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!
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.
"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
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!
@@GasStationSushiiiiit'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
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.
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.
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.
Rayquan just had me busting a gut. I have no idea how Theo kept that as cool as he did. He lost it a little, but controlled it well. The Carny just carried on like nothing happened. Lmfao. 😂 That’s love!!!! 😅😂🤣
"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".
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 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!
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
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.
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.
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
@@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
Traveled multiple seasons, jointee with the Mighty Thomas. Slept in my game to protect stock. Called those dorm trailers 6packs. We had a hidden pavilion Called the Gtop, carni's bar for the guys who never leave the grounds or dry counties.
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
I was a carny, for on year! Learned alot! Best time of my life! I ran a games called slats, the weed the girls the greasy burgers! 1995 I was 15! Robertson amusement!
I worked for 6 months in a traveling show ride (Kamikaze) in Australia in my early 20's. Watkins Family Entertainment, 3 generations of Watkins and their families. Brian and his wife were kind to me but he did have a mean bark when things went wrong. It was an interesting time of my life and I got to visit some beautiful tiny towns during their agricultural fairs. They dont use the term "carney" though, you were a "showee"
Ive seen this man at bangor state fair before. Hes😅 been to northern Maine a whole bunch of times. Little Mitch is probably out there getting it, like all them young kids still. He probably the funniest to be around.
Oh man, for 10 days I'd work at the Marshfield MA fair for Fiesta Shows back in the early 80's. Worked the Milk Can and Dime Pitch. Still remember a guy nicknamed Mouse who would take care of the rides.
My uncle would say when I was a kid, he’d say, “Nephew, if you can’t get laid at the carnival you’re gonna straight die a virgin.” I loved partying with the carnies after hours. We’d end up at some motorbike gang house drinking hard and doing hard drugs. That was when I was 14-16. Dope time to be alive.
“Who was Robin Marks?”
“I Was.” 😂
“Ahhh, I got it”…..
(He didn’t get it)
😂😂
If he got intravenously he wouldn’t have got it haha. 😂
So Theo great man!
New fan here from Limerick Ireland.
"She had bust a nut tattood on her i felt like it was sexual harassment every time she walked past me" 😂
Theo was n lost for n a n moment
“ we would snip it and send it back in the wild”
“You serious?”
“No” 🤣🤣🤣
It takes a real Carny to get something past Theo
👏🎉😂🎉👏
Priceless reaction.
Aww
Only Theo would fall for that.
Love how Theo almost loses it at "Rayquwan, her son"
😭😭
I had to watch that a couple times..😅😅😅
Or is it Raekwon like from the wu tang
omg I loled
Might’ve been the last name I would’ve expected to hear 😂😂
"Carnies, circus folk. Small hands. Smell like cabbage." - Austin powers.
Whoopdeedoo, but what does it all mean Basil?
@@DH33.0😂😂😂😂
Only two things frighten me and one is nuclear war.
Carnies really do have stubby fingers!
Riiiiggght
"A nice cozy pile of wires"
😂 I read this as it was said priceless
That one was wild to me lmao. Do they check before plugging shit in??
Wtf is the cozy part about wires😂 u can tell hes a real carnie cozy pile of plastic
"Rayquan her son still works for me" i bout spit my drink across the room lmfao
Dude im dead same timing as he said it
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!
I wish you and your sis all the best.
I’m happy that she’s clean now! Good for her. 🤍
The guest doesn’t trust people however he has passion about what he does. That’s why he’s reserved. Good speaker
“Did you guys ever have beef with the livestock?” 🤣
Lol I caught that too
This guy just looks like Theo in an alternate universe.
naw rogan
More like David Blaine 😂
He looks like Theo if Theo didn’t quit the dark arts
@@TaylorGangg702 you mean Dave Attell?
Theo with no morals. 😂🤣
This dude looks like a character from a Rob Zombie flick..
Rob zombie was Carney as kid lmao
Yoooo this 😂
This dude used to work for Fiesta amusements I remember seeing him alot in Massachusetts
Looks a little like Sid Haig
@@mattsiegel4516 yea rob zombies parents were carnies too
“Your brother’s an N word or whatever” WTF 😂😂😂
😂
Went right over this dude's head too 😂
😂😂😂
“Making love huh?” “Well I wouldn’t call it love” “making almost love” 😂😂
When he said there was a little bit of drugs use you know there was a LOT of drug use
A lot of meth.
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.
I'd love to see Theo ask the questions at the presidential debate. LOL This was an awesome interview.
This man said "A nice cozy pile of wires to curl up on."
The shit wooder
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
Hell yeah !!!!!
That would be awesome!!!
Stellar idea!
It'd be better than anything I've seen in awhile.
"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
I been there lmao
he meant so that they can at least have a few hours for sleep
"And who was Robin Marks" 😂😂
“I was”
😂😂😂
Theo became a Mark at that moment..
I like the way he acts like he gets it, but he doesn’t.
Theo’s a mark
"ahhh I got it"
No he didn't 😂
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!
Theo looks like a high end carny…these two should have a show together 😂😂😂
Theo's the showrunner lol
"Raekwon works for me" Dude i totally missed that from the pod. Hillllllllarious
“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
Carnies don’t take care of the carnival, the carnival takes care of the carnies.
Wrong answer try again
Its a two way street they need each other a symbiosis.
Love the way theo talks about cocaine and starts gritting his teeth
Flashbacks
😂😂😂😂
@@GasStationSushiiiiit'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
Facts anytime he talks about cocaine his face starts to move And he gets a flashback. You could see it in his eyes.
😂😂😂
The last 30 seconds of the carny picking theo was too damn funny bro is a natural at dragging people along 😂
these interviews with "normal" people are more interesting than "celebrity rogan types" interviews
Unlikely, but Theo could become like Rogan if he lasts long enough.
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.
I feel like I’m watching Theo have a conversation with himself
Dude I could kill 90 minutes with this guy anytime, just crack a few beers and let him tell stories. He's the genuine article
I ❤ watching Theo. He has the most random and interesting ppl and conversations.
-ikr ... !-
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.
We use the term marks in professional wrestling also.
@@thereelmccoyfishing86 professional wrestling as we know it today started in carnivals.
Also what thieves and scammers did sometimes, same thing I guess.
how would they get the chalk on them?
@@ToddyTornado...pat them on the shoulder or back in a friendly gesture.
"Catch em, snip it off, let em go"
"Are you serious?!"
"No"
this was literally the most entertaining thing i've seen on youtube all year. Congrats Theo and team for making this happen.
"A couple men and a lizard .. that's like the bible" hahaha 😂😂😂
This guy mbraces "Carney," even though it has a bad stigma. Also one of the nicest and realest guys out there
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.
Twice, I thought Theo was gonna ask for an apprenticeship
I hope THEO has this guy on a bunch ...Just discussing everyday shit and current events ...they have a vibe together
Robin Marks 🤣
Rayquan just had me busting a gut.
I have no idea how Theo kept that as cool as he did. He lost it a little, but controlled it well.
The Carny just carried on like nothing happened.
Lmfao. 😂
That’s love!!!! 😅😂🤣
"Really?? WOW...That seems illlllllegal.... That's crazy... in the eyes of God" 🤣🤣🤣
Ok we have cracked the code, this dude could be theo's uncle. He outridiculoused theo man. Theo is a Carny!
Theo low key trying to find the Bust A Load carny, keeps bringing her up.
"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".
"Yea, she's' s ugly as sin, but a sweet gal. And a hell of a good cook."
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. 😅
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,
Hell yeah brother. Good times. 😂
@@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!
LMAO! So true!
I still have my Def Leppard Hysteria mirror.
As someone born unto two carnies, I really appreciate this interview. It also confirms many of the stories I was told growing up.
I was stationed in the Marines with a carney. I was always fascinated with the stories he told.
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
He needs a permanent gig this guy w theo
Hes already got a permanent gig bro
I was a "carnie" in the late 90's through the mid 2000's, and this brings back memories.
Rayquan is definitely a homie
When you think of a "Carny" you think of a guy that looks EXACTLY like that. Do I lie?
He's the poster boy
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
I get what you're saying but it's not the " Talking sex with Theo".
He literally said he was with that woman for 10 years... would you rather he cheat?
You needed this interview to come to that conclusion?
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.
Theo rules for interviewing these interesting folks
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.
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
@@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
This carny dude is a national treasure.
I’d totally have a beer with this dude. He seems cool as hell.
I want to hear more from this dude, hes hilarious!
1:45
There was zero hesitation in that man’s response
This guy is straight out of Central Casting
The last 5 seconds of this clip is priceless 😂
they are a special breed, have great stories too
Man, it has actually always been a dream of mine to travel with a carnival and operate a ride or a game.
Well, good for you
It's not that glamorous especially when Half the women on the show look like him
“I thought it was sexual harassment every time she walked passed me” Robin Marks 💀😂🤣
This guy looks like Dave Attell if he never went bald.
I love his song "Under the Bridge"
From what he describes, theres same Tales From The Crypt vibes going on when the carnival closes for the night lol
This is 100x cooler than I imagined
This guy is funny as hell
Traveled multiple seasons, jointee with the Mighty Thomas. Slept in my game to protect stock. Called those dorm trailers 6packs. We had a hidden pavilion Called the Gtop, carni's bar for the guys who never leave the grounds or dry counties.
God dammm this one was gold. Rayquan had me loling though, good stuff Theo 😂👌
This interview is awesome
Pregnant at 16 and named the kid rayquwon, hmm, yup, checks out, lmao...fkn carnies I tell ya!!
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
There’s people who’ve been with Theo through some crazy stories, it’s just a different perspective with a carnie
I was a carny, for on year! Learned alot! Best time of my life! I ran a games called slats, the weed the girls the greasy burgers! 1995 I was 15! Robertson amusement!
So the puke stains in the gravitron weren't all from kids then
And they probably weren't all puke stains :/
You could find a nice cozy pile of wires that you could sleep on like a cat had me wheezing bro lmao
2:00 - epic whoosh moment
I worked for 6 months in a traveling show ride (Kamikaze) in Australia in my early 20's. Watkins Family Entertainment, 3 generations of Watkins and their families. Brian and his wife were kind to me but he did have a mean bark when things went wrong. It was an interesting time of my life and I got to visit some beautiful tiny towns during their agricultural fairs. They dont use the term "carney" though, you were a "showee"
I love this guy
Ive seen this man at bangor state fair before. Hes😅 been to northern Maine a whole bunch of times. Little Mitch is probably out there getting it, like all them young kids still. He probably the funniest to be around.
“Are you ready to rock?”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He may have played Tiny in The Devils Rejects!..
this was all very interesting...!!! I like this guy. I would love to just chill with him and talk about stuff, lol
Long Live Carneys. i love em. they are the salt of the earth the true humans out there.
Long live the carny code
Kind of sad when the guy said he was on his own at 13 to sleep anywhere , that his parents didn't care. That's crazy to me
His parents were carnies, what do you expect?
I like how you have to work for the good stuff! And you do it so well.
Theo, say Rayqwaun, say it! 🤣🤣
Loved this episode so much
That flannel Theo is wearing is legit
Oh man, for 10 days I'd work at the Marshfield MA fair for Fiesta Shows back in the early 80's. Worked the Milk Can and Dime Pitch. Still remember a guy nicknamed Mouse who would take care of the rides.
Theo has the best guests!
I was a carni from around the age of 17-19. It was absolutely insane. The stories I have you wouldn’t believe.
10:30 "And what did they do set him on fire?" 😅😅
Buddy as a wicked sense of humor lol
Theo met Theo.
My uncle would say when I was a kid, he’d say, “Nephew, if you can’t get laid at the carnival you’re gonna straight die a virgin.” I loved partying with the carnies after hours. We’d end up at some motorbike gang house drinking hard and doing hard drugs. That was when I was 14-16. Dope time to be alive.