The Return of CboysTV, CJs New Obsession, Why Pranking Ken is DANGEROUS, & Ben's Surprising New Winter Car

Summary

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Episode: "The Return of CboysTV, CJ’s New Obsession, Why Pranking Ken is DANGEROUS, & Ben’s Surprising New Winter Car"

Release Date: January 20, 2026

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Episode Overview

The Cboys are officially back after a break, reuniting for their first 2026 episode with fresh stories from vacations, wild winter purchases, heated debates about gambling, and plenty of laughs. In this episode, CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, and special mentions of Micah and Evan, share personal updates, discuss behind-the-scenes moments, and reflect on their latest obsessions and business moves—from high-stakes Monopoly games and Ken’s mammoth “ice mansion,” to debating the merits of knifecraft and the risks of pranking each other. Plus: Ben unveils his new winter car and the crew analyzes why fan-favorite affordable cars connect so well.

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Key Discussion Points & Highlights

1. The Cboys Return & Reflections on the Break

• Kickoff Energy: The crew expresses genuine excitement to be back in the studio after their post-holiday hiatus.
  • CJ: “Honestly, I feel like I’ve been a little lost lately.” [01:32]
  • Ryan: “I used to think retiring would be sick…after our break, I was going insane…the last 4 days, so we just said, yo, let's just get back to it.” [01:35, 01:56]
• Mike is still on vacation, which becomes a running joke.

2. Recapping Their Winter Trips

• Ryan’s Montana Trip: Ski trip with fiancée’s family turns awkward as his usual ski buddy (her brother) ditches him for a new girlfriend. [04:19]
• Ken and Ben’s Florida Adventures:
  • Ken’s tireless party spirit: “I needed a vacation for my vacation.” [03:41]
  • Ken’s alter ego “Greg” makes a legendary drunken appearance, resulting in bar disputes and run-ins with bouncers.
    • CJ: “Ken gets drunk. His alter ego is Greg. I got to meet Greg for the first time. Grant was so long gone…Ken had went to bed, and it was just full Greg.” [05:34]
    • “Getting into arguments with bouncers, pointing his finger everywhere.” [05:49]
• Margaritaville Escapade: Ken’s marathon pool session, stacking beer cups and achieving “pruned hands” status [07:05-07:45].

3. High-Stakes Monopoly & Gambling Talk

• Monopoly for Big Money: Friends play Monopoly for $10,000 apiece; the Cboys settle for a $500 buy-in game.
  • “They were doing $10k a person Monopoly games. And they ran two of them back to back.” — Ben [09:26]
• Ben loses, but gets hooked on luxury boards and plans to host more games at his (under-renovation) house.
• Addictive Betting Culture: Discussion veers into how betting has become a slippery slope—now it’s almost impossible to watch sports or play games without wagering.
  • “Once you start betting, it’s a slippery, addictive…hard to watch a football game without some money on it.” — Ben [10:47]
  • CJ observes: “When you need $500 on the line to feel something…that might be signs you’re a sicko.” [12:08]
• Monopoly Tactics: Cboys share strategies, watch YouTube tutorials, and own up to competitive streaks.

4. Ken’s "Ice Mansion": The Ultimate Fish House Purchase

• During their Monopoly night, Ken impulsively buys a 9,000lb fish house (“ice mansion”—complete with a fireplace, shower, three couches, and two TVs) for $25,000 (down from its $60k value) to live in until his house is built. [14:40-15:25, 22:55]
  • Ryan: “I think that’d be a great place for you to drink. But do you own an auger?”
    Ken: “Nope.”
    “Do you know how to tie a fish hook?”
    “Nope.” [14:43-15:00]
  • Ken: “It’s not a fish house, it’s a fish home.” [15:12]
• Plans for legendary opening nights and content possibilities in the ice house abound, with jokes about “pull-out couches” being the only thing “pulling out in that ice house.” [19:01]

5. Run-Ins with Legends & Idol Encounters

• Wakeboarding Idol: Ryan meets professional wakeboarder Sean Murray in Big Sky, geeking out over his childhood influence.
  • “I was like, Sean Murray, the professional wakeboarder? You don’t know the impact you had on me and my cousins—arguably led us to where we are today.” [23:48–24:02]
• Fan Connections: Reflection on how affordable, “attainable” builds or cars connect more genuinely with fans, compared to supercars.

6. Ben's “New” Winter Car Reveal: A Ford Focus RS

• Ben goes full circle, buying a Ford Focus RS (manual, “the exact same spec Ken had”) to rekindle winter driving skills on snowy tracks. [26:54–29:04]
  • “I basically came to the realization I was kind of losing my edge in driving…I need something just to get back to the roots of hooning everywhere.” — Ben [27:01]
• They agree the RS is “the best hooner out of the box” and discuss how relatable, practical cars garner more enthusiasm from young fans than exotic purchases.

7. On Knives, Guns, and Collecting Gear

• CJ falls into a new obsession with knives after an inspiring sight at Shields; Ben discovers their own line of knives “is really nice” and gets philosophical about gifting them to fans [50:25].
  • “If you meet a fan, what do I got to give them? …People want my hat but I need that. If I got a knife…it’s a very nice gesture.” — Ben [50:48]
• Hilarious video of former Lamborghini winner Tim showing off knife skills and banter about what qualifies someone as a “knife guy.” [53:13]
• Group discusses buying permits for guns for security and general fun, with jokes about Ken’s suitability for self-defense and the dangers of pranking him. [58:57–60:13]
  • “I hope we don’t startle him too bad—might pull…” — Ryan [59:58]

8. Content House & Remodeling Mayhem

• Ben and Ken plan to start a “content house” as Ben moves into Ken’s new place during his own remodel. [61:13]
  • “So, we’re starting a content house…Ken’s content house. It’s gonna be a short run like most content houses…but it’ll go until my house is done.” — Ben [62:13]
• Ongoing battles with mold, construction woes, and questionable choices about demo vs. full rebuild—a source of much teasing and self-deprecation.

9. Ken, Spenny, and the Pain of US Immigration

• Ken shares the challenge of trying to bring Spenny (from the UK) over legally for visa work, highlighting difficulties with bureaucracy and systemic hassles for skilled immigrants. [65:38–66:28]

10. Gambling Triumphs, Pitfalls & Evan’s “Legendary” Win

• Evan blows everyone’s mind: “Evan hit for $10,000!” He vows to use it for his girlfriend’s breast augmentation, following through on a long-standing joke/pledge.
  • “He just sent us a group text, said ‘Nikki’s getting new tits, boys’ and then a screenshot of $10,000.” — Ryan [68:23]
• They question whether Evan actually kept the money or chased losses after the win, with strong warnings about the classic gambling fallacy.
  • “Problem is, when you’re chasing like that, it never ends well.” — Ken [70:09]
  • “If you’re doing it for fun, do it. But if you’re doing it to make money…don’t.” — Ben [70:27]

11. Creator Commentary: SteveWillDoIt & Mr. Beast

• The crew discusses the return of SteveWillDoIt to YouTube, his mind-blowing giveaways, the sustainability of massive cash prizes, and how he compares to Mr. Beast’s carefully calculated empire.
  • “I mean, Mr. Beast is pulling way more views…it makes sense for him, but Steve’s gotta be running negative just to push the videos.” — Ben [72:09]
• Observations on viral moments like Steve’s partnership with 6ix9ine and outrageous stunts.

12. Jackass Legacy & New Projects

• Discussion about the Jackass franchise’s upcoming June release, and nostalgia over its unchanging, wild energy.
• “Number two and three are my favorite…those flicks just don’t age, man. Just classics.” — Ben [80:27]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Losing Touch During Breaks

  • “Honestly, I feel like I’ve been a little lost lately.” — CJ [01:32]
  • “After our break…we just said, yo, let’s just get back to it.” — Ryan [01:56]

• On High-Stakes Monopoly

  • “They were doing $10k a person Monopoly games.” — Ben [09:26]
  • “When you need $500 on the line to feel something…that might be signs you’re a sicko.” — CJ [12:08]

• On Ken’s Party Persona

  • “Ken gets drunk. His alter ego is Greg. I got to meet Greg for the first time.” — CJ [05:34]
  • “I needed a vacation for my vacation.” — Ken [03:41]

• Ben on Re-buying a “Dream” Car:

  • “I came to the realization I was losing my edge…I need something just to get back to the roots of hooning everywhere.” [27:01]
  • “Kids are stoked…The crazier car you buy, it’s not always received with excitement because it’s so unrelatable.” — Ryan [33:57]

• Evan’s $10K Win

  • “He just sent us a group text, ‘Nikki’s getting new tits, boys,’ and then a screenshot of $10,000.” — Ryan [68:23]

• On Knives as Fan Gifts

  • “People really appreciate if you give them a nice knife…It’s a very nice gesture.” — Ben [50:48]
  • “Me and my other knife guys…just a different, different kind of breed.” — Ben [55:04]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:27] – The Cboys return; talk about post-break feelings
• [03:30] – Vacation stories: Ken parties hardest, ‘Greg’ emerges
• [07:25] – Ken’s pool escapades & Margaritaville tales
• [09:26] – Monopoly for $10,000 a seat; Ben’s gambling philosophy
• [14:40] – Ken impulsively buys his massive fish house
• [23:48] – Ryan’s encounter with wakeboarding legend Sean Murray
• [26:54] – Ben buys a Ford Focus RS for winter hooning
• [50:25] – CJ’s knife obsession; gifting knives to fans
• [58:57] – Permits, gun talk, and pranking Ken warnings
• [61:13] – Ben moves in with Ken; content house plans
• [65:38] – Spenny’s immigration journey for CboysTV
• [68:11] – Evan wins $10K gambling; the “new tits” pledge
• [70:41] – SteveWillDoIt’s YouTube return and crazy giveaways
• [79:11] – Jackass legacy and news of their new movie

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In Their Words (Humor, Tone, and Camaraderie)

Throughout, the episode is classic CboysTV: candid, irreverent, and punctuated by friendly roasts and belly laughs. The crew seamlessly blends wild stories, self-deprecating humor, practical wisdom, and supportive camaraderie—always keeping it real and relatable for their audience.

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If you missed the episode, this summary should equip you with every major story, lesson, and joke the Cboys shared in kicking off their new season.

Transcript

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[Ryan]

See terms Evan hit for $10,000. Can we say what he was gonna buy?

[Ben]

I think you can. You know you had the mom chaser on the lake. Now Ken is taking over the winters too with his ice mansion.

[CJ]

Greg's wanted to come out around us, but I've never seen full blown Greg. Like we'd progressed through Ken. Ken had went to bed and it was just full Greg.

[Ken]

We just gotta get spinny down here. But the government is being painful to deal with.

[Ryan]

We good?

[CJ]

Oh, we're so back.

[Ryan]

We're back boys. Feels good.

[CJ]

It does feel good. Honestly, I feel like I've been a little lost lately.

[Ryan]

Dude, I was feeling the exact same way. Ryan. I, I used to always think like, I think retiring one day is gonna be sick. Like yeah, be a cool dad. Like be around and stuff and like have free time. After our, our break we went on like a week long break and then the plan was to go a two week long break. So everyone's all over the place, right? I have been going insane like so crazy the last four days. So like right now we were just like, yo, let's just get back to it. Like we're not even supposed to be here right now. But we were just like, yeah, we.

[CJ]

Gotta, we got, we gotta go do something.

[Ryan]

We gotta get the show back on the road.

[Ken]

Mike's not even back yet.

[Ryan]

Dude, Mike, Mike does everyone late. He even went on vacation late.

[Ben]

When all of us were getting back, he was leaving. To be fair, we did say that.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I passed Mike in the airport.

[CJ]

Literally.

[Ryan]

He was leaving. I was getting home.

[CJ]

Where are you going?

[Ryan]

Where are you going, Mike?

[CJ]

He went to Revie, where the snow was actually insane. I'm a little bit. I'm not even a little bit. I'm super jealous, to be honest.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I am too. It looks fun. But I was planning on doing something with them too. Or like going to Revie or going to Vegas or something like that. And then I got sick. I feel like I got what CJ had like three weeks ago.

[Ben]

You don't have it as bad as I did, which I felt like. I haven't been sick like that in a long, long, long time. Like, I was out of commission. Like, I haven't been on this podcast you have. But, yeah, I'm happy to be here. Yeah, we went. So Ken and I and Ryan, we were in Florida. We had a lot of fun times. But we were supposed to go to Vegas, right?

[Ryan]

From Florida.

[Ben]

And we couldn't do it.

[Ken]

I had my flight book. I was ready to go.

[Ben]

Ken, bro, you got an animal.

[Ken]

I text in the group chat, like, he. I got my flights booked. You guys are all like. And then I hear, like, legitimately the next day, oh, we're actually just going to go home. So I was like, all you have.

[CJ]

To do is just say a destination and can. Oh, my flight's already booked.

[Ben]

Yeah, but Ken, you're an animal. Like, I was over it after drinking for that many days. You had been there longer than me drinking for longer, and you were ready to roll to Vegas. Like, you could have kept going.

[Ken]

Well, I needed a vacation for my vacation.

[CJ]

Is that what they're calling it?

[Ryan]

Built different?

[CJ]

CJ, there is a flight that leaves tonight at like 9. An Allegiant flight.

[Ken]

There's a 5:30 Delta as well.

[CJ]

I've honestly been thinking about it. I thought about it, lunch, we all got together and I went, mike, we could probably take a little trip.

[Ryan]

When's he get back?

[CJ]

We come back Sunday.

[Ben]

If I didn't have a wedding, I'd go, well, that's.

[Ken]

You got a wedding.

[Ryan]

Hey, we don't. We don't have weddings.

[Ben]

Should.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Wow.

[Ryan]

I. I am feeling better all the time.

[Ben]

Just like that.

[CJ]

Feeling better.

[Ryan]

Especially after that news.

[Ben]

Ryan, I know to tell us about your trip. Ben, where were you? What'd you do?

[Ryan]

I spent a week out in Big Sky, Montana with my fiance and her family. It was good. Greta was working most of the time. She just, like, works remote. She's trying to stack up that pto.

[CJ]

Oh, really?

[Ryan]

Yeah, for, like, just our honeymoon. Honeymoon.

[CJ]

You got stuff.

[Ryan]

Yeah, things like that. So she's like, trying to not take off any work. And then my. Her little brother, who's usually like, my boy and my ski buddy, got a girlfriend. She's Latina. She's never skied before in her life, so he was just, like, being a good boyfriend and skiing with her the whole time. So I was just kind of like a lost puppy dog. I was skiing with, like, her sister. But, yeah, it was chill, though. Usually, like on New Year's, you know, you'll do it big. Maybe you guys still did it big, but I didn't do it as big.

[CJ]

Really?

[Ryan]

Spraying champagne. Yeah.

[Guest]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Because last year, spending came down.

[Ryan]

Yes. Spring champ down. Spraying champagne all over and. Yeah. Just growing up, maybe. We did it big, did you?

[CJ]

We did it big. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Well, that's what I like to hear.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

We did it big.

[Ben]

Ken did it the biggest. Debatably.

[Ken]

I think everyone did it pretty big. I. I did it really big two nights, and then I. I kind of had to pump the brakes a little bit for the rest of the trip.

[Ryan]

I saw Greg was out.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Ken gets drunk. His alter ego is Greg.

[CJ]

I got to meet Greg for the first time. Like, I mean, Greg's wanted to come out around us, but I've never seen full blown Greg. Like, Grant was so long gone. We'd progressed through Ken. Ken had went to bed, and it was just full Greg.

[Ryan]

What was he doing?

[CJ]

Oh, my gosh. Getting into arguments with bouncers pointing his finger everywhere.

[Ben]

Dude. Stupid little.

[Ken]

Okay, so we were the only people in this rooftop bar. The only people. And then. No, no, no. We gotta. We gotta take your tables and your seats away. We're turning this into a club dance floor. It was. We're the only people in here. What are you. What are you talking about? This is ridiculous.

[CJ]

Greg had a point.

[Ryan]

Greg's coming out right now.

[CJ]

Actually, Greg maybe didn't explain himself too clearly, and the bar was doing what they wanted to do, so you were.

[Ryan]

Call them stupid little to their face.

[Ken]

I don't remember what exactly I said.

[Ryan]

All right, as soon as Ken does something that he doesn't want to remember. He doesn't.

[Ken]

I. I genuinely don't remember that. But I just know I. I rounded the troops, we hopped in the elevator, and we went to a new bar.

[Ben]

No, the best part was when we got out. So, like, we had to take this Elevator down, and there was, like, people, like, starting to line up to go in. And Ken told them all not to go in. Like, they're stupid little or something like that. And I was just like, holy.

[CJ]

It was crazy.

[Ben]

But I was on the opposite end. Like, our whole crew was kind of pissed at them. And then, like, I started, like, just stacking the chairs and, like, helping them move, and they're like, getting. Get out of here.

[Ryan]

Get out.

[Ben]

I kind of pissed him off.

[Ryan]

Helping him kind of. Being an op, I didn't really see much of your guys's trip. I felt like you were rolling kind of under the radar. Like, I was. I was trying to keep tabs on it. But I saw CJ's story of you at the pool with, like, 15 cups stacked up, and then your hands are all pruning. Oh, holy, bro. I was like, okay, just put in a shift.

[CJ]

He peed in the pool all day.

[Ken]

I held. I held it until the very end. And then I was like, there's no way.

[CJ]

We were at Margaritaville for eight hours, and all we did was drink.

[Ben]

Like, those were just his beers. He was drinking cocktails, too, that he could.

[Ken]

I initially started with the cocktails, and then I just went straight beer. That's when I started stacking them. Yeah.

[Ben]

My hands were prunes. He was in the water the whole.

[Ryan]

Time, and that was the. Greg was out all effect.

[Ben]

He was chilling. I mean, I was chilling all afternoon in that state. Like, he needs a lot more to turn into Greg.

[CJ]

Yeah, dude.

[Ben]

Ken's a machine drinking, and he's right up in the morning hitting the gym.

[CJ]

I know.

[Ken]

Yeah. The little community I was in had a little, like, pool, gym setup. It was pretty cool.

[Ryan]

Swinger community again. Were you not in the same communities as these guys?

[Ken]

Cj? No. CJ stayed in the same neighborhood. Ryan was in different ones.

[Ryan]

Where were you at?

[Ken]

Place called Paseo.

[Ryan]

Were you standing by yourself?

[Ken]

No, I was staying with a couple other people. Gavin and another. Another friend.

[Ryan]

Okay. I wasn't sure if it was just, like, a couple's retreat here, Ken.

[CJ]

No.

[Ryan]

And you were working your vacation. That's why you needed a vacation. You were actually working on vacation.

[Ben]

Yeah. You know, when you're drunk, it's just never a good time to start posting Snapchats.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's what I figured. I figured you guys are 10 years, I've learned.

[Ben]

You know what? I'm just gonna regret if I post anything. So I just was. I was chilling for the most part, but one fun thing we did was, well, obviously I was betting on sports the whole time through. But then we met our friend and he was telling us about how him and his boys had just ran a Monopoly game. Like, like a very high stakes Monopoly game.

[Ryan]

How high are the stakes?

[Ben]

They were doing it for maybe beep the name. Just.

[CJ]

Yeah, I don't want it.

[Ben]

But they were doing.

[Ryan]

They're what? Their underground Monopoly.

[Ken]

I don't know.

[Ben]

Is this.

[CJ]

Can I. Yeah, we talked about.

[Ben]

We'll just. They were doing 10k a person. 10k a person. Monopoly games. And they ran two of them back to back.

[Sponsor]

How?

[Ryan]

That's insane. Yeah, that's some degenerate gambling, right?

[Ben]

So anyways, he's like, yeah, you got to come over and we'll run Monopoly tomorrow if you want. And I was like, all right, but I mean, I'm not playing for those stakes. So then we did like 500 a person and there were six of us and I lost. So yeah, that kind of sucked. But who was a lot of fun?

[CJ]

The host.

[Ken]

It was actually a two way tie.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[Ryan]

The real estate billionaire won the Monopoly game.

[Ben]

Oh, who would have thought.

[Ryan]

Who would have thought that?

[Ben]

But yeah, so it was fun though. I'd never really played a full game Monopoly. Very, very fun. They had this luxury Monopoly board. It's like a 500 board, but nice. We weren't playing on some little basic ass.

[Ryan]

Right.

[Ben]

You know, Harsboro board or whatever the.

[Ryan]

Hell you pronounce it. Mahogany wood, elevated gold, little thing. It's.

[Ben]

It's nice. So I end up ordering one of those because we're gonna be playing Monopoly. Once my house is done, I can see all the boys, you know, we don't have to play high stakes. Maybe we're playing a hundred dollars a person.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it was fun.

[Ken]

It definitely elevates things when you have a substantial amount of money on the line for it. You're like, ooh, is this the right move? Or do I just let this pass? Like, it's like. Definitely makes you think a lot harder.

[Ryan]

I mean.

[Ben]

Yeah, it just wouldn't be fun playing for no reason. I think it's just like really anything, dude. Like, once you start betting is such a.

[Ryan]

It's a slippery, addictive.

[Ben]

Yeah, that and it's a very slippery slope because once you start doing it, it's like you realize you can bet on every. Every and especially nowadays, dude, like you can literally place bets on anything and everything with like these, I mean, Poly market and now even on price picks and. Oh yeah, it's insane. Which I don't know, it's crazy. But anyways, you start doing that, it's hard to watch a football game without some money on it, you know?

[Ryan]

Are you all right?

[Ken]

On Sunday, we're sitting at a bar, I'm watching football. It's like, okay, I got this bet on this. What was my bet for this game? Then I got this bet over here. It's a lot more interesting when, like they have all the games playing and, you know, I have money on all of these.

[Ryan]

This might be the first time I think I might actually be concerned about you.

[CJ]

I know.

[Ben]

Yeah, there's no going back.

[Ryan]

What you guys are saying right now is pretty concerning.

[Ben]

The only way that we'd be able to go back to not is if we ran out of money. Cj, it's just, it's a done deal, man.

[Ken]

I think CJ is the worst out.

[Sponsor]

Of all of us.

[Ben]

Am I. I'm not that bad.

[Ryan]

I think when you're, when you're playing Monopoly and you need 500 bucks on the line for it, just to have.

[CJ]

A good time, just to have.

[Ryan]

Just to feel something. And what was it that you said? I can't imagine not having money on a Monopoly game?

[Ben]

Well, I wouldn't even play then. I just wouldn't play.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I think that might be signs that you're a sicko. But honestly, I love Monopoly. Like, I've always loved playing Monopoly. The only thing that is tough about Monopoly is it takes a long time to play. Like, takes like three hours. We played for like how long? Yeah, three hours. So it's like, it's hard to get people to want to play Monopoly with you. Like every year, Thanksgiving or Christmas, I try and get my family to play and they're always like, oh, it takes too long. But when you got a three hour.

[Ken]

Sweat, it took a long time to get everything set up. And then like once CJ went out, I immediately went out. The next guy went out, and then it went down to a two way tie.

[Ben]

Because strategy, dude. It's like, there's luck and then there's strategy.

[Ryan]

Who?

[Ben]

I mean.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Did the person that win, did he have. Is it Broadway?

[Guest]

Boardwalk?

[Ben]

Boardwalk.

[Ryan]

Boardwalk. Thank you.

[Ben]

He did, but yeah, I don't know.

[Ryan]

There's.

[Ben]

There's a lot of different strategies when it comes to playing Monopoly and obviously you got to trade and there's a lot to it. It's a pretty in depth game if you're playing with people that know what they're doing.

[CJ]

C.J. was watching YouTube videos.

[Ben]

Well, I Knew I was like, okay, so tomorrow I'm going to be playing this game. So on our way over there, I'm sitting there watching, you know, theory strategies and all that. Well, I wasn't gonna go in there otherwise. Like you're just gonna go into something and not know what you're doing. You might as well. And you got money on you, might as well just fucking hand them the money right away, you know.

[CJ]

Right.

[Ben]

Like obviously I'm gonna try and win.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But anyways, super fun.

[Ryan]

We're gonna be playing a lot of.

[Ben]

It over at my house.

[Ryan]

I would more look at the, the people that you are playing with. The guy is literally a real estate billionaire. Like his life is Monopoly in real life. Right. And he's clearly one.

[Ben]

But I wanted, I wanted to beat.

[Ryan]

Him at a big scale. It would have been, it definitely would have been good for your confidence level if you would have.

[Ben]

I also, I mean either way I wanted to play but like I didn't really. He had. Yeah. Anyways, like they had bought. He had bought lunch. Yes. The day prior. And it was probably like a two thousand dollar lunch.

[Ryan]

So I was just like, he needed the win.

[Ben]

Well, I just was like, you know, probably 500 of this was, was my bill. So let's just run that and I don't know. Anyway.

[Ryan]

That's cool though. I like, I like to hear that. Like even, even when you're, you know, a grown up adult, you can still play Monopoly. Obviously you got to have a little chatter on the line.

[Ben]

What'd you, what'd you think about the. Oh, like what else do we do? Like we went out on the boat.

[Ken]

Well, well, during the Monopoly game. Let's not pass up. I bought a fish house during that Monopoly. That's right.

[CJ]

Let's go, Kenny.

[Ryan]

Just what you needed, a fish house.

[Ben]

Ken got another.

[Ken]

Have you seen the fish house yet?

[Ryan]

I have seen it, Ken, and I think that'd be a great place for you to drink. The only thing that I'm wondering is one, do you own an auger?

[Ken]

Nope.

[Ryan]

Okay. And two, do you know how to tie a fish hook?

[Ken]

Nope.

[Ryan]

Okay.

[Ben]

Dude, there's not gonna be a single hole drilled.

[Ken]

I am gonna learn.

[Ben]

Are you actually gonna be drill holes?

[CJ]

I think there's gonna be some holes drilled in that fish house.

[Ben]

Oh yeah, well, yeah, there's definitely gonna be a lot of holes drilled in the fish house.

[Ken]

It's not a fish house, it's a fish home.

[Ben]

And I'm gonna live there until my house is done.

[Ryan]

Are you, you're moving in.

[Ken]

I'm gonna move in there.

[Ryan]

Does it have a shower?

[Ken]

Yeah, it does.

[Ryan]

Bathroom, Kitchen.

[Ken]

It's got a fireplace, two TVs.

[Ben]

It's such a big fish house that it's an inconvenience because the ice has to be so thick.

[Ken]

The thing weighs 9,000 pounds.

[Ben]

I'm curious on how you're going to like obviously the ice is thick enough now, but you'll probably want to stay closer to shore. Obviously you're going to be right out front of your house because you're not.

[Ken]

Really caring about I can't go in front of my house because that ice froze late. I have to go on a different side of the lake because it's thicker over there.

[Ben]

Holy crap. So when are you putting this thing out?

[Ken]

I got a little bit more cleaning to do and then maybe end of day today or tomorrow.

[Ben]

Ken bought this thing at like half price.

[Ryan]

I'm there for when you I got it.

[Ken]

I got a killer deal you got to bring us.

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[Ryan]

I got to see you in action as a fish house owner.

[Ben]

So I can only imagine, you know, you had the mom chaser on the lake. Now Ken is taking over the winters too with his ice mansion. That, I mean, I can only imagine all of the women, all the local women are going to be hanging out.

[Ryan]

And you're going to have to get your women some snowshoes.

[Ken]

Well, it's got three slide out, so it's got all the space. It's huge.

[Ryan]

How many beds are in this?

[Ken]

Three pull out couches.

[Ben]

It's the only thing that's going to be pulling out in that ice house. But anyways, can I got you something? There's just a little shirt. You know, obviously there's going to be a lot of drinking in the ice house. But also another thing's gonna be going on. So I got you this shirt just so that way you don't even have to tell the people. You don't even have to say it to the women. I'll read the shirt to the. To the listeners. So it says I came here to drink and. And I'm almost done drinking. So here you go. Okay.

[Ken]

Siege.

[Ben]

Wear that on your opening night. And it's an excel for you.

[Ryan]

Art, what does opening night look like?

[Ken]

I don't know. I think right now I gotta like get it out there, get it situated, figure out how everything works.

[Ryan]

Like we gotta do opening night big. What do you mean we?

[Ben]

You ain't gonna be there. Throw off the Ratio, first off, second off, I don't think you booze hard enough to be.

[Ryan]

That is true. I'm gonna definitely have to get back into it if I wanna hang with you. Man, Ken, you are a professional boozer. Look at that. You just bought another place just to have somewhere else to drink.

[Ken]

I mean, you don't just drink in an ice house. You also fish.

[Ben]

I thought you say something else.

[Ken]

I'm going to live there. It's going to be my home.

[Ryan]

That's what Ken's calling it now.

[Ben]

Fishing, huh? Fishing makes sense.

[Ken]

It's going to be my home. I got to live somewhere.

[Ryan]

It's actually not a bad idea, Ken. Little mobile home.

[Ben]

It's funny because I feel like you were saying, like, I'm just going to buy an ice house and park it out in front of my. My house that's being built, and I'll live there, and I'll be able to, like, go in my boathouse and stuff. And I kind of thought you were joking because it's a pretty extreme thing to do when there's only, you know, roughly two months left of being on the ice, safely in an ice house, and, like, sleeping out there. And then you said it so much that when we were playing that Monopoly game, the one guy goes, oh, I got ice house. I'll sell you. And then he threw out, like, a really good price. And Ken was thinking about it. I was just sitting here. I was like, ken, I'll buy half of it with you if you want, because that was such a good price. And he goes, I'll buy it for myself.

[Ken]

So the only reason why I was contemplating it so hard was because I know how big it was. And I was like, okay, I know it's big and it's heavy, and you can only use it for certain times of the year because the ice has to be so thick. So I was like, do I want to buy something that big where I'm, you know, I'm limited to basically January and February, you know, compared to maybe, you know, if we have an early ice season, I could take something smaller out potentially sooner and keep it out later. So that was the only thing that I had to think about. And I was like, ah, I'm just gonna do it.

[Ben]

I'd love to go fishing tomorrow. We should go ice fish tomorrow. I. I mean, we can film our.

[CJ]

Next ice fishing pod in your.

[Ken]

In my ice house.

[Ben]

Yeah, we got.

[Ryan]

It's gonna be nice.

[Ben]

The nicest ice house I've ever been is hardly. It's not Even ice house. It's just like a little ice home. It's a. It's so good.

[Ryan]

Can you imagine? Ken texts us and it's like, yo, can you guys come save me? How? Spelled through. I know.

[Ben]

Like, I'm curious how, like, just pulling it out there, it is going to be kind of nerve wracking.

[Ryan]

How thick does the ice need to be for this?

[Ken]

18 inches.

[Ryan]

And how thick is it right now?

[Ken]

18 inches.

[CJ]

It's got to be thicker than that.

[Ken]

It's not. I asked a couple people to drill some holes on different lakes, and they're like, okay, it's 16 over here. It's 18 over here. You kind of got to stay in this zone.

[Ryan]

You know, your ice house is.

[Ben]

Is cr.

[Ryan]

You know, you're moving different when you got people out drilling holes for you in the lake around where you want it to go, and just let me know where it's gonna work.

[Ken]

Well, I just knew. This guy's over here. This guy's over there.

[Ben]

The locals around town, there's a lot of anticipation for Ken to open up his ice house.

[Ryan]

I can imagine this.

[Ben]

It's like, it's gonna be a spot.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's like a whole new establishment you're gonna have. You could damn near have your own zip code.

[Ken]

It's a new zone, unlocked for everyone.

[Ryan]

It's gonna be great. I hope I get the. I hope I get the pin drop to find out where this thing is.

[CJ]

I wouldn't hold your breath.

[Ryan]

So how much does an ice house like this cost?

[CJ]

Kid knew it.

[Ken]

Knew it was 60,000.

[Ben]

That was back in 20. 20.

[Ken]

19, I'm sure.

[Ryan]

Are you planning on doing a remodel again?

[Ken]

I got it for 25.

[Ryan]

Oh, that's. Can't put a price on that deal.

[CJ]

It's not bad.

[Ben]

It's been used, like, three times.

[Ken]

It's, like, brand new. It's got cobwebs. Like, worst thing is it's just got cobwebs in it because it never got used. Other than that, it's literally perfect. There's nothing wrong with it.

[Ryan]

Oh, well, yeah, I look forward to it.

[CJ]

Yeah, no kidding. Me too.

[Ryan]

Yo. Something else that happened to Big sky is this guy comes up to me, and he was like, hey, you just took some photos with my kids. And I was like, oh, yeah, cool. Put up my hand. He's like, yeah, nice to meet you. My name's Sean Murray. And what? I was like, sean Murray, the professional wakeboarder Sean Murray. And he was like, yeah, like, kind of, like, surprised That I knew who he was. I was like, dude, you're a legend. Yeah.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And he was like, oh, thank you. Thank you. I came up to say hi to you, and I was like, bro, you don't know the impact that you had on me and my cousins lives that, like, arguably led us to where we are today.

[CJ]

One of the pieces for sure.

[Ryan]

Big, big impact on it.

[Ben]

But I loved his. I loved his wakeboard.

[CJ]

Is that the wakeboard that you had?

[Ben]

Yeah, I had two of them, but. But, yeah, they were Great.

[Ryan]

Yeah. When C.J. and I were kids, we would just, like, sit in my parents house and we would watch a wakeboard tutorial on how to do all these tricks. And it was Sean Murray teaching. Really? Tricks. Yeah.

[CJ]

Was on DVD or.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it was on dvd.

[CJ]

That's sick.

[Ryan]

And then we would just watch. Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it. And then we would go and try them. Dude.

[Ben]

Yeah. That's really cool. It's funny because you know how sometimes when you're in your photos, you, like, tap something and it goes all the way back to the top. That ever happen to you guys? I don't know what.

[CJ]

I accidentally.

[Ben]

Yeah. And then top.

[CJ]

The top of it or the top of it.

[Ben]

Anyways, it went to the top for some reason last night. I just had some time, so I. I started watching some of it and I saw this video of me and you wakeboarding, Ben. It's kind of cool. I do. I do a backflip over you while we were double wakeboarding.

[Ryan]

That is sick.

[Ben]

We did do a lot of wakeboarding, and. And that's really cool. I'm surprised you didn't recognize him right away.

[Ryan]

He came up, he was wearing, like, a beanie, and, you know. Yeah, yeah. And then as soon as he said his name.

[CJ]

Oh, duh, dude.

[Ryan]

What's up? Yeah, so that was cool. He was saying that he lives down in Orlando, Florida, and if we're ever in the area, we got to link up.

[CJ]

Oh, that'd be so sick.

[Ryan]

Do something.

[Ben]

Yeah, that would be sick. All those pro wakeboarders are. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Down.

[Ben]

Down there.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Teach Ken how to wakeboard.

[Ken]

Because they've all got, like, those parks. They don't even use boats.

[CJ]

Yeah, like cable parks.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I mean, I'm sure he's behind a.

[CJ]

Boat, too, but see, you were good at wakeboarding back in the day. Not to say that you aren't anymore, but I would presume that you haven't done it.

[Ben]

I haven't done it in a long time, you know. Yeah. That was Fun. That was really fun.

[Ryan]

Wakeboarding is one of those kind of like lost arts. I feel like that it's losing its.

[Ben]

It 100 its spark.

[CJ]

It's too dangerous. They're just not. It's not worth it to them anymore.

[Ryan]

Yeah, people started wake surfing. I guess if they're, like, going out on. On the lake. Everyone used to initially, like, ski, and then they started wakeboarding, and now they're wake surfing. Right.

[Ken]

I think they're just. They're just looking at, like, a lower impact thing because you look at all these people who are skiing or wakeboarding, they all just blew out their knees, dude.

[Ben]

Wakeboarding is high impact. You think it wouldn't be because you're fucking on water, but the amount of times that, like, even, like when we'll have, like, pro wakeboarders come out for, like, a video, you'll see them crash and they're just like, oh, they get up and they're. Yeah, yeah. They're like, ah, that one feeling.

[Ryan]

All right.

[Ben]

They're like. I can taste colors right now, but yeah. And you need, like, perfect water. That's the hard part. Like, it needs to be calm. Otherwise it kind of sucks, you know, and you can't be a lot of boats. But tell us about this car you got, Ben. You spent so much money, you had to go backwards from Lamborghini to Ford Focus.

[Ryan]

I did. I went back to 2018 Ken era, bought a Focus Focus RS. Blue. Same one.

[Ken]

Exact same spec I had.

[Ryan]

Yeah. No. So, like, after, like, this first snowfall, and we were just mobbing around on the drift track, and Mike pulled up in his Corvette and he started mobbing it around on the streets. And it's got, like, Blizzax on it. I was just like, oh, man, it'd be fun to have something to be able to hoon a little bit more. And, like, I basically came to the realization that I was kind of losing my edge in driving because I don't really spend that much time, like, ripping around. Like, when we were kids, like, that's all we did. Right. You gain a lot of skill, especially in the winter when it's icy out and you're just drifting every single corner by doing that. And I came to the realization that I was just kind of losing my edge in driving where I'd, like, I'd hop in even the Miata and go and spin it around. And I just, like, wasn't as comfortable because I don't daily drive a manual car anymore. And I was just like, I. I need something that I Can just get back to the roots of just hooning everywhere.

[CJ]

Something that costs as much as the bumper on your car.

[Ryan]

Yeah. And I. I, you know, like. Well, I.

[CJ]

Risky.

[Ben]

And you splurged on that thing. That thing was fucking expensive.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I mean, it's nice.

[Ben]

Brand new.

[Ryan]

Yeah, they're so. They're all pretty expensive. Like, they've, like, held their value like crazy.

[Ken]

So, like, you bought that thing for what I traded mine in for, like, five years ago.

[Ryan]

Yeah. So I had Scott, our buddy who owns Red river, he sources all of our cars for us. I had him looking for one off of the auction and auction ones we're going for through Scott, the dealer. We're going for 26, 27 all day.

[CJ]

What the fuck?

[Ryan]

Yeah. It's crazy. How they've held their value is insane.

[Ken]

Wow.

[Guest]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Found that one.27 is way more than I wanted to spend. But, yeah, the main goal was to just, like, just get back to the Hoonin roots and just drive it and get more comfortable with getting sideways again. And. And, you know, it's a manual, so shifting gears, and it's definitely more of a driver's car than, say, a Lamborghini Urus.

[Ben]

I don't know if I'd say that. Yeah, it is. You think it's more of a driver's car?

[Ryan]

Yeah, just like a luxury.

[Ben]

That thing rips well.

[Ryan]

Yeah, but you're not shifting. You're not.

[Ben]

Yeah, you're definitely not. You're not shifting. Yeah, I guess.

[Ryan]

Maybe.

[Ben]

Maybe it's more.

[Ken]

And you're. You're driving that thing to the edge and you're still like a quarter throttle in that Urus.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's the thing, too, is, like, you can absolutely rip it and you're going five miles over the speed limit every stop.

[Ben]

Out of. Honestly, out of the bunch. Like Subaru WRX STI to Mitsubishi Evos. And then there's the Focus rs. The Focus RS is the best tuning version, I would say.

[Ken]

Really?

[Ben]

Yeah. I just remember I would drive Ken's from time to time, and it was definitely the, like, out of the box. The better hooning car. I think you can make an evo a lot better than the rs just due to, like, the motor and other things. Just mods that are available. But. But yeah, that thing's a hooner. It just had suspension even when it's stock. And, like, I don't know, it's just got a lot of options. Like, it's got drift mode, but it is for.

[Ken]

I thought the. The best thing Was the seats in that car.

[Ben]

It's a hooning car, but it does like kind of funny. Like kind of funny.

[Ryan]

Yeah, yeah. I mean it's definitely been. It is.

[CJ]

It is a jelly bean.

[Ryan]

It's definitely not like that sick. But I also didn't buy it to be.

[Ben]

Yeah, no, it's just a hooning car. Yeah, you can hone the shit out of it.

[Ryan]

I just bought it to just sharpen my blade of. Of being a better driver. I feel like in our line of work, it's a pretty big investment into our career path basically and our lives and hopefully next time on the drift track when once all the snow melts, I don't drive into a tree.

[CJ]

It might be a worthwhile.

[Ryan]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. So I just wanted to have something in the winter to be able to do that. And then come springtime, probably sell it and get something else that I can rip around the drift track on. And if I want to drive down.

[CJ]

The road, I can't find it. But I have this video of when Ken was lemoning out his first focus and he was all like, I don't want to use the E brake. You're like trying to take care of it.

[Ben]

I ripped the out of that and.

[CJ]

He said the E brake didn't work. And I have this video of us just dry, CJ and I driving down and he rips the E brake and just drifts it around this corner. Goes your E brake works, Ken.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

So I just bought a drift stick.

[CJ]

You found one?

[Ryan]

I found one, yeah.

[CJ]

Nice.

[Ryan]

Found one from a sub. So Ford performance made this drift stick that it looks like a rally car would have. Right. Where it locks up and it disengages the rear wheels and it locks them up. Basically you can pull it and it's not going to damage the car because.

[CJ]

It would on wrx as I remember. Like if you would pull them to spin them around then it would hurt it. Right.

[Ken]

It disconnects the rear axle. Then it does something else with the diff and the brakes. Oh. To make it so like it doesn't hurt the car.

[Ben]

No. On like a. I don't want to be wrong because I'm going to get crucified. But it's got symmetrical all wheel drive system. So like it wants the wheels to be the same moving once the front. But yeah, it's like always accounting for that. So like on my blue wrx, I remember I it up from ripping the Eric but then I totaled it before I had to replace it. So it didn't even Matter, but.

[Ryan]

So I got a drip stick coming for it, which is going to make ripping it around and drifting it even easier. More fun. Hopefully break less stuff.

[CJ]

And you find it?

[Ben]

Yeah, I found it.

[CJ]

Let's go up on the screen here. Sorry, what was that?

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's got drift mode, so it'll send, like, more power to the rear.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's the. That's the best part about that thing.

[CJ]

Siege. You should. You should bust out your Evo, dude.

[Ben]

I should. I was thinking about that. I need to register it.

[CJ]

I kind of get not wanting to do it. It's just a bunch of snow so low.

[Ben]

It just really isn't that fast compared to.

[Ryan]

Oh, this thing is not fast. It's crazy. Like, I used to think Ken's car was so fast, and then there's just, like, driving it around.

[Ben]

It's like, crank. The volume is kind of funny.

[CJ]

We.

[Ben]

We stole Ken's car and then just sent him this video.

[Ken]

And you wonder why I don't want you guys driving my rigs.

[Ryan]

I don't wonder why one bit, Ken. I know exactly why.

[Ben]

Hey, Ken, Sorry we got your car.

[Ken]

Boosted.

[Ben]

He's a pretty good little car.

[CJ]

That's right by the farm. Yeah, it was right there before the farm existed.

[Ryan]

People are stoked.

[Ben]

Oh, are they? That was my next question. How's the reception?

[Ryan]

Oh, they love it. The.

[Ben]

The fans, they love it. That's awesome.

[Ryan]

Well, I think it's just, like. It's a good ripper. It's a good. Well, it's just, like, a dream car for a lot of, like, young kids. Right?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Where the response is like, oh, that's achievable.

[Ken]

You know?

[Ryan]

It is. It's a good ripping car that is in, you know, a lot of people's budget. Like, the crazier car you buy, it's not always, like, received with. With, for sure excitement because it's, like, so unrelatable. You know, a lot of, like, crazy YouTubers these days, like, strap man buys a $3 million Koenigsegg, I don't even, like, comprehend it. And most. Most people don't even. Yeah, most people don't care because it's not in their. Their realistic goals. Right. I don't know a car like this or like, a Subaru WRX hatchback sti.

[Ben]

It's.

[CJ]

It's Scion tc, dude.

[Ryan]

They're just achievable, and kids are stoked. So I've been like, posting it on my Snapchat, and the responses were kind of surprising. Like, they're just so fired up.

[Ben]

Like it's a fun fast car that you can daily drive.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Like you buy one car and it's, it's gonna be fun, fast, reliable, you can carry your, you can fit whoever in it. You know, it's just good. They're the best, man.

[Ken]

I think the only thing I didn't like about that car was below about negative 10. That suspension gets rock hard.

[Ryan]

It is, it is pretty stiff. Like it doesn't be surprised hopping in it. Like it rides.

[CJ]

I gotta ride in it. Cuz my, I hopped in my TC with my new coilovers and I think it catches air on the little like where they seal the road. It's so bumpy. And my dad's like, I think you're just not used to how rough he used. Right. I go, no, there's no way it could have been this bad.

[Ben]

It depends. It might be set up wrong. But also if you buy cheap coilovers, they just are that way.

[CJ]

I know. I, I thought I bought nice one. I mean they aren't like the nicest, but they were still like 900 bucks. Yeah, it's a pretty decent set of coilovers.

[Ben]

It is funny, like when I hop in my Evo, I'm like driving it. It's like. And I'm like, is the dash about to fall off? Like what is going on? Like everything is rattling and shaking. But like, you don't even think about that when you, you know, when you've.

[Ryan]

Been used to that. Yeah, Yeah. I think it's a good reset too. Like, I don't know, it kind of just brings you back to like reality of speed for sure.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Like you get so used to like these faster vehicles.

[Ben]

It's fun running through the gears too.

[Ryan]

I hop in this one and I'm just like to the floor, riffing through gears and I look down and I'm doing 65.

[Ken]

You're like.

[Ryan]

I'm like, what?

[CJ]

Sometimes I think that with my Hummer, I'm like, why do people drive so slow? And then I'm like, oh yeah, the Hummer is just fast as like everywhere you go, it's just easy to zip around.

[Ryan]

But everything is progressing right? So it's good to have, I don't know, a little reset.

[CJ]

I agree.

[Ben]

Ryan, you still want to buy my G wagon?

[CJ]

I might take it for a test drive today if I could.

[Ben]

I'll need to see proof of funds.

[Ryan]

Yeah. As I was looking at buying this Focus RS CJ sending wide body.

[Ken]

We were close to that one too. You should have like, just rented a car.

[Ben]

They wouldn't answer my questions. Like, I was trying to get a hold of them and they, like, weren't responding. Like, I was genuinely trying to go see this thing. And then they also didn't know about it. They were trying to tell me the wide body fenders were just put on over the current fenders. I'm like, it doesn't work like that.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's not how that works.

[Ben]

And then they weren't responding, and I was like, all right, I'm not gonna.

[CJ]

Like, yeah, no wonder they haven't sold it.

[Ken]

I wouldn't expect the salesman to on that. That specific car to know anything about it.

[Ben]

Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. So Ryan's gonna buy my G wagon now.

[CJ]

Ben's got me thinking, though. Maybe I should get just a little ripper.

[Ben]

You have your TC for that?

[Ken]

I know.

[CJ]

I gotta get the coilovers fixed on it. And once I get that, once I get her set up right, I'll repaint the bumpers, fix her up. I'll rip the tc.

[Ben]

Everyone. Everyone should buy their cars their original first car back. Well, not first car. I mean, I'm not trying. Oh, that's true. I mean, I. I'd drip a 96 Jeep, but I think we should go back to like, those, like the Subaru era of us. Like, I'll get like a blue wrx. Ken can get a red one.

[CJ]

Would it be cool for you if you. If, like, I could get an all wheel drive car? No, I agree. I'd be down.

[Ken]

I was looking like those 2015 WRXs are worth, like, nothing compared to those Focuses.

[Ryan]

I know. I was like, I want to focus ours. And I started looking at the prices. I was like, what the. What happened with these things?

[Ben]

Like, I make that many of them.

[Ken]

I bought that car new, took all the depreciation, sold it, and then it just flatlined from there.

[Ben]

Can you just notorious for doing that? Yeah, well, I just swap cards a lot.

[Ryan]

I have so much money over the years.

[Ken]

Yeah, me and Ryan. Ryan's number two.

[Ryan]

You guys sure it's electric? Every. Every vehicle that you bought?

[Ken]

That's my first model Y. I made money on that car, and then I just made up for it and then some.

[Ryan]

With that model, you lose $100,000 on.

[CJ]

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[Ryan]

On your 80.

[CJ]

On your X. Holy shit. That's insane. I didn't know there was $80,000 to lose on it.

[Ryan]

Yeah, they're worth like $50,000 though.

[Ken]

Yeah, they're worth nothing grand.

[Ben]

You could have bought one of those.

[Ryan]

Ben could have, but you can't.

[Ben]

What are you gonna do with it?

[CJ]

Yeah, but it's kind of.

[Ben]

It's just another jelly bean.

[Ryan]

Lame.

[Ben]

But. Yo, Ken, I wonder if with the way you run through cars and just are swapping them and stuff, like, if you had a girl, would you just be like a couple months, get out of there. Like, you know, you just constantly, like, if you had like serious relationships, would he just be like constantly running through him like that too?

[Ryan]

Yeah, Ken's such a non confrontational guy too. He would avoid breaking up with him and he would just change the move out.

[Ben]

Just move out. They'd be like, where'd he go? I'm in the Ice House. Where's the Ice House? Doesn't respond.

[Ken]

No, I haven't swapped cars in a couple years. Like, I haven't the only one. I bought that Lincoln, but I haven't. I haven't done anything since I bought my cyber truck.

[CJ]

It's true.

[Ryan]

Did you guys see my snap story of seeing J.D.

[CJ]

Vance?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Oh yeah.

[Ken]

Oh yeah.

[CJ]

The motorcade. Why don't they just fly? Can he just fly out of there? Can't you fly into Big sky?

[Ryan]

That was big sky.

[CJ]

Yeah, but was he up in.

[Ryan]

Sorry, that was. That was. No, you can't fly in a big sky.

[CJ]

Really.

[Ryan]

It's mountains.

[CJ]

But in there. Helicopter. And couldn't they figure out a way.

[Ryan]

I don't know. Yeah, the helicopter. That's a good point.

[CJ]

I just figured for like him you can cut. You can like literally do anything.

[Ken]

I don't know if there is a helipad in Big sky anyway, but you.

[Ben]

Guys saw him pop that video up. Why do they need so many people?

[Ryan]

So let me explain this whole thing, right? So I fly into Bozeman and I land in Bozeman and I'm sitting in the middle seat. It was like, can book my flight. I'm sitting in the middle seat and I look out the window and as we're on the tarmac, we drive by a plane that just says United States of America. It's all white with a blue stripe down the middle.

[CJ]

Was it giant? Like, was it a 747? Bubbles?

[Ken]

Probably a 757, I bet.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it was. It was a little bit smaller than a 747.

[CJ]

So how many Air Force ones?

[Ryan]

Well, I grabbed my. I start looking and I go, how many planes say United States of America with this paint scheme, right? And it just says two planes. Air Force one and Air Force Two. But it was like, you know, air Force two is sometimes used by the vice president or other, you know, head of the house or whatever, right? So I was like, okay, well, somebody's here. And we land, and they wouldn't let us go to the gate for an hour and a half.

[CJ]

Shut up.

[Ben]

Yeah, so that sucks.

[CJ]

That sucks.

[Ryan]

Yeah. So we sit there and I'm like, what is going on right now? And they were, they weren't really telling us what was going on. They were just like, yeah, we're just waiting to get clearance to pull up to our gate. And so what I'm assuming is they were doing like, security checks probably on.

[CJ]

The plan on your.

[Ken]

They're doing background checks, everyone on the plane, just making sure some. Some hooligans aren't going to cause trouble.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah, I might have been the holdup. And so finally they led us to our gate. At this point, I'm. I'm still not really sure what's going on or whose plane it was for sure. And we get out, hop in the plane or hop in the car, and I start driving. And there's like six roundabouts in between, like Bozeman and the airport. And at each roundabout, I start seeing like undercover unmarked sheriffs or state troopers stanced up at these roundabouts, like, looking the other way. And so I'm like, what is going on right now? So I see one roundabout, I see those. I start pointing it out to Greta and. And she's like, well, they're probably just watching for like speeders or traffic, you know, violation violations. And I was like, no, that's not. They're looking for something else. And we keep going through these roundabouts, and there's two cops set at every roundabout, right? And then we start pulling down this road. So I, I see like 15 cop cars in. In a, like a two mile radius. And we get on this narrow little two lane road, and I just see a cop turn at the end of the road with the lights on, another one with the lights on, another one with lights on. So I pull over and I was like, something's Happening right now, Greta. I was like, start filming, start filming. This is something. Somebody's coming. Because I was telling her, I was like, I saw this plane.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Like all these cop cars stanced up, looking the other way. Like they're not looking at traffic. And. And then we see this. And then Greta's filming the cars coming down. And there was probably like 10 cop cars that all had their lights on. And then probably another five to 10 suburbans that were all like unmarked Suburbans tinted out, kind of all look the same. And Then another like 10 cop cars after that with like an ambulance, military vehicle, you know, full armored truck.

[Ben]

A lot of people, dude.

[Ryan]

And so the whole time I'm just like, holy. Either the president or the vice president or Taylor Swift is in town. I was like, nobody's rolling around with a motorcade like this. That isn't.

[CJ]

You say Taylor Swift.

[Ryan]

So in. Greta, the whole time is just like, no, this is just a parade. I'm like, this is not a parade, Greta. And so I text Ken and I was like, can you figure out who's in town? Yeah. And then Ken, of course, being the detective he is, goes, oh, it looks like J.D. vance was in Yellowstone Club skiing with Mark Zuckerberg.

[CJ]

Really? With Zuckerberg, too? You think Zuckerberg gets to ride down or does he? He has a helicopter.

[Ben]

Wait, so he was in Yellowstone Club?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Whoa.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it was pretty crazy. So I just sat on this little two lane road and watched the motorcade drive by. Which seems crazy still that they would not, you know, have us go an alternate route or.

[Ken]

It's. It's weird. They wouldn't like completely shut that road down.

[CJ]

That's what I was thinking. It's weird. If there was so many cops on all the roundabouts and everything, they were like doing that, that you were still able to drive up, like, literally right next.

[Ryan]

I know. Yeah, it is. It is a little bizarre. But again, there was like 10 unmarked Suburbans. You know, they all look the exact same.

[CJ]

You don't know.

[Ryan]

So you don't know which one he's in.

[CJ]

How crazy it would be to roll.

[Ryan]

With that type of everywhere, bro.

[CJ]

I wonder what the last. Last time he sat at a red.

[Ken]

Light was probably before the election.

[CJ]

That would be sick, dude. I. I wonder what I got to do to not have to stop at red lights that think how much time you could save.

[Ben]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[CJ]

That might be the only perk of being in politics.

[Ryan]

You don't have to so much having.

[Ben]

To roll around like that though, it would suck.

[Ryan]

Anywhere you want to go, you got.

[CJ]

To roll like you couldn't drive.

[Ryan]

But think about it. You gotta inform your head of security. Hey, Mark Zuckerberg just invited me out to his house in Yellowstone in three weeks or two weeks or one week.

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And they're like, okay, sounds good.

[CJ]

We'll just shut down the whole town.

[Ryan]

Well, now we got to figure out how to get a bunch of like, armored vehicles there and figure out how to shut down the town and do a full, like, security clearance.

[Ken]

But that's not his problem. That's. That's the security guy's problem.

[Ryan]

No, I know, but, like, it is crazy bananas.

[Ben]

Know what I wonder is what? When he was skiing down the hill, did he have security guard scheme, like.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Around him? Yeah.

[Ben]

Wow. So everyone's got to know how to ski.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Imagine he's really good skiing. You're a security guard, like, oh, trying to keep up.

[CJ]

He's just hitting like double black diamonds.

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[Ben]

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[Ken]

No, no, that run's actually not secure yet. We got to go down this way.

[Ryan]

Run.

[Ken]

This run's been swept.

[Ben]

Like those big jumps, or you come.

[Ryan]

Down and just stand up like he's.

[CJ]

Hitting the half pipe at the terrain park.

[Ben]

Chances are, if you're one of their Secret Service guys, you're equipped to do anything and everything. Yeah, I think a lot of them are like X Seals and military. Yeah. Like, I mean, if you're a marine dude or a seal, obviously you got to go through a lot of training. You got to be a certain type of person. If you can do that, you can pretty much do anything.

[CJ]

That's so true. Like, how many security people are there in. Employed by the States? See? See how many it is?

[Ryan]

Say there's many Secret Service.

[CJ]

Yeah. How many Secret Service agents there are? Let's just get that number. We'll go from there.

[Ben]

Well, the whole family of like, everyone, like Donald Trump's grandkids have to have their own security team that follows them. Like it. It's just a lot.

[CJ]

I was listening to that on when Kai was talking about it.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Old presidents have them too.

[CJ]

True.

[Ken]

The Secret Service has a staff of at least 8,000.

[CJ]

Okay, so 8,000 people, that's a ton of people. But think, then you got to find ones that know how to ski too. Like, you got to be really good. You got to be able to ski and shoot a gun and keep up with whoever. Like, it's pretty impressive.

[Ken]

Basically James Bond shit.

[CJ]

Yeah, exactly. You're out there with like the fake.

[Ben]

Arm, Great Secret Service guy.

[Ryan]

Yeah. So it was cool. I like, it's kind of like a once in a lifetime, no kidding moment.

[CJ]

That close to him.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Just to like, I don't know, see the whole motorcade, see the plane sitting there.

[CJ]

That's super cool.

[Ryan]

So, cj, newfound love for knives, huh?

[Guest]

Yeah.

[CJ]

What's been going on with that?

[Ken]

Well, you know, that thing, the whole podcast.

[Ben]

Yeah, I know. I play with it all day long. Well, for one.

[CJ]

But that we.

[Ben]

I don't even know if we have any left.

[Ken]

But we.

[Ben]

We were selling like, just, you know, pocket knives on our website. I think they're all gone. Like, it's a nice ass knife.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Well, anyways, I've always had it in my truck. Well, I actually, I give a lot of them away. I don't know why, but, like, I'll meet somebody and like, people really appreciate if you give them a nice knife. And I.

[Ryan]

It's a very nice gesture.

[Ben]

I always have them in my car and like, I don't know, when I, like, meet a fan, like, I'm always like, what do I got to give them? Like, I. A lot of people want my hat, but I'm not giving him my hat as I need that detrimental to the.

[Ryan]

Rest of the day.

[Ben]

I'm like, well, then I don't have a hat for us. But if I got whatever, you know. So anyways, I was at Shields and I saw this guy and I was looking at, getting some, like, I want to get some. Some guns and stuff and a bow. And I saw this, like, there's the knife section. I look like everything else is packed, right? Everything else. Like the bows. There's plenty of people looking. The guns. All these people are looking. There's all these people. And I turn and look over, I see the knife section. It's just like this small little hut, just glowing. And there's just this one guy with the worker and he's like, let me try this one. And then he'd like grab it and like, he, like, he's like, like doing this with it. And then like, he'd be like, he'd give it back, hand it to him. He's like, nice. And then he'd grab another one, do the same thing. I just looked at. I go, I need to get in the knives. I think I need to get into this.

[Ryan]

He's flipping it out.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah.

[CJ]

I don't know if you need that, dude.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah. So anyways, well, then I was like, I Need to get into knives. And then I remembered we were selling knives, and I started out with my starter knife, which I actually. That knife is super nice compared to the ones I was looking at at Shields.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

This is not. Not saying anything. Not crap on shields, but they have nice knives too. But our knife is really nice. I realized that after looking at the others. And also I realized you can't have a switchblade in Minnesota. It's illegal.

[CJ]

Can you have them in North Dakota?

[Ben]

Yeah, you can in North Dakota. So, like, the guy was like, I can sell you this, but, like, if you get caught with this in Minnesota, like, you could get in some big trouble. And I was like, well, then I'm not last and right around dirty with this knife. Like, no reason. No reason. C.J.

[Ryan]

Gets pulled over. I just want to let you know I have a knife on.

[Ben]

Well, if you had a switchblade, you'd be in trouble. Like, you literally just can't have it. Let me show you a thing or two, Ben. You don't need a switchblade when you can do this. You don't need a switchblade when you can do that. You know, it's all in the flick of the wrist, baby. But our knife is nice. So anyways, yeah, I got into knives because literally, just because I saw that guy doing his little flicking around. And like, he had some skills, Dude, I don't know what. He was gonna use those skills just.

[Ken]

Because the gun section was busy.

[Ben]

You know who also has a lot of skills with knives is our Lamborghini winner, Tim. Tim, Let me show you this video.

[Ryan]

The knife guy. That doesn't surprise me.

[Ben]

Well, he's. He's a military guy.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Let me show you this video of him. I saw. He can do that kind of stuff too. And it's really funny. It's not funny, but it's just, like, fun.

[Ryan]

That's exactly the knife guy wants.

[Ben]

He wants to hear that.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Watch this, guys. This is funny.

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[Ken]

Can I snap it?

[Ben]

That's what the guy was doing at Shields. It's a lot of knife for 1500 bucks. Watch this again.

[CJ]

What in the. Is he.

[Ben]

So it was.

[Ryan]

He was a $1500 knife?

[Ben]

Yeah, dude. Knife ser.

[CJ]

And he said, that's a lot of knife for $1,500.

[Ben]

Was that just off of that. That little bit of stuff he did?

[Ryan]

He.

[CJ]

He.

[Ben]

He closed that thing, goes hands it back. It's a lot of knife for $1500. It was funny as.

[Ryan]

Dude, I gotta watch it one more time. Hold on.

[Ben]

Just listen to the mannerism. So this is like an old video from Tim. He must have been working at like a shop that sells this kind of stuff. And, you know, you have to grab it from like a lock case and like, so the guy's like, can I open it? And he's like, yeah, yeah, sure. You can open it and just listen to. It's funny.

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[Ken]

Can I snap it?

[Ben]

Sure.

[Ken]

Just the movements.

[Ben]

So tell me now, does that not make you want to get into knives?

[Ken]

No.

[Ben]

So you're telling me, Ken, if you were in Shields, walking down the aisle and you just happen to look off, glance over in the distance and you saw a guy snapping a knife and. And doing stuff like that, you would not want to buy one for yourself?

[Ken]

Makes me want to camp out of the knife section and just watch people. I think it'd be kind of funny.

[Ben]

Listen, me and my other knife guys, guys that are into this kind of stuff, just a different, different kind of breed.

[Ryan]

You wouldn't want to. With this guy in a dark.

[Ben]

I don't know what this guy does for work or what he used to do, but he is ready for close quarter combat.

[CJ]

Holy.

[Ben]

Yeah, he was shadow boxing with a knife. I got to watch it just one more time. Like, I could watch this all day.

[CJ]

Bro.

[Ben]

Bro. He's got how many views this have? This is 11.2 million views on Tim's should.

[Ryan]

As it should.

[Ben]

It's just. I love how he just looks at him. Can I snap it? Yeah, sure you can. You can snap it.

[Ken]

What's that? Can I snap it?

[Ben]

Sure looks at it. So, yeah, I'm a knife guy now. I just bought my. Or I just got my permit to purchase too. I didn't have that.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah, dude. I'm stoked for that. Actually. I gotta go renew mine and then we'll go get some together.

[Ben]

Yeah, no, I want to go get like a bunch of cool ones. Yeah, like, most people don't have. Like, I mean, why not? Yeah, and I'm have a safe room and.

[Ken]

To buy knives.

[Ben]

No, no, not knives. Not knives.

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I'm starting out with what I can get without permits.

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[Ken]

That's ridiculous.

[Ben]

Anyways, I'm thinking we'll get like a bunch of old cars and like Jake Sherbrooke, he's in it with me too. Like, he's like, ready. He's like, yeah, as soon as you get your thing, like, we'll go and get a bunch and. But yeah, we're going to like, blow up some cars and stuff. We won't be able to film it, but it'll just be strictly for the love of the game. But we got all this land and stuff, and I think that's just something fun to do.

[CJ]

Shame not blow stuff up on it.

[Ben]

And like obviously best bro.

[Ryan]

Like I got mine sitting over in the. My office. Shoot it once a year. Yeah, good enough.

[Ben]

And I. I have like. I have a couple shotguns and stuff. Just like hunting stuff that I've been given from my grandpa.

[Ryan]

But.

[Ben]

And obviously I've shotguns with Ben and just a lot of our friends have pistols and shit. But I just didn't have any for myself. And I just started thinking about it. It's like, I don't know, just, you.

[Ryan]

Know, get away again.

[Ben]

Yeah, that and a lot of people seem to know where I live. Like I'm getting a good security system and shit rigged in. But I feel like if you're gonna be a dad and stuff, you gotta. You gotta have some, some ways to protect the house and you know, there's people that don't like me out there just for whatever and people are crazy. Doesn't hurt to have just says self defense and.

[Ryan]

Yeah, no, I agree, Ken, you do not need one for everyone's safety. Like, you know, we'd be knocking on Ken's house like hey, we gotta like get in.

[Ken]

You wouldn't just have something. You wouldn't just be knocking on my house.

[Ben]

That would be bad for us, dude.

[Ryan]

Because then I know that's.

[Ben]

Consider that like every time I hope we don't startle him too bad and he might pull.

[Ken]

You wouldn't be just knocking on my house. You'd be doing some.

[CJ]

So does that mean that we deserve to get shot?

[Ken]

I mean, depends what you're doing.

[Ryan]

It's true, Ryan, you're right. I didn't place win stupid prizes.

[Ken]

And.

[Ryan]

And that is the truth.

[Ken]

So it wouldn't be just knocking on my door.

[Ryan]

The safety.

[Ken]

It wouldn't be knocking on my door. You'd be doing something ridiculous. And then it would be like is this justified? Is this not?

[Ben]

But Ken, you know what you always gotta resort back to is I wouldn't have a door if they didn't with me. You know what I'm saying? Like you got a nice ass door due to years of.

[Ken]

True. Yeah.

[Ben]

And not just that, you know, you do a lot of other stuff, but it's just. It's just part of the re. Like just consider like maybe a small square of that door. You know, it didn't pay for the.

[Ryan]

Whole door, but part of it. Lower eighth.

[Ben]

Yeah, maybe the doorknob. I don't know.

[Ken]

Some things at the house should not just not be with.

[Ryan]

Yeah, like where's where's that line? He was like, just so we, just so we know.

[Ken]

Just the house. Just the house.

[Ryan]

Okay, well, that's not.

[CJ]

It's too big of a line.

[Ben]

That is.

[Ryan]

Let's be realistic here, Ken.

[Ken]

Just the house. The house in general.

[Ryan]

I will tell you this much. That won't happen. Did you want to pay? Do you want to pay for this house, Ken?

[Ken]

I want to pay for the house once. I don't want to pay for the house twice.

[Ben]

Maybe three times. But yo, valid point, Ken. You know, living in my basement now. I'm going to be moving into Ken's house once his house is done.

[Ken]

Really?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ken]

I'm gonna get a renter.

[Ben]

Ken did offer.

[Ryan]

Wow.

[Ben]

You guys. And it's gonna be nice, dude. I'm gonna have a brand new house that I'm living in.

[Ryan]

Can you really just don't want to live alone, do you?

[Ken]

Well, I, I saw an opportunity.

[Ryan]

What are you charging them?

[Ken]

I. That's to be determined. Hasn't been discussed yet, but it sounded.

[CJ]

Like he's pretty committed, so he.

[Ken]

Cj, I do not want to live.

[Ben]

I'll do it for the culture.

[Ken]

Dude doesn't want to live in his parents house. I also do not live in. Want to live in my parents house.

[Ryan]

Why did you move into Ken's ice house? Once he moves into his house, I.

[Ben]

Think it's just a little too close to quarters.

[Ken]

Yeah, that, that's a little too small. But there is going to be two bedrooms that are essentially going to be wide open.

[Ben]

Yeah. So we're starting a content house.

[Ken]

Really?

[Ben]

Yeah. Ken. Ken's content house.

[Ryan]

Oh, it's got a nice race.

[Ben]

It's gonna be a short run like most content houses, you know, but it'll go until my house is done and Ryan's is done.

[Ken]

I got a renter potentially for a few months.

[Ryan]

So you guys gonna be like tick tocking. Probably a little wiggle dicking.

[Ben]

Probably.

[CJ]

You guys should start streaming. Screw tick tock. You guys should start streaming.

[Ken]

Start like gaming.

[Ryan]

No 24, no 24 hour live stream off your security cameras. You don't even acknowledge that they're there.

[Ben]

If I had somebody that could just like set that up and run it, I would do it. But like, I just don't really want to go through the work of doing.

[Ryan]

A 24 hour live stream.

[Ben]

No, no, no, no. Just setting up, like there's one thing streaming, but like getting the equipment running, the equipment, making sure everything. Like you need a crew, you know.

[Ryan]

I think we got enough going On.

[Ben]

That's the thing. That's the thing. So it's just gonna be a tick tock content house. Maybe.

[CJ]

Maybe.

[Ben]

Maybe venture to YouTube. We'll see how. How it starts off.

[Ken]

We'll go Dalton to film some of them and.

[Ryan]

Damn, that's crazy.

[Ben]

Yeah, I know.

[Ryan]

You got a roommate again.

[Ben]

I'm excited. It's gonna be a new house. I get to live in it.

[Ryan]

That is sick.

[Ken]

No mold.

[Ben]

No mold.

[CJ]

The mold, which is good.

[Ben]

So my house, we're remodeling. It tore out some cabinets. There was like, some mold due to, like, a pipe that had leaked. You know, probably a spot this big. And then I was like, you know, I had knew that the basement had flooded prior to with the previous owner, so I was like, let's just be safe. Like, we're already ripping all this crap out. Let's do the full cut, whatever. And yeah, I mean, there wasn't really that much mold, but I think everyone around town thinks that literally my whole house was like, wall to ceiling mold. And like, all these people, like, are like, yeah, I heard your whole house is. So it's like this rumor. I'm like, no, it was just a little bit, but we moved out because it's just like, everything is getting demoed now, but I don't know why.

[Ryan]

So it's good?

[Ben]

No, yeah, it's gonna be good. But it's just like, it needs to be rebuilt. Like, it's all being remodeled.

[Ryan]

The stuff that you didn't plan, though.

[Ben]

Yeah, I didn't plan on doing stuff.

[Ken]

It went from a small remodel project to a large remodel project. Do it all very quickly.

[Ryan]

Just do it all, you know, cj, we do have a bulldozer.

[Ben]

I. If I wouldn't have done all my other prior, I would have bulldozed that thing. I'm like, looking at you guys. You guys did it, right? Dude.

[CJ]

Building a bulldozer into my house.

[Ken]

Did we have. Well, we did have it then.

[Ben]

We were going, well, but you wanted to save part of your house. You were like, oh, I'm saving half of this over.

[CJ]

I know.

[Ben]

It might move it.

[CJ]

I know.

[Ben]

I wanted to chop that tree down and have it fall on your whole house.

[CJ]

I know, too, but we did so.

[Ben]

Much damage due to spaghetti that you had to tear the whole thing down.

[CJ]

Anyways, I tore out all the bad vibes. I dug down 12ft to get rid of all the bad juju.

[Ryan]

Good. Honestly.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Benny's injury, it's all gone.

[Ryan]

We also happen to own an Armored truck.

[Ben]

Yeah, that thing's going through for sure.

[Ryan]

Yeah, we could rebuild. We still have my house.

[CJ]

We do, we do.

[Ben]

Yeah. I think your house is for sure.

[CJ]

I've got a couple really shitty rentals in town if we want to move into Fargo.

[Ken]

So Ben, when are you gonna greenlight the demo on your place idea?

[Ryan]

Ideally before I get the tenant out of it. Otherwise it might be a rude awakening.

[Ben]

I mean after.

[CJ]

After.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I was like before, after they're.

[Ben]

Listening, it's like, what?

[Ryan]

Yeah, right. No, I don't know.

[Ben]

Spenny's gonna be the other roommate, I think, at Ken's. Oh, he's gonna be more a long term roommate with Ken.

[Ken]

Just gotta get spinny down here. But the government is being painful to deal with.

[Ben]

Well, if you do it legally, yeah, it's pretty tough.

[Ken]

It is incredible. We're trying to do things the legal way with Spenny, and it is incredibly difficult just to get this visa approved.

[CJ]

It's crazy. You want to get someone in the country, give them a job, you know, gainful employment. They don't want it to happen. Who would have thought? So Spenny's gonna live at your house? He's gonna be. He's a good like housewife man. Man. What's what?

[Ken]

Man of the house?

[CJ]

Yeah.

[Ben]

No, no, he's the man of the house. Can the neighbor comes and knocks on the door, Ken answers. I'd like to speak to the man of the house.

[Ryan]

He's like.

[Ken]

House? I don't know.

[CJ]

House man. No, but he is. He knows how to cook, he cleans.

[Ken]

He does.

[Ryan]

Is spending moving in with you?

[Ken]

Actually, I don't know. We'll see how long this visa takes.

[Ryan]

Did you tell him that he could.

[Ken]

No.

[Ben]

Oh, I thought I heard he was.

[Ken]

I mean, he moved into the shop right now.

[Ben]

He must have been drunk, Ken, because you were telling me like Spenny's moving into my house and I still have an extra room if you and Alex want to stay there.

[Ken]

Because I must have been drunk for.

[Ben]

Us to stay there.

[Ken]

Well, you guys have been saying how much like. Oh, it's. I don't like staying at my parents place. I want to move into somewhere else. I was just like. Well, just move into my house.

[Ben]

No, it's. It's not, it's not that I don't like living at my parents house. It's just like. It's very. It's just small. It's very like we're just on top of each other. I don't even have a Closet. So I just have, like, a bunk bed with, like, seven outfits.

[Ryan]

Are you actually on a bunk bed?

[Ben]

No, that's where I put my stuff. But, like, it's like you walk into the room, and then you're looking at the bunk bed, and then.

[Ryan]

Well, cj, you know, that's what happens when you make bad decisions and gamble away all your money.

[Ben]

And I'm not here because of that.

[CJ]

But think of if he'd hit.

[Ryan]

But.

[CJ]

But think if he'd hit.

[Ryan]

Remember how this feels, cj, I know you said, I'm either never gonna stop gambling or I'm gonna run out of money.

[Ben]

The best thing, you know, one thing I have been doing is just, like, making sure I put. I tie my money up so that way I can't gamble it. Like, I. I smart. I like when I get any kind of money or, like, you know, I have my. My gambling fund, but a lot of the extra is just in miscellaneous investments so I don't have to, like, you know, I'm not gonna sell my. Oh, I do sell bitcoin every now and then to buy some. It depends what I'm gambling, but, you know. Yeah.

[Ken]

Speaking of gambling, were you going to talk about Evan?

[Ryan]

So we got a text last weekend, and Evan hit for $10,000.

[CJ]

10 grand.

[Ryan]

$10,000.

[Ken]

His red 18 has been.

[Ryan]

He was playing roulette, and he won $10,000. And can we say what he was gonna buy?

[Ben]

I think you can.

[Ryan]

He has always said this. If he wins $10,000 gambling, he's buying his girlfriend a set of new tits. And so he just sent us a group text in the group chat, and he just said, nikki's getting new tits, boys. And then he sent a screenshot of $10,000.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And we all. Obviously, we celebrated for him, you know, and he said the whole bar is up in their cheering and cheering.

[Ken]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Losing their minds right now. I'm sure his girlfriend was stoked. So I texted him the next day.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[CJ]

Oh, no.

[Ben]

What happened? He blew it already.

[Ryan]

And I said, please tell me you still have all that money, Evan. Because we were all texting him, like, bro, cash out, Cash out.

[Ben]

Stop.

[Ryan]

Walk away. And he didn't respond.

[Ben]

Yeah, he kept going.

[Ryan]

What does that tell you guys?

[Ben]

He kept going. He up. Dude, my question is. And I'm not even a question, but I do want to just point something out. He had $200 on Red 18. Imagine throwing 200 on a single number.

[Ryan]

That's crazy.

[Ben]

That's a lot of cheddar. And he was doing it off his phone. Like. Like. I mean, it's. It's an impressive hit, but, Yeah, I hope he pulled that out and is. Is gonna buy something that.

[Ken]

I know it. That app is inconvenient because you can only pull out a thousand bucks a day, so theoretically, would take him 10 days.

[Ben]

Keep it in there.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

But, yeah. Anyways, I hope he. I hope he took it out, and I. You know, I'd love to see what he does with it, with the money.

[Ryan]

So. Yeah, I guess once Evan's back, he should be back in a couple days here. We'll get.

[CJ]

We'll get the full.

[Ryan]

We'll sit him down and we'll. We'll see where he's. Where he's at on this.

[Ken]

The fact he didn't text you back is concerning.

[CJ]

He might be working on getting it back if now if he knows everybody's watching, he's got to get it back.

[Ken]

Problem is, when you're chasing like that never ends well.

[Ben]

Yeah. You're just really not gonna win. When it comes to gambling, I would suggest not doing it.

[Ryan]

Wow, that's a good point.

[Ben]

I mean, that's just my last hour and a half.

[CJ]

You're really grown.

[Ben]

Proud of you, bud.

[Ken]

Went from gambling on everything to now.

[CJ]

You shouldn't.

[Ben]

It's for fun. I'm not saying you shouldn't. I'm just saying, like, if you're doing it to hopefully win and make. I wouldn't do it that way. But if you're doing it for fun, then. Then do it. That's my advice. I do it for fun.

[Ryan]

Did you guys see that? Steve will do it is back on YouTube.

[Ken]

Yeah, dude.

[Ben]

Watching them.

[Ryan]

Have you watched the vids? Yeah, dude.

[Ben]

Did you see his one last night?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Diss track on Mr. Beast. Dude, what's his deal? He hates Mr.

[CJ]

Beast.

[Ryan]

Yeah. So Steve will do it. He's a YouTuber. He was part of the Nuke Boys, and then he was banned off YouTube in, what, 20? 20.

[CJ]

23.

[Ben]

1. 23. 22. I don't know.

[Ryan]

A while. A while. And YouTube just, like, lifted the band from a lot of different creators, and he was one of them, apparently. So he's back. But he is. He's giving away, like, 250 grand a video, dude. Just to, like, someone who comments.

[CJ]

But also a ton of money in the video. Like, they're just. I don't.

[Ben]

It's a lot better, so.

[Ryan]

Yeah, the thing about it, though, is, like, back when he was making YouTube videos and he was giving away, like, 10 grand on the street, and people were losing their minds. And then he, you know, just progressively started giving away a little bit more and more and more. And now he's giving away like 500 grand in a video. I'm like, how sustainable is this?

[CJ]

He's definitely investing well.

[Ben]

I mean, Mr. Beast is pulling incredibly more views and has way more of a business. And he's only given away like a million dollars. Not only. But like. Like his video last night. I thought it was weird. Mr. Beast dropped video and Steve dropped one talking on him that same day. But I watched both of them and they were both good. But, yeah, Mr. Beast only not only, but he gave away a million dollars in his competition or whatever.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[CJ]

And a million dollars.

[Ben]

Mr. Beast, like, production company. Yeah, but I mean, Mr. Beast, like, production company is worth like a billion. I mean, he's got insane media empire. He's got all these channels. He's pulling, like, ridiculous, ridiculous views where, like, you can you to 3 billion. He's got sponsors. He's got all this stuff like.

[CJ]

Oh, he's doing it because it makes sense.

[Ben]

Yeah. You could see how it makes sense. But yeah, I agree. Where, like, when I'm watching Steve, I'm like, he's got to be running really lean. He's got to be running really lean, if not negative. I mean, I. I mean, more negative.

[Ken]

I mean, he's got to be running negative just to. To push the videos to start with. And then you gotta assume he's gonna drop it off or, you know, transition into something else.

[Ryan]

But.

[Ben]

But I don't know, man.

[Ryan]

Either way, it was entertaining.

[Ben]

That's fun to watch.

[CJ]

I will say the Convict Kitchen was a great idea. The execution was, like, pretty decent, but, like, that idea was funny. I can't believe nobody's thought of that before. And done.

[Ben]

It was good. Yeah.

[CJ]

Did you watch that?

[Ryan]

I started. I stopped. Kind of lost me on that. Yeah, but I mean, like, just watching him just walk around.

[CJ]

I agree with that. But, like, I don't think he's the best host for it. But, I mean, think if, you know, the Food Network started a convict kitchen, like, it 100 could work. They'd have a sob story, but a thing. Yeah, it's probably too edgy.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I think. I think there's something about being pretty.

[CJ]

Pretty savage with it, which made me think, someone should bring back the cash cap in Ubers and do it on YouTube. Remember that show?

[Ryan]

That'd be.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[CJ]

Someone should bring back the cash cap.

[Ben]

You should do that, Ryan.

[CJ]

I know. I don't know, charismatic. I mean, sure, we just gotta outfit a car with lights.

[Ben]

The problem is. Here's, here's, here's the problem. Did anyone like watching Cash Cap?

[Ryan]

I can't say I've ever. Yeah.

[Ben]

Watched it, but everyone knows what it was. But who actually liked watching that show?

[Ken]

I think the only people that actually like that show were the participants. Like, that's the only one.

[CJ]

I mean, I'm sure it was a fairly large show on a big network.

[Ryan]

Yeah, Ken, I'm sure a couple people probably liked it.

[Ken]

The participants.

[Ben]

You know, the craziest part, though, about Steve's video, his last one was like, hanging with Six Nine before he goes to jail. And they're live streaming it. I mean, that was a plus.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Like, it was just like, you can't not watch that. It's just like what the. The whole thing was so ridiculous. And I think that's what Steve, in my opinion, for his content, I think that kind of stuff is. Is the best stuff he can do. Like when he starts giving. When he keeps giving away money, like, yeah, it's cool and like, it's nice to the people that he's given to. But I'm not like, this is the most entertaining part. It's like those kind of parts, you know, it's like hanging with Six Nine, who is. He looks ridiculous from the start, and he is obviously ridiculous. And it's just like everything.

[Ryan]

Bringing them to prison.

[Ben]

Yeah, they're. They're dropping him off at prison and they're filming it and he cut his ankle, Mon. It's insane. Like, you who.

[Ryan]

I agree. That was my favorite part.

[Ben]

You would never see this kind of stuff. And. Yeah, I don't know. It's cool though.

[Ryan]

I kind.

[Ben]

I. I know a lot of people don't like 6 9. He's done a lot of things to justify not liking them, but I kind of like Six Nine.

[Ryan]

He's pretty funny.

[Ben]

He's really funny. He's really funny. He's super entertaining. I. I like him. I'm not even gonna say I kind of like him. I think he's. I like him. He's fun to watch.

[Ryan]

Definitely had a comeback.

[Ben]

He definitely has had a comeback.

[CJ]

How long is he in jail for now?

[Ryan]

Three months.

[CJ]

He'll. He'll bounce back. Oh, he's just three months, dude. I mean, three months is a long time. Not trying to go anywhere for three months.

[Ryan]

But the people that he's going to.

[Ben]

Be in jail with, the roster's insane.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's pretty dropped off the Luigi guy, The. The CEO shooter.

[CJ]

Yep, yep.

[Ben]

Mondoro Duro. Yep.

[Ryan]

Diddy did. Was it Diddy?

[Ben]

Diddy's in that same prison. Jizz. Well, Max Maxwell. I can't say any names.

[Ryan]

Right.

[Ken]

Ghislaine Maxwellian Maxwell. What prison is this?

[Ben]

It's Brooklyn, like, detention center. It's like. I don't know why he's getting dropped there or why he's getting there. Maybe because he's high profile or something. But. Yeah, like a bunch of like, very notorious criminals are in that same spot. I don't know if they'll like, really.

[Ryan]

Rub elbows, but he was with Sam Bakeman freed.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah, he's there too.

[Ryan]

He was cellmates with sbf.

[Ken]

That is legitimately just.

[Ryan]

I think. Yeah, he said that he was.

[Ben]

Not cellmates. They don't have cellmates when you're that guy.

[Ryan]

I don't think.

[Ben]

I don't know. Here it is. Here's the list. Read through this. Ryan, you can read better than me.

[CJ]

Nicholas Maduro. Luigi Man. Magnoni.

[Ken]

Diddy.

[CJ]

R. Kelly.

[Ben]

Yeah, R. Kelly.

[CJ]

R. Kelly's a lot of bad. El Ch. Michael Cohen, Al Sharpton.

[Ryan]

What did R. Kelly do? Just say, Ken? He was peeing on children.

[Ben]

I think he's doing a lot. I mean, that was bad, but he's done a lot worse too. I don't. I don't even know. I don't like watching or like falling. That kind of stuff. It's just gross.

[CJ]

The hell did Al Sharpton do?

[Ryan]

Hall of Fame roster? Dude, people, the Internet is crazy. You guys know that El Chapo escaped his original prison? I don't know where he was, but his cartel dug a two mile tunnel to the bottom of his prison cell and then into a shower in the prison cell. Broke through the floor. So he like dipped out from behind this little wall that was in between, like the security camera and the hole in the floor. Went into the floor, crawled down a ladder, hopped on a motorcycle, and then rode this motorcycle two miles through this tunnel to an abandoned house and then escaped.

[CJ]

That's pretty crazy.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

And then was later found, obviously, because he's locked up again.

[CJ]

I can't believe they even had a little motorcycle. I mean, I guess two miles is a long way, but you'd think in your escape from jail you would have to probably just run it in the tunnel, but.

[Ken]

Well, that would be a huge tunnel to fit a motorcycle.

[Ryan]

It's not like it was like, known for, though. Like that. That cartel is known for digging.

[CJ]

Digging tunnels. Oh, they were the tunnel Cartel. That's crazy.

[Ryan]

How do you.

[Ben]

How do you dig underneath something and then know. I suppose obviously you have your. You can look at maps or your current location or something. Something better than that. But that's pretty impressive to the.

[Ryan]

To the exact location of it. Yeah.

[Ben]

You guys probably haven't seen it, but they did that on Viva Labam. They dug a hole under the house up into Don Vito's room.

[Ryan]

Pretty funny. That is pretty funny.

[CJ]

I was watching they took Jackass off of Paramount or whatever because they said that it wasn't being shown how they, like, filmed it. They must put, like, censored stuff. And so there was only like a little thing that was like, from Johnny Knoxville. Was like, were in agreeance with Paramount. Like, we're taking it off until the episodes are shown how I want them to be shown. So on the flight, I watched Wild Boys instead. Yeah, it was a really random concept.

[Ben]

For kind of B. It's like more of a B class spin off.

[CJ]

Yeah, it wasn't that good.

[Ben]

Speaking of Jackass, they have something new dropping June 26th.

[CJ]

Shut up.

[Ben]

They're coming back with some. I don't know if it's a spin off. I don't know if it's another movie.

[CJ]

A movie.

[Ken]

Oh, they just said it's a movie.

[Ben]

But I mean, they just posted it last night, so it's funny you brought that up and. Yeah, I was curious, like, is Bam Margera gonna be back in it? But let me just pull it up right here.

[CJ]

Wow. The Return of Jack. When was the last time they made their movie? When was their last movie?

[Ben]

It was like 21. Maybe it dropped or 22. Yeah. June 26th. Jackass is back this summer.

[CJ]

It just says we got jackass back before GTA 6.

[Ben]

It's insane. Yeah, you gotta wonder. Also, last thing I'll say on jackass. Steve O. One Mr. Beast's thing.

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[Ben]

Yeah, so. So that was the whole. Yeah, so I watched it. I don't watch all Mr. B's videos. No, he won a million dollars to donate to his charity of choice. But. But yeah, it was pretty cool. Like, they had all these celebrities and Steve O. Was a part of it. And I was kind of thinking at the start, I was like, honestly, like, if anyone's gonna win this, I could see Steve O. Because, like, his whole thing is doing hard that really no one else all the time. So he's got a lot of an edge on all that's true, you know.

[CJ]

22 is when Jackass Forever came out. So it's been five, four years.

[Ben]

Yeah, those. Those, those flicks just don't age, man. They're just.

[Ryan]

Just classics.

[Ben]

Classics, man. I think number two and three are my favorite, though.

[Ryan]

Just forever green content.

[CJ]

Yeah, dude, for real. Well, boys, I'm gonna go home and watch Jackass just to.

[Ken]

Are you?

[CJ]

Yeah, I think so.

[Ben]

Ken's gonna go set up his a.

[Ken]

Fish house, gonna finish cleaning, and then maybe we'll pull it on the lake tonight.

[Ben]

Oh, I'd like. You sure you want to do that at night though? If you go in the water, we'll.

[Ken]

See how late it gets.

[CJ]

But get it all done and we'll go do it first.

[Ben]

We should go cold plunge. You guys want to go cold plunge?

[Ryan]

No.

[CJ]

No, no.

[Ben]

Okay, you can.

[Ken]

That's called.

[Ben]

Jake's probably in there sitting in the lake. I'm going old fashioned now that I don't have my cold plunge.

[Ryan]

Oh, you don't? That's right.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I don't know if going in a cold plunge would help my.

[Ben]

It wouldn't help you. It wouldn't help you maybe rip a sauna?

[Ryan]

Oh, I've been doing that. All right, boys, good stuff. 2026, we're back.

[CJ]

Let's go. We'll see you next week.

[Ryan]

Let's run it.

[Ben]

Big year.

[Ken]

Peace.

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