CboysTV's Most Viral Video, CJ Ruins a Surprise, & How We Give Our Friends Nicknames

Summary

Podcast Summary: Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: CboysTV's Most Viral Video, CJ Ruins a Surprise, & How We Give Our Friends Nicknames
Release Date: July 11, 2023
Participants: CJ, Ben, Mike, Ken, Mark

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Overview

In this lively episode, the CboysTV crew recounts wild stories, discusses their most viral video, explores behind-the-scenes drama with friends and fans, and humorously covers topics from fireworks mishaps to Taylor Swift’s record tours. Listeners are treated to a mix of viral video breakdowns, personal stories, reflections on internet success, and the group’s signature irreverent take on life, business, and friendship.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fireworks, HOAs, and Independence Day Madness

• Neighborhood Pyrotechnics: The crew shares stories of extravagant private firework shows (00:25), noting, “What else you do with this money? Let’s just blow it up.” (Ben, 00:33).
• HOA Drama: Ken narrates an amusing HOA email chain about illegal fireworks in Minnesota, leading to a patriotic neighbor declaring, “It is your God given right…to light off fireworks. Have a good time doing it. Happy Fourth of July.” (Ken quoting neighbor, 02:36).
• Fireworks in LA & Minneapolis: CJ mentions wild LA footage with illegal fireworks everywhere despite bans (01:48), and the group laughs over viral clips of dangerous firework stunts and Roman candles fired at police cars (06:13).

2. Magic, Stunts, and "Selling Your Soul"

• The discussion turns to David Blaine’s legendary endurance stunts (standing on poles, being entombed in ice), with the group joking about their parents thinking magicians “sold their soul to the devil” (CJ, 08:45).
• Notable quote: “Nothing gets the crowd going like a magic trick…Half the time, [Jake] gets it wrong, but most of the time there’s someone new and they’re amazed...” (Ken, 13:54).
• Crew members reminisce about trying magic tricks and agree to attempt one for the next episode (14:51).

3. Viral Video Success & Short Form Strategy

• The guys analyze their YouTube analytics, surprised by the reach of their Shorts: “We’ve actually done 87.6 million views in the last 28 days.” (Ben, 31:45).
• Global Reach: Ken notes, “You know it’s good when you go on our recent comments and you don’t understand a single comment, and they’re all in Russian.” (33:04).
• They reflect on “Reckless Golfing” being a fan favorite and the pressure of keeping each installment fresh (30:01).

4. Nicknames, Friend Dynamics & Ruined Surprises

• After a birthday party, the crew jokes about their unique way of giving nicknames (“Mark just wants a nickname… Ken’s got a whole new name, not even a nickname!” – CJ, 34:39).
• Ben recounts, with secondhand embarrassment, how he accidentally spoiled a surprise party by mentioning a secret bus in front of the guest of honor: “The bus was actually a surprise. And I just…that’s so awkward.” (Ben, 38:00).

5. Wrecks, Accidents & Vehicle Shenanigans

• CJ shares his “trust the fart” moment while filming after the Fourth (21:01).
• The crew breakdowns a gnarly dirt bike loop crash, with praise for CJ’s falling technique: “You are like, you’re very good at…rolling out of it.” (Ben to CJ, 24:16).
• Discussion on mopeds, jet skis, and rare vehicles (“We need more weird things”—Ken, 43:37). They invite fans to suggest obscure vehicles for future episodes.

6. Joey Chestnut: The Hot Dog King

• They recount Joey Chestnut’s hot dog eating dominance, laughing at legendary controversy and his American hero status (16:02).
• Notable quote: “They’ll have to change the Fourth of July to Joey Chestnut Day.” (Mike, 17:07).

7. Taylor Swift’s Global Domination & Fan Culture

• The crew marvels at Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour, citing $13 million a night in revenue (CJ, 50:51) and fan devotion: “After [Greta] went to the Taylor Swift concert, that is all she talked about…she’d just be staring out the window, and I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’” (Ken, 51:28).
• Commentary on the power of Swifties, the cult of pop fandom, and the business of modern touring (Ken, 53:21).

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Firework Rights:
  • “It is your God given right by being an American to light off fireworks.” — Ken (quoting neighbor, 02:36)
• On Virality:
  • “49 million views in three weeks…that is insane views. Yeah. Mr. Beast numbers. Half of Mr. Beast numbers.” — Ken (31:43)
• On Nicknames:
  • “Ben is actually the only one to successfully delete a nickname.” — CJ (35:36)
• Surprise Party Fail:
  • “The bus was actually a surprise. And I just…I literally just go, that’s so awkward.” — Ben (38:00)
• Taylor Swift Fandom:
  • “If you’re like, ‘Oh, being a swifty is part of your personality,’ you’ll see a little twinkle in their eye…That gets them going.” — Ken (51:32)
  • “She started crying talking to us about it.” — Mike (51:28)
• On Fandom Power:
  • “That could probably be the worst thing…is the Swifties turn against you.” — Ken (55:46)

Important Timestamps

| Topic/Segment | Timestamp (MM:SS) | |-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| | Extravagant fireworks & HOA emails | 00:25 – 03:24 | | LA/Minneapolis firework chaos | 01:32 – 07:08 | | Magic & selling your soul discussion | 08:45 – 15:01 | | Joey Chestnut & hot dog eating contest | 15:26 – 20:08 | | CJ’s “trust the fart” story | 21:00 – 21:32 | | Wipeouts & crash commentary | 22:29 – 25:18 | | Golf video controversy & family reaction | 28:14 – 30:01 | | Reckless Golfing’s future | 30:01 – 31:12 | | YouTube Shorts & enormous reach | 31:12 – 33:04 | | Nickname assignment traditions | 34:39 – 36:42 | | Surprise party ruined by Ben | 37:35 – 39:08 | | Call for rare vehicle suggestions | 43:23 – 44:17 | | Taylor Swift tour earnings & fan culture | 50:51 – 53:56 |

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Tone & Style

The podcast is energetic, irreverently funny, and authentic. Inside jokes, self-deprecation, and Midwest stories keep the episode grounded in the CboysTV vibe. The group effortlessly bounces from viral video analytics to juvenile mishaps to larger pop culture commentary, always keeping it fun and relatable.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode exemplifies what fans love about Life Wide Open: hilarious, sometimes chaotic, but always genuine banter among friends living the YouTube dream—mixed with insights on viral content, the joy and anxiety of internet fame, and the importance of nicknames, pranks, and never taking yourself too seriously. Whether dissecting a wild crash or marveling at Taylor Swift’s empire, the Cboys bring humor, candor, and a behind-the-scenes look at modern creator culture.

Transcript

[Mike]

Tom Brady slamming Kim Kardashian. Allegedly.

[Ben]

What?

[CJ]

So yeah, you guys hear glory to.

[Mike]

God on that one.

[Ben]

Would you date Kim Kardashian, Ken?

[Mike]

So you think with like Instagram and only fans and YouTube and stuff like that, you think people still sell their souls? Feel like you don't need to anymore.

[Ben]

Your hinder's kind of been, I don't want to say taking a pounding, but.

[CJ]

Has kind of been taking a pounding.

[Ben]

That's such a rich person thing to do.

[Mike]

Buy a ton of fireworks and light them up.

[Ben]

Yeah, like a ton, ton. It's like, what else you do with this money?

[Mike]

Let's just blow it up.

[Ben]

Let's just literally blow it up. Which, hey, that show that one dude put on, that was a great show.

[Ken]

It was good.

[Mike]

That was legit.

[Mark]

Like 20, some grand.

[Ben]

25 he said. I was actually surprised. I thought it was a $50,000 show, quite frankly.

[Mike]

Right.

[Ben]

Like I would have estimated 50 grand. Cuz it, it went on for like 30 minutes.

[Mark]

It was better. It was better than the ones that like the lake association put on.

[Ben]

Really?

[Mike]

You thought that was better than Pelican?

[Ben]

The problem is we were so far back.

[Mark]

Everyone I talked to said the, the lake association ones were disappointing this year though.

[Ben]

They probably didn't get enough money from selling all them phone books. Gotta raise the prices.

[CJ]

It was just funny because Ken's like, yeah, we're kind of locked in now. You might be able to see it from the dock. And then that was the last time I had spoken to him. And then he came back and he's like, was 10 out of 10. Thanks, bro. I couldn't see it from the time.

[Mike]

You missed was a 10 out of 10.

[Ben]

I'm not going to lie. It probably was one of the better fireworks shows I've seen in my life.

[CJ]

The fireworks in L. A. I saw like a video, a couple of cool videos. Some guy did a really cool time lapse, but essentially there's a helicopter flying over and you're thinking, l. A, it's a dense city. I mean, there was fireworks going off everywhere.

[Ken]

Oh, I saw this everywhere.

[CJ]

If you could pull up a clip, that'd be sick, Ken. And apparently no one's allowed to do any of it. And even the big shows were supposedly shut down and everyone's like, fuck it, nah.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And I just couldn't believe it.

[Mike]

I did think it'd be sweet to watch fireworks from a plane.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

One day we got to get a friend with a plane. We've got ones at big pontoons and Boats and stuff like that. We got to find that plane, friend.

[Ben]

We said that when we were watching him and Mark's like, we can do that next year. He sounded pretty confident the way he said it, like we were going to get a plane and go through them.

[Mike]

Sweet.

[Ken]

So you guys know how I have a HOA around my house?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I got an email from the HOA on, I think, like the third or the second, and it was just like, just a reminder, here are the fireworks that are illegal in the state of Minnesota.

[CJ]

All of them.

[Ken]

Yeah, all of them. Right. And go. We abide by the laws of the. Of the state, and those are the rules that we follow in this hoa. And then somebody responds back in the email thread and goes, it is your God given right by being an American to light off fireworks. You do what you please and have a good time doing it. Happy fourth of July.

[Mike]

Oh, my gosh. He had his name attached to an.

[Ben]

Older gentleman, I'm sure.

[Ken]

And then the next email thread is from the president who sent the first one and goes, that was not a member of the board sending that email. Do not listen to that email. Do I repeat, do not listen to that email. And I was like, I feel like I'm in the middle of. Of like an HOA beef right now.

[Mike]

I don't think anyone's ever gotten a text or an email from their HOA and it been something cool, positive. Yeah.

[Ben]

You never have anything good to say about an hoa.

[Ken]

Yeah, not. Not most time.

[CJ]

True. Because it really is just a rule book.

[Ben]

Then again, though, when we were running the HOA over at the last place.

[Mike]

Things were pretty good for us, I'd say.

[Ben]

We did our fireworks and we let everyone else do what they wanted to.

[Ken]

I think our HOA was corrupt. I think there was some corruption by having us involved when they put us in charge.

[Mike]

Yeah, there was.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

No one wanted to take the responsibility, but. No. No one thought, this is a good idea.

[Mike]

It turned out all right.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

This guy I know has some neighbors that he doesn't like, and they kind of live in a neighborhood where they could form an hoa. And there's been talks about creating an HOA between the three neighbors that get along and the one that doesn't to force the one neighbor out.

[Ben]

You can force someone out if you're an hoa.

[Mike]

I don't know, probably. You could make their life suck so much that they want to leave.

[Ben]

Who is it? Where is it, Fargo?

[Mike]

Just somebody really distant from me. Not very close to me at all.

[Ken]

Yeah, I think, I think I've actually talked to that guy and I might have actually even given him the idea of doing it because of my hoa.

[Mike]

Yeah, I.

[CJ]

And if that were me, I guess I would hope to never be the hated neighbor. But if, if it were me, like I would just like not. I'd be like, I already lived here before the HOA for all these dumb rules. Sorry.

[Ben]

I don't know. Get some bottle rockets and start firing them off.

[CJ]

Well, it's not even, it's not even about that. Like, yeah, start doing burnouts in the Chevy. Yeah, HOAs hate burnouts.

[Mike]

Especially in Chevy's.

[Ken]

I have seen a lot of Instagram videos of people in the hood lighting off fireworks. Seems like they love fireworks more than anyone.

[Ben]

They do.

[Ken]

Dude, I saw the craziest. Well, I saw two of them. The first one being a. Just a guy parked in a truck. Oh, I see window down a little bit and this guy running by just chucks like a full on mortar into the car. And the guy closes his door and he like puts up his window and then you just hear boom.

[Mike]

It like blows him out of the car practically.

[Ken]

And then the next one, that one was messed up. Was a guy doing an Instagram live stream and he puts a firecracker in his mouth and he lights it and then he like, like closes his lips and then just goes boom.

[Mike]

What?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You just, you just described two videos of people dying.

[Ken]

That that's what you think?

[Mike]

No.

[Ken]

And then open his mouth, his teeth are gone. And then he goes like this. Gone. It was like, it was like supposed to be like a magic trick.

[Ben]

What a maniac.

[Ken]

So who tried? He had like the burnt mark, you know if you were to light it off on your driveway, how it leaves like a little burn stain behind. He had that on his tongue.

[CJ]

It's like a black splat kind of thing.

[Ken]

It was crazy.

[CJ]

I thought you're going to bring up Roman candles. Everyone loves Roman candles because you can aim them and they're just firing them at police office, at police cars. But I mean just everyone just like. Yeah, it just in a state of like. I can't get. I'm not going to get in trouble for this if everyone else is doing it. That's f'd. I mean you shouldn't shoot fireworks. Anyone. To be honest, you just shouldn't put.

[Ken]

Fireworks in your mouth. I feel like that's like a pretty.

[Mike]

I think that's actually on the box when you get it says do not put this in your mouth.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Don't swallow, dumbass.

[Ken]

That's like a crazy, like, fuck around and find out kind of thing.

[Ben]

Yeah. Who did that first, though? You know, like, who tested it to be like, oh, it. You know, it burns your tongue, but you. Doesn't blow all your teeth out.

[Mike]

What if you accidentally grab the one that's too big?

[CJ]

That's how it does.

[Ken]

Blow your teeth.

[CJ]

You get someone that's like, oh, it's. It's these fireworks, right?

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And then throw it in.

[Mike]

Yeah, I think so.

[Mark]

Here's the video of Minneapolis.

[CJ]

It's pretty wild. It's just this one clip that's been circling around. But it's pretty wild that this shit is going down in Minneapolis.

[Ben]

I feel like that's not that big.

[Ken]

Of a deal, though.

[Ben]

Like, Roman candles, you shoot them at, like, people, so they're showing. They're shooting at the car.

[CJ]

I'm not.

[Ben]

I'm not saying it's not a big deal, but, like, I love that. Like, the cop could straight up just drive right up to him. But I'm sure he doesn't know if they have guns or whatever.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And he. And that whole Roman candle flying at him or deal.

[Ben]

Pretty cool. And there's this guy just take off running.

[Mike]

I love how he's standing outside of a Chevy Spark. No, it's an equinox. Excuse me. No one has ever done anything cool in a Chevy Equinox.

[Ben]

Oh, he's trying to rebrand.

[CJ]

Although they. Yeah, no one has.

[Ken]

I wonder how David Blaine the magician does, like, literally 99% of the stunts that he does. Like, I could see him swallowing a firecracker and like, full on swallowing it. And then like, the only bomb you hear is when he farts or something like that.

[CJ]

Wow.

[Ben]

That would be cool.

[Mike]

It's called magic.

[CJ]

I could see him doing that.

[Ken]

Like, the magic tricks are one thing with, like the cards and everything, you know, that might all be like kind of an illusion to the eye or like the sleight of hand, but when he does, like the actual stunts or that's all training.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Standing on top of a pole for how long did he. 50 hours or something like that. Really? Like, how does he put his body.

[CJ]

Through Being entrapped in ice for like 20 hours, holding breath for 14 minutes?

[Mike]

Don't people think those guys are like the.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Ben]

There's.

[CJ]

Oh, yeah, my parents did.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Like Criss Angel. They're like, yeah. I mean, he sold his soul.

[Ken]

Really?

[Mike]

That's what they think?

[CJ]

Pretty much. I mean, they're like, it's not as easy as it is in the. Like, TV shows or, like, a cartoon, but.

[Mike]

So you think with, like, Instagram and only fans and YouTube and stuff like that, you think people still sell their souls? I feel like you don't need to anymore.

[CJ]

I feel like it's so easy to.

[Mike]

Do it on your own.

[Ken]

I think it's different.

[Mike]

You don't need. You don't need to sell your soul.

[Ken]

So when your parents are saying that, what do they. I mean, he sold his soul to the devil, and now he has the same. It's like certain powers.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's a long. It's like demonic. Yeah.

[Ben]

Black magic.

[CJ]

Yeah. It's like. So if you like. I guess, like, Tom Brady accredits, like, a lot of his accomplishments to God and. And he. He would speak on that. And then. I'm not saying. But then I don't think Criss angel or David Blaine. I don't know about David Blaine would go like, yeah, got that shit from the devil.

[Mike]

Tom Brady slamming Kim Kardashian, allegedly.

[Ben]

What?

[CJ]

So, yeah.

[Mike]

You guys hear Glory to God on that one?

[Ben]

No.

[Ken]

He's like, thank God.

[Ben]

No chance.

[Mike]

No, they were at the white party or whatever together.

[Ben]

Everyone was at the white party.

[Mike]

That's true.

[Ken]

What do you mean, no chance? I mean, there's 100% of Tom Brady's. Tom Brady.

[Ben]

No, I'm not saying it like that. I just feel like Tom Brady wouldn't want to smash Kim Kardashian.

[Mike]

Why not?

[Ben]

I just. It doesn't seem like he.

[CJ]

He. You.

[Mike]

That he could handle it.

[CJ]

No, he goes, no.

[Ben]

I mean, I'm sure cj, you truly, deep down.

[Ken]

Deep, deep down believe that cj.

[Ben]

I do.

[CJ]

Tom Brady, Really? I would.

[Ben]

Like, I feel like Tom Brady's, like.

[Ken]

A little bit above it. Yeah. Okay.

[Mike]

Really?

[Ben]

Like, she's too much of like, a meme almost, or not a meme, but, you know, like. You know what I'm saying? The connotation comes with.

[Ken]

David Portnoy put it a dirty. A lister.

[Mike]

That's what he said about it.

[Ken]

He said there's plenty of a list celebrities that he could be hitting on or. Or going after. Rihanna, Zendaya, I don't know. Who?

[Mike]

I don't think so.

[Ben]

No. I'm just a little weird block. She's been around the block about 20 times, so I don't know if you.

[Ken]

Could ever, like, I guess, hold that against a guy that has the opportunity to date Kim Kardashian, though, you know?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

I mean, if you could. I feel like, he got him.

[Ben]

Would you date Kim Kardashian, Ken? Yeah. Okay. Okay, good.

[Ken]

What about Kris Kardashian?

[Ben]

I mean, still, you gotta. I mean, Chris, she's had a lot of work done. She's.

[Mark]

Chris has definitely been around the block once.

[Ben]

Chris, I mean, they all have.

[Mike]

Ken already got to her. I heard she had a bad hip.

[CJ]

Who's Chris? The mom. No, don't date her, Ken. Dude, don't date Chris.

[Mike]

Got a wife that. Dude, she gets like 20% of it all.

[Ken]

Yeah. She would get her greasy fingers a part of Ken's equity then.

[Mike]

To turn this into a billion dollar.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Now that I think about it, that'd be pretty good, Ken. You should.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Hey, did you find David Blaine's accomplishments?

[Mark]

Yeah, he held his breath for 17 minutes.

[CJ]

17.

[Mark]

Didn't eat for 44 days.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Mark]

Stood on a pole for 35 hours. Looks like it's pretty tiny. Like, basically enough to hold your feet on. And stood in an ice block for 63 hours and I just lost 63 hours.

[Mike]

Jesus, dude.

[Mark]

Buried alive for seven days.

[Mike]

Didn't Mr. Beast do that?

[Ken]

Did he do seven days?

[Mike]

I can't remember how long.

[Ben]

How long was. I gotta look that up.

[Mike]

That was long.

[Ben]

Crazy.

[CJ]

This one guy I used to watch on YouTube did kind of stunts like that. Jake Paul, he buried himself in concrete for 24 hours, even though it was literally six minutes. And it was the cringiest video I've ever seen on YouTube.

[Mark]

Mr.

[CJ]

Beast was, give or take a few.

[Mike]

50 hours. And how long was David Blaine?

[CJ]

Seven days.

[Mike]

Oh, cripes. So quite a bit longer.

[Ken]

Something tells me that David Blaine didn't have, like the whole lit up coffin. Like, the amenities that Mr. Beast had. Not saying that. Yeah, he had, like, luxury amenities down there, but, like, I wouldn't be surprised if it was just like pitch black in there. Yeah. And he had probably no oxygen flow to the outside. Like, I don't know. He's. The dude's crazy.

[Mike]

What do you think he thinks about for that long? Like, I can hardly go to the bathroom without my phone.

[CJ]

I think he goes to another place.

[Ken]

He. Yeah, he was talking about how you start to. You start to hallucinate.

[CJ]

That's what I mean. I think he goes to a different.

[Ken]

Place yourself in such like an extreme situation for so long. Might have been the. In the ice. I think it was in the ice. How long did he spend in the ice block?

[Mark]

60, 63 hours.

[Ken]

So how is that.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Mark]

Earned him a million bucks.

[Ken]

Like, into his pocket.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Or was it for, like a. Like a fundraiser or what.

[Mark]

Just says earned him a whopping million dollars. Other magicians weren't impressed.

[Mike]

Sounds like they're jealous.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

That's the ultimate ice bath, I think.

[CJ]

He swallows a quarter, and then he, like, pushes it down his arm and, like, out, and then, like, cuts it and then, you know, just stuff like that. You might have to pull that one up.

[Mike]

No. Yeah, you definitely got to sell your soul to the devil to do like that.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's like how, again, magic body, like, in just incredible.

[Ben]

Some kind of trick.

[CJ]

Yeah, man.

[Ken]

I tell you what. Nothing gets the crowd going like a magic trick. Like, even I don't think any of us know any magic tricks. But Jake, you know, it's like one card trick, and if there's ever a deck of cards, he'll always pull out this card trick. Half the time, he gets it wrong, but I know that. But most of. Most of the time, there's someone new, and they're amazed by it every time. How did you do that? If you're just sitting at, like, just a little different angle, you can see, like, the card behind his fingers are, like, doing something like that.

[CJ]

But now me and my buddy got obsessed with that for a little bit. Obviously, we knew that if we got too obsessed that you're just a loser unless you're good.

[Mike]

Obviously, it's like I went through a yo, yo phase.

[Ken]

Yeah. Such self awareness, Mike.

[CJ]

But, like, yeah, we had a couple. Let's say we had, like, 10 total. Could probably only remember five on the spot. And one that was good. One that was really good. And it just got people really, like, you'd have a crowd, and I could see it's probably addicting, probably impressing people like that. Yeah.

[Ken]

I want to learn a magic trick.

[CJ]

Let's do it after this.

[Ken]

All right, next, next. Next podcast, I'm gonna have a magic trick for you guys.

[Ben]

Oh, really?

[CJ]

And if we can, we'll come.

[Ken]

I'm gon to cut that part if I don't.

[Mike]

Okay.

[CJ]

If we can try to have it not be a card trick, but also I'd say just have it be a card trick.

[Ken]

Like what, swallowing a frog?

[CJ]

Well, that'd be more entertaining.

[Ben]

Just eating a frog. Basically, you just swallow it. You're like, all right, all right.

[Ken]

At the beginning of the podcast, I'm going to swallow this frog. Stay to the end. It's going to be the best retention on a podcast. I. I throw up a frog at the end, it's still croaking.

[Mike]

I'm out Wait, you guys hear about Joey Chestnut?

[Ben]

I saw there was some kind of controversy involving him, so they canceled.

[Mike]

They canceled the hot dog due to weather. It's a fucking hot dog eating contest. What kind of weather do you need, really? So they cancel it.

[CJ]

Put a canopy up.

[Mike]

Yeah. Joey Chestnut freaks out and rallies the troop and gets ESPN to put it back on, like, later in the day. Yeah.

[Ben]

As only he would.

[Mike]

Yeah. And they rally the people together. And of course, he annihilated and won for 15 years straight.

[CJ]

And I also don't think this happened this year. But the clip resurfaced.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah. Some PETA guy comes up and he's, like, protesting him, and he just chokes him out in, like, four seconds. Throws him on the ground or like.

[Mike]

Body slams and then just keeps going.

[Ken]

Ken, can you pull up that clip?

[Ben]

It's so legendary.

[Ken]

Joey Chestnut is such a. Such an American hero.

[CJ]

So these guys going up against him, I love. I love that they're there trying, because in my opinion, I like to think they know they're not going to win.

[Ken]

Yeah. Everyone's just Joey Chestnut right in the middle.

[Ben]

Look at this.

[Mike]

Look at this.

[Ben]

He, like, just snaps him down and keeps going. What the damn.

[CJ]

Yeah, but, yeah, it's crazy how he's.

[Ken]

Not that big of a guy.

[Ben]

I can't believe how I'm so disappointed. Our hot dog eating abilities.

[Ken]

That's why as soon as you were.

[Ben]

Like, you need five minutes.

[CJ]

I could be his mascot, but I'm not trying to compete against him.

[Ken]

What did he eat? 62 and 10 minutes or something like that. Or two, maybe.

[Mike]

I think his record is 72 because he's shooting for a hundred. 100 is like the. The Grail, dude.

[Ken]

That's gonna be a national holiday when he hits that.

[Mike]

I think it will. They'll have to change the Fourth of July to Joey Chestnut Day.

[Ken]

Think of that. I guess it is on the 4th every year.

[Mike]

I didn't realize this, but he just does competitive eating in general. Like, here he is for Thanksgiving. He got a sponsored thing where he just eats a shit ton of pumpkin pie.

[Ken]

Is it. So is he doing mukbangs?

[Mike]

Pistachios? I mean, the guy just kind of.

[CJ]

Kind of what it is. I hate that word.

[Ken]

Yeah, I do. I hate that word, too. I hated that phase of YouTube mukbang. Like, when they would just get, like, YouTubers or just get, like, a hot chicken and going mukbang.

[Ben]

That's like one of them things, like when you tell someone you're a youtuber they totally don't know you. They assume like that. You almost think like, oh, they're doing Muk.

[Mike]

You're doing Get Ready with Me and.

[CJ]

Yeah, I want a glass.

[Ken]

Ken, do you have a. A video of him warming up?

[CJ]

Jamie be struggling today.

[Ken]

You good back there, Ken?

[CJ]

Oh, it was like electric. It was like they were announcing a world class fighter.

[Mike]

Yeah. 15,000 generations of humanity, yet we have evolved not at all. Bound like animals to the laws of physics. Shamed before the universe. And in all of history, only one man has stood to say that he will dictate what is and is not possible in this world. I speak of this man. Dude, imagine Joey Jaws 39.

[Ken]

Only.

[CJ]

He'S got the Adidas on.

[Ben]

Massaging his neck. He needs a trainer behind him, though. Like, that could be you, Mike. You're out there like, massaging mascot. You're, like rubbing his jaw.

[Mike]

They needed the buffer brothers to do this. No offense to this guy.

[Ben]

Yeah, he tried his best. It's a hot dog eating competition.

[Mike]

I've admittedly never watched this live, but I might have to now.

[CJ]

Pretty bro.

[Ben]

Yeah. Yeah, they really did a great job with the production.

[CJ]

I watched it, I guess only once and. Yeah, you just. You just wouldn't believe your eyes.

[Ben]

Mike tunes in.

[Mike]

Yeah, I want to be like, I.

[Ken]

Gotta support fellow hot dog lovers.

[CJ]

It doesn't even look fun. It's fun to watch, but it does not look fun to participate in.

[Ben]

I've done it. It's not fun.

[CJ]

Yeah, I was like, on and on that note. Yeah, I'll agree with cj. We. We need work or we need to quit.

[Mike]

You know what they didn't do after eating all those hot dogs though, is run half a mile. And I'd like to see Joey do that. He does that. I bet you could run a marathon afterwards.

[Ben]

Those guys are all surprisingly very thin.

[Mike]

I know. I would have thought they would have been.

[Ken]

He must have a really good metabolism.

[Ben]

That must be, like the key to being able to do that.

[Ken]

I don't know, because they all had.

[Ben]

The same kind of build. Like, they were rather athletic, like pretty skinnier and. Yeah, I don't know.

[CJ]

They're.

[Mark]

They're athletes at eating.

[CJ]

Yeah. I mean, true. They are athletes.

[Mike]

It's a funny way to look at it.

[CJ]

We had Tyler Stewart over here the other day. He's like, technically the best surfer in the world. He's won the world's competition a few times. That's just a preface, the story. He. We got done surfing and then he's like, I got to come over and ride you guys his scoot ski. Of course. Course. Come on over, bro. And then he's like, yep, I just want a couple pictures on it, some videos, you know, throw it up on Instagram. For sure. Got you. I hop on the one wheel. This is the 5th of July, the 4th of July. I ate all day. Might have eaten something bad. I don't know. And I. I might ate something bad. So I'm on the one wheel filming him taking a video. Trust the fart.

[Mike]

No. No way.

[CJ]

Shit my pants.

[Ben]

How bad? Like, just a little bit or like a.

[CJ]

No, just a little bit. But it was like. I mean, I knew right away that you loaded your trousers on the one wheel. Like, yeah, getting this clip. And then he, like, goes by, all right, I'll wait for him to come back.

[Ben]

Oh.

[CJ]

And then, luckily, I was on the one wheel because I didn't have to waddle. You know, I just went, oh, the garage doors were open. Probably pegged the thing out right to the toilet.

[Ben]

Wow.

[CJ]

And then, you know, and cleaned up. I just thought it was too funny. Like, if I would have not been on a one wheel, like, people would have known you guys would have been waddling. Yeah.

[Ken]

I would have been like, man, when you started this story, I did not expect it to go, yeah, I didn't know where you were going with it.

[Ben]

But your hinder's kind of been, I don't want to say taking a pounding, but then you looped your dirt bike last week, too.

[CJ]

Has kind of been taking a pounding. Dude, the road rash is not bad. I sprained my thumb, and that's been annoying as hell.

[Mike]

But you were honestly really smart that you were wearing one, your helmet and two gloves. Because when you put your hand down, I mean, I've had road rash mans. That shit hurts. Yeah. So that was. I was glad to see you were, like, moderately proper.

[CJ]

Just so happened to be, you know, in the summer, it's like, shorts, T shirt, shorts, T shirt. I just happen to be wearing pants and a sweatshirt, helmet and gloves. The road rash was not bad. The sprained thumb kind of annoying, But I haven't looped a dirt bike in a while.

[Ken]

And then right before we go out.

[CJ]

Evan's like, yo, yeah, you want to go rip some wheelies? And I was like, yeah, I'll just pit bike. But my pit bike has missing a important bolt. So he's like, take the 150. And I'm like, I'm just not feeling very limber. Like, I'm really cold from the from the lake today. Because it was. I don't know. Anyway, just. Just looped it nice and good.

[Ben]

You were. You were 12 o' clock boy in that.

[CJ]

Yeah, it was. And that's why I kept going. I had really bad arm pump, and I was having a real good time until I wasn't.

[Ben]

Oh, you did a really good job of kind of, like, getting back on your feet real quick.

[Mike]

This is my favorite commentary, though.

[CJ]

Yeah. Evan goes world star. Dude, I got.

[Mike]

I had such mad arm pumps.

[Ben]

Are you actually okay?

[CJ]

I think so.

[Ben]

Right?

[Ken]

I think. Right.

[Ben]

Okay. You're, like, waiting for him.

[CJ]

None of them came in yet.

[Ken]

Glove is shredded.

[Ben]

Let me see the hand, bro. Just burned. I'm gonna grab the bike.

[CJ]

Like Kodak courage at its finest.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

This is such a good clip.

[Mike]

I love the sparks coming off the bike right there.

[CJ]

Dude, the bike slid for, like, 50ft.

[Mike]

Yeah, you're going fast.

[Ken]

Is that your first loop?

[CJ]

No, I looped last year on my pit bike. Honestly, at about the same speed. But I was. It was all right with C.J. and Alex.

[Ben]

Yeah, that. I think that was two years ago, but yeah.

[Ken]

Yeah, dude.

[Ben]

My little brother looped his supermoto, and he has it bad. Like, his cheek was real bad.

[Mike]

Oh, that sucks. Road rashes.

[Ben]

My mom was all concerned about your cheek. She was like, how is he?

[Ken]

Okay.

[Ben]

And ask him, like, he seems to be fine. I don't know, Mike. Pretty good at falling.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Which you are. You're really good at falling.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

People are like, you looks like you really know how to, like, fall on the pavement. And I'm like. I don't want to be attributed to that.

[Ben]

You are good at falling.

[Mike]

You are.

[Ben]

You are like, you're very good at, like. I don't know, the way he, like, rolls out of it. And, like. Like, you could tell when you were sliding, you, like, put your feet, like, the.

[Ken]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[CJ]

Try to run it out.

[Ben]

But it was like, your soles and.

[CJ]

Yeah. And I do look at it like, you know, that shit happens if you're gonna go out and do wheelies, that. That happens. But I'm like, I. I'd still be happy if it didn't.

[Mike]

You know?

[CJ]

The only thing it taught me was to, like, not overdo it.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

But at the end of the day, like, it didn't really teach me much, you know?

[Ben]

Still gonna be out there doing wheelies with Evan.

[CJ]

Like, it just tells you not to overdo it.

[Ken]

We ride the rear brake.

[CJ]

Well, clearly, that was the interesting thing. You'll get a couple people that Are like, cover the brake over the brake. And I'm like, did you see the whole. Yeah, 40 seconds before that.

[Ken]

So what happened? What happened though? It just. So basically you missed it or what?

[CJ]

Yeah, I like my. I was just like trying so hard. My arms were so pumped up that everything just froze.

[Mike]

Yeah. Because what you don't see, you have like a 45 second wheelie before it.

[Ken]

You do have wheelies down pretty well, but you're so jerky with it.

[CJ]

So jerky.

[Ken]

Like it's like not constantly.

[CJ]

Especially on the 150. It like it acts like a two stroke. I mean, I look so whack. Yeah, whatever.

[Ben]

You got your elbow down though.

[Mike]

You're not doing.

[CJ]

Yeah, And now it's less.

[Ben]

It's a little bit more on the wrist now.

[CJ]

But yeah, but yeah, tons of comments. People are like, dude, whenever Mike's wheelies, anything, I like just watching, just wait.

[Ken]

It gives you anxiety. Yeah, that's how I feel. Ev's really good at taking a fall. Like, dude, when he came into the shop the other day on the moped, oh my God. And the front end slid out. The dude is seriously built like a little brick house. Yeah, it's like a little, like a little hog, you know, just a dense little nug. And yeah, I think he straight up dented the shipping container with his head.

[Ben]

He hit his head on the. So that blue chair, there's like this little point that like goes above where the wheel is. And I watch in slow motion because he was like, I hit my head on the chair, my temple. And I watch in slow motion. He hits. And his glasses like slide up a little bit too. And he's just like. And he just gets up and he's just fine.

[Mike]

Oh my gosh.

[Ben]

Like you didn't see it in the video, but we're like, are you good? You know, we're like checking him over, whatever. And then, then he's like, yeah, yeah, he's fine. He's laughing it off. Whatever. And we told him to wear a helmet right before that.

[Ken]

Yeah, he refuses.

[CJ]

He's been really off it lately. He's been like more against the helmet lately.

[Mike]

Well, it's kind of like telling a 13 year old to wear his helmet. Now that we tell him, he's like, no.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's like, what do I do? Yeah, I tell you. But I can't really force you to do anything, even if it's for your own good.

[Ken]

I think it's funny that like right before he pulls into that, into the garage, I Go, hey, put a helmet on. And goes, bro, I'm riding a moped. And then he does that.

[Mike]

Yeah, mopeds are dangerous, dude.

[Ken]

It's usually, it's usually like when you least expect it. And then when I was doing the jet skis with him, I was like, you gonna put a helmet on? And he was like, fuck no. And he was all pissed off that I kept asking him to wear a helmet. I was like, I care about you. I don't want to be sweeping you off the road.

[Ben]

Yeah, my parents weren't too pumped about him not wearing his helmet. I was hearing about it. They're saying, kids, watch. I said, I, I mean, I can't tell him to do anything. He's his own person. We did tell him though, you know.

[Mike]

My aunt and uncle told me was my uncle. Actually. We were watching the Hummer video we're showing my grandpa, who's in a nursing home, can't really figure out videos. So my, my uncle will show him. He goes, oh, there's all this talking before. It takes forever to get to the thing. And I go, the video's 12 minutes long. And he's like, well, y. Jeez, there's all this stuff happening before. I go, what's one TV show you watch? He goes, oh, I really love Gold Rush. And I was like, it's an hour long program with commercials. And then he was like, well, if you guys did like a 45 minute video on how to make the Hummer, that'd be great. And I go, but what if there was talking? He was like, well, you'd have to explain that. And I was like, damn, can't win with you guys.

[Ken]

Is that the uncle that didn't like the reckless golfing?

[Mike]

No, he was okay with it. I mean, it wasn't his favorite video.

[Ken]

But yeah, I've heard some flackback from like golfers on that one.

[Ben]

Like who? Your family I'm sure wasn't pumped on it.

[Ken]

My dad was like, I mean, think about, think about all the people that. That's like their, their safe haven. Like that's their like go to spot and it's like disrespectful. And I was like, yeah, but think about all the people that watched it and got happiness from it way more. I said, there's true to that. What about the people that watch the videos of us like beating on a three wheeler and they have such hard ons for three wheelers. Like it upsets them that we would do something like that. I was like, every single group of people can get offended by something. I was like, but think about all the people that get enjoyment out of it. I was like, it's like harmless fun.

[Mike]

Most part, I think we were less hard on the golf course than a normal golfer because typically when a golfer swings, he takes a chunk of grass out. There was no chunks of grass gone by the time we were out of there.

[Ken]

And we did in better shape than we found it.

[Ben]

We also sweeped all the bunkers and, like. Like, nothing really got up. And. Yeah, I mean, you couldn't find anything.

[CJ]

Which is just a part of us being, like, really calculated.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's not everyone's cup of tea because I. I do remember. I think it was like our first or second one. And it was like, started when reckless golfing was kind of like, wow, people are really seeming to like this. Like, like, people are saying that's like their favorite videos we do. And we were at some kind of family event and like, a few people. Our family. I thought that was the worst video you guys have ever done. I thought that was stupid. I was like, well, the people love it, so. And it's pretty dang fun.

[Mike]

Yeah, it was tough. Can't make a video for everybody.

[Ben]

Yeah, it's not everyone's cup of tea.

[CJ]

But it does stress me out a bit, though, that obviously we're gonna do a number five at some point, whether it's this summer or next summer. And so many comments that say, that is my favorite video. So it's like, where do we go from here?

[Ken]

I know exactly. We're going. I don't know if we can do it on five, but we have to do it on six. We might have to get five out of the way so we can do six. But six is gonna be so good. Dude, I want to enter reckless golfing six in a. Like a parachute in. Oh, my. It's like the start of the Super Bowl.

[CJ]

That would be so fireworks coming up back.

[Ken]

It'd be such a moment at Pebble Beach.

[Ben]

Oh, my God. Yeah. We go to, like, the best golf course in the world for reckless golfing 10. That's 10.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ben]

We're gonna be like the Gymkhana's. Like, every year there's only one made and people wait for it. And when it comes out, it's like, hey, did you watch the new reckless golfing?

[Mike]

How do they do it?

[Ben]

We have guest appearances coming international.

[Ken]

Yep. Yeah, we got, like, professional golf.

[Ben]

We spend, like, one whole. We only make one video a year, and it's just reckless golfing. At that point, it's like we spend a whole year working on it.

[Ken]

Like, we posted this YouTube short of Evan going up the canyon when we were in moab on the R6 when he dropped set at the top. Posted two or three weeks ago. It's got 45 weeks. 45 million views.

[Ben]

49.

[Ken]

49.

[Ben]

49 million views in three weeks. It's a YouTube short, so it's not really the same as a YouTube video because it loops. But that insane. That is insane views. Yeah. Mr.

[Ken]

Beast numbers. Half of Mr. Beast numbers.

[Mike]

Yeah. And he's pulling it on a long form.

[Ben]

We've actually done 87.6 million views in the last 28 days.

[CJ]

Yeah. So right now, something.

[Ken]

That previous record was like 19 million.

[CJ]

Right. And so something that we've been looking at before, we obviously, you guys probably noticed we haven't been posting shorts up until like the last month or too. So all of those analytics go into the same channel. And yeah, I was getting texts from like, side by side blog. And then Cletus reached out to us too, about. You guys have 85 million views in 30 days.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And I'm like, it's just the shorts. They're like, okay, that makes sense.

[Ben]

I'm sure Cletus and them are like. Because I bet you they do what we do, or at least what I do. I like, check. I see how everyone's doing, if we're keeping up or if we're doing better, if we got to pick it up, whatever. And I bet you they typed in ours and they're like, holy. 87 million views.

[CJ]

It was at like 20 before.

[Ben]

Because, like, like whenever someone's pulling, like the 20 to 25 range, you're like, damn, that, like, they're on top. They're doing good. And it is 87.

[CJ]

So, yeah, short. We'll see if, like, YouTube separates that eventually. Like, I. I hope they do.

[Ben]

They really should.

[CJ]

Like, yeah, it's not the same two tabs. And also in the analytics, for us, for our sake, I hope they split that up because, I mean, everyone's digesting short form. Appreciate everyone that's digesting the long form.

[Ken]

Man, it is reaching such a different dude. You know, it's good when you go on. On our most recent comments and you don't understand a single comment and you keep scrolling and they're all in Russian.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ken]

It's reaching so many different crowds.

[Ben]

I got an interesting fact for you guys. So we have 3 million watch hours, right? In the last 28 days. So 3 million hours. Have been spent in the last 28 days.

[CJ]

That's worth something.

[Ben]

Watching Seaboys TV, YouTube videos or whatever. So when you convert 3 million hours into years, it is three hundred and forty two years. Three hundred and forty two years has been spent in the last 28 days watching our videos. That's fucked.

[Mike]

That's cool.

[Ben]

Like, that's like four lifetimes.

[CJ]

It's been so fun. You guys have been killing it. You guys have been.

[Ben]

Everybody.

[CJ]

I mean, everyone has been, like. It's crazy that we're in the, like, literally the heat of summer right now. And Minnesota summers are dope. We talk about it all the time, and we don't work a day in our lives because we love what we do. It's so awesome, you guys. I just had to give you.

[Ken]

Thanks, Mike. Thanks, Mike. You've been killing it too, bud.

[CJ]

Thanks. So last night I was at a friend's birthday party with Ken and Tint and Mark, and I was gonna go.

[Ben]

To that, but then we had dinner with my parents.

[CJ]

Yeah, it was good time. It was. Well, apparently he already knew about the surprise.

[Ben]

Oh, really? Oh, really? How do you find out?

[Ken]

I mean, it's all over Facebook.

[Ben]

I thought it was a private thing.

[Ken]

No.

[CJ]

Yeah, but I feel like there's just.

[Ken]

No way that you can do a surprise party with, like, a bunch of people without them.

[Ben]

Oh, my God.

[Ken]

Oh, yeah.

[CJ]

I'm just sitting there chatting with Mark, and Mark's got some of his kind of like, old friend group there, too. And Mark just goes, yeah, I never get a nickname. You know, all these years, Mark just was Mark.

[Ben]

And then I'm like, wait.

[CJ]

And then I kind of thought about it, and I'm like, we give everyone nicknames. Big Wrench had a. You know, that was his nickname, like, day one. Yeah, I mean, pretty much day one.

[Ben]

Ken, he's got a whole new name. Not even a nickname.

[CJ]

But I was just cracking up because Mark's, like, kind of wanted nickname.

[Ken]

Oh, we should get him one.

[Ben]

Hey, pencil dick. Okay.

[CJ]

I want my real name back.

[Ben]

Hey, that's your name.

[CJ]

I agree. But one. Mark's easy to say.

[Ben]

I don't have a nickname, though. It's just C.J. ryan doesn't have one. He's just.

[CJ]

No, it's a little different. A little bit different within the crew.

[Ken]

But Mike. Well, we call him Steve, though. And Mike's kind of a nickname. Like, Mike's not his name.

[CJ]

No, it is a little bit of an. I mean, I would consider it one. Ben is actually the only one to successfully delete A nickname.

[Ben]

Yeah. Bean.

[CJ]

Yeah, I got rid of. Deleted it. That's like. I mean, that's hard to do too, in the crew. I'm not gonna lie.

[Ken]

Yeah, yeah, that's a good point, because you really don't choose whether a nickname's deleted or not. I don't think anyone in our friend group has gotten out of a. Out of a name. I don't imagine a big wrench came to us. It was like.

[CJ]

We already have. We're like the brand man. Well, that's.

[Ben]

Big Wrench is an amazing. It's applicable because he's the lead wrencher. So he's the biggest wrench.

[CJ]

Yep.

[Ben]

And then, you know, it's a little bit dirty, which is funny.

[CJ]

And let's just talk about how satisfying it is when a name catches goes, yeah, and sticks. Or even when it, like, is first spoken. And then as soon as someone said big wrench, I'm like, that's it. That's it.

[Ken]

A lot of times it's. It seems like when we meet someone and we don't really know them very well and somebody just gives a nickname, and then it's like. Might be kind of funny. Like, when we first met Tint, we didn't know Tint very well, but we knew that he tinted cars, and we just. And we just called him Tint.

[Mike]

Yeah, we start calling Mark Hot Tub.

[Ben]

Hey, Hot Tub.

[CJ]

It just doesn't work if Mark, like, sticks with pontoons, I guess.

[Ken]

Hey, Pontoon noon.

[CJ]

It's tune intent tun. It sounds like a business.

[Ken]

Dude.

[Ben]

Speaking of ruining surprise parties. So we go out to eat for Mike's dinner at this really nice restaurant. Because Mike is such a classy guy, we had to go to the nicest restaurant in town. So anyways, we pull up, and my girlfriend's old work crew was all there because it was one of her former co worker's birthday, and they're like, older. They're probably 40s, mid-40s. I guess it was a surprise party bus after which the birthday gal didn't know about. So we go rolling up, and apparently Alex told us all that, but I did not hear.

[CJ]

I didn't part.

[Ben]

I mean, I didn't hear that part. And I can barely hear the way it is. So you got to give me a little bit of grace here.

[Ken]

And it's stupid.

[Ben]

That too. Like, I am a little bit stupid. So we go cruising by. She's like, oh, oh, there's their party bus. All this. And it's like, got the lights going.

[Mike]

All this.

[Ben]

I'm like, nice. That's pretty cool. They're gonna have a good time. Walk in. They kind of know me from just. We used to go to, like, work things. I'd go take along. So I go over there to, like.

[CJ]

Say hi with the party bus was waiting outside.

[Ben]

Yeah. She didn't know that, but everyone else there knew. I go walking in, hey, how's it going? Yada yada, you know, we're talking and it was like, I didn't know really what else to say. So I'm like, saw the bus out there. Like, gonna have a good looks. You guys are gonna have a good time. Don't have too much fun. And then there's kind of like. It was so clear, and I was like, yeah, the lights, everything were going. Things ready to jam. And it was just so clear. Like, everyone's looking at me. Like, then someone just. Someone just goes. Or it was her husband. He just like, looks up, he goes. The bus was actually a surprise. And I just. I literally just go, that's so awkward. Like, there's. There's probably like 15 people at this big table looking at me. I just go, all right, I'm hitting it. See ya.

[CJ]

Because there's nothing more that you could say.

[Ben]

I didn't know what to say. I just walked up, I was like, God damn, I'm in. That sucks.

[Ken]

Walking into the restaurant, you. You had to, like, go underneath the big surprise balloons. Oh, sorry about that.

[Ben]

Jesus, dude. I don't know. I felt bad about that one.

[Ken]

That one's tough. That one's tough.

[Mike]

I mean, I like being in the know. I like to know things, but I hate knowing a surprise and not wanting to ruin it. I just kind of feel like it's. Sometimes it's going to come, like, blurting out of you.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And you just. It just is always, like, a little bit of weight on your shoulder. Like, when we were going to surprise Gavin with his three wheeler on the RV trip, it was like, once that was over, it was like this big weight lifted off your shoulders because you just wanted it to go right.

[Ben]

And there was a lot riding on that, though, because if it would have went like, you know, like the whole prank and all that, like, we're like.

[CJ]

We wanted to work the country for it, but.

[Ben]

Because, like, if that prank wouldn't work, it would have been kind of like a little bit of a flop.

[CJ]

Especially looking back on it, knowing how amazing it did.

[Ben]

Dude's gotta have ptsd.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

We maybe went a little far, but we gave him a three wheeler So, I mean, that's something.

[CJ]

Ben's dad comes in a couple days ago and goes, you guys see Gav blew his. The three wheeler up that you gave him. And all of us are like, did he really? I mean, it's not that surprising, but we're like, really? All the old Hondas, he doesn't like rebuild those because they just keep running. Yeah, like, that's kind of like he's gonna have to send.

[Mike]

I watched the video. He got her going again. Oh, he was doing the tug of war and just had her pegged and then it like popped for a bit and then didn't run. But I think after it cooled down, it's a Honda.

[Ken]

Started right back on a shitty moped. It's not a shitty scooter moped. We got in our jet skis downstairs that both blew up within three minutes. So when me and CJ were kids, I had a like a TTR 125 or something and CJ had a CRF 150. So like they were dirt bikes. Right? So me and CJ have kind of talked about our other friend Matt. So I lived over here, C.J. lived over here. Matt lived right in the middle. And we were like the three best friends.

[Mike]

We're big wrench lives now, actually.

[CJ]

Yeah, I almost just went rip. Matt. Matt is still with us.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

So. So anyway though, so I had dirt bike. CJ had a dirt bike. Then Matt wanted to get one, but his dad bought him a moped because he'd like, never ridden a dirt bike before. And he was like, let's just start with a moped. Right. But everywhere that me and CJ would ride dirt bikes, Matt would ride the moped. So like we had a dirt bike track that we would go to. Matt would ride the moped, like we would go to the sand pit. Matt would ride the moped like we would. We would ride all over this county and Matt would be there on a 50cc moped. One day we went to like this mud pit and we're going through the mud pit and Matt's like, how fast do you think I got to go to make it through this mud pit? We're like, probably start at the top.

[Mike]

Of the hill, of course, as you tell your friend Matt.

[Ken]

So he's like booking down this hill. You know, the moped probably did, I don't know, 40. And he was doing all of it. And he hits this mud pit and there's no knobs on any of the tires. And I just remember the moped like, like just getting deleted out from underneath him and he eats the mud so fast. And I don't think the moped ever got cleaned or like any maintenance done. So then for the rest of that moped's life it was just muddy.

[Mike]

Muddy.

[Ken]

Yeah. And so we're hitting jumps on it then. And then they got a nicer one and then we did all the same stuff but on the nicer, like Zuma mopeds. So it was like the evolutionary mopeds. They really are great until you put a jet ski on them and do what you're not supposed to do.

[Mike]

They're like the golf cart of the.

[CJ]

Two wheel world for sure.

[Ken]

Yeah, they can take a beating.

[CJ]

I just don't think they're meant to be off road. Although you kind of just proved me wrong with that. So I don't know.

[Ben]

I think it was just a no air driver and possible driver. Evan broke everything he touched that day.

[CJ]

Yeah, that was four things or jet skis.

[Ken]

I feel like that was kind of overlooked.

[Ben]

I think we need to tell Evan, you know, he is doing a great job. I don't want to stop him from doing such a great job. But maybe if we were just like, hey, you have to help fix it when you break it might change things because why is he. He treats his dirt bike like a fucking newborn baby. He's like putting it in his room. He's like, oh, it's raining out.

[CJ]

We're not.

[Ken]

Don't get that inside.

[Ben]

Like it's a dirt bike, dude.

[Ken]

Like every single time something breaks, he's so quick to just blame it on me or the machine or bro. He's like, no, you. You touch this last, this is your problem. I'm like, dude, yeah, I was just screwing on the plastics. You blew up the motor.

[CJ]

Yeah, I see why he does that though, because he probably actually destroys about 60% of the stuff that he gets blamed for. And about four, you know, I'm not going to give him 50. 50.

[Ken]

We've collected like so many strange vehicles. And at this point, I don't want to say we're running out of weird vehicles to buy and test, but like, we've done a lot of them.

[Ben]

We need more.

[Ken]

We need more. And I feel like there's so many things out there that people know about that they're just not. They're keeping to themselves. Maybe like the fact that nobody told us about wet bikes. Like we had to figure out what a wet bike was just by like looking up jet ski motorcycles and that accidentally came up and. Well, we found to track two of them down. They're very difficult to find because they are kind of hidden gems. But I feel like there's so many little vehicles or like old things that were maybe discontinued or made for two years out there that would be great on the channel. So if you have those, let us know, leave a comment or send us a DM or, or find them on Facebook Marketplace and send them our way. But yeah, we're always in the market for weird things.

[Ben]

I, I just still can't get over how cool the wet bikes were. I. I think the fact that they're from 1978, like, no one was hardly doing anything on the water back then. It's like you had. If you had a fishing boat, that's like, yeah, we ski.

[Mike]

Yeah, like that.

[Ben]

But if you had a speedboat, you were like a real. Like you were really doing it from the way my dad would explain. But he said he had only seen the wet bike on a James Bond movie and that's the only time he'd ever seen one.

[Mike]

I don't know.

[Ben]

I just think that it's really cool that we have these things, but I, I think it would be an absolute shame if we just put them out on the side like we do with most of our contraptions. I think we maybe need to just have them fixed and sell them. Send them down the road to someone else who can appreciate.

[CJ]

I'll buy one.

[Ben]

You want buy.

[CJ]

Mike?

[Mike]

Yeah. Why would I not stand ups now?

[CJ]

How.

[Ben]

I don't know. I just.

[Ken]

I just don't ride the jet skis that you have.

[Ben]

I just think that they are.

[CJ]

I have five standups.

[Ben]

No, I mean, I just thought it was cool. It. It reminded me a lot of a timber sled. Looked very similar with the ski. And I mean, it's just such a. I don't know, like the idea behind it. I'm just very impressed that they were able to have that as a consumer product back then.

[Ken]

Seriously, that good?

[Ben]

It very was. And. But from my understanding, when I did some reading up on it, I think it was just obviously they were a lot of money and the trailer, it.

[CJ]

Was, it was all like.

[Ben]

Yeah, just kind of all of it. And then on top of that, it was very difficult to ride.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

And I'd assume people back then maybe weren't as accustomed to riding machines. Like, you know, they probably weren't as good of riders as people are now. So like, I don't know, they didn't sell like crazy.

[Ken]

I think if we had more space, I think more inclined to keep these.

[CJ]

We have a showroom. Yeah.

[Ken]

Or just like a place to essentially.

[CJ]

Like down there is a showroom use.

[Ken]

It just sits outside and literally rots almost every way. Besides for the shamble that has been outside for four years. That's what I mean. I was sitting in the showroom.

[CJ]

We have a showroom inside for everything we can fit. And everything that doesn't fit goes outside. And I'm not saying we build a shop so we can keep everything. That's very hoarder of me. But I'm saying if we did have, like, a massive area, they would probably get parked in there.

[Mike]

No, we for sure need. Need more space. It's funny, that's like the classic thing. If anybody's dad has ever built a shop, they go, oh, you buy it. Build a bigger shop. You just get more junk.

[CJ]

100% true.

[Mike]

And I want more junk.

[Ben]

I don't know.

[Mike]

Give me more.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

The nice part about that, though, is, like, certain things are worth so much more to us by just having them than the money in the. In the bank. We're always trying to come up with, you know, new video ideas or, like, little pieces of content, and I just feel like, you know, we. We salvage so many, like, vehicles.

[Ben]

Yeah. It's like we got a little hovercraft. We could do that.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Essentially, it's like having them at our disposal. Yeah. It's worth way more.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Invaluable.

[Ken]

Right. But I think it's getting to the point where it's just, like. It's just sitting outside now. We got stuff that we haven't even filmed yet that's already sitting outside and. And. And just getting covered in.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

Dirt and dust.

[Ben]

And that's my point. I just. I just think it would be a shame to let those things go to waste because obviously they're pretty mint.

[Mike]

Dude, we've got a new member in the audience. Tuner.

[Ken]

Mr. Tuner. Yo, what's up, Tune?

[Ben]

Your nickname.

[Ken]

Yeah, we heard you want a nickname. We're going between Tune and pencil dick.

[Ben]

We figured we'd give you the benefit of the doubt, a tint and tune.

[CJ]

But he's also not. It's. But it's not short for tuna either. No.

[Ken]

Well, I don't know.

[CJ]

I basically been waiting to. I just been waiting to reveal this to mostly Ken because you. I've already told you guys. But you guys said that Ken will be pissed when he heard because he's been working on his credit score since he was 10. But I got a perfect one now. Perfect one. A perfect one. 850. Don't know how he did it, but like, actually, like, I mean, a couple credit cards and a loan on a Bronco and a house with you two.

[Mark]

Bro, house loan doesn't count for.

[CJ]

That's the other thing.

[Ben]

How?

[CJ]

I don't know.

[Ken]

You got a credit card like a year ago.

[Ben]

Same buy so much shit. They're like this guy.

[Ken]

Oh, but it's all cash.

[CJ]

It's all cash.

[Ken]

I gotta see this. Let me see it. 850.

[CJ]

Don't know.

[Mike]

There's no.

[Ken]

Mark, I feel like you are arguably one of the most financially responsible guys I know. What's your credit score? Okay, so Mark doesn't even have a perfect credit score.

[CJ]

What?

[Ben]

50? Let me see this.

[CJ]

Ain't no way exceptional. 8.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Ben]

Dude. Mike, you could probably get whatever you wanted from the bank.

[Ken]

Let me see.

[CJ]

Well, the next loan is just guaranteed. So what should it be for?

[Ben]

Mine's not good at.

[Ken]

Buy an airplane, buy a fighter jet. There we go.

[Mike]

Is 615 good?

[CJ]

But yeah, when I started, when I got the loan for the Bronco, they were like, yeah, we can't get you this good rate because your credit score is like four points too low. And it was at a 700 and you need like a 704.

[Ben]

Mike hacked the system. No.

[Ken]

Wow, Mike.

[CJ]

I don't know how, how it works.

[Mike]

I saw this thing on Facebook. It said in Japan, avid golfers buy insurance to protect themselves on the course. And I was thinking we should maybe get it. But then I kept reading, it says they purchase it because if they get a hole in one, they have to buy gifts and drinks for their friends. So the policy covers you for up to 4, $900 of hole in one insurance.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Mike]

What?

[Mark]

Well, there's almost a guarantee. I will never see that.

[Mike]

That was like, I don't need that.

[Ken]

But you got to be so confident in your golfing abilities. I'm like, yeah, go golfing today. Better get holding on insurance.

[Mike]

Like the biggest flex. It's like showing your like forklift certified card or your Costco membership card. It's like, I've got hole in one insurance.

[CJ]

And I do have one incredible piece of information to end on. I have been curious about this and just absolutely enthralled. And we talked about it about Taylor Swift and her tour and her massive tour. Her. Her like world tour, record breaking tour. And so Bloomberg posted this. So, like, again, you know, don't quote me, I guess, but quote Bloomberg. This Are. These are the numbers that I was expecting. I'm like, she has to be making a metric fuckload of money. And it says Taylor Swift is making more than $13 million a night.

[Ben]

Wow.

[CJ]

On her tour. Those are the numbers that I was expecting. I'm like, I'm not even surprised. Concert goers are paying an average of $254 a night to see Swift perform. Pop star on track to GROSS More than $1 billion on this tour. That's the numbers I was expecting based on what people are spending to go to these concerts and based on how many people are going to her concerts, I'm like, she's got to be making some money. And then 13 million a night.

[Ken]

That's pretty crazy, you guys. I can't even explain to you. I can't even put it into words what Greta's like, Taylor Swift experience was like.

[Mike]

She started crying talking to us about it.

[Ben]

Yeah, like that. Good.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

I'm not laughing at her.

[Ken]

But that's crazy what Taylor Swift is able to do to her fans. Like this. This. I. I've never seen anyone be so obsessed and enthralled and, like, it's a part of their personality and they. They own that. If. If you're like, oh, being a swifty is part of your personality, like that. That, like, you'll see a little twinkle in their eye, Little Taylor Swift sparkle. Like, they. That gets them going. I shit you not, you guys. After Greta went to the Taylor Swift concert, that is all she talked about, all she thought about. And she just replayed the videos that she took during the concert for a week straight. Really? Yeah. And it got to the point where I was like, I'd be with her and she'd just be staring out the window, and I'm like, what's going on? And she's like, you know what's going on? You know what I'm thinking about right now? And I'm like, okay, I'm not even going to Taylor Sweat. I'm going to just let you just do you. I'm not surprised one bit that she's making that much money. I would. I would have honestly thought more. Every single person that goes to that concert, all of them buy merch. I. I saw that they sell out of, like, 30,000 pieces of. Of merch every single concert.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Ken]

So every single time that you guys ask Greta, like, oh, how was the concert? You know, because we'd all, like, hang out, or you'd see her, like, separate. So I. I heard it from all three of you guys, I mean, oh boy. And she would be like, jaw would drop and be like, oh my God. Yeah, where do I start? And then she start crying. Oh my God. It's just so good.

[Mike]

Wow, that's amazing, man.

[Ben]

That's like some who's like the, like she'll, she'll be doing this forever with a fan base like that. Like she'll be 60 and she'll be in Vegas like with a residency and.

[Ken]

She'Ll, you know, like it's the most extreme cult following that I've ever seen. And I'd assume that it'd be like something similar to like back when like Elvis first like hit the scene, like how obsessed everyone were with him.

[Ben]

She's been around for a long, long time though.

[Ken]

But yeah, it seems to just like be ramping up. Ramping up. And, and the craziest part is like, I mean, there was a couple of weeks ago now and like she's already planning on like going to Europe and like seeing her on, on like her Europe tour and like these people will travel the entire world to see her.

[Mike]

Wow.

[Ken]

It's crazy.

[Ben]

It's pretty cool that she's even going out of her way to do that though, because obviously she's got more money and she knows what to do with now. It's like, does she want to keep staying on a tour bus, going all these places? You must enjoy it, which is cool, you know, but like, I'd imagine it's pretty exhausting.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ken]

And she's doing a three hour show. Like she's like showing up for her fans, I'll give her that. You know, I gotta definitely go home, just chill.

[CJ]

Oh yeah, Well, I mean, yeah. Putting in perspective, you have David Blaine sitting in ice for 63 hours for a million. You have Jake Paul fighting Nate Diaz. However much money, he'll come home with 3 million, 5 million, I don't know. And then you have 13 million a night. It's like truly.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[CJ]

You could go home and sit on the couch if you wanted.

[Mike]

Yeah. My buddy Evan rides dirt bikes for free Zorbas burritos.

[Ken]

Is there any other artists that are like doing it on that scale? Morgan Wallen. Morgan Wallen's got to be like the second to that Drake.

[CJ]

But I think the cool thing that Drake tours at all for, Taylor did.

[Mike]

A show in Chicago.

[Ben]

Oh, really?

[CJ]

She doesn't. She's not like pioneering a genre, you know, and neither is Morgan. But like pop country and everyone's like really vibing on it, but she's not really Pioneering a new genre like Elvis was. So I just. I don't get it. I'm not saying that there's nothing to get. I just. I don't get it. It's insane.

[Ken]

Yeah, it is one of those things.

[Ben]

That just been relevant for so long.

[Ken]

But, like, her music isn't that different. I feel like.

[Mike]

Be careful.

[Ken]

Yeah, I know.

[Mike]

Be careful.

[Ken]

Maybe take that part off. I'm going to have some problems at home.

[Ben]

All you Swifties, go over there. Comment on his last Instagram post. Let him know what you think about.

[Mike]

You've got girlfriend who really loves Taylor Swift. Unfollow Ben. You don't want to stand with a guy like that. You don't want to be around or associate with a guy.

[Ben]

100,000 followers on his Instagram.

[CJ]

Yeah, his last post has the. A hundred thousand comments.

[Ken]

Dude, that. That could probably be, like, the worst thing that could happen to someone is the Swifties turn against you, like, the biggest.

[Mike]

Scooter Braun didn't go so well for him.

[Ken]

Didn't go so well at all. He's got pretty much half the world against him now.

[Mike]

People still Kardashian sicko on my Instagram post after you guys told them in a video to do that. Yeah, I still get sicko.

[Ken]

Oh, that's. That's fair, though, because, I mean, John Mayer and her dated, like, really 10, 12 years ago.

[CJ]

He's got a whole song about it.

[Ken]

That song that just came out and. And she had to tell her fans, like, do not bully John Mayer after this song comes out again. Well, she had. She redid it. She, like, had the same thing to tell them. Be nice to John Mayer.

[CJ]

Same thing with Jake Gyllenhaal up until the whole thing with her and him. I'm like, yeah, Jake Gyllenhaal is, like a killer actor. He's got a bunch of good movies, guys killing it. And then everyone's like, yeah, we hate Jake Gyllenhaal, and we've always hated him, and he's the scum of the earth. And I'm like, just because she made a song about him or whatever.

[Mike]

Not that this you two going off about Swifties isn't riveting, but I'm just gonna. C.J. and I are gonna step out. We'll leave the lights and cameras on for you guys. But we'll just cut the podcast here, and everybody else can tune back in next week. Week. And you guys can summarize. You give us the spark notes. Okay? All right.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Thanks, guys.

[CJ]

Appreciate you guys for listening. Subscribe. Comment. If you haven't, go check out the main channel. Steve Boys tv. If you already haven't, which I hope you have, and we'll see you next week.