219: #219 Comments & Catching Up

Summary

The Nateland Podcast - Episode #219: #219 Comments & Catching Up

Release Date: September 25, 2024

Hosts: Nate Bargatze, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay
Produced by: Audioboom Studios

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1. Weekend Recaps and Personal Stories

Brian Bates kicked off the episode by sharing his recent experiences performing in Dayton, Kentucky, at the Commonwealth Sanctuary. The all-ages show was a nostalgic trip, allowing Brian to connect with both young audiences and their parents. He reflected on the challenge of promoting performances in smaller towns, mentioning, “I posted on Social Media I’m going to be in Dayton, Kentucky. The club messaged me and was like, just say Cincinnati because people have no idea what Dayton, Kentucky, is” ([04:31]).

Aaron Weber recounted his corporate gig in Las Vegas for Boot Barn Old Town at South Point Casino. He described the experience as “top notch” and appreciated the hospitality, noting, “They hooked me up. Really great. Five shows, really fun” ([09:03]). Aaron also shared amusing anecdotes about navigating the bustling Las Vegas scene, including unexpected encounters and the challenges of filming in such a dynamic environment.

Dusty Slay highlighted his own weekend activities, including attending a Titans game and visiting Foxwoods Casino. He emphasized the variety of experiences brought by each host, contributing to the lively and engaging atmosphere of the podcast.

Nate Bargatze provided a humorous take on his own weekend, expressing a sense of “bad energy in the room” but swiftly shifting the conversation back to his guests’ experiences. He also shared personal updates about his newborn daughter, Destiny Trevino, adding a heartfelt layer to the episode ([55:19]).

2. Behind-the-Scenes Insights and Hosting Stories

The hosts delved into their past experiences in broadcasting and entertainment. Brian Bates reminisced about his college days hosting sports segments, sharing a memorable moment when the teleprompter malfunctioned:

“The teleprompter went down right when I was starting, and I was too scared to even say anything because this was live on Murphysboro TV and I just faked it and just went off memory, the whole sports guest” ([01:29]).

Aaron Weber and Nate Bargatze humorously critiqued dusty’s weather forecasting skills, with Nate remarking, “A Dusty Slay weather man would be crazy...” ([00:36]).

3. Comedy and Creative Ventures

The conversation naturally transitioned into their professional endeavors in comedy and entertainment. Brian Bates discussed his multiple performances, including an upcoming show with his friends, highlighting the supportive environment they cultivate:

“Brian Bates and friends here on Tuesday and that was great. Nate came and did a set. Angela Johnson did a set. It’s a hot show” ([08:12]).

Aaron Weber shared his excitement about recording for "Saturday Night Live" (SNL) with Coldplay, emphasizing the collaborative efforts of Nateland Productions in upcoming projects:

“Nateland Productions will be on there, because I'll be there and we will be helping... making content, but want to eventually be making, you know, the TVs and movies and make stuff” ([27:18]).

Dusty Slay touched upon his own projects, including working on a special for Greg Warren and expressing enthusiasm for upcoming Nateland live shows. The hosts collectively discussed the importance of creating content that resonates with a broad audience while maintaining a clean and family-friendly approach.

4. Podcast Network Updates and New Launches

The hosts provided updates on the Nateland Podcast Network, announcing new shows and ongoing projects. Brian Bates highlighted Dusty Slay's podcast, mentioning:

“Dusty hosts this round, Chastity Washington last week...” ([14:16]).

A significant highlight was the announcement of a new podcast titled "The Consumers", set to debut on October 3rd, hosted by Greg Warren, Tim Convey, and Sean O’Brien. The podcast aims to explore consumer behavior, brand loyalty, and personal experiences with various products:

“Debuting next Tuesday, October 3rd, The Consumers, hosted by Greg Warren, Tim Convey, and Sean O'Brien. A new episode every Tuesday” ([52:53]).

Nate elaborated on the vision behind Nateland Productions:

“Nateland Productions is a part of all this stuff. So more trying to get more people to know what Nateland is and Nateland Entertainment. Good, clean, funny and all that. And making content, but want to eventually be making, you know, the TVs and movies and make stuff” ([27:18]).

5. Building Community and Supporting Creators

A recurring theme throughout the episode was the emphasis on creativity and supporting one another within the entertainment industry. Dusty Slay advocated for surrounding oneself with creators to foster innovation and overcome stagnation:

“If you don't have someone with good vision, are you... you either have it or you put yourself. If you go around someone that's a creator, I think it's a good thing” ([30:07]).

The hosts discussed the balance between creating and consuming content, urging listeners to actively contribute rather than passively consume:

“More creating, less consuming. I feel like we really can get caught up in like just taking it all in. But it's better to, you know, create” ([30:07]).

Aaron Weber and Dusty Slay shared personal stories about early career challenges and the importance of perseverance in the face of setbacks, reinforcing the message that failure is a natural part of the creative process.

6. Upcoming Events and Special Announcements

The hosts enthusiastically shared details about upcoming performances and special appearances:

• Brian Bates outlined his schedule, including shows at Ali Ray's in Knoxville, the Fisher Center at Belmont University, and the Arlington Drafthouse in Virginia ([89:26]).
• Dusty Slay announced his participation in "Sister Wives" Season 18 and his engagement in various other projects, emphasizing his commitment to expanding Nateland’s reach ([55:22]).
• Aaron Weber revealed plans for a potential bocce ball tournament dubbed the "Dusty Ball," aiming to combine comedy with sports for community engagement ([80:07]).

Nate Bargatze revealed his upcoming appearance on "Saturday Night Live" with Coldplay, expressing excitement and anticipation for the major milestone in his career:

“I'm very excited. Yeah, it's, it's a... I don't know. I, I, if I don't seem like I show anything. Look, I'm blown away by it. I just take it all very serious and I want to live up to your guys' expectations” ([57:04]).

7. Listener Engagement and Shared Experiences

The episode featured interactive segments where listeners shared their own stories and comments. Dusty Slay read aloud a listener’s account of their daughter’s encounter with a fortune cookie paper stuck in her nose, leading to humorous and heartfelt discussions:

“She grabbed the long tweezers and pulled out a tiny piece of paper. When it came out, everyone in the room dry heaved because it smelled so bad” ([69:08]).

The hosts connected over shared work experiences, such as both Aaron Weber and Dusty Slay having worked at Jim Bob's Chicken Fingers, fostering a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect.

8. Humorous Banter and Light-Hearted Moments

Throughout the episode, the hosts engaged in playful teasing and light-hearted exchanges, enhancing the podcast’s entertaining atmosphere. From joking about weather forecasting skills to humorous takes on personal anecdotes, their chemistry was palpable. For instance, when discussing the challenges of burnings tires, Aaron shared:

“I burned a tire one time... The fire department came and they were like, you can't burn tires” ([46:16]).

Such moments underscored the hosts’ ability to blend humor with genuine conversations, making the podcast relatable and enjoyable for listeners.

9. Closing Remarks and Future Directions

As the episode neared its end, the hosts reiterated their commitment to creating quality content and expanding the Nateland brand. Dusty Slay emphasized the importance of having a vision and surrounding oneself with creators to drive innovation:

“If you have a vision, I think you can do anything” ([28:20]).

Aaron Weber and Brian Bates encouraged listeners to attend upcoming shows and engage with new podcast initiatives, fostering a strong community of fans and supporters.

Nate Bargatze concluded with heartfelt thanks to the audience, expressing gratitude for their support as the hosts looked forward to future episodes and projects:

“Thanks for tuning in. Be sure to catch us next week on the Nateland podcast” ([91:33]).

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Notable Quotes

• Brian Bates on overcoming on-air challenges:

  “I just went off memory, the whole sports guest” ([01:46]).

• Aaron Weber on creating content:

  “Just do it and don't worry about the other people” ([41:07]).

• Dusty Slay on the significance of being a creator:

  “Being a creator is everything. The more meetings I get into, the more stuff I get approached with... you're just trying to do comedy to keep them there” ([30:07]).

• Nate Bargatze on embracing vulnerability:

  “There’s a vulnerability in only wearing a T-shirt” ([77:22]).

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Conclusion

Episode #219 of The Nateland Podcast offered a rich tapestry of personal stories, professional insights, and engaging conversations among its hosts. From recounting weekend adventures and navigating the comedy circuit to launching new podcasts and planning future events, the episode encapsulated the essence of camaraderie and creative ambition. Notably, the announcement of the new podcast "The Consumers" and Nate Bargatze's upcoming appearance on "Saturday Night Live" highlighted the dynamic growth and evolving landscape of Nateland Productions. The blend of humor, heartfelt moments, and strategic planning made this episode a must-listen for fans and newcomers alike, embodying the vibrant spirit of The Nateland Podcast.

Transcript

[Nate Bargatze]

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[Brian Bates]

Today's episode of the Nateland podcast is brought to you by DraftKings, BetterHelp and PXG. Hello, folks, and hey, Bear. Welcome to News Channel 5 at 10. Brian Bates. Aaron Weber on sports. Dusty Web, Dusty Slay on weather.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Nate Bargatze]

A Dusty Sleigh weather man would be crazy.

[Aaron Weber]

I like that.

[Nate Bargatze]

He's like, nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow.

[Aaron Weber]

And that's true. Yeah, they don't know. I pull up the weather app all the time. It's like rain all week. All it is is heat. All it is is he.

[Nate Bargatze]

We have educated guesses, though. We can see a stormfront coming in, right?

[Aaron Weber]

You can guess.

[Nate Bargatze]

Did you ever host the news when you were working there, Brian?

[Brian Bates]

No, I was never on the air, but I did do it in college. There's a video of me out there.

[Nate Bargatze]

You were the boom goes the dynamite guy.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, yeah. Very first time I ever did sports on. I think I got a tape of this somewhere, a little VHS tape. The teleprompter went down right when I was starting.

[Nate Bargatze]

Really?

[Brian Bates]

And I was too scared to even say anything because this was live on Murphysboro tv and I just faked it and just went off memory, the whole sports guest.

[Nate Bargatze]

And did you pull it off?

[Brian Bates]

I pulled it off.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Brian Bates]

It wasn't great, but I just went off memory scores and things like that. But I did do weather once and there's a video of that out there, too. I think Nate Lindsay even posted that video.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, man.

[Brian Bates]

Back in the day, I did pretty good.

[Aaron Weber]

You were in front of a green screen. That's fun.

[Nate Bargatze]

Green screens back then.

[Aaron Weber]

You're pointing around to stuff.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Like, oh, we got a storm front over here.

[Brian Bates]

We didn't have blue because we didn't have a word for it yet. But yeah, I did pretty well. But I mean, weather, it is amazing that they, with satellite or whatever, they're using word of mouth that they think.

[Nate Bargatze]

It'S word of mouth.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I'm just helping Dusty out here.

[Aaron Weber]

That's what I think. They're like, all right, we're in Phoenix here called California. See what's coming. Yeah. See what the weather's like.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's what I. California is just out of luck. They just gotta get hit with whatever they just got.

[Aaron Weber]

They got great weather.

[Brian Bates]

But hurricanes generally come from the Atlantic on the. As far as the U.S. the, you know, they hit the east coast and you get a week's warning a lot of times of something happened. So that's. That's amazing.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, we got, we, we clock those pretty good snow.

[Brian Bates]

We usually, this often doesn't happen, but.

[Aaron Weber]

I think according to Greta Thunberg, the world should be over by now.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I think she made a prediction a while back that climate change is going to be.

[Nate Bargatze]

This is what happens when Nate's not here. Nate is here, by the way. He's going to be in here any second.

[Aaron Weber]

All I'm saying is getting it out while we can. All I'm saying is, you know, it didn't end and then. So weather is pretty unpredictable.

[Nate Bargatze]

You're going to feel pretty silly when it does.

[Aaron Weber]

Only if it ends, you know, pretty soon.

[Brian Bates]

Well, all right, that. Kill that lie.

[Aaron Weber]

But sorry you guys aren't up to date with what's going on out in the world. I mean, that's not my fault. You guys are checking out here.

[Brian Bates]

Well, it's 92 degrees outside right now. It's almost October, so there's something going on. I was. If anybody cares.

[Nate Bargatze]

I do care, Brian. I'm sorry. It's taking a little. It's taking a second to get rolling here. I don't know. There's bad energy in the room and I think I'm the one causing it.

[Aaron Weber]

I think so. I feel good.

[Nate Bargatze]

You ever feel like you bring a bad energy into a place?

[Aaron Weber]

I never feel like that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm solid energy all the time.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay, well, you can. I appreciate a little more empathy right now, but let's just. Let's just kind of reset here. Where were you this weekend, Brian? I'm very curious.

[Brian Bates]

I was at. I was in Cincinnati, technically. Dayton, Kentucky.

[Nate Bargatze]

Dayton, Kentucky. Even better.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Across the river.

[Brian Bates]

Commonwealth sanctuary. I did an all ages show how.

[Aaron Weber]

Many people you think live in Dayton, Kentucky? And people go. Where do you live? They go. Cincinnati.

[Nate Bargatze]

All of them.

[Aaron Weber]

You think so?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I live in Cincinnati.

[Brian Bates]

Well, it depends.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, another state.

[Brian Bates]

It depends on how far out you live.

[Dusty Slay]

If.

[Brian Bates]

If you're. If you actually live in that area, you tell them you live in Dayton just like.

[Nate Bargatze]

True. But I posted, when I did that club, I posted on Social Media. I'm going to be in Dayton, Kentucky. The club messaged me and was like, just say Cincinnati, because people have no idea what Dayton, Kentucky, is.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

But even if you're, you know, 20, 30 minutes out of Cincinnati, you might not have heard of Dayton, I'm guessing.

[Brian Bates]

Right. And it might keep you from going.

[Nate Bargatze]

Exactly like this random city in Kentucky. It's like, no, I can see the Red stadium. I can see the ballpark from Dayton. Like, right across. Right across the river.

[Brian Bates]

So, I mean, you live in Hermitage. Tell us you live in Hermitage, but outside of here, you would say you live. Tell people you live in Nashville outside of here.

[Nate Bargatze]

He wouldn't tell anybody where he lives.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's true. But it is still the same state. At least that's the. That's the thing.

[Brian Bates]

That is true. But it's amazingly much closer.

[Aaron Weber]

It.

[Brian Bates]

It is so close. As you know, it's like east Nashville to Nashville. I mean, you see the skyline.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I mean, the Cincinnati funny bone was in Newport, Kentucky, which was just over the. Over the water.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. It's all a mess up there.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

A mess of a city, but it was great. Well, bridges.

[Aaron Weber]

I like Cincinnati.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's fine.

[Aaron Weber]

It's a pretty setting.

[Nate Bargatze]

Too many bridges.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. A lot of.

[Nate Bargatze]

How many people are trying to get across that little river?

[Aaron Weber]

I do like that bridge that you go across, like, coming from Nashville. Like the kind of the covered bridge, and it's real tight, and then it.

[Nate Bargatze]

You like that?

[Aaron Weber]

I do like that bridge a lot.

[Nate Bargatze]

You like a scary bridge?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, look who it is. Just rolling, ladies and gentlemen, showing up. Neighbor gets he.

[Brian Bates]

Everybody just tell him about my weekend.

[Nate Bargatze]

Welcome in. Brian was talking about his weekend. We. We shut him down pretty quick.

[Aaron Weber]

We never got into it.

[Nate Bargatze]

As soon as he launched into it. We're talking about bridges.

[Dusty Slay]

Enough of this podcast.

[Nate Bargatze]

There's the grenade.

[Dusty Slay]

Could have got it.

[Brian Bates]

Someone complained about you not bringing it.

[Dusty Slay]

I know one.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yep.

[Dusty Slay]

This is the final podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

Do it.

[Dusty Slay]

Do it.

[Brian Bates]

Boom.

[Dusty Slay]

It's hollowed out.

[Nate Bargatze]

I hope so.

[Dusty Slay]

I know.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Everybody really gets nervous around a grenade.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm not.

[Dusty Slay]

You're not?

[Nate Bargatze]

No. I mean. I mean, this one's very clear. It's engraved. It's. They're so much heavier than they think they're gonna be.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Well, might be a real one.

[Aaron Weber]

I think this.

[Nate Bargatze]

This is a decommissioned real grenade right here.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

You think in combat. No.

[Aaron Weber]

You do a hook shot.

[Dusty Slay]

I always say. Ben Roethlisberger asked me when he goes, is it. It's not real. Right. Everybody says, and I'M like, no, I can't.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, it's not locked and loaded.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but you go, no, it can't be. That's a crazy question. But it does then make you go, it's not real. Right? Like, because you're like, if it's. You just want to know, you know.

[Aaron Weber]

I want to see if I can.

[Nate Bargatze]

See what's going on in there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you can see down the middle of it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well. Well, Brian talked us through his weekend. What about you, Nate? What have you started? Brian said two things.

[Dusty Slay]

What did you go finish your weekend?

[Brian Bates]

Dayton, Kentucky, at the Commonwealth Sanctuary was an all ages show. It was very nice to see kids and their parents both be bored together as a family.

[Nate Bargatze]

Looking out there, how many generations do you think were. You have three or four probably grandparents and grandkids there.

[Brian Bates]

There were some people there who I'm sure were grandparents, but they weren't there with their grandkids.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's cool, though.

[Aaron Weber]

But there were some grandkids there, though.

[Brian Bates]

There was a lot of young children there, so I'd assume their grandparents are still.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, we're all grandkids.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

You know.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I know.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. Yeah. So it was fun. Met a lot of folks. It was a good. Also did well. I did my Brian Bates and friends here on Tuesday and that was great. Nate came and did a set. Angela Johnson did a set. It's a hot show. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Saw the pictures.

[Dusty Slay]

Only friend you got.

[Brian Bates]

Mm. Dusty refuses to do it.

[Aaron Weber]

You know what? Tuesday. Tuesday I was in Las Vegas.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I did a corporate gig for Boot Barn Old Town. I don't know if that means. But.

[Dusty Slay]

Just like, you wouldn't be like. I picture all your corporate works in Las Vegas, but it's in the other part of.

[Aaron Weber]

We were off. We were off the street.

[Dusty Slay]

There we go. There we go.

[Brian Bates]

South Point Casino.

[Aaron Weber]

South Point Casino.

[Dusty Slay]

That's where we go.

[Aaron Weber]

But it was what? I mean, Boot Barn. It was great. He had a great time.

[Dusty Slay]

That's exactly who I would picture you doing a corporate for.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

That's why I want him. It was like all the Boot Barn store managers.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The Nashville crew was like, yeah, we've seen you at Zany's.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I thought they said, oh, we've seen you a boot Barn.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

No one recognized me from any of the boot barns that I've been in. I've been to quite a few.

[Dusty Slay]

I would think that'd be a corporate gig that you called and asked for.

[Nate Bargatze]

You would think you sent your avails to boot.

[Aaron Weber]

I wanted it, though. I didn't want. When I heard I had it, I was like, that's what I'm talking about. About. Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And they go to Las Vegas, you know, but not like Las Vegas. They go, no, no, no. The other.

[Aaron Weber]

That's the kind of Las Vegas I want to be.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I like a little off the strip.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, you want.

[Nate Bargatze]

Look at the desert.

[Aaron Weber]

People are a little hard up out there, and, you know, I. I don't look shady out there. You know, it's like, it's a good time.

[Nate Bargatze]

Do you run into any tunnel people down there? Do you hear about what they got going on?

[Aaron Weber]

I know about it. I don't know if I did. There were some people that I saw that I was like, you could live in a tunnel, that's for sure.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I've been. Imagine there's some people that you see. You're like. You're like. You. Yeah. They could. They could walk with them.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know what I mean? Like, it wouldn't. They can.

[Brian Bates]

What do you mean?

[Dusty Slay]

They go back and forth. You see them up top right there. Well, so. I don't know. I told you, but mole people in New York, like, they're saying they have. There's layers, there's. People lived in the subway system, like, all went under New York, like the old tracks and stuff.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So there was a thing with mole people, and they lived it. There was different society. You had to have some people at the top that could go out and get stuff. So they have to be somewhat presentable.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Because they have to go out and get stuff. They're still.

[Aaron Weber]

What are the other people looking like, though?

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, they don't know it's dark.

[Dusty Slay]

They don't know they're. They. They're down there in the dark. I mean, I. I don't know if they've taken a shower and 10 years, like. Or whatever. It's. It's a different world. But you got to have some people at the top that you still. If you found out they lived in a tunnel, you wouldn't be, like, surprised. You'd be like, okay, but they also. But I. But when they walk out, you can't be like, that guy lives in a tunnel. You know, you can't immediate. He needs to kind of blend in with probably the regular homeless people.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know about this tunnels. They talking about Las Vegas.

[Aaron Weber]

They said that they're like. They get flooded out all the time.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. A lot of them die all the time because they get. Every time there's A big rainstorm.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I think that was a better.

[Dusty Slay]

Way to say it flooded out.

[Nate Bargatze]

Accurate, unfortunately. Pretty gruesome.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I'm telling the way that you said it, then chimed in, I like South.

[Aaron Weber]

Point though, the thing because it felt like you're off the strip, but it also still feels like, it doesn't feel like some regular like kind of casino out in the middle of nowhere where those feel like fairly empty and pretty sad. Yeah, this one was popping. I showed. I flew in on Monday night, got in at like 12:30, walked in wide open in there.

[Dusty Slay]

Did you gamble?

[Aaron Weber]

No, I just hung out, had cigars and looked at people and got in trouble for filming. You know that sort of.

[Brian Bates]

In the casino?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, real quick. They didn't, it did not take them long at all to shut it down.

[Brian Bates]

What were you filming?

[Aaron Weber]

Just myself. And it just, you know, just kind of showing the being like, oh, I'm at this place, you know. Yeah, that kind of stuff.

[Nate Bargatze]

Sitting at the blackjack table.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, filming.

[Brian Bates]

I listened to your podcast on the drive home today and Dusty has a podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

Travel from where?

[Brian Bates]

Cincinnati.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, Kentucky.

[Dusty Slay]

What are you talking about?

[Nate Bargatze]

Kroger.

[Dusty Slay]

That's right.

[Brian Bates]

A couple episodes behind.

[Dusty Slay]

I wanted to show in the afternoon yesterday.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Why didn't you come home?

[Brian Bates]

Well, it was like over, like it I could have but it was just a long drive and they had a.

[Dusty Slay]

Place an hour ahead.

[Brian Bates]

Yes.

[Nate Bargatze]

He still would have been home around.

[Dusty Slay]

Midnight and that's for an afternoon show. What time was the show? 4:00pm yeah, she done it.

[Nate Bargatze]

5:00Pm done at 5:30. It's about a four hour drive.

[Dusty Slay]

5:30, get home at 9:30, 8:30, get home easily by nine.

[Aaron Weber]

I say take the night of peace.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, he's not running from the stage.

[Brian Bates]

To his calling list of fans to be.

[Nate Bargatze]

And you know the pace at which Brian moves around.

[Dusty Slay]

Tell you who needs wants to get out of there after a show. Brian's kind of, anybody want to meet? You could just sit there from the stage and you get a bray asked, hey, do you mind if I get ahead of this traffic and leave early? They go, no, no, yeah, you should go.

[Brian Bates]

Well I sold a lot of shirts.

[Dusty Slay]

It is a, there's nothing better than an afternoon show and then being done, then being done. And then you get like, you could go eat, you could go watch some football.

[Nate Bargatze]

Have a real night.

[Dusty Slay]

You have a real night to yourself. I, I, I'm a, I'm a big fan of that. So I'm, I'm just giving you a hard time.

[Brian Bates]

Well, so I was a couple behind on Dusty's podcast because he shares his good stuff on. On that, if you want to check it out.

[Aaron Weber]

It's all good, but.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, but skipping ahead, because the one from two weeks ago, I'm like, let me just see. I like the Bible talk and I like the comedy talk, but some of his other stuff, I could take it or leave it. Sure. Skipping ahead on Dusty's. It's interesting because, you know, I just skip ahead in the hand. He'd be like, that's why I don't think vegetables are real. And then I'd skip ahead a little bit more. He's like, if your child is kidnapped, you're never going to see that kid again. And then I skipped ahead a little bit more and he said, look, if you're a diabetic or something, maybe talk to your doctor. I'm just saying, this is what I do. All that's true.

[Aaron Weber]

That is true. I remember saying those things.

[Brian Bates]

Now, the take on the kid, that was a terrible take on the movie Taken, though. I totally disagree with you.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'd like to hear this.

[Brian Bates]

I think we've even discussed on this pod. You said he was a terrible dad. He's the one told her not to go. The mom was the one terrible.

[Aaron Weber]

But you lock it down, you know, you make a harder. He should have made a harder push for her not to go or had a conversation with the mom, been like, serious. There's a real issue going on.

[Brian Bates]

But he's the one that went and.

[Aaron Weber]

Saved her, you know, in the end. Yeah. He gets to pat himself on the back and be the hero.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Killed 80 people in the process. But he got her back.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, but it's like, yeah, they still let her go. He knew that threat was. He knows it's so real because he's in the business. It's like if you're in the business. I just, I don't even believe that the ex wife is letting her go to this country alone.

[Nate Bargatze]

But she wasn't going alone. She went under false pretenses. That's the whole point.

[Aaron Weber]

She's been a while.

[Nate Bargatze]

She was going with a friend and they lied and said, we're going to go follow you two around Europe and just go to these concerts and go to museums and.

[Brian Bates]

Actually, her parents were going too, right?

[Nate Bargatze]

No, no, it was just her. It was just her and a friend, but. But they lied about why they were going there. So let's cut Liam Neeson some slack, dude.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I just. I'm not in. I'm not into his, him being so much of a hero. It's like cool, it's cool. Action flick. I like it. But as far as him being a dad, I'm not into it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but this is like. Yeah, but as a teenager is going to Paris, staying at that girl's parents house and they were going to be there.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, but still. Yeah, I don't support it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And why aren't vegetables real?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I think, well, I think it's an interesting idea, right, that, that, that like you have like all the, all the things that are listed as vegetables, like peppers, they have seeds. It's like that's a fruit. You have, you know, lettuce, a fruit, lettuce that's just leaves. Broccoli. That's a flower. Yeah, it's like when you get down to it, it's like what is a vegetable? And then like, like you have potatoes, that's roots. It's like it's all just.

[Dusty Slay]

What is a fruit? Is this is you coming up with this or.

[Aaron Weber]

No, I saw a tick tock on it. Okay, but I like the idea.

[Brian Bates]

But that's like saying there's no mammals because, well, what is a dolphin? Well, I mean they just have different names.

[Dusty Slay]

It's just a fish.

[Aaron Weber]

But it just. The point is that all vegetables could easily fit into a different category.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but maybe it's just the ones you can eat. So we just say.

[Aaron Weber]

And that is what someone said. Yeah, it's like, yeah, he's like, this is right. But vegetables are like the edible version of all these. But I just thought it was interesting. I was like, I like that, you know, because tomato is a fruit and we've all agreed with that. Even though we are like, oh, it doesn't seem like a fruit.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think I ever thought it was a fruit. Yeah, it is a fruit.

[Aaron Weber]

It's listed as a fruit, I think.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And homegrown tomatoes are very, very delicious.

[Nate Bargatze]

According to the vegetable Wikipedia. It says the original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots and seeds. An alternative definition of the term is applied somewhat arbitrarily, often by culinary and cultural tradition. So it's not cut and dry.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And it's saying, but includes savory fruits such as tomatoes and curds.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's originally vegetables was just an overarching term for all of this, apparently.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, I guess that that makes sense. Veg like vegetation and then a bowls like edibles.

[Dusty Slay]

I feel People have just so much time on their hand. That's the problem.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Like, you know, once you. Once you don't stop having to gather your own food, you're just like, the word. We're the worst now. We're just like, oh, yeah. Well, I don't know if I would call it. And you're like, oh, like, you know, the people that like, have to grow their own food and gather like, yeah, dude, I could never. I don't care what it's called.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, you know, Yeah, I think you would just call it by its name. You wouldn't even really need a category for it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Look at the amount of people who've edited, revised and added to this vegetable Wikipedia entry.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Nate Bargatze]

Thousands. Thousands of people with nothing.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Nate Bargatze]

Nothing else to do.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Can you imagine?

[Nate Bargatze]

I appreciate it. I mean, we just looked it up.

[Aaron Weber]

Can you imagine though, like, you're like, you know what? I'm gonna get on Wikipedia and edit this vegetable page.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I bet. I mean there's. Yeah, well, I bet there's high people that do it often and you're. And then I bet there's people like, this guy's good. I like this guy.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I bet there people that just. Pretty much all they do is just. Just do this.

[Dusty Slay]

Could they get paid at all?

[Nate Bargatze]

I don't know. They have employees. Wikipedia has employees.

[Brian Bates]

They just asked me for another donation and they're.

[Aaron Weber]

I wish they'd get on my Wikipedia and do some stuff.

[Brian Bates]

Have you read yours lately?

[Aaron Weber]

I think it got. Got updated a bit better. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Okay. Because as of last week it was funny. I don't know how accurate it was.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, Yeah. I mean this looks pretty straight up.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I look straight up.

[Nate Bargatze]

Nothing crazy on here.

[Brian Bates]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Nateland gets a shout out there at the bottom. I like it. Nobody messed with this. Nobody edit Dusty's Wikipedia.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, this one's good.

[Nate Bargatze]

This is going to look completely different.

[Aaron Weber]

This is good. This is tip top.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm saying it's good now, but now that we've opened the floodgates.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

I like what happened in the middle of that ad.

[Brian Bates]

Listen, it said ad lib, so that's what we were doing.

[Aaron Weber]

I like how that just went to Aaron eating a lot of donuts.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's how we add a way to wedge that in. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Is ad lib. When he does it, it says host ad lib, but it doesn't say throw it on other people. Did y'all reading this? No. Let's do a quick. Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, can I say, I went to Austin, Texas this weekend. I did the mothership. Really great.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. Let's just talk about what we did and then. And then I'll read this before we do the cookout.

[Aaron Weber]

Like, top notch. Like, I mean, treated me so good. I've been treated very well by clubs for a long time, but they were, like, above and beyond. They were so nice to me. They hooked me up. Really great. Five shows, really fun. I love it. Love the club. Everybody there was super great. Loved it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that's great.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Club was. Yeah, that's awesome.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, everybody. Yeah, everybody was nice. They have a little bar after Mitzi's that you can go hang out in. They let me have cigars in there. It was great. Tony Hinchcliffe was in there. Very nice guy.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Had a great time.

[Brian Bates]

That's awesome.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Look at that dude.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, it's a cool club, right? So I felt, you know, a little nervous about it and.

[Brian Bates]

Is that Kurt Metzger?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. No, he was doing the showcase there. I guess he just moved there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But, yeah, we hung out a bit. Matthew Broussard.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Old friend.

[Dusty Slay]

And is he there?

[Aaron Weber]

He was. No, actually, he said, I guess his wife is from there. So they kind of go back and forth a little bit. Yeah, so it was great. They took great pictures the whole weekend. I mean, had a photographer the whole time. I mean, it's so great.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Austin, I don't think so, but the condo was amazing. They had this condo, 20th floor, windows all around. I'm overlooking the whole city. I was the third person to ever be in the condo, so it was fresh.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I mean, yes. First class treatment.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

That's great.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that's awesome.

[Aaron Weber]

Loved it.

[Dusty Slay]

How many rooms is there?

[Aaron Weber]

Two rooms.

[Dusty Slay]

Two rooms. And so the other room just kind of run. Did you go up in the other room?

[Aaron Weber]

I didn't know I was doing five shows. I'm good with that. I don't need to. Yeah. And I felt good. I mean, the shows were all sold out. It's really fun. Every show was great. You know, look, people got a little rowdy some shows, but rowdy in a positive, fun way.

[Dusty Slay]

The way you like.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, the way you like.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's great. I loved it.

[Brian Bates]

That's awesome.

[Dusty Slay]

Look at that, bud.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

All right. Fun stuff. Yeah. I was. I went to the Titans game, and then I was in Foxwoods Casino. Had a blast. Trying to think of anything. I don't know what happened. 41 new minutes.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Pretty pumped.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

Very excited. Not saying it's all. It's. Yeah. Every show. So it wasn't like a fluke. Because the first time I'm like, well, maybe it's a fluke. This crowd's great. Yeah, blah, blah, whatever. And I was actually forgetting a little chunk. I don't think it's all in there, but it's. It feels. Obviously, it's not on there. One part is I'm doing for SN that I'm doing on snl, but.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, we haven't talked about that yet.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, we haven't even mentioned that. You've got. Yeah, it's so funny. So many of the things that are, like, throwaway mentions now. Like, we would have done a whole episode about it on the podcast four years ago. Now you're like, oh, yeah, I'm doing snl.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

It's crazy.

[Nate Bargatze]

Forgot to lead with that. Like, that's insane, dude.

[Dusty Slay]

Hey, everybody neighbors doing snl. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's what I mean. That's.

[Dusty Slay]

I know. I'm very. It's crazy. It's awesome. It's. Yeah, it's. I don't know. I'm in it. Like, it's hard. It's like, I'm. I'm just in it, man.

[Aaron Weber]

He's handing the football to the ref. He's been there before.

[Dusty Slay]

I've been there. Like, it's. There you go. Yeah. It's like, it's super. Yeah. It's the craziest thing ever. Coldplay. Super cool. I'm excited. I was working on the Set. I'm still working on this. The monologue. Excited about the monologue. You know, it's. There's a lot of stuff that I'm doing. I'm excited for everybody to, you know, I think by the end of this year, you're going to hear, if you hear a lot of announcements that this stuff that I've been working on is. Stuff has come out. And so it's SNL I knew about. The Christmas special is a big one. And then there's this. There's some other. Should be some other announcements. And it's all kind of splattered through the rest of this year. So kind of set the schedule or kind of let you know, like, what it's going to be and what we're doing. And I'm all. I'm pumped, dude. Like, it's like with Nate Land, even us as a company and what we're getting involved in all this stuff. Nateland Productions is a part of all this stuff. So the CBS specials are being produced with Lauren Michaels, but Nateland Productions will be on there, too, because I'll be there and we will be helping. And so more trying to get more people to know what Nate Land is and Nate Land entertainment. Good, clean, funny and all that. And making con. You know, want to make content, but want to eventually be making, you know, the TVs and movies and make stuff. I'm just. Yeah, I was very excited this week just talking about it. Yeah, Jelly rolls on it the first week.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, he's another big win for the kid from Old Hickory.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, he's Romania, so it's. But it's. I'm excited with, like, we got some pretty awesome. There's just some awesome things going. And I can see it where it's like, we're going to be able to make stuff and, you know, like, if you can show my comedy to someone. The goal of it is anything that we shoot, you know. Yeah. We're not making. You can watch it with your family, like, and I think you can make things cool that you can watch with your family. And I think it's something that's not being done at all. And so, you know, not everything might be as perfect, but. No, I have every. All of you guys listening and watching in mind and just trying to, you know, make. I don't know. I'm pumped. I was excited. It was like, you got it. Like, it's like I got real big on being the whole weekend. I thought about it this morning. I thought I wasn't going to say anything about it because that. But it was like being a creator. Like if you can create.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, here we go.

[Brian Bates]

Here we go.

[Dusty Slay]

It is that being a creator though, is everything. The more meetings I get into, the more stuff I get approached with and blah, blah stuff. It's like you realize being a creator is big. I think you either be a creator or if you're not a creator, be with a creator. Find a creator. Find someone that can make something out of nothing. And when you. And so it's not just comedy, it's any, any business that you could. They can make something, someone that you could go to and go, this is not happening anymore. And then that person goes, don't worry about it. We're figure out the next thing. You need to be around that. You either need to be that or around that. And I think career wise. And so if you have your app somewhere with the boss and you're just like, he's phoned it. If it phones it in from the top, it's going to be phoned in the whole direction. And that's what happens. Honestly, I kind of feel with Hollywood a little bit like there's. It's gotten to a point where they are just kind of like there's two removed and it's all. And it's people that are still in business that were like there when, you know, I mean, I'm trying to think of like an old act like when Dick Van Dyke was on or something. You know, like it's. There's still people in Hollywood that were like, those guys still are around. Not, I mean, I'm not specifically talking about. I'm talking about an error.

[Nate Bargatze]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

But like the people that are around in the 90s and they don't move. So it's, you know, people get kind of stuck and then they. You don't. If you don't have someone with good vision, are you. You either have it or you put yourself. If you go around someone with that's a creator, I think it's a good thing.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. More creating, less consuming. I feel like we really can get caught up in like just taking it all in. But it's better to, you know, create. It's better for your mind to create a little bit.

[Dusty Slay]

Nobody is creating in the, in the grand scheme that in your average work day, wherever you work, I'm not obviously people create, but the average person that you have interactions with, they're not creating. You're not interacting with a lot of creators. People are just doing life. And I think that's and they can do that. I don't. I want to make stuff for those people so they can do. If you don't want to do creator, be. Do this. I want to be able to be there to be like, just trust me. I'll make stuff that for you. That, you know, whatever it is, you.

[Aaron Weber]

Got to have the consumer too, right? Because if you're just creating.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Then.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Not everybody. Yeah, it's a lot, dude. Yeah, it's a lot. But it's like every time, any meetings I got anybody, some brings up something, and then you're like, yeah, I gotta go create that though, dude. I have to come up with the thing, how that's gonna work. And it's. So you just learn to, you know, like, I don't know when to do it. When I do it. Creating is. If you walk around and you can create, you're walking. You are above any interaction that you will have. You might not be at the level that you're at right now. Maybe you're young, right? You're young, but you. But you have a mindset of create. Like, you just. Anything that gets introduced, you're like, why would they do it that way? That doesn't make sense. And then you go, all right, well, you need to figure out. Go learn that way. Figure out why they're doing it that way. And then you go, well, I think they should do it a different way. And then you go, well, now I got to get in a position to do it in a different way. You don't get to just walk into. A lot of people walk in first day and go, you should do it this. You quietly do this. No one know. That's the idea of it. You just kind of like are taking it all in, and you quietly just like, get to the point where you then go, like, I'm gonna do it this way. And you got to trust yourself. That's hard. I think I go through that now. It's like, I've been so much asking, am I doing this right? Am I doing this right? And then there's a point where if you do want to go to another level, you have to go, I am doing this right, And I need you to just to follow me. And not saying it's going to be right. That's a very hard thing to do because you want someone to be above you. I mean, that's, you know, essentially where God would come into play, like, where that's the only one. But you'd want someone above you because you always want to Go like, right. Is that a no? No, no, no. And so then there's a point that keeps people stagnant. You get stuck when you can't. When you can't not go to someone and say, is this right? You think we should do this? You just gotta go to do the. Do that. And if you do it, there's nothing that could happen. You could. You. There's no way you could go wrong. If whatever you try to do, nothing can. Nothing matters. That's how you have to think.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Nothing matters.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm gonna make this. These. This video. What if it's bad? It just doesn't matter. It's either good and people know it or they don't care. And I'll make another one that's better. I'm not gonna. It doesn't mean I fail or I quit or I did whatever. It's like it.

[Aaron Weber]

It's all a learning experience. You gotta fail. You fake it till you make it. I mean, that's not the right term, but you fail while you're learning to do things.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but your failing is. Needs to be. I don't think you should be. It's weird because people always ask us that. Like, you know, oh, you just bomb at the beginning. You're like, no. I mean, no, I didn't.

[Brian Bates]

Like, I didn't have a plan.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I wasn't going on stage bombing.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Every show, like, what? Like, yeah, stuff was. What?

[Nate Bargatze]

It's just funny.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, well, they hear comics say that.

[Nate Bargatze]

I know.

[Aaron Weber]

And you.

[Dusty Slay]

And you tend to go, yeah, I used to bomb all the time. It's like, I don't. In the moment, you're like, if I was bombing, it's not that I was a good comic, but I don't know. I knew what. I could tell a joke. And you learning how to joke, not saying it would always go good. I would not get laughs. Yes, I did bomb a lot, but it wasn't like this. Sometimes you hear comics and they're like, man, first 10 years I bombed every. You're like, then you stink, dude.

[Aaron Weber]

If you bomb for 10 years, every show, you got the most amazing stamina of anyone I've ever seen.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, you're insane.

[Dusty Slay]

But a lot of times at the beginning, you're bombing. And I guess I just. Maybe I take it too literal. Your bombing is not because of you. It's because I'm in a bar and there's five TVs on behind me and no one's listening. That's. That's majority of your Bombing is you are in a bad situation. The reason the show would be whatever is because I was in front of three people, and I'm just trying to do comedy to keep them there. They don't want to be there, and.

[Aaron Weber]

They were just waiting to go up.

[Dusty Slay]

And they're in it. Yeah. Or they're waiting up to go next or whatever it is. Open mic is just people sitting around. You're not. It's not like you're bombing. It's like you're just. It's like. Yeah. The situation is brutal for the comedy.

[Nate Bargatze]

Were either y'all here when? It was very early when I started standing up, Ron White popped in at a show on Broadway.

[Aaron Weber]

I was doing a show that he popped in on at the.

[Nate Bargatze]

At the Broadway one. He went up, and the crowd, it was like, you know, it's a bar on Broadway. It's the worst environment ever for a standup show.

[Aaron Weber]

The bar on the end.

[Nate Bargatze]

Acme.

[Aaron Weber]

Acme. The one at the end, that was my show.

[Nate Bargatze]

No, you weren't running the show.

[Aaron Weber]

I was headlining the show.

[Dusty Slay]

I did a show at.

[Aaron Weber]

And he. He came up after me.

[Nate Bargatze]

What I heard was he went up there. He was like, if y'all get quiet, I'll tell some jokes. Nobody got quiet.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

So he was like, all right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

They were so loud for me the whole time. I had an okay set. And then Ron White comes up, and it's like, oh, man, this is awesome. And he did say that if y'all shut up, I'll do some jokes here. And then they never did.

[Nate Bargatze]

So he's like, all right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

So it's like, there are just impossible situations where that's.

[Dusty Slay]

Most of your beginning is in not good situations, but it does not mean that you're learning and you don't have jokes. I don't want it to come off. Like I'm saying I never bombed it. I just never understood it when it was like, when it's always going bad, and you're always. You're like, what? You're like, you don't. I mean, you're. The great thing about standup is I can figure it out the next show. Not. You know, you're always learning, and you're learning every day at the next show. That's why standup is so beautiful, because it's. That's why you go pitch. When I go pitch shows or I pitch stuff to these networks and all this stuff. And, you know, the best thing with the CBS thing is working with Lorne Michaels. That's Been his production company. That's been the best thing. That's why that show is going the way it's going. Because of him. Because. Because that guy's been around for a very long time. And that guy is. Goes, this guy. I like this guy. And I want this guy to do that. That's because of that. Because all the other ones, they're just. Yeah. I don't know. And you want to go, hey, I go to every state, every. Almost every city in America. I've been to Europe. I've been to Australia. I'm telling these jokes. They're laughing at these. That's just what I'm telling you. Yeah. And I went and did it. So let's maybe make television or movies. That would seem like they'd be for those people, or at least they're welcome to come. You know what I mean?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a broad. What about mainstream? What's wrong with mainstream? I love mainstream.

[Aaron Weber]

Me, too.

[Dusty Slay]

And so it's like, they're not mainstream country. Oh, that's. Yeah. I love Post Malone. I love everything he does. I love the fact that he's turned into one of the greatest country singers of our lifetime. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

I don't know anything mainstream. You like?

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know, Levi? Yeah, yeah. I like some, you know, I like some mainstream things.

[Dusty Slay]

Walmart.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

But your comedy does have broad appeal in the way that Nate's talking about. So it's not like you're some niche act that's, like, quirky and weird.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Anybody can go to your show.

[Aaron Weber]

Exactly. That's what I'm talking.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's all. That's what I'm saying.

[Aaron Weber]

Just come. You have a good time. That's it.

[Brian Bates]

But I remember calling you anytime you would get mentioned on anything, if I was listening or like, Artie lang and Nick DePaul used to have a show.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, I remember that.

[Brian Bates]

And one time they just mentioned you. And who was the other guy? That was their sidekick, Mike Bossetti.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And they just, like, mentioned you in passing. And I called you. I was like, hey, they just mentioned you. I was, like, so excited for you.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And now I was excited. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Last week we didn't even mention you were on that Jimmy Fallon golf thing.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. It's crazy, man. It's, it's, it's. It is. It's doing a lot of this stuff. I just have a lot of, you know, it's like. It's, it's. I want to see this stuff filmed. I want to see how it Does I want to do this variety show and see are people gonna watch or is it, you know, I'm gonna try to make. We're gonna make it as the best we can make it and fit what we wanna do. So it's like, I wanna make all this stuff and see if people start coming out and see if, you know, it's like, I do know how to do this, but it's just like, if you have a vision, I think you can do anything. It's always like if you're. If you're. If you. I just think you can get in any. If you have. If you just know, like, all right, I'm staying. I'm just not gonna go off. Because sometimes some people, you know, I get told. Or someone says something, well, don't become like that. Whatever. You're like, I'm 21 years in this. Trust me, I would already have a show if I became like that. I don't have anything because of that. And the reason I have stuff now is because we have people in arenas coming out to shows. So there's a point. It's like, steve Martin is great. Become undeniable. The point that a lot of comics, we live by that you just have to get to that point where they can't. They just go like, you're your own thing.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Too big to ignore.

[Dusty Slay]

And then you just get to go do your own thing. But, I mean, I. Look, all this could come crumble down. I stink. So always remember that. I am. I could be terrible. I don't think that counted as a rant either. And it was. I haven't done the rant in a long time. I don't think I've done one in this. In this.

[Brian Bates]

No.

[Nate Bargatze]

This is the first rant in the studio.

[Brian Bates]

I think you've done some.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I haven't done any. He doesn't now. It's all dusty and it's just negative.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's what I do. I feel good about it. I felt good about that. It was inspiring.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Exciting things happening.

[Aaron Weber]

It is good to create, though. People, you know, they. They. They get. You get you consumed so much that you go, oh, everything's been created. Everything's been done. What can I add? And it's like, just do it.

[Dusty Slay]

Just do it.

[Aaron Weber]

Just do it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Just do it.

[Aaron Weber]

And don't worry about the other people.

[Dusty Slay]

You should put that on the slogan.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. It's like, don't worry about what other people are doing. Just do your thing.

[Dusty Slay]

Just have a vision.

[Nate Bargatze]

Be all you can be.

[Aaron Weber]

And Just put a bunch of stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

Out on the Internet. These are great sayings. Y'all should write that down. Yeah, I'm loving it. Yeah. Yeah. You go. If just have your own. You know what you want to do.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I mean, there's so many things.

[Dusty Slay]

Or get yourself around someone that does it.

[Aaron Weber]

There's somebody. So many things I've done that I've run by people, and they go, nah, don't do that. And then I do it, and it's good. And I'm like, you know, it's some bad, too.

[Dusty Slay]

This is the part that I would want to say first time I. I mean, I remember being around. So my dad, obviously, my. It was a lot. A lot like this with. He always just did it. Figured out magic and all that. But when I started working, when I did delivery stuff for my buddy Jimmy Hunter, and before I started comedy, and Jimmy Hunter was a guy like that, he was a creator. And so it was one of the first times I ever got to be around a creator. We would be delivering for Sears, so we're delivering washers and dryers from Sears, and then that ends up stopping. But I would stay with Jimmy, and then Jimmy would be like, all right, now we're doing mattresses over at this place. Or now we're doing lows. We got into Lowe's, and now we drove to Lexington Lowe's. And I remember it was a. It was a big deal for me to see someone like that that goes, this guy didn't go, well, that's done. We're out of Sears now. I mean, I just stayed with him. He goes, don't worry about it. We'll be fine. I'll have us work. And then we'd stay with him, and he'd always have me work. He'd always. Next day, he's like, hey, we're going here. Pick me up. And we drive and go do work. And so, like, being around that. Then before I started comedy, that's what I'm talking about, creating that guy. Either. Either. If you're not the creator, if you're younger. If you're younger, like, I was be around a guy like that, because that's a guy that just looks at. Nothing is gonna bring his world to the ground. It just can't, because it's impossible, because he doesn't have anything in one kind of thing. And he does a very good job. But stuff doesn't. You know, it's like. Stuff just doesn't pan out. Like, it's. You just go, like, yeah, well, Sears doesn't need his delivering washers and dryers anymore for whatever reason. So now we do mattresses and then we did mattresses. Then we do recycled tires. When they did all the tire recycling in. When the Ford Explorer, they took all the tires back. We. All right, we have to do. We had 24 foot box trucks. We're drive recycled Towers tires down to Atlanta.

[Aaron Weber]

That doesn't seem fun at all. Washer dryers. Okay. Mattresses. Okay. Recycled tires.

[Dusty Slay]

That job was on dirty jobs.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was. That was hard. But it's the idea that like nothing's. You're not above anything. You're not below anything. Like, you're just. You just go like, yeah, yeah. I'm just like getting the thing. Here's the thing we're doing. And when that thing got. I don't know if people are old enough. You remember when that recycled tire thing, it was like a big deal because it was like all Ford or something. Their tires were recalled. So everybody had. I think I've talked about it on here. Right.

[Brian Bates]

Maybe when we did our jobs when.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, everybody recycled tire. So you would have to go pick up the tires. One guy. We had to go pick one up in a cave that was a. Because a guy. Because they would. A tire place would pay you to come get their tires. And then you take the tires to Atlanta and then that's where they would cut them up. And so I drove a truck with a bunch of tires from Nashville, Atlanta, and then one guy took the money to take the tires, but just dumped them in a case.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

So he was like, well, I'm not. So it's fraud, honestly. Yeah, I think he went. He went to jail. Well, so we, we had to go get those tires. So those tires we just went in.

[Aaron Weber]

Did he go to jail for that or other stuff for that? Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Because it's. But. And then we had to go in there and then we. I mean, it's.

[Aaron Weber]

What do they do with these tires?

[Dusty Slay]

They cut them up, like chop them up and recycle them. You ever seen like a playground? Yeah, yeah. You know, who knows what they're doing? You're probably eating them. Everybody.

[Nate Bargatze]

No one knows what they're in our foods.

[Dusty Slay]

No one knows what recycling really is. But it's. Everybody says it, but I don't think anybody knows what it is.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I don't like it on the playground. I go to the playground with my kids now. I don't like it. I. I don't trust.

[Nate Bargatze]

Just land on the.

[Aaron Weber]

Nah. Give us Mulch again.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's what it's mulch.

[Aaron Weber]

I want wood mulch.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah. I want spiders.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Yeah. I like the. The rubber. I mean, I get what you're saying a little bit, but. Huh.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't trust it.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, yeah, I could see that you.

[Brian Bates]

Got a lot going on.

[Dusty Slay]

Would you like to know where the tires come from?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Who.

[Aaron Weber]

Who's had these tires? That's what I want to know. I want to know details about it. I'd like to know how they make.

[Dusty Slay]

At the trailer part. Would they do full tires as the floor?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I burned a tire one time.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

It was pretty intense. I wanted to. Because they were always like, never burn tires.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So I was like, wow.

[Dusty Slay]

I think we hung out different people.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know if I've ever got told that, but I don't think I was ever in a position where they thought, hey, I think Nate's about to burn this tire.

[Aaron Weber]

But I wanted to see why. Yeah, you shouldn't burn this tire.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And it's pretty intense. The fire department came. I mean.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, really?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

How old were you?

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know, 18. I mean, too old to be doing it.

[Brian Bates]

I feel like you're a scientist. You don't even realize it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, but it was like. I mean, it was a.

[Brian Bates]

Too many experiments.

[Aaron Weber]

Smoke, just a thick. I mean, you could see. I mean, way up in the sky. The fire department came, and they were like, you can't burn tires. And I go, okay, sorry about that. I mean, that's, you know, I don't know what to tell them.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, why did you just walk.

[Dusty Slay]

Out and go, what's going on out here?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I was in a trailer park. I don't think they were like. I think they were like, ah, here we go.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

They're like, this is best case scenario for why we got called down here.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what. Yeah, that is true.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

They go, no, no, you're fine, man. It's a relief. We thought we were about to break up. Break up multiple families fighting.

[Nate Bargatze]

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[Nate Bargatze]

Cocktail so that sound was. There's a show that we were told to mention this, that a show's going to be seated in the next room in about 20 minutes. We're still going to be going, but if you hear anything, that's what. We're in a comedy club.

[Dusty Slay]

We are in the lab.

[Brian Bates]

Tonight is the first Nate Land.

[Dusty Slay]

First Nateland live show tonight. Is that what's being set up in there? Oh, yeah. All right. Look at that. Yeah, we're gonna be doing. It's Monday night, first one. I will not be at this one. I have to leave, I think one of the last softball games for Harper. But it's. Yeah, this is. We'll be doing this every Monday and. All right. I think every Monday and then it's gonna be awesome. It's, you know, just try. You're gonna be able to come. We're gonna have comics come. They might like. They will. They will hopefully be clean like we say. They're going to be like what we want. That fits in Nateland. But they might not be in their regular comedy act, but they, you know, hopefully clean it up. I think they will.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Probably not in their reg. This happens to me all the time. People will open for me and they'll be clean for me and then I'll see them at another show and I'm like, jeez, yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean a lot of that is. Yeah, we have no. I. We will. You know, in the Nateland world, there's gonna be a lot of people. We use that. I Can't promise you if you go one of their shows, they're gonna be whatever they clean, but when they're here.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And that's what these comics. If you're a comic, learn how to be able to. If you want to be dirty, learn how to at least do be clean.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Well, I'm hosting tonight, so I was clean yesterday with the family, so tonight I'll try to dirty it up.

[Aaron Weber]

Let loose, you know? Let loose.

[Brian Bates]

It'll be a softball game.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. There's a guy in the comments who hates when I tell you to be dirty, but I just think it's funny to even just say it. Yeah, I'm just, You know, I don't. You know, I just. I think one show, if you went out and just were, like, just wild, I think it would be hilarious. And then go back to doing your regular.

[Nate Bargatze]

Make sure those phones are locked up.

[Brian Bates]

The Hot Fudge Sunday show.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Mm. I think DJ Demir's comes out this week.

[Aaron Weber]

All right. DJs great.

[Brian Bates]

Yep. Very funny.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. DJ Demir's. That's showcase full set out on Monday. Or it came out. It came out today. Yeah, so it came out today. And then Dusty hosted this round. Chastity Washington last week. If you're in. If you're in Nashville. Tickets on sale for the next showcase, October 1st and November 4th, all at the Lab. We got the N Land live show tonight. Brian is hosting. It's at the Lab every Monday night. Give your tickets the next one on September 30th. Nateland Entertainment recording Steven Rogers special. We are recording Greg Warren special. Steven Rogers is October 12th. Comedy, Fort Fort Collins. Greg Warren Special is November 23rd. Funny Bone, Columbus, Ohio. So if you can make it to one of those tapings, you're. You're with us. You'll be on the ground floor of all this Nateland world as we build it up. Nateland Podcast Network update two little quick ones. Always remember, check out don't make me come Back there with Dustin and Melissa Nickerson. Episodes drop on Thursday, and we have a new podcast announcement. This is the first week we're doing. Super excited. Everyone wants it and everyone loves it. Everyone wants Greg Warren. Well, now you have him full time.

[Brian Bates]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Debuting next Tuesday, October 3rd, the consumers, hosted by Greg Warren, Tim Convey, and Sean O'Brien. A new episode every Tuesday. So there you go.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right. When you can't be a creator, be a consumer.

[Nate Bargatze]

Like Greg be a consumer. You can't be Nate. Be Greg.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, The Consumers Greg, Tim and Sean come together each week to bring you, the consumers, a podcast that meets the customer at the cash register. Cash register. Combining entry level research with questionable personal experiences to put your brand loyalty to the test. So that's exciting because that's what Greg's.

[Nate Bargatze]

So great at, is being passionate about.

[Brian Bates]

Yes.

[Nate Bargatze]

These brands and these products. And that's the. That's what the podcast is going to be, a deep dive into a brand.

[Dusty Slay]

He's a creator for the products. Oh, sure. So it's not like that's what I mean. Creating doesn't mean I need you to invent something. It's being. You need to create a new path for maybe the product that is already there. You got to go do it. Other last little thing. October 5th, I will be on SNL with Coldplay. I don't know what to do. Also October 5th, I will be on Saturday Night Live. I believe Cole plays on the show. And I'm going to be gone September. I'm gone. Like, I think a good bit because I have snl. We have something else. Fall break. I have something else doing. We just have a few things. So we have a lot of fun guests planned to come in with these guys, so. But just giving you a heads up, I'm gonna have to duck out, be running around. Well, thanks.

[Brian Bates]

It was good seeing you, buddy.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, man. Let's start it with you guys. Adrian, Micah, Mika, this was such a perfect episode. The gang all together, everyone relaxed and having a good time. Seeing Aaron so happy. Relax. Was a great sound. That Lucy and the baby are doing good, which is an answered prayer for many of us. Yalls are the best is the baby. We're all. Have you all talked about it earlier?

[Nate Bargatze]

No, we haven't yet. Yeah. Thursday night.

[Dusty Slay]

Having a kid.

[Aaron Weber]

You're watching this.

[Dusty Slay]

It's his last night.

[Nate Bargatze]

This is my last night. What do I need to do the next couple days? What should I get into Vegas?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Stay up, leave loose Lucy here by herself.

[Dusty Slay]

Maybe drop Lucy off at the airport at the hospital early. Yeah. Just so she's there. Southwest of Vegas.

[Nate Bargatze]

Direct flight.

[Dusty Slay]

Direct flight, yeah. Come back next day.

[Aaron Weber]

I would say sleep.

[Nate Bargatze]

Just sleep is probably the best answer, but the most boring.

[Aaron Weber]

Just sleep entire nights. Like just all the way through.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Because you're not going to get a lot of that for a little while.

[Dusty Slay]

It's hard because philosophy, getting up and out of bed and that's hard to like stay asleep.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And you gotta be like, why don't you go sleep? You know what I'm Gonna sleep in the guest room. Yeah, I got a big day of walking on my treadmill at my desk tomorrow. I do popping off emails, walking 500 miles an hour. Matt Graves. Nate said Beta Bates Uber Ride set their future back a ton. That makes zero sense. But I knew exactly what he meant. And that's why I love this podcast. Yeah, that's very fun. Who knows? Yeah. It can't set the future back, but it could. Maybe it could. Micah and just shoot. Shoot. Then they got a little one together. Micah and Jess. Shut maybe. Or shoot. I agree with Dusty. Dusty on country music genres. A lot of modern country really should be categories as country, population, culture. Coulter. Coulter Wall is a great example of some modern quality old school sound and country music.

[Aaron Weber]

Love the bot culture walls. Great. Really great.

[Brian Bates]

I think a lot of people are coming on your side now.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Well, they get it. People. People were afraid to say it, but now that it's out and they're like, you know what? I do agree with this.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Zachary Ward. Love that Aaron referred to candle scents as flavors. I think his top five smells really got him going. Love the show, gang.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I did get fired up. I didn't realize I did that.

[Dusty Slay]

What'd you eat that night? Did you have some candles?

[Nate Bargatze]

Think back that far.

[Dusty Slay]

Did you have something, though? Because of the.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, when I got. When I got home after the podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you know, because we talk about. You talk about like something, a smell you like, and then you're like, I.

[Nate Bargatze]

Would like to come home and have smelled freshly baked cookies. But that never happens, you know.

[Dusty Slay]

Lucy, get on it. You know? What is she even doing? I know. Destiny Trevino, one of Aaron's new top five cents, soon will be his newborn baby girl. That's very true.

[Nate Bargatze]

Is it true?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

New babies.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. New baby smells really fast too. Yeah. And it's your. It's like your baby smell.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's beautiful.

[Dusty Slay]

It's the best, dude. It's the just. That's the. I do. I miss the being that little baby. Like, you know, like, they're just. They got wrinkles or they get like. It's just the best dude.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it is.

[Dusty Slay]

So that will be. That'll be nice.

[Aaron Weber]

I'd like to comment on the spelling of Destiny here. That's. I've never seen that. That's pretty interesting.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Destiny Trevino.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. That Destiny, though.

[Nate Bargatze]

D E S T Y N E.

[Dusty Slay]

E. I bet she decided that later. Well, maybe because Trevino. Maybe regular Destiny Trevino was already taken, so she just spelled it that way.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh maybe.

[Dusty Slay]

So you never know. Now you know you can really put different names anywhere. Like back growing up you really could. Only there was never anything to do a fake name on. Right.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, other than like government documents. But yeah. You weren't signing up for stuff online.

[Dusty Slay]

I know. Now it's like people can just go like I'm John on YouTube and no one ever knows who John is.

[Nate Bargatze]

Back then it was just. Yeah. Your name tag at work. It's pretty much all you could do.

[Dusty Slay]

But people at work would know you.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, but they're in on the joke too, you know.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Like you put it. Yeah. You could get your. My, my brother in law, his name's Gerald and he's got bald head. They used to call him Onion head and so he would have that on his name tag. Onion head.

[Dusty Slay]

That's a tough nickname.

[Nate Bargatze]

Is that a law firm that worked at.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Now are you gonna hand out cigars in the lobby, Aaron?

[Nate Bargatze]

Is that a thing?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. You were there waiting in the lobby.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm coming if there's cigars.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wow, I didn't know that. I thought that was like an old wives tale that you smoke a cigar because you should be able to just do it probably in the hospital. Right. In the waiting room back in your day.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know if hospital.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh yeah. When he was born. Yeah. No, smoking was definitely loud.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Yeah. The doctor had a cigar.

[Dusty Slay]

Cigarette. I don't think it was cigar. I think it was. Yeah. Yeah. When Bates was born it was.

[Brian Bates]

I just think about her newborn during.

[Dusty Slay]

The daytime to have light.

[Brian Bates]

Sun's going down.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. There was deliver this baby. Yeah. Inducing. Was that what it's called? Inducing?

[Nate Bargatze]

That's what we're. Yeah, we're inducing. We gotta check in at 11:45pm on Thursday. Yeah. So that, that we start it officially at like 12:01am Friday.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

And why are they doing it? Middle of.

[Nate Bargatze]

No idea. No idea. Very little has been explained to me. But I'm just along for the ride.

[Brian Bates]

Are you sure you got your AM pm?

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm sure because I remember saying okay, that's a little late. And they go now that's how we do it.

[Aaron Weber]

Maybe it's less busy at the hospital during that time.

[Brian Bates]

Maybe they're going to a concert or something.

[Aaron Weber]

They're going to come after. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

What did they do their hand stamped for in back in your day, Bates, when they induced. Did they. Was it like they made them eat beef jerky or something like. I try to think of anything like they don't they don't have no medical way.

[Brian Bates]

Smelling salts.

[Dusty Slay]

They just walk in there and go. They scare. They go. It's like the hiccups. And they go, all right, it's happening.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, when I was born, they said I was, like, three weeks late, and they said that they told my mom and dad to go drive around on some dirt roads, and it's like, real bouncy. I said that should help induce labor.

[Nate Bargatze]

It gets it going.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. So inducing was just like, you had an old fashioned. Now they force it. Or now they. There's a way to do it now.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. They medically get it.

[Dusty Slay]

Come on. Come on, now. Come on.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Come on, girl.

[Dusty Slay]

But a pop tart. Zach Wright. When your house is on fire and you only have time to grab one thing, don't underestimate how important your pillow is. I never travel anywhere without mine with my pillow because I sleep terribly without it. If my house burned down, the last thing I need is sleep terribly. Life is already going to be difficult enough. That's. That's not bad.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Helix sleep.

[Aaron Weber]

Aaron.

[Nate Bargatze]

A pillow? You mean the thing you have 14 of at every hotel room?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Some of those are not good.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, you know, I'm sorry.

[Nate Bargatze]

I appreciate you writing in, Zach, but, I mean, a pillow is a dime a dozen, brother.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, a Helix does make a.

[Dusty Slay]

Good pillow, but maybe he doesn't need. But I'm not.

[Nate Bargatze]

No offense to our sponsor, Helix. We love Helix. I'm not running into a burning house for my Helix.

[Aaron Weber]

I'd be sad if I didn't have it, but I'm going to agree with you. I mean, it's like the house is burning down. I'm not worried about the pillows.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Just planning ahead.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I love that. He's like, well, I got to get some sleep, though. My house is burning down, but I want to get a good night's sleep.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Zach. You think Zach would be asleep before the fires out? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Firemen are not even there yet. He's got no hotel.

[Dusty Slay]

Is it Basin Zach? Oh, he's out. Yeah, he went over to the neighbor's house, knocked on the door, and said, house on fire again. Do you mind if I stay over here?

[Aaron Weber]

Brought my pillow.

[Dusty Slay]

Sarah Keef. Not as much fun as the idea of having two noses, but the reason pregnant women have a higher sense sensitivity to smell is survival instinct to protect the unborn baby. They are able to detect expired and spooled foods Easier and therefore avoid eating them and getting sick.

[Brian Bates]

You should do that with Lucy with your food, like.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Hey, is this still good?

[Dusty Slay]

Some old yogurt. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I just did a. Cleaned out our pantry and fridge the other day. We get stuff gets tucked back there. Yeah, that's like. I don't even remember thinking about buying this. You know, it expired 20, 23. Just disgusting stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

What did you eat, though? Did you eat anything?

[Nate Bargatze]

We have wobble house today.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I'm saying. But did you have.

[Nate Bargatze]

What do you mean?

[Dusty Slay]

Like, did you grab any of that stuff and you go, but I could.

[Nate Bargatze]

Still a couple things you got that date's not, you know, about a week or, you know, a week off when.

[Brian Bates]

You have Lucy test it for you.

[Aaron Weber]

A week off is okay? Yeah, let's.

[Nate Bargatze]

Depends on what it is.

[Aaron Weber]

Milk.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, milk or something. Milk will get ruined quick.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Larry Miller Jr. When I was attending Auburn, I worked at Jim Bob's Chicken Fingers as a dishwasher and cook. Oh, I love the smell of chicken. Until I worked there, every night I would leave. I'd have to roll down my windows on my drive home and wash my clothes as soon as I got home to get rid of the fried chicken smell.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, Larry, I don't know if you know this, but I also worked at Jim Bob's Chicken Fingers. Dishwasher.

[Brian Bates]

Cook.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. And I never really made it up to cook. I got to cook a little bit, but I was mainly a dishwasher and a sauce guy.

[Dusty Slay]

I like two employees coming together like this.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. But I know what you mean about that smell. But I maintain that I still love it and loved it even then. But I get it.

[Dusty Slay]

It's kind of crazy.

[Nate Bargatze]

It is crazy.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know that, Larry.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's why he wrote in.

[Dusty Slay]

I think you would have said like, you dusty, I worked at Jim Bob. Yeah, I think you would have said something like that.

[Aaron Weber]

I worked at Jim Bob, but I.

[Nate Bargatze]

Read it like when I. When I was attending Auburn, I worked at Jim Bob's Chicken Fingers.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's how I read it.

[Dusty Slay]

You would have said something like, I also worked at Jim Bob's.

[Nate Bargatze]

I think Larry trusted you to kind of connect the dots.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I don't think they knew.

[Brian Bates]

Should dishwasher and cook be capitalized? Because those jobs aren't important.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, depends on where you work. It is a big deal.

[Nate Bargatze]

Dude. I remember when. I'm kidding.

[Aaron Weber]

When I worked also make the tea.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I was an expo food runner at Bluegrass Country Club at Hendersonville. The dishwasher was the hardest working guy in the whole country club. He was a guy named Dale. He's on work release and they used to. And he'd go back to prison when he was done. So he would work hard when he was there.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Nate Bargatze]

And work slow. No, but he was just that kind of guy. He was just like, he kind of enjoyed working hard, you know. And he used to tell me, I used to hand him plates and, you know, he was like, I go, this is gross. He's like, buddy, you couldn't gross me out if you tried.

[Aaron Weber]

And you're eating the fries. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

You're licking tonight. I got to use the restroom two feet from another guy. All right, that's fair.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

But respect the dishwasher man.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, Larry, I appreciate you writing in.

[Dusty Slay]

Albert Molari. The reason you can't smell yourself is known as olfactory fatigue. They say your nose only recognizes changes in smells. So after a while you won't smell the dead skunk in your house, but everyone else will.

[Aaron Weber]

You think they call it old factory fatigue because people used to work in factories.

[Brian Bates]

Probably old spaghetti factory.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, they didn't put much thought into it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Old spaghetti factory fatigue.

[Aaron Weber]

What's the five dollar meal deal at McDonald's?

[Dusty Slay]

You pick a McDouble, or a McChicken.

[Nate Bargatze]

Then get a small fry, a small.

[Aaron Weber]

Drink and a four piece McNuggets. That's a lot of McDonald's for not a lot of money.

[Nate Bargatze]

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[Dusty Slay]

Well, my daughter, Paulie G. My daughter was three. She developed horrible breath after. After it got worse. We took her to the doctors and they agreed it stank, but couldn't figure out why. That's how he's writing it. A month went by and we decided to try a doctor one last time. She said, there's something up her nose. She grabbed the long tweezers and pulled out a tiny piece of paper. When it came out, everyone in the room dry heaved because it smelled so bad. As soon as she saw it, my daughter remembered finding a fortune cookie paper, folding it up and sticking it up her nose. Wow, that's crazy that something like that could smell that bad.

[Aaron Weber]

So she had the olfactory fatigue going on because it smelled so bad, but it was in her nose and she couldn't smell it.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, she's three. I mean, it's like.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's funny. Just about. They go to the doctor and they're like, man, yeah, that breast stinks, dude. We don't know why. Yeah, good luck.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And doctor after doctor's like, I don't know. And finally one's like, oh, let me see.

[Nate Bargatze]

And maybe look, maybe.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

What about the nose?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, it's looking.

[Brian Bates]

The nose.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's like Carl from Slingslide.

[Dusty Slay]

Figure it out.

[Aaron Weber]

He's like, I got no gas in it. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Can't find it. Right. Yeah. When the movies you can't watch.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes, I have it. I own it, though.

[Nate Bargatze]

If you guys want, I have Sling Blade, too.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wait, really? They blocked it off?

[Brian Bates]

No, I shared it on here.

[Dusty Slay]

How?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you. It's not on any streaming service. Oh, you have to buy the dvd.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

But you can't buy it on. Can you buy it on Apple? Like, buy the movie?

[Brian Bates]

I think it's hard to even buy it.

[Dusty Slay]

Corbin. Reading. I was actually on. I was actually on Sister Wives. I officiated the Wedding of Christine Brown last season. I've been a fan before Nate Land and actually listened to Nateland on the way to the wedding. So cool to see you guys talk about it. I'm in season 18, the last two episodes.

[Nate Bargatze]

Look at this. There's our guy, the officiant right there.

[Dusty Slay]

Corbin, look at that. Real deal.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, man. How about it?

[Dusty Slay]

Beautiful wedding.

[Aaron Weber]

She marrying a different guy?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wait, did he just kick up his leg?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, well, she, like, Corbin told him to.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, she kissed. Should have toned that down.

[Aaron Weber]

She leaned in.

[Dusty Slay]

He should say, what are you doing?

[Aaron Weber]

Is she one of the wives that got divorced and married another guy and that's part of the show?

[Nate Bargatze]

I think you know the lore better than we do, Dusty.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's Intense, though. That's inappropriate. They'll be kissing like that at the wedding. That's inappropriate.

[Dusty Slay]

I. That is an aggressive kiss.

[Nate Bargatze]

He's into it, man.

[Aaron Weber]

You know he's into it. But there's family out there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but I. Look, this has got to be. This ain't wedding number one. You know what I mean? Like, it's. This is definitely.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Down the line kiss.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, so. Yeah, there's not. You're. If the kids are there, they're probably the same age as the parents and.

[Aaron Weber]

Really grossed out, for sure. I mean, it's just so inappropriate, though.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And save it for the honeymoon, guys.

[Dusty Slay]

I know, but I think it's. You're. Again, you're at a wedding. That's.

[Brian Bates]

The producers probably say, hey, do something fun.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I really show off in front of the other wives.

[Nate Bargatze]

If you're listening. The dude kicks his leg up like a. I don't. I don't even know.

[Brian Bates]

I mean, like, a woman might do.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. She's the one it.

[Nate Bargatze]

To be funny.

[Dusty Slay]

He's.

[Brian Bates]

She's leaning in for the kiss.

[Aaron Weber]

She's the aggressor here. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Aggressors. That's a strong word.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know, though. Look at her.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, thank you, Corbin. That's pretty exciting.

[Aaron Weber]

I'd like to know how Corbin felt about it. He seems uncomfortable. I can only see one eye, but.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I'm sure it's just take. I mean, again, I'm telling you, they're like, let it play out for a second. It's gonna be. This is a wedding, dude. They're gonna be kissing like that. You're. This is. This is what? I mean, it's inappropriate for your typical wedding, but this wedding right here.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

They're going back in. I thought y'all were overreacting at first, but, man.

[Aaron Weber]

No, no, it's like, take it easy.

[Dusty Slay]

It's. It's.

[Aaron Weber]

I think I remember when this lady got divorced.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, really?

[Aaron Weber]

In the show.

[Dusty Slay]

So there you go.

[Aaron Weber]

But this is. She got divorced from the other guy, and now she's marrying this guy.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what I mean. So when you do that, that kissing is not. It has no. There's no appropriateness to it.

[Aaron Weber]

And she was married to a guy who was married to three other women.

[Dusty Slay]

Yes. Come on.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, come on. I don't think they're technically married, but they're like, you know, because I don't think you can have multiple wives in Utah. I think that's illegal, but, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't even know what the. Yeah. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I have no idea what the dynamic is for any of this, but I hope everybody's happy.

[Aaron Weber]

I've watched more of this than I would like to admit.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Hannah watches it.

[Dusty Slay]

What? Yeah. What, in there? Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm watching the show with Lucy now. It's one of these shows. It's just like everybody in the show is miserable. I just don't understand.

[Aaron Weber]

But, I mean, I'm watching Fiance.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's called Tell Me Lies. It's about these college kids, and they all. They're all friends, but they all hate each other, and they all do horrible things to each other behind their back. None of them has ever had a good day. I don't think I've seen any character smile. I'm kind of into it.

[Dusty Slay]

What. What's the show?

[Nate Bargatze]

Tell me Lies.

[Dusty Slay]

What's it on Hulu?

[Aaron Weber]

I think, speaking of creating. They know how to create a good show. They know how to pull you in with some real crap.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's what it is. I mean, even Lucy's watching. She's like, yeah, this show's stupid. It's. I mean, it's idiotic, a lot of it, but it's just like. I don't know. They figured it out.

[Dusty Slay]

The COVID of that. We should even show it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Dusty Slay]

What are you watching? What's the matter with you, man?

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, you got a baby.

[Dusty Slay]

What's the matter? You got to.

[Nate Bargatze]

Not yet. Not yet. That's what you should do before the kid comes. Yeah, we're gonna change.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Binge watch Tell Me Lies until. Till the baby comes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Be done with this.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I'm ready to be done with it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Shows are. Yeah. It's like, again, this is. You're making stuff. They're not. It's. It's because I. I think it's because people make stuff.

[Nate Bargatze]

Fire truck sounds of Nashville out there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I think it's. It's because, like, when they make it, it's the people that are making it, as the writers do it, they're making it. Stuff that they watch kind of stuff that they. They kind of are into. And so they're like, oh, we're doing a show like that? And you're like, nobody. Because they. And because a lot of times, I think in la, like, people are not living a regular life. Like, you're not. You're kind of like. I don't know, you're single longer than you. Than the average person is, and you. You can go to more parties or you go. You go live. This kind of like, man, I remember living in New York and it's like Sex and the City. When that first came, it was a good show because there was not really, I guess, a show like that. But then it's like, now it's only shows like Sex and the City and you're like, all right, well, there's not, you know, it's got to go another way to be like, well, there's other people. Maybe we don't need all.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Does that make sense?

[Nate Bargatze]

Totally.

[Brian Bates]

Totally. Maybe it should start trending back the other direction. This is what you're trying to do.

[Dusty Slay]

It's what we're trying to do. Do. Yeah. The real deal. We. We're not going to do this. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

We were going to finish up the Senses, going to do Touch, but we got a show.

[Aaron Weber]

We're not going to really touch on it today, though.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah, we got.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, that's better than anything we were going to do.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

We may not even do it now. That's going to be better than anything I was going to have. So we got to wrap it up here, what, in about 10 minutes?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's been a hot podcast, though.

[Dusty Slay]

I feel good.

[Aaron Weber]

That's a nice shirt you got there.

[Dusty Slay]

It's jacket.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

People often comment how we all dress so differently. You guys and Dusty and I. Oh, weather wise. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I like wearing, but I think we're bigger. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I think there's just a vulnerability in only wearing a T shirt.

[Dusty Slay]

We.

[Nate Bargatze]

If I were in unbelievable shape, I would wear just a T shirt.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know me. Yeah, we're on this. I make fun of Aaron, but I have the same dumb body and I'm uncomfortable wearing just a T shirt. Why?

[Nate Bargatze]

I have a backpack on, too. I need more stuff because if it's just me.

[Aaron Weber]

You want the back to match the front. I'm. I'm totally kidding. I just.

[Nate Bargatze]

Trying to balance it out.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. So he doesn't tip over.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

What's in that backpack? Just weight.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, that's funny.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I'm totally kidding.

[Dusty Slay]

But did Lucy go? Did Lucy go. You don't even know what it's like to be pregnant. You're like, well, you go, yeah, well.

[Aaron Weber]

This is like, I don't get to have Mom.

[Dusty Slay]

You go try to be pregnant every day of your life for your whole life.

[Nate Bargatze]

I've said that a couple times. She's like, you have no idea how hard this is. I'm like, look, kid's like five pounds.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, you Seen these calves?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I know.

[Brian Bates]

I don't want to mention. Yeah, there's. I heard about a long ball Festival in McMinnville that start getting started and.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah. Well, you know, I watched this movie called. Called. It's called Black Ball. And it's like a British movie. Vince Vaughn's in it. I've been going down a Vince Vaughn deep dive. Old Vince Vaughn movies. And it's like, British. And it's basically like bocce ball. If you ever played that on the beach, where you rolled the small ball down and then you try to roll the other balls and try to get as close to that one. But this is like. It seems like a big game there, and I want to do it. I want to make a big black ball tournament. That's what I want to do.

[Nate Bargatze]

Bocce ball.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, but they, you know, they call it. They just call it balls, I think, in. In. In. In England.

[Dusty Slay]

But it's exactly bocce ball.

[Aaron Weber]

But, you know, but you're on a.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm not Googling this.

[Aaron Weber]

You're on a court.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, as opposed to just the beach.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Like fauci ball.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know. When I played bocce ball, we did it on the beach. That's all.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay. I've only played it on a little outside. Outside, but not on the green. Because you want it to roll a little bit. Yeah, it's tough to roll on sand.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, yeah, you get it on the sand closest to the water out there.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, so it's hard sand.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

But you want to build a court at your place and make a festival.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, get the. Get McMinnville people together. Like, let's play some.

[Dusty Slay]

It's just built around that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. We'll have a grill out, cook some food out there.

[Dusty Slay]

You could do a show very early.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, maybe I'll do a little show very early. Stages of this idea that may not ever pan out, but.

[Nate Bargatze]

What are you gonna call it?

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know. I'm not gotten that far yet. What do you think?

[Nate Bargatze]

I don't know. We got some other steps to take care of. First. We gotta figure out what the sports.

[Aaron Weber]

I've always been a big fan of the name. First. You build the. Everything around the name it gets.

[Dusty Slay]

Everybody gets to wrap their head around it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, like this. Botch your ball, but not bougie ball.

[Nate Bargatze]

Festival kind of bocce ball at Dusty's house.

[Aaron Weber]

And it was. How do you spell bocce?

[Nate Bargatze]

Even bocci.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's confusing, you know.

[Dusty Slay]

Dusty ball.

[Aaron Weber]

Dusty ball. I like that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. And then you go, I got this new game. You tell them the rules and then someone goes, is this not bocce ball? And then you go, no, no, it's a little different. So maybe you add something different into it.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So if you can make up a new thing to bocce ball, then it's the occ. Yeah.

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[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, see they on the one that they're playing on.

[Dusty Slay]

It's like Nick Saban.

[Aaron Weber]

It's like. It's like green turf.

[Dusty Slay]

Is it like Nick Saban?

[Aaron Weber]

That's what he's up to now.

[Nate Bargatze]

This is gonna be dusty and three of his neighbors in a few weeks.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's green. It's all turf, though.

[Dusty Slay]

This is a live shot of the dusty bowl.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't want to play on this gravel. Like getting into gravel out here.

[Brian Bates]

Well, you'd play on turf. Oh, turf.

[Aaron Weber]

Like Astro.

[Dusty Slay]

Would you send a letter out to the river residents?

[Aaron Weber]

I want to meet the mayor anyway. I want to try to get together with a McMinnville mayor to tell him this? No, just to hang.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh.

[Aaron Weber]

I just wanted to let him know I'm around and I'm a public figure and I'd like to be friends with him.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I don't know if you've heard, but I moved to your city.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Because. Yeah. He goes. I do this in every town that I moved to. I've always met the mayor in all my towns, but usually it's because I was on the wrong side of the law. But now that I'm straight narrow.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I'd like to meet the mayor of McMinnville and let them know I'm out here.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. And let's get, you know, let's get.

[Dusty Slay]

Together when you want to ask him for some. You want some?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, you got it. You know, you ease in. I don't know what I'll ask, but. Yeah. You want the relationship.

[Dusty Slay]

You're going to want to. You want. I need some more gravel.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Like you're going to do something's going to be.

[Brian Bates]

But would you put the artificial turf on your property?

[Aaron Weber]

I think so.

[Brian Bates]

Should be a permanent.

[Aaron Weber]

Or maybe you don't do artificial. Maybe you get. You know, there's a real kind of turfy grass.

[Nate Bargatze]

Turf.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think recycled tires, like filter.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

What if you use your cycle tires?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Mulch.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Brian Bates]

Leaves. You need some more leaves. Everyone bring dusty.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I'm excited. Falls first day of fall.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Plenty of leaves.

[Aaron Weber]

And so leaves will be coming back. I'm looking forward to it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. All right.

[Brian Bates]

How was your garden this year?

[Aaron Weber]

Really good. A lot of tomatoes, a lot of asparagus, a lot of grapes. I draw. I got a huge beet that I picked today. I let this beet grow for so long, it's like a potato. It's amazing.

[Dusty Slay]

How do you stop it from growing? Kill it.

[Aaron Weber]

I just pulled it up. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. But you could just keep going.

[Aaron Weber]

I wanted to see how long I got. I got a guy coming to build some new garden beds for me, so I wanted to. I want to see you.

[Nate Bargatze]

Can I ask you before you. I want to hear the end of this. Where do you find a guy like that?

[Dusty Slay]

Where do you find the time?

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, got a guy coming to build me garden.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, he listens to my podcast. He built the porch for me.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, okay.

[Aaron Weber]

And then he also does landscaping stuff. So he's going to build some garden beds. And then so I got to get rid of the bees.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's amazing.

[Dusty Slay]

On this podcast would go look, we'll Read your comment on your podcast. You're like, you want some work? I'll give you some work.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, exactly.

[Dusty Slay]

Your listeners, you're going to be in the house.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. I'm looking for some things to get done.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, what happened with this guy is I got a new neighbor, and my new neighbor gets. You know, he gets pretty wild. He gets a lot of letters from the hoa. He's in a. You know, always into something. And I started describing this guy and what was going on. And so the guy that built my deck emailed me and said, this sounds just like my old neighbor. So he started chatting about it. I think it is. He said, wait till Christmas. This guy's going to have a lot of inflatables. And then.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, wow. So he thinks it's his old.

[Aaron Weber]

I think it's the same guy. Yeah, yeah. But where he lived, there was no hoa. So it got super wild.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

You put a lot of Christmas inflatables in your house?

[Aaron Weber]

Not. Not a single one.

[Dusty Slay]

You think when that guy moved in, they go, are you sure you're gonna handle nature? Oa? And they go, that guy's got the fence backwards.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

He goes, put me next to that guy. That guy's gonna get it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

That guy's got a bat cave over there.

[Aaron Weber]

But you know what? That guy, my air conditioner bro, he works. He works for an air conditioner company. My air conditioner broke. I went over. I go, hey, you think you come look at my air conditioner? He comes over, he's like, opens it up. He's testing things. He's cutting wires. He's sweating. I'm like, this guy's about to screw up my air conditioner. And then he goes, oh, you're gonna need this and this, this. And I go, well, where'd I get that? He goes, well, they're not going to sell it to you unless you're licensed. And then he goes, I think I got it in the truck. And then he goes and gets it, fixes the air conditioner.

[Dusty Slay]

Whoa.

[Aaron Weber]

It's perfect.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Won't. Wouldn't even let me give him money.

[Dusty Slay]

So you're gonna let him get away from some.

[Aaron Weber]

I want to write. Yeah, I want to write the HOA and be like, this guy's, okay, how much inflatable.

[Dusty Slay]

How much inflatable stuff would he have to do before you have to go like, look, dude, I was going to, like, four of them. I was like, absolutely. I won't say a thing.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, last Year. He goes, he's got a small yard. He's like, I think I'm going to use some of your yard for my inflatables. And I was like, well, you know, and I, I think that would do it if he started using my yard.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. That's a lot.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

We got another Michael sighting. Michael Clay, TMZ photo.

[Brian Bates]

All right, Dusty looks like when he goes to the post office.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Brian Bates]

Exactly like it looks all the time.

[Dusty Slay]

That's my buddy Michael. That's. I remember Aaron.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I remember talking to him.

[Nate Bargatze]

Did he stop and say hi to you?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Incredible.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, we had a good time.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wish you'd have done that for me.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you know, like when a dog's eating out of a bowl and they go, don't pet it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Don't touch it.

[Dusty Slay]

Like, it's like, I feel like it's like Chipotle. You walk out, Chipotle bag. Like, you're like, I'm in a zone. He's got, you know, so you got, you got two backpacks on front and back. And then you carry them back. And he just trying to look. He goes, I don't even look at me. I'm not comfortable. You got a hoodie on. It's 193 backpacks, two bags of Chipotle. You just won't do it. Pointing. You just nodding at everybody because you won't point. And you go, yeah, dude. I mean, you're difficult to come up to a. All right, this was a quick one, so sorry about that. But yeah, I'm trying to think. I will check out Saturday Night Live.

[Brian Bates]

Congratulations on snl.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, thank you. Very excited. Yeah, it's, it's a.

[Nate Bargatze]

Have you met Coldplay yet? Have you talked?

[Dusty Slay]

No, no, I haven't. But yeah, it's crazy. It's insane. I don't, you know, it's. I, I, if I don't seem like I show anything. Look, I'm blown away by it. I just take it all very serious and I want to live up to your guys expectations. So I've been working on the monologue pretty hard, so. Yeah, it'd be, it's gonna be crazy.

[Brian Bates]

This Thursday, you're having a baby. I'm at Louisville Comedy Club.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

All right. How about it?

[Nate Bargatze]

Two lives are being changed.

[Brian Bates]

Yeah. So come to that. Thursday night, October 4th, I'm at Ali Ray's in Knoxville. October 11th, I'm doing a show with your dad and Jeff Allen at the Fisher center here at Belmont University. October 22nd is my next Brian Bates and friends here at the lab. Oh. October 17th, I'm at Arlington Drafthouse for the first time in Arlington, Virginia.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, nice, dude. That's a great club.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. You know my funnies. The this weekend was, I think the end of the Be Funny tour.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

Not to say like officially. Yeah, it was the last. I don't even more shows. I have a corporate gig, but I'm basically done with shows.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wow. How's that feel?

[Dusty Slay]

It's crazy.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean I have. I'm so honestly, it's. I'm very busy with a bunch of other stuff, so it's not like. But it's. Yeah, yeah. It's kind of crazy. All right, sorry.

[Brian Bates]

It's all right. Congratulations.

[Dusty Slay]

October 5th. I'll be there. Oh, sorry.

[Brian Bates]

Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, sorry, sorry.

[Brian Bates]

Congratulations.

[Nate Bargatze]

Friday night I'm hosting mad tv.

[Dusty Slay]

I said not to put you on that. I go, that's no.

[Nate Bargatze]

November 24th, St. Louis Helium.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Nate Bargatze]

Got a couple tickets available. Both shows. That's the next show I do, which is pretty crazy. A month and a half off. I'll be busy. But thank you to everybody who's reached out. A lot of people DM me commented saying, you know, the praying for us. Appreciate all that. We're pumped, man.

[Dusty Slay]

We're pumped too.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Friday, Lexington, Kentucky. It's close to selling out, but there are tickets. And then Saturday, Bristol, Tennessee, two shows. Close to selling out there too. So get some tickets. Going to be hot weekend.

[Dusty Slay]

That's great. We, yeah. Aaron, you'll be a new man. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Back.

[Brian Bates]

And we're very so happy for you.

[Nate Bargatze]

Thanks, guys. Appreciate it, man.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a beautiful thing. There you go. He didn't feel it.

[Aaron Weber]

Hurt my hand.

[Dusty Slay]

We love you. Bye. Nateland is produced by Nateland Productions and by me, Nate Bargetzi and my wife Laura on the AudioBoom platform. Recording and editing for the show is done by Genovations Media. Thanks for tuning in. Be sure to catch us next week on the Nateland podcast.

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[Dusty Slay]

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