If there is anyone we know who can make it from Laurens, Iowa, to Mount Zion, Wisconsin on a lawnmower, it’s our bud Tyler Parker. We talk to Tyler about Fort Gibson, Car TVs, Spy Kids, Saved By the Bell: The College Years, Little Giants, The Big Green, Xenon, Say So/Point of Grace, Miranda Lambert, Troy Aikman, The Flintstones, The Borrowers, TMNT, Where the Red Fern Grows, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, Friday Night Lights, Barry Hannah, Joe Pera, Apollo 11, The Apartment, Laguna Beach, The Kardashians, Sam Shepard, Wright Thompson, 70’s Bars, Home Alone, Bing Bong, Oklahoma Breakdown, War Horse, The Davis Theater, and the pretty little moments in The Straight Story. Follow Tyler @tparker30, get his book A Little Blood and Dancing, read him on the Ringer, and always look at his shoes.