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Episode 82-Starkville Derby 2024 · Johnny's World

0:20
SPEAKER_02: Welcome back to a new episode of the Johnny's World Podcast.
0:24
SPEAKER_02: This is your co-host, BW, along with my esteemed colleague Johnny.
0:28
SPEAKER_02: Good afternoon, Johnny.
0:29
SPEAKER_02: You doing all right?
0:31
SPEAKER_00: Good afternoon, BW.
0:32
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, another another day.
0:33
SPEAKER_00: So uh got uh got a big week up here in Start Vegas, excited to talk about.
0:38
SPEAKER_00: And before we talk about that, I wanted to relive.
0:41
SPEAKER_00: Uh I actually saw you in person a couple weeks ago.
0:44
SPEAKER_00: So tell our viewers about what we did.
0:47
SPEAKER_00: I know we in our last podcast we talked about how we do an annual trip to Memphis.
0:52
SPEAKER_00: So we made that happen.
0:53
SPEAKER_00: Went to the uh forum, ate at the rendezvous, saw LeBron play in person, and it was uh it was a good night.
1:02
SPEAKER_02: It was a good night.
1:03
SPEAKER_02: Um man, you know, it'd been so long since we've been.
1:06
SPEAKER_02: Uh I don't you and I never been to the rendezvous together.
1:10
SPEAKER_02: Right.
1:10
SPEAKER_02: It had been a long time since I've been there.
1:13
SPEAKER_02: And you know, you always hear people talk about, well, it's a tourist trap and and all this.
1:18
SPEAKER_02: And I mean, I just remember the last time I went, I really liked it.
1:22
SPEAKER_02: And so I just wanted to give it another shot and see see how it went.
1:25
SPEAKER_02: So um what was your what did you think about it?
1:28
SPEAKER_02: How did how did I know you you've eaten a lot of barbecue in your day, you like you like to go to Dreamland and and some of that.
1:34
SPEAKER_02: What do you think about it?
1:35
SPEAKER_00: Tourist trap or are you good place to it is a tourist trap, but a good tourist trap, one that you know, uh you always you gotta hit it up and you always hear people talk about it.
1:44
SPEAKER_00: And and and they I've had someone tell me that there uh there was a place on Bill Street.
1:50
SPEAKER_00: Uh we pacified, I don't remember the name of it.
1:53
SPEAKER_00: And uh, I mean it's like right there when you when you you go you go past the rendezvous, take a left and it's right there on the corner.
1:59
SPEAKER_00: They're like, that's the best ribs in Memphis.
2:01
SPEAKER_00: Huh?
2:02
SPEAKER_02: I think it's blue city.
2:03
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's it.
2:04
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I had someone tell me one time that Blue City has the best ribs in Memphis, better than the rendezvous, and I went and ate in there, and they were wrong, man.
2:11
SPEAKER_00: They were wrong.
2:12
SPEAKER_00: Rendezvous has the best ribs in Memphis, and uh, I mean, it was it was awesome.
2:17
SPEAKER_00: I love it.
2:17
SPEAKER_00: Uh, like I said, it is a tourist trap, but it's like one of those things after you eat there so long, you've eaten there so long, you kind of get burned out of the place.
2:26
SPEAKER_00: But it really we haven't been there, like I said, me and you have never been there together, and that's been a few years since I've been there.
2:32
SPEAKER_00: So uh I really liked it.
2:33
SPEAKER_00: It's a lot different, you know.
2:34
SPEAKER_00: I like Dreamland, but Dreamland is uh has all the uh barbecue sauce.
2:40
SPEAKER_00: I mean, they're wet ribs, just soaking wet with barbecue sauce and stuff.
2:43
SPEAKER_00: And then Rendezvous is more of dry ribs and and got that seasoning rub on it and everything, which is really good.
2:49
SPEAKER_00: So uh I I like both of them, man.
2:51
SPEAKER_00: I like wet and I like dry, but uh, but yeah, it it's just one of those things.
2:56
SPEAKER_00: If you're in Memphis and you want ribs, that's what that's where to go to.
2:59
SPEAKER_00: Like uh all these other ones are are good, but that uh I think it's the best.
3:02
SPEAKER_00: And I mean, you you were telling me that the even the royal royal family were in there one time.
3:07
SPEAKER_00: So that's right.
3:09
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah, they they had a uh a few years ago there was a wedding.
3:12
SPEAKER_02: They came, the Harry and William came into town and I think they had the rehearsal dinner there, and people were lined up out in that alleyway, and somebody came out there and they had signed a plate and they gave it to somebody.
3:25
SPEAKER_02: Um, but it it caused quite a stir a few years back on that.
3:29
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, you know, I really like uh what'd you say?
3:35
SPEAKER_00: I think if the royals were eating it, you know it's good.
3:37
SPEAKER_00: That's right.
3:38
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I actually prefer the dry ribs, the dry rub ribs.
3:41
SPEAKER_02: I don't really like a lot of sweet barbecue, and so I do like that and I like the seasoning they put on there.
3:47
SPEAKER_02: My only critique is they were a little bit tough.
3:50
SPEAKER_02: I mean, I I do like them to come off the bone a little bit more than they do there.
3:54
SPEAKER_02: And if you've never been to Central Barbecue, their slogan is something like, Smoke is our sauce.
4:01
SPEAKER_02: And you really you don't need any sauce on theirs, they pretty much fall off the bone and they're dry rub, and they're really good too.
4:10
SPEAKER_02: So it's for me, I would I'd probably put an edge over Central Barbecue event over rendezvous, but I really enjoy it because like I said, I like the dry rub ribs myself, so yeah, and I like I like to have the uh sausage and cheese plate there.
4:25
SPEAKER_00: I like that because yeah, I know me and you would always eat it at uh combo steakhouse, and that's what they have there's sausage and cheese plate.
4:31
SPEAKER_00: Uh man, it's really good.
4:32
SPEAKER_00: I really like that as an appetizer.
4:35
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and you know, if you're going there for service, you ain't gonna get good service either.
4:38
SPEAKER_02: So just be ready for that.
4:39
SPEAKER_02: Right.
4:40
SPEAKER_02: I don't think anybody talked to us for 20, 30 minutes while we were sitting there.
4:44
SPEAKER_00: I know.
4:44
SPEAKER_00: I was a little nervous.
4:45
SPEAKER_00: I was like, we're gonna make it in time for the game, but but we did.
4:48
SPEAKER_02: It ended up being perfect and got there and yeah, once you once you order, I mean they they bring them things out quick.
4:53
SPEAKER_02: You just gotta get the order in.
4:56
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
4:57
SPEAKER_00: And then uh yeah, then we hit up the hit up the Grizzlies game, and your father-in-law had that box, and we got to go in there and and uh we got to see a bunch of a bunch of dunks, and me being the LeBron fan, I am.
5:09
SPEAKER_00: I was really, really fired up.
5:10
SPEAKER_00: I mean, I was recording stuff the whole game trying to get a dunk on, trying to get a dunk.
5:13
SPEAKER_00: And I got a good one, but man, the best dunk of all was that the way the game ended.
5:17
SPEAKER_00: It was crazy.
5:18
SPEAKER_00: It was on a fast break uh still, and he ran down and did a reverse slam and then and then said something to John Morant and his dad.
5:26
SPEAKER_00: It was awesome.
5:26
SPEAKER_00: It was a good way to a good way to end the trip end the trip.
5:29
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it was a close game.
5:31
SPEAKER_02: It was a really good game.
5:32
SPEAKER_02: Back and forth the whole game.
5:33
SPEAKER_02: And uh, I think what the Lakers were up two or three with 20 or 30 seconds left, and uh Grizzlies had the ball and put up a shot or something, and LeBron grabbed it and just ran ran you know across the all the way across the court and slammed it, put them up by five, and that was it.
5:48
SPEAKER_02: End of the game.
5:49
SPEAKER_00: That was it.
5:50
SPEAKER_00: But uh yeah, the Grizzlies, uh, for all y'all out there who are keep up with NBA, the Grizzlies are are a young team.
5:56
SPEAKER_00: They're gonna be they're gonna be making some noise here in the future, I think.
6:00
SPEAKER_02: They are.
6:01
SPEAKER_02: We shouldn't get a good draft pick this year, so I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with them.
6:05
SPEAKER_02: And then uh I know your your boy LeBron got knocked out last night.
6:09
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, tough game.
6:11
SPEAKER_00: Man, that was so tough.
6:12
SPEAKER_00: Uh, it was one of those games I knew they were gonna lose because every time you watch games like this, every time they get the lead, the other team gets back in the lead.
6:20
SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's caught they never it was that towards the end of the game, it was always back and forth when they do something, Denver would answer.
6:27
SPEAKER_00: And I know Anthony Davis was out for a little while in the third quarter, and I think that played a little bit of factor into it, but man, they could not stop Jamal Murray.
6:35
SPEAKER_00: That guy's a superstar, man.
6:37
SPEAKER_00: Jamal Murray.
6:37
SPEAKER_00: I don't feel like he gets a lot of credit as as a superstar, but man, he was you know, earlier in the series, he he uh looked like the Lakers were gonna win and and he hit a buzzer beater, and then sure enough, I will I text a buddy of mine, I was like, You gotta you gotta stop this guy, Jamal Murray.
6:53
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you have to, he's unstopped.
6:54
SPEAKER_00: You gotta stop him, gotta stop.
6:55
SPEAKER_00: And what do we what does he do?
6:56
SPEAKER_00: He comes down and wins it again.
6:58
SPEAKER_00: So uh but man, they they deserve to win.
7:00
SPEAKER_00: They're they're obviously uh defending champs, but uh yeah, I wanted LeBron to make a deep run in the playoffs, but at least they got in there.
7:08
SPEAKER_00: And um it will be interesting to see what happens.
7:10
SPEAKER_00: I know we talked about this before with with Bronny coming up.
7:13
SPEAKER_00: Uh I know he's probably just getting drafted by his name alone, but it will be interesting to see what if if he does go and what team gets him, and if LeBron makes a push to be traded to that team.
7:23
SPEAKER_00: Because I I mean I want to see it happen because you never it's never been done before, father and son on the same NBA team.
7:29
SPEAKER_00: So uh it's pretty crazy.
7:31
SPEAKER_00: LeBron's 39 years old, and and he's still probably top five players in the league right now.
7:36
SPEAKER_00: So I mean he's no nowhere even close to being retiring, doing so much amazing things.
7:42
SPEAKER_00: So um it'll be interesting to see what happens next year.
7:44
SPEAKER_00: But the the NBA playoffs, man, I have no idea any anything could happen as far as who's gonna who's gonna come out alive, but uh um we'll just have to wait and see what see what happens.
7:55
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
7:56
SPEAKER_02: Well then we had the Masters.
7:58
SPEAKER_02: Um we had our Masters podcast a couple weeks ago.
8:01
SPEAKER_02: And uh I did you get the pick right?
8:04
SPEAKER_02: I mean, Scotty Scheffler won.
8:06
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we both said Scotty Scheffler, I believe.
8:08
SPEAKER_00: Uh yeah.
8:09
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I had I had Scheffler and Brooks Kepka and and uh and what was the guy leading it uh the first day.
8:16
SPEAKER_00: I had him uh oh man, uh yeah, I can't remember the guy's name.
8:24
SPEAKER_00: Um Bryson DeShamboo DeShambu or something.
8:28
SPEAKER_00: Right, that's right.
8:28
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, I had him and he was he was up there on the top.
8:31
SPEAKER_00: So I was because I did a master's pool at the Star Wars Country Club, and after day one, I was in first place because I had had those picks like that.
8:39
SPEAKER_00: But then uh I had um my picks started falling off towards the weekend and and I ended up falling down.
8:46
SPEAKER_00: But I did have Scotty Scheffler picking uh winning it, but a lot of other other people did too.
8:51
SPEAKER_00: But uh man, he's uh I I like that guy a lot, man.
8:54
SPEAKER_00: He he he's he's really really good.
8:56
SPEAKER_02: He is, and then he came back and won the next week too.
8:59
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
9:01
SPEAKER_02: And he would, I mean, he's just like a machine.
9:04
SPEAKER_02: I mean, you just couldn't stop him.
9:05
SPEAKER_02: And I guess he's off.
9:06
SPEAKER_02: He was off last week.
9:08
SPEAKER_02: His wife's supposed to be having a baby, so he may, he may uh win in what another another one or two this year, he may get the grand slam.
9:16
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, kind of interested to see if that happens.
9:19
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he's definitely I would definitely pick him for that app, but I could definitely see a bunch more uh green jackets in his future, man.
9:25
SPEAKER_00: He uh he's uh up and coming star in golf right now.
9:29
SPEAKER_00: Um seems like a really nice guy, also.
9:32
SPEAKER_00: So you want to see cheer for people like that.
9:35
SPEAKER_00: That's right.
9:36
SPEAKER_02: And then the Bulldogs uh came back, came back into foreign a little bit this weekend, took two or three at Vanderbilt.
9:41
SPEAKER_02: So that was big, especially compared to last year.
9:44
SPEAKER_02: Embarrassing to Vanderbilt last year.
9:46
SPEAKER_02: I mean, it's horrible last year.
9:47
SPEAKER_00: So I re I read the other day where we gave up uh 40 runs last year to Vandy, got run rolled in all these games and 40 runs in the weekend in one weekend.
9:58
SPEAKER_02: That one score was like 26 to 3.
10:00
SPEAKER_02: How did they even get that high?
10:02
SPEAKER_02: Did they was that all one inning and they didn't, you know, run rule at it at that point?
10:06
SPEAKER_02: How does that happen?
10:07
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's after a certain amount of uh innings, I think it's after seven that they could call the run rule.
10:12
SPEAKER_00: So they got all those runs before then, they couldn't do anything about it.
10:16
SPEAKER_00: Um which is which is crazy, but uh yeah, it's the Bulldogs, man, they are so uh it's like a roller coaster, man.
10:24
SPEAKER_00: Like at the beginning of the year, you know, they they win these games and they drop these midweek games, and then going in the conference play, you think you think uh we beat LSU and you're like, yeah, they're gonna be great.
10:35
SPEAKER_00: I mean, LSU's defending champs, and then it looks like LSU's not good.
10:39
SPEAKER_00: So it's just like uh it's just literally emotions up and down.
10:43
SPEAKER_00: People are like, yeah, we need to fire Lamonis.
10:44
SPEAKER_00: No keeping, no keep.
10:46
SPEAKER_00: I mean, literally every week it's been something different.
10:48
SPEAKER_00: And then we've we've had these games, if you look back on it.
10:51
SPEAKER_00: I mean, we've we had two games against Florida.
10:53
SPEAKER_00: We had the games one, and our bullpen blew it in the ninth.
10:57
SPEAKER_00: And then the the game to uh to Georgia, the one with Johnny Long got ejected in uh when the whole fiasco that happened, you know, the guy ended up being the difference in that game was the uh on the field, and he did not get ejected, he had a home run.
11:11
SPEAKER_00: So that's the difference in that game.
11:13
SPEAKER_00: And then the old miss game, we had that uh Saturday night game one.
11:16
SPEAKER_00: So we've left it, we've left uh three, possibly four SEC games on the table right there that we had to lead.
11:23
SPEAKER_00: So if we had won those three or four games, man, we're sitting uh one or two in the West right now, possibly talking about hosting.
11:30
SPEAKER_00: But uh the good thing about it is taking two out of three against Fandy on the road, which is huge, should boost up our RPI.
11:38
SPEAKER_00: And uh you got Bama coming in this weekend.
11:41
SPEAKER_00: If you can get two out of three from them, then you got to go to Arkansas next weekend, which will be tough.
11:47
SPEAKER_00: Get one out of those.
11:48
SPEAKER_00: I'll uh just don't get sweat, let's get one of those.
11:51
SPEAKER_00: And then he finished the sixth season at home against Missouri, who's struggling.
11:54
SPEAKER_00: If you can sweep them, then that puts us right there in a spot where we we might be a chance at hosting.
12:03
SPEAKER_00: I don't know, it just depends on how the chips fall, but we'll we'll be playing ourselves into position.
12:08
SPEAKER_00: But regardless, we're making it over this year, which we haven't gone in two years.
12:12
SPEAKER_00: We are gonna make the NCAA tournament.
12:14
SPEAKER_00: So all around it's improvement in Mr.
12:16
SPEAKER_00: State Baseball.
12:17
SPEAKER_00: Um, but I don't see a change being made because that was the issue.
12:21
SPEAKER_00: If we if we have three straight losing seasons, you know, I was all about it too, that that change needs to be made.
12:26
SPEAKER_00: This is uh you can't let it go down.
12:28
SPEAKER_00: And obviously they've improved this year.
12:30
SPEAKER_00: And and uh and Hunter Hines this past weekend, I think uh Chris Lamonis needs to go buy that guy Neal because he he uh he was the difference on uh all weekend Sunday coming back and and just hitting that ball in the in the ninth inning was awesome.
12:45
SPEAKER_00: I was watching, I couldn't believe it.
12:47
SPEAKER_00: And uh he was just the difference, and he's definitely improving his his draft stock for sure uh here in these past few weeks.
12:53
SPEAKER_00: So anyway, we're on down the stretch run in SEC baseball and uh just looking forward to actually being in the postseason this year.
13:01
SPEAKER_00: But hopefully we can do enough to get a host, that would be cool.
13:04
SPEAKER_02: And I just gotta say this, y'all.
13:07
SPEAKER_02: I'm pleading you, I'm blaming all of you for this.
13:11
SPEAKER_02: Y'all are all coming in talking about how old Miss hadn't beat us in a thousand two days or whatever it is all before we beat them Friday, you know, we're up big Saturday, everybody thought, oh, old miss is never gonna beat us again.
13:25
SPEAKER_02: Y'all wait until the series is over, please.
13:28
SPEAKER_02: Right.
13:29
SPEAKER_02: I mean, if y'all could have just held off, we would have at least won that game on Saturday and then talk if you want to talk.
13:35
SPEAKER_02: But man, I just think this the the karma got us on that thing.
13:40
SPEAKER_02: We we gotta I I want to talk smack to Ole Miss too, but you just gotta give it a little bit more time.
13:46
SPEAKER_02: Give it some time.
13:47
SPEAKER_00: Yes.
13:48
SPEAKER_00: People were changing their profile pictures on Facebook, putting that up there.
13:51
SPEAKER_00: That uh this has been so many days, so it's all over almost the same way.
13:55
SPEAKER_00: I was like, you gotta be kidding me.
13:57
SPEAKER_00: Don't do this.
13:58
SPEAKER_00: And even even Saturday night when we have the game one, it looked like I was like, okay, well, I guess the street continues.
14:06
SPEAKER_00: And literally right when I said that, it it fell apart.
14:09
SPEAKER_00: But it's like, yeah, you don't do that stuff, man.
14:11
SPEAKER_00: And sports is karma, man.
14:13
SPEAKER_00: Don't do that.
14:13
SPEAKER_00: Stupid.
14:14
SPEAKER_00: But but whatever, man.
14:16
SPEAKER_00: Uh hopefully we can uh we can bounce back and and and uh it sure would be nice to get a host site for for the regionals, but just gotta keep uh keep playing.
14:25
SPEAKER_00: But I'm afraid these uh midweek games that we've dropped along the season is gonna come back and bite us as far as a first spot, even if we do take care of business these next three weekends, uh, that that they're gonna come back.
14:37
SPEAKER_00: And it's like in college basketball when you drop a game to a non-conference team in the non-conference part season, you you you're you're seating in the NCAA tournament.
14:46
SPEAKER_00: Like for instance, us, we lost to Southern University back in December, and I think that might have cost us a spot as far as uh going up uh on the seating.
14:56
SPEAKER_00: So same thing with baseball.
14:57
SPEAKER_00: I'm just uh you can't you can't drop those uh midweek games.
15:00
SPEAKER_00: Those are there to they're not gimme games, but they're not definitely not like the SEC competition.
15:05
SPEAKER_00: So you've gotta you gotta win as many of those as you can take care of we and we've lost a lot.
15:10
SPEAKER_00: So anyway, but like I said, we're just thankful to get in the postseason this season uh after these past two years.
15:16
SPEAKER_02: I agree.
15:17
SPEAKER_02: Well, Johnny, let me uh update us on the coffee situation and then maybe you can say something quick about our guests we have coming up and we'll we'll hit it.
15:28
SPEAKER_02: Um so had a really good conversation this morning with somebody, uh a local roaster down in Mississippi.
15:36
SPEAKER_02: So we've got something in the works for that, folks.
15:39
SPEAKER_02: So stay tuned.
15:40
SPEAKER_02: Um as y'all know right now though, we've got johnnypacker.net and we get our coffee from them.
15:46
SPEAKER_02: And the way that works is you order from the website.
15:50
SPEAKER_02: Lots of different options to choose from.
15:52
SPEAKER_02: Once you order it, we actually use a roaster that's based in California.
15:57
SPEAKER_02: Um and so when you see it come from, you know, come to you, it may come from California, but they roast it in the facility there in California and they send it to you from there.
16:07
SPEAKER_02: And so that's how it's going right now.
16:10
SPEAKER_02: And and I just want to say really appreciate everybody that's ordered the past few weeks.
16:14
SPEAKER_02: Uh, I've seen a good increase in our orders.
16:17
SPEAKER_02: Uh, a couple of people even putting in subscriptions, a couple of people ordering some big uh five-pound bags, and so y'all are showing us that you like it and that you're you know sharing it with your friends.
16:29
SPEAKER_02: And so stay tuned.
16:30
SPEAKER_02: If if we make a change, we will let y'all know.
16:33
SPEAKER_02: The website should still remain the same, everything should still be the same.
16:37
SPEAKER_02: We may have to make some modifications to some of y'all subscriptions.
16:40
SPEAKER_02: So stay tuned for that.
16:42
SPEAKER_02: But I really like to keep things in Mississippi, and if we can do that, uh get this coffee roasted in Mississippi, it'd be even better.
16:48
SPEAKER_02: Um But like I said, we we've uh been doing really well the past several weeks, got a little boost from podcasts we were on.
16:56
SPEAKER_02: Uh people are learning and finding out about us more.
16:58
SPEAKER_02: In fact, the the guy that contacted me to roaster in Mississippi heard us on that podcast, the Made Mississippi podcast.
17:04
SPEAKER_02: So we're about to start doing the doing big things at Johnnypacker.net.
17:07
SPEAKER_02: So hop on there, order some coffee.
17:09
SPEAKER_02: You can support our cause, raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and get some good coffee at the same time.
17:15
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's awesome.
17:16
SPEAKER_00: That's a uh definitely a win-win deal.
17:19
SPEAKER_00: And uh that's that's cool that that they've reached out to us.
17:22
SPEAKER_00: And you know, that's been our whole thing on on doing this podcast, is just creating awareness and letting people know about my story, my fight, what I deal with.
17:30
SPEAKER_00: And we like to have fun along the way, talking about sports and stuff.
17:33
SPEAKER_00: But the main gist of it is to is to uh is to spread awareness about Systify Brooks and about helping raise money and and uh and doing it for a good cause and and selling the coffee uh has been a uh has been a great way to do that because it's not like you're like we were buying the selling uh sunglasses, you're not having to spend a couple hundred bucks.
17:53
SPEAKER_00: It's it's very affordable.
17:54
SPEAKER_00: And like you said, it ships it right to your door.
17:57
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18:11
SPEAKER_00: So um, so all around a uh a win-win deal, and thank you all for listening to this podcast.
18:17
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18:24
SPEAKER_02: That's right.
18:26
SPEAKER_02: Well, uh, y'all stay tuned for our guests.
18:28
SPEAKER_02: Johnny, you want to say anything about the guest now, or you'll hop on we can introduce him later.
18:31
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, uh uh, we got uh a friend of mine, Alden Thornhill, is uh as our guest.
18:35
SPEAKER_00: If you listened to our podcast last year, um we had him on, and uh it's gonna be similar to what we talked about last year, but this is uh year two of the Startville Derby.
18:46
SPEAKER_00: And if you're not familiar with that, it's gonna be this coming weekend, May the 4th in Startville.
18:50
SPEAKER_00: And uh just stay tuned to listen to all the details Alden's gonna talk about.
18:54
SPEAKER_00: But it is a wiener dog race, and it's literally the world I'm gonna have to uh confirm this with him, but what I've heard is the world's largest wiener dog race here in Starville, Mississippi.
19:04
SPEAKER_00: And uh, we had people last year coming all the way from Colorado and uh just all around the United States coming to it.
19:11
SPEAKER_00: And it's set up on uh University Drive right there in front of the bin and two brothers in the cotton district.
19:18
SPEAKER_00: And uh I mean it's it's awesome.
19:20
SPEAKER_00: You have all sorts of if you have a if you're out there listening, it might be too late to register for this year, but definitely come and bring your wiener dog if you have one and watch it and then register next year and get in it because it's really cool.
19:32
SPEAKER_00: They have different categories uh of all the different wiener dogs, and um, it's just a lot of fun and and uh it raises money for the Octavia County Humane Society, which is a great cause.
19:44
SPEAKER_00: Uh, me and and Bo, we would always go to the dog paddle every year and help support the Humane Society through that event.
19:51
SPEAKER_00: Um, we we loved that.
19:53
SPEAKER_00: That was a pool party for dogs here in Startville.
19:56
SPEAKER_00: So the Humane Society is a is a great, great place.
19:59
SPEAKER_00: And I tell people all the time if dogs could be as loved as much as my Bo was loved by me, uh these dogs in the Humane Society need that type of love.
20:08
SPEAKER_00: So um they are doing great things over there.
20:11
SPEAKER_00: Uh some friends of mine are uh volunteer up there, and and Alden's uh big on the board there.
20:16
SPEAKER_00: And so through this Starble Derby, um, it's all all the proceeds that go to the Octavia Comedy Humane Society.
20:23
SPEAKER_00: So it's a good cause, and we're having a lot of fun, and it's a baseball weekend.
20:27
SPEAKER_00: Alabama's coming into town this weekend.
20:29
SPEAKER_00: So Starbucks should be uh rocking on Saturday.
20:32
SPEAKER_00: Hopefully the weather will be uh sunny like last Saturday was a perfect uh Saturday here in Starbucks.
20:37
SPEAKER_00: So I'm hoping that same type of weather will be here this weekend.
20:39
SPEAKER_00: But but y'all stay tuned to listen to Alden.
20:42
SPEAKER_00: Uh like I said, he was on here last year.
20:43
SPEAKER_00: We might have to have him on every year as this event just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
20:47
SPEAKER_00: More people know about it.
20:48
SPEAKER_00: I heard him uh I read somewhere where they might be streaming it in Japan.
20:53
SPEAKER_00: So that's pretty crazy that people all the way in Japan could be watching a wiener dog race in Stargo, Mississippi.
20:58
SPEAKER_00: So I've got definitely gonna ask him about that.
21:00
SPEAKER_00: But y'all stay tuned and listen to it.
21:02
SPEAKER_00: And uh thank you, support.
21:04
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21:07
SPEAKER_02: Thank y'all.
21:07
SPEAKER_02: We'll talk to you soon.
21:09
SPEAKER_00: Okay, welcome back to the Johnny's World Podcast.
21:11
SPEAKER_00: Here's Johnny.
21:12
SPEAKER_00: Uh, and I got my guest uh lined up right now.
21:15
SPEAKER_00: Um I'm gonna bring him on.
21:16
SPEAKER_00: Uh, we're bringing on Alden Thornhill.
21:19
SPEAKER_00: He is the the founder of the Stark Mill Derby.
21:21
SPEAKER_00: So uh it's the biggest wiener dog race in the country.
21:24
SPEAKER_00: And we had this last year, and it's gonna be the uh second annual this weekend.
21:28
SPEAKER_00: So welcome to back to Johnny's World, Alden.
21:32
SPEAKER_01: Uh thank you.
21:33
SPEAKER_01: It's always a great place to be.
21:34
SPEAKER_01: You um, you know, you've always been a very uh a good friend to us and a good supporter of Activane Humane Society.
21:42
SPEAKER_01: So, and uh, you know, we appreciate you help spread the gospel about the uh about the world's largest wiener dog race, aka to start with Derby.
21:51
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
21:52
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we uh I was telling our listeners uh we had you on last year uh talking about it, and uh and you kind of told us last year how the idea how it And I guess just uh tell us a little bit about how it went last year and what what what's different this year uh in this year's race.
22:09
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so I mean it last year was a great success for us.
22:12
SPEAKER_01: Um ton of money raised for shelter pets, ton of people showed up, uh you know, couldn't ask for a better scene.
22:19
SPEAKER_01: Uh this year we've expanded our area.
22:22
SPEAKER_01: We've added about a we have about a hundred food and art vendors.
22:25
SPEAKER_01: Uh we added 50 more racers, so we're at 200 this year.
22:29
SPEAKER_01: Uh this year we're gonna have a flyover.
22:32
SPEAKER_01: So even you know, it's it's definitely grown.
22:34
SPEAKER_01: It's it's gotten more exciting and uh you know, just gotten built up and built up and built up.
22:40
SPEAKER_01: You can tell people around here just getting you know, the the the town's buzzing about it.
22:45
SPEAKER_01: Uh we're gonna have the wiener mobile there this year, uh expanded kid zone, uh, you know, all a bunch of great stuff for everybody, people of all ages, dog lovers of all ages.
22:55
SPEAKER_01: And even if you don't like dogs, come on out.
22:57
SPEAKER_01: Uh the money's gonna help cats too.
22:59
SPEAKER_01: So it's uh just a great event for everybody.
23:03
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and it's gonna be is it gonna be the same location last year in front of the bin on uh on University Drive in the Cotton District?
23:10
SPEAKER_01: Yep, it is right there, uh right there at the end of uh right there, uh the track starts at Brown Page Avenue and then ends right there at the bin and two brothers.
23:20
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
23:20
SPEAKER_00: So it what would you tell for people who did not make it last year, but they're coming into town this year as far as what time they should arrive, where should they, where should they go, park and and stand and get a good view of it?
23:34
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so I tell them they need to get there uh at eight o'clock when our gates open, um fly over, national anthem, all that will occur at right at nine, and then probably about nine ten we'll start racing.
23:47
SPEAKER_01: So races will go from then until about twelve thirty.
23:50
SPEAKER_01: Uh, and then after that we'll have a battle of the bands at two brothers.
23:53
SPEAKER_01: We've got about six bands, and then we will um and then we'll uh close everything off at 2 30 and pack it all up.
24:02
SPEAKER_00: Awesome.
24:03
SPEAKER_00: Now, did I see uh there y'all having is it grandstands this year?
24:06
SPEAKER_00: Is that is that right?
24:07
SPEAKER_00: Or what?
24:08
SPEAKER_00: Yes, we are gonna have bleachers, but they are completely sold out.
24:11
SPEAKER_00: They're sold out.
24:12
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
24:13
SPEAKER_01: All right, but don't let that detract you.
24:15
SPEAKER_01: We have a 20-foot jumbotron.
24:17
SPEAKER_01: You can see all the action.
24:19
SPEAKER_01: Awesome.
24:20
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
24:21
SPEAKER_00: Um, and then as far as like, and then people are coming coming to town.
24:25
SPEAKER_00: I'm guess there's gonna be food vendors or food trucks around in the area.
24:28
SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah, food trucks, restaurants, um, you know, there's plenty of places to eat and drink, rotary clubs selling drinks.
24:35
SPEAKER_01: So uh, you know, we got we don't don't be worried.
24:38
SPEAKER_01: We got plenty of options for every pallet.
24:41
SPEAKER_00: Awesome.
24:42
SPEAKER_00: Um, and then yeah, I have to ask you this.
24:44
SPEAKER_00: I uh I saw this on social media the other day.
24:46
SPEAKER_00: So was it true that someone in Japan is going to be streaming this?
24:51
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so we have Dachshunds in Japan, Uruguay, uh, Scotland, England, Switzerland, uh, Germany, all over the map, and then across the United States, all tuning in uh to watch the derby.
25:05
SPEAKER_01: So uh they're having watch parties.
25:07
SPEAKER_01: This has become a huge thing.
25:09
SPEAKER_01: Everybody's wagging their tails with excitement.
25:12
SPEAKER_01: So it's uh it's definitely become a worldwide phenomenon.
25:15
SPEAKER_00: That is absolutely amazing, all around the world, not just not just here local, Starbucks, Mississippi on the worldwide map for the wiener dog race.
25:23
SPEAKER_00: Uh uh, and yeah, and y'all got people, I know last year y'all have people all the way from like Colorado coming in.
25:27
SPEAKER_00: Y'all got people coming from all over the West.
25:30
SPEAKER_01: Ohio, oh yeah, Ohio, Seattle, all over the place.
25:34
SPEAKER_01: They're coming in for the Derby.
25:35
SPEAKER_01: So it's just gonna be it's just gonna be a great event.
25:39
SPEAKER_00: Now, uh being May 4th, I saw that the theme is the uh, is that right, the Star Wars theme?
25:45
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's it.
25:46
SPEAKER_01: That's our t-shirt theme.
25:47
SPEAKER_01: You know, we ask people if you want to dress up like Star Wars, do it.
25:50
SPEAKER_01: But if you want to dress up in Derby attire, do that too.
25:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, if you want to, you know, if you want to wear a t-shirt, go buy you a uh a Starville Derby t-shirt from the B Unlimited merch tent at Bulldog Burger and support the shelter.
26:03
SPEAKER_01: Uh but you know, it's it it's an event for everybody.
26:06
SPEAKER_01: We don't care what you wear, just come on out and have a good time.
26:09
SPEAKER_00: As long as you wear it.
26:10
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, like you said.
26:11
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, like you said, all that goes towards a good cause to the humane society.
26:15
SPEAKER_00: So uh all you pet lovers out there, uh, even if you don't have a pet, you want to help a pet.
26:19
SPEAKER_00: This would be a great opportunity to uh to support the cause and help help something local here in town.
26:25
SPEAKER_00: So um we're gonna convene on that.
26:27
SPEAKER_00: And and I'm pretty excited.
26:28
SPEAKER_00: Uh tell us about who the uh is it the Grand Marshal I read it's gonna be.
26:33
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so our grand marshal this year is Josh Hubbard, freshman phenom from MSU.
26:38
SPEAKER_01: Uh Josh was so gracious, and you know, we we asked him if he wanted to do it.
26:42
SPEAKER_01: He jumped at it and said, you know, of course.
26:45
SPEAKER_01: He uh he's a great kid, you know, obviously a great teammate, and we're we we just really appreciate um him using his platform to promote this event.
26:53
SPEAKER_01: It was it means a lot that Josh stepped up for us.
26:56
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, absolutely.
26:57
SPEAKER_00: I had Josh on the on the podcast about a month ago.
26:59
SPEAKER_00: Can't say enough good things about him for what he represents on and off the court, just uh great ambassador for our university and our town and and everything.
27:07
SPEAKER_00: So I can't think of a a better uh grand marshal than Josh.
27:10
SPEAKER_00: So I'm really excited that he's gonna be there.
27:12
SPEAKER_00: And uh I guess any any other closing remarks that you might might think that whoever is listening to this might might uh yeah, just come on out, have a good time.
27:22
SPEAKER_01: We have plenty of parking at the mill and then at the uh at the at the uh first bank right there on Russell Street.
27:28
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, buy buy from our vendors for the shelter.
27:32
SPEAKER_01: We got some great raffle items, wrapping off stuff like uh a stay uh at the Russell and his suit this season, uh this football season.
27:39
SPEAKER_01: So that'll be a hot commodity and a bunch of other cool stuff.
27:41
SPEAKER_01: So uh come on out and um and yeah, just and uh let's have a tailwag, a good time this weekend.
27:47
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
27:48
SPEAKER_00: Now, uh I haven't looked at the weather forecast.
27:50
SPEAKER_00: Uh is there a backup plan or what's the deal if it if we get some rain?
27:54
SPEAKER_00: Hopefully.
27:54
SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah, uh rain or sun, these weenies will run.
27:59
SPEAKER_01: That's what we're going with.
28:00
SPEAKER_00: There you go.
28:01
SPEAKER_01: Come on out.
28:02
SPEAKER_01: Appreciate it, man.
28:03
SPEAKER_00: I love it.
28:04
SPEAKER_00: I love it.
28:04
SPEAKER_00: Okay, Audna, I know you're busy.
28:06
SPEAKER_00: Get back to get back.
28:07
SPEAKER_00: It's only in a couple days.
28:08
SPEAKER_00: I know you got a lot to work to do, but thank you for taking some time to jump on here and hear the good news.
28:13
SPEAKER_00: Hope everybody comes out this uh this Saturday to to the Starkle Derby.
28:17
SPEAKER_00: Awesome.
28:18
SPEAKER_00: Appreciate it, man.
28:19
SPEAKER_00: Come by VIP, we got you on the list.
28:20
SPEAKER_00: I'll be but thanks, buddy.
28:22
SPEAKER_00: Take care.
28:23
SPEAKER_00: Say bye bye.