As a lifelong Georgian, I can confirm. Avoid swimming in Lake Lanier and only visit Atlanta occasionally. Don’t mispronounce pecan nor offer people unsweetened tea.
Even though I was born and raised in Georgia, and my family have lived in Georgia-Tennessee for generations, we have always pronounced it peh-cahn because, as my mother said, "a pee-can is what you take on long car trips." But I agree 100% about the unsweetened tea.
As a child of Georgia this seems about right, though if anyone's confused about the bit about lake Lanier. Lake Lanier was a black settlement that got destroyed and flooded during reconstruction in a similar fashion to what became of black wall st. Or the slums that became central park. Just another blotch of bloody hands in America's history that goes unnoticed. Though the town under the water, seems pretty well reserved minus the bones and alligators infesting said waters.
This is both correct and incorrect. There was a black town called Oscarville where Lake Lanier now is. However it was attacked and destroyed by white supremacists in 1912. All due to, as was the usual back then, a false rape allegation. Lake Lanier was created 44 years later in 1956, and at that time there was no black towns in the area for the obvious reasons. The two events are unrelated to each other, only sharing the same general location and nothing more. Sorry, I got curious about all of this awhile back and did some digging into it to separate the myth from the truth.
@@delamarturner498 exactly. The only alligators found on Lanier have all been small and were almost certainly pets that were released after they outgrew their enclosure. I can think of three found in the 18 years I’ve lived on Lanier 🤷🏻♂️
The Varsity is highly overrated IMO. The one in Athens ended up closing because they really only got business during football season and only when we had a home game. Sometimes the new freshmen classes would go eat there for a few weeks before ditching it for a multitude of better options.
Moved away from Georgia 20 years ago but when I lived there I loved Zaxbys and hearing whatta ya have whatta ya have at the varsity. Killer dogs and fries
Whatever way you do your research for these, it's working because DAMN was that accurate. Also don't forget the Martin Luther King drive every few blocks!
Forsure those who know know. Those who don't good luck stay in the right lanes on all major, minor, and county highways. and lastly the speed limit on all interstates is the las two digits of the interstate or if your on 20 just follow the other interstates.
@@kittygoblin2377 That's true in all parts of America. Seriously, I grew up in a small suburban town on the Florida coast. MLK boulevard is the closest thing we had to a slum.
As someone who lives within 5 miles of the Big Chicken and drives over the parking lot that is I-75 every morning I have to say this hits a little close to home.
As someone who is a proud owner of a piece of the Marriot carpet I died laughing and applaud your accuracy! Also I am proud to say I have never been to The Varsity!
A friend of mine came down to Dragoncon years ago and I had to pick him up. It took 30 mins because he didn't know every street was a Peachtree. "Which one??" "PEACHTREE!" "WHICHONE?????" "Varsity is for tourists" THANK YOU!
@@SurprisinglyDeep There are about 71 streets with Peachtree in the title in the ATL area. Like Peachtree NE, Peachtree NW, Peachtree Intl, Peachtree Creek Rd, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Ave, Peachtree Circle, and Peachtree Drive. We just dealt with it.
Has anyone tried to get this changed? Like has anyone started a campaign to rename most of the peach trees? Seems like it's a nightmare for policemen and paramedics, for one thing.
Loved the video, man. As a Georgia resident, I have some notes on pronunciation in the peach state. -Vidalia onions come from V-EYE-day-leuh -Ponce De Leon is pronounced Ponce d-LEEon when referring to the streets Bonus: May Flies are typically called horse flies by the Georgia residents you impersonate so well Generally, we just suck at putting emphasis and the syllable they belong. Big ups for getting pEcans right. Keep up the kickass work
As an Atlantan, agreed - and preferably a Black comedian. "Atlanta" and "the rest of Georgia" really are two completely different animals (though realistically there are actually 5 Georgias: Mountain, Atlanta, Central, South, and Coastal).
@Joel Byers that i 100% believe happened. i've seen some pretty big xatfish here in indiana, mostly because our rivers are polluted as hell. easily 3 - 4 ft long. i bet a town under a lake would make a great breeding ground for those fuckers.
@Joel Byers yup. Every body of water in the country with a dam has that same urban legend about the giant mythical catfish the size of a Volkswagen lol and there’s always somebody who’s family member knew a guy that was a diver and saw one and will never dive again afterwards 😂
I grew up OTP and swam in Murder Lake every summer. Went to college in that "Lewd city" and as soon as he said the 3 Ps I knew exactly what he meant. Makes me miss home.
This one was great! So glad to see GA get acknowledged, including our tendency to insult everyone! My only nitpick is Vidalia is pronounced V-eye-day-uh. Tip from a local lolol
Foghorn Leghorn: (Blows whistle while manning a cross walk and wearing a safety vest. Holds out hand) "I say, I say, now excuse me ladies and gentlemen but you'll just have to wait a moment to let these little chicks walk by now." (A literal group of chicks crosses the road.)
DragonCon is great! Except for the fact that it’s downtown at the busiest hotels, during Labor Day weekend when football season is just gettin into it and there’s always an event going on simultaneously. Mercedes Benz Stadium is a blight. I miss the dome. 🥺
Thank you! I keep trying to tell my mom that and she have nothing to do with it. I live on Pecan Ln, and I say it like you say it ...and I'm from Florida.
Georgia peaches have some flavor, more than California but… NOTHING compares to Palusade/Peonia peaches. Got my friend from Georgia to try one… I did not mean to make her cry! But now she asks for them every year
As someone who lives ten minutes from the Big Chicken, just know that it also used to make noise but it was so loud it blew out five windows from the car place across the street, so they had to take out his voice box for good. Also I never go downtown because all the Peachtrees and Ponce De Leons are even more confusing than you already think. :')
As someone who grew up in Cobb county and worked right next to the big chicken for years, Knowing where everything is by it's relation to the big chicken, is accurate
Yes!! The cult of the carpet was mentioned. That's awesome. Lived in Georgia for 24 years, everything that you mentioned brought back some memories. :)
This made me laugh and cry (just a little). My late husband was born in Atlanta and raised on Lake Lucele when his family was the only one on the lake. He talked about all of these and this video brought back so many memories!
You should throw in something about Peachtree City next time. It's a manufactured city with 100 miles of golf cart paths that are used to go everywhere, and you can't sneeze without a Delta pilot saying "bless you." Or Helen. It needs no explanation.
I'd sent Ben that marriott bandana (and the story behind it) months ago and must confess to getting a big stupid grin on my face when I saw it used in the skit. :)
The Clermont lounge line.... omg hilarious! And yes yes yes ALWAYS send your friends there and some of your family too if you really need a memorable time.
As someone who lived in ATL for 6 years, I just want to say that Ponce isn't pronounced the Spanish way. It's pronounced pawns day lee ahn (that's the best transliteration I can do).
@@Ben_Brainard Lol, no worries, the way Georgians pronounce most things irritate people in other parts of the country. I live in Macon and we have a street called "Pio Nono" and we can always spot a tourist because they pronounce it "pee-o no-no" instead of "pie-a-noh-na" (pronounced all one word). And then there's Houston County (not Hew-ston, it's How-ston here)
Listen as someone who used to live in Georgia, but right along the border of Tennessee and Alabama, it gets intense during football season. We're talking friendships broken, relationships ended, families falling apart at the seams. Then just like that football season ends and everything goes back to normal like nothing happened
As a Georgian, Macon is the heart of the state (since it’s dead in the middle of the entire state), We have little Grand Canyon near Pine Mountain, and another fun fact, Atlanta is the most forest city in the USA.
I still cannot believe how far that carpet gag has spiralled.... For backstory, two prop artists made camouflage suits to match the carpet of the Marriott Marquis, the main DragonCon hotel. This was widely considered an inspried costume idea, and tons of people jumped on board; it went so far that the carpet producer sent one of them - Volpin Props - a cease and desist order. Despite this (and the fact that carpet was torn out and replaced), the Cult of the Marriott Carpet lives on. Some people even went dumpster diving for pieces of the original carpet when it was removed, but most stick to making costumes out of unliscensed reproduction fabric And, no. I am not joking about any of this
Lol it’s so awesome that we finally see an introduced from GA it’s funny that he wish harm on the Waffle House and Chick-fil-A if FL doesn’t stop with the insults and maybe hopefully get fun name with him and also still like to see Iowa introduction to the table I also would love to see NY and CALI 😊
I grew up in Buford and I went to Lake Lanier every summer. My mom believes a lot of the drownings may be because there's a part of the lake where the floor drops pretty dramatically. The family rule was never go out further than waist deep and be careful where you step. It also helps that my dad was formerly a lifeguard and that was the part of him that showed up when his children were near water. I'm surprised I didn't hear about it being haunted since haunted is my mom's favorite feature of any location. Were they just not talking about that in the 80s and 90s?
Just a friendly reminder that South Carolina grows peaches than Georgia. They teach us that very early on bc it’s one of the few state facts we can be proud of
My mom is from Georgia and pretty much everything in this video applies to the exact area she grew up in. Some of the places mentioned were only a couple minutes from her house! Needless to say she cracked up laughing. (1:46) "He's not exaggerating! It's monstrous!" She also added (as a comment on the bit about college football) that "college students get two days off for the Florida-Georgia game". Jesus.
im gonna be honest half of this I totally forgot wouldn’t be a no brainer for someone not from georgia lmaoooo I have used the “turned down the wrong peachtree” excuse MANY times for being late to something, and the carpet cult is very real and very powerful
Drove my parents on a vacation in Georgia because my dad could no longer drive. Within twenty four hours was at a doctors office telling him I thought maybe I was allergic to the state. He ran some tests and confirmed it😂 best doctor ever. Because of him I navigated that mess that passes for traffic in Atlanta, and we had a good time. Thank you for a great skit that brought back the memories of the adventures of two people from Florida and one from Arizona in Georgia 😂❤😂
I don't see anyone saying it, but I personally really appreciated the 28-3 reference. That was the day the entirety of Atlanta decided simultaneously that we preferred soccer to football.
WHOO!!!! Someone mentioned the Big Chicken. Spent my teenage years in Marietta and was a literal 10 minute walk from the Big Chicken. They finally renovated it a few years ago so the eye moves. And Dragoncon. Ok my day is complete.
As a Georgian, I understood every bit of that and enjoyed every bit of that. Very good representation of Georgia! The unfortunate soul stuck next to Florida lol
The Braves winning last year was great. I live in Fulton County OTP and its so long that the single school an hour away being in the Braves parade zone got me a day off of school. Got my hair colored that day. People thought I was having some sort of midlife crisis when I just wanted blue hair, but it was worth it XD
ALWAYS send your friends to the Clermont Lounge! Blondie socked my friend in the face with one of her money makers so hard he fell out of his chair once. Fool had told her he didn't have any cash on him...
I'd just gotten back from visiting the Clermont for my birthday (no Blondie, unfortunately), so I cackled when it got mentioned. I choose to take it as a delightful, yet unintentional, birthday gift from Ben. :)
As a Georgian, this video pretty much sums up this state if you’re a tourist down here. But in South Georgia there’s a farm called white oak pastures and they have the best and I mean the best honey without going down to Florida to get some Tupelo honey.
Born in Panama City, raised primarily in East Cobb, just down the road from the Big Chicken, and have a sister that lives in Cumming so this was hilarious! Though I'm still mad they chucked the Braves out of Turner Field cause it just made the chaotic traffic worse and shot rent rates through the roof when I lived across from Dobbins.
As a lifelong Georgian, I can confirm. Avoid swimming in Lake Lanier and only visit Atlanta occasionally. Don’t mispronounce pecan nor offer people unsweetened tea.
But I wanna swim in that lake cause it's haunted ouo
Even though I was born and raised in Georgia, and my family have lived in Georgia-Tennessee for generations, we have always pronounced it peh-cahn because, as my mother said, "a pee-can is what you take on long car trips." But I agree 100% about the unsweetened tea.
Unless said person is my dad, he’s from Michigan lol
Its puh-kawn
@@SirThopas3 Yall are right, as a fellow north georgian, a pee can is what yaa keep by the bed so ya aint gotta get up in the morning.
“I pray that your Waffle Houses close at 9:00 and you only crave Chick-fil-A on Sundays”.
Truly, a fate worse than death if ever there was one.
A nobody question that Florida picture of hell is, himself?
😂😂😂😂 so accurate
Wow, that really was hitting below the belt!!
I had to pause I was laughing so hard - wife agrees, that is HARSH!!
freaking hell that was savage
I'm so impressed by your ability to distinguish the southern dialects. Most people just kinda go "here, southern accent. Enjoy."
Because he's actually Southern so doesn't have to fake it. lol Florida Ben is real Ben after all.
As a child of Georgia this seems about right, though if anyone's confused about the bit about lake Lanier. Lake Lanier was a black settlement that got destroyed and flooded during reconstruction in a similar fashion to what became of black wall st. Or the slums that became central park. Just another blotch of bloody hands in America's history that goes unnoticed. Though the town under the water, seems pretty well reserved minus the bones and alligators infesting said waters.
This is both correct and incorrect. There was a black town called Oscarville where Lake Lanier now is. However it was attacked and destroyed by white supremacists in 1912. All due to, as was the usual back then, a false rape allegation. Lake Lanier was created 44 years later in 1956, and at that time there was no black towns in the area for the obvious reasons. The two events are unrelated to each other, only sharing the same general location and nothing more. Sorry, I got curious about all of this awhile back and did some digging into it to separate the myth from the truth.
@@christopherwilde6673 yup, theres also a racetrack under the lake and there have been various deaths around the lake and area over the years.
Also too cold for alligators. They're closer to the shoreline
@@delamarturner498 exactly. The only alligators found on Lanier have all been small and were almost certainly pets that were released after they outgrew their enclosure. I can think of three found in the 18 years I’ve lived on Lanier 🤷🏻♂️
@@reannamckee43 almost all of which is due to intoxication and weak swimmers.
“I pray your Waffle Houses close at 9pm and you only crave Chick-Fil-A on Sundays”.
Now that’s a curse. 😂😂😂
I think I can match that curse:
“I pray your Waffle House only serves VEGAN from now on”
As a Georgian I can confirm
"Here's another curse: May all your Bacon burn!"
@@Isildun9 Captain America: I understood that reference.
@@Isildun9 My mom would be happy with that.
As a native Georgian, I have to say that The Varsity isn't just for tourist. In love that F.O.
The Varsity is highly overrated IMO. The one in Athens ended up closing because they really only got business during football season and only when we had a home game. Sometimes the new freshmen classes would go eat there for a few weeks before ditching it for a multitude of better options.
I too love the F.O.
Moved away from Georgia 20 years ago but when I lived there I loved Zaxbys and hearing whatta ya have whatta ya have at the varsity. Killer dogs and fries
"whatllyahave whatllyahave whatllyahave"
"Uh-"
"Get out"
How close to Atlanta do you live? I feel like that affects people's opinion on whether or not Varsity is for Tourists
Whatever way you do your research for these, it's working because DAMN was that accurate. Also don't forget the Martin Luther King drive every few blocks!
He forgot to mention GA-400, quite possibly the most terrifying highway in the south.
i grew hearing, "don't walk down mlk drive. that's a bad part of town."
Forsure those who know know. Those who don't good luck stay in the right lanes on all major, minor, and county highways. and lastly the speed limit on all interstates is the las two digits of the interstate or if your on 20 just follow the other interstates.
@@kittygoblin2377 That's true in all parts of America.
Seriously, I grew up in a small suburban town on the Florida coast. MLK boulevard is the closest thing we had to a slum.
Ah we have those in Cali, too.
As someone who lives within 5 miles of the Big Chicken and drives over the parking lot that is I-75 every morning I have to say this hits a little close to home.
I got a new job off I-75, I have considered quiting just for the drive
Drive *over* 😉
Drive by the big chicken every day as a delivery driver, I know all the routes to avoid it LOL
As someone who is a proud owner of a piece of the Marriot carpet I died laughing and applaud your accuracy! Also I am proud to say I have never been to The Varsity!
If you’ve never been to The Varsity then your missing out! It’s not ‘just for tourists’ you outta at least try it!
It's worth one trip
I live in SC, and have only been to The Varsity once. It was decent.
LOL @ Ben heckling *himself* at 4:20! (Then again, Ben doing everything himself is very on-brand for him)
as a georgian, i can confirm that this is amazingly accurate. and the "waffle house and chick-fil-a" threat had me dying 😂
I literally had a dream about this episode coming out
Lmao what
Was it the episode of your dreams?
Dreams really do come true!
A friend of mine came down to Dragoncon years ago and I had to pick him up. It took 30 mins because he didn't know every street was a Peachtree.
"Which one??"
"PEACHTREE!"
"WHICHONE?????"
"Varsity is for tourists"
THANK YOU!
How do people there distinguish between streets if so many street are called peach tree?
@@SurprisinglyDeep There are about 71 streets with Peachtree in the title in the ATL area. Like Peachtree NE, Peachtree NW, Peachtree Intl, Peachtree Creek Rd, Peachtree Lane, Peachtree Ave, Peachtree Circle, and Peachtree Drive. We just dealt with it.
@@SurprisinglyDeep You have to know if it's Avenue, Street, Lane or whatever
Has anyone tried to get this changed? Like has anyone started a campaign to rename most of the peach trees?
Seems like it's a nightmare for policemen and paramedics, for one thing.
Yes but then we have to rename them and inevitably they were named Peachtree to cover up some really awful racist
Loved the video, man. As a Georgia resident, I have some notes on pronunciation in the peach state.
-Vidalia onions come from V-EYE-day-leuh
-Ponce De Leon is pronounced Ponce d-LEEon when referring to the streets
Bonus: May Flies are typically called horse flies by the Georgia residents you impersonate so well
Generally, we just suck at putting emphasis and the syllable they belong. Big ups for getting pEcans right. Keep up the kickass work
This was all amazing but I DIED at Cult of the Marriott Carpet! Well done!!
A DragonCon ref was a shock.
Never Forget
A friend has a square hanging framed in her living room.
@@morganring8385 lucky
I feel as if I'm missing something, what is this cult he speaks of?
I've driven in Atlanta traffic in both a car and an 18-wheeler... There was not a single lie in that line!
Yeah Atlanta is never the same city twice. They either move the cones or change streets an exit numbers.
This was very accurate, but I petition that Atlanta be a separate character, preferably played by a local comedian.
And I hope that I-75 having weird inconvenient traffic jams for no reason at all needs to have its own character too
@@catnip202xch. theres a reason why a lot of us say that our state is red
As an Atlantan, agreed - and preferably a Black comedian. "Atlanta" and "the rest of Georgia" really are two completely different animals (though realistically there are actually 5 Georgias: Mountain, Atlanta, Central, South, and Coastal).
Good idea
As someone who’s lived on Lanier for going on 18 years, Lake Lanier eats people. Usually just drunk people and weak swimmers though lol
@Joel Byers that i 100% believe happened. i've seen some pretty big xatfish here in indiana, mostly because our rivers are polluted as hell. easily 3 - 4 ft long. i bet a town under a lake would make a great breeding ground for those fuckers.
@Joel Byers yup. Every body of water in the country with a dam has that same urban legend about the giant mythical catfish the size of a Volkswagen lol and there’s always somebody who’s family member knew a guy that was a diver and saw one and will never dive again afterwards 😂
@@christopherwilde6673 Ours are giant alligator snapping turtles.
I grew up OTP and swam in Murder Lake every summer. Went to college in that "Lewd city" and as soon as he said the 3 Ps I knew exactly what he meant. Makes me miss home.
I feel that though I'm a southern dog
"And if you're going to Singapore
Heaven, Hell or Baltimore
you're gonna have to change planes in Atlanta."
I'll be in Atlanta - Ray Stevens
There's a reason Delta stands for "Diverting Every Landing Through Atlanta" :P
This one was great! So glad to see GA get acknowledged, including our tendency to insult everyone! My only nitpick is Vidalia is pronounced V-eye-day-uh. Tip from a local lolol
Thank you! I thought I was the only one who noticed or cared about that.
Now I want a Foghorn Leghorn directing traffic somewhere🤣🤣
That sounds cool. The 56 ft chicken whose eyes move, that’s creepy
@@Sonjacrow I can’t imagine driving by & thinking…mmmm let’s get some chicken🤣
@@SarcasticasKel 😂
Foghorn Leghorn: (Blows whistle while manning a cross walk and wearing a safety vest. Holds out hand)
"I say, I say, now excuse me ladies and gentlemen but you'll just have to wait a moment to let these little chicks walk by now."
(A literal group of chicks crosses the road.)
DragonCon is great! Except for the fact that it’s downtown at the busiest hotels, during Labor Day weekend when football season is just gettin into it and there’s always an event going on simultaneously. Mercedes Benz Stadium is a blight. I miss the dome. 🥺
Don't forget momo con 😁😁
I grew up in Blairsville.
It's "puh-KAHN". The pee-can goes under the bed so you don't have to walk to the outhouse at night.
I’m from Marietta and that’s exactly what my mom would say growing up.
My late husband was from Atlanta and that was one of the things we "argued" about. Here in Maine it's a pee-can and the slop jar goes under the bed.
From Gwinnett, you are correct!
Macon here, and yes! It's puh-cahn! This seems like a thing even Georgians don't agree on, lol.
Thank you! I keep trying to tell my mom that and she have nothing to do with it. I live on Pecan Ln, and I say it like you say it ...and I'm from Florida.
I LOVE THIS SOOOO MUCH THANK YOU FROM A PROUD GEORGIA PEACH!!!! And The Cult of the Marriott Carpet is everything
Georgia peaches have some flavor, more than California but… NOTHING compares to Palusade/Peonia peaches.
Got my friend from Georgia to try one… I did not mean to make her cry! But now she asks for them every year
I live in Georgia and I can say that he got everything 100% accurate. Keep up the amazing work my friend
As someone who lives ten minutes from the Big Chicken, just know that it also used to make noise but it was so loud it blew out five windows from the car place across the street, so they had to take out his voice box for good. Also I never go downtown because all the Peachtrees and Ponce De Leons are even more confusing than you already think. :')
Oh my gosh I squealed, legit squealed, when you mentioned DragonCon!
I love that you got the 28-3 in there. It just never gets old!
I'm happy to see your back you are one of the highlights of my week
As a Georgian, I have to say this is all disturbingly accurate, haha
Thanks!
As someone who grew up in Cobb county and worked right next to the big chicken for years, Knowing where everything is by it's relation to the big chicken, is accurate
I lived in Gainesville, and yeah. There was like a new body in that lake every week.
HE HAS THE MARRIOTT CARPET PATTERN!!!
Yes!! The cult of the carpet was mentioned. That's awesome. Lived in Georgia for 24 years, everything that you mentioned brought back some memories. :)
Omg! I grew 20 minutes from the Big Chicken and my sister lives in Cumming. You nailed it!!
This made me laugh and cry (just a little). My late husband was born in Atlanta and raised on Lake Lucele when his family was the only one on the lake. He talked about all of these and this video brought back so many memories!
You should throw in something about Peachtree City next time. It's a manufactured city with 100 miles of golf cart paths that are used to go everywhere, and you can't sneeze without a Delta pilot saying "bless you."
Or Helen. It needs no explanation.
Peachtree City pretty much exists for the Delta pilots, lol. Good recruiting spot when I worked in Newnan.
My sister moved to Georgia a while back. I don't know how many times we got lost while trying to find her house 😂 she lives on one of the peach trees
Thank you Now I know something else I need to check out when I finally make it to Dragon CON!!!!!!
CULT OF THE MARRIOTT CARPET.
I'd sent Ben that marriott bandana (and the story behind it) months ago and must confess to getting a big stupid grin on my face when I saw it used in the skit. :)
@@ryanroyce So happy to see it - thank you for sending it!
I’m so grateful for you. Literally cackled out loud by the end 😪😅
"I pray your waffle House closes at 9 p.m. and you only crave Chick-fil-A on Sunday." 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for including all the peach trees, the big chicken, and lake Lanier 😂😂😂
Lived in Georgia for 24 years. Incredibly accurate. So glad I moved ;D
Lifelong Georgia resident, thank you for mentioning the big chicken
Another lifelong Georgian and native Savannahian, I have never felt so accurately represented. Thanks Ben!
The Clermont lounge line.... omg hilarious! And yes yes yes ALWAYS send your friends there and some of your family too if you really need a memorable time.
As someone who lived in ATL for 6 years, I just want to say that Ponce isn't pronounced the Spanish way. It's pronounced pawns day lee ahn (that's the best transliteration I can do).
Thanks, came here to say that. Definitely the wrong way to say it
@@kimmalone802 yes! Made me cringe in an otherwise pretty darn accurate sketch
@@Ben_Brainard Fellow Floridian here - totally understand, my dude!
@@Ben_Brainard Lol, no worries, the way Georgians pronounce most things irritate people in other parts of the country. I live in Macon and we have a street called "Pio Nono" and we can always spot a tourist because they pronounce it "pee-o no-no" instead of "pie-a-noh-na" (pronounced all one word). And then there's Houston County (not Hew-ston, it's How-ston here)
@@Ben_Brainard you should hear the way the city of Martinez is pronounce. I had a teacher that would say my last name like the city
Listen as someone who used to live in Georgia, but right along the border of Tennessee and Alabama, it gets intense during football season. We're talking friendships broken, relationships ended, families falling apart at the seams. Then just like that football season ends and everything goes back to normal like nothing happened
As one of the (lower tier) directors of Dragon Con--you better believe I have my own Carpet! :) Great video, Ben!
As a Georgian I can confirm that tubing down the Chattahoochee is fun. R.I.P Bob the tube pool. :(
As a Georgian, Macon is the heart of the state (since it’s dead in the middle of the entire state), We have little Grand Canyon near Pine Mountain, and another fun fact, Atlanta is the most forest city in the USA.
I been waiting for this one for a long time, thank you!
As a Georgian, lake Lanier is a haunted lake, there is about 27 streets named peach tree, and Atlanta has about 12000 hours of traffic
"You don't just add it yourself" fl is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣
I live in South Carolina about 20 minutes from the GA border, so I'm proud to say I understood a lot of these references.
I still cannot believe how far that carpet gag has spiralled....
For backstory, two prop artists made camouflage suits to match the carpet of the Marriott Marquis, the main DragonCon hotel. This was widely considered an inspried costume idea, and tons of people jumped on board; it went so far that the carpet producer sent one of them - Volpin Props - a cease and desist order. Despite this (and the fact that carpet was torn out and replaced), the Cult of the Marriott Carpet lives on. Some people even went dumpster diving for pieces of the original carpet when it was removed, but most stick to making costumes out of unliscensed reproduction fabric
And, no. I am not joking about any of this
Lol it’s so awesome that we finally see an introduced from GA it’s funny that he wish harm on the Waffle House and Chick-fil-A if FL doesn’t stop with the insults and maybe hopefully get fun name with him and also still like to see Iowa introduction to the table I also would love to see NY and CALI 😊
I live in cobb county and I loved the mention of the big chicken. You seriously can't miss it!!
I've been binging your videos. You are hilarious!!!
I grew up in Buford and I went to Lake Lanier every summer. My mom believes a lot of the drownings may be because there's a part of the lake where the floor drops pretty dramatically. The family rule was never go out further than waist deep and be careful where you step. It also helps that my dad was formerly a lifeguard and that was the part of him that showed up when his children were near water. I'm surprised I didn't hear about it being haunted since haunted is my mom's favorite feature of any location. Were they just not talking about that in the 80s and 90s?
Oh I adore this one. Prefect!!!! ♡
Just a friendly reminder that South Carolina grows peaches than Georgia. They teach us that very early on bc it’s one of the few state facts we can be proud of
Born and raised in Georgia, can confirm, Carolina peaches are better than Georgia peaches.
I live on the Georgia South Carolina border. I should know this.
I'm also from Georgia. The funny thing is we produce more blueberries than we do peaches
@Morgan do you mean MORE peaches than Georgia?
Yup, we called ourselves the Peach State aspirationally, but really we should be the Peanut State or Pecan State.
My mom is from Georgia and pretty much everything in this video applies to the exact area she grew up in. Some of the places mentioned were only a couple minutes from her house! Needless to say she cracked up laughing.
(1:46) "He's not exaggerating! It's monstrous!"
She also added (as a comment on the bit about college football) that "college students get two days off for the Florida-Georgia game". Jesus.
He’s right about GA traffic. And when you live on the same road as at least 3 apple houses. It’s tough during Apple season.
im gonna be honest half of this I totally forgot wouldn’t be a no brainer for someone not from georgia lmaoooo I have used the “turned down the wrong peachtree” excuse MANY times for being late to something, and the carpet cult is very real and very powerful
Drove my parents on a vacation in Georgia because my dad could no longer drive. Within twenty four hours was at a doctors office telling him I thought maybe I was allergic to the state. He ran some tests and confirmed it😂 best doctor ever. Because of him I navigated that mess that passes for traffic in Atlanta, and we had a good time. Thank you for a great skit that brought back the memories of the adventures of two people from Florida and one from Arizona in Georgia 😂❤😂
As someone who lives in Georgia, this is scarily accurate.
FUCKING VACATIONATED KILLED ME DUDE 🤣 THAT'S ABSOLUTELY SOME SHIT SOMEONE OUT HERE WOULD SAY 🤣
as a native georgian
you do NOT want to know 😂
Are all the streets in Georgia actually called peach tree
@@kaidenhall2718 no. but the traffic is real
@@Fandoms_Forever what a shame
There are still more streets called Peachtree than you might think though.
That prayer/curse was perfect for Georgia/Florida!!!
So happy by watching this.
"Pecans" 😂. "Waffle house closing at 9pm" Bro🤣! But the best one is" you don't just put it in yourself" 🔥🤣🔥 COMEDY GOLD AND FACTS 🤣😂🤣
Oh. Now i get the Clermont Lounge. Lived in Georgia-my entire life. i know where im goin for my next birthday!
I don't see anyone saying it, but I personally really appreciated the 28-3 reference. That was the day the entirety of Atlanta decided simultaneously that we preferred soccer to football.
WHOO!!!! Someone mentioned the Big Chicken. Spent my teenage years in Marietta and was a literal 10 minute walk from the Big Chicken. They finally renovated it a few years ago so the eye moves.
And Dragoncon. Ok my day is complete.
As a Georgian, I understood every bit of that and enjoyed every bit of that. Very good representation of Georgia! The unfortunate soul stuck next to Florida lol
As a Cobb County resident, that Big Chicken thing is FACTS!!
Oh My God I was going to Florida for vacation earlier and don’t get me started with traffic in Atlanta their was like an hour long traffic jam
yes thank you for adding us.
I'm from Charleston SC and I can't help but laugh 😂🤣 And they make fun of our Geechie! 😜
Georgia is also building one of the few nuclear power plants we have.
The Braves winning last year was great. I live in Fulton County OTP and its so long that the single school an hour away being in the Braves parade zone got me a day off of school. Got my hair colored that day. People thought I was having some sort of midlife crisis when I just wanted blue hair, but it was worth it XD
I was born in Covington GA. Home of The Dukes of Hazard! Everything is Peach tree :))
Currently living out in Covington, though I was born in McDonough
i love the mention of dragon con. it spans 5 hotels and i learned about it at the sister con: FWA. hearing about it here is so cool
ALWAYS send your friends to the Clermont Lounge! Blondie socked my friend in the face with one of her money makers so hard he fell out of his chair once. Fool had told her he didn't have any cash on him...
Don’t disrespect Blondie.
I'd just gotten back from visiting the Clermont for my birthday (no Blondie, unfortunately), so I cackled when it got mentioned. I choose to take it as a delightful, yet unintentional, birthday gift from Ben. :)
"I pray that your Waffle Houses close at 9pm and you only crave Chick-fil-A on Sundays..." y'all I can't BREATHE!!!
Your chicken is only 56 feet?
Well, that's just adorable.
The Big Blue Bug in Providence is 58 feet.
But I mean.... who's counting....?
Yeah, but you have to go to Providence to see it.
@@BandFairy Okay ouch!
But yeah, that's fair.
I have gone to DragonCon in Atlanta, and can confirm the Cult of the Carpet is a real thing
I heard Georgia say, "if y'awnt to," very accurate.
As a Georgian, this video pretty much sums up this state if you’re a tourist down here. But in South Georgia there’s a farm called white oak pastures and they have the best and I mean the best honey without going down to Florida to get some Tupelo honey.
I'm literally up the road from the big chicken, and this is lies. There's traffic every damn where. Friggin Marietta
That’s someone who have lived in Georgia for a long time now this is accurate painfully accurate
So as someone who grew up outside of Atlanta. Ugh why is it all about Atlanta. And as someone who now lives in Cobb County this is so accurate.
Born in Panama City, raised primarily in East Cobb, just down the road from the Big Chicken, and have a sister that lives in Cumming so this was hilarious! Though I'm still mad they chucked the Braves out of Turner Field cause it just made the chaotic traffic worse and shot rent rates through the roof when I lived across from Dobbins.
how do you think of cumming county/city without dying of laughter
DRAGON CON!! Yes I did scream that and The Cult of Marriott Carpet is everything.
I remember traveling through GA on the way to FL when I was a little kid. Took almost all day
And the Georgia Florida football game is today!! Biggest outdoor cocktail party in the world!