Let’s face it – every day we are routinely bombarded with questions. When you’re an emerging media company in Nashville, people just want to know what your opinions are on everything. It’s only natural. And, since our duty is to serve the people, well, we have no choice but to be present. That’s the SoBro Way. Also, aren’t mailbags just a barrel of laughs anyway? Welcome to the newest weekly recurring feature up in this bitch: The SoBros Mailbag. As always, hit us with those mailbag questions @SoBrosNetwork on Twitter, email ’em to me anonymously at thesobrosnetwork@gmail.com. And, holy shit, I need to update this terrible intro paragraph that I’ve been using literally ever since I started writing this column…
Question:
Favorite Saturday morning show or cartoon growing up?
— vhs guy (@RighteousJesse) June 24, 2021
You get to have your ideal breakfast. What does that consist of?
Why did they take ectocooler away from us?
Answer:
Man, I know I watched Saturday morning cartoons growing up, but I can’t for the life of me remember any off the top of my head. I’m sure the moment anyone started listing what was coming on on Nick and Cartoon Network on Saturday mornings in the 90s, I’d start saying “oh yeah, that one” over and over. So, for me, the absolute first thing that came into my mind was turning on the local indie wrestling at the time – watching some WWF Livewire, and then flipping over to watch Gypsy Joe and Cadillac Kasey James. That was my shit back in the day, and I couldn’t get enough of it.
The Ecto Cooler question – I think they’re just fuckin’ with us to try and drum up more demand. It’s like the McRib….anyone who is honest with themselves knows that it’s not that great of a sandwich. That’s coming from a big time McRib fan, too – I put it on my to-do list every fall, and at one point a few years ago, I had to have a wake-up call because I ate five McRibs in a single weekend. But, it’s not like it’s the best sandwich ever created – I don’t know that it’s deserving of the pomp and circumstance that comes with its release every year. Ecto Cooler may be the same way – they see how much we love it, they take it away, and then the next time they release it, we’re going to be 10 times as fired up. It’s evil and it’s genius. That’s my bet, anyway.
Ideal breakfast – this is an easy one. I grew up in a big time breakfast household. It’s the most important meal of the day and all that. We used to have these massive blowout breakfasts EVERY Sunday morning, so much so that they became legendary among my friends. I’d have dudes showing up Saturday night to kick it just because they wanted to be there for the breakfast my parents would prepare Sunday morning. We’d have eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, homemade gravy, sliced tomatoes, and every now and then we’d get some other random breakfast item thrown in there – pancakes once in a while, some sausage links, hash browns, etc. So, for me, that’s the move – it may be kinda simple, but it was so damn good. I’d usually eat a plate of bacon and eggs, and then stack up three or four pieces of toast, smother ’em in gravy, drizzle some Louisiana hot sauce over the top of it, stack a couple sausage patties on top of it, and go to town.
Question:
Steve Harvey is great. But did you watch Family Feud before he hosted? I was a fan of Ray Combs
— Patrick Criswell (@PatCrizzy) June 25, 2021
Answer:
Dude, I was too! And, I love Steve Harvey, but when I hear ‘Family Feud,’ my brain automatically goes to Ray Combs. I guess it’s just a generational thing. I don’t know that Ray Combs ever did anything else in his life…he’ll always just be the Family Feud guy to me. Shit, I didn’t realize he died back in 1996 – I fired up the old Google machine to see what he’s been up to lately and now my day has been ruined.
Question:
Who is your go-to character in Mortal Kombat?
— brettski (@thebrettclark) June 24, 2021
Answer:
I wanted so bad to be good with Reptile, because I always thought he was the coolest. But, if I wanted to win, I would always go with Raiden because his move set was easy to dominate with. Just hit ‘down, up’ and teleport and then ‘back, back, forward’ to spear people. Over and over and over and over – Marshawn Lynch ‘run through a muhfucka’s face‘ style. People would get pissed, but as long as I was winning, you couldn’t tell me nothin’.
Question:
Are combined no hitters cool?
— Sox, kid (@trtidwell) June 25, 2021
Answer:
Y’know…I’m all for people celebrating history, and what the Cubs did last night was impressive given the lineup they were going against had Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger and Albert Pujols in it. If you want to take victory laps, then by all means, go for it. Ultimately, that’s what sports is all about – bringing us together and giving us that escape from the real world. But, to me, there is something about it that just doesn’t quite feel the same as it does when there’s one dude on the mound all night closing out a complete game. I don’t want to cheapen the occasion for Cubs fans, but that’s just me.
Question:
You have to take a shot of liquor in the eye, tequila or whiskey?
— Tom Hanks & the Guilty Pleasures (@SoBroCadbury) June 25, 2021
Answer:
I think I’m actually going to go tequila here. It just doesn’t seem to have the deep burn that whiskey has, though that deep whiskey burn might actually do well to clean my eyes some. I don’t know – maybe I’ll try it this weekend and report back.
Keep the questions coming – catch y’all next week!
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network, and a Dogs Playing Poker on velvet connoisseur. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley
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