27: #27 | Breakfast

Summary

Public Figures Podcast – Episode 27: "Breakfast"

Hosts: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay
Date: August 5, 2026

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Overview

In this lively episode, Nashville comedians Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, and Dusty Slay dive into the joys, quirks, and history of breakfast—both as a meal and a cultural phenomenon. Woven among playful banter, personal stories, listener comments, and classic comedic riffs, the trio explores everything from cereal preferences and favorite chain diners to surprising histories, breakfast's place in society, and the curious power of food marketing.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Personal Updates & Comedic Gigs (01:36–11:45)

• Aaron recounts his whirlwind weekend, including a Notre Dame fundraiser at Pebble Beach and a Disney World corporate gig ("I had to immediately drive. I left the stage, drove to San Francisco, caught a red eye to Orlando. So I went from pebble beach to Disney World in the span of, you know, 24 hours." – Aaron, 04:12)
• The group riffs on legendary golf courses, caddy stories, and elusive Pebble Beach pebbles
• Dusty and Aaron swap garden talk—Connor Larson (mutual comedian friend) comes up as the archetype of an unseen podcast regular ("He's like, what's the who? It used to be Felix in the old days, right? They used to talk about Felix every day. I'd never even met him." – Aaron, 11:40)
• Dusty shares a charming tale of tracking down the childhood trailer he grew up in and negotiating with its current resident (see Timestamps: 34:13–40:27 and Quote at [38:46]).

2. Gifts, Listener Interactions, and Comedy Circuit Stories (13:16–25:25)

• Brian and Dusty receive fan gifts at Helium Comedy Club and share about the joys/awkwardness of morning radio slots
• They riff on the oddity of set-up questions during radio interviews and the sometimes missed comedic cues ("That's quite a reach. But that's good. And then it doesn't seem obvious." – Aaron, 20:56)
• Dusty’s 8AM show at his high school in Opelika and his high school bathroom phobia: ("I would be in pain all day to avoid doing that." – Dusty, 25:35)

3. Local Events, Summer Baseball, and More Small-Town Comedy (27:28–33:34)

• Nostalgia swells as the comics discuss minor league games, family outings, first pitches, and uniquely American experiences like box seats and overpriced stadium food
• Brian's trip to a Braves game includes a comic hat purchase and trade deadline anxiety

4. Favorite and Least Favorite Months (32:24–33:46)

• October is the unanimous favorite (leaves, light jacket weather, college football energy)
• July and January are least-loved for opposite weather reasons

5. Comments & Ongoing Podcast Lore (45:52–64:13)

• A deep dive into user comments, including debate over "grounding" (walking barefoot on earth) and the perennial jests surrounding Dusty's conspiracy takes
• Discussion of Southern traditions—how people address spouses, Waffle House culture, and family naming conventions
• The comment segment naturally segues into the breakfast theme

6. All About Breakfast (65:08–116:23)

Personal Breakfast Habits

• Brian: Cereal guy, mainly Life and Fiber One, 2% milk, almond milk sometimes. ("I do fiber one almond milk for obvious reasons." – Brian, 66:31)
• Dusty: Healthy, fruit and black coffee; Peanut Butter Panda Puffs; grits/eggs bowls; sometimes almond or raw milk; reminisces about sugary cereals and bacon with cornflakes
• Aaron: Rarely eats breakfast, but loves breakfast foods the most ("If I could pick one family of foods to eat for every meal, that's what I would do." – Aaron, 70:03)
• They all agree: breakfast-as-food is superior, even if not consumed at traditional times

Favorite Chains & Diner Debates (73:10–74:58)

• Rankings:
  • Waffle House ("Not even close" – Aaron, 73:20)
  • Cracker Barrel (2nd), IHOP, Denny’s; discussion of Huddle House (Dusty’s favorite non-breakfast: patty melt)
• Noted: Waffle House rarely as wild as the internet suggests—mostly nice, blue-collar, welcoming energy

History and Social Construction of Breakfast (76:43–83:37)

• Origin of "breakfast": "breaking a fast" after sleep
• Medieval and Renaissance: Breakfast viewed as weak/gluttonous, only for children/travelers/the sick (per Thomas Aquinas and the Church)
• Dr. John Kellogg's bland-cereal campaign to curb “sinful” behavior
• "Breakfast is the most important meal"—exposed as a marketing slogan by cereal companies, not a scientific edict
• Notable Quote: “It’s crazy that we know that and we believe anything they tell us.” – Dusty, 81:52

Favorite Foods, Rituals, and Cultural Quirks

• Cereal hierarchy: Top seller is Honey Nut Cheerios, then regular Cheerios, Frosted Flakes, Cinnamon Toast Crunch
• Milk debate: 2% vs. whole vs. almond/raw ("You stick with whatever you use growing up." – Aaron, 66:45)
• The intricacies of Waffle House hash brown lingo (“scattered” = spread out, “smothered” = onions, “covered” = cheese, etc. – See 112:52)
• Jam vs. jelly vs. preserves ("Jam is more got fruit chunks, jelly is just…” – Dusty, 96:51)
• Grit bowls, yogurt, and unconventional combos: e.g., honey & peanut butter on toast (Dusty, 97:30)
• Continental vs. complimentary breakfast—a passionate, fruitless debate

Best Breakfast Chains Rankings (103:00–110:41)

• [Mashed] list’s top five (with Dusty’s critiques):
  1. Waffle House – ("It earns its place at the top of the list by providing cheap, reliable breakfast food day or night." – Read by Aaron, 110:28)
  2. Cracker Barrel
  3. Perkins
  4. Hash House A Go Go
  5. Snooze
• Denny’s infamously ranked at 28th fuels Dusty’s ire (“Please. You're gonna put Denny's at 28, and then Perkins is number three. Unbelievable.” – Dusty, 108:14)

Brunch & International Breakfasts (86:23–115:18)

• Brunch origins as a social/lighter alternative for hungover partiers (per 1895 British essay)
• International breakfasts: Japan (rice, miso, fish), Spain (multiple small meals), English breakfast (“Start off me day with a bit of kidney beans... flubber worms” – Aaron, 114:53)

Eggs, Coffee, and Hotel Breakfasts

• Scrambled is the go-to (Brian/Aaron), Dusty likes to mix it up
• Continental breakfast: lighter, “not much of nothing”—rooted in Europe
• Drury Hotel wins best free hotel breakfast

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On outgrowing parental sleep: "When you're young, you'll sleep on a couch, a floor, a pile of jackets in the back seat of a car. Doesn't matter. Now, I sleep wrong one night, my body lets me know about it." – Dusty, 84:32
• On cereal marketing magic: "He purposely made it very bland because he thought it would tone down young people's sinful temperature." – Brian on Kellogg, 79:31
• On chain rankings: "You're gonna put Denny's at 28, and then Perkins is number three. Unbelievable." – Dusty, 108:14
• On nostalgia: "I mean, I love breakfast food. It's my favorite family of foods...If I could pick one family of foods to eat for every meal, that's what I would do." – Aaron, 70:03
• On the enduring power of slogans: “It’s crazy that we know that and we believe anything that they tell us.” – Dusty, 81:52
• Hash brown secret codes: See rapid-fire lingo exchange on Waffle House phrases (112:52–113:42)
• Childhood comfort vs. adulthood analysis: “There’s a lot of stuff I forgot. I used to know all the dinosaurs. There was a time I could tell you all the state capitals. But I just forget some stuff.” – Brian, 54:32

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:36 – Show proper begins; Aaron updates
• 03:14 – Notre Dame & Rare Disease charity event
• 04:55 – Golf stories, caddy as a fan, Pebble Beach anecdotes
• 07:12 – Fake dragonflies for mosquito defense, gardening talk
• 13:16 – Fan gifts, merch jokes, Helium club stories
• 17:02 – Bob and Tom, radio shows, cueing comedians on air
• 23:10 – Dusty’s 8am school gig, bathroom anxiety
• 32:24 – Favorite/least favorite months
• 45:52–64:13 – Listener comments, ongoing debates
• 65:08–74:58 – Personal breakfast habits and preferences
• 83:37–85:17 – Medical marketing of "most important meal"
• 86:23–87:42 – The invention of brunch
• 89:14–91:29 – Egg preparation, continental breakfast debate
• 97:50–100:16 – Best-selling cereals
• 103:00–110:41 – Top breakfast chains, Waffle House wins
• 112:52–113:42 – Waffle House lingo breakdown

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Tone & Style

• Laidback, jokey, and warm, punctuated with playful ribbing and observational humor
• Deep South flavor with storytelling, wordplay, and affectionate teasing
• Curious yet skeptical about authority, tradition, and “conventional wisdom”—especially in food

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Conclusion

The trio closes with shout-outs to upcoming dates (see [116:02–117:22]), a quick preview of next week’s “lunch” theme, and classic comedic riffs on the American breakfast mythos.

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This episode is a must-listen for comedy fans and breakfast lovers alike, featuring personal stories, deep-fried facts, and a healthy dose of skepticism—all served sunny side up.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome into another edition of the Public Figures Podcast, brought to you by the Nateland Entertainment Company. We're excited to be here today. We're recording live at the Public Figure Studio right here in Nashville and Tennessee music city, Comedy City, I'll call it. I'm alongside my good friends Brian Bates.

[A]

Hello.

[B]

And Dusty Slay.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Three Nashville based professional standup comedians. Chewing the fat, shooting the breeze, having a good time, hanging out, talking nonsense. We're excited you've come along today. Let's get into it, man. I. I was gone last week. I missed you guys.

[C]

We missed you too. Yeah, we missed you too.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Thank you.

[C]

We did.

[B]

I can't tell if either of you are serious, but I appreciate it. I felt. It felt weird to be gone.

[A]

What were you doing?

[B]

I had a crazy weekend, man. I was. I was all over. I had a gig in Pebble Beach, California. Monterey Beach.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

I had a corporate gig. I don't know if you've ever felt like this. It was a first for me. I did a corporate gig and I was like, I think I'm the best comedian in the world for this gig.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

It was it was for. I never had this feeling.

[A]

Can we guess what it's for?

[C]

I'm going to guess it was some sort of Catholic thing.

[B]

It was a Notre Dame event.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

It was the. A Parian Fund. It was called the Parsean Classic. Aero Parsean. You might know him from Rudy. He's the legendary coach at the beginning of the movie.

[C]

Okay, I thought this was a different language.

[B]

You were saying Aero Parsegian.

[C]

Yeah, it does sound a little bit

[B]

like a throwing Latin at you, but Air Parsejian's granddaughters have a rare disease called Niemann Pick, so he set up this foundation to raise money for rare disease research. So this is a Notre Dame event with rare disease stuff.

[A]

I'm so glad I didn't make any jokes.

[B]

No, no, no. I was hoping. Yeah, it's fine. But I was just sitting the back.

[A]

I was like, incredible.

[B]

This might be the perfect fit for you.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

I had the Notre Dame stuff, and then I got like, 15 minutes now on just the rare disease stuff. So I was like, this is perfect. So we got to play golf at pebble beach and Spyglass, and then we had the gig Sunday.

[A]

Who's we?

[B]

This is the coolest part of it for me is I got to bring three friends from Notre Dame. They gave us free foursomes to play golf at these legendary golf courses. So my friends from college came. We hung out all weekend, play golf. But. But the reason I couldn't make the podcast Monday, I had to immediately drive. I left the stage, drove to San Francisco, caught a red eye to Orlando. I had a gig at Disney World on Monday. So I went from pebble beach to Disney World.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

In the span of, you know, 24 hours. So it's pretty. Pretty crazy weekend. But I'm glad y' all were. Y' all held it down without me.

[C]

And they were saying that this. This golf course is pretty good, huh?

[B]

It's. It might be the most iconic golf course in America.

[A]

If I had to, I'd say Augusta.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess so. But, yeah, top three.

[A]

Yeah, for sure.

[C]

What makes a golf course good?

[B]

Well, this one, it's interesting. There are two golf courses, Dusty. And they say they go. The one that's less famous. It's actually a better golf course.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

But they go Pebble.

[A]

Pebble beach with us.

[B]

Yeah. You're the spyglass of this.

[A]

I didn't say any names here. I'm just saying.

[B]

But pebble beach is right on the water. It's just. It's unbelievable looking. You're Hitting it up cliffs.

[C]

And the beach is

[A]

pebbles.

[C]

Pebbles.

[A]

No.

[B]

Okay. No, it's a regular beach. I was expecting that, too.

[C]

Yeah. At least larger grains of sand.

[B]

I thought it looked like gravel out there. Yeah, no, it was just regular.

[C]

Like you're walking on the old Burger King playground out there.

[B]

But what was cool, our cat.

[C]

Remember that?

[B]

I do remember. I remember that. Sure.

[C]

You remember when Burger King first came around.

[B]

I bet you remember when he was Burger Prince.

[A]

I did not. I do not.

[B]

Our caddy. Yeah. All weekend. Is a big fan of us.

[C]

Oh.

[B]

Knew all of us.

[D]

Wow.

[B]

It's a big comedy fan. He was dropping names. I was like, oh, my gosh. That's crazy. That's why I walked up and he goes, signature dish. Wow. This is crazy, dude.

[A]

I called him food and he's like,

[B]

well, dude, you can't really eat food on Pebble Beach. The seagulls will get in there and get it.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

They say if you get food, you got to put it under your seat because the seagulls will climb into the golf cart and grab food and fly away.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

They'll steal your wallet, your keys, everything. It's pretty wild.

[A]

How'd you play?

[B]

I played terrible. Yeah, we were the only group that didn't submit our scores to the tournament.

[A]

Oh, it was a tournament?

[B]

Yeah, it was a tournament.

[A]

Oh, I see.

[B]

I have a buddy who's pretty good. He. He played really well. I was just hanging out. I told the caddy. I was like, dude, I'm. I'm not looking for a ball.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm out here just playing it. He seemed a little grateful. He's like, dude, so many groups, they take it so seriously, and it's just not fun for me. But we're just hanging out. But maybe that's what he was telling me, to get a tip.

[A]

But that's amazing.

[B]

It was a really cool. Really cool experience.

[A]

And did you get some great pictures from it?

[B]

I did get some great. I'm still waiting on it. But they had a professional photographer out there. Yeah, it was awesome.

[C]

Well, we missed you.

[B]

Thanks, man.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I got something that I knew you wouldn't like, the golf talk. So I got something I thought. I think you would like.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

The way you said it, we missed you. This means moving along.

[C]

No, no, we did.

[B]

So it's probably no surprise to you. This time of year, I get lit up by mosquitoes.

[C]

Oh, yeah, right.

[B]

Yeah. Now, I know you don't like using bugs and weed.

[C]

Yeah,

[B]

that was just something I got that I think Dusty will think it's fun.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

You don't like using bug spray?

[C]

No, I never do. And I got bit three times yesterday on my face.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I want to show you something I found. I had never seen this before. I apologize if this is a common item. I could not believe there real. These are.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Fake dragonflies.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Have you seen these?

[C]

I actually have one.

[B]

Do you really?

[C]

Yeah. But I love this.

[B]

You can put them. You put them on your hat. Wow.

[C]

And the day I didn't wear a hat.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Can I have yours?

[B]

Yeah, I got you a couple.

[C]

Oh, I love.

[B]

Put a couple on there.

[C]

You know what? I had some of these and I never. I never knew you could put it on your hat. And my kids broke them, so this is. I appreciate that.

[B]

Yeah, I got a whole pack of them. If you're listening. They're metal rods with fake dragonflies at the end.

[C]

I love a dragonfly.

[B]

A bit like a scarecrow for a bug.

[A]

Where'd you get these?

[B]

Don't worry about it.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, I acquired them.

[A]

I love it.

[C]

This is great.

[B]

Now, I will say you look a little ridiculous. Clip it em onto your hats, but you're not gonna damage your skin spraying dangerous chemicals.

[C]

I love this.

[B]

Yeah. So how about it?

[C]

I can't wait.

[B]

Yeah, I might take them off for the rest. The rest of the podcast, but you get the idea.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I might add some.

[B]

I just. This is so crazy. I had never seen this before.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Do you put them in, like, your garden or something like that?

[C]

Well, that was the idea, but it. This was years ago when I got them. And then I, you know, like I say, my kids broke them and never revisited it, but mosquitoes are so bad at my house.

[B]

Got.

[D]

Scare them away.

[C]

I got raspberry plants, and I'm out there trying to pick raspberries and I'm getting eaten alive. I was letting tree frogs go last night, and my daughter was out there with me, and she's got. She goes, I'm getting bit up. I'm going in.

[B]

I'm. I'm building the garden at my house.

[C]

Are you.

[B]

Connor Larson's helping me, all right. He put together a whole plan. We're going to build it together.

[C]

Connor loves to put together a plan.

[B]

I know he loves a plan.

[C]

Yeah, he'll put.

[B]

I love to not read.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, he'll put together a plan quick. He goes, I wrote an algorithm for it.

[B]

I was actually just hoping you'd do it. Thank you. But anyway, what'd you guys get into? Where were you?

[A]

What Are you growing. What are you gonna grow?

[B]

Vegetables, mostly. Vegetables.

[A]

I didn't think it was meat.

[C]

They are growing meat now, though. In a lab, though.

[B]

But no fruit.

[A]

Okay, you're right.

[B]

No fruit.

[A]

But I was gonna guess.

[B]

And no cosmetic stuff. We're not really interested in that. So tomatoes, cucumbers, peas, eggplant, stuff like that.

[A]

And what motivates you to do this? I've never known you to.

[B]

Olive, our daughter eats vegetables like crazy. She can't have sweets.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So this is like we're a vegetable house now. She loves them. So Connor's been bringing over fresh vegetables from his house and she's devouring them. So we're like, we should grow these ourselves.

[C]

Yeah. So maybe you should get some. Some herbs too, though, like oregano, thyme, and rosemary. Those are my favorites. Yeah. And lavender smells really good.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

But I love to put a little rosemary, thyme, oregano, and anything I cook.

[B]

That sounds good. Once you put together a plan for me.

[C]

Okay. And then I'll telltale Connor.

[A]

Okay. You should enter yours in the Wilson County Fair.

[B]

What?

[A]

I was.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

Yeah, they have, like, competitions for, like,

[B]

big honking ones, right?

[A]

Not necessarily the biggest ones, just the best looking.

[B]

Like the cutest tomato. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. It doesn't have to be the biggest one.

[C]

You want some pumpkins? I got so many pumpkins and squash. I don't know why I grow this stuff. Yeah, I got a bunch.

[B]

I went over to Connors places. Watermelons are taking over.

[C]

I got one watermelon.

[B]

I didn't know you got like 15 watermelons will grow. Its footprint in the ground is like this big and 15 watermelons.

[C]

Yeah. It's insane.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

That's crazy.

[B]

The world's wild.

[C]

Well, Connor's having a really great year with gardening and I'm having a really bad year with it. But, Connor, you know, your career is going. I think this is out there publicly, so I'm going to say it. But Connor, you know, is having a baby.

[B]

That's right.

[C]

So I look for next year's gardening from Connor to not be as good.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Connor was on the Nateland podcast once. It was when I was out sick.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I wish he'd never really been on because we talk about him every week and I wish it was just this person.

[B]

He should just join full time.

[A]

We always talk about, but no one ever sees.

[B]

Yeah. He's like, what's the who? It used to be Felix in the old days, right? Yeah, they used to talk about Felix every day. I'd Never even met him.

[C]

No one's seen Felix still, right? As far as far as the podcast listeners go.

[A]

Did we not show him at the Zane?

[B]

He might have made an appearance at the live one. He kind of waved. But you didn't get a good look

[A]

at him, so we don't know if he exists.

[C]

I mean, I know Felix.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Do you Felix Sleep.

[C]

I. You know, maybe it's a stand in. Maybe. I know a stand in. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That was fun.

[C]

Yeah, it was good.

[B]

Let's just.

[C]

Let's give it what it deserves. Yeah. I mean, really miss it on for dinner.

[B]

Let's just. Let's just take a moment to let Brian let you laugh at home.

[A]

Guys. Can't keep up. Get out of the kitchen.

[C]

Take that. Felix. Sweet sleep quiz.

[B]

What did you guys. What have you been up to? Brian? You just got back this morning.

[A]

I did.

[B]

West.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

This shirt you're wearing, is this GoFundMe? You've started for someone.

[A]

Very proud of the shirt.

[B]

Somebody make that for you?

[A]

Yeah. Fan of the pot if it wasn't. But. Yeah.

[B]

Guy who hates me made this.

[A]

Brian Schnep.

[B]

Oh, nice.

[A]

Made this. He wore it. He wore it to the show. Not this one. The one that looked like it. And sit on the very front row right in front of me. And I acknowledged him and he got up and showed it, and then he gave me one.

[B]

Oh, that's awesome.

[A]

After the show, if you're listening. It's my driver's license photo, but the way that joke I have for my special worried.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

And which is a very good spot

[B]

available now on YouTube.

[A]

Yes.

[C]

It's ironed on and, like, there's some creases in there. So it makes you look much worse the way it's like, creased and folded.

[B]

I don't think those are creases. I think that's the watermarks that they put over a picture on a driver's license.

[A]

Yeah. They took that off the screenshot.

[C]

That forehead has got some stuff going on.

[B]

No, I think that's just like the scan lines of it.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

I don't think he's folded up like an accordion.

[D]

Those are just.

[C]

I'm saying you're wearing a picture of your own face and you look better than the picture is what I'm saying to you.

[A]

I thought you of all people would be all on board with it.

[C]

I mean, I love it.

[A]

Wear your own merch everywhere.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I support it, but I'm

[B]

just dusty and Dave Chappelle.

[C]

It's like you're wearing your own before picture.

[B]

It does look like that. That's pretty. That's fine.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, but I was at.

[C]

Before you got those bamboo sheets,

[A]

I was at Funny Farm. I don't even know what that means.

[B]

We haven't gotten to that ad read yet.

[A]

Yeah, okay. Funny Farm Comedy Club in Goshen, Indiana. Great club. The Mitchells run it. So nice. Do a great job and had a lot of fun. A lot of folks came out and then I was at Helium.

[B]

Can I ask you real quick before you move on to Helium?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Funny Farm spelled Phoenix. Is it, like, pharmacy themed?

[A]

I don't.

[C]

A lot of drugs there.

[B]

Because there are, like, the loony bin. I didn't even realize until you're there. The loony bin means, like, insane asylum. They lean into the theme a little bit. They got T shirts that say I was lobotomized at.

[C]

And everybody works. There's crazy.

[B]

Yeah, but. But Funny Farm, I didn't know if it was like a play on pharmacy.

[A]

I don't think so. It's in an old warehouse.

[B]

You don't have to wear, like, a lab coat when you perform or something?

[A]

No, it's a good question.

[C]

They pay you in pills, all the

[B]

drinks are in beakers, Something like that.

[A]

That's a good question. I don't know the answer because it is P H A R M. But anyway, had a great time then.

[C]

It's funny spelled with an F. No, just P A.

[B]

It is. Yeah. It's regular funny.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's a good question.

[C]

Yeah. All right, I'm sorry. Go ahead.

[A]

Sorry.

[C]

I know I've been interrupting you a lot and people have started to notice.

[B]

Yeah,

[A]

yeah. What was her name?

[C]

That I forget?

[B]

Kathy.

[C]

I made a video about her, though.

[B]

Oh, really?

[A]

Yeah. Then last night I was at Helium Comedy Club in Indianapolis. Lots of folks came out, brought. Oh, I got some gifts.

[C]

I love that club.

[A]

I got some gifts.

[B]

Oh, do you really?

[C]

Y.

[B]

Are these from you or these from other people?

[A]

These were definitely from other people. All right, let's see. Dusty, this is for you.

[B]

Oh, look at that.

[C]

That's what I'm talking about.

[A]

That's from Nick Elizondo.

[C]

I'm running low. I appreciate Nick Elizondo.

[A]

If you're listening, a couple cigars.

[B]

Yeah, Yeah.

[C]

I appreciate that.

[A]

I'm running low. This is for you, Aaron. This. This is from Jamie, Katie and Tulsa Marie.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Deborah, I don't have. Sorry.

[B]

It's a Michigan State T shirt.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

How about that? I haven't talked trash about Michigan State in A while. I think I'll get back on.

[C]

Also a Home Depot gift card for me.

[B]

So large, which adds a little insult to injury there. Sorry, what's that?

[A]

No, yeah, that's the. Open his card.

[C]

Oh. Oh, you didn't want me to.

[A]

That's okay. No, it's fine.

[B]

You have just take a moment of silence while you read.

[A]

Yeah. All right, so. And then this morning, I did Bob and Tom.

[C]

All right.

[B]

That man.

[A]

Bob and Tom. You know, if you.

[C]

Thank you, Nick.

[A]

If you grew up. Well, I was going to say here, but really much of the U.S. yeah. You know Bob and Tom. Yeah, big time. Yeah.

[B]

For me it was Bob and Tom. You remember Rick and Bubba in Alabama?

[C]

Yeah. Look at this car. I thought it was a love letter to me.

[B]

It says thank you. Look at it. Be a weird way to start a love letter.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Rick and Bubba and John Boy and Billy.

[B]

Yeah. But Bob and Tom.

[C]

I've gotten to do John Boy and Billy and Bob and Tom, which. But John Boy and Billy specifically for me was fun because I grew up with them, but. Yeah, you did. J. Bob and Tom.

[A]

Yeah. I should have gave you those after the show, but.

[B]

No, this is so nice. Thank you, Nick. This is awesome. It's a really nice card. I appreciate it.

[C]

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[A]

Yeah. So I did Babaton this morning, which was fun.

[C]

I find it to be a very chaotic show. I like doing it, but they have about 10 people in the room and it is. And they're all very funny. It's hard to get in.

[B]

We've got like seven people in this room. I know, but this feel less chaotic to you?

[C]

But, I mean, it is a big round table.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

All have microphones and everybody's funny and I. It's hard to jump in. Even as a professional comic, I'm like a slow setup, right?

[B]

Yeah. Your crock pot comedy.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Takes me a while to heat up.

[C]

Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Abby.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Appreciate that.

[A]

They're really good at setting you up for your jokes. So good that I didn't catch one. So they. I have this joke in my special where I went to do morning radio in St. Louis. We went through the McDonald's drive thru and I didn't round up for charity. That's the joke, I don't think. And they said, let's talk about that. The producer told me beforehand. And then Tom said, so do you like doing morning radio? That was set up and I didn't catch it. And I'm like, not particularly. And everybody laughed at that.

[C]

I will say that's a tough setup.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Mean best. Keeping it pretty vague.

[B]

That's quite a reach. But that's good. And then it doesn't seem obvious.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But if you're not ready for it, I get.

[A]

I didn't catch that one.

[C]

But if you don't, if you've not seen that joke, it's available on Worried, which is on YouTube right now.

[A]

That's right. That's right. So that's what I was doing.

[B]

The first time I ever did radio is at a radio station here in Nashville. I was so nervous. I didn't know how it worked and didn't really listen to radio. I wasn't familiar with the show. I had no idea.

[C]

Right.

[B]

I did it with Andrew Dorfin, one of the owners of Zany's. And I. At the time, I had this Joke where I would say, you know, I. My comedy. I want people from everyone to like my comedy. I just want people from all backgrounds, all religions to just come together and worship Jesus Christ. That was the joke I would do. Just a misdirect.

[C]

I agree with it.

[B]

Just a misdirect. Right. And so he's like, that. That joke will be funny. So Andrew's talking, and he cues me up. He goes. And actually, Aaron has a lot of jokes about. He talks a little bit about religion. Huh. The most obvious setup ever. And I go, yeah, man. He gives me this look like, what are you doing? That was the most obvious thing in the world. I just didn't catch it. So it could be harder in the moment than it looks sometimes.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. That one wasn't that hard, but, yes, mine was. I thought you were gonna say he stepped on your punchline a little bit too much.

[B]

No, he basically handed it to me and said, please say this.

[C]

This is what's happening to me. I've done a bunch of, like, we have the Alan Rommel finger, who. Yeah. Gets us a. A lot of radio. And I've done so much, and I think I have not updated my setups with Alan in a while, so he's still, like, years down the road, is still sending them the same setups, and I keep forgetting to get him new ones.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So that.

[A]

Fudge.

[C]

So they'll do a setup, and I know what it is, but I don't want to do the joke, so I just try to do something different.

[A]

Redirect.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, the Opry still has my bio from 2017.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

I go, this guy's on the road with John Crist. No, I'm not.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Your headshot in the operies. You sitting on the Nateland.

[B]

I just got it changed. They were using an old still from a video for years. Anyway, Brett and Dusty, where were you at this weekend?

[C]

This weekend I went to Opelika, Alabama.

[B]

What's there?

[C]

And. Well, that's my hometown. I went to. I did. I went to O Town. Ice cream. That's my friend there. Angela. Chris and Angela. They.

[B]

Did you do a show there one time?

[C]

They. Yeah, I did. They were in a different location, but I did. They're at the old Bubba's medicine shop now. Yeah, but they.

[B]

I made the poster for that show. That's why I remember it.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, I did, and it was great. Me and Evan and Jordan Jensen.

[B]

That's right.

[C]

Show. We were in Florida the night before and got. Or the day before and got really sunburned, so we were all crispy. But. But yeah, I did a show. I actually did a. A show at 8am for the faculty of my high school. I did the Opelika Performing Arts Center.

[D]

Wow.

[C]

And, you know, it went about as well as you would expect an 8am show to go. But I had a ton of fun because it actually went good. But it's like, it's 8:00am I mean,

[B]

can I ask you, how many of these teachers did you know? Or how many were still around from when you were in high school? Or is it a new bunch?

[C]

Not a single one, really. They act. The guy who I was talking to, he said, I checked to see if there were any of your teachers. And he said, your last teacher, Mr. Conway, who was my art teacher and my favorite, retired last year.

[D]

Wow.

[C]

And there were people that I went to high school with that now work at the school.

[B]

Oh, that's okay.

[C]

Yeah. So that was fun. Yeah. It was a good time. I had a great time.

[B]

Not a school day, though. It's summer. Right.

[A]

Like a teacher.

[B]

So it's like.

[C]

Yeah. It's the first day. They're all back. The faculty is back, so they're about to gear up for school. So this was. Kind of. Normally they said they have, like, some motivational speaker, and this time it was me. And I told them to all quit and go get in their cars.

[A]

The exact opposite.

[B]

They got a little too motivated last year.

[C]

Yeah. I said, just quit. Go get in your cars. Nobody's learning. Just get out of here. They really like that. I also told him I had never pooped at the high school before when I went there. Wow. And they really enjoyed that. They thought that was really funny. But then I said, but I. I never pooped when I went here. But I went ahead and took care of that this morning.

[B]

Tried to catch up. Was that by design or it just never happened to happen?

[C]

No, it was. I was terrified to poop at school. I would. I would be in pain all day to avoid doing that.

[B]

Because he thought you'd get beat up in there.

[C]

I just thought I'd be made fun of and for pooping. Yeah. So it was a fear that I

[B]

do it in a weird way or something.

[C]

No, no. And I. I'll tell you, I don't have that fear now.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I'll go anywhere, anytime. But, you know. But in high school, it was like. Yeah. It just didn't. And maybe it came from, you know, like, there was a school I went to. I don't remember which one it was maybe like, elementary school that they had removed all the stalls from the. So there was just toilets.

[B]

Oh, that's Crystal Prison.

[C]

And I remember going in there one time, and there was a guy that I knew on the toilet, and I went ahead and used the urinal with him sitting there and him saying how embarrassing it was, and I just went ahead and peed.

[A]

Wait, they took out the doors?

[C]

Took out the whole stall, the stalls? There was no stalls, just toilets. It might have been a temporary thing.

[B]

Well, it's probably they had some kind of kid got beat up in there or something, and they had to take it down.

[C]

I got punched in the stall when I was in high school. I was peeing in the stall, and a guy tapped me on the shoulder and punched me in the face.

[B]

Hey, bud, go to the urinal.

[C]

He's like, I'm waiting in line.

[A]

That's a good. Rather poop. So at least you can see it coming.

[C]

Yeah, I know, I know.

[A]

Face them head on.

[C]

I know, Exactly. But it was great. I had a lot of fun. I. I had a good. I didn't take my family with me. I had a. And I spent. I spent a couple of days in Opelika. I had a good time. Not. Not because my family wasn't there, but kind of because I was just free to move about, of course. And I bounced around the city a bit, talking to people. And my mom's. There's been some, you know, some stuff going on there. A little. A guy got arrested in the driveway. And so I'm.

[A]

Oh, the tradition continues.

[C]

Yeah. But I'm. I'm, like, doing some. I'm getting some work done at my mom's house. So I was at the end of the driveway, and I was taking some before pictures, and I look over and there's a cop, like, sitting in. In, like, some other driveway. Like, he's in there. And I'm like, oh, this guy's scoping out the house. Right, right. So I drove over there. I was like, I'm about to talk to this guy. Because I go, I don't want them thinking I'm affiliated with this. I don't want them tagging my truck.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And he ended up knowing me from comedy.

[B]

Oh, that's awesome.

[C]

And we talked for a little while. And then he was also the school resource officer.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

So he was there the next day. So either that's true or he is following me.

[B]

He's already got you with the flock camera.

[C]

Yeah, probably. But it was great. I saw our friend Stephen Bass we hung out a little bit.

[A]

See Claiborne Cox.

[C]

I did not. I'd never met Claiborne.

[A]

Oh, you haven't?

[C]

No. I hung out with my friends.

[A]

Top comic in the Auburn Okalock area of all time. He's all available, but I would say so.

[C]

Claiborne's Auburn.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

But I'm still the best of that area. Now, Claiborne's very funny, but, you know, I'm still funnier, but I. He is very funny.

[A]

Yeah, Clement's great.

[B]

Clayburn had the joke.

[C]

He said, I mean, I'm funnier, but he is very funny.

[B]

He told his teacher, Alabama got 49th in education. His teacher goes, man, I Wonder who got 40 10.

[A]

That's a good joke.

[B]

Little jokes like that.

[C]

That is. I wrote that. But that's a good joke, that.

[B]

You just asked him that sincerely.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. That was me he was talking about.

[A]

Now, did you go to the Nashville Sounds game?

[C]

I did go, yeah. Yeah.

[B]

Why is. Why'd you ask?

[A]

Well, I just thought he might have. He doesn't strike me as a kind of guy. We all went together, when you put it, but that's the strike me kind of guy. Just go on his own.

[C]

Well, you know what? My wife really liked that, and she had. Her brother was in town who lives in China, and so we've not seen him in a long time, so she wanted to put something together like that again. And so we. We got the, you know, we got the box and some friends, and it's

[B]

a real American experience.

[C]

It is really good. We. We did opt for ordering the food, which is a mistake.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

Very expensive.

[B]

You probably don't eat any of it either.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, I had a burger. I mean, the food was good, but very expensive.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And they really get you with the food.

[D]

That's right.

[C]

But I had a good time. I had a great time. I, you know, the. Have a hard time watching baseball. I'm going to be honest with you. It is a pretty low action sport most of the time, but minor league baseball. Yeah.

[B]

I bet if I sat next to him at a professional game and you let me talk your ear off, there'd be a lot more going on than you realize. Yeah, but you don't want me to do that.

[C]

No, but. No, I don't mind. We went to the Milwaukee brewers game together one time. It's a quick turnaround. We didn't stay long, but that was very interesting.

[B]

We stayed for a fair bit. Yeah, we stayed for, like, eight innings, but.

[C]

Yeah, that was fun. How did you know, I went to that.

[A]

I have my sources.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

My little birds.

[C]

Okay. There was two first pitches thrown out, which is. You can't have two first. One of them's got to be the second. But I booed them.

[B]

Why? Because they weren't. Brian.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Who was it? Some kid.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

War veteran. I just go boo some kid from Vanderbilt Children's Hospital.

[A]

Well, you know, I told you when I did it, I was the second one. The game the night before got rained out, so they had that person come and throw out first pitch in my game, which kind of makes sense. It's tough. Have you been to a Braves game this year?

[B]

I went this weekend.

[A]

I know. I was just trying to have.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

TMZ over here.

[A]

Yeah. I gotta know what you guys are up to.

[B]

Yeah, I went. I went to the game.

[A]

Yeah, it was great.

[B]

Got this hat, one of the most ridiculous hats I've ever, ever owned.

[C]

Like Homer Simpson hat.

[B]

It's an ice cream cone hat.

[A]

Okay. I thought it was a waffle.

[B]

Maybe it's a waffle waffle cone.

[A]

Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

What did you think was on top

[C]

of kind of a Neapolitan ice cream on the top, but like a blue. Vanilla.

[B]

I don't know what the blue is.

[C]

Blueberry.

[B]

Looks like chocolate and strawberry and then some kind of blue.

[A]

The Braves won 62.

[B]

The Braves did win The Braves. I'm hoping they make a move today. Trade deadline.

[A]

Yeah, they run out of time.

[B]

They sure are.

[A]

Anyway, I just checked and it said my prescription's ready.

[C]

Oh. Oh, can I. I should have sent you this picture, so this is pretty exciting.

[B]

Is it on your Instagram?

[C]

I'm gonna. No, I haven't. I have. This is the first that it's being publicly shared.

[B]

You want to airdrop them to me?

[C]

I'm gonna try to right now. Okay.

[B]

Brian, stall.

[C]

I.

[A]

Well, all right. I have a question for you.

[B]

Sure.

[A]

What is your. It's for both of you. What's your least favorite and favorite month of the year?

[B]

My favorite. Probably October. I love the weather. I love. I love the leaves, and I love college footballs in full swing. There's just a good energy everywhere. You know, Light jacket weather. I like light jacket weather, man. That's. I don't know, just the whole thing going on. The warmth of it. Well, I'm sweating pretty bad.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But the warmth of, like the. Not temperature wise, but like the energy. Yeah, I love it.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

November. My birthday's in November. But it's a little. I don't know, it's starting to get wintery. I like the real fall. What about you?

[A]

And I want to hear you. Too dusty. For me, it's exactly the same. October is my favorite month. Almost the exact same reason you said. The weather. It's not too cold. It's getting good. College football, football in general is in full swing. And baseball's postseason.

[B]

That's true. Yeah. It's the most exciting time for baseball.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

NFL's going.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Yeah, man, that's good stuff.

[C]

I like July because it's a real wet heat. And I hate January because Feels like a bleak month.

[A]

July is my least favorite month of the year for the. It's so hot.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And sports is boring. That's true. There's.

[B]

Pretty soon it's going to be only Savannah Bananas on tv. Isn't that crazy?

[C]

I like.

[A]

Because baseball.

[B]

After the baseball lockout, it's just going to be. Ronald Acuna is going to be doing

[C]

backflips, running, bright sun, long days.

[B]

You love it?

[C]

I love it. That's my favorite. Sweating.

[B]

You like sweating?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's probably one of my least favorite things.

[C]

I love it. Yeah. All right. I want to tell you this. This is so little backstory. When I moved From Opelika in 2003, I sold the trailer that I lived in. Now, the trailer I lived in is the trailer I grew up in. And then I sold it to a guy. And then later, when I came back to visit, I went over there to look at it, and it had been moved, so it was gone. Now the trailer park is still there, even though it's. All the trailers are gone.

[B]

The Morris lot?

[C]

Yeah. And it's over. Yeah. It's just. Yeah. It's just Moore's now. Well, it's nothing. It's just an overgrown. So I was in the grocery store, Kroger, and this lady came up to me and started talking to me, and she ended up being the mom of the guy who bought the trailer for me. Now, I knew her, but it'd been a long time since I seen her.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I was like, yeah, I'd love. And we talked for a long time. And I go, yeah, I'd love to find that trailer. And she goes, I think I know where it's at. So she told me the trailer park that it was in. So I picked up a buddy of mine, Jimmy, and we went over there. And because I didn't want to go there by myself, I thought it might be a little sketchy. And it was.

[B]

And the cops are already watching you?

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And. And Jimmy, I got arrested with one time. So. So that. The last. Matter of fact, the last time we were in a car together, we got arrested.

[A]

You're in a police car.

[C]

So we, We. We fixed that. And so we rode over there and I found the trailer. And this is the trailer right here. So I got two. Two shots of it. And, And. And you can see I got another shot of the side. It doesn't matter. It looks like a trailer, but. Oh, yeah, I like that. You know, they're religious people and say

[B]

they left your sign up, but we had your pineapple.

[C]

We had, you know, we didn't have the window units back then. We had. We had central heat and air, so I assume they did. Yeah. So I assume they let their unit

[A]

blow up, but I didn't know trailers could.

[C]

But you can. You can see their number on the side. We don't know where it's at. So I think it's okay that we're showing the number. You see that on the side?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And then if you go back to the other picture, you can see that lot. Eight more trailer. The 8 is still painted on the side. Oh, yeah.

[B]

From. From. I mean, it was like that when you were a kid.

[C]

Yeah. So I knocked on the guy's door and he didn't answer. And so I left a note. And then the note he was. And I left my phone number in there. And then he responded to me the next day. And I sent you that screenshot, too. And I don't know if we need to show it yet, but I just want to say this is what he said. He goes, so you say you grew up in this trailer. Who owned it then? So I give this guy a very long rundown of the history that I know about this trailer. Okay? And then I sold it to a guy. I'm sure Robert doesn't mind that I'm sharing his first and last name here. And then Robert sold it to some people, and then they sold it to him, I think. And then. And then the fight. And so, I mean, this is the most detail you could possibly get.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

I mean, it's just ridiculous that I know this much about the trailer. And then his follow up was, you got the wrong trailer, pal. Me and my wife stay here, and we got it from someone else. Sorry, but you got the wrong trailer. And it's like I go, I just said to him, I go, listen, if you don't want to show me around, that's fine. Yeah, I get it. If you don't Want a strange guy looking around in your house. But it's the right trailer.

[B]

Yeah, of course.

[C]

I said, the 8 is still painted on the side and that's not your address.

[B]

Yeah, you haven't painted the trailer in 40 years, bub.

[C]

And then I sent him a video of my stand ups talking about Lot 8, Morris Trailer Park.

[A]

So I had to watch that poor guy. That's why he's like, it's not yours, bud.

[B]

He never, he just stopped responding to you at a certain point.

[C]

He never did let me look at it. But I, I sent him another message this morning. I don't, maybe I shouldn't share this, but I think this is funny. I said, I said, you know, I said, if you ever decide to sell the trailer, let me know. I'd love to. You know, I don't know if I'll buy it, but I would be interested in getting it just for that. And then. So I'm going to read this. If you guys think this is inappropriate, we can take it off. But he said, I have no problem with y' all seeing it. It's my wife acting crazy. But give me a few days and I promise you I'll let you see it because she'll be going to detox. So just give me a few more days and I'll contact you.

[A]

That's awesome.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, it's bad for her,

[A]

but she gets the help she needs.

[B]

You're both over sharing so much.

[C]

I know. I just wanted the guy to let me look around him. Yeah, I spent a lot of time in that.

[B]

You got the wrong trailer, pal. You got a wrong trailer.

[A]

How many years has it been?

[C]

Well, it's been 23 since I moved

[A]

away and it brings back a lot of memories just from outside.

[C]

It did, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Do you have the little, the little deck out there in the front like this? These people?

[C]

Well, we did have a deck, but not like that one.

[B]

That's if they painted it green.

[C]

That's a new one because our. Ours was bigger than that. But not. It didn't have the roof. We had a. Just a large platform with no rails.

[B]

Just like a table.

[C]

Yeah, I mean it was pretty big, but it was. Yeah, just a flat. I got some pictures of it.

[B]

That's cool, man.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

How crazy was that when you recognize that you track. When you tracked it down?

[C]

That's so crazy because I was like, I was like, I'm pretty sure that's it. And then I saw the eight and I go, oh yeah, definitely it.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, that's so cool, man.

[C]

Because the, you know, you can see the brown trim. The brown trim is on the other side too, but not on this side because we went through Hurricane Opal and trees fell on the trailer.

[B]

Opal took a tree out in our yard.

[C]

Yeah. So a couple fell on this trailer, so we had to replace, you know, the sides. And I don't think they could find the, the brown trim to match. But there's still a dent on the backsides. And that's what I saw first. I go, oh, I know that dent. Wow. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

That's so cool, man.

[A]

That is cool.

[B]

If you've listened to this podcast for any amount of time, you know I like my sleep, but I tend to be a hot sleeper. All right. That is true. I don't know how that made it into the copy, but. And they say the best sleep happens when you're cooler at night. I like to keep the room real cool.

[C]

I like a cool sleep.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's why I've been sleeping on Cozy Earth. Bamboo sheets. I get why people talk about their sheets now. These things are made from bamboo so they naturally wick away heat and moisture. Oh my gosh. So they can help you sleep several degrees cooler. That's worth it right there. They're also incredibly soft and they make climbing into bed feel like a reward after a long day. If you've ever had one of those nights where you toss and turn and wake up exhausted, you'll appreciate the difference. I wish I had these, you know, during some of the nights on the road, I wish I would take sheets to a hotel.

[C]

You should.

[B]

Yeah, I mean, I guess I could do that. I want to leave them at home for my wife to use, but maybe I could sneak them.

[C]

You get a couple. Couple of sets.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Now when I get home and I have my cozy sheets, I already know I'm going to get improved sleep because of how much cooler I can stay all night. The best part about these sheets, no risk. Cozy Earth gives you a 100 night sleep trial so you can really see what all the hype is about. And they back everything with a 10 year warranty because they are built to last. Do yourself a favor, upgrade your sleep with Cozy Earth. Once you try these sheets, you're going to wonder why you waited so long. Now head to cozyearth.com and use our code public figures for up to 20% off. That's code public figures for up to 20 percent off. If you get a post purchase survey, be sure to mention you heard about Cozy earth right here. How about that? Brian, you want to start off with some comments? Yeah, let's start with some comments 45 minutes in.

[A]

Sure.

[C]

Oh, if you don't mind, I'll read them, I guess. Do you mind if I read one comment that I. That I saw that's not on this list?

[B]

I. I don't mind. And I hope this becomes a regular segment. You read one comment that really ticks you off, and then we get into the fun ones.

[C]

Well, I don't know if. You know, last week we talked a lot about grounding, and it really upset people.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

Because Greg told me that he's into grounding.

[B]

He's about that age.

[C]

And Lee is also into ground.

[A]

What are you.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Is this in here?

[A]

Why don't you save it for some of the other grounding?

[B]

I'll bet there's a ground.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Comments come from Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Apple Podcast reviews, and [e-mail]. thank you so much for everybody who wrote in. Here are Brian's favorites. Brent Bell. We really enjoyed the podcast this week. Aaron was missed, but the guests filled in nicely. It was a different dynamic having someone agree with Dusty so often. Oh, geez.

[C]

Yeah. Brian was really out of place last week.

[A]

Yeah. Yes.

[B]

It's almost like we had a representative on the show this week to back Dusty up like we would want to if we were there.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

So that's what Lee did, huh? He just enabled you.

[C]

Well, Lee. Well, not only did Lee enable me, but he, you know, I. I know all the general ideas. I don't bother myself with the details.

[B]

Just. Just in general.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

This is what I feel like.

[C]

Like, I go, no, I got the idea. I don't. But Lee had the details.

[B]

He gets into the nitty gritty.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

That sounds like a recipe for disaster on this podcast. Well, thank you, Brent. Well, I'm back, so enough of that. Enough of the fun. Bruce Damon. Bruce Damon. How much do you think he has to hear about Matt Damon? A lot.

[A]

Yeah, I was thinking about.

[B]

There's Johnny Damon.

[A]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking about.

[B]

Matt Damon. He's the Damon.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Especially now the Odyssey out. He's probably getting asked about.

[C]

It's in the Odyssey.

[B]

He's this. He's Odysseus. Yeah.

[C]

Cool.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I saw where Tom Holland. Hold on, Bruce. We'll get to Tom Holland. I saw the new Spider man movie.

[C]

Do you like it? Yeah, I want to see it.

[A]

He has the top four opening weekend, I think, movies ever. And the Odyssey is not even one of them.

[B]

That's crazy. It's crazy how. How much better Spider man is doing than the Odyssey. It's going to hit a billion, like, soon.

[A]

Yeah. Two Spider Mans and two Avengers.

[B]

Yeah. That's nuts.

[C]

Some people were taking a screenshot of Hulk. Sandy looked like Jeffrey Epstein in this.

[B]

He does a little bit.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I can see it's in the. What do you call the part of your face between your nose and your mouth?

[C]

I don't.

[B]

You know what I'm talking.

[C]

I call it a mustache. But when you don't.

[B]

No, but the mustache is the hair.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

What's the. What's it called?

[C]

I don't know.

[B]

That looks like his.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Doesn't it? You know what I'm talking about?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Bruce Damon. I feel with Aaron not on the show, Dusty is given free reign to espouse whatever crazy theory he finds out there. Aaron is the voice of common sense on the show. Thanks. Appreciate that. I think he's saying I'm a bit of a wet blanket.

[C]

I think so. I think so.

[B]

But I think if you. If you just run around unchecked out here, it's going to be a problem.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, I think it was.

[B]

You know, me and Brian got to reel you in a little bit every day.

[C]

Yeah. Because Greg was playing it cool and I think so. I think Brian was really out of place.

[B]

They were being nice guests.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Well, Greg started it by saying he's got into grounding, but I think he

[B]

opened up a can of worms. Right?

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, he did.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Greg Stone, is that the comedian?

[C]

Maybe.

[B]

You know Greg Stone, the guy.

[A]

I do.

[B]

I'm glad Brian is there, taking up for those of us who aren't into witchcraft.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

There we go.

[C]

That's what I. Yeah, I think that's what I like. Somehow people have talk. Feel like walking on the ground with your bare feet is somehow paganism or witchcraft.

[A]

Well, it is.

[B]

It's.

[C]

I mean, God told Moses to take his shoes off.

[B]

Jesus.

[C]

But probably made of wood of some sort, so he probably was grounded.

[B]

So if you wear wooden shoes, you're grounded.

[C]

Or leather. Yeah.

[D]

Really?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, because it's still like. It's the rubber souls that are separating us out here.

[B]

That's why we're not getting separated. From what?

[C]

From, you know, being grounded. The. We're electrical beings and we need to touch, you know, the earth sometimes to get some of that out of it. We'll get too charged, right?

[B]

No, I actually agree with that. I think we need to do it a lot more.

[A]

So when God. So, Moses, you're on holy ground. It's the same as you walking around barefooted behind.

[C]

I'm just saying it's not witchcraft.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

You don't ground behind Dollar General, I'll tell you that. You're gonna get a rusty when you're

[B]

done shopping at Dollar General. You need to get out of there real quick.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

You want to share your comment now?

[B]

Syringe something?

[C]

Yeah, I do. Okay. All right. I think you guys will appreciate this comment, actually. Okay. But just. This is from Whiskey Moon. Ks.

[B]

Okay, so it sounds like a you fan.

[C]

Yeah. Been watching from the beginning, and this is the first time I've thought Dusty was crazy. What? Still love you, but you lost me with the grounding nonsense. I love that this guy is like this guy. He goes, dusty doesn't think space is real. That's okay. But walking barefooted on the earth, What a maniac.

[A]

Well, that is true.

[C]

Yeah. What a.

[B]

That's a funny line to draw.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

In the sand there.

[C]

Yeah. You don't believe in maps, but you want to walk barefooted.

[B]

I think people really like shoes. I think that's what it boils down. Yeah.

[C]

Coffee got me jacked up.

[B]

Yeah, I'm pretty fired up. Terry. Just Terry.

[A]

Yep, Just Terry.

[B]

Just Terry. I think of Ms. Terry, Nick Saban's wife.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

He always calls her Ms. Terry. I really like that. Old Southern couples that call each other. The guy will call his wife Miss. The name, I don't see a lot of that. The guy on Duck Dynasty will call his wife Ms. K. Oh, yeah.

[A]

Ms. Hannah. Do you ever do that?

[D]

No.

[A]

You make her call you Mr. Dusty.

[C]

Calls me Mr.

[A]

Dusty.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I like Leanne Morgan called her husband Chuck Morgan. Yeah, that makes me laugh too. I'm start doing that.

[C]

My dad calls his wife Mama.

[B]

That's old school Southern right there.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I told you. My great grandfather, everybody called Big Daddy.

[C]

Oh, yeah, he big guy.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

He was just the oldest.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Terry, I want to suggest everyone in this podcast wear really cool hats like Dusty. It will boost views.

[C]

Bad day to not wear a hat.

[A]

Well, sorry, Terry.

[B]

Dusty is hatless for the first time, maybe ever. On this podcast.

[C]

On this podcast, Nate Land, I did one hatless episode.

[B]

How did it feel?

[C]

It felt good because we were wearing head. We were wearing the overhead headphones back then.

[B]

Right.

[C]

It's too much to wear headphones over a cool hat.

[B]

You're skying.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. I'm letting the sun.

[B]

That's right. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah, exactly. You don't want to block it.

[B]

Avery Simica, Avery J. Semecca. Greg Warren said, our national anthem has a second verse. It's great. And too few know about it. I had no idea. Let me look that up.

[C]

Do you all know that I didn't know it? And I want to say, have you seen that video circulating about there's three women singing the national anthem at some, like, youth sporting event?

[B]

No, it wasn't the youth sporting event. It was the inaugural, the first ever game of the women's professional baseball league.

[C]

Okay, okay.

[A]

We actually talked about it this morning on Bob and Tom. Oh, did you? They had a long discussion about Star Spill Banner. And because of last week and the week before Dusty singing it, I knew a little bit about, you know, I knew some stuff.

[C]

I like to think they watch this podcast and they go, you think that was bad? Who?

[A]

Those ladies?

[C]

Yeah, yeah. You think that was bad?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

We'll get on it.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

I've never seen these lyrics of the second verse. Did y' all go through it last week?

[C]

No.

[B]

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes. But I mean, it's a little more.

[C]

It seems like I have no idea

[B]

what they're talking about.

[C]

Several more verses here. I mean, it's a long song.

[B]

Two, three, four. Four verses.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Amazing grace.

[C]

I'll sing this one at the end of this. Okay.

[B]

We'll go through all four verses. Michael Stoopwaffel McFlurry.

[C]

Give him that.

[B]

Have you had the Stoopwafel McFlurry?

[A]

I think he's on your head. I think I'm looking at it right now.

[B]

That's amazing. Yeah, it's really good. As an Alabamian, I'll say. The white sauce is largely a myth. Only some places do it. And it's really only on chicken. Really? I'm more of a fan of the Carolina style vinegar based sauce. Also, Full moon stinks. As far as an Alabama based chain goes, Moe's and Saws are much better.

[C]

I do like Moe's. I think there's one of those in Auburn.

[B]

Yeah, Moses.

[C]

Yeah, I like Moe's. I went to Chuck's, though, this week. I had two barbecue chicken sandwiches and I. I sat in Chuck's for about two hours talking to people. People kept coming in. Either I knew them from my life or they knew me from comedy. And I hung out in there.

[B]

You're like Norm from Cheers, just sitting

[C]

at Chuck's guy named Grant Fetner. I went to high school with him. We played soccer together and he was wearing his UPS uniform and we sat in there for about two hours and it was a lot of fun.

[A]

Oh, that's nice. Then Chuck asked you to leave.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Do you believe the customers?

[B]

Do you believe that white sauce is largely a myth?

[C]

To be honest with you, I don't even know what people are talking about when they say that.

[D]

That.

[C]

Yeah, I.

[B]

We're not as plugged into the meat culture as.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Michael Stoop. Waffle McFlur.

[A]

Well, we talked about a little bit last week and we talked about on the Meats episode, Greg the Alabama white sauce. I thought that was a big thing down there.

[B]

It's big, but it doesn't run your life. You know what I mean? Like, we don't wake up every day thinking about hot chicken here.

[C]

Yeah, you know, I like. Yeah, I mean, I like a regular. I like a barbecue sauce with a little spice to it.

[A]

I think white sauce started in Decatur.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Maybe it's a northern Alabama.

[B]

Northern Alabama.

[C]

Where it snows a little more.

[B]

Brian Hicko.

[A]

I think it's Byron.

[B]

Sure is. I was thinking of Brian Cox from succession.

[A]

Yep. Last week we talked about who's the most famous of all our names. We didn't do Aaron.

[B]

Well, you're probably top 10, Brian. I did. See, I'll talk about that.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Aaron. I'm gotta be top 25. Fight. Yes.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Byron Hickox. I'm not sure if Brian was trying to do a Nate impression, but it would have been great if he had looked up the pronunciations of the wonders of the world.

[A]

Well, that is true. But Byron, I have. I've done over 300 of these episodes and a little busy each week, so I just got to kind of throw it together.

[C]

But this is the thing, Byron.

[B]

Angel Falls.

[C]

It's the pyramid of Giza. Is. You know, I don't, you know, I don't know much of anything about these so called wonders of the world, but so cold. Even I know that.

[A]

All right. Well, that's beautiful.

[B]

These so called wonders.

[A]

My favorite part of Moneyball is when he takes up for his friend, you know, when someone attacks him.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I would say this though. Somebody I saw like a teacher comment, like even my second graders know it's pronounced Giza. And to my defense, I think in second grade I probably knew that. There's a lot of stuff I forgot.

[B]

That's true.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I used to know all the dinosaurs. There was a time I could Tell you all the state capitals.

[C]

Right.

[A]

But I just forget some stuff.

[B]

Yeah, you had to push that to the side to make room for adult things.

[A]

Yeah. So I haven't. I haven't thought about these pyramids in a while.

[C]

And, you know, from now on, I would like to refer to it as the Pyramid of Giza.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I'd like it to be that when you. You go, you know about the Pyramid of Giza? Sure. You know the one in Memphis? You know the one in Giza?

[A]

Now, I love. Here's another thing I forgot because someone wrote in and. And answered it. Dusty. Last week's like, why did they even build the Parthenon? It was built.

[C]

Well, I know there's. You know, I know there's a unofficial reason, but.

[B]

You mean the original one or the one.

[A]

The one in one here.

[C]

Yeah. But go ahead with it.

[A]

I think it's built in 1897. Okay. Because Nashville is called the Athens of the south, because all of our colleges. So it was to honor the one in Athens, Greece.

[C]

So in the late 1800s, when they were building with a horse and buggy, they go, let's do the exact replica of the Parthenon because people have been calling us the Athens of the South. And inside, let's put the largest indoor statue in the country. And I think that's a little crazy.

[A]

So what do you think really happened?

[C]

I don't know.

[A]

Aliens.

[C]

I think it was already here when we found. And we found it.

[A]

Oh, and we built the city around it. Yeah, that makes sense.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, who knows?

[C]

Yeah. Who knows?

[A]

I think that's.

[B]

Who knows why the original one is all torn down and ruined. I think the Nashville ones.

[C]

This one is the original. The one that's. That was their attempt to build one.

[A]

Yeah. They couldn't do it.

[C]

Trying to build one. And then they stopped about halfway and they go. Let's just say it fell. Yep.

[B]

You're gonna love the Odyssey. Yeah.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I think that statue came much later.

[C]

You think?

[A]

I. I don't know that for sure, but I feel like it was built much later.

[C]

You ever see the doors to that thing? Like, you can. You can walk. There's some.

[B]

They did a comedy show there not long ago.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

They did a don't tell show in front of the statue of Athena.

[C]

Okay. Not. Oh, wow.

[B]

Yeah. Inside.

[C]

That's scary. The. Every time I'm in there, I've been too many times. But every time I'm in there, I don't feel good.

[B]

What are you going in there to do just check it out.

[C]

I just like to take people, just scope it out. Yeah. Be like, look, witchcraft it is. And it is. I don't. You know, I pray when I go in.

[B]

But you wear shoes in there.

[C]

I do wear shoes in there. I'm not.

[B]

You're not trying to. You're not trying to connect with thick rubber soles.

[C]

I double up. People go, man, you got taller.

[A]

You got two pairs of socks on, don't you?

[B]

Lauren Marksbury. The Coliseum becomes much more impressive when you realize it had a retractable roof and it used to be able to be flooded to create recreate naval battles. And to top it all off, it could reportedly empty its 50,000 spectators in under 10 minutes. That's pretty amazing.

[C]

Yeah, Yeah. I mean, it is the coolest thing.

[B]

They would fill it up with water and.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Put boats out there.

[C]

Yeah, I remember them talking about that when I was younger and I thought that was really cool. I don't know.

[A]

Before your eyes were open.

[C]

Well, yeah, I don't know that there's any, you know, I don't know there's any way that they could really, you know, prove that that was actually going on.

[B]

Well, you got to look up the way Rome worked with all the aqueducts. They had a really advanced irrigation system through the whole city. And then you can tell by the ruins, you can tell what they had built. They built it to be able to do that. So it's pretty awesome.

[C]

Yeah, it is awesome. I mean, if that's true, that's amazing. Yeah, I mean, that'd be so cool. I think we should do.

[B]

That's why it's one of the so called wonders of the world.

[C]

Before we tear down Nissan Stadium, let's fill it with water and let's do a naval battle.

[B]

We're going to have another Nashville flood.

[C]

You could just dump it right out into the cumberland.

[B]

That's true. Just put a little hose.

[A]

Yeah, it's a great idea.

[B]

Let it run into the river.

[C]

Let's do a naval battle.

[B]

Which one do you want to reenact?

[C]

I say let's do a new one.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

You know, I got those redneck.

[A]

Those redneck boat tours. Just have a couple of those guys out there.

[B]

An actual naval.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, let's really fight, right? Yeah.

[B]

Would you get a ticket to that? Oh, yeah, you'd be in there.

[C]

You know, get people that have done that, are on death row to do it. And if you. The winner gets free.

[B]

Not free, but he does. The death penalty is off now.

[C]

Free.

[B]

Oh, wow. Stakes are high.

[C]

Yeah. You walk out that whoever is the most proficient killer gets to be free in society.

[B]

Wow, that's good.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And we kill the people that are not as good at killing.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

All right. I like.

[C]

Yeah, I think that's a good idea.

[B]

Brenda Rogers. This next comment comes from Brenda Rogers. Brian, your special was awesome, by the way. I really liked your jacket.

[A]

Thank you, Brenda. Well, here's a little tidbit. It was actually Nate's jacket.

[C]

Was.

[A]

It really was wearing Nate's jacket and Nate shoes. Although they're mine now, so, you know, we. I stayed with them for a while when the ice storm hit and we were all getting ready to leave for the cruise, and it was like the night before, and I'm like, oh, man, I was gonna get some shoes before the cruise. I gotta run to. I was gonna go to some store before they close, and they were like, we got all these extra shoes and all these extra clothes, and we're just trying to, you know, we're gonna give them to Goodwill or whatever. Just go pick out whatever you want. So Ruth got into it and she picked out all these. I'm like, I'm never going to wear any of this. You know, you see how Nate dresses

[C]

with his wild clothes from floral shirts around here?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. And then when it got time to start getting dressed for the special and they were looking at different backdrops and how it look. That's what they picked out. The Nate's jacket and Nate shoes, which I thought was very funny, and I was.

[C]

Feels like a classic I forgot my wallet moment. You go, oh, I meant to get some shoes.

[B]

You mind. You mind covering this for me real quick? I'll get you back, man.

[A]

You mind? Just create my whole new wardrobe.

[B]

Well, that's very nice of Brenda to write in about it.

[C]

Yeah. And it is best you ever looked on that special, so.

[A]

Well, thank you.

[C]

Now, you did look good.

[B]

You look really good at your best. You're doing your thing. Yeah, it's the best.

[A]

I'm wearing makeup.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Are you? Yeah.

[C]

Right now?

[A]

Yeah. I always wear makeup.

[B]

Are you wearing makeup in that picture on your shirt right there? Dan Harris, I cannot figure out why most of you are allowing Bates to fail up. I haven't felt like I've been more guilt tripped into watching something since the Black Panther movie, but at least that thing got going at some point. Jeez.

[A]

This is my favorite comment.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

First of all, I like the Black Panther movie.

[B]

So. First of all, Dan, did you like the jacket?

[A]

Wow. Dan, here's what I would say to that dude.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I've been failing up all my life and it's working great with my wife, with my career.

[C]

Do you want Brian to fail down? I mean, let the man fail up.

[A]

My plan is just to keep failing up the rest of my life and then, you know.

[C]

Which way do you want us to fail out here, Dan? Come on, Dan.

[A]

I want to fill up.

[C]

Fail up.

[B]

Dan Harris. So, got guilt tripped into watching the Black Panther movie. What a loser.

[C]

Black Panther. The first one was really good. I never saw, I never saw two. The first one was really good. I like superheroes.

[B]

Did you get guilt tripped into watching it?

[C]

No, I, I, I loved it. Yeah, I'm, I'm, I watched it again recently. I love those superhero movies. Movies. Now I'm interested in seeing Spider man. But almost any that come out now, I feel like I'm, I'm like doing it out of some nostalgia. Yeah, I remember when they were good.

[B]

So you're getting guilt trip too?

[C]

Yeah, now almost not guilt trip, but.

[A]

Well, you know, they're building up for another Avengers into this year.

[C]

Yeah, Doomsday. I feel like it's going to be

[B]

a letdown, but can't wait.

[A]

Well, thank you, Dan. I appreciate it.

[B]

Yeah, thanks for watching Dan Harris.

[C]

Yeah, appreciate you, Dan.

[B]

Sound like a real good dude.

[C]

Laces out, Dan. Remember that?

[A]

Except from Ace Venture. Yeah.

[B]

Pride Rock 92. This is a comment from February 4th of this year.

[C]

Oh, I thought that was all part of their name.

[B]

No, this is an old comment. And the comment is, I give this pod about 6 months. Having said that, I would love an Aaron led pod with his friends. Stop hanging out with these old heads. Professionally, at least.

[A]

This is from our first episode.

[B]

I like this.

[C]

Well, professionally.

[B]

Wish I'd have seen this at the time. Set something up.

[C]

He's like, you can be friends with them off the record, but not in front of people.

[B]

Stop associating these old heads.

[C]

That's. You're a 92 kid.

[B]

I'm a 91 kid. So I'm actually a little older than Pride Rock.

[A]

Yeah, well, you saw in the first episode. Let's put a pin in this and we'll check. So I'm just doing a follow up.

[C]

Is this six months? Is that what this is now?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay, we'll do another six. I'll see. Hopefully y' all pick it up between now and then. And then we'll, I'll reevaluate things, but I appreciate it. Thank you. Pride Rock 92.

[C]

Six months. All right. We did it.

[B]

We did it, man. We've already exceeded expectations here. Last comment that we're going to read today, Brian's favorite of the week, Monica Ramirez. I had the pleasure of visiting Nashville and I finally went to my very first Waffle House. As Dusty has mentioned, you really need the full Waffle House experience. The manager was loudly yelling at the cook. It was pretty amazing. My friend was a bit upset, but I was thrilled. This was exactly the kind of excitement I wanted for my first Waffle House experience.

[C]

Yeah, I love that. I like. You know, I've been to a Waffle House before where people are out front smoking.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And there's no one inside. And when you go in, it means they have to stop smoking and go back to work. That's my favorite.

[A]

They're not happy.

[B]

Well, they're all a little annoyed that you're in there.

[C]

Yeah, I like that.

[A]

Well, I like this comment because today's topic is breakfast.

[C]

Oh, you finally get your own episode.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

The meal.

[C]

Right.

[B]

Are you gonna sprinkle some of you in?

[A]

We'll do a little both.

[C]

All right.

[A]

But. So I was born in a small town.

[B]

Do you eat breakfast, Brian?

[A]

I do.

[B]

Okay. Every day.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Same meal. Or do you mix it up?

[A]

I. Oh, I like how you put this on me. I was about to nail you guys with some questions.

[B]

No, no, no.

[A]

I'm running the show today. You got out in front of it. Okay. I do pretty much the same meal. Before I was married, I would sometimes skip breakfast or because I would. I was kind of. I would sleep late.

[C]

That's what Dan Harris is wanting to do.

[A]

I just realized now, every verb with breakfast on the end.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

It's going to be some reference to me skip breakfast. But now that I'm married and obviously I'm up earlier, stuff like that. I. I eat breakfast.

[B]

Would you consider it a healthy breakfast or. Or is it.

[A]

It's. No, but it's healthier than when I was a kid. I eat cereal.

[B]

Okay. Sugary cereal.

[C]

It's a cereal. Yeah, Yeah. I love cereal.

[B]

The easy joke here, Raisin Bran or something. Something like that. But I think you. Life cereal.

[A]

I do a little Life.

[B]

Life is great. It's a good in between.

[A]

Yep, yep. Sweet.

[B]

But it's relatively healthy and then some.

[A]

That you would. I do fiber one almond milk for obvious reasons. Almond milk. I've done some almond milk before. I've. I've. I've kind of gotten off that. I need to get back to it.

[B]

What kind of milk do you use 2%. 2%. Were you a 2% family growing up? Yep. Isn't that crazy? I think you stick with whatever you use growing up. What kind of milk did y' all use?

[C]

Well, we were 2% growing up, too, but I. I'm an almond milk guy. I don't drink milk now. I just do milk with cereal or maybe a smoothie. And we do almond milk.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I will buy raw milk when I can find it, and that's what I'm into.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Well, the wrong person to ask. Yeah, yeah.

[C]

I mean, I've changed a lot of things.

[B]

We were 2%. I know. I don't know. We never voted as a family.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But that's just what we were. And now I think of that as the default milks.

[A]

I do, too.

[C]

Can I tell you guys a thing I heard about 2% milk?

[A]

Yeah, I think we already know, Dusty.

[C]

Well, they. What they good for you? What they say about milks is you really want to buy, you really want to drink whole milk or skim milk. Because the whole milk is kind of like how it comes.

[B]

Right.

[C]

And then the skim milk is the fat taken out of it. With 1% or 2%, they take all the fat out and then re put a percentage of fat back into the milk.

[B]

Yes, sir. So love that.

[C]

So that's kind of.

[A]

Do your kids drink milk?

[B]

Daughter drinks milk every day now. She takes whole milk. Vitamin D, whatever.

[A]

That's what Eleanor drinks. Whole milk. Aaron, can I ask you a question?

[B]

No.

[A]

Dusty, can I ask you a question Anytime you ever leave your doctor's office and feel like you got nothing from it?

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Every. Every time.

[A]

Yeah. You too, right?

[B]

Yeah. I'm back in.

[C]

I've never felt like I got something at the doctor.

[A]

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[C]

No, no.

[A]

Just like their dad did.

[C]

Yeah, we do orange juice. You know, try to get some good orange juice and water. And, you know, we don't really have a lot of milk in the house, so they don't do that. But we eat cheese and so you're getting your calcium. Yeah, we'll get calcium in some kind of way.

[A]

What do you have?

[C]

Some eggs.

[A]

What do you guys do for breakfast?

[B]

I usually don't eat breakfast. I love breakfast food. It's my favorite family of foods.

[A]

Yeah, me too.

[B]

I love it. I love eggs, hash brown sausage, bacon. I love pancakes and waffles. It's my favorite. If I could pick one family of foods to eat for every meal, that's what I would do. But I think most people would, as far as eating it in the breakfast time, I try not to.

[A]

And. And then you just save it for later.

[B]

I mean, then I play catch up

[A]

later in the day.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

But, yeah, I like to start the day with a little fruit. I like to have a little fruit. Just whatever we got. Maybe some grapes, some cherries, some honeydew melon. And then have some water, some black coffee. And then I might, if my wife makes oatmeal, might have a little oatmeal with some fruit in there. I might have a little cereal. I like peanut butter pand puffs. You ever had those? I like those.

[B]

Oh, I love the alliteration.

[C]

Yeah. So what's supposed to be an organic version of like, you know, what is that? Captain crunch? Peanut butter.

[B]

Okay. Peanut butter panda puffs.

[C]

Peanut butter panda puffs. And then I. Or sweetened wheatfuls or something. It's like a frosted. Like an organic frosted mini wheats. Like those, I like to crush them up. Make like a, you know, real kind of soggy.

[B]

Yeah. Snort it.

[C]

Yeah. And then. Well, and then. Or like, sometimes I'll do. I'll make grits and then put eggs on top.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

Make like a little grit bowl.

[B]

Grit bowl.

[C]

Love that.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Now, when I was a kid, maybe a little yogurt.

[B]

Sometimes it's a Big breakfast.

[C]

Not. Not every day.

[A]

Yeah, it's all healthy. When I was a kid, I would either eat sugary cereal or if it wasn't sugary, I would put sugar on.

[B]

So would I.

[A]

My cereal. Somebody recently had a joke. It might have been John Heffron. And he talked about how you'd finish it and then you take your spoon and scrape the sugar at the bottom.

[B]

Just milky sugar.

[A]

And I used to do that.

[C]

So I did that with Rice Krispies.

[B]

Did with Rice Krispies, Chex, Plain checks, anything like that. That wasn't sweet.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

I mean, a full spoonful of sugar.

[C]

We used. Sometimes my mom. When I was a kid, my mom would fry bacon, and then we would eat corn flakes and bacon. Have the bacon on the side, take a little bite. A little bite of cornflakes. It's very good.

[B]

Oh, that's good. But you said it like you were putting it in this.

[C]

Yeah, no, we wouldn't put it in there. You just kind of have it on the side, take a little bite, eat it together.

[B]

You know what I've never liked. I've never even tried, but it's off putting to me, people that put fruit in the cereal. I don't like strawberries and bananas. You do a little bit of that.

[C]

I like a little fruit in my yogurt, but not in.

[B]

Yeah, especially the cereals I'm eating. You know, you don't throw a little slice of banana in with cinnamon toast crunch. It's not even. That even makes sense.

[C]

I do like yogurt. Do a little yogurt. Put some granola in there, and then some chia seeds, some flax seeds, maybe some hemp seeds.

[B]

You put a little peanut butter in, a little fruit.

[C]

My wife will do fruit, peanut butter and oatmeal. She likes that.

[B]

Love that.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

See, it's good. I'm getting excited just talking about. It's also my favorite meal to go out and eat.

[A]

All right.

[B]

I love a diner breakfast. It's my favorite.

[A]

Diners are great. I'm gonna ask you, though, if you chain restaurants, you got option Waffle House, Cracker Barrel, ihop, Denny's. Which one are you going?

[C]

Waffle House.

[B]

Not even close. And I've hit the trifecta in one weekend before I did it in Cocoa Beach, Florida, I went to all three in consecutive nights.

[A]

Well, I named four. I threw in Cracker Barrel, too.

[B]

Oh, Cracker Barrel. I'll put Cracker Barrel. Second Waffle House, Cracker Barrel, ihop, Denny's. That's my.

[C]

That's My ranking, I. IHOP is gonna always be last for me. IHOP used to be great, I think, but it really fell off. But, yeah, I would go Waffle House over any of those.

[A]

But you like Huddle House over Waffle House?

[C]

Yeah. I mean, you didn't list that, but yeah, I love a Huddle House, but when I go there, I don't even really like breakfast breakfast. I like to get the patty melt.

[A]

I did IHOP and Denny's this weekend.

[B]

What'd you think?

[A]

And I was a nice Denny's. Most Denny's nowadays are, like, in a truck stop connected to, you know.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

But this was a really nice Denny's. And yeah, it was good. I do Waffle House all the time on the road. I did. Not this weekend. But what's your go to order at Waffle House?

[B]

I get the waffle. I get the hash brown bowl, sausage and bacon, and a waffle waffle on the side. I used to be all star breakfast guy. I said, let me try the hash brown bowl. I haven't had anything else since. And I want to push back a little bit on this comment from Monica Ramirez. I think it is fun to get what you would call the full Waffle House experience. I would say 99 of the time you're in there, it's completely normal. Everybody's nice. There's no fights, Nobody's yelling at each other.

[C]

Yeah. A lot of weird tattoos.

[B]

It's got a grunge to it. You know, these are working blue collar, gritty people, and that's what makes it nice. But it's not always chaotic in there. I'm excited for you.

[C]

Yeah. They're on some kind of prison work release program.

[B]

Yeah. I think people think they're gonna go there and there's always gonna be something wild that happens, but most of the time it's just a nice.

[C]

It is true.

[B]

Super casual, good environment.

[A]

Yeah. They're yelling their order. So sometimes he can almost give you a feeling that people are yelling. Just doing their job.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah, exactly.

[C]

But speaking of Denny's, one time I was in Vegas and I was going to la, so whatever that road is. But I looked up a Denny's just on the path, and we. We pulled up. The Denny's was inside a casino. So this casino was way away from Vegas. And then it's early in the day, me and my buddy Evan Burke were getting some breakfast. And, you know, you walk through this casino full of smoke, but no one really gambling yet. So it's just all these people at the Tables excited that we walked in ripping cigarettes. Yeah. And we walked all the way through the casino to the Denny's, had our food, and then left. And not a nice Denny's.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Do you guys. Is there a restaurant that people don't normally think of as breakfast that you secretly know they have great breakfast?

[B]

No, not that I can think of. Do you have one in mind?

[C]

Hardee's is. I love a Hardee's Biscuit.

[B]

I think Hardee's might be more known for its breakfast than anything else.

[C]

You know, back when I did eat pork, I would go. I would go to Hardee's and I would get a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit or maybe a loaded omelet biscuit.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

And then I would also get biscuits and gravy. And then I would eat the biscuits and gravy. And then the rest of the gravy I was. Would put on the loaded omelette biscuit. And then I would eat that, and I got pretty fat.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

That sounds awesome.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Can I share a little history of breakfast?

[B]

Yeah, I'd love it.

[A]

I've never thought about what the word means, but it means you're breaking a fast.

[B]

Yeah, it's right there in the word.

[A]

Yeah, but you guys, you kind of thought about that.

[B]

If we pronounced it breakfast, I bet you'd think you'd have noticed it.

[C]

I did know that because I. I, you know, I think I talk about fasting a lot, and I heard that because you're sleeping throughout the night, so you're kind of fasting.

[A]

Yeah, it makes sense. I just never thought about it.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So the ancient Romans, they kind of started it. They had a morning meal called Iron Tackle them or something like that. Usually bread, cheese, and leftovers.

[B]

But then I've had some breakfasts like that.

[C]

I love bread and cheese.

[A]

But then the Middle Ages rolled around and the Catholic Church got involved.

[B]

Yes, sir.

[A]

And Thomas Aquinas and the Catholic Church viewed eating before midday mass or morning prayers as a sign of weakness or gluttony.

[C]

That's true. It is a sign of weakness. I do it.

[B]

But.

[A]

So it was generally reserved only for children, the sick, or traveling monks. So our long period breakfast was out.

[B]

Yeah, it's. It's changed over the years. But it used to be you had. You're supposed to fast for 24 hours before you receive communion at mass, and then that time has shrunken down, and very few people do it.

[A]

People are leaving the church. They're like, all right, we gotta fix this.

[B]

Well, My mom told me growing up this is pre Vatican too. It was very common for people to just pass out at mass all the time because they've been fasting for, for 24 hours.

[C]

And the preacher was like, I'm really hitting it today.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Then the Renaissance came along and people started getting into breakfast again. Waffles were first introduced in North America by pilgrims who lived in the Netherlands. Introduced in 1620.

[B]

1620.

[A]

Are you a more waffle or pancake person?

[B]

Isn't it the same thing? Am I crazy or is it the same thing? It's just shaped differently.

[C]

I don't know, but I don't really eat either. But I would prefer pancakes.

[B]

So you just like, you don't like the texture of a waffle?

[C]

Yeah, but it's like the same thing, like a pancake, soft. And a waffle is almost like it's, you know, you kind of fry it around so it kind of makes it a little tougher.

[B]

But you can get it. You don't have to get it well done. You can get it a little soft like a pancake. Yeah, that's how I like it.

[A]

I like them both so much.

[B]

Are they different?

[A]

I don't know. But in my mind they're different. They look different.

[B]

They're shaped differently. They got a different texture too.

[C]

My sister used to like blend up oatmeal and she would make oatmeal pancakes. Oh, that sounds a little healthier for you.

[B]

Pancakes and waffles differ primarily in composition, cooking method and texture. So it's. They got the same ingredients.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

So I like them both.

[A]

The 1900s rolled around. Breakfast started kind of happening like what we think of today. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg introduced a cereal in 1878. He purposely made it very bland because he thought it would tone down young people's sinful temperature. Yes. So he thought that would help.

[B]

You know, he didn't know we were going to add a spoonful of sugar right on top of those corn flakes.

[A]

Superiority. Yeah.

[B]

How were people waking up back then? I imagine when people are waking up, that's going to change everything, right? I mean, pre alarm clock was it. Everybody's waiting on a cock a doodle do. Is that really how the world worked?

[C]

Probably back then they had the wind up clock.

[B]

But I mean, even before that, how are people waking up?

[A]

Just think when the sun comes up.

[C]

Yeah. I think before the alarm clock.

[B]

So there are no blackout curtains.

[C]

Back then people didn't have to work nine to fives. I think you just could live on a farm and you weren't, you know, strapped by property taxes and, and income taxes and you just could, you could live off the land.

[B]

Yeah. And you would die at 30 from diarrhea.

[C]

That's. Wow.

[B]

So, you know.

[C]

Yeah, that's what they want to tell you, but I don't believe it. But I think probably everybody's lives were much better. But the emotional manipulation of movies, that's the main. Has made us think that everybody was dying back then. But hey,

[A]

In the 1920s, good to be back, boys.

[C]

The Beach Lee would be agreeing with me.

[B]

I'm sure he would.

[A]

Yeah. The Beechnut packing. Beechnut Packing Co. Wanted to sell more bacon, so they hired the father, hired the father of public relations, Edward Bernays. He got a prominent doctor to agree that a heavier breakfast was healthier and convinced 5, 000 other doctors to sign a petition agreeing with the statement.

[D]

It.

[C]

That's interesting.

[B]

That's really interesting. What a brilliant marketing maneuver.

[C]

So they were lying to us.

[B]

Of course.

[A]

American bacon sales skyrocketed. Wow.

[C]

That's interesting.

[A]

And then the famous phrase breakfast is the most important meal of the day did not originate from a medical breakthrough. It was coined in 1917 as a marketing campaign in Good Health magazine edited by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg to help sell his newly invented breakfast cereal.

[B]

Love that.

[C]

It's crazy that we know that and we believe anything that they tell us.

[B]

I don't know if that's true, but I think you should be skeptical of stuff. But I never thought breakfast is the most important meal of the day was some kind of medical claim. I always thought it just meant like, hey, it's good to get the day started with a good meal. Did you think that was a medical claim?

[C]

Well, I mean, just the claim in general. It's not that it has to be a medical claim, but it was so popular.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That everybody believed that it was the most important meal of the day.

[B]

Well, how is that any different than Honda going? We got the best cars in the world.

[C]

Well, they convinced 500 doctors to 5,000. 5,000 doctors to be like, hey, a

[B]

breakfast is 5,000 mechanics to agree that Honda is the best car. Is that not the, the same thing?

[C]

Well, I don't think people trust mechanics the way they trust doctors.

[B]

Well, you probably do.

[C]

Yeah, I trust them about as.

[B]

Trust me.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I was thinking about brunch.

[C]

We're supposed to. I mean doctors, I mean, the way they're pitched, and I'm sure there are some good ones. The way doctors are pitched is quite a concession. They're just these Good hearted people all just trying to help us and, and make us feel, make us feel better and be healthier. And this right there, even back then, they were able to convince five how many doctors were there even back then. And they're like 5,000 of them were like, yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll go along with this.

[B]

Well, who knows what the exact claim is? There probably is, depending on how you word it, some kind of medical legit legitimacy to that claim.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

So I don't know specifically how it's worded. And then they took it and made it seem like dusty.

[A]

Can I give you examples?

[C]

Half truths.

[A]

Well, okay.

[C]

That's how you lie to people without lying to them. You give them a half truth that might be true.

[A]

Like when I worked in TV news, we would have different sweet months where the Nielsen ratings would come out. Every station could make some run pro, some run some promo claiming number one station for something because you can find

[C]

how to lie with statistics.

[A]

You know, you can find something that you're number one at and say it in a way that's not a lie. But you know, political ads do that. I mean, movies, such movies, the number one summer comedy or, you know, and you're like, oh, that sounds good. But there wasn't any other. I don't know. You know what I mean?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Puffery, Puffery, manipulation.

[B]

That's one way to work it.

[C]

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[A]

Is it brunch really? Just people who didn't get up in time to eat breakfast?

[C]

I think it's like, does anybody eat

[A]

breakfast and then go eat brunch?

[C]

I think I'm done. To get the drinking going, it 100. Yeah.

[B]

Bottomless mimosas.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, that's what I would do. Yeah. I would be. I would. Saturday night I would drink and be so hungover that I would miss breakfast. But you go to the bar around 11, right. Have some mimosas, eggs and eggs, go to Jean's Hofbrau in Charleston. And my buddy would. He would do a pitcher of mimosas. He would do this much champagne.

[B]

It's about a foot high.

[C]

And then. And then that. This much orange juice, of course. And you know, and then we would drink those till two and then switch to liquor.

[B]

Now would you eat lunch after that too?

[C]

Yeah, you just keep eating all day.

[B]

It all blurs together.

[C]

Hang out all day. Night time comes around, you're watching Sunday night Football, Coors heavy. And. And you're like, I gotta get to work tomorrow.

[A]

Brunch was first proposed in 1895 by British writer Guy Baringer, who published an essay titled Brunch A Plea to suggest a cheerful, lighter and social late morning meal for Saturday night partiers. I like that. Yeah.

[C]

That's what I just said.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The oldest cereal.

[C]

People from my church would drive by and I'd be out front smoking cigarettes and I'd go, oh, sorry.

[A]

Oldest cereals that are still in existence. Wetina. I don't know that one, but it was in 1879.

[B]

What's it called?

[A]

Wheat Ena Waitina Watina Will Wheaton.

[B]

Oh, Wheatina. All natural hot breakfast cereal. This looks like garbage. Dude. It looks like pig slop.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

25. More fiber, though. Toasted wheat sear. I'm not a big hot cereal guy. Hot cereals.

[C]

No, I mean, oatmeal is, I guess, technically hot cereal. Yeah.

[A]

But that was a question on the cruise. Remember that? We did our podcast on the cruise. One of the comments was, is cereal? Is oatmeal a cereal? We all said, no.

[C]

Yeah. I don't think, to me, it's not a cereal cereal. When I go, if I go, you want some cereal? Oatmeal is never an option.

[A]

Yeah, but it's a hot cereal, right?

[C]

I guess, depending on what cereal is,

[A]

I guess by definition Shredded wheat been in 1893. Okay. Grape nuts. It's kind of crazy. They're still around.

[B]

Yeah. When did they get good? When does the good cereal start to happen?

[A]

Post World War II, 1998.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Probably when a Sugar smacks come into play.

[A]

When you guys get eggs, they're so good. How do you have them cooked?

[B]

Eggs? Yeah, scrambled. I'm a scrambled guy.

[A]

I am too.

[B]

Scramble them up.

[C]

I, you know, I like to mix it up. Sometimes I'll do scrambled, some. Sometimes it's a last minute decision. I'll think I'm gonna do a fried egg, drop it in the pan and then go, you know what? Scramble it up. And I'll scramble it up.

[A]

If you were at a restaurant, what would you ask for?

[C]

Probably over. Easy over.

[B]

Because you're gonna go, I eat the whole shell.

[C]

Now this is, yeah, this is why, though, because I feel like they could slip. If you do scramble, they could slip in powdered eggs on you. But if you do a real, if you do a real egg, I think it's a little harder.

[A]

So I had eggs this morning in the hotel. You know, the breakfast and continental breakfast. Yeah. So those were probably powdered eggs.

[C]

Probably.

[A]

So they were good.

[B]

What is that all about? What's continental mean?

[A]

I don't think it is continental breakfast. I think it's complimentary breakfast. I think continental, something else.

[C]

But they do call it continental breakfast.

[A]

I don't, I think we call it that, but I don't think that's the.

[B]

I think everybody's calling it that.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I think I've never heard it called a comp breakfast. The term originated in 19th century Britain to describe the lighter food eaten on the European mainland compared to a heavy cooked English breakfast. So I want an English breakfast.

[C]

Yeah. So continental breakfast means we ain't got much of nothing.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

This is just all the nonsense.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But that's why I think hotels have complimentary breakfast. I think it's what they call it like on their.

[B]

Brian, they're calling it a continental breakfast.

[C]

They really are.

[B]

I couldn't disagree with you more about this.

[A]

Well, I think that right there, I'm talking about.

[C]

I just, you know, they may say it's complimentary, but, you know, for. For a long time at least it was called continental breakfast.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You know, have you been thinking they're saying complimentary this whole time or what?

[A]

They do say complimentary.

[B]

Yeah, because it's free.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

But it's a continental breakfast. Right.

[A]

I think they're slightly different. I think continental breakfast is what that is, and complimentary breakfast is what they should serve in a hotel.

[C]

I'm not disagreeing that the two are different, but I think they're calling it continental.

[B]

Yeah, I think so, too.

[A]

Yeah. I think a lot of people do call it.

[B]

Yeah, because they're wrong.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Like you guys. So, you know, we learned that two out of three people donated.

[C]

I can't believe that you guys read the thing about them 5,000 doctors lying to you, and you guys have still come away with you being okay with it.

[B]

No, I think. Here's the difference here. I hear a story about 5,000 doctors participating in some marketing strategy hundreds of years ago.

[C]

That and I.

[B]

And my next step isn't my pediatrician is lying to me in 2026. That's the disconnect.

[C]

Even in your childhood, though, they were still saying breakfast is the most important. It's only been in the last.

[B]

But what did you think that meant when you heard that?

[C]

My point is that those doctors got together and they. They started this and then that. That lasted for 100 years.

[B]

You said you heard that in your childhood growing up, breakfast is the most important meal even. We all did.

[D]

Right?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, what did you think it meant when they said that?

[C]

I thought it meant that it was the. It was best to have your breakfast in the morning. It fueled you for the day.

[B]

You thought it was a medical claim about the nutritional value of your breakfast.

[C]

I don't go around thinking, is this a medical claim or not a medical claim. I didn't think a doctor was coming to my house saying it, but the fact that it got out there into the ether in such a way, it made you think. And it was started by these doctors. And then it made you think, oh, we need to eat.

[B]

Started by an advertiser. Doctors signed on to give it credibility.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

It wasn't started by doctors.

[C]

I mean, however you want to.

[B]

The doctors didn't conspire to make everyone unhealthy.

[C]

I know it kind of sounds like they did, but.

[B]

No, you are arguing that they're involved, but it wasn't their strategy. The way he Read it earlier.

[C]

You. You don't think that them agreeing to say it is the most important meal of the day. It's not them. Even if they're. It's not their idea, they still compromise themselves, probably for financial gain, to deceive you right into thinking that eating this is the most important meal of the day. When your own religion, Catholicism, was like, don't do it. You're weak if you do it.

[B]

That's.

[C]

They were like, you're weak if you do it. And then the doctor goes, you better do it. It's the most important meal.

[B]

They just said, don't have breakfast on Sunday before church. That's a whole.

[C]

But you were saying that. That earlier, that the Catholic Church was like having a meal before noon. Said you're weak before Mass.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Yeah, I took that, though I don't

[B]

think they would object to a Tuesday.

[A]

Oh, really? I took that breakfast. Went away all together in the Middle

[B]

Ages, maybe I don't have. I have no idea.

[C]

Because you're weak if you're eating breakfast.

[A]

So it says midday mass. That's only Sunday. I took it. They did it every day.

[B]

I don't know who's going to midday mass during the week. Either go in the morning or you go on the.

[A]

The weekend. Okay.

[B]

So I don't know.

[A]

I didn't know things might have been different.

[B]

They were dealing with the bubonic plague back then. They had a lot to worry about.

[C]

I just. What I'm learning, I mean, I'm learning a lot of this here is that I think we shouldn't be eaten till about noon. That's what I'm gathering from this. And that we would all feel better if that's what we did. And am I going to be able to do it? Probably not. But yeah, I'm hungry right now.

[A]

I. Whenever I try to not eat, I do the best in the mornings because, like, my stomach hasn't woken up yet. But if you're like, skip a meal. Breakfast would be the easiest one.

[B]

That'd be the easiest one for sure.

[A]

Yeah. Do you got. Well, you kind of already said, do you do coffee before or after breakfast?

[B]

During, I guess maybe before and then another cup during. But that's the. I have the coffee first. What about you?

[C]

I like to try to get some water in me first. So it's either I. Either I drink the water or I get the water from some fruit because I think a lot of people seem to think that eating the water because it's more. What you call structured water is. Is More. Your body absorbs it more if you eat the water. Yeah.

[A]

So I eat a fruit that has water in it.

[B]

So you'd rather eat a cucumber than drink a bottle of water?

[C]

Well, I love to drink water, as anybody who's ever seen this podcast can tell. But, yeah, I mean, cucumbers are great. I like to pick a cucumber off the vine and eat it right there.

[B]

My buddy Pat McManus had a joke back in the day. He said, you know, they say, cucumbers 98 water say, man, that's within a reasonable margin of error. Is this a cucumber? Could be water.

[C]

When people say stuff like that, that's so crazy, because I'm like, well, this water really is thick and green.

[B]

I know that 2% is doing a lot.

[C]

Yeah, it is.

[A]

Yeah. I never really understood that. Because if they say our body is mostly water. Yeah.

[C]

And they say celery is mostly water, and I'm like, it is. This water is crunchy, man.

[A]

Yeah, I do. I do coffee after. I feel like coffee has such a strong taste to it that it would. It kind of dilutes the taste of other food.

[B]

Oh, you're savoring your coffee. I just down it like a shot.

[C]

Oh, when you smoke cigars, your. Your taste is.

[B]

Yeah, I take mine with a salt lick.

[C]

Pretty gone, anyway.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You're just eating to live.

[A]

Do you. Do you a jelly or jam guy?

[B]

I call it jelly.

[A]

Yeah, well, there's a difference, right? What's the different things?

[B]

What's the difference?

[C]

Jam is.

[B]

There's a very crude answer to that.

[C]

There is also preserves.

[B]

Yeah, but what's the difference?

[C]

I think jam, they're all very similar, but jam is more.

[A]

Got.

[C]

Got fruit chunks in it, whereas jelly is just like.

[B]

So jam is thick.

[A]

Jelly preserves is even probably more thick. Right.

[B]

Okay. Jelly is made from fruit juice, while jam is made from crushed or pureed whole fruit. It's all coming from the same.

[C]

I like a strawberry jam, but if

[A]

you get toast, are you putting some jelly on it?

[B]

Butter it up. I'm a butter guy.

[A]

Well, I think that's a given. But, I mean, for me it is. But do you add any jelly to it?

[C]

No, I like both a little butter and. And yummy, too.

[B]

But I'll put. I'll put some on there, give or do, if it's at the table.

[C]

You ever do honey and peanut butter on.

[B]

Oh, I've never done that.

[C]

You've never done that.

[B]

We should all have breakfast together and just show us all our cool Things we do.

[C]

Yeah. You know, you've never done honey and peanut butter.

[B]

No, I'm not. I never think of honey as a breakfast.

[C]

Breakfast thing you can eat at any time.

[A]

I sent you. Well, let me share this.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

The best selling cereal.

[B]

Anybody want to guess the best selling, the number one cereal. Cheerios. It's got to be by a landslide, right?

[C]

Yeah. I was gonna say Honey Nut Cheerios, but this makes more sense.

[B]

Just regular Cheerios.

[C]

I'm gonna go Frosted Flakes.

[B]

Or what do you call them? You probably call them Honey Nut Beluga Whale O's or something.

[C]

Honey Nut O's?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Trader Joe's. Honey Nutto's.

[A]

The best.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Coming in at number three, Frosted Flakes.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Number two, Cheerios.

[B]

So do you. Hold on. Oh, talk about Frosted Flakes. Little irresponsible that. He says they're great. I feel like he's lying to me.

[C]

I do think they're great, though.

[B]

They are so good.

[C]

They are. They're good crunchy, but also when they get soggy, still really good. Yeah.

[B]

There'd always be, I don't know, like Daryl Strawberry on the box or something.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Or was that Wheaties?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

All right, so number one is. Not Cheerios.

[B]

Would have people on it.

[A]

Daryl Strawberry on Frosted Flakes.

[B]

I was just named.

[C]

Sorry. Well, hold on then. If. If those two aren't number one. Let me give me a second here.

[B]

This is not Cheerios. Is not.

[C]

This is not going to be some trick that it's oatmeal or something. Something.

[A]

Right. Curiosity number two.

[B]

Okay. Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

[C]

I'm going. Number four.

[A]

You guys are.

[C]

I'm gonna go Golden Grams.

[B]

What could be Honeycombs? No. Is it. Is it raisin bread?

[C]

I'm going. I'm going. You're saying so many checks that it's Coco Crisp. It's got to be a healthy tricks.

[B]

Is it a healthy cereal?

[C]

It's got to be a healthy one.

[D]

1.

[B]

It's not a Reese's Puff.

[C]

Fruity Pebbles.

[A]

I don't think Cocoa Crisp. I don't think it's because they're healthy. You've already said it.

[C]

I said.

[B]

What'd you say?

[A]

The first guess you ever had.

[C]

Oh, Honey Nut Cheerios.

[A]

Honey Nut Cheerios.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Are you kidding me?

[C]

Honey Nut Cheerios are so good.

[A]

According to this.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

Honey Nut Internet Cheerios for Cheerios. If you ever in Trader Joe's though, and they have the Honey Nut O's or whatever, get yourself about two or three boxes.

[B]

Okay. They come in boxes.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. But go ahead and get yourself like two or three. And if you're ever at the Amish store outside of Clark's, it's in Kentucky, but right outside of Clarksville, they got a bag. It's really good.

[B]

What do they got in there?

[C]

It's Honey Nut Cheerios, but it's called something else. It's there.

[B]

They make it.

[C]

I don't. I don't know if they make it, but they endorse it.

[A]

Okay, so the best free hotel breakfast chains. Number one I had this morning, Drury Hotel. They got some good breakfast.

[C]

Drury's good.

[B]

Drury does have a great breakfast.

[C]

Terrible name.

[B]

Intercontinental, but yeah.

[C]

But a really great hotel.

[B]

Probably the worst name for a hotel.

[C]

Yeah, the. You know what?

[B]

Say it sad. Inn Suites.

[C]

What's that Hotel. The way you stay at when you're at Comedy Off Broadway.

[B]

Embassy Suites.

[C]

Yeah. Embassies. That particular hotel. Great breakfast all.

[B]

I've never had a bad Embassy Suites experience. Great hotel.

[A]

That's number two.

[B]

Is it really?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Number three, Holiday Inn Express.

[B]

Hampton Inn.

[A]

Hampton is four. Holiday Inn expresses eight.

[C]

Really?

[A]

You guys are doing pretty good.

[B]

Is it a comfort in and Suites?

[A]

Nope.

[B]

What about. What's the one that gives you a cookie?

[C]

Oh, Toll House. Now what is it? I got a joke about it. What is it? Double tree. Yeah.

[A]

Is that you that has the. Somebody. I just heard a joke where someone said I'd rather have the cookie than the Is that you.

[B]

Oh, strip.

[C]

Yeah. He's always my jokes and. No, no, we do. Me and. Me and. Me and Stroop have a lot of overlap. We're like from the same part of the country. Right. We're around the same age. We are always doing very similar material.

[B]

But you and I have share those same things too.

[C]

But we don't may have him killed.

[B]

Just be like Tanya Harding,

[A]

your buddy. Your buddy down Opelika that you went to the trailer with.

[C]

Yes, yes.

[B]

You're gonna hire Bates to hit him

[A]

with a mic stand number number three was Hyatt Place.

[C]

Hyatt.

[B]

I don't say it. A ton of Hyatt's but true by Hilton.

[C]

Stroop has a joke about the.

[A]

We heard money, right, didn't we? Yeah.

[C]

I got a Double Tree cookie joke.

[B]

He's got a lot seven Trailer park joke. Yeah.

[A]

And then he says we're having a

[C]

great time and he yells it.

[A]

Yeah. Sent you a list of the top.

[B]

Yes, the top 28. Which I was hoping they would expand it to 28 and not just 27.

[A]

Didn't you tell me that gets your attention more if it's an odd number.

[B]

An odd number. But that's not an odd number.

[A]

Well, I know that's.

[B]

But I'm saying if that were technically an odd number, if that were 27, statistically, you would click on it.

[A]

So it has to 20 popular.

[C]

That means there's, I don't know, hundreds.

[B]

Well, that's why you go. Why not go to 29? You couldn't think of a 29th? Why did you stop at 28?

[C]

All right, so I got us come up with number 28.

[B]

What do you think is 28?

[A]

Top 28?

[B]

Songs about breakfast.

[C]

Eggs up. Eggs up.

[B]

Breakfast coming in at 28. Denny's.

[C]

Denny. That's that. Is this already. This is a flawed.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Why? Because it's too low in the list. You think?

[C]

Yeah. I mean, Denny's is a classic breakfast spot.

[A]

Now. This is nationwide.

[B]

Now, here's what Mashed says. The original grand slam. More like a strikeout. The two buttermilk pancakes are virtually flavorless. The pair of sausage links are on the small side. And the two strips of bacon tend to be limp and greasy. So that's the review here.

[C]

Yeah. Okay, well, this guy, whoever this is, is obviously from a city and doesn't know any of that. What is the best one? Some boutique spot in New York City.

[B]

Yeah, I would know. You're going to love the number one.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Scroll down. But I do think this is pretty low for Denny's. Is. There are a lot of. Hard to put it at 20. I think you're this. I think this is rage bait to start the list.

[C]

I think so.

[B]

27 Timmy hoes.

[C]

Tim Hortons should for sure be below Denny's.

[B]

I like a Timmy Hortons.

[C]

I like in Canada. I like a sour cream glaze. Tim Bet. But I'm not trying to eat anything else there.

[B]

They're saying Tim Hortons has had its struggles lately. Quality of food dropping and drinks falling, and then the prices are going up. Yeah, I mean, but also the chain Hortons. Did you know the chain was taken over by Burger King?

[C]

Oh, I didn't know that Tim Hortons was. Makes sense.

[A]

So they have those here now, right?

[C]

You have one in Hermitage? Yeah.

[A]

Yeah, there's one eleven, I think you

[B]

want to scroll down to, like, the top seven.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, they're making up stuff. Lapid Lapida is pretty good.

[A]

I took you to Lake Pete.

[B]

People's. Great.

[C]

Yeah, that's a good spot.

[B]

Yeah, I like that a lot. Let's scroll down to the top seven. I see Bob Evans.

[C]

Bob Evans. You got that?

[B]

Huddle House. Thirteen.

[C]

Thirteen. That's ridiculous. Yeah.

[B]

If you live in the south and enjoy a good, hearty breakfast, you probably visited Huddle House a time or two. First ever location, Decatur, Georgia, more than five decades ago. So this is a pretty complimentary little write up. They say if you prefer something sweet, you may be in for a disappointment. Their breakfast menu features but a single waffle platter, while pancakes are only available as a side with the MVP combo platter.

[C]

No.

[B]

Unforgivable.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

All right, let's keep. What do we want to get to the top? 10?

[C]

Eggs up. Oh, eggs up was number 11.

[B]

10 is egg harbor Cafe. I've never heard of it.

[C]

That's in Wisconsin.

[B]

They're calling it.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Egg Harbor. We've been the best show of our lives.

[C]

Harbor. Look at that. What is that, some kind of crepe?

[B]

Yeah, it looks like a little folded Scram. Yeah, it's a folded grape, I guess.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

With the little powdered sugar on top. It says it's ihop for foodies.

[A]

What does it say at the bottom? It's in Georgia.

[C]

In Wisconsin, and one in Wisconsin.

[B]

It actually started in Illinois. Most of its restaurants are in Georgia. And then there's one in Wisconsin. Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

All right, we got La Madeleine. I've never even heard of this.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Imagine if Denny's. Imagine if Denny's underwent a makeover and decided to rebrand itself as being a French cafe.

[C]

Yeah. Imagine if Denny's was a different restaurant.

[A]

I think you're right, Dusty. He's into a little Madeline.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. It's like.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You're gonna compare chains to this place that's probably got four locations founded in Dallas.

[B]

You know, that reminded me of. There's this great video of this chef on one of these morning shows. I think it was European. And he's making this pasta dish and the host is trying to be nice. She takes a bite and she goes. It's almost like if. If instead of that, you use that, it'd be like carbonara. And he goes, yeah, if me mom had wheels, she'd be a bike. So frustrated at it. It's the same thing.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Imagine if Denny's changed everything about its restaurant. Number eight, Honeyberry Cafe. Never heard of this. It says it's new to the breakfast chain world.

[C]

Oh, might as well give it number eight.

[B]

First restaurant. Well, they paid money.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

To get it. That's right.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Nearly all are in the Midwest.

[C]

A few Chicagoland area. So not in Chicago.

[B]

Number seven, Broken Yoke Cafe.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

I don't know this neither.

[B]

Started as a standalone restaurant in 1979. San Diego. It's in his 30th years. It's a chain nationwide. Fame. Adam Richmond went there to try the Iron Man Omelette. The Flying Biscuit Cafe coming in at number six.

[C]

I think I've been to one of those.

[A]

In the south, but not Tennessee.

[B]

Yeah, not Tennessee.

[A]

Alabama, I think, has some.

[B]

Number five, Snooze. Snooze is a chain with a somewhat paradoxical name. If you're. If you're snoozing in the morning, you're not likely to have time for a breakfast, are you? Dude, this writing stinks for.

[C]

Probably AI Hash.

[B]

I'm sure it is. Hash House. A Go Go. Have you heard of this, Brian?

[A]

No.

[B]

The Midwest is dominating this list. These are all Midwestern places here. Never heard of that. Okay, we got the top three. Number three, Perkins.

[C]

Oh, please. You're gonna put Denny's at 28, and then Perkins is number three.

[A]

Have we seen.

[C]

Unbelievable.

[A]

When you scroll through, was there a Waffle House or Huddle House?

[B]

We're still going. We're still going. We passed Huddle House. I know.

[C]

I've read 13. 13, but Perkins.

[A]

So you did see Huddle House.

[B]

Yeah, house is 13.

[C]

Look at this. Hash Brown Options. This is. Please.

[B]

They said the late great in Hungry Randy, Macho Man Savage was. Did a celebrity endorsement for Perkins. Yeah, and they said that swayed the vote.

[C]

He's been dead a long time. And he got paid. I bet. I mean, he also endorsed Slim Jims. Is that your best meat stick?

[B]

We'll pull up that list later. Top 36 meat sticks. They have chocolate chocolate chip, apple cinnamon, and blueberry muffins. They say they're all pretty tasty.

[C]

I'd like to see a picture of this writer.

[B]

What's his name? What's his writer's name? His writer's name is Maria Skinto.

[A]

Yeah, that sounds right.

[B]

Well, okay. That's number three. Number two on the list after Perkins. Number two, Cracker Barrel.

[C]

That's ridiculous.

[A]

Us.

[C]

Listen, I like Cracker Barrel. I did a commercial for him. Okay, yeah, but I just. You can't do Denny's like that. Your number.

[B]

You're still mad about Denny's being 28.

[C]

It just seems like it flaws the list. Right, Cracker? I mean, these. They're all pretty hand in hand. Like, you got all these boutique places. Yeah, and. And then Cracker Barrel is number two.

[A]

My showman's on There again.

[B]

Yeah. They say some of the standouts include the eggs in a basket, the basket being a slice of toast sourdough and the cheesy hash brown casserole. Granted, Cracker Barrel has been struggling a bit lately since their Dusty's commercial advertising campaign with Dusty Slay.

[C]

Hash brown casserole, though, at Huddle Houses, or Cracker Barrel is where it's at

[A]

is what you get.

[C]

Yeah, hash brown casserole is where it's at.

[B]

But nevertheless, we still want to order the Mama's Pancake Breakfast with fried apples, turkey sausage and eggs. Number one breakfast chain, according to Maria,

[C]

it's got to be Waffle House.

[B]

Number one Waffle House.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So made up.

[B]

It says if you're looking for a breakfast spot that'll never ever let you down, it'd have to be Waffle House. It earns its place at the top of the list by providing cheap, reliable breakfast food day or night. And because it's practically a cultural institution,

[C]

this is like putting Jimi Hendrix as number one guitarist.

[B]

Oh, you just think it's kind of a lame take.

[C]

Yeah, it's like, where was.

[A]

What about.

[C]

What about the. There's a chain here in town. We have a few of them.

[A]

You have to give me a hint.

[C]

Well, I mean, it is a breakfast spot.

[A]

Okay. Oh, Biscuit Love.

[C]

No, no. Oh, well, that's a good one.

[A]

Loveless Cafe.

[C]

Oh, that's a good one.

[B]

It's not a chain pancake, Patrick.

[C]

No, no, it's a chain. And it's all over. And it's this one in Hermitage, next to the ATT store.

[B]

McDonald's.

[C]

No. Let me see.

[A]

Oh, first watch.

[C]

First watch.

[B]

First watch.

[C]

What was that at?

[B]

Yeah, but I think this is. I don't know. Yeah, I guess that would qualify for this list. I like a first watch.

[C]

Yeah, I love First.

[B]

Yeah, it's very good. Well, that was a fun list. I love how much Dusty hated it.

[A]

Yeah. Made it fun.

[B]

That's good. I'd like you to make. You should make lists like this, Dusty.

[C]

I should like.

[B]

I think it'd be really funny.

[A]

You should make videos. Top country songs about this or that.

[B]

You should do comedy.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah, I should have did. I don't think there's any country songs about breakfast, but coffee.

[B]

Broaden it to cigarette. Oh, that's nice.

[A]

Start this day. Rest.

[C]

Don Williams.

[B]

Gotta have my pops. Remember that?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Aaron Paul. Did you know that was him in that commercial?

[C]

I didn't know that.

[A]

I love Stroops.

[C]

What about breakfast? They don't taste like apples, apple Jack. We eat what we like.

[A]

What about live cereal? Let's give it to Mikey. He eats everything. He likes it.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

He really like.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

That's a good commercial. Do you know that was him. And look.

[C]

Dude, I gotta have my pops, bro.

[B]

God, I have my pops. Yeah.

[A]

This looks so 90s.

[C]

Well, look at his parents. That's why I ended up doing drugs. So rude.

[A]

That's Jesse Pinkman.

[B]

They look a bit like his parents in the show.

[C]

They're rude to him about the pops. And he's like, all right.

[B]

Well, do you.

[A]

When. If you're a Waffle House and they yell scattered smother, what. Do you know what that means?

[B]

Yeah, I know what most of them mean.

[A]

What's.

[B]

Do you have all of them written down there?

[C]

Have.

[A]

I think it's all of them.

[B]

You have a few of them. Scattered means spread out.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Smothered means cheese. No, covered as cheese.

[C]

I don't know them.

[B]

What is smothered?

[A]

Onions.

[B]

Onions.

[A]

Chunked.

[B]

Chunked as pieces of ham.

[A]

Yep. Diced.

[C]

I have no idea.

[B]

Diced onion in it.

[A]

We're already done. Onion, tomatoes.

[B]

Diced tomatoes.

[A]

Peppered.

[B]

Put pepper on it.

[A]

Jalapenos.

[B]

Capped mushrooms.

[A]

Yep.

[D]

Topped.

[B]

Topped is.

[C]

Do we say cheese?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Cheese covered. What is topped? I don't know.

[A]

Chili.

[B]

Oh, gross. I've never even heard of somebody getting that.

[A]

And country.

[C]

It's gotta be ham of some kind.

[A]

Sausage gravy.

[B]

Sausage gravy.

[C]

Wow. And I don't know. Have you ever had eggs? I just get regular hash brown browns. None of the things on it.

[A]

Yeah, I do too.

[B]

I get covered. Covered up.

[A]

Covered a lot.

[B]

You ever get all. What's it called?

[D]

All the way.

[B]

Mike's way. What's it called if you get them all?

[A]

Oh, I don't know. Suicide.

[C]

It's some kind of way.

[B]

Suicide, Probably.

[A]

Have you ever had eggs that weren't yellow?

[C]

Like a little orange or brown or white?

[B]

I've had egg whites.

[C]

You mean like the shell?

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Every day I eat the brown chips.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, the natural ones are brown.

[A]

Yeah. It depends on the breed of the chicken.

[B]

Oh, does it really?

[C]

Yeah, so says 5, 000 doctors.

[A]

All right, we can stop there. Yeah. That was fun, right? That's fun.

[B]

Let's go have some breakfast. We're gonna go eat breakfast.

[C]

I could eat something.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. It does make me hungry. Some of the other countries, their breakfast crazy to us. Japan does. Rice, miso soup, grilled fish, pickled vegetables. Dusty's like, this all sounds great.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

The English breakfast is wild.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Start off me day with a bit of kidney beans. Oh, Steaming pile of fizzing wisbees. And I don't even know any flabby

[C]

whoppers and flubber worms.

[A]

In Spain, they breakfast is small. And then people eat a larger second breakfast later in the morning.

[B]

Well, then they don't go out till like midnight. Did you know that in Spain?

[C]

I didn't know that.

[A]

Yeah. Like in the dinner party on the Office.

[B]

That's true. Yeah. Even later than that.

[A]

Yeah. All right, all right. That's it.

[B]

That's it. Thank you for tuning in. That was breakfast. We're doing lunch next week. All right.

[C]

Lunch in 2005.

[B]

Yeah, let's just combine them too. Let's see what lunch in 2005 was about. Like, what were we doing for lunch?

[A]

No one knows.

[B]

Nobody knows.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Thank you for tuning in. I will be in Phoenix in a couple weeks. This is Aaron Weber speaking at the desert Ridge Improv. August 28th, 29th and 30th. That's going to be a lot of fun coming out and see me in Phoenix. And I got a lot of tour dates. You can check out my website, Aaron Weber, comedy.com for the full list of dates. Dusty, what's going on with you tonight?

[C]

I'm doing my open mic that we've been doing here at Zany's called Let Loose. Let Loose. Very fun. We've talked about it a lot. We have one tonight at 9:15. This weekend I'll be in Providence, Rhode island on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Comedy Connection. Sunday, I'm going to be in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the Great outdoor Comedy festival. I'll be doing a show with adam Ray as Dr. Phil and also Paulie Shore. On Tuesday, I have a show here at zane.

[A]

You'll be Dr. Phil.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Tuesday I have a show here at Zany's. It's sold out. The 11th and then on the 12th, another let loose here at the lab at Zany's.

[B]

Let Loose.

[A]

This is Brian Bates Speaking, I think August 21st and 22nd, I'll be at Springfield Comedy Club. That just came in.

[B]

Springfield, Missouri.

[A]

Yeah, that's in used to be Blue Room right now. Springfield Comedy Club in Springfield, Missouri. And then September 6th, I'll be at Zany's Comedy Club in Chicago.

[C]

Awesome.

[B]

How about that? We're three professional comedians. Come see us on the road. Make sure you check out Brian Bates special Worried live now on YouTube. The reviews are in there through the roof.

[A]

100,000.

[B]

Check them out. 100,000 views. That's awesome man. Go check it out. Watch it. Check out all the offerings we have here on the Nate Land Entertainment YouTube page. And make sure you tune in next week to another thrilling edition of the Public Figures Podcast. On behalf of my friends Dusty Slay and Brian Bates, we wish you all a pleasant evening.

[C]

Banner yet way it's longer than I thought for the land of the free and the home of the Braves, I like to say Braves.

[D]

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