Gettin' Sidetracked

Send us Fan Mail It's our Father's Day episode! The guys have a unique opportunity here. While all of them are Dads, they are three very different types of Dad. Today Dusty wants to talk about it. Some of the ups, some of the downs and a lot of the in betweens. What's it like to clean poop off of your walls? Think you can handle two girls under the age of 3 in a hardware store?  Can...

Send us Fan Mail It's our 50th episode! Not going to lie to you all, this one gets a little off the rails. David wants to talk about podcasting and the guys have a hard time staying on topic. I mean, technically it IS a podcast so there's that. From the interesting relationship between Patrick Mahomes and Henry Winkler to what kind of a world we would live in had a certain celebrity died...

Send us Fan Mail Did you know that it's illegal to take stuff from a store and not pay for it? Weird, right? In all seriousness, there are some strange laws on the books and Dan wants to explore some of the stranger ones this week. Find out what vegetable must bounce to be sold in a certain state, which state requires any bar selling beer to also have a fresh pot of soup at the ready and why...

Send us Fan Mail You don't need to wait for "the not too distant future". You can download this episode now! This week, Dusty wants to tell the guys about one of his favorite shows of all time.  Imagine you're watching a terrible movie BUT you are joined by some of the funniest people you've ever met and they're cracking jokes to get you through it. That's basica...

Send us Fan Mail Batter up! It's David's turn today and he wants to take us out to the old ballgame. America's pastime is the topic of discussion for this week. From some of the guys favorite baseball movies to their favorite players and pretty much everything in between, join the guys while they discuss everything baseball. So buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks. I don't car...

Send us Fan Mail It seems like people own patents for everything these days. Things like your trusty mustache guard. Or even the stoverator alarm clock (name pending). Never heard of them? Neither had the guys but Dan is here to enlighten them on these as well as some other absolutely absurd patents that actually exist. From a device that spins a baby out of a woman to one that helps you breathe t...

Send us Fan Mail On a podcast, no one can hear you laugh. Except for these idiots. They laugh at themselves all the time. Celebrating it's 45th anniversary this year, Dusty thought it would be a good idea to talk about all of the Alien movies. Hear why David has seen Aliens more than the original, what Dan knows about the "Tea Lady incident" and how much stupid stuff Dusty remembers...

Send us Fan Mail I'll take three wise asses for 500, please. Todays episode is all about Game Shows! David has a bone to pick with Deal or No Deal and he decided to run with it. Join the guys while they discuss what they like or don't like about the genre of television that has lasted since the invention of the medium itself. Did you know that Drew Carrey has hosted The Price Is Right fo...

Send us Fan Mail When's the last time you had a Butterfinger BB? Maybe chased it down with some Snapple Elements? Or maybe some Pepsi Blue? All of these and more are on Dan's list of discontinued foods he brought with him today. Join the guys as they reminisce about some and celebrate the demise of others. We're looking at you Pepsi Blue. What happened to Creamsavers? Why did they s...

Send us Fan Mail "See the 3 way at Sacrifice, you got a 33 1/3 chance of winning, but I, I got a 66 and 2/3 chance of winning because Kurt Angle KNOWS he can't beat me and he's not even gonna try! So Samoa Joe, you take your 33 1/3 chance, minus my 25% chance and you got 8 1/3 chance of winning at Sacrifice. But you take my 75% chance of winning, if we was to go one on one, and then...

Send us Fan Mail A score can absolutely make or break a film. Want an example? Imagine the opening credits of Star Wars. Now imagine it with "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal playing instead of the iconic theme by John Williams. Not quite the same impact. Is it? David wants to talk about some of the most famous composers that chat gpt told him he should talk about. From The Lord of The Rings to...

Send us Fan Mail It seems like two movies come out around the same time, about basically the same thing all of the time. Right? Turns out, it's not as common as you may think and some studios take active steps not to let it happen. The phenomenon is referred to as Twin Films and that is our topic of the day.  Dan takes the helm on this one while he gives us some examples from the 80's an...

Send us Fan Mail Who doesn't enjoy a good one hit wonder? An artist comes out with one, maybe two hits and then you never have to see them again. I mean, do we really need more Vanilla Ice in our lives? That's the topic on todays episode. Dusty has a list of the so called "top 100 One Hit Wonders" and the guys are going to go through some of them. Hits like "Hot Hot Hot&qu...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Gang! This is a bit of a unique episode. David has hijacked the format so that he has an excuse to watch the K State/KU basketball game.  So we're going to indulge him and just talk about whatever comes to mind while watching the game. From favorite middle school classes to the Chipotle vs Qdoba debate, the guys talk about anything and everything.....including some basket...

Send us Fan Mail Wait! Before you leave, it's not what it sounds like. It's a tale as old as time. Dad gets son on a top tier traveling little league team, little league team scouts ringer to join, ringers Dad turns out to be a huge a hole, ringers Dad becomes personal villain to Dad number one, chaos ensues.  I've seen it a hundred times. Dan wants to share the story of Dad Ball. A...

Send us Fan Mail What did people even do before high fives? Just shake hands? That's weird. Either way, David has got some history and info about the high five that you may not know. From it's differing accounts of an origin to the evolution into different variations, the guys will go over it all.  What's your favorite variation? Have you ever been "too slow"ed? What'...

Send us Fan Mail What do you say when you want someone to search for something on the internet? Google it. Right? Well that is just the kind of phenomenon that Dusty wants to talk about today. The proper term is genericization but what it boils down to is when a brand name becomes so recognizable that it is indistinguishable to the product itself. Some of these names might just change the way you...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever experienced deja vu? Seen something that shouldn't be possible? Had the feeling we were all living in a simulation? You're not the only one! What? Did you think you were special or something? Dan wants to tell the guys about a few stories that claimed to have "glitched the matrix" and see what they have to say about the matter. From a guy that env...

Send us Fan Mail 1994 was an interesting year. Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was hit with a pipe, Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected president of South Africa and the whole OJ thing went down. If you don't already know about that one, look it up. We're not going into detail here and neither is David! Not on that at least. Today he wants to talk about the MTV Music...

Send us Fan Mail You've just hit the jackpot of all podcasts! On todays episode, Dusty wants to talk about the lottery. What would you do if you were suddenly given millions of dollars over night? If we're all being honest with ourselves, we might end up losing it all and then some. Those are some of the people that Dusty wants to tell the guys about. The ones that won it all and then lo...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode we jump  into the mystery known as the DB Cooper incident, in which an unidentified man hijacked a commercial flight and demanded $200,000 back in 1971. After he got the money, the plane took off again toward Mexico City, but this cunning criminal needed an extra parachute for his balls of steel, because he jumped out of a Boeing 727 with all that money...

Send us Fan Mail What's up Dude? No cap, this is one of our most rizz episodes ever. On God. I'm sorry. That was pretty terrible. These are just some of the examples of slang terms that David wants to go over today. Which slang terms have stood the test of time? Which ones really need a comeback? Which ones do you wish would go away forever? David will walk us through some terminology fr...

Send us Fan Mail 10 Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? 9 Should auld acquaintance be forgot and the days of auld lang syne? 8 Apparently that's something about two old buddies catching up over a drink or two but was 7 adopted as the (non)official theme of the 6 new year. Join the guys as Dusty leads a discussion on 5 New Years Eve and its ups and downs  including th...

Send us Fan Mail We've all heard of the Hatfield's and McCoy's but did you know that it all started over a pig? Safe to say that things got a little out of hand. Blood Feuds is the topic on this week's episode. Dan wants to delve into some of the more famous of these special kinds of "situations". From the previously mentioned Hatfield and McCoy feud to the shootout a...

Send us Fan Mail It's that time of year again and David is feeling festive. Let's join that jolly, (kind of) ol' bastard on a sleigh ride down Santa Clause Street. Today we're talking about Christmas music. The guys are pretty split on this subject so you're going to get a wide range of opinions. Spoiler alert! Dan is a fan of it, David is right in the middle and Dusty.......