The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler

Episode 367: HoneyDew with Y’all | Best Lowlights of 2025 with Tom Segura

Release Date: January 5, 2026
Guests: Tom Segura, Kirsten, Mike Frampton

Overview

In this wild, hilarious, and often jaw-dropping “best of” episode, Ryan Sickler welcomes comedian Tom Segura to revisit some of the most outrageous, disturbing, and unforgettable lowlights shared by real people on The HoneyDew with Y’all in 2025. As always, Sickler and guests dig into tales of misfortune and mayhem, embracing the mantra that laughing at life’s low points is essential. From airborne stalkers to prison yarmulkes, horrific accidents to awkward sexual escapades, this episode encapsulates what The HoneyDew does best—celebrating the strange, dark, and human side of adversity.

Notable Segments & Stories

1. Tom Segura’s Updates & Opening Banter

• Timestamps: 03:25–08:02
• Tom talks about his new Netflix special (“Teacher”), the upcoming season of “Bad Thoughts,” and an independent film (“El Tigre”) in the works.
• Funny exchanges about embarrassing kid nicknames and parents paging their children in public.
  • “Were they came hauling it like power walking, I’m like, oh my god.” – Ryan (07:13)

2. Airborne Arson & Helicopter Stalking

• Episode Reference: HoneyDew with Y’all #224
• Timestamps: 08:51–15:13

Story:
Dylan Taylor recounts how his mom’s friend’s boyfriend—a volunteer firefighter—burned down his own house for insurance money to fund helicopter flights, which he used to stalk his ex-wife.

• “I’ve never heard someone stalk somebody in a helicopter, dude.” – Ryan (09:33)
• “He burned his own house down for the insurance money to fund his helicopter to continue stalking his wife.” – Mike Frampton (10:46)

Memorable Reactions:

• “Never heard of an aerial stalking. Never. Right? Never, bro. It’s always on the ground.” – Ryan (13:15)

3. The Magic Yarmulke: Jewish Prison Currency

• Episode Reference: HoneyDew with Y’all #234
• Timestamps: 16:03–20:13

Story:
Jared Clickstein, a former Skid Row resident, shares how, during his time in prison, he leveraged a yarmulke (“Jewish hat”) as a good luck charm that Mexican and Nazi shot-callers would wear during gambling for its “magical Jewish powers.”

• “You got Nazis wearing yarmulkes and eating kosher meals in jail—get the f*** out of here, dude!” – Ryan (17:40)
• Segura and Sickler riff on the bizarre prison economics and hypocrisies.

Insight:

• Power and prejudice become fluid in dire situations: “It all depends on where you are at the motherf***ing time.” – Ryan (17:57)

4. SWAT Call: The End Table Dildo Incident

• Episode Reference: HoneyDew with Y’all #???
• Timestamps: 22:40–27:09

Story:
Tyler, a SWAT ground unit medic, shares the time their team was called to extricate a man who had impaled himself on a monstrously large, end-table–mounted dildo—and was completely stuck.

• “How big is the dildo? …It was so far inside of him, so big, we couldn’t get him off of it.” – Mike Frampton (23:29)
• After failed attempts, the fire department saws off part of the table, and the man is transported face-down, the dildo still lodged, with the wood attached.
• “He came back with gift cards and a gift basket to the PD for helping him out.” – Mike (25:55)

Memorable quote:

• “Imagine being hauled out of your house, face down, with—it’s clearly sticking out of your ass.” – Kirsten (27:02)

5. Dark Turns: Suicide by Birth Tape & Missing Eyes

• Timestamps:
  • 28:07–30:39 (Suicide story)
  • 32:06–34:39 (Eye gouging fight)

Suicide While Watching a Birth Video

• Sarah Smith’s story: Her mother’s drug-addicted boyfriend kills himself while watching her birth videotape (he is not her biological father).
  • “He shot himself in the face while watching the video of my birth.” – Sarah (28:39)
  • Analysis of the creepiness, confusion, and dark humor.

Eye-Gouging High School Fight

• Jason Jerry Prickett’s story: He is the guy whose eye was gouged out during a high school fight recounted on a previous episode.
  • “My eyelids were completely shut and my optic nerve and my eye were sitting on my cheek.” – Jason (33:01)
  • Both Sickler and Segura are floored by the violence: “Never heard of a high school fight...where both eyes get targeted.” — Kirsten (34:13)

6. Tinder Date in Nazi Land

• Episode Reference: HoneyDew with Y’all #254
• Timestamps: 36:23–40:58

Story:
Mitch, fresh out of Navy training, finds himself on a Tinder date with a woman whose home is decorated—without warning—with Nazi and Confederate paraphernalia, including swastika throw pillows and flags.

• “You want to come in? You sure?” – Woman
• “She walks back in wearing a robe with a swastika and a confederate flag tattooed... Did he still f*** her? He did.” – Kirsten and Ryan (39:04)

Reaction:

• “I’ve been there, I’ve been that horny too… but there’s no way in hell…” – Ryan (39:09)

7. Father’s Day Dirt Bike Scalping & Tom’s Real-Life Paramedic Story

• Episode Reference: HoneyDew with Y’all #233
• Timestamps: 41:15–47:47

TJ Himes’ Story:
On Father’s Day, TJ’s dad has a dirt bike accident where a missing safety pad leads to being reverse-scalped by the handlebar.

• Graphic details: “The flap of his scalp… made like a wet noodle suction sound.” – TJ (42:42)

Tom Segura’s Real Life Encounter:
Tom recounts finding a drunk, helmetless motorcyclist after an accident—whose head split open and “flapped” when he sat up. - “When he sat up, the top of his head—flap. Like a toupee, a joke almost.” – Tom (46:03)

8. Kansas City Chiefs Game & An Accidental Miscarriage (Oral Incident)

• Episode Reference: HoneyDew with Y’all #263
• Timestamps: 49:57–52:58

Lonnie Green’s Story:
On a first date after a Chiefs game, Lonnie, while performing oral sex, unknowingly assists in a miscarriage, learning only the next day that he hadn’t encountered just menstruation. - “He ate a miscarriage, dude.” – Ryan (51:43) - “Could you imagine?” – Kirsten

9. Death Janitor: Hot Tub Soup & Evil Party Tricks

• Episode Reference: Mike Frampton stories, especially #170
• Timestamps: 55:04–61:26

Story:
Mike Frampton, a crime scene and suicide cleanup expert, tells how he and his partner found a long-dead man (weeks!) decomposed into “brown soup” in a hot tub. After “cleaning,” his partner transported the entire sanitized hot tub to his backyard, using it for parties—then revealing its origins and showing crime scene pics to guests.

• “He got sprayed… by like forty jets full of decomp. It went in his eyes, went in his mouth.” – Mike Frampton (58:31)
• “Could you imagine being at a hot tub party… ‘Look at this, this is a degloved hand…’” – Ryan (59:28)

10. Elective Double Amputation for Symmetry

• Upcoming HoneyDew with Y’all Preview: Bradford Spencer
• Timestamps: 62:18–65:41

Story:
Bradford, a prosthetics tech, tells how a man—after being denied an unnecessary amputation—returns home, pre-dials 911, fires up a band saw, and severs his own arm. Later, he returns to have the other arm electively removed—for the sake of “symmetry”.

• “He said, ‘Symmetry.’” – Mike Frampton (65:20)
• Sickler and Segura process the extremity of the story with a mix of darkness, awe, and humor.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Never heard of an aerial stalking. Never. Right? Never, bro. It’s always on the ground.” – Ryan (13:15)
• “My eyelids were completely shut and my optic nerve and my eye were sitting on my cheek.” – Jason (33:01)
• “You got Nazis wearing yarmulkes and eating kosher meals… Get the f*** out!” – Ryan (17:40)
• “He got sprayed… by like forty jets full of decomp. It went in his eyes, went in his mouth, he’s gagging and throwing up.” – Mike Frampton (58:31)
• “He ate a miscarriage, dude. It’s so disgusting.” – Ryan (51:43)
• “You know what? He did it himself. Did it himself at home. For symmetry.” – Ryan (65:41)

The HoneyDew Spirit

Throughout these stories, Sickler and Segura emphasize both the absurdity and resilience of the human condition, holding space for the laughter, horror, solidarity, and hard-won lessons found in life at its lowest.

• “No one’s doing what you do, man… these stories are crazy. It’s so unique what you’ve built with this.” – Kirsten (66:55)
• "I am the paramedic now at the party. Here’s another one real quick!" – Ryan (67:13)

Segment Timestamps (Approximate)

| Time | Story/Theme | |--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------| | 03:25–08:02 | Tom Segura’s updates, opening banter | | 08:51–15:13 | Helicopter stalker/arson | | 16:03–20:13 | Prison yarmulkes, kosher meals, Nazi shot-callers | | 22:40–27:09 | SWAT dildo incident | | 28:07–30:39 | Suicide by birth videotape | | 32:06–34:39 | Eye gouging, high school fight survivor returns | | 36:23–40:58 | Tinder/nazi paraphernalia date | | 41:15–47:47 | Father’s Day scalping, Tom’s real paramedic story | | 49:57–52:58 | Chiefs game, oral miscarriage | | 55:04–61:26 | Death janitor, hot tub decomp, evil party trick | | 62:18–65:41 | Elective arm amputation for symmetry (coming soon tease) |

Final Thoughts

This episode is classic HoneyDew: sick, shocking, compassionate, and darkly funny. If you want a master class in how to turn life’s worst moments into cathartic conversation, look no further.

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“How do you do with you? You all got the best stories out there!” – Ryan (52:51)