The Dale Jr. Download – "Amy and Dale Found a Hilarious VHS of Dale Sr."

Podcast: The Dale Jr. Download
Episode: Amy and Dale Found a Hilarious VHS of Dale Sr.
Date: November 20, 2025
Hosts: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Amy Earnhardt
Producer/Co-hosts: David
Network: Dirty Mo Media, SiriusXM

Episode Overview

This lively episode blends the usual Earnhardt brand of humor, family stories, and candid banter. Dale Jr. and Amy recount the antics around garage mishaps, holiday regifting etiquette, camper upgrades, and a trove of VHS tapes—featuring a comedic behind-the-scenes moment with Dale Earnhardt Sr. The show also fields listener questions about holiday traditions, road trip hacks, and the fate of the penny, while keeping the tone playful and honest.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Garage Mishaps and the Infamous Truck Dent

• Dale explains his system for parking his truck in their tight garage using a tennis ball as a bumper guide.
  • Details hanging a tennis ball for both his old and new truck to maximize space but confesses things got a little too tight this time.
• Dale admits to denting his new truck’s hood and roof by climbing up to hang the tennis ball
  • He tries to stand on the "cowl area" and manages to pop a dent in the hood and, possibly, the roof.
  • “I've had this truck a month. Less than a month. And there was a dent in the roof, I guess, where maybe I put an elbow.” [06:37]
• Amy and Dale discuss him hiding the mishap, calling friend Sean to get the dent fixed by a “dent wizard.”
  • Amy teases Dale for not accepting help and for secretly getting the truck repaired.
  • “He had shamefully passed it off to a friend to fix, so he didn't have to tell anybody what he was doing.” [07:21]

Memorable Moment:

• Amy’s lighthearted take on Dale’s tendency to hide mishaps:
  • “Why did you feel like you had to hide it?” – Amy
    “Because I was mad... but mostly mad. And I just wanted it to get fixed, and as soon as it comes back in the driveway and it's not dented anymore, it never happened.” – Dale [09:02–09:08]

2. Regifting: Etiquette, Embarrassment, and Holiday Traditions

• Amy and Dale debate the right (and wrong) way to regift, with examples from their own family exchanges.
  • Amy’s take: Don’t tell people you’re regifting; Dale’s response is more candid and in-the-moment.
  • “If you re gift something, you're not supposed to tell, it's supposed to be...” – Amy [12:27]
  • Dale jokes about Orion, the company that gifted an item, commenting online after he regifted it:
    “Hey, we gave that to you. That's embarrassing.” – Dale [12:44]
• Discussion covers their family “used gift” exchange, packing up random household items—including suspiciously new ones Dale “declutters” from the garage.
• Amy is wary of regifting items back to the original giver by mistake:
  • “Is there a regift cabinet? Like, oh, I'm never going to use that. Sticking it over here. So when so gave this to me, don't give it back.” [14:54]
  • David adds, “I think it's very obvious when you've been regifted.” [15:28]
• The Earnhardts share fun examples of handing down “smokers” and “green eggs” (grills) to friends, which Dale claims is an unspoken contract of lifetime friendship.

Quote:

• “If you gift another guy a smoker, have you not in that moment signed a lifetime friend contract?” – Dale [19:35]

3. The Famed VHS Find: Dale Sr. and the Waterbed Commercial

• Dale Jr. describes finding a 20-minute behind-the-scenes VHS of his father Dale Sr. struggling hilariously to shoot a waterbed commercial.
  • The tape includes outtakes, crew distractions, and Dale Jr. as a “car waxer” in the background.
  • Amy describes it as “painful but awesome” to watch, featuring Sr.’s genuine frustration and candid reactions.
  • Teresa Earnhardt and other family voices pop up offscreen, adding layers to the familial chaos.
  • “Five minutes or like, three minutes in, he's struggling. He's getting mad, and he's starting to get mad, and he's struggling.” – Amy [36:30]
• At one point, frustrated, Dale Sr. turns to his son:
  • “He goes, junior, do you want to do this? And I say—‘Yeah, I got it memorized by now.’” – Dale Jr. & Amy [37:13–37:15]
• Amy and Dale recall the authenticity of the moment, with Dale reflecting on seeing his dad “in a vulnerable, unguarded state.”
  • “That was really kind of him and how he behaved... when he get frustrated and stuff, it's funny.” – Dale Jr. [38:29–38:31]
• The gang discusses waterbeds’ strange history and shares laughs at Dale Sr. hawking a product he didn’t even use anymore.

Memorable Exchange:

• “He says, crew, y' all, get out. I can't do this. Y' all staring at me… Go outside, walk around.” – Dale Sr. [36:39]

4. Camper Upgrades and Making Room for Adventure

• Dale and Amy talk through trading their current basic camper for something larger and more advanced now that they’ve cleared space at home.
  • Nostalgia as Dale describes tearing up the basketball court, which held memories of team nights and old racing pals.
  • They solicit advice from listeners about camper features, especially “mid bunks.”

5. Road Trip Hacks & Relationship Dynamics

• Live Q&A covers:
  • Best practices for long car rides
    • Amy: Snack cooler, books, music; Dale: “Unhealthy” energy drinks and permission to “trail off into hours of silence.”
    • “If you’re driving, have a lot of energy drinks… in that moment, it’s okay to be completely unhealthy.” – Dale [59:07]
  • Conversation-to-silence ratio and handling a passenger’s nap
  • In-car banter: Dale confesses to interrogating Amy about her phone scrolling, but turns prickly when she does the same.
    • “If she calls me from across the house, I'm like, oh... because it always sounds like, why am I not standing right next to her?" – Dale [62:34]

6. Listeners’ “Fixings” Segment – Handling Awkward Family & Social Fails

• Navigating the “mother-in-law moving in” dilemma
  • Advice: Apologize, help find a new house, and communicate—while humorously deflecting blame when possible.
• Soccer game etiquette: How to recover from being the “uncle who heckles kids”
  • “Maybe the uncle can bring the snacks and drinks next time—try to make it up to everybody.” – Amy [48:50]

7. Holiday & Money Debates

• Holiday traditions and decoration timing
  • “Gradually close in on Christmas,” says Dale, preferring a slow, multi-day decorating process [53:45]
• Physical change and the demise of the penny
  • “Apparently it costs more to make the cent than it’s worth… It makes good sense. No pun intended.” – Dale [64:44]
  • Group faux pas: forgetting who’s on which currency, which they all find hilarious.

Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• “Why did you feel like you had to hide it?” – Amy [09:02]
  “Because I was mad... but mostly mad. And I just wanted it to get fixed, and as soon as it comes back in the driveway and it's not dented anymore, it never happened.” – Dale [09:04]
• “If you re gift something, you're not supposed to tell, it's supposed to be...” – Amy [12:27]
• “Hey, we gave that to you. That's embarrassing.” – Dale [12:44]
• “If you gift another guy a smoker, have you not in that moment signed a lifetime friend contract?” – Dale [19:35]
• “He goes, junior, do you want to do this? And I say—‘Yeah, I got it memorized by now.’” – Dale Jr. & Amy [37:13–37:15]
• “That was really kind of him and how he behaved... when he get frustrated and stuff, it's funny.” – Dale Jr. [38:29–38:31]
• “Apparently it costs more to make the cent than it’s worth… It makes good sense. No pun intended.” – Dale [64:44]

Funniest/Most Memorable Moments

• Dale's admission about garage mishaps and Amy’s relentless teasing.
• The detailed, comedic play-by-play of Dale Sr. (struggling, cursing) to master the waterbed commercial, with a young Dale Jr. glued to his “car waxing” extras role.
• The regifting debate, especially the story of rehoming grills and smokers as “friendship contracts.”
• The playful, self-deprecating exchange about not knowing who’s on American money:
  • “We can't not have some money without Abe.” – Dale [65:17]
    “He's on the five, everybody.” – Amy [65:28]
  • “Abe’s a baddie.” – David [65:42]

Timestamps of Important Segments

• Truck Dent Story: 04:11–09:08
• Regifting Debate: 09:59–15:53
• Holiday Gift Exchange & Traditions: 13:27–21:19
• VHS Find / Dale Sr. Waterbed Tape: 33:39–41:26
• Campers & Basketball Court Memories: 31:14–33:21
• Road Trip Hacks: 58:40–62:05
• Fixings Segment (Listeners' Problems): 42:54–47:55
• Q&A – Holiday Traditions & Penny Discussion: 51:25–65:43

Tone & Style

The show is filled with laughter, candid confessions, playful ribbing, and a heartfelt connection between Dale, Amy, and their circle. It balances light domestic chaos, sentimental stories, and good-natured poking fun at themselves and each other.

Summary

This episode showcases the Earnhardt family's unique brand of humor and warmth, with stories that are part NASCAR legacy, part ordinary domestic life. From truck dents to questionable regifting etiquette, and the hysterical VHS of Dale Sr., listeners get a genuine window into the unfiltered charm of Dale Jr. and Amy. For both hard-core racing fans and newcomers, the episode delivers laughs, nostalgia, and the kind of easy banter that makes listeners feel right at home.