza's great. I does Little House on the Prairie. Yeah. Then Highway to Heaven. Bonanza's great.

I remember this girl on the top left. She looks familiar. Yeah, that's Melissa Gilbert, who played Laura Ingalls. Okay. Wait, Laura Ingalls was the little girl at the top left there? Is she the main character of the show? Yeah. Okay, and this show, four kids?

Wait, the top, the girl? Yeah. The little girl? Yeah. Is the Laura Ingurie i think that's the main one that's mary below her sister okay yeah she's blind is she really that's why she's looking a different way than everyone else in the picture she becomes blind on the show yeah oh this is a big thing in minnesota hay fever or something yellow fever blindness is really a big theme in the state of Minnesota. Yeah.

Oh, pig eyes. They cuss what they call her. Pig eyes. Pig eye, Kirby Puckett, Mary Ingalls. Yeah. Something's going on. Something's happening.

What's going on there? Too many lakes. Yeah, we'd watch like, uh, uh, I mean, I guess I watched this probably live too. When was it?

70s and early 80s. Yeah. Nah, you weren't. You weren't watching this live. Your parents might've been.? 70s and early 80s. Yeah. Nah, you weren't. You weren't watching this live. Your parents might have been. You seeped some of it in. Yeah. We watched, I mean, I watched Andy Griffith and like, I remember like Dick Van Dyke and

all that, but I guess it would have. You weren't watching Andy Griffith live. It was like Nick at night. Yeah. Yeah. Matlock maybe. Yeah. I mean, those were all on reruns all the time.

Yeah. Yeah. Matlock probably when I was a kid. That was because Andy was old in that. Oh yeah. It was the 90s. Yeah. Matlock, maybe. Yeah. I mean, those were all on reruns all the time. Yeah. Matlock probably when I was a kid. That was because Andy was old in that. Oh, yeah. It was the 90s. Yeah. Oh, was it really?

Yeah. Man. When I was a player, they blew up the town at the end. Some developer's going to come in, take over it on the town. They're like, let's just blow it up. Is this supposed to be in the 70s? I don't think. What time period is this?

The 1800s. Okay. Like the 1870s. But the show aired in the 70s. I didn't dress like that as a kid. Look at when the show aired. Yeah. I just want to see the dates.

Because it was. It aired from. 74. 74 to 83 yeah do Dick Van Dyke or like you know because I remember

I thought it was in the 60s they married Tyler Moore it's a clown from the 60s you're hung up on this he's still alive

that's crazy yeah 1925. 1925, the show. Yeah, the show aired from 61 to 66. Wow. 158 episodes, five seasons. This is where he comes in and he falls over the chair.

Yeah. I've seen that a few times. It's a great intro. It is. Oh, yeah. It was, yeah, because I wonder what was the TV schedule back then. Carl Reiner created the convention? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was. Yeah, because I was like, I wonder what was like, what was a TV schedule? Carl Reiner created the. Yeah.

Yeah. It's crazy. And he was on the show. He tried to. I was I just watched some of the the Maritime War thing. And I think the Dick Van show he created and he wanted to be in it. And then they just told him, we'll do the show, but we don't want you in it. And he goes, all right. And then it's this. But to be in it and then they just told him we'll do the show but we don't want you in it and he goes all right and then it's this but he was in it he was his boss i believe

they didn't he wanted to play the main guy the main guy on a show called the dick vent action yeah well there's one problem carl well i'm saying like but he was like He thought Base it around him Yeah it's based around him They just changed the name It was off his thing And then he And they were like no

You know where the Mary Tyler Moore show was set? Where? Minneapolis Minneapolis Oh really? I didn't know I didn't know either

But I just felt like That's a good guess Yeah Was he Was she still married to him? Or Mary Tyler Moore Sure was Oh like

You know what Maybe I do know That was Cause I remember watching that She was like Had a real jaw Was she still married to him? Mary Thomas Shore was, oh, like, you know what? Maybe I do know. That was, because I remember watching that. She was like, had a real job. Yeah, it was like a big feminist thing that she was single. Yeah. She, you know, had her own job, independent.

Yeah. She worked at a TV station. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. That's right. That's right. Oh, she died. Oh, yeah, that's right She Oh She died Oh yeah that's right

She did die Yeah I really liked her She was like I mean I think Everybody loved her Mary Tyler Moore Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm Winona Ryder Is from Winona, Minnesota Wow Oh see Did they Did they name the town after her other way around other way she was named after the city she was in yep it's a weird move nashville sleigh that could be

yeah i don't know yeah opa like a sleigh yeah dude opa like a sleigh is pretty awesome yeah let everybody call him opie opie i don't like opie you don't like opie nah it's too opie taylor really ruined it like andy griffith opie yeah and it's i to me it's forever ruined yeah ruined he's a great character yeah but he's like uh i bet even it in both i mean that guy is you could be he's hollywood like ron howard yeah he's you know he's as a kid he's in the biggest show ever created to go to more biggest shows to go do movies yep that he's in movies uh created to then uh start making movies that are the craziest movies of all time and now his daughter's starring in movies yeah and he did the new some of the new star wars stuff too ron howard did directed he's got his hand in just about everything huh yeah a little loping so the dakota wars was a fight between the sioux indians and

u.s settlers that happened in what's now minnesota and this is the one where nate's great great great ancestor andrew j myrick m-y-r-i-cC-K, ran a store. And when they were hungry, the Native Americans asked for food. He said, let them eat grass. Wow. Yeah, that's crazy, dude. That is crazy. If you're listening, go look up this guy. He looks just like me.

Andrew Myrick. There's all these conspiracy videos where they will show old pictures like this and then new actors and they'll say they're cloning people if they put you beside this guy they could easily say they're cloning this guy this guy was alive in the 1800s yeah told the native americans to eat grass they're cloning him it's uh it looks like i like someone photoshopped it. It does. Yeah.

Like, I don't even know if I believe. Like, you're like, this ain't what this guy looked like. We've talked about this on previous episodes. Somebody made a movie poster and put your face on him. You can't tell the difference. But that's what, are you sure that's not what happened on this one? No, this is from the Wikipedia entry right here. Nate can't even tell.

That's crazy. Can you tell? No, this is from the Wikipedia entry right here. Nate can't even tell. That's crazy. Can you tell? No. I mean, it's... I'd like to see a side-by-side of this. It's nice to go like... Nate, stand up. I'll put that together real quick.

It's nice to be able to see what, like, just a nice chin beard, no mustache, you know, kind of looks like. Just to get an idea of what it would look like on you? Yeah. I'll put together side by side. All right. All right.

Mall of America. It's the, still the largest mall in the U S and the entire Western hemisphere. Yeah. Anybody ever been, I have, I've not been. Yeah.

Dusty, you'd like this. The, uh, first episode of WCW, my name Nitro was shot there. Wow. At mall of America.

Yeah. Yeah. It's the, when you go do the comedy club there, house of comedy, there's a, you would say that you used to stay in a hotel, like kind of in the parking lot of the mall and you could walk over there.

But the mall America is great. It's, it's huge. It's a big mall. I was booked to do it, but you know, just some comedy club politics led me to, um,

not doing any of those. What are those clubs called? House of? House of Comedy. Yeah. So I don't have a problem with them, but just politics out of my control led me to not do any of those. Yeah.

They did. They got Acme too. Comedy club is considered most comics. I did it one time, but Acme is considered to be like I did it one time. Uh, but Acme is considered to be like one of the best clubs in the country. I did an open mic at Acme.

Uh, and it was unbelievable. I did five minutes, maybe less than that, maybe three minutes. And it was amazing. It is. Yeah. Minneapolis is Minnesota.

They great comedy town. A lot of people take specials there. Uh, in Minneapolis, in Minneapolis, I imagine St. Paul. And it's just, Minnesota's a great comedy town. A lot of people take specials there. In Minneapolis. In Minneapolis. I imagine St. Paul. It's just a... There's a club in St. Paul that I like a lot, too. I forget what it's called right now.

Aaron's done it, too. Laugh Camp. Yeah, it's really great. Yeah, I like it. I'm back there in February. Oh. There's a side-by-side. Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, just facial shape. Everything is spot on. Yeah. yeah i mean that's really something maybe it's the pictures backed up in a way but it looks like he even kind of combs his hair the same way just a different direction yeah yeah well america i had a cowlick. Yeah. I'm all Viore-ed up. You are. You are. Jacket, shorts, Viore. I'd like to get some more stuff because I have some shorts and a tank top, and I'm into it.

I don't get enough Florida trips for the tank top, but I love it. I mean, it is very comfortable. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota is considered the best hospital in the world. Yeah, why is considered the best hospital in the world. Yeah. Why is it there? Um, I read a little bit about the guy, Mayo was a doctor and, and I think he just settled there in Rochester and, and I think it's as simple as that. Started a hospital and it was just really good.

But they come best. Oh, they like to come from the mayonnaise family. That's a good question. I bet they did. That's how you keep customers. You keep feeding people mayo, and they keep going back to the hospital. But, I mean, there's two or three hospitals in the world outside of Nashville that I could name. That'd be one of them that I've heard of.

I don't know if I can name another. John Hopkins? Oh, there you go. Yeah. Sign up. East Alabama Medical Center. there you go. Yeah. Sign up. East Alabama Medical Center. There you go. That's where I was born.

Yeah. Minnesota had one of the- Summit. I mean, just, you know. One of those well-known UFO cases. Oh. Sheriff's deputy was out on patrol about 2 a.m. This is 1979.

Saw a beam of light on the road went toward it next thing you know i love he has a can of dip in his pocket oh yeah of course makes me believe him uh he was unconscious for 39 minutes when he woke up in his car his car and his watch had stopped for 14 minutes windshield was shattered and his headlight and red emergency light were damaged. And his car was all banged up and bent. Yeah, there's his car. The doctor said he had what seemed like welder's burn. And that car is now on display at the Marshallall county museum there it's called the ufo car

did uh did you see the vegas ufo yeah i did see that it's crazy oh there's uh i mean there's a whole news story and it's just like it's all you see people talk about it there's on the regular news in vegas and and it's like they don't know. They're just explaining what happened, and everybody's kind of like, it seems really weird. So this is a body cam footage of something going down. Yeah. And then the guy is like, all right, I think I saw that.

And then they call, uh, there's a nine one from this family and they're like, uh, Hey, uh, you know, it has huge eyes.

So it was eight foot, eight to 10. Oh, they saw the alien. Yeah. In their backyard, in the backyard, big guys,

eight to 10 feet tall. And, uh, and he's like, we're looking at them right now. It's like, you know, we're kind of like. And the policeman said, I wouldn't believe you, but one of my other officers saw something like this.

He also said alien. The light, that body cam footage caught that light. Yeah. So they've been seeing some strange stuff. I see. Yeah. And that, I mean, that's the, those guys, when you look at like their, yeah, I don know it's the call seemed too chill to me i don't i know but i don't

it's but it was like with the kind of you know they're like they're freaking out so it's like they're kind of losing it and they're so i don't know i don't know if i it's you know they're saying i'm saying you know it's, you know, they're saying, I'm saying, you know, it's like trying to get all the information out. If it was crazy, if it was like,

you know, like, ah, like that, that would be like, all right, now you're putting on a show. Yeah.

Like, I think these, these dudes do that. And there's like weird stuff. Like they were like, oh, they go into the backyard, I guess to show.

And they're like, well, because of, we can't show the backyard because of, uh, privacy stuff. And they're like, well, because of we can't show the backyard because of privacy stuff. And you're like, I've never heard of that. Yeah. So the police, their body cam, they go, we got to block the backyard out. Yeah.

And then, yeah, it's weird, man. It's crazy. It's. Yeah. I mean, and then like for the other because it was just like this thing comes down everybody sees that but it's like why are you

not like that's it's like how did they get all this stuff like picked up like is it alright if it's a light did come down so that's on the video so like there's no unless that's you know digitally whatever so this

light comes down all right so where's the wreckage from that stuff whatever it is saying if it's not an alien if it's just a meteor or something like that or whatever well there should be something on the ground and something falls from outer space, I would imagine, it's going to come to the ground. So, like, is there not other stuff there? I like that they

highlighted the tweet here they come. I mean, it really could be about anything. Yeah. I had not heard about this.

I did read where a meteorite, they usually burn up in the atmosphere, but I read where one hit the ground in New Jersey. Yeah. Just like like recently just in like the last few days at least it was there you know in new jersey yeah

uh you know in new jersey yeah that's fine yeah yeah he's at the stress factory this weekend, folks. The Minnesota Iceman was a man-like creature frozen in a block of ice. Half man, half animal. Oh, yeah? Yeah. They can't see it, though? Well, it was probably a sideshow hoax. The guy that would display it said they found it. Oh, and you paid to go see it.

Yeah. So it's probably not real, but it was a big thing i paid to see a cow with six legs one time oh yeah yeah little calf it says probably born like it's supposed to be twins yeah yeah but then it was born but it was absorbed the other one yeah but it did had two little legs thinking i was back they were wild yeah do you touch them i did touch it yeah well that's see my grandfather went to a Wilson County fair, probably in the 1920s. It's paid 10 cents to see a horse with its head where its tail should be a tail where its horse head should be.

He went in there. The tail was just in a trough of water. That was all it was like. It's just supposed to, it's just a joke. It's just like, cause that's supposed to be in his head eating. So that's all it was. So back then, I mean, at least yours was real. Yeah.

This thing was wild. I mean, I was a little kid, but it was, it was wild. I touched it. I was touching cows a lot back then. So it wasn't that weird to touch a cow. You're going to touch it either way. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Minnesota nice, which I'd never heard of until a couple weeks ago when Dusty mentioned it. Yeah. That's where you're basically really, really, really nice to people, to face, almost too nice, and then maybe not so nice behind their back. That's the bless your heart of Minnesota. Yeah.

Right. Yeah. Yeah. Who's the most legendary sports person from Minnesota, you would say? Kirby Puckett. Randy Moss. Kirk Cousins. Oh, Brett Favre.

He was up there for a minute. Yeah, but he's not. He's a Viking. I would say Kirby Puckett. What about the running back? Randall Cunningham. Adrian Peterson. Adrian Peterson.

Yeah, but they didn't win anything, though. No, that's true. Like, Kirby Puckett, you'd probably say, yeah, he's Donovan. No, no. Kevin Garnett. Who was, you'd probably say, yeah. He's Donovan. Kevin Garnett? Who was with?

I don't have an answer. Culpepper. Dante Culpepper. I mean, Dante Culpepper and Rennie Moss when they were there. And Chris Carter. Chris Carter, yeah. Chris Carter, yeah. I'd probably say Kirby Puckett.

Yeah, I might too. Herb Brooks is the coach of the hockey team. A miracle. Three national championships in the University of Minnesota, and he coached the 1980 Olympic team. And he's a legend there. Oh, yeah. They've had a couple of their football team.

They had one Heisman Trophy winner back in the 1940s. They've won seven national championships. In football? They've won seven national championships. In football? They've claimed seven national championships. Back in the day, anybody could. I mean, Vanderbilt has two, I think. We were pretty dominant back then. But in the 30s and the 40s, they... But Bruce Smith

is a white running back, so he wouldn't be winning today, but he won the Heisman Trophy in 1941. And Bronco Nagurski, we've heard of him. He played for Minnesota, and now there's the Bronco Nagurski Award for the best defensive player in the country. Wow. A tradition of excellence in Minnesota football. They have a hockey team. Anybody know the name? Wild. Yeah. I was hoping you would know. It's in St. Paul, I believe.

Okay. No, I think you're right. I was hoping you wouldn't know. It's in St. Paul. I believe. Okay. No, I think you're right. I know one of the major league teams is in St. Paul. Yeah. I couldn't remember which one. They got down to six finalists for the name. Blue Ox, Freeze, Northern Lights, Voyagers, White Bears, and Wild. And they went with the Wild. They went with the weakest one, in my opinion.

The blue ox? Yeah. That probably feels like... It could be the blue oxen, right? Or is it just the singular ox? Who's the mascot for the wild? You should have it be a blue ox. Yeah.

I don't know what the mascot is for the wild. I think it's just a paw print. Well, they gotta have something out there. Well, no. It looks while. I think it's just a paw print. Well, they got to have something out there. Well, no. It looks like, yeah, it's some kind of. But what would be the thing running around out there in the. It's like a predator.

In the rink. Yeah, that should be. It looks like the Predators logo. Oh, I see that now. I've just. Yeah, a little cat. But what is their mascot? The actual thing that dances around or whatever? Yeah.

Let me look it up. Yeah. Oh. Some me look it up. They, yeah. Oh, that's some kind of little cat. Yeah. It's just the cat. It should be a blue ox.

It should be a lake. A blue ox. Yeah. Yeah. One of the lakes. Yeah. I don't think Minnesota lakes. Yeah.

Minnesota lakes with the Paul Bunyan. 11,000 lakes. Yeah. 11,000 lakes. Yeah. Minnesota Lakes with Paul Bunyan. 11,000 lakes. Yeah, 11,000 lakes. Yeah. I don't mind the name Wild. Yeah. Timberwolves are named that because there's more Timberwolves in Minnesota

than any other state except Alaska. Okay. But Alaska's not going to have a team anytime soon, I think. Yeah. So the Vikings are tied with the Bills for most Super Bowl losses without ever winning a Super Bowl. Wow. Pretty crazy.

As long as they've been around, they've never won a Super Bowl. The Bills have never won? No. That's too bad. Yeah. A couple more. Well, the richest Minnesotan. Oh.

Curvy pocket. Is it the richest Minnesotan. Oh. Curvy pocket. Is it an entertainer? No. Okay. Is it like an entrepreneur? Warren Buffett. Is it someone that we could possibly guess? I don't think so.

I mean, maybe. That was the right question. Have you heard of Warren Buffett? This is a waste of our time. I am personally, but he's a multi-billionaire. He owns the Timberwolves and the right question. Have you heard of him before? Is this a waste of our time? I am personally, but I don't... He's a multi-billionaire. He owns the Timberwolves and the Lynx. What's he done?

What's something else he's done? He created Taylor Corporation. Mr. Taylor. Yeah. Is that his name? Yeah, his name's Glenn Taylor. Glenn Taylor. Oh, Glenn Taylor.

Oh, Glenn. You've heard of him? Played for the Eagles. I haven't. Oh, no. Self-made businessman. Yeah. Wow, well, good Oh, Glenn. You've heard of him? Played for the Eagles. I haven't. Oh, no. Self-made businessman. Yeah. Wow.

Well, good job, Glenn. It was the Star Tribune, the Timberwolves, and the Lynx. That's the WNBA team. Okay. Never heard of this guy. He was a state senator. That's the way he likes it. And he's a billionaire.

Some TV shows and movies set in Minnesota. Mary Tyler Moore show yeah Little House on the Prairie Coach oh yeah Tony Shalhoub yeah we loved Coach we did watch Coach

Tony Shalhoub was on Coach I don't know okay I loved Tony Shalhoub I thought he was yeah Coach was we watched

Wings is what you're thinking about yeah Wings I loved Wings wasn't Wings and Coach were they related about. Yeah. Wings. I love Wings. Wasn't Wings and Coach, were they related in any way? Probably the same time period. Same time. I thought they were like sister shows.

I think different networks. But they're twin shows. Yeah, these are great shows. Coach was great. Jerry Van Dyke was so funny. He was. So funny. That's the older man on Coach?

Must be your dad a little bit. He plays such a great straight man, a little dumb, but very funny. Yeah. He's called your dad dumb, but he's playing a character. Yeah. Is it a Cheers spinoff Coach was? Mm-mm. But there's a guy on Cheers named Coach?

Yeah. Totally unrelated to- That was the first season of Cheers. He was Woody Harrelson before Woody Harrelson came. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. Coach was Craig T. Nelson.

Oh, okay. It was a- And they had a guy named Dauber on there. Didn't they have a guy named Dauber? Dauber. He was assistant coach. Yeah. What were the years of when this-

When Coach was on? Yeah, yeah. Coach was on from 89 to 97. Yeah. Yeah, we used to watch that a lot at my dad's house. When was Wings? Wings was on USA Network. It was on NBC.

Great show. Oh, was it? You're probably watching the reruns. Yeah, maybe I did watch the reruns. 90 to 97, Wings was. Same time. Yeah, so about... And it was on NBC.

Yeah. Yeah. Maybe I did watch it on USA. Yeah, it was great. I don't know. Oh, wow. That's fun. And there it was great. I don't know. Oh, wow. That's fun. And there's some movies.

Muddy Ducks. It's a great one. Like all of the Muddy Ducks there. Every hockey movie. There's at least one scene in Minnesota. Juno.

Oh, it's a great movie. You seen that? Mm hmm. All right. Yeah. Purple Rain. Prince. Yeah. And it's comed Mm-hmm. All right. Yeah. Purple Rain. Yeah. Prince.

Yeah. And it's comedians from Minnesota. Mitch Hedberg, Louis Anderson, Al Franken, Chad Daniels. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Very funny. Pete Lee. Is he from over there? Yeah. He's from Wisconsin, maybe. I don't know. It's another comedy club. Goonies.

They used to be in Rochester. May still be. Had a good time there. Been there a few times. All right. I wanted to get that in. I'm glad you did. I'm glad you did.

Goonies needs a shout out. Rochester needs a shout out. Yeah. And you're going to be there all week, right? I'll be there all week. Sioux City, St. Paul, Minnesota, Minneapolis. I forget the name of the place, but it's... I think it's the Ordon Center.

Yeah. We'll be there all week, like Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Two shows each night. So come on down. I think there's one show that's not sold out, I believe. It's crazy. So, yeah, I'll be there. All that stuff.

I'm at Zaney's in Chicago this Sunday. First time ever there. Downtown Chicago. Father's Day? Father's Day. Bring your dad. Bring your dad. Bring your wife.

Bring your kids if you can. I know you can't get in, but... But do bring your dads. Yeah, definitely bring your dads. Yeah. I'm corporate this week. I'm working. Working.

I want you to know I'm working. Bristol, Tennessee. Blue Ridge Comedy Club. Coming up. If you're in Bristol. Come on by. Well, I'm still off right now because I'm expecting a baby anytime.

Matter of fact, by the time this podcast comes out, I could have had a baby. I don't know. But, so I'm still off, but I got some dates on the calendar. Dustyslay.com.

Go check it out. Second half of the year is blowing up. It's going to be hot. Yeah. Yeah. You will be working. I will be. I mean, I could be working right now.

You could be working right now. I canceled gigs because my wife is pregnant, and I was like, well, I better be home. But there's dates coming up, and it is about to get real hot. Don't look at the time as a time of weakness from Dusty Slay. No. Oh, no. I'm ready to get real hot. Don't think, don't look at the time as a time of weakness from Dusty Slick. No. Oh, no. It's. I'm ready to get back out there.

I mean, every day I'm at home, my wife is having me do things. I mean, I'd never experienced it quite like this because I'm not a guy that's at home every day.

I'm not a husband that's at home all the time. I'm working. She'd ask if she smokes cigars in the house now. I know. I clean my nails out with a pocket knife

before coming to this podcast. I mean, I've been working. Yeah. Yeah. All right. That's it. Thank you all. We love you.

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