[Music] Welcome to Ear Biscuits, the podcast where two lifelong friends talk about life for a long time. I’m Link. And I’m Rhett. This week at the round table of dim lighting, we’re going to be talking mostly about our recent trip to the Pacific Northwest. PNW in the house. The home of what I might consider to be the highest concentration of mythical beasts on Earth. >> You think so? >> Based on anecdotal evidence alone. Uh I am >> We did see a lot of mythical beasts. >> I am so impressed with the people of the Pacific Northwest. That’s a little rap. And um it isn’t necessarily because they seem to know who we are and like what we do, but it is mostly that um >> in in in great numbers. >> I would say when we go back to North Carolina because we’re hometown boys, uh there are lots of people who are familiar with what we do. >> But that’s just you know what does that really count? I mean, you know, it’s where you’re from. When you go to some place that you’ve only been a couple of times in your life. >> Well, we’ve never been to Bend, Oregon. >> Bend, Oregon, which is where we went. >> Bend, Oregon. Bend, Oregon. If you say it fast, it sounds like you’re telling somebody to bend over again. >> A second time. >> Bend, Oregon. Bend, Oregon. I’m your proctologist. Bend, Oregon. >> I didn’t get it. I didn’t go deep enough the first time. >> Yeah. Hold on. I got to use my other hand. Bend. >> My other hand. >> My other hand. Yeah. G. both gloved. >> Wow. >> But uh >> not other finger, just other hand. >> I just can’t tell you. Now, we knew there was a sign when we when we very quickly sold out the Seattle shows >> for the Wonder Hole premiere. And we did not very quickly sell out the Los Angeles shows. >> Nope. Which, by the way, Wonder Hole still going strong every Sunday. Episode five came out uh this past Sunday, which means there’s one left this coming Sunday. >> It’s already almost over. >> But we saw the the Seattle tickets basically sold to like 99% in two days. And we were like, well, okay, we haven’t been up there in a while. That’s a good sign. >> Mhm. >> And then the crowd was electric. >> They were electric. >> Yeah. It was It was pretty crazy. Yeah, >> like it’s like a it was quite a party. We had a lot of fun. It was great to watch those episodes with them. If you haven’t watched our nude scene episode 4, um which is we bought a uh an unclaimed I don’t even know what we’re calling these things. >> Storage. >> Storage locker. An aband we bought an abandoned storage locker. storage locker I think is what probably what >> and we found a Lamborghini inside according to the thumbnail at least that we emulated from all the other people who’ve bought abandoned storage lockers and not found Lamborghinis but put them in the thumbnails. >> Yeah. >> So yeah. Um we could have talked about that last week, but it’s never too late to talk about our nude scene. Rat. Oh >> yeah, we had a nude scene. Um what have you what have you boys become? What has California done to you? >> Closer, I guess. Willing to do whatever it takes to prove our best friendship. And if that means keeping each other warm while completely naked, question mark, the blurring, I think we got to talk a little bit about the blurring. Um, you know, first time I saw the blurred version, I think was at the premiere on that big screen. It was a It was a big blur, but it was also a big screen, >> right? >> So, I actually think that the blurs weren’t big enough. >> I mean, yes, everything was covered and pixelated, but come on, team. They could have blurred more. They could have >> they could have blurred lower. >> Yep. >> You know, they didn’t have to blur the absolute minimum. >> Yep. >> They could have implied the need for more blurry. Well, I feel like I can discuss some of the technical details of this and maybe we would both feel better. >> Okay. It is going to uh reveal something about the nude scene that I think most people um who are thinking a little bit probably already know. um >> that we did the tuck. >> So, if you thought that we literally got naked and I pressed my penis into Link’s butt crack or we put our penises together, uh that didn’t happen because this is show business and there is uh we don’t have an intim intimacy coordinator. We sort of serve as each other’s intimacy coordinator. >> No, no, no. I coordinate my own intimacy. I don’t need any coordination assistance when it comes to my intimacy. We just wanted it to seem like those things were happening, but in the reality of the situation, we put on what is called a dance belt. >> Dance belt. >> Mhm. >> Which is a flesh. It’s >> not a belt at all. >> It’s not really. It’s just un It’s flesh colored underwear that are way too tight. >> Well, they correct >> cuz the hiney wasn’t out. It wasn’t like a jock strap. >> Was the hiney out? >> You know what? was it wasn’t a dance. It wasn’t an official dance belt because we’ve we’ve dawned dance belts under like superhero costumes and they’re designed to smooth out >> you know Superman’s treasures and you know and >> Ice Palace or whatever. >> And it’s for like male it’s for like uh male ballerinas which what do you call those >> boy arenas? I just call them male ballerinas. >> Okay. We’re just just trying to be trying to do it right. >> And uh it’s to cover up the you know smooth the bits out and those are like a thong in the back like a jack strap jacket. Um so I don’t know why I said the name of the person that I was sort of sounding like. I just should never have done that. >> I thought you sounded like his wife. >> Yeah. Well, yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But I kind of sounded like him, too. >> Okay. But what we what we had was just flesh colored underwear. And we did Yes, we did use a black marker to put pubes on them because we thought maybe the pubes would show up in the blur. >> Oh, I I I treated it like my journal. >> Yep. >> I drew an entire >> You drew a whole penis. >> Yeah. >> On yours. But >> yeah, >> setting that aside for a second, let me just say >> if you don’t know that we have on fleshy tidies, I guess is what they would be called. The beigy tidies. >> Yeah. >> I mean, technically they are still dance belts. >> They are still dance belts. >> Yeah. Okay. Yeah. It’s just a full coverage thing. >> But what a what a proper tidy underwear does for you is it grabs everything and it kind of brings it in close. >> Very close. But then the blur if if we were supposed to be naked, right? >> Then it wouldn’t be so close. Gravity would be having some effect on it >> and bringing it down I don’t know how many inches. I’m not going to say. >> And there might be some some floppage and danglage. >> Yes. But the blur job that was done on us >> was not >> was just on the on the tidy part. And so >> yeah, >> if you if you look >> people think I’m joking. I’m upset. If you look at a profile version of us in that nude scene, you’d be like, “Well, I would expect a penis to be hanging in.” And that >> we should have worn fake penises cuz that was our that may have been our only chance. >> Budget for that. Those are really expensive. >> Anytime you see a dong on TV, it’s not real, >> but it’s >> and it’s and it’s significantly bigger than the dong that’s inside the prosthetic >> cuz it has to be. >> Because it has to be. And also, if you’re going to sign up to do a nude scene, give me give me the big one. That’s what you’re gonna say, right? >> I mean, give me the big one. Give me let me live a little. >> Let me see what it Let me see what it feels like. You know, that’s what all these actors are doing. >> But we did, I mean, press our bodies together. And um I just wasn’t the main thing I was thinking was be funny. And then the second thing I was thinking was >> don’t mess up in a way that you have to do it again. There’s a there’s a thing that happens in my brain when I’m doing something that would otherwise be difficult, but I am being filmed and it becomes it feels like I’m living a dream. Well, I am living the dream, Link. I’m living through a dream. >> The first time that I really registered this was when we went skydiving in season one of Wonder Hole. I was like, I should be so scared right now. >> And I was like, I’m beyond scared. I’m like I’m like >> I’m uh I’m like adjacent to scared. And of course, I’m screaming in the video. I’m screaming like a crazy person in the video because that was the joke. It was like, you’re going to be so crazy and Link’s going to be just with his arms folded, >> you know. Was I scared? Yes. Was I as scared as it seemed like I was? No. I was acting like I was scared because really what I wanted to do was vomit because I was about to throw up the whole time. Yeah. >> But >> so, but you weren’t about to vomit when we were pressing ourselves against each other. >> No, there’s two things that happened in that episode. The first thing that happens is uh should we just say I mean yeah, baby bird. It’s been over a week since >> the cookie the cookie test. >> What? >> And I got I got to admit bec again because it was happening on camera >> right >> when it happened. I had zero gag reflex. I think if if I was just doing that in person now, you did a gag reflex when I did that to you on the show, but it was because I spit something really nasty into your mouth. >> You you spit a chocolate chip cookie into my mouth and it just tasted like a chocolate chip cookie. I’ll be honest. >> Yeah. >> But then the same same thing, >> it was we were we had we wanted to achieve something with it that was more than just, oh my god, I can’t believe we’re doing this and we we hadn’t really reckoned with it. But you did legitimately laugh >> after you ba you baby birded me and we weren’t about to do it again so we just left it in there. >> Yeah. >> So people knew that you broke. There’s nothing wrong with there’s a few like breaks throughout the season of Wonderhole that >> they don’t play as complete breaks. That is the kind of thing that you might laugh at if you were doing it in person, but >> if you were actually doing it. If I discovered that my dead step was gay, I mean, I would laugh at that if if I discovered that in the moment. >> And my and my laugh at you during that scene was very legitimate. >> Yeah. See, see, that’s what that’s what we’re able to do. Uh, the latest episode is extreme camouflage hide and seek. So, check that out. We went to an abandoned power plant on the beach of Oxnard or somewhere around a huge like I want to say 14 stories tall >> power plant. Um nonoperational but still >> still a filming location. >> A legal filming location >> though it’s it’s a little dicey and rusty and there are many places where it’s rusted out and they just put like a >> nobody plywood over it. 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And Harm >> Harm was good friends with Tim, >> but he was never our roommate. >> There were there were like two sort there were two uh apartments that were friends and then so that was the the connection and then and then harm became one of the boys as well. >> Um so we’re going to talk to you about that. Before we do, I just want to make sure that you’ve heard that Good Mythical Evening is happening again this year on October 23rd at 1000 p.m. Eastern, 700 p.m. Pacific. The times matter because this is live. This is live broadcast to you after you’ve bought a ticket. And that ticket also gives you video on demand. If you can’t watch it live, then you can watch it after the fact. And I can’t tell you what’s going to happen, but it’s going to be space themed. >> Mhm. >> And there’s going to be inebriation, >> intergalactic debauchery. >> Yeah. >> Is what we’re calling it. >> It’s so it’s going to it’s going to be a totally different vibe and world. >> There will be costumes, but they won’t be monsters. Well, maybe some people would be. >> Maybe some people will be. Uh, if you want to get these tickets, go to good mythical eating.com. >> Uh, there’s a 72-hour exclusive 72-hour discount for mythical society members. You can find out about that there. >> And also remember that we are going to be in Alamo Draft Houses around the country of the United States of America. >> If you want to watch it live in a theater setting with other mythical beasts, >> every time I’ve ever heard >> drinking yourself, do it. Every time I’ve ever heard somebody say that they went to the the the the Draft House event, they say it was like one of the best nights that they’ve had because they’re with a bunch of people, >> right, >> who are in this world of mythical beasts. You’re all in a serve alcohol, you’re all drinking, you’re all eating. In fact, we have there’s mythical themed items on the menu and the and the food at the Draft House is great and they just do everything right at that theater. So, I think we’re going to be on like 19 screens this year. But see if there’s one near you and go to it, meet some mythical beasts. I mean, I can promise you that will be a fun night. >> Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And get it get a designated driver or take a lift home just like we’re going to do when we are done. Um, we chose Bend because every year we learn things that we want to tweak and do different. When we went to Big Sky, Montana last year, we were underwhelmed with the restaurant options. >> Yeah, sorry, Montana. >> Um, as an example. So, we were like, “All right, we need more of an established town.” We had been to Durango. Dango is great >> before which was awesome. >> Well, the requirements that we loosely discuss are we want an Airbnb where everybody has their own bedroom. We’re middle-aged men >> working hard running businesses. >> You don’t want to sleep. >> We’re not We ain’t in college anymore. We ain’t bunking it up with another dude. We’re not getting in a bed with somebody else. We want our own bedroom. >> Mhm. >> Preferably our own bathroom. That doesn’t always happen. And we also want a fire pit >> and a hot tub. >> And a hot tub because we want to sit down facing each other in a relaxed setting and be able to catch up and spin some yarns, >> right? >> You know, you only get together once a year. Yeah. I just can’t overemphasize the importance of a good fire pit. >> Yeah. It is >> for for uh college boys. >> It is the topic. It it is the central location of great conversation. We also like this house to be in proximity to a town of some repute. And because a town of some repute has restaurants of some repute, >> right? >> And this these boys >> like to eat. >> Good food. >> We like to eat. You got to have some restaurants for your boys. >> Yes. >> And we also like to be close to options for adventure. >> And I would say even water. >> Water. You can even say water. >> Like we were our Airbnb was on a pond. >> It was on a pond >> and there was a boat on it and Greg several boats. >> Greg and I went out on that boat. >> Yeah. >> We got a we did a little row row row your boat. >> You guys went out on the pond and then Greg mooned all of us from the p from the boat for an extended period at least 90 seconds more than he needed to. >> Yeah. I think he was he he was stretching his hamstrings. >> Okay. And uh >> with his pants down, which is a way to do it. Yep. >> I don’t I just think you happened to see it for 90 seconds. Could you have looked away? I think so. But did you? I think not. >> I was making out details. >> Making out >> the um and I was rowing towards you as fast as I could while he was doing it. >> One of the things that we really we really like to do when you say water, not just a pond, but we like a nice river. We’ve done >> flowing. We’ve done uh >> we’ve done there’s been a river all four trips. First year was a whitewater rafting trip that wasn’t that impressive because it was too late in the season and it’s just like it was kind of low and we didn’t feel like we were going to die and we didn’t like that. >> The second year we did just a river float. >> No, second year we we was a crazy river. >> We almost died the second year. >> Well, we we felt like we were going to die. >> We did like class five rapids. >> Yeah. And it was nuts. And we were were wearing wets suits because it was so cold and it was crazy. But we all were scared the whole time. >> It was crazy. And then last year we got on a river and it was just the most serene float. >> Just a tube. You’re just tubing down a float. Tubing down a river >> in the middle of nowhere. Montana. >> Beautiful scenery. >> But no civilization. >> No civilization. But Bend has a river. And I think this is the name why they call it Bend because the river bends >> this big S right in the middle of town. And the thing that the people of Bend love to do >> is to float down this river. They have made this an art. They have made floating down this river an art form. Of course, there’s the companies that you can contact to to to rent a a tube, but then there’s the people who have brought their own tubes. We saw >> flamingos. We saw this one thing that was uh a giant tube this almost the size of this room and it had multiple places for people just to sit down into like the tube with their butt in the river. And then we saw another one >> and then there was like a swimming area in the middle of >> a little little hot tub type thing but not a little pool with a net on the bottom. >> A lot of people would have like tandem floats um where you’d be in you’d be with your date and then in the middle there’d be like a >> cooler cooler thing >> built into the tube. >> Built into the tube. And that whole tandem thing is really is really good. That’s one of the things we learned because >> we did not have any way to lash ourselves together. And so there were points we ended up we ended up struggling whenever you would split apart. Then all of a sudden, whoa, you’d be on the other side of the river. And then I wouldn’t I wouldn’t see you guys for 15 minutes. I’d see you, but I couldn’t get to you, >> right? >> For 15 minutes. >> And And we teamed up with some lesbians. >> Yes, we did. >> Um, you know us, we we we love lesbians. Everybody knows Link loves lesbians, but I also do. I just didn’t get a t-shirt. >> Um, >> lesbians on Rivers is just iconic. And there were a couple of lesbians and you know we just were just like >> you’re with us now >> a beline right for them >> and then they teamed up with us and we were all hold then we became a big group >> right >> and we were going down the river holding on to the to each other’s rafts you know catching up about things you know getting the latest lesbian news at least from that part of the world >> and then but then we got separated me harm and and one of the lesbos >> they said we could I’ll call him that. >> Yeah, >> they said that. >> No, that’s her name. The names were both lesbo. >> Uh >> they said we could call him that. That’s her name. >> Shannon and Jo Joe Jo. >> Joby. >> Uh Shannon Harm and I we we got separated and um so we kind of stayed together and we were trying to get back to the to the main flotilla. [Laughter] I mean, and it it it was moving, but it wasn’t like it was rapids. It was it was just flowing and it was just hard to to move laterally. >> You were getting you were ahead of us and you were getting close to the actual rapids, which we can talk about in a moment. >> And I wanted all of us to go down together. >> It was important for you that we all get together. You were like mama henning at this point. >> Well, I wasn’t hearing a word you’re saying. You especially when you are in anebriated state all first of all already you are you are the always the weakest link when it comes to remembering to hold on to other people like you let go like the circle would never be unbroken it would always break at link the weak link was link >> cuz I because I would do other things with my hands >> like raise a beard on my lips >> yeah and then you forget what was happening >> give a wave to an potential lesbian >> and I was and I said this before we took off. I said, “We need to stay together because when we’re together, we have a better time.” Because what I learned in Montana was when you were off on that paddle board by yourself going up and interrupting other flotillas and beginning conversations with strangers. >> Yes. >> That we were like, “Well, we would prefer it if we were all together. >> You know, we all came here together. We’re having a good time.” So, I was like, >> you were right about this. >> Let’s let let’s try to remain together and if we get apart, let’s try to work back together. And we definitely should be together when we go down the rapids because that’s when we’re going to be making memories together. >> So y’all were up ahead of us. We were trying to move I think >> but you were you were going too fast and I was paddling trying to catch up like trying to get down the river and I’m looking around and you know I just figure you can kind of see we’re almost to the rapids and you can kind of see like ripples in the water and and and like the effects of rocks making like V’s and stuff. So I was like, “Well, all that needs to happen is harm because Link’s not going to listen to me, and I’m not going to ask the lesbian to do it. Harm is he he needs to get out of the tube and put his feet on the ground and stop everybody.” >> Yeah. >> So I said, “Put your feet down.” He didn’t hear me. I said, “Put your feet down.” I’m yelling this across the river. And he looks at me and he’s like, “So he begins to” And I didn’t hear that. I wasn’t listening to him, of course. >> Okay. So, tell it from your perspective. Then I look all of a sudden I see harm just like like take throw a leg over and then throw the other leg over with gusto like like he’s about to step down a step. >> Yeah. >> And then he just goes whoosh like And I saw I saw his like chin come up and I saw his eyes get as wide as saucers. His mouth wasn’t even closed. His mouth was open >> and then his hat >> and then all of a sudden he whoosh he’s gone and then his hat’s just there >> and I’m like what? Why? Why did you do that? >> He was a lot deeper than I was. >> Why did you do that? And then I’m just laughing and I’m like why? Cuz he was hot and I see it from a distance and all I see is I just see him I just see him lean over the edge and just completely disappear and no one on my flotilla even sees it. I’m like harm just disappeared. He’s under. >> He’s under. >> His hat isn’t under, though. >> And it it was cold, too. >> It was shocking. >> It’s not the type of thing that I mean, the only one that in that intentionally took a dip was Greg because yeah, >> Greg doesn’t care. >> And I said I asked Harm I was like, “Did you did you feel the bottom at any point?” He says, “Never. >> I never felt the bottom. I never We were It was so It was probably 10 ft deep. >> There was no way to get to the bottom. Oh, >> it was just so funny to watch. It looked like it was the last time I was going to see him. >> And somehow >> like the look of I’m dying on his face was real. >> Oh, and he was he was fine. >> He was fine though. >> Now, but what ended up happening that I didn’t know cuz I had no experience on this river was that you were about to get to a bottleneck where everybody was lining up to go down the rapids and it was like everyone was kind of backing up because there’s three areas that you can go in >> under a bridge. There is the area that you’re supposed to go down, which is, you know, rapids. And these rapids are actually artificial. They’re man-made. And they have like basically these inflatable things that are creating like inflatable rocks almost to create rapids. >> Yeah. It’s it inflates a big pillow and then on on the front side of the pillow up river is like a metal plate. I think it’s what they use in the Olympics for the like white water rafting courses when they make those >> because the plate raises up and then it creates a wave or a V and and um so the far left route was a series of rapids created for tubes and then in the middle it’s for expert rafters only. And what you will see there is a big V and you you if you go down through that on a kayak. Then after that there is a wave that’s created and I think they can change around and inflate different things to make the waves different. But there was a standing wave in the river that then surfers would line up and one at a time jump out and surf the wave. >> Yeah. >> Some people were really good. There was a guy doing like 360s and just having a ball. There was people learning how to do it. I would have totally given it a shot. I would have worn a helmet because there was like concrete that you’re standing on that then you’re holding on to the edge of the concrete and trying to stand on the board and then pushing off and you could like wall up your head or something. Especially if you were like yelling at harm, >> step down. >> Well, I wouldn’t be put your feet down. I would >> put your feet down. And then the third section is the wildlife section, you know, where the birds and the geese are and >> the snakes and the swans >> and it’s nice and pretty and un, you know, no humans are going through there. >> Very cool cuz it’s right in the middle of town and >> bunch of nice houses. >> You’re walking it’s a it’s a bridge that you’re walking across and like you can stand up there and you can just watch um people shooting the rapids. And the rapids, the river is controlled obviously by some sort of dam upstream that controls the flow and keeps the level exactly where you want it to be. Because these people would have these nice houses and then in the back of the house there’d be like a deck and a grill and a hot tub. And then all the way down just inches above the surface of the river there would be like a patio or a fake like a grassy area with like chairs for just sitting on. Mhm. >> The kind of thing that if the river the river fluctuates in level, this would be flooded all the time. And so it’s very controlled. >> That’s a good point. >> And Okay, but the rapids the rapids come and um it was me and you and Greg and our cooler raft. >> By the time we got there, it was the three of us. >> I was responsible for the cooler raft, not flipping over. And it I think >> I was responsible for the beer in my hand. It didn’t look like there was any it didn’t look like this was going to be a difficult thing, >> but it was more intense than I would have ever imagined. >> Yeah, it w it it was pretty awesome. >> So, we had a great time. We had a great time. Made friends. We added two more lesbians to our uh you know to the rolod deck and >> rolodex. >> Rolodex. No, mine’s just a deck. >> Okay. >> It’s not real. It’s like a hollow deck. It just is in my mind. >> All right. Mhm. >> The But then the next day, so that was all we had planned for the river. >> Mhm. >> Next day we went on a a we toured the Dashes Brewery. >> Yes. >> Um >> which is an old school I mean been been around for a long time. Early in the uh the micro brew game, but now they they’re they’re pretty big. >> They’re huge. Yeah. But there’s still a micro brewery technically or a whatever they call the it’s not bought by a corporation and uh but you can buy it in Costco apparently. >> You can dashes beer. >> But after we finished that we we just started talking. >> We were walking around the river watching other people in there and we were like let’s go down again. Can we just go down again? >> Can we just go down? >> And Greg was and Greg we knew this and for some reason we didn’t trust Greg. Hey, Greg, who lived the closest to Bend and can drive, actually drove there. He brought with him an inflatable paddle board. He said it was big. He said it’s if it’s it’s called the Megalodon. It’s very big. >> But the first day he was like, “You want me to bring the paddle board?” And there was, you know, no one really understood what the Megalodon represented, the opportunity it represented. So, we were like, you know what? Don’t worry about it. We all have >> tubes. We’ve rented them. We’ll just do that. But then the next day, >> it’s a cute little idea you have. >> Yeah, right. It’s not a little idea. And then the next day, we had no choice but to break out the the board. And Greg was like, I think it’s like got a,000 lb weight limit. I think all five of us can fit on it. Like what? All five of us can fit on a paddle board. Five men? Some of us pretty big. I said, “Let’s do it.” So, we we thought we were going to pump this thing up with the air compressor that hooks up to your car, but Greg didn’t bring that. So, we used the manual pump and >> 50 pumps and I >> 50 pumps and rotate. >> Like, everybody had to do 50 pumps >> to get to 13 PSI. 13 PSI is I mean, it’s real high. I mean, I thought Greg was, you know, but you got to trust Greg. Just like you said, always trust Greg. Mhm. >> So we put we pumped this thing up. >> Took 20 minutes >> and we put it in the river and there’s and Greg’s like, “We need to take a lawn chair.” I’m like, “What? You want to put a lawn chair on this thing?” He said, “Yeah.” So we put a lawn chair on the paddle board. He said, “If we had more chairs, I’d put those on there, too.” Tim sits on the in the lawn chair. >> Yeah. >> And then >> call it the captain’s chair. It was uh harm, Greg, me, and you. And then our coolers. >> Yeah. >> All on one paddle board. And boy, we went down the river like that. And I you know what I got to say? I think we caused a bit of a scene. >> Yeah. I think um people took notice. There was some jealousy. >> No one could look at us and not smile. That’s what I noticed. People would see five men on a paddle board and be like, “Huh, those boys are just having a time of their lives.” >> There was a lot of I’ve never seen anything like that. I ain’t never seen anything like that. >> And then when we got to the rapids, everybody’s like, “Y’all are going. You’re going down the rapids. He’s staying in the chair, >> right?” We’re like, “Yeah.” And we did. And >> he’s got to point it the right direction. >> It was intense, but we got through. There was a lot of Whoa. But everybody got through. Tim stayed in the chair, kept his beer in his hand the whole time. >> I I think I ended up in your lap with a cooler. >> Well, the thing that you did that almost almost really ruined the fun for me is you were sitting in front of me and right as we got to the mouth of the rapids and all eyes were on us instead of what you did is you stood up and bent over and got into like a doggy position with your ass right in my face. I was like, I don’t want this for you. >> That that that I’ve discovered that is the most stable position. >> Yeah. But it’s it’s inconsiderate to the person who’s directly behind you. >> So I was like, don’t do that. Sit back down. And you did. >> And then u >> bend over again. >> And then we and then we went through the rapids and had a a grand old time. >> You got to use the other hand, right? >> Um >> Right. >> It was fun. >> Use the other hand. >> It was fun. >> It was a great time. It was the most fun that we had ever had on that trip. And we had had so much fun until the next day when we went on an ATV trip. We went on an ATV tour unguided, which are the best kinds. >> Here, take my ATV and do whatever you want with it. I’ll stay here, trusting, you’re going to bring it back. And it’s called an ATV tour, but when I hear ATV, I think like four-wheeler, but it’s the those Polaris Razors, you know, it’s the sideby sides. It’s like a little car is what it is. >> Well, yeah. You could hold four people. And it’s got a It’s got a roll cage. >> And we rented three of them. So, >> and you’re wearing a full helmet. >> So, basically, no one had to sit in the back cuz either you were driving or you were the passenger. These things >> Well, I think what you did was >> you you just y’all all hopped in one and then here I’m like, well, here I am alone. I got I was out man out. I got left. Well, >> I got left to my own car. >> I think we discussed this on a previous ear biscuit that we have done this before >> and the time we did it before is when everyone learned >> what I already what I already knew, which is you do not ride shotgun if Link is driving unless you want to feel like you’re going to die the whole time. >> And so I said that when we showed up last year, I was like, I’ll be I’ll ride passenger in with anyone except Link. I’m not going to do that. And cuz I because I >> And Greg rode with me. >> And then Greg looked like as white as a sheet when we got to the first stop. >> Yeah. So nobody was nobody rode with. >> So everybody learned their lesson. Okay. Well, no one rides with Link. But that but that doesn’t mean you get to just drive more than anybody else. It means we have to rotate through. So somebody gets So I got to drive by myself for a little bit. >> We were at um we weren’t at Sisters, but we were kind of close to Sisters, which is a a mountain, >> but Sisters was a town, and we were there. Oh, Sist and the name of the mountains. >> Yeah, Sisters, Oregon is outside of Bend and that’s where we like got the those breakfast burritos at Brunchies. >> Brunchies. Brunchies is >> good. Shout out to Brunchies. They got milk bread. >> Get yourself apple fritter balls from Brunchies. >> It’s a little um >> It’s a food truck with some >> tables outside of it. >> Yep. Don’t sit next to the portaotties. We might need to move the portaotties a little bit further away from the facility. That’s the only note we have. Everything else about it is great. >> Yeah, >> ATVs were awesome. It was We covered a lot of ground like going through like these pine forests and then you start gaining elevation, climbing up different mountain peaks, these incredible machines. This is not an ad for Polaris, okay? But I it’s it’s baffling to me the engineering that goes into the these machines that makes you feel and I know this isn’t true. I know that lots can go wrong but es and when you’re in a passenger seat it feels much more tenuous than when you’re driving cuz when you’re driving you’re in control >> but when you’re driving this thing they go like 60 miles per hour. I got up to 60 one time which is a crazy speed on a trail. Yeah, because it’ll drift on you, >> right? But the thing that happens, I didn’t I only did that when it was like a straightaway and I felt safe. But I mean, going 35, 40 miles per hour down a single lane thing that’s got rocks and who knows what’s around the around the next bend, you just feel like you’re in a video game because it’s so responsive and the suspension is so forgiving. >> Yeah. >> That you you hit these rocks and stuff and it’s just like the wheel goes like that. like the wheels are doing this the whole time, but you’re like locked in. I mean, it’s so much fun. >> It is fun. You’re thinking like you might want to get one. >> I don’t want to buy one, but I want to rent one again. And I’ve been looking around the places that you can do it outside of LA. >> Oh, yeah. >> Yeah. And there’s lots of desert. There’s a there’s like a 4hour self-guided uh trail on the other side of the mountains. >> Oh, cool. >> That looks really nice and got really good reviews. The highlight was I mean there’s all these lakes that you can go to and mountain peaks but then and we have four hours. So, if you go to the far end of the route, and it’s they had GPS mapping programmed in with like the routes that you could take cuz there’s a lot of roads that they recommend you don’t take. And then you can It was the best ATV experience because they employed the GPS party tracking technology and I had never done that before because what happens usually is >> the person in front of you is throwing up. so much dust that you’re just eating dirt the whole time. >> Yeah. >> Um even though you have goggles and everything. >> So you try to back off, but you don’t want to back off too far be because you’ll lose them. And when you get to a fork in the road, the person in the front has to stop, let the person catch up. So you know we’re going left, not right. But with the GPS, you I could see we could see each other’s location on the thing and give each other space and not have to worry about it. And you kind of let the first person kind of figure out where to go and you just all followed. >> Yep. And you could even like text through >> Yeah. >> the and communicate through the GPS system which was really awesome. >> I mean it was great. >> We get to the far side and it was called he had mentioned it. The guy who rented them to us was like the Black Dunes. >> Black Sands. >> Black Sands. Yeah. I was like is it going to be a dune? It wasn’t actually a dune cuz it was like it was an open it was a couple of like open I would call them like meadow areas. They were undulating but it was all black sand and then trees. >> It’s like a volcanic everything in that area. You know the three sisters are volcanoes the big the big >> cones >> comb mountains. And so all of the rock all around this whole area is volcanic rock. And so a lot of it is black. And somehow in this one section, there’s nothing growing. It’s It looks like somebody came and tore everything down and just dumped like recreational sand. >> Yeah. >> For hundreds of yards in every direction. And then there’s like these islands of trees and stuff. And we were just going as fast. Nobody else was there. Now, he gives you all kinds of warnings about it because he’s like, “If you’re going to tip over, you’re going to do it there because if you’re just going full speed and you just rip it to one side, >> you’re going to roll. And if you roll, I’m going to know it. >> It’s going to you you immediately have to pay me $3,000.” >> He said, “And you’re going to come back.” >> It’s in the thing you just signed, >> and you just need to tell me, and I’m going to be cool about it, but I am going to charge you $3,000, okay? >> Per vehicle. That >> per vehicle. So, don’t do donuts is what he said. Now, okay, I listened to him. I heard that. I heard it when he said it. And you know what? The day before I went on the trip, my therapist told me I was I was talking to my therapist about this trip and I mentioned ATV and and uh he said, “Well, you need to be careful.” Hold on. He like he had you told him that you haven’t been careful. He just knows you as your therapist. >> I think he knows me as my therapist. >> Okay. Well, that means he’s listening. >> Yeah. He’s a great listener. >> That means he’s paying attention. >> Yeah. He I was like, “Huh, my therapist just told me to be careful on my ATVs.” I was like, “Shit, I now I’ve got an assignment, >> right?” >> You know, cuz I have a problem with wanting to please my therapist. So, now it’s like now I’m like, >> it’s a it’s a common thing. >> Okay. I got to now I got to I can’t come back and talk about how I like I’m I broke a limb or uh you know killed a friend and then I no one made a joke about killing a friend but the guy said the thing you don’t want to do is you don’t want to kill your friend like that’s going to make you feel really bad like that’s what the guy who rented us the thing said and I was like okay I hear I hear that I hear that but if I’m in my own so then I’m out there and I’m like, man, I really want to do some donuts out here. And uh the therapist won out. No, he did. I didn’t. Did you notice that? >> Well, the first thing I noticed in that >> in that respect >> was as we were going out to the As we were going out, you were ahead of me. You were driving. We ended up leaving by accident, Tim and Greg, when we went up to that mountain, >> right? >> And then they ended up going to Black Sand. So for a big portion of the trip, you were in the lead and me and harm were behind you. I was driving in that time. >> Uhhuh. >> And I just found myself like I was going as fast as I was comfortable going, but I just was like, you weren’t leaving me. And I was like, wow, Link, he’s not pushing it as hard as he did last time. That’s the the main the main note I made. I was like, if he’s pushing it as hard as he was as he did last time, then I would be having trouble keeping up with him. And I’m not having trouble keeping up with him. It’s just like you were like we were equidistant from most of the from for the thing. So I was like hm he’s really showing some restraint or maybe I was like he’s either showing restraint or something is wrong with the truck. >> That’s what I was thinking. I you know it was really tempting to do donuts but we I mean we did like some drifting >> because you’re also but not complete >> donuts >> because you’re also much more likely like when you’re by yourself you do go faster coming back when I was driving by myself >> I was killing the speed I was I was going so like I was like I’m right on the edge of safety and I would never do this with somebody riding passenger because it’s fun it’s too scary it’s too scary for the passenger because And there’s this thing built into the dash that you hold on to like this. >> Like a T-shaped bar, >> um, which makes you feel a little bit safe, but you can’t steer with it. >> Uhuh. Uhuh. >> And you can’t break with it. >> No. But when we were out there, oh, I mean, it was just, it was cool. >> And no one even left. No one even had a moment where all four wheels weren’t on the ground. None of us. >> Cuz he also said, “Don’t do that.” When we got back, we’re like, “Look, all in one piece. No problem. We didn’t do any rolling. We didn’t have any problems.” He was like, “Well, the group in before you did. >> They rolled it.” >> And it and they didn’t tell me either, but of course I can tell and I’m already charging them. Come take a look. And then he was like, “See how they rolled the whole thing?” And we were like, “How often does this happen?” He said, “Uh, once a week.” like it’s just part of his lease with Polaris and like the insurance and stuff. It’s just like all right, you’re gonna get dinged the three grand deductible or whatever and I already have the parts from and I’m going to just go ahead and fix it and file a claim and I have to do it every week because people like you are crazy. And uh you know what? It wasn’t me. It wasn’t me. I mean, I saw those guys, two two guys, and they were sitting there looking at the car and it was like leaking something out and he and he he and Greg told those guys, “You should call you should stop and call the guy, >> right?” >> Greg gave him the dad advice, the good dad advice, and they were and they just kind of looked at him like, uh-uh. >> And then they just figured it out and they came back and they maybe we won’t notice. And they pulled right up and acted like nothing had ever happened. And he immediately knew that they had rolled it. He’s like, “See this, this, and this.” And he explained what the leak was. It’s like when you get upside down, this happens and all this. >> He had a demeanor about him. The the renter guy, the I liked it. I liked it. He >> There was no No, it was like, I’m not bullshitting with you because this is serious. I’m very cool. I’m very cool. I’m very chill, >> right? >> But also, I’ve had to give this. I know that you’re not really taking me seriously about some of these things I’m saying and so I’m going to say it in a way that >> makes you listen. >> Yeah, >> I appreciated it. >> Yeah, >> I didn’t appreciate all the yellow jackets that were >> It was effective. It was effective. It had it had an impact on me. >> It worked >> that and the therapist maybe, you know, I bet he’d be a good therapist. >> Um >> should have told him that. Maybe I would have gotten >> they’re just those sideby sides are so fun. You know, there are places in the country where that Yeah, there are places to do it around here for sure. And that the desert and the scenery and stuff is very fun. Um, there are places, you know, we’ve got friends that live in Arkansas and that’s like a hot bed of side by sides. People, lots of people have them and there’s just endless trails that go through the woods and stuff. >> I can see how you get kind of addicted to that. Yeah, >> because it is physically demanding, but it’s not as physically demanding as some of the other stuff. Like we were talking about maybe doing a winter get together at some point and like should we go to a ski mountain? And I was like, you know, I’m evaluating my relationship with snow skiing right now >> as a man who will soon be 48 >> and I’m just and who’s already 67 and I’m just like I just don’t know. I don’t know how much longer. I I don’t know if I need to ever do it again. >> What about, you know, >> what about softball? That seems safe. You could just You could take up softball. >> The ball is harder than than the name would imply. >> I mean, do you remember >> Jenna? Are you re-evaluating your relationship with softball? >> Um, it kind of, but not really because that’s why I’m getting the surgery. The surgery. >> Can you tell us the story? like tell us the story because we don’t have a story. >> Okay. >> Of personal injury, but this episode needs one. >> Okay. I would >> It doesn’t even have to be true. >> Oh, no. Make it up. >> Oh, well, I’ll tell the truth. >> All right. >> Cuz this is Yeah. >> What happened to you? A few weeks ago, I was on my uh Wreck League co-ed softball team and it was a it was a playoff game and I was in the outfield as I usually am. Uh and there was a ball and I ran full speed after it trying to catch it as you do. >> A pop fly. >> A pop fly. Mhm. Okay. >> It was in foul territory. I was a left field so I was really booking it to try and like catch it. Um, and then there was a little divot in the grass that um, my left foot found and uh, there was a pop and I immediately fell to the ground and said, “Oh, this is bad. Oh, this is bad. Oh, this is bad.” And that was the thing I kept repeating as like my teammates came up. Uh, and I was and all the guys on my team were like, “What do you need? What do you need?” And I was like, “I need a minute. >> Need a minute. >> Just need just give me a minute. I know this is bad, but give me a minute.” And um I took a minute and was able to like stand up and they like helped me off the field uh and gave me an ice pack and uh a couple ibuprofens and a Modello. >> Are you serious? Couple ibuprofins. >> Not always the greatest combination, but okay. >> Uh listen, in the moment it is exactly what I wanted, >> right? Yeah. >> Uh >> and then >> how much pain were you in at this point? Uh, well, I I’m assuming a lot. People seemed surprised that I wasn’t like crying out in pain and that I was still functional. And I just take that as I’m really good at dissociating. >> Um, >> okay. We we can take partial credit for that, right? >> No, that was that was before you guys. Listen, I was built >> before I worked for you. >> I was built for disassociation. >> Yeah. Yeah. before before I worked for you all, I I I built who I am today brick by brick, you know. >> Okay. >> Um >> pain is your middle name. Is that what you said? >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Uh anyway, so you know, went and saw the doctors that next week and had to next week. >> No, that that next day I started going to the doctors. I didn’t go that day cuz I was like this doesn’t feel like an emergency. I can just go home and elevate it and ice it. Like I know it’s bad. And I know I should see someone, but it’s not an emergency bad to me anyway. >> And when you say go to the doctors, you went to multiple doctors or is that just something? Is that a Tennessee euphemism? >> The It’s the TV show. >> Oh, >> yeah. Yeah, I went on the doctors. >> Oh, okay. Is it still happening? >> Is that show still happening? I >> I don’t think so. Wasn’t that a Dr. Oz thing? >> No. Well, it was a spin. >> I don’t remember. I don’t remember. Um, but yeah, so X-rays and see and then I had to I went got an X-ray first to make sure it wasn’t broken and then saw my primary and then he was like, “You need an MRI.” And it took forever to get an MRI scheduled. Turns out I tore my ACL. >> Oh god. >> Uh, full tear. Full tear. Uh, I’ve got a lovely orthopedic surgeon. I’m getting surgery in a couple weeks. >> Like, where is that? The ACL is >> I know a lot of athletes of all types get these. >> It’s kind of goes over the kneecap in a supportive way. So like it helps keep the kneecap um stable. Uh especially with lateral movements. Um >> so how did stepping in a hole make it snap? >> Because my knee went a strange lateral. It took a lateral shift that was unnatural to it so quickly because I was running so fast and that just snapped it. >> Always something. >> Did it snap it at an anchor point or did it snap it in the middle? >> Well, um, my surgeon didn’t tell me that specifically. I’m not entirely sure >> because every time you see somebody tear an ACL in a sports injury, you’re watching it and I mean sometimes it’s crazy and the knee does something nuts. Most of the time it’s just like >> this dude was running along and made a quick lateral movement and then he just fell down. >> Yeah. >> It it never is like >> one of those things where like the knee bends backwards or something. Of course that would do something some damage, but it just see sometimes it seems so subtle. Did you? And you heard a pop. >> Oh yeah. Yeah. I heard and felt. >> Can you do an impression of this pop? >> Was it like the opening of a can? >> Can we move on? >> No, it wasn’t the opening of a can. I think that would have been more fun >> like that. >> This doesn’t bother you. Like pop. No. What was that song? >> You don’t like uh talk of talk of blood, but you can take talk of ligaments. >> Well, I’m uncomfortable, but I’m not. >> I’d rather hear talk of blood than talk of ligaments breaking. I will say, yeah, the the sensation I have in my knee now is a discomfort. Like I can feel that something isn’t in the right place. >> Okay. >> And I don’t like that feeling. And I don’t like describing that feeling cuz I also hate that. I hate that feeling. I hate that more than blood, too. I’m just like it feels I I can tell something’s not right inside and I can’t >> Well, it’s painful. That’s the thing, too. >> And you can still walk, though. >> I can still walk. Yeah. Yeah, I well I have to and then I have to do physical therapy and uh leading up to the surgery too so that my recovery is better. So like I’ve been doing some minor like stretching so that I can have full extension of the knee by the time I need surgery and so that I’m still working those muscles especially my quad so that my quad doesn’t like atrophy. Um so yeah. And then what are they going to do? They’re going to go in there and they’re going to give you >> they’re giving we’ve chosen um a a less invasive kind of uh surgery where they are using a um cadaavvers ACL essentially or patella. Um I uh so like it’s less dead or or man. Um, >> you going to have a man ACL? >> I might. I might. Yeah. The the difference the difference between softball is zero. So, >> Oh, yes. Co-ed. >> Okay. >> Yeah, it’s co-ed softball. I’m allowed. Yeah. Yeah. >> It can be co-ed within your own body. >> Yeah, I can. >> Co-ed body. Yeah. >> So, do you get to choose from an array of cadaavvers? >> Oh, wouldn’t that be fun? >> Like get to, you know, you grab the ankle and just start moving the knee up and down. >> No, because because No, it’s an organ donor. As morbid as this is going to be right now, Link, just so you completely understand this, >> um, this is someone she’s going to get someone’s knee who is currently alive, right now is alive and is going to die around the time that she is having the surgery. >> Oh wow. >> Who doesn’t currently know that they are going to be a donor of this tissue. Like it’s morbid to think about it. >> Yeah. >> Just so you understand, it’s not somebody currently sitting in a morg waiting to. It’s somebody who will have died. But do they cart a couple in at the moment? I mean, I just, you know, how in the fancy restaurants tableside ACL like which one do you want? >> Yeah. I don’t feel comfortable participating in this conversation. >> Do they need a for the record? Do you need to have someone who’s roughly the same height? >> Uh, no. >> What about a pig? Um, it why when it could be a person? >> You seen a pig’s legs? >> You know, >> you don’t want a pig knee. >> Yeah. >> Right. Right. >> Pig heart, but not a pig. Pig heart. >> I’m sure that that is possible, but why would they when there’s organ donors? Uh, and I could have a person’s. >> Yeah. Right. >> You know. >> Yeah. >> But anyway, it’s the least invasive option cuz they won’t have to take any stuff from me. >> You get Right. You could get it from somewhere else on you. >> Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, that’ll be fun. And then I’m going to be in physical therapy for a while after also. >> And you’ve been wearing a brace. >> Uhhuh. I don’t have the brace on today. >> Why is that? >> Because I’m testing I’m I I the brace doesn’t allow me to do the all the movements that would be beneficial to my recovery. So if I don’t have a um like today isn’t a day where I’m running around doing a bunch of stuff. So like I can sit on my desk like here I’m sitting here and I can elevate and I could do some stretches like my I don’t need a brace for those minor things. So but I have it at my desk just in case. My brace is here. >> Well, you’ve remained very positive. I know that it was frustrating making those appointments and trying to get everything lined up. >> Frustrating. Uh, so you know, I I’ll invite listener if you’ve torn your ACL, if you have some hot tips, if you have something that you want to share with Jenna, it’s like a a hack, like a ACL life hack, >> call us, leave us a voicemail 1888 earpod. [Music] And to the people of Bend, Oregon, and those who love to visit, uh, we thank you. >> Thank you. >> You were a really, really good time. >> Yep. >> And >> you were a good town. A lot of new construction >> and also a lot of people who when they would see us would be like, “What brings you guys to Bend?” As if you don’t understand the beauty of your town. >> Yeah. >> You know, it’s like, “Well, why not Bend? Why not Bend, Oregon?” You’ve done it once. >> Why not been to Oregon? >> We might have to been to Oregon. >> You know, it’s a beautiful place with proximity to beautiful places. >> I think if we went back, we would rent one of those places right on the river. >> Right on the river. >> And then we would just heckle and jackle and cackle and we could we can invite all people, lesbians, straits. >> Yeah. >> Gays, all people. >> Yeah. trans people. >> Yes. >> Everybody. We’d invite them into our yard, >> right? >> And we give them a couple ibuprofen and a Modello. >> No, we wouldn’t have that. >> Nope. We wouldn’t do that. We’re not going to be medicating people. >> We’d say you can you can go for a spin on the megalodon. >> I don’t know. After they sign a waiver, we get the w sign we get a copy of the waiver from the ATV guy. >> Right. If you if you roll this thing $3,000,000. Have I turned this board over? >> Yes, sir. You signed it. >> The megalodon. >> The megalodon. >> So, but but now the uh the exercise. In fact, your your wife had a suggestion for you that that was for us. She was so excited about that >> because she she said that she had seen uh a group of women who were on a trip together and that the way that they decide where they’re going to go the following year is everyone writes down where they want to go on a sheet of paper and then they put it into a hat and you pull it out. When you pull it out, you’re not going there >> and it’s the last one standing is where you go. And she was like, “Y’all should do that. It would be fun.” And then we said, “Do you know how hard it was for us to agree on Bend Oregon?” >> The last thing we want is >> right now, I wasn’t going to put it exactly the way you put it. Cuz when we began to discuss this with a very small group of five gentlemen, two of which are us. >> Yeah. >> Link said, “Well, I think my problem is is that not everybody is going to have good ideas.” I was like, “You could have put it. You could have said that. You could have said that differently.” >> Yeah. I don’t want to make it a game to where we have to go to the place that was the dumb idea. >> I don’t think it would be it’s that they’re bad ideas. It’s that we end up suggesting a place and then we run it through our >> right >> decision matrices. >> Yeah. >> And then that’s how we decide if it’s a good idea or not. >> You know, fire pits, floats, lesbians. >> There has been talk of something international. I don’t know if it’ll happen. I got to say I was the one who brought it up. >> Mhm. But it might be too big of a commitment. And when I say international, we’re talking either Canada or Mexico. We’re not going to go. We’re not leaving North America. >> Yeah, we don’t have time for that. >> We don’t have time for that. >> But that’s it. That’s what we did. And we made it back all in one piece. And um we’re glad that you listened. >> Well, and the last thing I’ll say because a lot of people when they’re like, “What are you guys doing here?” And we always say, and we’re usually all five of us are together and and and we’re like, well, you know, we get together with our college friends every single year and we choose a different place in the US to go. This year we’ve been to Oregon. And everyone says something along the lines of if they’re older, they say, “Oh man, that’s a good idea.” >> Mhm. >> I should Mhm. I should do that. You know, I think I’m going You can see it on their face that they want to plan >> Mhm. a girls trip >> trip. Girls trip, guys trip. They want to plan a trip with their friends. In fact, we ran into another group of ladies. Uh, and they had gone to high school together and they all had hats on, matching hats on, >> matching hats. >> They had not yet put the logo on the hat, which we criticized them openly for, >> right? >> Or we asked penetrating questions about it. Okay. >> And uh and they said, “Well, the logo is coming.” But the point was we’re like, “Hey, we’re doing the same thing. We’re on we’re on a trip, too.” You know, I and I think that >> you might ask the question, “Did you talk to any men on the river?” >> Well, we typically didn’t don’t. >> Yeah, we typically don’t. But the thing is is that making the decision if you’ve got a group of friends, if you’ve got people that you went to college with or you grew up with, you know, reconnecting with them and then saying, “Hey, let’s all get together.” >> Here’s the thing. It might be a disaster for you. It depends on your friends. If you got friends like us, it won’t be a disaster. It’ll be a good time. >> Yep. >> So, if you got friends you can have a good time with, do it. Do it. Make it happen. And then right when you’re done doing it, begin planning the next one. Don’t wait to to the last minute. We’re already talking about next year girls trip. >> Yeah. This is Carl. My grandson got this uh hooked up for me to listen to you on the podcast and I really enjoy it. Uh, I’m used to listen I like to listen to AM radio, but now everything’s gone away. It’s so staticky with the hearing aids that uh found that the the podcastes were the better and this one here is really good. So this is Carl from Minnesota Tutu. Good Mythical Evening is blasting off October 23rd at 1000 p.m. Eastern, 7 Pacific. You can join us live from home or with your fellow mythical beast at a participating Alamo Draft House near you. Get your tickets now at good mythicaling.com.