Chasing the $129,000 Pokemon Card

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • This is the greatest card chase of All Time

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  • @rhymestyle
    @rhymestyle Před 3 lety +11334

    Typhlosion 17 is like $100,000 as a psa 10. Only 9 exist.

  • @theuntimelyhippo7232
    @theuntimelyhippo7232 Před 3 lety +3505

    Watched enough of these that I can’t tell if he’s celebrating a big pull, or a $0.30 pull in the thumbnail

    • @justincleveland8272
      @justincleveland8272 Před 3 lety +71

      @6:58 is what the big pull is

    • @mwlmay
      @mwlmay Před 3 lety

      I'm pretty sure it was an energy charge

    • @zaidsyed8187
      @zaidsyed8187 Před 3 lety

      Been around since the Yugioh so I totally know what you mean.

    • @djweavergamesmaster
      @djweavergamesmaster Před 3 lety +7

      @@mwlmay No thats a lugia, you just have to stick the stickers on.

    • @Mmm-iu6zl
      @Mmm-iu6zl Před 24 dny

      Soooo I’m new lil bro

  • @Weareonenation303
    @Weareonenation303 Před 3 lety +2726

    When a piece of cardboard is worth more than the house I live in.

    • @luxidoor2173
      @luxidoor2173 Před 3 lety +55

      It's the rarity of it that's expensive not the card itself.

    • @keynanmartinez
      @keynanmartinez Před 3 lety +20

      Good...Its free money.

    • @BH-ix7nq
      @BH-ix7nq Před 3 lety +73

      @@luxidoor2173 if i burned all zubats but one would it now be worth a lot?

    • @dhruvg550
      @dhruvg550 Před 3 lety +93

      @@BH-ix7nq probably. Most definitely if there's that burning lore behind it :P

    • @luxidoor2173
      @luxidoor2173 Před 3 lety +17

      @@BH-ix7nq yes

  • @DeebleDooble
    @DeebleDooble Před 3 lety +2775

    I'm glad to see Charlie is continuing to clear the market of trading cards to prevent others from forming an addiction. A truly charitable man.

  • @ScottyWazz
    @ScottyWazz Před 3 lety +965

    I know nothing of Pokemon cards, I'm just here vicariously living through this excitement of the pulls.

  • @flacomf748
    @flacomf748 Před 3 lety +4823

    The thumbnail screams, "YEAHHH BABYYY!!!!!!!!!"

  • @justaregulardude2551
    @justaregulardude2551 Před 3 lety +1830

    Close your eyes and listen to that.
    21:06

  • @swisskriss5967
    @swisskriss5967 Před 3 lety +2322

    This is no longer an addiction, its a passion

    • @azom5577
      @azom5577 Před 3 lety +15

      addiction

    • @thefoochie2118
      @thefoochie2118 Před 3 lety +19

      @BILLIE SAYS DUH also it’s penguinz0 you degenerate

    • @Cruscker
      @Cruscker Před 3 lety +3

      Its both

    • @coilzed9892
      @coilzed9892 Před 3 lety +7

      @BILLIE SAYS DUH no one really cares it’s your business not ours

    • @trickstermyth2016
      @trickstermyth2016 Před 3 lety +5

      It was never an addiction, it was an adventure

  • @handoverthestromboli6715
    @handoverthestromboli6715 Před 3 lety +501

    12:11 Fun fact about this sneasel: It was banned from competitive play because at the time its second attack was unreasonably strong, you could deal upwards to 100 damage when Blissey and Chansey(Bulkiest cards in the game) had 120 health.

    • @greenlight2323
      @greenlight2323 Před 2 lety +8

      No one cares about the details. And the fact was not fun at all.

    • @Erosss
      @Erosss Před 2 lety +143

      @@greenlight2323 hey bro wtf. i care.

    • @alexanderthegrrrreat6727
      @alexanderthegrrrreat6727 Před 2 lety +52

      @@greenlight2323 i care

    • @adonis1310
      @adonis1310 Před 2 lety +56

      @@greenlight2323 you are the exact kind of guy charlie would despise. i care

    • @Liamthemaestro
      @Liamthemaestro Před 2 lety +36

      @@greenlight2323 ratio

  • @sunnywunny
    @sunnywunny Před 3 lety +53

    this is the top tier friendship, you constantly hype eachother up and nothing ever happens

  • @willhall796
    @willhall796 Před 3 lety +1898

    Last time I was this early Charlie was still up on the cross getting poked in the side by a spear

  • @tblais1041
    @tblais1041 Před 3 lety +798

    16:26 10k card

    • @davonmulder8458
      @davonmulder8458 Před 3 lety +11

      thanks

    • @amirrezaamini3239
      @amirrezaamini3239 Před 3 lety +3

      King

    • @PurposefullyTCG
      @PurposefullyTCG Před 3 lety

      @@gordonfreeman474 prob wont get a 10, looks like a 9 at best

    • @bigfanofdong
      @bigfanofdong Před 3 lety

      @@PurposefullyTCG what makes it a ten or a nine? I have no clue about this kind of thing

    • @simonmarcu01
      @simonmarcu01 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bigfanofdong psa 10 means perfect condition card, no scratches or any flaw

  • @alexkronk3935
    @alexkronk3935 Před 3 lety +1338

    Me sitting here with $20 in my bank account: “Should I buy food or Pokémon cards?”

  • @yashbansod5628
    @yashbansod5628 Před 3 lety +257

    11:04 Dad's when their son's team scores a goal

  • @HARSHD
    @HARSHD Před 3 lety +91

    23:39 Tianna listening charlie from outside of the room

  • @joeyschalip3854
    @joeyschalip3854 Před 3 lety +282

    Matt’s thumbs devalued the cards

  • @elihookerreese7663
    @elihookerreese7663 Před 3 lety +315

    0:42 the greatest in-harmony "ohhhh no" of All Time

    • @Imjudah-
      @Imjudah- Před 3 lety

      @@metaknightSSBU So fucking scandalous!

    • @joeb9915
      @joeb9915 Před 3 lety

      Hahaha

    • @jaxyouwill
      @jaxyouwill Před 3 lety +1

      This is the greatest oh no of All Time

  • @codac7608
    @codac7608 Před 3 lety +280

    "Well that was the saddest moment of my life" - Charlie after pulling $22,000 worth of cards

    • @powerlifting1012
      @powerlifting1012 Před 3 lety +73

      He payed like 38k for the box

    • @travis_redfern6771
      @travis_redfern6771 Před 3 lety +12

      @Maximilian Scheinfeld Well yeah but it’s kinda like a personal gamble anyways for him pretty sure to pull value beyond the cost of the box

    • @ElGroodleReezo
      @ElGroodleReezo Před 3 lety +6

      @Maximilian Scheinfeld unlike the ketamine world record

    • @Weareonenation303
      @Weareonenation303 Před 3 lety +7

      @@travis_redfern6771 Charlie would need to buy quite a few of those thousand dollar boxes to be in financial trouble. Thankfully, we all know Charlie isn't dumb and won't do this.

    • @Ablumz
      @Ablumz Před 3 lety

      @@Weareonenation303 Yeah, he's never bought too many boxes before

  • @mylesstephens3607
    @mylesstephens3607 Před 3 lety +94

    I’m not even that crazy about Pokémon and these guys genuinely make it fun to watch Pokémon card openings. I would like to watch more of this kind of content in the future. Thank you

  • @PurposefullyTCG
    @PurposefullyTCG Před 3 lety +73

    Getting the energy in a PSA 10 is actually pretty expensive. Also T17 is a hype pull, second best you could get and notoriously hard to grade. Congrats! Not a terrible box

  • @Marshimized
    @Marshimized Před 3 lety +497

    2:34 when i buy some weed with my friends

  • @suarez9108
    @suarez9108 Před 3 lety +135

    Charlie you've just provoked a gang war for not knowing the masterpiece of a Pokémon that is Chinchou

  • @wh33zr
    @wh33zr Před 3 lety +37

    I love how they celebrate every pull it just makes it so much better. They’ll pull a crappy trainer and freak out.

  • @daycred
    @daycred Před 3 lety +96

    alternative title: "Chasing the high"

  • @krayzie281
    @krayzie281 Před 3 lety +42

    I like how Charlie opens up a whole
    Box of neo destiny like it’s nothing meanwhile other CZcamsrs who open cards in their channel only open like 3 or 4 packs every other video lol Charlie a legend

  • @RJKilroy
    @RJKilroy Před 3 lety +185

    These kinds of card unboxings are just the young people version of antiques shows

    • @cantaloupecom2674
      @cantaloupecom2674 Před 3 lety +4

      I’ve never thought of it before but you’re absolutely right. I used to make fun of my mom for watching those too..

    • @10easilyamused
      @10easilyamused Před 3 lety

      I watched the antique road show growing up :(

  • @Smorehead13
    @Smorehead13 Před 3 lety +53

    Whew had been so long since an opening vid I was worried he filled his addictions entirely with ketamine

  • @stormispiderwick5179
    @stormispiderwick5179 Před 3 lety +67

    00:00 *man we in the fuckin future now*

  • @stuff2you
    @stuff2you Před 3 lety +38

    21:07 "Matt you would be such a good friend if you just pull it, oh come on"

  • @SSCEurobeat
    @SSCEurobeat Před 3 lety +17

    16:25 - Charlie just singlehandedly did the most badass pull I have ever seen, holy shit

  • @cheeseburger4090
    @cheeseburger4090 Před 3 lety +1510

    Incoming unfunny comments from verified people ......

  • @francis5583
    @francis5583 Před 3 lety +151

    I couldn’t tell which ones they were actually excited about

  • @diegoboob8318
    @diegoboob8318 Před 3 lety +83

    I love how they act like kids in their room messing around.

    • @LegendaryDesu
      @LegendaryDesu Před 3 lety +5

      Act?
      You're watching adults with autism awkwardly shuffle around playing cards for money

    • @mybedsnotmade3805
      @mybedsnotmade3805 Před 3 lety +10

      @@LegendaryDesu i bet your car smells like piss and has chicken nugget crumbs on the seats

    • @diegoboob8318
      @diegoboob8318 Před 3 lety

      @@LegendaryDesu Dude like no one asked for your opinion and you put "desu" at the end of your name come on now.

    • @Ryzen1
      @Ryzen1 Před 3 lety

      @@LegendaryDesu im watching an adults having fun pulling cards, while im reading a sad lonely man comment.

    • @itsluis8684
      @itsluis8684 Před 3 lety

      @@LegendaryDesu it’s content

  • @theSirGalleway
    @theSirGalleway Před 3 lety +24

    I love how they hype every pack to be lugia lmao I love these guys

  • @jinmBe_aoCnle
    @jinmBe_aoCnle Před 2 lety +60

    these guys can make anything 10x as exciting

  • @MrWordcraft
    @MrWordcraft Před 3 lety +23

    I read the title as "CASHING the $129,000 Pokemon Card" and I was like: "There's no way Charlie would sell one of his children!" and I was not disappointed.

  • @wraithwilldie
    @wraithwilldie Před 3 lety +142

    Should be chasing that Ketamine world record.

    • @howdid.I.enduphere
      @howdid.I.enduphere Před 3 lety +1

      He is tho czcams.com/video/W6rA_PZ_inQ/video.html

    • @julianreyes127
      @julianreyes127 Před 3 lety +3

      @Baldhina Asnake isn’t he 4th place now? he literally made a video about it

    • @Fengsuave_
      @Fengsuave_ Před 3 lety

      Dog.

    • @julianreyes127
      @julianreyes127 Před 3 lety

      @Baldhina Asnake ohh mb, i thought you were saying that he currently is the wr holder

  • @landondehart3032
    @landondehart3032 Před 3 lety +15

    Its not the camera exposure making him glow. It's his heavenly presence.

  • @andrewaldujaili3145
    @andrewaldujaili3145 Před 3 lety +22

    Me who doesn't know anything about pokemon trading cards: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT CARD IS 10K!!!!!!"

  • @vincent78433
    @vincent78433 Před 3 lety +18

    near the end charlie started to sound like he was several hotsauces deep into a tierlist

  • @michaelfallen1564
    @michaelfallen1564 Před 3 lety +713

    Everytime I watch him open these old Pokémon cards, see him pull a card I used to have and hear that its now worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, it kinda makes me want to kill my friend who gave me $30 for my whole binder of holos and EX's back in the day. I think I used the money on a stupid RC car that broke like 2 weeks later lmfao.

    • @oxiclee
      @oxiclee Před 3 lety +45

      Is he serving jail time?

    • @notnihaal5414
      @notnihaal5414 Před 3 lety +3

      Sorry man

    • @russellmuscle7434
      @russellmuscle7434 Před 3 lety +28

      Only problem is it has to be psa 10, I had the first edition lugia

    • @vongolaxi7611
      @vongolaxi7611 Před 3 lety +5

      This reminds me, my friend’s uncle gave him a binder of loads of og cards. I really gotta check it out after this pandemic blows over

    • @lavahawk
      @lavahawk Před 3 lety +6

      keep in mind all of these are first edition and judging prices off of perfect condition which none of us kept up as kids

  • @_totallynotscott
    @_totallynotscott Před 3 lety +43

    charlie really is chasing the dragon, back in the day $2 cards were huge, mans gets a $536 and is disappointed. don’t do cards kids.

  • @DaffyDuckTheWizzard
    @DaffyDuckTheWizzard Před 3 lety +23

    I didn't know there was an Avatar state of gambling.
    THAT EXPLAINS A LOT OF LOSSES

  • @ryanhimes3449
    @ryanhimes3449 Před 3 lety +15

    "I wanna rip it in half" to the only Pokémon card I've ever wanted lmao

  • @miraqen7801
    @miraqen7801 Před 3 lety +16

    He's not addicted, he's just committed!

  • @sb1692
    @sb1692 Před 3 lety +18

    They’re reactions are like they are just defusing bombs over and over.

    • @Titoo.1
      @Titoo.1 Před 3 lety +1

      “They are reactions”

  • @mediocrespaceexplorer
    @mediocrespaceexplorer Před 3 lety +18

    7:00 is the thumbnail lmaoo

  • @vitaleriof
    @vitaleriof Před 3 lety +16

    0:41 i feel like i'm going to be sick

    • @PersonaPrime
      @PersonaPrime Před 3 lety

      I can do the exact same thing. I don't know how I just could always do it. I am glad I found someone else lol

  • @skrrt_kids8839
    @skrrt_kids8839 Před 3 lety +14

    Crazy how the value of these has gone up makes me wanna hop in and collect these cards for my enjoyment and never sell them lol

  • @nglkano1507
    @nglkano1507 Před 3 lety +29

    “WTF is.. what is wrong with you? You are actually cursed..” 😹

  • @saucshdead
    @saucshdead Před 3 lety +31

    This was by far one of the most stressful streams I had ever watched

  • @dupedick
    @dupedick Před 3 lety +46

    I rarely question the time I spend on my free time. But how many hours have I spent watching Charlie open card packs? Really makes me think.

    • @Verticom10
      @Verticom10 Před 3 lety

      About what

    • @carl5535
      @carl5535 Před 2 lety +1

      About how you literally lost the memory of posting this comment one year ago.

  • @Nathan-ic4lz
    @Nathan-ic4lz Před 3 lety +12

    Danny’s win loss ratio
    Error: cannot divide by zero

  • @TrainerTre
    @TrainerTre Před 3 lety +17

    I can't *bayleef* how legendary these géntlemon are.

  • @seabass324
    @seabass324 Před 3 lety +6

    2:35 man is opening Pokémon cards like he's opening a bag of weed

  • @DannyGz99
    @DannyGz99 Před 3 lety +25

    25:47 by far the most depressing face ive ever seen.

  • @unomomento4504
    @unomomento4504 Před 3 lety +4

    11:03 when someone wins a game of uno at the weeaboo table.

  • @summer7318
    @summer7318 Před 3 lety +15

    16:25 boys

  • @homeslices3
    @homeslices3 Před 3 lety +2

    The voice crack at 4:23 is just beautiful.

  • @xHugoxN7
    @xHugoxN7 Před 3 lety +10

    Second Gen is forever my favorite, yeah its 100% Nostalgia.

  • @TroubledOnePaydirt
    @TroubledOnePaydirt Před 3 lety +9

    Why am I enjoying watching this so much? I don’t even know anything about or care about Pokémon. 🤷‍♂️😂😂😂

  • @justsomeguythatwantssometh9986

    Coro chan: **continues to spread**
    *Jesus and the boys at heaven:*

  • @manasr1998
    @manasr1998 Před 3 lety +65

    In the total pull cost they are forgetting the 100X multiplier because the card has been in Jesus’s hand.

  • @yennyburgos82
    @yennyburgos82 Před 3 lety +8

    You hear that mat “that’s nice” “Charlie no that’s the sound of resealing” lol

  • @Van_Hoofenstein
    @Van_Hoofenstein Před 3 lety +18

    I'd really like to see them go to a comic con when conventions are allowed again just to do a panel where they open cards and watch 1000 people collectively loose their minds when he pulls a trainer card

  • @cwthiel
    @cwthiel Před 3 lety +14

    Charlie is going to be the richest man, in pokemon cards of course.

  • @acyds
    @acyds Před 3 lety +60

    me when the cockroach starts the death ritual 18:17

    • @farn69
      @farn69 Před 3 lety

      It has wings???

  • @amordelrey
    @amordelrey Před 3 lety +13

    Doesn't Charlie know he IS the Christmas miracle?

  • @NINJA4AMERICA
    @NINJA4AMERICA Před 3 lety +4

    Charlie talking about how big his hands are, and i'm just sitting here like "Bruh trim those nails"

  • @adamhandzo0513
    @adamhandzo0513 Před 3 lety +5

    Charlie: It’s a lugia
    The pack: Oh so you want a Holo?😉

  • @ChrisP999
    @ChrisP999 Před 3 lety +13

    Charlie gonna be bouncing off the walls like cocoa puffs commercials I hope

  • @IrritatedIndex
    @IrritatedIndex Před 3 lety +5

    Matt is becoming one of my favorite main characters. You have good friends Charlie

  • @bankrupt_batman
    @bankrupt_batman Před 3 lety +153

    "Miltank has canonically the most nipples of any pokemon", Charlie says as he forgets tentocruel...

    • @Mawkatz
      @Mawkatz Před 3 lety +32

      It's TentAcruel, and those are "Suckers" not nipples. Jellyfish don't have nipples. They don't breastfeed their young. lmao That's pretty much a mammal exclusive thing.

    • @Mawkatz
      @Mawkatz Před 3 lety +12

      @@gorillaman7239 "Suckers" are what the suction cups ON Tentacles on octopi are called. Yes. That's the actual name of them. lol

    • @Dutchlad112
      @Dutchlad112 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Mawkatz Isn't tentacruel a jellyfish rather than an octopus?

    • @Mawkatz
      @Mawkatz Před 3 lety +5

      @@gorillaman7239 lol It's all good. And technically no jellyfish don't, but octopi, squids, cuttlefish, etc. do. But Tentacruel don't seem to be true jellyfish. They seem to be a mix with one of the others because it has a shark beak which jellyfish don't have, and octopi and squid do.

    • @Mawkatz
      @Mawkatz Před 3 lety +3

      @@Dutchlad112Tentacruel don't seem to be true jellyfish. They seem to be a mix with one of the others because it has a shark beak which jellyfish don't have, and octopi, squid, etc. do.

  • @luv7822
    @luv7822 Před rokem +1

    matt doing that, still catches me off guard lol

  • @NikolaLuketic
    @NikolaLuketic Před 3 lety +9

    insert unfunny jesus joke here
    insert unfunny homeless man joke here
    insert unfunny addiction joke here
    insert unfunny YEAH BABY reference here

    • @notracc9096
      @notracc9096 Před 3 lety +1

      Remember Capital G in God and J and/or J C in Jesus and/or Jesus Christ in Jesus Mighty and Holy Name Amen 🙏

    • @NikolaLuketic
      @NikolaLuketic Před 3 lety

      @@notracc9096 You brought me to tears there good Sir. Amen brother, may your life be full of closures

  • @brady1863
    @brady1863 Před 3 lety +7

    Matt's mutant finger is making me uncomfortable.

  • @YupaLovesGlizzy
    @YupaLovesGlizzy Před 3 lety +6

    OMFG, ITS A RAINBOW REFLECTIVE IMAGE. I would sell my heart just for that

  • @mattfigueroa8761
    @mattfigueroa8761 Před 3 lety +159

    Day 308 of asking Charlie for a signed fleshlight

    • @fatoreo7062
      @fatoreo7062 Před 3 lety +4

      Like yo pfp. We whooped ass in da second half yesterday

    • @qb120
      @qb120 Před 3 lety

      @@fatoreo7062 bruh I watched the game yesterday the colts lost 😐. The Steelers beat them so be talking. The colts need a new quarterback man 🥶. Philip rivers is not it, and don’t even think about making it far in the playoffs we all know the colts won’t make it far 😱

    • @acidman9909
      @acidman9909 Před 3 lety +5

      I think you misspelled used

    • @howdid.I.enduphere
      @howdid.I.enduphere Před 3 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/W6rA_PZ_inQ/video.html

    • @qb120
      @qb120 Před 3 lety

      @@acidman9909 ? lol that makes no sense LMFOAOA

  • @Nickerson571
    @Nickerson571 Před 3 lety +6

    Pulling holos in any Neo set was crazy hard back in the day. I think you found the seller that put the heavy weight packs back in the box on accident lol.

  • @jacedeboo
    @jacedeboo Před 3 lety +23

    This video should be called "Cavemen grunt erratically while opening pokémon cards"

  • @mmmmmmmmm85m
    @mmmmmmmmm85m Před 3 lety +7

    Bro I can’t with his sarcasm I am crying

  • @TheBigLin_
    @TheBigLin_ Před 3 lety +8

    Daddy chill

  • @nintendope8837
    @nintendope8837 Před 3 lety +5

    I bought my entire local stores cosmic eclipse stock without my dad knowing and pulled every card but the charizard one

  • @bon4230
    @bon4230 Před 3 lety

    Charlie: "390? That's a big girl." Trainer boy: "fucKiN fAT BirD

  • @matthevanhouts2871
    @matthevanhouts2871 Před 3 lety +4

    Damn charlies friends are lucky they're charlies friends, they're having so much fun i love it.

  • @limelika9374
    @limelika9374 Před 3 lety +3

    0:40 when they say oh no in perfect harmony

  • @FFFr3sHHH
    @FFFr3sHHH Před 3 lety +8

    Video: *posted 0.0001 seconds ago*
    The comments: *461*

  • @richie404
    @richie404 Před 3 lety +34

    I enjoy his quest of finding Pokémon cards.

  • @leeroyjenkins7588
    @leeroyjenkins7588 Před 2 lety +5

    i love how underwhelmed they seem in the vid opening a typhlosion that's worth like more than $50,000 in psa 10

  • @optimusprice6393
    @optimusprice6393 Před 3 lety +7

    Matt with the most severe case of Nintendo Thumbs I’ve ever seen in my life

    • @PersonaPrime
      @PersonaPrime Před 3 lety

      Is that what they are called? My whole life I could do the exact same and I finally found another person who can do it lol

    • @WasThatOneDude
      @WasThatOneDude Před 3 lety

      Isnt that called a hitchhiker's thumb ._?

  • @eliasdegaard6136
    @eliasdegaard6136 Před 3 lety +46

    Matt’s finger be like: 7

  • @history272915
    @history272915 Před 3 lety +34

    When are the divine packs shipping out?

  • @vincesantistevan6244
    @vincesantistevan6244 Před 2 lety

    When Charlie asked wtf is wrong w you I lost it 😂

  • @Temikoqwerty
    @Temikoqwerty Před 3 lety +4

    Jesus christ ive never felt so insecure about playing audio outloud for a video that isnt even porn

  • @THEPUNISHERGEAR
    @THEPUNISHERGEAR Před 3 lety +9

    RIP TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T WEAR HEADPHONES

  • @axolotldabest3650
    @axolotldabest3650 Před 3 lety +8

    Noice vid and have a happy New Years. (Hopefully)

  • @owenwright2635
    @owenwright2635 Před 3 lety +5

    Dude I can’t believe you pulled the Lugia at 17:36
    Crazy man, what luck

  • @aiden6343
    @aiden6343 Před 3 lety +2

    the sarcasm in this video is uncanny

  • @jeremyarnold343
    @jeremyarnold343 Před 3 lety +3

    This was like watching a truly great movie. It had everything suspense, comedy, and just couldn’t take my eyes away

  • @patrickbatemanstoenail8611
    @patrickbatemanstoenail8611 Před 3 lety +17

    Charlie is the type of person to say he's not an alcoholic, then open a can of beer.