116: Baltimore Junkyard Series Finale — Part 1 | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler –#116 — Full Episode

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Wayback with Ryan Sickler – Ep. 116

Episode Title: Baltimore Junkyard Series Finale — Part 1
Date: March 19, 2026

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode is a heartfelt, raucous reunion as Ryan Sickler returns home to Baltimore for the long-awaited "Baltimore Junkyard" series. Seated right in the rain at Auto Recycling of Baltimore, Ryan gathers his brothers, cousins, and lifelong friends to reminisce about wild adolescence, family dynamics, legendary mishaps, and the enduring bonds forged in their youth. The episode is all about storytelling—both hilarious and reflective—rooted in authentic Baltimore flavor and brotherhood.

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Cast of Characters

• Ryan Sickler — Host
• Chris Sheeler — Old friend
• Derek Sickler & Todd Sickler — Ryan’s brothers
• Tim “Timmy” Demo Gary 7 — Cousin
• Shannon Patterson — Owner of Auto Recycling of Baltimore, old friend
• Chris Lamb — Longtime friend

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Nostalgia, Rain, and Real Baltimore (01:15–03:25)

• The group laughs about finally getting together for this long-promised series.
• They're literally sitting in the rain in a Baltimore junkyard—emphasizing both the humor and gritty authenticity.

“We are literally sitting in the rain. I don't know how long we're gonna be able to do this. As long as the equipment doesn't burn out.” — Ryan (02:56)

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2. Concert Hijinks & Underage Mayhem (03:25–06:47)

• Stories of youthful escapades at concerts: huffing nitrous, sneaking kegs to shows, and brushes with real danger.

“We jammed a keg of beer in the back [of the yellow Toyota pickup]... We could have been rear ended. There's a keg with underage kids just sitting in the back of this truck hauling ass…” — Ryan (04:00)

• Recounting a notorious Grateful Dead show where someone disastrously tried to sprint after a nitrous hit.

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3. Project Car Misadventures (05:24–07:03, 15:57–21:28)

• The epic (and futile) restoration of a ‘70 Dodge Challenger: daily work, carburetor fireballs, and joy (and disappointment) when it finally roars—briefly.

“One time they worked on this motherfucker every day for two and a half years, shooting fireballs out of the carburetor.” — Ryan (05:39)

“Sold it to some guy for two grand. I think I got it... [but] you swore, you know, 16 with a dead dad. Where am I getting 20 grand to restore that thing?” — Todd (21:17, 22:00)

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4. Legendary House Parties & Family Chaos (07:37–13:51)

• Tales from Lamb’s party house, where his own state trooper cousin would break up keggers.
• Classic stories about 912 North Ave. — the Sickler kids’ home, always full of unsupervised teens, snacks, and mischief (like people using the window as a secret entrance).

“We would come home from school, and there would be people already in our house... eating all our snacks and stuffing trash into the couch cushions.” — Derek (08:15)

• Recounting their mother’s unique, blunt style:

“She goes, Eric, do you want some more eggs? He goes, yeah... She goes, Jesus Christ. Out loud. Clearly out loud.” — Ryan (11:33)

• The notorious party thrown the night they were kicked out by their mother ("the summer bash of July 3, 1991").

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5. Baltimore Teenage Pastimes (14:06–15:46)

• Fond memories of ACDC concert seats by the cannons (“my ears rung for four days”) and inventive ways to enjoy concerts.
• Reflections on food, odd jobs, and youthful hackery (like cheating in German class).

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6. Schoolyard Legends: Fights & Food Fights (23:07–27:14)

• Memories of epic fights and one especially infamous food fight at school:

“Mark Penn said, I'm doing that today. And pizza Friday comes around... and that thing went over and it hit that bottom level. And I mean, all hell broke loose. Like a scripted food fight in a movie.” — Ryan (25:16)

• The result: silent lunch for the rest of the year and a milkshake ban that, according to local legend, persists to this day.

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7. Vivid Details of '80s/90s Baltimore High School Life (27:24–29:01)

• Smoking lounges in schools and the rapid, chaotic transition when they disappeared.
• Rumors of teachers getting dosed (allegedly) with acid, the culture of pranks, and the evolution of the school environment.

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8. Teachers Who Mattered (29:12–33:12)

• Heartfelt and humorous memories of favorite teachers—Mr. Delise (who offered a crucial kindness during Ryan’s tough years), Ms. Eckard (and her clandestine grade-fixing), and Coach Hill (who made Lamb sweep the track for tardiness).

“He stops me. He said, hey, I just really want you to know that I'm proud of you. You’ve done such a good job. You could have gone any way you wanted...” — Ryan (30:57)

“I poured my heart out to this dude, gave me three yellow thumbs ups. That was it, dude.” — Ryan (31:18)

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9. Friendship, Family, & Gratefulness (34:49–End)

• The episode closes on a big note of gratitude, camaraderie, and mutual ribbing—as Ryan thanks his brothers, friends, and cousin for decades of stories, support, and love.

“I can't thank you enough. This has been awesome. Thank you all, not just for doing this show, but for lifelong friendship, family, brothers, cousins.” — Ryan (34:49)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Challenger:
  “Every day Grindstaff and I still talk about this... it was like a front porch TV show. Would just sit down and watch these three idiots try to get this challenger running.” — Ryan (15:57)
• On being parentless teens:
  “When you don't have parents, you can go to a lot of concerts, dude.” — Ryan (15:05)
• About the epic food fight:
  “You were like, what? You saw 50 people doing it. You're like, we can't get us all, man. You know what I'm saying? They can't get us all.” — Ryan (26:27)
• Heartfelt teacher moment:
  “He stops me. He said, hey, I just really want you to know that I'm proud of you. You've done such a good job. You could have gone any way you wanted.” — Ryan (30:57)
• On friendship:
  “Thank you all, not just for doing this show, but for lifelong friendship, family, brothers, cousins.” — Ryan (34:49)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [01:15] — Homecoming to Baltimore and the group introduction
• [03:25] — Concert adventures, wild teenage years
• [05:24] — The enduring Dodge Challenger saga
• [08:15] — 912 North Ave. stories
• [13:16] — Being kicked out, the infamous house party
• [14:06] — Concert stories and Chicken Little phase
• [23:07] — School fights and the legendary food fight
• [27:24] — Smoking lounge memories and school culture changes
• [29:12] — Teacher impact stories and heartfelt exchanges
• [34:49] — Final thoughts, gratitude, and sign off

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Tone & Style

The episode is ribald, affectionate, occasionally irreverent, and deeply nostalgic. The camaraderie and real affection between lifelong friends and siblings is palpable, with jokes and stinging one-liners interwoven with genuine reflection on loss, resilience, gratitude, and Baltimore’s one-of-a-kind flavor.

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Final Word

This first part of the “Baltimore Junkyard” series finale is a love letter to growing up wild, unsupervised, and Baltimore-tough. Listeners are treated to a tapestry of chaotic, poignant, and side-splitting memories—from the smoke-filled halls of Liberty High to forgotten project cars and food fights that changed school policy forever. At its heart, though, it’s about the unbreakable ties of chosen family and home.

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Transcript

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[C]

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[C]

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[A]

hey, baby, we gonna be here all day. We gonna be here all day, baby. I like that kind of party. What's up, guys? Ryan Sickler here. I'm back home in Baltimore. Very excited to be here to do something that I've been wanting to do

[C]

for a long time. You guys been asking for years to have my brothers on, old friends, family,

[A]

and I'm finally able to make it happen. Make sure you're subscribed. You're going to get episodes for a while. We got a bunch of them coming your way. Can't wait for you guys to see this. Welcome back to the Way Back. Everybody. Ryan Sickler here. This is the Baltimore Junkyard series. We are live on location.

[C]

You're seeing it on tape in the

[A]

rain, in the heat at Auto Recycling of Baltimore llc. I'm super stoked to bring this series to you guys. It's been a long time in the making. These are the final episodes here. You've already seen the solo eps with everybody. So we've got a big group here tonight. I'm going to introduce everyone starting to my right. Over here, this is Chris Sheeler.

[D]

Great to be here.

[A]

This is my brother, Derek Sickler.

[E]

Hello.

[A]

This is my other brother, Todd Sickler.

[E]

Hello.

[A]

This is my cousin, Tim Demo Gary 7. This is Shannon Patterson over here, the owner and proprietor of Auto Recycling of Baltimore llc. And this is our brother over here as well, Chris Lamb.

[F]

Thanks for having me.

[A]

Thank you guys for all being here. We are literally sitting in the Rain. I don't know how long we're gonna be able to do this. As long. As long as the equipment doesn't burn out. So this is a crew of. Of men here who go back all the way to. Well, this. These guys obviously are family here, but we go back to some sixth grade. Sixth grade. It's actually sixth grade is the pivotal moment here with all these men. And we're just going to reminisce and I'm going to ask them about some stories that they remember. There's the delicate sound of thunder right there.

[E]

Look at that.

[A]

Let's go with concerts. What concerts do you remember going to a lot?

[E]

I mean, that's all we did. Allman Brothers, Clapton, Tom Petty.

[A]

Yeah, but what stories do you remember about going.

[E]

Just hitting. Huffing nitrous balloons and passing out in

[F]

the parking lot, the yellow Toyota pickup. We jammed a keg of beer in the back.

[A]

That's ACDC show. Troy Griffin. No, was it. Was it little or a Big Jerry's truck?

[E]

Yeah, Big Jerry's truck.

[A]

It was.

[G]

It was.

[F]

Was it a yellow Toyota?

[A]

It was a yellow Toyota. You think about that now. We could have been rear ended. There's a keg with underage kids just sitting in the back of this truck hauling ass to. He wasn't even a new kid.

[G]

It was a second.

[A]

We're 16, 17. What are you talking about?

[E]

Yeah, I was driving.

[A]

Yeah, the Grateful Dead show. Do you remember the Grateful Dead show?

[E]

The only thing I remember about that is going there and the nitrous partying and getting T shirts and never even

[A]

going, well, see, that's where. Yeah, I only went to one concert, but that's where everybody would get their drugs and then come back to the North Avenue with all kinds of. And I'm like, what is going on?

[E]

You can tell when they were in town, though, because everybody had. Yeah.

[F]

New.

[A]

Like everybody's got acid and opium. So Grateful Dead's in town. But I. What about the guy who did the nitrous balloon? He bet he could run. Remember that guy? He bet he could run through that ditching up. And then he fell and he busted his. Were you there for an rfk right

[F]

down in the valley. Yeah, right.

[A]

That dude came up with missing teeth.

[F]

That was almost as bad as falling off the rope swing.

[A]

You had a. Was it a 1969 Dodge Challenger?

[E]

It was a 70.

[A]

70 white Dodge Challenger. That was going to be a project car while you tell us about the projects. Yeah, look at that.

[E]

I know. We did get it fired up one Time.

[A]

One time they worked on this motherfucker every day for two and a half

[E]

years, shooting fireballs out of the carburetor. George Wilk dumping gas down the carburetor sitting inside the engine bay. When that thing did fire up, though, it shook the house. Like, that thing was straight headers.

[A]

Like Todd hitting the house. The propane tank. Tell him, Sheila.

[D]

So Todd over here was probably, like, valet, what, 14 years old? He's. He's. Ryan's car's boxed in, Todd, you know, he's begging to drive cars and move them out. And so he's like, I'll take your car, Ryan. Ryan's like, sure, go ahead and take it. Next thing you know, five minutes there, I'm like, where the hell did he go? He's been gone for, like, a long time. You hear, like, pitter patter of his feet, crying. Come on. Hit the propane tank.

[A]

Hanging off,

[F]

knocked it off the wall.

[A]

Stinks, he calls her. What'd she say? Just turn it off or seal it at the bar. Like, it's hanging all. It could blow the whole street up.

[F]

Was that the Honda Civic or which car?

[A]

That was my Toyota Corolla Tercel.

[F]

Oh, nice.

[A]

I've had arguments with people online. I don't believe a Corolla Tercel exists. And I'm like, oh, it does. And I have one. And then they broke them up into two different cars, but I had a Corolla.

[G]

I think that's the other way around.

[A]

Huh?

[G]

I think it's to sell Corolla.

[A]

Either way, they're both.

[F]

What year was that?

[A]

They get to 82, I think I had. You know whose car it Was? Lee Kessler Jr. Was my first car. Pay $500 cash, drive to Ocean City with Eric Snyder in it. Can't figure out why. It just smells like gas. We get the ocean. We are so tired. Pop the hood. This fuel fill, it's just spitting gas, literally wet gas right into the car the whole ride down. Dud, dude. Tell some of the stories about your house, your grandmother's house, Chris Lamb and the train tracks and all the parties that were going on over there. You got. You remember those?

[F]

We had a few events there at 127 Schoolhouse. Yep, yep. So we had a few events. Some legal, some illegal. Right, so.

[A]

But you also had a cousin who was a state trooper.

[F]

He's the one who broke the big keg party off that time. Yeah, he came and then he put me in the car, made me sit in the back till everybody left. Right. Then he said, your ass is in trouble, right?

[A]

So

[F]

he says you're cleaning every beer can up and down the street tomorrow morning, first thing. So that's what we did.

[A]

All right, let's hear some 912 North Ave. Stories.

[E]

We would come home from school, and there would be people already in our house. Jeff Wagner would climb up on that wooden rocking chair onto the roof and climb in through a window and open the door for everybody. We weren't even home from school yet. And then people were eating all of our snacks and stuffing trash into the couch cushions.

[C]

I got.

[D]

I got accused. I got accused of that. It was actually. It was actually Norris was putting that shit down the couch of the chair, and I was getting blamed for the. For the snacks.

[A]

You know why you got blamed? Because you admitted to taking the ring of milk off and throwing it behind your own grandma mother's fridge. And you said there was probably a thousand of them back there.

[D]

That's true. I guess that's why I got blame. But yeah. So that was. So that. That was. That was a big one. But there was. I mean, we talked about probably in the one on one, there was. There was a party there every single night of the. Of the week.

[A]

I mean, zero parents. I mean, party there every night of the week.

[D]

Party there every night of the week. I mean, like Todd said, people crawling through the windows before you guys even got home. I mean, you know, it was. But I think there was a legacy key, though, too.

[A]

He keeps calling it a legacy key. That's why he said people got in with a legacy key. But now I think about it, they probably did have a goddamn key. He didn't want to climb. He just wanted to go right in this motherfucker.

[D]

Oh, no, no.

[A]

The best. Off with the legacy.

[D]

Another good one, too, was when I think your mom came home. I was gonna ask your mom came home from, like, you know, I don't know, it was maybe a few days, you know, whatever it was. And the first thing in the house, we're on. You guys are making dinners, like, at school and all. You're making, like, peanut butter and jelly,

[A]

grilled cheese in the frying pan.

[D]

And she walks in and goes, ryan,

[A]

get that shit out of the corner. You used to say that that's how she comes in the house. She hasn't been home in four days. Gone.

[D]

Like, is everybody okay? What's going on? Get that shit out of the corner. And then she would make something at one time. If she'd make a cake or something like that, or make. And Then you would always say to me, just tell her if you don't like it, you know. You know, just. Just say you don't want to eat it.

[A]

Well, I didn't say that. Do you remember? Well, Snyder loves it because one time he came over. This is Second Avenue. No, this is Second Avenue. Well, the popsicles. Because we can't tell the story why he. What happened with him. Yeah, because she. She was upstairs and said real nice, and when she came down, she shoved you into the fridge. And Eric Snyder's big ass got scared. He was eating a popsicle. He hid it from her because he didn't want Trudy to put hands on him. But this is Second Avenue. He comes over to spend the night. She goes, it's morning. And she goes, eric, do you want some more eggs? He goes, yeah, I'll have some more eggs. She goes, jesus Christ. Out loud. Clearly out loud. The fuck it. Here. Matt Schilling spent the night one time, and she used to make pizza. English muffins. Once in a while. Like, it was just. That was it. And Matt was coming over to spend the night, and we had already had dinner, and he got there a little later, and she goes, matt, you want some Pete's English muffins? And we're in our room, and he looks at me, he goes, you gonna have any? Y' all have some? And she goes. He goes, yeah, we'll have. I go, yeah, we'll have some. She goes, no, just Matt. And then Matt had to go. He tells me all the time he had to go eat English muffin pizza next to my. And she's slamming cabinets in the kitchen. He's. He's just out there looking in the room, eating them as fast as he can. Dude,

[F]

was that her go to meal? Ryan, the pizza bagels.

[A]

Give mom chip steak. You mean before she left Completely. Here we go. Menu. This is the menu up to.

[E]

She made good meatballs with canned green beans with a ton of accent. Or that's salt substitute. I forgot about salt substitutes. Pizza muffins.

[A]

Chip steak sandwich. Hamburger helper. Baked beans.

[E]

Hamburger baked beans.

[A]

Like a mother. No, we were doing that.

[F]

Rita would make hot dogs and baked beans all the time. That had all covered all your dishes, right? You know, you could all together put it all together, so.

[E]

And then a 20 on the table. Was it a 20? I think you're being generous.

[A]

Well, no, he's right. It was 20 for you and me because we had. We had. We needed gas money and food. That was for the week. That was for the week. He got 10. This woman is getting thousands of dollars of Social Security money because we're minors. Our dad's dead, and she takes out a security. Do you remember this? She took out a security deposit box and because all our names were on it, and if we. Anyone could sign it. So immediately when we turn 18, I'm on the phone with them and I'm on for like two hours waiting. And that lady, I thought, you know, I'm giving her the whole sob story. She's like, hun, I'm just gonna go ahead and give this to you for. For April, May and June for three months. My mother's like, you better give me that money. Like, my name's on this check. You ain't getting this money.

[E]

That's when she kicked us out, and

[A]

that's when we got kicked out. July 3, 1991, right after we graduated. Who remembers that party? Oh, God. Oh, yeah, the graduation party. No, the. The. We're getting kicked. Our mother kicking her sons out of the house party.

[G]

The leaving party.

[A]

The mother kicks her kids out of the house. Summer. Yeah, July 3rd, 1991, kicking her kids out of the house. Summer bash. Man, what a time.

[D]

Next week. Like next week on north avenue.

[A]

That's right. 912 North Avenue, apartment B.

[D]

The Sticklers get kicked out.

[A]

Oh, my God. Dude.

[F]

Hey, back to the concert days. I remember the. The ACDC concert, right? Shannon, I think it was. Shannon said, hey, I got really good seats. And we were. It was for those about to rock. We were next to the cannon on the side of the stage, and my ears rung for four days. I couldn't hear.

[A]

Yeah, they did fire. Nothing after that.

[F]

I mean, just. I mean, it was just.

[G]

Oh, I remember the guy in front of us throwing coke on the bottom of the popcorn tub.

[A]

I didn't even know that story. Do you remember going to our first concert? Do you remember what our first concert was? Give him that mic for a sec. First. Our very first concert. I still have the ticket stub. It was you and me and Jason

[E]

Danoloski, maybe Ozzy osborne.

[C]

It was 100.

[A]

Ozzy with metallica.

[E]

First time a joint got passed my way.

[A]

It got. Well, I was so scared. I thought it was going to go through my skin. We're just passing this along like we're seventh grade. I was like, oh, my God, get this out of here.

[E]

That was a Merryweather. We went to a lot of Merryweather.

[G]

A lot of Merryweather.

[A]

When you don't have parents, you can go to a lot of concerts, dude. We used to go sleep out and like on the sidewalk at Macy's to get to get the tickets and. Yeah, Ticketmasters, where you had to go get them.

[F]

How about we used to go to blast games with Mr. Roy. Remember that?

[E]

We talked a little bit about that.

[A]

Yeah, let's talk about it. Go ahead.

[F]

No, I mean Mr. Roy used to take us to the Blast games. We would sit in there. Nobody want to sit next to Mr. Roy. Remember that? Because he'd be. Oh, he got into. He'd be swinging his arms around.

[A]

Didn't remember that.

[F]

Whoever pulled the short straw had to sit next to him. But we would always get up, we watch a game for about half, then we cruise around. Then we talk to whoever. Right.

[A]

We play soccer down in the base.

[F]

Right? Yeah. With a little ball and all that.

[A]

Remember that?

[G]

When we were got into getting them Chicken Littles, when Kentucky Frog came out

[A]

with chicken Little bag like White Castle chicken.

[G]

White Castle we get bags on.

[A]

Yeah. Little Tavern. Remember Little Tavern burners. Those are the White Castle here. I don't know if it's still in Conklin. You're going back to your challenger. I just remember every day Grindstaff and I still talk about this and we're. It was just. It was like a front porch TV show. Would just sit down and watch these three idiots try to get this challenger running that he swears he's gonna get running and redo it and everything else got all blue, torn up, all in it and stuff. Building a great wardrobe is all about

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[A]

And you guys are pouring gas down the goddamn every. Everywhere. Lighting it. And like what the. Who's lighting the goddamn car on fire? Is going to start it.

[C]

And one day.

[A]

I'll never forget it had an RT on the back. And Jimmy said, what's RT stand for? I said, ripped off.

[E]

That's the

[A]

two years on this project out here. You know what? That.

[E]

That cars.

[A]

If.

[E]

If I would have.

[A]

A lot of ifs would have happened in our lives it'd be worth. And then I heard that thing said. And it's. It sounded so Jim. And I jumped up like oh my God. The neighbor. This guy down here. I don't even remember who he was. He came over and you. We pushed it out. It was humming good. We're trying to roll it out for you a little bit. And then it went. And it never started again.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

It was drinking from a. Like a cup of gas.

[A]

It never started again. It just sat there in our driveway. What'd you do with it?

[E]

Sold it to some guy for two grand. I think I got it.

[G]

That's what you paid for it?

[E]

I paid 22 for it. I think I sold it.

[G]

Maybe about. You bought that hood too. That.

[E]

Yeah.

[G]

Because it had that pro stock 70 pin hood. That was a 1970 sert 383 four speed.

[A]

I mean that. That's a legit collector. Carson. Yep.

[C]

Huh.

[E]

Optioned completely.

[G]

Two date, two data plates.

[A]

Not running. It doesn't matter at all.

[E]

You swore, you know, 16 with a dead dad. Where am I getting 20 grand to restore that thing?

[A]

That was what we were wondering too. Every day you guys are trying to turn everything.

[E]

You should have just kept it.

[A]

You should have kept it. Okay. We talked about our apartment in Owings Mills. The roach apartment. Do you remember going to that apartment at all in Owings Mills?

[F]

All the roaches would run in the kitchen.

[A]

Man.

[D]

Listen.

[E]

That wasn't as bad as North Avenue, but it was the same thing.

[A]

I don't remember roaches at North.

[E]

No, not roaches. I mean as far as people coming in and out still.

[A]

Oh well, we wanted that though too. That was our first closer group. Yeah. And a closer knit group coming over and just. You turn the light on. It was no joke. It was hundreds. We kept cigarettes in the fridge. Everything pretzels. And I remember one crawling on car finds face one night while he's laying There, like, look at that road trip.

[F]

They run out from under the oven, right?

[E]

Yeah, yeah. They didn't like the heat.

[A]

They just go. We just ended up having our under blankets there.

[E]

It was Joe's. Like. Was it. Joe's apartment wasn't at the commercial.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Joe's apartment. What about fights? Who remembers any fights? Whether we were in them or not, Any good ones that were funny?

[E]

And Buddy Collins and Wilk in the school that day was a pretty good.

[A]

Well, I don't remember that. What's that one?

[D]

One.

[E]

They just didn't like each other.

[D]

You just.

[A]

Just went at it one day. I don't remember that.

[E]

I don't even. The hallway up by Ms. Weitzel's class, that's all I remember. Teacher. I was probably even draw, I guess I. I pulled Buddy off of George when he got started. To get the upper hand, you got to bring a Preakness. And who was there for that?

[A]

Listen, we're all going to talk about in one second, I promise. We're not going to forget. I want to go back to the food fight, though, before we forget. So I've talked about this too. And I had a picture of this cafeteria, but that was. You know, everyone talked a lot of all. We're gonna do this, we're gonna do that. And there have been a rumor. School had just started. It was probably October. School started in September after Labor Day. Rumor going around for a while that there's going to be a food fight. And if you remember, there was a fourth period lunch that was. It wasn't lunch. And I was like, 1050, it sucked. If you got fourth period, it sucked. Remember how it was so early. It was like 1050 lunch. Like, I gotta. Are you kidding me? And everyone. This is gonna be a food fight. It's gonna be a food fight. And no, every day never happened. And. And Mark Penn had had enough. Mark Penn had had enough of hearing about that. And pizza Friday comes around and Mark Penn said, I'm doing that today. Were you at the table, too?

[F]

We were in the middle section, the worst section to be. Right.

[A]

I'm at. I'm. I'm on his. I'm at his table up top.

[F]

I was in the middle section. And there's three tiers, sections, right, Top and bottom. It was coming all directions.

[A]

And Mark Penn said. He. I sat right at the table with him. I can't remember. There were a couple people hit me up, said I was at. That tape might have been Charles Pollock. Remember Chuck Pollock? Yeah. And Mark Penn just looks at us. And it was a. Remember they had styrofoam cups for the milkshakes. He had a large milkshake. We're on the top floor and I'm. I take a bite of my pizza. And that just. He had his back to the tears behind him and he just went. And that thing went over and it hit that bottom level. And I mean, all hell broke loose. Like it was a. Like a scripted food fight in a movie. It was sliding corn sliding down the wall over here. People flipping their tables up, just throwing at each other, going crazy.

[F]

The cherry turnovers, of course.

[A]

Cherry turnovers.

[F]

Cherry turnovers. Hit the window, swung it at the window, Right.

[A]

Were you in that, too? I was at the genesis of that. I was so glad. And we're in 11th grade, he's in 12th. We got in so much trouble. And if you remember, it's like October. It's so early in the school year. And it was silent lunch the rest of the year, fourth period, silent lunch. You had to sit. Yeah. And no more milkshakes. No more milkshakes. To this day, there's not been a milkshake ever served again at the school because of that Mark Pen.

[F]

I remember no more milkshakes.

[A]

To this day. We have friends whose kids go and they say, there's still no milkshakes. This ruined them in 1990.

[F]

I like one of these burgers laying in the. In the grease or whatever it was with a cherry turn over in a milkshake. That hit the spot.

[A]

Getting hit with cups of corn and coleslaw. And it was awesome. Dude, you were like, What? You saw 50 people doing it. You're like, we can't get us all, man. You know what I'm saying? They can't get us all. How many people were in the cafeteria

[C]

at the time that happened?

[A]

It's a three tier cafeteria.

[E]

At least 100.

[A]

At least 100.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

You could probably get 30 people and 30 few people on each tier.

[D]

Right?

[A]

And going at it, too. Just going at it for some reason.

[F]

I have a. Remember Shannon being under the table? Were you there in the middle section? He was under the table like Dave Bowers. It was all hitting the fan. And he went under the table. And he's down there eating his burger, right?

[A]

Like, he's still trying to finish everything but my pizza.

[F]

He said, sandy gave me lunch money. I'm not wasting it. So he's down there eating his burger, eating his cherry turnover. Right?

[G]

So I think the funniest thing about that. Were they in the corner downstairs where you got the ice creams or whatever, Wasn't that. Didn't that when Liberty opened up? Wasn't that the smoking lounge?

[A]

No, you're not wrong. Freshman year, when we go, there's still a smoking lounge. 1987. And in 1987, if you remember where the science corner, where Mr. Tucci's room was. Yeah, that was where the smoking lounge was.

[G]

Okay.

[A]

Right next to the special parking lot

[G]

down towards the park.

[A]

You had to. But you had to get. You had to either be 18 or have to have a real shitty parent sign a permission slip saying you could smoke cigarettes in school. You remember one year after that, they were like, what the are we doing here, man? 1988, no smoke allowed schools, they had a full on smoking lounge. Do you remember? So 1, 2, 3, 4 of us all graduate the same year. They got a smoking lounge in there. But they should have kept it because honestly, as soon as they got rid of it, the bathroom, you couldn't breathe when you went to take a piss. You know what I mean? Like, they weren't. Not people didn't stop smoking. They just stopped smoking. In. In the science class designated for cancer for kids.

[F]

That. That guy. I don't remember him one year, Mr. Tucci, right?

[A]

Yeah, Stanley Tucci. Like, no, he was not really the

[F]

ninth grade science guy, right? So. And then Mr. Gibson was down on the other corner.

[A]

Well, there was a rumor, too, that someone dropped. I don't want to say his name. You probably know who I'm talking about. Drop liquid acid in Tucci's coffee and sent them on a trip.

[G]

I remember hearing that.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

It was always a rumor. I never knew if it was true or not.

[E]

All right, let's do nothing that's terrible to somebody. That's a.

[A]

But here's the thing. I think. I think Tucci was one of those, you know, dudes that used to experiment in the 70s. And he knew what was going. He knew what was going on. He's like, oh, I'm tripping.

[F]

I'm just gonna ride this out. I'm gonna ride this out.

[A]

Somebody put some in my car.

[F]

Ryan, the story at the time, you. You reached out to a teacher and told him how important it was to you, and then they gave you the. What you want to tell that story? All right.

[A]

So we had a high school teacher named Mr. Delise. And I loved Mr. Del. Mr. Del was one of. He was a. Like a girls basketball coach, girls soccer coach. He also taught a Shakespeare, Brit lit, all these other classes and 10th grade, our dad dies. And, you know, he's always, he was always a smart ass. He's a ball buster, which I love. He was from New York. I remember raising my hand in his class one time. He's like, there he is. He had that lisp. He's like, thick look to the rescue. Every time I see thick, this hand up, I know we're gonna get the answer. And I, I had it all wrong. He goes, put your hand down. Oh, my God. Damn. So senior year, I'm walking the hallway past him. He's standing out there, and he stops me. He said, hey, I just really want you to know that I'm proud of you. You've done such a good job. You could have gone any way you wanted. And I know that it's been really hard for you, but you really, you've done a great job with yourself, and I'm proud of you. And I was like, thank you so much. So fast forward, I don't know, 30 years, Deadwood comes out on HBO. And I love Deadwood. You ever watch Deadwood? Great show. It's a lot of. It's written in iambic pentameter, which is what Shakespeare was. So I really understood it and I really liked it. And I was, because of Mr. Delis. So I say, you know what? I' ma reach out on Facebook, let him know, hey, man, that day, you. You might not even remember saying that to me. But damn it, it made a difference. Also, I love Deadwood because of Shakespeare and because of you. So I send him that message. A few days later, this responds with a yellow thumbs up, another yellow thumbs up, and another yellow. That was it. I poured my heart out to this dude, gave me three yellow thumbs ups. That was it, dude. And I get. For a second, my ego was so hurt and bruised, I'm like, maybe he's an invalid and that's all he can do with the key. You know what I mean? He's just doing it with his tongue or something. I look like Facebook as writing books and, you know, like, I got three ding, ding, dings. Not even in a row. He hit return, return said three.

[E]

Oh, my God.

[F]

So he was your favorite teacher at Liberty?

[A]

I mean, no, I, I, you know, did any of you guys. I had a few. He was a great one, for sure.

[E]

Ms. Eckard was always like, shakespeare.

[A]

Yeah. I'm telling you, he made me like something.

[E]

And I did not like Shakespeare.

[A]

I'm saying, I, I was like, I don't want to learn this. And then he would lay it out. And I was like, okay, all right, I get it. I really know what's going on now. Midsummer Night's Dream and Othello and all that made us a little cultured, I gotta tell you. He also taught us Chaucer, the Canterbury Tales. We had to learn that, remember? We had to. We had to memorize that Juan that. Operas with the shortest sukta. Do you remember that? Do you remember it? Miss Eckard. I always loved Miss Eckard.

[F]

She would. She would have us go do yard work for her. Remember that stuff I used to get right?

[A]

Because I would just go over and cut this lady's goddamn grass. That lady was so professional. Never hit on me, never nothing. But the job got too big, so I'd have you come sometimes. Snyder come sometimes. She'd always make sandwiches. She was always respectful. Never any, like, porn, you know, fantasies or any of that. Everybody. High school, you up a second? I'm, like, up her paycheck over getting this. I'm getting, getting paid. But I do, I have to confess, because I loved her. And she. I. I did Shannon Patterson a solid so he could get to Ocean City. So senior year, I'm Ms. Eckard's teacher's aide, and I'm grading papers. Here comes Shannon Patterson, 48 paper. And I know if that paper goes home to sand, he ain't going to Ocean City that weekend. I made that in 82 for his ass and then set it over so she'd sign it. And I would. I'd finagle a few just so we could have. Still have some other stuff. She was great.

[F]

I had to track coach as my homeroom teacher, and I'd be coming in late all the time.

[A]

Who was that?

[G]

Brad Hill.

[F]

Mr. Hill.

[A]

Mr. Hill.

[F]

So if I was two minutes late into that class, I might. I'd be out on the track. I'd have to sweep the whole track all afternoon.

[A]

What? Really?

[F]

Yeah. He would make me sweep the track if I was late for home.

[G]

Also the shop teacher?

[E]

Yep.

[F]

So he.

[G]

He.

[F]

That was our punishment for being late to homeroom back in the day. You'd have to go sweep the track. Go sweep the track, Lamb.

[A]

What about you? Any favorite teachers?

[G]

He was what he used to bust my balls unrelenting.

[A]

Who?

[G]

Hill.

[A]

Oh, you like?

[G]

Why? He was the metal shop teacher.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

I had Ms. Cook. I like Ms. Cook. She taught me typing. I thought, why in the heck am I ever learning typing?

[A]

I'll tell you what, right? Type 101 space fj asdf, jkl semicolon. I know the home row like a handsby.

[F]

You did. There you go.

[A]

I also remember you got caught cheating in Latin or something. You almost got expelled. You had German. What do you get the answer. What happened?

[E]

I sat down at my desk one day, put my in the desk, then the. The test book, answers were in there.

[A]

So I stole it.

[D]

I don't know.

[E]

I'm like, this is all our answers for every test we're getting ready to have. And I took it home like I wasn't stupid enough to leave it at school.

[A]

But were you dumb enough to get hundreds on everything? Ace that German. That's the worst move. You got to get, like, 88. How she knew you were cheating.

[F]

Can you speak German to this day?

[E]

No. But she couldn't prove it.

[A]

Yeah, I remember she was searching for

[E]

a locker and all that.

[A]

He's getting his locker search for.

[E]

I'm like, I don't know what you're looking for.

[G]

That's two out of three of you. They almost got your locker.

[A]

Well, I was scared because George Wilk one time this dumb, love him, but this dumb said, I'm going to bring. I'm going to bring some beer over. And I go, okay. Well, he brings it to school. He brought a six pack of Moose head beer. And if you remember the liberty lockers, they were the narrow locker with the pop open at the top, and you could just easily pop that thing open. And he put that up in my locker and goes, it's in your locker. I go, what are you talking about? And I got to get a six pack of Mooset in my backpack out of ninth grade back home. That's nuts. This is great, guys. I listen this. I'm very grateful that you all could make this. I know you all have families, obligations. I know you're driving long distances. I. I can't thank you enough. This has been awesome. Thank you all not just for doing this show, but for lifelong friendship, family, brothers, cousins. I'm gonna go again. I'm gonna go for my left this time. This is Chris Lamb right here. This is Shannon Patterson, owner and proprietor of Auto Recycling of Baltimore, llc. This is my cousin, Tim Demo, AKA Timmy. He's always gonna be Timmy. This is my brother Todd right here, fresh off triple bypass open to heart surgery. This is my brother, Derek Sickler right here. My twin brother, fraternal twin, identical twin beds. And this is Chris Sheila right here. I am Ryan Sickler. Thank you so much. You guys are the best fans in comedy. I really appreciate all of your support. I love this show and I love that you guys allow me to do it. Thank you for your support. Talk to y' all next week. I hope you enjoyed the Way Back

[C]

to Baltimore Junkyard series. Trying something different. Why not?

[A]

We've got the ability to go do it.

[C]

Why sit here and do the same thing all the time?

[A]

So I hope you guys are enjoying it.

[C]

And if you are, throw a comment in there, let me know and we'll keep on doing it.

[D]

Sam.