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Hello, folks. Welcome to Nateland Podcast. I'm Nate Bargetzi, Aaron Weber, Brian Bates. All right. Welcome, everybody. This is it. Hello, folks. Let's go, folks. I did it. Forget it. I'm getting more down. I'll slowly just be like, I'm close to being like, all right, that's fine. Hello, folks. Just giving up. Just giving up. This team, maybe I don't have the fight in me today.

Yeah. You both did an arena this weekend. Did you start your set that way? Did you say hello, folks, out there, Brian? I said hello, folks, and he said, let's go, folks. Yeah, that's how we started it. I didn't say – no, you always say folks. No, I do if it's a show like with you, like the podcast, live podcast and stuff. Yeah, yeah. At places that I don't think they're going to know what I'm talking about, I don't. I thought you said goodbye, folks, or something. I thought you always just say it.

I didn't this weekend. Oh. Yeah. Yeah, this weekend was good.

We were with Lee and Morgan, very, very funny Lee and Morgan. And we did Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had a great show. Very hot down there. Yeah, it's very hot. And the air conditioning wasn't pumping. That always makes shows tough. But everybody was like cool and like, you know, it's always like hard because it's hot. But just everybody was like cool about it. Someone tried to walk on stage. Really? With me. Well, they did walk on stage.

I don't know what was... It's one of those where you're like, kind of felt like Bless His Heart. Like, I don't know if something is... But he just is on the stage. It wasn't like an aggressive walk on stage. No, it was a Bless His Heart. It was a Bless His Heart walk on stage where you go, all right. It was that, yes. Probably one of our folks. Yeah. That is a big difference. There's either... There's a mean walk on stage and there's a, wow, look at Bless His Heart. Yeah.

It was so funny, though. I mean, you played off of it for so long. It was great. It was hot. And I just felt, yeah, I mean, he just came on up. And you're like, all right. To say hi to you? No, no. Just, I think he was leaving or something. He was hot. He was trying to exit the building. Okay. So you're disoriented from the heat?

Yeah, and just thought... Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Like those steps. Like he just saw those steps and was like, I guess that's the... Quick as her. Yeah, I'm going to get out of here. And he walked right up on them. You know, I noticed the next night there was some music that came into your monitor. Yeah. And you were on the same joke both nights. The eagle joke? Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's kind of weird. Yeah, that's crazy. That's usually when stuff goes wrong. Yeah. Yeah, that...

The next night, so the Hattiesburg show is great, though. What is it? Laugh to Live? Laugh for Life. Laugh for Life. Great. There's a guy, Kent, down there. I've done the show before, and then they had me back with Leanne. They do a whole great thing down there and raise a lot of money. It's a cool Hattiesburg. Golfed at Hattiesburg Country Club. Nice.

Moved around, played in three hours. Really? Yeah. That's pretty quick. I mean, I thought I was going to, not out there. I did better than I expected. Going in, I was like, there's no way I'll do 18. It was like 110 degree index. I did pretty well. He finished 18. I thought for sure, him and Travis, my tour manager, I thought, well, I'm going to lose them both. Yeah. Yeah.

But before we teed off, that's a great country club. And, like, I got to play there last time. So the guy and I was – I just was like – there wasn't really anybody out there because it's so hot. It wasn't too crowded. And I asked for all of us our own cards. I was like, do you care if we just all take our own cards? That's a huge – that's the only reason they finished. Yeah. I'm convinced. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Because that added – you can still move around quick, but that added of him and Travis –

They can hit their balls in some pretty different directions. And if they both had to drive to each other's balls to wait for the other person to hit two times before they move the cart, that's basically what happened. They do two hits, and then they finally can go, we can go now. Yeah.

That's what you can tell if you're hitting the ball good or not in golf is if you can, if you have two, you get out of your cart and hit twice before you get back in your cart. Yeah. That means you didn't hit that far. Right. You're just like, I'll just walk. You're changing. You're keeping the same club. Yep. It's very funny.

to think about when you walk a shame. Yeah. You hit two shots. Two of your strokes are the exact same club. Not that far from each other. I played golf this weekend for the first time. And the first time I think there was like, first time playing 18 holes, like actually on a real golf course with my father-in-law. And there were a couple of times where,

where we were hitting from the white tees, where I hit it to the next set of tees. So I just walked up and drove it again a couple times where that happened. Yeah, yeah. To the women tees. Yeah. I've done that numerous times, and I just have to re-tee off from the women's tees. Right. Something funny about golf is bad hit, bad hit, it's no fun, and then you get one good hit, and I was like, all right, I'm in for the rest of this. That's the big famous 1 in 18. Yeah.

Sometimes people start off, well, there's a very funny golf meme where someone starts on one. I'll do it too. I'll birdie one, and I'm like, about to go low today. And then you just, it's a train wreck until you get to 18. Then you like birdie 18, and you're like, all right.

I think I figured something out. I got it. I got it. I'll go again tomorrow. It's tough. I'm playing this week. If this comes out, I'm playing right now. If you're watching this on Wednesday at St. Jude, my first pro-am, celebrity pro-am, St. Jude in Memphis.

Pretty pumped. Penny Hardaway is going to be there. Mike Conley. Nice. Yeah. A bunch of other people. There's only two names I kind of quickly saw. Do you know who you're playing with? No. We do the pairing. I think we go Tuesday. So we go tomorrow. They have a dinner and they have a pairing. Tea time. We've got to be at the van to go over there at 7.30 a.m., which is an early one. Right.

But that's better than, you know, I just wake up at 7, just kind of hit it, and then go over it. But I'm excited. First one, I'll play. I'll see what I end up shooting, you know, because they'll be playing it. What's crazy is the pros play it the next day, so you're playing it in as good, probably the best shape the golf course is going to be in. Because they have a real tournament that weekend. Yeah, the next day is the real tournament. Wow.

Do you know what you shot? Oh, no, dude. I wouldn't even. Half the time, I just dropped the ball where my father-in-law was. Yeah. And that's what you should do. Right. That's good. You just play like that. Sometimes, if a ball goes crazy, I'll just drop it. You don't worry about it. Yeah. I hit a house. I was hitting it into the water. I was really. Dude, on a par four.

Had a nice drive. I did a seven iron. Nice hit. I'm on the green. I'm like three feet. I'm about to birdie. I'm like a real birdie. And I just missed it by about 30 feet, the putt. I got so mad. On a three-foot putt? Yeah, dude. You were back off the green? Launched it off the green. Get your pigeon wedge back out? I had to, yeah. Went off the green. Yeah. Those are the tough ones when they go. He had a putt like that. Didn't you have like a –

That went way long? He would make, Brian, a very long putt. I mean, dude, he would, the ball would stop next to the hole. 50, 60 feet every single time. 10 feet, he putts it 260 feet.

And then goes back. But, I mean, he was crazy because it was a long putt. He was just – he read it great. It always ended up next to the hole. It was always like, that's good. Yeah. And then – but a 10-footer. He'd have a 10-footer for – I think he had a birdie putt or par. Uh-huh. Like a legit – and then just woof. Yeah. The ball, like it just – you know, the hole never saw the ball. That's how fast it went by. He goes, what? You guys were already up here? I didn't even –

And they go, yeah, he came right by you. No, I didn't see it. I didn't see it. I get nervous when I get close. Oh, yeah. I believe it. Yeah. Everybody does. I was out there in long pants in Charleston like an idiot. Why did you do that? I bought a bunch of golf clothes before I lost any weight. Yeah. So I had some long pants and like a big golf shirt and that's all I had. So it's like 110 degrees in Charleston. Yeah. I'm in these long pants and this shirt. I felt like an idiot. I was so hot the whole time. You look like a guy that knows what he's doing. Yeah.

That's the bad part. If you've got pants on in that heat, you're like... Other people are like, that guy better be going low. Or you look like something's wrong with you. I think they watch... It's a bless his heart. Yeah, it's a bless his heart. It kind of comes back, you go, and then people walk over, you go, he's got gout. I think they watch me for 30 seconds and they realize. They go, what did they say? He's got gout. He's got gout. Don't worry about him. And they go, do you have to wear pants? You go...

Wouldn't you if you had gout? And then they go, yeah. Nobody wants to see that. Yeah, I guess you're right. I thought gout was just your feet. I go, but he goes up. Spreading. His you can tell about calf down. Watch him hit this shot. That's what they say.

He can tell the gout from about calf down. You always tell them the first pitch out of the sounds game. They're willing them out there. I'm going to prop him up. I have one of those robot chairs that stands him up. He's going to throw it and sit back down. Did you see the first pitch that went viral this weekend? So many people tagged me in it. She's a gymnast or something. Oh, yeah. Did like a backflip. Should I try something like that?

Yeah, she didn't go up on top of the mound. I know. Yeah. If I do that from the top of the mound, I think that'll take me to the next level. Yeah, that'd be even better. If you did the splits, you would be on everything. Do it, Aaron. Yeah. Can you do the splits? Is that one of your hidden talents? I haven't in a while. I haven't in a while. You haven't in a while. In a while. How long is a while? Probably since I was six or seven. I might have been able to do the splits back then. I'll stretch. I'll get ready for it. I'll do something. Yeah. Yeah.

Are you going to be that annoying guy that tries something and everybody's like, all right, dude, just throw the ball.

That's what it would be. I know. That's the thing. Don't be that guy, the guy that goes. No, dude, be that guy. There's always a big guy that goes, he goes, watch this. And then everybody goes, oh, God. No one. All right. He's a gout survivor. They're not going to boo him. They're going to be impressed you walked out there. You can wear a gout survivor shirt. I'm going to have that as my tagline on the Jumbo Tribe. Do hashtag gout survivor. A shirt? Yeah. It's in remission. Yeah. Is it?

Yeah. Gout out of here. Something like that. Is that a good saying? Three strikes your gout. Yeah, three strikes your gout. Oh, that's awesome. Three strikes your gout. Strikeout gout. Strikeout gout. Strikeout gout. That's hashtag strikeout gout.

Oh, man. Dude. I'm kicking around some ideas. We met a folk this weekend, and he had a Nateland coffee mug. Uh-huh. And I signed it, Breakfast Bates. And I mean, 30 seconds later, I just hear, and it shattered all over the floor. I was so excited my first autograph, and I just hear, and I see a little piece of breakfast just go flying across the room. Yeah.

He dropped it. Was it unintentional? He said it was. Yeah. I didn't get eyes on him when he did it. Yeah. He got, I signed it after it broke. Uh,

he uh you could tell that is your first signature like as you can see your autograph is it's all written out yeah like your first autographs you're always like oh you can't believe it and you write i mean you write it like uh-huh like the way you sign a check for the first time where you just sign your whole name basically in print yeah you're just basically like it was print yeah i remember i said my first autograph uh i ever signed was it was uh at rascals comedy club and uh

I have a video of my, it's my first YouTube video. I have where my head shaved in the Rascals Comic Club. I don't even know when it is. And I remember I signed his, you might be able to look up. In Massachusetts or New Jersey? New Jersey. It's on YouTube. And then it's, it was just, God, it was so old. That's it. 2000. No, that's not 2018. That's when it was posted probably. Yeah, but this is when it was posted. So, yeah.

This was the first show I ever did. And I had a video and I destroyed, I murdered. I remember it was like going there and I murdered. And then this guy afterwards came up and asked for my autograph. And I was like, I told him, I go, you're my first autograph. And I think I signed on his ticket. You're my first autograph. Yeah. And I wrote that. It's what Carlos Gross told me. Yeah. And then, yeah. Did he really?

I'm just, no, but I'm going to guess I was. First and last. Yeah. And yeah, so I told him that. And then he said, oh, you know, probably just threw that ticket away. I might have, I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't sign another one for a few years. And I told that person, I think you're my first autograph. And you guys just keep telling people that. There's like 12 people out there. That are going like, I thought I was your first. He goes, no, no, there's been a few of them. eBay's full of it. Yeah. I don't know.

I wish you could see when the year was. I want to say it was 2006 or something like that. Four, maybe? Six. I remember her hosting. Looks like a great intro. Yeah. Just getting them fired up. Yeah, do five minutes, head shake. How old are you at this point? I mean, I don't know. I just started. So, I mean, whatever year it is, 2006. I mean, you have to be like 26, something like that. Yeah, 27. I don't know.

Something like that. What is that? Crushed to chance? Is that a Predator shirt? I don't know. No. What? Look how Southern, dude. I might have my hat in my back pocket. You did. I have my hat in my back pocket. You did. I mean, look at that. What's the necklace? I used to always wear that necklace. Puka shell. Puka shell. I'm wearing rubber bands on my hand. It's a look. It's a look. Hat in the back pocket. Look very casual. There ain't nothing more Southern than just wearing your hat in your back pocket.

You used to lean a lot on stuff, didn't you? Yeah, especially then. I mean, you're on – I feel like there you're – the crowd's so close to you that you're just kind of – you're almost like, these people need to back off a little bit. But I just got – you go to New Jersey with that accent. That was an easy – that was an easy team up for me. Well, hat – people just – I don't – he's got his hat in his back pocket. Right.

Someone asked me to change the rule right after the show. Sir, my car won't start. Do you think you could give us help? Comments. Timothy Sanderson. Hello, folks. Alaskan born and raised here. It was great hearing how much Aaron loved his trip. I met Stubbs, the cat mayor of Talkitina.

Talkeetna. Talkeetna. Yeah. Talkeetina. That sounded like a robot trying to say it. He had more of a presence in his city council meetings than Brinks Home Security has on this podcast. Love you all. Thanks for the weekly laughs. Damn. I don't think that was a hard sentence, and I felt like it was just – I had trouble with it. Well, we're just getting warmed up. Yeah, we're warming up. Here's Stubbs, by the way. This is the honorary mayor of Talkeetna for 20 years.

You'll like this, Nate. On August 31st, 2013, Stubbs was attacked and mauled by a dog while roaming the streets. Mayor got attacked by a wild dog. That's Alaska for you. Yeah. Well, I hope they got that dog. That dog still might be locked up. I saw something with Alaska last night, like a fact.

Oh, I saw it on Instagram or something, something about the train that you waved down. The last flag stop. No, the whistle stop train? The whistle stop train. Yeah. I just saw randomly someone, it was a post that's something I follow that's weird facts or something like that, and it said that. Alaska's the last train. I already knew that. Clyde Wakefield. Is anyone else worried that all Aaron thought about on his honeymoon was murder and suicides?

And still there's no Barnaby just throwing out random Wikipedia facts about mountain peaks while his colleague is ready to check out. Classic episode. Classic. Classic. I didn't think I was ready to check out last week. I thought I was in it. You were in it. Yeah. And I think there's a comment coming up. No, I think he means Aaron, check out on life. Oh.

While his colleague is ready to check out. I think he means, I'm still throwing out these random dumb facts while Aaron's giving us signals. We're talking about suicide. Yeah. That's fair. Clyde is a, you don't see that name very often. Clyde? Yeah. Bonnie and Clyde. That's about it. Clyde. It's a good name. Clyde. Wakefield. Yeah. Wakefield sounds different than the, you don't see Clyde with the Wakefield. No. Sounds different.

Might have married into that name. Probably not in Alaska. Yeah. Trey Eubanks. The guy supposedly mauled by the bear may not have been telling the truth. It's said that he actually wrecked his ATV and was too embarrassed to admit it. The bear claw marks were made by a screwdriver and they found untouched bacon in his trailer.

I'm not sure about the bacon part. I guess he just means the bear, if he was there to maul, he would grab that bacon. Yeah. But I guess the guy made the whole story up. Because he was so embarrassed. Which story was it? This is the bear attack where the guy said the bear was stalking him and he had to keep hiding in his little, until someone rescued him. Yeah. Mm-hmm.

And then he said he got mauled and he did it with a screwdriver. He faked it. He wrecked his ATV. According to Trey, wrecked his ATV. Too embarrassed to admit. I don't know why. He's probably...

drunk inebriated yeah but well if someone told him you better not go ride that thing you don't know how he goes you ain't gonna tell me what his wife i know how to ride this yeah it's right and he goes and wrecks it immediately this all happened 50 feet from his house that's what they did he also doesn't mention he just can see his house

You better not ride that thing. I'm going to ride it. You're going to tell me. All next to it. He's just having a scrape. He goes, I got tech, Bobby. This was all eight minutes. Eight minutes from him leaving the house. Like, that's not mentioned. He goes, what? I told you. I'm not going to ride it. Mike Terry. Great episode, guys. Nate was on his game. I love it when he's interested in the topic because he really ups the comedy.

I don't know if someone's got to bring it. Occasionally you're interested. This is one of them. Yeah. How are you feeling about today? Prediction? I don't know. Prediction for today, Brian? I don't know. I'm not feeling good. Yeah. I feel like we're off to a good start. I think we're off to a good start. I mean, I think my off days are still better than y'all's. So I've been killing it since 1975. Rascals. Rascals.

Caitlin Blanchard. We've talked about the Blanchard. Yeah, the Blanchard boys. The Blanchard boys. Caitlin. It's a girl. We talked about her family. Yeah. Yeah. They have a sister. But if there's a Blanchard boys, there's always a sister. Right. They protect. They protect. She's usually probably the toughest one. She's the one that stops and says, give me your money. And you're like, get out of here, Caitlin. And her brothers sit there. And you're like, Kate.

And then you got to give her your milk money. I think I just took milk money to school. Did you ever take, you just take the change to buy one milk? I mean, that sounds like something you would accuse me of doing. I think I did it when I think about it. Did you not, why did you only get milk? Did you not get anything else? Because you maybe get your lunch free. Okay. Or you bring your own lunch. No, maybe you pay for your lunch and it was like $1.25 or something. So it wasn't just milk money.

Yeah, but I call it that for some reason. Because I think the school would provide the lunch, and then you could get water or something, and you'd have to pay for milk. Maybe in the morning? Maybe. Yeah. Did you ever have a milkman, Brian? No. I felt like you grew up with one. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah, I could see that. Y'all don't have one? We're too far out in the country. Oh, yeah? Yeah. You got it from the cow? Yeah. Straight from the source.

They were milk, yeah. Did you ever have milk, man? You're like, I didn't come from money, man. This is not old money right here. This is...

That's like old money that owned the head of Milkman. Caitlin Blanchard, I was hysterically laughing during Nate's reasoning for why it should be pronounced validity instead of valididity. I think it's backwards. Now I'm backwards. Pronounce valididity instead of validity. Oh, yeah, valididity is fun. After I recovered, I remembered it a few minutes and started laughing again, just in time for Nate to pronounce validity.

Po-de-a-tress. And I lost it. Just fantastic. Thank you all for continuing to be the bright spot in my Wednesdays. Oh, Caitlin's taking a turn from her early days of taking people's money. She's now very sweet. Yeah. That's good. Sheridan Mack.

I didn't send a comment last week because I was sure someone else would say something, and also because my comments never get read. However, as a teacher, as told my students about this podcast, I have to do my duty and correct you. Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viruses. Please make this correction. It's because of misuse and misinformation that antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem.

I don't even remember. We're contributing to a problem. That was from the Discoveries episode. We were talking about penicillin. Yeah. I think I said something about treating the flu virus. Yeah. I think that's what she's referring to. Right. Oh, because antibiotics treat the infection, not viruses. That's right. I'm pretty sure if someone's not getting a shot, it's not because of that.

Well, people are tuning into this podcast for medical advice. I would encourage her to not tell her kids, students to watch this podcast. Well, I think that, I feel like that's, so she's saying like no one's taking antibiotics, like medicine? Yeah. Resistance, because it treats the infection, not the virus. There's no reason. So if someone's not taking medicine, they're not going. It's because it treats the virus. Like there's that, no one's saying that reason.

If you're not taking medicine, you're being like, I ain't taking medicine. I ain't putting that voodoo stuff in my body. Like, that's what I would say. Yeah. You don't say this reason. I wouldn't know. But look, but she's, I would say this podcast, all it is is misinformation. That's the closest we've ever came. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Yeah, the comment should have said, I'll be honest with you guys, you guys were at least in the ballpark.

We were at least in the right, like, you know, they go, yeah. We asked the question, they go, yeah, she's actually right over there. And we go, oh, we're, all right. But yeah, but don't, you know. Paul Collier. I was at the same Dodgers-Giants game Nate was at and am ashamed of what I did. At the bottom of the ninth, the TV cameras focused on my face and you can clearly read my lips. A non-athlete fan, non-athlete fan. Yeah.

scream let's go after chris taylor got a walk i immediately got texts from friends at home watching the game making fun of me for what i had said wow that's crazy there we need to see him yeah i'd love to be able to see that clip find that i know see if he uh if paul if you listen to this see if you can get that if you see if i wonder if he has the clip i have all the games archived on mlb tv i can go in and find that later oh yeah awesome yeah it

Yeah, right after a walk. That's funny. Yeah. And I've noticed there's a real backlash to Let's Go now. It's building. I feel like you were ahead of the game on that. Yes. And I love it. You've seen it after? I'm seeing it everywhere now. People are talking about it's an epidemic. Oh, really? Of saying Let's Go. Yeah, yeah. You see, this guy got shamed for it, and shame drives progress. Yeah. It always has. It always has. Mm-hmm.

I wish you'd have seen him on the Jumbotron while you were at the game. You're like, look at this idiot. It's like George Costanza. After a walk. After a walk. Did it walk in a run? Was it a big walk? Yeah, his ninth inning. Okay. And then they had a walk-off home run. Okay. Yeah. It was an enormous walk. Okay.

I think you said let's go. No. What's bad is you go, because then you're saying let's go. I said let's go on my act because I say, and then let's go to the store. Like I'm saying let's go as the actual way you say it. And then it just feels anytime you say it anywhere, you're like, I caught myself this weekend. And then I'm like, and I have that as I'm telling this joke, I have in my head, well, that's not the same let's go everybody else has said. Like all that pops in my head. It's no fun.

Joe Jaroslaw. Jaroslaw. J-A-R-O-Slaw. Jaroslaw. It's a crazy last name for just to be. Maybe that's why they went with Joe. Yeah, we can't give them two crazy names. Maybe his parents are the most reasonable people on earth. She's like, what about naming him something crazy? I can't even think of a crazy name.

Clyde. Clyde Jaroslaw? Well, but I'm saying like a hard, you know, if it's... If you've got a complicated last name, you can't stick them with a complicated first name too. Yeah. Well, like you. You've got Nate. Nice and simple. Yeah, like Nathaniel. Nathaniel Jaroslaw. They went Nathaniel Bargetti. Yeah, that's what I mean. You have a hard last name. And we went with Nate. Nice, simple first name. Yeah.

Yeah. I mow my lawn every five to six days up here in Alaska, not every other day. Well, you should probably take better care of your lawn there. Yeah. Well, he was mowing my lawn every five to six days. But isn't that more regularly than down here? Depends on time of year. Yeah. Right now it's so hot, you could probably go two weeks. Okay. So maybe not every other day, but I'm guessing you get more sunlight. You're going to have to mow more.

yeah the grass more regularly yeah and some guy it's not enough to be like if you weren't going to move there that couldn't be one of your reasons like he's you're not mowing the grass that much like it would be you would probably that'd probably be like well i don't want to move there because i don't mow the grass every day and they go well that's not really happening so you need to find some other stuff and you go all right well the sun's out all the time

And then it disappears. That's why Russia sold it so cheap. I'm tired of mowing the yard. I'm tired of mowing the lawn every other day. Just take it. All right, cut it. They go, we sold it. What's that? We sold the whole shebang. All of this. All of it. We're out of here.

They pack their stuff. Pack it up, boys. Drive to the boat, get their car on it. Where are we now? We're Russians. Now we're going back. We're going to Russia. Okay. And now they live in Russia. I like to picture a full-on cul-de-sac. Full-on working neighborhoods. Let's get out of here. Burn. Hey, we just sold the whole thing. But it's my house. You can't sell my house. The country, state, all of it, gone. Okay.

Let's pack it up. Jess F. Hello, folks. As a Rhode Islander, I never got to wonder how many of my state would fit into a place because no one ever seems to fail to include that information in a story. For example, the news has informed me that the biggest fire in Oregon, Washington, the third the size of Rhode Island. Oregon was. Oregon was. Okay.

I love that it's in all caps. He just ignored it. He's emphasizing that Oregon was. Oregon, Washington. Well, was is in caps. That's how you do a state. Right. The city of Oregon in Washington. Is there an Oregon, Washington? There might be.

I hope there is. I hope I need, I need there to be an order. There's going to say, is there an Oregon, Washington? There's a Washington County in Oregon. That's what I meant. Oh man. Uh,

For example, the news has informed me that the biggest fire in Oregon was a third the size of Rhode Island. I was about to say that sentence didn't make sense when I said it. I kept going though. But it's now more than half the size of Rhode Island. And whenever a piece of ice breaks off some glacier, it's always bigger than the state of Rhode Island, whatever. Yeah, that would be frustrating if you're always... It's fun to compare it to a state. I understand why they do that.

Yeah, because you go, wow, that is big. But it is. But if you're Rhode Island, you're like, all right, back off. Right? I guess. But don't they lean in to be in the smallest state? It kind of comes with the territory. You're going to be used as a frame of reference for size. Yeah, but do they do it? I don't know. No one really advertises if you're the smallest something.

You mean the people themselves? Yeah. They go, I'm from Rhode Island. They're not going around introducing themselves. How you doing? Hi, I'm Jess F. I'm from the smallest state in the country. I know I'm a pretty big guy, but come in a pretty small package, Rhode Island. Chase Schubert. When I used to teach U.S. history, I would throw this trivia fact out there, and it never failed to blow the kids' minds.

Where is the most eastern point of the United States? Most answers are usually Florida, Maine, U.S., Virgin Islands, or some random point of Massachusetts. The correct answer is actually Alaska. Y'all were pretty quick to write them off, but they stretch so far west that they actually cross into the eastern hemisphere, making Simi... Poke-chono...

The most eastern point to the U.S. I mean, you say that. Yeah, that's a tough one. How would you say it? Semi-Sophanoi. Sophanoi. Sophanoi. There's a P in there. Semi-Sophanoi. Yeah, Semi-Sophanoi. There you go. That looks good. Semi-Sophanoi Island. The most eastern point of the U.S. Yeah, look, technically it is east, but come on. It's to the left. It's a fun fact, though. He said the one person, student who got it right,

was a dyslexic kid oh yeah and he had it backwards so oh yeah he thought he was just picking the right yeah he's like i don't know how y'all are not getting this but why wouldn't hawaii isn't it further no you can see right here oh okay that's why yeah alaska's extends further out than hawaii pretty crazy huh that's a fun that's a fun uh

You know? You know, like, hey, what state do you think is closest to Africa, if you had to guess? What state do I think is closest to the continent of Africa? I would guess Florida. Yeah, that's what I would have guessed, too. California? I'll say Maine. California. Is it California? Well, I mean, we're going opposite of Alaska. Yeah, I guess you're right. Is it Alaska? Maine. Maine. That's what I said. Yeah. Oh, because it goes up. You never think it goes out that far. That's not as good of a...

Sounds good of a fact, I guess. We need a globe. Yeah, is it Maine? I don't know if it's even Maine. That's Maine. Yeah, there's Maine. Yeah. Oh, yeah, good. And there's Africa. Yeah. I mean, yeah, that's why I thought Alaska would have been it. Or California, like the way you asked. I mean, we just talked about the Alaska thing, which is insane.

And Maine is like, oh, that makes sense. I wasn't trying to what up the fact. I know, but your question is he goes Alaska. That's insane, that Alaska. Like, right? Yeah. No one's getting that. And then in Maine, you're like, maybe 50-50 people get it? I don't think so. I think very few people would get that. They would think Florida. I think they think it's too far north, and I don't think they realize how east it is. I think they think Florida. I think it makes sense if they think about it at all.

If they're looking at a map. Yeah. When you look at it, you feel stupid. That's what I'm saying. After you say Florida, I'm looking at it, I go, I feel dumb. I mean, New York is even closer than Delaware. North Carolina is closer than Florida. Florida. Yeah. I guess the closest is Maine.

I guess so. That's a great fact. That guy comes in with the Alaska fact and you do, you better hope you do yours first and then he comes in with Alaska. Yeah, that went backwards. I couldn't follow that one. Yeah, that'd be a tough, you don't want to follow that. I got buried. Oh, what do you think is closest to Africa? Then everybody, or you do like me, I would go Alaska or California because I'm like, well, I guess it's. A trick question. It's got to be more spectacular than that. Yeah. It's not. Delaware. Delaware.

Okay. Cool, man. That's cool, man. Oh, because it goes. Okay. That's all they're going to. Oh, because it's like. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And then you got to go. Now, look. And you pull out the map on your phone. Everybody's got to sit there. And you go, look. It's got to be. And the Alaska guy's already off to a different party. And they go, where is he? Just spouting awesome facts. Like everybody's playing a big trivia game. You know?

And then you're just sitting there trying to keep up with him. And he's sitting there like, what's it like? You just name and trick questions. You know, it's the highest balloon size. Someone's ever held onto balloons and been in the air. How can, do you know if a squirrel, if you throw it out of airplane, it can survive and useless. And you're, you're just trying to one of them.

You know, we only eat 10 elephants in our whole life. All right. All right. They go, Aaron, could we get you out of here? No, but does everybody understand what I'm saying? Like, you only eat 10 worths of elephants. How many would you have thought? How many would you have thought you'd eat? A million? Yeah, exactly. A million elephants. Three. Two of them got away. James Bondifier. Alaska is the only state that can be typed by using one row on the keyboard.

All right, I know you and James and Aaron will be at the same party trying to follow Chase around. That's a cool fact. Yeah. Now, have you ever looked? I think you say your fact, and then James says that. James is in the middle where they go. James, that fact is after Chase's. They go, well, I didn't know that. He goes, you know, it's only state-typed. He's in one row on the keyboard. That's if you use the QWERTY keyboard.

That's what everybody uses, right? That's what everybody uses. Remember that line from The Office? You just hit Control-P. That's print. Not if the printer isn't plugged in. You're making some dangerous assumptions there. So I think about this. Have you looked into any of these alternate keyboard layouts? I didn't know that existed. No. There...

There are other ways you can lay out the keys for the keyboard. This is, I don't know how to pronounce it, but Dvorak layout. Yeah. And they said if you're really proficient at this, you can type like 75% faster just because the math of where the keys are laid out, it's much more efficient that way. But we're all used to this one. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. I thought about trying to use that years ago, but I think it's too late. Do they still teach typing in high school?

I'm sure they do. I mean, you still need it, right? You still got to type. Yeah, but you just grow up doing it. Yeah. You know what I mean? I'm sure they do. You teach yourself as a kid? Yeah. Well, Harper types on, you know, she does that. You just come up with it, right? It's just intuitive. I bet you teach the proper way you're supposed to do it. Early on, though. That's not a high school class anymore. Yeah.

It was junior high for me. I think I took it in college. Yeah. Well, that's what they just had typewriters invented. Uh,

couldn't believe they had him aaron and i just talked about this because he was trying to help me learn some stuff the fact that i said computer stuff he just looked at me like this guy yeah does not know what he's talking about what would you say how would you say you go can you do some i mean he was showing me some specific specific video editing stuff and i'm like man you know a lot about this computer stuff yeah he just looked at me like oh god this is gonna be worse than i thought

I showed him control S, we'll save it. Oh. He's like, oh. Yeah, I don't ever do the control. You'll do the shortcuts? It'll change your life, dude. I know. I don't ever remember them. Yeah. Like, I don't ever. People always, you know what I do? Copy and paste. You copy and paste. Paste, yeah. Paste, which is V. Yeah.

And then that's the only one I do. The other one I don't. I don't ever know what they are. You don't save? That's like, what do I quit? Control Q? No, I just, I go to the top with the mouse, the old-fashioned way.

I see my mouse. My mouse walks and gets in the car, and I got to watch him start it. And then he's going. He holds out. He goes, hold on. And then I watch him drive to the top of the screen. He has to stop and get gas. And we sit there and wait. And he goes, we talk for a minute. And then he gets back in the car, backs out, gets to the top, and then he presses it. And that's what I do. Katie Bork.

Nate mentioned how much he loved Madea made me think that he and my dad would get along so well. The first time I introduced him to my girlfriend, he spent 30 minutes explaining how great a Hallmark movie he recently saw was. My girlfriend was floored by how passionate he was about explaining it. All I could say was that my dad is a simple guy. Man, you know what? I think we would. Yeah. Did you say Katie? Cody. Maybe I did say Katie. Cody. Cody Bork.

Yeah, that's just all I am. I'm a simple guy. Yeah. I like you catch a... You know, everybody's got to have a movie, though, that like... Like a guilty pleasure? It's not a guilty pleasure. It's just it catches you at the right time that you're like, dude, this was great. Yeah. So it's not... A guilty pleasure is your...

is a movie that I would say you would go back and watch it. Right. Or like a show that would be more of a, I feel like a show. Something you're embarrassed. Yeah. Like if you're like in Seinfeld with Melrose place, that was like, that's like a guilty pleasure, but you're like watching the whole show. Yeah.

But I mean, you don't have a movie that you're like, man, I know no one likes that movie, but I just like first Fantastic Four is always, I say for me, the first one. Yeah. Because I was on a cruise ship and I was alone and they just kept replaying it. And then I was like, I think this movie is great. And I talk about these superhero movies. I make fun of these superhero movies. But that's the one everybody hates the most. And for some reason, I'm just in a ship and just like rocking and they just kept playing it. You're bombing real bad on that ship. And then you go home and guess who was there? Fantastic Four. Fantastic Four.

So you don't have a movie like that? Oh, I've probably got a ton. I just watched... My wife was watching Clueless on TBS or something, and I watched it with her, and I thought it was really funny. I mean, I've seen it before, but... Yeah. It's not bad. Watched Legally Blonde recently? Yep. I have, actually. It's a great movie. Yep. There you go. Well, speaking of eating well, we have people that have to eat well all the time. And I want to say...

That's a good segue. That was a terrible segue. No, we have people that have to eat good all the time. For our topic? For our topic. Yeah, I understand it. I want to say that. What a reach. How is that a reach? We're going to talk about the Olympics. That's people in the Olympic athletes. The number one thing Olympic athletes are known for. Eating healthy all the time. Subway. Subway.

They do Green Chef. Green Chef sponsors the entire Olympics. Look, I'm not saying I could have come up with a better segue, but it was hilarious. You were just going to slide that past. I thought it was the greatest segue of all time.

Before we get into it, I did some research on that Tom Brady video. Turns out it is real. It's 100% authentic. Oh, really? No. We got so many emails from people like, you idiots. I just wanted to blow their mind by saying, it's real, folks. Just keep going. Well, folks, let's go because it was all real. I bet you could. I wonder if it can be done.

They said no. They said the wheels were spinning so fast, it would immediately just shut it right back. Yeah. If anybody could do it, it was the guy that did it in the video. Yeah. He probably eats real healthy, too. He does eat healthy. Yeah. Great segment. You want to do the green shift. Named one. Yeah. Helix. Speaking of people that get good night's sleep. People that eat healthy. The Olympics. Yeah.

That would not be a bad segue into it. People that sleep, that need the most sleep, they've been sleeping on cardboard beds. You know who's been doing that? The Olympic athletes, which is what we're talking about today. That's how you get in. That's a segue. Okay. Some of them have cardboard beds. What do you mean? Their beds are made out of cardboard at the bottom of it. Maybe even, I don't know what the mattress is. In the Olympic Village? Yeah, because there's supposedly no hookup.

kind of bed. That's what someone says. Yeah, because they just had to put... Depending on the athlete that you are, some of them have actually hotel rooms and some of them are in dorm rooms and rooms. They had to just make the bed. I think depending on your sport, if you're the gymnast or the swimmers, the ones we're all watching, I think they're in hotel rooms. If you're like, I don't know, just some...

You know. Yeah. That's just like, and you're doing not even a big sport. Yeah. You know, it's like the curling of. Yeah.

I can't think of a country. Ghana. Yeah. If you were in the FBI and they said, we've got to investigate some crime. We've got to infiltrate the Olympics. You have to go as an Olympic athlete and blend in. What sport could you best blend in? How much do we have time to prepare for this? Or is this like tomorrow? Tomorrow. You've got to go. And you've got to pretend like you're this athlete. Do we actually have to perform? You've got to do the sport, yeah. Okay. Okay.

Man. I hate to throw them under the bus. I saw a picture of the curling team, and they just look like normal dudes. Yeah. You know? Yeah. You got to do the sport. Yeah. I mean, that's what I was going to say. I could sweep. Yeah, you could do the sweeping. Do some sweeping. I think they'd be like, this guy's not good, you know? Yeah. But they wouldn't think this guy's from the FBI. Like, what's your best sport you think you could do? Well, yours is golf, probably. Yeah. Yeah.

You think you could hang? Well, no, but I'm saying... With them, I mean, one guy shot nine over in one country. I mean, obviously, that guy's still light years better than me. But, I mean, you just go in and be like, yeah, I just had a really bad round. Uh-huh. You know? Yeah. I mean, if I go shoot an 80, if I can shoot an 80, I mean, from all the way back there... Yeah.

I think I break 90. You're just not talked about. You have the best route of your life and you have to go there. It's just an off day. You should do 78 on an Olympic course and be like, I am thrilled. After they go, what happened out there? Everything great happened. The best route of my life. I don't know. I broke 80 at the Olympics. If you had to say they gave you

Gymnastics, 100 meter or swimming, which one are you going to choose?

Between those three? Yeah, those are the three for the movie I'm making that you're starring in. What's the... I don't think they let me in to watch any of those events. I feel like swimming or... This guy in lane seven refused to take his shirt off. I think that's going to hurt his time. I don't want to say for sure, but I'm pretty sure the drag... As you notice, everybody has... He still has the thing over his head.

As if that's going to help. But he's got a print, you know, he's wearing a Hattie B's oversized T-shirt to Chicken Place in Nashville. It's very good. They have a long line. Always a long line. Lane 9. They asked them to put him in Lane 9. He's actually switching with Lane 7 because they thought he'd be a distraction. Yeah.

What's that? He's asking if he can start in the pool. He just wants to know if he can. Neck up. Can he just, what's the difference? If I can hear, I'm reading his lips right. He's going, I don't understand what the difference is. I can just be on the chart where I want to start. That's the argument he's making. He's teasing.

I don't know what your problem is. I'm wearing a t-shirt. Just let me. Just let me. Are they making, well, they told him that he cannot swim with a t-shirt on, which he then counters with, well, do you mind if I start in the pool? That's how he. That's a compromise. That's a compromise. Well, you're making me take my t-shirt off. I don't think that's unfair. So at least let me start in the pool. Yeah. So he climbs in the pool and now he takes his t-shirt off from inside the pool. Okay.

There was a guy, they called him Eric the Eel. I don't remember this, but in 2000, he was from some new developing country that they'd never been in the Olympics. And there was three developed countries that he was from like Ecuador, Guinea or something. Mm-hmm.

He just learned to swim like eight months earlier. He'd never been in an Olympic-sized pool. And he raced against three other guys. The other two guys jumped in too quickly, so they got disqualified. So he got to do the whole race by himself, and he barely made it because he can barely swim. I thought he was going to drown, but he did the whole thing. And it took him like a minute 54 to do it. To do what? Just there and back? Yeah. Yeah.

But he won his heat because he was the only one doing it. Wow. Wow. And then he moved on? Well, even though he won his heat, his time was so slow, he still didn't get to go further. He had only learned how to swim eight months before. Can you imagine? Golly. First time in a 50-meter pool. They put the world record up there in case he breaks it. Well, I watched his video. He does not.

By the end. The world record is 48 seconds, and he does it in a minute 54. Yeah. He's doing pretty good. Yeah, he starts off good, but his form's not great. By the end, he's like, I don't think he's going to make it. Yeah. Can you start swimming regular? Can you start doing breaststroke, dog paddling, or do you have to stay in the freestyle form the whole time? I think freestyle, you can just do whatever you want, right? Yeah.

I think about... See, you can see he's slowing down a little bit there. Yeah. By the end, he's... You're like, this guy might drown right here on the spot. Yeah. Mm-hmm. The turn, yeah. That was a nice turn. Yeah, that was a good turn. And that was... Yeah. I mean, that's...

That is a bless his heart if I've ever seen one. Bless his heart. Doing great. I mean, that's so crazy. It's like, you know, you don't even think about it. 2000. In the year 2000, the fact that there's a developing country that's like, hey, by the way, the other countries go, we do the Olympics. Yeah. And all the countries compete. Do you want to do it? And they go...

Yeah, I guess so. We got to find a guy. That would be the... It'd be great if they showed the world record, like the line. Just zoom back in. Yeah. You know, he's just living in place. He's so tired. I mean, you know, that's a long way. It's so long. It's so long. It's a... Yeah, look at him. It's so long.

And you got to think he's the only one that probably agreed to do it. They're like, why don't you do it? He's like, I'm not doing it. He just learned how to swim. Doing pretty good, to be honest. Oh, they got the world record back up. Yeah. They want to just mess with him now. Did he get it within a minute of the world record? He got it 152.72. Yeah. He's like, dude, I'm done with it. I mean, look, standing over it, I mean, that's how cool is that? Yeah. Did...

What happened when he raced against someone else? He didn't get to race against anyone else because his heat, obviously his time wasn't good enough, so he didn't. So even though he won the heat, he didn't qualify for the next race.

It would have been great to be able to see him against a real... The other two guys were real? They were from developing countries also, and they false started twice. Yeah. They just got disqualified, so it's just Eric. I mean, it's fun that it's just Eric, but the other ones, you were like, can you imagine if you got to watch just three regular dudes race at the Olympics? How great that would be? How...

You know, just because it's so – everybody's so good and they're so at the peak of athlete. Just to see – be like, that's us out there. Yeah. And then just if you watched the competition of that, just being, you know. This was some – I don't mean this is the worst source ever. He only practiced in a 12-meter pool. A 12-meter pool at a hotel. He was allowed to use between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. He went to the hotel pool. So it was like, you've been swimming a lot there. What are you getting ready for? I'm doing the Olympics tomorrow. Yeah.

Yeah, that's crazy, man. That's awesome. Yeah. He had a better swimming body than we've had. Oh, yeah. The guy looked like he was in great shape. Yeah. See, that's the thing. You asked which event I would do. I couldn't – I mean, I wouldn't be able to finish that. Yeah. I could run 100 meters, not quickly, but I could at least get to the end. Yeah. I would have tapped out halfway through the first part of that, swimming. Would you false start so you didn't have to do it? Maybe those two guys false started on purpose. Yeah.

Maybe. That's not a bad idea. What if they did do that? And then Eric was then now was like, I'm not going to think of that. I'm not going to do this. Yeah. I should have thought of it. He goes, what are you, idiot? And they go, we're the idiot? Have fun, Eric. When he started, he goes. Halfway through, he goes. Yeah. Oh. Now I get it. I get it. All right. Yeah.

I didn't even think about it. Golly. Why didn't somebody tell me? At least it didn't come in last. He gets out fierce at his coach. Why didn't you tell me to false start?

It would have been great if no one, too, if he had a race with everybody, like Michael Phelps is next to him. Yeah. And then they don't tell, because he looks like he could be a swimmer. Right, right. And then no one says, by the way, this one guy just learned how to swim, and he's from a new country. And they don't say that. And then you see him dive in. I mean, there's got to be, how long does it take for you to go, oh, what's wrong with that? You know, I mean, is it?

Is it the turn? Did they make the turn? That turn did not look good. He got no launch off that turn. They have 1,500 meters. That's Katie Ledecky's big one. That one, you couldn't even finish. That race is like you have to fast forward. It's like a 20-minute race. Was it that long? Yeah. I don't think I could run. I couldn't run 1,500 meters probably. No, I couldn't either. What is 1,500? 400 is one time? Yeah.

Do you think track and field would be... 12, it's a mile. It's like 1,200 meters is one mile. Yeah. No, 1,600 meters is a mile. It's less than a mile. Yeah, 1,500 is a little less than a mile. You couldn't run a mile? I mean, not... I mean, it wouldn't be pretty. Well, I'm not saying it's not... Yeah, I don't think you running 100 meters is pretty. I mean, I'm talking about beauty at this, you know...

no one just looks at you you go it's beautiful it's beautiful you sitting there beautiful i think i'd be more impressed with these olympic runners if i knew the metric system like i think in the u.s we always hear he did a 9.8 seconds 100 meter or whatever yeah like i have no idea about 100 yards i would have some kind of reference yeah yeah i don't even know how 100 meters is what is that in yards

I don't think I think of it that much. You think a meter is about a yard. Yeah, that's the way you do it. Like you were saying about it, I always think, I wonder what he'd run the 40 in. Yeah, the 40 yard. I mean, probably under four. No, he ran it, I think, he said, because they've been talking about that. He said he ran it, I think, in 4.22, and he goes, I did it with jeans and something on. Because what's his face with the Chiefs wants to race him in the 40? Tyree Keel? Tyree Keel. But, yeah, yeah.

So Tyreek Gill said he could do it. He said he could beat him in the 40 yards. But if you watch Usain Bolt, yeah, so Deion Sanders supposedly ran a 3.9.

That would be crazy. Yeah. But if you watched him, Usain Bolt, when he raced, he was never super fast. So that's why Terry Gill, I guess, could probably beat him in the 40-yard dash. Like, he starts. Usain, like, doesn't start fast. I mean, he's obviously starting very fast. But he starts, and then he just, like, hits another thing. So 40 would be too short for him to fully hit. Yeah, it'd be like, yeah, that's what, you know.

Which he's like trying to call him out now to be like, I'll take him in 40 yards. But it's kind of just like, who cares? Like, you know, and, and entire, entire kills. Yeah. What is he? You know, how old is Usain Bolt? He's old. Yeah. He's old. He's washed up. That's what he said. He's in his thirties now. I think. Well, yeah. 34. He's not that old. Man, dude. Yeah. Ancient. For that it is. Yeah. But yeah. Yeah.

So the Olympic rings, that represents the five continents that participate in the Olympics. And I guess those five colors represent part of the flag of every country that participates. Oh, okay. So if you have a flag that's not one of those colors, they don't let you in? I mean, I think so far it's worked. Yeah. Nobody from Antarctica has made it so far. What is Antarctica's flag? Do they have a flag? I don't know.

It's white. Snow. It blends in. No one can ever see it. They do have a flag. That's kind of a cool flag, I guess. That's a real cool flag. Yeah, I like that. Say Antarctica couldn't be in. Well, I mean, they could if there's someone who lived there that wasn't a scientist. Opening ceremonies, it always starts with the Greeks.

Oh, really? That's where it started. It was in Greece. So it always starts with the Greeks and ends with the host team. And then all other countries go in alphabetical order as labeled by the host country's language. Oh, that's fun. Yeah. It's at least different. That person at least has a job, whoever decides that. To put them in order? Yeah. At least it's not like they can just phone it in. Right. It's actually work. There's a real process there. There's a real process. Yeah.

What if you're in Greece? Which it was, just not too many Olympics ago. So I guess, I don't know if they came out first and circled back around, did it again, or what? I'm sure they just went last. Every two years, the Olympic flame is lit in Greece before going to the host nation. And the host nation displays it around the country before it's used to light the Olympic cauldron. They run it. How do they get it to these other countries? So it's lit in Greece. And they fly it?

Yeah, I guess so. And it's kept going the whole time? I don't know if they keep it lit on a plane. I don't think they do. Don't they just run it from town to town? Yes, but you got to get to the ocean. You get to the ocean, you go, oh, we have to go back. From Greece to Tokyo. You get to the water, hold it. Forrest Gump, he just, you know what? Silly me. Ocean. One of the worst. Ocean. It says it like Newman. Ocean.

Skin cancer? Yeah.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen was Superman 3. Yeah. The one with, I'm going to draw a blank on, Richard Pryor. But Superman. One down. All right. Superman becomes a bad guy and he just lets himself go and starts drinking and stops shaving. Yeah. That sounds awesome. And he goes to the Olympic Open to do ceremonies. And as soon as they light the cauldron, he just goes, and blows it out. Yeah.

Oh, that sounds great. That's about the only scene in that movie I remember. Superman pulling out the Olympic flame and everybody just looks around like, oh gosh, what do we do? But yeah, once it gets into the host country, then you just run it place to place. Because I've been to a lot of places. Like, you know, the Olympic torch came through this town, came through this city years and years ago. Somebody ran it through. Do people ask if Superman, could he get drunk? That's a good question. It's an interesting question. This was in 19...

The Christopher Reeve version could. Yeah. I don't think the modern one now would. But I mean, would they even be affected? Superman has no alcohol tolerance. But that says Clark Kent is a lightweight when it comes to holding his booze. Yeah, it looks like people, this is a fierce debate going on among fans. Yeah. Probably has to drink a lot. Captain America gets drunk at some point, I guess. Well, Thor was in The Avengers. Here we go.

In Richard Lester's horrible 1983 mess, Superman 3, a counterfeit kryptonite infected Superman. Oh, so he's already infected by kryptonite. That's what enables him to get drunk. Okay. He drank a lot of liquor in a bar.

Johnny Walker, Red Label Scotch. And then it was just a mean drunk to people. Yeah, he flew out there and flipped McFlane. Yeah. But he's still got some of the superpowers. Yeah. He can still do stuff. That's like Shaq dunking now where it's like he's 50 and he's still dunking. He's like, I can get up there. That's him blowing it out. Superman's like, I can still do some stuff. I know I'm not on all cylinders right here, but don't. Yeah. Yeah.

There were four new sports added this year to the Olympics. Surfing, sport climbing, karate, and skateboarding. And then some sports come back depending on if it's popular in the host country, which I didn't know that. Like this year, baseball and softball are returning because it's in Japan. But it's not going to be in the next Olympics. Really? Yeah. Where's the next Olympics at? Paris. The next Summer Olympics. Oh, boy.

What are they doing in Paris? Well, I'm glad you asked, Aaron. Smoking cigarettes. Smoking cigarettes, eating bread. Let me skip ahead to what they're doing in Paris. Breakdancing is going to be one of the newest things. Oh, really? Not a sport, dude. Well, I don't know. Start practicing now. That could be your event. Yeah. That could be the one. You walk out and just, you'd be a robot. Just boop, boop, boop, boop, boop. Yeah.

Hello? I'd be the Eric the Eel of breakdancing. Is he from a developing country? No, America. The United States. But he's from Alabama. Oh, that makes sense. From a developing state. Yeah, everybody goes, oh.

Yeah. He trained on vanilla ice. Yeah. Bless his heart. Look at him. And then everybody clapped. Yeah. You just... Your only dance is the thing that looks like you're waiting to get in the middle. Like, it's just that. And you're like, is he going to go in? And he goes, you guys go ahead. I'm just still... I haven't hit the right... I'm still waiting to feel the right moment. It doesn't feel right. And then you got to do an interview. What happened? Why didn't you get in there? Because it never...

It never felt right. I kept waiting for the beat to drop, and I don't think it dropped the way I thought it would. You know, the way we practice to drop, and they go, huh? And he goes, yeah. And then I missed my turn. You were disqualified. Yeah, I was out. You know. Yeah. Didn't get a score. So the Ancient Olympics started. And then New York popped in, and this is you trying to get –

And he obviously crushed it. So just, that's like we had a state breakdancing. Oh, yeah. Yeah, Alabama. And obviously New York came in. You know, Alabama. Alabama would be a pretty low seed, I feel like. Yeah. Yeah, New York would be number one. New York, California. Yeah. The Olympics started in ancient Greece. You should do that, by the way. Instead of the Olympics. What?

State Olympics? There should be state Olympics. Yeah. Wouldn't that be fun? Yeah, that would be great. Yeah. We should start that. All right. We should start it. Starts here. Starting now. It started 8th century BC and went to 4th century AD.

So during the time of Christ, the Olympics were going on. Yeah. That's kind of crazy. Yeah. The Israeli team approached him like, hey, you're 30. I know that's kind of old for gymnasts, but we've seen what you've done on that water. We think we could use you here. Yeah. You're unbelievable. You're doing some stuff. We've seen it. But they started originally to honor the – I don't think you could get under the water.

Jesus? To swim. Oh, to swim? He just runs on top of it. Freestyle? Yeah. He can do freestyle, right? Freestyle, he just runs across it. He just runs across it. And he goes, is he going to freestyle? He's like, I can do whatever I want, right? Yeah. That's what he goes. That's the name of it. I'm confused. The name of it is freestyle, do whatever you want. Yeah, but Jesus, you have to swim. But you're not even wet. Jesus.

He didn't take his shoes off. That's ridiculous. And Eric's just behind him. He's just not even looking. He just moved Eric forward a little bit. Jesus, take the wheel. Yeah.

The first written record of Olympic Games, the first event was won by a cook named Corbus. He ran the 192-meter foot race called the Stade, which is where stadium come from. So he's the first Olympic champion. A cook. He ran the what? Stage? It's called the Stade, S-T-A-D-E, and the word stadium comes from this Greek word for foot race. Weren't they all naked? Yeah.

They did run naked because they said their garments started hindering them on their times. Because they didn't have Under Armour back then. I don't think it was right out of the gate, but one guy won a race naked and they were like, oh, this guy's onto something. He kind of changed the game. Some guy shows up. He was freer. Hey, where's your tunic at, man? Nah, I'm going to run this one naked. I'm going to run this one no clothes on. That's cool, man. They did that. I'm watching Chernobyl. Yeah. Yeah. What did they do? HBO Max.

Do you finish a lot of shows, or do you just start shows and then tap out? No, no. Chernobyl, I will finish. Okay. It's great. West Wing, I think I did the first episode, and it just hasn't caught me right again. But I got to get caught. I'm just not in the... I get it. So I'm watching Chernobyl, and then my wave one, the 100-foot big wave. But Chernobyl, the minors, they used to go...

They had them digging and they did it naked. Why was that? Because it was so hot. It's the way their dads, the guy just says it in the movie, but he goes, it's the way our fathers did it. Wow. And it would be so hot down there and the clothes would get so hot. So they would just, they used to do it with no clothes on. Wow. Yeah. Yeah.

They originally did not give out medals. Speaking of people who get hot doing stuff. Chernobyl. The whole city of Chernobyl. They originally did not give medals. They gave olive wreaths that you put on your head. And then it goes bad. And then they go, where's your olive wreath? It's over there. Didn't you come in first place? It's already gone. It just died like a bouquet of flowers. Yeah.

When the Roman Empire conquered Greece, they said the Olympic standards went down drastically in quality. Emperor Nero entered a chariot race and fell off his chariot, but still declared himself the winner. Yeah, that's great. Nope, nope. No.

Start over. Start over. When they put that speed gun up outside Dunder Mifflin and Michael Scott. Run. 32. And they could not think the car. That's not humanly possible. Beat it. Beat it. I won.

And then they finally, Roman Emperor ended the Olympics because he was Christian and he said that's a pagan festival. So he stopped it. And it was 1,500 years before it started back up. Wow. Wow. It took that long. It's a long time. Just think about 1,500 years from now. Yeah. And just think they went to the Olympics where they go, I guess the Olympics are over.

And then you're like, eventually it just comes back and it's normal. And no one even knows that they were never not there. After 1,500 years. Those people that were in those 1,500 years, those people that were alive, they probably didn't even know the Olympics were even a thing. Yeah. And it was never within 700, 800 years of ever even getting a chance to see it. Right. Right.

And now I wouldn't even know that they stopped the Olympics. I didn't know that either. So what's something that's about to end now that 1,500 years from now they'll pick back up? I mean, I can't think of anything. Yeah. Cosby Show. Not many. I don't know. The year 3,500, they're going to start rebooting Cosby Show. This is funny. Why is this taking so long?

So then the modern Olympics started in 1896, still in Greece and Athens. They have clothes on at this point. Yep. 280 participants from 12 countries, 43 events. That's pretty good. Yeah. For 1896. Was America in it at this point? Yep. I mean, how do these other countries even hear about it?

that's a good question how you coordinate something like this yeah how do you and tell them when exactly to show up and do these things hey we're doing this you get it and he goes because he had the guy like the guy gets a letter and he's like all right because there's olympics i guess it's all countries and it was basically yeah he's like when is it tomorrow i gotta be in africa tomorrow like when did you send this

And he goes, you want me to be in Africa tomorrow? That's what this guy, give me a break. Well, you remember from the calendar episode, Russia missed the start of the Olympics because they weren't on the Gregorian calendar. Yeah. They were still in the old calendar, so they got their dates off. Yeah. But it was basically one guy kind of started it all back himself.

He was like a French guy. He went to Athens. He's like, you know what? This would be cool to start doing this again. And he kind of just got it going. He went to Athens and saw right about it in a history book or something about that point. Yeah, and thought this would be kind of cool to do this again. Well, that's the part that – but yeah, how do they get the information to the other countries? I mean, I guess you can mail it on ships and stuff. You've got to do it way ahead of time. Yeah. You'd have to be like, hey, we're going to be – and then – Well, by 1896, they had some forms of communication. Telegrams.

Yeah. But then you've got to send the thing. I know, but how do you give it to everybody in the country? How do you get all the countries to come? I guess you've got to get it to the main country. Yeah, 12. Get it to the president of that country, and then they disperse it to the people who need to know, I guess. But you've got to think that first day.

they're like this is a mixer maybe nobody's gonna show up yeah ah where you from buddy here's your name tag yeah welcome we got drinks over here if you need anything you let us know let us know we're just happy you're here and it's eric the eel like what yeah my country's been around for 30 minutes

So now we're going to jump ahead to stuff I remember. Well, first of all, I don't remember. Jump ahead a couple years. I don't remember this. They started giving medals for gold, silver, and bronze in 1904. That part I don't remember. Yeah. But I do remember when the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics stopped becoming the same year. Oh, they used to do it all at once? Yep. Up until 1994. That recently? Yep. Oh, man. I mean, they're like six months apart, but it was always the same year.

But then they started splitting them every two years. Oh, they were still separate events. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was just the same year. It wasn't all just lumped in one Olympics. It was the same year. I feel like it made it feel like a bigger deal because it was like – Truly once every four years. Yeah. Yeah. And then so it was like wall-to-wall coverage where now you're always like –

Really, the only Summer Olympics is the only one that people really even care about. Especially here. You think up north maybe they're more into it? Yeah, but I mean, it's like skiing. You watch the skiing. They have Lindsey Vonn. Figure skating is always big. And Sean White. Figure skating is big. There have been some stars. Yeah, Sean White. But Sean White, I think, was recent, right? Snowboarding wasn't always like...

They're kind of doing like an X Games kind of thing. Sean White, yes, I watched Sean White. Yeah, figure skating. Tonya Harding and Itzy Kerrigan, obviously, was in Norway. Figure skating is big, but that's... Do we have a big star in that now?

I mean, usually every year it's someone I've never heard of until the Olympics. Michelle Kwan. Remember her? I do remember her. She was supposed to win gold one year and got upset. Yeah. She got mad. You said it. She got upset and laughed. Yeah. Supposed to win gold. Upset. She got real annoyed. Yeah. Yeah.

Sean White, in 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, did the first double McTwist 1260, which he called the Tomahawk. It was a move nobody had ever seen or done before, and he won the gold. Yeah. Because it was the, I guess, toughest move in snowboarding. Double McTwist 1260. Just the name alone. Sounds pretty tough. Is a lot. Is a lot, yeah. Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian.

He won eight gold medals in 2008 Olympics. I think that was my favorite Olympics, and I've been through a few. That was when he was dominating, and that's when Usain Bolt was dominating. Yeah, it was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. Well, that's like the 100-meter is such a – like I watched it last night. They did the 100 meters last night, and without a Usain Bolt,

It's up there. This guy from Italy won. Yeah, Italian. Italian. They've never won. You and I watch PTI, and Tony Kornheiser, who's been doing it for 40-something years, says the 100 meters is the most exciting sporting event he covers in person. Yeah. I just don't believe that.

It's just so quick. I believe he said that. I'm not doubting you. You're calling me a liar, Aaron? I'm saying, I just, I mean, that guy's Super Bowls and World Series and NBA final, the 100-meter dash. It's just because I think it's, they work their whole, for four years, they work to try to get there for nine seconds, nine points. And dude, the guy that comes in second,

like ran like a 9.84 and the guy that won is 9.79 so because of six one three one hundredth of a second or five or whatever six six six if that if it was a point i want to say it was 8.2 because i thought they said it was maybe it's 9.82 so it's 3 100 3 100 of a second that's a seinfeld joke of just yeah now no no no no no he's like if he had a pimp on his nose he would have won

That's fine. I mean, Voluntary Luge. I learned the Voluntary Luge is my favorite. They got a world record. Didn't even want to do it. They just throw them down on that thing. World record. Didn't even want to do it. That's one of my favorite Seinfeld. I think of that line all the time.

The first drug suspension was in 1968. The guy was drunk. He tested positive for alcohol. I mean. He drank several beers before the pentathlon, which is fencing, shooting, swimming, riding, and cross-country running.

That sounds like the only thing that I would say you can't drink on. Like every other thing, you'd be like, if you do one of those alone, I would be okay with it. And then that would be the only one that you're like, but you obviously, this one you can't drink. The one that involves shooting? And fencing, yeah. Yeah, shooting and fencing. I got them. No, I'll take care of it. Yeah. What country? Is he an American? Yeah.

No. Swedish. Swedish. They probably drink. Yeah. They have a good time. His name is Hans. Hans Gunnar. The youngest Olympian was 10. Wow. The youngest gold medal winner is 13. Who's that? He's got to be gymnast, right? Marjorie Gestring, youngest female individual gold medalist in history. Didn't say what she did. Why would it not say what she did?

Oh, springboard diver. I'm sorry. I had to read your head. Oh, diving. Diving. Yeah. It's the most, I got to be honest, I've been watching sports my whole life. Springboard diving is the most exciting event I've ever watched, dude. Really? No, dude. I don't believe any of this. The regular diving was, I remember Greg Louganis, the regular diving was huge. Yeah. I remember watching that. He hit his head on the board. I remember it. I remember it.

And I remember watching it live. Yeah. Yeah. I remember watching it live. It was a big deal. Yeah. That's not pretty exciting. Yeah. And then he won the gold, I think, right? Yeah. Hit his head on the board, had to get stitches in the back of his head and then came back later and won the gold. In the same Olympics? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Wow. 1988. Yeah. Yeah. I do remember watching it. So I was like nine. It's one of the first things I remember. First like a sports movie. Oh, the springboard. He wasn't doing the springboard. Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. He just clipped his head. Oh, man. Concussion and received five stitches. And then still. 35 minutes later, he gets back. And goes out and lands it and nails it.

For those of you listening, we're watching a YouTube video. Yeah. Greg Louganis. Yeah. How about that? Yeah. That's pretty cool. From 1900 to 1920, they had the tug-of-war of export. Yeah. The first winner was the London Police Department. I mean, that sounds... They won an Olympic gold medal. Yeah. Yeah.

Different countries could just enter different teams and they would just be your buddies. It's almost like a softball league. Yeah. If you've got a church group or something. Yeah. And the London Police Department won the gold medal. I think they beat the Liverpool Police Department. Wow. They should bring back Tug of War. That would be a lot of fun. Yeah. Yeah. That'd be great. It'd be great. Just all your strong men. Just your street. Who's the...

I was like, you put the big fat dude at the end. Yeah. It's like the anchor. Big boy at the end. He comes in last. He has to. No, he's already out there. They tie the rope around him before. The two big ones, they tie the rope around him before they get going. Yeah. You just see it, right? Every country just starts. The two big fellows walk out together. Yeah.

Ropes just lay down in between them because they got it tied around their waist, and then they go stand tight. Get it taut. And then the other men come and grab it. Yeah, they should do that. I'm on board with that. Yeah. That might be Alabama might have a chance. If we do that in the state Olympics, we might have a good shot. Tug of war? With a tug of war. Yeah. Yeah.

Had that country strength. Right. Where it's like that farm strength. It's stronger than... It's just different. It's a different kind of strength. You feel like Nebraska would do really well in it. Yeah. Places like that. Holland Hay, yeah, exactly. Farm guys. And we got some... And just doing tug of war. And we got some bad people too. Just regular life. I think you do... I think you're in more tug of war situations than most people. In Alabama? Yeah. Yeah. In Alabama, I just think...

I think you're not never too far from a tug of war happening. There's always a Cracker Barrel chair when y'all are both fighting over it. Yeah, there's something. There's some kind of tug of war. A family reunion. You're never too far from a tug of war.

I asked my wife that question about if you had to do Olympic sport to blend in, which one it would be. And I'd love to say it was figure skating or ballet or gymnastics. But she told me she won the California Junior Powerlifting Championship when she was in high school. Wow. So she would do that. Yeah. That's awesome. So she...

Unlike us, probably you either. In high school, they're thinking about credits and extracurricular activities to put on application for college. So she just took a bunch of stuff just to look good on a resume. That was one of them. She took powerlifting and she won the championship. She's stronger than you.

Well, that was a given, yeah. I didn't need her to tell me that to know that. I would love to see you and her go at a powerlifting. Well, wrestle, but yeah, just a powerlifting contest. That's our next Krispy Kreme Challenge. Me and Ruth. Outlift Ruth. Who can squat the most. I wonder what her, like, is it...

What were they powerlifting? She said they were on, what's the famous beach where guys work out? Venice Beach. Venice Beach. And all those muscle-bound guys were like their spotters and stuff. Yeah. She said it was just ridiculous. A 16-year-old girl out there and got some muscle head spotting her and stuff. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. But she got into Stanford, so it worked. Yeah. She powerlifted at Stanford? No, but you just have to show that you're well-rounded, I guess. Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

By not being well-rounded and working out. That's what they go. And they go. And they go. Aaron got into Notre Dame literally by being well-rounded. Yeah, physically well-rounded. Yeah.

Oh, so he does a lot of stuff? Oh, no. I mean, he's rounded. Yeah. Oh, you mean... Totally misunderstood. All right. Well, he's already in. I let him in. So we can't take him back, obviously. But going forward, I promise I will be better at the job. That's all. Were you thinking that way to get into a nice college that you had to do? Senior year, yeah. I was doing all...

I went in deliberately. I was like, I want to take all the hardest classes. Just to put on a... Just to say that I did. Yeah. Yeah, I was doing all that. I wasn't taking weightlifting, though. There was a limit. But you were doing it to impress Notre Dame. Yeah. I never even thought of it. Yeah. You were too qualified. You already knew how to keep score. Yeah. Yeah, I already knew stuff. Yeah. Yeah.

In the 1960 Olympics, an Ethiopian runner, his running shoes didn't fit properly, so he ran the marathon barefoot and won. Wow. Do you guys remember the track guy who pulled his or tore his, was it his ACL or his quad or something while he was running and his dad came out and helped him finish? I've seen that in some commercials and stuff. Yeah, I remember watching that. That was...

That was crazy. Yeah. The first Olympics I can remember was the 1984 Summer Olympics because the basketball team had a guy from Vandy on it. Oh, yeah. Jeff Turner. Jeff Turner. This was before professionals could play. And he played on the – and they won the gold. Yeah. I was so excited. So my ball up there, one of the baseballs I have, I threw a no-hitter in my little league baseball.

And my coach was Coach Turner, and his son's Jeff Turner. And Michael Turner was his brother. So they're from Nashville? They're from Nashville. And so I knew them. Like Jeff, we knew about Jeff when he was playing for Orlando.

But his dad coached me in baseball. That's cool. Coach Jim Turner, I believe. And then his brother, Michael Turner, played basketball at Murray State. Because I was a catcher. And I remember when I was – his brother, Michael, was a year older than me. And so Jeff was already in – I think already in the pros. Yeah.

And I remember Michael was like obviously a great athlete. He went and played basketball at Murray State. And I was catching. And I remember he threw hard, so hard one time it knocked my glove off. Yeah. And I was like, yeah. And then my other time catching, I don't remember if I told this story, but I called to time out and went out and talked to him just because I would see that on TV. And I always wanted to do it as a catcher. Yeah. Yeah. So I just go, time out, everybody. Yeah. And I run out. And I don't have anything to say to him. Yeah. Yeah.

I just went out there and he's like, looks at me and I was like, just keep doing those, those strikes, man. And he smiled and goes, okay. And then I ran back and I was like, all right, time back in. Uh, and, uh, didn't you have like a chiropractor or something who was a Olympic medalist? Yeah. Uh, again, the guy I went to is in Mount Julia. Uh, he did, uh, Bob, I want to say Bob's study. Bob said he was with four guys. I think so. Yeah. Uh, and then, uh,

He did. They won the bronze or something. He was a sprinter, but that was not good enough. And so what they would do, the bobsledding, they would sometimes get the sprinters because they need the guys that can run fast. So if you were not good enough to make it, I think, as a sprinter in the Olympics, they would be like, well, why don't you come do bobsled? And then you can run and do that. Yeah.

Because you got to think they won the bronze. And you're just the guy who pushes off when you sprint and jump in the back? Yeah. He might have been the, I don't know if he was the first guy or maybe he was the last guy. Yeah.

and you're but you're just running and he uh because i mean he's they would compete this sport is huge and bob says it's really i forget what country there's there's some countries where it's like enormous and uh he's like i was like can you ever hear anybody and he's like no he's like you just don't he goes maybe if they would like compete at a place that they i forget somewhere they would compete where they'd have a lot of fans

And you would be going around and you'd be like over people partying right below you. And you might hear like, like you just hear like a brief. Yeah. Like you just barely hear something, but you can't really hear it. You're just, you're just going. Yeah. I think you want a bronze. That's amazing. Is he a big guy?

Just very in shape. Yeah. His wife was a newscaster. Channel 5. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you knew her. She came after I left, but we've met. Yeah. How far back in the Olympics, back on this, do you think you'd have to go in time before you could win? Like, what are they doing back in ancient times? You think you could...

Win something then? Probably. Yeah. You think you could beat the cook? Yeah. In a run? Well, not if they... Sprinting? Am I allowed to wear clothes? Do you want to? Yeah. Yes. Okay. I could go back. Baseball. Go back to like, you know, before the sport was invented. I could beat them back then. In baseball? Oh, yeah. And you know how to play the sport. Yeah. And I know. And I have to explain to them how the sport works. Yeah.

So maybe not. You wouldn't win on just pure being an athlete. You would win on just pure they don't know how. You don't tell them everything. They don't have a baseball team. They don't have a baseball team, yeah. You run home and you win 20 to nothing. You go, oh, by the way, the goal is to touch home. And I touch it. They're all stopping at third. Yeah. And you go, and I went gold. I went gold. Yeah. You at least need an umpire that knows the rules. Yeah. Yeah, that's true.

What about you? Do you have one? Weightlifting? How far back I'd have to go? Yeah. I'd have to. I wouldn't. The modern Olympics. 1896 ain't going to do it. Okay. You've got to go back another 1,500 years. I've got to go before Christ. Yeah. Back to BC times. Yeah. I don't know. Badminton? Badminton.

I don't know. Batman looks pretty tough, man. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know. Have you seen- Breakdancing? You don't know if you could ever win an Olympic event. Even in ancient times. Even in ancient times. In the history of the Olympics. Where everybody's five foot one and they haven't had protein their whole life. Yeah. You could probably take them out.

Yeah, I don't know why. They're all malnourished. They put you in the women Olympics. They think you're – they want you to show up. There you go. All right, man. Yeah. He's so feminine as he walks over. Yeah.

He carries his, he has his bag. He's got one of those like, you know, the bags when you're trying to use plastic at a grocery store. He's got that bag. Tote bag. He's got just a tote bag that says Houston Oilers on it. It's got his, he goes, can I put this, do you have a lockers or something like that? And they're like, what?

I can remember Mary Lou Retton. Yeah. I don't know if I remember that. 84? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. She was... I forgot how young she was. She was 16 when she won the gold. She was the first American. That's so young to be... But I imagine, I guess it feels like forever because you're probably 10 years old when you start. Mm-hmm. I mean, they probably start at five years old. Yeah. Probably two. And that's all they've ever done. That's all they've ever done. Yeah.

Like that one girl that... One girl is from here. Went to Harpeth. Oh, the swimmer? Yeah, the swimmer from Nashville. And they showed her to swim, you know, because we showed Harper. Because Harper takes swim. And they showed her. And the old video... It's crazy, too. The video of her is like on their phone, probably. That's what's insane. Like it's... You know, our old kid videos are like you have to... You can't just show them. You'd have to...

have VCR or something. Slides. And it's crazy that they just have videos of just, it's like, look at this girl and oh, that video. And it looks, he looks old and you're like, it's not, it looks amazing. Yeah. I was thinking of that reason, like you're seeing, who was I thinking about? I was thinking about that watching like people's whole, like I was thinking of Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg's in a commercial, that Corona commercial, right? Yep. How old is Snoop Dogg? 50, he's in his 50s? He's my age, I think so. Is he? I think so. I think,

Huh? It's just hilarious. I thought he was older than you. That you and him are... Me and Shaq are the same age. 49. So we're the same age. Same age. Martha Stewart is 79 years old. That's crazy. Dr. Dre is 56. So there's a good one. Dr. Dre is 56. He's going to be 60 soon. Yeah. My parents are 66. 65 or 66. So he's going to be 56. You got to think, have we really watched people... I guess...

If you really watch people on TV, they're famous and then they die of old age. What are you asking? Have we really even seen that? Snoop Dogg's been on TV. Oh, since TV's been around? Since TV's been where you've been the most around, 80s, 90s, they've been on TV the whole time. You have Andy Griffith, but what we know now is modern. I'm not saying dying young, like a tragic death, but I'm saying truly you're like, I watched

their whole life. This guy lived 80 years on television. Yeah. The first person that comes to mind to me is Shirley Temple. She was a child star right when movies and TV started. And then she lived a long life. She just died a few years ago. Yeah. Really? So, yeah. So I guess it's your, man, is you got to think about your, what, I guess what would be your kind of thing? Cause I guess my, your age. So like you probably wouldn't think Snoop Dogg. I don't know. No. Uh,

But Snoop Dogg would be probably for us. Y'all were peers. But like, you know, or something like that. Or Dr. Dre. Or whatever, they've just been on TV. They've just been on TV and around. I mean, Dr. Dre's 56. 56 years old. I feel like 60s when you start going like, oh, that's old. But you're saying basically famous their whole life. Yeah.

Yeah. And you're like, well, I'm watching, then I'm going to watch this person be... You know, that's like when you see Peyton Manning retire, where you're like, I remember him in high school. I mean, not high school. I remember him in college. I don't remember him in high school. I remember I saw Shaq play, and then you're like, Shaq's 49. But those guys were older, but now you're watching people retire, and then you're older. I'll take myself again. Brooke Shields. I remember her as a child star. Jordache jeans. She's like

Probably pushing 60 now. She's in her 50s. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Yeah, Cindy Crawford. Yeah, I mean, I don't remember her until she was an adult. Yeah. But... Oh, Brooke Schill was a child, like a child actress. Yeah. Drew Barrymore, for that matter. Yeah, Drew Barrymore. Drew Barrymore. Yeah. E.T. And you watch that person grow up. I think she's about my age. It'll be the Olsen twins for me.

think the Olsen twins would be there for me too because I remember I really remember watching Full House and I really remember that's the very beginning that's the very oh yeah I mean you're not even what are you thinking about what no I'm thinking about the Olsen twins yeah they were like are you thinking Full House they were like newborns when they were on Full House yeah that's what I'm saying I remember watching that and then they had a bunch of their own shows and movies and like they would be yeah like they're uh how old are the Olsen twins yeah

Like there'd be 35. I just look up Carrie Strug, the Olympic gymnast. You remember in 96 who was, I thought she'd still be young. 35. Carrie Strug is like in her forties now. I don't know who that is. She was the one in the 96 Olympics that injured her leg. And then she did pull it off again. And I'm probably messing that up. She's 43. She's older than Nate.

But she was so small, and to me that seems like that just happened. I thought she was – oh, she's probably 28 now. She's 43. 43. Wow. I can't remember how we got off on that. Speaking of people that were in the Olympics. Oh, I mentioned Mary Lou Retton and how young she was. That's what it was. That's how we got off on that. Rulon Gardner, remember the Olympic wrestler who upset the Russian who had never lost?

Do you remember this? 2000, this Olympic wrestler, he'd never lost a match in 13 years and hadn't given up a single point in the previous six. And then this American wrestler upset him in the Olympics. Oh, this looks like my guy, dude. Yeah. I love it. And he lost gold? Well, the American won gold over the Russian. Yeah. It was one of the biggest upsets in the Olympics. Wow. Never heard of him. Rulon Gardner. Sounds like Gardner is that...

What's that movie? The... Baseball movie with the kid that has the fast arm? Rookie of the Year? Yeah. Is that him? Henry Gardner? Yeah. Yeah. Rookie of the Year? Yeah. Wow, that's impressive. Pulled that out. Yeah. Is it Gardner? It's Gardner in the... Yeah. Oh, that's his character's name? Yeah. Wow, that's even more impressive. I thought you were talking about the actor. Yeah. I thought it was Henry. It's... Yeah. Yeah.

Henry Rowan Gardner. Rowan Gardner. Yeah. That's what, so Rulon Gardner was made me think of Rowan Gardner. Yeah, that's what, yeah, the old name. Yeah. I think we talked about the Miracle on Ice maybe in the 80s episode. Yeah. And we talked about the Dream Team upcoming 90s episode. Yeah.

There was that 30 for 30 about the USA versus Soviet Union basketball in 72. Yeah. That was a crazy. It was a crazy game. Yeah. Do you know this? Well, there was some dispute about how it ended. They gave them like three tries. Yeah. But three seconds left on the clock. Inbound. Something happened. Nope. Do it over. Three seconds. Nope. Do it over. Is this in Moscow? Yeah.

I don't think it was. I think it was. Oh, it was? Yeah. They were the home country? Yeah. That was the thing? That was the thing. Okay. I believe that they let them do it. They let them do it like three times, and then they won. And they're like, can you believe it? I was in Berlin. Never mind. Yeah. So it's the same thing. I literally just, the first city I saw, I just yelled it out that that was where it was, but I didn't even confirm that. Yeah. Yeah, it was crazy. Wachty Gate was the last of them. It was 2016. Brian Wachty? Yeah. Yeah.

You're too young to remember that? No, I remember Ryan Lochte. What was Lochte Gate? That was the thing. They said they got held at gunpoint, but it was made up. It was made up. What were they doing? There was something crazy. They were urinating outside a gas station or something? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

And they, and it was like a big, they lied about it. I mean, it's, uh, it kind of ruined that guy. Yeah. I haven't heard much from him, but something else happened that I forget what it was. Yeah. I mean, he just kept bearing, like he had a weird apology on Twitter and he said a bear attacked him. Yeah. Yeah.

It's all right, everybody. It's bare. So some future Olympics. We got another one coming up in six months. Oh, really? The Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022. Oh, because it's COVID. Because of COVID, we're a year behind. So in six months, the Winter Olympics will be starting. And in five months, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships held here in Nashville. Oh. You going to go? I might. Yeah. Yeah.

Go alone. That's by a single ticket. Bogo. Ruth goes, can I go? And you go, no, I'm going to go. I'm going to do this alone. You go lift some weights. Yeah. I think your tickets over at, uh, yeah. I don't know where. What's the other, uh, not Bridgestone, but the other, the old arena. Oh, municipal auditorium. Yeah. I think powerlifting is a municipal auditorium. Uh, I'm going to be over Bridgestone with, uh,

Yeah, with the ladies. With the ladies. So we got Beijing next year, 2024 Olympics is in Paris, 2026 winners in Milan, Cortina, two different places in Italy, 2028 is in LA, the third time it'll be held in LA, and 2032 in Brisbane, Australia. Why'd they do LA again? Because it was just... I don't know. What if the Olympics were in Atlanta, right? Yeah. Because then they were here.

It's always... Because people drove down there. And I feel like it's usually... I've read really bad for those cities that host Olympics. Right. They spend billions of dollars to build these things. And then once you're done, if you don't have teams to use it, it's a waste of money. Yeah. And Tokyo is really suffering because they don't even get to have fans. Yeah. Yeah.

It's crazy. Yeah. They built all that infrastructure and they can't even go there. Yeah. They're adding a couple events to this year's coming up Winter Olympics. Women's Monobob. Thank God. Which is like bobsled, but you do it alone. Freestyle skiing aerial. It's called bow. Bow sled. Bow sled.

And big air, freestyle skiing, big air, where you get a really fast start and launch very high and do some freestyle stuff. Tricks and stuff. That'd probably be fun. Let's go. That's a lot of let's go. There's a lot of that. Someone's board says let's go, and they're upside down. Surfing's going to stick around, but Paris doesn't have anywhere to do it, so they're going to do it in Tahiti, 10,000 miles away from Paris. You'd probably have great accommodations there.

Because you won't be jammed in with some city trying to do all this stuff. And you'll be alone. You'll probably get to stay at a very nice hotel. Get a Helix mattress instead of cardboard. Get a Helix mattress instead of cardboard. Yeah, the surfing. That's surfing stuff. Because I'm watching that documentary or whatever on the surfing. What Olympic sport do you feel like they should add? Cornhole?

I could see corn. They're showing on TV that I watched the other night when we were at that restaurant, and it seemed like pretty competitive. And you can't like – the teams didn't even make sense. One guy was like – one team was like – it looked like a married couple, like both in their late 50s, maybe early 60s. And then they're playing this like young kind of tatted black dude –

and this like girl that kind of looks just goofy, like a white girl that's like kind of goofy looking like, and they won. And it was just like a very like, you were like, what is this? It's kind of beautiful. Yeah, it's beautiful. Bringing the world together. So Cornhole, if they have that, you know, I could see that becoming. American football. Yeah. Oh. Yeah, I'd like that. But I mean, what other, no other team would. I don't care. We would win.

We'd be playing ourselves. We could represent the Americans maybe. Yeah, do they not do soccer in the World Cup is where they do soccer? I guess so. I guess they just do because the World Cup just... Yeah, why don't they do soccer in the Olympics? I don't know. I was sitting here thinking, do they do? I don't guess they do. I guess the World Cup is such a big event itself that maybe that's... Three-legged race?

Yeah. I can do that. There you go. Sack race? I used to do. I remember doing a sack race. And you'd do it at school, three-legged race. You put an egg on a spoon and you have to run around. That was y'all's bus when y'all grew up, right? Sack race? To school. To school. You'd grab the sack off the kid in front of you. You'd be over his shoulder. You'd grab that sack and it's attached. And then y'all hopped to school. Yeah.

That's how sack race got invented. I remember doing the three-legged race at school. Yeah, I did that. I remember doing sack race. Field day. Field day was great. Could have that fulcrum work together. There you go. If not, it's not going to work. Fulcrum. All right. Is that it? I think so. All right. We did it. We did it. I think this, you know. It's fine. I liked it.

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