WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:07.320 Hey, guys, this one was hard. You know, I've I've tried 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:13.519 recording this five or six different times, and every time, at a certain 3 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:20.960 point I get a little misty, my voice starts to crack, and it 4 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:25.879 becomes real, you know, the way that all of this is, you 5 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:31.480 know, except for the most important part, because that shit's fucking fake anyway, 6 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:37.399 ten years, man, you know, it didn't really click in my 7 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:42.640 head. You hear the the TLFX, you know, sort of run up 8 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:47.640 audio that you guys have done in terms of all these testimonials, and you 9 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:53.600 know, anytime you mentioned TLFX and you know what's coming and ten years, 10 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:58.920 you hear the term ten years, and it just it doesn't really mean anything. 11 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:03.920 You have to you have to be affected by it. And I was, 12 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:10.239 I don't know, a month or two ago, somebody on Twitter x 13 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:18.280 said I spent the entirety of my thirties with these guys. I'm forty now, 14 00:01:18.319 --> 00:01:23.560 and that it hit me like a freight train man like I am, 15 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:27.599 that I'm in the same boat. You know, I came on very very 16 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.439 early. I won't say day one, it was more like day eleven or 17 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:40.519 twelve, but very early on you you you fellas stuck in my craw and 18 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:49.840 my ass and and it was a full steam ahead ever since my buddy Andy 19 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:55.799 introduced me to you guys. And you know, I thought I had found 20 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:00.840 two brand new best friends. Frankly, and I think that's the the magic 21 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:04.920 of all this. We talked about it when we did that that failed podcast 22 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.919 that I that I put together, and we we did something around Mania a 23 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:13.639 couple of years ago, and that was really fun. But it's it's true, 24 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:20.400 you guys, You guys loom large in our lives, in the lives 25 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:24.759 of your listeners, and that's because you go so hard for us, you 26 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:31.719 know, like and yeah, everything is a transaction, right, except when 27 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:36.639 when it's real, it doesn't really matter, does it. It doesn't matter 28 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:43.360 that it's it's about. And then sounds cynical, right, It sound cynical 29 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:46.719 to say this is transaction transactional, But you know, if we're being intellectually 30 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:53.879 honest with each other, of course it is. But uh, success doesn't 31 00:02:53.919 --> 00:03:04.280 come without a level of ingenuity and level of genuine love for the subject. 32 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:13.800 And that is what you provide constantly and consistently. I spent my entire thirties 33 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:19.639 with the lapsed fan as part of my life. A quarter of my life. 34 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.719 Fuck, that's wild to think about. A quarter of my life has 35 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:30.240 been dedicated Uh well, I don't know about dedicated, but a large chunk 36 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:34.680 of that quarter of my life has been dedicated to having you in my ears, 37 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:42.000 the two of you. And that is not a unique position. That's 38 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:46.280 not a unique thing to say out loud, because there are thousands more just 39 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:50.800 like me that are that you know, have the same have the same story. 40 00:03:52.439 --> 00:04:00.479 I have been lucky and fortunate enough to have been in positions throughout the 41 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:04.879 last ten years to be able to bring something to the table for the two 42 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:11.479 of you occasionally as well. And we've had the opportunity to stay to be 43 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:17.040 in each other's presence a couple of times, and that is that is also 44 00:04:17.079 --> 00:04:24.000 invaluable to me, and so I thank you both for the kindness that you 45 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:30.040 have shown in person as well, from star Cast to the Ring of Honor 46 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:41.040 show at at the the Hammerstein too. I guess another star cast, Yeah, 47 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:51.720 yeah, Vegas too, Right anyway, it's it's so it's so inspiring 48 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:59.560 what you do and what you've found from a creative standpoint, that that that 49 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.439 not only were you there for a quarter of my life and my ear holes, 50 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:12.439 you know, making the mundane so much less mundane. You know, 51 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.800 I think just about everybody who's done one of these testimonials has mentioned the pandemic 52 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:21.439 and how integral you were to that. For us, I don't have a 53 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:27.879 story where I was suicidal or I got really sick or any of that stuff. 54 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:31.519 Not to discount those because those are incredible. But what I do have 55 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:40.839 is the gift that you gave to me during the pandemic was that you introduced 56 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:47.279 me to not directly, but through you Fellas. I was introduced to this 57 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:56.399 group of amazing people that we still have an active group chat, seven or 58 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:00.759 eight of us in there, and we talk every single day. And you 59 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:05.600 know, one of those people have become, you know, probably the best 60 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:11.680 friend I've got in this life where I've got a a ten month old and 61 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:15.199 very rarely leave the house or anything except something to do with a kid. 62 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:20.079 And so, you know, not only have we become incredible friends, but 63 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:28.560 Blake and I have even started our own thing. You know, we're doing 64 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:33.959 this this baseball podcast that is essentially a spinoff or you know, frankly a 65 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:41.240 rip off of what you guys do just with baseball from when it used to 66 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:46.399 be better straight up with you know, complete with voices and nonsense and boil 67 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:49.879 boy, do we work blue. But it's the it's the most fun I 68 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:56.040 have every week or two when we get together, because you know, we 69 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:00.879 get to be the boys right and be together and just have fun. It's 70 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:05.040 like playtime, right, even though it's two am. It's like playtime. 71 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:10.079 We get to do that. And none of that would have ever happened without 72 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:20.000 you. And the pebbles cast deep ripples on this pond, and those ripples 73 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:25.480 create ripples and so on and so on and so on, and there's something 74 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:30.759 pretty beautiful about that, if you ask me. And in the tapestry that 75 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:42.040 the two of you have woven in the past ten years. The programs themselves 76 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:46.800 are something to be proud of, but I think what is what you should 77 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:54.120 be most proud of is the solar system that you have built. The connections 78 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:57.680 that you have made between people that never would have been made if not for 79 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:03.680 you. There's something so powerful about at that, and uh yeah, I 80 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:09.920 am very thankful for it and for you both. If you stop tomorrow, 81 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:16.040 that would be really shitty. That would that would not be great, but 82 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:24.120 we would have quite the legacy of of things too to live up to and 83 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.519 and to to to to fall back on. I think Phil mentioned that in 84 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:35.440 his recording as well, and that is that's that's the whole ball game. 85 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:43.759 Thank you both. Really, I can't wait for Philadelphia, Uh, Blake 86 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.759 and I'll be there along with a whole hell of a lot more of this 87 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:52.480 older system. So looking forward to seeing the two of you there, not 88 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:58.360 going to WrestleMania and uh and you know, having some bagels and munching on 89 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:03.399 some bullshit. But truly thank you for the last ten years. You are 90 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:11.519 your inspirations and you don't get the credit you deserve in that regard, So 91 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:11.559 thank you.