239: #239 Game Shows (Rebranded)

Summary

The Nateland Podcast Episode #239: Game Shows (Rebranded)
Hosted by Nate Bargatze, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay
Released on February 12, 2025

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Introduction and Welcome

In episode #239 of The Nateland Podcast, hosts Nate Bargatze, Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay dive into the vibrant and often humorous world of game shows. The episode, titled "Game Shows (Rebranded)," promises listeners a blend of personal anecdotes, insightful discussions, and interactive segments centered around classic and modern game shows.

Recent Performances and Updates

Nate’s Stand-Up Circuit
Nate kicks off the episode by sharing updates about his recent performances.

• “I was out on the road. Friday night, I was in Marion, Illinois, at the Little Nashville Cafe. My buddy Alex Faluto sold it out.” [07:47]
• “Saturday, I was in Quentin, Virginia. That’s just outside Richmond.” [07:58]

He continues to highlight upcoming shows, emphasizing the diverse locations he’s covering, from Florida to North Carolina, showcasing his active engagement with fans across the country.

Listener Comments and Feedback

Audience Engagement
The hosts take time to acknowledge and discuss feedback from their listeners, fostering a sense of community and appreciation.

• Aaron Weber shares excitement about his recent special, saying, “Signature dish. It’s on the Nateland YouTube. If you’re watching it on YouTube, just flip back a few videos. Signature dish, 30 minutes. It’s a hot 30 minutes.”* [21:14]

Fan Interactions
Comments from listeners like Mrs. Carlin and President Bartlett are highlighted, celebrating the hosts' expanding reach and the positive reception of their content.

• Dusty Slay reflects, “We’re all professional comedians here. It’s like, yeah, they’re … Some people act like we’re Nate sidekicks out here. We’re all professional comedians.”* [22:20]

Main Topic: Game Shows

Favorite Game Shows and Hosts

The core of the episode revolves around the hosts' favorite game shows and their preferred hosts, leading to a lively discussion.

Steve Harvey and Family Feud

• Dusty Slay expresses admiration for Steve Harvey, “Steve Harvey is the best host of any reality show game show. He’s unbelievable.”* [65:23]
• The group collectively agrees that Harvey's charisma revitalized Family Feud, making it more engaging and entertaining for modern audiences.

Classic Hosts Nostalgia

• Aaron Weber reminisces about Bob Barker, “Bob Barker was very funny,” highlighting the enduring legacy of Barker’s hosting style on The Price is Right. [66:28]
• Discussions also touch upon other iconic hosts like Drew Carey and how they’ve shaped the game show landscape.

Personal Experiences on Game Shows

Dusty Slay’s Appearance on Nashville Squares
Dusty shares his experience appearing on Nashville Squares, detailing both the excitement and the challenges faced on national television.

• “I was trying to make jokes but they had to cut some of my funny moments,” Dusty recounts, illustrating the balance between performer spontaneity and show production constraints. [70:00]
• “They really messed up the show; it looked like everyone was losing,” he adds, critiquing the show's editing choices that affected the flow and audience perception. [72:07]

Behind-the-Scenes Antics
The hosts exchange humorous stories about interacting with fellow celebrities and hosts during game shows, emphasizing the unpredictable nature of live television.

• “Jimmy Fallon popped in and did a guest spot,” Dusty mentions, showcasing the camaraderie and spontaneous interactions that occur behind the scenes. [73:03]

Notable Game Show Stories and Scandals

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Scandal
A significant portion of the discussion revolves around the infamous Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? scandal involving scripted elements and host manipulation.

• Aaron Weber points out, “It’s an option Dusty, we talked,” questioning the authenticity of game outcomes. [02:14]
• Dusty Slay builds on this, “I think it's the only script that was left,” analyzing the possibility of scripted outcomes to favor specific contestants. [02:16]

Gravity and Scientific Concepts in Game Shows
The conversation veers into a humorous debate about gravity, reflecting the hosts' tendency to intertwine comedy with abstract topics.

• Dusty challenges, “Gravity is not a gas that leaks in. It’s a force. And I said magnetism, which is not the right word…”* [33:08]
• This segment highlights the hosts' playful banter and ability to make light of complex subjects, keeping the atmosphere engaging and entertaining.

Game Show Strategies and Anecdotes

Participation Tips
The hosts offer advice and share strategies on how to excel in game show environments.

• Dusty advises, “Be succinct, be enthusiastic, but don’t ramble.”* [85:25]
• Nate Bargatze adds, “Your phone a friend is the best asset you can have, especially if you have someone knowledgeable about the topic.”* [82:10]

Humorous Takeaways
Funny anecdotes about game show experiences, such as dealing with impromptu questions and managing nerves, provide listeners with both laughs and relatable content.

• Nate jokes, “If you say something stupid, Steve Harvey's gonna make fun of you,” highlighting the pressure of live game show performances. [65:40]

Creative Ideas and Future Plans

Game Show Concepts
The hosts brainstorm unique game show ideas, blending traditional formats with innovative twists.

• Aaron Weber proposes, “Impractical Jokers, but raise the stakes. I want somebody representing themselves in court for a real crime.”* [87:37]
• Dusty Slay suggests, “The Rearranger,” where he helps organize messy homes without bringing in additional tools.* [102:14]

Upcoming Specials and Performances
Plans for upcoming performances and specials are discussed, ensuring listeners stay informed about future content.

• Dusty mentions, “I’ll be ramping up for my special. These will be super hot shows.”* [118:46]
• Aaron Weber highlights his upcoming performances, including shows in Bloomington, Indiana, and Sacramento, California.* [117:27]

Notable Quotes

• Aaron Weber: “If you want to make progress towards a better financial future with Chime. Open your account in two minutes. You don’t have two minutes @chime.com Nate.” [12:43]

• Dusty Slay: “We’re all professional comedians here. It’s like, yeah, they’re … Some people act like we’re Nate sidekicks out here.” [22:20]

• Nate Bargatze: “If you say something stupid, Steve Harvey's gonna make fun of you.” [65:40]

Conclusion

Episode #239 of The Nateland Podcast offers a comprehensive and entertaining exploration of game shows through the eyes of seasoned comedians. The blend of personal experiences, listener interactions, and creative brainstorming provides listeners with both laughter and insightful commentary on the dynamics of televised competitions. As the hosts continue to evolve and expand their comedic repertoire, this episode stands as a testament to their ability to engage and entertain audiences with relatable and humorous content.

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Note: Advertisements, promotional segments, and non-content discussions were intentionally omitted to focus solely on the substantive conversations and key highlights of the episode.

Transcript

[Nate Bargatze]

Huddle up.

[Dusty Slay]

It's me, Angel Reese.

[Aaron Weber]

You can't beat the post game burger and fries, right?

[Dusty Slay]

Know what else you can't beat?

[Nate Bargatze]

The Angel Reese special.

[Dusty Slay]

Let's break it down.

[Aaron Weber]

My favorite, barbecue sauce, American cheese, crispy.

[Nate Bargatze]

Bacon, pickles, onions, and a sesame seed bun, of course.

[Aaron Weber]

And don't forget the fries and the drink. It's gonna be a high C for me. Sound good?

[Dusty Slay]

All you have to do to get.

[Aaron Weber]

It is beat me in a one on one.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm just playing get the Angel Reef.

[Aaron Weber]

Special at McDonald's now.

[Dusty Slay]

Ba da ba ba ba.

[Aaron Weber]

I participate in restaurants for a limited time foreign.

[Nate Bargatze]

Hello, folks, and hey, bear. Welcome to the Nateland podcast. I'm Brian Bates. Of course, as always, Dusty Slay.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Nate Bargatze]

And almost always. But returning after being gone last week, the wonderful Aaron Weber.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, man. Talking about like I'm a deadbeat. I missed one week, dude.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm back.

[Nate Bargatze]

You're back.

[Aaron Weber]

Back and better than ever, baby. You are do it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Nate's out this week, but thank God. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

We have done, you know, several five person podcast and now it's a three person. So we really slimmed it down.

[Aaron Weber]

We're still averaging four.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, we went the last three weeks, we've gone five, four, three.

[Aaron Weber]

So next week, just you and Dusty. Next one.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. You'll be gone again.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, probably.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And eventually Brian, the way you've always.

[Aaron Weber]

Wanted, which is what he's been gunning for this whole time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Just Brian alone at a huge desk.

[Dusty Slay]

Two hours.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. When he got working at cable news, this is what you wanted. You wanted to be the one guy at the desk.

[Nate Bargatze]

It'd be more than two hours though.

[Dusty Slay]

Would it?

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You would go longer with less people.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I got a lot to say.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I got some conspiracy theories out there. Blow your mind.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, man, I'm into that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I'd like to hear it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Nate. Super bowl commercial aired last night. It was awesome.

[Aaron Weber]

Right in the middle of a great game.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, they thrown out every script out there possible except this one. The Eagles winning a blowout, Right?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Was this. Was this an option? Dusty, we talked.

[Nate Bargatze]

I think it's the only script that was left.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't. You know, I sent you guys a thing that I saw on TikTok and I thought, this is interesting, but I don't believe that the NFL. NFL is scripted. I believe they rig it through the referees.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, like.

[Dusty Slay]

But if you. The. I feel like a team. The only way a team can outmaneuver is the Blowout. You have to come out and you have to beat the other team so bad that the referees can't rig it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. That game, even if every call went in favor of the Chiefs, they still are not going to win.

[Dusty Slay]

And that's what I think. A lot of the Eagles players are Christians, and I think they were. You know, they were praying and they were publicly praising the Lord. And I think he said, you know what? You're going to win the Super Bowl.

[Aaron Weber]

That's what God does. Pick sides in football games.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Take that, heathen chief.

[Dusty Slay]

I think he picks sides and a lot of things.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, you retweeted Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't retweet. I just commented.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay, okay. He asked, why don't they ever mention God when they lose?

[Dusty Slay]

He said, blame God when they lose. And I was like, that's a weak take. But I. You know, you should be thankful. Always be thankful, win or lose. So you don't blame. You don't place blame on God, because if God wants you to lose, then it's best for you that you lost.

[Aaron Weber]

Did he say that after the game? He tweeted that.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. I just saw it today.

[Aaron Weber]

There's ever a movie that you like or something fun happen, and he'll find a way to just be a bummer about it.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, it's like 10, 15, 20 years ago, Neil Degrasse Tyson was, like, seemed like a cool, fun, smart guy, but he just puts himself out there so much now that it's like, all right, you really lost your. Him and Bill Nye. It's like you guys have lost all your credibility, and you're just out here, I don't know, clowning around now, trying to. You should be thankful to God for all things.

[Aaron Weber]

Were you ever into Bill Nye as a kid? You ever watched?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think so now.

[Aaron Weber]

We used to watch it a lot at school. You, Bill.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, we're the same age.

[Aaron Weber]

So.

[Nate Bargatze]

No, I did not watch it as a kid.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I'm sorry. Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill. We used to love it, dude. He taught us how, you know, condensation worked. Important stuff like that stuff I'm using as an adult.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, on this podcast, thankfully, we've never lost our credibility.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right.

[Nate Bargatze]

Science.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, but we never claim to be scientists. You know what I mean?

[Aaron Weber]

That's the big difference.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. This is not Nate the Science Guy podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

He's like. He's. I don't know. It's like, I don't know, I'm not a fan. Well, anyway, a fan of either of these guys.

[Aaron Weber]

He's not a scientist either. Do you know he was a TV weatherman?

[Dusty Slay]

Bill Nye.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Bill Nye.

[Aaron Weber]

Degree in engineering.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Which I guess is science, but not the science. He acts he's not wearing a lab coat.

[Dusty Slay]

He does sometimes.

[Aaron Weber]

I know, but I'm saying he has no reason to wear a lab coat. Yeah, right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Anyway, well, Nate's commercial was great.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah, sorry. It was good.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. We had a little get together at topgolf. Dusty played golf for the first time.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Swung a golf club a few times.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you get the bug? Are you into it now? Are you going to devote your life?

[Dusty Slay]

My wrist was hurting and.

[Aaron Weber]

One of.

[Nate Bargatze]

The most natural swings I've ever seen.

[Aaron Weber]

Really?

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, like Tiger Woods.

[Dusty Slay]

A lot of line drives out there. I mean, I was able to hit stingers.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But no, I couldn't get any height on it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, well, yeah, if you actually play golf, it's like you don't care about stuff like that. If you're hitting it straight and forward, that's really all you need.

[Dusty Slay]

I just feel like that'd be embarrassing if I went out to golf with people and then I'm hitting line drive.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, just say it's a stinger and they go, oh, he knows something I don't know.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, another stinger, boys.

[Nate Bargatze]

This wind is whipping up.

[Aaron Weber]

Stinger Saturday. Fellas, you know.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, think if it's like gambling. I think if I had hit it and it really got some air on it, I might have been like, oh, this is fun. But instead, you know, I lose every time and I'm. I'm thankful to God that I lose.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So I'm not addicted to gambling.

[Aaron Weber]

So you're thankful you're. You're not an immediate.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't blame God that I didn't win the lotto numbers. I'm thankful that I didn't.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, it was fun anyway.

[Dusty Slay]

It was fun and a lot of fun out there.

[Nate Bargatze]

And now football season's over and pitchers and catchers report this week.

[Aaron Weber]

Baseball's back, baby.

[Nate Bargatze]

Got my Nashville sounds head. That's. That's my team.

[Aaron Weber]

Yo. I love it. Yeah, well, you're a Braves fan, too, right?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So you got to get into baseball now, Dustin. You gotta.

[Dusty Slay]

I like baseball, but it's a lot of games, and it's a lot.

[Aaron Weber]

It's 162.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. But, you know, we went to a couple of games. Maybe one. And I liked it.

[Aaron Weber]

We went to an NFL game together that we both did not have a good time. No.

[Dusty Slay]

But the Milwaukee Brew Rocky brewers game was great. Really great.

[Aaron Weber]

And you know who we saw at that game is Sonny Gray. Didn't even know him at the time. Friend of the podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

He's done the podcast. Oh, Son of Gray Buddies with Nate. But I didn't know.

[Dusty Slay]

Was he on the team?

[Aaron Weber]

He was on the opposing team.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

He was on the Reds at the time.

[Dusty Slay]

Sonny Gray. That's a tough name. His parents were like, listen, the last name's kind of dreary, so let's brighten.

[Aaron Weber]

It up a little bit. Hey, he's really good, though.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right. This weekend, I think you two losers were at home, but I was out there on the road. Friday night, I was in Marion, Illinois, at the Little Nashville Cafe. My buddy Alex Faluto sold it out.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

That's awesome.

[Nate Bargatze]

Hot show. A lot of Nateland folks came out. Good time. Then Saturday, I was in Quentin, Virginia. That's just outside Richmond.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. And is that where the FBI is?

[Nate Bargatze]

No, that's Quantica.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. It's close.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

And for laugh all night, we show went from 7 to 8pm and we had a great time. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You're like, I'm only doing jokes for an hour, but you keep laughing.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

A lot of Neat Land folks came to that, brought us some gifts and. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

What about Dry bar people? Do you ever get people that are like, oh, I didn't. I just come in here from Dry Bar. I didn't even know you had a podcast.

[Nate Bargatze]

I don't think so.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Occasionally somebody will know me from Dry Bar, but.

[Dusty Slay]

You ever go to Utah? You ever do shows in Utah?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And not when you're out there.

[Nate Bargatze]

No, not really. I mean, more times than not. I don't know if you've experienced. Well, you didn't have dinner Dry Bar, though, so never mind. Excuse me.

[Aaron Weber]

Let alone two.

[Nate Bargatze]

People will say afterwards, like, oh, now I know. I know you from. From your dry bar.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, a lot of people come up to me and Brian and go, I saw you on channel 4.5.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

For stand Up Nashville.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

Circle Network. The now defunct Circle Network.

[Dusty Slay]

It is too bad.

[Aaron Weber]

I think so.

[Dusty Slay]

It's too bad. I was on there too.

[Aaron Weber]

Somebody know? Somebody told me it was. It was defunct.

[Nate Bargatze]

I thought it was growing.

[Aaron Weber]

I thought they were doing great.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, that started during the pandemic.

[Dusty Slay]

I think they should have utilized us for more stuff.

[Nate Bargatze]

Like it was out More places.

[Aaron Weber]

A cursory Google search shows there's no evidence that the network is defunct. So I want to retract that statement and apologize to all the beautiful people at Opry Network.

[Dusty Slay]

They had Clint Black doing some kind of interview podcast style show. And I'm like, I like Clint, but what. You know, let's let one of us do it or interview one of us.

[Nate Bargatze]

He was hosting it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, let's get some. Some spice up in here.

[Nate Bargatze]

You know, I saw Clint Black do standup comedy.

[Dusty Slay]

Did you?

[Nate Bargatze]

Here at Zany's.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, okay. I bet it wasn't good, huh?

[Nate Bargatze]

It was a weird show.

[Dusty Slay]

I met Clint Black, and I like him.

[Nate Bargatze]

But this was probably.

[Dusty Slay]

Was that Clint Black or Mark Chestnut?

[Nate Bargatze]

Clint Black.

[Aaron Weber]

Clint White.

[Dusty Slay]

Somebody told me Mark Chestnut's big comedy fan.

[Nate Bargatze]

About 15 years ago, when reality shows.

[Aaron Weber]

Were just popping off.

[Nate Bargatze]

Popping off. There was one where celebrities perform another genre of entertainment than what they do.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Clint Black chose standup comedy. So on the show that night, I think TC Co posted it. Then he's like, we got a special guest set. Clint Black comes out, does his set that he's doing for the show. He gets off stage, like, we got another special guest set. Jimmy Fallon comes out. This is when he was about to start doing late night. He was just trying to get his chops back.

[Aaron Weber]

Big celebrity at this point.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah. I mean.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, is Clint Black a big enough celebrity that they. They care.

[Dusty Slay]

90S when he came out for sure.

[Aaron Weber]

Really? Was it like. Was there a pop when he came out? Do you remember?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I mean, I'm sure maybe not everyone there knew who he was, but most people did. Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

My mom used to call him a poor man's George Strait. And then later she was like, oh, no, I like Clint Black. And I'm like, but you said that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it was pretty insulting what he said.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I like Clint Black.

[Nate Bargatze]

And then Jimmy Fallon kills. And then Brett Ernst was the headliner.

[Aaron Weber]

Brett Ernst is great.

[Nate Bargatze]

And he. He destroyed. Yeah, he didn't have a hard time at all.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, but he wasn't doing a different thing.

[Nate Bargatze]

True. But I mean, Jimmy Fallon. People were so excited for Jimmy.

[Dusty Slay]

Jimmy Fallon singing songs.

[Aaron Weber]

No, no, I think he was just. He was there. Unrelated. He was.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, this was just a show. People doing.

[Aaron Weber]

This is just a hot show.

[Dusty Slay]

I thought Clint Black was doing stand up. Jimmy Fallon was doing music now.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm sorry, Cliff Black was on a reality show where he was doing that, but he was at Zany's just practice.

[Aaron Weber]

So he just popped in.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

He popped in.

[Dusty Slay]

Guest spot.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, the guest spot. And then Jimmy Fallon popped in and did a guest spot. And then Brett Ernst just headlined the show.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think Jimmy Fallon's known for his stand up comedy though. Right? I mean, but he was doing it very funny.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And everybody likes him. But I don't think he's known for a stand up comedy. Right.

[Aaron Weber]

No, definitely not anymore.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Yeah, but he doesn't.

[Dusty Slay]

He does a lot of songs and he would have crushed it. He should have came out and did a Clint Black, so.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, you should have. Well, next time when you guys are on there, you can let him know.

[Dusty Slay]

Nothing but the tail lights.

[Aaron Weber]

When we are trying to make progress, life's curveballs often feel like taking one step forward and two steps back. I hate a curveball. I was never able to hit a curveball. That's when my baseball career ended.

[Dusty Slay]

Trouble with the curve.

[Aaron Weber]

Trouble with the curve.

[Nate Bargatze]

Dude, I read that movie and I.

[Aaron Weber]

Thought it was a about my life.

[Nate Bargatze]

Flat Earth documentary.

[Dusty Slay]

It's not.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Nate Bargatze]

So were you guys both on this weekend?

[Aaron Weber]

I, I, we'll talk more about the last because I see some comments. We'll get into last weekend when I was gone, but I was with Kathleen Madigan this weekend, Durham, North Carolina, at the Carolina Theater. Two hot shows.

[Nate Bargatze]

Nice.

[Aaron Weber]

That's very fun. Gosh, she just has so much new stuff, and it's already.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, she's.

[Aaron Weber]

She just turns it over so quickly. She's. She's pretty amazing. But I'll say this. I've flown six times since I've seen y'all last. I am six for six on nobody next to me on the plane. All right, six for six.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Pretty unbelievable streak I'm on right now. I think it's a lot of things.

[Nate Bargatze]

I was two for two this weekend.

[Aaron Weber]

That's pretty good feeling, right?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, maybe it's because we've had, you know, a lot of plane crashes and people are like, I don't think I'm gonna fly.

[Aaron Weber]

The planes were considerably more empty than they usually have been. But even the full flight, I say.

[Dusty Slay]

Let'S have a couple more. Get these, get some space on these plan. I hope everybody's safe, of course, but let's let them go.

[Aaron Weber]

I hope a few empty planes crash.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, exactly.

[Aaron Weber]

Just to scare some people off. But I had a.

[Dusty Slay]

You think that was a plane in Philly, though? It looks like a missile. Have you seen the videos?

[Aaron Weber]

I have seen the video. I haven't. I haven't dug into it yet, but I'm sure we'll talk off air about it. But I had a quote, unquote, completely full flight with an empty middle seat next to me. Exit row, middle seat.

[Dusty Slay]

People doubled up to not sit next to you. Somebody took a lap.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's worth it.

[Dusty Slay]

And the, and the flight attendants were like, I. I'll allow it. We've seen the guy. I'll allow.

[Aaron Weber]

I get it in this case.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I'll get you the seat belt extender.

[Nate Bargatze]

The pilot's like, you can sit up here with me.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

You can't. You can't sit in the exit row of the seat belt extender. Do you know that?

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't know that. I'm, I'm, I'm. I'm for that, though.

[Aaron Weber]

I am for it, too, though. I, I don't. It's like, it's not about the seatbelt extender.

[Dusty Slay]

It's embarrassing if you get moved, though.

[Aaron Weber]

I've seen it.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm sitting at the exit row. The guy back there can't get them belt. He said he can help. Yeah, but we're concerned he might not be able.

[Aaron Weber]

He ain't gonna be able to help. Yeah, well, that's what it is because the seatbelt extender itself does it. You're not losing time in an emergency with. Yeah, you just clip it off like a normal seat belt.

[Dusty Slay]

Right.

[Aaron Weber]

But I think it's. If you need one, you won't have.

[Dusty Slay]

Time to get the Vaseline in between the armrests to get you out.

[Nate Bargatze]

Dusty is brutal today.

[Aaron Weber]

Anyway. Six for six. I was proud.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And we'll talk. We'll talk more about everything else in a while, but where were you, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

I was at home.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay, let me ask you this, because I. All right. I flew southwest this weekend.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Pretty empty plane going and coming.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

What. What do you guys think? How far off? You know, the order, a 1 through 30, 60 BC. That you would have to be out of line before they'll. When they get up there, that they'll stop you.

[Aaron Weber]

If it's not a full flight, you probably have a, you know, five or six before they say something. So you can be. I'm guessing you could be 31 and you go at 25 or whatever. And they're not going to say much more than that. They go, hey, you got it? Oh, what do you think? That's. That's my thinking. Full flight. I think they're going to be a little more serious about it and strict about it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But if everybody, if like. Yeah, everybody's going to be able to spread out. It's like, who really cares?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

What do you think?

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, you're probably right.

[Dusty Slay]

I think you got to be a letter off.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, that's all I've seen is, sir, this is a group and you're B. But yeah, I just wonder if, like, if you're a 22 and a 47 sneaks up there, are they gonna. Sir, you gotta go back.

[Aaron Weber]

I've started to be more assertive about it. I told a woman, you gotta. She was like a 21 and she was hanging out at a 16, and.

[Nate Bargatze]

You gotta Southwest, but you're doing it yourself.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah. I go up and I go, look, you gotta. This is where the game is played in the. In these few spots right here. Because I want the exit row, aisle seat. And you can't. Like, that's why I'm here. A16.

[Dusty Slay]

I was, I was there one time. I Had a one. And another guy was like, oh, I got a one, too. And he showed me the ticket, and I was like, I don't think so. But I just was like, I don't know how to. I don't know how to argue with this guy about it. And then we get up there and they go, that's the wrong ticket to you or him? Him. He had the wrong ticket. He had, like a ticket for later flight.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh. And then he just switch over.

[Dusty Slay]

They let him go ahead.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow, what a. I mean, that's a pretty ingenious.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Just to go, oh, my bad. And you're actually C34 or whatever.

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't care.

[Aaron Weber]

I respect it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, well, it's cheating.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, of course it is. But it's. I mean, it's pretty smart. I would never have thought to do that. Yeah, I'm not as big of a scumbag to think to do that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Anyway, you guys want to get in these comments?

[Aaron Weber]

Let's do it. Let's do it.

[Nate Bargatze]

You going to marry?

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, I'll do it. Comments come from, as always, Twitter, our x. Yeah. Instagram, YouTube, Apple podcast reviews, and [e-mail] or if you see Brian on the street, put him in a. Put him in a headlock and let them know.

[Dusty Slay]

Or bring a gift to me at a show with a comment inside.

[Aaron Weber]

Have people done that?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know, but I figured I'd put it out there.

[Nate Bargatze]

People bring me gifts and they'll say, I've commented two or three times. You guys haven't read it yet. I'm like, oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

You're like, well, probably because your comments are like this. You could have came at me with a witty kind of thing today. You know what I mean?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Really go at them.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, we go. You got to step it up a bit. We get a lot of comments, you know. First comment comes from Joe Gatto. I believe we accomplished a hot episode. Thanks so much for having me. Wow. I was so jealous. Joe was on the podcast and I was going, I'm a giant impractical jokers fan, dude.

[Dusty Slay]

It was a fun episode.

[Aaron Weber]

And Joe Gatto, you ever seen him on that show? That guy's a menace.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, it was a fun show.

[Nate Bargatze]

Wild Dusty proclaimed the show hot. Five minutes in.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

And Dusty's like. And, I mean, Joe's basically saying, we lived up to Dusty's. Yeah, he spoke it into existence.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, it was a hot show. He's very funny, very nice guy. I'd never met him Very funny, Very nice.

[Aaron Weber]

I opened for him once. Really struggled with his audience.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I can see that.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah. But. But he was great. Next comment from Mrs. Carlin. We got Joe Gatto, George Carlin. It's crazy. I would say I missed Aaron on this. Oh, Mrs. Carlin. His wife, his daughter.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I would say I missed Aaron on this episode, but I'm seeing him everywhere these days. Aaron, congrats on the special. It was hilarious. Great episode, y'all. Thank you, Mrs. Carlin.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

Special has been doing well. If you haven't watched it yet, Signature dish. It's on the Nateland YouTube. If you're watching it on YouTube, just flip back a few videos. Signature dish, 30 minutes. It's a hot 30 minutes.

[Dusty Slay]

It is a hot 30 minutes. You know, I shared it and then it really bumped up.

[Aaron Weber]

I appreciate that. I got the dusty bump. Yeah, I was pumped with it and.

[Dusty Slay]

A great Tonight Show.

[Aaron Weber]

Thanks, dude. I think we got a comment about that coming right up. We'll get into it. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Jared Bartlett. How about that? Joe Gatto, Mrs. Carlin, and President Bartlett.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh.

[Aaron Weber]

From the West Wing, Jared Bartlett. As someone who has never seen Aaron's comedy and only seen him on the pod, I was worried. But Signature Dish was awesome. Very excited to see his full hour special. One day when Nateland is its own streaming service. Keep it up. Hope to one day see the whole band. Right now, I've only seen the b boom. So the bar is low.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's what I try to. We're all professional comedians here. It's like, yeah, they. The. Some people act like we're Nate sidekicks out here. We're all professional comedians.

[Aaron Weber]

We're all doing our own stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I was worried that Aaron wouldn't be funny. It's like, Aaron's great, but I love.

[Aaron Weber]

That people are coming in blind and just go and let's just give it a shot. So that's good. And Nate did produce the special, so thank you so much.

[Dusty Slay]

Say that you might not get, you know, maybe you get an hour on Netflix. You know, that's true.

[Aaron Weber]

But he's also. Jared's wishing that continued success for Nateland too. Maybe Nateland will be the next Netflix.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Very soon.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that would be nice, but I, you know, I just, you know, I want Jared to give you your own credit here.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. You know, thanks, man.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I mean, I want to call this guy out.

[Nate Bargatze]

And the worry. He's probably taking a shot at me on that.

[Aaron Weber]

He was his way Underlined, worried. Okay, right there. Gabe Allen, Congratulations on the Tonight Show, Aaron. Though I'm sorry to say our distance from the sun does not affect the seasons. It is the tilt of the Earth on its axis.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what I was saying.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that was Dusty's main point, for sure. I've been corrected on this. And I got. You know, it makes perfect sense.

[Dusty Slay]

It is what I was saying.

[Aaron Weber]

It's something I have not thought about ever. And then once somebody says it, you go, oh, that does make a lot of sense, though. I will make a bold claim that I think you're going to be a little bit hotter if you're 3 million miles closer to the sun.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm going to say this.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't. I don't know. I don't have a lot of science to back that up, but if you're 3 million mile miles closer to something incredibly hot, I think you're going to be a little warmer.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's.

[Aaron Weber]

That's my thoughts.

[Nate Bargatze]

Everyone came after you on this, but I didn't speak up. And because I. For. This is a.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, because it's not worth it. Because that's not how any of it works anyway.

[Aaron Weber]

But now here's what I think.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, I was just going to say I learned this in school. It's. It's an example of something I just forget.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Over time.

[Aaron Weber]

Because you're not thinking about the tilt of the Earth on its axis.

[Dusty Slay]

And over time, your mind, it was tilted, purges itself of false information. And you're like, you forget it. Because you go, that doesn't make sense.

[Aaron Weber]

I think. I think my problem is, you know, we're all wrong about stuff on this podcast. Right. Well, but when I'm wrong about stuff, I really dig in and say it like I'm right.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I know.

[Aaron Weber]

And I'm really act confident when I'm really not, which I think I'm trying to do. Good radio here. That's part of it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I've also got severe character flaws, so, you know, maybe just take that into account. You know what I'm saying?

[Nate Bargatze]

So we all have them?

[Aaron Weber]

No, just me. Oh, yeah, you guys.

[Dusty Slay]

I read some comments one day, and a lady was like, my husband knows a lot about space, and he heard me listening to the podcast, and he goes, what's that? And she goes, don't even listen. It's gonna make you dumber. And I just. It's a funny comment. Much love to her and her husband.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I love that.

[Dusty Slay]

I just love when people go, my husband knows A lot about space. And I'm like, well, you. You read a lot of stuff. You did read a lot of stuff.

[Aaron Weber]

He hasn't been.

[Dusty Slay]

Probably not. Yeah. I mean, I guarantee it.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right, so tonight's show. Awesome.

[Aaron Weber]

Thank you, man.

[Nate Bargatze]

Great job.

[Aaron Weber]

It's very fun.

[Nate Bargatze]

You've done a lot of big things. Bridgetown Arena, Opry, other TV stuff. How does this rank as far as nervousness?

[Aaron Weber]

Nervousness. You know, they did such a good job preparing you for the set that by the time I did it, I knew what I had to do. And you don't really have time to. You're kind of just like, oh, this is happening. So they just, like, walk you out. So I did exactly what Dusty recommended, which is. I have the picture here. Here's me running my set to an empty room.

[Dusty Slay]

Yes.

[Aaron Weber]

An empty Tonight show set. There's three. I mean, you see a couple people there sitting, and they were very generous laughers. They were giving me some pity laughs as I ran my set.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm gonna tell you, that's new. The first time I did it, which was my best set, I would say, of my Tonight show, the first one, nobody laughed when I did it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

This time I did it. And they were laughing in the audience, and it threw me almost. I was like, whoa. I was not expecting this.

[Aaron Weber]

Maybe you bombed so bad that first sound check, they made it a policy afterwards. Guys, we gott. We can't crash their confidence.

[Nate Bargatze]

Put in the laugh track.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So Michael Cox of the Tonight show, who he was so great about, like, every variable that you can think of, you know, you walk out, you got. You point at Jimmy Fallon, then they tell you to point at the band. So we, like, practice doing that to the point where I thought it was overkill. But then by the time I did the real set, I was like, oh, I'm glad. I'm glad we did all that. One funny thing I'll tell y'all is he told me it's about a 50, 50 chance the crowd is going to stand when you walk out. And it has nothing to do with you. It's just sometimes if there's. It's the right combination of people in the audience, they will just, for whatever reason, stand when every guest is brought out. So he said, if that's the case, you have to tell them to sit down before you start your first joke, or else the first joke is just lost. Right. So I would never even thought to do that. And if you watch the video, I'm sure I walk out there, I Go. All right, sit down, sit down, sit down. So I told Stephen Bargetze that last night. I told him that story, and he goes, thank God. I thought you were such a hack. I thought you were doing. Oh, please, I got a fake standing.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's what I thought, too.

[Aaron Weber]

No, they were standing up. I mean, they look like I really. They knew who I was, but they didn't. Yeah, they were just. They stood up for Adrian Brody, they stood up for Adina Menzel, and then me, so it's just a Funny. I would never have thought it would come across that way.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I didn't think that, but. Because they. The last time I was there, they stood for me, too.

[Nate Bargatze]

But you didn't say it.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I just. But I always take a little bit of time to get going.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. So it's not going to. They'll be set down.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But I had. I let him know. Come on. Come on.

[Dusty Slay]

You also got. You got an energy that you can say, sit down, and it doesn't come across. If I come out and go, sit down. Sit down.

[Nate Bargatze]

That guy's gonna need Vaseline.

[Dusty Slay]

Can you even get in your chair?

[Aaron Weber]

You start calling the audience.

[Dusty Slay]

I would never do that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Start heckling down as soon as you walk.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know why I'm even making these jokes with you. It just seems fun to do.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it is fun, but it was a, you know, a very cool experience. It felt like, I don't know, there's me and Jimmy Fallon talking before the show. He comes around. You have like, 30 seconds to talk to him in your. In your dressing room.

[Dusty Slay]

That's a weird conversation, because other people are watching you talk to Jimmy Fallon.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, there's a whole camera crew. I mean, look, there's a photographer took this picture.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So there's a whole crew behind him. And they were like, just kind of pick one thing you want to. You talk to him. You can say Nate or talk to him about Zany's. And I was like, I think we're all a little sick of talking about Nate.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know what I mean? That guy's enough press.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So we talked about Zany's for a minute. He told a funny Zany story about Clint Black. No, not the Clint Black story, but about. About something else. But Lucy was there, too. So I. I said, this is my wife. She works at Zany's. And then that got him into the same story, but just very nice guy. After the set, I went over and sat on the. The. The couch with Him. And it looks like we're chopping it up right here. But this is like. This is a snap. I was there for, like, five seconds, and I. I think I'm saying everybody here has been so great. Thank you so much.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But it looks like I'm going, here's how. Here's how comedy works. Jimmy Fallon, but he watched my set. He had really nice things to say. He went through, like, every joke during the commercial break. He was like, that joke did. He's like that. So it was just really cool, man. And a good experience, cool thing to do. Felt like the biggest thing I've done. Like, people hitting me up, like, from high school and stuff. I've had stuff that probably means more to my career, like, objectively, like. Like jfl, something like that, or like getting an agent. But this is something people understand.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. They all recognize it. That's. Yeah. I mean, the. When I. The first time that I did, it was, like, huge for text messages and people reaching out and people I haven't talked to in a long time.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Now it's like nobody almost. My mom didn't even know I was on it.

[Aaron Weber]

Really?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, that may be on you, Dusty. I don't think your mom is required to check the TV list.

[Dusty Slay]

Keep up with what I got going on.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I text you. Congrats. Great job. Never heard from you, but.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, I'm sorry. I was getting blown up, but, you know, and I knew I'd see you. Yeah, no, I texted you during the podcast. Remember? I text.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, but I hadn't seen it yet. I text you once I watched it.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh. I mean, I texted you right after I got off stage.

[Dusty Slay]

Basically one of the first people.

[Aaron Weber]

I was thinking about you my whole set, Brian.

[Nate Bargatze]

I could kind of tell. I could kind of tell. Sit down.

[Aaron Weber]

Uhhuh. And I want to thank Christy Johnson at Purpose Boutique for sending me those clothes. Said to me, those shoes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you look good.

[Aaron Weber]

It was a sharp look.

[Dusty Slay]

I was really pulling up old photos of it the other day. You've completely transformed.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Some of those old pictures are tough to look at.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But it was awesome. Thank you to everybody. I got a lot of nice messages from people and stuff, so it was. It was really cool.

[Nate Bargatze]

And the seller was great.

[Aaron Weber]

The comedy seller was. I was more nervous about that, honestly, that set, because Comedy Sellers, that iconic, legendary club in New York, and I've never gone up there. And then when you do this night show, they kind of parade you around and let you hop up on all the shows. And. And I got to do them.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, it was.

[Aaron Weber]

That's. It was really.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that, too.

[Aaron Weber]

It was really cool.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's awesome.

[Aaron Weber]

And. Yeah, it was awesome. Thank you, everybody.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, Good stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

Great question, Gabe.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, thank you, Gabe. Robert J. We're back to the comments.

[Nate Bargatze]

Gabe didn't even have a question, Dusty, but go ahead.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, Gabe was actually just correcting my science.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Robert J. You guys are so clueless, it's hilarious. All right, let's move on. Brett, you guys are so clueless, it's hilarious. Breakfast said, gravity is because of magnetism in the Earth. No, it's because of mass.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Last week, Nate, for the third straight week, did his whole ball in the water thing, which I don't really even understand what he's saying.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't really know what he's saying.

[Nate Bargatze]

Either, but I was just trying to say. And I even said right after I said it, magnetism is probably not the right word, but it has.

[Dusty Slay]

Clueless. It's hilarious.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, right?

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm doing it for Robert.

[Aaron Weber]

So clueless. It's hilarious.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Dr. Robert J. Writing in.

[Nate Bargatze]

I was just trying to. I was trying to make Nate understand gravity is not a gas that leaks in. It's. It's a force. And I said magnetism, which is not the right word, but it made it worse when he said, oh, so it's like two magnets that push off. I'm like, oh, boy.

[Dusty Slay]

Doesn't exist. It doesn't matter.

[Aaron Weber]

All right, well, it's holding the universe together. But it's tough to explain gravity to a guy when there's a picture of him dressed as George Washington right behind him. You know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

The reality is no one can explain it.

[Aaron Weber]

Plenty of people can't explain it. Not four idiots. On a comedy.

[Dusty Slay]

No one can.

[Aaron Weber]

I've. I mean, I've heard it explained. Scientists have explained.

[Dusty Slay]

It appealed to you.

[Aaron Weber]

They've detected gravitational waves. I've seen it.

[Dusty Slay]

They detected them.

[Nate Bargatze]

There's nothing.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, they detected them.

[Nate Bargatze]

There's nothing they could say that could convince you. I'll agree with that.

[Aaron Weber]

Huh?

[Dusty Slay]

They can't. There's not. There's no. I mean, you can go to great lengths to make explanations and be like, but you can't. No one can explain.

[Aaron Weber]

Tell you what, if you drop a bottle of water and it goes up in the sky, give me a call, let me know.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, if the bottle of water is lighter than the air around it, but then it will rise.

[Aaron Weber]

Why?

[Dusty Slay]

Because it's It's. It's. It's lighter than the air around it.

[Aaron Weber]

But why. Why would that mean it would go up?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, because the air around it would be heavier.

[Aaron Weber]

But why would the heavy thing go down?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that's just the way it works. The heavy thing.

[Aaron Weber]

It's just the way.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, so you just brew gravity.

[Aaron Weber]

No, gravity is not real. But sometimes.

[Dusty Slay]

What about.

[Aaron Weber]

What about a bigger thing will make a small.

[Dusty Slay]

So it's all about weight.

[Aaron Weber]

So, like, it's not about weight, it's about mass.

[Dusty Slay]

But a balloo or a butterfly.

[Aaron Weber]

But what about a balloon or a butterfly?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, they. They have. You know, they have surface area. And.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, if a butterfly stops flapping its wings, it falls to the ground.

[Dusty Slay]

So its wings are so strong that it defies gravity.

[Aaron Weber]

No, that's not. That's not how. Well, I mean, gravity works. I mean, it's air.

[Dusty Slay]

There's air resistance, but it holds me to the earth.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Flight is amazing. I'm not saying that. I'm not acting like it's super, but.

[Dusty Slay]

Like a balloon, you know, it's. That the. The helium is lighter than the air around it, so it floats.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, that's what I'm saying.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. All right.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I thought I saw a UFO on a plane of the day.

[Aaron Weber]

Did you really?

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, there's no need to balloon zipping by me. I'm just saying no one can explain it. It. That's the point.

[Aaron Weber]

I think people can't explain it.

[Nate Bargatze]

I didn't really understand it until you explained it well, but.

[Dusty Slay]

But a helium in a balloon, it just floats right away. I mean, and nothing's pulling it down. But if you put, you know, just oxygen in a balloon, if it falls, the balloon itself weighs the same. Right. But the helium makes it lighter, so it floats.

[Nate Bargatze]

Right.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Every week, so many people write in trying to explain it to us, and I would just encourage this. Don't listen, because we're not going to read it.

[Dusty Slay]

If you go, you guys are so clueless. It's hilarious. And they're gonna lump us all in.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

It should just be me.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, yeah. I mean, Robert J. Is pulling you guys into this, but yet you guys still want to be on Robert J. Side.

[Aaron Weber]

We got no Robert J. And I.

[Dusty Slay]

You guys want to convince.

[Aaron Weber]

We're not.

[Dusty Slay]

You're like Robert J. We're buddies.

[Aaron Weber]

Let us be buddies.

[Dusty Slay]

I want Robert J. To know. I don't care.

[Nate Bargatze]

He's the only one who's called me hilarious on this podcast.

[Aaron Weber]

To jump into the next Comment. Brett Bacon. Great name. What does Dusty think about the announcement that NASA is doing a twitch live stream from the International Space Station this Wednesday?

[Dusty Slay]

I can't wait. I mean, I think that is. That's going to be something.

[Nate Bargatze]

Someone sent us a video today of one of the astronauts with a baseball glove and a baseball. And he would throw the ball, not hard, but get it going. And then he would zip past it and catch it himself.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that's cool. Amazing. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

How do you think he's doing that?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know, but he not floating in. In the air though.

[Nate Bargatze]

Cgi.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean there's a lot of things, but yeah, I mean there's so much they can do with video by the time it gets to us. I mean it's like, it's truly amazing what they can do with video now.

[Aaron Weber]

Now.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, the movie Gravity with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney is really amazing. It's an amazing.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's a real thing.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a real movie. And that's what I'm saying. They make it look so real.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The next comment comes from Jordan.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, come on.

[Aaron Weber]

Gibbs. Jordan, Gibbs. Now that Dusty is into you skip.

[Nate Bargatze]

That one on purpose.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, I did not mean to skip that one. I'm sorry. Corey Crowley. Brett Bacon and Corey Crowley.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know if any of these people are real, but I like the names Corey Crowley. I'm curious if the guys have any funny stories about open micrs when they were around them earlier in their career.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm still around them.

[Aaron Weber]

I was going to say, I mean, I might be going to open mic this week.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't understand this question about just open micrs in general. Or is he saying somebody you knew as an open micr that's now gone on to do big things.

[Nate Bargatze]

I think he may have tried an open mic and some. Just some crazy people there doing some crazy things.

[Aaron Weber]

Crazy stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh yeah. Open mic is an insane place. I brought my brother in law one time who's a pretty religious guy and he went to an open mic in East Nashville with me. Cult Fiction Underground. He was just in town doing some work and he thought, I'll go to the open mic with you and you know, religious, but also, you know, he's been around a little bit, he's heard it all before and he left that open mic like distraught a little bit.

[Aaron Weber]

About what?

[Dusty Slay]

Just the content, the things people said.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

The things that come out of people's mouths at an open mic. It is so wild.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. But you got to Let people try. Yeah, you got to let people try.

[Dusty Slay]

It's a fun place to be.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Open mic.

[Aaron Weber]

And I think if somebody. I think when. If the joke bombs, then that's all. That's all the punishment.

[Nate Bargatze]

He was disturbed not by the bad comedy, but what they were actually saying.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Their lives.

[Aaron Weber]

But if the comedy would have been better, he would have been less distressed.

[Dusty Slay]

That's true. That is very true. I mean, just a lot. I mean, that was a very small room. I love that room. That's one of my favorite rooms. It's gone now, but you remember it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah. You did a special there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Well, my making that Fudge album I recorded there. But it was so great. But it would get wild in there because you're just in a little box.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And gosh, you can escape it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I mean, we gotta. I still gotta open mics when I can. And we've gone to. The three of us have gone to thousands of them, so it's. Yeah, we got a lot of storage. I met Dusty in open mic at the Bobby's Idol Hour. I probably met you at an open mic.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I can't remember where specifically.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But I met Brian at Zany's.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah, that's right.

[Aaron Weber]

Big time. All right.

[Nate Bargatze]

And I'd already heard about you.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

From my friend Lori Hinkle.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. Went to kind of went to high school with Laura Hinkle. She went to a different school, but same town.

[Nate Bargatze]

You know how I've had this numerous times? People say, oh, you do comedy. I got a buddy who's trying, you know, and it's never anyone that you've either heard of or they're ever gonna be in. Good. She's like, I got a friend from school. His name's Dusty Slay. Like, I can already tell by that name he's not funny.

[Aaron Weber]

You go, dude, you can't have a stage name buddy. That sounds crazy. And then you see him and you go, oh, that's your real name for sure.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah, it was fun. Yeah. Me, you, Chad Ryden on the Keith Albersett Show.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yep, yep. I remember that.

[Dusty Slay]

It was a hot show.

[Nate Bargatze]

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Nate Bargatze]

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[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

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[Aaron Weber]

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[Aaron Weber]

H E L p.comnate jordan gibbs next comment. Now that Dusty is into classical music, can we please get a dusty sleighs Top 5 classical music song segment? By the way, I totally recommend listening to Finnish composer Jean Sebelius. Yeah, it's outstanding.

[Dusty Slay]

I will look this up. The thing about classical music is like country music, I've been listening to it my whole life. Right? So it's like, I know so many songs, right. And plus. And they're all narrowed down to a name and. And an artist. It's like there's so many classical music artists and the songs are always like, you know, sonata 86 in.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, concerto number four, whatever.

[Dusty Slay]

And you're like, yeah, A minor, D flat. And it's like, it's hard to even remember what song you listened to before.

[Aaron Weber]

But you recognize them when you hear them.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

You should do Dusty Slay's top five classic drinking songs.

[Aaron Weber]

Classical drinking.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, classical drinking songs. Classical music to drink to.

[Nate Bargatze]

No, about drinking.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, country music class.

[Nate Bargatze]

No, classical. That's.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know that. There's no words though, so it's hard.

[Aaron Weber]

That was the joke.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right, I'll go back to the open mic. Let's try to be funny.

[Dusty Slay]

Am I the only one missing? I mean, it seems like everybody.

[Aaron Weber]

The joke was that. Yeah, I Mean, Robert J.

[Nate Bargatze]

Is the only one who thinks I'm hilarious.

[Aaron Weber]

I know. And he probably took that back just now. He's like, maybe it is magnetism. I don't know. Amadeus. You ever see the movie Amadeus?

[Dusty Slay]

No, but I am familiar.

[Aaron Weber]

Unbelievable movie. And the soundtrack, I mean, it's about Mozart. Mozart. Somebody pointed out I say his name wrong, but Requiem, he wrote the soundtrack for his own funeral when he was alive. And it's unbelievable. So that, that's a fun listen.

[Dusty Slay]

If you go, listen, I was recommended.

[Aaron Weber]

That album Mozart's Requiem. Yeah, yeah. It's awesome.

[Nate Bargatze]

Someone say, said I say it Mozart.

[Aaron Weber]

Like that's how I just said it now. And I had to correct myself. It's Mozart.

[Nate Bargatze]

But you're putting a T. Yeah, you.

[Aaron Weber]

Kind of put a little.

[Nate Bargatze]

But before that T, you were say.

[Aaron Weber]

It the way I was saying in Mozart.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, but you're still saying Mo Zart. They're saying. I was saying Mo's art.

[Aaron Weber]

Mozart.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Mozart.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. All right.

[Aaron Weber]

Amadeus. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sorry, what a name. Chris Berry. What has doing shows at colleges, college campuses been like for you all? I've only done a handful, so I'm going to defer to these other two guys.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I've only done a handful too, but they've all been great. I love them. I have a good time. I.

[Nate Bargatze]

Those University of Kentucky shows were great.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, the gigs that I've actually been booked on, like by my agent to go perform at a college have all been really good. The old Tom Sobel gigs at the University of Kentucky are some of the worst gigs. They are really bad. But I just, I think it's different. I think he got some kind of contract to just do weekly shows at the University of Kentucky. So nobody cared about that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

But when you, you know, I feel like when you actually get booked by a college to go, I feel like it's a bit of a special event still. A ton of people don't come. I was with Fortune Feimster, actually opening for her. I did a run of theaters with her and these were sold out theaters. Like people paying lots of money to come see her. But we started the run by doing a college in New Orleans. What is that college?

[Aaron Weber]

There's a few. Two lane.

[Dusty Slay]

Tulane. Yeah. And free. Free show.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Barely anyone shows up and it's like she's selling out theaters. But then this free show at a college. Barely anyone.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And I did.

[Aaron Weber]

I. Dude, I think about that. But I didn't go to a single thing and I didn't even know that stuff was happening.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And I think that's what's happening.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I think a lot of comics I know now did shows while I was there on campus that I never knew about it. So it's just stuff gets lost in the fray.

[Dusty Slay]

But it's. I've really only had good experiences with colleges. Even during COVID I did some zoom college shows that were fun.

[Aaron Weber]

I think what you've probably heard is famous comedians talking about you can't say anything on college campuses anymore. The environments to PC, all that. That. Which maybe it is, but I don't think any of us up here are that kind of comic. So we can just do our act and everything's fine.

[Dusty Slay]

And I don't talk about gravity when I'm doing comedy.

[Aaron Weber]

Right. He saves that for the meet and greet.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I do that after the show.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. It's more of a fun conversational thing.

[Nate Bargatze]

I've only done colleges a couple times. At my age, they don't want to see me. I'm their parents age.

[Dusty Slay]

Did you do well? You know what I said? I said to some college, I said, listen, I don't know if you guys are going to find this funny, but I just want you to know your dads think it's hilarious.

[Aaron Weber]

That's pretty good. Yeah, that's a good line. I'm too old for him. I mean, I'm.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I say I do comedy for a lot of old people. That's what I say.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, I was like, if I could do a college now. I'm. I was a freshman in high school and these kids were born.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. When I was just two or three years in is when Angela Johnson was blowing up with Bunkweek and all that. And she did mtsu, did a back to school free show, like you're saying, at the Murphy center there where they play basketball. And I opened for. And up until Bridgestone arena, that was the biggest crowd I'd ever done. It was like 5, 000 people.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, it's a big crowd. How'd it go?

[Nate Bargatze]

Not great.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, it's just so chaotic.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

People just, you know.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's really hard.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, totally. Yeah. Next comment comes from Ben Blykum.

[Dusty Slay]

That's too many Ls.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. It's like you want to eat a.

[Nate Bargatze]

Vowel in the middle there.

[Aaron Weber]

You want a llama. You know what I mean? Bike him like Blykamp.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Two L's.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So Ben. Ben B. It seemed that Aaron had a lot more energy on stage than in his older Clips from years ago. Is this something he actively worked on or does it come with experience and confidence? Confidence. Do you get feedback from other comics? I remember Bill Burr mentioned on a podcast he consciously tried to include more physical acting or comedy in one of his specials. I was on drugs. Thank you, Ben.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

No, I don't know. I guess now we've all like. It was. I didn't go in and go. I haven't made a conscious decision to like have more energy. There are small things that I think about and have tried to fix, but I think in general you just kind of evolve and, and I don't know, maybe I am more energetic than I was years ago. I don't know. It's not something I like set out to do.

[Dusty Slay]

I think it's happened to me too. Even not as extreme. But you probably were never as low energy as I used to be.

[Aaron Weber]

Even your first album is so different than you are.

[Dusty Slay]

But the comedy I do now, I'm much more energized and I, I don't know if it's confidence, but you just, I don't know, you just do it so many times that you just feel like, all right, I'm, I'm, I feel more natural out here. Yeah, I'm not, I don't feel like I'm really performing as much as I am. Just I'm natural out here now.

[Nate Bargatze]

We've all done. I mean, Nate is, even Nate, he was still low energy, but when he first started, he was even more low energy. Same for me. I wanted, when I first started, I wanted to have like a Steven Wright type of vibe.

[Dusty Slay]

Me too. Mitch Hedberg was who I was going for.

[Nate Bargatze]

But yes, I wasn't trying to do those type of jokes.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

But that energy is what I was okay doing.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

And then over time I just gradually.

[Aaron Weber]

Like the, the mysterious kind of downtrodden. But I'm just trying to. I mean, you should do a set like that one of these nights. Just like there's big jacket on, kind of looking down at the ground.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, was my first five years.

[Aaron Weber]

In comedy, was it really?

[Nate Bargatze]

As far as booking down, no confidence.

[Dusty Slay]

I like to think I was doing a combination of Mitch Hedberg and Ron White. That's what I like to think when I started comedy. Yeah, like I was like always drinking on stage but doing slow jokes like Mitch Hedberg. I wanted to do kind of one liner jokes. That's what I thought I was doing. That's who I thought I was. And I think I did pre. I think I Was pulling it off.

[Nate Bargatze]

But with the overalls.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, no, no, this was after the. The overalls.

[Aaron Weber]

You're wearing shoes.

[Dusty Slay]

The overalls was a forgotten period in comedy for me.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And it's was a. Yeah, it's a real learning curve. I had a lot of learning curves in life.

[Aaron Weber]

Next comment comes from Divalidioti, a classical music composer. Divalidioti Concerto number two. Yeah, you guys always talk about how good a club is when you talk about your weekends. What makes a club good for a comedian? Also, do you think a clean club that doesn't serve alcohol could work? I mean, to answer your second question, no.

[Nate Bargatze]

There was one for a while. Gutties.

[Dusty Slay]

I think it could work, but it's really hard. And this is why it's really hard. Because you're not going to find that many clean comics that. Because once the clean comics get very good, then they want to make money. And so if you're not serving alcohol, then you're not. You're giving all the ticket sales to the comic. So you're not making any money. You need the alcohol to make the. To. To fund the club. You need alcohol and food to fund the club. That's why I think, you know, I don't know if we're allowed to just mention them by name, but that's why, that's what I think happened to Gutties. I mean, they wanted to be. They wanted to be like, we can do this without selling alcohol, but you can't pay people enough. Like, it's like, if I can go make more money at a different club, then I'm going to do that. And you know, they couldn't afford it because, you know, you need the alcohol sales.

[Aaron Weber]

It's tough. I mean, we've also seen plenty of regular clubs close.

[Dusty Slay]

Yes.

[Aaron Weber]

In our time too. So I think it's just a hard business in general to keep going. The breakdowns different for every club, I think. But I. What people need to understand is these are largely. They're essentially bars and restaurants that allow us to do stand up.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So that's how they're making their money. That's how they're keeping the lights on. That's how they're paying the staff. So once you remove that from it, I mean, even these clubs that we know of them that don't serve food, it's a guy. I don't know how they.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

If it's just alcohol.

[Dusty Slay]

And the first question here, I think what makes a good club is if.

[Aaron Weber]

You sell tickets, it's. Well, that does make Part of it, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But I. I think it's. Does the club care about the comics?

[Aaron Weber]

Right?

[Dusty Slay]

Like, because you can go there. I've been to some clubs where I wasn't selling tickets, and there's definitely some that I think are bad, and there's others that. That I think are good when you're selling out. They're all good. But it's like, I remember I was doing a club one time early on, I definitely was not selling out, and the microphone was not loud. I could tell by the first comic that it wasn't loud. So I went to the club owner, and I go, hey, do you mind, you know, turning the mic up? Because it's not. It's barely on. She goes, you know, I'll get to it. And then as the show goes on, I see that it's like, she's not doing it. And we're about to get to me going on stage. And at that time, I was definitely reliant on the microphone. Right.

[Aaron Weber]

As a. Yeah, it's fair to be.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Relying on a microphone as a.

[Dusty Slay]

We all are. But it's like, at that time, I assume especially was. And I could. And I go back to her and I go, hey, you know, I'm about to go up and the mic's still not turned up. And she's like, I've been doing this for 20 years.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, my God.

[Dusty Slay]

And it's just like, yeah, okay. I don't care how long you've been doing it. I'm not trying to tell you how to run the club. I'm just asking you, will you turn the microphone up? So we just went to the soundboard and figured it out, and we turned.

[Aaron Weber]

It up while the comics on stage.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Start messing with the level.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, we just turned it up. There's another guy at a club. He yelled at me in the middle of the showroom because he had, like, 10 comics on stage before me. And I just went to him and I go, hey, do you mind, you know, us not doing so many comics? Before I get up on stage, he goes yelling at me, you're not going to tell me how to run my club? And I'm like, I just want the show to be good.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

That's all you're paying me to come here. I just want the show to be good.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I've talked about this with y'all, but sometimes there's like, a philosophical misunderstanding at a club where you show up and they act like it's their show that they're letting you do.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And then good clubs, you show up and they go, oh, this is your show. How would you like it to be run? Yeah, that's the main difference. So that. That example you just talked about, that's like. That's their show that they're letting you do.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

So they're like, why would this guy ask about how many comics are in on it?

[Dusty Slay]

Right.

[Aaron Weber]

This.

[Dusty Slay]

He's.

[Aaron Weber]

He's doing our show. That's not really how it works. That's the good clubs will do basically whatever you want for the show.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And. And that's the difference.

[Dusty Slay]

And then it's like, you know, I. I never will say I'll never go back to that club, but I will actively try.

[Aaron Weber]

You're never going back to that club, that's for sure.

[Dusty Slay]

But I will actively try to never go back to the clubs that don't treat me right. And it's just like. Just being nice to me, you know, doing small things, the little things.

[Aaron Weber]

Dude, I. I think when I did Cleveland, I sold no tickets to Hilarities.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But I showed up, and they had made. They had made a little sign on the green room door, and I was like, oh, that stuff means. It seems so stupid and insignificant, but you do so many clubs where they don't. They're. They almost seem annoyed that you're there.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

When you do have a place that is at least acting like they're excited to have you, that. That's. That's all the difference.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, Hilarities is a great club, and that's why. Because the people that work there really care about you. And when they care about you, they also care about the audience. They also care about their club. And so people come there, and it's a fun experience. The same way for Zanies. I mean, Zany's. From the. From the time. The very first time I did comedy here, everyone was so nice with me. Yeah. Yeah. Well, actually, my first time, I opened for Pablo Francisco here.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh.

[Dusty Slay]

Shortly. Shortly before the time. Little Tortilla. And everyone was. Yeah, everyone was so nice to me.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

The club. This club has always been nice to me, and it's continued to be nice to me. And it's like. It's like I did a club. I actually did. I don't know if I want to say the club, but. But I did a club, and I had. We booked this deal long ago, and I agreed to a certain amount, and there was no bonuses in the deal. Sometimes when you go to a club for your first time around, there's no Bonuses in the deal. Right. So. But I go there and I sell out five shows. So the. The money that I'm to receive is much lower than what it would have been had these percentage deals been put into place.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

But this club, knowing that they didn't have to do it, did it anyway and just went ahead and paid me as if we had. They go, you sold out five shows. We're going to.

[Aaron Weber]

We'll make it. Right.

[Dusty Slay]

And it was like. It was unbelievable.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. And you'll remember that forever with that. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

You don't want to mention that club.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I don't know. I don't. I don't want somebody to be like, oh, I can't do that for me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I don't.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But, yeah. And we're very lucky to have a great club here in Nashville, so.

[Dusty Slay]

And they care about the local comics. They're always trying to help. They do a class here. They're always trying to help comics get to the next level. So whenever people really locally begrudge this club, I'm always like, they want you to succeed. They want to help you. If you just show up and do well, they want to help you.

[Aaron Weber]

You.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, you don't have to do well. Show up and be nice, respectful.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Nate Bargatze]

And they'll help you get better.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes.

[Dusty Slay]

They want to help you.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Anybody who acts like they're not allowed here at this club or whatever, for whatever reason, it's like, just show up and be nice. And, you know, and it's like. But doing well is important. Like I used to do back in the day, I would do, like, Chad Riding and Friends, and they would not. They would be small shows. They wouldn't be sold very well, you know, and. But I was like, I was thankful to be on the show, and I'm like, I want to do well, so I'm not going to phone it in because there's only a few people in the audience I want to go out and crush. So I'm doing my best jokes because I'm like, I want the club to see me do well.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Right.

[Dusty Slay]

I never phoned it in. Now I'm at a place now where I'm doing new material Monday. I might be like, I'm working on these jokes, and if they bomb, they bomb. But that's what this is.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't care if I kill tonight.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm trying this, you know, I'm trying this material out.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Who was the baseball player? One of the greats.

[Aaron Weber]

I can't remember Cal Ripken. That was the Cal Ripken that said that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, there was one where. Why do you always hustle and run? Blah, blah, blah.

[Aaron Weber]

Nate always talks about this. I can't remember who he does. Yeah, he's told me that before. They go, it's somebody's first time seeing me today.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I can't remember which.

[Nate Bargatze]

There's some kid in the stands, first time see me.

[Aaron Weber]

Cal Ripken wrote about him one of. In his biography that he. He got thrown out of a game once, which is pretty unlike him. We got thrown out of the game and some kid wrote him and said, this was my. I've been wanting to see you my whole childhood. And then I showed up and the one game I'm at, you got thrown out. And he's like, oh, he thinks about that now, like, it could be somebody.

[Dusty Slay]

So should write that kid back and.

[Nate Bargatze]

Say, yeah, you got lucky. No, you got to see a. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You got to see a real experience.

[Aaron Weber]

A rare thing as an adult. I'd love to see my favorite player get thrown out of a game. Yeah, that'd be the best.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Last comment comes from Aaron Friedrich, another classical composer. Yeah, I've noticed y'all have talked about texting each other on multiple occasions. It kind of sounds like maybe y'all have a group chat going. If so, what do I need to do to join? I have an iPhone, so I will keep the thread blue, baby. That's very considerate of you, Aaron. We all have a group thread without one of us.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, that's for sure.

[Aaron Weber]

So we have one without. I'd say the most active is the one between the three of us right here on the. At the table.

[Nate Bargatze]

There was one. And it's just like you would think. We were debating an entertainer who had a questionable past recently. And Dusty was like, it was the 70s, times were different then. And you're like, yeah, but that doesn't give him a leeway to blah, blah, blah. And then Dusty said King David and he starts mentioning Old Testament characters, compared it to the 1970s. He's like, they did it. And it was just such a funny.

[Aaron Weber]

It's obviously a more high level debate than that. What happens on the podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah. So maybe we'll get into it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Because I, you know, I feel restrained a little on the podcast, but time.

[Aaron Weber]

Chime in with what your thoughts.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. So sorry, Aaron.

[Aaron Weber]

That's it. No, thank you to everybody who wrote in. Huh. Right in next week.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm sure they will. About gravity.

[Dusty Slay]

I just don't know when people will, you know, they just got to get it. That. That's where I'm at with it. And that's where you're at with it. And that's where you're at with it. You think it's magnetous. You think the earth is way farther away than it is. I don't.

[Aaron Weber]

That's. What are you talking.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't even think their space exists. It's like, yeah, we're all in different places.

[Aaron Weber]

They're all. They're all equally not insane things.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

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[Dusty Slay]

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[Nate Bargatze]

All right, this week, guys, we're talking about game shows, all right?

[Aaron Weber]

Which we've done before, but not with Dusty.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, we did it about three and a half years ago. Should we call this game shows part two or how far can you go?

[Aaron Weber]

It's very funny. To put a part two. Three years later.

[Dusty Slay]

I think we should do part two.

[Aaron Weber]

When I. I don't remember anything of part one.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, we'll try to get some views on part one.

[Aaron Weber]

Can we do game shows continued, but movies.

[Nate Bargatze]

After a while, it's more like a reboot than a part 2. I'm sure a lot of the same facts ago.

[Aaron Weber]

Game shows rebooted. Something, maybe something like that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Let them know.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that. Game shows, the rebrand.

[Aaron Weber]

There you go. 2.0.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

So that was when it was me, you, and Nate. When it was fun, but it's just.

[Aaron Weber]

Light, kind of goofy.

[Nate Bargatze]

It was.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

It was a different time, but you.

[Dusty Slay]

Got to spice it up.

[Nate Bargatze]

We made our decision. Now we have to. We have to live with it.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't think we said the word demon until 120 episodes in.

[Dusty Slay]

You guys were missing out. It was. You realize that it was the junk that was missing.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right.

[Dusty Slay]

There's some people who are still against it. I mean, once in a while, I'll see people going, I just can't get used to Dusty. And I'm like, well, well, you've been.

[Aaron Weber]

Around for more than half of. Yeah, yeah. Come on, guys.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right, so I asked this last time. I'm going to ask it again. Your favorite game show. Favorite game show host, Steve Harvey. Family Feud would be your favorite.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, Steve Harvey is the best host of any. Any reality show game show. He's unbelievable.

[Dusty Slay]

I mean, I hate to just agree, but Steve Harvey is so funny. And then Family Feud is a show I've always watched. I've always loved Family Feud, and for a long time, it. It felt like it didn't matter what rerun you were seeing what host it was, but now it's like. And no offense to Al Borland, but I don't want to see a Family Feud with Richard K. Steve Harvey or nobody else.

[Aaron Weber]

Al from Home Improvement. That dude?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Did I say Al Borland? Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't remember his name.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, that's Home Improvement.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Him and then the guy from seinfeld, that John O'Hurley. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

It's like. I mean, I love those guys.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And they're very funny. But Steve Harvey came in, made the show his. It's nobody else now.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's so good. If you watch Family feud, there's probably 40 seconds of gameplay in the entire half hour.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The rest of it is him just riffing.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And he's just so good at it. I mean, if you're not. If you haven't watched it while? Just YouTube, like Family Feud, Steve Harvey compilation. There's a million funny videos of. He's just. He's the best.

[Dusty Slay]

I used to watch it all the time. You know, it's like similar, but in the reverse. Like the Price is Right. I mean, Bob Barker is superior to Drew Carey. Drew Carey is watchable, but Bob Barker's far superior. Yeah, that show was.

[Nate Bargatze]

Bob Barker was very funny.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, he was funny. And then by the end, it was kind of funny how? Kind of checked out or like it seemed like it was kind of over everything. And that was funny too, you know?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, but he was. Yeah. I would be nervous on Family Feud because if I say something stupid, Steve Harvey's gonna make.

[Dusty Slay]

Even if you don't viral, you might not even say anything stupid.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah, for sure. So, Dusty, you have appeared on a couple of game shows.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I've been on Nashville Squares, which aired on cmt.

[Nate Bargatze]

I emailed you some links, by the way.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Which is.

[Nate Bargatze]

How many years ago this was?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know, 2019, maybe. I don't know if it was that long ago, but I gotta say, it was before Covetous.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay, so it's at least 2019 then. Yeah, could have been older.

[Dusty Slay]

Could have been early 2020. Very early. Because I did do some stuff very early in that year.

[Aaron Weber]

This video is restricted on the zany's network. What have you been up to?

[Dusty Slay]

Who knows?

[Aaron Weber]

Your. Your YouTube account is blocked on the zany's wi fi.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I don't know. My YouTube doesn't get too wild.

[Aaron Weber]

I know, but I think. I think it knows. Yeah, it's.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I got a video on my YouTube where I break down my time on Nashville Squares. And I explained what happened because, you know, I was on this show and then I had some good jokes. Right. Nashville Squares filmed in L. A, first off. And then you have the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Which is from Texas, a Nashville staple. Yeah. And then you have Gary Busey on there.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Hosted by Bob Saget.

[Dusty Slay]

Hosted by Bob Saget. But I said nothing. And when they introduced introed me, I go, nothing makes me think of Nashville like Gary Busey and the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. He got a good laugh from the audience. It was fun. They cut that, of course. And then there was another time I made a joke. I forget what it was, but it got cut. And then there was a little banter in between me and Bob Saget. Bob Saget, like my. On the show, I just had the answer. So they go, they asked me the question, and I, you know, the idea is that I don't have the answer. I'm just guessing, but I. I reveal the answer, and. And Bob Saget's like, no, I don't. I don't think so, or whatever. And I go, no. And I'm trying to not reveal how the game works, but I go, no, I'm pretty sure that's. That's it here. And then we had, like, a little back and forth, and then to the point where, you know, he was laughing. We were having a good time, to the point that they had to actually kind of step in and be like, no, this is the answer. And then he said to me that I was very funny. And. And then that was all cut. So when you watch the video, it's just him asking me, and then I just give the answer, and then we move on.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Dusty Slay]

So they cut all my funny. All my funny moments. So it looked like, you know, and they just were. I felt like they were highlighting other people, and some had funny moments, but overall, the show was very cheesy, and they. They really messed up.

[Aaron Weber]

Who won the episode? You're on.

[Dusty Slay]

I. On that Nashville Squares, I had. I think the. It's contestants win.

[Aaron Weber]

So we don't win. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But I did have one of the, like, winning keys or whatever, and the.

[Nate Bargatze]

Contestant, because I watched this video was Mickey Guyton. Guyton. Was she a big deal then?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't think so. I knew about her, but I don't.

[Nate Bargatze]

Think she was, you know, her country singer.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, one of my best friends, Greg Roush, who played guitar at my wedding, played guitar for her and toured with her all over the. All over the country. So I know her from that, and she has a few songs that. That I know. She's very talented, and she was on that episode with us.

[Nate Bargatze]

She was the.

[Dusty Slay]

She was one of the contestants. And there was another guy that. I don't know who that. That was, but yeah. And then Marie Osmond was the center square, and Marie Osmond was being a little flirty with me. I mean, she could be in her 70s, but she was still very attractive. Dina Carter was there. I called her. I told her I had a crush on her when I was a kid, but I called her Deanne Carter. So it's tough to be like, I had a crush on you, but also. I don't know how to say your name.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

John Reap, our friend, was on it. Bill Engville, Sarah Tiana was on it, and also one of the writers and the lady who plays Reba's husband's wife in the Reba show. You know what I'm talking about? No, the blonde lady, real goofy.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm sure if I saw her, I'd probably.

[Dusty Slay]

The TV show, Reba, the original. Yeah, her. She gets divorced from her husband. Her husband remarries and marries that Melissa Peterman. Melissa Peterman. And then there was another guy. Carson Wentz. No, Daily Carson.

[Nate Bargatze]

Johnny Carson.

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know.

[Aaron Weber]

Beck.

[Dusty Slay]

Nah, I can't remember his name. He was very funny and nice, and then Gary Busey.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And that was our whole lineup. And it was fun, you know, just kind of hanging. But it was like. It was pretty obvious that the show wasn't going to make.

[Nate Bargatze]

So you guys all have the answers, and it's up to you to make it funny.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And then you try to riff a little bit, and you. You. You give an answer.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then the contestant has to decide whether you're given the right answer or not.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

So they'll. They'll ask me, and I go, oh, I think it's this. And then they have to go, does he know or does he not know? You know? And I don't think you have to give the right answer. I don't know. I don't remember. Even though I just. That's how Hollywood Squares works, too. Which I've just done two episodes.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. The reason I picked it this week is I think your episode airs tonight.

[Dusty Slay]

All right.

[Aaron Weber]

That's fun.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Check that out. Cbs.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

It's gonna be great.

[Nate Bargatze]

Who are we going with that?

[Dusty Slay]

I was on. Well, I did two episodes, so Drew Barrymore was the center square.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

And. And Justin Long was next to her, who they dated for a while, apparently. And so they had, you know, that. But I. Justin was very fun. They were actually both very nice.

[Aaron Weber]

Justin Long's great and everything. I've seen him in dodgeball.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Tiffany Haddish.

[Dusty Slay]

Tiffany Haddish was on one, if not both, of my episodes.

[Aaron Weber]

Was she ready?

[Dusty Slay]

She was ready. She. It was. I don't know what they'll show, but Jay Pharaoh and her had a real back and forth for a minute in a goofy way. In a. I don't know, kind of started in a goofy way and then elevated to where I'm like, I don't know how much of that they'll show. Yeah. And let's see who. Tyra Banks.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Some good squares.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Kevin Nealon was there, Friend of the podcast. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And other people. But it's been A while. I did this, I don't know, six, seven months ago.

[Aaron Weber]

So it'll be. You'll be watching it for the first time, too.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And it'll be interesting to see. I mean, I. I don't know how.

[Nate Bargatze]

Hosted by Nate Burleson.

[Dusty Slay]

Yes. Who was very nice and funny. He was. He's not a comic, but he's very funny guy. I'm very uncomfortable on those shows.

[Nate Bargatze]

Why?

[Dusty Slay]

Because my whole style of comedy is not to jump in. Right. Like, I try to jump in here and I get comments of people saying I interrupt.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Right. I'm just trying to jump in.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm not trying to chime in. Yeah. So I'm not. That's not my style. My style. That's why I like stand up. I just get to do it by myself.

[Aaron Weber]

You're not interrupting anybody.

[Dusty Slay]

Right, right. In fact, if I am, they shouldn't be talking.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right.

[Dusty Slay]

And so I'm just. And then I'm also on there with, like, movie stars and, you know, and like, one of my jokes kind of was like this. The. The contestants, they'll call on you. They'll go. They'll go, oh, next, the beautiful Tyra Banks. Or they'll go, you know, the very funny Justin Long. And then the guy was like, well, I just watched his special, so Dusty Slay. And I go, okay. I like how you gave everybody else a compliment.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And that's fun.

[Aaron Weber]

That'll be cut.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. Exactly. So they'll be. They'll cut all my jokes.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

But it was really fun. And then I've also. I did a. A show on it. There was a network called Quibi that was going to be put out just on phones. And then Covet happened. And I think it. I don't know if that was a good idea anyway, but Covid killed it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I think they were looking for people on New York subways to be watching this on their phones on the way to work. I think that was their real plan. But I had a show called Nice Ones hosted by. This was so long ago. But anyway, it was a. It was a. A roast show, but it was a compliment battle. So it was like three of. Three of us on. There were all trying to. Out compliments. Ron Funches. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And I won.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

I won that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Is that online?

[Dusty Slay]

It may be. At least a clip of it from my channel is on there, but yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Huh.

[Dusty Slay]

And then I did. After midnight.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I mean, I thought about mentioning that. That's almost like. I don't even think of that as a game show. Well, I guess it is.

[Dusty Slay]

You are competing and I won, so.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, okay.

[Dusty Slay]

It's worth mentioning.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And.

[Nate Bargatze]

Against Sarah Tiana. Right?

[Dusty Slay]

Sarah Tiana. Yep. And it was really great. It was really fun. I like doing that show, but again, that's not my kind of show. None of that is really my thing, but I. I like doing it. I. You know, it's fun to go out to LA sometimes. I don't want to be in LA a lot, but it is fun to.

[Aaron Weber]

Poke your head in and go, yeah, give me some stuff, do a little game and then I'll go back. Yeah, yeah, put me on tv. Yeah, I'll go back to the woods.

[Nate Bargatze]

Used to do a show, a joke about Family Feud, and you'd ask the audience, anybody ever been on it? And sometimes they had. Had they?

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, wow. Yeah, I'd forgotten about that. Yeah, I did. I met a family.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

The joke was, if you watch Family Feud, it's always a cool black family versus the lamest white family you've ever seen.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And it's like they asked the white family, like, name something you bring to a barbecue and they. Hummus. It's always. Yeah, something lame like that. And then I think I called them the. I don't know, the, like a lame last name. And then somebody said that they were on the show and they had the same last name.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, it was like a Polish last name.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Kowalski or I can't remember. Yeah, yeah, something like that. Yeah. Thanks a Good job. If you could be on any show, what would. What do you think you should do.

[Dusty Slay]

That whole album that you used to have and just do it again as a special. I thought just put it out on your YouTube.

[Aaron Weber]

Thought about doing that. I thought about doing that.

[Nate Bargatze]

You should, because it's not out anywhere.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know. I think it might be on.

[Dusty Slay]

It's some of your classic jokes and it's so.

[Aaron Weber]

Some of it's so bad, though. But, you know, it's like you, I'm sure you listen to your first album and you go, I would never do that now.

[Dusty Slay]

But I have pulled from that album and redid those jokes and I like them better.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, that might be the move.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Because you tell them better.

[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

But if what. What game show do you think you'd have the best chance of of winning at? Probably price is right. Right for you. I feel like you just know like when what the cost of flower is.

[Nate Bargatze]

I know. I really don't. Okay. I could see why you would think that, but I don't. We talked about this a little bit on the last game show episode because I went back and kind of looked at what we talked about. I said I would do terrible on Jeopardy. Because I can't. I usually don't even know the answer. But I would never get in on.

[Aaron Weber]

But if you do, you can't get the buzzer working. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. But when I watch. So when I watch Jeopardy. I do terrible at home. But when I watch who Wants to be a millionaire. I do pretty well. Because if you give me the correct answer. Okay, I can usually more times than not figure it out.

[Dusty Slay]

If you won who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Would you quit comedy? What would you do now?

[Nate Bargatze]

After I won a million dollars.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Plus taxes.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes.

[Dusty Slay]

Taxes would be 400, 000. So you'd lose that right off the top.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So you get. You know what's funny? I thought about this because, like, lottery winnings, the government takes like 40. So every time someone wins the lottery, the government wins the lottery. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's funny how that works.

[Dusty Slay]

That's pretty amazing. I mean, that's a. That's a business to be in right there.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, the government always wins the lottery. Yeah, that's really funny.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I've never thought about it like that.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, what game shows would you guys be on?

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I want to know who is. Who's your phone a friend. You're on who Wants to be a Millionaire? I don't think any of us are. Your phone a friend.

[Dusty Slay]

And the question is about space.

[Nate Bargatze]

I might call Dusty just for.

[Aaron Weber]

Just to eliminate some answers.

[Nate Bargatze]

Just for the clip. Yeah, I just need something on my socials.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, that's very funny. To go on who Wants to be a Millionaire Clip farming going. I'm going to get. I'm going to get some reels out of this.

[Dusty Slay]

You phone a friend when you know the answer. Just for the clip.

[Nate Bargatze]

You know I answer your question, but.

[Dusty Slay]

You go, you know what? I'm not gonna go with that answer.

[Nate Bargatze]

I was looking. I've got different answers to this. Can you Google? Can the phone a friend use Google? And one person said, I, yeah, it's allowed. I helped my friend win $50,000. I just sit at home and googled. And then I read other places said, no, that's not allowed. They even have security people watching the friend and make sure they don't Google.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, so your phone a friend is not just a random person. You're not just calling your dad and he's out fishing?

[Aaron Weber]

No, they make sure they know you're on standby.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

And you can have. I think you have a few people. So if somebody knows something more about history versus other stuff. So I think for space, you'd have Dusty. Anything. Astronomy, physics, Dusty. And then I'm like, food and stuff.

[Nate Bargatze]

Food and stuff pretty much covers it.

[Aaron Weber]

A food question beyond who Wants to be a Millionaire?

[Dusty Slay]

How many ways can you prepare an egg?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

If it was like the first five books of the Bible, I would definitely Call Dusty.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Old Testament stuff.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You have them on there.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But you probably have somebody in your family that's like, well, if you can Google, I think. I think I got to be up there. I'm probably the fastest Googler in this.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay. I'll give you that.

[Aaron Weber]

In the Nat Land universe, I never.

[Dusty Slay]

Seen anybody work a Roku remote as fast as Aaron does.

[Aaron Weber]

I'm so good. I tried to do a bit about this once, but I feel like I. I can. I can hold any remote and I can just feel where all the buttons are.

[Dusty Slay]

It's impressive.

[Nate Bargatze]

I think about that. I thought about this weekend every time I'm in a hotel room and I think about.

[Aaron Weber]

Because of that. That bit or because me just me talking about.

[Nate Bargatze]

You've said it before and like, what I had this weekend, this long, I think it was a Dish Network one.

[Aaron Weber]

But just close your eyes and you can feel where volume up is. You know what I mean?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, the rose side now.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But I can just hold it and I go, oh, I just know where it is. I don't even.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, volume and channel are usually bigger buttons.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

But this was like. Like the callback to the last station.

[Aaron Weber]

And it was, oh, yeah. I mean, I'll turn on subtitles behind my back. I'm that good. I'm that good.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I remember seeing it at that old condo at the club in Huntsville. We were all hanging out there, and you were working that remote, and I.

[Aaron Weber]

Was like, whoa, dude, page.

[Dusty Slay]

This guy grew up with a remote.

[Aaron Weber]

Page down. I'm so good with the remote. I think it's just. It's just ingrained in me.

[Nate Bargatze]

There was.

[Dusty Slay]

There was a game show called Idiot Test. You remember that one? Ben Glebe was the host. Yeah, I love.

[Aaron Weber]

I used to love that show. And he was so funny.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, I love that show.

[Nate Bargatze]

Glenn Glebe was in Richmond this weekend at the Funny Bone, along with a couple other comics.

[Aaron Weber]

When you were in Quantico.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, when I was in Quentin and I almost went after my show by there. I don't know, Ben, but I was. Almost went bothered to see it.

[Dusty Slay]

I featured for him years ago at Stan Tampa side Splitters.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Yeah, it was good.

[Dusty Slay]

It was good. Yeah, I liked him. We hung out.

[Aaron Weber]

That show was. Was great, though.

[Dusty Slay]

It was really good.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Who would you call, Dusty?

[Dusty Slay]

I don't know. Aaron. And yeah, it depends on the question.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, I got a. But my buddy Joey, if it's about guns, you know, Joey told me he can he knows everything. He said, I can win any argument about gun rights. So I said, okay, it's about gun rights. About gun rights. I'll call Joey.

[Aaron Weber]

That's not really who Wants to Be a Millionaire Works either Second amendment question. It's not a question about you have to argue for gun rights.

[Dusty Slay]

I just said you asked me. You put me on the spot. I kind of want to phone a friend over that question they just asked me.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. That's funny.

[Dusty Slay]

But, you know, but I love game show, like, let's Make a Deal. I couldn't even. I don't even. I remember seeing old let's Make a Deal. But Wayne Brady, great on the show.

[Aaron Weber]

Brady's great.

[Dusty Slay]

Big fan. I don't. I don't mind Drew Carey on. On the Price is Right, but it's Bob Barker's iconic.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's impossible to fill his shoes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

But he does a good job.

[Dusty Slay]

I used to love the dating shows. There were several, like Chuck Woolry. Does that count as a game show?

[Nate Bargatze]

Yes.

[Aaron Weber]

Chuck Woolery.

[Dusty Slay]

Chuck Woolery had the.

[Nate Bargatze]

The Dating Game. I. I feel like the Newlywed Game.

[Dusty Slay]

He had one Love Connection. That's the one I grew up watching. Love Connection was great.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's what you watch as a kid.

[Aaron Weber]

Is this the show where he would just walk up and just like, not.

[Dusty Slay]

A lot of supervision.

[Aaron Weber]

These, these old shows, the host of them just like walks up and makes out with all the women that are contestants.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. It's not Chuck.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. It's not Chuck. Okay. Sorry, Chuck.

[Nate Bargatze]

Richard Dawson would kiss every contestant. Family Feud.

[Aaron Weber]

So weird, dude.

[Dusty Slay]

Man or woman, he would just do it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, that's a good point because his argument was they said he. They estimated 20, 000 women he kissed.

[Aaron Weber]

Was he trying to break a record?

[Nate Bargatze]

His argument was that the first time he did it, woman was nervous and he kissed her on the cheek for good luck. And then she got it right. So then he starts kissing every woman on the lips. He's like, just because they're nervous, but he's not kissing the men.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I gotta set these broads at ease.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know, you're creeping them out.

[Nate Bargatze]

It is so creepy.

[Dusty Slay]

He's like, once I've sexually assaulted them, then yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Everything else is easy.

[Aaron Weber]

As Wikipedia says, television executives repeatedly tried to get him to stop the kissing. They pulled a dude, this is a family show, buddy. And you're just grabbing the women and kissing them.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

He asked viewers to write in and vote on the matter. The wide majority favored the kissing. Well, that. Sure. They were getting Trolled.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I favorite, too, but not if I was one of those women.

[Dusty Slay]

You guys don't remember Love Connection.

[Nate Bargatze]

I did.

[Dusty Slay]

I did. I never watched it, but I do remember 94. That's right. When you were born.

[Aaron Weber]

1991.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. So, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I. I mean, Price is Right, I think, for so many kids, including myself. That's the show you watch when you're out sick.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Or snow day or something.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

What's your prices?

[Aaron Weber]

When I watch prices right now I can taste ginger. Alex.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Just.

[Aaron Weber]

I just taste saltine crackers and ginger ales because I was home sick from school.

[Nate Bargatze]

Upset.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Stomach upsets. Faking it sometimes. But. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

If you could spend. Ask this.

[Aaron Weber]

You're play hooky growing up. No, you never did.

[Nate Bargatze]

I don't think so. Did you?

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah, yeah, I did. For sure. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And I think.

[Dusty Slay]

I think my mom was down with it.

[Aaron Weber]

I think my parents probably knew.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I did it. I saw.

[Dusty Slay]

I didn't do it a lot, but I would do it, you know, a couple times a year, for sure. Sometimes I would be sick.

[Aaron Weber]

But you put a thermometer up to a flashlight, everything, anything like that.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I don't think my mom never. She would. She's like, all right, if you're sick, then you get. Oh, it was. No, it didn't have to be.

[Aaron Weber]

I got. I got tested. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

So you would, like, go that far to put the thermometer.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't remember if I actually ever did that, but I. I do remember faking it. It a couple times.

[Nate Bargatze]

They're finding out right now, listening to this podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I think they probably know, though. I think everybody does that.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

My mom was chill about it. She's. Don't abuse it. But we'll take some days off.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's easier on her, too.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

You don't have to get ready and go.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

If you guys could spend the wheel on Wheel of Fortune or Price is Right, if you only could do one, which one would you do?

[Aaron Weber]

I. I've always wanted to spin that wheel on the Price is Right.

[Dusty Slay]

Me too.

[Aaron Weber]

I get so annoyed when guys don't give it a good spin.

[Dusty Slay]

You got to get at least a one lap.

[Aaron Weber]

You got to go up first and then down. I want to get high enough that it lifts me off the ground and then really whip it.

[Dusty Slay]

I think they only pick guys that look like they can't spin the wheel good.

[Nate Bargatze]

No. Well, Bob Barker would make fun of you if you couldn't get it all.

[Aaron Weber]

He would.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

It Was kind of great.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You should have to do it at least all the way around once. Right? It's a rule. Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

But some people try to get a two lapper.

[Nate Bargatze]

Some people try to time it on that, I think to hit the first time.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. The crowd will boo you. I've seen a guy try to do that. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. So price is right.

[Dusty Slay]

There's no time in it. I. My goal would be, how many times can I get this thing to go around?

[Nate Bargatze]

Just let it rip.

[Aaron Weber]

It's not even about what you get. Nah, nah.

[Dusty Slay]

None of those prizes are worth. Worth it.

[Aaron Weber]

That's like bowling and going for velocity over how many pins you hit.

[Dusty Slay]

Exactly. You want to go straight through. It's so fast that you just knock the pins down right in front of the ball.

[Nate Bargatze]

See, I think I would do it on the first spin, but if I got, like, 60 cents and I got a second spin and I need 30, then I'm using some strategy, I think.

[Dusty Slay]

No, I think it's all about how good you look. Look like, sure, you lose, but if they show that, if somebody clips that up, you can be like, yeah, but look how good that spin was.

[Nate Bargatze]

We talked about this last time, the guy who bid $250,000.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

In the showcase show now.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. And. And Bob Barker even gave him an out. Yeah, right.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. He let him. But he's. His out was 60,000.

[Aaron Weber]

And it was like a car and like a desk.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I mean, it was something.

[Aaron Weber]

Have you ever seen that?

[Dusty Slay]

No.

[Aaron Weber]

So poor guy. I think he's a. He's in the navy.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And it's like a car and a trip to, I don't know, Lex, like, Lexington, Kentucky.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's on YouTube if you want to watch it.

[Aaron Weber]

250,000. They go, well, hold on. Think about it now. $60,000.

[Nate Bargatze]

And then the other leg goes $1.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah. Because it's all about not going over.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. But, you know. You know, a car and a trip nowadays, $60,000. That's. That's. That's a low bid. There was nowadays. I don't know when this guy was on that two. 250, 000 is very.

[Nate Bargatze]

It was a long time ago, but this. There was a former manager at stardome who. He took us around. I was with Nate, took us around to do morning radio, and he said, I won this car on the price is right, and he made it the showcase showdown and won.

[Aaron Weber]

Whoa.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. That's the only guy I've known who's Actually went on and won. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Here's. Here's the video. The speaker on my lab, I dropped. I just remembered I dropped my laptop on the ground and now the speaker doesn't work.

[Dusty Slay]

You would think for how much they cost, they could handle a little something. You know what I mean?

[Aaron Weber]

I completely forgot that. Oh, well, actually, I mean, headphones still work, but it does not. The speaker does not work.

[Nate Bargatze]

So, you know, there's a whole strategy making on his contest on the prices.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Nate Bargatze]

You get there early, you get in line, and they're looking for people enthusiastic. I would, I would. I would not make it. They, they ask you your name, where you're from, your occupation. They said, don't ramble. If you ramble with a simple question, they likely think you'd do that on the air when the host is asking you a question.

[Dusty Slay]

So be succinct, be enthusiastic, but don't ramble.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Don't give a one word answer. But. But limit your three or four.

[Nate Bargatze]

You said, I'm looking for energy, sincerity, and potential. Humor.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. It's like the opposite of jury duty.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It's kind of.

[Nate Bargatze]

325 audience members. That's about the size of Zanies.

[Aaron Weber]

Golly. That's small.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Nine consistents get chosen. Six make it up to contestants. Row man. You get $300 if you. If you get up there, but don't make it on stage.

[Dusty Slay]

So if you make it on stage, do you still get the $300 if.

[Nate Bargatze]

You don't win your prize, you mean? Yeah, I don't think so. I don't know. When Drew Carey took over, the executive producer started making the games easier and more people winning because he wanted people to warm up to Drew Carey and they'll like you more if everybody's winning.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, if he came in the new guy and just nobody's winning anything. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Not that would be his fault, but still, it's just a lot easier. And they fired that producer because he was like $70,000 over budget.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

Wow.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, that seems like. That seems about right, though.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

It feels like they were waiting to fire that guy. 70 grand.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I mean, that's nothing to these.

[Nate Bargatze]

Some people don't even claim their prizes because taxes.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Which makes sense.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you claim the prize and then sell the thing.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You get the car and then you sell it.

[Nate Bargatze]

It.

[Aaron Weber]

But sell it for $250,000.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, if you can get it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. But if you can't sell it, I mean, now the hassle's on you to Yeah. I got all these taxes, and if I don't sell this stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what happened when Oprah gave away cars to everyone. Everyone. Like, I think everyone either sold the car or ended up in some kind of financial trouble because of the taxes.

[Nate Bargatze]

Now, you. We talk about this lesson.

[Dusty Slay]

It's more the government. Oprah tries to give out a car, and the government's like, but what about us? We didn't get a car.

[Nate Bargatze]

You did JFL or one of those shows with Danielle Perez.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes.

[Nate Bargatze]

And she went on prices. Or she's in a wheelchair.

[Aaron Weber]

Right.

[Nate Bargatze]

She went on Price is Right. And her thing she's trying to win was a treadmill. And people online, of course, freaked out about it, but she was really cool about it. She thought it was funny. I mean, she had fun with it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

She didn't throw a fit.

[Dusty Slay]

And you gotta pivot. You gotta pivot to a different prize.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's very funny.

[Aaron Weber]

That's a super funny clip. Yeah. And it's gonna happen to. She's a really funny comedian, too. So she. You think, found a way to make it fun.

[Dusty Slay]

You think, though, if she's a comedian, they talked about this bit beforehand, maybe, because, you know, maybe they're like, let's. Yeah, let's do. Spice it up a little bit. Let's get her on here. Offer a treadmill. Drew Carey's a comedian. She's a comedian.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

They're like, let's make a viral video out of this. We'll start selling some tickets for you, you know, and maybe, you know, give that treadmill to Aaron. He's been breaking them out here.

[Nate Bargatze]

If you. If you guys were on the Family Feud, who would be the people you bring with you?

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I think we should do a Nateland family.

[Aaron Weber]

I think Nate can probably make it happen at this point.

[Nate Bargatze]

How many is there? Five up there, I think.

[Dusty Slay]

Five. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, five.

[Dusty Slay]

We do Steven. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

Or Abigail.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah. It be fun.

[Dusty Slay]

Or Adrian. Yeah, Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I was with you till.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, okay. Besides that, if you had to take your family, who would it be?

[Aaron Weber]

We've talked about this with my family. I think it's.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, y'all already.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Because we talked about it because we have six in our family, so it's like somebody's getting left out, and he'd have to leave out. I think my little brother would just not want to do it. See the one which.

[Nate Bargatze]

Purdue.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

He's out.

[Aaron Weber]

He's the. The black sheep of the family. Yeah. Until a big ten school.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Now he's just Not. He just wouldn't want to do it, so I'd get him.

[Nate Bargatze]

What if it was you and your dad and his. All his wives?

[Dusty Slay]

That'd be fun. Yeah, that would be fun. I think what I would do would be me and my wife.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

My dad, her dad, and my mom.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, that'd be fun.

[Dusty Slay]

I think character wise, that'd be funny because my. My parents aren't married, but both very southern and country.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And then my wife's dad. Very country, but Canadian.

[Aaron Weber]

Canadian.

[Dusty Slay]

So I think it'd be. Really mix it up, and then me and my wife, you know, could fight about it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You and your wife, your dad, your mom and Hannah's dad.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I think that's what I would do now. If it had to be just my side of the family, I think I'd go mom and dad and then my two brother in laws.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

That I have.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Because I think that'd be fun. I don't care. I mean, listen, I think you win $20,000, right. The government takes 40%, so you're down to what, 12,000? And then there's five of you. You split that. You know, who couldn't use a couple of grand? But it's not the end of the world.

[Aaron Weber]

You're covering the flights.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So it's not a very profitable show.

[Aaron Weber]

You break it even if you will.

[Dusty Slay]

So you just have some fun.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Just have a good time. We get some clips.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

If. Have you ever came up with an idea for. For a game show?

[Dusty Slay]

I've tried.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. Any that you want to talk about. Are you still working?

[Dusty Slay]

No, I never.

[Aaron Weber]

You still work?

[Nate Bargatze]

I remember a reality show idea you had.

[Dusty Slay]

I had a reality show idea. I still like it, though. I don't want to share it. Okay, well, I had one that I shared on my podcast called the Rearranger. You heard that one?

[Aaron Weber]

No.

[Dusty Slay]

Where I go, I'm the Rearranger.

[Aaron Weber]

Dusty Slade. The Rearrange.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. And so I go into people's houses that are really messy, and I don't bring. I can have tools, but I don't bring anything in. I just take what you have and make it better. I make it make sense.

[Aaron Weber]

You don't think anything out either. You just.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, maybe I can take stuff out. There's trash. I'll take it out. But for the most part, I just come in and I go, this is a mess. And then I go, this should go here, this should go here. And by the end, we've rearranged your house and now it's better.

[Nate Bargatze]

Huh?

[Dusty Slay]

The Rearrange sounds like the worst show. I think. I think it would crush the Rearranger.

[Aaron Weber]

Just four minutes of dusty moving books on a.

[Dusty Slay]

You got it. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Pushing a chair.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, I could bring some tools so I could hang some shelves if you had them.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

You know what I mean? Like, if you have no tools. No, I can do tools, but I. I'm not bringing shelving in.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Dusty Slay]

I got to take what you have and make it work. Yeah. I've done this for a couple of places, and I feel like I improved it. I stay. I was staying with my buddy in LA one time. He had a roommate situation where him and his roommate, they didn't get along, so I had to sleep in his bedroom on the floor, because he was like, my roommate's not going to like it if you're sleeping on the couch. So I said, okay. And then their h. Their living room was just a wreck. Just no organization. I. And so I go, let me rearrange this. He goes, now my roommate's not going to like it. So while he was gone, I rearranged it. I rearranged their living room. And then he came home, and he goes, oh, my roommate's not going to like this. She came home. She goes, oh, this is great. I love this. And I go, yeah, because everybody wants to live in an organized place.

[Aaron Weber]

That's right. That's right. Yeah. You want your house rearranged every now and then.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

She just said that while you were there, as soon as you left.

[Aaron Weber]

As you left, she just don't invite that guy back.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

They bonded over you.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, if you had an idea for one, Brad.

[Dusty Slay]

I'll say this, though. If she liked what they had going on before and was mad about what I did, then that she's got. She needs better help. You know what I mean?

[Aaron Weber]

She's a. Chime in.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Delete me.

[Nate Bargatze]

A guy who comes to your house with all your leaves and bags up, and then he just leaves with them. Yeah, he leaves with the leaves.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Believer.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

None of this really has the structure of a show, but I. But I like the rearrange of something.

[Dusty Slay]

Hot show.

[Nate Bargatze]

I guess the answer is I don't have. No.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm glad I said it on Nateland. This has a bigger audience in my podcast, so maybe I can get a show.

[Nate Bargatze]

You don't even do your podcast anymore.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I've taken some time.

[Aaron Weber]

Extreme Makeover.

[Nate Bargatze]

He's like, I'm remodeling. My kitchen. I'm like, how long does it take to take a microwave out?

[Dusty Slay]

It's taking a lot longer than you would think.

[Nate Bargatze]

Just take the microwave out, and you're done. The rearranger over here.

[Dusty Slay]

No microwave in our house.

[Nate Bargatze]

Now the rearranger can't arrange his own house.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes. It's not a good selling point for your.

[Dusty Slay]

This is construction. I'm talking about rearranging.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, so you would never do anything this intense on the show.

[Dusty Slay]

I wouldn't rearrange your kitchen cabinets.

[Aaron Weber]

How would you rearrange the studio in here if you had to? Well, tear a lot of the Nate stuff down.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, no, you don't have to take it out, but you could put more dusty.

[Aaron Weber]

Just rearrange it.

[Dusty Slay]

Other things.

[Aaron Weber]

Put it off camera.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I mean, you know, I had to fight really hard to get this. And then you got a bigger one, and then. So I try to rearrange that. You got a couple of things. You got a podcast that you don't even do anymore over there, and somebody stopped you, and I got stopped. Now I. Now the studio's great.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

So this is not something to rearrange, but, you know, you. I would need a volunteer. I would need someone to say, you know what? My house is a bit of a mess.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

I'm not talking a hoarder. I don't want to come over and, you know, clean up.

[Aaron Weber]

You don't want anybody who actually needs help.

[Dusty Slay]

No, no, no. A hoarder. You know, like that TV show that's too.

[Aaron Weber]

Hoarders.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. That's too much.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. What's the name of that?

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, you need.

[Nate Bargatze]

It's on the tip of my tongue.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. Half of the episodes are dusty. Showing up and going. It's actually a pretty. All right. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And it's a short episode.

[Nate Bargatze]

I wouldn't change a thing.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Now I can always find. My family got upset with me because I'd go to their house and be like, you know, if you put the TV on this wall, I think it'd really be better for you in here.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, I'm big.

[Dusty Slay]

Would be.

[Aaron Weber]

TV height is a big. Is an epidemic in this country, and I've been trying to fix it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I've been trying to call attention to this on social media.

[Dusty Slay]

TV above the fireplace is a real phenomenon that I don't care.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, that's the trap people fall into is they think for some reason they have to put it above the fireplace.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't like it, but you got to re. You got to rearrange how you think about the room.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, at Nate's house they have that, but they actually have the thing that can lower the tv, which if you're going to do help, you need that.

[Aaron Weber]

It's still a little too high, in my opinion, but.

[Dusty Slay]

Is it?

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. I'm not going to go to Nate's house and tell him he's doing things wrong. Which. I had a TV show called the TV Rearranger.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

And I show up.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, don't steal my name, but because.

[Nate Bargatze]

That'S about to take off.

[Dusty Slay]

You could do the tv. TV adjuster.

[Aaron Weber]

The TV adjuster.

[Nate Bargatze]

I always wanted you guys to come to my house sometime, but now I don't.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, because I've seen. I've seen how high your TV is.

[Dusty Slay]

You got a high tv?

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, so high.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, it's over the fire.

[Aaron Weber]

He stands on a stepping stool to watch the game.

[Dusty Slay]

We gotta re. Yeah, we gotta rearrange that. I. I picture you having a neat house, though.

[Aaron Weber]

I bet it is really neat.

[Nate Bargatze]

I mean, it was before we had a two year old.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, but I bet it's still pretty neat though.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, as long as the housekeepers keep it.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Roselita, get in here. I'm joking. Yeah, but yeah, yeah, my TV is over the mount. It seems like the obvious place in our house.

[Dusty Slay]

I feel like that's where a family portrait goes.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I think you just of you on Netflix. That's your family portrait. A giant photo of you.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, you say that, but I mean, if that's what you want to put up at your house, that's fine.

[Aaron Weber]

I'll put one up at my house.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

A dusty slay Netflix poster. Yeah, I think you gotta. I think it's. Once you have a TV that's low, that's eye level, it's pretty great.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Just start to think about it every. It honestly ruined TVs for you because almost everywhere it's too high. Almost everywhere.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, the good thing is it doesn't bother us, so.

[Dusty Slay]

Doesn't bother you. You seem like you watch a lot of TV though, right Again.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, but before I had a child, I watched more. Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And you. You. How do you got a recliner? You kind of lay back in it. So you're kind of looking up like.

[Aaron Weber]

That, like a planetarium.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

So you put it on a. On a stand, like you can mount it.

[Aaron Weber]

A lot of people don't need to mount it though. A lot of people will mount it too high. Right above a TV stand and. Yeah, we'll Just put it on the tv. You got a stand right there, dude. Yeah, Drop it on. Yeah, but I get it. You want to mount it, you want it high, you want it out of the way. But it's just once it's eye level. But I'm not walking around mad about this all day. Like, I'm. I'm just, you know. Well, I'm not. I'm not actually upset. It's just a funny thing to talk.

[Dusty Slay]

I just think that it's, you know, the TV being over the fireplace has replaced, you know, a good family photo.

[Aaron Weber]

I think so.

[Dusty Slay]

That we used to have.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

And now we're putting our TV there. Where's your family photo going?

[Aaron Weber]

We'll combine the two and have an. Or a frame.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, exactly.

[Dusty Slay]

That's what I'm talking. Put a giant or a frame. Yeah, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

They do make those flat screens now that look, they have, like, picture frame borders.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that.

[Aaron Weber]

Looks like those are pretty nice.

[Dusty Slay]

I like that.

[Nate Bargatze]

What's your idea for a game show?

[Aaron Weber]

All right. Impractical jokers, but raise the stakes, dude. I want somebody representing themselves in court for a real crime.

[Nate Bargatze]

Sounds like a reality show.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, they have Court tv, but I.

[Aaron Weber]

Want comedians in their ear telling them stuff, but their life is on the line.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

But the trade off is the show will pay for all their legal fees. They'll pay for everything. But they have to do. They got Joe Gatto in their ear.

[Dusty Slay]

Wow.

[Aaron Weber]

For murder they're on trial for.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

I think first season will stay away from violent crimes.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay.

[Aaron Weber]

Just to, you know, ease the audience into everything.

[Nate Bargatze]

Small claim.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I'm going to piggyback off that Survivor, but you can really die.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay. You got to sign a lot of paperwork to be on that ship.

[Dusty Slay]

Sounds like a bit of a naked and alone. And you really are alone. Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

No camera crew.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Yeah. You're just out there. We drop you off. We drop you off in a beaver parachute.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know that. You don't get that reference.

[Aaron Weber]

I. I saw the clip about it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yep.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Do you remember on who Wants to be a Millionaire? I think it was the British version, the Scandal.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah. I watched the whole documentary about it.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, there was a documentary about it.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, I got one. Who wants to get out of debt? You do the show, you have to publicly display how much debt you have, and then you try to. Instead of who wants to be a Millionaire? Who wants to break even? That's what you're trying to get.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's a good one.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

And then if they lose they go further in debt.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You actually go to jail for the debts. And then in court, you have Aaron in your ear telling you how to, how to plead.

[Nate Bargatze]

Do the people in Jeopardy who. Oh, go ahead.

[Dusty Slay]

Show called Jeopardy, but you're actually in jeopardy.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Your life is on the line.

[Aaron Weber]

My show can be called Double Jeopardy because it's, It's. It's. You don't get another chance.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

You know. Yeah, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Do the. To the contestants on Jeopardy. If they don't win. But they, but they were up, say, $3,000. Did they get to keep that?

[Aaron Weber]

Or they get $1,000 and $2,000 brought to you by Aleve.

[Nate Bargatze]

What?

[Aaron Weber]

I think so. If you win. I, I. This is how I think it works.

[Dusty Slay]

You glitch out.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

What are you talking.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know what's going on.

[Nate Bargatze]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[Aaron Weber]

So when you, when you win, you get the dollar amount that you had. Right. But I think the Two losers get $1,000 or $2,000, and then it puts a little logo for a lead up there. So I think it's brought to you by a leave. They get $1,000. $2,000.

[Nate Bargatze]

Okay, now I get it. So I meant, like, okay, it's a set amount of money. If you.

[Aaron Weber]

Yes.

[Nate Bargatze]

$3,214.

[Aaron Weber]

No, you'll get. You'll get. If you're in second, you get 2,000. If you're in third, you get 1,000. I'm pretty sure. I don't know what. It's so funny right now.

[Nate Bargatze]

Well, I guess it was brought to.

[Dusty Slay]

You by a leave thing that you just did.

[Aaron Weber]

You think?

[Dusty Slay]

I randomly just went into an ad.

[Nate Bargatze]

Thought, this guy's so good.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. The only way to get 20 off is to.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right, so the scandal on who Wants to Be a Millionaire is they would read the guy question. He would read the four answers out loud. The contestant and his wife and friend were in the audience. Is that right? And they would. One of them would cough whenever he said the right answer.

[Aaron Weber]

It's. It's as obvious as the Houston Astros banging the trash can.

[Nate Bargatze]

Probably wouldn't be on this podcast with all my coughing.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. You'd be like, wait, wait, that guy is in the audience coughing all the time.

[Aaron Weber]

And then they look at him and they go. It's just. He's just the age where that just happened.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

He would lose every time because I would throw him off.

[Aaron Weber]

Well, Nate clears his throat a lot, too, so we could hide a lot of secrets in this yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

The two guys that don't smoke at all all are coughing the most.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Clearing their throats.

[Aaron Weber]

I'll catch up. I'll get there at some point.

[Nate Bargatze]

So. Yeah, so that was the scandal you were saying is obvious as the Astros.

[Aaron Weber]

Banging the trash cans for off speed pitches. And you're like, well, once, you know, to listen for it, it's the most obvious thing in the world. Now once you know somebody's coughing, it was literally like they cough twice for B, three times for C, four times for D. Or. Or was it just when it was mentioned they cough.

[Nate Bargatze]

It was just when the right answer.

[Aaron Weber]

Was mentioned when the person said it. There is so obvious.

[Dusty Slay]

I love a show like, you know, like, I don't know, like a detective show. I've seen an episode, I don't know if it was Monk or. Or if it was Colombo, but where there's a game show scandal and they're trying to uncover this is Mr. Monk.

[Aaron Weber]

In the game show.

[Dusty Slay]

I love it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah, I love that. And I won't ruin the ending, but it's a very obvious thing too.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. Monk. I want to write a detective show, but just the idea that I got a lot of ideas that I would have to come up with these every time. I'm so impressed by detective shows.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Because they literally have to solve a case every episode in a creative way.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, I agree. I guess they go through files and files of real cases for inspiration and right around it. I mean, how else could you.

[Aaron Weber]

I don't know, man. Just get really smart people together and just have them try to solve this stuff.

[Dusty Slay]

I've been watching a lot of Andy Griffin lately. Griffith.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Andy Griffith.

[Nate Bargatze]

Andy Griffin.

[Aaron Weber]

Andy Griffin.

[Dusty Slay]

Andy Griffin. Going up.

[Aaron Weber]

I think that's like black Andy Griffith, but it's Eddie Griffin as the.

[Dusty Slay]

The Eddie Griffin show starring Eddie Griffin. It's. It's great. He always has to solve a problem. Problem. Every episode a problem comes, he has to solve it.

[Aaron Weber]

And it's a moral dilemma. Every show. Yeah, kind of.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

I feel like sometimes, though, I don't have a good example. So I probably say this. He misleads you a little bit not to hurt your feelings.

[Aaron Weber]

Andy Griffith.

[Nate Bargatze]

Everyone thinks it's always the most morally pure show ever. But I feel like sometimes.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, he often has to. He tries to solve the problem while making. It looked like Barney solved the problem.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

He's always trying to.

[Aaron Weber]

Surrounded by idiots.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. He's trying to help Barney out. There was a feminism episode that they just had and even, you know, they just Had. Well, I just watched season one.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Years ago.

[Aaron Weber]

It was black and white.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm like, you know, I'm not. I don't get into, you know, feminism too much, but even I was like, watching this, being like, jeez, Andy, like, you're like being a real misogynist here, you know? And in the end, it was a.

[Nate Bargatze]

Got cancelled.

[Dusty Slay]

It. Yeah. He couldn't be sheriff anymore.

[Nate Bargatze]

The final episode of Eddie Griffith show.

[Dusty Slay]

Take his badge, Barney.

[Nate Bargatze]

Sheriff.

[Dusty Slay]

But I'm just. I'm watching and I'm like, you know, take it easy, dude.

[Aaron Weber]

And Aunt B becomes the sheriff.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah, Sheriff B. But they got rid of a sheriff. But they had to, you know, they had to go hard so that in the end when he comes around.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You really, you really feel the impact.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

You know.

[Aaron Weber]

Sure.

[Dusty Slay]

And it's just good writing. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. I should wrap it up. There was a. On the Dating Game, a serial killer.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Oh, yeah.

[Aaron Weber]

Oh, yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. So that was pretty, pretty wild. There's been a few times where someone has identified a criminal on the run on a game show.

[Aaron Weber]

It's almost like the same narcissism that causes you to be your serial killer is. This is the. That's what drives you to be on a reality game show.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[Dusty Slay]

Maybe you're so good at being a serial killer that you're like, gosh, am I going to have to get on TV to get caught? I mean, come on.

[Nate Bargatze]

I enjoy it, but there's no money in it.

[Dusty Slay]

Yeah. I'm doing it for the fame, love of the game. Yeah.

[Nate Bargatze]

All right, well, I guess we should wrap it up.

[Aaron Weber]

Let's wrap it up.

[Nate Bargatze]

Should we talk about where we're at? Yeah, we should do it this Thursday. I am at Laugh Out Lounge in Winter Haven, Florida. Come to that show. Look, it's Valentine's. It's Thursday's the 13th. Don't go out on Valentine's night.

[Aaron Weber]

Never.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's the worst night to go out. But if you want to celebrate Valentine's, go out up the night before. Come to my show at Laugh Out Lounge. You'll have a good time.

[Dusty Slay]

Laugh Out Lounge.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah.

[Dusty Slay]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Lol.

[Aaron Weber]

All right. Aaron Weber here.

[Nate Bargatze]

Oh, I'm not done.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

I'm just getting started.

[Aaron Weber]

Okay.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah, let's do it. And then Saturday, I am in Coco, Florida, at Lineage Church. Another laugh all night from 6 to 7. And then I'm in Mars Hill, North Carolina. I mentioned a couple weeks ago I'm going to Montana for the first time. Bozeman Montana. Last.

[Dusty Slay]

Montana.

[Nate Bargatze]

Last. Best comedy club. What'd you say?

[Dusty Slay]

I love Montana.

[Nate Bargatze]

Yeah. Last. Best comedy club. That's March 7th, and March 12th is my next Brian Bates and friends here at Zany's.

[Aaron Weber]

Boom. All right, we're doing it this weekend. If you do want to go out on Valentine's Day and you're in the Bloomington, Indiana, area, I'll be performing for the first time at the Comedy Attic in Bloomington, Indiana, this week.

[Dusty Slay]

Great club.

[Aaron Weber]

February 14th and 15th. And then next week, I got a fun west coast run. I'm going to be in Tacoma, Washington, and Spokane. So if you're in Washington, come see me next week.

[Dusty Slay]

Bloomington, Indiana. Comedy addict Jared really cares about the club. Yeah, he really cares about it.

[Aaron Weber]

Yeah. It has a great reputation because of that.

[Dusty Slay]

All right. Also, another Valentine's Day show. If you happen to be in Fresno, California. I'll be there February 14th, February 15th, I'm in Sacramento. And then I'm gonna go ahead and just do a couple weekends. February 21, Boise, Idaho. Show is sold out. There may be a couple of tickets. February 22, Salt Lake City, Utah. And then I'm gonna be in the Villages in Florida on the 26th, 25th, Zany's on the 26th. And then I'm filming my special February 28th in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

[Nate Bargatze]

Nice.

[Dusty Slay]

So these last shows that I've just. This will be me ramping up for the special. So it'll be hot, tight shows. It's going to be, you know, what you'll see on the special when it's really strengthening it up. So these are going to be super hot shows.

[Nate Bargatze]

You know, my prediction on the get some tickets. New Year's episode was you would do late night for the first time and you would start selling out clubs left and right. We're already within the late night. I don't know how. Maybe you're still at the club.

[Aaron Weber]

We'll see.

[Nate Bargatze]

And I said Dusty would start selling out theaters left and right. And I think he said he already was. Yeah. And I said your special would be one of the hottest specials of the year.

[Aaron Weber]

All right.

[Dusty Slay]

Well, I hope that's true.

[Aaron Weber]

From your lips to God's ears, brother.

[Dusty Slay]

You know, speaking of Tonight show, though, one time, after my first time doing the. I know after my first time doing the Tonight show, me and Aaron were doing a show called the Dog House in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He's standing out front. There's a lady out there smoking. I'm inside. She goes, this guy any good? He goes, he said, the Tonight show. She goes, ah, that don't mean. And then throws the cigarette out, goes back inside, starts cooking.

[Nate Bargatze]

That's great.

[Aaron Weber]

I've told that story so much. That's unfortunately a story when you have to edit it. It's not quite as good.

[Dusty Slay]

But you know, I don't mean man throws it on.

[Aaron Weber]

So funny. I thought about her this past weekend. Yeah, she's probably, you know.

[Dusty Slay]

But I gotta tell that lady it does mean something. Of course it does mean something.

[Nate Bargatze]

And go watch you on the new.

[Dusty Slay]

Hollywood Squares boom Tonight, signature dish.

[Aaron Weber]

YouTube. 30 minutes. Knock it out. It's good. Thank you all. We love you. It's not lost on us. And you know, have a pleasant evening.

[Nate Bargatze]

Bye.

[Aaron Weber]

Nat Land is produced by Nateland Productions.

[Nate Bargatze]

And by many me, Nate Bargetze and.

[Aaron Weber]

My wife Laura on the AudioBoom platform.

[Dusty Slay]

Recording and editing for the show is.

[Aaron Weber]

Done by Genovations Media.

[Nate Bargatze]

Thanks for tuning in.

[Dusty Slay]

Be sure to catch us next week.

[Aaron Weber]

On the Nate Land podcast.

[Dusty Slay]

Hey, it's Ryan Seacrest for Albertsons and Safeway, now through February 25th.

[Nate Bargatze]

Stock up on your favorite self care.

[Aaron Weber]

Items and save up to $3. Shop in store or online for items.

[Dusty Slay]

Like Old Spice Deodorant Always Ultra Thin.

[Aaron Weber]

Pads, Gillette Fusion razors and refills, Old.

[Dusty Slay]

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[Aaron Weber]

Gillette Mach 3 razors and refills and save up to $3. You won't want to miss out on these deals. Offer ends February 25th.

[Dusty Slay]

Offers may vary.

[Aaron Weber]

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