1 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: Welcome back. It's a brand new episode. This is laugh 2 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 1: with Me, a podcast with Jeremy O and I'm your 3 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: Hot Jo and Yes, Laugh with Me is a proud 4 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: team member of the I Heart Radio crew of podcasts. 5 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: You can find us on the very freak iHeart Radio 6 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: app there soon. We're not there yet, okay, folks, We're 7 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: just we're just so excited. We're not there yet. We're 8 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: cleaning you know what, We're cleaning up some contractually obligated things. Okay, 9 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: let's just say that on our end. This is on 10 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: the Laugh with Me and some of it you're doing, 11 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: some of it's my doing. Anyhow, we're cleaning that up. 12 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: And then boy, are we storming the halls of iHeartRadio. Oh, 13 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: it's gonna be great, very very soon. I tell then. Hey, 14 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: it's the end of twenty five. We're wrapping some things up. 15 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: We're celebrating the year that was. That's what you do 16 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: in November and December, right that way, once you get 17 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: to January, you can have a fresh start to the 18 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: year and then you just plow for. 19 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: Well. 20 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: This week, we are announcing our twenty twenty five Laugh 21 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: with Me podcast Guest of the Year nominations. That's whetting 22 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five Guests of the Year nominees. Now, 23 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: remember last okay, we did this last year, twenty twenty four, 24 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: we were very proud to award Guests of the Year 25 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: to one Lovetti Vegas. And boy has he gone out 26 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: in twenty five and really taken that Guest of the 27 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: Year award and parlayed that into something special This year. Okay, 28 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: he's been involved in some pretty unique opportunity opportunities. Let's 29 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: just say he has just recently performed at his very 30 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: first festival. He's about to perform at another one in 31 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: Iowa City, Iowa. Okay, that's coming up this weekend. Now, 32 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: I love to plug it. I'd love to say, Vetti, 33 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: we got you. We're gonna plug the festival that you're 34 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 1: at this weekend. But unfortunately Johnny didn't get this information 35 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: for me. Be we went h we went to record. So, uh, 36 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, tell you, brother, I'd love to be 37 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:10,679 Speaker 1: like I just I just knew off the top of 38 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: my head. Oh, it's in Iowa City, So you know 39 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: that's the only reason I even I even bring it up, honestly. 40 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 1: But my point is this, Oh, thank you, Johnny. Okay, 41 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: so the fella he finally it's the flood Water Comedy Festival. Okay, 42 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: it's at the Willow Creek Theater Company and uh now 43 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna be there three days at Floodwater. So congratulations 44 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: to Levetty. My point is, big things can happen. Okay, 45 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: when you are the awarded guest of the year from 46 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 1: the Laugh of Me podcast, big things can happen. Levetti 47 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: is a prime example of where you could go from here. 48 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: I mean, the the sky's bright, put the sunglasses on, 49 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: and move forward with your successes. These are these are 50 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: very encouraging and very inspiring words. I want these nominees 51 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: that I'm about to announce to really really putting their 52 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: in their heart, putting their head, put in their mind, 53 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: and really think about for twenty twenty six. Now the 54 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: work you've put in coming on this podcast, giving us stories, anecdotes, 55 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: some of you jokes, some of you pleads for a pardon, 56 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: pleads for a parton Johnny, we got people calling in 57 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: for prison. Okay, You've all done an excellent job and 58 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: this has proven to be not one not only successful 59 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: for the pod iheartrading, but has also proven to be 60 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: successful for you and what is to come in your future. 61 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: Without further ado, Johnny, let's announce the twenty twenty five 62 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: Laugh with Me Podcast Guest of the Year nominees. Number one. 63 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: Drum roll please, sir, he is Dez Pearson. Now you 64 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: know back in July, Okay, back in July when we 65 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: had Dez come on for his very first time, I 66 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: mean he was He's well. First of all, if you're 67 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: not familiar, it does, go back and listen to the 68 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: episode it's called Dez Pearson. 69 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: All right. 70 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: He's a very young, upcoming content creator, writer, director. You 71 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,159 Speaker 1: gotta go to his YouTube page. Okay, at Dez d 72 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: Easy Underscore p It's Pizza Crust Studios. That's where you're 73 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: gonna find just a catalog of content and it's hilarious. 74 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: It is great writing. He's becoming a insane editor. I mean, 75 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 1: put the check out the work he's doing. Okay, and 76 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,679 Speaker 1: he's he's also not just putting in on his own content, 77 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: all right. He's working very closely with the Des Moines 78 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: Young Artist Theater in Des Moines, Iowa. He was a 79 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: part of the SpongeBob musical production that happened at the 80 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 1: end of July and August, and he's actually making his 81 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: acting debut here very soon as a part of dim Yet. 82 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: So make sure you go back you listen to the episode. 83 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. He came back. He came back for 84 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: the one hundredth episode special cameo. We had him and 85 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: his father in studio. That was a lot of fun, kids, hilarious. 86 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: If you again, if you haven't checked him out, Dez Pierson, 87 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: that's what the episode is called. Go back and take 88 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: a listen. And here's here's just a small clip of 89 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 1: what we had from Dez. 90 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 3: All right, So it started when I think it was 91 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 3: like nine or eight, not the actual channel, but basically 92 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 3: I had YouTube on my TV. So I was like, hey, Dad, 93 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 3: could you set up my YouTube channel on my TV? 94 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 3: Because I thought that you could record videos for on TV. 95 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 4: That's what you thought. 96 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was gonna happen, Okay. 97 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 3: Like I thought I could just record minecraft and get 98 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 3: a million followers or something. But no, actually, eventually in 99 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 3: August twenty twenty three, I think, basically, my dad helped 100 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 3: me set up my YouTube channel. I got my email 101 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: and stuff, and yeah, my first ever upload, I know, 102 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 3: it was a Minecraft video. That's that's originally what I 103 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 3: wanted to do, be a game. 104 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: Wanted to be a streamer. 105 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 3: No, I wanted to be like a gaming channel. That's 106 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 3: that's it. 107 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: But you know the. 108 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 3: Video has only got like eight ten views. You know, 109 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 3: I still don't do very well in views. But you know, 110 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 3: it's it was just Minecraft stuff. 111 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. 112 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 3: It was purely unedited most of the. 113 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: Time, just you playing Minecraft, talking while you're playing Minecraft. Yeah. Yeah, 114 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: And is it you know when you're watching like YouTubers 115 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: when they're playing, there's the like the dual camera where 116 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: there's you a shot on you playing and then there's 117 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: the shot like at the screen grab of seeing the game. 118 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: Was it that or literally just you and you were 119 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: just playing the game. 120 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 3: I couldn't figure out how to do that. I think 121 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 3: you need like a webcam or something. I mean I 122 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 3: later did figure out how to do that, but I 123 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 3: don't use it very much. 124 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: Right, that's not what you're into now. 125 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, but yeah, no, it was just me sometimes talking 126 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 3: over the gameplay. You know, if my microphone ever had issues, 127 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 3: I would not fix it. In poster. 128 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 1: It was. 129 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 3: It was very amateur, all right. 130 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: And our next nominee is well, Dees, his father, Grant Piercing. 131 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:36,319 Speaker 1: Grant comes on the pod every winter and gives us 132 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: our annual Oscar preview. Here's the thing with Grant. Okay, 133 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: we've been friends a long time, Grant Night. But here's 134 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: the thing with him. Okay, you know, you get to 135 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: Oscar season, you know, you roll up to the Academy 136 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: Awards and you're like, oh, shoot, man, all these movies 137 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: they're up for Best Picture. Oh man, I should have 138 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: watched some of them. I should have watched a couple 139 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: of them. I mean, I should have watched all of them. 140 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: Grant watches all of these movies. Guys, he watches every 141 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: single one of the Best Picture nominees. So he is 142 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 1: here to tell you about them, to break them down. Also, 143 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,839 Speaker 1: he watches some of the worst of the worst movies 144 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: you've ever seen, not just from the year, but just 145 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: in general. All right, So he's got a lot of 146 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: experience in the movie business. He's actually worked in the 147 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: movie business. And Grant is back as a two time 148 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: Guest of the Year nominee. Here is a clip of 149 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: Grant Pearson. 150 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 5: Would you carry around an egg in your pocket in 151 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 5: these days? 152 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 1: Well, shoot, i'd be afraid I get jumped. I know, 153 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: that's the problem. 154 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 5: That's it's crazy times. Yeah, people on their eggs. 155 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,319 Speaker 1: Yeah people, I seriously, it's like having Jordan's like when 156 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: Jordan's first came out, you know, like, I don't know 157 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: if I did have in my pocket. I assure as 158 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: hell wouldn't want to tell anybody. 159 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 5: No, No, the eggs. You buy them, you put them 160 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 5: in the plastic sack, you put them in a paper sack, 161 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 5: You put them in one of those door dash type bags. 162 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 5: Make sure nobody sees that you have eggs when you're 163 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 5: walking through the parking lot. 164 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 6: Right. 165 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: It's almost it's kind of scary to even go to 166 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 1: the grocery store now because people will watch you leave 167 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: and then wonder if you have eggs. Yeah, and they 168 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: just kind of stalk you. 169 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 5: They come up, they're like, hey, what you got in 170 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 5: that bag? There got any gut? Any eggs? A dozen? 171 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 5: Baker's dozen? Do they come in Baker's dozens? 172 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: They do not, but they sure should. 173 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 5: They should at this point with the egg prices going on. 174 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 5: Just just one more egg in there, just one little 175 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 5: like straight cart and then a little tip at the end. 176 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: The eggs are so cool now that the cereal companies 177 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: are going to start putting one egg in the bottom 178 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,400 Speaker 1: of the bag as like a free gift to get 179 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: you to buy cereals. 180 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's perfect. 181 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: And our third dominee this is Eric Larsen. Now, you 182 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 1: guys mostly know Eric as a guy who pops on 183 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: the pot quite a bit. Okay, one of my best friends. 184 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: He is a giant in the transportation industry. He's a 185 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 1: former Fantasy football champion. In fact, he is a football expert. 186 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: But here's the thing. He also took a month long 187 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: vacation in there this year and he called in to 188 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 1: tell us all about it, among many other things that 189 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 1: he did helping us out here on the pod. This year, 190 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: big year for Eric Larson. Here is a clip from vacation. 191 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 7: During the summer, you see a lot of fundraisers that 192 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 7: are car washes or maybe you have the cheerleading team 193 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 7: doing a car washer. You have like different you know, 194 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 7: college athletes doing car washes or that kind of stuff. 195 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 7: You know, what do strippers do during the day, what 196 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 7: they just sleep, They get they get ready for the 197 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 7: next day. Like, why don't you open a stripper car 198 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 7: wash where I mean put these girls to work during 199 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 7: the day, get them cleaning up cars. I mean, that's 200 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 7: that's double income. I can't believe nobody's ever thought about that. 201 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 1: So that's insane. 202 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 4: You know, I don't know. 203 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 7: I guess maybe give me your thoughts on the stripper 204 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 7: car wash. You know what, what do you think that 205 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 7: that could be? 206 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 4: You know what could become of that? But you know 207 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 4: what other. 208 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 7: Opportunities are there for you know, maybe an underutilized workforce 209 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 7: that you know could pull a double duty. AnyWho, I'll 210 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 7: try to be better. I'll get you another update tomorrow. 211 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 5: Well, calculator. 212 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: But here's the thing, dude, all right, I'm not like, 213 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: I'm not against the stripper car wash. Okay, I just 214 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: want to go on the on the record to say 215 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: I'm not against the stripper car wash. What I'm questioning 216 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: is because it's a theme, and I'm not just to say, oh, 217 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: that's the only kind of cars we have the strippers. 218 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: Different cool car washes would be awesome, Like themed car washes, 219 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: like where's the rock and roll car wash? You know, 220 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: where you go in and you get your car wash 221 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: and there's flashing lights and loud music. They'd be sweet. 222 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: But anyways, back to Eric's point, and it's not he's 223 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: been on vacation too long if he's at this point 224 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: where he's saying, not only do the strippers need to 225 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: come up with a car watch business, but they need 226 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: to also do their normal job at night as well, 227 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: like they need to work around the clock. Why why 228 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: is the workforce out there at such a point now 229 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: that Eric's solution is that strippers need to work more, 230 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: Why is that the solution? Eric? Oh, Johnny, the count 231 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: down is on. Holiday shopping season is officially here. Uncommon 232 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: Goods takes the stress out of gifting with thousands of unique, 233 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: high quality finds you won't see anywhere else. Don't wait. 234 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: The most meaningful gifts get scooped up fast, and now's 235 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: the perfect time to cross the name off your list. 236 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about just anybody's name, Johnny. If you've 237 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: got a guy like let's hypothetically jo names on your list, 238 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 1: what do you think you could get him? 239 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 2: Mac? 240 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: They'll tell me yet, because I've got I'm gonna tell 241 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: you exactly what you can get me for Chris's. Uncommon 242 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: Goods looks for products that are high quality, unique, and 243 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: often handmade or made in the US. Many are crafted 244 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: by independent artists and small businesses, making every gift feel 245 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 1: meaningful and truly one of a kind. 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And I guarantee 252 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: you not only is this one doormat gonna be fun 253 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: and speak that I'm a big baseball fan, go padres, 254 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: but it's also I guarantee you it's gonna cause so 255 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: much exercise because when you've got a home plate right 256 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: outside your front door, I guarantee you, whenever I roll 257 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 1: to the house and it's me and my son like 258 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: coming home, it'll be a dead sprint from the time 259 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: the car is turned off, a dead sprint to see 260 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: who can get home first. And we're not talking about 261 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: to our house like inside the house. 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We received a phone call from prison and 342 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: some time with our next nominee, the Tiger King Joe Exotic. 343 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: Here's a clip. 344 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 2: And then on January the twentieth of this year, that 345 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 2: one got denied, so I had to file it again. 346 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 2: So now I've got another one in the US part 347 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 2: in the Attorney's office, and it's it's just a matter 348 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 2: of who he picks and chooses. 349 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 8: Wow. 350 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: So then do you have like some champions in Washington, 351 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: like anybody who's a fan of yours? And then is 352 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: maybe you know, I have. 353 00:20:55,560 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 2: A Congresswoman Lorden Bobert that's out there, uh, stomping the 354 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 2: pavement for me. And I've got Congressman and Eric Bruison, 355 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 2: Joe Rogan bea white Matt Gates, I've got, I've got, 356 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 2: I got some of the biggest names there is, you know, 357 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 2: out there shooting for this. But do you know, you 358 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,040 Speaker 2: know how Trump is. He'll do what he wants when 359 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 2: he wants. 360 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: Oh. Absolutely, But you've got his favorites. I mean, you've 361 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: got the folks that's got his ear. 362 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, and and the people that have been, you know, 363 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 2: telling me that it's coming are direct friends of Donald Junior. 364 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: So okay, yeah, I don't know if you remember the 365 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: movie Beatle Juice, but I know Lauren Bolbert's a big 366 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: fan of Beetlejuice. Oh yeah, yeah, you have to if 367 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,959 Speaker 1: you ever can't get an opportunity to talk to her, 368 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: ask her about Beatle Juice. Okay, Now, before we get 369 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,199 Speaker 1: to our next nominee, I just want to point out 370 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: Joe is actually calling back into the pod. He is 371 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: going to be on Live with Me next week, so 372 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: make sure to tune in for that. All Right, our 373 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 1: final nominee for Guest of the Year. Okay, he actually 374 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: this episode, and this was fairly recent that we had 375 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: him on the pod. It was the end of September, 376 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: and it has actually been one of our most listened 377 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: to episodes of the year. The stories coming out of 378 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 1: his time living at the place called Park Shitty. I mean, 379 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: that's just that's what they called it, this two level 380 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 1: apartment in a Council Bluffs, Iowa. We had. That's just 381 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 1: one of the many, many, many stories. Hey, we've actually 382 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: so one of our friends, he Cody, He actually texted 383 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: Bob and I sometime after the pod came out with 384 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: some fact checks and some bonus stories. So Cody, we're 385 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: gonna go ahead and need to get all of that 386 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: on record and get you on here. You can hear 387 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: this episode titled Nathan Bob Roberts. This is my good 388 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: friend Bob Roberts, our final nominee for Guests of the Year. 389 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: Here's a clip of Bob. 390 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 4: Like a few years ago, I saw the complex was 391 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:14,919 Speaker 4: for sale, like the entire complex because it had been 392 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 4: foreclosed on. 393 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, no surprise. 394 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 4: I'm like, we should buy it and host the draft there. 395 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: That would be great. 396 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 4: It could be the draft venue. 397 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: That was a great top ten. I do want to 398 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: point out I've never seen this before. You had asked 399 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: for a notebook so you could have your top ten. 400 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 8: Yeah. 401 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: You literally wrote on the notebook the numbers one through 402 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: ten and that's it. So you were you were checking 403 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: off going down the list each one you were doing. 404 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: But most people would have a little note of what 405 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 1: is at four? What is that three? Not Bob, No, 406 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: you just have the numbers one through ten, just to 407 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 1: keep you on track. 408 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 4: That's right, that's it. 409 00:23:58,760 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 6: That's it. 410 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: That's incredible. 411 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 4: I've never seen the like it. I always feel like 412 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 4: I do my best work without prep for anything. There 413 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 4: you go. That's so maybe I'll show up to Michael 414 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 4: and ask a pe with no prep, nojeez. 415 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 1: And there you have it. That is our twenty twenty 416 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 1: five Laugh with Me Podcast. Guest of the Year, nominees. 417 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 8: Stepping to the spotlight. The crowds all here, nominees gathered, 418 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 8: the moment is near. Does Pearson's charmed lights up the world? 419 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 8: Grand Pearson's wit a comedic boom? 420 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: Who's it gonna be? 421 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 2: Oh? 422 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 8: The Tension? 423 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 6: So Tired? 424 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 8: Laugh with Me Podcast? 425 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 6: The Brightest Tonight, Guest of the Year, Who's gonna claim 426 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 6: the throne? Guest of the Year, Who's. 427 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 8: Stealing the show? Does Brand? 428 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 6: Eric, Joe or Boby will cheer? This is the time 429 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 6: for Guest of the. 430 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 8: Eric Larsen's stories. They twist and they turn Joe Exotics chaos. 431 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 8: It makes the mic burn. 432 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:56,960 Speaker 6: Bob Roberts with wisdom that cuts like a knight. 433 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 8: Each one's a spark in the podcast to his life. 434 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 6: The crowd holds its breath as the drawn road begins. 435 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 6: Only one name the envelope spins Guest of the Who's 436 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 6: going to claim the throne? Guest of the here, who's 437 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 6: stealing the show? 438 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 8: Just Brand? 439 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 6: Eric, Joe or Bob? Who cheer? This is the time 440 00:26:36,480 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 6: for guests of the. 441 00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 8: Crowd holds its breath as the trum because only one 442 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 8: name the envelope spends. 443 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 6: Guest of the year. Who's gone to claim the throne? 444 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 6: Guest of the year, who's stealing the show? 445 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 8: Does grant? 446 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 6: Eric Joe or Bob Will cheers? This is the time 447 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 6: for 448 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: Guests of the