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A
I hit like 40 minutes in mine.
B
You and Jake are like two complete opposites of the spectrum. Like, Jake is going like 30 minutes in the crazy, 40 minutes in the hot.
A
Yeah, mine sounds a lot more enjoyable. Damn.
C
Well, I mean, you're spending 40 minutes in your sauna. No wonder you're losing.
A
Not straight.
C
I'll go like, okay.
A
I'll go like 20.
C
Okay.
A
Now the story's about for five and then I'll do another 20.
C
40 minutes straight. I don't know if you could do that.
D
You're like the frog in the pot, dude. Yeah, the frog doesn't know it's boiling.
C
Especially if you're steaming it. Then it's like a little bit hard to breathe in there and.
D
Yeah, but it is nice. We're right in the middle of third winter. Dude, it was winter and then it was nice again. And then it was winter again. Then it was nice while we were gone.
A
Yeah.
D
Now it's freaking snow. Snowed again.
E
Yeah, you know, it's bad. When I was at, you know, local bar, you hear people talking about the weather and they go, you guys ready for the storm this weekend? And I. I don't really check the weather that often, so I'm. Oh, shit.
C
That.
E
If they're talking, that means it's coming.
C
Yeah, I heard the same thing. I had no idea it was going to be so nasty. Yeah, apparently it's coming, though.
B
Dude.
D
Everybody's freaking out. Over three inches, I think.
A
Well, that's pretty good, Ryan.
D
Yeah, I mean, three inches is a lot.
B
Yeah, you're working with a lot at 3 inches.
A
I was driving in snow the other day and you know that we've gotten so little snow. When I was like sliding all over the place. Sliding over, like through stop signs, like drifting around corners. Not on. On purpose. Yeah, like, man, I am that first snowfall driver right now.
D
We're getting that.
A
I forgot how to drive, dude.
D
It's freaking rough out here, dude. I'm ready for summer. It was nice being gone. We caught some nice weather. But it is. It's good to be back home.
B
Barely.
D
Barely.
A
Nice weather. What is this? We went. We're supposed to be warm and this is terrible, dude.
D
I think this year we have a bad luck weather cloud that follows us around everywhere we go. It gets cold and windy. Dude, even in Florida it was cold when we were down there.
C
That's true. And we're going back, though, next week.
D
Is it already next week? Dude, I got to get some practice.
C
We're going all over the place. Going to Be racing in Cletus McFarland's 2.4 hours of the mullets.
A
It's the Freedom 500.
C
Oh, never mind the Freedom 500.
E
He's got so many variations.
A
And I. I just know that because I'm. I'm so excited for Ryan. And so it's really engraved into my mind. There's pressure. Ryan, you have to win this helicopter, bro.
D
Well, I. I mean, the competition isn't that hard, and I do have experience.
B
Have you been training for it yet.
C
Against Travis Pastrana or.
D
Yeah, the whole triple. With. When I was driving the truck around with the big gooseneck, I was just, like, apexing my corners and stuff like that.
B
Getting those left turns down.
D
Yeah, exactly.
A
When we went to Stradman's house and he had, like, his racing simulator, Ryan had such a boner over that thing.
D
I did do it. I want to practice.
A
We're passing by.
C
Yeah.
A
Let's just explain how this goes. We're like, walking. So Strad's given us a tour of his house.
C
Strat man's a youtuber Just starting the tour. We've been there for a while now, too. Like, we've. I don't. I think we hung longer than he was anticipating. Like, he was fine with it and stuff, but, like, we ended up making a full afternoon.
E
I was fanboying.
C
Yeah, I was too.
A
So he's given us a tour of his house, and he's got two racing simulators, but he's like. I mean, they sometimes.
C
$40,000 race simulators. You want.
A
You can try them. Ryan and Mark are like, yes, yes, we want to try them. And he's like, okay, all right, well, let me get him set up. And he's like, running around his garage trying to find, like, extension cords, power into both of them. He's turning them on. He has turn them back off.
C
Like a 25 minute setup.
A
And.
C
But Ryan, you were like, oh, no, don't do it.
A
But then he kept trying. And then.
E
And we, We.
D
We discussed it before, he was like, once we're done shooting rollers, you got to try this. Like, he was pretty adamant on it.
A
Oh, he final finally gets it set up. And Ryan, first race, just hitting the.
C
Drives it for five minutes. Okay, I'm good.
B
Yeah.
E
It was one of those crashes. Cj, preface the price. It was one of those. It had six hydraulics. The whole unit was on it. So, like, when you hit the brakes, it goes.
D
Yeah, it was pretty nuts.
A
Yeah. And then what you. Yeah. So when you hit the, like, the Steering wheel would, like, like, spin back your wrist.
D
He said it's so strong. People broken their thumbs.
C
Yeah, you had it.
D
Can you imagine?
C
I could see that the freaking.
D
You got two casts on and they go, oh, wow. How'd you break your thumbs? Oh, it was a car accident.
C
Playing video games?
D
No, it's just my simulator.
B
Did you get whiplash?
A
Did you guys have one of those, like, kind of racing steering wheels and, like, for the PS2?
C
Yeah, play on Gran Turismo.
A
Mine never worked because I was like, the hand me down, like, from my older sibling. I don't know if it even worked for him, but, like, by the time I was old enough to, like, use it and play it, I probably tried to plug that thing in 50 times and it didn't work a single time. And I just kept trying it, though, hoping open that times me and my.
C
Dad would play it on PS2. I hated using the steering wheel because it was just so much harder. And also back then, they just weren't as good.
D
Yeah, need another drive.
C
Then he, like, loved it. Like, he had, like, moved the table and, like, set it all up in, like, the suction cup to the, like. Yeah, he's got it, like, it was like, clamped on. You got the, you know, chair and everything. It was sweet.
D
Did you have a shifter? I didn't have a shifter.
C
I don't think so.
A
No.
C
No, it wasn't a shifter, but it was fun.
E
No, but speaking of, like, I don't want to say bad impressions, but our impressions on Stradman. I was just watching Ryan's story, and this was literally within four minutes of us being there. You guys have been chatting with Strad, introducing yourselves. We pull up, we're unloading the Shambo and Ben. This thing runs so rich, and it hadn't ran since we left Minnesota.
D
And it's got a bunch of snow in the exhaust.
E
He's pulling it off and he gives it just one, and it lets out the thickest. I wasn't black smoke, but just like the cloud, like, ball of smoke fuel. And it comes out in a super windy, and it literally just engulfs Strat and his girlfriend.
A
Dude.
E
In their face in their mouth. Like, you have to put the clip in.
D
I will.
A
Pretty funny, but yeah, I was like.
E
Dude, that might be bad. Like, you just dusted them. But it was fine. They were chilling.
D
We asked him to play their freaking simulator. Dude, we're never gonna get invited.
C
I think he was thinking it was gonna be a quick, like, they're coming to car up and out of here. And then we're like, oh, we're filming a full half of a video here, bro.
E
Yeah, it was fun.
C
Hey, do you got any snacks? We didn't do that.
A
We didn't do that.
C
But no, he was. He was honestly so cool to get to meet him because that was One of the YouTubers I haven't met yet, who I've watched for a long time. And he is like, sometimes I'm a little nervous going to meet people just because I'm not sure what they're going to be like. But with Strat, I wasn't nervous at all. I was just like excited. Almost like was acting like a fanboy when I was editing it. I was like, God dang. Like, I was just being so cool. I was trying to be like. I was just excited.
E
Was so nice.
C
Yeah, I mean, I did.
E
It's what we expected. But he was just like so well spoken and down to get on any.
C
Joke and yeah, he was great.
E
Everything.
C
12 years of YouTube that guy's been on.
E
If you guys do know his story, you know, it's crazy. Long time in the YouTube game. He started like, what, living in his Audi. TT yeah, to that to. I know stoked that he wasn't like, you know, he was super. Obviously his house is all over YouTube, but I was stoked that he was just giving him like, yeah, don't even take your shoes out.
A
He was so chill. I'm like, damn, guys, this is funny.
E
If he. I'm like, if he gives us a house tour but tells us we have to take our shoes off, like, I had my shoes on the entire like 20 hour drive. I'm like, bro.
A
Oh, that would have been worse.
C
Yeah, I agree.
E
I said I'm not going in if he really does a tour.
D
I can't take your feet were that stinky.
A
Yeah, Mike does have some stinky toes. I left my shoes.
E
I'm being courteous.
A
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That is nice. Actually.
C
That house is freaking insane too. It's so big.
E
Dude, you got a huge.
A
Did Evan pile up any of his toilets?
C
No.
A
Well, you ready?
E
He literally got back in the truck and said so stoked. I got to in on one of.
A
We are for sure never invited back.
E
And the best part is is that I love. We're all fanboying slash just stoked. And I love bringing Evan along to meet. To meet our Heroes, to meet YouTubers because he 90% of the time has.
A
No idea who they are. I know. So funny.
C
No clue.
A
EVs just in a different world, man, he would have to be. Who would.
E
He was tripping, like on Kobe Raha.
C
Kobe Raha, Travis Pastrana, Brian Keegan. I mean, he's met all of them now, but. Yeah, but who?
E
Who would be like a good example.
C
Of someone he wouldn't know?
D
Booby Ludavelli.
A
Like one of the hearts of darkness guys. Oh, yeah. With one of those.
D
Sicamations.
E
Shout out. Ev, it's his birthday today. Oh, yeah. Dude, we're bombed. He's not here. Yeah. Honestly. Yeah, we could wait or do it right now, but, like, it's his birthday today.
C
I'll do it now. Fired up about it now.
D
Let's do it.
C
Let's wish him a happy birthday. I already texted him, but I bet.
A
He is either at the bar or he's laying in bed.
B
He's 100 at the bar.
C
You're going?
E
Yeah.
B
There's no chance that he isn't at 2 o'.
C
Clock.
A
I'm going 50. 50.
D
I have. What you doing?
A
Hot box in the dawn.
D
We're here live on the Life Wide Open podcast.
C
What up?
A
Happy birthday, bro. What do we got going on today, boys?
D
Well, we were just talking about you and how it's your birthday and how we miss you.
A
Yeah, I miss you guys. Kind of sad I'm out there. I feel like me and Mike would get into trouble at the very least. Yeah, it. Ev, you should come back. Been home for three hours.
C
Should I?
A
Nikki's like, no.
E
Driving the donk, though.
D
Yeah.
A
Dude, there was snow on the ground this morning. It was crazy. Yeah. How'd that drive go? Oh, I just didn't drive it. I drove the truck. But now the snow melted back in the dark.
C
Oh, he's got his sports car out there.
D
Any there any other fantastic news you have? Otherwise, we will let you get back to your birthday, man.
A
I really wish I had something better for you fellas.
D
That's okay, buddy. Have a great day.
E
Don't let it.
A
All right, love you guys. Don't let your meat off.
C
That's funny.
A
Where were we?
D
Stradman?
E
Well, yeah, we were on this trip. We met Stradman. The Response on the YouTube video Petition to name it either Lamborghini. Which is funny. I like that. Lamborghini is very fitting. And then you just say no. The Jeep Bini.
C
Yeah.
E
Which is what it's called.
D
I don't think it gets any better.
A
Than the Jeeping is good.
C
The.
A
The Lamborghini is pretty good though too.
E
They're all good.
A
I guess the thing about The. The liver GP or whatever. The fact that it's a Liberty is like the lamest part of the entire thing. Like. Yeah, I don't really like promoting that because, you know, people might think that it's cool and then they find out that it's a Jeep Liberty. No offense, Jeep Liberty owners, but then it's like kind of less cool.
E
Yeah, I agree.
D
Every time in San Hollow we'd see someone, they go, what is that? What, dude? What's it based on? I go deep Liberty. They go. They just laugh most instantly.
A
Yeah. Cuz then you just think of like the 2006 Jeep Liberty, which is what it is with like the round headlights on it.
C
At least it's not a compass.
A
Yeah, you're right. You're right. That is actually probably could be worse.
E
The Renegade is the new Liberty is.
D
The new Liberty, and that's even lamer.
E
And I also knew when we were in off road country when guys were like, oh, well, I've seen. I've seen dudes straight axle swap those. And I'm like, of course. Yeah, of course we need straight axles though. Like. But it did great.
A
I've been trying to think of like, where we go from what we've got to, you know, like, spruce it up a little bit. Maybe put some actual suspension in it.
C
Like that, a little bit bigger lift.
A
Yeah.
C
You're not rubbing the tires.
E
Bigger clearance up.
A
I saw some comments that were like, you guys should have just taken the suspension out of it so then it wouldn't flex at all.
E
Oh.
A
And I was like kind of pouring over everything. I wouldn't do that. I think it would have done.
E
I wouldn't do that now, but in the time being, yeah, that would have worked. So I mean, basically, if you guys watch the last video, like just the back wheels would stuff into the fenders very easily. And that was our pitfall. But other than that, it did so good.
A
We also didn't climb to the top of the mountain, but yeah, like, there.
C
Was no higher you could go. Yeah, like at the top, Ben was like, I don't know. Like, I feel like we need to do more stuff with it. I'm like, looking around, stand at the top of this mountain. I'm like, where do you want to go?
D
Can't go up.
C
Do you want to go and try to balance on that little tip right.
A
There or what do you want to do?
C
Like, we spent four hours getting on top of here.
A
It really was bizarre. I don't think anybody thought that we were gonna make it and then we have a video coming out next week where we brought it to Moab.
C
Is that next week? I don't think it is two weeks.
A
Actually.
C
It might be a month.
A
It's a while. It's a while we got something. It's a good video. I've been trying to think of like where we go from the platform that it's on.
D
We only have two other options. Land or air or C. I know.
E
Well, I was going to say, I mean there is always like swapping it out. Another thing, Ryan again, something to look forward to when he was driving that in Moab. The body is damn near off of the machine.
C
I mean, some of the body fell off on the way home.
A
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Can we talk about that too? Yeah. So the door. So like the entire body on this is like held on with like caps and dreams. Yeah, pretty much just hopes and dreams. Like it is like self tappered on. So sure enough, one of the doors, I actually have the video of Gav trying to hop in because the doors weren't open. So you had to like race car climb in. And it's just in the corner of the GoPro. Gav, you just hear on the door. I didn't know that was gonna happen. And you could see the door just like immediately go loose.
E
Yeah.
A
So anyway, the door flew off when it was going. When you guys were pulling it down the road and somewhere in rural South Dakota. Oh my gosh, dude, I thought that thing was gone. Like I pretty much had just because me and C.J. were in a different truck. And I saw the story that you guys posted on Seaboy. Hey, lost the door. If you guys are anywhere in South Dakota, just keep an eye out for it. It's a lime green door, but it was like the middle of night. And so yeah, figured that thing was gone for. Or at least like had gotten ran over. Twenty minutes later, I get a call from this guy that works on our snowmobiles. So I don't really know him, but I thankfully had like his number six. Good guy calls me and goes, hey, I got your Lamborghini door. And I was like, dude, we lost.
D
That thing 20 minutes.
A
What?
C
He's amazing.
A
Yeah, dude, I saw you guys story and I knew that I had some friends coming back from a concert that was like around that area. So I just posted on my story. And then like three minutes later, a girl was like, oh, I just saw that. I'll turn around and go and pick it up.
D
Wow.
A
So this girl turns around, goes and picks it up and then brought it to Seth, who. Who is got the door. And then he was like, yeah, I have your banshee right now, so I'll just bring it back with your banshee.
E
And why?
D
Dude, dude, I thought that thing was gone. When we walked out and I saw just the shell of the door, I was like, oh, no, I have a video of it. I don't know if it'll play in anywhere in a video, but.
A
Oh, so can we get that thing, like, painted? It's still one piece, right?
E
Yeah, yeah. Just a little mangled.
A
It's still better.
C
Yeah. I'm looking forward to just driving that thing around. Like, not even on video. Like, it's just a great rig. It's a convertible, dude.
A
I think that's one of our. One of our best vehicles. It is, dude. It's definitely our most viral works.
C
It just held up to everything. I was really not expecting it to make it to the top. And I was blown away because that thing was taking a beating, and it kept taking a beating. Honestly, it was just.
E
It was cool to. We're used to people coming up to us. Oh, man, look at that rig. That's sick. That you. Whether they know us or not, dude. I wasn't used to the attention we were going to get from this fake Lamborghini.
A
It was like you were like a. Like an. A list celebrity.
D
It was wild.
A
It was seriously. So we brought it to Vegas. And I know you guys love the way I say Vegas. No, I'm conscious of it every time I say it.
E
I don't know.
A
Apparently I say Vegas.
C
Weird.
E
You say it very with a lot of.
D
Hey, it's like a Vegas.
E
Yeah, I like it.
A
Vegas.
D
Vegas.
A
Anyway, he brought us to Vegas and we hit the. We hit the strip with them. I think that's this week's video. And then we valeted it. But when we were driving it down the Strip, there's people on the right side and people on the left side. On the other side of the road, everyone had their phones out and filming it.
C
Yeah.
A
I would say it was the equivalent of, like, driving a Bugatti. I've never driven a Bugatti, but I imagine it'd be something like that.
D
That's what it feels like.
A
If one person came up and looked at my Lamborghini, which is real, 10 people came up and. And looked and took a picture of the Jeep Bini.
E
Yeah. I would give it more of an equivalent, like driving a motorcycle naked down the strip.
C
Yeah.
A
Yeah. It could be that.
D
That was more the face.
E
Yeah.
A
Cuz it was like a, like a shock. Dude, what am I looking at?
C
It was.
E
I was one of those like maybe I might shed a tear moments because we had two. Our two fake green pieces of Lamborghinis going down the Las Vegas Strip on St. Patty's Day.
C
Yeah.
E
It was literally too good to be.
A
Yeah, that's true.
D
How good can it get?
E
Not much better than that.
A
I guess we thought about that we should have dressed up as like leprechaun.
E
We never even prefaced.
C
I think that we maybe got away with some because they're like, oh, they're really in the spirit of same day. But yeah, yeah, it is something insane. Those things are magnets. And then also it's just a dead giveaway wherever we'd go. Like, oh my gosh, there's the sea boy. So like every where we went, we were just having like a fan meetup along the trip, which was, which is really cool getting to meet everyone. But we're the only people that would have a piece of green Lamborghini and.
D
Then travel 4,000 miles around the country with trailing them. Yeah.
A
That just shows like how much, I don't know, cooler it is to like have a weird vehicle like that and you just put a creative twist on it and it's way more entertaining than a real Lamborghini. Yeah.
E
Like once it got into our hands, the, the Lamborghini became a star. It was something about it.
D
It was always inside of it.
C
It just fit better with us, you know. Hence why Strad was like, I gotta sell this thing. Sell years.
A
Yeah.
E
He was like, he was very much on the vibe, like, yeah, I'm just gonna replace it with a real another.
C
It's like, yeah, I get this piece.
A
Of out of here.
D
Trip was fun, but getting home was so nice. I haven't slept this good in this long in a long time. But I have had the wackiest dreams. I feel like. So merch has kind of been on my mind because we've been, you know, doing a lot more stuff with it, with the truck giveaway, stuff like that. So last night apparently I had a dream that Shane Gillis, like the comedian wore our shirt during this. During a stand up would be great. So like, you know, whenever we see a shirt and anything like a background or somebody else's video, we're always like, screenshot, like, look, that's cool. So I was stoked to share it with everybody and then I watched the video and he was on Ken for his bad customer service.
A
Oh, no.
D
And he, like, did this whole thing about how Ken personally was doing a bad job with customer service and how bad we all sucked.
A
Oh, my gosh.
B
This is what you're dreaming about.
D
I guess so. Dude, I'm sorry. I think you do a great job, but I woke up and I was like. And I was like, oh, thank God. Attacking us.
E
One of a few people you don't want to be roasting you. It's definitely him.
A
Ken, did you wake up in a sweat this morning and not. Not know why?
D
No, it was the weirdest dream.
C
Dude. Slept in because he's not doing any. Customer service.
D
Is out there just pissed.
E
Dude, that's amazing. I mean, also, so speaking of just being home, being on the trip. So that was like our. Our RV trip, kind of. We just did it in trucks this time. And it was like, just as good, but in different ways. Dude, you know what's crazy? I just want to talk about our group camaraderie on the trip. Just dialed everything about it. We're just fired up every day from the moment we wake up. I mean, pretty much we bicker a lot.
A
Yeah. We got a job to do, right?
E
Well, sure. And it was just so much fun. And then we get home and, like, I know I wasn't here on Wednesday. I did take the day off. Apologies, kind of came in late, but yesterday we borderline, like, didn't speak to each other. I know you guys back and forth, whatever. It's just so interesting. You know, we get back here, we have a lot of work to do, a lot of footage to get a hold of, a lot of whatever. It's just crazy. Like, we literally, like, didn't really speak to each other yesterday. And then you come off the trip.
A
Of just like, we were on one.
C
Dude. We were waking up at seven.
D
Yeah.
C
And just basically filming or doing. Doing whatever we need to do to film until like 9, 10 o' clock when you go to bed.
D
Then you'd have to drive normally somewhere till like 1 2am it was barely.
E
Make it to supper even. Yeah, dude, it was. It was.
C
We did have. We did make a little bit of play time from like 4pm to like 2am in Vegas where we were off the clock. We were just running around having fun. And that was a blast.
B
I think that was the only night where everyone wasn't dialed.
C
Yeah, we weren't dialed.
B
The gambling was not dialed.
A
Oh, my.
C
I. I went up 700, maybe 750. I don't know exactly. But around there I was pretty happy that Was my first time leaving Vegas.
E
Up.
A
Must be nice.
D
I got to watch Ken in action. Oh, it was amazing, dude. I have a whole video of us walking, and he just is like, his sniffer was up. He's just like this. And he walked down, sat down in a machine, and 10 spins in 1, 3, 500 bucks and goes, well, guess I'm done gambling for the night.
A
I've never seen anything like.
B
I love those Huff and Puff machines. They're the best machines they have there.
D
It was electric.
E
I made a big mistake following you, brother.
D
Oh, yeah, Mike.
E
So I didn't even really know Ken's like, you lose. I mean, like 500. But I followed him into the high stakes room, and then I was like, why are these slots so expensive? And then I was like, ken just won 3, 500. I'm gonna keep firing it in. And then I just, like, walked out without my dignity, which now I know how you guys feel. Bucks.
A
Yeah. You get your pants pulled down, Ben, you left with.
B
You left with, like, Owen some money.
C
I don't. You still owe money to Ken.
B
You. You only got some gambling debts.
E
Yeah, you owe me.
A
Ken's gonna break my. Yeah, you better be careful.
C
Ken's a freaking loan shark, dude. He's going to come in with a guy, beat you up a little bit.
A
The nice part about going to Vegas with Ken is you don't have to bring money because Ken's going to make money. And then you just go to him when you need a loan, and then you hope that you just don't pay Ken back long enough. He forgets about it. And then by the time he does remember, he goes, does he have made. I've made so much money on slots since then. It's.
B
Your debts have, like, progressively gotten bigger and bigger, though your ask for. For what you want is bigger and bigger to the point where you can't just forget about that, dude.
E
I remember it was a iffy right away because Ken hadn't won his money yet. Like, I'm not actually.
A
Let him cook. Yeah, let him cook.
E
I'm not actually blaming you for me losing my debit card because it's 100 on me, but I never take my debit card out of my wallet. Ben's like, dude, Ken's kind of stiffing me right now.
A
Do you think you could.
E
And then I'm like, yeah, I'm down, bro. And then it's the one that, like, takes your card in, and then the bellhop guys, like, spewing, and we're just like, I'm like, ben, it's not working. And then I just left my debit card.
A
See, that's why I don't carry a debit card. No, I don't believe in debit cards.
E
Had you carried one, I wouldn't be in this position.
A
Yeah, that's true, but. No, that's true.
C
Mike lost all his money in his checking account.
E
No, I quickly transferred it all out, blocked the card.
C
That's smart.
E
And then.
D
Yeah, I mean, being you left the darn thing in the atm.
A
How much money would you like to withdraw? Yeah, all of it. I do owe you some money though, Ken. And I have it in my truck, I promise. I. I was, like, doing pretty bad, like always. And then I came up. I went on like a little run, and I was like, back to even. And then I was walking back to my hotel room, and I was like, sober, which is the first time I've ever been to Vegas sober. Very depressing point Place at 2am But I'm like, walking back to my hotel room, and I'm just a sicko. So I was like, oh, there's an open table. I mean, go and sit down on it, right? And win my money so then I can pay Ken back and have some cash in my pocket.
C
Right.
A
Obviously. That's how it goes.
C
It's a plan.
A
Yeah. Lose, chase it, double it. Lose, chase it, double it.
D
No.
A
So now I'm sitting at like a $200 hand. Lose it, double it. No. $400 hand. Can only give me a th000 bucks.
C
That's all.
A
He was willing.
B
No, I gave you more than that.
A
I'll get to that. I'm putting all my money on there. I'm like, this has got to hit. I've lost six in a row. Right. There's no way you lose seven. Lose it. Lost all my money, went back up to my hotel room, feeling real bad about myself.
C
It's tough.
E
Wow.
A
Then the next day, we're doing this valet thing. I go, ken, can I get some money for this ballet? So he gives me 200 bucks for this. We got a little downtime. I go, all right, sweet. I got some money. That's why I had to pay for the valet.
C
I was like, you have no money.
A
How so? I owe you 1200 bucks, Ken.
B
You owe me 1180.
A
Okay, okay, fair.
E
So wait, turns out buddy doesn't have any money or self control.
A
Well, that's the thing. You only gamble with the amount that you're willing to lose or the amount that you're Able to get from your rich best friend.
E
Yes.
C
So you should just give Ken money if he'd take it and just let him do the gambling for you.
D
Probably that's a good idea.
A
Like, that's why I don't bring a debit card. Is like, I do have self control.
B
But it's got to put low limits on your debit cards, dude. I can't go that deep into it.
E
I was.
A
Yeah, but like, that's my limit. It's just like whatever I bring. And I didn't know we were going to Vegas, so I didn't bring anything.
E
Remember when you made Greta believe that I didn't believe in banks?
A
Yeah.
E
And then I was like. I was telling Sidney that story, and then she's like, look who doesn't believe in banks now. Yeah. No debit card ass.
A
Yeah. That was a funny troll. I convinced my girlfriend that Mike didn't believe in banks because he used to be a bartender and he had like a bunch of like, ones always stacked next to his bed from, like, tips. And Greta was like, what's up with all the money? I'm like, oh, yeah. Mike doesn't trust banking system because, like, yeah, his grandpa got like, screwed over one time with like a late fee, so. So he doesn't put his money into it. He just puts it underneath his mattress.
D
The best part for a while, if she remembers that your mom worked at a bank.
A
Bank, yeah.
D
And then we just go, no. Yeah, well, that's kind of the thing. Like, you see your parents fault. So you don't like that. Yeah.
E
And I was like, not. Yeah. I wasn't that fired up on the troll. And I was like, dude, she asked me if my mom works at a bank. I even say, you didn't. It's like, come on, come up with something.
A
Yeah. You didn't ruin that one, actually. Which was nice of you.
E
I let you have that.
A
Yeah, I had that one for, I think, like a year. That one was like a while. And then. And then somebody spoiled it. I think Ken might have spoiled it. Anyway, I was pretty upset about that one.
E
Yeah. Which I was like, why are you upset? How did you want it to go for five years?
A
I wanted to go forever.
E
Forever, bro.
A
Ideally, like, that's the best troll.
D
There's still some that I think I know and don't know. You know?
C
You know that Ben and I aren't even cousins. We just trolled you guys this whole.
A
Time for that one.
C
We're just family friends.
D
Because you're cousins.
C
No.
A
Didn't we convince Chrysler of that. No, Ken thought that Pricer was our cousin.
C
Another friend who was like, our next.
B
Told me that Jake Pricer was your cut. You guys told me that Chrysler was your cousin. And then I just was like, okay, that's fine. And then you guys forgot that you.
C
Told me that, like, years. Yeah.
B
And it was like, I think five or six years later, they're like, oh, why. Why would you think that? I was like, you told me.
D
Yeah.
E
Have any reason to believe any different?
D
I wonder if other friend groups have that. Like, I want to know if you have a lie that you've told on your friends that you've never cleared up. Well, it's like, believe.
C
So I'll leave his name out of this just for his own sake. But we had this nice young man come along to help us film on this trip. And, you know, he's new. New to the group, kind of new to working with us. And.
A
And just don't gullible. I don't, like.
C
I don't know how I told Ken this. How. How it came in, but I just was like, yeah, yeah. He, like, put a dick pic on his story before we.
B
Ryan added something.
C
Yeah, I mean, people add in, you know, and then Ken was like, what the. Like, couldn't believe it. And then, like, had to ride in the truck with him the whole time out. And he just didn't say anything until now. It's like a week later. And I was like, oh, yeah, we were just trolling.
E
Well, the.
A
The super unbelievable part of it is go, yeah, he posted a dick pic to his story and you were in the background.
B
Well, you didn't add the background part until today.
C
No, we told Gavin that part. We told Gavin that part. We still didn't clear that up, but Gavin was like this.
A
So unbelievable. I figured we didn't need to clear that up. Yeah.
C
But he just believe.
A
Must have just read the first part.
B
I just read the dick pick part of it. I didn't read the rest.
E
Maybe I love how then it got relayed to me because it was like, yeah, I don't know what's going on.
C
But the new guy's just posting dick.
A
Pics apparently in the background.
E
Dick pick on his story. I don't know.
A
Oh, Ken said this.
E
Hopefully it buffs. And I was like, what? Okay, I'm glad I'm not in that truck.
A
Was it uncomfortable?
B
I mean, it was like, I didn't say anything, but it was kind of.
D
Like, Kenning, how did he do this?
A
There was like a white White elephant in the car. Maybe you were like, you're like, well, don't bring anything up, bro. What's the same?
D
I mean, an elephant but an element.
A
You put a color.
D
But the fact that you gave the. The subject of the matter an elephant description, dude.
A
Yeah, like a white elephant trunk in the car trunk.
E
Go crazy.
C
Well, you didn't know anything wrong. We just.
A
She doesn't know who we're talking about. No, that was a joke. It was a joke.
C
I didn't actually do it. Yeah, this time.
D
He's a good kid.
A
No, but that's where we, that's where we draw the line. You know, if you post it, do your story. Yeah, you're. You're a weirdo, but, you know, doing whatever background. Seriously, having Ken in the background, man, search this.
C
Ken googles it.
A
Hey, I am in it. Yeah, I guess officially has problems, dude. Trust problems.
E
Well, I got advised after your friends talk about said story. Dick pick. I wouldn't say gotta search this.
D
It's like when we were at the gas station and that fellow was really, really nice and really, really hype. And he got so excited to show us his tattoo on his leg that he didn't kind of like say anything about why he was taking off his pants. You gotta see this. And I was like, oh, man, what's gonna happen? And then he showed us his tattoo on his leg.
A
I thought, yeah, I think you should.
C
Get life wide open tattooed on you.
E
That was, I think, the first time I've. I felt jealousy. Like I've seen a handful of life wide open tattoos, but I felt jealousy tor. I'm like, wait, why don't I.
C
Like we've run into people with that.
E
Tattooed on them like 10 times, let's say maybe not quite more.
C
And none of us have that tattooed on us.
D
It's pretty messed up.
C
It is. And it's like our slogan.
D
Yeah, right.
C
But I don't know if I want to get that tattooed on me.
E
I would.
C
I almost rather get like a mural of Ken tattooed on me.
A
Yeah, you've been saying that like full blown.
B
Like Chester.
C
I don't know, like, maybe like the no can do. That's a good logo. The lips look good.
E
I'll pay you as long as look good. Five grand if you get that tattooed on your arm.
C
Oh, no arm.
B
Yeah.
A
Every time I look down, I just see.
C
No kidding, dude.
E
Yeah. I'd get a life out open tattoo. Especially because now that we're seeing the fans get it, like, what? Why can't I, you know? Why wouldn't I?
A
Yeah.
B
So where would you put it?
E
Dude, it. Forearm. Really? Forearm or thigh?
D
Sticking down the shaft of my lower unit.
C
I don't know if they can make them that small.
E
I'm trying to figure out what Ryan's upper unit is.
A
Fine print. Yeah. No can do.
D
I was thinking life wide open, but. All right, what we get? No can do. No can do. On the other side.
A
What about the pelican? Ken, you should get that.
B
I don't know if I want tattoos anymore.
D
Really?
A
You're giving up on that?
C
You didn't get one.
B
I know.
D
I think if you had it, you would just. You come around to it, because it.
B
Seems like everybody that gets a tattoo then gets, like, 20 more, and you're.
A
Worried that, next thing you know, you'll be covered head to toe.
E
Ken would look so good.
D
Did you guys A big net tack? A net tat that is, like, his face just has, like, no can do.
C
In a mural, looking at you from every angle. Did you guys see mgk, what he did with all his tattoos?
A
So he's, like, tattooed up.
C
Like, it looks insane. Like, like, honestly, he looked really cool. Like, all of his. His tattoos that he had before this new one then he took. He just got it all blacked over, so it's, like, literally just black. It looks insane. I mean, it just seems kind of like a waste to me. It's like you had all these dope tattoos, and then you just covered it all up with black. Like, the amount of ink they must have had to use to cover his whole body in black.
A
Yeah.
C
Look at this. It's insane. Whoa.
D
That can't be real.
C
It is.
A
It's real. I. Apparently. So.
C
Alex, my Alexis, my girlfriend, follows MGK and Megan Fox pretty tightly, and she was listening to some podcasts that Megan Fox is on, and she said that the reason he did that was because there was, like, certain tattoos that he didn't like, anymore, gave him bad memories or something, so he just tattooed all over him with black.
E
Dang, dude. It kind of goes hard, but, like.
C
It looked way cooler before. Way cooler before.
E
Insane. Totally insane. But, like, it goes kind of hard.
B
How long would that take?
C
So that's a. Like, a tattoo. I don't know if you call it a technique, but it's a method. It's called blacking. And it's like a band. Like, they do it, like, underground. Like, certain people that are super into tattoos will, like, go to this. I think it's in Europe, and it's like, these two guys Will, like, tattoo you super aggressively, and, like, they'll do their whole body. It's in this cave. I saw this Vice documentary on it.
D
It's in a cave.
E
Okay. I'm just cracking up because, like, this is becoming more popular. Like, blacking out via tattoo is becoming more popular, and I'm picturing everyone who's ever done it going to this cave.
A
In Germany for two guys.
C
It's insane, though.
E
Yeah. Have you seen, like. Like, the singer main. The lead singer of twenty one Pilots has that, too, on his arm, and that was, like, the first I'd ever really seen of it. And then I was like, what's up with his arm? Like, what's it. What's. He got paint on it? And then I was like, no, it's just. That's how it is. His whole arm.
D
Intriguing.
A
What up?
C
The brutal tattoo ritual built on pain.
E
Should we watch it?
C
Yeah, they. They look. He's like, you, like, going to this, like, little hidden back alley, so not like a.
E
And they, like.
C
They shave your whole head.
A
They.
C
They do your whole body.
A
Yeah, like. Yeah, like a cave was like, that can't be sanitary.
D
There's, like, a fire in the corner.
C
And I feel like having that. And maybe I'm completely wrong, but having that much ink in your body, your body might not like that.
A
No, that can't be good.
D
Dude. I was listening to. We got to take this with a grain of salt because it was on Kill Tony, and it was Violent J from Insane Clown Posse.
E
But he.
D
He paints his whole face, and he's always had his face painted, and he said that underneath it, he looks, like, really young because he's never been exposed to sunlight.
A
Really?
D
Like that?
E
Yeah, for the last, like, 20 some years. Like a.
A
Painted like a clown.
D
Yeah, he's painting like a clown.
E
They roll around like that.
A
That can't be good for your skin. Like, that's got to be worse for your skin than.
D
Well, maybe if he uses good. Good paint, you know?
E
Yeah, yeah, you, like, just covers it up. It is an interesting thought. Like, yeah, your. Your face truly never being exposed. Yeah, that's how he looks like. They. They said on.
A
You do a video with them on.
E
Your mom's house podcast that they. They wear that face about three to four times a week, so it's not all the time, but maybe when they were doing tours, it was, like, every day.
A
I wonder how long that takes. That's, like, the same thing with Kiss.
E
Also, it's pretty funny listening to them roast. This one guy. This one guy Got that tattooed on his face, like, minus the white. He got all the black, you know, whatever triangles up here. He got that tattooed on his face and. And he's, like, kind of upset with them because he jobs and stuff, and they're like, dude, this guy's an idiot. Like, why would you do that? We painted on, like.
D
Like, not even we have the tattoo.
E
Yeah, they're like, not even we have the tattoos, bro. And so it's just too funny. Like, I feel bad for the guy, but. Yeah, like, he's like, I can't get jobs now. I've tried to get it removed, but.
A
It still shows up. Yeah, I think pretty often people regret getting face tatt.
E
Yeah.
C
Like, face tattoo is never a good idea. Yeah, I mean, I'm just gonna say it, man.
A
Say it.
C
It's never a good idea. It's never a good idea.
B
You've seen, like, the people that tattoo their eyeballs, turn the whites black.
E
Well, that was basically. I was just gonna. I guess, talking about that more the whole blacking out thing. One guy on Snapchat, like, he's getting interviewed, and he's like, yeah, like, the only thing left is the white in my eyes. That was the only thing left. Yeah, it was actually the only left.
C
Tip of your dick.
A
How much do you think that cost?
E
Everything, dude. Probably, like, 200 grand, all said and done.
A
200 grand?
E
Yeah, I'd say, like, over the course of years, because think he probably got tattoos before that. I think he had some prosthetics, you know? Like, I think he had, like, some little horns in there too. I know.
A
Really?
E
Another story, but.
A
Oh, wow. Oof. I guess. Yeah, I mean, like, your body is your art piece or something, you know?
E
Or something.
A
Or something like that.
B
Body's a canvas, I think.
A
Oh, that's what.
E
Yeah, yeah. No, I think. I think that's. I think it's. Yeah.
D
Your body.
E
Body is a temple.
D
I think that's your canvas is right for tattoos.
E
That's what, like, girls tell their parents when they get my body, the canvas. This is so out of pocket. But my body turns meat logs into meat or meat hogs into meat logs or something. Oh, hot dogs into meatlocks. Hot dogs into hot logs. Sorry, I butchered that.
A
But Cody.
E
Cody has a shirt that says that my body turns surprising hot dogs into hot dogs. I know, I know. I love hot dogs.
C
They just come out fully. Like, they go in one size.
A
Yeah.
D
Oh, my gosh.
E
Oh, gosh.
C
Just accept, you know, Turd farm.
A
What? There's an Italian dude that's slowly turning himself into a lizard.
B
Is that the same dude? He did, like, implants in his forehead or something. Implants in his forehead.
D
And then he's getting, like, horns implanted on his head.
B
He's trying to turn himself into, like, an alien or something. Like, where. Where does he get the money for that? Because I'm assuming, like, an employer is going to take one look at him and kind of be hesitant to hire.
D
I can't have a lizard working the front desk at the hotel.
E
Yeah. I'm not going to lie. People like that, like, at that extreme aren't trying to be employed.
D
Yeah, yeah. They got something else going on.
C
How are they making money? Probably from gigs. Working at the circus looking like a lizard.
D
Probably.
C
We have lizard boy over here. Actually, a good investment. He's making pretty good money.
D
I'm sure that's what he's thinking. Dude, I was talking to one of the guys that works for Heavy D, and he said that he was a carny for a little bit. He traveled the country.
C
And the bigger guy.
D
No, no shit.
E
Yeah.
D
He was like, oh, you guys live by Fargo, ND? I've been over there, worked at the county fair. And I go, what? He goes, yeah. My buddy was like, I can't remember what they ran. They ran one of the machines. I go, you were a carny as well? It was one weekend.
C
Oh, that doesn't count.
D
How much carneying do you have to do to become a carny?
C
I see. A few years.
E
That's what, like, Tommy G or like, Channel 5 news should get with, like, a crazy carny crew that's, like, well known or something. And then just see what they do. Some of them are greasy and some of them are. They're, like, in it for life.
A
Yeah. Once a carny, always a carney. All right, what else we got?
C
We could do contact Roulette.
D
Contact Roulette.
C
So you just go to your contacts, hit a quick scroll stop, then you gotta call. Yeah.
A
You want to hear what happened last time I did that?
E
What?
A
Got a girlfriend? I've been dating her for nine years.
D
Really?
E
Wait, what? Eight, but yeah, that was a setup.
C
That's how you got a whole new contact Roulette. That's how you got your girlfriend.
E
That was a setup from God?
A
Yeah.
D
I mean, yeah.
C
So hold on. You met your girlfriend through contact Roulette?
A
Well, I didn't meet her. I'd known her.
C
So you had to call her or what was the situation?
A
No, no, I was sitting in, like, open hour. With a buddy. And he was like, go to your Snapchat. Just became single. He goes, go to your Snapchat. Scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll. Close your eyes. Pick one person, and then just if it's a chick, send her a Snapchat. And I did that.
E
Boom.
A
Greta.
C
Wow.
E
And I was.
D
What was your intro? Like, what'd you say?
A
I don't know. What's up? And just sitting in school. That's funny. Actually, I was just talking to Greta about this the other day because it's.
E
Funny because we didn't know.
C
I didn't know that.
A
No, because me and Greta were friends. She actually dated my best friend, Sam.
C
You're one of those guys kind of.
A
A slime over me. But I mean, in, like, middle school, they dated. So, like, I, I, I was like, doesn't count.
E
Doesn't count.
A
Exactly. So. But I was, I used to date her best friend.
D
Oh, man.
A
Also in middle school, though. So, like, does. But like, that's how we knew each other. So, like, mutual friend, like, you know, kind of like that hung out a couple times. So, like, I, that's why I had her number and her, like, her Snapchat. And then, yeah, I just fired a snap. But, like, we were friends, so I was like, hey, what's up? And she, I was just talking to her about this the other day. She was like, I was so caught off guard when you hit me up because, like, I was like, why? Why is he hitting me up? Like, we're friends. Like, why does he want to hang out? You know? And I think I was just, like, persistent from there because, like, she was cute and she was, like, single then. And like, obviously I, like, had the hots for her.
E
Like, why?
A
Yeah, why wouldn't I? And, yeah, I think I just, like, slid in from there.
E
That explains why when her and her friend group came over to the Coop to hang out, why you were so nervous? I don't know. You were just, like, extra nervous. Like, I hope it goes well. Like, the whole reason our friend groups were colliding was so you and her could hang out. That was the whole reason.
A
That was an interesting night. Yeah. The first night that I ever invited Greta over, she, like, brought all of her friends, but they had to sneak out and it super late and it. So I think they showed up at.
E
Like, 2am Something like that.
A
It was, like, so late where, like, everyone was like, our, our crew was hanging out at Jake's dad's garage. We called it the Coop, the chicken coop. And I was like, I swear they're coming, guys. I swear they're coming. Nobody go to bed yet. Nobody go to bed yet. They're coming. They're coming. And then they showed up at like 2am, stayed for like 30 minutes and then left. But yeah, that was like. That was like the first time we hung out. But yeah, that's kind of why, like, I was.
C
You were in, what, 10th grade?
A
You know, I was like, trying to work my way out of, like, the friend zone.
E
Yeah. And you were like, do you think after this, like, we're gonna get to like, hang out one on one, or do you think she's gonna want to? And I was like, dude, I don't know, man. That was pretty chaotic.
A
I was a little bit worried, though, because Chrysler was there too. And he was, you know, good looking, young, better looking, funnier, you know, you're like, pricer. You should just go in the house, go to bed. You go to bed.
E
That's why you got him so drunk.
A
Yeah, that's.
E
Oh, he was, dude, I never forget that.
A
That's right.
E
But he was piled up and he goes. He's just sitting there, a bottle of something in his hand, and he's like, our dependency on four oils is way too high.
D
Right.
A
That's right. That's right. I forgot about that.
C
At the tender age of dude, he.
A
Was ahead of the curve.
E
He was.
A
Oh, my gosh.
C
Yeah.
A
No, that's. But that's how that came to be.
C
So who's ready to play contact roulette, Ken?
A
Get in there.
C
Yeah, that would be pretty good.
D
That'd be legendary.
C
Ken just ends up getting like.
E
And you also have to, like, insurance. You can say whatever you want. Like, do we have to prank call them? Like, I'm down to like, hey, Ken.
A
What can I do for you? I was hoping maybe we could go and talk about my rate.
B
I'm just scrolling through. I've got a lot of random content.
A
Perfect.
B
A lot of business people, though.
E
How many contacts? How many contacts do you guys have?
D
Business.
E
There's no.
D
There's 553.
C
807.
A
Whoa.
E
I got 780.
A
I got 1096.
C
Wow.
D
Goodness gracious, dude.
E
What do you got, Ken?
B
480.
C
Wow.
A
But the weird part is, like, when I scroll through mine, like, I don't know why I have half of these same, dude.
D
I don't know anybody.
C
Let's give it a spin. Ken.
D
Ken, you should do it.
C
And you gotta call. You gotta call.
D
Yeah, you gotta call them. And then for every minute, contact roulette. For every minute that you keep them on the phone, the Life Wide Open podcast will give you a $10 bonus because we don't have many funds over here. I'd love to do more, but.
A
All right, here we go.
D
All right, you want to come?
A
You should come over here.
C
You got to hop on with them and just talk, but you can't be like, I'm playing contact roulette.
A
Yeah, no, you have to. You have to.
E
How about you can tell them anything, but you're on a podcast and you're doing.
A
Yeah, yeah. You can come up with any story.
C
You let them know that 200,000 people are. Listen. Listening right now, either.
A
Is this legal?
E
Yeah, I think so.
A
All right, close your eyes. You can't choose this, Ken. You can't just choose there.
B
There are certain people I cannot call, though.
C
All right, you can't do that.
E
His eyes be still.
A
Open.
E
Close, Ken, Still. He's looking so hard. He hasn't let his eyes off his phone yet.
B
It should be fine.
C
Hold him to it. Hold him.
E
No, you chill and close your eyes.
A
Yeah. What are you doing, dude? You can't do that. I have to be able to. I have to be the one.
C
Should spin it, maybe.
B
No, here.
A
All right, all right. Who do we got?
B
My own. My own, like, NDSU email address.
A
All right.
D
Ken calls himself.
B
Oh, this is a UPS lady in DL.
A
All right, perfect.
B
No, not coming.
A
Just say, hey, how's it going?
C
You know, like, what you doing tonight?
B
I actually can't call. That's another email address.
D
How many emails you have in your contact?
B
I don't know. Half of them are.
C
Okay.
A
Just. All right, well, I was hoping for.
C
A girl, but, yeah, sure. Just give him a call and just really round about.
A
Hold on. What are you gonna say?
B
I don't fucking know.
A
Okay, yeah, let's just hit it.
E
Hit it.
A
Let's see how this goes. Let's see how this goes.
E
I just gotta preface.
A
Is the mat that I always talk about.
E
Yeah.
A
Yeah, that's me and CJ's best friend that I always talk about.
B
I've done three randoms, and they're all duds.
A
Oh, keep going.
B
Let's see you come up.
E
Oh, you've only done one.
C
Mike's spinning. Mike's spinning.
E
I'm scared now. All right. This chick I used to work with at Zorbas.
D
All right.
C
Car.
E
Oh, my gosh.
A
Hey. Still work at Zoro.
D
Oh, man.
C
Dude, see how long you can go for.
A
Just be really. What's up?
F
At the tone Please record you.
D
What the sent you? Straight to voicemail.
C
Dude, I don't even know.
A
Call him.
C
Are you worried that's a guy, though? I think it'd be funnier if it's like a.
A
All right.
E
Apparently we only can call girls.
C
Okay, I'll call this guy.
E
Hello?
C
Hey, what's going on? Nice.
A
Yo, what's up? What are you doing?
C
What are you doing?
A
We are just at some bar.
C
Yes. Nice.
D
Which one?
A
Where at?
C
I'll come come meet you.
A
Oh, wait, no. Are you. You said you're at McGoverns. What?
D
I have no idea.
E
Wow. For a troll master, that was.
B
That was rough.
C
I was.
A
I thought that was funny. I was trying to make it awkward.
B
I felt awkward for you.
E
No, you did. You did a great job with that.
A
I don't even know who that was either.
D
He definitely didn't know who you were.
A
Dude, are you at whatever.
D
You're like, dude, is it a local number? Like, is it Ken?
E
You can't be all up in arms about him not seeing when you're looking.
B
I mean, I.
E
I don't even know local numbers. Like, I love this. Like, I wanted to find someone in my contacts who I genuinely don't know. Fire it.
C
Oh, I know exactly who that was. Damn.
E
Fuck.
D
Who was it?
E
Dude, everyone's pussing out. I called my first one. So did cj.
A
Ready?
D
You got lucky. They didn't pick up.
E
Well, I'll do it again.
A
I kind of want to just do.
E
This on the reg. This is fun.
C
Yeah, this is funny.
A
State Bank.
C
Sandman, please.
E
Yes, ask for my mom. And just say, like, it's Ben.
A
Hi. Is either. Just a second. Mikey. Is there anything I should say to her?
E
Say Micah lost his debit card and he needs a new one.
A
Hey, sorry about that. Who can I tell her is calling for Ben. Ben. Okay. I don't know if I want to do this.
E
This.
A
I don't want you. No way.
D
You hung up.
A
I hung up.
D
Man, we were so close.
E
I like.
A
Because then Micah's mom would have just been like, well, why doesn't he call? Why doesn't he call?
E
Yeah, and then we would have gone, ha, ha, ha. Hi, Mom. I can't believe you wussed on that.
C
We gotta get one more here.
A
Someone else give it. Ryan, you.
D
I want. I really want to see Ken have it happen. Go through, see if he. See if he can get one.
C
Ben, you pick someone in his phone.
B
I'm going to do somebody random, and then Ryan's going to call somebody.
D
I'll do it. He's looking. Dude, like, I can't see that.
A
That kid feels so.
E
Why you looking so hard, then?
A
He has my phone number, too. Dave Sherbrooke.
D
No, no, no, no.
C
Wait. Why.
E
Why are you guys just so scared? It's a phone call.
B
What's up?
D
Not much.
A
What's happening?
B
Oh, we're just filming a podcast.
A
Oh, dude, the. Are you. What are you doing?
B
We just thought we'd get your opinion on some stuff.
D
You better have stuff, Ken.
A
Okay, hold on. Because I'm in the middle of Egypt. Hold on. Okay. What was that?
C
Now?
A
Was that now?
D
So. So.
B
What do you think about your truck?
A
What truck?
B
You know, your red one.
A
Oh, you mean my Ford? The one I'm driving now?
B
Yeah, yeah, that. That one.
A
I don't know. It's okay.
D
No.
E
Raptor.
A
I wish it was a raptor.
B
Ah, there it is.
A
What about your tractor?
B
What about. What about that green thing?
A
What green thing?
B
All right, we'll see you later, Dave.
A
Ken. Dude.
D
Oh, my gosh.
A
That was.
C
It could have done so much better.
A
But you just tell him. We're on a podcast.
B
You never know what Dave is gonna say. So you gotta, like.
A
How funny would that conversation if you would have just left it just awkward.
C
Hey.
A
Hey. We're asking about your truck.
E
Yeah, no, I get it. You panic.
A
You broke the rules.
C
Dave's great. He would have been awesome.
B
On the podcast, you get to randomly call somebody.
A
Everyone else has.
C
Yeah, I suppose you're right.
E
I still. I want to get a successful one.
D
You know, though, dude, I feel like I kind of did this already. When we were trying to get into the club in Vegas, someone sent me the number and was like, call this guy. He'll help you get in. But he was a number off, so I just called some random dude and I was like, it's loud. I'm like, hey, why do I tell him at the door? And he's like, I think you got the wrong number. And I'm like, what? No, I'm at the door. What do I do when I get in?
C
It was.
D
It was real bad. I'm really nervous. I'm the only one who's given up my phone to make. Have Ken make the selection. Looking with his eyes. He hasn't even tried to.
B
I can't see at this angle, though.
D
Why you put your eyes down?
C
Then you could look at me.
B
Are so lasered on it somehow got Jason right away.
D
Oh, my gosh.
E
Dude.
D
Ken, you are so good at picking our friends.
B
Sawyer. Just Sawyer.
E
There you Go call that. Stop one of them.
A
Call them.
E
Call Sawyer up.
D
Who is this? Where's my phone?
E
Today's Tom Sawyer.
D
Oh, man. Dude, your heart does get racing.
C
You can't tell them, like, I'm on a podcast or like, I'm doing contact roulette.
A
I'm on a podcast.
C
You gotta just like, make them be.
A
Like, what the what?
C
Like, when they hang up, they're just really confused as to why you called them.
A
Well, I can guarantee Dave is really confused as to why Ken called him. Okay, bye, Dave.
C
I was wondering what you think of your truck.
A
Oh, I mean, it's all right. Okay, bye, Dave. What about that green thing?
C
What green thing?
A
Bye, Dave. Dude, he. You know, he called Jake immediately after. Was like, is Ken on drugs? Probably.
E
I think he called him Grant.
C
Yeah, you can expose your name too, dude.
D
Oh, man, this is nerve wracking. Okay.
C
Just wait for him to ultimately hang up on you. I feel like most people don't pick their phones up nowadays. They're so worried. I mean, shoot a text.
D
Feel my heart.
C
Shoot.
D
I'll see if he calls back. It was a Wisconsin.
A
Another one.
E
I'm gonna try one here.
D
Oh, he's calling back.
A
Act like.
C
Like, why are you calling me? Act like you didn't call.
D
Hey, what's up, man?
A
What's up?
D
What you up to?
A
What are you doing?
D
Just hanging. Hoping to get done with work, maybe head out for a bit.
A
Just chilling.
D
Yeah, just chilling. How about you, man? What'd you do this week?
A
You know, I am.
D
Yeah, no, I just saw that. Saw? You called me.
A
No, I didn't call you.
D
Oh, you. You didn't? I'm sorry. I thought I. I thought I answered this.
A
Well, you called me first.
D
Oh, I did say.
A
No, I did.
D
I don't. I don't think I did.
A
Who do you think this is?
E
I can hear.
A
I can hear dumbass in the background.
D
Which dumbass? Is the question, I guess.
A
You know, I can hear dumbass in the background.
C
Who's.
E
Who?
D
Who's Dumbass?
A
The guy that's whispering Sawyer.
D
Who are I. Who are you?
B
Actually?
A
Yeah, I can hear his laugh.
D
Sorry, that must. That was just my little cousin.
A
Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. I almost got.
C
I thought I won the truck.
D
I'm sorry, man. We're doing contact roulette on the podcast and we came across your number, and I'm. I'm trying to remember where or how I got your number.
A
You got it from Chase.
D
Oh, Chase Yacht. Right? Didn't he stand right by you no, actually, he's not.
E
So Chase is Dumbass.
D
I was confused who Dumbass was. I've got a lot of them. Oh, okay. Okay. Well, my bad.
A
My buddy from high school.
C
Yeah, okay. I was.
A
I mean, I never actually bought anything to win the truck, but for some reason, I thought I was winning.
D
Oh, man, I'm sorry. I mean, to break your heart like that. Well, thanks for calling me back.
A
So why did you call?
D
We're doing contact. We're doing contact roulette on our podcast. It was set up to have Ken call some girl, but it didn't work, and then now here I am calling you. Well, it was good chat with you, brother. I'll tell Dumbass hi from you next time I see him.
A
Yeah, do it. I'll do it as well. Next time you see him, let him know that you this happened. Right. Sounds good.
D
Don't let your meatloaf.
A
How long was that?
D
Two minutes.
A
20 bucks, baby. That's pretty good, Ryan. Dude, I can hear Dumbass laughing in the background. I'm like, dude.
C
So he could hear me. Okay, so we have to all be really quiet.
D
I think with speaker, it picks up a lot.
E
Justin just fired a text to Chase, and he probably hasn't texted him in many, many months and said, dumbass.
D
That's funny.
E
I want a child.
D
Yeah, we gotta get you one. And Ken's gotta have one, too.
A
Who's that?
D
My buddy from college. Dude.
E
He used to be the president of Ryan's fraternity.
D
Oh, gosh, no, I don't think he was the president. I'm so intrigued where this one's gonna go.
A
Hello?
E
You there?
A
Yeah. Can you hear me?
E
Yep. How you doing? You remember me? This is Micah. Last name Sandman.
A
Oh, yeah, from ndsu.
D
How are you?
E
Yeah, yeah, doing well. I am wondering if you are still in Fargo, because I need some help.
C
I'm not.
A
I actually live in Denver.
E
Okay. I could. I could probably get to Denver.
A
What do you need help with?
E
I. My truck broke down.
A
And. Where are you?
E
In Fargo.
A
I don't know how I could help you.
E
Maybe you could get a hold of Ryan for me.
A
Ryan? Iworks? Yeah, I have not talked to ryan since, like, 2017. Good guy, though.
E
Yeah, I agree. That's. That's how I felt calling you, but I was just out of options, man.
A
Is this a prank call?
E
No, I was just working down the contact list in a tough spot here, and I was like, maybe he's still. Maybe he's still around.
A
Well, I wish I could help. I don't really know that many people in the area anymore, but, I mean, you would probably have more contact information on Ryan than. Than I would.
E
There's no way.
A
Oh, my gosh. Okay, well, I got a jet for a meeting here in seven minutes.
E
Private.
C
What?
E
Private jet.
A
I wish.
E
Well, have. Have a great weekend and don't let your meatloaf.
A
Thanks. Dude, he is like, wow. Micah has officially gone. He's on drugs, dude. It was always a bit of a weirdo.
D
I'm just waiting for the call to come through on that one.
E
He doesn't even remember. Like, how does he not have Ryan's number? Wasn't. That's how I met him.
A
I'm just working my way down the contact list.
E
Holy crap. Okay, now that was a good one. Just because, like, my face is red. Like, I just feel like he's just like, is this prank call? I'm like, nah, nah.
A
I think you played that really well.
E
I love when I was like, my truck broke down. I'm jammed up in Fargo, but I could probably make it to Denver.
A
You know, he's like, like, playing this, playing this back. And he's like, okay, call me. Because his truck broke down, but he still wanted my help, even knowing I was in Denver. What did he think I could do?
C
Hey, man, they told me to call you.
E
All right, well, we'll wrap this up. I don't know. You know, that one was good. We'll wrap this up with Ken getting a confirmed call.
D
Yep. This is so fun. This is like prank call. Kids, remember when you're, like, 14, you know, you just got a cell phone, you start prank calling.
E
But I just.
A
Okay, so the go goal here.
C
The goal here is to leave them as confused as possible. That's what you want.
E
But also keep them on for at least one.
A
Yeah.
C
Like, really make them just, like, when they hang up, they're just like, what? What? Why did he call?
A
Mike left.
D
How long was that? How long was that, Mike?
A
There you go, Ken.
E
This is lit, the podcast.
A
Stop saying that, Ken.
D
Yeah, you can't say you're on a podcast, and you can't say it's a prank call.
A
Give away 24 winner. That would be too mean.
D
I feel bad that that Sawyer guy thought that.
E
I love that when he said, I.
A
Didn'T buy anything, but I still got excited.
E
Give him a nickname.
B
Oh, what's going on, dude? Got any plans for the weekend?
A
Who is this?
B
It's Garrett.
E
What?
B
Garrett? You still in Fargo?
D
Garrett. Hit him with the Garrett dude.
C
He's like, why does it say Grant Matthews?
A
Garrett? It's G. All right, let me call someone.
C
Did you ever get anyone, Ben?
A
Well, Micah's mom, and then you bailed.
D
That's so unlike you to bail from a prank, dude.
E
Especially because you had the go ahead.
A
No idea who. This is perfect. There we go.
D
Oh, man.
F
Hello?
A
Hello.
F
Hi.
A
Hi. How you doing?
F
What's up?
A
Hey. What's going on?
F
Nothing. What are you doing?
A
Nothing. Just chilling.
F
Why are you calling?
A
Are you still. Are you still in sales?
F
No, I'm actually. I'm in hair now.
A
Oh, you are?
E
Yeah.
A
Are you taking clients?
F
I am.
A
I need a haircut so bad. Actually.
F
You can come see me whenever you want.
A
Can I come see you next week?
F
If you want, yeah. Are you in the cities?
A
Oh, are you in the cities?
F
Yeah.
A
No, I'm in Fargo.
F
Well, if you want to make the drive out, you're more than welcome to.
A
Okay, well, I'm probably not gonna do that. I'm just. Sorry. I was just calling you back. What's. What's going on?
F
Calling me back?
B
Yeah.
F
I didn't call.
E
You.
A
Said.
E
I.
A
No, I'm just calling you back.
F
From what?
A
My phone.
F
I feel like something's going on.
A
Me, too.
F
I did not call you.
A
Oh.
F
What's happening? Is this a prank?
A
No.
F
Are you messing.
A
Are you messing with me?
E
No.
A
Then why'd you call me?
F
I have no idea what's happening.
C
Why is she calling me?
F
I feel like you're doing something.
A
What would I be doing?
F
I don't know. Something for social media or something.
A
I don't know. No.
F
All right, well, I'm gonna go then.
D
Okay.
A
I'm sorry about that.
F
It's okay.
C
Bye, then.
A
Yep.
C
Bye.
A
220.
E
I can't roast you, but the troll master's here.
A
I didn't know what else to say.
E
Weak.
A
I gotta text her.
D
Weak.
A
She's soaking.
E
I was just waiting for, like, one left turn. Like, it was just, like, kind of just dragging along, and I was like. Just one left turn, and we just.
B
Maybe, like, ask her about her car's extended warranty or something, or then you.
E
Just know it's a prank.
A
Hey, how's it going? Yeah, I'm doing, like, extended warranties now. It'd really be confused.
C
I think I just saw he posted a new YouTube video last night.
A
Yeah, it's a side bit that we're trying to start up, man. All right, Ken, come on.
D
Oh, yeah, we still got Ken.
A
Dude, let me just pick one.
B
C.J. you've only called one so far.
A
You've called no one?
B
I've called, like, three people.
E
I just got to get this.
C
Yeah, my guy answered.
E
Sandy, you're trash. Jake.
A
Dude, Jake and Dave are together. Like, what is.
D
What's going on, dude?
E
Let's.
B
Let's call this person. They recently called me.
E
What?
C
Hey, I'm just returning your call. Yeah, actually, I was just gonna call.
E
Wait, Ken just does business. Yeah, those are looking to ship midweek next week.
B
No, this person's like, somebody I don't know that called me.
E
Oh, okay.
C
Yeah, this is all from Ken's phone number being leaked.
B
Hey, what's up?
A
Hey, what's up with you?
B
Not too much. What do you got going on?
A
Just driving. Oh, yeah? Who is this?
B
Hey, I've been meaning to, like, talk to you, like, like, about your car's extended warranty. Have you ever thought of doing one of those? Oh, do you want another one? Yeah. Like, do you wanna, like, can I talk to her? Yeah.
D
I'm driving without her, though.
B
Oh, that's too bad.
D
Yeah.
E
She.
B
She butted.
A
Is she abuse?
D
Yeah.
A
The car or the wife?
B
Yeah.
D
Yeah.
B
What. What model.
A
Again?
B
I mean.
C
Yeah.
D
Any bolt on modifications?
B
All right, you got any bolt ons on there?
A
Anyone?
B
Any bolt ons? Yeah, like, some bolt on modifications? No. You looking to do some bolt ons?
A
No.
B
All right, have a good one.
A
Jesus.
E
I love Ken's outro. So.
A
Freak.
D
What's that?
E
That was beautiful.
B
Yo, I got seven calls from that person while we were in Utah.
A
You might be a salesman for extended warranties.
C
You kept him on the line.
A
Yeah, but you gave that guy an extended warranty pitch. And then he said, I got to talk to my wife, which is the first step in the. That's like putting your foot in the door. And then say, well, I was really hoping to just sell you on it right now. And he stayed on the line.
E
And then you said, can I talk to her? And he's like, sure, but she's not with.
D
Dude.
E
Great. Great execution on that. I love your outros. It's just like, ah, I'm bored. See ya.
A
Okay, see you, dude.
E
I can't and a half. Not bad, not bad. I'll just try one more here. Too much fun, dude. Yeah, this dude.
A
Who the heck was that calling you, Ken?
B
Somebody that tried to call me while we were in Utah, and no idea who they are. They had a kid when they. When I answered.
A
Call has been forwarded to voicemail.
E
The person you are trying to reach.
A
Is not available at the tone.
E
Please record your message when you have finished recording. You may hang up. I'm so broke, if it cost me a nickel, the I'd have to fart.
A
All right, all right, that's good.
D
He left a receipt on that one.
A
Brother, did you have that number? No.
E
No. Like, it was similar to Ken's. Like, we get a lot of. Yeah, a lot of random calls, and sometimes they're like. Not that they need their name to come up, but, like, I've gotten, like, seven calls from this fella as well.
C
I'm so broke, if it costs a nickel, the I'd have to fart.
E
I got that. I actually got that from Evan, and he actually got that from an old fella up in the Northwoods, so I can't claim that joke, but that shit is funny.
C
That's classic.
E
That is classic.
B
Dude's gonna be so confused when he hears that voicemail.
D
Dude, everybody's gonna be confused. We left six people more confused than they thought they could possibly be at.
A
The end of the day. Well, on that note. Yeah. Word is already spreading that we are going nuts for you, dude. Yeah. God damn. That was my ex. Ex girlfriend's best friend. You know, she hopped on.
C
Yeah.
A
So he's officially a lunatic. I always knew you'd be better off without him.
E
Basically, everyone we call it thinks we lost our mind. And you've also lost your mind if you haven't got entered to win our truck yet. So head over to the website, cbostv.com $5 gets you one entry. And stay tuned for the videos and the podcast coming up. And glad you enjoyed this one.
C
Thank you, guys.
A
Hell of a plug. Let's go.
Episode: How A Prank Led Ben To Meeting His Girlfriend
Date: March 26, 2024
This lively episode of Life Wide Open finds the Cboys (CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, and Micah) swapping road trip stories, pulling hilarious prank calls with "Contact Roulette," and finally revealing the story behind Ben meeting his girlfriend through—of course—a prank. The crew dives into behind-the-scenes moments with other YouTubers (notably Stradman), discusses their latest off-road antics with their viral "Jeepbini" build, and has honest and comical chats about business, fandom, fan tattoos, and the absurdity of blackout tattoos.
On Meeting Stradman:
On the Viral "Jeepbini":
On Contact Roulette & Ben’s Romantic Origins:
On Fan Tattoos:
On Extreme Tattoos:
On Vegas Gambling and Self-Control:
Consistently irreverent and genuine, the Cboys deliver their stories with a mix of deadpan humor, self-deprecating honesty, and the same chaotic camaraderie that fans love from their videos. The group isn’t afraid to make fun of themselves or each other, serving up both wholesome nostalgia and outrageous modern YouTube stunts.
This episode exemplifies what makes the CboysTV podcast a fan favorite: wild road trip adventures, creative and risky YouTube projects, a peek behind the curtain into the friendship and antics that power their channel, and, of course, the kind of pranks that can lead to lifelong love stories. If you love stories about "the one that got away" (and came back via random Snapchat), epic builds, meeting heroes, or just want a laugh from dudes expertly winging it, this is an episode for you.
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