*PATREON PREVIEW* Black Ops Boyz

Summary

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Throwing Fits – PATREON PREVIEW Black Ops Boyz

Date: October 22, 2025
Hosts: The Throwing Fits crew (primarily Lawrence & James)

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Episode Overview

This midweek, bonus “Boys Only Uncut Bon” episode delivers the usual blend of banter and gear obsession fans expect from behind the Patreon paywall. The hosts riff on fit checks, mourn the death of Robert Redford, ponder the untapped potential of vintage casino merchandise, break down documentary hot takes, and give high praise to Avery Trufelman and her podcast “Articles of Interest.” The vibe is casual, irreverent, and self-referential — a slice of the zeitgeist for fans of the show’s blend of fashion, pop culture, and unfiltered takes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fit Checks & Fashion Chatter

(01:28–08:17)

• Both hosts deliver detailed outfit rundowns, bouncing off each other’s choices and poking fun at the nitty-gritty of style, from cowboy boots to canteens.
• Vintage casino merch is flagged as an underappreciated fashion play:
  • “You never see like vintage casino shit… That is something, and people don’t usually take my eBay tricks and tips seriously, but I feel like that’s an untapped market. Just vintage casino merch would be sick. And gambling is hotter than ever.” – F (03:09)
• There's a running joke about not actually gambling but loving the “aesthetic”:
  • “So no, I don’t gamble, bro. I just wear vintage casino merch.” – D (04:26)
  • “See me in the casino… you’ll find me spilling Budweiser into the roulette wheel. I promise you that.” – F (04:31)
• The discussion drifts into military surplus canteens and who might hold government contracts — a typically deep dive into a niche fashion angle.

Memorable Quotes

• “They are fashion fatigues first and foremost. Because I am a… soldier for fashion, not for war.” – F (02:38)
• “This is like some Andrew Dice Clay, but it’s a leather jacket that just says lucky with two dice on the back.” – D (04:01)
• “If I enlist and they give me this I’m… I’m going MIA Wall immediately.” – D (05:42)

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2. Celebrity Deaths & Social Media Rituals

(01:35–01:58)

• The hosts touch on the public habits of mourning celebrities, flagged by the recent passing of Robert Redford and how social feeds react in “clockwork” fashion.
• “It's so funny to see like Armani and then… the celebrity death morning public rituals. I did the same thing every time. Like clockwork.” – D (01:44)

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3. Documentary & TV Critique

(05:53–06:46)

• The duo dive into a recent two-part documentary about Charlie Sheen, with delight over the wild story and dark turn:
  • “You should probably watch part two where you learn there are consequences to just abusing crack cocaine.” – D (06:09)
• They contrast it with current TV hits (like the Mark Ruffalo HBO series “Task”), and bond over not loving Ruffalo’s acting:
  • “Yo, I do not [mess] with Mark Ruffalo.” – D (06:44)
  • “Is that your Bruce Banner impression?” – F (06:52)

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4. Podcast Industry and Guest Praise

(08:29–09:14)

• The hosts sing the praises of investigative journalist Avery Trufelman and her acclaimed podcast “Articles of Interest,” especially the “American Ivy” season:
  • “Queen goat, ungendered goat, non-gendered goat… She’s the best of all of them.” – D & F in duet (08:32–08:35)
  • “She needs to like be doing… I don’t know if this is because she likes us or if she’s gonna go on other pods promoting her… But I’m like, you gotta… you gotta gas this girl.” – F (08:50)
• They admit “American Ivy” may be the only podcast they’ve ever listened to outside their own.
• Anecdotes about editing out potentially problematic guest anecdotes:
  • “Maybe the only podcast I’ve ever listened to except parts of our own where I’m trying to like identify where exactly a guest said a slur that we had to take out.” – D (09:00)

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Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On fashion militarism:
  “They are fashion fatigues first and foremost. Because I am a… soldier for fashion, not for war.” – F (02:38)
• On the rare casino merch market:
  “You never see like vintage casino shit… but I feel like that’s an untapped market.” – F (03:09)
• On gambling vs. the look:
  “So no, I don’t gamble, bro. I just wear vintage casino merch.” – D (04:26)
• On Charlie Sheen doc chaos:
  “You should probably watch part two where… there are consequences to just abusing crack cocaine.” – D (06:09)
• On Avery Trufelman and podcasting royalty:
  “Queen goat, ungendered goat, non gendered goat. Oh, just… she's the best of all of them.” – D & F (08:32–08:35)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Fashion & Fit Checks: 01:28–08:17
• Vintage casino merch rant: 02:40–04:09
• Military surplus canteens banter: 05:01–05:53
• Charlie Sheen doc / TV talk: 06:01–06:46
• Avery Trufelman & podcast musings: 08:29–09:18

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Summary Takeaway

This Patreon bonus is a breezy, joke-dense check-in that’s classic Throwing Fits. There’s reverence for niche style moves, gentle (and not-so-gentle) jabs at pop culture, and real nods to the power of great storytelling — especially when it comes to fashion’s place in the world. Whether you’re here for the fit checks, hot takes on the latest docs, or pure podcaster admiration, the Black Ops Boyz keep it hyper-referential and chaotically on brand.

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Transcript

[A]

Morning, Zoe. Got donuts.

[B]

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[A]

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[B]

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[A]

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[C]

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[B]

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[D]

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[A]

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[D]

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[A]

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[B]

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[E]

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[D]

To the midweek boys only uncut bon for our best friends behind the Patreon paywall this week around getting silly with.

[F]

Jimmy with Larry on patreon.com Throwing fits, right? Probably.

[D]

And I think also throwing fits.com just locked in. Just booted Avery Truffleman.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Out the studio because we got two hours with the goat. With the investigative journalist goat, huh?

[F]

She's the best.

[D]

Before we get into all that warrants fit check.

[F]

Okay. I did. I was like pandering to the.

[D]

Oh, really?

[F]

To the guest and to the fact that Robert Redford died today.

[D]

Yeah. Oh, I learned. I learned from a mood board. No, I'm kidding. I learned from New York Times alert.

[F]

Same.

[D]

It's so funny to see like Armani and then I mean we talked about a month ago. But it's like the celebrity death morning public rituals. I did it the same thing every time. Like clockwork.

[F]

Only if it's something yo.

[D]

When I die, do not do that.

[F]

When I die, do do that. I mean, listen, if the Zudes are there.

[D]

Lauren Schlossman young. Yeah. Lauren Schlossman with hair. All right.

[F]

Sorry. No, it's fine. It's fine. It's fine. I get it. The.

[A]

The.

[F]

The boots are la mer, the socks are uniqlo, the fatigues. What are you laughing at? Don't be like participate. Don't be Looking. What do you.

[D]

What are the boots?

[F]

Also, what are you like, how bad was the picture?

[D]

Second layer.

[F]

No, the boots are La Mer.

[D]

I said that o cowboy boots.

[F]

And the socks are Uniqlo. And the fatigues are not Milspec.

[D]

The military fatigues, they are generica.

[F]

They are fashion fatigues first and foremost. Because I am a. I'm a soldier for fashion, not for. Not for war.

[D]

Just like apparently all soldiers are.

[F]

Anyway, yeah, the beater is Cortez. The denim western is Wife. The hat, the trucker hat is a brand I don't think exists anymore. Sahara 777, which was making casino merch or casino homages. And I was thinking, I'm like, you see all this, like, just real quick, you see mad, like, vintage stuff. Whether it's like, was like vintage NASCAR stuff or vintage collegiate stuff. I know those are two sports examples. But like, you never see like vintage casino shit. And I just feel like that is something. And people don't usually take my ebay tricks and tips seriously, but I feel like that's an untapped market. Just vintage casino merch would be sick. And gambling is hotter than ever.

[D]

I just googled vintage casino merch. We have a T shirt from the Las Vegas Excalibur.

[F]

Sick.

[D]

Kind of cool.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, I'm a Gold coast fan addict. Also kind of cool. Another Excalibur one, and then they kind of just fall off.

[A]

Oh, really?

[F]

There's not a lot.

[D]

Just a photo. Just a photo on a white tee. Ocean's eleven, guys.

[F]

Nah.

[D]

No. Yeah. So maybe get in maybe, though.

[F]

Get in while the getting is good. Yeah, maybe that's not.

[D]

Yo, yo. This is like some Andrew Dice clay, but it's like a leather jacket that just is lucky with two dice on the back. Just a. Just to die.

[F]

Just a custom pleather jacket. But yeah, if. If gambling is as hot as the streets would make it believe. I personally do not gamble. Or sports bet, I guess, specifically. But see, no, I'd rather spend my money on vintage casino merch anyway.

[A]

The.

[D]

So so more or no, I don't gamble, bro. I just wear vintage casino merch.

[F]

No, you see me in the casino. We've been there. Again, like, I like being in a casino and gambling. I don't sports bet, so you won't find me in the sports book, but you'll find me spilling Budweiser into the roulette wheel. I promise you that.

[D]

There's a $700 t shirt from the movie Casino.

[F]

Oh, wow.

[D]

European promo.

[F]

Te. That sounds tasty.

[D]

For sure night. This butter yellow. This is. This is good. 7. 700 though.

[F]

What was I gonna say? Oh, the underwear is supreme. Really. On the wrist. Wedding ring on the fingy wife on the pinky chrome. On the other hand, the sunglasses are sun buddies. And yeah, sipping on hydro flask full of the lower side's finest. What? Who. Who's got the military contract for canteens? Dude, is that hydro family?

[D]

I don't know.

[F]

Yeah, I wonder. I mean, I'm sure they. You can buy like a bunch of kind of like generic, but I wonder who has like the big camelback. The big contract camelback even exists anymore. It's got to, right?

[D]

I don't know.

[F]

I was like a big thing when I was a camp counselor. The cool counselor. Yeah. I got my camel bat.

[D]

Who knows u. S. Patriot tactical and supply cash.

[F]

Yeah. Are they like fancy canteens? Do they keep your cold or.

[D]

It's just like, this is yo. If I enlist and they give me this I'm. I'm going MIA Wall immediately.

[F]

That looks like straight out of the first half of full metal jacket.

[D]

I'm going AWOL asap. It looks like platoon, starring Charlie Sheen, the subject of this year's best two part documentary.

[F]

Dude, it was incredible. I watched both over two days. Yes, it was.

[D]

Okay, because I was gonna. I was gonna say if you only watch part one where everything's hunky dory and cool.

[F]

No, no, no.

[D]

I was gonna say you should probably watch part two where there you learn that there are consequences to just abusing crack cocaine.

[F]

Right, right. No, I was blown away because obviously that's why. I mean, I don't want to spoil anything. Obviously. He's a charismatic entertainment.

[D]

You gotta spoil anything. Where this is. This is coming. This is October 21st. Third. Oh, yeah, 22nd.

[F]

I. I watched it being like, yo, this is a must watch. It was up there with the dale. The dale. Doc, I know you. My man over here is getting me right with all the docu limited series, bro, it's better than task, which.

[D]

What's task?

[F]

The HBO show with Ruffalo about the task force. That's a little hit or miss for me right now.

[D]

I. Yo, I do not. With Mark Ruffalo.

[F]

What?

[D]

Not at all. You don't want to see me angry about Mark Ruffalo.

[F]

Is that your Bruce Banner impression?

[D]

All right, all right. The shoes are our. Are you done?

[F]

Yeah, I'm good.

[D]

The shoes are our legacy cameoed mules. The socks are random Amazon brand. The jeans are orally brown dookie denim the white tee is Front General Store. Possibly my favorite white tea right now. Oh, yeah, possibly.

[F]

There's a bunch of contenders.

[D]

Well, it depends on the weather. This one's a little. It's kind of like a midweight gotcha. Like summer. Like I need my. Like, not I need my paper thin Hanes. I need my hands. Have been watched like a thousand times now that it's October and there's a crisp in the air and Halloween's right around the corner and the World Series is maybe happening.

[F]

It's just heating up. Guys need this midweight gotcha joint.

[D]

Made in Japan, $38.

[F]

Wow.

[D]

At front General Store.

[F]

How much you like? The 3s ones are really good too, right?

[D]

I like the 3s ones too. Those are a little more heavyweight. Although I do have a midweight one. But I can't tell, like I. When I'm just rifling through them. I can't like by sight. They look the same. Because all white tees look alike.

[C]

Huh? They do.

[D]

The shirt on top is Small Talk Studios. This shirt I wore. No, not when I met Usher.

[F]

No, that was.

[D]

People were like, yo, what yo idea on the shirt? I do in the shirt. Small Talk Studios. The hat is Austria. And outdoors gear.

[F]

Oh, yeah. Brandt from Montreal.

[D]

From Montreal. Y sh.

[F]

The boys.

[D]

Vintage from Paris. On the wrist. Jill Saunder, Bota echelot of sunnies Hanes boxers and hydro flask of Lower east side's finest.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Avery Trufman, Queen goat.

[F]

Queen goat.

[D]

Ungendered goat, non gendered goat.

[F]

Oh, just. She's the best of all of them.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

No one can compete. Yeah, she's. She's too humble for her own good, I'll tell you that. She needs to, she needs to like be doing. I don't know if this is because she likes us or if she's gonna go on other pods promoting her. I'm sure. World crushing. New season of articles of Interest. All about Gear. But I'm like, you gotta. You gotta gas it. You gotta gas this girl.

[D]

I think American Ivy is maybe of the last season of Articles of interest is maybe the only podcast I've ever listened to except parts of our own where I'm trying to like identify where exactly a guest said a slur that we had to take out.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Or where exactly someone told a story about Taylor Swift that we to take out.

[F]

Okay, sure, yeah. Just doing. You're in the. You're, you're trimming. You're in the editing room. Trimming.

[D]

Yeah. Or reviewing clips. I'm just like oh God.

[A]

Morning, Zoe. Got donuts.

[B]

Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage?

[A]

Well, I dig the mattress and I want to be in a T mobile commercial. You teach me Soldana.

[B]

Oh no, I'm not really prepared. I couldn't possibly at t mobile get the new iPhone 17 Pro on them. It's designed to be the most powerful iPhone yet and has the ultimate pro camera system.

[A]

Wow, impressive. Let me try. T mobile is the best place to get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network.

[F]

Nice.

[B]

Jeffrey, you heard them.

[A]

T mobile is the best place to.

[D]

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[A]

So what are we having for launch?

[B]

Dude, my work here is done.

[E]

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[C]

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