April Fools, Best Pranks, Morgan Wallen, and Goodwill Hunting!

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[00:00:49] Available at the Hickory Social House. Okay, now we get the show going. Is Mark ready? I am ready! Is Mark ready? The real Mark is ready. And Jack Attack is ready. I'm ready. The Alan Jackson, let's do this. Please! There it is. This is a switcheroo if you have.

[00:01:12] Yes! Thank you. Sit, sit. Wow.

[00:01:51] Thank you, peeps. What up? This is the Carolina Reaper show. It's the PM magazine from the Carolinas that is also addicted to crack corn. And this episode... I'm almost going to tear up to say it. This will be our very last episode ever. That's right. I'm quitting. No one ever hits the share button, so... I'm done. Sayonara. J.K. April Fools! Happy April Fools, everybody.

[00:02:21] Did you get pumped today? Tell me about it. Leave it in the comments section. Tonight's going to be a great show. We're going to talk about Morgan Wallen, Dr. Phil, and there's a gender reveal. Plus, my buddy Mark Hunt is here, so we're going to give... We're going to play the Goodwill hunting game as we unbox gifts we got each other at a Goodwill. But first, answer me this. Best prank you've ever pulled on someone or prank that was pulled on you?

[00:02:50] Leave it in the comments section. Let's get into it. But first, let me introduce you to my guest sitting right here. This handsome-looking gentleman happens to be half-brothers? Third. It's third more than half. Third more than half, brother, of John Stamos. I'm talking about Mark Stamos. How you doing, buddy? I'm good, man. How are you? Good to see you. It's been a little bit. Yeah? Yeah. Yeah, I got some San Diego sun. Oh, San Diego sun.

[00:03:18] And over here, I got two interns checking your comments in the YouTube comment section right there. So, pop in there, say hello. My buddy Sergeant Mark having eight balls deep is looking fiercely at the comment section. Are there people in there at all? They're in there. They're greeting each other. And Dustin already jumped on you and said, you're not a quitter. A quitter. I'm not a quitter. Dustin said that? Dustin Bosley. Thank you, Dustin Bosley. Well, yes and no. I've been known.

[00:03:48] I try not to be a quitter. I hate quitting. Quit the bad things. Expand on the good things. Yeah. There have been times where I feel bad about one thing I quit on a long time ago. My buddy Kyle Davis and I, we made this music. We wrote this funny song where I was being my character from the movie. Harold Kimmel. Yeah. He's back. That character.

[00:04:16] And he was being his character from It's Always Sunny, Lil' Kev. And we'd get together and it was called Lil' Kev and Ramos Try Stuff. And we just did one minute little things back to back. It was ridiculous and dumb, but it was fun. And we thought, let's just devote ourselves to this. He wrote a song. We memorized it. It was a rap song. I said, we're going to make a video on this. He goes, yeah, but we always say we're going to do stuff we never do. I was like, we're going to make one. And we never did. Quit her.

[00:04:45] I feel bad about that. Kyle Davis, if you're watching, I apologize. Not just my fault, also Kyle's fault. That's 50-50. Yeah. Yeah. But he still does Lil' Kev on TikTok and everything else. Love Kyle Davis. Also sitting next to Mark is Jack Attack. How are you doing, Jack Attack? I'm good. Yeah? Yes, sir. I heard you were in Eastern Carolina. Yes, I was. How'd that go? It's pretty good. Are you sure?

[00:05:14] Yes, I was so excited. You had to search for it. Yes, I was. No, you said Eastern Carolina. I know. That's my funny way of saying East Carolina. I'm being different. Yeah, it was fun. Party school. You got the ECU shirt on. Yeah. So you made up your mind. That's where you're going, ECU? Yeah, I think so. Okay. Wow. Old Pirates. Must have some pretty decent grades, huh? No, that's an easy one to get into, dude. That's easy to get into. You could have walked on there. Really?

[00:05:44] No, it's... I don't have any problem with ECU, but that is the party school. They would always like... It's that one school that gets on your damn nerves. Like, they'll play us real good at football or... They're not supposed to. And they're not supposed to come out of nowhere. They'll just beat the crap out of you or upset you by one point, triple overtime. Okay. Well, congrats, buddy. Yeah, thanks. April Fool's Day. What... Any shenanigans? Anything comes to mind of a prank?

[00:06:14] I'm trying to think of a good prank that I did or was done to me. Not one's actually jumping out of my brain right now. Guys, nothing? No. We sat here for 30 minutes and didn't even talk about it. So I didn't read the rundown. What in the comment section? Anybody got any good pranks? Not yet. Not yet. It's too early. Yeah, it is. Well, my brother... This was a generic one.

[00:06:42] I'm sure he got it from one of his frat buddies. Are you going to join a frat? Yeah, for sure. You already met a... For sure. Yeah, I mean... ECU's pretty big with fraternities. Is it? Yeah. Mom and dad okay with that? I mean, yeah. Which one? I mean... I mean, have you... I've got friends. Pledged one yet? I mean, you can't pledge until you're a freshman. Sure, I was quizzing you. Good job. He'll be home in six months.

[00:07:11] So just real quick, because this parlays in one of the things that you elaborated to at the beginning. Yeah. So I scrolled up a little bit just to make sure I was capturing everything. Shane said his daughter, at 16 years old, pulled an April Fool's prank telling him that she was pregnant. Oh, boy. He said he flipped out and forgot it was April Fool's. Wow. And remember, Shane's military, so... Yeah, yeah. Well, that's funny. You bring up pregnancies. Yeah. You know?

[00:07:38] Last week, I let the cat out of the bag that my stepdaughter, Lainey, 19 years old, is pregnant, is with child. And I said I couldn't reveal the gender just yet, but now I've been told I'm allowed to talk about it. Is that why you didn't text me back? About when? I texted you asking the gender of the baby, and you never ignored it. So I thought that was part of the... You were being good. You held true. You're tough. Thank you. I must not have got that one. I would have told you, I can't tell you. Yeah, I put that...

[00:08:07] I would have just ignored it and said, am I allowed to say it? I put that, and I put some vacation pictures up, and you didn't reply to none of them. So I thought... This weekend? Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. Well, you're busy. It's fine. I'm sorry. I know the gender anyway. Do you really? I really don't. Nicole wouldn't even tell me. They know all. Does she know? I don't know if Nicole knows. But she wouldn't tell me. At the end of the show, I'll tell you, if you really want to know. You want any pre-gaming guesses? Not right now. Okay.

[00:08:36] Let's do halftime guessing. We can do halftime. And then at the end of the show, I'll tell everybody. Jack, what do you think? I'll go with Jack. Are we taking bets? Is there money on it? No, because it's 50-50. That means someone's going to have to win something. Keep in mind, this new day and age, it might not be 50-50. Got to remember, we got, what, 75? Well, there's more genders. That's right. That's right. That's my whole thing, too. Like, why are we still doing gender reveals at all when we're not, you can just change it or you can't assign it anymore. You're supposed to let the.

[00:09:06] I don't, I think there's a mandatory age. I don't think you can declare gender to you like 32 or something. Right. Yeah. Yeah, I got lucky. I was assigned male and I happened to be male and I also identify as male. So. Well, that explains it. I'm a cisgender. Have you heard that one? Cist? Cist. That is. That is. Cis. Cis. How do you spell that, Mark? It's C-I-S. Cis. What does that? What does that stand for? Does it stand for something? It stands for being straight.

[00:09:36] Yeah, but what is it like the letter C-I-S? It's not this. Cis gender. Let me glance, but it's not an acronym. I don't like the way it sounds. It sounds cissy, so I don't like that. But you've never heard of this? I've never heard of it. Cisgender? No. Man, I love your world. I want to live in it all the time. I don't watch any. I know this stuff because I see it all the time. I don't know. I know what they're talking about. Go ahead. It just means a person whose gender identity aligns with the sex identified at birth.

[00:10:03] I understand that, but where did we get the cis from? The C, the I, the S. That's what I'm trying to figure out. Does it stand for something? Is it short for something or is it an acronym? At least not with a... Let me dig deeper into it because the definition is... Let me know the comment section. If y'all know before Ball or Jack Attack can find out, put it in the comment section. Find what out? Sorry, I was reading the comment. I was reading something here. What were you reading? Where'd you go just now? ECU?

[00:10:33] Bones Triple X said his house is divided because he went to ECU and he's paying for his son to go to NC State. That'll be a fun football game or basketball game. We should have got his face right there. I know. What? We need a camera on him. Huh? That's going to be you at like the 8 a.m. class on Monday morning. The alarm's going to go off. I'm going to see that. Huh? Oh, no.

[00:11:02] Yeah, my brother pulled a prank on dad, mom and dad. When he was at... He went to Western Carolina. West see you. Yeah. Yeah. How come they don't do that? How come it's not Eastern Carolina University but it is Western Carolina? Why can't Western Carolina just be West Carolina? I like Western better because it sounds more cowboy-ish. Not in Eastern Carolina. No Eastern. Dang. Why don't we do that?

[00:11:32] It's the Eastern part of the state. Right. But why are we not putting the turn on the East turn? Yeah. Got to be a way to sue them for that somehow, right? Yeah. So from now on, let's me and you do that. Eastern Carolina. Make fun of him and my brother. Yeah. Jason, how was West Carolina University like? West Carolina. Don't call it Western. Okay. Western. And then when you refer to ECU, call it Eastern. Yes. Now on. Okay. Deal? It's a deal. Shake on it. All right. Now, I want y'all to do that at home too. Okay.

[00:12:02] But no, Jason, I think he got this from one of his frat buddies. I wrote my mom and dad this long letter about how he met a girl, fell in love with her. She was a stripper and got her pregnant. And they're leaving together to go either to California or New York or something. It was like a long letter. How old was he in college? He was like 19, 20.

[00:12:29] And I remember my parents, they said when they read this letter, they were crying until they got to the very end of it. They said, just kidding. Happy April Fool's or something like that. Makes you wonder how many heart attacks happened on April Fool's Day. Right. You know, stuff like that. That's a good point. Okay. How many people have had a heart attack on them? Yeah. Look, literally get the life scared out of them. Because it's a good time to scare people as well. One of the biggest days of anxiety, I'm sure. Anxiety. I bet a lot of accidents happen.

[00:12:56] Like someone just thinking that someone is attacking them and maybe fighting back. How many people die on April Fool's Day? That's even better. It's got to be a thing. Yeah. What do we feel about cis? Okay. So basically it's Latin. It says, it's Latin and means on this side of. So when they put cis in front of anything like cisgender or cis normalcy or sexism, it's just saying it's normal.

[00:13:25] So in other words, by being... So they're identifying that it is normal. Yes. Okay. And that's why I was saying if you're a cisgender male, you were born a male, you are a male. So they're saying it's not normal to not be that. Exactly. Good. And they're trying to be normal. Pick a side. All right. My brain's hurting because you had me... It's a lot of verbal math that just went on in my head too. All right. Let's go to our first segment.

[00:13:55] What I like to do here is find out what you guys are talking about. And this happened over the weekend. Do you watch SNL anymore? I don't. Me either. That's not as good as it used to be. Every now and then I'll go back and... I do like, for the most part, the news. What do you call it? The weekend update. Michael Che and Colin Jost are pretty funny dudes. Those are the guys that host... Colin's the one that's... Are they still doing it?

[00:14:24] I don't even know if they're still doing it anymore. I think so, but he's the one that's married to Scarlett Johansson. Yes. Anyway, Morgan Wallen was the musical guest. I did not watch this episode, full disclosure. I don't know what went down. But I do know that they canceled on him before. Am I right? Did he get in trouble for saying the N word? I thought it was not... Yeah, and I think it was like a month or so later he was supposed to go on there. Yeah. He threw a chair out of a balcony as well. In Nashville. Yeah. That was different.

[00:14:54] They don't care about throwing chairs. It wasn't that. It was... I think he got caught on tape saying the N word. That's right. And so they canceled on him. And now here we are. He's on the show. I don't know how it went. I don't know if they were nice to him. But it is traditional at the end of every episode to stand there and say thank you, good night. Do we want to watch it, Deion Jackson? I mean, do you think we should? Do you think we'll get in trouble? The mic's not on. I don't know if we'll get in trouble.

[00:15:23] I watched it earlier. Okay, so we're good. Is the mic on? I mean, there's not much. He just walks off. Yeah. He's the only one you're talking to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love it. Hey, just play it, but don't play the sound. But that way you can see what... And you're right. It's not a big deal. Yeah, I saw this video. And I don't know who this lady is, but she's... And the way he walked off, I mean, it wasn't like it drew attention. No, all he did... Exactly. He said, thank you, good night. Thanks to this lady, whoever she is.

[00:15:52] I had a good time, whatever. And good night. And then he left the stage, which to me is not a big deal. But it is traditional to kind of stand there and walk around and shake hands with the cast members. And everybody hugs each other. Like he did a little thank you. And then he says thank you to whoever she is. Gives her little one-armed side hug. And just walks off the stage. And everyone else all hugs each other. That's what they do.

[00:16:19] But apparently he's catching heat for that because he didn't stand there and wave. Now, I will say in his defense, if you're in a weird situation, like it must have been a weird week. Because you know a lot of these people don't like that he's on there because of the past or whatever. And I got nothing against him. He's a country too. Country guy. Not from the... And I get that too.

[00:16:42] But like if you are in a position where no one's going to come up to you and hug you in front of the entire world. Imagine that. He says thank you, goodnight. And then turns around looking for one of the cast members to shake his hand. And they don't. That's going to be an embarrassing moment for him. So he's like I'm not even going to let you embarrass me. I'm just going to go home. And that's what he did. I think it's kind of a ballsy, bold move and good for him.

[00:17:12] You know? If you know that when you say thank you, goodnight and you turn around and no one's going to greet you or shake your hand, wouldn't you just leave too? Well, but John, I mean, look at it again. He doesn't look around at all. Well, because he probably knows what's coming. I don't think he even let it happen. But in his head, he knows that's what's going to happen. Something may have happened before. It did happen before. They canceled on it.

[00:17:41] Well, during the week or in the show. I think that too. I think probably just maybe it didn't go well. I didn't watch the episode. I'm just having theories. That's all. He didn't feel comfortable. Right. It may have been something going on backstage. Yeah. Might have got into it some time. And it's a hostile, you know, everyone looks at SNL like, oh, that's fun. They're fun loving, but it can be brutal back there. Yeah. It can be very cutthroat. So I think he was just done with it. I don't see the big deal. I don't either.

[00:18:11] Did he know you were supposed to stay? Maybe they didn't tell him. Maybe he's never watched it. He probably did now, I think. I think people are overreacting on it. Huh? I think people are overreacting on it. I don't think it matters, though. I mean, I thought it was pretty cool. At the end of the day, it don't matter. It made news. You see, he'll sell some more albums. Yeah. But, like, if you scroll through that article there, you'll see it goes on to say he couldn't wait to get out of there. As soon as he left, he got on a plane, took a picture of it, and says, take me back to God's country.

[00:18:40] Morgan Wallen praised Jesus twice in the show after his performance, which, you know, that's fine. Of course, that's great. But during his SNL performance, then he left early, posted on Instagram, get me to God's country, rejecting Hollywood's anti-Christian bias. We need more of that, blah, blah, blah. So maybe that's other people reading into it. I've said many times, get me back to God's country. This is God's country.

[00:19:08] I don't mean it as a diss on New York or L.A., but I will diss them. I mean, you know, I've lived there. I know what it's like, Marcus. Yeah, you got experience. He probably didn't feel welcome, so he's like, I can make you feel equally as unwelcome. Bye-bye, and just left. Somebody might have made fun of him or something. Yeah, probably so. I noticed his pants were ripped. He might have got picked on for his pants.

[00:19:35] They did have a sketch that they did make fun of him like five, six, seven years ago, where each cast member was dressed up as him, doing their own Morgan Wallen impressions, which I thought was funny. There's got to be something more to it than just making fun of him. It's got to be something else, which I don't know. But anyway, that's what was trending, everybody. How do you feel about it? Leave it in the comments section. Ball, what's going on in the comments section?

[00:20:03] Well, one of the things was, again, talking about some of the stuff for the practical jokes. And so Samantha Dawn got in there and was talking about how the scrubs was put on backwards. So it was reverted back around and said, well, your shoes are untied. He looked down, but apparently he didn't have any legs. Oh, my God. I'm so confused. What? Start over. So basically what it was, she went up to him. Went up to who? A person at work.

[00:20:34] A patient or another employer? The way it sounds, I think it was a co-worker. A co-worker who didn't have legs? Right. Now what's his name? Hopalong. No. But no, because she mentioned scrubs, and that tells me it's like a nursing type situation because they wear scrubs. But she was talking about the scrubs were put on backwards. So basically in a retort was said that, okay, your shoes are untied, but this person didn't have legs.

[00:21:01] So he looked down and basically caught himself looking down and didn't realize he was... Didn't realize he didn't have legs? Got him. I think it was just out of habit. So confused. But he probably played into it. Tell Samantha if she needs to clarify herself. Maybe you didn't have time to read it word for word. It's okay. There's a lot going on. Jack, what are you finding? Anything out in the comment section there? Do you know where you're at right now? I'm mad. I mean... Your mom's watching. You better be on your best behavior.

[00:21:30] She's going to help you get to ECU. Let's move on to our idiotic TikTok segment. And don't forget, we are playing Goodwill hunting at the end of this episode. That's where Mark and I exchange gifts we got each other at a Goodwill. All right. Now, these aren't really TikToks, but when I'm on the road and I'm bored and to help pass the time, I sent you some of these. Recently? Yes, this weekend.

[00:21:58] Even though you thought I was ignoring you, I was sending these to you via Instagram. Did not notice. Did you ever check your Instagram inbox? I can't even get Instagram to open up. So basically, I'm using your Instagram inbox to remind myself of what to talk about with you. That I don't even see. And it's like brand new to you every time. Yeah, that's awesome. Okay, that's great. I'll know. I'll send all kinds of stuff now. I saw this. I don't know when it came up or what. I don't know. It just made me laugh. This looks like something that we would have done, but not as a joke.

[00:22:28] Just watch it. Happy Fourth of July, motherfuckers. This is Superhuman TV Show. Today, I'm going to get hit with fireworks. This is for juggalos and juggalettes. Do not try this at home. I hope you like it. Whoop, whoop! He's a juggalo. Whoop, whoop! Have you seen this one? I've seen these guys. They do one. Oh, I haven't seen... Fuck this shit! We're going to do this in my backyard this Fourth of July.

[00:23:16] I love how hard he is at the beginning. Yeah. And how he's weeping like a child at the very end. Tenders up. Yeah. It's a 100% 360 just happened. It's the jackass of our day. Yeah. Those are juggalos. You don't mess with juggalos. The other guy is also hard, but doesn't want to get COVID. Or caught. Okay. Yeah. It could be that. All right. Let's play the next one there. The Alan Jackson. Some of these might need explaining. Okay. Yeah.

[00:23:46] So I think it's best if I don't explain it and you watch it the way that I watch it the first time. And then maybe you figure out why I thought it was funny. I don't know. Let's just watch it. Vocalism. Moose got it. Have you ever seen like a hardcore.

[00:24:16] And they're just kind of like before they're supposed to see. Why is this bird? How does it even stand like that? What kind of bird is that? It's a badass bird. It looks like a rassler coming out on the ring. Yeah. I was at that show. That's good. I wonder what band that was. What's wrong with the bird? That's probably a mating ritual or something. He's calling in. Come to me.

[00:24:45] Calling his groupies. Come have sex with me. Vocalist during the intro. I don't know. It just made me laugh because when I first clicked on it, I didn't quite see what the bird was doing and it zoomed in and it hit the answer up like that. I don't know. I just think it's funny. All right. Let's play the next one there, the Ellen Jackson. Let's see what we got here. Oh, baseball season is here. I saw this. I don't know how old it was, but it just came up and I thought it was badass.

[00:25:16] That's where he catches the baby. Yeah. Spoiler alert. Sorry. Can't keep no secrets here. Look at this. Ooh. Caught the ball the same hand the baby was in. Caught the baby again and did not spill the beer. Look at that. One. Look at the baby. Baby's dropping. Boom. Catches the baby on the hip. Doesn't even get beer on the baby.

[00:25:46] Yeah. Badass. Look at that. Everyone around him is amazing. Look at that guy. Whoa, dude. I heard he just signed a contract with the Braves. Yes. Possibly the greatest single male athletic performance of all time. What a memory for that little girl, huh? Let's do it again. Does she look terrified? She's crying. Yeah, she's crying. I just love this. Is that baby falling? The baby's falling. Like if you... Yeah, it was falling.

[00:26:14] We'll watch it again, but at the very beginning of the video, don't look at him. Look at the baby. Looks like the baby falls. And see where is it? It's in midair right here. It stops. Well, it's got one foot on something maybe. It hits the seat. Back of the seat. Maybe it just hit the seat in front of him. But either way, that baby was falling. Where's the mom? You know the mom is P.O. I didn't know you were taking her to the damn game. What if he just turned around and gave that ball to like the son? Oh, yeah.

[00:26:44] The little girl's like, wait a minute. Almost died. I've seen another one where a guy catches it in his beer cup. I've seen that one. When I first saw this, I thought that's probably what this was. I go, I don't think I've seen this one. I don't know when this... 2024? Yeah, probably. I think this video is pretty old. Have you seen it before? I've seen it like a thousand times. This very one? Yeah. Okay. They probably brought it back out with the beginning of the season. Yeah, it's new to me. All right, let's do one more to the Alan Jackson and we'll move on.

[00:27:14] I forgot what this one was. Okay, hold up. All right. What is this guy? This one was weird. I said, yeah, you didn't look at it. Dang it. Okay. Now, I want to preface this one. Tom Brady, it's about Tom Brady.

[00:27:34] I don't know if the video that this guy's alluding to in this song is real or where it comes from. But this dude's obviously doing some funny heavy metal fake song about Tom Brady. And I like Tom Brady, but I also love that people don't like Tom Brady. So the people who don't like Tom Brady is going to love this. Okay.

[00:28:17] You guys see that clip? It's like Tom sitting on a table. He's getting his pecs rubbed for football reasons, I guess. His son comes in and he's like, Daddy, can I play Roblox? And he's like, I don't know. What do I get? So the son waddles over and he goes, he gives him a peck, walks away and Tom goes. I was like a peck. And so the son like walks over and comes up and he makes him hold this kiss.

[00:28:47] It's just, it's not for me. It's not for me! It's just for me. It's just for me. It's just for me. It's for me. It's for me. I guess to tell him. I'm sitting on a table with his pecs rubbed for football reasons, I guess. Kiss controversy. He's like, Daddy, can I play Roblox?

[00:29:18] And he's like, I don't know. What do I get? What do I get? That was like a peck. It's cringe! Ah! That dude, it's not for me. This dude's hilarious.

[00:29:47] Who's Backyard Barbecue is this? How can I hire this guy? Who is he? I love him. The houseplant band? Reminds me of Wes a little bit. I need to go follow the houseplant band. I don't know where that came from. But did you guys know anything about any of this? I've never seen that one, but I know he kisses his kids on the lips like that. That's weird. I've kissed my kids before, but never at that creep factor.

[00:30:17] Okay, look. That was like a peck. You kiss him on the forehead, on the cheek. At a certain age, you kind of stop doing that. That kid looked like he was 12. Yeah! And then he says, what do I get? Get out of here! He's Diddy. Before Diddy was Diddy. Yeah, gross. Oh, my mom just texted me. There's a plane crash at Hickory Airport. Eight minutes ago. Dave Faraday has posted.

[00:30:46] Oh no, Dave Faraday's on the scene. We should all go right now. I hope no one's hurt. Look more into it. I mean, this is breaking news. Yeah, breaking. We've got to make sure that... It's every day now. You just gotta be lucky. I live very close to the airport. And you're on a plane a lot. I don't think so. I'm on a plane all the time. Things are happening in planes all the time. Recently. You know? Airports. Ours is a little airport. It shouldn't be the more than four people.

[00:31:15] It's not a public airport. They rescued one person out of the plane. No word on injuries. Oh my gosh. April Fools! Are you April Foolsing me right now? Is your mom April Foolsing us? That would've been good. If it was April Fools, it'd be pretty funny. That would be a good one if your mom is pranking us right now. No, I'm looking at the post right now. There's like videos and stuff. Alright, well keep us posted on that. We're gonna move on. But if something else happens, if you find out more... Break. Break in.

[00:31:42] If you get a name or an image or a video, let me know. I mean, there's a little bit of a video, but it's just... Alan's looking it up right now. I think. Alright, well, let's move on anyways. Anyways, uh... Had a good time in Atlanta. If you were at my shows in Atlanta, thank you. This is one of the shows I was telling you about. Normally, I give away some of this money right here.

[00:32:12] Look at these residual checks. Tons of them. Next week, next week I'm gonna give it away. Tonight we're gonna play Good Will Hunting. Another fun segment you're gonna have to stick around for. But this is the show I was telling you about. And I had a... Look at this, dude. Wow. Packed house. Look at that. This weekend at the Performing Arts Center that I was not performing in. Oh. This is not your crap. April Fool's. No, I mean, I was there. I took this picture.

[00:32:41] But that was for another comedian named Adam Ray, who I've known forever. Very funny guy. I've known him since the Comedy Store days. He does this character called Dr. Phil. If you look in the middle of that crowd, do you see the bald guy? Is he on that Kill Tony show? Yes. Oh yeah. That's how he's blown up. Right there, yeah. I mean, he's a part of that group. He's been on Adam Carolla, Joe Rogan, all this stuff. That's very funny. So he's got all his own group of people.

[00:33:10] He does Dr. Phil. He basically does a Dr. Phil show as Dr. Phil, but he comes out and does a monologue. There we go. That's us backstage. Now, I want to name these people. Go ahead. That's... Who? Wrestler, dude. I forgot his name right now, but... Brock Lesnar. Yeah, Brock Lesnar. He's pretty cool. So I met Brock Lesnar, Dr. Phil, Finesse Mitchell. Who's the other guy on the right? He's a singer, country singer. Kent Stamey. Looks like him.

[00:33:41] We got a buddy that looks just like that, but that's Zac Brown from the Zac Brown band. Yeah. Like him. Little bit of chicken fry. Go bigger on Friday night. So Adam Ray was in town doing his Dr. Phil show on a Sunday night. And so I performed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. So he came in. He texted me on Saturday. Can I come by your show, do a guest spot? Because he wants to work out some material for his show.

[00:34:10] And I said, of course. So he came by, did a guest spot, and then he said, why don't you come to my show on Sunday? I said, well, I have my show on Sunday. He goes, okay, well, maybe come by afterwards, hang out. And then the owner of the punchline, that's where I was, that's his hat, he says, why don't we just cancel your show and go to Adam Ray's show? I was like, what about all the people I'm going to let down? He goes, you sold 10 tickets.

[00:34:38] I said, okay, let's invite all those people to Adam Ray's show. So we all went there instead. It was, you know, this is a win-win because I like Adam and I like, look, I got to, you know who the black guy is? They're not. Jack? Looks like, looks like Lil Bow Wow or something. Lil Bow Wow. Nope. He's a person, but this is Finesse Mitchell, comedian. He was on SNL a couple of seasons.

[00:35:07] So those were his, the people he was interviewing as Dr. Phil. What was Brock doing there? One of the people being interviewed. Oh. So basically, like I said, you ever watch the Dr. Phil show? Yeah, he does like a show. He has guests come out. So these are the guests that he was talking to, Zach Brown, Brock Lesnar and Finesse Mitchell. And he said, when I come to North Carolina, you're, I want, he wants me to be on it. I said, well, of course, but it was a good time. I mean, it was, it's insane how that whole thing blew up.

[00:35:38] Yeah. Him being Dr. Phil. He's really good at it. He's very, very similar. Oh yeah. Except he's funny. Oh, there's Adam Ray without, that's what he looks like as not Dr. Phil. Where? The other guy on the left with the red t-shirt. Wow. Yeah. That's without the Dr. Phil makeup. He looks totally different. He does. Right. He's a good looking fella. Looks like he has lipstick on. Jamie Bendle is the, he might, I didn't check his lips.

[00:36:07] He does lots of characters. Maybe some girl just smooched him. I don't know. Chap lips. And then the guy on the right too, I'm sorry. Jamie, his name is Jamie Bendle. He's the owner of the punchline in Atlanta. Okay. Very nice. So that was at the green room in my, at the punchline. Just hanging out. Like you had a ball. Having good times. Yeah. So, thank you everybody who came. All right. Don't forget in a minute, I'm going to reveal the gender of my soon to be grand baby.

[00:36:37] Anybody want to make bets? No, it's, it's middle time. Male. You're saying dude? Yeah. Dude. What do you say? All right, this is interesting. We're going to get into it after I reveal it. But what I want, I just want a healthy baby.

[00:37:02] When people tell me, yeah, but why do people root for one side or the other? I don't think they're rooting. Well they are. Okay, why? What, what, all right, let's, let's get into it. What would you prefer? Boys. Why? What about Ella? Are you not happy you had Ella? Very, very happy. Well, how do you think Ella feels hearing that you want a boy? I'm saying boys are less worried to me as far as when they get to be Jack's age. Oh, I see.

[00:37:29] As a, as a protector, really what you're telling me is you're, you want a boy so you don't have to protect them from other boys. Yeah. Well, maybe you do. That's kind of what, isn't that what it sounded like? I mean. I want to have a boy so I don't have to protect this female from boys. I think they bring less anxiety. How's that? Who? Boys. Well, they. Well, they. Well, they just worry. They take care of themselves. You feel like girls can't. Like you have to be there every day, all day for every little thing. Boys.

[00:38:00] Right. Yeah. They got buddies. Get my ball, go outside. Pick up for them and have a bike for them. Yeah. Just tell them to be home, but then the sun goes down. Yeah. But I always wondered why. Because I hear this a lot. I hope it's a boy. I hear, you hear that all the time. God, I hope it's a boy. I hope it's a boy. But I've always wondered, well how does that make the girl feel? Even the women are like, I hope it's a boy. But you are a woman. Why are you rooting against your own gender? Hmm. That's a good point. Yeah. That's all. You'll never figure this out.

[00:38:29] Maybe you have the answer in the comments section. Why do you want a boy or a girl? Yeah. What is the... Why are you rooting for one over the other? Yeah, everybody says that as long as they're healthy. But I did have a favorite in mind, and I will tell you at the end of the show, if it's what I... Well, you said what I wanted. Which will be what it is. Right. Ball, you didn't guess yet. I didn't guess, but I'm hoping it's a strapping young ginger. Mmm. Awesome. Well, that's a good shot.

[00:38:58] Laney has ginger hair, so that could happen. That redheaded stepchild, I mean, it goes strong. That's right. All righty then. Shall we take a quick break, the Ellen Jackson, or should I... What do you want to do from here? Yeah, let's do a break. All right, we're going to take a quick break. When I come back, I'm going to reveal Reap's Peep of the Week, read a couple of comments, and then we're going to exchange gifts. Don't go anywhere. All right? We'll be right back with more.

[00:39:28] Don't you shut your peepers. I haven't done this in a minute. Don't you shut your peepers. We'll be right back with more Carolina Reapers. Hello, everybody. Look who it is. Captain John Reap. I'm back, baby. We're going cruising again. That's right. Not just me, but my buddy, Justin Clyde Williams. Brandy Floaties. And you and your friends.

[00:39:58] This time, we're going to Coco K and Nassau. We're doing stand-up comedy, country music, and karaoke, and we want you to come. But now you're thinking, well, when is it, John? When is this cruise? Well, we came up with something to help you remember the date. Show them, buddy. It's going to be a hit one day. Y'all pay attention. Mm-hmm. Johnny, Johnny, who can I turn to?

[00:40:25] Talking about Johnny Poovie, the cruise director. I got some buddies. Let's book a cruise. Me and you and him. And anybody. I know you've had reaps, peeps on the water before. Oh, man, we did. It was a blast. But this time, we want to do something more. More! Oh, it's going to be big. Tell them! Johnny, I got your number at the bottom of the screen. Cute!

[00:40:59] 226-2026. 226. That's the date. 226. That's the date. From everywhere, we're 26. 206. 206. Booker Cabin. 206. It's going to be a blast. You don't want to miss it. That's 2026. You got a whole year.

[00:41:34] 2-26. Isn't that clever? Yeah. 2-26-26. Yeah, February 26, 2026. That is crazy. It did all purpose, dude. Yeah. All right.

[00:42:04] Reaps, peep of the week. Oh, wait. Let's do an update. What did you say was happening? Ball, you updated me a little bit about something going on at the airport. Okay. So, apparently, the plane had returned back to the Hickory Airport. It looks like it was having some fuel issues. It made reference to a fuel leak. They did say that there was one person critical, but no other word on any other injuries. Alan, you don't see anything on the... I see you shaking your head.

[00:42:33] There's nothing popping up on news. I'm going back and forth with different updates on different, like, NC firemen and another... Yeah. I mean, it just happened. Yeah. It just happened about 20-some minutes ago. Unless this is an April Fool's joke from your mama. Everything, since it's crisscross, I don't see anything. But you actually looked it up. Yeah. All right. Good, good, good. I'm hoping I'd rather it be an April Fool's joke. Me too. So, someone's in critical condition? It said critical condition.

[00:42:59] They sent one of the air meds, which is basically, it's like trauma response. Yeah. And it does look like it's a Cessna airplane, so it's a small private plane. Okay. Thoughts and prayers? Hope everyone's okay. Hope that person heals 100% recovery. All right. Let's move on to this week's Reap Speak of the Week. I chose Mary Baker. All right. There she is.

[00:43:28] Look at that pretty smile, huh? Mary Baker, everybody. That's her YouTube channel right there, at Mary Baker, 806152 subscribers. Y'all go subscribe to Mary Baker. Tell her I sent you. Let's all be friends with each other and connect and grow and show love. We know Mary Baker. She's been on the cruise before. Yeah. She's showed up at the prom.

[00:43:58] She's been on a cruise. Yes. She's been to various shows. Sweet girl, fun-loving, likes to have a good time. Came to the prom, hand out candy to people. Yes. Yeah, absolutely. Wow. So nice. She even had that van parked out front. She had a what? You know, when you hand out candy, you got that van. Yeah, yeah. Be careful. She'll lure you in that van. Love you, Mary Baker. Thanks for all you do, and I hope you get some followers out of this. All right. Let's read some comments from last week.

[00:44:25] Last week I said, what was your favorite birthday gift ever? And Talmadge, he said, best gift, can't say here. Second gift, Milwaukee tool set. What do you think that first gift was, Marcus? Favor. A little bit of a... This is why you would rather have a son than a daughter, huh? Yes. It goes back to that. Okay. Shane Flint Outdoors.

[00:44:53] G-Pop is what the great grandkids refer to great granddad in my family. G-Pop. I like that. That's what you're doing. I was trying to come up with what I want to be called G-Pop. Popsicle. I might want to take over Popsicle. Probably should. Carry it on. Yeah. But what do you think of this one? G-Diddy. I don't like that. Papa John? Yeah. So I'll read the next one. Jingle Fangs, he said, I should be Papa John.

[00:45:23] Like the pizza guy. Makes sense. Papa John. But I'm not the Papa. True. Yeah. The Papa is a guy named Josh. I am the grandpapa. Rick Sanford, he says, Pop-Tart. I am not a tart. Now if you said Pop-Tard. That's funny. That's funny. Pop-Tard. Yeah. A little jab every time they come over, huh? Hey, Pop-Tart. Oh no, don't do that. Don't put that in my family's head because that's what they'll call me. Where's Pop-Tart? It's Tartman.

[00:45:52] I should have been calling my dad Pop-Tart this whole time. That's good. What did you say? You said something. No, that's saying you'll be looking back at it and just start it then. Yeah, I know. Shane Flint says, Pop-Pops. Yeah. Jingle Fangs. NC State has a new head basketball coach as of today, Will Wade, after whipping Clemson with his previous school, McNeese.

[00:46:20] I don't know a whole lot about this. Will Wade's a good coach there. Who? Will Wade. Yes, I've heard he's a good coach. I'm excited to see what he can do. Can't do any worse than this year. But yeah, apparently he'd be... So, speaking of NC State and Clemson, this is crazy. This Friday I will be in Walhalla, very close to Clemson. Saturday I'll be in Clayton, very close to NC State. Okay. Yeah, about that. Full circle.

[00:46:50] Jingle Fangs, tell your friends, come see me. All right, let's move on to our last segment. So, I don't know if you caught the very beginning of the show, but this man sitting next to me, I told you his name was John Stamos. I was April Foolsing you. His last name is not Stamos. His last name is Hunt. H-U-N-T. Marcus. Marcus Hunt.

[00:47:15] And what we like to do is go to a Goodwill and hunt for gifts for each other. And it's a little segment that Justin Clyde, the guy you just saw do the cruise video. We wrote a whole little opening to this whole little segment. Here, check out my buddy Justin Clyde. You'll see what this is all about. Check this out. Out of five dollar bill, you don't need no more.

[00:47:42] Shopping for a pair of khakis, cause you gotta go to court. There's a bow hunting trophy makes you think about your buddy. That's the hunting that you don't need a license for. You're good will hunting. Good will hunting. Good will hunting. I ain't talking about the film starring Jason Bourne. Just being thoughtful while you're shopping at your second hand store. You're good will hunting.

[00:48:11] Happy hunting, boy. Look at Goodwill workers. You see the worker in there? Where is the white kid? He's the one that was there. Yeah, he's still there. I've seen him in there. He's like a little manager or something. Is he really? Good for him. Comment section? Anything, guys? Going on? So a couple things. I'm getting tongue tied. The commercial that you did. Justin Clyde.

[00:48:38] So Bones shouted out and said you were a freaking rock star. Then they started talking about some of the other commercials and stuff. Basically going back and forth as far as you being the hemi guy. And now you're singing commercials. So it was well received. And then in reference to Mary being the Reap's Pete. Yay! When we were sitting there talking about you following and stuff, she responded and said needs to produce some videos. So I'm kind of wondering what sort of platform she's thinking about. Hmm. Yeah, no, I'm worried about that. She might want to monetize those videos. Yeah.

[00:49:09] Go follow me on OnlyFans. Mary needs to start her on OnlyFans. It'd probably fill up quick. Oh, alright. So look, we've got nine minutes left. And the very last thing, I'm going to tell everybody the gender. Alright. First, let's do this. Marcus, I'm going to go first. Do it. I was at a Goodwill today. I saw this and I thought of you. Because I know this weekend you were in San Diego. I was. How was it?

[00:49:38] Beautiful. And what all did you do? A lot of things. I know that you rode a bicycle. I rode a bicycle. Oh, you're sore? No, not sore. I went to a ball game. Okay. Got to meet one of my favorite Braves players. Aussie! It was a fun-filled four days. Fun-filled four days. Say that fast. Fun-filled four days. Say it four times fast. Thank you. What? What did that come from? Mama, did you hear him? But uh... Anyway. Yeah, if I had to move to California, that's where I would go. It was beautiful.

[00:50:07] You had a brown tan there. Mm-hmm. A little sun. I know that you like to stay physically fit. And I know that with that sometimes comes sore muscles. Sore muscles. And I know that, you know, you can always ask your Nicole to give you a massage or anybody for that matter. You definitely don't want Tom Brady's son to come give you a pectoral chest rub. That guy could get a hell of a... Yeah, that guy. So, so... Or you don't want to have to spend money on a massage.

[00:50:37] So I saw this and I thought of you at a goodwill. Sore muscles. Sore muscles. Massage. Massaging. Here we go. What's in this bag? Huh? New. New. Oyster infrared heat massager. Yes. This is so old. Infrared. This was at one time was a display. Yeah. Yeah. Now someone wrote cursive on it. Jack, can you read this? Yeah. You can't read cursive I bet. Oh, I can do cursive. I went to a private school. Oh. Come on.

[00:51:07] Yeah. Alright. That is an ECU attitude right there. I love it. See if you can find a date somewhere. Hang on. I want to show the box off a little bit. Yeah, I do too. Look at this. It's pretty. Relax with comforting benefits. Look at that cartoon on that thing. Man. Infrared, buddy. Look at this. This is a whole deal. Look at this. Look how old this is. This looks like, you ever crack open a firecracker? Like unroll it? Oh, yeah.

[00:51:36] See the writing on the inside of it? That's what this looks like. No, I don't know if it works. I've not tried to plug it in, but you just unplugged my laptop. That's okay. Anything? It's okay. No, nothing. It comes with... Smell that. Phew. That's asbestos up in there. Six bucks I spent on you. It provides a choice of soothing heat massage. Invigorating massage without heat. So you can choose heat or not heat. It's pink.

[00:52:07] Stimulating scalp massage. Yeah. So you put that on your scalp, see? See, look at the display. This was... Oh, you got a chip. It's sitting out on the shelf. Somebody dropped it. Ah. And it got donated to Google back in 1978. Yeah. I wonder if that works, though. I know you tried to plug it in. It's hard to plug... It's hard. I don't think I had it plugged in right. Because it's got that little protective thing on it. That's cool, man. All right. What'd you get me? I like the old stuff. Yeah. That's that box. Your turn. All right. Jinder reveal coming up. What color was that? Mm. Every morning I...

[00:52:37] About every morning I'm on Facebook. I see this thing pop up with... What is the little thing you do in the mornings with your cup of coffee? Chug it. No. Oh. Good morning this morning. This morning you did a... April Fool's one. April Fool's. Yeah. You spit your coffee out on it. I did. I said bad morning this morning, but I was just choking. Yeah. But I noticed you never have... You're always drinking coffee. We never get to eat breakfast. Oh! True. So I'm just drinking coffee. Okay. So you picked up something goodwill to...

[00:53:04] Maybe you can start having breakfast with your coffee with this. Oh, I can't wait to see what this is. So... What is this? A little something to go with your morning this morning. Oh, that sounds... It looks heavy. It has to do with morning. Okay. All right. I don't... I didn't know if you had one. Oh! My man! I brought you a nice four slice... Four slice toaster oven. And look at this green... And it's old school too. That is. This is a... I think it's...

[00:53:34] Convenience food guide. Yeah. Room temperature foods, refrigerated foods, frozen foods. Look at the design on this face of this thing. Are you trying to read the bottom of it? No. I'm trying to figure out if that's actually old or if it's new made to look old. You know what I mean? How they'll take... Make something new make it look retro, but... You think it's... I think it's old. I think it's like 70s. It feels 70s. I mean, it's heavy. Like, this is all legit. There's no plastic except for this part maybe.

[00:54:05] But yeah, the settings on it, you got dark and light. That's it. Yeah, that's like... But you don't have to do four. You can only do one. If you want to do one, you can do one. If you want to do four, you can do four. But you can do four. Yeah. But yeah. Pretty sure you have one of these at home. Well, not like this. Not green. This will go... That goes great with the massager. Well, they're great with your... With your red cabinets. Thank you, Marcus. You're welcome. And that is how we play... Good Will Hunting! Good Will Hunting!

[00:54:34] Good Will Hunting! All right. We have exactly four minutes left. Do you know the history of April Fools? Do you know why? Never thought about it. National Tomfoolery's Day. April 1st is National Tomfoolery's Day. That's where the old people get that. A lot of tomfoolery in there. Do you know what that's about, though? It's about a character from a cartoon or something. Let's see here.

[00:55:04] Birthday of Tomfoolery. A character developed by Kalahari Resorts. Home to America's largest indoor water parks. That's no April Fools joke. We are dedicating an entire day to celebrating the spirit of adventure, play, and a little bit of trickery in all of us. So apparently, Tomfoolery is a character from a water park? Did y'all know that? Nah. Did you know? It just says, that particular thing was founded in 2024 is what it says.

[00:55:35] Oh, founded in... Oh, I see. You're right. Thank you, Moose. Yeah, I wonder what the real history is. Like, why do we have April Fools' Day at all? You know what I mean? Why did it start? Was there one thing that happened in history on April 1st that tricked everybody? Why don't we play tricks on one another for? Yeah. Why? Oh, speaking of your... You showed me at the beginning your little tobacco thing. What's it called? Zen. Zen. I'm a Zen addict.

[00:56:03] Today is also Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action. Well, they took it down in California. Yeah. Because I got there and then ran out of Zen and they had no Zen. They produce Zen, but you can't get any flavors. So no smokeless tobacco can't buy a flavored smokeless tobacco out there. It's against the law. Freedom. Freedom. You can smoke pot. That's true. It's also National Sourdough Bread Day. Do you guys like sourdough? Pretty good. I love it. It's one of my favorites with the burger.

[00:56:33] Oh, yeah. Sourdough bun. A brioche might be my favorite. Thanks. For a burger? Brioche is good. I think sourdough just kind of kicks it in. It depends on the sauce and stuff. Sometimes the crust on a sourdough will cut the corner of my lips. I get them. It hurts so they get like a little cold sore and doesn't go away. All right. We got two minutes. All right. Let's just get it over with. Ball, you said what? Ginger. Safe bet. Now you got to pick one now because everybody else picked one.

[00:57:02] You said girl or boy? I said boy. Boy, you said? Girl. Let's go to the booth real quick. 50-50 shots. I'm going boy. Girl. Lucy's going girl. So this sounds like an even split. What does everybody at home with in the comments section? It's about split. 50-50. That's crazy. How do you do that? Well, I'm going to have a granddaughter. That's right. See how the nostalgia was pink? I didn't get the hair.

[00:57:31] So I'll bring you the shotgun later this week. No, I'm looking forward to it. I wanted to grab her. I didn't have a sister. Not for yourself. I wanted her protection. Not for yourself. I didn't have a sister growing up and so I don't know what it's like to spoil. I can't wait to see you hold a baby. I've never seen you hold a child. That's right. Well. I'm going to catch a baseball on one hand and just not be great. You'll be great. Anyway, thanks for watching. Come see me at Wall Hall of South Carolina, Clayton, North Carolina, Cherokee, Cornelius.

[00:58:00] All those tour dates can be found at carolinareaper.com and we'll see you next time. Bicycle! I'm going to be a granddad! Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!

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