Frankie LaPenna Has The Most Viral Butt on The Internet

Summary

Podcast Summary: Life Wide Open with CboysTV

Episode: Frankie LaPenna Has The Most Viral Butt on The Internet

Date: September 24, 2024
Host(s): CboysTV (CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah, Mike)
Special Guest: Frankie LaPenna

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Overview

This lively episode dives into the viral world of Frankie LaPenna, the internet sensation famous for his “ginormous hinder” (“male Kim Kardashian”) and wild stunts. The CboysTV crew invites Frankie onto the pod for an unscripted, laugh-filled discussion ranging from the business of going viral to behind-the-scenes on content ideas, car culture, dating, social media, conspiracies, and why "extremes" are necessary for Frankie to "feel something." The episode is peppered with stunts-gone-wrong tales, audience questions, social commentary, and plenty of irreverent humor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Frankie’s Origin Story & Car Culture Roots

• Frankie clarifies he's a car guy at heart, having started with car photography and owning a modded “atrocity” of an Infiniti G37.

  • “Actually a car guy, first and foremost. You go back on my Instagram, like three years, four years, it’s literally just straight car content.” —Frankie (00:33)

  • Recalls running in Michigan car shows and modifying cars — even before his rear became famous.
• Subtle roast: “Is sick” – the guys (01:21) refer to Evan’s long-awaited Subaru project.

2. Viral Success & The Power of the Butt

• Frankie boasts over 20 million followers and 5.3 billion yearly YouTube views, largely from short-form content (02:06).
• They muse if he’d have the same following minus the “big butt”:

  • “Big butt just like, big bonus into the video.” —Frankie (02:36)

• Frankie believes his stunts are impressive with or without the famous rear, but admits being “built weird helps.”

3. The Wild & Dangerous Stunt Life

• Frankie’s reputation for crazy stunts is explored, including taking real punches from MMA fighters.

  • “Dude, you got literally uppercutted by a professional MMA fighter.” —Ben (04:53)

  • Frankie takes multiple hits for some videos, admits to genuine risk (05:57).
• He describes overcoming fear and being driven by the thrill:

  • “I need extremes to feel something.” —Frankie (09:43)

Notable Injury

• The worst pain: A massive hematoma from launching off Nitro Circus’s gigantic ramp on a trike.

  • “It was so big, dude.” —Frankie (10:16)

  • Recalls go-ahead instructions: “They’re just like, just hit the ramp and don’t put your feet down.” —Ben (10:24)

4. Content Creation and Process

• Frankie and CboysTV relate on generating constant new ideas—often inspired when least expected (06:24).
• Frankie’s philosophy for virality: “You never know what your next move is going to be… not boxed into a certain category.” (07:22)
• Prefers to avoid pranks that inconvenience strangers; his stunts are meant to be harmless and fun.

5. The Realness of Viral Videos

• Frankie notes most of his videos are staged/skits, and the stunt/performance remains real (49:36).
• On the infamous “green screen guy” persona, Frankie explains how a bet prompted his first TikTok uploads (12:22), with viral success following rapidly.

6. Social Media Algorithms & Conspiracies

• Frankie doesn’t believe timing posts is as critical as having a great video, at least for short-form content (17:52).
• On AI and the future: The crew discusses AI's potential to reshape media and entertainment (33:00).

7. Meeting Celebrities & Brand Recognition

• Meeting Hulk Hogan, John Cena, Marshmello; different levels of “coolness,” privacy, and hang time (42:07).
• Frankie likens his distinctive outfit to a superhero costume that maximizes brand recognition:

  • “I look at it…like my Superman outfit.” —Frankie (20:26)

8. Social Commentary & The State of the World

• The conversation veers into aliens, deepfakes, politics, conspiracy theories, and prepping.
  • Frankie’s take: “Anything that the establishment says, I will believe the opposite of.” (31:36)
  • On future conflict: “Literally right around the corner.” —Frankie, on WWIII (52:38)
• CboysTV mostly avoid deep political talk, but humorously probe Frankie’s views.

9. Dating, Fame, and Internet Audiences

• Despite fame, Frankie claims Michigan lacks LA-style “clout chasers”:

  • “In Grand Rapids…none of the girls are clout chasers like they are in Los Angeles.” —Frankie (41:06)

• His audience: “90% of my followers…male. And the videos that I put out are total…bro, bro.” (40:41)
• On relationships: Admits some women are initially intimidated by his looks, but, “they get over it and they’re pumped about it.” (42:00)

10. Parents’ Reactions & Support

• Frankie’s parents were quietly concerned about his social media efforts, but weren’t opposed, since he always maintained a “real job” alongside content creation.

  • “They were probably definitely concerned, but keeping it to themselves…” —Frankie (27:10)

11. Staged vs. Real Content & Internet Oddities

• Staged content is discussed (“99% of my videos are staged and set up, people all think that they're real.” —Frankie, 49:36).
• The team reflects on wild fan encounters at their shop, including visitors who misunderstood boundaries (55:27).
• Humorous moment: On his viral recognition, Frankie jokes the only way to go “undercover” is to “wear a couple pairs of sweatpants” (20:42).

12. Closing Thoughts & Philosophy

• Frankie’s parting wisdom:
  • “Why would you believe in anything until you have, like, undeniable proof?” (65:16)
• The hosts and Frankie tease the upcoming racing lawnmower video and joke about future stunts.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “You go to Brazil, you’ll see some people walking around like this… I am a bit Brazilian.” —Frankie (04:08)
• “I hope that people don't watch the videos and come to the conclusion that I'm, like, desperate for attention. A lot of the videos… it’s me trying to overcome being scared.” —Frankie (08:56)
• “I need extremes to feel something.” —Frankie (09:43)
• “Our generation, like, if it keeps going the way it's going right now, our kids are not going to inherit anything.” —Frankie (52:28)
• “I believe in souls that linger, that didn’t…go to rest.” —Frankie (66:14)
• “Probably this fucking outfit…I wear every single video the same outfit.” —Frankie (67:35), in response to what his soul would be trapped in if he haunted the earth.

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | 00:23 | Frankie’s first car talks—real car guy roots | | 02:06 | Social metrics—5 billion+ views, power of the butt | | 04:53 | MMA stunts & taking uppercuts | | 09:43 | Frankie: “I need extremes to feel something.” | | 10:16 | Worst injury—giant hematoma story | | 12:22 | The “TikTok bet” and going viral | | 17:52 | Social media algorithms and posting conspiracies | | 20:26 | Brand recognition & the “Superman outfit” analogy | | 27:10 | Parents’ concerns about internet fame | | 31:36 | Conspiracies, skepticism, “believe the opposite” | | 41:06 | Dating with fame, Michigan vs. LA differences | | 49:36 | Staged content & perceptions around “fakeness” | | 52:38 | Frankie: “Literally right around the corner” (re: WWIII) | | 65:16 | Why believe, unless there’s undeniable proof | | 66:14 | Frankie’s take on ghosts and “lingering souls” | | 67:35 | If Frankie haunted something: “This fucking outfit.” |

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Conclusion

Frankie LaPenna brings a potent mix of self-deprecating humor, raw honesty, viral savvy, and daredevil energy. The group’s chemistry ensures even wild off-topic tangents (aliens, existential dread, staged content, butt-enhanced dating adventures) feel relatable and incite plenty of laughs. With plenty of behind-the-scenes anecdotes, practical social media wisdom, and real talk about risk/reward, the episode is a must for fans of stunts, online fame—and those curious about the realities behind internet legend status.

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Follow-Up:

• Don’t miss Frankie’s racing lawnmower shenanigans in the next CboysTV video.
• For more: Follow @lifewideopenpodcast and keep up with Frankie’s latest viral feats.

Transcript

[Mike]

People are stopping you to take pictures. Like, you're so recognizable.

[Frankie Lena]

I need extremes to feel something. If one of the Seaboys were to go trans, who would it be?

[CJ]

What's on your for you page?

[Frankie Lena]

Dude, I am on a watch list.

[CJ]

Really long until you think, like the next World War three.

[Frankie Lena]

Literally right around the corner.

[Mike]

All right, we got Frankie Lapen on the pod today. Known for his ginormous hinder, he's been dubbed the male Kim Kardashian. Welcome, Frankie.

[Frankie Lena]

Thanks for having me, boys, to have you. Yeah, Actually a car guy, first and foremost. You go back on my Instagram, like three years, four years, it's literally just straight car content.

[Ben]

I took a little deep dive in your Instagram. I did notice that you were like a car photographer before you started showing off your butt.

[Frankie Lena]

I had this Infiniti G37 that was slammed on the air ride and big three piece wheels. It was an atrocity. Looking back now at it, but I was definitely in the car scene, going all the little car shows around town and doing, you know, mods like the air intake and exhaust, whatever I could afford.

[CJ]

C.J. going on. Wait, don't get him going on those.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, dude, talk about your Subaru thing is sick.

[Evan]

Yeah, dude. Finally got my Subaru back after did the math. 10 and a half months and so.

[CJ]

Long it's been gone.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, wow.

[Evan]

Frankie was here for the reveal, but, I mean, that's what I was most excited to learn about you, is that you're like, you're into cars and motorsports and something a lot of people wouldn't know. But yeah, Subaru is back and you guys will see it in upcoming video or put it in this pod.

[Mike]

Who cares?

[CJ]

Can't confirm. Is sick.

[Ben]

Is sick somehow. If you live under a rock or don't have access to the Internet, Frankie Lena is the man with the world's most famous behind. I thought, you know, before you came on, I was like, all right, what are some famous butts? Obviously, Kim Kardashian, you know, JLo, if you're like in a fitness. Jen Seltzer, Beyonce, the Charman Ultra Bear, and Frankie freaking Lena. Dude's got over 20 million followers across all of his platforms. 20 million followers? Dude, that is insane. As CJ said, by far our most famous friend.

[CJ]

5.3 billion views on YouTube last year.

[Mike]

What? That's insane.

[Frankie Lena]

Shorts are different than long form, but, yes, still insane.

[CJ]

Our channel has 1.4 billion and we've been at it for eight years. Yeah, so just put that in context.

[Frankie Lena]

It's Completely different though. You're m. I'm making 10 second videos. You're making 10 to 30 minutes.

[Mike]

But it's still. It's still crazy though.

[Frankie Lena]

Absolutely.

[Mike]

Still absolutely crazy.

[CJ]

And that's just YouTube. Not including Instagram, not including Facebook. Tik tok.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. I often wonder what the difference would be if I had started and I was built like a regular guy and had done everything that I've done up until this point and posted online. How many less followers I would have than I do now with having started with the big button, having the big but the whole time. You think it would be a lot less probably. But a lot of the shit that I do is still, in my opinion, still like impressive and dangerous and crazy, even if I didn't have the big but big but just like big bonus into the video.

[CJ]

Yeah, I think what you do is. What you do is you just make viral videos and the second that the viewer sees the hinder, they're hooked, they're even more hooked. But how good of ideas your videos are. They're gonna go viral no matter what.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, just being built different, built weird helps.

[CJ]

Can you, I don't know, is this too much to ask? Can you like stand. Stand up for the people watching on YouTube right now that haven't seen believers, like. Yeah, just to keep them on the video from like, you know, going over.

[Frankie Lena]

All right, we'll let the comments decide if it is real or fake.

[CJ]

You can like rest it on the table if you need.

[Frankie Lena]

I don't know if I'm tall enough.

[Mike]

Don't leave any sweat on the table though. I guess. You're a guest.

[Evan]

You can.

[Ben]

You can sweat wherever you want, brother. My God, dude.

[CJ]

My God, look at that thing. Look at the recoil on it.

[Ben]

Oh, my gosh.

[Frankie Lena]

I just cracked my back.

[Mike]

Holy.

[Frankie Lena]

You hear that?

[Mike]

Yeah, headphones on.

[Frankie Lena]

It was like a crack.

[Evan]

So that's what we're working with here.

[Mike]

What is that just God given or a little like, have you been working at that?

[Frankie Lena]

Like with the spots and everything? Diet, sleep, recovery. I mean, mainly genetics. Yeah, I mean, you go to Brazil, you'll see some people walking around like this.

[Mike]

Do you have a little bit of that? I thought you said Brazilian.

[Frankie Lena]

I am a bit Brazilian.

[Ben]

Yeah, but you were born and raised in Michigan of all places. So you're kind of a Midwest kid, just like us.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, no, we're from pretty much the same state. I mean, we have the same exact winters.

[CJ]

Does it kind of piss you off when you see like women going in and getting like implants no, it doesn't. Well, I don't know because, like, some people have to, like, you know, piss me off.

[Frankie Lena]

I mean, if they were stealing my thunder online. And I mean, the thing is, I'm in such, like, a weird niche.

[CJ]

Like, there's enough. There's enough to go around.

[Evan]

Keep in mind, Ryan's list didn't include any other males, so.

[Ben]

That's true. Someone truly has to be built different to do the stuff you do. We kind of got into it, but, like, you're darn near a stuntman. We don't like when people go like, oh, you're so crazy. You just are trying to hurt yourself every week, because we're not. But the things that I have watched you do time after time, week after week on Instagram, TikTok, whatever, is insane. Dude. You got literally uppercutted by a professional MMA fighter. And that is probably the. The base level of what you're getting.

[Mike]

Or was that like, like a part power?

[Frankie Lena]

Did you play into it any of the. The fight videos that you have seen of me getting hit is the heavyweights are told, or I tell them to go like 15 to like 40 effort.

[Mike]

Holy.

[Ben]

Should probably be like, me trying as hard as I could.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Is a lot.

[Frankie Lena]

I mean, I look at it as if in an average. Given any given fight, you have somebody getting hit like 50 to 100 and something. Times like, I could not be a little and take one hit.

[CJ]

How many takes did it take?

[Mike]

Three.

[Ben]

Oh, my gosh. I thought that was a one and doner.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. I mean, if you look at the video like, frame by frame, you can see that my chin's already split and bleeding before he Jesus, hit me.

[Mike]

And he's. And you just took it? You didn't even like, move with it or anything?

[Frankie Lena]

No, I kind of just closed my.

[CJ]

Eyes and what's the idea process look like when you're coming up with. With most of your videos? Like, you just sit down and. And just throw a bunch of ideas at the board and pitch it to a team or what.

[Frankie Lena]

It's probably the same thing you guys do for your idea process. It's like constantly, every day, all day. It's in the back your mind and you're thinking, you're like taking a shower.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

You're taking a shit, you're eating, driving. It's just you're constantly thinking, like, what's the next big idea? That's the only way you can keep it going, you know, with any channel, any account. And sometimes we'll get inspiration from videos That I see online too. Very rarely do Clayton James and I sit down and then actually like try to think of ideas. It's almost the worst time to think of an idea is like trying to force it. A lot of times they'll come to me right before I go from being conscious to asleep. Right as you're like almost asleep.

[CJ]

Yes.

[Frankie Lena]

And then asleep.

[CJ]

Same happens. Same dude. I'll fire. Yeah. Yeah, dude.

[Evan]

That is cool that you said it is similar. I'm sure it is similar to ours. And another thing that is similar is that like one post you're riding a rocket powered skateboard. Next post you're getting punched in the face. And I love like catching the viewer off guard.

[Ben]

You never know what your next move.

[Mike]

Is going to be. You're not boxed into like a certain category or sport or really anything like that.

[Frankie Lena]

Yes, that is tough to do because they kind of want to come back for something that's similar in genre. People follow you guys for automotive content, so if you were to be running around the huge ass it.

[Mike]

Yeah, but a lot of the stuff you're doing takes a lot of skill.

[Ben]

100% dude. The Giga ramp at night. Nitro circus.

[Mike]

Yeah, like that's and nuts. Do you think the hinder almost overshines it?

[Frankie Lena]

No, I don't think so. You definitely funnier. A lot of people will not know who I am. And the FYP when they're seeing the videos come through and then they'll think it's a normal video of like just a normally built guy. And then they'll.

[Ben]

They see you and they're like, wait, recognize it?

[Mike]

Well, that's what they almost remember.

[CJ]

The video of you running down the hill holding the coffees at that festival.

[Evan]

That's one of my.

[CJ]

The Cokes. And then you face plant and you slide down and then you just get like a little glimpse of the hinder as you're sliding. Hinder aside, it's hilarious.

[Frankie Lena]

So many cringe, inappropriate, annoying people I'd slap in the face if I met in person type of pranksters that do stuff online. I try to never be that guy where I'm bothering somebody. They're always harmless to anyone that's around, you know, which is something to be sad with.

[Ben]

That's so true. I never look at anything you do and go like, ooh. That was like. You know the feeling you get when you watch someone be a little like embarrassing. Flinging yourself down a hill could be portrayed as that. But like you just do it in a way that just makes sense. To people. And it's just funny to watch. Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

I hope that people don't watch the videos and come to the conclusion that I'm, like, desperate for attention. A lot of the videos will be it's me trying to overcome being scared of whatever it is. Xyz and it's like, am I strong enough to do it? Am I skilled enough to do it, or am I too much of a to do it? And it's like such a great feeling when I can, like, take the hit from the freaking UFC fighter or fall down that hill and not break all my bones. Be like, come out on the other side. Be like, yeah, sweet. I did it. I succeeded. And I was strong enough, brave enough, or even dumb enough to, you know, it.

[CJ]

So you're chasing that. That thrill too. Like, not only are you chasing, like, the viral video, but you're chasing just, like, the feeling.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, I've gotten really numb too. Just regular daily tasks, not getting tackled. Yeah. I need extremes to feel something.

[CJ]

What's. What's, like, the most pain you've ever felt?

[Frankie Lena]

I think my worst injury was the nitro circus gigant ramp. I had a giant. I can send you the file. Well, I don't even know if I posted it online. Like, hematoma.

[CJ]

Yeah, you posted on your Snapchat. I think I responded to your Snapchat was like, this is the gnarliest thing you've ever done.

[Ben]

100.

[CJ]

You had a baseball on your leg.

[Frankie Lena]

It was so big, dude.

[Ben]

So what. What went wrong there?

[Frankie Lena]

Just.

[Ben]

I mean, I saw you nosedive, but.

[Frankie Lena]

Like, literally just gave me a trike and they're like, good luck.

[Ben]

They're just like, just hit the ramp and don't. Don't put your feet down.

[Frankie Lena]

Only told me, do not go off the side of the ramp. Like, keep the tire straight because you have no guardrails. Don't turn right down. The one guy, Juliel plugged that video. It's horrific. He goes off the side and just.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Destroys his face. And they said, just keep it straight. I was like, fine. Where's my center of gravity? Like, give me a reference on where to lean. Because the lip is so gnarly. It's literally straight.

[Ben]

And you don't want to go like this and land on your back or your head.

[Frankie Lena]

So I kind of like, dove a little forward, just a tiny bit on the lip, thinking that would be enough, and it was way too much.

[CJ]

Yeah. Had you ever hitten a ramp, like an FMX ramp like that?

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, I skateboarded for a Long, long time. And done a lot of dirt bike jumps, but never a trike. Who jumps a trike.

[Ben]

Yeah. On a gig ramp.

[Evan]

So that. That's saying a lot because Ty Roberts, they have another show in Fargo coming up, and they're like, you guys gotta come be in it. And I was like, I'm good.

[Ben]

I don't know if I can do that.

[Evan]

So.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, you guys.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

And then do, like. There's no little jumps.

[Evan]

Exactly.

[Ben]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Don't be fucking pussies, dude.

[CJ]

That's gnarly, bro.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. You guys got too much on the line.

[Ben]

Yeah. But, I mean, same for you. I didn't realize how, like, talented you were across so many different things. Like, I've seen you ride bikes. The trike thing, obviously, that's a little trial by fire, but the skateboarding over Steve's was a pagani viro. Yeah. You jumped over it on a skateboard in a garage.

[Frankie Lena]

I mean, I'm. I think in a similar category to you guys, like, Midwesterner type of dude. Growing up, where I didn't do any traditional sports, was all action sports. Yeah. How I was only doing, you know, dirt bike, skateboard, any board sports or anything with a vehicle or a motor and vehicle, I would. I was doing that. So I got good at that growing up. And, like, still have it.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

I did not have the right build for a skateboarder.

[Mike]

So what kind of brought you into, like, the. The filming then? Was that part of skateboarding? Because, I mean, a lot of skaters are filmers.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

I guess it probably was seeing dudes at the skate park. Skateboarders, for whatever reason, are always doing.

[Ben]

Always filming.

[Frankie Lena]

Filming and. Yeah. And that was like, my first exposure to somebody that had a camera. And I thought it was sweet. That's probably where it started. But the social media thing with tick tock, Instagram, YouTube was just for fun in my spare time. It's actually a bet. In the beginning. My buddy Jaden was showing me these Tick tock videos in 2020. He was like, look at these. These are so funny. I was like, this is the most degenerate, nonsense, brain rot, stupid thing I've ever seen. I could do something way better than that. He was like, I bet you couldn't. And then I think it was like three posts in. One of them went viral. And then one.

[Ben]

Wow.

[Frankie Lena]

Like, I just kind of kept going with it. Yeah. And here we are, I guess.

[Mike]

What was it?

[Frankie Lena]

It was one of those green screen, virtual call.

[Evan]

That's a video genius.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

That was the first Thing that I'd.

[CJ]

Seen you do, hitting the car.

[Frankie Lena]

It was in a car.

[CJ]

Oh, in a car, from a car.

[Frankie Lena]

And there was like a.

[Evan]

That is interesting to think of. When you did the dirt bike jump with a green screen, I was like that too. Green screen guy just dropped another video zoom call. Green screen guy.

[CJ]

But yeah, I think the first one I saw was when you were going down the hill on the bike with the green screen and you ran into the back of the car.

[Mike]

That was hard.

[Frankie Lena]

Hit my car.

[CJ]

Is it?

[Mike]

That was your car?

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Ben]

You're just like, sacrifice it for the best.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, it got like a tiny dent.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

I mean, Chevy Blazer, fuck that thing.

[Ben]

So what was funny is I had seen like your videos before, but probably attributed more to just like, oh, green screen guy, you know, whatever.

[Mike]

But.

[Ben]

But the one that really made me follow you was your personal hype reel that you made for yourself that you posted. And it was like this whole thing that. It was almost like someone had done it about you, but you had made it. And it was like how you had just meteorically risen, that's how you say that word, to like this new level of fame. And I was like, damn, this is a crazy video. And then I was like, who posted this? And then I saw it was you. And I was like, that's funny. And then I. I followed you.

[Frankie Lena]

All the top comments like, bro made a video about himself. This is how I look at it. You guys have probably had these fuckers reach out to you too. The advertising, like, PR agencies.

[Ben]

Yep.

[Frankie Lena]

We're like, we just want five grand a month and we'll get you PR and magazines and news articles and whatnot. I had some people reach out to me. I almost did it. And I was like, you know what? Fuck this. I'm just make my own pr.

[Ben]

Yeah, you can do it yourself better.

[Frankie Lena]

Made the videos and edits of what they would, had people writing articles on and just posted it myself. And I don't care if people talk. Yeah, video dude. Great.

[CJ]

Yeah, I saw it and I thought. I thought somebody made it so good. Yeah, I didn't even. I didn't even know that you made that about yourself.

[Frankie Lena]

And I have all the files.

[CJ]

I was literally thinking that when I was watching. I go, man, how'd this guy get all this footage?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

High res original. No, I was not my voice. It was my buddy Kevin's voice too. So people thought I did the voiceover too. I was talking in like, first person was not me. That would have been a little bit weird.

[Ben]

That Would have been before the AI Voiceovers too, even. So you had to find a guy to do the voiceover.

[CJ]

Yeah, one time one of our buddies did a voiceover, but he hired a fake Dr. Morgan Freeman. Morgan Freeman. Dr. Morgan Freeman. And then he burned our merch.

[Mike]

What?

[Frankie Lena]

Dude burned your. Like, literally? Yeah, he got a voiceover and then burned your merch in the Morgan Harder.

[Evan]

Because he got Morgan Freeman and he told everyone it was Morgan Freeman.

[CJ]

No, no, no. It was a guy.

[Evan]

I know it wasn't AI bro. He told.

[CJ]

It was a guy.

[Mike]

Just a dude who sounds like somebody fiverr or something.

[Ben]

He left, and then now we're friends again.

[CJ]

Yeah, no, it's mostly it's just funny.

[Frankie Lena]

Interesting. Yeah.

[Mike]

Say it, Mike. Say it, Mike. You normally. You handle this well.

[Frankie Lena]

How much?

[Evan]

A couple shirts. Couple.

[Frankie Lena]

For fun.

[Evan]

He clearly wanted to make a statement.

[Mike]

He had beef.

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, he did it to, like, get back at you.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

It was out of spite.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Because he left.

[Evan]

We're just. We're just never going to live him. Let him live that down.

[CJ]

Yeah, he'll probably actually be pulling up. I bet, like, before this podcast he.

[Mike]

Can call him out. This dude with the huge finder came out and started pressing me.

[Evan]

Be another instance where he would be like, what do I do? What's going on with your ass, man?

[CJ]

So, swing.

[Mike]

Were you in film school then when you started making the TikToks and all that? Or were you out or what was the scoop on that?

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, so I did the four years at GVSU and like, two months prior to graduating, started posting on TikTok December 2020. That was my first post. That was. Yeah, that was right around the time that I made the bet with Jaden. Just started going from there. It wasn't until like, a year and a half in that there was millions of followers and, like, pretty real serious traction. I had nothing to lose. I lost a couple hours of spare time if it didn't pan out. So if anybody watching this is, like, contemplating, you know, do I want to try to go the social media route? Just fucking make posts in your spare time.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's not like you have to, like, quit everything you're doing and then.

[Frankie Lena]

Commit to it to make the transition from quitting a real job, that is. That's different for sure. But you got to try to. I mean, if you're, like, really passionate about something, then you should be, you know, doubling up on your work that you hate and what you really want to do until you quit that work. Do you hate and take over the. That you love.

[CJ]

Do you have a posting schedule? Do you try and like post consistently?

[Frankie Lena]

No, I. It's just too chaotic to any of this.

[Evan]

A time frame on a post. I post between 4 and not a thing.

[Frankie Lena]

Definitely a conspiracy if you guys want to get into that.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Really?

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

How's it real doing the Mike posted at 1 in the morning. Go check it out.

[Mike]

Not bad.

[Frankie Lena]

It caught back up.

[Mike]

So it doesn't matter. When you post, you don't think your.

[Frankie Lena]

Video is either good or it is.

[Mike]

I stand with that because that first.

[Evan]

24 hours is something. But in short form content, it's got to mean even less.

[Frankie Lena]

Maybe, I don't know. Maybe I take that back. I would for a long form. For long format video, which I do not do. You guys would never post something at.

[Evan]

3Am it does matter. You're right, it does.

[CJ]

We've gotten damn close the last couple of weeks.

[Evan]

It does matter.

[Mike]

It definitely does matter. I think it's more so just off of like the start though. And then it goes into what you're saying. If it's a really good video, it'll eventually just snowball.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. People probably have no fucking idea what we're talking about because you're not even remotely close to this world.

[CJ]

So the first time that we met Frankie, we were together on a trip to Disney World and it was quite a collective of people. Together is us, Frankie, Steve Hamilton, the owner of Custom Offsets and then the CEO Bugatti.

[Ben]

Crazy statement.

[CJ]

Very, very interesting group of people. We still laugh about it.

[Evan]

I wasn't there.

[Mike]

It was so fun.

[Evan]

3 and Frankie and then who Ben just listed. But I love how it's. It's still like not a lot of people. It's just like.

[Ben]

Yeah, an intimate crew.

[CJ]

Yeah, it was an intimate crew.

[Mike]

Like never have met each other or anything. And then we just ride every single ride at Disney World.

[Evan]

I've always gotten a kick out of from the stories. Yeah, it's just like, dude, Matt or.

[Frankie Lena]

Rimac, what's mato or mate said that that was his first vacation in. In like two years, right?

[CJ]

Yeah, he brought his. He brought his chick with and his chick was like being on a beach in France, not at Disney World.

[Ben]

He said the last vacation he took before that was on a yacht.

[Mike]

Dude. I was just doing my best not to really like talk because I was like, I don't want to waste his time with some stupid ass.

[Ben]

But then we started him once again. Yeah, he really was just one of the boys.

[Mike]

He was chilling. Dude.

[Frankie Lena]

He Was. Yeah.

[Mike]

But during that trip, man, did I realize how famous you are, Frankie bro, We couldn't walk any. Well, I shouldn't say we. You could walk anywhere because people are stopping you to take pictures. Like you're so recognizable.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You know, like no one was expecting to see him there.

[Frankie Lena]

It's just. Yeah. Like I said earlier, the outfit and the build and like the one of one, but you can't.

[Ben]

And also, you're always wearing that fit online.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Like you're just.

[Mike]

Yeah, it was exactly. So like when you try to discount the. What was it, 4 billion views or something like that you did last year?

[Ben]

Five.

[Mike]

Five people remember. And it's definitely doing something. But yeah. Dude, that was insane.

[Frankie Lena]

Brand recognition. I look at it as if, you know, Superman is wearing the same outfit every movie. I look at it. This is like my Superman outfit. Put this on, I could do any jump, any feat of strength, any.

[Evan]

A boy can't go undercover with that ass.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[CJ]

If you're trying to roll low key, like you gotta wear like a couple pairs of sweatpants.

[Mike]

Just baggy.

[Evan]

Yeah, There you go.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Mike]

A poncho, parachute pants.

[Frankie Lena]

Like, if I ever wanted to exit, like an exit strategy would be a BBL removal reduction surgery.

[Ben]

There you go.

[Frankie Lena]

You know, and then document it and be like, here I am on the operating table.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

And this, this is the end.

[Mike]

This will be my last or the.

[Ben]

Start of a new chapter.

[Mike]

I'm moving to Puerto Rico.

[CJ]

Did you guys see that Steve O. Backed out of getting the boob job?

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, yeah. That really?

[CJ]

So.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Why? He's been talking about that for like five years.

[Frankie Lena]

I never heard about him getting a boob job.

[Mike]

No. So he was going to get like boobs for like more of like a gag and then like have them for like 30 days or something like that and then get removed. But he just wanted to do a bunch of like stunts and just funny little with boo pranks and stuff. Very ridiculous. I don't know if I necessarily thought it was super funny, but I definitely was interested to see that. Yeah. I mean, you know, like a car crash, can't look away.

[CJ]

You know, everyone that would have gone around the world takes more than 30.

[Frankie Lena]

Days for that surgery to even come close to healing.

[CJ]

He said he had like a hyperbaric chamber. Like he was ready to go. He was ready to go because he wanted to heal as fast as possible so he could go on like a whole media tour.

[Frankie Lena]

That's a little bit too far. Glad about that.

[CJ]

But then he back out.

[Mike]

Well, Allegedly. This is what, what I heard just from listening to his podcast, but he just felt like it was offensive to, you know, like trans people.

[Frankie Lena]

Everyone's offended.

[Mike]

So he didn't want to. He didn't want to, you know, whatever. And then he just backed out.

[CJ]

Said it was also very difficult to find a doctor that would do it. Yeah.

[Mike]

And he had it all lined up.

[CJ]

And then like the person that was doing like the anesthesia backed out the night of or the night before than the plastic surgeon that was going to out too.

[Mike]

Yeah, they didn't like that. It was going to be like a gag. That was why he was doing it. Even though they would do it for anyone else.

[Evan]

Pretty surprised.

[Mike]

They just don't like that.

[Evan]

They always find someone to do something.

[CJ]

Especially in la.

[Evan]

There's hitmans that exist, you know, most.

[Mike]

Probably are plastic surgeons though.

[Jake]

Or good ones.

[CJ]

I don't know. So you think that's messed up?

[Frankie Lena]

No, not messed up. I mean free country.

[CJ]

Yeah. I don't know if it's much of like an affair offensive thing because it's not like he's like claiming to be a woman. Like he's just getting a set of tits.

[Frankie Lena]

Female tits.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Some of them don't like that. He's making a joke out of it where some people do that as like a serious thing because they feel like they need that.

[Frankie Lena]

Speaking of like, if one of the SE boys were to go trans, who would it be?

[Ben]

Dude, you look sick with boobs.

[Frankie Lena]

That doesn't mean Mike was wigging, but.

[Ben]

You might as well if you're gonna.

[Evan]

Oh, it's just, it's just a joke. Okay.

[Frankie Lena]

Like If I'd say Mr. Beast, like if we were to have asked them before transition, would they have guessed him?

[Mike]

Well, it sounds like they kind of knew. I think so.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Mike]

He's under some serious fire.

[CJ]

Who is?

[Evan]

Yeah. I don't accept your guess, but my guess is you. Then fudge you, man.

[CJ]

You know, that's hard to say. I'd probably say Evan just cuz he's probably like. No, it's most like into chicks.

[Mike]

Like maybe he's the horniest. Like he'd just do it for himself.

[Evan]

Like Ben would make by far the prettiest one. But obviously that's not the whole idea. Maybe it is.

[Ben]

I don't know.

[CJ]

As an outsider, who do you think?

[Frankie Lena]

I don't know. Probably Ken. There's a lot of Ken memes and like suspiciousness around Ken, you know, he.

[Mike]

Is the most mysterious manual.

[CJ]

Not many people know what anything about the guy.

[Ben]

Exactly.

[Frankie Lena]

I don't know if we do Hot dog thing.

[Ben]

That's Mike's. Mike.

[CJ]

I think Ken might have some kind of hot dog thing.

[Evan]

I mean, I thought you were talking, like, damn, Frankie did his research. Because Ken is easily, like, the second hot dog lover in the crew. I don't even like hot dogs, so I just don't understand.

[CJ]

Also, we. We can't do this. We gotta go on podcast. Yeah, and we didn't even try that. We're talking about the hot.

[Ben]

No, the hot dogs.

[Evan]

Every podcast, then they're like, micah, you always bring them hot dogs. And I was like, no, it's you mother truckers.

[Frankie Lena]

Son of a. All right, what's our next subject?

[Ben]

My bad. Well, I am interested in your cars. I didn't realize you're such a car guy. You talked about before the pod that you actually started filming cars back in Michigan when you started out.

[CJ]

So did somebody take a picture of you, like, taking a picture of the car? And is that what, like, went viral?

[Frankie Lena]

No, no, no, no, no. The.

[Ben]

The.

[Frankie Lena]

When I was doing car videos was very long ago when I was 17. Okay. So before I got on the exercise and squats. Really heavy. But I have a 2021 Audi RS6 Avant wagon.

[Evan]

Oh, it is an Avant. Is there such a thing as an RX6 that isn't.

[Frankie Lena]

No, dude.

[Evan]

It's like a.

[Ben]

You're kind of the vaunt of, man.

[Evan]

I'm not trying to put prices out there, but that's like a $120,000 wagon. And it's the coolest wagon in the world.

[Ben]

It is.

[Frankie Lena]

Last week, two weeks ago, I got a 2013 BMW M3 wide body, Liberty Walk.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah, it's badass.

[Frankie Lena]

Not wrapped, painted. Very, very nice. It's like a Nardo gray looking color and thing. Sounds unbelievable. The naturally aspirated V8 in that thing. All the new M4.

[Evan]

Because that's back when it has a V8.

[Frankie Lena]

Yes. All the new M3s and M4s sound gay.

[CJ]

So you're a European guy.

[Frankie Lena]

I guess so. If I had 600 or 500 grand, I'd probably buy a Ford GT.

[Evan]

Really?

[Ben]

Really.

[CJ]

That's the Michigander in you. Probably like the new ones.

[Frankie Lena]

No, those are a million. Oh, gee. Like 2006.

[CJ]

Did you ever see Steve's?

[Frankie Lena]

I did.

[CJ]

Are those cool that.

[Frankie Lena]

I mean, I'd have to send you the one that I would get. It's like a. Like an all black, lowered more horsepower than the default supercharger and much more aggressive looking. I Mean, they sound insane.

[CJ]

That is a pretty cool car.

[Frankie Lena]

I like being the only guy that shows up at the car meet that has the that car versus show up with a Hellcat SRT Challenger Charger. Talk about gay.

[CJ]

Dude, you're not from Detroit, but holy, Detroit's a hole. I just felt like I need to say that, being that you're from Michigan, you're not.

[Frankie Lena]

You're preaching to the choir. No one is disagreeing with you. Everyone kind of already knows it. That's been there.

[Ben]

How far are you from Detroit?

[Frankie Lena]

Two hours.

[Ben]

Where'd you grow up or where do you live?

[Frankie Lena]

Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[Ben]

Oh, okay. That's a cool town. How big is that?

[Frankie Lena]

200,000. Detroit's too big and gross and abandoned.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, Just. So what do your parents think about, like, this whole Internet thing that you got going on now? What they think at the beginning and what do they think now?

[Frankie Lena]

I should say. Yeah. Were never, like, outwardly, like, verbally opposed to it. They were probably definitely concerned, but, like, keeping it to themselves where they're thinking to themselves, what the fuck is our son doing? But then again, you got to remember, I had been doing videos way before the social media thing for me started and wasn't wasting a ton of time with social media. It was in the spare time.

[Ben]

Still studying or still working.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, I still had a real job.

[Evan]

And I wasn't spending there, like, ever a point. You had to be like, trust the process on this one. Your parents, you're already grown at that point. So.

[Frankie Lena]

No, I never had to convince them. Yeah, never had to. I mean, you guys parents were probably concerned a little bit at one point.

[Ben]

Probably still are.

[CJ]

Yeah. Yeah, I'd say they still are more than ever.

[Evan]

My parents were never considered concerned about our content. Besides, when we swore too much, they're like, oh, dude, it's sweet you're doing the YouTube videos. But, like, don't swear. That was really hard to. To show them our videos because, man.

[CJ]

Dude, I wouldn't watch. I wouldn't watch one of our older videos. And, dude, we were all just potty mouthing. I could see where they would have a concern about it.

[Ben]

We worry.

[Evan]

Potty mouths cut it out for nothing.

[CJ]

But to be fair, we probably speak worse now on the podcast than we.

[Ben]

True.

[CJ]

Does your mom listen to the pod? No.

[Evan]

Thank goodness.

[Frankie Lena]

Hi, Mom. Swearing that much?

[Mike]

No. Yeah, we try our.

[CJ]

Try our best.

[Ben]

I'm trying to keep her moderately clean.

[Evan]

I think it's like one of those, like, when your parents grow up religious, like, I think un f. Bomb is.

[Frankie Lena]

Like, whoa, could be worse.

[CJ]

But to a religious mom, is there the Holocaust?

[Frankie Lena]

What are topics you guys aren't allowed to venture into?

[Evan]

That's that one.

[CJ]

Probably a couple that you probably.

[Frankie Lena]

Talk about those.

[Evan]

You've been by far the most savage guests we've had and I love it.

[Ben]

No, we typically don't really get, like, too political. Don't get too, you know, political.

[CJ]

What do you, like, get your news.

[Mike]

Source from.

[Ben]

Tik Tok?

[Evan]

HE LAUGHS There's a lot of good stuff on TikTok.

[Frankie Lena]

I can't even say names.

[CJ]

Yeah, right, you got that, you got that, like back alley news.

[Frankie Lena]

No, dude, it's been canceled.

[Evan]

True news.

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, really? Yeah.

[Ben]

Do you believe in aliens?

[Frankie Lena]

Interdimensionally? Yes.

[Ben]

But what does that even mean?

[Frankie Lena]

Dude, we can see in three dimensions, correct?

[Ben]

Yes.

[Frankie Lena]

There's like technically infinite dimensions and so I forget which one they say it's. If it's in. It's like five, six or seven, seventh dimension, that the aliens exist. So you take DMT to unlock that part of your brain that you can see into that dimension and to communicate with them.

[Mike]

Have you ever done dmt?

[Frankie Lena]

No.

[Mike]

So you don't want to do that?

[Frankie Lena]

I wouldn't be. Well, yeah, I'd probably be opposed. I don't need to go talk to the aliens.

[CJ]

So, like, you just get, like, so unbelievably high, like you think that you're seeing aliens. Like, is that a possibility?

[Frankie Lena]

No, because when people are in groups and they do it together, they all see this exact same thing.

[Ben]

Really?

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Wow, that's crazy then. And that's just dmt.

[Frankie Lena]

What about like, ayahuasca?

[Mike]

What's the differences there? I mean is.

[Frankie Lena]

I think it's very similar. Yeah. Same chemical, same gateway. Do you believe in them?

[Ben]

Yeah, I think there's probably no way that in the whole everything that there's not aliens. Yeah, I probably believe in outer space aliens.

[Evan]

Yeah. I mean, I've this. That was the first time I've ever heard that take. And it makes still more sense to me than aliens.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. I mean, imagine if we didn't have a smell and somebody just ripped ass and then that smells literally right here with us. But we can't.

[Ben]

But you don't smell it. Yeah. So that's what it is.

[Frankie Lena]

They're like, here dimension.

[Ben]

Oh, but they can see us.

[Mike]

It almost unlocks it or activates it.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, we can change topics. That's bad.

[Mike]

No, I'm curious.

[Ben]

Yeah, now you kind of got me going.

[Frankie Lena]

You guys never heard that theory until right now.

[CJ]

No, I guess I have heard that I didn't know the dimensional side.

[Evan]

Yeah, I just like that more than.

[Ben]

Believing they're coming from a planet far, far away.

[Evan]

Million light years away. What about humans will never achieve UFOs? Have you ever seen a UFO?

[CJ]

Yeah, but classified.

[Evan]

Have you ever seen a proper quality video of a ufo?

[Frankie Lena]

Ever?

[Mike]

Picture.

[CJ]

I guess they're out there though.

[Evan]

Oh yeah. If you guess they are, that's fine.

[Mike]

But never you think we'd have to have have one by now, Right? But you know, back in the day.

[Evan]

You know, they're just as quality as the Sasquatch videos.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, I mean, the second the government and the Pentagon started saying that UFOs are real, the second that I stopped believing in it. Anything that the establishment says, I will believe. The opposite of.

[CJ]

Oh, you should meet my buddy Evan. So you straight up, you don't think that there's aliens in outer space?

[Frankie Lena]

I would not be opposed to it. Like, statistically speaking, I've heard that it is more likely that they are out there than not.

[CJ]

Well, dude, have you ever looked at the sky and be like, oh wow, we are tiny.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. I mean, who do you think would kill who?

[Ben]

We kill them. They kill us.

[Frankie Lena]

Them kill us.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Ben]

I feel like that's the general sentiment.

[Mike]

I mean, if they venture here, that's the only way we're probably going to have to deal with.

[Ben]

True. Unless we go there.

[Mike]

I don't think we're going there anytime soon.

[Ben]

The first billionaire just walked in space. Or SpaceX. First commercial spacewalk.

[Evan]

Why was his arm like that?

[Ben]

Apparently it takes a lot of motion, but his other arm was going crazy, so I don't know, there's. There's conspiracy there.

[Evan]

He just like pops out of the ship and then his left arm looked like it was legit in a full arm.

[Mike]

So it's like just shitty AI. Possibly.

[Ben]

I've seen better AI.

[Evan]

His arm was just like this.

[Ben]

Someone said it was a doll.

[Mike]

How do you think these AI things are going to tools are going to be able to take over the movie industry.

[Frankie Lena]

The AI just generates the whole movie, just everything.

[Ben]

Like writes it or someone.

[Mike]

But someone would.

[CJ]

Would input that or yeah, you plug.

[Frankie Lena]

In the script and it plan shots or what. Also ask it to write the script.

[Ben]

My girlfriend Alondra uses AI or like chat GPT. Like if she's writing like an email, she'll use chat GPT to make it better, like daily.

[Evan]

It's not AI that's going to take your job, it's people who know how to use AI that are going to take your job, who know how to plug in the right AI to the right things out to get the best things you can possibly get out right now that are going to take your job.

[Ben]

Dude, it'd be pretty crazy going to space because you've got to come up with a good quote. He says, back at home we have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth look. Sure looks like a perfect world. Like, you got to think of a good quote if you're going to be in space.

[Evan]

That's it. I like that quote.

[CJ]

What would you say, Ryan?

[Ben]

No idea. Like, toss me a beer. Okay, so look, his. His left. His left arm kind of just sticks.

[Mike]

What? Has he got it maybe, like cuffed to the post?

[Evan]

Dude, he's trying to get it off and then he does and then he. So it looks like his arm.

[Mike]

What if he would have floated out there?

[Ben]

That's. He doesn't look like he's super strapped in.

[Evan]

I gotta disconnect my suit so I can go save someone and then they, like, come back in the last second of air.

[Frankie Lena]

I don't believe anything I see. Dude, Earth could be flat.

[Ben]

Dude, I'm a flat.

[Mike]

You think Earth is flat?

[Frankie Lena]

No, dude, that's a ridiculous video.

[Evan]

They put an electric motor in a quad.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, right. Pull up the why are you gay video. You know that guy? It's so funny.

[Ben]

Okay, interesting.

[Evan]

So I wonder where the original is. I just kind of want to see this.

[Frankie Lena]

35 million views. There it is.

[Jake]

We bring in the studio this morning one of the gay rights activists, Mr. Should I call you Mr. Pepe. Julian Onzima. Thank you for coming in.

[CJ]

Thank you for having me.

[Jake]

Good morning. Why are you gay?

[CJ]

Who says I'm gay?

[Jake]

You are gay. You are a transgender. You are a transgender. And you are gay rights activist and an outspoken lesbian homosexual. How can I describe you? Now we're looking at the raging debate activists.

[Ben]

Is this fake? Because of. I was reading the bottom.

[Frankie Lena]

It's completely.

[Ben]

The bottom things were, like, really out there. Bottom things, like, go to the first second of it.

[CJ]

This turns out to be fake.

[Mike]

And Frankie thought this was.

[Ben]

Go to the first.

[Frankie Lena]

The first minute and a half long interview. It's real.

[Ben]

Christina Aguilera and others is jailed for 10 years. NASA's Ebb and Flow gravity mapping satellites. And they're highly successful.

[Frankie Lena]

What are you talking about?

[Ben]

At the bottom here. Scoring House. NASA's highly successful. Missing the moon by crashing into a mountain. Bro, you thought this was real?

[Frankie Lena]

Real? That's edited.

[CJ]

Frankie's old life is alive. Everything.

[Ben]

The one thing he believed. The one thing he believed.

[Frankie Lena]

You guys are crazy. Some idiot re uploaded. This is not the original. Look it kids. The person got 51k subscribers and it's an American.

[Ben]

He's got 34 million views though.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, because it's a great video.

[CJ]

What's on your for you page?

[Frankie Lena]

Dude, I am on a watch list.

[Ben]

Really?

[CJ]

So bad. Let me see it.

[Frankie Lena]

You do not see it.

[Mike]

What is it?

[CJ]

What's on there?

[Frankie Lena]

It's crazy. Just low quality memes and like people with deformities.

[Mike]

Geez, dude.

[Frankie Lena]

A lot of like crazy racist stuff.

[Ben]

I'm coming. I'm coming. To terms with why Danny had to cut so much your podcast.

[Frankie Lena]

I didn't ask for the required be it just.

[CJ]

I'm pretty sure that is just curated to your personality.

[Mike]

What you like watching you guys.

[Evan]

It's AI curated. You can't. No one decides that.

[Frankie Lena]

There's a reason why racist AI.

[Mike]

Certain people, their whole Discover page is just chicks with big boobs because they keep clicking on them. They keep staring at them.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

What's on your guys? Just all car stuff. Fyp.

[CJ]

I feel like pretty normal. I don't even know. I probably have to like, look, you.

[Ben]

Got a lot of Hawk 2 on here, dude.

[Evan]

On my Snapchat. Like I scroll over and they have so much Hawk to a girl. And guess who it was before that. The cop chick who effed the whole.

[Mike]

The whole force.

[CJ]

What was her name? That. You've had that on there for the last like years.

[Evan]

I mean. Yeah, they took a hiatus and then.

[Mike]

Mike's been just really investigating. He keeps reading more and more.

[Evan]

You?

[Ben]

No, no. Funny. I don't have any. Dude.

[CJ]

How crazy is the Hawk girl though? Like, she's like, like all over the place. Yeah, she's got her own podcast now. I think she's just like three months away from making music. Like, I feel like that's like. Like the end of like. Like a viral sensation. Yeah, like making music.

[Ben]

The guy at one of the locals. What does Gaga know about cameras?

[CJ]

No, about making music.

[Evan]

You know, what's that?

[CJ]

What's that even mean, bro?

[Ben]

Connie west clip. Never mind.

[Mike]

What do you think about know about cameras? Have you ever met her? I mean, I feel like you could easily run in the same world. Like you guys could probably collab on some video.

[CJ]

Video?

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, she did a video with Hulk Hogan like two days after I did a video with him. But we were in different locations, which is shocking. That why Would she be doing a video with Hulk Hogan?

[CJ]

Right.

[Frankie Lena]

First of all. But question is, does she deserve her fame? I'm happy for her. She is making money. She somehow made it out of the crap job at the spring factory.

[Ben]

I'm intrigued by that. What the is a spring factory? Like she's making sparks.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Spring. Really?

[Evan]

Spring factory. Yeah.

[Mike]

Coilovers.

[Ben]

Oh, coilovers.

[Mike]

Probably not all sorts of coilovers, but mostly. Oh yeah.

[Ben]

It's like I put my job at the spring factory. I'm like, I mean, I guess there's got to be spring factories, but like, I'd like a little more context on the spring factor.

[Frankie Lena]

I don't dislike.

[CJ]

I've never.

[Mike]

Yeah, I think it's cool. Like, I'm happy for it too. But I guess, I don't know. I wasn't sure what you think.

[Frankie Lena]

I'm happy for anybody that can succeed on the Internet. I just don't know how sustainable.

[CJ]

Right.

[Frankie Lena]

Her freaking program is that she's developed.

[Evan]

And then you know what? We said the same thing and I know this might be slightly different. We said the same thing about Bhad baby. Same thing about girl. I did.

[Mike]

She already exited, man.

[Evan]

Yeah. I was like, dude, this girl, like she says one thing and then. And then here we are bopping to Gucci flip flops.

[Mike]

Told you. Music. Music.

[CJ]

Yeah. She went music. But Bhad Bhabie made $54 million.

[Mike]

Yeah. You're done.

[Ben]

You ever thought about doing.

[Frankie Lena]

No, I'd rather stick to feats of strength.

[Evan]

I feel like.

[Mike]

So you, you take the bag. If they're like, listen, we have so many women here that want to pay a premium fee to get some scandalous photo photos up here.

[Evan]

I feel like if you didn't to be kind of sketchy.

[Mike]

This is kind of like a two part question. So you'd say, no, you're not, you're not taking that bag. Because there's gotta be talking about millions.

[CJ]

Yeah, but you have to do, bro.

[Mike]

You for sure could get make millions of dollars, but sell your soul. So yeah, for sure.

[Frankie Lena]

At the end of the day, when you're at the money in the account, like, are you actually happy?

[Mike]

Dude, I hate to say it, but if people. No one wants to see me, I can't sell out for only like fucking two people to buy the thing. So you imagine I sell out.

[CJ]

I'm like, no one bought it. This was supposed to be the exit.

[Mike]

Now I don't have anything.

[Ben]

But it's like you, I'm leaving. Go follow my only fans next week.

[Mike]

No one but so that's great.

[CJ]

Yeah. You guys must not have stayed to the end.

[Mike]

This is my next question now. Frankie, walk around with a hinder like that, going all these different places. Are you picking up chicks?

[Frankie Lena]

Dude, no.

[Mike]

Like, you got this, you're. You're clouded up. You got all this fame and followers.

[Frankie Lena]

Dude, no.

[Mike]

And you got a big hinder.

[Frankie Lena]

90 of my followers on every effort. Male. And the videos that I put out are total. Just.

[CJ]

Bro, bro.

[Mike]

But that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you're a famous, well known individual.

[Frankie Lena]

Yes.

[Mike]

Even, even like a tenth of the fame that I saw that you have. It doesn't matter if the girl didn't even know who you were until that moment. They go, you're famous. And they see how famous they're like. And then, I mean, they just would see your hinder, obviously. Sorry to keep resorting back to that.

[Frankie Lena]

But the location of where I am is the problem, I guess because in Grand Rapids, Michigan, they all know who I am, but kind of none of the girls are clout chasers like they are in Los Angeles. Los Angeles girls would be throwing themselves.

[Ben]

The problem with corn, right? Yes. No cloud chasers here.

[Frankie Lena]

Desperate for attention and clout. Or they'll just be doing anything to get near a person with followers.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Fuck.

[Mike]

I bet you have a couple comparisons.

[Evan]

You're down in la, I'm sure, like the level of women throwing themselves that anyone in LA has to be astronomical.

[Mike]

You can always find, I think a girl somewhere that's into that. But like, it's just obviously the wrong.

[Frankie Lena]

Reason almost all of you are dating. Correct? Yeah.

[Mike]

So, like, I already had a girlfriend before we really had any kind of following. But I'd imagine even if you were around here, you could still probably find some shallow girls that are trying to date you to get some clout or whatever.

[Ben]

Do you feel like they're ever intimidated, like by your butt? They're like, damn, I don't know if I can hang around this guy.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, definitely intimidated at first. But then they, you know, get over it and they're pumped about it.

[Ben]

That's cool.

[Mike]

When you do these videos with like big celebrities. Like, I know you've done one with Hulk Hogan, you've done one with John Cena. Like, what's that look like? Like, how do you coordinate that? Like, you what? That's so sick, dude. Yeah, I mean, like, how much time do you spend with them? Do you talk with them? Or is it pretty straight to business?

[Frankie Lena]

Like, straight to business. Well, with John Cena, at least I got to hang out for. For a while off camera with Hogan. And dude is an absolute G, total bro.

[Mike]

I bet.

[Frankie Lena]

Like, same as, like, same type of energy as this podcast with John Cena. He was like, strictly business. Didn't want to do any small talk, was hiding in his trailer unless we had to be on camera at that moment. It was like a pretty big commercial production set that we were on. And yeah, I mean, I can't blame him. He's probably seen so much nonsense and Dallas so much BS that he. He doesn't want the big butt guy coming up to him and trying to small talk. There's a wide variety of interactions I've had with celebrities where I like David Do. I was never off camera when I was hanging out with him, but he was, you know, super cool on camera. But if the camera stopped rolling, I don't know what would have happened. Yeah, just turned into a completely different person. Who else? Marshmallow. I only got to talk to him for like, five minutes.

[Ben]

Do you see him without the helmet?

[Frankie Lena]

No, but I actually, I shouldn't say this.

[Mike]

No.

[Frankie Lena]

There's no way that somebody's gonna see this. One of his photographers got some video files of me at the shoot that we did at Live in Vegas. And when I got the files from him, I got his whole card, and his whole card had a bunch of photos of Marshmallow without his helmet. High res photos. I still have them.

[Evan]

Geez, dude, that's just kind of sick.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. And I was not supposed to have.

[Ben]

Those, but now say that you deleted them.

[Frankie Lena]

I deleted them. I think I'm selling them on Reddit for the highest price. I'm just kidding.

[CJ]

What the hell would Marshmallow be getting photos of them?

[Ben]

Like, yeah, true.

[CJ]

What's he gonna post those on?

[Frankie Lena]

Like, why would you ever maybe.

[CJ]

Why would you ever want those photos?

[Evan]

Some behind the scenes stuff. I always think about that.

[Ben]

Like, when he does the reveal stuff.

[Evan]

We shoot that, like, clearly isn't gonna see the light of day.

[CJ]

I wonder what that's like, being Marshmallow, being as famous as he is. But when he takes the helmet off, like, he goes to the grocery store and somebody could be like, listening to his music.

[Ben]

That's his Clark.

[CJ]

Look him straight in the eye and be like, are you going or not? Like, that's got to be so interesting.

[Evan]

It's pretty refreshing too, to. To rock that I do. I. I don't quote me on this at all. I just remember, like, Justin, he's super into EDM and he Was like, oh, yeah, he rebranded. He used to be like, dot com. And again, just throwing that out there. I don't even know. But he was like, that's who he used to be.

[CJ]

I just watched an Air Rack video where he tried sneaking into a nightclub as Marshmallow, wearing just the helmet.

[Frankie Lena]

Did it work?

[CJ]

Yeah, I think. I think he got in. And then he got blacklisted.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Dude, that is a crazy niche to just try to sneak into events.

[CJ]

Well, yeah, and then I watched the next one. He snuck into another nightclub as an Olympian, like, just wearing, like, a fake gold medal.

[Frankie Lena]

I mean, I watch him for sure.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

You know, it's kind of interesting. I don't know if they got to be real, right? Not fake.

[Ben]

Yeah, I think so. Yeah.

[CJ]

It's cool.

[Ben]

He's always like, we bought the ticket just so we don't get in trouble. But have you ever seen the guy who tries to leave the stadium last? He goes to, like, big concerts, big stadium, stuff like that. He's banned, I think, from all the NFL ones now, but he, like, would kind of not hide, but he would just try to, like, make himself inconspicuous enough that he could stay. Like, the latest. And he has a timer.

[Mike]

It's really, really cool how late he's staying.

[Ben]

I mean, hours after the game where, like, he'll be one of the last people, and, like, a security guard will catch him on the last sweep. There's been some where he's like, yeah, I'm at Lambeau. I'm here four hours later, everybody's gone. I'm just gonna go home.

[Evan]

Like, overnighters.

[Ben]

I don't think he's ever done an overnighter.

[Mike]

Man, it's amazing how many. Just different niches there are that you could, like, you know, kind of go into. You know, like, there's so many options because you can just reach so many different people that are going to find, you know, whatever it is that you're doing interesting.

[Evan]

I genuinely didn't even want to bring this up. At least at the wrong time. You know how you said you, like, yeah, you know, do some mean farts? That might be funny, but I'm not trying to get into that content.

[Frankie Lena]

And I don't even know.

[Evan]

I don't even know his name. I don't know his name, but there's this dude on TikTok. They're fake farts, but he has a. In his sweatshirt pocket. It sounds very real.

[Ben]

I'm sure.

[Frankie Lena]

I've seen him.

[Evan]

He does weird stuff. And again, it doesn't really piss anyone off. He'll run in front of someone and go like, yeah, and fart and people. It just makes their day. And they have millions of views and.

[Mike]

It makes their day when he farts on them. I would expect someone to get up and want to punch me.

[Frankie Lena]

Exactly.

[Evan]

It's not like a real fart. It doesn't actually smell. Well, maybe ruin.

[Mike]

Some people, they probably think it's real, though.

[Evan]

They zoom in on their faces and people are just like laughing, just laughing. And it just like genuinely looks like there makes their day. Like, you're not gonna believe this dude rolled up in front of us walking down the stairs and he fell and then he farted like six times.

[Mike]

Are they real or you got a little pooter, you know, making the noise?

[Frankie Lena]

Some of them are real. Yeah. Some of them are fake, though. When I add reverb, they sound very realistic.

[CJ]

Really? Well, the Karen that was like yelling at you for skateboarding.

[Ben]

Staged.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, but I mean, we did a hundred takes before I liked. I liked one of them and people bought it.

[CJ]

I thought it was legit.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, no, people are like 50, 50.

[CJ]

When you, like ran by her and then farted.

[Frankie Lena]

Karen's are the best thing that can happen for a video. I mean, it's very hard to stage a Karen attack.

[Ben]

An attack.

[Mike]

You almost just got to find one in the wild if you really want to get it.

[Frankie Lena]

That's hard to do.

[CJ]

Well, we managed to find them.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Everyone every now and then.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. The one at the boat launch.

[CJ]

Yeah, I just. Just saw her the other day too.

[Ben]

Really?

[Mike]

It was awkward.

[CJ]

Yeah, I mean, like, corn rot's pretty small, you know?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

She was eating with her.

[Frankie Lena]

I was like, she recognize you?

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You could tell. I think she was maybe a little embarrassed and like, I don't know, I felt bad. I thought about, like, maybe paying for their meal or something, but then I was like, ah, I'm just gonna. Just let it move on.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Mike]

We weren't trying to ruin anyone's day. Like, most people really thought it was funny and like, they'd go down like they just scored like a goal in soccer, like high five and everyone and. And whatever, and they're like cheering and, you know, just made. But she might have just been having a bad day. And then you run into us and we're the. The cherry on top, you know, Like.

[Evan]

Yeah, not speaking on her. She might have been having a bad day, but some Karens are just Karen's. Yeah, for sure they're not having a bad day and they're just Karen.

[Frankie Lena]

They have a bad life.

[CJ]

Dude. I saw a video yesterday on Instagram of this guy that he was at a car wash going up to people and taking out a thing of gasoline, but he had just had water in it and started dumping it all over him.

[Ben]

Himself?

[CJ]

Yeah, himself. And then he would like, like, take a lighter out and start lighting the light.

[Mike]

Oh, my God.

[CJ]

And like the people with like, washing their cars would like, you know, start like spraying him down like, no, no, no, don't do it. Like, don't do it. And then he would start like chasing after them with the gasoline can.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And dude, I was like, so aggressive. And then he'd be like, pouring it on their car and they'd be like, trying to like, spray them or like throw like the.

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, my God.

[CJ]

I was like, damn, these are like going really.

[Mike]

Sure, that's real.

[Frankie Lena]

Too far.

[Mike]

That sounds like. That sounds like a prank that would have happened in like 2014 through 2017 maybe.

[CJ]

Yeah, it seemed pretty real because, like, the guy doing it, like, didn't speak English, where he was like, trying to.

[Mike]

Like, talk, I don't know, a lot. Especially Facebook.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Set up. You know, it's so easy to see.

[Frankie Lena]

Through all of my videos. Pretty much 99 of them are staged and set up.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

People all think that they're real.

[Mike]

Yeah. I don't know if I would go, like, yours isn't really like fake though. Like, you can't say that word. Which obviously you're not. Like, I wouldn't. I wouldn't put it in the category of those. Of those, like, fake pranks exercises. Like, yours is just like a skit with a stunt and the stunt is as real as it gets.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Like, have you seen the RC cars when they're shot super tight and they look like they're like real monster trucks and they have like monster truck noises to them.

[Frankie Lena]

And then on the. My fyp.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Maybe a couple of the tick tock.

[Ben]

Do you have to be to call your fyp?

[Frankie Lena]

How deep do you have to be?

[Ben]

Yeah, like, how much of a tick tock do you have to be?

[Frankie Lena]

Literally on the app at the top, it says fyp.

[CJ]

Probably the same level of being on Snapchat where you say a public story instead of just story. When we were in Disney World walking around, he goes, you posting that to your public story? We're like, dude, just call it a story. Now every time I look at public story, I think of you first public story ever.

[Ben]

Really?

[Frankie Lena]

It was like the day after you showed me yours really?

[Mike]

Wow.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, it was me doing the gritty down Disney World sidewalk. You can gwitty. All right, let's talk about something raunchy, guys. Gotta up the ante.

[Mike]

What are you trying to talk about?

[Ben]

Yeah, I'm intrigued.

[Frankie Lena]

World War Three. What if there's a mandatory draft? What are you doing?

[CJ]

Well, what do you think?

[Mike]

The age?

[Ben]

Staying far away from Ken with a gun.

[Frankie Lena]

It's 27 right now, but they would off it.

[CJ]

You think so?

[Frankie Lena]

Guaranteed.

[Mike]

Wait, 27 is the drafting max. Oh, so.

[CJ]

So I'd be up it.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Evan]

I'm feeling really bad for a couple homies in the room.

[Frankie Lena]

They would up it to 30. Something.

[Mike]

They say you're not in your prime, like, physical shape until, like, 30s. But you tell the draft board. Yeah, no, obviously inaccurate. Yeah, I think that's for, like, standard, like normal people, because normally they just quit doing shit. But if you're like an actual, like, athlete, like, once you start reaching, like, upper 20s, like 30, you're kind of in your prime, is what they consider you.

[Ben]

Didn't Elvis go to jail for dodging the draft or something? And Muhammad Ali probably. Would you go to jail for dodging the draft or would you go.

[Evan]

I would go to jail for dodging the draft or not go to jail, because I would still be dodging the draft, but I get away.

[Frankie Lena]

They say that the last necessary war was World War II. And I agree with it because any war beyond then was just complete corruption for, like, political gain or rearrangement of money. Like Vietnam, completely unnecessary. Iraq, Afghanistan, completely unnecessary. The wars that are currently happening right now, complete money laundering operations. Anything that's going to be here in the future is going to be a complete, unnecessary war. So, like, why would we all go die for these hideously corrupt politicians that are drafting us in a war that doesn't need to happen.

[CJ]

Do you think about this every day?

[Frankie Lena]

Dude, we are doomed. Like, our generation, like, if it keeps going the way it's going right now, our kids are not going to inherit anything.

[CJ]

How long until you think, like, the next World War iii?

[Frankie Lena]

Literally right around the corner.

[CJ]

Really?

[Frankie Lena]

Within the year or two. Really? If it does happen. Yeah.

[Ben]

I really hope we don't come back to this clip and be like, Frankie was right.

[Frankie Lena]

Well, I mean, there's not gonna be much to come back to if it is a nuclear war.

[CJ]

Are you a pessimist about everything?

[Frankie Lena]

Just when it comes to trust? Yeah. Like what I'm being told from. Never trust anything you're hearing from mainstream.

[Mike]

Your parents tell you this or you.

[Frankie Lena]

Figure this out on your own conclusions.

[Mike]

Like, do you have. Have you been ripped off many times?

[Ben]

Yeah. Where were you hurt first?

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, well, I mean, just the constant bombardment of lies from mainstream media from that one in history, history books in general. Just so many lies. It's like, how do you trust anything they're saying now?

[CJ]

I guess I don't, but I also don't, like, care enough to, like, think about it.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Ben]

And if the kids aren't gonna inherit anything, what are we gonna do with Mike? Subaru.

[Mike]

Can't fucking sell that thing. The whole plan is to hand it down multiple generations.

[CJ]

I'm never selling that thing.

[Evan]

That's going to my kids.

[CJ]

Yeah, Mike, about the only thing. And think about that. Did you.

[Evan]

Well, then I worry about they're gonna.

[Ben]

Do driving their bunker.

[Evan]

Well, I mean, you look at like the movie iRobot, and then when Will Smith breaks out the crotch rocket and she's like, is this gasoline? And I was like, f. That. I. I never want to be a part of that. Like, the whole, like, if everything is.

[Mike]

Electric, you go, no, it's E85 runs on corn.

[CJ]

So are you like a doomsday prepper?

[Frankie Lena]

No.

[CJ]

So what do you. What are you doing if it happens?

[Frankie Lena]

Like, if it goes down, just dying.

[CJ]

And just accepting it. So you think about it every single day, but you're not preparing for it in any way.

[Frankie Lena]

Every.

[CJ]

So it's just like. It's just making your life worse.

[Frankie Lena]

I want to make sure that I am not forgetting and as. And I am well aware of it throughout, you know, each week, month, that as it escalates. I'm not an uneducated idiot when it comes to how bad things are. I. I'm not trying. Not trying to be like, negative or anything, but just getting crazy.

[CJ]

I seriously got to meet my buddy Evan.

[Evan]

I think he maybe does know that if things don't have to be that way.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, they don't have to be that way, but they are because of the idiots that are in control of everything.

[CJ]

You know, dude, you should get into politics.

[Frankie Lena]

That's a problem. A certain type of person to get.

[Ben]

Behind you can get behind.

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, what about freaking you're running for mayor?

[Mike]

Well, Ken did, but then they.

[Ben]

But the establishment.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, they didn't.

[Mike]

They wanted a dog to win, so they didn't count as votes.

[Frankie Lena]

Like, bullshit.

[Mike]

Yeah, it is kind of. Because you spent a bunch of money. Like, I mean, it was all for the video.

[Frankie Lena]

Even at the local level.

[Mike]

Dude, that's what we said.

[CJ]

That's Literally what we said.

[Frankie Lena]

Doesn't matter what level. Politics. You're all crooks.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

You guys ever have kids that show up to the shop here that are.

[Mike]

Yes, all the time.

[Frankie Lena]

Often?

[Mike]

Every week.

[Frankie Lena]

Every week?

[Evan]

Yeah, every week.

[Mike]

Safely.

[Frankie Lena]

Craziest thing that's happened when they.

[Mike]

Dude. Oh, my God. I kind of got a funny story where you guys. Do you remember that one kid who, years ago, would just, like, pull up with his van?

[Ben]

I saw him.

[Mike]

We did.

[Ben]

At Freddy'.

[CJ]

I saw Freddy's.

[Mike]

Ben and I saw him driving, and.

[Frankie Lena]

We'Re like, was that.

[Mike]

It's been, like, four years.

[CJ]

We didn't have to say who it was. I go, we all knew. Was that. And seriously goes, dude, the van. And I go, oh, my God. I think it was.

[Mike]

I don't know. He's a nice kid, but, like, I don't really know what he was doing. He was. He had his license.

[CJ]

He would come. Okay, so we have, like, a. We used to have a GoPro right above the door and then a TV on the inside so we could see what the GoPro saw. Because we didn't have windows on the front of the shop. This kid would legit come knock on the door and then stare at the GoPro.

[Mike]

And we'd be sitting on the other end looking at like.

[CJ]

Like, stare like. Like, can you hear us right now?

[Frankie Lena]

I think he can see us.

[Mike]

Oh, my God.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah.

[Mike]

But he was a really nice kid, but, like, there was just something up.

[Frankie Lena]

With him for sure. Watching this.

[Ben]

He had a dirt bike.

[Frankie Lena]

There was a lot of.

[Mike]

There was a lot of kids that have done this, though. Like, I mean, I'm talking. It doesn't happen as much anymore because we've been so vocal about not coming here. But it used to happen a lot more, I think when we were smaller, I think they felt like, like, oh, like I can just go pull up and, like, hang with them. But, like, I'm not kidding. There's been times where we had, like, the lights off and we were trying to act like we weren't here.

[Frankie Lena]

And, like.

[Mike]

Because they, like, started walking, looking through the windows on the side, I'm like, bro. I mean, that was a different time. Nowadays, I'd be like, yo, you gotta be doing that.

[Ben]

Yeah, real good cameras, too.

[Frankie Lena]

So I guess it is crazy.

[Evan]

It won't get specific, but it's just entertaining to see. Like, how delusional some people.

[Mike]

Well, this kid pulled up one time. Anyways, here's like, my most memorable story about him. He, like, pulled up. The car was, like, kind of on its last leg. Like, it. And he was like, I just got it. Like, it's his new car. He was all pumped about it, had all his plans. And he's like, you want me to do some burnouts here? And I'm just like, ah, no. Like, I want you to save the tires. Like, I was worried that it was gonna, like, break, you know? And I'm like, how the fuck's this kid gonna get home if he breaks it trying to do a donut here? He lived, like, a. Like, an hour away, and he would, like, drive here. And then I'm like, don't, don't, don't. You know? And then kind of send him on his way. I'm like, all right, well, we got to do this stuff. So it was nice seeing you. Like, see you later. Drives down the road, like, a couple minutes, and then comes back, and he's like, hey, do you guys have any gas? And I'm like, I don't think so. He's like, oh, because I'm on E and I don't have any money. So, like, I think we ended up, like, filling up.

[CJ]

Yeah, Mike probably went and filled him up gas.

[Evan]

And I was like, what are you doing?

[Mike]

I think then. Then you maybe just said, like, hey, man, like, I don't think you can come back anymore. Like, it was like, he'd come back every day. He'd come, like, every single day.

[Evan]

Okay.

[Mike]

I mean, I'm off to drive.

[Evan]

The best also part about getting too specific, but showing them around. This is the first tour, and you. The computer was downstairs, and you were editing the video, and you had just finished chopping up a good portion, and we're like, yeah, yeah. So this is the main part. You know, the Pine Bay, whatever.

[Ben]

We.

[Evan]

We hang out here. You want to. You want to watch the new video segment? We're just about to watch it. This isn't even out yet. And we're.

[CJ]

This is the same kid.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

I don't remember this.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Evan]

And we're watching it, and you're playing it, and we're all, like, very enthralled, because that's what we do is, you know, banner. CJ finishes the. The edit of their segment, and we're like, yes, this is great, dude. And then he's just like, so you like to fish, like, completely unentertained by the video. And I was like, does this he. Does he even know we make videos? What? Like, it was so random. Like, he kept interrupting, like, because when we watched the new video segment, we're Very in tune. Watching, making sure. Oh, yeah, leave that in. Cut that, whatever. And he was just like.

[Mike]

So there's been way funny things that happened. We've considered getting a gate, but now it's, like, a lot better. People don't really come anymore.

[Frankie Lena]

I'm shocked.

[CJ]

I mean, what else?

[Ben]

What else?

[Evan]

You just said there's way funnier things that happen. What else?

[Frankie Lena]

God.

[Mike]

We'd have to go down the rabbit hole. But there was a similar time when we were watching a UFC fight and this guy pulled up and he, like, kind of helped himself in. And we were, like, watching the fight, and it was, like, super in it, or maybe. No, we were watching a show, a movie. Mike was sitting in the back, just, like, mind his own business. And the guy, like, kind of, like, just sat and, like, sat on the floor.

[Evan]

I was editing.

[CJ]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

We were in the couch kind of. And we were in the couch watching. He was kind of on the back, and he just, like, pulls up and just starts, like, talking the whole time. And then finally he goes.

[CJ]

This is the most memorable thing he said, though.

[Mike]

This was, like, in 2020, and we had, like, the newest GoPro, you know?

[CJ]

You know, we don't go pro.

[Mike]

It was probably, like, a GoPro 11, whatever. And he just looks at.

[CJ]

He goes, this a GoPro 3.

[Mike]

I was in the front.

[CJ]

I was like, what the.

[Mike]

It was just the funniest question.

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, no.

[Evan]

It says it's 11. Just like, what planet is my guy?

[Mike]

That was funny.

[Evan]

But like, oh, my God.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Anyways, hilarious, dude.

[CJ]

Do you have random people?

[Frankie Lena]

Like, I have nowhere for them to show up.

[Ben]

There you go.

[CJ]

They don't follow.

[Mike]

You ever have bad interactions?

[Frankie Lena]

I've never had a negative interaction.

[CJ]

Anyone, like, slap your ass.

[Ben]

Yeah, they don't want to like girls.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah. I mean, I guess more importantly, not guy.

[Evan]

You don't want to snap your ass.

[Frankie Lena]

Not as often as you'd think. There was this one. She was just, like, grabbing my pee pee and. But whoa.

[CJ]

Really?

[Frankie Lena]

Like, saying, I'll take you out back right now. And I was like, she was reversed right now. This would be headlines, right?

[Mike]

No. 100. But did you feel violated or were you kind of like, whatever?

[Frankie Lena]

Like, I mean, I am very hard to offend or make upset, so I didn't care, but somebody else probably would have. I was just giggling about it. Yeah.

[Mike]

When you said I was very hard, I thought you. I mean, I was rock hard, so I couldn't sit there and act like I didn't like it.

[Frankie Lena]

She was not cute. You Would not want to bring her anywhere.

[Mike]

The reason that brings Frankie out here is that we are filming with some racing lawnmowers tomorrow.

[CJ]

The dream is. The dream is coming alive.

[Mike]

We've been trying to get into racing lawnmowers since probably 2019, and we've bought a few of them off Facebook marketplace, and they've just failed us every single time. They were just pieces of shit. They wouldn't work or they would work for a short stint, and they were pretty quick and then blew up. Like, we weren't even able to make enough for, like, a video with it. So anyways, we took the motor out of the 450, the YFZ 450 that we had swapped with the electric stark motor, and we put that into our lawnmower. Trusty old John Deere lawnmower. Gonna be insane. Yeah, it works. He just drove it. He just. He just finished up on it. It's ready to rip. Just in time for tomorrow. But, like, it's gonna be gnarly, dude.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, you got to be careful. That thing looks like it could flip pretty easy, you know?

[Mike]

Yeah, well, no, 100%.

[CJ]

It's.

[Mike]

It's lowered down.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Evan]

It's got to be one of the most flippable vehicles that we own.

[Mike]

Short wheelbase, a lot of power.

[Evan]

The cool thing is Frankie has some experience driving racing lawnmowers.

[Frankie Lena]

No, not really. Well, I was in a go kart.

[Evan]

I don't know.

[Frankie Lena]

I think I took it for a rip. No, no, that is their prized possession. I was just kind of choreographing the video. Really?

[Ben]

So you got to rip the go cart.

[Frankie Lena]

It wasn't even a shifter car. It's just a clapped, like, hundreds cc, no gears, not even a property.

[CJ]

But anyways, we got a bunch of. Bunch of kids coming out like. Like young kids that are, like, tick tock, like, racing lawnmower.

[Mike]

Yeah. But enthusiastic about racing lawn.

[Frankie Lena]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike]

They're gonn ropes. Something we've never really been able to get into. And, you know, maybe we'll be able to move into that space a little bit after tomorrow is say, you know. Yeah, we're into racing lawnmowers. You know, I don't know.

[CJ]

We're trying to get. We're trying to get 10 shifter, cards, lawnmowers. Oh, they're bringing 10, and we're gonna have, like, five.

[Ben]

Oh, my God.

[CJ]

Oh, dude. We better make some more friends.

[Evan]

Call the homies.

[CJ]

Yeah, it's gonna be sick out on our drift track and then probably just, like, mobbing around Cormorant.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, invite the GoPro 3 guy. I want to meet him.

[CJ]

Yeah, dude, we could probably hit him up.

[Mike]

Anyways, Frankie, thank you for coming on. Good boys.

[Frankie Lena]

Thanks for having me.

[Mike]

We appreciate it.

[CJ]

Appreciate you, bro.

[Ben]

Thanks for your conspiracies.

[CJ]

Yeah, dude, I don't think half of the podcast is going to be able to go live, but, hey, if any of those things ever happen, then we'll.

[Jake]

We'll.

[Mike]

We'll post them. He said it'll be too late. It'll be too late.

[Frankie Lena]

World War Three when it'll be too late. But all the other ones, maybe real quick.

[CJ]

All right, if we do go, go to World War iii.

[Frankie Lena]

Hey, the guy.

[CJ]

Hey, it's the guy that burned our merch. Jake, why don't you sit down? Actually, we do have a question for you right here.

[Evan]

How we doing?

[Frankie Lena]

I never heard that one.

[CJ]

The turd cutter. Did you hire Morgan Freeman to narrate the video of you burning our merch?

[Mike]

Yeah, I'm just gonna go with yeah. It's way cooler of a story. Definitely wasn't a guy that pretended like he was.

[CJ]

It was the real one.

[Mike]

Yeah, it was the real one for sure.

[CJ]

Okay, that makes me feel a little bit better about situation.

[Mike]

At least it was cool.

[Frankie Lena]

How much money?

[Mike]

Oh, we were kind of friends at the time, so we just hooked it up.

[Frankie Lena]

Damn.

[CJ]

Yeah, Morgan Freeman and his dad were hooking up.

[Mike]

Yeah, the.

[Ben]

I guess they're gonna write a movie.

[CJ]

About it soon, too.

[Frankie Lena]

Morgan Freeman lives in, like, in what country?

[Mike]

Well, he's actually got a house on Big C, like, right here.

[Ben]

No one knows that it's his vacation home.

[Mike]

Yeah, Frankie's not believing that for a second.

[Ben]

Skeptical, man. Unless it comes to that one video.

[Frankie Lena]

Yeah, I mean, why would you believe in anything until you have, like, undeniable proof is mine.

[Mike]

Were you a good student, Frankie? Like, were you a super good student in school?

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

A's and B's.

[Mike]

It seems like you're, like, you know, you just know so much about a lot. Random facts, you know, interdimensional beings. Like, how you would reach them. Like, things like that. Like when you have time between your crazy schedule to learn, traveling, plane rides. So you just sit there and learn.

[CJ]

Yeah, Research and learn.

[Frankie Lena]

I'm not gonna say who. They've all been canceled. The people I listen to. But if you are canceling people, that is who you want to listen to. They're silencing them for a reason.

[Mike]

Yeah, or they're missing some. But I'm not disagreeing with you. But you know, there's two sides to it.

[Ben]

Do. Do you believe in ghosts? To find ghosts, spooky things that crawl around your house? I just bought a new house. It's old and, like, the fans move and it cast shadows, and I'm. There's slight concern in a dark corner that there could be ghosts there.

[Frankie Lena]

I believe in souls that linger, that didn't, like, go to rest.

[Ben]

That doesn't make me feel any better.

[Mike]

Like, you've thought so much about this. Like, I wouldn't be able to just give an answer like that.

[Ben]

Yeah. Like, yeah, ghosts.

[Mike]

You know, I'd be like, yeah, I believe in ghosts. You're like, I believe in souls that.

[CJ]

You know, like, you thought about it.

[Mike]

Yeah. You just thought, I like it.

[Frankie Lena]

I like it, and asked that. It's not a yeah, but I think.

[Ben]

You give a good answer. So what. What about the souls that haven't gone to rest yet?

[Frankie Lena]

That's a whole rabbit hole. I mean, I don't know all the specifics behind it. From, like, what I understand, though, is when somebody dies in a brutal way.

[Ben]

Great.

[Frankie Lena]

Like a murder.

[Mike]

I've heard about this.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Or a.

[Mike]

Like a traumatic.

[Frankie Lena]

Traumatic way that the soul is tied to that room or furniture or even, like, an object. The whole Annabelle series movie is, like, apparently super accurate. They have all the cursed items, and that's. That's what they say. And because it's all based on real stuff. Yeah, they. I mean, there's, like, shockingly realistic evidence, believable evidence that explains all the cursed items and why.

[Ben]

Last question. If your soul could be trapped in an item on Earth for the rest of life, what would it be?

[Frankie Lena]

Probably this fucking outfit. Outfit? I wear every single video the same outfit.

[Jake]

It.

[Frankie Lena]

There we go.

[Ben]

It was a lot of fun hanging out. Can't wait to film some videos. You guys have some stuff to look forward to. And go follow Frankie on all his platforms, man.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Frankie Lena]

Thanks for having me, boys.

[Jake]

Good to meet you.

[CJ]

Thank you, brother. All right, peace.

[Mike]

Just don't give Jake any of your merchants.