This is literally our first rodeo.
It's crazy how unprepared I am for this.
Like, I literally have no idea.
It's basically an accident that we're here.
It happens once a year and it happens to be right now.
I've never felt so out of place.
We are entering the rodeo.
All of this just for basically a guy riding on an angry horse.
Okay.
Wow, you've just offended like, all two million people who are gonna be here.
Oh, immediately, one of the first stores in here is a cowboy hat store.
Look at that.
Wow. How you doing?
Do you sell hats in enormous sizes?
I've got a huge head.
Okay.
What do you think?
Oh wow, that is comfortable.
I'm a bit top heavy now.
What do you think?
Like I might topple over.
Yeah?
Wow.
It fits.
It's a hat.
Wow, you look great!
Thanks very much.
Thank you very much.
What are like the rodeo classics?
Like we have to eat this when we're here.
Fried Oreo.
I wanna find a fried Oreo.
Wait, walk in slow motion.
Okay.
Hello, someone recognized us here!
That's what we've been hearing.
Fried Oreos.
Is there anything else you'd recommend?
Okay.
No Korean food? Oh, okay.
Well, pray for us and our digestive systems.
- Thanks for the recommendations guys. - Thank you very much.
What?
Look at the size of that cowboy boot!
Where are we?
I was joking earlier that this is our first rodeo...
It does feel completely overwhelming.
Oh, it's corn dogs!
Yes.
Let's start with some corn dogs.
Hello!
Hello. How are you doing?
Yeah, you are on camera.
This is literally our first rodeo.
Really?
No.
Thank you so much.
What's your name?
Thank you so much, Sally.
Thanks for having us, Sally.
This is amazing.
Ketchup and mustard, they said.
Oh, there we go.
Ohhkay. Ohhkay.
Oh, ketchup on its own is horrible.
Sally sorted us out.
Yeah.
With a foot long corn dog.
You’ve covered yours.
It's so big!
Everything's bigger in Texas, but I feel like everything in Texas is bigger at the rodeo.
Yeah. Seriously.
How many big things can we find to eat here?
Let's do it.
That's good.
That's really good.
No.
Corn dog is just great.
She's right. The mustard and the ketchup just makes it.
Really good.
This is a great start to the day.
Wowzers.
Oh my gosh.
What the heck is that?
Is that a turkey leg?
How do you eat that?
Just like a caveman?
Okay.
Wow.
Okay.
All right.
Chew it up.
Can we have one?
Thank you very much.
Look at Ducky's face.
He's like, slack-jawed.
Wow.
And you were saying we just put it in our mouth.
Okay.
Just a couple of cow bros.
Is it bigger than my bicep?
Er...yeah?
It basically is!
Wow.
Wow!
That is good.
Oh that's good!
It's really good.
That's good.
I mean, you do feel just wild.
It's worryingly good.
Yeah.
Like Leonardo DiCaprio in the Revenant.
Just desperate for an Oscar.
Yeah, okay.
Okay.
All right, let's keep going.
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Back to the rodeo, guys...
Oh my gosh.
Mate, this never ends!
How big is this place?
There’s a whole fairground!
Right.
Might need to hold your hat on.
Waaaaa ha heyyyyyy
Yeah!!
That was great fun.
Look at this old man.
I've always wanted to do this.
It's a dog diving contest.
Oh, what a dog.
Oh my gosh!
That was BIG.
That's crazy.
31 feet!
Okay, we've entered the arena where there is livestock.
And I must say, the livestock are making their presence known through my nostrils right now.
But oh my goodness.
So that's what a Longhorn is.
That is the biggest cow I've ever seen in my entire life.
Pig races!
They're so, so cute.
What's in here?
Do you think they're gonna release like a bull or something and then people have to lasso it?
Oh, here we go!
Oh, he didn't take his shot.
No, no, he's got him!
He got him!
Announcer: All right, he got him.
Holy moly.
That's really impressive.
Luke...
Okay, so we just rocked up to this area called Mutton Busting.
"Lindsay Lowlamb"
Announcer: Way to tumble, that was an acrobatic move.
Great job, Natalia!
Way to be a cowgirl.
That's an 8, 9 for that tumble there.
Oh my gosh.
This is crazy.
So this is essentially like a rodeo for children.
Using sheep instead of bull or horses.
Yeah. She's Juno's age.
Can you imagine Juno?
Slap a helmet on her.
I mean, I would...
Lizzie wouldn't.
Announcer: "Mutton but Trouble", everybody!
Face full of dirt.
Took a tumble.
Give it up for that cowboy right there.
That's all right, baby.
Is he crying?
Or is he laughing?
Oh, he's crying.
All right, Athena.
Woo!
I'm telling you.
It feels like we're in an alternate universe.
It's genuinely like I'm in an episode of Rick and Morty.
We're the only ones who think this is weird.
Or is it just luck and chance?
I like that action and that jump.
That kid held on well!
Ducky's loving this.
Wow.
He's like, what the hell is happening?
Josh, is that pizza on a stick I see?
You mean that food stand over there with about 20 American flags hanging out of the top of it?
What's the most American thing we can think of?
Let's get some pizza and put it on a stick.
I want to have pizza on a stick just so I can tell Mr. Z I did it.
Yeah.
Can we get pizza on a stick here?
Pickle pizza?!
And scorpion pizza.
I've never heard of pickle pizza before.
And cricket pizza.
Can we try the pickle pizza on a stick?
Yeah, one pepperoni and one pickle.
Yeah.
Oh, wow.
Okay.
I'll be honest, the only reason we're trying this is to piss off our Italian friend.
Yeah.
To show everyone at home.
Cheers, guys.
Thank you so much.
Have a nice day, guys.
I literally just got a bucket of lemonade.
What is happening?
Ahhhh!
It's really good.
Basically pure sugar.
Let's try these pizza magnums.
Really good.
Yeah.
Super doughy.
Oh my gosh, that must be literally like a thousand calories.
For some reason,
Wow.
Eating this, it just feels like the end times.
What do you mean?
You know, like this is like, we're at a point in humanity where this exists.
Surely it's all going to end terribly.
We've evolved to a point where pizza is now on a stick.
I'm flipping loving it.
Let's dip it into molten butter.
Wait, what is that?
What did you, what is that, butter?
I'm just going to pour some molten butter into...
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
What is this?
Is this honey butter again?
Garlic butter.
Garlic butter?
That.
It literally just looks like butter.
Is incredible.
That should be illegal.
Wait, you haven't even commented on the fact that you've got pickles all in your pizza.
I can't even taste them.
Are you serious?
All I taste is butter.
Here, let's switch.
Look at that.
Pickle pizza on a stick!
Mr. Z's gonna lose it.
Shall we call him?
Shall I call him?
Wait...
Pickle pizza's good.
What?
That is so good.
This is the best thing we've had here today.
Luke, you're trying this.
It's really good.
No, no, no.
Luke, Luke, Luke.
Luke, try it.
Look.
Just have a small bite.
It's really good.
Smell it, smell it.
The pickles and the pizza work!
The way you ate that, Luke, it was like you were vomiting in reverse.
It's good.
The pepperoni one's way better.
I've got no idea what he's talking about.
Are you serious?
I love this.
Josh, come on Mr. Z.
You better answer, buddy.
Oh!
Mr. Z!
We've got pizza on a stick!
They're pizza magnums.
It's really good.
That one's got pickle in it.
It's pickle pizza!
Mate, Mr. Z, pizza on a stick will blow your mind.
It's really good.
Miss you, bro.
Take care.
Bye!
I'm just going to say it, Josh.
I freaking love the rodeo.
I. Freaking love. The rodeo.
Mate, Texas is great.
I think we've consumed about 2,000 calories each.
So much food already.
Have some lemonade.
I've drunk so much of it.
You only had that much of an entire bucket.
That was good.
That was really good.
This is like the Southern Coachella.
Yeah.
Yeah, mate, to be honest, this is a lot better than Coachella.
Skip Coachella.
Just come to Texas and go to the rodeo.
This is WAY better.
No longer can we say it's our first rodeo.
No.
If we go to another rodeo, it will be.
Not our first rodeo.
Yeah, it will be our second.
What a day, man.
What an absolutely wild day.
It started with the hats, then there was a foot long corn dog.
We did a whole bunch.
We saw a whole bunch.
Genuinely really felt like a unique cultural experience.
It's like a subculture, right?
Because it's tied to the land and to the way of life here in the ranches of the South,
it obviously doesn't travel.
We have no point of reference in the UK.
Like, I have never seen an English person mount a horse, chase a baby cow across a field, and then hog-tie it.
The only point of reference we have is like Western movies.
Yeah.
So it felt kind of like we were coming into a real-life movie.
That was a pretty special first rodeo.
It really was, man.
Thanks, Ollie.
Thank you.
And thank you, Texas.
Thank you, Texas, for having us.
But for now, we'll see you JOLLY soon.
See you later, guys.
Found somewhere that not only sells deepfried oreos.
They also sell deep fried everything.
That is incredible.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah, who thought of that?
Sorry, I think I might vomit.