December 18, 2024 • 23 mins
From hockey history to suburban moms and viral TikToks, Justice and Al dive headfirst into the world of Stanley Cups—and not just the kind you win on ice. This episode unpacks the cultural significance of the Stanley Cup in hockey, the skyrocketing trend of Stanley-branded mugs, and their unexpected transformation into must-have status symbols.
Al gets personal, sharing a touching memory of a vintage Stanley thermos handed down from his grandfather, while Justice dishes on the viral story of a Stanley mug surviving a car fire (seriously, indestructible!).
Add in kids clamoring for their own Stanley gear, long lines for limited edition drops, and a price tag frenzy that has mugs reselling for hundreds, and you’ve got a fascinating deep dive into marketing genius.And just when you think it’s all about Stanley, the duo compares its cult-like following to the Crocs comeback—proving that even the quirkiest products can become icons. Whether you’re a die-hard Stanley fan or just here for the laughs, this episode delivers the goods.
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Al gets personal, sharing a touching memory of a vintage Stanley thermos handed down from his grandfather, while Justice dishes on the viral story of a Stanley mug surviving a car fire (seriously, indestructible!).
Add in kids clamoring for their own Stanley gear, long lines for limited edition drops, and a price tag frenzy that has mugs reselling for hundreds, and you’ve got a fascinating deep dive into marketing genius.And just when you think it’s all about Stanley, the duo compares its cult-like following to the Crocs comeback—proving that even the quirkiest products can become icons. Whether you’re a die-hard Stanley fan or just here for the laughs, this episode delivers the goods.
Follow us on socials:
📱 TikTok
Don't forget to snag some merch at the SayWHA Shop—because iconic trends deserve iconic gear!
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/can-i-ask-you-something--6152063/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, all right, all right, it is we are back.
I don't even know what episode it is, but I
thank you for tuning in to Can I ask you something?
I am your co host Justice here with I think
we still haven't really gotten to what we're calling you
(00:21):
other than just al right.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah. No, that's that's where we stand right now. Maybe
I was thinking maybe we can do like a ask the
audience this question for some suggestions, get some of that
after hearing a couple of episodes. Yeah, yeah, no guarantees, right,
but yeah, let's hear what we got.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah. I could see that. I can see that being
really really popular.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, I'm really nervous about it. I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Okay, So I have zick question. Yeah, So there has
been a craze going on lately with a certain and
I am curious as all hell as to what to
pat why? And I love like the memes and everything
(01:11):
of it of people talking about the cups and the
like fashionistas or whatever for the Stanley.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Cup mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
And you can you give a little bit of insight
on it for your people as to the I guess
the trend for it. Mmmm.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, I'm really glad you asked, And you know, I
think there's so far there's been so few opportunities where
I can do some education, and that's what I'd like
to do here. So yeah, the Stanley Cup. Let me
just tell you there's something weird about the polarity of
the Stanley Cup. So I'll give an example. Growing up
(01:55):
here in Chicago, right, I have been fortunate in my
adult years to witness the Chicago Blackhawks hoists three of
these puppies. Okay, now every time they've done it, and
you know, you and Houston, you get what it's like
with the parades and the championships and like all the
(02:15):
flare that comes with that, right, So every time I've
I've wanted to go and like be a part of
the celebration, right, like a million people downtown Chicago, like
you know, all these you know, famous spots are just
like covered in swarms of people. But like that was
never really my scene, right, But like I grew up
watching hockey. We used to go to games all the time. Like,
(02:38):
so the Cup is always this thing that was like
this this mystical preacher, right, and it was so I
don't know, it's like it was like untouchable right, like,
there's there's rules around the Stanley Cup. The rules are tradition,
there's all this stuff, right. So I was working for
a company that is a sponsor of the NHL Okay
(02:58):
and I went one day, I stop by the regional
office to like it's like something stupid, like to drop
off like some inner office mail or something lame. And uh,
there's just like fifty people standing outside. And I was like,
what is going on? There's never anybody here. And I
noticed they're all wearing like their hockey jerseys now got
their Hawks gear on. They're all like amped up. And
(03:20):
so I asked somebody I knew there. I was like,
what's going on here? And they said, you're never gonna
believe it. Because we're a sponsor and because we won
the Cup, it's coming here. I said, what's coming here?
They said, the Stanley Cup. You've got to be kidding me.
So I hunkered down. I called my boss to say, hey,
I'm not going to be back for a while. He's like, well,
(03:41):
we need you, we're so busy. I said, no, I
can't consider this my six hour lunch. I'm gonna I'm
gonna wait for this this cup to arrive, but I did.
I sat there for like two hours. They're running behind
cup finally shows up and all its glory. The handlers
are there with their white gloves bringing this inside the building,
and I'm just like amazed at this point. So I
(04:03):
grabbed one of my one of my buddies, who had
known about this happening, Like we as like the minions,
We're not supposed to know this was even gonna happen.
Nobody was even gonna publicize this. So like I'm just
wearing like my work clothes, and I was like, hey,
I need a picture with the cup, and I need
your jersey. So I wear this jersey that's like three
sizes too big for me. Uh, And I get up
(04:25):
there to touch the cup and to get my picture
with it, and I like, I put my hand on
it and justice. Let me tell you, this was like
a straight up out of body experience for me. I
really felt like, man, this is like this is history.
Like this this is like you know, like historians will
talk about like oh I got to see the Declaration
(04:47):
of Independence or I got to see you know, all
these you know, Lincoln tact or whatever. Right, this was
that for me, this was everything, and I like left
and I was, you know me, like I'm relatively cool.
Don't say anything. I am relatively cool for all the
listeners today. This had me like physically shaking. Afterwards, I'm like, like,
(05:08):
I was embarrassed by how into this I was. And
so anyways, a couple weeks go by, my friend texts
me and says, hey, I got the picture. Here it
is and sends me my picture with the cup. And
my wife, who is just an elaborate decorator, had this
very pristine row of pictures like coming up our stairs
and I was like, Okay, here we go. This is cool,
(05:28):
and I took one of them mountain I replaced it
with my picture of the cup, and she hates it
so much, but it's part of its tradition, part of
It's just like hockey's hard, it's real hard. Nobody just
naturally skates, like this is the skill you have to learn,
so even to be able to move up and down
the ice and so like just at the highest highest level,
(05:51):
being the best in the world at that point, right,
and being able to touch that like historic trophy, like it's everything,
Like you see, like some of the toughest men in
the world trying when they get to hold this thing.
So I hope that clears it up for you. Maybe
you have some follow up questions. I don't know, tell me.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I think historians are gonna look back on this and
be like this. This is what we're talking about. When
I say that we have two different internets. I'm literally
talking about there's a Stanley cup craze for the mug.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You're talking about like the knockoff yettie. Yeah, oh man,
oh that's embarrassing. Okay, you're talking about like the Stanley,
like the big like these giant cups that like every
suburban mom is carrying around. Yes, all right, my bad,
(06:48):
all right, all right, our rights welcome. Can I ask
you podcasts? Just I understand you have a question. I
understand you have a question for me today.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
But that goes really really well into they're really different
internets and.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Social media is and shit, that's funny.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Because like you'll see on Instagram, TikTok x, if you
are brave enough to get on there formerly called Twitter,
where people are fighting over these things. If you go
on to eBay, they're being resold to the point of
like six seven and more. What.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Yeah, whoa, that's wild. Yeah, that's okay. Let me let
me get my bearings back and try and weigh in
on the actual question that you asked. Yeah, so these
things are these things are funny. So I'll tell you.
Back in twenty fourteen, my grandpa passed away, right, and
(07:54):
so we were going through all of his things. My
grandma's trying to clear stuff out and you know, get
rid of a bunch of stuff, but like, you know,
figure out what her new life is, right, And one
of the things that she pulled out of, like you know,
you know that cabinet that nobody ever goes into, like
the one right above the fridge that nobody can reach,
nobody is gonna get a ladder to get into, and
(08:16):
everything's just like greasy for no reason. Yeah, that's just
my house, Okay. So she tells me to get up
there and pull this stuff out, right, And so I
go in there and I find a Stanley thermos.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
So again, this is twenty fourteen, this is before this
whole huge metal cup trend really was happening. And I
asked her, I sod, what is this, and she said, oh,
that's what your grandpa used to take his luncheon and
I'm like what, and so she did, like sit here
(08:51):
and explain it to me, and she said, yeah, he
would use that for lunch and then you know, when
you were retired, he would use it for coffee. And
she's like, it's literally the best thing you can have
for coffee, right, Like, okay, let me I'll take this,
let me, let me take this whole thing. So, I mean,
this is from like probably the sixties, I would guess
maybe the seventies is when they got this thing. And
(09:11):
you know, I opened it up and like the inside
is you know, has like that coffee stain on the
inside of it. But what I did is I started
taking like I would make coffee at home and then
I'd take it into work and I would I would
fill that thing up. And I'm not kidding you. Nine
hours went by and that was still piping hot, steaming
coffee by the end of it. So I was a
believer at that point. What I'm going to say is
(09:33):
everybody else just hopped on board recently, and I, oh, okay, yeah,
I don't understand the trend of these things. Now you
may know this about me. I am not a great
gift giver. But like I can't. I've never boughten a
Yetti or a Stanley or any of those cups, but
(09:54):
I probably have seven of them in my pantry right now,
because it's like it's yes, just people given They're like, here,
this is a great gift for you. You like to
drink warm things, here, take this, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Well, I mean, it's it's just crazy. It took off from,
like you said, some subourbon women who had seen one
of the not the the kind of like metal cup ones,
but like the other one. It was called like a
quencher or something like that. I forgot what it is. Yeah,
and then they kind of partnered with Stanley, and it's
(10:27):
just oh, there was a I mean, I mean, this
was just perfect marketing form. A lady had one and
her car caught on fire and her Stanley cup was
in the car when it caught on fire. And when
she when she went to you know, she was showing
the car whatever, and she was like, look, I bet
you it's still like got some you know, the the
(10:49):
water is still cold in here, And sure enough, it
was still ice in the damn car.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The Stanley cup was like burnt to hell. But it's
still ice in there.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
But yeah, but it did not cave on the on
the function.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Yeah. Yeah, so and uh then of course Stanley got
wind of it, and they not only replaced her Stanley cup,
but they replaced her car. Yeah. But one of the
things that became the trend after that was people mocking
what they saw women look like with these Stanley cups
(11:24):
and they the guys with a giant bag and like
a trash can with Stanley written on it. Yeah, it
was hilarious, but it was it was pretty much spot
on because those things are huge. I didn't realize how
big they were, but until I saw a it was.
(11:48):
It was a news piece in a here locally because
women were lining up in the beginning of the year
at Target because Target was releasing a limited edition of them,
and people were lining up at like six a m.
And before that to get these. It was just it
wasn't anything specific on it. It wasn't like a design or anything.
It was just red and that's it. Wow.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Man, So this, you know, this this kind of reminds
me of like Beanie Baby trends a little bit, right,
Like we're all basically the same thing. But and I
don't know if if anybody can even explain the appeal
of beanie babies, right, but I know you had to
have them.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Back in the day. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And it was Oh,
they're going to be worth so much money.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Yeah, this is your investments. This is better than a
four oh one.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
K and that went must.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I don't know, like I think we're I think we're
all still waiting a little bit to see, uh how
much that tabasco of the bull is going to be worse?
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Oh my gosh, yourself, sailer.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
You know what's crazy.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Though, is like kids are wanting these There were a
bunch of pictures, not pictures, but tiktoks and videos of
kids just creep I mean, just actually freaking out from
getting these cups for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
What m Yeah, let me ask you, so, where's your
where would you put like your water consumption? You drink
a lot of water.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
I do so walking around with a Stanley, and only
because mine is mine is actually bigger than a Stanley,
I will say that, Okay, mine is mine is mineus
pretty big. And also like I just keep it in
the house. I'm not walking around with it outside because
it's just too big to walk around with.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Right, right, So I asked the question because, like I
hear people, now, this was never a thing growing up.
I don't I don't know what it is. But like
people talk about how they don't like water. Oh my god,
they have weird things with water, like oh I only
drink bottled avia or like what like they're very specific
(14:04):
about like the brands, and like it's okay, it's water.
But I feel like that that was a sweet spot
where all this happened. Because people are talking about they
don't drink enough water, and it's like, I just don't
know how much water I drink today. Well, here you
get a Stanley. You can tell everyone you drink four
gallons of it today. I just finish this.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
What's funny though, You might be right, but I mean
at one point in time that was happening with the YETI,
and then it was hydroflast, and then it was something else,
and it was just like what is happening? And you're right,
it is kind of like being trendy for how much
water you're actually able to consume. But also you'll find
(14:45):
people that are just like I don't drink water at all,
and it's like the.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Hell yeah, it's it's odd. I mean, I don't know.
I've never struggled to drink water before, but apparently that's
the thing. So everyone got their thing. Yeah wait, let
me ask you. I mean, you got to educate me
on this now, so I can't tell you about my people.
But is so is Yetti out? Is Yetti not cool anymore?
(15:11):
Did Stanley take the market in this?
Speaker 1 (15:13):
I think they did.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Wow. Well, let me put in a picture for Yeti,
So I gotta, I gotta. I was gifted a Yeti
cooler one time. And those things are expensive. Yeah, they're
super nice, but like you know, like if you're using
it for like a like a drink cooler or something
for a party, I think they're pretty average. But like
(15:37):
you're going camping or you're doing whatever, and like you
need to keep that thing closed. I have witnessed some
pretty impressive feats by this cooler. So, like, here's an example,
My my neighbor was doing some work for me. He
was putting in a patio in my backyard, and so
he was just doing it like a side job. So
he was coming over like you know, for a couple
hours at night and stuff in the summer and doing
(16:00):
most of it by himself, but then he brought his
crew there. So like when that when that project first started,
I just filled up the cooler with ice, put a
bunch of drinks in there for him, and I just
left it outside and I say, hey, you need drinks
or whatever. You couldn't work. I'm out here like here,
I wouldn't stock this for you. Make sure it's covered.
Six days went by, Jess, and the hardest summer, I
still had ice in that thing.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Yeah, it's that. I actually remember when I came to
see you over the summer. You were showing me the
yelly yetti cooler and you were like, oh, don't drink
anything out of there, and I actually picked up one
of them and it was still cold.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Yeah, and that was like a week I think it was.
It was a week ago we had used it.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Yeah, that was bad. But it's just it's, oh my goodness.
It's just the the trends and the craziness that come
because you know, the trends that come up for like,
you know, people in my culture are bipop. People don't
tend to be of that nature. It's just weird.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Yeah, it is weird. It's it's an odd one for sure. Yeah,
And like the whole Target thing doesn't really surprise me, right,
Like that's kind of that suburban mom headquarters Target. They
have monthly meetings there, but yeah, no, that's uh really strange.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Oh man. And it was just one of those things
where it's just you're looking at this iss you're watching it,
and I was seeing these kids go absolutely ape shit
over these Stanley cups. And then the next video is
a mom talking about her daughter being bullied for not
having a cup.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Oh mine, that was a stay.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Yeah, So I watch these. Depending on the kind, it's
anywhere upwards of like thirty to like sixty bucks or
something like that. It's but if you get it aftermarket,
it could be a shit ton of money.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
And there's just like, is there like a lack of supply?
Is that why? Like I'm trying to understand how these
things you're reselling.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Yeah, some of them can be limited.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Edition twenty to ninety three dollars is what the Google
machine tells me. What that's retail?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Who Yeah, these kids, right, yeah, the parents are having
to go get this stuff now. And and I was
just thinking to myself, it was like, aren't we supposed
to be in a recession. Aren't we supposed to be
having where like inflation is kicking our ass or something
like that.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Uh yeah, that's what I heard.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
And I mean, shit, we have kids who can't actually
even tell time on uh analog clocks, but you know,
get them a Stanley cup.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Take no, No, it's fine. So I'll tell you this
fun fact too. So when my kids have like similar versions,
but I guess they're off brand because we're poor, apparently
it you know, we're just like, that's a ridiculous amount
of money to spend on them. And I think my
(19:06):
kids more care about them, but they really like, you know,
the metal cups, you know, four and six. So my
time is coming, don't worry. But when it's like, I
don't know, probably like two or three years ago at
this point, I was putting in new floors in my
house and I had a couple of different samples that
I was looking at, and I'm just just like and
I was just dreading, like, man, I don't want the
(19:28):
kids to ruin this. They're pretty young, Like, how am
I gonna avoid this? And so I actually took one
of their cups and I lifted it above my head
and I dropped it on the samples because that was like,
I can imagine, Okay, if this floor can stand this force,
this is probably about the worst it's gonna get. And
uh And I found the one that that worked and
didn't dentse didn't scratch or anything, and that's what I
(19:49):
went with. So who knows mood. That's another angle for
them to market. I like, what else are they going
to do though, Like, are they gonna like, is Stanley
gonna do like cars or something?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Apparently they're just they had a tough time selling the
idea of marketing to women. The old guard there was
just like we're green, male and hot. Literally, that's that's
what they said that their marketing stick was. And the
guy who the guy who ran crops and made it
(20:22):
cool came over and he was like, Yeah, we're gonna
take this into a new direction and we're gonna go
We're gonna go color pool. We're no, no, he said,
We're gonna go pink, female and cold, and pink is
actually their highest selling cup and like their stock and
(20:43):
stuff is through the roofs.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Man, that's cool. There's gonna be a whole nother tangent here.
But where do we stand on Crocs?
Speaker 1 (20:51):
No, don't know, just stop no, no.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
I know, no, yeah, I think we need to talk
about this. There's a tie in here because like it's
another product that just seems obscure and not useless. That's
not the right word, but like niche I guess right,
Like I remember when crocks came out and they were
supposed to be for like nurses, right, yeah, if you're
(21:16):
standing on your feet all day and you need something
that's comfortable and durable and blah blah blah and and yeah,
I won't slip this is it tried crocks, but they
just look so goofy right, yes, yes, but I tell
you what, I am a croc believer at this point.
I bought one. I bought a pair of like ironically,
but let me tell you they've held up. They've been
(21:37):
through everything with me.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I'm on my third pair, and they haven't been through
everything with you.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
They have, like, but it's not because they get old
like and they don't even get dirty, like you just
take a hose to them. It's incredible. We've talked about
my shoes getting dirty problem, right, yes, yes, yeah, Like
it's a great product. So you know what after this conversation,
I'm not fully back in Stanley, but a little more interested.
(22:05):
Interested if you can take these like government issued rubber
right and turn them into like a trendy shoe, you're
taking that that person that did that, and you're bringing
them over to Stanley's something the biggest coming. There's something
to it.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Well, I mean they didn't hold up in the brawl
for it All in Alabama, so I.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Mean, yeah, a rare miss.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
But that was that was my question to you, just
trying to get some semblance of what is going on
with these cups. I love the tangent of you thinking
it was Stanley Cup and that really gave me insight
into it. So thank you for that. And that's not
being cut out. I want you to know.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
That you asked me about about a product and I
just went on a ten minute tangent about hockey and
why it's great.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Oh yeah that, Oh you know what, that is the
perfect intro to the episode or just you know, publicizing
it for whenever we do this.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Yeah, how stupid this guy is.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Never I will fight someone to the death if they
say that in.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Front of me, even on the even on the chat.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Not in the chat. I just fand we're not here
for the negativity. Here not here for the negativity. This
is nothing but love, peace and some good conversation.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yeah. Yeah, and actually this is actually a really pretty
accurate insight into what our non recorded conversations sound like.
Run two different wavelengths, but we come together in the end,
we get it figured out pretty much.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
And we hope you enjoyed tonight's episode and you tune
in for next week.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Thanks y'all, We are out.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I was about to say, you're not giving me anything
to go out on. Thank you, thank you.
All right, all right, all right, it is we are back.
I don't even know what episode it is, but I
thank you for tuning in to Can I ask you something?
I am your co host Justice here with I think
we still haven't really gotten to what we're calling you
(00:21):
other than just al right.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah. No, that's that's where we stand right now. Maybe
I was thinking maybe we can do like a ask the
audience this question for some suggestions, get some of that
after hearing a couple of episodes. Yeah, yeah, no guarantees, right,
but yeah, let's hear what we got.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Yeah. I could see that. I can see that being
really really popular.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, I'm really nervous about it. I'm gonna do it.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Okay, So I have zick question. Yeah, So there has
been a craze going on lately with a certain and
I am curious as all hell as to what to
pat why? And I love like the memes and everything
(01:11):
of it of people talking about the cups and the
like fashionistas or whatever for the Stanley.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Cup mm hmm.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
And you can you give a little bit of insight
on it for your people as to the I guess
the trend for it. Mmmm.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Yeah, I'm really glad you asked, And you know, I
think there's so far there's been so few opportunities where
I can do some education, and that's what I'd like
to do here. So yeah, the Stanley Cup. Let me
just tell you there's something weird about the polarity of
the Stanley Cup. So I'll give an example. Growing up
(01:55):
here in Chicago, right, I have been fortunate in my
adult years to witness the Chicago Blackhawks hoists three of
these puppies. Okay, now every time they've done it, and
you know, you and Houston, you get what it's like
with the parades and the championships and like all the
(02:15):
flare that comes with that, right, So every time I've
I've wanted to go and like be a part of
the celebration, right, like a million people downtown Chicago, like
you know, all these you know, famous spots are just
like covered in swarms of people. But like that was
never really my scene, right, But like I grew up
watching hockey. We used to go to games all the time. Like,
(02:38):
so the Cup is always this thing that was like
this this mystical preacher, right, and it was so I
don't know, it's like it was like untouchable right, like,
there's there's rules around the Stanley Cup. The rules are tradition,
there's all this stuff, right. So I was working for
a company that is a sponsor of the NHL Okay
(02:58):
and I went one day, I stop by the regional
office to like it's like something stupid, like to drop
off like some inner office mail or something lame. And uh,
there's just like fifty people standing outside. And I was like,
what is going on? There's never anybody here. And I
noticed they're all wearing like their hockey jerseys now got
their Hawks gear on. They're all like amped up. And
(03:20):
so I asked somebody I knew there. I was like,
what's going on here? And they said, you're never gonna
believe it. Because we're a sponsor and because we won
the Cup, it's coming here. I said, what's coming here?
They said, the Stanley Cup. You've got to be kidding me.
So I hunkered down. I called my boss to say, hey,
I'm not going to be back for a while. He's like, well,
(03:41):
we need you, we're so busy. I said, no, I
can't consider this my six hour lunch. I'm gonna I'm
gonna wait for this this cup to arrive, but I did.
I sat there for like two hours. They're running behind
cup finally shows up and all its glory. The handlers
are there with their white gloves bringing this inside the building,
and I'm just like amazed at this point. So I
(04:03):
grabbed one of my one of my buddies, who had
known about this happening, Like we as like the minions,
We're not supposed to know this was even gonna happen.
Nobody was even gonna publicize this. So like I'm just
wearing like my work clothes, and I was like, hey,
I need a picture with the cup, and I need
your jersey. So I wear this jersey that's like three
sizes too big for me. Uh, And I get up
(04:25):
there to touch the cup and to get my picture
with it, and I like, I put my hand on
it and justice. Let me tell you, this was like
a straight up out of body experience for me. I
really felt like, man, this is like this is history.
Like this this is like you know, like historians will
talk about like oh I got to see the Declaration
(04:47):
of Independence or I got to see you know, all
these you know, Lincoln tact or whatever. Right, this was
that for me, this was everything, and I like left
and I was, you know me, like I'm relatively cool.
Don't say anything. I am relatively cool for all the
listeners today. This had me like physically shaking. Afterwards, I'm like, like,
(05:08):
I was embarrassed by how into this I was. And
so anyways, a couple weeks go by, my friend texts
me and says, hey, I got the picture. Here it
is and sends me my picture with the cup. And
my wife, who is just an elaborate decorator, had this
very pristine row of pictures like coming up our stairs
and I was like, Okay, here we go. This is cool,
(05:28):
and I took one of them mountain I replaced it
with my picture of the cup, and she hates it
so much, but it's part of its tradition, part of
It's just like hockey's hard, it's real hard. Nobody just
naturally skates, like this is the skill you have to learn,
so even to be able to move up and down
the ice and so like just at the highest highest level,
(05:51):
being the best in the world at that point, right,
and being able to touch that like historic trophy, like it's everything,
Like you see, like some of the toughest men in
the world trying when they get to hold this thing.
So I hope that clears it up for you. Maybe
you have some follow up questions. I don't know, tell me.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I think historians are gonna look back on this and
be like this. This is what we're talking about. When
I say that we have two different internets. I'm literally
talking about there's a Stanley cup craze for the mug.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You're talking about like the knockoff yettie. Yeah, oh man,
oh that's embarrassing. Okay, you're talking about like the Stanley,
like the big like these giant cups that like every
suburban mom is carrying around. Yes, all right, my bad,
(06:48):
all right, all right, our rights welcome. Can I ask
you podcasts? Just I understand you have a question. I
understand you have a question for me today.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
But that goes really really well into they're really different
internets and.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Social media is and shit, that's funny.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
Because like you'll see on Instagram, TikTok x, if you
are brave enough to get on there formerly called Twitter,
where people are fighting over these things. If you go
on to eBay, they're being resold to the point of
like six seven and more. What.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Yeah, whoa, that's wild. Yeah, that's okay. Let me let
me get my bearings back and try and weigh in
on the actual question that you asked. Yeah, so these
things are these things are funny. So I'll tell you.
Back in twenty fourteen, my grandpa passed away, right, and
(07:54):
so we were going through all of his things. My
grandma's trying to clear stuff out and you know, get
rid of a bunch of stuff, but like, you know,
figure out what her new life is, right, And one
of the things that she pulled out of, like you know,
you know that cabinet that nobody ever goes into, like
the one right above the fridge that nobody can reach,
nobody is gonna get a ladder to get into, and
(08:16):
everything's just like greasy for no reason. Yeah, that's just
my house, Okay. So she tells me to get up
there and pull this stuff out, right, And so I
go in there and I find a Stanley thermos.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
So again, this is twenty fourteen, this is before this
whole huge metal cup trend really was happening. And I
asked her, I sod, what is this, and she said, oh,
that's what your grandpa used to take his luncheon and
I'm like what, and so she did, like sit here
(08:51):
and explain it to me, and she said, yeah, he
would use that for lunch and then you know, when
you were retired, he would use it for coffee. And
she's like, it's literally the best thing you can have
for coffee, right, Like, okay, let me I'll take this,
let me, let me take this whole thing. So, I mean,
this is from like probably the sixties, I would guess
maybe the seventies is when they got this thing. And
(09:11):
you know, I opened it up and like the inside
is you know, has like that coffee stain on the
inside of it. But what I did is I started
taking like I would make coffee at home and then
I'd take it into work and I would I would
fill that thing up. And I'm not kidding you. Nine
hours went by and that was still piping hot, steaming
coffee by the end of it. So I was a
believer at that point. What I'm going to say is
(09:33):
everybody else just hopped on board recently, and I, oh, okay, yeah,
I don't understand the trend of these things. Now you
may know this about me. I am not a great
gift giver. But like I can't. I've never boughten a
Yetti or a Stanley or any of those cups, but
(09:54):
I probably have seven of them in my pantry right now,
because it's like it's yes, just people given They're like, here,
this is a great gift for you. You like to
drink warm things, here, take this, okay.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
Well, I mean, it's it's just crazy. It took off from,
like you said, some subourbon women who had seen one
of the not the the kind of like metal cup ones,
but like the other one. It was called like a
quencher or something like that. I forgot what it is. Yeah,
and then they kind of partnered with Stanley, and it's
(10:27):
just oh, there was a I mean, I mean, this
was just perfect marketing form. A lady had one and
her car caught on fire and her Stanley cup was
in the car when it caught on fire. And when
she when she went to you know, she was showing
the car whatever, and she was like, look, I bet
you it's still like got some you know, the the
(10:49):
water is still cold in here, And sure enough, it
was still ice in the damn car.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
The Stanley cup was like burnt to hell. But it's
still ice in there.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
But yeah, but it did not cave on the on
the function.
Speaker 1 (11:03):
Yeah. Yeah, so and uh then of course Stanley got
wind of it, and they not only replaced her Stanley cup,
but they replaced her car. Yeah. But one of the
things that became the trend after that was people mocking
what they saw women look like with these Stanley cups
(11:24):
and they the guys with a giant bag and like
a trash can with Stanley written on it. Yeah, it
was hilarious, but it was it was pretty much spot
on because those things are huge. I didn't realize how
big they were, but until I saw a it was.
(11:48):
It was a news piece in a here locally because
women were lining up in the beginning of the year
at Target because Target was releasing a limited edition of them,
and people were lining up at like six a m.
And before that to get these. It was just it
wasn't anything specific on it. It wasn't like a design or anything.
It was just red and that's it. Wow.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Man, So this, you know, this this kind of reminds
me of like Beanie Baby trends a little bit, right,
Like we're all basically the same thing. But and I
don't know if if anybody can even explain the appeal
of beanie babies, right, but I know you had to
have them.
Speaker 1 (12:30):
Back in the day. Yeah, yeah, yeah, And it was Oh,
they're going to be worth so much money.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
Yeah, this is your investments. This is better than a
four oh one.
Speaker 1 (12:41):
K and that went must.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
I don't know, like I think we're I think we're
all still waiting a little bit to see, uh how
much that tabasco of the bull is going to be worse?
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Oh my gosh, yourself, sailer.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
You know what's crazy.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Though, is like kids are wanting these There were a
bunch of pictures, not pictures, but tiktoks and videos of
kids just creep I mean, just actually freaking out from
getting these cups for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
What m Yeah, let me ask you, so, where's your
where would you put like your water consumption? You drink
a lot of water.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
I do so walking around with a Stanley, and only
because mine is mine is actually bigger than a Stanley,
I will say that, Okay, mine is mine is mineus
pretty big. And also like I just keep it in
the house. I'm not walking around with it outside because
it's just too big to walk around with.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
Right, right, So I asked the question because, like I
hear people, now, this was never a thing growing up.
I don't I don't know what it is. But like
people talk about how they don't like water. Oh my god,
they have weird things with water, like oh I only
drink bottled avia or like what like they're very specific
(14:04):
about like the brands, and like it's okay, it's water.
But I feel like that that was a sweet spot
where all this happened. Because people are talking about they
don't drink enough water, and it's like, I just don't
know how much water I drink today. Well, here you
get a Stanley. You can tell everyone you drink four
gallons of it today. I just finish this.
Speaker 1 (14:24):
What's funny though, You might be right, but I mean
at one point in time that was happening with the YETI,
and then it was hydroflast, and then it was something else,
and it was just like what is happening? And you're right,
it is kind of like being trendy for how much
water you're actually able to consume. But also you'll find
(14:45):
people that are just like I don't drink water at all,
and it's like the.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Hell yeah, it's it's odd. I mean, I don't know.
I've never struggled to drink water before, but apparently that's
the thing. So everyone got their thing. Yeah wait, let
me ask you. I mean, you got to educate me
on this now, so I can't tell you about my people.
But is so is Yetti out? Is Yetti not cool anymore?
(15:11):
Did Stanley take the market in this?
Speaker 1 (15:13):
I think they did.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Wow. Well, let me put in a picture for Yeti,
So I gotta, I gotta. I was gifted a Yeti
cooler one time. And those things are expensive. Yeah, they're
super nice, but like you know, like if you're using
it for like a like a drink cooler or something
for a party, I think they're pretty average. But like
(15:37):
you're going camping or you're doing whatever, and like you
need to keep that thing closed. I have witnessed some
pretty impressive feats by this cooler. So, like, here's an example,
My my neighbor was doing some work for me. He
was putting in a patio in my backyard, and so
he was just doing it like a side job. So
he was coming over like you know, for a couple
hours at night and stuff in the summer and doing
(16:00):
most of it by himself, but then he brought his
crew there. So like when that when that project first started,
I just filled up the cooler with ice, put a
bunch of drinks in there for him, and I just
left it outside and I say, hey, you need drinks
or whatever. You couldn't work. I'm out here like here,
I wouldn't stock this for you. Make sure it's covered.
Six days went by, Jess, and the hardest summer, I
still had ice in that thing.
Speaker 1 (16:20):
Yeah, it's that. I actually remember when I came to
see you over the summer. You were showing me the
yelly yetti cooler and you were like, oh, don't drink
anything out of there, and I actually picked up one
of them and it was still cold.
Speaker 2 (16:38):
Yeah, and that was like a week I think it was.
It was a week ago we had used it.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Yeah, that was bad. But it's just it's, oh my goodness.
It's just the the trends and the craziness that come
because you know, the trends that come up for like,
you know, people in my culture are bipop. People don't
tend to be of that nature. It's just weird.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Yeah, it is weird. It's it's an odd one for sure. Yeah,
And like the whole Target thing doesn't really surprise me, right,
Like that's kind of that suburban mom headquarters Target. They
have monthly meetings there, but yeah, no, that's uh really strange.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Oh man. And it was just one of those things
where it's just you're looking at this iss you're watching it,
and I was seeing these kids go absolutely ape shit
over these Stanley cups. And then the next video is
a mom talking about her daughter being bullied for not
having a cup.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Oh mine, that was a stay.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Yeah, So I watch these. Depending on the kind, it's
anywhere upwards of like thirty to like sixty bucks or
something like that. It's but if you get it aftermarket,
it could be a shit ton of money.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
And there's just like, is there like a lack of supply?
Is that why? Like I'm trying to understand how these
things you're reselling.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
Yeah, some of them can be limited.
Speaker 2 (18:03):
Edition twenty to ninety three dollars is what the Google
machine tells me. What that's retail?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Who Yeah, these kids, right, yeah, the parents are having
to go get this stuff now. And and I was
just thinking to myself, it was like, aren't we supposed
to be in a recession. Aren't we supposed to be
having where like inflation is kicking our ass or something
like that.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
Uh yeah, that's what I heard.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
And I mean, shit, we have kids who can't actually
even tell time on uh analog clocks, but you know,
get them a Stanley cup.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
Take no, No, it's fine. So I'll tell you this
fun fact too. So when my kids have like similar versions,
but I guess they're off brand because we're poor, apparently
it you know, we're just like, that's a ridiculous amount
of money to spend on them. And I think my
(19:06):
kids more care about them, but they really like, you know,
the metal cups, you know, four and six. So my
time is coming, don't worry. But when it's like, I
don't know, probably like two or three years ago at
this point, I was putting in new floors in my
house and I had a couple of different samples that
I was looking at, and I'm just just like and
I was just dreading, like, man, I don't want the
(19:28):
kids to ruin this. They're pretty young, Like, how am
I gonna avoid this? And so I actually took one
of their cups and I lifted it above my head
and I dropped it on the samples because that was like,
I can imagine, Okay, if this floor can stand this force,
this is probably about the worst it's gonna get. And
uh And I found the one that that worked and
didn't dentse didn't scratch or anything, and that's what I
(19:49):
went with. So who knows mood. That's another angle for
them to market. I like, what else are they going
to do though, Like, are they gonna like, is Stanley
gonna do like cars or something?
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Apparently they're just they had a tough time selling the
idea of marketing to women. The old guard there was
just like we're green, male and hot. Literally, that's that's
what they said that their marketing stick was. And the
guy who the guy who ran crops and made it
(20:22):
cool came over and he was like, Yeah, we're gonna
take this into a new direction and we're gonna go
We're gonna go color pool. We're no, no, he said,
We're gonna go pink, female and cold, and pink is
actually their highest selling cup and like their stock and
(20:43):
stuff is through the roofs.
Speaker 2 (20:45):
Man, that's cool. There's gonna be a whole nother tangent here.
But where do we stand on Crocs?
Speaker 1 (20:51):
No, don't know, just stop no, no.
Speaker 2 (20:56):
I know, no, yeah, I think we need to talk
about this. There's a tie in here because like it's
another product that just seems obscure and not useless. That's
not the right word, but like niche I guess right,
Like I remember when crocks came out and they were
supposed to be for like nurses, right, yeah, if you're
(21:16):
standing on your feet all day and you need something
that's comfortable and durable and blah blah blah and and yeah,
I won't slip this is it tried crocks, but they
just look so goofy right, yes, yes, but I tell
you what, I am a croc believer at this point.
I bought one. I bought a pair of like ironically,
but let me tell you they've held up. They've been
(21:37):
through everything with me.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
I'm on my third pair, and they haven't been through
everything with you.
Speaker 2 (21:43):
They have, like, but it's not because they get old
like and they don't even get dirty, like you just
take a hose to them. It's incredible. We've talked about
my shoes getting dirty problem, right, yes, yes, yeah, Like
it's a great product. So you know what after this conversation,
I'm not fully back in Stanley, but a little more interested.
(22:05):
Interested if you can take these like government issued rubber
right and turn them into like a trendy shoe, you're
taking that that person that did that, and you're bringing
them over to Stanley's something the biggest coming. There's something
to it.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Well, I mean they didn't hold up in the brawl
for it All in Alabama, so I.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Mean, yeah, a rare miss.
Speaker 1 (22:28):
But that was that was my question to you, just
trying to get some semblance of what is going on
with these cups. I love the tangent of you thinking
it was Stanley Cup and that really gave me insight
into it. So thank you for that. And that's not
being cut out. I want you to know.
Speaker 2 (22:46):
That you asked me about about a product and I
just went on a ten minute tangent about hockey and
why it's great.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Oh yeah that, Oh you know what, that is the
perfect intro to the episode or just you know, publicizing
it for whenever we do this.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
Yeah, how stupid this guy is.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Never I will fight someone to the death if they
say that in.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Front of me, even on the even on the chat.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Not in the chat. I just fand we're not here
for the negativity. Here not here for the negativity. This
is nothing but love, peace and some good conversation.
Speaker 2 (23:28):
Yeah. Yeah, and actually this is actually a really pretty
accurate insight into what our non recorded conversations sound like.
Run two different wavelengths, but we come together in the end,
we get it figured out pretty much.
Speaker 1 (23:40):
And we hope you enjoyed tonight's episode and you tune
in for next week.
Speaker 2 (23:45):
Thanks y'all, We are out.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I was about to say, you're not giving me anything
to go out on. Thank you, thank you.
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