The Wild Life of a Traveling Carny

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  • Excerpt from This Past Weekend #496 | A Carnie
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Komentáře • 470

  • @wes788411
    @wes788411 Před měsícem +255

    “Who was Robin Marks?”
    “I Was.” 😂

    • @Acemechanicalservices
      @Acemechanicalservices Před měsícem +24

      “Ahhh, I got it”…..
      (He didn’t get it)

    • @louskunt9798
      @louskunt9798 Před měsícem +6

      😂😂

    • @KingLoon3y
      @KingLoon3y Před měsícem +4

      If he got intravenously he wouldn’t have got it haha. 😂
      So Theo great man!
      New fan here from Limerick Ireland.

    • @TheAnnoyingBoss
      @TheAnnoyingBoss Před 19 dny

      "She had bust a nut tattood on her i felt like it was sexual harassment every time she walked past me" 😂

  • @JohnSmith-kw6io
    @JohnSmith-kw6io Před měsícem +344

    Love how Theo almost loses it at "Rayquwan, her son"

    • @4marky
      @4marky Před měsícem +8

      😭😭

    • @tricia3114
      @tricia3114 Před měsícem +15

      I had to watch that a couple times..😅😅😅

    • @craigsmart1986
      @craigsmart1986 Před měsícem +25

      Or is it Raekwon like from the wu tang

    • @dustoin1386
      @dustoin1386 Před měsícem +2

      omg I loled

    • @Jmotwa87
      @Jmotwa87 Před měsícem +8

      Might’ve been the last name I would’ve expected to hear 😂😂

  • @zachmiller3835
    @zachmiller3835 Před měsícem +216

    "Carnies, circus folk. Small hands. Smell like cabbage." - Austin powers.

  • @Warren_Bluffett
    @Warren_Bluffett Před měsícem +134

    “Did you guys ever have beef with the livestock?” 🤣

    • @timhick6
      @timhick6 Před měsícem +1

      Lol I caught that too

  • @OrangesmokeM7
    @OrangesmokeM7 Před měsícem +297

    “ we would snip it and send it back in the wild”
    “You serious?”
    “No” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @bfors8498
    @bfors8498 Před měsícem +144

    "A nice cozy pile of wires"

    • @timmmychanga
      @timmmychanga Před měsícem +7

      😂 I read this as it was said priceless

    • @pony3284
      @pony3284 Před měsícem +6

      That one was wild to me lmao. Do they check before plugging shit in??

    • @kakkaanpisuaariin534
      @kakkaanpisuaariin534 Před 20 dny

      Wtf is the cozy part about wires😂 u can tell hes a real carnie cozy pile of plastic

  • @alexvanzandt
    @alexvanzandt Před měsícem +164

    This dude looks like a character from a Rob Zombie flick..

    • @lylebaierlein419
      @lylebaierlein419 Před měsícem +13

      Rob zombie was Carney as kid lmao

    • @henrygreen8190
      @henrygreen8190 Před měsícem +3

      Yoooo this 😂

    • @seanducharme413
      @seanducharme413 Před měsícem +7

      This dude used to work for Fiesta amusements I remember seeing him alot in Massachusetts

    • @timboslice8559
      @timboslice8559 Před měsícem +5

      Looks a little like Sid Haig

    • @seanducharme413
      @seanducharme413 Před měsícem +7

      @@mattsiegel4516 yea rob zombies parents were carnies too

  • @michaeldelarm1630
    @michaeldelarm1630 Před měsícem +45

    "Rayquan her son still works for me" i bout spit my drink across the room lmfao

    • @whosZixi
      @whosZixi Před měsícem +3

      Dude im dead same timing as he said it

  • @Nate187um
    @Nate187um Před měsícem +106

    “Your brother’s an N word or whatever” WTF 😂😂😂

  • @michaelgriffin5304
    @michaelgriffin5304 Před měsícem +188

    This guy just looks like Theo in an alternate universe.

  • @billdavies7243
    @billdavies7243 Před měsícem +232

    "And who was Robin Marks" 😂😂

    • @mattmillie007
      @mattmillie007 Před měsícem +45

      “I was”
      😂😂😂

    • @tricia3114
      @tricia3114 Před měsícem +43

      Theo became a Mark at that moment..

    • @rumrun11
      @rumrun11 Před měsícem +37

      I like the way he acts like he gets it, but he doesn’t.

    • @walterwhite640
      @walterwhite640 Před měsícem +12

      Theo’s a mark

    • @crystallake6198
      @crystallake6198 Před měsícem +19

      "ahhh I got it"
      No he didn't 😂

  • @wacksparrow88
    @wacksparrow88 Před měsícem +45

    The guest doesn’t trust people however he has passion about what he does. That’s why he’s reserved. Good speaker

  • @craigsmart1986
    @craigsmart1986 Před měsícem +77

    When he said there was a little bit of drugs use you know there was a LOT of drug use

  • @wiseguy8100
    @wiseguy8100 Před měsícem +20

    “Making love huh?” “Well I wouldn’t call it love” “making almost love” 😂😂

  • @elyk9045
    @elyk9045 Před měsícem +13

    Twice, I thought Theo was gonna ask for an apprenticeship

  • @metalgeniusjoe5602
    @metalgeniusjoe5602 Před měsícem +40

    I'd love to see Theo ask the questions at the presidential debate. LOL This was an awesome interview.

  • @rocketloob449
    @rocketloob449 Před měsícem +54

    "so were crushing beers as fast as we can once we close to get as messed up and drunk as fast as we can"
    "to go to sleep?"
    LMFAOOOOO theo been some dark places bro

  • @markramsey3902
    @markramsey3902 Před měsícem +32

    This man said "A nice cozy pile of wires to curl up on."

  • @ryml111
    @ryml111 Před měsícem +40

    Theo looks like a high end carny…these two should have a show together 😂😂😂

  • @GRINGOf10
    @GRINGOf10 Před 9 dny +4

    these interviews with "normal" people are more interesting than "celebrity rogan types" interviews

  • @aaronmoore2691
    @aaronmoore2691 Před měsícem +9

    My sister was wild since birth and did so many crazy things she could write books about each week, but got on hard drugs from 2011 to 2020. She joined a carnival in 2018 and went around America for a year. She has more stories from the year she was with the carnival than she has stories from HS graduation to joining the carnival. Its an entirely different world than the one we live in, much like hollywood. She's been clean for three years now!

    • @0tt0z
      @0tt0z Před měsícem +1

      I wish you and your sis all the best.

  • @WiseLuck117
    @WiseLuck117 Před měsícem +24

    Carnies don’t take care of the carnival, the carnival takes care of the carnies.

  • @thatguynuts1415
    @thatguynuts1415 Před měsícem +50

    Carnies are the closest thing we have to the wasteland humans from Fallout, national treasures 😂

    • @mikew3194
      @mikew3194 Před 26 dny

      Isn't it kind of white trash gypsy? I dig it, just trying to sociologize

  • @GardenisLife
    @GardenisLife Před měsícem +20

    you snip it off, and send it back out into the wild "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" No. LOL that killed me

  • @billdavies7243
    @billdavies7243 Před měsícem +94

    Love the way theo talks about cocaine and starts gritting his teeth

    • @BorisBidjanSaberi11
      @BorisBidjanSaberi11 Před měsícem +10

      Flashbacks

    • @xela0101
      @xela0101 Před měsícem

      😂😂😂😂

    • @reklezzz9038
      @reklezzz9038 Před měsícem

      ​@@BorisBidjanSaberi11it's real life man... I was bad on meth.. I got an OZ my first time, I always had plenty... it was bad.
      Most people I know still miss it... my dad been sober almost 30 years, and if he smells ether, his mouth starts drooling..
      If I start thinking about it, cant stop thinking about the taste, rolling the bowl in my fingers and getting a fat cloud....
      Its tragic dude. We need real drug education- here it is.
      Meth is fucking incredible. Eventually, if you dont take care of yourself, you'll go crazy
      If you accidentally get meth, you're gonna love it and it'll seem like theres nothing to fear... it comes later.
      I miss it every day. Nothing will ever be that good again. Its FUCKED.
      But I also HATE being out of control, cant control my thoughts...
      I'm better on LSD and shrooms than I am being awake for a week on meth lol
      Tripping, I remind myself I'm high.
      Meth, I feel extra focused. You cant convince me that I'm wrong. People were trying to kill me. Been sober over a year still pretty sure sum shit was goin on

    • @Cam-LTowing-qz3cu
      @Cam-LTowing-qz3cu Před měsícem +3

      Facts anytime he talks about cocaine his face starts to move And he gets a flashback. You could see it in his eyes.

    • @Snowboarder16
      @Snowboarder16 Před 9 dny

      😂😂😂

  • @bavelar8775
    @bavelar8775 Před měsícem +16

    We need to get an honest writer to sit down with this guy and write a movie of his upbringing/life. It would be killer

  • @kevm7101
    @kevm7101 Před měsícem +13

    "Raekwon works for me" Dude i totally missed that from the pod. Hillllllllarious

  • @SO-rb8wc
    @SO-rb8wc Před 29 dny +5

    "Catch em, snip it off, let em go"
    "Are you serious?!"
    "No"

  • @potterj09
    @potterj09 Před měsícem +29

    "A couple men and a lizard .. that's like the bible" hahaha 😂😂😂

  • @JDrifts
    @JDrifts Před měsícem +30

    So the puke stains in the gravitron weren't all from kids then

  • @ReediculousB
    @ReediculousB Před 22 dny +5

    Wow, they actually sleep inside the rides! Old school Simpsons had a bit about Fantastic Dan sleeping inside the carnival whack-a-mole game, and they were right the whole time!

  • @r1w3d
    @r1w3d Před měsícem +34

    Robin Marks 🤣

  • @skunkape2
    @skunkape2 Před měsícem +8

    I had a classmate that was working the tilt-a-whirl one day at the county fair. He was all proud of himself that the real tilt-a-whirl carny told him that he'd give him 50 bucks if he worked for him all day. Poor bastard sat out in the hot sun for 12 hours and when the carny came back, he gave him only 5 bucks.

  • @adamv1715
    @adamv1715 Před měsícem +36

    If anyone is curious where the term marks come from, it's from the old school carnivals where Carneys would actually take chalk And put a "mark" on people so other carnies would know who they could get to play.

    • @thereelmccoyfishing86
      @thereelmccoyfishing86 Před měsícem +5

      We use the term marks in professional wrestling also.

    • @adamv1715
      @adamv1715 Před měsícem +7

      @@thereelmccoyfishing86 professional wrestling as we know it today started in carnivals.

    • @samcornwell8645
      @samcornwell8645 Před měsícem +2

      Also what thieves and scammers did sometimes, same thing I guess.

  • @vicrattlehead8665
    @vicrattlehead8665 Před 6 dny +1

    “Well the party nights were in the the gravitron because yeah they had the sound system in there already” I had to laugh at that for like a minute

  • @silasearl3169
    @silasearl3169 Před měsícem +16

    I ❤ watching Theo. He has the most random and interesting ppl and conversations.

  • @tendraftsdeep
    @tendraftsdeep Před měsícem +12

    "Yeah, last season, he was a pixie dust spreader on the tilt-o-whirl. He thinks that maybe next year, he'll be guessing people's weight or barking for the yak woman".

    • @addicted2bass87
      @addicted2bass87 Před měsícem +3

      "Yea, she's' s ugly as sin, but a sweet gal. And a hell of a good cook."

  • @michellerussell49
    @michellerussell49 Před měsícem +10

    "Really?? WOW...That seems illlllllegal.... That's crazy... in the eyes of God" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @johnsheetz6639
    @johnsheetz6639 Před měsícem +10

    Back in the 80s if you pop three balloons you could get a cool Ozzy bark at the Moon theme mirror that you can snort all the coke off of. some of those roach clips with feathers on it,

    • @mystiquesquared
      @mystiquesquared Před měsícem

      Hell yeah brother. Good times. 😂

    • @johnsheetz6639
      @johnsheetz6639 Před měsícem

      @@mystiquesquared I remember having to steer my old lady and the kids away from the booth that gave away baby rabbits! Lol! No not that one! let's go to the one that gives away almost dead goldfish!

    • @zzbudzz
      @zzbudzz Před měsícem

      LMAO! So true!

    • @bradyoung6663
      @bradyoung6663 Před 6 dny +1

      I still have my Def Leppard Hysteria mirror.

  • @VAFlores635
    @VAFlores635 Před měsícem +4

    This guy looks like Dave Attell if he never went bald.

  • @user-lh2zb5lh1i
    @user-lh2zb5lh1i Před měsícem +14

    He needs a permanent gig this guy w theo

  • @ghostvoices
    @ghostvoices Před měsícem +3

    Theo’s side comments are always absolute 🔥 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @kevinb7126
    @kevinb7126 Před měsícem +3

    Theo rules for interviewing these interesting folks

  • @JaredGenesis444
    @JaredGenesis444 Před měsícem +6

    this was literally the most entertaining thing i've seen on youtube all year. Congrats Theo and team for making this happen.

  • @Jupiterbotz
    @Jupiterbotz Před měsícem +8

    Man, it has actually always been a dream of mine to travel with a carnival and operate a ride or a game.

    • @thorstenfuzzi5031
      @thorstenfuzzi5031 Před měsícem +5

      Well, good for you

    • @seanducharme413
      @seanducharme413 Před měsícem

      It's not that glamorous especially when Half the women on the show look like him

  • @pz713
    @pz713 Před 11 dny +1

    “Are you ready to rock?”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @gilwood7530
    @gilwood7530 Před měsícem +1

    I hope THEO has this guy on a bunch ...Just discussing everyday shit and current events ...they have a vibe together

  • @Robert-lc6dv
    @Robert-lc6dv Před měsícem +2

    Theo low key trying to find the Bust A Load carny, keeps bringing her up.

  • @alecbaker13
    @alecbaker13 Před 23 dny +1

    Loved this episode so much

  • @personnamed2764
    @personnamed2764 Před měsícem +2

    This is 100x cooler than I imagined

  • @pittsky
    @pittsky Před měsícem +9

    Theo met Theo.

  • @81dsend
    @81dsend Před měsícem +3

    Dude I got lost at a county fair and a Carnie pointed me to a cop. I ended up at lost and found 😂😂😂😂

    • @TheAnnoyingBoss
      @TheAnnoyingBoss Před 19 dny

      Its wild how these guys just watch people slamming into mirrors all day. Tough to get your car crapped on irreversibly but you can see there is at least some advantages

  • @realblackman45
    @realblackman45 Před měsícem +1

    From what he describes, theres same Tales From The Crypt vibes going on when the carnival closes for the night lol

  • @kbkushsinglove
    @kbkushsinglove Před měsícem +1

    Great episode

  • @MegaManX7
    @MegaManX7 Před měsícem +8

    When you think of a "Carny" you think of a guy that looks EXACTLY like that. Do I lie?

  • @Snowboarder16
    @Snowboarder16 Před 9 dny +1

    This guy is funny as hell

  • @DookieFreshh
    @DookieFreshh Před měsícem +2

    I want to hear more from this dude, hes hilarious!

  • @Show0Me0The0Evidence
    @Show0Me0The0Evidence Před 26 dny +1

    as a carnie, this is the first conversation that I've heard with Theo where I start to doubt some of his wild stories.. just based on his questions and his surprise attitude towards partying lol

  • @HalloweenScream
    @HalloweenScream Před měsícem +2

    This guy mbraces "Carney," even though it has a bad stigma. Also one of the nicest and realest guys out there

  • @oxBLUNTxo
    @oxBLUNTxo Před měsícem

    I like how you have to work for the good stuff! And you do it so well.

  • @tangerineg9038
    @tangerineg9038 Před 9 dny

    The last 5 seconds of this clip is priceless 😂

  • @mr.doctorcaptain1124
    @mr.doctorcaptain1124 Před měsícem +2

    1:45
    There was zero hesitation in that man’s response

  • @jeremymackevincaylor5041
    @jeremymackevincaylor5041 Před měsícem +8

    Anybody else notice that he only has one woman story but he's been to 10000 carnivals. I don't think Carney's pick up many women

    • @BrolandMeeces
      @BrolandMeeces Před měsícem +1

      I get what you're saying but it's not the " Talking sex with Theo".

    • @VitaKet
      @VitaKet Před měsícem +1

      He literally said he was with that woman for 10 years... would you rather he cheat?

    • @TobeyWieler
      @TobeyWieler Před měsícem

      You needed this interview to come to that conclusion?

    • @mickallen1201
      @mickallen1201 Před měsícem

      Moms tell their daughters to not fuck with the Carneys. So the first thing they want to do is fuck a Carney. Different girl and town most every week. Been a Jointy since '78.

  • @paulboccuti1141
    @paulboccuti1141 Před měsícem +7

    The dunk tank guy on the boardwalk in Wildwood New Jersey when I was a kid was a savage. He would sit up there just smoking cigarettes and had this raspy voice and he would say anything.

    • @BVMMT
      @BVMMT Před měsícem +3

      Gosh, Paul, that brings back memories! lol 😎✌🙏

  • @JonnyUnderrated
    @JonnyUnderrated Před měsícem +2

    This dude is going to in heavy after this interview, He's spillin' the beans. The cat is out of the bag now...all the other carnies are going to be pissed @ him

  • @TheButcherClan
    @TheButcherClan Před 3 dny

    It’s actually cool that Theo is sitting down with blue collar dudes. Some of the best and greatest stories I’ve ever heard came from the mouth of a warehouse worker. I think it’s a missed opportunity that podcasters don’t usually see.

  • @enneffgaming
    @enneffgaming Před měsícem

    One of the best so far.

  • @julieradulov4140
    @julieradulov4140 Před měsícem +2

    I was a "carnie" in the late 90's through the mid 2000's, and this brings back memories.

  • @fartkerson
    @fartkerson Před měsícem +12

    I used to work theme parks and was part of the concessions crew. Theme parks are sorta similar. Rides, concessions, games (I guess joints), clean up crew, and the people who played characters and walked around interacting with people, didn’t mix and had rivalries.
    I started working in the video game industry and they used to call me a carny because I had also done theatre and was a cast member of Rocky Horror. All of my jobs were entertaining and exciting I suppose. I wasn’t a carny but my job experience felt carny-like to some people.

    • @joemanning90
      @joemanning90 Před měsícem

      What lol how is dressing up in suspenders and black lipstick as a cast member of rocky horror have anything to do with ripping off the public on games you can't win lol crazy.... I think you've made this up, it makes no sense

    • @fartkerson
      @fartkerson Před měsícem

      @@joemanning90 It was just a joke that people made about me when I was first hired as a Game Master for a AAA game developer. Just a bit of fun because my previous work experience was theme parks and theatre. Some guys on my team called me a carny. That didn't make me a carny, they just thought of me as one. lol

  • @DoubleD42
    @DoubleD42 Před měsícem +4

    Theo, say Rayqwaun, say it! 🤣🤣

  • @AFloridaSon
    @AFloridaSon Před měsícem +2

    I tried being a carney in the 80s. I found out real quick that I wasn't near as wild and crazy as I had thought I was. 😅

  • @krzysztofslomiany4090
    @krzysztofslomiany4090 Před měsícem +1

    lol we've all wondered about them. good interview

  • @arlichar11
    @arlichar11 Před měsícem

    they are a special breed, have great stories too

  • @TheCheat420
    @TheCheat420 Před 18 dny +2

    "Nice cozy pileawires!"

  • @sebfettel
    @sebfettel Před měsícem

    This was a good interview

  • @timczifrik7715
    @timczifrik7715 Před měsícem +1

    this was all very interesting...!!! I like this guy. I would love to just chill with him and talk about stuff, lol

  • @rachelengstrom9120
    @rachelengstrom9120 Před měsícem

    As someone born unto two carnies, I really appreciate this interview. It also confirms many of the stories I was told growing up.

  • @MattKittredge2112
    @MattKittredge2112 Před měsícem +1

    I’d totally have a beer with this dude. He seems cool as hell.

  • @ultimateformulations
    @ultimateformulations Před měsícem +14

    That flat cap is sweet! Seriously

    • @BorisBidjanSaberi11
      @BorisBidjanSaberi11 Před měsícem +6

      When someone rocks it well, they look nice

    • @Dusty-uy3ev
      @Dusty-uy3ev Před měsícem

      Nobody looks bad in a scally cap

    • @michaelj6392
      @michaelj6392 Před měsícem

      @@BorisBidjanSaberi11almost no one can pull them off

  • @codyclark8533
    @codyclark8533 Před 22 dny +1

    I love this guy

  • @fkirfirt9606
    @fkirfirt9606 Před měsícem +1

    Mitch the carny needs to start a podcast.

  • @jenniferd8346
    @jenniferd8346 Před měsícem

    Theo has the best guests!

  • @artfire007
    @artfire007 Před měsícem +4

    I’ve never seen a lycanthrope in real life before now.

  • @harbosonius
    @harbosonius Před měsícem +1

    This carny dude is a national treasure.

  • @rjsanders1981
    @rjsanders1981 Před měsícem

    God dammm this one was gold. Rayquan had me loling though, good stuff Theo 😂👌

  • @Blas4ublasphemy
    @Blas4ublasphemy Před měsícem +1

    This is gold!!!!

  • @350mack
    @350mack Před měsícem

    Lol 😂😂 turtle part got me 😂

  • @markswain365
    @markswain365 Před 16 dny

    This Guy is classic 70's - 2000's Americana

  • @TheJoshheart90
    @TheJoshheart90 Před měsícem +1

    That flannel Theo is wearing is legit

  • @Roberto-de8xv
    @Roberto-de8xv Před měsícem

    10:30 "And what did they do set him on fire?" 😅😅

  • @chrisscott541
    @chrisscott541 Před 24 dny

    Buddy as a wicked sense of humor lol

  • @WashproBrad
    @WashproBrad Před měsícem

    I would the whole episode. I really wish it was longer though i could watch these to for awhile

  • @gytyr1968
    @gytyr1968 Před měsícem

    That was the best ending edit ever!

  • @sharpenuptheknives4938
    @sharpenuptheknives4938 Před měsícem +4

    Is that the Carney Dave Atell?

  • @maureensandiego5664
    @maureensandiego5664 Před 2 dny

    Why is it so sweet that he used to fall asleep in the games 🥹

  • @johnvaldez90
    @johnvaldez90 Před měsícem

    I love the visual aids in his interviews

  • @BrettJ2010
    @BrettJ2010 Před 12 dny

    I love how he has to tell us which one is the Carny on the thumbnail

  • @jonnymorpeth6520
    @jonnymorpeth6520 Před měsícem +1

    Excellent 😂

  • @jamespringle9821
    @jamespringle9821 Před 11 dny

    I lived in Gibsonton FL and had friends who owned rides and concession stands, good times

  • @Bmiller19
    @Bmiller19 Před měsícem +6

    Years ago I went to a huge fight with a bunch of drunk carnys were fighting and the boss showed up and made them start setting up drunk beat up and all