¶ Theo's Tour Dates and Guest Intro
I've got a few tour dates coming up. Los Angeles, California, August 14th, Anaheim, August 16th, Oceanside, August 17th, and Calgary in the Canada. Two shows, August 23rd. Get tickets only at Theovan.com slash T-O-U-R. It's for the return of the rat, and thank you guys so much for your support. Today's guest is a young king. Young king! He's a creator. He's an actor. He's a renaissance man. He can kind of dance a little bit.
You've seen him pretty much everywhere. He's been on a legendary run. Some people say he's only six years old. Some people say he's 7 million years old. We'll see what we can find out. This kid's got it all. Today's guest.
¶ Gaming Frustrations with Mom
Out of the Northeast is the Rizzler. All right, fellas. If you need us, don't need us. You feel me? Dude, I freaking hate it. I'll tell you this straight up, dude. Like what I hate is when like if I'm doing something at home and my mom needs me. I was in a match with Fortnite. There was top three. I was the third person left. And then guess what? My mom calls me down.
right? She'll go clean the dishes, right? And guess what? Out of nowhere, she distracted me. I got a headshot by a sniper. And did she take any responsibility for it? No. And then I went downstairs and she was cleaning the dishes already. So she didn't even need your help? No. Ugh. Why do they choose to operate like that? And she was like, oh, I always have to do everything in this house. Ugh.
Yeah, I just took a freaking slug to the head. You know? You just got domed out over there. Like, God. Ugh. But that's the worst, dude. My mom will be like, come help me. And you're just like so furious. Yeah. And you can't pause. You can't just pause your. Can you pause your guy if you're like. You can't. What do you tell the other guys? Well.
Actually, if you have a mic, you're only allowed to talk to people if you have a mic. Okay. Basically like this. Got it. I have the exact same mic at Max. Okay. Yeah, in my room. So when you're playing Fortnite, you can just use your mic, you tell the guys. But what do you tell them if your mom's calling? Like, do you like...
Well, usually in the match, you're not allowed. Only the people that are on your team. Because, like, there's a friends list of people you can invite to your party. And whoever's on your team to help you. kill the other people. Like, there's squads, solos, duos, trios. Got it. And, but what do you, like, if your mom's yelling, I mean, what do you do when you get down there? Do you express frustration? Do you tell her, hey...
Or do you just, you got to listen to mom? I, like, I listen, but like, I'm like, after this match. Right. After this match, after this, after that. It never ends, though, you know?
¶ Movie Experiences and Superhero Debates
Life, huh? Dude, my freaking mom. One time we had help her paint her car or whatever because she got, she like, I'm not going to say she, she did like a, not a crime or whatever, but anyway, we had help her paint her car. And we didn't know how to paint. We didn't know. We were like children. You know? Really? Yeah. So, but she's okay. She's doing fine now. But, dude, I saw Superman yesterday. You saw the movie? Yeah.
Oh, I want to see it so bad. You do? Yeah. It's 3D. It is? Yeah. Have you seen a 3D movie before? I have. I've seen like at least four or five 3D movies. When you see them, what do you think? Do you think it's worth it? Do you think it's whatever? I think it's worth it. I've seen Inside Out 3D. I've seen Avatar. I've seen Lion King. That was 3D. Well, I'm going to see Superman, so that's going to be 3D. And then...
And then what's the other one? But I don't know. I can't tell if I mind it or – because when it's 3D, really, if you take the glasses off and you look at the screen, it's just like blurry. Yeah, but you can like still see the movie. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah, yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right. Yeah, but I don't know. I don't want to tell you what happens, but it was pretty cool, I guess. There's like a, I mean, it was good. I mean, you get all the flying scenes, you know.
Where he's just like flying. I really want to see Fantastic Four. The new one. I haven't seen a lot of these superhero movies. Really? Yeah. I saw Thunderbolts. That was really good. Bring up a picture of Thunderbolts. Let me get a gander at this. I'm not even familiar with it. It's a new Marvel movie. What do you recommend when it comes down to it? Oh, this is it right here? Yeah. Oh yeah. It's basically the new Avengers because all the Avengers basically died.
Oh, gosh. Yeah, this looks like Avengers, like Narcan version. And you see that girl in the middle? Yeah. That is Black Widow. That's her sister. Oh, really?
¶ DC Versus Marvel Preferences
yeah this definitely seems like people that have been in treatment or whatever but now they have more power yeah man when it comes down to you for DC or Marvel where do you go man where do your loyalties lie and it's okay But if I want to see, like, a calm superhero movie, I'll go DC. But if I want to see, like, action-packed superhero movie, I'll go Marvel. Yeah.
Because, like, Marvel is usually more action. Right. Yeah, I mean, Superman was super, it was, like, just crazy. Almost at some points there was, like, too much action. Like, hey, can we have a couple minutes without action? I can't even eat my popcorn kind of thing.
¶ Immersive 3D Movies and Disney
You know? And also, I heard Lilo and Stitch, there's literally, it's 3D, and you're, like, when you're... When something shakes in the movie, you shake. Oh, I like that. And when someone goes in the water, you get sprayed by water. I want that. I would love that. Just to have like some like, you know, have something happen in the movie.
And then you get to feel it right there. That's pretty cool. It reminds me of like whenever I went to Disney World. Have you been there? No. What? Sorry. I thought you'd have been. No. It's fine. Not everybody's been. I shouldn't act like everybody's been. Have you discussed it at all with your folks? Well, I mean...
When I go to Disney World, like, if I go there, I'm probably going to get swarmed by people, but, you know, I'm kind of used to it. Might have to wear a mask, huh? Yeah. Or, like, a beard or something like that. Yeah. You know?
¶ Navigating Fame and Disguises
What was their picture the other day? I saw of you in a... There you are right there. Yeah. The frickin'... Who is that? DJ Khaled. Oh, DJ Khaled. Maybe the Rizzler and the Palace Stizzler right there, dude. Mm-hmm. That's awesome. Now, bro, if you wore that, you think anybody's, nobody's clocking you on that. Not a chance. You'd be like, oh, look, that's a 38-year-old guy from outside of Trenton.
who's doing his best. Obviously, his wife left him, you know, and he's, yeah, he's got some glandular issues. That's all they would think is that he's just, you know, it's kind of like a, yeah, a guy doing his best. His shoes are actually kind of fine. I agree 100%. Yeah. And they match well. Very stylish too. He almost looks a little bit like Adam Sandler disguised. Doesn't he in this picture? Thank you. He looks like Adam Sandler disguised as DJ Khaled. Yeah.
¶ Rizzler's Bedtime and Habits
Thank you, dude. I've been saying that kind of stuff. What else? Dude, you know, I saw you at that restaurant one time at Craig's. You remember that? Oh, yeah. That was the first time I met you. Yeah, you're right. Right there. Yeah. Good memory. Dude, and you were up. I'm not trying to rat you out or whatever, but you were up. It was like 10 p.m. Yeah. Well, now my bedtime is 1 o'clock in the morning.
What? What are you, a union worker? What are you talking? What? God. And I'll be honest. I mean, I saw you. I didn't. I don't know. I saw you at the restaurant and you were drinking soda past 10 p.m. Yeah. That's why I went to bed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah. They do have very strong soda over there.
I mean, they had strong soda, dude. Yeah, you didn't blink for like 11 minutes I was talking to you. But that's what it is, right? So the bedtime has been fluctuating a little bit, huh? Yeah. And do you choose the bedtime, or do your parents choose it? What's it like? Well, really, I choose my bedtime, but, like, really when my parents go to sleep, I go to sleep. Because, like, usually I have to go to bed.
I have to watch a movie before I go to bed. I can't not go to bed without watching something at all. For sure. Yeah. But if I'm, like, super tired, I just, like, go to my bed and I close my eyes. And then? And I just fall asleep. Yeah, I like that. Now, if your parents try to say you need to go to bed now, do you stand on business? What do you do with them? I go to bed, yeah. Yeah, respectfully. But if I wake up in the middle of the night and I can't go back to bed...
go back to bed, I go play Fortnite. So, hey. Yeah. Tomato, tomato. One time I played Fortnite for until... I forgot when was it, but it was Saturday until 1 o'clock in the morning. So basically all day. Oh, my God. And did you take any breaks or whatever, even urinate? Yeah. Okay.
yeah i don't want you sitting there in a diaper or something playing i'm saying because you know you got some of these crazy people show me some of those kids in asia and they're playing they won't even they're wearing diapers so they don't have to get up and leave the console
¶ Origin Story of The Rizzler
It's crazy. It's a lot. I can't play a match by myself. You can't? Yeah, I can't. It's too hard. It's too hard. But at least you know your limitations, right? That's very important, dude. Let's get into a little bit of your history and your lore and your origin story, if you don't mind. Where'd the Rizzler begin? How did it start? Well...
So I came home one day, right? And I told my dad, Dad, I want to make a video. So then I made a video, and I said, this had to do with the face of a Rizzler, and I did this. And yeah, and then that's just. And now what did dad do after you said that? Because one thing I do notice that's very, I think is really special about you and your father as a viewer.
And as a fan is you guys seem to have a really good relationship. You know, you could tell he's very supportive. He loves his son, right? He thinks his son is awesome. Yeah. And I think that that's really cool to see in the world, you know? But now when you ask him to record that video, is he right there? Is he telling you to do different edits? Or he kind of did you guys, was it one shot, one kill, it was done? Well, yeah. So you guys just got it done.
¶ Motivation for Creating Content
Yeah. Wow. But, like, say he wanted to do a video, and I was like, I'm kind of tired right now. I don't really want to do the videos. Like, we don't have to, but, like, sometimes, like, you got to do a video. Yeah. Because you just feel it inside of you you got to do it or you feel like the fans want it or you just think you have a good idea? When are the times you feel like you got to do one? I got to do a video like if I...
I gotta do a video. Like if I'm at a cool event. Yeah. Or like if I meet like someone famous. Yeah. Do something cool. Memorialize it. Yeah.
¶ BMX Tricks and Family
I like that. I've seen some of the great videos you have with your bicycling tricks, you know? Yeah. BMX tricks? Yeah, right there. And this is great right here. That's my beautiful bike right there. Oh, that thing's nice, huh? Who got you that? I got it at Walmart with my grandma and grandpa. Oh, that's nice. Are they good people? Yeah. Nice. What's your grandfather's name? Do you know? Joe. Yeah. Grandpa Joe. I love it. Yeah.
The first trick I'm going to do is the no-handle. That helmet I also got at Walmart. Oh, I can tell that. It's supposed to be a dirt bike helmet, but... Oh, hey, he switched it up, boy! A full leaf clover. A full leaf clover? Oh, my God. That's just for St. Paddy's Day, that one, brother. That's only for St. Paddy's. Now, do you have any new bike tricks up your sleeve that you think we'll see any more? So I've been practicing a new bike move. It's kind of easy now. It's like...
You ride the bike, you go really fast, and then you slowly let go. You have to keep your balance. Both hands? Yeah, both hands. And what? That's it? Yeah. But that's it? But if I feel like I'm starting to fall? I grab back on. Yeah, respect. Nice. So do you think we'll see that maybe this summer, into the summer sometime? Yeah. You haven't released that one yet? No, I haven't. Okay, got it.
¶ Hailing From Staten Island
Um, where do you hail from? Where did you actually begin like in birth and stuff? Um, I don't know. But like, are you from a certain town or city? Oh, oh, okay. So actually I'm from Staten Island. Oh, really? And then I moved to New Jersey, right? And then now...
¶ Superhero Aspirations and Duties
I go everywhere. Yeah. I like it. Do you feel a responsibility? I think a lot of people saw you in that original Black Panther video, right? And people saw you just kind of take on this responsibility to want to be somebody who fights for the people. Is that how you feel in your heart, you think? Like, do you think you could?
actually battle some of the crime bosses that are actually out there, some of the corrupt politicians and sort of guys? I think so, yeah. Yeah. I'm pretty strong. Yeah. Dang, bro. You've been growing, huh? Mm-hmm.
¶ Factor Meals and Family Chores
It's important. And is your mother making some nice dinner once in a while? What does she like to make for you? Well, I... Usually I eat this, like, it's like TV dinner. It's really good for you. It's called Factor. Oh, yeah, Factor Meals. It's so good. Yeah. And very healthy. They are good. We've done advertisements for them over the years. Some of my friends eat those. Yeah, I like it because it's just like if it's the right amount of food, ba-dam, you're done.
Yeah, I think they used to have like a chicken cordon bleu or something that I would have sometimes. They give us like 160 of them. Oh, Lord. My whole freezer is full with them. Oh. So, yeah, everybody's getting one. You get a factor. Yeah. Yeah. Do you have chores at home? Yeah. Okay. What do some of those consist of? So like I clean my room sometimes and I do the dishes once a week.
Okay. So once a week, you got to do the dishes. Well, really, after I eat, I have to do the dishes. Okay. So after you eat, you got to do the dishes? And also, I only do the dishes when my mom cooks. Okay. Or my dad. Or your dad cooks. Yeah, that's the only time when I do the dishes. Why is that? Because, I don't know, I like doing the dishes. Yeah, you want to help out. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. It makes it a family affair, huh? Mm-hmm.
¶ Grandma's Cooking and Plane Food
And does your grandmother ever cook anything for you? Yeah. Oh, yeah. She makes the best chicken cutlets. God. God, I want to meet her. I love, yeah. Why are they so good at that kind of stuff? I don't know. I don't know. What is it? And my other grandma, she makes the best meatloaf. Oh. Oh. God. Put me in it. Sometimes that meatloaf, I just want to put my hands in it. It looks so good. I love it. I love meatloaf. Look at that.
My God. Stop making me drool. I know. Come on. Hey, guys, huh? These guys have no respect, you know? There's a meatloaf that looks like a mouse. Yeah, okay. That's mouse loaf, dude. That's rat loaf. I'd have a little. Yeah. I probably wouldn't have a lot. I would start at the back probably. And also, when I went on the plane today to come here, I went on first class, right? And I had the best.
like food on the plane it was like uh i forgot what it's called but it was like uh something with chicken uh what did it look like it was like it was kind of like a that That's what I had. I know what that is, dude. It's, um... It's like a little... They're good. They are good. God, they're good. And they have the best Atlanta spice. Yeah. Perfect sauce. And what I love is usually two of them. So you can eat one of them. Yeah. And then. Well, I eat them both at the same time.
That's even better. That's another way to do it, yeah. It came with a little cheesecake. Oh, yeah. Come on. Come on. It's just like Staten Island in the sky. Remember, this is on the plane. Yeah. That's like the best meal you can get on the plate. Oh, I can't even believe it. I mean, yeah, some people aren't even getting this on the ground.
And the fact that you guys got that up there, that's very nice. God, those things are so good. I hope they give them a name one day because otherwise we just have to keep describing them to each other.
¶ Protecting Little Brother and Legos
Oh, yeah, they're good. You have a brother, too, right? Mm-hmm. Is that right? Yeah, baby Ruth. How do you keep the fame off of him? How do you keep the haters off of him? You got to protect him, huh? Yeah, that's it. Oh, there he is. He's so cute. He's a cute guy. How old is he? He's four right now. Okay. And he'll be five in September. So he's still figuring it out, huh?
He doesn't have a lot of life experience right now. But, he'll get there. And, a couple days ago, he just started building Legos. No. He built a whole Lego set by himself, a Minecraft one. Really? It was, like, a small one. It was, like, um... It was actually... It was, like, decent size. The size was, like, this big. And it had two cows and, like, a Minecraft waterfall with, um...
Like a knight and a zombie. Wow. He must have been pretty proud of himself, huh? And can he eat whole food and everything? Yeah, yeah. Oh, great. But how do you keep, like, because I'm sure a lot of people press you sometimes, how do you protect him from the fame? Um, I don't know. You just take care of them, huh? Yeah. I love that, dude. That's awesome. Oh, is that what you made? No, it was like, um. Yeah.
I don't know. It wasn't like sheep. It was kind of like a llama, and his back was all grass. Right? And it was with... a guy with a pickaxe and a zombie, and it was like trees, blossom trees. It sounds like a new political party, really, to be honest with you. It sounds pretty intense.
¶ Future Pets and Fourth Grade
What kind of animals you got at the house? You guys holding over there? No, but we might get a dog. Yes. Have you guys had the conversation about it? Who brought up the conversation? My mom. She did, so she's interested in one. Mm-hmm. And would you get to pick it out or she gets to pick it out? Have you talked about that? Well, I don't really know what dog to get, so she'll pick it out.
You think whatever kind of dog you get, you'll love it? Yeah. Okay. You get to name it? Mm-hmm. But I want it to be a small dog. Why? I don't know. I like small dogs. It's nice. They can jump on your bed and stuff. I like that too. Big dogs, sometimes they move around and it gets crazy. They knock everything over.
Yeah. You know, you're sitting there, you're having a little TV dinner today night. You're like, gee, that's creep as you know. I'm trying to freaking finish my programs. It's a lot. You got the fourth grade coming up, huh? Is that true? Yeah. Okay. How are you feeling about it? I'm good. I want to blow out that camera so bad. You do? Yeah. All right. How about this? Answer this next question. I'll let you blow it out. Okay.
What's one of your biggest fears about the fourth grade coming up? Something that you might, that's, you know, got you maybe a little bit nervous. I don't know. I'm not very nervous. Really? Yeah. All right. Deal. Yes. You got to get on top of that bad boy. Yeah. There we go. Yeah. Look at that smoke. Oh, yeah. Tell me about it, brother. Hit some over here. I'm going to call my sponsor, brother.
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about, brother. God, I'll freaking light up a whole freaking couple pounds of that. Now it smells even better in here. It does, doesn't it? I love that.
¶ King of the Hill and Hank Hill
It's like when you get a birthday cake and get to blow it out. That's the best, man. I'd love for you to check out my interview with Hank Hill. Yep, that's right. In studio. And you can also watch the new season of King of the Hill streaming now on Hulu. And that's the difference between a hex socket and a pass-through socket.
Anyway, just let me know when the interview's starting. Oh, we've been rolling. Oh. Well, then I should probably clarify that point I made earlier about inconsistent torque ratings. No, I think we're good on that topic, brother. Thanks for sitting down with me, Hank. Well, thank you too, Theo. This is my first time being on a podcast. Oh yeah? Do you listen to any podcasts? Just one. The Propane Resource Council podcast hosted by Chet Murray. I'm not familiar with that one.
Oh, well, Chet's a real character, I tell you what. Okay. So you used to sell propane. Propane and propane accessories. Is propane considered an upper echelon gas? Yes. Some people say it's just zesty diesel. How high can it get you? Duh. The only recreational use for propane is for family activities such as frying up a turkey on Thanksgiving. You know, I grew up in Louisiana, Hank, so me and my cousin Boogie, we used to ride our bikes behind the city mosquito sprayers.
catch a buzz off those fumes, Daddy, you feel me? No. Uh, anyway, you said you're from Louisiana? My neighbor Bill is from Louisiana. Did you ever run across any of the dotreeves? Yes, I did. A guy named Gilbert Dautrive. That's Bill's cousin. Uh-uh. Search up Gilbert Dautrive. Gilbert. Hey, there's Bill. Yeah, we used to give each other haircuts on his front porch.
So, uh, my son Bobby gave me this ad for his restaurant. I promised him I'd read it. Okay, okay. Uh, guests don't usually bring their own ad reads. Robotic Chain is Dallas's only German-Japanese fusion restaurant. Where east meets worst, as in bratwurst. I think he wrote this himself. Sounds beautiful. Oh, that's my wife Peggy. She's reminding me to talk about her. Yeah.
Whatever, man. We got three hours. Oh, we do? Well, then. You see, the pass-through socket is best used in those type of situations I was talking about earlier where a hex socket is impractical.
¶ Fourth Grade Drama and School Life
But you know, in fourth grade, you know what they do have? They have... Oh, you know what they also have? More drama. Oh, it's true. I mean, yeah, like people were just talking more noise, you think? Yeah. A lot of gossip? Yeah. Rumors? Mm-hmm. Hmm. And they have, you have to. Add and subtract fractions. Mm-hmm. Can you already do it? Yeah. No way. Have they taught you that? Well, add and subtract fractions. I don't know how to do that, but I know how to do fractions. Oh, yeah. All right.
You're probably halfway to add in. Yeah, I mean, what's some of the freaking noise that could come in here in the fourth grade? What's some stuff that, you know, you think there's gangs or whatever? Probably. I know.
And are you looking forward to seeing some of your friends again or no? Well, yeah, I know everyone in the third grade, so I don't really care who I get in my class. Were you going to a new school or just the same school? No, same school. Okay. So you'll know everybody in there, huh? Mm-hmm. It'd be a little bit different though. People would be taller, different. True.
Is it hard for you to, like, do they want you to be the Rizzler at school? What do they want at school? Is there a lot of pressure or anything? What does that feel like? Well, the first year was kind of crazy, but now it's not. Because, like, I took... Pictures with everyone in the school, you know. Yeah, like it's done. I'm like that. I'm like that. You are? I'm like that. Respect. Even the security guards, everybody? Mm-hmm. Cafeteria people? Yeah. Hell yeah. You got to show them love.
I respect that, man. Do you all have school lunch at school? Yeah. That's nice. But in my other school, guess what? We got to pick what we wanted for lunch. What? You know, on Friday, we had McDonald's. even let it happen? I don't know. Oh, that was under Biden, I think. That's crazy. What is in my pocket? There's gloves in my pocket. Are there really?
¶ Detective Gloves and Favorite Smells
Let me see him. Are you a criminal? What is he? Is he for crime or whatever? I guess so. You guess so? I don't know. Oh, yeah. I guess I'm a detective. Ew, oh yeah, I'm a detective now, huh? Check this for fingerprints, eh? Yeah, I like that, huh? BLM, homie, this is dope. I like that. Yeah. Dude, what if you do the dark riz? Fingerprint. Nuh-uh. Whose is that? An elf? I don't know. Yeah. I'll be an elf. Yeah.
yeah probably just some local scoundrel dude you ever do this in a glove what's that like oh that's really it's a black tie affair huh they smell pretty good What's one of your favorite smells you think? Sharpies. Brother. Let's light that candle again, huh? Yes, dude. Why do they smell so good? I don't know.
Or the smelly sharpies. They just want me to eat them, bro. Oh, they good? They just want me to eat them. Oh, pull one up. The smelly sharpies? Yeah, the smellies. Type shit, man. Pull one up right now. God, I didn't even see those. Oh, those. Ugh. And then, you won't believe this, there is a hamburger and french fry eraser. That smells like McDonald's. They want me to eat erasers. They want me to eat rubber. Yeah, bro.
I'm telling you, man. They want me to eat stuff that says do not consume. They do, brother. Dude, that's the system working against us, man. On this water, like say it's like oil and it looks like Coca-Cola, it says do not consume in like very big letters. Now I want to consume it. Yeah.
It's almost like they're just challenging you. Yeah. Yeah. Like, oh, you don't think the Risla can digest this? Yeah. That dude will freaking refine a barrel of crude and two swallows, brother. He gets it done, man. Do you ever have to have security at school? Do you have any issues there? No. It's all chill. Yeah. Do you have recess? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, you hear that? Wait. Yeah. Yeah.
Damn. That was impressive. Thanks, brother. You know what I do with these gloves to make them, like, more, like, cool? What? I bite the tips off to make them, like, oh, my gosh. That's impressive. That is. Definitely. That can't even... That's Howie Mandel. He's a famous comedian. He does it. Play it for him if you've never seen Howie Mandel. One of the greats. He's to work with him. Really? Yeah.
He had a joke where he would do that a lot. He was really dialed in with it. Put it over his head. Put it over his whole head and then blowed it up. Let's see if we can find it. We might be able to find it. What is your, do you have like a finishing move or whatever when it comes to defeating enemies? Yeah, I have a finishing move. So it's, I fly up, right? Yeah. I come back down. I spin around. I turn into flames and I hit them. I go right into them. And also, and also.
Someone's trying to come at me. Boom. Invisible bubble. Nuh-uh. Oh, wow. So you have a defense and you have an offense. Yeah. Gosh. And also, I have guns. Of course. I mean, yeah, you're in Jersey. And claws. And claws, yeah, for sure, yeah. Oh, definitely. Because your wife wants her back scratched all the time. That's the problem.
you know but that's life here we go right here one more time howie mandel i got another one okay okay is it over your nose yes it is okay now hold the rim tight so air doesn't get up And blow out your nose. Do you have a cold? No. Okay, good. Am I doing it? I can't see you.
Howie, thank you. Really? This is great. My daughters thank you too, man. This is good. Yeah, and that's all you had to do to get a nursing degree back in the day. That looks like it hurts. It does, I know. Yeah. That's brave. Some of these guys do brave stuff.
¶ Meeting the Costco Guys and Pokemon
I'm going to try it. How did you meet AJ and BJ, man? How did you meet those guys? Did you meet them at a Costco or something? So I met them at American Dream Mall. At American Dream Mall? Yeah. And what, y'all were just wandering around? They were wandering around? No. They messaged us, and they were like, yo, we shouldn't meet at American Dream Mall. And we just met.
You guys aren't related, though. There's rumors out there that you guys are related. Is that true? No. We're not related. Nothing. I wish, but we're not. Oh, that's nice of you. But you're still able to spend time together, huh? Yeah. And what is something that AJ likes to do or BJ likes to do that people don't know? Open cards, like Pokemon cards. They like to do that. Oh, really? How much is a pack of Pokemon cards?
Well, a pack is $5. Oh. And what's the best thing you could pull out of one? A full art. A full art? And the top card, which is the top card is usually $300. $400 worth? Yeah. No way. But there's not just one set. There's like a bunch of sets. Okay. Like that's a top card and that goes, I know how much that goes for. That's like, oh wait.
Might not be a real one. No, that is, I think. Oh, it goes for like $600. Oh, wow. Gosh. That gold Mewtwo, I have it, I think. No, no, not that Mewtwo. The Mewtwo? Yeah, you see that one? I have that one, but instead of it being pink, I have it being blue, and it's all gold.
Beautiful. So it's basically the better version of this one. And how often are you able to buy packs? Do you have an allowance? What do you have? Well, really, when I go see AJ and Vic Justice, like, I usually open cards with them. Okay, so they got cards. They like doing it. Yeah. Oh, nice. And later, I'm going to this place. It's five minutes away from my hotel. It's, I forgot what it's called. Oh, LA Sports Cards. It's like, we've been there before.
AJ McJustice and me, we've been there. And it's actually really cool. I pulled a $300 card there. This is it. Oh, wow. LA sports cards. Literally five minutes away from my hotel. Oh, that's great. They have UFC cards too. They have all kinds. I like UFC. That's probably my favorite sport. You ever seen any of it? MMA? Yeah. Those guys are warriors, huh? My best friend, his brother, his older brother, he does UFC. Nuh-uh. Uh-huh. What's his name? His name's Riley. Riley. He does it in Jersey?
Oh, no. Staten Island. Huh. I wonder if I've ever seen him fight before. What's his last name? Well, he doesn't... I think he does UFC. It's like... He does, like, fighting, but, like... I'm not sure if it's on TV. He's not, like, famous. But he trains it. He's done it, like, two or three matches before. Oh, wow, that's amazing, though. I think so, yeah. Still to go fight is amazing.
Riley Hunt, is that his name? Yes. Oh, there he is, right there, Riley Hunt. Let's get a gander at him. Wait, is that him? No, it's not him. No, no, that's a different picture of someone else. Yeah, Riley Hunt. Riley Hunt. Flyweight, right there. That's nice. Yeah, that's him. That's him? That's him. Oh my freaking God, dude, look how much he can jump. That's him. What? I think, yeah, I think that's him. That's amazing. Dude, you gotta go watch him fight sometimes. I will.
For sure. He just won March 29th. Riley Hunt reacts after his KO against Tyler Taub last week at Warriors Cup 68. I saw that. It's really good. Dude, you got to go, bro. Let me know, dude. I'll pull up to a fight. I love going to the fights.
¶ Sports Ambitions and Family Business
It's a lot of fun, man. Well, usually the fights are like two or three minutes. Yeah, they're pretty quick sometimes. This one was like 30 seconds, not a little while. What's a sport you see yourself evolving into one day? Like if you had to go pro in something? Because you're going to have opportunities. Probably basketball. For sure. Or baseball. Yeah. Who would you play for if you went pro in baseball? The Mets.
Oh, yeah, brother. First game I ever went and saw was a Mets game. Really? Yeah, Benny Ogbiani. You too? You remember it? I think so, yeah. Yeah, I think I do too. Damn, oh, that's Knicks right there. Ooh, look at that fade. You just got tightened up, huh? Let's go, boy. Oh, yeah, dude. Heck, yeah, look at you out there, dude. You look like Nate Robinson out there. Oh, hit him with it, brother. That's the four-pointer right there, brother.
Anything Riz possible. I almost made that. Yeah, you did. I agree. I agree. I almost made that. Anything Riz possible, dude. When you sell the Pokemon card, are you flipping them or are you keeping them? What are you doing? I keep them. Yeah? Big Justice likes to sell them, but... He likes to get in the business side. I agree with when he sells them. You do? She support his business. Yeah.
What's another business you think you could see you and your family starting one day? Could it be a restaurant? Could it be a shoe shop? I don't know. Oh, and speaking of cards, there's a Pokemon pack. That goes for $800. Yeah, $800. Is it already opened? No, it's like sealed. So you don't know what's in it? It's from 1998.
You weren't even born then, were you? Wow. That's crazy, man. Long time ago. Long. What did you notice over your life change? What is something you've noticed over your, some things change over your life? I don't know. But... But it's fine. Yeah. I feel you, dude. That's kind of how I feel about everything. That's my number one answer most of the time. It's like, I don't know, but I guess it's fine. I think that's super important. I know that AJ and...
AJ and BJ are known for the booms, right? Yeah. Are you allowed to boom at home? Does your mom say keep the boom in the car? What's the rules over there? Well...
¶ Rizzler's Work Versus Home Life
Like, when I'm home, I don't really do, like, the boom or, like, the wrist face at home. Right, that's work. Yeah. Right. That's, like, when Superman puts his cape on. Yeah. But at home, you just Clark Kenton around. Yeah. Yeah, I like that. but does your mom care if you boom at home or if you were or does she like I mean like I don't really like do that I only do it from like doing a video or something like a cameo really I do this
That's it. AJ and Big Justice do the boom stuff. They're booming all day. What's the most booms you've ever seen them do in one day, probably? What's the most booms you've ever seen? Well, they only do five booms. But have you ever seen them do even in one day? Oh, one day they probably, if they're doing cameos, 108 booms. What? Did the police show up? I don't know. God.
It's a lot of boobs. It just seems like too many for a couple of guys. But if anybody can pull it off, they can. Right there. I did a thing with them where... So we did 100 cameos in one day. No, two days. Wow. We ended at like 60 and then the next day we finished. Did it feel like a lot? Were you burnt out? Yeah. Yeah.
¶ Handling Pressure and Future Plans
How are you doing personally, man? I know you got a lot going on in your life, right? Like your life's kind of different than other young men's lives, you know? You have a responsibility to... You know, the people of Gotham City, the people of the world, you know, they expect when times are tough, they expect the Rizzler to show up and be there to support them, to show them love. And it'd be like a, you know, to be a beacon of hope.
Yeah. In the world. But what's that pressure like on you? Like, are you handling it OK? Do you have moments where you just have to go sit out on the porch and just like not smoke or whatever, but, you know, sit there or whatever? Yeah. You ever take some time for yourself? How do you handle that pressure? I don't know. Get a massage or something? Yeah. Can you get a massage? Can people even legally massage a kid? Actually...
When I went to the justice house, he had a massage chair in his room. Oh, yeah. I don't know what age he is, but that starts to happen. I think he's 12. Oh, he's, yeah. 12 or 13. yeah oh dang so what people were just and he gets massages to come yeah and then his friend like his friend's dad um Are you allowed to stay over at your friends' houses or not? Yeah. Heck yeah, dude. What's the latest...
The whole weekend, I stayed at the Justice House. Oh, you did? What's the ladies y'all are allowed to stay up? Well, really, we stay up until 1 o'clock in the morning. 1 o'clock. And guess what? One time we were, like, because, like, we have a... We sleep in one bed because it's like a big bed. And like he sleeps like this. And then I sleep on the other side of the bed. It's like a big bed. Oh, wow. That's nice, dude. If somebody has a big old bed. Yeah.
God. Does he have any pets or not? Oh, no. I used to have a fish, but... We won't say nothing, huh? Things happen, eh? Yeah, his name is Bluey. You know the flying fishes? I haven't seen him. Bring it up. Flying fish. New Jersey flying fish. Yeah. This could just be some guys. Some young guinea escaping prison, too. Who knows what we're going to see here. That's what you had? I think so. No, it was a smaller one. It was like...
Where'd you get it? Petco. You ever been to the fair before? Yeah. I love the fair. Do you? Yeah, I love the fair. What are some of your favorite rides at the fair? My favorite rides are like, um, my favorite rides. The Ferris wheel. Good. I like, oh, I've been on a ride before. My soul almost left my body. It was a ride that goes like this. It goes up. This is the sky. It goes right here. No, what? It goes right here. And then guess what?
It spins around like that. Like your chair springs around like that. Who let you on it? Big Justice. And the guy even said... Just like you know, your soul is going to leave your body. I thought I was going to sign a waiver for a second. I was like... And Big Justice is just getting you into that kind of stuff, huh? God, they really do bring the boom, huh? Yeah.
They're not lying. Yeah. Like, if I ask you this, be honest with me. When AJ and Big Justice say they're bringing the boom, are they really or is it a cat? Oh, yeah, they're bringing the boom. Respect. Respect, man. There's a couple of rumors that I've heard about you. I'm going to rattle them off. You tell me true or false, okay? I heard that you have two cell phones.
I actually have three. Well, my brother has two iPads and I have a phone. He and I have two Nintendo Switches. You have a scale? What? Good answer. Good answer. I have a Nintendo Switch. You have it? I do. What? You can just switch from one to the other. Yeah, I got the Switch. It's like an all-white one, and then I have the Switch 2. It's the new one. It's actually pretty cool. Another rumor that I've heard, I read somewhere online.
And haters will say stuff, you know. But somebody said that you can't run that fast. Is that true or is that? I can run fast, yeah. I think that's what we saw. What did you see? Right here. Somebody said, I heard you can't even run that fast. I can run that fast. I can run fast. So that's Captain. Yeah. Gosh, man. I'm sorry people say that kind of stuff too.
Yeah. You could run from the law in this picture right here, I'll tell you that. You could run through prohibition right here with your father. That's an awesome picture. And where were you guys going? God, look at you. You look like Rosie O'Donnell in that picture. I'm literally sitting on books. Oh, you are? Look how many books they got you on. Bro, those Feastables, the peanut butter ones?
No, there's peanut butter ones and chocolate ones. But the peanut butter chocolate ones, how good are they? I hate peanut butter, but peanut butter and chocolate just... Yeah, it's like they knew each other. Yeah. It's like they were meant to be. It really is. They're the Romeo and Juliet of our taste buds. You know? Another rumor. I heard that you get unlimited screen time on the weekends. Yes. Weekdays, too? Yeah. Oh, my God. Your mom's going to be mad, dude, that we told.
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I think so, actually. Rumor is... Yeah, because one of the kids was allergic to caramel or whatever, and that's how they blew up. Or had never seen nougat or whatever. And... Or he'd never eaten like a polk rib or something. And he just, I remember he turned all red when they even told him about it. But yeah, somebody said they invited you to be in their gang. I think so, actually. Okay.
And is that something you think you would do where you're kind of like your turf you're on? But you'd consider it. Respect. I like that. Yeah, people love these guys, man. They're out of Baltimore. Some survivors up there. And they're doing their best. Oh, have you been to any concerts? Well, the last concert thing I've been to is when I went to...
Your comedy show? That was the last concert I went to. Was it real? Yeah. Thanks, dude. That was nice of you to come to. Remember, we brought you up on stage, too. Got you a little practice in front of the crowd. Well, thanks for coming, man. I got to come to one of your events. It's only fair, huh? What's something you're doing? Is there something you're throwing every year you're going to start throwing? Maybe like a certain event? Like maybe... I want to do my own podcast. Oh, you do?
Rizmas in July or something. Stand on Rizness. It's you going and helping out like lemonade stands that are failing or different neighborhood businesses. You know, I could see because it seems like you really like to be helpful to people. Is that true? Yeah. I think I can see that in your heart. And so I think that would be neat if there's like a young, young person starting a business and you roll up and you add some risk to it.
You know, I have a hidden talent. I can crack my jaw. You can? I can crack it. Try one more time. I'm not sure if you can hear it, but like... I can hear it. I can almost hear it. Oh, yeah. Earlier, I cracked my neck and it was like... Yeah. It feels good, huh? My soul almost left my body. Dude, come on. You're out. But, dude, I don't like when people crack their fingers. It creeps me out. You know, when people crack their fingers, like, what are you doing?
Get some vitamins or whatever. You're falling apart out here and I got to listen to it. When you look back on your life, what's maybe a choice you wish you'd have made differently when you look back on your life? Mm-hmm. But is there something you're like, maybe I could have done that a little different, or maybe I wish I hadn't done that? When I lost a Fortnite match. Yeah. Yeah. Burned you, huh?
And like I tried to do a strategy and then I tried to do that strategy and it didn't work. That happens a lot in life. I think if you have a strategy for something, it doesn't pan out. Yeah. You know? One day you got to get your mother probably a nice gift. You know, once guys kind of make it in the industry, they got to get their mother something, you know, which is something you think your mother would really like from you, you know? A necklace? Ooh.
I like that, huh? What would it have on it or say on it or would it be maybe have something written on it or something? I don't know. Yeah. Maybe it would be like a diamond like inside of a ring. Yeah. But the ring is around the diamond. It's not like there's a ring and the diamond is outside of it. It's a diamond and then the ring is like Saturn. The ring is around the diamond. Oh, pretty cool.
Oh, it's a good idea. I could see you doing jewelry, you know, doing a jewelry shop maybe. I like that. If you had to sell one dessert for the rest of your life to people, what would it be, you think? Brownies. Come on. My Mima makes the best promise. God. What does she put in them? I don't know. And what does she like to do? Does she play cards or what does she do? What are we doing? I know, huh? I'm going to let you crack my neck in a second. Those things look good.
What are some things you think, like you're an older brother. I want to know a little bit before the fame, a couple questions. Were you a Miss Rachel fan before the fame? Do you remember her? Oh, my God. I hate Miss Rachel. You know why? Why? Because, right, I was, like, watching Netflix with Big Justice. Yeah. And then I sat on the remote by accident, and Miss Rachel turned on. And I was just, like, staring at her, like...
And then Cousin Angel came behind me and was like, you have a crush? I'll be Rachel. I'm like, no, I don't. And then like. So they were pressing you about her. Yeah. Yeah, so that made you feel uncomfortable then a little bit. Yeah, she seemed like a sweet lady. Yeah. But you weren't tapped in. You weren't watching Miss Rachel videos and stuff before you blew up. True. You were not, right? My baby cousin.
He's like one years old. He watches Mr. Rachel. Okay, so some people are watching it in the neighborhood. Okay, fair, fair. You know what I like watching? What? Cocomelon. What is it? Cocomelon. Oh, yeah. It's just kind of passive watching, right? It's easy. Like, say, like, I watch a scary movie, like, in the middle of the night. I'm like, oh, I turn off the TV, put on every light in my house, turn back on the TV, watch Kokomo. Oh, yeah, dude.
Oh, you're definitely a regular American right there. And now a scary movie could just be the news even and people can't even handle it. I heard they made a live action. Nuh-uh. Who played Cocomelon? Oh, I think it's right there. That one. That one? Yes, I think it's... I think so. Well, I heard a rumor that there was a live-action one. Huh. That'd be cool to go see.
Do you remember what your first word was? Rizzler. Gotta be. Yeah, Rizzler. Yeah. It was my first word. I mean, yeah, if anything else fell out of your mouth, people would be shocked. You know? I know that you've been doing some acting recently. You have a deal with Hardee's, right? You were doing a commercial whenever I freaking saw you in Nashville. Let's take a peek at it, can we? Beautiful, sunny day at the pool. Have you ever seen Sandlot?
This is like the part with the lifeguard, but instead I ate the burger. Watch this, watch this, watch this. Look at me. I turn upside down. Dang, where is it? Dope. Nice execution, RizzDog. Yeah! This message is approved by the Rizzler. Yeah, dude. You did a good job, man. Yeah. Do you feel overwhelmed that day or do you feel like everything was kind of manageable? It was actually pretty nice. Really? And it kind of reminded me of my, what's it called, booking.com commercial. Mm-hmm.
Oh, so just reminding you of other acting you've done. Yeah. Do you feel like acting is something else you want to do in your life? Mm-hmm. Yeah? What makes you feel that? What gives you that calling kind of? I'm just good at it. Yeah. If you weren't an actor, what would you be then, you think? Comedian, because I'm funny. Yeah, right on. Dude, that's cool, bro. I would only do shows once a year.
Yeah. Yeah. Special event. Or like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Or like once a month or something like that. Once a month is too crazy, but like. Four times a year. Yeah, four times a year. At least. At least. When you do your comedy shows, when is your favorite time to do comedy shows? Probably in the evening for sure. Yeah.
If you do it too early, I think a lot of, but if you want people to come to the show, a lot of them are at work during the day. So you have to wait till they get off work. So usually they can get there by like seven, see a show. So that's pretty fun. Do you do a lot of comedy shows? Yeah. I'll probably do maybe a hundred something a year. So I've done a lot. That's good. That's good. Thanks, ma'am.
Yeah, it's not, you know, I'm not where I want to be. But it's like, you know, everybody is trying to put the pieces together. When you see people that are struggling in comedy or struggling in something, what's some of your suggestion you give them, some advice you give them? I'll just say you're Riz-proof. You're Riz-proof. Yeah, you're Riz-approved. Oh, you're Riz-approved. Did you say Riz-approved? Yeah.
Well, then they would have no Riz because they're Riz proof. I misheard you. That's like having a bulletproof vest. But it stops Riz. Yeah. You don't want that. Riz approved. That's like saying you have a bulletproof vest and then a knife can cut through it. I know. Sorry I even woke up today. You know? But yeah, Riz Proof is best. Yeah. All right, ma'am. Riz approved. Sorry. Riz approved. Riz approved. Yes.
Is this podcast Riz approved, man? Yes. Respect. 100%. Well, if I can help you on a podcast or something sometime or if I can give you any thoughts or ideas or anything like that, happy to share them. Who's somebody you would want to interview on your podcast, do you think, if you started one? Um, this guy, his name is Ben Hazler. He's a YouTuber. Ben Hazlet? Ben Hazler. Ben Hazalart. Ben Hazalart? Yeah. I call him Ben Hazler, but...
Then Azalard, there he is. It's the same thing. Oh, he looks like a fun guy, huh? Yeah. I love his videos. They're so fun. Then Azalard. Thanks for putting me on, bro. That looks good. Jeremy Hutchins is another guy, I guess. Oh, yeah, Jeremy Hutchins. So that's one of his... That's his... Jeremy Hutchins is...
Like, there's this thing, it's called the Amp Squad. It's a bunch of, it's like all their friends and they all do content. Oh, bet. Sometimes together and sometimes not. Do they play soccer too? Yeah, yeah. Look, that's the Amp Squad. Dang. Rizzer, you need your own freaking Amp Squad, dude. Oh, my gosh. You got to get one of those people from... I didn't know Buddy was in the Amp Squad.
That means I'm in the AM squad because I met Bree. Is that how you get in? Yeah, the girl in the middle. Oh, you're in. Dude, call him. Have him send you a check. Yeah. Now, do you keep a piggy bank at home? I know you probably made a little bit of money over the years. Would you save it up, or what are you doing? Well, I used to have this piggy bank. It was Superman.
And you know where the Superman logo is? Yeah. Every time you put a coin in the cape, it would play the soundtrack. Nice. And then, you know what my cousin would do when he came over? He kept putting coins in the thing all day. No, all night because he slept over. And I couldn't go to sleep. Because he kept playing the soundtrack. And the soundtrack is like two minutes.
You're like, dude. Yeah, things are super, but let's get a little shot of high. You know? Ugh. Dude, sometimes cousins, that kind of stuff's just the worst, dude. Yeah, I think, yeah, today's my cousin's birthday, actually. Well, let's say happy birthday to him. What's his name? Julian. Julian. We want to let you know, man, happy birthday. Yeah, happy birthday with the gloves. Now I'm going to take them off because my hands are sweaty. Yeah, my hands are sweaty too.
But we had a good time. Look at my hand. Let me see it. It's glossy. Look. Look at the inside of this glove. That thing's damp, huh? Oh, Lord. Oh, my God. Look at that. That thing's damp. We're going to save that. We're going to auction that off. Some politician will buy it. Anyway, Rizla, great to see you, man. Great to see you.
And thank you for coming to my comedy show, dude. That was really nice of you. I didn't even realize that. And also, before I go, I'm not sure if a lot of people know this, but I have a birthmark on my hand. Oh, I didn't know it. I just want to get that out there. You got it. Let me get a gander at it. Oh, yeah. You sure it's a birthday? You sure? Sorry. Yeah, what am I even asking the Rizzler if he's sure about something? He wouldn't open his mouth if he didn't know what he was talking about.
Well, man, cheers to many more bike tricks. Cheers to a lot of another year of great energy. The fourth grade you're pulling up in, you know, are you scared about, are there like girls in the fourth grade or that's not. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe, yeah. Good luck out there, brother. That's what we're going to say. Stay hydrated. Oh, yeah. That's my first sip right there. Hey, look.
You have as much as you want. We got more where that came from. But congratulations on all the success. And I hope to see you whenever you have a comedy show. You invite me out over there, all right? Okay. All right. And happy birthday, Julian. Yeah. Pay us the money you owe us, huh? Yeah. You better be nice to me. Yeah, you better be nice to him. Thank you, brother.
Now I'm just floating on the breeze and I feel I'm falling like these leaves. I must be cornerstone. Oh, but when I reach that ground, I'll share. This peace of mind I found I can see.
