Nateland Podcast: Ponies, Pitches & A Proposal featuring John Crist – Ep. 267

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    Nateland Podcast: Ponies, Pitches & A Proposal featuring John Crist – Ep. 267

    Nateland Podcast: Ponies, Pitches & A Proposal featuring John Crist – Ep. 267

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    GUEST: John Crist

    John Crist is an American stand-up comedian and viral video sensation known for his humorous takes on Christian culture and everyday life. Born on March 20, 1984, in Lilburn, Georgia, he grew up in a deeply religious family with seven siblings and was homeschooled. Crist gained widespread popularity through his comedy sketch videos on YouTube, such as “Every Parent at Disney” and “Millennial International,” which have amassed millions of views.

    He has opened for prominent comedians like Jeff Foxworthy, Dave Chappelle, and Seth Meyers and has performed sold-out tours across the U.S., frequently appearing on major media platforms including ESPN, CBS Sports, and Good Morning America. John Crist has released multiple comedy specials including “John Crist: Emotional Support” and “What Are We Doing?” which received millions of views on YouTube and Hulu.

    In addition to comedy, he authored the bestselling book “Delete That,” and hosts the podcast “Net Positive,” which features a variety of guests from comedy, music, and sports. Despite facing controversies in 2019 regarding allegations of misconduct, Crist has continued to build a successful career with a focus on clean humor and relatable content.

     

    🎙️ Episode Metadata

     

     

    🧠 Main Topics and Themes

     

    • 0:00 – Introduction and Studio Location: Aaron Weber and Brian Bates introduce the episode from the Nateland studio in Nashville, Tennessee, and welcome guest John Crist.

    • 2:05 – Nateland News & Weekend Recap: The hosts discuss the new season of Showcase on YouTube and a live show featuring Yakov Smirnoff.

    • 4:28 – Titans Code of Conduct Video: The group discusses their collaboration with the Tennessee Titans on a code of conduct video, including a funny anecdote about the process.

    • 10:09 – John’s “Net Positive” Podcast Page Taken Down by AI: John Crist shares a story about his podcast page being taken down by AI on a podcast platform.

    • 12:46 – Aaron’s First Pitch at Arkansas Naturals Game: Aaron Weber describes his experience of throwing the first pitch at a minor league baseball game.

    • 21:03 – John’s Engagement Proposal: John Crist reveals the detailed, elaborate story of how he proposed to his fiancée, Lydia, involving a fake award ceremony and a symphony.

    • 38:21 – Nate’s First Pitch in Baltimore: Nate Bargatze joins the conversation to share his experience throwing a first pitch for the Baltimore Orioles, contrasting it with Aaron Weber‘s.

    • 45:10 – Comment Roundup: The group responds to listener comments, including those about great-grandparents, historical facts, and a logo discussion.

    • 1:02:21 – McDonald’s Meal Number Changes: The hosts and guest get sidetracked discussing the change of McDonald’s meal numbers.

    • 1:10:00 – John’s Cowboy Camp Experience: John Crist recounts his experience at a two-day cowboy camp in Florida, detailing the activities and culture.

    • 1:22:47 – Cowboy Attire & Prop Comedy: The conversation shifts to cowboy attire like chaps, leading into a discussion about prop comedy and the difficulty of using props in stand-up.

    • 1:39:26 – Upcoming Tour Dates & Logos: The episode concludes with a discussion of Nate Bargatze‘s tour dates and a lighthearted debate about the importance of comedians having a logo.

     

    🧍 People

     

     

    📍 Places

     

     

    🛍️ Brands, Sponsors, and Products

     

    • Viori: Sponsor read at 15:52. No discount code mentioned. (Amazon Link)

    • Beam’s Dream Powder: Sponsor read at 43:48. No discount code mentioned. (Amazon Link)

    • HelloFresh: Sponsor read at 1:06:01. No discount code mentioned. (Amazon Link)

    • I Restore Elite: Sponsor read at 1:20:22. No discount code mentioned. (Amazon Link)

    • McDonald’s: The hosts and guest discuss changes to the numbering system for their meals. (Amazon Link)

    • Starbucks: Mentioned in a joke. (Amazon Link)

    • Nike: Mentioned when discussing stage outfits. (Amazon Link)

     

    🎭 Events and Experiences

     

    • 2:44: Ryan Hamilton‘s Netflix special taping in New York City.

    • 12:46: Aaron Weber‘s first pitch at an Arkansas Naturals game.

    • 21:03: John Crist‘s engagement proposal, which he staged as an award ceremony at a symphony.

    • 38:21: Nate Bargatze‘s first pitch for the Baltimore Orioles.

    • 1:10:00: John Crist‘s experience at cowboy camp in Florida.

     

    😂 Jokes and Humor

     

    • 1:02: Aaron Weber jokes that John Crist has been a guest “frankly, too much.”

    • 12:01: John Crist mentions a “singles ministry” joke.

    • 22:15: The “fake award ceremony” used as a cover for John Crist‘s proposal is a long-running joke.

    • 1:22:47: The group has a lengthy, humorous discussion about the practicality of chaps.

    • 1:26:25: John Crist tells an embarrassing story about bombing a joke about the film The Notebook.

    • 1:44:05: The group humorously debates the necessity of comedians having a logo.

     

    📺 Media Mentions

     

    • Showcase: A YouTube series the Nateland team worked on.

    • The Bachelor: Mentioned in a joke.

    • Kill Tony: Podcast mentioned by Dusty Slay.

    • The Notebook: The movie John Crist references in his embarrassing bombing story. (IMDb Link)

     

    🍽️ Comedy Clubs, Restaurants, Venues

     

    • Zy’s Comedy Club: The Nateland studio is located “in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, at Zy’s Comedy Club.” (Google Search Link)

     

    📦 Products and Items

     

    • 1:18:24: John Crist discusses a logo he had for his hair.

     

    🎬 Comedy Sketch Ideas

     

    • 1:22:47: The discussion on “cowboy chaps and prop shows” could be a sketch about a comedian trying to incorporate chaps into their act.

    • 1:04:22: The “proposal rejection scenario” where a comedian practices their proposal rejection could be a funny sketch.

    • 1:02:21: A sketch about a person who is confused by the new McDonald’s meal numbering system.

     

    📈 Search Triggers & Internet Queries

     

    • John Crist proposal story

    • Nate Bargatze first pitch Baltimore

    • Aaron Weber first pitch Arkansas Naturals

    • what is cowboy camp

    • Nateland podcast sponsors

    • John Crist Net Positive podcast

    • do comedians need a logo

     

    📌 Interesting Facts or Trivia

     

    • 1:13:13: John Crist provides a history lesson on the origin of the word “cowboy” and its relation to “wranglers.”

    • 1:02:21: Aaron Weber mentions that he can still remember his old phone number, a throwback to a time before smartphones.

    • 46:43: A listener comment provides a fun fact about Jeff Doron‘s great-grandmother being born in the same year as the invention of the telephone.

     

    🗣️ Memorable Quotes

     

    • 1:02:00: “Am I the most repeat guest? …You’ve been here frankly too much.” – Aaron Weber to John Crist

    • 1:26:25: “Bombing on a story is one thing, but bombing on a joke you’ve told a thousand times…” – John Crist

    • 1:45:10: “You went logo first. You got logo first.” – Aaron Weber to a comedian he knows.

     

    ✂️ Clip Ideas (Under 90 Seconds)

     

    1. 21:03 – 22:30: John Crist‘s detailed story of the fake award ceremony proposal. This is a highly engaging, unique, and romantic story.

    2. 4:28 – 5:50: The humorous account of filming a code of conduct video for the Tennessee Titans.

    3. 12:46 – 13:50: Aaron Weber‘s retelling of his first pitch at an Arkansas Naturals game. This is relatable and has a fun punchline.

    4. 1:10:00 – 1:11:30: John Crist‘s initial description of what a “cowboy camp” is. It’s a curiosity-peaking segment.

    5. 1:26:25 – 1:28:00: John Crist‘s embarrassing story about bombing a joke about The Notebook. A great example of a relatable and funny stand-up failure story.

     

    📢 Calls to Action

     

    • 1:39:26: Nate Bargatze announces his upcoming tour dates.

    • 1:44:05: The group encourages listeners to weigh in on the “logo window” debate on social media.

     

    ❓ Listener FAQs

     

     

    🔄 Recurring Themes/Callbacks

     

    • 0:50: John Crist is a recurring guest. Aaron Weber mentions he might be tied with Greg Warren for the most appearances.

    • 45:10: The “Comment Roundup” is a recurring segment.

     

    🤝 Host/Guest Dynamic

     

    The rapport between the hosts and John Crist is warm and familiar, with a lot of friendly ribbing and shared laughter, especially in the discussions about logos, first pitches, and past stand-up experiences.

     

    ⚡ Overall Mood/Energy

     

    The overall mood is lighthearted and conversational, with a feeling of old friends catching up. The energy is high, especially during the storytelling segments about the proposal and the first pitches.

     

    💬 Post-Show Content

     

    • 1:44:05: The episode ends with the suggestion for post-show social media interaction regarding the logo debate.

    Chapters

    Here is a chapters list with time stamps from the provided sources:

    1. 0:00 – Introduction and Studio Location
    2. 0:30 – Hosts and Guest Introduction
    3. 0:50 – John Crist as a Repeat Guest and New Studio
    4. 1:07 – Discussion on Late Invites and Wedding RSVPs
    5. 2:05 – Nateland News: Showcase Season 3 & Yakov Smirnoff
    6. 2:44 – Ryan Hamilton’s Netflix Special Taping
    7. 3:52 – Waiting for Nate & Aaron’s Weekend Tease
    8. 4:28 – Titans Code of Conduct Video Collaboration
    9. 7:20 – Titans Wins Over/Under Discussion
    10. 10:09 – John’s “Net Positive” Podcast Page Taken Down by AI
    11. 12:01 – John’s “Singles Ministry” Joke
    12. 12:46 – Aaron’s First Pitch at Arkansas Naturals Game
    13. 15:17 – Discussion on First Pitches & Viori Sponsor
    14. 21:03 – John’s Engagement Proposal (Fake Award Ceremony)
    15. 22:38 – Engagement Details: Symphony, Music & Planning
    16. 25:52 – More Engagement Details, Pontoon Boat & John’s Standup Break
    17. 37:25 – Dusty on Kill Tony & John’s Return to Standup
    18. 38:21 – Nate’s First Pitch in Baltimore
    19. 40:04 – Promotional Efforts & Opening for Other Comics
    20. 43:48 – Beam’s Dream Powder Sponsor Read
    21. 45:10 – Comment Roundup: Great-Grandparents
    22. 46:43 – Comment Roundup: Jeff Doron’s Great-Grandmother & Longevity
    23. 48:44 – Comment Roundup: Alex Pin’s Great-Grandmother & Historical Inventions
    24. 51:53 – Comment Roundup: Aaron’s Hat (Milwaukee Brewers vs. Michigan)
    25. 53:01 – Comics’ Stage Attire and Professionalism
    26. 57:08 – Stage Outfits, Julian, and Michael Jackson’s Lean
    27. 59:17 – Comment Roundup: Ophthalmology & Engagement Photo Compliments
    28. 1:01:19 – Comment Roundup: McDonald’s Meal Number Changes
    29. 1:02:21 – Changing Meal Numbers, Old TV Channels, & Remembering Phone Numbers
    30. 1:04:22 – Proposal Rejection Scenario & Meeting Lydia’s Dad
    31. 1:06:01 – Wedding Proposals, Aaron’s Bombing Set & HelloFresh Sponsor
    32. 1:10:00 – John’s Cowboy Camp Experience
    33. 1:13:13 – History and Definitions of Cowboys & Wranglers
    34. 1:16:06 – Cattle Branding & Friend’s Branding Story
    35. 1:18:24 – John’s Old Hair Logo & Brian’s Logo Ideas
    36. 1:20:22 – I Restore Elite Sponsor Read
    37. 1:22:47 – Cowboy Attire (Chaps), Thunder Down Under & Prop Comedy Ideas
    38. 1:26:25 – Joke Writing vs. Props, Crowd Work & Embarrassing Bombing Story
    39. 1:39:26 – Upcoming Tour Dates, Emmys, & Logos
    40. 1:44:05 – Final Logo Discussion & Farewell
    [Music]
    Hello folks and hey bear. Welcome into the
    Nate Land podcast. Excited to have you here. It’s really going to be a great show. Kick back, settle in. We’ve got a
    lot of things happening here in the Natelland studio located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. at Zy’s Comedy
    Club. Welcome in to the Natland Podcast. I’m Aaron Weber, joined as always by the core of the Natelland podcast, the heart
    of the operation, Brian Bates. All right, sitting at the table next to me. And we are joined this week by an old friend of
    the podcast, a staple of what we’re building here at Neighbor Studios, John
    Christ. Back at it in the building. Thank you for joining us, John. Nate will be here
    shortly. He’ll be here in just a few minutes. Am I the big most repeat guest? I think Greg Warren’s got you beat, but
    you’re you’re fighting your way up to the top. You’ve been here, frankly, too much. Yeah, I agree. But
    yeah, how many times Greg I think you were the 80. I think you
    I think you were the first guest in the new studio here. So, it’s a bit of a homecoming in that regard.
    Yeah. I mean, didn’t we do our one with Dustin and Melissa Nickerson right? I didn’t look into it at all, but I feel
    like you were the first one here in the new studio. So, you ever get invited to something? This This didn’t happen this time, but you
    ever get invited to something, but you’re like, “This is tomorrow.” I think people have been invited.
    I have a joke about it. Okay. Yeah. You’ve been invited early. I get a invite and I’ll open it immediately and there’s already all
    these people who’s responded either yes or no or whatever. And I realized I didn’t make the first cut.
    Yeah. So, I’m only got invited cuz these people said no. I thank them. I had a few people like that in our wedding
    where like some people RSVP node and you’re like, “Oh, some space is cleared up. So now we can invite some people out
    on the fringe.” No, you were an early invite, Brian. Come on. A few things to be aware of here at Nate Land. The ball
    is rolling here. A lot of stuff going on. Nate Land presents the showcase season 3 is here. We’ve had a lot of
    great comedians on it already. I think uh I was just watching uh Nathan Macintosh’s set. That dude is so funny.
    Tune in this week for the premiere of the legendary Yakov Smeirnoff.
    His set is premiering this weekend. He’s done the podcast. You know him, you love him. He had People say it’s one of the better episodes we’ve had in this
    podcast. Yeah. And and um I feel like all we did was just listen to him talk the whole time. So, it’s a little bit of an indictment
    on us that that was everyone’s favorite episode. The one where y’all talk the least.
    But his showcase premieres this Friday night, August 29th. Tune in. Be sure to
    support it, leave a comment, like it, all of that stuff. They’re also going to be taping Nateland is the Ryan Hamilton
    new special for Netflix. Two shows October 4th at the Neptune Theater in
    Seattle. That’s a big deal. You know, anyone could throw something up on YouTube. Neland’s getting stuff on
    Netflix. Why? So that’s what’s up. Is that against me? No, my special’s on on YouTube, too.
    Come on. You’re both losers is what he’s saying. Yeah, I forgot. Yeah. Yeah. my four
    specials on YouTube, dude. So, go see the tape of that. Ryan’s one of the best, man. He did the Nate
    showcase that we did at the Ryan best. He’s one of And I I had never really like watched a full set of his. He’s so funny.
    He’s so funny and such just like a polished like a pro. Yeah, a pro, I guess, is the right word
    for it. So, we got to get back to that. October 4th at the Neptune Theater in Seattle. A few tickets left for the 700
    p.m. show. Tickets still available for the second show at 9:30 p.m. Go be a part of history. Go be a part of comedy
    history and see Ryan Hamilton’s Netflix special taping. But here we are, the
    Nate Land studio waiting on Nate. We’ve been here before.
    Been here. You think by now we’d be able to handle
    this with more grace. But no, we’re still just sitting here waiting on Nate to show up. We’re excited to have you, John. What have you been up to? Save the
    big news for later. Okay. Yeah. When we talk about our weekends. Okay. Yeah. I want to hear about that. Mine’s going to be pretty fast, though.
    Nate’s not going to be interested in ours after. He’s not a gonna be interested in John. But
    if we’re being totally honest, but we have to at least pretend like we’re interested in John.
    Yeah. Uh I was home this weekend. Um Nate uh
    was kind enough to get us tickets to the Titans preseason game. All right. And some of us went, so thanks Nate for
    that. And we got to see the uh premiere of our video. So, if people don’t know, we’re doing uh we recorded a Titans code
    of conduct. I don’t think we’ve talked about it yet on the podcast and I’m a part of this. Yeah. Yeah. I want to get into that,
    too. So, just real brief for people, NFL requires every team to list a few rules,
    uh code of conduct before the game. And it’s obvious stuff like don’t throw anything on the field, don’t fight people, don’t smoke, stuff
    like that. Yeah. And these teams get creative and try to come up with fun ways to put these rules out. So, this year they asked us to do it. This year the Titans
    went the other route. They’ve done song parodies in the past.
    Yeah. The Oakidge boys did this in the past. They did. Yeah. And now they’re all the way down to Natland.
    That’s who they’ve got left in Nashville. So we played uh like NFL studio analyst and went to the Titans studio and got
    dressed up. And let me tell you something. When they showed this Friday night, the crowd went wild. Look at that. I mean
    Oh. Oh, I got it. I got it. I I didn’t know what my part was, but So, okay. You’re in the studio reviewing the
    people’s behavior. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Got it. Got it. Got it. Oh, you haven’t seen it yet. I mean, look at those. People are going nuts. Oh, yeah.
    It was such a big pop. Yeah. That’s wild. I got How How long before the game did they
    play it? Uh, too soon in my opinion. Okay. So, it’s like 2 hours before the game. It looks like it. No, it was uh 6:43 is
    when they showed it for a 7:00 kickoff, but preseason preseason game. Yeah. Yeah, nobody gets
    in their seats early, but you can see right there it’s it’s Nate, Brian, me, and Dusty, and we’re NFL. It was such a fun thing to shoot.
    This is like I’ve always wanted to, you know, sweet be an analyst on one of these shows or
    something, right? Nice and Dusty dressed up. That’s Dusty’s brand.
    Uh I don’t know. You learn to just not ask questions like that after a while. You know what I mean? But
    that is Dusty dressed up. It is funny. I feel like a lot of the comments were like, “It’s very funny that Dusty’s just wearing his normal
    clothes.” So, the three of us are in suits dressing the part and and John’s in it. He gets sacked by a
    couple of the Titans. I’m one of the people doing the bad comments. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The the the plot of it is we’re
    kind of running through some of the infractions you can make in the crowd. We cut to video of people doing stuff
    and John’s one of the guys who gets escorted out of the stadium. There was a cheer in the when they
    showed that. Oh, I mean, people went wild. Boo. Yeah. No, it’s a bunch of people texted me said
    they were they So, I’m guessing I’m going to be getting these every Sunday for two years. I guess only the I guess only the home
    games. Yeah. Yeah. For two seasons they’re going to play this on the jumbotron before every game. It’s a lot of pressure.
    So, it’s super cool. I mean, we were talking about what a cool thing it is. Brian, who’s had season tickets to the
    Titans since they became a team here and you were sitting up with the nosebleleeds and now you’re on the jumbotron before every game.
    Yeah. Dang. What are the What are the odds with all five of us who gets uh who gets canceled? We got to take this video
    down. It’s two years. A two-year cancellation window. What do you mean? Oh, if one of us gets
    c you’re already grandfathered in, I guess
    I think we’re good for a I think we’re good for a while. I’d still put money on John.
    I’m like, hey, we got to take we got to recut the No, we could re-shoot our my scene, though. You could keep y’all.
    He can edit you out more easily than than one of the four of us. Tristan doesn’t have another friend. I don’t know.
    Yeah, Tristan’s in it, too. Tristan, the longtime uh producer of the podcast is in the scene together. Everyone’s in it.
    Adrian, his whole family. Adrian’s in it. Uh Nate’s parents are in it. There’s a lot. They’re ushers.
    Yeah, there’s all kinds of fun little Easter eggs. People in the Natland universe. Chase is in it.
    Oh, yeah. Chase, Nate’s son. Y I guess if you go I guess Nate’s on the
    end and then Dusty’s on the end. So if we did have to re we got those two if
    they cancelled it could survive if one person on the end. Now either of y’all two next season they’re just zoomed into me
    and Brian on there. It’s just if it’s just the two of us. I’ll say this. It’s a much worse sketch if it’s
    just Brian and I. None of the dialogue makes sense at all. But a very cool thing to do. Thank you
    for the Tit The Titans have been real cool to us from day one. I mean, we were in that schedule release video
    last season. The Titan and they send us stuff all the time. So, it’s really cool to have the Titans
    uh on board with what we’re doing. So, uh what we got to overunder on wins for the Titans.
    Overunder on what we want or what we season. It’s five and a half, I think. I like that projection.
    How did How did Cam Ward look? How’s he going to look half? Uh he looked good. I mean, you know,
    yeah, it’s hard to tell a preseason. So many people aren’t even starting, but uh He’s probably not even getting a ton of
    snaps, right? No, he played like two series, maybe. Okay, perfect. Yeah, that’s good. If he got hurt in the preseason game, it’d be
    it’d be bad. It’d be real bad. Well, you guys are in far enough, I feel like. And this might be illegal, but now
    you can you can get a locker room vibe of of the of the overunder. You like, hey, what are we really insider trading?
    Yeah. Well, don’t say it. Don’t document it like that. But if if somebody in there goes, hey, listen, I’ve been to
    all these training camps. I’ve been to all these practice. We are going to be unbelievable. Or yeah, the other way they go 5 and 1/2 take this.
    Mhm. Mhm. Is that the future’s bet right now? The five and a half the over five and a half wins is what they’re projecting.
    So you got to have six. Yeah. Six to six out of That’s a lot of wins. Yeah.
    16 games. That’s a lot of wins. 17 games. Yeah. They only won three this past season, though.
    Uh so that was I did a spot at Zany Saturday night. Um, I do want to mention I was on John’s podcast for two straight
    weeks. Net positive. Oh, yeah. And uh the bad boy of uh podcasting got
    it taken down on Instagram. Wait, what happened? Oh, no. Did you not want to talk about that?
    Well, not not the specifics of it. Oh, but it did get No, we lost our our page.
    170,000. Wait, we got uh we lost our net positive podcast page. Why? Because of Brian. No,
    no, no, no. It wasn’t cuz it sounds worse. It sounds worse. There’s nothing wrong with It’s Don’t We
    think it’s AI just AI. I think it’s AI. Yeah. AI is combing uh all content and
    just we got it removed because of something. It was out of context that was said. Is that what I say? Yeah.
    Okay. So, yeah. I don’t know why you don’t want like makes them worse, but No. But yeah, it does make sound way.
    Yeah. And we did another. So basically my episode was John had people submit questions or cons problems in their
    church and we help them with the answer fictitious. We’re joking helping them. Somebody was like I my pastor invited me
    out to lunch and then he made me pay. What should I do? Stuff like that. I’ll just say if you can cut it you can
    cut this out if you want it. Basically, one of the questions was, “My children’s pastor uh is on Instagram wearing bikini
    pics.” Mhm. And what should I what should we confront him? And I think AI found those
    words. Confront him. Is a dude wearing bikinis? No, a girl. Yeah, maybe. Yeah, it it’s a girl probably. But yeah.
    Okay. Then AI, I think, founded that that sentence and shut down the whole thing. Oh [ __ ]
    Does that make sense? Yeah. which yeah, you can cut that if you want to, but that Yeah, it does make it sound way worse if it’s like
    I don’t know if that would have been my clip for the week, but [Laughter]
    that was a bold choice on your part, John. Well, another clip he had where he just
    basically berates the nice people who makes fun of no. There was one.
    Yeah, there was one clip that we chose. That is that is the great Yeah. Yeah.
    Yeah. about, you know, someone is in a singles ministry. There’s there is no singles ministry. She said, you know, at her
    church and it needs to be. And John’s like, “Oh, you’re single. It’s for a reason. It’s not because of Wow.” No, I didn’t say it like that.
    You said that to the guy who was single till he’s 48. I know. I know. Then then he comes off looking like the good guy. Yeah, exactly.
    Oh, we love Brian. Oh, that’s what happens every Nateland moment is we look like the jerks and then Brian pops in and they go, “Oh,
    funny how that works.” Did you do that on other people’s? We We I feel like we’ve done that in our group
    text. go. This is the clip. I know. Like, you know, of like Yeah,
    I know. And I think that when I’m when we clip ours right after we go and they go, “This is what? This is the clip.”
    Sometimes it’s hard sometimes. Yeah. It’s hard sometimes. Mhm. Um I was in Lel. Do you have more you
    want to talk about? No. I was in Lel, Arkansas at the Grove Move Comedy Club. Shout out Bill.
    Uh shout out Bill Adams, man. We had a fun uh weekend. Sold out a show. I’d never sold out a show. It was pretty
    fun. The other shows were not well, but uh they were pretty not. But
    the one that was sold out was uh a lot of fun. Thank you to everybody that came. I threw out the first pitch at the
    uh Arkansas Naturals game, the Northwest Arkansas Naturals game.
    It’s amazing. I always try to set this up and you always think it’s going to be a bigger deal
    than it is. And I got there and they were borderline annoyed that I was there. Like there was
    there was three other people that threw out the first pitch with me and they were all little kids.
    You’re like Andy Reed. You see that video of Andy Reid? Yeah. Playing football.
    Yeah. Around the little kids. Well, I was like, it’ll be a fun thing. I like the idea of the game was at 6 and
    the show started at 6:30. So, I was like, let’s all go over. We’ll do this first pitch and then go run and
    make the show. Who’s Let’s All. Yeah. Me and the other comics guy. Flake was with me and guy named Michael Blank from
    Kansas City. So I say we’ll go hang out at the game. We’ll get our free Bobby Wit Jr. bobblehead at the game and see
    me throw the first pitch and we’ll head over to the game. Well, they were worried. Everybody started to be worried it’d be a little
    too close to showtime. So when I had to go to this game alone by by myself.
    That’s tough. And you know it’s three kids that are like adorable. Their their first pitch
    was like 5 ft from the plate and the crowd went a and then I had to go up and
    I threw as hard as I could and it was not a good pitch. I slipped a little on the mound. Almost fell. I’ll tell you
    this. No excuses, bro. No. Next time I throw the first pitch, I’m tucking my shirt in. I’ll say that. I learned the hard way.
    I learned the hard way. You got to tuck the shirt in when you when you throw real Instagram took down the video.
    The best part. Same reasons. The best part is, you know, they were just cuz there’s four first pitches.
    They’re rattling off these intros. So, they just said, “And Aaron Weber
    representing the Grove Comedy Club.” So, these people don’t even know I’m a
    comedian. They’re like, “Does this guy just dishwasher at the Like, why is this guy out here?
    You have You have other credits that are bigger than that stuff you could have said.” Yeah. If you were saying stuff,
    I sent him a whole intro. Everybody there was nice, but it was just uh you think it’s going to be way more than it is. Do you want the full intro after
    three kids go? Yeah. Yeah. Something, dude. At least reset the room. I had a late show I was trying to sell.
    Reset the room. Uh, and I wasn’t even last. There was a kid that pitched after me, too.
    You were in the middle. I was in the middle. Oh, that’s tough. That first pitch feature
    for a eight-year-old. The first pitch. So, I threw I threw the pitch. The It was one of the coaches caught it and he
    was like, “Still.” He goes pitch. He goes, “It’s a little high.” He goes, “A little high.” I would have swung. He was cool. And then I grabbed my ball and
    then I had to run out to the parking lot and get in the car and drive and make like a What kind of car?
    My car that I My car. Oh, you didn’t rent a car. That’s like a Ford Focus out there. Yeah. Yeah, that’s
    good. I drove my car. I drove That’s better than eight and a half hour drive. Yeah. And uh Now, why do you fly to Fateville? Is it
    just easier to drive? Boom. How about that? I got my own little easier to drive tour around here. Come
    on. Is that Is it just easier to You can’t fly Southwest. You can’t fly Southwest in the Northwest Arkansas.
    So, I was like, I’d have to buy me and Jay’s ticket. So, I was like, let’s just drive. Make Jay drive.
    I could make Jay drive. Easier for Jay to drive tour. Yeah. Anyway, it was a fun weekend. Thank you
    to everybody came out. A lot of uh really nice people. Uh the meet and greet lines are like fun. People that
    listen to the podcast are so nice and you know, they talk about Yeah. how they listen to it. And anyway, it
    just means a lot. It was a It was a fun weekend. There’s been There’s been a couple uh uh bad It’s I I I feel like throwing up the
    first pitch or doing anything baseball related is similar to uh I’ve asked like country artists about singing the
    national anthem. They’re like it could only go wrong. That’s true. Like uh what’s her name from uh Caller
    Daddy with the Cubs recently. Oh, and then uh what are you talking about? Didn’t she do the uh the uh the whatever
    the seventh inning stretch game or or Oh, she saying Caroline. Yeah. One of them. And everybody’s like like I
    Sweet Carolyn, take me out to the ball game in the seventh inning stretch. Uh the Red Sox do that, but
    Oh, okay. I don’t know if it’s during the seventh inning. So, I’ve thrown out my my team is the Braves and I have uh uh the Sounds here.
    Not But I’ve thrown out the first. I don’t I don’t think I would. Oh, I’m trying competitor
    all 150. I’ve done three. Not me. I was supposed to do minor league’s different. I well all
    majors and all minor leagues. I’m trying to do it. I’ve done three. I got 147 to go. I went to Tulsa and the game got
    rained out for my first so I couldn’t do that one. But I could count that if you count that. I’ve done four. M because
    minor leagues they feed into Yeah. I’m not trying to don’t No, I know all the major league teams are listening to this
    like shoot. I was going to say don’t call me. They’re not calling you anyway, dude. I I’m going to stay in the Braves only.
    I’ll do it again for the Braves. I won’t do anybody else. I’m doing the Phillies, bro. I’d ra
    I’ll go do the Phillies. No way. I’m not going to wear the jersey, but I’ll I’ll never double cross the team that I grew
    up with by throwing at the first pitch, especially anyone the Mets. Absolutely not. Absolutely not.
    All right. A man of principle. I respect it. I am now
    as of right now. Yeah. As of as this weekend, starting today, I’m going to the White Sox game this
    weekend. I asked if I could throw out first pitch and they’re like, “Yeah, sorry. Already full.” I thought about asking when I was there,
    but it was Derrick Rose was throwing it out and they were like, “All right, well, he’s pretty big.” They alluded to the fact they have a few
    people doing it cuz I think often it is a few people, right? Yeah. But then there’s like a headliner.
    You were there opening weekend, I think. So, they probably got a big act. I’m like, come on. It’s late August,
    but they still said no. Did you hit up the guy, our mutual? He Yeah, he hit me up. Oh, cool. Yeah, he’ll take good care of
    you. Well, there’s like a there’s like a first like a minor league first pitch drug dealer. Like hit up my guy, dude.
    Where are you going? The I I got a White Sox guy. I can the Tulsa Drillers. I got you, dude.
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    Well, let me say I was texting before we get into your weekend. I was texting John this weekend something about this
    podcast and some just ran and he was either very slow to reply or didn’t
    reply at all and I’m just like all right he’s shooting the Cracker Barrel sketch so I’ll just let him do his thing. I just assumed right
    Cracker Barrel be like he’s got he’s he’s got overalls on right now. I guarantee you shoot me something.
    But uh then once once I found the the news about his weekend I’m like okay well he was a little busy
    right earlier thanked up. So tell us about your weekend. That’s how you’re going to promote it.
    Well, let me No, I’ll say I’ll say something else. Erin, before he talks about his news, how did you find out?
    Oh, no. Oh, this will be a fun Yeah. Yeah. John. Well, I I I knew you want to just talk
    about that after. Okay. John. Yeah. I got engaged to a woman. All right.
    A woman this time, folks. No. Is that what you wanted me to say? That was a surprise. Congratulations.
    I didn’t say it right. Hey, dude. I made it. Now it’s got engaged. Now it’s five white five married white
    guys on this pod. Yeah. Talking about telling the world how it should be, you know.
    Yeah. Well, you’re not going to be a regular, but Oh, I thought I Oh, yeah. Yeah. Don’t
    get too comfortable. Oh, sorry. Sorry. My bad. I was too much. I was too much. Yeah. Yeah. Congratulations. I got Congrats to my uh
    girlfriend. How’s it feel to your fiance? Unbelievable, man. My fiance now. Tell us about it,
    man. Okay. I think I was I I surprised her too much.
    Oh, really? Like if she if we were on the way over there and somebody’s like, “Hey, this is a fake event. You’re getting engaged.”
    She’d be like, “No, I’m not.” Cuz you did such a good job. We had like 97 layers. I It was at the
    symphony. The funniest part, we’ll laugh at this. I’m glad Nate’s not here for this, but uh I said me and
    Brian Dorfman, the uh from uh Outback, who is own Zanies, we created the uh
    Comedy Impact Awards at at the Shimmer Horn at the Symphony. You created a fake event.
    Yeah. At the symphony. Wow. The guys on my podcast like a little egotistical to make an awards for you.
    Wait, so the cover was that you were receiving an award? Yeah.
    Not that. Not that. No, wait. It gets worse. It gets way worse, dude. I was like, I was going to
    be How did that not send up any red flag for She knew the whole time. I bet
    she’s playing along with you. Okay. Well, I thought I thought that.
    Yeah. So, I go, it’s the Comedy Impact Awards and I go I don’t know what this says
    about me or what I thought about. I go, they’re giving me an award for a a comedian of the quarter. Cuz I was like,
    comedian of the year? She’d be like, “Why isn’t it Nate?” Like, she wouldn’t. And why is it in August? Yeah. Why is it in August?
    I was like, “Last like Q1.” I’m like the Q1 comedian of the fiscal quarter. John
    Chris. You mean for the century? Yeah. They were like, “Come.” They were like, “Well, you can’t.” I was like,
    “I’m accepting an award on behalf of Nashville Comedy.” Oh, okay. I was like, and I’m
    like comedian of the So the like, well, she would have been like, “Is Nate is Laura going?” Cuz Nate was on the road,
    but he’s like, “Is Laura?” Then so I got Laura I called Laura. Yeah. And she was like, “Okay, I’ll get her in
    what outfit.” And then Lucy was also involved. That’s probably how you heard how he heard about it. That’s how I found out about it. Yeah.
    No, that’s not what do you mean? I think Brian’s upset that he I mean Brian found out about an hour ago that
    I was leaving church and a random woman said, “I saw you on John’s podcast.
    Y’all must be good friends.” I’m like, “We’re great friends.” And she was like, “So you at the engagement party?” I’m like, “What’s
    that?” She’s like, “Oh, John Chris got engaged this weekend.” There’s no party. There’s no party.
    And I’m like, “What?” And then I immediately text Aaron. He’s like, “Oh, yeah, I know.” No, because we had to be involved. Aaron
    had to be involved and Nate had to be involved. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I found out from a random lady at my church in the parking lot.
    Yeah, that’s I don’t know how she found out. I mean, she was at the party, but ladies and gentlemen, was there welcome
    in to the Nland podcast, Nate Baretti. Congrats, buddy. I don’t You texted me and I knew what
    happened and yeah, I don’t know if I texted you back. I figured here.
    I had to We had to involve Lori in it. I was like, “Why Laura shouldn’t tell Nate?” I told Nate. Yeah.
    Yeah. Yeah. I knew about it. like a week ago during the week or something like that. You know, something like that. So, you had the symphony hall rented
    like rented out. Oh, yeah. We rented the whole thing. Was the actual symphony there, too? Yeah. A couple pieces of it. Wow.
    I want to get the whole thing. The whole the whole symphony was like You negotiated. Yeah. You go, I’ll take the flute stuff.
    I don’t think we You go. Yeah. How much is the flute stuff? How much is just the flute stuff? Is it
    What is that one? The whole uh can I have one trombone? And they go, Trombones are
    trombone. That guy’s expensive. Let me hear it without the trombone. Well, how expensive can the trombone?
    Who’s the most expensive? They go trumpets or Tony? I don’t think you don’t need a Tony.
    You don’t need a Tony. The lead the lead violinist is She’s got a thing this weekend. We got the the
    second. Yeah. Yeah. Second chair. I don’t know if she would have even came in. She practicing helping you up there.
    Lead violin would have been uh the future. And then uh Yeah. Yeah. I mean,
    how many pieces did you have? We had we It’s like a Well, they were like, “Well, you don’t want the the
    symphony as in with the uh like the union or something.” They were like, “How about we you just get your own
    symphony?” Your own symphony, but then you do you know what to ask for for the symphony?
    Well, give me like a give me like a How much is a I feel like it’s KFC. How much for a six piece?
    Yes. Yeah. Let me get But no, but is there someone that you talk to that says that you Yeah. Yeah, they were kind of like like a price point.
    Yeah. I was like, “What?” They were like, “What do I need? It’s a symph. It’ll sound full.” If one person’s playing a recorder, you could
    hear it in the place. What song were they playing? Morgan Wallen, something like that.
    The Lion King. The Lion King. Not too many people. They playing Y. They play like Y’all
    song. They played uh Steady Love by Ben Recctor, The Goodness of God. Uh and then they played the uh You’re going to
    make fun of me for this, but I don’t care. the theme song for uh How to Train Your Dragon. I mean, that’s one of the best
    soundtracks of all time. Is it? Yeah. The score is unbelievable. Oh, yeah. Cuz I got that was a little bit of a reach. I got this next song. I hope
    you’re DJing. No. I go They had to learn for this next one. Oh, yeah. They had to learn it.
    She goes, “Is this the How to Train Your Dragon theme?” I go, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Game on.” Did she have to sit as all three played?
    Well, did y’all just have to stand there? Yeah. Three songs.
    So like there’s a lot going on like 12 minutes. That’s why you’re on the ground. One of them you’re walking up to it, right?
    Yeah. First time you’re walking up. Is it like as soon as y’all walked in the it’s that’s the surprise or was the
    reveal later at the altar or the stage? No, this they were playing before they had like a cue when we pulled in the
    parking lot. Start playing. Oh, I see a symphony. Remember back. What if you just didn’t do Ask her?
    I like all this. And he’s like, I just thought it’d be a good date night.
    Well, everybody wants to be surprised. So I try. I was I thought I was like, “Dude, I should take her Every woman is
    going to turn off the podcast. Like, I should take her to the Eiffel Tower like a week before just to like see it
    just to fake her out a bit.” To fake her out. Yeah. And not do it. Not do it.
    Yeah. And she’d be like I was like, “Did she think it was coming?” No. Cuz I she No. Not No.
    No. Because he told her he was getting comedian of the century. Yeah. I did know that. And a comed
    comedy award. Yeah. I I was getting an award. Yeah, you were getting an award. Yeah, you No, you were saying you were getting
    an award. Was I lesser than you? I was getting
    runner up comedian of the century. It’s his fantasy, Nate. Let him do what he wants.
    And then you had Yeah. You had Laura accepting my award cuz I couldn’t be there that weekend. So, you were on tour. Yeah.
    Yeah. I don’t know if I would have went if I’m not even the top award. I was I was third fourth down because I was barely I
    was barely getting an award. You weren’t doing a guest spot. Was Lucy accepting for Aaron. Yeah. Hannah for Dusty. And then I had a lady
    at my church tell me. Yeah. Then Bates was wide open for his and I really was home.
    I could have been there. You didn’t even give Bates a fake award? Well, I should have. Yeah, I should have listed. That would have probably been a tip.
    We had a whole run of show and all. Did you have like a graphic made for this? Yes. Yeah. My publicist was like, “Send
    it to Lydia. Like, here’s the here’s when you need to be there. Here’s what Oh, that’s pretty. I mean, that’s awesome, dude. There were so many people involved.” But
    I was like, “If I said comedian national comedian of the year, even
    though this is a fantasy situation, she would not have believed that for you to win that.”
    Yes. Maybe come back. What did you say you were winning? Nashville Comedy Impact Award. Comedian
    of the quarter. Quarter. of the quarter. That’s unbeliev Like
    that is that is like a reasonable the Q3. Yeah. You’re like I guess he’s had a
    strong February uh because
    it’s just like how was it all going? You’re like his April was great. Pretty solid. I didn’t see much quarter.
    The front quarter the first quarter I think. Q Yeah. Q2 I guess. Q Q1. Q Oh, you went Q1.
    So we’re two Q’s behind these awards. They do they do them late. Yeah. She never heard of the comedy comedy impact.
    I thought you literally meant quarter like the first 25 years of the quarter century.
    Yeah. I thought you were saying that about 2025. Yeah. Well, I haven’t been touring that long. You just meant the first quarter of
    2025. January, February, March. Yeah. And I still even in this fantasy world, I couldn’t get on the list for that.
    Did you tour a lot during that time? Um half and half. Yeah. You’ve been on the road. Oh, January. Yeah. Isn’t there in the in
    the office? It’s like in in Dwight’s dream, he’s like the assistant, original manager.
    He runs a bed and breakfast in hell. Like even in your fantasy 80 grand. Yeah, exactly.
    He did uh what’s that real life? That video game uh uh that was so popular where he played himself.
    What was it called? Second Life. Second Life. Second Life. Yeah, he was just the same. Yeah, he was the same guy. Yeah. Yeah.
    So I I I do like that quarter. Comedian of the quarter.
    Comedian of the quarter. Nashville. Yeah. Well, Nashville Comedy Impact. I mean, that it would be
    right before you came in, Nate. John was like, “I’m glad Nate’s not here for this part of it.” And then you showed up
    right after that cuz she would be like, if I was like the comedian of the year, she goes, “Well,
    why wouldn’t it be Nate?” That would be her first question. Yeah. But it would for No, I’d be too
    small still. Yeah. You would, but you would just say you would say Nate won it last year, so
    it’s they can’t sc she was under the impression that all
    the venues in town that Outback books comedy and we’re going to be there. So like the Opry, Bridgestone, the Ryman,
    TV. Have you even played Nashville? Not in a while. So you haven’t even So you you’re
    Good thing she didn’t ask any questions. Yeah. So you’ve won the comedy impact of Nashville. Have not played Nashville.
    So, what impact have you had on Nashville except I do the Nate Land Live?
    You live here? Yeah, I guess you do our show at the last on our show.
    Monday nights. I’ve been big I’m big in the lab. But you had to make sure there’s a lot
    went into this cuz she’s a journalist. Like she can she can call her her GM and be like, “Hey, put
    her on like a breaking story.” But there was she would not buy that if I was like, “Hey, you got to go to the
    symphony because it’s blowing up.” Or I don’t know how it would be. They wouldn’t send her. You wouldn’t do it.
    Tell her there’s a murder at the symphony. Yeah, that would be terrible. And then she shows up excited cuz it’s a
    big It’s a big breaking story. There was a murder and earthquake at the symphony. Murder and earthquake.
    Oh gosh. Just at the symphony. Just at the symphony. All right, I’ll go right there. Yeah.
    And then she runs in. bulletproof vest on. Yeah. One time bulletproof vest. Guns
    drawn. Oh, this is She’s like, “Oh, I thought I was going to win an Emmy for this story.” Yeah, this is a let down.
    Hi. Yeah, there’s nobody in there. It’s a symphony playing. Yeah, it’s just a symphony.
    Yeah. Uh, you made the right call. Symphony player and you have a Comedy Impact trophy next to you.
    I also thought about trying to get her in one of my videos, but then propose like, “Hey, we’re doing a video.
    Can you be in the video?” Yeah, that would You know what? That’s not bad. Like, if you were Yeah, I think if you were 28.
    Well, she is, so it’ been perfect.
    It would have worked down to her. I would have preferred that. Yeah. Yeah.
    proposals. I did proposals be like and then it’s real. She’s like, “Wait, is
    this a bit? Is this the bit?” No, no, no. This is This part’s real. Yeah. That’s awesome, man. Congratulations,
    dude. Pictures look uh look awesome. Got to set a date. Um, no, dude. We just figured out this
    last two nights. We did We did go to Morgan Wallins after his bar. Yeah,
    this this bar. This bar. What did you do? Just you know celebrate celebrate
    celebrate on the top floor. Ernst is who was all there.
    Ernest Ernest. We were all there brother. Yeah. Was he there?
    Wasn’t there. Ernst. Yeah. We tried to Yeah. Uh Dusty one
    that looks Hardy. Yeah. Hardy. Yeah. What? He looks like Dusty. all your close friends as you all just go
    and go, “Well, we’re all best buds, man. We’re all here.” Yeah, it was unbelievable. Oh, we had to
    go down here. This photo right here, we had to go down by the river. Yeah. To get the uh we got the we got the
    photographer to convince us to go down to the river. And then in the back there, you can barely see it. That red on the water.
    That is uh the 47 person pontoon saloon that uh circled around right there. And
    then I go turn around and all of her friends and family were uh really Oh, really? on that pontoon. That
    pontoon. Yeah. And she didn’t know that. No, she didn’t know that. But it was she’s a little uh without her
    glasses, she can’t see in the dark, so she couldn’t see anybody. That makes all this a lot easier.
    I had to plan. Well, I was also going to do uh we were laughing about this on our podcast this morning. I was going to
    She’s a big Arkansas Razerback fan. I I tried to get the mascot to be dancing on
    the side of the river while we were going up to the theme song. And who didn’t you call?
    Me? Yeah, there’s a lot of people involved in this.
    How long has this been in the works? It sounds like quite an operation. Four months. Yeah, I’ve been off work. I’ve been doing everything since May.
    So, Well, and you got the comedy impact. Not Q3. Q3 is going to be tough.
    Q3 is going to be Q3. You’ve been off work. Yeah. I’ve been off work. You took off for
    like a How long did you take off from standup after your last two weeks? The last tour. Uh technically I was It
    was a a year, but it’s like I did clubs and stuff. Well, who’s who what’s everybody here’s
    the longest time from standup to standup voluntarily? Oh, okay. That’s different.
    Yeah. I I mean maybe a month since you started standup.
    Three weeks. Month and a half. Even doing a show any any on stage with a microphone doing
    comedy at all. I don’t know if it’s ever been a month. Never. Never. Brian, I’ve gone up and did something.
    Yeah. I did show two weeks when my daughter was born. Yeah. I was about a little over a month
    when the baby was born. Yeah. Way longer than co was only a few weeks.
    Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. Since the Tonight Show, I didn’t I haven’t done it since. And I’m breaking
    the fast tonight. Oh, well I think you going up here tonight. I think so. Yeah. All right. Nice. I’m back. Co Q4 is going to be
    put me in the running for Q4. Comedy impact. Oh, you think we mentioned Dusty? Dusty is uh he’s doing Kill Tony. He’s a
    panelist on Kill Tony. Oh, I got to call him. Is he really tonight? I got to call him. I got Oh, wow. I didn’t know that.
    I didn’t know that either. Dusty doesn’t tell us much. He doesn’t. No. See, it’s like it’s like I’m like you to
    Yeah. Yeah. You see where you see how’d you find out? You just talked to him. Dusty just tell me. Yeah. Wow. That would have been nice. Nice.
    Send a little text. You can do both, can’t you? I guess you got to go down there. Yeah, it’s a Monday. Yeah.
    Yep. It’s the same It’s similar similar podcast. So, uh, this one.
    Yeah. Aaron threw out a first pitch in Arkansas. Almost fell. Had a bunch of kids. First pitch
    Baltimore. Yeah. How’d it go? Uh, good. I hit the I’ll be there was a little bounce, but it was a sinker and I
    think you would have swung at us. He threw He threw a sinker. You would have swung at it. That’s what I started telling. I told I
    said that night on stage, anybody that comes up and they go, “Uh, how was your first pitch?” I just go, “You would have
    swung. You would have swung.” Yeah. No matter who they are, it’s a regular person. Person you don’t even know. Let me tell you what, you would have swung.
    Do the sinker. Uh, the grip with that ball. How’d you hold that sinker? Well, I don’t I do it more of a visual,
    not feel it. Yeah. One eye closed. It was right over the It was right over the plate.
    Okay, that’s good. Uh and then it was I’m at a show. We went over there. It was pretty cool. I
    mean, we went back there. Uh met, you know, got to
    Yeah, the Orioles. I mean, I have always liked the Orioles. I like I just like their uniforms. I love the Camden Yards.
    Awesome. Camden Yards is sweet. And so it was fun. I mean, they So, I went out and did that and went and did a
    show and uh yeah, I think they’re figuring out like I kind of like this idea when they’re if
    it’s real near the place when it’s like right before the show, you’re like that’s kind of fun cuz you just get to kind of run in and
    do it and then go. Uh but yeah, you ever done something promotional that
    you’re like this isn’t going to help that you know if it’s like you’re trying to sell to you’re like you’re probably
    but you’re like you always go to the morning radio or you’re like there’s no way someone’s listening to this and that’s going to buy tickets
    and then it’s coming to the thing. Yeah. The Warriors that’s different cuz you’re playing and they’re already at the game.
    So that’s not to promote the show. No, it’s not to promote the show. It’s like they’re it’s uh but Yeah. Yeah.
    Yeah. Yeah. When you do morning radio Yeah. There’s a lot of times when you do stuff that you’re like, “No one’s going
    to listen to this.” I I’ve done one I remember doing a I think I’ve talked about St. Louis.
    I did a guy’s live stream show and there’s one person watching it and it was me on my phone in the room.
    So, yeah. I didn’t think that was going to move tickets when I go, let me see how this looks. Yeah.
    One viewer. Oh, was that when I was with you? Uh maybe. We did. I went with you once in St.
    Louis to We sat there a while. Yeah. with uh the other guy from uh that
    movie Placing Saddles. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He was on it. We sat there forever.
    And then this guy is like there were It was one of those where the club they in
    a million years should never have been like, “Yeah, the comic can go.” Yeah. Yeah.
    But they were like, “Yeah, go to this.” And we’re like, “All right.” And we go, we sat there and it’s like one you’re like, “It’s taken forever.” Mhm.
    And then I I remember it had one view cuz I was watching it and I I was like, I’m the only one watching this
    and this is live. This isn’t for later. This is live. It’s it’s live and it’s for this weekend. Uh so yeah,
    I like it when you do stuff and then they’re like like people recogn
    or or they’re like, “You know me from that?” Some random podcast. You’re like, “What?
    That’s where you found me? Why? Mine would be Nessen. New England Sports Network. There was a
    sports They did a sports comedy show once and it was the brutal name. Uh well, it’s the name of their channel.
    N Yeah. I’m sorry. I don’t They probably don’t say messing with the boys.
    Nessn Sports Network. It’s like saying espen, right?
    Yeah. I guess they don’t do that. Uh, but it’s uh I would I did that and it
    was the only thing I’ve ever done where I did not have a single human
    say I saw it ever. No mention on Twitter. Nothing.
    Nothing. Absolutely not. I didn’t have just a sing, you know, usually you’re
    like even comedy.tv and that kind of stuff. You have laughs on Fox. They’re like we saw
    I never did that, but it was like Did you do it? Yeah, a couple times. Comics Unleashed. I did Comics Unleashed.
    You did? Yeah, we got to find that episode. Yeah, I’ll look for it. Uh, find it.
    What year? I don’t know. 2007. Probably 2017.
    No, no, no, no. It was later. Okay. I never got I never got anything early. I got it all later.
    And I did it cuz I was like I just wanted it. Like they asked I the time they asked I probably wouldn’t have I
    wasn’t where I wasn’t known but I was like touring and doing enough stuff I’
    been like you know selling some tickets and it was like we’re moving I probably wouldn’t have done it except I wanted to
    like I was like well I want to feel what it feels like cuz it’s so awkward of a show right
    um did you ever get anybody ever notice you from or remember you from when you opened for somebody
    we found you lot Chris Rock Marin I’ve had a lot of people come to shows and they tell me, “I saw you open for
    Rock or Mar.” Really? Yeah. Yeah. Angel. Yeah. I’ve had a lot of that.
    Yeah. Where people have come. That stuff that stuff does help. Yeah.
    Now you Now you’re out of that. Unfortunately, they were like, “Oh, we now it’s we all we already knew about Nate from before.”
    They’re like, “Dude, we heard about you in like 2025.” Like, “Where were you?” It’s good to be out. Yeah. Uh,
    go. You know, Aaron, people think podcasting’s just talking to a mic.
    Mhm. But, you know, like I do, our brains don’t shut off when we turn this mic off
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    no, we haven’t done this. Let’s get in the comments. Start off with the comments. Uh, Josh Clemens, I knew seven of my
    greatgrandparents. Five of them lived at least until I was in college, and the fine one passed
    shortly after my 35th birthday. Wow. Uh, John, do you know any of your
    great-grandparents? Gaga. Yeah, I knew her. That’s what we called her. I don’t know what her name
    was. Yeah. Yeah. Your great-grandmother. You don’t know. Yeah. No. No. We knew that’s what her
    name was. Going to Gaga’s house. So, you knew her? Yeah, kind of. But she was like a hundred. Yeah. Can you take take a guess on last
    name? Maybe. It wasn’t Chris. Okay. Yeah, cuz it was on the other side. I
    don’t even know what her full name was. You don’t know your mom’s name. This guy’s lying. You don’t want to give that out. That’s
    the answer to everything. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah, that’s a security question. Good point. Mhm. No, there’s no way this is true.
    Seven great grandparents. I knew I mean you have you I don’t know why this guy would be lying with their first
    You thought eight out of eight. That didn’t sound real, but seven out of eight. Some Well, somebody’s having a kid at at
    in their teen years. Well, probably back then. Yeah, everybody did. What do you mean back then? This guy’s alive now. This guy’s our age.
    I know that. But his great-grandparents probably had kids when they were teens and then they may have had kids when they were teens,
    right? So that’s how they were still around. Dang. Let me think. One, two, one, two,
    two, two and a half. Two half. Uh, let’s see. Am I? Uh, let’s see. One, two. Yeah, there are some conflicting
    news on one side of the family. I’m going to say two. Two total.
    Two is pretty good. Two is more than most people get, I think. Jeff, you want to read the Jeff?
    Oh, Jeff Doron. Jeff Doron. Dorion
    Dwarn. My great-grandmother passed away in 2011, two weeks shy of her 112th
    birthday. Wow. Wow. She was born in 1899 and briefly held the title as the oldest living Canadian.
    She was in good health, well into her 100s, which is the only way I would want to live to 100. She was married for
    nearly 40 years when her husband died, ended up being a widow for longer than she was married. Now that I believe. Yeah,
    that story I believe. Yeah, man. That is wild. Know for longer than you’re married. It’s crazy. What do you call somebody in their
    hundreds? We talked about octogenarian was in there, right? Centarian. Yeah. I wonder how she died.
    Tragically skydiving accident on the treadmill. John, you think you’ll make it uh
    50 year wedding anniversary? Uh let’s see. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 50.
    Well, she will easily go on. That’s what I’m getting at. I’m not going to make it to mine.
    50. Not. Yeah. You’re not going to make it to yours for sure. 40. Oh, you might be there. You’re healthy. We would both have to be pretty old,
    though. I’m doing great. Yeah. Yeah. I would say if you could rule out Would you pay 50 grand to rule out like let’s
    say the top 10 most common ways to die? 50 grand?
    Would No, hold on. Hold on. Would you pay 50 grand to eliminate one of them? Can you do more than one? Yeah.
    Okay. So, you go take like cardiac arrest out of So, then you can start eating all you whatever you want.
    Yeah. Wouldn’t that be awesome? I like liver failure to start. You’re not going to die of liver failure. You might get you might hit
    somebody in your car drunk on the way home, but you will not. You know what I’m saying? Yeah. Yeah. If you knew cancer gone 50 grand, you’re gone.
    No more suntan lotion. Who are you giving this money to? Yeah. Oh, I don’t know. Maybe the research
    Alex, you would know. Alex Pin. My favorite fun fact is that my great-g
    grandandmother lived in three different centuries. Born in 1897, passed away in
    2000. Thinking about how much the world changed during her lifetime always blows my mind. Love you guys and looking
    forward to seeing Aaron when he comes to Albany in October. All right, see you out there, Alex. 1897 to 2000.
    Well, completely different world. The the century started January 1st, 2001.
    So, sorry, Alex. She was just a little short.
    Didn’t make it. What was happening in 1897? A car. No. No cars. Yeah. When was the Model T?
    1908 or something. Early 1900s. Yeah. Model the Model I mean, electricity was just becoming a
    thing, I think. Dude, if I was Henry Ford, I’d be pissed. 1908 was the Model T was invented. So
    that’s you started to see cars. People were walking for the entirety of
    human history. Yeah. This guy invented a car. A guy invented a plane like a year later. He doesn’t
    get Yeah. But they’re just like, “Hey, that thanks for that.” But I would argue Mercedes Benz should
    have a bigger argument because I think they’re actually the ones that invented the car, but we all associate with Henry Ford. Well, he was the first guy to
    massproduce it to where it was the first affordable mass-produced automobile here. So
    Mhm. Yeah. This is this is when cars became like families could have it. Mhm.
    You know, everything in history it’s all you realize everything unbelievable. Electricity, the light bulb, the car,
    the airplane, the it was all invented within a couple hundred miles of here.
    Couple hundred years. A couple a couple hundred miles of it’s all invented on the east coast in America.
    Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Most a lot of I don’t trust history books is what I’m saying.
    Oh because well because this was no one was on the other side yet.
    Yeah. But no you don’t think anyone in China was like working on this or in Germany. They added gunpowder.
    Yeah. Who? China. They their history books does not say Henry Ford. I promise. You know, talk
    about the Model T. No shock. Oh, you’re saying I see what you’re getting. I see. I bet everybody has their It’s like the winner gets to say what the
    Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We get to write the history books. Yeah. Yeah. We Yeah. But you’re saying they’re claiming that they won.
    Who? Their Henry Ford won. Yeah. I’m saying in China or there’s other developed countries. Yeah. And
    they were like, “No, we a couple hundred miles from here.” Actually, everything Jack Kia
    Jack I don’t know. Yeah. Made it somewhere What’s a Chinese car? Uh, they have a lot of Yeah, those
    Japanese. Sorry. What’s Chinese? Yeah, I don’t know. Mitsubishi.
    Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Is it Fiat? I don’t know. Fiat. No, I don’t think so. Honda. Honda Accord.
    Mini Coupe. Yeah. Ford sounds American.
    We’re on Denise. Denise. Thank you, Jeff Doran. Alex Pin. Uh, Denise. Dice. Thank you, Nate, for
    shutting down the folded paper talk. All right, John, how many folds?
    Oh, no. I saw this clip. I saw this clip. I want to keep it going. Yeah, it’s not fun.
    Uh, let’s bring it back. Matt Leroy, am I the only one that
    noticed Mr. Catholic himself, the Weber Grill, was wearing a Michigan hat? Are
    you one of the simpleans now? No, no, no, no. I would never wear a Michigan hat. That was a Milwaukee
    Brewers hat for that I got when we went to the Brewers game and Nate threw out the first pitch. And I wasn’t going to
    get it until we met the head coach and we met a lot of the players and everybody was awesome and I was like I’ll get a hat.
    You’re you’re that’s you’re getting older and that’s the that’s the phase of getting old. I just did shows in Ohio
    State. It was unbelievable. And it’s like that I went and got the whole tour like I gota go on the field and just
    everybody that works there you’re like yeah you can’t help but you know and people are the Michigan obviously that
    whole thing but you’re just like I you like I love it. I love that they’re, you know, they don’t mention it. They don’t
    call, they call it the school up north, all that stuff. And but it’s just very fun that you’re like, “Oh, yeah. I could
    see, you know, it’s just funny.” John was saying he would never you would never wear
    anything Mets or Phillies. I would throw out a first pitch. I would I throw the first pitch for the Braves. I would never throw out the
    first pitch for another baseball team. I understand that. I don’t think I would do anything for Tennessee. Like
    Yeah. Right. Right. Right. It’s a team you actually care But I’m just saying I wouldn’t if I was a Michigan fan, I wouldn’t do the Ohio State. But I’m
    saying as you get older, you just tend to like you lax up on that stuff a little.
    Yeah. Like overall you’re just kind of like, you know, I just want good games, right? Yeah. But never with Michigan.
    What about What about on uh I think I’ve seen you I could be wrong on stage doing
    something to the of the local sports team. Yeah. I got That’s a big thing in comedy now. Yeah. What
    wearing something of the local team on stage? comedy. Yeah. Yeah. But what I’m saying, I see comics
    doing it all the time, wearing a baseball jersey of the four comics that can even do a
    You’ve seen Bert do it. Uh I think I seen Reife do it, right? Where if you’re doing If you’re doing the
    arena like for a sports team, they give you all that. I I mean I’m not I did it last year wearing it a lot.
    You did a lot. Yeah. What been jersey couple years? Yeah. I never wore jersey, but I would always
    wear a jacket. A suit guy. He’s a suit guy now. Now I’ve been wearing little Yeah. Not tie
    but the other stuff. I think the shows are the shows are getting very big and I’m trying to show uh respect to the uh
    audience that comes out. I thought you about to pull out a Rolex high level. No. I was like
    no it’s uh you know where’d you get this idea? We’ve talked about this. No I just feel I’m just telling you what
    I’m feeling. What I’m trying to the what I’m trying to set forward is like, you know, you want I want people to come to
    shows and trust my vision and stuff and it’s like I just want to look the part. They paid a lot of money for a ticket. I
    don’t want to be too insane but just a little more direct. And when you’re wearing uh a
    suit sometimes too, it looks very nice and then becomes very uh less distracting cuz it’s like you kind of
    forget about it and then you’re just in your act. And uh so that’s why I decided you you I have seen uh comics that uh
    that go to suit too early. Yes. Like a show like a club. I’ve always gone up. Yeah. You go up
    kind of elevate. Don’t let let your career kind of take you up. But you should be conscious of it and you should
    be when you get to a point. Yeah. If you get, you know, you’re in theaters, I wouldn’t be you got to
    change it up. This is not going to cut it. Don’t worry about nice. This is my nice shirt.
    Uh yeah. And then I mean, yeah, that’s what I’m following on arena is a guy that
    you’re like, “Oh, this is already going to be better.” Like, this is the exact outfit I would wear on one of your without the hat. I would
    never wear a hat, but that’s You probably shouldn’t. I would always see. You probably should. You shouldn’t be
    like, “Oh, did he get the It looks like you got clothes in like one of those bins where they say drop off your old
    clothes.” Come on. No, but if No, I’m joking. It looks nice.
    I get it. I would say 15,000 people are doing a show. Yeah, you could wear something. But I don’t
    That’s your thing. They won’t get your uh character.
    We always We would laugh at uh uh Derek Stroop because he been coming out with me for forever and then I see him on your shows
    and he’s wearing something nicer. I go, “What? Yeah. Yeah. Where are these outfits?” In your show, he’s dressed like a middle school offensive line coach.
    Yeah. And then he’s got a new He’s got a new pair of shoes. He’s wearing slacks. I never seen I was where is this? He tucks them in.
    Yeah. Where’s this? Yeah. It’s a I’ve noticed that a little bit more like it feels like we’re, you know,
    Yeah. It’s the It’s getting so big now that it’s like we all need to
    Yeah. Rise to the occasion. Rise to the occasion. Hey, there’s no more uh What else is going on in your
    Yeah, there’s none of that what I do. And you want like the uh
    aspect Julian will wear he always wears kind of like a merch or he’ll wear a shirt. He will wear stuff from the arena
    that we’re at. And Julian Julian is unbelievable. If you if you come out to
    shows and Julian hosts the show, we started comedy together. He’s been doing it for 20 years. Like he’s
    crazy headliner in his own right. But then what he does with these arenas cuz it’s so big, he does so unbelievable.
    But he’ll wear something that is local. So you they you do get that aspect. There’s ways like we’re I’m consciously
    thinking of this where we have ways to go like that’s fun. It’s you we want to show aspects of that but then you also I
    want these people to have the best show they could possibly have. So then everybody goes up murders
    we do the show and then they leave happy. Yeah. You wear a hoodie. Yeah. Hoodie you can wear to a meet and greet or
    something like that. Yeah. I have one hoodie that I can wear but it’s like I wear it’s like a now
    it’s got nice pants and shoes. So it’s like but it’s Yeah. Yeah. You’re trying
    to get it figured out. Mhm. You know. Yeah. I don’t want to be you. This is not Comedy Impact Q1.
    That outfit. No. No. Yeah. Fair. No. But you Yeah. But you look You’d
    wear that on stage. He’s wearing camoufl He’s wearing camouflage pants right now. Yeah. But you wouldn’t wear that?
    Yeah. Probably. Yeah. No. Yeah, you would wear that. Yeah. Maybe for a matinea show. Yeah.
    Yeah. Yeah. You got to something. Got knee braces on underneath cuz you’re going to
    go to the ground. Uh, knee knee pain. I’ve been off. I’ve been off for three. So, my knees are
    great. Yeah, I’ve been good. I’ve been good. We’re going to see you walk out and you just got Everybody can tell you have
    something underneath your pants and your knees. They go, “What’s that?” He goes, “Well, he’s getting older.
    He can’t fall like he used to.” Yeah. You know, Michael Jackson used to slip his feet into those little nails so he could lean forward.
    Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It’s kind of like that. I didn’t know that. Yeah. Oh, sorry. I ruined it. Yeah.
    Mhm. Mhm. Uh Tyler Brooks, I’m an opthomic.
    Well, I’m an opthalmic. Sounds made up. Uh I’m an athalmic. Is
    that it? Someone with the eyes. None of us. none of us had a correction for it. So, we’re
    specialist and I will say to Nate’s defense, 2015 is definitely more rare and I don’t
    see it as often. But also, when your doctor or technician told you that he only seen two people with that reading,
    I’m almost positive he said that to make you feel good. I’ve told patients the same thing, same thing to make them feel
    good, too. So, I’m almost sure of it. All right, that’s good to know. But I mean it’s, you know,
    what I was right. Okay, think about it. I don’t know. It’s right in 2015.
    You sound like you’re about to offer a rebuttal, but you didn’t say anything. You go. All right. But you know, you
    know. Yeah. I don’t know. Belled on it. The uh the girl that um took our engagement photos said these are the
    best engagement photos she’s ever seen. That’s a lie. Probably she just started just started working.
    Yeah. That’s like they were really good pictures. No, I bet they are. I bet they are. Your the pictures look unbelievable.
    She would say that to everybody. I’m sure she does, but your pictures are really good. So then she could just say
    it. You know, you write a new joke, you think, “This is the best joke I’ve ever written.” And because it’s new to you, it’s got
    She was probably happy to know cuz she was coming to film photograph the impact award. And then
    she goes, “Oh, this is different.” much better, didn’t they? Yeah, this is a much better season.
    You don’t Yeah. You don’t say Philly, this has been unbelievable. You’re the third best show of the weekend.
    You would say this is the best show of the week of the tour of the Yeah. Right. Yeah. But I mean, a lot of times they
    can all be the great that great of a show. The next newest one can be the best one. It really can. I mean, last night I mean
    we had the Sunday show last night was unbelievable and then the Saturday show was unbelievable. So it’s like they’re
    all I let them know if it’s the worst show of the weekend. I let them know. Yeah, you have to. Just so y’all know,
    all the other shows are better than this. Blame the crowd. One. No, just once usually once a weekend.
    Yeah. Late shows. You tell them all every show. I Everyone gets worse. I I need to
    apologize to that last show. You guys are now the worst. No, your yours is I was the worst. I was
    the worst on that one. I was the least worst on that one. Those people should be happy.
    Yeah. Uh, Linda Hmel, like Nate, I have ordered
    number one at McDonald’s my whole life. At my local Baltimore McDonald’s today, there was a sign that There was a sign
    at the drive-thru that said, “The customers need to be aware the mills have changed numbers.” I thought immediately of Nate. Yeah, I know. I
    don’t like that. They must have kept number one, though. You can’t change crazy. It would be it’d be pretty
    frustrating if you change number one. That’s the thing. I don’t even I mean it gets blurry past
    that, but I would think they’ve changed. You know, I go, “Dude, I go into a breakfast
    restaurant every You can go ask Derek.” I go I’ll ask I don’t believe you. I go, “Let me get Let me get a number
    one. There isn’t even numbers, but like the breakfast, it’s like two eggs, toast.” I go, “Let me get the main one.
    Whatever your all-star special is, just let me get Let me get the number one. Yeah. I think Taco Bell used to my meal
    was a number seven and now that switched. McDonald’s. Yeah. Yeah.
    Do you do you remember any like um any specific numbers like TV channels?
    I remember TBS was seven. Yeah. Nickelodeon was 22. Disney Channel was 25 when we got
    11. Oh, was it? Yeah. What is it now? 27 for me. Yeah,
    I was 206 was ESPN growing up with Direct TV and 331. You were in the hundreds. MTV was 331.
    I mean, this is like in high school. In high school when Direct TV came out, we didn’t have TV growing up. But then you got rich.
    Well, my parents, you know, some things happened. I mean, that’s money right there. We came into You go from zero channels
    to hundreds. Yeah, we went straight to the top. Flats green, too. That was unheard of.
    Y’all were just saving up the whole time. We were uh 209. Let’s see. You’re doing Direct TV. There’s still those channels.
    But now I don’t know any channels. I know, but Direct TV is the exact same. Yeah. Oh, it is. It’s Yeah, I have Direct TV. Like it’s it’s I
    had Direct TV for a long time, too. Do you know your any of your high school buddies phone numbers? I do. Uh yeah, I got my buddy Kevin Marorrow.
    Uh and it’s probably the same number, so you shouldn’t say it. Yeah. No, he still has the same number.
    He’s the only number that I Yeah. Him and my uh dad. I remember my dad.
    You know your dad’s number. Do you know your wife’s number? Oh, and my wife’s Lars. I know. Yeah, she’s had the same name.
    Barely. Yeah, that’s that might be the only one I know. The only phone number you know, other than my own. Yeah,
    I know. My mom’s in my childhood. I remember my kindergarten class in alphabetical
    order. All right. Well, that’s you talk to somebody about that. That’s a lot. I mean, that’s You should see somebody
    about that. Melissa, Lee, Will, Lauren, Josh, Ashton, Zachary, Joseph, Nancy, Connor,
    Cooper, Sean, Juliana, Jessica, Aaron, Skyler. Yeah. I didn’t I didn’t care for it even after you did it.
    My word. Uh, what if she said no, dude? What if you’re What if Lydia said no?
    Well, I was I was I was doing the numbers in my head. I go, well, this is a question. It’s not a
    You do ask. That’s why you get to ask. Would you have just sat and had the symphony play like sad songs?
    Yeah. Probably would have gone into Braveheart alone. Yeah. Should have walked out. You could have had fun with me. You go,
    “Can y’all do Star Wars now?” Yeah. And they’re like, “See something.” Did you go meet with her dad ahead of
    time? Yeah. Did you do it the same way? That Waffle House invited him to a fake
    award. Get the Arkansas second quarter. Get your sales sales award.
    No, I Yeah, I was like I’m pretty sure. I mean, I’m 99% sure, but it is Yeah.
    Has anyone ever said no? There is those on Yeah. It shows up on Instagram. Sure. I think when they say no, it’s usually,
    you know, they could tell like it’s you kind of Yeah. I like to if you go, what if you had the
    most? It was a devastating a devastating No, but this video was so unbelievable.
    Would you post it that it’s worth it? Yeah. Well, you might have to cuz you got to try to move on.
    Yeah, exactly. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You got to post it as a retribute. Yeah. You think ever like growing up in the 80s, 90s, every
    there’s so many TV shows and movies where at the altar, speak now forever, hold your peace,
    someone speaks up or the bride says, “I’m sorry, I can’t do this.” And you think there’s ever been a wedding where that’s actually happened.
    It must be it must have happened. That’s why they did it, right? Yeah. But
    if somebody said speak now, why would they be there? They did Superman movies and I don’t think that really happened.
    Yeah. Yeah, but I mean I think it’s happened. I bet it happened a lot. I bet it’s an old timey thing that probably happened a lot more. I would say maybe
    now it doesn’t happen as it became a formality now. Yeah. Yeah. I would love I would love an email from
    somebody that said we they were at one and somebody said, “I don’t think though. This guy’s unemployed. He’s
    faking that he has a job or what what would they say?” Something like that. Uh or they were in love with him or something or
    Yeah. This guy’s lying. He’s not a Razerback fan. Greensboro Comedy Zone years ago I
    opened for Jay Bliss. I was featuring and I bombed bombed. Set was horrible.
    And I get off stage and then a guy they bring a guy on stage to propose to his girlfriend right after my set before the
    headliner after I bomb for 20 minutes. It’s not even like a fun energy in the room.
    And he proposes to her. He gets down on her knee and it takes a while for her to say yes. And the crowd starts chanting
    say yes. Say yes. So she did, but it did not feel good.
    I don’t know how you don’t just say yes and then we’ll sort it out later. Yes.
    You just Yeah. Like that’s enough. It’d be enough that you should be like you don’t need to marry her if she does that. Like if you can’t logically in
    that moment just go say yes and then once you get off go you’re out of your mind. No.
    Absolutely. Save us both the embarrassment of this. She might have just been overwhelmed with the moment. Yeah. I think she was very surprised by
    it, especially cuz it wasn’t like it was a fun night up until then. But it could have been a it could have been a pleasant she had to come sit up
    in Aaron’s bomb. Yeah. Like who wants that? I go it doesn’t feel good up there, does it?
    I mean, that’s just brutal like to get Yeah. Did you club? No, the host did.
    Yeah. Guy by the name of the badge. Do you think uh Jay asked that to happen just to get your energy off stage?
    They had ring he goes ask let someone ask if they want to get married. They go, “Well, it might not work out.” Well,
    it’s better than what Aaron did. I’ll pay for the ring. You know, the next week he at least something worth to follow.
    They have two people in the kitchen that do that. Hey, go to the proposal thing.
    Reset the room. I try I do try to after everything we try to I do try to uh do
    kind things for other people that if I could be involved in theirs cuz I know how like if somebody’s like hey it’s our
    whatever we’re coming to your show you we met at your show can we I I would try
    my now I’d have I would not do somebody propose on stage it’s probably annoying for everyone else
    but if if I could send like a video or like Yeah sure to make give a guy somebody a meet and
    greet to make him look cuz I know how much it it meant the other way. Now I know. I would hope that they don’t need you
    to get that. Yes. To go. Oh yeah. If you’re on the fence, call me John Chris.
    Yeah. I’ll make a video. I’ll get her over the edge. I’ll make better call.
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    from cowboy camp. So, thought it’d be a good time to talk about cowboys.
    So, how many days were you on the ranch? We were on the ranch for five days, brother. Out there in uh Montana.
    Wow. Who’s out there? Me and Lydia. And you do you know how to
    ride horses? Clearly, dude, look at I did you just learn or This is a cattle drive. They only take
    expert horse riding. That’s Lydia right there. But I mean, did you know how before? There’s a video of him learning.
    Oh, no. I uh Yeah, I knew how to drive. You feel pretty comfortable now riding horses? Oh, yeah. Yeah. This is me getting on.
    Mhm. Yeah. Don’t you own a horse? I do own a horse. Yeah. Uh Ronald, I
    bought him at an Amish horse auction last year in Chipuan, Indiana. And how’s Ronald that he’s well we
    haven’t heard from him in a while. Apparently everybody else there was a
    big auction. Everybody was like bidding. Oh, let me get it. And then nobody was bidding on this horse. Like this horse looks unbelievable big. And all the
    local farmers were like they must have seen something I didn’t see. Yeah. I was wearing a cast.
    We had to get all these horses. We had to get all these uh uh cattle to the other end of the pasture. But again,
    this is like a fivestar resort. And I go, “Oh, I think they just made this up.” Yeah. Yeah. So these guys get you to pay
    them to do their job for them. But I think the one girl could have done it herself.
    Sure. She was like, “It’s more of a hassle.” Yeah, totally. You’re kind of in the way.
    They were like, “Dude, do you want to do the cattle drive? Is it just y’all two or is it there’s there another person out there?”
    I know, but is it are they with the hotel or is it like Yeah, everybody’s with the resort. You know how like Yellowstone Yeah.
    We We are the enemy cuz they’re like we need to build resorts and I think we put them in business. I felt bad about it,
    but they were like, “We got to get these cattle down to the river.” Like, how far did you take them? I don’t know.
    Enough. So, you said, “I’m done.” Yeah. And then they go, “We’ll take it from there.” I think I’m good. Yeah, that sounds about right.
    Let’s stop here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There’s the He was teaching me how to get off a horse. This is me getting off
    a horse. You couldn’t be sitting more into that horse. What do you mean? You’re just like I mean like the horse
    feels it. Oh, your daughter rides horses. You know this is not a good this is not good. This is good for him. This is a
    dismount. It’s fine. Didn’t want you to go down. Imagine just come on down. Come on buddy. You can do
    it. Yeah. Boom. Boom. The horse. Yeah. He appreciate it. So we have an expert on cowboys at the
    table with us. I guess is the point. Yeah. Yeah. So John, you can if any of this is not correct, you can let us know. All right.
    All right. Cowboys. They started in Spain 1800s, then moved to Mexico and then up to the southwest United States.
    Yeah. I mean, are they like a Yeah. Were they like a group? What do you mean they started? Yeah. Well, okay.
    What is a cowboy? All right, that’s a great question, Aaron. Let me start the beginning. Cowboy is an animal herder who tends
    cattle or ranches in North America. Traditionally on horseback. Originally, they were more like
    shepherds. So, pretty much I’m I’m this. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
    At first, they were like shepherds and then they started learning that riding horses can which where do we know shepherds from?
    Birth of Jesus. So, pretty much same thing. Yep. Um, and they originally called cow hands
    or cowpokes and then cowpokes. I’ve heard that. Buckaroo.
    California, they call them buckaroos. And uh, you would think Texas would be cowboys, but cow puncher is what this
    says. Now, a wrangler, do you know what a wrangler is, John? The jeans. I was doing a little bit of that also.
    So, that’s just someone who tends to the horses with the lassos. Oh, without going out and getting them.
    I when the horses are done doing the work, he takes them on. Yeah. He’s focused more on the horses
    than the saddle. Yeah. He’s almost the caretaker of the horse. Yeah. And then the term cowboy became just more of a coming during tombstone in the
    late 1800s. They were like outlaws. They called themselves cow. They’re like a gang. Yeah.
    Call themselves. And it became like a romantic thing to be. Right. Once movies and TV shows started making
    then it became very romantic cuz I think I like I remember wanting to be a cowboy when I was a kid. I think everybody did. Cowboys and
    Indians. Mhm. Oh, yeah. Yeah. We used to play it. Yeah. Yeah.
    How did that game go? I think the Cowboys would Well, I can’t I don’t remember actually.
    I don’t remember how the game went out actually now that I think about it. I think they all met to But I think one someone would be one and
    one would be the other. Yeah, they were really the the It was the titles were loose. Two sides. Yeah.
    It was a competition. Yeah. I think people were just excited to be the Indians. Okay. Yeah. Cowboys. Okay.
    Yeah. And so you would just like fight. Henry Cho as a joke says he was always the cook
    in Cowboys and Indian. That’s what his first Tonight Show said. Y’all remember playing Army as a kid? I
    pretty much hated that game. The neighborhood against me. Yeah. Shut up.
    After the Civil War, uh about a fourth of Cowboys were former slaves. that went
    out west and uh already had some skill sets that helped them and they uh became
    cowboys. Um, did you do any branding while you were there, John? No, I tried to get my logo on one of
    them. You have a horse? Well, the horse. Okay. So, the brand logo.
    Yeah. JC. Yeah. Well, you know, can brand I like
    in Yellowstone they get one on their chest. Yeah. I haven’t watched Yellowstone. Oh, yeah. Yeah. But the horse can, you
    know, if you get a brand and then you’re you get traded to a new uh, you know, a new ranch, they rebrand you.
    Yeah. So, a couple of those horses had like three brands on them. Yeah. It’s kind of like a Carfax. Yeah. Well, once they This is back in
    before there was like fences and stuff like that. So, they’re all open range. So, they had to start
    branding them so you could identify cattle. I’m talking about fences weren’t invented then. Not barb wire fences came later. I know.
    But just a Yeah, I think when you got thousands of miles of of or not thousands of miles, but
    thousands of acres at least, it’s it’s a big fit. I can see that. It’s expensive, too, right? And they and they wouldn’t they don’t
    really go they don’t try to escape. There’s nowhere to escape, too. They just want to eat. So, wherever the food is, they just go there. So,
    everybody’s like, “Hey, that those are ours.” And they’re like, “All right, yeah, send them back.” Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. That’s what we were doing pretty much.
    Yeah. I remember in high school buddy of mine got uh he he branded himself with a
    coat hanger. Yeah, my buddy cousin did that tried to do the like the Tennessee logo with a coat hanger on his arm. It looked
    Yeah. awful, dude. You couldn’t even tell it was the T. Heated it up. Yeah, heated it up. Put it in the fire and put it on his ass.
    Someone tried We had someone do it with uh I had a buddy that tried to do it and it was
    what of anything in particular or just like a shape like a cross? Yeah, I think it was like the beginning of a letter or something
    and then it just it was hurt and then it’s we only got the top and it just messed his body up for the rest of his
    like it’s crazy. You do so dumb and then you’re like you can see it to this day. Oh, where is it on him?
    Shoulder. This was just on his arm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
    It’s just so I mean you’re like dude and I could have been easily peer pressured into doing that. I mean
    Yeah. And you just have you just have it there for the rest of your life. But if so, somebody would uh you would you
    would somebody would hold you down or up if somebody’s like
    I think you just sit there and you just sit there. No. No. Nobody can do that. Well, you’re a coward if you don’t.
    That’s how you do it. There you go. What are you? That’s your initiation. What are you not our friend? Yeah. Yeah. Fraternities do that.
    Yeah. Mine didn’t. But yeah. Mhm. Um so the whole purpose of even being
    You have a logo, but your fraternity have a logo. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What’s your logo? No, it’s just my hair, you know.
    Actually, no. I used to have a logo. I don’t have a hair. I don’t have a logo anymore, but I remember now. Oh, your hair logo.
    Hair. Used to have a logo. Yeah. There. Oh, yeah. Look at that.
    That’s how they know what they’re seeing. Tough, dude. Yeah, that was a rebrand, dude. That’s
    unbelievable. That’s how they We’re going to see John Christ. Oh, is he the
    one that’s known about his hair? No. Yeah. Somehow this whole act about his hair and eyebrows. No, no, no, no. He doesn’t
    mention that at all. Somehow I I outgrew the logo, but I still have the same haircut.
    Like, oh, he doesn’t look like that anymore. No, no, no. He still looks like that. Yeah, he switched the logo. Yeah, unless he’s switching periodically
    to a Amish cut. That’s a good looking logo. Tell me that’s not a good comedy logo.
    That’s That’s good. I don’t understand why your eyebrows are being shown. I guess just context.
    Yeah. Yeah, context. Like, so your eyebrows are literally just there for context so people don’t go, “What is going on?”
    So they know that it’s hair. Where’s the [ __ ] Why would you not do your eyes? Yeah. Nah, they cut the eyes. You don’t have
    time for I think we I think we paid an agency like thousands of dollars for this, I believe.
    Yeah. You’re like, “Hey, this is what they came up with.” And they just know. You were like, “I love it.” You go,
    “You’re black.” You know, let’s we can do a black and white picture of the most common male haircut on earth.
    Send it back in. The same people doing Cracker Barrel now. Mhm.
    Yeah, that was the same same age. You had to get rebranded like right.
    Hey, I I got a good plan. Let’s go with the hair. What would you do? Not the hair. His logo.
    Logo be. Everybody has an icon. B, you should have a logo.
    Yeah. I would like you to have one. A car. Uh, a car. It’s easier to drive to. Uh,
    yeah. Mhm. It could be.
    Yeah, it’d be fun. Just looking frazzled. Yeah. Worried. No, his would be worried.
    It’d be a worried face. Just a guy who looks worried. Yeah. Yeah. Backed in the corner. This the emoji.
    Yeah. Is the emoji. Is there emoji for worried? Yeah, that’s what that’s not worried
    though. Oh, yeah. That a worried emoji. Yeah. His would have to be a worried. Yeah. Yeah, that one too.
    Yeah, that would be his. That’s Yeah. I mean, that’s almost He’s got it all. Yeah. So, he’s got it. Worried face.
    Come to that. I’d go to that tour. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I hope you do cuz he’s worried ain’t nobody showing up.
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    All right, let’s talk about some cowboy attire. John, tell me you’re wearing it all. Well, you can’t wear uh you got to wear
    chaps. Okay. Do you know why? Just cuz, you know, getting on and off the horse and, you know, cutting animals
    out of fences and going down to the, you know, freedom, you know, like a Is it like an apron for your pants? Is
    that what a chaps are? Or do they serve some other places? We used to go to this I used to open for this uh Thunder Down
    Under the show in Vegas and they would wear those. What? You used to open for Yeah. Comedy. What? What? What?
    What’s Thunder Down Under? We need to do that. It’s like a magic mic show. Yeah. Yeah. Are you serious?
    Why did you open for them? Just scheduling wise. It was in the theater before
    I It was I What? Look up Thunder Down Under. No, we I don’t show. Oh, sorry. Sorry.
    Sorry. Don’t show it if it’s crazy. It was there. They go the John Chris a popular interactive male review show.
    Yeah. John’s show was in It was like advertised in the Thunder Down Under Theater. Where is it? It’s in the
    Thunder Down Under Theater. But the the seats You didn’t open for them. No. No. My show was before there.
    Oh, I thought you said you you said you opened for them. No, I said my show was No, you didn’t. You know, I opened
    You were on the road with them for years. My But the I was like, “Why are the like the tails?” open for the Boston Red Sox.
    Uh, we just say whatever we want. I mean, now it doesn’t even matter. I was before them in a different venue.
    Uh, I’ll be in Chicago soon. I’m going to follow the Michael Jordan’s Dynasty
    team that he did. Yeah. Two years behind, but uh, he’s opening for me.
    No, but the all the tables were like, you know how like the tables at Z all the tables are like reinforced?
    Yeah. Oh, because they’re going to walk on them. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Because they’re I was like, “Why are these tables like me like like bolted down?” And they’re like,
    “Oh.” Well, cuz I wanted to move them because I don’t think at the time I was selling the tickets that the Thunder Down Under were
    selling. Probably still not now. But uh did you stick around to watch? The same dressing room. That is true.
    The same I was like there’s a bunch of like lassos and trampolines back there and I was like what trampolines? There’s a lot going on in that show.
    He goes I mean I don’t you go I didn’t know what was happening. They’re wearing chaps though. No one
    thinks you’re going to go once you said lasso. No one no one had trampoline on their bingo card
    for the next thing. They were nice guys though. Real nice guys. Australian micole’s got a very funny joke about
    them. Yeah. The Chip and Dales Chipal at the Excalibur Hotel. Thank you. It’s still
    there. That is wild that it’s still there. Yeah, I think it’s still probably a big draw. It’s the same theater. That’s exactly
    where it was. Yeah. Also, do you wish, but like
    did you get on uh one of those tables and would you like it? You might like that.
    I went uh on my stool that can’t that’s in the ground. Yeah, I was Dude, I was thinking about
    for my tour. I don’t want to ruin it, but a a a stool that is uh I kick it and
    it smashes into like 50 pieces. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Like some of the fake
    furniture made for like it’s all like put together and I go I like lean on it and just
    pretend like a fall. Yeah. You say kick it. Oh you want to Oh you want a pratt fall.
    You want to fall down on it. And then every Yeah. And then it would be everybody would be like what are we watching dude?
    This blows my mind. I think that would give them more direction than they have now.
    What are we watching? Uh, yeah. Good memories back there at the
    Excalibur. Yeah. Come a long way. I’m going I’m going be in Vegas next week, not at the Excalibur. Yeah, I’m
    going to the same theater. The wind’s great. Oh, that’s awesome. Yeah, I’ll be there next weekend. Mhm. I’m going to go over to the Excalibur
    just to see what the guys are doing. See what the boys are up to. Yeah, it’s probably new guys. Yeah, they can fly down to the wind hang
    out. You should come down there. I don’t know. Can I get the same? Maybe. Uh, that we can get a table for you. I was about to say I didn’t want to.
    Yeah, the chair. What would you do? Would you set it? How quick would you have to prep fall?
    Well, I was thinking like coming out like one time if I was like if I had like doves that like flew down from the
    balcony that like landed on my shoulder. Yeah, that would be awesome. You’re joking around, but this is this
    is the stuff you used to do. I know, dude. I’m trying to bring it back. Yeah. Yeah. I think it’s good. Yeah. If you do
    it, I I’m not against it. I’m for you. Like I think I am for it for you,
    but I want to be I just want people to know this is how hard it is to write a joke
    and I need all the standup comics that when they when they see all this stuff
    in the younger generation, they’re these guys. It’s very hard to write a joke. It’s hard to write jokes. I’d call up
    every pigeon salesman in the Southeast before I would I could just go right. My dad can probably help you out.
    Oh, he’s definitely got a pigeon guy. I do remember we had the same agent. I do remember I said I want to have Pyro in
    the show and he said that’s for comics who can’t write jokes. Mhm. And I go, “Okay, no.” His dad said that.
    No, our agent said that. And I go, “Well, fair.” Yeah. I think that’s why I cut everything.
    I still have the face paint in my pocket in case if it’s bombing. I But I did see if you did like a circus
    Olay type show. Yeah. Like that’s what I mean with pigeon. I’m being serious about it. Like if you if
    you had the pigeons, you had that, if you had if you really were like in this like kind of themed
    kind of thing. I I could I could that would make sense. I mean, if you go do
    that, you’re very physical and just one I’m standing right here and then as soon as I move a sword comes
    from into the stage like how did they But it’s comedy
    but it’s another you got to address it all. So, yeah, it’s all worked into the show. And then what are you gonna do? Just do
    stand up next to this sword the whole time. Well, I didn’t I didn’t quite get the idea worked out.
    We haven’t flushed it out too. I was going to go do something where I was talking and then I was dude, but I was mouthing the words and they didn’t
    know it and then I moved the mic and then I closed my mouth and it’s still talking and they were like
    and they’re like, “What? What is that?” And so what’s the So then the joke is like
    we didn’t figure out the punch line. We just want to be like amaze people. It’s got to be the punch line. I don’t think it
    Yeah, I don’t think you get another punch line. I think the punch line is that you step out of the way.
    It’s kind like a magic trick. Yeah, they go I thought he was telling that bad joke, but it’s he wasn’t this
    somebody else. Well, if you go I want to make it like if I had you ever
    had that audio that it’s like thinking keep looking at this is something. No, I’m just thinking in your head cuz the audio was thinking like if I go
    I come out on stage, I’m not talking, but I’m doing audio in my head. I’m like, “Look at that guy in the blue shirt.” Oh, yeah.
    I mean, but I I do it live like a really well orchestrated. I have to do it 10 minutes before the
    show and and like look at that guy. I can’t believe he’s in the second row wearing that outfit like that. So, here’s what I would say with that. I
    don’t know. You might need to be the voice or do you want to be the person? You
    would need someone. It’s both. It’s like his thoughts and But so you’re going to have to pre-record it. Yeah. But it has to be like 5 minutes
    before the show. But I’ll be like, that’s tough. I would think you could go you could you could send someone out
    there that’s maybe very funny uh physically and then you go hey I want to just I’m going to roast the crowd or
    whatever and I want you to and then you got you got but you got that guy for 500 bucks a night for your
    whole tour and he’s on your bus and he’s this the goofy guy that has to go sit in the crowd and then you lose a seat to sell. Wait,
    you I mean I don’t even The world that you’re on is another planet.
    It is insane. Well, hey, the show. Wait, the guy I haven’t done all these things.
    You’re saying bring a guy? You need to bring a guy. Yeah. Okay.
    Bring a guy on the road and he’s the guy wearing the goofy hat sitting there. And I’m like, what? And then he’s like, I work in maintenance. And then we have a
    whole thing. And I got to bring this guy. Yeah. For the whole tour. Yes. cuz I do sometimes I talk to the
    crowd and then everybody’s like that was so that was so unbelievable. I can’t believe that happened. Is that real?
    Unbelievable. Yeah. I’m like that I didn’t I don’t know this person that is Yeah. How did you come up with a divorce joke?
    Yeah. What are the odds? What are the odds that you knew this
    person worked uh at a facility?
    This guy This is unbelievable. Did you just make that up? How did he have a baby? He had a You’re telling me that guy had
    two babies and he had something for that? That’s what you’re telling me? This guy’s a genius.
    We’ll do it tonight. We’ll try it tonight on But if you if you took a guy with you every it would the word would get out quickly, right? That that
    pretty dude. I’m not I’m not mentioning the comic’s name, but I saw this at Zies where he goes he would like the the
    closer would he I think you know who I’m talking about. He would uh look at women’s purses. He goes, “Give
    me that thing.” and he looked through it and the first two were like, you know, they have like whatever. And
    then the third one was he’s like, “Give me that one.” And the and he and he pulled unbelievable stuff out of it.
    There would never be in a purse. And you’re like, I mean, the crowd was on the roof. Yeah.
    And then the late show did the same thing. The same purse. The purse was a purse got
    But it was on But it but it was unbelievable. I was like, “This is the best thing.” Yeah. Yeah. I think I think
    it’s it’s an act. It’s a show. It’s a show. It took a lot of uh I mean he was pulling stuff these
    medications he was pulling it and he had these it was like I was a young comic. It was here and I was like
    I will never be able to do this. This is the best this is the most. But that’s what I would like to that’s a good point for young comedians that are
    uh starting cuz they see this crowd work and they see this stuff like that. That’s an exact situation. I would
    imagine that person had that work out. It has worked out a couple of times, but then it it would be very hit and miss
    when he did it the other way. And then you’re going to do it enough you’re going to get enough jokes out of it that
    you know what, everybody’s purse is going to be kind of the roughly the same. You might get lucky and have some crazy
    stuff, but overall it’s going to be essentially the same kind of thing. So you can make whatever jokes you want to
    go do. And so if you kept going and doing that at every show in every city,
    you’re going to naturally kind of have crowd work and it’s all going to be made up. But smartly, the best way to do it
    would then to do that. Just plan it and then you’re then you’re a you’re a
    showman. You have to sell that this has never happened before to this crowd. And
    that’s what I think when comics think about crowd work, they think, man, it’s crazy that you’re coming up with all
    this stuff and all this. You’re like, it’s once you do a little bit of crowd work.
    I mean, look, I’m not good at crowd work. I’m not a crowdwork person. Uh,
    but I was around it. So, New York, that’s all they did. Like, everybody I mean, every there’s only so many things
    and you have you kind of have an stock answer for everything. When people do cruise ships, I mean, we would I
    did it. You would you could have a joke that works on cruise ship. When I go to Vegas, when I go to Vegas, I have a
    little Vegas chunk that I do up top. You might think I’m making it up at the time, but I’ve just learned it fits very
    well in this Vegas chunk. I don’t really I could maybe do it if I’m in another casino, but otherwise it’s like fits
    very much in the No one’s going to see you again in Vegas. I mean, not in a sense like that’s but
    that’s how it kind of is. And so only gambling I do is at the buffet. Yeah, that kind of stuff. Some Vegas
    material. Well, I also say that guy in the purse comic is uh no longer touring.
    So, take that for what it’s worth. How about I do So, all fall is my standup
    show. How about I do another This is the prop show. Yeah. Then it This is not standup. This is my
    other full tour of just prop stuff. Yeah. This my fall tour is all straight standup. I have some music cues and some
    I think you could try it for I think you could try it here. Then it would be like, “Oh, no. Have you seen his prop show?”
    I would for the Delland live show. You could Let’s throw in I’ll let you do some props. Yeah. His dad brings props.
    You go. My dad You could I would You No, I’m not a I’m not a magician. It’s just It’s just illusionary.
    Yeah, but he props. We have to go out there and set it all up between comics. It’s a misdirection. It’s hard to for 8
    minute set. It’s hard to open mic. I’m going to be honest with you. It’s hard to work into an open mind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But like I I was
    with a guy. Yeah. Should I say go ahead? I was with a guy that I was featuring uh
    and no I was headlining and he you know this guy he did his his closer. He pulls out a a
    rose. Yeah I know. Mhm. Yeah. And everybody’s like wait so he had that rose in his pocket for 30 minutes.
    It kills. It does kill. He opened for me. I had to follow it all week. I was jealous.
    Tell the story when you had to follow. Yeah. I followed him and it was a college town and I bombed. This is probably 10 years ago. There was no
    green room at this club. So I panicked. I didn’t want to walk. Everyone walked
    past me cuz it was showing so bad. I went into the bathroom, went into the
    stall, locked it, and everyone came in there saying how bad the show was
    for 20 minutes. Everyone’s like, “Dude, that was terrible.” And I was in there listening. I couldn’t get out.
    Yeah. He could never find an opening to go cuz people kept coming in and to get
    Hey buddy almost done and then that sounds like him. Yeah. Yeah. He almost threw in there, pal. Imagine you
    had to come out. Oh, that’s the nightmare, dude. Every time you go to the bathroom in a comedy club and they don’t have
    like a private one, you’re just out there. You’re just like, “Please, please don’t just be like, “That guy was
    terrible.” Oh man, there’s no great there’s nowhere to go. Everybody, you’re going to stay on the stage.
    Yeah. Or everyone walked past you when they leave. Yeah. How long were you in there? Oh, 20 minutes.
    Till it was till everybody cleared out. And I didn’t I also had to wait longer when nobody
    was in there for a significant amount of time just to make positive it was cleared out. I don’t want to look anyone in the eye.
    Yeah, that was tough. And then you saw him, where you been, bud? This crowd’s been crazy.
    Yeah. He’s signing autographs. You’re signing sold 40 shirts to me. Flowers.
    Uh, was it frustrating cuz you also had a rose in your pants?
    That’s why you were in the stall cuz you go, “If I knew it, that was my thing.” I could tell. Why? Hey, bro.
    Can you imagine two rows in your pants comics do a show and they don’t know that they the one doing it. Whoever goes
    or if the other one finds out, he goes, “You got to let me go on first.” Dude, are you doing the Rose thing?
    Shoot. I’m doing it. I did a comedy festival was a competition once and two comics they had
    like the exact same joke. Yeah. And they had to like, hey, this show I get to do the joke.
    This show I I mean it was the exact same joke. It’s hard to write jokes. And I think they had made some kind of
    agreement. They were both in the finals at a theater and they both did the they
    both did the same joke. So just the second guy looked insane cuz he just did I mean it was the exact same.
    Yeah. They I think the first guy just was like, “Nah, I’m doing it. It’s one of my better jokes. I’m doing it.”
    Yeah. I would think that one of you gets to do it. I would think the uh Yeah. I would think
    the competitor in me would be like, “I don’t need to do it.” Yeah. And I’ll figure it out. You can have it. I would say it. You can
    have it. Yeah. I got other stuff. Yeah. Yeah. But it was a good joke. Yeah. Do you remember the joke? You can’t say it or
    uh It was a It was a joke about like serial killers. They were like, “Why?” The joke was everyone thinks all serial
    killers are white. Yeah, that’s just because that’s just because the black ones get caught more quickly.
    Yeah, that was that was the bit was a really funny bit and it was like it was obvious they didn’t steal it from each other,
    but it was the same the same bit. Yeah. Yeah, that’s too specific of specific.
    Yeah. Yeah. Where it was like it’s kind of crazy on the same show. They’re both two really good comics. Mhm. Yeah.
    Stellar. Yeah. It’s tough. Like I wonder Yeah. You’d either be like, “Look, neither one of us do it.” Or,
    “Yeah.” Yeah. Flip a coin. Flip a coin. Don’t do it. All right.
    Uh All right. Um Yeah. I forget. Labor Day weekend. Labor Day weekend. I uh I
    think you’re home. I’m home. And then is that like the 9th and stuff?
    31st and the first. First. Oh yeah, I am home. Yeah. Nice. Uh
    like Yeah. home. And then the next week, uh, I got Denver coming up. We’re about to
    be announcing some 2026 dates, just so people are aware cuz I get asked about going to other things. We got a lot of
    cities we’re announcing for 2026. Nice. And then Yeah. And it’ll be a after this
    tour, it will be I’m I will go sometime without cuz I’m going to try to shoot
    some movies and stuff. Go to cowboy camp. Yeah. I mean I mean it could be Yeah, we could be
    we could be taking Yeah, I think. Uh but yeah, I got that. And then uh the Emmys
    Yeah, that’s uh September 14th. 14th uh we have very fun.
    We have some pretty fun ideas. CBS has been awesome and uh
    Cbus writing Cbus. Yeah, little callback.
    That was a good Yeah. What do you call back comedian? Uh, but yeah, they’ve been fun and like
    we have some fun ideas. We have some really, really fun ideas that I’m excited for y’all to see that I uh, you
    know, was almost a little surprise CBS let us do. That’s cool. But there’s not nothing. It fits. Don’t worry, it’s not
    anything that you don’t you you would not expect from me, but it’s uh,
    are you doing a monologue? He’s hosting. Yes. But we there’s there Yeah. Yeah.
    Yeah. We But yeah, we got a plan. We got plans. We got some pretty good plans. Some props on stage.
    Yeah, we got props. I’m going to come out. I’m going to do the chair fall. Dude, if you take my sword, all the ideas you had today.
    Yeah, I’m going to do all the sword. I I’m going to do multiple swords. Pigeons, doves.
    Yeah. Uh, this Sunday I’m at zies in Chicago.
    Um, 4 p.m. show, come on out. Uh, September 5th I’m in Cincinnati. September 6th and 7th in Indianapolis.
    September 13th, Brook Haven, Mississippi. September 21st in Perigul,
    Arkansas. There you go. You got anything you want to plug, John? Any dates you got coming?
    Uh, I’m going on my standup tour. Okay. No props. No prop. But I’m really I don’t want to plug anything.
    I’m looking for Well, I mean, mostly not props. Mostly. Yeah. You should not say no. Don’t say
    no. Stand up tour and we’ll see what happens. Yeah. Well, and expect the unexpected.
    I might stumble upon something that I think the whole crowd needs to see. And if there is a prop guy, you know,
    watching. Yeah. Yeah. Those videos you guys used to make in the town when you got there were very good. They were fun.
    Well, what about if I always think that’s one of the ideas that I like. Uh it was I always love that idea and I was like, man, that
    would be such a good idea to uh we drive around go do for the cities. It was it was
    really And John would be editing those like dude 30 minutes before the show like air
    drop it to the guy. I mean it was like that stressful that was it was a lot of work to do those every day.
    No. Yeah. I mean it’s Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean the audience can tell once a you know and uh they go
    Yeah. dude that video is so funny. It felt like you were distant during the hour performance.
    Like that video was locked in. People still come out to me and say those videos were No, no, no. It’s but that that idea was
    so great and so smart. Your show would was great too. It’s you know once you have your act you
    kind of can it kind of ease off. Yeah. Yeah. And so but yeah the stressfulness of that I’d imagine. Yeah. You got to go
    drive around too and get a Yeah. We’d have to go to a gas station. Could you not have a lot of them now? Could you just replay them?
    I mean there would be Yeah. I would I would I’m The cool part about it was it was it was John and the opener and then he would
    bring up the opener in that video. So the opener would like walk right outside. We’re back at the church. Oh, this just happened today. Like it
    was that was the appeal of it. I think anyway. Yeah. I’m going on I’m Vegas this
    weekend and I’m out until December. 35 cities, I think. Nice. I’m not saying there’s not going to be any props, but we’ll see.
    You got Yeah. We got Aaron Weber here. Phoenix, Arizona, the Desert Ridge Improv,
    followed by Comedy Works in Denver, Colorado. Phoenix and Denver. Come see me. Was that your logo?
    The Google. The Google? No. Right there below there. Is Aaron Weber? Real Aaron Weber.
    Google. Is that your logo? Oh, no. No. That’s something else.
    I thought he had a logo. I don’t It looks like a logo. What is it? I don’t have a logo. That’s the beacon.
    Beacons is what I use for the link. That’s the beacons. It’s where he soft launching it. soft
    launch night and he draws it on a piece of paper. A little logo. See what we got here.
    And then they just No logo. That’s not a logo. That’s a The logo I
    don’t think is your name. Your logo used to be the NB. Yes, it was the NB was like a But it’s
    your name. Uh I think you could I could use a logo, but I don’t know if it’s it’s not hate
    my hair. Yeah, it could be the eyes though at this point. It’d be too big. Actually, it could be too big dumb eyes.
    So maybe I do end up getting a logo, but I think I waited the appropriate time to do it and I did not do it logo window
    right out the gate. Like I mean the logo window. You went logo started comedy. Yeah.
    And then you logo first. You got logo first. Guy would he had a guy that was like had
    a nick a nickname like before he was he was a open mic. I go, “Dude, but I don’t
    know when you choose one.” Yeah, cuz planning is like the the the fun part cuz he had a job. He had like a real job
    and he didn’t want to be like caught doing his real job. Actually doing it is the hard part. It’s all other stuff is fun.
    Planning is so much fun. Everybody loves planning. Uh all right. We love you. Have a great
    great I hope you had a great or Yeah. Hope you had a great Labor Day, right? Oh, it No, this comes out this week. So,
    hope you will hope you will have a great Labor Day. Mhm. See you. But [Music]
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