POOL LIFT FROM HELL?! Gators, Hot Tubs & Summer Chaos | Ricky’s Big World Ep. 60

Ricky’s funniest summer episode yet. 🤦‍♂️ From why he refuses pool lifts (“like a ladle frying a noodle!”) to a legit hot-tub horror story, gators at the pool, beach struggles with prosthetics, and a refrigerator-derby (yes, really)… it’s pure chaos and Southern storytelling gold.

Stick around for: YMCA vs public pools, octopus foot nibbling (!), the time teen Ricky cut cable lines (then “fixed” them), getting out of a speeding ticket, and why he won’t accept free meals for “service.”

Tell us in the comments: your worst pool/hot-tub/beach story. We’ll read the best ones on one of the next episodes!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Cold open: “ladle, lift… and fry the fat man”
0:45 Theme — back in the Pizza World “caverns”
1:03 Kicking off summer topics (+ butter vs. margarine)
1:29 The adaptive pool float & Ricky’s “90° rule”
2:34 The real issue: getting out of the pool
3:16 Pride vs. devices: “no little seat, no rascal”
4:03 The pool-lift analogy that broke Roxanna
6:04 How Ricky actually exits the pool (roly-poly chaos)
7:43 No guests allowed during “the pool spectacle”
8:04 The Shamu transfer (and why it’s better)
8:53 Gator at the pool: “drive-thru water window”
11:33 Roxanna fully loses it
11:54 Fishing—then an octopus eats her toes?!
13:22 Ice cream & the legend of “sweet sweat”
14:35 Why Ricky avoids Disney in summer
15:14 Kids + Grandpa’s pool
15:33 YMCA vs. public pools (“Tinkle Tank”)
16:39 Hot-tub horror: hair soup & dingle… nope.
18:49 Ocean? Absolutely not.
19:16 Beach + prosthetic legs = sand nightmare
20:29 Specialized swim legs (but still: sand)
21:15 Chuck-E-Cheese ball pit mishap
22:00 Windex & Listerine “country medicine”
24:14 “Pour some tussin on it” (growing up broke)
25:30 “We’ve had some doozies”
25:43 Drag racing & refrigerator derby (Kenmore wins)
27:08 Teen prank: cutting rich folks’ cable
28:54 Security camera karma
29:21 Climbing the pole to give free cable back
30:08 Speeding ticket—and how the legs helped
31:15 The “good table” restaurant hack
32:28 Handicap parking & saving it for worse days
32:56 “Thank you for your service” & stolen valor ethics
34:25 Amputation dates (Friday the 13th!)
35:05 Wrap-up: be interesting, y’all


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Chapters

• 0:00 Cold open: “ladle, lift… and fry the fat man”
• 1:03 Kicking off summer topics (+ butter vs. margarine)
• 1:23 The adaptive pool float & Ricky’s “90° rule”
• 2:34 The real issue: getting out of the pool
• 3:16 Pride vs. devices: “no little seat, no rascal”
• 4:03 The pool-lift analogy that broke Roxanna
• 6:04 How Ricky actually exits the pool (roly-poly chaos)
• 7:43 No guests allowed during “the pool spectacle”
• 8:04 The Shamu transfer (and why it’s better)
• 8:53 Gator at the pool: “drive-thru water window”
• 11:33 Roxanna fully loses it
• 11:54 Fishing, then an octopus eats her toes?!
• 13:22 Ice cream & the legend of “sweet sweat”
• 14:35 Why Ricky avoids Disney in summer
• 15:14 Kids + Grandpa’s pool
• 15:33 YMCA vs. public pools (“Tinkle Tank”)
• 16:39 Hot-tub horror: hair soup & dingle… nope.
• 18:49 Ocean? Absolutely not.
• 19:16 Beach + prosthetic legs = sand nightmare
• 20:29 Specialized swim legs (but still: sand)
• 21:15 Chuck-E-Cheese ball pit mishap
• 22:00 Windex & Listerine “country medicine”
• 24:14 “Pour some tussin on it” (growing up broke)
• 25:30 “We’ve had some doozies”
• 25:43 Drag racing & refrigerator derby (Kenmore wins)
• 27:08 Teen prank: cutting rich folks’ cable
• 28:54 Security camera karma
• 29:21 Climbing the pole to give free cable back
• 30:08 Speeding ticket, and how the legs helped
• 31:15 The “good table” restaurant hack
• 32:28 Handicap parking & saving it for worse days
• 32:56 “Thank you for your service” & stolen valor ethics
• 35:05 Wrap-up: be interesting, y’all