Thanksgiving Giving Week Pt. 1
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to Thanksgiving week here at Pillows and Beer. I am Craig Conover, joining you from my makeshift studio on top of a bank wrong table in Delaware, joined by my bestie Austin Cole and our other bestie, Nick Norris. Guys, I'm in my happiest place in the world. Where are you guys? Man.

I was all jazzed until Craig's is already in his happiest place, but I'm jazzed for you. I just can't wait to get to mine. And I associate Thanksgiving Craig with Kiowa Island. And I just, even Christmas can be at my, you know, my folks place in Charlotte, which of course it isn't there anymore, but Thanksgiving is always on Kiowa and I,

So the low country, I just associate Thanksgiving with the low country, which I technically am in the low country because I'm in Charleston, but I'm not going there until after this podcast today, right? Because I'm going to wrap up this. I'm in my house and I had some things to do today. I'm going to wrap up this and then I'm going home. That's good. But you're like, shoot, I'm almost there. I'm almost there. And I know that last time that you and I talked or I talked about Thanksgiving,

The fact that I associate like, you know, Christmas and Thanksgiving, right? And I kind of talked about it with

um, my exams in, uh, college. And it's like, yeah, I haven't been in college in 13 years, but I still kind of like, so it's like, I'm so close. I'm like, oh man, just got to do that one last quiz and math class. And then I can drive home for Thanksgiving, which is, uh, which is what I can't wait to do. Do we just lose Nick? We did just lose Nick. He must've been like, couldn't take that. Yeah.

The happiness? The happiness? He's like, I'm sick of this. Yeah, well, I want to hear where he is, because it looked like he had a nifty little makeshift... Nick! ...hook behind him. Am I here? You're back, buddy. Yeah, I don't know. I somehow just overtook... I took control. I'm still at home. I...

I just have a lot of work to do. This is our busy year. And so my little apartment essentially becomes storage for work stuff. Yeah. What are you building back there? So this is one of our, we've got a couple of grill tables going out. So for like our big green egg stuff, we've got some fire pits. We actually just sold our first fire pit to Canada today. So that was cool.

Congrats, dude. Small businesses, man. We are all small business guys. And it's awesome. I just did an interview with a girl from the University of Maryland was writing her project or her semester paper on me, I guess, or something down south and like reached out and was like, hey, do you think Craig would ever do an interview with me? And Jack asked me and I was like, heck yeah. But she's like a sophomore at University of Maryland. And I was like,

I started to think of you, Austin, where I was like, oh, I wonder if she's like about to head home or like, you know, like, like at that exam time of being like, oh, are you home? Did you ask her? No. Yeah, she probably, wait, was it today? Or was it yesterday? Yeah. I mean, she probably like,

kind of like I just said, like you probably were like her last thing to do. And then she probably was like, okay, I'm packing up and I'm going to the airport. Like you were probably like her last little check Mark before she heads home. I mean, I, I, I, so we flew home. I flew to Philly.

on saturday after the store and then page took the train to philly and we were both dude i almost had a fucking like anxiety attack going through airport security not like you flew to philly and she took a train to philly and you all went in philly and then took the train and then we know then we rented a car and drove to delaware okay and so like i was going through security and i got like randomly selected and they were like run your jacket through the machine and i was like

obviously I have nothing to be scared of, but I was just like my what if trigger went off in my head. And I was like, what? Like, and so anyway, like got through security, obviously. And cause it was a new jacket. And I was like, I don't know where this jacket like came from. It was all this stupid stuff. And so I'm like getting my phone and my wallet out of my book bag and I'm putting my coat back on. And I'm like, Craig,

you're good. Like there's no, what if nothing bad happened, you're flying home. And like the flight was pretty just, it was like a rough flight. And I was like, you're almost to the rental car. And I was like, just get to the rental car. So anyway, as soon as I got in the rental car in Philly, I went and picked Paige up from the train station. And I was like,

Yeah, like home sweet home. Stopped at like a Royal Farms, got like chicken and gas station snacks. And I was like, cool. Like, I'm good. Can I tell you that the same thing happened to me? So Houston, and it was one of the, it was one of the,

x-ray machine. So, you know, you put your bag in that we all do. And then when it gets through to the other side, it sits in this like, you know, cubic, like, like three by three foot thing. And then if it gets flagged, then it goes and it, you know, kicks out to the side. And so I was sitting there and I was like, dude, is my back about to get kicked out to the side? And of course, in my head, like, yes, I was thinking about all the what ifs. And I was like,

you know, and like in a quick flash and my brain just went to so many different things. And I was like, what, what if,

like somebody for some reason, you know, just put like a brick of Coke in my bag and they check it. And then you're sitting there and you're like, that's not mine. And so I went through this whole thing where I was like, I wonder if I'm going to say, have, have actually had to do the, like, that's not mine thing. And if that's ever worked, but like, you know, the answer is in the like immediate no, because they're like, okay, you know, detained.

And then I guess you have to go through the whole thing. But yes, my brain went to this place in that like, you know, 15 seconds. It's like, I'm looking back and I'm like, like, there it is. It's sitting right on that little thing. And if it just kicks out to the left, you know, yeah, your, your head just goes there. So it's funny. And then it doesn't. And you're like, okay, cool. And then you're like, well, obviously like, I just have like, you know, my clothes in here. So just,

Nick, why are you raising your hand? Yeah, Nick was like, Oh, no, because both my bags got flagged going through the airport in Houston. They broke my freaking sunglasses, I'm pretty sure, in my one bag. I'm pissed. But I got flagged for some reason. I don't even know why. Like, well, there was Pepto in my backpack. Carry-on baggage? Carry-on? Come on, dude. There's Pepto in your backpack? Yeah. It was fine. He just, like, looked at it. How many fluid ounces was it?

It was just like one of the small ones. Okay. Okay. Okay. Just travel size. And then I got the other one. I couldn't even find anything wrong in my luggage. He like looked through the whole thing and I had it so tightly packed. Um, and he was like, yeah, I don't know why he ran through the machine again. He was like, yeah, I don't know why it's flagging you. You're good. I got flags for my pre-workout and he's like, we're just going to test your powders. And I was like, that's fine. And I was like, should I pull them? That's actually funny. Yeah. It's actually funny.

Because, yeah, I mean, clearly, I mean... That's why I like the new machines in the National Airport. Well, I don't know. I've never tried to run powder through the machine and it flagged the bag. Yeah, yeah. What if I recently got tested? Candles are what I have to pull out all the time. Oh, that's what got flagged. That's what it was. A candle got flagged in my bag. Why were you traveling with a candle? I don't know. I think...

It was just in my bag because I didn't go home after Nashville. I went back to my sister's place. So I just been like traveling for like a week straight. And so I just had stuff with me. Dude, when, when Craig left Houston and I had the room to myself for that last night, Craig is like, Craig is not lying, you know, and why would he, but like when he says that, so, um,

that he door dashes all this stuff to the room. He had so many just like, you know, personal items. Like I almost texted him, right? It was like a little thing, like a mouthwash and like a candle and like a lighter, you know, for, you know, said candle and like, you know, baby wipes and all this stuff. And I was like, oh, it kind of feels like a personal, you know, bathroom in here because Craig. So, so then I put the lighter in my bag and I was like, okay, well, that was stupid. Like, why did I take

in the lighter in my bag so um i thought that i was gonna get flagged for for yeah can you fly with a lighter i always have to buy a new one when i don't think so no

know you're not supposed to be able to you're not supposed to but they it's like if you just have like one of those like big things like just yeah yeah they don't really care i have a lighter what the hell else is it nick lighter oh there's like long lighters and shit like that they might get in trouble for but i had one in my bag barbecue why would you get in trouble for barbecue letter and not just like a regular you know big letter like you can use i just don't think you set something on fire all the time i think it like looks like a usb drive half

the time. I don't know. I don't know how those machines work, but I had one in my bag for like two years and it never got flagged. I,

I hate the new machines. I just hate them. I like them because you don't have to take anything out. Everything goes right through. I don't. If you're a pre-check, you don't have to take anything out anyway. Let's take a quick commercial break, and we'll be right back. 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 a definite risk when I work out or am active, but might appear 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.

ones. Mitochondria, our cell's power generators, are one of the key influences in how we age. However, as the years pass, mitochondrial efficiency naturally declines, representing a large gap in the quality of life we expect in our later years and the one we experience.

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Sorry, go ahead. - Yeah, I'm just going home today. And my mom was like, "All right, well, we wanna do this on Friday and this on Saturday." And in my head, I almost was like, "No, I wanna come home." Then I was like, "What are you rushing home for?" So I'm gonna be out there for six days. - Oh, you guys are, I mean, we'll talk more about this, I guess, on Wednesday or whenever, but you guys are turkey trap people.

So you have to leave your house when you go home. Like, I don't like to, like, once I walked through the front door, Paige is like, I don't even know why I packed because I don't change out of the same sweatpants when I come here. What? Like, we just cozy. Like, when we get to Delaware, we just, we lock ourselves in this house. We did go pick up crabs today. Dude, what? That is something to...

That is like, yes, yes. To your activity people. Well, okay. So I'm sorry for everyone out there and they're going to roll their eyes. I know it. But if you marry me, then you've married into a 5k Thanksgiving family. I'm sorry. I didn't. Just another difference in me and Austin, which I love when this happens because our, our differences are opposite.

Whatever it's called is beautiful. Makes our relationship beautiful. I didn't like, I'm not proud of it. Let's just say, I'm not like, yeah, we're a Thanksgiving family, you know, 5k family. Like, right. You don't make it your personality. No, I, it started because a cousin of mine, so my cousin's wife was like, let's

Let's do the turkey trot. And for me, I was like, okay, cool. Like this. Shut up, whore. Shut your whore mouth. You're not part of our family. Shut up. Okay.

I think that it was like a year that I was like, particularly like I just begun, you know, to work out again. This was like four or five years ago. And I just began to, and I was like, okay, you know, maybe it's, it's like a good idea to go to the, and yes, I am using like a nasally voice to make fun of myself. And I'm like, yeah, it might be nice to like run a 5k and like burn some calories before I eat some Turkey and stuffing. And yeah,

And kind of like the whole thing behind it was that, you know, we go to the sanctuary and it's on the beach and it's beautiful. It's fucking three miles, you know, for God's sakes. Yes, I get it. I get hammered on, you know, Wednesday night, obviously, because like I just see, you know, my family and everything. And by get hammered, I mean like copious amounts of wine and, you know, laughter and all the things. And you wake up on Thursday morning and every time that I wake up, I'm like, what am I doing? But what happens is that when we go to the turkey trot,

Wendy, my mother, like she sits back and she makes just like a bloody Mary bar and like a champagne and, you know, mimosa bar. And she has like, you know, shrimp out and cheese and okra and all the things to make just like an awesome bloody. So it's like now it's become just more. So I'm like, yes, let's go do this and go back to the house. But because I helped to foster this tradition, um,

of running 5Ks on Thanksgiving morning, I have to do it now. - What would happen if you skip?

Like what would the consequence be? No, well, there's no, you know, consequence at all. Right. If I was like, yeah, fuck off nerds. Like it, it's more so just like, uh, like Austin, come on. Right. And so now, you know, my cousin does it and now my cousins, you know, little daughters do it, who basically I'd be referred to as my nieces, even though that they're not. And, you know, they like, I love, you know, and they try to run with us and, uh,

It's just so cute. No, dude. It sounds, look, ideally, I love, I love like the idea of it and everything you just said, like the tradition, like I'm just a realist. And like, I even thought I was going to go pick up, wake up this morning and go get crabs for lunch and said, it's crabs for dinner now. Cause I'm like, we're not leaving. But anyway, that's. And I feel you. And like, dude, just imagine the dilemma that my little sister has, you know, every year she's like,

God damn it, Austin. Like, why did you start this thing? You know? And I'm like, look, you don't have to come. But when someone says that to you, Craig, like, you know, that that's almost just like, are you seriously not going to come? You know? And so she's like,

And I'm trying to think, like, I think that she has been like, no, Austin, I'm not, you know, going this year. And then other years she's like, all right, fine, fine, fine. I'm coming. You know? And she always walks. She doesn't run. She runs like a duck. And so it's funny as like, it's great that, you know, she's like, oh, you know, but like, you know, she says yes, like this. She's like, okay, fine. I'll come, you know? And, and I get it. Like I would do that to me too. I didn't,

but it just become a thing. And I, you know, love it. Cause obviously like what it's a 5k I'm burning, like I'm burning like a half portion of like stuffing. So I, I completely get that. But, uh,

But I am jealous of you guys. I mean, I obviously wouldn't expect anything less from Paige. I mean, that is like sloth status to the next level where she's like, I have one pair of sweatpants. Dude, I haven't been good at like cheating on food either. And I was like, I'm snacking with you the whole time. Like we've got a walk-in pantry here and we just –

We'll snack all day, eat dinner, have a little dessert, and then we make a big tray of snacks for the bedroom and then watch our shows up there. I mean, we leave what? Can we just talk about like, you know, once you finish that thought, of course, but I just want to talk about people who watch what they eat and whatnot, you know, during the holidays, like

I understand that I just said that I run a 5k on the holidays and everyone's like, you can miss me with that shit. But like, you can miss me with watching what you eat during the holidays. You're just not like a fun person in my life if that's what you want to do, right? Where it's like, oh no. I mean, I get it. It's tough because weirdly, I'm usually like, I'm going to go home. I'm going to get myself away from like,

this like, you know, my unhealthy eating. And then at home I have this like, oh, I'm going to be healthy. I used to be. And my mom would be like, I made all this stuff. Please eat it. But we had, we have on the counter, which I've had for breakfast two days in a row after my eggs are these chocolate brownies that have peanut butter inside them.

the icing on it and like I never and like it's sitting in front of me on the counter so I'm like yeah I'm gonna I start with the knife corroborate this story like I start with the knife and what I talked to Craig yesterday on the phone in the morning I called him you know just to catch up

And I heard Craig begin to mumble to somebody. And I was like, who are you talking to? And he was like, I'm trying to convince Paige to not eat a brownie for breakfast, but it's too late. And I was like, let her live. Let her live. I was like, your blood sugar is going to spike. It's going to mess up your whole thing. I was like, just eat the eggs first. And she's like, I will do whatever I want. Let me live my life.

And I'm not taking these sweatpants off unless I have to shower. And I don't even want to shower. I'll do that. I'll do that, you know, for Christmas. Because unfortunately for Thanksgiving, now let me explain the dynamic of this, is that my mother is one of four sisters. And three of the sisters, so my mom and two of her sisters, have homes on Kiowa and Seabrook. And so it is like...

If she was on here, she'd be like, no, it's not Austin. But it is like a battle almost to like, okay, the night before Thanksgiving is at my house, but Thanksgiving is at Nancy's. And then the day after Thanksgiving is here. And like, they all fight about it, you know, every year of like who gets, you know, Thanksgiving. So like we have to schlep between all of the sisters homes for Thanksgiving. Thoughts, comment, Craig, what conspiracy theory are you reading right now? Or did you just hear what I said?

No, I hope it Greg's face of like, I just uncovered the next conspiracy theory that pisses him off. I saw it in his face. He's like, they're doing it again. The panda bears, but no. So, so all that I was trying to say is that it's like impossible for me. Like there is no way Christmas. I literally will try this challenge.

And the challenge will be to not leave my house. Once I get there, I'm going to go on the 22nd and I will not leave my house again until like the 27th. And that is a challenge that I will accept. But for Thanksgiving, it's impossible for me because I have to go back and forth. Got to go here. I got to do this. And my dad wants to play golf tomorrow, actually. Yeah. So yeah, that's a lot. We go to the local grocery store and we look at all the people that have their hunting gear on.

And we listened to them talk about like the turkeys that they shot this morning. And we look around at all, like the, like they sell like guns and camo and stuff at our local grocery store. Like it's very country and we love it. And then we went and fed the horses yesterday. We bought apples at the country grocery store.

And we fed the horses apples. This is all within like two miles from the home though. And then we went back. But today she's in hair and makeup because she had to film something. But today, then we're not even going to the airport. We're not even flying to New York. We're driving. I rented a car. It's like a five and a half hour drive to Albany. And I was like, you know what? Fuck it. Let's just stay in this isolated vehicle and not have to like, like I don't mind driving. So like she's going to passenger princess it.

Yeah, and don't get me wrong, Craig. Like, everything that you're saying about...

Like it sounds divine. It sounds divine. But so now that I'm thinking about it and now that I'm like, oh my gosh, I mean, it is like a social, like all of my cousins are going to be there. So then, okay. So I'm playing golf with my dad on Wednesday. When I get in tonight, I have to go to my cousin's, to my aunt's house where my cousins are because, you know, his nieces have been asking about me. So I have to go there first and I'm going to say hey to them. And then, you know, my mom's house is like a couple blocks away, which is awesome that

Then I'm going to go there. And then tomorrow I play golf. And then Thanksgiving on Friday or on Thursday is going to be at another aunt's house. And then Friday is the Christmas tree lighting up at the sanctuary with the nieces, which is like a tradition as well, because me and my dad are like, nice, let's go to the sanctuary and get a martini. And the girls are obviously stoked because Santa Claus is there and a piano player and this

you know, 30 foot tall tree. And so, yeah, it is like so social. So Saturday, then we'll be chill for football and kind of just hanging out. We watched the iron bowl and, you know, I'm pacing around the house and, Oh my God, I'm exhausted. Just thinking about all the activity that I have to do in the next three days. I like, I like all that, but,

Yeah, but the only good thing too is that I get to drive there. I don't have to travel anywhere. I don't have to fly anywhere or take a train. It's like a 40-minute drive and I'm so excited. Yeah, Paige is convinced there's going to be a ton of traffic Wednesday and I'm like, my dad's like, it is literally the most traveled traffic day. And I was like, you know what? Would it take nine hours to get there by plane? And five hours. But anyway, we're going to take a quick break and then I'll answer Austin's question.

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I've started taking it recently and I've started to tell that there is a definite least when I work out or I'm active. But it might appear it 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.

ones. Mitochondria, our cell's power generators, are one of the key influences in how we age. However, as the years pass, mitochondrial efficiency naturally declines, representing a large gap in the quality of life we expect in our later years and the one we experience.

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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Get your first month free at greenlight.com slash pod. Greenlight.com slash pod. Welcome back to Pillows and Beer. Happy Thanksgiving week. I'm joined by Austin Kroll and Nick Norris. I think Austin just got confused because I said it would take nine hours to get to Albany by plane. Travel time. So driving to the airport from the time I left my house in Delaware to the time we got to Paige's front door at her parents would be nine hours.

Wait, so you're going there the day before Thanksgiving? Yeah, Wednesday. We have Thanksgiving on Tuesday at my parents'. Oh, so tonight? Yes, tonight. I mean, yeah. When you guys are hearing this, I will be eating Thanksgiving dinner. Yeah, nice. Okay, okay, okay. God, man. So like you're really doing the two Thanksgiving things.

Yeah. Which I like. So like your version of social stuff is cool because it all happens in one place. Yes. Mine just happens in two. Yeah. Oh, you're going to have trouble getting away when you find that lucky person and like,

like it was easy for me and christopher like we go to the girls houses for thanksgiving because we're like screw it we'll just sure we have to actually want to ask you that we'll just fake you know we just make our own thanksgiving like you know we pick our own date but you saw all of those traditions yeah yeah well i mean you know it's uh i've obviously thought about it it's very interesting because you

It is very, it's, it's interesting because, because, because I'm going to be so like, no, no, no, just, you know, come, come to mine, just come to my Thanksgiving and come to my Christmas. And obviously I, I hope that my, my future partner is very family oriented, but if she is,

then that is going to make it tough. So you want her to hate her family. I don't want her to hate her family because I like want her to understand the love that I have, you know, for my family. It just makes it easier. Yeah, that one just leads it.

more complicated thing. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I don't want someone to be like, you know, why do you love your mom so much? You're like, Whoa, why don't you love your mom so much? I don't know. Get away. You know, don't, don't ask me that. Um, mama, pussy. Shut up. Girl. No, you're I'm saying if your girlfriend, she's a bully in me. No, no, no more bullies for me and mine. Okay. So did you,

Did Paige, was she like, Craig, this is like a non-negosh. Like we're going to my folks' house. Or did y'all talk about it? Like, hey, do you want to do it at your parents or at my parents? Or was it a big deal? Or what? What's the deal? I think it was just my, I think I proactively came up with a plan and told everyone we were doing it. Because I didn't want to, like I actually proactively avoided that talk. And then when I pitched it, fortunately she was,

willing to compromise, you know, like cutting her time at home. I mean, not too much, but like you, you know, we do instead of being at my house all week or her house, you only get to do half. But, you know, this week we did Sunday through Wednesday in Delaware and then Wednesday through Sunday in Albany. So both sets of parents get

Get us. And I just, I pick my, I guess I have like, I hedge everything and like, I want to pick my battles. And for that one with,

Like Christmas, we haven't talked about and probably won't have to until we have like kids. Like we do a good job of like, but like day of Christmas, we spend with our families because I think until you bring kids in, like your family is still your, I don't know. Yeah, but that would have been tough. Grandparents are coming to visit you though, I think, right? If you have kids. Right, with your, yeah, yeah, that makes sense. But yeah, Thanksgiving, like.

Yeah, I don't know. That was my follow-up question, right? Where I was like, oh, have y'all talked about Christmas yet? But yeah, look, that is totally fair. And I feel that same way where I'm like,

Yeah, no, look, I'm spending Christmas with my fam, you know, and of course I'd love for you to be there if you so choose. But if you feel very strongly about doing it with your family, you know, until we're married, perhaps, then I totally get that. Then you can go do it and I'll meet up with you on the 27th or something. And, you know, we'll travel somewhere for, you know, New Year's.

That's what last year we, I went there for a couple of days before Christmas and then she came down after Christmas. And then we had these grand plans of being like, let's travel somewhere for New Year's. And we just stayed right on the couch and watched Andy. And it was great. That's so funny. Andy hot dogs. We'll have to talk about that later when the time comes because.

I'm also trying to figure out exactly what I'm doing then. But I think I might be having a, there's a chance that I have like start having an annual new year's party. God, just to take the pressure off of like, what are we doing? You're like, yeah. If you want to come to our house, we'll throw like a swanky. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like, okay. Yeah.

But hey, let's talk about the tour a little bit. Yeah, let's talk about the tour. I want to tell everyone, all our besties that have been at our shows, Milwaukee, Nashville, and Houston, it has been so much fun. Look, I loved the first tour. It will always be our first. But this is like, we're just in a groove and everyone knows us better because everyone's been listening for longer and more.

It's just, it feels like family and it's been really fun to meet our families in those three cities. I think that's really a good point. You never forget your first. Um, and the first tour was, I mean, I didn't forget my first, but that's, that's a conversation for me. I don't forget it, but it really meant it was, it wasn't mine too. Actually it wasn't romantic. Yeah. Mine too. Uh, yep. Okay. Anyways. Um,

But my second was very meaningful, but my first was not. Okay. Same thing. Yeah. And then it made me bummed because I wish that my first was the one. Okay. This is why your future girlfriend's going to call you a pussy. Why do I need my future girlfriend when I have you to call me a pussy at all times? It's because Paige calls me a pussy, so it's fine. No, you are a pussy. Okay. He's like, no, you're a pussy.

Uh, no, man, I felt so much love in all three cities so far. Cause it's just fun, man. Everyone is there to laugh and have fun, especially the man, the water, uh, Houston, because people began to show up with the tinfoil helmets. And I was like, Oh my goodness. Like this is, this is really funny. And there was a group of ladies that had on the tinfoil helmets for us and

And all of the questions that, you know, were asked to us were just like out of love. It was a blast, man. Houston was the rowdiest stop so far because we had some buzzer words that we could say were funny enough. The word wasn't page. It was Houston. Sorry, I hiccuped. And we'd say, you know, Houston and the whole crowd would just –

I mean, it was just a lot of fun. It was just a lot of fun. And it made me, when we left, I was texting, you know, Craig and Nick, like, all right, so let's look ahead to NOLA. And that's not for another, you know, three weeks. So, you know, bummer there, but couldn't be more excited for New Orleans. December 10th, a couple of tickets left. I don't know if. I think that New Orleans has sold like really, really well.

Well, they all have Austin. That's what I'm saying. They're just letting people know if they want their tickets. It's, uh, act now. I don't know if there's any meet and greet left. Uh, but yeah, it's been really fun. Um, we will be, we've got some really funny new Orleans stories. Um, but I want to talk a little bit about, um, uh,

I want to talk a little bit about like your little, your food traditions for Thanksgiving, Austin. So we all know that you've got a full day. Yeah, full day. Well, I'll be. So when do you eat the meal though? Because for us,

I wish it was a little later in the afternoon, but every year it seems to get like we're right around two or three now, like two, maybe three or four. Well, no, that's not true. Tomorrow we're doing it at four o'clock. Christopher and Anna are coming over at two and we'll eat dinner at four. Yeah. So, okay. Oh, okay. Yeah. We'll eat at four. That's probably right around. Like we are right around three or four o'clock. That is when we said to eat.

It certainly will be light outside. And I mean, I'm looking outside now, you know, it's five 30 for God's sakes. And it's, it's dark. And we will definitely eat when it's light out. So maybe, yeah, man, between three and four, but, but I'll certainly make a note of it because yeah. So tradition, tradition, tradition, the state dinner time.

Because we do a big brunch in the morning. See, Nick, that's so foreign to me. That's so foreign to me. Well, you do a brunch too often. We do a lot of food.

No. Well, you do drinks. Yeah, man. We do like Bloody Marys, man, after the 5K. So that's like 10 o'clock. And we don't eat much. We do like 10, 30 o'clock brunch with like Eggs Benedict the night before we do a big pasta night. And then we do like 6, 7 o'clock. A big pasta night. See, that's something good to make note of. The day after, yes, everyone's like, and leftovers, man. What do you think? But

We do a pasta night the day after so that it's like, look, we know that, you know, the day before was like so many dishes and so much this and so much that, but we're just like spaghetti and marinara sauce, boom, pasta night, you know, and that's what we do the day after. Yeah, we've got a... Oh, that's good. I've only ever just done leftovers, but I guess I'll be at the Italian family this year, which we...

So we, I started a fried turkey trend at Paige's house, which her dad and I just laugh. We're actually doing one as well. Every year. My jaw dropped when my mom said that. So really? Yeah. Cause my dad went back to the oven. He goes, I'm cooking in the oven. Like he likes doing it. It's his routine. But now pages at Paige's house, we fry a turkey, which she's,

She, all it took was her saying she wanted fried turkey the one year. And he's like, he was texting me today for the brine recipe. He's like, how did you get me into this? And I was like, well, it's fun. You know, we get to sit out there, drink beers. It's like cold, it's an activity. I think it's neat.

You should get oysters, Austin, and have them while you guys fry your turkey. Agreed. Agreed. So, you know, from coming to my friend's giving a couple years ago on the show, you, you know, you, we, but you fried, you know, the turkey. And I think my mom, you know, saw that or something. I don't know. In order to make my mom change her ways in any way, shape, or form, Craig,

Like in order for my mom to have to change her ways at all, I swear to God, her friends have to tell her, right? So for instance, she's frying a Turkey this year. So for instance, I can be like, mom, oh my gosh, I'm in this show. It's the greatest show ever. She's like, uh, and then she starts to watch it because one of her friends told her that it was a great issue. She's like, have you ever heard of this show? I'm like, yeah, mom, I've been telling you that for fucking three years. Like, yes, I know exactly what you're talking about. So for frying a Turkey, it's,

I can tell her it's so delicious and everything until one of her friends is like, oh my God, fried a turkey is like the way to go. And then she's like, Austin, have you ever had a fried turkey? I'm like,

Okay. Well, here's what I want to know. I mean, this is an easy question and it's the Thanksgiving special because let's be honest. I mean, a lot of our besties are going to be enjoying Thanksgiving on actual Thanksgiving. So this might be the Thanksgiving special. What is your de facto? Give me your top three must have Thanksgiving dishes. I want to hear from both of you. Go.

Well, I mix everything together. Is turkey included in that or is this like other stuff? Yes. Yes. Yes. Turkey is included in that because I was just talking to someone that was like, no, no, no, man. My family doesn't do turkey. We do ham and my jaw drops. So we always have like a honey baked ham. Turkey is not like. Ham is Christmas. That's Christmas. You would think that turkey, like it goes without saying. So give me your top three and turkey can be included. Go.

I, okay. Mashed potatoes and gravy, like gravy with, if I don't have gravy at Thanksgiving, there's no point in me being there. So I put gravy on everything. Craig just gave an ultimatum. Craig just gave an ultimatum for anyone out there who ever wants to invite him to Thanksgiving. He said, if gravy's not there, then I may as well not be there. And he was being dead serious. So.

I feel, you know, I do like that. I just pictured a plate of Thanksgiving food without gravy. And I'm like, there's no point in eating it without gravy.

gravy so mashed potatoes stuffing and cranberry sauce because i'll take a bite of like each and then the cranberry sauce like soothes that salty hot gravy with like a cool sweet taste but i like the canned cranberry sauce so cranberry jelly or whatever like the mold yep um and then my runner-ups would be uh green bean casserole which i love and corn

Cause I like to mix the corn into my mash. We don't do corn. Nick, Nick, I kind of want you to like insert the, you know, like the little kid who loves corn that, you know, little, you know, no, no, he's like corn. I mean, just look at it. It's corn. He's like, I love everything about it. I gotta go smoke turkey. Cause it's really good off the egg.

Um, my Brussels sprouts are really good. That sounds so good, by the way. I've never had a smoked turkey and I think I might have to just throw one on the trigger sometime, but okay. Sorry. Go ahead. All right. Yeah. So smoked turkey. How does it come out actually? Is it moist? It's so good. It's the best of the three fried in the oven or smoked, smoked the way my dad does it with like a dry rub and everything. It's it like locks in the juices. Oh my God. It's so good.

Okay, so that, Brussels sprouts, and then, yeah, mashed potatoes and gravy. What in the world? Okay, Craig froze, but we have a few... Okay, he's back. We... Okay, Brussels sprouts is number two on your list? Well...

I make them. So they're like really good. So they're with bacon, sauteed onions. They're not like Brussels sprouts. They're like, I get it, man. Fancy Brussels sprouts. Right, right. It's not just like steamed up, you know, Brussels sprouts. My dad hates Brussels sprouts. Okay, okay, okay. Because I'm going to spark in an age, well, not an age old debate, but I think the past like

three or four years it's like a very heated debate with what i'm about to bring up here in my top three as craig brought it up in his top three of mine's different so i gotta do the turk

I think that Craig is very right. Like if there ain't gravy, then don't invite me to Thanksgiving dinner. Like mom, I'm not coming home if there's not gravy. Because yes, I like to put it all together. And then you take that gravy spoon and you just go and you drizzle it over everything, over the potatoes, over the turkey, over the stuffing. Okay. So stuffing is two and homemade cranberry sauce, three.

Now, Craig said canned cranberry sauce and I said the homemade and some people are very divided on this. And it's just kind of how I was brought up. And it's probably how Craig was brought up to like Craig was bought. There's nothing wrong with camp, but my mom just likes to do her homemade thing. And it's always in just like a smaller dish. Like it's a smaller dish and everyone gets like a little, you know, it's like, it's almost like a dollop, like a cream fridge, you know?

Creme, creme, creme fraiche. And like, that's how I eat my cranberry sauce. Okay. So I cut out for a second when Craig was talking, but did no one say, I noticed no one said stuffing. No. Wait, did I not say stuffing? No, I don't think so. You said Turkey. Oh, you said gravy. You didn't say stuff. Turkey stuffing cranberry sauce. Okay. Turkey stuffing. Yeah. I don't have a cheese.

I would love mac and cheese, but we don't have that. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, man. I don't have time for it. I don't have time for mac and cheese. Mac and cheese is fake news. Mac and cheese is just there to fill you up, okay? Like, it's just carbs. I think it's wasted carbs.

and not, you know, to get fat, but like to make you full. Like, like it makes you full when there's so much other shit that you should be focusing on. So are you like... Mac and cheese is there to mess you up. That has just a pile of food or do you go back from... Do you go... Do you do like sections? Do you do like, I'm going to eat this now and you go back again? No, no, no, no. I...

I put on, you know, boom, boom, boom, boom, you know, so sections of food, right. But I put the gravy, you know, over it and then I eat it all, you know, together. I don't eat it by, you know, the section, like, you know, I mean, I'll throw this stuff in right on top, you know, but like, I always have a section for the turkey and the mashed potatoes and like, you know, the green beans. I know, well, that's it really. And then you mean everything else can just pile on top. I don't care.

I think that's a good part one for Thanksgiving. I think we do part two in a couple of days when we record. Okay. Damn, I just got myself all sorts of excited. I'm like starving now. You know, I am too. That's why I'm going to go eat. Okay. Well, with that being said...

Y'all, we just got ourselves hot and bothered. If you've been listening, then you are chomping at the bit for Thanksgiving dinner. But thank you for joining us this week. As I prepare to go home for Thanksgiving, Craig is home for Thanksgiving. Nick is home for Thanksgiving. And we love y'all. And we'll see y'all soon.

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