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Betting My $15,000 Watch - H3 Show #251

27 Mar 2026

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Transcript generated automatically by AI and may contain errors.

Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?

0.031 - 29.177 David

welcome everybody to the 2026 ethan's watch competition we are coming to you live from los angeles california excitement is in the air uh the bets are being placed tension my own son i brought to the office today um to see his father become a champion two things are going to happen today to my dear son who's watching so captivated to the show at the moment um

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30.001 - 53.606 David

He is either going to see his father be a champion or he is going to learn a valuable lesson in being a good, true sportsman. Either way, I'm going to make my son proud today. Either way. Either way, Teddy has the day off for some reason. I don't know why. Farmer's Day.

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53.666 - 54.948 Unknown

Shout out to the farmers.

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55.508 - 63.016 David

Farmer's Day. I don't know if you guys heard about Mr. Chavez, but we ain't doing that anymore.

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63.056 - 65.359 Ethan Klein

The farm labor hero? Yeah, of course.

66.58 - 75.87 David

Let me give you this way. This story broke like a week ago and they already wiped his holiday. They didn't even give it a week.

Chapter 2: What are the rules and stakes of the watch competition?

76.731 - 106.046 David

It's bad. But anyway, we're not here to talk about the disgraced Mr. Chavez, although we love the farmers. Where would we be without him? I'll tell you where we'd be. Hungry. Like my competitor here, David, who's hungry for a new watch, a beautiful watch. David, how are you feeling today? Obviously, the... Oh, yes. Thank you to Mood, by the way. And also, David, let me keep you on standby.

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106.086 - 114.834 David

Thank you to Teddy Fresh. Our spring sale just hit the market here, guys. Hila, you can tell them about this. If you head on over to teddyfresh.com, what are you going to find?

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114.874 - 122.581 Hila Klein

There's little bits of like, you know, we have five of this dress in one size or, you know, ten of this.

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122.621 - 134.135 Unknown

So we decided to just kind of clear the house and give you guys a sale so you can... You know, if there was something you were thinking of getting and you didn't get it, now is your last chance.

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134.496 - 156.55 David

Come see if it's in your size, you know what I mean? Get lucky with it. But yeah, nice good prices over here at teddyfresh.com if there's something you like. David. Yes. Now, obviously, the origin for this contest stems from our sub-a-thon. Yes. There was a dunk tank, if you recall. I do. That...

157.222 - 183.69 David

Well, you outthrew me on, I won't mince words, that there was a big difference, though, that I was drunk and had nails. Right. So I've been telling myself, I think correctly, that given the conditions, if you had the same nails and were drunk, this would be, you would not be able to defeat me. Right. And David, of course, being the... Being a good sport, he is.

183.79 - 188.137 David

And obviously, he has everything to gain. I have nothing to gain. Right.

188.157 - 194.046 Ethan Klein

You need to keep it. Well, wait. You do. In fact, we formalized this into a contest.

194.126 - 206.705 David

Let me bring over a deal memo that I wrote up. Dodgers win last night, Zach? Oh, yeah. David was there. I was at the game. My dad was there. Good game? Good game. What, you think just because you watched a baseball game, now you can throw a ball?

Chapter 3: What is the background of the McDonald's CEO and his marketing strategies?

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3637.81 - 3638.731 Ethan Klein

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

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3638.751 - 3645.1 David

What was he doing at Brock? Okay, brand management and then Harvard. By the way, I knew this guy went to Harvard. Yeah, he has Harvard energy.

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3645.36 - 3650.327 Hila Klein

And then after Harvard, he joined PepsiCo, which very much is in the food sector.

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3652.47 - 3673.357 Ethan Klein

Marketing for the non-carbonate. Dude, he was in marketing, vice president of marketing? Whoa, that's weird. And then he thought this was a good idea? Yeah, that's very strange. That's pretty shocking. Before joining McDonald's, he worked for Kraft Foods as well as the executive vice president of growth initiatives, blah, blah, blah. It's strange. He's been in the food game for 25 years.

3673.417 - 3686.293 David

He definitely knows what he's doing at his job. His aura and riz couldn't be lower. However, that guy is clearly very good at his job, and I don't really understand. I got to sit in a conference with him and see his magic.

3686.273 - 3688.798 Unknown

I just don't know why they think they need to do this.

3689.559 - 3702.342 David

What's weird is a lot of the CEO guys try to act like, oh, I'm a normal guy. I'm just like you. I'm so down to earth. But he's like doing the most robotic take. I love AI. What the hell is that take, brother? Yeah, like when I have my family.

3702.929 - 3709.28 Unknown

I think it's funny that this is like his chosen outfit. And I noticed both videos had the same outfit.

Chapter 4: How do the hosts react to the use of AI in family photos?

3709.3 - 3718.856 Unknown

Did he shoot these all on the same day? No, it seems like he's one of those people that have like one outfit. Like Steve Jobs, though? Yeah, and that's his chosen outfit.

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3718.876 - 3719.697 David

That's the one?

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3719.878 - 3725.223 Unknown

Wait, is that identical? No, I feel like he has like a thousand of the same, you know?

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3725.243 - 3727.165 David

No, I think it is identical.

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3727.185 - 3733.951 Unknown

I've met people like that. They don't want to think about it every day. They just have their go-to thing, but they'll have like a lot of them.

3734.091 - 3760.485 David

Yeah, this looks like one of four outfits from what I'm seeing on his page. Really? Oh, so we're out on the McDonald's thing, whatever. For a Christmas photo. So how do we solve for that? We uploaded individual photos of everybody in the family. And we asked Nano Banana to put us all in family kind of Christmas stocking caps in front of the Rockefeller tree in New York City for our family photo.

3760.506 - 3770.203 David

That's fake. And voila, we had our Christmas card, which we've now sent out to everybody. So just one example. They knew it was AI. They judged you. Who cares about that?

3771.666 - 3783.627 Ethan Klein

Is this... Can we really just take in what he's describing right now? That's what I'm saying. I don't have to do this stupid... I just have the AI do my family portrait.

3783.647 - 3798.284 David

Yeah. Soulless, man. You've got to spend more time with your family. Unbelievably soulless behavior. Let's pretend we went to Rockefeller. What? Let's pretend we all got together in the same room. That really just knocked my socks off. Just the way he's talking about it in a bragging way.

Chapter 5: What challenges do the participants face during the throwing competition?

7345.042 - 7346.885 David

I just wanted to slap it. Tails. Fuck you.

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7346.905 - 7347.646 Unknown

That's tails.

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7347.866 - 7354.235 David

Suck it. That's tails. Suck it. I was trying to be like Shaq. All right.

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7354.255 - 7362.006 Unknown

Should that be a red card? Stay behind the line. What do you think, Teddy? I'll watch. All right. So you get 15 throws.

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Chapter 6: How do the participants react to the outcomes of their throws?

7362.897 - 7379.459 Unknown

Tamara's going to keep score of the gong is one point, the school bell is three points, the cowbell is two points. I'm going to keep track of how many throws have occurred, which means I need a piece of paper.

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7381.722 - 7390.703 David

I'm nervous. I'll be honest. You scared? A little bit. It's pretty far. Why are you scared, bro? I'm drunk.

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7390.883 - 7393.768 Unknown

It's pretty far. You got a little bit of room.

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7393.788 - 7402.703 David

Yeah, I know. I'm just... Stay behind the line! Chill, bro. Who put this guy in charge? All right. All right, here we go. Ready?

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7403.044 - 7406.95 Ethan Klein

Nate, are you all good? You have both cameras?

7407.151 - 7410.416 David

Come on, audience. Let's get some hype. Yeah. Yeah!

7411.197 - 7412.279 Unknown

Let's go! Come on.

7412.84 - 7420.263 David

This one's for you, kid. All right. That one wasn't for you.

7420.905 - 7421.847 Teddy

That was one throw.

Chapter 7: What are the emotions surrounding the watch contest?

10788.054 - 10791.359 David

I have watches. I'm happy for David.

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10791.419 - 10791.74 Ethan Klein

Me too.

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10791.78 - 10801.447 David

I'm actually happy. Everyone's pretty upset. Let me take a call. What's going on here? Where's everybody? What's it doing? It's just doing this. Have you hung up?

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10801.827 - 10805.954 Ethan Klein

Like fully hung up? Hit the red button or whatever. Someone's going to call.

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10805.974 - 10807.016 Unknown

And put it down.

10807.036 - 10814.669 Ethan Klein

Hang up. Put the phone down. And then hit the middle button. Okay, now pick up the phone.

10814.689 - 10815.51 David

It's a real phone.

10815.65 - 10816.572 Ethan Klein

You're a dial tone now?

10817.176 - 10831.253 David

Hey, this is Ethan Klein from H3 Universe, the Los Angeles, California planet Earth. I think you forgot that it's a real phone. Giving away watches. It's 2026. We're losing money out here, but with 30 balls. LA coming at you live. This is Ethan Klein. Who's calling? We can't hear them.

Chapter 8: What insights are shared about the significance of the watch?

10831.273 - 10836.52 David

Gotta push the button. Hey, Kira. How are you today? You doing good?

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10837.581 - 10841.926 Unknown

I'm doing great now. Thank you so much for picking up the phone.

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10841.946 - 10845.951 David

Oh, my pleasure. It's nice to have you on the phone to chat. Did you watch the contest?

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10848.358 - 10854.665 David

Any thoughts you want to share about the spirit of contest there and everything that transpired?

10854.685 - 10864.616 Unknown

I think it was a tie, you know?

10865.297 - 10869.441 David

Interesting. Kira, bringing in interesting points.

10869.461 - 10870.963 Teddy

I can't hear.

10870.983 - 10873.005 David

Yes, thank you. Oh, you can't hear it.

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