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#89 - THAT IS NOT A GUMMY WORM...
Ever wondered which sports legends made the number 89 iconic? In this milestone episode, Harry and Paul Troutman celebrate reaching their 89th show by diving deep into the athletes who immortalized this jersey number across different sports. From Mike Ditka's legendary career to Steve Smith Sr.'s receiving prowess, the brothers share stats, stories, and personal connections to these sporting heroes.
The weekend recap features Paul's double-header baseball adventure at the Rangers stadium, where his Phillies superstitions seemingly brought good luck for back-to-back wins. Meanwhile, Harry updates listeners on his camping escapades, sparking a surprisingly educational debate about whether a dammed section of the Susquehanna River technically becomes a lake.
NASCAR fans will appreciate the breakdown of recent Watkins Glen results and strategic driver selections for upcoming races at Richmond and Daytona. The brothers continue their season-long competition with Paul maintaining a lead after his driver SVG secured a recent victory.
The show's increasingly popular "America's Favorite BBQ Side Dish" bracket reaches its semifinal round with record-breaking participation from listeners. After fierce competition, pasta salad narrowly defeats baked beans while deviled eggs surprisingly triumphs over corn on the cob, setting up next week's championship matchup that has both hosts genuinely excited.
Paul's Weird News segment delivers three bizarre stories that you couldn't make up: a Spanish village that made dying illegal due to cemetery overcrowding, a toddler in India who bit a venomous cobra to death in self-defense, and a Chuck E. Cheese employee who tried evading police by hiding in the mouse costume.
What would you do if locked in a Chuck E. Cheese for 48 hours? The brothers tackle this strange hypothetical to close the show, debating pizza consumption strategies and arcade game preferences that spark nostalgic conversations about childhood entertainment destinations.
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Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode of the Trout Stream. I am Harry Troutman, as with me, as always, is my co-host, a man who's never had a gray hair in his life. I am Paul Troutman. So pick up a full cast line and join us on the stream. On episode 89, we will discuss our favorite athletes to wear 89, hand out our golden trouts and eels of the week, continue our favorite barbecue side dish bracket and, of course, much, much more. Paul listeners, everyone, welcome to the Trout Stream, welcome to 89. Ooh, what a time to be alive. You know I'm getting chills, man, the closer we get to 100, I just can't believe it. Well, before I continue, I do want to give a quick shout out to a couple previous listeners, one from San Francisco Bay Blues Is that a subdivision of San Fran? I guess I don't know. And Alberta, canada. Thank you for tuning in to the Trout Stream. Thank you for listening, buddy. You had a stellar weekend.
Speaker 2:What a weekend. It was Busy, busy, busy, busy weekend, but I got to accomplish something I have never done in my entire life, coming up on a long life here, something I've never done and that was go to two baseball games in one series. It's got to hit different, doesn't it? It hits way different. It's like, ah, yeah, I'm back. Yep, hey, remember me from yesterday. Yep, yeah, you do. Yeah, you know you do. We went to our chiropractor Spree and I did, oh, about a week or so ago, the exact day, and he's a huge baseball fan.
Speaker 2:Cubs fan Shout out Dr Rick. He's like hey, phil's are in Arlington next weekend, you guys go in, and of course I walk in at my time, which is 10 minutes after Sabrina, so they have a conversation already. And finally there's some him in the hall and I said let's go. So what we did was Piper had a sleepover.
Speaker 1:That's exciting.
Speaker 2:Her little, her, one of her little best friends, sabrina's best friend and her kid teamed up. So Piper got her first big girl sleepover and we took Olivia. We went Saturday. We left Saturday for the night game, got to the hotel, paid for the parking ahead of time. Once we got to the hotel we found out there was a tram that took us to the stadium. It is what it is. You know what I mean. Like okay, we just laugh. Sabrina's like well, depending on how Olivia likes it, if she doesn't like it, she'll take the car Smart.
Speaker 1:I'll get the tram.
Speaker 2:But we pull up, we have our parking passes on her phone and the parking attendant's like oh, you need to download the MLB app, just so I can scan this. So I, Just so I can scan this, so go ahead and do a U-turn. Leaving the parking lot I said yeah, okay. So we went and parked. As we were parking, Sabrina downloaded it. So then I walk up to the lady. She's like you remember me from like five minutes ago. You told me to do a U-turn. Here's my boop, scan it. I have some golden trout. I'll dish them out right now.
Speaker 2:Really, it's the staff for the Rangers game, because going into it you're not allowed to backpack, You're not allowed with certain things. We got in with Olivia's small backpack because it had her EpiPens and all that stuff in there, and so a lot of them are just like yep, got it. Here's all your paperwork, We'll tag it, just right. And one employee looked at us and said hey, on Sunday's game. She's like hey, if I don't get a chance to tell you before you leave today, go birds. And I was like we have a somebody's infiltrated. She's yeah, I'm a passionate Phillies fan, no way, she just happens to live in the area and wants a job and I was like right on, man, Right on.
Speaker 2:But we went to the Saturday night game. Phil's came back to win. They were losing. And I was going to paint the picture real quick. We're in left field, second deck, right by the foul pole, waiting for somebody to hit something to us. Nobody did. Phils are losing. I get up and I go walk around and right behind the stairs happened to be a vendor selling my favorite beverage at the time, a Tallboy Bush Light. Oh, Actually, it was a Pounder 16 ounce. Once again, Tallboy's 24, pounder 16. So you had the pounders. I'll take one, hand it to me, Harry, I think it was $13 and change. I can go to the store here and get a six pack for like six bucks.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's the appeal. That's the appeal of a bush, 100%. I love it and found out that bush was created.
Speaker 1:Appeal of Bush 100%. I love it. And I go and found out that Bush was created out of pure spite for baseball. Yes, because the St Louis Cardinals wanted to name the stadium, or name the stadium or team or something like that. Then we named the stadium the stadium, budweiser, budweiser, and they said absolutely not. And they said, well, can you do a family name? And they said yeah, of course. And they rolled out a new beard with the name of Bush.
Speaker 2:So feels are loose and I go to my seat on Saturday night and I sit down and I take the Philly's hat that I've had for at least 17 years. I've worn this Philly's hat October 29,. Folks, as soon as I sat down, turned my hat backwards over the top, took one fresh sip of that bush light and next thing, you know, the Phillies are rolling and tumbling and they won the game. So it's always fun going to a game. Regardless. You feel like a kid. I went to two baseball games over the weekend. Like I said, first time I ever went to multiple games in one series and Phillies won both games. I don't think I'm quite to 500 yet of in-person Phillies games in my life who knows, that might be over, but it was awesome. I loved it. I could talk for hours about how fun it was. I just loved every minute of it.
Speaker 1:Dude, that's so great. I'm glad you had a bomb. Very good weekend, you deserve it. Yeah, you Sabrina. You Sabrina, how was Livvy with?
Speaker 2:a live baseball game. So we planned ahead. We brought the iPad no, it's with headphones and downloader stuff. Golden Trout Ranger Stadium has Wi-Fi so I got to download everything. She did pretty well. She got the hot dog in the first game, the soft pretzel because you got to get the soft pretzel Sunday's game. We got in there. We each got the hamburger meal and fries. So I mean, we took out a small loan just to eat and have a couple drinks. But she loved it. Man, she was really into it. Yeah, did you get her the malted milkshake? No, no, I didn't get her the malted milkshake, just got her the lemonade with the burger.
Speaker 1:Oh okay, I saw on TikTok that they had malted milkshake at the Rangers game. I don't know. Some duop classic thing. Sorry, go ahead.
Speaker 2:Man, see, it's an old love of mine. I do, but it ain't gonna do well for me. No, but Livvy loved it. Dude, that's awesome and 10 out of 10,. I would go back To Ranger Stadium, whatever it's called. I feel like we went there. I was there for two games. I can't remember the name of the stadium. I'd go back again.
Speaker 1:I lived outside of Dallas for about a year when I was 19 and I drove past their old stadium and it was beautiful, yeah. So I can't imagine what this new one looks like Inside.
Speaker 2:it's a dome. You're inside, feels like you, yeah, so I can't imagine what this new one looks like Inside it's a dome.
Speaker 1:You're inside. Oh Feels like you're outside, but the temperature is very nice inside.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's comfortable inside, so you're not in that Arlington, 100 degree heat, it's brutal Mid 70s. I mean it was cool, but the way the light came in you can still see the sky, but it wasn't bright. The way the air was moving, it felt like I was sitting outside, but that's it. I can go on forever about that weekend. Harry, tell me your weekend, let us know. Wow, of course it's Swiss.
Speaker 1:Yeah, buddy, you don't got to ask us what we normally, what we've been doing going down to the camper, relaxing, having a good time, hanging out with our friends. You know the whole reason. We got it Right. We've literally paid for the spot we're at now just by going the few times we have. So, yeah, it's all a bonus from here and I'm really excited.
Speaker 2:Yeah, like the first few weekends you go, you know you're paying for it, but now it's that bad boy's paying for it himself.
Speaker 1:It really is. I did the math on like we were big uh state park people, ah Cause it's cheap, you know. But I did the math and like yeah, yeah, we've for sure paid for three trips at least.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean sitting out there. Even if you're a lonely stranger. It's sitting there, you and your camper with Ange hanging out playing games. But you guys got Katie and Steve out there, which is even better it is, and all the kiddos.
Speaker 1:I also learned that I'm not on this. We're not on the Susquehanna river, we're actually on a lake. Now, see, see, no, you're. You don't know why. You're you don't know why. Yet it's because the Susquehanna is between two dams. Therefore, it makes it, it becomes a lake. Oh yeah, so wasn't a. I don't know where I am moment it's a, I didn't know technically the river becomes a lake when it's damned off on two separate sides.
Speaker 1:Oh, that makes sense. So, yeah, it's still the river technically. Yeah, they just damned it off. I mean it's a good time. Yeah, I knew where I was in life. Yeah, I knew I was on the susquehanna buddy think I'm not. I didn't think I was in life. Yeah, I knew I was on the Susquehanna buddy. I didn't think I was in Warsaw, poland.
Speaker 2:Okay, you're laughing over here. You're up in Alberta Canada, yeah, where you should be down in.
Speaker 1:Gainesville, Florida. Next thing you know, you got me and Chan standing next to each other, sending you Snapchats because my thing's actually in.
Speaker 2:Minnesota, that's right, where's my camper at it. My thing's actually in Minnesota, that's right. Where's my camper at it was on the Susquehanna.
Speaker 1:Which one? The one in Minnesota? The one in Minnesota? No, okay, I know where my camper's at my weekend trips.
Speaker 2:I got to start driving on Wednesday and then, when I leave Sunday, I get back on Tuesday.
Speaker 1:So you know how it is I am just burning up PTO right now.
Speaker 2:You're just gonna telework straight from the campsite like uh, sir, before you accuse me of being wrong, I know what I'm saying if I, if I can get the, if I can get the multi monitors up, dude, unstoppable.
Speaker 1:I was also unstoppable this weekend with my pick.
Speaker 2:I went with svg at walkins glenn, not only did he beat you, I got the win, not only did you get the win, harry, but your 10 bonus points is one less point than what my driver earned all weekend. I don't even remember who you had. I had John the soldier, john Hunter Nemechek How'd he do? He got me 11 points All right, hey, heck, yeah, dude. Yeah, I mean he finished the race. Funny story. Did you know that the last two races every driver has finished?
Speaker 1:I love that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, kyle Larson finished last at Watkins Glen. He was like 12 laps down.
Speaker 1:Did not see that coming. Which part? Kyle Larson coming in last.
Speaker 2:Right, yeah, but it's.
Speaker 1:Kyle Larson Right.
Speaker 2:Let's reel this big fish in. Let's reel it in Now. We throw it back out to you. You won last week, I wouldn't know your 89th. We say it every week. We talk about our favorite 89s. I want to hear your favorite 89s.
Speaker 1:For some reason, when we're in wide receiver numbers Redskins far more than I dislike them now. Yeah, so I think I just remember guys that kind of hurt us a little more than normal. You know, I don't remember obviously their number three wide receiver who got, you know, 12 yards that game. I'm not gonna remember that. But I remember a guy said that hurt us and Santana Moss on the Redskins now Commanders was one of those guys. Always Nothing Once he was gone and retired or off the Redskins, whatever he did, I was relieved when he wasn't around anymore. Same, and that's a respect thing, that's not even like a mean thing, that's like oh shoosh, see ya, I don't have to see you twice a year. Jeremy Shockey was another one.
Speaker 2:Like oh, thank goodness, shockey, I'll see you around. Yeah, we talked about him earlier. I love Jeremy Shockey, but I hated.
Speaker 1:Jeremy Shockey. Yeah, so you know, santana Moss, it's honestly a respect thing for you, but it's not me being mean and saying good riddance, it's me saying I did not like you because I respected you.
Speaker 2:And it's painful because he would somehow light us up.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think that's why I remember him.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:But that's it who you got.
Speaker 2:I got three. I got three. I've been putting some thought into this one. First one here from the Carolina Panthers wide receiver, who then moved up the road to Baltimore 89. Later put senior on the back of his jersey after his last name, smith, steve Smith Sr. I mean, I already gave you two of his three names. I think he's got every receiving record in Carolina that you can have. It's either him or Mohamed, but he was 84. So Steve Smith 89. He was like the receiver. Obviously, carolina is a very young team as well. Uh, so it's not hard I shouldn't say it's not difficult to have the records if you're really good, like steve smith. Respectively, though didn't he try to?
Speaker 1:fight a lot of people. Yeah, I believe. So I wonder, yeah, I wonder, if him and brian dawkins ever met up. I don't believe anybody tried fighting brian dawkins no, that's not what I'm saying, Not to fight. Just you know real football, one-on-one coverage and all that.
Speaker 2:A little schlack in there, a little top one too.
Speaker 1:The jabs back and forth the verbal jabs.
Speaker 2:Can you imagine if because Steve Smith, compared to other receivers, isn't as big, no, so Brian Dawkins hitting him with the same intensity he hit Algie Crumpler earlier, there'd be tears in heaven because he would wake up going hello. Brian Dawkins got to live out his dream of I'm going to take your soul. I wish we could do a whole Brian Dawkins episode. I want to. I mean, we had a chance 65, 69 episodes ago.
Speaker 1:We didn't know what we were doing Moving.
Speaker 2:I mean, we had a chance 65, 69 episodes ago. We didn't know what we were doing. Moving on from wide receiver Harry. 89 is a good number for a tight end. We've been highlighting them. Philadelphia Eagles tight end I told you back in episode 85, 86, we'd be covering them from start to finish in the 80s. 89 has an opportunity. It wasn't really an opportunity. When I was in Korea.
Speaker 2:This guy came to korea as well on like a uso tour. Oh, okay, I didn't know until it was like when it was like too late. He uh, he came for specific event like a, some kind of service, I can't remember what it was and then they were fitting him to get a ride in f-16 and my suite mate at the time he tells me later right, Because I got Eagle stuff everywhere. And later one day, like a few days later, he goes oh man, you're an Eagles fan. I was like, yeah, he's like, oh, this guy was just here and I was fitting him for his flight suit and everything to get him his ride and I'm like, huh, that's cool, Thanks for letting me know later. Yeah, now, but also on the field number 89.
Speaker 1:I think he was, in my opinion, the first right it went him, brent, chad Lewis, you're not going to, not, I think Chad was before, a little before my time, unfortunately Like I'd still watch, yeah, and like obviously I knew who McNabb was and I knew who Westbrook was and I knew who Dawkins was and my personal favorite, my two personal favorite, john Runyon and Jeremiah Trotter. But other than that, I, you know, I didn't know guys and I was a kid. I could you know not to sit here and beat myself. I was a child watching football. It's okay to not remember everyone, but when I go back and I watch highlights- I'm like dang Ben Harry.
Speaker 2:I got one more and it's a doozy. Right. Born in Carnegie, pennsylvania, attended University of Pittsburgh. Nfl player. Three teams, I became a coach of three teams, brought a Super Bowl to one city and decimated another for a very, very long time. Super Bowl win as a coach and one as a player. Nfl Offensive Rookie of the Year. Two time first team, all-pro. Three time second team All-Pro. Five Pro Bowls. Nfl's 75th anniversary team. Nfl's 100th anniversary team number retired Pittsburgh Panthers retired his 89. As a coach. Two-time champ, two-time AP NFL coach of the year. Nfl draft 1961, first round, fifth pick. The AFL in 1961, first round fifth pick. The afl in 1961. First round, eighth pick. He was drafted twice. The man, the myth, the legend, also starred alongside will ferrell in a movie called kicking and screaming. If you haven't picked it up by now, the one, the only iron, mike dickke.
Speaker 1:Da bears. For those who aren't seeing this live, paul is currently wearing a Mike Dicke Jersey. Now he's wearing it on his body. Of course it's not framed. It's not hanging up on your wall. I made the comment. You know it's an old school jersey. I think jerseys looked a heck of a lot better Back then. There's something small on the back of this, though it's signed by Mike Dica, and you're just wearing it nonchalantly.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because it's Mike Dicka. He touched it. I have the power right. I got the the orange colored glasses going. I got the head bob. The only thing he has better than me is a full head of hair.
Speaker 1:That is tough for you, isn't it?
Speaker 2:It kind of demoralizes me. I'm not gonna lie to you.
Speaker 1:I had a better mustache than him, I was going to give. I know your ego is full right now, but I was going to give you credit. Your mustache was a heck of a lot better Than Mike Dick's, and Mike Dick is a top 15 mustache.
Speaker 2:Oh yeah, definitely top 15 mustache. But also, I would not decimate the New Orleans Saints to try and trade up For Ricky Williams. Let me tell you that right now, folks, yeah, he sold the farm, didn't he? He sold everything. I still think there's other teams with draft picks from that one. You're only allowed to trade away draft picks for the next three years and he somehow bargained for the next 20. He sold his left shoe. He's walking with a limp. Yeah, he traded for Ricky Williams. He, yeah, he traded for Ricky Williams. Like he's gonna run Run for gold. Turns out they were just Running on faith down there. But that's it. I mean it's Mike Dickey, 89's, retired with Chicago. Oh Also, I was getting to that In 1967 to 68 he played for Go Birds, duh Birds. Mike Dickey was an eagle Right. So I mean, even better, like I would love to see Harry who would win in a fight.
Speaker 1:Mike Dicca or.
Speaker 2:Godzilla, mike Dicca, mike Dicca, yeah, yeah. Who would win in a race? Aj Foyt or a school bus? Well, the bus is being driven by Mike Dicca, so school bus.
Speaker 1:I'm not a Juice Box guy, you're a Juicebox guy.
Speaker 2:I love it. Probably some of the best SNL skits of all time, yeah.
Speaker 1:And Kicking and Screaming was good and funny. It was great, great, great movie. Two players have born in 89 in NBA history. We have Lou Munson in 2015 and Clyde Lovelette of the 1954 Minneapolis.
Speaker 2:Lakers Back when they were what actual Laker meant. He Big Clyde Hall of Famer. Clive the one, the only, that's awesome. I mean he only wore it for it seems like one year, but still, yeah, that's a Hall of Fame worthy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's probably one of the best 84s 89.
Speaker 2:I mean he is probably one of the best 84s 89.
Speaker 1:I mean, he is probably one of the best 89s.
Speaker 2:It's like our NASCAR pickups. I'm in the top two for pickups. There's only two of you. Lou Amundsen, in 2015, goes, give me number 89. I'm going to be the best ever. I'm like, oh, a Hall of Famer. Clive Lovett, he wore that for a year. You're like, oh great, what kind of year did he have?
Speaker 1:Oh he had a 3.2 points per game.
Speaker 2:I got an average four points or better. I was looking at some episodes ago and I forget what number it was. Let's say, 86 in baseball, one guy's worn 86. The article's from 2019-ish. There's one guy who's ever worn 86 in mlb history and it's bill johnson. So he's the greatest 86 in mlb history and I'm like you take that to the bank, dude oh yeah, oh, you ride that out.
Speaker 2:You books t-shirts, yeah like when they say like nobody knows when you're down and out, but also everybody's gonna know when you're the best person at that number. Like when they say like nobody knows when you're down and out, but also everybody's gonna know when you're the best person at that number. Like when they come out with the encyclopedia but who's the best person everywhere? 86, oh, this guy who went one for 24 at the line. It doesn't matter, I'm the best, but harry. Eight people, eight dudes, have worn the number 89 mlb history. And here's the kicker the first ones were in 2020. Now, usually I don't pick names unless it's something big or weird, you know crazy. But Miguel Yajuri from the New York Yankees I'm really glad we don't get paid to pronounce names so brutal sometimes. And then Tanner Hoke from the Boston Red Sox. Both of them made their debuts in 2020 wearing the number 89. I don't know which one. I wasn't going to dig deep see who wore that first, like who showed up first, but I think Tanner. He has since been with the Red Sox and he only wore an 89. So he's the longest tenured 89 in MLB history. But not about jersey number 89, harry Trappics. Here we go. I got two, two big ones and we're going to go old school. We're going to go oldest and newest. Right, let's flip it on its head.
Speaker 2:This week, first time, we are announcing this position being drafted into the NFL in 1993, the 89th overall selection Lorenzo Neal, fullback. For the longest time I thought his name was Lorenzo Neal. I had the O with his last name, not the end of his first name. Oh, yeah, yeah, that'll do it. Probably one of the best top 10 fullbacks all time, maybe top five. And then Harry, let's fast forward three years, three years ago, down the road, click, click, click, click. Number 89 overall selection San Francisco Giants, the Bay Blues area. Who just listened to our episode, selects the one, the only, terrell Owens.
Speaker 2:You're not going to not, 88 picks went by before he got picked up. Not going to, not? Do you believe that is one of those? Shoulda, coulda wouldas? Yes, because that's probably the year 96. I think it's the year the Eagles drafted Mike Mimola in the first round, which is one of the biggest busts of all time. I'm like let's just go back and pick up Teal, yeah, just go back, yeah. And then let me go ahead and smack somebody around the 2000 draft and be like this guy Thomas Brady, don't let him go to 199. Go ahead and take him in the second round. Now you got TB, and TO how many are we winning with that combo?
Speaker 1:All of them. The 89th Billboard Top 100 song is Diana Ross' Upside Down. The 89 highest grossing movie, black Panther. Wakanda Forever. Wakanda Forever, the number one album from 1989, bobby Brown Don't Be Cruel. You ready for some 89-year-old celebrities, dude? Because there's a couple, a couple. I'm in. The list isn't long, but that's why I said there's a couple. Okay, okay, we have Woody Allen couple. Okay, okay, we have Woody Allen director.
Speaker 2:Okay, yep, julie Andrews Got it. Movie actress. Wait, julie Andrews still alive. Yes, julie Andrews sound of Andrews. Julie, sound of music.
Speaker 1:Yes, also the Princess Diaries. That's the second time I've referenced that movie and I don't like that. Back to back weeks I'm in. Yeah, I don't like that.
Speaker 2:King Solomon and my personal favorite, alan Alda from MASH Love it MASH, bravo, I think he's one of the only one of the few left. Yeah, yeah, he's gotta be, since Hot Lips was the most recent Clinger, yeah, clinger, him and Klinger Trying to get that eight what do they call that? Anyway, trying to go the insanity plea, the section eight. Well, section eight's housing, maybe it's section eight, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's trying to get a section eight. Yeah, that's what it is. Yep, now we got celebrities who, uh who, got the C89, but nothing past that. We have Joe Jackson Shoeless.
Speaker 2:Talent manager.
Speaker 1:Ah, that was Michael's dad yes, we have Maggie Smith. She played McGonagall in Harry Potter. Yep, I see his face. Now I know who it is. Alan Arkin Did not know he passed, loved him actually. Yes, and James Stewart he was actually born where my wife is from, indiana, pa. They got a bronze statue and all that for him, for it's a Wonderful Life.
Speaker 2:Phenomenal. I love it so much.
Speaker 1:NASCAR 89, there were 270 races with four wins. Buck Baker has half of those wins. Buck Baker, that's a name.
Speaker 2:Buck Baker, buck Baker, that's a name right. Buck Baker, buck Baker, that's a name right there. Folks, I think you're not going to not.
Speaker 1:So that brings us back to NASCAR. We were at Watkins Glen. I got the win. Yes, you did Good race. Not only did I get the win, I got the win-win, so I get the bonus points, like we talked about. Real quick flash in a hurry. Let us know where the point situation is, where the winds. What do we got?
Speaker 2:Here we go. Well, I mean, if anybody remembers last week, uh, harry was kind of steamrolling heading up North, now you're sitting at. Let me get my glass on and read this fine print 605 points before all bonus points, and I am sitting at 536.
Speaker 1:All right, so it's a close race.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's a close race. Yeah, it's a close race. It's what happens when SVG gets 43 points and my driver, the soldier John Hunter Nebuchick, gets 11. That is so now our bonuses kind of cancel each other out. Yeah, they do.
Speaker 1:Which, honestly, I was hoping for. If obviously I can't have bonuses, I'd rather just cancel out.
Speaker 2:You know, it makes sense that both of us, the only wins we each have this year is SVG.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because I mean, it's a road course, you pick SVG and it's a win. That's just what that dude's been doing. We have Richmond this weekend and then after that we have the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona. These are the last two regular season races, buddy, we got two drivers left and then the field restarts. How confident are you to come up 60-some points? Very confident In two races? Ooh, richmond.
Speaker 2:Yep, richmond is a short track. Harry, go ahead and take Gator at your sheet, because I already got my number in. I don't know who I'm going with.
Speaker 1:Because you can't take him. I am going to take this week the number 11. I know it.
Speaker 2:Denny Hamlin. That's all you had left. It's the only one you had left, christopher Bell.
Speaker 1:C Bell. Yeah, that's a great pick, dude. Yeah, because I got to think two races ahead to Daytona, I could take Bubba Wallace there, you could. Oh, you have Bubba still too. It's going to be great, it's going to be quick, it's going to be fast.
Speaker 1:I do genuinely enjoy it. I like Richmond. Richmond is a good track. Yeah, it's fun to race on NASCAR game too. Which that game? We finally get a new one here in a couple months. I'm buckling down spending wise. The one thing I did say is that I will be buying at full price. Is the new NASCAR game? Good for you. I don't put my foot down in my house. I know where I sleep at night, so, but that was one thing that I did go. Hey, listen here, if you don't mind, could I please possibly, if we have, if it's in the budget, possibly get the new NES cart? I've only been waiting like five years and, if you notice, I haven't bought any new games lately, so I've really just been saving up my credit, if you don't mind. But yeah, that's how I talk to my wife, so let's see how it goes.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you let her know man, I did, I did let her know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I uh that. I'm interested in in the game, if she allows it. Yeah, funny enough.
Speaker 2:We lost internet here for like six days. My kids didn't know what to do. We pulled out my PlayStation and Sabrina's like oh, when was the last time you played this? I went to my notifications and it said dirt King, cause. And Sabrina's like oh, when was the last time you played this? I went to my notifications and it said Dirt King Because I got like 200 dirt road wins or something wild set and it was at 2023. And I was like well, apparently I haven't played this game in two years. Surprised it turned back on but it's a PS4. And they don't really make new games for that anymore. No, you're pretty much out bud.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's all I got to say about that.
Speaker 1:That's all I got to say about that. A lot of people had opinions. Buddy, I like opinions. My golden trout quick flash to my wife I love you. Thank you for everything you do. You really do make my life a lot better. But what also made me happy, what's also got me very excited? Go on. And I gotta give it up to our new our. I have to give it up to our social media team because we had the biggest turnout on voting for any poll we have put out in 89 episodes. Yeah, 89. We had the largest turnout. It was huge, man. And you were sending me screenshots because I don't, like I said, if it comes across my own Facebook page, my personal page, it is what it is. You know I don't go looking for it and I didn't get to see any of it, but you were just sending me a little corner about the number of votes and I was blown away.
Speaker 1:So let me shut up, and why don't you take over America's favorite barbecue side dish?
Speaker 2:bracket. So normally I put a post out saying hey folks, we're closing the poll soon. It is 10.05 pm my time on Thursday night, and now we're finally closing the polls because it has been that hot, that heavy. Harry, let's start with the right side. So we're the right side of the bracket here. We have hot dog going against chicken, protein versus protein. We have pasta salad going against baked beans. What is your favorite side dish at a barbecue? This one's tough, Harry, because I like both. I like a good pasta salad. I really like some good beans. Fifty-forty-three, this was the closest matchup of the week. Now, obviously, once again, when you have two, one's going to be the closest, one's going to be the furthest right, One's going to be the top seed, one's going to be bottom seed One's going to be the greatest 89 ever and one's going to be number two.
Speaker 2:Yeah, somebody's got to be number two. This is the closest poll of the week Moving on to the final, to the championship round, cutting down the nets of the final four.
Speaker 1:pasta salad is moving on, did not see it? I love my wife's pasta salad. Yeah, and there's a little secret. She does that. That I didn't know was an option and it's the game changer it is. I'll tell you off the air because I don't want to sleep outside by giving away her secret recipe, but I will tell you right obviously her pasta salad is required at my salad party, so I am not surprised pasta salad is moving on.
Speaker 2:Actually, not everyone loves baked beans no, not everyone loves pasta salad, but also baked beans are baked beans. And I think you'd hear me out on this. You can doctor up some baked beans, right. You can add the brown sugar. You can add the mustard or mayo or ketchup. You can add the ground beef. You can add ground sausage. Pasta salad every household has their own recipe. There are no two pasta salads the same. That's what makes it amazing.
Speaker 1:I'm not going to lie. I took it's not okay. I will come clean about something. It's not okay. I will come clean about something. It's not Angie's pasta salad anymore. It was hers that her mom passed on to hers, yeah.
Speaker 1:And then I took my favorite parts of what I liked about mom's pasta salad and my favorite parts I loved about Angie's pasta salad and I put them together and now and now we have our own pasta salad and I just slowly this is so mean, I just slowly worked my wife into adding ingredients and taking away ingredients that I don't like and everyone's like this is the best pasta salad ever. And I'm like I let her get all the credit, right, even though I do all the chopping and all that stuff. But anyway, right, it's her pasta salad, but you're not going to. Not, it's my pasta salad, but You're not going to, not, it's my pasta salad buddy.
Speaker 2:Look, I have acquired several recipes for a lot of things from several folks and I was told very young, from somebody said if you want this recipe to be yours, change something. Change one thing, Right. So I took a salsa recipe. I was given more of a pico de gallo salsa and I added cucumbers. Now it's my salsa. Cucumbers is a choice. Yeah, I finally dice up some cucumbers, put it in there, because they absorb up the heat and they got some crunch. I promise you I'll send you my recipe.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was going to say next time I see yours, you got to make it.
Speaker 2:Sabrina loves it. She asked for it. That's the right side of our bracket folks. We are getting on a tangent here. Chips and salsa is trying to make its way back into our bracket.
Speaker 1:Oh man, and we're saying no.
Speaker 2:You're saying the lead eight Right, you got to stay back. We're going to the championship round. Now, harry, speaking of championship round, let's move on to the one poll that has gotten us the most votes we've ever acquired in the history of our show. From the left side, we have the burger region going against ribs. We have corn on the cob going against deviled eggs, two yellow delicacies I can't even make this up.
Speaker 1:Whoever loses is going to have the walking blues for like a week because, like they both know, they're worthy of taking the championship. Yeah, you know what, before you continue, I feel like this isn't an ego fight. You know what I mean when two guys are mouth off. This has been nothing but respectful and exciting. They shake hands, they pose for pictures nice, they're not trash talking. Their crews aren't jumping in. They know what's at stake for this fight. Yeah, and it's nothing but respect.
Speaker 2:This is a game. Seven. 2001 World Series Roger Clemens, randy Johnson. Yeah Like Titans, okay Titans. I got two of the best going at it. That like, if I stand there I'm going oof. Which one do I want first? Both of them. I mean, as I put the description of, I left my own description Corn on the cob versus deviled eggs. Both sides will get you a dirty look at a barbecue. For how many you can put away, that's great. Any good day you can put away a dozen deviled eggs. You could probably put away six ears of corn, right. But here it is.
Speaker 1:No, I'm so nervous, nervous 62 to 37.
Speaker 2:Okay, by the way, these numbers are constantly going like I had to hit refresh 16 times just now. 62, 37 deviled eggs. Moving on what? Yeah?
Speaker 1:deviled eggs took it. I'm telling you, dude, you don't know what your heart wants until you go to flip that coin and you see it flipping in the air. And then you know what your heart wants, because my heart wanted deviled eggs. I would have applauded it. Corn on the cob won. I would have applauded it and shed a tear. Facts I would have applauded corn on the cob for advancing and shedding that tear for deviled eggs.
Speaker 2:Right, you would shake that man's hand and say congratulations, you have earned this.
Speaker 1:Yes, without question.
Speaker 2:That's what I would do, and then said hey, hey, deviled eggs come here.
Speaker 1:I gave him a big hug, but knowing that deviled eggs is in fact moving on.
Speaker 2:So good, so good. So next week I mean, I want to put it out early because I want to try and get as many votes as we can. Oh, yeah, you got to. My goal is like a thousand votes on this poll. Deviled eggs versus pasta salad. What is your absolute number one favorite barbecue side dish? And then once that poll's over, folks and it doesn't just end there all of our new listeners hear us out. We do polls all the time. We're going to do brackets here soon. Yeah, we're stewing up some ideas for our next one. Ooh, it's going to hit you right in the heart, maybe, or in the brain, or in the kneecap.
Speaker 1:One of the three. The NASCAR 25 soundtrack apparently has been released. Oh gosh, sweet Home Alabama. Leonard Skinner. Yeah, I'm going to skip some. Okay, give me the highlights. Yeah, southern Nights by Glenn Campbell Go Faster. The Black Crows Real Gone. Sheryl Crow, knockin' Boots. Luke Bryan Not a fan of that one. Back in the Saddle, luke Combs. Back in the Saddle, luke Combs.
Speaker 1:I think it's a newer one. It's a new one. I haven't really heard it yet. Talkin' Tennessee. Morgan Wallen Awaken. Breakin' Ben Not Like Us. Kendrick Lamar Highway to Hell. Acdc. Here Comes Goodbye. Here Comes Goodbye. Rascal Flats. That's weird. Is there a tribute in it? Maybe?
Speaker 2:Maybe or like when you retire.
Speaker 1:Maybe Springsteen, Eric Church, Cowboys from Hell Pantera oh yeah, Son ofboys from Hell, Pantera, oh yeah, Son of a Sinner. Jelly Roll Fuel by Metallica Makes sense. Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter that makes sense. Actually, Willie B is always calling out Sabrina and trying to. They give him for it because he likes her stuff on social media and the other guys are like, oh so you liked, so now it's an ongoing trope. I know more about it than I want to know. Yeah, Glory Days, Bruce.
Speaker 2:Springsteen. Ooh, we're talking about Glory Days. Diary of Jane.
Speaker 1:Breaking Ben. Yeah, Now my personal favorite Steppenwolf Magic Carpet Ride.
Speaker 2:My favorite one is Cowboys from Hell, pantera. Do I know that one? I wish, I wish the music that I know now I wish I knew growing up. Yes, hell, yeah, you and I would have been but Pantera, early Slipknot, early Eminem.
Speaker 1:Another bracket coming to a close. We're getting through them, dude, I'm happy, I'm feeling good about it, dude, feeling great. I'm not feeling great as a snake, as the old expression would go. I'm not feeling great like Chuck E Cheese, or somewhat dressed like Chuck E Cheese anyway, and I'm not feeling great in a Spanish village where something that you can't control is now illegal. Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for PWN Paul's Weird News. Here is your host, paul. Hey, harry thinks I should out here on the streets.
Speaker 2:Now, boy do I got a doozy for you. I got three of them. Spanish village declares it illegal to do this. Dude was a very specific shortage. Oh, what is it? In a unique legal twist, the village of? We're going to butcher this one up out here on the streets. How did you say that Bill Lanzurin in Spain has declared it illegal to die within its borders? A symbolic law introduced in response to limited burial space. Burial, so the small town of Langeuron I think there's an accent over the O a small town known for its mineral springs and picturesque surroundings. Beautiful town, I saw images of it. Never had the pleasure of traveling it, but it looks good. But in 99, the mayor implemented an unusual decree aimed at addressing a longstanding issue the town's overcrowded cemetery. My question to you real quick, back in studio, think about is what is an overcrowded cemetery? Can't you just stack up? Can we just double stack, have they?
Speaker 2:double stacked, or are they dug deeper?
Speaker 1:I mean if you, once you start running out of room, wouldn't you like want to do a standing up Right?
Speaker 2:Why do we got to lay down Right, lay down right, but if we just start stacking up, dig a deeper hole. Yeah, but then the mayor issued a formal edict stating it was hereby forbidden to die in his town, asking residents to take utmost care of their health so they do not die until town hall takes the necessary steps to acquire land. Hey man, uh, I know you're a little sick over there, jose. I need you to hold out until I acquire this land. Yes, sir, yes sir, how long is it going to take? Well, this town of about 4,000 people? I don't know, jose, it could take some time.
Speaker 1:Hey, philippe, I know you just got kicked in the head by a mule that is seven times larger than you are. If you could just hang on while we cross some T's and dot some I's on some paperwork and not die, we would appreciate it. Thanks, bud, that'd be great Thanks, philippe.
Speaker 2:Thank you, but Harry, let's go on an airplane here Now. Let's go from Spain and let's go to a funny little country called India. I don't know why. It's funny when a toddler takes a bite of something and survives Like, oh man, what did he take? A bite out of Somebody's toe, a shoe, a toy? A toddler bites a snake to death.
Speaker 2:Now, if that's not the weirdest news you're going to hear all week, a two-year-old boy in India shocked doctors and locals alike and they're surviving an encounter with a venomous cobra by biting it to death. Now, listen, okay, I've had three children two-year-old, teething. Two-year-olds are notorious for biting everything, right? Also, I grew up with you when you were two years old, biting everything, to include me, all four of you. Somehow I got bit in all of this. I survived.
Speaker 2:How do you think a venomous cobra feels Going? Hey, guess what? I got these two fangs I'm going to get you. And like I think of the Incredibles, jack-jack, who has, like that extra strength that doesn't know it Like does this two-year-old boy just sit there like cobra, comes at him like boop oh, tasty treat, let me bite into it. Yeah, so the boy is sitting there and instinctively grabbed a snake and bit down on its head. And the parents, like we, rushed towards our kid because we saw a cobra. And then we saw the cobra's head in his mouth. So they pulled the snake and had already died, and then the boy felt unconscious because he was exposed to the venom of the cobra. So, you think, is this a circle of life? No, no, because the boy survives.
Speaker 1:Yeah, see, I can't tell if this kid is a hero or a sociopath.
Speaker 2:Now the venom is confirmed to have entered his body and his face and his mouth were swollen, but he remains active and alert, like his face and his mouth are swollen because, hey, what's up guys, what's up man, I'm good. And 48 hours later he was released from the hospital because he was good to go.
Speaker 1:Dude, he was swelling up and he was like Rocky, standing in the corner just jogging up and down saying let's go, that's all you got. That's all you got.
Speaker 2:I didn't hear no bell Right, it is typically life-threatening. Yeah, right, now let's hope that there's no cobras in the town in Spain of Langeurin, where they're banning dying, because if cobras show up, you better hope this two-year-old from India is there, because I think he's your first line of defense. And now, harry, let's get on that airplane, let's fly ourselves to the great state of Florida. We've heard of some of these crimes. Identity theft is on the rise, as easy as it is everybody. Everything's digital now.
Speaker 2:But last week, within the last week, an employee at Chuck E Cheese was arrested in Tallahassee, florida. Once again, florida man rules for allegedly using a stolen credit card. Not allegedly right, nothing's been proven yet. Well, it began when a woman reported an unauthorized charge on her child support visa debit card. Smokings, you want more pizza. Do you want to eat at the salad bar, kid? And the kid's always going to say no. Well then she looked and was like, oh, that's weird.
Speaker 2:It was used at a smoke shop, a grocery store and a Whataburger, specifically a Whataburger. So the woman said let me go to the grocery store. Hey, hey, y'all these guys got security cameras. Like yeah, we do. And they show know that guy. He looks very familiar. I think I saw him when I was at the place of charles entertainment cheese or on the street we call him chucky cheese, no. So officers arrive at the restaurant right as she calls him, say yep, this guy's here, he stole my stuff. They locate suspect not not in costume, not, he's not playing chucky and they start asking him questions. And my favorite thing is one officer described suspect as appearing very nervous, with a tense posture and wide eyes. Uh yeah, he's getting questioned for some crimes he committed. What do you think's gonna happen?
Speaker 1:I do love that when the cops, like he, looked nervous.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm being questioned by cops yeah, um, law enforcement is questioning me, even if I'm innocent. I'm like what, what are you doing here? Here's where it gets funny, harry. You know this isn't just Paul's news, this is Paul's weird news. So the officers left.
Speaker 2:Short time later they return and the suspect decides to put on the full Chuck E Cheese costume, including the larger headpiece. He's going, I got to work, I can't just leave work, don't look suspicious, I'm going to hide inside this costume. So then the officer so it's co-worker and goes hey, is our guy right now in the mascot suit? And the employee confirmed it with a head nod, like you imagine you're an officer, police officer. Hey, the suspect we were talking to is he currently in the big cheese outfit? And the other employee doesn't say anything because he doesn't want to no pun intended doesn't want to rat him out. Goes, this shit is sad, like so. Of course they had him right there, stripped down out of his mascot outfit, arrested him, sent him off to jail to await trial. Is that the scariest thing to see? Because that mouse is kind of scary.
Speaker 1:The new mouse is very scary, yes.
Speaker 2:But that's it for me, out here on the streets, back to you in Studio T.
Speaker 1:You are locked in a Chuck E Random. Or the last time you've been to a Charles Entertainment cheese place, however, you remember from the last time, right, let's not get too crazy. You are stuck there for 48 hours. Each slice of pizza slice, right, 48 hours, yeah, for 48 hours. Each slice of pizza slice, right, 48 hours, yeah, 48 hours. Each slice I'll give you. I only want to give you 10 minutes, really, for a slice?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm not, I'll be generous. I'll be generous. I'll be generous somewhere else, right? So pizza is $10 or 10 minutes of slice, right? Nothing crazy, but the arcade, normal arcade. I will. I will do. Each ticket is one second okay I think that's fair. Yeah, fair, okay, you know what I mean? Well, I just don't want you sitting there eating, eating three pizzas and then you're out in 48 hours, right, instead of saying the whole 48 hours.
Speaker 1:So if I think we treat because like there's never like any like 10 000, you know what I mean. I checked the cheese now it's always a couple hundred makes you makes you feel good, how long before you get out and what machine are you going to? This is a really good one.
Speaker 2:Uh, I'm going to probably stay 40 hours. 40 hours, right. 40 hours Right, because, if you think about it, one pizza is an hour and 20 minutes, right? Well, if I want to be there for three meals, well, there's four hours marked off already, so it takes me to 44. Yeah, and then on the second day, well, I'm at least there for two meals, so that gets me like a 30, 42. What game, I don't know. I don't think I'll pick just one game.
Speaker 1:No, you're not going to.
Speaker 2:No, because I'm going to get so frustrated with it. I don't know One I really like is the ball drop, get the things at the bottom. Is the ball drop in.
Speaker 1:Try to time it just right, that's fun, you know. I think I'll have to give you 15 minutes per slice I have I have to come out because it's just not fair, because, like a thousand, you let's say the jackpot's a thousand tickets, it's a thousand seconds, that's, that's 20 minutes, yeah, so yeah, I'll give you 15 per slice well, in that case pizza's two hours.
Speaker 2:You have to sit in like 40 hours. I'm not gonna eat that much pizza, you're not. But you could sit there and play games though. Right, I would play games all day and mean I would stay there the whole 40 hours, yeah.
Speaker 1:I don't think this is a punishment per se.
Speaker 2:No, I'm looking for the downside to all this Unlimited arcade games.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it's a Chuck E Cheese. It's not a Dave and Buster's dude Like. And you're a grown man Eventually, everything will get boring I don't know, everything will get boring.
Speaker 2:I don't know it will get boring. That's what I'm saying, because now it's all swipe card. But yeah, you're right, I would probably start losing my mind in there somewhere. Give me 37 hours 37 would be your 11 hours. I need to cut off. That's five pizzas. Yeah 600 tickets.
Speaker 1:You could do that.
Speaker 2:That's doable. I mean, what am I going to do for lunch and dinner, you know, because that's just breakfast.
Speaker 1:Well see, that's what I'm thinking Like. You're going to have to do some strategy. Would you rather be stuck in a room with three pizzas? They're either Chuck E Cheese or CC's Pizza. Ooh, okay, Because I like both. I do like both. I'm not saying they're the top of their.
Speaker 2:No, they are not anywhere near the top of their craft, but they Are. They edible? Yes, is it CeCe's Macaroni and Cheese Pizza? Yeah, of course.
Speaker 1:Then yeah, I'm in. It just hits a weird spot in your brain and you're like heck, yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, weird spot in your brain and you're like, heck, yeah, yeah, cc's just wild. Like chucky cheese is one step above, like freezer burnt pizza, and then it's one step below little caesars and I love little caesars, yeah, and chucky cheese pizza's not bad.
Speaker 1:But I think chucky cheese, from what I remember, had its own unique flavor and taste that I loved.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I used to go often. I don't go as much anymore.
Speaker 1:Yeah, me neither, so that's why I left with, like you know, the last time you were there.
Speaker 2:Coincidentally, it was only a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1:That's what I'm saying, that's what I laughed at.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we were just there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I haven't been there in years Before a while their closest turkey cheese by me just got turned into a wine and spirits store. Well, even better.
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