Which guy is the Carny?

I love how they point out the Carny on the thumbnail for any new listeners that may not know which one of them is the carny

I love how Theo talks to him with passion like he does even the biggest of celebs he's interviewed. Much respect

this dude looks exactly how i’d expect a carny to look like

“No enamel, no money.” This man is gifted.

Little do we know that this carny is only 23 years old. It's a tough life.

This dude looks like he belongs in a rob zombie movie

This guy can really roll with the punches of Theo’s randomness. He even adds in some of his own which are just as good imo. Didn’t expect him to be so naturally funny and interesting.

“Oh yea this dude vapes” 😂😂😂

Theo- “I think we just seen this guy’s wiener to November rain” Carney- “ that’s pretty sweet“ 😂

The thrill of knowing a bunch of drunks have assembled the rides, is half the rush

"She retired? She's 11" - That made me laugh

Carny: “Are the rides safe? Well, let me put it this way. You could get killed crossing the street - or on a carnival ride with loose bolts. Either way, you’re still dead”. 😆

The damn Zipper. My brother and I were waiting our turn, talkin with the Carny and someone on the ride yells out- "Stop! I'm gonna throw up!" The Carny starts laughing and reaches for the controls to speed it up a notch. My bro and I looked at each other and walked away... decided we wouldn't be goin on the Zipper that day.

I love he admits the gravitron was late noght party spot. When i was a kid and the carnival came to town, after it shut down at night. You could see the carnys all head that way, and hear the music all night long

"Its a nice day for a white wedding"..... "We just saw that guys weener, listening to November Rain" 😂😂😂

It’s not so much the ride itself that’s scary. It’s knowing your life’s in the hands of a teenager operating it with his headphones on.

“Whatever I was doing wasn’t healthy for me, you know, because I was conducting electricity.” 😂🤣

"He kicked me in the back... I think he called me the N word" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 sounds bout right

In Texas we have what’s basically a DWI for anyone who assembles a carnival ride while under the influence.

My main memory of riding the Gravitron at a carnival was getting on and as soon as it started spinning some girl who also got on starts screaming "I CANT BREATHE!!!" at the top of her lungs, only for all the ride operators to flat out ignore her while doing tricks inside the gravitron until the ride ended. Shit was wild.

Dude can interview anyone. Either that or he just found the perfect guy. The podcast shouldn't have been so interesting.

The weiner in the graviton story still has me rolllllling

OK greatest line of the whole segment, “yeah it just wasn’t healthy for me because I was like conducting electricity.“. Lol

“It was a black gentlemen, I think he even called me the N word” 😂😂😂

theo pretends he does not know a thing , but he actually does 😂

i met this guy and smoked weed with him years ago. hes a good dude. he had to leave when the fair left. it was sad.

"Dose 'em up with that tummy skeet" 💀 Stealing that next time I'm talking about throwing up.

The image of a guy getting punted into the freakshow by a ride is fucking hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

Theo: "And everyone was afraid to say if we saw that guys Weiner to November Rain" Carny: "That's Sweet"

Got a teddy bear one time for giving the guy like half a joint lol

"Yeah, this dude vapes."

I love how Theo has so much shtick but then he also knows enough that it’s not all nonsense he clearly loved it 😂

Theo getting shocked at a carni is most likely a origin story of why he is the man today.

Mitch is such a chill dude! He runs the best Munchies food tent at the Strange Creek and Worm Town festivals over the summer.

I think this might be the most natural conversation I've ever seen/heard him have, and he's pretty good most the time at getting people to drop their gaurd and relax enough to have pretty chill conversations with them, so that's saying something imo.

My favorite interview you've done so far, Theo. Keep it real, man.

I like how Theo starts to have the same accent as his guests. 😂

Topsfield Fair! Hell yeah! I worked it one season in high school. The carnies are wild.

No enamel. No money. 😂 I love the Gravitron. “Things are gonna change around here.” 😂 Don’t know why but this is one of the best podcast episodes ever.

I love how the thumbnail had to specify which of the two is the carnie lmfaooo

I used to run a 1950s wheel, we would rock it and shake it, then stop it at the top for 10-15 min for a couple on a date when we were not busy. Aside from the sketchy loading platform didnt have many incidents. I finally got the arcade shift and the tension cable on the wheel broke that night, full load in a free spin for an hour and half. The tilt whirl would light you up with 480v if you touched it in the rain.

I watched an operator of a "Zipper" die when I was a kid. I just moved to a new town. Went to the county fair and yeeaah it was pretty brutal. dude got his hair caught in the ride, it dragged him to the top where he was basically scalped then it dropped him and he hit a couple parts of the ride on the way down and landed on his back on a fence. Shit was wild.

My first roller coast was the Ring of Fire at the Abilene State Fair. It's just a ring. Just one loop. You start off rocking back and forth and next thing you know you're doing loops... well... when we juuuust got to the top... like the fiiirst time we were completely upside down... my lap latch broke. My safety latch broke and if it wasn't for the fiberglass canopy of the ride, I would have fallen to my death and my body mauled by a rollercaster. Death scream. Instantly. What was everyone else doing? Laughing. Everyone, laughing. I remember one lady saying to stop the ride as I was passing the operator and HE was laughing! I punched him and screamed at him when I got off and had a full on panic attack at 9 years old. My dad was telling me it was alright and I remember screaming "it's not okay!" I followed my family around the rest of the time and watched them ride rides. I still hold that grudge to this day. "Overeacting".

More Carneys please. This guy relatable.

Bro the Zipper was torture lmao, the Round Up was the one that induced the most vomiting though 😂

I can't believe I'm saying this but Theo and a Carnie are the most wholesome thing I've seen all day

Man, this duo is so freaking hillarious! Thank you guys!

I remember being a little kid at the carnival and the Zipper was a fkn presence man. It looked dark ,dangerous and intriguing all at the same time. Something about the metal and slaming sounds of carts flipping around out of control!

I keep coming back to this episode man. Fascinating stuff

4:15 “oh yeah that dude vapes” bloody sent me omg

My late older brother worked for Butler amusements all around California for over 20 years (late 70s to 90s). His last ride was the Gravitron. I remember he borrowed a ton of my CDs to play during the ride and I never got any of them back lol.

"we used to live down the street from the fair ground".... those words say a lot

“Tummy skeet” Theo really is a one of a kind😂😂

“Completing the circuit” is the best way to describe that. Lmao.

Theo calling vomit “tummy skeet” had me in tears. 😂😭

The first Lamb of God track I ever heard was in a gravitron lol, all of us were trying to headbang against the forces

I use to work the fairs on the inside, and I always laughed when I would think of the oats falling out of the marks pockets. I remember one time. Two ride guys were arguing over a watch or something, because it fell out of one of the guys ride, but it fell into the other guys ride. I always think about how they decided that.

Awesome interview! Both super funny

This was one of the best podcasts. Glad Theo brought him on

Great interview with Theo and his uncle.

This dude vapes

Great video. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day.

"Dose em up with that tummy skeet"

I survived Action Park. A carnival ride is nothing.

This was insane 😂 the carny acts like its the secret service 😂😂😂

Theo is so entertaining and the guests he brings on are so interesting love this podcast ❤❤❤

Such a good ep!

4:15 Theo said: "oh yeah, this guy vapes" 💀💀🤣🤣

I'm 48... never been flung off after 38 years of rides. Life is a gamble... just enjoy it while you can.

"Dose em up wit that tummy skeet" -Theo Von

Omg these stories bring me back to my Zipper and Gravitron days, hilarious!! And accurate 😂😂

The zipper lol I still remember being a little kid and waiting in line for that ride and watching the operator collecting the change that fell out of the peoples pockets when flipping over😂 my brother, one time nearly broke his nose on that ride, smashed his face against the cage door. Being a child in the 90s was freaking awesome.

Yea i remember goin on the gravitron as a kid and the operator climbing out, doing a complete 360 walk around and climb back into the booth, man the 90s were a magical time!

I find this to be one of the most entertaining and informative interviews I've seen in a long time on any podcast

This is good content! Chatting with a carny. Got my 🍿

My uncle was a carny and he would tell us stories ab his time doing it while we'd be sitting around getting high w him. I never got on another carnival ride after those stories cause the stuff he mentioned scared the living sh*t out of me. 🤣 The Zipper was pretty legit tho, before I bowed out the ride game.

Theo could talk to a toddler a out their homework snd it would be entertaining hes truly a master artist so quick witted.

3:12 the way Theo gets so excited lol I love that so much.

Good series of interviews

"You get off you got no enamel, no money" 😂

"Yeah, this dude vapes" LMAO

One of my favorite episodes

this clip had SO many hilarious lines !!! my god

LMAO! Who is this Theo guy? I don't know how I even got to this video but I'm laughing so freaking hard 😂

One of my favorites is called The Muisc Express as that thing can really go fast as your two person cart swings back and forth also it goes backwards

What a genuine interview... this is why theo is successful

Zipper ride is still one of my all time favorites… great memories 😢

Theo getting severely electrocuted and then saying “oh so that happens”

In australia the Apollo/Skymaster is called the Hangover.

Asking the real questions Theo

Carny was cracking up the whole time. Good dude.

That's Luis J Gomez standing on the gravitron!😂😂

My childhood friend was part of a traveling carny family. I went with them a lot of the time. Was much fun. I could live like that. Love it.

Theo is hilarious and he understands the importance of having interesting people on who know how to converse.

This is the greatest interview ever

There is no way that carnival rides are safer than amusement parks. That’s absolute cap.

I miss the gravitron. Hasnt been at my local fair in over 15 years

"Tummy skeet" has me dead 😂😂💀

Yoooooo Theo funny asf 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂