Can I play that? For the intro? Why not? Why
not? Well, I think once the music stops, because
it'll be... There you go. It's like a 15th generation
soundbite there. Yeah, the audio's not very good.
So do we interpret that as him being strong or
like super frustrated? I think he's frustrated
as anything. With who? Israel? Both. I think
he was more frustrated with Israel than Iran
because he was bitching at Israel more. And he
goes, I'm upset at Iran, too. But Israel shouldn't
have unleashed all those bombs, the biggest bombs
that I've ever seen. And what happened? So, like,
he declared the ceasefire and then Iran launched
a couple more. Both of them agreed to ceasefire.
Iran and Israel agreed to ceasefire. And then
Israel shot a bunch of... Bombs. Some more. Or
drones or whatever. Whatever it was. And then
Israel overreacted. No. Israel did it first.
Oh, first. And then Iran sent a couple back.
Well, of course. They tit for tat the whole time.
Yeah. So he's basically going, these two countries
have been at war for so long, they don't know
what the fuck they're doing. Well, and I think
he's also frustrated because he talked a bunch
of shit about stopping Russia and Ukraine. And
that has not happened. On day one. I'm going
to play it again because. They don't know what
the fuck they're doing. Do you understand that?
That is... That's very uncharacteristic for him.
What the funny thing was, he goes, okay, we're
having a ceasefire. Iran, you got six hours.
And Israel, you got 12 hours. Right? It was weird.
Yeah. It was like, wait a minute. Why does Israel
get like six more hours to reply? Yeah. And Jesse
Waters was like, so yeah, you got to finish up
your bombing. And, you know, take your last shots.
Take your last shots. Yeah, both of you get it
all out of your system. And then there's going
to be peace forever. That's kind of like what
this was. I already had these bombs ready to
go, so let's just launch them. Yeah, some of
them are, like, loaded. Some of the chain of
command, you've got to pass it down to your,
you know, like, least capable missile firer.
Right. You know, rocket launcher. Drop whatever
you have loaded. Yeah. Yeah, apparently him and
BB had a very terse conversation. Oh, after.
After they did that, yeah. And who? Bibi. Who's
Bibi? Netanyahu. Well, I mean, because it makes
Trump kind of look silly, right? Well, if it
makes him look silly, I think it makes Israel,
when they both come out and say, yes, a ceasefire,
and then they still shoot each other. I think
he was threatened. I think Trump has this, he
holds himself up in high standards, and he's
kind of like, well, I'm the one that's orchestrating
all this stuff, and how dare those two disrespect
me by throwing bombs. After I negotiated a peace
deal. Yeah. Well, then he announced it everywhere.
Ceasefire, ceasefire, ceasefire. Now these guys
aren't doing it, so how dare that? And he's putting
his clout out on the line. I think that's what
he's pissed off about. He's getting involved.
This needs to stop. Right. And he put it, yeah,
exactly right. He took charge. He got the United
States involved. We just bombed the fuck out
of Iran, and you guys can't do anything. And
a ceasefire is not a peace deal. I agree. It
just means stop firing. Yeah, we blew right past
our typical opening here. We were supposed to...
Welcome to the second half. It's the second half
of the Dudes Like Us podcast. It's June 24th,
2025. We started off... No, the first half of
the podcast, we had Gentleman Jack, and we talked
about Gentleman Jack, and we just kind of like
80 proof, but you know what? Shout out to Gentleman
Jack because there's a time and place... for
that type of stuff. And as we probably said in
a prior podcast, there are, this is a starter
one. It's a, what'd you call it? Gateway. It's
a gateway bourbon for some of the people out
there. I don't know why that makes me laugh every
time. But it's perfect though. It is perfect
for some people out there. Yeah, it is. Because
it's so easy to drink. For us, hell, we could
take that with a big tumbler and fill it with
ice and we could just drink it. I mean, it's
just, I don't know if that's sad or if that's
impressive, but you know what? When we do that,
If you hand it to anybody and they take a big
gulp of it, they're like, oh, God. I know, I
know. Yes, yes. Which makes me wonder, what have
we done to ourselves? Have we burned off everything
in our throat? We've numbed some things. You
know, I think that it's not a matter of numbing
it. I think that our taste buds have become so
refined. The receptors on there are able to sift
through. what we're drinking and we can taste
different things. Those notes are sticking out.
There are people out there that are wine sommeliers
and they can be like, oh, this grape is from
1972. It's a... It's from the left bank of the
river. Yeah. River Rhine. By the grove. There
are people out there that are just super, super
good at it. I think, you know, we're not... We're
not there at all. We're not stewards. But you
know what? We're not bad. We're actually really
good at this. We can taste it. We know the difference.
I'm not as good as you guys are. Oh, shut your
front hole. I'm not. You guys are like, oh, I
get custard. I get this. I get that. Oh, whatever.
I get pine nuts. That's because you guys are
amazing. And I'm like, I get caramel. Yeah, leather
and tobacco. No, bullshit. Bullshit, bullshit.
But we're all, look, we all know it. We all can
taste it. The Gentleman Jack didn't have it.
They had very, very subtle hits, and that's why
we say, hey, man, try this one out first, and
then just kind of move on up. We're not talking
about now, but this one we have right now is
the antithesis of that Gentleman Jack, and this
is terrific. I can't wait to talk about this.
It is jam -packed with flavor, and it has something
to say with us that when you get something that's
a higher proof, those tastes just... pump right
through there. It's so rich. Stabby in the tongue.
It's so rich. It is. I have to take very small
sips because it's so rich. Yep. Agreed. So we
drank something on Saturday night. We did the
Fray Ranch. It's not uncut, unfiltered, but it
was... It was just the straight bourbon, the
castor eggs, right? It was delicious. Is that
what put me down? It did. 124 proof. I don't
know what happened. You guys didn't shoot it.
I shot it. Why would I do that? I don't know.
That was a double shot. That was a huge drink.
It was 126. You were managing a bunch of stuff.
You had your tumbler with you, and you had the
shot, and you were kind of like, oh, it's too
much. I'm just going to get rid of them. Bam.
And it was gone. I looked over there. It was
empty. I was like, uh -oh. Yeah. It was instantaneous
mistake. Yeah. I don't remember much after that,
to be honest. I remember you wanting to drive
me home, and I was like, I'll walk home. They
just turned around and left. I was like. All
right. I hope. I'm scared of what happened in
between there and that moment. I don't know what
happened. I'll tell you what. The walk home for
me was interesting just mentally because that
was the night of the shooting and they never
caught the guy. Oh, so you were like. Were you
rolling around in people's yards? So they still
haven't caught the guy? They didn't that night.
When I was walking home at 11 o 'clock or whatever
time it was. It was like Mission Impossible.
It was. Did we ever talk about the finality of
that? I mean, first of all, we don't know what
the finality was, but let's tell our listeners
out there. On Saturday night, we were at a pool
party, our community HOA pool party, and we hear
this pop, pop, pop, and we thought it was firecrackers.
I didn't hear that. It turned out it was probably,
it was a gunfire. Gunfire. And it sounds like,
you know, we've heard someone got murdered, then
we heard someone did get murdered. I don't know.
I don't know, but someone definitely got shot,
and the cops were all around our neighborhood.
Now, mind you, our community, right where we're
at, only consists of a couple streets. Three
or four streets right there, and just a small
little network, maybe half a mile by half a mile.
Does that seem fair? Yeah, it's not a big area.
Whatever that street is that Chuck lives on,
right? Basically. Creekwood. It's not very big,
so they were concentrated in that area, and that's
where we all live, and we're kind of free. I'm
freaking out, because that was right when we
spoke of that. Iran just smacked the shit out
of it, and I'm thinking, this is a terrorist
cell going fucking nuts. The Ayatollah pushed
the red button, and the sleeper fell off. Frisco,
Texas, activated. Pop out a manhole. Preston
Vineyards North. Boom. Kill them all. Well, Andrea
said that the cops had Hillcrest shut down and
Rolliter shut down. Oh, damn. They were going
to find this guy. They were trying. What do you
mean? Like they were checking the cars, leaving
the - No cars were getting out or in, I guess.
What? That's what she said. She had the police
report. Good thing I didn't get arrested stumbling
home. I know. I could have been that guy. Well,
I was walking home because it's dark in some
areas, so I was, you know. you know, doing flips
and turns and... You were flipping? Oh, yeah.
Throwing some shuriken stars. Yeah. Yeah. And
then people are like, what is this guy doing?
It's more like a habit theme. What the hell is
this guy tumbling around in my yard for? Well,
no, you're walking and you're like, I hear a
noise, so you turn around and you look. It's
funny. So you were like on edge. No, just a little
bit. Just because you're like, well, they haven't
caught this guy or girl. I don't know who it
was. Probably a guy. And it's not a long walk.
It's a quarter mile, right? So, you know, five
minute, ten minute walk. But it's dark and I
was inebriated, which probably didn't help things.
Yeah. You were inebriated? I had that. You knew
it. I had that drink. That thing destroyed me.
It destroyed Paul. That was probably the only
benefit of it because I wasn't on edge at all
walking home. I didn't know where I was. Well,
from the pool to my house, I called my wife,
and I freaked out the whole family. You did.
You really did. I had a memory of that part of
it. But the thing is, I still believe it was
warranted. Hey, it never hurts to be on guard.
I was like, hey, look, we need to be vigilant.
So when I told her that, I was like, look, make
sure the garage door's closed, lock all the doors,
and turn off the lights when I use them, and
I'll be there in a couple minutes. You know,
there was a shooting around the corner, literally
right around the corner, and the police are looking
for them. And they could be anywhere. We just
make sure everyone's safe. And she just, she
freaking went panic attack, kind of. You know,
she freaked out. She calls Austin. He's over
at his friend's house. He comes around the corner.
When he parks in the front, he's like, just go
home and park, just get in the house. And I was
like, what the fuck? What did you call him home
for? He's probably safer over there. He's far
away. Right. Well, maybe, maybe not. Who knows?
I mean, the guy disappeared. We don't know where
he went. But my point is that this is in Frisco,
Texas, and we don't know. We don't do stuff like
this. Yeah, this is kind of unheard of out here.
So the update to the situation last night. There's
not much to report. Yeah. Frisco Police says
officers responded to a report disturbing involving
three individuals in the area of Wentworth Drive
and Saddlehorn Drive. Upon arrival, officers
located one subject. at Sustained Gun Shop. Oh,
they didn't find him. Individual was transported
to a hospital. The remaining two subjects fled
the scene, prompted the police pursuit with assistance
from K -9 units and the DPS Air One. Air One.
Ooh. Ooh, yeah. That sounds so official. The
helicopter. Air Wolf. So this was on June 22nd,
two days ago. So that was Sunday morning. Air
Wolf. Air Wolf, yeah. That was a great show.
It was. Who was the main actor? Dan Michael Vincent.
Yeah, he turned into a mess. Did he used to be
on Aliens as the robot? No, he was the main guy
in Aliens. But was he a robot? That was Mark
Singer. That was in... Ooh, can you bring up
a picture? No, he was at V. Oh, good show, by
the way. I wish they had lasted longer. That
was the girlfriend in Deadpool. She's smoking
hot. I'm talking about the one from the late
70s and 80s. Oh, Jan Michael. I know who that
is. I was thinking it was somebody else. Yeah,
that's him. I was thinking of the movie. He became
a mess later in life. Did he really? Yeah. That
sucks. Yeah, there's a series of the early 80s,
I think. Just look up V. Just look up V. That's
hard. Yeah. That was such a good... The remake
of it, I didn't realize it was an old show. Oh,
yeah. But the remake of it was great. It didn't
last very long, though. It was a mini... Well,
it was a miniseries. Right. At least the original
was a miniseries. Oh, the Sci -Fi 2009 show?
Yes. Is it really that long ago? Jane Badler,
Elizabeth Mitchell. Marina... Marina Bacana.
That's the one. Marina Bacana. She's in Deadpool,
and she is smoking hot. Who's that? Marina Bacardi?
Yes. Yeah. She's in Deadpool, right? Did you
ever watch... She's in and she does full nude
sex scenes in... What? What, what, what? Talk
slower. Yes. It's a TV show on Showtime. Homeland?
Let's switch into incognito mode. Yeah, she was
in Homeland. Yeah, the first season. She was
the wife of the suspect. And yeah, she does some...
In that show? Oh, yeah. Homeland? Homeland, yeah.
Okay, let me write this out. That 1M. Okay, nobody
laughed at that. That's okay. That's okay. I
was writing it down. Yes. It's not Hum -a -me
-land. Nobody thought it was funny. Jokes fall
flat. I'm used to it. Okay. Is this her? What
the hell, man? This has got a V pubes. Okay,
by the way, that can't be real. I like it, but
it can't be real. But is that her? Yes. Her face.
God. You know that porn rewires your brain, Sean?
Well, that says it's from the Scandal Planet.
Oh, yeah, I'm sure that's right. So the first
V was out in 1983. Right. She's so pretty, though.
She's married to the guy that was in Gotham.
Huh. And the OC, if you remember that show. I
never watched any of those shows. Yeah. He's
the main guy that was in Gotham. All right. Yeah,
she's attractive. The shows are kind of bland
right now on TV. I'm looking for entertainment
at night, and I'm kind of going back through
some older shows that I kind of wanted to watch.
And you guys always have great shows to bring
up, and I can never remember what the heck they
are. I can't either. Watch Dark Winds. Yeah,
but you know what I need? I need it on my chalkboard
so that I can look up there at it. Because when
I get home, it's kind of like, oh, you know what?
Thank you. I try to put them in my notes. Watch
Dark Winds. It's good. What's it about? It's
about the 1970s Indian Reserve murder mystery.
Indian Reserve? Like the Navajo Indians. Oh.
And it's very well done. It's by Georgia R. Martin
and Robert Redford are the executive producers.
I didn't know that. What's the name of it again?
Dark Winds. It's really well done. They're short
seasons, seven, eight episodes. It's a great
period piece from the 70s. It's about a sheriff
and his deputies trying to solve a specific murder.
Yeah, this right here. It's really good. Oh,
it wasn't made in the 70s. It's a recent show.
Oh, yeah, it's a recent show. But it's a period
piece from the 70s. Yes. I got you. attractive
young Indian in there as well. Dude, George R
.R. Martin? Yep. Really? He wrote it? Well, he's
involved. Executive producing it. He's involved
somehow. So is Robert Redford. His readers are
not happy that he has totally stalled out on
finishing the Game of Thrones series. Does anybody
here read those? Dude, they stalled out at the
end of the, I mean, actually, I don't read them,
but I mean, at the very last show, the whole
end of the cinema. Of it was horrible. The series
went past the books. Yeah. The books basically
covered the first, I think, five seasons. Right.
And then the last three were just. They made
him up. And I'm assuming he was guiding them.
Yeah, he was involved in some of that. But he
goes, yeah, my book's probably not going to follow
whatever they're doing here. Yeah, they blew
the last series. But my point is that there was
one of the fight scenes at the Game of Thrones.
It was so dark you couldn't see anything. I was
like, what was the story behind it? Well, it
was the ultimate fight as well. It was them against
the White Walkers. The White Walkers. The big
fight. They've been building up for years on
this. All of a sudden it happens and it's pitch
black. And you can't really see anything. When
Arya, like, flies through the air and stabs the
head dude, right? Whoa, whoa, whoa. Spoiler alert.
Spoiler alert. Awkward. Sorry, yeah, and I don't
know how it ends, but yeah. Yeah, so yeah, she
goes flying through, and he catches her, and
she drops the knife. Did you do, like, an office
pool on that last season of Game of Thrones where
they would, like, they'd ask, who gets to kill
the White Walker? And you'd have to pick. Did
you guys really do this? Yes, we did. In the
last season, they were releasing it week by week,
right? I waited until it was all done and then
watched it all at once. Did you win? I came in
second. Who did you pick? Jeff, look at me. Turn
your head that way a little bit more. I did not
pick. He wants your good look. Is there something?
What's happening? What's her name? There we go.
All right. I did not pick Aria. What are you
doing? What's wrong with him? Why are you taking
a picture of Jeff? No, no. He's right there.
Well, the headphones, they're a mess. Just reach
up there and pull that down. Let's just... Yeah.
All right. Our headphones are a mess. Yes. A
little context. They're a little shreddy. The
ear pads are shredding. And so when we're done,
they're like, you've got black shit all over
your face. You look like... Well, Paul, your
ear looks like it has one of those... What do
you call it with the hole? A vagina. No. The
ear hole. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The earlobe hole.
Oh, a Funyun hole? Yeah, a Funyun hole. For a
gauge? Is that what you call that? Yeah, a gauge.
A gauge. You look like you have a gauge. No,
really. What's the name of it? A gauge? Yeah,
a gauge. Yeah, when they get so big, they won't
return to size. That's so silly. Why do they
do that? Why would you irreversibly ruin your
earlobe? I don't know. I've seen some of those
African... natives out there. Yeah, with the
big saucer in there. Those retract back to normal,
I think. No. Dude, I was trying to... I saw some
dudes' nipples that were like that, and I was
like, why? I saw somebody who did their cheek
like that, had a gauge to the side of their cheek,
so you saw their teeth? No. Yeah. My Lord. And
you know, I don't even see that anymore. Thanks,
Chuck. That's disgusting. It is. It was really
disgusting. That's something you would see like
on the mummy. Yeah, it was bad. Or Two -Face.
It was not attractive looking. Right. Or they'll
have it in their nose and you see the inside
of their nose. But don't they realize that they're
going to live past a point when they don't? They
don't. They don't care. It's all about the moment.
They don't think about that. For some of these
young ding -dongs, hell, some of them are older.
And you know what? Whatever. It's none of my
business. Yeah, it's true. It's true. But they
got to live with it. They're probably going to
want plastic surgery later, right? That's what
happens with the earlobes. They have to cut them
off. If they live that long, does it make that
noise when they cut them off? Yes. Interesting.
I wonder what kind of tool they use. A xylophone.
While they cut, they go. It makes no sense, but
okay. That's cool. So I've been watching this
show called Duster. Which is on HBO. My mom had
a Duster. See, he's always pulling out shows
that we can't afford. HBO? Apple TV, HBO. Well,
he just said something on AMC Plus that nobody
has either. And then what was the other one you
keep bringing out? MGM? Oh, yeah. Rogue Heroes.
Yeah. He was in... Rogue Heroes? Rogue Heroes.
He was in Lost. Rogue. Rogue. Rogue. Like Rug
One. Yeah, that's another good one. And did you
guys watch Andor? Yes. Because that's on Disney
Plus. Ooh, you got to pay for that, too. No,
actually, I piggyback. I'm a mooch off of Sean
on that one. Hey, man. Perfect. Keep the love
in the family. Anyway, this duster is set in
the 70s, and he drives a duster. Was your arm
getting shaky? Yeah. Oh, dude. I reached out
to knuckle bump Paul. It was like nothing. And
you're like, I can't hold it. I can't hold it.
Please look at me. My knuckle's so thick. I was
kind of... Hold on. I thought you guys jogged
it. I kind of wanted more. I liked it. No, I
liked it. I liked it. I thought I was missing
something. Oh, there was consensus? I mean, I
thought there was like workness. No, it was very
well done. There was no workness. No. Is it a
movie or show? It's a show. It's a show, yeah.
It's two seasons. I highly recommend it. Okay.
Yeah, it was well done. I would tell you, and
or from the Star Wars fan that I am, what Jeff
said, it was well done. It was well done. Had
they started that in 1976, it would have been
hugely successful back then. Where does it go?
I get so confused. Right before New Hope. Right
before Princess Leia gets the... It's before
Rogue One. What they're doing is they're starting
the rebellion up. It's the start of the rebellion.
Now that just Yeah, how it comes to light. It's
where you have the emperor and the dark Jedis.
They don't have the Jedis yet at that point.
I mean, they are out there, but they're not part
of it. It's just, God damn it. They just start
up the rebellion because they've got the, what
is the name? It's the Republic is going out there
and they're taking over planets. Right. Is basically
what it is. They're commandeering the planets
for their precious metals and stuff. So they
can build the Death Star. That's basically what
it was. They were looking for specific crystals
that will feed the power to power up the laser
and the Death Star so they can start blowing
up planets. Or have the power to do that so that
they will. Get everybody, you know, no choice.
Well, basically, yeah. They started taking over
planets, is what it was. So it's Andor, then
Rogue One, then New Hope. Correct. Which is Star
Wars. Right. Which is the original Star Wars.
Four. Episode four. And then one, two, and three
are even before Andor. Right. Correct. That's
Old Republic. That's Old Republic. Dude. And
then there's all sorts of shows, too, though.
You got the Clone Wars. You got to watch Clone
Wars. Yeah, the Clone Wars and Ashoka. It's well
done. They've got... Is it animated? Yes. It's
a computer. Oh. There's even the one that you
don't want. I like it. I forget even what the
name of it was. That doesn't tie into anything.
The lesbian ones? Yeah. Well, I liked it. I liked
it. Because of lesbians. Yeah, you were like...
In the corner. It's the acolyte. Battling everybody.
The acolyte. There you go. The acolyte. You know,
I heard there's going to be, I read this today
that there's going to be a Darth Maul TV show.
Like on Disney? I think. But he's not a hero.
But I will tell you, but Darth Maul has a very,
he has a crazy life because after he was cut
in half and fell down into the pit. He lived.
He lived. He used the force to stay alive. And
he ultimately had fake legs, made him look like
a spider, I think. For a while. Really? Yeah.
Watch the Clone Wars. In fact, it's a sad, he
has a very sad story. There's a lot of regret,
a lot of misery. He's like, I'm so sorry that
I fought Anakin. No. He fought Qui -Gon. He killed
Qui -Gon. Well, Obi -Wan cut him in half. But
he killed somebody. He killed Qui -Gon. Yeah.
Qui -Gon. Oh, Qui -Gon is Liam Neeson. Liam Neeson.
He didn't have skills in that movie. Yeah. After
he was dead, he figured out those skills. Yes,
I guess. That was the dun -dun -dun -dun -dun
-dun -dun -dun -dun -dun -dun -dun -dun. Oh,
yes. I remember the music. Yeah. That was very
good. Thanks, guys. There's no helicopters, though.
I appreciate it. I didn't do a helicopter. It
was tantalizing. Yeah, there you go. That's the
wings. Yeah. She wasn't here. I sold her. I hope
there is going to be a Darth Maul TV show, because
that would be a good one. That would be an interesting
one. Darth Maul show. Yeah. I don't see anything.
Well, I mean, it could be in the production.
I don't know. 26 years later, Star Wars fans
still wonder how Darth Maul survived the fall.
It could be just the fans, you know, want the
TV show. But there's books out there. So they
have books out there that tell you the story
about him. And all that is kind of controversial
too, right? Yeah, because you have. Because some
follow the, what do you call it? The canon. The
canon. canon. I get it. There's different timelines
but they're all still good stories. It's all
supposed to be entertaining. That's what I'm
saying. The Acolyte to me was entertaining. It
was so gay parts of it. But at the same time,
it's part of it. What about Mandalorian? Where
did that come in? Is that just an offshoot of
the Boba Fett thing? It is. It had nothing to
do with the timeline? The timeline... Well, the
Mandalorian is kind of a species or a race. It's
a planet. Right. Mandalore. Yeah. So they have
the Mandalorians that live there, and it's a
cult, so to speak. You're not allowed to have
your helmets on. You're not allowed to take them
off, and it's kind of a religious sect in there.
And then there are factions of them that kind
of like, well, they can take their helmets off,
but they're not true Mandalorians. Like the Mandalorian
show, he's a true Mandalorian, even though he
wasn't... He was, he's not from Mandalore, but
his family got murdered and he was taken in by
the Mandalorians. And their goal is to kidnap
baby Yodas. Correct. Well, no, I mean. No, he
didn't kidnap them. He was a bounty hunter. And
one of the bounties was to go after baby Yoda.
Yes. And he was kind of like, oh, this baby Yoda's
kind of cute. I think I'm going to keep him for
myself. Well, I think he found out they were
going to kill him. And then he decided, no, you're
not going to kill this little baby. So he took
him. The probably number one selling Disney toy
is Baby Yoda. Yeah, well. Could be. Little Joe
Pesci. But then there was a lot of scandal about
that show because of, what's her name? She got
booted from the show. Oh, Karina. Yes. And she
sued and she won. Yeah, and rightfully so. Because,
I mean, she posted something on X or Twitter
or something. It was a retweet. It was a retweet.
And it was just like, come on. But you know what?
Kennedy, the director, she was just such a bitch.
You know, fuck them. Right. You know, and it's
because, what is her name? Karina Carino. No.
Gina Carino. Gina Carino. Gina Carino. And she
was. Pretty. She is pretty. She is a pretty lady.
She's actually a fighter. A former MMA? Maybe?
UFC? I don't know. She fought UFC, yeah. I got
some pictures of her when she was smoking hot.
Yeah. I mean, she's a big girl. She'd take you
down. How'd they work her out of the show if
they just fired her? They just wrote her out
of the show. She just vanished like she never
existed? Yeah. Are you serious? Yeah. They didn't
even be like, oh my god, she died. Not that I
remember. That was in between seasons. Yeah,
she was in the first season and then she was
gone. They never mentioned her again. That sucks.
And she played a good role. Whatever. You know
what? It's how politics get involved. Politics
separates families. Politics does lots of stupid
things. And people are just stupid. Should never
have done that. And I hope that she makes a lot
of money from it. Who helped her? Elon Musk supposedly
helped her. That's right. He paid all of her
legal bills. Did he say she won her? I thought
so. I think she did. Are you for sure on that,
Chuck? i thought she did too no i don't know
i was asking the question did she win or not
i thought she did but maybe i'm i'm wrong because
i remember her saying this is not only a win
for me this is a big win for for you know others
in the industry that are unfairly treated right
so i i thought there was oh they're in discovery
they're in discovery shit so she that was not
it then somebody else must have won a lawsuit
then that i'm thinking of Well, I think Elon
Musk, he funded a few people that were being
taken advantage of. Yeah. You know what? We'll
see. Hopefully, she'll have her pay. They're
probably just dragging this thing out. They're
still in discovery? Amen. Her whole career was
derailed because of this over a retweet. You
know, it's just so silly. You know, and it's
just sad. It's sad because, and this is why I
really think low of Democrats. And it's because
it's that mindset where you can take someone.
I mean, I would never do something like that.
You can think whatever you want. I wouldn't make
you lose your job over that. Torpedo their life.
Think what you want. There are people that are
my friends that are complete Democrats, and I
don't agree with what they say, but. I'm not
going to like not give. There's one of the DJs
that works for me, Johnny. You guys maybe know
Johnny, right? Yeah, I think so. Johnny is a
hardcore Democrat. And he's, in my mind, crazy.
But, you know, when I say crazy, his thought.
on Trump and his hatred for him. It's just unreasonable.
I know. And everything that he says, it's absolutely
wrong. And you can't argue with him. No. And
you don't dare. Every time he says something
stupid, I click on the Facebook stuff. I click
hide for 30 days or snooze for 30 days because
I'm like, ugh. But my point by saying that is
I find that most Republicans are tolerable. of
people that say stupid shit like that. But on
the reverse side, they're not. They shun you.
Well, they bill themselves as the pottery of
tolerance. Right. We're the party of tolerance,
so we accept everybody. Well, except for Trump
supporters. Right. MAGA. We don't support them.
And they want you completely eliminated. Correct.
It's like the bakery stuff, right? Oh, yeah.
They are deliberately trying to force them out
of business, deliberately trying to get them
to bake a lesbian cake, and they know that they
want heap misery on them and drive them out of
business. Right. As opposed to... Seek them out.
Right. Yeah. As opposed to just let them, you
know... Let them be. Yeah, or go to somebody
you want to make your cake for you. Go to another
bakery that is on board with making you something.
Yeah. I know, it's crazy. But you're right, that
seems to be the general... But has it softened?
Has canceling kind of gone away a little bit?
People are less worried about it. Yeah, I think
it's starting to cap off a little bit. It's starting
to fade away. I think it's still there, but I
haven't seen a whole lot of it. People can start
saying, we're able to walk around without masks
on. People are still afraid to wear fucking red
hats, that's for sure. Well, some aren't. Some
aren't. I have a friend who's down at Disney
World right now, Sushi, and he sent a picture
of a Pride shirt. And he actually goes, he goes,
they've actually scaled it back quite a bit.
Really? What does that mean? A Pride shirt that
he was wearing? No, it was in the store, right?
When I went there a couple years ago. It was
everywhere. Really? Everywhere. It was Pride
World? It was. And now he says, he goes, they
still have some things there, but they've scaled
it back way back. It's not in your face. Correct.
Well, that's good. Because it should never have
been in anybody's face. No. Support everything.
Right? Support everything. You know? Right. Everything.
That reminds me of SpongeBob. Okay. I'm sorry.
I used to watch a lot of Spongebob. I never watched
Spongebob. I thought it was funny as hell. I
like the really dumb purple thing. I don't know
what he is. Patrick Starfish? Yeah, Patrick.
I only saw a couple episodes. Is he purple? I
thought so. Is he pink? Yeah, he's kind of pink.
Pink? Yeah. I saw the movie. What? The movie
was all right. Yeah, I saw the movie too. You
watched the movie but never watched a TV show?
Yeah. Well, I mean, I had kids and they wanted
to see the movie. Oh, okay. Well, there you go.
There you go. Who was the guy that owned Mr.
Crabby Shack? Oh, Mr. Squidward. Squidward. Squidward
was the cashier. That was SpongeBob's neighbor.
Miserable one, yeah. Thanks, SpongeBob. Oh, that's
good. You know, you could have had a career in
doing voices. And now, you know what? Remember
when Disney movies were, like, you didn't know
who the voices were? And then they became famous
actors. Oh, the voice actors themselves? Right.
Yeah, that is funny. But why? I wish that had
not happened. Because it's almost like the analogy
is like when the professionals started playing
in the Olympics. You know what I mean? And all
the career voice people got replaced by... you
know, by Tom Hanks and by all the big actors
who were already making shit tons of money. Why
did that have to happen? You wanted it to go
to Mel Blanc? And... Bugs Bunny? Yeah. He did
all the voices. He did all the voices. And Frank
Oz. Yeah. He did a bunch of the puppets. He did
a ton of them. But you know what I mean? I mean,
it was like, I wish that had not happened, but
I get it. It brings more people to the theater.
Yeah, yeah. Because they're like, oh, that's,
you know, well, what's his name? Woody is Tom
Hanks. And Tim Allen. Well, they did a good job
on that. And Tim Allen. They did a really good
job on that. They did. They did good. I just
remember being kind of disappointed that those
people got booted from a job. You know what I
mean? The dwarves. The dwarves. Just like the
dwarves. Just like the little people. There's
all these voice actors. Just like the damn little
people in Snow White got booted because of fucking
Dinkle or whatever his name is. Dinklage. George
Dinkle. He got his cash and said, you guys shouldn't
be catering to little people anymore. It's like,
wait a second. How did you make your money, dickhead?
I know. An elf. He played the imp. Right. And
Game of Thrones was huge for him. And then he
torpedoed it for the rest of the little people.
Pretty much. I don't know how he lives with himself.
Well, I don't think he gives a shit. Probably
doesn't. No, he doesn't. Yeah. It's too bad,
too. What a dingle. And it's too bad people listen
to him. Who the hell is he? He's no authority.
I don't know. Jeff, you had wrote on the board
there, and I've been wondering what the hell
it is. The Indonesian volcano? Who wrote that?
I did not. It's from a couple weeks ago. I don't
know why you didn't erase it. Was this about
a Brazilian hiker that was found dead? No. No,
it was just an eruption. It was Krakatoa. Krakatoa?
Was it Vesuvius? I did read, you know how Hawaii
has been blown up, one of the volcanoes over
there? There was a hiker who was hiking on one
of the, what do they call it, the craters, right?
And I think it was an active one, and he fell
in. And they said that, and he fell, I think,
30 feet, 20, 30 feet. That's crazy. And they
said if there were trees there, that. stopped
his fall otherwise he would have gone another
hundred feet down god he lived he survived he
survived and he didn't get like scalded or oh
my god that is a crazy story yeah he got imagine
falling and you see a pool of the orange below
yeah i mean what well would he have gotten because
remember these craters are big and they can you
can walk down pretty close if it's not actively
i don't know which exactly but they said that
he would have died Oh, he would have gotten scalded.
I don't know if he would have gotten burned,
but he would have fallen over 100 feet. I wonder
how they got him evacuated out of there. I don't
know. I read part of it, and they didn't say
how they got him out. Well, you remember the
- Maybe they just replicate him like, what was
that movie that was on? Mickey 17. You guys were
talking about that. That's a huge explosion.
Look at that. So is that the Indonesian one?
That is the one from - That's a Mount Milwaukee.
Lucky, lucky. Lua Tobi. Lua Tobi, located in
the island of Flores in Indonesia. That is a
lot of ash. Sending massive ash cloud soaring
into the sky. That is big ash. The eruption prompted
the country's volcanology, never know that was
a word, agency to raise the alert level to the
highest setting. See how it doesn't even look
like it's moving, it's so big? It's unbelievable.
It's like a nebula. Yeah, exactly. Sorry. No,
no. We understand Indonesian. Go ahead and play
it. You do. You lived there for 20 years. Yeah,
I'll tell you exactly what she's saying. What's
she saying? She was saying it looks like a pineapple.
Yeah. Yeah. Hey, he says, wow. I thought that
was a Dudes Like Us podcast playing in the background.
He said, bitch, get me another beer. And she
goes, I ain't your witch. What's up? That's the
wrong language. Volcanoes spew out so much gas
and ash, that's going to affect the climate more
than any humans in the next 20 years. I actually
looked that up one time. I said, how much methane
or all the stuff that's bad from cars, I said,
how much does one volcano explosion gulp out
into the air compared to 10 years worth of car
emission regulations? And it disputed me. I mean,
I was like, it's no comparison. And it said there
was. Of course, that was chat GPT, right? Well,
is it chat GPT suggesting that it's not as bad
as the carbon? As a suburban? Right. Right. It
kind of compared how much the volcanic eruption
was and compared it to a billion cars or whatever
it is. And it said that it may seem like a lot,
but it is dwarfed by the cars. I'm like, I don't
know if that's true. It's not. It doesn't seem
like it could be. But anyway, so I did, you know,
you guys know that. I lived in Indonesia for
five years, and we, I think in like maybe two
or three times that we lived there, there were
eruptions. Was that, did it look like that? Were
you right next to that volcano? Did you live
there? No. Was that your neighbor? It was not.
Did she fall in the hole? Yeah. She just fell
in the hole, yeah. Did she die or something?
She was stuck for three days. Oh, God. Okay.
Anyway, no, I lived in Jakarta, and it was...
Dude, that was 11 hours ago. This is recent?
Yeah, she was found dead. She fell off the Indonesia
volcano, and now she's found dead 11 hours ago.
Oh, that's true, yeah. What? Oh, wow. Newsflash.
So she fell into the volcano? Yeah. Well, I mean,
she's posting a bunch of... She's on social media.
And look, this is a testimony to, and I'm going
to call them nit rods. They're kind of ding dongs.
The social network that's out there, the kids,
the way they act, they go out there and they
just do these memes and these videos. And it's
just like they don't pay attention to what the
fuck is going on. It happens all the time. People
falling off of cliffs, falling off of bridges,
falling off of whatever. Playing Pokemon. Well,
that's what happened to the guy in Hawaii. He
was trying to get a better. Shot. And he fell
into the volcano. Yep. That's so dumb. Oh, that's
so unnecessary. Anyway, what I was going to tell
you guys, it was creepy because it was like gray
snow. Right. You know what I mean? It was literally
falling like snow. Like fallout? Yeah. And we
were all like, what the hell? And it was like
just a layer of like a half inch thick gray shit
everywhere. It's like on top of the pool. It
was nasty. And then you can imagine as soon as
the monsoon comes, it's like. gray rivers of
sludge and shit. I mean, it was crazy. It was
so unreal. Did they shit outside there? Yeah,
they were open sewers. Yeah, so it was like normal
then. But it wasn't gray. Yeah, it was brown
stuff. It was more like San Francisco then. Yeah,
I mean, they were getting better, but if you
think about it, they were shitting, and even
if they did have plumbing... It would go into
open sewers on either side of the road. Did it
have an aroma? Oh, yeah. It was an aroma. Yeah.
We tell the story of the guy that flew in from
the United States to go to a meeting, and he
gets out of a taxi, and he stumbled and fell
into the thing. Oh, my God. Yes, and he gets
out, and he gets back into the taxi, and he says,
take me to the hospital. Not to the men's store.
It's probably wise. Straight to the hospital,
because God knows what's happened to me now that
I have fallen into that. Hepatitis, herpes. Yeah,
probably hepatitis would be a big thing. Yeah,
you guys, it's a different world there, man.
I mean, like, there were times when during the
monsoon, the river, there was a river right outside
of our subdivision, and it would overflow. After
the taxi driver, I was like, get the fuck out
of my taxi. What the hell? Oh, yeah, of course.
Poop, of course. Anyway, we would have to wade
waist deep through the river that was overflowing,
and there was just stuff just going everywhere.
Just trash. Yes, trash and stuff floating by
your legs. I mean, even when it wasn't overflowing,
you would see a family washing their clothes,
and then like 30 feet upstream, this guy taking
a dump right in there. I'm just, that's why people
don't live very long. In third world countries,
guys, there's just the hygiene and the infection
and the, you know, it's gross. So you walked
through shit water? Oh, yeah, multiple times.
Multiple times. Every time the river overflowed,
we had to walk through it to get home. Were you
barefoot? No. Well, we had shoes on, but we were
naked. Would you swim? Because shoes are important.
Nice freestyle. Yeah, I would backstroke. Breaststroke?
He's a maniac, maniac. You should have used the
butterfly. It was an experience, man. It was
crazy. Oh, that explains things. How old were
you? This was fourth grade through eighth grade.
Wow. That's a pretty good memory there. Formative
years. Five years, yeah. And I used to ride my
bike everywhere. And you would go past really
nice subdivisions with all these high walls with
barbed wire and cemented glass. And then you
would go right across the little bridge and there
would be like this. Shack. Total slum. Oh, yeah.
Chickens running everywhere and naked kids staring
at you like, whoa, a white kid on a bike. He's
white. Yeah, totally. And I would go through
there and I'd go to the other side and I would...
I rode my bike everywhere. I can't believe my...
Looking back on it, can you imagine? We don't
even let our kids ride around... In our neighborhood.
In our neighborhood. And I just... I went everywhere.
I just... Yeah, those are just signs of the times.
I mean... I think it's different parenting because
I let my kids... go out and do the thing. I think
it's the type of parenting that we are today
compared to our parents. Our parents basically
kicked you out of the house every day. Me, all
right, go out. It's 8 o 'clock in the morning.
Get out of the house. Go. But in a foreign country.
Oh, yeah, that's another level. What the hell,
man? That's another level. I may have shared
this story with you when we went on vacation
in Italy with my parents, my mom, dad, my brother,
and sister. And my brother disappears. Oh, geez.
Yeah, because it was something similar. We're
here in Italy, and we're camping out. And we'll
go down the lake. There's tons of things we do.
Because it's all this big camping ground. And
I say camping ground. It's like a city. Right.
And evidently, there was a daycare -style. program
set up for the summer school kids, and he had
got on the bus. He's playing around in the playground.
Hey, kids, come on. Let's get some food, and
we're going to load up on the bus, and then we're
going to go do the museum thing. And so he's
like, oh, okay. He gets on the bus. He's gone
for like three or four hours, and fucking parents
are tripping balls. Oh, they didn't know he got
on the bus? No, no idea. He's just gone. We weren't
even part of that, you know? We're part of it.
You didn't even sign up for that tour? I wasn't
there, though. I was down by the lake. I was
at the dock. Remember the boys took the boat?
Oh, my God. And the oars, and they popped the
boat, and I was so upset about that. But that
was the boat I had. I was out there with my snorkel,
a mask. I was having a good time down there.
Oh, your indestructible raft or whatever. Did
you find a sock? No. But the point is that...
We weren't paying attention to our kids, and
they didn't either. But thank God. But look,
testimony to the sign of the times back then,
things weren't as bad, meaning there weren't
as shitty people back then, I don't think. I
guess. I guess. Maybe we were just lucky that
bad shit didn't happen. Maybe we're all lucky,
but I don't know. Maybe our luck's all running
out with this. Maybe we were more expendable.
Maybe. I think a lot of it had to do with the
parenting type. The helicoptering parent. Well,
that's what we are. That's what our generation
is, the helicopter parents. Our parents were
not helped. My mom worked. My parents were like,
go out there, ride your bike, no helmet, no anything.
That's what I grew up with, right? Me too. Go
play in the storm drain. Yeah, we didn't wear
a seat. Exactly. Dad, I was underneath the street.
Really? What'd you see? There's an old man. Yeah.
He asked me to touch him. There's some skeletons
down there. We saw two old men. I found a syringe.
Two men down in the storm drain. They asked us
to play with them. Right. But I'd be gone. We
only touched them twice. I'd be gone during the
summer from sunup until dinner. Then I'd go right
back out. And then I'd be back at 10 o 'clock.
Out all day. Every day. But we all had, as parents,
we had those moments where we lost our kids.
Didn't we? I never did. I mean. You never had
one of those moments? Well, in the store when
they'd be hiding in the rack, you'd lose them
for a couple minutes, but that's about it for
me. I didn't lose them for hours or anything
like that. I never had the joy of experiencing
that. You didn't, Sean? I've had a few, not for
hours, but there was maybe 30 minutes we lost
Austin. We lost Austin. We lost Austin a lot.
I don't think we lost any other kids. The kids
may have disappeared for 30 seconds or something.
Oh, okay. Austin? We'd lose him all the time.
And I don't get it. It's like he's right fucking
here, right here. We went to a game. It was downtown
Frisco, one of the games, football, hockey, whatever
it was. And I swear to God, he was right there.
I turned around. He was fucking gone. And I lose
him so many times. I was kind of like, look,
I'm just going to yell out Austin right now.
You bought a megaphone? No, because look, you're
usually kind of embarrassed a little bit. Oh,
sure. But at a point, I was like, fuck it. Hey,
guys, I'm looking for my son, Austin. He's blonde.
He's six years old. He's around here. I just
fucking yelled it out. And you know what? Within
like 10 seconds, someone, oh, here he is right
here. I was like, thank God. Did he just wander
off? Yeah. He just staring at shit, just kind
of not paying attention. He's inquisitive, right?
He just wants to explore. We lost Brody so many
times. We were at SeaWorld, and we had the front
gate. They had a radio to shut down the front
gate to compare, to check all children going
in and out. Right. Because we lost him for that
long. Really? We had that happen with Peyton
at Toys R Us. I mean, I wasn't there, but they
had to shut the front door of Toys R Us. Yeah.
I mean, Brody just... I mean, I lost him at a
baseball tournament. He had crawled underneath
the fence, and he was sitting with a bunch of
National Guardsmen. who were on a break. Smoking?
Oh, yeah. They were on a break smoking cigarettes
at their little National Guard center. And I
was like, oh, my God. Shelly, look over there.
And it was National Guardman, National Guardman,
National Brody. National Guardman, National Guardman,
National Guardman. Just sitting down on the curb.
And they're all in their full fatigues. And they're
just like, hey, are you Brody's dad? Oh, man,
we're having a ball with him. I mean, it was
like, you're dying. And Shelly's like. oh, my
God, I thought you were watching them. You know
how you get shit? Oh, yeah. You always get shit
from the wife, right, because you blew it. You
lost Austin again, right? You're always getting
shit for that. Oh, yeah. I know. When we go to
the store, it was my job to corral the kids.
Right. Where Julia was just, she's off shopping,
doing her thing, no worries. I was over here
pulling my hair out trying to corral these kids,
you know? Yes. That was the job. That was my
dad's job, too. And I remember my mom. would
yell at my dad because he would climb into the
clothes racks with us. So she would yell at him
because he's having fun. Being Disney dad. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Poor Alan, my father -in -law, he was
watching Brody and Brody, they went to, I don't
know, aquarium or something. Anyway, Brody just
does his thing and he squeezed through one of
those pedestrian gates. And so Alan couldn't
get to him. Right. And he. You know, he was panicking
because he was like, come back, come back, Brody.
You know, I mean, because he was just fucking
crazy. He would just do shit. He would be a kid
that would jump over the railing and go swim
with the alligators. You know what I mean? You
just never knew what he was going to do. He's
the one in the zoo playing with the gorilla.
Yes, yes. I can tell you story after story. I
mean, we were in Puerto Rico and we were trying
to find a place to go down to the beach. And
I'm looking, and I'm like, oh, my God, that's
really steep. There's no way we're going to get
down right there. And there's big rocks down
there. And I'm like, okay. I'm looking down there,
and I'm like, oh, it's a much better slope down
there. Hey, guys, let's walk down there. And
then I hear this. And I look, and Brody had jumped
off the edge. And he smacked his head on a rock,
and he's got a hole in his head, and he's bleeding.
And this Puerto Rican family came over and started
putting napkins on his head. And I was like.
Okay, I'll be there in a second. I had to run
all the way down. He just does stupid shit, man.
I was like, what in your brain would make you
think that that's a good idea to just jump off
the cliff and smack your head on the rocks? He
put us... Cartoons. He aged us so much. So much.
And I'm sure I did the same damn thing. My parents
told me about how I was lost for three hours
at a Tokyo festival. They found me in a nurse's
tent. It was a brothel? I don't think it was
a brothel. Those poor nurses. I was following
my dad, and he's tall. Oh, he went to the brothel?
No, but I was following his pants, right? I was
holding his hand, and I let go of his hand, and
I was following his pants, and I couldn't find
it. I found his pants, so I ran over there and
walked by him, and I held his hand, and I looked
up. I was like, oh, fuck, that's not my dad.
So I panicked, and I got up on a pole, because,
you know, everybody there is short. And my dad's
6 '4", and I was like, sure, I'll see his head.
I'm not going to panic. I'm in first grade. So
I'm looking and I don't see his head anywhere.
And I lost it. And then it became like the movies
where all the faces zoom in. You know what I'm
talking about? All these people, all these Japanese
were zooming around me. I'm like, get the fuck
away from me. And they led me to a nurse's station
and they were trying to help me. Nice ladies
in these super white with the little bun nurses.
Oh, yeah. Like in the 50s or something, right?
Were they sexy? Probably. Did they have the geisha
black teeth? I don't think so. They probably
were all hot, but I was a... Did they have the
geisha feet where they were smashed? I'm like,
what's wrong with your feet? Your feet are fucked
up, lady. No, I'm like, what? I'm six, seven.
Anyway, they're giving me tangerines and I'm
knocking them out of their hand. What an asshole.
Oh, I was an American brat, like a total dick.
And finally, I sat there for hours. And finally,
my parents walk, the whole family walks up. And
they're like, I was like, so angry at them. You
left me. Right. You left me here. You know what
I mean? And they're like, and my. Brothers were
making fun of me, and I was just all angry at
them. It was horrible. How did they find out
you were there? I think they talked to security,
and they said, why don't you check the nursing
station? I was gone for hours, like three hours.
There was a half a million people at this festival.
Half a million. It was the Daruma Festival. Look
up Daruma. You guys would recognize this. And
check the child factory. Yeah, look up D -A -R
-U -B -I. Daruma. It's a fascinating festival.
Everybody takes these red face things, and they
color in the eye, and then to make a wish or
something, and then you put them on a big fire
or something. I didn't really. How do you spell
that? Daruma. Ooby dooby? Daruma. Ooby dooby.
Yes, Daruma Festival. Oh, there's one in Dallas.
Yeah, Japan or Tokyo or something. I don't know.
Yeah, see, look at all these. This is what you
do. I still have it. These Daruma things, and
then you color in one of the eyes, and if your
wish comes true, you color in the other eye.
Now, do they blow up? No, you burn them. I know,
but are they like fireworks? No, they're not
explosives that I know of. Wow. Anyway, there
was a half a million people at this Daruma fair.
Is this Japanese? Yes. We saw all sorts of crazy
shit in Japan, man. See how they burn them in
the gigantic bonfire? My son was just, he's in
Japan. Well, he's on the way back. Oh, that's
right. Yeah, he just spent three weeks there,
so I'm curious to see what he thought. Did he
go to any festivals and all that? I don't know.
Oh, there's a ton of stuff. Well, there's a Daruma
Festival in Dallas. Maybe we need to go to this.
Pass out some cards. Oh, we could do a better
job with your cards. You like bourbon? All you
want. We bought your bourbon store. Your Jim
Beam from Suntory. Suntory. Well, you told the
story of the Japanese saving the bourbon industry
back in... When was it? You talking about Suntory?
No, Japan was keeping the American bourbon industry
alive during a really bad slump. Was there? I
don't remember that. You didn't tell us. You
told that story. I don't remember. No shit. Anyway,
I think it was in the 80s, or maybe it was...
Could be. Like most of our bourbon was going
to frickin' Japan. I think you're right. Or Asia.
I do remember that now. Oh, that's right. The
folks out there really liked the whiskey. They
were buying a lot of our shit. Oh, they love
whiskey. Then they figured out, you know, we
can make our own. Yeah, the 80s, 90s. 80s and
90s played a significant role in the survival
and subsequent resurgence. Thank God for the
Japanese, huh? We wouldn't be doing this podcast
right now. We'd be drinking something else. We'd
be drinking gin. God, that'd be awful. Maybe
we'd have some sort of whiskey. Yeah, maybe.
And they have bought a few American whiskeys.
Didn't they buy a few distilleries? I mean, a
few bourbon families? Yeah, Suntory. Yeah, the
Jim Beam they bought. Jim Beam and everything
else that goes along in the Suntory family. That
was a massive, massive purchase. I'm kind of
curious where all that money goes. I mean, does
it go back to Japan? It goes into the pocket
of that Japanese family. It goes to Suntory.
Yeah, Suntory. I wonder if that's traded on the
stock exchange. I'm sure it is. Is it a family?
Is that a family name? I don't know. I don't
know if it's public or not. Who do they own?
Who do they own again? Jim Beam and Four Roses.
Holy shit. That's huge. Some big ones. Jim Beam
is huge. How did the Beam family ever give that
up? Are you kidding me? That's money. I know,
but... It's been in there generation after generation.
I'm sure they're still in control. Yeah, in control.
They bought Beam for $16 billion, 25%. That is
a lot of money. $16 billion. That is a lot. That's
multi -generational wealth right there. When
did that happen? Last year. And when was this?
This was 2015? So 2014? I mean, how does that
work when you buy it? I mean, you don't let a
bunch of people go, or do you? I think I asked
when I was out there, I was like, so is the Japanese
involved in your day? They're like, no, they
let us do, because we know what we're doing,
they let us do what we do. Yep. They don't know
how to distill. Yeah. Well, they probably know
how now, but, you know, the idea of, I didn't
mean to cut you off, Jeff. That's all right.
But the idea that we have our businesses here,
I mean, it's the whole Trump plan. We do our
stuff and we export. I mean, I wonder if they
pay tariffs out there. They pay tariffs to themselves?
If they're selling from? If the Japanese own
company here. Yeah, then they turn around and
sell it to Japan. Do they pay tariffs? They also
own Maker's Mark. God, that's insane. Basil Hayden.
Yep. Well, that's all Jim Beam. Knob Creek and
Basil Hayden is all Jim Beam. Right. So, do they
own the land itself or just the company? They
own all of it. Everything. So, how can a foreign
company, how can a foreign country own land in
the United States? I still don't, I can't wrap
my head around that. Yeah, that is weird. Budweiser
is owned by InBev. Yeah, that's European. But
still, I'm like, okay, you can own the infrastructure,
the business, but you can't own the physical
land. You can own probably the building, but
you can't own the land. Stellantis owns Dodge
and Jeep. They're the same thing. So where do
you draw the line? Yeah, because it's not consistent
in other countries. Americans can't do that.
I don't know who can and who can't, but I know
there's a lot of countries you can't own land.
I mean, who knows? Maybe it's split off somehow.
I don't know. It doesn't make sense to me. We
seem to be too lenient with foreign ownership
of land. Yeah, of course. We have Chinese land.
What the hell, man? And I don't feel like a dick
saying it either. It's like, you know what? They
would not let us do that in their country. Actually,
some may. If it's not reciprocal, I am agreeing
with you. If it's not reciprocal, they shouldn't
allow that. Right. I agree with it. Well, it's
the United States. So I think the people, you've
got to live here in the United States. You've
got to be, not necessarily born here. If you're
an immigrant and you get your own state and you're
now a citizen, you can buy land. But you can't,
if you're from Japan, a Japanese company or Chinese,
I mean, Chinese trying to buy land right by our.
Dude. Army bases. Yes. Air Force base. We're
shooting that down. Finally, they're stepping
up and starting to pass laws to not allow that.
Yep. I know. All right. I think we're getting
the 10 -minute warning. Yeah, a little bit. All
right. So maybe we should talk about the outstanding
bourbon that we're talking about. I agree. It
is, this particular one is off the Jeff Advent
calendar from his trip from Kentucky. And this
one was the, go ahead, Andy. This is the first
visit we did at Heaven Hill. This is an Elijah
Craig. We could probably get this down here.
But they were hard to find. I don't know about
anymore. But this specific one is Elijah Craig
barrel proof. And I think it's C. 9 -24, right?
Yeah, 9 -24, yeah. Yeah, so which means that's
the third release last year. And from what we're
seeing here, I know what I taste and I like,
but what I'm seeing up here is it looks like
it's getting some outstanding reviews. Can you
say that again? C -9 -24. Because I guarantee
there are guys that see this stuff on the shelf
having no freaking clue what that stuff is. Well,
it came out. C is the third release. There's
an A, B, and a C. And then you get the month,
9, September. And then 24. That's when it was
released. All right. There you go, listeners.
Now you know the secret code on the Elijah Craig.
A usually comes, I think it's a three or something
like that, like in March. And then you got your
Bs, June, July -ish. And then your Cs are in
September. Beautiful. And this is outstanding.
It is. And we've liked basically all of the barrel
proofs we've got. And they're all... I think
this is an 11 -year. Is that what it says? Yeah,
it's an 11 -year. Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch
C924. 11 -year -old, has a rich and complex profile.
I won't talk about this. We'll talk about this
in a second. I was going to bring up some history.
11 years. 11 years. Dude, remember how we made
such a big deal about Henry McKenna 10 years?
Oh, I know. We thought that was the oldest thing
we've ever seen. Well, then Rebecca Creek was
like 12 years, right? Yeah, yeah. And then, oh,
look at this stuff. This is awesome. Damn. This
is 11 years. 11 years. Yep. That's great. And
it's like 75, 80 bucks typically is what you're
going to buy. That's not bad either. No, it's
hardy. This is what, 129 proof? 129, yep. Yeah,
129 proof. It would knock. Any bourbon drinker
that's not used to this stuff on their ass, for
sure. I don't know. It's pretty smooth. It's
smooth. It goes down. It's terrific. It's very
rich. It's rich is a great word. It's got some
spice in the front tongue, part of the tongue,
and then it gets leatherly in the back. Leatherly.
Yeah, it's got some leather. I'm going to say
stone fruit, but more on the cherry side of the
stone fruit, not as opposed to peach. Maybe some
apricot on the back side. I think I'd pick up
some cinnamon on the, kind of that, I don't want
to call it tang, but it's a little spice, I guess.
Like the Nasa, the Nasa orange. The tang, yeah,
the orange tang. Orange tang. Yes. Interesting.
I loved that stuff in high school. I drank the
shit out of that. Did you really? Oh, yeah. So
he thinks it tastes like Tang. No, I don't think
it tastes like Tang. I had a little spice. What
have you just done to this bourbon? That's funny.
I've got some Tang now, so we can mix it with
this and see what happens. I taste like a little
anise on the tail end, on the finish. That's
not listed anywhere, but that's what I taste.
Do you think anise? Anise, like licorice. Like
licorice. Oh, am I the only one that doesn't
know what the word anise means? Yes. That's a
word of the day. I feel undereducated. I feel
pretty. I feel very undereducated. Okay, well,
interesting. What I love about it is that it
really warms the tongue. Tons of tingle, and
then you think it's going to burn the shit out
of you, and it doesn't. That's the tang. You
just worded that better than I did. Oh, well,
thanks. Tingle. Fingers, your palate. No, but
really, as soon as it has a powerful, rich, I
mean, it hits you hard when you put it in your
mouth. I knew I shouldn't have said that. But
the deeper it goes, wait, hold on. You just keep
digging your hole. And then when it finishes,
wait. Yes. Damn it. It explodes in your mouth,
does it? Jesus Christ. Okay. That's enough, Chuck.
That's enough. Okay. Yeah, you blew it. I think
I'm tasting some grape. Thanks. Oh! I didn't
even catch that. I think I'm tasting some grape
in here as well. Some grape. All right, here
we go. I'm going to clear my palate with some
water, and I'm going to give a... Because, like
I said, I'm not good at this like you guys are.
You're going to do the bourbon chew? It's so
great for radio. Yeah, don't do that. All right,
here we go. All right, well, pause the... Done
with that. I'm going to come up with... Just
don't watch me. It's not pleasant. It's not pleasant
to watch either. You're watching a monkey fuck
a football. It tastes wonderful, but I don't
get anything. It tastes like bourbon. Yeah, you
guys are like... I get cinnamon sticks that have
been marinated in Cajun sauce. What the fuck?
It tastes like amazing bourbon. That's all I
can come up with. Maybe I need that chart. That
whatever chart. It's right there. No, it's over
there. The circle? It's not going to help me.
The circle of flavor? I don't think it's going
to help me. The circle flavor. You need a magnifying
glass. Are you being the survivor guy? That's
the circle of life. No, the Bud Light hero. Yeah,
Bud Light hero. You do that very well, by the
way. Bud Light presents Real Men of Genius. Those
were great. I wish they'd bring those back. They
were great. That's what Bud Light was cool. This
one goes out to you, Mr. Silent but Deadly Gas
Passer. Deadly Gas Passer! I can't do it like
you can, but... Alright, let's see here. You
know who sings that? It's the guy from Survivor.
I know. I told you that 300 times. Well, we all
knew that. See, there's a voice actor that's
still getting work. Yeah, it's not going to help
me. I can't read anyway, like you said. Look,
I'm going to come up. Part of the podcast, I'm
going to bring up some definitions. Just one.
I'm going to do one a week. There's a little
glossary I downloaded, and I think it's kind
of cool because there's whiskey terms. These
are from the SAT? Specifically, it's called Whiskey
Dictionary. Whiskey Dictionary. Don't pause on
that. Don't pause on that, guys. You don't want
to get stuck on Whiskey Dictionary. The Whiskey
Advocates, Whiskey Dictionary, an exhaustive
glossary of whiskey terms. And now I don't even
know what page it was. It was like 12 down. Just
do it in order. Do it. You know what? I'm just
going to pick one. So P -H -E -N -O -L -S. Phenols.
Phenols. Phenols. Phenols. Phenols. Phenoms.
All right. So phenol is a class of chemical compounds.
And let's talk about this too. So a class of
chemical compounds produced by using peat in
the malting process absorbed by the barley being
dried. Phenols can be measured in both malted
barley and in the fine spirit using a unit called
phenol. which is the phenol parts per million.
That's what phenols are. Do you guys know what
phenols are? Phenols? No. I've heard of phenols
before. I've heard of phenols. I've never heard
the definition before, but I've heard it in relation
to bourbon before. Or chemistry, right? Yeah,
or chemistry as well. Well, I thought it was
going to be like the hearts and the tails, but
I don't think it's not a chemical. It is a chemical,
but it's not the separation of the... Ethanols
or the somethingols. Here's where the Mr. Producer
comes in. It's P -H -E -N -O -L -S. Chemical
compounds are produced by using peat in the malting
process. So, you know, whatever. It's just, that's
what phenols are. We're probably going to need
to elaborate. What does it say? Phenol? Phenol.
Phenol. Phenol. It's a mildly acidic, toxic,
white crystalline salad obtained from coal tar.
and used in chemical manufacture and dilute form.
You've got to put an S on that. Under the name
carbolic as a disinfectant. That doesn't sound
like it should be. We're drinking this. No, he
said peat. So it must be a single malt phenol.
There's more than one. There's an S. It's a scotch,
right? This is a scotch thing if it's peat involved.
Well, it can be. I mean, I don't know. I mean,
they can use them as different single malts.
I mean, America now has single malt American
whiskeys. So go back up, Chuck. It said many
phenolic compounds were discovered and used long
before chemists were able to determine. Therefore,
trivial names such as vanillin. Is that from
the beaver's ass? Wow. Salicylic acid is aspirin.
Yes. Pyro, Pyro, Catacall. rosacrinol, crisol,
hydroquinone, and eugenol. All right. I'm assuming
everybody listening just fell asleep or just
changed the channel. You brought up chemistry.
I did. I did. I did. The goal was to really just
kind of like, I want to introduce some definitions
and slowly but surely we'll start embracing these
a little bit more where we could like, because
I want to like go into some of these distilleries
and when they're spouting all this information,
I want to be like, oh, oh, I know what that is.
I know what this is. And now I know what they're
doing with it. And I know what those heads and
tails are. And you can go, what about your phenols?
Yeah. What are your phenols? Oh, well, that is
a fantastic question. Nobody ever asks that.
And they're like, well, we're so impressed. The
dudes like us. You guys are amazing. I think
the only term I recognized was phallic. Was there
phallic in there? I think so. All right. Rating.
Rating. Rating. All right. Well, I will rate.
Hold on. This is 129, so it's up there with the
big dogs. Yes, it is. I'm going to go with 8
.3. That was right at 8 .5. Whoa. Yes. We gave
Smoke High 8s. Or as Sean called it, Smokey A.
I was going to say it. You're saying it wrong.
Yes. Smokey A. I'll do 8 .4. So right there,
mid to low eights. Yeah. Yeah, that's right where
I think we've done all the other barrel proofs.
This is outstanding. High rating for these. Outstanding.
Highly recommend if you get it. Is it hard to
find? You said it's more readily available now.
I'm seeing them more now than before, but I'm
seeing a lot more allocated stuff now. Grab it
if you see it. It's going to be great in your
collection. Hey, and you might have to get used
to the 130 -round proof, but it's worth doing
that. Sticker price is about $70. $75. Very reasonable.
For what you're getting, yeah. That bottle lasts
a long time. You don't drink very much of it.
No. It would be a sipper. Oh, yeah. All right,
well, next week we've got Jackie Mack that's
going to be on the podcast. She's going to be
here. She's fun. She's fun, has lots of great
stories. She's a bourbonette. And she'll be joining
us this coming Friday for those folks that want
to join us this Friday. And we'll be sharing
our experience on the next podcast. Oh, yes,
yes, we will. I'm excited about that. We're going
to meet the Horseneck and the guys, the Horseneck's
meat we're going to sample. Ooh. I wonder if
they're going to have Horseneck meat. Horseneck.
I wonder if they're going to have horse meat.
Maybe some horse glue. Hmm. All right. Well,
that's it for us for our second half. Shout out
to the first half of Gentleman Jack and for Elijah
Craig for this one. Fantastic. Thank you for,
Mr. Producer, for staying on top of shit. And
my ears. Man, I could buy some new replacements.
You got black shit all over your face. Oh, really?
Whoa. Black shit. Blackface. Wow. Okay. Two,
24, two seconds. I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm
Jeff.