ICYMI - The Costco Guys Bring the Boom
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🗓️ 14 September 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Candice Lim is joined by culture reporter Ej Dickson to break down her Rolling Stone profile of A.J. and Eric “Big Justice” Defumo, better known as the “Costco Guys.” In January 2024, A.J. was a former pro wrestler-turned-mortgage lender who wasn’t finding much traction on TikTok, until his son Eric joined him for a trip to Costco. That laid the groundwork for the duo’s biggest video to date, which combined their love for the warehouse chain and Tiktok’s fascination with the chicken bake institution. With more than 53 million views, the family business is only expanding with influencer touchstones such as toothbrush sponcon, a cast of characters, and a hit song.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Music Lover It's time for Somme Tom Bola jamming to some yacht rock |
| 0:05.8 | open for fun gone old school with some beep up open for fun bingo 90 If you like your tunes more vibing, playing can be exciting |
| 0:16.2 | till you feel the need for dancing. |
| 0:18.2 | Here we go! |
| 0:19.2 | I've said drum and bass! |
| 0:21.2 | Oh, just 110 pounds! Tom Bola! Open for fun! |
| 0:27.0 | Terms apply 18 plus. Please play safely. Hey, I'm Candice Lim, and you're listening to Icy Why Am I. In case you missed it, |
| 0:48.4 | Slates Podcasts about Internet Culture. And joining me on the show today is former Rolling Stone senior writer EJ Dixon. |
| 0:55.9 | Hello EJ. |
| 0:56.9 | Hi I'm so excited to be here. |
| 0:59.9 | We're so excited to have you here because we love your writing. We have used your |
| 1:04.8 | reporting often while researching for this show, but the thing is I have one |
| 1:09.0 | question that remains which is what is your first internet memory? |
| 1:17.6 | I will give you my first safer work |
| 1:19.7 | internet memory. |
| 1:21.5 | I believe my first safer work internet memory is going on I can't remember if it was |
| 1:28.6 | like Yahoo or tripod pages but like a full house fan community page that loaded extremely slowly |
| 1:39.4 | in like 1997 or 1998. Oh my God, okay, I was also a huge full house person. |
| 1:47.0 | Can we talk about this? |
| 1:48.2 | Where did your obsession start? |
| 1:50.6 | Did you love someone specifically from the show? I think it was just sort of the general |
| 1:56.3 | 90s aesthetic. I think I was an Uncle Jesse Stan. |
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