Luke Kwon Receives MAJOR Backlash After Internet Invitational Episode Release Ft. Ryan Sickler

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Luke Kwon Receives MAJOR Backlash After Internet Invitational Episode Release Ft. Ryan Sickler
Recorded: October 30, 2025
Hosts: KFC, Jackie | Guest: Ryan Sickler

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Episode Overview

This episode opens on a somber note with a heartfelt discussion about the recent passing of Barstool Sports’ beloved “Beef” Cody, then jumps into a wide-ranging Barstool office conversation. Host KFC is joined by Jackie and comedian Ryan Sickler (with Feitelberg out), exploring topics from Barstool and influencer drama to etiquette, reputation, sports, political polarization, pop culture moments, and epic stories from Sickler’s life and comedy career. The episode’s tentpole is the controversy around golfer Luke Kwon’s behavior at the Internet Invitational, leading to an extended riff on respect, first impressions, and what it means to not “be a dick.” The back half delivers classic Barstool tales—embarrassing stories, rants about the cost of living, parenthood, drugs, partying with Tracy Morgan, and more.

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I. Remembrance of "Beef" Cody [00:37–06:30]

• KFC and Jackie open discussing the news of “Beef” Cody’s death, emphasizing how universally liked he was at Barstool.
  • KFC: "He was one of the most, like, universally beloved people here. … In my mind, I was just like, yeah, we're co-workers and our paths will cross eventually and I'll get to, you know, I'll get the Beef experience and vice versa. And it never happened, you know, and now it'll never get to happen." [00:37–02:36]
  • Jackie notes how Beef’s genuine kindness made others feel special: “It goes such a long way to have good character and be nice to everyone … he made me feel so special.” [04:17]
• Both reflect on not taking time with others for granted and share the sentiment that little gestures (like Beef always removing his hat to greet people) are more impactful than they seem.
  • KFC: "It's unfortunate that when people die, oftentimes that's like their introduction to them … but it's better than not at all, right?" [06:30]

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II. The Fishbowl Girls, Barstool Dynamics, and Office Grievances [08:00–12:28]

• Jackie addresses backlash from a recent viral clip where Barstool’s Fishbowl Girls discussed complaints about the office, landing them in Dave Portnoy’s crosshairs.
  • KFC and Jackie clarify intent: venting was tongue-in-cheek, not ungrateful.
  • KFC: "We've all complained about the WI Fi. I complain about the microphones. To me, that was a little more just general work venting almost."
  • KFC discusses how once you’re established, it’s easy to be critical or take things for granted—a “good check” because Barstool’s resources are far better than before.

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III. Internet Invitational Drama: Luke Kwon’s Controversy [13:05–23:20]

• The meat of the episode is KFC’s detailed recapping of major drama at the Internet Invitational golf tournament:
  • Context: the Invitational is Barstool’s biggest golf influencer event ($1M prize, crossover with “Bob Does Sports”, etc.).
  • The controversy: Luke Kwon, a prominent golf influencer, slept through his tee time, putting teammate PFT at a huge disadvantage.
    • KFC: "For that to be the very first thing that happens is one of these guys who…for him to just miss a 10am tee time. It's a million dollar prize … and then he showed up and was like, yeah, sorry. … I think his quote was, I wish I woke up on time." [13:05]
    • KFC criticizes both the missed tee time and how Kwon allegedly treated PFT: “Apparently, like, every time it was PFT shot, this guy Luke was like, yeah, you're not gonna make that shot … So it's like, forget about sleeping in. … being a dick after, you're the one who was like, clearly in the wrong … is so lame." [14:53]
  • Jackie delivers a memorable quote:
    • Jackie: "You can either be a dick or you can be late. You can't be both." [18:53]
  • KFC continues: "First impressions last forever ... I'm probably gonna see … play that clip." [19:58]
  • The team debates: is Kwon putting on a “too cool to care” persona, or just being disrespectful?
    • KFC: "Caring is not lame. Not caring is not cool. Caring about stuff is awesome." [21:06]

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IV. Barstool Culture, Generational Shifts, and Dating: "Having a Boyfriend is Now Republican" [24:08–44:09]

• KFC introduces a discussion on a new TikTok/internet trend: “Having a boyfriend is now Republican” or uncool for young women, sparked by conversations around Taylor Swift and influencer culture.
  • KFC expresses skepticism at the politicization of relationships and the “shame” around desiring romance/family life.
    • KFC: "The amount that people politicize things are fucking nuts." [27:10]
  • Jackie shares: shift among her (mid-20s) peers, where pressure for relationships or marriage is less.
  • KFC and Jackie agree real empowerment is choosing what you want, not following trends.
    • Jackie: “There’s a certain, again, condescending nature that should be avoided … but I don’t think there’s any harm in feeling proud to be single.”
  • KFC: “If you're really going to be about empowerment and, like, feminism, like, let them choose whatever they want … I think, like anything else, when the pendulum goes too far, that's not good.” [44:09]

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V. Pop Culture and Viral News Bits [46:02–57:26]

Short takes on contemporary entertainment and viral stories:

• Kourtney Kardashian’s “lollipops for your vagina” (actually probiotics), and jokes about viral product launches. [46:02]
• Kim Kardashian’s “bush thong” PR stunt.
• News item: Herpes and Covid-infected monkeys escape a Tulane University lab after a truck crash, leading to extended jokes about explaining “monkey herpes” to your spouse. [48:05]
• Kevin James’ viral “Matt Taylor” Instagram campaign is analyzed as likely guerilla marketing for a new movie, with KFC decrying “fake internet confusion” in media. [51:10]
• Return of “Poop Girl”—Kent State’s Caitlin Bennett—sparks KFC’s reflection on the dangers of politics as identity and content. [54:01]
  • KFC: "If your politics is your identity, so much so that you like Gun Girl videos, you're too deep into politics, because that girl objectively sucks." [55:50]

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VI. Interview: Ryan Sickler Storytime [61:42–149:39]

Ryan Sickler—comedian, podcaster (The Honeydew), and writer—delivers a masterclass in storytelling. Highlights include:

A. Candid Comedy, Health & Addiction [62:00–66:12]

• Sickler shares turning 52 and finally getting “healthiest I've ever been.”
• Discusses relationship with food, addiction, quitting alcohol, and health scares.

B. Embarrassing Stories and Chronic Food Poisoning [66:12–77:10]

• Epic tales of pants-shitting, reluctant elimination diets, and food poisoning frequency.
• Digression: friend’s bathroom disaster cleared out a holiday party.
• Debate: “What number is higher—times you’ve shit your pants or people you’ve slept with?”
  • Sickler: “I’ve myself though. … You should see somebody about … if you’re wiping briefs.” [73:53]

C. Growing Up Blue-Collar and Wild Housing [77:10–86:05]

• Stories of working a junkyard as a teen, driving “yard cars.”
• Sickler’s first LA apartment had animal hoarders, wild neighbors, and rampant check fraud.

D. The Playboy Mansion and Partying with Legends [86:05–99:38]

• Neighbors turns out to be “Hugh Hefner’s #2 zookeeper,” gives Sickler a legit, insider’s tour of the mansion.
• Second visit: Playboy Mansion ESPY parties, hobnobbing with NFL stars, Biz Markie DJ’ing, and meeting Tracy Morgan.

E. Legendary Tracy Morgan Adventures [99:38–108:55]

• Jaw-dropping tales of partying with Tracy Morgan: champagne, blunts, sleepovers, and surreal generosity.
• Tracy’s unique memory for names and kindness in the comedy community.
• Sickler (quoting Tracy): “If you’re gonna party with me, man, you got to eat something and hang.” [101:44]
• Bert Kreischer’s classic story of accidentally smoking PCP with Tracy, chaos at a Harlem club, and legendary check-dodging by starting a fight.

F. Cost of Living, Homeownership, and Modern Struggles [112:03–120:08]

• Laments on today’s unaffordable housing: “In LA, if you want a house in that area, it’s 1.5 [million] minimum for garbage.” [114:20]
• Debate over renting vs. buying versus the “American dream”—sometimes, renting and leasing just makes more sense.
• The pandemic era as the last straw, coping with homeschooling kids, and mental health: “Could we write half of the teachers' salary off [our debt]?” [121:10]
• The role of weed: “I never smoked the amount of weed I smoke now until the pandemic ...But the thing I can’t do is when shit’s bad —it makes me focus on it.” [121:37, 125:52]

G. Sleep Apnea, Health, and the Magic of CPAP [126:29–130:48]

• Sickler’s health scare leads to deeper talk on sleep, “fat tongues,” medical costs, sleep aids, sober sleep as a lost concept.
• KFC: “Sober sleep is just a thing of the past.” [126:34]

H. Parenting, Santa Claus & Childhood Wonder [131:11–139:49]

• Trading the Easter Bunny for a little more Santa magic, the art of hiding presents, and “believing” for as long as kids can.
• Sickler: “I gave up the Easter Bunny to keep Santa Claus.” [134:42]
• Extended dialogue on parenting, divorce, Roblox, and preserving childhood innocence.

I. “The Honeydew” Stories & Celebrity Guests [140:15-end]

• Sickler describes building his comedy special, “Live and Alive,” from a near-death experience.
• The value of The Honeydew’s “highlighting lowlights”—uplifting stories from ordinary and extraordinary guests.
• Next episode teaser: Dolph Lundgren’s stories (home invasions, “if he dies, he dies” anecdotes).
• Enjoyment of celebrities who lean into fame’s quirks; closing encouragement to check out Sickler’s work.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You can either be a dick or you can be late. You can’t be both.” — Jackie [18:53]
• “Caring is not lame. Not caring is not cool. Caring about stuff is awesome.” — KFC [21:06]
• “If your politics is your identity, so much so that you like Gun Girl videos, you're too deep into politics, because that girl objectively sucks.” — KFC [55:50]
• “If you're really going to be about empowerment and, like, feminism, like, let them choose whatever they want is what makes them happy. That's what's good.” — KFC [41:02]
• “I gave up the Easter Bunny to keep Santa Claus.” — Ryan Sickler [134:42]
• “First impressions last forever.” — KFC [19:58]
• “Tracy Morgan taught me so much … ‘those people over there, those people over there, they all paid the same price to see you. Make sure you go see them.’” — Ryan Sickler quoting Tracy Morgan [95:03]

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:37–06:30]: Remembering Beef Cody
• [08:00–12:28]: Barstool office kerfuffle: gratitude & complaints
• [13:05–23:20]: Luke Kwon Internet Invitational drama
• [24:08–44:09]: The “having a boyfriend is Republican” debate & dating trends
• [46:02–57:26]: Viral news: Kardashians, Kevin James, Gun Girl
• [61:42–149:39]: Extended Ryan Sickler interview (comedy, health, parenting, wild stories, company of legends)

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Summary Tone & Language

The episode maintains classic Barstool irreverence, blending locker-room humor with surprising moments of sincerity. The tone is original, conversational, with self-deprecating honesty—a barroom chat as promised. Sickler brings standout storytelling, and both KFC and Jackie inject candor about office culture, viral trends, and the absurdity of modern life.

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If you missed this episode, you’ll walk away with a mix of barstool banter, cultural critiques, and laughter—plus the unbeatable value of a Tracy Morgan story and advice on not shitting your pants at famous people’s houses.

Transcript

[KFC]

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[Ryan Sickler]

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[KFC]

GNC.com it's another edition of KFC Radio on the barstool sports network. We got Ryan Sickler on the podcast today. Felberg is out. So it's me and Jackie. Before we get into all that, though, we. We heard the news about Beef passing, like, right after we recorded last episode. So on Tuesday's episode, we, we. We did not address it. So rest in peace. To Beef Cody. He was. He was one of the most, like, universally beloved people here. I've never heard everybody here has beef or a problem or, you know, something with somebody. And I don't think beef. I don't think that was the case with Beef at all with anybody.

[Jackie]

Well, it's also like, he, like, I never met him, but, but like. And before he died, like, everyone had the most glowing things.

[KFC]

I know. I know. Yeah. It's one of those things where when something tragic happens, it's always, he was the best friend, best father, best whatever. And, you know, sometimes it's like, well, I can't always, always be true, you know, of. Of people that something tragic happens to. But in this case, you know, it was the real deal because everybody said that prior. This has nothing to do with the fact that he tragically passed away so young. It's just who he was. And. And I realized I never met him either. And I never, like, felt the need or I never felt compelled to, like, reach out and be like, we should do something together or like, hey, next time I'm in Chicago or if you ever come to New York, like, let's get together. In my mind, I was just like, yeah, we're co workers and our paths will cross eventually and I'll get to, you know, I'll get the Beef experience and vice versa.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And it never happened, you know, and now it'll never get to happen. And it just made me realize that, you know, it's a lot of times people throw out cliches in these moments, but I think they're cliche and they apply for a reason because it is one of those things, like, don't Take it for granted. Like, I thought I would have had forever to get to know Beef. And I was.

[Ryan Sickler]

I had.

[KFC]

I was like, maybe we could play mini golf with him one day. All these things, you know, like, I will get to that. And now, you know, not gonna get to. And of course, it's a much bigger picture. He's, you know, got friends and family and the guys at Foreplay and the people who really worked with him. You know, it's about. It's about those guys and him and not me. But I'm just saying, from my point of view, that was the first reaction I had was like, ah, man, you know, you can't assume. You can't take it for granted. You can't put things off to the next day because, you know, the next day might not be here. I also realized I owed Nick Mangold a thousand bucks. I never paid him. And I don't remember what it was. Don't remember why we made some sort of bet. It was like when he was in with Large doing the breakfast. Maybe it was a football bet or something. I don't think it was just straight sports, though. I think it was, like a challenge or whatever it was. And I owed him a thousand bucks. And at the time, I was. It was a long time ago, and I. Thousand bucks was a much different amount of money back then. And I was like, yeah, I'll get you. I'll get you. And I was like, I don't know.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And ended up pushing that down the road as well. And then, you know, he. He wasn't at barstools often, and it just kind of went by the wayside. And I'm like, that's gonna just weigh on me that I always pay your back.

[Ryan Sickler]

Always.

[KFC]

Don't take it for granted. Like, reach out to someone, connect with someone, whatever, you know, you got to do. But also pay your bets.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Because you never know what's going to happen. And. And. And, I mean, what a shitty week for. For the big boys of Barstool. That. That is not a great couple days.

[Jackie]

I. But I feel like for me also, like, again, kind of going back on everyone having glowing things to say about them. Like, it does just make you think, like, it's so important to. It just goes such a long way to, like, have good character and be nice to everyone. Like, it does really touch everyone. And. And everyone just said, like, he made me feel so special. I think that's so important to they. It just goes, you know, like, just saying hi to someone, being nice to someone. Like, does go a long way, you.

[KFC]

Know, what is, like, the. To sum up beef. If people haven't seen this, there's a little video of him, a little compilation. Every time he takes his hat off, every time he meets somebody, shakes their hand, and he makes sure he removes his hat. And it's like such a silly thing. Like, a little thing. Not silly little, but it kind of encapsulates who. Who he was or at least who I perceive him to be again, I didn't meet him. I didn't get much time with him, but it seems like he is just genuinely polite and actually interested when he meets somebody. And, like, I want to make sure I make this person who's a stranger up until this moment right now when I met them, I want to make sure that they know I respect them and I'm comfortable around them and all that. And that, like, that is, you know, know, the kind of guy he was. And. And then with Mango, the same thing. Like, dude had this genetic disease for almost 20 years, diagnosed with it at least, and. And never said anything until it was like he had to, you know. Same thing with people who, like, you know, have cancer and don't speak up on it or want it to be private. Chadwick Boseman, people like that. Like, I'm always so impressed by that because to me, I'd be like.

[Ryan Sickler]

It'S.

[KFC]

It would be impossible for me, like, you know, especially if people are, like, criticizing you or hard on you, and.

[Ryan Sickler]

It'S like, hey, I'm dealing with something over here.

[KFC]

You know, and those people were strong enough and. And like, selflessness. The selflessness to. To not, you know, speak on that or. Or lean on that and use it as a crutch. Yeah, they were two very similar guys in that regard, it seems like. And I feel like a bit like.

[Jackie]

When the bigger compliments you can give, like, two a guy is like, is you were raised right.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Jackie]

And I feel like with those both, it's like you could just tell that they just had, like, they were raised so well. Like, I don't know, that comes across, like, again, even before.

[KFC]

And it's sad that. Oh, no, I. You know, Beef is in the invitational, and I think it's actually kind of cool that if something tragic like this has to happen, there's this, like, big event going on right now. And golf was such a part of his life. And, you know, it's like, it's kind of like. I think it should be like the. The Beef Memorial from here on out, you know, if we do this again. I think that should be. Should be his tournament. So it is kind of cool. It's unfortunate that when people die, oftentimes that's like their introduction to them. You know, I'm sure more people know Cody B. Frankie now than anybody but then ever before. And that sucks because it's like, well, I wish everyone was know, giving him his. His props and. And all that while he was alive, but it's better than not at all, right? So it's like there is this cool thing for people who are now, you know, kind of. We shined a light on beef, and now it's like, right away you can go watch this thing that shows him at his best and happiest and finest. So a cool little way to remember someone after something so tragic happens. So, yeah, that's that. Um, and we'll talk about the imitation a little bit. But also, Fishbowl Girls got themselves in a little bit of hot water. Uh, you know, how many. How many times have I preached the. The good word of, like, the best thing that can happen to you at barstool is that Dave co. Signs you, supports you, works with you, does content with you, and promotes your shit. And if you can't get that, what's the other best thing is to stay off his radar. And the Fishbowl Girls jumped on Dave's radar doing a segment a couple days ago on the show talking about what they would change in the New York City office.

[Jackie]

I mean, like, watching the clip back, like, I felt so bad watching it. It obviously comes off so ungrateful. And I did not. I cannot explain how much I didn't mean, like, if you know me, you know, like, I'm seriously so grateful to work here every day.

[KFC]

Jackie is like, bleeds bars.

[Jackie]

In my bones, like, next to Fasoli. But I. I just feel bad that it came off, like, so ungrateful because that's not even, like, me. Like, that's.

[KFC]

I know. I know that that is, like, so true. Like. Like, I can't speak for anybody else, but I know you, and I know that that's, like, almost the opposite. I'll show you a little bit of bail, though. Like, I didn't think that was the. It wasn't, like, so specific. Like, if you were, like, if you came in with, like, a real list of complaints. Yeah, that I think is a little different than, like, we've all complained about the WI Fi. I complain about the microphones. To me, that. That was a little more just general work venting almost. And almost tongue in cheek, like, wouldn't it be nice if the Internet company had Internet?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And that's something we've done forever. The Milton office. The rats used to chew through the fucking cords, and we didn't have Internet there. We don't have Internet here. Things like that, I think, are a little bit more joking, but I think his point stands. That so true. You have to be at a certain level to be able to make those jokes, you know?

[Jackie]

Exactly. Like, if anything, like, I meant in an endearing way, like. Like, that's Barstool, you know, like, barstool difference. Barstool difference. But also, I'm not. And I. I don't know if it makes a difference, but, like, I meant it in a. I've been a producer for five years here, not like, I'm a content and this is my fishbowl show and our mic. I don't know if that makes a difference, but, like, I meant it from a producer standpoint, if that has any difference. But no, I meant it, like, in an endearing way. I get how it came off. I felt really bad, and I feel. And obviously I'm so grateful to be working here. And, like, I love it, and I won't change a goddamn thing. And I don't think anybody should change a goddamn thing for little old me.

[KFC]

Right. But, yeah, no, I. And I. I think. I think sometimes at Barstool, like, you. You kind of get in your own, like, world, in your own bubble. It's like we don't see or talk to Dave or, you know, we're just in this world, and it's like when all of a sudden a clip goes out and you're on his radar, it's like, well, all right, you know, I. I would have never said that, if you know what I mean. Like, it's almost. When you do a podcast, it's almost like the reason why podcasting is entertaining is like. It's like, oh, these are the things that you say privately, almost. You're saying it publicly.

[Jackie]

It's like everyone, like, complains about their jobs.

[KFC]

Yes. But I. I also, you know, there is part of me that's like. Especially if you've been along for the whole ride, it's like this building at its absolute worst is still, like, so much better than what the past was. So some of the new people who have not experienced that, I can understand where, you know, from Dave's point of view, it's like, it seems like taking it for granted a little bit or. But yeah, I mean, totally.

[Jackie]

And I And I. And I. It was a good check. Like, I do forget.

[KFC]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jackie]

You know, like, shut up. Shut up. It could have been so much. You know, you guys had it bad.

[KFC]

I think that's a good point for. For any, like, beyond Barstool, though, is like, it's only natural that one. Especially once you are established at a place and you feel like you're safe and you're like, all right, this is my job now that you start to maybe be critical of it or naturally take some things for granted or whatever. And then every now and then you need a little like, check where it's like, oh, wait a minute, I have this 10,000 square foot, you know, multiple studios, lighting, cameras, a ton of resources. You know, it all costs money. All these things that we do take for granted. And there is a guy who's footing the bill and. And like some people behind the scenes who make it all happen. So, yeah, just a good little check.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

I also. If there was. If you. If I. If. Let's say there was. If I ever got the feeling that you were like that or ungrateful or something like that, I. This would be different. But like, knowing I know l. Who you are, how much you are dedicated to all this and stuff, so it makes it easier to just be like, that was a stupid moment. I know what you thought you were doing. It came across this way, blah, blah, blah.

[Ryan Sickler]

If.

[KFC]

If I thought like, yeah, bitch, you are fudgeing ungrateful, like, it would be a very different story.

[Jackie]

So it's also like, if you. If you isolate any clip, like, it sounds more serious than it is. Like, well, that's the culture. But I'm not. And I'm not Not like, I'm not complaining about the club culture, but I'm just saying, like, it's like when I saw that back, I was like, oh, my God, Jackie. But like, I didn't think twice about it, really. When I. And I feel like I'm so careful about what I say. Didn't really think twice about it in the moment just because it. So it felt so non serious. Yeah, in the moment. But also, again, it is complaining at the end of the day. And that's not what I meant. And that's not how I actually feel. And yeah, Game Time is the official.

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And there was this like leading up to it, Kirk Minahan was sort of representative of this. Like they're the barstool, they're, they're the golf influencer world and they're kind of like Barstool and they're not, you know, interested in dealing with some of our characters and some of the dynamic that Barstool brings. There was that vibe of like they are better than us and they are like coming down to our level or like allowing Barstool to be in the golf influencer world, people deciding like, will they be a part of it or not? That sort of. And then so for that to be the very first thing that happens is one of these guys who, at least I don't know him, but I'm saying from, you know what, which camp would you put him in? He's, he's one of those guys. For him to just miss a 10am tee time. It's a million dollar prize. And by the way, you. They're teammates. Like, if you show, if you, if you miss your tea time and like, you don't, you don't get a million bucks now you're, you know, you suck. But PFT is like a partner with him. And now he's down four holes. And then he showed up and was like, yeah, sorry. I came from, from Norway. I was like jet lagged and slept in. Sorry. I think his quote was, I wish I woke up on time. It's like, yeah, I would hope you do. I know. It's almost like you're such a dick about it that, like, hey, you got to dip my cap. And then, you know, PFT is, you know, widely regarded as one of like the, the nicest, most like, respectful guys out there and didn't, didn't blow up on him. Like, PFT would have every right to be like, you, like, pay me. Like you. You just took money out of my pocket by. Not by, by blowing this for me. But he was like, I wasn't gonna, you know, I didn't want to cause a scene and talk to him like, we're partners. Let's, let's. That's not gonna be productive moving forward and that. Apparently, like, every time it was PFT shot, this guy Luke was like, yeah, you're not gonna make that shot. Don't even bother. Like, why are we even bothering that kind of. So it's like, forget about sleeping in. Whatever that. I mean, that, that is egregious. But mistakes happen. I don't think he, like you said, I don't think he planned on doing that. But showing up and being a dick in general is so lame. And being a dick after, you're the one who was like, clearly in the wrong and things up for your teammates and all that. Like, I'm trying to put myself in that guy's shoes and I think he probably was sort of like, I up so bad, but I gotta like, be cool, be cool. Like I, like so nonchalant. I don't even care. Let me, you know, that's a moment where you just have to be like, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry to pft, sorry to Dave, I'm sorry to Robbie. Robbie Berger is like the go between of both these worlds. Like, cool with barstool and huge in the golf influencer world. And it felt like he was the one that tried to have to marry these two worlds together. And, and it seems like he Did a lot of work or went through a lot of stress of, like, let me try to keep the Daves and the Kirks in check while I tell these guys how to operate and so I can make this all work. And, like, the very first thing is one of his people. Like, you know, for especially a sport that's, like, all about etiquette and being polite and certain rules and, like, red flags and things that you cannot do. Like, I don't know, this guy is breaking all the rules.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And seemingly doesn't care.

[Jackie]

As somebody who, you know, struggles with being on time every now and then sometimes, that's a great.

[KFC]

Suffering from. Suffers from time management issues. Yeah.

[Jackie]

Yeah. Again, probably not a great thing to bring up this episode, but you learn real quick that you can either not be good at timing or, you know, like, like, if you, if you're not, if you're not on time, the rest of the time of the event, you have to be so humble. Right. And you have to be so sorry. When you walk in, you cannot, you can either be a dick or you could be late.

[KFC]

Right.

[Jackie]

Or be on time. Be both.

[KFC]

Cannot be both.

[Jackie]

You can't be both.

[KFC]

I like that quote a lot. Say one more time for the people.

[Jackie]

You can either be a dick or you can be on time. No, no.

[KFC]

You can either be a dick or you could be late. You can't be both. And you shouldn't be late either at all, period.

[Ryan Sickler]

But yeah, yeah, that.

[Jackie]

You definitely can't have any kind of Venn diagram overlap with that. I, I, I mean, I, I don't.

[KFC]

Want to be dramatic, but, like.

[Jackie]

I.

[KFC]

Feel like that's like a reputation ruiner.

[Unidentified Male]

We're laughing.

[KFC]

If you're listening on audio right now, we. There's a diva stool posted a tweet that said Luke Kwan with $1.7 million on the line. And it's a screenshot of Clemmer when he was doing his 24 hours locked in a room by himself, where he's just laying face down, sleeping on a shitty bed. I, Again, I don't want to be dramatic. I don't know this guy. I'm sure he's a fine dude, but, like, you know, this is a sort of like first, first impressions mean everything, you know?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

First impressions last forever. Like, I'm probably gonna see. Play that clip. What is that one?

[Ryan Sickler]

Luke? Luke.

[KFC]

Juan Hardo.

[Ryan Sickler]

You gotta keep him.

[Unidentified Male]

You can check it over and over again.

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't give a.

[KFC]

Okay.

[Unidentified Male]

You have to keep him focused.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm going to contribute A few.

[KFC]

No, no.

[Unidentified Male]

We can just go do something else.

[Ryan Sickler]

Exactly.

[KFC]

Wow, this guy sucks.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Who are you playing against?

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't know.

[KFC]

Does it matter?

[Jackie]

No.

[KFC]

Okay. Okay. This guy sucks. So what? Either there's two things going on here. This guy just sucks, or he's clearly doing this, like, act of, like, I don't care.

[Jackie]

You know, like, you think he's, like, trying to get hate.

[KFC]

I. I not even hate. I think it's what I kind of described is, like, I don't need this, like, barstool world.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

It's a big purse. But, like, whatever. I don't. Who pft. I don't care what he does or doesn't do. Doesn't matter who we're facing. It's this very, like, I'm too cool to care, and I think that's one of the lamest things you can do. Like, caring is not lame. Not caring is not cool. Caring about stuff is awesome.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Like, try hard. And also people do it. You know, if I. If I act like I don't care and then I fail, then it's okay. Whereas, like, if I tell you I want to win this and then I lose, now, like, you know, I have to take the L and people know I'm upset. Like, that's the way it should be. People should know you're upset. You should be upset. And I'm not even just speaking about Luke Kwan here. I'm in general, like, you should care. You should try hard about things. And if it doesn't go your way, then that sucks. And if people, like, dance on your grave a little bit or clown you or run up the score, like, that's what happens. All of that is better than being, like, the too cool for school guy. I hate that.

[Jackie]

And also, just be nice if guy in the world.

[KFC]

Right?

[Ryan Sickler]

Right.

[KFC]

I mean that, you know, if, like, he's doing it to, like, I see Gaz's name on the screen there. If he's doing it to Gaz or somebody like that. Like, it's a little. It's still like, you're an. But it's a little more understandable. Doing it to PFT is like, insane. How I wish. Oh, my God. If I could rewind. If I had a time machine right now, three things I do. I'd go back. I tried to save Nick Mangold. I tried to save Beef, and I would make sure that Kirk Seamus Minahan was paired up with Luke Kwan for this tournament. Could you imagine if. If. Let's say Kirk does his whole thing where Remember that whole drama he wanted in the invitational and all these golf influencers were like, I will not be in it if Kirk's in it. They. We made the executive decision to not. Right. Kirk's not in it. Right. Yeah. To not include the circus of mini hand. So that already was a thing. If, if, let's say he argued his way into it and then this happened and let's say he was paired up with him, not only would Kirk just go bonkers because it's, it's not even the money. It's like this is, you know, for Kirk, it would be like the pride. But on top of all that, for him to have that ammo to hold over your head, like, oh, you guys were the high and mighty holier than thou high horse golfers and we were like the trash. And now you, now you the one who up like this.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

I mean, Kirk would, he would never stop talking about that. It would be his show for the rest of his life. Every single topic of every single show. He would demolish these people again. I don't want to be too dramatic. I don't know the guy and this is just a golf tournament, but it's one of those things where it's like, I feel like I could tell a lot about you by this whole thing. How you're acting.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And what, you know, sleeping in and then how you're treating people. So are they still in it or like, I don't know what aired?

[Ryan Sickler]

Like, are they.

[KFC]

Did they lose? Are they out of it? I have not watched the first episode. I don't quite know. I listen to Riggs explain the rules, by the way. I felt like I needed like a. Golf rolls are crazy. I needed like an interstellar, you know, science degree to figure this out. The first nine is this. The back nine is this. There's going to be a skins game, then match play within the Skins game. I was like, whoa, it sounds cool, by the way. It's like a lot going on where there's money you can make on the side while you're winning or losing. So like there's a lot to keep you entertained. But from it as a non golfer, I was like, I don't know what the going on.

[Jackie]

I don't even get golf right now. Yeah, I was just like, I don't even.

[KFC]

It was a lot, but it's, it's. What's cool is there's the million dollar prize for the winner and then there's this 700,000 extra dollars where like as you play as as you go on more holes get more valuable and you could win. Goes from like 4,000 to 8,000 to, you know, every hole. So a lot of money to be made. A lot of the best. All of the best golf influencers involved in it. And then right off the bat, we got drama with. With this Luke Kwan stuff. So check out the Internet Invitational. Luke Kwan shout out. Pft Crazy. We got Ryan Sickler coming up. Before we do that, I just want to run through a few topics. Oh, I want to start with this. I sent this to Jackie the other day. And this. This kind of started with the life of a showgirl reaction with Taylor Swift. And now I'm seeing a lot, a lot of videos, or not a lot, but a few videos recently that have gone viral with the same idea. And the. The sentiment is. Can you plug back in? Check. The sentiment is that having a boyfriend is now Republican. Having a boyfriend and being in a relationship is now embarrassing. It's now, like, for women, it's like, yeah, something they should be ashamed of. And some of it's tongue in cheek, like, oh, my God, having a boyfriend's so embarrassing. But there's always like, an underlying sentiment that, like, they kind of mean it. And I think this it. It's kind of started or at least came to the to light with Taylor Swift when her being. Settling down with Travis and being happy and like, seemingly wanting to be like a wife and have kids and a family. We're now saying that's Republican coded and that's maga and that's like, lesser than, you know, it's not being feminist. It's. You're bending to the patriarchy, all that sort of. And then I've seen some influencers being like, yeah, having an embarrassing. Having a boyfriend is like, bad for your brand. And again, I know these things are said tongue in cheek a little bit, but I think there's a real. And maybe, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you can tell me, but I think that there is some, like, there's some realness to this that girls are starting to feel that way. And another one that went viral was this girl saying that it's juvenile and immature to have a boyfriend. And she said, look no further than the term itself. Boyfriend, girlfriend, I'm not a girl, I'm a woman. And I don't want a boy, I want a man. And so, you know, the naming of it alone implies it's juvenile and immature. And then, like, the behavior that comes along with it, like, being associated with a man is. Is negative. Now I'll. I'm going to let you start being a girl. Like, what were you. What was your reaction to that?

[Jackie]

I think, okay, first of all, I think like the making it Republican, like, there's no reason to make it like political. Like, yeah.

[KFC]

The amount in general beyond just this topic, the amount that people politicize, things are fudgeing nuts. I did a video the other day on the. The girl fake the pregnancy.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

One of the comments is like, well, we know who she voted for. And I was like, first of all, yeah, what? And second of all, she's in Scotland. Not everything is related to American politics. Like these people who see any. Everything through one lens of like red, blue, left, right, Republican, Democrat politics all the time is fucking insane. And, and yes. So this is another example that it's fucking crazy.

[Jackie]

I just feel like it then it just immediately cuts like the audience off. Like turns the audience off. But I think that there's some interesting points. Technically. I think that like, and I just said this in a TikTok that I do feel like there's the trope used to be kind of like girls want boyfriends, like cuffing season. Girls want like whatever. I don't think that like I've noticed at least amongst my single friends, there was no like urgency. And it's like I'm 25, 26, hanging with. You know, there was definitely a time when like our age is like the. There's pressure to get married and find somebody.

[KFC]

You're not there yet. But like. But in my generation, by 25, 26, girls were freaking out. So like that you're not so young that that doesn't apply.

[Ryan Sickler]

You're.

[KFC]

It might change for you in like five years for your friend group.

[Ryan Sickler]

Maybe it doesn't.

[KFC]

Maybe doesn't. But there, I think there has been a shift, at least from my point of view of what I experienced. And then hearing your experience, it does feel like things have changed.

[Jackie]

Yeah. Because I feel like I even had the timeline in my head. I was like, okay, I want to get married by 28, have kids by 30. Like I used to have that. Now it's just kind of like 28. So young, dude.

[KFC]

Throw out any timeline because like life does not comply with your rules and your timelines. You know what I mean? So that's a good rule to just like when things happen, they happen. But also if you are going to set a timeline, 28 is too young. It is. I mean, I know people. It probably doesn't seem that way like based on like history or whatever, but, like, 28, you are still just so young and have so much more to experience. And, like, I don't. I don't think you're even close, you know, I mean, you can't speak for other people, but, like, I think generally speaking, 28 is even. That is still. You could get. I'm not saying it's crazy to get married at 28, but, like, I still think your 20s. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Is not.

[KFC]

I think everything should be at least 30s.

[Jackie]

Yeah. 28 feels young, but also it's like, again, timelines. I. I'm. Those are just all out the window.

[KFC]

Like, and you could be a very old 28. I don't know, like, your family situation, you've been, like, raising your siblings or something. By the time you're 28, you feel like you're 50. Like, there are different. You know, of course there's specifics, but I think generally speaking, everything has just kind of gotten shifted further back. Especially nowadays with, like, people struggling to buy a home and earn and, like, the economic impact of things. And the way society has shifted feels like everything is gone later in life. The only thing that, like, fucks us is the biological clock, because otherwise, I think everybody would be like, let's get married when we're, like, 40 and have kids when we're 50, because we're living 110 now. But. Yeah, but. Yeah, but continue.

[Jackie]

But. But I just. I do. I do feel kind of. I don't think that there's, like. There used to be kind of, like, a shame and saying. I don't know. I think that there has been more. I hate to use the word empowerment, but empowerment in being single. So I do agree with that sentiment that there's. There's a shift, for sure. I don't think that it should be. It's also like, the one time I have a boyfriend, like, if it comes cool to, like. I know, not. Whatever, but.

[KFC]

But just like. Stop right there for a second before we even dive into the, like, the crux of this discussion. That sentence right there is crazy to be like, I have a boyfriend now. Now having a boyfriend's not cool. It's like, what the are we talking about? None of this is ever, like, cool or not cool. It just is. It's like, single is not bad. Being together with someone is not bad or good. These are just things that you do or don't do in life. Yeah. And, like, if I desperately want what you have in general, then, yeah, that becomes, like, cool to me, you know?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

But it could Be like, I want your house, I want your boyfriend. I want your job. I want your looks. There's a million things. It's just like, I think there's, like, a grass is always greener.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Jealousy thing that has always existed when it comes to single and not single. But now. Now that has become, like, cool or not cool. I can't get down with that. That's insane to me.

[Jackie]

Yeah. You can't, like, make it, like, trendy to be in a relationship or not.

[KFC]

At the end of the day, we're.

[Jackie]

Talking about, like, love. Yeah.

[KFC]

Like, not. Of course, not every relationship or hookup is about love. It's could be about sex. It could be about looks. You know, all that. But at the end of the day, like, in general, talking about being in a relationship is the concept of, like, finding someone you love who supports you to, like, have a family.

[Jackie]

One more time.

[KFC]

Check, check, check. Yeah. In general, the idea of finding your person is the idea of, like, falling in love and having someone who supports you and loves you and takes care of you and you have a family with them. That's cool. Like, that's like. You can't say that's not cool, but it's. It's what? Like the. You know, I guess. I guess you can say it's. Let me. Let me change that. It's not cool. Like, no one. No one's ever like, yo, sit down and tell me stories about your fucking relationship.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

So it's not entertaining cool, but it's cool in the sense of, like, that's what life's all about when you get it right. So don't downplay that. For people who have found that or are looking for that, or only because you haven't found it yet. You know what I mean?

[Jackie]

But. But my. My counter to that would be like, when. When she was saying, if you have a boyfriend, I think it automatically makes you more boring or automatically makes you boring. I was offended by that. But then I remembered, like, there were so many times when I was single that there would be such condescending things from people in relationships. And I just kind of made the video about this. That. That in all the songs are about relationships. Everything is about how, like, glorifying relationships that I can't hate. Like, here, like, there should be some sort of single.

[KFC]

Like, it doesn't have to be somebody. Being a condescending in a relationship is lame. Yeah, but that's different than knocking the concept of relationships. Like, if she made a video saying people who are in relationships who talk down to people who are single or act like being in a relationship is the end all, be all you is lame, juvenile, immature, whatever. That to me is different than being like, having a boyfriend is, is bad is, you know.

[Jackie]

Yeah, yeah.

[KFC]

Having a boyfriend or girlfriend and behaving in a way that sucks is the problem.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Not the notion of, like, finding love or finding a partner, you know.

[Jackie]

Yeah, no, I, I agree.

[KFC]

And maybe too seriously, maybe these are like, those girls didn't seem like they were joking. A lot of the comments and feedback felt like I said tongue in cheek. So I don't want to look into it too much, but I just know how these things. I've just been on the Internet long enough where it's like, okay, that started as a joke or now this person's doing it for clicks. This is just shock jock attention. And then all of a sudden it's like, no, people are starting to like, actually think this or, you know what I mean? So I could see this, like, where it's going.

[Jackie]

Yeah, I, I, I think that you can't. Yeah, I could see how if I was like, a few months ago, this would have made me feel better.

[KFC]

Really.

[Jackie]

You know, like, that's a problem too, though, just because there is so, especially on, Well, I hate to, like, say the, for, you know, it's different for women, but I do think that there's a lot of, like, pressure on having a relationship. And again, it's just like all culture is around love stories, like romcoms, music, all that. I do think it's, it would have made me feel a lot more comfortable to be like, okay, yeah, like, maybe it's not all about having a relationship, but maybe it does make me more interesting. And I, I think I actually would have found comfort in that because there's so much on the other side that it's like, good to have something and to know that it's like, okay to be single. And like, if anything, it's a, it's not, not. Sorry. Not even is it, like, okay to be single. It's like a good thing.

[KFC]

Enjoyable.

[Jackie]

It's enjoyable because I think that there's so much, like, rhetoric around. Oh, like, like, it's almost more offensive when someone's like, no, it's like, it's fine to be single.

[KFC]

Like, yeah, it's almost like they're treating like a leper.

[Jackie]

Yeah, exactly.

[KFC]

It's like, no, you're, you're suffering from this disease. It's okay.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[Jackie]

Yeah, exactly.

[KFC]

You'll figure out your singleness one day. Yeah, I, I do get that. I would say a couple things, though. Like, one, I think the reason why I love why movies and music and TV and all that are centered around it is because it's like a, when you get it right, it is a, like a life changing, great thing that you almost, once you figure it out, I think looking, you can say, this is something you should aspire to.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Like, if someone wanted to be single forever and they were truly comfortable with it, I, I'm fine with that. But I think there would be part of me that's like. But I, I just wish you would experience like true love, because I think you would like it. But if not, okay. But I, I just don't think it's something you should aspire to not do. Yeah, I think you should. I also don't think you should aspire to not be single. Like, I'm, I need, I'm just gonna get in a relationship because I don't want to be single. That's stupid too. Yeah, whatever comes your way comes your way. I just, I think going down a path for anybody, but in this case specifically girls of like, intentionally avoiding it because some people out there are now saying, it's not cool, it's not good because. And the singleness, like being single, I think if you, if you're really comfortable and you do it right, it's awesome. I do think there's a bit of a shelf life. Like, I think especially as a guy, there were, there are times where I was like, I would, I'll be a bachelor till I'm 60, man. Like, like, this is the life, you know?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Then you do it for like 10, 15 years and eventually you're like, I don't know if I can do this forever. You know what I mean? So I think even in some moments where you feel like, I love being single, you might not feel that way. 5, 10, 15, whatever years. So if you're like closing yourself off from the possibility of finding that because of it being Republican or being uncool, you might just put, you know, you might like pigeonhole yourself where all of a sudden you turn around, you're like, oh, I wish I did have that. And I spent the last 10 years not doing it because of, like, Internet trends, and now you're in trouble. Yeah.

[Jackie]

But also, I don't even think that it would actually deter anyone from finding relationship, like. Okay. Also another thing that I think about is when you're in a relationship, it's so much easier to like, feel like, enjoy life it just, it kind of feels like it's everything's, you know, rose colored glasses. It's so much easier to like romanticize everything because it's so natural. Whereas like, you don't have that same like chemical, like rosiness.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Jackie]

When you're not in a relationship. And I think that there's, it's important to. I think I like that this like romanticizes the being single. Being. Being single. Because I do think it's important to.

[KFC]

I don't think this does.

[Jackie]

But, but I think it's important.

[KFC]

I think what you're saying is, is, is that I think what you're saying is correct. I think the way they're posing it of like, first of all, they're like, like treating Republican like it's a bad thing. They're treating like cool or uncool.

[Ryan Sickler]

Bad.

[KFC]

Good. Worser than like. I think what you're saying is, what the message should be is that like there is good and sexiness and happiness in both sides of it.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Rather than putting one side of it down.

[Jackie]

But I think that like, again, I hate the word empowerment, but I think that the word empower, like, I think that empowerment is an even stronger like even if you're, if you're sitting alone at a restaurant and you are thinking, yeah, no, I am pretty happy right now. That's one emotion. Whereas I feel empowerment is the next level up where you actually are able to feel proud of yourself, feel like a stronger. It just romantic. It takes it to the next level in terms of romanticizing it, where I do think, I don't think it would actually. I think that there is a certain, again, condescending nature that should be avoided that I don't agree with. But I don't think that there's any harm in like feeling proud to be single because there's you know, it's like 50% of a lot of people's lives, you know, or like you're 50% of relationship, you're 50% of not. So like, I, I think it's good to not like discount that like a big chunk of your life being single. But, but I agree with you definitely in a sense where like, you shouldn't, it shouldn't be something that you try to avoid because it's a trend. But, but I, I don't think that there's any harm in like embracing, embracing being single. And I don't think it would actually deter. I think at the end of the day, like, everyone wants to find love.

[KFC]

Like, well, that's also what I want to say, like, and I don't want to be dismissive. Like, if someone's like, no, I think having a boyfriend is lame and I'm happy being single, then, like, I'll take you at. At your word.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

But I also think a lot of times people say that when they haven't found it yet, and then when they do find it, they're like, oh, no, wait a minute. This is pretty awesome.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know what I mean?

[KFC]

So it'. I. You know, I mean, listen, I've been through it all where I was like, I've. I've, like, lost faith in all of relationships and monogamy and marriage and the institutions and all that. But, like, I still would never discount or. Or, like, disagree with the people who like it or. Or are happy with it. Like, to me, to me, it just boils down to if you're really going to be about empowerment and, like, feminism, like, let them choose whatever they want is. It makes them happy. That's what's good. And I could just see a world where it's maybe more for content and just, you know, more like mean girls type. But I can see a world where people like, you have a boyfriend and a girl being like, oh, fuck, like it's not cool anymore. Like, shit. You know, and that's. That sucks.

[Jackie]

Yeah, that sucks. And.

[KFC]

But it's like you're getting a taste of what all the single people have felt forever. Yeah. So sorry, but I don't think either of those are right. I think, like, you know, I think you should be able to have a boyfriend or settle down, have a career or not, whatever. And like, as long as you're doing it out of, like, your desire. Yeah, this is what I want. Then fucking do it.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

You know, like boyfriend girl, like, the literal words. It's like, I've heard that before. People like, you know, I say like, my partner or something because when you hit a certain age, it sounds young and immature, but, like, I don't know. You want me to start calling you a woman friend? Do you want me to start calling you a man friend? Like, fine, these are just terms.

[Jackie]

That's crazy.

[KFC]

Cowboys aren't actually boys.

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't know.

[KFC]

Like, there are just some words that, you know. And I. I guarantee you the same girl who's saying boyfriend and girlfriend sounds lame and immature is saying, be a girl's girl. So, yeah. You know, which. These are just terms we use.

[Jackie]

But I do think it's interesting to point out there is. I do notice some kind of shift And I can't really put my finger on it, but it's interesting that, that. That she wrote that article.

[KFC]

I think that if there was more content, if you will, around being single, it would probably go a long way. I could see, like, you know, Taylor. I'm sure there are songs and movies like this that exist, but it's like, if there was a Taylor Swift song all about, like, you know, being independent and on your own and not needing anybody but yourself, like. And there was a movie that way.

[Jackie]

I mean, I think there are a lot now, actually.

[KFC]

Yeah. Yeah. But. But they. You know, in general, it's like every pop song you better listen to is about love, you know?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Or like, even not finding love. It's like you're still circling around love.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Where it's like, just make me a movie. What's it called?

[Ryan Sickler]

The Bechtel Test. Beck.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

It's like, that's kind of the idea is like, even when you're talking about being single, you're actually talking about, like, the absence of love rather than just like, when I'm single, I work hard, I. I party hard, I'm hooking up, I freedom, I travel. Like, rather than just being like, I'm not in a relationship, it's like, what are you, though?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

What are you? When you're single, you're more than just not dating someone.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Show those sort of things, romanticize those sort of things. I think is a better way to approach that than saying, well, that having one is lame.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Don't tell me that's lame. Tell me why that's awesome. That is how I would approach it, because I think you're just kind of. It's unfair to the people who are in it or want to be in it or do like it, you know, but again, it is, you know, the reverse has been going on for a long time. So if you want to clap back in a way and be like that. But I think like anything else in the world, when the pendulum goes too far, that's not good. And then we swing it back the other way, too far, you know? Bluechew isn't just a tablet. It's a cheat code for you downstairs. It's sort of like having a personal trainer giving you that pep talk. You need to go stronger, harder, longer lasting. In the bedroom, it's the original brand offering chewable tablets for better sex. That's Bluetooth, man, the og. And when you want to do something right, you go to the first people, the pioneers, the trailblazers who know the most about this and have perfected their product. It's not just a supplement. It's an erection resurrection. And it's not just about performance. It's about your legacy. Because after the fact, you know, girls are going to be in the group chat. How big was he? How did he perform? Was it good? Was it bad? You know, they all keep that notes app. 0 out of 10, 1 out of 10. You want to be a 10 out of 10 in the notes app and in the group chat gossip. And bluechew is going to help you get there. Give her and her friends or him and his friends something to talk about when you lay it down. So go to bluechew.com right now. Find out all your options. And right now, we got a deal for our listeners. You can get your first month for free when you use promo code KFC. At checkout. That's bluechew.com use promo code KFC. Get your first month for free. All you got to do is pay five bucks for the shipping, and the actual product itself is sent to you for free discreetly and easily so you can use it and get better erections and better sex today. That's bluechew.com promo code KFC. And they're going to upgrade humanity one thrust at a time. And you can join the revolution one more time. That's BlueChew.com promo code KFC. Thanks to BlueChew for sponsoring the podcast. Did you think that Kourtney Kardashian's Lollipops.

[Ryan Sickler]

For your was for your?

[KFC]

Oh, I didn't see this, Courtney. The headline was, courtney Kardashian invents lollipops for your vagina.

[Jackie]

Oh, if it says for your vagina, then yeah.

[KFC]

Yeah, right? Like, I mean, and it was. Yeah, my head went straight towards it. Like, when I say, did you think that? Like, I didn't. Yeah. Once I took it, like, a step further, I was like, yeah, you're probably not putting lollipops in your pussy, but the. The first thing you see is her, like, seductively sucking on it. And the headline said, kourtney Kardashian invents or releases or unveils lollipops for your vagina. And the real thing is that there's probiotics in it, that when you know, you eat them in your gut, it promotes internal health. And that's good for your vagina. But the way everybody's mind went to, like, you put those violent light pops in your. And so I joked about it, and there were people who were like, nobody thought that. And I was like, yes, they did.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Yes, they did. And I'm sure there's a lot of smart people out there that didn't, But a lot of people, their gut reaction was like, are you supposed to put those in your vagina?

[Jackie]

That. That's, like, very fair. And there are, like, pills that you put in your vaginas. Right. Like, for this exact reason.

[KFC]

It's the perfect, like, mechanism to do it. Got a little stick, a little knob.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Pop it in there.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

It's not that crazy. I'll just say crazy, if anything. And the way they rolled it out is like, that's what they wanted and they achieved that.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Yeah. You know? Yeah. Would it be an absolute nightmare if you put it in your. Yes, I get it. Yeast infections, you know, all sorts of. Understood. I'm just saying that's where my mind went, and I think that's where a lot of my people's minds went. And that doesn't make you dumb, but it does make you a pervert.

[Jackie]

Also, Kim just came out with, like, the bush thong.

[KFC]

That's what I. That was my point, too, is like, you're. They're doing.

[Jackie]

They're doing PR stuff.

[KFC]

They're doing, like, inflammatory crazy. Could have easy. Easily been like, put on your hairy thong and pop that pussy. Could have easily been that. Right?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Right. Come on. So Kardashians, they're the greatest ever do it. They just never stop.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Like. Like, when people say, like is enough, enough. Like, does Kourtney Kardashian need to be making pussy lollipops? Like, just go sit. Just stop. You've done enough. You've conquered, like, the world enough. We also got the herpes monkeys running around. There was a truck carrying monkeys that were being studied in a lab at Tulane University. Very funny that. Like, Tulane has the STD monkeys. It's like, yeah, I know. You're out on Bourbon Street. You're not alone. Monkeys. A lot of people come away from tulane with fucking STDs.

[Jackie]

I get it.

[KFC]

But the monkeys were aggressive in nature, and they carried Covid herpes and hep C. Jesus Christ.

[Jackie]

How do you lose track of these monkeys?

[KFC]

Well, they crashed. So when you. This. I feel like this has happened before. I remember one that was like250,000 bees were in a truck that got overturned. There's always trucks carrying important animals that overturn. I'm woke to that. I don't know. Something's going on there. How all these trucks overturning. Always carry precious cargo one way or the other.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And it's either something's up and it was like, by design, or. God damn it, we need to start hiring better fucking truck drivers. Because you can't overturn the truck with the monkeys. Oh.

[Jackie]

Or you gotta have your. Your serious. Your best truck driver. The one for monkeys with herpes and Covid.

[KFC]

Imagine getting herpes from the monkey and having to explain it to, like, your long term wife. And just like, you're not, like, I swear to God, I got bit by a monkey. So, babe, you saw the news, right?

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

You saw that truck? Like, like, that's. That's the new. I got it from a toilet seat.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah.

[KFC]

That was like a big thing when I was younger.

[Unidentified Male]

That would be even funnier.

[KFC]

I got it from the monkey. You fucked the monkey? No, it bit me. You thought I fucked a monkey? But yeah, I mean, I've seen. If you guys haven't seen the movie Outbreak, It's a movie from the 90s. It's fucking awesome. And it's like, literally how this movie started. Like, a monkey escapes.

[Jackie]

Really?

[KFC]

Like one monkey, like, ruined the world. So let's fucking catch that monkey they killed. They said, we've destroyed all the monkeys except for one. I was like, destroyed.

[Ryan Sickler]

Destroyed was the word they used.

[KFC]

Not put down. Not, like, remedied the situation. It was. We destroyed the monkeys.

[Ryan Sickler]

We made sure they were dead.

[KFC]

Like, like, we. I'm picturing them like, exploded.

[Unidentified Male]

Just like.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Loading up this monkey with like an ak. Like, you can't even identify it as a monkey when it's done. We destroyed it.

[Jackie]

That's nuts that they said that.

[KFC]

But I. I hate to say it, I. I like monkeys. I'm an animal guy. But I'd rather a monkey be destroyed than not destroyed. If it's got co.

[Ryan Sickler]

Her and hepatitis.

[Jackie]

Yeah. So they gave these monkeys.

[KFC]

I don't know. Yeah, I mean, I. You know, they do test studies and like that. Either that or those monkeys are just sluts. You know, I was like, man, Covid, herpes and hep C. It's like, that was. That was me in 2020, running around town, getting crazy.

[Jackie]

Husband.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know.

[KFC]

What else? We do a couple things.

[Ryan Sickler]

2020, that was my behavior.

[KFC]

I was on a run there.

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't know.

[KFC]

A couple more things before we wrap up. Number one, Kevin James's viral campaign on Instagram. Kevin James is pretending to be an art teacher named Matt Taylor, and he's just doing videos. His new Instagram handle is at. It's Matt Taylor, I believe. And he just does these videos like, hey, gang, what's up? It's Matt Taylor. I'm here to, like, do my pastel drawing today. And it's just Kevin James. And it's very clearly a marketing campaign. If you go look at his IMDb, he has a movie coming out where he plays a guy named Matt who has been left at the altar while in Italy. And he discovers the beautiful Italian landscape. So I'm sure he starts painting it. So this is just promotion for a movie. I'm cool with all that guerrilla marketing. I'm cool with if he just said, like, if his PR team said, we're gonna do this weird little social media stunt and it's just gonna get you attention, I'm cool with all that. It's the reaction that is driving me insane. I'm taking this like, to heart. I'm taking it so seriously. All of the headlines, and maybe they're a part of the PR campaign. I could see them paying people to like, write articles in this manner, but all the headlines are like, is this Kevin James?

[Jackie]

Oh.

[KFC]

And it's like, yeah, it's Kevin James.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Is this real or is this a bit. Is it brilliant comedy or is this really an English. An art teacher named Matt Taylor who just looks like Kevin James. Can you believe how much these two look alike?

[Ryan Sickler]

It's just Kevin James.

[KFC]

And it's gotta be. It's gotta be. They've got to be part of it, right? Or they're just like, like, we'll play along with the joke, but like, I'm not seeing any articles that are like, check out this cool guerrilla marketing campaign. All of it is like, what's going on here? And I'm just like, we need to be better than this on the Internet. We have to know by now. It's just Kevin James.

[Jackie]

To be fair though, like, there is that Zendaya look alike. There's like a Lady Gaga look alike. Like, there's like a lot of really close look alikes. And Kevin James is just kind of like a average looking white guy.

[KFC]

It's Kevin James, Jackie.

[Jackie]

Yeah, no, I know it's Kevin James.

[KFC]

You're doing it.

[Ryan Sickler]

You're doing it.

[KFC]

You're doing it.

[Jackie]

I'm not, I'm not. I'm not discounting the fact that it's Kevin James, but I could see that it being there, being questioned of it being Kevin James isn't out of this world. And I'm not saying I think, like.

[KFC]

I think you do. Taylor and Kevin James are Doing?

[Jackie]

No, I think that. I know, I understand. It's Kevin James. It's Kevin James's PR stunt. I'm saying that I don't think it's the craziest world to have a question confirming. Is it Kevin James?

[KFC]

I hate you so much.

[Jackie]

I'm just saying, I, you know, I'm right on that.

[KFC]

No, that Zendaya look like nuts.

[Jackie]

What that Zendaya look like is nuts.

[KFC]

I don't actually don't know that one. Is it really banging on?

[Jackie]

I'll tell you right now, it just looks a lot like Zendaya. Think you can picture her?

[KFC]

Yeah, it's going to be Zendaya. And last thing here, Kent State, Gun girl.

[Unidentified Male]

Poop girl's back.

[KFC]

Whoa. She went viral for another video where she's interviewing these old liberal women. And she says, one of the. And I. If you know Caitlyn Bennett, I hate her. We've. We've had our back and forth for many years on the Internet. Now there's the story. So she's. The girl goes around to campuses promoting the Second Amendment and, like, loves guns and. And then there's this rumor that she shit her pants at a frat party. So she went from gun girl to poop girl. And in this video, the girl she's interviewing, the woman she's interviewing is also an asshole. She's like, I'm happy that Charlie Kirk's dead. What's funny about it is Kaitlin Bennett's like, what you. You do? And she's like, I do the same thing that Charlie Kirk does. Do you want. Do you.

[Ryan Sickler]

Would you care if I.

[KFC]

You know what she said? She said, I do the same thing that Charlie Kirk does. Do you wish that I. I'm dead? And the woman goes, I don't know, maybe. And then she goes. She literally clutches her pearl. She. You should be ashamed of yourself. She turns to another woman. She goes, your friend has wished death upon me. And her friend goes, wish death was, like, medieval. It was so dramatic and so funny. And so I posted a video about that. And of course it's. I mean, if you do anything on politics, people, you know, you lose followers or people get mad at you. And I'm okay with that. But I do draw the line of Kaitlyn Bennett. If your politics, if your politics is your identity, so much so that you like Gun Girl videos, you're too deep into politics, because that girl objectively sucks. If you, You. If you. You need to be able to be on the left and say, when there's a Democratic spokesperson, content creator. That person sucks, even though I agree with them. And the same thing with the right. And if you're just like, nope, I support Caitlin Bennett videos. I love her content because we align politically. That's the problem with the world. If you cannot just say for a second, hey, we agree politically, but you suck.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

That is, like, the whole problem with the world today is the inability to do that. Just separate those two things, and the world would be a better place. And that, like, look no further than that right there. It's. That's the example. We got to figure out a way to do that as people.

[Jackie]

Yeah. I think that she, like, so what does she do? She makes YouTube videos.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And she's just always like. It's just like, she was early on, like, she was kind of Charlie Kirk before Charlie Kirk. She never rose to that level. But she's doing man on the street, and she's just like, I love my guns. And she does kind of this gotcha where it's like she, you know, finds a way to make people who want gun control look silly and put out a video where she looks good and all that sort of shit, you know? But it's just like. It's. It's. If. If that girl was not talking about politics you believe in.

[Jackie]

Yeah.

[KFC]

You would never care about that content. Yeah. You know what I mean?

[Jackie]

I think it's a good. Like, they. Somebody once told me, like, if you. In terms of teetering on, like, if you're trying to, like, cut for something and in. If you're teetering on getting, like, an eating disorder, the way that you can tell is if you start worrying about the calories and seasoning, and that's when you know that you're going too far. I almost feel like if you're looking.

[KFC]

At the calories of, like, salt and pepper.

[Jackie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or like, you have, like, some kind of, like, weird seasoning, then you go, oh, I need to reel back a little bit. Caitlyn is a good test.

[KFC]

Yes. If you're like. If I'm subscribed and I'm logging on for the latest Gun Girl video. Yeah, we got a problem.

[Jackie]

Yeah, yeah. Just. Just take it back. And again, same with. Same with somebody on the left, Right?

[KFC]

Yes. It's not. If you make bad content.

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't really.

[KFC]

There's not much on the left, but, like. Yeah, if they're out there and they suck, they suck, too.

[Jackie]

Yeah, exactly.

[KFC]

All right. Speaking of life and doing it the right way and talking through all this stuff, we got Ryan Sickler on the pod. He is one of the best, most insightful guys out there. I love talking to this dude. He's got just a great outlook on life, great opinions. We sat down with him for almost two hours, talked it all up. He's the man. He's the best. Ryan Stickler, very funny comedian. His podcast is the Honeydew. He talks to people from all different walks of life. Very successful in the comedy world. Absolute great. I mean, an amazing he. This was just story time with Ryan Sickler, stories with Tracy Morgan and partying at the Playboy Mansion and everything. He's done his near death experience. He's got his new special out. So a lot of really insightful and interesting stuff with Ryan Sickler on KFC Radio. Let's talk to him. Kraken is the best, easiest and really only way to buy, sell and trade crypto coins on the Internet. Because there's all these different like dark web and unofficial sites and all these things that are totally fugazi. A, you're going to get scammed or robbed. B, they don't have any customer service. C, they don't have access to all the coins you might want to sell and trade. And Kraken not only takes care of all that, but they put it all in one easy to use, intuitive app so that the regular person can buy and sell crypto. You don't need to be some like crypto bro nft king in the dark web, deep corners of the Internet. Who's been on Bitcoin since it was worth a dollar? No, this is for the regular average person who wants to get involved with bitcoin, wants to get involved in some of the meme coins and wants to ride the crypto wave. Right now there's over 300 different crypto coins that you can buy, sell and swap on Kraken. Also they have Kraken pay, which is an easy way to swap crypto currency back and forth. So you and your friend are all on Kraken together. You get this round of drinks, I'll buy the tickets, you pay for the parking, I'll pay for the trip, you pay for this round. Whatever it is we can sell, we can, we can swap our money back and forth with no fees and you don't have to link your bank account. So nothing slows it down. There's no time lag. It's just boom, boom, send the money. Also the best part of all, there's the Kraken referral bonus right now if you get one of your friends to sign up and use Kraken. You can get a 200 USDG bonus just for telling people to get on the best crypto trading app there is. So use it yourself, stack that money and also bring in friends and make additional money because of it. What are you waiting for? Head to kraken.com barstool it's K-R-A K-E-N.com barstool not investment advice. Crypto trading involves loss of risk and is offered to U.S. customers, including Washington, New York and Maine through Payword Interactive Income. Lucy is the obvious choice for the nicotine pouch connoisseur, and that's why they are the official nicotine pouch partner of Barstool Sports for two main reasons. First off, the shape of the Lucy pouches and secondly, the hydration technology for Lucy Breakers. So first off, the pouches, Lucy pouches are shaped sort of like a pillow. They have this like curved shape to them that fit perfectly in your lip and in your mouth to give you a great pouch experience. Then there are the Lucy Breakers. They are the only pouches that have the hydration technology. It has a capsule in the pouch that you break down on and it releases the liquid. This not only gives you an enhanced flavor and taste experience, but it also gets you that nicotine feeling quicker into your system. So it's a more efficient and more enjoyable process for the nicotine pouch user. Right now you can go to liquid. You can go to Lucy Co KFC and then use promo code KFC to get 20 off your entire order. The gas station pouches, you know you can do them. If you want to have a crappy experience, go ahead, do it. But if you want the real full experience, go to Lucy Co kfc. Use promo code kfc. Not only is it the, the superior pouch, but also you're going to be ordering these everyone every month. You're going to need them every month. So you might as well get the 20 discount. And you get an additional 15 off if you subscribe. So Lucy Co slash KFC promo code KFC gets you 20 off and then if you subscribe for regular shipments, you get an additional 15 off Lucy Co KFC promo code KFC. Lucy products are for adults of legal age. Every order is age verified. Warning. This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. How you doing, big man? You good?

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm so good, dude. Thank you for having me here. Thank you for having me back.

[KFC]

Always.

[Ryan Sickler]

I appreciate, appreciate you making.

[KFC]

There's, there's a few people I always Tell, like, open door whenever. You're on the list, bro.

[Ryan Sickler]

I appreciate it.

[KFC]

Put that on your resume. You're on my list.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm on the KFC bar stool list, bro. I'll take it off.

[Unidentified Male]

You're looking good, too.

[KFC]

Yeah, you are, man.

[Ryan Sickler]

Thank you. Thank you. Making me feel good. I'm the healthiest. I mean, at 52, I have to say, I'm the healthiest I've ever been, which is crazy.

[KFC]

You know what, though? Doesn't surprise, Like. I mean, of course, yeah, it could surprise you that just, like, you get older, you get worse. But I almost think that I'm realizing that as, like, I think your 30s and 40s are the time where you're like, I can't possibly get in shape, or you're so busy or whatever, and then eventually you're like, I gotta do this.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know?

[KFC]

So I. I can see at your age just being, like, as. As contradictory as that is. It also makes sense where it's just like, I gotta handle my. No more excuses, no more little kids or whatever else was putting it off. Now it's like, I got no reason to not.

[Ryan Sickler]

Well, you know, also, I have a kid. My daughter's 11 now, and prior to that, like, I didn't eat Doritos, and I never had that crap cheese. And then whatever's left, I'm over there, powered it real quick. I'm like, I didn't need to do that. Like, why am I doing that? I have a horrible relationship with food. Maybe you're like this, but if. Like, if it's my. If the Ravens get a second win, I'm gonna be excited. Let's eat. If we lose, I'm depressed. Let's see. I'm eating the whole pizza. If I'm bored, what do we got? I'm gonna eat.

[KFC]

Yes.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's a very unhealthy relationship with food.

[KFC]

I. I don't know anybody who's not like that. I know you're actually pretty good with, like, real food. I feel like you'll eat, like, salads and grilled chicken, and it's just. It's the candy and snacks afterwards, right?

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

Like. Like, when I eat, I eat healthy. Like, if I eat food. But, like, what you're saying about food, like, it's.

[KFC]

It's.

[Unidentified Male]

It's a real addiction.

[Ryan Sickler]

It is.

[Unidentified Male]

Like, the second I have a bite, I feel my brain, like, click into a new mode, and it's like, we're gonna do this for the next three hours, buddy. You better lock in.

[Ryan Sickler]

When I Sit across from people on my podcast, Right the Honeydew. Watch the. Where's my camera? Where am I at? Right in front of my face. Watch the honey do. Watch away. Watch my new special Live and alive streaming now on my YouTube. Go up. It's free. It's. It's all about my health, near death experience and all that stuff. But what the was I just going to say?

[KFC]

Pizza. We eating. Brain addiction.

[Ryan Sickler]

Addiction. So I, I haven't now. I mean, I was a drinker before, but I dated a girl that I'll get to the. I take the long way around who was a drinker and I'm at the clubs doing my shows. Three, four beers. And then she gets a dui and I watch what she has to go through. I don't know if it's the same everywhere, but in California, she. You lose your license for a full year, for one, one year. But you. Here's the thing though. It's a ten thousand dollar fine. Your insurance rates go up if they don't drop you. You now have to go to AA classes. I didn't know they made you do that. Oh yeah. And then you have to get like signatures. You can't dog it. You gotta go and get that person's signature. Then it was ride to bus, public transportation for a full year. And after that year you get your license back. But what doesn't happen is that DUI doesn't get what. All that doesn't wipe that DUI away, it stays there. And I was like, LA is a driving city especially. I mean I, I got there in the late 90s, so there's no Uber. And.

[Unidentified Male]

Right.

[Ryan Sickler]

And it's like I just had three beers even if I'm totally fine. And I drive home and a dog runs out. Right? Anything someone else is drunker than you are, that's you. Right? Like it's not you, it's them going to. And I was like, no more of that. So then when I had all the, the health scare, when I clotted and everything, they were like, you're on blood thinners now. You should, you should consider stop drinking. And it wasn't a thing for me. Like I could have a six pack in my fridge for months. I can drink half a beer.

[KFC]

Yeah, Okay.

[Ryan Sickler]

I sit across from people on the podcast to tell me I can't.

[KFC]

If it's in front of them, it's going down.

[Ryan Sickler]

Not only one, they'll say, I'll have 20. And then every single person almost has said that same thing and then says, and that's not an exaggeration. And I get that with food, I can eat a piece of pizza, be full, and I'm like, the next one. Like a golden retriever, I'll eat till I.

[KFC]

What's your favorite slice of pizza? The next one.

[Ryan Sickler]

The next one, bro. Sushi.

[KFC]

How many, how many?

[Ryan Sickler]

How many rolls?

[KFC]

Sushi rolls do you think you could take down eat.

[Ryan Sickler]

I mean, 50 a party.

[KFC]

100.

[Ryan Sickler]

I actually good sushi. Don't give me some imitation crab face. Give me some good sushi. I'm in.

[Unidentified Male]

I made the decision recently, I think, and I'm not going to really stick to it, but I'm pretty sure I'm out on seafood. I think I'm done. I think I've had why I I cuz you his pants at Julian Edelman's house.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's why. I'll tell you what, Ryan, bro, that'll do it. That'll do it. Did it go on the couch? Did it go through your pants?

[Unidentified Male]

I wasn't going to tell you the whole story. I was going to say I don't like shrimp anymore.

[Ryan Sickler]

Don't like the taste?

[Unidentified Male]

No, you your pants at an NFL legend's house.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's why, bro.

[Unidentified Male]

The way Edelman.

[KFC]

The way Edelman set up is set up his.

[Ryan Sickler]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. During the interview, is it bubbling?

[Unidentified Male]

Are you, brother?

[Ryan Sickler]

Great.

[Unidentified Male]

I'm bro, I'm sweating. I'm wiping my hands on my goosebumps and stuff. Like, bro, I'm literally like, living out my dream, like, having the most fun of my life, talking about one of my favorite games with a guy who played played in it. And all I can think is, clench those cheeks, Johnny boy.

[Ryan Sickler]

Clench those cheeks. Do you even know what he's asking? You were talking about at that point.

[Unidentified Male]

Patriots Super Bowl.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. My mouth's watering.

[Unidentified Male]

You, bro.

[KFC]

Get this, though.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's my favorite part. He.

[KFC]

He's like, I need to use the bathroom. Thinking, like, all right, you know, we're done.

[Unidentified Male]

I'm in the clear.

[KFC]

And the bathroom's like right next to the studio. It's like, yeah, go right here.

[Unidentified Male]

No, there like seven people in the room.

[Ryan Sickler]

No. Oh, did you do it?

[Unidentified Male]

No.

[Ryan Sickler]

You chose yourself.

[KFC]

So.

[Unidentified Male]

So I once I got to the.

[Ryan Sickler]

I chose the quiet myself over the loud, appropriate place to. I don't know if I. I don't know if I'm mad at you. I don't know if I'm mad at you.

[Unidentified Male]

Right? He's like, I couldn't be like, that was not gonna work for me. I need the one. I need the one down the street, Jules. But yeah, I. I got in there and I was like, I'm just gonna pee and I'm just gonna go.

[Ryan Sickler]

Let me interrupt one more time. Where'd you get the shrimp? The night before or his?

[Unidentified Male]

No, no, no. Everything was the night before I got to la. Like the Monday before. I just was hammering.

[KFC]

Yeah, but this is what John does. First of all, you've never met someone who gets food poisoning more than this guy. How many? I would say I've had food poison like twice in my whole, like, life. Right. Like that's fair.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like a real activities.

[KFC]

Right. But like a bad bout of like, you know, 24, 48 hours of puking.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like two or three of those. Yes.

[KFC]

Maybe six times a year.

[Unidentified Male]

I was gonna say quarterly, at least.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

You're throwing up like that.

[KFC]

He said he puked like 20 times, but.

[Ryan Sickler]

How old are you?

[Unidentified Male]

I'm 37, bro.

[Ryan Sickler]

You haven't done an elimination diet to figure out what's making you. But here's the thing.

[KFC]

Let's start with eliminating this. Let's start.

[Unidentified Male]

I would do that before I quit drinking for a tui, bro.

[KFC]

It's really not that hard. All he needs to eliminate is like, the gray shrimp. Yeah, like he'll.

[Ryan Sickler]

He'll.

[KFC]

He'll look at something and be like, this is rotten. Just eliminate that.

[Unidentified Male]

All right, all right, so hang on.

[Ryan Sickler]

So.

[Unidentified Male]

So I got a little bit here. So I'm.

[KFC]

I.

[Unidentified Male]

We were at this restaurant, a nice.

[Ryan Sickler]

Restaurant, and what's the name of it?

[Unidentified Male]

Hillstone in Santa Monica. And I was. I was biting a shrimp that I'd already bitten, and I noticed a bunch of gray spots on it. And I remember just thinking, huh, I never seen shrimp with gray spots. And I ate it and I got really sick. But then this past, and this is what happens to me. This is how it happens. This past weekend, I was up home, my sister got married actually. And the day before the wedding, I was heating up some chili in my parents house and I went and put some like hot sauce on it that came out just like brown and gross.

[Ryan Sickler]

Right?

[Unidentified Male]

And I like to the point where when I put the hot sauce on the chili, I went, ugh. And I jumped back and you ate it. And my aunt goes, you're still gonna eat that, aren't you? I went, well, yeah, when I shit my pants at the wedding tomorrow, everyone knows why.

[KFC]

At least I'll have a reason.

[Ryan Sickler]

Did you shit at a wedding too?

[KFC]

I was fine.

[Ryan Sickler]

I was fine.

[Unidentified Male]

See, that's why I take the risk though, because I'm used to usually fine. Occasionally I will my pants.

[Ryan Sickler]

Here's. I think we have a different definition of usually.

[KFC]

Quarterly.

[Ryan Sickler]

You're yourself. That's not usually fine. Quarterly.

[Unidentified Male]

I'm getting food poison. A foodborne illness. So I can usually keep it within my system until I get to a bathroom. But yeah, I'm getting. I'm getting a food bornella.

[Ryan Sickler]

So you yourself while you're doing the interview.

[Unidentified Male]

No, I. I made it through. But like immediately after I was like.

[KFC]

He was squeezing.

[Ryan Sickler]

He was clenching the toilet next to all them.

[Unidentified Male]

Right Next me to story. Yeah, but I.

[Ryan Sickler]

So what just made me think of a great story.

[KFC]

Hit it.

[Ryan Sickler]

Let's go. So a friend of mine from high school, I'm going say his name. Eric. Full government. His wife have been together. They're high school sweethearts. They've been together. They're like the one couple I know from high school still together, three kids. They're great. Heather's a nurse. His wife's name's Heather. And they have a holiday party they're going to. Eric's a big dude, big football player, big beer drinker. Like an Artie Donovan. Like a goose. Just go, go, go. And they go to this little holiday party. And at the time he's got these crazy stomach problems. They can't figure out what's going on. He's drinking all this to go in the hospital non stop. And he is just himself randomly at times when he can't even help it. So they go to this holiday party and it's in. In Maryland and it's in a little community of. Of townhouses all touching each other, you know. And the typical townhouse in Maryland, you walk in the front, there's a bathroom right here. Just a toilet and half. Yeah, yeah. Living room, kitchen back here. Upstairs bathroom. Bedrooms, downstairs bathroom. Bedroom. Narrow. Go out back, there's a little backyard. House is full of people. For this holiday party, Eric's got a. He goes upstairs, there's a line and he's like. And he's telling his wife, he's like, I gotta go. And she's like, eric, you can't go on that one. It's at the entrance to the door when you walk in and everyone is partying here. And he's like, I gotta go, I gotta go. I'm gonna shit myself. He goes in there and he shits in there. I swear to God. Party's over. No, bro, they left. He cleared the party. The whole house out. Yes.

[Unidentified Male]

Everybody's like, see, like it wasn't even.

[Ryan Sickler]

30 minutes into the party and everybody left his wife.

[Unidentified Male]

She was like, all this money work every day.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like, hey, remember that time your husband. Like, I could taste it. I had to leave.

[Unidentified Male]

And they're just like, you live like that every day.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

That's the bigger thing. That's just her life.

[Ryan Sickler]

So I can understand. Damn. Why you didn't want to. That toilet there.

[KFC]

Oh my God.

[Unidentified Male]

It was.

[KFC]

Yeah. We.

[Unidentified Male]

We made it out of.

[KFC]

How about this?

[Ryan Sickler]

We.

[KFC]

We got another guy, Dana Beers. He lives up to the nickname. Guy can chug faster than maybe anybody I've ever met other than Pat McAfee. You know, drinks 30 in a sitting. Just the ultimate consumer, you know, just consumes. And him and a couple of the other big fellas had a. A little hypothetical. This is like a few weeks ago. And it was. Have you. What number is higher? The number of times you yourself or the number of people you've slept with? And poof.

[Ryan Sickler]

Right. I got rolling through my. At this age.

[KFC]

But the way in which Dana was so.

[Unidentified Male]

They're both disgusting numbers. So, like, I feel like this question.

[KFC]

This question's either a pretty easy answer like one direction or the other for you, or there are the people who.

[Ryan Sickler]

Are like, this is a nightmare either way.

[Unidentified Male]

You know, but the ease count.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm gonna.

[KFC]

I'm gonna say if.

[Ryan Sickler]

If you don't.

[KFC]

Comes at you not into the toilet.

[Unidentified Male]

That's the. You gotta wipe your briefs.

[KFC]

You.

[Unidentified Male]

You pants.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

I don't care the consistency or whatever, but the way in which Dana was so quickly and so, so like, defiantly like, oh, my pants.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know, and.

[KFC]

And they were like, oh, like, you know. You really haven't gotten that much action, huh? It was like, no, no, I've done well in that department.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's just.

[Unidentified Male]

It's just not.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know, I've 100 women. I've myself 450.

[Unidentified Male]

It's not even close. It's not even close.

[KFC]

Really? Yeah. I mean, wait. It's not even close. Yourself more. Yeah. Really? I feel like you put up some numbers in your day too.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah, bud. It's myself though. You should see somebody about by. By the standards set out here today wiping briefs.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

In my pants.

[KFC]

Like I. I could be damn near a virgin and I would still. My number would still be higher than the times I've myself.

[Ryan Sickler]

What? Yeah, I. I've been able.

[KFC]

You know, I don't want to brag. Guys don't call me arrogant or anything. I've been able to control my.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm 40. You wait till you hit your 50. I know.

[KFC]

And that may be.

[Ryan Sickler]

And that may be true, Shar Spaghett. I don't know what's gonna happen in my 60s if it starts now. I'm worried about my 60s, I'm not gonna lie. But I was with my daughter. I was with my daughter. This one got me, too, with my daughter. She's like five at the time. And I'm pumping gas, and I'm like, oh, my God, I got a. Oh, my God, I got a. And I'm at a gas station. I'm like, I'm not going to that gas station. I look over.

[KFC]

Your daughter's in the car, by the way.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. And there's a Jiffy Lube right over here. And I go, stella, come on. She runs with me, and I go, listen, sit right here. I'm gonna use this bathroom. She's like, okay. So she's just sitting there. I go, problem is, I sucked the lady. Like, it was the greatest bath. Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

You're taking his in a Jiffy Lube.

[KFC]

I know, it sucks. No, no, no.

[Ryan Sickler]

This is what I'm saying. The lady just cleaned it. It was pristine, but I sharted. So I'm in there. I'm, you know, I'm taking paper towels. I'm cleaning myself up. I throw the underwear in the trash.

[KFC]

Can as one does.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yep. And as soon as I walk out the door, she wasn't done. Here she comes. Oh, she knows I threw the shitty underwear. Absolutely. She just cleaned the bathroom. She's waiting for underwear guy who interrupted.

[Unidentified Male]

The cleaning to come out. And I'm like, stella, come on, girl.

[Ryan Sickler]

I threw her in that car seat we all had. I left my car at the gas station. I left it at the. The pump. Dude, I saw the. The thing is still in come back. People filling up their lawn mowers and. What the going on?

[KFC]

Oh, my God. God bless you, Jackie. By the way, just the amount of times that she's heard us talk about our pants, it's just. It's too good, man. So wait, tell me about this. The shirt you're wearing is the. Your 19 what? Civic. So this 1989.

[Ryan Sickler]

This hoodie right here is my 1990 Honda. 1990 with original rims. I got this car sitting on 12s.

[KFC]

About 11 or 12.

[Ryan Sickler]

I got this car. I used to work in a junkyard growing up. My friend's dad owned a junkyard in Maryland, so I worked at his junkyard starting in, like, seventh grade, all the way up.

[KFC]

What does One do at a junkyard.

[Ryan Sickler]

Well, when we were kids, he would have us do all the aluminum like he was. We were recycling way before recycle was a thing. So we're scrap metal in. We're doing, filling up. I mean, look back in. This is the 80s, we would take so bad. We would take seats, and we would burn them. We throw them in a dumpster and burn all the seats, because the metal frames in the seats. So we're burning all that upholstery and up into the 1980s.

[Unidentified Male]

That's what happened to the ozone.

[Ryan Sickler]

The hole is right above Freon out there, too. But we would do that. We'd go around, grab all the old scrap metal, and then he would just have us organize the, like, garages so all the transmissions look nice in a row. We can find them. And sure, because it was all in his head. There's no Internet there. No, it's on his head. You came in like, I need a Ford Explorer, right side passenger mirror. He would say, ryan, take this guy up on the hill. This is hilarious. Take this guy up on the hill and get him the mirror. It's third row, halfway back on the left. He knew every thing. And they didn't have Internet then. So we're in Maryland. They had a phone. It's kind of like a super walkie talkie. It was an actual phone. You pick it up, and you would just say, hey, I'm looking for a 1989 Chevy Chevette for bumper rear. And then somebody on that phone would be like, I got one. And you'd be like, where are you? I'm in kind of. So it was a. It was a. An area. Yeah. And he begged Ryan, get in the truck, go down to Richmond, pick up this bumper. And that would be like, my day. Or go to West Virginia, deliver this motor. It might be four hours in, four hours back. But I'm. We're. We're kids. We're 14 years old. Imagine you would hop in the car. We all had a yard car. You get if you had one that ran. So I had a delta 88 1. Time was really no door. I had a pickup truck.

[Unidentified Male]

Wait, I'm sorry. What's a yard car?

[Ryan Sickler]

So yard car was. The place is back. Massive.

[KFC]

It's eight, like, one.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's. If you got a car that came in that ran, and you'd be like, that's mine.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I want that Chevette right there. You'd get that. And that was your yard car. That was if. If I told you go up and get this door. You're driving up there. You get the door, you're bringing it down. But these guys, I mean, imagine like I'm 52 right now. And he, Mr. Roy, be like, take that cop on hill. I'm 14 years old. You're getting in my yard car and I'm driving you up the hill to get this chill. We're stoked. So I've been driving since 14. Like, he would let us drive everywhere, but I got this car from him. So this car I bought from him. And then I put 300,000 on this car. This car went everywhere with me. This car has been from Maryland up to Maine, down to New Orleans, across the country, three times. I did 70, I did 40.

[Unidentified Male]

No way.

[Ryan Sickler]

That car. No shit. So I.

[KFC]

They don't make them like they used to.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, this was a lawnmower. That's all this was. It really was just a little llama. This thing made it up to Colorado Rockies during a winter storm.

[KFC]

No way.

[Ryan Sickler]

Dude. Dude. This car non stop. My buddy had a house. Every car got stuck on up the driveway. And his mom, please don't drive up here. You're just gonna be enough.

[KFC]

See ya.

[Ryan Sickler]

We were driving through Ohio when I first moved to California. And it was a snowstorm. It's the only time in my life I've ever seen frost on the inside of the windshield. We're scraping it from the inside. And they're.

[KFC]

They're.

[Ryan Sickler]

They're telling you on the highway, pull off, they're going to let you sleep at the mall in the parking lot, wait it out. And we were like, nah, that civic roll right on. So I. First I get to California the second time because I went 94. And when I woke up the morning, I'm leaving, it's MLK Day 1994. And I'm sleeping at my friend's house, and his mom, who was like, my mom, she's shaking me awake. I'm leaving that day. Ryan, you don't have a school. I think I'm dreaming. She turns on CNN and there's the Northridge quake. That destroys the college. And I'm like, what the. That's where I'm going today.

[Unidentified Male]

You don't have a school?

[KFC]

Yeah, I thought you meant, like, school's been canceled.

[Ryan Sickler]

School does not exist. There was a few people that died. The city up. The whole. Yeah, the whole school was up.

[KFC]

What year is this again?

[Ryan Sickler]

94.

[KFC]

4.

[Ryan Sickler]

So what did I do? Pack this up and went right out anyway. Yeah, I did a semester out There. And it was. It was terrible. I mean, the city was wrecked. They brought in the little trail. I. I had one class. This is also how dated it was. It was teaching us Ms. What was Lotus and Ms. Doll C. Backslash. Yeah. We didn't have any computers. This guy's just telling us how to do it. We're sitting on a sidewalk under a palm tree for the whole semester.

[Unidentified Male]

I'm like, are we doing.

[Ryan Sickler]

He's like, so what you do is this. I'm like, what we do is what? We don't have computers, bro. The parking structures, it's destroyed. It's destroyed. So I go back home and I finish at Towson, and then I come back out. So when I come back out, I drive out again. I move into this dump in North Hollywood where I would go jog. And I was reminded by all the cholos in the neighborhood that, hey, you know, you're the only white guy in the neighborhood, right? I was like, nah, I got a roommate first night I moved there. This is a true story. Body chalked on the street. The police come over. They tell our building, hey, two buildings up is a known gang building. You know, blah, blah. We're like, what the. And this place was. Do you remember Melrose Place?

[KFC]

The show?

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. Okay. This was a white trash Melrose place. It was same layout, pool in the middle, everyone around, two floors.

[KFC]

I always thought that was a cool. Like, hey, if me and all my friends could live there, this would be awesome.

[Ryan Sickler]

That it would have been if it was nice. Yeah, this was trash. I mean, our landlord, the manager washed our checks and stole from us really good. He would walk because we're writing checks back then. Yeah, he's washing our checks. Wait, what does that mean? What does that mean? So he would. He would. Had a little. I watched it on YouTube. Like, you could take a solution and you can just make the ink disappear on these checks. So he's.

[KFC]

He's.

[Unidentified Male]

You ran from Frank Abington.

[Ryan Sickler]

I was gonna say that. Checks drying them out. Now, he knew someone at the bank. So let's say you're working Wells Fargo and I'm doing this, and we're buddies. I come in with a check now that says it's blank, but I wrote it for two grand. There's really no money on that check. So I'm giving it to you, and I'm going, hey, I want to make this deposit, but give me a thousand of it. I'm really depositing nothing, right? And getting a thousand bucks. This dude's doing it to all of us, we all started getting notices in the building, right? So this other lady lives there now. This lady. This is a trash building. I'm telling you. I've never seen windows like this in my life either. They were glass, like blinds. You ever see these?

[KFC]

They're slats.

[Ryan Sickler]

And you crank a handle.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Floor to ceiling, and they're slats. They just open. You know what I'm talking about?

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I never in my life. To this day, it's the only place I've ever had like that. So I don't have AC because the AC freezes over. It's a wall unit. It's the. It's 105 degrees. I'm sweating my balls off. So I got the things open and I keep coming out of my shower. And there's random cats in my place, and I don't have cats. I'm like, what the going on? But I leave my front door open because I'm also white trash and it's hot as and I don't care. And every night this blonde lady walks by and she's got different animals and stuff. And I realized they're hurt cats. So I go to her door and I knock on it. She won't answer. And I can smell her apartment building before I get there. I'm like, oh. And I'm like, hey, I know you're in there. I hear you. Like, can you please stop having your cats run in my home? So one night she walks by and she's got a chinchilla. The next night she walks by, she's got something else. Another night she comes by and she's got a snake around.

[KFC]

This is.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I'm like.

[KFC]

And she.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I don't like snakes. I am not a fan of snakes. My brother terrorized me with snakes when I was little. This dude keep me on track here. This is why I'm scared of snakes. It's my turn to cut the grass. I have a twin brother, fraternal. We look nothing alike. We got the same snapper lawnmower that they had in camp. I me love the ride. If you ever see that movie, that's the snapper. When we got little bag catcher on the back. Yeah, it's my turn. We have a buddy that lives couple houses up. I'm in the backyard, cutting the backyard, and I see my brother and him fucking around in this tree. Pine tree with a broom handle and a trash can. And I know there's a snake. And they're trying to get that snake into the trash can. I Know these two. And then I'm going around. I got my old headphones on, you know, the yellow Sony's. Hell yeah, I'm going around. And I look up on our deck, my brother standing there holding like a six foot black snake. And he's acting like he's going to throw it on me. And I said, don't do it, Dick. Don't fucking do it. I go back, I'm. Listen, I'm in shape back then. I'm shirtless. It's hot, Maryland summer. I'm going around, I'm not paying attention anymore. They left. Next thing I know, I feel on the back of my neck and I look over and there's a snake's face right here. And I said, I grabbed it, I threw it on the ground. And here he comes. Don't do it, Dick. And I turn that motor and I took that bag and I dumped it out. I said, there's your snake.

[KFC]

Piece of warranted, very justified.

[Ryan Sickler]

So now this lady's coming by with a snake. And I'm like, don't come in here with that goddamn snake. And she's slurring and swaying and stuff. And I go, what the do you do. Who are you? And she goes, just like this. I'm Hugh Hefner's number two zookeeper. And I said, get the out of my face right now.

[KFC]

No, you're not.

[Ryan Sickler]

She's like, yes, I hiccup it.

[Unidentified Male]

Yes, I am.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm like, no, you're not. He's like, yes, I. I am. And I go. She goes, I can prove it. I go, how? She goes, I. I'll give you a tour. I go, when? She goes, when do you want one? I said, tomorrow. She goes, okay, and bring your video camera.

[Unidentified Male]

Get out.

[Ryan Sickler]

I was like so she gives me the address and I drive over to this address. And she's like, you're going to pull into the maintenance gate where the groundskeepers and everything work. I'm like, okay. So I pull up to the Playboy Mansion the the gate, and I buzz the thing. And they're like, how can we help you? And I was like, I'm here to see. I won't say her name. I'm here to see Diane. They're like, nothing. And I'm just sitting there, nothing. That gain ain't moving. I'm like this. I put that car in reverse. Gate starts opening up. Get the out of here.

[KFC]

It worked. It worked.

[Ryan Sickler]

So I pull in, I park right there in the play. You don't get to. I've been to the Playboy Mansion. After this, you meet at the Mondrian. You get a shuttle to the Playboy Mansion.

[KFC]

You don't have to use front door. And this is prime years for Houston.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, this is before. Yeah, this is before Girls Next Door and all that. Really.

[KFC]

This is like the magazine was dominating.

[Unidentified Male]

Obviously, banging the girls at this time right here.

[Ryan Sickler]

All right, These girls. Yeah. I pull in and she says, you don't get to do this. And she told me to bring my camera. She's like, take a picture of your car in that driveway. And I was like, no way.

[KFC]

You're gonna want that.

[Ryan Sickler]

Then you. Her, hell, man. Then she's legit.

[KFC]

She's legit.

[Ryan Sickler]

She takes me all over the Playboy Mansion. I go to the grotto. She takes me. They have a whole reptile section over here I didn't know about. You know what I mean?

[KFC]

I didn't know it was like a zoo. I knew it was loud, lavish. I didn't know it was like a monkey cage, right?

[Ryan Sickler]

She takes me to the monkey cage, and she goes, get in there. And I'm like, she goes, get in there. And she gives me grapes. And I stand there, and these little tiny monkeys, these little guys come down and it's cool and creepy because they have their. Their little paws are about as big as your thumb, but they're fleshy and they're touching you all over. And I've seen monkeys rip people. People's faces off. I'm not. I'm not the animal guy. I tell my brother all the time, the way you all go to Gator World and put your kid on the gator's back and, like. And I look at the line of people. It's all white people.

[KFC]

That's how white people die.

[Ryan Sickler]

White people die. One, brown. Not even. It's all white people. Get my kid on the gator's back. It's got its mouth shut. Like, what the are you doing? So I do it anyway. Great time. Monkeys are eaten. There's peacocks, albino peacocks.

[KFC]

It's.

[Ryan Sickler]

I had no idea he had that kind of. Yeah, I can go through the house. I go to, like, the game room, and there's. She's like, this is like a sex floor or something. And you walk and it's like just thick velvet cushion as. You on the ground. Yeah, on the ground.

[Unidentified Male]

That's cool.

[KFC]

Maybe I'd on the ground again. I'm retired from that. I'm always on a bed now. Maybe if I have a foot of velvet.

[Ryan Sickler]

And then I get to go Another time, I get to go. Coincidentally, another time, a friend of mine, Shannon. Who? Shannon Patterson, whose dad I bought this car from. Wow. This car's got junk stories in the. In the city in Baltimore right now. He hits me up. And our buddy. We had a buddy named Zoomy, and he goes, hey, you know Zoomy sisters, Bismarckies, business manager. I was like, what have we known that all this time? And he's like, so biz is DJing the party. It's so. It's the year Jamie Foxx is hosting the ESPYs.

[KFC]

Okay.

[Ryan Sickler]

Biz is doing the after party, and they're doing a party at the Playboy Mansion. And he's like, can we come stay with you? And go. And I was like, yeah, yeah. So we do. Now I can't pull the Civic up into the driveway. So we go to the Mondrian, we get on the shuttles over. This time, I'm on. This is All Times the. On my bus is Peyton Manning. It's Antonio Tarver, the boxer. And at the time, they were talking about. I think it was. I don't know if it was the Preakness or the Derby or whatever, but they kept saying. And he was fighting Roy Jones at the time, and they were like, who's going to win? Who's going to win? He kept going, Jones. And they're like, jones. He's like, smarty Jones.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

So we're riding with Levar Arrington. There's a bunch of people now, I think the baseball guys during the summer. Baseball, basketball, hockey, they weren't there, but football was there, and. And I can't remember, maybe there was a little basketball there. But anyway, these guys are. We're seeing Tom Brady. They're all there. Ray, Luke. They're massive. They're massive. And we're just walking around. Little peons. And I'll be honest, people always want to know about the Playboy Bunnies. The. The ladies that work there, they weren't that beautiful at all. They had so much. They had, like, body makeup on.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know what I mean? It was the ladies that were after the athletes, those were way better looking. Those ladies were like, I'm gonna get set over here.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

But, man, it was an event. So they had Friday night boxing, like the. Yeah. At the Mansion in the back. So I got to sit front row, watch this fight. There were two.

[Unidentified Male]

Wait, they would have. The fight would be there?

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

In the backyard of the Playboy Mansion with, like, real boxes. No, no, it wasn't the Tarver. It was just like, ESPN Friday Night fights or whatever. They had this.

[KFC]

But they were like sanctioned matches. Oh, yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Live stream from there. We're sitting front row. And I remember sitting with these two sisters. I don't remember what they did. They were Olympians and they. They crushed. I can't remember. And they were twins. I don't remember what they did. But there was Olympians. There was all athletes, you know, it was the sb.

[KFC]

Yeah, sure, sure.

[Ryan Sickler]

So I had worked with Tracy Morgan a year prior to this, and Tracy Morgan is the greatest. Tracy Morgan taught me so much. And he said to me, too, you know, I was so used to doing a lot of smaller rooms in LA where you don't have a big stage and you stand still. So I was even on a big stage, I wouldn't move much. And I was working with him and he said, hey, come here. He said, I'm gonna tell you something that Eddie and Martin told me. And I was like, listen, whatever it is, I don't care if it's a grocery store tip. But he said, those people over there, those people over there, they all paid the same price to see you. Make sure you go see them. Make sure you go see them. And I was like. And then what that also did is it helped me. You know, you don't realize again, when you're watching something live, if you're standing still, you better be. You better be Jesel, Nick or Steven Wright. Yeah, right. But the walk helps me think of what I'm going to say next. And there's also something else going on for the audience. So you go over here. You go over here. I was like, great. That really helped me open up the stage. And I haven't seen this Tracy Morgan for, I promise you, at least a year.

[KFC]

At least.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm with my buddy Shannon. I'm with Zumi, Tom Brady, Peyton. Man, everybody's around us. Tracy Morgan walks around the corner. Ryan Sickler. I said, there's no way. How you doing, baby? Comes up, hugs me like you're rolling with me the rest of the night. And I was like, yes, we are. Yes, we are. So we hang out with Tracy Morgan all night. And he goes around, introduces me to everybody. Like he's known me for.

[KFC]

I've.

[Ryan Sickler]

I did a weekend with him. He. I can't even believe he remembers my name. Yeah, but he's like that comedian. Steve Simone's a great friend of mine. Hadn't seen him in years. And one time, Steve's at the Comedy Store. Tracy Morgan hasn't seen him in years. Tracy comes down the stairs. And Steve said it was one of those moments for him where I was like, this makes me feel accepted. It's all the big comedians and Tracy Morgan comes down the stairs and locks eyes with Steve Simone and goes reunited. And it feels so good. What's up, Steve Simone? And went right to him. He was like, tracy Morgan, I've got the best stories. I'll do a quick one, and then I'm gonna come back. So Tracy Morgan, one night. Everybody's got a great. You know, Burt's story, Of course, the shirt. That's how you get out of paying for a check.

[KFC]

No, no.

[Ryan Sickler]

Oh, we're gonna do Tracy Morgan's.

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[Ryan Sickler]

Steve Simone goes out with him one night, and Tracy loves the party. Tracy was, at least back then, drinking, having a good time. But he. He had, like, no cutoff switch. He could go. We're talking about those guys that could just go. He can go. And they're out partying all night. Steve does blacks out. He said, ryan, I don't know what the happened. I woke up in my home to the smell of bacon and eggs. And I walk in my kitchen and Tracy Morgan standing there shirtless, making Breakfast? I said, nah. He goes, yup. And he goes, tracy has been up all night, looks over at me and goes, you got Tracy Morgan making breakfast in your kitchen. What's that say about you, son?

[Unidentified Male]

Tracy Morgan's the best. He remembered.

[Ryan Sickler]

He's the best. Anybody ever talks bad about him, I'll smack him in their front. Tracy Morgan's the. So we hang out with him all night at the Playboy Mansion. Now, the next night is the espy's party, or, excuse me, the award show. And then the after party is going to be at the Mondrian again, where we got the shuttles to go to the Playboy Mansion. And the Mondrian's right directly across from the Comedy Store. It's that hotel. It's got the two big doors and. Okay. It's got a beautiful infinity pool, though. It's got a great view. It's high end, you know. So this is my second time off to come back partying with Tracy Morgan at the Mondrian. So we don't go to the award show, but we go to the after party because biz is DJing and we're on business, ticket and business in the VIP. So we get to go in the VIP and everybody's there. Samuel Jacks, everybody, Everybody. And just hanging out. All the athletes are there. We're drinking, we're having a good time. And Tracy's like, ryan, come up here and smoke with me. So I'm smoking some weed with him. He's shirtless. He's having a good time. And he's offering that to. To and everybody. And they're like, I can't.

[Unidentified Male]

I can't have that, dude.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm gonna get tested to be up. So he and I just smoke joints, blunts, actually, with him all night. All night at the Mondrian. He's the best. The. The year before that, I worked with him. He gave me his number. And he was just leaving SNL because he was getting a sitcom on NBC. Tracy Morgan Show, I think it was. It was like a family sitcom. So he's now in la and he gives me his number. He says, hit me up. We'll hang out. And I'm like, he's definitely never gonna.

[KFC]

Yeah, see you never. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

So I wait, wait like maybe a week or two. And I hit him up and he's like, come out with me tonight. Meet me at the Mondrian. I'm like, okay. I'm a. I'm a writer producer at the time for ABC Family Channel. I'm just doing promos. And I'm doing my comedy at night, but that's my day gig because I gotta have a day gig to, you know, work. And I leave work at like 4 o' clock, and I go meet him at the Mondrian. And I go a little late because I assume it's going to be Tracy Morgan and a posse. At least a few people.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I get there and it's Tracy Morgan. And I'm like, is anybody else joining us? He's like, nah, man. I was like, what?

[KFC]

You're on a date with Tracy Morgan.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I haven't eaten at all. And this starts ordering champagne. To this day, I won't drink champagne. Like. Like I've never had a hangover in my life. Like, champagne made me just want to pop my head. You want to take a pin and blow it up? Yeah, I'm so up. So we start drinking champagne, champagne all night long. And Tracy's being Tracy. Tracy and I are bonding. His dad's dead, my dad's dead. He's pouring crystal on the floor on the deck for our dead dad. He's buying a bottle here, bottle here. These ladies, these ladies, these ladies. And now it's like 11 o'.

[KFC]

Clock.

[Ryan Sickler]

I haven't eaten. I'm up. I go in the bathroom. I don't feel good. So I'm like, I'm gonna make myself throw up. I go in, I just stand in a. Stand right in the urinal. I just power. Just power that out. I'm not. There's no food. It's just liquid. Just powered it out.

[KFC]

Almost the same exact way, right?

[Ryan Sickler]

You put it back in the bottle, it tastes the same. Yeah, champagne. So I walk out and Tracy Morgan goes, if you're gonna party with me, man, you got to eat something and hang. I said, well, I didn't think I'd be partying with you by yourself for eight hours. I thought I'd come comfortably for an hour or whatever and leave you and your friends be. And now I'm in. Committed.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know, now it's 2:00am they kick everybody out, but Tracy's Tracy, so they let us stay a little longer. There's these ladies he's been talking to that are staying at the hotel just to the right of the Comedy Store across the street. And he's like, ryan, let's walk these ladies over to the hotel. I said, okay. And he's like, will you buy him a rose? Listen, I have no money, but he has just spent gazillions of dollars all night. So I. I Get money. And I give it to him. He buys roses for these ladies. And I don't know if you've ever seen the punk where they got him with the Jaguar. They were towing his Jaguar, and he got in the car on the roll back, it's like, no, you ain't.

[Unidentified Male]

You ain't taking my car.

[Ryan Sickler]

It was like, $100,000 Jaguar car. That's the car he's got. This night. We walk these ladies across the street. We walk right back. Tracy tells the valet to pull his car around. Valet pulls his car around a little too fast. And Tracy is not feeling it. Lets him know, hey, you don't drive this car like this. He's like, get in, Ryan. I'm parked behind the pink dot on Sunset, which is a couple blocks west of the Comedy Store. On the same side, not far. Tracy Morgan. We're pulling out of the. You know, it's like a little circle. We're gonna go left on Sunset. This hits the gas. I mean, after telling this guy not to pull fishtails onto Sunset Boulevard, hits it. We're going two by. I mean, I shot back this up, like, Tracy. And he pulls behind the pink dot. He's like, you got any more of that weed? I said, yeah, I gave him some weed. And he's like, I love you, man. Kisses me on my cheek. And I didn't see him again until the Playboy Mansion. Now I'm so up. I sleep in this Honda Civic behind Pink dot Till like, 7am I can't go in. Yeah, I just sleep in my car. I drive away. And that's the end of Tracy Morgan until the Playboy Mansion hits. So then we all start talking and trading Tracy Morgan stories because he's the best. Bert Kreischer's got the best one. I'm gonna try to do this justice. I'm sure. I'm gonna it up. This is the way I remember it. But Bert was, you know, he was the number one party guy at Florida State. He's doing comedy in New York now. And this is the way I remember it. So, you know, bear with me here. But the. I got the. The most. The points are going to be correct. So Bert's in New York and Tracy's. They're all doing clubs, and Tracy's there, and Tracy says, bert, you want to get nice? And Bert, you know, Bert's just like.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah, I'll get nice.

[Ryan Sickler]

No idea what get nice means. But Bert's like, okay, nice. And he takes a hit of this joint, and he said, he throws up immediately. And he's like, that's not weed. And Tracy's like, oh, no, man, that's pcp. And Bert's like, what? You. You just gave me pcp. He's like, yeah, straight out of the first training day.

[KFC]

I know you like to get wet.

[Ryan Sickler]

First time I've ever smoked pcp. He's like, you going to roll with me tonight?

[KFC]

No.

[Ryan Sickler]

They go uptown. I believe they go to Harlem. They go to like an all black club. And you know the New York clubs under, under the. Down the sidewalk. They go in and Bert's the white guy in the club and Tracy's, Tracy's. Buy a bottle here, bottle here, bottle here, shirt off, the whole thing. And they're drinking, having a great time at. They're about to leave. And the lady, I believe it's a waitress or something, slides a check to Burt. And Tracy sees that and Tracy slides a check over to him and he starts going off. Well, you think this is my manager because he's white. Reverse racism, the whole. He's going to one off. And they're like, hey, you need to calm the down. He's not calming down. Bouncers come over to clear it up. And Tracy punches one of them in the face. Oh, now there's a melee. Bert's on pcp. Okay, first time on pcp. He's the only white guy in there. There's a melee.

[KFC]

He is Bert's.

[Ryan Sickler]

Bert's crawling out of there. Bert's crawling out of this place like this. He goes up the stairs, you know, the New York clubs. He's out on the sidewalk. He's just standing there. He said, next thing he knows, the doors fly open. There's a bouncer on each arm and leg of Tracy Morgan. He's shirtless. They throw him up the stairs. He said like a cartoon, he skids on his belly. And then he said his shirt comes flying out behind him. It hits him in the back of the head. And Tracy Morgan stands up and he shakes his shirt out and he goes. And that's how you get out of paying for a check.

[KFC]

Bt.

[Ryan Sickler]

He sold a check, he sold a price.

[Unidentified Male]

And I was like, that dude that.

[Ryan Sickler]

Got most of the points, right?

[KFC]

I promise.

[Unidentified Male]

It as good as a story, guys.

[KFC]

You know what that is? That is that's like your Charlie Murphy. Real Hollywood stories. Swap out Rick James for Tracy Morgan. You tell that story like, you know what?

[Ryan Sickler]

Everyone there was a. Someone that hit me up. I won't mention their name. They were in the industry and they were like, hey, would you Come on this thing and tell your Tracy Morgan story. And it was, like, for 800. And I was like, no, no. If I'm gonna tell it, I'm gonna tell it for free. Where I want to tell it with my friends the right way. Like, I don't want to make money off of Tracy Morgan's story. Right. But I do think there could be a. Absolutely. A Charlie Murphy Tracy Morgan, because everyone's got one.

[KFC]

But I also think you're. You're the storyteller to do it, too. Just.

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't know, man. They're so good. Like, Burt's is great. I mean, hanging out with him was, like, just also, he's so kind. He re. I don't know if he's got, like, on a spectrum in a good way where he remembers people's birthdays and names, but I couldn't get over that he remembered either of my names.

[Unidentified Male]

Right.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah. You know, right. At all. But he's. He's the greatest.

[Unidentified Male]

I'm such a massive, massive 30 Rock fan. And oddly, like, we haven't really talked about Tracy Morgan that much on this show, like, for how important he is in comedy. Like, it's just weirdly, I think we haven't had a ton of people who had a connection to him, but that's just awesome here.

[KFC]

He's such a good dude. Never heard a bad thing about him. Like, he's one of those guys where every story even, like, last year, you know, he obviously some health issue, and I think he's all right, but he puked on the floor.

[Unidentified Male]

He was just like, wrap it up, Julian. Wrap it up.

[Ryan Sickler]

That was me in the Mondrian Hotel trying to empty out out just to keep partying with him. Just power.

[KFC]

Broke his own rule, man. He was. Tracy Morgan. Was partying with Tracy Morgan and didn't eat.

[Ryan Sickler]

I've been a Tracy Morgan fan for a long time. Like Martin. Do you remember him on.

[KFC]

Did you watch?

[Unidentified Male]

I did not see Martin.

[KFC]

No, but I haven't. I don't remember.

[Ryan Sickler]

You will. When I say he used to come on with a tweedle d. Tweedle Dumb hat, and he would open his overcoat, and he would sell rotisserie chickens. No broad, man, was the guy upstairs on the fifth floor. Tracy would come and sell in his jacket. That's. He started on that.

[Unidentified Male]

He is, like, my favorite in the pilot of 30 Rock is how I knew, like, I was gonna love this show.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's him, though. Yeah, that's what they always say. That really is him.

[Unidentified Male]

That's the vibe I got, but he walks into a diner and he's like, can I do. It's for breakfast. He's like, can I have an apple juice? And like, we're out of apple juice, sir. He goes, all right, I'll have four beers then. I always remember that being like, that's my guy.

[Ryan Sickler]

He's really intellectual.

[Unidentified Male]

No, that's like. And like, and like, really, like, you.

[Ryan Sickler]

Should have them on here. Yeah, I'd to love too. Have you seen his Netflix special?

[KFC]

No.

[Ryan Sickler]

The opening of the Netflix special. All right. He's walk. He's got the actual Staying Alive music. He paid for that. He's got a bag. He's got a Walmart bag. And he's walking through, like, Brooklyn, and he's going to the bodegas in these places to pay his debts he's owed. Like, he walks in with a Walmart bag and he sets it down and he's like, he's like, I ain't gonna be able to pay it. And the guy's like, Tracy. He's like, I'm just kidding, man. Got that Walmart money from the accident. Walmart was pissed. They, they wanted him to take that out of the opening. He's like, nah, it's got a Walmart.

[Unidentified Male]

Bag with cash in it. He's like, he probably told Walmart, I got to wish your truck didn't hit me.

[Ryan Sickler]

Kill my friend.

[Unidentified Male]

I'm pretty pissed too, also.

[Ryan Sickler]

Kill my friends. Had a friend. I mean, come on, man. So you Walmart, you.

[Unidentified Male]

We don't really like that.

[Ryan Sickler]

He's. Tracy Morgan's the best. So that's the, the two times I've got to go to the Playboy Mansion were this lady and then got to go with Biz Marquis. And also to hang with him too, before he's, he was massive, like a big dude. But I loved the way he DJed. He would mix some old school hall and oats in with some, and I'm like, the biz had the greatest style. I loved it. He was very well respected too. That's the other thing. Everybody knew Biz. Everybody.

[Unidentified Male]

I, I, I'm not like a rap guy really, but I know Biz Marky. I don't know why I know him.

[Ryan Sickler]

But I know that old baby. You got what I need, everybod.

[KFC]

But I think he also popped up in like some movies or TV or something, right? He was like, in the industry a little bit.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, he's such a, he was such a unique character. Like a big dude with a lisp and everything. He Was like, silly. Never took himself too serious or anything anymore.

[KFC]

That in this world.

[Unidentified Male]

Oh, you know who else didn't take themselves too seriously? Denise, I believe, is what you called her.

[Ryan Sickler]

Denise.

[Unidentified Male]

Denise should just say she's the zookeeper.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'll tell you the truth, by the.

[KFC]

Way, going back to that, your next special needs to be called, I'm Hugh Hefner's number two zookeeper. Well, that's.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's actually in this photo right here. But I cut off her. She's in the original.

[Unidentified Male]

I gotta hope Dennis have some pride. Just say the Zuki.

[Ryan Sickler]

But also, it makes you think, too. Like, she probably did say that once. And somebody said, listen, you know, you. That's right. Yeah, that's right.

[KFC]

Oh, the Playboy Mansion. As you were explaining everything, I was thinking, what a nightmare.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yes.

[KFC]

The last thing I would ever want is that house, you know? Like, I mean, listen, if you're a partier and you're a sex addict and you have all celebrity friends and you want that life, then, yeah, it's awesome. But, man, when I go home, I want to go home. I don't want to go to a zoo. I don't want to go to a party. I don't want to go to. You know, why are you on his property walking around in the middle of the day, you know, like, no construction going 24 7. Does he have, like, a wing that he lives in? And then there's an area.

[Ryan Sickler]

Definitely. I was allowed downstairs, but there was no. It's just like Graceland. We ain't going up the stairs, you know? I mean, this shit's roped off up here. Yeah.

[KFC]

What a. That's. That's a strange life.

[Ryan Sickler]

I like, I would. I don't care. I would never want that. All I want. Look, the older I get, man, I want a smaller house with bigger property.

[KFC]

No, you don't. No, you don't, bro. No, you don't.

[Ryan Sickler]

I want a small house. You don't think I want a house?

[KFC]

No, no, the property, man, the property is just like.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like.

[KFC]

Like I. I got. I got a piece of property that's 1.6 acres, way bigger than anything I ever thought I was gonna get in New York City or New York area. And everybody kind of warned me, and. And I'm saying this. I'm like a city guy. So maybe. Maybe you do want it. I don't know, but I'm like a city guy. And so they're like, you know, the upkeep and the maintenance, and I'm like, I'll Be able to mow the lawn or whatever. I'll figure it out. And then there's just like. You don't realize that's like, I gotta control this whole. Or it looks like white trash overgrown.

[Ryan Sickler]

We're gonna get go karts and four wheelers.

[KFC]

So that's why I can't speak for you.

[Ryan Sickler]

Maybe you do spend all that money landscaping or take that few grand and get a four wheeler and a go kart. That's all I want to do.

[KFC]

You want like. Like a piece of land?

[Unidentified Male]

I want to get the.

[Ryan Sickler]

Away from everybody that I understand. You know what I want to do? I want to get a piece of land in Maryland. I want to have a small house right on the water where I can throw my crab traps in on Monday and let them sit all week and on Saturday, pull them up, eat some crabs, drive my four wheeler around, not fish a little bit and off.

[KFC]

Why don't you do that?

[Ryan Sickler]

That's coming.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I got another seven years before my daughter turns 18. And then you're cashing out.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Every night I'm on a zoom or what is it? Zillow. Looking at house all the time. All the time.

[KFC]

You're in LA now.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, but living in la, like, even my business managers, like, we should really start looking at buying. And I was like, look after what just happened in Altadena and the Palisades, the way it burned and the way they're fucking those people.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like, I get that it's an appreciation over 10 years, but I don't know if I want to be here another.

[KFC]

Fucking 10 years or it's going to last.

[Ryan Sickler]

And let's be honest, too, in L. A. I'm not kidding you. I live in a good area. And if you want a house in that area, it's. It's 1.5 for listen minimum for garbage. 60s thing that you'll have to demolish if you don't want to live in it and then put another million in. I'm not doing that. I'm not doing that.

[KFC]

Dude. It's. It's like, not a secret. Everyone's been talking about this, but in the major cities, it's impossible to, like, live. I don't know how people do it.

[Ryan Sickler]

I just did Stavi's podcast and had a caller call in. He's a. He said, we're. My wife and I are millennials and we just bought a house. And I'm sitting there thinking, how y' all do that? Yeah. He goes, we got a rate on it. It was A good deal because. And we're like, here we go.

[KFC]

Someone's massacred.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, Yeah. A wife murder. Husband stabbed them, like. Or shot him 11 times. Drug them down to the basement, and they bought the house. And their friends are all like, you're crazy. You're crazy. You're crazy. And we're just like, the housing market is so bad that you willingly take the murder house. A murder, not a just. Now, I would be all right with it if I was that dude's raping or whatever, beating this woman and she shot this. I'll be like, yeah, we're in a just. Yeah, but just a brutal homicide. I don't want those ghosts.

[KFC]

They got it on the cheap, though, bro. I don't know.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's what you gotta do. 50, $50,000.

[Unidentified Male]

I'm like, I'm gonna pass, dude. And, and, and I, I gotta be honest. It makes it where I think the ghost is gonna be worse if it was a murdering woman.

[KFC]

Oh.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like, I, I, I could handle a.

[KFC]

Murdering guy.

[Ryan Sickler]

Couch quietly, bro.

[Unidentified Male]

I heard that.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I.

[Unidentified Male]

For some reason, I pictured in ancient Japanese culture, it's talked about how women ghosts haunt the properties, and all I could think about was that. And I was like, no, thank you, man. I'd rather have a crazy guy just slamming cabinets all night. Right. You know what I mean? Some chick meticulously tearing my life apart.

[KFC]

Like, guy ghosts are just like, guys, like, I don't know. What the are you doing, dude?

[Ryan Sickler]

A girl.

[Unidentified Male]

Girl goes slamming the doors.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Girls are stinky. But I would, I would do like this.

[KFC]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Just be a little mess over here on the side.

[Unidentified Male]

I'd be like, all right, Ryan.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

But like, I feel like a woman. She's tickling your feet at night. Oh, yeah. I don't know what that is.

[Ryan Sickler]

Burners are on and the oven, the stove, and, like.

[KFC]

But yeah, I mean, like, unless you're living, you know, somewhere that's not very populated, or you're very blessed or you're buying a murder house.

[Ryan Sickler]

Murder.

[KFC]

And, like, you know, I think previous generations, like, ingrained in us that, like, renting is so idiotic and so stupid. And of course, I understand why. But also, it ain't so stupid anymore.

[Ryan Sickler]

Not anymore. It really is anymore. I can see the car we used to ride. We used to. I used to rock my car to literally till the wheels fell. I'm not doing that anymore.

[KFC]

No. And everybody.

[Ryan Sickler]

Every repair is 2500 if they made it like that. Yeah, but it's like, on this car.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I Did the oil changes, I did the brakes, I did the tire rotations, I did the tune ups. Now when I pop my hood, they're like, there's 23 computers on this car. I'm like, what?

[Unidentified Male]

I can't work on that. Yeah, right.

[KFC]

And it's also like, I feel like it's almost designed to give you four years and then be done. So it's like, I'm gonna drive this thing into the ground and trade it in because it's gonna, it's gonna fall.

[Ryan Sickler]

Apart anyway because it's garbage. I got it for three or four years. I don't have any maintenance issue. Unless it's a lemon, there's no problem. Done, I'm out.

[KFC]

Next one.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like, let's go.

[KFC]

Yeah, I mean, you know, you don't have anything to show for it at the end. I get that with renting or leasing. But you also don't have a crippling debt from, you know, trying to take out a loan.

[Ryan Sickler]

And over I learned too, like, if the pipes bust on the sidewalk in front of your house, the city's like, that's your problem. And you're like, wait, what? Oh, yeah, like that, that you don't know. Like, I've been talking to realtors, like, get, give me the, like, if I get in this house and all of a sudden we got a poltergeist, what the hell happens? And they're like this and this and this. I'm like, that's why I'm saying, unless you're gonna buy like a newer turnkey ready home, why AM I dropping 1.5 to 2 on a fixer up?

[KFC]

Unless it's like you're, you know, that and this is an investment and all that. But the amount of people who are not thinking that, they're thinking, I'm just buying my house. And now you got all this responsibility and all this to fix. It's like I, you're crippled. Like it, it, you know, it can ruin your life. It's like supposed to be the American dream or like the thing you do. It's like, just stay in your very nice luxury apartment that you're overpaying for a little bit each month, but you don't have to deal with the, oh.

[Ryan Sickler]

The movie, the beautiful, the beauty of.

[KFC]

Just like picking up the phone, the air conditioner's broken, the window cracks. Whatever will be there in four seconds and they'll fix it. Can't put a price on that.

[Ryan Sickler]

But even back when I, you know, again, I grew up in, I'm born in 73. And when I went to school in the 80s, all my teachers had homes.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah, yeah.

[KFC]

You know, probably by themselves.

[Ryan Sickler]

Not apartments. And we knew that because we found out where they lived in high school. We go buy an egg.

[KFC]

You know.

[Ryan Sickler]

I mean, they all had houses.

[Unidentified Male]

You're ready to throw.

[KFC]

You're like, damn, she's got it like this. I mean.

[Unidentified Male]

I know Mrs. Manchester. Mrs. Manchester, three. Teaches third grade. Had a nice ass going on.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, you could then. Now you can't.

[KFC]

I mean, if you just, just. It's like the down payment on a house now used to be the full.

[Ryan Sickler]

Cost of a house.

[KFC]

It's like. And yeah, of course, like, you know, salaries have gone up a little bit and housing prices have gone up like, as much as. How the are you supposed to do it?

[Ryan Sickler]

I'll tell you one thing that I still mad about was. And you can relate to this, you have kids during the pandemic when we had to homeschool our kids. Okay. I talk about it in my special. Go watch my special live and a live streaming on my YouTube. Now, I lost my. I started taking Lexapro during that because I lost my. Like to be a person who's creative and not be able to leave and go do that. And now you're telling me I got to go to school with my kid because my daughter was 5, so she's learning how to write and read, so.

[KFC]

I got to be there the important years.

[Ryan Sickler]

She's not. Do that. And I'll check it later. Yeah, I gotta go to school with my kid and I'm losing it. And all that time. We're not teachers or anything. Don't you think the government could have come in and said, hey, for this one year, we'll give you no interest on your debt. Right? Yeah, we'll wipe off the interest.

[KFC]

Right.

[Ryan Sickler]

You still got to pay. Yeah, we'll wipe off the interest. Anything to help? Nope, that's.

[Unidentified Male]

That's a great.

[KFC]

And it's like, what's the difference?

[Ryan Sickler]

It's, you know, whatever teacher make. Could we write half of that off?

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah, right.

[Ryan Sickler]

They don't say much anymore once, you.

[KFC]

Know, it's all made up anyway. Someone pulling levers and pushing buttons. Buttons. The debts this, the inflation's that. It's all fake. So just give us. Throw us a bone.

[Ryan Sickler]

Give us a break. Lost my mind.

[KFC]

So. Yeah, I mean, that. That there's.

[Ryan Sickler]

That started smoking way more weed. Yeah, I never smoked the amount of weed I smoke now until the pandemic.

[KFC]

Oh, I thought you were Always a weed guy.

[Ryan Sickler]

I was a wee guy. But I mean, once I, I mean once you start. We're getting up at 8am and we. We're not going anywhere today, bro. I'm lighting up at 8:30 and. And did. And did. Consistently smoking. I'm going to bed. I'm. I don't listen as. Even as a parent, I don't have to drive anywhere today. I don't have to do anything that requires anything other than just being present. And then when my daughter's with her mom, I can't. What am I going to do? Yeah, no, no, no. I'm just podcast it. Yeah. Thank God. We could do that. Yeah.

[KFC]

For real.

[Ryan Sickler]

That was it. I'm just smoking weed. Smoking weed. No drinking. Smoked a small forest. I say it all the time, like, I'm not better than anybody, you know, don't be like, oh, stickler doesn't drink anymore. I don't. But I smoke weed way more than anybody. You probably.

[KFC]

You smoke like wheat. You're like a weed guy, right? I'm like actual weed. You're rolling joints. Rolling, yeah. Is that joints? Is.

[Ryan Sickler]

Your joints are my. Yeah, yeah. I love it. And here's the other thing that's interesting. So when I, because of the hospital's mistake, when I clotted and I thank God I made it, I was like, I guess it's the end of, you know, cannabis for me. And they were like, no. I was like, oh, yeah, you guys are cancer doctors. And then they start telling me, obviously I'm meeting with a cardiologist, pulmonologist, the back surgeons, everybody oncologist, because I have a blood disease. They're all telling me, we would prefer if you don't ingest anything unhealthy. Of course, no toxins at all. No toxins. However, if you're going to take anything, Cannabis is the one. 1. Do not use any tobacco products, cigars, cigarettes, dips, none of that. Do not vape. That was a. They couldn't have been more clear about the. They're seeing from vaping in that hospital. And I'm, my, my lungs are filled with clots and they're like, do not vape. Do not vape. Do not vape. A friend of mine, his son was 27. This just happened like last year. Started feeling real tired, whatever. He goes to the hospital, they tell him, you have a lung, a hole in your lung. Do you vape? And he's like, I do. And they're like, listen to me. Good news is you stop now. The lung will Repair itself, which is amazing. And then you can never vape again. Like, vape, vape.

[KFC]

What's worse about. So much worse about vaping.

[Ryan Sickler]

They're unstudied at this point.

[KFC]

They're.

[Ryan Sickler]

They're new. Like, this is the point. This is the era of vape. I feel like when cigarettes were coming out and they were like, these are cool.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Remember when cigarettes were cool? I feel like that's vape right now. You know what I mean? And it's not studied long enough, but it's. It's causing what they call popcorn long. Like, they would tell me all this from these things because all of them have different in it. They can't regulate it. They said I could smoke cannabis. And I was like, yeah, yeah. And I'm like, even with the clots? Like, even with the clots, it's not going to do anything to you.

[Unidentified Male]

I was like, what you like Kramer popping up?

[Ryan Sickler]

Like three weeks. Three. And I'm like, so I can quit alcohol, no tobacco ever. None of that. And I can still smoke cannabis. And they were.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I was like, done, Done.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

So I've just been.

[KFC]

I'm in a. A cycle right now of just like, can't find the right amount. It's always too little, too little, too little. Next thing crazy. No smoking.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And I just. Well, it's not. I can find the right amount. I just keep going. Once I start, I don't stop. And by the end of the night, I'm literally spinning and paranoid and I'm like, why did I do this? And then the next night I going to do it all over again.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

And also I just can't. The munchies is just.

[Ryan Sickler]

Second, third dinner, second, third dessert.

[KFC]

I got to go to my. My thing is I got to smoke so much that I get so tired to go to sleep. Cuz if I am awake and feeling like this.

[Ryan Sickler]

Also if you're going to sleep at like, you know, a reasonable hour, you're also now working on your sleep and helping yourself better. Yeah, you're helping yourself better. I'm t. Look, I was in the hospital and they were like, you know, so a couple things happen. When my daughter's mom and I first split, I was worried that she wasn't going to work things out amicably and take me to court. So I quit smoking for months.

[KFC]

Ah, you were worried about that? Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I thought I'm gonna be tested or everything. And then we were talking one day, I was like, you're not gonna take me to court? She's like, no. I was like, oh, thank God. Now I can smoke weed. All that.

[Unidentified Male]

For all that.

[Ryan Sickler]

The thing I can't do is when shit's bad, if. If there's real horrible going on, I won't smoke weed because what it does is make me focus on it. And I go down rabbit holes and I used to do that, like, oh, my daughter's mother's gonna get a boyfriend and he's gonna have kids and maybe they introduce her to drugs or work.

[KFC]

I'm like, yeah, yeah, now I'm with you on that. The problem is there's almost always something to worry about, at least for me.

[Ryan Sickler]

Always.

[KFC]

You know, so it's like I don't have any major problems right now, but I'll fixate on some little thing that's going on with my ex as well. And then it's. It's like, you know, and then I'll fix that and then it's something else. It's just like, there's always something to hyper fixate on.

[Ryan Sickler]

But.

[KFC]

But also the other side is that sober sleep is just a thing of the past.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Whether it's smoking or melatonin or Ambien or something. Yeah, whatever. I. The idea of just. I feel I am 100 myself and I'm going to lay down and close.

[Ryan Sickler]

My eyes and go to sleep.

[KFC]

That ain't ever happening again.

[Ryan Sickler]

I didn't know I was dying in my sleep. I thought I was having dainty little sleeps over there. I thought I just woke up to go to the bathroom and.

[KFC]

And yeah, if you ain't breathing, my.

[Ryan Sickler]

Girlfriend'S like, ryan, you're dying. I was like, what? She's like, you're over there gasping for air. And I was like, really? Because one time I woke up from that and I. It was 2020 February. The only reason I say that is because it was right when the pandemic was popping off. And I woke up and I know I threw up on the floor. I know I did. It wasn't there. And I was like, did I just hallucinate? And I woke up cuz I was. My throat was burned. I thought I was having acid reflux.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

But I was really. It was when I wasn't breathing and I'm going, oh, I'm finally catching my air. I'm like, ah. So I got that all dialed in. And yeah, I just sleep and I smoke my weed. You wear the thing. I wear nasal pillows, though. I went through all of them. I was like, no, we're gonna do this.

[KFC]

So it's not like a headset.

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't have the mask. If you're clogged up and you can't breathe through your nose, that's good because you can mouth breathe. But I wear little diesel pillows and.

[KFC]

That'S just like connected to a it to your tubes.

[Ryan Sickler]

I got it. I bought a travel one I have with me too. Insurance doesn't cover that. It's eleven hundred dollars and they'll cover the one on at your home as long as you use it 70 of the time. You got to be connected to the app and all that. And I use it every night. It's. It's made a world of difference.

[Unidentified Male]

Even that pisses me off. I don't like being watched. I don't like how like. And so you have to log into an app to tell them.

[Ryan Sickler]

You don't have to. It's just you start it and then that's it. You don't, you don't have to look at it if you don't want to. I look at it because I like.

[KFC]

No, but they look. But even.

[Ryan Sickler]

7 out of 10 times we can pay.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah, that's crazy.

[Ryan Sickler]

And if you don't, they won't pay it.

[KFC]

My father says that he, he dreams in like hd. Like he's like. When he got on the the thing he's like, I haven't had a dream in 20 years. And now he's like I meeting old friends and walking. He loves going. He goes to bed at 7:30 every night.

[Ryan Sickler]

I love me some Dr. Drew, but Dr. Drew and a couple other people told me that. So when I quit smoking weed at first I would have terrible anxiety nightmares non stop. It was never, it was always like. For instance, I'd be coming here today and I'd be like, well, where's 111? I'm looking at 110 and 11 2. Where the 111. It's no like that. Where are my keys? I'm just. And then terror, terror, terror. And I'm like what the going on? And they're all saying it's the detox of the weed. Weed doesn't allow me to get to REM sleep and all that. And I believed it for a long time. And then I got the CPAP and guess who's dreaming. Daddy.

[KFC]

Yeah. It has nothing to do with weed.

[Ryan Sickler]

Nothing to do with weed getting to your brain.

[KFC]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's not the weed not letting me get to a deep sleep. It's my. You're slowly dying. I have a wide tongue. Is what they told me. And when I lay down, it basically. And so I need air to Sickler's.

[KFC]

Definitely a fat tongue guy.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's got some fat baly. More tongue, you know, that's what was killing me. My tongue, bro.

[Unidentified Male]

I feel my tongue hit my cheek sometimes when I talk.

[Ryan Sickler]

I got.

[Unidentified Male]

I am definitively a fat tongued idiot.

[KFC]

I bite it cuz I'm.

[Unidentified Male]

It's in the way.

[Ryan Sickler]

I have bite marks on this side too. But I was chewing my tongue in my sleep. I didn't know that either. I didn't know that.

[KFC]

Jesus Christ.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I was like, oh, that's what the. Going on? I haven't chewed my tongue in so long.

[KFC]

Congrats, brother.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's so good to sleep. But here's the other thing too. I didn't wake up. Like, the difference for me was I woke up feeling. Not like that. That. That morning hangover.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like I was. I'm not a morning guy, I'm a late night guy. But getting up in the morning, I was always foggy. And I would drive to work and I'd be like, I don't remember half this drive. Yeah, I'm just on autopilot now. I'm clear as a bell when I wake up. That's the difference is I can wake up and get the day started, not slumber around for an hour. And you know that lethargy.

[KFC]

Yeah, yeah. How you just sleep on your back with the thing.

[Ryan Sickler]

Then I start on my back. I got the dog here in my arm like this. And then I roll it. I'm sure right now I got seat marks on my. My daughter tells me every morning, dad, you got CPAT marks on your face. I'm like, slept. Good girl. Daddy, daddy dreaming.

[KFC]

She's 11, you said?

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, she just turned 11.

[KFC]

Does she by any chance still believe in Santa Claus? E Bunny. All that stuff.

[Ryan Sickler]

All right, so she just asked me like three days ago.

[KFC]

Okay, good, because mine's 10 and she is still all in. And I am getting to the point where on the one hand I say, you got your whole life to be an adult. Let's keep the magic as long as you can. I would. If it was just us in a bubble. I'd let her do it till she was 40. But I know she's gonna go out.

[Ryan Sickler]

In the real world.

[KFC]

And I'm afraid that you know this. She's in fourth grade now and she's gonna say something in front of all the cool girls about Santa and they're gonna be like, you idiot. And I don't want that to happen. Happen, you know? But I also don't want to ruin the magic myself. Just last night, she lost the tooth. She. She wrote. She's writing a letter to the tooth fairy. I don't know if other kids do that.

[Ryan Sickler]

How much does the tooth fairy give?

[KFC]

I've been doing. They. They like Roblox and there's the Robux, you know.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, no, but I'll give them.

[KFC]

Well, yeah, yeah, I know.

[Ryan Sickler]

There's Chris, sorts of weird going on. He's got a documentary coming out. Not on social media, on Roblox.

[KFC]

Yeah, we know. We got all sorts of rules about, like, there's no. They don't have friends. They don't message anybody. They can't do the chat, which I'm sure they're, you know, doing when I'm not watching. But, like, yeah, no, it's. It's bad. But I give him 20 bucks of Roblox money. Whatever. But. So she writes this to the tooth.

[Ryan Sickler]

Fairy for a tooth. God Damn, I'm doing 5, 10.

[KFC]

Yeah, but I'm also, you know, I'm.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm.

[KFC]

We're divorced. I'm separate.

[Ryan Sickler]

I'm trying to curse your favor, you know, compete, bro. She.

[KFC]

She was in a play as well, and the play goes all the way up to eighth grade. So eighth grade had like, the leads and she was like a bit role. And she got flowers, a gift card from. To Sephora from my mom, a gift card from Roblox to her. I was like, what are we gonna do? She ever is the lead, but. So she writes this letter to the tooth fairy. And it's. It says, as you have probably noticed, I sleep with different pillows. My tooth is under the rainbow pillow. It's in a pink toothpaste. And I have a question. Why don't you, like, reveal yourself to me? Please tell me. Thank you. And I'm like, if. And it's decently hand writing. You know, like, if you are old enough to write this, you're probably too old to be still believing in it.

[Ryan Sickler]

I mean, are they hitting you with the. Like I got the other day, like, why is the wrapping paper all the same? I like the handwriting.

[KFC]

All so my boy. No, because he's dopey. I think he could just do this forever. She is very. She's like, bizarrely with it. She's like. Like, even for a girl, she's just very. So everything else, I can have, like, super duper mature conversations. Like, I could talk to Jackie the same way I talked to my daughter, you know, but then she still really believes in this. So I think she probably knows, but she has not. Like a couple questions here and there.

[Ryan Sickler]

What we're competing with also are the older brothers and sisters that they are friends have.

[KFC]

Yes.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know, we're competing with the older brothers and sisters telling them. So again, being a twin, growing up, we had a younger brother, was just about four years younger. And we knew my dad was like, listen to me. Me, you tell him Christmas is over. Yeah, bro. We would tell my brother Santa's real. If somebody tells you he isn't, we'll them up.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

Streets of Baltimore kicking someone's face.

[KFC]

He told my little brother Santa wasn't real.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's what happened to the Jewish kid in our neighborhood. Well, so I was gonna say, forget about the older brothers.

[KFC]

We had the Jewish kids.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

Max Maximilian Bonds told us all, like.

[KFC]

You guys are idiots. Real.

[Ryan Sickler]

Like, what the fuck?

[KFC]

It's a hate now, man.

[Ryan Sickler]

I did a little something. I. I gave up the Easter bunny to keep Santa Claus.

[KFC]

I love that trade every day of the week.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay? So one night she said to me, dad, is the Easter Bunny real? And I said, why are you asking? And she goes, well, you're telling me that this oversized rabbit. Now this is a dig at me too, in the end, which is hilarious. She goes, you're telling me this oversized rabbit with a fat tongue goes house to house.

[KFC]

Yes.

[Ryan Sickler]

And hides Easter eggs in obvious places. That's the dig. I was like, you little.

[Unidentified Male]

Like it's not even a fun Easter.

[Ryan Sickler]

Egg hunt in obvious places. And he doesn't have a sleigh or a car or anything. I go, he just hops. That's a lot of hopping. And she starts laughing. I look at her, I start laughing. She's like, he's not real, is he? And I just start laughing. I go, what do you think? And she goes, I don't think he is. She goes, is Santa real? I go, santa is real.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I go, I'll tell you what, the Easter bunny's not real. She's like, it's not. I go, it's not. That's just a made up little thing. But Santa's real. And I said, if you don't think Santa's real, do yourself a favor. Just try thinking he's not. And I promise you he isn't. If you don't believe in Santa and Christmas, when you wake up in the morning, not going to be there. Ain't going to be Christmas. She goes, I know, I've Tried to think of him not existing, and it's hard. So I. Yeah, the Easter Bunny that we got rid of him. Easter sucks to save Sam, dude. You know? But, yeah, my point about Santa is that that's more of the spirit of Christmas. Easter Bunny's stupid. It is stupid. But Santa and the image is the idea of Christmas. So I'm gonna. I'm never gonna. Until she has kids.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

And I still may not go. I don't know. You know what I mean? That one might be. Be the one. I'm like, with the. I don't know.

[Unidentified Male]

I think my parents still hit, like, do that with me, Santa.

[Ryan Sickler]

Probably that.

[KFC]

My parents.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah, my gift from parents. My parents are still saying, yeah, and.

[KFC]

Like, that's the way, though, man. They.

[Unidentified Male]

And like to, I guess, ease you guys a little bit. Like, I don't know. Like, I think back to when I. I don't even remember how I learned.

[KFC]

I don't remember.

[Ryan Sickler]

I don't remember time either.

[KFC]

I remember exactly what happened, but I didn't care anything about it.

[Ryan Sickler]

There wasn't a moment where you remember going, oh, like, I remember that moment when I found out wrestling wasn't real. Yeah, I remember that moment.

[KFC]

So you're like, 32, and last year, we're.

[Ryan Sickler]

We're little kids. We're watching WWF, and my dad's coming through, just walking through the house casually. He's just going, second guy in wins. And we're like, how the he know this every time? And it's always the second guy coming in that wins. And then one day, you know, we were athletes. We're fighting, fist fighting, football, soccer, all this.

[KFC]

Throwing snakes at each other.

[Ryan Sickler]

So, yeah, so and. And taking Lysol cans just while we're playing Nintendo, shooting flames across your face for no reason. And my dad goes, ryan, if we were in that wrestling ring and I threw you in the ropes, what would you do? I said, I'd grab the ropes. He goes, exactly. I went, oh, would you bounce into.

[KFC]

Them and run back into my fist?

[Ryan Sickler]

They bounce off every time for a boot or a fist. And that's when it hit me. And I was. Was. I remember that. And not saying.

[Unidentified Male]

I remember going, dude, I. I, for some reason remember noticing in the editing, like in. In the production, every time of wrestling. Yeah. Every time there was contact, it would switch to a new angle, and I would blink, and I'd be like, why am I blinking every time that he's supposed to hit him?

[Ryan Sickler]

Why am I missing? Funny about that. I wrote promos for WWE maybe 10 years ago. Wait, like a. Like a. Like a wrestler cutting a promo or.

[KFC]

Like, promoting the product?

[Ryan Sickler]

It was wwe, like, Raw, but for. It was on a kid's block. And the reason I say that is because we were not allowed to show contact in our promos. So we'd see a body slam, and it would be, you gotta cut away.

[KFC]

A second just before the boot.

[Ryan Sickler]

And so they conditioned us in the promos to do that. Maybe you were watching one of those where. Yeah, maybe that was an early day one, because they were like, you can't show the violence.

[Unidentified Male]

I remember noticing I would blink every time someone was supposed to get hit. And I was like, why am I blinking every time I'm supposed to get hit? And I was like, oh, because they want me to blink so I don't see the actual contact because it doesn't actually exist.

[KFC]

I think what I'm gonna say is, Santa Claus made up the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy.

[Ryan Sickler]

You know what I mean?

[KFC]

Like, he's real, but he made up these other stories.

[Ryan Sickler]

Me away. She's still losing teeth. That hasn't questioned it. It. But also, I think kids are smart. Like, we were. Shut the up. Because if I say anything, it's gonna stop.

[Unidentified Male]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

I want smart.

[KFC]

That 20 bucks. I want.

[Ryan Sickler]

I think your older brothers and sisters have said, shut up. And it keeps coming. Yeah. You know what I mean?

[Unidentified Male]

I remember my mom, she only hid our gifts in. In her closet.

[Ryan Sickler]

And.

[Unidentified Male]

And we figured that out.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

At a pretty young age. And. And she was like, yeah, that's where I hide the gifts. I'm not moving them. If you want to ruin your Christmas, go ahead. They're in there.

[KFC]

And we just.

[Ryan Sickler]

Obviously, we stopped going. Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

He's like, if you want to know all your presents and you want to ruin your Christmas, go ahead.

[KFC]

That's where they are.

[Ryan Sickler]

We ruined our Christmas. One morning, my brother and I snuck downstairs, and no one's up yet. And we just were tearing corners.

[KFC]

But. So it was Christmas.

[Ryan Sickler]

It was Christmas morning. But we're tearing like, you got. You got a Han Solo bro. You know, just. And then turn it back over.

[KFC]

We're going through them.

[Ryan Sickler]

All right, that's great, man.

[KFC]

So the special is. Well, you turn a negative into a positive, Right. In the sense of it's so many. So many specials, so many podcasts. It's like the comedy revolution, you know, has happened all these last few years, and I feel like it's hard to keep up and, like, have original content, and that's, like, wholly unique to you. And you know, this near death experience gave you that in a sense. So I, I'm sure you would prefer to not have a blood disease and not go through that, but if you're gonna have to, turning it into an awesome comedy special is a pretty, pretty good consolation prize, right?

[Ryan Sickler]

Dude, thank you. I, I, you know, one thing I rarely allow myself to do is like, be kind to myself and say, good for you. You know, it's hard to do. I need more good for yous in my day. Day for sure. And I realized that my podcast, the Honeydew is highlighting the low lights. And that is exactly what I've actually done in my life. I keep highlighting low light. So to have this experience, it's very different from my first special. This is everything that happened, the aftermath and going what, you know, what it does to you and all that stuff. So, yeah, I'm proud of myself. I'm proud that they almost killed me. You know, I say it in a special like, I wasn't in there because I'm smoking too much, drinking too much, not taking care of myself. I'm in. And I. And not because I didn't know anything. I'm in there fighting to be an advocate for myself. And they up.

[KFC]

Wow.

[Ryan Sickler]

And it took two and a half years to get fully back to anything. You know, I got to be a single parent at this time. I'm in pain non stop. I'm. It was two surgeries. I'm going in for God. I'm doing. What are the needles? Acupuncture of that. But epidural. Thank you. I'm doing epidurals. I did also. God. Stem cell. Not stem cell, but where they spin it. Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

Come on. I know what you.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's the. The major league players get in their arm all the time.

[Unidentified Male]

I thought it was blood doping.

[Ryan Sickler]

No, Isn't it Blood doping Armstrong over here. It's. It we can't do. We can't do stem cells in the U.S. that's the thing. It's not. It's. Yeah.

[KFC]

Kobe went over to like Germany.

[Ryan Sickler]

What does it matter with me? I'm blanking right now. But it's where they take your own blood.

[KFC]

The spin it around.

[Ryan Sickler]

Right. And then they put it back in you. Come on, help me here. Look it up. It's what every pitcher gets. And I've gotten a. Huh?

[KFC]

Plasma, blood, blood, platelets.

[Ryan Sickler]

No. Is a procedure.

[KFC]

Platelet rich plasma prp.

[Ryan Sickler]

Prp.

[KFC]

Yeah, that's it. Platelet rich plasma PRP therapy.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's what I went and Got, I got, got PRP in my back a couple times.

[KFC]

That's just gonna cost so much money, huh?

[Ryan Sickler]

That one doesn't cover either. So I put on a special machine.

[KFC]

That spins, it separates it.

[Ryan Sickler]

That guy knew me, so he let me watch it, which is really cool. You're not supposed to see this, but check this out. And then it's a vial and it's like, it looks like.

[KFC]

And it's just the plasma. That's what happens.

[Ryan Sickler]

Well, it separates too, so it's really dark. And then the other part looks like apple juice. It's like water sort of thing. Layer in the middle and it puts. They put it back in your body. And I said to him, he got offended, I think a little bit. I said, so wait, you can take my own blood, put it back in my body and I gotta pay for that. But insurance will cover the poison you want to put it. He goes, I don't know if it's poison. So, yeah, I'm real stoked about it. It's, I'm real proud of it. It's all self produced again. Shot at a comedy on State Madison. It came out great.

[KFC]

That's awesome, man.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's.

[KFC]

I, I. The honeydew has also been one of my favorite things I've ever come across because every now and then I'll just see a, a story from, you know, random person that is just like, gives you perspective or makes you laugh or makes you relate or whatever it is. And, and I, I, I've always really respected you doing it because I know how this game goes to the point of like when you're picking out guests and who's going to be on your show and it's like, well, like, you.

[Ryan Sickler]

Know, we want the A list star.

[KFC]

And if we can't get that, we'll do this one. Then where do you draw the line on who's a big enough guest and who's going to get views and all that dumb? And you're out here just like, nobody knows what this person is.

[Ryan Sickler]

My story.

[KFC]

Yeah, but you have a, you know, you came back from the dead or you have a crazy story with your twin or whatever it is. And it's always like that was this.

[Ryan Sickler]

Come out out next week or I mean after Friday, right?

[KFC]

Tuesday.

[Ryan Sickler]

So Dolph Lundgren's my guest on the POD today. Oh yeah, I couldn't believe it. This dude told a story. It's so good, bro. You got Dolph. He, man, he had a home invasion. He's not there at the time. His wife at the time was. They tie her up.

[KFC]

This is America.

[Ryan Sickler]

This was in. Here's the other thing. He's not even Russian. He's Sweden. Yeah, I didn't. Swedish. Sweden. He. They robbed the house. And as they're going through the house, they see pictures, family pictures are like.

[KFC]

Oh, you realize it's him.

[Ryan Sickler]

This is. This is like Robin, Bruce Lee's house.

[KFC]

Yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

And they panic and they take off. And because he's Dolph Lundgren, he makes a couple calls. I go, is it really true? They saw family pictures, they got out. He goes, yeah, he goes, and I got a few watches back. You imagine Robin, he man's house, you know what I'm saying? Like, oh, we gotta get the out of here. He got back.

[KFC]

You get. You get your robbed items back just because of who the you are.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah.

[KFC]

Cuz, like, yo, he's a bad.

[Ryan Sickler]

But. But.

[KFC]

But also he looks great.

[Ryan Sickler]

He's cancer.

[KFC]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm thinking, though, if somebody. If I'm high profile, I'm wealthy, whatever, I get robbed. I'm not. I'm not. I'm not risking anything and getting involved in. In. You know what I mean? Like, those watches are gone.

[Ryan Sickler]

But the fact that he's such a bad wife.

[KFC]

Well, that, yeah, that. That's a different story. That's.

[Ryan Sickler]

That.

[KFC]

That. That's some. That's some Liam Neeson. Like, I'm coming for you.

[Ryan Sickler]

I got skills. This would be his next movie.

[KFC]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Unidentified Male]

You know, I love about him is. Is I don't know if you're an Always Sunny in Philadelphia fan, but he. He does Thunder Gun Express. Yeah, like, he. And I think Thunder Gun's been a joke for probably 15 years to like, to goof off with those guys and to be like. And I think it was in the later season, by season 15 or 16, something like that. He comes and does it and it's like, dude, that's.

[KFC]

Yep.

[Unidentified Male]

Really cool that. That kind of sense of humor and. And to come and you know what he dong.

[Ryan Sickler]

This was great. I said, you know, Rocky, 1, 2, and 3 are already massive and you're going out for this role. He said. I think he said it was like 2, 000 men that that went for Drago. He had submitted through a friend that never made it to Stallone, and they were still looking, so he said, I'm gonna send it again. It got down to him and two Russian dudes and he said the Russian dudes were doing a Russian version of Mr. T. Like, I will break you. I Will you? And he said his acting coach is like, nah, you go, robot. No, I must break you. And I was like, oh, that's what a call.

[KFC]

Acting coach earned. His.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's also crazy. Instead of being like a Russian trying to be a bad. Not that they couldn't be like. But talk. And he was just like, there. No words.

[KFC]

Yeah, because that is how I think.

[Unidentified Male]

Of Russia for sure.

[KFC]

That they're. They're all business. They'll do a shot of Baca and kill you. They don't need the trash talk.

[Ryan Sickler]

That's right.

[KFC]

But, man, that's. That's great to think that, like, you know, he could have done it the wrong way.

[Ryan Sickler]

And then I'm out here living my dream. Like, I had Gene Simmons on. And I was like, hey, I know you got great stories, but when we were kids, I got the remote control Kiss van, and my twin brother took it and wrote it right out in the street on purpose and got it run over by a car. I never got to play with it.

[KFC]

What a.

[Ryan Sickler]

Would you mind looking at this camera right here and healing a childhood wound and saying, hey, Derek, you. He did. And he said, don't forget to swallow. I was like, I said it to my brother. There you go. Go Dick. Childhood wound closed. Dolph, lunger's on. I go. Before we leave, will you do me a favor if I yell, throw the damn towel. Will you please look at that camera? Give me. If he dies, he dies. He did it.

[Unidentified Male]

No.

[KFC]

I always appreciate people who are willing to lean into their. Their typ. Cast role or whatever. Some people resent it. You know, it's like, no, that's what made me, you know, who I am or whatever. If he dies, he dies. Great, man. I showed that movie to my kids recently, and they were so Jack. Like, so jacked up. Standing the couch, like, cheering, pumping. I was like, they really don't make them like they used to, man.

[Ryan Sickler]

But.

[KFC]

Yeah, so.

[Ryan Sickler]

So, specials out.

[KFC]

Honeydew's cooking. What?

[Ryan Sickler]

What?

[KFC]

I said you something the other day about what was it?

[Jackie]

It's like to.

[KFC]

To. To. To like, farm the honeydew for, like, the US Open something. Obscene amount of money or some.

[Ryan Sickler]

Yeah, it was absurd amount. And then they had the drinks. They had the Honeydew drinks.

[KFC]

Like a cease and desist to the.

[Ryan Sickler]

The.

[KFC]

To the US Open.

[Unidentified Male]

They're.

[KFC]

They're doing too much honeydew. You or you need to be a.

[Ryan Sickler]

Part of it, you know, Dude's got one now. Two people keep sending me.

[KFC]

Yeah, I mean, it's it's been your brand forever now, man, you know? So maybe get in on that. You'll be like the. The. On the mic at the US Open.

[Ryan Sickler]

Announcing the phone, dude, I'm down. I don't play tennis.

[KFC]

Yeah, man. All right, brother. Well, we appreciate you, dude.

[Ryan Sickler]

It's always. Thank you both so much.

[KFC]

Nobody better than you except for Tracy Morgan.

[Ryan Sickler]

Go. Go watch any Tracy Morgan. Morgan. Oh, wait, I'll say some more. Go watch. If you haven't. Do you ever watch Tracy Morgan do morning tv?

[Unidentified Male]

No.

[KFC]

You guys have, like, an appearance, like. Like. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ryan Sickler]

So he.

[KFC]

He's.

[Ryan Sickler]

Okay.

[Jackie]

There's.

[Ryan Sickler]

There's two real quick. I gotta get out of here, too. He's got one. I want to say it's in Dallas. He's been up from the night before. He's into a morning tv. He's got one of his legs. I can't even do it. Tuck back behind like this. And I think this might be the one where he's shirtless and he's just holding the little mic like this. And the guy's trying to talk to him. And Tracy Moore, he just keeps going. I have my leg blown off in Vietnam. The morning tv, that's what he's doing. The guy's like, so you're at Hyenas today? He's like, I have my leg. And then the other one is Chicago. Chicago Morning. He lays across their table shirtless, and he's pumping his stomach out like this. And he's like, somebody's getting pregnant tonight. Horace. Scotty Michael, hit your boy up. You gotta watch Tracy Morgan more. Scotty. It's so good, dude. So good. He's the best. Thank you, bro.

[KFC]

Many times.

[Ryan Sickler]

And go.

[KFC]

Go watch the special. Go check out the honeydew Ryan Sickler on everything. Check it out. You will not be disappointed.

[Ryan Sickler]

Man. The way back, too. Check out the way back. The way back.

[KFC]

Yes.

[Ryan Sickler]

S.