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Grit Week 2016: Buffalo, Jim Trestle, and the Indy 500
Big Cat and PFT Commenter are officially kicking off the most important week in the history of the program: Grit Week 2016. While the rest of the world is busy going to beaches or Disney World, Big Cat and PFT are heading straight into the rust belt to find the true meaning of toughness. This isn't just a road trip; it's a mission to reclaim a concept that has been stolen by the ivory tower types who wouldn't know a lunch pail if it hit them in the face.
PFT CommenterGrit has been co-opted and ruined by Harvard researchers and psychologists
I've seen over the past, like two years, the pussification of grit in America. Like grit has been co-opted by Harvard researchers, by doctors, by psychologists... It's people trying to teach grit. People who have like a silver spoon in their mouths, a doctor in front of their name, trying to tell me what it means to be gritty.
The itinerary is a gauntlet of grit, starting in Buffalo. PFT already has a high-concept comedy bit ready for the border involving a famous blue pill and the Maid of the Mist, though Big Cat is a little concerned about the logistics of four grown men on a boat together.
PFT CommenterTaking Viagra and going to Niagara Falls ('Viagra Falls') is a classic comedy gag
It seems like the perfect classic joke. You know, Niagara rhymes with Viagra... So we all take Viagra, we get on the boat, and then we see who the first person is to get rid of their boner without touching it, just like through the power of mental concentration and meditation... That is like a classic comedy gag right there.
From there, the tour hits Cleveland for a Cavaliers playoff game and Youngstown, Ohio, where the crew will sit down with the vest-wearing legend himself, Jim Trestle. To show proper respect to a man of Trestle's stature, PFT and Big Cat are implementing a strict dress code for the trip. They aren't bringing suitcases. They are flying with laptops and 40 pairs of MeUndies, and everything else is being sourced on the fly.
PFT CommenterGrit Week participants should only pack underwear and laptops, buying all other clothes daily from thrift stores
Since it's Grit Week, we got to go out there. We got to scrap. We got to hustle for everything that we earn. So every morning, we're going to go to a thrift store, buy our clothes for that day, depending on the weather.
They're calling Youngstown the grittiest city in the world, which is a high bar considering the rest of the schedule. After yucking it up in Cleveland, the van rolls into Pittsburgh for a Pirates game and some drive-time radio.
Big CatClevelanders just yuck it up, be sad, do weird shit, and puke on themselves
We're going to watch with the Clevelanders. We're going to yuck it up, be sad, do weird shit, puke on ourselves, do what Clevelanders do.
PFT CommenterYoungstown, Ohio is likely the grittiest city in the world
Youngstown is like the grittiest city in the world, probably. Home of Boom Boom Mancini. Little known fact about Youngstown there for you.
In Cincinnati, the focus shifts to the trenches. The guys are hanging out with the Bengals offensive line, led by Eric Winston. Since Winston is the head of the NFLPA, Big Cat is operating under the assumption that he has every power player in the league on speed dial, including a certain commissioner who hasn't been the most popular figure on the show lately.
Big CatRoger Goodell is guaranteed to be on the show because of Eric Winston
Eric Winston guaranteed that Roger Goodell is going to be on the show this week.
Everything culminates at the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500. The guys are prepared for the absolute chaos of the Coke Lot, where the local legends have warned them about bands of roving marauders. PFT is already looking into the local ordnance laws to make sure the van is properly defended against any Hoosier Vikings.
PFT CommenterWe should buy a shotgun for the van to survive the Indy 500 Coca-Cola lot
We need to figure that out because it might be worthwhile buying a shotgun for the van... [to deal with] bands of marauders going through there? Like Vikings?
Before the green flag drops on Sunday, the guys will be participating in Carb Day on Friday. Apparently, in Indiana, this is a state-wide holiday where nobody even pretends to work, which PFT finds completely understandable given the local economy.
PFT CommenterThere is no industry in Indiana important enough to keep people at work on the Friday before the Indy 500
That's like a normal Friday in Indiana, isn't it? Like what industry in Indiana that makes you come to work on Friday [of Carb Day]?
Big CatEvery single person in the state of Indiana takes Carb Day off to drink all day
Friday is Carb Day, which... they described to me. They said every single person in the state of Indiana takes a day off and comes and drinks all day.
This trip is about more than just content; it's about paying homage to the cities that actually make the world go round. While normal people head south for the sun, the Grit Week van is heading toward the smoke stacks and the riverfronts.
Big CatBuffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati are the backbones of America and the only places worth visiting on vacation
These are the places, these are the backbones of America... people will say hey when you go on vacation where do you go? Oh I go to California, I go to Florida, I go to Arizona. When we go on vacation, we go to Buffalo. We go to Cleveland. We go to Pittsburgh. We go to Cincinnati.
Make sure to keep your eyes on the Twitter and Instagram feeds all week for the thrift store suit reveals and live updates from the road.
Get your lunch pails ready, because it’s time to make America grit again.
