Midwest Grandpa
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2024
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Charlie Berens takes on the role of a Grandpa who offers up his advice on technology, gives away fish from his freezer, and replaces his walker with his new lawn mower. 
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You forgot the "You keeping out of trouble?" Question they ask every time they see you
They knew better. But it would never make it to the daily blotter.
Then the Welp, keep out of trouble now! During the Midwest goodbye
too true. i read that in my grandpa's voice
And...when you getting married?
Lost my Midwest grandpa last week…been pretty ruff to be honest. But this was him, and this made me smile. Thank you…
I feel u bruh, just lost my Midwest grandpa last month. He’s may not be here physically but he’s always gonna be with u🖤 much love
So sorry bro
I'm so sorry for your loss
big hugz
❤ Hugs to you. Sorry for your loss.
"What about him? He died." 100% spot on, stated not only by grandpas, but also my mother-in-law.
100%, but for us the news was always relayed to us by grandma. Grandpa used to read the Obituaries every Thursday in the Ozaukee Press, tell grandma who they knew who died, and then we'd get a phone call about it. 'You remember Gerry's brother-in-law? They used to hang around Mirror Bar, You met them a couple three times when we went in when you were little after fish fry. He was married to that gal with the hair. Yeah... he's dead. Grandpa read it in the press."
@@melissakemp4050 Every week. And God forbid you don't answer that call
Yea same grandma did that in our family
my mum does this about celebrities. whenever we watch anything she used to watch in the 80s and 90s it's a running commentary of "he's dead, she's dead, she got plastic surgery, dead, he got married again (shouts for my dad) hey did so-and-so die- yeah okay she's also dead."
That's also exactly how my (Midwestern) dad tells me that ppl I've never met have died. But in his defense, he's old enough to be a grandpa, just none of his kids went and had any of kids of their own.
You know your a grandpa when you don't hesitate to talk about a death
it's just another part of life
That's my mom: gotta listen to the obituaries on the radio.
@@Uarehere I’m a plumber in the Midwest and I listen to the obituaries on the radio to see who passsd on, alot of them might be my customers, or parents I knew growing up, or old freinds of the family. I also live between the county cemeteries so I need to know if my wife has to lock the dog up. I’m 29 btw.
@@Uarehere On the radio ? 📻😳💀🤦♀️😆
This grandpa character should make appearances more often. I think he’s a good fella.
I agree!!!
Ah grandpa's fridge always had a great mixture of ginger ale, milk, and what the hell is in that jar.
Sorghum, current preserves, innards, etc. that jar was always intimidating
Ope, them're for the fishes.
The jar was always something homemade that a neighbor had left on the porch.
Something thay was expired in 1967
Better be Vernors
"Gosh darn corporations suckin what little time we have left out of our souls"....truer words were never spoken.
"Every day is an Easter Egg hunt". I'm 78; I'm going to use this one a lot!
Wow 78 and can Type a comment
I wish my grandpa could turn on his phone lol
@@Lukeluzier86 fr tho
My dad is 82. He has a hard time hearing from a life of construction work, and probably also cleaning his ears with his car keys.
After 3 or 4 names, he usually gets my name right. But he's been like this since 40s.
We have to be careful when talking with him on the phone, as he always has the volume all the way up. Oh, and always on speakerphone.
@@JasonW. the keys to the ear tho😬
Hell, I’m 52 & I’m always Ester egg hunting for my readers 👓!
My Midwest dad used to fall asleep in his chair reading the paper, wake up snoring and curse, “Man alive!” while rubbing his sore neck. Every day. Thanks for bringing back a fond memory.
Lol my grandpa would nap and when he woke up I’d ask how his nap was and he’d say matter of factly “oh I wasn’t asleep. Just resting my eyes.”
"Yellow" "Ope" , always making sounds like he just finished a triathlon, spends every weekend fishing. Hates grandma yet loves her at the same time.
the triathlon thing is too true!
Sad I'm living this in our 40s😥
@@kj7792 also calling everybody younger than him "slick", "kid", "champ"
@@whatislife6988 🤣little wippersnapper
@@whatislife6988 he did leave out the old pulling out some change thinking its high dollar for kids now a days too🤣
As a grandpa I can confirm this is everyone’s grandpa.
But he didnt mention how so and so married an Iowa-egian.
The glass candy bowl filled with werthers and those strawberry candies.
My mom passed away almost 3 years ago now but she always brought those strawberry candies for my kids.. I finally was able to find some at a candy shop in downtown St Paul. My dad didn't have Werther's, He had root beer barrels and chiclets gum in the yellow package. When the stores quit carrying chicklets he choose the same piece for several days.
My dad is 86 years old and eats six pieces of pickled herring every night with his dinner. His goal is to live to be a hundred. If the pickle herring counteracts his cigarettes and helps him to live longer by all means... eat that stinky stuff.
@@belindajohansen2899 Oh I forgot about root beer barrels. Nice
@@tannerjhowell We also had butterscotch discs. If you really wanted a flavor combination you put one of each in your mouth.
And both are fire.
"What about him? He died." Reminds me of my Wisconsin aunts and uncles, all born in the 20's and 30's. Seemed like that topic would always come up in conversation. My Dad was one of ten. Only two left now.
same with my aunts and uncles.
When I was in college and came home after my summer job one day, my grandmother greeted me with "Guess who died today!" My nickname for her was Gabriel Heatter. She listened to him faithfully. And to the Chicago Cubs - from her little radio in my folks' place in Washington State.
"This is better then the walker" "might go to the kwick trip" 🤣🤣🤣😅 you are too funny!
That was a hoot, wasn't it!
If you think about it, a nice battery powered lawn mower is perhaps better... like a powerized Walker with a motor!😂
There is a fine line between working on the sink and farting while sleeping under the sink.
Jason this is poetry
That line is so fine it's perforated
As a plumber for way too many years, I can confirm this.
I already bought my uncle the “watch for deer” hat. It’s his way of saying, “I love you”
My Wyoming grandpa was just like this ❤. He quit drinking though, so it was "give me a Pepsi won't ya". I still think of him whenever I see a can of Pepsi. I miss him 😔
Charlie played a vital role in my decision to move to the Midwest.
Cripes John we're excited to have you!
I'm from Buffalo and now in Virginia. These videos make me envious of the Midwest. People from rural areas near Buffalo in my day were a little like these guys. Feels like home.
I was born in Wisconsin and currently live in Florida. I love it here, but there is something that will always make Wisconsin home. Only midwestern state Id consider living in despite my great aversion to cold.
I'm srsly considering moving to WI so my boy can grow up right. We're in VT now but it's become a zoo since the city folk came over with Covid. Where else can u get cows and manners?
@@sarahoshea9603 check out River Falls, WI. Great college there, 40 minutes to Minneapolis/St Paul. But still small town America. Gorgeous rolling hills, rivers, trout fishing everywhere (the Rush River is AMAZING to swim & fish in), decent politics, GREAT public schools with community support. Dairy farms everywhere that are always willing to hire young people to farm, drive tractors, milk, whatever. My daughter started bottle feeding calves at 12. Milking 400 cows at 16, bought her first horse with the money she earned. Now has an AMAZING work ethic. The people are polite, concerned citizens. Safe to walk your dog at night. I highly recommend it!!
Okay, some grandpas use paintbrushes some use tennis balls.
Every line in here is perfection.
The collect call part is so spot on, and I sort of wonder if I’m part grandpa 😂
Mine used a tennis ball
Yellow is 10000% a midwest greeting.
lol
We love you and were so thrilled to see your clothes at fleet farm!!! Even took a picture! You’re the best Charlie!!!
heck yeah ! thanks for supporting
I bought a keep ‘er moving shirt from fleet farm
He stopped at my motel once and I gave him a 6 pack of Miller light and a bottle of ranch. He left like 2 beers but kept the ranch
@@CharlieBerens Im also charlie. There can only be one.
@@charliemcgee9803 looks like you'll have to leave then
"I used to watch the cows, now I watch the cars." Yikes, that one hurts a bit.
that has got to be the best integration I have ever seen of a merch ad in a video 🤣
This is exactly why I love the elderly. Always caring, always talking(unless they're sleeping) and always the comic relief of the day.
explaining who someone is by how they're connected/related to someone you went to elementary school with is so midwest....made me a little homesick
Aww Thank you for letting me remember my grandpa. Although grandpa was an electrical engineer so he was the one to set up all our computers and inspect the houses. Amazing man raised 8 kids on his own and was never more than a phone call away. Now he is a short walk from my house so I can talk to him whenever I need to. He doesn't talk back these days but the memories talk for him .
My grandpas are long gone, but the giant glasses were my dad all the way. He's gone too, but between my mom from WI and Dad from IN we had the Davenport and all that even when they moved us all to CA. I could never get out the door when visiting my father, always wanted to tell me or show me One More Thing. I kept his fishing pole though.
The Davenport, yes! Right by the footstool and the clicker and the afghan.
My grandma from Western NY near Buffalo also said davenport. My other grandma from Buffalo called the livingroom the "parlor." Older black people in Buffalo called the toilet the "commode." My father had a plumbing supply store and I remember the black customers saying that. Really old-timers back in the 60's called the refrigerator the "ice box " Now I live in the South and the oddest thing for me is that all of the southerners refer to their live in boyfriends or girlfriends as their "fiancees" even if they have been living with them for years and there is no intention of marrying. We also use "buggies" here in the South not shopping carts.
my grandpa has the BEST one liners. my brother's fly was down and grandpa said, "ay ya sellin hot dogs?"
"Ope? Take my money, gosh darn it."
that part had me laughing so hard haha
The freezer tho 😂🤣 “I got some moose meat about to go bad, come on over and we can cook it up, no sense wasting it.” Or fish. Or mystery meat. My Dad is 89. What he wants is company. He does not realize that his invitations are no where near as alluring as he thinks. He is Scottish and very frugal. So to him, it’s a twofer, do not waste food and come on over. My stomach churns just thinking about it. He has a cast iron stomach. Me? Not so much. Also, adding layers of clothing. No way is that heat going up. Why in HIS day the electric bill was $10 or a chicken.
This just made me tear up it’s almost exactly my grandfather from Wisconsin except mine was Italian. He died in 2017 and this brought back great memories of him as we were very close. Thanks Charlie
"Yello yello yello orange ope yello whose this?" is spot on 🤣
Anyone else get the giggles at how DIRTY the glasses are?
"Get grandpa a beer will ya." A classic.
Oh man, this is my grandpa through and through! Other than the church thing, this was him to a "T" up until about 5ish years ago when his ankle finally started giving him too much hell (old war injury). He's 89 now, but give him a chance and he'll talk your ear off and still knows most of the families that farm/used to farm just about all of southern Wisconsin :)
Classic. Reminds me of my dearly departed grandpa from Minnesota. Especially setting up the lawn chair in the garage and watching the cars and people pass by the house.
probably praying for the passer-byes & just waiting for a visit...
Garage sitting is big here in N. IL.
And wearing mismatched socks because you don't throw out a perfectly good sock when only one wore out.
The many details about a person conversation that goes on for 15 minutes or more, and then ending the conversation with “Yeah they’re dead” SO TRUE! Both my grandparents do it. Glad I’m not the only who noticed it! 😂
Oh my gosh. It's a coaster that tells time!
Beautiful.
There are more quality gpm (gags per minute) here, than anything on the internet.
The 40 year old mountain dew was the best part 😂
And SO accurate; all that old potentially expired food, etc on the basement shelves; reminded me of our basement shelves growing up! 😬☠️☣️
My grandparents leveled up the paint brush to a tennis ball!
to be fair, my mom (who is from the Caribbean and lives in NYC for decades now) does the whole telling someone's history before saying that they died thing. every time she asks if i remember a person, i know that there will be two minutes of her recounting their life... then adding that it's over. good times.
"It's from March, still pretty good yet."
So accurate. Old people will not throw anything away. I found a jar of pesto in my girlfriend's grandma's basement that expired literally 10 years ago and I had to make her promise me she wasn't going to eat it.
Grandpas in the Midwest. Extremely stubborn, completely unfiltered, and no limit to how much they love ya.
I love the fact that you called it pop! before the age of 18 I had never heard of soda until I moved out west.
ahhhh, its Grandpa Bob!!!! 👍😘😊
This reminded me of my great-grandpa. Only grocery store owner in a very small Midwest small-town, for decades. Used to help when I as younger. I now work for a much larger Midwest chain, but this definitely reminded me of him. You're always good for a Midwest chuckle, Charlie.
Just moved to Madison from Texas and watched a ton of your videos to prepare. Nothing could prepare me for how many Kwik Trips there really are, though. I’m still in shock at the two across the street from each other.
The reason for the Kwik Trips right next to each other is because Kwik Trip bought out all the PDQ gas stations, so, you have some areas where there was a PDQ across the street from a Kwik Trip and that PDQ turned into another Kwik Trip lol
PDQ= Pretty Damn Quick 😂
Lovely. Funny, and charming and witty, with that ring of truth to it that goes beyond just comedy and makes it real
Coaster that tells time!
they sell em all over now. unbelievable !
Everyone who has lost a grandpa holds a hat over her heart and tears up at this video. All grandpas are exactly the same and we love & miss them all. ❤️
I miss my Midwestern grandparents. They were exactly like this
You sir, are a national treasure
I'm now convinced that the midwest is just a smaller Canada
There is a lot of crossover to be sure.
Ya but you hosers should talk to Justin Bieber and see if he'll go home, its getting old...........................sorry.
I WAS THINKING THIS TOO! 😂😂 im from bc and im like holy this is my grandpa! 😂😂😂
@MisschanandlerBong, awesome name and even the East Coast of Canada (New-Brunswick) I can say the same.
@@randydube1423 thank you! 😋 i want to visit the east coast one day!! Beautiful place you live ☺️
We all have our dreams, I just hope I get to be a midwest grandpa.
As a fleet farm employee the second I saw that I wanted to take the cut out home.
2:25 That's some finely aged Dew dere guy.
The fridge scene was spot on! All my Grandpa has in his fridge is pickles and protein shakes
"Who's dis guy now?". Dying here! I just saw him tree days ago at my local!
My pap is just like this, and he's from western PA. 😂🤣😂
that's an honorary midwest state
Where in pa?
@@charliemcgee9803 Johnstown, PA.
Forsure pa as hell too lol
I was just thinking of my grandparents from PA watching this 🤣
I grew up in Milwaukee. Everything you do is spot on. Absolutely love it. Makes me miss home. They don't talk like that where I'm at.
Where are you at now?
Are you in Jew York with me?
I’m a grandpa, but dad is quite alive and kicking. A lot of him in this. Loved it!
"It's a coaster that tells time. I've seen everything" 😂😂😂😂
You have really perfected the old man look too.
Keep er Movin cribbage board! Love it
I've never spent much time in the Midwest and I never really knew my grandfather and yet I know this man and I love him 🥺😂
aged cheddar was just called cheddar made me laugh so obnoxiously I decided to put the bong down.
fuck yeah don't need that soy sauce stench !!!
It's never a good thing to put bong down....
Wow. Midwest grandpas talk way more than California grandpas! 😸
My CA granddad grumbled at me all the time to "behave right". At least he never called me stupid for coloring tigers blue. But he'd gripe if I didn't color inside the lines. "If you're gonna do something different young lady, do it right."
I miss him.
Ok, I didn't have much of a grandpa myself, one being long dead and other far away and a quiet guy, but I do have this awesome story from about my MIL, her boyfriend and their friend, all in their 80s at the time ( about 5 years ago ). Out deer hunting ( her final time ), she had a bad ankle, he was quite deaf and the friend was oldest and a bit of a wild-card-type. Boyfriend is in deer stand, ma is limping back to her vehicle for something, friend gets in his car, to drive away. Friend accidentally hits wrong pedal, or something, heads right for deer stand. She sees it and tried to yell to either, recalling her deaf boyfriend won't hear her though. Tries to run but can't. Car bumps stand, and here my memory gets foggy, but I know it involved more collisions or near misses, and possibly my MIL needing to use the rest-room ASAP having to wait while she sees if the other 2 survive this ! They all did, but I don't think they got any deer... . I just remember nearly dying laughing, hearing her tell us this, & in her casual, everyday way 🤣.
Note : They were all ages my grandparent's were/woulda been, my husband being adopted when his folks were older.
my grandfather died 3 years ago, and this reminded me of him so much :)
“It’s a coaster that tells time!” I’m dying 😂
ohhhh he died....so classic! nearly every single conversation with the grands or the in-laws! one time I went to my grandma's house and she started in with "do you remember Mrs. So and So?" and I just said "Why? did she DIE??" and my grandma looked at me like I was the crazy one -"No, why would you say that?"
Awe I've been missing my grandpa!! Thank you so much for the memory of liverwurst on rye!! Oh we ate that at his house for lunch many times and when we went fishing too!!! 😂🥰
This is amazing. Nice job Charlie.
thanks Luke!
Loving these videos, Charlie. You’re keeping people healthy by making them laugh. 😉
It's not a good thing to drink beer when watching these videos 🤣. I about blew some beer out of my nose. Lol
Hilarious! Love this! Keep ‘em coming Charlie. Ope. I mean keep her movin ’! 😉♥️
This brings back memories of my grandad. Born and raised in Iowa, rest in peace.
The dress shoes with every day clothes, the low ceiling/dungeon-y basement...those are the real memories.
The funniest part is "credit of spectrum", that place penny pinches like crazy and would never dream of giving anything away
"When the windshield hit's the paintbrush..."
Just hearing that phrase alone, I could smell the Vernor's and White Pine of my Midwest childhood
1:09 that's just like my grandpa lol
The collect call thing, I use to do that in the early 90s lol
That was my exact dialog with my daughter today! I must be getting old.
A coaster that tells time, now that revolutionary.
The sudden realization of the ope shirt gosh darn near killed me.
The best word ever for hangman, Oconomowoc.
Lol when your windshield hits the paint brush you stop. That's hilarious my grandpa used to use a tennis ball
I have a tennis ball up for my mom. My usual quote is "mom, you're supposed to bump it, not serve it."
@@MarkJ1776 lol yeah and make sure it's in front of your steering wheel not the middle of your windshield
@@conquerthafuture7209 yep, I made sure it's right at steering wheel height so the car goes in straight.
Im heading back up to the homeland (Nort'western Wisconsin) in a few months. They have a Fleet Farm in my old home town. Ill have to pick up some Ope shirts for the family.
I never saw those before, probably because I don't go to fleet farm very often
Walkin the selfpropel mower to the QuikTrip
I’m 💀
My mom must be a midwest grandpa cause that garden layout was too freaking accurate🤣
"Its a coaster that tells the time" 🤣🤣🤣
Lost both of my midwest grandfather's when I was a little kid. Heh this really reminds me of my grandpa from the upper peninsula just minus the drinking and swearing he was a giant of a man was a great carpenter. He would tell corney jokes but he was the nicest man I knew. I miss him
The 'Keeper er Moving Polka' is an idea whose time has come. Please Charlie, turn your love for all things midwestern to this endeavor.
Ope, sorry, 'Keep 'er' Movin Polka'.
Ngl this reminded me of my grandpa who passed in 2015-rip John Shafer 🙏
That is my Grandpa’s name as well. Are you from St. Paul, MN?
1:14 and dead animal freezer is timeless.
Oh shit, the singles meetup at the funeral got me XD
“Tomatah” is the most accurate thing I’ve ever heard.
Ha! I didn't even notice he didn't say "tomato" because "tomatah" is so ingrained!
And patata!
Just normal tawk, from my fam. Gotta love em.
died laughing at “Yallo” when answering the phone… literally my grandpa
"When your windshield hits the paintbrush, ya stop,"
My grandpa had a bobber on a string
My dad too!
Tennis ball at my Grampa’s!
@@mikebellin6052 Mine too
Always a tennis ball. This is the way.
@@mikebellin6052 we are a tennis ball family, too!
Everyday is an Easter egg hunt 🤣🤣🤣🤣
What do you mean you're not hungry? 🤣
Oh my goodness so many good one liners in this one