ICYMI: The Costco Guys Bring the Boom

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4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 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. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. And joining me on the show today is former Rolling Stone senior writer E.J. Dixon. Hello, E.J.
0:57.0	Hi, I'm so excited to be here.
0:59.0	We're so excited to have you here because we love your writing. We have used your reporting often while researching for this show.
1:07.0	But the thing is, I have one question that remains, which is, what is your first
1:11.4	internet memory?
1:16.8	I will give you my first safer work.
1:19.5	Oh, okay.
1:20.9	I believe my first safer work internet memory is going on. I can't remember if it was like Yahoo or tripod pages,
1:31.6	but like a full house fan community page that loaded extremely slowly in like 1997 or 1998.
1:42.4	Oh my God. Okay, I was also a huge full house person.
1:46.9	Can we talk about this?
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