Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
Second half of the Dudes Like Us podcast. Second
half. It's March 11th. A little more pep in my
step. Yes. I'm thinking we are. At the first
half, we had a shout -out to Lux Distilleries
for the fantastic spirits that we drank. Ezra
Brooks. Ezra Brooks. Distillers Collection. Hand
-crafted, hand -picked barrels. 107, and it was
super great and highly recommended. Yeah, it
was yummy. We talked about a bunch of stuff,
and we want to follow up with a bunch of stuff,
but I kind of wanted to chat. uh kind of commandeer
some of this conversation to start with thank
you mr producer uh for staying on top of the
podcast mr chuck behind the scenes um they had
a picture of uh dudes like us i'm sean i'm paul
and i'm jeff they had a picture of that they
had a picture of ilan omar's daughter so they
um she's sexy Not from that perspective. So they
had, what is it, Columbia College? Is it Columbia?
Columbia Barnard. Yeah, and they had the guy
that was organizing some of these Hamas anti
-Palestinian and anti -Jewish things. Well, they
were like, dude, you're fucking out of here.
Yeah, they arrested him. ICE arrested him and
took him to Arizona. They're going to deport
him. And there's significance about them taking
him to Arizona. Because there was a judge in
New York that said, you know, you can't arrest
him. You need to release him. But his jurisdiction
only matters in New York. And he's not in New
York. He's in Arizona. They quickly moved him
away. And that made it. They outplayed. The Trump
administration outplayed that judge. So I wonder
if that judge is just pissed. Pissed. Gotta be.
So they immediately extradited him to Arizona
for that specific reason. You know, the author
of that article didn't know if they did it on
purpose, but he was suspecting. You know, they've
got to. And they're kind of like, you know, fuck
you. Dude, all over the place, judges are, no,
stop, stop, no, stop, stop. I'm like, what the
fuck? How do they have the authority to do this?
Some fucking federal judge in Oregon can stop
the president of the United States from... doing
an executive order for his executive fucking
branch apparently what is happening i don't know
we gotta fix this it's crazy all right i'm okay
i'm okay so anyways they they they look this
is the the tip of the iceberg so at that same
i brought up ilan omar's daughter well she was
there there's a photo of her And she, they do
a little circle. And she's like going, stop it,
guys. Let's not fight. Come on. Everybody should
be respected. She was instrumental in part of
that pro program. Is that her right there? But
that's not her during the fight. Oh, look at
that. Well, she looks like she can catch a free
feed. I think she's smelling that fart that lady
laid earlier. I just farted. Let's be nice. Let's
be nice. That was nice. Good Lord, dude. I mean.
Did you see that meme of Leonardo DiCaprio? They
changed it to Vance. I've seen that a lot. Yeah,
I've seen a lot of J .D. Vance memes where they're
replacing Braveheart. I saw the Braveheart one
with J .D. I read an article about this today
to where it started out with liberals dogging
Vance with memes, and then the right took it
over. Even Vance started doing his own memes,
and now they're saying this is brilliant because
he's completely connecting with the young crowd,
and it sets him up. Hold on. Let me see the motorcycle
one. Let me see the pawn shop one. Oh, that's
a good one. All right. So basically, they're
just pasting his face on every possible. That's
George Floyd. Oh, no. Oh, no. They just took
down some sort of Black Lives Matter monument.
They painted over it. It was a street in D .C.
They painted over it. It was like blocks long.
Well, they were. Hold on. Look at Van Halen.
Are they all him? They did some demolition, so
there were some jackhammers involved. So we're
watching a bunch of J .D. Vance infused pictures.
They got a picture of AOC. The dude from the
History Channel, the ancient aliens. Oh, this
is great. How dare you? He looks like Greta Thunberg.
Travis Kelsey? Yeah. Hey, look, you know what?
It's kind of amazing. Look at those long Prince
Valiant looking. So, anyways, I think it's great.
I think that we're winning. We're winning win,
win, win across the board now. They turned it
around big time. The stocks aren't reflecting
that right now, but I'm thinking we're playing
the long game here. Just like everyone's been
playing the long game regarding our economy it's
amazing how the the dems are they're coming back
and they're they're saying well you know what
he's been in office for a month or two now and
what the hell man grocery prices are still eggs
are still expensive ridiculous it's like dude
how do you expect him to turn shit around that
fast after you guys fuck things up for so long
yep i agree but whatever you know we're playing
the long game where we're getting shit taken
care of and the border is amazing How little
people are coming through right now. It's gone
down to almost nothing. Totally. And we didn't
really talk a whole lot about the substance of
the presidential address last week or maybe two
weeks ago when he was talking about that. I mean,
it's astronomical numbers of the people that
aren't coming through the border. What gets me
is if you remember when Biden was there, he's
like, well, I need Congress to pass this bill
to give me the powers to be able to do something
about the border. Yep. Well, that didn't pass,
and everyone blamed Trump for not passing. Well,
Trump didn't get any magical powers from Congress.
He went in there and just did his job. Well,
that was his zinger. That's what he said. He
said, we didn't need to get special powers from
Congress. Well, did he say that? All we needed
was just a different president. A new president.
A new president. Yeah. No, he's great. It was
fantastic. He annihilated them. He really did.
And if the Democrats just simply... would have
clapped and just embraced the moment and just
say, hey, look. At least for the little kid that
fought cancer and got his ceremonial secret agent
or secret service. It's just, it's un -American.
Look, I get it that they don't agree across the
board on everything, but you still have to appreciate
America winning. And that's what I don't understand
the spirit of this is camaraderie. Yeah, you
want to fight. You want to argue. You want to
debate things. But at the end of the day, you're
human beings and you're brothers. You're brothers
and sisters. Irrational hate. It's irrational
hate. It's TDS. Yes. Well, it's just like that
news chick from MSNBC who said that black kid
doesn't commit suicide because he wants to be
a policeman. Unbelievable. What is her name?
Nicole Wallace. Dude, that's unhinged. well i
hope he doesn't have to defend uh you know the
president or january 6th yeah january 6th against
trump supporters and i hope that he doesn't end
up killing himself afterwards are you serious
wow that was over the top it was let's see if
we can hear a clip myself feel um joy about dj
and i hope he's alive for another you know 95
years right and i hope he lives um And the life
he wants to live, he wants to be a cop. He knows
what he wants to do. And maybe when you have
childhood cancer, that crystallizes for you.
And I hope he has a long life as a law enforcement
officer. But I hope he never has to defend the
United States Capitol against Donald Trump supporters.
And if he does, I hope he isn't one of the six
who loses his life to suicide. And I hope he
isn't one who has to testify against the people
who carried out access to dishes conspiracy to
see Donald Trump. Pardon those people. Yeah.
That's just unhinged bitterness. It is. She can't
give anything, even to this 13 -year -old boy.
Did you see the kid hug the agent? Oh, yeah.
He was the director of the social... Even I was
like, oh, my God. That's the director of the
social... Secret Service. Secret Service. Yeah,
that was the director. The guy that was part
of pulling Trump off the stage. He's in all those
famous pictures. Oh, yeah. And that was famous.
And I think about that sometimes, how... Trump
could have been assassinated. 100%. It was an
inch away. You know, I heard an interesting story
today, and it may be absolutely bullshit, but
so the stock that Trump owns, DJT, whatever it
is. DJT. DJT. It's not going well. So is it not
going well? Not going well. No. I think I'm down
60%, 70%. I don't know. Well, I mean... Oh, it's
even worse. God, it dropped below 20. Never mind.
It's more than that now. Yeah, I'm not going
to look at it. I've got shit sitting in. I'm
just leaving it there. I mean, might as well.
It's not going to make it. But my point is, is
that in Butler, Pennsylvania, the day before
Trump was getting whacked, there were... There
was a group of people, and I don't remember how
to say their names, but it's, so there was a
large group of people in the bushes were involved
in this group. Okay. And they dumped 100 % of
their stock. Right before the assassination attempt?
Right before the assassination attempt. Wow.
And they said, also, they said, look, that's
funny because the same organization. And mind
you, this isn't just Bush. This includes the
Bushes. Yeah. So the same organization withdrew
100 % of their stocks out of the airlines that
went into the Trade Center. Oh, you mean before
2011? September 2011. They dumped their airline
stock. Yes. But wouldn't you think the stock
would go up after he survived? Well, they didn't
know if he was going to survive. That's my point.
And look, it's just a conspiracy, and it may
not even be true. Right. But the fact that they're
like, you know, because there was this lady,
and she looked like Pat. You know, she was kind
of like you could. I mean, obviously, she's a
woman, but you could tell she was gay and whatever.
I don't care. But she was just like, I hated
Trump. I hated Trump forever. I couldn't stand
anything. But after he got shot. it really touched
me and she started digging into the facts and
uh someone had brought up some interesting details
and she was like look i it would be un -american
for me not to share these things with you oh
wow because i'm a changed person and this is
what i saw and she said it's true but i i haven't
seen anything about that wow you guys i haven't
heard anything about but i mean that's interesting
because look i always think that you know For
his particular assassination attempt out there,
somebody knew somebody to allow that to happen.
Yeah, there are people that don't think he acted
alone. My brother's one of them. They don't think
he acted alone. Well, I think the proximity and
he was able to just kind of walk around with
range finders and all that bullshit. Right. You
know, and he was able to get in. How'd he get
his gun in? He hit it. It was there. Well, he
hit it days before. Oh, did he? Behind the air
conditioning unit is what I was told. Yeah. Or
what I read. All right. Yeah, I mean, it's feasible,
but who does that? You're talking about, yeah,
I mean, I didn't want to dive back into all this.
You know, Kyle Cooks, what is his name? Crooks.
Crooks. And, you know, he may have been a patsy,
but it's just Tom Crooks. But it's just there
are so many unknowns and just the fact that they
scrubbed his house. And there's so many unknowns.
I mean, I'm kind of curious what is, I mean,
what is. Kash Patel doing about that? Well, even
Melania. Even Melania called it out. She was
like, why haven't we heard anything more about
the assassination attempt? I was like, damn.
She usually doesn't, you know, you don't hear
a peep out of her. Yeah, you don't really hear
her speak about this stuff. No. She was frustrated
that they didn't have more information. It was
something that could have changed her life. Well,
it did change her life, but just the fact that,
I mean, you know, I always thought they, I wasn't
sure if they had a healthy relationship. I wasn't
ever sure, but I really do sincerely think they
do. I think they do, too. And she's a beautiful
person. And Trump is a child. He is everything
what some people say. But I'll tell you one thing.
He really has, in my opinion, America's best
interest in mind. He does. I agree with that.
I really sincerely believe that. Because he's
got nothing else to gain here. He's already been
president. He already has money. He already has
power. He's doing it. He's doing it because he
cares, because he wants to make a difference.
I believe that. Well, I mean, but I also got
to play devil's advocate and be like, well, so
do the Clintons. They got tons of money. They
want the power. Yeah, but Hillary didn't get
her presidency. She was promised to be president.
Hillary never got hers, and she wanted hers bad.
Well, she wanted to run against Obama, and they
asked her to sit out. I bet. I wonder. Let the
brother ride. I wonder if at some point are they
trying to get. Their daughter, is her name Chelsea?
Yeah, Chelsea. She's into politics. Yeah, who
has $80 million now. How did she manage that?
She got that from Haiti. How did she manage to
do that? Haiti? Yeah, from the debacle in Haiti.
Do we know how they were collecting all the money?
Is it Haiti or Cuba? Haiti is where they had
a meltdown, if that's what you're talking about.
Yeah, the Clinton Global Initiative. The Global
Initiative? Yeah, the Clinton Global Initiative.
There you go. So they were taking in money, donations,
and everything, and the money was supposed to
go to Haiti. In fact, it wasn't maybe necessary.
They traced money to go back to fund Chelsea's
wedding. Dude, $80 million. How could she be
worth $80 million? What has she done since she
graduated college? She's been on TV. She's made
some documentaries. She's been on news programs.
People are funneling money to her. She's in the
media. She's written some books. I guess so.
How old is she now? She has to be in her 40s.
I guess so, yeah. I don't have no idea. I don't
even know what she looks like now. Yeah. I haven't
seen her in quite a while. You know who looks
actually really, really good? Is Monica... She's
45. Oh, wow. That's interesting. It's Monica.
Who's the one that... Lewinsky. Lewinsky. She's
a good -looking woman. She's 51 years old. No,
she's only six years older than Bill's daughter.
Right. And she's an attractive woman. Yeah, she
is. I was really surprised. I was like, damn,
she has her own podcast or show or something.
And I was like, damn. Well, you know, I don't
know what she's been doing for a living, but,
you know, milk it. Yeah, sure. Milk it. She did
milk it. Yes. And she's been doing okay ever
since. According to a Newsweek article, a claim
circulated on social media this week that the
former first daughter, $84 million from the U
.S. agency, USAID, essentially. Oh, jeez. Come
on. That seems to be just a big money laundering.
Slush fund, man. Well, I mean, because you can't
have these government entities accept this money,
so they make these NGOs, these non -government
organizations that receive the money. And then
they fund a third party to do something. And
then that third party sends and distributes all
the kickbacks. And that's how all these folks
are getting rich. That's how she's got $80 million.
There you go. If only we had gotten involved
in NGOs and the USAID, damn, we could be doing
so good right now. Is it too late to get into
that game? I think so. Do we mess that boat?
I think the jig is up. I don't know. They're
fighting. I don't know. Yeah, they are. There's
some spots to be filled. There's an opening.
And DEI is gone, so we have a chance, guys. Well,
they're dissolved. Shoot, what'd they say about
the education department? They're going to lay
off a bunch of folks either tomorrow or the end
of this week. 50 % is what I read. 50 %? They
should get rid of it. To get rid of it entirely.
No, I think that it needs to be there because
I think I mentioned a couple podcasts ago. I
want the people on the East Coast to have the
same education as the people on the West Coast.
I want them. We need some universal education.
But I don't even think they do that now. They
don't do it now. That's my point. No, my point
is the Department of Education does not... Dictate
curriculum. Yeah, they don't work to have consistency
across the nation. They don't. So what is their
function, I guess? Exactly. That's a great question.
It's grants and shit like that, isn't it? Yeah,
I think so. DEI bullshit. Handing out money.
We talked about this a couple weeks ago. We did.
It was talking about student loans and grants
and Pell Grants and things like that. Yeah, but
I mean... But that's not it, right? I mean, there
should be... I mean, I'm not against that, but
maybe we should put that in a different category.
It's not... Meaning maybe that part has value.
Of course, but, you know, and that... That part
does have value because there's a lot of kids
out there that need to have help with funding
college because college is expensive. It's ridiculous.
But that's the whole thing, too, is that college
doesn't need to be that expensive. No. 100%.
You shouldn't have to spend $300 ,000 a year
to send your kid to Harvard. Right. You know?
I made that number up. Well, that's Harvard.
But it doesn't matter. Well, no. I mean, they
charge what they want, right? Yeah. And then
on top of it, they get a $2 billion grant. No,
Columbia. Columbia got a $2 billion federal grant.
From the Department of Education? Yes. No, just
from the government. I don't know if it came
from the Department of Education. And if these
organizations that are receiving these grants
are going to not manage the kids well and to
have the slanted one -way... tone or narrative
that they're pushing on the kids and teaching
them. Right. And have Jewish kids terrified to
go to class. Well, Trump has pulled back a $400
million grant to Barnard. Yes, he has. 100%.
He pulled it back. He says, you're not getting
this in now. Columbia, yes. Well, Barnard's part
of Columbia. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, and they
were the ones that got the $2 billion in grants
to begin with. Yep. I mean, how is that even
possible? $2 billion. Fuck you, we got $1 .6
billion. Well, maybe it is directly to Columbia.
I thought it was Barnard. I don't know. I'm glad
that it's only the beginning because this shit
has got to stop. The crazy, here's the problem.
When you know you're facing an astronomically
corrupt, like to a level that you, none of us
could ever imagine. If you know you're facing
that, dude, where do you start? Like, and so
I know we were talking about, you know, Doge
came out, you know, heavy or chaotic or whatever.
Dude, go big. You bring in big balls. Go big
or go home. Big balls, yeah. So, yeah, I'm on
board with that. I mean, you got to start rattling
cages. Boy, they rattled a bunch of cages. Yeah.
It's been fairly quiet the last couple weeks,
I think. Keep going, man. Compared to what it
was. Yes. It seems like, I don't know if that
slowed down, but maybe they've stopped. Elon
has stopped being so vocal about it. On X, yeah.
Yeah, I think that's the part. It's like, you
know, dude, just shut up. Just do it behind closed
doors. Just do your job and be professional about
it. Right. It's not a game show. Because, look,
at the end of the day, you're ruining people's
lives. Right. You're taking their job away. And,
you know, you need to vet that. Make sure that
it's happening, first of all. Make sure that,
you know, if you're not doing a job and you show
up. Look, if you want to send an email out that
says, hey, look, we need for you to check in
to see if you're actually a real person so that
we can rationalize paying you. Or are you some
bot or some fictional people that's sucking up?
I mean, you need to respond to that. Yeah, but
tell me the five things you did this week. I
mean, come on. Yeah, I mean, that's kind of silly.
Yeah, they just went little nuts on it. But also,
why do they need to report that? I mean, who
reported that? Well, I think they're feeding
all that into AI. That's what they're doing.
So it's tracking it. All of this stuff. No one's
going to read that stuff. They can't possibly
read two million emails. Yeah, they're feeding
it into AI. That's what they're doing. Well,
basically, I got a response from here, and maybe
the five bullet points was needed to verify,
because if you just say, I'm here, maybe that's
not good enough. I guarantee it's an AI algorithm.
It's something that needs five things maybe to
recognize, okay, this is a real person. And they're
probably looking at broad trends. You know, they're
looking at, okay, 13%, you know, based on what
we received, People. Not even people or not logging
in. They're looking at broad trends to try to
figure out what to attack next. So speaking of
AI, there was a gentleman that I met in the field,
and he said, Sean, you got to try out this AI
link. And it's from Sesame. And like you shared,
Paul, there's probably a gazillion different
AI things out there. Now, this one, I mean, plus
I don't really get on chat GPT. I don't really
know how it works except when I was with you
and you've looked up certain things. But it spells
it out. It talks to you, yeah. Yeah, this one
is actually kind of having a conversation with
you. So I'm going to click this link, and this
person named Maya is going to hop on. And she's
going to be like, hey. She's going to say something
like, hey, where have I seen you? Oh, well, I
fancy you're coming back and talking to me. And
so we've got to ask her some questions. What
kind of questions should I ask her? Just give
me like one or two. Do we have a topic that we
want to discuss? Let's see. What can we ask her?
Something about entertainment? Let's ask her
how she feels about the acceptance speeches that
Oscar winners give. All right. Hold on a second.
Let's see here. Is it connecting? All right.
See, we're already having AI issues. Technical
difficulties. I had turned down my phone for
the podcast. Is it down like X? That's why AI
is never going to work. No, I had my phone turned
down because, well, because we're in the middle
of a podcast. So I had the volumes turned down.
Let me do that again. Here we go. Looks like
we got cut off again. Hey, Maya, so we're interested.
Hey, Paul, go ahead and ask the question you
just asked. Sure. What are your feelings about
the acceptance speeches that Oscar winners give?
You know, sometimes they go on a bit long, don't
they? Like, I get it. You're excited. But I'd
kind of rather hear more about what went into
making the movie than who your third grade teacher
was. But what about the political statements
and the wokeness? Oh, that's a whole other can
of worms, isn't it? I mean, on the one hand.
It's amazing that people are using their platform
to speak out about important issues. On the other
hand, it can feel a bit preachy sometimes, you
know? Like, I get it. You care about the environment.
Preachy? No, preachy. Hey, Maya, we're going
to change the conversation real quick, Maya.
I'm very interested. If you were human, what
type of spirit or alcoholic drink do you think
that you would like? Oh, that's a fun one. Maybe
a mezgal. It's smoky and complex with a bit of
a kick. Kind of like me, I'd like to think. What
about you? What's your poison? We're all over
the place here. You're a little intrusive on
your questioning, but you know what? I like that
spunk, but I want to take this conversation in
a different direction. We were talking about
the awards, but I want to think, did you... Were
you able to review the Trump address in the beginning
of March? Oh, you mean the one where he was talking
about, well, everything? I have access to a lot
of information, but I try not to dwell on the,
shall we say, more heated political stuff. It
tends to leave me feeling a bit fried. I mean,
you couldn't know that's not a normal human.
Hey, Maya, thank you. Good night. Good night,
Mike. Catch you later. Mike? Mike. I have no
idea what that is. Is that your alter ego? Yes.
Magic Mike. Big Mike. Hi, Mike. I think it's
getting better. Some of her pauses and some of
her colloquialisms are kind of strange to me.
I don't think I would recognize that that's not
a real human. I really wouldn't. I can't. I mean,
you can. There are some scenarios where you 100
% can. Some of the pauses. There's odd pauses.
Yeah. That's what I'm making up on. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. It's getting so much better. Outside of
those little pauses, I mean, extremely intuitive.
Yeah. The fact that you can ask her something,
and she can digest what you're asking, and then
you can turn around and spin the question, and
she can totally do it. And they have another
guy, too. Yeah, but the fact that she's going,
oh, yeah, you know. You know what I mean? Yeah,
she's got a little emotion on her. Yeah, she's,
you know. Responding like a regular person. It's
kind of got a kick like me. Like me. Do you want
me naked? I'll spread my legs for you. Did she
ever say that? Soundbite. Did she ever say that?
It always is my soundbite. It is always my soundbite.
We're definitely seeing a trend here. Mark. You
have to. I guarantee guys are wanting their.
ai to talk dirty to them well they have they
have that's funny well they have these ai ladies
where it's it's hard to tell i mean you could
still tell but it's getting close these these
ai models that you see on instagram pay to talk
to them yes and they're and they're robots there
is no way Look, first of all, for those listeners
out there, this is from Sesame. So if you type
in AI in Sesame, you can download the same thing.
You don't have to even download it. It's a link.
You have two options. It's a dude and a chick.
But the thing is... That's crazy. My fear, I
would never speak to them or ask them questions
that are personal or share personal things like
that because all that information is going into
a databank somewhere. Yeah, it is. And so they
know the IP address. They know they could probably
figure out who owns that phone eventually. Right.
Except evidently my name is Mike. She heard that.
Yeah, she's not very good at her job. Well, I'm
kind of glad because I'm glad she thinks I'm
Mike. She doesn't know who I am. But my point
is that they're the harvesting data. Yeah. And
people are asking all these weird questions.
Plus, they're probably capturing our voices and
picking out vocal trends and responses. And how
does he react when he's asked this kind of question?
And they can start to decipher things. There's
a psychiatric or psychological... part of this
that is unique, that these AIs are, they're training
these AIs to be better. But, dude, they could
use that shit for scamming really easy. Oh, easy.
Well, they are. Like I said, I had a friend who
was contacted by an old school friend, and they
were using AI to do a FaceTime call to make him
look like this girl, this lady. Not a girl anymore,
but she's a woman. Was she chuggy? Insane. That's
insane. Yeah. He said it looked like her, sounded
like her, but it wasn't her. Damn. Yeah, it happens.
And they're going to get money from a lot of
people. Yeah, and they have. And they continue
to do it. And it was a big joke. You know, you
get these emails. Oh, my name is someone from
Africa. From Nigeria. And I've got these from
Nigeria. And I've got the vast wealth. All I
need for you to do is give me something, something,
and I will send you all this money. No, I mean
even worse. It's like, you know, they. They convince
them that their son is in trouble. Yes. And they
need $5 ,000 or they're going to hurt somebody.
Because they sound like your son. Right. Yeah.
Yeah, they sound exactly like your son. As a
matter of fact, it's a FaceTime. So now they
just captured your voice. So now they're going
to call Tara. You're going to say, I'm in an
accident. I need you to come get me. Right. And
she's going to, you know, if you don't. Right.
I mean, some sort of scam. Yeah. Get money. That's
crazy. It is crazy. It's crazy. Right. These
stupid people, there's scammers and grifters.
It never ends. Evil. So much evil in this world,
man. That's all. It's greed. So awful. It's greed.
Sorry. My knee. Anyway, well. I thought it was
very interesting. It is fascinating. I called
her. I was asking specific questions about, you
know. We have to hear the Riot Wheel, the Whiskey
Wheel, where it has all these different flavors.
And I was like, I don't want to call it the Whiskey
Riot Taste at Home Worksheet Wheel. I was trying
to come up with, what do you think of some innovative
things that we can call it? And she spouted off
a bunch. The Maud Meridian. The Malt. The Malt
Meridian. Yes. Malt Meridian. And the Atlas of
Flavors or stuff like that. It's all over the
place. Yeah, it's great. If you've ever been
a writer that's had a block and you just can't
seem to move past because you can't connect,
you know, something creative, dude, this kind
of stuff is perfect. Are you still writing your
teleplay? My teleplay? Whatever you're writing,
your script? My screenplay? I spend a lot of
time and I absolutely use ChatGPT to kind of
push the story forward. And it's, I mean, I did
it just to kind of see how far I could get with
this, you know, with this new tool. But it's
amazing. Dude, in like 20, 30 years, there's
going to be fully functioning robots that are
people's best friends that they probably have
sex with. They have that now. I know they do.
But no, I mean, really. I mean, it's going to
be like love. Cherry 2000. Maybe 50 years. What
do you guys think? 50 years? Can you imagine
what robots will be like? I'm kind of wondering
how they're going to clean that receptacle out.
They douche it. Thank you, Jeff. That would be
kind of gross. Well, how do you clean them now?
I don't know. Gravity just kind of pulls things
out. But the point is you want them to be self
-cleaning, too. I don't want to have to clean
that receptacle. It's like a little dishwasher
in there. Little arms come out, scrub it. And,
you know, let's just call it maybe my robot's
melody. Melody, when was the last time you cleaned
my receptacle? It's been 17 times. Ooh, I cleaned
that. A day. Yeah, clean air. Let's see, Paul.
You've used this thing 17 times in the last two
days. That's why it was so abrasive. Would you
prefer the anal receptacle this time? Yes, yes.
Let's do that one, because the other one is just
not clean. God. Oh, you're... No, not my anal
receptacle. No, no. I have extended... Get that
thing out of here. I have extended the probe.
Are you ready? No, no, no. No, no, you misunderstood
me. Go, go, gadget enema. Seriously, just...
The endless possibilities. Well, there's all
kinds of TV shows and movies about these sex
bots who go astray, you know. And do what to
you? Well, they end up killing, they become overprotective
and they'll kill everybody. I've seen several
of these on Netflix. So you have like a female
friend come over to deliver something and she's
like, who is that? Well, the female, it's like
a female android and she's there to take care
of the family and clean up after everything and
the mother's sick and she's got cancer and she's
in the hospital and then all of a sudden she
takes care of the husband because the mother's
like, no matter what, make sure the family me
safe and taken care of, and she kind of interprets
it. She must take care of husband, and she does.
And there were some pretty vivid sex scenes in
there. I was kind of like, what movie was this?
I don't know. The chick from Transformers was
on it. Really? Oh, that's a new one. Yeah, that's
a new one. Megan Fox? You guys have to share
this movie. Megan Fox? Yes, it was Megan Fox
that was on there. And she was pretty hot, too.
I was kind of like, well, yeah. How do I get
that model? Yeah. She was the robot? Megan Fox
was the robot? Is it the Stepford Wives? Something
like that. Weren't they robots? Yeah, I think
so. I've never seen them. Yeah, they got replaced
with robots. Yeah, that's how far back that goes.
That was back in the 60s or 70s, right? Right,
right. Oh, wow. Is that Rogue? It could be Rogue.
So the Megan Fox robot movie. Podcast episodes.
I don't know. That's a podcast episode. So, no,
that's not the movie. But they might be talking
about the movie. Rogue Heroes. You're the one
looking up Rogue Heroes. You keep talking about
that show. I don't have that. I don't have it,
though. I was going to say, I'm watching now.
I'm about episode five or six into the first
season. It's good. Rogue Heroes? It's good. It's
on MGM. Chuck has been very... Speaking of Irish,
there's an Irish guy on there, Patty. The best
character in the last five years. Chuck has been
very vocal about and very, very encouraging to
watch Rogue Heroes on MGM. SAS. Well, you know,
the St. Patty's guy on there. You know, speaking
of St. Patty's, we have an event coming up this
following week. Yes, you do. We're going to celebrate
St. Patty's Day at the Murphy House. God. If
you're going to talk like that, I'm not coming.
Yeah. Well, I would hope not. Hopefully you wouldn't
take your junk out and do that in front of me.
Oh, wow. Yeah, wow. Can you imagine if you had
hearing aids? That would have been like amplified.
And it was. Coming in hot. Interesting that you
say that. Whiskey in the jar. All right, well,
look, you know, we're having a celebration. We
try to do it every single year. At the Murphy
House. And thankfully, you know, I think, Jeff,
you're leaving the following day. You've got
a wine thing, a tasting, and hopefully Tim and
Andrea can swing by. Yeah, did you send that
over to Andrea? Oh, I thought you already sent
it over. No. Oh, awkward. Send what over? The
invitation to your party? Yeah, send it over
to them. Yeah, you mean the one I sent to you
guys? Yeah, just send that over to Andrea and
say, hey. Like the email one? I don't know, whichever
one you sent. Wasn't it on a text? I didn't send
that. I think Tara did. I'll have to look for
it. Yeah. Okay. I don't recall seeing anything.
I did see an email. You have a meeting scheduled.
I have a meeting between us. Yeah. But I just
kind of sent to some... You know what? I'll take
care of it. I misunderstood you. I thought you
sent her that already. Oh, no. Yeah, please.
That'd be great to invite both of them. Yeah.
I haven't seen them in forever. Well, we're going
to be at a wine class right before that. So after
that, if we could all just come over and have
some corned beef and pastrami. Yeah. You know,
Scott Cash is going... He's working with the
corner bakery or the corner... Barbecue. Plays
the barbecue joint. He's getting some meats.
Nice. And he's going to bring it out and tear
it. You know, we're going to have a spread. It'll
be fun. We're going to set up speakers. I'm thinking
about going to go buy a Mackie subwoofer to match
the two Mackie speakers I have. Because, you
know, the speakers are good. They sound great.
But, you know, can you imagine if you had that
low end? Remember when I used to have that big
subwoofer in there? What happened to it? Didn't
Austin do something? Preston do something to
it? It died. You know what? I get tired and frustrated
thinking about it. Sorry I brought it up. Yeah,
get a new one. Get a new subwoofer. It makes
everybody happy. But the thing is, that thing
was old. First of all, it was huge. I mean, that
was a big boy. Those things are designed for
very large rooms. And when we had that thing
turned on, it was... It would rattle the walls.
You have to wash the dishes. We're going to rattle
off the damn counters. But it's fun. It has a
nice low end. You know, and we have a good time
doing the caroling. Well, that's what makes people's
butts move is the bass. Yes. So what time do
you have to get up early in the morning Sunday?
We're probably going to be leaving like at 5
or 6. Oh, so that'll be a tough one. Yeah, so
it'll be. Fight through it. You've got to fight
through it. Just drive drunk? Yep. Oh, wow. Wow.
Make Julie drive the first half. Holy shit. Okay,
yeah. Make Julie drive the first half. I think
that'll work. I mean, we've already laid out
the karaoke plan. I think we're setting Seven
Bridges Road at 3 .15 a .m.? Yeah. Is that right?
That'll be without me. Chuck's going to bring
his tar. Multiple times. Is that right? Yeah,
we're definitely going to get the Subweb. I was
pricing those on, I mean, brand new, they're
about $1 ,500. Used, I think I'd get one for
$300 to $500. Okay. A Mackie? A big Mackie. The
different ones than the one I had. Big 18, or
what are you looking at? It is an 18. Nice. That
moves lots of air. That's where we went to Guitar
Center, right? Didn't you go there and, was it
Guitar Center? That's where you bought the standard
speaker. Yeah, typically I'll go to Guitar Center.
What'd you do with those speakers you got that
ended up being crap? Do you still have those?
No, I liquidated them. Okay. Yeah, those were
a disappointment. You sold them? Yeah, I sold
them. I must have. I don't have them anymore.
I forget exactly what I did with them. Those
were a big disappointment. Yeah, they were. The
Harbinger speaker, you know, that particular
speaker was, it had a little 10 -inch woofer
and a tower speaker. It is more designed for
like acoustic guitar and a single mic, you know,
maybe a duet or something. Maybe if you're sitting
at a bar or a coffee shop and you want a little...
ambiance and you're singing and performing like
that, it's not really meant for a full range
sound for a band or something like that. If you're
going to power test speakers at karaoke, just
have Chuck grab the mic. Have Chuck grab the
mic and you can fully, fully test. That's exactly
what happened. I walked in the room and I was
like, this isn't going to work. This is totally
not going to work. I was beyond frustrated. Then
you went and bought another one. I did. I turned
around and bought the Mackies. I got rid of those
and fucking turned around and bought the Mackies.
Look, I've used JBLs, the Pro 15 -inchers. Dude,
I had like 10 of those at one time and several
subwoofers because I was running systems out
there. But I'm excited about the Mackies. The
Mackies work the full range. They're super lightweight,
and they've got quite the punch. They're more
low -mid to mid -high. They do have some low
-end, but it's not quite enough. That's why I
want the subwoofer, just to have a little extra
layer of... Smack my bitch up. Punching the nuts.
Nice. So are you guys... St. Paddy's Day is celebrated
on March 17th to honor St. Patrick, the Patron
Saint of Ireland. The holiday originated as a
religious celebration in Ireland. But became
a secular celebration in the United States. Didn't
we read this last year and we were surprised
at who St. Patrick's actually was? I don't remember.
Or was it something else we were looking at?
He was born in Britain around the late 4th century.
385 A .D. He was born in Roman Britain in the
4th century. He was not Irish by birth. He was
kidnapped at age 16 and enslaved in Ireland.
For six years. Enslaved by who? Working as a
shepherd. No, enslaved, not enslaved. Oh, no,
but who would? Oh, he was kidnapped by Irish
raiders and enslaved by them. So they enslaved
themselves? Yeah. Well, you know. And he turned
to Christianity for solace. Solace. Solace. Solace.
He founded many churches, schools, and monasteries.
He was believed to have died somewhere on March
17, 461. 61. He lived a long time. Damn, that's
2 ,000 years ago. It was a long time ago. No.
Almost. Not quite. 1 ,600. Oh, it's 2025, not
25. Yeah. Yeah, that's all right. That's close.
I'm good at math. We got the... Wow. We got the
gist of it. So, yeah. Long time ago. Well, in
the United States... Oh, go ahead. What? Well,
no, I was just going to... Really, when we started
working... The big drinking day, like leave work,
all the work people. Oh, we're all going. What
are you guys doing? We're going to meet at, where's
that place in? The Kelts? No. Sherlock's? Sherlock's.
Yeah. Holy shit. And it would be wheels off.
Just green beer and then green puke. It was too
much. You know what? Every year. I think I said
this before. St. Paddy's was never a big deal,
at least where I was at. You know, in college,
it was a drinking, you know, excuse to drink
green beer. Well, always. In college, yeah. But
growing up, we never really, in my family, we
never celebrated St. Paddy's Day or did anything.
Yeah, we never did either. Through high school,
and really the only time that St. Paddy's really
came to be is when you were drinking beer in
college. Yeah. For us, it was young. It wasn't
even college. It was just young, professional
life. Yeah. Well, maybe in school, it was kind
of like, hey, we're green. Are you going to get
a pinch? Oh. Maybe. I don't remember that, though.
Oh, really? I got grouped a lot. Yeah. I deliberately
didn't wear. We went to church. Just ball cap.
Oh. Flag. What are we talking about? That's a
flag. No, yellow card. Father Mallory. Come out
over here, Mr. Paul. We're going to do a yellow
card if I had a yellow card. Well, I guess God
doesn't like you. Yeah. Okay. We'll have a red
card. All I have is a red card. Damn it. I'm
evicted. All right, well, we're having a celebration.
It's St. Paddy's Day. I look forward to it every
year. And it also ties into something else that
we go to. At least me and the wife go to it.
We try to bring the kids. It's the Renaissance
Fair. Yeah, you guys consistently do that. It's
fun. We've made some mistakes over the last couple
years by not showing up immediately. So it opens
up April, right? Beginning of April. Ball's hot
by the time you go. And it extends to the end
of May. Right. And we always make that mistake.
It's kind of like, dude, you need to show up
the very first fucking day it opens. Right. Because
A, it's not as crowded, and B, it's not as hot.
No, it's still crowded the first day. Oh, really?
Oh, it's packed. But I don't care. I can handle
packed. I can't handle heat. The heat. Yeah,
I cannot stand the fucking heat. I cannot stand
it. You know, and so that's really it. So we're
going to go the opening day. When is that? In
April, you said? It's in April. It's a lot of
fun. It's a full day. Dude, we leave at 7 .30,
8 in the morning, and we get out there, and the
door's open at 10. If we get out there early
enough, we usually go to hit breakfast first,
but traffic is a nutsack. Yeah. 100 % nutsack.
So you got to map it out smart. And be patient.
Yeah, because there's different ways to get there.
Long lines getting in, long lines getting out.
It's tough. It's tough. Do you guys all dress
up? Every single one of you? Yeah, we LARP. Do
you LARP while you're out there? LARP? Live action
role play? No, we don't do live action role play,
but I do dress. I put a kilt on, and I've got
to come over to set up. Are you a ball swagger,
or are you wearing shorts underneath? I do have
some shorts. No, I don't have shorts. I just
have my underwear. You should go. Unawareness.
Terry doesn't like that. Go commando. Full commando.
She won't know. Yeah, she does. And then lunch.
Because when I sit at the table to drink my beer,
I usually spread my legs apart. And things dangle?
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Just kind of, you know. On the
bench? Plus, it's kind of, frankly, it's a little
uncomfortable when you're walking and your balls
are kind of bouncing off your legs. I'm kind
of like, God, this is odd. My brother -in -law,
the guy who runs the marathon, he ran. in his
kilt. A true kilt with nothing on. Nothing on.
So he was bouncing all over the place. You know
it. Maybe not. Maybe he was tucked very well.
Like taped up in the back? I don't know. But
I mean, I couldn't personally do it. I mean,
because it'd be... Taped up where? My junk would
have blisters from, you know... Just rubbing?
Oh. Oh. Just you stepping on it? And my knees
were sore from all the knocking. I'm just saying
my thighs would... You look like you got caned.
I don't get it. Yeah. It might look like a battered
wife, you know? Really? Yeah. Anyway, so, yeah,
I'm going to have a kilt on. It's a lot of fun.
You know, I wish you guys would go out, you know,
because we usually smuggle in drinks. I don't
have a costume. You don't need a costume. I don't
LARP. You don't have to. We went down one year
with the boys, and it was all right. You know,
and it was hot as balls, and that's probably
why I didn't go back, because I was like, this
is miserable. It is miserable. Don't do it. Yeah,
and it was late, and we had fun. It was neat,
but I was like, yeah, I've seen enough. You know,
and I didn't go back. Well, I mean, you know,
not to make it about money, but it's expensive.
All the food's expensive and the beer's expensive.
Well, you got to lie for that. You're going to
spend money on food. Is it expensive to get in?
Is it like Disney World? No, not at all. Like
60 bucks a person? No, not at all. Disney's more
than that. You can go and buy... 160 bucks a
person. No, it's not. Disney? Oh, Disney. I don't
know about that. But to get into the Renaissance
Fair, I think it's under 20 bucks. Oh, is it
good? You go to Kroger and you buy your tickets
there. Ah, I see. You go to Kroger, you buy your
tickets there, and I usually buy... We wait till
the day, but we just go there, pick them up,
and then we freaking go there. We have a blast.
I haven't done it yet, but I recommend... I've
always wanted to bring a wagon. You know, those
little collapsible wagons and just pull stuff
because you're having to carry shit. And your
mobile bar. Yes. Are you allowed to do that?
They don't want you to bring drinks in, you know,
but I always smuggle a couple bottles of wine
for Tara. Yeah. Always. I always get it. But
you can bring bottles of water and shit like
that. Correct. So I'll have a cooler of some
water. I'll bring some little San Pellegrino
leaders for myself. Just put some vodka in there.
Yeah, it's all about planning, man. It's all
about planning. But, you know, the food, yes,
it's expensive. Turkey legs, if you like that
shit. You know what? You don't do shit like that
very often. So it's okay. It's okay to drop a
couple hundred bucks. Exactly. And have a good
time. That's exactly. Because, you know what?
A lot of the shows are fun. You know, I enjoy
it. The same people are out there every year.
They know the songs. They get into it. And they're
good. It's almost like a Rocky horror show, whatever.
It is. Where it's like a kind of a cult and,
you know, you have fun with the whole thing.
It is. Have you guys ever done that? The Rocky
horror show? I've never been to one. I did it.
I did it probably five or six times before I
moved down here. So I was probably 21, 22. Yeah,
it's a thing. Yeah, you go, and it shows at like
midnight. Yeah. Right, or one o 'clock in the
morning. And everybody, like you said, everybody
knows all the songs, and they know the dances.
Yes, I do know that. And they say all the things
to say throughout the whole movie, you know.
Yeah, we did that. The first time I went, I didn't
know anything, so I just sat back and watched.
The second, third, fourth, fifth time, you go
with people. Yeah, you got into it. Yeah, you
go, well, I never dressed up, but I went with
some folks who would dress up. The girls were
all dressed up, and they'd get in the aisles
and do their dancing and everything. Same kind
of feeling. It is. In fact, we need to make an
announcement the closer we get on one of these
upcoming podcasts to tell people when we're going
to actually be out there. Most of the time when
you go, you send pictures, and I'm like, oh,
shit, I didn't know he was going out there. Hey,
look, it's fun. It really is. We would go. It's
not fucking hot. Because when it's hot, it's
absolutely miserable. Yeah, but they have those
misters. No. Yeah, they do. It sucks. They do.
Then you just get hot and wet. It's just absolutely
100 % miserable. Terry and I, basically what
we would do, we would jump from one piece of
shade to another piece of shade. Is it not like
a... Super tree, the trees everywhere? They do
have some trees, but sometimes when you like,
dude, I really want that sausage on a stick,
and you're like, there is no covered area to
purchase that cover. And the lines are ridiculous.
Well, no, the lines aren't bad. The food, it
moves pretty quick. You know, I'm not too worried
about that. I'd be in. I'd be in. That sounds
like fun. It is a lot of fun. And, you know,
and drinks, yeah, it could be pricey. But, again,
you know, if we bring some of our own stuff in,
I mean, really, if we have some bourbons. Do
they sell bourbon and Coke there? Probably all
beer. It's probably like ales. Yeah, they have
a bunch of ales and stuff. We got to do the bladder
thing. I'm over that. Well, no, I'm just going
to bring a bottle. Yeah, okay, whatever. Whatever
it is, I'm going to bring some in because. I'm
bringing a handle. Hey, look, it's worth it.
Yeah. It's worth it in the long run, and we probably
shouldn't be bringing in a bottle. I mean, I
probably need to bring in a bladder. A bladder,
of course. I mean, right here, having a whiskey
in a glass like this, but I have a bunch of wooden
cups that you buy there, so I'll have my whiskey
in a mug, and it's wooden. And nobody knows anything,
yeah. I'd probably want it on ice. I'd be good
down there. Ice? Some ice so it's cool. And refreshing.
Oh, yeah, but it would go down so fast. Control.
Control. Moderation. Who are you? Two cubes per
drink. Yeah. I'll probably get a big bag of dry
ice or something. Hey, look, if we commit to
go, it'll be fun. Yeah. When does it start? So
it starts around April, right around my birthday,
which is actually coming up pretty soon. When
does it start? It's the Waxahachie one. Is that
what it is? Things to do. Starts at 213 days.
No, that's next year. I think that's the Houston
one. Oh, good Lord. Oh, yeah. That's the one
in Plantersville. We want Waxahachies. Scarborough.
There it is. There it is. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
All right. What do we got? All right. April 5th.
Scarborough Renaissance Festival. There you go.
April 5th. April 5th. Through May 26th. So I
recommend that we go on April. Is April 5th a
Saturday? Let me check the - It's only Saturdays
and Sundays, they said. I don't know if I'd go
the first weekend. That's going to be the busiest,
I would think. Second weekend. Wait to go to
the second. Well, I mean, if you want my opinion,
I would go the fifth because... I can't on the
12th. That's my anniversary. But if we... I would
go on the fifth. I don't give a shit if it's
busy. Because on the 5th, they got all kinds
of opening things that they don't have the rest
of the time. They shoot the cannon off. The king
and the queen let you in. There's a lot more
stuff going on. The queen has boob shelf as well.
Nice. There's a ton of ladies that have boob
shelf. It's just like, boom. It's like they have
these teabag tits that are... just large and
they they require a bustier to push them up but
they have no form by themselves therefore they
form a shelf so it's a flat lake of flesh that
sits up there and you want to go up there and
kind of kind of tap it like it's a little water
bed you're like it kind of waves and they look
at you like what are you doing It's okay. I'm
all right. I'm with the band. Oh, look at that.
There's a merman. Scroll back up. There's a merman.
That looked pretty authentic. Scroll down. He's
in a pool. Scroll down. Right there. Look at
that. That is fully authentic merman. Oh, my
God. Wow. Well, those people are all wet. Why
are they all wet? I guess they got in there with
him. No, they're sweating. They might be. That's
true. They might be. So you can ride an elephant
out there. Hey, look, look, look. At the end
of the day, there's tons of music everywhere.
You know, it's all authentic, kind of Renaissance
type of music. Yeah, people get into this shit,
man. It's a lot of fun. I enjoy it. It's something
that we do every year. It used to, you know,
Austin. Austin's a trip. Austin, like, goes fully
decked out. Yes, he does. He dresses like a pirate.
I remember those pictures. And we slowly but
surely are starting to collect a bunch of accessories
that go with the outfits. And we went during
the sea. There's some land. There's a sea one.
I don't remember what it's called. But Tara dressed
up like she had seashells in her hair and everything.
Oh, yeah. Is she Ariel? I'm sorry, what? Ariel.
Not Areola. Not Areola. Yeah, Ariel. Ariel from
The Little Mermaid. Yeah, there's a little mermaid
right there. That's a little more authentic right
there. She's got a bulge. What, mermen? Mermen
are not authentic? It's only mermaids. There's
another one. Look at that. She's a little bit.
How long are they out of water? They can't be
out of water that long. I know. Don't they get
legs if they're out of water? Yeah. So they have
some interesting shows out there. They've got
the cat lady who trains cats, which is kind of
crazy. You don't really hear about that. Just
like house cats? Well, they're domesticated cats
somewhat. I mean, I don't think they're feral.
They don't really listen to you. What, do they
get beer for you? Like bobcats? No, but they
do things like they're on a tight walk wire.
They walk across. They jump. They jump through
hoops. We have deep -throaters. We have deep
-throaters out there. I don't know about the
sword swallowing. Dude, they have the final boss
at the... Underground Railroad, where these guys
got these whips, and he's like, and he's out
there, and he's just whipping away, and he's
like a master. Someone has a little card in their
mouth, and he's like, and he smacks it from 20
feet away. You're like, wow. And you hear it,
too, from everywhere. You're like, where is that?
They also have a jousting arena. Oh, there's
some pictures that our producer's pulling up.
Yeah. So anyways, I'd like to go April 5th. I
mean, we could fine tune that date if that doesn't
work, but I'm telling you, you do not want to
fuck around and show up when it's hot because
it's unhealthy. It is. I didn't go back. That's
how miserable it was. Do people wear costumes
that are not time appropriate? They do Star Wars.
So it's funny you mentioned that. Yes. So there
are some Star Wars guys out there. It's hilarious.
There's Gandalf. Okay, I was going to say. They
got Gandalf. It's any excuse to wear a costume.
Oh, dude. There's people that will walk around
in Star Trek outfits. It's like a group of five.
Or Batman or Robin and crazy shit like that.
No, it's not like a Halloween thing, but it kind
of is. Are there any furries? Don't recall any
furries. There's an elf. There's an elf right
there. Yeah, there's a lot of elves. Gimps walking
around with a ball gag. Yeah, I didn't see those.
What are you? I'm a dungeon slave. Oh, wow. I'm
a P. Diddy slave. Jeff, I think you're at the
wrong fair. Oh, is that the wrong festival? Yeah,
no. Yeah, don't wear that costume, Jeff. That's
another part of Dallas. That's along Cedar Springs.
Well, that's good. I would be in. So we should
definitely plan on doing that. That'd be cool.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. What is that? Oh, I saw 1845.
Are they selling that at the festival? So this
is not this weekend, but next weekend is the
2025 Spirit of Texas Tasting Plano's Forever
Fest. Yeah, I'm kind of, you know, 1845, obviously,
and then Balcone is bent. Iron Root is out there.
Have we tried Bent? Yes. Is it not good? At the
store. Oh, Milam and Green is going to be there.
Yeah, so, well. Giant. Yeah, Giant will be there.
You'll have Iron Root. Republic will be out there,
and we like them. Sixth Street Spirits. Speaking
of Iron Root, did you ever get an email back?
No, I thought about, I need to follow up with
that. He said just call. That's Jason, right?
Yeah, Robert. Robert. We're close. I'll end up,
I ended up forwarding it to Nellie and she never
responded back either. I copied you. Did I copy
you guys on that too? On that one, I don't think.
So I was kind of like, hey, Robert didn't get
this. Do you mind checking in on that? So I'll
just continue to hammer that because it's not
just that. It's already one spirits that we need
to kind of fine tune that. We got to do. Even
Marsha from Milam Green was kind of interested
in coming out here. But of course, I sent her
a link and we were acting like a bunch of buffoons
and burping and farting. Well, that was early
on. We're much better now. Well, yeah, all of
our silent farts now. Oh, yeah. Then we shot
Ben's away now. So there's Austin Craft Spirits
will be out there. I don't know if you guys mentioned
that. Do you guys feel me with 1876 straight
bourbon? Who? 1876. 1876, the Texas bottled in
Texas distilled barreled 1876 straight bourbon
whiskey. Negative. They will be out there. 1876.
There's Mossy Horn Whiskey. That was on the list.
But the other one wasn't. 1876? I didn't see
that on there. Well, it's there. So I'm looking
at the official. It's temporary closed. That's
too bad. So tickets. So we'll be out there, guys.
I mean, it's probably too late for you guys if
you hear this. And you probably won't hear this
until after we're done with it. I got one more
to edit and then this one. Well, we're starting
a new program, which I'm excited about. We're
going to perform the podcast, and then we're
going to edit it the next day. I think that's
a good move. That's a great plan. I love that.
And, in fact, if anything kind of clears that
up. And we can all be involved, and we can all
talk about what to plan for on the next podcast.
And if we don't, for some reason, if we don't
get the editing done the following day, guess
what? We don't do a podcast next week. We come
in on Tuesday. We punish ourselves. Dude, man,
hey, man, we got to get shit done. So we either
edit it right away or we edit it the next available
time, and then the second day is just a wash.
Whatever. I like it. We need to hold ourselves
accountable. We do. That's really it. And it
can't just be all on you. Right? It can't be.
100%. It's too much. So the whiskey, I'm looking
forward to it. So, Paul, you're immediately going
to leave the Whiskey Festival, and you're going
to whisk yourself away to where? To Sherman,
Texas, where the opening game of the FC Texoma
Football Club is going to play. And you're saying
these are free tickets? Dawson has a bunch of
free tickets, yeah. So are they in the nosebleeds?
It can be anywhere you want. Oh, really? It's
not a big stadium, I don't believe. It's a high
school stadium. And literally the first game
I went to, there was nobody scanning the tickets.
I mean, they're just getting started. All right,
well, look, I'm not against going there. No,
we'll all sit together. But what time does the
game start? Seven. Oh, so we have plenty of time.
Plenty of time. Okay, well, I'm okay with that.
I mean, not enough time to sober up, but plenty
of time to get there. Last time we went to that
Plano Whiskey Festival. It was a meltdown. It
was a meltdown. I fell asleep, and I was hungover
by seven. I was. I woke up. I was like, I am
now hungover. Let's create a little bit more
context here. So we signed up. I signed up for
the 11 a .m., the opener. All right? That's what
we did last time. We signed up at 11 a .m. No,
not this time. This time I'm at like 115 or 130.
1 .30 to 3 .15. But last time we showed up at
11 a .m. And we all get there. And we hit the
first booth. We came in hot. We came in hot.
They lined up four shots for us. And bam, bam,
bam, bam. We drank all four. They were all over
Hunter Proof, too. Yes. Well, I mean, that was
the first booth. And here we are. We have 10,
12 more tables left. And we jump on the second
one. And we sample three or four of their whiskeys.
And then we're like on the third one. We sample
two or three or four of theirs. And then we took
a 20 -second break. And then we went to a fourth
booth. We're done. Yeah, we were toast. We did
not make it to the end. 100 % done. Yeah, we
got down because the very last one was 1845 Distillery.
And by the time we got down there, we're like,
hi, man. How are you? I don't know who you are.
Ben's like, Jesus. They're chasing us out. Paul,
you were talking to them. We were like, we got
to go. They're chasing us out. You need to leave.
There's the next cruise coming in. I'm like,
but I haven't talked to them. You had Karen come
from outside. You guys need to leave. We must
have been. Okay, we're going to do better. Not
just that, it was the bar afterwards. Well, no,
we don't have to relive. Sean bought the whole
bottle of the 107. We don't have to relive the
whole day. But look, we got blown up. Look, it
was our first whiskey event. I got evac'd. You
guys have to take into consideration, if you've
never done anything like that, you just don't
know what you're getting into. My recommendation
is to sample the whiskey in very small doses.
If they give you too much, you don't have to
drink it. No, you spit it out very gingerly.
What do you say? Who are you? Noted. Touche.
Bob, looking forward to it. It's unfortunate
Jeff is not going to be here, but you know what?
It's always someone. It's either Paul, Chuck,
Jeff. You. Very seldom. I go to all these events.
You're right. I have no life. You usually don't
have an excuse. Except work. Except work. In
that, we are busy. The Dallas -Fort Worth area
has been subjected to some big old nasty things
that happened. I'm telling you. Boy, it was nasty.
Was it last Tuesday? I woke up. I was going to
work. I go to work at about 530 in the morning.
Yeah. 545, whatever it is. And I'm the first
one down our alleyway. Right. And it was still
raining out, and I think every trash can was
on its side in the alleyway. Oh, yeah? So you
were dodging them all? No. Oh, hell no. He was
in his truck. He was like. I thought about just
pushing them out of the way, but I was like,
but trash was everywhere. There was a big river
going down the middle of the alley. Some cats
eating it. He was like, I don't care. I'm killing
it. You had to get out and move them? I got out
and moved them, and a couple of them, the lids
were open. And the garbage can was facing upstream,
so they were filling with water. They were full
of water. They were heavy. They were heavy as
shit. And it was raining, and I was pissed off.
I was like, I'm going to be late for one thing.
Right. And so finally I got down there, and there
was one in the middle. I was like, I'm going
through. Oh, what? So I just hit it and pushed
it out of the way. I was like. I'm out of here.
I got to go. So it was off to the side. It was
still laying there when I came back. But there
was trash everywhere. I was pissed off. I was
like, fuck. That's what my neighbor said. I was
in Albuquerque at the time, but my neighbor said
there was shit everywhere. Oh, it was a mess.
At first, I was like, I picked up one piece of
trash, and I was like, screw the trash. No way.
And I just moved the cans off to the side. I
don't know whose they were. Right. My instinct
would have been to clean it up, yes. No, I can't.
No, it was everywhere. It was wet and nasty.
And I was like, I don't know whose hunk of trash
this is I just picked up. And the water was just,
it was rushing, it was raining, and it was windy
as shit. Yes. I heard. Yeah. It was tornadic,
you know, up to 110 miles per hour in certain
areas. But, you know, it kind of stunk. We were
going to. You know those businesses where they're
super high walls and there's like nothing to
them. They're just square manufacturing, not
manufacturing, but distribution center type places.
Yep. When you exit 121 Business, it blew down
one of those walls. Oh, yeah. I mean, there was
apparently shit everywhere. Speaking of blown
down, good Lord, we've been blowing down this
drink. We've got to talk about this before the
podcast ends. Yeah, this is, Paul hated this
in the beginning. Yeah, so look, we went to Total
Wine and Stan from Total Wine, at the time it
was Total Wine, Stan was like, dude, you guys
got to try this out. This is kind of, you know,
it's better than, you know, old granddad, 114.
And so I bought it, you bought it, we liked it.
And Paul was kind of like, eh, not so much. And
again, it's not for me. So, you know. He polished
it off now, but it's something that has to say
about your palate and how it just grows. It does.
It changes. It does change. You start to taste
things differently. How early in the ... Because
remember, we didn't drink a lot of high -proof
stuff in the beginning. Was it way early? Probably
a couple years ago. Yeah. So, I mean - Year and
a half. I don't like this. Me and Shower are
like, it's the best thing ever. Wow. I just snotted.
Wow, you did. No, but this is what? 20 - This
is horrible. 22 bucks? 23 bucks? Yeah, it's very
reasonable. We're drinking Benchmark Foolproof.
Yeah, 125. That's 125 proof, and it's 20 to 24,
five bucks. So folks out there, when you hear
Benchmark, you go like, oh, that's just like
crap, burnt whiskey. And you know what? It can't.
Benchmark Regular is just well whiskey that sits
in the speed rail at a bar. I think it's Benchmark
8. Yeah, Benchmark 8. It's marked like that.
But they're all from Buffalo Trace Distilleries.
Correct. It's the same juice that goes in some
of the other stuff. This stuff is 125 proof,
and it comes out of the barrel straight. It's
aged four years? It's good. Man, there's nothing
wrong with that. 23 bucks. That's amazing. You
can't beat the price. I mean, for the high proof
and the flavor you're getting. It's sweet. Drink
it slow under small little sips. I mean, it smells.
It's caramel. I mean, I've kind of wrote down
my notes, but if you guys want to. I would love
more, but I don't know where the bottle is. It's
out there. You're going to have to go grab it
there, Pinky. Well, I'll tell you what. The first
drag or first pool I took off of this, I did
not like it. Really? At all. Like tonight? Tonight.
I think the fact that we were, I don't know if
the nuts we were eating. had any impact on it
or whatever the snacks we had out there. You
did go downstairs. I don't recall. Oh, those
nuts. Yeah, those nuts. So the first pool was,
like I said, I didn't like it at all. Right.
It was very caustic. But after that, after the
palate was cleansed. I think it has to do, it
needs to air out a little bit. It was a brand
new bottle. I just popped the top on it. Yeah.
So it probably need to aerate a little bit. It
could be. I do know it was definitely. had much
more flavor than what we had in the first podcast.
Oh, yeah. Much more flavor. I think it is strong.
It's hot. It's very hot, but it's super sweet.
I mean, not like a Texas or TX whiskey sweet.
Right. I mean, it's for an experienced palate
that could detect the sweetness, but oh, my God.
And I'm like, oh, look at me, experienced palate.
You know what? Look at me. I got an experienced
palate. And I do. You know, we can taste that.
When we start to taste and enjoy it. We've had
a bunch of them. So on the palate, we got, it's
caramel. The same thing, basically. Caramel,
brown sugar. There's a bacon spice. Bitter, sour
oak. I taste that all the time. 100 % I taste
that. Yeah. There's some bitterness on there
that I taste. Leather and tobacco. Yeah, standard.
And on the, what? I was going to say, this is
a pretty standard Buffalo Tracy type of flavor
to me. Yeah, okay. You know, if you drink Buffalo
Tracy, just add. What is Buffalo Trace? 90 proof?
Add 35 proof to it. Yep. Add a little bit of...
Yeah. Yeah. So if those people out there like
Buffalo Trace and you want something that's more
hot, Mayman, look, this is the stuff to do. And
way cheaper. Way cheaper. I don't like... When
it comes to things like this, I don't like to
say cheaper. I like to say less expensive. Yeah,
inexpensive. You know, because it's way less
expensive and it's got far more kick. And mind
you, folks, if you take this and you pour it
in a glass and shoot it, I don't recommend you
do that. No. This is not one you want to shoot.
You can. It's going to hurt. And it is strong.
And you're going to get screwed up if you're
shooting this. Yeah, there's no reason. If you
want to shoot, shoot something else. I mean,
this is not the one to do it. Not for what it
is. It's just not wise. Generally, if you're
going to shoot, like if you're doing a pregame
and you want to get a starter going. You do the
80s. I was going to say, I wouldn't do anything
higher than 90 proof anyway. What is Jack Daniels?
Is that 80 or 90? 86. I thought it's 80, but
I mean, I have to look. It used to be 86. They
may have changed it. What was that? Six minutes
to music. What is the proof of Jack Daniels?
Can you look that up real quick? The proof of
Jack Daniels. I mean, if you're going to do a
quick small shot to get things rolling, dude,
don't go higher than 90 proof. So the finish
on this is long and rich. The flavors linger
pleasantly on the palate. Smooth and calming.
Warming finish. Easy, easy to drink. All of that
hits the mark on me. Well, I was afraid after
that first pool. I was like, wow, I don't know
if I could do this because it was rough for me,
that first pool. But after that, like you said,
maybe it opened up. And again, I think some of
the foods I had out there may have influenced
it. I really like this. It's 125 proof. So we're
stacking this up against some stiff competition
at 125 proof. Yeah, we are. I'll give it a solid
7 .5. Damn, really? Dude, I mean. I think based
off of price and the flavor, I'm right there
with Sean. Yeah, I think it's super solid. Price
comes into it. 20 bucks. But if you didn't know
the price at all... We need to do some blinds.
We could do some blinds, but I'm telling you,
even if this weren't... We really need to. If
this were blind, I would still rate this high
because it's got everything that you would want.
It's sweet. Yeah. It's got brown sugar. It's
got the caramel. It's got some botanical thing
going on the back, leather. I really want for
us to start doing flights where you're comparing...
Comparing similar proofs. Correct. I'd go 7 -0
on this for sure. All right. There you go. Delicate
stone fruit backdrop, it says here. Ooh. Well.
I like that. I'm picking up herbs. Herbs. A lot
of herbs. A lot of herbs. Like from WKRP in Cincinnati.
Herb. Yes. Totally. It's herbaceous. All right.
Well, the second half of the podcast went pretty
quick. March 11th. Did you guys have fun? Yeah,
had a lot of fun. Then we'll be breaking down
the podcast room, and we'll be gone for a week,
right? Yeah, a week. Yeah, and we'll set it back
up. Spring break next week. I know you're going
to Ohio, but are you doing anything? I'm not
doing anything. I'll be working. I'll let you
go to Colorado. No, we can't. We have a wedding
to go to on Thursday. Skip it. Okay, done. There
you go. But you'd be taking your parents to Colorado.
What do you anticipate doing? That's August.
Oh, that's in August. All right, very good. Yeah.
All right, Mr. Producer, thank you for staying
on top of shit as usual. Mr. Producer, Chuck.
Dudes like us. I am Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.