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Hello everybody and welcome to episode 26 of Pillows and Beer. Last week's episode was so much fun to record. I hope that y'all had as much fun listening to it as Craig and I did talking about it. Honestly, had so, so much fun. Craig, what do you think? Yeah, it was great. It's good to be back.

on here consistently spreading our random stuff that happens in our brain and sharing it with you guys. We love hearing from you. Engagement's gotten really, really high. We're going to read a lot of that to you a little later. And we just enjoy being here with you guys. So thanks for letting us into your AirPods, your homes, your speakers, your old school headphones.

Definitely. I think that you hit the nail on the head where it's fun, where every week we have Nick will reach out to us and be like, people are asking about this and commenting on this. And it's fun for me too, Craig. I don't know about you, but when we talk about something on the podcast, right? So for instance, last week was Brennan Frazier or something like that. And I saw something that popped up and then I had to...

post about him and it was kind of like a if you know you know kind of thing because we talked about how Brendan Fraser is the worst slash best actor in Hollywood and it's fun it's fun to post things like that in my opinion where things that we talk about and then you know people like engage with it a lot

of it right and they know what you're talking about and you're like oh you know i love seeing when people listen in their car and it's on their like lcd screen and it's our cover photo for like the for the podcast i think that's really cool when people listen on on road trips and on their commutes um this makes it official which i guess it is official this is our 26th episode so i think we should probably think this is a real thing which i know i know but but still

I mean, it's tough, right? It's tough to, it's like, it's tough because basically it's just two buddies that are bullshitting around and we're having a blast doing it and talking about this and that. So sometimes, yeah, of course it's, it's like tough to sit here and think that you're like, wait, wait, this is something that we do, you know, weekly and people listen to this and like they ask for it when it's not here. And, and, uh, I just love that. I love it. So 25 episodes in and

And feeling quite strong, Craig. Strong to quite strong. Well, something synonymous with our podcast is drinking. What are you drinking today? Tell all our listeners often. Because I can hear the ice in your cup over there. Yeah. Okay. Well, that means that my microphone is of good quality. So recently, Craig, of course, guys, before I even preface this, of course, I love beer. And craft beer is my favorite when we go to new places. You know, with Chicago, I was off the rails about...

about trying the beers that I'd heard about and forgot about, et cetera, et cetera. But I now love drinking tequila, Repo, and soda. Whether it be Topo Chico or LaCroix, I am now kind of my go-to is a tequila Repo soda. Well, yeah, which is also called Ranch Water, which I hate the name of it. I didn't even know that. Yeah.

Yeah, so it's with a splash of lime. You gotta squeeze a lime in it, it makes it a ranch water. So Topo Chica, tequila, and ranch water. Topo Chica, for people not listening, I mean, I'm new to it, but Jerry and Amanda, my two partners, drink it all the time. It's just a fancy sparkling water, I guess.

See, I don't even know if it is fancy. I think it's just from like a certain part of the country. I mean, people are going to correct us on this and you know what makes it beautiful. You know what? I'm going to look it up. Really good. I don't know if I'm supposed to think it's good because it's in a glass bottle. I don't really know, but it is really good. So yeah, ranch water is taking the country by storm. I would have called it anything else because when I hear the word ranch, I think about ranch flavoring, like ranch dressing. Of course. Yeah. And it's what I thought too. I think about in a

But that's good. It's actually really healthy for you. Or not. It's the least unhealthy drink for you. Right. And that's actually...

What I'd heard, which is why I drink it, right? Because Craig, I'm gonna be honest, after we went to Chicago and Minnesota, that's when I came back and I was like, I must've drank 284 beers during that week. And I felt just like a bloated asshole. And so when we got back, I was like, I need to drink something that's so non-invasive.

And that's kind of when I came upon tequila and not that I had not been into tequila prior, but I didn't really want to drink it at a bar or, but now I love it. Now I love it. I just do. Well, I'm on this like collecting wine kick and I'm obsessed with it. And, uh, I love hall. Paul's my favorite vineyard. Uh, they have a wine that they make called like circa 1886, which I've talked about here. Favorite wine. Um,

In the country right now, but I recently signed up for a wine subscription service. So I just get a case of like this week was like Spanish reds that you're supposed to refrigerate, which I love. And I'm like, I need a way to display all this wine. I don't really know, but yeah. You're a big chilled red fan, Craig. And that might be an unpopular opinion out there. Once again, I'm sure it's something that you and I disagree on and that the fans that are listening are like,

like half are probably like, oh my gosh, I only drink chilled red wine. And you love that, Craig. I know that. And I'm not the biggest fan of chilled red, but you know what? I'll drink anything. So I was Googling it and there's some reds that are supposed to be refrigerated or chilled a little bit. And so I got a case of them. It's fantastic. And I'm on some rehab because I'm having trouble regulating my body temperature because I was in Vegas this weekend for the first time.

I cannot wait to dive into this Vegas trip. I was actually just talking to someone on the phone, and we were FaceTiming, and I was like, hold on, I need to take my sweatshirt off. And I took my sweatshirt off during the phone call and then put it back on, and now it's off. So it's not my AC's fault. But yeah, we both had big travel weekends, which I'm excited to get into. I do want to tell everyone we have an extreme...

Extremely, extremely. We have an extremely special guest on today.

to our podcast next week. His name is the one and only Damon John, the founder of FUBU and so much more. He's one of the main stars and judges on ABC's Shark Tank. And yeah, everyone knows Damon John. He's an incredible entrepreneur and I think someone that me and Austin both strive to be one day. I've actually been to his office at the Shark Group once.

and talked to his right-hand man when we were starting our business. Me and Jerry went there and I don't know. I've listened to, I don't know if it's going to be creepy to tell him this, but I've listened to some of his podcasts before and one's called like How I Made It. It's not creepy. That's flattering. That's, you know, that's what a guest would want to hear.

So yeah, so Daymond John, the founder of FUBU, star. - I'm kind of nervous. - Star tag. - I'm kind of nervous because you guys told me about this, right? Because it was like a Jerry thing, Jerry told me, maybe he told you prior to me, and I was like, oh my God, I am gonna have all of my folders out with all of my numbers. So when he starts asking me about margins and stuff,

I'm not like frozen on the spot like in Shark Tank because I have a feeling that like that is just his default setting. Like he can't help but to just be a shark of an entrepreneur. So he'll be asking us all sorts of questions and I'm like, oh shit, oh shit. That's a good point. So like even though we're not pitching him, he'll be like, oh Austin has a beer company. He's like, yeah, what was your return on investment? Exactly, exactly. So I need to be like on it because he is going to eviscerate me. Yeah.

you know, and, and, and not like intentionally, but just cause that's, you know, that's, that's his default setting. That's his persona. Uh, shark tank and weirdly, um, greed are two shows like, uh, America green, American greed. I can have in the background of my TV playing, um,

Relax. But yeah, so we're really excited to interview Damon. We're going to interview him in a few days for next week's podcast. And we're also extremely flattered to have him on because, you know, it'll be our 27th episode. And so far, we've only had our good friends on, you know, we've at least had a rapport with them prior to interviewing them. So we've already like interviewed.

all of like the nervousness is out of the way. We just kind of have to make it interesting. But with Damon, it'll be the first time that we're interviewing someone that we really don't know. But we know him from, you know, TV and. No, it's very interesting. It's very interesting. And I am excited. I'm excited more than nervous. So that'll come out. What next Wednesday, Nick, that'll be on at. Well, that's up to you guys.

No, no, because this is our first scheduled podcast. Correct. Yes, we are interviewing with him this Friday, and the podcast will be out next Wednesday. Okay. That's right. Yeah, yeah. You know, this is one of those things, right, where Craig and I can normally be like, all right, let's jump on at six, and then six turns into seven, or maybe we don't do it on Monday, we do it on Tuesday. But this is a set interview with Mr. John Holtz.

And, uh, yeah, dude, it's going to be great. It's going to be great. So I hope that everyone is excited for that as excited as we are to interview him. We're going to try our best to make it a unique interview. I'm sure he's been interviewed a million times and, um, we will, uh, I I'm excited. So we've got Damon coming on next week. And, uh, I don't know, speaking of TV shows, I, uh, I just, just finished, um,

Outer Banks season two. So we won't do spoilers on here, but did you finish it Austin? Yeah, I did. What was your watching schedule? Cause I can tell you mine. It was in three separate blocks. Mine too. Okay. So, so the first two episodes stressed me out, Craig. So I had to stop. Yeah. I was like, Oh my God. I was like, this is nonstop action. This isn't fun anymore because like, I'm like, I'm

i'm like this is my i've gone up down up down and i stopped watching the second one on the plane because i was just like i guess handle this right now me too and that's exactly what happened to me craig speaking my language because i was watching i was like oh my god that first episode and then episode two yeah it was just so much and i was like nothing is going right nothing is going right and and and i was like how can this sustain for 10 episodes

So definitely the first two. And then I fired through three through six, I think. And then last night I went seven to 10. Like that. I was, and then in classic Outer Banks moments, you definitely have like the happy tears, some extreme stress, but like you definitely still have your moments throughout this season where you're going to be, this is why I watch this show. So I watched first two on the way to Vegas and,

Then I was up front on the plane on the way back, like on those seats we sat in coming from New York, Austin. And so I put up my iPad and just lounged three through six. Um,

And then when I got home, I thought it was only an eight episode order. So I watched seven and eight on my couch and then went upstairs and realized that it was nine and 10. And then I watched nine and 10 last night as I was falling in bed, but I didn't want to finish it, but I was like, whatever, there's going to be no better time than right now. So the same as me, by the way, where, when I got to the end, I was like, okay, I'm not just going to fire through this. I'm going to get in the perfect cozy, like hood,

hoodie and sweats. I'm going to pour myself a glass of red. I'm going to really like sink in and like watch this episode and enjoy it because I'm not going to get Outer Banks for the next, what, you know, 18 months probably. I mean, that's the problem with Netflix is that they give it to you all at once rather than like a week by week. And then you can crush it as fast as you want. All of a sudden you're like, well, now that that's over, what, what, uh,

what do we got i'm gonna reach out to fran and ria actually from chicks in the office because they do recaps of all of these shows and they know the appropriate way to not spoil so i'm gonna ask them what the appropriate time for us to wait is before we can do like a deep dive in like whether i'd say like a month from here because i definitely have like a favorite episode my favorite moment like and and i have some critiques for sure right where where all of a sudden i was like

The first season wasn't so much as like a teen romance drama, right? It kind of became that in the end. And season two was definitely more of like an OC with Treasure. I was a lot angrier this season than...

But again, we don't want to spoil anything. It's great. There was some behavior from some of the characters that I was like, fuck this shit. I've dealt with someone like you before in my life, and I'm just as angry as dealing with it in my personal life as I am right now. Okay, so who was your favorite? So did your favorite character change from season one to season two? No, because my favorite would always be J.J.

Oh, J.J. Okay, that's interesting because I thought that your favorite in season one was John D. I mean, that's what I thought. No, I mean, he was great, but, like, I love J.J. I kind of, like, relate to him. I don't know why. Key was pissing me off this season. Well, that's why I don't want to, like, I don't want to spoil it, but that's why I turned off. That's why I stopped watching my first time because of something that Key did. But that's all we'll talk about.

I know that Wraith is a villain, but like super impressed with like his character arc and where he came from season one. And he kind of wasn't even in it much in season one, right? I mean, he was, but hell, in season two. Dude, I'm just saying that, you know, Wraith is in it more than he was in season one. Yeah, he was until...

He almost, yeah. Well, okay. Well, we'll, um, okay. No, no, until right. No, no. Banks was great. Um, I'm happy that they have, you know, an extended purchase order with Netflix. Um,

And I also started Ted Lasso season two, which is my happiest show. I think it'll just, it just is Ted Lasso is amazing. It's on Apple TV. I'm in love with Keely, the girl on the show. And, and I actually look for like, I bring out or like, I pick up on her personality traits and like people I'm talking to. I don't know. I love Keely. How do you feel about Ted Lasso? Awesome.

We already had this talk. Remember? I was like, Nope. I haven't finished season one to be honest. Oh, so you're not a fan. I, I am a marginal, like, uh,

I get it, you know, that it all came from Jason Sudeikis being funny on NBC Sports when they announced that they were picking up soccer. And those are really, really funny to me. I watched those over and over and laughed my ass off. Those, you know, commercials where he was like, well, you know, I don't know much about football or soccer, you know, whatever that y'all call it. And like those, you know, are funny. And then they made an entire show about it. I watched the first couple episodes. I don't know. I don't know.

I think that I should get around to it because you've recommended it so, so much to me and I should just watch it. There's some like love stories in it. That's why I like it. And then I'm looking at some of our, our emails and messages. It looks like we briefly talked about buying sex toys on Amazon. This listener emailed us. Yeah. I mean, I mentioned it because I was like, I can't like, I can't read you all of my recent orders from Amazon because I,

That's amazing. But also it's because we were like, I can't walk into a sex shop or I would be too like shy to walk into a sex shop right now, especially with all of our business blasting on the internet all the time. And it's like, so Craig was just in the store and bought this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Craig is a low-key freak, y'all. And I hope that everyone has picked up on this from 25 episodes of our podcast. It's too funny that Craig's like, I can't read you all my Amazon orders. And I can't tell you the last time. I don't order toys, but maybe I should. They're fun to share with your partner. They're fun. That is a damn good way of putting it, Craig. Yeah. No, seriously. I mean...

and it's kind of exciting when you like when you're with someone and you're like like you give them the the freedom or like they're you're you make them comfortable be like wait i'm suggesting that you use this toy and they're like wait some guys are like too insecure and like don't want me to do or something i was like no like i think it would be awesome if you did this and then they're like well i want to do it too and then it's just like it's a fun world to explore i encourage it

That's what this email is about. It says, I work with a leading sexual wellness brand, Satisfyer. Who's listening to your recent podcast episode. We'd love to send over a variety of sex products for you both to try out. Since I know you mentioned you can't go in person to a sex store anymore. Satisfyer's marquee product, the Pro 2, has sold over $25 million since 2016. But it's a girl. Hold on. Is this the toy that we always see on Instagram? Where it's like,

You know, some like some woman just gave it the best review of all time. And she's like, fuck a man. This toy, literally my sheets were absolutely soaked. I had to. And it's like this review went absolutely viral. I mean, it has to be. It has to be. It's like the one where it like blows air. Like it looks like a little like circle. Oh, wait. If this is the one that their paid advertising is insane.

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The reviews are always like, I don't need a boyfriend. Or like, I read this review. Right. Yeah. And they're graphic. And girls are like, holy shit, girl. If that's what happened, like, get me two of them. But yes, in response to this listener, sure, send it to me. We'll see what happens. Please. I had to move recently, Craig, in June. And my parents kind of came to help me move. And there was kind of like a forgotten drawer somewhere.

And they opened it and were like, we'll let you deal with this. I was like, oh my God. I feel like I've seen it. Yeah. And it's not like a lot, but I was like, oh Jesus. I was like, let's just throw this all away. Honestly, this deserves to be thrown away. Let's start fresh. So please send me this book.

Satisfiers Marquee product, the Pro 2 from Satisfiers. And to be honest, this isn't even an ad. It's just a fan, I think, that would like to send me a sex toy. You know what, Craig? I need it. Why not? It'll go on my gifting table. It'll be great. Oh my gosh. When girls leave, you give them a Pro 2 every girl that leaves. Jesus. I'm sorry for your experience. That would be terrible.

I thought you said that you were into that, but here's a pro too for your troubles. Yeah, it's the new Derek Jeter basket. Oh my God. And haven't we all heard about that? That is too funny. All right. So guys, we are going to take a commercial break before Craig and I dip into our weekend activities. Craig, you are on the hot seat coming up next.

I would like to talk to you about one of our sponsors, Timeline Nutrition, and one product in particular, MitoPure. MitoPure is one of the first products to offer a precise dose of urolithin A to help upgrade your mitochondrial function, help increase cellular energy, and help improve muscle strength and endurance. I've started taking it recently and have started to tell that there is definitely one I work out or am active. But MitoPure does more than just help with my muscle health.

it can help with health stand as well. I want to be one of those granddads one day that you see in the video of him swinging his grandkid around. I want to rely on myself for as long as I possibly can. One way to think of MitoPure is that they are in your cells, chomping up the damaged mitochondria that makes you feel old and tired and helping to recycle it into new healthy ones.

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Taking two soft gels a day for two months and you could see significant improvements in your cellular energy, muscle strength, and endurance. After four months of taking Mito Pure, you might feel yourself getting stronger, recovering faster after a workout, and experiencing less inflammation, all part of your healthier aging routine, which is honestly amazing.

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a different sort of weekend. And I haven't had a chance to catch up with you, Craig. So I'm, I'm, I'm excited to hear about this. Yeah, I'm sure.

You had fun too, but you've done that before. Vegas was my first time. So I hadn't been that excited for a trip in a long time to the point where I packed the night before. I woke up at 5 a.m., was on the airport on time. I was like, who is this person? Yeah, who is this Craig? I even cleaned up the house so it was clean when I came home. I was just pumped. It's the best feeling ever, by the way. Yeah. Coming home to a clean home.

is like, especially when you know that you're going to party for the weekend, like, and then you just want to walk inside and have it be like, okay, my blanket is folded. My bed is made. Everything is where it should be. Now let's order Chinese food. Yeah.

Well, that's irrelevant, but it's not relevant. But like I had another leak in the house from like the work that was done and they had to come back and like cut my ceiling out. And I was like, I'm going to cry. I'm just going to fucking cry. But fortunately they did it all while I was gone and it was like done when I came home. So I was like, thank God. So I flew to Vegas, met my buddy whose bachelor party it was, Brett, in Atlanta with my buddy Gaylord. Yeah.

And, you know, went to the Sky Club, which the Delta Sky Club is, you know, I don't think it's underrated. I think everyone that likes it loves it. But it's so nice to walk in there. So we started drinking a little bit. I actually chose because last time I went on a trans or an intercontinental flight, I got really sick, which is when we went out with Paulina Austin. So I didn't drink that. I didn't really drink on the flight out to Vegas. I just waited to get there.

- Well wait, sorry, where did we go to LAX you're saying? - When I threw up, yeah. - Well you threw up in Wayne Gretzky's backyard. - Yes, gotcha. Okay, so we stayed at the Mirage, which I saw a lot of people online were confused about. Look, I was on a trip with people that go out there all the time. Honestly, we went to a lot of different casinos. I liked going back to the Mirage because I could get on a $15 table anytime I wanted.

It was not crowded. The restaurants in there were sick. And like, I just didn't feel overwhelmed in the Mirage at all. So I had a great experience. When I went to Vegas, it was the opening weekend of March Madness, a weekend that I've always wanted to go. And it's the opposite of everything that you're saying right now. Like you're saying that you found open tables and this and that. I mean, I had to scour the floor to find like, you know, a seat or two open for me and a buddy to try and gamble at. So yeah.

already your trip sounds exponentially easier than mine, let's say. I went to the bank before going out there. It took a couple grand. I mean, there are some positives. Like, I had to call Jerry, or I texted him because I couldn't talk on the phone yesterday. Oh, my day back. I wasn't prepared for that. But I ended up...

The money that I went out there with, I didn't come back with, but it was also what I paid for like the hotel, the flight and everything. So I basically, I never went to the ATM once, which was good. Okay. So then this is also a point of contention. This is a question. Do you expect like when you go to Vegas, because I know the answer for me and it sounds like I know it for you too. When you go to Vegas or when you go somewhere like this to gamble, I always,

I automatically in my head just assume that I'm gonna lose a thousand bucks or 1500 or whatever that number is that you go there with. I don't go to Vegas or go somewhere to gamble and be like, I'm gonna come back with five grand. I normally am like, I have 1500 bucks

And when it's gone, it's gone. And I'm probably going to lose it all. It depends on your mindset though. And your, your pathway of what you're doing out there. So there's, if, if I wanted to make money, then I would have had to walk away from the tables when I was up a couple of grand, because that was definitely the case. However, I didn't want to go to bed yet. Or,

i had nothing else to do and so i was gambling because i actually really enjoy being at the table with everyone and having fun now if i was smarter or if that wasn't my priority just to gamble until i was like ready to go to bed then i would have walked away from the table so you kind of have to balance that and trust me there was there was definitely some nights where this is what's frustrating

A table going cold should not be a real thing. There is nothing that changes to those dice like in craps that changes from the one guy that just rolled 35 times, the next guy that rolled 20 times, the next guy that rolled 40 times. I just made a gazillion dollars. Now I just crapped out. The next guy crapped out. The next guy, all of a sudden, three people in a row lost us a shit ton of money. It doesn't make any sense. And so sometimes for me to walk away from a table is hard because I'm like, there's just no way it's going to happen again because a

a table going cold isn't a real thing, but then it is. And so this literally goes into our next topic, which is conspiracy theories because, because basically you are alluding to the fact like, Hey, look, your astronomical sign does not matter. Like it does not matter. It's not true. You're just a bitch because you're a bitch. It's not because you're a Taurus. Okay. Anyways. But then you're like, wait, it's kind of true about it. So, yeah. So anyway, I,

I went out there with money that I wouldn't mind losing but of course like I should have in my head come back with you know with equal amounts because like

you know i know what i'm doing out there but but i played a lot of blackjack craps but um anyway i ate a lot of good dinners i only missed one event everyone missed you know one big thing but it was what was the event what does that mean the pool party which i really wanted i missed it and it was the topless pool party at our hotel and i was like and apparently everyone was topless and i was like wow i would have loved you missed it what

You missed that? Yeah, I missed it. Guys, I have this theory. Well, no, it's not a theory, okay? It is scientific fact that Craig...

goes hard on the wrong night the first night yeah yes and it's like it's like all of our friends were in town this past weekend well not this past weekend because i was vegas and and and i was gone as well but the weekend before that and and and craig decided to get drunk on thursday night and i was like no no no they're all getting in you know tonight and tomorrow tomorrow night's the night and craig got drunk on thursday and that's how it goes for craig normally and it makes me laugh so you missed you missed this and i remember you telling me about it i can't believe

that great yeah so I missed the pool party um and apparently it was a lot of fun but you know whatever like we had a ton of fun the first night we went to a bunch of different like we went to the Bellagio and Cosmo by the end of um the trip we ate at some really cool places we found the speakeasies in like the Cosmopolitan when you go through the secret doors or like you know the exits or like into the kitchen um

That was the only thing I missed, and I wasn't too hungover to do anything. The problem is that the last night, and so I also saw an old friend out there, and she and Craig. What? Yeah, Craig. Who was the old friend out there? I figured you were going to ask me. So I went and had lunch with Naomi and Leva when I was there, which was actually really awesome. It was great to see them. We all know, by the way.

Well, that's what I figured. Yeah. But so she was like, Craig, you should go to a show like a Cirque du Soleil. Yeah. A Cirque du Soleil. Yeah. And she was like, you're going to sit there the whole time and be like, wow. Whoa. Wow. Well, it's exactly what happened. So we went and saw Mystere at Treasure Island. And there was only three of us left on the last night of the trip.

And that's what I did the whole time. I was like, this is one of the happiest I've ever been. Like, I had a bunch of wine and some beer and stuff. And it was just so, like, it was like watching America's Got Talent live. And I guess... Did you go to the show with Naomi? No? No, no, no. We just had... I only saw her and Leva for lunch at their hotel. You only saw Leva and Naomi for lunch one day? Yeah. Yeah, I mean, I was on a bachelor party. But I went over and it's like...

But she said I should go to a show. And so we did though. And dude, it's like every, like I didn't realize where the people on America's Got Talent like got their ideas and stuff, but

it was like the coolest variety show ever and like they had the host pouring popcorn on people's heads and like messing with people like i have you been to one i guess you have yes definitely well well i've been to one in tulum and i've been to one in vegas yeah well the ones in vegas like the floors can move and you know it's like a standing show so they have like yeah i i i haven't like you know eaten mushrooms or anything

You know, crazy like that, like a knocked up. Like, it sounds like a blast, but I would freak out. So this is what I did, though. This was a lot kind of boneheaded. I was so like high on life after that show. I was like, I'm staying an extra day because I was supposed to fly out the next day. Oh, I know, because Craig was calling me and trying to convince me to come out. And I was like, oh, man, as much as.

as I want to I've been on a four day like adventure of my own and the last thing that I should do because I know I know so badly like so well right it's like you have like a couple drinks in you and you're like I'm just gonna stay out here like another week and uh

Sorry, what? I said I have all the ideas. Right. And we all do. And if you're out there and you're listening and you're going to sit there and tell me that I have to drink a few glasses of wine, you don't text your BFF and be like, let's go to Paris. I just found a flight for like 600 bucks and we can go for a week. And that's what Craig was doing. He was like, come out to Vegas. I've had so much fun. It is like, you know, and then I had to pull a Craig like yesterday.

You were calling me and I was like, you just can't answer. You can't answer. You kind of teased it. You kind of gave me hope. I know I did. I know I did. And like once you said that, I was like, I'm going to call you until. Yeah. And honestly, I was like, this is not a good idea. Like I've been burning it at both ends for four days and Craig's been in Vegas. So that's enough said.

So it was good you didn't because this is what happens. I tell the boys that I'm with, there's only two left. And I'm like, you guys are golfing tomorrow? I'm golfing. Like, let's change the tee time. Let's find where. And they're like, all right, Craig, like, well, we have to switch like golf courses. But like, you didn't golf, did you? Yeah. No, of course not. What an asshole.

So they switched to golf. Then we go, like, they got, I got rental clubs. I got to like everything, you know, I paid for it. And then I go to the hotel and I was like, can I extend my stay? And they're like, honestly, all right, let's make it work for you. So like I paid for an extra night in the hotel.

for the next day. And, you know, I woke up the next day and I was like, I got to get the fuck out of here. Like, it was basically what everyone told me. What everyone does in Vegas. Dude, normally you wake up on Sunday and you're like, I got to get the fuck out of here. But the fact that you made it until, what, Tuesday? Well, because we got there on Saturday. Oh, okay, true. Saturday night. So it was only three nights. Okay, okay. So basically, Craig made it an extra 24 hours in Vegas where no man, like, you, you like, went,

You went where very few men have gone before, Craig. And that is the extra night in Vegas. No, but I didn't make it, though. Saturday night, Sunday night. Oh, three nights. Wait, well, normally it's Friday night, Saturday night. And then people dip out on Sunday. So you did do three nights. And many men have been there.

- Did you see that Craig went down the road that many men have been down? Like, oh my gosh, Vegas is for me. What if I just moved here? What if I just moved here? - I mean, yes, I've said it, I said it multiple times. I said I didn't have to be back in Charleston until Thursday. So then here's the kicker though. So I had cash everywhere in my room because we had like, there was like a strip club night and like, oh, you would have died, Austin. So we went to Crazy Horse and-

I was there for 10 minutes and I looked at my buddies and took the, like, I had $300 in ones wrapped up and I put them in all of their jackets and just ran out of the place. I was terrified. And they were like, dude, that was such a Craig move. It's like, you obviously know that like, I didn't like anything going on in there. And I was just like, this is not for me. I'm going to go back to the casino and gamble. And like,

What would your fathers think? Ah! Yeah, so. That thing runs out. So I have like all of this like money all over my room and these chips because like, you know, like I said. Chips. Chips.

- Like poker or like casinos? - Yes, yes, yes. You said chicks or it sounded like chicks. I was like, Craig had chicks in his room? Interesting, tell me everything. - When it was time to leave, I couldn't fathom walking back into the casino though to trade all my chips in. I got a thousand dollars worth of chips. And so I put them in a bag, like the banking envelope and just left them in my friend's room and then went and got in the car and went straight to the airport. And I was like, it's time to get out of Vegas.

So that was kind of like the what I can tell you part of Vegas. But OK, I have to ask this question. So do do we do we do we clear up the the worst thing?

rumor website of all time. Here's a middle finger to your face for everything you've ever posted about us. But what about the reported report that you and Naomi were coming down an elevator together at the Mirage?

Austin, it's very cheesy, but I think that's kind of fun to just be like, no one will ever know because it's Vegas. So, you know, in every movie I've ever seen about Vegas, it's like what happens in Vegas? And like, I mean, it's really funny that we're there at the same time and like everyone can just be like, what the fuck happened? What the fuck happened? And it's like, guys, it's Vegas. Guys, you heard it here first. What happens in Vegas is

Absolutely stays in Vegas. Love that answer. Love it, Craig. What a weekend in Vegas. And you know what? You told that in about 12 minutes. That was, I want to do it. I, when do you think you'll be ready for it? Cause I made a host out there. Like I met a host. I have a guy now my status is up and he's like, whenever you want to come back,

Oh, my gosh, dude. I also know a hostess out there. I know that I told this to you, and I don't know. I'm in like a giving mood. I just think it's funny. I mean, the hostess that I know out there, Craig, is the girl that pissed off

to the point where she was posting with that Italian clown job and calling me a clown on her Instagram because she found out that I was out in San Diego visiting her. And I know her well, and she lives in Vegas, and she's always like, come, come, come. You know, the pool scene is amazing out here. So we must go back. I love that you're giving...

You're, you're, you're giving mood right now. Cause I said host as in like a host for Vegas, but I love having hostess out there and we can use both of them. Yes. My host to put us up in the hotels and then we can go party with your hostess. Yes, definitely. Definitely. But I'm serious about that. So let's say before we start filming, um, we sneak out there for a couple of days, uh,

and host a podcast from out there because I think it'd be great. And honestly, it's really funny because everything we do or say will be challenged with like, do we follow the rule? What stays in Vegas or do we not? Okay. I certainly want to do that. Duh. And I just think that a non-negotiable for me, Craig, is that I want to ride the coaster at New York.

And I want, oh my gosh, the roller coaster at New York, New York Casino. Yeah, but how scary is it? I mean, there's a loop, but I've done it before and I've literally had the phone in my hands. Like, it's not crazy. I can do loops. I just can't do like severe heights. So like, I like indoor roller coasters. No, no, no. It's great because you start from inside the hotel. So like, we have to do like, you know, kitschy shit. And then we have to get just like, just like the big Eiffel Tower that's full of,

of like a red white and blue drink right because that's the colors of france and like the eiffel tower like you know that's probably 99% fucking sugar and like 1% alcohol but it's just like the kitschiest and most tourist thing you can do the roller i'll have to do the roller coaster with you and then you have to zip line on the strip like laying next to me

I didn't even know that was a thing, but let's do it. That would be so much fun. And then obviously we'll hit a pool party, but we should do touristy things. What we do is when we're about to go out there, we'll have people send in a scavenger hunt, basically, and we'll have to check a bunch of stuff off our list so it's not just us gambling the whole time. Or it's like you have to hit this number or lose this number, and then you can go to the next event. All right, well, yeah, so that was Vegas. I mean, a lot was left in Vegas, but I— That's okay, man.

Was your dignity left there or no? No, I didn't. No, no, no. I had a really, really nice time, especially because people were doing their own thing. No one bothered anyone else. Everyone was just having fun. How many guys? For me, like six. Or how many guys was I with? Six.

How many guys is enough for Craig? Six. No more than six in one given weekend. You know one thing I'm surprised about, though? It wasn't nearly as expensive as I thought it was going to be or other things I did. Like, the dinners were cheaper than Charleston and we ate and drank like kings. The hotel that we were at, like,

I mean, the room was like $100 a night because of my buddy's status. Like, it just wasn't that bad. So, yeah, it was a good first experience in Vegas. Like, my scaries only exist now because I'm like, I feel like I should be more scared. But, like, I'm not. Like, I feel good. So, all right. Well, tell me about Arkansas. Yeah. So, what I was going to say is this. Yeah, do a break. And then what I was going to say is, like, let's see if I can, like, make it kind of interesting in, like, three to five episodes.

And then if it's not Nick, just cut it. But I'm going to try and highlight some things like Jack that could potentially be on the podcast because he's super awesome and pretty good friends with Christian McCaffrey and shit and has like 200,000 followers and he's a fucking bomb-ass cook. So anyways. All right, everyone. That was my...

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all right everybody welcome back to episode 26 of pillows and beer i'm craig cotter here with my host partner and best bud austin kroll he was recently at his favorite band show fish in arkansas i think his first concert back since the mexico one that he went before kovid tell us all about it austin craig i am so impressed by the way that you knew that factoid yes so fish's first show back

was in Arkansas after 15 months of being off. And I did go to that. It was in the middle of the week. It was on a Wednesday. I called up a good bud of mine and I was like, hey, like my fish, fish buddy. And I was like, we got to go. So literally, Craig, I was in Arkansas for like,

I landed at four. I left at nine. What's that math? Twelve, five, seventeen hours. I was in Arkansas for seventeen hours. It was a business trip. Have you been in Arkansas before? Never. And that's funny because I went to Alabama, so I never went to a University of Arkansas game, which I feel like is –

like not cool, like sacrilege, because I'm sure that there are a lot of pig suey fans out there. And trust me, I met them, Craig. I met them. I met so many people in Arkansas that are Bravo fans. It was wild. And you would never think, right, because I get it. Some of you out there and maybe even Craig,

Just think that fish and Grateful Dead and this and that, but no man, you gotta think about it. Andy loves the dead, right? I love fish. There are so many people out there and there are so many groups, Craig, that are literally, it's like fish chicks and Bravo Fish Group and these women were coming up to me being like, hey, I wanna take a picture and send it to the Bravo Fish Group. And I was like, oh my God, of course.

And so it was just wild to me. And it was the first show back. So I don't have that much to report about Arkansas. No, because how many – well, I want to – Arkansas I only have ties to because of John Daly. And I've told him I was going to come to his golf tournament. Yeah, and he's a big –

UA fan or a U of A. And, but look, all right. So this was number what for you for fish shows? Oh man, I like lost count, but I'm, but I'm, but I'm definitely creeping up on 100. I'm probably in the eighties of fish shows. And really cool to me, just like, just, just the thought of like,

like it's taking me to some really interesting places right and it's taking me to vegas and you know to msg for like four straight years and then into mexico and then randomly to arkansas right and and kind of all over the place and it's just fun to see your favorite band for for

one night or for three nights and every night it just builds and builds and everyone's there for the same thing just the love of this band and I don't know I could go on and on I just like fish is just the best all right but any new experiences at this fish show anything um yes okay I met Craig through his wife his wife dm me and was like you're gonna be at the Arkansas show

You should meet my husband. His name is Chris and he is the light rig guru of Phish. He does their whole light show. Now to put this into perspective, his nickname, so his name is Chris Carota and his nickname is CK5 because they refer to him as the fifth member of the band.

to dumb it down, like Justin Bieber has been to a show before because he was so impressed with their light show that he was like, we got to see what goes on here. It doesn't dumb it down. It actually explains perfectly. Yeah. Like perspective. Yeah. Yeah. No, no, no. And not to dumb it down because Justin Bieber is an incredibly talented artist that we both like, I, I, I like, it's funny that, you know, someone that you would think that only listens to someone like fish, like a,

Give me a break. I love T Swift. I love Justin Bieber. Incredibly talented. So not to dumb it down, but just to, you know, relate is what I'm going to say. It made perfect sense. Right. So, so he, so his wife was like, you should meet him and go and talk to him. And I was like, right. But you know, he's working, he's working. Right. I mean, every concert is work. So the only time that I can see him is that set break.

so i try to time it craig and i kind of go down to see him which is only like a couple rows in front of me and he had left at this point and i tried to talk to one of his partners and and the guy just threw up his hand like uh-uh right because i'm sure that they get yelled at all show long people which i'd be like hey hey you know come here so he threw up his hand and i was like okay all right what do i do now i look like obnoxious then then they came back from set break

Chris wasn't back yet. I tried to talk to his friend and his friend was like, "Look dude, I don't have to tell you." And I was like, "Oh my God, I'm gonna be treated like a leper." Like a leper, man. I was like, "These people are like, 'Get away from us, you fanboy.'" And I was like, "I totally get it too. I totally get it." Like, people are probably yelling at them constantly, so.

I was like, I'm going to try one more time. So Chris came back. I saw him. I went down there and I was like loud and concise. Chris, he turned around, biggest smile on his face. He came over. He was asking me questions. He took pictures with me. He was like, oh my gosh, so good to see you. Blah, blah. You know, and I was like, oh my God, finally, finally. So, so I met him.

Which kind of leads into what happened later because then I left Arkansas the next morning at 9 a.m., Craig. Like, I woke up at 7 and Uber was outside. You know, I mean, I don't even know if I packed anything. Like, I had a suitcase and it was almost like, why do I have a suitcase here? Like, I have a pair of boxers and, like, a different t-shirt to put on and that's it. And so, woke up and got the hell out of Dodge.

And Thursday, Friday, I drove up to Charlotte because a buddy of mine, Jack Arnold, is this like green egg champion slash connoisseur slash just like makes these meats slash his Instagram is food porn.

and he's been trying to connect for years i didn't know you knew that guy or and i didn't know what was happening but i was kind of jealous that you were going to this like i was happy for you to pull the trigger to go up there but i was also like damn this is sweet yeah i i i was like you know what this this weekend is free and i'm going to do this and and y'all

If you're listening, I mean, it really isn't even to plug him, but his Instagram is Jack Arnold. So at Jack Arnold. I mean, it's pretty easy name to remember. And if you go to it, then you'll kind of understand. It's all about him cooking meats and he cuts through it and he squeezes it and the juices are just like, oh my God. So he held this green egg series and I was like, you know, I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming.

And he's also a huge Fish fan, a huge Panthers fan. He cooks for, like, a lot of the Panthers players that I love, and they love him. And, you know, his, like, energy is crazy, which, Craig, we should almost have him on here because he is, like, the most high-energy guy, and his energy is, like, so good, and it attracts fans.

it just like, you know, brings out good. Like you can't help but laugh. And Craig, if you met him, I knew that you'd be like, this guy is, and like, I can see that Craig laugh of your, like, you will just be laughing and smiling with him the whole time because he's like over the top happy. I love it. I mean, I want to have, I mean, let's have him on. And I also, I'm looking at his Instagram right now. I'm like, I want to go eat. Like I want to have him. Yes, definitely. And he'd be stoked. Here, put that on the books too. Vegas,

uh podcast fish podcast because i have to go to my first fish show with you and then we'll do jack arnold um cooks for us and then we like record almost like the video blog that we're gonna start doing oh yeah we like could do a video blog of us eating and then talking his food and talking with him because like the dude will do whatever

And it's all, you know, Wagyu this and Wagyu that and lobster tail this. It's just like, yeah, it's decadent. What was your favorite thing that you ate? Yeah, he had a Wagyu sirloin.

I also did a lobster Mac, which is pretty, it was like an eight course meal, Craig. And it was pretty spectacular. I have like unpopular opinion, not the biggest Wagyu fan. It's okay, but it's not the texture that I prefer with a steak. And so like Wagyu is everywhere in Vegas. Oh dude, I got to tell you though, this is funny, Austin. You know how I sometimes like to get an entree as an appetizer for the table. Like if they have like a tuna entree on there, like something,

So they had, we went to this restaurant at the Bellagio and there was only six of us. And I asked, you know, everyone, if you could have a shift meal and you always laugh at me and they're like, oh, a hundred percent. I'd get the New York strip. I'd take it home. So I told our server after getting like a sushi appetizer and something else, I was like, Hey man, he's like, are you ready to put anything in? And I was like, actually, I'm going to do a New York strip for the table. I was like, well, cook it however the chef wants. I'm gonna have that for the table. And he's like, uh, no.

Like, I'd prefer to get all of your orders right now. And I was like, we just, oh, dude, I haven't gotten in like an argument with a server in a long time. This, so what he thought I was doing was he thought I was ordering one entree to split for the table and being cheap. Instead of realizing that, no, I was ordering an entree as an appetizer and we were about to ball out.

By the time he realized what had happened like common misconception, of course He goes he goes I asked if I could do something around train or someone else at the table asked about an entree and he goes here you can order whatever you or you can have whatever you want whenever you want I was like no you can't and he was like what do you mean I was like cuz I a hundred percent try to get a New York strip as an appetizer and you wouldn't bring it to me and While this is going on

Two of the dancers ran over and started taking pictures and the manager came over and the whole fucking like tune changed. And like, there's a whole thing that I want to tell you about, but like, you know, I'm never rooted in the restaurant. I'm never anything, but this guy was like, thought I was being cheap and judged me and treated me completely wrong. Anyway. So there, yeah, I do have some stories. We don't have to put that in there, but I'll tell you about it later.

So here, tell us about... All right, so like... Okay, hold on, hold on. So this might be like an interesting thing, right? Because it was a very spontaneous, right? So the day after Jack's event, it's Sunday. And I'm about to ask you too, because like, if you do this, so Chris...

the aforementioned lighting guru for fish you know the light Maestro for fishing how long has he been with him oh my gosh uh damn it Craig I don't know um you know years and years and years I don't I you know not not since the beginning no but but but certainly in the 2.0 era which is like in 2004 on sorry in in 2009 on because 2004 they split up and doesn't not go back together so

And that's when like the other light rig probably took a massive step forward. So it doesn't add on. So for anyone listening, what the fuck does light rig mean? You're just saying like, is the light, are fish shows known for like the light show? Absolutely. 1000% where it's like, it is a visual spectacle and like that's,

they're going up and down and back and forth. And it goes from like purple to blue to this and that. And, and, and, you know, let's just be honest. It's like, you know, you're eating drugs or if you're not eating drugs, like, is this a visual spectacle? And so he tries to like play with your like emotions through them playing. And it's this whole thing. And it's like,

It is artistry and it's freaking phenomenal. So he texts me on Saturday or on Friday and he's like, yo, are you coming to the Alpharetta shows? Right. Alpharetta, Georgia. And I was like, I'm not because I already have plans in Charlotte. You know, go to Jack's event. I'm already bummed about it. And he's like, what about on Sunday? You know, you're in Charlotte. It's three and a half hours away. Come on. And I'm like, wow. Yeah. I'm like, did you really just do that to me?

And so lo and behold, I pulled the trigger. No way. Yeah. I find a ride. Yeah. Yeah. I find a ride to Atlanta on Sunday and,

and go to the fish show courtesy of Chris. Thank you, buddy. And took a one-way flight back to Charlotte on Monday morning, collected my car, crashed at my folks' house, drove back to Charleston on Tuesday. Oh, good for you. I love this. Spot and 80. And it was great. And that kind of stuff just makes me feel alive. And now the question that I was going to ask you, Craig, is this, because prior to going,

I was like back and forth and back and forth as I do. And my mother called me. No, never you. What? I said never you. Yeah, no, yeah, yeah.

I have so much conviction in all my decisions. And my mother calls me and I run it by her and I'm like on bated breath. I'm like, if my mom tells me that I'm an idiot, then I'm not going to go. But if she gives me the okay, then everything is right in the world. And she was like, oh my gosh, Austin, go. You know, I was like, I'm going. Okay, I'm going. And so my mother gave me the seal of approval and I was like, I needed that. And that's what I'm doing.

Do you do that ever, Craig? Do you call up your mom and be like, "Hey, so should I do this or not?" - I can't say that I've ever done that, no. - Okay, I do it all the time. - We're very different. My mom likes to know that I'm alive and not in jail, and she loves when I call and just tell her about what's going on, but they've never really been able to, not control me in a bad way, but you know my personality is if I wanna do something, I'm gonna do it.

and like why it works when we're like together because you know like even before aspen you were like this is going to be on craig if craig decides to go then we're going if he doesn't then we're not and i'm right right because you know because i didn't want yeah i didn't want to go and hang out with you know paulina and dustin without you like i had made that connection with you and i'm like i don't want to go without you and i usually i mean

I think it's, it'll be interesting if we ever talk to someone about this, like just personality differences and stuff. For me, I always know very quickly what I want to do. So like if a situation is present, I know like what I want to do. I don't know if it's the right thing to do or not, but I know what I want to do. And most of the time it's,

And I don't want to use the word spoiled brat, but like I act in that way to myself as in like if I want to do something, usually it's hard to talk me out of it. I mean, I can be reasoned with, but I mean, wouldn't you say that that's kind of who I am? Like if I want to go to a certain restaurant or like my buddies on this trip were like, if you fucking freak out like and act like you don't want to be or like decide you don't want to be somewhere, like you always make everyone leave. And I was like, I won't do that to you. And like, I don't want to do that to you.

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, yeah, that's funny. I like just I was having this conversation, Craig, which this ties in and I know that I pontificate for too long and I'm not going to. So it was a conversation about, you know, your love language. And I found out that my love language is words of affirmation. And I was like, oh, so, you know, being told like I'm handsome or something like, no, no, no.

When I ask you something, at the end of it, I say right with a question mark. And that means that I want the affirmation from you that what I said is validated or like, hey, that's what you think too, right? That is what I just learned about myself. I put the word right with a question mark at the end of sentences because I'm looking for confirmation. It's interesting. I do similar stuff in the love language world.

Thing is, is brilliant. And it's funny how accurate it is. And like the understanding you can get from it sometimes, but well, that's cool. Well, we have a lot to look forward to. I think, I think we, we, we've promised you guys some stuff and I think we should, we should set out to do it. I think Austin, how about we commit to doing a Vegas episode before we start filming? I can commit. Fine. Okay. Fine. I guess so. No dude.

I think it's a no-brainer because prior to you going, you asked me. You were like, we need to come out here because I have a feeling that I'm going to love it. And I feel that we have a little more connections out there than we think. And it could just be so much damn fun. And we just go for a few days and get the hell out of Charleston, which is our favorite thing to do in the world.

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Welcome back to episode 26 of Pillows and Beers here with Austin Kroll, my best bud partner, and myself, Craig Conover. You can find me at CAConover on Instagram and KrollTheWarriorKing. Also follow Pillows, the letter N, Beer on Instagram. You got my law firm, Austin's Beer, Sowing Down South. Whatever you'd like to follow, we love it.

But we just found out that this Pillows and Beer podcast might not be going anymore because our producer almost died. And without him, we don't really know how to do any of this other than bullshit with each other and drink a lot. So, Nick, would you like to tell us why you threatened – tell us and all of our listeners why you threatened the future of this podcast by doing whatever the hell you did to get the Coast Guard involved? Because –

Austin and I do not know this story, and we've been waiting to hear. Okay, so as I kind of briefly mentioned, I was going to go sailing on the last podcast, and...

That's true. That's true. He did say that. He was like, we're all like, you know, what are you doing this weekend? And Craig was like, I'm going to Vegas. And I was like, oh, I'm going to Charlotte. And Nick was like, I'm going sailing. Who knew it would be such an adventure? Who knew you would be the one who needed saving? Yeah. Yeah, no kidding. You in Vegas, Austin somewhere in Arkansas, and then me off the coast of North Carolina getting rescued by the Coast Guard.

So pretty much, you know, we go down, we go down to meet everybody. It's going to be 10 of us, including my uncle who owns the boat. Meet most everybody in Raleigh because that's where everybody's from. And the whole backstory is my uncle, I'm not going to name his name, and this is, well, this is the first time it's happened in North Carolina. So of course it's with us.

But, you know, we're making jokes because if you know him, he's just kind of a bit of a maniac. You know, he's been married, you know, three times. He's just a loose cannon. He's a true pirate pretty much down there. And, you know, we're like singing like the Gilligan's Island, like themes like, you know, a three hour cruise and all that kind of stuff, just making jokes.

And, of course, what tends to happen, we wake up in the morning, we're looking at the radar, it's like, oh, it's going to be storming all morning. So we drive down there. You know, the storm's passed, and he's like, oh, yeah, we're good to go. It's going to be no problem out there. We kind of cruise around. Have you been to Beaufort before, Austin? No. I know. Beaufort's great because it's, like, the very bottom tip of, like, the Outer Banks. And so there's a lot of great inner waterways and everything. It's where, like, Blackbeard wrecked his, like, ship. So...

We're down there, you know, we're cruising along the one inlet. We go to the next city over. We get off, we park up to a dock. We go to a couple bars and everything, you know, have a couple of drinks, have a couple of painkillers, rum punches, you name it. And we're looking at the radar. It's like, oh, great. The storm's got moved to 6 p.m.

And he's like, oh, great. So we can go out. Originally, we were going to go to this place called Cape Lookout. And if you know, the coast is a very awesome place. Like you go out, you sail right out of the inlet down like the ocean coast. And then you get to this awesome cape where the water's all glass. But of course, because the storms are like, yeah, there's like the swells out there, like 10 to 12 feet, which I mean, the boat can handle. It's a 50 foot sailboat. And, you know, it's still alive.

That's still a lot. Yes. It's still, it's no fun to get to go out into three to five feet is a lot. Well, and that's coming up.

He's like, well, I can take us on the backside, but it kind of, if you know the Outer Banks, a lot of weird beer islands and a lot of sandbars that kind of move around. So he's got his buddy down there. Oh, Craig and I know Outer Banks. Okay. Don't even test me on that shit. So I got a much better reality Outer Banks story.

So he's like, well, I'll get my buddy. He's going to go out in front of us and kind of be our eyes because he has a depth finder on his boat. But, you know, it's a sailboat. It's got a giant keel underneath of it. It's like about six and a half feet. So he can only go. He has to be in seven feet or more water. And so his buddy's in a little flat bottom skid, which can go over anything.

so here's our eyes so we're sailing we're sailing along everybody you know people are on the you know the front of the boat taking pictures we're all just like kind of hanging out you know chilling drinking beers you name it kind of hanging and all of a sudden you know if you look out i mean it's kind of like swelly because there are storms still off the coast and they're coming in so we got like four to six foot swells still which aren't bad i mean the boat's meant for and if you're going to straight line it's not too bad

And all of a sudden you kind of see like white caps in the distance. And if you see a white cap, it's like usually we're like crashing waves. It's usually, I mean, it's in the shore somewhere and all of a sudden like, Oh shit, I've, I've, we're, uh, I gotta move out of the way, Nick. I gotta look at the depth finder. And then literally three seconds later, it's boom. And everybody just goes flying forward. The boat starts to tip over onto its side. Everybody's screaming. How fast were you going?

Yeah, no, I was just like... No, how fast do you think you were moving? And also, how far offshore were you at this point? So we're right... Well, I mean, we're not really offshore. We're like literally probably 500 yards from the ocean. So we're in a big inlet. Like it's a main port part of Beaufort. So it's a relatively large inlet. But you can see shore. You can see shore, yes. You probably got about...

half a mile on each side to the shore. Did anyone fly off a boat? No, luckily not. Like literally like two seconds earlier before that, my mom and I are on the bow of the boat, like, you know, doing the whole Leo DiCaprio. I'm like, you know, I'm the king of the world. So we all go pretty much flying forward. And then next thing you know, it's high tide. High tide has just hit. So...

The waves are pretty much all coming in still. And we're just getting slammed by, you know, five foot, six foot swells. Multi-thousand pound keel on the bottom. Correct. Yes. 7,000 pounds is basically just being tossed back and forth. So it's never going to actually like truly flip over like, because I mean, you can't in, you know, four feet of water, whatever we were in.

but it's still like slamming you back inside, back inside. And if you go overboard, that's a 9,000 piece of equipment that could hit you. And so my uncle's freaking out 'cause my little cousins are on board. He's 13, then she's 17. He's like, "Should we throw him overboard?" And you know, captain's like, "No, you can't do that. That's even more unsafe."

Now we've got people that are kind of circling us in case we do go overboard that are just like randomly people out there. They're getting on the radio and they're like, what's going on out there? You guys okay? And then, you know, my uncle's like, I'm not calling the damn tow service. And...

He's like, I've been this before. I got stuck off. I got I got stranded for 36 hours off the coast of Puerto Rico. We're like, oh, that's very good. I don't want to do that. Yeah. Yeah. No, we don't want to be stuck here. So finally, we convinced him to make the call and he calls. What is it like tow USA or whatever, whatever, like the main like boat service, like tow services. And he's like talking to them and they're like, you're going to hear him like over like to speak like, you know, because he's got his phone like turned all the way up because waves are crashing all around us.

And he's like, is this like a distress call? And he's like, no, we're okay. And we're like, no, we're not okay. We're being beat to death out here. And so they finally were like, okay, well, we'll be there in like 45 minutes. And at this point, you know, 45 minutes have gone by. So high tide starting to go out. Also, how's the storm? How was the weather? So the weather, luckily, storms are still saying six o'clock, but you can tell that the waves are starting to, the swells are starting to be pushed up. So, yeah.

we're getting like six foot swells, which, you know, is just moving the boat over. So like my uncle's like his way of dealing with stress. One of them is pretty much screaming of what's going on. So it's like, oh, no, here comes another wave. Here comes another wave. Everybody hold on. Hold on. Just like shut up. I mean, take it. Just relax. I mean, everybody's like freaking out because it's like

We're going to die out here. I mean, this is how my sailing vacation is going. This is truly Gilligan's Island, a three hour cruise. Right. So this is like, you know, two thirty we crash. So finally, you know, it's three thirty and we can finally see tow boats coming in and they're like, all right, well, we got to do this quick because if a low tide comes in, it's going to you're going to get stuck there all night or until the next high tide pretty much. And that's not till four p.m. the next day. We'll be able to get you out. And so they're like, oh, crap, oh, crap.

And finally, another 45 minutes go by. We're still getting just shit kicked left and right by now the changing tides. And all of a sudden, you hear them on the radio. And they're like, well, this is getting really sketchy out here. And it's just like, don't you know there's people on board that aren't sailors? Why are you telling us it's getting sketchy out here? And so we go under, and then finally- How long had it been at this point, Nick? So we wrecked at around 235, and this is around 330.

So there's the first two come out and then finally two more get out there and then they're like, okay, we got to call the Coast Guard. You guys are going to get stranded here. It's going to get really dangerous here soon. Storms are moving in. And I mean, it is. I mean, the waves are getting bigger. The tide's getting lower. So which means as the tide gets lower, the boat starts to...

go even more and more left and right just onto its side. And so my dad's like, well, all right, you're going to, you have to go down underneath and get everybody's walls, phones, and I'll basically everything that all the necessities.

And so I'm like underneath when you're underneath the boat, you can't see the waves coming in. So all of a sudden it's just one wave hits into you and you just get slammed. So my arms are still just sore as shit from basically like death gripping under the boat as I climbed throughout it because it's a pretty big it's got four bedrooms. It's got a nice size, like living space kitchen.

And Nick, I'm glad that you're still with us, pal. Yeah, no, it was nuts. I mean, and finally the Coast Guard comes and they're like, like a massive cutter. I saw the cutter they sent and it's huge.

Yeah, no, it was big. Yes. And they're like, well, we can't get in there. So they basically hop one of their guys hopped on, I guess, one of the tugboats that could still get in the low, like a shallow water. And they're like, Hey, we got to do this at three at a time. And pretty much you just had to jump to the other boat because, you know, everything's bouncing back and forth. There's no like chance to like tie off and like do a true kind of like departure. So three at a time, you know, my aunt and then like my two cousins go first, obviously, um,

And so they get back. Then they come back to collect us. And it's even more like the guys, like the towboats guys are yelling at each other over their, over their like microphone microphones over the radios. And they're like, we got to get, we got to get them out of here. We got to get them out of here. And we're just like, okay. So it's like, they're freaking you out more than you are. Yeah.

come on. And so finally, they come back to get us, you know, then it's just my dad, and then my three uncles that are left on board. And two of them, I say uncles, I mean, they're essentially, you know, good family friends that you grow up, you call them uncles. Yeah. And so we get off me, my mom, her sister,

So we were the next three to go. And then the guy's like, we're like going out there. He's like, yeah, I mean, this is getting really bad out there. I mean, we yesterday had a, you know, not as like well-made, like older sailboat gets stuck in a similar way and a rip the whole keel off and the boat ended up having a hole in it. And so now my mom's freaking out and crying because, you know, my dad's still on board and, you know, she's stressing out.

And of course, to add, you know, worse, I finally get onto the Coast Guard boat and then they go back out to collect. And then it's only my two uncles. My dad decided to stay behind, tell my one uncle with boats. Now my mom is really breaking down. And, you know, the Coast Guard's like, yeah, I mean, we wouldn't even go out here usually like.

I don't know like what he was thinking like it's not because it's because the freaking it's the reason that part of North Carolina has like the most amount of like shipwrecks in one area right because the shout like all those like barrier islands and sandbars move pretty much with every big storm or hurricane yeah it's what the show Outer Banks is based off of yes like treasure and the shipwrecks yes no and we were one of them who knew I'd be saying that

So was he held like at fault? Like, is he going to have to pay a Coast Guard bill or no? No. No, it's pretty much I mean, really wasn't his fault. It was his buddy who was supposed to be guiding us out there. Right. Basically just and then all of a sudden we hit like he's just like looking back and kind of doing his own thing and just didn't like tell us.

I mean, he'll have to pay, but he's like a member of that tow service. And it's like, yeah, then you're done. Yeah. Then you don't, if you're not a member of tow USA, you have to pay a fucking shit ton. They lost so much money because of this. Cause they were out there. I mean, I finally boarded the Coast Guard boat at my turn at 5.00 PM and we wrecked at two 30 and they still have cool guns on there.

Yeah, I mean, they had a couple, but I mean, I guess depending on what they're doing. But I mean, they were super cool. Like the one guy was like, yeah, yeah.

This tends to happen, he goes, but you'd be surprised how many people die in situations like this. I'm like, oh, great. Now you're saying it? I'm like, just reinforcing. Because you made the call, which is good. Yes, and they're like, people like to panic and they'll jump overboard and then they'll get hit by the boat and then they'll drown or, you know, something will fall on them. You know, if it's a lesser made boat or older boat, the mast could break and crash down. I mean, so many things can go wrong. And

And the one thing I've learned is, I mean, you're on boat. Like if you wave at somebody when you're on a boat, like they wave back at you. Right. So finally, everybody's been rescue at this point. They've, you know, docked it and we're driving back or like cruising back on the Coast Guard boat. Like and then literally right when we get on the Coast Guard boat, you start all of a sudden just a storm rolls in.

And it was like we were missed it by about 15 minutes from being in a really hairy situation. And the Coast Guard's like, you're some lucky mofos. And I'm just like, yeah, I never thought I'd have to say I've been rescued by the Coast Guard. But one thing I've learned is when you're on a Coast Guard boat and you wave at people on other boats, they don't wave back at you. They're delighted. They're just like, look at you like, what is going on? Like there's 10 people crammed on with life vests and they're all soaking wet.

And they're like, well, I wonder what they did today. And getting back to port, like they dropped us off in like downtown Beaufort instead of drop. Cause they couldn't make it to the Marina because of it was being low tide. Um, and my, my uncle's like, God damn it. Everybody's going to know everybody's getting on that asshole. So they finally got it out. They went back at 3. A.M. Couldn't do anything. And then went back at four, like 3. P.M. The next day. So I guess 12 hours later. And, um,

basically dug a trench and we're out there for five hours, pretty much dredging it out. And, uh, he said, I guess since it's a German made sailboat and he put, he basically redid the whole over like over the winter, it basically only got minor damage somehow. Like he got super lucky. Cause that's a, we're glad you're alive. And, uh,

We're going to take a quick break and then we'll be right back. I've got some answers to Austin's questions from last week. And yeah, hopefully Nick doesn't do any other dangerous activities this week. Nick, stay alive. We need you. We're going to pull an insurance policy out on Nick. Who would have thought that he had the most dangerous weekend? Hey guys from Pills and Beer, we'll be right back. I would like to talk to you about one of our sponsors, Timeline Nutrition.

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Welcome back to episode 26 of Pillows and Beer. You're here with your host, Craig Conover and Austin Kroll. We are coming up to the end of this episode, but I want to kind of discuss a few fan... We're coming up at the tail end of this episode, but I want to discuss a few listener questions and address some Olympic questions of last week. Austin did ask me last week what Olympic sport I would play. I didn't know until that night right after I watched. Austin, I'm going to say that I would...

I would play beach volleyball would be my Olympic sport. Yeah.

Yeah, right now that's what I think. I was watching a lot of volleyball. I like volleyball and that's what I would be. Did you figure out what summer Olympic sport you would play? I mean, that's just so interesting to me. So, of course, we're asking what Olympic sport that you would play. Do you think, now part two to that question is, do you think that you would excel at that Olympic sport? I mean, of course, no, because we're not an Olympic athlete, but I'm saying that if you train for four years, do you think that Olympic volleyball is something that you could excel at?

I mean, I would hope so, but not at an Olympic level. No, these right, right. Sorry. Yeah. Like, I mean, volleyball is a sport that you could excel at. How about that? I'm good at volleyball. I like volleyball.

Like on the beach, right? If like, you know, you and I went to Santee's and we were like, what's up bitches. And we just started spiking and setting on people that you and I could run a mean tag team tandem. I mean, you are like, you know, six, five and six, three. So I don't think we could do two. I think three on three, we'd be great at sewing down South has a team in the Santee's league. And so if you want to come out and play with us, you should, but yeah, my brother check.

My brother has a court in his backyard. There used to be a bartender's league at home. I mean, I enjoy beach volleyball. No, I am not great at it, but good enough to play. Okay. So my summer sport, my summer sport, my summer sport. I watched a lot of track and field the other day. And honestly, okay.

I would be a swimmer. I would want to be on the relay team. I feel like I said that last week and I feel it's because like it's a team sport and I want to celebrate with my boys when we pull off the gold and like, yeah, definitely that night.

What a night that would be. Like, yeah. Olympic Village does not have enough condoms for the damage. All right, well, this listener said, what neat. So if you had to pick not a mainstream sport, but a little, a niche Olympic sport, what would it be? I think ping pong. I mean, I think volleyball is a little niche, but like, so you can't pick track or field or swimming, but. Maybe like,

is because what I was watching yesterday was the decathlon. Is that an itch? Yeah, I like that. You know, so it's like long jump and shot put and yeah. Yes. Yeah. It's like super interesting and I didn't even know what all 10 events were on it and I still don't. So what would your theme song be? All I Do Is Win by DJ Khaled. That's pretty good. It's a pretty good one.

Blunt? I don't know why blunt blowing just came up in my head. And I'm a blunt blowing, polo draw showing. I don't think I could use that in the Olympics, but yeah. You'd certainly be sponsored by polo. Yeah, that's the sound that I'm walking out to to play beach volleyball. Hey, I've... Okay. Is winning silver a nice way of saying you lost...

Hell no. You have an Olympic. It's a nice way of saying that you're better than hundreds of thousands of people. Like, no, unfortunately, there was one person in the world that was better than you at what you decided to craft, you know, or hone your craft.

and you win a silver, and that's like being like, this was four years ago or four years later. Maybe I won. No, no, no, no. You just won a silver or a bronze. One of the healthier things that you've ever said, but it's amazing. It's a nice way of saying that there is only one person in the world better at this than me. On this particular day, let's say that. Yeah. I also...

I, uh, yeah. You never know. And nine times out of 10, are you going to beat me in the high jump? I don't know. I don't know. But, uh, I'm certainly not going to lose sleep over it. And it'd be like, silver medal. Oh, here's a fun listener question. This is one that Shep,

shep and i got this was one of the first hit pieces that were written about shep and i was we did an interview for new york fashion week for l magazine years ago and we just said what we did what we liked and didn't like about the new looks and you know in fashion week

The looks are insane. Like they basically dress for shock value. They're not regular clothes and a lot of these things that anyone would ever wear. And so Shep and I were just giving funny answers. And of course, someone wrote a piece about it saying, you know, whatever. I'm not going to give them credit. But this question says, what's a fashion choice girls are doing right now that you hate? Oh, geez. I don't know if I want to answer this.

What do I hate? Because something that I love is mom jeans. I dig it. Wow. Okay. Over skinny jeans? I think that if a girl can rock a high-waisted jean, I am all about it. Austin and I will never cease to be complete opposites on everything in the environment.

Well, good. Great. They want us to be honest on here and I don't think... We have to bring back honesty. We have to bring back honesty. So then the thing that you hate is high-waisted jeans. I don't like high-waisted stuff. Like, I think...

I don't know. I don't have a problem with like well-fit like high-waisted jeans. But like the bikinis that they – like where girls pull it like all the way to their rib cages I think look weird. That's all. Like even the ones that are like very skinny. I like a loose-fitting, lighter-colored, high-waisted jean, right? A loose-fitting, right? Those are mom jeans. And if you –

- It could be loose-fitting and low. - You know, you know, you know, like you can still see, you're like, "Mm, goodness." - I, yeah, so it's- - I love it. - Maybe we do unpopular opinions on here too, which I've written down a bunch of unpopular opinions, like, which is, it'll be funny. Mine are basically around nachos and that I hate nachos, but, and Austin loves nachos. So, okay, so, all right, one last question.

Let's see. This is kind of a funny one. This is kind of a funny one, don't you think? Adam Sandler, yes or no? I mean, for me, yes. Guys, I could make an entire podcast about this, to be honest. This is a hot spot. Craig is saying yes. Sorry to interrupt you, Craig. No, you're good. I didn't have anything left. Okay. I have so much. I have so much. And I know so many people that are like, oh, Sandler's movies are tough. No, no, no. Sandler's movies...

are just what they should be. And what they should be is just like a quick little, like you pay attention to it. It,

it has exactly, you know what it is, a beginning, a middle, and an end. Done. End of story, hour and a half, over, you know, move on. His movies have grossed over a billion dollars, okay? He was on SNL, one of the funniest guys, one of his best buds, you know, David Spade and Chris Farley, my favorite guy ever. Like, this man is so talented, it's like so funny to me that somebody could be like, Chris Farley, like, sorry, not Chris Farley, RIP legend, but Adam Sandler could,

could not be an entertaining guy. He does exactly what is advertised, and that is make a movie that you kind of pay attention to, but don't pay attention to, but you can easily pay attention to for an hour and a half and thin.

End of story. And... Those rom-coms. The rom-coms are great. Adam Sandler is fantastic. I don't like... I don't... There are some that are too stupid to watch. He's done, like, you know, Punch Drunk Love and Stanglish. He has a twin sister. Like, I will never watch that one. You're right, dude. Jack and Jill was awful. But...

but but at the same time it's like what was advertised you know it didn't try to advertise as anything else other than the fact that it was a shitty little movie where he played his like big boned sister who was obnoxious as all hell that um that al capone no no al capone um

What are your favorite ones? I mean, it's like two original are fantastic. Waterboy's great. Yeah, Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore. I like when he goes blind with Jennifer Aniston. I like Blended with...

Just so like, you know, blended is with Drew Barrymore and he also did 51st Dates, which is also a really sweet movie. No, I hated it. How dare you? Dude, his brother is, or sorry, her brother is so funny. Frodo Baggins.

Okay, Mr. Smarty Pants. He is funny as shit. He gets caught for juicing and he wears those stupid shirts. It's so funny. And then the end, she wakes up and that big fat Hawaiian's playing like a ukulele over the rainbow. It's just like, it's super sweet. Blended is with Drew Barrymore and that's when they're on safari. And then the one with Jennifer Aniston is just go with it. And that's when Brooklyn Decker is the woman that's

I mean, I just don't understand. And then there's grownups, right? And grownups is so stupid, but it's like entertain, like it's like cheesy, dumb comedy. You know, my dad thinks that they're all dumb. And I think that if you think that they're dumb, then you're overthinking it. Yeah. That's what I think. My, um, my grandmother hated, uh,

Who's the guy in Ace Ventura, but that's a whole other story. Oh, Jim Carrey. He is fucking amazing. All right, guys. Well, that was episode 26 of Pillows and Beer. We love when you're here. Again, I'm C.A. Conover on Instagram. Austin is Crowl the Warrior King. We have...

We have Damon John from FUBU and Shark Tank coming up next week. You cannot wait for that interview. We send in your questions now for Damon John. We'll do a little short segment where you can ask him whatever you want with business or personal, anything you want. So send us a question for Damon John. We will be back next week.

What's up? One last thing. One last thing is that we do want to thank the Fort Macon Coast Guard for rescuing our trusty producer, Nick, and delivering him safely back to land. Fort Macon Coast Guard, big, big ups to you guys.

Yeah. Thank you, Megan Coast Guard. Thanks to all the Coast Guard. It's actually the Coast Guard's birthday today. So happy birthday, America's United States Coast Guard. Yes, it is. They've been around since 1790. Happy birthday, the U.S. Coast Guard. And until next week, it's me and Austin at Pills and Beer. We love you all. And we can't wait to meet as many of you as we can. All right, y'all. Thank you so much. Woo-hoo!

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