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Dave Anthony
We're going on tour. And this is.
Gareth Reynolds
It's been a while.
Dave Anthony
March 2025 is when our tour is happening. First of all, we're going to Tempe, Arizona, maybe our favorite city of all time.
Gareth Reynolds
It's the best.
Dave Anthony
That is on March 16th. And then we go to Albuquerque, New Mexico, maybe our favorite city ever, we've ever gone to. That's on March 17th. And then we go to Oklahoma City.
Gareth Reynolds
Which is our fav. We often say that it's our number one.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, it's our number one. The best city I've ever been to. That's on March 18th. On March 19th, we're going to be in Tulsa, Oklahoma, our favorite city, without question. And then we head to Dallas, Texas, on March 20th.
Gareth Reynolds
Our favorite city.
Dave Anthony
There's never been a better city.
Gareth Reynolds
If you don't like it, you're a Dallas hole.
Dave Anthony
Thank you. And then we go to Houston, Texas, on March 21. City, which is by far the best city. And then we end our tour in Austin, Texas, on March 22 at the Cap City Comedy Club.
Gareth Reynolds
It's the best city in the entire world. Number one city in the world.
Dave Anthony
You can get tickets@dollar podcast.com tour.
Gareth Reynolds
All right, everybody, welcome to the Past Times podcast. Each week we go through an old newspaper from a random date in history picked out by Dave Anthony. I'm Gareth Reynolds, and. And I've never seen it before. And neither is our guest this week, the great Brad Williams. Brad, welcome back.
Brad Williams
Thank you for having me back on the podcast once again. This is a podcast that my wife listens to religiously. So she'll finally hear this. She'll finally know that I am. That she'll finally hear that I am a comedian.
Gareth Reynolds
It's good for her to know that.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Good for her to know that my.
Brad Williams
Appearances on this podcast, she would have no idea what I do for a living.
Gareth Reynolds
You're just a car payment maker and a jaunty chapeau.
Brad Williams
That's it. Occasionally I watch the kid. That's. Then I leave for four days on the weekends. He doesn't know what I'm doing or where I am. Well, I'm on this podcast and she's like, oh, I married a comedian. That's cool.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, listen, what a great segue into the fact that you're going to be. You just announced your 20, 25 dates.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
And people can go to Brad Williams Comedy for that information.
Brad Williams
Yeah. Doing a bunch of theaters, doing a bunch of. A few states I haven't done before. I'm going to what are those?
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, great state.
Brad Williams
Yeah, call me. One of the people that watched Yellowstone and then called my agent was like, send me there.
Gareth Reynolds
Our agent. All right. We all share the great, the great mark, Walter. Yes. Good for you. And it seems like you really started doing better after your last appearance on.
Brad Williams
This show is that you could definitely coincide those things. I, I, I'm thinking the Charlie Day meme where he's got all the stuff pointed on the wall, he's trying to make connections. I think you could say Brad Williams appears on pastimes, sells tickets, and I think, I can't wait to see what happens.
Gareth Reynolds
It's us more than tick tock. Yeah, no, get ready. You're gonna be back to clubs, Brad. You're going back to clubs, Brad.
Dave Anthony
I was an Irvine for my kids baseball tournament and I was like, let's go get something to eat. And I went to the mall and Umi burger, Is that what it's called? Umiburger.
Brad Williams
Umami.
Gareth Reynolds
Umami.
Dave Anthony
Umami burger. And I remember the one when it originally started and it was fantastic. So I was like, oh, let's go there. And so I took my kid. It was just me and him sitting in there. And there was a big line of people waiting for a comic to come out. And then you come running out and you're running because you're trying to get, because the show's been over for a while and trying to get to the line. And I'm looking at you and I'm like, oh. And I look and I'm staring you. And my, my kid is like, don't.
Gareth Reynolds
Stare at the little person.
Dave Anthony
And I'm just like, no, I know him. He's like, you don't know him.
Gareth Reynolds
They're not all the same.
Dave Anthony
I'm like, I know that guy. He's like, no, you don't.
Brad Williams
You're trying to get material. He's just a guy trying to make a living. It's not Dinklage, Dad. It's not Dinklage.
Gareth Reynolds
He probably came and saw his favorite comedian. Well, what's funny is Brad sells out all those shows and I don't know if you've done stand up at one of those improvs when it's half sold.
Dave Anthony
Oh, yeah, it's not great when it's that room. That room I've been in more, more often unsold than sold, but that's a, that is, that, that is the room that I had 27 people thrown out during a show.
Gareth Reynolds
Wow.
Brad Williams
Wow.
Dave Anthony
27.
Brad Williams
27.
Dave Anthony
It was a late show on like a Friday. They were so hammered, I was just like, out, out.
Brad Williams
Was. Was it all the same table or were you just handing out exits like Oprah?
Dave Anthony
It was like five or six tables. I was just like, okay, you and now you. And they were just, they were all so shit faced and so annoying.
Gareth Reynolds
Real life blocking the Dave Anthony dream. All right, Brad, so listen, you know what we do here, but just to refresh, remember, we're going to go through this weird news, so we're going to start with a guess of what the year is. You're going to, you're going to guess first. Okay. Whoever's closest wins. What's going to happen is you'll guess, you'll. One of us will be closer. No matter what happens, Dave will say that you win. And you know, that's how it goes. So.
Brad Williams
Well, I'll go for a year. All right, so I was, I, I was just. The Comedy Store where I was talking with Earl Skakel, who is, who is a Kennedy. He's, he's, he's related. He's related to the whole Kennedy. I dare, dare I say the name Clan. But yeah, the whole Kennedy thing.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, Clan's right.
Brad Williams
Yeah. So, so that goes, you know, now that I've, I was talking to Earl, we were talking about his uncle Robert Bobby.
Gareth Reynolds
Good.
Dave Anthony
Some really.
Brad Williams
Oh, bobo.
Gareth Reynolds
Head collector.
Brad Williams
Yeah. What. What he's got in store for the country. I. I saw a tweet today. I don't know if it's real, I don't know if it's fake. And I think that could summarize all the tweets nowadays.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
But. So I saw a tweet that said Robert Kennedy plans to. To ban uncrustables. And I was like, well, here we go.
Gareth Reynolds
He better pick his battles a little more careful. You can get rid of the polio vaccine, but you do not touch P is on a bagel.
Brad Williams
Fine. Totally fine.
Gareth Reynolds
Pick your battles.
Brad Williams
Yeah, I mean, if he gets rid of uncrustables, that's going to be my January 6th.
Gareth Reynolds
That is going to be bad.
Brad Williams
I'm.
Gareth Reynolds
You think what we did to his dad and uncle is bad? Get uncrustables out of the store. You'll watch a head pop.
Brad Williams
See, so that being said, I was thinking about that whole family. So let's go with 1963.
Dave Anthony
Oh, by the way, that year, that's.
Gareth Reynolds
The Kennedy one of the. One of the first times I met Earl, he showed me a picture in the mirror and he goes, hey, do you like my abs? And he's fully naked.
Brad Williams
Yeah, I've seen that photo. And it's. Apparently, that's his move.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes. I was going to say it's not a. It's not even a small club you're in if he's pulled that on you. But, I mean, I remember being like, Jesus Christ. Because he has a huge penis.
Dave Anthony
That's a Kennedy thing.
Gareth Reynolds
That is a Kennedy thing.
Brad Williams
It's a Kenny thing.
Gareth Reynolds
That's why we got it.
Brad Williams
Marilyn was very happy.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes. Yeah, absolutely.
Dave Anthony
Until they killed her.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay, so 60.
Dave Anthony
I'll.
Gareth Reynolds
I'm gonna go. I. I like the 1900, so let's stick there, but I'll go 1922.
Brad Williams
Okay. Any particular reason? 22.
Gareth Reynolds
Just because. Just because I. That's when Earl showed me his penis. It looked like it was between 19 to 22.
Brad Williams
Oh, okay. I was. What, you're a fan of Harding? I don't even know if he was the president, but I was just throwing out an old president.
Gareth Reynolds
Believe me, you can.
Brad Williams
No one would know the years Earl.
Gareth Reynolds
Showed me his Harding penis.
Brad Williams
Oh.
Dave Anthony
It'S 1898.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay.
Brad Williams
Right.
Dave Anthony
So Brad wins.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay. Let me tell you.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Doesn't make any sense.
Brad Williams
I win. That. That is a dog in the background.
Dave Anthony
Are excited.
Gareth Reynolds
Who's. You're Dave's dogs.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, those are my dogs. There's a delivery person here, and the dogs want to kill him or her.
Gareth Reynolds
So understandably.
Brad Williams
And I.
Dave Anthony
If you guys. If I wasn't doing a podcast right now, I'd let. Let the dogs out and let the dogs kill the delivery person.
Brad Williams
That. That. That is kind of weird when you think about it from their perspective. They're just kind of lounging around, having a good time, and all of a sudden, they hear a bell. They're, like, destroyed, and they just go instant, like, whoever is coming in my full domain.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, so you have three, too. So it's just like. One of them's like, Jesus Christ. The rest are like, freak out.
Dave Anthony
What's funny is there's one that if they do that, the other two freak out. There's another one that does it. Then one other one will freak out. And then the newest one, if that dog is like, brow and runs, then the other two are like, all right, newbie, you. Oh, what do you hear? Basketball next door.
Gareth Reynolds
You.
Brad Williams
It's 1863. You said no. 18.
Dave Anthony
1898.
Brad Williams
98. Okay. Got. I got. I gotta make sure I get my year correct, so I know what's happening.
Gareth Reynolds
It's gonna be valuable information.
Dave Anthony
It's the Democrat Herald. Springfield, Colorado. January 14th.
Brad Williams
There's a Springfield, Colorado.
Dave Anthony
There is.
Gareth Reynolds
There is Springfield, everyone, I'm sure.
Brad Williams
Maybe I did not know.
Dave Anthony
Might have gotten rid of it by now. Who knows?
Gareth Reynolds
Mac raining shut a lot of them down. A lot of these is quite litigious.
Dave Anthony
There's a lot of Colorado towns that existed and then they went away because it was just a mining town.
Brad Williams
Yeah. All right. So, yeah, because I, I, earlier this year, I was the Springfield of the state of Illinois and I, yeah. Did a show there. So I'm just trying to. Okay, so Springfield, Colorado.
Dave Anthony
There's a bunch of Springfields. It's like the.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah.
Brad Williams
They have some sort of contest, like, they tried to claim, like, which one was the Simpsons Springfield.
Dave Anthony
Like, it turned out to be the Massachusetts one. Right. Well, you have.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, was it.
Dave Anthony
You have Mayor Quimby. So it kind of has to be the Massachusetts one. Right.
Brad Williams
Mayor Quimby. Also Kennedy related.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. A skakele.
Brad Williams
It must be a skakele.
Dave Anthony
Earl.
Brad Williams
Very big. Very big.
Gareth Reynolds
Said nice.
Brad Williams
Nice. Doesn't sound so bad. In the Hard Massachusetts tour, let me tell you. Don't buy the cryptocurrency from the tour.
Dave Anthony
Has she started doing stand up yet?
Brad Williams
It's coming, man.
Gareth Reynolds
Some people believe that she's just my ayahuasca trip here to kill my ego.
Dave Anthony
Yeah.
Brad Williams
So sure, I. There, There will come a day when I have been doing five minutes on stage at the Comedy Store and someone will pass me a note that says, wrap it up. Hawk 2 is here, wants to go on. Okay. Yeah, I've been. I. And, and when that happens, I will have been bumped by Gabriel Glacias, Jerry seinfeld, and then Hawk 2.
Gareth Reynolds
Pretty much the most talented of the three.
Brad Williams
Pretty much comedy Mount Rushmore.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
Without question, if we're being honest.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Those are good bumps, though. Those are good bumps. I got bumped by sign.
Brad Williams
Those are solid bumps. I'm totally fine with all those bumps.
Dave Anthony
Minor Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Those are the biggest. What do you got?
Brad Williams
Nothing.
Gareth Reynolds
Do you guys remember the guy from the Dunkin Donuts commercial?
Brad Williams
Time to make the donuts.
Gareth Reynolds
No, no, but he was in one of those. Not that guy. But he was in one of those. Oh, my God. Yeah, that guy. He was doing pretty good for a while. And he still bumps me when.
Dave Anthony
When Chris. When Chris Rock. When Chris Rock bumped me, I looked at him and I said, well, we have the same manager, so I'll allow it. And he just. He just stared at me. Just nothing.
Gareth Reynolds
Nothing. That charm.
Brad Williams
The little Rock charm.
Gareth Reynolds
All Right, here we go.
Dave Anthony
Two policemen in Boston are hard at work trying to prevent the students of a young medical school and those of a young lady.
Gareth Reynolds
Long headline. Long headline.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, have you heard this?
Dave Anthony
There's no headline in this one. There's no headlines in this paper. I don't think.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, okay.
Brad Williams
Oh, interesting. Hey. Well, it is. Springfield, Colorado. So they're like, we don't have sections to this paper.
Dave Anthony
Throw it in the paper.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, they probably got bumped by other headlines. Okay.
Brad Williams
Springfield, Colorado.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Two policemen in Boston are hard at work trying to prevent the students of a medical school and those of a young ladies seminary from looking at each other.
Gareth Reynolds
Good, good.
Brad Williams
Save room for the Holy Spirit.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, there'll be none of that.
Brad Williams
Not. Not banging. Not staring. Staring.
Dave Anthony
Check it out. This is clearly a one way.
Gareth Reynolds
That's a future jack off. Stop it. We know what bank you're storing her in. And nuns.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, that's right.
Brad Williams
And so like future nuns, police were called to this.
Gareth Reynolds
Cops.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, cops were called because the dudes are clearly checking out the nuns thought crimes. Are you sure you want to be a nun there, sister?
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Huh.
Gareth Reynolds
You're under arrest. We know what you're gonna do. Check his balls, Dan.
Dave Anthony
Hey, you need a Hail Mary over there.
Brad Williams
Sometimes when I think that things are pretty bad nowadays, I just. I can listen to this podcast, listen to one headline and old paper. We've evolved a little.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Little.
Gareth Reynolds
It is. It is safe to say that you are allowed to ogle.
Dave Anthony
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
And. Yeah, you can ogle.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, you can.
Gareth Reynolds
We're allowed to ogle. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Just don't. Just as long as you're just not, like. It's a compliment. Like. Right. That's. Yeah. You're allowed to have a stare.
Brad Williams
Yeah. Have a glance.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Yeah.
Brad Williams
Based on. Based on my height, though. Based on my height. I don't know if I'm allowed to stare straight, though. I can't stare straight. I have to be at an angle and up.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Dangle.
Brad Williams
If I'm tilted up. Then we're okay. Then we're okay.
Dave Anthony
Is the term. Is the term Muff high still a thing that people use?
Brad Williams
Oh, yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
That's where you went to school, right?
Brad Williams
Yeah, I feel like. I feel like.
Gareth Reynolds
Go Beavers.
Brad Williams
Yeah, go Beavers. Go Muff High Beavers. All right. Someone make that into a T shirt.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, there you go.
Dave Anthony
There is there.
Brad Williams
There is a school in North Dakota I've been told about this many times. There is a high school in North Dakota whose mascot is the Midgets.
Dave Anthony
Seriously?
Gareth Reynolds
What?
Brad Williams
All I want is a T shirt, Brad.
Gareth Reynolds
You can't have me be the one who's saying no to that. You want the merch? I'm like, no, we're not doing that.
Brad Williams
I mean, I mean, there are some.
Gareth Reynolds
There are.
Brad Williams
There are some people that if told that they were going up against the fighting midgets of North Dakota would be quite scared. But. But most people, if you're like the buffalo or the tigers, probably not too afraid of the midget.
Gareth Reynolds
The tigers are ruining the midgets today. They are ripping them apart.
Brad Williams
I mean, imagine how confused. Because, you know, there's a friend of mine does. He's in Texas and he announces high school football games, high school basketball games. Imagine if you don't know the mascot and you just hear the announcer like. And that's the 12th rebound.
Gareth Reynolds
The midgets are really on one this season.
Brad Williams
A precedent. Unprecedented rebounding tonight by the midgets. You're just.
Gareth Reynolds
That's the midgets. First dunk of the evening. More to come, most likely slam dunk by the midgets. And you're like, oh, traveling by the midgets.
Brad Williams
How did that happen? So we got that going for us.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It could always be worse. I mean, we've heard ones on this show that you're like, oh, no, they.
Dave Anthony
They went on for like. But that's like the craziest one is next to Peoria. There's a peeking change until 81.
Gareth Reynolds
Sure. Oh, yeah.
Dave Anthony
81.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, 81. And that's not okay. No. But the fact that is still being.
Brad Williams
That's why crazy just thrown around. But hey. Yeah. So we. So we can be a derogatory mascot. But God forbid we actually play a dwarf in a Snow White movie. That is. That is too far. Too far.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
Glad. I'm glad we're saving Snow White and.
Gareth Reynolds
The seven normal hided men also sounds good.
Dave Anthony
Snow White, the big guys.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Snow White and the regular men. Then it just becomes way weirder.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. It's like when we all try to her. God, you are really awful.
Brad Williams
If you watch the trailer. If you watch the trailer for the new live action Snow White. There's a. There's a time when the CGI dwarves, not real. Not real actors, but the CGI dwarves catch Snow White sleeping in their. In their bed. And it's a real. You know, it's real Goldilocks situation. And uh, and. And they go, oh, a human. And I'm like, right, because we're not.
Gareth Reynolds
What are you Serious Correction.
Dave Anthony
Oh, my God.
Brad Williams
Yeah. Because that happens whenever anyone sees someone sleeping in their home. No matter what, they go, a human.
Gareth Reynolds
A human woman.
Brad Williams
The quarterback from the Bengals, Joe Burrow, he got robbed, like last week. And I'm sure if he had come home and seen the robber in his home, he would have been like, hark. A human.
Gareth Reynolds
A human. By the way, he got robbed all season. That's why he didn't freak out.
Brad Williams
Exactly.
Gareth Reynolds
No.
Brad Williams
And then.
Gareth Reynolds
Wait, they CGI'd?
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
The dwarf. As opposed to.
Brad Williams
As opposed to paying me? Yes, yes.
Gareth Reynolds
You're just one of them called Filthy. Filthy. Stop pitching ideas.
Brad Williams
They gave. They gave the paycheck to a guy at Industrial Light and Magic. So I'm glad that they got a regular heighted man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's been a whole thing. It was. They announced the film, and then. And then Dinklage goes on Mark Marin's podcast and says, like, I. I don't believe they're going to actually, like, do this thing again and, you know, pay other dwarves. And then that. That's what he does. And then they go, oh, don't worry, we're not. And then they had it. Snow White and the seven magical beings, which just looked like a Hacky Sack circle at Berkeley. It was just like there. And there's one God and there's one dwarf in that group. And then the rest just were all different shapes, sizes, colors, everything else. And then what? And then. Well, that's offensive. So then they went back and just cgi. So I don't know if now Insane Journey.
Gareth Reynolds
And then we're gonna get back to the paper, but I do want to know.
Brad Williams
Yes.
Gareth Reynolds
So are you. Are. Are you anti Dinklage?
Brad Williams
Oh, I, I.
Gareth Reynolds
Listen, man, is it a complicated relationship?
Brad Williams
I got my problems with Dink. We call him Dan. And. And he. He. He hasn't been to a meeting in forever.
Gareth Reynolds
Feels like he feels like a big time.
Dave Anthony
Oh, is he too big for the meetings now?
Brad Williams
Sorry. Too big. Too big for the little people. But I will say this about Dinklage. One. One of the reasons why I have my problems with him is because he's so damn talented and great. And if they made a movie and called it the Brad Williams Story, it would probably be starring Peter Dinklage. Let's be honest. I still wouldn't get that part. We need a Brad Williams type. Let's get Dinkling.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, he had a scene in Game of Thrones that. My wife hates those kind of shows. And I called her and I'm like, no, Just watch the scene. And it was like. Like a tour de force of acting. Like, just incredible.
Brad Williams
Was that when he shot his father on the. With a crossbow?
Dave Anthony
Yeah, that might have been it.
Brad Williams
That was my favorite scene.
Gareth Reynolds
I'm like, that sets you guys back a long way. Because everyone was like, don't. In front of little people. You know what they're up to.
Brad Williams
Yeah, we have crossbows.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, you're at their height, they come at you. Yeah, they got crossbows.
Brad Williams
It is amazing that my people. We have plenty of stereotypes, but none are actually based in any kind of reality. Like, like, everyone else has stereotypes that are like. I mean, they might be hateful, but at least they're like, possible. Like, that's conceivable. Mine are just like, oh, they forge.
Gareth Reynolds
They're big frolickers.
Brad Williams
I don't forge.
Gareth Reynolds
Get more than five of them together, they're going to dance around in circles.
Brad Williams
Very true. And God help you if there's a maypole. They.
Gareth Reynolds
They. They just go down those. Those dogs. All right, Dave, go back to the.
Brad Williams
Back to the headlines, back to the paper.
Gareth Reynolds
No, that's very interesting.
Dave Anthony
The schools are close together and the students are let out at the same time every day.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, that's a problem. There's a big issue. That's stagger.
Dave Anthony
There's the issue.
Gareth Reynolds
Stagger.
Dave Anthony
That's it.
Gareth Reynolds
Stagger.
Dave Anthony
If the plan worked, the more young persons would be less or more than human.
Brad Williams
Here we go.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, are they talking about. Is that. Are that the dwarves? I know.
Brad Williams
Human.
Gareth Reynolds
Human.
Brad Williams
Barely that. Is that what the kids said when they got out of school and saw. And. And saw the opposite sex?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Oh, my God. A human woman, quick.
Dave Anthony
It won't. There is only one sure way of stopping the mischief, and that is to abolish the schools. Jesus Christ.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes, that's right. That's absolutely.
Brad Williams
Solution.
Gareth Reynolds
That's right. Yep. I think we're done pitching. We've got it. Shut them down. Not even one of them. Either one of them. Both have to go.
Brad Williams
Yeah, both. You can't, like, say, okay, just let this other one out 20 minutes earlier or later.
Dave Anthony
No, no, no.
Brad Williams
For anybody.
Gareth Reynolds
They both have to go. That's it.
Brad Williams
So this is what happens, you know, you. You stare at the opposite sex and now no one gets to learn nothing.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. But to the credit of this story, that nobody's fucked since, so.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, that's right.
Gareth Reynolds
I guess it was effective.
Brad Williams
Very true.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
We.
Dave Anthony
In this story, we have the setup for an incredible porn.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah, we really do. I've definitely seen it. Yeah. So it's definitely one of those ones are like, all right, get her out of the nun outfit. I don't have all day. Come on, now. Busy daddy's got a busy day ahead.
Brad Williams
And then I, I. Well, I hope if they do make that porno that they, that they keep it true to the era, you know, in terms of, you know, shaving and whatnot. Oh, tattoos. Yeah. And everything. Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Thank you. Yeah. Yes.
Brad Williams
You got to be authentic.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes, yes, absolutely.
Dave Anthony
No, I mean, what you're saying is, is that the, the, the ladies going to school to be nuns had gigantic bushes.
Brad Williams
That's what I'm trying to say.
Gareth Reynolds
The gentleman probably had enormous biceps and tribal tattoos and would make way too much noise for me to continue.
Brad Williams
Why is that guy in the 1890s wearing a puka shell? That's how they would do it.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Trouble has arisen between Germany and the little republic of Haiti. Well, yeah.
Brad Williams
I mean, how did they meet?
Dave Anthony
Honestly?
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Right. I mean, it's got. There can't be any racism here, right?
Gareth Reynolds
War Tinder.
Brad Williams
Yeah. At first I was waiting for you to say Poland and you said Haiti. I'm like, that's a long.
Gareth Reynolds
I mean, it has hate in the name. Let's go.
Brad Williams
We thought we would get along swimmingly when we saw a country with hate.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes. Turns out they really want respect, so. Too late.
Dave Anthony
It was owing to the arrest by the Haitian police of a man claiming to be a German citizen.
Gareth Reynolds
Okay.
Dave Anthony
The German minister demanded his release and a payment of $50,000 indemnity. So they wanted. Because he got arrested, they're like, give a bunch of fucking money.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
Did you arrest a Weitman.
Gareth Reynolds
3 here and pass? 50,000?
Brad Williams
What kind of fucked up game of Monopoly is this?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ye.
Brad Williams
Do not pass Haiti, but collect $50,000.
Dave Anthony
The man was set free.
Brad Williams
50,000.
Dave Anthony
50,000 back then. Shitload of money.
Gareth Reynolds
I mean, that's an. You know, they're not going to give you that.
Brad Williams
No.
Gareth Reynolds
They're like, that's our gdp.
Brad Williams
Yeah. That would be like if, when Brittney Griner got detained, we're like, all right, you got Brittney Griner. You now owe us 3 trillion.
Gareth Reynolds
3 trillion. And we want the. And we want her to be allowed to hit the one hitter in jail.
Brad Williams
Yeah. Yeah.
Dave Anthony
It's awesome.
Brad Williams
That would be the equivalent.
Dave Anthony
It's almost. Wait a minute. Am I What? It's almost $2 million.
Gareth Reynolds
If that feels way. It feels like way more than that.
Brad Williams
Well, for the, for the inconvenience of get. Of getting arrested by the way, no mention if he was actually guilty, I.
Dave Anthony
Know he could have been raping and murdering across the Haiti. And they're like, no, stop.
Brad Williams
No.
Gareth Reynolds
That's a German guy been bad. Yeah, come on.
Brad Williams
That's not the Germany I know and.
Gareth Reynolds
Love, by the way. That is. That is like the most trodden thing. It's just like stand ups, comedians. Whenever Germany comes up, we're like, guess what I'm thinking about? And the German people are genuine. Like one time, let it go. But that one, real bad. Real bad, you guys, forever. It's the trope.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Like you even talk to German people at a show, they're like, well, from Germany, you know, they're like, oh, get ready.
Brad Williams
I, I'm. I imagine Germans are just sitting there. Like, there have been other times, other countries have done similar things.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, I don't hear this. Yeah, America, you're doing. You actively do many enough. Germany. Yeah, here's you guys, you, uniforms, a whole thing with you.
Dave Anthony
The man was set free, but Hades unwilling to pay, Germany threatened to send a cruiser to press her claim. At the remonstrance of our government, she abandoned her purpose.
Brad Williams
Well, mostly because it would have taken about eight months for the cruiser to get there.
Gareth Reynolds
Right.
Dave Anthony
And then everyone's like, why are you here again?
Brad Williams
Why are you here? Oh, the money. Oh, that guy.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, well, tell them.
Brad Williams
Go back and tell them no.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah. And then come back, Let us know what they say.
Brad Williams
Yeah, yeah. My.
Gareth Reynolds
My life, My life.
Brad Williams
That is. That is. We threatened to send a cruiser because you arrested a man. And we said nine, but it would.
Dave Anthony
Be amazing if they were just sending a gay dude to cruise.
Brad Williams
Oh, that would be great. Yeah. He's like, yeah. Now, is this, Is this a gay German? Because that's. I don't know if I have.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't know if I'm allowed. It's all I want to do, but I don't think I can do it. But you know what? It's like, there's like techno and he's. It doesn't matter if we get to shore. Like, this guy's really not focused at all. I mean, he's really packed the boat.
Brad Williams
Wait, so you need me to go on another voyage?
Gareth Reynolds
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Brad Williams
I'm, I'm. And, And I'm bringing my monkey.
Dave Anthony
Oh, my God, he has a monkey? A German guy with a monkey?
Brad Williams
Yeah, all Germans have monkeys. At least the ones I know.
Gareth Reynolds
Ah.
Brad Williams
It'S so weird, Gareth. We're both doing the same thing. We're Trying to do a head thing to help us get the accent.
Gareth Reynolds
I, I, I, I don't, I don't want to do it, but the comedy zombie inside me is really fighting through and. Yeah, it is. It's just, it's like, it's so hacky. It's taking over my body.
Brad Williams
Yeah. I have to feel the darud.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's boot.
Dave Anthony
The, the diabolical assassination of William Terrace, the distinguished British actor, by a worthless crank with a homicidal mania.
Gareth Reynolds
Wow. Now, let me ask you, this is going to be slanted reporting in any way?
Brad Williams
Like, they're really taking aside here.
Dave Anthony
No bias.
Brad Williams
Pro actor, very proactor in Colorado brings.
Dave Anthony
Up before us again, and in a most urgent form, the question of dealing with this class of pests. What is assassins?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, well, I'm sure it's the poor, but it is funny to just be like, yeah, I don't know. I'm starting to not trust the assassin now.
Brad Williams
The fact that they called them pests just makes me think of like, like, like a, like Trump getting shot, but then like slapping his shoulder like it's a fly. Like these darn assassins. They're everywhere. They're everywhere.
Gareth Reynolds
Light a torch. They're coming.
Brad Williams
Someone lighted torch.
Gareth Reynolds
Someone light a torch. I got bit again.
Dave Anthony
Don't you get upgraded from Pest if you actually successfully do the assassination.
Brad Williams
Yeah. I haven't heard of a cockroach just taking someone out.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah.
Brad Williams
Honestly, you know, so I, Yeah, I get, I, I'd give an old upgrade, these tests. Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
By the way, they were probably like, when he was done dying, they were probably like, unbelievable.
Dave Anthony
Wow.
Brad Williams
Well done.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, look at the blood. How'd he do?
Brad Williams
Such commitment.
Gareth Reynolds
Look, his heart's all over the floor. He did leave it all out there once again.
Brad Williams
Hey, you, you know, you know, Christian Bale would read this story and be like, I can play that actor.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Yes.
Gareth Reynolds
I can get, Then get interviewed. Yeah.
Brad Williams
Yes.
Gareth Reynolds
I mean, he was like a regular guy, you know, and he fought about it. What?
Brad Williams
I want to see that movie. Let's go.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah.
Dave Anthony
There's no law for punishing or even locking up a crank, no matter how dangerous he may notoriously.
Brad Williams
B.
Gareth Reynolds
What the.
Dave Anthony
There's no.
Brad Williams
So is, is crank, like, a slang that I'm not familiar with? Because, well.
Gareth Reynolds
What, Aren't you just going to plead crank?
Dave Anthony
I feel like, I feel like, lock me up.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, unfortunately, he's a crank. Oh, well, what are we going to do? He's a crank, you heard. All right.
Dave Anthony
He can do what he wants out here. You know, he's a crank.
Gareth Reynolds
Let him go, boys. We didn't realize he suffered from crank.
Brad Williams
So was like crank, the equivalent back in the day to diplomatic immunity? Like the same?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, it's. It's. It's insane. It's the insanity plea.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
This was a. I'm a crank.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
I think they mean, like, like mentally unstable kind of.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, right. They must.
Brad Williams
It sounds.
Gareth Reynolds
Sure. But by the way, anyone who's saying an actor's nuts is a stable minded human. But also, this is crank on crank.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, but also, they did lock up people who had mental issues all the time. Like drama. W. Who gives a. Like that.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Maybe they just mean like dicks.
Gareth Reynolds
See, if solitary makes him go normal.
Dave Anthony
Justice waits until he commits murder and then offers to society the beggarly reparation of the gallows. The peril is one which the individual must meet for himself. Government avenges him only after he has been slain and his family desolated.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, that's. Yeah, well, that's super helpful.
Dave Anthony
Part of being American.
Gareth Reynolds
That's.
Dave Anthony
This is America.
Gareth Reynolds
That actually sounds very Government. Once he's dead, we're going to step in. That's when they will have crossed the line as far as we're concerned.
Brad Williams
But until then.
Gareth Reynolds
Until then, let the process play out as it does.
Brad Williams
We'll see what happens.
Gareth Reynolds
It's called a human shutdown. Come in at the 11th hour.
Brad Williams
I was trying to Google the term crank, and all I get is drug references and a preview to a. To a. To a Jason Statham movie. That's it.
Gareth Reynolds
Which is, by the way, even for Jason Statham, a movie where you're like, well, this is crazy.
Brad Williams
Yeah, I was. Yeah. Because. Because I think that's the film where he. It's like speed, but on his heart rate. Is that what he's gotta do? Where he's like, heart rate. Yeah, above.
Gareth Reynolds
And there's like a scene where he's like, in some scene. And he's like. He's got like a battery on his chest. It's just like Jason Statham. After that he took a year off. He's like, I've got to figure out what I'm doing. He looked in the mirror and he goes, who am I?
Brad Williams
How. How was he doing interviews for that movie where it's like when you knew you had to bang to get your heart.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. All right.
Brad Williams
To keep the bomb from going off in your chest.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, there's a lot of times I thought about Michael Caine. Really he was a bit like. He was an inspo. What would he do?
Dave Anthony
It would be amazing to see like a real, like Patrick Stewart in that or something.
Gareth Reynolds
When you were in crank mid six, the bum was about to go off inside your body. Yeah, that's right.
Brad Williams
Oh, you know, when I was. When I was going off.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
I was really thinking about Stanislavski.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, I was using the Stanislaus do a bit Meisner. I was thinking, you know, I was thinking, well, what if I had a bum in my chest and I was trying to have, like, doggy style.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Interesting.
Brad Williams
It was actually Ibsen that first introduced the concept.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't know if you've seen craps last tape, but, you know, it's Chekhov who said it best, which was just keep pounding and don't worry about the bum in your chest.
Brad Williams
I love. I love how your statement goes from Statham to Kane back to State.
Gareth Reynolds
It's not good.
Brad Williams
That's right. Because, you know, this sounds exactly like Jason Statham.
Gareth Reynolds
I believe it was the Cherry Orchard.
Brad Williams
Yeah. I have been in 9000 fast and furious movies. I would love it if Michael Caine was in one. The, like, whatever. Next Fast and Furious film. That's right. It's all about family.
Gareth Reynolds
Let's slow down a little bit. There are speed limits out here for a reason.
Dave Anthony
Perfect.
Brad Williams
See, that's just a more fun impression to do. Yeah, Stadium's just.
Gareth Reynolds
Stadium. Just down here, you know, breathy.
Brad Williams
It's not fun at all.
Gareth Reynolds
It's not fun.
Brad Williams
But in Michael K, you just sound like Michael. Kind sounds like you're tuning an old radio.
Gareth Reynolds
Brad, I think the last episode we did Michael Caine impression.
Dave Anthony
Is that true?
Gareth Reynolds
Serves.
Brad Williams
I. I hope so. I try. It's my calling card. Every.
Gareth Reynolds
It's a them theme. I'm fine with it being a theme.
Brad Williams
I'm okay with it too.
Gareth Reynolds
I agree. It was a stick because I took us there.
Dave Anthony
I wanna. I feel like you also started out. Didn't you also start out with Christian Bale and he also sounded like Jason State.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, but then Christian Bale.
Brad Williams
So is Michael Kane a sir? Are we doing him a disservice by not?
Gareth Reynolds
He's a sir. He's knighted. Well, you know what? I have a great moment. Mom, is Michael Caine knighted?
Brad Williams
He's got it.
Dave Anthony
By the way, that's not his mother. He just has an English woman he keeps in the corner and she answers this question.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, confirmed.
Brad Williams
All right.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, no, not confirmed. Not 100%, but as close as we can get to. As close as we can get to the crown.
Brad Williams
Listen, I didn't act my ass off in so many movies for you not to call me sir and disrespect me.
Gareth Reynolds
Like that during the ceremony. I thought the queen was about to stab me.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, he. He was knighted in 2000.
Brad Williams
He was knighted.
Dave Anthony
He was. He was given.
Gareth Reynolds
He was the Dark Knight.
Dave Anthony
He was given the title of Sir Maurice Micklewhite.
Gareth Reynolds
All right, you know what? The show's over, and there'll be no arguments. This episode's done.
Brad Williams
Sir Maurice Micklewhite.
Gareth Reynolds
I didn't know you got to come up with your weird. I. That's awesome.
Brad Williams
I mean, well, what was his inspiration for that name? A villain and Clue.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, they were just like. And what do you want to be knighted under? You get to pick a name. I'll be the honorable Nigel Ponsby. Okay.
Brad Williams
Like, I feel like you can do Eddie Izzard's Engelbert Humperdinck bit to this name, and it still works.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, right? Yeah, right.
Brad Williams
Maurice Manichezit. No.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
Binglebert Bambi back. No. What's his name again? I already forgot it.
Gareth Reynolds
It's a flip Tangerment. All right, we should keep going.
Dave Anthony
That's his dad's name.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, no, it isn't, but. All right, real quick, while we're name dropping, have you ever seen Leonardo DiCaprio's dad?
Dave Anthony
No.
Gareth Reynolds
Is it insane? And I. And I. And I, like. However, I stumbled upon the information of what Leonardo DiCaprio's dad looks like. I was like, holy, this is wild. Then I'm at a farmer's market, and I'm like, oh, my God, Leonardo DiCaprio's dad. And I was like, oh, my God. So I was like, kind of, like, followed him to, like, two stands just to be like, wow, look at him holding persimmons. Just like one of us regs.
Dave Anthony
Oh, my God, he looks like. He looks like the guy from the room.
Gareth Reynolds
Yes. He looks like a disguise. Yes. Yeah, he looks like he's been witness protectioned.
Brad Williams
Wow.
Dave Anthony
What the happened there?
Gareth Reynolds
I don't know.
Brad Williams
It sounds like if you're Leo's dad, doesn't sound like you want to be witness protection at all. You want to be out there saying.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, dude, it's he complete. He needs to be queer eyed more than anyone I've ever. Like, they would just be like, cut your hair. It's weird, straggly and dark. Take off your glasses that look like they're for a foot doctor.
Dave Anthony
Oh, he said he does. He did underground comic Comic books and so there you go.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, there you go. It looks like he did him underground. Yeah. He was just walking around. I was like, I bet he doesn't get stopped all the time. I should ask for a picture. I'm a huge fan. You sound crazy.
Brad Williams
Oh, oh. Of my son. No, no, no, no.
Gareth Reynolds
Of the balls that made him. The balls that made him have your balls, sir.
Brad Williams
Can I cup them?
Gareth Reynolds
Please, man, let's. Let's do one. Goofy faces where I hold your balls.
Brad Williams
This. This is where Leo once lived.
Gareth Reynolds
Wow. Leo's first apartment till you evicted him.
Brad Williams
Until he evicted him.
Dave Anthony
A shortcut to notoriety has been affected by a woman of Paris who contributed and collected 10,000 francs toward the Guy de Malpasa monument recently unveiled in the park Monco. On the conditions that her own portrait to be introduced.
Gareth Reynolds
No clue what just happened.
Brad Williams
I'm not the only one.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, she. She thwarted someone's.
Dave Anthony
She paid likely journey for a monument to be put up in a park relatable. But her only stipulation was that they would also put up a portrait of her.
Brad Williams
Okay.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, yeah. I mean, this is.
Brad Williams
Who paid for this.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Brad Williams
That'S all that is. This is who paid for this, by the way. Beautiful.
Gareth Reynolds
That doesn't seem crazy to me.
Dave Anthony
It seems crazy to me.
Gareth Reynolds
Like, if I was in the park and there was just like a statue and then right next to it was just like a picture of, like, some rich guy, like.
Brad Williams
Yep, you're welcome.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah. With a you're welcome talk bubble.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, that's Paul Revere. And then that's.
Gareth Reynolds
That's Brad Copeland. He's the one who paid for all this. He. He just wanted a little bust of his self made coming out of the horse.
Brad Williams
Hey, man, I mean, you go to any park bench, it has dedicated.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, that's what I mean.
Dave Anthony
But it's a name, not a picture.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, well, I think they're doing themselves a disservice. And I think if you provide enough stuff, you should be like, I want a comic strip of me donating it.
Dave Anthony
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
It's highly unorthodox. Be like, do you want it or not? Yeah, it's like $200,000. I'm just asking you to frame a picture.
Dave Anthony
I actually don't want it because I'm.
Gareth Reynolds
Dressed like a tennis player from the 80s. And then little talk bubble, it says, you. I. You suck. I rule.
Brad Williams
All right.
Dave Anthony
The ludicrous result. The figure of a fashion ludicrous was alive back then. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Brad Williams
Sorry.
Dave Anthony
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
You had to.
Brad Williams
You had to so bad. So bad Move.
Dave Anthony
The politicous result. The figure of a fashionably dressed woman reclining in a long chair at the foot of the bust of the poet.
Gareth Reynolds
This is right.
Dave Anthony
Is characterized by a writer in a lot of newspaper as an advertisement in marble for some leading dressmaker. Human vanity takes forms. And some persons chose to bask in the world's gaze, even at the expense of self respect.
Brad Williams
I mean, people spoke better back then.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, It's a lot of words to be like, the nerve. This is. It's. It's branding. This is Trumpy. Shit.
Dave Anthony
It is Trump.
Gareth Reynolds
He's like, I deserve credit.
Brad Williams
Yeah, we. But then I feel like we would give it to him if he spoke like that. But now.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, right.
Brad Williams
Evolved from that language to I have the best words. Kofiki. Like. Like, that's where we are. It went from that headline that was almost a soliloquy to this, which is best words. Absolute best words. No one has. No one has better words.
Gareth Reynolds
Big dick. Well, it's just. They're gonna be starting. They're gonna put, like, Robert E. Lee, like, statues back up, and he's gonna be like. And my only request is, instead of a horse's head, it's mine. They're like, sir, that's super crazy. Doesn't sound wild to me. Or I'm on the back holding his hips. Can you.
Brad Williams
Can you carve me onto the horse?
Gareth Reynolds
Whispering sweet nothings, make me a centaur. And I was carrying him to a battle that he would subsequently win. Yeah, sir.
Brad Williams
Yeah. So it's like history repeats itself, only we're getting dumber. Yes, absolutely.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, okay, I. I think I'm on her side. I really am.
Dave Anthony
Slavery of the ocean.
Brad Williams
Oh, boy.
Gareth Reynolds
Let's. Yep. Let's. Let's hear a little more before the jokes go flying.
Brad Williams
Okay. Let's see what side I want to.
Gareth Reynolds
Be on on this reading punchline pitcher.
Dave Anthony
The steamer Lambert's Point, Captain Humphrey, which has been lying here for some days since she arrived with her cotton cargo on fire.
Brad Williams
What? I mean, a lot. A lot going on here. Okay.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, I was very.
Dave Anthony
I was. I was very plain with what I said as straightforward. So a ship, the Lambert's Point, arrived with cotton on fire and has been sitting there. Been sitting there for a few days.
Gareth Reynolds
How did you guys want it delivered?
Dave Anthony
You didn't say what shape it was supposed to.
Brad Williams
Not on fire here.
Gareth Reynolds
It says blaze. Someone's got a side for it because we're not taking it back.
Dave Anthony
All right, it sailed.
Brad Williams
You can still do something with It.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, yeah.
Dave Anthony
Use for the on fire cotton.
Gareth Reynolds
It's still good.
Dave Anthony
Sailed for Liverpool today with the deck load of cotton. Still a fire.
Gareth Reynolds
Cool. So that, that captain was like, look, let's just go. Let's finish the job.
Dave Anthony
Hey, can we unload this cotton that's on fire? No.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, when we get to Liverpool.
Brad Williams
Yeah, over there.
Gareth Reynolds
Once the job's done.
Brad Williams
Hey, how long does cotton burn? I wasn't aware.
Dave Anthony
I don't know.
Brad Williams
I thought it was pretty much faster.
Gareth Reynolds
Than the boat ride to Liverpool. Oh, come on. Fast.
Dave Anthony
It's all packed in. It's all. If it's together, it's going to burn slow. If it's packed really packed in, it's.
Brad Williams
Going to burn out of cotton instead of wax.
Gareth Reynolds
We definitely shouldn't be finishing the delivery while it's blank.
Dave Anthony
Well, if it's burning okay, I have a. Let's just. So a guy drops his watch and it goes to the bottom of the cotton and then he goes down into the cotton to get it and he can't find it. So he lights a match.
Gareth Reynolds
What's happening?
Dave Anthony
He lights a match. So the cotton starts burning at the bottom. So you gotta. How are you gonna unload that? How are you gonna. What are you gonna do at the bottom?
Brad Williams
I feel like that was an SAT question. If a man lights a match inside a cotton ball.
Gareth Reynolds
You just pitched such a garbage version of Titanic.
Dave Anthony
I'm sorry, did I pitch a James Bond? Apologies.
Gareth Reynolds
Leo's dad, Titanic, he's just painting a dog penis. And they're like, sir, Sir.
Brad Williams
What?
Gareth Reynolds
Love is love. Mr. DiCaprio, get off the boat.
Dave Anthony
Oh, oh. Here you go. The crew refused to sail until compelled by the police.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, what the. The cops are here. They.
Brad Williams
They say go. Yeah, the cops get on.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, the police are here and they say you gotta still go with the fire cot.
Dave Anthony
We might die. It's on fire if it.
Brad Williams
Yeah, you're surrounded by water. Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
No, but the boat. Safest. Safest place to be is to be.
Brad Williams
Gone from the ocean.
Dave Anthony
Will go out, but so will we.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't know what you want us to say. The cops who are the uniform dads came here and they say you're going. So I feel like you guys don't.
Dave Anthony
Understand boats and people.
Gareth Reynolds
Hey, buddy, it is like 1880 or some. Nobody knows anything. I got leeches on my neck because I had a cough. Now get the out of here.
Dave Anthony
If the fire becomes serious, it is intended to jettison the cotton. So there you go.
Gareth Reynolds
So we do have a predictor.
Dave Anthony
So if it gets over certain fire.
Brad Williams
At one point does the thing on fire. Do they go, yeah, it's probably a lot on fire now it's too much on fire.
Gareth Reynolds
So, sir, I just came from the cotton deck and you're not gonna believe this. More cotton's burning than there was before.
Dave Anthony
Were you on the cotton deck or the fire deck?
Gareth Reynolds
Well, it's becoming a bit of boost. The cotton is more on fire than when we left.
Dave Anthony
But it's still. There's still cotton, right?
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, yeah.
Dave Anthony
Okay, we're good.
Gareth Reynolds
There's just more fire.
Brad Williams
It was a mistake to put the cotton deck so close to the fire deck.
Gareth Reynolds
You know, in retrospect, that's one we'll be noodling for a while.
Dave Anthony
We also probably should have let Bobby down there to look for his watch in a match.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't think that happened. I really. I don't think you stop getting involved in the conversation of grown ups over here. We're all having a real conversation. And you're Leonard Nardo DiCaprio's dad. Probably.
Dave Anthony
Horse swallowed whip.
Brad Williams
Wow, wow. Dog bites. That'll teach situation.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, that'll. That'll teach you. That's the day where you're like, well, I don't know if I have any moves.
Brad Williams
I whipped the horse to make him go faster. He swallowed the whip?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Now he's in the house watching TV.
Gareth Reynolds
And I'm out there getting rid of by the boys. Stop it.
Dave Anthony
That a stout buggy whip four feet and a half long could remain in a horse's stomach for over two years and the horse survive. Seems implausible, impossible. But just this thing happened to a valuable animal owned by Allen Eagle near Carbondale, Illinois, which died a few days ago.
Gareth Reynolds
So the horse died from.
Brad Williams
With.
Dave Anthony
I wonder what was wrong with him. No, he could have died from anything. Really.
Gareth Reynolds
Really. I don't know what got him. I mean, he did spaghetti, the whip. But other than that, we're all baffled.
Brad Williams
I just, I'm. I love the fact that this is not. That this is national news. What? Not even local. This was away.
Dave Anthony
I think this would be national news today.
Brad Williams
If a horse died. If he ate a whip.
Gareth Reynolds
I don't think it would be.
Dave Anthony
I think if. If a horse ate a whip and it was in there for a while.
Gareth Reynolds
They'D be like, democracy dies in darkness. Also, this horse ate a riding crop.
Brad Williams
I mean, maybe if, like, if whip is like the congressman who whips up the votes. Yeah, I could see that being a national headline.
Gareth Reynolds
Honestly, the only way it would hit the News. And I don't mean to keep going to this well, but this feels like a story Trump would talk about.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, it does.
Gareth Reynolds
It feels like the Hannibal Lecter. Yeah. If the windmill's causing cancer. I mean, under Joe Biden, horses are eating whips and they're dying. Two years later. I met with five farmers the other day. Their horses have never been more dead from whip. They're whip dead. Okay.
Brad Williams
As your president, horses will cease to eat whips. I was not feed them whips. Does not.
Gareth Reynolds
We're done with that. They're eating. Hey, God damn it. They're only in Elon. Only. Hey. Okay.
Dave Anthony
A veterinarian held a post mortem examination as to what caused the horse's death. And it was the way found protruding from the stomach.
Gareth Reynolds
Hey, I don't even need to cut into the horse. I heard the whip thing.
Dave Anthony
They're saying. I think they're saying that they didn't know he had eaten the whip until they did the exam.
Brad Williams
Okay, okay. Imagine their surprise.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, this is opening.
Dave Anthony
Look at that.
Gareth Reynolds
Holy cow. Wow.
Dave Anthony
Well, that's where that went.
Gareth Reynolds
Doctor, his penis was inside him the whole time.
Dave Anthony
What?
Brad Williams
Sir, that was a whip. We found a whip.
Gareth Reynolds
Did you know that horses have an in and out penis?
Brad Williams
This one had an innie.
Gareth Reynolds
This one had an innie. Boy, that's. What a sad life to keep something like this backstage the whole time. Because I'll tell you, it's a banger with a handle. Wow, this is a real bummer.
Dave Anthony
Mr. Eagle in October 1895, used a six foot buggy whip to punch an obstruction down the horse's throat, putting a horseshoe. Horseshoe in the animal's mouth to keep it open. So he's just doing horse doctor stuff.
Brad Williams
So he's jamming the butt end of.
Gareth Reynolds
The whip to try to help it.
Dave Anthony
Punch an obstruction down the horse's throat.
Gareth Reynolds
What? But that. Okay, was he trying to cause one or trying to get.
Dave Anthony
So he's the horse to try to knock a thing down. And he's like, oh.
Gareth Reynolds
He probably was looking for it for five months after. He's like, where did I put that? They cut him open. He goes, that makes sense.
Brad Williams
Ah, that. Now it all checks out.
Gareth Reynolds
There was an obstruction in there. The horseshoe before the wind.
Dave Anthony
The horseshoe fell out and the horse bit off the whip, swallowing the long end with no bad effects. Until a short time ago when the beast was sick and died.
Gareth Reynolds
No bad effects. Says the person who probably never checked on the horse.
Dave Anthony
After swallowing the whip, the horse worked every day and ate three meals A day.
Gareth Reynolds
I mean, I didn't, I didn't realize they were on our breakfast, lunch, dinner cycle either.
Brad Williams
That's what you're getting from this one.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, well, I mean, I'm flagging a few things, to be honest with you, but, yeah, that's among them. Part of this balance breakfast.
Brad Williams
I just imagine him getting caught ramming the, the button of the whip down a horse's throat and he's like, no, no, no, I'm trying to save it.
Gareth Reynolds
It. Don't worry, I think I saved it. It just ate a whip and coughed up a shoe. It'll probably be okay. Anyway, it's time for the horse's brunch.
Brad Williams
I'm glad. I, I, I, I'm glad we live in the time that we live in.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. No, when horses are treated with respect and not killed at racetracks and things.
Brad Williams
Exactly. So that, that statement coming from the man who's dressed like a lawn jockey. Look at this hat.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, yeah, you do have a Chipotle.
Brad Williams
There's a riding crop somewhere in this office.
Gareth Reynolds
It's in you. You ate it, Brad. Remember? You were joking.
Brad Williams
Hold on. Punch my esophagus while using a long.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, you know how to do the Heimlich.
Brad Williams
Take my.
Gareth Reynolds
Put your arm in me.
Brad Williams
Oh, well, here comes that. Here comes that gay German from earlier. Did someone say, hi, Mick?
Gareth Reynolds
Huh?
Dave Anthony
Hello.
Gareth Reynolds
Huh? Oh, no. The boat has a cotton fire.
Dave Anthony
I wish we still did the horseshoe thing, though. Like, that'd be amazing if that, if that stuck around and we just were putting horseshoes and things. Mouths. To try to stop choking. Now get your hand in there.
Gareth Reynolds
I mean, this guy was like anti. MacGyver. We'll use this horseshoe. A whip in my hand to save its life. MacGyver. Maybe do another thing. There's a bunch of. You have actual tools here.
Brad Williams
No, no. Punch the horse's throat.
Gareth Reynolds
We're gonna punch the horse's throat with a whip. And I'll put the shoe in its mouth. The dentist had opened. Yeah.
Dave Anthony
Stomach taken out.
Gareth Reynolds
That. Is this, Is this a follow up?
Dave Anthony
There's a different story.
Gareth Reynolds
Nice.
Dave Anthony
Beck failed to live without a stomach.
Brad Williams
Somehow. News. Someone should have seen that coming.
Dave Anthony
Yeah, that's your.
Gareth Reynolds
What got him, Doc?
Dave Anthony
Well, we removed his mouth and that was it for him. After the op, after the operation by which his stomach was removed, he recovered from the shock, but he was very weak and was found impossible to inject enough nourishment to keep him alive. He died.
Gareth Reynolds
Plan. I think this was done once and it was to this guy.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
Like, they're like. Well, that was a. We were. What were we thinking?
Brad Williams
Way, way off.
Gareth Reynolds
Hey, guys, let's go. Let's tell his family the truth. That was some really dumb stuff.
Brad Williams
Yeah, well, he. He came in and. And said he had a stomachache, so we removed his stomach, took it all out. Thinking that would help.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Then he had a digestive issue. So. Yeah, the plan. So what we're gonna do is take your stomach.
Dave Anthony
Yeah.
Brad Williams
And the guy's just sitting there like, well, you guys are the doctors.
Gareth Reynolds
You're the best. You're the best in town. And that's what's awesome about you guys.
Brad Williams
This is. Well, you know, we removed his stomach and found out. Well, that's pretty important next time.
Dave Anthony
Well, you really need that, it turns out.
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah.
Dave Anthony
I thought it was like the appendix. Just a thing that you don't really use.
Brad Williams
Like, you're like.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, first of all, the appendix is everything, so I don't know what you're talking.
Dave Anthony
Sorry, My bad.
Gareth Reynolds
That.
Brad Williams
Yeah, we put leeches on the stomach, and that didn't help.
Dave Anthony
That didn't do anything. You know, we tried to put his.
Gareth Reynolds
Head in the stomach towards the end to make it look like it was kind of a space helmet. That didn't work.
Dave Anthony
I thought you could just take the head off, put an apple there. But it doesn't work.
Gareth Reynolds
No, not yet. We're learning a lot of these medical lessons. The heart. We're in what we call our learning phase. The stomach is needed.
Brad Williams
Yes. Vital.
Dave Anthony
All right, last one.
Gareth Reynolds
All right, here we go.
Dave Anthony
Sydney Tate, a young attorney came in with the mail stage from Lamar last evening to see this place with a view to locating for the practice of law. So there's a possible lawyer coming to town, which is exciting because it's Springfield. They probably don't have a lot.
Gareth Reynolds
I think the stomach guy needs it. They don't have a case. Yeah.
Dave Anthony
He was not favorably impressed and went back this morning.
Gareth Reynolds
Ah.
Brad Williams
What?
Dave Anthony
They're basically saying the town is like, this guy came and he's like, I could be a lawyer.
Gareth Reynolds
The lawyer was like. Just legally.
Brad Williams
Imagine a lawyer walking into a town so bad where they went, well, this is.
Gareth Reynolds
Everyone's, like, getting ready, like, the lawyer's coming to town. Put your Sunday's best on, Grace.
Dave Anthony
I can't wait to sue you, friend.
Gareth Reynolds
Now be quiet. Everything's gonna be a little different once the lawyer comes to town. Act your part, Sheriff. Your badge isn't as shiny as it could be. Well, God damn it, Martha. Spit on it. Shine it the Lawyer's coming to town. The lawyer will be here tomorrow. Now from the top, let's all sing. Remember the song. All right. And then I'll approach him. Him. Well, lawyer I think I'm gonna find this town is perfect for. Lord, you guys didn't hear? He took one look and turned around that sack of the. Are you talking about. And they were in rehearsal for three weeks.
Dave Anthony
Well, I gave him.
Brad Williams
I gave him hating lawyers.
Dave Anthony
I gave him a basket with a stomach and that whip in it.
Gareth Reynolds
And I mean, I'd say we should sue him, but we have no clue how.
Brad Williams
Invite him back so we could figure out how to sue him.
Gareth Reynolds
All right, places. One more time. Place.
Brad Williams
I just love that someone with someone with a particular industry, some of the particular job comes to town. It's like, well, this is cause for celebration.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, let's be honest, Brad, in your time of being a stand up.
Brad Williams
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
There's more than five to six times when you've arrived to a city you've probably never been to and been like, I'd love a U turn option.
Dave Anthony
Yep.
Brad Williams
Wait a minute. I will not have you desecrate the good people of Shreveport, Louisiana. I swear.
Dave Anthony
I was thinking El Paso.
Gareth Reynolds
There's certain ones where you're like, jesus Christ, why?
Dave Anthony
Why did you do it?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah. Someone opened a comedy club.
Brad Williams
El Paso is still the punchline to one of my favorite jokes of all time. And it's a Johnny Carson joke. It's a. It's a carnac. Where the answer is El Paso. And the question is, what does the quarterback do when he can't El Reno or El Punto?
Dave Anthony
When I worked in El Paso, I went into the. The. I never met Dennis Regan. I went into the comedy Condo and I just walked in. He goes, well, what happened to your career? El Paso?
Gareth Reynolds
Regan.
Dave Anthony
Yeah. Brian Regan's brother.
Brad Williams
I don't think.
Gareth Reynolds
Oh, yeah, yeah. Okay. I do know him. That's a shame. He's doing well, though. He's funny, but. Brian Reagan. Holy shit. Well, Brad. Bradwilliamscomedy.com thank you for coming back. Thank your wife for listening to this and being reminded that you're in the comedy business. Yeah. Even though selling out theaters should remind her.
Brad Williams
Can we give her some promo codes for some sponsors?
Gareth Reynolds
Yeah, absolutely. Just have her go to Helix and use promo code squarespace and. And have it delivered to Rocket Money.
Dave Anthony
Yeah.
Gareth Reynolds
And that should work out pretty good for her. So just let her know.
Brad Williams
Amazing.
Gareth Reynolds
Well, Brett, thank you as always.
Brad Williams
Hey, guys. Always a pleasure to talk to you. Always a pleasure to go through the past? And see that we? We've come a long way now?
Gareth Reynolds
And yet? And yet, and yet.
Brad Williams
Now I. I believe my dog might be choking on something. I'm gonna go grab his leash and.
Dave Anthony
Shove it down his throat. Yeah, yeah, that's how you do it.
Gareth Reynolds
Put a little burning cotton up the ass. Just to be safe.
Brad Williams
Why.
Gareth Reynolds
Purina. Thanks, Brad.
Brad Williams
Of course, guys. Thank you.
Dave Anthony
See you, man.
Gareth Reynolds
Some of these days? You'll miss me, honey? Some of these days? Oh. Hey, doll heads. This is Gareth, part of the Gare Force. Listen, you're part of the Gareth force. Go to garethreynolds.com if you want to see me on the road doing standup, you could find me in Brea, California. February 7, Eureka, California, for two shows. February 11 at Savage Henry, San Francisco. February 12, Sacramento. February 13. Then I'll be in Naples, Florida. March 24, Charlotte. April 13, Raleigh, North Carolina. April 14. April 15, I'll be in Virginia Beach. April 16, I'll be in Richmond, Virginia. Then I will be in Lutherville, Timonium, which is close to Baltimore, I believe, at Magoobie's Joke House. April 17 through April 19. Then I will be in Winnipeg May 29 through May 31. Go to garethreynolds.com for tickets and information.
Podcast Summary: The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
Episode 110 - The Past Times with Brad Williams
Release Date: February 8, 2025
Hosted by Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds, "The Dollop" delves into quirky and intriguing slices of history each episode. In Episode 110, titled "The Past Times with Brad Williams," the hosts welcome comedian Brad Williams to explore fascinating and humorous historical events.
The episode kicks off with Dave and Gareth excitedly announcing their March 2025 comedy tour, highlighting their favorite cities:
Notable Quote:
Gareth Reynolds [00:09]: "It's the best."
Gareth welcomes Brad Williams back to the podcast, sharing a lighthearted moment about Brad’s wife discovering his comedy career through the show.
Notable Quote:
Brad Williams [01:29]: "This is a podcast that my wife listens to religiously. So she'll finally hear this. She'll finally know that I am a comedian."
The conversation segues into Brad announcing his upcoming 2025 dates, prompting Gareth to encourage listeners to visit BradWilliamsComedy.com for more information.
Brad shares humorous stories about his experiences in the comedy world, including interactions with guests like Earl Skakel and the infamous meeting involving Robert Kennedy.
Notable Quotes:
Brad Williams [05:28]: "We often say that it's our number one. The best city I've ever been to."
Gareth Reynolds [07:17]: "It's not even a small club you're in if he's pulled that on you. But, I mean, I remember being like, Jesus Christ."
The hosts discuss their favorite comedians, including Peter Dinklage, Jared Seinfeld, and Chris Rock, blending admiration with playful ribbing.
The trio delves into historical headlines, transforming mundane news into comedic narratives. One standout story involves a horse swallowing a whip:
Notable Quotes:
Dave Anthony [50:31]: "A stout buggy whip four feet and a half long could remain in a horse's stomach for over two years and the horse survive. Seems implausible, impossible. But just this thing happened to a valuable animal owned by Allen Eagle near Carbondale, Illinois, which died a few days ago."
The hosts humorously dissect the absurdity of the situation, imagining exaggerated scenarios and mock interviews related to the event.
Brad, Dave, and Gareth offer satirical takes on modern societal issues, including the portrayal of dwarves in media and the role of celebrities like Jason Statham and Michael Caine in pop culture.
Notable Quotes:
Brad Williams [22:07]: "The tigers are ruining the midgets today. They are ripping them apart."
Gareth Reynolds [36:13]: "It's still. There's still cotton, right?"
The conversation transitions into mock-serious debates about historical medical practices and the evolution of language, peppered with humorous impressions and fictional scenarios.
As the episode wraps up, the hosts reflect on the absurdities discussed, blending heartfelt appreciation for historical insights with their signature comedic flair. They encourage listeners to follow Brad Williams on his tour and provide promotional codes for sponsors, ensuring a seamless connection between the podcast and Brad's live performances.
Notable Quotes:
Brad Williams [61:30]: "I gave him hating lawyers."
Dave Anthony [64:08]: "Shove it down his throat."
The episode concludes with playful banter about hypothetical scenarios and a humorous take on legal proceedings, leaving listeners entertained and eager for the next historical deep dive.
Key Takeaways:
Engaging Discussions: The episode seamlessly blends historical events with contemporary comedic perspectives, making history both entertaining and relatable.
Humorous Storytelling: Through Brad Williams' anecdotes and the hosts' improvisational humor, listeners are taken on a laughter-filled journey through past events.
Interactive Elements: The inclusion of tour announcements and sponsor promotions fosters a sense of community and engagement among listeners.
Notable Moments:
Brad Williams' stories about interacting with the Kennedy family members, particularly Robert Bobby's humorous antics ([05:49]).
The hilariously detailed account of a horse swallowing a whip and the ensuing fictional medical procedures ([50:31]).
Playful impersonations and satirical takes on famous actors and pop culture elements, enhancing the comedic value of the historical narratives.
Final Thought:
Episode 110 of "The Dollop" stands out as a vibrant blend of comedy and history, showcasing Brad Williams' comedic talents alongside Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds' sharp wit. Whether you're a history buff or a comedy enthusiast, this episode offers a memorable and laughter-packed exploration of the past.