Ghostrunners - 367 - The Branson Episode

Episode Date: September 18, 2024

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Well, all righty. We've done a handful of live podcasts, but this audience feels a little different. It's warm. Yeah, it's a hot crowd, hot stage, and we've done, what is it, four or five different sessions, performances, whatever you want to call them today. And there was one earlier today, all I said was, I was just trying to get everyone's attention. I go, all righty, and he just burst into applause. Was there some kind of like cue?

Like was there a plan like, hey, whatever Jake says first, we're just going to go wild for? Because it just felt like there was something going on out there. But I like all righty. I think all righty just needs to be like new shirt. All righty. All righty. Yeah, all righty.

All righty. So, yeah, this is going to be fun. It's going to be a great Wednesday. It's Wednesday. It's Wednesday is gonna be fun it's gonna be a great Wednesday Wednesday it's Wednesday it's Wednesday baby it's gonna be a great Wednesday

yes thank y'all for being here roll the music yeah yep uh uh oh ooh I ooh I think this tight beat means that it's going down with some random thoughts

and white meat too Midwest best friends eating fast food on repeat so come along let's have some fun and go ahead get on your feet cause it's the Ghost Runners Podcast

Ghost Runners Podcast Every Monday morning, we're taking round Ghost Runners Podcast Ghost Runners Podcast So we are here recording live on stage, Riverside Playhouse in Sivaro City, Branson, Missouri Doing our first ever Ghost Runners event in Branson. It's been so fun. We've got 100 ghosties here and been riding rides all day, eating funnel cakes, whatever.

So there's one story I heard. I wasn't there, but Tymon, maybe you can – Tymon, can you hear me? Oh, yeah. Yep. Okay, great. Yeah, he doesn't get on camera, and obviously he's not going to get in front of your guys' face. So we're going to stay brand consistent. Tymon, one of the first roller coasters you rode this morning, it was a water ride, wasn't it?

Yeah, that's correct. Which one was it? Mystic River Falls. Mystic River Falls. So the way I heard the story go, correct me if I'm wrong, but it was your friend Graydon's idea. He said, hey, we should ride Mystic River Falls. The guys are like, it's like the first thing in the morning, but yeah, we can get wet

now. So they're like, alright, let's do it. They get in line, everything's cool, then they're about ready to hop in their seats, and they look over, and Graydon's got a swim cap and a poncho on. And I don't know, where are you, Graydon? Was that like a bit, or are you just like mad that they're not wearing ponchos too?

Like it's obvious you should wear a poncho for this. I was pretty furious. You were furious? I was pretty furious, yeah. Tymon, is that how you remember the story going, or am I just making that up? No, yeah, that's about it. He just roped us into something, and then he got the better end of it compared to every single other person on the ride. And how wet did you get?

I got very wet. I had a very damp day. Language, Tymon. Jeez. What a damp day. A damp day. Yeah. That's funny.

No, we're not going to make Tymon to be back there the whole time. Come out here and join us, Tymon. Come on out here. Yeah. Thank you. He's still not really on camera, but, you know, you guys can see him. So, yeah, he's in there a little bit. That's right.

Yeah, that's very fun. Have you had a good day, Brad? Your voice is still pretty with us. We're doing all right. Yeah, I sang some karaoke and did all right with that. Great day, man. I just love Branson, Missouri, man. It is so fun.

Like, just driving up here. Obviously, the biggest bummer of the day for me was that my wife's not here. I miss Catherine a lot. And Branson just gets me nostalgic. But this is like, as I was driving up here, I was like, this is the best. Like, Silver Darcy is the best. Everything's awesome. And yeah, it's just been a wonderful day.

Everything's more awesome than I remember. All the rides, I'm like, oh, yeah, Powder Keg's really good. Oh, yeah, Time Traveler. This might be the best ride I've ever invented. Dude, Time Traveler is insane. Yeah, I'm like, oh yeah, Powder Keg's really good. Oh yeah, Time Traveler. This might be the best ride I've ever invented. Time Traveler is insane. Wild, dude. Make some noise if you rode the Time Traveler today.

Okay, most people. It's very fun. This is a ride, if you're listening along, try to imagine you're on that kind of spinning disc, so every ride is a little bit different. And my first time going down the Time Traveler, I was going down the big drop with my left side down, which is a unique sensation. Okay.

And my left eye, I couldn't keep it open. I was like one of those astronauts being like G-Force trained. You're like Justin Bieber after his, you know. Remember when he was paralyzed? Yeah, just like that. Oh, like Lyme's disease, like a stroke. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I was like that. It's kind of like you're like struggling. Yeah, I was like, Yeah, just like that. Oh, like, you're talking like Lyme's disease? Like a stroke? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I was like that.

It's kind of like you're like struggling. Yeah, I was like, oh, baby, baby. Yeah, every single time it's like, there's a different sensation of like, yeah, like what is happening to me right now? So the first time I rode it, Thurbusch, Andrew Thurbusch, shout out Andrew, he's like, dude, I want to ride a ride with you.

I was like, okay, let's make it happen. So time traveler, hadn't ridden it ever, and we're going, and it's awesome, and I'm just like, oh, my, like, I don't know what I was saying, but Thurber just goes, hey, man, you can cuss if you want to. I won't tell anybody. I don't think I did,

but I was just, yeah, just, like, outwardly expressing myself, like, oh, what is happening here? And you're like, this is pretty damp but I was just yeah just like outwardly expressing myself like oh what is happening here and you're like this is pretty damp fun yeah dude this is some

damp day fun right here but oh man speaking of riding the time traveler and not knowing what it is so Nick and Nixon correct

those are your names Nixon how old are you nine nine nine year old ridden everything here very impressive they've never been here before. They started with the time traveler. Well, like, well, yeah, I mean, it's a pioneer theme.

Let's go back in time. And yeah, nine-year-old. And he's like, it was great. I heard fire in the hole is not so good. Time traveler is awesome. Rip off the band-aid with time traveler. And then everything else is like, what? Only, yeah, two times going upside down. It's easy. That's amazing. Yeah. So it's just been a good day of rides and fun. And do you have any just non-Brandson life updates, podcast stories for people tonight, today, Wednesday? Yeah, probably. Let's talk about Branson first because I can look at updates. Go crazy. Let's just go on some chronological order.

So, yeah, last night was so fun. We did Social Birdie last night, which was a blast. Yeah. Give it up for social birdie. Yeah. Great people. Um, it's, it's just a wonderful blend of like a little bit of chicken and pickle style, a little bit of top golf style, a little bit of just social hangout. And so we just got to just get to know and hang out with people. I don't remember who it was. Uh, might've been Coley. Nathan Coley, uh, was just like that five hours hanging out there, like that was fun enough. I could have just done that the whole week, you know. Oh, wow. Why is he here then?

Is that right, Coley? Yeah. Was that you? No, maybe it was Will. Was it Will? It was Will, my man Will. Okay, my bad. Coley, we had a good talk though.

It was just so fun. It was a great way to like get the weekend started i know elizabeth virgil we were talking about like you know like last time when we did grande boo we did the social like hangout time at the end this time it was fun to like get them to all know each other you know at the beginning get all the ingredients mixed together in the bowl yeah you know one of the ingredients was hurricane Francine or whatever. Yeah. Had a little scare, dodged it. I nicked it. Yeah. It was, yeah, it was like, as we were driving down, it was like raining a decent amount. And I was like, on Wednesday. So after we recorded Wednesday,

we, the three of us, Jake Timon and I went to Raising Cane's and had lunch and was just talking about the Branson weekend. And we're like, what would happen if it rains? And we checked the forecast. It's like, it looks like it's going to be fine. It's going to miss us. Let's just not worry about what happens if it's going to rain. And so as we're driving down, I was like, why didn't we figure out a contingency plan for this?

But luckily, yeah, it was just a little bit of a little spit, a little spit and rain for a second and cleared up right in time for the ghosties. So it's perfect outside. Tymon, how's your experience been? I feel like you and the boys it looks so fun you've got your own airbnb like do you feel like like a adult this weekend or like how's it been yeah i feel like the maximum amount adult and kid because like airbnb which is like very adulting thing to do and then just like being stupid with my friends yes um so yeah and then like we've met some new friends which has been awesome and then just like hanging out with met some new friends, which has been awesome. And then just, like, hanging out with, yeah, new and old friends, just riding rides, goofing off.

It's been really fun. I love. So the Backseat Boys have been posting on their Instagram story. Yeah. Man, yeah, to be 18 again. Like, those guys just going on that road trip down, and they get in their Airbnb, and they're, like, doing a tour of the Airbnb and they just like pan over to Zach like on the bed, spread eagle, like what's up, guy? You know, it's just like they're having

a blast on this Airbnb. You know, like they're just, it's just fun, man. And signs some autographs, yeah? Laura Hutt's shirt. I know that was an autograph. For sure. Famous. So, yeah. Famous. I saw, my dad signed Laura's sweatshirt,

and I just see it say Dave Ellis, and underneath, Brad's dad. Like, there's going to be a bunch of... First time you ever signed a shirt. Okay, there you go. So everyone's a celebrity around here this weekend. But, yeah, Social Party was just so much fun. Did you have any highlights?

I have one funny story. Okay, I have a new, like, I have one funny story. You know what I mean? Okay. Yeah. I have a new, like, I have a taste for something and that's all I want to do from now on. Uh-oh. It's called Pickleball. No, Pickleball was fun.

While we're playing Pickleball, it's me, Everett versus, oh, no, sorry, me and Kelvin versus Everett and Malcolm. Malcolm Forrester, awesome guy, great jingle writer. And Malcolm, you know, was guy, great jingle writer and Malcolm was talking some trash, giving me a little bit of a hard time but we are whooping they end up winning but it's fine we let them win

but I did something I've never done before I did what's called a nasty Nelson oh, you like that? dude so in pickleball if you serve it and it hits the other person in the air, no matter what, it's a point for you. And so not only did I do it, but I did it in a tricky way, Jake.

I was like looking at Everett. I was like, what are you doing? So I'm serving you, right? And Malcolm wasn't looking back. I was like, dude, what are you doing? What are you doing with your face like that? Or something like that. And Malcolm turns back, and I just get him right there.

And I was like, that was the most fun thing I've ever done in my entire life. And so I have an addiction. That's all I want to do in pickleball. More nasty Nelson. Yes, dude. Yeah, while you're discovering that, it turns out my dad and Uncle John have never played cornhole before. 60 years old, so now cornhole has dodged them. And, yeah, I talked to both of them today individually, and I'm like, I've got to get me played Cornhole before. 60 years old, somehow Cornhole has dodged them.

And yeah, they both, I talked to both of them today individually, and like, I got to get me a Cornhole set. Where do you pick them? They're pretty available. Yeah, right. Crazy idea. I think it's going to catch on, you know? Yeah, real popular thing.

So yeah, yeah. Social liberty was so fun. Naturally, you know, like we said like, hey, it's going to be from 6 to 10. Naturally, we shut the place down until 11, which who would assume anything else from the ghosties? After Social Birdie, so yeah, I'm there until 11, 15, probably in the parking lot. It's like 11, 20, I'm about ready to leave.

And then Preston, where are you at, Preston, right there? So I never even met the guy before. And he's not even treating me like I'm the host of the podcast. He's like, hey man, where's a place to stay around here? Really? Like I was a pedestrian. He's like, hey, you're in my way. Where should I go? And I was like, are you messing with me? And he's like, no, I need a place to stay. I was like, that's great. You seem old enough to not be doing this, but yeah, nice car. Yeah. Right. Good thing your dad doesn't. Yeah. So did you find a spot like best Western? It's not, it's not the second best. It's the best Western. That's right. Right next to the Titanic. Dude, that's a good one. That's a good

spot. Yeah. Very good. I love it, man. Yeah. so anyway, it was a great, great time at the Social Bird. It was great. Jensen thought it was such a funny joke, and I don't know if anybody else laughed. I thought it was a good joke. He kept calling it Twitter because it's the Social Birdie. And so he kept, like, you know, Jensen's, like, such a charming guy, so fun. And so he's like, so, like, is it Social Birdie or is it just called Twitter?

He's kind of, like, sitting there waiting for it. I'm just like, they're like, is it Social Birdie or is it just called Twitter? He's kind of like sitting there waiting for it. And I'm just like, they're not, they don't get it. Stop saying that. So it's like Twitter, get it? Like Social Birdie? And I'm like, yeah, dude. So good, dude. So Jensen, man.

We're recording this before everyone really gets to kind of see and know Jensen because he's going to be giving the message tomorrow at Sycamore Creek, which is going to be really fun. I think you know a lot more of what Jensen's going to be giving the message tomorrow at Sycamore Creek, which is going to be really fun. I think you know a lot more of what Jensen's going to be talking about. All I know is I needed to bring some apparel for him. I'm excited to see how that gets incorporated into the talk. I'm excited about it. It's going to be great, man.

Thankful for everybody that put this weekend together. Natalie, Ghostie Natalie, Natalie Calvert works for SDC. It's awesome. Yeah. Natalie and Sawyer have been so wonderful throughout this whole process. Really everybody that we've worked with, but specifically, obviously,

this is like the big day, the big culmination day. Just so organized. I showed up. They got a table. They got a highlighter. I'm like, Natalie, thank you so much. This is awesome, they got a table, they got a highlighter. I'm like, Natalie, thank you so much.

This is awesome, you guys. I'm having a blast. Yes. It's like all you've done is highlight people's names. So sweet, yeah.

Yeah, it's just like, it just made the weekend not stressful on us like logistically. We're just like, we just get to, you know,

spend time face-to-face with the ghosties and it's been a wonderful experience. So shout out to Natalie and Sawyer. You guys are awesome. Hooking it up.

Seriously, so fun. Tymon, I awesome. Hooking it up. Seriously. Tymon, I think you had your hand up. Tymon, what were you going to say? Go ahead. Shout out to them as well. Thank you, Tymon. You're welcome. It's kind of hard to hear you guys with the echo, so I'm like, I think I get what you're saying. Just carry on. Just raise your hand and we'll... Gotcha.

Yeah. Anyway, so yeah. So this morning started out... I just have to check. I'll let you know. Started out with some fun reverse charades. I thought that was a really fun idea. Never played it.

Had a blast. Yeah, never played it like this, where it was like you literally told the person how to move their body. So can you explain it? Yeah. I didn't do a great job explaining it this morning. I would also never have done it before.

You did just fine. But I did fine. And I was like, all right, so one person is not going to see the screen behind them. They're not going to know what they're trying to act out. One person sits in the chair and they're going to tell you the bodily functions to do so that you can guess the clue, essentially.

So it's very similar to charades, but you're getting action on how to move. And so I said, so like, for instance, you wouldn't use other outside objects. Like, don't say, cup your hand like you're holding a ball, for instance. That would be something you wouldn't say. And so then as kind of a surprise, I'm like, all right, Brad, you're up here with time and doing it, and you're competing against Rachel Triplett and her dad, Steve Koop. And when you know it, first clue, Steve's giving it to Rachel, the guest is fishing.

He goes, okay, put your hands together like you're holding a rod. Obviously, that's against the rules. Oh, yeah. It was hilarious, but then Rachel did the same thing. Like, all right, Rachel, why don't you go? Why don't you go? Yeah.

I don't even remember what she said. Do you guys remember what she said? I can't remember now. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that one's tougher. It was cracking a safe. Cracking a safe. She's like, kneel down.

Yeah. Put your fingers out. Yeah, pinch your fingers together. Like you're turning a dial. And now, yeah. It was just amazing that they both struggled with it a little bit. It was exactly how I was hoping it would go. Yeah.

Yeah, anyway. That was a really, yeah, I really enjoyed it. Fun way to start the day. You just feel like there's this atmosphere of like, people are just ready to have fun and cheer on. And, uh, so went from there to, uh, yeah, had a lunchtime story hours, what we called it, uh, with Jake's, Jake's a wonderful dad and wonderful uncle. Yeah. Your coach. My coach. Yeah. Ooh, there's the voice cracking a little bit. My coach. Yeah, which is fun.

My dad is obviously, I've drug him enough to these things over the time he's getting used to it. It used to be a, what'd they have you do it? Stratford used to ask him to be the Dancing with the Stars judge or whatever. So before he podcasted, he was doing that.

Yeah. But John, I mean, he's the funniest one in our family, but he's never been asked to go on stage before, and he was having some bodily functions out of nervousness last night. Didn't sleep. Took his wife to the airport at 5 a.m.

Hasn't slept, but got himself a turkey leg today, so he's fine. That'll loosen anybody up. Yeah, and we were kind of worried. It was kind of like one of those big time, like, is John going to show? I don't know if John's going to make it. He's a big deal, you know, and he were kind of worried. It was kind of like one of those big time, it was like, is John going to show? I don't know if John's going to make it. He's a big deal, you know, and he's a busy guy.

And he rolled in just in the nick of time, and there he is. Tell the thing, the albino. I think that's so funny. Yeah, so this was just happening yesterday. So I actually rode down yesterday from Kansas City with the Koops, just us three, really fun. We go down to Stratford. They've never seen Stratford before. By the way, I mean,

I think you guys probably know Steve Koop to an extent, but you can imagine, we get to Stratford, this town with nothing. I mean, I joke about it in my standup set. I say it's a town with one stoplight and one Democrat. I mean, there's nothing there. And we get to Stratford and there's nothing but just like, I don't know, abandoned warehouses and trees. And he goes, this is awesome. Yeah. This is amazing. Look at these trees.

Look at those trees. Look at those trees. I was like, what did you expect? He's like, about like this. This is kind of what I thought it would be. So anyway, but we're just like, we're showing them our house. We're showing them the Fulbright's house. And at one point, my dad and John get going back and forth

because John swears that he's been seeing an albino peacock. And my dad's trying to tell him that that's a turkey. And John's got pictures. And yeah, I was like, well, let's talk about that tomorrow. Right. Absolutely. This is comedy gold. So funny. Yeah. Had fun. I was just out in the audience for that. It was so fun. Just I was cracking up. Yeah. Yeah. And then what we do after that, we had that was so fun. I always crack it up. Yeah, it's fun. And then what did we do after that? That was blind karaoke and we got to showcase the

talents of Mariah Garrett. And Dom. Dom did great too. And Dom. Yes, we did a little two-on-two competition. Me and Dom versus Mariah and Tymon. Mariah and Tymon being the classically trained thespians

of the group. And Jake lobbed them up a few good softballs and they knocked them out of the park. And you and Dom, just good guys. We had fun. Just a good personality. You danced ten times harder than Tymon and Mariah did. So you had that checked.

Oops, I did it again. Looked nice from behind, which is where Mariah did. Thank you. So you had that checked. Yeah. Oops, I did it again. Looked nice from behind, which is where I was standing. Thank you. A good one, Jake. Hey, interrupting this episode to talk to you about Good Rangers. Hey, Ghosties, who are you voting for this November? I'm just kidding. You don't have to wait until November to vote.

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This Is Me. So this is, you know, it's a great song. I don't know if I would consider it an emotional song. My dad said he had tears in his eyes watching this. Amazing, yeah. He's begging me. He's like, can you have him do it again? Can you make him do it again?

So he had a good job timing Yeah if we have a recording of that we should put it at the end of the episode I don't know if anybody Bennett back there Shout out to Bennett Sound guy Big Bennett Big Bennett

Bennett I know you love us talking about you man You know in front of everybody But I went back there. There's like a little room back behind him, and I was like just practicing my, or not practicing. No one, everyone knows I did not practice my stand-up. Looking over the stand-up notes,

and I hear Bennett talking to one of his coworkers, like, yeah, this is so fun. Like, these guys are just podcasters about to get to see stand-up comedy here. Kind of. He's like, yeah, these people are pretty fun. So it's fun to always see somebody new to the ghosty community here. So shout out Bennett.

We had some new ghosties as well. I don't know if they were ghosts. I don't know about ghosts. We had new people. We had some new people that were over on the side during Blind Karaoke. And Natalie's like, are you sure they're not with us? I was like, they're pretty classic. She's in a motorized cart. Yes. Motorized cart, and he's got an oxygen tank, I think. So, yeah, you sure they're not with us? I was like, they're pretty classic. She's in a motorized cart.

Yes. Motorized cart and he's got an oxygen tank, I think. So, yeah, I think they're probably. It did look like a Ghostrunner shirt, though, for a split second. It said, like, grandfather or something. But I was like, maybe. Yeah, 100%. And I was talking to people.

I was like, what's your over-under on how long they stay here? They stayed for the whole blind karaoke. I mean, 35 minutes. I also cried when Tymon was singing that song. And then I heard someone else was telling me that when we were, so then the next session we did was titled Stand-Up Comedy That We've Never Performed Before. And I'd say we delivered.

I'd say they understand why, yeah. And someone was telling me we couldn't see, but someone did pop their heads and heard about one and a half jokes and turned right around. and someone was telling me we couldn't see, but someone did pop their heads and heard about one and a half jokes, and we're like, we're turned right around. It was like a support group for people that struggle with something. Just up there nervous on stage. Also, great, Poncho Graydon was telling me

that he's been walking by, and he heard someone, he's like, the sign said comedian, you know, Stanley Johnson, whatever, and he's like, I stopped for a little bit to like hear his jokes, and he said it must have not been going well. Because he said, I left when he said, how about I do some magic tricks?

So at least we never got to that point. What if we do the blind karaoke again? What if we go back to that? Yeah. Anybody back there? Bennett, go ahead and play some Britney Spears. The ghosties are so nice. They made us feel funny.

Absolutely. I don't know if we were. And then we did a little VIP social hour. Dude, that place was so cool. I mean, so Sawyer, shout out to Sawyer. Sawyer sells seashells. So Sawyer also worked in SDC and he

was telling me, like, I was admiring all the woodworking aspects of it. And he's like, there's no, like, this is all like traditional joinery, no like screws, no like metal, like joining this whole thing together. And I was like, that is so traditional joinery, no screws, no metal, joining this whole thing together. And I was like, that is so freaking cool. Explain it to me in time like it's a YouTube video. How would we understand that?

So, you know jump cuts? Yeah. Or you know software? Yeah, I think we know software. So this is like no software, just like straight video. Whoa. Pretty cool. Wow. Right, guys?

We got to try that. This whole time we've been doing software. This whole time we've been using software. Just getting in the way. Just use video, man. One continuous take. Even though it looks like, oh, surely they had multiple scenes in there. Nope, one continuous take.

What's the war movie where they did that? 1917? Yeah, it's the 1917. It was the joinery. It was made in 1917. Yeah, the wood. Perfect. It's cohesive.

It was a beautiful place. I never made it to the kitchen. I don't even know. The kitchen was such vibes, dude. Does that sound cool when I said that? It was gas. So vibes, so gas. Rachel was was such vibes, dude. It was, does that sound cool when I said that? It was gas. So vibes, so gas. Rachel was telling me about the kitchen. She's like, this is so cool. Oh, it's a train.

She's like, it's so big. Like, I told them, I was like, you guys need to shoot cooking shows in here. And they're like, we do. That is what we do. Yeah. Oh, good. You nailed it. Yeah, so from what I understand, Natalie was saying, shout out, Natalie. Hey, Natalie. We'll clap it for Natalie. I will. So, Natalie was, no, I Natalie. Hey, Natalie. Let's clap it for Natalie. I will.

So Natalie was, no, I'm just kidding. She was saying that like until a year ago, two years ago, it was like. Who was saying this? Natalie. Hey, Natalie. There we go. So it was like, it was kind of an exclusive, like you couldn't use it. You couldn't rent it out or whatever. And now it's like, so we're kind of a big deal for being able to go in there.

Oh, they had pumpkin ice coffees. They had bread pudding, ice cream, just the works. Good time. So it was a sweet time. So basically I'm trying to make people that didn't go feel a little bit like that. I mean, you really made the joinery. You missed it. Janelle did appreciate the joinery.

Janelle, right? Thank you. Hard to see. Not enthusiastic. I was trying to explain it to her. She's like, okay, that's pretty cool. So, anyway. Yeah, she also didn't really understand very well.

You had to give her the software talk. I was like, so Janelle, you know how, yeah, there's a video. Anyway. And then what else did we do after that? After that was stand-up comedy, I think. Was it? It's so bad how I can't remember things I've done hours ago. It's wild.

I was like trying to, I was like, surely I'll just remember everything for the podcast. I haven't been able to, like, reflect on anything yet because I think we're just in it. It's just happening. Yeah. How are you doing energy-wise? How's the voice? Can you still lead worship tomorrow? Oh, sure.

Make a joyful noise. Am I right? You know, it's just, yeah. And you and me, the amount of rehearsal you and Tymon have done, I mean, he can cover for you if you're not feeling it. I was like, listen, Tymon, you know these songs, right? Yeah, we'll figure it out. Yeah.

I heard earlier today if I knew them. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he did, so we're good. It'll be great. No, I'm excited about it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And he did, so we're good. It'll be great. No, I'm excited about it. Yeah, the voice is good. Energy levels. I didn't sleep very well last night.

Nervous? I don't know. Maybe. I never sleep well on the beach vacations either. You think about Nasty Nelson's? I was like, man, I just got to go do that again. I also had a roommate with me named Jensen Harper who we hostage taped up together.

It was a good time. In post, in software, we should put the selfie that Jensen took. Oh, yeah, he did. He sent a picture. Good night to Rachel and Jake. It was nice of you to do that. Yeah. I learned pretty quickly later that he took it off

because in his sleep, out of nowhere, I just hear him, Oh, it's a ghost. And it kind of sounded like he was like almost trying to do like the Ghostwriters podcast theme song, but like in mumble it was like and so

I was like, all right, I'm awake. And so I get up to go to the bathroom and that's when I learned that Jensen also seems like he might have night terrors of some sort. And just like was like shadow boxing or something. I don't know what was happening. And I was like, I was scared. I was like, I need to like defend myself. Mouth tape his arms down.

So now I understand like the entertainment that you have every single night with Rachel. I was like, you never know what's going to happen here. She always apologized. Like, sorry, I fell asleep on the couch. I'm like, well, know what's going to happen here. She always apologized. Like, sorry I fell asleep on the couch. I'm like, well, you called me Uncle Larry. It was awesome. Don't be sorry. I'm glad you did. Yeah. You said, watch out for those books. Yeah. It was entertaining.

Yeah. How are you feeling? I feel good. Yeah. These are always exhausting. It's so replenishing to be back. I mean, I have so many childhood memories being here. So it's so fun. Although I got lost. A night has fallen. I got legitimately lost. I didn't know where I was. I was by myself getting here, so it's so fun. Although I got lost. A night has fallen. I got legitimately lost. I didn't know where I was. I was by myself getting here.

That wasn't super fun. But otherwise, it's great to be in the city. There's nothing like it. I hope for the people that have, I know we have some returners. We have some people. How many states are represented here? You said it earlier. I think it's like 22 or something like that, which is amazing.

So cool. Not bad. And yeah, hopefully the people that have come here for the first time have enjoyed it as much as we have, you know, because yeah, it's nostalgic for us, but it's also just like, I mean, where else are you going to go see, like Natalie? Hey!

Yeah! Was talking about how they have like a custom furniture making shop in park, on park. Oh, yeah. Allie took a nap there today. Took a nap? Yeah.

Allie and Gina. Yeah, you guys both. Yeah, right there. Yeah. You guys took a nap in the furniture? Yeah, yeah. They were telling me that. Really?

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, how many other amusement parks can you like custom order furniture to like be sent to your house? I don't know. I thought they were making it up. Now I'm learning it's real. Yeah, it's real.

So it's just a cool, wonderful spot. I'm glad we're here. Yes. I was looking through my podcast notes. A couple notes from other things we've already mentioned. So we told a story during story time hour with my dad and John. My dad was telling a story about my Uncle John, how he got so sick on a ride and how all he wanted was a turkey leg, and how strange that was.

Meanwhile, Steve Koop, knowing this was going to happen, decided he was going to get a turkey leg just for like a three-second joke. So he goes and gets the turkey leg. We all saw it today. And afterwards, we were like, how much was that turkey leg? And Steve was like, oh, it was nothing. It wasn't that much. And my dad's like, I bet that was $8 or $9, though.

Oh, it wasn't anything. How much was it? It was $18.99. Spend $19 on a joke. Worth it. Worth it. Yeah. I have to talk about it. So it makes the money a little further. It was awesome watching John like walk up with that turkey leg. I didn't know it was happening. It was great. Wonderful surprise. Money well spent. Yeah. Good job, Steve. Thank you for contributing there. Another thing, I need to make an addendum. The people in the building right now, you guys don't know this, but we've

already recorded an episode that's going to go out on Monday. In that episode, we talked about unpopular opinions or hot takes. My very first pick in that game was live music? Who cares? It's the worst. It's so annoying. We get to the social birdie last night and there's live music.

All these people are going to think I hated that guy. All these hundred people in here are like, wow. He must have hated that guy at social birdie. But we've already recorded that episode. We recorded that beforehand. I did hate it. It was everything I said it was on the podcast. It was nothing personal

at that guy. Towards him. It was so loud. it was on the podcast. Yes. It was nothing personal at that guy. Towards him. Dude, speak. It was so loud. Yeah, it was just, yeah. We talked about it. So loud. I have enjoyed, did you notice,

specifically the Time Traveler has some amazing music in the line. All I notice is, it drives me nuts. Anyone else knows that? The ticking. I get it. It's time, okay. I noticed at one point, I was standing in line. I was either with Thurber or with Cole Ford and Tabitha.

What's her name? I called her Tabitha last night. I was so embarrassed about it. Her real name is Talia. My dad also called a guy named Colin Tom for an hour and a half last night. And now he said it can't be Colin now, it has to be Tom. I was hanging out with Cole,

Tabitha, and Tom in line. I don't know if it was that time or with Third Bush, but I was like, this is like a bluegrass version of Freebird right now. And all of a sudden, yeah, they start doing the whole solo and everything. Dad in the background like, oh, that's a good song. That's rock and roll right there.

So anyway, yeah, just been really enjoying all the bluegrass music here in SCC. It's been fun. So I think Rachel has been here once before. Maybe we told this story on the podcast. She came to Southern Our City, such a people pleaser. My family, we love roller coasters. And like, Rachel, you going to come ride with us? Oh, my gosh, yes.

All right, well, we're doing Time Traveler. We rode it four times in a row. And afterwards, we all learned that Rachel hates roller coasters and like, Rachel, you going to come ride with us? Oh my gosh. Yes. All right. Well, we're doing time traveler. We wrote it four times in a row. And afterwards we all learned that Rachel hates roller coasters. And I think she is so happy. So real quick story. I think it was two days ago. Um, I knew that Rachel was going in for like a wisdom tooth consultation. We just got insurance. So we're going nuts right now. Yeah. Um, and it's a wisdom tooth consultation. I wake up to a text and it's just like a string of texts. It's like, guess they're coming out today. Like wisdom teeth, it's happening. And so I wake up, I'm like, oh my gosh.

I mean, anesthesia, surgery, do you need a ride? Yeah, right. And then she just sends a selfie back. Like, nope, driving to school. And I was like, you're in danger. Yeah, you're going to like hurt someone. Like that after the appointment. That morning, yeah.

I made it to school on time. But it turns out it was just a Novocaine thing or whatever. It was just local. I don't know how it worked, but everyone at school was like, why are you here? So she just surprised your wisdom teeth are coming out today. Holy cow. She got them out within an hour and then was

back at like, all right, let's go. And just went to school that day. But because of that, she can't ride roller coasters and she's fired up about that. Like, oh, I can't do it. And just eat smashed potatoes and ice cream now. One other thing I want to say about Rachel, I purposely didn't say this last week on the podcast because I wanted there to be kind of a live audience. Rachel got a call last week and she is hating that I'm doing this. She does not like it, but she's my wife. I can brag on her. She got a call last week from an unknown number, answered it,

and said that Rachel Koop is being inducted into the Iowa Women's Sports Hall of Fame. Oh! No way, dude. Crazy. That's amazing. Crazy. That's amazing. Crazy. Is this before or after Caitlin Clark's been inducted? Because I think that's amazing, too.

I think she got in there before Caitlin Clark. That's awesome. Pretty special. Oh, wow. Yeah, I'm so proud. I had nothing to do with it, obviously, and I'm still so fired up. Really? That's the coolest thing.

Holy cow. Can we all go to her induction ceremony? She's saying, maybe not. Maybe you don't. But maybe it's November 7th. I don't know. Maybe it's November 7th. We'll see. Congratulations. That's amazing. I just think that's so cool.

No, that's unbelievable. Shout out. Raise the roof has just been the unofficial. You didn't raise the roof a lot today. Oh my gosh. It's so funny. I saw you had your hands up. I did do it. I had two hands up.

They're both up. Two questions? Yeah. No, okay, I just raised the roof. Anyway, should we move along? Let's move along, baby. All American Rejects style. Wow.

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All American rejects. Now let's do, um, do you want to do some schmores or do some, some voice memos? Oh yeah. Let's do schmores first and then voice memos. See how much time. Yeah, that's makes sense. Yeah. Okay's do, do you want to do some s'mores or do you want to do some voice memos? Oh, yeah. Let's do s'mores first and then voice memos.

See how much time, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah, okay. Smart, smart. So shout out Hannah Warner. Go see Hannah Warner. Had the suggestion for s'mores topic this week

of sauces. The s'mores of sauces. Yeah, it feels like we should have done that, but I don't think we have. I don't think we've ever done it. So we're going to do this and yeah, we'll just do it live in front of y'all and it'll be fun. Yeah. I don't think we've ever done it. So, um, we're going to do this. Um, and yeah,

we'll just do it live in front of y'all and it'll be fun. I think there should be, we should do like a live vote though. Wouldn't that be fun? Like we don't have to wait until next Wednesday. Like they vote right now. Sure. Yeah.

And maybe instead of the winner. Oh, we just have like a consequence for losers. Yeah. Just like if you come in last, it's not good. We, yeah.

Yeah. Cody Davis vlogs about you. You know, all, all, you know if you come in last, it's not good. Yeah. Cody Davis vlogs about you. What if you go Mystic River, no poncho? Mystic River, sans ponch. Sans ponch. You can put on the swim cap, no ponch. You have to wear the swim cap. Yeah.

Okay, so Mystic River is the one with the big like, yeah. Yeah, big raft, going to get wet, should wear a poncho. If not, Graydon's furious. Okay, sans ponch plus cap. You have to do it, yeah, as soon as the podcast is over. Like, pretty much drive home. Oh, it's going to be a damp night, Diamond. Yeah, yeah.

Oh, it's going to be damp. Okay, so the loser has to go on a Mystic. Loser, yeah, late night water ride. All right. Is it funnier if like ghosties want to join in or like you have to go do it

by yourself? Swim captures. No, ghosties join. Ghosties can join if they want. Okay, okay, great. Okay, Elizabeth Virgil, would you like to

pick the order for us of s'mores tonight? The s'mores of sauces. All right, we'll do Jake, Ty, and Brad. Awesome, always. That's cool. That's Jake, Ty, and Brad.

I don't like going first in sauces. Let's go. That's Jake, Ty, and Brad. I don't like going first in sauces. Let's go. My number one sauce is going to be Chick-fil-A sauce. Can't go wrong. Chick-fil-A sauce. Oh, yep. Instant gratification on it. That feels good. It feels like I didn't mess that up. Oh, now I'm nervous to do the wrong one. Just didn't think. Thanks, Elizabeth.

Yeah, good answer. Yeah, that's great. Honestly, forgot to put it on my list, but it's the wrong one. Okay. Just didn't think. Thanks, Elizabeth. Yeah, good answer. Yeah, that's great. Honestly, forgot to put it on my list, but it's the right answer, you know, at the same time. Not even on the list. Not even on the list. I'm next, right? Okay, cool, cool, cool. So, Chick-fil-A was gonna be my first. I'm gonna say Cane's sauce. Wow. Celia going nuts over there. Usually she invests in Cane's. Any justification or just straight up? I think it's a solid competitor to Chick-fil-A sauce. It's like kind of a runner-up. I don't know.

It's just a great complimentary chicken sauce. For those who don't know, well, Tymon, how much are you eating canes without me? Not too much, but honestly, I feel like eating, I tend to eat like most of my fast food intake with you. Every Wednesday. That's how it tends to work out. Me and Tymon go somewhere, and I feel like it's like Tymon's like out of his cage and like, oh, I never have this or I never have this.

Yeah, so many options. Yeah. Canes, Chipotle, Panda. Yeah. Cane sauce is so, canes, I think canes is okay, but then you add the cane sauce and canes is awesome. Yeah, it's pretty good. So much of it's the sauce. Yep.

Okay. Please clap no matter what. I'm going to go with tried and true American-made ranch. Yeah, thank you. Jesse Platner, the man with the Amish beard, loves ranch. It's a good answer. Makes it himself. Yeah, ranch just works on almost anything.

Adds to burgers, fries. Cottage probably would be better with ranch. White on white. Chips do anything with ranch. And the next one, a little bit more of a niche pick, but I don't know if it's going to be back when it comes back around to me. So I'm going to go my favorite sauce at Chick-fil-A, the unsung hero of the lineup, the honey roasted barbecue sauce.

Good answer. Thank you. That's a good pick if you want something that tastes exactly like the pick I already chose. No, no. That's a good pick. It's the rich man's Chick-fil-A sauce. It's great. It's so good.

If you haven't tried it, it is like Chick-fil-A sauce, but it's got a little more of a tangy kick. Okay. This is a bit of a weird pick, but I think it counts as a sauce. I'm going to say, picture you're at IHOP, and you get pancakes,

and you order the blueberry sauce. That's my pick. I thought for sure it was syrup. I was like, syrup, pretty good choice. I thought for sure it was syrup. Thanks for, yeah. I was like, syrup, pretty good choice. I wouldn't have thought of syrup, but it's blueberry sauce. Hey, no one vote for Tymon out of pity, all right?

We want to all see Tymon in a swim cap, all right? Blueberry sauce. Good, Tymon. That's great, bud. I do appreciate that. I thought for sure it was syrup. I was like, no, I think that's good. Okay.

It's interesting. It's like I don't even need to win. I just need not to lose. You know, just don't. Jake, can you just go to your pick, please? Just go. Just kidding. Okay.

I'm going to go with just classic American. This is what I was afraid you were going to say. Barbecue. Yeah. Barbecue is great. Yeah. Had it today for lunch. A lot of claps there.

Not many cheers, but like a lot of just like solid. Yeah, I heard of it. I respect it. Yeah. It's a good round. We knew it was going to be in there. Good value. Yeah.

Good answer. And then next, believe it's a sauce. If you're at IHOP, no. I'm going to go pesto. I was nervous about it, so I Googled it. And it says a sauce made from Brazilian. Okay, okay, okay. Pesto, really? You're a pesto guy.

McLean's took out pesto. It's killing me. I just have the mac and cheese like a regular person. You can just get it at the store and just throw it in there. The sauce, yes, I could. Lost in the sauce, yeah. Yeah, love pesto. Didn't get a ton of claps with pesto.

All right, Tymon. Would you say your pesto's the best, though? I would say it's between pesto and blueberry sauce. All right, Tymon. Follow it up, baby. It's going to be hard to top blueberry. Honestly, I am kind of lost here. I don't know.

I'm going to go with... Are you lost in the sauce? You're lost in the sauce. I'm going to say... I'm going to count salsa as a sauce. Can I do that? I was also... I had very little time to prepare.

I looked up sauces, and salsa was on the list. I think, hey, Alvaro, looked up sauces and salsa was on the list. I think, hey, Alvaro, resident Spanish speaker, salsa, what does that literally translate to? Yeah, we can call it a sauce. We can call it a sauce. How do you, isn't the word salsa sauce? Yes. Yeah, so you can call it a sauce.

It's in Espanol. I believe. Isn't the word sauce, how do you say sauce in Spanish? Salsa. Okay, salsa. Oh, yeah. I think it's a sauce word sauce, how do you say sauce in Spanish? Okay, salsa. I think it's a sauce. It's a good justification. It's literally sauce.

Okay, my next one. I'm going to go just good old fashion. It's not going to win beauty contest, but it's just a tried and true ketchup. Ketchup's wonderful.

I feel good right now! Dang it! Yeah! I should have gone ketchup. And then this is the pick where it's just like, I feel good. I'm not losing this bad boy, so I'm going with this. This is a, my mom calls it sauce. A lot of people call it syrup. Either way, it takes regular

milk and magically turns it into chocolate milk. I'm talking chocolate syrup sauce. A lot of people call it syrup. Either way, it takes regular milk and magically turns it into chocolate milk. I'm talking chocolate syrup sauce. Thank you very much. Uh-oh. I can't believe I didn't think of ketchup. Probably should have said that earlier. That's alright. Is it me?

Timon. Yeah, there's a reason I haven't spoken up. Dude, I have no idea what to do. Didn't you Google sauces? I did. He's Googling right now. There aren't a lot of sauces that I like, and I don't like to choose something I can't stand behind.

Yeah, he's not a pander picker. That's why blueberry was the second one. I'm going to say Arby's sauce. I told you there's very few that I like. Okay, okay. What did you say? Arby's sauce. Arby's?

Yeah. It is hard to hear each other. I'm not being funny. Yeah, it's their, I guess, signature sauce. It goes great with their roast beef sandwiches, and I genuinely like it, so that's why I picked it. Well, good for you, Tymon. That's great. Thank you.

I thought he said Army sauce, and I was like... Army sauce, yeah. How does that work? Okay, my last pick, maybe just recency bias. I had it an hour... Sorry, that's Zach. He's going to do the poll for us. Oh, great.

Yeah. That was a flashback to my, Zach. Yeah, yeah. Comedy special, like right when I get to the end, some guy comes on. I thought you were going to duct tape something. Last pick, I had it an hour ago. I think that's why it feels good.

Had some garlic knots. And what else with it? Marinara. Oh. Respect marinara. It was so good. Wouldn't with it? Marinara. Oh. Respect marinara sauce. It was so good. Wouldn't have been the same meal. Absolutely.

I went to the pizza place. I said, how long are pizzas? They said 12 minutes. I said, what do you have right now? It's garlic and marinara. It was great. That sounds awesome. Scarfed.

Absolutely. And yeah, mozzarella sticks with marinara. Nice. Scarfed. Yeah. Time, what were your honorable mentions? Yeah, time to rattle off the other ones. I bet you have a lot.

I had gravy. Some hearty sauces. Sriracha sauce. I love sriracha. That's not anywhere near any other reaction I got, so I should have... But yeah, those were my other two that were worth mentioning. Okay.

Honey mustard's another one that I really like. I had regular mustard. Buffalo sauce. Tzatziki. Been going to Kava more. Tzatziki's good. Tzatziki's great. Chick-fil-A, you get the wrap. Avocado lime ranch or the salad. That's really good. What do you think? If pesto's a sauce, does that mean hummus is a

sauce? Go ahead. Too thick. Just curious. Okay. Okay, great. I didn't pick it, so. Cool.

Okay. Zach's going to. Sweet and sour. Did you do it? Really? Already? That's amazing. Okay.

On our Instagram story is a poll. So vote now. I better get a vote in. Oh, I have like seven Instagram accounts is a poll. So vote now. I better get a vote in. Oh, I have like seven Instagram accounts. Clutch. Or should I not? Don't vote for Tyman, dude. No, do whatever you...

We'll try to make sure we're done with this episode pretty quick so that we have time to do the Mystic River. Mystic River Falls. So yeah, vote on that. I don't know if even I can vote for myself. I'm like, I don't know what to choose. You're already disgusted. Oh, man.

So, anyway, that's been short. Shout out to Hannah Warner for the great suggestion. Yeah, I'm trying to think of any other. Yeah, syrup would have been a good one. Mustard, just don't sleep on mustard. Oh, wow. Brad, you did good. Early polls are in. You did good. Okay.

Me and Tywin are pretty close. I think we should probably give it a few more seconds or else then people who just follow us on Instagram are voting. Did you just do, did you put the list or did you just put Tyon, Brad, Jake? Okay. Yeah, so people would just be like, I don't know, vote for Timon.

Okay, let's say it's 9-18 right now. Let's say 9-20. Two minutes to get your votes in. Let's do, I don't know, 10 minutes or so of live voice memos. If anyone wants to have something they want to ask us, ask Timon. Feel free to come up. Do we have another microphone? They can use mine if they want. Five and ten. If anyone wants to have something they want to ask us, ask Tymon.

Feel free to come up. Do we have another microphone? They can use mine if they want. Okay, great. Sure. Come on. Samuelson. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Tymon will walk it out to you. What's up, Tymon, Jake, and Brad? This is Samuelson, the official Springfield, Missouri correspondent. Yes, of course. Just had a quick question. We recently noticed you decided to change your artwork on the podcast. What inspired this? Do you think you'll just randomly change it without warning in the future? And what can we expect from you going forward?

That was an emotional day for some people. They were like, I don't know if I like this. I did not expect it to be much of a reaction at all for me, buddy. Because we changed it on a Thursday or something. I didn't think people to be much of a reaction at all for me, buddy. Because we changed it on, like, a Thursday or something. I didn't think people would, like, notice. Yeah. They did. I think it was my idea.

I just thought it was – I never was, like, super fond of what we had before. Just as far as, like, scrolling the – like, obviously for us, there's, like, nostalgia, you know, baked into that picture. It worked for Rachel and me getting a wife, but otherwise it wasn't algorithmically. Yeah, but Rachel's not like, does she have any notoriety in the Hall of Fame? Not for like a month and a half. No, okay.

Yeah, and so I think my thought was like, if somebody saw that picture, the old picture of us, they wouldn't know anything about the podcast. If somebody saw this, they might think, those guys look goofy. At least stop and look at it for a second. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And Jake Allen made it, and I always thought it was funny. And I do think that, in so many ways, we are Chris Farley and David Spade-esque in our way. Like, Jake's more witty and, like, whatever. I'm just, you know, whatever. So, yeah. I feel like I do need to apologize to certain people that were really like, oh, I don't know, whatever. So, yeah. I feel like I do need to apologize

to certain people that were really like, oh, I don't know about this. And who knows? If you guys start enough of a riot, maybe we'll change it back. Well, whose podcast is it? It's my podcast. Yeah.

But also the Ghosties podcast. So, yeah. Thanks for the question. Yeah, we never addressed it. Samuel, fun question. No way. Oh, those Ghosties. You guys are so funny. Samuel, fun question. No way. Oh, those ghosties. You guys are so funny.

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Who are you? Oh, sorry. Yes, I'm Izzy. I'm not like an official correspondent or anything, but OG Ghosty. Yes, OG Ghosty. What can I say? Izzy's been around.

Been here from the start. We met at a amusement park. Yeah, so it's full circle right now. Although we didn't ride any roller coasters today together, so it was like, yeah. Not too late. Circles not closed. Missed a groove? Yeah.

Vote for Tymon. Well, if you lose, then sure, yeah. Anyway, so a couple months ago, I ate gravy thinking it was mashed potatoes, and my friends won't let me live it down. Like, literally ate so much of it. Oh, you kept eating it? Like, I kept eating it. Tymon's dream. He loves gravy.

Like, too much of it. And then I got, like, halfway through, and I was like, you know, you know, guys, I think this is gravy. And then they were like, what did you think that was? And I was like, mashed potatoes. Like I thought, because I got, the food I got, there was mashed potatoes, but then there was also gravy that came with it, but they came like separately

in two separate containers. I didn't see the mashed potatoes though. Only saw the gravy. Anyway, all that being said, my friends don't let me live it down. And so understandably so. Yeah, it's a wild mistake. But is there anything that you guys have ever done like that where it's just like so dumb that your friends like don't let you live it down? Yeah, sure.

That's a fun question. First of all, can you, let's talk more. Yeah, I have more questions about it. We don't pack that. Like how many minutes worth of like gravy were you like? Too long. Like it's not like two bites of like, wait a second. No, it was like a jug of it.

So it was like a takeout, yeah. Did you use the word jug? You say it's a jug of gravy well j-o-g sort of so okay so it was like takeout containers because we were at this like top golf kind of thing right and so we got like our food known for their gravy yeah i i worked at a country club okay and so we were like at the country club i worked at and so they had like fancy food, you know. Gravy. Known for fancy. And since I had a discount, you know, I got the steak. Or not the steak.

It was a country fried steak. It was just a want sauce. Or chicken fried steak. Chicken fried steak. And so it comes with gravy and mashed potatoes. This steak is so good. He was like, yeah, doing the. That's so funny. And so the containers came separately.

Like my friends are are all golfing. We're all just eating, having fun. I'm just eating away. And then they're all golfing, kind of paying attention to me, but not. But they all kind of saw me doing this. Nobody said a word. I bet. Nobody said a word.

They were just like, okay. She'll figure it out. And then I was like, you know, guys, I'm eating this, and it's really good, but I think this is the gravy. And it was was like, you know, guys, I'm eating this and it's really good, but I think this is the gravy. Yeah. And it was. Yeah.

100%. And they were all like, yeah, we saw you doing that. We didn't really know what you're doing. Oh, really? Big friends. Okay. Yeah. But it was delicious.

Okay. And I stand by it. I was like, I would do it again in a heartbeat. I put mashed potatoes on the steak instead. You know, it's fine. Gravy is good. I do like gravy. I thought it was like really thin mashed potatoes.

Like that were like with stuff in it. Yeah, it's like maybe that's like a fancy country club thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure. Very cool. Okay, can you think of anything? Not exactly like that. The first thing that came to mind is one time I went to the restroom at Red Robin.

And all my friends were like, let's do like a, let's combine all the sauces into one and wait for them to come back. And I came back and I ate the whole meal with the sauce and they're like,

well, that wasn't a very funny prank. I was like, it was pretty good. Would that have been on your honorary mentions? Yeah, it was the combination

of everything I just said. That was what I had. Yeah. I'm trying, I feel like it's almost, I can't think of any so this is not really true, but like it's almost easier

for me to think of yours than mine. Oh, go off. But then I can't think of any, so this is not really true, but like it's almost easier for me to think of yours than mine. Oh, go off. But then I can't think of any. Rachel, what's the dumbest thing I've done? Can you think of mine? Mouthfinger. Mouthfinger.

Mouthfinger. I feel like, yeah, one of them is, we talked about earlier with my coach, the fence thing. Like ever since my friends heard that, they laughed about that. Another one that's a little more recent that I will go to my grave saying that they're wrong about is my friends. So the owner of the Chiefs has a daughter who is a supermodel. And I followed her on Instagram for a while because I wanted to see, like, she would go to the Chiefs games behind the scenes. But she also would post pictures of herself on the beach sometimes. And my friend somehow, like,

we see her on the screen, Gracie Hunt, you know, whatever, and I'm like, oh, yeah, like, I follow her on Instagram, and my friend is just, yeah, to this day, like, there's your girl Gracie. I'm like, guys, I followed her, you know, it's like saying, I read it for the articles kind of thing.

I mean, just when we went to the Chiefs. Yeah. Who knows who has good wings? Guys, I followed her. You know, it's like saying I read it for the articles kind of thing. I mean, just when we went to the Chiefs. Yeah. Hooters has good wings. No, yeah. It's really good wings. So, yeah, it's like, no, I want to see like the game day like footage behind the scenes. Yeah, behind her scenes.

Sure, sure. Just like two weeks ago, we went to the Chiefs game. Gunner replied to my story and said, keep Brad away from Grayson. So, it's like it still comes up all the time. That's one of those ones that's like, you try so hard not to lean into it more. You're making it worse. But I just can't help. My pride is like, guys, I swear. That's not why I follow her.

She's a member at my church. See, she's a Christian, guys. Just don't ever come to... I can do worse. That's funny. That's a good That's fun. That's a good recall. I'm trying to think of any other ones that we've given you.

I mean, we've just, like, overall, like, your fashion back in the day, we've always given you a hard time for. Oh, yeah. Rachel loves a good 2010 photo of me. Yeah. I dress like my uncle dresses now. Whoa! Shots fired! I can't even see his lower half but I can tell you it's basketball

shorts to his shins and I'm going to say some all black shoes probably that's a good question it is he shows them off I will say Jake your dad walked in earlier and I whispered to somebody man he's dressed like a dad

that's good. A good looking dad. I mean, my dad would wear the same thing and I love my dad. So I was like, man, that's a dad outfit. Told me they enjoyed your shirt tucked in last night. I don't know what that means. It's a dad thing to tuck it in. I think, yeah. But it looks nice.

Yeah, tuck in. It's a dad thing to tuck it in. I think, yeah. But it looks nice. If you want... Yeah, tucked in. Yeah. Hey, it was a compliment. It was a compliment. Yes. I'm going to untuck the left. Yeah, go a little half and half.

That's what it's... Yeah, it's good. Cool. Thank you for the question, Izzy. Do one. Did we see the polls, by the way? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, my gosh. What's the results? Alvaro, give us the official results.

Don't look, Jake. I haven't looked. The results are in. It is Jake, 19%, Brad, 75%, and Tymon, 6%. Oh, Tymon! Wow. Wait, someone else has something different? Oh, he's got the swim cap.

Yeah, Tymon! You're going to look great in that, buddy. Wait, wait, wait. Oh, wait, okay. Jake 21%. in that, buddy. Wait, wait, wait. Oh, wait. Okay. We have a... Jake, 21%. Brad, 40. Tymon, 39. Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Jake, 21. Tymon, or Brad, 40. 40, 39. What do you have? Because our Instagram followers got in there, and they like Tymon. Dang it. Anybody check at 920? Mom? I have the results at 920. Oh, here we go.

Another recount. Zach has the results. No, no, come on. Get on the microphone here. This is like the 2000 election. This is amazing. Florida's in. Florida's in.

I just want to say there's a resounding winner by far. Are you making your voice deeper on purpose? There's a resounding winner by far. Brad Ellis. Yeah. By far. And's a result. We won her by four. Brad Ellis. Yeah. By four. And then the loser by one point. Whoa.

Jacob Triplett. Oh! Pass it off! Yeah! Good luck. Unreal. I lost to Blueberry. Unreal. I lost to Blueberry? Unreal.

Oh, I love that. I'm going to do a straw poll. Every single person in here who they voted for. Yeah, really. There's no way I lost that. It's all right, though. Oh, man. It's going to be a damp night.

Yeah. That's so fun. Okay. All right. Let's do one or two more questions. What's up though. Oh, man. It's going to be a damp night. Yeah. That's so fun. Okay. All right. Let's do one or two more questions. Yeah. What's up, Cody, my man? Yeah.

For the record, I'm sorry, Jake, but I will not ride that with you. No worries. Also, yeah, I'm vlogging this, too. Vlog it, baby. I'll wait to post all after the episode, I promise. I'm Cody Davis the official C of O correspondent and A

Branson correspondent we got Mariah Garrett here and Natalie Calvert okay you guys did it better but yeah what can I say it's too small yeah I don't have the reach like you guys do. So anyway, I have two questions.

This other one's very short, so anyway. So I know you guys talked about the games at the Chiefs tailgate, how badly that went. What games would you guys have come up with for the tailgate? And then Tymon a question that's been burning in our minds have you finished your history yet good questions

Tymon we'll start that one first history yes or no no okay good gave us time to think of some stuff yes absolutely what about like Good. Gave us time to think of some stuff. Yes, absolutely. What about, like,

do you think bell ball would be an interesting thing to watch? I love bell ball, dude. Bell ball is where you get, like, a bunch of wood and an octagon. Or, no, wait. What's that? What am I thinking of? I don't know. You go. Octo. Octo ball. I would watch that over a barbecue sauce race, maybe. Bell ball is like the dodge ball,, octo ball. Also, I'd watch that over a barbecue sauce race maybe. Yeah. Bell ball is like the dodge ball but with one ball.

Oh, yeah. If you have the ball, you can't move, but everyone else can move, and it's so fun. Yeah, you go until one person is the last man standing. Yeah, just like PE games. Zombie dodge ball, that's fine. When you're out, you sit down, and you get back in if you catch one. Pretty electric. Yeah, and that's how

I do bell ball. If you go to your knees and then you touch somebody else below their knees, you back in. I might do reverse charades. Seems like a hit.

Reverse charades is fine. I would do that. I would do something, I mean, probably like some sort of like Swifty themed something just to get more people watching.

Hard to think of games like this on the fly right now, but I would do something like that. Throw, instead of football toss, throw Travis's wedding ring on Taylor's finger.

Yeah. That's it. That's the idea. I mean, the football toss in and of itself is not like a bad idea, but just figuring out ways to spice it up maybe one extra step. Honestly, we blindfolded this girl,

and then all she had to do was throw it straight. Throw it to a guy who's not blindfolded. It was a decent idea, the original one, of trying to figure out where these things are or something. Something that would have more contact, I think, would be kind of fun. Like, whatever.

Safe contact, but something like Oklahoma drill-esque. But with, I don't know, with bubbles or something. Oh, yeah, bubble soccer. Yeah, the bubble soccer, but something like Oklahoma drill-esque, but with, I don't know, with bubbles or something. Oh, yeah, bubble soccer. Yeah, the bubble soccer, but Oklahoma drill style where you bounce off each other. Yeah, they lie you both down on the ground

and you have to figure out how to pop up. You have to unturl yourself. Yeah, the first person to knock the other person over. That's a good idea. And you have to hold a football the whole time outside of your bubble. So you're just like yeah that's a good idea so fun question Cody

yeah come on Elizabeth Virgil come on we'll see you next Maddie I see that hand so I actually sent this voice memo in a long time ago and it's never gotten played oh we were just about to that's right we did Monday

we were just about to. That's right. We did Monday. Yeah, we were using software. So I had to tell you guys how you were part of a huge God full circle moment for me. So the first time I ever went to Kansas City was in 2004. I just got a job for a traveling minister and we went to our first church, which was Antioch Church. And we got a big offering there. And it just felt like it was God saying, this is a new day for you. This is good things.

I went back February 12, 2022, and as I was driving back to my hotel, I passed Antioch Church. And I just felt God say, like, it's a new day. It's a new start. And so I just first of all want to say thank you for doing Ghost Runners events because all these ghosties have become my friends, and it's been a whole new chapter for me. And I want to say if anyone's listening who hasn't come to a Ghost Runners events because all these ghosties have become my friends and it's been a whole new chapter for me and I want to say if anyone's listening who hasn't come to a Ghost Runners event you need to come because that's the best community ever but so thank you for making that full circle for me but then also I wanted to ask you if you've had a God full circle moment

like that where it's like wow only God could have connected those dots for me. Never no no yeah absolutely yeah no I love that. That's such a sweet. I was getting teary thinking about that, Elizabeth. That's really cool. Yeah, I'm sure there's better examples than this. Yeah, I don't know about if it's a full circle moment. I'm just thinking about the idea, like, so, yeah, tomorrow, leading worship, obviously

playing guitar and singing for that. And I don't know if this is the right answer, Elizabeth, but I learned how to play guitar because I had a crush on a girl who liked somebody else because he was playing guitar. And I was like, okay, I'll learn how to play guitar to impress the girls. And yeah, little did we know that the Lord was going to use that in way better, you know, more fulfilling, glorifying ways than to try to impress a girl. It did impress one girl and i married that girl and had four kids with that girl but um that was not the original

girl that i was trying to learn guitar for uh and yeah just thinking about like my parents are here just think about the money they spent on guitar lessons back in high school and i was like oh man if i learn this led zeppelin guitar solo like oh danielle will love me you know whatever and now looking back you know and just thinking about um why you're doing those lessons. Yeah, right. Why I was doing that, where it's going to eventually come to. And hopefully, you know, the Lord would use that as a vessel for him and to glorify him. So I don't know if that's exactly right. I also just think about, you know, I was talking to Izzy, I think about a conversation she had with you that led her to camp, that then led her to Dallas, where she is now, and, like, all these things. And I always think about, like, if I wouldn't have worked at camp and would have done this summer training program in Jacksonville in college instead, like, I wouldn't have, you know, it's just fun to think about those full circle moments where it was like, I wouldn't have ever worked at camp and I wouldn't have ever met Catherine.

I wouldn't have met Jake from that. None of us would be here. It's just wild to think like that. I'll just say my guitar lessons for sure. That was a really good answer. This whole time I've been trying to think. I don't know. There's a lot of coincidences. I don't know if it's a full circle.

Maybe a half circle or something. Another one that's just a true full circle. Another one that's like a true full circle another one that's like i don't we would maybe still be here without this full circle but like i played baseball growing up with my coach and uh yeah every once in a while my best friend scott peck scott sell uh mormon could not play on sundays and so we had this pipsqueak little like cousin of steve triplet or steve fulbright come named jake tri. And I didn't even know the kid. I was just like, who is this kid that like, yeah, somehow really good at baseball, even though he's like

four foot four and like was incredible. And then never realized like, you know, who he was at the time or never made the connection when I hung out with Jake for like three years. And finally, we mentioned one thing at a Firehouse Subs. I remember that we were at Firehouse Subs and you're like, yeah, dude, my cousin played with Darren Sproles. I was like, my sister was a cheerleader. Who's your cousin? And then we're like, dude, Steve Fulbright's your cousin?

It was like, you're kidding me. You've been friends for four years at that point, never put it together. Truly a full circle moment of like, well, we knew each other this way, and we've known each other for way longer than we realize. Yeah. So that's kind of a fun thing to think about. well, we knew each other this way, and we've known each other for way longer than we realize, you know? Yeah. So that's kind of a fun thing to think about. Yeah.

I don't know if that's the Lord being like, watch this. But, like, it is cool to think about, like, yeah, our paths crossing at different times, and who knows? Who knows? Yeah, all the things that had to happen for us to be here is just a cool thought. Those are the stuff I think about. I think about how Rachel, how we ended up together. We think she was listening

to Walk in Love, and then we think it was suggested at the bottom of the app, and then thank goodness she listened to that one Office episode. And then thank goodness for some reason she decided to move to Kansas City, and then she went to Topgolf that night. And then she also had to go to Meadowbrook the next week. All five of those things had to happen for us to meet each other.

Yes! I do geek out about this week. All five of those things had to happen for us to meet each other. Yes. I do geek out about this a little because I think it was you, me, and Sammy at Topgolf. Cool guy, Sammy. I guarantee you, knowing Sammy, he was the instigator of that night. He just wanted to hang out with us. We were like, yeah, sure, let's do it. That's a good point.

What if Sammy was like, you know what? I'm kind of tired tonight. What if 15 other people wanted to play pickleball that night? And so the courts were full. Yeah, we got assigned to a different bay. Bro. Brent doesn't walk by. I know.

It's wild. Yeah. It's crazy. There's a lot of things like that. I'm like, thank goodness you did that. Thank goodness we named it Friday Pickleball or else we wouldn't be doing this. Seriously. That's the only reason we're even together is because we had the same name.

A hundred percent. Yeah. Anyway. That's a fun question. All right. Let's do one more. Maddie Oliver. Oh, she doesn't want to do it anymore.

She's like, well, it's not like a good last one. No, it'll be great. Maddie, who's moving to Kansas City tomorrow. Car is packed. Yeah, baby. Following us back. Our neighbor. I wish I went before that last question.

So blueberry sauce. You know like the if I were a, things that girls do, right? Like, Oh, like if I didn't have arms. Yeah. So Gabe and I are from a small town and I was like, this isn't based on true events. I was like, Gabe, like if someone, you know, came up to us and was like, we found out we were related, like right now. Oh. Like, how many generations of cousins would we need to be separated for you to feel comfortable to stay married to me? And I was just wondering if you guys haven't, like, you have kids. So I don't know if it would really matter. Would you just say?

So far, so good. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, and the Mings thought this was a good question to ask. So I just want to. So are you saying, like, you're just asking, like, what's my generation number? Yeah, what do you feel comfortable staying with Catherine? Yeah, that's a good question. I've heard people say, like, if you're from a small town, if you've dated a small town, like, don't do 23andMe.

Like, if you're happy and you have a boyfriend or girlfriend or girlfriend, it's not worth seeing if you're related. I say let's roll the dice. Rachel and I are so different. I would be shocked if we share any genetic traits. Yeah, same with Catherine. I feel like in no way are we similar.

Four generations? I don't even have a hard time I think second cousins. All good. Which one is that? Is that like a cousin of a... First cousin, okay, I see you at Christmas. Second cousin, let's have some fun.

I don't know what a second cousin is, though. I don't know my second cousin. I think they do, though, and they are not liking this answer. They seem to have a better idea of the genealogy. That's your dad's cousin. Yeah, you're fine. Go for it, buddy. If you're happy, you're happy.

I think it's great. Thank you. Yes. Thanks, Matty. Because it's one thing if you're just at the beginning of a relationship, that's a different conversation. But they're already married.

It's too late now. Let's go for it. Fun question. Oh, had a bonus? Are the Ming's cousins or something? Is that why? I feel like she's about to say the Ming's are cousins. Yeah.

Move away? To where? Sudan? How far? You don't want the stigma. Yeah. He's moved to Arkansas where it's fine. Yeah, absolutely. All right, let's moved to Arkansas where it's fine. Yeah, absolutely.

All right, let's wrap this up so that we can see you in the mystic room. Mystic room. I really, man, stop the steal is all I'm going to say. I'm just kidding. All right, so we've got a, oh, yeah, reviews of the week real quick. And then we've got a little jingle. It's Wednesday. Win of the week. Win of the week, real quick. And then we got a little jingle. It's Wednesday. Win of the week.

Win of the week, you guys! Natalie! Natalie Sawyer! Social Birdie, Sycamore Creek, Jensen, everybody. Thank you guys for coming. And I guess this is not a jingle week either, so we don't have to do a jingle. It's freaking Wednesday.

Sorry, I shouldn't say freaking. Sorry for saying that. Up to you, yes or no? No, we don't need to do a jingle it's freaking wednesday sorry i shouldn't say freaking sorry for sinford just to you yes or no no we don't need to do it they saw me sing earlier it's fine guy oh fine okay Ready? Ready. It was March 13th, 2023. We have a new producer. This is about time. He's a homeschooled minor who hit up Jake on Instagram randomly. You gotta try Adobe's new AI processor Now he has so many siblings

He loves to sing and play pedo Cause I know he'd run a six minute mile you know we're talking about time in can you turn me up a little bit, the music

lots of questions now, is he AI or locked up in J4 Brad's basement now is he AI or locked up in Jake or Brad's basement? He stinks at five and ten and we still don't know if he ever finished his terrain. We do know. We do now. And his favorite scent ever is always horses.

He's friends with Mitch and Brayden, too. Sorry, Graydon. He sings smooth jazz and tars and ooh. Because I know he run a six-minute mile. You know what we're talking about. Diamond. Sorry. Sorry.

He, he got up on that big stage at, at Grande Brewer told Rachel to her face that She looked just like Lori Lightfoot He's always singing duets with Brad at Greenleaf At Greenleaf for dinner Sorry, this is going great. Sometimes he is gone for a week or two or three or four. Does he work anymore? Now name five songs Never going to give you Up and Jesus loves me

He doesn't know When Christmas is But he can look Up things half the time Cause I know he'd run A six minute mile You know we're talking about Yeah, the ghosties are falling in love

Mom pitched their daughters and even sons Cause I know he'd run six minute mile. You know we're talking about. You know we all love him. Timon. Give it up for Brad

and Timon. Oh man. Fun times. That was great. A bonus jingle for you. Who wrote that one? Ross Behrens. Ross.

He's back in the game. Yeah, so shout out to Ross. I had no idea there was going to be a jingle about me. That was really fun. Surprise, baby. That was sweet.

That was very fun, yeah. Pretty cool. All right. Well, this is fun. We did it. I'm going to go ahead and say it. I'm taking the plunge with you, brother. All right. Let's do is fun. We did it. I'm going to go ahead and say it. I'm taking the plunge with you, brother.

All right. Let's do it. Let's do it. Mystic River, here we come. Yeah. All right. We love you guys. We love all the ghosties out there.

Thank you guys for coming. It's been so much fun. Shout out once again, Siller R.C., Social Birdie, Sycamore Creek. Such a fun weekend in Branson. Thank you guys for coming. We love you guys. We'll see you Monday.

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I know that there's a place for us Gloria, Gloria Don't let them break me down I'm gonna send a flood and warm the ground about I am great, I am bruised I am who I'm gonna send a flood of women drowning out I am great, I am bruised, I am who I'm meant to be This is me, look out, cause here I come Here I come This is me