# 18 - Danny Hallinan

Episode 18 • July 28, 2025 • 01:26:57
# 18 - Danny Hallinan
Chaos & Clarity with Harrison Marx
# 18 - Danny Hallinan

Jul 28 2025 | 01:26:57

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Danny Hallinan is stand up comedian, good friend of mine, and a fellow New Yorker. He was born and raised in The Bronx. So he and i go off from there, talking about different parts of New York City, his style of comedy and how i relate to it because we were raised in different areas but essentially the same way. We got into a pizza debate and where to get a really good slice, NYC pizza vs Chicago pizza, growing up with religion & faith, competitive nature in comedy and how to challenge yourself without comparison, treating comedy like sports. The difference between the work ethic of a New Yorker & an out of towner. Going out to party in uptown Manhattan, growing up in this crazy city, NYC politics, his family visiting their home country Cuba, the next mayor, the death of the English language, and plenty more about comedy & NYC. 

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[00:00:08] Speaker A: Well, we're back. We got Danny Holland in here. He's a comic, He's a good friend. He's a fucking fellow New Yorker gang. And yeah, man, we were talking about, we were talking about the Bronx. I want to talk about the Bronx because I'm from Brooklyn. You're from the Bronx? [00:00:21] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:00:22] Speaker A: As a kid growing up, my dad was always like. And know I'm white and Jewish. He's like, do whatever you can to stay out of the Bronx. [00:00:32] Speaker B: I mean, it's not that bad. [00:00:34] Speaker A: I'll be honest, dude, I drive through the Bronx now and I have. There are certain areas and I'm not like scared pretty much anywhere, but there are certain areas where I'm just like. I think it's. I don't know where the I am. Like, I know where I'm at in Queens. [00:00:46] Speaker B: It's a little bit of that. I feel like there's a lot of parts of Brooklyn where it's like not dangerous. But you're like, if you're lost, you're. [00:00:51] Speaker A: Like, oh, I mean, dude, if you're lost in Brownsville or East New York. [00:00:54] Speaker B: Exactly. You're going to be scared. But like, yeah, I'm going to East New York. I'm, you know, I mean like, I'm not afraid, but I do know it ain't great. Yeah. Like, you're like, I'm not gonna have two headphones in, dude. And I know I look like a cop now. My. I don't know, dude, I get cops so much. [00:01:13] Speaker A: I mean, I guess I could see it a little bit. I get cop a lot too. [00:01:15] Speaker B: Dt, bro. I'm undercover. [00:01:17] Speaker A: That's what they say to me that some, some fucking dude looks at me, he goes, you got resting cop face. [00:01:21] Speaker B: That's hilarious. [00:01:21] Speaker A: I was, I don't know, I mean, you do a little bit, right? [00:01:23] Speaker B: It's just. You have a nice face. [00:01:25] Speaker A: But the cops are fucking. [00:01:26] Speaker C: Dude. [00:01:26] Speaker A: I see these guys. You know how there's a lot of women cops now, dude? [00:01:29] Speaker B: I mean, hun. [00:01:30] Speaker A: And they're all hot. [00:01:31] Speaker B: They gotta hire them. Yeah. I mean, listen, there's a bunch of the cops that they said they weren't supposed to hire. They lied on their background checks and shit. [00:01:40] Speaker A: Oh, that they were like arrested? [00:01:41] Speaker B: Yeah. No, no, like there was cops that were on the job. [00:01:44] Speaker A: Okay. [00:01:44] Speaker B: They got the job. They've been a cop for like a year and a half, right. It was like out of the last class. [00:01:48] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [00:01:50] Speaker B: They had lied or they did something on their background check. [00:01:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:01:53] Speaker B: They were like essentially fired or Put on probation. And then a judge was like, no, you can't fire them. So now they're back. [00:02:01] Speaker C: Wow. [00:02:01] Speaker B: I guess it's pending investigation, but I. [00:02:03] Speaker A: Guess, yeah, shit takes a while. [00:02:04] Speaker B: Gotta love it. But yeah, it is funny when you see, like, a cop. I don't know if you saw it went a little viral, but she was like, rapping like, at some street festival. That's cool. [00:02:12] Speaker A: I thought that was. There was one. I didn't see that. I don't think I saw that. I saw one that was like, just stacked, just fucking. Like. I mean, she looked good and like, the guy was driving by and was like, trying to pick her up and she was smiling and shit. [00:02:25] Speaker B: I mean, yeah, there's some gorgeous cops out there, but they're paying well, I guess. [00:02:29] Speaker A: I don't know. I mean, I. I would never want to be a cop. [00:02:32] Speaker B: No, Definitely not now. [00:02:33] Speaker A: Not now. Like, back in the day, maybe, but. [00:02:36] Speaker B: You know, before cameras, I mean. I mean, a little street justice. [00:02:41] Speaker A: Yeah. So I was got, you know, it's. Chris Rock has a bit on that where he's like this. He goes, cops aren't beating up people. He goes, there's just more cameras. [00:02:48] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. You're just getting caught. Yeah, well, that's the. I mean, I feel like that's with everything. I feel like that's why things are getting out of control is cuz, like, yo, I can't. Like some guys, you're like, I just got it. Somebody puts hands on your sister. Yeah, you got to kick his ass 100%. [00:03:01] Speaker A: There's no deal. [00:03:01] Speaker B: But it's like, there's cameras everywhere. I'm gonna get charged. But you know, like, for example, somebody put their hands on my aunt back in the day. [00:03:08] Speaker A: Okay. [00:03:08] Speaker B: My father is the oldest of nine. [00:03:10] Speaker C: Okay. [00:03:11] Speaker B: Four boys and like five girls, or vice versa. I don't know what it is. Yeah, they went and kicked this guy's door down and beat the living out of him. [00:03:20] Speaker A: That's. But that's. [00:03:21] Speaker B: Do you think he ever touched my aunt again? No. [00:03:25] Speaker A: That's the way it should be, though. That's the way it should. Like, there's certain things where you're like, you got to. Like, I understand there needs to be, you know, order and. But yo, when that happens, sometimes you got to allow the person to sort of figure it out. I think, like, if someone hits your sister or. Or your wife or something, like, you gotta be, you know what? We gotta turn our head and let them. This guy up. [00:03:43] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean. Yeah. I mean, it definitely does Happen. But, like, when there's, like, a bunch of witnesses, and it really depends on. Out here, it definitely happens. Oh, out here in the Bronx, it definitely happens. [00:03:53] Speaker A: Yes. 100%. [00:03:54] Speaker B: Like, in Manhattan, you ain't gonna. Dude, maybe in the Heights, you know what I'm saying? [00:03:58] Speaker A: But in the Heights, 100%, I would think it would happen in Manhattan. There's no way. You can't do anything now. You can't jump a turnstile. You saw the video of the kids subway surfing. They had the. The. The cop drone, and they found three kids subway surfing on the drone, and they. They were able to ID them. And it's like, from the drone. From the drone. That's insane. [00:04:16] Speaker B: Well, I mean, those kids are dumb for doing that, but, I mean, you. [00:04:19] Speaker A: Here's the thing. I have. I have a very, very specific take on that. If you're gonna. If. I think we should allow anyone who wants a subway surf to subway surf because there's no reason they should be reproducing. They should. Whatever happens to them is fine. [00:04:30] Speaker B: The thing, like, then they got. They bleed on people. You think, like, don't kill the kid. I don't want the blood on my car. You know, I'm saying it's on an elevated train, but, dude, with the way we were in a tunnel, you know, saying the west is down there. Leave it for the rats. [00:04:47] Speaker A: I mean, the rats will clean that shit up. [00:04:48] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying, bro. The city's heal itself. [00:04:51] Speaker A: But you know what? I think it's fine if the blood gets on there, because then if it rains, dude, the way the subways flood, it's like, whatever. Like, you know, the blood will get washed off. You seen the. [00:05:02] Speaker B: No, but I'm talking about my car. [00:05:04] Speaker A: Your car. [00:05:05] Speaker B: You're driving under the L. You know what I'm saying? Just brain matter hits, you know? I mean, like, I remember there was one Thanksgiving up in the Bronx, some guy killed himself, like, the morning of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. Threw himself in front of the train. 231st street and Broadway on the one line. [00:05:20] Speaker A: At least it was a holiday. [00:05:21] Speaker B: Yeah, it was. I mean that literally. My uncle, who's a paramedic, when I said that, he's like, yeah. He's like, yeah, I knew about. He's like, I heard about it. Because who's on the job? [00:05:30] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:05:30] Speaker B: And. And then he's like, tis the season people get sad around the holidays. You know what I mean? That's when you're like, oh, I'm alone. [00:05:38] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:05:38] Speaker B: And that's when things happen. [00:05:40] Speaker A: Oh, man. [00:05:41] Speaker B: But listen, I don't want the brain matter on my car. [00:05:43] Speaker A: I don't blame you. [00:05:44] Speaker B: Or on me. What if I'm walking? I got groceries, you're coming home. You forgot the pie for Thanksgiving. Your mother's gonna kill you. You don't have any. You got the last pie at the food town. Brain matter on the pie. I'm kicking that guy. If his head comes down, I'm punting it down the street. You understand me? Who do you think you are? [00:06:04] Speaker A: Dude, this. That's what I love about you, man. You have the. Nobody else that I know has the energy that you has. Like, when you get on stage, dude, you. You're ready. You're like a bull. [00:06:13] Speaker B: Dude, listen, it's not good for my blood pressure, but. [00:06:15] Speaker A: No, but it's good for comedy, though. Who gives a. About your blood pressure? [00:06:18] Speaker B: Hey, man, I'm getting a little. I'm getting booked here and there, you know? [00:06:21] Speaker A: Dude, me and Joe were talking about it. We were like, yo, Danny howling. You just. You come in, literally, like, you know how they. I'm not jerking you off. I swear to God. I would tell you if I. If I thought you sucked. I wouldn't even. I appreciate it. [00:06:32] Speaker B: I wouldn't have told you where I lived. [00:06:34] Speaker A: Yeah, when you came up, you're like, dude, I'm robbing you. This is. This is. [00:06:38] Speaker B: You didn't want to invite me for the podcast because you thought I was going to case your joints. Okay. [00:06:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:06:42] Speaker B: And at the end of the day, it's just well renovated. You don't have anything of value. [00:06:45] Speaker A: No, I got nothing in here, dude. I got books. [00:06:47] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Look, you're so short, you can't even put stuff on your top shelf. He has all his family photos at eye level and nothing above that. You could put, like, empty bottles of liquor or something for fuck. [00:07:01] Speaker A: Can't. You're the only person to notice. [00:07:02] Speaker B: Yeah, you know why? Because I look up. You have Gerbo. You know, I mean, you guys all are Keebler elves, You know what I'm saying? Like, all right. [00:07:09] Speaker A: There's not been one tall person in this department. That's a good point. Dude, your head will probably hit that thing. [00:07:13] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I can fix it for you. It's off kilter. [00:07:16] Speaker A: I can't reach it. Dude, please. While you're here, I got some light bulbs. [00:07:21] Speaker B: How many Harrisons does it take to change a light bulb? Obviously, two and a half. [00:07:24] Speaker A: Exactly, man. [00:07:25] Speaker B: Anyways. [00:07:26] Speaker A: But not. You come in with that fucking. That like, straight up bull, like, with its nuts tied off. Ready? And you're kicking, like. You know how, like, in Spain, that's what they do? They tie the bull's nuts. And he starts fucking going crazy every time, and you just don't let up. And I think that's part of. I think, being a New Yorker. Like, you got this. There's a craziness. I have it, too. It's obviously much more contained because I'm a little guy. [00:07:50] Speaker B: I get it from my dad, that's all. Like, my dad. [00:07:52] Speaker A: My dad's a screamer also. [00:07:53] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, He's a big yeller. You know what I mean? [00:07:55] Speaker A: It's. [00:07:55] Speaker B: And, like, it goes from 0 to 100. Like, for example, I'm gonna give you a funny story. The. My dad, I was going down the St. Patrick's Day parade, and he's like, nah, I don't want. You know, don't go. Just go to school or whatever, you know, and he's like, you know what? Your Uncle Kevin, he went down to the St. Patrick's Day parade once and then with his buddies on the train. And when they're on the train, Daniel. Bunch of. He said moolies. [00:08:25] Speaker A: Oh, he said, oh, my God. [00:08:27] Speaker B: First time I heard that. [00:08:28] Speaker A: Right. [00:08:29] Speaker B: He's not. He's Irish. [00:08:30] Speaker A: That's crazy. [00:08:31] Speaker B: You're from New York. You. He. We got Yiddish, Spanish, Italian. Everything in the house, we're flowing. Yeah, Anything we can. If he knew Chinese, he'd be Chinese. [00:08:38] Speaker A: Slurs, bro. [00:08:39] Speaker B: If he worked with a nice Chinese guy, he would be fucking cursing me out in Chinese. Yeah, but he's like. So then a bunch of hooligans. I'm not gonna say. Got on. And your uncle's friends left him on the train, and then he was holding onto the pole and they were beating the shit at him, and then they sliced his face. My uncle has a big scar on his face. Yeah, they sliced him anyway, so. Yeah, you shouldn't go to the same path. [00:09:03] Speaker A: Don't go. [00:09:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:09:04] Speaker A: What year was that? [00:09:06] Speaker B: When did it happen? [00:09:07] Speaker A: Yeah, it had to be like, the 80s when the train was still unsafe. [00:09:11] Speaker B: It was probably like 1982. [00:09:14] Speaker A: Yeah, no one's fucking slicing faces on the same Patty now. [00:09:17] Speaker B: But, like, still, like. Also, nobody's bothering me usually. [00:09:22] Speaker A: Dude, you'd have to be out of your fucking mind to bother you. You have to be out of your mind. [00:09:26] Speaker B: The only guy who's ever bothered me, literally, had just taken a hit of a crack pipe. So it's like, I get it. [00:09:31] Speaker A: And at that Point. That guy would be a tough fight. [00:09:34] Speaker B: Well, yeah, that's just like a guy. Like, I just want to get off the train. So we keep moving. I don't need a emergency brake pull. [00:09:38] Speaker A: You know, none of that. [00:09:39] Speaker B: There goes my night. Yeah, but I'm a pussy, so it's okay. [00:09:43] Speaker A: But, dude, even if you are a pussy, like, you're. How tall are you? [00:09:46] Speaker B: Six four and change. [00:09:48] Speaker A: Six fucking four. You have to be nuts to fight them. That's six four, dude. [00:09:52] Speaker B: I mean, listen, it would hurt, you know what I mean? Them. But, like, I don't want to hurt nobody. [00:10:00] Speaker A: I know you don't. You're a sweetheart, dude. That I know, dude, you're. [00:10:04] Speaker B: You're energy, you know, I mean, that's it. [00:10:06] Speaker A: But that's. That's. That's. You need that in New York in general. I think you have to have a little. [00:10:10] Speaker B: You gotta be okay with my confrontation. [00:10:13] Speaker A: Yeah. You got to be like, yo, what's up? And be a little animated and be a little. Be sort of ready. Even if it's all a front. I mean, me, dude, I. I walk around like I fucking. You know, I know how little I am, but I'm like, I got to make myself like a fucking. Like a bird. [00:10:27] Speaker B: I'm the big dick at the Willy Wonka factory. [00:10:30] Speaker A: I'm like, yo, I'm an easy fucking target. [00:10:32] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:10:32] Speaker A: You know, so you have to. I kind of walk like. I have like a. Like I'm bigger than I am, but I. I know. I'm like, oh. [00:10:41] Speaker B: That'S what you've been dressing like. It's. [00:10:43] Speaker A: It's a. It's. You need it. And I think in comedy, being a New Yorker, you have a. Being animated. Like, dude, the guys from the Midwest are not coming up there with that energy. They're doing the. What the is it, what's his name? The guy, he started the alt comedy movement. They're all very kind of like monotone, and they. They say something wild but in a very flat tone. And I like something that's theatrical. I like big, I like fucking. And that's every time. It's like, I see you do that and. And when you get heated about some shit that. I know that feeling, dude. [00:11:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:11:12] Speaker A: When you're like, it's. [00:11:13] Speaker B: No, fuck you. [00:11:14] Speaker A: The pizza's better downtown. [00:11:15] Speaker B: Yeah, it's fun. Also, I went to Johnny's near. [00:11:18] Speaker A: Oh, that's right. You didn't like it. [00:11:20] Speaker B: Sorry. [00:11:21] Speaker A: Get the fuck out of here, dude. [00:11:23] Speaker B: I'll take you to Upside Pizza. They got like four locations Slinging better pizza than Johnny's. [00:11:28] Speaker A: Dude, fuck. [00:11:28] Speaker B: You go to Johnny's, like, oh, for $4, I'll put hot honey on it. Burrata pesto. Give me just a good slice. Why you gotta upcharge me? I'm paying for, like, three slices worth of toppings on a slice of pizza. Just serve the pizza. I'm sorry. [00:11:43] Speaker A: I got the fucking regular there, and it was delicious. [00:11:45] Speaker B: I got the regular, I got the vodka. So they gave me the little parmesan on top as a freebie because they're like, we don't want this guy coming back in. It was okay. [00:11:54] Speaker A: All right. I'll tell you about upside. I know you said upside. You went there. So I brought someone from Chicago who's like, the pizza's better in Chicago. I was like, you're fucking nuts. I brought. [00:12:03] Speaker B: You got to take her to them. To Mama's, too. [00:12:06] Speaker A: Mama's.2 is a great fucking slice, dude. It's great. [00:12:08] Speaker B: Especially, like, you want a little square? [00:12:10] Speaker A: The square is very good. [00:12:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:12:12] Speaker B: For Chicago. And you know, I'm saying, well, she. [00:12:14] Speaker A: Here's the thing. She had upside, and she tasted the pizza, and she goes, this is much better. And as upside, I wasn't. We were just passing by. I was like, you want to slice it? [00:12:22] Speaker B: I think it's just the dough. They do a sourdough. [00:12:25] Speaker A: That's right. You said that. [00:12:26] Speaker B: It's the edge. You know, I'm saying it's just that. And then when you get the thick square with the pepperoni, the good pepperoni, that'd be curling up. [00:12:34] Speaker A: Okay, keep going. [00:12:37] Speaker B: Dig it east. Listen, that's square. And then the crust with the cheese, it's like. They put, like. It looks like a tsunami of cheese coming over of just the crust. And it's like, anyways, shout out to them, dude. [00:12:48] Speaker A: There. I mean, that's so Mama's, too. Well, here's the thing about Chicago pizza that I learned. I didn't know this. I went out there, and she took me to get Chicago pizza, and I was like, I don't want a fucking deep dish. And she goes, no, you idiot. She was. Deep dish is not Chicago pizza. And I was like, what are you talking about? She goes, everyone from out of town thinks that Chicago pizza is deep dish. It's not. It's actually, like, almost like flatbread, the. [00:13:10] Speaker B: Bar pie kind of thing. Like, super thin. [00:13:12] Speaker A: Super, super thin. And for me, I was like, it's better than deep dish. But I was like, this is not better than New York. This is a fucking flap It's a pita. It's not fucking pizza. [00:13:21] Speaker B: So sometimes I do like a good bar pie that's like. See, like, up in Westchester, they got this thing, Colony Grill, okay? And they do like, a bar pie, but it's, like, so thin in the crust. Like, it has the cheese on the crust on the outside, but there is no real crust. Like, hold on to. [00:13:34] Speaker A: Okay. [00:13:35] Speaker B: You know, is it like that or is there a crust? [00:13:36] Speaker A: It's like that. It's like that, like, goes all the. [00:13:38] Speaker B: Way to the edge. The cheese goes all the way to the edge. [00:13:40] Speaker A: Yeah. And I was like, what do you mean? And they cut it. The way they cut it was like, squares. They took a circle pie and turn it into, like, little, like, a domino's cut like this. And I'm like, what the fuck is that? And the other thing is, is that people from out of town don't eat pizza the way we eat pizza. I fold that shit. You know, a lot of people, like, hold it flat and open. Like, they eat it just regular. I fold that shit because you gotta. If you're gonna eat pizza, you usually walk in and eat. [00:14:03] Speaker B: For science. I do eat the pizza sometimes flat. [00:14:05] Speaker A: Flat. Okay. [00:14:06] Speaker B: If I don't want the grease. [00:14:07] Speaker A: For science, just. [00:14:09] Speaker B: Yeah, for science. I'm trying to give you a scientific fact right now. If you don't want the grease to drip out the back on you, flat will do that. You hold it flat so that you're not squeezing. You know what I'm saying? [00:14:17] Speaker A: Well, Dave Portnoy always doesn't fold the pizza either. Like, a lot of people, they judge. Like, if it. If it flops and it's no good, but I don't know. I've had flop pizza. That's still. That dude. I mean, I like him. [00:14:29] Speaker B: I do. Like, some of his. But then other times, I'm like, all right. [00:14:31] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, when he. When he got angry about that guy hating the Jews, I was like, what's wrong with him? I love him. [00:14:36] Speaker B: Well, I was in his bar. [00:14:38] Speaker A: No, I would. I was pissed. I mean, I didn't even know Dave Portnoy was a Jew. [00:14:41] Speaker B: Yeah, he's a sneaky one, dude. [00:14:43] Speaker A: He's. You would have never. [00:14:44] Speaker B: Boston Jews are Irish, dude. [00:14:46] Speaker A: Yeah, that's the thing. [00:14:46] Speaker B: I was like, bronx Irish. They're Jewish. [00:14:48] Speaker A: That's true, dude. It's. It's crazy, man. [00:14:51] Speaker B: But don't come after me. That was a joke. [00:14:54] Speaker A: No one's. [00:14:54] Speaker B: No, no, no. I want the Irish in the Bronx. [00:14:56] Speaker A: Oh, they'll. They'll. They'll. [00:14:57] Speaker B: Wood lawns gonna be looking for me. They're like, what do you mean? I'm Jewish. [00:15:00] Speaker A: They're gonna come at you with piano wire, dude. But yeah, no, I just don't want to be called Jews, man. No one wants to be called a Jew. [00:15:07] Speaker B: I have no problem with it. I've been mistaken for Jewish a lot as well, because I had, like, the fro. You got to Jew before I had the beard and everything as a kid. They'd be coming up to me with the lemon and the palm frond for Sakat, bro. But you gotta. You Jewish. I'm like, unfortunately, no, I'm not chosen. [00:15:22] Speaker A: I. I lie about it. [00:15:24] Speaker B: I'm gonna burn. [00:15:24] Speaker A: You know, it's, it's, it's. I've done it a couple times, but it's. Sometimes I'm just like, no, I'm not. Because I'm like, I don't have time for this. I don't got time to pray. I gotta be to where I've got. [00:15:34] Speaker B: Time for forgotten holiday. You guys are trying to bring it back. You know what I mean? That's what they're trying to do, which I respect. [00:15:39] Speaker A: Well, they're also doing it for themselves because it's like a mitzvah for them. It's like, it's like a thing of like, oh, the more people I get to do this, the better it got. [00:15:46] Speaker B: The. Was that. Fuck, I'm sorry. [00:15:51] Speaker C: No way. [00:15:51] Speaker B: Church of Latter Day Saints. What are they, Jehovah Witnesses? [00:15:53] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. The more we get, they'd be logging their points. Yeah, exactly. Mark that. [00:15:57] Speaker B: Because they only think 144,000 people are going to make it into heaven. [00:16:00] Speaker A: Is that it? [00:16:01] Speaker B: Yeah, because they're going for off of Revelation where it says the 144,000, but that's 12,000 people from each of the 12 tribes of Judah. So 12 times 12 is 144,000. So they're, they're believing that they're one. [00:16:13] Speaker A: Of the tribes, so that if they. But if they get people in and it's more than 144,000. [00:16:18] Speaker B: No, no, no. You have to be the best of the best. They know not everybody's getting in. [00:16:21] Speaker A: Oh, so the more you get on your side, you. [00:16:24] Speaker B: You're trying to help up. Yeah, so like, if there was like a pastor, like, oh, he's one of them. Oh, okay. He put in his, you know, I mean, like, if somebody cut like a. [00:16:31] Speaker A: Guest speaker, like a manager of a fucking store. [00:16:34] Speaker B: Yeah, almost. But like, imagine like, he's almost like a celebrity, like Almost like a Joel Osteen type. Like somebody who travels and goes to different churches or whatever. [00:16:41] Speaker A: Okay. [00:16:42] Speaker B: Oh, he's one of the guys, you know? I mean, like, he's gonna get in. [00:16:44] Speaker A: He's solidified. [00:16:45] Speaker C: He's. [00:16:45] Speaker B: Yeah. Cuz you're like, oh, he saved so many people. He's done all this stuff. It's all right, bro. [00:16:49] Speaker A: Dude, I've never. I don't know anything about. About that shit. I just know that it's like a scam. [00:16:53] Speaker B: I grew up in church, so. In a. Like, a Pentecostal church. [00:16:57] Speaker A: What is that, like, Christian? [00:16:59] Speaker B: Yeah, Christian. Yeah, it's Penn. [00:17:00] Speaker A: It's. [00:17:01] Speaker B: What's the word? Martin Luther. [00:17:05] Speaker A: Okay. [00:17:05] Speaker B: Got a Protestant. You know, I'm saying it's got a Protestant. It's a Protestant denomination, but yeah, there's a lot. You learn a lot about, like, other religions and stuff because, you know, they're teaching you, like, oh, why are they wrong? You know, but sometimes, you know, still got questions about everything. I mean, dude, everybody got gaps and all their stuff, so it's like, all right, you know, not everybody knows the answer to everything, you know, I mean. [00:17:28] Speaker A: That'S the thing, dude. They all have something that's missing. I mean, for me, it's the whole, like, man in the sky thing. I'm like, what? Like, I'm immediately like, yeah, exactly. [00:17:36] Speaker B: If you think of it as a man. But it's like, if you think of it as, like, if somebody's like, oh, the universe. [00:17:40] Speaker A: I look at it like that. [00:17:41] Speaker B: Yeah. But if you just call that. That's God saying, yeah, yeah. I mean, so you could say that's how you interpret it. Somebody else interprets it a different way. But I think they're all trying to tap it, Trying to tap into the same thing. [00:17:52] Speaker A: Okay. I mean, that makes sense. [00:17:54] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, like, Jews and Christians are worshiping the same God. [00:17:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:17:57] Speaker B: It's just like, differently. [00:17:58] Speaker A: Just slightly. [00:17:59] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. [00:18:00] Speaker A: I mean, do you ever. You. I didn't. I didn't go to temple a lot. But when you were in church, did you feel the spirit? Like, you feel that shit? Because I know people that, like, I've. [00:18:08] Speaker B: Definitely been in, like, service. You're like, oh, man, I definitely feel an energy in here. [00:18:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:18:12] Speaker B: I mean, but again, like, it goes back to, like, you don't. Everybody can call that something else, something different. You could be like, oh, that's the spirit. That's, you know. I mean, some other people, like, oh, that's the energy that we're all bringing to this. Like, you Go to a rave and everyone's. All the energy. [00:18:26] Speaker A: That's. [00:18:27] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:18:27] Speaker B: You know, I mean, so it's like. It's. It's a little bit of both, you know, I mean, but there's definitely been times that it's like. I'm not gonna lie. I was like, it's a little silly, but I was down in Tennessee for, like, a camp, a Christian camp. [00:18:38] Speaker A: Okay. [00:18:39] Speaker B: And, like, a couple. Like, all the young adults from my church would go down and help. And then I was, like, one of the youth that went to go as a camper. [00:18:44] Speaker C: Okay. [00:18:45] Speaker B: And it was just like a week up in the mountains in Tennessee. Go fishing and, you know, play games and stuff. And there was, like, one night that I walked into the service and they were already singing. Everything's going. They're pumping. [00:18:57] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:18:58] Speaker B: And then you walked in and it was like, literally, like something lifted me up a little bit. I'm like, damn. I was like, there's something. I was like, that was something strong. [00:19:05] Speaker A: God, dude. Yeah. [00:19:05] Speaker B: I was like, damn. That's the spirit right there. You know what I mean? That's why they're speaking. Speaking in tongues in here, you know? [00:19:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:19:12] Speaker B: I mean, no snakes, but a lot of black widows up there, you know, dude, it's. [00:19:18] Speaker A: That's. I've never. That's per. It's a performance. I mean, at the end of the day. And that's why, like, when you do. When I've. I've never gone into my temple and been like, I feel the energy also. Temple's a lot more depressing than any other. [00:19:29] Speaker B: I think it's a little different, but I feel like if people. It really, like. Because there are a lot of Jewish people who have such reverence. Yeah. That's what it is. It's like really how serious you take it. [00:19:39] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:19:40] Speaker B: And that's because you kind of convince yourself of anything, almost. [00:19:42] Speaker A: Of course. [00:19:43] Speaker B: And I'm not trying to say that anybody's wrong or, you know, there is no God, but, like, there's people who are out there who are fully convinced of any, like, the most crazy thing you could think. That's the most far outlandish belief that you could think of that like a cult in the woods, like. Yeah, those people got themselves there. [00:20:00] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:20:01] Speaker B: You know, I mean, they're not there feeling nothing. I mean, and I'm not saying that's like they're feeling Jesus, but they're definitely feeling an energy, you know? [00:20:07] Speaker A: Well, I mean, we have the same problem. We believe that we could fucking be famous comedians. [00:20:12] Speaker B: Yeah. That's like, the delusion. Not to say they're delusional, but I'm just saying. Yeah, there's definitely a little bit of. You have to buy in. [00:20:18] Speaker A: You always. Whatever it is that you do, especially. [00:20:19] Speaker B: With, like, with comedy, you're like, who. Who am I? Do I. That I think I'm the funniest guy in this room? [00:20:24] Speaker A: Who the fuck am I? [00:20:25] Speaker B: You know what I mean? And that's why it's like, we were talking about it outside. I don't sound like a douchebag, but you kind of. You go out, like when I go to an open mic, or like, I. When I like doing a show, and you're like, I really want to do well, or you want to kill. You're like, you. You ever been in, like, the Cellar? Right? [00:20:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:20:41] Speaker B: And you see a guy murder. You see a pro, a list murder. You're like, me and him aren't doing the same thing. I can't do that. But then. But then you're like, oh, wait, but I have had good sets. [00:20:54] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:20:55] Speaker B: You know, I've killed before, and maybe not on the same level, but I can get there if I keep working at it. Right. So when you go up there, you're like, all right, all these people are working at the same thing. You're like, I want this guy. It's kind of like football. You're like, I want this guy next to me to quit. [00:21:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:21:09] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, it's not because, like, oh, there's not enough opportunities. Like, he don't want it. Like, I want. You know, I got some. Some. Remember the Titan shit. You know what I mean? Like, Rudy. You ever seen Rudy? You're a little guy. You should watch Rudy. [00:21:22] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, it's. It's. I think that that is a healthy thing to. To feel. I think it's. It's something that you need to have. But I see. I look at it slightly different. I look at it where I go, whatever he's doing up there, I'm not doing what he's doing. Not because he's better, but because I'm a different per. I'm my own. [00:21:40] Speaker B: I'm not that. [00:21:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:21:41] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. [00:21:42] Speaker B: Then you're like, all right, I got to figure out, how can I be me? [00:21:46] Speaker A: Exactly. To the best I can be. And then they'll go, he was great, and he was great, but they just. [00:21:51] Speaker B: Were different 100%, you know, because there's people who are. I mean, I'm trying to think somebody who's, like, wildly different from me. But you go up there and you, like, two people who are different in their energies, both have killer sets back to back. You're like, yeah, as long as people are laughing, you know, I mean, that's it. And they're funny. [00:22:08] Speaker A: And then being yourself is the most authentic thing you can do 100%. [00:22:12] Speaker B: Like. Like, for example. I mean, me and Corey are different, but, like, Corey's a murderer. [00:22:18] Speaker A: Corey, just Corey Cooley. [00:22:20] Speaker B: God bless. [00:22:20] Speaker A: I love him. [00:22:21] Speaker C: He. He. [00:22:21] Speaker B: I did this dispensary show up in Mount Vernon. [00:22:24] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:22:24] Speaker B: And he was the headliner, and he was supposed to do, like, 20. I was like, whatever you want to do. He did 40 minutes. [00:22:31] Speaker A: 40 minutes. Oh, my God. [00:22:33] Speaker B: Murdered. And then, like, the mic went out. [00:22:36] Speaker A: And he kept going. [00:22:37] Speaker B: Killed it. Acapella. Half the set was acapella, and he was just murdering. And you're like, see, we're doing different things. Yeah. [00:22:43] Speaker A: In that case, you go, he's. He's better. [00:22:45] Speaker B: Yeah, all right. God bless. You know, but also, he's been doing. [00:22:49] Speaker A: It for way longer, three to four. [00:22:51] Speaker B: Times longer than I have. Yeah. I mean, like, probably much, you know, I mean, like, he has a lot more experience. He's put in the time, he's put in the reps, and you see it pay off, you know, 100%. Somebody who actually puts in the work. You, like, you see them improve. I feel like this is one of the things, like, besides the gym or whatever, you know, where it's like, if you keep doing it, you have to. You can get better. [00:23:09] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:23:09] Speaker B: I mean, and. Well, there's people who don't, but, I mean, there's. [00:23:11] Speaker A: That those people are delusional. [00:23:13] Speaker B: I mean, that's the other delusion, you. [00:23:14] Speaker A: Know, I mean, but thank God, that's. [00:23:17] Speaker B: God bless them, you know, I mean. But, like, sometimes it's like, you know, I'm not. We can say we're as good as we are, but, like, whatever. We're doing well. Well, for ourselves as open micrs early in. Yeah. I mean, we're like, all right, we're, you know, we're taking our punches, you know, have great sets all the time. But you have enough good set. You have more good sets than bad sets. And you're like, all right, you keep going. Then there's like, your buddy who's like, you know, I'm not saying your buddy. I'm just saying a buddy who's, like, not having any good sets ever. Ever. And it's not even like, like, on a Brian Holtzman kind of thing. Like, kind of like, oh, they hate me. [00:23:50] Speaker A: This is not avant garde. This is. [00:23:51] Speaker B: Nah, you're just not right, you know? I mean, like, you're not doing anything. But again, I'm not the strongest writer either. [00:23:56] Speaker C: But. [00:23:56] Speaker A: No, but it's not even that. It's also looking at, like. That's why I record everything. I look at the video after and I go, maybe I was just. Maybe my face was like. I looked angry the whole time. Maybe I'm super critical about everything. Even like a hand gesture. Because I went up Thursday, I did great, but on Wednesday I did awful. And I looked at my face the whole fucking time, and I was legitimately looked angry. Everything I was saying was just fucking Just I looked like a dick. And I was like, oh, okay, maybe if I add a little smile, a little something here, or just. Maybe this fucking joke sucks. Whereas a lot of guys will go. They don't even question themselves. You know what I'm saying? [00:24:32] Speaker B: Or. Or it's always. It's always like, oh, it's the room. [00:24:35] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:24:36] Speaker A: Which is insane because it's not always the room. [00:24:38] Speaker B: Well, it's almost. It's barely ever, you know, like. Because it's on you to. [00:24:43] Speaker A: To win them over, to feel the. [00:24:44] Speaker B: Temperature in the room and win them over. But also, you gotta. You can't just go up there, like, again with my energy or whatever. I can't go up there on a 10. [00:24:53] Speaker A: No, you gotta. [00:24:54] Speaker B: I gotta take you along. I gotta ramp it up a little bit where they're like, all right, this is funny. [00:24:58] Speaker A: It's gotta be crescendo. [00:24:59] Speaker B: If I just come up, you know, I mean, like, they're like, oh, this guy's. Just block my face. This guy's just angry, you know? I mean, this guy's just mad and like, that's not funny. [00:25:06] Speaker A: It's not. And if you do it. And the other thing is adjusting from a big room to a small room. Like, if you go into Broadway and you're fucking doing your thing, you got to be big. [00:25:13] Speaker B: Yeah, you can be big. And then there's other rooms where it's. [00:25:16] Speaker A: Your city for your city. [00:25:17] Speaker B: You can. [00:25:18] Speaker A: It's a living room. [00:25:18] Speaker B: It's a kill box. [00:25:19] Speaker A: Yeah, but you got fucking. [00:25:21] Speaker B: Yeah. You know, you got to walk them into it. But sometimes if it's packed out, you. [00:25:26] Speaker A: Can start a little higher. [00:25:28] Speaker B: You can be a little higher. But also, it's like, he's just make it funny. But especially with Fear City, like, I'm on the stage, I take up the whole stage, you know? I mean. Yeah, you and, like, I'm leaning over. [00:25:38] Speaker A: The first row, and they're right there. [00:25:39] Speaker B: They're right there. They can smell me. [00:25:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:41] Speaker B: I mean, you know, I mean, like, they're getting that the spit is hitting them because I be spitting. Sometimes I do, too, and I feel bad, and I'm like, did I. I'm so sorry. But also, sometimes I walk up and trying to. As, like, a icebreaker. [00:25:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:25:53] Speaker B: And I walk by somebody, I'm like, yo, my bad. You got a little ass cheek. You know, I mean, I hit him with my ass cheek some shit. And that gets a little laugh, you know? [00:25:59] Speaker A: Makes people comfortable. [00:26:00] Speaker B: Yeah, they're comfortable. Like, oh, this is a big motherfucker. Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. [00:26:05] Speaker A: No, it's true, man. [00:26:06] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [00:26:06] Speaker B: It's fun, though. I love. I mean, I haven't been excited about doing something like this. I was trying to talk to my dad about it. Right. [00:26:14] Speaker A: And what do you say? [00:26:15] Speaker B: Well, he's, like, supportive because he sees, like, I can hold down a job. I can. I can get. [00:26:19] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:26:19] Speaker B: I mean, God forbid, like, I'm young. He's like, dude, you're young. Do whatever. [00:26:22] Speaker C: How old are you? [00:26:23] Speaker B: I'm 26. I'll be 27 next month. [00:26:25] Speaker A: Oh, nice. Okay. [00:26:26] Speaker B: So how about you? [00:26:27] Speaker A: I'm 31. [00:26:29] Speaker B: You look good, buddy. [00:26:29] Speaker C: Thanks. [00:26:31] Speaker B: I gotta start moisturizing. [00:26:32] Speaker A: Yeah, you got to get some beef tallow. [00:26:34] Speaker B: Yeah, beef tallow. What was I saying? I was talking to my dad about it, and I, like, made that comparison to football. It's like when you're a kid playing a sport, right? [00:26:44] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:26:44] Speaker B: And you go to. You're excited to go to practice because you. You convinced yourself, I'm going to the NBA. [00:26:49] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:26:50] Speaker B: I'm going to the NFL. Like, you know, I mean, so when I'm. That's the thing with, like, comedy. It's like, all right, I got to put in my reps. But then you're excited to go to a mic. Other days you're not. Right. So it's like football. You're like, damn, I don't want to go to this practice. But you know, you're working towards that thing you love when you do it. [00:27:04] Speaker A: You always feel better. [00:27:05] Speaker B: Exactly. You feel better after, especially if you have a decent set. You know, I mean, it's like, all right, I got some laughs. I got something to work on. 100% didn't work. But, you know, I mean, it kind of gives you something. It gives you something to work on for the night. You know, it's like a little homework. You always get a little homework after. And I was trying to explain to him, like, that it's like. Because he played football, and then he had, like, a bad injury in senior year. I also had a bad injury senior year. And then he gets it because I'm like. It's like football. I'm like. It's like that excitement. You get to go out and play. [00:27:33] Speaker A: Of course. [00:27:33] Speaker B: Like. Or I remember, like, wrestling in high school. I hated wrestling because you were the only guy out there on the mat. I would get so anxious, so nervous. [00:27:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:27:41] Speaker B: I'd be like, my heart is pounding, and I'd get my ass whooped. Cause. Cause I wasn't good. [00:27:45] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:27:46] Speaker B: And I was like, half the size I was now. You know what I mean? I was like, 285 or whatever, you know? So it's different. But, like, when I first started doing comedy, I was getting that nervous. Like, I was, like, shaking, of course. [00:27:58] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:27:58] Speaker B: I'm like, oh, my God. But now I get nervous where it's like, oh, this is, like. [00:28:01] Speaker A: It's a good nervous. [00:28:02] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm nervous. Of course. I don't feel great. You're like, damn, I'm about to eat shit. You know what I mean? But you do that as like a. I guess as a mechanism, almost trying to trick yourself into, like. Oh, yeah. Give yourself lower standards. Like, oh, I'll do all right. You know? I mean, and then you kind of. [00:28:17] Speaker A: Yeah. And then you. You exceed them. [00:28:18] Speaker B: So. [00:28:18] Speaker A: Okay, I'm good. [00:28:19] Speaker B: It's like when you order Chinese food and they're like, yeah, 30 minutes and it gets there in 10. [00:28:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:28:23] Speaker B: Over. Promise. I'm sorry. Under promise, Over. Deliver. [00:28:26] Speaker A: That's what I do with fucking with my work, dude. It's. It's. But, you know, it's funny that you said that you were getting nervous during wrestling when you're alone. I. Growing up as a kid, when I would do a sport that involved others, I was more nervous because I'd worried I'd fuck up everything for everyone else and then be all upset, but. Whereas if I was alone, I'm like, the only person I could disappoint is me, which I can handle, but I didn't want to handle, like, the whole team going, why the fuck did you miss the shot, dude? [00:28:51] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:28:52] Speaker A: So I understand, though, the nerves. The nerves are fucking important. This is something I wanted to ask you as a New Yorker also. I was talking to Nico the other day, and he and I were chatting about. About being a New Yorker and working hard, right. And he and I came to the conclusion that. That you, as a New Yorker, when you see guys come from the middle of nowhere to do this shit, if you allow them to outwork you, then you're a fucking pathetic piece of shit. [00:29:22] Speaker B: That's the thing. I think that's. I got a little bit of that with how I don't grind as much as I should. Like, oh, yeah, I could be hitting mics every night. [00:29:31] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:32] Speaker B: I don't. I go, you know, a couple nights a week. [00:29:33] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:29:34] Speaker B: Get out of here. We got a little spot here, a little show there. [00:29:36] Speaker C: Yeah, you. [00:29:37] Speaker B: You know what I mean? And stay consistent. And then, like, there's, you know, months where it's like, all right, then I'm getting after. Exactly. It's just, you know, it's the summer. Taking it easy. I mean, but I got a little busy at work, you know what I mean? So you try to balance everything. But I feel like when people move here for this shit, one your bandwidth, you got a little bit more time. You don't have the same, I guess, ties, you know what I mean? Like, responsibilities with my parents, my family, friends too. [00:30:00] Speaker A: I can go hang out with other people that aren't comics. [00:30:02] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Which. That's something that I've noticed where that's fallen down a lot. I don't. I don't hang out with non. You know, I mean, like, non comic friends as much as I used to, you know. [00:30:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:30:12] Speaker B: I didn't hang out with a lot of people. Like, we'd have to set something up, you know. I mean. [00:30:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:30:17] Speaker B: And like, the friends that I would see is like. Because we're doing something similar or like, you know, but, like, when I'm gonna see my boys, all right, we got to set it up, like, a couple weeks in advance. We go out or whatever, and then we just keep doing our shit. [00:30:27] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:30:28] Speaker B: But now it's like, even I, you know, getting drinks after a mic, I'm hanging out more than I did before. But, like, not with those people. But those people will come out to my, you know, shows and stuff. [00:30:38] Speaker A: They'll come and see. [00:30:39] Speaker B: So it'll be good, you know, to see them then. And then we'll, of course, make plans, you know, try to see them hang out. But 100%, when you see somebody come and from fucking grinding, you know, I. [00:30:51] Speaker A: Mean, yeah, you sit there and you go, I'm. I'm in the city that you're supposed. That we were born with that fucking D, that chromosome. [00:30:58] Speaker B: I think we're a little bit. There's A comfort. [00:31:00] Speaker A: That's the other thing. It's like, well, we got family, we got friends, we got a support system. Whereas they have. They go, I got this one job, and then my comedian friends, I got nothing else to do but hit open mics. Whereas you and I could go, I'm going to go hang out with my parents tonight or whatever. [00:31:12] Speaker B: Or, like, we have family dinner or I have a family engagement. I have a birthday I got to attend. Again, everybody makes choices. Yeah, you could be a dick and just like, yeah, I got to grind. Grind. Right. You know, I mean, do your thing. I think it's like a balance, you guys. Of course. You know, I mean, but 100. I think that's something. You're definitely right. I think somebody from here, you know, who grew up in New York or like the immediately surrounding area where you're really close to your home base or, yeah, you're connected. You could definitely get a little comfort or a little complacency. [00:31:42] Speaker A: Of course, man. [00:31:43] Speaker B: You're like, oh, yeah, it's right there. You know, I mean, I'm in New York, I'm doing it, you know, I mean, I didn't have to move here to do it. [00:31:48] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:31:49] Speaker B: But I definitely have a respect for the guys who come and move. [00:31:53] Speaker A: Oh, you got a balls. [00:31:54] Speaker B: You got like. Danny Lace moved here from Detroit. [00:31:57] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:31:58] Speaker B: Just to do comedy. I mean, of course he got a job here and everything. He's got shit going on, but it's like he doesn't have a family here, you know? I mean, and that's why it's like, when I see him out there, I'm a. Yeah, keep doing it, bro. I'm trying to get like you. [00:32:09] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:32:10] Speaker B: But there are people. You're like, oh, yeah. Like, it kind of makes you a little aspirational. You're like, all right. [00:32:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:32:15] Speaker B: Like, if this guy's not getting after it, I got to get after it. [00:32:17] Speaker A: Yeah, it's true. [00:32:18] Speaker B: Fire under the ass. I like that. [00:32:20] Speaker A: It's Good. [00:32:20] Speaker B: You're right. 100% right. [00:32:22] Speaker A: It's. Yeah, no, he and I, Nico and I were talking about it. We were just like, yeah, dude. Like, I sometimes look at it like when I see someone like Noah Reed, he's another one fucking came from the middle nowhere. [00:32:30] Speaker B: And I look, I was thinking exactly about him. [00:32:32] Speaker A: He's going hard. And I look at him, I'm like, I. And there are times I'm like, you're a fucking. Like, in the mirror, you're a fucking New Yorker. Like, you need to, like, who the fuck you. You grew up with that, like, get it by any means necessary. Get on that fucking subway and fit in that car. Get in the fucking way of someone else. [00:32:48] Speaker B: Get. [00:32:48] Speaker A: Get. You know, do what you gotta do to get ahead. And then when you see a kid from Wisconsin coming here and pushing, you're like, I gotta step the fucking game up. [00:32:56] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, I respect it, but, like, a lot of people, you do your best work when you're like, backs against the wall, sink or swim. You know what I mean? Like, that's. A lot of comics are like that. You know what I mean? There's people who move here who have been doing it, like, a long time. Back home, nothing was going on. They move here, they start grinding, and it pops off for them quick. There's people who did it for six months. They get after it like a motherfucker here, and it pops off from. You know, so it's really about, I think, how much you put in, you get out. [00:33:20] Speaker A: I. I agree. I think that's all it is. Also 100. I mean, that does help. It's just. It's. It's one of those things where you. You got it. Like you said, balance. I'm. I'm terrible at balance. Dude. [00:33:32] Speaker B: Oh, dude, I'm the worst. That, for me, it's like a swing. It's all right. I'm grinding. Like, April, I was like, I did, you know, a spot every day or did something every day, and then May, it's like, all right, 10. 10 spots for the month or, you know, 15, you know, every other day. [00:33:46] Speaker C: Yeah, whatever. [00:33:47] Speaker B: You just, you know, you just try to stay consistent. Yeah. I feel like as long as you feel like you're, you know, sharpening your tools. But sometimes, like, recently, like, with the summer, like, I've only been doing, like, one mic a week, and then maybe I have a show. [00:34:01] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:34:01] Speaker B: Then you're like. You feel the rust. You're like, oh, damn, I'm not writing. I'm not staying sharp, you know, so you gotta ramp it back up. [00:34:08] Speaker A: It's true, man. It's true. I see it with. I had. I had a couple weeks where I was, like, hitting two or three. [00:34:13] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Two was like. You're like, all right, I'm doing enough. But it's. Then you go to the next. The next week, you're like, oh, I have nothing new. [00:34:20] Speaker A: Nothing new. And then I. I would see Gerbo a lot, and Gerbo is. He's hitting three mics a day. And I. I looked at him I. I seen him and I look and I go. And he. And I have a healthy, competitive nature. And I go, I gotta. I'm not. I'm not keeping up. I'm not keeping up. I gotta keep up. You know? It's like. It's like, I want to get to the third grade. I want to. I don't want to go to summer school. You know what I mean? It's like that whole. But, yeah, man, it's. It's the weirdest thing ever. Like, the whole balance situation, because everyone tells you it's like, you want to have balance. And, like, the normal people of the world will be like, balance is key to everything. And then the comics will go, no, no, you just need to be doing this all the time. So it's like, obviously you want to listen to the comics, but obviously you want to have a healthy lifestyle. Like, what the fuck? [00:35:05] Speaker B: Yeah, I was talking to Michael Fleming about it, right. And he's. [00:35:09] Speaker A: Where's he from? [00:35:10] Speaker B: He's from, like, North Carolina. [00:35:12] Speaker A: Oh. He's also from out of town. Okay. [00:35:13] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:13] Speaker B: Yeah, but. Or Virginia. [00:35:16] Speaker A: Okay. [00:35:17] Speaker B: I think Virginia. But he was telling me he, like, opened or did like, a show or two for Sam Talent. [00:35:25] Speaker A: Get the fuck out of here. [00:35:26] Speaker B: I think it was in Virginia or out in Colorado. He was out there for some reason. I don't know. I think it was in college. I'm not sure exactly. He was telling me the advice he got from Sam. He's like, you have, like. You know, it. I mean, like, you have that. Yeah. You have the thing. You're funny. You got to get after. You got to keep working at it. [00:35:40] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:41] Speaker B: But he's like, you got to treat this shit like a sport. You gotta work out twice a day, you know? I mean, like, you have to treat it like that. Yeah. If you're not treating it like a sport, you're not gonna get as better as, you know, better as you go. [00:35:50] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:51] Speaker B: So it's like that thing, you know? I mean, like, treating it like football. You're like, all right, I gotta fucking practice. I gotta work out. I gotta be. Take time to sit down and write. [00:35:59] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:35:59] Speaker B: And rewrite stuff, listen to my stuff, you know? I mean, try to act like you care about it, you know, you're not just, like, going up there by the, you know, seat of your pants. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. [00:36:10] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:36:10] Speaker B: For me, like, this week, I did a mic, didn't have much. Went in with, like, two, three bullet points. Was not good. [00:36:17] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:36:18] Speaker B: Just did an old joke to get the fuck out of there. You know? I mean. And then after that, I had a show uptown. A lot of fun. Yeah, it was a lot. [00:36:25] Speaker A: Well, you were also doing your. Your usual shit. You're doing, like. Okay, I know the what? The what? [00:36:28] Speaker B: Work. Yeah, exactly. I did the jokes at work, you know, I mean. But then also, you, like, we were in. It was like, in a pizzeria, like, in the back room of pizzeria. Shout out. And it was like. They have, like, a little room back there. I think it used to be, like, a Spanish restaurant or something, because I have, like. Or maybe they're trying to make it into, like, a little space that you can host stuff. They have a big tv, they have all the lights that change colors and everything back there, and it's just like a little dining room. [00:36:50] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:36:50] Speaker B: But, like, they did it up. So I go up there. I'm doing the jokes, whatever. There's a Mets fan in the back. The host was, you know, going back and forth with him. He's like, who's your favorite met? Darryl Strawberry. [00:37:03] Speaker A: Okay. [00:37:03] Speaker B: I was like, all right, that's a good answer. He's like, yeah, it's a good answer. That's a good answer. And then I go up. I'm like, mets fan? [00:37:09] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:37:10] Speaker B: Dale Strawberry. I. That's crazy. People know about Daryl Strawberry because, you know, he played Jack. You know, he was a party animal. [00:37:17] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:37:17] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:37:17] Speaker A: That's how I know. [00:37:18] Speaker B: That's the only reason my first introduction was to Daryl Strawberry was as a nice Christian man who would come to my church once a year as a guest speaker. Really? And that's why he was my favorite Met. So then when I was about 14, 15, my boys were like, yeah, you don't know what Daryl Strawberry used to do. I'm like, where the hell has my money been going? [00:37:36] Speaker C: You know what I mean? [00:37:37] Speaker B: All the offering I gave that guy, was he getting high? You know, like this dude. And that did pretty well. [00:37:43] Speaker A: I mean, it was fun. [00:37:44] Speaker B: It opened him up. They got, you know, I mean. And he was like. He's from the Bronx. Ah, Mets fan. From the. I'm not gonna. [00:37:48] Speaker A: Yeah, I'll leave you alone. Blasphemous. [00:37:50] Speaker B: Yeah, you're sick. Yeah, there's something wrong with you. But then you just go into your stuff. But my jokes are about, like, my family and, like, being from uptown. So, like, when you're uptown, they relate. Like, I can't. Not everybody in Manhattan is gonna know what Dyckman is. [00:38:04] Speaker A: No, they don't. I've Seen you in rooms. Mention it, and I know exactly what it is. [00:38:08] Speaker B: You're like, damn, they don't know what Dykman is. I was like, all right, you guys don't. [00:38:10] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:38:10] Speaker B: You guys don't like Dominican people. Obviously. You're racist. I'm not. [00:38:15] Speaker A: No, no, no. I don't like him because I know what Dyckman is. No, no, it's. [00:38:20] Speaker B: There was one time, I think it was right after high school. Somebody went into one of the Dyckman clubs and, like, lit off a pepper spray grenade. [00:38:27] Speaker A: Oh, Jesus Christ, dude. [00:38:29] Speaker B: For what? And my homegirls had, like, just left. [00:38:31] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:38:31] Speaker B: They were telling me, like, yo, we were there that night, but we got out of there before that happened. I was all, thank God. I gotta love it uptown. Uptown's fun. [00:38:38] Speaker A: I mean, it's gotta. [00:38:39] Speaker B: Brooklyn is Brooklyn, Queens is Queens. You act like that's not happening everywhere. That's happening everywhere. [00:38:43] Speaker A: It is. Of course. Of course. [00:38:44] Speaker B: You've never been a Ditmars, you know what I'm saying? [00:38:46] Speaker A: Yeah. No getting after it, dude. The Greeks over there. [00:38:49] Speaker B: If you got hookah, it's going down. Pepper spray, dude. [00:38:52] Speaker A: I stay away from hookah bars, dude. This is something about them. [00:38:54] Speaker B: I'm like, yeah, it's fun. You got to come to up in Inwood, dude. [00:38:59] Speaker A: If I walked in there, they would probably look at me and go, what the. [00:39:02] Speaker B: They'll think you're a cop. I went into. Now we're not going to talk about never. [00:39:06] Speaker C: No. [00:39:07] Speaker A: Okay. [00:39:09] Speaker B: Bleep out the name of the bar. I just said. [00:39:11] Speaker A: Okay, okay, got it. [00:39:12] Speaker B: Bleep out the name. During COVID I would go to this bar up town. [00:39:15] Speaker A: It was like a 40 minutes. Okay, perfect. [00:39:17] Speaker C: That's why. [00:39:17] Speaker A: I know. [00:39:18] Speaker B: Yeah. So the uptown, there was this bar during COVID Yeah. Every place was supposed to shut down. I love that 10pm yeah, this. And it was a hookah bar, right. And they had the glass partitions up and everything. And we were there for my. My homegirl's birthday. [00:39:32] Speaker C: And. [00:39:33] Speaker B: And, you know, I'm like, all right, they got the partitions, you know, I'm like, I'm still freaked out by Covid. This is early, you know, I mean, this is like 20 to early 2021, maybe. Okay, late 2020. Not late 2020, maybe. Early 2021. Yeah, we're going out. Everybody smoking hookah, you know, I mean. [00:39:47] Speaker A: Sharing the fucking thing. [00:39:49] Speaker B: No, no, that's the thing. That's a good thing. They've had it for a long time. They give you plastic mouth. [00:39:53] Speaker A: Oh, to Put on each one. [00:39:54] Speaker B: Yeah, right. [00:39:55] Speaker A: As if germs can't get on the metal. [00:39:57] Speaker B: Yeah, that's the thing. It's like the germs are on the. Well, before, they weren't thinking about that, they were thinking about saliva. [00:40:03] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:40:03] Speaker B: But now it's different. But. So at 11, they're supposed to, like, shut down the bar, right? Yeah, they just pull down the curtains. [00:40:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:40:12] Speaker B: This happens at many bars, but this is during COVID so it's, like, really bad heightened now. It's like, yeah, the cops will just. Hey, guys. Shut it down. [00:40:18] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:40:19] Speaker B: Because you're past your liquor life before. [00:40:20] Speaker A: You're like, you want to kill people. [00:40:22] Speaker B: Yeah. You're like, you're murdering my grandmother. Yeah. All right. Anyways, so that they pull down the things, slide the partitions to the back room, and it's just free for all. Free for all. Back to normal. And I was like, oh, okay. [00:40:37] Speaker A: This is what we're doing. [00:40:38] Speaker B: This is some real shit. [00:40:40] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:40:40] Speaker B: And I was like, all right, time to just get drunk. Or. So I don't care. I did my test. I was negative. We're good. [00:40:46] Speaker C: We're good. [00:40:47] Speaker B: Did my job. [00:40:48] Speaker A: But that's. I mean, that's the thing up uptown, places like that, they have. They're like, yo, like, there's an underground, like, vibe of, like. Yeah, we don't. We're going to listen to the rules to a certain extent, 100%. [00:40:57] Speaker B: Like, there's a bar on the Upper east side near a comedy club. [00:41:00] Speaker C: Okay. [00:41:01] Speaker B: Right. [00:41:01] Speaker A: And, oh, I heard about this. That it's like 8:00am it goes. [00:41:05] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. [00:41:06] Speaker A: Which is. I'll be honest, dude. I mean, I know you're a little younger than me. I'm not. I don't want to be out till 8. I don't even want to be out till 4 anymore. I'm like, you know what? Never get home at 2. I'm chilling. I'm chilling with that. [00:41:17] Speaker B: I'm home at midnight, bro. [00:41:18] Speaker A: Dude, that's nice, too. [00:41:19] Speaker B: Also, it's like, I got a job, you know? I mean, like, I get it. Like, if you're with your comic buddies, they're like, you did three hours at a fucking coffee shop today. And then you can't. You're hopped up on eight espresso shots. And then you came and did an open mic. Of course you're gonna go all night. Yeah, I did eight hours, and I drew. You know, I mean, whatever. No, you're better than anybody. But it's like, I'm tired also. I'm huge. You know, I'm saying it takes a lot of energy to move this guy around, you know? So it's like I've been walking around all day. That's a lot. [00:41:48] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, 100%. [00:41:49] Speaker B: So sometimes I've done it. Like, I did it at one time. I was out till 4am at that bar on the Upper east side. And it was a good time, but it was. Because I was. I was getting tired. But I'm like, we're just gonna keep slamming. [00:42:01] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:42:01] Speaker B: Because you're like, all right. It's good energy. [00:42:03] Speaker A: Yeah. I don't do this often, bro. [00:42:05] Speaker B: I don't stay out that late ever. I. I got home. No, I say 4:00am I got home at like, 6 in the morning or 5 in the morning, so it was like. I don't do. The last time I stayed out all night was after promoting. [00:42:17] Speaker A: Oh, no. Okay, hold up. [00:42:18] Speaker B: I don't stay out all night, bro. [00:42:20] Speaker A: I used to do it a lot. [00:42:21] Speaker B: Nah, if we're going out, I'm like, I'll go to the homies crib, you know? I mean, yeah, party till late. [00:42:25] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm knocking out, you know, dude, I. I also used to do a lot of blow. That's. [00:42:31] Speaker B: I don't got the heart for that. [00:42:32] Speaker A: That's. [00:42:32] Speaker B: My blood pressure is up already, you know? I mean, I can't. [00:42:35] Speaker A: You're like, no, no, I don't need it. [00:42:36] Speaker B: It's either food or cocaine, you know, I'm saying. [00:42:38] Speaker A: And I choose food at this age, I choose food. Back in the day, it was always cocaine. You're gonna fucking out, end up outliving me, I promise. [00:42:48] Speaker B: Because you smoke. [00:42:49] Speaker A: But I smoke. And I treat my body. [00:42:51] Speaker B: I work out my body well. I eat like an animal. I'm on blood pressure medication at 26. Not good. But we're gonna get off it. We're working. [00:43:00] Speaker C: All right. [00:43:01] Speaker A: So you working out? [00:43:02] Speaker B: No, I'm just eating less. [00:43:03] Speaker A: Okay, that's fine. [00:43:04] Speaker B: Or if I'm gonna eat a lot, I, like, do, like, clean shit. Yeah. Like, instead of eating a 20 piece from McDonald's, you get a 30 count of grilled nuggets from Chick Fil A. [00:43:14] Speaker A: That's smart. [00:43:15] Speaker B: It's like 500 calories and, like, 60 grams of protein. [00:43:18] Speaker A: Yeah, that's it. [00:43:19] Speaker B: Don't count all the Chick Fil A sauce I put on it. [00:43:21] Speaker A: Oh, that'll fuck it up. [00:43:23] Speaker B: The sauce is where they get you. But, yeah, no, I'm just trying to, you know, cut back also. It's like, I've had. I Broke my femur in high school, and then I had ACL surgery last year. So I'm, like, trying to get the weight off so it's a little easier on my knees. [00:43:35] Speaker A: It'll be a much. You'll fucking feel a lot better. [00:43:37] Speaker B: Yeah, and I'd like to fit regular clothes, but I'm not gonna get there, you know? I mean. But, like, a 2X would be cool. [00:43:42] Speaker A: What are you now? [00:43:43] Speaker B: I'm at a four. [00:43:44] Speaker A: Four. [00:43:44] Speaker B: Okay, four or five. [00:43:45] Speaker A: But you are also so fucking tall, dude. Like, if you were my height, God help you. God help you. You'd be fucking dead. [00:43:52] Speaker B: Right? See, listen, this is the thing. Like, my doctor growing up. Dr. Villi. Shout out. He was like, you know, like my. You know, whatever. The general physician. [00:44:00] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:44:01] Speaker B: At the local pediatrician or at the local office. And, you know. Yeah, he didn't touch me. And. But, like, every time, you know, I mean, through the years, I was always a big kid. He'd be like, all right, let's start cutting back on the juice. And we didn't drink juice, you know? I mean, my parents. [00:44:16] Speaker A: I was drinking 40 ounces, right? [00:44:17] Speaker B: It was milk and water in that fridge. All right, we don't. We didn't get juice because of how much sugar was in. Yeah, we're all a bunch of fat kids. I mean, we're all fat, but we're, you know, chubby, big family, A lot of love. A lot of love in that home, you know? And every time. Like, every year, I would see him, he's like, all right, we're getting. All right, dude, let's cut it back. And then now I'll see him. He's like, so you want to die? See, you just want to die. You don't give a fuck. And then, like, I went to. After I got the knee surgery, and I got. After the surgery, he's like. He's like, showing me the video of him pressing on everything. He's like, yeah, you see that? It's not supposed to give. He's like, you know, like, you know how suspension on a car works? I'm like, yeah, I know your shit. [00:44:59] Speaker A: Snap, dude. [00:45:00] Speaker B: No, no. He's like, you're putting a little too much weight on, and if you don't get the weight off, you're gonna need new knees by 40. [00:45:06] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:45:06] Speaker B: And I'm like, thanks, doc. I'm gonna get on it. [00:45:09] Speaker A: That's. Dude, it's a. It's a weight is. My dad was a fat guy. Big guy. My dad was almost 400 pounds, and he was 5 9. My dad was humongous growing up. He getting in and out of the car was tough for him. And just recently, he. He lost. He's like 190 now. [00:45:24] Speaker B: God bless. [00:45:25] Speaker A: And he. He. He said. He goes, I'm anorexic. He goes, I just don't eat anymore. And I'm like, whatever. It's working OIC or anything. No, he didn't. He didn't do that. But my sister had a bit of a weight issue. For a woman, it was a problem, like, as if it was a guy, it'd be like, you know, he's not fat. And it's like, he's okay. She. She. She got a little. She was always a little big. I. As a teenager, was chunky as. But I. My mom was also. My dad was 400. My mom was 120 her whole life. [00:45:49] Speaker B: Oh, wow. [00:45:50] Speaker A: So I had. I could have gone either way. And I was like, all right, I'm doing this. But, like, yo, you feel better? That's the thing. Like, that's, you know. And I'm not trying to preach or nothing. [00:45:58] Speaker B: I just. My dad, he. We were all big. My dad lost a lot of weight. [00:46:02] Speaker A: Okay. How'd he do it? [00:46:03] Speaker B: He had a health challenge, and now he had diabetes, and he actually started Ozempic for the fucking. So that helped. But then he had, you know, a nerve thing in his arm, so I don't know. That didn't really do much. He's just been eating less. You know what I mean? And the Ozempic definitely helps. He's like. He goes to his diabetes doctor, the endocrinologist, whatever. He's like, my numbers are perfect. I'm like, yeah, it's because you're injecting heroin into your stomach and you don't have to eat anymore. [00:46:32] Speaker A: Well, the. I have. I have a gripe with it, like, if you are really big and you need to lose some weight quick, go for it. I think I'm saying these hot women, like, on influence. I'm like, you fucking cheating whores. [00:46:42] Speaker B: Those are the people who are, like. They end up giving themselves, like, osteoporosis, because it just. It makes you lose weight everywhere. You lose muscle mass, bone density, and everything. That's why you have to work out when you're on Ozempic. [00:46:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:46:53] Speaker B: So that's why I was telling my dad, I'm like, you got to start, like, doing something because you're gonna get frail and you're gonna, God forbid, hurt yourself. [00:46:59] Speaker A: You need muscle as you get Older. The muscle so important. [00:47:02] Speaker B: Well, that's the thing. Like, literally, with. Not to get too morbid, but with cancer diagnosis. [00:47:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:47:08] Speaker B: The biggest factor in. In survivability is muscle mass. [00:47:12] Speaker A: Thank God I work out, I know I'm gonna end up with cancer. [00:47:15] Speaker B: No, I'm just saying, like. I'm just saying, like, at an older age, when people get up there, it's like, the more muscle they have, the better they can recover. The long, you know, the more they can fight it and things like that. What were we talking about? So, yeah, he lost a lot of weight. My mom lost some weight. Well, she got the. The stomach, not the lap band. [00:47:32] Speaker A: She got the gastric bypass. [00:47:33] Speaker B: Yeah, the bypass. They make your stomach into, like, the size of a fucking A Banana. [00:47:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:47:37] Speaker B: And. But she had struggled with her weight. She had some thyroid issues. So he was like, let's help yourself out. You know, I mean, so that works. She lost. She dropped a bunch of weight. My brother. My older brother, he was chubbier, but now he's like, you know, normal build. [00:47:50] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:47:50] Speaker B: Old dad bod, you know? I mean. Yeah, nothing crazy. And my younger brother, he's probably a little. Little bigger than him, but not as big as me. Nobody's as big as me. [00:47:57] Speaker A: Well, are they as tall as you? [00:47:59] Speaker B: No, they're like six foot. My younger brother is probably like, six, two. [00:48:02] Speaker A: Okay, so you're, like, tall. [00:48:03] Speaker B: I'm the biggest. I'm like, the biggest guy in the family. [00:48:05] Speaker A: That's crazy. [00:48:06] Speaker B: It's funny because, like, my uncle, he remarried, and I love. I love his wife, my aunt, but, like, her family, like, they. He would have them over for, you know, barbecues, and they're from Honduras. So, like, he'd be like, yo, go pick up. Go pick them up so I can take a picture and send it back to Honduras. I'm like, all right, sure, whatever you want, you know? And it's funny. I'm like, hold them. [00:48:28] Speaker A: You carry. [00:48:29] Speaker B: I'm, like, carrying kids. And they're like, look how big this guy. I'm like, that's. He would call me Shrek. He'd be like, yeah, look at Shrek. All right, thanks, man. So I got. I got fans down in Honduras. I gotta go visit. [00:48:41] Speaker A: That's cool, man. But it's. That's. I really, like. Like, when I hear about your. Your. Your family life, man, I'm like, I'm always so interested. I don't know if it's because you're from New York. I mean, it's all interesting, but it's it's just fucking fun to hear about, like, hearing about your dad, hearing about your mom and. And it's such a. Maybe. I think for me especially, it's so relatable. And. And I'm not Cuban or Irish. [00:49:04] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:49:04] Speaker A: But like, the. The new, like your dad, the way he is, like, fucking. [00:49:07] Speaker B: This a New York, blue collar upbringing. [00:49:10] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:49:11] Speaker B: I think it's like that old school kind of thing. They're like, you know, they're kind of old school with it, but, yeah, you're 100% right. I think what makes it interest, I think anybody trying to raise a family here, it is interesting. Unless you're like a filthy rich and you're just living a suburban life in, like, Cobble Hill, you know, I mean, like, you're just. Oh, yeah, we have the nanny and everything. I grew up with people with nannies. It's like, yeah, where's your mom? I've never met your mother, dude. It's like, I thought you were Jamaican. I thought you were. I thought you were adopted by a Jamaican woman. You know what I mean? I thought a Jamaican woman adopted you and your three brothers. You know, it's like, what's going on? [00:49:44] Speaker A: It's. Yeah, dude, there's a level of craziness when you grow up here. In. [00:49:48] Speaker B: In the situation, you definitely see the disparity. [00:49:50] Speaker A: Oh, well, here's the thing, dude. I grew up really fortunate. I grew up. My parents and family had a lot of money. [00:49:56] Speaker B: I. [00:49:56] Speaker A: And then when I was in my teens, everything, we just lost everything. And there was a level of. And I grew up in this area, so I didn't grow up in, like, some, like, fucking. It wasn't like, Park Slope. So I was around blue collar, crazy Russians. But when that happened, there was a major shift in my life, like, oh, this is not how the world is. [00:50:16] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:50:16] Speaker A: The world is like this. And there's a level of craziness that you need. You have to be out of your mind to want to raise a family in New York City. I wouldn't want to raise them anywhere else because I. I know how this is. Yeah, but you gotta be. It's nuts, dude. [00:50:30] Speaker B: It's nuts. But again, it's like the people who do land here, it's like, because they don't have any other choice. [00:50:34] Speaker A: They got no choice. [00:50:35] Speaker B: My grandparents came from Cuba. [00:50:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:50:37] Speaker B: Like, yeah, this is where we're at. You know what I mean? [00:50:39] Speaker A: Yeah, we got it better than Havana. [00:50:41] Speaker B: You know what I mean? It's better than 1965 Havana, you know? I mean, they're like, yeah, we're not trying to stay here, dude. [00:50:47] Speaker A: But now if you land here, God help you. It's not, you can't survive here. [00:50:53] Speaker B: I mean, up until recently, they had a lot of support for, you know, you know, people coming here and whatnot. But it's like, it's tough, man. And stuff is so expensive back then. At least you get a decent job, you could pay your rent. And like my dad would tell me growing up, he's like, yeah, they didn't. Like, his dad made too much money for food stamps, but they're like, so broke. Yeah, but I'm like, yeah, you were the oldest of nine. [00:51:12] Speaker A: That's a lot. There's a lot of mouths, a lot. [00:51:14] Speaker B: Of mouths to feed. But it's like growing up, we had a pretty like middle class, but we had some bad years, you know, I mean, there were like some years that's like, oh, like, I didn't know there was like during 2008, in the recession. My dad lost his job at some point. [00:51:26] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:51:27] Speaker B: And I wasn't aware of that until some lady at church was like, oh, did your father find another job yet? [00:51:31] Speaker A: What? [00:51:32] Speaker B: And I was like 10. I'm like, why would I know this information? And I was like, I went home. I was like, you don't have a job. But it's like, you know, we're fine. You know, we figured it out. My mom was a teacher, so she had a decent salary. You know, I mean, you make do you figure out exactly. Family of five, you know, taking care of my grandparents as well. So it is what it is. You know what I mean? Now I got my grandpa, you know, he's the only one left, but he's living with us, so that's always interesting that having. Keeps me on my toes. He's like shitting on the floor. He just leaves everything everywhere, you know, he's like, I don't give a. He's. I got out of Cuba. [00:52:03] Speaker A: You guys clean my. [00:52:05] Speaker B: Clean up, whatever. I wear diapers. I don't give a fuck. He like, leave a full. I don't know. [00:52:09] Speaker A: He'll like, you know, leave a full diaper. [00:52:10] Speaker B: Sorry. No, I'm sorry. He's not gonna watch us. He's not gonna watch us. But yeah, it's. It's fun, you know, but he's. He keeps us. He keeps us honest. Yeah, I mean, keeps us in line. But it's fun. It's definitely interesting. Keeps you on your toes, dude. It's multi generational house. It's fun. You know, I mean, but I grew up with my grandparents very close by, thank God. And you know, they just, they're like, this is better than there, you know, of course, they're like, I'm living a life. We got food on the table, roof over my head. Which is literally like what they did not have after the revolution or they were, you know, was, you know, every man for himself. [00:52:46] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:52:47] Speaker B: And it's horrible there now. Like, my, my uncle, my mother and my grandfather just went back to visit because my grandfather wanted to visit. You know, he's getting old, so they're like, this is the last time, maybe, you know, last trip. Trip that he's gonna take. It was bad. It was tough to find food. [00:53:03] Speaker A: That's crazy. [00:53:03] Speaker B: Like, even as a tourist, because, like, it was very confusing. They thought they shouldn't bring American dollars and they should only bring euros, whatever. But then there was a lot of places at that, for some reason when they were visiting, a lot of places weren't taking cash. Any cash, unless you have like, us. But they had really. Yeah, but they had already changed their money because the US Is on the low. [00:53:22] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:53:22] Speaker B: You're supposed to be using like cubics, which is like the Cuban peso now, you know, I mean. [00:53:27] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:53:28] Speaker B: Then you're only allowed to use cards like the week they were there. Like, a lot of people weren't taking cash. And then you need a Cuban debit card, which is like, you got to be a citizen to get government. I mean, communists, you know, I mean, so it's like they're just struggling to find food, you know, I mean, it was just tough down there for. [00:53:42] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:53:43] Speaker B: Thankfully, like, they stayed at a nice casita, which is like a, A bed, a proper bed and breakfast, where like they actually make food for you. And it's not a lot, you know, I mean, it's very bare bones, you know, and like they went out into like the, you know, into the, into the. Not the wilderness, but they were out in the farmland, you know, I mean, to go visit like my grandmother's sister and. Yeah, like, last remaining sister. [00:54:04] Speaker C: Okay. [00:54:04] Speaker B: And she, they didn't tell her sister that my grandmother passed away. [00:54:08] Speaker A: Oh my God. [00:54:09] Speaker B: In 2016 or 2018, whatever it was, you know, and it was cuz, like she was old. They didn't want to upset her. Like, you kind of really. She just knew she was in America, you know, I mean, she wasn't connected to the outside world. [00:54:21] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:54:21] Speaker B: And then they. So because only my grandfather was coming to visit two days before they get there, they Tell this one. Oh, yeah, you're. Your sister died. So then when they get there, she's crying, she's wearing all black. [00:54:34] Speaker A: The worst trip ever. [00:54:35] Speaker B: Yeah, she's like. She's mourning. You know what I mean? Like, they only had a few potatoes, you know? I mean, it was like, very bare bones. Like, yeah, we're gonna cook for you guys. Like, my mom, my uncle. Are you sure? And, like, they left him with food and money, and, like, my parent, my. Like, my uncle, my mother, they brought down three bags. [00:54:51] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:54:51] Speaker B: And one bag was just full of medication for people. Like, we were taking stuff down. Like, my. Like, their cousin. Like, oh, take this to my aunt for me. Like, she needs this. And it was kind of like a. [00:55:00] Speaker A: Like a mission, you know, Almost like a fucking national. Like, dude, guard shit, foreign aid, kind of. [00:55:04] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, like fema. Yeah, exactly. We had a. They brought down a duffel bag of just clothes and then a duffel bag of food. And it was like, you know, top ramen, cheap stuff that. Either for themselves or to leave with them. [00:55:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:55:17] Speaker B: And then when they left, my mom was giving, like, to one of her cousins. He was, like, a teacher. And he retired, but there was a shortage of teachers, so guess what? [00:55:25] Speaker A: He had to go back to work. [00:55:25] Speaker B: You got to come in tomorrow. [00:55:26] Speaker A: Oh, my. [00:55:27] Speaker B: Imagine being retired. Being retired 10 years. And they're like, you're coming in tomorrow, and that's it. You have to come in. That's crazy. [00:55:35] Speaker A: The guy. [00:55:36] Speaker B: And they called him, like, no Shirt. I forgot. What the. Yeah, they had a nickname for him. Like, you know, naked guy or whatever in Spanish. I don't know. [00:55:42] Speaker A: All I'm thinking about right now is no food. And then you show up, and they look and they go, this. [00:55:48] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:55:48] Speaker A: Where'd he get all this? [00:55:50] Speaker B: My mother, my grandfather, my grandfather, my uncle all got a nice little belly on. [00:55:54] Speaker A: Everyone looking like, these fucking guys hogging all the food. [00:55:57] Speaker B: These Americans. But, like, so, like, their cousin, he only owned, like, three shirts. [00:56:02] Speaker A: Three shirts. [00:56:03] Speaker B: So it's like, he wouldn't. He'd be, like, shirtless all the time because he had to, like, you know, he wanted to make sure they last. So then my mother, she was like, gave, like, my. A bunch of my grandfather shirts. She's like, we'll leave these with you. [00:56:13] Speaker A: Anything. [00:56:13] Speaker B: She left stuff with the owner or the maid at the casita, you know, the little bread and breakfast. But she had to hide it because if the. If the boss found out, then she would take it and try to sell it. [00:56:23] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:56:23] Speaker B: But, like, she's just trying to help this woman. She's, oh, do you want these flip flops? Need this? She said, oh, yes, please. Do you need a suitcase? She's like, yeah, can you leave it under the bed and. And how to hide it? You're like, damn, that's tough. And then when they came back, I asked my grandfather, how was he? He's like, it was okay. And. And then I asked, oh, do you want to go back? He's like, I'm good. [00:56:42] Speaker A: I mean, dude. So that's. [00:56:45] Speaker B: That's tough. And I want to go. I want to experience it. [00:56:47] Speaker A: I want to see the homeland, and. [00:56:49] Speaker B: I want to at least connect with, like, whatever family we have left. So we have that connection. [00:56:52] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:56:53] Speaker B: And it's tough, but, like, now there's a law. I think Trump passed. Whatever. There's a huge fine if you go for tourism. [00:56:59] Speaker A: Really? [00:57:00] Speaker B: Yeah. You have to, like, go to only visit family. You have to go on, like, a certain visa or whatever. So it's a lot harder now. But also, like, with my job, I'm like, I doubt they want me going to Cuba. [00:57:09] Speaker A: Let me ask you this. [00:57:10] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:57:10] Speaker A: Now. And I don't want to get too political, because I'm not a political guy, but, like, knowing that you're like, the communism situation over there. Right. And then you hear about the people in New York who are, like, socialists and, like, borderline communists. [00:57:23] Speaker B: Different. [00:57:24] Speaker A: Is it? Yeah, because I'm like, I sit here and I know. Because these people who live in my neighborhood go, we know communism and that shit sucks. [00:57:31] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:57:32] Speaker B: They know, like, authoritarian. [00:57:34] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, wait a minute. Spreadsheet. [00:57:36] Speaker B: It's different. [00:57:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:57:38] Speaker B: Right. Because these guys are, like, democratic socialists. [00:57:40] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:57:40] Speaker B: If you're talking about, like, Zaran and whatever, I mean, yeah, they're democratic socialists. So they want to do it within the system. The United States, they're not here to overthrow. There's, like, antifa who are like, yeah, we need a revolution, and whatever. It's different because, like, that's a one party in Cuba. The one party controls everything. [00:57:58] Speaker A: Everything. [00:57:58] Speaker B: It's an oligarchy. So there's, like, a few wealthy guys that got to keep their wealth. [00:58:01] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:58:02] Speaker B: So, like, one of Fidel's, like, sons or nephews or grandsons is, like, stupid rich, and he just goes around dancing and doing tick tocks like, I'm on the Cuba subreddit. They want to kill this. [00:58:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:58:12] Speaker B: They want his head. And it's like, he's just outside in his, like, luxury vehicle in, like, the slum, and he's Taking a tick tock dance. [00:58:20] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:58:20] Speaker B: And like, murder this. It's crazy. It is a little different. Right? But in Cuba at the time, like, I talked to my grandfather about. He's like, yeah, we thought Fidel was the solution because they were under another dictatorship. [00:58:33] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [00:58:34] Speaker B: On the other side. [00:58:35] Speaker A: This has got to be better. [00:58:36] Speaker C: Right? [00:58:36] Speaker B: This guy comes in with these ideas and everything. Right. But everything gets perverted and always. So it's like if again. Oh, yeah, they do have free health care in Cuba. But I can show you the pictures of the hospitals. They're not nice, you know, I mean, you're not going to NYU Langone. There's a reason why nyu. NYU Langone is expensive. [00:58:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:58:54] Speaker B: It's because it's nice as hell. [00:58:55] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [00:58:55] Speaker B: You're going into, like. It looks like they just. It's like tiles on the walls all the way. [00:58:59] Speaker A: It's like Judy Z's and. [00:59:00] Speaker B: No, I'm saying, like in the hospital, it looks like bathroom tile. You know, I mean, like, almost like a. [00:59:05] Speaker A: Like. Like a shower. Okay. School bathroom. [00:59:09] Speaker C: Okay. [00:59:09] Speaker B: Every room is a school bathroom. And you got old people in beds or whatever. It's like, yeah, yeah, they're getting free health care. But, you know, I mean. [00:59:16] Speaker A: Well, that's the thing. I think people here hear that and say, yo, there's a car. There's a. Yeah, there's a trade off here, 100%. [00:59:22] Speaker B: The thing is, the reason, like, things were at least stable at some point in Cuba was because the USSR was funding them. [00:59:28] Speaker A: Yeah, I know that. [00:59:29] Speaker B: So there were, you know, there was a lot of money going in. But once that got cut off, now you see, like, what's going on. They're not like a Democratic. [00:59:37] Speaker A: There's no Democratic. [00:59:39] Speaker B: The last guy who won, the Cuban president, I don't know his name right now, he won like 98% of the vote, you know, I mean, so it's like, obviously there's not free and fair elections. [00:59:48] Speaker C: Yeah. [00:59:49] Speaker B: Stuff like that here. They want more. They want more social programs that are gonna support people that are falling through the cracks, which I think can help. When I think they were talking about like, the, like the. Somebody wants like, full communism, whatever. [01:00:04] Speaker A: It's like you're fucking. [01:00:05] Speaker B: It's not. Also, it's not gonna happen in the US at this point. This country was built to be something. [01:00:09] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:00:10] Speaker B: It's like you're not gonna be. I don't think you're gonna be able to overthrow anything here. So it's like how deep everything runs. I hope not just I'm just saying, like, how deep? Like the US you say it's a democracy, but it is an oligarchy. [01:00:20] Speaker A: I mean, there's. There's a deep state of people controlling shit. [01:00:22] Speaker B: Yeah. But, like, for me, it's like, I think I'm more concerned about, like, Palantir and, like, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. [01:00:28] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [01:00:29] Speaker B: Because, like, those guys are controlling everything. [01:00:31] Speaker A: I mean, they control the information that we get. [01:00:33] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:00:33] Speaker C: That. [01:00:33] Speaker B: Well, that's the. The entire infrastructure of the future, you know, I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. Like, I'm more concerned about them than that. Zuron, again, also, Zoron, like, a lot of the stuff he's saying ain't that crazy. You know, I mean, but like, to some, like a conservative or somebody who came from a communist place or so. [01:00:51] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:00:52] Speaker B: You know, somewhere where they had a bad experience with that stuff, it's like, oh, this guy's a communist. He wants to give us free stuff. Because that's what they told us last time. [01:00:57] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [01:00:58] Speaker B: I think a mayor is not gonna do that much of a difference. [01:01:00] Speaker A: Well, my thing is, is, like, that's. That was what my. My whole opinion was, and I don't know too much. So I'm really like. I had. I'll get back to that. One sec. I had someone say to me. They're like, yo, I heard on a podcast recently, this, this and that. And I go, dude, you heard that on my podcast? I'm like, I had no idea if that was true or not. I'm like, so please don't ever. Don't. Don't tell anybody that. So just to be clear, I don't know what the I'm talking about. However, when I hear someone promising shit, like, just promising, like, oh, we're gonna do this, we're gonna do that, we're gonna do this. I just go. I'm like, you're a mayor. You gotta deal with fucking five. Like, the president going, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do that. You gotta deal with, like, 17 different levels of shit before you can get anything done. And if someone votes differently, you're like, well, it can't get done. So that's why my whole thing was like, what the fuck are you talking about? Whether you like him or don't like him. I just was, like, confused that, like, I don't believe anything anyone says on the conservative. I'm very much like, I don't believe anything that you guys say. So when I hear someone Promising shit. I just go, you're not sitting here going how? You know what I'm saying? [01:01:57] Speaker B: 100%. I think with some of the stuff that he's talked about, it's about like rearranging things. [01:02:03] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah. [01:02:04] Speaker B: Because like we did like the city or the state does give money to certain supermarkets to like free groceries or discounted groceries in different areas. [01:02:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:02:12] Speaker B: It's like, yeah. Do we want to pay a private business to do it or can the city, which help out? I don't know how efficient we can do it. [01:02:19] Speaker C: I don't either. [01:02:20] Speaker B: But it would probably, we could probably do it for cheaper, you know, I mean, because you don't have to pay for the same transportation cost. I mean, you're doing things. I guess the government gets, you know, they get better prices on things than a private business would get. Of course, if you're gonna do, if FedEx One or whoever, a shipping company or you know, a freight company wants to do work with the city of New York, they're probably gonna give a better rate per mile than they would to like a one time supermarket or whatever. [01:02:43] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:02:44] Speaker B: The thing with public transit, people already don't pay for it. [01:02:48] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:02:48] Speaker B: They jumped, they jumped the church out. They just step on the bus, nobody cares. They're not gonna really enforce collecting the fare. Right. It's, you know, I mean, it's like, do you, do you want to see transit as a service or is it a business? You know, I'm saying, cuz like. Yeah, it doesn't make money, but neither does the post office. [01:03:07] Speaker C: Yeah, but. [01:03:08] Speaker B: And the people like, yeah, that's why we gotta get rid of the post office. [01:03:10] Speaker A: No, it's still good. [01:03:11] Speaker B: You need a service. It's a, it's literally like we need it. It's required. If you go to mail something and let's say you're so broke you can't afford to stamp, they will actually have to stand, I think they call it, they stamp it indignant or something like that. [01:03:23] Speaker A: Oh, so they have to mail. [01:03:24] Speaker B: You have to mail it because you. [01:03:25] Speaker A: Have a right to be able to. [01:03:26] Speaker B: Be able to interact with the outside world. [01:03:28] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:03:28] Speaker B: And it's like if somebody has a legal situation, they have to mail something, but because they can't afford it, you know, I mean, you don't want that barrier to be there. [01:03:35] Speaker A: I understand that. [01:03:35] Speaker B: So you want people to be able to actually have a life and like do well for themselves. [01:03:38] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:03:38] Speaker B: So I get it. How realistic is it that we're gonna change the tax code in New York? And again, it's not like a huge change, but I don't care, because this is the thing. Why am I trying to defend billionaires? [01:03:51] Speaker A: Well, that's the other thing, because also. [01:03:53] Speaker B: He was the only guy who's talking about New Yorkers. [01:03:56] Speaker A: The people. [01:03:56] Speaker B: Yeah, the people. I love Jewish New Yorkers. I love you. [01:04:00] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:04:01] Speaker B: On that debate stage, they asked what is gonna be your first international trip as mayor. [01:04:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:04:08] Speaker B: Every single person said, I'm going to Israel. [01:04:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:04:12] Speaker B: He said, I'm gonna stay here in the city of New York and I'll meet with Jewish neighbors in their neighborhood. [01:04:17] Speaker A: That's a smart answer. I will say that. [01:04:18] Speaker B: But he's the only guy that said, I'm gonna use our resources for us. [01:04:22] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:04:23] Speaker A: Rather than go somewhere else. [01:04:24] Speaker B: That sounds a lot like Republicans who want to say, oh, Americans, America first. He's saying, New York first. And if New York first includes immigrants. Yeah, it is, because that's who lives here. [01:04:35] Speaker A: I. [01:04:35] Speaker B: Again, I'm not. I'm not trying to get too political. There's a bad. There's a lot of bad hombres out there, you know, I mean, like, there's bad guys who aren't here legally. [01:04:43] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:04:44] Speaker B: You know, I mean, you hear about it all the time. Like, you know, last summer there was that girl got assaulted in Queens in the park or whatever, I think. I'm not trying to nitpick because every. Every race, every kind of person, every kind of. Doesn't matter what kind of ID they have in their pocket. Of course a bad person is going to do whatever they want to do. You know? I mean, they're going to do. [01:05:00] Speaker A: They could be a citizen and do that. [01:05:01] Speaker B: Exactly. You can be a citizen and rape somebody and. [01:05:03] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:05:03] Speaker B: You know, I'm sorry. If you got a grape. Whatever. Whatever they say online or unalive somebody. [01:05:10] Speaker A: I hate that, dude. I fucking hate that term. I see that shit and I go, what the fuck is happening to the English language? [01:05:16] Speaker B: It's the algorithm. [01:05:17] Speaker A: I don't give a shit, dude. [01:05:19] Speaker B: I'm like, kill and murder are not good for the algorithm. [01:05:22] Speaker A: But, yo, we grew. I'm sorry. [01:05:23] Speaker B: I know, I know. But they care about the algorithm. [01:05:26] Speaker A: The algorithm and these kids. Dude, we grew up when the Internet was a fucking wild. [01:05:32] Speaker B: I'm watching. I watched the cartel behead two people. [01:05:36] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:05:36] Speaker B: When I was, like, 12 or 11. And that is still with me. I mean, like, I can still remember their faces. One guy, they used a chainsaw. The other guy, they used a machete. The second one took a little longer you know, it's a little long. And then I saw a video. I think it was in Dr. Or Puerto Rico. Some guy who's like a rock robber or gang member or something. They tied him up in a ditch, blew his head off with a shotgun. Live leak was not good for kids. [01:06:02] Speaker A: No, see, okay, that. I'm not saying murder, but I'm saying, like, you should. There was still words. The words like, these are. I. I go crazy in person. [01:06:10] Speaker B: People say it. [01:06:11] Speaker A: That's what I don't like. [01:06:12] Speaker B: No, no, no. I'm saying in person. Most people say murder. [01:06:15] Speaker A: Yeah, I know. That's why, to me, it's like, why do we have to sanitize what you're actually gonna see? We're not gonna be in person together. A lot of. I just don't like the. The. The you're destroying. And I love words. I love language, dude. I really. That's why we do comedy. There's something about. There's a beauty in the words. There's something like. You use it like, you know who does it? Well, it's Corey. Where you go, he goes, what? Like shooting ropes of jizz. Like, using the word ropes changes the whole thing and makes it funnier. Or he. Either way, I just don't like that. I'm like, unalive is not a thing. It's not. And you're doing it for the Internet. But that's what everyone sees. And then that's what everyone. I can go on about this shit all fucking day. [01:06:54] Speaker B: I feel you. I feel. It's annoying. [01:06:56] Speaker A: Like, the other thing is like, you grew up on Jackass or. [01:06:59] Speaker C: No. [01:06:59] Speaker B: Yeah, literally, me and my boys would shoot, we'd call. We do our own Jack videos in the park. And like, we would, like, there'd be like a, you know, a bunch of like, boulders or what are going up a hill. And I. I would be at the top with a bunch of big rocks and boys would be running up the hill, and I'm just throwing these, which is great. [01:07:15] Speaker A: That's fucking fun. [01:07:16] Speaker B: It was great fun shit. [01:07:17] Speaker A: But here's the thing now, right? Jackass couldn't succeed as a show. Probably not. [01:07:21] Speaker B: Not as a show. But I think the movie would still. [01:07:23] Speaker A: The movie would still be actually as a show. [01:07:25] Speaker B: You have Netflix and all that stuff now. So I think they would get away with it. [01:07:28] Speaker A: Like, if it was Johnny and all the guys, but if it was a brand new group of people, Jackass didn't exist. You'd be like, this is insane. However, on the Internet, you're Allowed to have a guy doing parkour at the top of a fucking tower. Like, there's, that's a lot more unsafe than paintballing guys naked. [01:07:44] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:07:44] Speaker A: You know what I'm saying? Like, that's, it doesn't make sense to me. It's like someone may die on camera on the Internet. And that's. [01:07:50] Speaker B: Well, yeah, it is. I think it's also like the overcorrection with gun violence and all that. [01:07:55] Speaker A: Yeah. [01:07:55] Speaker B: Because for them, they're like, oh, the murdering and paintball and. But also it's the gun, you know, I'm saying, just think of it. But I think they're just trying to address the wrong things. [01:08:07] Speaker A: I know, man. [01:08:08] Speaker B: But because they know these kids, like, bro, they, they make things literally, like addictive on purpose. Like cocomelon was like, designed what? [01:08:17] Speaker A: The cocoa melon. [01:08:18] Speaker B: Cocomelon is like, they do like little kids animated videos on YouTube. [01:08:24] Speaker A: Okay. [01:08:25] Speaker B: Like, I want to say, like, baby shark is not cocomelon. Okay, but like something like that. [01:08:29] Speaker A: Okay, okay, okay. [01:08:30] Speaker B: But it's like 3D animated, like crappy kind of animation. Like, like the first Shrek movie. Like, not great 3D models. [01:08:37] Speaker C: Got it. [01:08:37] Speaker B: But they had like a, they cut, they know. They cut it every like five seconds. They. It's a new scene. Yeah. Like there's. [01:08:44] Speaker A: Because it'll keep them engaged. [01:08:45] Speaker B: Keeps you engaged. They have certain words and certain things. Like, they know how to get your kids addicted to this shit. Same thing is true with the swipe, you know, the doom scrolling on social media. So I think they're trying to, like, they're not trying to address that. They know what they're doing is inherently bad. So like, hey, we're not gonna have the bad words so that when we do brainwash your kids, we're not brainwashing them with murder and violence. We're brainwashing them with dances. [01:09:08] Speaker A: Yeah. With what? We will make us money. [01:09:10] Speaker B: Exactly. Bluechew. [01:09:11] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:09:12] Speaker B: What your children need, but you can't talk about sex, but bluechew. [01:09:16] Speaker A: That's the fucking dude. That's I'm saying. And that's why I'm such a. I'm an idiot. I'm not using the Internet. Well, I'm using it the way I like to use it, which I'm like, fuck you. I would just post whatever I want. But it, they'll, they'll, they will. They'll dock it. They'll be like, all right, you know, this is not gonna go to the top of the list. But I mean, I, I, we're All addicted, dude. [01:09:33] Speaker B: Yeah, dude, I posted like three minutes from my Buddha Festival set. [01:09:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:09:37] Speaker B: And it's like, you know, my opening. Three minutes of my set. [01:09:40] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:09:40] Speaker B: And talking about my dad and Rita. You teach him what, retard? And the Spectrum or whatever. And they took the audio off. [01:09:48] Speaker A: That's crazy, dude. [01:09:50] Speaker B: I don't know. I'm like, it's not, cuz I was cursing because, you know, I mean, like. Yeah, but then they left up recently. I don't know, maybe somebody reported the. That first one. And now I posted the. The mayoral bit. And I'm talking about Curtis Lee. Why? And the Guardian Angels. And I'm like, nobody's getting raped on this train. Yeah. And like, they didn't have a problem with that. It's fine, dude. So it's like. But also, that's like later in the joke. So maybe that's because they just. [01:10:13] Speaker A: Yeah, that didn't. [01:10:14] Speaker B: Outside of it. Maybe. I don't know. I'm not good with that stuff. But you see, the people who are getting booked and are being successful are like. They got good social media. [01:10:23] Speaker A: They got great social media. They got. They got the following. [01:10:26] Speaker B: They treat it like a job, you know, I mean, it's like, I hate, like when you. I love you guys. When you and Gerbo put those little videos up. Yeah. [01:10:32] Speaker A: You hate them, I'm sure. Yeah. 100. That's. I know. [01:10:37] Speaker B: I'm very much aware, 100% when I do anything. I'm like, okay, yeah. I mean, I'm like. But it's like that. It's the, you know, the fifth grader inside of you, you know, I mean, always, if I saw myself doing this, I'd be like, yo, you're so cringe. You're so kill yourself. But at the same time, it's like, no, fuck. [01:10:52] Speaker A: You know, it's part of my job now. It's like, whatever, do. [01:10:54] Speaker B: But also it's like, it's funny. If I'm gonna do something funny, I'm gonna put it out there. [01:10:58] Speaker A: Yeah, that's the thing. Back in the day, in my 20s, I would have been like, no chance. I can't do this. I'm too scared now. I'm like, I'm 31. I go, it's probably more pathetic at 31 because I'm like screaming into my camera. But I'm like, I'll do it my way, this way with this job. You know, my. What I want to do. And if a couple people like it, I go, all right, then it's outside of My friends, because I know a lot of the comics will just like because they're trying to help each other out. But I go, okay, even if I don't think it was that funny. Other people enjoyed it. They commented with a laughing face emoji. I said, okay. So I guess I. I help someone. Even though in doing this I'm like, this is fucking garbage. Yeah, garbage. [01:11:34] Speaker B: It is still. It's like a good muscle to flag. [01:11:36] Speaker A: You have to. [01:11:37] Speaker B: I mean, because that stuff is like the most important now. I don't know. I've talked to people who, like, do spots at Broadway and the Cellar and it's like the stand will likes to book people with followers. [01:11:51] Speaker A: I know that. [01:11:51] Speaker B: That's what they told me. You know, I mean, I was like, I'm not trying to say I'm any day now. I could get booked to the stand if only I had the followers. I'm not close to that. I'm just saying there's a trend, you know, I mean, of course, you got to have. So you got to be able to stand on your two feet by yourself. They want to make sure you move tickets. That's the biggest thing at the end of day. And that is. It makes sense. You got to be able to sell tickets. [01:12:10] Speaker A: I get it. [01:12:11] Speaker B: So people with social media sell tickets. [01:12:13] Speaker A: I know, I know. And that's. And then you see. But there's. There's people, though, who get up and you see them with the following. And their stand up is garbage. [01:12:21] Speaker B: Well, that's the thing. You got people who are just like. They're tick tockers, you know, and they're trying to do stand up or they're. [01:12:26] Speaker A: Trying to make that you did it wrong. Yes. [01:12:27] Speaker B: They're trying to make money off their thing. But then you see people who are tick tockers who are also still grinding with the killers. [01:12:33] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:12:34] Speaker B: And you're like, good for them because they're figuring it out. Yeah. I mean, they got to put the time in. I'm nobody. I mean, if we're gonna be honest, I haven't. I've been doing it consistently for almost a year. [01:12:44] Speaker C: Oh, really? [01:12:44] Speaker A: I thought it was longer, honestly. [01:12:45] Speaker B: I had been doing it, you know, I mean, I was like, you know, every other week or like once a month. Twice a month. [01:12:50] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:12:50] Speaker B: Not really taking it seriously. And I was going to like shitty open mics. I like up in Westchester. I mean, like, yeah, it was not great, but it was just convenient. So essentially how I got into it was I met this kid at the door or I met this guy at the dog park, you know, because our dogs liked each other, whatever. And he's like, oh, my son is into stand up. And he called him. And dude came out immediately. [01:13:09] Speaker A: No way. [01:13:10] Speaker B: Shout out Alex. And dude just runs out there, like, not Naruto run. But he should have, but. Hey. And I was like, hey, what's up, man? How you doing? He's like, yeah, I do. I have an open mic at my college, and you should come by. We have a show next week. [01:13:24] Speaker C: Okay. [01:13:24] Speaker B: And I was like, oh, sick. I'll come check it out. And I came, I went, checked it out, and just like, you know, everybody did five minutes. It's like a Buddha show, you know? But, yeah, it's all college students, you know, I mean, just kids. And then, like, one of his dad's friends went up there and did five minutes. It was just like, chill. [01:13:38] Speaker A: Fun. [01:13:38] Speaker B: Yeah, they were fun, but they had like, 50 people in the auditorium. [01:13:41] Speaker A: That's crazy. [01:13:42] Speaker B: That's like, damn. It's like it was a theater, like a smaller theater on the college campus. [01:13:46] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:13:47] Speaker B: And so I was like, damn, all right. And I see these guys up there, and I'm like, I'm funnier than that. [01:13:52] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:13:53] Speaker B: You know, I could do that. [01:13:54] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:13:54] Speaker B: So then I started going. It was like, every week or every other week or whatever. A few months. [01:14:00] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:14:01] Speaker B: And then I met Jay. He. Somebody I met at the college took me to an open mic, like, in Rockland County. [01:14:08] Speaker A: Okay. [01:14:09] Speaker B: And that's where I met Jay and Mike Minari and Steve Badinelli, the whole crew. Yeah. I met those boys. Shout out to the Hudson Valley whites. That's what I call. And my lower Hudson Valley wife. [01:14:19] Speaker A: Hvw. [01:14:19] Speaker B: Yeah, you gotta love it. And they were like, yo, you got to check out Judy Z's is a good mic. And that's. [01:14:26] Speaker A: That was it. That's why I think I met you there. [01:14:28] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. I've met all you guys, essentially at Judy's. [01:14:30] Speaker C: Yeah, man. [01:14:31] Speaker B: That's why I love that Mike. That's like the mic I hit every week. Like, if I can't do anything else, I'm hitting Judy. [01:14:36] Speaker A: I agree with that. [01:14:37] Speaker B: Like, I'm sick. Or I'm like, I have plans, you know? [01:14:39] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:14:40] Speaker B: And shout out Alex. Shout out Steve. [01:14:41] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:14:42] Speaker A: Brainstorm comedy. [01:14:43] Speaker B: Gotta love him. And. But, yeah, from there, I was like, kind of doing it like, multi. I had to get after. You know, I'm doing it two, three times a week. Then you ramp it up a little bit. And then now, like I said, I Slowed back down. [01:14:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:14:53] Speaker B: I mean, I feel like it's like again, like that thing you're like, once you start getting booked on shows, you kind of, like, get a little complacent sometimes. Oh, I'm good. I'm getting my time. I'm getting time. I'm getting. It's like, no, you got to be working on new stuff, you know? I mean, and that's what I like about Judy Z's is like, I'm see the same guys every week, so I gotta write something new, you know? I mean, I can't come in here with the same jokes every week. Are you, like, trying to work it, you know? I mean, with the same guys? [01:15:16] Speaker A: Of course not, because we heard this. All right, go ahead. [01:15:18] Speaker B: And then I'm giving me a laugh. [01:15:20] Speaker A: And that's what the other rooms are for. Like, you can go work on the shit that you said. Do you. You. You were saying it before. But you don't go. You're more like, write it down and you stick to the script. [01:15:30] Speaker B: No, I go off. [01:15:31] Speaker A: You go off the cuff. You have an idea. [01:15:33] Speaker B: I have an idea of what I want to say. Or, like, I'll think of, like, a. [01:15:36] Speaker A: Punchline or something, and then you work into it. [01:15:38] Speaker B: Yeah. Or like a premise, and I'm. But like, yeah, I'll have, like, bullets of, like, what I want to go through. [01:15:43] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. [01:15:43] Speaker B: Usually if I have, like, a bit that is like, oh, I thought about, like, a couple of funny tags or whatever, then that's when I'm trying to, like, remember those. [01:15:49] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:15:49] Speaker B: But usually I'm just trying to go off. Yeah. Off the cuff, but not like, oh, I didn't prepare. [01:15:55] Speaker A: You've thought about it. [01:15:56] Speaker B: I've thought about it. Like, I wrote, like, I had this idea like, oh, that would be funny, and I just jot it down real quick. [01:16:01] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:16:01] Speaker B: And I kind of think about it throughout the week or throughout the day, whatever, and then I'm, all right, let me try it this way. And then you just feel it out. [01:16:07] Speaker A: That's. [01:16:08] Speaker B: I'll try to do it again. Well, it worked again. You know, let me try it again. [01:16:11] Speaker A: And then you. You switch a couple things up here and there. [01:16:13] Speaker B: Yeah. And then that's the thing I'm. I'm bad about is sometimes, like, if a joke doesn't work the first or second time, I'll just drop it. [01:16:19] Speaker A: I've had that situation before. [01:16:20] Speaker B: It's like, ah, fuck. But it's like, now I'll go back and kind of rework where it's like, now I got a couple shows I got, you know, I mean. [01:16:27] Speaker A: Well, the other thing about that is also you is that if you, if you go back and rework it, it's. You'll find that, like, when you put it away for a little bit, I think you come back with a fresh eyes. Or if you put it down, you're like, I just kind of said that because I needed something new to say, and I don't really give a About that joke. Yeah, that's the other thing. [01:16:46] Speaker B: Exactly. I think it's just like when you need something new or you're like, hey, oh, that was something. Let me see if I can. [01:16:52] Speaker A: You do it a couple times. [01:16:54] Speaker B: But yeah, but yeah, I feel you. But if we're being honest, I, I didn't start doing shows until January, like the last six months. [01:17:02] Speaker A: Oh, nice, dude. [01:17:02] Speaker B: So, like, this is. Things have, you know, picked up. People are, you know, people think. [01:17:06] Speaker A: I saw. Dude, I was watching. Looking at your thing, dude. I was like, this guy. I, I, I, I've been saying it to Joe. I mean, we would. Unfortunately, our schedule is conflicted. We're going to have you on another show. [01:17:16] Speaker B: But yeah, of course. And me and Jay have been slacking a little bit with our. [01:17:19] Speaker A: No, it's summertime. Sucks, dude. No one's coming to shows right now. [01:17:22] Speaker B: Yeah, it's a little tough, but we're gonna do some more stuff in the fall. [01:17:25] Speaker A: We're excited, you know, but. Yeah, man. How long we been gone? Time is it? Hour 20. Are you coming to the stand? [01:17:36] Speaker B: I don't think so. [01:17:37] Speaker C: No. [01:17:37] Speaker B: I gotta get back up time. [01:17:38] Speaker C: Do your thing. [01:17:39] Speaker A: All right, man. [01:17:40] Speaker B: I could give you a ride if you want. [01:17:41] Speaker A: No, it's, I don't want. You have to do. I'm gonna hop on the train. Okay, Dude. Thank you for coming. [01:17:46] Speaker B: Thanks for having me. [01:17:47] Speaker A: This has been, this has been fun. Didn't feel like a hour 20 minutes just passed. I felt like we were just. I could, I could keep going. I just, I got to get the out of here. [01:17:55] Speaker B: It's all right. I get it. I get it. You have my favorite white guys on the pod. You go to the beach. [01:18:00] Speaker A: Dude, I, I, he has me up here. [01:18:02] Speaker B: He gives me instant coffee, like an. [01:18:04] Speaker A: And then I gave him instant coffee because he's Cuban. All right? That's why. [01:18:09] Speaker B: And it wasn't even Cuban. [01:18:10] Speaker A: It was, it was Trader Joe's. He's the whitest shit, the worst. I had. I have Cafe Bustella, but I ran out of it. [01:18:16] Speaker B: It's all good. [01:18:16] Speaker A: That is pretty good. [01:18:17] Speaker B: I had some this morning. [01:18:18] Speaker C: You did? [01:18:18] Speaker A: Dude, that, that's. [01:18:19] Speaker B: It's all I drink. [01:18:20] Speaker A: Jet fuel? [01:18:21] Speaker B: Yeah, it's all I drink, dude. It's the best at work when I do the two shots of espresso. [01:18:24] Speaker A: What do you do, by the way? [01:18:25] Speaker B: I sell nuts and bolts for planes. [01:18:29] Speaker A: That's right, you did. [01:18:30] Speaker B: That's a simple way of saying. That's the simplest way I can say. Yeah, I got into. I did a lot of sales jobs. I did. I used to be a porter in a building. I was a doorman. I've. I sold big and tall clothes. I've. [01:18:42] Speaker A: So what do you know about Boeing? Dude? [01:18:44] Speaker B: I, I. Tell me, I know a lot about Boeing. [01:18:46] Speaker A: Tell me, dude. [01:18:50] Speaker B: Boeing's cool. The planes that are crashing, it's like, yeah, I can sell you the parts, but if you don't screw in the bolt, you know, if you don't close the door, it's gonna open. Yeah, I can only do so much, you know. [01:19:03] Speaker A: No, no, I, I won't even. We won't. [01:19:05] Speaker B: But like with the Alaska Airlines thing, they're like, oh, it was a Boeing. It's like, okay, but Boeing doesn't maintain the aircraft. [01:19:11] Speaker A: No, it's, it's. [01:19:12] Speaker B: But it's on the airline. [01:19:13] Speaker A: The other thing though, I was reading about the planes is that there's. There was this thing that they didn't tell about the pilots. Like, there was this like feature that like the plane starts to. Oh, that's the Max 7 or Max 8. [01:19:25] Speaker B: The Max, dude, that's. That to me was 737 Maxes. Yeah, those were. Yeah, that was something else because they put something like a sensor that it knew it would keep the nose down when they're climbing so that it would help them not stall. But then they didn't train them properly. [01:19:39] Speaker A: Yeah, they didn't tell them when the. [01:19:41] Speaker B: People crash in the plane. He was like, oh, it's cuz they went to some bullshit flying school in Thailand or something. And they're like, he learned in the United States. He has his license in the U.S. oh, yeah. [01:19:51] Speaker A: It's like the plane, literally, they couldn't lift it back up. And I'm like, yeah, it's cuz they're literally fighting. [01:19:56] Speaker B: They had to fight the plane. [01:19:57] Speaker A: Yeah, the plane was going, no, no, we know what it's doing. And then the pilot's like, no, no, we're gonna crash. [01:20:00] Speaker B: Yeah, we need a climb. And it's like, no, push the nose down. Push the nose down. So it's like they're trying to pull up and then the plane is like, oh, our angle's too high. And then just starts pulling them down. [01:20:07] Speaker A: Yeah. Which is insane. [01:20:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:20:08] Speaker A: Dude, there was a point. [01:20:09] Speaker B: It's like lane keep, Imagine lane keep assist legit. [01:20:11] Speaker A: And it's going. Yeah, it's crazy. [01:20:13] Speaker B: And they didn't tell you. Imagine you're trying to change lanes without, without signaling. See, the car doesn't know and she's like, nope. [01:20:20] Speaker A: What the is going on here? I, I, there was a point where I was looking. I, I mean, I don't travel that much, but what I was looking up, what plane. I'm like, okay, I'm going to be flying here. They'll tell you what aircraft. [01:20:30] Speaker B: And I go, buses. I'm not going to lie. [01:20:31] Speaker A: I fuck with Airbus. [01:20:32] Speaker B: There's nothing wrong with the Boeings now because a lot of them aren't the Maxes. But the Max that are out now, they fixed it, you know, I mean, it's all because that, that happened in like 2016, that they, they actually pulled the Maxes off the market. [01:20:43] Speaker A: Some Alaska and United, I think, are still using. [01:20:46] Speaker B: No, they still use it. What I'm trying to say, they fix that little thing. Fixed it. And they either put out new 737 Maxes, it's because the reason they made it right was because. So they didn't have to. [01:20:55] Speaker A: I'm like, no, I know exactly. Documentary. I watched the documentary. I know exactly why they basically to like, to save fuel. But they put it, I, I wanted. [01:21:03] Speaker B: To make a new aircraft without having to get it recertified by the faa, which would take a long time. So they're like, hey, we're just going to rework the 737 and make it lighter and more efficient. [01:21:13] Speaker A: More jet fuel efficient. [01:21:14] Speaker B: Fuel efficient. Then they, they put things in there. So, you know, not everything worked out from the people I work with, it's fine. But. [01:21:21] Speaker A: No, I know, I know, I know, I know. You selling nuts and bolts? [01:21:23] Speaker B: Not, yeah, I'm not selling like the, the big stuff, but it's like, I do like, the maintenance. Yeah, whatever you need for maintenance. Chemicals, tape, sealants, glue, whatever. Yeah, I mean, that kind of stuff. [01:21:36] Speaker C: Okay. Yeah. [01:21:37] Speaker B: I just sell parts, you know. I mean, yeah, it's like the parts department at your local dealership, but for a plane. [01:21:42] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:21:42] Speaker B: Or a helicopter, you know, stuff like that. [01:21:44] Speaker A: You were telling me the helicopter has like one. Isn't it like the one thing like if that, that nut isn't tight on it, what the fuck is it? [01:21:51] Speaker C: Called. [01:21:52] Speaker A: Is that you? [01:21:53] Speaker B: I'm not sure. Maybe it was somebody else, but. Yeah, I know. You mean like the one for the propellers? [01:21:57] Speaker A: Yeah, like that's like, that's. There's like one. [01:21:59] Speaker B: Well, yeah, it's like a fire hydrant. [01:22:00] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:22:01] Speaker B: One turn, but that's with everything. Yeah, but like you have six lug nuts on your wheel. But for a helicopter, they only do the one because. [01:22:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:22:08] Speaker B: It's like one. I know down the middle. [01:22:11] Speaker A: I'm scared of helicopters. [01:22:12] Speaker B: Listen, if you don't get some little. [01:22:14] Speaker A: One, you know, I mean, I mean, not. Chances are you're fine, but. [01:22:17] Speaker B: Yeah. Why are you gonna get a helicopter? [01:22:19] Speaker A: I don't want to see the city from the sky. I don't give a fuck. [01:22:22] Speaker B: I see the city from the sky. When I fly out of the city, I take a video and my. There you are, there's the park, you know, that's where. There's where my dog takes his shit. But yeah, it's fun. Again with that stuff. I don't know. I do a lot of stuff for companies like, you know, FedEx, you know. I mean. [01:22:37] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:22:38] Speaker B: You know, their planes, they need to like maintain them. They need carpets for the plane. [01:22:41] Speaker A: You never see those planes go down. [01:22:43] Speaker B: No. I mean, there was one recently that they had a land emergency landing in Newark, but it was because birds went in the engine. [01:22:48] Speaker A: That's fine. [01:22:48] Speaker B: That happen again, like those planes are cargo. So it's like, you know, people on it all the time. [01:22:53] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:22:53] Speaker A: If it crashes, you just got worried about people on ground. [01:22:55] Speaker B: Yeah. Or like the people flying it. [01:22:56] Speaker A: But even it's two of them. [01:23:00] Speaker B: But yeah, with that stuff, it's. It's really like they crack down on a lot of that stuff, you know, I mean, so it's a lot safer now. But the thing with Boeing, the change with the company. They talk about it and the things like when they got bought out by, I think McDonnell Douglas. [01:23:15] Speaker A: That's right. [01:23:15] Speaker B: They kind of lost that family feel, but. Yeah, that's. A lot of businesses are happening. [01:23:19] Speaker A: I mean, it's everything. [01:23:19] Speaker B: Everybody's getting bought out by, you know, big money. [01:23:22] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:23:22] Speaker A: And they're like, fuck it, whatever. [01:23:23] Speaker B: Exactly. How come? More exactly. It's all about the bottom line at the end of the day. But then you see the stuff with the guy who killed himself or whatever. [01:23:30] Speaker A: Oh, the whistle. [01:23:31] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:23:31] Speaker B: I don't know, I. That stuff's crazy. The guy, you know, he could have been just like at his wits end or whatever. But. Yeah, it's weird, you know, I mean, I Don't know nothing about that stuff. Stuff. So it's like. I don't know. [01:23:41] Speaker A: I had a joke about that. It was one of the first good jokes I did where OJ Died and the Boeing thing was happening. [01:23:47] Speaker B: Yeah. [01:23:48] Speaker A: And the whistleblower died. And I was like. I felt. I'm like, O.J. must have been working for Boeing or something. Like, it was like I was trying to tie the two together. It was stupid. But. [01:23:56] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:23:56] Speaker B: His wife, his ex wife must have been a whistleblower. [01:23:59] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. [01:24:00] Speaker B: No, that's funny. I mean, again, I don't know what's going on with that stuff. You know, some stuff you can talk about. There's some stuff that's cool. Like you sell parts. [01:24:08] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:09] Speaker B: Like very important planes or very important people. [01:24:12] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:12] Speaker B: I can't get into who. [01:24:13] Speaker A: Of course. [01:24:14] Speaker B: You can assume. [01:24:15] Speaker A: Of course. [01:24:15] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:15] Speaker B: The most important people. [01:24:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:16] Speaker B: In the country. And you know, that kind of stuff. Like, oh, wow, that's cool. [01:24:21] Speaker A: Yeah, of course. [01:24:22] Speaker B: You, like. You sell a fuel filter for something and it's like, oh, this is one of those refueling planes, you know. [01:24:26] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:27] Speaker B: Stuff like that. You know, it's cool. But you don't get the inside scoop on stuff. Like there's. We get stuff like, oh, yeah, this is for this plane, but you don't know where it's going. [01:24:34] Speaker A: Of course. I mean, how the fuck could you. [01:24:35] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:36] Speaker B: Like, oh, yeah, just ship it to our location and wherever and then we'll take care of it. [01:24:40] Speaker A: Of course. [01:24:41] Speaker B: So a lot of stuff is like that, you know, you sell stuff to other countries, you sell parts. Like. Like maintenance facilities in Turkey or whatever. [01:24:47] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:48] Speaker B: Like crazy stuff. It's weird, but it's cool because it's like a new thing every day. [01:24:52] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:24:52] Speaker B: It's always something new. [01:24:53] Speaker A: See, that's the part that's exciting. [01:24:55] Speaker B: Yeah, I like it. You know, I mean, everybody's pretty chill, you know, they're pretty. Support the people who know about the comedy. They're pretty cool about it. Yeah, they like it. And sometimes you're like, oh, yeah. Some dude came up to me, Jet. This guy, he's cool, but he's. Oh, you came up on my Tick Tock feed. [01:25:11] Speaker A: I'm like, no way. [01:25:13] Speaker B: Because I have that one, the clip that got pulled off Instagram. [01:25:16] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:25:16] Speaker B: On my Tick Tock. He's, oh, that was funny, man. Thanks, dude. I appreciate it. So it's good that people are chill about it. [01:25:22] Speaker A: That's nice. Yeah, that's really nice. [01:25:23] Speaker B: It's a good place to work, you know, I mean, I Like it. They pay for lunch every day. [01:25:27] Speaker A: That's fucking nice. [01:25:27] Speaker B: And provide lunch, so that's great. The only thing is, like, the drive, you know, I mean, because it's in Westchester. [01:25:34] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:25:34] Speaker B: So I gotta drive. It's not bad, going home from work, you know, I mean, going to work. [01:25:38] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:25:38] Speaker B: But like coming down into the city for comedy is a pain in the ass. Sometimes it is. It's like an hour. Yeah, I have the same. [01:25:46] Speaker A: So that's why I'm hitting the late night shit. I'm like, I gotta. [01:25:48] Speaker C: I. [01:25:48] Speaker A: There's no traffic. I'm like, I'll just fucking do it. [01:25:50] Speaker B: Yeah, I respect that. You know, I mean. But then I'm like, I gotta be up early the next day. That's the thing. It's like, I would do the late night stuff if I wasn't up so. [01:25:55] Speaker A: Early or what time you wake up. [01:25:57] Speaker B: I mean, I'm up at like 550. [01:26:00] Speaker A: Oh, I see. [01:26:01] Speaker C: Yeah. [01:26:01] Speaker B: So, you know, I gotta walk the dog, make sure everybody's good and I go to work. I start work a little early, you know, but it's good. I like it, you know, I mean, everything. Thank God. I'm happy. I'm happy I got a job in this economy. [01:26:13] Speaker A: Me too, man. Me too. [01:26:14] Speaker B: It's tough. [01:26:16] Speaker A: All right, man, we're gonna cut it. Danny, thank you for coming, man. What's your socials? [01:26:22] Speaker B: Instagram. Danny Halanan. First name, last name, no spaces in between. It's spelled below. Yeah, Shout Out. Bohemian Underground. It's the show I produce with Jason Video. We'll have shows coming up. We'll have Harrison and Gerbo on there. A lot of comics you see on this podcast are gonna be coming through, so. [01:26:38] Speaker A: That's right. Thank you guys for watching. Danny, you're the man. Appreciate you. [01:26:42] Speaker B: Appreciate you. [01:26:43] Speaker C: Absolutely. Sam.
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