The Nateland Podcast - 255: #255 Hobbies featuring Mike James

Episode Date: June 4, 2025

This week, Nate and Dusty are both missing but fellow comedian and friend of the pod, Mike James steps in to have fun with the guys. Brian does more bad celebrity impressions, Mike attempts to speak Spanish, and Aaron attempts to play piano on his laptop. Plus, the guys delve into the topic of Hobbies by debating what constitutes a hobby, discussing the 5 Hobby Rule, and sharing each of their personal hobbies. Pestie: https://pestie.com/nate. For 10% off your order, go to https://pestie.com/nate. Harrys: Harrys.com/NATE Get the shaving products that always deliver. Get Harry’s. That’s our exclusive link, harrys.com/NATE, for a $5 Trial Set. Square: square.com/go/nate Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/nate! #squarepod #ad DeleteMe: joindeleteme.com/NATE Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to joindeleteme.com/NATE and use promo code NATE at checkout.

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Domestic data roaming at 2G speeds. Price guarantee applies to then current base monthly rate. Additional terms and conditions apply. Hello folks and hey bear, welcome in to the Nate land podcast. We're back and better than ever, there's an energy in the studio today. There's just an, a tangible feeling of hope and optimism and just feeling good. And I hope we can ride that wave for the next let's do three or four hours. Sure.

What do you think? Sure. I'm Aaron Weber alongside Brian Bates and Dusty's gone. Nate's gone. We had to get somebody tall enough to fill their shoes. We got the very funny Mike James in the studio today. Mike, welcome back buddy. I appreciate you having me.

You're a long time friend of Brian and me and Brian. And yeah, I was about to say, you were going to say just Brian. Yeah, you and Brian go way back. We just met before the episode, but excited to have you on here. Man, very funny comic here from Nashville. He's been on the road with Nate. He's been doing stand-up forever. He's a staple of the Nashville comedy scene

and a returning guest to the Nate Land podcast. So this will be a lot of fun. Yeah, man, I appreciate you having me. You know, if the Nate Land tour put together aball team. Yeah, you think Mike makes it? I would hope so Now I'm not gonna play Yeah, no, I think Mike could be third pick yes So then you get what Nick Nick Nick Thune is say Nick

I got Nick noicki running point. You, Nick Thune, Lachlan Patterson, Johnny W. That's four tall guys. Pretty tall guys. Johnny's taller than you think he is. He's disappointingly tall. You know what I mean?

You walk in and you're like, ugh. For what? That's what you get if you're like, yeah. For what? That's what it, that's what you get. If you're not playing ball. Yeah. You're just that tall for no reason. You're not going to do, you're not going to do that with that height, man. You're already on a stage, Johnny.

You don't need to be six three to play guitar. How much attention do you need? That's so wild. How often do you get asked where you played in college? Every day, literally every day, unless unless I leave I don't leave the house I'm gonna get it from somebody and did you play collegiate basketball? Yeah, I played a d3 University shut out the fist. Yeah, and of all state. Okay, you know, it's funny ball state You know Nate went there. Yeah, and then

Billy Wayne Davis went there. And he like, we didn't even realize it, but he was playing baseball at the same time I was, I was really basketball. And then we started thinking about it. We started talking about it. I was like, I do remember him. Really? Yeah. Yeah. He was a catcher. It's like a theater school for standup comics. Yeah. That's pretty crazy. The three of you basically around the same time. Yeah. What about Hunter's Lane? Same thing with Hunter's Lane. That's a high school here in Nashville, right?

Yeah. Yeah. Renard Hirsch, Brian Covington, myself, Ron Ron, Mosley. Really? Everybody there? That's crazy. That's crazy, man. So people ask you every day, but they're correct. So they're not even, you know, they're stereotyping. I mean, it's just like, you know, I'm not playing now.

Yeah. Yeah. So I don't want to, I don't want to get into all that. Like, well, why aren't you still playing? I know. Yeah. But I feel like I'll be walking to the airport and I'll see a six foot 10 black dude.

And I want to say to him, come on, where'd you play? Yeah. Yeah. That's understandable. I'm just curious. That's understandable. What are you doing with that height? Yeah. Six, 10, come on man.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

That's fine. You can do that. Were you scared too? Yeah. Cause it doesn't come off as something you should do, but I'm like, I really want to know if I'm being honest. Yeah. I mean, if he's six, now if he's 5'11", then you're like, okay.

Did you play basketball somewhere? I assumed you played Stanley from the office. Come on now, 6'10", I get that though. Okay. So what's the cutoff for allowable height? 6'2 and up? I mean, I think if you notice it. Yeah. I mean, yeah. If you're like, this guy's like, if he's nil, if he has to duck down and walk in the rooms, yeah, two and up. I mean, I think if you notice it, yeah. I mean, yeah. If you're like this guy's like, if he's Neil, if he has to duck down and walk in the rooms, yeah, it's okay. I'm not going up to Johnny Dabby and say, where'd you play?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he's just tall enough where it's like, I mean, six, three is kind of, yeah, that's like average tall. Yeah. If that makes sense.

Six, three is average average tall among tall people. Right. Yeah. Average average. Yeah. Okay. I would say that's tall. Yeah. If that makes sense. Six, three is average. Average tall. Among tall people. Right. Average. Yeah. I would say that's true. Yeah. Like if you're walking through the airport, you're not going to notice a six,

three guy most likely. Right. But six, five and above you're like, yeah. Yeah. Six, five and starts to, where are you going? Yeah. Yep. Yeah.

Especially like, like I was in Utah. Oh yeah. It's like the only tall person, the only black person. That's right. Yeah, especially like I was in Utah. Oh yeah. I was like the only child person, the only black person. And everybody was like, what are you doing here? It was like. I went to Alaska with Jay Flake,

who's a black comic here in Nashville. Only black person we saw the whole time. And then we walked. And he didn't even get to see him. He says, only black person we saw the whole time. He didn't We walked to see him. He says the only black person we saw the whole time. He didn't even get poor Jay. He had to go to a mirror. He's I didn't see any black people.

We were walking around downtown, catch a can Alaska, and we're walking past the store, it's like a jewelry store and there's a black guy running it and Jay walks by and he looks and the store owner looks at him and they just point at each other, nothing else needed to be said. It was just an acknowledgement of like, we're out here doing it. Yeah, man. Be safe. That's all it is. Well, listen, we're holding it down here in the studio.

Nate, as you know, is, uh, he's on his big dumb eyes tour, uh, huge shows. Have you been doing a some with them? Yeah. Yeah. Recently. Yeah, we did a Dayton, um, uh, the Ozarks. Yeah. Yeah.

Ozarks, the Walmart amphitheater. And then, uh, yeah. And Rogers. I heard John Chris bombed on that show. Is that true? No, it was, it was, it was nuts when he came out. I'm sure they just wrapped up shows in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Chattanooga, Tennessee shows.

Oh, you were on the shows. How'd they go? Full disclosure. The reason it's the three of us here is we're doing this during Memorial Day week. The schedules, everybody's schedules are crazy. Brian and I don't have a lot going on. So we hopped in here. Mike was nice enough. But I was on the shows with Nate and Fayetteville and Chattanooga. Stayed in elevation for me when I came out. That's awesome, dude. But not when you were done. Not when you left. They're like, we stood up once for them. No, no, no, no. But then when Nate was done, they started chanting, Brian, Brian.

Really? Yeah. I don't think Nate liked it, but you know, you got to do what the people asked. So that was your last weekend with Nate, probably. Check out nateland.com. He's coming to a city near you. The tour is, uh, it's crazy, man. It's a, the hour's unbelievable, but just the, the size of the show and

the production and everything, it's a, it's a spectacle. It is. Hope you can see it. Also, Greg Warren's new special, the champ is out now. It's getting great, great reviews. It just had a write-up in the New York times. Uh, comments are great. It's just Brian and I were talking last weekend.

We were both watching it. So funny, man. Greg is inspirational. Yeah. The, uh, the, the substitute, not the substitute, the, uh, the assistant fishing coach, like he didn't even like the act out of that was so perfect because everybody knows the assistant coach, the X just like that. Yes.

Like they're too important. Oh my gosh, dude. Oh, and then the cheer that he put with it. Yeah. Oh, he kept going with the dude. That was, that is so funny. And we've got other great Nate land specials from Aaron Weber, Nick Thune, Steven Rogers, all on the Nate land YouTube channel.

Don't forget to check out the consumers every Tuesday. Don't make me come back there every Thursday and a trick entities podcast, which is not on here, but it is happening. It's today. It's on Wednesday. Yeah. I don't know if I like that. I think we got to take Wednesday back.

Yeah. You know what I mean? Not like we just got a reassert dominance. Yeah, let's give him Sunday morning or something. And then we got a very special season three of Nate Land Presents, The Showcase. That's June 22nd through the 24th. We're going to be hosting those. We got great lineups.

I was just looking at the lineups today. A lot of really funny comics on there. I'm excited to see what they're going to do. Check out the merch at natebargetti.com. Check out the site for new drops. If you're coming to a show, come find us at the merch table. We are out here, Nate Land's cooking cooking and this episode is no exception, man. It's We are

Rolling if you say it's going well enough times it starts to happen Now this comes out next week June 4th, but I know you were on the road this past weekend with Godfrey. Yeah. How are those shows? Man, amazing. Uh, Raleigh Improv, like that was my first time ever in Raleigh. Yeah. Um, so I didn't know what to expect, but it was a, like, I loved that club.

Yeah. You worked at that club? I've done good nights in Raleigh. I've never done Raleigh Improv. Okay. It's huge. Yeah, it is. I've never done it where they haven't curtained off right in the middle of the room. Oh really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's massive. Okay. It's huge. Yeah, it is. I've never done it where they haven't curtain off right in the middle of the room.

Oh really? Yeah. It's massive. Okay. Yeah. It was, it was a great, Godfrey was, you know, he's, he's, um, he's taping his special, um, in, um, June, so he's getting that, that hour ready. It's hilarious.

So, yeah, awesome. Good stuff, man. I saw him. Yeah, this is hilarious. So yeah, good stuff, man. I saw him. It's just like, no. Yeah, this is great, man. Yeah, no follow-up. Yeah, that was it.

Well, I was gonna say, I saw Godfrey at- Putting it up. That's all I had to say about that. I guess the first and only time I've seen Godfrey live was at the Comedy Celleller in New York. Oh, did he kill it? I didn't know who he was at the time. This was like 15 years ago, maybe.

And I'm like, this guy is unbelievable. And then, of course, I've just heard about him over the years. And then you've been working with him for a few years now. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like right before the pandemic started working with them. I opened for Godfrey Valentine's day at Zany's. Mike featured, I hosted, and the sound guy came back and was like, what kind of music do you want?

And I jokingly was like, Oh, maybe some classical. And then Godfrey named classical composers for maybe 10 minutes straight. He just kept naming them. And I was trying to jump in. I thought it was like a let's both do it kind of thing. It was a him doing it. I just sat back and let him go. He kept naming composers.

Yeah, dude. Yeah. This dude knows a lot of stuff. Learned, I think would be the word. Yeah. You know what I mean? He's learned. Is that a real word? Yeah. Learned? Yeah. He's learned stuff. Yeah. You know what I mean? He's learned. Is that a real word?

Yeah. Learned? Yeah. He's learned stuff. Okay. Learned. Yeah. Educated.

So it's the past tense of learn. Wait, hold on. You, did you know that? I guess we're not learning. I, neither of you are learning it, I guess. Learned. Learned? Yes.

How about that? Having much knowledge acquired by study. Clearly I haven't learned it. It's funny that it's a word that kind of defines what's going on right now. Yeah. Well, it's kind of a, it's a pretentious way to say it. Oh, so now I'm learned. Okay.

Yeah. Now you're learned. You've been. I don't like that. I just don't. If somebody ever said that to me, like if I knew, if I knew that was a word before you said it, I would have been so mad at you just for saying it just because it just learned it. The fact that we're both just here for the first time means no one's ever said it to us. Yeah.

Like, how dare you learn it. It sounds like we're both just here for the first time means no one's ever said it to us. Yeah. How dare you. Learned. It sounds like you're saying it incorrectly. Yeah, it does. Like some forced couple saying. You say it that way, hoping somebody tries to correct you. So here's the ridiculous. Uh-uh.

Oh, okay. So it's learned. Yes. But it's spelled learned. Right. So, okay. Now, if you're saying I learned a new word today, you wouldn't say I learned it a new word, but learn it as an adjective to describe a person.

Why don't you spell it different? See, I don't, when you start doing all this, like it's the same word. It's the same word that you, that little dot is not going to be in there, right? No. Right. So it's the same word. It's the same word that you, that little dot is not going to be in there, right? No. Right. So it's the same word. That's the separate the, the syllable.

Yeah. No, but you know what I'm talking about when they put, they don't put a dot in the middle of the word. Maybe a hyphen. Maybe they should. Yeah. A dash or something. Well, why not a dash?

If it's a different word, it's a whole nother word. You can't just do that when we start. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, but you know what? There's a lot of words when we were kids that spelled the same way and you just figure it out. We got to stop right. But when you become an adult and learn a new one like this, you're like, what are we doing? Yeah, I just hate that I did this. I just learned a word on here because I just. Well, we are an educational podcast. That's what people say.

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Uh, well, I had a good weekend too. I won't get into it now because it hasn't happened yet. Yeah. Hey man, how was your weekend? Thanks. I had a fun one, South bend, Indiana, Fort Wayne, Indiana, uh, big weekend for me. Um, and then Brian and I just taped our, are we telling that?

Can we, all right, let's just, let's just leave it there then. Let's leave it there. Let's leave it there. A little teaser. We don't know. We don't know what we're talking about. I don't know what we're talking about. Yeah. Okay. I mean, that was a good, yeah, let's move on. Uh, that's why I don't run the show most of the time. Cause I'll just get into it. You know what I mean?

What about you Brian, where were you? What were you doing? I was out with Nate. I had a standing ovation when I walked out. That's right. We thought you were playing. Yeah. Cause you got one on the way up.

That's gotta feel good. I got enduring and... Wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm joking. I haven't actually done the shows yet. Oh. See, we're taping this for next week. Now I'm learning. Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. So, because I thought you were serious this whole time. I'm a little confused at the moment. All right. What are we doing? Why don't we get into these comments, see where that takes us, right? I'll say one last thing about that. So I'm doing Chattanooga.

Yes. I was talking to Henry Chodrday. He said, you should get a date at the comedy catch. A hundred percent. I said, I already have. And he said, you should mention that first thing when you woke up there. I was like, well, I was going to mention it at the end. He's like, I would do both and in the middle of your set.

That's amazing. Yeah, it is. What's going on? Happy to be here. I'm going to be in the comedy of your set. That's amazing. Yeah, it is. What's going on? Happy to be here. I'm going to be in the comedy catch in a few weeks. Yeah. How do you even get in today? Cause you don't have that long anyway.

I would have, if you want to do that, maybe have Julian bring you up that way. Oh yeah. Yeah. That's his next comic is actually going to be at the company. Yeah. I'd rather that happened than you said.

I know it's funny to think three times in the shit. Maybe by the third time I said it, people be laughing. But yeah, Henry hosted years ago. Now he hosted a standup showcase that aired on the oprys circle network where Brian and I famously made our television debut channel, channel 4.5. Henry hosted it and he said, welcome back to Zany's Comedy Club. He got a note from one of the producers. Hey, say Zany's Comedy Club and that like be more specific of where we are.

So every time Henry said it, he would get increasingly specific about where he was where he goes, welcome back to Zany's comedy nightclub, Nashville, Tennessee. By the end of it, it was Zany's comedy showplace, eighth Avenue. He just kept saying it so professional, but also like, yeah, you know, maybe hold back on the notes. Yeah. Yeah. I've been doing this a while.

Yeah. We can at least comments. Comments come from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple podcasts, reviews, and Nate land at natebarget while. Yeah. We can get these comments. Comments come from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple podcast reviews and naitelandatnatebargetzi.com. First comment today, Cameron Green. Everything, everyone was on fire today with jokes, but Aaron's skunk comment, like racism is the best thing I've heard in a long time.

Thank you very much. That's fine. We really, we tackled some stuff. Yeah, I think racism's a joke, but. Oh very much. That's fine. We really, we tackled some stuff. Oh, let's get, let's talk about that. The title of the episode. I feel like that's why I'm here. I feel like I was brought here just to talk about this. Episode 255 racism featuring Mike James.

We're going to hash some things out here. Clear our schedule. Well, Brian found, they found a baby skunk in Brian's house. Actually, four babies. Not in it, but underneath the HVAC. Oh wow. Mama and four babies. But they've been in there, you know, they've been playing in there.

They're my refrigerator. They're checking it out. They're there right now. Well, I asked if baby skunks knew how to spray yet. This feels like a long way to get to racism. Well, that's the thing about racism is that, Oh man, don't do that. If you, if you're going to do some kind of

inspirational, don't do it. It's a long road. It's the beautiful thing about us, Cunk is the black and the white fur works together. And then we've all learned some, we've all been learned it. I knew you were going to do that. Racism stinks, but racism sticks.

Yeah. So like a skunk. Oh, is that what you did? No. Oh, I was about to say, oh, so that's even worse. There was a picture of a guy who removed it, holding the baby skunk and Aaron said, can they spray you? And I said, the guy said that they can't cause they don't know how to yet. They haven't learned how to spray yet. Okay.

Right. Yeah. Yeah. And then Aaron said, Oh, so it's like racism. You have to be taught it. Yeah. I mean, I think that's pretty profound. I mean, it's profound, but I'm trying to get a write up in the New York Times.

You know what I mean? Aaron and Cameron Green liked it, but. Yeah. No, a lot of people liked it. Shout out Cameron Green. I mean, I get it. You're against it. I'm against it too.

Yeah. Cameron Black didn't like it. Yeah. Mason Welsh. I have to correct Aaron about Nebraska. I'm gonna stop you right there. Don't even remember what you're talking about, but let's find out why I was wrong.

It isn't flat though. That's a common misconception. Nebraska actually has one of the largest rockless hill ranges in America, which covers over one third of the state and even large rock formations to the West. I did not know that you guys need to work on your PR, you know what I mean? guys need to work on your PR.

You know what I mean? You need to really get that out there. Cause I don't think most of the country knows about that. About rockless hills. That there's hills at all in Nebraska. I mean, it's like the running joke about Nebraska and Kansas is that it's just flat, flat, flat. You got these diet hills now we We supposed to go see those. Sam's Choice heels.

Sam's Choice. It's cause it's that, I mean, it's not a real heel. It doesn't have rocks in it. Yeah, just a little incline. I did a little run all the way across Nebraska from you flying to Wichita and then I went all the way. I mean, it goes, it butts up with Colorado, so it makes sense that there's gonna be some hills.

Oh, you're getting out there towards the Rockies. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Yeah. That's nice. Sorry about that, Mason. I'm going to be at the Lincoln.

Come see me Lincoln in December, the bourbon theater, tell me all about it. That's on the other side of the state, but Kyle Tracy, Aaron is 100% on point. Thank you, Kyle. Next comment comment Jake Steve Aaron's 100% on point with using hazard lights for thank you Flashlights to let someone over and then they hit the hazards to say thank you once in the lane. Thank you. It's common sense

It's intuitive. No No, if somebody lets you merge in front of them, I believe give them a little wave. So thank you. What if it's nighttime? I hope they can see. I don't know what to tell you. I'm not, I'm not doing anything. You're waving in the dark. I turn my little light out up there.

Yeah. I'm not sure. The dome light. I don't do it. I just hope they can see, see a shadow just doing that. I'm not, it's just too much. I saw a video of an American driving in Japan and everybody in Japan was doing that.

Well, and I, you flash the hazards to say thank you. But they bow in, in, in there too. So They don't bow in the car. Where for? I mean, I'm just saying, Oh, that's what they, they, if you, if you have to bow every time you meet somebody, then you're going to have to figure out something to do in the car.

We're not bowing over here, Aaron. You didn't know. So no. Maybe we should. I had one today. I don't expect in this day and age everyone to give you a wave when traffic's merging. Sure. But I had one today just on the way here where the guy ran out of options and he's coming up the side and it's, if I don't let him over, he's in trouble and I let

him squeeze in, doesn't get away. That I feel like. Well, that's tough though, because he could have been kind of been a little frazzled because it was, he he you let him in at the last minute It's no excuse. Okay. Well, listen you want people to use hazards to get over now I don't know what not to get over just to say thank it's just an indication of but I told him if I see that I think this guy's got car trouble now and I'm stuck behind him your hazard lights. Yeah Yeah, this is all fun to talk about but, you're smart enough to know that if you do

something for somebody and they flash the hazard lights three times, you would clearly go, we go, well, that's obviously a response to what I just did. Yeah. Or I think you want me to pull over. Yeah. I might think you want me to pull over.

Like you, this is, is this common knowledge for real? Like. No, well, I thought it was. I, no, I didn't know. I didn't think it was commonly done in America. Yes. It's what I was thinking. Yeah.

I think it's obvious what I'm doing. When I throw the hazards on to say, thank you. I think people get it. I don't think they go, well, what's happening now? No, if you do that to me, I'm going to be like, that's weird. Yeah. That's exactly what I would say. I'm like, this guy's drunk.

Yeah. I'm like, clearly. Have fun waving in the dark. I mean, I'm going to be like, that's weird. Yeah. That's exactly what I would say. I'm like, this guy's drunk. Yeah. I'm like, clearly. Have fun waving in the dark. I mean, I don't care. I'm just throwing it up, hoping you see it. If you don't, I don't care. Jake Stevens, if we don't leave bad reviews, then the quality of things slash places goes down.

If they want to be in line of work, they need to do it well. It's like kids in school who can't read, but still get passed on to the next grade. If it's a bad business, they need to go or learn to do it better. Um, yeah, I mean, look, I don't give a bad Uber review. Oh, okay. That's about to say, I feel like I just walked in a conversation in the middle of it. Yeah. That's what a lot of this podcast is.

It's like you just in the middle of a conversation and you're like, I don't even care what they're talking about. And you just wait for it to end. I was saying, I don't think I've ever left a bad review for, I just, I leave five stars for everybody, regardless of experience, because I know it actually affects people's lives and affects their ability to make money. And, um, I don't know, I just feel kind of bad doing it unless they were like truly malicious

behavior, then I would go, yeah, I'll leave a bad review, but we were talking about an Uber driver that just smelled bad. Yeah. Really bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not going to leave a one star like, Hey, you stink. I'll leave you five stars.

You may not understand what you're saying with you. You're like, Oh, I drive pretty good. I don't know. It's just, I mean, I, Jake, I, I agree with you in principle. I guess I just don't have it in me. I don't have it in me to. To write a bad review. To, to tell a guy he stinks. What about, uh, tipping?

Do you guys, if you get bad service, do you all tip less? Oh, yeah. Yeah. If it's, if it's bad service, definitely. But I always, I always over tip anyways. But how often do you get bad service or just like, I don't know, somebody's overwhelmed

and they're trying, you know, do you ever have like a mean server that's like deliberately? Not very often. No, no, it's not often. No, that's what I'm, so it's just, you know what, let's just be nice to people. But no, I mean, I wouldn't leave a bad review. Somebody stinks. This is, you just gotta take that.

You should smell this guy. Right. Who's doing it? I'm not going to do it, but I get it. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm just complaining about doing it? I'm not going to do it, but I get it. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm just complaining about it, but I'm not going to actually write a review about it with cycles out there doing that.

Well, man, some people stake out here. I mean, I get that. Yeah. Macy Bain, why are comedy club names so goofy? I know comedians aren't supposed to be hacky and yet many of the club names are exactly that. Is it supposed to be tongue in cheek or is there another origin story you could share?

Um, yeah, they are silly. Some of them are so just baked into our lives. I don't think about it anymore. Zanies is a crazy name for a business. Oh, it's like wackies. Imagine if this was called wacky's comedy club I never thought about that, but it's Zane's I agree because we've known it we grew up here So we've known our whole life

I think these comedy clubs most of them been around for 40 years or more and 40 years ago the ones with the crazy names Yeah 40 years ago. I think that wasn't hacky. Like Zany's, oh, that's funny. Or the Looney bin. Chuckle Hut. Chuckle Hut, yeah. I have a t-shirt that from the Little Rock Looney bin that says, I've been lobotomized at the Little Rock Looney bin.

Oh yeah. And I didn't even think of the Looney bin as like a mental asylum. I didn't even think about it. Yeah, I just thought it was because of the drink, the lobotomy, you know, the hell that drank, right? Did you know that? Oh yeah. But that's, it's all played into the, the theme.

I never even put two and two together. It's an insane asylum. That's just how it was. Just, I was like, this is probably the craziest drink ever. That's the only, you know, that was a good one. I never even put that together. I'm trying to think of other Goonies, Crackers, Snickers. Snickers.

I remember Snickers. Where's Goonies? Goonies. There's one in Rochester, Minnesota. Okay. Goonies Comedy Club. There's a Looney's in Colorado. They're all kind of silly, but I'm just so used to saying them now.

I don't think about the words anymore. Yeah. I feel like, yeah, I'm forgetting some, but even like off the hook. Off the hook is crazy. But then the ones that go the other way are weird too. Levity Live. Yeah. Yeah.

Like you either got Looney bin or Levity. Yeah. It's just, just a little nice little reprieve. And then he got literal crazy. Yeah. Yeah. But I love Levity life. It was just something just giving a shout out to Levity life.

You want to plug a date there or something? It's like every time Brian finds a way to compliment the church of Latter-day Saints and then he plugs a date at Wiseguys. Jordan Cortijo. I'm about the same level of shoe connoisseur as Mike James. Not a sneaker head, but I like myself a pair of Jordans. But I, like Mike, have a shoe availability issue because I wear size 14. I refuse to buy resale prices on StockX or other resellers because a size 10 shoe would be $200 and the size 14 would be $400 or more so I've started buying replica shoes I'd be interested to hear what Mike

thinks about replicas and if he ever dabbed dabbled or dabbed. If you've ever heard. Just assume like dabbing. Yeah. What do you think? Yeah, it sucks. Like I've tried to get some Jordans that came out Saturday and it was like, as soon as I clicked it, cause they go on sale at 10 o'clock. Yeah. As soon as I clicked it at 10 o'clock, sold out.

Just for your size? Just for my size. Why is that? Why is that? I don't know. You say what? Well like when you click, where is it your purchase of? So that just for your size, just for my size. I don't know. Um, you said, well, like when you click, where is it? Your purchase of, uh, sneakers, the sneakers app. And it's just, um, you know, they only make so many 14s. It's not, that's not a common size, but do you think a disproportionate

amount of size 14s care about shoes? I bet if your feet are that big, you have to think about shoes more than like me or Brian. I don't think that. I remember when I used to work at a finish line. So when we get shipments in, it'll be like, you'll have in size nine, you may have like five or six pair, but in size 14, you may have one or two.

Okay. Yeah. So it's a size that not a lot of people have. So that's why they don't, they don't care a big stock. Yeah. Is that tough for you, man? Sometimes it makes me mad. Like Saturday, my, my day was ruined.

I didn't get my shoe. I was so mad. I was so mad. Can you get them later? What was the shoe? The white. You got the new Lebr shoe? Uh, the, the, the white. You got the new Lebrons? Man, if you don't stop.

The, the, the Jordan four cements, the white cements, Lebrons, man. I'm talking about a goat here, man. You got the Aisha Currys. I was, uh, I got, uh, thrown off. What do you, What was the question? He just wants to know if you ever dabbed in replicas. If you've ever dabbed in replicas before. Replicas.

He's saying he's buying, look, you can't get the real, the real McCoy. So let's just buy some fake ones. Might as well. Oh no, no, no, no, no, sir. Don't do that. Don't do it. Jordan, don't you do it. Don't you do it.

Don't you get it? One of the hardest verbal beatings I've ever been a part of in my life was this kid in middle school showed up with Jordans and somebody looked at the Jordans and the Michael Jordan silhouette had shoelaces on. Oh man. And this kid never heard the end of it. Dude, it is. You show up with some fake Jordans.

Nah, don't do that, dude. Don't, I'm just warning Jordan red. Like I don't know how old you are. I don't know who your friends are, but if they tell you anything other than what I'm saying, they're not your friend. Don't do this. Now you're learning. You're going to use that all the time.

What do you think about my Jersey? That's a fun Jersey. I haven't seen that in a while, man. Breakfast on the back 99 cents. How about that? We got those. We get some sent those that's hanging up in my closet somewhere. We got it a while ago. I break that Jersey out of here.

Let me know next time I'll wear it too. Okay. You ever want to coordinate outfits on the podcast, let me know. We'll make it happen. There's a kid, there's a comic at a Drew Harrison Nashville comic. Yeah.

We look alike. Same build. Yeah. Beard, you know, I had long hair at one point. He's got long hair. We looked too similar. And then one time in an open mic, we both showed up Braves hat, Hawaiian shirt, both wearing it and I grabbed him and I go, look, we got to, we got to coordinate this dude.

If you're wearing a Hawaiian to the mic, let me know. I won't wear one. Cause he'll get off stage and be like, man, this dude just, he just got. Scott, they put them up again. That's so weird. I've never seen them in the comedy show before. Do you remember Scott Niece? Yes.

People, specifically Nate used to say, we looked alike and we were at, not the bar car. What's the one that came after bark? Oh, Spanky's. Spanky's when I, Nate was there. That's another name you don't think about. Yeah. It's crazy. Uh, what's the one that came after bark? Uh, Oh, uh, spankies spankies. Yeah. When I, and Nate was there, that's another name you don't think about. Yeah.

It's crazy. Yeah. We did comedy at spankies. Yeah. And Nate was like that, that guy looks like you. He was kind of teasing me or whatever. And I was like, no, we don't like that much. Like I ordered some food.

They brought my food out and took it to his table and said it. Oh my God. Nate, that was the funniest thing he saw all night. I guess I could see that. Like I get Kev on stage all the time. Oh, I can see that. Like literally to date, my daughter saw something and thought it was me. Whoa.

Yeah. Yeah. I don't feel so bad now. Yeah. I can see that. Yeah. If he, like, if he had it was me. Whoa. Yeah. Yeah. I don't feel so bad now. Yeah, I can see that. Yeah. If he, like, if he had a hat on. Yeah, I get it. Like a similar facial hair to do like,

mixing it up, but just like looking different. So that doesn't happen. I'm older. Yeah. He should change. Yeah. That's the change. He's doing pretty well.

Yeah, that's fine. He should change. You asked to change. He's doing pretty well. Yeah, that's fine. It sucks though, because it's like when you're at home on a Friday night, and then I look on Facebook and I'll see like a, um, it'll be a, it'll be a tag in a Facebook or say tag yourself on a flyer with Kev on stage. And it's like, he's doing like a big

show and it's like tag yourself in this. I'm like, no, I'm fine. I'm at home. Pete Slauson He's got the shoes that you wanted to buy on. J. Okay. I know one of them. Um, one is, you know, the one in Virginia. Now I know the one in like Phoenix. It's one in Phoenix too. He's done a dry bar. This guy, do you ever get confused with that? Him? He looks, that's the one I was talking about. Okay. Maybe he's mood, but I met him in Phoenix.

What'd I say? You're a Jane. I think he might be right. They're similar. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but there's similar kind of vibes. I guess. You both have dry bars too. Yeah, we both have dry bars. And then it's an, it's a, it's another guy, I think in California named, uh,

Mike James, because I'll, I'll get like, um, I remember one day I got a text from, uh, Craig Robinson and he was like, Hey man, you, you here? I was like, what are you talking about? Then he sends me a lineup at the comedy store. I'm like, was I supposed to be unknowingly booked at the comedy store? Did I forget that? Now it was another Mike James, dude.

Wow. There's also a former NFL running back and opioid. Uh, what's the opposite of advocate? Mike James, this is another guy. I've never heard of this guy. Former NFL player. There's a guy named Aaron Weber who I think invented the video game Sonic. Really?

So every now and then, you know, you look up your own name, you see what's going on. It's just a bunch of Sonic stuff all the time. Yeah. Um, it was a basketball player named Mike James too. It's a common name. It's too. There's a basketball player named Mike James. LeBron James I think.

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So when Dusty's not here, we like to correct some information. And by friend, I mean TikTok. Yeah. Oh, that's crazy, Dave. I hope your wife's doing well. Double lung transplant. Yeah. Yeah, that's why.

Both of them. That's why. Yeah. But to, I'm an organ donor. So like, yeah. So if you're Oregon, don't you just show up and they're like, Oh, like we really need that heart. Really?

He's like, I have the flu. It's like, uh, like that's wild. Who knows, man. Yeah. Yeah. Be an organ donor. I think it's great. Yeah. Justin Flet be an organ donor. I think it's great. Yeah.

Justin Fletcher, ahoy folks. Are we sure a cruise ship generates enough power for all the CPAP machines that'll be on board? Better make sure Aaron and Big Boat Bates aren't sharing a circuit. That's a good point. Well, we got, I mean, I don't know if you talk about it in your act. We've got another CPAP user here on the podcast. Yeah.

The three of us hooked up. Definitely have to bring mine. Are you going on the cruise? Yeah. We've got three CPAPs. How about that? You want to share a hose? Oh my gosh.

The power's going to go out of the ship because we're going to blow the breaker. I'll bring the distilled water boys. Party. Do you use distilled water? Uh, you know what, depending on the breaker. I'll bring the distilled water boys. Party. Do you use the still water? Uh, you know what, depending on the season, I'm a dry, I'm a dry sleeper. Most of the time. Are you really? Nothing in the humidifier.

I turn the humidifier off. Wow. Yeah. Wow. I'm a man. I powered through it. Oh, I haven't always been good about that, but lately I've been buying this distilled water.

Sometimes I'll just fill it up from the sink. Okay. If you're on the road, you can use bottle water, but like, I think long-term tap water, it messes everything up. Yeah. I've never used tap water. I'll use bottle water. Okay.

Well, yeah. We should have done an episode on CPAPs. Cause we could pivot, but. Yeah. Yeah. That's a hobby of mine. We should bring all of ours and compare them on the ship. Wow. Is that a, is that a 5,000? I'm trying to get the AirSense 11.

Dude, I just want them to stop to change the bag though. Like that's so embarrassing. The bag. Yeah. How did you carry it? That's why I put it in my backpack. I don't even have it out on its own because I don't want to be carrying it. I look old.

I just walk through that. I think we also, now that you know what it looks like. You're like, Oh, nevermind. I'm sorry, grandpa. Didn't see your bag there. Didn't see your breathing machine there. Justin Schultz, a question for the four of you. Do you find dirty comedy funny?

I ask because you're all clean comedians. Is there a limit for you when you're listening to someone else? I can't listen to F-bombs every other word, so I was curious. I remember Nate saying, if you're going to be a clean comedian, you need to keep your everyday speech clean as well. I'll answer for me first. Yeah, some of my favorite comedians are unbelievably filthy and I love it.

And I like, I really like all kinds of comedy. Just cause I do a particular kind doesn't mean I can't like the other stuff. I mean, some of my best friends in comedy or stuff they say on stage is insane. And I hear it every night and I'm desensitized. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I mean, some of my best friends in, in comedy or stuff they say on stage is insane. Yeah. Uh, and I hear it every night and I'm desensitized to it now.

You just like, until you have like, I remember at a month, my dad opened for somebody who was not clean comic and my dad wanted to come to the show. And I was like, just a heads up. You've only, you've only seen me open for Henry Joe and emo Philip. That was going to be a little different. This show is going to be a little different. And I didn't even notice how dirty this guy was until I'm watching him. Oh yeah.

And I was like, Oh my gosh. Yeah. Yeah. Um, but no, I love it. I love that comic. It's just, it's just not what I do, but that doesn't mean everybody has to do it. You know, what do you think? Yeah, I agree. I mean, my favorite comics are mostly clean comics because you kind of tend to gravitate for the people that are doing what you want them to do.

But in saying that, yeah, some of the funniest comics I know are, are dirty comics. And I certainly find that off stage, there's no correlation between a, being a better person and being a clean comet. Yeah. Some of the best people I know are filthy on stage. Exactly. Nice person. Yeah.

Um, yeah, I mean, I'm, what would I consider myself? Uh, you're who you need to be. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm going to need to be. No, you're just, it's, it's a, it's a good example of like, you don't, you don't think much about it.

You're just kind of yourself. Yeah. Um, right. I think Richard, I mean, Richard Pryor is my favorite comedian. So he was clean. No, no, it was at one point, but it went, it went kind of low. Is your act much different with Godfrey than they just say with Nate? Depends. You use different words?

Yeah, sometimes. You say finna? Some finna. What do you say? Finna. Is it? Talk like that anyway. You say fixin' too on Nate shows,

but Godfrey you say finna. Me enunciate a little. I say learn it. I'm a little learned. I'll show you guys I've been learned. Yeah. Yeah, man. I, I, it's, um, I think comedy is comedy. If you're just being funny is I really don't care as long as the, the, you know,

what you're doing is creative. Yeah, it's creative You know just you know saying stuff to say it. Yeah. Yeah exactly I remember at one point my two favorite comics were David Tell and Brian Regan Yeah, they just could not be more opposite opposites of just Aaron We we did that Danny's all-star show here last weekend, and then you stuck around for the dark and dirty show That's right. How different was your act? I last weekend and then you stuck around for the dark and dirty show. That's right.

How different was your act? Uh, I did the same act. I just had a little bit different energy because that crowd was rowdy. Yeah. And it took me back. I, you know, I used to do shows like that all the time where you're kind of fighting for your life. And I don't know, I've gotten spoiled lately where the crowds have been good. Most places that kind of took me back.

I was like, Oh, yeah, I don't care that I'm up here. I got to really got to work for it. Now you can do, I can do shows like that. We can all do shows like that and they don't even notice. It's just, it's funny. Comedy's comedy. Yeah. Yep.

Todd Weinberg, can you all give some advice on wedding speeches? Oh, I love this. My brother is hopefully getting married soon and I want to give a speech at the wedding that has a bit of humor in it, but I have no idea what I'm doing. Probably a five to eight minute speech if that helps. You have a few things. I used to work at a country club here in the Nashville area, I've seen a lot of wedding speeches and then the weddings that I've been in.

So I've seen, I've seen a lot of this. I think a pet peeve of mine, and I wonder if y'all have noticed this, people tend to talk about writing the speech in the speech. Well, yeah. That happens all, when I sat down to write this, I didn't know when to. I think it's there.

Always. Yeah. They talk about, yeah, just kind of don't do that. You're doing the speech. You don't need to tell the story about the speech. Just kind of get into it. I'll say my instinct is five to eight minutes is super long. Yeah.

That is long. That is a long, long time, longer than you probably think it is. Especially if you don't normally get in front of people and talk to them. Yeah. Nobody ever is going to say, man, that speech was too short. No. Say what you want to say, say something, I would say a funny story and then something sincere. And get out of there.

And get out of there. It's not about you. It's about, it's about your brother. And no matter how well the speech goes, you're not going to be the star of the show. And I know you're not trying to be, I know you're just trying to give a good speech to support and honor your brother and everything. But I say the shorter, the better. One funny story, one sincere statement. support and honor your brother and everything. But I say that the shorter, the better.

One funny story, one sincere statement. Get on out of there, cut the cake. Don't do, do not do five to eight. Don't try to do it. Don't try to force it. Yeah. Light me at eight. I'll wrap it up. Three to five.

Yeah. Not even. I would say. Two to four. Yeah. Two to four is a good. Yeah. You're probably.

That's the kind of pocket you want to be in on that. Yeah. Two to four is a good, that's the kind of pocket you want to be in on that. Yeah. Two to four minutes. Cause when you and I started here at Zany's three minutes was what you got. Oh yeah. Oh, I started out and you hear that at first you're like, oh, like three minutes. That's it. That's not even enough to say my name.

Yeah. I've seen some long, I've gotten off early. I've seen some 45 minute, three minute sets. I'll tell you that. That felt like a lifetime. But you ever seen a three minute set where I got off early? Oh my gosh. They didn't even gave me the light yet. Three minute set, light at one. And I get off. They light you in one minute?

As soon as he walked up there he's like, how's everybody doing? Give him the light. We know where this is going. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom.

I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm like, how's everybody doing? Give him the light. We know where this is going. You got a light at a minute.

I don't know. That's, we did three minutes. I don't think they gave us a light at three. Do you remember? Oh, I don't know, dude. It used to, that used to be terrible. I feel like it used to be three minute sets and seven minute sets. No, I don't know if you remember this used to, that used to be terrible. I feel like it used to be three minute sets and seven minute sets. No, I don't know if you remembered it,

but it was 90 second sets, three minutes, five, then seven. Okay, I don't remember the 90 seconds. I remember the 90 seconds. I didn't do the 90 second one, but yeah, three. Were you gonna light it 90 seconds? I don't even, that's crazy. Will you come out of the green room? I did a 92nd set auditioning for America's Got Talent.

Huge ballroom, one British guy at a table. It was horrible. 90 seconds. Yeah. That was British. You didn't even know what I was talking. And he's just looking at you. He goes, all right, his fault.

He goes, that was great. That was great. And then never heard from him again. And I shouldn't have been heard for, it was terrible. Yeah. I don't care for those kinds of auditions. Have you ever given a best man speech or speech at a wedding or anything like that? Yeah.

Yeah. How'd it go? What advice do you have for Todd Weinberg? I think you hit on every point. Make it a funny story. One funny story. Don't keep going. Don't try to top yourself.

If it doesn't, if it, if the story you tell doesn't get any laughs, don't worry about that. If it doesn't get laughs, Hey, it wasn't meant to be fun. Yeah. Don't try to, as long as it's not offensive. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Don't say something the bride's going to be upset about. Right, right, right. And just, if it's not funny, that's fine. Just keep going and don't, it's not expected for you to be funny. Yeah. So just do it and, and, uh, then say something sincere, get out of there. I think ideal structure for it.

You tell one quick story about your relationship with that person from, you know, that tells something about them and then tie it in with a story about their relationship with the bride or whoever, you know, you were, you were crazy, whatever, but I've, I've seen her kind of, I don't know, something about her. Yeah. And then you get out of there and then he end with a toast. What if he hasn't met her though? What's that?

What if he's never met her? The groom? Yeah. Well, he's never met the bride. Oh, I thought you said what if the groom's never met her. The, the groom? Yeah. Well, he's never met the bride. Oh, I thought he said, what if the groom's never met the bride? I go, well then I don't know why they're doing speeches. Right. Kind of wedding.

Well, he can talk about maybe how his friend has changed or he's seeing how she's benefited him. Yeah. It's hard to imagine if you also can just lie. If you're close enough in the relationship to do a speech at a wedding that you would have never met the bride. Yeah. It's hard to imagine if you're also can just lie. If you're close enough in the relationship to do a speech at a wedding that you would have never met a bride. Yeah. It's possible. I got one I just wrote for John Crist.

If he ever, he asked to marry Lydia. Okay. Oh, it's not going to work. I guess I could just insert another girl, but no, it's specifically about him and Lydia. Okay. That, You want to say it now or? No, no, no, no, no. Keep it in your pocket. I or keep it in your pocket?

I'll keep it in my pocket. Not that John's going to probably allow me to get close to not his wedding to give me a speech. After the way you handled him at the roast, I don't think you're speaking at his eventual wedding. Probably not. Probably not. But Aaron, you, uh, you're getting ready to do like it already happened

when this comes out, but South bed. Yeah. Are you nervous about going back to your old college? Oh yeah. A little bit. I'm less nervous. I'm doing the Notre Dame reunion this year, but I did it last year for my class.

Yeah. That's scary. So this year it's different graduating classes. Yeah. So I'm not going to know these people. I might know a couple from the class of 2015, but everybody else, it's a whole new crop of people. I might know a couple from the class of 2015, but everybody else, it's a whole new crop of people. Yeah. That's a lot of expression.

Doing it last year was like, these are all people I went to, like I know these people and then I'm bombing. And they're like, this is what you're doing? I'm a doctor. I'm a lawyer. Do you think you're, do you feel like you were bombing or do you just, because we have a different perception. It was a tough setup in the room. So it was kind of an impossible situation for it to be like a great show, but they were fine. It wasn't, I wasn't like embarrassing myself.

I just wish the setup was better and now it is going to be better this year. So I'm way less concerned about it. Did you write specific jokes about Notre Dame? Nah, I make a couple of comments here and there, but I'm just going to do my act. You ever done shows like your church or something? Yeah, I just, um, I host for, uh, the, uh, marriage conference. At your church? Yeah. I've been doing it for like the last two years. That's cool.

At, uh, uh, yeah. Yeah. I've been doing it for like the last two years. Oh, that's cool. At, yeah, it's Mount Zion. Is that scary? Yes, because Mount Zion is like the, that's like the biggest church, biggest black church in Nashville. Dude, I did a show at Mount Zion once. Yeah, really? With, did Ron Ron run a show there? I don't know. He may have.

Run a show at the church? He may have. So tickets. Does Ron Ron go to your church? He may have. So tickets. Does Ron Ron go to your church? I don't know. Like, there's so many campuses. How big is this church? There are four different campuses. Okay. There's one in Brentwood. It was not that one. One in Antioch. This was in Antioch. Yeah. I've been to the one in Antioch. Oh, yeah. Oh, well, actually, yeah, I forgot what it was looking for funeral Oh Yeah, yeah

Christina yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but Bishop Walker is like a Star man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you know Bishop Walker I mean I did chuckles at the chapel one year that I think I think he was Aparted. Okay, be cubs-cub go to your church? I don't know. Do all black people go to the same church? No. Or do you have different?

We have different churches. Okay. Y'all are, y'all are different? We kind of, yeah, we spread out. I know it's a shock, but- When you get drafted, will your pastor be there behind you? When you say what? On the couch, when you get drafted for whatever sport? See, this is why, this is why I have to be here.

You guys, so I can make, now you guys can be learned as well on culture. So we is three, is four different, four different campuses, which is crazy when you think about, he does four services. Oh, he's at all of them. All of them. Oh, I didn't know that.

Yeah. Do you take a helicopter between services? Every Sunday he does. How does he do at all of them. All of them. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah. Do you take every helicopter between every Sunday? He does. How does he do that? I don't know, dude. Four, four different services. The original one's on Jefferson street, right? Yeah.

He does that one too. Yeah. I did Ron Ron booked me on a show at Mount Zion church. I made a mistake. I showed up on time. Huge mistake. So I stood there for a while. I watched almost all of the service.

So was a service followed by a show. Oh, so I'm only white guy in the room. Yeah. They start the comedy show. Couple of people that they asked you what you were doing there. No, no, people were cool. No, I think, I think they, I think I told him, get him right before, right before I went up.

I'm here shut this place down. Y'all are above fire code right now. Right before I went up, they, they brought people on stage to do, I think they called it a step off where they were dancing. And it was like a competition between like four of them step show, step show, but it was worship. They asked you to step off. It was worship.

It was like, they played like a, a hymn and they were up there dancing and they called me up and I got to go next. So I got a step. I did a step off at this all black church. I danced. You did a step. Is there video? They probably went crazy.

I remember thinking I've got two options here. Do I kind of play it cool and like not dance or do I just go all out? And that's, and that's what I did. I did. I went all out dancing the most out of my comfort zone I've ever been. Good for you. And it, it was murder. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then I immediately went from that. They just handed me the mic and I started my song. Oh good. So I was like, y'all take notes. Yeah.

Just see that. That's perfect. Yeah. Uh, and it was great, but I, I never, you know, I'm Catholic. We're doing the opposite of that. Oh yeah. We're, we're taking a knee and chanting Latin and you know, being sad. I'm just kidding about the last part.

About being sad. Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's just a Catholic mass is solemn, I guess is the right word. Oh, solemn. And this was not solemn. This was people literally dancing. So it was, uh guess is the right word. Oh, Solemn. And this was not Solemn. This was people literally dancing. So it was, uh, it was an experience.

Still one of the most fun shows I've ever done. Uh, I told, uh, John, he's going to, he needs to come to, uh, John Chris to come to my, my church and bring them. Oh, and do and perform. No, just going to bring them just to service. Oh, just to, yeah. You guys should all come to work. I would love it, just gonna bring them just to service. Oh, just to. Yeah, you guys, y'all should all come over. I would love it.

Yeah, you should come to service. Yo, Mount Zion, we out here. You want him with us? John and Chris here, what up, Mount Zion? Yeah. Yeah, he takes his phone in the church service and he's making videos while it's going on. Yo, that is the funniest John Chris impression.

What up, Mount Zion? We are rolling into town. Hey man. Hey, check your heart, dude. You do some pretty good impressions, dude. That's funny. Aaron legitimately does. Yeah, he does, man. Hey, check your heart dude. Do you, you do some pretty good impressions dude. That's funny. Aaron legitimately does. Yeah, he does man. Oh that's just-

I have a running joke where I do impressions that are terrible but- No, Brian can actually do. Have you heard Brian do impressions? Mm-mm. I mean, yeah, I've heard them. I mean, I wasn't sure they were doing it. He was doing impressions.

No, sneaky, sneaky good. Like name, like give him one. Lawrence Fishburne, maybe something like that. Do Lawrence Fishburne. Okay. This is Lawrence Fishburne, maybe something like that. Do Lawrence Fishburne. Okay. This is Lawrence Fishburne from Boys in the Hood. Oh man, you don't want to mess this one up. I need those.

Don't mess this one up. I want to know where this is going. You need what? Most of those standardized tests are biased, except the math portion, math Matthew universe are you doing the impression now yeah oh you couldn't tell no this I was nailing it I thought you were doing you know that was a disclaimer before I thought he was doing baits telling us what he was about to say like this these are the words I'm

gonna use that was asce Fishburne. Go ahead. All right. Well, dude, okay. Should I do Laurence Fisher from the Matrix? No, no, no. I think, I think I know how you're Laurence Fishburne. Do you have any other impressions?

Impressions you have? I can do anybody. Don Cheadle in Crash. Let's hear that. I don't, I'm just kidding. Oh, can you do Denzel? Oh, that's a good one. I saw Denzel act in person, by the way.

Wait, where? Jake Gyllenhaal too. What? For what? Othello in New York City. What? What? I thought you were going to say you're an extra in John Q or something.

It was Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. Why wouldn't I? Me and my wife went. How was it? Oh, it was amazing. Yeah, I bet. Jake Gyllenhaal, it was like Zoe Zaldana. She was there.

Oh, okay. She was like two rows ahead. That's why you went. I didn't even know she was going. I was with my wife, guy. So yeah, no, it was, um, were you in drumline or was that just Reynard?

That was Reynard. Yeah. She was in that too. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. But where are you going with you?

Oh, Denzel. This is Denzel Washington from training day. Okay. Training day. Okay. Wait, what scene? What scene? At the very end.

The very end where he's going crazy. Where, in this scene, because I'm going to set you guys up, his partner, Jake, has taken the money and he's leaving with it now and he's out of options. Okay. And the people in this neighborhood have turned on him. Yeah, we get it. Ready? Oh, we get ready. Oh I'm putting probation out and all you alright

Let me tell you I'm not done. I know I know but but let me I'm gonna just give you some notes Okay, like cuz it sounds I don't have a pen but go ahead. Tell me if I'm wrong, but this sounds exactly like The way you just described the scene. Like it was, right? It was the same voice. I'm a nuanced actor, but I wasn't done. Okay. I'm sorry. You're right.

King Kong. What are you talking about? Are you talking about? Feel like Denzel's in the room. What are you talking about? Oh my gosh. I don't even. Oh, that was awesome. Pretty my point.

Yeah, that was awesome. We're going to do that. Let's make that a weekly segment. Moving on. Whew. Thank you for that. Brian's impressions. All right. Yeah. Honestly, Todd Weinberg just do that during weekly segment. Moving on. Thank you for that. Brian's impressions. All right. Yeah, honestly, Todd Weinberg, just do that during your wedding. Yeah, just do a Denzel impression. Yeah,

yeah. Do a Brian Bates doing a Denzel impression. They'll know what it is. Yeah, they'll get it. They'll go, is that a Brian? Was that a Brian? You're like, I think that was a B. Bates special. I think that was a, I think that was a B-Bait special. Jordan Penley was listening to some Seinfeld commentary tonight and heard Jerry say it's very hard to have a beard and be funny. I feel like this was put in an entry. Agree or disagree? Agree. Brian, do you have an opinion about this?

I don't want to try a beard, honestly. Switch it up. Let's see the little. Dude, I'm called for. Yeah. If nothing else, you can fall back on the impressions. Have you ever had a beard? Have you ever tried to grow one? No, the only thing I did during COVID for like two or three weeks, I had a goatee

and then I shaved it off. Did you take a picture? Uh, I made a video of it. You did a whole video. and then I don't see shaved it off I hate did you take a picture? I made a video of it a whole video. I'm online I do but I miss that one. Oh, I was oh, I made a video of Future me coming back till talking. Did you really? Yeah. Oh, dude you you still got it up. Yeah I gotta go. I gotta go look at it. Yeah, that's funny you and you But that was they didn't look good. I'll say that. Really?

Uh, totally gray. That was the conventional thinking for a long time is that state of comedians, um, shouldn't have beards. They shouldn't- Shouldn't wear hats. Conceal anything about their face. The idea was for the same reason, I think J.D. Vance is the first politician in like a hundred years that's had a beard.

Because you're, apparently there's science to back this up that you present as more honest and trustworthy, the less you're concealing about your face. So the conventional thinking used to be no hat, no long hair, no big glasses, no beard. No eyebrows. And also-

No Dusty. It's Dusty's whole persona. That's what I'm saying. That's the conventional. I think it's changed. I think like, I don't know, the world's just different. I don't think people care about that anymore, but there are some guys who, um, a lot of what makes them funny is like the facial

expressions and stuff and the way they look. So you shouldn't cover that up if that's part of your thing. There's a good argument, if you watch Louis CK and Seinfeld on comedians and cars getting coffee, they argue about this specifically because Louis has a beard and Seinfeld asked him about it. So that's an interesting point. I've never even considered that. There's some comics you see them at local shows and they wear a hat and it's casting

a shadow on their face. You can't see their face at all. See, I wear a hat, but I wear mine up. You got to wear it up so that they can see your face. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like you might as well walk out there with a ski mask on at some point. That's weird. Yeah. It's, it's, it's like, you might as well walk out there and like, with like a skin mask on at some point. Yeah. I'm not, that's weird. Yeah. I'm aware of it.

So I, I usually have to the side anyways. Um, but yeah, that's, that's interesting. Garon Dombrowski, Garon Dombrowski. I lost it when Bates said that Alaska has a lower population per capita than Vermont. That's like saying they have less people per people. I think he meant they have the lowest population per acre. Surprised Aaron didn't catch it. Love the podcast.

Keep up the great work guys. Yeah. That's very low. His population per capita. Yeah. Yeah. Gary is correct when I was getting at, think yeah that yeah you meant in the moment Yeah, some things you just let slide

Yeah Vermont is no Wyoming is the smallest or the least populous state period we learned this last week. Mm-hmm But a lot of black people no when people people Oh week. Uh, but a lot of black people, no, people, people. Oh, hold on. Hold on. Brian back up. Wait, hold on.

I just caught him. You talking about black people? Nah, nah, nah. Real people. Yeah, yeah. I didn't even catch that. That was, well, what you mean? I'm like, and I'm just sitting there like, oh yeah. All people matter.

Yeah. We, people, people. No, all people. Yeah, just in general. Yeah. Oh, okay. But Alaska is so big that it's, it's, it's the fewest people accounting for how big the state is.

They have one black person. There is in the whole, yeah. In Vermont? In Alaska. And he runs a jewelry store in Ketchikan. That's the only one y'all saw. That's wild. Alright.

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You gotta have a hobby about hobbies. Um, you gotta have a hobby, dude. Yeah. I did a little, do you agree with that? Do you think people should have hobbies? Yes. Cause I know a lot of people that don't, there are a lot of people that go to work, they go home, that's it.

What I learned was it's a relatively new thing as far as since people have been around because throughout most of history, you couldn't't you didn't have time to sit around and twiddle your white people have to do it for like the last couple hundred years Mike's probably the first one what am I missing here what back up back up yeah people yeah yeah I'm just saying throughout history people have not been able to have the luxury of having a hobby. They're working or they're just trying to provide for their family. Yeah.

The idea of having time to kill is a relatively new human experience. The word hobby came from hobby horse, which you guys know what a hobby horse is? I don't. I've never heard of it. It's a little toy horse that... Oh, okay. It's that hobby horse and competition popped up automatically. That's a hobby horse? People compete at this.

You've seen a hobby horse, right? I have seen this. It's like a little broom with a horse at the end of it. Right. And it was designed for a child to mimic riding a real horse. And then the word hobby kind of suggests anything that's a childish pursuit. So if you're doing something that people think is, you know, what are you doing?

They called it a hobby, like a hobby horse. Wow, that makes sense. Yeah. It does not have a good connotation. No. Not originally, but then by, that was 17th century, 18th century, they said, by then things had had all of a sudden starts becoming cool, right? Right? Yeah, and it's a a luxury to have the time to do. Yeah, whatever. So you asked if everyone should have a hobby

Yeah, thanks. Oh, there's a I'll jump ahead. This is a I guess a a TikTok thing's going on now. The five hobby rule. It's a personal development strategy that suggests cultivating five different types of hobbies to achieve a well-rounded and fulfilling life. These hobbies are categorized as one to make money, one to keep you physically healthy, one to foster creativity, one to expand your knowledge,

and one to build social connections. So, for me, I think one to make money. I think I have, I mean, I think when I first started stand-up comedy, I probably thought of it as a hobby. That's how it started. Really? Of course. Obviously that- You started as a hobby too?

I started with the intention of making it my job, but It wasn't I had a full-time job for four years when I write but I mean I mean I'm saying though when you started you know, you didn't look at it Like I'ma just do this just for fun. Like you had a no, I wanted to do it do it So you looked at it like it was just a hobby though. I mean, I didn't believe in myself enough I took a Rick Roberts stand-up comedy class I thought this is just something fun to do. Okay. And then I enjoyed it and kept going and kept going. So I can't honestly say I thought when I started that, you know, I'd be

doing it for a career. What about you? Yeah, I mean when I started doing stand-up, when I realized I wanted to do it, yeah, it was not a hobby. But either you have a hobby that you've made money from? No. No. No. Well, I think that might be the hardest one. That's the hardest one for sure. On this list. From a hobby? Oh, yeah. I'm trying to think even what those are. Right, because if you do art, it's not your hobby. Yes. Well, we're lucky our job is also a pretty creative outlet. Yes. Right. In some ways, and so we're lucky in that way. Yeah.

You know? One to keep you physically healthy. Definitely. I do, I'd love to talk about that. I do a lot of that. But what they consider hobbies on some of these lists I saw, I'm like, is that a hobby? What's considered a hobby?

Walking. Like pets. Having a pet is a hobby? That's, some of these lists I saw, like one of the most popular hobbies is having pets. I'm like, that's just, yeah, I was just your wife. Right. Yeah. If you have a dog, you're not your life.

Oh, did you think he said wife? I said, why? I was like, wait, hold on, dude. But like, what are you trying to get me in so much trouble? What are you doing there? I think you did say wife because Cause I was doing my person. That's like having a wife. Just sits around the house, taking up space. Got to let it out of the house every few hours. What a waste.

I thought, uh, I got a lot of people to apologize to. I thought we were a little more, I thought we were a little more progressive than this. Well, you thought wrong. They say you're having it. People, people. And my wife. Well, you thought wrong. And my wife, I love now life. Yeah. It's just, uh, I don't think of pets as a, but I think sports, that you don't play professionally can be considered a hobby.

Yeah. Pick up basketball activity. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Walking, hiking, riding bikes, that kind of thing. I never considered that a hobby though. Like working, I was like working out. Yeah, Yeah. Yeah. Walking, hiking, riding bikes, that kind of thing. I never considered that a hobby though. Like working, that is like working out.

Yeah, I didn't either. So I never considered that a hobby. I even, even playing basketball, I look at it like, is that's like just fun. For me, it's like, it's a way of life. It's fun. Unless of a hobby. Not now. I used to, and now it's like so much is so physically taxing.

It's like, I'm it's so physically taxing. It's like, I'm literally just doing it for cardio. Like- Right, it's working out. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. It's for health. Yeah. You know?

I guess I got a hike. You were into hiking for a while. I don't know, maybe still are. I've done it less since the baby, but I used to do it, yeah, all the time. Yeah. Once or twice a week, I'd hike somewhere. And on the road almost every weekend, I I used to do it. Yeah. All the time. Yeah. Uh, once or twice a week, I'd, I'd hike somewhere and on, on the road, almost every weekend, I find a place to hike.

Like, like dusty. He, he bird watches that would be, wouldn't that be considered that's a hobby? Or, uh, Joe Zimmerman, Joe Zimmerman. He does it too. Yeah. Ultimate. Yeah. So it was like......

One to foster creativity. Yeah. Who made this? What is this list from? I think from TikTok. The five hobby rules. Oh, it's people making videos, what their hobbies are for those five. I don't know who originally came up with this, but some psychologists or something said, this is what you need for a well-rounded life.

Okay. One day expand your knowledge. That'd be like taking a foreign language or something like that. Okay. You were gonna do that. I was for a while. Really?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do Duolingo. I really leaned into English. You do what? Duolingo. What's that? It's like babble. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, it's fun. What do you learn? Spanish. Really? Do you speak it? No, I wouldn't say I'm like, yeah, I would say Rosie Perez. Do, uh, Benicio del Toro in, uh, Sicario.

I just say something is Spanish. I don't, um, uh, I don't know. What's the, uh, uh, you need to, I'll just say it's worse than his impression. I'm trying to, I'm trying to, it's like that to English. Imagine this is conversation. How are you? Listen, it takes me a while. Now listen, I'm on day like 265 or something like that.

You've been doing this a year? No, 265. I mean, that's two thirds of a year. But you got to understand, I only do like one lesson a day. You might need to up it to two, bro. I might need to. You can't answer how are you doing. I give you the simplest phrase it was. You might need to up it to two. I might need to. You can't answer how are you doing.

I can't even, the simplest phrase it was. It's not that I can't, it just takes me a second. Yeah. Like, like I have to. Donde estas. Donde estas. Um, so, so this is how, so, you know, how I have to break this down in my head. Donde, I have to do it word by word.

Okay. Where? Yeah. Okay. And you said Donde estas. Yeah. Where am I? Yeah. Okay. Oh, where are you Where? Yeah. Okay. And you said down there, stop. Yeah.

Where am I? Yeah. Okay. Oh, where are you from? Okay. Yeah. Oh, you want me to answer? El Nashville.

I know what you mean. I know what you mean. Yeah. I got, that's usually where it stops for me. Like I don't really. I'm from Nashville, Tennessee. I'll just say I'm from Nashville, Tennessee. There you go.

You just said it. Oh, here. Um, I'm from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm from Nashville, Tennessee. I'm from Nashville Tennessee I just say I'm from Nashville Tennessee there you go oh um I'd say uh suey no no uh they nice to be you know hunters lane too much stress you guys are doing it is we really put you on the spot I'm going to spike guys you can't bring I mean I did a perfect Denzel so you did you did you can't bring up, I mean, I did a perfect Denzel. So you did that. You can't just throw around, Hey, I'm multilingual on the Nate land podcast.

No, no, I said I'm doing duolingo. Well, this is a hobby to enrich your, uh, your alert. You're trying to be learned. Oh yeah. I'm trying to be learned in, uh, in Espanol. No, Aaron, you were going to, uh, learn auctioneering at one time. Really?

I was trying to get the, I forgot about it. I need to go back. Why? Because I love the way an auctioneer talks. Isn't it fun? You ever listened to- And I wanted to learn how to do it. I thought that would be a fun thing to pull out.

Also, if I could talk like an auctioneer, I would write a bit where I did that. Hell yeah. Just so I could use it. I actually met an auctioneer in Spokane, Washington. And I was like, hit me with a little and she, I mean, it's, it's so cool. Oh yeah. You ever listen to ball thugs in harmony? What do you think? It's my uncle Charles.

Yo, my son and I balls. Hey, mom, I'm how to miss my uncle Charles. Yo, man, I'm an eyeballs. That's what I'm saying. Hey, mom, I'm how? There you go. Right there. A little bit. Yeah, that'll help. I watched the guy, he would go, you got to go one, one and a quarter, one and a half, one, uh, one, one, one and a quarter.

One of, I always, I forgot how it went. See? But I really worked on it for a while. You see? And that's how I feel about Spanish. Mm hmm. Muy pequeño. I just watched, uh,

see, like, you can always fall back on that. Like, if you don't understand what somebody's saying, that's what I do. You just look like you're really pondering it. Like, no, see, see. It's beautiful. We'll need translations on the bottom of the screen. Yeah.

Put subtitles. Yeah. For that being, what is this? Narcos? Uh, I was, cause I was watching, uh, Conan O'Brien. That's what I'm gonna watch. Conan O'Brien just received the Mark Twain prize. And, uh, I was watching it at the end.

He had an auctioneer come out. He had so many people who wanted to thank me. Didn't have have much time. So he's auctioneer read it. Oh That's really fun. Yeah And then the last one is to build social connections Would that be like joining a book club or something? That's what I did. Well, I mean I enjoy the book club. I'm saying, no, I would never do that. You took Duolingo with a class? No, actually I started doing it because my son was doing it. And then, I mean, that's actually why I like, I,

you could talk to him. Yeah. Well, no, you could experience it together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Like I'm like, oh, okay, this is cool. It's something we can, you know, I mean, dad, you never talked to me in English.

Sure. Yeah, yeah. Cause we were actually in, um, Cancun last year and he started doing it. So that's when I started. Well, a lot of these can overlap, right? Like I can say golf, you know, you got a group of guys you play golf with. That's the communal aspect of it. And then, you know, maybe you're walking a lot playing golf.

That's the physical aspect of it. Elb golf. And you're losing money from it. But. I'm not sure that that was right. What do you mean? I said El golf. I'm not sure that's the Spanish translation. El golf? El golf.

Golf-o. El golf. El golf. In high school, I took Latin. Oh. Me too. Two years of Latin. There's real, especially for what I do Latin. Oh, me too. Two years of Latin. There's real, especially for what I do,

there's no real purpose. Why Latin? Just because my friends were. And it's supposed to, you could be a lawyer or a doctor or something. Yeah, yeah. So my friends were, so I'm like, I don't, but I never knew any Spanish.

And so when I was an adult, I took adult classes to learn Spanish. And for a while I got into it, but that was 20 years ago. And I remember nothing now. It doesn't. You've got to get in it. No, it's not like riding a bike. No, not at all.

Here's it's L golf. L golf. Yeah. I don't hear how it's pronounced. Fluent. How about this? How about this? Golf.

L golf. This guy's pronounced. Fluent. How about this? How about this? This guy's learned. L learned. Um, uh, go. Oh, that's okay. The first one I played was English. So it goes from to, to. Who? Golf. Golf. Oh, he's got to say it with a little. L golf Who Golf golf. Oh, he's got say with a little girl. They'll go a little

pizzazz I Just hit you so yeah boy. I'll apply who got our means to play really To play golf, to play golf. That should be talked like that. Hey, to play golf. Just leave it there. Yes.

Yeah. I am from Nashville. I am Aaron to play golf. Who, Gar, huh? You want me to translate that? No, I'm just saying, oh, if you talked in English, the way you're talking to Spanish, Oh yeah, sometimes it gets lost in translation, but you got to like, see, that's why you don't know Spanish if you knew Spanish, you would know what I'm saying.

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Learning a musical instrument is one of the main ones or the top ones where someone starts and doesn't. Golf could be considered one, right? Yeah. Oh, for sure. I know a lot of people that bought golf clubs thinking they're going to get into it. And then, yeah. They see how hard it is.

And yeah, same with a musical instrument. I never learned an instrument as a kid. A few years ago, I was at Target. There was a little Casio's keyboard for $80. And I thought, I'm going to, maybe I'm Mozart. Don't even know it. You know, take it home. And I bought it and I am NOT

How are you? I wanted to learn the Charlie Brown Christmas songs that's a pretty hard one and so but you know, you can go on online and they don't show you all the keys and so I did learn like I put little stickers on all the keys and Memorized it. What did you do with the, what'd you do with that? Yeah. You got rid of the, Oh, the keyboard itself. I it's at my mom's house. So when my daughter goes there, play that's so funny.

Okay. Yes. Yeah. That's a keyboard. I was gonna try to play the Charlie Brown thing, but yeah. Okay. Well, I can't find one where you can play with the Charlie Brown thing, but yeah. Well, I can't find one where you can play with the keyboard. I'll find it.

That's interesting. So far, my impressions might have been bad. Your Spanish was worse, but that's the worst yet. You playing. Oh, what are you talking about? I thought my Spanish was okay. I told you, I'm telling you off top that as, uh, what did you just download? Um, yeah, no, my Spanish is, it's, it's, it's, it's been, um, all right, let's, uh, all right, Here's some, uh, TV movie, TV and movie characters that have hobbies, famous hobbies and from TV shows. Okay. Uh, this is from a movie, uh, Andy from

the 40 year old Virgin collecting vintage toys. You guys seen that movie? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, that's weird. What? Oh no, I'm just thinking about how his setup looked. His house? Yeah. Yeah. He has his toys everywhere. No, I'm thinking about mine. Go ahead.

And he kept them in the boxes so they're made condition. Yeah, you got to. Now he didn't start doing that with the intention to make money, but he ends up making a ton of money with it. Oh yeah. He opens the store. He opens the store at the end. Yeah.

Right. I didn't even think about that. That's a good point. Did you guys watch the Sopranos? Yes. Bobby Bacala? He was into model trains. Bobby.

Yeah. Oh yeah, he was. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I forgot about that. You remember that? I've never seen that.

That's one of the, there's some hobbies that for some reason are seen as like embarrassing. Yeah. Model train is one of them. I don't find it embarrassing, but it's one that people make fun of. Really? Yeah. Grow men that collect, that do model train stuff I'm trying to think of other ones that what about collectibles like the one I just mentioned. Yeah Star Wars like

What are those little they're like bobbleheads, but they're oh, yeah pop I got a buddy that that has a whole room full of those. What are they called pop? Pop it. Yes Pop heads or something. Yeah. Pop heads. All these pop heads out here. What are those call? You know what I'm talking about?

Huh? Plinko Plinko is a game on the price is right. Oh, those, we like those. Yeah. Yeah. But thank you so much for sending this. While we're on the topic. Those are, that's very cool.

I was just trying to remember what they're called. Um, he said Plinko. Yeah. Nah, I have a buddy that has a whole room for those. Of what? Those little characters. That we don't know what they're called? Yeah. Yeah. There's a whole. for those. Of what? Those little characters. That we don't know what they're called? Yeah.

Yeah. There's a whole- Funko Pops. Funko Pops. Yeah. That's what they're called. Yeah. I got a buddy, got a whole- So Plinko is actually not far off.

Yeah, you're close. You go chase an apology. All right. I didn't watch Star Trek The Next Generation, but apparently Captain Picard was into building ships in a bottle. Oh. At least as a kid he was. I didn't watch Star Trek the next generation, but apparently Captain Picard was into building ships in a bottle. Really? Or at least as a kid he was.

Yeah. Picard, is that with Professor X? That's Patrick Stewart. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Professor X. The Wire, did you guys watch The Wire? Yep. Wee Bay, he was really into fish. He was into fish.

I forgot about that. The band? Yeah. What did you say? He was into the band fish? Yeah, in the fish. Yeah. I forgot about that. Yeah. He's in the band fish. Yeah. He loved them. They were his favorite. He loved playing it through Baltimore streets. Here's some like real life celebrities that have a hobby.

Justin Bieber, the Rubik's cube. Here's what I didn't know this. And I've Rubik's cube has been around as long as I've been a kid. I call it Rubik's Cube. Here's what I didn't know this and I've Rubik's Cube's been around as long as I've been a kid. I call it Rubik's Cube. Like it's a guy named Rubik and he has a cube. No, I call it a cube that I call Rubik. Rubik's Cube. Oh it's the X. Rubik's Cube. It's, it's a possessive. There is a Rubik's. There's a guy named Rubik. It's his cube. Wow. Rubik's? The cube of Rubik. I don't, I think I would just done it R U B I K.

I don't think I would have done a post for yes. I don't, I don't believe that Justin Bieber's sitting around doing the Rubik's cube. Hmm. I'm not saying that you're lying. Yeah. I'm saying you have bad information. I think the Rubik's cubes is, that so narcissistic like why we have to call it

like this for everybody like well he invented it I know but it's like what Lou Gehrig did with that disease right like it's all about you remember that drink that you say we're at Zany's called the Mike James oh that's true that's true there is a drink here at Zany's Comedy the Mike James. Oh, that's true. Oh, that's true. There is a drink here at Zany's comedy club, wonky's comedy club named after Mike James. He insisted on it. He threw a fit until they put it on the menu. They finally Mike James grabbed, he grabbed the owner by the neck and he goes, listen,

I don't know if you notice, I'm a bit of a thing around here. Yeah. I'd like to walk in and go, I'll have the me. That's hilarious. And so they added, you were literally on the menu. I was started a Mike James. And what is it again? It's like a strawberry daiquiri or something.

Yep. That's it. Uh, precisely. No, what is, um, Grenadine it's been so long since I really don't even rum rum something. It was, um, so rock red berry. Okay. Red bull and cranberry juice.

That's what it was. Okay. And it's called the Mike James. Well, now if I go in there tonight, can I go in there and get a Mike James? You think you can know what it is? Well, I don't know. Maybe Tiffany would Tiffany would. Yes.

She's made a bunch of Mike. Yep. If you've got a third coast comedy club in Nashville, you can get the Aaron Weber special on the menu diet coke and M&Ms. What? It's on the menu diet coke and M&&M's. What? It's on the menu. Diet Coke and M&M's. And M&M's, yeah.

It's a package deal. It's the Aaron Weber special. Why? Because I, you know what? What's his thing? I'm making waves out here. But you got the, you have the M&M's. So what?

No. Because you want to be like, I'll have the Aaron Weber. But you're like, I don't want too much sugar. And there's no discount for it either. It's the same as if you just ordered a like I'll have the Aaron Weber. But you like I don't want I don't want too much There's no discount for it either It's the same as if you just order the Diet Coke and M&M's but it's fun to order the Aaron Weber special That is cool. Do they have it on the menu? It's literally on the menu. That's dope What about you? No, I've never had a drink named after me. We got changed. What would it be if we had a drink named after you?

for me. We got changed. What would it be? If we had a drink named warm milk. For the late show. It's like, it's like, uh, it's warm and it's slightly, uh, expired, like two days expired. Like, I don't know. Come on, Mike. You're like, I don't know. Curdled milk. Come on. That's like fair. There it is on the menu right there. Kurtled milk. Come on. There it is on the menu right there. Check that out. Oh wow. The air we ever special right under the popcorn. Simple, elegant. Absolutely right.

Wow. Shout out to Luke and Scott. Simple, elegant. Third Coast Company Club, making it happen, man. That's a, I'd never, that's a different type of description. I've never thought, I've never saw M&M's and Diet Coke and thought, man, that is a different type of description. I never thought, I never saw M&Ms and diet

coke and thought, man, that is simple and elegant. You haven't seen the way I eat it. Yeah, Lee, dude. Just make it so creepy. It's just how you said it, dude. Yeah, that's like you ever played basketball with Michael Jordan? That's what it is. What? It's like you're playing basketball with Michael Jordan. That's what it is. What's like eating M&M's with me.

He's the top of his game. Here's a few more celebrities. I don't know what I'm talking about. Oh, yeah. These celebrities with hobbies. You are not a sloppy eater. I'll say that. Thanks dude.

Cause you're a fast eater. I'll say that. Thanks dude. Cause, uh, quickly you're a fast eater, very fast, but you're not sloppy. Like I'll like, Whoa, I didn't even know that I'm trying to get it in before I get hungry, I'll still be on my first piece and pizza or whatever and you'll be, but it's not like it's all over your face. I'll tear it through it. Thanks man. Yeah. Uh, where'd that come from guys?

Like I'm confused on that. What is the conversation? I think there's just a perception of me is like embarrassed. Like I look embarrassing when I'm eating. That's actually, I thought he was going to be the perception of you. I think if people had to, yeah, I don't think they were to draw a picture of Aaron Weber eating something, food all over my face, I'd have a bib on. But I use knife and fork really well. Well, good for you.

Thanks, man. Usual M&Ms like, uh, like George. Yeah, that was a candy bar. Oh yeah. That's right. He talked to do it. They just get a spoon or something by the spoonful. So we're getting Steve Martin plays the banjo.

He's kind of, he made money off that. Yeah, that feels like less of a hobby. Yeah. By the spoonful. Steve Martin plays the banjo. He's kind of, he made money off that. Yeah. Well known for that. That feels like less of a hobby. That's kind of what he's doing now. It feels like. Nick Offerman, woodworking. Who's Nick Offerman?

The guy from Parks and Rec. Oh yeah. Which his character on there was into woodworking. Yeah. Yeah. Tom Hanks collects typewriters. I've heard that. I think there's a guy here in Nashville that got a letter from Tom Hanks about a typewriter he bought from him or something. Yeah. Yeah. That's a fun thing to collect.

Is it? Because I'm like, why? What do you do with it? Because you definitely don't type with it. Anybody still typing on typewriters? You know how frustrating that had to be? Like, man, I don't think we give enough credit to like the news reporters back in the day that had to use typewriters. Like I was watching Superman and I was watching- Well, that's a true story. I was watching them and I was just watching how like Lois Lane had to type. And I was like, dude- Oh, you talking about like the Christopher Reeve Superman?

Yeah. Yeah. I was like, dude, that would drive me about like the Christopher Reeve Superman? Yeah. Yeah. I was like, dude, that would drive me insane. You got to slide this thing, but like, no, I got to do it. Were you ever old enough to even use a typewriter? I don't remeber. I mean, I think I remember one in hindsight. I probably saw somebody using one,

but I don't think they were doing it intentionally. Typewriter feels good though. It does. It's tactically, it feels good. I have a mechanical keyboard where the, uh, the switches are, they feel like that. It's loud. It's, uh, it's disruptive for other people, but it's a good haptic feedback. Right, right, right.

You get, it's really, that's why if people make fun of you for it, I would keep that click on, on your phone. You know, the click that old people don't know how to turn off when they type and it's just like, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. You know what I'm talking about? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I'd like to leave that on because it feels good when you, when you hear it. It does. It does. It gives you, yeah. Yeah. You. It's like popping bubble wrap or something. Yeah, man.

It's a good feeling. Yeah. You need popping bubble wrap or something. Yeah, man. You get a good feeling. Yeah. You need that. That's my hobby. Bubble wrap, just kind of twisting it up, popping it. Really? No. Well, I'm waiting for you to do it.

You had to, do you have it enabled already? I thought you just put the ringer on. I thought it would do it. No, you got to disable it. Oh, okay. I'm sure I have it disabled Mike Tyson clicks pigeons. Oh, yeah, there's no way. Yeah. Yeah. What does he do with them? pigeon racing and Pigeon racing. Yeah I didn't hear that.

I actually had that either. He's like Michael Vick for Pigeon. I never heard that. I never heard that either, but. How do you race a pigeon? I think you just throw them in there. Yeah, but I mean, they're not going, they know, they know, I've never seen a pigeon fly straight.

Google Mike Tyson pigeon racing. Mike Tyson says he owns over a thousand pigeons. Yeah. You never heard this. I've never heard this at all. I knew he owned a tiger. Yeah. I didn't know he had pigeons.

He loves pigeons. Better keep the pigeons away from the tiger. Huh? Yeah, I would. Yeah, man. But he had a reality TV show about pigeons. Oh, I don't remember that. I can't believe you didn't know.

Why does he like pigeons so much? It was something about as a kid. Yeah. Danny, have you watched Hey Arnold or is that after both of y'all's time? The show Hey Arnold? Whoa, how old do you think I am? 46? No, I'm not.

No, I'm not. 54. I don't even know why you went there. I know, I know. Do you remember the show Hey Arnold? Yeah, yeah, I remember. There's a character, the pigeon man. I don't remember watching it, but I remember the show.

Okay. There's a character, the pigeon man. It's just like a sad guy that has been, look at him. He used to be a fighter pilot. I don't know his whole backstory. I thought you were going to give me the story. He's been outcast from society and his only friends are pigeons. And he just hangs out on rooftops, taking care of pigeons.

Yeah. He was a fighter pilot. He's just kind of a sad guy. Yeah. Aaron, answer me this. Tell me if this is true. Taylor Swift making snow globes. You've been to her house.

Do you see snow globes everywhere? You've been to her house? Uh, last week? Her family's house, not her. That's why. Not her place. I had no idea about the snow globes. I don been to her house? Last week? Her family's house, not her. I swear. Not her place. I had no idea about the snow globes. I don't know how, you know. Yeah.

Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld, cars, all kinds of cars. You mentioned that being your hobby. Collecting cars. Collecting cars, yeah. It's like buying one car is like a life altering decision. Yeah, it's like, man, I really have to think about this. Like you just buying it on a whim. Like yeah.

Yeah, like I buy baseball think about this. Like you just buying it on a whim. Yeah. By like, I buy baseball cards. Yeah. Did you, did you might as well pick some up on the way home? Yeah. I was at Walmart. I grabbed a couple of cars. Yeah.

Dude, listen, um, to go back to, uh, what we were just talking about racism. Hey Arnold, or how far back do you want to go? No, Mike Tyson? The pigeons. Yeah. So you remember on, what was it, Home Alone 2? Y'all remember that? When the pigeon lady?

I stopped on the first one. That's a mistake. Because the second one- It gets better? I think the second one was better. OK. Is there pigeons in it? A lot of pigeons.

In the park, there's a lady, right? Yeah. She threw the pigeons on. Oh, such a funny scene. Surely you've seen. Nah, I don't know. You've never seen. I don't know what you're talking about.

Nah. Is it the same kid as the first one? I'm already not believing you. You've seen, everybody's seen Lost in New York. Donald Trump's in Home Alone 2. Yeah, I've seen that clip of him. Yeah. Yeah.

I'm using that. All right. So I went through the, the Nate Land guys, the guys who travel with Nate, that are in our, in kind of see if I could come up with a hobby for, for everybody. Some people like John DeToy. He hasn't been on this podcast, but we know him. He's a best yo-yoer in the world. Pretty much. Which is crazy. Yeah. Steven Rogers, really into Alice Cooper. Like I don't know if that would be a hobby, but he like follows him around. He buys all his albums.

Who? He's named after him. Alice Cooper? Yeah, the singer. Wow. Okay. The boys are back in town. Oh, okay, I know that song.

You know that song? Yeah, I do know that song. Yeah, it's my favorite Alice Cooper song. Let's start with that. You know, I'm buying a stairway to heaven. You've never heard that song? I haven't heard that one. Check it out.

Alice Cooper's got some hits. Yeah, I believe. Yesterday. And ba da da ba da da way. Let it be, let it be. You never heard of it? Alice Cooper is hit after hit. Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years.

You don't know that? Alice Cooper? It doesn't sound like LL. The joke is none of these are Alice Cooper songs. Oh, okay. Yeah. But the first one was right. No, that's thin Lizzie.

Alice Cooper has schools out for the summer. Never heard that. Yeah. Is there a the in there? For summer. Schools out for the summer. Well, it's just schools out for summer. Oh man.

I don't think it changes the song that much. I think it changes it totally differently. The you putting articles in there. Yeah. It's summer break. School's out for the summer. All right. All right.

Dustin Chaffin, he collects records whenever he's on the road. He goes to record stores or antique. Mike Vecchione really into the mafia. That's not a joke. I don't know if that's a hobby, but he, really into the mafia. That's not a joke. I don't know if that's a hobby, but he knows everything about the mafia. He extorts small businesses for fun. That's his hobby. He bribes local police departments.

That dude is so funny, man. Yeah. He is so funny. All right. Steven Bargatze. Obviously he's a magician, but he's a big pickleball player. Really? Yeah.

You guys have y'all done that? Played pickleball? I played it's a big pickleball player. Really? Yeah. There you go. You guys, have y'all done that? Played pickleball? I played it once. It was very fun. Really? You liked it? Only? You not like it?

Only only. I haven't played it. Because this doesn't benefit, because the only sport where you being tall doesn't matter at all? No. I just, it looks like a lot of cardio. More than I wanted to. Less than basketball?

Yeah, less than. But at least I like basketball. Yeah, less than. But at least I like basketball. I'm into basketball. So I can kind of forget. But I think you're competitive enough. You would enjoy pickleball if you just played. Probably if I got it.

With friends and you were talking trash. Yeah. I think pink pong's too much cardio. Really? Have you played pickleball? Only on the road with Nate. Okay. Not like in a real court, but we played once,

you know, in a tennis court at night. In Johnson City and yeah, and then One another time we taped off like, you know, Nate has like a extra room or something We just played but not like on a real court with real equipment. You didn't do a tournament or anything Yeah, we just played each other but it was double so there wasn't a lot of running around You know, you play ball with base before I have Isn't he annoyingly better than you think?

What's so funny is, he'll be right up under the basket, and he still doesn't fade away. I don't know why he fades away. It's almost like his body doesn't want to be anywhere near anybody, so he just jumps away, and he goes in. I know. Well, that's very funny.

I'm not going to laugh too much because Brian, I mean, I play Brian and some games of horse demolish. It's a tough, it's a tough shot to demolish. Yeah. My hobby used to be I'd hustle people. I can see that. I would show up, show up to the YMCA.

Even after you shoot, cause even after you shoot, I'm still going to be like, yeah. Kill the record. The reason probably is because I'm always afraid I'm going to get my shot blocked. So yeah, you know. And I do very often. Well, you have to jump a little higher. As high as I can jump.

You blocked my shot a couple of times. But, but it's fun going out there with man. I'm so nervous. It is fun. Dusty Gardening. We talked about Birdwatching, but Gardening. Dusty has a few. Yeah, he has a few. Birdwatching.

Dusty's a renaissance man. Yes. Joe Zimmerman, Birdwatching. I couldn't think of one for Greg Warren. Oh, no, he has a hobby or not. I don't know. It was like being a sports fan, being an engaged sports fan, considered a hobby too. Yeah.

You go to a lot of sporting events, things like that. I guess so. He, I know he follows like collegiate wrestling super closely and goes to a lot of events. And what about Dustin Nickerson? I couldn't think of one for him. Uh, he said, to a lot of events and what about Dustin Nickerson? I couldn't think of one for him. He goes to a lot of concerts I feel like. He goes to a lot of concerts. Yeah he goes to sporting events too and doing stuff with his family and I don't know I mean collect stuff I guess. Alright so then I got to us. I'll go first. Okay. When I was a kid, I was really into the Muppets. I, but I guess my parents bought, I didn't buy them. Okay. Muppets. What are you shaking your head,

Mike? I was just thinking about you. This is an open, this is an open. Yeah, yeah, safe place. Safe place. Don't try to bring me down. No, no, no. I collect Muppets. I was really the Muppets and I joined the Muppet fan club. I brought in some of our newsletters here. I was wondering what that was. Oh, this is amazing. Yes. This is a member of the actual sheepskin. That's all.

So remember the Muppet fan club there. Wow. The Muppet volume three, number three, 1981. The great Muppet caper facts for fanatics. It had, it's amazing, dude. This is directly to you. This looks like when you were an adult. No, look at that address.

Look at this. This guy didn't go to his, it went to straight to him. What's about my work PO box. All right. So I'm a still a member. Read that address, man. That address is crazy. Oh yeah.

That's why I read it. Yeah. I mean, you still live, you don't live there. Route one box 380. Route one. I lived out in the country. Route one, Lebanon, Tennessee. There was no numeric.

I mean, box 380 was there's box, but just route one. Lebanon has come up since then. Yeah. Thank goodness. That's so cool, man. It's cool that you saved this. I don't even think you could put that in a GPS.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Dusty had something similar with when he was in the trailer park. I forgot what it was. Yeah. Morris trailer park lot A. Something like that. All right. So now as an adult for the last 30 part, lot A. Something like that. All right, so now as an adult,

for the last 30 years, I've been keeping a journal. Really? And I write in every day and I look back. For how long you been doing that? 30 years. 30 years? Starting in 1995. You ever go back and read some of your own stuff?

I do it every day. I go back five year intervals and look at what I was doing. Wow, on the same day. Wow. That's crazy. it's fun. It's fun. It makes you realize how much your life changed, how stuff that you thought was so important at the time in a short amount of time, doesn't matter.

So what you're reading right now is during the pandemic. Yep. Yeah. But also look back 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20, 25 and 30. So, yeah. So that's really cool. What were you doing? What were you doing today? Um, what was I doing? Which year? Five years ago. You know what? Five years ago, because we couldn't do anything. I was playing

a lot of golf. Okay. Yeah. Not good, but I would go out to these cheap courses and play nine holes at Shelby or something with some local comics. You go to McCabe, you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. Went to McCabe, went to Riverside, these cheap places that, you know, because you couldn't do anything else five years ago. That's true. It's kind of kind of sad. Wow. All right. So that's my hobbies. Yeah. What about you, Mike?

I'm in the Legos. Like in what way? Like building Lego cars, cars like the cars I brought Drum roll Man I got into these when I how would you describe this for the listeners Mike what do you mean well people some people just listen it says on the back what it is I couldn't have told you it's a 4 GT or GT so this is so actually like normally I I built the ones that are smaller than this okay I'm gonna show off but uh got a couple couple here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So so the thing is though

I got started doing this with my son Right. It's like Spanish. Yeah. Yeah, but he got out of it and Then I couldn't stop doing it now. I'm like addicted to it So just buy like the kit and then follow the instructions and build it from scratch How long does this take? Like it depends on how if I get into it, like I think this one took me like a day like I can get into it, but I like to take them when I'm on the road. Right. I do them. You got your C-Pak bag. Yeah. Yeah.

Like I'm in like if I'm yeah, I like to do it on the you know wherever I'm at. So if you say a day yeah, I like to do it on the, you know, wherever I'm at. So if you say a day, like a whole day though. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like 10 hours. No, no, no, no. You don't take that. Like, I mean, you can take breaks in some of them take that long.

You buy a huge Eiffel tower and stuff. That's like, I don't, I mean, when I had Legos as a kid, they were just blocks and you could build buildings, but I don't even understand how this works. Yeah, I mean, when I had Legos as a kid, they were just blocks and you could build buildings, but I don't even understand how this works. Yeah, dude. Like it's, it's all, I don't know. Like, cause like you can see the engine. So like, you can see the engine,

like how the engine works with these, which is crazy. Like, like while the wheels are going, the engine's working. So it's like, it, it shows you. Yeah. Like if you, while the wheels are going, the engine's working. So it's like, it shows you. Yeah. Like if you, if I just walked in, I couldn't even tell you that these are Legos. Oh really? I think I would just say model cars or something.

Yeah. Cause that's not even what I think of as Legos. Yeah. It gets, it gets fun, but I mean. And you've got little bitty parts in there. Like how many parts are in these? These were like 16, 1700 pieces. Yeah. 1700? Yeah.

But normally I'll do like the kids, I'll do like 900, 900, 800 pieces. Something like that. Yeah. I get the appeal of it. It's very fun. I've done a couple recently. I had my, uh, we hosted my whole family for Thanksgiving last year. And I was like, I got all these nieces and nephews coming.

I was, I'll buy some these nieces and nephews coming. I was, I'll buy some Lego Lego sets for them to play with. So I got, I bought like the Hogwarts castle from Harry Potter. I bought a big one, not the huge one. That's like $600. There's one that's like a hundred bucks and it's maybe like the size of like my laptop, it's like that big. And, um, my nieces and nephews did it with me for, I don't know, 20 minutes

and then lost interest. And then I sat and did the rest of it myself. And it is very fun. Yeah, it is. It's therapeutic. It's very relaxing. I can write when I'm doing it. Yeah.

Yeah. I was about to ask you that. When you start to see it, cause sometimes you'll be building it and you're like, I don't even know what I'm doing right now. And then when you see it take shape, it's like a pottery class. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, it's, it's, it's a lot of fun, dude.

And the, the people that design these things are so smart. They're so, so well-made. Yeah. I don't know how they do it. Like, like, do you know how we've got one over there of us? How do you know how they do that? No, no. Maybe a 3D printer or something?

It would have to be. Cause I mean, to the logistics of it is just, what's crazy to me. Yeah. I don't even know how you would put all that together. How many of these do you have? 13, I think. I'm building 14 now.

I'm working on a Corvette. And are they displayed? Yeah. I got them up on my wall at home. How many Jordans do you have? How many Jordans? Yeah. Man.

About the same? Over 20. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of Jordans. I guess that would be a hobby, right? Yeah, I would think so. Yeah, the shoe collecting.

The shoe collecting, yeah. But I don't collect them. Yeah, if it's ruining your day when you don't get it. That's an option. It does. But I don't, it's ruining your day when you don't get it. That's what I was. But I don't, but I don't collect them like to, to just hold them. Like I like, you wear them. Yeah, I wear them. Where am I?

Keep them clean. I keep them clean. Yeah. I do keep them clean. I think this is, I mean, I could see you get into this. If there's something probably feels good when you feel it snap in there. Yeah. Yeah.

It's feels like you're accomplishing something. It is fun. Next time you go to Target or something, go to the Lego aisle and there's all the 18 and up like adult kits like this. And there's it's awesome. And it was weird. Cause I was, I was in, uh, I was in one of the stores one day and it was like kids on the aisle.

So I'm like, excuse me. Like, and I would try to get past this little kid and then the mom's like looking at me like, what are you doing? But I'm like, I'm trying to get to this. She's like looking like, where's your kid with you? I'm like, this is for me. You can probably get the ones on the top shelf that they can get. Oh, that's the only ones I go for. The top shelf ones. All right, Aaron, I came up with ones I go for. Yeah. Top shelf. All right, Aaron, I came up with a few for you.

Yeah, let's hear it. Uh, then you can tell me if this is true or if there's other ones. Weightlifting. Yeah. Uh, baseball cards. Yeah, for sure. Or I guess just more than just trading cards. Do you have other stuff? Yeah. Or just sports, sports memorabilia, stuff like that. Yeah. I used to come autograph. I used to collect baseball cards. I did too. sports memorabilia, stuff like that. Yeah.

I used to play baseball cards. I did too. Well, basketball. Basketball? Yeah. I had a base, Jeff Foxworthy would get people to autograph baseballs. Not just baseball players, but like anybody,

celebrity he'd get an autograph. Oh, a celebrity. Yeah, or somebody meaningful. Yeah. Give an meaningful. Yeah. Yeah. Give him an autograph of baseball. So then he's got those displayed and I kind of like, I like the idea of that. Yeah.

I like to do something like that. Yeah. Something. Cause dude, you know, you get, you want to, people want to sign a baseball, especially people that aren't comics. Yeah. Yeah. Or that aren't baseball players, like a comic, you get to sign a baseball.

Yeah. It's like a fun, different thing to sign. Yeah. It is different. So any, any kind of memorabilia like that I collect yeah baseball is the only sport that you can bring a ball from that sport and can really I mean you can people do some footballs but it's not as such a travel with a bunch of balls yeah yeah key cards you play key cards hotel key yeah that's almost like journaling in the same way that you do that too. You keep the hotel keys?

Yeah. That's like, how do you keep them? Like I- You got them in a big pile? You write like where you were at? Yeah. Yeah. That's exactly what I do.

Yeah. It was a bag. I think my wife might have thrown more. Cause she was so like, I used to collect those and I had them in the same bag with all like the, the lotions and stuff from that them in the same bag with all like the, the lotions and stuff from that, from the same. Oh, okay. Yeah. And then she was just like, like no more. And I was just like, but I,

you don't understand what this means to me. Yeah, this is. Sounds like you've got enough hobbies. I know, right? To get with her on this. She just, she just tossed them, I think. It might be at home. I'm going to look though. Giela in Spanish. Hey, listen.

Señorita. Listen. It might be a home. I'm going to look though. Giela in Spanish. Hey, listen, seniorita. Aaron video games. I think so. Yeah. I've been in and out of it. I'm in and I'll go through waves where I, where I play them a lot. Yeah. That can make you money, but the types of games are different.

Now I can't play. I used to play games where you had to sit down and play for eight hours at a time, right? I can't play those games anymore, but I can play sports games, especially. You can hop on and play for 15 minutes and actually enjoy it and get something done. So I'll still play a few games. What was your, your favorite game? I play Walter Warcraft in high school. It's in a very serious guild.

I would play for 10 hours a day. Yeah. About 10 hours a day. It was a real, it was a problem. It'll take over your life. It's that good of a game. I used to love a gold nine on 64. You do play that gold nine.

Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat. N64 era. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, I was even before that. Nintendo or Super Nintendo. I had an Atari as a kid. Wow. So I would be on the classics.

I wasn't I was after Paul, but I did do Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Frogger, all those. But then when I got to college, my roommate had a Nintendo, Techno, Techno, Techno-Bowl. Oh man. Oh, Jackson was unstoppable. Yeah, yeah. Techno-Bowl and uh.

I feel like my roommate had this game called Space Invaders. I was like, this is goofy. It's taking over. The graphics. Dude, what was that? I was like, this is taking over the graphics. Dude. What was that? Uh, Mike Tyson punch. I still remember the code to get to Mike Tyson.

007, 373-5963. That's so funny. Yeah. I don't know how. Yeah. I never beat him. I never beat him. And the whole time this guy was collecting pigeons.

You know what's funny? You know, the Thompson twins in, uh, Mary Kate and Ashley? Nah, nah, that's beat him. The whole time this guy was collecting pigeons. You know what's funny? You know the Thompson twins in- Mary-Kate and Ashley? Nah, nah, that's not him. The Tom, the Tom, nah, they in the NBA. Oh, Klay Thompson? Nah, this is a guy named Fred Thompson. Amen Thompson.

Yeah. You know who I'm talking about? No. Okay, anyways, look him up. Yeah, cause they, it's so weird. I wanna see if y'all see this or am I'm talking about? Okay. Anyways, look about, cause they, they is so weird. I, I want to see if y'all see this or am I just tripping? Oh, sure. So you know that, right? You see the twins, right? Yes. Now look up bruiser brothers on, uh, no, no, no, no, not the bruiser brothers. Uh, uh, I go ahead and tell you, we're not going to be able to say, don't that. Does it?

Am I tripping? These two guys? Yeah. But you got to see them on how they. Yeah, I'll do. I'll do it side by side here. No, you got to see like them in the, like the fight. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, yo, this is not, not that one, not that picture. That picture doesn't look anything like them.

You got to go to the. Like here? No, no, no, no. Like in the middle of a fight. Okay, I'm having trouble. I'm gonna take your word on that, Mike. Yeah, I think you're gonna have to, because now I'm starting to be like,

what is I looking at? Yeah, I don't know. That's dumb. And what about this, area and collecting movies? I used to, I gave all my DVDs to dusty. Yeah. I gave my, I liquidated my entire, uh, that's he's about to go underground. I kept most of my blue, most of my blue rays, but I gave, uh, you gave them all, you have all my DVDs dusty.

He threw out the bad ones. What were the bad ones? The ones that he didn't want in his house. And he kept it like Harry Potter, all that kind of stuff. He got rid of Harry Potter. Dude. That was a great movie. That was a great movie.

Thank you. Yeah. They're good books. Yeah. Yeah. What I read where quad ball is a hobby now people do quad wheelchair basketball. No, it's from Quidditch or maybe, maybe I'm saying it wrong.

Quidditch. But now they changed the name. They said the quad ball. I thought, what do you mean? Not wheelchair basketball. Does what's it called? Quad golf, quad ball, quad ball. Oh, it's inspired by Quidditch, but played on a field with brooms instead of flying.

I figured, I figured this one did not involve. It's a little different. Magic brooms. Yeah. What? That's pretty cool. I mean, where is this taking off? I just assumed you knew about this and we're probably in a league.

No, I've never, I was never one of these guys. I was never large. I mean, where is this taking off? I just assumed you knew about this and we're probably in a league. No, I've never, I was never one of these guys. I was never LARP. There were LARPers at in college. I'd see them every now and then. LARPers? What's that? A live action role play where people get out there and pretend to be

like knights and wizards and stuff. Oh yeah, like the Renaissance Festival. And they do battles and stuff. I was doing real, I would do like real Civil War reenactments, that kind of stuff. Who were you fighting for? I was doing real, I would do like real civil war reenactments, that kind of stuff. Who were you fighting for? I was just going to say. Hey Mike. Let's talk about that.

You know who I was. I think we all know. I got an idea. Let's just say you'd be on the other team. Now I never, I would do, would you go do a, uh, like a revolutionary war reenactment? I don't think I would. I don't think I would want to be there.

A revolutionary war. That's even worse. Why? Cause what, what is he playing? Yeah. Where, where, where am I in this? You're a soldier fighting for, uh, fighting the redcoats. Nah, I watch.

You want to go kill some British people? I'll just watch. I'll just watch. I'll just watch. I'll just watch. Okay, okay. That's the, reenactment doesn't, that doesn't sound fun to me. It could be a trap.

Right. Like really, again. What's the earliest year you would wanna do reenactment? The earliest year? The Iraq War. Right, no, no. When was I born? Well, we'll, we'll, we'll stop at the eighties.

Okay. All right. We should probably wrap it up. That's a good one to wrap it up on. Thank you for coming by Mike. Man, thanks for having me. You're the man. Anytime.

Come back anytime. Uh, I started to get some shows to promote. Oh yeah. Um, uh, coming out next week. Yeah. Coming up June 4th, uh, July 6th. I'm at good nights, comedy club in Raleigh, July 9th. I'm at comedy catch in Chattanooga.

Nice. Oh, uh, Mike, anything you want to plug? June? No. No. NBA finals? I'm just playing. June 15th, the Funny Lane, myself,

Renard Hirsch, Brian Coventino. Three really great national comedians that are friends of all of us. The show is so much fun. Go see them. Thank you. We'll be at Zany's on June 15th. That's Father's Day. Yeah, Father's Day. So, yeah. I ain't got much going on. Yeah.

I'm gonna come to that. Funny me and Mike James, look him up. I'm gonna be at the Comedy Catch Chat Noogah the week after Brian. So if you're like most people and you're like, listen, I can really only go to one show. I think you know what show to go to. I don't think I'm there the exact weekend, but I'm there in July. Yeah, you're there for like a few weeks, right? Like a few days. So a weekend. Yeah. How many shows?

Five, I think. Four or five. Yeah. They gave me one. So come to my show. Okay. That's fair. Because I need it. They gave me one. So come to my show. I mean, I don't think this guy's five times better than I am. So, all right. You guys are the best.

Thanks for listening. This was a fun one. Yes. Uh, we love you. Check out Mike James, check out Mike James. He's the best. Go see him on the road with Nate. You'll probably see him. Uh, and, uh, we love you. Check out Mike James. Check out Mike James. He's the best. Go see him on the road with Nate. You'll probably see him. Uh, and, uh, we love you.

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