That's why I don't believe anything on the internet.
Right? Yes, you ruined my life. I mean, look
at this. She's dancing with a cat. Well, that
could be real. This second half whiskey is very
good. Yeah, it is good. I'm going to join this.
All righty. All right, second half of Dudes Like
Us podcast. It is the end of September, September
30th, 2025. We have a jam -packed... We have
a jam -packed show. You guys ready? I'm ready.
Let's fasten those seatbelts. Bitch. All right,
dudes and guys, I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff.
And so what do you want to start off with? You
want to start off with the AI -generated picture
that you just showed us right now? Well, yeah.
I was just sharing with you guys. you know Dawson
sent a picture my son sent a picture of he's
like do you guys know who this is and it's a
picture of some definitely homeless looking guy
that was in our backyard he's bending over and
he's petting our dogs and I'm like damn I mean
I zoomed in on it I looked at it I was like surely
this is not real but I looked at it and he was
like you know he said he's thirsty you know I
go, did he, how'd he get in? I guess he walked
through the back gate. And I was like, give him
a couple of waters, but he can't stay. I mean,
he can't be, you know, walking into our backyard.
And then, you know, Shelly, you know, she, he
sent it, she sent it to, he sent it to Shelly
and I, and, and then to his brothers. And they
were all like, and Dylan was of course like on
my way, I'm on my way over there anyway. And
if he's still in the backyard, man, I'm good.
You know what I mean? He was being all, and it
was all AI. He was just playing a joke on us.
Yep. And, and it was, Damn, it looked real. Well,
when you first showed it, I was like, that hand
doesn't look quite right. But Paul's being pretty
serious right now. Exactly. When I did that on
purpose to kind of, because that's what he did
to us. Yeah, because I was like, the hand doesn't
look right. But then you look at it even further
after you said that, there's some wonkiness in
the back. Yeah, there's some wonkiness in the
back. There's little hints that tell you if it's
real or not. Yeah, but they're getting rid of
those things. Exactly. We're getting to the point
where you will not be able to tell. Yeah. How
can you tell? I mean, that's going to be a problem.
It is. So AI is getting so good that they have,
there is a star. An actress. An actress. Let
me see if I can't find that, where that's at.
Yep. God bless. AI actor in Hollywood. Discussion
from Good Morning America explored the potential
for AI -generated actors in the film. There was
one, hold on. Say Tilly was her name? Yeah. Tilly
Norwood, yeah. Yeah, Tilly Norwood. Yeah. She
was prompted back. She was getting... What is
up with that? So they were... She was getting
like... They like... Referrals. So a company
produced her via AI. She is an AI actress, okay?
And they started submitting her to agencies.
You know, like they do other aspiring actresses
and actors. And a couple of them hit and said,
yep, we want to talk to her. Not having any idea.
I'm assuming they had no idea that she's AI.
And this is scary because, I mean, and she's
been in a couple of their, the studio has produced
a couple movies with her. And, you know, yeah,
we're getting to the point where you absolutely
don't know the difference. I mean, is that actually
her when you scroll down there? Yeah, yeah. Producer?
Yeah, that's her. That's her? Because she's...
She's cute. Absolutely. It's so believable. 100%.
I mean, that is. And she has, like, imperfections
in her face, like we all do. You know what I
mean? She's got a little bit of a crooked smile,
and her face is, one eye is lower than the other,
just very slightly. We all have these little
tiny imperfections. Your left side does not match
your right side. That's right. That actually
doesn't look right. Do you ever see those pictures
where they take, you're like, the mirror image
of your right side, and they make your face out
of, so. And you look weird. It does. Right. You
look very weird when you have exactly the same
size. Right. Besides. Yeah. Anyway, and then,
of course, you know, different actresses were
chiming in on this, like Emma. Was there Emma?
Watson? No. Stone? No. Who's the one that was
in Tom Cruise? Emily? Blunt? Emily Blunt. Thank
you. She chimed in on it and she was like, stop
doing this. We need to put a stop to this immediately
because this is not good. Yeah, and they have
her posting on social media. Look, this is a
real person to anybody who has no clue. Look
at that. They're doing like a little portfolio
of her. That is crazy. It is crazy. and put her
on OnlyFans, and you would pay for it. There
are guys paying for AI models, and they don't
know they're real. Or maybe they do know they're
real. I don't know. You mean they don't know
they're fake? Yeah, they don't know they're fake.
I'm sorry. Yeah. Anyway. Yep, that's crazy. We're
not headed to a good thing here. Well, I mean.
On top of that, let's take it another step further.
When they start perfecting the AI, that's visual.
That's something you see on the computer, phone,
etc. Imagine fate right in front of you. A robot.
Oh, yeah. Well, they're going to get there. Japan's
already ahead of us on that whole thing. I almost
think that there needs to be... when you post
stuff on Instagram, there's an AI disclaimer.
If you're going to a movie, there needs to be
a disclaimer. Hey, Tilly, whatever her name is,
Tilly Norwood, in parentheses, AI actress. So
you know. If you know going in there, if it's
a good movie, I don't give a shit. But you should
at least know that this actress is fake. Don't
pass her as something real. Let us know. But
is that any different than, Princess Leia showing
up post -death? Yeah, but we kind of knew that
that was going to happen. You mean she died?
Sorry. Spoiler alert, Sean. What? What are you
talking about? Well, there's another thing. I
want Chuck to go to YouTube. I want you guys
to hear this song. You ruined my life. I want
you guys to put in there Back in Black Soul Slash
Funk. Fake music. Yeah. It's by Fake Music. Did
you see it? It popped up right there. There you
go. Listen to this. Oh, yeah. I like these guys
on Instagram. Is that where you saw that? No,
it was on YouTube. Listen, don't fast forward
it, but turn it up. So I wonder if this is legal
to do since it's AI. They have like a, I'm down.
I did this. I listened to this whole damn thing
and I was like, this is fucking awesome. This
is all. Made instantly, too. Listen to the guy's
voice. This is pretty cool. I'd listen to this.
Wow. I don't know. I think it's awesome. Yeah,
I mean, it was fabulous. They have several. I
think this is the best one that I've heard that
they've done. They've got Into the Sandman. Yeah.
I got to hear this right in the middle of the
dark. Yeah, they have that. And you had, here's
the thing. They didn't have to pay anybody. They
probably had to pay ACDC for the song. Okay,
but. Did they though? Just like actresses. If
it's over 50 years, I don't think you had to
pay rights on that. Just like actors and actresses,
if they're fake, that's a major part of the budget
of a film. It's having to pay Tom Cruise $60
million. But now if you can have a totally fake
Tom Cruise lookalike or equivalent. Look at this
rainbow in the dark where Ronnie James Dino is
now. This is tight. I dig it. I dig it, too.
Yeah, I mean, they've funked and sold up a bunch
of rock music is what it is. And so are they
selling it? I don't know. What are they doing?
Is it just for fun, like a hobby, like a ha -ha
thing? I don't know. It doesn't have a ton of
followers yet, but it's some top -notch shit.
Oh, that's one of the first ones I saw was the
Funk Maiden, the Iron Maiden, the Number of the
Beast. They've got the Trooper. They've got the
whole frickin' album. It is amazing. Yeah, there's
a bunch of them up there that they've done. I
haven't listened to a lot of them. Even Flow.
Yep. Pearl Jam. Paradise City. So, I mean, look,
there are people that have been converting songs.
Like, real artists, too. Like, they convert,
like, newer songs into the 20s, 30s style. Doesn't
one of Elvis, there's an Elvis guy who does,
not Pink Floyd, Stairway to Heaven and stuff
like that from Zeppelin, right? You've never
heard the Elvis, it's called Dread Zeppelin or
something like that, and they throw the Elvis,
gonna give you a whole lot of love, baby. It's
hilarious. I have not heard that one. I heard
something cheese, Johnny Cheese or something.
I don't know that. Anyway, I was blown away by
the Back in Black. Like I said, I listened to
the whole damn song. That is incredible. As I
was editing. It's pretty damn good. Yeah. Dread
Zeppelin, is that what you're referring to? So,
Isaiah, that's some incredible stuff. We're not
going to be able to separate fact from fiction
anymore. But, I mean, this is good. And there
was a meme I was watching. A guy that regularly,
he's an artist. He's worked with a lot of professionals
in his field. He's a musician. He plays every
instrument. And he breaks down very popular songs.
And he was just like, and now, and he was kind
of upset about it. He was like, and now there's
this. And he was like, because he's been going
in there and breaking down music components and
what makes it special. And it's the talent of
this artist that does this. And he brought it
to the AI aspect of it. It's like, I just told
the AI to generate a song. with a female voice
from... Is this Rick Beato? Yeah, I think it
is. Yeah. And it creates an entire album, and
it's good. Terrifying. It's good. It's a good
freaking album. Yeah. So it's just like, you
know, where does it end? And then there's...
I mean, is it plagiarism, technically, if you're
stealing a song from AI? Well, if you're stealing
it... If it's not original content that you created
with AI... How do you know? Then you're absolutely
stealing from an existing artist. Yes. No, I
mean, okay, so this particular album was all
brand new. Nobody's ever heard of it. Okay, but
then it's the... But is it still plagiarism because
they didn't make it? Well, yeah, but they own
it. They own it. They gave it the ideas. They
gave it life. Yes. So Spotify got caught doing
this. They made an AI band, the Velvet Sundown,
and they basically were, you know, if you just
tell... your Spotify, hey, just play some R &B
or something. They'll throw this in there so
they don't have to pay royalties to anybody because
they made it themselves. Oh, my God. That's insane.
This is going to destroy the industry. Just fast
forward 10 years, guys. Millions of people streamed
it. Yeah, everything is going to be... I mean,
you don't need real people anymore to make music.
The problem is, though, you can't... Yeah, there's
no concerts. Will it be like Milli Vanilli? Well,
you can go to the Sphere in Las Vegas and watch
them. I mean, unless you... Yeah, exactly. They'll
make a virtual concert. Yeah, that's so important.
Well, unless you hire someone like the Wrecking
Crew to go out there and play the music live.
You know, the AI band is this, and then if you
want to see it live, here, come see these. tremendous
session players play this music. I don't know.
I don't like it, man. It wouldn't be the same.
I don't like it. I don't like it either. I like
it. I think I do like it because it sounds great.
It makes me fearful of some people's jobs out
there. Yeah. But it's just, I mean, everyone's
job. That's what, what's his name? Elon Musk
was saying. He was like the number one thing
to be afraid of right now. And this was like
three, four years ago. He's like, it's AI. You
guys need to be worried about AI because they're
coming after you. And they're not coming after
you like Terminator. They're coming after you
from every aspect of your life. He was worried
about it from it becoming self -aware, too. Yeah.
So, I mean, that's some crazy. And it will. Imagine
that. You can't give it the keys to the freaking
car. No. What if it gets inside? They have movies
about this. Yes. Terminator. Will Smith had a...
I -Robot. Is that what that was? I -Robot? Carrie.
Carrie. Carrie. I don't think Will Smith was
in Carrie. It was Christine, right? That was
Christine. Oh, yeah, whatever. I was like, Carrie
is... You're close. It was actually Q -Joe. Q
-Joe. Q -Joe. I'm just going to keep throwing
out Carrie every single time we talk about cars
that kill people. Christine. Night Rider. I'm
sorry, Michael. I can't do that. That was a Cylon.
It's a Cylon car. It is a Cylon car. All right.
Well, anyway, so I think we burnt out this AI
thing, but I think it's fascinating. I mean,
from the actresses to the music, you know what?
Good for something. I mean, and we still can't
come up with a logo. We suck at AI. How about
that? Well, you would think that we'd be able
to come up with a logo. You know what's crazy,
though? I have been trying to use AI to come
up with some cool tattoo ideas. It sucks. It
does. It sucks. And I'm like, I'm seeing all
this amazing AI stuff. You have to pay for that
shit. I do pay for it. Not the right things,
I guess. I pay for ChatGPT Pro or whatever it
is. It's still getting shit? And it sucks. And
then I tell it to try to make adjustments. I'm
like, no, no, move that down and make it do that.
And it comes up with something totally horribly
wacky. Right. And I'm like, you suck at this.
I know I've done grok several times when I'm
trying to do images for logos or something. And
I'll say, well, make this adjust this. It'll
show me the exact same one. Right. I'm like,
well, that's the same thing. Oh, you're right.
Let me work on that. It'll show me the exact
same thing. It's so nice about it, though. I
say, leave everything the same. Just change this.
Changes everything. I'm like, you suck. Like,
you don't listen at all. Yeah, so I don't know
how these people get these videos. Yeah, how
do they do it? I mean, is it a certain way you
have to tell it? Is it just you have to do it
1 ,000 times before you get it right kind of
a thing? Well, I imagine that they've got a very
special license that's proprietary to you. You're
talking about these actors? Well, like this.
This is fake, but we're watching. Is it? Yes.
Is it really? Yes. Turn some audio on that. How
do you know? Because it says. Oh, yeah, it sure
does. It says this is all 100%. Even the car?
The background and everything? Yes, everything.
Yeah, it gives tips on what you want to see and
what kind of music you want to put in the background.
Play the very beginning of it. What is it? It's
all fake, man. You're going to tell me where
we're going now? Absolutely not. Why? Think about
what this does for the advertising industry.
Now they can make completely AI commercials,
no actors, and majorly cheap. Unbelievably cheap.
Yep. Are they still going to suck? Well, if I
did it, it would suck, apparently. You'd change
this. Yeah. It becomes a dog instead of a woman.
It's all entertainment. You know what else it'll
do, which will make me a little happier, is it'll
humble these freaking actors and actresses out
there. Oh, yeah. Look, they're no better than
anybody else. I hear you. I do hear you. So,
you know, from that perspective, I'm like, all
right, well, you know what? You're just an actor
and actress. It would make them complete. You
might actually have a renaissance of the actual
live performing arts, like when we go see a band
or if we go see a play. Oh, that's true. That's
an excellent point. That you're like, I'm so
tired of this generated garbage that I want to
see something real live on stage. Theater, maybe.
Yeah, right. Theater. Gladiators. Gladiators.
Bring back lion eating people. Bread and circuses,
baby. Give me my bread and circuses. Do I not
entertain you? Are you not entertained? I'm a
human. That's crazy, but true. But I think it's
going to put these people in check. I think that
these bubblegum bands will kind of fall off.
The K -pops and all that. Maybe. I mean, the
K -Pops was kind of fun growing up with the kids.
It was fun to listen to that stuff. But, you
know, whatever. I mean, it doesn't affect me
right now. I mean, I have a job where most people
can have a job. I don't know. Shoot. I mean,
with what I do, I got to be there. AI's not taking
my job anytime soon. Yeah, that's true. Well,
who knows? You could have a self -driving vehicle.
Well, how are you going to? deal with those kids.
With a robot on the... They got this sphere that
they put them in. And they load up a bunch of...
I think I'll be long dead before that comes around.
A robot and a cattle taser. Right? It'll basically
roll down the middle of the bus and say, shut
up, stop talking. I mean, start slapping the
shit out of the kids. Yeah, give them the German
Schwarzenegger, you know, accent. Shut up! Shut
down! Get to the chopper. There's some industries
that are going to be decimated. I think software
coding is going to be one of them. It's already
being decimated. I think it's too early still.
I think a lot of these corporations are letting
their software folks go before I think AI is
fully realized. We're still a couple years away.
You still have somebody to oversee it. I think
some of these big companies are like... letting
their software folks go because they think AI
could do it. I think they're going to regret
that. Yeah, they don't need the straight coder.
They need the guy to oversee the code and to
give the prompts for generating it. So this has
been anticipated for a while, but AOL technically
within the last week just ended their dial -up
service. Does AOL still exist? Yes, because there's
still AOL email addresses out there, which is
crazy. Who owns them? American Online? Yeah.
I don't know. I mean, I can't get that modem
sound anymore. Yeah, I know it's a dial -up,
but there are still quite a few folks that had
like the rural folks. Rural folks? That's a hard
word to say. That have what? Rural. The dial
-up. Not anymore. Not with AOL. Well, I know,
but there are still some. There it is. That is
a crazy sound. Yeah, but who? It's the rural
folks who don't have broadband. But what service
are they using? AOL, where you call the number.
Well, that's just it. They don't have that anymore.
Well, I know, but there were still people on
it. So what are they going to use now? Starlink.
Starlink was always the... You know, high -speed
internet option for rural. It could be HughesNet.
So OpenAI has announced a new Sora 2, a new and
more powerful version of its text -to -video
AI model. Who is? That's what we were looking
at. Who released it? Sora 2. Now, who released
it? OpenAI. So you need to say, do you have access
to that? I don't know. Is that part of your membership?
I don't know. I need to shut it off because it's
like $20 a month. What you need to do is create
a Dudes Like Us marketing commercial. Okay. And
then post it on Instagram. There you go. I will.
Like a really crazy, wacky one with like gorillas
or something. Maybe we should specialize and
maybe tell it to make me do a little OnlyFans
foot club for dudes like us. Ooh. Maybe we get
a lot of hits. Well, have you seen all the, I'm
sure you have, these gorilla vloggers. Oh, that's
hilarious. Where he's talking, he's like running
through the woods. He's out of breath and he's
talking. Stuff like, yeah, we're just going to
run through the woods today and we're going to
have a little chai tea. He's like some Australian
guy. I find them annoying, to be honest. I do
chuckle at first, but I'm like, okay, this is
over the top. Yeah, I've seen a couple of them
laugh. Stormtroopers are pretty funny, too. He
was giving a retarded kid some cocaine. He was
like, that shit is crazy. Those guys are strong.
He's running through the woods. He's skinny and
lost his hair. He's on crack. This is the dude
that They nominated for, and I didn't understand
this. First of all, his name is what? Puffy?
Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny is going to be the... Play
one of his little songs. What is this all about?
That's a dude? Never even heard of him. This
is just a bad idea. This is a bad idea. Why do
they not understand who the fans of the NFL are?
This has a billion views. For real? That's 5
.7 million likes, sure. It said 975 million views.
You're kidding me. No. And I've never heard of
it. So this is an international draw, not a...
That's why. That's why they're doing this. Fast
forward this shit. Hold on. He doesn't look anything
like the guy wearing a dress. Okay. He dresses
as a man and he dresses as a woman. He kind of
goes all over the board. All right. So now I'm
starting to understand the NFL brass, their appeal
on this. They are so obsessed with getting NFL
international. Right. Obsessed with it. Yeah.
They don't really care to beat the same drum.
And this is an international draw to where he
doesn't even sing English shit. Yeah, he's Puerto
Rican. This is crazy. I don't know. I disagree.
I totally disagree. I mean, I understand their
move, but this is not reading the crowd. Totally
not. They're reading a new crowd. Well, they're
trying to get a new crowd. At the expense of
losing the ones you have? We're the ones paying
for things. Is that him? That is him. Yes. Great.
What a good, that's what good old American football
fans want to see. That's what I want to see.
Also him. He's a fucking drag queen. He has boobs?
That's not him. No, but like... Well, he did
in that. Yeah, that picture there. Those look
pretty nice. No, just stop. Just stop. I'm not
sure what kind of appliances he's got going on.
Honestly, this is the devil at work, guys. I
mean, this is just crazy. Yeah, it kind of is.
Okay. That's disgusting. Get Chris Stapleton
up there. Yeah. You know, I don't care. I'll
boycott it. Yeah, I won't watch it. Hopefully
there's another channel that does something cool.
Aren't they starting to do that? Like dog Super
Bowl? Puppy Bowl? No, other stations are doing
something during the halftime show. Oh, counter
program. Yeah, counter program. Yeah, you know,
they said Turning Point USA should go get Chris
Stapleton or somebody to put on a halftime show.
100%. Who said that? Are you saying that? Are
you coming up with that? No, I think they threw
it out there. Oh, that's perfect. That would
be incredible. Fantastic. And when they see that
there was 180 million people watching that instead
of this fucking cross -dressing, Spanish -speaking,
completely irrelevant to American culture person,
yeah, I would say that would be the way to go.
100%. Yeah, I'd tune this out. Just fucking Bud
Light him. I'm not watching it. I'll turn the
whole fucking TV off. Yeah. Just to make sure
it's not in there. The meme is the future me
at halftime bowl while Bad Bunny's performing.
It's Ben Affleck smoking outside and just throwing
his head back. I mean, there's been a couple
like that. I kind of muscled through it because
I was like, all right, well, at least they're
American artists and stuff. Some of the stuff
I don't listen to, but even some of the other
stuff was painful. Paul McCartney, even though
it was good, it was painful. Rolling Stones.
You know why they did Paul McCartney. They went
way, way on the other side of the thing. That
was after the tearing off of the Titty Gate.
Janet Jackson. And Timberlake. Timberlake. Yeah.
I mean, then they went, okay, we need to go way
conservative. And that was over -the -top conservative,
right? They didn't need to do that. But then
since then, it's been nothing but crotch cam
and Beyonce and J -Lo just, you know, zooming
in on the crotch. And, I mean, just come on.
Well, it's when... The crotch? Oh, yeah. Oh,
yeah. The Shakira. The Shakira and J -Lo. That
one I'm all right with, but... Oh, you're okay
with that? Oh, you're okay with that. You're
okay with female crotches? Oh, good old American
crotches? Yes. Well, she's from Brazil, right?
Well, this all went downhill when, who was it
that took over the programming for the NFL? Jay
-Z. Yeah, Jay -Z and his rock nation became the
people that pick it. Did they sign him up for
a 10 -year contract to pick the next 10 years
of artists? I don't know how long he's signed
up for. They need to be canceled. Yeah. 100%.
Yeah, but they're not going to. do it until they
suffer real losses at, you know, viewership.
Well, I mean, stick around. You know, what's
the word? You know, fuck around and find out.
Yeah. Yeah. That shit's about to get real. And,
you know, and I'm going to do my part. And it's
seriously, I mean, hell, you know who said that
today? He didn't say fuck around and find out.
He said, yeah, he said F -A -F -O. Yes, he did.
Fuck around and find out. Yeah. Who, RFK? No,
Hegseth, the Department of War, the head of it,
Secretary of War, he gathered, what, a thousand
generals? This is unprecedented. And basically
laying out the law, saying, hey, man, no more
of this DEI bullshit. No more of this. We have
soldiers. We don't have men and women. We have
soldiers. We want the best people to do the job.
Yes, and he's bringing back rigorous boot camp
stuff. He's bringing back rigorous standards.
He's like, no more bullshit, is basically what
they said. Now, Trump talked to them first. I
think that's being overshadowed by Hegseth talking
to him. But Trump talked to him first, and Trump
basically said, I have your back 100%. Anything
you need, you will get it. He was like, Trump
is getting on my fucking nerves. Why? What'd
he do now? It's just... Over the top. He just
won't shut up. He's a troll. And I'm just like,
it's... He's not helping. It's not... I don't
care if he pokes. It's just like the amount of
time that he takes saying nothing. Oh, yeah.
Yes. It's like, if he would... I can handle the
rest. If he goes off script, it is painful. If
he just like, let's condense this one hour, whatever
the fuck you're saying, into like 10 minutes,
because he's not saying anything. And he wanders
around. Yeah, I know. He's an entertainer. Yeah,
I mean. He's not a politician. But I'm telling
you, it's getting to the point where I'm just
like, even me, I'm kind of like. Well, I tune
it out. If I'm watching The Five and they bring
in a Trump press conference, I'll watch about
five minutes of it. I'm like, he hasn't even
gotten to the topic yet. Right. I'm out. Yeah,
it's painful. Yeah. I'm not going to lie. And
also, RFK. I'll read about it. You know, I want
to listen to RFK, but God. That voice. I cannot
listen to him. I'm just like, dude, it's so painful.
So did Hegseth come out and say, all right, generals,
you need to get in shape? Yes, basically. And
you need to, there's a new, you know, whatever
it is, you know, standard that you're going to
have to live by. And everyone has to, from the
top to the bottom, has to live by that standard.
And so he said some comment about we're not going
to have fat generals and fat admirals. He said
something like that. I mean, I can't remember
what the exact quote was, but he laid it out,
man. And there's nothing wrong with it. And people
can perceive that as being rude. But if you're
in the military, you have to be bound by certain
rules. Even if you're not in the field and you're
not jumping out of planes or fighting, you have
to be of sound mind and body to go sit in a war
room and not have a fucking heart attack making
heavy decisions because you're stressed out.
No. You need to be... Body of mind. Yeah, he
basically opened it with saying these words,
if it makes your heart sink, then you need to
resign. Because, you know, and well, thank you
for your service. But for the majority of the
people in this room, these words are going to
lift you. And they're going to excite you. And
they're going to get you pumped about why you're
here. Right. But if it makes your heart sink,
there's the door. Because that's where we're
headed. That's what he said, huh? Basically.
That's awesome. That's basically what he said.
I mean, he didn't miss words. It was great. And
he said in the boot camp, they're going to bring
back the screaming sergeants and, you know, all
that kind of shit. Oh, yeah. Good. Yeah, I agree.
I agreed with everything he said at 100 percent
of it. I mean, we have gotten soft and we live
in a world where we need the strongest military
ever so that people know not to screw with us.
We've been saying this for a long time on multiple,
multiple podcasts and how we're getting soft
and how the Russians put out this military recruitment
commercial and they look badass. You know, Green
Beret style Russians, just, you know, black outfits.
muscle tone and then you got ours and they showed
them back to back the different commercials our
recruitment video yeah it's just like you know
and you got these dudes dressing up like YMCA
it's like come on it's embarrassing so I'm glad
that we're starting to get a backbone and yeah
if we're going to do that we might as well be
the Netherlands then you know and just not be
able to defend ourselves from anything you know
and just rely on somebody else to tell us yeah
be France again yeah Over and over again. Make
America France again. Yeah. Good grief. Make
America England again. God. Nightmare. All right.
Well, let's just dive into some uplifting things.
Well, hold on. We got Trump. Do you guys... Pull
up, see if you can type in TrumpRx website. Is
that thing up and running yet? Because one of
the things that he talked about, there were several
things he talked about, and I don't want to get
into all the same rinse for people shit, you
know, the Ukraine and just the nightmare of other
shit going around the country. But this one's
good. And, you know, the White House has unveiled
new prescription drug website as part of a deal
with Pfizer to lower the drug prices. So Trump
was talking about today. He said, well, you know.
He was going to other countries, and he mentioned
a specific pill. And it's like, here in the United
States, this one pill, one pill costs like $1
,370. Was it the fat shot? No. I don't know what
it was. But if you go to this country, it costs
$10. Okay. Well, why are we selling it $10? And
he says, that's got to change now. Period. It's
like, there's no reason why the American, the
United States citizens are cash cows for these
conglomerates to purchase product. That's bullshit.
So it's like, and some of these other countries
are going to be mad at us because it's going
to balance out. That'll cause stuff to come up.
I'm like, why? Why does it even need to come
out? Because I would start cutting out these
pharmaceutical companies to say, man, look, your
profit margins are too high. How much money?
They were talking about this five years ago.
You can't. Yeah, now you're starting to have
the government. That's price regulation. You
can't do that. But hold on now. So I'm going
to bring up a point. This is specifically talking
about diabetes and the insulin that they had.
They had a representative on there and they were
talking about the difference in prices from one
administration to the other. And the price went
from like. 20 bucks. I made that up. I don't
know. Up to like 350 bucks. Right. All right.
And they started drilling this lady who was the
owner of the company or the CEO. And he was talking
about, you know, how much money did you make
two years ago? Yeah. And she was like, I made
this much money. And how much are you making
this year? And she made like $150 million. Right.
I mean, look, you can climb up the corporate
ladder so high. That is ridiculous. It's uncalled
for. It's criminal. It's gouging on the American
people because they're sure the fuck not taking
it from the rest of the planet. So they're gouging
us. They're making us fat by the poor shit they
sell us and the horrible programs they have set
up that they're teaching us that are good that
are not. And then they turn around and are going
to sell us because, unfortunately, some of these
people are getting diabetes. And not just diabetes.
There's all kinds of stuff. You know, blood pressure
medicine. Well, they want us to be unhealthy
so they can pump us full of shit. No question
about it. So, yeah, this is a tricky one because,
like, I'm with you, Jeff. The government should
not get in the business of setting, you know,
market, you know, fixing market prices, right?
Right. But, you know, this one's attached to
a very corrupt. uh insurance um i think the whole
health insurance thing is broken yeah it's because
it's a monopoly and i think people you know they're
charging that much because they know people won't
pay that much because they have insurance but
they're still paying way more than they need
to i mean they're you know what i mean so i i
don't know how to i don't know how to fix this
so but what is this plan what is why is trump
what is trump able to do here how is he shaking
up status quo on this. He just signed a deal
with Pfizer. Okay. Okay. He signed a deal with
Pfizer. I don't know what the deal is yet, but
they are going to reduce the costs of tons of
medications that are... Well, they'll be direct
to consumer. Correct. So you go to Pfizer or
whatever this new website is, you buy it at the...
You know, whatever that Pfizer wants to sell
it to you without going through all the other
middlemen. Okay. Right. And then you can get
a ship right to you. I think Cuban did something
similar. Cuban has one out there as well. Yeah.
He's been out there for five or six years, I
think. Interesting. So the example they have
on the screen here, a drug for rheumatoid arthritis
was given as an example with a 40 % discount.
So Pfizer's rheumatoid arthritis drug is, I'm
not going to say that. Zaljans. Thank you. Has
a list price of $5 ,900 and up. a 40 % discount
on that medication would still have a cost of
$3 ,500 or more per month. And so the secretary,
press secretary, was saying that they would unveil
a direct -to -consumer website for prescription
drugs named TrumpRx. Okay, all right, so... Well,
what would it bring that $3 ,500 down to? Well,
I think that's what it was down to. It's a 40
% discount. It's $6 ,000, and it'll bring it
down to $35 ,000. That's still a lot. That's
still a lot. That's still fucking stupid. And
that's for what, one month? Yeah, that's one
month. Okay, who can afford that? Nobody can
afford that. Well, the insurance companies pay
for it, and then our insurance rates keep going
up and up and up, right? That's why our insurance
keeps getting more expensive, because this shit
keeps happening. Because they're all getting
kickbacks. Because it gets paid, you know. Right,
because companies... We ultimately pay for it
through our premiums. Correct. And the companies
are paying like 70 % of the insurance premiums
for employees. There's too much fatness in this.
It's crooked as hell. There's too many, what
do they call that? What do they call that? Is
that bacon, fat? What do they call that? Pork.
Pork. Is that what they call it? Pork? Too much.
There's a lot of people are not doing anything
to earn their money. They're riding on the ticket,
and they're making all the money, and they're
not doing jack shit to earn it. And it pisses
me off. It's really corruption more than anything
else. It's just greed and corruption. Well, you
know, there's some people out there that are
posting on Facebook and all these things. Well,
Trump needs to stick to... He's not a doctor.
He needs to stay out of this stuff. He and RFK,
they just need to stay out of this. After Obamacare?
Yeah, I was like, what are you talking about?
So they're for high prescription is what I'm
hearing. For high? They're for expensive prescription.
In favor of expensive prescription. And taking
Tylenol. If they're against this, just like they're
against Trump on controlling the crime, against
controlling the immigration. That means they're
for crime. They're for illegal immigration. They're
for expensive drugs. Right. All right, so let's
talk about the Tylenol. You mentioned Tylenol.
So Trump came out and said, hey, we've got some
big news. This is big news about autism being
caused by women who are pregnant while they're
pregnant are taking acetaminophen. There we go.
Now, I don't know why they necessarily called
out. Tylenol. It's anti -acetaminophen. But anyway,
so, yeah, pregnant women who are liberal that
hate Trump were like... It's in the language
when you go to the doctor. That's the only drug
that they allow women to take during their pregnancy.
If you have to take this, we prefer you take
Tylenol over any of that stuff. It's in the language.
And so here we have liberal... Pregnant women
who hate Trump so much that they're deliberately
taking Tylenol. When they don't need to. And
they don't even have pain, right? And these girls
are like, look at her. She's opening a bottle.
She's rubbing her bare belly. She takes a Tylenol
pill out. And these girls are just idiots. So
disgusting. And I read an article today that
was from the Children's Health Defense. And I
know that's an organization affiliated with RFK
Jr. They've known, according to this article
that I was reading, and they back it up with
all this stuff, if it's true, but they've known
for a while. They've known for a while that if
you take acetaminophen while pregnant, it can
absolutely cause this. So these women that are
doing this, if their kid comes out and it's got
problems, are they going to go, fuck? I don't
even care. You know what? They should. They're
going to feel like, oh my God, I'm an idiot.
Yeah, I did this to my kid. I blame Trump. Yes.
Oh, they're probably going to blame Trump. It's
just so... When you're pregnant, you shouldn't
take any medicine if you don't have to. We actually
don't recommend using any of our products while
pregnant. Thank you for taking the time to voice
your concerns today. That was from 2017. But
is that real? I don't know. I've seen it a hundred
times. I've seen it a hundred times. But you
can't create a logo. Make me a fake Tylenol.
I know. I know. We can't trust anything. All
right. Sorry. Okay. But it's true. It is true.
We have no idea what we're looking at anymore.
And everything on X, everything on Instagram,
Facebook, you don't know what you're looking
at anymore. No. Hell, that picture you just showed
us of the vagrant in the backyard. Yeah. Pretty
damn real. Yeah. And he was pregnant and taking
Tylenol. No. Well, that's the big thing, and
I'm glad that they made the announcement. I mean,
whatever. I mean, look, nobody wants to have
their children growing up with these ailments
because it's not fair for anybody. You know,
you love your children, so you're going to love
them for the rest of your life. So if Trump came
out and says, hey, you know, it's actually bad
for your fetus if you drink alcohol while you're
pregnant. All these girls out there start doing
shots and shit? Yeah, they would. They're that
stupid. Trump derangement syndrome is so real
and so irrational, they 100 % would do that.
It's just bizarre. Yeah, well, good luck to them.
Good luck with it. Yeah. And they're going to
feel bad if their kid comes out wrong, you know?
Yep. And they won't correlate the two. And the
poor baby that has a moronic mom. And it's not
their fault. Well, didn't you say there's a Canadian
thruple that has a child? Yeah, that's interesting
news. See if you can look that up, Chuck. So
that is, okay, first of all, a thruple. Let's
talk about a thruple. That's a stupid thing.
Yeah, a thruple is three people who are married.
And typically it's like two guys and a girl or
two girls and a guy. But in this case, it's three
guys. It's a thruple of three guys. Is one of
them Pete Buttigieg? I don't know. And so they're
just a loving three -guy thruple. Not different
than any other family. Like any other family,
yeah. And so they wanted to adopt a three -year
-old girl because, you know, why wouldn't that
be perfect for a three -year -old girl? And so
in Canada, that's what they did. They're adopting
a three -year -old girl. Lovely. So is it legal
to marry three people in Canada? I'm going with
yes. Yeah, three men and a baby. Well, I know,
but is that legal? Now, you know, gay marriage
is one thing, but can you marry? In Canada, yes.
Three. Okay. Well, you know what? But then that
draws a bigger picture. Then where do you draw
the line? Well, can we have a room full of guys,
20 guys? Can we get married? An orgy. Orgy of
guys that are all married and they want to adopt
a nine -year -old girl. It says no. What could
possibly go wrong with that? It says no. It's
a criminal offense. Okay. It's polygamy. Okay.
So how is this thruple allowed to... That's the
adoption agency. That's not the... country is
it so look you know where i i extend this to
i i extend this to some crazy oh it just says
relationship it doesn't say uh all married married
oh then yeah but how are they able to adopt yeah
three gay men in a three -way relationship adopt
a baby girl together in canada well and that
and again it's a throuple so what happens because
they're gonna break up of course So what happens
to this girl? 100 % going to break up. And they're
not even married. They're going to have custody.
They're going to have a custody battle. What
a fucking mess. Yeah, a mess. It is a mess. But
again, I was diving to... There's something out
there that's creating this. Somebody is... The
ether, the devil, there's something happening
that's allowing this. How is this that it's even
possible? And look, this falls in the same coattails
as that person, one of the many people that were
just murdered in the last week from these immigrants.
And the judge is allowing them to get off. The
guy's been broke a federal... law 23 times and
let out of jail consistently to murder somebody.
And the guys, the father of the girl that passed
or murdered violently, you know, he's in the
court today. And it's just like, who are these
judges that are doing this? It goes also, who
are the judges that allowed the ability for the
throuple to adopt a kid? To adopt. That's ridiculous.
So go back up, Chuck, because it kind of highlighted
that of what happened in Quebec. Well, they're
French. Let's see here. Keep going. One more.
All right, right there. Decision follows a landmark
April 25 ruling by the Quebec Superior Court
that declared the province's rules tying filiation.
Filiation. Filiation. Filiation to a maximum
of two parents unconstitutional and gave Quebec
12 months to amend its civil code so that children
in multi -parent, in quotes, multi -parent families.
enjoy the same rights and protections as those
in two parent households that's stupid that's
an activist judge right yes it is 100 activist
judge that is trying so it's not fair to have
a have for a three -parent family that's stupid
now i can understand if you have um a mom and
dad they get divorced and they separate those
are step and then they both get married again
but that's kind of what that's saying But typically,
if you have a mom and a dad, your stepdad doesn't
adopt you unless that other dad dies or relinquishes
his rights, right? This is bizarre. It's bizarre.
It says two of the three men are officially registered
as the girl's parents, while the third is seeking
full recognition under Quebec's revised civil
code, which now accommodates multi -parent parents.
That's ridiculous. You're just opening the door.
Oh, this is so gross. You know, slowly. Pedophilia
is going to be. Correct. Well, it's not fair.
Well, the multi -parent, you know, it's not fair
for them. It's so ridiculous. It's a very slippery
slope with this. Canada's fucked, you know. They
really are. And UK right behind them. I think
UK's worse. Yeah, it might be. Yeah. What is
happening? You're getting these people voted
in if you think like this. You can marry your
first cousin now. We're in UK? Yeah. Well, that's
because... Don't get me involved in that. Are
you joking? No. No. You can, because a lot of
these populations, these immigrants that are
moving into there, it's acceptable, but it's
acceptable because their job is to... Is the
word appropriate? When they want them to procreate.
Procreate? Procreate. Procreate, like have six.
They want their women to have three, four, five,
six kids. And they want to start. They want to
change the landscape with population. They're
amending the rules to adhere to their own culture.
So that's the young bride. But the first cousin
thing could cause some genetic challenges. Oh,
it absolutely will. Yeah. In fact, they're saying
there are more. People that have special needs
because of that. That's happening. It's a direct
result from that. Again, people that are authorized
in this, they need to be freaking strung out
and caned. So not only are they having babies
with their first cousin, but they're taking Tylenol
while pregnant with them. Well, before we get
too much further, because we have to talk about
the bourbon here soon, I believe someone has
a wedding story. Oh, yeah. Speaking of first
cousins. Well, you went to a wedding out in New
York. How'd that go? Yeah, mine, I didn't have
any exciting stories, it sounds like. Did you
have some drinks out there? I had a couple. I
didn't have too much. I had to drive. And we
were out in the middle of nowhere. So we flew
into Rochester. It was a whirlwind of a weekend.
So we left at, our flight was at 5 .30 a .m.
Friday morning. Ooh, fun. Which we woke up at
2 .40, 3 o 'clock in the morning to get out there.
We flew there, had to go to Atlanta, all the
way up to Atlanta and Rochester about lunchtime.
Then we drove down to Corning. Corning, New York.
You ever hear of Corningware? No. Oh, yes. Yes,
that's where it's made. No shit. There's a whole
town called Corning. Very cute little town. Old
town, bunch of shops. Julie and I walked around.
It was actually beautiful. And outside, it was
great. Corning, that's it right there. We drove
by that little courtyard many times. But Corning
is there. We went to the Corning Museum, and
it's in the middle of nowhere. I mean, Corning
was probably the biggest thing around, or Elmira
maybe. It's by the lakes. Yeah, it's by the Finger
Lakes. And my niece's wedding was in Alpine,
which is some small little town. It's even smaller
than that. Corning. And it was on a lake, and
it was absolutely stunning, beautiful. She was
beautiful. Great wedding. No drama, nothing.
Nice. Yeah. So, see, I'll look at the little
small thing. And, you know, like I said, you
know. How'd they pick that? That's where she's
from? She, no. Well, she and her now husband
work in Syracuse. Oh. Which is just north of
there of the Finger Lakes, right? So, she works
for the University of Syracuse, and so does he.
So, they. Know the area. And it's not very far.
And it was beautiful. It was stunning. Yeah,
it was beautiful. I sent you some pictures of
a nice, you know, old -fashioned with a lake
in the background. And you sent me some nice
ones as well. Were you holding a bourbon? I don't
remember. unicorns and mermaids. I didn't get
that. You didn't see those? I don't get all the
texts for some stupid reason. So the wedding
was Saturday at 3 .30. I had accused him of it
being a fake picture. So I was like, that's so
fake. And so I created one of holding out a bourbon
glass like in the universe. And then one with
unicorns and a mermaid. And I was like, yeah,
mine are better. Anyway, sorry. All right, keep
going. So anyway, so it was weddings at 3 .30
on Saturday. We get back to the house we were
in at 11, and we wake up at 2 .45, so we had
a three -hour nap because we had to drive back
up to Rochester to fly back. Nice. The wedding
was very nice. It was just fast, and we didn't
get much sleep. Lord, I would have taken it.
Well, and it was a fast weekend. Boom, boom,
boom, boom, boom. I mean, it was crazy, but it
was good. Absolutely stunning, beautiful up there.
I recommend it. Nice. Like I said, the name of
the drama, I think it was just a very nice wedding.
And you went to a wedding as well. I went to
a wedding. My wife's cousin's daughter got married,
and we went down to Plantersville, Texas. Yep.
And we basically stayed at Navasota. Navasota.
So we stayed. We were in a hotel there. By the
way, classic rock breakfast down there. If you
guys are traveling to Navasota, Texas, man. It's
a cool, eclectic, old -school town, like most
of them out there. So it wasn't a very big wedding.
The venue itself was really nice because you're
driving out in the middle of the country. You're
like, I think I'm lost. I'm not really sure what's
going on. All of a sudden, bam, you're there.
And it's like, oh, fuck, man. It's a nice venue.
And it's pretty. It had a little church separate.
It holds maybe 150, 200 people maybe. And the
venue, it was comfortable. It was nice and quaint.
These are all family members that I've known
for, not my family, but just extended family.
And everyone's having a good time. Well, somebody,
I'm not going to mention names or anything because
some people listen to the podcast, but ultimately
there was somebody in a wheelchair. And they
were getting shit -faced. They were shit -faced
the entire... entire night all right and they
were i think they're they're smoking a little
bit the devil's lettuce you know they're oh they
were they were a younger older older okay older
so i mean older like grandma all right in a wheelchair
in a wheelchair and they could stand up and they
probably could walk a little bit but you know
they needed the wheelchair uh so anyways They
didn't care. They just, like, they're shit -faced.
So it got to a point where they, and she smoked
cigarettes. So she would go out to the front.
She would smoke cigarettes. Well, she got so
shit -faced she fell out of a fucking wheelchair.
Oh, no. Nice. So I go out there because, you
know, there's a lot of people getting drunk because,
you know, we're all having a good time. And I
get out there, and they're like, it's winding
down. People are starting to leave. And they
were like, hey, Sean, can you help us get her
into the car? And I was like, okay. And I knew
her because I've seen her around on several events
and she knew who I was. And so I'm like, okay,
well, you know. And everyone's looking at me
like, okay, well, go ahead and do it. And I'm
just like, dude, you're bigger than I am. Why
can't you fucking pick her up? It doesn't have
to be a one -person job anyway. Somebody get
the feet. Someone get the shoulders. Somebody
help out here. Well, I ended up kind of doing
it. It was so fucking weird. Was she in like
a skirt or something like that? She had pants
on. She had pants on. A leather outfit. She's
like four and a half feet tall. So she's not
very tall. And she's not huge fat, but she's
not skinny either. So I get her. Into the car.
And her hips. Imagine I'm in the passenger seat
in the back. And I get her so that her butt or
her hip is leaning on the back seat. And she
starts to slide down. So I push her so that her
face is now jammed onto the bench. This is not
good. And now she's face down and she's laughing
hysterically, right? Meanwhile, you've got your
hand on her ass. And everyone's looking around
me and they're like, maybe you ought to lift
your leg up. And I'm just like, fuck. So I grab
her left leg, which is very weird, right? I grab
her left leg and I pull her shoulder towards
me and I push her left leg up so that she could
be in the upright position and everything's going
to be hunky -dory. And she lets out. A huge fart.
A very gaseous, vibrating. Really? Bouquet of
ass. Just right in your face. On my shoulder.
Oh, no. Oh, nice. Yeah. And nobody heard it but
me. And I was kind of like, really? Really? And
she sounds like Barney Rubble up there. She's
laughing and having a gay old time. Did it stain
your shirt? Dude, I was a little toasty. I just.
I just kind of let it go. Did you chew on it
for a while? Oh, man. I just stopped. I didn't
bring any attention to it. Any bouquet notes
or, you know? Dude, I held my breath for most
of that. After I went through the bitter finish.
I mean, but it was a funny moment because I turned
around hoping somebody heard it, you know? And
no. And I don't know how they didn't hear it.
Or maybe they're just kind of like, did you totally
hear mom? Did he just fart? Did she just fart
on his shoulder? She did. How old are we talking
here? 60s, 70s? 70s. Damn. 75, 76? That's not
going to be us. Something to look forward to.
Are we going to be in a wheelchair, shit face,
farting on people? Yes. Really? She was a little
bit different. I mean, she... She was drunk before
the ceremony. Oh, boy. I mean, nobody knows for
sure. But she wasn't creating a scene during
the ceremony, thankfully. No, no, no. It wasn't
anything like that. She was actually nice and
bubbly. She didn't create a scene at all. No,
except she fell out of the chair, but that was
just because her faculties weren't there. Right,
right, right. But someone had to babysit her
because, ah, I just wanted a cigarette. You got
any more of that? Because she evidently does
meth. medical marijuana. And so I guess it's
stronger. I don't know. I don't know how this
stuff works. Anyways, that was my experience.
But all in all, it was a great weekend. We're
good. We traveled all the way down on Friday.
We sure came out of our butt. Wow. It's not a
queef. It wasn't a queef. How do you know? They
smell different, don't they? Well, Sean, that
took a very dark turn. I guess we should ask,
what did it smell like? I didn't smell. Like
I said, I heard the noise. I held my breath.
Lovely. I held my breath for a very long time.
So it could have been. Now I got a visual. I
don't think so, because it would have been more
of a... Like a horse? It was more of a... It
was more percussive. Based on her age, I'm thinking,
you know... Wow. Okay. Oh, God. Well, imagine
me. I had to be there. You went there, didn't
you? But the trip was... We went up there on
Friday. We spent the night and we... Went to
the wedding on Saturday, and we spent the night.
And then we were going to go over to Preston.
We did go to Preston House, but we were going
to spend the night. And I was so spent, I was
like, we're just going to go home. We're going
to take you guys out to eat, and we're heading
home. And that's all there is to it. And that's
what we did. So, you know, Monday, yesterday,
I mean, I was home, but I was still off. And
frankly, I'm glad I did it. Because it gave me
a day to recover. Man, because that was tough.
Driving with Tara is stressful because of her
gorophobia. Was it just the two of you this time?
Yes. Coming back, it was just the two of us.
That's a win, dude. You're getting multiple wins
on this whole thing. Okay, well, that's one way
to look at it. But, I mean, it was still very
stressful, and it took, what, four and a half
hours to get home from, you know, what should
have been a two and a half hour drive. Yeah,
I get it. Yeah, it is a win, and, you know, it's
just... I mean, you were lamenting how you can
go nowhere ever, and so now you've done multiple
trips this year. So now I just, I'm trying to,
I'm taking all the back roads, and I'm just kind
of like, but, you know, I just, you know, whatever.
Well, you know, it's a win. And we're bickering.
Oh, that part's not fun. But it's not bickering.
We're bickering about, you know, I'm like, she
would like this car, 10 cars in front of us,
you know, half a mile up the street, has the
lights on. And I'm just like, oh. Right. And,
you know, oh, there's a stop sign, stop sign.
It's like, it's a half a mile. Do you think I'm
not going to stop at a stop sign? Right. I mean,
what is going on? I mean, it's just like. It's
like the ultimate patience tester. And you don't
understand what I'm going through right now.
It's like. Was she ever in a bad accident? Car
accident? She's going to be. No, she wasn't.
Not that I'm aware of. I wonder, like, as a kid.
I don't know. I don't know what would have triggered.
I think it has to do with control. She has none
when she's not driving. She likes to be in control.
Why doesn't she drive then? You sit there in
the passenger seat. She has driven before. I
don't know. Try that next time. Just say, how
about... But you drive and see how we do. And
if you have a problem, then we'll switch back.
And then you can be like, there's a stop sign,
there's a stop sign. Oh, and then you can give
her the same shit. I'll do the passenger brake.
Oh, my God. It's painful, man. Maybe let's see
if she can drive next time. And look, it sounds
so shitty, man, because I don't want her like
this. I want to travel. Of course. I'm telling
you, this is one of the things that bugs me the
most in my life. Really, it is. You know, because
I would love to travel. And I'd love my wife
to go with me. And it can't happen right now.
And I told her flat out, I was like, dude, I
want you to go get therapy for this because I
want to freaking travel. That's tough, man. It
really is tough. Let's move on. Let's wrap up
with this fantastic Maker's Mark. Number 46.
Now, this one is different because it's French
oak staved. Wow, that's the second one we've
done for tonight. Yeah, no shit. The barrel finished
with 10 virgin French oak staves. Never touched.
Oh, yeah. Never pressed. So, this is cast strength
110 .8 proof. That's 55 .4 % alcohol volume.
This is batch 24 of 02. It is extremely rich
with none of the bad things you were saying about
the last one. No, this has none of the bitterness
that the previous one had at all. So this one,
it's rich. It's got a solid brown sugar, solid
molasses coming out of this. This is fantastic.
I don't know what the sticker price is on this.
Did you already say it was 110 proof? 110 proof.
Yeah. Okay. And this is not weeded. Maker's Mark
is weeded. Oh, it is weeded. Yes. So this is
like literally like the really, really good,
like, okay, it's very similar, not in taste,
but it's touted as similar to the last one we
just had in a micro thing. And this is like infinitely
better. Oh, infinitely better. So I kind of want
to revise my number. On the last one, because
this is weeded. That one was weeded. This one
is French oak stave. That one was French oak
stave. And this is like not even comparison.
Right. This is tremendous. No comparison. At
110 proof, it's in its own category. This is
rich. Yeah. Well, the number 46, you know what
the number 46 signifies? I may have mentioned
this before. It's a formula, right? No. Well,
it's a combination of staves because. Maker's
Mark had the same mash bill, the same bottle
for decades and decades, ever since they started.
And then the son, because the parents were aging
and the son was taking over. So he's like, I
want to do something that I can call my own,
right? Sure. So he started doing the stave experiments
where he, like, full -size staves in the barrel.
So he would combine 10 different staves, whether
they're, you know, this wood, this char, whatever,
10 different variations, number of. French oak
versus American oak and all kinds of variations.
So he did, I can't remember if it was 100 or
200 variations of these stave combinations. And
when he was done, the 46 combination was the
favorite. Out of 100. Out of however many dead.
Either 100 or 200 of these. So he just named
them 1 to 100 something. Correct. 46 was the
one that was the best. 46 was the one he picked
and says, this is the one I'm going to make.
And that's why it says number 46 on it. Oh, shit.
Yep. That was the 46 combination that he tried.
So. What a fun, what a fun. And age to how long?
Do we know? It said four years, I think, on the
previous one. God, that's a long time to wait
to decide which one is the best one. Yeah. You
know what I mean? I'm sure they're dipping into
it. Yeah, as it ages. I get it. I mean, because
with our little experiment with the Ambarano
stave, you kind of want to taste it just to see
how far along those staves are coming. And I've
got to bring up on a side note with those Ambarano
ones, what Scott did versus what... I don't know
what you did. Did you break yours all up in little
pieces? Yeah, I had to. That was the only way
it was going to fit through there. Jeez. And
it still tasted like that. Okay. No, no, no.
The Ambarana came through. I mean, the smell,
the taste, it was all through. It just wasn't
sweet. But again, it's Jim Beam basic. Right?
I mean, I had nothing else to pull from. I didn't
mean to change the subject here, but anyway.
But because that's important because I was excited
about that too, man. But this one, man, I'm telling
you, this one, I was excited when I first drank
it and I was trying to wait throughout the whole
podcast because I didn't want to slam it. Right.
And now I'm going to be able to slam it at the
end. Yeah, this is outstanding. This is very
well done. So talk about, is it distillery only?
Don't think so. I think you can buy cast strength
46 around, but I know it's also, I saw Chuck
pull something up that says it was limited release
as well. So, limited edition. I don't know what
that one there is, anyway. But does all 46 have
the 10 French oak staves? It's the same, yes.
It's the same combination of staves, the 46 is.
That's a very different bottle that had the number
46 on it. So I guess it's all the same stuff
in different types of bottles, I guess. I don't
know. And look at that price point. That's not
the cash drink. Oh, it says cash drink. That's
not the same. No. That's not the same, though.
Something's got to be different. Yeah. I don't
know. Pull up a bigger picture of that low price
one, because that looks the same bottle. But
it's different colors and everything. Well, that
one doesn't say cast strength. That's not cast
strength. It has to have a black thing across
the bottom that says cast strength. That says
cast strength, but that's different than that
one. Can you get closer on that one? Like click
on it? No? You're already trying to do that.
Okay. All right. Well, all right. That's all
right. All right. So, yeah. Amazing. Really,
really, really good. So the aroma of caramel,
brown sugar, toasted French oak, vanilla, dark
fruit such as figs, baked spices, including cinnamon.
This is the aroma. On the palate, what are you
guys pulling up? I pick up a lot of standard
bourbon stuff. It's very rich. I pick up some,
I think it may be some chocolate maybe. Maybe
the dark type of chocolate. Like a Tootsie Roll.
Maybe. This is terrific. I keep saying it. And
it's got the perfect amount of spice at the end.
You know, the white pepper, clove style just
kind of keeps coming through. Yeah, I pick up
a lot of baking spices on it as well. The cloves,
the cinnamons. I'm getting like a lot of raisin.
Yeah. But it's something about the raisin. It's
almost like candy pecans. It's something raisin.
Like, maybe it's a chocolate raisin. I don't
know. Could be. It's something raisin. Like a
Raisinette? Raisinette. Yes. I taste Raisinettes.
You nailed it. Yes. Yeah. This is fantastic.
Are these the ones like you get at the movie
theater? Yeah, the Raisinettes. With the snow
caps. Oh, gosh. I remember that. Yeah, this is
a good one. And we have one more left. Of our
advent. Yeah, of your advent. So we made it from,
we did this in March, and we made it through,
it'll be October, so that's how many we did.
That's awesome. Impressive. Yeah. So I'm going
to give this, this is the 110. Gosh, again, I
don't know what's in the 110 proof category.
Like we just did, again, these proofs are wrong
on here, so I really don't know. I'm going to
shoot from the hip. I'm going eight. Suck it.
I was right at the eight on this because I really
like this. I would like you to revise my last
one to 6 .7 and make this a 7 .7. There you go.
So right around the eight -ish mark for this.
So if you can find the maker's mark cast strength
46, what does it say, the batch number on there?
24 .02. 24 .02. Get it. It's well done. It's
good. I don't remember how much I paid for it.
You will not be able to. I was looking away.
What did y 'all say? Batch number 24. No, no,
no. Rating. 8s for Sean and I and 7 -7 for Paul.
Really good. Awesome. Gave it an 8 for the record.
Yeah, good stuff. Very good stuff. All right.
Well, there you have that. Highly recommended.
The makers mark cast strength 46. Cast strength
is important. Cast strength is important on this
one. Yeah, and I wonder if the batches have a
big difference in it, because just like the Elijah
Craig barrel proofs, you know, the C932 or whatever
the fuck it is, there are different differences
in those batches. So I wonder, maybe we need
to try another one of these, a different batch,
to see if... What does it say on the back? I'm
sorry. Bottom of the right side. It's a handwritten...
It's the signature of... Fuck, I can't read that.
Bill... Cosby? Yes, Bill Cosby. Fuck, I can't
read that. That's fine. That signature's good
enough for me. Beam? No. Bill Samuel. Bill Samuel,
that was my next guess. Son of the founder, Bill
and Margie. Oh yeah, you said it was the son.
Yeah, the son did it. That came up with this
46 thing, or the entire stave experiment. The
whole stave experiment, because like I said,
previous to that, Bill, you know, the original
owner is Bill and Margie. It was one mash bill.
That was it. That was it. So did he bottle any
other number? Even though this was his favorite,
did he bottle 83 or did he bottle 27? I'm sure
he did. Ever since this was the second one, second
ever. type of Maker's Mark. But now there's a
bunch of, like we have out there, like the FAE
-02s and all that shit. Of Maker's Mark? Of Maker's
Mark. We have a ton of Maker's Mark out there.
Yeah, a ton. I know Elijah Craig is doing that.
I didn't know that Maker's Mark was doing that.
Yeah, because they're doing a lot of crazy stave
stuff now. Okay. And they're special releases.
Right. That's what some of those out there are.
Fatty acid esters. Yeah. The FAE is. Yeah, exactly.
So this was the first one, and now they're doing
a lot more of them. Cool. Yeah. Awesome. And
you know what? They've got the financial backing
to do it. They sure do. It is kind of cool. So
you can imagine if you're this guy. And, I mean,
hell, batch number 72. I mean, doing a little
secret barrel or three or ten. Right. If I didn't
have a ten -pack of barrels, I'd be like, this
is my secret stash. I'm going to release it in
15 years. Right. Can you imagine? I know. That'd
be so much fun. How much fun would it be to hit
this guy's buddy and like, hey, guys, let's go
to the distillery. We're going to try another
round of 41 or 88. We're going to see how it's
been two and a half years. They've got guys doing
it. That'd be so fun. All the time. That'd be
so fun. Second half of the Dudes Like Us podcast,
September 30th. 2025. Do you guys have anything
to add? Nah. Last day of September. I hope you
guys hear this. We'll be at the Oktoberfest this
weekend. Yeah, we're going to camp overnight.
It'll be the downtown of the Dallas Cowboys star.
Chuck, thanks for staying on top of shit. I feel
like I'm tired. Are we doing alright? You feel
like you're tired? I feel like I'm tired. It's
just a lot of energy. All right, check us out
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