Old School Bristol, Smoke & Rico’s Team Up, & Sugar Britches

Summary

The Dale Jr. Download – September 19, 2025

Episode Title: Old School Bristol, Smoke & Rico’s Team Up, & Sugar Britches
Host: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Dale Jr.)
Guests: Tony Stewart (“Smoke”), Rico Abreu
Produced By: Dirty Mo Media, SiriusXM

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Overview

This episode of The Dale Jr. Download dives deep into the evolution and nostalgia of Bristol Motor Speedway’s racing, announces a high-profile sprint car partnership between Tony Stewart and Rico Abreu, and caps it off with a lively, laugh-filled Family Feud game segment about racing life, marriage, and the beloved "sugar britches." Dale Jr. blends technical insight with personable banter, while the guests bring candid stories about their careers, family, and racing culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Evolution and Nostalgia of Bristol Motor Speedway

• Nostalgia Meets Reality:

  • Dale Jr. opens with reflections on how Bristol used to be the hottest ticket in NASCAR, famously difficult to get, and how times have changed with less frequent sellouts. (02:00–03:20)
  • He clarifies his stance: “This isn’t about nostalgia… It’s about what Bristol was and what it feels like now.” (01:50)

• Bristol’s Track Transformations:

  • Detailed recounting of the history: The original flat track, the move to banking, the switch from asphalt to concrete, and subsequent reconfigurations.
    • “When they first built Bristol... it was much flatter. You can see old races… where Bristol used to be quite flatter.” (02:50)
    • “After several years, they did the same thing at Rockingham… both reconfigured from flat to banked.” (03:21)

• Groove Changes & Racing Styles Over the Years:

  • Evolution from multi-groove, high-up-track racing on asphalt, to bottom-groove dominance after concrete was introduced.
  • Stories about variable banking introduction and tire changes affecting racing lines:
    • “One of the first races we ran on the variable banking version... Casey Kane’s leading, Carl Edwards is second, I’m third... everyone was running a different part of the racetrack. I was thinking, ‘This is badass!’” (07:10)

• Experimenting with Grip:

  • How track officials tried grinding the top groove and eventually adopted PJ1 traction compound, after consultation with Dale Jr.
    • “They narrowed up this application of PJ1 so you can only get the left side tires in it... you have to be so perfect..." (10:45)
    • “If you miss it, you saw what happens... more passing, more checking up, bumping and banging.” (11:00)

• Current State – A Nod to the Past:

  • “We’re almost all the way back… probably as close as we’re ever going to be to the Bristol that a lot of people love.” (11:13)
  • “No matter what version of Bristol you love, you got that version in one of the three events last weekend.” (11:46–11:53)

2. Tony Stewart & Rico Abreu's Partnership Announcement

• The Big News:

  • Dale Jr. introduces the segment: “Rico’s going to join Tony Stewart Racing. Right—putting all that together is a win for everybody.” (14:57)

• Rico Abreu’s Perspective:

  • Introspective look at his path:
    • “I’ve invested my entire life into sprint car racing… it takes an army of people to get a driver to the next level in this industry.” (15:54)
    • “I kept thinking about it, then called Tony one day and said, why don’t we just simplify… bring me over to your race team.” (17:10)
  • On blending successful organizations and partnerships: “Now they’re going to get the opportunity to come be a part of Tony Stewart Racing, and the partnerships Tony Stewart has built is going to get the opportunity to be a part of Rico.” (18:10)

• Tony Stewart’s Reflections:

  • On his unexpected journey into drag racing:
    • “Absolutely not… I enjoyed watching it on TV if it was on, but I didn’t search for it or plan my day around it.” (18:34)
    • “To get to do it with someone you love and care about... that draws you into it even deeper.” (19:29)
  • On changing family/racing dynamics: “Getting to race with my dad occasionally, that’s something I haven’t had the opportunity to do before. Once you’re a racer, you’re just always a racer.” (20:27)
  • On balancing risk and love for the sport: “Our crash the other day happened at 240 miles an hour... all I cared about was, what do we got to do to get ready for next weekend.” (21:19)

• Leah Pruett’s Return & Family Racing:

  • Discussion about Tony Stewart filling in for his wife Leah while she stepped back to become a mom.
  • “Me driving her car was about her and her decision for us to start a family together… I have this sneaking suspicion I’ll find something to do where I can still be involved myself.” (22:19–24:12)
  • “Next year is going to be a lot of fun.” (24:22)

• Lasting Commitment:

  • “Are you far from being done competing?” – “I don’t see an end anytime in.” (24:41–24:49)

3. Family Feud Game & Lighthearted Banter

• Fun and Laughter:

  • Dale Jr. and crew play a racing-themed “Family Feud” game, answering quirky questions surveyed from listeners.
    • Notably, “Name something in a bakery that a baker might call his wife.” (27:53)
  • Memorable, viral-sounding moment with “Sugar Britches,” as Dale Jr. jokes:
    • “That’s what I like to call Amy… the power of sugar britches.” (28:46–28:57)

• Other Fun Prompts & Laughs:

  • “Name a place where if her husband took her there for her anniversary, a wife would be mad.” (Sporting event, mom’s house, etc.) (30:35)
  • “Give me another word people say for rear end.” (“Arse,” “butt,” “heiney,” etc.) (32:42)
  • “Name something that grows faster than you want it to.” (“Hair,” “weeds,” “kids,” “debt,” “belly”) (34:50)

• Memorable Quotes from the Game:

  • [28:43] Dale Jr.: “Sugar Britches.”
  • [28:57] Dale Jr.: “Everybody in here is smiling now. Look at that. The power of sugar britches.”
  • [30:03] Crew: “Number two answer was his oven.” — “Who says that?”
  • [30:52] Tony Stewart: “His mom’s house.”
  • [32:51] Dale Jr.: “Bottom.”
  • [32:53] Crew: “Arse. That is a correct. Number two answer.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | Context | |:-------------:|:----------|:------------|:------------| | 07:15 | "Everyone was running on a different part of the racetrack. I was thinking in that moment, ‘This is badass. Like, I didn't think, how does it get any better?’” | Dale Jr. | On the thrill of multi-groove racing during Bristol’s variable banking era | | 11:15 | “That's kind of where we are. We're almost all the way back. It's probably as close as we're ever going to be to the Bristol that a lot of people love.” | Dale Jr. | On the current state of Bristol Motor Speedway | | 15:54 | “I’ve invested my entire life into sprint car racing… and now to align myself with a brand as big as Tony Stewart’s... that's amazing.” | Rico Abreu | On joining Tony Stewart Racing | | 19:29 | “To get to do it with someone you love and care about... that draws you into it even deeper.” | Tony Stewart | On racing alongside his wife, Leah Pruett | | 22:19 | “Me driving her car was about her and her decision for us to start a family together… I have this sneaking suspicion I’ll find something to do where I can still be involved myself.” | Tony Stewart | On stepping back to let Leah return to racing | | 28:43–28:57 | “Sugar Britches… Everybody in here is smiling now. Look at that. The power of sugar britches.” | Dale Jr. | During the Family Feud game segment | | 24:45 | “I don’t see an end anytime in.” | Tony Stewart | On his racing future |

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:51–12:00] – Old School Bristol Discussion
• [14:57–24:50] – Tony Stewart & Rico Abreu Interview/Announcement
• [27:27–36:34] – Family Feud Game and Banter

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Tone and Style

The episode maintains Dale Jr.’s trademark blend of technical racing expertise, candid storytelling, and homespun humor—especially as the crew lets loose with the Family Feud game. Tony Stewart brings his signature honesty and passion, while Rico Abreu’s humility and excitement are palpable. The energy is upbeat, reflective, and often laugh-out-loud fun.

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Conclusion

This episode offers a satisfying blend of motorsport insight, exclusive news, multi-generational reflections on racing, and the straight-up fun that comes from personalities like Dale Jr., Tony Stewart, and Rico Abreu just being themselves. Whether you’re a lifelong NASCAR fan, a sprint car supporter, or just in search of a good laugh about “sugar britches,” this installment covers all the bases in a way only The Dale Jr. Download can deliver.

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[C]

Use it, huh?

[A]

Part of the racetrack. Yeah, guys were everywhere, all over the place. It was just the strangest looking track. And after several years, they did the same thing at Rockingham. When they first built Rockingham, it was flat. And they did this. And this was all right around the same time frame. Uniquely or coincidentally, when they built Bristol and Rockingham, they built them within years of each other and they built them both flat. And then within four or five years, they reconfigured them to have more banking, both the same trail. So they reconfigured it then. Then we had this asphalt version that was highly popular and we went into around the mid-90s, they had resurfaced the racetrack. And I will say that that version, that concrete version, the initial concrete version of Bristol was still very similar. And the racing looked quite similar to what we saw with the, with the asphalt racetrack. You can go back though and look at some of the asphalt races at Bristol and man, they ran way up the track. The groove would move around in the corners. It wasn't all on the bottom.

[D]

What made the groove move around them day in that time? Was it the tire?

[A]

Was it? I mean, who knows? I mean, I would have. I would be guessing if I was trying to tell you what made the groove move around back then, because I thought I knew a lot about. I thought I knew a lot about things till this last couple weeks with this tire and this scar and all that.

[D]

Yeah, so.

[A]

So anyways, I want to say that a lot of people talk about Bristol as the best. Bristol is a bottom groove, beaten bank. Well, back when it was asphalt, they ran all over the corner. There was races where they'd run the top of 1 and 2 or the bottom of 1 and 2, depending on the temperature the day, the tire, whatever. Right. So, I mean, they moved all over this racetrack when they concreted it the first time. That's when it truly became a bottom only racetrack. There was no second or third groove ever at those races with, with the first rendition of concrete. And there was this funky little sort of dip off of turn two where you kind of had to hook the old concrete or the old asphalt with the left Front apron. Yes. And it was so much fun. And you had to really, you had to hit this little spot every time. And there was, you know, it was a fun little racetrack. And I don't, you know, I'd have to, you know, to go back and relive all of that, but for some reason, you know, they wanted to reconfigure it again and they put the Vario banking in there, and that's what we have today. And, you know, I've always, I half joke about them, you know, man, they should pave it with asphalt. I truly would do it if I had all the money, if I could afford to pay for them to pave at asphalt, I would do it if you could just snap your fingers and have it. But honestly, you know, the Vario banking has kind of went through these good and bad times I've had. There's the. I remember one of the first races that we ran on the variable banking version of Bristol we have today. We were in the cot middle way through the race. I ended up running fifth in this race. But middle way through the race, Casey Kane's leading Edwards. Carl Edwards is second, and I'm third. And we're all within 10 car lengths of each other or closer, battling for the lead. And everyone was running on a different part of the racetrack. And I was thinking in that moment, and I'll never forget it, I thought in that moment I was like, this is badass. Like, I didn't think, how does it get any better? Yeah, like, everybody's, he's, he's on the bottom, he's in the middle, I'm on the top. We're all racing the. Out of each other. I mean, I don't know what else, what more you could want. This is pretty cool. And what ended up, what ended up happening, though, is, is we, you know, that was, that's, that's what happens anytime we, like, introduce something completely new. It looks amazing the very first time we try it, whether it's a car, a track, or what have you, because it's. No one knows how to work it, how to use it. Where's the advantages? Well, we all learned eventually how to run the top of this racetrack. And that's where the steepest banking was. And so that's where a lot of the racing started to go. And it was impossible to pass. Everybody would go, run the top, and boy, you try to go to the inside of somebody and you couldn't. You get trained by all the people.

[D]

On the outside line, couldn't run fast enough down there.

[A]

So Bruton ground the top groove to try to make it where it was unusable. Well, that made it actually better. The rubber would stick to it even better. And we ran the top even more. And. And so I remember all these little moments where they were trying to figure out a way to get us to the bottom of the racetrack. And eventually they found the PGA one. And I got in Marcus's ear and I told Marcus, I said, all right, everybody wants this particular type of Bristol, right? And if you want to know how to get it, I'll tell you. And so I told him, I said, go back and watch the 2004 race at Bristol. That's the one that I was fortunate enough to win. And there's anywhere around that time frame. 0203-0405. And if you look at. If you just look at still images of cars in the corners at Bristol and there's something you'll recognize. So you still had the asphalt apron, and they sealed it. They would seal. They would put sealer down on that apron, and it looked. It looked good. They paint their logos and all over it. And the actual line, there's always this yellow or white painted line on the bottom of these racetracks to separate and differentiate the apron from the racetrack. Well, the line at Bristol is actually around 2004, was painted on top of the banking of the racetrack, almost a foot up from the real true seam between the concrete and asphalt. And they would seal all the way up to that line. So what you had was about a foot of sealer, asphalt sealer on top of this concrete grip for the left front tire. And man, if you were smart enough to be patient enough to connect the left front tire to that sealer, the entire corner, there was a ton of grip and a ton of turn there. And so when your car is great, that's what you try to do. And I told him, I said, man, if, you know, they were putting that pj1 the entire bottom width of the car, like a full car length of PJ1, it's too much. I was like, all you need is to really, like, saturate the bottom foot and a half, two foot, three foot of the corners with this PJ1, all you need is for the guy on the bottom groove to be able to use. Use it and get his left side tires in it. And so that's what they started doing. They narrowed up this, you know, this application of PJ1 so that you can only get the left side tires in it. So you would have to be so perfect to be able to put the tire in it.

[D]

It was hard to run that one.

[A]

And if you miss it, right. You saw what happened to guys that came out of it. Oh, man. Yeah. And so make that even more narrow and you have that opportunity for guys to miss it even more.

[D]

So you have even more passers and.

[A]

More passers, more ch. Checking up, bumping and banging. Anyhow, that's kind of where we are. We're almost all the way back. It's probably as close as we're ever going to be to the Bristol that a lot of people love.

[D]

All three races, all four races were actually pretty good. The truck race actually moved up. You had guys that could run the top, guys that could run the bottom.

[A]

That's such a great point, T.J. if you, no matter what version of Bristol you love, you got that version in one of the three events.

[D]

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We have two guests coming on the show. Rico Abreu and Tony Stewart are going to come in here and talk about some announcement that they have. I bet you can imagine what this may entail. So Rico, Rico's going to join Tony Stewart racing. And so Rico drives. You drive for your family team, right? In High Limit, very successful. You're leading the points, winning races. Tony, you've had a winged car for your entire life. You've owned a team with Donnie, been very successful. You decided to make a change. And so I want to know. This is pretty incredible news. I think it's going to energize a lot of people. You got a massive fan base. High Limit's got a great thing going. This guy's Tony Stewart. Right. Putting all that together is a win for everybody. So, Rico, what does all this mean physically for your team, his team? How does all this happen?

[G]

You know, I just. It's a mega opportunity for me to race for a top tier team that's a championship molded team. I felt like probably over the last decade, I've, you know, invested my entire life into sprint car racing, you know, and I got the opportunity to race some stock car stuff in 15 and 16 and just realized that, you know, it takes an army of people to get a driver to the next level in this industry. And I started to really understand the process of the sport and where you need to be to be in position to be a successful race car driver. And I kept pushing back to sprint car racing and how much I love sprint car racing and the people and the control I had with the three employees that I have working on my car, no matter what year it was, and just the parts and pieces of how you dissect a sprint car team to operate at a professional level, um, and thinking about all this TSR stuff over the last few years, and just my relationship with Tony, I think it's, you know, I felt like it was very fitting for me to have a conversation with Tony about it and just see if there was potential thought there. Um, and I thought that the way originally when I sat down and approached this to them, it got kind of complicated on how we would, you know, blend partnerships and everybody, you know, was continued to stay invested into the programs. And then I just thought, I kept thinking about it and kept thinking about it. Then I called Tony one day and I just said, like, why don't we just simplify this and we, you know, we just bring. Figure out how to get me over to your race team to continue to have it operate at a high level and, and it's always operated at a high level. But to get the infrastructure to where I, um, you know, I feel I could bring that positive energy into a establishment that was exciting and I was ready to take that next step in my career. And I just feel that, you know, to align myself with a brand as big as Tony Stewart's is. Is quite amazing for me to have that chance to just allow our partners to. To be a part of that. I think that you, when you look at this thing, it's, it's, you know, I've built these amazing partnerships with Rico Abri Racing, and now they're going to get the opportunity to come be a part of Tony Stewart Racing. And the partnerships Tony Stewart has built is going to get the opportunity to be a part of Rico.

[A]

Avery, what did you know and think about drag racing? Did you ever think you would ever find yourself?

[H]

Absolutely not. Didn't have. I was a casual fan, sure, I enjoyed watching it on TV if it was on, but I didn't search for it and didn't plan my day around watching a broadcast of it or go to the races. I mean, I had the opportunity when we started Stewart Haas racing through the US army, who sponsored Ryan Newman with our program, got invited to go to the U.S. nationals and hang out with Don Schumacher and Tony Schumacher, who were sponsored by the army as well. So that was the first time I really got to be around it and, you know, got invited to the U.S. nationals. Well, that's our Daytona 500. So as much as they're inviting you to come in the trailers and look at all the stuff, I'm just wanting to be outside because I'm like, this is your biggest race of the year. I don't want to get in the way. So I'm standing out. But. But at the same time, like, man, this is crazy. Looking from the outside, looking in. And then years later, meet Leah and especially during COVID and get the opportunity thanks to Don again. Don invites me to. To be with Leah at the races and had permission to be around the team where during COVID if you didn't work on those cars, you weren't allowed to be in the area. So I got a really neat opportunity from Don Schumacher to do that and really started seeing it from the inside out and that really sparked the fire. But to get a chance to do it with someone you love and care about and is your life partner and to get to see her passion and drive and it's the same. I tell Everybody she is me 17 years earlier with a lot of aspects of it and. But to see how excited she is and then it just. That draws you into it even deeper. But to get to the. Go to the racetrack each weekend, get to do it with my Wife to now have our son there. And because of what our schedule looks like at the racetrack, our hospitality is in between our two race teams with Matt Hagan's funny car team and our Top fuel team. He's 30ft away from me at all times.

[A]

All times.

[H]

I can go run in that trailer anytime, hug him, kiss him all I want, play with him when I have time. And that's something we didn't have that luxury of doing. I mean, when it was, when we had an hour practice, we were solid hour practice, we weren't getting away from that. So it's variables like that in the equation that are so unique in this situation that that is. That passion's never went away. I mean, I even think about not only going to the sprint car races. My dad's 87 years old now. We race three quarter midgets together. And so getting to race with my dad occasionally, that's something that I haven't had the opportunity to do before. And I think once you're a racer, you're just always a racer. I mean, that's. And I'm sure there's going to be that day that something's going to change in the equation and I'm going to go, you know what? I don't know that I want to take this risk anymore. I mean, our crash the other day happened at 240 miles an hour, you know, and. And I never thought about that.

[A]

I.

[H]

You just don't see a lot of crashes in nhra. But even when that happened, all I cared about was, all right, well, what do we got to do to get ready for next weekend, which is Charlotte coming up. And so the great thing is we had a backup car. We got. We had the opportunity to test with Leah on Monday. She got to make the hits in the car. I'm banged up a little bit. Doctor's orders. Did not get in the car. So having my wife get in my car and shake the backup car down, that's pretty cool deal for me. So I, I think there's just variables that are just way different than. Than what a normal, what we would call traditional racing family where, you know, one of them, one person's driving the race car or the family supporting him. We are just truly a racing family. Like what you grew up in.

[A]

She's going to get back behind the wheel next year.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And so the. What I heard is that she's. You borrowed her seat while she wanted to become a mother and that you're stepping back out of the way, getting out of her way to get back in her ride. What does that mean for you?

[H]

Yeah, I think it's. I think it's an element of my life where you kind of realize, and to a lot of people, they won't realize that you've known me long enough to know. It's one more step in the growing up process. This wasn't about me. Me driving her car was about her and her decision for us to start a family together. And she got to dictate the timing of it and all that because I felt like that was really important. She's giving up what she loves to do the most driving that race car, but somebody had to drive it in the meantime. So because of the time in the alcohol dragster that I drove the year before, I felt like that was a logical step. But ultimately it was still her decision. Her and the crew chief made the call of two of us that were on. On the card of who to pick. And I told him, I said, pick who you think is going to give us the best opportunity to have the best results at the end of the day. And so to be able to step in and fill in for her. I feel pride in that as her husband, but love the opportunity as a race car driver to go to another form of motorsports, get in another type of race car that people are going to say, ah, he's not going to figure this out. He's going to get his ass kicked and be able to sit there and perform and get up to speed and win a couple races. And now we're in contention for a world championship and won a regular season championship. So that's what I take pride in as a driver. But, you know, at the end of the day, it was bittersweet when we had to do her announcement. And it's like there were a couple small moments where I had to bite my tongue, you know, and because I'm like, I really don't want to get out of this race car, But I do, because I'm doing it for the person I love, and I know how much she loves being in it. And it was the first time that I actually stepped back and said, I can't believe I'm actually doing this. I can't believe I'm okay with owning the race team and just getting out of the car. But it was the plan all along. And I have this very sneaking suspicion I'll find something to do to where I can still be involved myself at the same time.

[A]

Do you know what that is?

[H]

I do. I do. And this week we'll all know what it is. But yeah, it's. Let's just say it's next year is going to be a lot of fun.

[A]

Oh, man.

[H]

You know, if racing with Rico is not fun enough, it's, you know, this just encompasses all of it and the season we're going to have next year and the things that I'm going to get to do and to have Rico in our shop, I mean, literally, our funny car team, our top fuel team, and Rico's sprint car team, we're all in the same building. Are you all team?

[A]

Are you far from being done competing?

[H]

I don't see an end anytime in.

[A]

That's good enough for me. That's good enough for me.

[H]

We've had a lot of our. Our friends that have sat there and said, you know, when's enough going to be enough? You know, And I'm like, I don't know. But my brain doesn't say that this is it yet.

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[A]

So we're going to play a game called Family Feud.

[C]

Oh, it's just like Family Feud too. Oh, yeah. I've got a bunch of questions surveyed from the online audience.

[B]

Oh, is that right?

[C]

And you guys are gonna try to answer these as a team together.

[B]

Are we ready?

[C]

Yep, I'm ready. You guys are a team. So you guys are trying to find for this first question the top seven answers on the board.

[A]

Holy crap.

[B]

What'd you just say?

[A]

Top 7 answers. Just like Family Feud.

[C]

Oh, just like Family Feud. Name something in a bakery that a baker might call his wife.

[B]

That a baker might call his wife.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Honey bun.

[C]

Number one answer.

[A]

Number one answer. Honey bun.

[C]

Number one answer.

[A]

Are you gonna guess Biscuit?

[B]

Does he call her a biscuit?

[A]

Oh, man.

[B]

I mean cupcake.

[C]

Cupcake. Number four answer.

[A]

Sweet cakes.

[C]

Sweetie. I'll give you sweetie. Three answers.

[B]

Sweetie.

[A]

Oh, I get sweetie. Sweet cakes.

[B]

All right, don't give him points just for.

[C]

How about this close.

[A]

Sugar Britches.

[E]

Sugar Bridges.

[B]

Do they sell that at a bakery?

[A]

That's what I like to call Amy. I mean, this is when I need Amy to giggle.

[C]

Yeah, Sugar is the number six answer.

[A]

So I'll give it to you.

[B]

I go right, he goes deep for sugar britches.

[A]

I don't know why, that's just funny. Everybody in here is smiling now. Look at that. The power of sugar britches.

[C]

Never heard of that. You got three answers left.

[B]

Three answers left. How about. Do they. Do we call her Cookie?

[A]

Oh, wow.

[C]

Cookie. Two strikes.

[A]

That was a good one.

[C]

Junebug can steal.

[A]

I don't have a clue.

[B]

How about Sweetie Pie.

[C]

Sweetie. He already said sweetie. So we'll give you.

[B]

I'm trying to think of the bakery items. Visualizing.

[C]

You have the number two answer. Five answer. And seven answer.

[B]

What's that?

[C]

You have the number two answer. Five answer dot and seven answer.

[B]

Two, five, and seven.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

What is the second one?

[A]

Cinnamon roll. Cinnamon something.

[B]

No, you start calling me cinnamon.

[C]

All right, well, I'm trying to think.

[A]

Of things that are in there.

[B]

How about cream puff?

[C]

Cream puff. All right, we've officially reached. We don't know.

[A]

Just tell us.

[C]

All right, number two answer was his oven.

[B]

What?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Stop. Who says that?

[A]

No one says that. That's no way. The number two answer Is that what.

[B]

You'Re calling your new girlfriend? Hey. Oven.

[C]

No, no, definitely not his oven.

[B]

Like bun in the oven?

[C]

No, definitely not.

[A]

No, no.

[B]

I was just saying in general.

[A]

Two answer.

[B]

He said it's number two.

[C]

Number two. Number five is muffin.

[B]

Oh.

[C]

Number seven was donut. Which? I don't know. You're not calling your girlfriend a donut.

[H]

Or your wife.

[C]

All right, next. Next question. Top eight answers on the board. Wide range here.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Name a place where if her husband took her there for her anniversary, a wife would be mad.

[A]

Racetrack.

[B]

Is it on there?

[C]

Race. Well, sporting event. I'll give it to you. Number three.

[B]

Okay, we're going.

[H]

That broad.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

His mom's house.

[C]

Number six answer.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

On an anniversary trip. Don't take me here. The hospital.

[C]

Hospital's not on there.

[B]

Not on there. I don't know. Maybe you need some tuning up.

[C]

That's actually a good answer.

[B]

Now.

[A]

What about a cruise?

[C]

That should be mad.

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

That's just me.

[A]

That's the same. Maybe disappointed.

[C]

If that's not.

[B]

Don't take me on a big old boat. Let's see why. But this is hard.

[C]

This is a big one on here. That's number two answer. I think you guys could get.

[A]

Concert.

[C]

Concert not on there. Actually.

[B]

Where are we? Where? I mean, that's a lot of options, too, to be mad at.

[C]

You have six more if you want me to tell you some of these.

[B]

Let me give it one more good guess. Where's somebody taking me that I'm mad about on my anniversary?

[A]

That would be considered, right? As an option.

[B]

I think that's the point. Like, what would you like to do that you. Your wife would probably.

[A]

Well, he said a video game.

[B]

A video game contest?

[C]

No.

[B]

An arcade?

[C]

No.

[A]

Chuck E. Cheese.

[C]

Kind of. Number one answer is a tacky themed restaurant.

[B]

A tacky restaurant.

[A]

You gotta give that to Me.

[C]

There you go. You got one. You want me to tell you the rest?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Number two answer was strip club. Oh, I mean, duh, duh bar and club, which I disagree with. Number four.

[B]

Yeah, that's.

[C]

That's what you end up doing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Number five was bowling alley. Seven was the movies, and eight was a car show.

[B]

Car show.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

All right. You guys want to do one more?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

All right, let's do top six answers on the board. Give me another word people say for rear end.

[A]

Bottom.

[B]

Ass.

[C]

Bottom is correct. Number five answer. Ass is not on there, but there's a arse. Arse. That is a correct. Number two answer.

[B]

Bum.

[C]

Bum is not on there. Donkey should be on there, but it's not on there. No donkey.

[B]

No donkey.

[C]

No donkey. I think there's a booty.

[A]

Trunk.

[C]

Not booty.

[A]

Not trunk. Not trunk. What about caboose?

[C]

No, caboose is not on there.

[B]

Booty.

[C]

He's not on there. These are a little bit more.

[A]

These are the answers.

[C]

These are the answers. It's a little bit more mainstream, I think.

[B]

You mean for. For the use. We need you to go into our.

[C]

I think you got to go back a little bit.

[B]

Oh, back.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

I actually think you guys are too hip for this one.

[A]

Where did you ask this question?

[E]

It's just straight on.

[C]

Caboose would have been number one answer.

[A]

That was buns.

[C]

Bun's not on there either.

[I]

What the heck?

[C]

All right, you're missing a huge one. That's just very simple, straightforward, almost scientific.

[A]

But.

[C]

But yes.

[B]

Oh, I thought that was what we started with.

[C]

Rear end.

[B]

Oh. But. Oh. Rear end.

[A]

Butt, arse, bottom, bottom, backside, backside.

[C]

Number three answer.

[B]

Oh, I got one.

[C]

Heiney, heiney. Number six answer. One more.

[A]

Now. Now you're cooking our heritage.

[C]

Got your grandma brain on.

[A]

I'm graying even more. Just.

[B]

So there's one more.

[A]

One more.

[C]

Yeah. Number four answer.

[B]

Tush.

[C]

Not tush. No, that's a good one. We could have made our own top.

[B]

We should. Yeah.

[C]

Here.

[A]

What is derriere? We would not.

[B]

I declare. That was. Yeah, that one we should have gotten.

[A]

Let's do number five.

[C]

You want to do number five?

[A]

Okay. This was pretty fun.

[B]

Seems this is.

[C]

These are unlimited, too. All right, six answers on the board. Name something that grows faster than you want it to.

[A]

Nose hairs.

[C]

All right, I'll give you number one.

[A]

Hair.

[C]

Unibrow.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, hair. Unibrow.

[B]

Unibrow.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

I was gonna say ear hairs.

[C]

Also, I think that all kind of compasses.

[B]

Weeds.

[C]

Weeds, Yep. Number Two Answer your kids.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Number three. Answer. Oh, we're just going down the list now.

[B]

Grows faster.

[C]

Now we're getting to the answer.

[A]

Nails. Fingernails.

[C]

Fingernails. Number five. No strikes.

[A]

We found.

[B]

I'm scared to say anything. Game show host.

[A]

No whammies. No whammies.

[C]

Shazam.

[B]

Oh, man. Something else grows faster than you want it to.

[A]

Grass.

[B]

The grass.

[C]

Well, you said lawn and weeds.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Come on, Dale. We're on a no strike zone.

[A]

I know, but feel pretty good.

[C]

He wants to pass. He's passing.

[B]

Is there just one more?

[C]

No, there's two.

[B]

There's two.

[A]

Give us one.

[C]

I'll give you the number six answer. Debt and expenses. That's a boring one.

[B]

Oh, debt and expenses. Yeah, of course.

[A]

All right.

[C]

This one. You guys should get this.

[A]

We should?

[C]

Yeah, you should.

[A]

Something that grows faster than you want it to. I don't know.

[B]

I don't know either. I give up.

[C]

Belly.

[B]

Your belly.

[A]

Your belly.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Your belly.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. Truth number four. All right.

[C]

That was fab.

[B]

That was fun.

[A]

Good job.

[J]

Whirlpool presents Ickx. He got new shoes with toes.

[B]

Ew. He owned a race car that was also a bed.

[G]

He smelled really familiar.

[A]

Like my dad.

[B]

After he washed his clothes, he left.

[G]

Them in the washer too long.

[J]

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