1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, a quick heads up. This episode deals with 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: some unexpected loss, so listen at your own discretion. 3 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 2: I have these long wringler baggy pants that are about 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: five times to be some old red suspenders. I've got 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: different colored socks and converse tennis shoes with wide around. 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 2: My eyes and my mouth and the rest of my 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 2: face is painted red kind of. It's an old school 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 2: traditional look. 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: Welcome back to on the Job. I'm Averrey Thompson, and 10 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: this week we're making a call over to Petrolia, Texas, 11 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: a little town up there on the banks of the 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: Red River, to speak with Brandon Dunn, who has, at 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: least in my opinion, one of the more fascinating jobs 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: on the planet. 15 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: I'm Brandon Dunn. I'm a professional rodeo clown and barrel man. 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: That's right, partners. This year episode we're talking with a 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: rodeo clown. Yeeha. Now, I bet that there are probably 18 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: a few of you out there going what in blabbering 19 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: tarnation as a rodeo clown or heck, maybe you're surprised 20 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: to hear that rodeos still exist, to which I'm here 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: to tell you all that rodeos are alive and bucking. 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 2: It is a huge business, and I think the popularity 23 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 2: of rodeo is growing more so now than it has 24 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,399 Speaker 2: ever before it So I don't think rodeo is going 25 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: anywhere anytime soon. 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: And that's not a biased opinion. There there are more 27 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: than six hundred rodeos put on across the USA and 28 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,199 Speaker 1: countless more amateur events, and according to some sources, bull 29 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: riding is now America's fastest grown sport, which means that 30 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: people like Brandon Dunn can make a full time career 31 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: as a rodeo clown. Which if that doesn't make you 32 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: proud to be an American, well I don't know what will. 33 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: At most rodeos, Brandon has a designated time slot in 34 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: which he gets to come out there at the center 35 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: of the rodeo ring and perform his feature act. 36 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: It's kind of a spoof of the old top Gun movie. 37 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 2: Got an old airplane? That is that Actually the cockpit 38 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: of it is an old World War two airplane, but 39 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 2: it's built on a corvet body, And so I'll fly 40 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 2: that thing in there and crash land that right in 41 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 2: the middle of the arena and tell everybody I'm trying 42 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 2: out to be Tom Cruise in the new Top Gun movie, 43 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: and it brings a lot of laughs. Kids really enjoy it. 44 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: But most rodeo clowns also have a job to do 45 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: during the actual bull and bronco riding events, and Brandon 46 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: is certainly no exception, which is why he also calls 47 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: himself a barrel man, which strangely enough, is exactly what 48 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: it sounds like. Brandon will climb into a barrel which 49 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: has holes in the top and bottom for his head 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: and feet to protrude from, and then he'll get in 51 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: the ring and wait for the bull and his rider 52 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: to come shooting out of the gates. 53 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 2: A lot of them times in bulls of buck, three 54 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 2: or four or five steps out of the buck and 55 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 2: shoot the bull rider bucks off. It's too far to 56 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 2: get to the fence for them to be safe, and 57 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 2: so I can bring that barrel in there to them 58 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 2: and distract the bull, and the bull hit me in 59 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 2: the barrel instead of the bull rider. In the bull 60 00:02:59,000 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: riding instance. 61 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 3: What's it feel like to have a bull hit the barrel? 62 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: It does get intense. Sometimes that bull will end over 63 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 2: end that barrel and you come out of that barrel 64 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 2: and you don't know which ends up, and it's quite surprising. 65 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: And with there being two holes in that barrel, if 66 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: a barrel man's not careful or just downright unlucky, sometimes 67 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: a bull can even get his head or horns in there. 68 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: I had a bull to get his head in the 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 2: barrel with me before, and man, it looked like watching 70 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: the video, I think, how did I even survive that? 71 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: And a matter of fact, the bull bloodied his nose 72 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 2: when he stuck his head in there, and the blood 73 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: of that bull's nose was all over the barrel. Well, 74 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: everybody thought that was my blood inside and they were 75 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 2: trying to roll me out of the arena. 76 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: So the moral of the story, folks, is, don't let 77 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: that makeup fool you. These rodeo clowns are a tough 78 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: bunch of ombreis. And in case you haven't been to 79 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: a rodeo lately, let me remind you that we're not 80 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: talking about some little dairy cows here. These rodeo bulls 81 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: are supreme athletes who have been carefully bred to be 82 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: very big and ferociously mean. So from the very moment 83 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: these bulls are born, there's no question what they're going 84 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: to be doing. These bulls are destined for the rodeo. 85 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 1: But then it turns out that you could also say 86 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 1: the same thing about Brandon. 87 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 2: My mom was a professional bell racer, my dad was 88 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: a steer wrestler. But I think I got the passion 89 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: of love to rodeo clowner now for my uncle, which 90 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,559 Speaker 2: was Rex Done. He would do clown acts and five bulls, 91 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 2: and I think that's where my passion and the love 92 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,239 Speaker 2: for clowning was born. 93 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 3: So rodeo clowning is in your blood, It's in your heritage, 94 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 3: you know. 95 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 2: Ever since I could remember, that's all I've ever wanted 96 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 2: to do. I mean from the time that I can 97 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 2: very first remember if I would have a set of 98 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 2: old baggies that my mom might cut up for me, 99 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: try to put on her old lipstick or something to 100 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 2: paint my face up with, and I would go outside 101 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: and we had an old blue healer dog that would 102 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,640 Speaker 2: chase you around, and I let that dog takes me around, 103 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 2: pretending he was a bull. That's the only thing I 104 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 2: can ever remember really wanting to be was a rodeo clown. 105 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: No matter where you are in this big country of ours, 106 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: there's a good chance you can find a rodeo nearby. 107 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: Even those city slickers up in New York piland to 108 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: Madison Square Garden for three days every January to watch 109 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: riders and clowns perform their craft at its highest level, 110 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: Which means that the life of a rodeo man is 111 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: very much a life on the road. 112 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 2: I have to pretty much drive everywhere, and of course 113 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 2: in the state of Texas, Oklahoma got rodeos in Idaho 114 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 2: and Montana, so we just kind of travel all across 115 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: the United States. 116 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 3: Do you like that aspect of it or does it 117 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 3: travel get tiring? 118 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 2: It gets tiring, But I think I've got enough gypsy 119 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 2: blood in me. And like I say, rodeo is a 120 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 2: way of life, not only the competition parts of it, 121 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 2: but the knights on the road, the time's away from home. 122 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 2: I mean, you certainly miss your family. So I've got 123 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 2: a wife that's very, very supportive, and she grew up 124 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: in the rodeo industry as well, so she very well 125 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: understands the nature of this business. But there's times that 126 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,039 Speaker 2: you'll leave the house and it may be a month 127 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 2: or two before you get back home. 128 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: So that's how it went for Brandon. From one rodeo 129 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: to the next, with lots of lonely miles in between. 130 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: But there were miles that he accepted because he knew 131 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: that when he got there, whether it was a big 132 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: stadium in Houston or rinky dink little corral in Idaho, 133 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: that he had a job to do. 134 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 2: When I'm in the arena, I forget everybody everything else 135 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: in the outside. That's kind of my sanctuary, and I 136 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 2: know for two hours, people have paid good money to 137 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 2: come and be entertained at a rodeo, and that is 138 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: my primary focus. To make sure that those people that 139 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 2: they can forget about their troubles and they can leave 140 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 2: and say, you know, we have been well entertained outside 141 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 2: of that arena. I'm truly I'm not a people person. 142 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to kind of keep to myself, and 143 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 2: a lot of people that don't know me or know 144 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: what I do, they don't really understand. Said, how can 145 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 2: you be a clown? Because outside of the arena, you're 146 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 2: so serious and you're so withdrawn from people. But when 147 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: I get in that arena, you gotta lay all that back. 148 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 2: No matter what's going on, you just got to drop 149 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 2: it there. When you walk in that arena and entertain 150 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 2: the crowd. 151 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: Do you think putting on your outfit, putting on the 152 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 3: makeup allows you to become this other person? 153 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: Most definitely. I would compare it to be like a 154 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 2: method actor or something like that. You know, you get 155 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 2: into that character, and this character has become, for lack 156 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: of a better word, kind of my alter ego. When 157 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: I walk in there, I mean, it's kind of the 158 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: Chris Gains of Garth Brooks. When I walk in there, 159 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,280 Speaker 2: I'm still Brandon, but I just take on this whole 160 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 2: new character and a whole new light in the arena. 161 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: And for seventeen years, Brandon lived that life, weekend after weekend, 162 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: full after ball, seventeen years of showmanship, seventeen years of 163 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: doing what he loved, and then it all came to 164 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: a tragic halt. We'll be right back. 165 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 4: A strong work ethic takes pride in a job well done. 166 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 4: This is the kind of person you need. 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Get to know Express, 171 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 4: go to expresspros dot com to find a location near you. 172 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 1: We're back speaking with Brandon Dunn, who for seventeen years 173 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: traveled the country as a rodeo clown and bullfighter, entertaining 174 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:45,599 Speaker 1: audiences with this comedy act and then stepping in the 175 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: ring with some of the world's fiercest bulls. 176 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 3: What are you thinking about right before they open the gate? 177 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 2: There's really not a whole lot of thank of course, 178 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:54,959 Speaker 2: I don't think you really think to be if you're 179 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: going to be a rodeo clown or bullfighter anyway, I 180 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 2: think half your brain has kind of been removed the choice, 181 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 2: career choice that you're going to be in. But at 182 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 2: this point in the game, there's not a whole lot 183 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,439 Speaker 2: of thinking. It's just more reaction. You know what your 184 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 2: job is. It's just time to go get your job done. 185 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: But then, in April of two thousand and three, Brandon 186 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: and his family were involved in a horrific car accident. 187 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,840 Speaker 1: The head on collision with a drunk driver killed Brandon's 188 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: seven year old daughter and left Brandon crippled. 189 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 2: There was four of us in that vehicle, and we 190 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 2: were all in separate hospitals. Didn't get to see each 191 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 2: other I didn't get to go to my daughter's funeral. 192 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 2: I mean, it busted me up from head to toe. 193 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 2: It took my Rodeo career, and to be truthful, probably 194 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: the first six years of it, I just pouted. I 195 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 2: was in a deep depression. You know, my whole life 196 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 2: had been completely turned upside down. 197 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: In this time of darkness, Brandon turned away from Rodeo 198 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: life completely. 199 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 2: I kind of cut myself off from even my good 200 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 2: friends that were Rodeo on I just kind of, like 201 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,920 Speaker 2: I said, I just pouted, stayed to myself. I tried 202 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 2: to change my whole lifestyle because Rodeo was such a 203 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: deep part of who I was and had such a 204 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 2: huge influence on me that I just completely just cut 205 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 2: myself off from that world. 206 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:16,199 Speaker 1: In the absence of Rodeo, Brandon hungered down at home 207 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: and focused his energy on the family cattle ranch. He 208 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: deepened his connection with his family and his faith in God. 209 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: He started up a little church that he became a 210 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: pastor of. But even though Brandon had turned his back 211 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: on Rodeo, Rodeo wasn't about to let him go that 212 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: easily because the passion Brandon once had for Rodeo was 213 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: beginning to show itself in the next generation of duns. 214 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 2: I guess he was about twelve years old or so. 215 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 2: He kept telling me. He said, Dad, I really want 216 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: to fight bulls. I really want to fight bulls. And 217 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: the little rascal, I said, the son, if you want 218 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 2: to do this, you're going to have to put out 219 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 2: some efforts. Showed me that you want to get in shape. 220 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 2: Of course, he's twelve years old, but the kids started 221 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 2: coming home when he started running, and he started doing 222 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 2: push ups and set ups every night, and I thought, well, 223 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 2: now dad's got to put up or shut up. So 224 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 2: I bought him a little little bitty miniature zebu bull. 225 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 2: I thought, well, this man, he was mean, little rascal, 226 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 2: and I thought, this little sucker, he's going to eat 227 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 2: Brindle's lunch up, and that'll be that. We'll be through 228 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: with this. 229 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: But instead, Brandon's son fell in love with that little bull, 230 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 1: and his interest in rodeoing only grew. And as Brandon 231 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: watched his son Brendle's passion for rodeo blossom, his old 232 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: love for the sport re emerged. 233 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 2: So I thought, well, the only way that I know 234 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: to goud this deal is maybe get me a barrel 235 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: and see if I can go back to just being 236 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,079 Speaker 2: inside the barrel and doing my clown ax and stuff. 237 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: So a few years after Doctors narrowly managed to put 238 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: Brandon Dunn back together again, he was back out in 239 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: the rodeo ring. 240 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 2: And sure enough it took off. The first probably three 241 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 2: or four years of Brindle's rodeo career, we were working rodeos, 242 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 2: me and him, and so I really never had intentions 243 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 2: of coming back to the level of the game that 244 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: I'm at right now. But God's kind of brought it 245 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 2: all back full circle, and it was because of Brindle. 246 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 2: Here we are in life is good. 247 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 3: How does it feel to have your son following in 248 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 3: your clown truth? 249 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: You know, I've always told Brindle from an early age. 250 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 2: I said, son, you don't have to do this because 251 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: I do this. And honestly, there's times out there that 252 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 2: I couldn't be more proud. But there's time said, man, 253 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:23,959 Speaker 2: I just want to stick my head in the barrel 254 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 2: and not see what's happening. I told him, I said, son, 255 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 2: if you ever want to go play Tidley Winks, let's 256 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 2: just go play Tiddley Winks. So we'll be the tidy 257 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 2: wing champion. It'll be a whole lot easier on your dad. 258 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: But of course this is a done we're talking about, 259 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: and Brandon's son is the next generation and a long 260 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: lineage of people born and bred for the rodeo ring. 261 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 2: I never dreamed, even when I was fighting bulls, that 262 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 2: I would be able to share the arena with my 263 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,079 Speaker 2: son the way that I do now. And we have 264 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 2: lots of highlights, especially when he's in the bullfights and 265 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 2: I'm in the barrel. He brings that bull to the 266 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 2: barrel and it's just a total conversation while that barrel 267 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 2: is getting mucked out by that bull. Brindle's per checkting 268 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: that barrel and we'll talk and we'll laugh inside that thing, 269 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 2: and from the outside, I'm sure people in the stands think, 270 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,319 Speaker 2: you know, one of us is fixing to get killed. 271 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 2: Brental's got total control over the situation. I feel just 272 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 2: completely safe in his hands when I'm in that barrel, 273 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 2: and every time we get out of it, we give 274 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 2: each other one great big hug. That's probably the highlight 275 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 2: of my whole career. 276 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:26,599 Speaker 1: For on the job. I'm Avery Thompson. I'll see you 277 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 1: down that dusty trail.