Dolphins, Righteous Gemstones, and Residual Checks!

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[00:01:26] Okay, it's going to be a fun show tonight, because we're just going to hang out with you. And I'm going to give money away. You're going to see that in a minute. But I say we get the show going. Should we get the show going, boys? Absolutely, yes, sir. The Alan Jackson, please!

[00:02:18] Please. Wow, that's nice. What up, peeps? Welcome to the Carolina Reaper Show. It's the PM Magazine from the Carolinas Addicted to Crack Corn. And in this episode, it is 100% totally live. All request hour. So that means I need you to tell me, what are we talking about tonight? Hmm? You want to talk about the astronauts? JFK files? Epstein?

[00:02:47] Spring training? I don't know. Leave it in the comments section. I got some interns over here that's going to be reading your comments as you and I are chatting. Also, look at this. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 residual checks. We're giving away money tonight. We're nailing!

[00:03:15] So here in about 30 minutes, you're going to start calling in. There may or may not be a number at the bottom of the screen. If there is a number at the bottom of the screen, jot it down because I want you to call in in about 30 minutes and we're going to take your phone calls live and we're going to play the Screen Actors Guild residual check game. Right? All right. But first, answer me this.

[00:03:43] Have you ever swam with a dolphin? Leave it in the comments section. I have. I have swam with dolphins. Let's go to the inter... Let me introduce you to this guy sitting right here, right next to me at the desk. My good pal, my buddy, my compadre, John Stamos' little brother, Marcus Stamos. Half brother. A little half brother. Different mama. How you doing? I'm all right. How are you? I'm good. Good to see you. You are...

[00:04:13] I'm excited. You're in Ohio, huh? Yeah, I just came back from Akron, Ohio. Did a big show at the E.G. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. E.G. I don't know who that is. That's like a colonel in the United States Army or something. Oh, that's a good question. I know he has something to do with Goodyear. Hmm. Because Goodyear was big in Akron. And you worked at a Goodyear, so it all makes sense. It made sense when I was there and talked about it. It was great. Yeah. Yep. So what say you, Marcus?

[00:04:42] You ever swam with a dolphin? Never swam with a dolphin. I think the closest thing I've come to that is a stingray. Swam with a stingray. I was at a manta ray. What the big... The big... Which one's bigger? A stingray or a manta ray? A manta ray sounds... Bigger. Like it might be bigger because of the word man. Sting, though, that's pretty badass. I didn't really swim with it. It swam under me. But... Where was this? Jamaica.

[00:05:11] Oh, the last tripper that we went on? Yeah, yeah. You didn't get to see the big car hood manta ray? No. It was huge. How close were you to it? Probably... It felt like five feet, but it was probably 25 or 30. Yeah. Did you see its little... Tail? Penis? Huh? It didn't flip upside down. A stingray. Yeah. I saw its stingray. Did you feel threatened at any point? None at all. Okay. But I've always wanted to swim with a dolphin and ride one. Yeah. I've done that. Let's grab a hold of it and let it take you places. Yeah.

[00:05:41] I've done it. And you can do it. And so can you on the next comedy cruise that we're doing. Coming up pretty soon. When I say pretty soon, I mean about 11 months. February. Yeah. Yeah. It's a nice segue, by the way. Thanks, buddy. So, yeah, let me plug that while we're on the topic. You know what I mean? Well, they got a couple of little side excursions where you can actually go in and do the different things out within the community and do the things with the dolphins and stuff like that. And that's what we did.

[00:06:08] Me and Jody and Laney and our little... So, what happens is you get on this cruise ship with us, right? There's a lot of us. But you'll break off into your own little groups here and there. And everyone goes off and does an excursion. And one of the excursions that we did was swimming with the dolphins. I believe it was Coco Cay. Sounds about right. No. I can't remember which one. But anyway... They even had that one where you could go out and spend time with the sloths. Yeah. I mean, there's tons of excursions you could do.

[00:06:39] But it was fun. I went swimming with them. Alan, I see you moving around a lot. Everything okay, buddy? Everything's great, man. That's his job. I know. Just making sure... I don't like sitting. I don't like sitting for too long. You know? I gotta get up. Did you get the pictures I sent for this show? I'll get them. A text message? I was hoping you could show the picture of me swimming with a dolphin.

[00:07:08] Did you feed the dolphin? Feed it? Yeah. Swam with it. So they're kind of like going to the fair when they have the ponies that's in a circle. Yeah. And you get on a pony and you ride the pony in a circle. It's kind of the same. Yeah, yeah. Well, because you're basically in a sectioned off area where the dolphins can't get out. They know what to do. And they're trained. They're making money too. They're cool. I like dolphins. So I've done it. It's pretty neat. You can hold on to its fin. It can ride you around.

[00:07:38] You can throw balls. They're smart. Throw the ball back at you. It can click. Yeah. And squeal. Jack, have you ever swam with a dolphin? I have not. Ball? I hadn't swam, but I've been around them. What's going on in the comments section? Someone talk to me. Jack, did you post to my Facebook page that we're live on YouTube right now? I did. And has anyone left a comment under that? Let me check. They're talking about SeaWorld. Oh, yeah.

[00:08:06] So there are different areas like that. There's a lot of people who are against swimming with dolphins. Saying it's, you know, it's basically you've got them in captivity. Like SeaWorld is evil to some people. Kind of like the PETA thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, yes. Nobody's commented on it. Did you not think you had something to say? I'm sorry. I don't know, but have you seen his head of hair? Take that hat off, Jack. Look at this. Look at that. Boom! Wow, I remember those days.

[00:08:34] That is a nice chunk of change you've got sitting up there. Give it 20 years, it'll recede a different way. Yeah. Yeah. To be young again and have all that hair. Oh, to be young yet again, yes. Well, the reason why I'm asking about the dolphins is because, did you know about the astronauts that were stranded out in space? Yeah, they came back through the sky today, I saw. Yeah. They were up there for like nine months or something? Nine months, just under 300 days. Just under 300 days. And they landed in the ocean.

[00:09:03] A little capsule with the, that's a parachute umbrella. It splashes into the water and they're greeted by dolphins. Isn't that neat? The original aliens. I think that was part of it. The original aliens. Part of the deal. It was a welcoming party. A fin-troduction committee. You just thought of that. Yes. A welcome pod. Because you know what they call a... Pod. Yes. A bunch of them. It's a pod. Yeah.

[00:09:32] So they actually, there's a welcome pod. Yes. Neat. Dolphin diplomacy. Welcome back to Earth. Swim with us. Put things in our blowholes. Welcome back. The thing is, they'll try to hump you from time to time. Cosmonauts. Wasn't there a Russian on there? I believe. Could have been a Russian. I think there was. Yeah. Ball, do you know the different groups of... Ipsilatities. Well, they had like what just went... Nationalities. Yeah. They had one Japanese that just went up.

[00:10:02] There was the Russian one you were talking about. Sunni Williams is American, but the, I want to say Indian... Uh-huh. Is that the one with the crazy hair? Yeah. Yeah. What was the guy's name? Robert. Well, the pilot was Haig. I can't remember the other guy's. Butch. Cassidy. Butch. Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid. Yeah. Sundance and Butch. Well, has anyone answered the question? Have they swam with dolphins? Let me know.

[00:10:31] Interrupt me if that has happened. Until then, I'm going to move on. I want to say thank you to everybody who came to see me in Akron, Ohio. Had a great time. Sorry for those who couldn't get in. But I'm telling you, you've got to buy your tickets as soon as you can. When you try to show up last minute and buy tickets at the door and it's sold out, I don't know what to tell you. And I want a big, big thanks.

[00:10:57] Come on, big thanks to the fire chief in Akron, Ohio, who came to my show, noticed that we were a little over capacity, could have written us a ticket, but opted out. I'm glad he worked with you. Too many people showed up. Would you like to share his name? E.G. Thomas Jr. You don't want to get him in trouble. Right. I understand. But I gave away these koozies in Akron, Ohio.

[00:11:26] I got some new koozies. It's got the QR code on the back. So I'm basically trying to collect emails. So if you go to this QR code or John Reap, click on contact. I want you to be my peep. My Reap's peeps. Just give me your email. I'll let you know when I'm coming to your town. So I gave these out as promo. It says Hickory Hammer. Hickory Hammer. You guys know what the Hickory Hammer means. Oh yeah, absolutely. What if they want to send a picture to you hammering somebody?

[00:11:56] Yeah, please do it. Just use the hashtag Hickory Hammer and I'll search for it. And I'll put it. There have been people who've already done that, by the way. Oh yeah? Yeah. Daniel Jackson, have you found any pictures? I have found the pictures. Nice. I'm trying to get them up on the screen. No worries. Just double checking. I do have some Hickory Hammer pictures as well to share with you. You let me know when that's ready. Until then, I'm going to brag on this guy right here.

[00:12:26] Excellent chef. Thank you. Made one of the best steaks I've ever had in my entire life. Wow. One of the best. One of the best. I'm going to tell you, I'm going to go ahead and say you're tied for first place. Nice. Yeah. Thank you. Well, you bought the steak. The least I can do is cook it for you. Yeah. So I don't know where he got this cooking recipe or whatever. You don't call it a recipe. It's a style of cooking. Skill set. A way of cooking. Yeah. Yeah. You bake the steak. Do you want to tell everybody? Yeah. Can we give away your secret? Sure.

[00:12:55] I think it tastes better than grilling a steak. Yeah. I think a grill takes a lot of the flavor out of a steak, a lot of the juiciness out of a steak. Mark told me, let's get together Friday night. He'll make some, he will cook. If I buy, he cooks. And we'll do it for ourselves and our ladies. And so he goes, all right, you go to Sam's and get some petite filets. You were like, what kind of steak should I get?

[00:13:24] What do you think I'm going to say? What kind of steak would you have somebody buy? They're buying. If someone's... They're buying? Yeah. The Wago? Well, filet, right? Yeah. Yeah. So... Yeah. How... Well, what cut would you choose? A filet? I mean, he put that in your head. Well, I've done filet, but it depends on who's cooking it. I like the T-bones. What's the most expensive steak? Filet. Is it? Yeah. It's most expensive compared to rib eye. Just because of the way it's cut? Well, it's lean. A petite filet or just any kind of filet? Any filet. Because of where they get the meat from? Yeah.

[00:13:54] There's not so much. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. It's just a little piece. So I did not go to Sam's. Instead, I went to Lowe's. And I was in the steak section area trying to find the ones that are already packaged and wrapped up. That's what I was going to do. And then I realized, oh no, there's a butcher right there. Like a fresh... They do it right there. Wearing a smock and everything. Yeah. So I walked over there. I was like... I said, well, let's put these ones away and get it from this guy. I said, hey man, I need six filets.

[00:14:24] He goes, okay. All right. Well, we get... Here's our different ones. I said, I want the best. He goes, wait, you want the best price or the best cut? I said, I want the best. Yes. Worst price, best cut. I spent like almost $120 on steak. Yeah, you did. On steak. But, so I don't know if part of that was why it was so good because of my buying abilities. Yeah, it has a lot to do with it. Or because of your cooking abilities. Yeah, a little bit of both. Yeah.

[00:14:54] We both worked hard on that. Yeah. So, yeah, just sear the steak. Yeah. Welcome to what you did, Marcus. Sear the crap of it. So cast iron skillet, a little olive oil, seasoning, sear the steak, you know, turn your heat up real high. Cook it on one side for a few minutes real hot. Flip it real hot. Yep. And then take... Put it back into a skillet. Keep it in the skillet. Keep it in the skillet. And just put it in the oven on 400 for about 10 minutes. 10 more minutes. Well, you put butter on it. Put a little butter on top of it. Uh-huh. Took it out. But it's set for 10 minutes.

[00:15:24] Set. Got to let your meat rest. Got to let it rest. Before it cooks, let your steak get to close to room temperature too. Yeah. I'm leaving now. I'm hungry. Don't cook your steak cold. And then you need no steak sauce. You don't need anything. No. It's all in there. Yeah. So that was delicioso. And you know, when I was out, I've also... Because I also have a great way of cooking steak. Not that way. A separate way. I thought, just in case Mark's thing doesn't go well, I want backup steaks. I saw that. Yeah.

[00:15:54] So that's what that was about. So I bought two New York strips as well. Yeah. I saw that. And how I do it, different than how you do, how I do is I take the New York strips and I marinate it in Worcestershire sauce. How do you say that? Worcestershire sauce. Yeah. If you can do it for a day, it's great. But the best you can, right?

[00:16:17] And then I take garlic salt and garlic pepper. Put it on both sides. Then you sear it. Two minutes. Two minutes. And now you're eating. No oven. But this is also very good. Yeah. And that's tied for yours. Okay. Yeah. Well, ours was a little thick. So we had to make it a little bit longer. We had to get the blood out of it. Very, very good.

[00:16:47] Make it some mushrooms. Mushrooms were good. Mushrooms. What else we have? Salads. We had a... We had a... We had a spread. Yeah. It was great. So thank you for that. Anytime. Would you like to see me swimming with a dolphin and make an out with a dolphin? Check this out. You did. You French kissed one, huh? Yeah. This is us slow dancing. We were dancing right there. And then I held it. And then I made out with it. How long do you think that took? How long do you have them with a dolphin? That excursion.

[00:17:17] That excursion was different than the one I was telling you about. This one happened on the country music cruise I did a long time ago. And this one I had... It was like a six-hour thing, just me and this one dolphin. Yeah. You get like 10 minutes maybe at the most. Yeah. But the one that we did, there weren't a lot of people, so you got more time with it. The one cruise that we do is a lot more people and just kind of just rattle them off one at a time. Like a little semi-hour. Actually 10 at a time. Yeah.

[00:17:47] There's some fish that if you touch it, it'll die. So obviously dolphins don't have that. You know, they say you can't handle a fish for so long, it'll die when you catch it. I suppose. A trout, I think. Something to do with it. The dolphins, they're just cool. They always look like they're smiling. Mm-hmm. All right. So anything in the comment section I need to talk about? There's still nobody that swam with fish, but John Boy talked about the same thing, where he's got a chance to feed them.

[00:18:14] And then Bones said that basically you should have a dolphin in your swimming pool up there in Reapstacasa. Well, I do have a salt water, but it's not that kind of salt. You know what I mean? You could probably modify it. Could you buy a – they got miniature poodles. Can we make a miniature dolphin? Yeah.

[00:18:42] Could there be one that's a fully grown dolphin that just is about this big? Maybe. Probably. That would be awesome. Probably not done that. John, I never leave the swimming pool. Does that exist? I meant to ask you, did you think one time about putting your finger in its blowhole? Just thinking about it. I was afraid. What would it be like? Well, here's the thing. It would kill it. Like, dolphins look cute and fun, but they're fast. They're strong. They got teeth, too. And their teeth, a lot of them, very sharp. I did not want to mess around with this dolphin in any way.

[00:19:11] I was not going to mess with this blowhole. Nope. Just remember, you poked its hole, it'd poke yours. It tries – these things try to rape you. Try to root you. Rape you? Oh, do they? Well, not me, but that's happened before. So they'll go after your behind. I think some women, definitely. Had men before. Yeah. Probably. Jack, what's going on with you? I'm looking if mini dolphins exist right now.

[00:19:41] It's got a porpoise. Not on porpoise. They're accidental. No, so when I went to Akron, Ohio, I had to fly there. And any time I fly, that's where the hickory hammer comes into play. So took two flights, but only had one knockout. That's it? Yeah. The lady who sat next to me on the first flight out was not giving it up.

[00:20:08] So this is the same flight. I just happened to get two knockouts, one flight. Okay. On the way back. So which one are we showing now? Any of them? Which one's up on the screen for everybody? Yeah. All right. So this lady. Now, as you can see, her window is totally up. I don't get this. Sometimes I'm sure it happens accidentally where you pass out with the window open.

[00:20:35] But if you know you're going to sleep, would you not want the shade down so the light is not getting into your eyes? Yeah. But I see this happen all the time where people are trying to sleep with the window open. Like, I can help you if you just let me. Just trying to get some sun. But this knockout was better than this guy next to me. Get the next. Bam! Look at this guy. He was a big boy. Yeah. Probably took a minute. Yeah. He looks like he's the kind of guy who falls asleep out in the sun with his glasses on.

[00:21:04] Where do you think he just got back from? He's coming from Akron. Sales meeting. Well, this is first class. Oh, yeah. This guy definitely works for Goodyear in some capacity. Because that's the big company there. Okay. Yeah. BF Goodrich Goodyear. Something to do with tires or steel. Yeah. This guy knows all about asbestos dust. He can tell you that brake pads don't have them anymore. He'll correct you immediately.

[00:21:34] Yeah. He looks like he's worked his way up through the ranks. Super nice guy, though, because the times he was awake and he had to get up to pee, you know, you have to alert the guy next to you. He's like, he goes, I'm so sorry. I go, no, come on, buddy. Yeah. I got you. I apologize. I get up. I let you pee. It gives me an excuse to pee. And it looks like I didn't have to pee. I just did it because you made me get up. Yeah. Yeah. That's why you get the end seat. Yeah. If you can't. Get the aisle seat every time. So, hashtag Hickory Hammer Time.

[00:22:02] If you want one of these koozies, go to johnreap.com. And then from there you can send a ball of message. How about giving me something to put in my... You want a beer? Yeah, please. There you go. I seem to be out. I'll get you one. Thank you. Oh, God. Well, while he's getting that... Yes, sir. So, the smallest dolphin, and it still don't sound too small. It's about five, five and a half foot. And it's called the Maui Dolphin. Is this... Tell me when I get the five.

[00:22:32] You're probably going to have to go full wingspan. Five subs. Five 12 subs. Is this five feet? That's probably about as close as you're going to get. I need one this big. Maybe a foot long. But they're saying that they're almost extinct. There's roughly about 40 to 50 left. Why are we not working on miniaturizing dolphins? We can do it with dogs. We can do it with horses. Yeah, you can say... Why are we not doing this with dolphins? I blame Donald Trump.

[00:23:02] Jack, have you looked at the comment section under the Facebook post? Yeah, I have. Nobody said anything. Okay. You let me know if they do. Anyway, I want to tell you what else I've been watching. This is great. Righteous Gemstones. Love it. So, as some of you may or may not know, don't forget, in a minute, we're going to start taking phone calls. In probably about six minutes,

[00:23:30] we're going to crack open some Screen Actors Guild residual checks. Somebody's winning money tonight. Or barbecue sauce, if you want. Or something else. Anyway, HBO Max. Righteous Gemstones. Righteous Gemstones. Season four is now out. I'm a big fan of this show. And I'm trying to get my bros to watch it. But not everyone has HBO Max. I don't know why.

[00:23:59] If you loved Eastbound and Down, you would love this. Because the people in this are hilarious. One of the funniest characters is the girl who plays his sister that's on his right. That chick is hilarious. Me and Jody laugh out loud. And the guy at the bottom left is looking up. That dude is hilarious. See a brother. Maybe. He is a subservient to... So the three right there, that's two brothers and a sister.

[00:24:29] Yeah, that's the siblings. And above them, if you go up, is John Goodman, who's the dad. That's the dad. He is the biggest gemstone. He started the franchise. It's all about these mega church type people. Joel Osteen. Name some big, big, big ones. The original one was like the Bakers. There's... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Tammy Faye. Tammy Faye Baker. Yeah.

[00:24:55] So this is a whole series making fun of those people. The mega church type dudes. Not religion. So I had to tell my brother, you can soften yourself a little bit. It's not so much that. I mean, if you wanted to believe that, you could totally see that in there. But don't look at it like that. Look at it as making fun of the blasphemers. Did I say that right? Yep. Blasphemers. Yeah.

[00:25:23] So those three are siblings. And then the guy below the other brother to the left is like the gay love interest of that brother. Yes. And it is hysterical. There's a lot going on in this series. Anyway, this is the new season, season four. And... Has Will Ferrell been on there? Will Ferrell. He may have popped up. Thank you. I think... But he is unnecessary to this show. Yeah. Will Ferrell popped in Eastbound and Down.

[00:25:53] Yeah. But I don't think he pops up in this. But here's another one. Vice Principles was a whole different HBO Max series about Vice Principles. And one of my favorite actors now is Walter Goggins. This dude is hilarious in everything he does. And in this series, Danny McBride plays a vice principal.

[00:26:22] Walter Goggins is a co-vice principal. And they're fighting over who's going to be the next principal. Oh, okay. Yeah. And so they are enemies, but they have to team up to do something else. Anyway, that guy that is right is also in Righteous Gemstone. He plays a character named Baby Billy. And Baby Billy is an uncle, is the brother of John Goodman. So he plays an older kind of dude. And that's the...

[00:26:50] Him and the sister are the funniest ones on that show. I'm telling you, if you start from the very beginning, you'll get addicted to this. Oh, I will. Go to season one. You got my password. I've seen... I've got it. I've seen reels pop up of this. And I didn't know what it was until you brought it up. But what I've seen is hilarious. It's the funniest thing on TV right now. Yeah. Because they don't make good comedies. Not really great comedies are made anymore. Everybody's worried about getting canceled or something. Exactly. But these guys got grandfathered in. And now they're just running amok.

[00:27:18] It's almost like they want to get canceled. You'll watch this and think, how is this not canceled? How is this happening? Because it is brutal. They've been around a while. There's a lot of bad language, a lot of sexual stuff. And the worse off it is, the better it drives the viewership. Yeah. The people who really like it love it. Jack, have you even heard of this show? I think I've heard of it before. I'm not too sure.

[00:27:49] There's Baby Billy right there. This character right here. All white hair, big white teeth, tan. Baby Billy! Typical preacher for a big megachurch. He is like a male chauvinist pig to the extreme. Yeah. Right? Yeah, I'm excited. I can't wait to watch it. It's so good. All right, so that's what I've been watching. That and White Lotus. Still love White Lotus. It's getting better as the season goes on. Another show that you're not watching. It's great.

[00:28:19] I'm on the 1923 train. 1923 is also great. It's a good one. Yeah. I like it now that it's... Is it Paramount? Yeah, Paramount. So Paramount, when you stream something, there are different rules, right? For example, if I'm watching... If I have DirecTV and I have the Paramount channel and I watch it from there, there's not going to be nudity, right? Because that's TV. Okay.

[00:28:49] But if you stream it and you pay for it, then it's like HBO. You can get naked. You can cuss more. Oh. So that's what I'm saying. I think this season, now that they're being streamed from Paramount only, it's gotten a lot more adult. Yeah. It's been some... From the first one. It was on TV almost, right? Yeah. Does this make sense to anybody? Yeah. Moose, are you watching any of this stuff? Yeah, I'm watching most of what you're talking about.

[00:29:19] Right to Jim Stoves is absolutely hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. Yeah, I think it's the best show. One of the best shows on TV. I think you're right. Yeah. Anything exciting in the comments section? Nope. All right. Are y'all watching this? Oh, tonight, in about 35 minutes, there's a basketball game happening. And our good friend, The Ellen Jackson, is going to be watching that.

[00:29:48] It's the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill? Chapel. Chapel. No, it's Chapel. Chapel Hill is playing San Diego State University for a chance to be in. Oh, they're in. They're playing. Because it hasn't started yet. They're playing for the 11th seed, I think it is.

[00:30:18] But they're on the bracket. Alan, have you filled out a bracket? Are you doing that at all? I have, yes. And where do you have this school? How far do you have them going? How far do I have my school going? Yeah. And the bracket that you did? Two rounds. Okay. Man. You know what I did? Because I don't know if this is true to all brackets, but the one on CBS? Yep. Because it's a play-in game, they've got like both schools.

[00:30:47] Now that only ups your percentage, your chance, right? It technically means you've got two teams that you're kind of riding. I rode that all the way as far as I could. Yeah. I know it only matters the first round, but I just went ahead and did all of them. How funny would it be if San Diego State, like people are picking Carolina to go far, but it ends up San Diego State goes far. Right. So you still get the points. Exactly. That's what I'm saying.

[00:31:16] So that's going to mess up some brackets for sure, I think. Yeah. Yeah. So they're playing tonight, and we're going to get you out of here in a timely manner. All good. Yeah. So is the number up? We can put it back up. Put the number up because I'm going to do the Reap's Peep of the Week, and then we're going to start taking phone calls. Okay. And we'll wrap this puppy up right at 9 o'clock. Because we're 100% totally live.

[00:31:45] Just real quick, someone was asking, and I don't know for sure, but with the Gemstones, is it HBO exclusive or has it been on TV, then over to HBO afterwards? It's been on HBO the whole time. Okay. From its inception. It's the last four years, HBO only. But you know how HBO Max kind of merged? It's in that world, but it's never been on TV. Yeah, because there were some people saying, how could it be in season four and you never heard of it? And it's because it's not on regular TV. Right. You have to pay to get the good stuff. Yeah.

[00:32:15] Pay to play. Yeah. Regular TV. Oh! Now let's talk about this. Did you see Donald Trump get hit in the mouth with a microphone? I did. What do y'all think? Did this lady do it on purpose or was it an accident? Let's watch it and then I want y'all to give me your opinion. All right. Go ahead and play it there. The Alan Jackson. Oh no. Right in the kisser. MAGA World is up in arms today. After the...

[00:32:44] Up in arms. They're up in arms. Yeah. Their president just got attacked. He got a busted lip. I would have loved to have seen the view of the other side, though. To kind of see what her expression was as she was doing it. Well, this is it. Oh. This is... Oh. All right. So she... Now here it is. That lady right there. Oh. She said, sorry. Do you think there's a chance it was done on purpose?

[00:33:15] I think it was on purpose. There's a chance of... Obviously. Yeah. But, uh... It's like he just had nuts put in his face or something, isn't it? He got a teabag. Yeah, he got a teabag. No, uh... Those things are very soft. I mean... I've had those in my face before as well. Very fuzzy. Could be smelly. Oh, yeah. That probably... That's probably what he was mad about. But... You know... Oh, is that her? What do we know about the lady that did it? She's looking for work now.

[00:33:54] Some people are saying that she did it just... Oh, that's her. Because she hates him. Yeah, that's her. Yeah, she hates him. I can tell. Yeah. She hates him. Oh, yeah. Yeah, she doesn't like him. She's like... Okay, here it is. I don't think she would have the balls to do it on purpose. But it could have been a happy accident. He took it well. Oh, yeah. He did. He didn't... I've actually done that. Yeah. To people. On purpose? Yeah. No.

[00:34:24] No. No. I mean, maybe. It's easy. Yeah, it's... I've done it too. When I worked at UNC TV, I was a boom mic guy. And I'd be in these committee meetings, hungover from the night before, holding a boom mic like this, praying for this guy to stop talking because my arms are doing this. Why do you have to do it like that? How's it going over? I don't know. I was just... Okay, okay. For this... Maybe it's like... Yeah, sometimes I do... How do I do it? Bow and arrow. Yeah, like this. Anyway, your arms would get shaky.

[00:34:54] And you'd be like, trying to pass out. I'd get very close. Yeah, yeah. For a long time, huh? Yeah. So, I can see how this totally being an accident. Oh, yeah. I do too. Yeah. We'll forgive her. I don't think she did on purpose. But Trump did handle it pretty good. You know? He could have went off in a little tizzy there had he known more about her, who she voted for. But maybe she's never... She must have never said anything negative before. Right. So, she probably wasn't even on his radar. You know what I mean?

[00:35:24] Yeah. Otherwise, he'd be like, oh, look who it is. CNN. Yeah. The fake news. Yeah. MSDNC. But do we know if she's alive? That's the main twist. Yeah. Keep an eyeball on her. Yeah. Hopefully she's okay. Hey, everybody. We got a phone number. Start calling this number right now if you want a chance to win one of these Screen Actors Guild residual checks. I got 10 of them right here. Money, money. So, these feel pretty heavy. A lot of ink.

[00:35:54] You know what I mean? Jack, I want you to do another post on my Facebook page. Post this phone number? Yeah. Just as a separate post, say, call in right now for your chance to win one of my Screen Actors Guild residual checks. Did it help you when I copied and pasted it? Or did you have to? I mean, I can just do it. No, but like, is there a way you could copy and paste it from there? Not from my phone number here. I didn't think so. Okay. I'm trying to help. I know. It's all good.

[00:36:24] You don't need it, though, man. All right. We got two people on hold right now. Two? That looks like about 32. We got 32 people on hold. Yeah, it was about 32. 32 right now. All right. Let's just start playing the game. All right. Is there anything else I'm forgetting to talk about real quick? I said thank you. Oh! Reap's Peep of the Week! I have to do this. I said I would, you know, highlight one of our listeners' watchers every week and call them the Reap's Peep of the Week.

[00:36:55] And this week, I have chosen Samantha Dawn Kingston because she's been with us since day one. Always sending in gifts. Yeah. Birthday cards. Yeah. I mean, I'm pretty sure... Making a trip down here and even on a cruise. That's right. I'm pretty sure she's sending us this... This canoff. Yep. Right here. Can you close it? Country-ish. That's what we used to be called. Yeah, because you showed me. You got to hit that. There you go. Good.

[00:37:24] Samantha Dawn. Yeah, she's been around a long time. So there's her Facebook page. If you want to show some love, go to her Facebook page and ask to be a friend. Say something nice. Say, hey, John Reap said you were a cool person. I would like to be your friend as well. There you go, Samantha Dawn Kingston. Reap's Peep of the Week! All right. Let's play the game. Look at you here now.

[00:37:53] Start calling that phone number. One, two, three, four, five, six, ten, eight, nine, ten! Ten! Ten different Screen Actors Guild residual checks. And I'm ready to give them away. There's a lot. It's weighing me down. I got to get rid of this. Yeah. I got a lot in my load. You know what I mean? Ball. Pick a number between one and ten. Go! Six. Six.

[00:38:20] One, two, three, four, five, six. We're going to play with that check for now. All right. Now, here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to open this check down here. I'm going to tell you what it's for. And then we're going to do some in-house guessing. These guys are going to make their own guesses of how much this check is. And that's how you gauge your guess. Okay? So, all right. Okay. Okay. All right.

[00:38:50] So, this is a game that we like to call... I got a head rush. I'm so high right now. All right.

[00:39:19] This here check is for one episode of East Bound and Down on HBO. Chapter 29. It is for video and DVD rental only. We're going to do some in-house guessing. I'll start with you. How much is this Green Act Skills System? We'll go $3.69. $3.69. $3.69.

[00:39:49] You're locked in. Jack Attack. $2.25. $2.25. $2.25. Locked in. Just making sure. Bizzall. $8.95. $8.95. $8.95. He went up. All right. Now. All the in-house guessing is complete. So, if you're listening to this, watching this, and you're thinking, how do I guess?

[00:40:19] I'm going to tell you which one of these guys was closest. Not over, under, just closest. Proximity. Grenades. Horseshoes and hand grenades. The person closest to the actual amount is Jack Attack. $2.25. Thanks. Know that. That was a big payday. Know that. All right. Let's take some phone calls. Let's get to know some people. Yeah. We don't usually have our spinny balls, but I can. No.

[00:40:49] He's got those spinning ball of balls right over here. Go for it, Mark. Mark Ball. Mark having eight balls in deep is spinning the random ball of balls. Pick us a number, buddy. 48. Caller number 48, the Alan Jackson. Let caller number 48 into the showroom. All right. They're in the room. If you can hear my voice, tell me your name. Can you hear me? Yes. What is your name?

[00:41:19] My name is Stephanie Lowe. Stephanie Lowe? Yeah. Lowe. Lowe. I don't like that. I love that. No. Stephanie Lowe. Lowe. They sing Lowe as in L-O-W-E. L-O-W-E. That's it. Lowe. She might be my cousin. Oh, like Rob Lowe. I saw you at Vassani in Port Charlotte, Florida. Oh, yay. She saw me in Port Charlotte, Florida. Did you have a good time? Hickory. Hickory for kill us. She's.

[00:41:50] I can hear the head shake. She's doing it. Hey, Alan, I know I always say. We've got to turn them up for me because these guys are way louder. Yeah, got it. Thank you, brother. All right. Stephanie Lowe. Now, do you live in Port Charlotte? Just outside in Englewood. Englewood. They're no good. Yeah. What? How did you end up in Englewood of all places? Good question.

[00:42:20] Thank you. My husband's family lives here. Okay. So where are you from originally? Kentucky. Kentucky. What part? Yeah. Ashland. Hmm. I'm not familiar with that. I don't know that. I go to Kentucky all the time. But so now I'm going to find out, Stephanie. What does your husband do? He has his own business. He consults on golf courses.

[00:42:48] Ooh, this guy makes some cash. What are you going to do with all the cash? He's a golf course consultant. What does he consult in how to play the game? No, on how to make their grass look pretty. Oh, wait, did I meet you guys? You did. My mother-in-law is from North Carolina. Right. And I believe, is your husband the guy that knows one of my friends named Andy McMahon? No.

[00:43:17] Because he worked at the Pinehurst. He works at Pinehurst Golf Course. Oh, okay. No, he doesn't love him. Anyway, wow. Thanks for calling in. Have you watched the show before tonight? No, it's my first time. I didn't know anything about it until we saw you. We're super happy that you called in. And now I know what your husband does, but what is it you do, Stephanie? I work for my husband. I'm his assistant. Oh, I love it. Everybody needs a good assistant.

[00:43:48] Awesome. So really, you do all the work and he just takes the money. Pretty much. I hear you. Okay, Stephanie Lowe from Kentucky slash Port Charlotte, Florida, who loves turf. How much is this Screen Actors Guild residual check? I'm going to go with $3.47. $3.47. I'm locking you in. Don't hang up.

[00:44:17] We're going to take two more phone calls, but so far, you're winning. All right. Woo! All right. Don't go anywhere. Spin the random ball of balls, Mark Ball, and pick a number. Let's see who the next caller will be. MJ. 23. 23. Caller number 23, the Alan Jackson, if you please.

[00:44:45] Let them into the showroom so we can give them potentially money. All right. They're in the room. Hello there. If you can hear my voice, tell me your name. Sean. Sean. Wait. Where are you calling from? How do you spell it? S-H-A-W-N. Correct. All right. Sean. Where are you calling from, buddy?

[00:45:14] Spokane, Washington. Oh, my gosh. All the way across the country, the northwest corner from Spokane, Washington. What's it like up there? Is it cold and musty right now? Does it smell like cedar? It's about 50 degrees, kind of overcast. It's kind of a, I call it a mellow day. I tell you. That's typical. That's every day. What do you do for a living, Sean? Oh, I sell ice cream. Sell ice cream. Ice cream?

[00:45:44] Yes, sir. Yep. Yes, sir. Oh, nice. Your own ice cream? My son has ice cream trucks and we sell ice cream. You have your own ice cream trucks? Well, my son does, yeah. That is awesome. So, how many trucks do you have? We have five and four running. Wow. Wow. That is awesome. I would love to have that as a business. Now, do you ride around to neighborhoods and play the music and all that stuff? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, man.

[00:46:14] Oh. I've never had a bad day selling ice cream. That's got to bring you so much joy because you get to see firsthand all these kids ride up on bicycles and get excited. Am I right? Oh, yeah, man. It brings smiles to my face and it's made my life a lot better, man. Dang. Guys, we're doing it wrong. Let's all take all the money we have and get an ice cream truck. Yeah. Let's get into this market here.

[00:46:44] John Reek's ice cream. You're going in. Yeah. It ain't cheap. What's the biggest seller? Number one ice cream. Go. SpongeBob. SpongeBob. Yeah. What is that? What does that taste like? Just the shape of a SpongeBob, probably. It's a cotton candy ice cream with chocolate eyes and fruit punch something else. I bet you that would be really good. What's it cost? I remember snow cones were 50 cent when I was a kid. What's an ice cream cost now?

[00:47:14] A SpongeBob is $4. $4. $4. Man. So what happens is Daddy gives them a five. He can't. They don't come back on that dollar, do they? No. Keep the dollar. Do you take tips? Oh, of course. Yeah. Got a gas out here that's outrageous. No tax on tips, buddy. I would say, I would make the ice cream $3 and then go, hey, give me that extra $2. Now you got $2. You don't have to turn it? No tax on. Huh? Let's play the system.

[00:47:44] Yeah. They keep raising our prices from the distributor, you know. It's getting hard on everybody. Yeah. That's tough. All right, Sean. All right. So calling in from Spokane, Washington. Ice cream fella. You're going to be in Washington, sir. Have you ever? Probably. I saw that. Yeah. You're going to be there. Hey, look at my dates. Doits. Am I going to be in Washington? And let me know. Sean, you ever watch Eastbound and Down on HBO?

[00:48:13] Oh, yes, sir. Okay. So I was in the last season. I played a guy named Jed Forney. Yep. And I got a check right here. And I want you to tell me, how much is this check, buddy? $2.18. $2.18? $2.18? I'm locking you in. Okay. We've got a lot of people on hold. No one has got it exactly right.

[00:48:39] But I will tell you, if you get it exactly right, I double the amount of the check. Isn't that exciting? So don't hang up, Sean. We're going to take one more phone call. And we're going to see if somebody can get closer than what you guys have done. Mark, Sergeant, have an eight balls deep. When you get a chance, I'd like you to spin the random balls. Balls. And pick out a new number. Okay. I have got 14.

[00:49:09] That was so fast. Caller number 14, D. Allen Jackson. Whenever you're ready, let caller number 14 into the showroom. And let's talk to this person. Hello there. If you can hear my voice, tell me your name. Hey, this is Kelsey. Kelsey. Oh, I love it. She sounds upbeat and chipper. Don't tell me, Kelsey, but I'm going to try to guess where you're calling from with that happy attitude, right?

[00:49:37] I want to say Virginia because Virginia is a state for lovers. Where are you from? I'm from Huntsville, Alabama. Alabama. Also a very happy place. Huntsville, Alabama. I've been there many times. I've seen you every time. Oh, well, thank you. I appreciate that. Of course. What do you do for a living, Kelsey?

[00:50:01] I, first and foremost, am a full-time mother to a six-year-old, but I work for a government contractor in the accounting department. Okay. Good with numbers. She's a numbers person. She can do you tax or something. I wouldn't go that far. Are you good at math? Absolutely not. Are you good at organizing? Yes. So would you say it takes to be a good accountant? Do you have to be better at numbers or better at just being organized?

[00:50:31] Organized and common sense. What they teach you in school is not it. Common sense and organizing. I would say it's going to be a good accountant. It goes a long way. Yeah. Did you go to school for this? No, I did not. I went to school for management, but you take what you can get, you know? Yeah, of course. No, a lot of people go to school and then don't end up in that field. Never hardly. I think most people. Yes, never hardly. That's right. It never hardly happens. All right.

[00:51:00] In Huntsville, Alabama. Yep. How old are your kids? That's it. He is six years old. Wow. Six years old. First grade, I think. Kindergarten, first grade. Is this your only child? He is our only child, yes. He is in kindergarten. We're into all of the sports, all of the things. Busy, busy. Yes. Oh, boy. Well, should I break some news, guys? You might as well.

[00:51:28] Kelsey, I'm going to use your phone call to break some news onto the show that no one knows about. Would you like to hear that? I'd love to hear it. One of us, and I'm saying me, I am going to be a granddad pretty soon. Congratulations! Thank you. Wow, Stephanie, how did you hit that button? That's right. How exciting!

[00:51:58] So now you get to guess. How does this work? Because I have a son named Tucker who is married to a girl named Madison. And they're in their mid-20s. And then I also have two stepchildren. One of them is a son, stepson named Tate, who's 23, 24? Close enough. Something like that. And then Lainey, 19-year-old stepdaughter.

[00:52:23] So out of those three people, which one is going to give me a grandchild? Oh, God. This is like a riddle. Yeah. If you get this right, I'm going to throw in a koozie. So my little boy says it's your son. Okay. Now what do you say?

[00:52:53] I am going to say it's not the youngest, not the oldest. You said you had a middle. Yeah. 20. Okay. I'm going to go with that one. All right. Well, guess what? Both of you are wrong. It is the 19-year-old stepdaughter is pregnant with child. Yes. And it should be here by September. Sometime in September. Isn't that great? That is so awesome. So I need you.

[00:53:22] Fall babies are going to be the best. Stay in touch with me this next couple of years in my life because I'm going to need tips on, you know, hopefully we can make it to six. Hopefully you can make it to six. It's a wild one. Yeah. Any tips for me on how to get sleep? No. Okay. Good luck. Let's get your guess. Kelsey, how much is this check? $3.09.

[00:53:53] $3.09. All the guesses are on the table. I don't need it. I got it, man. We have a new system. I appreciate your enthusiasm. You got good with math. I got good with math thanks to a thing called notes that Alan puts over here and I can see the score pretty much. All right. So we got a guess from Stephanie, Sean, and Kelsey. One guess is $3.47.

[00:54:21] Another guess is $2.18. And another guess is $3.09. The closest person to this check, well, I'll tell you what I'll do first. Coming in third place. Can you go back to the notes, Alan? Coming in third place with a guess of $3.47 is Stephanie. Stephanie.

[00:54:50] You are not going to win this check. I'm so sorry, but thank you for playing. I hope you will continue to watch the show and call in in the future and know that we all love you. Very much. Yeah. Okay. Coming in second place all the way from the great state of Alababa. La-la-baba. Huntsville. Kelsey comes in second place with a guess of $3.09.

[00:55:19] That means coming in first place all the way from Spokane, Washington, my man Sean. Your guess was $2.18. The actual amount of this check, $0.96. $0.96, Sean. We have one question for you. What are you going to do with all the cash? Let's double it down. Oh. Oh, you want to double down? Huh. What does that mean?

[00:55:49] Do I get to pick something out of the bag or something like that? Yeah. Or risk it all? I forgot to bring it up. Or risk it all? Risk it all? Yeah, yeah. You said risk it all. I shouldn't have told him the amount. I should have said he won. Yeah. But yeah. You can keep the check or you can go for a mystery item in the mystery bag of merchandise, Sean. The choice is yours, buddy. Let's go for the mystery. Alrighty then. So here's what I do. I got this bag over here with all kinds of random items in it. I'm going to shake it up.

[00:56:18] I got this bag in Jamaica, by the way, when we went to Jamaica. That's where he swam with a stingray. Yes, I did. I want you to put your hand in there. Don't look and just grab whatever you want to grab and pull it out. Pull me out one of their jazz cigarettes. The what? What did you want? He wants one of them jazz cigarettes. I pulled out two things. I'm sorry. Paul, you get two compact discs of my very first comedy album called John Reed, Bless His Heart. You're going to get two of these in the mail by Sergeant.

[00:56:47] I have eight balls marked deep. And we're going to give you a koozie. And what else can we give him, Paul? Do we have other trinkets? Well, I was going to put in a CD, but Marcus was nice enough to pull it out. Let's give him a koozie and that'll be good. There's his prize pack. There you go, Sean. Appreciate you calling in. Thanks for playing. And I hope you guys will call in next time. We've got a lot of checks. Yes, Paul. Before he goes off. Awesome, man. Congratulations on the grandbaby. Thank you, sir.

[00:57:17] So go to my website, carolinareaper.com. Click on contact and send me a message with your info, address, and all that stuff. And Sergeant, have an eight balls marked deep. I'm getting it wrong all of a sudden. You're all flustered from your pregnancy. We've got to wrap it up. But real quick, you had me look it up. And so, inadvertently, Ridgefield, Washington at the Illini Resort and Casino on Wednesday, April 30th.

[00:57:46] Yeah, where's Ridgefield, Washington? I think that's on the west side of the state. Sounds like a road trip. That's as close as I'm getting to you. I'll try, buddy. I'll try, man. I appreciate it. I love you guys. Love you, buddy. Thanks for calling in. And thanks to everybody who called in. Hang up on the Allen Jackson. Call in next week. We've got tons of money. All right. We're going to wrap it up.

[00:58:12] For the Allen Jackson, for my man Moose, for Jack Attack, for Sergeant Heaven. Eight balls deep. For John Stamos' brother, Marcus Stamos. My name is John Reap, and I'm wishing you a bicycle. Eight feet.

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