290: Nateland | Ep #290 - Cruises [A Nateland Reunion]

Summary

Podcast Summary: Public Figures – Episode 290: Nateland Reunion | "Cruises"

Host: Brian Bates, Aaron Weber, Dusty Slay
Episode Date: February 20, 2026
Setting: Live on a cruise ship reunion with the Nateland podcast family and community.

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Overview

This episode marks a special Nateland reunion aboard a cruise ship, bringing together the original crew, fans, and friends for a lighthearted, nostalgic, and interactive recording with the audience. The hosts share stories about their experiences on the cruise, answer audience questions, reminisce about the show’s legacy, and discuss cruise culture with their trademark casual wit and camaraderie.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

The Nateland Reunion & Cruise Life (01:11 – 17:07)

• The group celebrates coming back together after Nateland’s “retirement”, joking about being on their “reunion tour” after just three weeks apart.
  • “They said this would never happen. The reunion tour. It’s been almost three weeks.” – Nate (03:18)
• Brian shares about his recent move caused by a power outage, living temporarily with Nate and his family.
• Light-hearted anecdotes about staying together, babysitting stories, and the dynamic of being roommates.
• Nate’s Grammy nomination experience—including uncertainty about the results, relying on AI for updates, and celebrating with close friends and family.
  • “AI said I won. And I was like, what? Then I went to ChatGPT and it said Bill Burr won.” – Nate (05:48)
• Nate’s upcoming movie is announced as a summer (May 29) release, with comic friends featured in small roles:
  • “I’d have let this movie burn to the ground before they cut you guys.” – Nate (08:38)
• Cheeky banter about geography slip-ups and mapmakers (“cartographers”) in the fanbase.

Cruise Activities & Audience Interaction (17:10 – 36:32)

• Comics reflect on meeting fans, attending ship events (silent disco, bingo, spelling bee), and mingling with a vibrant community:
  • “My favorite part…it’s you guys and your interaction with us and the other comics.” – Nate (17:07)
• Tales of cruise shenanigans: belly flop contests, themed costumes, and dedicated fans referencing inside podcast jokes (e.g., penguin gifts, donkey hats).
• Audience Q&A sparks recurring topics on bathroom humor, hygiene, and male “habits” (e.g., peeing off balconies, in bottles), tackled with classic Nateland self-deprecation.
  • “I’ve peed in everything.” – Dusty (34:09)
  • “In a car, I’ve peed in a bottle, on my pants and the car seat all at one time. That’s tough to do.” – Dusty (34:37)
• The joys and hazards of late-night cruise comedy shows, comparisons between early vs. late crowds.
  • “If you want to really watch the person’s act...that’s the earlier show. The later show you might think is fun because it might end up being...a little more crowd worky.” – Nate (38:50)
• Reflections from a teacher/fan about bringing podcast lingo into the classroom (“Silver War” instead of “Civil War”).

The Evolution and Legacy of the Podcast (45:52 – 51:19)

• Nate addresses a thoughtful question about balancing fame, family, and his driven career:
  • “For me to keep going...It’s not as much pressure on me because it’s not about me...If I ask for all this, I’ll carry the burden of it.” – Nate (45:40)
• Maintaining normalcy and old friendships helps him stay grounded.
• Playful fact-checking and name mispronunciations become running jokes within the group.

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Cruise Facts & History with Audience Banter (51:19 – 86:12)

• History of cruising:
  • First cruise service (P&O Cruises in 1844)
  • The Love Boat’s influence on cruise popularity in the 1970s-80s.
• Personal cruise challenges—sea sickness, adjusting to the boat, and “patches” for motion sickness.
• Cruise trivia: number of employees (about 1,500), ship “godmothers” (including Melania Trump), the existence of morgues and jails aboard, quirky regulations (no steamers allowed), and practical advice about magnet hooks for cabins.
  • “Professional cruisers know to do this.” – Aaron (82:47)
• Hilarious cruise ship facts:
  • Ship speed measured in knots, and how this ties to nautical navigation.
  • Waste management and the (gross but true) practice of dumping filtered sewage/food waste at sea.
  • “They dump the food waste, they grind it up, and then again dump it…it’s gotta be 12 nautical miles from shore. And fish do follow the ship.” – Dusty (68:14)
• Door decoration culture: fans ranking comedians with magnets on cabin doors; mischievous rearranging.
  • “Every time I walk by, I remove you and put me up there.” – Aaron (84:16)

Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “What Iron Man was to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Nateland Podcast was for the Nateland Universe. It launched it all and will always hold a special place.” – Fan comment read aloud by Nate (25:51)
• “Have you ever been filling a bottle and realized, ‘Uh oh, I got more coming than I thought’?” — Nate (36:04)
• “Belly flops…that was his favorite part…we really abused people, though. They did a whole round of hurting themselves, and we go, ‘too close to call, do it again!’” — Dusty (19:57)
• “I think my stomach…what I’ve put it through on land, the ocean’s nothing.” — Dusty on cruise sickness (57:41)
• “I like to let long strips go between dentist visits...so I get it all done at once.” — Dusty (76:09)
• Impromptu “doppelganger” contest: fans get compared to hosts on stage (88:00+).
• Classic riff: Is oatmeal a cereal? (48:30)

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Audience Q&A and Closing Thoughts (86:34 – 98:14)

• The future of Nateland and possible future cruises: not immediately planned, but the team is open to more if the logistics work.
• Fans are brought on stage for lookalike contests; jovial crowd and crew interaction.
• Super Bowl score predictions serve as a comedic finale—wacky guesses and a “mind control halftime show” from Dusty.

On Why These Comics Were Chosen (94:36–97:33)

• “When I started, I needed to be at home...Brian, obviously, we’ve been friends for a long time. Aaron was a newer comic...and Dusty can think outside the box better than anybody, and I like being around that.” – Nate
• “It adds fun, different angles...it’s laid out to be a pretty unbelievable ride.” – Nate
• Heartfelt appreciation for the community built around the podcast and gratitude to everyone in attendance.
  • “This is the nicest group of people I’ve ever seen...It was like hanging out at the pool with my friends and it was awesome.” – Dusty (97:33)

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Important Timestamps

• [03:18] – Joking about how fast the "reunion" came together
• [05:48] – Nate’s Grammy nomination and AI mishaps
• [08:38] – Movie cameo uncertainty and fighting for friends
• [17:07] – Favorite moments on the cruise—community highlights
• [34:09] – Male “habits” and peeing in bottles
• [51:19] – History of cruises
• [56:00] – “Love Boat” and cruise popularization
• [68:14] – How waste is managed on ships
• [84:16] – Door decoration and audience rankings
• [86:43] – Q&A: Future cruise plans
• [94:36] – Nate explains why he chose his podcast crew
• [97:33] – Closing gratitude and appreciation

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Tone & Style

• The entire episode brims with spontaneous humor, conversational storytelling, and the friendly, self-aware banter Nateland fans expect.
• The hosts mix genuine appreciation with constant inside jokes, poking fun at themselves, each other, and the cruise lifestyle.
• Audience involvement and references to longstanding podcast memes create a highly interactive, communal feeling.

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Summary:
This reunion episode is a celebration of the Nateland podcast’s legacy, its joyful community, and the goofy, heartfelt spirit that propelled the show from Nashville to the high seas. With a mix of travel trivia, comedic nostalgia, candid personal stories, and deep gratitude for their listeners, the crew delivers a light, memorable, and communal listening experience—equal parts informative and absurd.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

Ladies and gentlemen, as you know, after 289 episodes of the Naat Land podcast, they've called it quits.

[C]

Some people are saying it's an end of an error.

[B]

But you are in for a treat because.

[C]

Welcome to the Naepland podcast reunion. Please welcome our host, Brian Breakfast Bates.

[D]

Erin weber.

[A]

Good time.

[B]

And back to their dusty slave. And give it up for the man who started it all, Nick Bornezz. All right. Hello, folks, and hey, bear. Welcome to the n land podcast. I am nate bogetzi. Brian bates. Aaron weber.

[C]

All right.

[B]

And dusty slay. Okay.

[E]

You know, they said this would never happen. The reunion tour.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

It's been almost three weeks.

[B]

Yeah, they said they're too old.

[E]

And there's a lot has happened since we've last been together.

[C]

Yeah, we put out one episode of the new podcast, so I figured it's time.

[D]

But Brian's power's still out at home, I think.

[E]

Well, I was about to say what the biggest thing that's happened to me is. I've moved in with Nate.

[B]

Yeah, we got Harper, got some babysitting. Velanor. She killed it. He paid her.

[D]

He's blaming the storm, but he didn't pay his bill, I think. Yeah, he doesn't want to tell his wife. He goes, harper.

[B]

Eleanor was more important.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

What was it like having me as a roommate?

[B]

It was great. You popped over, you came, hung out. Like we had dinner. We've been friends for Very long time. So it was, you know, I didn't mind it. I'd like to have you there. And yeah, it was, you know, it was a fun time. I was gone during a good bit of it, so that helped and. But yeah, you know, Laura loved it. We loved it. You, Ruth and Elinor. Always, always happy when some. It's like a, you know, happy mistake. I don't know how. What's that thing? Is that happy accident?

[C]

No, mistake works too.

[B]

I think. Mistake works. Happy mistake.

[C]

Ah, I missed this.

[E]

Well, one night we're hanging out the house, watching a little tv, and I'm like, hey, you know the Grammys are on. And you're nominated for best comedy album, Nate. And he's like, am I? And

[B]

I was trying not to remember. Cause I was just like, you know, you're gonna lose. Like, just. It's better just to kind of forget.

[E]

So we literally turned it on and like, we didn't know if they'd already announced the category or not. And we're looking online and it was the very next one.

[B]

Yes, we even. Yeah, I mean, I was like, we looked up. I used AI and because I was like, did they announce it? And I looked up Google. AI said I won. And I was like, what? And I'm like, I don't know. Then I went to ChatGPT and it said Bill Burr won. And so then I was like, I don't know.

[C]

Why are you using AI for this to predict the future, who the winners are?

[B]

Well, when you do that, it's put you to a website of just like, well, you got to go through everything and it's hard to tell what's already happened and what hasn't. Mine is the reason I didn't go to it. I would have went when I was nominated the first time. I did go to it. But they do it in the pre Grammys. We're not in the regular show, so you're in the pre show. That pre show is very, very long by the time they get to. And I just, I was like, I was already gone a long time, so I just needed to come home. But you're in this room where like by the time I would have been announced, I mean, there's maybe 30 people in that room, so. And if it's like a 500 seat place, everybody's moved on to the. The real Grammys. So I would have walked up and had to thank everybody. Almost in the room with just Brian and my wife, but with strangers. So it was better just to sit with them. And it just worked out like that.

[E]

Yeah. If you notice, the video that I shot, it starts very low because I didn't want Nate to know I was recording in case he didn't win. And so I had it down.

[B]

Bottom, you saw just pop up and then come back down.

[E]

But I knew you were gonna win because on our New Year's Eve episode of the podcast, I predicted it.

[B]

You did. You did. You've nailed it.

[E]

Yep. Yep. And then also, since we've been together, it's been so long. Your movie has moved to the summertime.

[B]

Yes. Yeah. May 29th. 8th. 9th. 29th. 29th. Yeah. It's a big deal. At first I was mad, like, I don't know movies, so I'm like, why moving it? But it's summer release, so it just shows that they believe in the movie. And so they put it kind of. They put it in the summer. And so, yeah, it's going to be. It's very exciting. These guys are in it. You guys are in it very quickly. Them two are in the movie.

[C]

That's all we need.

[B]

Yeah. You made it. You did make it.

[E]

I thought we were gonna make it. Now. There's still a chance.

[C]

Is that a guarantee now? You know that for sure.

[B]

I would like to make one phone call, but I. I'm like, I'm. I'm. Oh, I'm. You are. I'm almost. I mean, just because you're putting me. All right.

[C]

We're for sure gone.

[B]

No, it's like you're in. No, you just put me on the spot. I am 75% you're in the movie and. No, no, it does. It starts with you guys. You're in the movie, and Dusty's in the movie. So everybody. Yeah, it was a big deal. I wouldn't have let him cut you guys. I would have let this movie burn to the ground before they got.

[D]

That's why I got moved to May. Because he's been fighting for you.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Thanks, man.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

So in May. Yeah, May 29th. You want to see their acting debut? I should say Aaron and Brian, side face Acting debuts. No joking. That would be funny. It's just air. It's all airing. And just a little baits. And I go, but you're in it. No, it's both of them. They're both great. And Dusty's got a. You can see a little hairdo from Dusty, which is. Yeah, he did some. We put him in some wardrobe. Yeah.

[D]

We got a little wild with it. It's a good time.

[E]

I didn't think about it. But when we did the blocking for it, I was a little bit in front of Aaron, and now I guess I understand why. Obvious reasons.

[B]

It's no it's thing. Yeah. It's stuff appears closer in the mirror than it's. And it works the same way with cameras, so. Yeah, That's just show business. You know, that's not. That's not even a joke. That's just how.

[E]

Well, while you've been gone, we started the public figures podcast.

[B]

I know.

[E]

Great. Yep.

[B]

I heard it's rocking.

[E]

Aaron, is there anything you want to say about the sun? Sun rising over the Pacific?

[C]

I watched the sunrise over the Atlantic this weekend. I'll tell you that.

[E]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

I got the geo. I got some geography wrong. Lot of cartographers.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

That listen to the show. I'm glad y' all are helping me out.

[D]

They were mad that we didn't catch it. They were mad that me and Brian didn't catch it.

[E]

I didn't catch it.

[D]

Oh, I just thought it was just Aaron and joint, you know?

[B]

What are cartographers?

[D]

Sun doesn't come up anyway. It just kind of goes over.

[B]

Right, right, right, right, right.

[E]

Okay.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. And I think we proved that on this ship. That was the whole point of this trip was just to get everybody on thinking.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, get with it.

[B]

But what is a cartographer?

[C]

They, like a map guy. They draw maps.

[B]

Oh, how do we have a lot of map draw? I mean, how. How often? I bet it used to be a

[C]

bigger deal back in the day. Now we pretty much, you know, like,

[B]

now is it like you guys struggling for work because you're like. You're just like, hey, I got a new ma of Tennessee. And they're like, yeah, we kind of all do, man.

[D]

All right, there it is.

[E]

So I got to tell you, I. I've already hosted bingo in here this morning, and. Yeah. And there were people lined up so early. Where are those girls from? West Virginia? Oh, right up front.

[B]

What time did you.

[E]

What time did y' all get here?

[C]

Before I. Before.

[B]

Oh, man.

[C]

Goodness.

[B]

Wait, Were you dancing last night, too? Yeah. Cause I saw you last night at like, 2:30.

[E]

What? Well, that's a story right there.

[B]

Yeah, that's where I was. That's. We were. I went to the silent disco. My, my. It's been very. Yeah, it's very fun. I have heard a lot of great things about it. And so we went to it pretty late. She was there. There's been other. And you listen, you dance. It's Very funny to take it off and then just listen to everybody because it's basically everybody at their worst and best. I mean, loud singing. My nephew Caleb, boy, he was getting after it, singing so loud. But the kids. My daughter left, all the kids loved. Is a very fun. It's funner than you think.

[C]

Are they all listening to the same thing?

[B]

You can. There's three different channels and so you can kind of go back so people could not be listening to the same thing. But then you see once you see a lot of like green on the headphones and everybody's kind of like got a song they like or then, you know, red, blue. I'm sure yours would have just been off. You're just standing in the middle with them off.

[E]

No, he'd be listening to a Civil War documentary.

[B]

Yeah. What are you listening? You got. Yeah, you got your AirPods in listening. Listening to Ben Cruz. I don't know. What's that guy's name?

[C]

Ben Cruz?

[B]

Burns.

[E]

Ken Burns.

[B]

Ken Burns. I honestly thought you meant I was close.

[C]

Ben Rector.

[B]

Ben Rector is the man.

[C]

But Ken Burns could be on there too.

[B]

Yeah, no Ben Cruz. I like Ben Cruz. I did mean Ken Burn and I just said Ben Cruz.

[E]

It's like you said Ben and you're like, I can't think of his last name. What am I. Oh, what are we doing?

[B]

We're on a cruise.

[E]

I love lamp. Dusty, what have you been getting into?

[D]

Well, I did a seven hour meet and greet yesterday. And I've also smoked seven cigars in the last two days. So if you can have a cigar hangover, that's what I have right now. I'm pretty smoked up and I text. I think I would do another when I get out of here though. I feel good. This is giving me some energy. I'm feeling good, coming to life.

[E]

I texted Dusty yesterday morning, asked him if he wanted to walk over into Mexico. And he's like, I'm out here smoking a cigar. I go to Mexico, hang out there for a while, come back in, run into you. We hang out for quite a while. I go to my room, take a nap, come back, Dusty's still out there smoking a cigar.

[D]

Yeah, it was party time at the pool yesterday.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah, the pool was hot yesterday. Yeah, I got a little sun just on this side of my face. I got a little tan line from my hair. I don't know if you can see that. Yeah, I thought I was protected. Feels good. Cause my face is always a little red and I think people are concerned about me. Medically but now I can just say I'm sorry. Sunburned.

[B]

Yeah, I like that.

[D]

I like to be a little sunburned all the time. Yeah, a lot of vitamin D. We.

[B]

We played basketball yesterday. Like, six of us. Mike Veone, Greg Warren. Have you ever seen those? The videos in Russia where they play basketball and they tackle each other. That's Mike Veon and Greg Warren guarding each other. It's just neither. Neither one of them. It's just force jamming each other.

[C]

There's no finesse game.

[B]

No finesse. You give them a ball. Vacuum will just pick the ball up and move around. Like, you know, sometimes when you see someone play a sport and you're like, oh, they don't know the rules at all. Like, he'll dribble and then grab the ball and then walk and then dribble again. And you're like. I mean, have you. Are you on earth? Like, it's. But we. Yeah, our team won. Hit the little game. Winning shot over Chris, which meant the most. Yeah, well, college tennis player showed him a little something. Little church basketball move. And you gotta play with a net. There's a net over the top of it, so you can't really shoot high because it just hits the net. So you gotta throw line drives.

[E]

You guys have a favorite moment on the cruise so far? No, we're not done. Could still happen.

[B]

I think we gotta say, like, all right, I've said it in my shows, if you've been to it, but I think it's you guys and your interaction just with us and all the comics. That's been my favorite part. It's. Yeah. Thank you. So, I mean, the fact that we're just a podcast and we're on a cruise now is bananas.

[E]

I think I've had my picture made with almost everyone in this room, and a few of them actually asked for it. So

[B]

I think Brian's looking forward to go home and be back in privacy the rest of the year.

[D]

And it's. Brian did come hang out with me for about five minutes yesterday. And he goes, I gotta go. I gotta go.

[B]

I mean, Joe Zimmerman was like, they keep talking to me about birds. Like, he's the. He goes, I've never got to talk about birds this much, but that's the sincere answer I would like. Is there any fun like, you know, that has. Does not a sincere, heartfelt, like, a funny answer.

[E]

Why I missed. I think you guys were all at the spelling bee.

[C]

The spelling bee.

[B]

Spelling bee was awful.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

I got knocked out with. I spelled Contagious. But the word was conscientious. Conscientious. Yeah.

[E]

Dusty, you did a great job on the belly flop.

[D]

Yeah, I like that. I also like all the, like, art and costumes that everybody comes up with. It's pretty awesome. A lot of great shirts and pictures. And I'm like, stuff I. You know, references I don't get from the podcast.

[E]

But

[B]

I've met a lot of source of gores that I don't know if I. Oh, yeah. I don't know how many I believed. Franklin Penguin. I know there's some good penguins.

[C]

I've gotten some penguins.

[B]

I got some penguins, too.

[E]

Yep.

[B]

Harper got a penguin. She was showing me last night. Yeah, a lot of penguins. So a lot of fun stuff.

[D]

There was a guy that had a shirt with everybody looking up, and then he had a hat with a donkey on it about to jump off.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

Which I thought was the craziest thing I'd ever seen. And explain. That's a podcast reference.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

Or stand up. Something. I don't know. Somebody does that.

[B]

Is he in here? Yeah, there he is.

[D]

It was very.

[B]

He saw the game, went in, shot I hit.

[D]

But the belly flops, that was his favorite part.

[B]

I'm making that up for him. But that was his. I would imagine, just the smoothness. It was off one foot low. All right, we don't have to go.

[D]

The belly flop was great. I think we really abused people, though. You know, they did a full round of hurting themselves. And then we go. I don't know. A little too close to call. Do it again.

[B]

Yeah, that's. That's my biggest miss. I wish I had something and I didn't get over there. And I wish I could have went to the belly flop, because when you guys came back from it, I mean, you were like, y' all just had so much fun judging that. So it was good. I wish I would have made that. You know, we had a. Because we. We practiced the greatest average American show yet. We rehearsed it yesterday on stage in the pool deck. And that turned out being fun because we caught. We thought we were like, you know, we didn't know how many people were going to get off the boat or on the boat. So we just didn't think that many people would be here, but a good amount were still on. And so then we just, like, ran the game show. So that was fun. Kind of a little impromptu kind of, you know, it's. The fun stuff is like this to me. I mean, we all love doing stand up. I Like doing stand up. But then this little weird dispelling bee like that. Like, I definitely, if it happened again, would want to be in more of that stuff. That's the. I think the very. You know, it's the funnest.

[D]

Yeah. Do it again.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

That's what we don't get at. You know, a regular podcast type thing. That's what we've been missing.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

The camera crew doesn't really yell out like that at us. I like that. That's good.

[C]

Or laugh or smile. I mean, so this is.

[B]

Yeah,

[D]

we've had a guy fall asleep once.

[B]

We get a lot of. Let's wrap it up.

[E]

Well, this is my first ever cruise, so I didn't know what to expect.

[B]

Yeah. From a guy that looks like he's been on a few of them.

[C]

I don't know why that's funny. I don't know why that's funny. But it is.

[D]

No, that is true, though.

[C]

But it is.

[D]

You would think he's been on a couple, though.

[B]

I think you would love cruises. I think they, like. I think if a cruise fits you.

[E]

I don't know how I can live up to this. Like, now I'm just going to normal cruise.

[B]

Yeah. But I think if you and Ruth and Eleanor went on a cruise, I think you're. It's like I said, you should go to Disney cruise with Eleanor. That's Disney's. Very fun.

[E]

I've been to every. I pop around to every show. Almost every comic on the boat, including myself, has had a joke about the toilet in our room.

[B]

I had a joke about it.

[E]

You had one, Dusty, you had one.

[C]

What's the joke?

[D]

That joke crushed, though.

[B]

What was your. Yeah, what was your joke?

[D]

Not getting old with people. I said that I'm afraid that I'm gonna get sucked into the toilet. Yeah, you don't wanna bend down in there. If my hair gets caught in there, I may never. I may never get out of that thing.

[B]

Yeah. I just wanna know about the situation where your hair's that close to it.

[D]

Well, you never know.

[B]

You never know. I had. Did you have. I had. I had one that is, like, it. First day, it took me a minute to find it. Where I was like, where is it?

[E]

Where to flush.

[B]

Yeah, where to flush it? I was like, is it not in the bathroom?

[C]

And then it's in the Norwegian cruise line app. You gotta download that.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It's $240 a day to get it. But then you flush from your flush.

[E]

Unlimited flushing.

[B]

I said, but then I. I Said that that toilet was invented by a woman because they make you put the seat down to flush it. So that's fun.

[E]

That's funny. Gary Veder was on my show, and he said he was sitting on the toilet chewing gum, and he flushed and he was no longer chewing.

[B]

That's a great one.

[E]

Do we want to get in these comments?

[C]

We get started.

[B]

Why is that all here?

[E]

Oh, I even noticed it.

[D]

Chewing gum on the toilet is weird though, huh?

[B]

Yeah, I think so.

[C]

I think so.

[E]

I think it might have been for comedic effect.

[D]

I mean, maybe dipping, but

[E]

I don't know what that ball is.

[D]

Okay, that's the sun.

[B]

Oh, it's the sun. Yeah.

[D]

Now it's flatter than that, but.

[B]

Oh, it's heavy.

[E]

Some kind of old to the west setting.

[C]

Oh, it is, yes. To the west of us.

[B]

All right, all right, let's start it off. Do you guys comments now?

[E]

All these people should be on the cruise. I don't know if they're in here, but. But there. We'll see.

[B]

I would love that. They write in on a comment and they're like, I'm not gonna go.

[E]

Well, yeah, I pulled some of these. Some of these are old, like.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[D]

When he says the name, yell if you're here. So I know to whether to make fun of you or not. If so.

[B]

Yeah. So he doesn't have to do it online. He would like to get it over with in person.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Scott Elliot.

[E]

Well, they're simulcasting this in every.

[B]

Oh, okay. Oh, that's your brother. All right.

[E]

Is he here?

[B]

Oh, he's got the Spinnaker.

[C]

They're broadcasting it in. The Spinnaker?

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[D]

Spinnaker sounds like a random room.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. It's a lot going on.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Scott Elliott's in there, proud buddy. He's trying to convince everybody. Scott Elliot in that room. He's showing his id. He goes, look. And he goes, what's that, Scotty? What? Iron man was for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Nateland podcast was for the Nateland universe. I don't even know if I understand, all right. What Iron man was for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Nateland podcast was for the Nateland Universe. It launched it all and will always hold a special place. So it's very sweet. That's nice. Thank you, Scott.

[D]

And then I came in about Iron Man 2 when it started to dip a bit.

[B]

Yeah, we were the first. Yeah, yeah, we were the first Ironman. Becca Ferches, you're here. I have a friend that saw Nate for the first time in Philly, she said she met Nick Novicki because he was sitting in their seats. I mean, that's a sentence that describes Dick more than any today. He was super apologetic, but also hilarious. They didn't know he was going to be doing some comedy. This was her family's intro to the Nateland world, and they absolutely loved it. One of her favorite parts was watching her teenage son laugh the whole time. That's so wonderful.

[E]

That's great.

[B]

Yeah, Philly was. Nick was so funny in the Philly show. And, like, he was funny on stage, but, like, sitting. Because Vecchion had a. You know, lived in Philly for a long. So he had a bunch of local Philly jokes. And so he's like, naming zip codes and area codes and everybody's going crazy. And Nick went to temple, so he knows the references. So he's just sitting there. He's like, oh, my gosh. He's like, that's right across the river. That's why that's so funny. Like, he was. He was like an audience member just watching the show.

[D]

Like, there's a guy here named Dan that's been getting confused for Nick a lot. And he told me people have been taking pictures with him and. And he's just been accepting it.

[B]

Yeah. Is Dan. He's not in here. Is Dan here? You are. Dan's worked. You've had to do a ton of work. Cause they put Dan, my dad, like, I met Dan earlier. I'm like, you don't have to work.

[C]

He's a part of the show.

[B]

If you've been to my dad and Nick and Dan's show, I mean, they. They've crushed it.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Is he. Yeah. You want to come up here? Yeah, come up so you can. Everybody can meet Dan.

[D]

Just put him to work some more, you know?

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

You don't have to work, but get up here.

[C]

Yeah. Get. Get this orb off the stage for us while you're up here, please.

[B]

All right, here he comes. Yeah, I mean, he was like, we met in the meet and greet. And I mean, I was like. Because I was like, my dad's gonna make him work. And then Nick was going to Dan being like, hey, you don't have to do this if you don't want. Like, but he was. He loved it, and he was just a giant part of their show. And, like, I mean, so we are not paying him. That's only fair. Like. Cause he was an add on late.

[E]

Here he is right here.

[B]

He was a surprise guest. Come on. Up here, Dan, so everybody can see you.

[C]

There he is.

[D]

All right. Okay, Big Dan, here come Tom.

[E]

Hello.

[B]

Hello.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

How did. Who approached you first about doing the show?

[E]

Well, people automatically were. They were just thinking I was Nick, like, you know, in the line. And then I saw Nick immediately, and he said, your dad thought it was a great idea. And some. You know, some. We still have another show. So I don't.

[B]

We are ruining it right now.

[E]

But people were coming up to me after the show. They had seen the show, and they go, nick, that was a great show. They still think it's unbelievable.

[B]

Dude, you're the best. He's got another show. Give it up for Dan.

[E]

He's awesome.

[B]

He's got it. And it is. If you're going to that show, just. Yeah. It's so funny that he said we ruined it, that it's so fun. I didn't even think about that. So be surprised. Don't tell my dad.

[D]

Your dad's watching this right now. Pretty mad.

[B]

Oh, he's furious. He's gonna talk to Dan and go, you're not on Late Show. I mean, he's at a show every night. He just came to come on vacation, and he's had an intense show every night. He's killed it, though. All right. Robin Buffington. Gobble.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

All right.

[B]

Is that real?

[C]

That's not a real name.

[B]

You don't think Buffington's real?

[C]

I think Gobble put it over the edge for me.

[E]

She here.

[D]

All right, That's.

[B]

Is that real?

[C]

Y'? All Are the Gobbles.

[E]

Okay.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Are y' all from. Is Buffington a town? Y' all have a lot of money. You own? Buffington. Buffington Palace. Is that. You know, that Buffington family. We might be on their boat. You know, Dusty tells it like it is. No filter. I would like to know if Brian, Aaron, and Nate do the same male habits. Dusty admits to, for instance, peeing in the yard, which is foreign to a lot of women. Surely Brian are token gentlemen refrains.

[E]

I've been peeing off the balcony.

[B]

So, yeah, That's where the mists have been coming from. It's a slow mistake.

[E]

Comes and goes.

[B]

It comes and goes.

[E]

Just for the record, too, I'm staying somewhere different than these three. We're on different parts of the boat. So I'm down like Jack and Titanic. I'm down there and him, and they're up there with Kate Winslet.

[D]

That was a request from me and Aaron that. But for the record, Robin, there is a little bit of a Filter. I mean, I also pee in the sink sometimes and don't tell my wife.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I've peed in the yard. I've never. A bottle I couldn't do. I just couldn't do that.

[C]

What do you mean?

[D]

Oh, I've peed in everything.

[B]

Pee in a bottle. I think we talked about. Have you. You've done it.

[C]

I mean, if you're on a road trip sometimes, you know, you run out of options quickly.

[B]

There's a whole. It's the world. It's trees.

[C]

But let's say you're. There's traffic. You're on the interstate and there's traffic, and you don't want to step out and pee in front of everybody.

[B]

You know, I would wreck my car into the woods. Yeah.

[D]

In a car. I've, you know, at one time peed in a bottle on my pants and the car seat all at one time. It's tough to do. Yeah,

[B]

I was. I might have. Did I ever tell this? I don't know if I've ever told this story, but I remember one time being like, o' Hare Airport, and there was a guy where everybody's peeing in their urinals, and there's a guy next to me, and I guess a little pee hit him in the face. Oh, yeah. And it could have been from him. You know, it can sometimes bounce off the urinals and get jumpy.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

But I was next to him. I don't. It wasn't me, but he looked. He just. He pinned himself back and he looked at me, goes. It hit me in the face. It was like a zombie movie. He goes, what do I do? It hit me in the face. What do I do? It was the most panic, and I'm just like, I don't know, man. I was like, that was a joke. I could never. I was like, I never could make. You know, I just didn't want to be doing some pee joke on stage. But it worked out there.

[E]

Dusty, have you ever. Yeah, that's pretty good. Have you ever been filling up a bottle and realized, uh, oh, I got more coming than I thought?

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Do you smell?

[D]

I mean, I don't know how there's more coming out than going in sometimes, but I've got coffee from a gas station, drank the coffee, then peed in the cup. And I was like, this is pretty close to the same thing. Okay, we're having a good time. Gross.

[B]

All right. Any more peeing jokes?

[D]

Well, I will say when I've been here.

[C]

Oh, man.

[D]

You get dirty.

[C]

The green light here.

[D]

Yeah, I've been drinking non stop. Dasani. I don't know what's happened on this show specifically, but I pee so many times in the night and this doesn't happen normally, but I get up and I think I pee like a gallon of water and then I go to sleep without drinking anything and then wake up later and pee another gallon of water. I don't know where it's at in my body, but obviously that's not a shared experience with the audience here. But maybe a medical issue. But

[B]

that's a new medical thing now that they're gonna.

[D]

There is a doctor on board. Yeah, he gave me some advice already.

[B]

He just got into it with him.

[D]

Yeah, he told me I should be washing my hands more often.

[C]

So you checked out pretty much right after that?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Julie Culp. Julie Culp. When there are back to back shows offered on the same day, do you suggest the earlier or late show or does it not matter? Are there benefits to seeing the later show because you've tweaked what didn't land on the earlier show, or do you as performers feel like you are rushed or have low energy for the later show because you're ready to wrap up and get to the next city? No, I don't. When I. I mean now, my early shows will be in the afternoon. There'll be like three. But I mean, back in the day when it would be late, it's like all the difference would just be the later shows could be a little rowdier because people maybe have, you know, had a little more fun than they have more time to have fun.

[D]

Yeah, it depends on how well you're selling tickets.

[C]

Yeah, this is Nate's like, which sold out arena show is better than the other. They're all degrees of unbelievable. You got a question about bad shows? Me and Brian, you could talk to us after the show today again.

[B]

What?

[E]

Drag me into this.

[B]

I'm sorry.

[D]

Yeah, but if the early show sells, then it's going to, you know, it's going to be great. Sometimes the late show doesn't sell as well. So either there's less people or it's a lot of free tickets. So it can get pretty rowdy.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And that can be better.

[B]

It would if it's, I would say, advice going to comedy shows. It's like the earlier show, if you want to go just really watch the person's act and it's probably gonna be able to get through it. That's the earlier show. The later show. You might think is fun because it might end up getting, you know, people yelling or, you know, a little more crowd worky or whatever. So you have two options. But that's, you know, that's kind of it. If you want to be like, let's just go see now if they're selling tickets again, then go to either one of them. Go to what you can get to. But if, you know, that's the. If you go to a comedy club. That was a big saying. Steve Martin, because he said, why? I don't know if it's true, but why he quit. Comedy was late show Friday and that was the joke because like that show would always be the rowdiest because people just got off work and then they go like hammer drinks. And then they come that Friday and then it's just like, I mean, and

[D]

then they come to a room where

[C]

they're told to be quiet for two hours.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[E]

Somebody thought it'd be a good idea to schedule Brian Bates and Friends shows on this cruise at midnight.

[B]

Yeah, that's kind of tough when I

[E]

go to bed at 8.

[B]

So our choice was midnight or 6am

[E]

I would have chose 6.

[B]

We've had, yeah, we've had, you know, the stuff. The super bowl is a big reason some of these shows were so late because it's like we lost. You lost a day of program which is still fun. You got the Super Bowl. But yeah, I think if we did it again, it's like the shows would be a little bit earlier and. But yeah, but I mean, y' all have come to everything. It's been great. Like, thank you. I think you got to just admit you're like, you're just going to be up. It's as we're in like an imaginary world. So you just stay up. Sarah Elizabeth, as a teacher, I normally tell my students, man your post when I want them to stay at their desk before dismissal. Lately I've started saying be at your own civilian station. Also, a student of mine said silver war this week. That's acceptable for a nine year old. I disagree. Oh, you're right here.

[E]

Oh, that's you.

[B]

Oh, that's you.

[D]

Yeah, the silver wars come.

[B]

You've heard my dad talk. You understand why I have trouble with some words. Ban. Your post seems aggressive. I know, but you're sending them off to war.

[C]

They're not battle stations.

[B]

So you're.

[E]

Your students have a substitute teacher this week because you want to go on this cruise.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

I love that.

[B]

They don't even know what To. What'd you tell them? Say civilian station? Oh, yeah. That's great.

[D]

All right. The education system is slipping. That's very. Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Jesse Rother. We know Jesse is Jesse. He's the man. So he swam with a snake. Wow. And a p. An alligator.

[C]

He was trying to think the best way to word it. You were. You were catching crabs at the beach. I think I landed on the worst way to say it.

[B]

But you were.

[D]

Why?

[B]

Jesse. Jesse, what's the matter with you? Turn it. He can't turn it off. Every. Every land he gets to, he's like, let's grab something. Are you allowed to bring crabs back on the boat? No, no, no. Yeah. Nate, as you reach new level of success, do you ever worry about getting too famous? Where it makes everyday stuff a fiasc. Fiasco. We wanted to go. Fiasco. But how do you balance your career goal with your personal life as the greatest average American, do you and Laura ever wish you could go back, or is it full speed ahead? Is there a level of fame that you would consider too much? I'd love to hear your insights on this. So, look, I mean, you know, I started comedy. You don't know if it's going to get this big. I bet. I was trying for it. I was. You know, I feel very driven and very. I, like, keep going. I feel very much that I'm not doing any of it for me. And so that's the best way to. For me to keep going. It's not as much pressure on me because it's like, you know, it's not about me. And then to balance it. Yeah. I mean, you're, you know, it's. It's all we kind of know now. And so, you know, my daughter and with Laura, like, they come to shows. They come. They don't come to show, you know, we. We run a balance. The big reason I moved back to Tennessee was I wanted my daughter to live as normal as possible and be around family and all that. And that's. She's been doing that all weekend with her cousins and. Yeah. The level of fame you consider too much. I mean. Yeah. I don't know. I mean, it's. Yeah. I don't know. It's like I just have my goals. I just have stuff that I want to go do. And so whatever comes with that, that's the way. That's the. That's what I'll. What do you say? The weight. I'll carry something. But it's like. It's like. I just figure, like, that's on me. I. If I ask for all this, I'll carry out, like, carry the burden of it. Yeah, yeah, I'll carry the burden of all that if that means I can give more out. So, yeah, I'm a. Yeah, I was

[D]

just clapping for the burden. Coming up with burden.

[B]

Yeah. Coming up with burden. But I'm a believer in that. That, like, it's not. Whatever this kind of stuff is. There's nothing you need to worry about. I will carry that. And then I want to create stuff for you and your family. And it really comes from just, you know, just sitting with my daughter and trying to watch TV or go to movies or go do something and just seeing that there's not a lot there to do. And so, yeah, you just kind of know. The weird part is, like, you kind of know sometimes, like. Cause people will know you, but not everybody's gonna come up to you and tell you they know you. So, like, when you go into places, sometimes you're, you know, you don't want to be like, have an ego and be like, I know. Everybody knows. Whatever.

[E]

Oh, I do.

[B]

Yeah. So it's like balancing that. But, you know, we live. You know, we have. We're in a cul de sac. I'm still friends with. Michael Clay is on this ship, who I started comedy with. Like, you got all my buddies from high school. Like, you know, I've stayed friends with everybody that I've ever met in my life, so I think that helps ground you so you don't have to. That's not insulting, I think, but you don't want to get caught up, like, just being around, like, you know, I think, like, if you're. That's why it's good to live outside of some of these cities, because you're not. You're. You're not just around where all the ideas are coming from. Why should I stop talking is what you're saying.

[C]

I'm sorry.

[B]

You keep going, man. I'm like, whoa.

[D]

I think you said, I've stayed friends with everyone.

[C]

Friends with everyone I've ever met in my whole life.

[B]

That's just not true.

[C]

But I get what you meant.

[E]

It.

[B]

I mean, Michael Clay, we started.

[C]

I know what you meant was, as you. As your careers progress, it's not like you're shedding weight. It's like you're carrying everybody up the way that you've carried all of us up, too. But the way you said it was so funny that you said, everyone I've ever met, I'm still friends with

[B]

I. Your way was. Maybe I was hinting at it to get you to say something nice about me. Sarah Nelstetter Nistetter. Nistetter is a capital I. Yeah, it

[D]

does look like nl.

[E]

I think I just mistyped. Guys, come on. Let's move on.

[B]

Sarah Nistetter. Is Sarah in here? She's in one of the other ones. Not watching. Every time. Wait. All right. Every time Nate says welcome to the Nateland podcast, it sounds like he gets tired after Nateland. It sounds like welcome to the Nateland podcast. It's a lot to say.

[E]

It is

[B]

Rochelle Cordell.

[E]

Rachel, I think.

[B]

Is it Rachel or Rachelle Rochelle. Oh, that's a great name. Rachelle Cordell. Yeah, that's the one you don't forget. Is that you married into that name or you because of that? Yeah, it just fit too good. You go. I can't pass up on this thing. Our family is having a debate, and we need help from the Neighland folks to settle it. Is oatmeal a cereal? No, that's.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I don't know if that came from the crack.

[D]

I want to help you dry and pour milk over it if you eat it like that. That's cereal. Huh?

[B]

What?

[D]

I mean, that's disgusting, but it's.

[E]

What was the. I'm sorry. What was the argument for it?

[C]

Do you remember? I'd like to hear. Let's steel man, this from the other side. Well, there you go.

[D]

Maybe the breakfast aisle, though, is where Brian hangs out.

[E]

You said a lot of people put milk in it.

[D]

I don't think so.

[B]

I put milk in it.

[D]

Maybe a lot of people in the Cordell crew, but.

[C]

Well, yeah, we can't go by aisle. Like, peanut butter's in the bread aisle sometimes. That doesn't mean peanut butter is bread,

[B]

but it goes on bread, so they're doing you a favor.

[C]

I mean. Yeah, you're right. That's fair.

[E]

Yeah, that's fair.

[B]

Let me tell you what I did. Julian McCollough taught me. I put Rice Krispie treats in the ice cream. Pretty good.

[C]

And like vanilla ice cream, you put

[B]

rice swirl, but you don't pass up swirl when you see. You don't get swirl too often. So when you got. When you got this amount of it, you get it.

[C]

Put a Rice Krispie treat just to give it a crunch.

[B]

Just give it a crunch.

[D]

You're breaking them up. You're doing a little bit.

[B]

No, no, no. They're already. You just pour them in there, then mix it in bowl.

[D]

Rice Krispies. Just rice Krispies.

[B]

The cereal, not the treat. Not loud, like a big treat. Yeah, no, like that's the cereal box.

[E]

Okay, that makes sense.

[B]

It's pretty good. I bet some of y' all will try it. Yeah, you should try it. And if you do, tell Julian McCollo that you tried it. He'll be very happy. All right. And that should be in the cereal aisle. And that's. That's my oatmeal.

[E]

Well, this week we are talking about cruises. First ever cruise service started in 1844.

[D]

Titanic.

[B]

Titanic. It went down early.

[E]

It was called P and O Cruises. They're still in business.

[B]

Really?

[E]

Yep. And P and O. P and O.

[B]

I bet that was a rough cruise. Man.

[E]

There we go. From England to Gibraltar, Malta and Athens.

[B]

Talk a little bit farther away from your mic.

[E]

What are you talking about?

[B]

I mean, I couldn't hear any.

[E]

That's what our sound guys are supposed to do. I can't do everything.

[B]

Yeah, that was better.

[E]

By the turn of the century, there was seven cruise lines in service and

[B]

turn of the century, 2000.

[E]

I'm sorry, 1900.

[B]

There's a lot of turn of the centuries.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

It sounds like a one time event.

[E]

Cruise ships became.

[B]

Don't you think it sounds like a. You know, turn of the century is like a big, big thing.

[D]

You probably only see one of them in your lifetime.

[B]

I'm. Some might not.

[C]

Yeah, but you don't call going from 1999 to 2000 the turn of the century. That's the new millennium. Right, the new millennium.

[B]

That's from Star Wars. That's. I don't know what you call it of us.

[E]

You stand the best chance of seeing 2. Turn of the centuries.

[C]

Oh, I mean, yeah. Date wise, not physical wise.

[E]

Well, that's true.

[B]

Has anybody ever seen two? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's crazy.

[D]

There's a lot of vampires in the country.

[B]

Possibly. Yeah,

[E]

that's what I hear.

[B]

Yeah, they don't. Oh, that's funny. They don't. He said they don't remember either.

[D]

It.

[B]

It's an old joke.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

It's a baby joke, which is nice. And a mean old joke after it. Sweet to nice. It's Brian. Sweet to nice. No, wait. Sweet to mean. Dad come it. Yeah, just cut that part out.

[E]

So cruises came really popular because that was the only way people could get from Europe to North America or vice versa. But then by the 1960s, airplanes were doing pretty good, so cruise ships decline greatly. But in the 19.

[C]

These weren't for pleasure back then. They were trying to get somewhere a little both.

[E]

But it was much more incentive to. Let's get on a.

[C]

We're trying to go to Gibraltar.

[E]

No, this is when people trying to get from like Europe to United States. Okay.

[D]

Not like what we're doing. Like, let's just get out there and ride around.

[B]

Right?

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

Right, right, right. We're like doing donuts in a parking lot.

[E]

But by the 1977, a TV show called the Love Boat started.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

And it brought back interest in the cruise ships because people saw it as a romantic opportunity for couples to go on cruises.

[C]

Tell us about. What's the Love Boat all about?

[E]

Do you know the theme song?

[C]

Love Boat.

[B]

Love Boat. I am the Love boat. If

[C]

a three hour tour. It had nothing to do with Gilligan's Island. All right.

[E]

No,

[B]

it was like a whole. It went on for a long time. Right.

[E]

Was it like Dallas, 1977-1986.

[B]

Was it dramatic Dallas?

[E]

No, no, no.

[B]

It was like fun comedy. I mean, I remember the Love Boat. I didn't. I was like, I watch it, but

[E]

Isaac character gopher, you say, but this

[C]

show changed the cruise ship industry.

[E]

Yeah. It got people back interested in it and. And they saw it as a way of just going a fun trip with your. Your spouse.

[C]

Okay. Yeah.

[E]

And it really influenced Princess Cruise Line. They started doing a lot of deals where they get, you know, couples packages and stuff like that. And so it kind of took off. And now.

[B]

So you can watch your wife throw up in the toilet. You make your marriage get real, real quick.

[C]

Well, the first night here was brutal for me and my wife. My wife was mid massage, started throwing up all over the place on the.

[D]

So just think about that if you've gotten a massage since then.

[C]

Well,

[B]

she did it in a bottle, so everybody calm down.

[E]

I'm sure it's very ladylike.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And then she had the masseuse escorted her up to. Up to our room. And that was it for the night. Things have gotten a lot better. The first night I performed on this stage and it felt like I was gonna fall over every two seconds. But I feel way better now. I don't know if that's me adjusting to it.

[B]

So if you clap if, like what? Clap if the boat. Like you have to wear like the.

[C]

I've got the patch on. Yeah, I see.

[B]

Is it

[E]

right?

[B]

I feel like it's a little less than half.

[C]

Yeah. Did you have to do. Did you do anything or did you just gut it up?

[B]

I'm rolling, baby.

[D]

It's.

[B]

Yeah, I got. I Think my stomach can. You know, what I put it through on land because the ocean's nothing.

[E]

Yeah, I be, too. I thought the tour bus kind of helped. Helps.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm used to kind of rocky. I have not been off this boat, though, because I didn't do an excursion. Like, when you got off excursion, Are you kind of like.

[C]

No, it was. There was tremendous relief.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

Felt real good.

[C]

Somebody said you could get land sick, and I was worried about that, but I felt. Felt fine.

[B]

Well, it can feel weird. Yeah. We've had Stroop. Stroop was when they were doing the show the first night, and before he came out, he was laid on the floor like this. And then he came out, and then he said he had a great joke because one, you might have seen it, but the boat went this way, and it went that way, and it got him. And then he started just running off. He goes, all right, I guess that's it for me.

[E]

So we are on the Norwegian Jewel. This ship has.

[D]

Give it up for the boat, guys.

[E]

Well, we should. It's keeping us alive. The ship has a gross tonnage of 93,502.

[B]

A what?

[E]

Gross tonnage.

[B]

How many chickens?

[D]

See, that's what we're missing in a studio.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That's about one of Nate's jokes.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, but that's new. That's a new joke. Okay, so you wouldn't have heard it. Yeah.

[D]

I can't wait to hear it, though.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

I sat back and listened to one of your shows. Okay, I'm sure. Well, I appreciate that you were busy

[D]

now. This. You know, I. This time, you know, and I don't. You know, I don't want to burn up all the shows in one night and. Or, you know, three nights, but.

[B]

So you're like, don't go to Nates at all.

[D]

Yeah, I'm not. I don't. I don't know that I've seen any full shows.

[B]

Yeah, I've been.

[D]

I love them all, but. Yeah, there's just nowhere to sit.

[C]

That is a fun excuse.

[B]

Oh, dude.

[C]

Couldn't watch your set. It was packed in there.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Had no interest.

[D]

Such a hot show, this.

[B]

There's 12 seats behind this curtain.

[D]

Yeah. But it's a lot of. It's in the facial expressions.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

You lose a lot with comedy when you just hear it.

[B]

Just hear it. Like records.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Or trouble podcast. Yeah. There's a lot of people going like, wow, this is what these people look like.

[E]

This ship can get up to a maximum speed of 25.6 knots, which is 29 miles per hour.

[C]

Oh, is that really it? It felt like we were flying according to this.

[D]

Why do knots if it's really that close?

[E]

Yeah, You're going to love this answer.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

They use knots because it's tied to the nautical mile, a distance based on earth's curvature.

[D]

Oh, boy.

[E]

Making navigation by latitude and longitude simpler.

[D]

Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. So it's a cover.

[B]

It's a cover. They gotta go.

[D]

They always gotta do a thing, you know.

[C]

Yeah. It was 25 knots and that's 29 miles per hour.

[E]

25.6 knots.

[C]

Oh, my bad.

[E]

It's 1.15 miles because I was looking

[C]

over the edge last night and I was thinking about jumping.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, there's a difference between thinking about it and considering it. And I was thinking about it. We're flying so fat. If you hit the water, the boats past you in three seconds.

[B]

Seconds. Oh, well, that's.

[D]

I could catch it.

[B]

I talked about it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think you get ahead of it. You'd be like one of those dolphins that's in front of dolphin and Dusty just rolling. I. Yeah, I mean I was like the, I, I joked about it in on stage, but it was like, yeah, the, the life jackets have whistles and you're like. I mean, I can't imagine anybody's going to hear that whistle. Yeah, that boat's gone.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Cause the.

[B]

We should try it as a challenge. We throw someone out of a car going 30 miles an hour and they blow a whistle. Let's see if they can hear it. That could be a new challenge.

[D]

Yeah,

[E]

we'll save that for public figures. This, this ship has been featured on episode of the Apprentice. Donald Trump required his contestants to create a 30 second commercial about the ship featuring both exterior and interior shots. So it's a.

[D]

This very ship.

[E]

This ship.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Okay, guys, look at that. Famous.

[E]

It was christened on November 3rd, my birthday. 2005. Not my birthday. So it's 20 years old. It's a 20 year old show. But they refurbished it last year so it's.

[B]

It's a brand new 20 year old ship.

[E]

They got their own podcast going over there.

[B]

Yeah, it'd be great if you guys join in.

[E]

All right, let me just see if you guys. How many ships you can. Can you name a famous ship? I'm starting with you.

[B]

Carnival.

[E]

No, no, I mean like in history.

[B]

Oh, well, I mean Titanic.

[E]

Okay, Dusty, I'll go to you next.

[D]

A cruise show?

[E]

No, any ship Any ship.

[D]

Oh, a ship.

[C]

Trying to name ship.

[B]

Like I said, Titanic.

[D]

Oh, the USS Alabama.

[B]

All right.

[D]

Wow.

[E]

Okay. I was not expecting that.

[C]

How about that?

[E]

Oh, you guys are naming some, I expect. Thank you. Are you out?

[B]

Yeah. What's the one from Seinfeld? Yeah, the Andrea Doria.

[E]

Yeah, I was getting to that.

[B]

Yeah. That's a real ship, right?

[E]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right, a couple more. I was going to mention. The Mayflower.

[B]

Oh, that's one.

[D]

The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria. Yeah.

[C]

The Edmund Fitzgerald.

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

But the Andrea Doria collided with the stock Dense fog 12 miles off the

[D]

coast of the Black Pearl. I'm really rolling with it now. I didn't know I knew so many ships,

[E]

so. Yeah, you probably know the Andrea Doria more better than any, right?

[B]

Just from seinfeld.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

51 people died. 1660 survivors.

[B]

How many people die on a normal cruise? 30, 40. I did get to tell Seinfeld that joke.

[E]

You did?

[B]

Yeah. Like, he was like, I was just talking to him because it's, It's. It's like comedy. Like, he doesn't really remember any of the shows because it's just been long and you're just writing so much. But I. I just telling him how that's my favorite episode, which I did an interview with him recently and he brought up, and I don't know where he would have heard it. Maybe this podcast or a clip or something. But he really appreciated because I. I said, you know, two. My favorite seasons are really the ones Larry David wasn't there. And. And then I'm not saying they weren't like, I like the other ones, too. But when they. When I go back to episodes, if I'm not thinking about one being there, not being there, I don't think I realize it, but I tend to pick more of that. And he was like, that meant a lot to him.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

And so that was very nice. Like, I thought it was, like, very. You know, because it's like, I think he, you know, everybody just goes with Larry David. So, you know, it's. So it was nice to hear.

[E]

And you mentioned that on episode that these guys weren't there, so I love that, too.

[B]

Oh, yeah. So that's because he told me. He goes, I bet you didn't think I would have seen this or heard

[E]

it, but it's when Mark Norman was on.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. All right. So, yeah, so he was. Yeah, he was very flattered. And. Yeah, yeah. He had a. What's that jacket? Yeah. What's the jacket.

[C]

He said he got Nate's guys up there wearing leaf raking jackets.

[B]

Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah.

[C]

Raking leaves jackets.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[E]

Do you guys know how ships dump their sewage?

[D]

What's that?

[E]

Do you know how ships. I'm sorry, Ships dump their sewage?

[C]

Do we know how they do it? Are you going to tell us how they do it? Yeah, okay. Just do it.

[E]

They let it go. They disinfect it with UV or chemicals and filter it.

[D]

Yeah, sure.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Uv, the sun.

[E]

They filter it. Before discharging the treatment, treat it near potable quality water into the Ocean. It's often 3 to 12 nautical miles. It must. It's got to be within a certain distance for nautical miles. But they're dumping our poop right now

[C]

in the middle of the Gulf, huh?

[E]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

But the. Someone said that's why there's fish.

[E]

Well, I was getting that. That's the food. That's a different thing. They dump the food waste, they grind it up, and then they again dump it. It's gotta be 12 nautical miles from shore. And fish do follow the ship. Dolphins.

[D]

That's why if you fall off, you'll die pretty quick, because they'll eat you.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Not to add to the fears.

[C]

Right.

[B]

So, like, if you jump off, he'd be go. Start going sideways fast.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The fish will be like, we've not had something like this in a while. This guy's been eating a lot of chicken fingers from the buffet.

[B]

Yeah. He goes, no, the fish. Like, this is where it all come. This is the originator. Where all this stuff comes.

[D]

Comes from getting the source.

[B]

The source.

[E]

Do you know how many employees are on this ship? Do you have even a guess?

[B]

2,000.

[E]

That's a good. That's a good guess. One of the staff here told me 1500.

[C]

Whoa.

[E]

And he said he's one of seven Americans.

[D]

Wow.

[B]

Yeah. Seven Americans. Yeah.

[E]

He's like.

[B]

I thought it would have been less. No, I'm joking. That just was a fun joke. I didn't me to say it, but it's. It. I didn't really have a choice. It came into, you know.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

So you're.

[B]

I don't want to say it.

[D]

He just says what he's told to say. Well, it was a good joke. So I felt like this bump was

[B]

in order, but my joker, y' all wildly stretchy. What was your joke?

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[E]

The moment's gone now.

[B]

It happened.

[C]

The moment passed.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Have you guys stolen anything since you've been on the ship?

[C]

Have we stolen anything?

[D]

Stole?

[C]

Well, we haven't left yet, so it wouldn't be officially stolen yet.

[E]

Okay, that's a fair point. Do you plan on stealing anything? Because since we're in international waters, it's technically a crime of piracy. You'd be a pirate.

[D]

Is that a bigger crime?

[E]

Nah.

[D]

Okay.

[E]

Sounds cooler.

[D]

Yeah, Good for the resident. I don't know.

[B]

What would you steal?

[C]

Yeah, what do you think about that?

[D]

Yeah, I'm a big criminal in the Gulf.

[E]

I'd like to get one of those sailor hats.

[B]

I think they're made for you to take home.

[D]

Oh, I don't think you got one. Not on my floor. They don't put them that far.

[B]

Down they go. They ran out.

[E]

Cruise ships are all called she or her. Like she or. You call it a she.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

Her.

[B]

She. Her.

[E]

It's like.

[B]

Like they have pronouns. Yes.

[E]

They ask to be called she or her. It's because they're considered maternal figures that care for the crew and the people on the ship. They're protecting us. So. So.

[B]

But I bet Titanic got called a him when he went down. I think that was the first thing they yelled out. He's going down. Like, oh, why they. Why'd you change it?

[D]

Also, Edmund's a tough name for a girl.

[C]

Yeah. Edmund Fitzgerald.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. Probably call her Eddie.

[D]

Yeah. Any of the ships that crash her men. Oh, yeah, the Edmund Fitzgerald.

[B]

It went down.

[D]

Edmund's a. I never met a girl named Edmund. My mom is named Edna.

[C]

Pretty close.

[D]

Not far off, but I think it's a good.

[B]

What's the word? The name. Edma.

[D]

No, Edmund Fitzgerald.

[B]

Edmund. I bet you could name a girl that and just call her Eddie.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Now that would be actually a pretty cute name.

[E]

They disagree?

[B]

No.

[D]

Yeah, Go with Edmund Coloradi and hope for the best. You know what I mean?

[E]

Little boy named sue situation. Every cruise ship has a godmother. It's a celebrity or performer. That's Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani.

[C]

Mariah Carey has a what?

[E]

A godmother. Reba McEntire. They're all godmothers of a ship. A cruise ship.

[C]

Who's this one?

[E]

Melania Trump.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[E]

And she comes on and cleans up when we're done, Folds the sheets.

[B]

Yeah. They don't know what they sign up for.

[E]

Yeah. Every ship has a morgue and a jail cell. Well, you can never be too careful.

[D]

Like.

[C]

Like a drunk tank. Like at a stadium.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[E]

Like the Philadelphia Eagles have one.

[C]

Do we have the figures on. Do we have the stats on the drunk tank? For this weekend?

[E]

I do not.

[B]

Okay.

[E]

I bet we're pretty good. Every ship has a doctor, but they don't have a dentist.

[C]

Okay.

[E]

According to this, I would.

[B]

That would be like, I bet that doctor has to try to be a dentist.

[C]

You're saying if we needed a dentist in a pinch, they would go to a doctor before they went to a regular person?

[B]

Well, you might ask. Maybe the doctor would be like, can we at least ask if there's a dentist? And then our doctors are cocky enough to go, I can do it.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

What is it? Dumb dentistry. I'll do it in a heartbeat.

[E]

Yeah. If you didn't have a dentist, is there another profession other than doctor that you would prefer to help with your teeth?

[B]

Oh, man, I don't know.

[C]

Actually, I met a dentist the other day. There's at least one dentist here.

[B]

Oh, yeah? Yeah. There we go.

[D]

Did you bring your tools?

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

We put you to work on this ship.

[B]

Yeah. If you don't have your tools, could you do. Could you get a tooth out with just. With just the tools of, like, a butter knife? Yes.

[C]

You almost sound excited to try it.

[D]

Ar.

[B]

He's already done it. The answer was no before I got on this cruise, but now it's astounding. Yes. Yeah. Perfect.

[E]

Oh, that's a great challenge.

[B]

Yeah. You could have been one of the events. Yeah.

[E]

Finding volunteers for that would be tough.

[D]

I think I have a broken tooth. I think I broke it one day doing this podcast, and then I never got it checked out.

[C]

What were you doing?

[D]

I was picking it. It was an episode where I picked a tooth. For a long time, I thought I had a piece of popcorn in there, and I think I broke the tooth, but it's still in there. And I just kind of of worked it back down in the gums and I.

[B]

Yeah, this is why a lot of people listen.

[C]

My guess is when this was going on, you weren't really dialed in with what was happening on the podcast. You were zoned out a little bit.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

The whole thing going on.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah. I mean, I was. I ate some popcorn, and I thought it was a little. You know, I get a little shell stuck in there. I thought, I gotta get this. And I worked it

[B]

on camera.

[D]

I don't know if it's in there or not. I never discovered if that's in there. But I do think the tooth is broken, and it's fine, though.

[B]

Well, we have. We got a couple guys to check it out.

[D]

It's fine. I like to let long strips go in between dentist Visits. That way, I just get it all done at once, you know,

[C]

like, you

[D]

get a lot of problems. And I go, yeah, I expected this.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

That's why I'm here, like, once every two years.

[C]

Two years?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

You know, it depends on what's going on. I might drag it out for a while, and then I might go. A lot of times in one year.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I get to know people at the dentist, and then by the time I go back, they're all, you know, they've moved on to something else.

[B]

I feel like your dentist wouldn't have the tools that most dentists have.

[D]

Yeah, I do. See, I like. I go. I go see a holistic dentist, and it's. We get into it. We have a good time, and he

[B]

just goes, you're fine.

[D]

I was going to the dentist all during COVID and we were having a good time because we were complaining, and it was great. I won't say what dentistry office, but, yeah, they were.

[B]

He. He didn't wear his mask while he was working on you. He go, ain't no mask in here, bud.

[D]

I ask him to take it off.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

I go, n. When you're above my mouth, just take it off. And. Okay. We're having a good time, though, guys. Okay.

[E]

Cruise ship goes through 20,000 ice cream cones per cruise.

[B]

I believe that you've contributed to that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

20,000.

[E]

Yep.

[B]

That's a lot.

[C]

That's 10 per person.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You don't think that's a little hot, or do you think that's the right.

[E]

Right. What? This is a large cruise ship. It doesn't say exact size. They're somewhat bigger than this one, I guess.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Oh, well, yeah, but I mean. Yeah, this is, like, 10 per. Yeah, I think it's normal. I. I haven't had 10, but cruise ain't over.

[C]

Yeah, it's true.

[B]

You got to do a bowl if you're doing the rice krispie thing, though, so.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I forgot. It's the day right now.

[B]

What?

[C]

I just.

[E]

Just.

[C]

You saying that. I go, oh, it's the daytime.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

I just thought it felt like night.

[B]

Yeah. No, Sun's right here. Yeah.

[E]

Didn't you get up right before you came here?

[C]

Well, okay.

[E]

Thank you.

[B]

Just kind of forgot. Forgot about it,

[E]

Nate. The average cruiser gains a pound a day.

[C]

Now, I think that might be low.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I think all these numbers are off. You tell me we're all having 10 ice cream cones, but we're only gaining a pound.

[B]

Yeah, I disagree.

[E]

I think it's higher.

[B]

Yeah. I would say it's higher. I thought that I. I think the mirrors are not good.

[C]

You think they're skinny mirrors?

[B]

No.

[C]

Oh, the opposite.

[B]

What, are you out of your mind? No, and I don't.

[C]

Wait, what do you mean?

[B]

I mean, if they're skinny mirrors, then I've got a big problem. Because I. Look, if they're trying to help me out, I mean, golly, dude. Like, I can't imagine. When I get on, I think they. It's. I don't know. You just look like a mess. There's a lot of. You look in there, and you're just like, look. Look at.

[C]

I think they're regular mirrors, man.

[B]

I think you're at your limit, so it's like, you can't. Like, you're not gonna really.

[C]

You know, he'll be gone next week. Let's just deal with it. Just gotta sit through another 10 minutes of this.

[E]

Yeah. We thought we were done, and now it's right back.

[B]

Yeah. Well, we're on an eight land cruise.

[E]

Yeah. Cruise ship.

[B]

When the public figures. Cruise goes then, y'. All.

[E]

It's gonna be.

[D]

That might be a while, guys.

[C]

Yeah. Right now it'd be one of those little ships hanging on the side of this one.

[B]

Yeah.

[E]

It's gonna be a little bit smaller.

[D]

Yeah.

[E]

Down the Cumberland river in Nashville.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

We go across the Mobile Bay in Alabama and back.

[D]

By the time I get a cruise, people will be like, we're not really doing that anymore.

[B]

You're gonna need to reboot that Love boat. Yeah. I was thinking, like, would people just want a cruise to, like, stay in Tampa or something? Like, and you just go, like. You don't go anywhere.

[D]

Like a riverboat.

[B]

You would always want to go somewhere

[C]

you want it to go.

[B]

But if you just had it, like, if you just went to a city and then just was like, let's be there for three days, and it's like a hotel room. And so then you just come on and you can decide if you want to do whatever. Like, I don't know if you.

[D]

You know, Nateland at the table.

[B]

What resort? No, that's a resort. Yeah, but you're kind of on. What if we just went out a little bit?

[D]

It want you to be trapped.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Easier to cruise to.

[B]

Easier to cruise to. Yeah.

[C]

That didn't get enough.

[B]

That was a good one. Yeah, it was good. There we go.

[E]

O. That could get dangerous.

[B]

Let's let some. Yeah.

[D]

Islands are having a tough time. Yeah.

[C]

Island jokes are tough right now.

[E]

But

[B]

let's let some optics Move away and then we'll talk about that. Disney has their own island. When you go to Disney cruise, they own the island. Oh, all right. Yeah, it's good. So it would be just that

[E]

the walls in our. The walls in our cabins are made of metal and it's used. You can put magnets on the wall, like hooks to hold, to hang your clothes.

[B]

Anybody doing that, where you. You got. They have. They give you metal hooks.

[E]

No, you can bring them. Professional cruisers know to do this.

[B]

Oh, you know to bring. Oh, wow.

[C]

My wife was on cruise TikTok for like a week and bought all that stuff. She found all these. This is what you need. So we got 150 magnetic hooks.

[D]

See, guys, TikTok is a good resource.

[B]

Yeah,

[D]

I mean, get with it.

[E]

You're not allowed to bring an iron or a steamer on board.

[B]

Yeah, learn that. Yeah, they should. Steamers should be allowed.

[C]

Who travels with an iron?

[B]

That's insane. That is insane.

[E]

And they don't offer one, do they, on here? Oh, yeah,

[C]

we found out they just was saying no to Brian. They go, we don't do that, sir. They've been doing it.

[B]

Yeah, you all been paying cash for food, Right? When they walk in, they go, wash your hands. You're giving that guy $30 every currency.

[E]

One thing I've noticed on this, my first cruise, but this is. Apparently it's a big thing. People like to decorate their cabin door with decorations. Yeah, there's some fun ones. There's a group on my floor that has magnets of all the comedians and they ask people to rank them from highest to lowest.

[B]

Oh, wow.

[E]

And every time I walk by, I remove you and put me up there.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

But it keeps going back, so it's nice every time. Nate's always on the top.

[E]

One time his dad was up there. Dusty, you were at the bottom.

[D]

So. Yeah, well, I wasn't asking about me.

[B]

Dusty, you're on your own door, brother. Yeah, you go, you're alone on your own door. You're the top of your mountain, man.

[D]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

I've signed some stuff on if the 11 because we walked down some hallway, like a lot, and so there's been. I've signed a few of them and one was a whiteboard I signed and. And then I did it going through. And then I come back and I watched them. They're wiping everything off.

[C]

That was the write down your favorite Nate bit. And then you signed, right?

[B]

I signed it, yeah. And then we come back back, it's empty. And I was like, they just Were like, nah, that's. He ruined it. You did. I think I signed it again. That is true. That is true. Just keeping an eye on you. I wonder if they make people sleep on different sides of the boat, you know, like a plane. Like a small plane.

[E]

Oh, for weight.

[B]

I don't know. I know me and Aaron aren't on the same side. Where's Stroop? Is he across from you, too? If you just had one, you're like, I was leaning right today. And he's like, hi. We going to need to move you.

[E]

That's why the boat was rocking.

[B]

We're going to move you to an upgrade. Well, that's nice. It's on the other side of the ship and more towards the back so we can get a little. We need some lift.

[D]

10 ice creams.

[B]

10 ice creams. Yeah, baby. Yeah. Should we ask questions?

[E]

Sure.

[B]

All right. We're going to. We got to wrap this up. Is there any we can only do? Not a lot, but Is there any questions?

[D]

What is the next one?

[B]

Next cruise? Well, we got to figure that you got to book these out very far. We are looking into it, but it's. It's. But it's very far.

[C]

There's still a whole day for things to go wrong on this one, too, right?

[B]

Yeah, it's not going to. But, I mean, everybody has had fun, and it's. We've really, really enjoyed it. And so. Yeah, it's. But, you know, there's a lot of stuff that has to go. It's maybe. Yeah, A little bit away. Yeah.

[D]

Well, I've already smoked seven cigars.

[B]

I'll do it. But I think we'll do this. We thought about doing in this. This pool, but it's so. It's not big. And then. So. But I'll still do it. We do it on Olympic pool.

[D]

Not on the cruise, but a different cruise.

[B]

But we'll do it a different time.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Do so many cigars right before.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

Not that you inhale, so it doesn't affect the lungs, but it still has an effect.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

More concerned with the heart thing.

[C]

Oh, I want to see.

[B]

You want to come up? You want to come up?

[C]

This guy says he looks like Nate.

[B]

Like me. All right.

[C]

No, you don't say it, but people force this on you.

[B]

Yeah. Here comes it up here.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah. Come on up.

[B]

Yeah, Come up here, and we'll see. Okay.

[D]

I also met a guy, Nick, named Nate Barley. So very close to.

[B]

Yeah. I mean, all right.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Okay.

[B]

I mean, yeah.

[C]

I mean, that Is wild.

[B]

Absolutely. I get it.

[C]

Got the same energy, too. Just like.

[B]

Yeah, I guess I'll walk up there. Yeah, we're not. What are you gonna do?

[C]

Yeah, it's.

[D]

Yeah,

[C]

we're doing.

[B]

It's a couple guys minding their own business.

[D]

People keep saying I look like Aaron.

[C]

Okay.

[E]

Oh, I definitely want to see this.

[D]

Oh, yeah, we all want to see.

[C]

How have you been receiving this comparison? All I know who it is.

[E]

He does look like.

[B]

Is this the dude that was in

[C]

the belly flop competition?

[B]

Yeah. No. All right, Aaron, you have stage, but Aaron, get off the stage. I don't know if we can have both of. I'm sorry.

[C]

I want to see who we talking.

[D]

Yeah, let's bring.

[B]

All right, come on up. Let's see if it's. Yeah, yeah.

[D]

They're saying they're really a diamond.

[C]

I was worried it would be the fattest guy of all time, but this guy looks.

[B]

I can see it. I see it.

[D]

All right.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

All right.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

The shirt is a 3X. It says so.

[B]

Yeah. Like, have y' all got. Have you got stopped, you said. Yeah, yeah. Have you been stopped, too? Yeah. That's funny. Yeah. My brother is here, too, and so we look a lot alike to anybody.

[D]

Jeans are very strong.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

Very strong right there.

[B]

Super bowl predictions. So this is 42-64-26, Seahawks. Is there a lot of Seahawks fans? All right, what about Patriots? So it's a tough one. There's a little bit, as a Titans fan, you're rooting for Vrabel and so. You don't think so?

[E]

No, I'm not.

[B]

Well, but I thought Vrabel just got, like, kind of a bad. Like, he's obviously a great coach, and I don't.

[C]

Head coach of the Patriots used to be head coach of the Titans. He got fired inexplicably. Now his first year at the Patriots, they're in the Super Bowl. It's kind of crazy.

[B]

It's kind of crazy. So it kind of has a feel to it. Like, I mean, that's like Derek Henry. Like you. I kind of rooted for him with the Ravens. Just because you're, you know, these guys, you know, you just want them to go deserve to win the championship. So I think I kind of lean that way. I've actually met Sam Darnold. Great guy. So he's. I could go either way, but I probably lean a little more. Patriots.

[E]

Dusty, will you be doing your own halftime show?

[D]

Well, I predict some sort of. Of mind control ritual that will be taking place for a Full three and a half hours. And then come to my show after and then I'll get rid of that for you. I'll pray it away. What's the question?

[E]

Will you be doing your own halftime show?

[D]

You know, I thought about trying to do something but you know, I don't know. I don't know what I would do at this point. I thought I would pre film something.

[B]

Something. We thought about that at first.

[D]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That would ruin the late show for sure.

[B]

Yeah. I'll make a prediction of score just to see somebody's. It's popping in my head.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

29, 28.

[C]

Good game.

[B]

Yeah. And. Yeah, and a weird score. Boy, if that's right, I'll. I'll be on the pub. I'll be on public figures Podcast. Podcast every day, buddy. I will just do videos where y' all don't know about. Just pop in. Dusty's never watched a podcast. He won't notice.

[D]

I predict two. Two a lot of safeties, you know, and.

[B]

Yeah, just.

[D]

That never ends.

[B]

Yeah, it's not actually. It's only two safeties.

[D]

So that's a lot for one game though.

[B]

That is a lot for one game.

[D]

Game.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Just non stop safeties.

[B]

Two to and I guess one and the winner. So maybe it's 42 cuz the winner wins on.

[D]

Yeah, let's do 42. Yeah.

[B]

42. That's a solid.

[D]

The old Kyle Petty number 42.

[B]

Aaron.

[C]

35. 14 Seahawks is my prediction.

[B]

Wow.

[E]

Y. I'll say 3124 Seahawks.

[B]

Oh. So are you going Patriots, Dusty, or are you just going.

[D]

You know what, who's playing? I would like the Patriots to win for the same thing. Mike Vrabel. I think that would be awesome for the. Him to get fired and then the Titans become the worst team in the league and then he wins the Super Bowl. Yeah, it's a good redemption story. I love a good hero's journey.

[B]

Yeah. But then the Titans do good next year.

[D]

So that's Odyssey. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. All right. All right.

[D]

Well, he's, you know, he's. I got a report that he's been tackling bears, but he doesn't want it to be made public because he's friends with Nate and he doesn't want to ruin that relationship.

[B]

All right.

[D]

Podcast has lost some steam I guess

[B]

here and I got one last question.

[E]

If it's good, I like y.

[B]

What makes you choose them? What them to be on the podcast. Podcast.

[E]

That's a great last question.

[B]

Yes. This is a good. This is a Good. Last question. So we, When I started it, I needed to be at home. Go ahead and leave. There's a lot of people leaving. And they go, boring. He goes, what? What are they doing in there? He goes, I think it's Bates origin story. He goes. So he goes. I was like, I should get out of here, I guess. So. We were in Nashville when I did, I did start the podcast. I mean, it's really unreal that we're here from just starting. I started it just as a comedian that wanted to try to stay funny during COVID and make sure I was working on my chops, and I wanted to do it together and stuff like that. These are comics. Me and Brian, obviously been friends for a very long time. Aaron was a newer comic, but in Nashville and was like, not where he's at right now, but was like, you know, doing quite well. And so it was kind of just a perfect fit that we could all just get together and start figuring it out. And so that's why I chose them. And then Dusty came in. You know, it was like 100 episodes, right? Or something. And so, and I, I, I like. I mean, you know, I always talk about, like, like, I, I, if you're. Dusty can think outside the box better than anybody, and I like being around that. And I think it adds fun and it adds just different. You know, it's going to make you go for comedy. For comedy. It makes you think differently and go different angles. And so it was a big reason. Dusty, obviously, when we added him, he was already kind of killing it, and it's just gone more and more. So that's the, the reason I kind of chose. Chose these guys.

[D]

Keep it going, Keep it going.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Now you say something nice to me.

[B]

You don't have to. You don't have to. And then that's why we kind of got all the guys. And so, like, you know, every, the, you know, Greg, Warren and Stroop and everybody, and, like, everybody that you've seen on the road and new people that we've introduced, we really want it to be you guys. It's not. Again, it's not me. It's like, you're. Everybody go have their own careers and stuff. But it's laid out to be a, I mean, a pretty unbelievable ride. And we're here, and we can't thank you enough for sticking along with us for this whole time and showing up. Yeah.

[D]

And I would like to say, I mean, I am very thankful to be a part of this podcast. Nate, obviously, is an incredible comic. He's the best. And these guys, they're all really great dudes. I know them all personally. They're great dudes. I don't know if you take my word for it, but you guys are all great. Everybody that I've met, I mean, this is like the nicest group of people I've ever seen. In a way. I got bombarded hanging out, having a cigar, but it was like the best thing ever. I thought I was like, just hanging out at the pool with my friends and it was awesome. So I appreciate you guys. Thank you to Nate for putting this all together. Yeah, Nate's the best.

[B]

Thank you.

[D]

And I appreciate you guys.

[B]

Good, good. All right. All right. Well, thank you again. And we got a lot more stuff happening on this cruise. But as always, we love you, you. And I'm. None of this is lost on us. But I mean, I sincerely, I do. I love every one of you. Thank you very much.

[D]

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