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Welcome in, ladies and gentlemen, cats and kittens, grab your mittens. We are back. Another episode of the Nate Land podcast. Hello, folks. And hey, bear, I'm sitting along. I forgot how to start this thing, but I'm happy to be here. This is Aaron Weber speaking. I'm alongside my good friends, my old pals, my compadres, Brian Bates and Dusty Slay. Okay. Nate is not here. I thought you did a good job. Thanks, dude.

I think it's good to mix it up every now and then, get a little different energy to start things out. I like that. You know? But it's good to be back. I feel like I haven't seen you on forever. I know it's only been a week, but I've seen you in a long time. Yeah, you missed a week last time. I missed a week. Oh, it has been more than a week. Yeah. How about that? You kind of sound like Nick Novicki. Have you been told that? I think so. Similar voices. I think so. Yeah, you've got a southern accent, but the...

The tonality of it is the same. He's got a good voice. I mean, yeah. It's not an insult. No, no. He's got a good voice. That's right. I give it up to him.

We got a couple announcements. These are big things happening in the Nate Land universe. I want to shout out before we get rolling on another killer episode here. Nick Thune, friend of the podcast. Very funny comedian. He's been on the podcast before. He's been doing stand up forever. I'm a huge fan of him. Longtime friend of Nate. He has a brand new half hour special episode.

called Born Young on the Nate Land YouTube. Check it out now. If you're watching this on YouTube, look back a couple videos, and then you'll see it. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. I remember you guys losing it about how stylish you thought he was. You guys couldn't control yourselves.

Well, I don't know about that. No, I don't think that's accurate at all. I don't think I'm losing it. We did a fashion episode with him. What's really happened is Dusty got his feelings hurt because he thinks he's stylish. And we said a more stylish Dusty Slay. I don't think I'm stylish, but you guys were really losing it over it. Maybe it was Nate. Yeah. Maybe it was Nate losing it. You think you're better dressed than Nick thing? No, no. I don't think that. But you guys were, you know. All right. You guys were really getting into it.

Well, check out the special Born Young. It premiered this weekend. It is so funny. Brian and I opened for that. We're listed at the end. We are? Yeah, it's pretty cool. Opening comics, Aaron Weber and Brian Bates. That's good to hear because I opened on your special and I did not get listed. Well, that's because I wrote all those credits for my own. But I gave you a special thanks. Oh.

I thought that would mean more than the thing I was contractually obligated to do. Yeah. I was like, Nick, it's opened and special. Thanks to Brian. Exactly. It's like, what is this? Brian Bates a special? There's Aaron Weber special. I just told all my family that be watching. And then I wasn't the credit. I was just upset. How many times was Aaron thanked on the dry bar specials?

Yeah, that's a good question. Well, the difference is, again, Aaron didn't open for me in Salt Lake City. That's true. Or Provo, excuse me. Okay. That is true. I'm sorry about that. Yeah. But Borne Young, very funny. Nick, I think if you've been following Nate Layton for a while, it is definitely –

A little different than some of the Nate Land stuff you've seen. Like he's got a style all his own, but I think that's fun. I think it's cool to mix it up. And it's like there's all different kinds of comedy. Nick is really, really, really funny. He's really good at what he does. So check it out. I think you'll like it. Also, fun announcement here. Nate Land presents. We got a big show coming up as part of the Nashville Comedy Festival. Nate Land presents Good Clean Funny at the Ryman Auditorium.

here in Nashville. This is April 8th. It's a pretty amazing lineup. Friends of the podcast, people you've seen before, Ryan Hamilton, Dustin Nickerson, Derek Stroop, Lace Larrabee, Mia Jackson, Paula Kaczynski, and I'm hosting.

Special host Aaron Webber. Special host Aaron Webber. That's fun. They put special in front of it, so it feels like it's more than what it is. But I'm hosting that show at the Ryman Auditorium. Pretty cool. Nate Land doing a show at the Ryman. So come check that out. That's going to be a lot of fun, part of the Nashville Comedy Festival. And as always, check out our other great podcasts, The Consumers, every Tuesday. Don't make me come back there every Thursday. Let's get rolling. I got a show that night, too, at Zany's. I'll put you on it.

uh april 8th yeah well thank you i do have that it's been on the yeah so that's probably sold out it will be yeah it's gonna be yeah it sells out every month yeah yeah it's gonna be a hot show april 8th i think that was i do think it's weird that we are on the same night i didn't realize that i'm not upset about it but i want you to let you know that there's a show at zany's on april 8th okay so you have a lot of options for comedy yeah you know what i mean yeah

Get out there. Get into it. And Aaron's special signature disc, 290,000 views. Is that real? Yeah. Whoa. How about that, huh? How about that? Yeah, Mario Lopez shouted it out on Access Hollywood. Yeah. I was like, all right. I like Mario Lopez. Loved it. Saved by the bell. Are you kidding me? I don't know who the female host was, but she said you were cute. I don't know, but I'm into it. I didn't know who she was either, but I like what she's doing. Yeah. Wow, that's cool. Yeah. All right. What'd they say?

She just goes, he's cute. And I was like, all right, I'll make that a clip. All right. Brad Pitt again. Yeah. What did Mario Lopez say, though? He basically read my bio on air, but it was pretty nice. He said he liked the special? He said he replaced Dusty Slade as the youngest comedian on the ground. I guess so.

Anyway. That's awesome. It's been good. A lot of fun things happening. I had a fun weekend. Brian, what did you get into this weekend? Let's catch up a little bit. Yeah. So Friday, I was in Bozeman, Montana. Oh, yeah. What a town. Best comedy club. It's my first time there. Was your first time doing comedy in Montana? First time in Montana. Oh, okay. So, yes. So how many states do you have left? Do you keep track of this? I haven't looked lately. I mean, I've got a few. Okay.

Montana's a big one to check off, though, because it's just aren't a ton of places to go up there unless you're doing theaters and stuff. Two shows. First show sold out. The late show did not. But, oh, shout out to Hunter Lloyd, who opened for me. He picked me up at the airport. He took me around Bozeman, showed me the sights, took me to the airport the next morning at a very ridiculously early time. So, yeah.

Thanks, Hunter. And he did a great job on the show. So, you know, it was great. When I was in Bozeman, there was an opener for me and we asked him to be clean and he was so filthy. Was that at Last Best? And then left before the show was over. No, it was some other venue. I don't remember what it was. It was a great show, though. So that was Friday. Hunter Lloyd, I'm just saying.

They're not all that good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not all the openers are that good. Yeah, yeah. Well, he kept it clean. I liked this guy, though. I was fine with him. He was just insane. Yeah, I don't think Bozeman has a lot of clean comedians. Yeah, I don't think so. I think he's kind of the go-to. Yeah. He opened for Ryan Hamilton, he said, and whenever they need a clean opener. He did Macho, too. It was very funny. Yeah.

And then I flew home Saturday. Then Saturday night, our pal Keith Alberstadt was here at the lab at Zany's. Oh, yeah. I came down and did those shows. Two hot shows. Keith's so funny.

Keith's the best. He is. He is. And then over in the main room, Joe List was over there. And I said, I'm going to go over there and see Joe because I know Joe through Nate. I got over there. He's like, I've lost my voice. I mean, I could hear him say it. And he said, Nate's on his way down to pinch hit for me. So Joe went up, did 20 minutes maybe, and then called Nate to the stage. And Nate did both shows together.

Saturday night. So, you know, it was fun. Nate and Laura came down. It was fun hanging out. Nate Baum? Yeah. How many people do you think were disappointed? None. I mean, that's got to hurt your feelings a little bit, though, huh? But I think he still gave them a show, but it was just obvious. My voice is gone. I can't speak as well as I'd like to. So I'm going to do what I can. But then here's a little added benefit of the biggest comic in America. Yeah. You know, so I think that that's fair. What happened to his voice?

He said he felt perfectly fine Friday night. He said he was fine. He woke up Saturday and it just went out on him. Does he smoke? I don't know. I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't think that he doesn't smoke. What does that mean? And then I did a local. Look who coughs the most on this podcast. Yeah, me and Nate. Yeah, me and Dusty sound great. But I did a local show last night. Renard Hirsch, his voice went out.

Mid-show? No, but I mean... It's just like a light switch. I know, I did do that, but like it happened... Renard lost his voice? Yeah. Ah, shit. So his act out, you know, we're a little different, but... Yeah. No, he did great, but he didn't... Renard's got a great voice. Yeah. That's a good voice. Yeah. So anyway, it was a fun weekend of shows in Montana and shows here at Zaney's. Big time, dude. Yeah. I got back yesterday...

Where was I? Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City, Funny Bone. I had three great shows. They were all packed.

uh very fun i had never headlined in kansas city before so it was cool to like all right here we go and then look who was on the road at the theater john christ same night i was there so we met up uh met up for lunch i'm wearing the exact same thing i'm wearing in that picture right now except your eyes are shut which is pretty tough but that's how that's how i look in most pictures yeah who was lee and zach with you

Lee and Stroop were with John. Zach was opening for me, and this is Michael Blank, who's a very funny Kansas City comedian who hosted on my shows all weekend. Blank's a tough name for when you're coming up and coming in. You know what I mean? They're like, did they get that right, or did they not? Michael fill in the blank. Yeah.

Yeah, I'll get it wrong. I'll pull it up. It's spelled differently, but that's how it's pronounced. It's blank. You're right. That is tough. I didn't even think about that, but he's very funny. It was his first time

Getting to work the club and doing a weekend and stuff. So it was awesome. And just a fun weekend. My streak at Southwest Airlines is over. I did 12 flights in a row. No seat next to me. Oh, yeah. And then it finally got broken. It got broken in an annoying way where I wanted to tell the woman, like,

It's like a no-hitter gets broken up on a blue pit. Exactly. I was like, you have better options on this flight. Like, what are you doing here? I want to be like, come on, you could find another. Maybe she watched Access Hollywood and they were like, he's cute. Yeah. I doubt it. I was three for four this weekend. That's pretty good. And the one that there was somebody was the short leg from Denver to Bozeman. Okay, yeah. So it was just like an hour. Yeah. It's not too bad. Yeah.

But it's just a cool thing when you're on the road and another comic you know is there. Yeah. And it's a more successful comic who can take you out to lunch and stuff. So it's pretty fun. We hung out on the tour bus for a while. Just a good weekend, man. Thank you to everybody who came out. I met a lot of people.

who were like, I'm going to see John tomorrow. And then I met a lot of people who said, you know, they're trying to see all of us. They saw you were at the club not too long ago. Yeah. I said, they saw that and they said, they're going to go see Brian next time he's out there. So awesome. Good stuff. Thank you, Kansas city.

All right. Well, I had no shows this weekend, but could have been working, obviously. But no. But last weekend I recorded my special I did in Chattanooga at the Walker Theater, and it was great. Really good.

Two shows. Sold out. I think, you know, you probably could have squeezed a person or two in, but it sold out. Standing room? Yeah. But it was great. Just really fun shows. It was so smooth that it was really like we didn't even do that. Wow. Yeah.

The first one, the last time I'd never really done a special like that before. So I just felt like there was a lot of pressure. Yeah. But this year I've been doing theater. So I did the special. The first show was just smooth. The audience was hot, high energy, a lot of applause breaks, a lot of applause breaks where I'm not normally getting applause breaks. So was like, people were just excited. They were fired up. That's fun. And then, but it was good. It was good. I was like, I got it. I don't. And so the second show I was more relaxed.

which was good because the energy was different. It was a different energy, still, uh, very pumped, a lot of laughs, but like more like a regular show. Yeah. Uh, not an applause break after every joke. Okay. Um, but it was still, so I got looser. I did some riffing, uh,

I came up with a couple of jokes during the show that were good. Okay. A couple of tags. You were probably keeping the final cut? Yeah. Oh, that's fun. And then I had a good riff about a guy kind of wheezing in the audience. And people thought, my friends thought I planted that guy for the joke. I was like, I don't know how that came to me like it did, but it was good. We hung out, hung out at the Comedy Catch, the after party at the Comedy Catch. Oh, nice. Okay.

Hung out with Danielle. I signed the wall in the green room. The Dusty Slate Memorial Green Room. Yeah. So it was great. It was all really fun. Chattanooga's great. I love it. I meant to bring it. I got a letter from the mayor of Chattanooga. Whoa. And it was pretty funny. The mayor of Chattanooga's funny. He's got jokes. All right. And so I meant to bring that, but I forgot. Just saying what? Like, get out of town? Please leave? Yeah.

Or was it like a thank you for doing it? Yeah, thank you for doing it in Chattanooga. I had a lot of gifts, like a hat and a shirt and a glass. All right. And then he was just being funny, like, I know that you'd rather be in a Western Sizzling parking lot somewhere, stuff like that. Wow, he's a fan. Yeah, it's very fun. Nice. That's awesome. So how long is the special going to be, a couple hours?

Well, yeah, if I, if I, cause the first one was a little over an hour, probably an hour five. Okay. And then the second one was definitely longer. Yeah. And then I did riffs in the second one that I didn't do in the first one. So if I added those in, it would be pretty long, but I want to keep it. I'm trying to make it under an hour. Okay. I want it to be 59 minutes.

Wow. Just so it, it won't be, but I want it to be just so like when you're clicking around on, on whatever service it ends up on, we don't know where it'll be. We don't know. But clicking around, I feel like you're more inclined to watch something that says 59 minutes than an hour 10. Yeah. But it'll probably be an hour 10. Okay. With the credits and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what I'll do at the end. I really liked the thing that we did at the end of the last one. Uh,

Showing the pictures of things. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The video. Yeah, and then the video at the end. I got a video, a home video of myself as a kid telling some jokes. That's fun. I think that might be fun, but I'm like, you know. You should show that Gene Hackman video. Yeah, I know. Just to end in sadness. Rest in peace, huh? Do you have any theories about his death? I mean, it's looking weird, huh? Well, it looked weird, but then I, it looks weird no matter what.

But people were trying to debunk it. They were like, there's no conspiracies. They're like, his wife just died seven days before him. Well, this is what the final thought is from people, that his wife – This is the mainstream accepted – Yes. Okay.

His wife got some disease that you get from rodents. All right. And it killed her. And she died in some room. And Gene Hagman had Alzheimer's, like really far along Alzheimer's. Okay. And he's 95. 95. And they had three dogs. One of them was in a crate.

And the other two were running free. So they think for a week, Gene Hackman didn't take his medicine that he was on because his wife was the one who administered him the medicine. He didn't know what was going on. So his wife just laid in there for a week. And then the dog was trapped in the crate and probably he wasn't feeding it. And then he has a heart attack.

Wow. Well, this sounds like the most tragic death imaginable. Yeah. Well, if you have Alzheimer's, I think that you'd just... Well, I meant for the family. Yes. Yeah, yeah. But it's like, if you have Alzheimer's... The weirdest thing to me is this guy, he's got to be very wealthy. You don't have anybody checking up on you, and you have Alzheimer's? Well, that's how big his house is that he didn't trip over in a week or something. Well, if he's like... My grandmother had Alzheimer's, and my grandmother...

We'd go visit her at the nursing home and she wouldn't know certain people. She'd be packing up. She's like, I'm about to go home. I mean, there's a possibility that he didn't even remember he had a wife. Yeah. You know? Yeah. Golly. Yeah, it's very sad. For all we know, for a week, he was like, wow, it sure is peaceful around here. So once the episode's over, tell me what really happened. Okay. Yeah, you just told us what everyone knows, Dusty. Yeah.

Well, but it's still... It's just still sketchy to me that, like...

You got nobody, no nurse. You got no. Nobody comes to see you. A gardener or somebody. Yeah. Like nobody. Because they said she might have been passed away for seven days before he passed away. And then it was another seven days before they were found. Wow. So for two weeks, nobody comes to check on you? That's sad to me. You could live a life like that. Like Gene Hackman lived. He's like this well-respected actor. Yeah. Everybody loves Gene Hackman. I don't know anybody that's like, I hate Gene Hackman. Right.

Right, right. But you got nobody checking up on you. You know, I remember years ago. That's a sad end. I think we might have talked about it on the podcast, but there is a story that went viral of an old woman who ordered Domino's every day. Every day of her life, she ordered Domino's for lunch. And then one day she fell down and broke her hip.

And Domino's was like Myrtle never called. And they went and checked on her and found her. Wow. So there's value in that. Just get takeout every day. Yeah. That way, it's like having a nurse come to the house. It's a built-in support system. Yeah. You're not going to get that with some of these other services. But an actual restaurant. That's right. It's not going to happen with Factor, as much as we love. But Domino's, they'll check on you. Yeah.

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It's not that important, but I just wanted to do a top five thing. Oh, okay. Maybe you'll be into it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I want to do top five Nashville coffee shops. I got into it the other day. Okay. And it'll give you some time throughout the comments to think about your favorite coffee shops. Okay. And what makes a good coffee shop for you? Yeah. All right. Because I bet we have different things we're looking for. Yeah. Yeah. We may, you know, we're all married now and, you know, it's a- Oh, sure, sure.

Nowadays, I think my wife goes to the coffee shop just to get out of the house for a while. Yep. You know? Yep. Okay. I'll be thinking about that. That's fun. The comments come from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple Podcast Reviews, and nateland at natebargetzy.com. First comment comes from Mike Myers, fresh off of SNL 50, and the worst Elon Musk impression I've ever seen. Was it bad? I think it's terrible.

But he's a legend. So what am I? This is Mike Meyer. So Mike Meyer. Sorry. It's not the Halloween. It's just one guy. Mike Meyer.

I really tried not to be too negative about Dusty and Aaron. Oh, jeez. But they're like Beavis and Butthead now. It's like two middle schoolers with poor Brian as the substitute teacher trying to maintain control. Yes. Not to say they're not funny as stand-ups, and separately they're just fine, but they're a bad influence on each other. Now, that is true, that last part, I think. Yeah. Well, we're grown men. I agree. But...

who's Beavis and who's butthead in this situation? I don't really know. That was not a show I was allowed to watch growing up. I wasn't allowed to watch it either. Strangely, because I was basically allowed to do whatever. Uh, it's tough when buttheads in the title, they're like, well, that's not what we're looking for. It is a funny show though. I've seen clips and I know what they look like. I don't think they look like either of us, but I guess, I mean, I think this guy, Mike Meyer is upset that me and you are, uh,

enjoying ourselves and laughing and having fun. That's probably true. And Brian enjoys it too. I don't think Brian's trying to wrangle us. No. But then again, Brian does pick the comments. That's true. And he let off with this one. Thank you, Brian. I wanted to establish. Set the tone. Yeah, set the tone. Up top. Elizabeth Bowerman. I feel 100% that an angel did pick up Aaron in Spokane. How awesome is that? I've heard similar testimonies.

Yeah, I was talking to my sister about that. I didn't. I don't know this. Well, I got real sick in Spokane. I knew that. I had to call 911 on myself, took an ambulance to the ER. And then on the way back to the hotel, 6 a.m., no Ubers. So I start walking towards the hotel and then...

A Lyft shows up out of nowhere. A guy just picked me up. It was a $2 Lyft ride back to the hotel. And I said, it felt like an angel just showing up, giving me a ride back. And I told my sister about that. And she was like, did he talk to you at all? And I said, he didn't say a word. And she goes, yeah, that's what angels do. I was about to say, you're talking about his startup business? Give you his business card at the end? Yeah. So who knows? If it was, I appreciate it. Either way. Either way, I'm grateful.

That's very nice. Yeah, it was. I love that. It was really, really nice. I want to thank that dude. You should have tipped him. Remember that song by Alabama? I tipped him really well, actually. Remember that song by Alabama, Angels Among Us? No. Angels in the Outfield? No. Different thing. Yeah. But great song. Yeah. Kids sing at the end. Yeah. Yeah. I love it. Mike Heath. Oh, Mike Heath. I know Mike Heath. Underrated candy bar.

Don't think I've ever had a Heath Bar. You've never brought a Heath Bar? Have you had it mixed into like a milkshake or something like that? Maybe. I think that's where it shines. On its own, it's okay. It's pretty good. It's like a toffee. It's hard. It's got a little snap to it. But you mix it in with like a Blizzard or something. Oh, yeah. Heath is... I take your word on it. Heath's the real deal. Well, Mike Heath, I know. Very nice guy.

How do you know? He's out of Seattle. Oh, okay. My Keith says, Aaron isn't the first comic I've heard about getting sick while staying at that Spokane hotel. Did you eat at the hotel? There may have been a disgruntled employee who has a vendetta against comics. I've been investigating this for over a year. If there's something afoot, it'll be exposed for what it is.

I can see Dusty liking this guy. Yeah, that could be fun. Well, I'll tell you this. I didn't get any kind of food poisoning thing, but I did Tacoma Comedy Club, and then the next weekend I was supposed to do Spokane.

And I flew home and I got sick. And I was like, well, I don't want to fly. I was like starting to get sick. And I was like, I want to give the club a heads up, but I don't want to fly all the way to Spokane and then get sick and be sick all weekend. So we rescheduled the dates. We moved it. Right. And I don't get sick a lot. Right. But we moved it. And then the date came to fly to Spokane. And I flew. I don't know. Spokane or Spokane? Spokane. Spokane. And I flew to Spokane.

landed on a Thursday. I'm walking around on the streets and I call my wife and I go, I think I'm getting sick. In Spokane? In Spokane. And I ended up getting sick. I did a show on Thursday.

And I was like, I just need to get good sleep tonight. Yeah. And then I'll be fine. That night, fire alarm goes off, wakes us all up. We have to go downstairs out of the hotel. And then. Mike's onto something here. And then I got, I got, I did two shows sicker than Thursday. And then I was like, but I'll be fine on Saturday. Saturday. I woke up. I was even sicker. I did the shows. I did all the shows sick.

And by the end, I was losing my voice. I had no voice, basically, on the last show. But I did five shows sick in Spokane. And it was great. They were great shows. I think they were really good. But I don't think the hotel did it, but that's sketchy. Yeah. I did not eat at the hotel. So I don't know what it was. But you got sick there in Spokane. I got sick there, man. You were throwing up? Oh, so bad. The worst of it.

One of the sickest I've ever been in my life. And you went to the hospital? Yeah, yeah. Maybe I'll ask you this off the air. No, they tested me. Yeah, negative for flu, negative for COVID, negative for RSV. They think it was just a kind of norovirus that they were like, it doesn't really make sense to test and find out specifically what it is, but they gave me fluids. They gave me anti-nausea stuff. And I'm all better now, but it was pretty brutal. So I'd appreciate if you look into it, Mike. I don't know what kind of investigative...

capabilities you have on the ground there. But, you know, go take a look. Yeah. Figure out what the deal is. I've had a couple of cigars with Mike. How about that? I bet he doesn't cough. Yeah. Next comment comes from SW Darby. SW Darby. This is a rare occasion where I'm on Dusty's side. Oh, geez.

aaron should re-release his old album i shared it with friends when he first put it on youtube definitely some good bits in there i was disappointed when i went to look for it again one day and it was no longer there that's very nice i like this person needed to uh this whole comment is just basically i want aaron to re-release this thing but they had to let him know that normally i don't agree with dust yeah normally everything dusty says is garbage yeah but here the

People say that a lot. People actually say that a lot about me. They go, normally I don't agree with him. Right. So I always think, maybe look into the things you don't agree with me on and ask yourself why. Broken clock is right twice a day. You know what they say? Yeah, but with various things, people are finding right times of the clock all the way around. Yeah.

Maybe they should be looking into why they don't agree with me. Yeah. What's wrong with them? That's right. They should look, uh, look at themselves. Look inwards. There was a Reddit thread I found, uh, recently about the podcast. You shouldn't look at the, I did first. It was, you know, it was basic criticisms and then it turned pretty anti dusty pretty fast. And, uh,

Man, I got pretty deep into it. And then I was like, well, this is ridiculous. These people. It is ridiculous. They need to be off Reddit. They need to look into some of the things I'm saying. And it will enhance their. It's mainly. They're mainly. They can find a lot of stuff you're saying on Reddit. That's for sure. Just go to different subreddits. They're just. A lot of them were anti-Christian. And they were real mad. Yeah.

about my own personal podcast too and i'm like guys we're just having a good time out here yeah this is one of the rare occasions i agree with you yeah uh that was good thanks david hutchinson i was on a flight from cartagena columbia back to atlanta from a wedding before we left i downloaded dusty special working man to watch

While the flight attendant was serving me a snack and a drink, she looked down and said, is that Dusty Slay? I said, yes. She said, I love him. He's really funny. I need to watch his new special. I told her it was really great so far. Thanks, David Hutchinson. That's really, really fun. That's a rare occasion I agree with David Hutchinson. It is.

no, no. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thanks for downloading it and for sharing it with me. I agree with him. It was really great so far. The first five minutes. Awesome. Yeah. Well, that is what you worry about with the special, right? Because for me, uh,

Doing a special, I'm, you know, it's like I'm recording an album, right? Where like musicians, some of my favorite musicians are like, you listen to the whole album and it almost flows together in a way. Right, right. Not where you got one or two hits. So when I'm putting a special together, that's what I want. It's got a bit of a build to it. You're putting nuggets out there. So on the second half, you got callbacks coming in. Right.

I'm building this whole thing. And it's like, but people's attention spans today. I mean, mine is no exception. If it's not just exactly what I want from the get-go, I'm like, I'm out of here. But I really like the new one that I just recorded. I'm very excited about it. I think it's better than Working Man, and I love Working Man. Wow.

Wow. I'm very excited about it. It's a good feeling. That's awesome. So you did one in Knoxville and this one in Chattanooga. Yeah. Next one in Memphis. Maybe Memphis, maybe Clarksville. I'm going to work my way around and then go into Nashville. The Anaconda plan. Yeah. There's also Johnson City. I had some good shows there. There's lots of great cities in Tennessee. Yeah.

Matt Adams says, I went to Dusty's show in Chattanooga, and my date and I were an hour late. I was born and raised in Tennessee, but I now live in Huntsville, Alabama. Apparently, I missed time zone day in school and only saw the last 25 minutes of Dusty's show, but it was stellar. I've now seen all four of you guys perform, and there's no one better or funnier than the very relatable content y'all share on stage.

That's really nice. You know what, Matt? Don't feel too bad about that. That happens to everyone. I've had people, last time I was in Chattanooga, I had some friends come and they almost missed it because the time change. I opened for Fortune Feimster in Chattanooga years ago.

And they came to Chattanooga early to get dinner, but then had to skip dinner because they didn't know the time change. My buddy Vince Fabra, who opened for me on the special, the last time he did a show with me in Chattanooga, he...

was almost late to the show for the time change. It's happening to people out here. I'm sorry I'm texting. I just, I left, I had Lucy's car key in my pocket when I drove here. So, that's what she's blowing me up about. So, she needs to go to the hospital with the baby? Yeah.

You got her car keys? Well, let's hope that doesn't happen in the next hour. So how is somebody driving her the key? I don't know what she's doing. I think she'll have to figure it out. Yeah. Maybe she, yeah. That's tough. Say, figure it out. I can't do anything right now. Yeah. That's why Abigail stuck her head in the studio and said, where are Lucy's car keys? And I'm like, I left them at home. And I reached in there in my pocket. So that's on me. You know, that's on me. I messed up, dude.

Next comment comes from Chris Wood. In order to get to the real truth regarding space, here we go.

What do you think about creating a GoFundMe to get Dusty on board a Blue Origin flight? Maybe then we can really know if space travel is possible. What's Blue Origin? That's Jeff Bezos. That's the one that goes up on the edge of space and you're weightless for. And you can pay a lot of money and do it. I don't want to go to the edge. I want to go straight up in there. Yeah. I think they go all the way. I want to go in.

What do you mean? I want to go away from the earth. I want to be able to look through the tube and or through a window and see the ball. That's what I think. That's what this is. Yeah. You can at least see the curvature. They're high enough. I want to see the, I want to see a full ball. How far away do you want to go from the earth? Far enough away to see the full ball. However, that have her far that has to be. I don't think they can do that on the space station. Can they? I want to go farther than that. Then the moon.

Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. The passengers see views of Earth from large windows that make up one-third of the capsule's surface area. So you get a great view. Passengers pass the Karman Line, which is the internationally recognized boundary of space. So, yeah, a lot of famous people, rich people have done this. So, I mean, we can pool our money again and get you on the embassy. This is the one that William Shatner did. Lasts about 11 minutes. You'll experience weightlessness. Yeah.

It'll be pretty fun. I think we'll make it happen. You know, those two astronauts are supposed to come home soon. Are they really? Yeah. How are they doing it? SpaceX is sending a rocket up. Seems like Blue Origin might be able to go up there and get them, huh? Well, they don't go that high. Apparently. So, sorry, Chris. Maybe we save a little. Maybe we take Katy Perry and...

Gale King? Yeah. Lance Bass? Those are the only two names I actually know, Gale King and Katie. I didn't know they went. Let me take them out of there and bring the astronauts back. I don't think it works quite like that, but...

It's good that we're getting them home. But the point is, though, if we're able to go this high, right? But we have these people, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, the richest men in the world. And we got people stranded up in space. Let's go get them. That's what I just said we're doing. Yeah, we're going to get them. But why is it taking this long, though? That's what I'm saying. I think it was prep here on the ground. Not that... I think they were preparing these new astronauts to go and...

They couldn't go till they're ready. I don't know why we don't have people ready, though. What's Space Force up to? I'm sure... I don't know what Space Force is doing. You know what I mean? You got to buy space ready. Like the fire department rescues a cat from a tree. That's what... Yeah, yeah. At least, you know, within weeks, be ready. I agree with you. I think if their life was in danger, we could have

Went immediately. Yeah, that would have expedited things. But I think it's a little more complicated than just jumping up and grabbing them. Yeah. They'll need better help when they come down. That's for sure. I mean, you're trapped up there. Is it a man and a woman? Yeah. Yeah. Well, at least they're getting together or whatever because- And it's not just them two up there. Yeah. There are other people. Oh, okay. How many? I don't know.

Maybe six, I think. Okay. And they're only supposed to be up there eight days or something? Something like that. Yeah, now it's been eight months. Something like that. That's pretty crazy. Yeah. It's funny how fast life changes. Real Gilligan's Island up there, huh? Yeah, a little bit. A little bit. An eight-day tour.

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In 2021, when the Braves were on their unexpected World Series run, my wife and I had a baby boy. He needed to stay in the NICU for a little while while his lungs got stronger. At the same time, my buddies called to tell me they had a ticket for me to Game 4 in Atlanta. I had never been so nervous to go and make the ask. She gave me 24 hours to get down there and back. The Braves won 3-2, and our son Miles is doing awesome today.

That's a good story. It's a really great story. I'm trying to think about how I would have. I jokingly said when your baby was born that you were at a Braves playoff game. Yeah, you did. Some people took it serious. I got some nasty comments. I'm just trying to think of how I would have approached asking my wife. Our baby's in the hospital. We think about how to dip out for a day. Go watch the Braves game. 24 hours, honey. That would have been tough, man.

That's a tough ask, dude. You could say, I'm going to go home and...

Take a shower and take a little nap and then head to Atlanta and then drive back that night. Yeah, I tell you what, I'm going to head back, grab a few things, maybe take a shower. Yeah, you need me to grab you anything? I'll grab you lunch on the way back. Yeah. And then, you know, traffic gets bad or something later that day. That's crazy, man. Yeah. I admire you, dude. I don't know how you figured out how to do that, but that's a lot. Congratulations on your boy doing well. That's a good story. That's awesome, man. That's awesome. Is Miles a Braves baseball player?

Could we link it? Miles Hill? Yeah. Miles Garrett. No. But he's a football player. Yeah. Yeah. David Brooks. I want to make a video compilation of all the amazing jokes that Dusty casually makes that gets completely swept under the rug. Please do. It's literally once an episode. Yeah.

He's got to be the best free agent signing in podcast history. Yeah, thank you, David. David, gosh, I would love for you to make that video. Yeah, he's not going to. That would be such a good video. I wish someone would make that video. I think it would be a lot shorter than you think. I'd crush it on this podcast. I think it would be a 30-second video. And then there's guys on Reddit going, yeah, he interrupts everybody. I can't watch it anymore because of him. Yeah.

He loves Jesus. Yeah. They hate it. Yeah. They hate it. It's funny because every social media platform has a different vibe. Facebook fan page is like, I wish they'd talk about God more. And Reddit's like, it's all they talk about. They love me on Reddit. As if there are not a lot of podcasts where people are not talking about that sort of stuff. I mean, it is practically all of them. Yeah.

All right. Next comment comes from Tanner Gutenson. This is one of the Gutenson quintuplets. Oh. Gutenson from Montgomery, Alabama. They're the first set of all-male quintuplets born. How many is Quint? Eight? Five. Okay. Five.

That would be octuplets. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Tanner Gutenson. How is it Quinn, though? How is it not pent? Like, isn't pentagram a five-sided star? Well, there's twins, triplets, and then what's the next one? Quadruplets, quintuplets, then sextuplets, I think. But why did we go Quinn with it and not pent? I don't know. Pentagon? Pentuplets. I don't know why we didn't do that.

Why Quint, not Pent? Yeah, because it's from, well, Reddit is blocked on this, but Quint comes from the Latin word quinque, meaning five, rather than the Greek root for five, which is penta. Okay. So it's Latin versus Greek. Okay. For some reason, for that stuff, we go Latin. Yeah, I like it. That's pretty fun. Yeah.

Tanner Gutenson says, after being a longtime listener of the podcast, you guys really motivated me to try my hand at doing stand-up. Oh, God. I'm sorry about that, Tanner. Life was going so well. There was an open mic at a local bar slash cafe here in Montgomery, Alabama, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I didn't do bad. I didn't murder, but most important, I didn't flop.

Got three or four good laughs out of the eight minutes I was given. Jeez. Eight minutes. Yeah. Crazy, dude. That's so much time for an open mic. Yeah. Admire you for doing all eight. That's crazy. Thank you guys for being so informative on the podcast, and I look forward to many more episodes. Well, congrats, Tanner. Yeah. It's a big first step. I've only done a couple of shows in Montgomery, and...

One of them was pretty good. Kind of a jazz bar downtown Montgomery. Downtown's really changed since I lived there. Yeah. The fact that you would do anything downtown. Yeah. It's changed. I did get a hotel downtown one time and I sat out on some chairs and smoked a cigar and it was pretty scary. It was mainly a city scary to me when it's just like empty. Like there's just no one outside. Just an occasional people walking and you're like...

Is this okay? Yeah, am I supposed to be out here right now? We were out there at midnight? Probably pretty late. Yeah, Midnight at Montgomery, Ghost of Hank Williams. Oh, I don't know that. Is that a song? Yeah, Alan Jackson. Oh, how about that? It's a really good song. Hank Williams from Montgomery, right? Yeah. Big time. So Tanner has, what did you say, four? He's got four...

That's good joke writing stuff. I was about to say, he's up there. He's like, gosh, I don't have anything to talk about. Yeah, what makes me unique? Yeah, I just don't know. And if you're not feeling well, one of your siblings can just fill in for you. Yeah, they're not identical though. Oh, okay. But I think they look, I mean, I think they're pretty close. But I think it's only identical if it's two. Or can there be four in total?

It's two sets of identicals. I don't know how it works. Triplets can't be identical. They can't? No, because the egg can only split in two. That makes sense. I thought I'd seen triplets all three look alike. I don't think there's... I mean, I could be completely wrong about this, and I'm sure I'll be corrected, but I think that triplets cannot be identical. Let me look this up. Okay, yes, triplets can't be identical. Okay. Why did I...

Okay, here it is. Here we go. Okay. He's backtracking, but he's going to spin it. Identical triplets occur when a single fertilized egg splits into three separate embryos. That means all babies will share the same genetic makeup, blah, blah, blah. The probability of having identical triplets is extremely low, estimated at about 1 in 200 million pregnancies. Yeah, I know a few. So this is the least common identical triplets ever.

is okay so here just admit you're wrong geez look i admit the the way i said it was i think it's look i think i'd like to see it happen but i'd like to see it happen i'd like to see it happen too all right for some reason i thought that that was all right all right you know you live and you learn you live and you learn that's how it works

That is true. But I don't think that they're all. This is an educational podcast. I don't think that the Guttensohns are identical, are they? I don't think so. Okay, because I think if. How did you know that he's part of that? I mean, there's just not a lot of Guttensohns out there, you think? Were they a big deal in Montgomery when you were a kid?

No, I hadn't heard of them until they wrote into the podcast a couple years ago. Yeah, we talked about them. And we talked about them. And then I think Mason's one of their names. They were on the Tonight Show at one point. Yeah, they've been on some talk shows. Because it was a big deal when they were born, but I hadn't heard of them. Was this IVF or was this just natural that they just happened to be? I don't know. I have no idea. Quintuplets occur naturally in one in 55 million births.

How about that? I mean, it's just wild. I mean, I can't imagine. I think about everything with the one baby. Yeah. Then if we had just had...

I have four more, dude. That'd be a lot. Yeah. That would have been a really big deal if I brought the car keys here by accident. I know. Left my wife five babies. With five babies, you might not even be allowed to do the podcast. No, I think I'd have to quit comedy. Yeah. I don't know what I would do. I'd probably leave. You'd have so much material, though. Just leave. Yeah. Just drive away and never try that. Yeah. Kidding. I encourage my neighbor to do that. My neighbor. You encourage your neighbor to leave his family? I had a neighbor get...

Honestly, dude, you should just bail. He's done that before. You should bail. Well, they were already getting divorced, this couple. They got divorced and they moved out. And he has...

Two kids by two different women. They've never been married, and now this is his third kid with this woman. And it seems like none of the women let him see his kids, right? Not very much. Whether it's his fault or not, I don't know. There's a trend here. I don't know any of that, but he just never really gets to see the kids. And he repairs air conditioners.

I told him, I said, man, he was all sad about it. And I go, man, you should just get out of here and go to Florida and just live out your life. I said, because he's going to run himself ragged. Where's the better help ad? And they won't let him see his kids. And he was so sad. I was like, dude, there are so many air conditioners that need to be repaired in Florida. I was like, you could get out of here and just be happy. Wow.

That's the worst advice. It may be, but the guy was very sad. How's he doing now? He's gone. He's just a sports... Oh, God. He moved away. I don't know. Because of your suggestion? No, he was getting divorced and they had to move out of the house. Okay. So... I know you say if you don't have kids, go ahead and get divorced. But in this case... Well, his wife's leaving him. Okay. And they're going to make it hard for him to see his kid. Yeah. Really hard. Really hard.

And I just think... Well, he's making it easy on him. I would just think, you know, you just go ahead, take off, reconnect with the kid later in life and go, your mom wouldn't let me see you. All right. That may be terrible. I think that's terrible. Do you? But what if, you know, your wife was leaving you and she would not... She made it very hard for you to see the kid and was making your life really miserable. Is it...

Is it helpful for you to be trying to just keep trying? Because you don't know what's happening behind the scenes. Men or women, this is not a comment on women. Men or women, you don't know what's happening behind the scenes. And how are they talking about you when you're not around? They're painting a picture of you anyway, I just think. I don't know.

I don't know. If it's a cool divorce. If you just take off, it's going to verify what the wife said. But if it's a cool divorce where you're just like, hey, we're not getting along, but we still want to, you know. I know a guy, him and his ex-wife live in the same house. They have like a duplex sort of situation. They're divorced, but the kids are still right there in one house. Wow. That's interesting. I've never heard of that. That is interesting.

Yeah, I don't know. I feel like I want to be there for my kid, but every situation is different. I'm not trying to judge anybody. But listen to all the details, though. He's already got two. Yeah, I get it. And the women are not letting him see the kids for whatever reason, and maybe they're right for it, but I'm just saying. I'm not saying. I'm just making a comment here. You just wanted him out of the house because he's moving. He's moving no matter what. But I saw the guy. The guy was crying every day, and I just was like, you got to take care of yourself here. Yeah.

All right. Matthew Pittman says, I got my tickets for Dusty this Friday and Saturday. And Brian Saturday night. I'm not encouraging people to leave their kids. I know you're not. I know you're not. Except in this case. I'm all about the family. Dusty's all about family. I'm all about the family unit. Of course. But once the family unit's broken, the way things work, it's very hard. And if the two parties...

are not working together, then it's going to be disastrous. Well, you can hear more about this Dusty show this Friday night and the rebuttal Saturday night from Brian. Me and Brian are both going to be in Boston at the same time. Oh, how about that? Very excited. A couple Southern boys. You got two nights, right? Yeah, I'm there Friday, Saturday. I got one show Friday. So, Aaron, let me ask you this. Dusty's show's at 7. My show's at 8. Which one do you think will be over first? I don't know.

I think it'll be pretty close. Well, I got to work on new material, so I'll have to start working in new jokes to the old jokes. There you go. It's bound to expand. Yeah, I think right around the same time. Yeah, that's what I think, too. That's what I think, too. Yeah, it's bound to expand. You know, there's a lunar eclipse that night, so we could hang out and see a lunar eclipse. We should. We should do cigars. Yeah. I wouldn't commit to any of this stuff. I think you're going to end up picking up Brian from the airport. No, I got a rental car. Oh, did you? Can you pick me up?

Yeah, see how this feels. Because I don't know, man. I got a lot planned that day. Boston's a fun city. I'm there in a couple weeks. So a lot of Nate Land taking over Beantown. Let me ask you this, Aaron. Yes. A lunar eclipse, that's when the Earth is between the moon and the sun. I can't remember which one's which. I guess what I don't understand is, and I said this on the eclipse episode, I don't understand. That happens every month, right?

I feel like every day but one, there's at least a partial eclipse. Yeah, well, it means that it's right on us, though. Like, it's not going to be a lunar eclipse here. Is it going to be one in Boston?

I think the whole U.S. experienced an elusive eclipse. I don't know. I tapped out after that. We saw the eclipse. Okay. I wiped all eclipse information from my brain. Okay. After Nate asked if it's the sun coming between the moon and the earth. I hope to God that doesn't happen.

And if it does, hopefully the moon's really far away. Yeah, exactly. We miscalculated the moon. Either way, things are about to get different real quick if the sun comes between the earth and the moon. There's a partial solar eclipse.

later this month. Coming through Nashville? No. It seems like they happen all the time. I know. They do happen a ton. I think only like maybe New England can see some of it. But if you're out in the ocean, I think you could see it all. Full totality? Yeah, I think so. That's pretty fun. And I read today cicadas are coming back. Oh, man. Oh.

Oh, man. That's why they're always like, oh, once in a lifetime thing, and then next year it's happening. It's a different brood. They're like, oh, these things are going extinct. And the next thing you know, they're like, there's too many of them. I don't know if anybody's claimed cicadas are extinct. No, but they do say that. They said it about bees, and then they were like. Well, isn't bees, isn't that a real problem? I think bees are, I mean, I think it is. Yeah. Probably because of like a lot of like.

Wi-Fi and stuff is what they say, and 5G is messing with the bees. And pesticides and things like that. Yeah, but it's like even all that. It's 5G. Well, it's a signal, right? So it's out here. Okay. Whether it's bad or not, we don't know, but it's out here. It's a signal. It's obviously shooting something into your computer somehow that you can magically pull up information. Right. So it's out there. Maybe the bees are sensitive to it. Okay. Messing up their migration. They're getting thrown off of where to go and stuff.

Yeah. All bad things don't have to be intentional. That's what everybody thinks. If you go, oh, 5G is affecting everybody, everybody goes, oh, you think everybody's trying to kill you with 5G? And I'm like, I just think there could be unintended consequences. Some studies suggest that 5G technology could harm bees. The scientific consensus is that more research is needed. That sounds a bit of a cop-out. Right. It sounds like they're going. Why don't we keep looking at it? Yeah. Exactly.

Exactly. Higher frequencies used in 5G can heat the insects' bodies, affecting their health and behavior. Yeah. When I was a kid, I was a little bit of a sicko. I put insects in the microwave and killed them. And it doesn't take very long at all. So...

So that's all the studies that need to be done. So I'm saying this 5G is a bit like microwaves. They do say like our cell phones has a little bit of microwave, a little bit of radiation. This is saying other factors such as habitat loss, pesticides, disease, and climate change have a greater impact. I would take climate change off the list and then all the others are what's really affecting it. Okay. Can't they all play a little bit of a role? I don't really, I don't know. But I think we're, but you know, habitat loss. And I think if we, you know,

We're just building too fast. We're just bulldozing woods down all the time. I want to study from Harvard right here. Building too many things. I got a hand to you, Dusty. I didn't know this was being talked about so much. You got to study from Harvard. That's probably where you learned about it. Let's see. You check in regularly on Harvard studies. What was the quote that I heard? This is a rare occasion when I'm on Dusty's side. That was a quote that I heard earlier. But, yeah.

The problem is people are afraid to have speculation now. They don't want to speculate. Yeah, I don't think you should speculate, right? To be speculate. No, to be skeptical. Skeptical, that's what I mean. You don't want to speculate. You're great at speculating. What's speculating mean? Speculating means just make a guess based on nothing. Oh, yeah. I think we should do that, too.

That's your mantra. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Do both. Be skeptical and speculative. No, make an educated guess. Research it. Figure out and have the guess based on something. I've always said guess first. Don't just throw out wild accusations. Guess first, research second. Research to back up your guess. Yeah. Guess, see who it lands with. Yeah. Okay. That's your people. Yeah.

Throw out a gas, test the water a little bit. Yeah. We all need a good support system. Am I right? You do need a good support system. You guys are my support system, and I appreciate it. Yeah. Who's yours? My family, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. Your wife. But when they fail us...

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So I said to Hannah, let's do top five coffee shops in Nashville. And then – Why don't you do this on your podcast? Well, I've not been doing my podcast. So now we have to sit through it. So I'm putting more energy into this one. Okay.

So I thought we could... You sure you don't want to save this to get Nate's thoughts when he's back next week? Well, you know, when Nate's not here, that's when I bring in different things. Because Nate, you know, he's got a lot to talk about. Yeah. So I thought we'd get some feedback from people. There's a lot of people that live in Nashville. Let's see, what are some of their favorites? And even if you're not in Nashville, you can... Yeah, yeah. Comment on YouTube and tell us what your favorite coffee shops are. And also...

If you're not in Nashville, you're in other cities, tell us where the good coffee shops are. We're on our way there anyway. Yeah, this is surprising because you don't, and I hope this doesn't come out wrong or mean, you don't seem like a coffee shop guy. I love a coffee shop. You seem like you get coffee from a gas station. You drink it black out of a styrofoam cup.

And, you know, it's a means to an end. Well, that's the thing about me. You're a man of complexity. I do like black coffee. Yeah. But I don't drink out of styrofoam or paper anymore. Sometimes you have to. But I like to get my own mug. You bring in your own mug to a coffee shop? Well, you know, a lot of times they don't like you to do that. So what I'll do, they pour it in the paper and then I pour it into my mug. Okay. These are Dusty's top five coffee shops that lets him bring in his own mug. Yeah.

But it has changed for me. What I used to like when I lived in Charleston, I'd go to Kudu Coffee, coffee shop downtown. Yeah. And they had a lot of seating. And then you could drink coffee, eat an oatmeal cookie. They had a great oatmeal cookie that I like, oatmeal raisin cookie. Oh, this was a bar too, huh? Well, they started serving- Kudu Coffee and craft beer. Craft beer, but-

So that's what got you in the door. No, no. I was going there as a sober person. Oh, okay. And so I would walk down. I lived downtown. I'd walk down there, have some coffee. There was always attractive women in there. And it was just a good artsy spot to sit and write some jokes. Play a little chess. I wrote a lot of making that fudge, that album at Kudu. Kudu Coffee. Wow. So, okay. Bit of a satanic logo there. It is a goat...

Because I had a problem with it too. But apparently it's a...

But it's a goat, you know, like a deer slash goat. Sure. Well, I laughed earlier when you knew five was pit. And then you gave me the example of pentagram. I was like, oh, that's how he knows this. Or the pentagon, either way. Yeah, exactly. Two things that he's not a fan of. Weird that they have a similar name like that. Uh-huh. Okay. All right. It should have been the quintagon. As with all of these, you know, I got a couple of extras.

So I'm going to go. This was Hannah's. She loves this place. We have to hear Hannah's top five coffee shops. This one is. Nate's back next week, folks. This is Crema Coffee in Brentwood. Crema, I think it's a chain, a bit. Okay. But apparently they have very good coffee. I'm not that into it. Okay. But shout out. It made Hannah's list. Crema, there's one downtown. You should take Lucy Herkey now.

This might be a good time. I'm sorry. Have some culture about yourself. Okay, you're right. You're right. Tell us about it. Okay, so, and then there is, this is going to be number five. All right. I'll have an honorable mention. Barista Parlor. I like the one in East Nashville. It's a good spot. It is pretty artsy, and, you know, they...

I wrote a joke about it one time because they gave me my black coffee in like a beaker, and then they give you a cup, and then you go sit down and then you pour it in. But it's a nice spot, and they have very good coffee. That's what I'm looking for is good coffee. Tom Hanks was spotted there once. Was he? Yep. Barista Parlor, they have one of these at the airport, by the way. Yeah, that's a good one. Okay, then I like that they have a lot of these, but I'm a big fan. The Frothy Monkey. I'm a big fan. I like the one on 12 South. Oh, yeah.

It's always busy. Surprised you like the vibe in there, man. Well, that's... Frothy Monkey is like the go-to example of kind of like a... I'm trying to figure out the best way to say this. Non-dusty. Yeah, kind of like the opposite of dusty. That's who would be in there. But that's the thing. That's who's making the best coffee. Okay. If it's all a bunch of dudes that I really like, it's not going to be good coffee. You get coffee at AutoZone. Yeah, yeah.

No, but they have an artistic vibe. I like a real artistic vibe. Okay. Number two. This is in Donaldson. The Sunshine Bakehouse. Okay. It's a vegan place, which I'm not vegan, but when there's a vegan vegetarian place... I told you about this place. Yeah. They're usually...

Oh, it's Sunflower Bakehouse. We always get it wrong. Sunflower Bakehouse. A vegan, vegetarian place. They at least have, they do a good job with that stuff. Yeah. I want to eat meat, but I don't need to eat at every meal. Fun story about the Sunflower Bakehouse is a vegan bakery. And I went there with Lucy and they have all these cupcakes that just look unreal. And I was like, and Lucy goes, you know, they're everything free.

Gluten-free, whatever free. So I was like, sugar? I thought they were sugar-free. So I bought like three huge cupcakes, and I ate them over the course of two days. And I was like, I can't believe these are sugar-free. And she's like, sugar might be the only thing still in there. Yeah, yeah. They keep a sugar a lot. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They're doing a lot of sugar. But I like this spot.

That's a fun spot. They're good. They're good. All right. Here we go. Number two. Oh, I thought that was two. Okay. This is number two. All right. Headquarters on Charlotte Avenue. This is on the west side. Tiny little coffee shop and very good coffee.

Okay. Very good. Downtown Nashville. No, no. It's like on the west side, like on Charlotte Avenue. That's downtown. Yeah. Charlotte Pike. Near where you used to live. Yeah. Really good spot, though. Okay. What they're showing you is not what it's going to look like when you go in there. All these pictures make it look really nice. It's a pretty tiny place. All right. Honorable mention. Okay.

McDonald's. Red Bicycle in Germantown. Okay, I've heard of Red Bicycle. Very good. Very good spot. All right, number one. This is my favorite spot. But they're doing a little something there that really ups it. They make a sourdough bread. Okay. I go there on Wednesdays and get a loaf of sourdough bread. Wow. It's very good. And they have a lot of bakery things that are very good, and they have good coffee. And this is going to be Flower Your Dreams. Yes.

In Hermitage. Flower your dreams. Yeah. Bakery and cafe. Very good. We go there. We go there at least once a week. We get bread. We get coffee.

Okay, I was about to ask, how do you have time with two kids to go to all these coffee shops? But you all go. We'll all go or we'll take turns. Do you give your kids coffee yet? No, no, no. But they do eat a lot of bread. You'll see these kids, man, at the airport and stuff. Oh, yeah. Like a four or five-year-old with one of those, I don't even know what you call them. I don't even know how to order one at Starbucks, but one of those, it's basically a milkshake with coffee in it.

See, there's like four or five-year-old kids with it. It's crazy, dude. Yeah, my kids... I don't think I had coffee till college. Get all sorts of treats, but I try to keep it back from them. Yeah, just nicotine and stuff? Yeah, I kind of like... Yesterday, I was eating ice cream in the kitchen while they were in the bath, and I was like...

Like, you know, you would think, well, I should share with my kids, right? No, no, no. But I'm like, I don't want to destroy their stomachs like mine's destroyed. I'll just keep destroying mine and I'll try to protect them some. That's sweet. You'll give them the gift of a cautionary tale. Yeah. That's a good thing for a parent to give a kid. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I enjoyed that more than I thought I would. That's a good list. You guys got to let me run with things. Okay. Yeah, we let you do it. Yeah. We let you do it. So what's the next list? I'd like to maybe make my own next time. Yeah. Because for me now, like I was saying before with the Kudo, I used to go there and I'm looking to write jokes. I'm looking for some inspiration. I like when people are in there. That way you can see them and I don't know, it's just something to look at, something to write about. Right.

But nowadays I'm looking for, do you have some healthy bakery options? Okay. But who listening to this podcast, excuse me, is going to find this interesting? So many people. Why would they find your top five coffee shops in Nashville interesting? Well, maybe they live in Nashville. Okay. And they're looking for a coffee shop.

I mean, come on, guys. I mean, this whole podcast is just stuff like this. That's true. That's true. And somehow coffee shops, you guys are like, ugh. No, it's not. It's broad where everybody can share. It's not like we postponed a conversation about Congress to talk about this. We're talking about nonsense. So I get that. Yeah.

I agree with both of you somehow. But Nashville is a tourist destination. So now they'll know. People coming here are going to want to go to the good coffee shops. And then we also have a lot of Nashville listeners. So this applies. Listen.

There's more people going to Nashville coffee shops than there are that want to hear about some of the things we talk about. But I like the podcast, so I don't criticize the things we talk about. But I'm just saying, let's not act like this subject is –

Coffee's important to people. Yeah, I think so too. Coffee's a drug. Yeah, we should have. I wish I know. We could have done an episode on coffee. We could have done a coffee episode. We've never done a coffee episode? No. I think we should get people to comment in, comment on YouTube, tell us what your favorite coffee shops are and why you like them. And also, I'll do this. Do you agree with Brian? Do you think that- Mike Meyer does. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, you know, but, but, you know, and also I just want you to take note because everybody says how mean everyone is to Brian. Look how mean Brian's being to me. That is true. Try to be nice to the listeners. But I'm just saying, everybody's always like, oh, everybody's so mean to Brian, but I'm just saying everybody can be mean sometimes.

When I was in, I don't drink coffee. Yeah. I mean, I do with a curate. Well, that's what this comes from. He doesn't drink coffee. No, I do drink coffee. I'm sorry. I don't go to coffee shops because I have a family that I love. But I'm glad you guys have time.

But when I was in Winter Haven recently. That's what I was trying to get to, though. There's things that are more important to me now, like good bakery items. Okay. Because that are healthy that I can take to my kids. Okay. Anyway, when you were in Winter Haven. When I was in Winter Haven, someone gave me some coffee. Where's Winter Haven? New Jersey? Florida. Okay. Close. I'm thinking, okay, I don't know what I'm thinking. Anyway. What are you thinking? I was thinking New Haven, but that's Connecticut, right? Yeah.

Anyway, someone gave me some coffee. I think it was called Haven. It was the best coffee, they said, in Winter Haven. Okay. And I gave it to – I'm not a coffee connoisseur. My brother-in-law is. And he texted me yesterday. He was like, it was great. He said it has fruity pebbles in it. It has a fruity pebble taste.

Oh, he doesn't have actual chunks of Fruity Pebbles in the coffee. That'd be bizarre. That would be bizarre. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All soggy in your filter up there. No, I think Fruity Pebbles, when it gets a little soggy, that's when it's the best. Oh, I never liked it. You want it a little soggy. I liked it crunchy. I like it about... I don't eat it anymore. About 75% of the way through the bowl. That's when it's the best, when it's a little...

A little bit of that milk worked its way in. When I used to eat Fruity Pebbles, you have the bowl, right? And you eat it from the side almost, and you work your way in. So as you get in, you do have a crunchy and a little bit of a soggy bite. That's what I'm saying. You got to get the right consistency there. That is good. It's pretty special.

The, you know, we went to that coffee place in Huntsville. I forget the name of that place. Oh, yeah. It's like German coffee. Yeah. It's kind of a complicated name, but that they sell a lot of coffee. They only have one thing brewed, but they sell a lot of coffee and it's really good. Yeah.

I forget what it's called, but if you look coffee in Huntsville, just look for the hardest. I was just telling people, look for the hardest one to spell, and then you'll be like, okay, this is it. Bust up? Harder than that. No, it's like. Beignets and brew? No. I thought it was a German name. Was it not? The cozy cow, white button. Why is it not coming up? Das Stahl Coffeehouse? It looks German, man. I don't even think that. It looks German.

All right. Let's do. Hold on. I'm going to do top five in Huntsville real quick. Tell me Hannah's top five in Huntsville. But also, you want to try to get organic coffee. Organics important. And then you want to try to get a mold free. Apparently, there's a lot of mold on coffee. And then Keurig's. This is the problem with Keurig that I found. I met the guy who invented Keurig.

he's very wealthy huh he's doing all right yeah i think he regrets doing it i bet he does he's ruined coffee but i don't think i think it's a pollution thing this is the this is the problem with if you get the i've probably talked about this before the farmer's almanac will tell you what plastics are safe for human consumption you know like safe to be used for food and what you're not if you get the

You know, you get Starbucks K-Cups and they say they're safe for human consumption or whatever. Right. But they're not organic. You can't find any organic ones. Yeah. But if you buy the organic ones at the grocery store, which is what we were doing, I looked up that plastic, that plastic, not safe for food.

For humans. So you have this plastic cup that you're dropping down in. Hot water is pouring into this plastic, and then it's just spilling into your coffee, and then you're just drinking it. Dang. I'm out on Keurig. Do you do Keurig here? Yeah, I use it all the time. Yeah. It's awesome. We just got rid of ours in our house. We're out on it.

I don't know how to use a regular coffee maker. I don't either. So the Keurig is pretty awesome. Yeah. And it works. And it works every time. We have a little grinder. We put our beans in there. We grind the coffee. Nice. Each morning, fresh ground. Yeah. Put it in the thing. It definitely tastes better. Yeah. That's for sure. Yeah. But I'm not, it's a means to an end to me. Yeah. It's like, I'm just trying to down it. Oh, see, I'm enjoying it. I'm not trying to enjoy things. I'm trying to be miserable. Mm-hmm.

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This week, I had some important stuff to get to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Talk about folktales. There we go. All right. Here's what people are looking for. This is what they're waiting for, dude. Well, you know, we did an episode recently on fairy tales. And people enjoyed it. People really enjoyed it. So I texted you guys. I was like, hey, what do you guys think we talk about folktales? And we didn't respond. You guys, let me check. Dead silence, as usual. So...

Thanks, guys. Dusty was too busy making his honorable mention for his kids at a coffee shop.

So this week we're talking about folktales. I love it. Let's get into it. I love it too. Now you're going to talk about the difference between a folktale and a fairytale? Yeah, I mentioned that a little bit on the fairytale episode, but fairytales usually, you know, it's more good versus evil narrative. There's usually some magic involved, some mythical creatures. Folktales are more based on something a little real that just gets embellished or... Like Amelia Earhart or something like that? Well, I was thinking of...

I'm trying to think of some modern-day folktales. Folk heroes. So, like, real historical things that have been mythologized in some way? Well, like, some of them. Like, Paul Bunyan, there's nothing. You know, he didn't step and make the Grand Canyon. There was never a giant guy who made the Finger Lakes with his hand. I bet some of that stuff got exaggerated, but I bet there was a Paul Bunyan character. Well, there was. There was. There was a guy, a lumberjack named Fabian...

Fournier. Paul Bunyan was his name. French Canadian timberman. And it said that this is in the. Fabian Fournier. Fabian Joe. His nickname was Joe. It's like Nate's Joe going to barf. Yeah, exactly. But it said in that time. What's your name, Fabian? I'm going to call you Joe. Let's see. You're active. So he emigrated to the United States, worked as a lumberjack in Michigan, and

He's the man who inspired Paul Bunyan in at least some part. He was an infamous brawler getting fights left and right. Now, this says, this is in the 1800s. It says he was six feet tall, which at the time, the average man barely cleared five feet. So this is the equivalent of like seven foot. Yeah. Okay. That's pretty crazy, though, that we've grown a foot in the last. I don't believe that. People always say it. And it's just something in me that I just don't believe that we were all just shorter people.

What do you think with all the steroids they're putting in our foods that that would make us – you'd get on board with that, right? Yeah. I mean, to some degree, but I just don't know why we would be getting taller. I don't know. Maybe because diarrhea doesn't wipe out a whole town now. Yeah, but – And health has gotten better and –

you know nutrition's way better and all that kind of stuff well i don't know if nutrition's better but i i just like one ibuprofen pill would have like started a war 200 years ago and now i have 5 000 in my pantry like i don't know the world's gotten better i just don't know how it's making us get taller though it's what i'm saying i mean i agree that that that you know we don't have dysentery out here yeah but yeah i don't know i just you know i'm just asking no i have no idea

Uh, so don't we have the skeletons of people from back then? And we can see, but do we have them all? No, but I don't. Do we trust the researchers? What possible motive could someone have to lie about the average height? I don't know. I mean, there could be plenty of motives to the motive could be to convince you that, uh, we're a healthier society now.

Interesting. Interesting. Well, anyway. Because they say that we evolved past using our wisdom teeth. That's what we say. And that's why a lot of people say that. And that's why we need to have them removed now. But other people say it's because our diets have changed so much that we used to eat meat all the time. We just tear meat with our mouth and jaws. And we were taking in so much food.

you know of that kind of stuff that we actually were developing more of our jaws so our what it it a lot of people suggest that it's just our jaws aren't full fully developing like they used to and that's why we don't have room for our teeth i don't know if it's true yeah i'm saying people suggest that well what about this does it have something about this guy's teeth in here

No. Okay. Yeah, it says he has supposed double row of teeth. Yes, he was rumored to have two complete sets of teeth, which he used to bite off hunks of wooden rails in his spare time while drinking and brawling. So that would help build your legend. See, you know, that's pretty interesting because when they talk about folk giants, they're like finding these... They say in America they had found all these like...

eight-foot red-headed giants, and they all had two rows of teeth. Yeah, his remains were allegedly hosted at the University of Michigan at some point, which he became an oddity in dental sciences. Known for his unusual jawbone. Wow. How about that? Huh. How about I never heard of this guy? So this is a good example. This is a folk tale like this.

Yeah, I mean, some advertising companies kind of ran with it and, you know. Paul Bunyan was also a redhead, I think. Are you still? Oh, is this the Native American thing you're talking about? Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of Native American folk tales, they talk of these redheaded giants. But anyway, that's one that... Is Paul Bunyan a redhead? Not any of these...

Depictions of him. Keith Alberstadt had a Paul Bunyan joke. Yeah, he did. Yeah. He did. Yeah. There's like, yeah, he's from here. The mythical ox and yeah. Johnny Appleseed, that's a real guy. Yeah. John Chapman, he was a horticulturist and he- Are these potential Paul Bunyan people? No, this is- No, I've moved on now. Johnny Appleseed's his own thing. Okay. Okay.

There were a couple of Paul Bunyan. So Johnny Appleseed was real, but what's the folk tale around him that he discovered apple trees? That he's responsible for all the apple trees in America because he walked around and just threw seeds out all over the place? Right. That's what a lot of people think. Yeah. It's much harder to grow an apple tree than that. You can't just throw a seed out and it's fine? I've never had that kind of luck with it. This was actually more true than I would have guessed. I mean, he did help with spreading, building, growing apple trees all over the Ohio Valley. Yeah.

I like that hat. He's got a tough look to him. Look at his chest, though. He looked ripped. But his success was centered not around fresh apples, but rather the cider they could create. Oh, okay. Cider was essential at the American dinner table at that time. So most homes had their own small orchard. He planted orchards along with the Pioneers.

And he stayed ahead of the other horticulturists because he was unmarried, had an unmarried lifestyle that will allow him to cover more ground. And this is what I've been proposing. I think we should all – I want to get my HOA involved, and I want to plant fruit trees in everybody's yard. I want everybody in the neighborhood to have a fruit tree. We should all have fruit trees in all our yards. Yeah.

I say this a lot, and I mean this a lot. You're such the Kramer character because that was something Kramer would do on Seinfeld. But Kramer was always ahead of the – He was a genius. Yeah, he was always ahead of everybody. I mean it's like we should all – every household should have a fruit tree in their yard.

I mean, why not? What kind of fruit? Doesn't matter? Doesn't matter. I mean, certain types you're going to need a couple to pollinate. Okay. But an apple tree, pear tree. My mom has a pear tree. Yeah, we should all have fruit trees in our yard. Yep. Well, anyway, the Johnny Appleseed Museum is in Urbana, Ohio, if you guys wanted to go see it. All right. I'll go check it out. I'm just saying, you're talking about these people. You're just spurring ideas here. You're getting me. Yeah. I mean, Johnny Appleseed. I didn't know he was doing all that, but. He was on to something, wasn't he? Yeah.

What about this? John Henry. John Henry. You know, I used to have a book, John Henry, Paul Bunyan playing baseball. That you do believe. Yeah. That's a hundred percent factual. Well, John Henry, I love the story of John Henry.

I mean, he was a railroad guy, and the steam engine was coming in, and the steam engine was taking everybody's jobs on the railroad. And John Henry was like, I can beat the steam engine. Yeah. It was a steam drill. Yeah. And he beat it. But then he died, right? He died, yeah. Died in the process. So who wins it? Well, obviously, technology wins in the end. Yeah. But he was saying, I can beat it. So is it a sad story?

I think so. What's the moral of the John Henry story that we will lose to technology in the end? Yeah, I mean, AI will kill us.

I mean, is this supposed to be some kind of story about the human spirit? Yeah, I think it was like... But if he dies at the end and he barely beats the machine. Yeah, but he'd rather die. I don't know if he barely beat it, but he... He didn't dominate it, did he? He'd rather die than lose out to the machine. Did he know I might die doing this when he started it? I don't think he cared.

That seems dumb, dude. He should have just... He should find another job. What's he going to do, though? I mean, maybe jobs weren't readily available at that time. Well, I think he figured it out. I don't think the only two options are die or die. Yeah.

I think you could have just kept living and went somewhere else. I think you got pride in your work. You have pride to an extent. What if AI, they were suddenly AI Terminator robots that were doing stand-up comedy now? And it was like...

Who can do stand-up comedy the longest? Yeah. You were like, no, I can beat this guy. No, I wouldn't go die on stage and leave my family behind. They were like, either you die on stage or you're working. What's that? I've died on stage a bunch. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Well, AI, I mean, Deep Blue, that was kind of an early, you know, when it played chess against, was it Gary Kasparov? Yeah, yeah. That was kind of like John Henry. Gary, he eventually lost, right? Yeah, he did. But, oh, well, never mind. But he lived, so. Yeah, he did. So that's the upside. He did live. It'd be tough to die from playing chess. Yeah.

I play chess on a plane. I know how to play chess. I never prided myself being very good, but I know how all the parts move. Yeah. And I've tried to play chess against the computer on a plane the other day. What difficulty level? It's the easiest possible. Were you getting what? Murdered every time. Not even close. Now, I'm more of a speed chess guy. I just want to play. Blitz. Yeah. Yeah. I don't want to sit around all day and think about it. I just want to play. Okay. But I was getting hammered. Yeah. Yeah.

It's a tough game, man. Yeah. You can hammer like John Henry hammered that. Exactly. There you go. Brought it back. Yep. Casey Jones. There's a good song. Justin Towns Earl has a good song about John Henry. And also Jillian Welch has a good John Henry song. Okay. If you're into those. Yeah, I'll check that out. Bestest Lace top five John Henry songs. Honorable mention. Yeah. Casey Jones. You guys heard of Casey Jones? Yeah. From Grateful Dead song?

Is there? There was a Beastie Boys line about, was it Casey Jones' locker? Oh. I don't think Casey Jones is it. I don't know the Grateful Dead. The Ninja Turtles had a Casey Jones character. Yeah, Casey Jones. Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead.

Oh, yeah. Riding that train. Casey Jones, you better watch your speed. So he was from Tennessee. Okay. Was he a bank robber or something? No, he was a train engineer, locomotive engineer. Okay. And... People just looked more intense back then, didn't they? Yeah. Look at this guy. They didn't know...

They were about to take a picture, probably. Yeah, this is where he had to stand. He probably had to pose for the picture for like 15 minutes for it to develop. So it's tough to maintain a smile that long. So you come out looking like this. And this is how the world remembers him. Just like a tense stare. Wait, wait. His thing was his train was about to collide with another train. Okay. And he stayed on board, supposedly to try to slow the train and save his passengers. And he was the only person to die.

According to legend, he had died with one hand on the train's whistle and the other hand on its brake. Wow. So he became this legend of... Did he do anything to actually save them? He saved the rest of the passengers, apparently. But how did he... He slowed it down enough to where when it collided, it just killed him. Oh, okay. That's a hero. Yeah. And when you clicked on Casey Jones on Google, it showed you the Casey Jones Ninja Turtles character. What was his character in Ninja Turtles? He wore the hockey mask.

And he had the hockey club. Okay. It's so funny because you and Nate are similar ages, and he was really into Ninja Turtles. He would know Casey Jones. That was at least in high school, if not college, when they were big. Oh, that's interesting that Grateful Dead, they said, riding that train in the song. Riding that train. But then they go on to allude to him doing substances. Yeah.

All right. Izzy Jones, you better watch your speed. So maybe that's it. He was flying on that train. Who designed and sewed the first American flag? Betsy Ross. The story is Betsy Ross. I've been to the Betsy Ross house, but I think probably it wasn't her. Probably not. Okay. Probably not. But that is the story. Her grandson shared that.

like 100 years later. But supposedly, George Washington went to her, so we want to design this new flag with the stars being six points. And she's like, a pentagon would be, five would be easier to sew. So that's why the star has five points.

Instead of six. Why did they want six? Was there a significance to that? I don't know. Maybe that's just how they drew stars back then. And she was like, you know, a five-pointed woman would be easier for us to do. But most historians say most likely she was not the one who first did it. But they wanted to give a woman something. It was probably done by a man much better is what historians say. I'm joking. But maybe. I don't know. Yeah, who knows.

I'll do a couple more. Okay. Why even call that a star? I always thought that's interesting. Stars don't look anything like that. You mean actual stars in the sky? They twinkle? They're just like dots that kind of twinkle a little bit. So why do we call these stars? We could just call them something else. I don't know. Star shape. Come from. We'll find out. The five-pointed star. Oh, geez. Oh, boy.

Okay. There's a history you're probably not going to be happy with, Dusty. No, I know about it. Okay. Oh, he's setting us up. He goes, find that out on your own, Tom. Pentegral, Pentagon, Betsy Ross Flagg. Pocahontas, the legend with her was that she saved John Smith's life. Okay. He was an early colonist. He got captured by...

Native Americans. Her dad was the chief. Okay. And they were about to smash his head with a rock and she laid on top of him to save him. That story's almost certainly they say not true. Yeah. How would they know if it was true or untrue? Well...

John Smith, who wrote this, that said this happened, also wrote numerous other stories, they say, about beautiful women coming to his rescue. Okay. And he was a known liar and braggart, they say. Okay. It's tough. It's tough to make the case then. Yeah. But Disney. But maybe they're lying. Was that also the plot of the Disney? Or maybe John Smith was really getting around, doing well for himself. Yep. But also getting in a lot of trouble. Yeah.

No, she did. And he was saved by a lot of beautiful women. Maybe so. Maybe it was a real hater who's like, you know, John Smith's a real liar. She married a John later, John Rolfe, and it was a big deal that an American, or I guess it wouldn't be American then, but a white settler was marrying a Native American woman. So anyway, but she certainly was real.

Okay. Is there a real, I guess so. I guess there's a cartoon. I was going to say, is there really a folk story around? Like John Henry, Paul Bunyan. These are stories I was hearing all about all the time. Folktales, yeah. I guess you were hearing about Pocahontas was Disney. I know the Pocahontas songs, too. Yeah? Paint with all the colors of the wind, too. Okay.

That's from the movie? I think so. Isn't that a big one? You have that on DVD? Paint with all the colors of the wind. Right? Again, before my time. I'm crazy. It's one of the biggest. I don't know that song. It's a pretty big production. No, I'm sure it is. I just, I never, I've only listened to a few Disney songs now that I have kids, and that's not made it to the mix yet. Okay. Not ringing any bells, but. Let me fast forward for a second.

Oh, okay. Oh, yes. Now I don't know it, but I like that. Now I know it. Okay. Yep. All right. Robin Hood. Robin Hood. One of my favorites. I mean, when I was a kid, that's Kevin Costner, Robin Hood. Not Robin Hood, Men in Tights? That's the one I think. Well, Men in Tights was around too, but you had Morgan Freeman, Kevin Costner, Christian Slater, and

uh, Alan Rickman. Yeah. Uh, and then the maid Marion, uh, she's was in a few things. I don't remember her name outright, but, uh, very good that, that I think his, uh, Butler was a pretty famous actor too. Yeah. Yeah. Gosh, that was such a good movie. Robin Hood had a Butler before, like, you know, he was like Robin of locks. Ah, before he like, and so the Butler, his dad's Butler was blind. He was the blind man. So was it based on something real? Uh,

Probably not. It was probably more just like a symbol of rich people oppressing poor people. Right. And Robin Hood, robbers, but probably not a real person. But men in tights, Dave Chappelle, early Dave Chappelle. I forget that guy's name, but the guy. Cary Yules? Yeah, he's so great. He's so great.

Yeah. Yeah. I probably didn't say his name right, but something like that. I just remember Dave Chappelle with the shoes that pumped up. Oh, yeah. That made me laugh so hard as a kid, pumping up shoes. I think Richard Lewis was in that. Yeah, Richard Lewis. He had the mole that would move around his face. Yeah.

As they were talking. Like it would come back to him and it'd be in a different place. In this Monday, St. Patrick's Day, you guys dress appropriately for it. Dusty always gets in the swing to Patrick's Day with your green hat. It's a custom-made hat here. Did you guys notice that? I noticed it. I did see that. Yeah, it looks like the Kodak tobacco. Yeah, we had it made for the special. I wore this hat on the special. Wow. So we had it fashioned after my Kodiak winter green hat. Kodiak, not Kodak. Sorry. Yeah, yeah. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah.

So St. Patrick supposedly drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Yeah. You know that story? Yeah, I've heard it. Yeah, a little bit. Yeah. They say there weren't snakes in Ireland because it's an island where snakes couldn't have gotten to. But he was a Christian missionary, and it was more symbolism of driving out pagan beliefs. Like snakes. I love that. Represent evil. That's right. Get them out of there. Driving out that. We sent them all to Australia.

Yeah. Yeah. So I mentioned earlier who are, you know, I was talking to some modern folk heroes in the last hundred years. I got a couple. Oh, man. That are kind of, one's still alive.

We'll see how long that lasts once you mention them, Brian. Oh, that's a great point. That's a great point because the folks like to create folktales about us. And now anytime I mention anybody, they're like, oh, that person's dead. Yeah, because it works out that way most of the time. No. Okay. No. Rachel Robinson broke that streak. All right. We'll see. We'll see. You just brought her up again. You restarted the clock. I mentioned people who are 100 years old and then they're like, oh, wow, that's crazy. They died. Yeah.

There's a lot of folk tales about us. You have this image, people say, of you being rich because Nate kind of started that. Now everybody thinks you're super rich. That's right. Yeah, I grew up in a mansion, all that kind of stuff. Dusty is a conspiracy theorist. Never once has Dusty thrown out a conspiracy theory. Not any untrue ones. They're not even really theories. Exactly. They're certainly not conspiracies. Just because conspiracy is – yeah, I mean.

It's got a bad connotation. Yeah, it was a term created to make anybody that questioned the mainstream seem crazy. That's crazy. To have a conspiracy theory about the word conspiracy theory is pretty great. I know, but it's so easy for people. I can hear their voice now. They go, oh, you're into it. Oh, buddy, you're into conspiracies, huh, buddy? Okay, buddy. Well, listen, okay? Sometimes things in life are just what they seem. That's funny.

Okay, buddy. Not everybody is into conspiracies, okay? Just trust the news, okay? Can you just chill out here, buddy, and just trust the news for a minute? I've never heard you do a voice. That was awesome. Character actor over here. Sometimes things just are what they are. His new hour is going to be wild. I love it. Doing impressions. I love it.

Yeah. We have a lot. I think I have more than anybody. Folk. I told a story once about how these girls said, I look worried on my scenario. And now...

that happens, anytime I post anything, I'm like, this guy's worried. I know. You can't take a picture without people saying you're worried. I know. You're more myth than man at this point, bro. Exactly. The picture with Nate and Leanne talking to each other and you're in the background. Yeah. I appreciate you picking up for me. They're like, oh, you look so worried. I'm like, it looks well composed back there. It looks like he's happy.

Having a great time. And I know this is going to be funny, but read the comments when eight other people made the same dumb joke. Come on, something original. I agree with you. Go after these guys. Well, do Aaron. A lot of people come at me. People come at me, too. People do come at Aaron, too. You know the I'm going to take some heat for saying triplets can't be identical earlier? Yeah.

Yeah, they come after you for anything. Like you just act like you're the smartest guy on the planet. Well, I do that sometimes. Yeah, well, they're right. I look down on people, but down is where some people are. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's true. That's a weird Sorkin quote. All right. Both of these are athletes. Jackie Robinson. I was going to say Babe Ruth. Okay. Babe Ruth. Of course you would. Well, Babe Ruth. Sorry.

Jaguar, you're saying he really didn't break the color barrier? No, no, no, no. I'm saying he's a... Okay, dang. He spun that on me quick. That's not what I'm saying. Well, you're coming after me for Babe Ruth. I'm saying he's legendary. He's mythologized in a lot of ways, just like Babe Ruth is. Babe Ruth is like... But you're right. Babe Ruth, a lot of the story of him calling a shot, all that kind of stuff. When I was a kid, Babe Ruth was the only baseball player I'd ever heard of.

You hadn't heard of Hank Aaron or Mickey Mantle? Not for a while. Like when the Sandlot was out and they were talking about Babe Ruth, it was like you would have thought he was the only big baseball player ever. See, I've always thought that that was – I've heard somebody make this point. The Sandlot takes place in the 60s, 50s or 60s. Don't you think those kids would have moved on to Mickey Mantle or somebody by then? But they still talk about Babe Ruth. That's a good point. I don't know if a kid – like Mickey Mantle's playing while they're playing.

They would have moved on to him than a guy from 30 years ago. Maybe it's the history, though. Mickey Mantle would have been the next generation. They're like, remember that guy? Maybe, but I feel like those kids would have been following baseball. I haven't seen that movie in a while. But maybe it was just because of the ball. Yeah. Yeah, no, they talk about Babe Ruth before the ball is brought out. Maybe it's the folklore. That's what we're talking about. Yeah, yeah. You're right, Brian. He's definitely the most. Mickey Mantle doesn't have it. Two M's. Mickey Mouse is what we're thinking now.

There's some legendary home runs that you went to the museum this weekend. What's it called? I don't know.

Are you just trying to get me to say it? The Negro League Baseball Museum. There's legends. I don't know if you saw it there. There's a guy that got fired for going there one time, right? That announcer? Yeah. Remember that? Yeah. And then he apologized. He apologized like two innings later. Like, that's not who I am.

am the guy was in the third inning he's not who i am no different guy different okay yeah anyway there's legends about it was a wild josh gibson some of those guys hit 700 foot home runs yeah yeah probably not true but there's legendary stories about there's something about they say mickey mandel hit one like 650 feet or something and they had no way they could measure no way to track that back then yeah it was just like man it went far but babe ruth calling his shot was the one i was

Yeah, I don't know if there's evidence of that, right? If there's like a picture of it or anything. But it's a fun story. Yeah. And then the guy who's still alive, at least for now.

who's kind of like this is Bo Jackson. Yeah, you're right. Bo Jackson's such a legendary athlete. Yeah. Yeah. There's stories about him as a kid. And right where I grew up. And yeah, I watched a Bo Jackson documentary. I don't know. Maybe it was a 30 for 30. I don't know what it was. Yeah, it's called Bo Knows. But man, I did not really... I mean, I just grew up everybody talking about Bo Jackson, but I really didn't know the scope of how good he was. Yeah, he did some crazy stuff. And how tragic...

him in his career ending was like like tragic in the sense of just seems like an injury yeah yeah you just got injured just a little hip injury but they made the point in that 30 for 30 that he's almost like the Beatles where you you never saw him fade he was just kind of taken from us yes so there's never that the inevitable and LeBron might be the one exception but every other great athlete in my lifetime there's always that kind of period at the end of the career where you're like golly just kind of

You know, we're maybe in the middle of it with Aaron Rodgers right now where you're like, come on, dude, just tap out. Never had that with him. It was just taken from us. And it's prime. He's just gone. So, yeah, it's a crazy story. But I think that 30 for 30 even had some stories about him as a kid that were legendary. Yeah. That, you know, he did some crazy stuff. Or like, yeah, just jumping out of a pool way steep in water and all that kind of stuff. Yeah. But he was a freak for sure. Now, if he dies –

That is on you. That is on you. That'd be a fair one. How old is he? Is he 60? 62. Yeah, that'd be fair. That happens. I think he's doing great. And then I was thinking of other genres like, you know, there's some guys in, well, like George Jones. I mean, a lot of it's true, but no show Jones. You know, there were some drinking stories. Johnny Cash, a little bit like that. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, the Tales from the Tour Bus by Mike Judge is,

stories on all those country singer season one. It's very hard to find. You can't buy it on DVD. It's very hard to find. And it's definitely not clean. But it is, if you like those country music stories, really good. Really good. They used to do those, I guess, behind the music on MTV. And these rock bands...

Had some legendary stories too. Ozzy Osbourne, you know, was famously bit off a bat. Yeah, they said he, yeah, bit off a bat's head. Yeah, he thought it was a fake, you know, the story. No, yeah, I know that he bit a bat. That didn't really happen. He thought it was a fake rubber bat, but it was a real bat that he bit. So, I mean, I think that's true. Yeah. But there's probably some legendary stories about some of those guys. Yeah. Yeah, and there's, I mean, we don't have to get into it now, but, you know, there's all kinds of comics where there's...

There's a mythology about them. Yeah. These crazy comics, road guys and stuff like that. Oh, stuff they do on the road? Yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a ton of that stuff. There's like a whole world. Let's get into it. Stuff I don't want to talk about on the podcast. But, yeah. Do you have something? No, I was going to say some of it would be hard to talk about on the podcast and just keep content –

Family friendly. Yeah. Right. Because there are like Rodney Dangerfield has some people will tell me once in a while, they used to drive Rodney Dangerfield around and, and Vegas, a guy was telling me that and it's wild stuff. Oh, here's one more. Plymouth rock. Yeah. The pilgrims landed at Plymouth rock. That Plymouth rock, that probably didn't happen. But there is a real Plymouth rock and you can go see it. And they were moving it and it broke in half. It fell off the,

or something and split in half. What was inside? A key. Yeah, a key to the new world. But people over time have chipped away at it and taken it for... Oh, yeah. But probably was not the place where the...

pilgrims actually landed. I want to say this on Bo Jackson's Wikipedia at the top. It says knock, not to be confused with boo Jackson. Oh, and this is a retired basketball player named boo Jacks. Wow. Wouldn't that be tough? Yeah. Yeah.

Try to be an athlete named Boo Jackson. Boo knows. And you're never going to be as good as Boo. Well, at least if you get booed. You play college basketball. They're like, they're cheering for me. There you go. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you get booed. I'm not being booed. They're saying my name. Your name's Boo. You can never really be booed.

Yeah, how would you boo a guy named Boo? That's a great point, Dusty. Yeah, middle name Hiss. I don't usually agree with you on stuff, but that's a good point. Yeah, occasionally I come up with something good. Yeah. Yeah. That's about all I have. That's about it. Wow, another fun episode of the 8-Land Podcast. This is a hot episode. It was fun talking to you. We got into the weeds on a few things. We got into it. We learned a lot. And you know what? I think the real...

Folk tales are the friends we made along the way. Brian Bates, where are you going to be this weekend or next? Let them know. This weekend. I'm going to tell more than that. Sit back. Walk me through the year, brother. This weekend, I am in Beverly, Massachusetts at Off Cabot Comedy Club.

I don't know why it's funny. This is what Mike Meyer is talking about, guys. I'm sorry. I've never heard of it. Oh, well, sorry that you didn't make it to this Mr. A room. You're right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Uh, anyway, it's just outside Boston off Cabot comedy club. I'm excited to be there. Uh, three shows, one Friday, two Saturday. And then, um, oh, well, I forgot to mention if you're listening to this day of my show tonight at Zany's, um, Brian Bates and friends, March 12th, March 12th. Okay. That's tonight. Then I'm in Beverly Massachusetts this weekend. Um, uh,

And then, let's see, April 5th, I'm in Columbia, Tennessee, back on the Easier to Drive Tour at the Packer Playhouse. April 11th and 12th, Detroit. Detroit House of Comedy. Nice, dude. Nice. You're going to have fun there. That's a really cool room. Yeah, they said I could do two nights because I sell well. But anyway. They took me down to one night last time I was there. That's fun. This weekend, I'm doing some stuff.

Next weekend, I am... I'm open for Kathleen Madigan. Go find him. But I'm open for her in places where I want to sell my own tickets. Yeah, yeah. But...

Those shows will be great. Kathleen's great. But next weekend, I'm in Hartford, Connecticut at the Hartford Funny Bone. And then immediately after that, Boston, Massachusetts at Laugh Boston Comedy Club. And that's next week. All right. And then Chicago the week after that. And then some other stuff. So come on out and see me. Mr. Mainstream over here. Mr. Mainstream. I'm in the city.

Okay, well, this weekend I'll be at the Schubert Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, and then I'll be at the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto, Canada on Saturday.

Is your family going with you? Hannah is going to go. That's cool. Oh, you're leaving the kids here? We're going to leave my kids with my sister and my niece. Okay. We've never done that, but Hannah's going to go up for a few days, and I'm just going to go up for the day and come back. She's going to stay for a few days. And she's not been away from the kids like that ever. Wow. But yeah, I wanted her to have a little time in Toronto. I think that'd be fun for her. Definitely. March 21st, I'm in Beaumont, Texas at the Jefferson Theater. And March 22nd,

San Antonio, Texas at the Charlene McComb's Empire Theater. Nice. March 25th, I'm at Zany's. All right. And April 8th, you're at Zany's. April 8th, I'm at Zany's, yeah. I'm on that show. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. All right. I feel like I booked the other show. I did not. Well, you know, we weren't on it, so we'll do our own show. I know.

Can I be the special host of yours? That's probably what I am. All right. Thank you. We love you. It's not lost on us. We'll be back next week with another edition of the Nate Land Podcast. Thank you all for listening. Thank you for wishing you all a pleasant evening. All right. Okay. Nate Land is produced by Nate Land Productions and by me, Nate Bargetzi, and my wife, Laura, on the Audioboom platform.

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