Let's do this thing. Here we go. And welcome back to another insightful audio adventure here on

Insight. I'm Chris Van Fleet. Thank you so much for listening wherever you are and whatever

you happen to be doing right now. Brett Ernst is hilarious.

And he's been crushing it as a stand-up comedian for the last 25 years.

He's also one of the stars of Cobra Kai on Netflix where he plays Cousin Louis.

And this is a deep cut for you.

But he was also one of the commentators for Wrestling Society X on MTV for the one season that it was on the air. But what a great show it was. Behind all of that, behind all of the success is a story of grit and determination of how he

was able to get to the point that he's at in his career. And I didn't expect it, but this conversation

is so incredibly inspiring.

You can find Brett on social media. He's at Brett Ernst. That's Brett with one T. You can find me.

I'm at Chris Van Vleet. That is also with one T. And let's dive right into it. Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome. Brett Ernst.

Good to see you. How are you? I'm doing well, buddy. Thank you so much for making this happen.

I appreciate you having me, man. I like your little Emmys back there, too. You should have a...

Yeah, you know, and you got your Cowboys background here. I got a Cowboys background. You've got actual accomplishments. I've got a mediocre team for the past 30 years behind me, or 24. Yeah, now I'm a Browns fan, so, you know, I can't really say anything. Yeah, you're right. Actually, you know what? Not for nothing. I think you guys might take the North this year. I think that they're going to have like a legitimate playoff run this year. Well, I mean, they're definitely, I mean, they should get the Wildcar. And I'm thinking three of the playoff teams are coming out of the AOC North. I would say the Steelers, the Ravens and the Browns. then I got the dolphins and the and the, uh, chargers as the other two,

wild cards. So the interesting thing about the NFL is it all comes down to injuries. Like it all

comes down to like like the Browns have, if Baker Mayfield goes down, the whole season could

just, you know, go away. Yeah. I mean, you know, it's the same thing with, uh, with what happened with us with Dak. But we were already, we were one and three when, and we were losing when he went down. If, you know, we would have been one and four if he finished the game. So, you know, there's so much parity in the league. And then they moved it to 17 games as if like, you know, that's going to prevent less injuries, you know?

But it's going to be interesting, man.

It's it's going to be interesting season.

I'm excited for it.

My season was awful last year.

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