Quiz Master: The Stories of Hosting Trivia

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Welcome back to the Whiskey Wisdom Podcast everybody.

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This is your co-host, Tyler Y'all.

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And today I am with Chris Kellum.

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Our special guest today is Rob Kotter.

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Thank you so much for coming on.

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And Rob Kotter is one of the trivia

hosts that you may have seen around town.

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But before we get too far into

that, Chris is reading the back

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of a whiskey bottle right now.

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So what do we sip it on today, Chris?

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Chris: Hey.

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So this episode we're just sipping

on the High West Rendezvous.

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Um, it's a blend of straight rye whiskeys.

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I got this for Tyler while

I was out on travels.

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Um, this is very interesting 'cause

it has a, it says it has a botanical.

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Tyler: Botanical.

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You're good.

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Thank you.

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Chris: And spice character.

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It's supposed to be some dried cherries,

cinnamon, spiced caramels, toasted

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walnuts, and ginger on the finish.

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Um.

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We'll figure out if this is

truly a winter whiskey or if it's

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gonna be more of like a fall one.

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Tyler: Yeah.

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Rye in the middle of

summers is always a gamble.

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Cheers.

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Cheers.

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It's definitely a rye.

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Chris: Oh, it's, yeah, it's, it's a rye.

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Tyler: Yep.

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That's spicy.

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But I was telling Chris yesterday

I tried the uncle Nearest r.

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Is the RT of all rye I have ever tried

in my life and I love a good rye whiskey.

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It was 100% rye and as soon as I tasted

it, I was like, that has a nice taste.

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But you know, like the R hit

you in the back of the throat.

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I started crying, my eyes just started

watering and I was like, oh my God.

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It, it felt like I just took a,

um, pepper shaker and it just

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like started eating pepper.

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But that was, that was neat.

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I added water to it, but as soon

as the ice opened up inside of it.

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It was one of the best

rides I've ever had.

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Okay.

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It was so weird.

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So like me and you're not

expecting it, just be prepared.

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Um, add a couple drops

of water or added Nice.

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Then it was, it was great.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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Chris: I see you're

drinking a liquid death.

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Rob: Liquid death.

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Uh, doctor death.

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A little knock off.

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That's pepper.

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Nice.

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Tyler: I saw I started

doing that pretty good.

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Rob: It's, I think that's the best one.

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Reallys.

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Uh, I've heard the root

beer's good, but the Dr.

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Death, it's like a lighter tasting Dr.

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Pepper.

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Tyler: Oh, okay.

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That's good to know.

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Yeah.

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Chris: I mean, we're not sponsored,

but I'm always curious when I

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see the liquid death, I think

they're, they did a great job.

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Mm-hmm.

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Oh, marketing's awesome.

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Yes.

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It's

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Rob: all aluminum, so I'm not worried

about, oh, just go recycle that.

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I'm fine.

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Yeah,

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Tyler: right.

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Rob: No more plastic.

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I'm good with it.

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It's been really good.

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Tasty stuff.

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So

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Tyler: good.

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Yeah.

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I was listening to a podcast talking

about how they do brand bombing

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now, so like liquid death, da da.

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So basically taking something that

you don't expect and putting it in

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something that you don't expect.

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So like liquid death being water

inside of a, like basically a beer can.

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Yeah, I guess you could say.

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And then another one that I saw is.

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What was it?

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It was sunscreen.

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This is a bad idea in my mind,

but it's sunscreen inside

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of a whipped cream bottle.

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Rob: Mm.

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Terrible idea.

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So,

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Tyler: yeah, I'm like, I guarantee you

there's gonna be some lawsuits where

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kids thought that was whipped cream and

they just ingested a bunch of onscreen.

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So just be prepared if you

see that out there, guys.

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Chris: Just be careful.

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Um, now that we're done with

weird disclaimers on stuff that

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we haven't personally tried, um.

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I could try like the whipped cream

makes sense, like how to get it out.

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But I don't have kids so I

don't gotta worry about it.

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Yeah.

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Tyler: Thought you were

gonna say, try to eat.

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Nevermind.

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No.

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Anyway, Rob,

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Chris: back to you.

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So tell us a bit about yourself

and how you got here today.

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Rob: Um, I have been in

Wilmington, I'd say 13 years now.

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Longest I ever lived one spot.

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I've been a bit of a nomad in my life.

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Mm-hmm.

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In Delaware, Jersey, New York,

Massachusetts, Rhode Island,

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Massachusetts, Delaware, then here, so

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Tyler: Oh, wow.

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Rob: Never been in one place too long

except for here, which I've spent

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the longest and full-time IT trainer

and part-time trivia host here in

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Wilmington for over a decade now.

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Chris: Oh, nice.

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That's such a random.

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Before I jump into how I, I really like

trivia and how silly my brain works.

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Um, question, have you ever

lived in another Wilmington?

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Rob: Yes.

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I live, I was born in

Wilmington, Delaware.

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Okay.

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Oh, no way.

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Yes.

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Chris: See, I thought about

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Rob: that.

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Yeah.

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Chris: Yeah.

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We have a store in Wilmington, Delaware,

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Rob: and I was like, Ooh, I wonder.

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Yes.

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All your, all your credit card bills

come from Wilmington, Delaware.

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Yep.

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Yes, exactly.

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Chris: Gosh, that, that's

a whole nother story.

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Rob: Oh, that, that's a whole,

that there's a really great place

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section to, I think it's Trolley

Square, if I remember correctly, to

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drink in, in Wilmington, Delaware.

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But outside that boy,

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Tyler: not too much.

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Not too much.

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Chris: No.

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Understandable.

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That's why most businesses

are not actually there.

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Tyler: Yeah.

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Yeah.

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They're there for the.

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Very nice business, um, type of state.

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But other than that,

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Chris: yeah,

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Tyler: yeah, yeah.

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Chris: So you moved here?

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Yep.

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And you said you were nomad.

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What got you to stay here?

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Rob: The atmosphere.

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Um, a little bit of a good city feel

mixed with just some open spaces.

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Mm-hmm.

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Um, not too busy, even though

it's Wilmington has blown up

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in the years I've been here.

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Mm-hmm.

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But it's still not too crazy.

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You have everything you need here.

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Great, great restaurant scene,

which has even blown up even

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more post pandemic for sure.

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Um, and just a lot of great people,

and I know it's been a lot of like

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outsiders coming in, but there's no,

whether they're locals, life timers

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or they're people from outta state, a

lot of great people have moved to this

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city in this region, I should say.

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Chris: I think so, yeah.

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Um, so moving here, you stayed here.

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Mm-hmm.

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Um.

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I'm assuming, were you doing

trivia beforehand or were

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you just going to trivia?

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Rob: So, when I was living in

Wilmington, Delaware mm-hmm.

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I was playing trivia with a group of

friends on Tuesday night, and then

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I moved here without a job and um,

actually started working part-time

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at a bar called Courts and Sports.

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Which would later become

the old dig and dive.

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Yep.

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Right.

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Which is no longer here.

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I was being their sports manager and

helping with running volleyball leagues,

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dodgeball, cornhole leagues, and all

that fun stuff throughout the week.

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All: Mm-hmm.

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Rob: Then the owners came to me on

during the off months in the winter,

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and it's like, Hey, said you wanted to

host trivia, would you be interested?

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I'm like, yeah, I'd love to.

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So I started hosting my own pencil

and paper trivia for about a

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year plus, and then there was.

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A bit of a weird shakeup with the change

from courts and sports to dig and dive.

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So I left for a little bit, actually was

working for Cape Fear Sports at the time.

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Oh yeah.

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Where it became Sports City.

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And then I got an offer to come back when

I was dig and dive because one of the

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longtime bartenders became the manager.

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I was like, yeah, I'll come back for you.

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Yeah, right.

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And then I started using.

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Moving away from pencil and paper and

started using more digital platforms.

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Mm.

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People using their smartphones.

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Mm-hmm.

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Because I, I felt like it was the way

people were gonna start moving to Right.

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With projectors and big

interactions and things like that.

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And now I got a really great

system I use from small developer

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game show host, and it's awesome.

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I can run all kinds of

different games, all game.

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Oh wow.

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I can run a week, uh, monthly

game show I run as well.

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Whoa.

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Last Wednesday of every month called

Game On at, uh, poor Tap Room downtown.

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Oh yeah.

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And just, it's amazing.

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Software lets me do so many

fun things hosting trivia.

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Oh, that's neat.

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Chris: I love that.

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So I have friends, acquaintances let me,

I have acquaintances who host trivia, used

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to host trivia, uh, and they were always.

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Pencil and paper.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, and you said that you kind

of transitioned to digital.

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Uh, in general, I want to know like, what

do you think is better, like style wise?

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Rob: Neither way is better.

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I think it's how you present it,

how and what your audience is.

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Mm-hmm.

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There are some people who wanna embrace

the modern technology, and there's

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some people who love the old tradition.

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All: Mm-hmm.

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Rob: You're gonna find

people who wanna play either.

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Some people come to, to me

and say, man, this is awesome.

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And it's more people than not

that say, man, this is awesome.

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I love this new version.

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This is great and interactive.

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We can connect multiple bones for

our team and play along and I'll

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see the questions and pictures.

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It's awesome.

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And some people are like, I actually like

the old traditional way and that's fine.

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I'm, if I'm not your, your

cup of tea the way I host it.

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I will recommend you to some of the

awesome trip you hosts in this city.

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I'd rather you go out and have fun

and spend your money on local business

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than just stay home and not play.

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Oh, for

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Tyler: sure.

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You bring up a good point now

that I think about it because, um,

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Chris and I used to go out weekly

for trivia before kids for me.

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Yeah.

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But, um, who's your host?

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Rob: It was, um, two Blondes, two blonde

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Tyler: trivia.

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Rob: They're good.

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I'll, I they're they're really good

over at, um, might as well as well.

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Yeah.

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They're very good hosts.

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Tyler: Yep.

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So they did a great

job and everything too.

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But to, to your point, when it

comes to the technology side mm-hmm.

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It was at a sports bar, college

bar right down the road from UCW.

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It got very loud.

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Very, so almost like every other

question, like, what'd they say?

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What was the question?

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Yes, yes.

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Yeah.

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So that is kind of nice where

you're just like, wait, okay, I'll

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just read the question myself.

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Rob: Yeah.

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I always recommend if people want

a great party with their trivia,

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those are the hosts to go to.

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Mm-hmm.

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They are so much fun.

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They create a amazing party

atmosphere for local trivia.

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Tyler: Right.

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That, that's exactly kind of the,

the point, the reason why we kept

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going back to it is like, yeah.

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We enjoyed doing the trivia, but we

were never really great at the trivia.

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It was more so just for the,

uh, the party aspect of it.

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So that's a good point.

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Rob: Yeah.

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And that my trivia, I try to lean towards.

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Easy to medium, like celebrity

Jeopardy to maybe the first round

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of Jeopardy for difficulty started.

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Ah, okay.

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Going up because everyone plays

celebrity Jeopardy once on tv.

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It's like, oh, I could

crush this tournament.

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Champions is on it right now.

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It's like, oh my God.

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Right.

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This is terrible.

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Tyler: I don't even know the

words that they just said.

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Yes.

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Rob: Like, I know re good.

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What is this?

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Right?

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Um, I, I wanna make

sure it's approachable.

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Mm-hmm.

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And it's fun for people.

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Yeah.

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People can come, they can still have

conversations with their friends.

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But a big thing people always worry

about is people's phones being out.

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And it's like no matter what you do

in this day and age, people are gonna

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have technology at their disposal.

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True.

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So it's rather you encourage your

players to police themselves and be like,

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listen, you're either playing along,

having fun, you're games in, in the app.

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Or on the website enjoying the game

or put the rest of your phones away.

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I always say the comment, try something

unique when you come to the bar tonight,

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try having conversations with the people

you actually came to the bar with.

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I know we all have some

FOMO in life, right?

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Just try having some social interaction.

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It'll be good for you.

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That's very smart.

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I like that.

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Chris: The way you po you

phrase that is very like, okay.

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I, I'll put my phone down.

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Right.

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Tyler: It's like Joe

Fuel, but like, do it.

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It's not, it's

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Rob: not like being

mean, but it's like, do

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Chris: you have to

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Tyler: Right, exactly.

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It's probably what 90% of that people

actually feel like in there anyway.

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Yeah.

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You're putting into words.

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Rob: Yeah,

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Tyler: because like.

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There's many a times that people

go out and you go out with friends

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and you'll start talking to your

friends, and then that one person's

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Rob: like always on their

phone, and I'm guilty of that.

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I'm guilty of that when I'm out with

friends sometimes, and it's just like

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a, it's a nervous reaction for me.

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It's just like, I need

to check this thing out.

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Like, oh, no, no.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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Go away.

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Talk to your friends, have some fun.

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Relax.

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Yes.

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Chris: It's a, so me and my wife talking

about phones, anytime we go on date night.

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We try and do like the phone down.

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So I'll take my phone, put

it on the table, face down.

359

: 00:11:46

The first person who reaches for

the phone has to pay for dinner.

360

: 00:11:49

I like that.

361

: 00:11:50

Mind you, it comes outta

the same bank account.

362

: 00:11:51

Oh.

363

: 00:11:53

But it feels nice.

364

: 00:11:54

So like if we're out with like a group of

people, we like implement it and people

365

: 00:11:58

are like actually want to talk to us.

366

: 00:12:00

Yeah.

367

: 00:12:00

Because they, no one really

wants to pay for a check when

368

: 00:12:04

there's six people sitting there.

369

: 00:12:05

Right.

370

: 00:12:06

You're like.

371

: 00:12:07

Are you sure?

372

: 00:12:08

Yeah.

373

: 00:12:08

Do you need it?

374

: 00:12:09

Right?

375

: 00:12:10

If it's your kid, I'm sure

there's a, like it'll go off.

376

: 00:12:13

Yeah.

377

: 00:12:14

Um, but I think just stepping away

from phones is like a good move.

378

: 00:12:19

Rob: Yeah.

379

: 00:12:19

I know we're playing with the

technology, but we're still

380

: 00:12:21

heads up, like everything's

around the bar on big screens.

381

: 00:12:24

Oh, cool.

382

: 00:12:24

Right.

383

: 00:12:25

They can read the questions.

384

: 00:12:26

If they can't hear me clearly for any

reason, they can read it on their device.

385

: 00:12:29

They can read it on the big

screen, they can see the pictures.

386

: 00:12:32

Chris: Nice.

387

: 00:12:32

So you run trivia.

388

: 00:12:34

Mm-hmm.

389

: 00:12:34

In town.

390

: 00:12:36

Have you always been at the same bar?

391

: 00:12:39

Rob: No.

392

: 00:12:39

So dig and dive obviously

closed in February of: 2020

393

: 00:12:43

Mm-hmm.

394

: 00:12:44

Um, I went to what was previous

called Sky Town Brewery.

395

: 00:12:50

Oh, that's right.

396

: 00:12:52

Which later was sold to be Kaaba.

397

: 00:12:55

Mm-hmm.

398

: 00:12:55

Yeah.

399

: 00:12:55

And they started having some

weird management problems.

400

: 00:12:58

Not that like the staff that

worked there, but more higher up.

401

: 00:13:01

So I was able to move to Port Taproom

on Wednesdays and then I also got

402

: 00:13:05

the offer in, I think it was October,

: 2020

403

: 00:13:11

I'd been in forever when Whiskey Trail

had bought, oh yeah, the building.

404

: 00:13:15

So I went over there, I

forgot about that and I did.

405

: 00:13:18

I went on and off there and I

just actually finished up with

406

: 00:13:20

them in with Whiskey Trail Midtown

this year,: 2025

407

: 00:13:26

And so Tuesdays, I'm at Poor Fell's Pub.

408

: 00:13:31

Over in Ogden, which

is the old broom tail.

409

: 00:13:34

Oh, okay.

410

: 00:13:35

That's right.

411

: 00:13:35

I was trying to remember

where those, okay.

412

: 00:13:37

And on Wednesday nights I'm

currently at Port Taproom.

413

: 00:13:41

Oh, nice.

414

: 00:13:41

Okay.

415

: 00:13:41

Yeah.

416

: 00:13:42

So you got two nights to function?

417

: 00:13:43

Two nights currently, yes.

418

: 00:13:46

Maybe.

419

: 00:13:46

Maybe.

420

: 00:13:46

Maybe one more.

421

: 00:13:48

Maybe.

422

: 00:13:48

But I got a full-time job.

423

: 00:13:50

I go to run club and I got a amazing

wife, dog, cat, and eight chickens, so.

424

: 00:13:54

Oh, nice.

425

: 00:13:55

I got things going on,

426

: 00:13:57

Chris: so, and we'll post

it in the show notes.

427

: 00:13:59

You guys can.

428

: 00:14:00

Follow him on social and keep an eye

out of when he is at different places.

429

: 00:14:05

And if he adds anything else to his

profile or to his kind of billet.

430

: 00:14:09

Yeah.

431

: 00:14:10

Uh, we're not to the end.

432

: 00:14:11

I just wanna plug that in the middle.

433

: 00:14:13

Uh, doing these random trivia

options, are you doing same thing

434

: 00:14:19

each night or are you doing like No.

435

: 00:14:22

Gotta mix it up

436

: 00:14:23

Rob: completely different game.

437

: 00:14:24

Okay.

438

: 00:14:24

Each night.

439

: 00:14:24

And it is, that is the hardest

aspect of trivia is the writing.

440

: 00:14:28

Mm-hmm.

441

: 00:14:28

Mm-hmm.

442

: 00:14:28

Like I'm gonna spend about an hour

or so writing today, and then I'll

443

: 00:14:32

probably spend an hour going through

my database tomorrow to get all the

444

: 00:14:35

music and some extra questions I have

from older games from three, four years

445

: 00:14:39

ago that have me using in a while.

446

: 00:14:41

So I'm like, oh wow.

447

: 00:14:41

I can rotate.

448

: 00:14:42

Rotate these in now.

449

: 00:14:43

Tyler: Yeah.

450

: 00:14:43

Rob: But the writing is the hardest

part because you wanna make sure you're

451

: 00:14:46

creating a game that's approachable.

452

: 00:14:48

Mm-hmm.

453

: 00:14:49

But also to make angry, those teams

that always win and be like, I'm tired

454

: 00:14:52

of you taking money from other people.

455

: 00:14:54

Let someone else win for once.

456

: 00:14:55

Right.

457

: 00:14:57

Tyler: I was gonna ask that of, uh, so

when you're writing questions, are you

458

: 00:15:02

getting it from like a question bank from

where you're getting the software from?

459

: 00:15:05

Or you just like coming

across things like how, what?

460

: 00:15:08

I guess the, the main question to this is

like, how do you source your questions?

461

: 00:15:12

Rob: So it, it's a happy medium.

462

: 00:15:13

It's, I will go off of the base

of the original interview pursuit.

463

: 00:15:18

So I have, there's always two

questions for science, geography,

464

: 00:15:23

history, entertainment, literature.

465

: 00:15:26

Mm-hmm.

466

: 00:15:26

Um, a wild card.

467

: 00:15:28

And I know I'm missing one right now

'cause I'm not looking at my sheet.

468

: 00:15:32

Uh, sports.

469

: 00:15:33

Oh yeah.

470

: 00:15:33

Sports and leisure.

471

: 00:15:34

Yep.

472

: 00:15:36

So I'll go two questions for those

no matter what, and then I'll do some

473

: 00:15:38

general knowledge questions as well.

474

: 00:15:40

A mix, maybe there might be an extra

sports question, something that's

475

: 00:15:42

not with the topic for the evening.

476

: 00:15:43

Sure.

477

: 00:15:44

Yeah.

478

: 00:15:44

And then, so I'll take sports for example.

479

: 00:15:46

Last week was mascot madness.

480

: 00:15:48

Two questions about mascots.

481

: 00:15:50

Okay.

482

: 00:15:50

Oh gosh.

483

: 00:15:50

Um.

484

: 00:15:51

Geography was, you can't go there.

485

: 00:15:54

Two questions about places you're not

allowed to go, like Chernobyl or, um, area

486

: 00:15:58

51 or North Korea or things like that.

487

: 00:16:00

Okay.

488

: 00:16:01

Tyler: That's neat.

489

: 00:16:01

Rob: I'll always do.

490

: 00:16:03

Um, the first question of the

night is last week's news.

491

: 00:16:06

Oh, okay.

492

: 00:16:06

So I'll look, as I always say, it's

just like I will pr the internet

493

: 00:16:10

for interesting news articles

that do not involve politics.

494

: 00:16:13

'cause I do not need a beer bottle thrown

at my head for talking about politics.

495

: 00:16:15

Right.

496

: 00:16:16

I had to stop for a while with last

week's news in, after the pandemic.

497

: 00:16:20

'cause it was just rough.

498

: 00:16:23

Yeah.

499

: 00:16:24

Um, always do a tri bond question.

500

: 00:16:27

Um, a today in history question.

501

: 00:16:29

Mm-hmm.

502

: 00:16:29

So make people, and, and people

don't realize why I do it.

503

: 00:16:32

I'm like, I want you to learn history.

504

: 00:16:34

Because those who forget

history are doing to repeat it.

505

: 00:16:37

Yep.

506

: 00:16:37

Chris: Nice.

507

: 00:16:38

Rob: And then a fun, there's a awesome

mini game built into it called Word Play.

508

: 00:16:43

It's kind of like a mix between Scrabble

and you take letter tiles and you try to

509

: 00:16:47

make the longest word you can or mm-hmm.

510

: 00:16:50

If you remember the game show on

game show network chain reactions.

511

: 00:16:52

Oh yeah.

512

: 00:16:53

It's like, um, bank roll Roll Tide.

513

: 00:16:56

Yep.

514

: 00:16:56

Chris: Yes.

515

: 00:16:56

Okay.

516

: 00:16:57

Okay.

517

: 00:16:57

Yeah,

518

: 00:16:57

Rob: it, and then everyone's

favorite, the one we advertise

519

: 00:17:00

for a lot is the Turtle Race.

520

: 00:17:04

Turtle race, turtle race.

521

: 00:17:06

I have a software, an old flash software

that runs a six turtle turtle race and

522

: 00:17:12

people just scream, yell, and love it.

523

: 00:17:16

Tyler: How does that work when you're,

when you're actually doing it live?

524

: 00:17:19

Rob: Um, so I'll ask the question,

who do you think is gonna win?

525

: 00:17:21

And it's six turtles, so I'll tell him.

526

: 00:17:23

I'll ask them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or

six, and they've got six bonus

527

: 00:17:26

points that they get it right.

528

: 00:17:27

Oh, okay.

529

: 00:17:28

Nothing if they get it wrong, so

they're not gambling their points.

530

: 00:17:30

And then it's just a random algorithm

where it's, they'll have a really fun

531

: 00:17:35

animation if they're going really, really

fast and a really fun animation if they're

532

: 00:17:38

going really, really slow and it's back

and forth, back and forth, back and

533

: 00:17:41

forth, and people are screaming, yelling,

hoot and hollering, and that's awesome.

534

: 00:17:45

Grown grown adults from 18 to

sixties are just like, go two.

535

: 00:17:54

Chris: Like a good old, that's

shin horse race, but with turtles.

536

: 00:17:58

Exactly.

537

: 00:17:58

Even better.

538

: 00:17:59

I love that.

539

: 00:18:00

Um,

540

: 00:18:04

sorry, I just got real distracted 'cause

I was thinking about turtles racing up.

541

: 00:18:07

Turtles up.

542

: 00:18:08

Turtle.

543

: 00:18:08

I like turtles.

544

: 00:18:09

I do like turtles.

545

: 00:18:10

I have a few of those tattooed.

546

: 00:18:12

Uh,

547

: 00:18:15

doing all this trivia and fun stuff.

548

: 00:18:17

What is a crazy, fun

fact that you got for us?

549

: 00:18:23

Rob: Crazy.

550

: 00:18:24

Fun fact.

551

: 00:18:25

Um, there's a hundred

counties in North Carolina.

552

: 00:18:27

Um, you has that recently.

553

: 00:18:31

I'll give you one better.

554

: 00:18:32

The one trivia question that I

think is the easiest trivia question

555

: 00:18:36

that people always get wrong.

556

: 00:18:38

Okay.

557

: 00:18:38

How many ghosts appear in than

I, um, night before Christmas?

558

: 00:18:44

Oh, Christmas Carol, Christmas Carol,

Christmas Carol, Christmas Carol.

559

: 00:18:46

I'm nervous on being on camera.

560

: 00:18:49

How many ghosts appear in a Christmas?

561

: 00:18:50

Carol?

562

: 00:18:51

Tyler: Since it's a

question, I wanna say zero.

563

: 00:18:53

Rob: It's, it's more than zero.

564

: 00:18:55

I mean,

565

: 00:18:55

Tyler: four is

566

: 00:18:56

Chris: what my

567

: 00:18:57

Tyler: thought is.

568

: 00:18:57

It's

569

: 00:18:57

Rob: four.

570

: 00:18:57

It's four.

571

: 00:18:58

Bill was like, oh, it

goes a Christmas pass.

572

: 00:19:00

Present and future.

573

: 00:19:01

Chris: Yeah.

574

: 00:19:01

But you forget them.

575

: 00:19:02

Jacob Marley.

576

: 00:19:03

Yeah.

577

: 00:19:04

Once, forget Jacob Marley.

578

: 00:19:05

I was looking at him like, is

that, is that a trick question?

579

: 00:19:07

No, it, it's not.

580

: 00:19:08

It's kind of, but, and I grew

581

: 00:19:09

Rob: up with my Christmas, Carol was

the Disney version, not the, oh yeah.

582

: 00:19:13

Not the Muppet one, but the

animated one where Goofy was Jacob

583

: 00:19:15

Marley like, come on, give goofy.

584

: 00:19:20

Chris: That is a good question.

585

: 00:19:22

Tyler: That is a good question.

586

: 00:19:22

Yeah.

587

: 00:19:23

Chris: It's one of those

You should know it, you.

588

: 00:19:25

Yeah,

589

: 00:19:25

Tyler: you should know it.

590

: 00:19:26

It's, I thought it was

gonna be like some, uh.

591

: 00:19:29

Like, you think it's gonna

be four, but it's like, oh.

592

: 00:19:32

But technically there wasn't a

ghost, like for whatever reason.

593

: 00:19:34

Yeah, that's why I thought,

thought you were going with that.

594

: 00:19:36

'cause I was, it's one of those questions.

595

: 00:19:37

Well, yeah, four.

596

: 00:19:38

Yeah.

597

: 00:19:38

Rob: I love asking the questions

that are super easy, but you're

598

: 00:19:40

gonna overthink it, right?

599

: 00:19:41

Yeah.

600

: 00:19:42

Those are my favorite questions.

601

: 00:19:43

'cause you try to outthink the room,

it's like, what's, if you put these

602

: 00:19:46

two things together, what element.

603

: 00:19:48

What kind of sub do you always get?

604

: 00:19:49

It's like, guys, it's salt, right?

605

: 00:19:51

It's a salt like sodium.

606

: 00:19:53

Yeah.

607

: 00:19:55

Chris: I was watching Lazarus project

and they looked at the dude and they

608

: 00:19:58

were like, oh, so it's like back

to the future and like I was like,

609

: 00:20:01

I've never seen it like dead pan.

610

: 00:20:04

And they were like, wait, you've

never seen back to the future?

611

: 00:20:06

It's like, and then they just started

going through all these like time loop

612

: 00:20:10

movies and he is like, no, I just work all

the time and like cook food for myself.

613

: 00:20:18

It's like

614

: 00:20:18

Tyler: there's some of those movies

that I just feel like everyone

615

: 00:20:21

needs to watch 'cause there's

so many references back to 'em.

616

: 00:20:24

Mm-hmm.

617

: 00:20:25

Yes.

618

: 00:20:25

Like you'll just eventually

be lost in American culture.

619

: 00:20:28

Yeah.

620

: 00:20:28

I

621

: 00:20:29

Chris: mean, a lot of the top

100 movies I have not seen.

622

: 00:20:33

Tyler: Oh really?

623

: 00:20:33

Yeah.

624

: 00:20:34

Rob: I've seen a lot of them, but I can

tell you, like I have a, my wife will

625

: 00:20:37

stab me for this one, but I've never

seen Casablanca from start to finish.

626

: 00:20:39

I've seen bits and pieces,

but never the whole thing.

627

: 00:20:41

Tyler: I'm the same way.

628

: 00:20:42

I haven't seen that

629

: 00:20:42

Rob: sar, I've seen how cold.

630

: 00:20:44

Yeah.

631

: 00:20:45

Have you seen that movie?

632

: 00:20:46

It's actually based on Casa Blanca

and I found that out three years ago.

633

: 00:20:48

I was like, oh my God.

634

: 00:20:49

Chris: What?

635

: 00:20:50

Oh, wow.

636

: 00:20:50

I didn't, I'm like, it is, I watch

Casablanca, like I never seen it

637

: 00:20:54

it until I was dating my wife.

638

: 00:20:56

Mm-hmm.

639

: 00:20:56

And like, she was like, we picked movies

that like neither of us had seen, but

640

: 00:21:00

we had to watch 'cause it was like.

641

: 00:21:02

Intrinsic to us, and she picked

Casablanca, so we watched it.

642

: 00:21:06

I made her watch Mighty Ducks.

643

: 00:21:08

So that's a good classic song.

644

: 00:21:10

Yeah.

645

: 00:21:11

I, I went, it was between that

and rode to El Dorado, so.

646

: 00:21:14

Mm-hmm.

647

: 00:21:15

Two very good.

648

: 00:21:16

Like, you know, you're a

guy kind of movie, right?

649

: 00:21:18

Yeah.

650

: 00:21:19

Um, this still make good old dizzy movies.

651

: 00:21:21

Yeah.

652

: 00:21:22

Heavy Waste was a Disney movie, right?

653

: 00:21:24

Was it?

654

: 00:21:25

I think it was part of,

655

: 00:21:26

Rob: and Ben Stiller.

656

: 00:21:27

Chris: Yes.

657

: 00:21:28

It was like.

658

: 00:21:29

Low key Disney.

659

: 00:21:30

It's probably like a touchstone movie.

660

: 00:21:31

Yeah.

661

: 00:21:33

About it.

662

: 00:21:33

Yeah.

663

: 00:21:35

All right.

664

: 00:21:35

So jumping back into real life.

665

: 00:21:37

Mm.

666

: 00:21:37

And all the funness that you're

doing, um, when you do this trivia

667

: 00:21:42

and you're making up all these crazy

questions, uh, and we don't do politics.

668

: 00:21:47

Mm-hmm.

669

: 00:21:47

Correct.

670

: 00:21:48

Uh.

671

: 00:21:48

Uh, do you only do like the big game

show extravaganza at Poor Tap Room

672

: 00:21:55

Rob: right now?

673

: 00:21:56

Uh, the last Wednesday of

every month I do the game show,

674

: 00:21:58

night Game on at Poor Tap Room.

675

: 00:21:59

It's a, it's a bigger venue for it.

676

: 00:22:01

Chris: Okay.

677

: 00:22:02

Rob: So it allows me to

have more people in there.

678

: 00:22:04

Mm-hmm.

679

: 00:22:05

Um, so it's four different games.

680

: 00:22:07

It's a multiple choice game

called Power Up Trivia.

681

: 00:22:09

Okay.

682

: 00:22:10

Where people can choose a superpower

when they find out the topic.

683

: 00:22:13

And then after they choose their

superpower, whether it's more points

684

: 00:22:16

or bulletproof, to make sure you get

points no matter what or see what,

685

: 00:22:19

how everyone else is answering.

686

: 00:22:21

Kinda like who wants to be a millionaire?

687

: 00:22:22

Yeah.

688

: 00:22:23

Um, and then you get to see the

question, ah, or there's word play.

689

: 00:22:27

It's all, all the

different word tile games.

690

: 00:22:29

Um.

691

: 00:22:30

A game that's probably

gonna get me canceled.

692

: 00:22:32

The award show, if you've ever

played Whiplash on Jackbox.

693

: 00:22:36

Yes.

694

: 00:22:36

Or if you've ever played

Cards Against Humanity.

695

: 00:22:39

Oh yeah, of course.

696

: 00:22:40

It's kind of like that.

697

: 00:22:40

And I get to censor it and there's some

stuff I'm like, I'm gonna get fired.

698

: 00:22:44

Someone's gonna post this and

I'm gonna not host Trip anymore.

699

: 00:22:49

And then last one is just be quick

trivia and that's the faster you answer,

700

: 00:22:52

the more points you get, so, got you.

701

: 00:22:54

Okay.

702

: 00:22:55

So something different

703

: 00:22:56

Tyler: when you were first getting

involved in trivia at Dig and Dive?

704

: 00:23:00

Mm-hmm.

705

: 00:23:00

Um, or I guess before dig and dive.

706

: 00:23:03

Right.

707

: 00:23:03

Sports Course In sports, you said you

were interested in hosting it before they

708

: 00:23:08

came to you to offer to do it, right?

709

: 00:23:10

Yes.

710

: 00:23:10

What made you interested in

just hosting trivia in general?

711

: 00:23:13

Rob: I grew up obsessed with game shows.

712

: 00:23:17

Tyler: Okay.

713

: 00:23:18

Rob: To the point, it's so funny,

didn't find this out afterwards.

714

: 00:23:23

I growing up, I used to have the

biggest crush on Vanna, Vanna White.

715

: 00:23:26

Oh yeah.

716

: 00:23:27

In the early nineties.

717

: 00:23:28

I mean, I was gonna

say, I don't blame you.

718

: 00:23:29

My wife has the same

birthday as Vanna White.

719

: 00:23:31

No way.

720

: 00:23:33

I wouldn't go that far.

721

: 00:23:36

I didn't literally, until afterwards,

I'm like, the stars aligned.

722

: 00:23:38

I have to marry her.

723

: 00:23:40

Um, but like pressure, luck.

724

: 00:23:42

Wheel of Fortune in jeopardy.

725

: 00:23:44

Legends of the Hin temple, even

though I just found out it was

726

: 00:23:46

rigged in a, my childhood was no

way crushed American Gladiators,

727

: 00:23:51

Chris: which is coming back.

728

: 00:23:52

Yep.

729

: 00:23:53

Do you see that?

730

: 00:23:53

Like all of these are now on

like, um, prime or peacock?

731

: 00:23:57

Mm-hmm.

732

: 00:23:58

I, I accidentally, well, not accidentally.

733

: 00:24:01

I was really bored and like Oh.

734

: 00:24:03

Almost flipped through.

735

: 00:24:03

'cause my friend sent me like

all the Nickelodeon shows.

736

: 00:24:06

I'm like, I'm down for this.

737

: 00:24:07

Yeah.

738

: 00:24:07

And then I pulled up and

it was American Gladiators.

739

: 00:24:10

Mm-hmm.

740

: 00:24:10

And I put it on.

741

: 00:24:11

And I'm old, just not

that old, so like Exactly.

742

: 00:24:15

I didn't realize the first

season was so primitive.

743

: 00:24:20

So primitive.

744

: 00:24:21

Yeah.

745

: 00:24:21

They actually went out.

746

: 00:24:22

Yeah.

747

: 00:24:22

Like I looked and I was like,

they're hiding behind these sticks.

748

: 00:24:27

Like it is just sticks.

749

: 00:24:28

Mm-hmm.

750

: 00:24:28

Because I remember like the reruns in

the nineties where it's like the actual

751

: 00:24:31

built up like platforms and stuff,

and then I had to do some research.

752

: 00:24:36

I'm like, oh, so they did it like

this and I didn't realize how much.

753

: 00:24:40

Transitions and different things

that they would do back in the day.

754

: 00:24:43

Yeah.

755

: 00:24:44

And it made me like fully

appreciate older TV shows.

756

: 00:24:49

Yeah.

757

: 00:24:50

Because they gave, shows a chance to fail.

758

: 00:24:52

Mm-hmm.

759

: 00:24:53

And like make adjustments to

see how can we make this better.

760

: 00:24:57

Yeah.

761

: 00:24:58

Whereas shows nowadays, they're like, eh,

uh, you didn't get, you know, a hundred.

762

: 00:25:03

Thousand people to watch you.

763

: 00:25:04

Yeah.

764

: 00:25:05

In your first thing.

765

: 00:25:06

And we didn't pay any

money to advertise it.

766

: 00:25:09

So Sucks to suck.

767

: 00:25:10

You're canceled.

768

: 00:25:11

Rob: Yeah.

769

: 00:25:11

That's, that's kinda like game shows now.

770

: 00:25:13

It's um, especially like the quiz

based, um, TV shows, a lot of them,

771

: 00:25:18

if they work in the uk Alright,

let's try 'em on streaming platforms

772

: 00:25:22

and then if they work on streaming,

let's bring 'em back to regular tv.

773

: 00:25:25

Mm.

774

: 00:25:25

The 1% club is, yeah.

775

: 00:25:27

Right.

776

: 00:25:27

A perfect example started over to UK.

777

: 00:25:29

Then had a season on Amazon Prime.

778

: 00:25:32

Okay.

779

: 00:25:32

And now it's on Fox.

780

: 00:25:33

And that's my kind of game show.

781

: 00:25:35

I actually tried out, tried out for

that and Goll see if I can on it.

782

: 00:25:38

Oh, that's awesome.

783

: 00:25:38

That's my kind of like

logic puzzle trivia.

784

: 00:25:42

Yeah.

785

: 00:25:42

That I love that stuff.

786

: 00:25:44

Chris: That's neat.

787

: 00:25:45

All right.

788

: 00:25:46

It's weird talking about like random

shows and them trying to do it.

789

: 00:25:50

Me and my wife watch, um, taskmaster.

790

: 00:25:52

Yeah.

791

: 00:25:53

Have you ever heard of it?

792

: 00:25:53

So funny.

793

: 00:25:54

So that is a show that it's on YouTube.

794

: 00:25:57

Okay.

795

: 00:25:58

It.

796

: 00:25:59

Started in England and it

went to like British colonies.

797

: 00:26:03

So like there's a New Zealand version,

there's an Aus, like a Australia version.

798

: 00:26:08

They tried to do an American version.

799

: 00:26:10

Mm-hmm.

800

: 00:26:10

And it failed drastically.

801

: 00:26:11

Yeah.

802

: 00:26:12

And it's because of like the different

mentalities that everybody has.

803

: 00:26:16

Mm-hmm.

804

: 00:26:16

And like they literally gives 'em a

sheet of paper, says this is your task.

805

: 00:26:21

Go.

806

: 00:26:22

It's always random stuff.

807

: 00:26:24

Yeah, yeah.

808

: 00:26:24

And they don't know

what, what they're doing.

809

: 00:26:26

They show up and they do filming

for so many days, blah, blah, blah.

810

: 00:26:29

And it's just hilarious to see

how everyone processes things.

811

: 00:26:34

They're all comedians, so they

do things funny, like, but that

812

: 00:26:37

show made me laugh so hard.

813

: 00:26:39

Yes.

814

: 00:26:39

And me and my wife started

watching it 'cause we watch the

815

: 00:26:41

New Zealand version and there was

this short goofball dude and like.

816

: 00:26:48

He just had that look like he

gave off Chris Farley vibes.

817

: 00:26:51

Oh, okay.

818

: 00:26:52

And I was like, this is awesome.

819

: 00:26:54

And then we just watched the

British version, um, with uh,

820

: 00:26:58

season 19, which is crazy.

821

: 00:27:00

They have that many seasons.

822

: 00:27:01

Right.

823

: 00:27:01

Rob: It's weird how a

show like that won't work.

824

: 00:27:03

But there's the, um, the Dropout Network.

825

: 00:27:06

Yes.

826

: 00:27:06

Drop.

827

: 00:27:07

And they have Game Changers

828

: 00:27:09

Chris: that game.

829

: 00:27:10

Oh, that is such a funny show to watch.

830

: 00:27:12

Have you ever.

831

: 00:27:13

So I'm sure you haven't watched it either.

832

: 00:27:15

Oh, that's been on my TikTok.

833

: 00:27:16

So then I actually went and

bought it so that way I can

834

: 00:27:19

just watch whenever I want to.

835

: 00:27:20

Yes.

836

: 00:27:20

But like dropout, that TV was

college humor and they swapped over.

837

: 00:27:25

Oh, okay.

838

: 00:27:25

Um, and it's really great, like from

my point of view that they actually

839

: 00:27:30

do profit sharing and everyone there

actually like makes decent kind of money.

840

: 00:27:34

Right.

841

: 00:27:34

Just for showing up.

842

: 00:27:35

But the Game Changer show is

every episode is a new game.

843

: 00:27:40

And no one knows the

rules except for the host.

844

: 00:27:43

And the only way it literally,

he goes this whole spiel, like

845

: 00:27:46

the only way you can learn the

what the game is by playing it.

846

: 00:27:49

That's awesome.

847

: 00:27:50

And like they've done, I think they're

on like season seven right now.

848

: 00:27:54

Yeah.

849

: 00:27:55

They did one episode, I

guess it was season six.

850

: 00:27:58

Literally, Simon says, oh, the whole

episode with Simon says, Sam says,

851

: 00:28:03

yes, you can't cuss, can't do anything.

852

: 00:28:06

And then like, Hey, hey, hey.

853

: 00:28:08

And everyone showed up and

it's like, wait, we've been

854

: 00:28:11

playing this the whole time.

855

: 00:28:12

You have to say

856

: 00:28:13

Rob: yes.

857

: 00:28:13

They're on the, they're on the booze bus.

858

: 00:28:15

Yes.

859

: 00:28:15

Every time they have to say something,

they have to say, daddy with it.

860

: 00:28:18

Yeah.

861

: 00:28:20

You lose six points for not

saying daddy on the bus.

862

: 00:28:22

It's like, yeah, my emotions are gone.

863

: 00:28:24

Chris: Yes.

864

: 00:28:25

Well, and then they do.

865

: 00:28:27

Like they keep some people

for multiple episodes.

866

: 00:28:30

Well, these people all showed up and

they were like, we're filming, and they

867

: 00:28:33

thought they were filming another episode.

868

: 00:28:35

Dude was like, no, you're

getting a one year challenge.

869

: 00:28:38

Yeah.

870

: 00:28:39

Oh no, it was at the end of that episode.

871

: 00:28:41

Yes.

872

: 00:28:41

There was like, here's 15 challenges

you have a year to compete.

873

: 00:28:44

And they were like, I'm still drunk

from the last episode we filmed,

874

: 00:28:49

and they give 'em a whole year.

875

: 00:28:50

And I'm like, this is actually

kind of cool because they're

876

: 00:28:53

all completely different.

877

: 00:28:54

Um, they drop like behind the

scenes episodes every other week.

878

: 00:28:58

Okay.

879

: 00:28:58

Which is cool.

880

: 00:28:59

Uh, but that's, when you're talking

about trivia, I'm like, that's just

881

: 00:29:02

fun because like, some of it's trivia,

but some of it's just like, yeah.

882

: 00:29:05

Silly.

883

: 00:29:06

Rob: Yeah.

884

: 00:29:06

And then they have games

like, um, actually.

885

: 00:29:08

Mm-hmm.

886

: 00:29:09

Which is like, he'll say a

statement and you got a correct.

887

: 00:29:11

Where it's like, um, actually, and

it's so funny to hear that because

888

: 00:29:15

you hear that so much at trivia.

889

: 00:29:16

You're like, well, um, actually

technically that can be this thing.

890

: 00:29:19

You're just like, go the hell.

891

: 00:29:21

I actually had to curse one person

at once because he kept constantly

892

: 00:29:24

in directing me for weeks on end.

893

: 00:29:26

Oh, we're good now.

894

: 00:29:27

Yeah.

895

: 00:29:27

But it's just the point.

896

: 00:29:28

I'm just like, dude, if you

don't like it, get the fuck out.

897

: 00:29:31

Right.

898

: 00:29:32

Like just go away.

899

: 00:29:33

This isn't fun for any of

us right now, but that's

900

: 00:29:35

Chris: why they made the shows because

it's like a play on, you're doing trivia.

901

: 00:29:39

Someone always has to correct you.

902

: 00:29:40

Yes.

903

: 00:29:40

Right.

904

: 00:29:41

Rob: Yeah.

905

: 00:29:41

And there props around there.

906

: 00:29:42

There's a square Pokemon ball.

907

: 00:29:44

It's just like, just feels wrong.

908

: 00:29:46

It's in there.

909

: 00:29:48

Chris: It's just, it's a good thing.

910

: 00:29:50

There's a bunch of clips on TikTok and

YouTube, so you should check it out.

911

: 00:29:54

Yes.

912

: 00:29:54

Is the

913

: 00:29:54

Tyler: love of game shows in

general, is that where just Yes.

914

: 00:29:58

Everything other than.

915

: 00:30:01

Also, including trivia has come

into the way that you play.

916

: 00:30:04

Rob: Yes.

917

: 00:30:05

And also how I grew up, I was very

much a loner, not in the sense of

918

: 00:30:12

just like blow things up, just kind of

like an outcast, like dorky, very high

919

: 00:30:18

energy, didn't really fit in anywhere.

920

: 00:30:20

So as I grew up into my twenties and

thirties, I wanted to create more of an

921

: 00:30:24

atmosphere where everyone was welcome.

922

: 00:30:26

Mm-hmm.

923

: 00:30:26

And you can come with your

friends, come and meet new friends.

924

: 00:30:30

And just have a great time.

925

: 00:30:31

I've had people come in who ha, who

just randomly just started playing

926

: 00:30:35

together, who had been playing

together for eight, nine years now.

927

: 00:30:39

I've had people I can remember,

um, two people, Jeff and Sarah.

928

: 00:30:43

I remember seeing Jeff, um, play

some team crap, hammer, and he

929

: 00:30:47

would always come in at dig at dig

and dive and sit in a corner and.

930

: 00:30:51

A girl one night and just like,

oh, is this gonna work out for you?

931

: 00:30:55

He's just like, uh, I don't know.

932

: 00:30:56

They now have three kids.

933

: 00:30:58

Oh, wow.

934

: 00:30:59

It's to see the, the, the teams that

come together, get married, have kids.

935

: 00:31:03

Mm-hmm.

936

: 00:31:03

And the people you seen along the

way that you don't see anymore.

937

: 00:31:07

I'm like, man, I hope they're doing well.

938

: 00:31:09

Right.

939

: 00:31:09

Yeah.

940

: 00:31:09

Things like that and just

create that atmosphere for

941

: 00:31:11

people just to come together.

942

: 00:31:13

Ha.

943

: 00:31:13

Just not worry about things and just

this, this is their place to have fun.

944

: 00:31:17

Have a great time and smile.

945

: 00:31:20

Just enjoy life.

946

: 00:31:21

Yeah.

947

: 00:31:21

Tyler: That's neat.

948

: 00:31:22

And I know this is a, like

a side gig for you, right?

949

: 00:31:25

Yes.

950

: 00:31:25

But what other aspirations

do you have for it?

951

: 00:31:28

Uh, outside of just the,

like two times a week maybe?

952

: 00:31:31

Or, or is that what your aspiration is?

953

: 00:31:33

It's just something for

you to get out and do?

954

: 00:31:35

Rob: So I, before the pandemic, I

used to have an unhealthy aspiration

955

: 00:31:40

of it because I was so obsessed.

956

: 00:31:42

It's like, no, I gotta be the best.

957

: 00:31:43

I gotta win these awards.

958

: 00:31:43

Mm-hmm.

959

: 00:31:44

Encore, we've been out the award

when they were still big and

960

: 00:31:46

publishing before the pandemic.

961

: 00:31:48

And they would give out

trivia hosts of the year.

962

: 00:31:50

I'm like, oh, I need to win it.

963

: 00:31:50

I, I need to make sure I follow the rules.

964

: 00:31:52

Everything like that.

965

: 00:31:52

And I goes like, once the pandemic came

and there was no trivia at all, I was

966

: 00:31:56

just like, man, I had my priorities wrong.

967

: 00:31:59

Right?

968

: 00:31:59

It was not about being the

best, it was just being great

969

: 00:32:03

for the people that enjoyed it.

970

: 00:32:06

So I was able to kind of redo things,

just focus on creating the trivia

971

: 00:32:10

I want to be at, and that would

just be most welcoming to people.

972

: 00:32:13

Yeah.

973

: 00:32:14

Yeah.

974

: 00:32:14

With that has become more success.

975

: 00:32:17

And I was doing three nights for a while.

976

: 00:32:19

There's burnout with three nights when

you have a full-time job, eight to five,

977

: 00:32:23

and you have a wife and you want to go

work out, you want to go on vacation.

978

: 00:32:27

So it's, if I can find the

right third night, I will do it.

979

: 00:32:31

I would love it to be at like a single

player trivia night where everyone just

980

: 00:32:34

comes in like you're, it's battle royale.

981

: 00:32:36

It's like Fortnite, you gotta

play with, play by yourself and

982

: 00:32:39

don't say play with yourself.

983

: 00:32:40

That would.

984

: 00:32:42

Tyler: Start a whole other different

location that you'd be doing trivia.

985

: 00:32:47

Rob: People let out some

frustrations with their team names.

986

: 00:32:49

Dear Lord.

987

: 00:32:52

Oh no.

988

: 00:32:52

Oh, quiz on my face.

989

: 00:32:53

Quiz on myself.

990

: 00:32:54

I'm just like, huh?

991

: 00:32:54

Oh my God, your people.

992

: 00:32:55

I didn't even think about that

993

: 00:32:59

Chris: boy.

994

: 00:33:01

So what is your second favorite team name?

995

: 00:33:05

Rob: Oh Lord.

996

: 00:33:08

Chris: Sorry.

997

: 00:33:08

That's the most crisp thing.

998

: 00:33:10

Yeah.

999

: 00:33:10

Because everyone always asks

you, what's your number one?

: 1000

00:33:13,070 --> 00:33:13,190

And

: 1001

00:33:13,190 --> 00:33:13,735

Rob: I'm like my number one.

: 1002

00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:17,600

My number one will always be

my couch balls out, but I don't

: 1003

00:33:20,510 --> 00:33:20,840

Yeah.

: 1004

00:33:21,020 --> 00:33:22,159

That's barely been pregnant is one.

: 1005

00:33:22,159 --> 00:33:22,460

Always.

: 1006

00:33:22,460 --> 00:33:24,139

I've always seen, I

haven't seen a few years.

: 1007

00:33:24,830 --> 00:33:27,469

Um, he'll see.

: 1008

00:33:27,710 --> 00:33:30,115

And within the next like months,

I was gonna say show next week

: 1009

00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:32,090

someone, oh, someone always does.

: 1010

00:33:32,885 --> 00:33:34,594

But it's, oh man.

: 1011

00:33:34,594 --> 00:33:38,255

It's like, I thought that was,

I thought the, no, I, the best

: 1012

00:33:38,255 --> 00:33:41,915

one is I thought this was speed

dating, or this speed dating sucks.

: 1013

00:33:42,514 --> 00:33:42,815

Nice.

: 1014

00:33:43,025 --> 00:33:45,665

They, they play on my Tuesday night now.

: 1015

00:33:45,755 --> 00:33:48,365

They ha they're married now and

they now have their first son.

: 1016

00:33:48,785 --> 00:33:49,205

Oh wow.

: 1017

00:33:49,505 --> 00:33:49,925

And

: 1018

00:33:52,085 --> 00:33:52,595

that one's great.

: 1019

00:33:52,595 --> 00:33:53,615

He is like, I thought

there was speed dating.

: 1020

00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:54,575

What's, why am I here?

: 1021

00:33:56,465 --> 00:33:57,665

Have you ever done speed dating?

: 1022

00:33:57,995 --> 00:33:58,235

Mm-hmm.

: 1023

00:33:58,295 --> 00:33:58,625

No.

: 1024

00:33:59,075 --> 00:34:01,145

Not we call that tender now, right?

: 1025

00:34:02,165 --> 00:34:02,555

Tyler: Uh, no.

: 1026

00:34:02,555 --> 00:34:02,765

No.

: 1027

00:34:02,765 --> 00:34:03,185

Yes, yes.

: 1028

00:34:03,185 --> 00:34:03,725

No, no.

: 1029

00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:06,095

I've gotten married before.

: 1030

00:34:06,155 --> 00:34:07,985

The whole like tin thing got too big.

: 1031

00:34:08,389 --> 00:34:10,250

You were not married before

Speed dating, was it?

: 1032

00:34:10,250 --> 00:34:10,550

No, no, no.

: 1033

00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:11,360

I didn't say speed dating.

: 1034

00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:12,080

I said Tinder.

: 1035

00:34:12,590 --> 00:34:12,679

True.

: 1036

00:34:13,639 --> 00:34:16,639

Chris: I pick on him because one

of my favorite movies is Hitch.

: 1037

00:34:16,820 --> 00:34:17,000

Yeah.

: 1038

00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:17,060

Too.

: 1039

00:34:17,060 --> 00:34:19,820

There's always a scene where he is like

doing the speed dating and he's like,

: 1040

00:34:19,940 --> 00:34:21,260

Tyler: I have too much anxiety for that.

: 1041

00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:23,000

Really?

: 1042

00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:23,540

Yeah.

: 1043

00:34:23,989 --> 00:34:26,389

I would lose it like the third person

in, I'd be like, can't take it.

: 1044

00:34:26,975 --> 00:34:28,820

I'd questions be like, not that weirdo.

: 1045

00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:31,340

Chris: I just, you asked

me the same question.

: 1046

00:34:31,955 --> 00:34:32,225

No.

: 1047

00:34:32,284 --> 00:34:32,645

Oh no.

: 1048

00:34:32,645 --> 00:34:33,395

That was a different person.

: 1049

00:34:33,395 --> 00:34:33,989

I'm sorry, what?

: 1050

00:34:34,235 --> 00:34:34,895

What were you saying again?

: 1051

00:34:35,495 --> 00:34:39,545

Running back in the right direction,

uh, because it's not speed

: 1052

00:34:39,545 --> 00:34:41,074

dating and you like to work out.

: 1053

00:34:41,165 --> 00:34:42,335

How'd you end up in Run Club?

: 1054

00:34:42,574 --> 00:34:43,264

I know it's random.

: 1055

00:34:43,685 --> 00:34:44,764

Rob: Um, I used.

: 1056

00:34:45,755 --> 00:34:50,045

I started running again in my mid

twenties 'cause I was doing stuff

: 1057

00:34:50,045 --> 00:34:51,755

like Warrior Dash and stuff like that.

: 1058

00:34:51,875 --> 00:34:54,905

I loved sprinting in high school, but

I knew like that wasn't sustainable.

: 1059

00:34:55,025 --> 00:34:55,114

Mm-hmm.

: 1060

00:34:55,505 --> 00:34:57,905

So I started doing like

five Ks, things like that.

: 1061

00:34:57,905 --> 00:35:02,075

Mud runs, and then I was doing orange

theory for a long time and that was fun.

: 1062

00:35:02,765 --> 00:35:03,905

But I wanted to be outside.

: 1063

00:35:03,905 --> 00:35:05,525

I don't just wanna be looking

at a treadmill in a mirror,

: 1064

00:35:05,525 --> 00:35:06,545

just looking at myself running.

: 1065

00:35:06,575 --> 00:35:07,715

I'm like, no, that's not fun.

: 1066

00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:11,510

So I started going to the Highwire

Run Club on Monday nights.

: 1067

00:35:11,660 --> 00:35:11,810

Oh yeah.

: 1068

00:35:12,050 --> 00:35:16,640

Um, fleet, fleet Feet puts that on and

there that is just like awesome community,

: 1069

00:35:17,510 --> 00:35:19,100

great group of people to run with.

: 1070

00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,840

Met my, one of my buddy Zach there.

: 1071

00:35:20,990 --> 00:35:25,280

He now comes to my trip nights

and hang out and it's awesome.

: 1072

00:35:26,015 --> 00:35:30,155

That's, um, and it's for any skill

level, we, we, knowing their care

: 1073

00:35:30,155 --> 00:35:32,765

is like, oh, you're gonna do five

miles at a seven minute pace.

: 1074

00:35:32,765 --> 00:35:37,175

Like, no, you gonna go walk two miles?

: 1075

00:35:37,175 --> 00:35:37,655

Cool man.

: 1076

00:35:37,655 --> 00:35:38,075

Awesome.

: 1077

00:35:38,165 --> 00:35:41,825

High five, you're gonna do your best

run at 10 minute pace for three miles.

: 1078

00:35:41,915 --> 00:35:42,695

That's fantastic.

: 1079

00:35:42,695 --> 00:35:43,265

Good for you.

: 1080

00:35:43,355 --> 00:35:43,505

All: Yeah,

: 1081

00:35:43,655 --> 00:35:44,765

Rob: we don't care there.

: 1082

00:35:44,765 --> 00:35:48,125

It's about just like with my trip,

it's about coming together, having

: 1083

00:35:48,125 --> 00:35:49,925

fun and just making yourself better.

: 1084

00:35:51,005 --> 00:35:52,295

Tyler: See, I never

understood how that, like.

: 1085

00:35:52,820 --> 00:35:53,360

Works.

: 1086

00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,370

So I'm a terrible runner to begin with.

: 1087

00:35:55,430 --> 00:35:55,490

Yeah.

: 1088

00:35:55,490 --> 00:35:58,880

Like I will pick up very heavy things

and put them back down all day long.

: 1089

00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:03,110

But when it comes to running any distance,

I always wondered how the run clubs work.

: 1090

00:36:03,170 --> 00:36:06,200

It's like if you're just quick, you

just get to the finish line quicker

: 1091

00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,840

and then everyone just hangs out and

drinks and so like everyone comes back

: 1092

00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:09,645

and just hang out and we socialize.

: 1093

00:36:09,645 --> 00:36:16,190

Rob: We there, there are people from

: 1821

: 1094

00:36:16,190 --> 00:36:16,250

Wow.

: 1095

00:36:16,255 --> 00:36:16,725

It doesn't matter.

: 1096

00:36:16,725 --> 00:36:16,925

Oh wow.

: 1097

00:36:16,930 --> 00:36:17,090

Okay.

: 1098

00:36:17,330 --> 00:36:18,140

Like I'm 41.

: 1099

00:36:19,295 --> 00:36:20,465

I, I, I don't care.

: 1100

00:36:20,735 --> 00:36:23,225

There are gonna be 20 year

olds that are gonna crush me.

: 1101

00:36:24,215 --> 00:36:24,545

Whatever.

: 1102

00:36:24,545 --> 00:36:25,235

I'm running my own pace.

: 1103

00:36:25,235 --> 00:36:26,045

I'm not running for them.

: 1104

00:36:26,045 --> 00:36:26,585

I'm running for me.

: 1105

00:36:26,705 --> 00:36:26,885

Right?

: 1106

00:36:27,065 --> 00:36:30,305

Then that's the, that's the mentality

with any kind of working out people

: 1107

00:36:30,305 --> 00:36:34,655

need to realize is that you need

to stop work looking around and

: 1108

00:36:34,655 --> 00:36:36,125

just look forward in that mirror.

: 1109

00:36:36,215 --> 00:36:37,565

Just look at you, right?

: 1110

00:36:37,595 --> 00:36:41,330

And whatever is fun or enjoyable

for you, for your workout, do it.

: 1111

00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:43,580

Picking heavy things up

and putting 'em down.

: 1112

00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:44,360

Awesome.

: 1113

00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,280

My brother-in-law loves that stuff.

: 1114

00:36:46,820 --> 00:36:47,330

Hates running.

: 1115

00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:48,740

I'm like, but loves biking.

: 1116

00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:49,580

Don't do that stuff.

: 1117

00:36:49,580 --> 00:36:50,300

You don't like running.

: 1118

00:36:50,630 --> 00:36:52,220

Get on a bike, go for a swim.

: 1119

00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:53,660

Go play volleyball.

: 1120

00:36:53,660 --> 00:36:55,040

Go play kickball.

: 1121

00:36:55,220 --> 00:36:58,400

There's plenty of things that are

fun you can still do to work out

: 1122

00:36:58,730 --> 00:36:59,360

as long as it makes you happy.

: 1123

00:36:59,360 --> 00:36:59,570

Very true.

: 1124

00:37:00,590 --> 00:37:01,070

Chris: Good point.

: 1125

00:37:01,820 --> 00:37:04,850

So do you have any

final questions for him?

: 1126

00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:06,980

Tyler: Yes I do.

: 1127

00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,430

So one of my final questions is

if you could tell your younger

: 1128

00:37:10,430 --> 00:37:11,362

self one thing, what would it be?

: 1129

00:37:12,290 --> 00:37:15,050

Rob: Oh, this is the emotional one

for me, especially after the year

: 1130

00:37:15,050 --> 00:37:17,420

I've had, um, you're gonna make it?

: 1131

00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:18,500

All: Mm mm

: 1132

00:37:18,980 --> 00:37:19,190

Rob: Good.

: 1133

00:37:19,250 --> 00:37:20,600

It, it's, it's gonna get better.

: 1134

00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:21,500

I know it's hard.

: 1135

00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:22,880

I know you feel alone.

: 1136

00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:24,290

I know you feel like you don't belong.

: 1137

00:37:24,860 --> 00:37:24,950

Oh.

: 1138

00:37:26,775 --> 00:37:27,195

All: Mm-hmm.

: 1139

00:37:27,775 --> 00:37:30,230

Rob: But you're gonna find

the love of your life.

: 1140

00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:34,790

You're gonna be accepted, and

you didn't have to change.

: 1141

00:37:34,910 --> 00:37:36,800

You just had to be yourself

the whole entire time.

: 1142

00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:38,030

Tyler: Amazing.

: 1143

00:37:38,030 --> 00:37:38,600

I love that.

: 1144

00:37:38,630 --> 00:37:39,710

Yeah, that's very good.

: 1145

00:37:40,310 --> 00:37:43,130

Probably with the trivia and stuff

too, just being truly yourself

: 1146

00:37:43,130 --> 00:37:45,830

probably found a huge community

that is just around you, right?

: 1147

00:37:45,860 --> 00:37:46,730

Chris: Yeah, exactly.

: 1148

00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:47,810

That's awesome.

: 1149

00:37:47,930 --> 00:37:48,470

Very good.

: 1150

00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:50,810

So I have two questions for you.

: 1151

00:37:50,810 --> 00:37:56,780

Oh, tell me, uh, I, I am the one

who asked the silliness questions.

: 1152

00:37:56,810 --> 00:37:57,140

I love it.

: 1153

00:37:57,140 --> 00:37:58,970

All right, so, uh, you

have one serious one.

: 1154

00:37:59,390 --> 00:38:00,650

I do have one serious one.

: 1155

00:38:00,650 --> 00:38:02,390

So I'm, I'm asking a

serious question then.

: 1156

00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:03,230

A funny question.

: 1157

00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:03,590

All right.

: 1158

00:38:03,890 --> 00:38:06,530

Um, so what does success

look like for you?

: 1159

00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:10,985

Rob: What it used to

look like was body count.

: 1160

00:38:11,015 --> 00:38:12,605

How many bodies could you get into there?

: 1161

00:38:12,610 --> 00:38:12,860

Mm-hmm.

: 1162

00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,235

And there will always be a little

bit in the back of any trivia

: 1163

00:38:16,235 --> 00:38:18,605

host's head worry about people.

: 1164

00:38:20,345 --> 00:38:24,935

But in reality, it's the people

smiling and saying, I had a great time.

: 1165

00:38:25,505 --> 00:38:26,795

That's what's most important to me.

: 1166

00:38:27,065 --> 00:38:27,695

It's like, thank you.

: 1167

00:38:27,695 --> 00:38:28,985

I had a great time, have a great night.

: 1168

00:38:28,985 --> 00:38:29,435

Stuff like that.

: 1169

00:38:29,435 --> 00:38:31,055

They say it to me, I'm

like, that's awesome.

: 1170

00:38:31,205 --> 00:38:32,375

That's the most important thing.

: 1171

00:38:32,495 --> 00:38:32,675

Tyler: Yeah.

: 1172

00:38:33,305 --> 00:38:36,155

Rob: Because people coming

out and enjoying themselves.

: 1173

00:38:36,695 --> 00:38:40,775

That means the time I spent writing

and hosting and putting myself

: 1174

00:38:40,775 --> 00:38:42,965

out there, it was worth it for

these people to come together.

: 1175

00:38:42,965 --> 00:38:43,565

Have a great time.

: 1176

00:38:44,195 --> 00:38:44,705

Chris: I like that.

: 1177

00:38:45,425 --> 00:38:47,795

So now I lied.

: 1178

00:38:47,795 --> 00:38:48,935

I have two silly questions.

: 1179

00:38:49,025 --> 00:38:49,115

Cool.

: 1180

00:38:49,265 --> 00:38:49,565

All right.

: 1181

00:38:49,865 --> 00:38:51,215

So first one.

: 1182

00:38:51,215 --> 00:38:51,305

Mm-hmm.

: 1183

00:38:52,295 --> 00:38:55,295

What's a movie that you

think everyone should watch?

: 1184

00:38:58,685 --> 00:39:00,065

Doesn't even have to be a great movie.

: 1185

00:39:00,095 --> 00:39:00,365

No.

: 1186

00:39:00,545 --> 00:39:01,235

Or like, I think

: 1187

00:39:01,235 --> 00:39:03,965

Rob: it's a great movie

and it's very specific.

: 1188

00:39:04,025 --> 00:39:04,355

Okay.

: 1189

00:39:04,535 --> 00:39:05,735

It's Kingdom of Heaven.

: 1190

00:39:06,965 --> 00:39:09,725

It's a, that's the one with Orlando Bloom.

: 1191

00:39:09,935 --> 00:39:10,145

Okay.

: 1192

00:39:10,145 --> 00:39:12,815

It's a really Scott movie, but you

have to watch the director's cut,

: 1193

00:39:12,935 --> 00:39:16,235

do not watch the original cut,

the director's cut, everything.

: 1194

00:39:16,235 --> 00:39:16,865

Makes sense.

: 1195

00:39:16,865 --> 00:39:18,005

And it's awesome.

: 1196

00:39:18,010 --> 00:39:18,575

Ah, okay.

: 1197

00:39:18,575 --> 00:39:18,576

Okay.

: 1198

00:39:18,905 --> 00:39:21,155

Because you watch the movie like

a regular movie I watched before.

: 1199

00:39:21,155 --> 00:39:22,775

I'm like, this is okay.

: 1200

00:39:22,775 --> 00:39:23,345

The director's cut.

: 1201

00:39:23,345 --> 00:39:24,365

I'm like, oh, this

: 1202

00:39:24,365 --> 00:39:24,965

Tyler: is awesome.

: 1203

00:39:25,205 --> 00:39:25,505

Chris: Okay.

: 1204

00:39:25,565 --> 00:39:25,895

Oh wow.

: 1205

00:39:25,955 --> 00:39:26,285

Okay.

: 1206

00:39:26,705 --> 00:39:27,515

I'll have to do that.

: 1207

00:39:27,905 --> 00:39:33,575

And second question, what song

do you think is playing in hell?

: 1208

00:39:34,570 --> 00:39:35,345

Hell yeah.

: 1209

00:39:36,575 --> 00:39:39,935

We've been adding like random,

I was trying to like add silly

: 1210

00:39:39,935 --> 00:39:43,745

stuff to work and so I'm like,

we ask everybody and it's like.

: 1211

00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:47,375

Yes, we know that it is torture baby

: 1212

00:39:47,375 --> 00:39:47,795

Tyler: shark.

: 1213

00:39:47,825 --> 00:39:48,005

Chris: Yeah.

: 1214

00:39:48,095 --> 00:39:50,100

Oh, I was about, that was one.

: 1215

00:39:50,220 --> 00:39:52,260

I was, but that's the,

that's the easy one, right?

: 1216

00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:53,540

That's the easier modern

: 1217

00:39:53,540 --> 00:39:53,740

Rob: one.

: 1218

00:39:53,765 --> 00:39:55,475

I wanna go back in time to something else.

: 1219

00:39:55,775 --> 00:39:55,900

Chris: Oh yeah.

: 1220

00:39:56,015 --> 00:39:59,915

I said rickroll, like everyone's

getting, never gonna give you

: 1221

00:39:59,915 --> 00:40:01,085

a, but it's actually good game.

: 1222

00:40:01,085 --> 00:40:01,325

I don't know.

: 1223

00:40:01,325 --> 00:40:01,895

I like that though.

: 1224

00:40:03,305 --> 00:40:05,495

Um, but every time you think it's.

: 1225

00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:06,740

A new song.

: 1226

00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:07,880

It just keeps going.

: 1227

00:40:08,780 --> 00:40:11,780

Rob: If you only hear it once,

like the song I'm gonna pick,

: 1228

00:40:11,780 --> 00:40:14,000

if you only hear it once and you

haven't heard in a very long time.

: 1229

00:40:14,210 --> 00:40:14,720

Awesome.

: 1230

00:40:15,290 --> 00:40:16,820

When you went through the

nineties, you heard it.

: 1231

00:40:16,820 --> 00:40:19,250

Every of the Second Barbie Girl by Aqua.

: 1232

00:40:20,180 --> 00:40:21,740

Oh, that's the seventh

circle of hell song.

: 1233

00:40:21,740 --> 00:40:21,855

It is.

: 1234

00:40:22,315 --> 00:40:23,090

It is so

: 1235

00:40:23,090 --> 00:40:23,540

Chris: bad.

: 1236

00:40:25,430 --> 00:40:26,375

Rob: That was on Everywhere.

: 1237

00:40:26,420 --> 00:40:27,410

And you're like, oh my God.

: 1238

00:40:27,410 --> 00:40:27,710

Just stop.

: 1239

00:40:29,180 --> 00:40:30,650

Tyler: Alright, well I

have, I have, I lied.

: 1240

00:40:30,650 --> 00:40:33,260

I have one more question since

we went down that rabbit hole.

: 1241

00:40:33,260 --> 00:40:33,710

We'll do one more.

: 1242

00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:34,280

Yeah.

: 1243

00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,550

What is one of your unpopular opinions?

: 1244

00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:41,930

All: Oh,

: 1245

00:40:43,580 --> 00:40:44,300

Rob: man.

: 1246

00:40:47,210 --> 00:40:49,760

Unpopular, I don't know.

: 1247

00:40:50,090 --> 00:40:50,720

Um,

: 1248

00:40:53,780 --> 00:40:54,365

oh, okay.

: 1249

00:40:54,365 --> 00:40:55,040

No, I got it.

: 1250

00:40:55,100 --> 00:40:56,120

Game A throne sucks.

: 1251

00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:58,670

Wait, the show or the book?

: 1252

00:40:58,760 --> 00:40:59,150

Just in general?

: 1253

00:40:59,150 --> 00:41:00,530

It was, I'm never, I'm not a big reader.

: 1254

00:41:00,650 --> 00:41:01,010

Okay.

: 1255

00:41:01,430 --> 00:41:02,210

Did They were fine.

: 1256

00:41:02,270 --> 00:41:04,010

They were like for, it was

like, oh, this is amazing.

: 1257

00:41:04,625 --> 00:41:04,865

Bru.

: 1258

00:41:05,645 --> 00:41:05,945

Yeah.

: 1259

00:41:06,905 --> 00:41:09,575

It's, it's, it's the, it's

Lord of the Rings with ERPs.

: 1260

00:41:09,875 --> 00:41:09,995

Yeah.

: 1261

00:41:10,865 --> 00:41:13,085

And, and apparently

incest and, or we weird.

: 1262

00:41:13,505 --> 00:41:14,105

No, I'm good.

: 1263

00:41:14,675 --> 00:41:15,275

Tyler: Yeah.

: 1264

00:41:15,905 --> 00:41:16,895

I tried to get into it.

: 1265

00:41:16,895 --> 00:41:18,425

All my friends were like, oh,

that's the best thing ever.

: 1266

00:41:18,425 --> 00:41:21,125

I couldn't get past like

the second or third episode.

: 1267

00:41:21,125 --> 00:41:22,235

I'm like, I, I just can't.

: 1268

00:41:22,235 --> 00:41:22,595

Sorry.

: 1269

00:41:22,835 --> 00:41:23,735

Rob: No manor.

: 1270

00:41:23,795 --> 00:41:24,755

That was, that was my jam.

: 1271

00:41:24,875 --> 00:41:25,325

That was good.

: 1272

00:41:25,415 --> 00:41:25,715

Okay.

: 1273

00:41:25,715 --> 00:41:26,375

Yeah, I can see that.

: 1274

00:41:26,495 --> 00:41:26,765

Yeah.

: 1275

00:41:27,725 --> 00:41:30,575

Chris: So where can people

find you on social media?

: 1276

00:41:30,575 --> 00:41:30,695

On

: 1277

00:41:30,695 --> 00:41:31,415

Rob: social media?

: 1278

00:41:31,415 --> 00:41:32,045

I am.

: 1279

00:41:32,495 --> 00:41:34,565

Mediocre, uh, yeah.

: 1280

00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:36,965

At trivia with rj, all one word.

: 1281

00:41:37,175 --> 00:41:37,445

Okay.

: 1282

00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,605

And, um, that's on Facebook and Instagram.

: 1283

00:41:39,605 --> 00:41:40,145

I'm Okay.

: 1284

00:41:40,295 --> 00:41:42,785

Terrible with Twitter X,

whatever you wanna call it.

: 1285

00:41:42,785 --> 00:41:46,445

That's other levels of toxic I

ain't going near and I don't know

: 1286

00:41:46,715 --> 00:41:47,945

threads that well either, so.

: 1287

00:41:47,945 --> 00:41:48,395

Got you.

: 1288

00:41:48,725 --> 00:41:51,455

Chris: Well, this way people

can like check and see Yep.

: 1289

00:41:51,485 --> 00:41:55,085

If you change things up or you're like,

yes, we'll be here tonight, or if you

: 1290

00:41:55,085 --> 00:41:56,735

drop any hints or anything like that.

: 1291

00:41:57,035 --> 00:41:57,365

Rob: Yeah.

: 1292

00:41:57,365 --> 00:42:00,725

And I don't, and I need to my, I have a

social media person helping me out now.

: 1293

00:42:00,755 --> 00:42:00,995

Yeah.

: 1294

00:42:01,550 --> 00:42:04,880

Christina and she's really good at what

she does and I mean, she's like, you

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maybe wanna start hot dropping hints.

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I'm like, yeah, I know, but I don't wanna

help the teams that are really good.

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That's the problem.

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Right?

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Yeah.

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Good point.

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Chris: Well, you drop hints

to the easier questions.

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Yeah.

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Like the mid tier.

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Rob: Yeah.

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And I think I wanna, I'm thinking

about too, is new players I

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wanna give you like, Hey, you're

a new player, here's 50 points.

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Thanks for showing up.

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Oh yeah, yeah.

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Chris: See,

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Rob: yeah, that's

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Tyler: actually incentivized.

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That's a pretty good idea.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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That way too because, because the

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Rob: loyal people are gonna be

loyal and they're always gonna win.

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They're gonna have a bank roll

of like, Hey, this week we're

: 1318

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gonna spend $300 in gift cards.

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I'm like, you gave this

money out, bartender.

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Have fun, right?

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Gosh, that will, oh, okay.

: 1322

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Pet peeve for trivia.

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If you played trivia, you win a gift

card and you don't tip, don't come back.

: 1324

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I don't wanna see your

face in a bar Again.

: 1325

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That's point If you don't take care

of the staff in any way, shape, or

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form, don't come to my trivia nights.

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That's

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Tyler: actually a very good one.

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No,

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Rob: I will fight you.

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Tyler: Yeah.

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Rob: Oh,

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Tyler: that does drive me nuts too.

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There's been times I've

seen people, they'll like.

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Like a hundred dollars tab and

they have like a $75 thing and

: 1336

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they're like, all right, here's $5.

: 1337

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And I'm like, that's not how this works.

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No.

: 1339

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I'm like, was each drink how much?

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No.

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Right.

: 1342

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Chris: See, my problem is I want to

tip with the gift card 'cause I'm

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like, someone gave me a $50 gift

card and I'm only spending 30 bucks.

: 1344

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I'm like, can I just not tip

the other 20 on a gift card?

: 1345

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Sometimes you gotta, yes.

: 1346

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Some places will let you in other spots.

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I'm like.

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Rob: At my bars, they will let you?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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If, and if they, if they don't,

please tip in cash, just Right.

: 1353

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Help help them out.

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Come on.

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Yes, because 'cause Poor Ellis Pub,

um, Cameron and Preston are the owners

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and they're the only two bartenders.

: 1357

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So you're tipping the owners.

: 1358

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Oh, okay.

: 1359

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Um, when it comes to poor taproom.

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You're tip tipping a staff

that cleans the place.

: 1361

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I know it's a self poor place.

: 1362

00:43:47,015 --> 00:43:50,315

Well, I shouldn't have to tip on self

poor, and it's just like, okay, well we

: 1363

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pick up your dirty glasses and make you

cocktails behind the go, behind the bar.

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Excuse me.

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Yeah.

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Yes.

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You still need to tip.

: 1368

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Yes.

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Tyler: It is crazy.

: 1370

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I guess I could, I guess I

could understand the concept.

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I don't know.

: 1372

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For me, just not tipping is wild.

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Like no matter what it's.

: 1374

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Yes.

: 1375

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I mean, well, I mean, like, yeah,

if someone comes and fixtures your

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AC and you're already paying them a

zillion dollars, and they're like,

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what tip do you wanna add to it?

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Yes.

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Okay.

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That's a little excessive, but

still, I, I get what you're saying.

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See.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So

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Chris: thank you.

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We, we love the hot we've, we've

realized that hot takes are fun.

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Yes.

: 1388

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But I, he likes hot takes and I just

like silly outtakes, so I got 'em both.

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Yes.

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Tyler: I just like the hot takes because

you got a lot of views on TikTok.

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I mean,

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Chris: very true.

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Very true.

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But thank you for coming out.

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Thank

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Rob: you for having me.

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It's been a pleasure.

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Thank you.

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Chris: That was a blast.

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Thank you guys for watching.

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And for those who listen, you're the best.

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Um, if you need some as SMR,

this is not the channel for it.

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Mm-hmm.

: 1404

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And, you know, we'll

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Cheers.

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