Never Buy a Car From Family W/ Kolby Cooper #150

Summary

Bellied Up Podcast Episode Summary: "Never Buy a Car From Family" with Colby Cooper (#150) | Released May 8, 2025

Hosts: You Betcha Guy (Myles) & Charlie Berens
Guest: Colby Cooper, Country Artist
Location: Red Door Saloon, Midtown

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1. Welcoming Colby Cooper

The episode kicks off with hosts You Betcha Guy (Myles) and Charlie Berens warmly welcoming their guest, Colby Cooper, a burgeoning country artist from East Texas. The trio engages in light-hearted banter about sleep schedules and the challenges of early mornings, especially with Colby's responsibilities as a father of three.

Notable Quote:

"I'm trying to be a rock star one day. So school's gonna be fun for the next 15 years, but after that, she's gonna be locked in."
— Colby Cooper [01:21]

2. Life Between East Texas and Nashville

Colby shares insights into his life balancing between his small-town roots in Bradford, Texas, and his career in Nashville. He humorously describes the logistics of traveling to Nashville, emphasizing his preference for quieter airports to avoid the chaos of Dallas.

Notable Quote:

"I don't want to go to Dallas either. I'll take an extra hour or two to get here, you know, just out of the kindness of my heart or whatever."
— Colby Cooper [03:33]

3. Colby's Musical Journey and New Album

Delving deep into his musical endeavors, Colby discusses his upcoming album, which he considers his favorite work yet. The album took two years to complete, showcasing his dedication to crafting meaningful music. He highlights the collaborative process with his management, who is also his brother, underscoring the blend of family and professional life.

Notable Quote:

"I'm really excited about it. It's my favorite thing we've ever done."
— Colby Cooper [11:36]

4. Songwriting Inspirations: From Heartbreak to Real Life

Colby elaborates on his songwriting process, drawing inspiration from observing and listening to others' relationship struggles. He recounts writing a song titled "Empty Handed," inspired by his guitar player's recent breakup, illustrating how personal experiences and close relationships influence his music.

Notable Quote:

"I've seen bad relationships and people that are with people they shouldn't be all my life. So it's one of those things that it's pretty easy to pull from."
— Colby Cooper [14:16]

5. Navigating Family Dynamics in Music

The conversation shifts to the dynamics of working closely with family members. Colby shares his positive experiences collaborating with his brother, who handles management. They discuss the ease of communication born from lifelong familiarity, balancing both the strengths and potential challenges of family partnerships.

Notable Quote:

"We know how to kind of like shit talk each other and like, you know, we've known each other since we were, you know, born."
— Colby Cooper [13:32]

6. Listener Call-In: Thomas and the Lemon Car Saga

A highlight of the episode is the call from Thomas, who shares his frustrating experience of buying a Saab (referred to humorously as a "sob") from his brother. The hosts and Colby engage in a comedic yet relatable discussion about the pitfalls of purchasing cars from family members, emphasizing the importance of thorough inspections and the challenges of resolving such issues.

Notable Quote:

"Where I went wrong the first time, never buy a car from your brothers, apparently."
— Thomas [21:03]

7. Voicemail Fun: Jake and the Corn Nuts Debate

Adding to the episode's humor, a voicemail from Jake introduces a quirky topic: the underrated snack corn nuts. The hosts and Colby delve into a playful debate about corn nuts versus peanuts, showcasing their chemistry and ability to find humor in unexpected subjects.

Notable Quote:

"Corn nuts are good, and I'm done pretending that they're not. Thank you."
— Jake [46:37]

8. Banter and Personal Stories

Throughout the episode, the hosts and Colby engage in spirited banter, sharing personal anecdotes ranging from roller coaster mishaps to childhood memories. These stories not only entertain but also strengthen the connection between the hosts and the guest, providing listeners with a glimpse into their personalities and lives beyond the microphone.

Notable Quote:

"I've got broad shoulders. But it goes down in the industry."
— Colby Cooper [49:47]

9. Promoting Colby's Music and Closing Remarks

As the episode winds down, Colby enthusiastically promotes his music, encouraging listeners to find him online and support his work. The hosts express their appreciation for his presence, concluding the episode on a positive and supportive note.

Notable Quote:

"Just look up Colby Cooper. Colby with a K. Cooper the C. And everywhere you get music and look it up on socials, and I'm there."
— Colby Cooper [57:24]

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Conclusion

Episode #150 of "Bellied Up" masterfully blends humor, heartfelt conversations, and engaging stories. With Colby Cooper's candid discussions about his music and personal life, alongside entertaining listener interactions, the episode offers a rich and enjoyable experience for both regular listeners and newcomers alike. Whether you're a country music fan or simply enjoy good-natured banter, this episode delivers on all fronts.

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Transcript

[Charlie Barron]

We've unlocked a new Charlie Barron's animal noise went from.

[Miles]

That's an eagle that just took ecstasy.

[Colby Cooper]

That's an eagle that just carried a full grown deer around probably.

[Miles]

Well, that was more like Miles. Here we are, another episode of the Belly up podcast. How you feeling?

[Charlie Barron]

I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good.

[Colby Cooper]

What?

[Miles]

No, I'm just like, like, just seeing you over there. Like, I don't know, you just look beautiful glistening in the sunlight. Thank you. I just had a moment there. Excuse me. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Charlie.

[Miles]

Yeah, what's up, Miles?

[Charlie Barron]

We got our buddy Colby here with us as well.

[Colby Cooper]

Hey, how y' all.

[Miles]

Dude, what's going on?

[Charlie Barron]

Cooper here.

[Colby Cooper]

Dude, I. I'm trying to. I'm trying to wake up officially right now. This is like, this is like, you know, like an hour before my. My wake up time.

[Miles]

What's your normal bedtime wake up?

[Colby Cooper]

It's pretty bad. It's pretty. Actually variables pretty, pretty often. But I like to. I'm like a 3Amer and then like 11am To Nooner. Oh, on the road at the house, I got. I got three babies, so it's a little earlier, but.

[Miles]

Yeah. How do you like going from one that, that. No alarm clock to 5:00am alarm clock or.

[Colby Cooper]

Well, 5:00am is very aggressive. I still tr. You know, I got. We got three babies and one of them is in the bed with us every night. And me and her, we'll sleep till like 9 or 10. Okay.

[Miles]

You're training her.

[Colby Cooper]

I say earlier. I get up like an hour earlier at the house, you know? Yeah. I'm trying to be a rock star one day. So school's gonna be fun for the next 15 years, but after that, she's gonna be locked in.

[Miles]

That's great. That's great. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

I spent some time in my life. How old are you?

[Colby Cooper]

25.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, when I was 25, I'd stay up till 3am and wake up at noon. It's a good time.

[Colby Cooper]

It's a good time.

[Miles]

It. It's. It's good till it catches up with you. And then when it catches up with you, it's. It's. It's a real problem to change.

[Colby Cooper]

I feel like it's slowly starting, you know, Like, I wake up with a headache. I'm like, why do I feel. Feel bad? Oh, well, I've slept for four hours.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, it's starting.

[Colby Cooper]

It is starting to get bad hangovers though, so. Yeah, none of that yet.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Hold. Stay here as long as you can.

[Colby Cooper]

I'm gonna freeze this moment Billy.

[Miles]

Matt.

[Colby Cooper]

I'm not gonna get any older.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah. So, guys, Colby is a country artist here in Nashville. We're at the Red Door Saloon here in Midtown. But you're from East Texas, correct?

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, I am. I still live in East Texas. I just. I fly up here whenever nice, whenever I need to. You know, it's a quick little. I drive to Tyler. I take two flights, unfortunately. So I go to Tyler and then Tyler to Dallas, like a 30 minute flight, and then Dallas to here.

[Miles]

Oh, wow.

[Colby Cooper]

Easy enough, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah, that's.

[Colby Cooper]

You do.

[Miles]

You're doing the puddle jumpers, huh? Doesn't it make more sense to just drive to Dallas?

[Colby Cooper]

Well, you know, here's. Here's the thing. I don't want to drive to Dallas.

[Miles]

Okay.

[Colby Cooper]

It's not much further. I live in Bradford, Texas, which is like a 30 person town, and Tyler is 45 minutes away, and Dallas is an hour and 45. And I normally have my wife drop me off or something. So, like, go. And Bradford to Tyler is like no traffic, nobody. You don't see anybody. You go to Dallas, you're going to see some people.

[Miles]

You're going to see some people. And then your wife, you're putting that stress on.

[Colby Cooper]

She got to drive back alone.

[Miles]

Yeah. Yep. That's a no go.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Miles]

You're doing it right.

[Colby Cooper]

I'll take an extra hour or two to get here, you know, just out of the kindness of my heart or whatever. Yeah, I don't want to go to Dallas either.

[Miles]

Yeah, no, hold on.

[Charlie Barron]

We're not going to escape past the fact that you live in a town of 30 people.

[Colby Cooper]

Oh, yeah, it's. I mean, it's about as many people.

[Charlie Barron]

So it's you, your wife. You said you have three kids. Yeah, three kids. So you're like 16 of the whole town.

[Colby Cooper]

And the thing is, is that we moved to Tyler four years ago and we just moved back home. So when we moved to Tyler, we had four of us. We didn't have our boy yet. So we took four people from the 30 we significantly bang. But then we brought one back.

[Charlie Barron]

The town's taxes just plummeted and they couldn't fix any of the roads.

[Colby Cooper]

It was horrible. You see it now? It's a. It's a dump now. No, it's great. It's great. I'm the mayor.

[Charlie Barron]

Are you?

[Colby Cooper]

No, I'm fighting for it. 30 people. It's not very many votes you got.

[Miles]

To get, you know, so. But people are happy you're back. They're not mad. You're changing the sort of the culture of the town, adding the. All these, these new people.

[Colby Cooper]

Dude, I don't know. I stay to myself. I talked to my family and they're all happy.

[Miles]

Okay. I think when you like going to a town like that though, do you like. And you move your family there, whatever. Do you have to change the sign that go population, population like 32?

[Colby Cooper]

No, I don't think it even. There's not a population sign. They're a little embarrassed about it. It's really Bradford.

[Miles]

I've seen some pretty low population signs in my day. You should put up a population sign. Who's the guy that decides there should be a population sign there?

[Colby Cooper]

I don't know. You know, that's a good question. I make to May go to the big city of Palestine next week and fight for it, you know, maybe try to get my name on the sign.

[Miles]

Oh, that'd be cool.

[Colby Cooper]

If you look up Bradford, Texas and Wikipedia, I found this out the other day at the bottom. I was just. I love history. I love like Texas history. And any of this, like, it's like forgotten history right in this little town of 30 people. And my grandpa owns like this huge spot of land that is essentially like where all the Bradford history happened. So I was like nerding out and figuring out all this stuff that happened since like 1870 when it was a town. And then I get to the bottom of the Wikipedia. It says notable persons and Colby Cooper. I was like, oh, Jillian, look at this. It says my name here. I didn't put this here. I don't know who did it, but, you know, gotta be excited, dude.

[Charlie Barron]

That was I made it moment.

[Colby Cooper]

I went outside and Bradford looked around at the country. I was like, oh, thank God, here we are.

[Miles]

That's like when you Google your name for the first time and it doesn't say did you mean and then someone else?

[Charlie Barron]

Totally.

[Colby Cooper]

Exactly. Thank God my name's not LeBron James Cooper. That'd be bad.

[Charlie Barron]

So what, what, what's. What's there to do for fun in the old. The old hometown?

[Colby Cooper]

Well, we got a. We got a cafe and we got a feed store, so cafes and feed stores. There's not even a stop light. It's just there's stop signs, you know.

[Charlie Barron]

Wow.

[Miles]

How many horses in that town?

[Colby Cooper]

There's more than 30, that's for sure.

[Miles]

Wow.

[Colby Cooper]

I would say the, the, the livestock to human population is, I don't know, like 100 to one, maybe a thousand to one. Who knows? It's pretty wicked out there.

[Miles]

Does the book Animal Farm scare you? A little bit.

[Colby Cooper]

I've never seen that one. Animal Farm, the book?

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah, you gotta read it.

[Colby Cooper]

Is it about like animals taking over?

[Miles]

You got it.

[Colby Cooper]

See, I can picture it, dude. I think often about a eagle or a hawk coming and swooping up one of my dogs. We have a four pound dog. You gotta keep an eye on him when he's outside, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

I saw a video of an eagle carrying a deer the other day. It's like, that's way bigger than. Really four pound dog. Yeah.

[Miles]

No, you didn't.

[Colby Cooper]

I swear, dude, he was like the size of my drummer. Like. Well, not the eagle, but I mean, the deer. It's like hanging us.

[Charlie Barron]

If that's the case. Charlie, you can't. You got to be careful. The size of a deer.

[Miles]

Was that AI, though? Was it real?

[Colby Cooper]

Well, I'm.

[Charlie Barron]

Valid question.

[Colby Cooper]

I'm throwing.

[Miles]

I've never seen an eagle carry a deer and I. I don't want to be scared of eagles.

[Colby Cooper]

AI is so lame because now I'm thinking that it may have just been AI. I'm pretty sure it was.

[Charlie Barron]

And you can't be doing this. So Charlie's the avid bird watcher and the thing he needs is being scared of any type of bird out there.

[Miles]

You know, birds are my friends right now. Let's not ruin this.

[Colby Cooper]

He just like put an umbrella up. If an eagle flies over you, they can't get you.

[Miles]

Is that it?

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. It's got to be red, white and blue up top, though.

[Charlie Barron]

Oh, he respects the red, white and blue.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. He'll give you a flyby.

[Miles]

Yeah, actually it's more like.

[Colby Cooper]

You'Re the bird watcher, you know? You know what you're talking about.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

We've unlocked a new Charlie Barron's animal noise went from.

[Miles]

That's not even a great eagle, by the way. That's an eagle that just took ecstasy.

[Colby Cooper]

That's an eagle that just carried a full grown deer around probably.

[Miles]

Well, that was more like. Oh yeah, that's an eagle with shoulders. Oh, my lord.

[Colby Cooper]

That eagles got some lats on him. Sure. Yeah.

[Miles]

Look at it. Look at your. Look at your hand right now. What is that?

[Colby Cooper]

That's a. That's an eagle or a hawk. I don't know.

[Charlie Barron]

Is that the one from the video?

[Colby Cooper]

It was actually. You can't tell anymore because it's kind of worn out, but there was a deer head right there and it went all the way down to like the tip of my finger. I just got this Yankees logo to Cover it up.

[Miles]

So what's the tattoo that you regret the most?

[Colby Cooper]

I regret the most, man. There's really not one that I regret, unfortunately. I don't. I guess this one. And it's. I love what. It's. It's a. So it's a Waylon Jennings song, right? And I, that morning, was going to get, like, my second set of tattoos. I'd already gotten this one for my first daughter's birthday. And this random way I got this middle finger tattoo is my second tattoo.

[Miles]

Okay.

[Colby Cooper]

And I was like, all right, I want to get the Waylon Jennings logo, and I want to get song lyrics around it. And I showed her. We put it there, and then she was like, well, we can't really fit those lyrics around it. What if we just do it huge on your other arm? And I was like, 19 or 18, and I was like, oh, yeah, that sounds awesome. We should totally take up all that real estate. And we did, and I haven't touched it, so.

[Miles]

Yeah, that's a pretty big font right there.

[Colby Cooper]

It's huge, dude.

[Charlie Barron]

It's huge.

[Colby Cooper]

It's.

[Charlie Barron]

Here's. Yeah. Time to do Roman, too. Yeah.

[Miles]

Here's to the ones.

[Charlie Barron]

But honestly, you picked a font that wasn't trendy that'll, you know, it's kind of a timeless font. So.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, you're right. It's like if you get on Microsoft and type, you could literally type my tattoo out if you wanted, you know? Yeah. Here's to the ones who do believe in disbelief. Somehow I just think it's like, you know, when I heard it, it was just like, it's about the people that talk. Talk about you behind your back or whatever. It's like the ones that to your face are like, oh, you're gonna be fine. You're doing a great thing. But then behind your back, it's like, oh, this guy sucks.

[Miles]

Oh, nice. I like that. Yeah, that's really cool.

[Colby Cooper]

So I like what it means, but it's. It's a little bigger than I initially pictured.

[Miles]

Yeah. Did. Did she start going with the H? And you're like, oh, no. You start doing the mental math in your head, and you're like, this is gonna be no brother.

[Colby Cooper]

She put this pencil on, and I immediately was like, oh, I shouldn't do this. And then I didn't say anything. I was like, you know what? We're gonna do this because we don't want to. We don't want to cause tension.

[Miles]

It's like, that's the most Midwest thing you've ever Done right there. I know you're from this out, but. Yeah, I know this can be on my body for the rest of my life. I'd like it a little smaller, but. Yeah, I mean, since you already put the stencil on me, that's literally what I was like.

[Charlie Barron]

I don't want to inconvenience.

[Colby Cooper]

I'd hate for you to have to, like, take another five minutes to redo this. We'll just get it done. It'll be fine. It'll just be on me forever. It'll be good. Whatever.

[Miles]

I'll just be talking about a podcast ye. Five years from now.

[Colby Cooper]

Well, dude, if I didn't get it, then I wouldn't have had a answer.

[Miles]

That's true.

[Colby Cooper]

So that's maybe. Maybe that's why I did it.

[Charlie Barron]

That's true.

[Colby Cooper]

I just knew in my head.

[Charlie Barron]

It's like when you're filling out a form with your name and you start too big, and then you have to, like, go up over the other words with the rest of your name. That's essentially what happened.

[Colby Cooper]

Curve down the side of the paper. My teacher used to always tell me to curve up because that means you're, like, shooting for the stars, and if you curve down, you're going to hell or whatever.

[Miles]

Really?

[Colby Cooper]

No, not Catholic. Just good old East Texas, you know, Baptist.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah. At first I was like, wow, this teacher sounds very inspiring that you go down, you go to hell. So.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, well, they. You know, I think they started with the go to hell first or, like, they ended on a high note.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, there you go.

[Miles]

That's good. Speaking of high notes, you got. You got a new album coming out.

[Colby Cooper]

I do. I do. I'm really excited about it. It's my favorite thing we've ever done. It took, like, two years to fully complete, and it felt like. Like pulling teeth just because there's multiple points. I was like, all right, this album's done. And it was like, no, we need one or two more songs. And I was like, you know, like, I feel like it's done, but. But then we got to the point where it's actually done. It's like, okay, you. They're right. Like, we needed. We needed these last three songs to really, like, make this a complete project, you know?

[Charlie Barron]

That's awesome, man.

[Miles]

Yeah. Very cool.

[Colby Cooper]

Thank you.

[Miles]

And who's the one saying you need it done? You know, who's the man?

[Colby Cooper]

It was, you know, it was like my or the label and. And management, everything. We're all just talking about it, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Trying to get it locked in.

[Charlie Barron]

You and management had a conversation and turns out that management was right.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, totally. Surprisingly right. Management's my brother too, so that's. I was like, no, there's no way he's right. What do you mean?

[Miles]

Oh, he's your brother. What's it like working with the family?

[Colby Cooper]

Dude, it is awesome. It is like a, like a dream come true. As a, as a kid, I wanted. I tried to get my brother to learn to play bass and drums and guitar and anything. And he, like, he, he'd always go like a couple of days with me doing it and then be like, ah, I'm good, dude. I think I'm just not gonna do that, you know? And I didn't think we were gonna work together. And then he was tour managing for me right out of high school once he graduated. And then he picked up this band called Pegas in the Rooftops and the rest is history. And now we work together as like that in that capacity.

[Miles]

That is cool. What's the hardest part about working with family?

[Colby Cooper]

Just, you know, we know how to kind of like shit talk each other and like, you know, we've known each other since we were, you know, born, so it's like that thing where we know we know. I guess it's like it's a positive and a negative is like we both already know kind of how we feel without even. Yeah. Talking to each other about it. But that's more of a positive, I guess. It's not really negative. I really enjoy it, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah, you can kind of. That means you can insult them just by looking at.

[Colby Cooper]

Oh yeah, send a text. That's not like insulting at all. But you can make it like, where he knows. Like, okay, yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

If anyone read this, they wouldn't think anything of it.

[Miles]

But he knows.

[Colby Cooper]

Oh, yeah, exactly, exactly.

[Miles]

Read between the lines.

[Charlie Barron]

I love that. I. If I try to work with my brothers, I don't know if it would go too well.

[Miles]

Yeah, I can see that, brother.

[Charlie Barron]

We would just argue the whole time.

[Colby Cooper]

And isn't that part of the fun? No, I'm joking. There's a couple little arguments, but it's not like arguments. It's more like slight disagreements and then we, you know. And then I finished the album.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

You know.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Yeah. Well, that's cool. What, what song are you most excited about on it?

[Colby Cooper]

I would say at the moment, probably empty handed. It's a song that I wrote. So I'm like, I've been happily married to my wife since we were 18 and we were high school sweethearts. We've been best friends since we were in fourth grade. So we've. We've known each other for a long time. But I love writing like heartbreak, like, you know, just I'm so sad songs. And that's what the song is. It's like a. It's a song about leaving the person that's bad for you. So it's more just like, you know, I've seen bad relationships and people that are with people they shouldn't be my whole life. So it's one of those things that it's pretty easy to pull from. But that song I wrote all by myself, just up in my office over like two weeks. I was making the track for the first time. So I had the whole track done and then I had these melodies just like, just mouthed over it, whatever. And then, then I would just sit there and just listen to those melodies back to back to back and then slowly start writing words down. And like I said, it was a two week process, but by the time we got to the end of it, I was like, oh, wow, this is. This is maybe my favorite song on the record. So I'm really happy with it.

[Charlie Barron]

That's awesome.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Charlie Barron]

That's cool.

[Miles]

It's cool. I like how you can write songs too about just like by observing, you know, your buddy in the worst relationship ever.

[Charlie Barron]

Oh yeah.

[Miles]

Does he, does he know that you wrote that relationship off his galaxy?

[Colby Cooper]

Oh, yeah, totally, man. And that's like. We have a song off the last record called Excuses that's about my guitar player and his. His ex girlfriend. She. She cheated on him. Well, I guess we don't for sure know if she cheated on him, but they were like, he was madly in love with her. We thought she was super cool. And then out of nowhere, he came to bus call one day and he was all sad and we're like, what's wrong, dude? And he's like, man, she broke up with me. Like, what? He's like, yeah. And then today she was posting some pictures with this dude in Dallas and whatever. I was like, oh, dude, it was like a yesterday thing. Like, she broke up me yesterday.

[Charlie Barron]

I know you're really sad, but let's channel that. Let's go write a song about it.

[Colby Cooper]

Oh yeah. Well, that was like. I was like, tell me how it felt, you know?

[Charlie Barron]

How are you feeling right now?

[Miles]

Pulls out the pen.

[Colby Cooper]

Okay, say that one more time. What? Oh, she really broke your heart.

[Charlie Barron]

Okay, that's actually a great way to write songs. Have everyone in your. In everyone else in your life experience bad stuff. And then you just ask them questions about how you write songs rather than you having to experience.

[Miles]

You're just a trauma farmer at that point.

[Colby Cooper]

Absolutely, man. You know, but, like, you know, I told him that, like, I. We went to. I went to Nashville that Monday and sat down in the writing room with two of my buddies, and one of them was like, I got this song title I've been working on. It's called Excuses. And I was. Before he even explained it, I was like, pause. Let me tell you this story about my guitar player that just happened this weekend. And I was like, he got broken. I told him the whole thing. And they were like, oh, we got to write about that. And we wrote about it, and it was more just like, man, this would be funny to. To take back to Paul and be like, hey, dude, check this out. Wrote this about you and that girl. And we did, but then we wound up putting it out and that whole thing. So it's funny. So every night when we play it, we're like, this one's about Paul getting cheated on.

[Charlie Barron]

And he's like, yeah, thank you for re. Bringing up the trauma.

[Colby Cooper]

He's married now. He's in a good place. He's fine. She's way cooler than his last.

[Charlie Barron]

You find. You find out he's just been blaring that song full blast.

[Colby Cooper]

His room.

[Charlie Barron]

He's screaming into a pillow.

[Colby Cooper]

Ty goes to bed every night. It passes out to it.

[Charlie Barron]

I love it.

[Miles]

Yeah, you get. You get emotional on the harmonies.

[Colby Cooper]

That's right.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

You see him on stage crying every night. It's pretty awesome.

[Miles]

That's cool, man. Good for you guys, bringing that up. Back up. I thought you're gonna. Dude down in Dallas. It's like, what's that one song down in Dallas?

[Colby Cooper]

It's like the. Like, the cleaner version of that, basically.

[Miles]

Yeah. I got dude down in Dallas. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

So we wrote this. We wrote this song about his breakup. It's called D Down in Dallas. He's like, what the.

[Colby Cooper]

Just a.

[Charlie Barron]

Hell, man.

[Miles]

It turned out to be her cousin, you know? But still, he was sleeping with him.

[Colby Cooper]

You never know, man. Crazier things have happened, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah. Oh, sure. Brother sister stuff. I've seen that on Game of Thrones.

[Colby Cooper]

But, like, that was, like, legal back in the day, right?

[Miles]

Yeah, legal and preferred.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. You know, it's like the opposite of nowadays. It's like, you don't even know that girl. And you're. Wow.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

And Game of Thrones are like, oh, you're. You're shacking up with someone who's not your sister.

[Miles]

What are you thinking?

[Colby Cooper]

You don't even share blood, right?

[Miles]

Yeah, that's gross.

[Charlie Barron]

You're gonna dirty up the bloodline.

[Miles]

Their teeth are gonna be all straightened stuff.

[Colby Cooper]

They're gonna look normal. What are you doing?

[Miles]

Yeah. Oh, boy.

[Charlie Barron]

Well, Charlie, should we take some collars?

[Miles]

Let's take some collars. I. What coin is that? That's a Canadian dollar. Right in the middle of all these pennies.

[Colby Cooper]

Wow.

[Charlie Barron]

Nice.

[Colby Cooper]

You think any of these pennies are worth money?

[Miles]

What about that penny? That's got a gal on it. I've never seen a penny like that.

[Colby Cooper]

I haven't either. That's probably like a 4 million dollar coin they got up under this epoxy.

[Miles]

Isn't that crazy?

[Colby Cooper]

You think they carefully cut it out?

[Miles]

No, I don't think so. Get your pocket knife out. Miles, look at that penny real quick. I know we gotta go, but look at that. Have you ever seen a penny like that with the man? Folks, it's Mother's Day coming up. And listen, if you find yourself in a crash with a mother, you better do yourself a favor and call Nicolet, because that mother's got insurance, okay? And their insurance company's gonna screw you like a screw. And so what you want to do is call Nicolet right now. 1855.

[Charlie Barron]

I mean, there's no better 1-855-Nicolette, right? Yeah. There's no better gift you can get your mother on Mother's Day than calling Nicolet.

[Miles]

You know what? That's actually a better way to approach this Mother's Day thing. Kind of weird to crash into a mother, you know, when we're talking about that on Mother's Day. So. You're right. I like your spin on this. Let's go with that.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Yeah. Folks, what better present to get your mom who might have been in an accident than to tell them that Nicolay is here to help?

[Charlie Barron]

Well, just call 4 call for her.

[Miles]

That's the gift, you know, 1-855-nicolay. And I've got a feeling your mom is gonna like that beard.

[Colby Cooper]

Okay.

[Charlie Barron]

Okay. All right, Thomas, you got the Bellied up podcast with Miles, Charlie and country artist Colby Cooper on the podcast.

[Thomas]

Oh, my gosh. Well, I'm feeling pretty good now.

[Miles]

It sounds like it.

[Charlie Barron]

Let's go. I heard. I heard you got yourself a pretty stupid car.

[Thomas]

Let me tell you something. This thing is a piece of junk. This thing ain't good for nothing.

[Colby Cooper]

It can barely drive.

[Miles]

Well, what'd you buy. Give us some details.

[Thomas]

Okay, so I actually bought it from my brother, so. So where I went wrong the first time, never buy a scar from your brothers, apparently. No, I bought a Saab. It's a sob.

[Miles]

Oh, you bought a sob? A SOB From a SOB you bought a SOB From a Some bitch. Don't talk about your mother that way.

[Thomas]

No, yeah.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Thomas]

Actually. Hey, that's mine. Yeah. No, it was terrible. Okay. So I thought. I was like, okay, I'll do him a favor. I need a car. He's selling it for relatively cheap. You know, It'll be a win win.

[Colby Cooper]

Right. What'd you pay?

[Thomas]

Wrong. That was terrible. Oh, my God.

[Colby Cooper]

Would you. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Would you pay for it?

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. What are we talking?

[Thomas]

Well, I mean, it was like, three.

[Colby Cooper]

Grand, but, like, it don't work.

[Thomas]

Well, I mean. I mean, drives usually. Sometimes.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Are you saying that it sucks because, like, the heat nay sees broken out of it or it just breaks down?

[Thomas]

Oh, my gosh. Let me tell you, when I first got it. When I first got it, okay. It was driving, all right? That's, you know, that's the main reason I bought it, right? Because, you know, drive. But then the acceleration started slipping, right? So I'm thinking, okay, transmission's going out or something. And then it wouldn't start, and it took me so long to get it started, so I had to take it in, right? And this dude. This dude tells me the spark plugs are messed up, which I blame my brother that I bought it from because he replaced the spark plugs, so I'm guessing he damaged them when he put them in.

[Charlie Barron]

Did I imagine that his brother, like, the whole time he was test driving the car was just sitting there with his butthole was this tight, and he was just like, please. All of the issues that I have with this car do not show up during this test drive.

[Miles]

Says a little prayer.

[Colby Cooper]

The car didn't start that morning. Right before he got there, he's like.

[Charlie Barron]

So his first warning side should have been. Is that the car was never. He never saw the car off.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. When you.

[Miles]

When you walked up running, his brother.

[Charlie Barron]

Pulled up and got out of the car, left it running. You know, that's an issue.

[Colby Cooper]

And he was sweating profusely, just dripping sweat. That should have been your second sign.

[Charlie Barron]

It should have been a sign, too. When his brother got out and he had a mechanic rag and he was cleaning.

[Colby Cooper]

I got grease stains all over your shirt.

[Miles]

Just out of breath. Don't worry about it. Give me three grand. How many miles on that SOP.

[Thomas]

I think it's like 150.

[Miles]

You got. You got quite a bit.

[Colby Cooper]

Another 150 in that thing.

[Thomas]

Yeah. So it's not too bad now that.

[Miles]

You replace the spark plugs. Is it working?

[Thomas]

Are you kidding me? Of course not. What are you talking about? That was only the beginning of the problem, let me tell you.

[Miles]

How much have you spent on it now? Well, give us the whole rundown I've thrown.

[Thomas]

Okay. Yeah, here. So the first time it didn't start, I took it in and actually the spark plug did kind of help for whatever was going on at the time. But then, oh my gosh, it didn't start again. So I called up my brother. I was like, yo, Jacob, what. What the heck is going on with this stupid car you sold, you piece of crap? And he's like, here, I'll come over and I'll see if I can fix it. He doesn't know anything about cars. This guy thinks he can do everything by watching a YouTube video. All right, He's. He can't do nothing to cars.

[Miles]

You know, change brake pads, the YouTube thing.

[Colby Cooper]

You.

[Miles]

You kind of can. Okay, I changed a toilet out in.

[Colby Cooper]

The House on YouTube.

[Miles]

I've done that too. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

[Charlie Barron]

My brother in law is redoing his basement off of YouTube. Yeah, I think he.

[Colby Cooper]

I think he can fix cars.

[Miles]

I'm digging a doomsday shelter off of YouTub. I mean, just think about it.

[Charlie Barron]

I fixed. Fix my water heater off of YouTube.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Saved a bunch of money not having a guy come there and clean out one of the tubes. That's all it was.

[Colby Cooper]

I learned how to grow pot off YouTube. You can do literally anything.

[Miles]

Yeah, so you're, you're. Your real problem here isn't that you bought a piece of crap car. It's that you're not on the sob YouTube figuring out how to fix your machine.

[Thomas]

Well, that's not true though. The issue is I just don't freaking know what's wrong with it because I did a ton of research. And by a ton of research, I watched one YouTube video.

[Miles]

See? I mean, have you talked to your brother post purchasing of this car?

[Thomas]

Oh, yeah. And then we start. Then we all. We got here, we got heated. We're driving around the car. We're driving around the car and I'm like, hey, dude, it doesn't. It doesn't accelerate. And he's like, well, you're just doing it wrong. And he's going. And he's like, oh, Shoot. It really doesn't start accelerating. I'm like, I'm starting to yell at him. He's starting to yell at me. Pretty soon we're throwing fifth. Left jab, right jab, uppercut. No, I'm just kidding. It seemed like that we were getting heated in the car. Thought that might end in a double. Homie not gonna lie.

[Charlie Barron]

Just the tales. Oldest time brother sells a car to another brother, ends in a double homage.

[Colby Cooper]

Classic K neighbo.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. Who's Kane? Who's able?

[Miles]

Okay. Yeah. Are you would. Who would win in a fight? Who would kill who? Who would be telling God, I am not my brother's keeper?

[Thomas]

I don't know. We're about. We're like the same size, same weight, same height.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, but who has that killer instinct?

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah.

[Thomas]

Well, he's got a full beard, though.

[Colby Cooper]

Okay, you're done.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

You're going to want to be nice to your brother about this car from now on.

[Thomas]

Yeah, well, I gave him more than it was worth. I looked up the Kelly blue book value. I gave him like 500 more than it was worth.

[Miles]

Why didn't you do that before you bought the car?

[Thomas]

But he wasn't having it. He was like, no, I can't afford the truck. I'm buying if I don't get this. But you don't give me three grand.

[Charlie Barron]

That doesn't sound like your problem.

[Miles]

Yeah, sounds like he's gotta go get a job at Whataburger.

[Thomas]

I'm a nice kind hearted man. I figured I'd help him out.

[Colby Cooper]

That's real sweetie.

[Thomas]

But yeah, I mean, no, that's just. That was just a start. Then the. The stupid gas engine light's always on because something's wrong with the thing.

[Charlie Barron]

The gas engine light, it's like, dude, just fill it with gas. Yeah, I think you. I think you might. Your whole problem might be is that you just don't have any gas in the car.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Are you familiar. Is this your first car by. Are you 16 years old?

[Charlie Barron]

He's like, I keep plugging it in at night and it just doesn't work.

[Colby Cooper]

For some reason. The parking brake light's always on too. It is fully pulled up.

[Charlie Barron]

It just can't accelerate.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, I don't know.

[Miles]

I plug it in every night, but every morning, the plug, it doesn't charge. It just smells like gas. It's weird.

[Charlie Barron]

The gas light is on.

[Miles]

Fill it up.

[Charlie Barron]

You sound like my wife.

[Thomas]

Well, the thing is, when you start the car, if you get the car started, you know, it shows where the gas is actually at for like about two minutes and then it just drops to zero and the gas light comes on and then the engine light comes on.

[Charlie Barron]

I mean I feel like, I feel like it's like the start of dodgeball when Vince Vaughn gets into his car and he's like, come on baby, be good to me. Just every morning you're living the plot of dodgeball. Peter LaFleur.

[Miles]

It's kind of fun though. You get to roll the dice every day. That puts your heart in a good way. It makes you grateful every time you, you know, gratitude's a thing we don't have enough of in this world today. And you get to, you get to be the example right away every morning.

[Colby Cooper]

You get to have that like full dopamine hit when your car turns over.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, yeah.

[Miles]

It's like today's gonna be a good day just because your car started, you know, and when it doesn't start, it's not gonna be a good day. But you'll remember the good days.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, you can't have good days without bad days.

[Miles]

No, you can' That's a problem with the world today. No one wants to have bad days.

[Charlie Barron]

I got pretty lucky that the truck, my first truck that my parents bought, like my brother that got. Got handed down to me that then got handed down to my brother wasn't too bad.

[Miles]

Oh yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Was your first guys first cars. Kind of like this guy's car.

[Miles]

It was rough.

[Colby Cooper]

No, dude, I actually want to be bummer. But my, my dad actually got hit. He passed when I was in freshman high school. He had a badass truck and I got this cool ass truck. So you know, it's a bummer, but cool truck. Pretty sad. I wrecked it and totaled it like three years after I started driving. We bought it back from insurance. She's still running. Check engine light though, has been on since that day. So. I feel you there, brother. You know it's. And there's no reason, well the check.

[Charlie Barron]

Engine lights, just your dad keeping an eye on.

[Colby Cooper]

That's right.

[Charlie Barron]

That's right.

[Colby Cooper]

Amen.

[Miles]

Reminding you.

[Colby Cooper]

Come on.

[Miles]

Oh man, that's. We had one of those bwicks where you had to like stick the roof to the ceiling with pins, you know.

[Colby Cooper]

That's pretty sick.

[Miles]

I'm talking about where like a design in it though.

[Colby Cooper]

Like did you like make the pins a design?

[Miles]

I actually it was my aunt's car before and she put stars up there, so who needs a moonroof when you got going the dark stars.

[Colby Cooper]

Way cooler. Way cooler.

[Miles]

I was. I. I parked actually with this gal in this parking lot.

[Charlie Barron]

Okay.

[Miles]

You know, you know, you guys in on some secrets from my teenage years. Parked with. Parked in a church parking lot because we wanted to look at the. The stars, the stable, or the. The. I don't know, the church. Beautiful architecture, outside it. So we're parked there maybe 10 minutes. The steeple sound like it?

[Colby Cooper]

My church has a stable up top. Actually, there is no steeple up there.

[Miles]

I don't even know why I said that. You know, my vision is like, what.

[Charlie Barron]

Kind of are you into?

[Miles]

It was a church. I don't know. It was a parking lot there. Anyways, that's not the point. Okay? The point is, I just.

[Charlie Barron]

I can't do any hanky panky without a crucifix.

[Miles]

Ten minutes parking there, the car runs out of gas because it was the winter, and I left the car on. So then I gotta. I gotta either call my buddy or I think I ended up calling my dad, tell him I ran out of gas in the parking lot, and my dad started asking questions, and he could tell pretty, pretty quick what was going on.

[Charlie Barron]

I'm sure that went over well.

[Miles]

Did not go over well.

[Charlie Barron]

It's like the video, the guy, like, when your mom's mad at you, your dad's standing there. He's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

I can't believe.

[Charlie Barron]

Listen to her.

[Colby Cooper]

Whatever.

[Charlie Barron]

And then she leaves.

[Colby Cooper]

He's like, give me some.

[Charlie Barron]

Just cut that out. Because she's now mad at me.

[Colby Cooper]

You got me in trouble. I don't get any tonight. She's already in bed asleep.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Just because you want to do hand stuff in the church parking lot, now I can't get any tonight, so. Thanks a lot, son. I hope that was worth it.

[Miles]

Next time, think about both of us. And make sure you filled the gas.

[Colby Cooper]

There's a gas can out back. Next time, put it in the trunk. Yeah, and.

[Charlie Barron]

And to let you know, I still haven't found it, so you're not gonna find it. All right?

[Colby Cooper]

There's no shot. At your age, young man.

[Charlie Barron]

You are now on a journey. You're gonna wander in the desert for 40 years, just like the Israelites. If you like to do this in the church parking lot, I should probably speak to you in terms you can understand.

[Colby Cooper]

He just needed somewhere to go. Ask for forgiveness immediately. So as soon as it was done.

[Charlie Barron]

I didn't even tell, they're all done. Charlie's like, thank you. That was amazing. I'll be right back. I have an appointment scheduled. It Ahead of time.

[Colby Cooper]

The preacher pulls up. I gotta go.

[Charlie Barron]

That's how they should start doing confessions these days. Just drive through.

[Miles]

Drive through confessions. They did that? I think during. During COVID I think they were doing that. They were doing drive through hosts, too, I believe.

[Colby Cooper]

Was a drive through confession like. Like a. Was it like a window or was it like a machine you'd pull up to and talk to? Like a McDonald's ordering machine, like, into the speaker. It's like you're yelling at your car. Know. Yeah. Last week I.

[Charlie Barron]

I was jerk. I absolve you from your sins. Please pull around for your penance.

[Colby Cooper]

It'll be $15. Thank you.

[Miles]

And for our fathers. So how's the back seat in that shop?

[Thomas]

No, no, no, Charlie, I'm Catholic. I'm Catholic. No messing around. No premarital stuff.

[Colby Cooper]

That's right.

[Miles]

Really? I. I agree with you, man. I agree with you.

[Charlie Barron]

Even if it's over the pants.

[Miles]

OTP still at ng, my man.

[Colby Cooper]

You never soaked.

[Miles]

We're not Mormon. That's for the Mormons.

[Colby Cooper]

You can adopt.

[Miles]

We just, you know.

[Colby Cooper]

I didn't know. I didn't know how it works.

[Charlie Barron]

Mormon for a night. That's a country.

[Miles]

Be Mormon for a night.

[Colby Cooper]

Maybe make me Mormon for tonight.

[Miles]

There we go.

[Charlie Barron]

We found it.

[Miles]

That's good.

[Colby Cooper]

We're locked in here.

[Miles]

Yeah. We touched on a lot of issues we shouldn't have in this conversation.

[Colby Cooper]

This was about your car, Right?

[Miles]

So, well, where's the car now? Is it working? Is it still broken? I. I didn't.

[Thomas]

Currently she's all right. Currently she's all right. But I mean, I've. So many things have. Have led up to getting it there. I mean, I blew the cooling hose on there.

[Miles]

It you go on a date first. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

At least you pay for dinner.

[Colby Cooper]

Asking its name. May. What color is the car?

[Thomas]

It's a. It's an off white. But here's the thing. The. The paint is kind of chipping a little bit in, like, some big spots. So it's got, like, off white is most of it. And then like, some big spots around the top and like on the sides are, like. Are almost like a tannish color. So I was thinking about painting those. Those tan color. Like, black.

[Colby Cooper]

Dude, I was about to say. Come on, man.

[Miles]

I'll tell you for the Midwest. I'll tell you exactly how you do that. So you go get a paper bag and you just cut like a little shape.

[Charlie Barron]

Stencil. Yeah, stencil.

[Miles]

And then you just go get black spray paint and just do It. It's as simple as that. I camoed a car once doing that exact same thing. I had a tan car and I got green spray paint, black spray paint. Just went around the whole deal. So it's really simple. And you're gonna be, I think, really happy with how it turns out. I mean, that's gonna be a real head turner there. I'm gonna. I'll tell you this much. You're not gonna have to be blowing any more gaskets or hoses after that.

[Colby Cooper]

I think you do have to get some horns on the front, though, if you do that. That's the only acceptable.

[Miles]

Oh, yes.

[Colby Cooper]

And we need to see a picture of this too. I mean, I can already picture in my head with the horns on the hood. I mean, come on, man. You're gonna be in the church parking.

[Miles]

Lot all the time, and you gotta check.

[Colby Cooper]

If that's. What if that's your thing, you know, that's.

[Miles]

That don't pin this. I mean, I don't even remember if it was a church parking lot. Okay. Yeah. Also, you gotta change the horn sound to a.

[Colby Cooper]

Dude. Now we're talking.

[Thomas]

I don't know how to go about doing that.

[Charlie Barron]

That.

[Colby Cooper]

YouTube.

[Miles]

YouTube. YouTube, yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

What a wonderful world. There's somebody on YouTube that's got a cow horn. For sure.

[Miles]

You got some work to do, my man.

[Colby Cooper]

Your car's fine, by the way. We. We've realized that you got a sick car. What?

[Miles]

Yeah. You came in here complaining about you've got a cow car, your best asset. Dude. What do you got set better than this cow car right now?

[Colby Cooper]

No, just in your life. What's, like, your favorite thing that you have?

[Thomas]

I don't even know. I live in a trailer.

[Miles]

Nice. Your trailer is probably nicer than the. Than the car, though.

[Thomas]

Yeah, it's like a mobile home. I live in half of it, and then I got a roommate.

[Miles]

Nice. What's it. What's it like sharing a trailer with. With a dude?

[Thomas]

Well, you know, not. Not that bad. I mean, usually when he's home, I'm at work, and when I'm here, he's at work.

[Colby Cooper]

Is it your brother? No, that would be crazy. If you walk outside and started the car, like, early that morning.

[Thomas]

Huh?

[Colby Cooper]

I said, it'd be funny if your brother was living with you, and he was like, walked outside at like 5am and started the car and had let it run all day. You walked out, he's like, oh, yeah, I just started it. Sake of her test drives.

[Thomas]

Oh, my gosh. No, no, I Would not. Would not choose to live with one of my siblings. Three of my siblings live together like two blocks down the road. But. But I would not.

[Charlie Barron]

What town do you live in? Where are you at?

[Thomas]

Smack dab in the middle of Wisconsin. Stevens Point.

[Miles]

Oh, you're up there in Point. Which are you in a park or you a little community over there?

[Thomas]

I'm in a. I'm in a small trailer park here.

[Miles]

Which one?

[Thomas]

Oh, shoot, I don't even know the name of it.

[Charlie Barron]

Oh, come on, man. Get to the Stevens Point for us here. What is it.

[Miles]

Andrew? Andrew, did you just move there?

[Charlie Barron]

Told you guys.

[Thomas]

What? What's the name of this trailer park? Well, Springs. Park.

[Colby Cooper]

Well Springs.

[Miles]

Is that over by Rusty's?

[Thomas]

Maybe.

[Charlie Barron]

I don't know.

[Thomas]

I just moved here.

[Miles]

Yeah, that's pretty 15 minutes outside of Point.

[Colby Cooper]

Oh, yeah, he lives in a trailer.

[Charlie Barron]

Home is where you park it. He's all over the map. This is Steven's points just right now.

[Colby Cooper]

That's true.

[Miles]

That's true. Yeah. Well, good for you. Listen, I. I think after further consideration, after reviewing the play, the ruling on the field has been overturned. This car was a solid purchase for you and for your life.

[Colby Cooper]

It's a big dub for sure.

[Miles]

So congrats, and send us a picture one time.

[Colby Cooper]

What?

[Thomas]

Well, the gas. The gas lights always on, right? So I didn't know when I had to fill it up. And I'm driving, I'm turning across the highway, and it runs out of gas right while I'm in the middle of it. So I had to get out and push it from the back. I threw it in neutral. I'm starting to push it from the back, and then these cars are honking at me while I'm pushing my car.

[Colby Cooper]

No one got out to help.

[Thomas]

Nobody got up. Help. I'm like, what is this, a bunch of fibs out here? Like, where's the Wisconsin? Where's the Midwest? Nice out here. Everyone's just honking at me, and I'm like, I'm outside of my car pushing it. Why do you. You think I'm doing this on purpose?

[Miles]

Yeah, I'm. I'm embarrassed for everyone who passed you. Sounds like a bunch of fibs, but, man, that sucks. But you got it out there safely. That's hard to do. Push a car. Like you don't have someone in there steering it. You know, you're just kind of trying to get that momentum, then running back to the steering wheel and then getting the momentum, and that's a.

[Charlie Barron]

So, you know, they got like, youtubers that do pranks. That would be a funny prank. You're pushing a car, you get a bunch of people to help you push it, like, around the corner, and then you just get in and start. Drive away. Just make them do all the work.

[Miles]

Sorry, I had to pop the clutch. It's an electric car.

[Charlie Barron]

Oh, it's electric. Oh, that makes so much more sense. Oh, well, we appreciate you calling in today, Thomas.

[Thomas]

I appreciate you taking my call. Oh, but real quick, though. I think it's my sister's birthday today. I think my sister.

[Charlie Barron]

Okay.

[Thomas]

And I know Charlie. You're practically like Luke, Bryan and Miles. Well, I mean, you.

[Charlie Barron]

Careful.

[Thomas]

So I was wondering if you couldn't sing Happy Birthday to her.

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll sing Happy Birthday. What's your sister's name?

[Thomas]

Aaron.

[Miles]

Aaron. We'll. We'll do a little video of it and send it over to you. Aaron.

[Charlie Barron]

Let's just do it right now.

[Miles]

Yeah, no, I'm popping it up. All right. Three, two, one.

[Charlie Barron]

Happy birthday.

[Miles]

Wait, wait, wait. What are we doing? We gotta let the singer start it off.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

I'm gonna go two octaves high already. We're gonna scream this shit.

[Miles]

Hey, Aaron, we got a little surprise for you here.

[Colby Cooper]

Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday, dear Aaron.

[Charlie Barron]

Boats and.

[Thomas]

Hoes.

[Miles]

Happy birthday to you yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Happy birthday Happy birthday We'll see you soon and.

[Thomas]

Oh, man, I appreciate that, folks.

[Miles]

And. And tell your other brother that he sold him a lemon. All right. All right, well, we'll send that over to you.

[Colby Cooper]

We'll.

[Miles]

We'll text it to you. Can we do that, Jared? Yeah, we'll text that to your phone and. Yeah, tell her that we really tried to hit the key on that.

[Charlie Barron]

Well, thanks. Have a good one.

[Thomas]

Yeah, keep her moving. Watch out for deer.

[Miles]

You too, now. We'll see you soon.

[Charlie Barron]

I mean, his brother knew exactly what he was selling them, right?

[Colby Cooper]

Absolutely, man. I mean, there's no way it just started that day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That would be hilarious, though, if it worked completely fine the entire time. And then as soon as he sold it to him, it just.

[Charlie Barron]

That would be bad luck.

[Colby Cooper]

Maybe his brother actually took care of it. You know, there's always, like. Was waking up, doing maintenance in the morning, changing out the spark plugs every day, you know, like, really just giving her the works. Yeah, and then he took over. Didn't change the spark plugs out for, like, a week, and it stopped working.

[Miles]

And that can happen on those things. Like, I had this rabbit where you had to drive around with oil, and you just had to. The oil would leak, so you just had to refill the oil every time. You did, like, three gas tanks, one oil.

[Charlie Barron]

What you should have done is you should have rigged up, like, an IV bag style for your smart. Well, actually, like, on the antenna, you just hang an oil can and then have a little tube going down underneath.

[Colby Cooper]

You got a button where you just press it inside the car.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Oh, it needs some oil.

[Miles]

That's.

[Colby Cooper]

We're good.

[Miles]

That's. See that? If YouTube was more. I guess YouTube was around them, but I should have done something like that. The car needed. There was a bungee cord that just kept the battery in place, you know, and when you add heat under those engines, those things kind of wear.

[Colby Cooper]

So is bungee cord stock, or is it.

[Miles]

Is it stock?

[Charlie Barron]

Come stock with it.

[Colby Cooper]

Come stock with the.

[Miles]

It did come with it. Yeah. I mean, and, you know, you just want to make sure you have extra things extra.

[Charlie Barron]

Charlie rolls up to the. The shop, and, like, I need you to replace the bungee cord. And they're like, what?

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, man, Everything is good on car. Just a bungee. Bungee. Bungee Pop. What? You know, the one that holds the battery in place? Yeah, it came with the car when I bought it.

[Miles]

Okay. Yeah, you. You figure it out. I got some extra bungees in the back if. If you guys don't have any. I mean, I could do it, but I figured, you know, since you're putting new transmission fuel in it, the least you could do is replace.

[Colby Cooper]

This is like, your job, right? You don't know how to do the bungee.

[Miles]

I'll show you. I'll show you. Just proceeds to fix it. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

All right, boys, we got a voicemail from Jake. See what Jake has to say.

[Thomas]

Hey, Miles. Hey, Charlie. Welcome. My name is Jake. I'm 22, I live in Buffalo, New York, and I just really had to get off my chest. I feel like corn nuts as a snack are severely underrated. And there's a couple reasons for this, right? You think of the peanut, and it gets the job done. You can make butters out of it.

[Miles]

There's not corn butter.

[Thomas]

We'll be realistic here. Corn nuts are good, and I'm done pretending that they're not. Thank you.

[Colby Cooper]

Huh?

[Miles]

Did he just say, I'm gonna make a couple of points? Proceed to not make one point? And just.

[Colby Cooper]

I was trying to look back for the points he made. Nothing. I didn't catch any of them.

[Charlie Barron]

I guess I imagine that this guy's life is not. There's not a lot going on.

[Colby Cooper]

22 years old and corn nuts.

[Charlie Barron]

You know, like, he thinks that he's really, like, going out on a limb by saying that he likes corn nuts nuts.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

I mean, it's like.

[Colby Cooper]

Well, he's like, really stirring the pot right now. He's like, this is bad.

[Miles]

It is funny. Where is the corn butter?

[Colby Cooper]

I don't. I don't know if I've even had a corn nut.

[Charlie Barron]

Really? Yeah, they're pretty good.

[Colby Cooper]

Is it literally corn? Like, is it like.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, it's just, like, crunchy corn. It's just. It's like just before it would pop, it would pop in popcorn.

[Colby Cooper]

Does it taste like popcorn?

[Charlie Barron]

Kind of. Yeah.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Does it taste nutty?

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, it's like if you were to take a nut and a corn and just mix it together, it's corn nuts, but they put different flavors on it and stuff. You know, you can get like ranch corn nuts and stuff like that.

[Miles]

But yeah, that's the process of it, huh? Just get in right before it.

[Charlie Barron]

No, I have no clue what the process is.

[Miles]

I think we gotta. Crazy. We gotta look this up, dude. We can't be passing along false information.

[Colby Cooper]

I can see the bag of them where they say corn nuts, but I, you know, I don't. I don't even know if I know what they look like on the inside. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

I mean, they just look like corn kernels.

[Colby Cooper]

They look like corn nuts.

[Miles]

Like corn pops.

[Colby Cooper]

Okay.

[Miles]

Corn nuts, also known as toasted corn, are a crunchy snack made from roasted or deep fried corn kernels that are lightly salted.

[Colby Cooper]

Okay.

[Miles]

They have toasty, nutty, and salty flavor with a hint of sweetness. Some say they're a flavorful alternative to crackers, chips and pair well with soda.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Oh, there's that. What people pour in there, like pouring their coat. Oh, they pour peanuts in their coat? Or do they pour corn nuts in their Cokes too?

[Charlie Barron]

I've never had a peanut.

[Colby Cooper]

I haven't either. I hate. I hate peanuts. I hate all. But as you've never seen.

[Charlie Barron]

Have you seen people, like, do the hate peanuts?

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, I'm not a big nut fan. Like any, Any, any crunchy nut? Not really. Not a big fan.

[Charlie Barron]

You like peanut butter, though?

[Colby Cooper]

I like Reese's, you know, but the thing is, is a Reese's that's very well balanced. If you take a bite of the Reese's and it's got an overwhelming, like, peanut butter flavor, I'll spit it out right on the ground.

[Miles]

Dude, I'm A peanut butter hound.

[Charlie Barron]

I'll just do a scoop of peanut butter right before bed.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, you know, not me. I'm an ice cream. I mean, look at me, I'm fat. I like ice cream.

[Charlie Barron]

You're not fat.

[Colby Cooper]

You're just. I hide it well. Dude, I'm. I've got it. You're.

[Charlie Barron]

You're sturdy.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, for sure. I'm definitely sturdy as. I'm like, sturdy. Pretty as hell. If you. If you see me, you know, I look like every. Like, every time I meet, like, a fan or something, they say, oh, you're taller than I thought you were. I think it's because I'm so fat. Why, Like, I look shorter.

[Charlie Barron]

So.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, I've got broad shoulders. But it goes down in the industry.

[Charlie Barron]

It's all about marketing.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, he's not fat. He's broad and sturdy.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, he's got big bones.

[Colby Cooper]

You know, that's what my dad always said. Yeah, mom and daddy, every time I come home crying for school, I said, you're not fat. You're just big bone buddy.

[Charlie Barron]

I get you had a sketch where you said that they bought the tire swing and you're like. Then some big bone kid comes along and ruins the fun for everyone else, and it turns into a sandbox.

[Colby Cooper]

See, that's me. That's why, like, as a kid. But I knew that I wouldn't, like. I always, like, gauge things before I sat on them. I'd be like, that is. Yeah. Is that tire swing made for a big bone sturdy fella, or is it made for a normal kid?

[Charlie Barron]

So I used to be, like 60 pounds heavier than I am right now. And you don't. Charlie just never had to. You know, you're so. You just have your skinny privilege sitting.

[Miles]

Over there, skinny dude. What are you talking about?

[Charlie Barron]

You've never had. Until. You've never had to look at the weight limit on, like, a step ladder, you know, and guys like us have in our life.

[Miles]

Well, have you broken something?

[Charlie Barron]

No, but sometimes there's a bow in it. And you're like, oh, if I go any higher, I gotta. First let me look at this weight limit. And then you. And it's never high enough. So then you're just like, all right, my willing.

[Colby Cooper]

Why am I even reading this? Every time I go to read, it's.

[Charlie Barron]

Not going to go up on the ladder.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, the ladder's fine. But then you get to like, like. Have you ever been asked to get off a roller coaster?

[Charlie Barron]

No, I haven't.

[Colby Cooper]

Have you? Obviously not. Well, let me Tell you a story. So I was. I was like a junior in high school, right? And I was probably 60 pounds heavier, too. I weighed, like, in high school. I'm like six, three. Weighed like, like. Like three 33, 40. I mean, I played football. I was. I was locked in. I thought I was gonna play football. Then I started in music. But we went to Six Flags Over Texas. What a, you know, land of wonders and happiness and all the good things. And we get on this ride called the Texas Giant. And I'm sitting by my friend and I'm so excited. Like, dude, this is gonna be so badass. It's like the oldest wooden roller coaster. And I'm sitting here and I'm like, I'm big all over, dude. I've got large, like, tree trunk legs. I've got long legs, and I'm super wide in my shoulder area. So as soon as I get on, I lean back and my shoulders won't fit in the.

[Charlie Barron]

In the seat part.

[Colby Cooper]

I was like, it, man. I can. I'll just. I'll just lean up and hold on. Well, that wasn't the only problem, because my legs on this platform were this high, and the only buckle was this rail that would go over, and I couldn't get. The rail was hitting right there, and I can't push my leg down any further. So I was sitting there. Oh, come on, dude. Don't. Come on. And they're like three cars down. I see them slowly coming to check, like, oh, dude, they're gonna kick you off. You gotta get this. And he gets there, and I'm still struggling. And he just looks at me and he goes, hey, buddy, you got to get off. And I looked at my little skinny friend, and he was like, I'll get off with you.

[Charlie Barron]

Oh, what a guy.

[Colby Cooper]

Thank God, dude. We got off and walked to the end, and I was like, dude, this ride sucks ass anyways. I didn't want to do it.

[Charlie Barron]

He's talking to all the people waiting in line. He's like, hey, this ride sucks.

[Colby Cooper]

It's not worth your time pointing out all the fat people like you, you, you.

[Miles]

Let's go.

[Colby Cooper]

Follow me. We're going to get some candy.

[Charlie Barron]

We're going to get some cotton candy.

[Colby Cooper]

I've got some news to break to you. You're not going to be happy.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, they have a. You must be this tall to ride. They don't have a. You must be this skinny to ride.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, dude, but honestly, you would just.

[Miles]

You were too tall. It wasn't just that. You were Too big.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah, I was just too big in general. It was more than I was too tall. And I've been kicked off twice since. Both. The first. The other time was this ride that you. It was the same, like the. The. The seat came to, like, right there on me. So I'm sitting there, like, you know, halfway tucked in, and the guy comes up, and it's in, like a circle. So there's like 60 people all just staring, and he goes, hey, you don't fit. You gotta get off. And I just. The walk of shame.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Parents, kids, grandparents, tiny kids.

[Charlie Barron]

So what you need to start doing is you certainly need to start bringing your own ratchet strapped to the theme park. And then, you know, like, on the airplane, you can get the seatbelt extender. Yeah, well, they're not going to have that there. So you just got to ratchet strap yourself in. And then the guy can't go flick the thing and go. He has to.

[Colby Cooper]

It's like protest.

[Charlie Barron]

That's not going anywhere.

[Colby Cooper]

Like tying yourself to a tree. It's like the same thing. It's like I'm tying myself to this ride, and I'm not getting off until you let me ride.

[Miles]

Yeah. You just say, I'm not going. So you get down there, you're going down, like. Like, then the. The flappy part of the strap just gets caught underneath the thing, you know, Or.

[Charlie Barron]

Or it's just hitting the. Then they have the photo afterwards, and he's like. The person behind him just got a.

[Miles]

Big strap over, like, five rows of people are just like.

[Colby Cooper]

Just black eyes everywhere, just poked eyes. I actually haven't since. Since the. Since the last time. I haven't gone back to an amusement park because for the fear of. Of not being allowed to ride.

[Miles]

Really? That was your last time at Six Flags?

[Colby Cooper]

That was. And I'm even. I'm smaller since then, so I need to.

[Miles]

You got to get back your fears years.

[Colby Cooper]

No way, dude. I don't. I don't even want to do that. That'd be an awful way to die. You know, Like. Like. Like, they're like, yeah, he's small enough now. He can fit. And then I'm still just like, a little too big, but they let me go anyways, and then I fly out or something.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah, yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

I mean.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah. I don't want that to happen.

[Colby Cooper]

No, no, that'd be bad.

[Miles]

You just. You get enough thrills from music. Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

You know what I mean? I'm not like a thrilled thrill seeker.

[Miles]

No.

[Colby Cooper]

Any means, too. Like I said, I'm a big guy. Like, skydiving seems like an awful idea. I'm gonna fall really fast.

[Miles]

Well, it is a terrible idea.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah.

[Miles]

To be clear, you're right.

[Thomas]

About right.

[Charlie Barron]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

And you as a king of the hill.

[Charlie Barron]

Well, as a bigger guy, you don't get your money's worth as much.

[Colby Cooper]

No.

[Charlie Barron]

You don't fall for as long.

[Colby Cooper]

I'll probably be down there for four.

[Charlie Barron]

Minutes, and he's gonna.

[Colby Cooper]

You're gonna float.

[Charlie Barron]

You're gonna play. You're gonna play Double the money that Charlie did for the amount of what he brought out.

[Colby Cooper]

They're probably gonna give me, like, an extra parachute, too. Like, these may not work. Even if they both come out, you may have to throw a third up.

[Miles]

You need the xl.

[Charlie Barron]

You need the rocket booster, parachutes.

[Colby Cooper]

Here, you get this Iron man suit. You're gonna fly down. Literally. It's the only thing that'll fit your big ass.

[Miles]

Well, it's. It's good learning from you guys. Sort of the struggles that you face in your. And. And I just want to let you know, people like me, we got struggles, too.

[Charlie Barron]

Oh, yeah?

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Oh, that's Here one.

[Miles]

Okay. Well, sometimes when we arm wrestle one of you, we can't put all of our weight behind our arm and cheat. That's why one.

[Charlie Barron]

For starters, you can't tell I beat him in an arm wrestling competition, and.

[Miles]

He'S never agreed to arm wrestle me again.

[Colby Cooper]

Really?

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Dude, I love arm wrestling, but I hate it, too, because I've seen all the videos of the people breaking their arm. You know what I'm talking about?

[Charlie Barron]

Like, the videos, actually, I knew a gal that. A gal that happened to her. She was just screwing around and at a bar and broke her arm like that.

[Miles]

You don't drink your milk. That's what happens, right?

[Colby Cooper]

You know, Drink your milk. Ladies and gentlemen.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron]

Well, man, we're excited for your new music to come out. We appreciate you bellying up to the bar with us.

[Colby Cooper]

Thank you for having me.

[Charlie Barron]

I appreciate this has been awesome.

[Colby Cooper]

Yeah. Thank you for.

[Miles]

And before we go, where can people find your music?

[Colby Cooper]

Just look up Colby Cooper. Colby with a K. Cooper the C. And everywhere you get music and look it up on socials, and I'm. I'm there.

[Charlie Barron]

Hell, yeah.

[Colby Cooper]

Just hanging out.

[Miles]

Nice, man. Awesome.

[Colby Cooper]

Thank you for having us.

[Miles]

Appreciate you.

[Colby Cooper]

Thank you.

[Charlie Barron]

All right, guys, that's another episode of the Bellied up podcast. Remember to tip your bark tender, and we'll see you in the next one.

[Thomas]

Okay? Hope you guys have a good one.

[Colby Cooper]

Goodbye now.

[Thomas]

Oodaloon.