The Earnhardts vs. 15,000 Bees

Summary

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Episode: The Earnhardts vs. 15,000 Bees
Date: May 7, 2026
Host: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (with Amy and Ralph, Dirty Mo Media)

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his co-hosts Amy and Ralph deliver a mix of humor, candid commentary, and family storytelling. The centerpiece is a wild real-life adventure: their suburban home gets “invaded” by a swarm of 15,000 bees, prompting chaos, surprise science lessons, and an emergency call to a local beekeeper. Woven through are themes about work-life guilt, family dynamics, behind-the-scenes racing tales, and plenty of playful debate about beer, boats, bad habits, and the quirks of life off the NASCAR circuit.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fashion & Family Life Antics

[01:14 - 05:00]

• Dale’s wardrobe woes: The opening banter is classic Jr.—self-deprecating about his overstuffed closet, his love for "fun" shirts (especially those with expletives), and his inability to part with old clothes without Amy’s help.

  • Dale Jr. (03:43): “I just want you to go in there…you ain’t wearing this anymore. This is ugly.”

• Family priorities: Honest discussion about work vs. family life, with Amy noting fans sometimes expect team owners like Dale to be omnipresent at races.

  • Amy (09:18): “I do believe that fans want to see the owner of the team that they root for to be there. I do. I think he's right.”

• Weekend guilt: Dale wrestles with guilt over taking time off—even just a day on the boat—because of public expectations and his own work ethic.

2. Boating, Mishaps, and Marriage Lessons

[10:05 - 16:00]

• A day cleaning the boat turns into a comedy of errors, with Dale taking a bad spill and racking up four injuries, retold with vivid physical comedy.

  • Dale Jr. (15:07): “The deck on the boat was wet.…I put my foot on the deck, and it took off—with a bucket full of water.”

• Marital teamwork: Playful sparring about cleaning methods turns into a badge of pride—they didn’t fight (much), and managed not to get divorced.

3. Drink of the Week & Merch Talk

[05:10 - 07:02, 19:53 - 21:02]

• Introducing a new favorite, the “Red Bull Sudachi” cocktail. Dale is obsessed—“That is my new favorite mixed drink. It is delicious.” (05:52)
• Merch drop! New “Zero to Freedom” apparel line at shop.dirtymomedia.com (“Eagle sounds in the background, please!”). Fan-favorite rope hats and boat shirts reviewed.

4. Childhood Rivalries & Hometown Pride

[23:12 - 26:44]

• Stories about small-town North Carolina pride—Mooresville (“Dirty Mo”), rivalry with Concord, and quirky school mascots.
  • Dale Jr. (23:55): “Our town was Dirty Mo. When we were kids in school, we all lived in the Dirty Mo.”
• Dale shares a surprisingly humbling experience of being blown off by his high school football coach, even at the peak of his fame.

5. Core Memories: Lessons from the Earnhardt Kids

[29:25 - 32:52]

• Amy and Dale share a sweet story about their daughters, Isla and Nicole. Isla dedicates a schoolbook project to her sister, moving Nicole (and Amy) to tears, offering a rare, affectionate moment of sibling harmony.
  • Amy (30:57): “It's not a small victory. That's a big victory.”
  • Dale Jr. (32:46): “It was probably great for Isla to see how effective that was.”

6. MAIN EVENT: The Bee Invasion

[33:17 - 40:03]

• Dramatic swarm: The Earnhardts’ home is visited by a “biblical” swarm of over 15,000 bees clustering around the porch columns.

  • Dale Jr. (34:23): “It is 15,000 bees…like a blanket, they were all moving together.”
  • Ralph (34:28): “It felt biblical. You could feel the vibration. You could hear the noise.”

• Science lesson: Social media erupts with advice; the queen bee is resting, the swarm is looking for a new home. Eventually, many bees get inside the porch column; a professional beekeeper is summoned.

• Bee extraction: The beekeeper uses smoke to extract the bees, revealing that in under two days, they’d built three sizeable sheets of honeycomb. The process becomes a real-life science class for the kids, who get to dress up in bee suits and see the queen and combs firsthand:

  • Dale Jr. (38:13): “They built…10, 12, and 8 inches, two combs.”

• Unresolved tension: The bees are only mostly gone; there’s uncertainty about whether all have been lured out.

7. Pop Culture Interlude: The Met Gala

[41:35 - 45:20]

• Dissecting Met Gala fashion, celebrity guest lists, and Carson Hocevar (NASCAR driver) representing at the event.

  • Dale Jr. (43:09): “The Met called NASCAR. Wasn't the other way around…he showed those folks a slice of our American pie.”

• Humorous “would you attend the Met Gala?” banter—Amy is intrigued; Dale only agrees if the theme is motorsports (“I’ll just wear my old driving suit.”)

8. Chickens, Goats, and Backyard Ambitions

• [47:00 - 50:01] The household debates adding chickens (pro: eggs! con: snakes!) but postpones due to an aging dog, Gus. Goats are also considered…then rejected for being too head-butting.
  • Dale Jr. (49:38): “We’re not doing goats before chickens.”
• Expansion plans for a barn and potential chicken coop discussed.

9. Jerky Boys, Viral Marketing, & Bad Habits

[50:51 - 56:46]

• Dale gushes about a viral “Jerky Boys” commercial, produced by a professional from Morgan Wallen’s team, connecting it to nostalgia and NASCAR culture.
• Bad habits confessed: Dale’s proud of quitting smoking (via Nicorette), Amy struggles with laundry. Humor abounds about Dale’s supposed “perfect” status.
  • Dale Jr. (54:18): “I kicked smoking currently. Oh, I’m just proud of that. It’s bragging.”

10. Audience Q&A & Oddball Debates

[57:18 - 64:37]

• Amy’s Texas upbringing (never went to the State Fair!).
• Worlds Expo rabbit hole: What was invented? (“The Ferris wheel. Electrical lights. The Eiffel Tower…”)
• Most hilarious sport to mandate alcohol? Pool? Football? The crew recounts athletes who’ve played buzzed—results may vary.
• The legendary “shower beer” gets debated:
  • Dale Jr. (62:23): “If I'm drinking beer in the shower, then I might have a problem.”

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Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• Dale on fashion dilemmas:
  “I want to wear that so bad, but I got kids...” (04:22)
• On bee chaos:
  “It is 15,000 bees...like a blanket, they were all moving together.” (34:23)
• On marital teamwork:
  “We didn’t get divorced. We didn’t even argue.” (13:32)
• Dale on work-life guilt:
  “If it’s my idea, I feel guilty...If it’s like, you know, I’m gonna stay home. I’m gonna go sit on a boat. I feel super guilty.” (08:00)
• Dale on eating habits:
  “I don’t like to eat big meals so I can eat jerky boys just eat all day.” (29:00)
• Amy, near tears, about her daughters:
  “I read it first and I cried…and Nicole was so taken aback, she, like, didn’t even know what to do.” (30:57)
• Dale on shower beers:
  “If I'm drinking beer in the shower, then I might have a problem.” (62:23)

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Notable Segments by Timestamp

• New Drink of the Week: Sudachi cocktail (05:10 - 07:02)
• Work-life balance & racing guilt: (07:50 - 09:54)
• Boat cleaning fiasco & Dale’s injury: (13:30 - 16:15)
• Merch talk / Zero to Freedom line: (19:53 - 23:01)
• Hometown lore & high school coach story: (23:12 - 26:47)
• Heartfelt family story (Isla & Nicole): (29:25 - 32:52)
• Bee invasion & emergency extraction: (33:17 - 40:03)
• Met Gala, celebrity culture & NASCAR: (41:35 - 45:20)
• Audience Q&A (chickens, goats, World’s Fair, sports & alcohol): (47:00 - 64:37)
• Fan Day announcements (event plug): (65:54 - 68:39)

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Tone & Delivery

• Authentic, humorous, self-deprecating, and irreverent—true to the Dale Jr. brand
• Playful bickering and good-natured ribbing among the hosts
• Family stories and Southern storytelling charm blend with racing insights and pop culture hot takes

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Final Announcements

• Dirty Mo Media Merch: Check out the new “Zero to Freedom” line featuring hats and shirts (65:10)
• Fan Day at Junior Motorsports (May 21): Live shows, giveaways, autograph sessions, and classic race cars on display (65:54–68:39)

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Useful for Listeners Who Missed the Episode

• Get the full arc of the bee invasion and its domestic fallout
• Insights into Dale Jr.’s life away from racing—the real (and very relatable) stuff
• Playful look at NASCAR culture colliding with the rest of the world
• Lots of laughter, family moments, and proof that even NASCAR legends do laundry, get injured cleaning boats, and occasionally get outsmarted by bees.

Transcript

[Amy]

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[Ralph]

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[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The following is a production of Dirty Mo Media.

[Ralph]

Oh, yeah. This is the way it's gonna be, girl. We're gonna hang out, open a bunch of jars. You got big strong hands. Are you suffering from high crack?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm working.

[Ralph]

Working that mouth. Hey, guys, Dale and I are in the Dirty Mud Media studio for another round of Bless yous Heart. We're gonna got a fun show for you guys today. Let's get started. You having a good morning? Is your chair okay?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, no, all my chair's good.

[Amy]

Shoes and shirt don't match.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Shoes, shoes and pants.

[Ralph]

His shoes and his shirt don't match.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yesterday I got a photo shoot for Pilot. Yeah, Later Pilot. Our gas station friends. And so I was trying to dress regular, not like too matchy. Trying to dress like a regular person.

[Amy]

What a concept.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Not like a goofball.

[Ralph]

Is that hard for you? Especially with the goofball?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Hard for me to look normal?

[Ralph]

That came out of my mouth before you said goofball.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's hard for me to dress boring.

[Ralph]

Oh, boring.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, this is boring.

[Ralph]

I think you look nice.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know it's boring. I like to look fun.

[Ralph]

You like to look like you're about to have a good time with all your colors.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Here.

[Amy]

For a good time. Not a long time.

[Ralph]

That's right.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. I'm. I'm 51. I dress like I'm 28.

[Ralph]

Yeah. Yeah. No, you don't.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't.

[Ralph]

You know, I mean, we've. We've gotten Rid of a few 28 year old vibe things.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We have a. Our closet is bursting at the seams with clothes. I got.

[Ralph]

We don't need to go into that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

10 times more T shirts than I need. I'm like, amy, go in there and just take out that you don't like. She doesn't want to do it.

[Amy]

What do you deem like a tool?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I got enough damn clothes. I got enough problems.

[Ralph]

I don't do your damn clothes. I know. I don't carry yours also. Look at my space. Can you help me?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't. I will. I don't want to wear anything that you don't like. So I'm like, go on in there, take it out. I don't give a. I'm not like attached to any of my clothes. Take it out. Just throw it away and I'll just wear whatever's left.

[Ralph]

Listen, I. I appreciate that, but Amy's like, openness, but I don't have time for that. I don't. I wish I. I wish I did. We just need to have a friend come in and help us. Like what? You know, Christine, your friend. I want you to make the choice.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't want to hurt. Shoot. If I let your friends dress me, I'd be in slim pants. I'd be in medium shirts.

[Ralph]

And you'd look great.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'd be in tight little button downs and tights. Tight ass sleeves.

[Ralph]

Yeah. So here's the thing. I don't go in his closet for that reason. I don't know what fits and what doesn't. I don't know what clings and what doesn't. I don't know what mood you're going to be in that day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I just want you to go in there. I just want you to walk in there and go, you ain't wearing this anymore. This is ugly. No more. No more shirts with dumb sayings on them. This is coming out. You know, I need, I need somebody to do that for me because I can't.

[Amy]

Have you ever. Dale, had a shirt that you really love that Amy's like, no, of course.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, all the time.

[Ralph]

Yeah, of course. He came out, he came downstairs the other day with a shirt and he had to ask me if he thought I was. Was appropriate to wear it out today. I'm like, what was it? If you have to ask that question, the answer is probably no. I don't know. I think it had the F word on it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I have a couple shirts. I have like five or six shirts that have the F word on Them. And I want to wear them so bad.

[Ralph]

Like, today would be his mood day for an f. T. Shirt.

[Amy]

It would be great for the show.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You know, I want to wear that so bad, But I got kids, and,

[Ralph]

yeah, I can read, so that's part of the problem.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

What does around and find out mean, dad?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Well.

[Ralph]

Well, polite as.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I got one shirt that says polite as. I think that's.

[Ralph]

And it's not a petite writing, either. It's very bold.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I can only wear that kind of stuff in key west. Even then, you know, you get a photo with a. With a person or.

[Ralph]

Yeah. Runs into a guy, walks up, and somebody else has got that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, it's you. And then they read your shirt, and they go, what. What's the deal?

[Ralph]

Why.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why are you wearing that? I was a big fan a second ago.

[Ralph]

Yeah. You know, now I feel like I shouldn't. Should not approach.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Do I not. Not supposed to. Yeah.

[Ralph]

Let's get into the drink of the week because dale's already started drinking his, and he said it is delicious.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It is good Red bull.

[Ralph]

Yes. We have a drink which is presented by high rock, and we have a new red bull cocktail this morning. What's it called? What's the new flavor called?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sudachi.

[Ralph]

Sudachi.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sudachi.

[Ralph]

Your tongue's getting in the way. There is su dachi sudachi. There you go.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's lime, basically.

[Ralph]

Yes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's freaking delicious.

[Ralph]

It's. It's delicious all on its own. It's delicious mixed with the high rock. So we've got the red bull sudachi, lime, 1 ounce of high rock vodka, 1 ounce of pineapple juice, and an ounce of fresh lime juice.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That is great.

[Ralph]

Mixed together in a glass, and it

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

is very refreshing, let me just tell you.

[Ralph]

Is it so good? Is this your favorite?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That is my new favorite mixed drink. It is delicious.

[Ralph]

Oh, wow. That is delicious.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I mean, it basically is.

[Ralph]

You can make, like, a martini out of that. Yeah. Like, forget the ice.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It tastes a lot. Yeah. It's got a little margarita vibe to it. Very lime, very tart, but light and crisp. Crisp, yeah.

[Ralph]

Good.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Pretty solid checking boxes.

[Amy]

It's like the drink of the summer.

[Ralph]

It's like the drink of the summer, Absolutely. And the color of the can is.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And the best part about it is it's giving you wings while you're drinking it. You know, nobody even thinks about that part, but that's really the best part because you're elevated. I want my motor to run all day long, and that red bull will do it.

[Ralph]

See what I mean people he's been drinking his already. He's already tuned up. Don't forget to check out highrockvodka.com to

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

boy that is freaking delicious even by itself. The summer edition.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Hopefully they make this the all year long edition.

[Ralph]

They should make it the Dell junior edition. The Dale junior flavor. Dale Dutchy, a little bit of jerky

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

boys jerky and holy moly. You mean get me on a boat, right? Yeah, get me on a boat right now. I might. I was going to go to cars tour race Saturday. God, I'm really contemplating just sitting on the boat.

[Ralph]

Oh my God. The weather is supposed to be nice. Don't Forget to visit highrock vodka.com to find a vodka bottle near you. We have new sizes as well. We have a 1.75 liter coming out. And also don't forget to check out the Dalia at the Texas roadhouse is nationwide now and it is delicious. Don't forget two. You must be 21 years or over and drink responsibly.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You got mother's day Sunday. So you're gone all day and I'm going to take care of the girls. I'm pumped. I'm excited for you. I'm excited for me. I'm going to have some fun.

[Ralph]

Oh yeah. What's your plan Saturday?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm kind of up in the air.

[Ralph]

Are you really up in the air?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Kinda. I need to go to so this is something man we need to talk about and Travis, you can get in on this but as and I've talked about this before but like as the owner of J is one of the owners of junior motorsports. Owner of a series the car store owner of cars that are racing in that series. Like I feel super super guilty if I take a day off and don't if I'm on a if it's a weekend and we're not doing something you have if you haven't like organized organized something that gives me like an out that gives me like man family first. But if it's my idea I feel guilty if it's like you know I'm gonna stay home. I'm gonna go sit on a boat. I feel super guilty that not well I should I don't I feel like that people look at it and go you doing why isn't he's got cars are probably going to win the race at the glen. Why isn't there the cars tours right over at a speedway. Why isn't. Why is he not there? You know what if. What what if the I Get what you're saying.

[Ralph]

They were hoping and expecting that you'll be there.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Not hoping or expecting, but not hoping. But, like, where is his priorities?

[Ralph]

Oh, that's so wild. I don't think that anybody's looking at you doing that.

[Amy]

I honestly think there's fans that do think that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Really?

[Amy]

Yeah. Now, my. My rebuttal to that would be the season's so long. Like, you can't ask an owner to play. It's not like it's football where the owner goes to 16 games.

[Ralph]

Right.

[Amy]

And he's. You know, this is different. But I do believe that fans want to see the owner of the team that they root for to be there. I do. I think he's right.

[Ralph]

I totally understand that. I get that. There's just so much more that goes into a race week, and all the other businesses, like, there's so much going on. Yeah. I mean, that's. That's hard. Especially when it starts getting warm and the boat's ready to rip and all the things. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And we don't get many weekends. We don't.

[Amy]

No.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Me and Amy, we might get to. Well, you had one last week, which was rare, where we got to go hang out.

[Ralph]

I didn't plan anything. The weather was gonna be nice, and we just. We really enjoyed the nothingness.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Me and Amy went over to the boat, or I went over to check on the boat, and it was nasty. And I was like, dang.

[Ralph]

He got himself all on a fit.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Mad. And me and her went to hardware store, bought a bunch of stuff, went over there. We washed the boat for about three and a half hours.

[Ralph]

Yeah, we did.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed.

[Ralph]

And so, like, there's. The pollen's really bad, and it's just kind of stopped. I got a bruise, and spider webs get really bad. Hang on. Don't you get to that just yet.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Okay. I got four injuries from a single incident.

[Ralph]

You are your own injury. You are your fault. We went with all of our stuff and got in. We didn't really prepare our brains as far as, like, okay, let's start at the top and go to the bottom, which is probably what we should have done. We started at the back of the boat, got everything wet. And so we're really doing it all backwards. We did.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We did not want the dirt to run down.

[Amy]

That's why you start the shower with washing your hair.

[Ralph]

Exactly. He's pretty methodical. But we didn't go in with a method. We just went in hard. We just went in Hot. And so it was fine. We were getting things done. But I'm trying to, like, hose down the deck and hose down the marina walkways and everything because it's covered in stuff. And so if I step in that and I step on the boat, I'm gonna have, like, footprints all over the clean boat. And Dale's getting mad at me because I'm spraying him with water, and I'm not spraying the boat down fast enough. He's like, it's going to dry, and then the spots. And he's mad at my process, but we don't have a process. So, like, I'm treading lightly, just trying to help clean the boat. And he's decided I am not allowed to scrub anything. I'm just going to hold the water. He's like, no, I'm going to do all this hard work. You just clean it behind me, and then we'll be fine.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You just watch.

[Ralph]

You just follow me with the water.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'll scrub. Then you just hose that off. And let's just have a. It's just. It's not. Oh, you're a girl. And let me do the hard work. It was more like, let's just have a plan. You walk, you wet the spot, I clean the spot, you hose down the spot.

[Ralph]

And all of that's good in theory, except that the water hose, especially with the pressure you need for it to get where I need it to get, is spraying all over him, you know, and that's fine.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But the hose had an adjuster that it could shoot. It could spray, or it could shoot. Like, it could hit, like, a freaking period. Right. And she had it screwed to where it was shooting.

[Ralph]

I had it pretty small so that the pressure was the most.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, it was hitting a very small amount of space. And I'm like, man, you know, when you're. When you're rinsing soap off of a flat surface, you kind of need to spray it.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Not, like, hit it directly with a beam.

[Ralph]

And we needed a different nozzle. Yeah. Yeah. So what we used was what was there.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We bought one at the end, but

[Ralph]

it didn't fit the hose, so we

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

didn't even try to put it on. But.

[Ralph]

Well, the hose. The hose that we were using at the. At the. At the nozzle, at the joint, at the post, Whatever is it called? You know what it's called? Help me out.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know. Amy. We did have a plan. We washed the side, then the floor. We didn't the top. Because I got a guy that's gonna start taking care of this. I'm like, let's not. It doesn't look bad. Upstairs was fine for the most part. I'm like, I got a guy, he's gonna start washing it once a month. It's gonna be very affordable, and we'll just get it to where we can come back here with the kids later tonight and spe. And we busted our ass, figuratively and literally.

[Ralph]

Well, listen. And so I'm at the front of the room.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I want to compliment you. Me, we did it. We didn't get divorced. We didn't even argue.

[Ralph]

We didn't argue. He was getting real testy and, like, just getting chippy with me.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What?

[Ralph]

And I'm like. I can tell he was. He's wanting me to read his mind. I've seen this look before. I had handed my dad the tools out of the toolbox. There was nothing more character building than being the kids handing your dad.

[Amy]

You're not holding the flashlight correctly.

[Ralph]

Give me your socket wrench. I need. I need another. Blah, blah, blah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm like, that's not a sim 16.

[Ralph]

I learned all the things and how to deal with a grown man because of that. And so I saw that look on his face. I'm like, just going to let this ride. And I just looked at him at one point. I was like, can I help you? Is there something else I can do to. You know, I'm just trying to help you. And then he finally calmed down. I was like, just tell me what you want me to do, not what you don't want me to do.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We got to clean up good.

[Ralph]

And so, yeah, we got it cleaned. But, you know, at one point, I'm still rinsing off the front of the boat, and. And he's at the back of the boat with his bucket. And all of a sudden, I hear his giant crash. And I know that the bucket's at least hit something. But I figured because I didn't hear any cuss words or anything, it went real silent, that he also fell. And so I slowly came down the dock just to peek around the edge of the boat. And he's laid out on his side and he's huffing, like, trying to get it together. I'm like, are you okay? And he's like, he's not responding to me. Whatever he's hit hurt so bad he couldn't even speak. And so I don't know how it happened. He didn't have any shoes on. The back deck was wet.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The deck on the boat Was wet. I was trying to get off from the dock to the boat. I put my foot on the day on the deck, and it took off

[Ralph]

with his hands full of shit with

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

a bucket full of water. So I had. I had about 25 to 35 pounds of bucket. You know, the bucket hit the water, went down. Buckets at the bottom of the lake. Brand new bucket we just bought.

[Ralph]

When he's laid out on the deck, I'm like, just going down slowly. I'm like, damn.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I did a full split. My knee hit the floor. I got a big ball on my knee swelling.

[Ralph]

His knee belts out. He's got. It looks like a cat claw on his ass.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He got a big bruise on the inside of my bicep. And then I got a big forearm

[Ralph]

too, and I didn't even fall.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I got a big cat scratch like some. Like something clawed up my ass.

[Ralph]

I'm like. When we looked at that later, I was like, how did that happen? Like there are three. Three holes. Like something clawed you and just ran up your butt.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I bounced off of the railing of the boat and into a couple of bolts and things. So it was a nasty fall, but

[Ralph]

it happened fast and loud though.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It did.

[Ralph]

It was loud. It was something.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I bust a mess.

[Ralph]

Sat there for a minute and gathered ourselves.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But at least you laying in the water humbling.

[Ralph]

Well, I told. I told Dale. I was like, listen, you got to get up and get your together If. If you die doing something stupid like this on a boat that said. She said, no, if you. If you end up in the water, everybody's gonna think I killed you. Like, get out. Get up.

[Amy]

Yeah, you're suspect number one.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Did she push him?

[Ralph]

Yeah, I saw her. She was not having a good time.

[Amy]

Headline Amy, Amy Earnart had enough.

[Ralph]

She said no. He didn't listen. So he went down. Oh my gosh.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So we. We went and spent the night on the boat. We had a great time.

[Amy]

Did you take it out?

[Ralph]

No, we didn't because it was just kind of late.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We got there, that and the. That and the water is down about 5, 6 foot at the lake. So where we are on the pier a little bit tight, trying to get backed up out of there, but we could do it. Yeah, we, we.

[Ralph]

I.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We should have taken the boat. We got up the next day and the plan. Weather forecast was terrible, so we just went home. Ended up being sunny and nice, so I was like, damn.

[Ralph]

But when we left, it was. It was cold and cloudy and not that great.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Anyhow, Saturday, I'm still on the fence about what I want to do. Man, I should on that boat and just not care what anybody thinks.

[Amy]

I'm with you, though. Like, I don't even like missing the shows that I produce. Like, I'm bad about taking time off because I don't want to, like, hand

[Ralph]

it off to somebody else. Yeah, yeah.

[Amy]

Only thing might get Wally Pipped. Like, you never know.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't wanna.

[Ralph]

I get it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't think I would drink a lot, but I don't want to feel bad Sunday. I want to have fun Sunday with the girls. Amy's going.

[Ralph]

Yeah, It's Mother's Day this weekend. So he's planned another spa day for

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

me, which Amy's like, it's Mother's Day. I don't want to see y'.

[Ralph]

All. That's. We've discussed this heavily. Father's Day is the same. Like, what do you want to do on Father's Day? Yes, it's your day and of course we want to honor you. We can brunch any other time. You don't want to go sit in some fancy damn brunch on Father's Day?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No.

[Ralph]

Yeah. So I feel like Mother's Day should be the same. We just go to the spa and hang out.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And I like it because then it makes me go, what do I want to do for Father's Day? What can I do? What should I do?

[Ralph]

You signed up to work on Father's Day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I did. So that I get to do what? I move my Father's Day to the day.

[Ralph]

You're going to move your father's Day?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

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[Amy]

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[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

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[Ralph]

I'm doing it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm just gonna wait till the end of the show or what?

[Amy]

We can do it now.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Let's just do it now. I think this is hilarious. There's a new merch line our team puts together. The merch line is anybody in the room had anything to do with this merch line? Anybody?

[Amy]

No.

[Ralph]

Anybody in here responsible for the.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right, so we Dirty mo media comes up with a merch line every now and then. And somebody got excited, we have.

[Ralph]

Somebody got excited.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Somebody got excited. Shop.dirtymomedia.com that's where you can go. Check out all the. We have shopping dirtymod media.com we've got things that Amy's designed. We've got hats. All kinds of fun stuff. I saw a lady's gonna be wearing her jugs hat this weekends are still available. There is nothing freaking cooler than seeing somebody say, hey, going to the race this weekend, taking one of my favorite hats. Amy designed it. Amy came up with it from something, you know, crazy story told told on the show. That to me is cool as hell.

[Amy]

I think we need to do more hats.

[Ralph]

We do need more hats.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's cool as it gets.

[Ralph]

I love wearing hats with sayings. I mean, obviously the one I have on gold digger hunting club Riley's latest.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't even know what to think about that one.

[Ralph]

Marrying a rich man is. Is you put yourself in a position to be the gold digger and that that just happens. And so that happened to me quite a bit at first. And so I think this is a fun.

[Amy]

It's really good. He didn't die on the boat if you're wearing that hat.

[Ralph]

That's right. Especially.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Did you just say amalgama.

[Ralph]

I'M gonna wear proudly.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's right, wear it.

[Ralph]

I'm gonna wear it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So we have a new merch line, and you want to be sitting down when you hear this one. Zero to freedom.

[Ralph]

Zero to freedom.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Zero to freedom. That's the line. Zero to freedom.

[Amy]

We need some eagle sounds in the background.

[Ralph]

Well, I got you some eagle wings. You want to see some?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You will see this. This. There's an eagle theme here.

[Ralph]

This one's very cool.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You like that?

[Ralph]

I do like it. I feel like this is a great shirt, and I like the color of it with the red, white, and blue. And then the front's real simple. It just has dirty mo.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We have tank tops. You don't have to rip your sleeves off. These come sleeveless.

[Ralph]

We have ripped them for you. And this one's a badass, too. I feel like. I can't believe y' all didn't do this sooner.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I didn't see this one.

[Ralph]

This is a stock car flag, and it's got little microphones for the stars. This is so cool.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Gen 6 car people love.

[Ralph]

Oh, Lord have mercy. What do you have?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know what this is, man. This is a wild shirt. You got some tires, headphones, spark plugs, hats, trucker hats.

[Ralph]

That's a bringing it shirt.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Beer cans. Beer cans. Tires and tires and tires.

[Ralph]

So I feel like that should be your new boat shirt.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. I mean, I think it's hilarious. So.

[Ralph]

It is.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's great in a good way.

[Ralph]

But we've got. We've got all the different colors, all different, you know, styles and blah, blah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And we got some Richardson Dirty Mo Media hats or just Dirty Mo hats.

[Amy]

I love a good rope hat.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I do, too. Yeah. I'm not a rope guy, but these are all right.

[Ralph]

This, this is great.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Rope hat's probably good for the boat, I suppose. I like that light blue color.

[Ralph]

I like how it just says Dirty Mo instead of Dirty Mo Media. These are cool.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, I think it should say Dirty Mo Media. My opinion.

[Ralph]

Nope. People like. It's something that insinuates something else. It's more fun.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You might not like what Dirty Mo insinuates.

[Ralph]

Well, don't start Googling it. Just wear it. This was all. Dirty Mo is all your idea, this whole thing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's a moniker towards caster town, Mooresville. When you're, you know, when you. Your hometown, right? You. You talk about your hometown. You got. It's got a nickname. You. You. It's self deprecating, possibly.

[Ralph]

I came from V town, right.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But you don't let anyone talk about your town. You can. You can. You can take digs right about some. Some things your town doesn't do or does do. But nobody can talk about your town. Our town was Dirty Mo. We were Dirty Mode. That was the name. That's when we were kids in school, we all lived in the Dirty Mo. You coming to the Dirty Mo. Statesville, Charlotte, you coming up to the Dirty Mo. You know, that was how we.

[Ralph]

That was how that was. You were the dirty.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'll come into the Dirty Mo. Yeah, you better be careful around the Dirty Mo. I love it. And then there's K Town, Kannapolis. K Town. That's cool.

[Ralph]

We were V Town because it was Victoria. You can't really do anything.

[Amy]

It's just like mine was Lima, so. Lima, like spelled like Lima. Peru, huh?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. So there's nothing there, I think.

[Ralph]

I mean, we could call it Dirty Lima.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think Annapolis is a badass town.

[Amy]

Once had rolling stone, right?

[Ralph]

Oh, really?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Concord, North Carolina. Concord. What a cool name for a town.

[Ralph]

I feel like Concord is not.

[Amy]

No, because people mispronounce it. Like, I don't think it's Concord.

[Ralph]

Like, every time you get on the map, she says Concord.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Kannapolis and Concord had a nasty rivalry. Still do. And I imagine in high school football.

[Amy]

No, I can see high school sports

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

as a Concord Spiders versus the Al Brown Spiders.

[Ralph]

Man, I don't think I've ever heard of a school being Spider Spiders. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Al Brown. That was. You know, I'm a Brown because we're from Kannapolis, but Concord Spiders, we had a little tough.

[Amy]

What's the Mooresville.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Mooresville Blue Devils.

[Amy]

Blue Devils.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And then we had the Red Imps for our jv, which I didn't like. Yeah. Like, it's a baby devil. I didn't like that because you didn't want to be the baby. Anything you want. You know, you're like, yeah, you wanted

[Ralph]

to be the baddie.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The baddie.

[Ralph]

The big baddie.

[Amy]

Well, when I used to cover high school sports in Indiana, there was a school called Frankfurt. They were the hot dogs.

[Ralph]

That's amazing. They are hot dogs. It's better than, like, the brats. I had my bratwurst.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Speaking of high school football, I'm a big fan of Mooresville Blue Devils.

[Ralph]

Right.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And. But way back in the day. Not way back in the day. Probably 2005. Right. I mean, it's the height of my racing career. Right. And right in the peak of NASCAR and Bud Bud and the eight car and all that. Everything's going great, right? And I am getting excited about high school football. And I drove.

[Amy]

We.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They're getting ready for the season, and I was talking to a buddy of mine. I was like, man, I want to go to. I want to go tell the coach how excited I am about the season. I want to tell them.

[Ralph]

You're gonna go hype up the coach. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

To the team. And they're like, just go over there. He's always working on the field and stuff. And so one afternoon, I don't know who's in the truck with me. I had somebody with me, but I drove to the field. We drove over to the high school, down to the field, and there he was, two or three of his little assistants, and him out there messing on, you know, sitting on the tractor, doing something. And I drove over there to be like, hey, man. And I. I'm standing there, and he looked at me, and he just. They just kept on going. He totally blew me off.

[Ralph]

Really?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. I was like, dang, that sucks. I know it did.

[Amy]

Were you close enough for him to know it was you?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I think so. It crushed me, man.

[Ralph]

I bet it did. Hide your ego. It probably really puts you in a humble. Served you a humble pie.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It's good. Every now and then.

[Ralph]

Yes. I think it's kind of funny, but I would have been like. If I was standing with you, I'd been like, excuse me. Yeah, well, I mean, he wasn't.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

This was kind of right on the heels of the 2A days where they had the show on MTV.

[Amy]

Love that show.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And I was like, you know, he's high school football coach of a good program. He thinks he's bad as town, so

[Ralph]

he ain't got time for lunch either. Does he got time for me?

[Amy]

He ain't got time for lunch.

[Ralph]

Ain't got time for lunch?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, he ain't got time for lunch. So Corey Lajoy texts me. He's gonna be. Man. He's like, I love messing with him. Corey Lajoy is a great dude.

[Ralph]

Yeah, he's very sweet. I can't believe you said this to him. You probably heard his fans.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, I did not. Well, he'll know that I didn't. He goes, what's your week look like? This is today. It's Thursday. What's your week look like? Could I ride over for lunch? I'm like, God dang. Who's got time for lunch? Hold on. It's Thursday, Corey. The week's almost over. He goes, good point. Next week. So we set Up a date.

[Ralph]

Just for reference, Dale is always getting asked out to lunch and he likes lunch and he does eat lunch every single day. But today that text message just sent him into a tizzy. And so we were sitting here just joking with, with the lunch.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Who's got time for lunch?

[Ralph]

Who's got time for lunch?

[Amy]

Because you eat so fast probably.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, I don't like to eat, I don't know. I.

[Ralph]

He's usually scarfing down something here like a sushi roll or something.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I eat a, a tuna roll from, from local sushi joint most every day for lunch here at Junior Merch Boards. Most days three or four, three days out of the week. And that's it. Just that tuna roll and that's it. And then right around 3:30, I'll go down to the gift shop here and get me a bag of jerky boys. Because it's only 160. No, it's 180 calories. Three servings, one bag, 60 calories a serving. So that's like my middle of the afternoon snack. And then I'll eat another bag of that after dinner.

[Ralph]

Dale doesn't like to eat big meals because he wants to be able to eat all day.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I want to, I don't like to eat big meals so I can eat

[Ralph]

jerky boys just eat all day.

[Amy]

Keeps them metabolism going.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So good. I mean I'm not just.

[Ralph]

This man's not just trying to make

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

a buck off a jerky. This the best. So I, I and I eat it. I love it. Yeah.

[Ralph]

Get you a sip, Del Dachi?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm trying to drink less of the High rock, more of the Red Bull so this doesn't go off the rails.

[Ralph]

Speaking of off the rails, the kids are always fighting and usually we're like trying to pull them off of each other. And they're always arguing, bickering. And I know that they're at that age where they're development developmentally supposed to be doing that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Quick disclaimer, if you got your tissues near you might want to grab them, ladies and gentlemen.

[Ralph]

Well, we're at. They're always doing that and we're usually frustrated with them. But I went to breakfast at Ila school yesterday. They had an author's breakfast. They wrote a book. So like this semester they've been working on handwriting and writing chapters and so they wrote a book. And it's all in her writing. And so I took Nicole with me because Dale had to be here pretty early. So she's with me in the classroom. She's so excited to get to see Isla's class and all of her friends. And she feels really big and excited about that. So we get there, and she's sitting in Isla's desk and looking through the things, because there's, like, art and all kinds of stuff from the year. And then Isla says, oh, Coley, I have a thing for you. And so she pulls out this sheet that she has laminated, and it's a dedication to her book, and it's to Nicole. She read it. I read it first and I cried. And I was like, I like, you should probably read that to her. Cause Nicole can't read anyway. And she's like. She stands there and reads it to her. I love my sister. I'm dedicating my book to my sister Nicole, blah, blah, blah. And Nicole gasps and covers her face. She was so taken aback that she, like, didn't even know what to do with herself. And then she put her head to my side. She, like, had to hide from it. She's like, I don't even know how to handle my emotions right now. But she was so excited after that just to, like, do whatever Isla asked. And so that was, like, small victory in a moment. You feel like, huge moment.

[Amy]

It's not a small victory. That's a big victory.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's a core memory in, like, the

[Ralph]

theme of all the things happening. It feels like small victory. They literally adore and love each other, really. And that was absolute proof. But it was so cute that Nicole got to, like, watch Isla read that to her and do that in that environment, too. That was really sweet.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

In every situation, just about nine out of 10 times, if Coley asks for ice cream or a cookie or somebody, you know, or she's. She's trying to get a stuffy or a little toy or whatever, she's like, hey, I would like that. Can I get it? Yes. Oh, can I have another for my sister?

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Every nine out of ten times, that's what I. That's what Nicole does. Our. Our youngest Isla, never does it.

[Ralph]

Never.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Never doesn't think about.

[Ralph]

If we have two, she's going to figure out where she can put the other one so she can hide it from her sister. She is not sharing. She's not thinking about.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Doesn't think. She's doesn't think about her sister. Doesn't think to get her sister. The second thing, you know, or get. Or pair it up and. And get. And bring her sister one. And so. Which is interesting, because Chloe's the meaner one, Coley's the One and the younger one. Yeah. Coley's the meaner one, but she's so thoughtful down in there.

[Ralph]

She actually has real empathy in there. She's just a stinker.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She is and is sweet, but very, you know, just one, you know, thinking about.

[Ralph]

We're thinking about her.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Me, me, me. I. I want. I want.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And so that was a great thing, man. I was.

[Ralph]

I was.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She. Amy showed me the little picture of the node and I wish I didn't see it. I hate that I wasn't there to see that for Coley, because Coley has wanted that from Isla for so long.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And the validation.

[Ralph]

Yep.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And it was probably great. As good as it was for Coley to hear it, it was probably great for Isla to see how effective that was.

[Ralph]

Yes. So that's the thing, too. Isla did not expect me to cry.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Like, I just. I didn't, like, bawl, but I got tearing and then Nicole's like, gasps and was. Isla just looked at me like, oh, wow.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Like, yes. She needs to know, do you actually like her?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's a cool thing.

[Ralph]

It was. It was very cool. Can we tell them about our bees?

[Amy]

Burn the house down.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There's another development.

[Ralph]

Well, we. It's a good potential for burning the house down.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So I go outside early, earlier this week. Beautiful day. Door. We leave the door open. It's my. It's about the same temperature outside as it is inside. And we just kind of open up the house a little bit. Kids are running around up front. I just hung them a new swing out in a tree and they're playing with that. And Amy's sitting on a couch.

[Ralph]

I had just come in from wherever I had been all day and I sat down.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She wasn't. She wasn't being lazy. She was just hanging out on the couch, taking a little breather.

[Ralph]

Well, that's important because I had just walked towards the sofa and looked towards the back of the house. Yeah. The curtains are all open.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I come in from the front door after checking on kids or doing something out there with the girls, and I look up and right over Amy's head on the back porch. Through the back. Back of the living room, you can see out into the backyard, the back porch. It is 15,000 bees.

[Ralph]

It was crazy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Just like a blanket, they were all moving together.

[Ralph]

It was so bizarre. It felt biblical. It was like you could feel the vibration. You could hear the noise.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They were huddled around this post and Amy put it a picture of it on social media. I'd never Seen a swarm like that, and I'm thinking, you know, oh, man, what is going on? Why are they liking this post? What is. What is the deal? So we stood there, and they're there. They're just going and going. They're just. It's a cloud. And they're not like, ebbing and flowing. They're just like a big cloud, probably about 15, 10 to 15 foot wide, but, you know, just a big diameter of bees and just dark, thick bees. And then they're clustering and huddling up on this post in between them. They're like, you know, there's just piles of bees.

[Ralph]

Like they're all over each other.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All over each other. And I'm thinking they're absolutely going to build a nest. They're figuring out how to get into this column because it's hollow.

[Ralph]

Yeah. We knew that they were going.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They are going to figure they're about to do this. We just had these columns ready. Stained.

[Ralph]

We had the whole. No, we had them rebuilt.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Rebuilt, stained.

[Ralph]

I mean, we hadn't had that done since the house was built. And because of the sun on the back of the house, they were in bad shape. So we had them rebuilt just like a year ago.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, man. Yeah. So somebody, you know, she puts the thing out, puts it on social media, and of course, we get everybody's opinion, and everybody's a B expert.

[Ralph]

Everybody's a B expert.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And the gist of it is basically,

[Ralph]

Dale, did Google or ask Chad.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Oh, God, that's funny. The.

[Ralph]

So, because that sounds like a situation.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. The queen bee has come from wherever they're leaving, wherever they were. They may be hibernating in a tree or something throughout the winter in the ground, who knows? But they're coming out to start to build whatever nest they're going to have throughout the summer. And she had just rested on this post. Yes, was most people's opinion.

[Ralph]

Yes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

She just stopped on the post, take a breather, and. And the guys, the worker bees are

[Ralph]

all kind of like, protecting her.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We're gonna protect her, and we're gonna hang out. We're gonna see what the heck's going on. We got some scouts out there looking for a nice place to live. And so that's kind of what we hoped. Sure enough, in three hours, they were gone.

[Ralph]

Within five minutes, they started to dissipate, like, enough where they. It was visibly thinning out. And so. And. And they're kind of flying around far enough away from the post now, some of them, where it felt like they might Just be flying off. There are trees everywhere. So, like, we thought they were just finding another place to hang out, and we didn't think anything of it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, by the end of the night, they're gone. Gone? Yeah, completely gone. Nothing.

[Ralph]

You don't see any of them?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, the next morning, we're kind of seeing some, right?

[Ralph]

Yeah, there's a couple flying around.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

A couple flying around. And Isla walks over there and goes, dad, they're coming out of the column up there. Right there, you see?

[Ralph]

She was wildly intrigued.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I walk over there, I'm like, damn, they are. They're. They're coming out of the column, flying away, flying that Back in there and climbing back in. So they found a way to get inside this column. It wasn't sealed up properly. So we call a beekeeper, a friend of ours, and they come out there and we. They pry the column apart.

[Ralph]

They were smoking them out. She had her smoker with her, and she was trying to smoke them out before they tore the thing open. They have been in there for a day and a half, which is not that long, but when they were, they used the smoke for a while and they got some of them out. But the queen, they never found her to be coming out. They were looking for the queen. They had the box. They were gonna put her in there because if you do that, then all the others will get in the box. So they had to bust open the column and try to smoke her out that way. But they had already built three giant plates of the comb. Like, there were pieces of honeycomb in there already.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They built. They were 12, 10, and 8 inches, two combs. And so they.

[Amy]

We.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They took the combs out, put them in this nice, neat little box. They find the queen. They put her in there.

[Ralph]

They finally smoked her out.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They put the box. They. They set the box there, and. And the queen being in there with the rest of the comb, all the bees are supposed to find it. Right. And hear her or be, you know, drawn to that, which some did, but a lot didn't. So the last 24 hours, the bees are, like, not really going into the box. They're just kind of, like, wondering, where's the queen? Honeycomb's gone. What's going on? They're just kind of hanging out.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And confused. Confused. Some are getting in there, but not a lot. She came. The. The beekeeper comes back, looks at the box man. Maybe we leave it here another day. Okay, that's cool. And I think she's coming by today to get the rest of it.

[Ralph]

But the girls got to put, like, the whole drape, and it's quite an ordeal. It was if they were fascinated. And it was neat because when she opened the box last night and saw that only part of the bee colony was in there, she's like, that's alarming. Like, where did they go? And so she checked to make sure that the queen was still there. She was there, but then she was, like, putting her ear against all the other columns. There's, like, 12 columns on the back of the house, and just to make sure they didn't migrate into another one. And she's using all of her senses to try to figure that out. And we're having Dale turn off all the water fountains on the pool. It was a lot. It was chaos. I mean, it feels like. It feels like it's still going to be chaos because we don't really know if the bees are in the box yet. And all this is probably happening right now. But. Yeah, she's supposed to come back.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We opened up our column, and there's that one single column. Now. There may be some bees in some other parts of the house. I don't know, but who knows?

[Ralph]

It was pretty cool.

[Amy]

I wouldn't use the word cool.

[Ralph]

It was, though.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Like, it was cool.

[Ralph]

You could walk out there. They're not trying to attack you or anything. They're just honeybees.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

But the. The way that they came in, like, fine.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The column. We can fix the column. That's. And we have to. We had to take it apart anyways because it wasn't sealed up properly, so.

[Ralph]

Well, now we have to do all of them.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Now we have to kind of do.

[Amy]

I'm allergic to beasts, so I believe.

[Ralph]

Oh, you are. Okay, well, that makes sense. Totally different for you. Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You can feel how you feel.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Amy]

What'd the girls think?

[Ralph]

They loved it. They, like, put on their suits. They had. She had netted masks for them. They had gloves.

[Amy]

Oh, that's pretty cool. Okay. That is pretty cool.

[Ralph]

Fully dressed up and go outside and, like, watch the whole thing. And she showed them the queen. She showed them the honeycombs. They got to touch everything.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. And they.

[Amy]

It's like a science lesson for.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Coincidentally, there's like, this queen. This be Netflix show. There's guys. It's like a guy just educational about bees.

[Ralph]

And they had been watching.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They've been watching that a lot over the last couple of.

[Ralph]

Couple of months. They, like, sit down and watch pieces of it. Because it's pretty long.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Yeah. But they're fascinated by all of it. So it's pretty. It was a good book ending, I guess, to get to see them in person. Hopefully, that's the. Well, we're not sure. That happened to our neighbors as well. Like, two days before, and there was a different colony of bees because she also came to get them and she has them at her house. So I don't know what's happening and why the bees are doing this. Is this something that's just normal? We're not sure because it's never happened at our house before.

[Amy]

Interesting.

[Ralph]

Yeah. Hey, y'.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All.

[Ralph]

Dale and I are in the DirtyMome media studio for another round of Ask Gaming. We're excited for your questions. What do you got?

[Amy]

So, first question is, what were your thoughts on the Met Gala?

[Ralph]

Yeah, I always love watching that red carpet, and it did not disappoint this year. It was different because it wasn't just about fashion. I feel like everybody was a little focused on the fact that the Bezos family sponsored it. So, like, people were able to go that weren't typically allowed to go.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, really?

[Ralph]

I didn't know that you had to

[Amy]

be invited Anna Winner, right, Specifically.

[Ralph]

Well, it's. It's not. It's a charity gala, so. Yeah. Anna Wintour. Sorry, I thought you said Anna Winner.

[Amy]

No, no, she had to invite you, basically.

[Ralph]

She had to invite you. Yes. So, like, that just kind of set a different tone. But, you know, the outfits were amazing. I mean, there were a lot of beautiful gowns, but there are a lot of what the hell is happening? Moments. Like, why does Heidi Klum, one of the most beautiful women on the planet, have to dress like it's Halloween on the Met Gala red carpet? Did you see her outfit? No. She was dressed up like a Greek statue of sorts.

[Amy]

Oh, what is she doing to herself?

[Ralph]

She's dressed in everything.

[Amy]

Heidi.

[Ralph]

I mean, we could have done this look.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Wow, that's strange.

[Ralph]

Without going that far. And she does love a costume. Cause she's, like, always really overdone for Halloween. And, like, it's very theatrical and. But that makes sense for Halloween. I was just disappointed to see that for this. I don't know.

[Amy]

I don't mean to.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't give a. About this, but it does not. I don't.

[Ralph]

I don't give carpet. I'm obsessed.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't care about all that. I. I do think it was cool that Carson Hosovar was invited. The Met or Met.

[Ralph]

The Met. Am I right?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Met called nascar Wasn't the other way around, you know, Usually it's nascar, like, seeking out these opportunities. But Carson, I called him. I was like, hey, dude, you know, thought that was cool. You did a great job, represented us well. And I think, you know, going and being. Look, does a NASCAR driver belong there? Does he need to be there? I mean, Jeff Gordon went in 2010. I think it's. It's. It is. No matter what you think about it or how you feel about it, if you get these opportunities to kind of be in a place where we're. It's outside of our bubble and people aren't going to expect to see you, it's really awesome because Carson went there and acted like a NASCAR driver. He acted like himself. He behaved like himself. He showed the. He showed those folks and all the people watching a slice of our. Our American pie, you know, And I thought that was really great.

[Ralph]

He did a good job, too. I was very jealous, but he told me.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I thought that it was obviously something NASCAR sought, but nope, apparently they called to see if he would come. That was suit. Yeah. So, I mean, it's nice to feel he liked that. He felt. He's like, man, I felt good. Made me feel confident to go because they wanted me there.

[Ralph]

I immediately turned to Dale. I was like, have you ever gone to the Met Gala? Have you been invited to the Met Gala? He's like, I didn't ask him he was ever invited. I asked him if he's ever been. He said, no, the opposite. I asked if he was invited because I knew he hadn't been. He's like, I didn't get him. Put the prize in the bag. I was like, have you? Have you? And he goes, I've never. I've never been. I was like, that's not what I ask. Have you been invited? Because he's turned down a lot of fun things, including, like, Saturday Night Live. Like, really turned down some cool. But he said no.

[Amy]

If you could walk the red carpet of any award show or what, is there one that you would like? I'd love to go to.

[Ralph]

I think that would be it. The Met Gala. Yeah.

[Amy]

Come on, Dale.

[Ralph]

I mean, I would walk.

[Amy]

That'd be her Mother's Day gift.

[Ralph]

Watch, everybody. You know what I mean? Of course, like, you can't compete with some of these designers in their outfits, but it would be so fun just to see all that. And you can't. No one knows what it looks like inside. You're not allowed to have your phone, so it's like a very prestigious, like, cool thing to get to see. And Do. I don't know.

[Amy]

Think about that. It's right around Mother's Day every year. Dale. Be a great gift for Amy.

[Ralph]

Ooh. Travis.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I mean, as long as I don't have to go.

[Ralph]

No. Wow.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What? Wow. What?

[Amy]

She wants you on her own.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You know I don't want to do that.

[Ralph]

It would be for me. You're doing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. I'll send you with the buddy of your friend.

[Ralph]

No. Your girlfriend. You can't even help this, man. You can't even help it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Y' all can dress up Halloween and

[Ralph]

dress you up and we're gonna go together. That would be fun. He's so mad. Like, he's actually mad. Like it's asking.

[Amy]

What'd you think of Kendall Jenner's outfit?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Next question.

[Ralph]

I loved the dress. Except for boring. What I perceived to be a SK skims bra that they have made.

[Amy]

Y' all hang on.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Y' all hang with us, man. Don't leave.

[Ralph]

Oh, my God. Keep drinking, Ralph.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Don't leave us. Hang on.

[Ralph]

Zach Posen action Dale.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sorry.

[Ralph]

Actually made a bodysuit of her body. He molded a leather bodysuit of her body. So that's what that is. I don't know. I get it. I just like. Did we need to do that?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

I'm tired of the skims raw. I think it's so stupid. And I know that some people buy them because they want their nipples to show, but most people wear a bra because they don't want their nipples to show.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right, you got my attention. I'm back.

[Ralph]

You're crazy.

[Amy]

All right, one more fall. This is another question we had with. Is if you could. Sometimes they have themes. If you could pick a theme for the Met gala.

[Ralph]

For the Mets.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Oh, my God.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

NASCAR theme.

[Amy]

I wish host of our. Would have wore his fire suit.

[Ralph]

Oh, my God.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That'd have been hilarious. Or we could just say motorsports racing.

[Ralph]

Racing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You think?

[Amy]

Wait, Dale, if we can get auto racing as the theme, will you go with Amy?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sure. All right. I'll just wear my old driving suit.

[Ralph]

Oh, yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why not? If it's an auto racing theme.

[Ralph]

Yeah, but you have to.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Maybe I could take.

[Ralph]

Now supposed to be wearing, like, maybe

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I could take one of my old suits and turn it in my old driving suits and turn it into a suit.

[Amy]

A tux.

[Ralph]

Okay, now I don't want you to go.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Okay, Never mind.

[Ralph]

All right.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I was trying to play along.

[Amy]

I know. You gotta give Dale credit there. He was actually starting to.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Can't win.

[Amy]

Next question. They said that they know you Guys have some different animals. Have you ever thought about getting chickens?

[Ralph]

I've thought heavily about it, yes. We've talked about. We have this old playhouse in the backyard that used to be Kelly's kids, and it sat there for a while. It needs some love. And we've talked about even turning that into a chicken coop. I'm scared of this.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Blaney's got chickens. He told me we should listen.

[Ralph]

I would love to have chickens. I think the kids would be great with the chickens. We could put them closer to the house and not.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He said that the eggs are amazing.

[Ralph]

Well, I. We have farm fresh eggs that we get better than that. Well, let's get Blaney's eggs. I don't want to have to deal with the snakes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What?

[Ralph]

We live out in the middle of the country.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They're black snakes, probably.

[Ralph]

Do you want to go fetch eggs and get snake bit? Do you want to do that?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Those black snakes are good.

[Ralph]

They'll still bite you.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They're fine. They're gonna hurt you.

[Ralph]

Okay. Dale's down to have some snake. Snake egg situation. I'm scared of. I'm scared of that whole thing. The chickens look cute. I have saved so many coop pictures just in case, but I feel like I'm just not. I'm just not ready for.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You got a little chicken coop Pinterest thing going on there.

[Ralph]

Kind of.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Just in case.

[Ralph]

Just in case. I've got all my design plans laid out, but I'm scared of.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Let's get this barn built.

[Ralph]

Yeah. We haven't.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We haven't started doing a chicken coop.

[Ralph]

They have finally put in the doors on the back, so we're going to be able to finish it up. We were waiting on all that. The doors and the windows and things. Just the lead time was way more.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I like the idea of building a chicken coop out of something we already had, though.

[Ralph]

Sure. I mean, chickens don't need it to be.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Can you put a chicken coop in that red barn? The old barn? Like, can you. One of the side window 1 attack tack rooms or something?

[Ralph]

Yeah, I'm sure we could.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, we'll figure it out. I think it'd be neat.

[Ralph]

I'd rather have goats. The little goats. Oh, they're so fun.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

They are not fun. They just hit butt into you and. And bite you. They're. What's fun about a goat.

[Ralph]

We got to play with some goats last week.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We've had. I've had goats.

[Ralph]

I know, but those are big. They have. They make them like they're Smaller. The Blaney's have them.

[Amy]

But what do you do with them?

[Ralph]

They just play. They're. There's like having. It's like having a dog.

[Amy]

But do you play with the goat?

[Ralph]

Yeah, you can play with them.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'd rather have chickens.

[Ralph]

And you can hold it.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Eggs there.

[Ralph]

Okay. Jill's Chicken Coop.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We're not doing goats before chickens.

[Ralph]

Really? Okay.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why don't we do chickens? We can get eggs. We eat eggs. We eat eggs. This would, like, have a functional.

[Ralph]

You're not. I'm not. You're not lying. I get you.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

I don't. I don't know. I'm just kind of blown away that he was so fashioned all of a sudden about one.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You're building a gigantic barn for the horses. Yes, I know. So, like, what are we waiting on? Why are we going to stop there?

[Amy]

Just open up a petting zoo.

[Ralph]

Dr. Doolittle over here.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, geez.

[Amy]

The Earnhardt Petting Zoo.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Amy]

This next question. I think, Dale, you're going to enjoy this one. If jerky.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Tell you what not. We got Gus, right? Few more years.

[Ralph]

Yeah. Gus would kill a chicken.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. So once. You know, when. When. When Gus is. When Gus is riding that chariot to the sky, we will.

[Ralph]

He's going to shuffle the chickens.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We'll get the chickens. Yeah.

[Ralph]

Okay.

[Amy]

All right, this next question D. I think you're gonna like. If jerky Boys had a jingle, what would it be?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So jerky boys are saying, is beef jerky done right?

[Ralph]

So is it rock? Is it poppy? Is it old school jingle?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know. It's co. It's. I think it's more like. No, it's probably not a jingle at all. It's more like beef jerky done right. And there's like me slamming onto the table and there's like drums, like. Like a. Like a bait. Like a big.

[Ralph]

Like a deep bass.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Like a boom.

[Ralph]

Does that make it feel?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And there's like, you know, the pet. You know, so on our beef jerky. You remember when you used to go to Pizza Hut?

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And you'd have that little shaker with the peppers in there.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Those are on our. Our jerky. And that's. That's very nostalgic. And so imagine like the meat slamming on the table and those things kind of flying up in the air. Go to social. Go to our jerky. Boy, social media.

[Ralph]

I was just gonna say that reminds me of the video.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

You show me, I'm gonna tell a secret. So there we raced at Nashville A couple weeks ago, and I'm not supposed to say this, but we went to Nashville and raced.

[Ralph]

Here it goes.

[Amy]

We're live, Dale. Just remember.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. Well, I don't care. Whatever. Can't wor. What's the worst thing can happen?

[Ralph]

Forgiveness.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

We, we. We went and raced and we did a lot with Jerky Boys. Cuz Jerky Boys is in Nashville. That's where our little industry is, our facility. And so they put out a video on social media and go watch it on Jerky Boys social media also. Follow subscribe. All the good things. But they put out this video and I. I didn't know they were doing this. I see it afterwards and I'm like, who the hell made this? This is insane. Like, I want to hire this person. This is an incredible social media video. It's badass. Gets me fired up. And apparently one of our owners is friends with some folks at More in Morgan Wallen's team and his social team or somebody who works in his music video producer. Now, I don't know about that, but I think it's some of his content creator folks.

[Ralph]

Okay.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Created this video. And I'm like, well, that makes sense why it's so good because they got. It was a literal professional put it together. But I thought it was like some like. I was hoping it was like some.

[Ralph]

An intern.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Intern that was super, super talented. That I go, hey man, you nerdy mo media could, you know, or just make more for Jerky Boys, whatever. But it's a really great video. And in that video is some imagery of just the jerky and those flakes and stuff flying around through the air. And that's like it's printed on your brain. So it's.

[Amy]

That is a really good video.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It is. Exactly. Jerky Boys. It is what Jerky Boys is. Yeah.

[Ralph]

All encompassing.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's right.

[Ralph]

Really sets the tone.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And in the backside of the video there's some Morgan Wallen music. And I was like, how did we.

[Ralph]

Oh, how do we get that? Yeah, like get the rights to that.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. I'm like, what is going on here? This is insanely good, this video, man. We're about to go viral.

[Ralph]

Oh my gosh.

[Amy]

Next question is, what's a bad habit you're trying to kick that you have?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I kicked smoking currently. Oh, I'm just proud of that. It's bragging.

[Ralph]

Humble brag.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I'm a brag.

[Ralph]

I. I used to smoke a. I

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

used to smoke quite a bit playing video games.

[Ralph]

Yes, he did.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

People don't believe when I was doing that. What's that stuff? The Nicorette. I had this little Nicorette deal for about a year, and people are like, what that.

[Ralph]

How does that align?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know. I was like, man, little do you know. Yeah. I used to have this habit.

[Ralph]

Yeah. He tried to tell me, too, when we first met. He's like, I don't. I don't smoke that often.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No.

[Ralph]

Only when I, like, play video games or drive or if I'm like. I was like, eight hours. A lot of video games.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Like, you're nocturnal. You sleep all day and you play all night. So you're basically every waking moment, you're. You're.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Ralph]

Lighting one up.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Ralph]

I am trying to break being so messy in the closet, like, keeping up with the laundry. I know. It's such a simple, basic human task. It is so freaking hard for me to keep up with all that stuff.

[Amy]

I'm at it for just myself.

[Ralph]

It's so hard. Like. And I can get it in the wash, then get in the dryer.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And then I got to admit, we, her family, myself and the kids, we pile up the freaking laundry. Like, we pile it up.

[Ralph]

Yeah. And the kids play in all their clothes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There's not a day and then it all minute where Amy's not messing with laundry, that's for sure.

[Ralph]

It's true. It's all over the house, too. Like, I'm gathering it all over the place.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Isla just. Wherever Isla changes clothes, she just drops right there. That's where they end up. Right in the floor in the middle of the hall. Whatever.

[Ralph]

Yeah, she's going to have my bad habit. She's going to. Yeah, she's got it. I have to get on her all the time about it. Nicole will put her stuff in the dirty clothes basket, and Isla just. Just can't do it. So she's got the same mental.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I have no bad habits.

[Ralph]

You have no bad habits. You don't have any bad habits.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Now that I think about it, I don't really have any bad habits to kick.

[Ralph]

Dale's perfect. He's perfect. Perfect specimen of a man right here. You have all seen it. This is it.

[Amy]

They broke the mold.

[Ralph]

Smile for the camera, Dale.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I mean, come on.

[Ralph]

Presenting perfect man.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, Doing pretty good. I'm pretty. Doing pretty good at this. I really am.

[Amy]

If you say so.

[Ralph]

By 51, he's really thinks he's got it all figured out.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I won't live forever.

[Ralph]

Oh, my God.

[Amy]

Next question comes from.

[Ralph]

He can't stop laughing at his own jokes. Though. That's for. That's for sure.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't want to stop doing that either, even if that is a bad habit. Golly. Gotta have some fun.

[Amy]

Next question comes from Brad.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No one else is having fun. You gotta make it fun for yourself.

[Ralph]

Oh, Lord have mercy.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What?

[Ralph]

I don't even know how to respond to you.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, damn. If everybody in the room is not telling jokes and laughing, then I've gotta. I gotta handle that. I gotta do that. And if nobody's gonna laugh, then I'll laugh.

[Ralph]

Well said.

[Amy]

All right. Next question comes from Bradford. In the chat, asked Amy, since you grew up in Texas, did you guys ever go to the state fair?

[Ralph]

I did not know I went. Like, there was local rodeos and fairs and everything, but I never went to the big state fair or the Houston Livestock show in rodeo. I never got to do that stuff.

[Amy]

And you haven't gone as an adult?

[Ralph]

No.

[Amy]

You guys should go back and take the kids.

[Ralph]

We should.

[Amy]

That would be really fun because that thing is insane.

[Ralph]

It is. And there's always a concert. That would be a good way to maybe run into George Strait.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Might be a place where you see something be invented.

[Ralph]

No, it's not. It's not that fair. Right. The World's Fair. Yes. But this livestock show.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sorry.

[Amy]

Yeah. This is one where, like, they have so much deep fried, like, deep fried Oreos.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

At the World's Fair. That's where you see the exposition. Expositions things.

[Ralph]

Do they still have that?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Things being vetted.

[Ralph]

Like, that was back in, like the, Like.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Hey, y', all, check it out. The automobile.

[Ralph]

Yes, the exposition. It was like.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Like, it's a Chicago. I think they had a big.

[Ralph]

They go in the end of meeting in St. Louis and. Which is a great movie. And they go to, like. Yes. Learn about all the industry happening.

[Amy]

Looks like it's like maybe every five years or something like that.

[Ralph]

They still do it.

[Amy]

The next one's in 20, 30. It says.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What's that? The World's Fair?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What are some of the. Oh, one. They introduced the Eiffel Tower at one of them.

[Amy]

The Space Needle.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Check it out, y'.

[Ralph]

All.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The Eiffel Tower. You imagine that day. Everybody's like, holy.

[Ralph]

We have to sign Dale up to be a part of the exposition. We have the perfect man right here.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

What other stuff?

[Ralph]

Presenting the perfect specimen.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And they. In Chicago. They did one. I thought it was Chicago. And.

[Amy]

Well, in 1893.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. What was it?

[Amy]

The Ferris wheel.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That's it.

[Amy]

Electrical lights. I mean, that's pretty cool.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Wait Sorry.

[Ralph]

No, no, no electricity.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Oh, is it electricity?

[Amy]

It said electrical lights.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

There you go.

[Amy]

Just one day, no lights.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

So if you go to the World's Fair, flip a switch, you're going to see something that's a new revolution or new or what? Not revolution, a new invention.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Or some sort of new technology that's going to change the world. World's Fair sounds out.

[Ralph]

Dale needs to go.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

If you go to the World's Fair and don't see something like that, I'd be disappointed. I'd be like, what's what? Why are we having this?

[Ralph]

Why are we having this?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why are we having this? Ain't no new invention.

[Ralph]

Deep fried Twinkies done.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Postpone this thing till we get something like electrical lights.

[Amy]

So the 2031, the theme is foresight for tomorrow.

[Ralph]

This cocktail is slapping Dale around Sudachi and hi.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

That much of it.

[Amy]

I can't wait for lunch.

[Ralph]

It doesn't take much. Just a little swallow.

[Amy]

All right, well then this question is great. Speaking of alcohol, what sport would be the funniest to add mandatory amount of alcohol to.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Sorry.

[Amy]

What sport would be the best if you can make the athletes have all of them?

[Ralph]

All of them?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Right. Hey.

[Ralph]

I feel like pool, dude.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Are you kidding me? So there. I've been privy to a couple conversations where I've learned that some bought some. Some football players might have a little drink.

[Ralph]

What?

[Amy]

Yeah, Marshawn lynch would take. Well, this is when he was cold.

[Ralph]

Oh, you'd have a little fireball before he got out on the field.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I know some guys would, Would have a shot before or during halftime. Some wide receiver, too, that I'd heard about.

[Ralph]

Really?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

Damn. I mean, why not?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But I mean, I was just reading on social media this morning. I mean, we all know about Ricky Henderson, right? Smoke a little weed and have about two 300 yard games in a row.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

And so it just calmed his nerves.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I mean, you know, he, he, he was like, hey, I, I'm.

[Ralph]

This is how I live my regular life.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Play the way you want me to play. This is what I need to be doing.

[Ralph]

Yeah, that's crazy. If I took a shot before I needed to do something where I needed to focus, I would be.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I mean, that's not that uncommon for people to like, you know, before you go out on, you know, if you're doing like a television show, I'm going to do live TV to, For folks to like, hey, let's take a shot to knock the edge off, ease your nerves. Yeah.

[Amy]

Because it's not Gonna make you drunk.

[Ralph]

No, no, not one shot.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But we ought to be doing that. We are drinking the show. So we start. We start out, like, stiff and.

[Ralph]

And we should pre game first.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, we should have a shot, like, 15 minutes before we start.

[Ralph]

That's not a bad idea, because by

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

the end of the show, we're locked in.

[Ralph]

We really got to figure it out now.

[Amy]

Yeah, I don't know about locked in. I think you might be getting a little loosey goosey.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Well, we're loose, all right. We're locked in.

[Ralph]

Dale needs a breakfast beer and then whatever our high rock cocktail is.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Breakfast beer?

[Ralph]

Yeah, Shower beer. One of the best kind. Cold beer and a hot shower.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right, now he's. Because me and him argued about.

[Ralph]

He's doing that thing like a dog.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He's like, me and him argued about this. He thinks shower beers are great, and I've never had one.

[Amy]

They're amazing.

[Ralph]

You've never had one?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I've never had one. I don't think. I don't see the point, Dale.

[Amy]

But what about, like, you have a beach day at Sullivan's island, you come back and you take a shower?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I feel like that if I'm drinking beer in the shower, then I might have a problem.

[Ralph]

I don't think so.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And I might.

[Amy]

But if you drink on the couch, it's okay.

[Ralph]

I had a mimosa.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I might need to take a little look in the mirror Reevaluation.

[Ralph]

Why?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I don't know.

[Ralph]

Why.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Why can't you just drink the beer once you're out of the shower?

[Ralph]

You can.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

But.

[Amy]

How does the.

[Ralph]

But. It's just, like. Pleasurable.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah. Pleasurable.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

How?

[Ralph]

What do you mean, how? It's a beer. You have to have a cold beer while you're just hanging out in the shower. Experience.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Relaxing. Get in there to get out.

[Ralph]

You just get in there to get out. I don't. I hang.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah.

[Ralph]

I like that hot water hit my back.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

It does hang out in the shower. She thinks I want my back to

[Ralph]

be red when I can't understand why.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

I want to go sit down on the toilet and hang out. But she wants to hang out in the shower.

[Amy]

Those are not the same.

[Ralph]

They aren't the same kind of same.

[Amy]

One's relaxing. You're getting hit by the water. It's soothing. The other one, you're just sitting on a toilet.

[Ralph]

The other one's just.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, but I'm reading about racing or something. I'm chilling.

[Ralph]

Okay. At least we're not competing for the same chill Spots.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, that's funny.

[Amy]

Yeah, but I don't like.

[Ralph]

How about a toilet beer then?

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

No, I don't know about that.

[Ralph]

No, he's not willing to combine activities.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Prefer to drink my beer next to the cooler.

[Amy]

A good bath beer is fun too.

[Ralph]

Oh, yeah? Yeah. With a glass of wine. Done that a thousand times.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

The thing that goes across tv, people drinking wine at.

[Amy]

In the bath.

[Ralph]

It's really not any different than the shower.

[Amy]

Bring your laptop in, watch a show or something.

[Ralph]

Yes.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Beer is needs. Beer needs to be on a boat. Beer needs to be next to the grill or on the couch watching sports.

[Ralph]

God, you got your beer in such a lockdown.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Beer is very situational. I don't know.

[Ralph]

I might.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Hey, I'm. I'm fine being in the minority here. I'm fine being wrong.

[Amy]

Joseph said he's on the toilet so long, his legs fall asleep. He can't get up.

[Ralph]

Joseph. Get up. Joseph. It's not good for you. I hear that's bad for your. Your innards to sit on the toilet that long. It's bad for your butt for real.

[Amy]

Probably.

[Ralph]

Yeah.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Possibly. Could be something there.

[Ralph]

Yeah. We don't have to get into that, but I think. I mean, I've never sat in the toilet that long.

[Amy]

Yeah, I'm take care of business, look up and go, what are we doing?

[Ralph]

There's something more fun to be doing than that.

[Amy]

Yeah, you sit on the couch.

[Ralph]

That's right. Wait for the beast to come.

[Amy]

I think this is a probably a good spot to end.

[Ralph]

All right, thank you guys for your questions. Please check out the show and subscribe if you haven't already. We also have a lot of Fun merch on shop.dirtymomedia.com. what's the new. What is the new line called?

[Amy]

Zero to freedom.

[Ralph]

Zero to freedom.

[Amy]

To freedom.

[Ralph]

And we have a lot of fun shirts. This is one. We showed them earlier also on the show. Got some wings. What does yours look like, Ralph? This one's really cool.

[Amy]

Show the beer shirt.

[Ralph]

This is a flag with stock cars and microphones. Very cool.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, we got this one. Oh, I forget. We're live so people can actually see it. This shirt, it's got a lot of stuff on it. Wheels, spark plugs, hats, beer cans, steering wheels, tires, and a couple of dirty mo logos. Kind of a fun shirt.

[Ralph]

New fun things for Memorial Day, Fourth of July.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And if you don't love sleeves, this one for you.

[Ralph]

If you've got guns to show off, that one's for you. So check all that out. And we will see you next week.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Go to go to shop dirtymomedia.com check out the merch line. Zero to freedom. Also, don't forget about Fan Day on May 21st at Junior Motorsports. Dirty Mode Medias we're gonna have live shows at 9 in the morning. This is May 21st right here at Junior Motorsports where you're going to be able to get your jerky boys beef jerky starting at 9am Sirius XM on track the show with Daniel Trotta and Larry McReynolds. They're going to be going live on stage at 9 in the morning. They'll go till 11 and then there'll be a Dirty Mo live with Mike Davis coming back making his darkness. He's making his co host podcasting comeback.

[Amy]

I heard he's excited about working with the talented host for once.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

He's coming back with Kenny Wallace.

[Ralph]

He told you.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

And there'll be a couple of surprise friends to join them. That is from 11 to 12. You don't want to miss it. And then at 12 o' clock me and Amy, bless your heart, we're going to do a one hour show on stage live right here at Junior Motorsports. And then after that from one to two door bumper clear. All the gang from there is going to jump up on stage. So from 9 o' clock to 2 in the afternoon it's live shows all day long at Fan Day. Junior Motorsports. You can't get that anywhere else. There'll be all kinds of booths and stuff for all of our partners. Free samples, all kinds of information you can learn about all the people that are supporting our racing program. There's a lot of fun, fun partners that have some cool stuff to show you. I'm sure Arby's is going to have a footprint out there. Jerky boys and filter time and all of the great brands. Yeah. So High Rock will be out there. You'll be able to check out some of that stuff.

[Amy]

Basically just show up hungry. Entertained.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Yeah, show up hungry. There'll be autographs will be, you know, of course everybody's going to have their autograph moment or time slot where we'll all get down at a table and take care of some fans. But there'll be a lot to do. There'll be a lot to see and do. There'll be some cars out here. I'm bringing some of my old race cars out here. My, my last race, my last cup race cars coming out here. Still got the beer cans in the trunk. The number three Wrangler car that slapshoes thought was so cheated up is going to be out here.

[Amy]

There's an unveilment, too, Right.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Y' all can take a look at that. And then there's going to be a 1991 or 1990 Dale Earnhardt cup car that I acquired, the old Lumina. And there's an unveiling of some sort?

[Amy]

I think so.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

Okay. Well, there'll be a lot of surprises. You don't want to miss it. Fan days turned into quite the event. So if you're a Junior Motorsports fan or an Earnhardt fan or just want to come check us out and see us live on on stage. Lot to do. Have fun. May 21st.

[Ralph]

See you there.

[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]

All right. Check out dirty mo media on instagram, facebook x and tick tock.