The Nateland Podcast - 201: #201 Cicadas

Episode Date: May 22, 2024

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Today's episode of the Nate Land podcast is brought to you by Built, Helix, ButcherBox, and GameTime. Hello folks and hey bear, welcome to the 8Land Podcast. I'm neighbor Gutsy, Brian Bates here and Weber Dusty Slade. All right. Waited for it. I like that. I like how you drag it out. You know, when I first started comedy, that's what I used to do.

I used to do that. I would say, my name's Dusty Slade. That would be a thing I would do. I don't know why. On stage? Yeah. Because when people would ask your name Well I would just come out And I would open up that way

It was all part of it You're on Dusty Slay Yeah Like James Bond? I'd give it a real pause I would Get a little laugh?

Yeah I mean the people really For a little while Would know me as the Dusty Slay guy Yeah A little pause in between

It's a real thing. Yeah. That's good. Yeah. You know, I've been trying to build a brand since the beginning, you know. And that one didn't take off as much, so now we're having a good time. Now we're having a good time. Now I took just a normal everyday phrase and made it my own.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Instead of trying to invent a phrase, I go, I'll just take one of these. Yeah. It's out there. Yeah. You can have it. Yeah, exactly. Well, what was first, the head wave or the phrase? I think they came about at the same time. Okay. Yeah. of phrase i go i'll just take one of these yeah it's out there yeah you can have it yeah exactly well what was first the hand wave or the praise i think they came about at the same time okay yeah

i don't think you're having it yet kind of what are you gonna do on stage i think there's nothing we're having a good time yeah yeah it's gonna come up yeah it's good it's good to be back fellas it is good it is got the whole crew here we are back uh living it up we were uh we had a fun we had a aaron was with me this weekend uh we had a we had a wonderful it was a really good weekend really Really good time on the road. Great shows. Just everything kind of perfectly worked out. Weather was great in every single city. It was different cities.

South Dakota, right? Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls. Rockford, Illinois. Des Moines, and then Green Bay last night. I mean, crowds were unreal. It was just like a perfect kind of, you know, one of those just weathered at great in every city fun group uh you know a lot of laughs a lot of laughs uh it was yeah it was i don't know it was special and the crowds are so great and they're always great but they were just

you know it's like it's fun to go to the, you know, Sioux Falls. And, you know, I mean, you know, these places, Des Moines is big. They're not big cities, but, you know, it's not your typical. Yeah, Des Moines is big, but a lot of these people are not going, necessarily going there all the time. Yeah. So they're very thankful that you're there. Yeah. And I've been to them a few times.

So, yeah, it was, yeah I've been to them a few times. So yeah, it was, yeah, it was just like a perfect, cause we had Nick Thune and Graham K, Aaron, and then Julian McCullough is always with us, hosting the shows.

Oh, grandma, Graham K, you guys know he had, he had a bit of a rough weekend. Just taking a lot of heat. What happened? A lot of heat.

Well, this is all of us. The great thing, too, it's like all of us together. It's like outside of Aaron, which Aaron fit in very well with us. It was guys I've been around for a long time started with. So if you're around us, we're very joking and mean to each other the whole time. But there's the most love between all of us. None of us would do it. But it's super, super fun.

You've known Graham for, what, 20 years or something? Yeah, I mean, all of them. I don't know. Yeah, Graham, Julian, and Thune. You know, so it's super fun and and just you know it's it's like we we're back into like the old new york days where you're just trashing each other and i mean anybody walks in a room aaron got it a good bit you just walk in doing where i really nothing and it's just yeah and everybody just

jumps all over you and then once one jumps on it's like it's not like someone defends everybody just goes all right i guess we're doing that guy now so then we all just go after that guy and then you go after i mean it's the best it's the it's true fun well it started with espn did a write-up about nate's show in si Falls. And here's the paragraph that got mentioned a lot. The night was hosted by Julia McCullough and featured awesome openers such as Nick Thune, Aaron Weber, and others. So that started us off. And so, you know, Graham would have never seen that if I wouldn't have screenshotted it and texted it to everybody. Yeah.

And so we got it going. And then there's a text thread. And, I mean, it was, yeah, it was like we got that. It was very great. It was so, that's already, so we called them the others. And the funny thing about that is Nick Thune also said Graham K's name at the end. So Graham K went up and when Thune got done, he goes, all right, I'm Graham K. So Graham's name was said twice.

And, you know, this guy did nothing wrong, but, you know, made us have fun. Yeah. And so Graham was up. And Graham just, you know, he's just such a funny, he's so funny when something like this happens to him. He's like, oh, grandma, gets it again. You know? Show business. Show business.

Gets me again. One more time. And Graham murders all weekend. So that started it. And then what was that? Then after that, then we went to where we were in the Canaries. Was the Canaries after that? Right, yeah.

That was in Sioux Falls. In Sioux Falls, we go. There's a minor league baseball team called the Canaries. And so we go. The show's great. We ride scooters around the parking lot because it was very nice outside. And they're having their opening day is the next day so their park was like everybody works there until like 4 a.m setting everything up and i mean we look like

lunatics riding scooters around it's a lot to take in for a town just to be to see you know four you know 40 year old i mean aaron you know, he's not 40, but he might as well be when he's with us. Yeah. And just like cruising in scooters, circling the ballpark. I mean, they're like, we don't know what's going on. What time of day is this? Midnight. Wow.

Okay. So they, yeah, I mean, they think you guys could be up to something. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Okay. So they think you guys could be up to something. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And so then we, Graham, Grandma saved the day, actually. We never brought this up to Graham. This is a moment of redemption. This is a moment of redemption.

Graham went up and talked to the guy, and then the guy knew we were doing this show and let us in. And then we all came in there and sat with all the crew. It's all the, I mean, it's it's like you know just guys working there they did they every year they're out there till four in the morning and uh so they all came in and we just sat in the bleachers and you know we just made fun of each other again told story hung out with them it's almost like a little show y'all were killing for yeah it was great we had some good laughs with the with all them and uh yeah it was just a fun hang out of the middle of nowhere like we're just riding around they're like wonder what's going on

there and the next thing you know we're just sitting in the bleachers are there and so they took a big group picture with them we sat in these chairs and they took a picture and uh it was just yeah it was just uh super fun it was like just a fun like you know just a lot of stuff that just worked out yeah it was like really fun and so then rockford was uh robert's guy we walked around he bought a grand bought a peaches shirt because the rockford peaches were from a league of uh league of their own oh yeah yeah yeah. Yeah. And from a cool place. But so the shoulder, I don't know if we have a picture of this because we didn't, but the shoulder that comes down, you know, like if you're listening,

you know, in your shirt where the sleeve and the shoulder are sewn together, it was almost to his elbow. He bought like too big of a shirt? He didn't buy too big of a shirt. He was so tall. It's like they didn't know he would be shaped that way kind of. Oh, like so he needs like an extra large, but he's like height-wise an extra large, but width-wise like a large kind of thing.

Yeah, Graham's an in-shape guy. Yeah. But it was just very funny. And so then we just talked about that for a good time so so you know and rockford was one of the light days for graham but we still we still were able to get him uh and then uh and then saturday in des moines uh we go and randomly john christ is in town uh as we are in Des Moines. So we're like, all right, we should meet up.

And first we were going to try to golf, and then it just was like a little complicated. And then it was like, hey, what if we just go get – they reached out to Roosevelt High School, Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. And the baseball coach there very kindly was like, yeah, I'll come up and I'll open the field. And so we got a baseball. He brought that guy had a baseball bat. We bought some tennis balls, no gloves and just played five on five. Aaron has a glove there. Well, we let the pitcher.

The pitcher was allowed to have a glove. Feels like Aaron just always has. Yeah. Yes. Aaron does. I got one in my car. Aaron looks like a guy that's trying. that's going to get a foul ball. Yeah.

Like, he's, like, whatever. You just see him and you go, I bet that guy's got some foul balls. Yeah, he's not giving it to a kid. And you don't even. No. No. And if he's at a nice restaurant, if he's at a wedding in a tuxedo, you go, I bet that guy's.

If they go, pick someone that's had the most foul balls at a baseball game, you're like, well, I think it's that guy right there. Yeah. His gloves in the trunk foul balls at a baseball game. You're like, well, I think it's that guy right there. Yeah. His glove's in the trunk. And so we get together. We play, I mean, an epic game. Is Derek Stroop out with us? Graham K.

Again, Graham either. Derek Stroop on both teams. Yeah. Well, yeah. With Aaron because they look the same. No, because he's been on both tours. Oh well when they had two people from mars john had three caleb elliott all but they decided stroop and this is a big nateland podcast heavy group uh and so i mean we were out there dude and it was we're beating up here's gra running, if you didn't see it.

Travis was a pitcher for a little bit. I mean, Graham. So if you can see the picture, Graham is running his hardest to score a run. This run does not count, but we did not tell him that. You didn't tell him to stop running? We were doing a five-run rule, so we're not just staying out there. And they already had their five-run rule, but we saw how excited Graham was to keep going,

that we all kind of agreed to let him run it all out. Does he run with his hands open like that? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He runs. I mean, he's giving it all. Graham had hip replacement surgery not too long ago. So he's on it right there. He's got my face when I was running.

Yeah. Yeah, it's terrific. And then Graham had a home run. That was positive. He had a home run, but also three strikeouts and a strikeout to lose the game. So, you know, it's a give and take. It's ups and downs. It's ups and downs with Graham O. That was Des Moines.

Yeah, that was Des Moines. That was the night. That night we went and saw a movie. That was the same night? Yes. Okay, yeah. We do that. The game was, I'll tell you what, you want to have a fun game, get your friends five on five, no gloves, tennis ball, metal bat.

It's a good time. Just old men. We're all falling apart. Everybody's sore. Everybody's injured. I've never felt less athletic. I've never felt more old. We're going to have some clips probably on my instagram but prior youtube page mike filmed this

whole game he's cutting together some highlights from we got some good stuff we got some uh thune got a home run with aaron in front of him and that was we'll let you watch that oh yeah that was a really good time yeah that was a really really probably brought a lot of memories back to aaron oh he like almost passed him. Yeah. He had to start walking. He had to, yeah.

We were yelling for, you know, it's where you're not even yelling for the guy that has the hit of the home run. You're yelling for the kid in front of him. Yeah. Cause you're like, go,

go. And everybody's more excited about that guy crossing home than even the person that hit it. Uh, so yeah, it was, uh, super fun.

Chris, uh, yeah, it was Superfund Chris. It ended up being 11-9 was the final score. Barn burner. Barn burner. We won. We brought Aaron in as the closer. Struck out Gramo. All right.

You got a strikeout, huh? Yeah. We had two strikeouts. That's right. I mean, talk about it. Shut down closer. Throw in heat? I can't even like Mariano Rivera. No, itouts. That's right. Yeah. I mean, talk about it. Shut down closer. Throw in heat? I couldn't be like Mariano Rivera.

No, it's kind of soft pitch. Okay. I wanted to pitch, but looking at Aaron's eyes, I knew he couldn't handle if a ball. I mean, look, I'm not trying to be mean. I go, I would like to pitch. And then I looked at Aaron, and he looked at me with just, hey, why don't you let me just pitch so I don't have to, you know. So I don't have to move.

It was a nod to that. It was kind of a nod where I go, respect. You know, like whenever you go, all right, you go, all right, Aaron's pitching. He's just yelling out. So let me ask this though it's you're doing slow pitch and people were striking out yeah yeah did you strike out yeah uh no but i've missed i mean i had a lot of strikes but you didn't strike there are a lot

of whiffs no but we were making contact yeah i mean you know what's funny is like with baseball swinging with the with golf it's like a, it comes at a different angle. It's like my hand eye coordination is just, it used to be good for baseball, but I haven't done it in 30 years. So it's, it's terrible. But you didn't strike out though. No. See, that's what shocked.

I, you know, I can see missing it, but. Oh yeah. It's, we had a, we had, I can see missing it, but. Oh yeah. It's, we had a, we had a few more strikeouts than you think. It's, it's easier than you think for there to be a strikeout. But as long as you have a control in this whole thing where you're like,

you do have one guy at least that never struck out. So it was possible. It was possible. And, and, and yet, I mean, there was a lot of people that didn't strike out.

Yeah. But a lot of people did strike out. And then, I mean, there was a lot of people that didn't strike out. Yeah. But a lot of people did strike out. Some twice. I mean, if someone was watching this game from a distance, it looks like slow motion is. I mean, someone would be like, their brain would feel weird. Some kids from the high school team were in the batting cage, and I'm sure they were like, what is going on over there?

Oh, just. Their parents didn't come out and shake their heads at you, did they? I mean, if a ball got a little bit behind you, a lot of underrun pop flies. Yeah. I mean, none of them is underrun, right? Yeah, they ran. Yeah, they didn't run too far. They went over their head.

The balls hit, and just for whatever reason, all of our instincts are to run forward. Like a little kid. Yes, exactly. And then it's just, I mean, and within two seconds, you see someone just go, you're like, you see them take four steps forward. Then you're like, that ball's miles over there. And then they got to take off front and backwards. This is what I learned.

Kids in my neighborhood will play with aluminum bats and tennis balls. And what I've learned is you go out there and you're like, I'm about to show these kids and you want to crush it. That's when you're missing. If you're just like, I'm just going to hit the ball. Then you do kind of crush it. Let's make contact. Yeah.

Let that ball do the work. And I feel like if you strike out one time, then you got something to prove. And now you're going to mess up. One thing that we learned that we messed up on is uh we should have asked for a softball field or a little league field we were playing on a regular baseball field with the bases and so that's a that's a decent run this was the most one of the most fun things i've done on the road though yeah it was just a very, very, because it was beautiful. It was an exercise. Just a very

fun day of just a bunch of idiots that felt it. Travis, all-time pitcher, somehow rolled his ankle. Oh, God. And just in the middle of the game, left.

I didn't really know what happened, but Travis, all-time pitcher, not moving much. He didn't move more than a five-foot radius from the pitcher's mound. The one time he did, he completely sprained his ankle. I mean, a tennis ball. That night in Des Moines, he had to put his knee in a rolling chair and scoop. Couldn't even put weight on it. That's why I don't like to do things like that.

I've had that happen to me where it's like you're just trying to play a little sports, and next thing you know, you're like, oh, I got to call in sick to work today. Yeah. Oh, it's crazy. But no one else got hurt. So it's like your strikeout rule. Yeah. So it was great.

And so that night we're like, all right, let's go see a movie. And so we're going. So it was just like everybody was in kind of the mood for a movie. There was a movie starting at 1030. The Strangers. It's kind of a scary movie. And so we're like, all right, let's go drive to there. And so another one, Grandma, we sat in the car,

wait for Graham. We were all in a green room together and we go, all right, let's go see a movie. And Graham took that as like, I'm going to go eat and, you know, and I'll just wait. And so we're out, I mean, just sitting in the car and then Graham's just eating long enough that we had to change movie theaters we had to change movie theaters because we found there was a 1025 we had

to go to 1030 because we're like he's not i mean what is he doing so so then he gets in and then watched the movie had a fun time uh you know and then we afterwards were like you know what there's a looking for food there's a pizza hut open at till 2 a.m wow so yeah so we go to the pizza hut we're parking the parking lot and graham being a good dude is like i'm gonna i'm gonna pay for this pizza you know very nice very nice so he goes i'm gonna pay for it so he goes in we get you know we were like one large pepperoni one medium cheese bunch of dudes like that's where that'll be good because not everybody was eating not everybody's got a problem and so uh he goes in and gets it uh then he comes back and we're like oh yeah what'd you

get he's like oh yeah i got we go you and then as a joke, join, cause you didn't get thin crust. Right. And he goes, what? Yeah, I did. And we're like, no, you didn't get thin crust, dude. Come on. What are you messing around? He goes, no, no, I, I got thin crust.

We're like, and so then he, you know, he gets thin crust and he goes, we're like, why don't you just go in and go, I want the normal. Just be like, I want a pepperoni, cheese. What is your main pizza? What's your thing that you do? You got to understand, Graham's Canadian has never had Pizza Hut. He thinks the two types of pizzas are a Chicago style deep dish. And then a regular pizza is thin. I'm going to be honest with you.

I think Canada has pizza. I think you're giving him too much credit here. He said he's also healthy, so he probably just eats thin pizza. Yeah. Well, but isn't that thin crust is not a – that's like you got to ask for that. That's not a normal – You want a traditional, it's called, like traditional. You a you gotta ask for that like that's that's not a normal one a traditional it's called like traditional you do have to ask for it yeah yeah i mean i think the standard is a you know a thicker yes a thicker crust and i mean man we were excited about this pizza and uh and

then he comes in and then he's like now i got a 10. And we're like, oh, my gosh, dude. Are you kidding me? And then. It's like a saltine cracker. Yeah. Yeah. We're just like pepperoni on a cracker. Yeah. We still did it, but it wasn't what we wanted.

And then he comes back with drinks, brings stories. Because I got everybody a Starry. A Starry. You know what it is. It's like the new 7-Up or something. I used Sierra Mist or something. Sierra Mist. Yeah, one of those.

It's now just called Starry. It's called Starry. It's on commercial. It's just a very weird drink. Yeah. I got everybody Starry. To assume everybody is down with a story yeah a coke you go with a classic coke yeah you know that's what everybody's like right yeah probably some cokes and diet cokes

yeah and then you probably got everybody covered get yourself a story if yeah you come back maybe one story i got one story just in case someone wants a starry if they want to try a starry uh but he got uh uh six starries so because now we have weird drinks pizza we didn't want uh but we love them yeah yeah and it was green bay was anything or i don't think so i think Green Bay just a great show great show I think he made it through Green Bay unscathed and so yeah but it was a fun

but the Thin Crust we were like what he was like I didn't know what it was and you're like what do you think it is Thin Crust is

you know I I'm gonna be honest I can't believe that he doesn't know what Thin Crust is I can't accept it yeah I can't accept it you don't think being Canadianin Crust is I can't accept it yeah I can't accept it

you don't think being Canadian's a defense I mean Hannah talks about going to Home Depot or uh Pizza Hut all the time I got some stuff

going on with the Home Depot it's on my mind but uh yeah I mean she talks about going to Pizza Hut all the time yeah

she's upset that now Pizza Hut's in strip malls and it's not a hut anymore yeah that was great when it was a hut uh yeah i mean he you know i mean if you could see it was we were like nah you didn't get that like we're it's almost like i don't even know if you you would have to do that on purpose you can't even really accidentally order thin crust it's they don't i don't think

they want to give it to you i think pizza knows it might be extra work for them to do a thin crust well i know it's not their main thing that's not their their muscle their you know bread and butter yeah their muscle memory is to grab a pan pizza traditional and you know uh it's not i mean just looking at him and uh yeah and that's you know that's what i love about hanging out with your buddies even when someone's doing something very nice as buying the whole car food and drink we just name is relentless too yeah he did not let him forget it yeah it was fun look before you think i'm just mean i love graham more than anybody in a million years uh we mean him have done a lot of fun stuff together and he and i've taken some heat from it too but that's what makes it fun so yeah all in

all what a wonderful yeah that's awesome yeah By the way, Nate's also breaking attendance records at all these arenas that we're at. So in the midst of all that, the shows are unreal. Yeah. They're unreal. The shows are great. Yeah. It's been a lot of fun. All right.

I was on the road this weekend with Angela Johnson. We were in Oklahoma. We did two casinos there and did a casino Friday night. Then Saturday drove across Oklahoma to a second casino. Had a ton of fun. Great shows. Oh, yeah. Angela's great.

Nate Land alum. Yeah, she is a Nate Land alum. She just had a birthday along with Dusty. I always bring up they're the, what, four days apart, I think, in age. And then their kids are four days apart. Oh, wow. That's cool. So, anyway. What, did you, in age. And then their kids are four days apart. Oh, wow. That's cool. So, anyway.

Did you do any gambling when you were out there? I didn't. I'd like to see you sit down at a blackjack table, some high rollers table. You sit down with us. Blackjack baits. Yeah. Yep.

Big money baits. Yeah. Yeah, I'm much more comfortable on like a 25-cent slot machine. Okay. Blackjack I used to be comfortable with when I thought, I'm much more comfortable on a 25-cent slot machine. Blackjack I used to be comfortable with when I thought I'm only affecting myself. And then when I learned, no, you do affect other people by the decisions you make. I'm scared. I don't want to do this. Trying to send your daughter to college.

What did you play with us? Did you play blackjack with us? I did, but I would always ask. If I had the simplest question, I would ask. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But we would sit. we would get a table. Like, you know, you have enough guys that you can get a table with just us. So then you're like, no one really cares.

You know, it's like, and you just ask. You do that even if you're at another table, you just ask. But I agree. I don't really like playing with people I don't know because I'm afraid that I'm going to do something to it. Yeah, they go, you're messing up the cards. Yeah, yeah. I'm trying to have fun. You can't see it happen.

I know you're trying to have fun, but it is a funny thing because it's like you can see someone not do something, and then the card – and you're like, if you had just done what you're – the book you're supposed to do, the whole table would have won. Yeah. And then because you didn't, you know. But, I mean, it could happen the other way too.

Yeah, that's all part of the gambling experience. Those people are gambling that there's going to be people sitting at the table that know what they're doing. Yeah. Like, hey, I'm a wild card in here, guys. That's right. I'll hit on 19. Yeah, you're gambling, and that ain't – you know, that's not my problem. You're gambling your child's tuition in here guys that's right i'll hit on 19 yeah you're gambling and that ain't you know that's not my problem you you're gambling your child's tuition in here i'm just betting 20 i don't even

know your kid yeah there's nothing to do with me uh i yeah i mean i've watched nick novicki split kings so yeah did he really yeah yeah it was just us. But he split. He goes, I'm going to. And Nick. I'm going to split him. Probably couldn't see his cards. Yeah. Like, all right, here we go. We played a couple weeks ago in New Mexico, and they had a comedy club in the casino.

We're like, let's go take a look at this. We got a little tour of it. Yeah. Found out Dusty's coming there. Dusty's checked out. Anyway, Dusty's coming there and Dusty's checked out. Anyway, Dusty's coming over. I'm sorry, guys. I have had a lot of problems with Home Depot delivering a refrigerator to me. And I have to.

Do you want me to stop for a second? No, no. Well, I'll tell you what. While you're doing that. I know all about that. If you have to make an angry call to Home Depot, I would like to hear that. Well, I'm sorry. They delivered me a refrigerator and

then it would not work. And then they had made me get the GE repairman to come out. And then he was like, oh, they broke it when they delivered it. And so now they're bringing me a new refrigerator, but they give you this ridiculous time window. Yeah, we're going to come between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. And I'm like, oh, okay. So you can't really narrow it down. And then I called today and they're like, oh yeah, between 3.30 and 7.30 is when we're going to come. They're like, good thing you called when we're doing an exchange like this, we don't call you. And I go, oh, that sounds helpful. So Home Depot is the worst. And so now I'm ordering a lawnmower from Lowe's.

So we got a lot going on. Just to get back at Home Depot. Yeah. We'll never order from Home Depot. How are you going to let Home Depot know that you're a Lowe's guy now? I've already let them know a few times and they won't, they don't do anything. They have at the end of every call, they have a survey. And I answered that the people I talked to did great, but the company as a whole was a terrible company. And I go, I realize you don't care about me or any of your employees, but yeah, but I am very unhappy with how you've treated me. Yeah. I think Laura's a Home Depot. She likes Home Depot. You used to have a joke

where you kind of butchered them. so maybe they're getting back at you. Well, honestly, I've always been a Lowe's guy. You used to work at Home Depot. Well, I used to sell pesticides, so I would go to Lowe's and Home Depot. It was just in the joke, I said I worked at Home Depot because it's easier than going, I used to sell pesticides in Home Depot. Yeah. You know what I mean? But what was the Home Depot joke?

You can do it, we can help. Well, I don't know if I can do it. Okay. Yeah, I don't know if it's, you know, it's not dirty, but it's not really. It's just a little dark. It's a little dark. Yeah. Yeah. You know what I mean? But what was the Home Depot joke? You can do it. Well, I don't know if I can do it. Okay. Yeah. I don't know if it's, you know, it's not dirty, but it's just really. A little dark. It's a little dark. Yeah. Yeah.

Well, anyway, a couple of weeks ago, we were in New Mexico at a casino and we toured a club that you're going to be performing at soon. Yeah. Albuquerque. Yeah. Yeah. I did. You know, you were saying that it was like a new club, but I perform, it's the Star Casino,

right? I think they've revamped it. It looked new, didn't it? Yeah. As I opened for the people at the Super Troopers guys there years ago. And that's why I wanted to go back. I like going back to a club that I featured in. I like to go back as the headliner.

Yeah. Helps me feel like I conquered the club. Oh, yeah. And then have whoever you open for open for you the next time you're there. Are you going to do that with Home Depot somehow? Somehow. Somehow. Somehow, yeah. Go back and let them there. Yeah. Are you going to do that with home Depot somehow? Somehow, somehow, somehow.

Yeah. Go back and let them know. Yeah. I made a joke on my Instagram in front of a Lowe's the other day, and I tried to get Lowe's to collaborate with me. I invited them to collaborate. You're just driving to Lowe's parking lots to try to get them on board. They didn't accept it,

but you actually invited them as a collaborator. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they didn't accept it. You actually invited them as a collaborator. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I mean, they didn't do it, but next time. Where were you this weekend? I was in, I went to Lafayette, Louisiana, to Club 337. Great club.

A lot of fun. I like Lafayette. I had a, I went to a Greek place and had a Philly cheese, but with steak and lamb in it really great and uh two shows really great late show very rowdy i'm getting a lot of late show rowdy crowds they're into it but they're just so rowdy are they your people yeah i think so and they're into it and and and then i went to dallas texas and did the texas two shows, uh, sold out both shows.

And, uh, they were great. Um, then I had a, I had like a bunch of Mexican food right before I, right before my first show, two hours before I was like, I'll be fine. But they had these like real fluffy tortillas that they were like homemade there at the plant and I was tearing it up. Yeah. Didn't crust. And it just, well, it was a thick, it was a thick crust. And it just was thicker.

The pizza was so miserable starting my first show, but it was a hot show. Have you ever had to use the bathroom on stage? Oh, happy birthday on Saturday. It was my birthday. So I was doing shows and people were yelling happy birthday, which was nice.

But the second show, people were like doing it as a heckle, like midway through the show. people are just like, happy birthday. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've already done that. Yeah. Yeah. Now, just be quiet.

My birthday present is for you to not yell that out. Is that what you said? But I did tell him to stop doing it. Yeah. Meaner. Yeah. Meaner. Yeah.

I've been able to get meaner on stage now, and I like that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Because I was in more, I was in such a, like a nice comedy mode that it felt like if I ever had to shut a heckler down in any way that it felt like it took me out of character. And now, and now I feel like I've really, you know, been able to come out of that where my comedy is still nice, but like, I don't know, maybe even doing this podcast where people have attacked me so much. You've become bit yeah you're finally getting combative yeah a little

bit you got a little bit that in you to do the home depot thing yeah you like you you are naturally want to kind of confront and have confrontation so not that you want it but you're but yeah it's like it's it's been it's been fun like thebadour, like when I did that and I had a late show that was real rowdy and a guy like, I don't know, yelled out something about minimum wage. And I felt like I really went in on the guy. Yeah. But didn't tank the show. Yeah. I was like, that's awesome.

I was like, that's what I'm talking about. Cause I have a joke. I was like, the joke is like that the guy got tips, but it was not a lot of tips. And he goes, that's less than the minimum wage here. And I'm like, well, I don't remember what I said, but I really hammered the guy because I was like, you know, we don't, no one needs to know that. No one in here. And the joke is that he didn't get a lot of tips. I don't need you to throw economics into the mix here.

What are you even yelling that out for? Am I, am I applying for a job? You know what I mean? Yeah. So it feels good. Yeah. Yeah. I get it.

I get it. I love it. I like that. Yeah. Imagine that your landlord only accepts checks though. That's how mine was, man. Yeah. Mine was when I rented.

But I mean, that's when people did check. Yeah. I mean, like I've got checks from like five addresses ago. That's how. I think it's all. I wonder, I bet it's all Venmo now or something. It's a lot of Venmo now. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, I don't Venmo a ton. I do it like golfing. Like when you're playing, you know, with buddies, but that's about all I do Venmo. But I think it's a younger, you know, I mean, people are But I think it's a younger you know, I mean people are, I think it's like you're, yeah, young people and there's probably young people that really do not have, have really never

had cash. No, it changed the way like you are in public. You're at a bar with friends. I'll get around. Yeah, I'll Venmo you. Everything's on Venmo now. Yeah, it's great. Yeah, now you can't just owe people money they're like no yeah i know you got access to you well they request it yeah right yeah you can request money from people and then you're starting to be able to do like the checks you

know like uh you're able to i'm trying to move the seat so There it goes. You're able to move split checks and stuff. Oh, yeah. You can request all this money. You can really split some checks up. I come from a... I always hated split checks.

I just want to... You're like, let me want to, you know, like you're like, let me pay for it and like be done. Didn't have to worry about. I mean, I never could. Before I could never,

I never could do that ever. But I remember that just was, I wanted that to be one of the. When I waited to goals. When the split checks get down so little to where like even couples are like, you know, where it's like everybody's splitting the check.

It's like, you can't pay for somebody's here. When I waited tables, I hated that. Yeah. When it'd be like six people and they all give me a credit card and they go split it six ways. And you're like, God, dude, just one of y'all step up. Yeah. Make it easier for me.

Or just pay for your own stuff. Yeah. Right. You know what I mean? Like if you split it. That's the same thing. I don't know. For me, it was easy. I mean? Like, if you split it. That's the same thing. I don't know. For me, it was easy.

I mean, if they do a split down the middle, I mean, they started making stuff, I guess, easier on the screens to do that. Even it's annoying. You got to go one six that.

Yeah. I hated it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You really, there's nothing better than when you go.

And I mean, now I'm knowing like when we're on the road and you see these, we have 10 guys and you can just see them. They're like, please don't say. And we get to go just one check. And then you learn that they like the big table. Sure.

You don't mind a big table once you know it's one check. Yeah. But you want to look at the table as a waiter and go, one of y'all be a man. Yeah. And just step up. Yeah. Just step, pay for it. Figure it out later. and check yeah but you want to look at the table as a waiter and go one of y'all be a man yeah yeah and just step up yeah just step pay for it figure it out later be a dude figure it out later or just say i got it don't make me be a banker you know yeah i'm bad with names and like at zany's you know i don't have cash they'll bring me food and stuff and then i'll be like what can i venmo you like yeah and then i realized i should know this person's name but i

don't oh yeah so that i'm like but that's an easy out you go what's your venmo handle yeah and that way you don't have to know their name yeah you know yeah what's your venmo nobody expects you to remember their venmo you they should almost but now people will like have tags or something you take a picture of it and it goes to it right yeah yeah qr codes yeah and if you go what's your venmo and they go my name then they don't really want the money right just tell me what it is yeah uh how do you spell it uh t-o-m yeah uh yeah yeah uh uh venmo's yeah i mean i don't i don't yeah it's it's uh that is a new wave i told that's very funny i told leanne morgan that we mentioned her a couple weeks ago on the

podcast it was i think it was a week you were gone but but she said i want to listen to it on the plane and then uh when she got to her destination she said it was a short flight i didn't can you just tell me where it is in the podcast? It was the very first thing off the top that we talked about. So it was clear she didn't listen to it all. Just tell me where it's at. I gave her a hard time about it. Oh, yeah.

Yeah. I didn't get to hear it all. Well, we started. It's the first thing we said. Yeah. I love that, though. She's being nice. She's like, I started in the middle sorry yeah i missed it well yeah you would just go i mean i would never listen yeah it is like yeah you could have just told her where it was that's i've had that

someone send you something and they're like you know they mentioned this and you're like well where you know we're at yeah we're at yeah and i know that sounds but it's like, you know, they mentioned this and you're like, well, where, you know, where at? Yeah. Where at? Yeah. And I know that sounds, but it's just, you know, you're just trying to. Well, I followed up with her because then on your podcast, you and Hannah talked about Leanne and stuff happened in the green room and everything. So I text her. I said, well, now Dusty and Hannah are talking about her. It's at the 53 minute mark.

And she said, yeah, yeah. At least you made her feel bad and takes a stray she has no reason to be involved in any of it just no she she brought that herself yeah i mean it's not like i was trying to go to her and she said hey didn't have it's right off the top yeah that's fine it's fine uh It's right off the top. Yeah, that's fine. It's fine. You know what I do love, though?

I love seeing when the – I remember just being younger and where you would have to split stuff. You're like, dude, I need every – you owe $23.25 and then whatever. you owe 23 dollars and 25 cents and then whatever and so i like seeing like kids or teenagers like them splitting money or something like that they're like and you i don't know there's something that's still like it's uh you know it's like you know the world's not changed that much it's like you're still just like no no i have and no one expects anybody when you're young no one expects anybody to be splitting i mean you you're expected to be splitting a check nobody has money they're young so i still like seeing that's always like kind of heartwarming when we would go i would go on the road with comics like when we were all like yeah equal billing we're like all the money we make we're splitting and

then you go to the restaurant and people and like comics will try to act like, oh, you know, you just pay for this one. And I'm like, no, we're splitting it every time. If we're splitting the money we're making, then we're splitting the money we're spending. We're not. I don't want to be like, oh, I owe you five for this. Because if we're just friends hanging out, that's one thing. But if we're like, this is is a money-making venture we're doing here i'm not losing money at lunch i remember dusty keeping track of the gas money on a little

notepad yeah and then we'll go divide that by two at the end and then yeah we're gonna do this equally yeah i mean thankfully i've reached a level where i don't have to nickel and dime people for gas but there is a time where you're like yeah this the gas money is that's a part of this trip yeah i think i always got stuck paying gas i never liked it i just never really liked talking about money like either whether i am in i just want you know that was like always i was just dreamed of being a headliner and just being like i got it i'll take care of it you know because you can't at the beginning but yeah i mean when you're i bet you're a fun time to go on the road with I got it. I'll take care of it. Because you can't at the beginning. Yeah. I mean, when you're- I bet you're a fun time to go on the road with.

Well, it's like- You get a bill from you. I'll just send an invoice later. When was this from? Yeah. But yeah, it's like when you're headlining some of these gigs out here, there is not a lot of money involved. I know what you mean.

I'm joking. But it's yes. There's a lot of time. And then there's certain guys that get to be in a New York comic. A lot of New York comics, I mean, some of them don't have license. They don't drive. They don't contemplate what gas could ever cost because they're never in a car. Yeah.

And so when you were you were doing it and you're like you're just dealing with someone that's like oh yeah well and they it's not even on their mind that you have to pay for gas yeah because they don't ever pay for gas right so yes i i understand but now thankfully i don't have to nickel and dime people for gas yeah but quarter and dollar but i would do it I would be like yeah I'll drive and then that way you don't have to pay all the gas

but you're gonna be in on this yeah you know uh sandy thigh sandy feed starting you guys comments

feed feed super great 200th episode loved it all of you guys being there together is perfection for me to watch

Aaron has the best laugh though every time he laughs it makes me laugh laugh hope none of you get tired of doing this podcast

please keep the longer episodes too that's nice thank you 45 minutes this time yeah wrapping it up

she's like I really enjoy it keep working yeah Tommy Feller. Feller. Feller. That's a good last name.

That is a good one. That's fun. That's a good name. Tommy Feller. Tommy Feller. Oh, Tommy Feller. Like that's a, he runs a, you know, everybody knows Tommy Feller. Oh, yeah.

You mean that Tommy Feller? Yeah. They go, oh, yeah. You know the Feller. Yeah. Everybody knows them. As a viewer of all 200 episodes, I've noticed that Nate has a recurring comment

about breakfast being weak. What was the original basis of the joke? Was there a weightlifting challenge I missed? Just observation. Tommy, I don't know if your eyes work, but just having fun.

I carry this podcast every week so oh there you go I love it would you do a weightlifting video put it all you know put the

you're like I'm bodybuilding weights here yeah that was another I mean should we do a bench press competition next we already did the 40 who do you think

takes a bench press competition probably no I don't think I think I a bench press competition probably yeah i think i could bench i've benched 200 before okay yeah that's great i'm in i think i did some on my back when i did it i really i think i i think my i think my right shoulder hurts and i think i did something to it because i one day i did it when my little streak of working out was going on. It was a fun week. I don't know if there's an original basis of the joke, you being weak. It's just fun.

It's fun, right? Yeah, it's a good time. Yeah. You think you're a strong guy? I do. Yeah. I do. I think I'd win it easily.

We did a grip strength thing this weekend. Yeah. You think you're a strong guy? I do. Yeah. I do. I think I'd win it easily. We did a grip strength thing this weekend. Yeah. Eric. Eric said, he told us that your grip strength is a great indicator for overall health. I don't know if that's true or not. I think so. We didn't look into the science at all, but now we're going to see what our grip strength is. Yeah.

So did you get your results? Yep. I was 110. So for my age and stuff, I was just normal. He was strong. I was low end of strong. Low end of strong. Which is not a good.

I don't know if it will be an indicator of health to me. I think it will be an indicator of overall strength. I think they're saying they use it for like if you're sick or if you don't have a good grip strength. I think they're saying they use it for if you're sick or if you're if you don't have a good grip strength then you're depleted. Yeah. I was like, look,

most people, the strongest grip strength will be construction workers that smoke cigarettes all day. I mean, these guys are going to be you know. Being strong is good. I mean, I tell you, lift weights, you know, but like, you know, I mean, strong, being strong is good. I mean, they tell you lift weights, the older you get, become stronger, you know. Chris Jackson. I recently ran my first Boston marathon and I could not have done it without the podcast.

The two hour episodes were perfect for my long training runs of 14 to 22 miles and laughing. Y'all helped me stay positive on those harder runs also after seeing all of you run the 40 i'm curious what time y'all think each of you could run a marathon we saw a marathon in green bay really yeah they were doing the marathon in green bay everybody made it we were just taking a lap walking around we saw the finish line and uh everybody was at like the six hour and 45 minute mark we'd probably be we'd probably been you know i don't know what his four is like uh that's great yeah that's like the best ever so well the winners are usually two something yeah oh two something i think a really good

average runner would be four something and i'll just say when did he did he say when he finished his uh yeah i would hope under six then i just wouldn't finish i couldn't yeah i couldn't run america i would say that and that's where the joke from week came from yeah he just i couldn't do it he just delivered it it wasn't me it was how long is the marathon cardio 26.2 miles yeah no I would not no I just wouldn't do it I feel like I could do

pretty well in the 40 I mean Dusty and I are the only two being realistic here if you guys I would walk it yeah I think I could I could walk it

I mean it'd be well you can't walk it under six hours no I don't know I don't think I can do it that fast I'm just saying I could finish it

if I walked it yeah yeah you're saying one day you could make it 26 miles. I've run eight miles before for a show. Look, there aren't going to be many people at the finish line when I get there. Not even the celebration anymore. No. The ones that were coming across, it was just us clapping for them.

Everybody was kind of gone. Everybody kind of already wrapped. The day's been wrapped up. That's got to be something, though. You finally make it. You're like, I did it. And then by the time you get there, nobody's there. You just see the last car pulling away.

Yeah. They got their marathon time on the back. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You watch it in the distance. They did it, though. Good for you, Chris. That's awesome. Yeah, that's awesome, though. Good for you, Chris. That's awesome.

Jonathan Williams. I was wondering if Nate thinks his career would be in the same place as he is now without moving back to Nashville. Where would he think his career would be if he had not moved back to Nashville and stayed in New York City or Los Angeles? New York's... I don't think so.

You know, maybe you go where you're supposed to go. I feel like there's a plan and you kind of end up just, you're doing what you got to do. I knew when I lived in New York city, that move was the best move I did because it was from, uh, if you start feeling, if you started feeling comfortable, it's time to make a change. So that was the best comedically just to like shake it up. And you don't shake it up by a move. Just shake it up by something. And so that was the best for that.

And then I just really started going on the road. And the Los Angeles one was just like, yeah, I'm not, you know, I'm not good at auditions. I'm only going to be this, you know, and I knew I wanted to, if I was like, if I'm going to do a movie or a TV show, I was like, I'm going to have to be the creator of this because like I talked about improv recently, I knew it's going to, if I'm not, if my hands are not on it and cannot be involved, then it's going to be something

that I am going to be uncomfortable maybe being a part of. So I just kind of was like, well, I mean, I, you know, so I started going on the road and moved back to Nashville. So I don't I yeah, I don't think it I don't think it would. Yeah. You know. Yeah. I mean, it's in the stuff I talk about. I'd like better because I'm down here. For me, I did what you had to do. I think was – fortunately, Chicago, New York, L.A., home was good for me. But it's great with – we talked about it this weekend, him in Nashville,

you moving to Nashville. That's a big, that was like big things for that. You know, it's like, yeah, you're in a scene now that like was not what it was now. Now it is something. I think Aaron helped change the scene. I really do. Thanks, man. Yeah.

That's nice. What do you think he did? Let's not dig into it. I feel like there was just a ton of guys who didn't take it serious, who were just hobbyists and just wanted to be dirty and make their friends laugh. And Aaron was serious about it. He was super funny and he encouraged others. And it kind of shifted like it's okay to take this serious and be a professional. That's nice. Yeah.

Thanks, man. Sure. There you go. I agree with that. I thought you were going to go. He made people comfortable with mediocrity. take this serious and be a professional yeah that's nice yeah yeah thanks man sure there you go i agree with that i thought you're gonna go he made people comfortable with mediocrity but then when like you said when dusty moved to nashville um you know it's having guys around yeah that are doing stuff yeah that's everything that's's everything. And that's all y'all for me. Katie Jacobo. Jacobo.

That's the last name. You're like, I didn't expect that. It's like one too many O's in here. Jacobo. Jacobo. Jacobo. I bet Jacobo. Then you're like, okay, that makes sense.

It could be Jacobo. Jacobo. Yeah. That's not bad. Jacobo seems like it needs a K in there. I'd want a Jacobo, though. Are you the Jacobo. Jacobo. That's not bad. Jacobo seems like it needs a K in there. I'd want a Jacobo, though. Are you the Jacobo family? Jacobo's a pretty good name.

Yeah. That could go a few different ways. The guy asking about good names for girls made me realize that all of the Nate Land daughters have what my friends call old lady names. I named two of my girls Cora and Stella, and that is what, when I was informed those were old lady names. I named two of my girls, Cora and Stella. And that is what, when I was informed, those were old lady names. Luckily, that seems to be a trend. And I personally love the names. Daisy, Eleanor, and Harper are beautiful names as well.

I can't wait to see the newest Nate Land, baby. I don't think Harper's an old lady name. I don't think so either. I don't think so either. And I like, but I like an old lady name because I feel like, you know, names got too wild and we're scaling it back.

Yeah. I don't feel like, yeah, I don't feel like Harper's an old lady name, but I don't feel like it's wild either. I think of Harper Lee.

I think of the author, which I know you have a joke about that, but I do think of that still. But I'd rather prefer the name Ethel over like Snow or something, you know know one of these crazy modern names would you let the folks come up with the name for your daughter uh no like a poll or something no

we could do a poll though you could do a poll he was about to try it we've uh i think i did a poll for my son once once i had yeah yeah i don't think I accepted the overall end, but I went with what I wanted to go with. You didn't even go with what you wanted to go with. You went with what your wife wanted to go with. Well, I like his name, but yeah, I mean, I like the name Duke, but we had named our son Daisy, and I didn't want everybody to think I'm naming my kid after the Dukes of Hazzard or the shorts. It's tough because your look looks like that's what you would do. I know.

If you looked not like you, you could do it. Yeah. And I liked Hank too, but I don't think she liked Hank too much. And Jesse? Jesse we liked. Yeah. We decided against Jesse. Yeah.

Yeah. Anyway. All right. Well, let us know if you want to get a poll going. Yeah. I will do it. Yeah, let's get a poll going. Yeah, I will do. Yeah, let's get a poll going.

Bobby Gockel. As a 61-year-old single woman, I especially love that Dusty and I have almost exactly the same hobbies. Hi, Bobby. I also have a surplus rock pile on my property that I am dreaming up plans for. I need some dudes to help lift them. I'd even welcome Brian. Oh, thank you, Bobby. Where do you live, Bobby? Bobby endorsement.

She made a weak joke. Even Bobby can do it. Where's Bobby live? I mean, I'm into him. Bobby, I think if you can't do it, I think you and Brian have the same strength. There it goes. The same grip strength.

I would like y'all, yeah. I think if you and Bobby fought it'd be it'd be a barn burner it would what kind of rocks does she have

I wonder I don't know if we had enough time to get into it in the comments but I'm sure you can reach out to her yeah

well yeah I'm reaching out because yeah I mean I like that I like a rock pile that you got some plans for yeah

you know sounds like she got really big rocks, though. You don't want them to be that big. What's a good type of rock? I can't even name a rock. How do you sound on that? Why do you mean it sounds like she has a, because she says surplus rock pile. But she needs people to help lift them.

So it makes me think they're really big rocks. Because I got some limestone and they're about like this. Yeah. Where you can, you know, you can still pick them up. Yeah. But even if it's pebbles, you're not, you know,

you need help carrying them. Yeah. Well, you put, you know, you left it one at a time. Well, I am,

I think she's commenting. Cause we said we would help you go do it. She's like, I need some dudes. Okay. So I think you're reading into this rock thing. I think she has probably what you have, you know, limestone, limestone. I don't know if what you have. Mm-hmm. You know.

Limestone? Limestone in a dream. I don't know if it's limestone, but I bet it's what you think a rock. But I don't think you're going to show up and it's going to be like,

is that 14-foot rock? Mm-hmm. Yeah. You know. Black volcanic rock. Yeah. That'd be cool, though, huh? Shawshank reference.

Steven Dillon. I got to be honest. I watched early and didn't feel the vibe because I didn't really know anyone but Nate. And once Dusty came on, our guest appearance I watched now, I love the gang in total. All right, Steven. Thank you, Steven. There you go.

Dusty, look at that. Yeah, pulled one in. This is not the dump Dusty guy here. That guy's still holding on, though. The old strong. Yeah, he's like the first one to come. He's branching out, too one in. This is not the Dump Dusty guy here. That guy's still holding in, though. Yeah, dude. The old strong. Yeah. He's like the first one to come.

He's branching out, too. Yeah. He's got like an alert set on his phone when the episode drops. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I want people to know. Even when I'm on other episodes. I'm the guest.

He's like, dump that guy. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Is it Tom Papa's? Yeah. Yeah. Nathan Stanfield. I've been listening to the podcast for a long time. I'm a big fan of Dusty.

All right, Nathan. While I don't agree with his take on most things, there's no denying the man has great taste in music. I've been listening to his Spotify playlist ever since he mentioned it. Well done, Dusty. All right. I appreciate that. I mean, I just got to get you on board with some of these other things that you don't agree with. You got your own.

You got another playlist you'd like him to be a part of. Yeah, I do. And if he opens his mind, he'd get into that too. But yeah, the Dusty Slay Country Music Radio is a very good playlist. Stanfield sounds like last name. That name, Nathan Stanfield, sounds like last name that name nathan stanfield sounds like a name that he'd be like all right i'll talk to you yeah you know so what uh are you uh people just can see your name on a well i got my own playlist that i started you can make public

playlists on oh really yeah and this one is uh's see, this one's called. And you keep adding to it? Yeah. Yeah, it's fluid. You can take songs away from it. Dusty Slay's Country Radio. Right now I have almost 1,200 saves. That's awesome. So 1,200 people have gone to that and been like, all right,

I'll make this a playlist I can access. Yeah. It's a hot playlist. I wonder what, yeah, if I did, I mean, it would be, people would be. What would your playlist be? It would be so sporadic and just doesn't make sense. And then it would be three songs that I listen to over and over again. Next Thing You Know by Jordan Davis.

That's what I'm on. I've been listening to it for a while. People love the song you come up to at your shows. Yeah. People love the song you come up to at your shows. Yeah. Yeah, I can pick a good song for when it needs to be right. Austin Adams. I have no idea what the song talks about. Feeling good.

What's the song called? Sunday Best. Sunday's Best is the new, is the new one. Okay. And then we just taped a new special. And then, yeah. Who sings Sunday's Best? Sunday's Best.

Surfaces. Surfaces. Okay. Yeah. And then, so that's the plan for this special. That's the song I've been walking out to. Felt the vibe. We've come out to a bunch of different songs.

I don't really know what that song's about, but it's fun. Sometimes that's the best because once you actually learn what a song's about, you're like, yeah, now I can't listen to it. Yeah, I just don't take songs in like that. Austin Adams, I have it on good authority that a red straw is Burger King and a white straw with a red and yellow stripe is McDonald's. He's right. That is true.

I mean, that was a rookie mistake on your part. It really was. I think maybe I was the one that said McDonald's. No, I think I did. I remember thinking Nate might be wrong in the moment, but, you know, it's his podcast, so you just let him have stuff like that. I remember the comments, and to me, that being a Burger King cup is worse. Than a McDonald's?

Right? Because you were saying, get the cup out of the way. Yeah. It's worse that it's a Burger King cup. Yeah. I don't like McDonald's, but I like Burger King less. Well, I like Burger King, but I like them all. I think they all dabble and they all do great things.

But yeah, a McDonald's cup is probably a little more trendy than a Burger King. Burger King, it's a real meat and potatoes. You're like, this is what I do, dude. You're not like, oh, yeah, swing by McDonald's. Nate likes McDonald's. Sometimes people go eat McDonald's after the show because they're like, Nate talks about McDonald's.

And you're like, yeah, it's a fun. Burger King is, I mean, I've had Burger King. You're there for a reason. You know what I mean? What do you like that Burger King does? What's your go-to? Well, I get two Whopper Juniors,

no onion, no tomato. Okay. And I don't really like their fries. I can eat their onion rings. I don't even like onions, but I can eat their onion rings. I will send them

to get the fries and then every time I'm like, yeah, these are not good fries. Remember the chicken fries at Burger King? Yeah. Those are a big deal.

They had a great long fried chicken sandwich too. They still have it. Yes. They have a really good long chicken sandwich. Whopper is unreal. I just get the Whopper Junior. A full-size Whopper is – Sonic kind of tries to do that.

Sonic's is pretty – Sonic's got a big hamburger. Yeah, Sonic's – I like Sonic's, too. But Whopper – Whopper's – I mean, they're standing on the Whopper. They stand proud. Why do you do the Whopper Junior andopper is, I mean, they're standing on the Whopper. They stand proud. Why do you do the Whopper Jr. and then get two of them? Because I'm not a reasonable human being. Instead of one Whopper?

Instead of one Whopper is what I mean. Because I'm an addict that, you know. It's good to have two things. Two juniors is still more than one Whopper. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, it's because I have a problem with Dusty.

Yeah, well, I just wonder. What made you sleep under the bridge last night? Well, you know, I had some problems. I had some problems. I don't know what made me sleep. I would love to not get any Whoppers. Burger King had a heyday on 2nd Avenue in Opelika. We used to have a, they still have a Burger King there, but it used to be a real hot spot.

It was a hangout. We used to go eat there a lot. And it was also a hangout, the Burger King. Yeah. But now it feels like spot it was a hangout we used to go eat there a lot and it was also a hangout the burger king yeah but now it feels like a lot but i think i said it a couple of times yeah i think but you forgot where you're going then you go you know we used to have a hang out there we'd go there and hang out and all of us it was a hangout we'd hang out i wanted you to know we ate there but we're also yeah also we would hangout. We'd hang out. I wanted you to know we ate there, but also we would hang out. Yeah. We'd hang out there.

Ironically, I think Representative Sarah Crawford's previous comment was about how her mom would take a Chick-fil-A cup into McDonald's to fill up, right? Yes. Because she liked that. She liked McDonald's drink better, but I think she didn't want the pressure of everyone like, you eat McDonald's? Yeah, I get that. Yeah. Yeah, Chick-fil-A's a little more. I mean, just in, yeah, yeah, I get it.

The hierarchy of it is, it's weird. Yeah. I got to respect that because I do judge the McDonald's thing. But yeah, that's, I like that. What about an Arby's cup? What do you think about that? I'm judging it. Yeah. I was that. What about an Arby's cup? What do you think about that? I'm judging it. Yeah.

I was going to say indifferent. I think when you see an Arby's cup, someone always goes, where's Arby's at? Yeah. Like no one's confused. Taco Bell, I think, is like people – Taco Bell, you're like, they were probably drunk when this happened. I'm like, yeah, have you had that cup since last night? That's Pepsi.

Yeah, well, Taco Bell, I think it's a, but I think it'll be during the day, it's like a, it's the healthier people say, you're like, oh, I just got a little thing there at the healthier.

I don't think people make that connection, man. I think they do. I don't think people go to the Taco Bell Cup. That person's probably on a health kick. Yeah.

I don't know if they think that. But I think if you go to, I think if you go to fast food, they would tell you to go to Taco Bell. Who tells you that? You can go to Arby's and get a seat. You can talk to them. The guy he hangs out with. The guy that goes, instead of one Whopper, let's get you two Whopper Juniors.

And I go, this guy is on to it. He goes, we'll be down to a buck 92 in three years. He goes, come on, stick with me. Ashley Maxwell. When I was a little girl, I had the privilege of going with my parents to the masters. My dad greatly resembled Tom Watson and people would stop him in droves and ask him for his autograph and picture after many attempts to explain he was not him he finally found it easier just take pictures and sign his name shake hands and move on i thought my dad was famous for years as a child when we were there great memories that's awesome yeah and it's so funny because you're like yeah would i just be walking around why would I just be walking around? Why would he just be walking around?

Why would Tom Watson be walking around? Yeah, there's a chance he's playing it. Yeah. He probably was. Yeah, I guess that was after Tom Watson retired and people just thought he was there watching. But he didn't. It depends on how old this woman is. But Tom Watson played forever.

Yeah, he played until. I mean, he almost won the British Open when he was 60. I remember that. 59 or 60. So I still have hope. Oh, yeah. For golf? I mean, you're up against it.

Better get on it. How's your progress with it? Not good. Yeah. Brian, let me ask you this. This is a debate we were having this weekend. Okay. Me and you up against each other in golf

but i can throw the ball if i want to you're having a debate about us yeah well first it was like graham wasn't the only one getting first it was about me and other golfers but then we had to lower the quality of golf right to make this a fair fight no offense they brought me in i'm not gonna beat nate throwing if he's hitting. I can't throw the ball 300 yards. But I feel like if I'm throwing versus you hitting, I've got a decent shot, I think. It's a great question because yours is always going to be straight.

That's right. I'm not going to shank it in the woods throwing it. Yeah, but you might have trouble getting some fairway. I don't think. I mean, I can throw it in a fairway easier than. I know, but I mean, some fairways even depends on what tees you're playing from. It might be 100 something yards. Let's say we're playing from the ladies tees.

Oh, then I think you'd win. How far can you throw a golf ball? I tried it this weekend. About 120 yards if I really chunk it. What? Yeah. Well, from a three-story building. Okay.

Yeah. He's not mentioning that. Y'all's weekend was wilder than I thought. Yeah, yeah. Y'all didn't even mention that. Yeah, we yeah yeah we did go to that we did i mean it was like a camp yeah where was that this weekend it was uh in uh where do we go sioux falls no no no i don't know rockford i don't know might have been sioux falls yeah and uh yeah because that was the canaries night we went and did that and then we got back it was such a nice night. Let's take the scooters out. So they had a thing called Great Shot.

It's like Topgolf. They were super nice in Sioux Falls. We went up there, and they were kind of close to closing anyway, so they had third floor. They just kind of opened the third floor for us. We got a bunch of crazy food and stuff. And we had like four hitting bays. So everybody was really getting to hit as much as they want. It was super fun.

But I threw one about 120 yards from up there. So I'm guessing from the ground. 100 yards. 100 yards. That's a good question because. You're going to get tired though. Well, Brian's going to get tired. I know, but he has at least the power of like a bad,

like even his weak shot is going to go 80 minimum. Like, you know, your full-on shot always has to go at least 100 yards. Right, right. And, I mean, that's a – you're going to start getting down into the 40 and 50-yard stuff, and it's going to be tough. I'm going to be tough. I'm going to hit some in the woods though.

We could go do it and play one hole. You know, play a couple holes just to see if there's even the math is right. But I mean, if he gets himself in trouble, you're not going to lose your ball. But I think the score is going to come down to being like 8 versus 6 or 7.

And what's wrong with the green? Does he get to roll his ball? Yeah, I mean, I think you have to. Yeah. Yeah, you get to roll it. Talking about get like a pull cue? No, you get to sit there and kind of toss it. But you can let it roll.

I would think on the green, you should have to putt. With a club? Yeah. But to get up there, I can throw it? That's what I would think. No, I think you got to do hands all the way. With a club. Yeah. But to get up there, I can throw it. That's what I would think. No, I think you got to do hands all the way. Just all hands. It's all hands, all clubs.

Okay. All right. And we can go try this tonight if you want to go try it. We can run over to Legends and go play a couple holes tonight. But you have to wear a gorilla suit. If you're only with your hands, you have to look like an animal. Yeah. I have to have a monkey, a banana in the other hand.

Caleb Hill. I've been in the pest control business for six years. It sounds like my fellow pest man, Dusty, has some woodpecker problems. And Dusty has some woodpecker problems. The female carpenter bee lays its bee larva in the hole that it bores into the wood. And then the woodpeckers do all the real damage when they destroy the wood looking for the bee larva. Fun fact. I wish you had some fun into this comment, Caleb.

Fun fact. The bees don't actually eat the wood. They're just chewing it up and excavating it out like a little cave. Yeah. Well, I appreciate that, Caleb. I didn't think they were eating the wood because you can always see the little wood shavings that have come out of the thing. But I wonder because this is a bench, right? And then underneath is where all the damage has been done. So I would think

if it were the house, I could see the woodpecker thing. I'm interested in it, though. But I just don't see the woodpecker hanging under the bench and then upside down and getting into it. I feel like it's more like a raccoon or a possum. But I'm not shutting this. Numerous people suggest a possum but i'm not i'm not shutting this

i'm not numerous people suggest it was a woodpecker i'm not shutting him down i just but i want them to under i don't but none of them have seen it have you put a camera out there no i i have a camera but i forgot my memory card yeah so yeah get a little trail cam set up i'd like to see what's going on out there see what too. Woodpecker raccoon. Alright. Well, this week we've done an episode on insects where we debated ants versus humans. I thought this week with the cicadas

out doing great, we could talk about some flying insects. Let's get into it. Alright. I saw this picture from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The cicadas are out there. If you're listening, there's about, was that 20 on that guy's back? Yeah.

I was getting lit up this morning walking in my car. Yeah. They come up and just land on you. Oh, really? Yeah. Dude, big red eyes. They're terrifying. I noticed on the flight yesterday when we landed, the jet bridge is just smushed.

Really? Cicadas everywhere wow they're getting planes yeah yeah they just have to keep them up yeah so uh it's getting a little cicada talking let's yeah you know i used to collect those shells when i was a kid i loved you know you just find a randomly just on trees yeah and then why would cut yeah i had a whole thing going on but i um yeah but home repos the problem yeah where would you put them like a shoebox well you know i used to for a while i would paint i would get the little uh army man or whatever and i would paint them uh with like a q-tip and i paint them you know so they looked more realistic so i had this thing where i set up on

one side was a bunch of like medieval kind of army men, like they were about to go into battle. And on the other side, I had a bunch of cicada shells glued to the board with, and they were also painted like they were about to go to war. Yeah. War of the worlds. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was into it. So, but now, I mean, it's like, there's an insane amount of them. It would take a long time for me to find enough was into it. But now, I mean, it's like there's an insane amount of them. It would take a long time for me to find enough to do that. But at my house right now, there are so many shells. And you walk outside, and the noise is just constant right now.

I love the noise. I do love it. You like it? Yeah. I do, too. Yeah. I'd like it if there wasn't, if they weren't around, and you could just hear them. Are they everywhere in the country

now we have a map that shows it's probably about 15 states so there's these are called periodical cicadas there's two main broods the 17 year cicada and the 13 year cicadas we have the 13 year um so they come every 13 years, the brood we have does. They're called a brood? Is that how you say it? B-R-O-O-D? Yeah, I'd never heard that word before. Just like a vampire brood.

It feels like a guy that's just, he's trying this word out on this thing. Yeah. You know, he's like the brood, and everybody just goes, is it a brood? And he goes, I guess so. Sure. He's going to see what it takes offod? And he goes, I guess so. Sure. He's going to see what it takes off. Yeah.

Breed, I would have thought, but. I like brood. That's interesting because I noticed for Tennessee, we're the,

one of the few blue ones. So we're, we're a little bit different brood there. We got a different, we have a lot of different ones. We do,

but for Nashville, like. Oh yeah. We're one of the few. We've got brood there we got a different we have a lot of different ones we do but for nashville like oh yeah we're gonna we've got brood uh 20 or 19 brood 19 xix comes out in 2024 x do you know all the roman numerals i can't i'm not fluent in it but i can sit down and look at it and figure out, you know, XIX. Is 10, 10, 21. And then IX is one before 10, so 19. Oh, really? Yeah. That's how they do it?

Mm-hmm. So what's V? V is five. Five. Oh, so one plus, so it goes three. Oh, so the ones in front of it. It's less than right before it. Oh, I see.

So IV is one before fives. That's four. Yeah. I didn't see the years there beside it. So not all these are out right now. Well, we've got right now in 2024, we've got brood 13 and brood 19. Okay. So that 2025 brood XIV is 10.

That's 14? Yeah. Look at that. I just think I learned Roman. This kind of sounds like they're like, yeah, they come out every year, but we just say they're different broods. They're coming out every year. So the bottom one is 23. Yeah.

How about that? Now you know the Super Bowls. Now I know the Super Bowls. And L is 50. And that's the only, they using x i v l yeah and i think there's uh there's other ones for larger numbers i think m and no one ever makes it no did they even make it that high no that's why you know they fell rome fell what year did they what year would the what would their thing have been what do do you mean? Would they have been like, we fell on XXLVVLYI? I guess so.

Yeah. You just got to keep going. Yeah. Did they just keep going? You think that's why they fell? Because someone just goes, hey, we're just going to use like one number. Yeah, just use the numbers. And then they end up in the room and they're like, no, no, no, no, no.

You got to do it. It only works this way. And then everybody's like, I don't know, man. so writing that on a check you know just being like it's as long as the 15 dollars you're like 15 dollars uh xxxxx i i l l l v v you know it's like, oh my God. And the guy, you have two checks. You put that thing where it says, keep going, an arrow pointing to the back. Yeah. You know? The date line and the amount line are the same length on these checks.

Oh, yeah. That's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's the opposite of how we write checks. You're looking forward to writing the word 15. Yeah. It's because you're about to, you know, be like, oh, my gosh.

What did they have to, I mean. But what if the amount is even in Roman numerals? What is like 1949? Or like in, when did they, what would that be in Roman numerals? That would be M-I-M. M-C-M-X-L-I-X. Yeah, I mean, that's insane. So can you imagine, like, I mean, it would be someone goes,

when's your birthday? You're like, oh, because someone just write your birthday down. You're like, I don't think you didn't have it memorized. I mean, you'd be you know that it looks like they all look like a uh the code you got to put in to prove you're not a robot or something like it's that's what all these you know it's your wi-fi password yes like captcha yeah it's like captcha is all and you're like what are you talking about he goes i was born in 1949 and you're're like, just say that.

Why were you being, when were you born? MCM XLX. Do they even say 1949? Do you think they, is that what they do? I don't know how they say it out loud. Out loud.

Do they go 1949? Are they all just like, my goodness, can you believe it's MCM XL? All right. He goes, it feels like yesterday was two Vs. What? Fin, 19.

What does fin mean? Is that a mistype? Yeah, I mistyped, so it thinks I'm asking in a different language. Oh. There you go. What if it's a totally different answer? So M must mean 1, Oh. There you go. What if it's a totally different answer? Yeah. M must mean a thousand.

C means a hundred. How's that an AI-generated answer? They're all AI-generated answers. I know, but I've never seen that. You could still Google stuff, and no one was saying anything was an AI-generated answer. Well, now it's... AI is forcing itself into this. Oh, yeah.

That's right. That's right. Because there's never been... You're like, I Googled it it that's how we've been doing it and they just gave me the answer and now a is like well i did it and you're like yeah but you already googled we already had this answer if you're google yeah i would be upset if i was google well if you ask a question now in these search engines it'll crawl through the results and then try to answer the question as you worded it with AI. It's kind of nice.

How's that better than... Well, then you don't have to sift through it to find the exact answer that you're looking for. I think that's happened just the last week or two. I think for a while, maybe. I mean, this is a... Well, every week when I Google whatever we're talking about, I feel like last week was the first time where it'll pop up an AI-generated answer at the top.

You can still sift through the other stuff. Are we going to be an AI with looking up topics? What do you mean? What if you use AI to help you with topics? It's kind of what it's doing.

Yeah. Oh, you mean like coming up with the topics? Like coming up with topics. Maybe ask AI, these are the topics we've done. Yes. Generate some other topics

in the same vein. I'd be curious to see what it says. Yeah. That could be a good tool. And then we can just have them do the episode. We don't have to show up and do this. AI, you're right out of a job. See if you can't get AI to do your job.

Yeah, it's going to happen eventually. You're always upset about how much work you have to do. See if AI can do it and then show us how you did that yeah yeah you're the first job i think it's eliminated we're gonna we'll put a newsletter out where it says uh brian rates let go it's your picture and then a robot he goes here's a new person he hired robot and he go this guy he's strong first of all he's so strong so strong that's what they call him he still has nicknames we're still gonna beat up on him but yeah yeah yeah you know yeah yeah uh but he won't cry

so how long do these what he doesn't have emotions he doesn't have emotions I cried or

complained about how much work I do nah we know we know we're all having a good time remember that don't forget

we're having a good time yeah that's right having a good time I've seen Dusty remember you did that on stage you're like don't forget

oh yeah I said that the show starts going badly don't forget we Oh, yeah. I said that still. If the show starts going badly, don't forget we're having a good time. You're mainly saying it to yourself. Yeah, exactly. So how long do these stick around? Is this going to be all year, these cicadas? They never leave.

Or is it just a summer thing? 13 years they'll be here. About six weeks. Six weeks. Starts around mid-May, goes through roughly the end of June. Oh, so we're in the early, early stages. We're just getting going. So the, for them to come out, the ground soil has to be 64 degrees. And it, and so, and it only happens every certain years.

For the breed we have, brood. Brood. 13. But if the, I mean, could it come out, you know, are they ever like, you know, year seven? They're like, there are some mistakes. They get like, you know, they're just asleep and someone's like, get up. You're like, what? Yeah, no, we got like six years left.

They're grub worms, right? And as the larva, because I've dug them up and been like, oh, sorry. And then I put them back down there and put some dirt back over them. So I've probably woken up. What was that? Oh, yeah. That's tough. Yeah.

Yeah. Other guys was like, and now you moved him to a different family. He's like laying next to, he thought it's his wife. And he's like, well, who are you? Yeah. They're like, I'm a seven-year-old. I got dug up. I don't know where my wife's at.

Family's over there. That's always the thing with NSYNC. Exit. In sex. I give you – The way you emphasize it. Yeah. I always think I'm going down. All right.

I always think I'm going to be lower in my seat. Speaking of that, I slept through my alarm on the bus this weekend. Oh, yeah. Rookie mistake. Yeah. He got – I got a lot of heat for it. He got a lot of heat for it.

Yeah. I set an alarm for 8.30 with big ambitions to do something in the morning. Especially last week, you said Aaron likes to get up and do things. He likes to get up and get going. Yeah, I know. He would. He would get up. Aaron's always like, anything we were going to do, Aaron was like, yep, let's go, which is great.

That's what you want on the road. And it was down forever. Like, which is great. That's what you want on the road. And, uh, is, was down forever. But he said, yeah. I set an alarm for 830 and, uh, I snoozed it for about an hour. Not knowing, I don't remember doing this, but it goes off and then I turn it off and go back to sleep. Then it goes off nine minutes later. I did that for an hour. What'd you miss at 930?

Nothing. Nothing. Absolutely. There's no reason to be up yeah okay he was just waking everybody up every night oh i see so foon and graham were just like what is going on yeah oh yeah yeah it was bad yeah rookie mistake i'm sorry everybody yeah wake up yeah we're like jimmy fallon did, so it's all right. He did it. Yeah, it was a fun joke.

Well, it's different when Jimmy Fallon does it than when Aaron Webber does it. Yeah. We made fun of Jimmy Fallon for doing it. Yeah. And he made fun of us for sleeping with him. So it was a good back and forth. But I was thinking when you get an insect you know this joke might have been done i don't know uh but it's like if you get an ant or something and then when you move it and you

put it in another place it's like well i don't even know where my i mean it's like grabbing someone out of california and just put them in new york right and then you just go all right what's the bit you have dusty about a, about a fly going in the car? Oh, yeah. I mean, it's like, yeah, I mean, I don't know. I even forget the joke now. I did it so many times. But, you know, the fly gets in the car.

It's like you're driving and then you see a fly in the car. Time travel for a fly, yeah. And then all of a sudden you let the fly out. And then the fly's like, where am I at? It's like the one from, say, two states, I think. Yeah, like going into the grocery store and coming out in arkansas yeah what happened while i was yeah yeah yeah and that yeah it would be because i mean yeah you would think some of these insects would be you know they have to be like're like, I was kind of in the middle of something, you know?

Yeah. Well, especially ants. I mean, their whole thing, I think it's, they smell the trail. That's why if there's a trail, you can just kind of run your finger across it and then they are lost for a bit because they smell. So if you take an ant and move it way off, I don't know how it finds its way back. But let me ask you a dumb question. Cause I'm not afraid to ask dumb questions on this podcast. The cicadas that are out right now,

the one that landed on me this morning, that cicada was in the ground for 17 years. 13. That was a dumb question. That exact, that exact one. Yeah. So that's a. That exact one? Yeah. So that's a 13-year-old bug?

Yeah, they're one of the longest living insects. Because like, wait, it was not born 13 years ago. It's been, how long do they live? So yeah, they hibernate or they get in the ground as adults and then just chill there for 13 years? No. Are they doing stuff underground? What's going on? Let's back up a little bit.

They eat sap and stuff from the trees, up from the roots. So they're living life under the ground. Yeah. And just when it gets cool enough, they go, let's check out the world. They think they know the years. They don't know for sure. Scientists don't know for sure how they know it's 13 years, 17 years. But they think something with the sap.

They have an internal clock about how much sap comes down. They think something with a sap. They have an internal clock about how much sap comes down. Okay. And they think they wait every 13 or 17 years because any predator that would eat them has not lived probably that long. So they're all learning about it for the first time ever. You know what I mean? The predators.

Whoa. Okay. So they're not going to be like, hey, we're ready for you this time because they all died off too. Right, because no birds live in 13 years or a rat or anything. That's interesting. A bird doesn't live 13 years? Maybe some birds. I think a bird's lucky to get six months. A bird in the wild.

Yeah, I mean, how long can a bird live? A pigeon? I see. In New York City. Yeah, maybe a year. How long can they possibly live i mean i think they have dead pigeons all over the place good lives well i mean new york they're eating regular food do you think they're live well they probably have diabetes yeah yeah you think uh pigeons live in 13 years though uh 13 so. I feel like animals live longer than we. But insects are.

Animals like that, smaller animals, they don't live. Maybe the cicadas. How long does a pigeon live? Let's get the AI generated answer. Maybe the cicada's bigger purpose. Six years. Six years in the wild. It's underground.

Crows live 10 to 15 years. So crows are like, I mean, they just kind of they learned about it, but then they probably forgot. And then they're like, God, I don't think I saw these once. Because they're old by that time. Yeah, then they're like, nah, I remember, you know. They go, I kind of remember.

They go, does this sound familiar to you? This noise? And he goes, man. It's like talking to someone that was born in 1908. Yeah. What was it like? It's like talking to someone that was born in 1908. What was it like? She's like, I kind of remember a horse. Then we had a horse. Maybe we did.

I think my grandma had a horse and we did for a second, but I think cars were kind of around a little bit. So the cicadas only hit these pigeons every other generation. Or any predator predator pretty much wow that's interesting yeah maybe their larger purpose is underground right so they just have to come out

to mate yeah i wonder if you could interview a cicada it'd be probably get hard to get him to talk about when he comes out because he'd be like i would like to talk about what we do all day every day yeah and that's underground yeah you just want to focus on and you're just focused on the the you know and he's and it'd be you know and you're like but what about when you come out they go that's point it doesn't even matter he's like when i come out i got something specific i need to do i don't have time for interviews yeah Yeah. You come see me underground. Yeah, yeah. I've been underground for 13 years.

Come on down. I'll talk to you all day long. Yeah. When I come out, that's my time to be out. Yeah, I got none but time underground. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Why does that map use Roman numerals? You know? Because I think that's just how you name stuff. But why would they not do regular numbers? That's not a Roman. I don't think Romans dealt with cicadas. Well, why do we do the Super Bowl like that? Well, that's because it's cute.

But for this... You don't think it's cute to call these broods Roman numeral? This guy is really into cicadas. And he's like, yeah, brood. Yeah, I don't know. But he's using 17. He's using regular numbers everywhere. But this is a...

Maybe it looks better. If you're listening, we're looking at a graphic from the USDA Forest Service. So this is a government-issued graph. USDA. Well, USDA, isn't that the beef? It's the dairy. The dairy thing. USDA, I think that's...

I thought they did beef, too. They could be in a butcher box. The U.S US Department of Agriculture And so they Oh is that not the food USDA is that not the food thing I think maybe Maybe they're in cahoots

You think they do both The USDA US Department of Agriculture Wow They do regular food and They aim to meet the needs of commercial farming And livestock food production, promote agricultural trade. Yeah, so it's all. And we're into cicadas.

And we do some cicada stuff. Yes. Wow. 13 to 17 years. Yeah. Why zero in on something specific when you can? I wonder why we only have them basically over here and they don't have them anywhere else. Yeah, the Northeast, North America is the only place in the world that has the periodic. basically over here and they don't have them anywhere else yeah the northeast north america

is the only place in the world that has the periodic well but not even the whole north america has it i mean it's it's it doesn't i mean texas is our oklahoma it looks like is the farthest it goes left and it's not even to the i mean yeah i love it you just say west left yeah well everybody knows west is left yeah but look there's a little brood over here in Massachusetts kind of on its own. It's like they drifted off sometime. Yeah. There's a little pink one there too. I bet they don't know about the other ones.

And if they did, they would probably come out a little bit earlier. In Illinois, I think, they get a little bit of both. And they do occasionally crossbreed. Oh, no. So is it just 13 and 17 years? Yeah. What happens if they come out at the wrong time? Did you ever say that?

I might have cut you off. It did say that occasionally they'll come out either like after nine years or after the 17 years. 13 years ones sometimes come out after nine years. The 17-year ones still sometimes come out after 21 years. So it's always four years difference when they come out. They don't know why. Now, if it's all temperature, if it's based on the ground temperature, is global warming or whatever, is that changing when these things come out?

Are they worried they're going to be coming out more often now? They said they were. You're not worried about it, Dustin? I wouldn't worry about that. Now they're just out? Yeah. You're saying they're just out and about now all year round? Because if it was 64

degrees, they would be out all day. Yeah. So I'm still trying to get the big picture of how this works. I kind of think God knows they're annoying and he's like, I'll keep it. You know, there's like, it's because it's because he's like, I want to make this annoying thing enjoyable because it's only here every so often. Small doses of it. A small dose of it. And if it was just out all day, you'd be like, where are we at? Where do we live?

What is going on? Yeah, you couldn't even take a phone call outside. I know. Anytime. Yeah. Car washes probably are doing well right now. Yeah, I bet so. Is there any like cicada religion?

Did any old ancient tribes like worship the cicada? Well, they were only in Tennessee. Yeah, so like Native American tribes have like a cicada thing? I don't know. Because sometimes with the ancient civilizations. You know who would have looked that up? AI. Yeah.

AI would have looked that up. AI baits. Bob Bates would have had that on deck. Yeah, like they only come up once in a while. You would think that these ancient tribes would be like something mystical about it. Oh, yeah. I'm sure. Yeah.

I bet they did. Yeah. I mean, I'm surprised you don't think it's mystical right now. I bet the U of native tribes did. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I would believe that.

They're like, hey, this thing only comes around 13 years. There's got to be something significant to the 13. Yeah. I think every Native American group had a U. Do you think he was short hair? No, I think it looks like him. And he's just like, he goes, I think these cicadas are saying, you know, and they're like, I know, but we're already doing like all this other stuff. And he's like, yeah, something's not right.

Yeah. I'm like, at least pay attention. But the government and they're like, there's no government. And he's like, there's a government. And he's like, there's a government. Trust me. Yeah. There's a government. Yeah, and they'll be showing up soon.

Yeah. At the shore. And they won't be ready for it. And he goes, trust me. Yeah, it's going to be bad news. Yeah. I'm like, something's coming, guys. And they're like, you're always saying that.

And then what happens? The Spanish show up. Yeah. Yeah. Should have listened. I said, I told you you and they're like this guy this guy's fine he goes the cicada boy yeah but you wouldn't be listening to the chief no yeah he doesn't trust the chief yeah you never can trust he's corrupt yeah yeah um so

these cicadas yeah they're in the ground for 13 or 17 years. They come out. Do they all die above ground, or do they go back, or do some stay underground for the next cycle? I don't think so. I think they all come out. Only the males make the sounds. That's their mating call that we're hearing. Okay.

They say it's 90 to 100 decibels. Oh, do they come out of the ground to breed? Yeah, they come out to breed. That's their purpose. Okay. It's just to hook up. Okay. And then the female goes back into the ground? She lays eggs in the tree. That's right. She lays eggs in the tree, and then several weeks after they all die, the babies hatch, and then they're very died, the babies hatch and then they're, they're very small, white and a couple of millimeters long. And then they, uh, float off the tree, sit like a snowflake down to the ground and then

they burrow back into the earth and then come out 13 or 17 years later. How long do they live? Like one of them live. A cicada? Yeah. About 13 or 17 years. So How long do they live? Like one of them live? A cicada? Yeah. About 13 or 17 years. So they only go out once and then that's it.

Yeah. And they're only out for a little bit of time. So people think they have a very short lifespan. They're alive and eating and everything

underground for a really long time. Yeah. They have a life down there. Yeah. Right. I feel sorry for the ones who don't hook up. Yeah.

The guys like, that's my whole purpose. We all look the same. Why can't we just- You got to chirp a little louder. Yeah. Yeah. Or not get stepped on. The female does get attracted to the ones that are the loudest.

Yeah, I don't blame them. Or you think you, like if you were a skater, you came out at 13 years and then also been like trying to come out at 17 years. You started just making your way over to the 17-year group, and you're like, what are y'all doing? And they're like, wait a second, are you 13 years? He goes, no, I've been 17 years also. You're coming out pretty regularly. Just try to hook up.

Do these things serve a purpose? Are they important to the ecosystem in any way, or could we be done with them? They do help the ecosystem. Great question, Aaron. Thanks. A study from 2005 links cicada. Who's doing this study? No one.

USDA. I'm about to tell you. The USDA. They did it in 2005, and then they go, I think that's good. We don't need to look at it. Nothing's changed. Yeah, we've not studied it up until this point. Yeah. Sorry. That's alright. When they come out,

there's a bump in a number of species, including red-headed woodpeckers and common grackles, whatever that is. A grackle's like a blackbird with like a gray head. Didn't a grackle write into the comics this week? Maybe not a gray head. A grackle is like a blackbird with a gray head. Didn't a grackle write into the comics this week? Maybe not a gray head. Bobby Gackle.

They kind of look like. Look at that. Wow. The Gackle family. Grackles are like blackbirds. They come rolling in in packs. So they come out and provide food for other species. Food for animals and then bird population increases.

Are these birds not eating in the other 13 years it's like why do we need well it just gives it a bump and it helps caterpillars because birds lay off caterpillars um because they're eating cicadas gives the caterpillars a break yeah yeah yeah caterpillars get a rare reprieve so i mean how long so you're a caterpillar like how how long is caterpillars live because there might be well caterpillar loves that sound yeah cicada then life's turn of calvary two to four weeks before they transform into a pupa or something else and then what is it no butterfly right yeah don't they go to butterfly why don't they just say butterfly or chrysalis yeah and you want to go that person go you want to say butterfly don't they go to butterfly why don't they just say butterfly or chrysalis yeah and

you want to go that person go you want to say butterfly don't you you're not saying butterfly butterfly or a moth well it's not a science you go but you want to what's a moth an old caterpillar i think a moth is like a nighttime caterpillar a nighttime butterfly i mean butterflies only live two to four weeks so same ones i'm saying like how lucky are we we get to live this long huh oh everything else is dying off i mean a couple days or unfortunate yeah however you want to see that let's spin it the other way it's but uh i'm saying so there's a certain group of caterpillars that are like a generation that they just think, well, the earth is great. I had no problems.

Everything was, two to four weeks. They come up to a six-week thing with cicadas. They're like, yeah, it's loud, but I didn't get eaten. Was it threatened to be eaten? Never felt in danger. And then probably telling the old, like one where there's an overlap, tells older generation he goes what do you complain make you don't know anything he goes we had all day long just birds coming at us yeah and they're like i don't know and they go i don't even believe that yeah yeah and so they write in their every history book is just every four weeks their

history book changes yeah and it goes from like it's you know the birds are the worst and then one like let the birds live they do they i've never seen them do anything then another the next chapter it's a nightmare you know there was a ecologist at the university of massachusetts amherst She and her collaborators filled the forest in Maryland with fake caterpillars made of clay. And then they measured how many of them had signs of bird strikes. And during the cicada emergence, the portions of caterpillars with strikes fell from about 30%

in a typical year to below 10% during the emergence. What was it, 30%? Yeah. 30% to 10%. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's significant. That's 20% more that's living.

So this is a good time right now for caterpillars. Yeah. Caterpillars are living it up right now. Caterpillars are a little too cocky right now. They're probably not even trying to become butterflies as quick as they should. That's probably true. They're like, we got a little extra time, guys. Yeah, this is great.

Just hang out, eat the leaves. We don't really need to fly around. Let's hang out. Yeah. Hanging out. Yeah. All right. So these cicadas, unfortunately, they also have a urination problem.

Like they're incontinent? What do you mean a urination problem? Bladder infection? What are they, in their 50s? They can't get through the night. No, it's the opposite. They can't get through the night. No, it's the opposite. They have a very strong stream, and they pee from trees.

No. Is that true? Yeah, I think so. Look it up. Well, I presume you've already done that. Yeah. It's a... Well, he's not writing lies down there. Yeah.

It's AI for you. I don't do that. Well, I'm saying I just never... Yes. I don't think I've been peed on by a cicada before well it's gonna happen it's gonna happen soon is it noticeable

like if you get peed on you'll feel it I think so and then they laugh a little bit that's actually what the sound is the chirping is just

laughing I'm picturing is it like a dog stream I'm picturing a hard yeah like it's like you're like, I mean, you know, you feel it. I think it's like a water gun.

Like, is it sprinkling out here? Yeah. Do they urinate backwards too? I didn't know that. I mean, we can find a video of, here's a video of a cicada peeing. I don't know if I want to pull this up. Yeah, I don't know. All right. So I'm into if I want to pull this up. Yeah, I don't worry. Alright, so.

I'm into it though, if you get it. Send that to Dusty. Now, they do have cicada killer wasp also come out. No. They only come out every...

Oh, I didn't see it. Oh, whoa. Wow, that's... I didn't know he could hold that much liquid in his body. It's a decent pee. Look at that guy. If you're at home listening, if you're over 50, it looks like what happens at the end.

I think that's a good description Yeah I think so This guy's still going This guy's still going I thought you were watching I'm not joking For a 50 year old It's like

Yeah if you're That's 13 years of sap I'll be honest with you If you're 45 years old It just looks like What you do Yeah At the bathroom.

I've heard that. Same amount and same many times. Wow. I mean, dang. Oh, my gosh. That's a new thing to just be thinking about all day. Yeah. Yeah.

But the hotter it gets, the louder they are. They can only fly when it's a certain temperature outside. What about these wasps? Oh, cicada killer wasp. They come out also under the ground, and they emerge in June. And they paralyze the cicadas with their venomous sting, and then they take them to their offspring. And that's how they feed their... And so they only come out once a year or every 13 years?

I think so. I think they only… What are the odds of that? Pretty good, actually, because everything kind of works out. Yeah. Pretty wild. Yeah. That's pretty crazy.

Evolution, right? Whoa, yeah. Look at these things. Yeah. What? So they're coming out June this year? They're coming out? I think so. And they kind of have the same wings. So. What? So they're coming out June this year? They're coming out? I think so.

And they kind of have the same wings. So they, what do they do? I mean, they obviously don't kill you if they sting you, right? But what? I picture they walk out like. You were like, oh, more cicadas. Like it's a march. Yeah.

And they come out. And then it's like a Star Wars door opens and they're like. And they all shoot out. Oh, it's got a cicada there too. Yeah, this one's just. That's tough. Talk about a buzz kill. That's a good headline.

You got to give respect when you get a good headline like that. Yeah, talk about a buzz kill. Friends of the Mississippi Rivers. Shout out to that editor. That is solid. That's solid right there. That might be a good place to stop. That's all cicadas, but... Yeah, maybe we'll put cicadas on there.

We did talk about the killer wasp. That was just a comment. We're just doing cicadas. That was mainly to cicadas. We're just doing cicadas right now. That was mainly all cicadas. It was. We had some good cicada stuff in there. Thank you. I definitely liked them.

I liked them less than I did when we started. Cicadas? I didn't know they were up there just peeing on us. I read next door, but it was like someone, because people were talking about wanting to kill the cicadas and they were, you know, someone's like, you can't be killing them.

They're the, you know, like, you know, it's like they do so much, you know, whatever, you know,

that kind of thing. You're getting like a back and forth. I mean, you know, when someone's frustrated, they're like, I want to kill these cicadas. You're like,

what do you think they'll go through? Go run through the neighbor and kill all the, it's just someone talking. What's the real frustration? Yeah. It's like, just go understand. I don't need them. Yeah, just go inside, though. Yeah, but you'd like to be outside. It's good weather right now.

Yeah. That's why they're out. That's why they're out. You can't blame them for wanting to hang out right now. I wonder if it rains, do they? What happens then? I think they stop chirping. Do they? Supposed to rain this weekend. Oh, good. They'll shut them up for a little bit. Well, you don't hear them. Oh, do they? Supposed to rain this weekend. Oh, good.

They'll shut them up for a little bit. Well, you don't hear them at night, do you? I think, don't they? Yeah, I hear them. I thought it was just constant. It's like those things at the World Cup. You remember those? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's what it is. I think when the temperature gets a certain level, they shut up. So maybe it has to be later at night when it gets cooler. Okay. Oh, so if it's a hot, hot at night when it gets cooler okay oh like doing like so if it's like a hot hot summer night it's like wow it could be i wonder if you're out in the woods like at your place is it just definite uh i i haven't been out there but my mom says in chattanooga she said it is really loud she was at my house and she's like it's much louder

in chattanooga your mom told me you could eat them oh yeah yeah she said you can fry them up and eat them i don't know where do you hang out and talk do you hang out and talk to his mom at the birthday party when the ball pit a terrible ball pit so uh yeah i mean i don't know who's doing that i don't know where she's getting that info out you could fry up anything and eat yeah yeah you know i don't know where she's getting that info at. You could fry up anything and eat it. Yeah. You know? I don't know where she's getting that at.

I don't think my mom's eating cicadas. Okay. She could be, though. She said you could. Yeah, sure. You could eat these things. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, that's what she ate at the party. Yeah. She didn't. Yeah. I mean, maybe she did. Maybe that's what her parents were doing. Did you wonder when you said dinner's served and she walked out the front door and everybody else sat down?

Yeah. Put them in a little bowl of rice. Yeah. It seems like, remember the movie, what was the movie with the teenage kind of,

not like the teenage vampires, but like Keith or Sutherland. Lost Boys. Lost Boys. You remember that? And there was like the scene where they were eating the Chinese takeout.

Peter Pan. And then the Chinese takeout like turned into like worms and maggots. That's what I think about when I think about eating cicadas. You remember that movie? Yeah. I'd never seen it. You never seen it?

I've heard of it. I thought it was about Peter Pan. The Lost Boys. Like your Barry Sanders kind of. I know. That was a movie. I've heard that a lot. You never seen it Boots? Yeah. That was a little. You never seen Little Boots? I've heard that a lot because.

You never seen Little Boots? It came out. Somebody else said it on a comment on another thing that I said. But yeah, you know. I felt it. Yeah. You never seen Little Boots? Yeah. Yeah.

It's in there. It's in there. But yeah, I'm surprised you guys haven't seen it though. Especially you. I mean, that was kind of our era of movie. I wasn't allowed to watch any. Oh, okay. That's a little bit older though. I was raised the was kind of our era of movie. I wasn't allowed to watch any. Oh, okay. That's a little bit older, though.

I'm what you're, I was raised the way you're probably raising your kids. Yeah, okay. Yeah. Except we, my dad is a magician. So yeah, that's besides that, it's Harry Potter. Spells. Yeah, they liked Harry Potter. I don't watch Harry Potter. I never watched it.

But I was not into that kind of movie. Yeah. I missed everything. Yeah. Alright. all right i get it i mean i support it i support what your parents do except for you being a magician yeah my dad being a magician yeah you told him that well we've talked about it a little bit yeah your dad's very religious though so i'm i'm in i just he says sleight of hand is what he says i'm not doing doing magic. I'm just. He's an illusionist. You don't believe him, do you? What's that? You don't.

This has got to be a little magic. You know, he's maybe got some powers. You know. All right. Where are you at? This Sunday, I'm at Stand Up Live in huntsville um it's memorial day weekend so you don't have to go to work the next day come out come see me on sunday at stand up i'll bring your church group bring who you know i just need people come on out june 7th and 8th this is aaron

weber speaking right now i'm in phoenix arizonarov. It used to be called CB Live, but they've rebranded it Desert Ridge Improv. And then at the weekend after that, June 13th through the 15th, I'm in the Bay Area, Sunnyvale, California, Rooster Teeth Feathers. Oh, I've done that. Great comedy club. I've done that. So I'm going to be out there in California. Come check me out.

Rooster Teeth is a great club. What a great name, too. We've got a guy I met that still comes to the show, Ed Horst. And he came, I want to say the first time he came to Rooster Tease is a great club. What a great name, too. We got a guy I met that still comes to show, Ed Horst. And he came, I want to say the first time he came to Rooster Tease. I went there straight from taping my Economy Central special, my hour-long special. I went to Rooster Tease. Rooster Tease, and I opened for Angela at Rooster Tease.

I'm pumped. Rooster Tease is great. It's going to be fun. I reached out to them, and they said, this is true. They said, let's see how Aaron does first. Did they really? Yeah. Ticket sales-wise?

I think all of the above. Sorry, bud. I don't think you're getting booked. We shall see. I mean, we'll see. Maybe it'll pick up. Yeah. I'm doing this thing.

I'm in Huntsville, Tennessee, not Alabama, Tennessee, called the Brimstone Recreation Thing. Recreation Thing? I was trying to find some details on it. Yeah. But it's like a whole thing like, you know, there's music, they're doing ATVs, and there's a whole thing. I'm there on Friday. so Huntsville Tennessee Brimstone

Recreation the Brimstone Experience where the journey is your reward that's something that it says here I'll be doing that on Friday next week I'll be doing you know Cape Girardeau, St. Louis and Royal Oak we added two shows

in Royal Oak because the first sold out but the second show not selling as good as I'd hoped so get some tickets Royal Oak. Nice. Because the first sold out, but the second show not selling as good as I'd hoped. So, get some tickets to that show. Royal Oak's great. Is it the theater? Yeah. The music all day? Yeah, that place is awesome. That's cool, man. So the first show sold out, and then we added the second, but it's been a little

slower, but someone told me there's a ton of events going on in Detroit that weekend. So, I'm very happy with the one sellout. Yeah. But I'd like to, you know, yeah. Get it going.

Yeah. Uh, I will be in, uh, May 30th, New Orleans, smoothing center, uh,

31st Memphis at the FedEx forum. Then June 1st, Biloxi. Then the second, uh, Huntsville, Alabama winter show. Oh, it's a before this. before this yeah oh yeah i was like

man that'd been great uh we we did that because it just worked out with birmingham right if you want tickets to aaron at birmingham and stardome we did uh birmingham i plugged the show on stage in birmingham and i mean a lot of people All right. I was like, that was awesome. Yeah. So, yeah. Then I got Grand Rapids. And then, you know, this will be. It's on and on.

But it'll be the end of the, you know, we're rounding up towards the end of the Be Funny tour. Yeah. It'll be. Yeah. Yeah. It goes. goes a year coming up yeah the the the bulk of the be funny tour stops at the end of june but then i have very sporadic like uh casino affair uh some stuff like that uh you know to september and you know but like the it will just it won't be as much uh i mean fargo later in the year but the the the big bulk of the touring will be done uh at the end of this month uh or the end of june basically cicadas when cicadas are gone i will also go under like the

cicadas yeah uh all All right. All right. That's it. We love you. I hope you have a great, is it Memorial Week? Yeah. Have a great Memorial Week. Memorial Day weekend.

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