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Today's episode of the Nate Land podcast is brought to you by Aura Frames, DraftKings, ButcherBox, and Delete Me. All right. Hello, folks. And hey, bear. My name is Dusty Slay, and I'm the host of this podcast today. All right. And I'm here with my good buddies...

Brian Bates. All right. And Aaron Weber. Good to be here, man. We should say Nate was planning on being here this week.

But the kid is just selling too many tickets. He added a show in Austin, so he's doing a show tonight. That was not the plan originally, but pretty crazy. Monday night. Pretty crazy to be adding a Monday night show at an arena. Yeah. He's doing all right. But he'll be back. He'll be back soon. We didn't kick him out of here. We didn't squat in his house and take it over.

No. Although as squatters, we do have some rights now. I'm going to start getting my phone bill sent here. That's right. So that I will have it in my name. There you go. That's all you need. Yep. So I have some proof of what's going on around here. Yeah. But I feel great. We miss Nate, but I feel great. I think he'll be back next week. I said that last week, but he added this show. So unless he had some more shows, he should be back next week. Yeah.

I want to hear about his special. I've yet to even talk to him about it. Oh, yeah. I haven't seen him since then. The Dusty Land podcast has taken off, and I'm running this show, and it feels good. Well, I listen to We're Having a Good Time podcast. My other podcast, the We're Having a Good Time podcast. I get a little mad and a little jealous on some of this stuff because you guys have two kids, but somehow y'all manage to do so many things.

Usually you're out at the cabin doing all this work. I'm like, man, how do they have time to do all this? And then this week they're like, we've watched so many movies lately. Well, we put the kids to bed and then we have a little time. I mean, I feel like with us, by the time we get one to bed...

You know, and then Ruth does other stuff around the house or whatever. It's like time to go to bed. Yeah, you're ready to go to bed by 630 anyway, right? Yeah, I'd like to. These long days are killing me. Yeah. Yeah, we put the kids to bed and then, you know, some nights we watch a movie. Some nights we just veg out with some fun YouTube videos. I watch a YouTube channel called Zeducation.

That guy, Tyler Zedd, it does that. And he gave my special, my Netflix special, a shout out on his channel. Wow. He wrote a book called A Trailer Park Parable.

And this show is mostly light stuff, but the book, Hannah read it. I don't read books, but Hannah read it and it was very serious, but she really liked it. So we've edged out to several episodes of that. He mainly just shows memes and then makes jokes about them. That's fun. And I'm into it. Yeah. I love a meme. Even if it's about trailer parks?

Well, when I first saw his – because we had communicated a little bit. So when I first saw his book, I was like, this dude's ripping me off. And then – We're doing okay. Yeah. But the book was a pretty serious book, nothing to do with –

you know, smoking cigarettes in the backseat with the windows up or whatever. Right. Right. That sort of thing. Have you ever met trailer park? Tammy, is that her name? I did meet trailer park, Tammy, you know, trailer trash. I have a hard time calling her that. Chelsea Lynn. Her name's Chelsea. Well, yeah, we did the hot ones, whatever it's called Nashville hot that we've done. She did one with me last week. Did you really? Yeah.

Oh, I bet that one's great. So the new episode. And I got to tell you, I'm getting better at eating the hot stuff. We went hottest of the hot at this place called Lily's in the farmer's market. And I think they were like watching us when we ate the hottest of the hot. And I think they thought we were about to lose our minds. And I was like, this is good. Did you handle it better than her?

A little bit. She drank her whole glass of milk. I'll say that. I didn't touch the milk. Wow. But I don't know. I almost felt bad for them. The food was very good. Lily's in the farmer's market downtown. Really good. The chicken is great. But I was like the hottest of the hot. I was like, I'm okay. I kept eating it. You're building up a tolerance now. Yeah.

I mean, I'm sure if any hot chicken place is listening, they're like, oh, we'll get it. Yeah, we'll destroy it next time you come here. Yeah, yeah. But I'm just saying I liked it, but I, you know, I don't know. I felt all right. Mm-hmm.

So I'm still the worst so far of the three episodes. No question. I thought I, I mean, I really struggled. Yeah, but I think Partyfowl, the hottest of the hot at Partyfowl, is not meant to be eaten. I feel like it's just a gimmick. Yeah, not for human consumption. Yeah, like at Lily's, it's like it was very hot, but it had a good flavor. Hattie B's too. Partyfowl was delicious, but...

That hottest of the hot was like, that ain't, that's just a joke. That's meant for you to like ruin your vacation. Well, they did declare bankruptcy not long after we recorded that. Yeah. Maybe that's why. Yeah. Maybe so. And they're my neighbors, those people, their kids play in my cul-de-sac. Oh, I'm sorry. And I, that's fine. And I saw, they don't communicate with me, but I saw the oldest daughter, you know, I'm friends with all the kids out there. And I told her about it and I said, show this to your parents.

And I thought they would like, you know, become my friends or whatever, but they didn't. It's just you going, this chicken's not made for humans to eat. It's just trash. Yeah.

But I think we did say good things all the way up. We did. It's just the hottest of the hot. We were like, that ain't you. It's too much. Yeah. But I did hang out with Chelsea Lynn and it's great. We have a lot of, you know, I think her childhood was like rougher than mine, but we have a lot of like similarities. And I think that's fun. I really liked her. I watched Dusty and her do stand up on the spot at Zany's as part of the Nashville Comedy Festival. Yeah.

which is a show where you just walk out there and the audience yells at you what they want you to talk about. And I had never seen Dusty in that kind of environment. I've seen you do some shows where people were yelling stuff out when they weren't supposed to be. But this is what the show is. And it was very funny watching you handle that, man. How do you do?

he did great i thought you had the set of the night honestly yeah i mean it's like you just gotta like my you know i used to do improv i know that everybody think that's funny to think about me doing improv but it's like that's what you do in improv you take suggestions from the audience and then you just kind of go all right what does that make me think of and then you just tell a story and it's like

I just feel like, you know, if we're comics, like we're all funny people. So if you get a story and you just start telling it, eventually something funny is going to come out. You're going to find a laugh. Yeah.

Especially when they know you're making it up. So they yelled out dirty diapers. And I was like, oh, I got two kids. This is perfect. Did you hear the story? So the owner, Zaney, showed up late while you were on stage. Had no idea what the show was. He walked in. The crowd is yelling stuff at you.

He went kind of berserk. He was like, what is going on here? He went and found the staff. He's like, why are y'all letting them like Dusty's on stage? Like, and then they had to be like, no, this is the show. This is the show. And I was like, I love that. That's your instinct, though. I do, too. Freak out. And I love that he was like, I know people are not normally yelling at Dusty.

Well, I was going to say, the only part I don't like about that is Dusty's on stage. Like, if it was me, you're like, just let it ride. No, well, that's just who he walked in on. And he was like, well, I'm familiar with Dusty's act. This is not how it usually goes down. I agree with Brian, though. If Brian were on stage, he'd be like, ah. He'd be like, ah, he's probably going to maul him somehow.

He probably deserves it. Yeah, exactly. Just get him off. Brian needs a few prompts every now and then. But I do think he was looking out for me. And I'm like, yes, he was. I was like, all right, that's what I'm talking about. He was ready to fire the staff, kick people out of the club. Good times. Yeah. Where were you guys this weekend?

Well, where were you this weekend? I was in Louisville, Kentucky. First, I did my show at Zany's on Wednesday. Really great. Such a hot show. It was on it. The Lab is coming. I don't know if it's open yet, but the second. Yeah, if you're in Nashville, Zany's Comedy Club, which is a big, almost 300-seat room, they're opening another room right next door. This is about a 100-seat room called The Lab, and that's going to be a lot of fun. Going to have some...

kind of weird experimental shows, some smaller shows, people that couldn't sell out the big room like me. I'm doing a weekend in the lab in September. It's very exciting to have that around. I'm trying to get on there. You're trying to get on that show? No, just trying to get booked at the lab. They're like, if we make a smaller room, maybe. They're like, we're thinking about doing a 25-seater. The lab's going to open up a lab. The lab of the lab is 80s. We'll consider you.

But I did that show. Who was on it? Who was on it? Patrick Keene. Right. Oh, Aaron Webber. I was waiting how long it took. I was on the show. And Brian Covington, B-Cub. B-Cub, yeah. Out of Nashville. Where's he at? Oh, okay. Yeah.

And it was fun. His wife showed up. Toya. Yeah. And my wife got to come. And so they had a few drinks and they were dressed alike. They had tank tops and hats on. And it was fun. You know, Hannah's been at the house. She don't drink very much. So it was fun to see Hannah let loose. Yeah. And her husband sold out show. Yeah. That's fun. And then I was in Louisville at, I don't know, at a theater. Caravan? Caravan.

Yeah, yeah. The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts or something like that. Okay. Great show. Alex Belluto, a Nateland alum, was on the show. Yeah. He did great. And then I did Cleveland at the Agora Theater. Wow. Which is a bit wild of a show, but really fun. And I know I always talk about how much time I do on stage, but this show, I did 90 minutes. I did an hour and a half. Yeah. Yeah.

Alex did five. I'm trying to think if I could physically stand for 90 minutes, let alone talk the whole time. It was 420 and a lady yelled out about some material related to that holiday that I have and asked me to do. And I don't really even remember those jokes right now. I've not done them in a while. So I just it made me think of some other stuff. And I was like, all right. So I talked about that. And I think that took about 10 minutes.

And then I had my hour 20 that I've been doing. So I did an hour and a half, and it was awesome. Wow. Yeah. That's great. Big time, man. Yeah. It's fun. And other than one joke that I did on that show, it was all new stuff. So I'm pumped. Yeah, that's impressive. Yeah. All new stuff just for that crowd? From the special. Oh, right. Yeah. Yeah.

That's awesome. Yeah. Thank you. I was – well, Friday night I was in Bowling Green, Kentucky opening for Henry Cho, a theater there. That was great. Oh, yeah. What is that theater? I forgot the name of it. It's a big place. This one might be –

Are you talking about the Sky Pack? Yeah. I don't think. No, it wasn't that. This wasn't that. It was right next door to the minor league. They have a minor league baseball team there. Bowling Green does? Yeah. All right. Or High A. I looked them up. Okay. Just barely. Just barely got a team. Yeah. Yeah. But the Rays. I was thinking High A was their mascot. I didn't know. Bowling Green High A's. Yeah. It's 420. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

But they shut off fireworks while Henry was on stage. So he had a little bit of a Nate experience with the fireworks. But anyway, that was a great show. Some folks came out. And then Saturday, I was in Moberly, Missouri at the 4th Street Theater. A lot of folks came out. It was really fun. Worked with your buddy, Will. Yeah. My buddy now. You got to stop just calling him your buddy. Yeah. So it was a great time. All right. Moberly. Yeah, it's...

Not that anybody cares, but it's between St. Louis and Kansas City, kind of near Columbia, Missouri. Well, the people that live in Moberly care. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they probably care. Yeah. I was in Omaha, Nebraska. All right. The Omaha Funny Bone. Great club. What a great club. One of the best clubs in the country, I think, at least that I've done. It's kind of perfect. The room's great. The staff is great. They get it. The crowds are good. They police the room.

It's like, what more could you ask for? The crowds are great. I did probably 2021. I did a bunch of COVID jokes there and I put them on YouTube and it was great because the crowd was like into it. Yeah, they get what you're doing. Omaha people, man. But I did everything people suggested I do.

I did. I went to the Omaha Zoo, which is consistently rated the number one zoo in the country, they say. Wow, I had no idea. Walked around that for a while, saw some gorillas. Saw some gorillas come right up to everyone's around this glass, right? And this gorilla walked right up.

took some feces, smeared it all over the glass in front of all these people. It's a lot of fun. He's just reminding them, like, you're in my territory. And I'm trapped. I'm in jail. And it's very sad on a certain level. Wasn't that the zoo where a gorilla ran up and crashed into the glass and shattered the glass? Oh, I don't know. I think there's video...

If so, they've repaired that glass pretty well because nobody ever felt in danger. Yeah, this is years ago, but I feel like there was a viral video of he just got mad and charged the glass and rammed it and shattered it. It didn't escape, but it shattered the glass enough to scare you. You're always kind of hoping for that to happen. Yeah. I'm sure the person filming it was like, this is awesome. Right. Went to the zoo, went to this place. Everyone recommended this place. It's called the Alpine Inn in Omaha, and it's a fried chicken place.

But you show up and what makes it unique is they seat you in front of this big glass window and they have all these raccoons right outside the glass. And they just sit the leftovers out right outside and they just come up and you just watch them tear apart these leftovers. The fattest raccoons you've ever seen in your life, dude.

They're living on easy street, man. They just post up right outside this chicken restaurant. They're eating onion rings and fried chicken. Yeah, they're going to have heart disease like the rest of America. Oh, yeah, exactly.

They're the most American raccoons of all time. There's stray cats out there that are super fat. I mean, imagine being a wild animal and you stumble across this restaurant. Get those raccoons some seed oil. But that's part of the restaurants. That's the appeal of it. There's raccoons everywhere. And families will come. You can imagine that's great for a kid.

A kid gets to sit there and you get to watch these animals eat this food. It's fun. You walk into your car and they attack you. No, they're kind of kept out back. Okay. So you didn't see any until you were in the restaurant and looking out. And so it was kind of fun. Raccoons are taking Prilosec. They're throwing it out there. Throwing a Zipik.

Yeah, it was awesome. The people of Omaha are so great. This guy, I wish I remembered his name, but he brought... Warren Buffett. Go ahead. I'm sorry.

No, it was a fan that came to the show and brought a box of Krispy Kreme donuts for me. And they gave it to somebody in the staff. And so the staff brings it back to the green room. You're like, what am I, a raccoon? No, I got excited. The staff brought it in and I was like, oh, dude, somebody brought me donuts. Let's go. We're all so excited. And we opened it up.

And inside the box are a bunch of diapers. It was a no, no, no. It was a nice gift. And so it was. No, it wasn't. You're mad. It was a nice gift, a thoughtful gift for an expectant father, you know, and there's a note written inside the box. And I saw him after the show and I go, that's very kind and thoughtful and meaningful. But we were all so upset that there weren't donuts in there.

box. It sets you up. Yeah, when you see a Krispy Kreme box come back to the green room, you get a little excited. Just a religious pamphlet in there. Disappointed? No, it was nice, though. Of course, it's nice to somebody who's even thinking about you. Absolutely. To give you those diapers. Yeah, I had people bring

me baby gifts for you this weekend. That's right. I just see a gift. I'm like, all right, here we go. And then it's from baby Weber. I'm like, come on. I'm not doing this for nine months. That's what I'm talking about. Yeah. So, but great crowds. Thank you to everybody that came. Sold out a show, which is pretty fun. It's pretty fun to do. That's a big room. Yeah, it was, it was, it was great. So,

Zach Townsend was with him. Zach Townsend and then a couple local people. I wish I could remember. Ethan was his name. He was very funny. Just like you...

You go away on a club weekend, you kind of hope, at least for me, deep down, I'm hoping something goes bad. So I have something interesting to talk about. But it was just kind of a perfect weekend at a club. Like everybody there is so great. Talk about a humble brag. It's all seamless. No, I'm not saying my sets were perfect. I'm saying the club is so great. Well, you got to see a gorilla smear feces, though. That's right. That's pretty cool. That is fun. His own little protest. I have video of the aftermath I might post at some point. I'd like to let that gorilla out.

Well, he's got a friend in there. They hang out, you know. Just let him out in Omaha? Yeah. But you got to think that this is the number one zoo in America. It's getting treated better there than it would at almost any other zoo, right? You would think so, yeah. Like, this is best case scenario. Yeah, yeah. He's got to be in a zoo. Let it be that way. That's the one you wanted in. Yeah. And if you don't want people looking at you, that's a good way to just block it out. Smear some feces on the glass, and that's the way to do it. Yeah. Well, that's it for me.

He's like, are you not entertained? Okay. I've got, oh, we all got comments. Okay, great. So I read last week. So yeah, I think it's your turn, Aaron. All right. I'm sorry if I said it on the podcast a couple weeks ago. I said people are probably sick of my voice and somebody commented, we're not sick of your voice.

We're sick of your attitude. I'll try to dial it back a little bit today, but I will be reading through these. Brian's burner account. The Dump Dusty guy is getting – he's hopping on the meat. Speaking of that guy, that guy came on to another Tom Papa podcast that I did. He's following you. I've done a lot of podcasts lately. I did the Tom Papa podcast, and I saw this guy at the bottom, Dump Dusty.

I'm like, this guy. Following you around. This guy thinks he's got a good bit going now. It's kind of funny now. Yeah, it kind of is. It's decent. To put Dump Dusty on a podcast you're not on. Yeah, I'm a guest on this. They asked me to do it. The comments come from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Views. And if you see Brian at one of his shows, you can just pass him a note and he'll.

Give it to all of us. Also, Nate Land at Nate Bargetze dot com. First comment comes from Kevin Thompson. Great topic for today. Wow. Thanks.

I am passionate about how people are as, quote, fans. When I was 10 years old, I picked my teams and have stuck with them through thick and thin for 40 years now. I'm a Mets and 49ers fan and have never been to either of those states. The best rule for being a fan is to be a true fan no matter what. Also, one of my top rules is to never boo your team. You can be disappointed, but if you can't get out there and do better, then you have no reason to boo them.

Interesting. I'm going to disagree with that. I disagree, too. Yeah, I disagree, too, because if if you're paying money to support them and if there's no effort or if you feel like they're not giving back what you've given them, I think you can do a professional athlete. You know, I agree. It's one thing if you.

if you're in a slump or you mess up but you're given 100 it's the effort that deserves booing i think not that i boo often but yeah but let's say you know your your guy on your team doesn't run it out through first base so you can boo him a little bit and your philadelphia fans will boo you for anything so kevin became a mets and 49ers fan in the 80s wow that was tough when

When they were dominating. No, I'm kidding. It's tough to be a Mets fan these days, though. I'll tell you that. Next comment comes from OrangeBlue37. Orange and blue. I wonder what school that's talking about. As an Auburn fan in Alabama, I could not love Reap's fandom rules more. It was good to hear some common sense after Aaron's unhinged anti-Auburn rant a few months back. The big state schools always have the rudest, craziest fans. Mm-hmm.

Also, the worst ones tend to be those with no affiliation. Just ask our trees. Wow. Yeah, I mean, that's true. That is true. You know, I don't think Auburn fans are always, I mean, because, you know, the guy poisoned the trees, right? And not that the- Harvey Updike is his name. Put some respect on him. I was listening to Paul Feinbaum the day that guy called in. Were you really? Yeah, I used to listen to Paul Feinbaum all the time. When I sold pesticides, I'd be driving around.

I listen to him all the time on SiriusXM. Do you ever call in and yell about something? No, I think I tried calling in. That would be so awesome. I tried calling in a couple of times, but it was always so bad. You got dusty from Opelika. Tell you what, Paul. Paul. But he was saying that –

some Auburn fans had put a Cam Newton. Last year, I went to the Iron Bowl. I saw when they put a Scam Newton jersey on Paul Bear Bryant's statue. Right. So obviously, that is nowhere close to poisoning the trees. And believe me, I'm from Opelika, right? I got a picture of

Me and my mom, I'm on my mom's shoulders. I'm probably maybe a year old, maybe two. I got a little toilet paper in my hair from where they've rolled Toomer's Corner. I got a lot of history with Toomer's Corner. It was devastating when they killed the trees. If you're not from our corner of the country, the background for this is Auburn and Alabama, probably the most intense rivalry in college sports, I would argue. Auburn has a corner on their campus, Toomer's Corner, with some trees. And traditionally, after...

A big win or any kind of meaningful event in Auburn's history, they go and they roll the trees at Toomer's Corner with toilet paper. An Alabama fan, an unhinged, now infamous Alabama fan, I think he died. He did. Harvey Updike. He named his kid Ali-Bama. That's how crazy of a fan this guy is. Yeah. He said he had too much Bama in him. He went and poisoned those trees and they died.

And it was kind of a dark chapter in the Alabama-Auburn rivalry. So that was the reference there, just ask our trees. I got to say...

In my experience, I understand Alabama fans are arrogant about the football team. But my experience is the Auburn people are condescending about everything else. They think the Alabama fans are stupid. They think they're the smart section of the state. They think they're successful. They look down on Alabama people.

in a way that Alabama people don't do to Auburn fans. That's my experience. Alabama fans talk a lot of trash about the football, but they're never condescending to the people of Auburn. That's my experience. Feel free to disagree. Feel free to call in 1-800-Paul-Feinbaum if you do have a note. I tried to send you that picture. I texted it to you, but I don't know how to hear it. You texted it to me? I got it right here. I'll pull it up. Yeah. Don't show any of this. My whole text message is pulled up here. But yeah, the...

Yeah, there it is. I'm reading this text right now. Where's that? Right there. Image 2914. All right. There we go. Yeah, I just wanted to – yeah, so it's like – but you're right, though. Auburn fans, they all think they're the smartest. And they may be the smartest, but they all – I just saw one labeled Bates 103-mile-per-hour pitch. That's when you made that video of me. That's so funny. Yeah.

Here's a picture of young Dusty. Look at that. Apparently, Alabama – I wish I had that hat my mom's wearing. Yeah. But this is apparently – Alabama had beaten Auburn like, I don't know, close to 10 years in a row. And this was the first year they won. And my mom didn't even have tickets, but Auburn won, and she went down to the Tumor's Corner just to celebrate. Exciting. So what a great picture. How old are you there? Probably like two? Maybe two, yeah.

Look at the little cute Dusty with that toilet paper in his hair. And there we are, Tumor's Corner. So it's like, yeah, the trees have been around, you know, I was probably 25 when that happened. So, you know, at least 23 years. Yeah. I'd have been around those trees and it's like.

Well, they're growing back now, right? No, they had to completely replace them. Well, I guess I mean they replaced them. So now they're – Yeah, they replaced them and then somebody rolled them after a win and a guy comes by with a lighter and lights the toilet paper and catches one of the trees on fire. So I think it died. I think –

I don't know why that's funny. Oh, it's awesome. It was an Auburn fan doing it? Probably. Probably was. Just some drunk person walking home. Right. That's good. Matt Graves. But I love Auburn. The Auburn campus is so nice. My mom went to Auburn. I'm not trying to trash it too much. It is fun.

Matt Graves. The moment John Reap said, what team is in Tuscaloosa? The credibility of his dumb rules went up in flames. I'm 100% with bathroom break on this one. Well, I agree. I mean, I was like, come on, John. Yeah, that was – when that happened, you're kind of like, the charade is up, buddy. Yeah.

Yeah. I get it, though. There's a lot of cities out there. Sometimes you lose track sometimes. Yeah. I mean, there's some major sports college teams. I don't know if I could say right off hand. Clemson. Where does Clemson play?

See, I couldn't tell you right away. Oh, Clemson. That is Clemson. Yeah, it was a trick question. Notre Dame. Where does Notre Dame play? South Bend. Sorry, I was thinking about Michigan. South Bend. South Bend. It's actually Notre Dame, Indiana. We're incorporated as a city. So, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I just may think. So, the NFL draft is this Thursday. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's one of my favorite nights. And most people think they're going to take a Notre Dame guy. Who?

Who? Joe Alt. That would be huge if you are. Oh, look, I'm wearing some Titans gear, too. It starts Thursday. I've wore this shirt on here before, but it's an Oilers gear. That's a great shirt. That's a good shirt. Joe Alt would be huge if the Titans got him. He's going to have a long career in the NFL, I think. Is he in that photo of you in the offensive lineman? No. He's not in there? No, he wasn't in that group. I've never met him, but he's one of the best guys.

best offensive lineman that our name's had in a long time. We've had a bunch of good ones. Yeah. Quentin Nelson, the Martin brothers. He's right up there. We'll see. I'd love it. We'll see. You don't like that phrase? I have no idea. Yeah. When you said it like you're so good, like, yeah, we'll see. Like, that was a dumb comment. No, no. I'm just making fun of Notre Dame. Oh, yeah. We'll see. Yeah.

Mainly because Aaron threw that we're incorporated thing at us. Oh, I was just trying to make a joke. Yeah. It's in South Bend. You think, dude, you think I'm bragging about being in South Bend? One of the worst, most dying towns in America. I remember my first weekend there, I got the South Bend Tribune and the headline was South Bend, top five dying cities in America. I mean, like, ew.

What's his name? I forgot his name. The transportation secretary. Buttigieg. Yeah. He was running for mayor when I was there and he got elected and really turned things around. It's really a great place. And he's been doing a good job. I mean, there's no train wrecks or bridges collapsing or anything like that. He's been really doing a good job. Yeah.

Well, he's on the up and up. If he can do for America what he did for South Bend, I'll vote for him any day of the week. Yeah. Just kidding. Everyone's great. Jane Jaworski. Oh, no. It's Thaddeus Stewart.

What a name Thaddeus is. You think you'd go by Thad? Probably so. Thad Slay? Yeah. That's a crazy name, dude. That is a crazy name. It's got a Blue Mountain State character. Can we please add a tier for fans from Canada? No. Next. Next comment. James Jaworski. Just kidding. Thaddeus says, perhaps a maple denim elite. I grew up across the border from Michigan and have been a, quote, Walmart Wolverine for almost the entirety of my fan life. Didn't attend the school, but still have all the swag from Walmart.

Well, Aaron hates Michigan. So I think it's totally fine. Let me think about how I want to frame that. I don't know if I hate them. They definitely hate me, and they have a hatred in their hearts that I haven't seen in any other fan base. Those Grand Rapids crowds hated you. No, they were great. You can take the nicest person ever, but if you drop them in that situation, I just saw behavior in Ann Arbor that I've never seen anywhere else.

Just the aggressiveness. Were you in college then? And what was this? I was there at a Michigan game. Yeah.

Notre Dame, Michigan. Denard Robinson. Do you remember him? Couldn't tie his shoes. That was the whole thing is he wore Velcro shoes. Oh, I didn't know that. And not making fun of him. He would make a big deal. He wouldn't tie his shoes. And he was so good. And he won last second. But God, those fans were they get right up in your face. Yeah. Right up in your face and yell stuff at you. Yeah. Sometimes I water is not good right around the flat.

Well, that's true. My brother-in-law went to University of Michigan at Flint. Oh, okay. I was about to say you went a different direction there, but brought it back a little bit. Yeah.

But sometimes people are like, I went to such and such game. The fans were the worst. Well, it might be 100,000 people there and you're in your one section. I don't know if that's a good, you know. Yeah, I'm more about just walking around all day. Yeah. And experiencing that places have surprised me. I went to Florida State and I expected to hate those guys. And everybody was great in Tallahassee. Yeah.

I like Michigan too, though, a lot. I want to say I do go to Michigan all the time. And I've been all over Michigan. I love Michigan. And I also grew up a Michigan fan. Yeah, I like the state. I want to make that very clear. Yeah. I just don't like the university. And you guys act like you didn't know anything about the Flint water situation. No, we were just talking about Michigan football. And then you say, yeah, the water's bad. Well, he was saying they were real mad. And I'm like, well, they're drinking some bad water. I don't know what you're talking about, man.

Doesn't have anything to do with me. Buddha judges on it, though, so don't worry. Jane Jaworski. Regarding the fan episode, I'm from Michigan and my husband is from Boston. We live in Indiana now. He is a fan of all Boston slash New England teams. I consider myself a Boston New England fan by marriage. I have to keep peace in our house. I truly believe that spouses get a free pass to which teams they support. Do you all agree?

As long as you're not loud about it, I'm into it. You know, it's like just because Boston, New England teams, they've been doing, you know, I know the Patriots have had a rough go the last few years, but they've been good for a long time. They had a legitimate dynasty. So you can't like move and be like, I'm a I'm a Patriots fan. And then you're up in everybody's face all the time. Yeah. You know.

I agree, though. Did Hannah pick up any of your teams? Is she an Alabama fan? I don't think Hannah cares at all. Hannah, I can't get her to watch a game. She doesn't care. She might be a little busy. Yeah, she got stuff to do. I'm like, watch the kids. I got football. But I agree with Jane Jaworski. Jane Jaworski, what a great name. Jaws. Didn't he die? Jaws?

The big tall guy? Who? Ron Jaworski? Yeah. No. Who was it that died recently? Chris Mortensen? Yeah, that's who it was. Sorry about that, Jaws. I thought Jaws. What if that's his wife? Maybe. I don't know. You're talking about the guy from 007, from James Bond. Jaws? Yeah, he did die. Big tall guy? Yeah. Long time ago. We all die eventually. Leslie Kuhner. I was at a Nickel Creek concert. Great band.

Great band, Nickel Creek, is Chris Thiele. We've got a poster of Chris Thiele right behind you, Dusty. He hosted a Prairie Home Companion that Nate did. But Nickel Creek is great. And the band wanted to create an intimate no-camera-slash-no-phone moment during a song. A girl in front of us wouldn't put her iPad down as she recorded. One of the band members singled her out and sternly gestured for her to take her device off, which the girl wouldn't. Turn her device off. That was...

You thought that was assumed? No. Was that worth stopping the sentence to correct? No, that doesn't change anything. You know what I mean? To take your device off? They get what I'm trying to say. All right. I apologize. I got to take it. You think that drastically changes? You think that changes the whole comment? I think people are like, take your device off. Yeah, I do. What does that mean?

Well, Turner and myself. You're going to have to agree to disagree. I don't think that affected the comment at all. All right. I apologize. But God knows if I get any of these syllables wrong, please stop. We're having a good time, guys. My bad. I'll dial back the attitude, man. I'm bringing it today.

One of the band members singled her out and sternly gestured for her to turn her device off, which the girl wouldn't do. So I guess she has footage of the band being annoyed with her to this day.

I'd like to see that. I'd like to see it. She probably posted on her TikTok. She's like, look how irritated Nickel Creek is. She probably got a lot of views. Yeah. You know, when you're at a concert and you see somebody filming, there's part of you that's like, why are you just enjoy the moment, right? Yeah, I want you to go home. But I watch a lot of videos of concerts recorded by people at the concert. So yeah, TikTok clip or something. Oh, yeah. So I'm grateful somebody's doing it. Yeah. But don't do it right in front of my face. Right. But also you're just annoyed for them. It's like, why don't you just enjoy the show?

Maybe they are enjoying it in their own way. Yeah, maybe so. I'll be watching a movie with Lucy and she's just on her phone. And I go, do you want to watch this together? And she's like, let me watch it the way I want to watch it.

Which is not at all. By that she means not watching it. Yeah. Yeah, you want to experience it together. If somebody's on their phone, you're like, you're not getting it. I know. And she's like, this show stinks. And I'm like, it's actually great. You just got to tune into it. Yeah, you got to know what they're doing here. You know, I've watched a couple of movies lately, and I've slightly changed my opinion on them a little bit. Okay.

Uh, one of my all time favorites just because it came out when I was a teen, it was the breakfast club. Yeah. I still love that movie, but I watched the other night, Ruth and I watched it and you know, it's not quite as great as I maybe remember. There's a quick turn at the end where they're hating each other more than ever. And then now they, they do a little, you know, smoke a little weed. And then I guess that helps them come around. I'm looking at dusty as I say that, but, uh,

But I mean, it goes... I mean, they lighten up a little bit. They lighten up a lot and they go from hating each other so much to, you know...

falling for each other. And it just seemed kind of drastic there at the end. Yeah. It happens quicker than you remember. All of a sudden they're friends. Yeah. It kind of, there's a fan theory that the one girl, the weird girl, um, is actually the only one in detention and she's making up all of this other stuff in her mind. Hmm.

Because she just kind of has every stereotype in there. The bad boy, the jock, the popular girl, the nerdy guy. Yeah. And so she just makes it all. And that's her way of processing the social reality of high school. Yeah. Is to put all these...

stereotypes of people in a room together. I mean, I used to have a joke about The Breakfast Club, how that was my big diversity movie as a kid. Five straight white teenagers forced to spend a day together. We're like, whoa, they're so different. Well, they are different, though. Well, they are. But nowadays, if that movie was made, it would be a little bit different as far as the

five kids, four students, spend a day together. And then the other movie... Yeah, they'd all be vaping and beating each other up nowadays. Maybe. It would end not so good. They'd beat up the teacher that's got them in the... Yeah.

So I, our sports movies episode, I said Hoosiers was my favorite sports movie. You kind of laughed at that a little bit because it seemed like an old person. I'm just trying to be funny on the podcast. It seemed sincere. And I do. I still do love Hoosiers. I rewatched it recently.

And it's still one of my top movies, but I also recently re-watched Rudy, which is my second favorite sports movie, and Moneyball, which is one of my favorite sports movies. There was a period where sports movies, the actual sports scenes, weren't that good, the action. And...

What Moneyball does better than any sports movie, I think, is makes the baseball scene seem so legit. Yeah. Well, they integrate a lot of real footage into the movie. Even the actors. It's so good. Chris Pratt does a good job with it. Yep. And even...

Excuse me. Rudy, which is now over 30 years old, still does a very good job, I think, for sports movies. All the practice scenes look legit. They do look legit. Hoosier still had some of that little bit of, oh, these are actors out there in a uniform. If Rudy were made today, though, they'd put him on some kind of medication. Right.

They'd be like, there's something wrong with this guy. They probably should have. Yeah. This boy's too wired up. He's like running and telling the security guard, I'm going to Notre Dame. And they're like, I don't know. We're going to send you to the counselor's office. Yeah, you're right. You're probably right about that. That's very funny. There probably is truth to that. Yeah.

For sure. Next comment comes from a relative of Dusty, John Slade. All right, John. Is this your buddy relative? I don't know that I know John, but. Well, he says, I completely disagree with you all. Oh, geez. Saying that it is OK to wear the shirt of the band you are going to see. Jeremy Piven and one of my all time favorite movies, PCU, stated to his friend that he was not allowed to wear the T-shirt of the band he was going to see. His classic line was, don't be that guy.

I quote that line all the time to this day and could not agree more. Well, PCU is great. Really fun movie. But I mean, you know, I don't know if you've heard a lot about Jeremy Piven, but I don't. I don't know. I just I don't understand that logic. Like you think the band is upset that you're wearing their gear? Oh, it's not the band being upset about it. The fans, right?

I don't even know what it's just a form of gatekeeping that diehard fans do about everything. I just don't understand. It's like I'm like, I got a band's T-shirt. I'm going to see the band. Why would I not wear the shirt to the concert? I'm a fan.

People wear my shirts to my shows and I love it. I'm like, this is great. Why wouldn't you do it? Well, you're wearing it on stage. They're like, if he can do it, I guess I can. You're wearing your own merch. I just, I don't get it. I mean, I hate to disagree with maybe, you know, one of the handful of sleighs in the world here, but. Let me ask you this. I know you don't do most holidays. Mother's Day?

I mean, I feel like you're kind of forced into it because you just seem disrespectful to your mom or your mother of your children if you don't celebrate it. But I don't understand it. I don't know why we have to. We should honor our moms year-round, right? Every day. Yeah, your mom took you to that Auburn game. That's a great photo. eBay Motors is here for the ride. Remember when you first saw the potential?

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This episode. There was a Conklin over there? We've got to cut the tension between the two of us, Brian. What? I didn't feel any tension. I'm happy to be here, but I feel like there's still a cloud over us. No, I didn't feel it until right then. And if there's any tension, dude, let me tell you, the Nate Land fans, they come to your defense, dude. As they should. Yeah. Yeah, they do. Tyler Conklin.

which is, Brian, we can agree, he's a great name. Yeah, I think a Titan. Jake Conklin? Well, that's probably what I was thinking of. And I think he's, I don't know, I think he was the Browns now, maybe? Anyway, yeah, shut up for a minute. I don't care. This episode about fandom hits a little harder for me today as it comes out that the same day that my favorite team, the Arizona Coyotes,

are playing their last game in Arizona before reportedly moving to Utah. To me, fandom is all about the experiences and memories, and I'll remember a lot of great moments from going to games as a kid with my dad to taking my daughter to games. That is a little sad. Yeah. When you feel like the world's just moving on and doesn't care about you at all.

Yeah. I mean, if you guys are getting a new team, I don't know if you are, just start going to that one. I don't want to interrupt you again, Aaron, because the tension's still there, but it's coyotes? I was just, I'm trying to, again, this is a comedy podcast, so I try to throw in a little. All right. I try to be silly and goofy whenever I can. Well,

With this group, you just never know what's legit, what's not. When I said poem, I wasn't trying to be funny. I know. I say coyotes, but it's fun to say coyotes now and then. Just mix it up. I think coyote is an acceptable pronunciation. There's a country singer, Jared Morris, that I like. He has a song, Coyotes. That's how he says it in the song. Yeah. I was just coming to Tyler's defense if it's his last time to remember his team and-

He probably wants to remember them the way they're pronounced. The Arizona Coyotes. Now Utah will not have Coyotes. Yeah. Yeah. Utah is probably getting probably in an MLB team to Salt Lake is. Phoenix still has a lot going on. Phoenix is still a great city. I am sorry about that. I would be very bummed if I were a big fan of a team and they move. So probably because it's the only cold place to go and.

Maybe it's the only ice. You think fans would go just to cool off? Just to cool off a bit. Jason Gamble. I liked Dusty's question about why he didn't see the moon before the eclipse happened. It would be cool to see the moon creeping up on the sun, but a solar eclipse only occurs when we are in the new moon phase.

Like Aaron said, from our perspective, the moon is in shadow during a solar eclipse. So the moon is not seen during this time. Sure, guys. What are you going to tell yourself? It's invisible to us until it gets in front of the sun.

I mean – Well, certainly you believe in like the new – Best rebuttal. The new moon, right? Yeah. Well, yeah, but I think the moon goes through phases. It's probably not a planet or whatever floating around out there, and it goes through its phases. So –

you know, you should listen to the song, uh, by Soundgarden, Black Hole Sun. And, uh, and that seems a little bit more like what we experienced. I think it's the black sun coming in and it's, uh,

I'm like, Oh, or maybe the, uh, you know, our governments have figured out a way to make an artificial sun. Maybe. So sometimes we're seeing two suns in the sky at the same time. Our government that can't fill a pothole is building artificial sun. Well, they, they want you to believe they're stupid. That's why they're like, Oh, we can't fix the roads. We just can't get around to it. But yet they're creating artificial suns and, uh,

you know telling us to put on sunscreen yeah i'm sure that's it could be hey i'm just throwing out some possibilities i mean you sent me into the conversation yeah you sent me some photos though of two sons i did out there two sons videos people are capturing videos of two sons in the sky really where i don't know wherever luke skywalker lived tattooing tattooing yeah

Andy Bobos. I like that. Bobos. Andy Bobos. Dusty is 100% correct. Well, there you go. That's your people. Yeah. Dusty is 100% correct about shredded cheese having additives to prevent clumping. This is why shredded cheese doesn't melt as well as other cheese and why it browns so quickly. Shred at home for sure. Yeah. Don't be buying that shredded cheese.

That's going to get you. That's going to get you. But I feel like that's shredding is such a, it's annoying. It's annoying enough that I'll take the additive just so I don't have to do it myself. Eat a bunch of sawdust, be pooping out some wood. Yep. Sounds good to me. It sounds good to me too. It's worth it. Okay. Josh Stringer.

Former butcher here. Former. Has he retired? He had to give it up. He had to give it up. He was in too deep. If it's labeled ground beef, it is a mix of different cuts and different fat ratios. It could be anything and usually very cheap. Look for ground chuck, round sirloin, etc. That tells you what cut of beef it's from and should come with a higher accuracy of lean to fat ratio.

As far as what it's fed, most cattle are fed corn because it yields faster growth and more fat, which Americans love. We do love fat. Grass-fed are leaner and sometimes more gamey tasting, which I like. Yeah, I think this is good information. I like this. I mean, I agree. I don't think that they should be eating corn. I think some fat is good for you. We're supposed to have fat. Mm-hmm.

I think it's good for you. And I think we're told that all that stuff is bad for us. All the things they say is bad for you is probably good for you. And all the things they're telling you to eat is probably destroying your body. Yeah. By they, I mean the people, the officials who give us this information. The powers that be. Yeah. Yeah.

I think you and the powers that be agree on most food-related issues. I defended you on the food episode because I feel like you were in agreement with most of them. Drink more water, less sodas, avoid fast food. Well, yeah. I mean, that sort of stuff is obvious. Don't drink soda, drink water. Yeah.

But don't drink tap water. Filter your water and then add back in your own minerals. Add back in minerals? Yeah, you got to get your minerals. You can do like a mineral salt or Celtic sea salt. Put a little bit, a little pinch of that in your water. Mix that up. But where do you get the minerals from? Well, it'll be in that salt.

But where do you get the salt from? You go out and get it yourself? Well, you can buy it anywhere. Well, why do you trust them to have good salt? Well, I don't really trust anyone, but there's, you know, it's like we only have so many options, you know? Yeah. Eventually you just got to give it a shot. Right. And it's like, I made a joke about Flint, right? And it's like, yeah, I'm just kind of making a joke, but it's like, I don't,

I think people still talk about it, that problem is maybe not fixed. So it's like if the water has gotten so bad there and they don't even fix it, well, who's to say what's going on with our waters? I mean, maybe, you know, hopefully it's not that bad, but how old are the pipes? What do the pipes look like that our water's coming through? Yeah.

All corroded and gross. So I would say filter that water. But if you get such a good filter, you're filtering out all the bad stuff, but you might also be filtering out the good stuff. So you got to add some good minerals back in. I have a sink downstairs in my house where if you turn the water on, it's brown for like two seconds and then it gets clear. Wow.

What's that all about? I don't know. I just ignore it. Yeah. I hope everything's okay. Well, just don't drink from that one. Yeah, just don't drink from that. I'll wash my hands. Well, I used to drink sink water all the time back in the day. I remember a girl came over to my apartment one time and she asked for some water and I gave it to her out of the sink. And she goes, is this filtered? And I go, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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Well, there is great. And I looked up that line on that game. The Celtics are favored like 15, which seems like a ton for NBA playoff. But I guess the first round, there's some... Mismatches, potentially? Yes, a little bit of mismatches, I guess. Yeah, and when sports are rigged, you can kind of do whatever you want with it. Well, sports aren't rigged, you know? Yeah. So you should use draft games. Yeah.

Is it ever hard just to get out there in life when everyone's, you know, great? No, I mean, once you just know that it is, then you just exist out here in it. And, you know, when you're a Christian, you know, the Bible says you are in the world, not of the world. So that's what I'm out here doing. I'm just walking around in this place that's not my home. And, you know. Having a good time. Having a good time out here, you know. There you go.

Well, there's a lot going on this week. Today, Monday, is Earth Day. Oh, good. Happy Earth Day, everybody. Yeah, I love Earth Day. I got a little bit about that I want to talk about. Yes, sir. Passover starts at sundown. Well, as of today, but not when the podcast comes out. Yeah, I'm sorry. That's okay. I guess it technically starts Tuesday.

Well, I think it starts today, Monday. Monday at sundown. Okay. All right. Thursday, NFL draft for cool people like myself. That's our Passover, man. Exactly. Friday's Arbor Day. Wow. Wow. That list really dropped off quick, didn't it? What's Arbor Day like? That's like planting a tree? Trees. I'm all about that.

I thought you'd be all about it. That's where I'm at these days. I'm not a global warming guy, but I am a let's protect the earth guy. Sure. You know what I mean? I'm sorry. Go ahead. No. I looked up Earth Day. I guess every year they have a theme or something there. Let's focus on this this year. I think you're going to be on board with this, Dusty. Their goal is to reduce –

All plastics by 60% by 2040. I'm into that. And they said how microplastics is becoming a really big problem. Yeah. Which sounds like something you would agree with, right? I'm into that. Yep. And they say consumer is not the problem. It's the plastic industry and manufacturers, which, again, I think you'd be on board with. Sort of. I think if we just as a whole decided that we were going to reject it and just buy glass –

or aluminum or whatever, then the industry itself would be forced to make changes. But how do you get people to do that? That's the question. Yeah. I've been hearing more and more about microplastics. I think it's becoming more mainstream. They're in you. You had a bunch in you right now. Flowing through your blood. Like you can buy, I think I've talked about this before, but you can on every plastic, it has a little triangle.

And then it has a number in the triangle. Yeah, we talked about that. Okay. And it's like, I had a water bottle that I still use it because it's for traveling. It's the most convenient thing. But the water bottle itself, the number on it said safe for humans to drink from. But the top...

said not safe for humans the thing i'm putting my mouth all over yeah it's like the plastic itself is like this is not safe right but isn't it fun to live on the edge a little bit but yeah they're like the bottle so you know when you buy it it says this bottle is totally safe yeah because they're not lying the bottle is safe so do you drink bottled water

Yeah, all the time. I don't want to, but... Because of the plastics. Yeah, I'm on the road and I'm like, this is my option. Yeah, and I load up my backpack every green room. Yeah. Put 40 bottles of water in there. Then you get to the airport and dump 40 bottles of water. I try to drink it all the morning. I mean, I drink tons of water. I drink so much water. That's great. Yeah.

But, you know, it's great if you're not taking in microplastics the whole time. You ever take something other than water with you on stage and try to drink it? I've never had that. You've never done coffee or tea or anything? I've done a tea, but I was like not feeling good. Yeah, I took a Diet Coke the other day. Big mistake. Was it? Yeah, it was just warm Diet Coke. Oh, yeah. And, you know, your mouth starts getting dry. Yeah. Then you look down, all you got is a warm Diet Coke. Yeah.

It was just not good. I don't recommend it. If I took a coffee, I'd burn myself. It would be a big scene all over the stage. Spill it all over yourself. Totally. All that stuff seems fun. It seems like, oh, you know, I'm a pro with this. I'll take a coffee and just sip it while I'm doing comedy. And then you get out there and you're like, I'm actually out here working. This is not a relaxed thing for me. My throat is dry.

Yeah, I look like I'm relaxed, but I'm like, I'm in my head. I'm like focusing on my jokes. I'm doing a thing. It's work up there. People don't think it's work because you're just standing there. But I come off stage and I'm like, dang, I'm tired. You just did an hour and a half. Yeah. For an hour, for 90 minutes, you stand there and you're like mentally focused and you're talking. Yeah. And being hilarious. Yeah.

For 45 minutes, I'm standing up there talking and being so, so funny occasionally. Same here, dude. No, I usually do close to an hour. I mean, at a club, I do about 50. At a theater, I do like an hour. Yeah.

I'm loving the theater thing. I mean, I kind of resisted it in a way. I remember. I remember you going like, I don't want to do theaters, man. I know. I really resisted it. But I'm like, once you're in there, it actually it's bigger, but it kind of is more intimate. Like you don't have the distraction of the server. I love comedy club servers, but it's like you don't have any of that. You're like. They're just sitting facing you. Yeah. That's pretty great. Yeah. No check drop.

none of that and no real pressure at least for now i mean some places i have started to add second shows because the first show it's sold out but it's like for now what i'm doing i'm doing one show a night so there's really no pressure to get out of there for the next show it's like i can just go like when i'm starting doing two shows a night i imagine i can't do an hour you'll do an hour 20 yeah yeah tighten it up a bit and you're doing theaters that they're used to

performances there. Yes. Like most time when I do a theater, they're like, they go out beforehand. Finding Nemo 2 will be here Friday. Yeah. We got a fourth grade production of The Wiz is here next week. Yeah. So the other thing, I was walking the other day in my neighborhood, I noticed, man, my neighbor has not

cut their grass in a while. And I'm like, and they had a sign in their yard. Apparently April is no mow month. And the reason is, I guess, no mow month. No mow month.

Have you heard this, Dusty? They're encouraging people not to mow their grass because people cut their grass too much, they say. And it helps the environment if you don't cut it so much. It helps groundwater absorb more if you don't. Well, I think, yeah, there's a lot of things going on with lawns that's too much. It's like, first off, everybody's spraying pesticides or herbicides in their lawns to get rid of...

you know, all these other dandelions. Like my yard looks really bad compared to my neighbor's yard. Because my neighbor has a service and they come out and he just has, it's fertilized, thick, green, lush, looks good. Mine's got dandelions and clover and all these things growing. Snakes. Yeah. But I'm like, that's what I want. I want this diversity. I want these flowers coming up so the bees can get at the flowers. You want an ecosystem. Yeah. Yeah.

An ecosystem. Yeah. See, I want to kill all those things. Yeah, me too. Me too. I want my yard to look like a putting green. Yeah. Nothing can live in there. And that is what people want. Mm-hmm. No. But I want life. I got rabbits. Right now, I had rabbits over the winter give birth in my yard.

I have some Eastern bluebirds housing in one of my bird houses. I have doves raising two baby doves on my flower bed by my house. I'm like, this is what I'm talking about. I'm trying to bring life out here.

Can I ask you a question? See if I should be concerned about this. We just got, we're getting ready to sell our house. So we're fixing up our deck and a couple other things before we sell our current house. And the other day I was getting ready to leave for Omaha. I walked out on our back deck and there's half a raccoon just on the deck. Almost like it had been ripped in half. It looked like a baby raccoon. I won't pull the picture up on here, but I took some pictures of it.

And it's just laying there dead, almost as if something ripped it apart. Yes, you should be concerned. I think I know what it is. Chupacabra. You do? Do you know? Well, because I – now, I don't know. But you said a baby raccoon. It looked young. It looks young. Out in McMinnville, I found a rat – basically like a rat –

or squirrel face it was just the snout and the whiskers coming off and i asked this on my podcast and a lot of people said it's probably like an eagle or a hawk and had caught it and maybe dropped half of it or wow interesting that would explain it yeah what were you thinking

A serial killer? I had no... The restaurant in Omaha. Should I be concerned about this? Trying to send a message, dude. Keep our names out your mouth. I had no idea. I don't know if we've got another type of animal that just bites these things in half and just leaves them there. A coyote? Yeah, a coyote, potentially. There is foxes in Hermitage. I've seen a fox. Interesting. I only see possums and raccoons out there. But...

The one thing I do know about raccoons, and this is, don't laugh at me if this sounds naive, but I'm like, I know raccoons can carry rabies. So I go, I don't want to pick up this raccoon body without finding out if I can. And I Googled it and they said, call animal control and just check if it's okay to touch. So I left this voicemail maybe in like, yeah, there's like a dead raccoon. I just want to make sure it's okay to touch. They called back and they're like,

this does not concern us at all. Like you should not have called us. And I was like, okay, I would just take a shovel or something. Well, that's about the rudest thing. They could just go. Yeah, it's all right. Well, I should say I only read the, the transcript of it on the phone. I haven't listened to the tone of voice of how they called back. Try it. Yeah, we can play it.

I'll play it on here. We'll see how it sounds. Yeah, let's see what it is. But it's still there. I came back from Omaha, and it's still just sitting on my deck. And I could grab it. You got a compost? Throw it in there. Compost that bad boy. Can you do that with just a raccoon body? Yeah. What? That's going to break down. That's just going to break down and give you some good nutrients. Yeah.

Nate will be back next week. You should bury it. I watched a guy. Okay. Yeah, here it is. This is what, this is what they said. I haven't listened to this. I'm calling you about that. Um, dead rat cleaning your backyard. Um, that would be considered a public works or, uh, organization. We, uh, don't do dead animals are dead wildlife specifically. Uh,

If you call public works, they should be able to help. So he was nice about it. Yeah, he was nice about it. I like that he said dead animals or dead wildlife. Anything dead, honestly, just give them a call. But I don't know. I wouldn't palm it, but I would pick a shovel or something. I don't want to get rabies, dude. I don't think you can get rabies that way. I think they have to bite you. I think that's what they tell you.

I think they have to bite your claw. They do have to bite you or saliva or any kind of liquid. Yeah. But all these flies were eating at it. And I was like, can they spread rabies? And I went down a rabbit hole. They can't. Yeah. You're going to get, it's going to get some gross stuff out there. Cause the flies have larvae larva that, you know, send Lucy out there to get it. Lucy hasn't gone outside since I, since I told her about it. But yeah, I mean, there it is. Oh yeah. Oh, let me see. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

That's pretty gnarly. Oh, yeah. That's the face. Yeah. I don't want to pull it up on the podcast because it looks... It's kind of gross. Oh, that's awesome. Brian, you want to look at it? So this week... I mean, I'm sad about it, but that's awesome, though. Yeah, that's interesting. Anyway. Well, I was going to get into some cloud seeding stuff, but maybe we should just... I'll just say this. In Dubai, I guess it's very...

They have very few little rain year round. Yeah. So they do cloud seeding. Cloud seeding. They just had a, well, I should say this. They just had a flood in Dubai and they think it's the article I read. They think it's because of cloud seeding where they put chemicals. Well, I think cloud seeding is a real thing, isn't it? Where they put chemicals in the clouds to, to make it rain. And they think it kind of overdid it. And they got a flood. Did people get hurt by it? Well, I don't know, but it was flooding in Dubai. So. Yeah. It doesn't look good. Yeah. Yeah.

Sounds like a conspiracy to me. Well, Tennessee did just pass a law where you can't do that in Tennessee. Oh, that's good. They did pass it. The governor signed it. Oh, I don't know. They I guess legislature. I called the governor asking to sign it.

I should have known. Just let Dusty take this. Well, I called him. I mean, I saw this thing. You called Bill? Yeah. And I said, hey, I was like, dude, I was like, I don't know. I said, I don't know if this is real. I don't know if chemtrails are real or not. But if the bill is we are not going to we don't want people to be able to spray chemicals in the sky. I'm like, let's just go ahead and sign. Yeah, that sounds good to me. Even if they want to do it in the future or something. But well, we can't because we already outlawed it. I'm like.

And that's how I tried to break it down to him. I'm like, dude, let's not worry about if this is real or not. Let's just go ahead and be like we, you know, it'd be like, you know, I saw people on the Internet trying to make fun. They go, let's go ahead and pass the anti Bigfoot law or whatever, you know, trying to act like this is a conspiracy. I'm like, why not? You know what I mean? Like.

Why not? If somebody proposed a bill saying if Bigfoot's real and they want to hang out in our public parks, we're not going to allow that. I'm for it. I'm for it. Let's go ahead and sign it. And then if Bigfoot shows up, well, I don't really want you around my kids. Let's go ahead and sign it. Makes sense to me. If aliens can't come to our church or whatever, whatever kind of thing you want to – if space aliens come down, I don't want them in the church. Yeah.

They need to know about Jesus just like everyone else does. They need to find Christ too. Yeah, come on. All right. Well, I'm glad I brought that up. I did watch an interesting – I don't even want to talk about it. Yeah, save it.

All right. This week, it's been a while since we talked about a state. Aaron just got back from Nebraska. So we should talk about Nebraska. Dusty was just there, too. All right. Yeah, I've been there. I've been to Nebraska a bunch of times. I like Nebraska. I was just there with Nate a couple months ago. Oh, nice. We did the arena there, and he did the arena, and I was along in Omaha. Oh, awesome. Yeah. I did Lincoln.

Oh, yeah. I've done Omaha. First time I ever went to Nebraska was in Columbus, Nebraska. I went to a bar called O'Borny's Husker Bar.

And Todd O'Borny was the owner, and he fed me steaks. And me and Hannah opened for me. This was when Hannah was still doing comedy. We went there. Hannah opened for me, and it was a hot show, two hot shows. We did two nights in a row. Now, they have some of the Omaha steaks. Was it Omaha Steak?

I guess it was coming from that area. It was a good steak, though. It was good, yeah. I mean, this guy, I mean, this was a bar, but he had a performance space. And Todd ended up coming to see me in Omaha at another time. Great dude. I hope he listens to the podcast. Shout out. Todd O'Borny. Todd, what is the deal with Omaha Steaks? What is that all about? It's a company. They're in Omaha, and I guess they just have some of the leading—

Production of steaks anywhere in the country? They say the pastrami – the Reuben sandwich was invented in Omaha, Nebraska. It was invented in Nebraska. I don't know if it was Omaha. We've got the numbers. No, you're right. You're right. It was Omaha. I do have the numbers right here. But with – by Reuben – His name was Reuben? Yeah. Yeah.

Local grocer, they were having a late night poker game at a hotel and they were hungry and he whipped up a sandwich. And this is 1925 in Omaha. And one of the players who owned the hotel loved it and started serving it there in his hotel restaurant. Wow. I love a Reuben. I love pastrami in general. I mean, when I went to the Northeast, I was there four nights. I had pastrami four nights in a row. I mean, I love it. Sandwiches? Yeah. Yeah, it is great.

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All right, Nebraska. I haven't, I didn't really think about this until we started doing these states up. So how many states, the origin of the word comes from, it's a Native American word. Most of them, right? Most of them. At least, I would guess 40. Yeah. If not, I mean, there's Washington. There's a few exceptions. Sure. Almost all of them are Native American words. This is a Native American word, means flat water. Flat water. Yeah. So like, not sparkling. Yeah.

Yeah, I guess so. Tap water. Water always finds its level. No matter what it's in, it always finds its level. Sea level. Sea level, yeah. It's always flat. Well, liquid, by definition, takes the shape of whatever container it's in. So that's what's happening. Yeah. Flat water. I thought this was, Nebraska is the only triply landlocked U.S. state.

Meaning, if you want to get to a body of water, you've got to go through three states to get there. Oh, man. It is right in the middle. Talk about textbook middle America. Yeah.

It's right there in the center. It's the bullseye of America. I think Kansas is textbook middle America. Nah, dude. Nebraska is what you think of. Okay. When I say body of water, I mean an ocean or a gulf. I'm sure they have one that people care about. Yeah, exactly. I'm sure they got a few ponds out there in Nebraska. We're talking real. They had a lot of flooding out there a few years ago. Did they? From what? All that flat water. Water tower tipped over. What happened? Yeah.

Some cloud seeding going on out there. It's capital is Lincoln, most popular city, Omaha. I think we can guess that. Just real quick about the cloud seeding and then I'll leave it alone. I'm sorry. Whenever people talk about weather manipulation, they always go, that's ridiculous. And then we're like, oh, hey, we're cloud seeding. We're dropping stuff off in the clouds to cause rain. And you're like, oh, is that weather manipulation? Yeah.

Yeah, I didn't even know this was a real thing. I've heard about ski resorts that can put chemicals to make it snow. Oh, I didn't know that. But I didn't know it was a common thing. Anyway. There's something about, now I'm going to get off on this. There's something about nature though. And I know weather can kill so many people. So I don't want to be flippant about this. But in the world where we can do everything, I don't know, there's something I like about the fact that

nature can still, you can have rain outs. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, I know this, I don't even know what I'm trying to say when I watch a presidential inauguration and they're out there in the rain or whatever, there's only so much we can do as, as humans. Yeah.

Yeah. I don't know. I don't really have a point. Yeah. You like the idea that ultimately we have to submit to a higher power. Yes. Yes. That's what I'm trying to say. There's something beautiful about that. There is something, you know, and again, I don't want to be flipping. You walk out in the ocean and you feel, you feel the wave come at you and you're like, this could overtake me at any time. It's a good feeling. Yeah. It's good to be reminded of that every now and then. Yeah. I walk back in pretty quick. Didn't you get injured on the ocean? No.

Oh, I did, but with a drone. Couldn't remember what it was. He also fell off a mountain. I did. Dude, I'm out here. I'm exploring the world, and it's letting me know it's boss. The two favorite stories. Your story bombing at the farmer's market with your mom. So great. And you falling off the mountain are my two favorite stories.

I thought we were friends. No, I love pain and suffering. I love those stories from you guys. It's so funny to me. That was in Kentucky. One of those great mountain estates. That's right. That's right. Not going to happen in Nebraska. Nope. Nope. Flat water.

All right, so Nebraska became a state in 1867. I'd heard of the Homestead Act, didn't really know what it was. They offered families 160 acres of land if you would go out there and build and farm on it for five years. Right.

Wow. Pretty good deal. Yeah. And it's pretty good. It's probably worth more now. Flash forward. Bill Gates is buying up all that land. They used to give it to us. Go farm. Make a life for yourself. Now they're like, nah, take that back from you. Well, I didn't say that in the thing I read, but I'm sure that's okay. Yeah.

I didn't know this. Sorry, guys. It's okay. The Nebraska legislature is the only American legislature that's unicameral, meaning they have no political party affiliation. Like here in Tennessee, we have Republican, Democrat, whatever. It's just one party. In Nebraska? Mm-hmm. Really? Just for the state legislature. They still have Republican, Democrat, U.S. But if you're running for state senate,

I think then you don't have a party affiliation in Nebraska. That's how I read it. Yeah, I like that because you're like maybe when you're voting for them, you've made a joke about this in the past. But maybe when you're voting for them, you actually look at what they're running on instead of the letter next to their name. Interesting. But you could also never mind. Yeah, it's the only state legislature in the U.S. that is officially nonpartisan.

I like that. That's good. Good for Nebraska. Yeah. So when you think of famous people from Nebraska, who do you think of? I only know. Oh, Larry, the cable guy. That's who I think of. Yeah. Yeah. He's probably up there for me, too. I think Warren Buffett. I think of Peyton Manning yelling Omaha. Those are the top three.

I don't know if that's a famous person, Peyton Manning yelling. Well, I'm just saying, well, Peyton Manning. I think of Peyton Manning when I hear Nebraska because of that. But I imagine there's more than that. Do you know why he yells Omaha or why he did? No. Do you? I looked at a clip and something about just it's a three syllable, easy to... Easy to yell with a mouthpiece in probably? Yeah. I don't think there was any great reason behind it. I don't think he had some...

It sounds good, though. Yeah. It sounds good. I think Larry the Cable Guy, Warren Buffett, and I mean, this is kind of a given, but Tom Osborne, the longtime coach in Nebraska. Okay. I haven't heard of him.

He was a legendary coach there. I like saying that sort of stuff because it is funny. There's a little bit of age difference with us, but it's like a Chuck Yeager thing. You said this Tom Osborne guy, you're like, it's a given. And I really have not ever heard of him. And maybe I should have. That's maybe my own failing. But I just think it's funny that you'll say something like that.

We all know this. Yeah. And then I'll have no idea. I would admit that people of a certain age, unless you're a Nebraska fan, may not know Tom Osborne. But he was the legendary coach there for years when they were so good. And then he was so popular, he ran for Senate after he left and was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska for –

many years. So he's very well known in Nebraska. That's for sure. You remember as most of your childhood, Nebraska was great at college football, right? Yeah. The black shirts, all that. They were like, they were dominant. Yeah. And then, you know, they've struggled a little bit last few years. They won three national championships just in the nineties. Yeah. That's crazy. It's crazy. Yeah.

Now, just last year, so their football stadium holds 97,000 people. That's unreal. I know that a lot of these stadiums are like that or bigger, but that's so unreal. I mean, think about that. 90,000 people gathered to watch a football game. It's unbelievable. It becomes the third largest city, in effect, every Saturday when they host a home game. The stadium does? Oh, that's awesome. I like that.

But last year, they did a Nebraska women's volleyball game there, and it set up, I guess, a world record for largest women's sporting event. 92,000 fans. Lincoln is great. This would be where all that's happening? Yeah, I just went to Lincoln. I had never been to Lincoln, Nebraska. I really liked it. I thought it was a really cool city.

I went to a cool coffee shop. I was only there for a day, so I didn't get to experience a lot. But I went to a cigar shop there that was open late at night. Really great. And a lot of cities don't have late night cigar bars. And this was really fun. And then they had a cool coffee shop that I went to the next morning. And yeah, it was great. Yeah, I did some shows there.

johnny w and i did some shows where we drove across nebraska and western nebraska and eastern nebraska it's a long state they're yeah like most places they're you know pretty different the terrain's different it's much more mountainous and western part of the state and um but yeah we had a great time oh nebraska is once i haven't been to western nebraska i mean you know the

Eastern half is pretty flat. Right. And then as we drove further, I think it's bordering Colorado. Yeah, you're right out there. Oh, interesting. I've also been to Falls City, Nebraska. I did some shows there. My agent lives there. It's a smaller city. A lot of corn, soybean farms out there. Yeah. A couple of shows out there. Really great. Cool little town. What was the venue?

Well, it was – I did like a Catholic school. It was a charity for a Catholic school. Yes, sir. And then both shows. I went there two different times, and both of those were – one was like a basketball arena, and then the other was outside. Yeah, it was great, though. My friend Chris Covey lives in Nebraska, and he opened for me both of those shows. Very nice guy. Comic. Out of Omaha, I believe is where he lives.

Now, I'd never heard this. During World War II, Japan released a bunch of balloon bombs to fly over the United States. And most of them never detonated, but some did. And one detonated over Omaha.

They made it that far inland, which is, like you said, about as middle America as you can get. There's a plaque there now in Omaha where it dropped. Did it kill anybody? No. Most of them never even made it. There was one in Oregon that hit the ground, and then a family found it in the woods, and it detonated and killed some people. Did they launch it out of Japan? I'm guessing maybe from out in sea. Yeah.

I don't know where they launched it from, but their plan was just for it to take the jet stream and fly over. Wow. That's such a long way to get from Japan to Omaha. I know. Maybe. I don't know where they launched it from, to be honest. Some weak little bomb that somebody shot down. Were they shot down? I think most of them just didn't even make it to land. They probably landed in the ocean. Few of them made it to land. That's poor fish. Yeah.

Just getting lit up out of nowhere. I think that one made it further inland maybe than any of them. That's pretty far. So you already mentioned the Reuben sandwich. I'm impressed, Dusty. You know your stuff. Well, I love a Reuben sandwich. I mean, I'm all about it.

Two years later. Got a couple there in Omaha. You ever have an Arby's Reuben sandwich? I don't think so. Give it a shot, too. Okay. It's way better than you think it would be. Because you don't think this is getting you a great sandwich at Arby's, but it's good. Back in my fast food eating days, I used to tear up some Arby's. Dude, Arby's. They used to have that 99 cent menu. I'd get a chicken sandwich, roast beef sandwich, curly fries. Oh, man.

Three bucks. Beef and cheddar, dude. Yeah. Yeah. Like three bucks. Jamocha shake, dude. You ever get a jamocha shake from there? Yeah. Good stuff. Now, when you were there, did you go to Runza?

Everyone kept telling us to go to try a Runza. We did not. We did not go to Runza. Runza is a fast food chain native to Omaha, but also the name of their signature dish. Now, I have a hat for the Omaha Storm Chasers, which is their minor league baseball team. And their alternate jersey is a Runza. And it looks like a burrito. It's on the hat. Should have worn that today. I wasn't thinking too well. But no, I didn't try it.

I got conflicting reviews. People said it's great. Some people said it's not worth going to get. It's probably true with every place, their signature dish. People would probably say that about hot chicken in Nashville, too. They go, it's not worth it. Yeah. Hot chicken here, though, it is really great. It's worth it. So what about the Runza? What's going on with that? Well, I didn't. To be honest with you, I had not heard of it. And had you heard of it? No. Dusty? No.

There's 82 of them just in Nebraska. Wow. And it's a chain and that's what the dish is called. It's a hot stuff pastry that's beloved by Nebraskans, according to this. Oh, you know what? Maybe I did have this at the coffee shop I'm talking about in Lincoln. I got a hot stuff pastry. I didn't know what it was called. Here's what a Ronzo looks like. Yeah.

Yeah, I did get something like that. It was delicious. Yeah, it does look good. Yeah, it was very good. I think there was pork in mine. And so I got probably. Is it Polish or European? I didn't mean for there to be pork in there. I don't know. I don't know why they put pork in everything. Yeah, because it's good. But I get it. But it was like a lot of cheese in there and some. Cabbage. Yeah, I was into it. I like that concept.

Now, Arbor Day is this Friday, as I mentioned before. It started in Nebraska. There was a guy who proposed, see, a prize for whoever could plant the most trees. I guess Nebraska needs some trees. Or at least then they did. This is in the 1800s. And roughly one million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day, just in Nebraska. Wow. And it took off. And a few years later, it became a legal holiday in Nebraska. And then eventually, of course, it became a U.S. holiday. Wow.

I like it. I'm all about planting trees. I just planted, I got 40 trees I planted out in McMinnville, fruit trees and nut trees. And then I got two apricot trees I just planted in my backyard at home. How long do those take to grow to fruition? I don't know, but they're already, I mean, I planted them and already with the warm weather we've had, they got a little greenage on them. Really? Yeah.

Man. I got grapevines going. Oh, man. That's what I'm talking about. We need a field trip. Yeah. To the cabin. One of these days, you're just not going to show up. Yeah. And you'll just be gone. We'll never. Yeah. It'll be like Good Will Hunting. Like we show up and you're just gone. And we smile. I'll do two or three of these arena shows Nate's done. And then I'll never be seen again. eBay Motors is here for the ride. Remember when you first saw the potential?

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Not that. The. Corn husker state. That's right. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. I guess they started getting more corn than trees. So they had to change the name. Had to bulldoze some of those trees and make room for that corn. A lot of companies headquartered in Nebraska. Yeah.

um warren buffett's berkshire hathaway was there in omaha berkshire hathaway it's one of my favorite names for you right that's right you're right somebody did call me that i did a corporate gig for berkshire hathaway really how much money did you make um it was okay that's pretty good um yeah i would say so i did in maryville tennessee i did it for them i bombed for a while until they got on board with what oh yeah i heard about this

Word got around. It wasn't that bad. I'm joking. It wasn't so bad people were talking about it, but it was fine. Union Pacific Railroads.

And you remember those. I do. It was just a small company. Here's what I do remember. So Mutual of Omaha Insurance is obviously there. When I was a kid, I loved this show called Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. It was this TV show where a couple of zoo guys would just go out and talk about animals. And I think his name was Marlon Perkins. And as a kid, I loved...

watching the show. I like that guy. I remember that guy from something, I think. And I mean, I'd be so bored as a kid. I would just get our phone book and flip through the yellow pages. I think he was in Ace Ventura when nature calls. He might've been, um, I don't know, Jim Fowler, that guy right there was on an episode of Seinfeld. So he was also a regular on Johnny Carson, uh,

So anyway, I used to love this, but I would flip through our phone book and there would be an ad from Mutual of Omaha, just the insurance company. And I thought it was the Wild Kingdom show. So I'd ask my mom to take me down there to see the chimpanzees. To Mutual of Omaha. They're in Lebanon. I thought they got elephants in the back. They should, though, just to get people in there. Yeah, it was a hot show back in my day.

Oh, I've got some famous people also from Nebraska. Adam Devine. Okay. I've worked with Adam, and he's a huge Nebraska fan. Wait, who's Adam Devine? You watch Workaholics? Oh, yeah. Okay. Adam Levine? Yeah. I was thinking of like a singer from...

Maroon 5 or something. Adam Levine. Yeah. And then you were like, I've worked with him and I was like, oh, that doesn't make sense. Yeah. He's mostly an actor. No, I mean, not that, but it just doesn't. No, it doesn't make sense. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Brian open for Maroon 5 on tour. That would be so great. That would be a hot show. I'm wearing their shirt on stage.

Malcolm X. I think everybody would think he's from Nebraska. Is he really? Yeah. He was born in Omaha. No presidents have been from Nebraska, but Gerald Ford was born there.

I saw a sign this weekend, his birthplace. Yeah. Well, that seems like he's from there. Well, he was born there, but he quickly moved to Michigan. I think Michigan. So Grand Rapids takes credit for him. I just went to the Gerald Ford Presidential Library there. Yeah. Right near Dr. Green's. Gerald Ford Airport, too, I believe, in Grand Rapids. It is. And Dick Cheney was born there.

in Nebraska, but then quickly moved to Wyoming. Not quickly, like, let's get out of here. But he moved to Wyoming pretty young, I think. Like, let's beat it. He had to learn to shoot a gun. That's right. Yeah. He left his heart in Omaha, though. And Terrence Crawford is the pound-for-pound number one boxer in the world, Terrence Bud Crawford. And apparently, I don't follow boxing that closely, but he wears Omaha on his trunks, his boxing trunks, to kind of honor his hometown. Oh, that's cool. Yeah. How about it?

There's a few more. Yeah, I don't know him, but I don't know a lot about boxing, so it makes sense. Yeah, I don't either. Oh, some more here. Godfrey, comedian Godfrey was born. Really? There. Yep. I think of him as such a New York guy. I think I just saw him the other day. Well, when I was in L.A., I ran into him. Very nice guy. He is nice. Yeah.

L. Ron Hubbard. Really? Really? Yeah. I'm sure everybody would think Nebraska. How about it? The most prolific author of all time. Is that right? Yeah. That's true. What does that mean? Prolific in terms of the amount of books that he wrote. Because he would get paid by the word for some of these book deals. So it was just all just so verbose. He wrote like dozens and dozens and dozens of novels, I think.

Before he got into the Scientology stuff. He was just a science fiction author. I did not know that. Yeah. He's really done well for himself, that guy. Yeah. He's dead now, right? Well, he's left his earthly body, they say. Okay. Are they preserving the body? I don't know what happened to the body, but he's gone. He's gone.

uh hillary swank was from nebraska do you guys ever seen the movies uh the movie boys don't cry i don't think i ever saw i think that's what kind of made her i think she maybe won an academy award for that movie and that was set in nebraska i think i remember her best for the movie next karate kid yep she was in that a million dollar baby oh that's a good one yeah yeah

You know, he'll reswink, right? Yeah. Yeah. Do you know next karate kid? That was when it was no longer Ralph Macchio. And it was one movie with Pat Morito, still Pat Morito. And I liked it when I was a kid. Yeah. So now I watch Cobra Kai and they have worn out every previous storyline except her. I know. I'm hoping next season she comes back. That's all that's left. That would be fun. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, she's got to come back and help them defeat, you know, the other, you know. The bad guys. The bad guys. Whoever the bad guys are at this point. It's a hot show, though.

Yeah. I love Cobra Kai. I'm into it. I'm like at home going binge watch is the only show I've been binge watched in years. And I'm like, I can't get enough. And I'm like, I'm just watching high school karate here. Yeah. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but the whole city, LA cared that much about high school karate. I don't believe it. The fight scenes are pretty ridiculous. Yeah. Everybody would be in jail. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. No, they're really beating each other up. Yeah. This is like, this is the breakfast club I'm talking about. Oh yeah. It's hardcore. Like, you know, fight scenes. Yeah. Um, some movies set in Nebraska. Well, I just mentioned boys don't cry because you could, you guys name a movie set in Nebraska, even partially.

Castaway. Hold on. The movie Castaway. That was the Pacific Ocean. And I know he lives in Memphis because he works for FedEx, right? But at the end, when he delivers the package that he never opened, isn't that in Nebraska? I think that's Texas. Oh, sorry. I was going to say Superman, but that's Kansas, right? It's Kansas. It's Kansas. I think it was Lori White was the woman. Did you?

Did you know that? From Castaway? She's a country singer. I think she's passed away, but she was the woman that he delivers that package to. And I think that's in Texas. I could be wrong, though. I got a copy of the movie from you the other day. Watch it and check it out. Have you seen Castaway before? I've seen it, yeah. Okay. What about the movie Frailty? I don't know that movie. Frailty is an interesting one. Matthew McConaughey.

You think it's set in... Came out in 2001. It's an interesting one. Yeah. It's a psychological horror film directed by Bill Paxton. Yeah. Wow. It's about two young brothers and their father who believes that God told them to kill demons disguised as people. That's right up my alley. He owns that on Blu-ray. This is Dusty's memoir. He watched it before he came today. I don't know where... It looks like it was set in Texas. Yeah. Yeah.

All right, here's a few. One I knew, there's a movie called Nebraska. It's really good. Will Forte came out a few years ago. Bruce Dern and his father thinks he won like a sweepstakes. So they drive cross country to. Oh, I've seen that. Did you like it? Yeah. Yeah. I thought it was a fun movie. Bruce Dern is great. Yeah. Nominated for six Oscars.

Bruce Dern was in a movie called Digstown that I'm a huge fan of. Yeah, this guy is. This is one of those guys I did not know this guy's name, but I've seen this dude my whole life, I feel like. That's Laura Dern's dad, right?

Whoa. I didn't know that. Starting to connect the dots there. I feel like there's three families in Hollywood and they all... I can't believe they don't even list Diggstown here. Diggstown's so good. Such an underrated movie. It's ridiculous. Father of actress Laura Dern. Wow. What's Laura Dern in? Laura Dern's in everything. Jurassic Park. Oh, Jurassic Park. Yeah. For sure. I saw her one day. I was at...

Hollywood 27, the movie theater here in Nashville, it was a Sunday afternoon. I was going to see who knows what. And if you guys ever been to Hollywood 27, the movie theater here, it was, you know, it's not a hot place. Well, no movie theater now, I guess is a real hot place, but it was the biggest movie theater, supposedly east of the Mississippi when it opened 27 screens.

When it opened back in the mid-90s. And it's huge. And it was such a hot place. And it has video games out in the lobby and stuff like that. I guess they all do now. And I see Laura Dern playing pinball. Yeah.

And I'm like, well, my friend was like, I think that's Laura Dern. But why would Laura Dern be here by herself? She was with some guys, but just random people. Yeah. And I'm like, maybe that just looks like her. And then I read later on she was in town. She was either dating a guy in a band or her friend's band was playing in Nashville. And that was her. Wow.

Would you have gone up and... Oh, Ben Harper is who she was married to. Is he a... Oh, well, maybe Ben Harper was playing in Nashville. Ben Harper was married to Laura Dern? For eight years. That's interesting. I love Ben Harper. Ben Harper's got great stuff. Ben Harper's great. Burn One Down. Burn One Down. That's a hot song. That album is really good. He's got a couple of religious tunes on there that I like. Power of the Gospel. There you go. That's a good one. You guys have great... A lot of people talked about your Spotify playlist. Yeah. You have...

I love your taste in music. I think you have great... I think you do, too. Dusty Slate's country music playlist on Spotify. Really great. And I think you, with a couple exceptions to Dusty, I think you guys have great... I like your movies. I think you and I have a lot of the same favorite movies. You and I definitely like the same movies. Shawshank and... Dusty Slate's country radio is what it's called, just for the record, in case people want to go find it. Yeah, go check it out. Most...

music that you tell me about that I don't know about, I like it. I'm like, this is good. Especially country music. You know some artists that I don't know about. All right. A few more movies. Election, Reese Witherspoon. Oh, that is in Nebraska. Yeah. I've never seen it. I want to watch it. That's a great movie. I mean, it's dark. It's dark. But it's

It's not like what he just talked about with Matthew McConaughey. No, it's not quite that dark. Reese Witherspoon, early Reese Witherspoon, she had a few kind of dark things. It's a comedy, though. It is a comedy, but compared to Mean Girls, which is also about high school girls, this one's about a teacher and a student having an inappropriate relationship, and there's a lot of darker stuff in it. Maybe I don't remember it. I thought it was just...

He didn't like her because she was so popular and he was kind of a loser. Don't give it away. Okay. I know. I don't want to spoil it, but yeah, Reese Witherspoon's character in the other, the teacher.

you don't remember that part of it how you guys are ruining it for me no you don't even know who we're talking about dude i thought she was just running for class president and he didn't want her to win and i thought it was as simple as that's matthew broderick's character i'm talking about his best friend who's also a teacher oh i don't remember that oh wow it's been i mean how that movie came out she was young yeah it was a long time ago okay um up in the air with george clooney i think

I think he was old. He lives in Omaha. I love that movie. I like that movie too. That's a great movie. I watched it recently. It's funny because I think it came out like 15 years ago. And he's this experienced traveler who looks down on everyone. And it's so funny how things have changed because he has a printed ticket.

You know, he's taking his shoes off. All this stuff now. This is before pre-check, huh? Yes, before pre-check and obviously before smartphones. Clear and all that nonsense. So he looks like now like the most, the worst traveler ever. But the whole thing is about how smug he is, you know, as a professional. But when it shows a montage of him just walking through because he has status everywhere, I do feel like that sometimes. Yeah. Yeah.

boarding early on Southwest. That's my little form of that. What a great movie that is. George Clooney is awesome. He is awesome. He's from Omaha too. No, he's not. Sorry. I was trying to tie it back in. I was like, whoa, how did I miss that? I flew home yesterday on Southwest. There was like 40 something people on the entire plane. Wow. So they had a whole row. Yeah. Everybody got a whole, well, let me ask you this though. Everybody could have gotten a whole row.

Would you choose your own whole row or would you choose if someone's in the window seat and would you choose an aisle seat just to be further up?

Or would you just choose to go back a little further? No, 40 people. You're going to deboard quickly anyway. I'll take a whole row. I'll sit in the middle. I did that last week. Sat in the middle. Just spread out a little bit, dude. I think if it's that empty, you're a weirdo for sitting next to someone. If everybody can get their own row and you sit next to someone, even if there's a space in between, I think it's too much.

Because I saw people do that, and I'm like, man, I think I would spread out a little bit more. And if the lady – I saw the lady in the window seat, and then somebody sits down in the aisle seat, and she kind of looked like, we got the whole plane here. What are you doing? At this point, what are you going to do? And we got on, and they announced the captain doesn't want anyone sitting in the first 20 rows to spread out.

And we'd already sat down, and nobody moved, and then they never said anything again. Wait, wait. He's saying what? He doesn't want anybody in the first 20 rows to spread out. What does he mean? I'm sorry. I said that as two sentences into one. He wants this to spread out, so he doesn't want anybody sitting in the front 20 rows. He wants to balance the plane. With the weight. With the weight. So if you're in the first 20 rows, he wants you to move back? Yeah.

That's how I took it. Maybe he just meant everybody who's still getting on the plane. He was a really fat pilot. It's like, yeah, you're like, yeah, you want that. But that ain't what you're going to get. But bottom line is they wanted everyone to spread out. But everybody still kind of congregated closer to the front. Of course. Yeah, you're going to. Yeah.

And then they announced the A1 through 15. There was nobody. Nobody bought the, you know. So the first number was A16 on the whole plane. Wow. I sat on the plane for an hour waiting to take off this weekend because they go, well, just letting everybody know we're waiting on maintenance to come up here. The pilot, my headphone jack doesn't work right here. So that's how we communicate with air traffic control. So, yeah.

We're going to wait. Hopefully maintenance will come and help us out. So I go, I'm going to sleep. So I go to sleep for like an hour and I wake up thinking I've slept through the whole flight. We're still sitting there waiting for this headphone jack. You stand up, start walking off. I go, just put it on speakerphone, dude. We don't care back here. And they eventually just go, we'll just figure it out. And they took off. And you're like, well, if it wasn't that big of a deal, why were we sitting on here for so long? I got delayed so much yesterday.

I sat at the airport like four hours. It just was like, no reason. They don't tell you. In Cleveland? No, in Charlotte. I flew from Cleveland to Charlotte, and then I just kept getting delayed. When it's that close, it's frustrating because you're like, I could have almost gotten here driving by now. A few more movies. Boys Town.

Now, I got the back story from – I should say, I should shout her out by name. Colleen Quinn of the Omaha Funny Bone. Great. One of the best. She is amazing. She drove me –

To and from radio. We did Todd and Tyler in the morning. Zach and I had a great time. But we drove through Boys Town. She gave the story of the area. And what a cool thing that is. Is that what the movie's about? Yeah. I think Mickey Rooney started. It's an old movie, but I think it was about the real Boys Town. Yeah. It's a section of Omaha where they... I'm going to do a terrible job telling the story, but they take care of...

Boys. Man, I feel like I've seen the movie. That is powerful. Yeah. I mean, they do a good job. Yeah. They do a good job. About Schmidt. Did you ever see that movie? Oh, yeah. That's a great one. Jack Nicholson. It is a good movie. I love that one. He's a retired salesman, and I think he's just having a hard time fitting into retirement life. Well, he retired. Yeah. They kind of forced him out, didn't they? Well, he retired, and then...

Like his wife dies right after that. And they had bought an RV and they were going to travel all over. And then like the beginning, what's great is like the beginning of the movie, he's talking about how much his wife irritates him and how he just hates her smell and this and that. And then his wife dies. And then he's like real sad by it. And then he tries to go back to his job, not to go back to work, but just to like see if the new guy needs any help. Right. And he's like, nope, I got it.

Enjoy your retirement. So he just like now is like alone and feels useless. So he just kind of takes the RV on his own and it gets a little wild. He gets into some stuff. Kathy Bates is in it. Yeah. Sounds like a fun ride. It's pretty fun. Alien versus Predator. Also based on a true story. I haven't seen Alien versus Predator, but apparently it's set in Nebraska.

That seems hard to believe, but I haven't seen it, so I don't know. Aaron was playing footsie. I was going to say, you're washing your hands of that comment. I was like, I don't know what I said. Inappropriate. Some other things invented in Nebraska, Kool-Aid. Oh, wow. That's where the Kool-Aid guy's from. It was invented by a guy in...

Hastings, Nebraska. They did say there was a Chef Boyardee statue in Omaha, I guess. Oh, I would have looked for that. Yeah, that's what I looked at you like. I'm sure you saw that. I did go to Shields when I was there. Yeah? I went to Shields. It's pretty wild. The Ferris wheel is going off in there. Is that what the outdoor store is that we talked about that one time? Yeah, and I had been to one in Des Moines, I think, but I hadn't been to the Omaha one, which feels like the flagship store. It was...

packed in there and a Ferris wheel going off and people eating and they got pets in there and it was crazy.

I don't think I've ever been. You should check it out. You should check it out. It's fun. I went twice. Wow. I only went, I had to return something. You mentioned the Omaha Zoo. It is like one of the top zoos in America. They claim number one, but I've heard a few places claim that. Columbus. Columbus and San Diego. What was the big, is there a big display at the Omaha Zoo? Well, apparently the Asian Highlands is...

is the signature exhibit for all the Asian stuff. Tigers and whatever else they got. I thought, I don't know what a highland is. They have a dome, the desert dome it's called, where it's closed in and they have all the desert stuff in there. So that's kind of fun to walk through it, though it's real humid. Dude, I'm starting to think so many of these things, it would be so much more fun if I was the only person there. But the zoo was so packed.

I mean, that's the real zoo. Let me tell you. There's just like maybe 100,000 people in there walking around. So packed. You can't walk anywhere. Well, there was a Instagram thing going on for a while where it was like what you see versus reality.

It was kind of like that where it would show the zoo and then reality is like just people everywhere. Or like the Mona Lisa and then you back up and it's a million people trying to look at it. That's what it felt like. Yeah. You can't even walk quickly through it because it was so just like traffic jammed full of people. Were you there on a Saturday? We were there on probably the worst time to be there, a Saturday when it was kind of warm outside. So it was just...

So packed. I went to the San Diego Zoo when I was there last year. It was a weekday. I thought, man, I won't be too busy. Everybody is just packed. It's crazy, right? Yeah. Nashville Zoo is like that. I'm like, how are all these kids out of school? But they're field trips. I'm also just an adult without a kid going to these places. A lot of these places, if I had a kid with me, this would be unbelievable. Yeah.

I'm sure. Right. Which I will soon. Yeah. But I push Eleanor in a stroller and you can't get up close enough to the animals because there's so many people. Now, when she gets older and can walk on her own and I can hold her up. But she was so young last time we went, you know, and the animals, they don't cooperate. They don't come over. Animals don't do their part. I'll tell you that. That's what I've always said about otters. Every aquarium I'm at, there's like an otter tank. I've never seen an otter in there.

The otters are never out. They're always resting. Yeah. See, I feel like the sea animals are usually easier because you're usually underground looking through the tank. But the otter is one of those things where it's like, yeah, it's a water animal, but it doesn't have gills. Yeah. It's a mammal. Yeah. Most of the animals are sleeping in the back of the thing. And you're just looking at other people to try to figure out even – I do that. I walk up to exhibit.

And I'll just look to see where the other people are looking because I don't see anything in there. And they're like, oh, there it is. I act like I'm there all the time. That's why I just go to the Bass Pro Shop here in Opry Mills. There's a few fish there that you can look at. It's good enough for Daisy. She's like, oh, look at these fish. Good enough. And we can be in and out. It's like a zoo where they also sell guns. Yeah.

Yeah. Get yourself one of these on your own. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's some animals and here's the stuff to kill those animals. They sell fishing rods too. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm surprised no one's ever tried this to take one home. I bet they have.

You know, there was a urban legend about the Opry Mills Mall that when the Nashville flood happened. Do you know this? No. That the. This is the Nashville flood of 2010. Yep. 2010. And a lot of the city was underwater. Including Opry Mills Mall. And there was a restaurant there. I can't think of the name of it, but they had piranha. Cheesecake factory. I'm trying to think of what's right around there. There is like an Amazon. Yeah.

Well, there's the Rainforest Cafe, but there was another one. I can't think of the name of it. Imagine having a Rainforest Cafe, but another restaurant has piranha. Yeah. I could be wrong, but I feel like it was another restaurant. It doesn't really matter. But the rumor was that these piranha got out during the flood and they were swimming around there in the mall while it was underwater and while people were trying to get things sorted out. That's awesome. Yeah.

If that's true, that's pretty good. I'm sure it's probably not true, but it's a fun thing to talk about. I don't know. Could they survive in freshwater? Piranhas are freshwater fish. I guess. I think so. I think they're like, yeah, Amazon forest. So they could exist in the water from the Cumberland River, I'm guessing. Yeah. All right. Good for them. But not the tap water. Not the tap water. Not without a filter. No. Yeah. Yeah.

All right. I feel like we need to cover Nebraska very thoroughly. We got all of Nebraska covered. We don't need to ever mention it again here on the podcast. Never. What else is there to talk about? I would like to go check out western Nebraska. I feel like eastern Nebraska gets all the love because it's got Omaha. It's got Lincoln, Sioux City is up there. I'm going to give western Nebraska a shot. If you live in Alliance or Scotts Bluff. Scotts Bluff is where I went. Yeah. If you live in one of those, I'd like to come visit. So, yeah. Or Chaudron. Chaudron.

Or Valentine. I'll see you there. I'm coming. Yeah.

You got something you want to... Dusty's pulling up his calendar. Yeah. Yeah. What do you got going on this week? Where are you? Tonight, I think this is a college gig. So I don't think people are allowed to come there. But my friend was like, I got some buddies coming to see you. And I was like, I don't think they're allowed to come. And he goes, he told me that he goes, I heard they didn't sell enough tickets. So they open it up to the public. And I'm like, it's a college gig. I don't think they have tickets. But that's what he said. It says free tickets.

exclusivity for PSC students. So I'm guessing you can't come. What is PSC? Pensacola State College. Okay. Which is where I'll be tonight. Yeah. I don't know. I've done college gigs where they just open it up to the public. Okay. So I don't know if you're allowed to come, but I told my friend, I mean, this is how college gigs go. They pay me a flat rate and then the students are allowed to come for free and then none of them come. I mean, that's...

That's how these gigs go. And then I go on Thursday and Friday, I'm in Panama City Beach. Both of those shows are sold out. So people are trying to get tickets to see me in Panama City. Meanwhile, students for free in Pensacola won't come. Couldn't care less. And then Saturday, I'm at the Tampa Theater in Tampa, Florida. I don't think that's sold out yet, but it is getting close. It's going to be hot.

I always have a good time in Tampa, so get some tickets to that. It's a great theater. It's going to be a lot of fun. Now, are you flying into Pensacola? Yeah, I am. Yeah. Yeah, it's a fun little airport. Is it? I mean, I've been there twice recently, and it's small, but it's just a nice, easy flight down there. I'm flying in, and I've got to tell you, I've been renting cars lately. Yeah, how's it been? It's great. But didn't you have a little dust-up with Enterprise? No.

Well, just at the Nashville airport. I was so mad. I tweeted about it and then I was like, no, I'm going to take it down. But I like I'm used to like I've been renting cars at the airport. I check in ahead of time. I just go up, show my thing. They go go down that. Yes, sir. Yeah. So I show up on Friday to Nashville and I waited in line, not at the counter. I checked in. So I got past the counter 20 minutes in line to get them to take me to a car.

It's unbelievable. Oh, you drove to Louisville and Cleveland? I drove to Louisville and then from Louisville flew to Cleveland. Oh, I see. So you rented a car. It was ridiculous to fly to Louisville. It was like leave at 5 a.m., get there at 12. It was like I had to go all over the place when it's a two and a half hour drive. So I flew. I rented a car, drove to Louisville, Cleveland.

It can be frustrating, but when it works, it's great. Yeah. I mean, the rest of the experience was great. I ran a car in Cleveland, had to take a shuttle out to a- The shuttle's the worst. It's like, ah. You go, where's the rental car thing? They go, oh, it's a shuttle, 20-minute shuttle out to an island. Yeah, you're outside of Cleveland. You're in Michigan. Yeah, that's where the cars are. Yeah. Some of them are so far away. You tweeted about that someplace. You were like, am I even in the same town? Yeah, it's crazy. I don't know.

I'm in. I'm sorry. Were you? I think that's it. I'm in. And then, you know, next week, though, I am in L.A., and me and Hannah are going to do our podcast, the We're Having a Good Time podcast, live at the Comedy Store. That's awesome. Yeah. So that's going to be great. Get some tickets to that. Friday, L.A. at the Comedy Store. Because my shows, I'm doing two shows on Friday at the Troubadour, are both sold out. Boom. So if you want to see me, come see me at the Comedy Store on Friday.

And me and Hannah. A little Bible talk. Yeah, well, I doubt it. But probably leave that portion of the podcast out for us. There's a place that needs it, though. Yeah, that's true. I may do a little stand-up on the show to open it. There's some jokes that me and Hannah have both had a hand in writing for myself. So I thought it'd be fun to kind of do some of those jokes and then we can talk about them. Is Hannah going to do a set? I doubt it.

Yeah. Yeah. We're pushing her. Hannah's very funny, so you should check her out. She has some very funny videos on Instagram. That's true. She's great. Her Instagram channel, Hannah Slayish, Hannah underscore Slayish, has been doing very well. She's had several videos. She has one video, 6 million views. Now it makes me jealous. Her latest one is almost at 2 million views. And yeah, I mean, it took me forever.

I can't tell you that matter. I had to do a tonight show, a comedy central set. I was doing David Spade when my Jimmy came alive. When my, when I reached 10,000 followers on Instagram, she's at 12,000. Yeah. He's about the lap of you. Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, this Saturday I'm in Fairfield, Connecticut. My first time ever to Connecticut. Yeah. And, uh, you're going to want to leave quick. I'm just kidding. Well, we'll see. It's beautiful. Everyone's great. We shall see. I'm at, uh, in Fairfield, Connecticut at Fairfield comedy circle doing two shows there. So please come to that. If you're in the area, please come. Cause who knows when I'll be back. Um,

I don't mean that just means I don't know who will have me. Yeah. And then May 10th, I'm in Chehalis, Washington at McFillers Theater. McFillers. This place is a mouthful. Chehalis, Washington. McFillers Comedy Club. I know it is. But Washington is great, though.

Yeah, it's about halfway between Tacoma and Portland, two places I've just been. Come in and split the difference. Yeah, if you're like, I don't want to drive an hour either of those directions, just come to this. Yeah, that's great. This weekend, this is Aaron Weber speaking, by the way, I'm in Atlanta, Georgia at the Punchline. All right. All weekend, April 25th through the 28th. It's like 14 shows. It's like six, I think, but it's going to be a lot of fun. Are you doing a three-show Saturday? Yeah.

No, we're doing Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Well, maybe it's only five shows. I don't know. Punchline used to do three shows on Saturday, six, eight, and ten. Right. So come on out to see us in Atlanta. And then next week, I'm in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Looney Bin, the newly renovated Looney Bin that you've been to, right? Yeah, and I loved it. Yeah, I've heard nothing but great things about it. I'm throwing out the first pitch of the Tulsa Drillers game there. All right.

Really get some buzz going in the city. That's what I'm planning on. And then next week after that, I'm doing the Netflix as a joke festival, too. I'm doing a much smaller show than Dusty's doing, but I will be at the Hollywood Improv May 8th.

That's like a Wednesday night. So I'm trying to it's a small room. I'm trying to sell it out. But come come see me at the Hollywood Improv. It's a great Netflix is a joke festival. You know, the lab at the Hollywood Improv is what they modeled the lab. It's a right. Yeah. Same logo. I'm going to become a lab guy. I'm just going to do the lab in every city. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. Awesome. Thank you. We love you all. Yeah. I think Nate's back next week. Yeah.

It's all good vibes here. Yeah. Just good friends hanging out. We're having a good time. There it is. Dusty land. Yeah, this is great. Thank you guys. Nate land is produced by Nate land productions and by me, Nate Bargetti and my wife, Laura on the audio boom platform recording and editing for the show is done by generations media. Thanks for tuning in. Be sure to catch us next week on the Nate land podcast.

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