The Groomsman Who’s Never Met the Groom #148

Summary

Podcast Summary: Bellied Up
Episode: The Groomsman Who’s Never Met the Groom #148
Release Date: April 24, 2025

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Hosts: You Betcha Guy & Charlie Berens
Location: Acme Feed and Seed Bar, Nashville, Tennessee

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1. Introduction

Bellied Up kicks off Episode #148 at the charming Acme Feed and Seed bar in Nashville, Tennessee. Hosts Charlie Barron and Miles (You Betcha Guy) engage listeners with their signature comedic banter, setting a relaxed and entertaining tone for the episode.

• Charlie Barron [00:00]: "You can go to the Country Bumpkin Farm Market and Country Country Bumpkin Farm. And sorry about that."
• Miles [00:12]: "Welcome back to another episode of the Belly Dub Podcast."

2. Main Discussions

a. Cats vs. Dogs

A significant portion of the episode centers around Charlie's evolving relationship with cats, influenced by his girlfriend who is a dedicated cat rescuer. This segment delves into humorous anecdotes, personal reflections, and playful debates about pet preferences.

• Miles [03:40]: "And I love the other three."
• Charlie Barron [05:08]: "Unfortunately, was sick, ill, not running as fast as cats would do, and landed on its last life."

Notable Quotes:

• Charlie Barron [06:06]: "She's not crazy, Miles. Well, it's like she just has four cats."
• Miles [09:46]: "Are you a cat guy or a doggy dad?"

Key Points:

• Charlie shares a tragic story about his brother's cat, Pancake, adding a heartfelt touch to the humor.
• The hosts discuss the quirks of cat ownership, including the challenges and joys.
• Charlie elaborates on his girlfriend's love for sphinx cats, naming them "Dada" (corn) and "Malfu" (cabbage), which Miles finds amusing.

b. Callers

The episode features interactive segments with live callers, adding diverse perspectives and stories to the conversation.

i. Lauren's Honeymoon Planning

Caller: Lauren
Timestamp: [12:30] - [22:02]

Lauren calls in to share her excitement about honeymooning in the Wisconsin Dells, inspired by a previous podcast episode. The hosts provide personalized recommendations for accommodations and activities, showcasing their deep knowledge of the region.

• Lauren [12:57]: "Yes, that is absolutely correct."
• Charlie Barron [13:36]: "So that's why you guys are meant to be together."

Notable Quotes:

• Charlie Barron [17:15]: "They're going to want to go. I don't know if you're a spending gal or not, but it's something."
• Miles [20:42]: "Maybe a little. Are you guys brandy drinkers?"

Key Points:

• Lauren appreciates the hosts' advice on hotels like the Econo Lodge Inn and Suites.
• Charlie suggests fun activities such as pontoon rentals and visiting local attractions like the Museum of Historic Torture.
• The hosts offer to send a gift package to Lauren's hotel, enhancing listener engagement.

ii. Douglas's Nickname Quest

Caller: Douglas
Timestamp: [26:22] - [43:55]

Douglas seeks advice on obtaining a nickname at his local bar, leading to a humorous and creative brainstorming session about possible nicknames based on his personal traits and interests.

• Douglas [26:47]: "Yeah, you got it. Right?"
• Charlie Barron [36:16]: "They don't have it on shelf. And I've asked once before, and I'm just like, ah, they don't have it."

Notable Quotes:

• Charlie Barron [31:14]: "You have multiple nicknames You've already got."
• Miles [36:16]: "What's your favorite kind of moonshine?"

Key Points:

• The hosts delve into Douglas's background, discussing his welding profession and family history with moonshine.
• They humorously explore various nickname ideas, emphasizing the importance of having a unique hook.
• The conversation evolves into playful advice on how Douglas can embody the "moonshine" persona to earn his nickname.

iii. Brandon's Groomsman Story

Caller: Brandon
Timestamp: [50:20] - [62:35]

Brandon shares his unique experience of being a groomsman at a wedding for someone he met exclusively through playing Call of Duty. This story highlights the modern dynamics of friendship and social connections formed online.

• Brandon [50:33]: "Well, I'm back now, but when I called you guys, I was on my way down there."
• Charlie Barron [51:36]: "Wow."

Notable Quotes:

• Brandon [51:43]: "You think you deserve a nickname, you just go into that bar and start spilling the whole naming situation."
• Charlie Barron [57:36]: "Is that what you guys were wearing?"

Key Points:

• Brandon recounts the challenges of traveling 15 hours to attend a wedding for a friend he never met in person.
• The hosts and Miles engage in a humorous dialogue about the intersection of gaming cultures and real-life events.
• Brandon's story underscores the podcast's theme of unexpected and unconventional relationships.

3. Behind the Scenes: Building the Bar

In a candid segment, Charlie and Miles discuss their ongoing project to build a physical set for the Bellied Up podcast at local bars. They share the struggles and humorous mishaps encountered during the construction process.

• Charlie Barron [64:01]: "We just haven't really done anything for it. And so they're pretty salty that we took their, their wood top and not using it for anything."
• Miles [65:37]: "We've been doing this ever since. But that's still a nice piece of wood."

Notable Quotes:

• Charlie Barron [66:43]: "We'll keep thinking maybe."
• Miles [67:14]: "It feels like we're ready."

Key Points:

• The hosts reflect on their initial ambitious plans versus the reality of execution, leading to the bar flipping upside down due to incomplete assembly.
• They humorously contemplate future live shows and the potential of using the flawed bar set as a unique feature.
• Discussions also touch on expanding the podcast’s presence through live events and community engagement.

4. Conclusions and Future Plans

Wrapping up the episode, Charlie and Miles express enthusiasm for future projects and interactions with listeners. They hint at potential live shows and continue to foster a sense of community among their audience.

• Charlie Barron [69:01]: "Look out for it. It'll be coming probably this summer as soon as this summer."
• Miles [69:36]: "We'll see you the next one."

Notable Quotes:

• Charlie Barron [68:39]: "That's how it always goes, Miles. You know, all good ideas need to ferment and ideate like."
• Miles [69:36]: "Make sure you guys tip your bartender."

Key Points:

• The hosts are committed to enhancing the podcast's format by potentially integrating live shows and interactive elements.
• They emphasize the collaborative spirit, where listener input and engagement are highly valued.
• The episode closes on a high note, celebrating the blend of humor, storytelling, and listener interaction that defines Bellied Up.

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Final Thoughts:

Episode #148 of Bellied Up delivers a blend of humor, heartfelt stories, and interactive listener engagement. From deep dives into pet preferences to unique caller stories, Charlie Barron and Miles provide a rich and entertaining experience. The candid behind-the-scenes discussions add an authentic touch, making listeners feel like part of the Bellied Up community. As the hosts look forward to future projects and live shows, this episode underscores the podcast's commitment to comedy, connection, and community.

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Transcript

[Charlie Barron's]

You can go to the Country Bumpkin Farm Market and Country Country Bumpkin Farm. And sorry about that.

[Miles]

Welcome back to another episode of the Belly Dub Podcast.

[Charlie Barron's]

Miles.

[Miles]

We have Charlie here, and we are at the Acme Feed and Seed bar here off of Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yep. And they are named after the Acme Feed and Seed Company, which here in Nashville. They were a mainstay back about 100 years ago. They were one of the biggest booming businesses in town. Miles.

[Miles]

Really? Tell me more.

[Charlie Barron's]

I don't. I just made that up, so I don't feel like I should give you more information on that. There is an interesting deer that they have here. The deer is as white as the wall and the antlers are as brown as the wall used to be, you know. Okay, that's an albino deer, I believe. What kind of deer is that, Miles?

[Miles]

I have no clue. Jake would probably know.

[Charlie Barron's]

Jake. That's a species I'm unfamiliar with. It's got like, kind of moosey antlers, you know?

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

And that's called the elky moosey deer antler. Yeah. Yeah. It's a mix of them all. And I'm uncertain, perhaps there was a deer that got a little drunk one night and decided to mount a moose. An albino deer decided to mount a moose. And this is the product of it. And the guy, the fellow was so stupid, he found the wrong end of a bullet.

[Miles]

Yep.

[Charlie Barron's]

God bless him.

[Miles]

Yeah, it's a cool looking bar. They. When we got here, they asked if we wanted the disco ball on. And so naturally I said, yes, Charlie.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, you decide to put that on?

[Miles]

Well, no, but they offered. I said, yeah, yeah, it's nice.

[Charlie Barron's]

It sets the mood for us, Miles.

[Miles]

You know, not doing disco balls enough anymore.

[Charlie Barron's]

We're not, you know, but what a technology, Miles. Just imagine being around the 70s. Never seen a thing like that before in your life. You walk in and you're like, you can't wait to tell everybody you meet about this disco ball that you saw. It would shoot lights all over the place.

[Miles]

And then you're explaining to someone, they're like, so it's like there's a light inside. And you're like, no, no, it's mirrors.

[Charlie Barron's]

Right? Those are mirrors, correct?

[Miles]

Yes.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. And it's just a ball. It's a globe. Like, you remember in school when you had a globe? You're like, where did all the globes go? Well, they went to the paper maps and they turned the glob into disco balls. And there's a motor inside that and it Turns it. Now, the low tech ones, they just have a string and it just kind of dangles.

[Miles]

Spin it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. But if there's a good ventilation system that kind of messes with it because it pushes it in odd directions.

[Miles]

Yeah. I'd like to think that disco balls are just globes that, like, move to a city and got sassier.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, right, right. They decide to find their own way. Like, look at these. There's multiple disco balls in the ACME Feed and Seed business. You would think ACME Feed and Seed was in the globe game back in the day. Actually, if we were to do a little research on this ACME Feed, Seed and globe. That was what was originally called.

[Miles]

Now, Charlie, I got a question for you.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, I got an answer.

[Miles]

So your girlfriend has a cat.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yes, she does. She's got four cats.

[Miles]

Yeah. Okay. All right. And I love the other three.

[Charlie Barron's]

I love all of the cats.

[Miles]

So I feel like you've been kind of. And Jared, you can correct me if I'm wrong. It's maybe me just projecting and making this up, but I feel like you've. You're not necessarily a cat guy.

[Charlie Barron's]

I wasn't, historically, but now I love cats.

[Miles]

And if you're wondering, his girlfriend is standing off camera with a gun. With a gun pointed at him.

[Charlie Barron's]

No, I do. I have grown to appreciate the feline species.

[Miles]

What is there to appreciate about the feline species? These.

[Charlie Barron's]

These cats, they. Now, look, let me take it back. Before I met her, before I met Randa, I was, you know, I was a typical dog lover. And if somebody had a cat, if they say, I have a cat, I'd be like, why? You know, I'd be like, that's like you saying I have, like, a footstool for my chair. Like, why do you own that piece of furniture? You know, like, what made you think that that was a thing to get? You know, people would tell me they had a cat, and it would be like them telling me they had an armoire or something. Like, what would possess you to go out of your way to. To purchase such a thing? And then my brother also had a cat, Pancake, and Pancake was ill. His wife was the cat owner. Previously. I promise you this story's going somewhere. Miles, what happened to Pancake, unfortunately, was sick, ill, not running as fast as cats would do, and landed on its last life. My brother accidentally stepped on Pancake and rest in pieces.

[Miles]

Oh, my gosh. That's very traumatic.

[Charlie Barron's]

It is. It was traumatic for my brother. He ended up burying Pancake in my parents Garden. And he didn't tell anyone. And then my dad said, hey, he was out there with the shovel. And Andy was freaking out. He's like, what's dad doing out there? And my mom said, oh, he's raising the gardens. We're making garden beds. And my brother had never seen him. He was as ghost white as Pancake was. The day Pancake flattened and he went out there with a shovel, excavated Pancake's remains like he was part of the teamsters in the 1970s and moved pancake over to the riverbed of the park and buried. Buried Pancake in the. In the moist ground. Now, what he doesn't realize is, once it floods, Pancake is just going off to Lake Michigan. But anyway, we don't know where Pancake is. Don't know. Jimmy Hoffa and Pancake will never know. So, anyways, I've always been suspicious of cat folks.

[Miles]

I know. So that's where I'm wondering. You're basically dating a crazy cat lady.

[Charlie Barron's]

She's not crazy, Miles. Well, it's like she just has four cats.

[Miles]

Yeah, that's where I'm kind of.

[Charlie Barron's]

She loves these cats, Miles, and so do I.

[Miles]

Do you love the one that doesn't have any fur?

[Charlie Barron's]

There's two of them that don't have fur. Actually, two sphinxes.

[Miles]

Freaks me out.

[Charlie Barron's]

She's a sphinx rescuer. She's never seen a sphinx she didn't want to rescue. And she's got two ones. Dada. And the other is malfu.

[Miles]

Okay.

[Charlie Barron's]

They're Arabic words. Malfuf means malfouf means cabbage, and dada means corn.

[Miles]

Okay, Corn and cabbage.

[Charlie Barron's]

Corn and cabbage.

[Miles]

I like it now.

[Charlie Barron's]

Are you. Oh, go ahead.

[Miles]

But, like, what happened to you? You just fell in love, and all of a sudden you're like, wow, cats are awesome. And I want to date a crazy cat lady.

[Charlie Barron's]

You know, Miles, I was in a relationship with a galaxy about seven months too long. Cause I fell in love with her dog, and that was.

[Miles]

Oh, okay.

[Charlie Barron's]

That was a tough thing for me. You know, it was a bird dog. She named this dog Gucci. I was like, gucci? It's a hunting dog. Have you gotten this dog out to point at things? I take the dog for a walk, and it was a he. He'd just be sitting there pointing at things. I was like, gucci, what do you say you and me, we run away together, you know, and. Yeah, so. And she was a Bears fan, believe it or not. But I fell in love with her dog.

[Miles]

So we found Charlie's Kryptonite is love. That's the thing that'll make him go against his morals, is if he falls in love. Sometimes it's with a dog and sometimes it's with a cat.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, it's with a human who has four cats. Yeah. And I do love those cats.

[Miles]

What does the Sphinx, like, feel like? Is it like. I'm thinking what it feels like.

[Charlie Barron's]

Honestly, a sphinx feels like a peach. A big old peach. They're. They're kind of fun. I'm gonna be honest with you. The sphinx is. I can. I can sort of get behind them now, you know? Look, it's like anything, Miles. It's like some people are like, how do you live in Wisconsin? It's like, well, you just haven't been there long enough. And if you sit with a cat long enough, you start to. You, I'll tell you this. You get a little feather and you brush it around. They just chase the feather all day long. You can. And they fight each other, too. I'll see them fight each other, and I'll take bets, you know. Oh, yeah, yeah. And I'll film them.

[Miles]

I'm like, you got to go TikTok live next time.

[Charlie Barron's]

I should. Sphinx Wars.

[Miles]

All right, send. Send some hearts if you think that corn is going to win. And if you think cabbage is going to win, send whatever else they do. Yeah, little emotes.

[Charlie Barron's]

That sound. Bad idea. Maybe I should do that extra revenue stream.

[Miles]

Pay for the cat food.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's true. That's. And yeah, cats, they eat a lot. They eat a lot. And they. They shit and it's disgusting. Disgusting. Like you're. And they do it in the house. It's crazy. Like, send them outside, you know? But I do. I do really like the cats and. But sometimes they'll poop and then they get the zoomies and they run around, you know, at odd hours of the night, you know, you're like, is someone breaking in? No, it's just the cat took a dump. Yeah. Miles, I've never asked you this. Are you a cat guy or a doggy dad?

[Miles]

I would rather own a dog.

[Charlie Barron's]

Do you have some against my cats?

[Miles]

No, no, no. I just. I just don't really know what to do around them because I feel like at any moment they could just get pissed off and do something I don't like, you know?

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, same. Same with dogs.

[Miles]

Yeah, but less likely. I feel like they're more friendly.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, but some dogs are mean. If you get bit by mean dog, that's much worse than getting bit by a mean Cat. Just playing the cat's advocate over here.

[Miles]

Yeah. You really are a changed man.

[Charlie Barron's]

I mean, you know, that'll happen sometimes. I like it. Yeah. Thank you. So it's the more sensitive side.

[Miles]

My wife would. She would take either one.

[Charlie Barron's]

She's like, why don't you get her one, Miles?

[Miles]

And my kid, every time he sees a puppy while we're out and about, he's just glued to. And Ann thinks. She really plays that up because she thinks that's going to be the thing that allows her to get a dog in the house. So you think.

[Charlie Barron's]

Do you think that you're going to get. Who's making the shot? Who's calling the shots here?

[Miles]

Is it you or Anne on the dog thing? I'm calling the shot.

[Charlie Barron's]

Really?

[Miles]

I. I can appreciate a dog, but I just. I'm not. I'm not in on owning one in this point.

[Charlie Barron's]

Why? You already have a kid. You've, you know.

[Miles]

Exactly.

[Charlie Barron's]

Right. But dog, you just let them outside.

[Miles]

That's true. Fence, though.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. What kind of dog would you get? You don't need a fence there in Fargo. You. The whole backyard just. You can see them for miles.

[Miles]

That's true. A hunt dog.

[Charlie Barron's]

A hunt dog. Like a flusher. Pointer, Flusher. Flusher.

[Miles]

So lab black lab retriever, maybe.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, golden retriever.

[Miles]

That's what am would want.

[Charlie Barron's]

Dude, I. I do this so much. Yeah, they shed a lot. I've not hunted with a golden retriever before. You. I didn't even know what they hunt. They're good at retrieving balls, though. Whereas a pointer is terrible at returning balls. They just point at it.

[Miles]

Well, then you know where the ball is, though.

[Charlie Barron's]

You do? Yeah, yeah. If that ball moves out, I'll know. Well, this has been real nice way of getting that.

[Miles]

Be funny if they came out with a GPS app that was called Pointer. And then there's just a dog on the screen that is just pointing the direction you need to go.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's fine.

[Miles]

It's still going this way. And then all of a sudden it just goes to the right and you just have to fucking.

[Charlie Barron's]

That'd be great.

[Miles]

That'd be kind of funny.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, that would be fun. Probably would. We do a lot of accidents, but, you know. Yeah. Try it out.

[Miles]

Not every idea is a banger.

[Charlie Barron's]

No, I didn't say it was a bad idea. I mean, the insurance companies will love it.

[Miles]

True.

[Charlie Barron's]

Um, well, Miles, what do you think?

[Miles]

Should we take some callers?

[Charlie Barron's]

Let's do it. Hello, Lauren. How are you? Welcome to the Bellied up Podcast.

[Lauren]

Oh, my gosh. I can't believe I'm talking to you guys.

[Charlie Barron's]

You better believe it's me. Charlie Barron's here with my best buddy, Miles, the you betcha guy.

[Miles]

Lauren, how are you?

[Lauren]

I'm doing well. How are you guys?

[Charlie Barron's]

Real good.

[Miles]

We've heard that you are going to be honeymooning in the Wisconsin Dells. Is this accurate?

[Lauren]

Yes, that is absolutely correct.

[Charlie Barron's]

God, you made a great choice.

[Miles]

I know.

[Charlie Barron's]

Great last date spots there. What inspired the Wisconsin, Dallas? I mean, there's something. Was it the upside down White House? Was it Pirates Cove Mini golf? Was it the deer feed station? Was it Mount Olympus? Was it the Kalahari? Was it just the miles and miles of water slides? More water slides per capita than anywhere in the world. Suck it, China. What made you decide on the Wisconsin Dells, Lauren?

[Lauren]

Actually, it was your podcast. Yeah, you guys were talking about. You were talking to somebody about, like, getting engaged in the Dells or something. And my. My fiance and I were looking for honeymoon spots and we were, you know, couldn't decide and we had them in mind, but I was like, wait a minute. I feel like I heard something on the Belly Dove podcast about going to the Dells for something. And I was like, that's where we should go. And we started, you know, looking at some different, you know, just things that they have going on, like the boat tours and just all this stuff. And I was like, oh, my gosh, we'd be busy for days. We should just go. And he totally agreed, 100%, like, without even skipping a beat.

[Charlie Barron's]

And so that's why you guys are meant to be together.

[Lauren]

Yes, exactly. Exactly.

[Miles]

Where are you guys living at? How far of a trip is it to the Dells?

[Lauren]

We are in, like, the middle of Nebraska. Okay, so it'll be a drive, a good maybe eight hours, but I mean, that's a road trip that I'm willing to take.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. So many places you can stop along the way. I mean, I think you'll pass the world's biggest penny and, oh, probably scotch out your way is the world's biggest fiberglass gloon. And then the Dells. I mean, you could go to a house on the rock, which is really cool. I mean, there's so many amazing roadside attractions.

[Miles]

Also a great way to test the marriage strength right away.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Just started off with an eight hour Dr. Yep.

[Lauren]

Yeah, that's so true.

[Charlie Barron's]

Where are you staying? Where are you staying?

[Lauren]

We haven't decided yet. Do you have suggestions? That'd be great.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. What kind of a vibe Are we going for. Are we going for authentic Wisconsin Dells? Are we going, you know, kind of like an all inclusive resort style?

[Brandon]

Do they have those.

[Miles]

They're all inclusive resorts in the Dells.

[Charlie Barron's]

No, but I mean, I'm just trying to get a sense of the vibe. There's a sliding scale here.

[Miles]

I was going to say if they did. That sounds awesome. Awesome.

[Lauren]

Yeah. I don't know if there's something kind of in the heart of the Dell that would be like walking distance to everything that's. That would be ideal. But other than that, I mean, we're pretty open to whatever.

[Miles]

I mean, I stayed at a great hotel in the Dells 5 some years ago. It was called the Hairball Hotel.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Miles]

Oh, yeah. It. The name was lost in translation a little bit, but I think it's from when you pull back the bed sheets, there's always hairballs in there, so.

[Lauren]

Oh, yeah.

[Miles]

Lovely. It's got history.

[Charlie Barron's]

It is good about the history. Now, there's plenty of good spots, like if you want to do. If you want to get like a nice situation, you know, kind of standard. But maybe save your money on a couple other things I could not recommend more. The Econo Lodge Inn and Suites. Okay. It's a pleasant. It's very pleasant and it's a good stay. It's got everything you need. Bed, pillows, about three pillows per bed. And if you get one of those rooms with two beds, you know, just in case your, your husband now pisses you off or something, you can have two beds just in case. But if you want.

[Lauren]

Perfect.

[Charlie Barron's]

They're actually shooting the next season of White Lotus at the Kalahari.

[Miles]

Yeah, I heard that. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

So.

[Lauren]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

And that's going to be more your all inclusive situation. If you're looking for water parks, they'll give you a wristband and you have access to every single Kalahari splash pad and water slide. Okay. So you're going to want to go. I don't know if you're a spending gal or not, but it's something. You were a teacher. Okay, well, we may be looking. Lodge might be the O'Connell. Could be more in. In your wheelhouse or the sleep in.

[Lauren]

Yeah, there we go. Yeah, yeah, Exactly.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. But there's. So what, what are your. Do you have a list of things that you're gonna do?

[Lauren]

No, not yet.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay.

[Miles]

We're.

[Lauren]

We're very, we're very open to if other people who have been there have suggestions. We're like, oh, we'll. We'll write that down and look it up, you know, and so we're still just kind of planning it out.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, my recommendation. What month are we going?

[Lauren]

July.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay. So you might want to get your rent a pontoon on Lake Delton. And that could be very fun. Now keep in mind, if you go out there wading in the water, my buddy did cut his foot on a broken beer bottle there. So just wear your water shoes, okay?

[Lauren]

Oh, right, right. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yep. But that could be fun thing to do. Beyond that, just tell me about your interests.

[Lauren]

Being outside, walking. We take a lot of walks. We like to. I don't know, just.

[Charlie Barron's]

Miles, stop laughing.

[Miles]

She likes to walk. No, I'm just laughing because it's like you're like, you know, like, what's your hobby? And it's just like just being outside. I don't know, kind of a funny thought. It's like 500 years ago. That wasn't a hobby. That was just living life.

[Charlie Barron's]

How you got side.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, now people got to make special time for it. And we are. We are. We'll throw out a few things here. You can do horseback riding. Okay. You can go to the.

[Lauren]

That's fun.

[Charlie Barron's]

You can go to the Country Bumpkin Farm Market and Country Country Bumpkin Farm and. Sorry about that. There's the Lost Canyon Tours where you can go around the beautiful gorges along the Wisconsin River. I mean, there's so many things you can do here. Have you seen Tiger King?

[Lauren]

A little bit of it, yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, there's the Wisconsin Big Cat Rescue and Educational center and they've got some tigers. So. Yeah, there's more. I can go more, but yeah. Miles, any other thoughts?

[Miles]

What? So you're getting married. Are you going like right after the wedding? Are you guys headed for the Dells or is there soon to be some lag time between the two?

[Lauren]

Oh, no, it'll be like the week after. Yeah.

[Miles]

Nice.

[Charlie Barron's]

It's exciting.

[Lauren]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Very exciting. Well, we're stoked for you. And you know, Miles.

[Miles]

What?

[Charlie Barron's]

I wonder if we can get them a gift package sent to their hotel room, you know, filled with, you betcha. Merch and some bellied up merch.

[Miles]

Okay. Yeah, we can do that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, that'd be nice.

[Lauren]

That'd be awesome, right? That'd be great.

[Charlie Barron's]

Welcome into that. So you let us know if you end up going the Econolodge and we'll have that weighing for you in your room when you get there. Maybe a little. Are you guys brandy drinkers?

[Lauren]

Yes.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay. Well, you are now because we'll leave you a bottle right in that room. All right.

[Lauren]

Absolutely. That'd be great.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. You just let us know where you end up staying. You got our phone number. Just text us and we'll get you set up. Right.

[Lauren]

Awesome. That'd be great.

[Charlie Barron's]

Cool. Well, oh, also, last thing I'll say is the Museum of Historic Torture, Dev is pretty cool. All right. They might have closed, but they kind of close and open, close and open. So depending on the supply of torture devices, it's a touring thing, so they just kind of have to take what they get, you know? Coming through.

[Lauren]

Right, right, right.

[Charlie Barron's]

But we're excited for you. This is going to be a good time.

[Lauren]

Yeah, yeah. Awesome.

[Charlie Barron's]

Good way to kick off the marriage.

[Lauren]

Oh, yeah, it sure is. Charlie, I do have one thing to mention. My family and I have been, friends. Or not friends, Fans of you guys for a very, very long time.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, thank you.

[Lauren]

I don't know if you guys had Catholic Schools Week when you were in school. Sure did, but. Yeah. So one of the days was Famous Person Day or something along those lines. And my youngest brother dressed up as you, Charlie. For Catholic Schools Week for that day.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's really cool. What's his name?

[Lauren]

Yeah, his name is Ben.

[Charlie Barron's]

Ben. So did he, like, have to order a muscle suit, or did you get it Miles?

[Miles]

No, they put some, like, dark makeup underneath his eyes.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, that's so annoying. You know? Do I have dark circles right now? Thank you.

[Miles]

I'd say you got a great night of sleep.

[Charlie Barron's]

I got seven and a half. No big deal. No big deal. What did he wear?

[Lauren]

In all seriousness, I think he wore, like. Oh, gosh. He has, like, a. One of your. Some of your merch. I think it was like, a Watch out for deer shirt, like the camo one. And then there was a. Like a cap that he wore, but I can't remember which one it was.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's okay. He got that off mantalkment.com then good for him.

[Lauren]

Yes. Yes, he did. Yeah. Or at the Fleet Farm, because he absolutely loves the Fleet Farm.

[Charlie Barron's]

Good for him. See, I like it. Smart family, making wise decisions. I'm honored. Tell him I'm honored the next time you see him.

[Lauren]

Okay, I will. I will. And honestly, he might listen to this episode, so. I know my mom does. She listens while she's walking, doing her walks every evening. And. Yeah, so he probably might be. He might be listening. Who knows?

[Charlie Barron's]

What's his name?

[Lauren]

Ben.

[Charlie Barron's]

Ben. Ben. Good for you, man. Thanks for. Thanks for wearing my stuff out there. And what's your Mom's name?

[Lauren]

Donna.

[Charlie Barron's]

Donna. Keep on walking. Keep her moving out there, okay? Watch.

[Miles]

Hey, you could start a walking club. Charlie called Keep her moving.

[Charlie Barron's]

Keep her moving on one side, watch out for deer on the other.

[Miles]

I just imagine Charlie, like, going to different cities with his walking club, and it's just all like 55 plus women.

[Charlie Barron's]

Just.

[Miles]

Just walking with Charlie around the city.

[Charlie Barron's]

That'd be a great idea, Miles.

[Miles]

It's actually a great idea. All the millennial run clubs.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, just a walking one.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Hey, guys, today we're walking. I'll have the binoculars to be showing you guys some birds. You know, that'd be cool.

[Miles]

I mean, honestly, you showed today. You're basically a tour guide for cities anyways, right? So you're just looking, you're showing the sights of the city, you're getting a good walk in, and you get the added advantage of getting to see all the birds.

[Charlie Barron's]

I mean, it's smart when you think about it. And we can, you know, every. Everyone can come. There's no barrier of entry, and I'll have T shirts for sale on my person, you know, so. Good idea. Well, thank you for calling in and congratulations to you guys. We're happy you're gonna spend your lives together and you're making. You're making good life decisions by choosing the dowels.

[Lauren]

Yeah. Awesome. Thank you guys so much.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, we'll see you soon now.

[Lauren]

Yeah. Watch out for deer.

[Charlie Barron's]

You too. Bye. Bye. Smart. So I have to say about that is smart.

[Miles]

Miles, where'd you honeymoon at?

[Charlie Barron's]

My wife at the time, she had a free coupon for or she had like a three night free stay. And then we added on to that in Mexico. Mexico. Nice. Yeah. So, yeah, I went to see the Los Cenotes. That's C notes to you and me, but pretty cool underwater activity going on there. Yes. Yeah, yeah, it was fun. Good time. Thanks for bringing up my honeymoon. All right, folks, well, should we do another caller?

[Miles]

Let's do it.

[Charlie Barron's]

What's on your mind, dj? I hear you want a nickname at your bar, huh?

[Douglas]

Oh, yeah. So, you know, I like to go to bars, like, local bars. I'm talking local places that, like, again, only locals know about. And, like, yeah, you'll get a few stragglers in there every once in a while. But I just moved and I just found a local bar I like, so I want to start going there more and I want to get a name for myself.

[Charlie Barron's]

You want to get a name for yourself?

[Douglas]

Yeah, you got it. Right?

[Charlie Barron's]

Like you want a bar, Nick?

[Douglas]

Oh, yeah, there's one guy there named El Camino. Dan.

[Miles]

That is a great name.

[Charlie Barron's]

Damn, that is cool.

[Miles]

Did he get the nickname, like. I think he got the nickname?

[Charlie Barron's]

Does he have an El Cam?

[Douglas]

He's got an El Camino.

[Charlie Barron's]

All right, all right, all right.

[Miles]

Well, what do you got to bring to the table? Dan's got now? Camino. What do you got?

[Douglas]

At the moment, I got an 87 Bronco that I'm trying to get rid of, and then I got a 70 Chevy pickup.

[Miles]

Okay, Chevy and Bronco. Great nicknames.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, they could go from calling you D.J. to B.J. you know what, y'all, what's your middle name?

[Douglas]

Alexander.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, where the freak. Where does DJ Come from?

[Douglas]

Oh, I'm a junior named after my great granddad.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, what's your first name, Donald?

[Douglas]

Douglas.

[Charlie Barron's]

Douglas junior.

[Miles]

But I don't know if that's how junior works. Well, I always thought junior was immediately following the senior, and then if you skip a generation, it's the second, isn't it?

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, that's.

[Douglas]

We're gonna go into this now. So my dad's also named Douglas, but I'm not named after him. He's also named after my great grandfather. So he's named after his grandfather. I'm named after my great grandfather, and we basically have the same name, but I'm the junior.

[Charlie Barron's]

Somehow, I don't. But to Miles's point, no, you're not. You're Douglas or the third. So you're D3. They could call you Mighty Duck.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Douglas]

Muddy Duck.

[Miles]

Gordon Bombay.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, we got Gordon Bombay over here.

[Miles]

Yeah, Bombay. And then you can make that your signature drink.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, yeah. He's Bombay. Yeah. See, I think you got to backtrack it. You know what I get D.J. you just go into that bar and start spilling the whole naming situation, and you're not going to get a name. They're going to name you. And that's really what. Yeah, you just got to go. Go in there and spread. Spread your brain like a book. And they'll. They'll start giving you options, and then you're not going to like probably the name that they pick.

[Douglas]

Well, you never do.

[Charlie Barron's]

No.

[Miles]

Yeah. There's only one guy in my life that successfully said, this is my nickname, and we accepted it and we loved it.

[Charlie Barron's]

What was it?

[Miles]

His nickname was Jizz.

[Charlie Barron's]

Jizz.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, I can see that.

[Miles]

And we kind of started razzing him about it, and he said, no, no, no, no, no. If you're gonna call me Jizz, you can't be a Dick about it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow.

[Miles]

We're gonna be cool if you're gonna call me Jizz. Yeah, you gotta be cool. And there was a lot of respect in that.

[Charlie Barron's]

I mean, we.

[Miles]

We didn't make fun of it after that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Sounds like a guy's been called Jizz his entire life. Well, shout out to Jizz. Do you think? What's the name of this bar? We. As long as we're shouting out things, what's. Let's give the bar.

[Douglas]

Oh, yeah, sure. It's Kelly's Bar in Sun Valley, Nevada.

[Miles]

Oh, I like that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Kelly's Bar, Sun Valley, Nevada.

[Miles]

Yeah. I mean, you're kind of going about the nickname thing wrong. It's like the guy who wants a nickname never ends up with one. You kind of got to drop the wanting a nickname, and then you get one.

[Charlie Barron's]

Also should be noted. Dj. Currently a nickname, right?

[Douglas]

Yeah, that's always what I've gone by. My friends, when they hear my legal name, they're like, your name's Douglas? Like, yes, that's my legal name. But don't call me that. There's only a few people in my life that call me that. My mother doesn't even call me that.

[Miles]

Who are the few people then your mother can.

[Douglas]

Who just like to two of my buddies, and I've told them multiple times, please stop using that. And they relentlessly just call me Douglas.

[Miles]

As soon as you tell me not to do something, I'm gonna do it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. So whatever you do, keep your. If they try to call you Douglas looking at your id, don't fight it the first few times, and it'll pass.

[Miles]

So, Douglas, who do you think you are that you think you can have multiple nicknames You've already got.

[Douglas]

Because I'm that kind of guy.

[Miles]

You already got a nickname, and now you're just. It's like the rich kid. Richer.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. You supposed to appreciate what you got?

[Douglas]

Oh, I do. Don't worry. But I got multiple nicknames. Back home, I had a nickname called Moonshine.

[Charlie Barron's]

Why?

[Douglas]

Because my great granddad ran moonshine, and I like to drink it.

[Miles]

Because your head's so far up where the moon don't shine. Is that what it was?

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, nice. That's what's up.

[Douglas]

I didn't give myself that nickname. Somebody else gave me that nickname.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow. Because you like Moonshine. Okay, okay. What do you do for a living there, Douglas?

[Douglas]

I'm a welder.

[Charlie Barron's]

Welder. Okay.

[Miles]

Okay. So you are filthy rich.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. You're making all that money.

[Douglas]

Some broke dude in Nevada that just weld For a living.

[Charlie Barron's]

What do you weld?

[Douglas]

Ornamental iron. So all, like, handrails, stairways, stuff that goes in people's homes. Look all fancy.

[Miles]

Okay, so you're a finished guy. You work on the finishing touches.

[Douglas]

Yeah, yeah, we're definitely finished.

[Charlie Barron's]

Guys, we're talking to an artist here. Douglas the artist, huh?

[Miles]

Kind of is a good way to make extra money as a welder is to weld stuff and sell it on Facebook Marketplace.

[Douglas]

If you can weld. I recommend people learn enough to where they're comfortable, their welds are strong. And then if somebody's got a broken muffler or somebody stole somebody else's catalytic converter, just do it out of your garage or something. I used to do that for a little bit when I was between jobs and a little cash.

[Miles]

So you would. Maybe I didn't get this right, but. So you would find people who have. Who stole Cadillac converters and you would help them attach it to something else?

[Douglas]

No, no, no. People who have had their catalytic converters.

[Miles]

Got it. I was like, what a business.

[Charlie Barron's]

No, it is a business, because what he's not telling you is he was the guy stealing the catalytic converters. How do you ensure there's still a demand? You create demand if you don't on that one, huh? See, I know. I know how you operate over here.

[Miles]

Jeez.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

What do you. Yeah. I mean, if you truly want nickname at the bar, you're gonna have start doing some random shit, you know, because that's always how a nickname starts.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Douglas]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. I mean, I think it's. It's hard to pinpoint it, though, Miles. It's like. What's it like? It's like.

[Miles]

It's like hugging a cloud.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

You just can't do it. You can't. You can't force a nickname. You can't plan it.

[Charlie Barron's]

Exactly. You hug a cloud, you think you're gonna, like, balloon animal, that thing into a giraffe. Before you know it, you got a giant wiener in the sky, you know, and now your name's Sky Wiener. And it's a beautiful analogy. You can't. Can't go there hugging clouds. You just gotta enjoy it, appreciate. Let people appreciate too. Then the cloud becomes what it's called. Same with constellations, you know?

[Miles]

You know, this whole nickname thing kind of brings stuff up for me because I was. I was kind of a kid growing up that just never had a nickname.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, you got a cool name, so.

[Miles]

Yeah, but not really.

[Charlie Barron's]

I, I. If I were to nickname you, I'd call you Kilometers.

[Miles]

I have got that before, but it doesn't stick is what I mean. You know, it's too. There's always one clever guy like you. You, Charlie.

[Charlie Barron's]

Clever. Not funny. DJ Laughed.

[Miles]

So I just never had a nick.

[Douglas]

I actually called one of my buddies Kilometer for a while.

[Charlie Barron's]

Was his name Miles, too?

[Douglas]

Yes, it was.

[Charlie Barron's]

See, now, I guess it wasn't that original. Here I thought I was being quick on the lip, not so much.

[Miles]

With the name Charles, you mean you got Charlie. You got Chuck.

[Charlie Barron's]

Charlie, Chuck, Chaz, Chip up Chuck, Chuckles. Buckles.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Chuckles.

[Miles]

Yeah, I forgot about that one. So you just got built in.

[Charlie Barron's]

I. And I just took it. Whatever. Whatever anyone said, I just took it.

[Miles]

And I think part of that was the reason why I named my kid so that he could have a nickname, you know? It's like I didn't want him to be deprived of the nickname that I never had, you know?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Living vicariously, nickname wise, through my own child.

[Charlie Barron's]

Auggie.

[Miles]

Yep. August. Call him Augie, call him Gus, the whole thing.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, you got all of it.

[Miles]

Yeah, that's what I mean.

[Charlie Barron's]

August. Do you know how to spell August? Yeah. Okay. Because.

[Douglas]

Yeah, you just had to write it in crayon on the birth certificate, though.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, man. Well, we hope you get your nickname.

[Miles]

Do you have a nickname in mind that you're hoping to get?

[Charlie Barron's]

That's a good question.

[Douglas]

If I can stick with Moonshine because that's the one I had back home, then awesome. If not, I'll gladly take something else.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, here's what you do. You go to that bar every day and you ask for moonshine whether they got it or not. And you just say, you guys getting moonshine in yet? And they'll start calling you moonshine.

[Douglas]

Yeah, that's actually a good idea.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. You didn't. You didn't.

[Miles]

You didn't think of that one before. You called in because it doesn't seem like revolutionary advice.

[Douglas]

They don't have it on shelf. And I've asked once before, and I'm just like, ah, they don't have it. They don't have it. They don't stock it.

[Charlie Barron's]

They don't stock it.

[Miles]

I know, but the guy who's nicknamed moonshine doesn't. He brings it up all the time.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, you got to have a quirk. You got to have a hook and a crutch for people to give you a name. So embrace it.

[Douglas]

I'll try.

[Miles]

What's your favorite kind of moonshine?

[Douglas]

I mean, the easiest to get, the old smoky stuff.

[Miles]

I'M looking at the sign on the back of the bar right there, Charlie. It says, old Smokey does what a thing.

[Charlie Barron's]

What. What a deal. Yeah, we spoke it into existence.

[Miles]

Yeah, I mean, so you said. It's the easiest. Fine, so we'll let that pass. But if your nickname is going to be moonshine, you can't be just going with the basic cable Starbucks version of moonshine, which seems to be all smokey. Is that what's the, like, underground moonshine shine we should be looking for?

[Douglas]

So the moonshine my granddad actually used to run was Georgia Moon Moonshine, and I tried it a few times, and I've tried a bunch of other moonshine for some reason. That's the one I like.

[Miles]

Okay, go in. So your. Your grandpa was running moonshine, you said?

[Douglas]

Well, he was running lumber from North Carolina to New York. And what was in that lumber? You know.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow.

[Miles]

So you're in a crime family?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, this is a. This is a.

[Miles]

You should have let in with this.

[Douglas]

It's just a family.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, it's bootlegging family. What's your. What's your. Are you Italian?

[Douglas]

No, I'm half German and half English. Scandinavian.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow. Okay, so they. They just found a wood man and made him a moonshine man.

[Miles]

Bootlegger. He's a bootlegger.

[Charlie Barron's]

Bootlegger.

[Miles]

Bootlegger and a rum runner.

[Charlie Barron's]

Who did he run for? What families in New York?

[Douglas]

I didn't really get to that part before he passed.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, does anyone remember, as a little.

[Douglas]

Kid, he used to tell me, yeah, I think my old man knows.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, talk to your old man or Google your grandpa's name and Gambino and see if anything comes up. And just go through all the crime families in New York. You might be able to find maybe you get his fingerprints somewhere? Did he ever get picked up, Busted?

[Douglas]

I don't think so. He was. He was pretty. As much as you can do in bootlegging. On the level.

[Miles]

Well, that's because he was a smart bootlegger and he didn't talk about being bootleggers. And then he has some grandchildren that go on a fucking podcast and start blowing up his spot.

[Charlie Barron's]

Lip sync ships. You ever heard of that?

[Miles]

They always say. They always say it. The third generation ruins the family business.

[Charlie Barron's]

It's true.

[Miles]

It's true. Dj, Come on, man. Douglas.

[Douglas]

Oh, no, no, no. The rumor is if you go looking for moonshiners, you ain't gonna come back out of them woods.

[Miles]

Okay?

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow. We better be careful, too, now.

[Miles]

We gotta be careful.

[Charlie Barron's]

It might be on The Hit List.

[Miles]

You know, he's gonna own this podcast, but he hadn't probably.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, we're gonna. He's gonna dip his beak in it.

[Miles]

You know, tell your family that I like my kneecaps, and anything you want me to cut out of this, I'll do it. I can be bought.

[Douglas]

You guys are good. Don't worry.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay, well, appreciate that. Moonshine. Yeah, you have.

[Douglas]

We do have family in Chicago, though, so, you know, stay in Wisconsin.

[Charlie Barron's]

Watch out. Watch out. I like it. You go in there, start, start, Start making people feel like you're part of the business still. They'll call you Moonshine out of respect.

[Miles]

Yeah, you gotta start wearing, like, lots of gold rings and bracelets.

[Charlie Barron's]

Pinky.

[Miles]

And then, like, girl, some. Yeah, 100. Grow some chest hair.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wear a tracksuit.

[Miles]

Yeah, tracksuit. And then when you're feeling fancy, get, like, a shirt that you only button up halfway with, like, a gold chain on.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Then they're gonna start.

[Douglas]

One way to stand out.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, That's a move.

[Miles]

You just got to command the bar, you know, don't say anything. Nothing screams I'm in control more than not saying anything.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, yeah. Speak softly.

[Douglas]

And find one of the corner booths.

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah. And just, like, pay people to just randomly rifle in, like you're having business meetings with them. Yeah, that's always been my dream. You know, in today's world, we have business meetings on Zoom. Right.

[Charlie Barron's]

Lame.

[Miles]

It's just I want to start having business meetings at bars at, like, 11pm like they do in the movies.

[Charlie Barron's]

And then you show up with a. Just a thing of quarters, and you're out there keeping the last payphone in business.

[Douglas]

Yeah.

[Miles]

And there's also. I don't know if you notice this about TV shows, Charlie, but every time, like, someone has, like, a dinner and then they have, like, a business conversation, their conversation lasts two minutes, and then the one guy gets up and leave.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

So it'd be kind of funny to view that conversation. Conversation is the perspective of the waiter.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, yeah.

[Miles]

You know, like, the one guy gets there first. Like, can you get you something to drink? And he's like, I'll do a, you know, whiskey. Just whiskey neat. And you bring it to him, and then you see the other guy come in, and you're, like, doing something else, and you walk over a table to get up. Guy gets up and leave, and you're like, what the hell?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, Was it my service? You know? Yeah, I, I, that's a good sketch, actually.

[Miles]

Yeah, like, like being a waiter at a, Like, A mob restaurant.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Lauren]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

And it just ends with four gun. And he goes and gets the mop bucket. You know, the bleach. Yeah, bleach in the bucket. Yeah. See, look at this. We're just spitballing here.

[Douglas]

Just walks in. Yep. Another day, another dollar.

[Miles]

Yeah, that's it.

[Douglas]

Yep. Just throw them in the dumpster. Vinnie knows what to do. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Well, look, moonshine. It was great for.

[Miles]

They just. They just always have a concrete truck out back.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

They've been setting up the concrete patio for like, for so long. They keep having to tear it up.

[Charlie Barron's]

Every now and again.

[Miles]

There's six foot squares, just little pads out back.

[Charlie Barron's]

Building a big house. It's just a mausoleum, you know, with those concrete slabs.

[Douglas]

It's concrete. It takes 28 days to set. Why you asking so many questions? Why it's taking so long? Forget about it. Mind your own business.

[Charlie Barron's]

See, you go in there with that attitude. You go to Kelly's like that. Douglas, you're going to turn into moonshine in no time. Time.

[Douglas]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, good for you, Michael.

[Douglas]

The bar.

[Miles]

Command it and. But you. The way you command it is don't say or do anything. Say you watch any mob show. The. The head honcho guy, he doesn't say, he just nods. Just nods.

[Charlie Barron's]

Lights up a cigar.

[Miles]

He'll do one of these with his finger. Maybe he'll kind of give just a little and. And then all of a sudden the room just goes into action.

[Douglas]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Orders a gaba ghoul. Maybe his guma's there.

[Miles]

All right.

[Douglas]

Yeah, of course.

[Miles]

Well, Douglas, thanks for calling in today.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's moonshine to you, Miles. Get out there. Moonshine. We'll see you soon. All right.

[Miles]

All right.

[Douglas]

Tell your folks I say hi. Watch out for deer.

[Miles]

You too.

[Charlie Barron's]

See you soon.

[Miles]

The Italian restaurants waiter, because that could be like the title of the video is just like waiting tables at an Italian restaurant.

[Charlie Barron's]

Every waiter at an Italian restaurant and.

[Miles]

Then it's just the setting is that it's the mob guy there.

[Charlie Barron's]

We should do that. You gotta get Italian restaurant in Fargo. We can do that.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Do you?

[Miles]

Yeah. Olive Garden.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, definitely.

[Miles]

That's where it should be. For sure.

[Charlie Barron's]

Should be that. More breadsticks, sir. Puts down the breadsticks guy leaves the fuck.

[Miles]

Like the mob guy does the like little like, hand thing. And then the waiter's like, sir, I don't know what that means.

[Charlie Barron's]

More breadsticks. Russell, what's up?

[Russell]

Yes, going on.

[Charlie Barron's]

Do you have a bar in your office? Like, I know you pass the bars and you got that probably hanging up somewhere, but do you have, like, a physical bar booze in your office? Like you're on Mad Men?

[Russell]

I do have a little mixture of, like, some. Some spirits from Wisconsin, but then I also have a bottle of Baron's Brandy in here, too. So it's not like an official bar that you can belly up to, but I do have a little. A few bottles of booze in here, including Baron's Brandy.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's what I'm talking about. Nice, Russell. That's why I asked the question. We didn't even take that long to get there. That's pretty cool. Do you feel like. Do all lawyers, like, every time you think of a lawyer, you think of a guy, like, clutching like a. Just drinking like some hooch, straight, no rock, you know? Is that how all lawyers drink their booze?

[Russell]

You know, there. There are a lot of lawyers that drink booze. I could tell you that. I've seen some cool setups. I was at a law office once, and I had this big globe, and then you could actually open the globe, and it was full of booze. It was pretty much the coolest globe I've ever seen. So that was in a law office. So that's. That's pretty awesome. I've been to a few of the older offices where they'll actually have, like, a lounge in, like, the basement area that looks kind of like a bar, and it's fully stocked. There's one, actually, I think, in Hudson that has that. I know there's a few in the Twin Cities. And then back in the day when I was like a younger attorney, we. There was. There's kind of like the passing the guard a lot of the older judges, and I know one judge that would be like, he had a little toddle the booth and bring the new tourneys in and sit them down and hand them, you know, hand them the bottle to take a little swig on. So just. Just saying, hi, welcome to the bar.

[Charlie Barron's]

So.

[Russell]

Well, the bar association. So, yeah, it's. I don't know how many have official bars in their office, but I would say there's quite a few that have some access to, you know, a few. Few choices of liquor.

[Miles]

That's maybe a good idea, Charlie. Russell. We should attach a bar to your office. And then when you, you know, you have people in, you can bring them over to the bar and you're like, wow, this guy really knows what he's talking about.

[Charlie Barron's]

What? Well, then someone. What if someone slips at his bar and cracks their head Open. And then they like, you know, they go up to him and they say.

[Miles]

They'Ll have slip free floors.

[Charlie Barron's]

Three floors. Yeah.

[Miles]

There'll be a lot of grit on the flooring.

[Charlie Barron's]

Smart. Sticky force. Just.

[Miles]

So by that logic, you shouldn't even have an office either, because someone could walk into their office.

[Charlie Barron's]

I didn't say I was using logic.

[Miles]

Basically, Russell, you should just put everyone in bubble wrap and. Or just a bubble in general. And that's how we should all live our life, according to Charlie's Law.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, we don't need. Yeah. Apparently Miles would make a real great attorney. Russell, if you're looking for someone.

[Russell]

Yeah, I see that. I think. You know, wouldn't it be kind of an interesting sell to have a bar? I know in my Hudson office, we have a bar right below us in the same building. So, you know, if that ever goes under, we could just absorb that into the office. And you'd come in to the bar and then, you know, on the way out, you could get like a. Like a token or whatever chip to get a drink. And then, you know, maybe get some burgers on the grill down there too. You could do a lot of things with that. This is not actually a bad idea.

[Miles]

I mean, and then just a. Just a lawyer themed bar would be great. Or a courtroom themed bar. And you just call it the bar, obviously.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

You know.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

And then people be like, you'd be talking on the phone, walking in the street, and then somebody like, what are you doing? And you're like, oh, I'm passing the bar.

[Charlie Barron's]

You'd be like, don't pass the bar. Yeah, that could be the name of.

[Miles]

It, you know, Passing the bar.

[Charlie Barron's]

Don't pass the bar.

[Miles]

Don't pass the bar.

[Charlie Barron's]

Go in the bar. Don't pass the bar.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

You know, and it's for all the people who fail law school.

[Miles]

All the bartenders is going to be wearing robes.

[Charlie Barron's]

Whoa. This took a week.

[Russell]

Legal themed drinks, right?

[Charlie Barron's]

Like, yeah, those kinds of ropes. Those are judges, not lawyers.

[Miles]

Miles, I was thinking this is the bartenders.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, the bartenders are the judges. Bartenders are kind of like the judges.

[Miles]

You know, and the judge and jury at a bar.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's true. That's true.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Russell]

Because they can have you thrown out.

[Charlie Barron's]

Right.

[Russell]

They can have you cut off. And they can also, like, hear your stories and give you good advice and make a. Make a decision for you.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Russell]

You got to do.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Russell]

Where you went wrong in life.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, that's really interesting. Judge, jury and executioner. Yeah.

[Miles]

Just be like, honey, or you just call the bar Jury Duty. You're like, I'm being summoned to jury duty.

[Charlie Barron's]

There it is. Miles, we found it. I like it.

[Miles]

There's got to be a bar out there called jury Duty. And whoever thought of that, I commend them. That is. That's phenomenal name, I think. Where were you?

[Russell]

If not, you know what? The bar before me is going to be called Jury Duty.

[Miles]

Yep.

[Douglas]

Hey, sorry, honey.

[Russell]

I'm glad I got jury duty. I'm going to jury duty.

[Miles]

Yeah. Where you been all day? Jury duty. Oh, okay. You're doing your. You're doing your hurt. You're doing your part civic duty.

[Charlie Barron's]

You're going to jury duty every week. I know. I'm a great citizen.

[Miles]

Yeah. Where can the folks find you at if they're looking to get some help from you?

[Russell]

Nicolaylaw.com or 1-855-N-I C O L E.

[Charlie Barron's]

T. Or just Google Nicolaid.

[Russell]

Yeah, or just Google. Or check us out on the tick tock.

[Miles]

Okay.

[Russell]

We're all over social.

[Miles]

Nice. Well, thanks for calling in, man. Have a good one.

[Russell]

Yeah, you guys do. Take care.

[Douglas]

We'll see y'all.

[Brandon]

This is Brandon. What's up, Brandon?

[Charlie Barron's]

What's going on? It's me, Charlie. I'm here with Miles.

[Douglas]

What's up, guys?

[Brandon]

Nice to hear from you.

[Miles]

Yeah, nice to hear from you, too. I heard you're going to a wedding coming up. Tell us about that.

[Brandon]

Well, I'm back now, but when I called you guys, I was on my way down there. Yeah, we know. We all like weddings, right? But this was a little different. Like, I never actually met the guy in person before, so. Yeah, how do you.

[Miles]

How does one get invited to a wedding that you've never met the person for? He's like, I was the dj.

[Brandon]

Good man. I was standing next to the guy.

[Miles]

You were in the wedding party, and you never met him before. How does this happen?

[Brandon]

Well, back in 2009, I play Call of Duty a lot, and he did, too. We met in the random chat lobby. Back. Way back.

[Charlie Barron's]

This is amazing. So you guys meet over the Internet, you know each other headset to headset, spend a lot of time with each other hours. And he invites you to the wedding. You don't even think to meet him before there. Where does he live? Where do you live?

[Brandon]

Well, yeah, so, I mean, that's part of the issue, right? Like, I'm in Northern Michigan, and he was about 15 hours away, and, like, Benton, Ohio, or. No, Bentonville, Ohio. Geez. Bentonville, Arkansas.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wow.

[Brandon]

15 hour drive, man. 15 hour drive is a lovely drive.

[Charlie Barron's]

It's just a ways down the road.

[Miles]

But even since this is just classic, just guys being dudes.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

You met. You started playing Call of Duty with them in 2009, and we're not asking you guys to meet up, like three times a year, just between 2009 and 2025. You thought that. I thought maybe there'd be one time that maybe you guys could meet up halfway.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

If you're on vacation, you swim on through.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Arkansas. Great vacation spot. Yeah. Nothing. You guys never even planned it. Did you, like, zoom each other? Do you know what each other looked like? I don't play Call of Duty. I don't know if you can see the face or not.

[Brandon]

Well, no, no, you can't. I mean, it's probably the better because if you could see faces, you probably see more than faces. But that's kind of. Leave that there.

[Charlie Barron's]

Wieners.

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brandon]

There you go. You said it. I didn't want to say it. I got a reputation to uphold, you know?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, for sure. So. But you. Have you seen, like. Did you guys, like, like, follow each other on Instagram? You. You know what the look is, or did you just never see the guy?

[Brandon]

So he was on. We were friends on Facebook for a bit. He got rid of it after some time, so that, you know, really kind of shooting in the dark when you, you know, travel 15 hours to meet a dude that you have only talked to, like the headset on while you're, you know, shooting virtual people.

[Charlie Barron's]

And you guys went to war together?

[Miles]

Yeah, I mean. Yeah, we did.

[Charlie Barron's]

We were.

[Brandon]

We were blood brothers, man, for life.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

You got each other's sixes?

[Brandon]

You know, we got our sixes. Yeah, for sure.

[Miles]

So, okay. Yeah. So you. You guys only talk through playing Call of Duty. What was it like when you guys met for the first time?

[Brandon]

So I roll up to his apartment and he was standing outside, and I'm like, I think that's him. Because, you know, I've always seen, like, pictures circa, like, you know, 10 years ago. So, you know, like, it's kind of weird, you know, because he's. We're obviously like, you know, usually just playing with the headsets on and don't interact. He doesn't interact much with other people, I'm guessing, because I sit in his wedding, you know, so it's not so bad. Guys didn't wanna. But anyway, so I walk into his apartment and, like, I was just checking out the space and I'm like, man, this guy's living the life. He's got, like, TV kind of tilted down towards, like, the big beanbag chair. It's all fluffed up with pills and blankets. It's just like the true bachelor pad life. And I'm driving from, like, you know, I left my wife and kid to come down and see him, and busiest time at work, too. And, like, you know, I don't know. It's just kind of envious, you know? That's gotta wake up. Play games.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's what Call of Duty friends are for, though. You answered the call of duty on this. I mean, did you ask him how many friends on the list he had to go down before he asked you to? Were you in his wedding? He was in the wedding, right?

[Brandon]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Were you best man?

[Brandon]

I wasn't the best man.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay.

[Brandon]

No, I wasn't. But I was. I was standing next to the best man.

[Miles]

Wow. Second place, I imagine, you know, like, that first meet, it's like an awkward first date. They don't really know what to talk about, but then he's like. They're just standing in the living room. So. Yeah, that's my beanbag chair.

[Charlie Barron's]

Looks like toad in here.

[Miles]

Yeah. Cool. Looks cool. Cool. So you want to play some Call of Duty?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. Did you guys play?

[Miles]

And then. And then the conversation was just elite. Once they got the headset on, that's.

[Charlie Barron's]

The only way they can talk.

[Brandon]

But he's like, let me get right into the thick of it.

[Miles]

Yeah, yeah. But these like. Like, you sit down on the couch with him, he's like, no, dude, go play in the other room. We're gonna hang out in the TV room.

[Brandon]

Where's your Xbox?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Why didn't you bring it with?

[Charlie Barron's]

I kind of like you talking better when it's a little distorted, you know?

[Brandon]

Right.

[Charlie Barron's]

Like, he can only, like, stand his voice if it's a little distorted. It feels like. Feels different in person. Did you guys have any tiffs or any things you had to smooth out once you met in person, or did it go pretty swimmingly?

[Brandon]

Probably a couple times I, you know, threw him out in the wild and told the enemies he was there and told him to shoot him. But, you know, we got over that pretty quick because we're talking 2009. This is a while ago, so time.

[Charlie Barron's]

Heals, you know, I'm trying to.

[Miles]

I love how you can only think in Call of Duty.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, I'm talking in person.

[Miles]

Reality. These two guys don't exist.

[Brandon]

Oh, reality.

[Miles]

Right now, they. They think that they are at war and they're calling home right now.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. And you know, marriage in the military, you know, you only have so long to do it because the next tour is calling, you know.

[Miles]

It's true.

[Brandon]

Yeah. Yeah. Well, fortunately for us, neither. Well, we were both men, so. Not that. Not that I'm against any of that, but we didn't get married, so.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay, okay.

[Brandon]

Not married. That wasn't me marrying him.

[Charlie Barron's]

No.

[Miles]

Yeah, we didn't think that at all until you said it. Now we're kind of starting to wonder.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, I see why you drove 15 hours.

[Brandon]

Your words. Missing me, man.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. When they asked if there were any objections, did you kind of want to stand up at all?

[Brandon]

Well, I already was standing.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay.

[Brandon]

I did not speak up now.

[Miles]

Yeah, he just sits down on the ground cross legged and crosses his arms like. I object. I object.

[Brandon]

I object.

[Charlie Barron's]

Was the best.

[Miles]

So. Yeah. Like, were you guys wearing your. Like, best with. With the uniform, the military uniform? What are they called? The. When they, like, wear the fatigues or whatever? Yeah. Is that what you guys were wearing?

[Brandon]

No, no, you know, no, we weren't. We're wearing. We're wearing just your normal wedding attire, you know, all black and. Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

So was the best man also a call of duty friend?

[Brandon]

Actually, yeah, he was.

[Miles]

Wow.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

And had they met before the wedding?

[Brandon]

They had met before the wedding.

[Douglas]

Yeah.

[Brandon]

They don't live too far from each other.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay. Was everybody in. Everybody in the wedding party was a call of duty friend?

[Brandon]

No.

[Miles]

Yeah. No, no. Does anyone who existed in this guy's real life at this wedding?

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

Was his family there?

[Charlie Barron's]

Ye. Yeah.

[Brandon]

He looked a lot like his dad, so I don't think his dad was fake, so.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay, well, that's.

[Brandon]

I can vouch for those two for sure.

[Charlie Barron's]

Was it good experience? Would you do it again?

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah, Yeah. I go back down there.

[Charlie Barron's]

Okay. Well, it was.

[Miles]

Yeah, it was good.

[Brandon]

If you ever had to get married again, you know, I'll be there for him.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's great. Is he gonna come to your wedding?

[Miles]

Yeah, he's already married.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh, you're already married?

[Brandon]

Yeah, I'm already married.

[Miles]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

Shows how good for you. And did your wife. Was she supportive of this?

[Brandon]

Yeah, she was. Yes. So she wasn't too supportive of me leaving her with the kids for, you know, half a week.

[Charlie Barron's]

Duty calls. A week?

[Miles]

Really? Yeah.

[Brandon]

Duty does call. Yeah, yeah, yeah. On top of all that, we. We both work as CPAs, so as they call them the Midwest CPA, but so like a busy time of year for us right now. So I left her in the dust with that one.

[Charlie Barron's]

But this all tracks. This all tracks. CPAs getting together after work, living a different life.

[Miles]

What was your buddy's name?

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah, his name is Steven.

[Miles]

Steven.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, tell Stephen we say congratulations, and we're happy for you guys.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah, Yeah. I appreciate it. Thank you.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, yeah, you bet. Now get back out there and answer the call, my guy.

[Brandon]

Oh, yeah, you better believe it, man. They'll be. I'll be up all night taking care of those zombies and whatever else comes across my path.

[Miles]

Who else is going to protect us from the zombies?

[Charlie Barron's]

We need you out there.

[Brandon]

No one? That's great.

[Miles]

Well, we appreciate calling in, man.

[Brandon]

Yeah, I appreciate it, guys. Hey, I love all your guys. Stuff that you do. I've been watching it for, gosh, forever. And the whole trip down there. 15 hours of miles on the you betcha crew on. On the old radio. Got to hear your voice quite a.

[Miles]

Bit on the way down.

[Charlie Barron's]

15 hours for sure. Not one hour for the crepes cast, huh?

[Brandon]

I'll give your book a listen on the way back, so.

[Charlie Barron's]

All right. All right. Hey, I'll take that.

[Miles]

You got that whole book done in 15 hours.

[Charlie Barron's]

He said he gave it a try.

[Brandon]

Gave it a try.

[Charlie Barron's]

And he was right back to listen to your podcast. Well, that's all right. I'm not offended.

[Brandon]

Yeah, well, I mean, I liked it, man. It was good. I can relate to about everything in it, so I thought I was doing pretty good for a Midwestern guy.

[Charlie Barron's]

Hell, yeah. Well, thanks, dude. Thanks. You keep getting back out there, counting the CPs and the A's up there in the. The Upper Peninsula.

[Miles]

And tell you he's in Nebraska, isn't it?

[Brandon]

Upper Peninsula?

[Charlie Barron's]

No. Oh, he says he's in Michigan. Right. Last gal.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Charlie Barron's]

From Nebraska.

[Brandon]

Petoskey.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, Petoskey. Yeah.

[Miles]

Who's in Nebraska?

[Charlie Barron's]

Gal before.

[Miles]

Oh, man. Geez.

[Charlie Barron's]

Miles. Miles, this is my job to screw up the fact.

[Miles]

I know. What the hell? Sorry about that.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's all right. Well, you take care now. Okay. And thanks for supporting my podcast.

[Brandon]

Appreciate you guys. So take care.

[Charlie Barron's]

Have a good one. We met over the Internet.

[Miles]

We met online.

[Charlie Barron's]

We did.

[Miles]

We did meet in person before he came to my wedding, though.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's true. Many a times. Yeah. Yeah. We had a lot of interactions before your wedding.

[Miles]

Is that where we're headed as a society? More and more of the of Call of Duty parties being in each other's weddings?

[Charlie Barron's]

I think so, man. I think so. You know, and I'm normally a snoozy Sally about that kind of stuff. But you know, wherever you meet friends, it's good to have them.

[Miles]

He seemed happy about it.

[Charlie Barron's]

He seemed happy. And they got got together. They would have never met if it weren't the other way and they found friendship and who am I to piss on anyone's parade? That's the new leaf. I'm turning over miles.

[Miles]

I like that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Who am I to piss on anyone's parade? Yeah, I'm still pissy. I don't listen to any of the freaking cripes cast. 15 hours. 15 hours, you guys. God, if only he knew.

[Miles]

Only knew what?

[Charlie Barron's]

I can't say it on this podcast. Well, should we do another car?

[Miles]

Let's do it right. Charlie, we got a voicemail from Eric.

[Charlie Barron's]

Eric on the voicemail.

[Miles]

Hey, how's it going?

[Charlie Barron's]

My name is Eric.

[Brandon]

I'm 20, 23 from Northern Illinois.

[Charlie Barron's]

Young lad.

[Brandon]

Just a quick question for you guys.

[Miles]

Whatever happened to the bar?

[Brandon]

Real listeners know what I'm talking about. In your first episode, you guys talked about it.

[Miles]

It just kind of dissipated from there.

[Brandon]

So call me back at 8:1:5.

[Charlie Barron's]

Well, like everything in miles in my life, half baked ideas, you know. Yeah, that's really what it was.

[Miles]

Half built ideas.

[Charlie Barron's]

Built ideas. That was a fun project, that bar. We're just trying to do too much in too little time with too little know how.

[Miles]

Too much ambition, too much. I still have the bar though. It's beautiful. It's currently just sitting there. Flips upside down actually, I think so far is on the ground.

[Charlie Barron's]

Oh.

[Miles]

The guys that we got it from were very disappointed to find out that that's what we're doing with it because it's like this cool old reclaimed thing. I remember exactly what it was for.

[Charlie Barron's]

It was like a door or something.

[Miles]

I don't know what it was, but they were, they themselves were keeping it for something. And then I messaged them to see if they had anything so we could build the bar. And they're like, you're gonna love this piece. So then we put it together and we just haven't really done anything for it. And so they're pretty salty that we took their, their wood top and not using it for anything.

[Charlie Barron's]

But I think we paid for it, didn't we?

[Miles]

Something I don't remember.

[Charlie Barron's]

Probably got a deal. I get why they're disappointed. It is a nice piece of wood. Maybe we should go back, I mean, and do some. Get some nice 4x4 legs for that thing.

[Miles]

Well, so the problem is because it got really wobbly, but that's because we didn't do the crisscross X that you're.

[Charlie Barron's]

Supposed to do because they put, like, inserts for that.

[Miles]

Yeah, we. We, like, got a bunch of tools and screws to, like, drill into it to pilot hole and all this stuff. And we went to the store, bought all the stuff, and then we flipped the thing over to do it it. And they had already, like, done pre. Done, like, rivet holes in it so that we could just screw a bolt into it. Already it's ready to go.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

We did all this work, and I think the challenge we said was it'd be like, we're gonna do this in four hours. And how long did it actually take us? Like eight hours.

[Charlie Barron's]

It was insanely long. But it wouldn't be too hard. You just build a little frame and then just drill the pilot hole through the frame wood and then few screws, and we're done.

[Brandon]

Yeah.

[Miles]

So, like, what we were planning on doing is we would. We were like. It would be nice to just have, like, a studio for Bellied Up.

[Charlie Barron's]

Right.

[Miles]

So when you're in Fargo, we could just go anytime and do it. And then we went and did one at a bar in Milwaukee. Around that area.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

And we were like, I think we just kind of came. Became addicted to doing it in real bars because it was so much more fun.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah.

[Miles]

It's a good vibe, better vibe, better look. And so that's kind of why it was a one and done situation.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. And it's just nice to shout out all these different bars and get to see the different bars. So, you know, as a couple bar guys, we didn't want to recreate the bar.

[Miles]

Yeah. What are we doing? Trying to reinvent the wheel.

[Charlie Barron's]

Exactly. Yeah. Reinvent the bar. That's it. Yeah. So we didn't. And we've been doing this ever since. But that's still a nice piece of wood. And in the Smithsonian. One day, it will certainly be there on display for the first Bellied up episode. But until then, we'll keep thinking maybe.

[Miles]

We could bring it on a Bellied Up Live one time.

[Charlie Barron's]

That would be good as the set. That's a good idea for the Bellied Up Live. Yeah. We'll just have to finish off the frame. Yeah, I think that's. That'll be great.

[Miles]

Any movement, Charlie, Mentally on Bellied Up Live.

[Charlie Barron's]

Bellied Up Live. Yeah. So we were actually going to maybe do it here in Nashville because it's Nashville Comedy Week while we're doing this. But. But given that it's Nashville Comedy Week. All the venues are booked the entire time that we're here. So I do think we should do it. I do think the first one should be live in the Midwest. And I think if we just pick the next dates where we're going to film, I'll find us a venue. Just let me know the city and I got the calls, I got it all.

[Miles]

It feels like we're ready.

[Charlie Barron's]

We are ready. I do think it's going to be great. And during the bellyed up lives you guys, I think it'd be fun to bring you guys on stage. You know, you kind of submit your questions beforehand and then bring you up on stage and kind of talk to you in person. I mean it's great to have you on the horn, but if we got you in person, we want to, you know. Right? Yeah, yeah.

[Miles]

We just have to figure out how to do a topic submission when they get there.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah. QR code on the screen.

[Miles]

QR code on the screen. And then fill out like a Google form or something like that.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. While people are sitting there chit chat and having some beers, doing the tailgate, right? And then they see the thing and they put it on. We go at them before we bet them, you know, and we, we call you guys up and it's great.

[Miles]

I think it actually be really fun.

[Charlie Barron's]

It would be fun. Well, let's do it. Let's do it. This is what we need to do. We just got chit chat enough for it until we get sick of chit chat and then we get from chit chatting to doing, you know, it's, it's no different than the project that you have half unfinished. When you get sick of explaining to people what you're doing in your household. Halfway done, you know, a little DIY project. When you get sick of explaining it, that's when you finally finish it.

[Miles]

Yes. And I think we're there. I think it's also very Midwest guy of us to bitch. Not. We're not bitching about it, but talking about something for years before you do anything to do it.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's how it always goes, Miles. You know, all good ideas need to ferment and ideate like.

[Miles]

Well, just think about if we would have started it a couple years ago, Charlie, like how much dumber we would have been. Right?

[Charlie Barron's]

We didn't know, but now we know.

[Miles]

Smarter now, so we're in a good way.

[Charlie Barron's]

So look out for it, you guys. Look out for it. It'll be coming probably this summer as soon as this summer. Yeah, yeah.

[Miles]

I can commit to the summer, this summer.

[Charlie Barron's]

Fully on board. Now we'll see which one of us puts the next piece of the puzzle together.

[Miles]

Yeah, me and Charlie gonna do a standoff of who's gonna do the work first.

[Charlie Barron's]

What's gonna.

[Miles]

Because. Because it's kind of like if you go first, one, you lost, and two, you're kind of stuck as the guy doing the work after that.

[Charlie Barron's]

I feel like, though, it's. It's just a volley. Because I'll do something and you'll do something. I'll feel accountable to you and you'll feel accountable to me.

[Miles]

So we can volley back and forth.

[Charlie Barron's]

Yeah, we just gotta figure out the next city and then I can do the rest.

[Miles]

All right.

[Charlie Barron's]

The next city we're shooting.

[Miles]

And so that's my job.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's your job.

[Miles]

Okay.

[Charlie Barron's]

I don't know where we're shooting next. Where did we shoot last? Milwaukee. Yeah. Did we.

[Miles]

Apple Did Appleton.

[Charlie Barron's]

That's right. Well, we'll figure out. You guys stay tuned. And until then, make sure you guys tip your bartender.

[Miles]

We'll see you the next one.