Episode Transcript
[00:00:09] Speaker A: All right, we're back. We got Riley Flanagan. Very good friend, very good comic all around. Fantastic. Dude, man, how you doing?
[00:00:18] Speaker B: That was such a nice intro. Thanks, dude.
[00:00:20] Speaker A: I mean, that's. It's the truth.
[00:00:21] Speaker B: You're.
[00:00:21] Speaker A: You're a good guy. You're a mensch, man.
[00:00:23] Speaker B: Thanks, dude.
[00:00:25] Speaker A: So we were talking about you recently got sober.
[00:00:29] Speaker B: Oh, yeah. Today is day 22.
[00:00:32] Speaker A: 22, man.
[00:00:33] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:00:33] Speaker A: And you're feeling a lot better.
[00:00:35] Speaker B: I'm feeling 22.
[00:00:38] Speaker A: How old are you? What are you, 30?
[00:00:39] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm 30.
[00:00:40] Speaker A: Okay. Probably like the same age.
[00:00:41] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:00:41] Speaker A: Nice, dude.
[00:00:42] Speaker B: Hell yeah.
[00:00:43] Speaker A: And you're doing the aa?
[00:00:45] Speaker B: Yeah, dude, I'm doing the. I'm working the steps, man. I'm doing the program. I'm starting step work today.
[00:00:50] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:00:51] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah. Today's Day 22. I was gonna post. I've been posting songs on my Instagram story. I was like a. Like a.
Like a whack white girl.
[00:01:03] Speaker A: You're like, I stopped drinking, but I started sucking dick.
[00:01:06] Speaker B: Yeah, dude, I post. I like, I like posted 18 by Khalid and I got flamed by everybody. I know.
[00:01:13] Speaker A: I saw it and I didn't. I know the song, but I was like, I didn't know what was going on. But I like posting songs on stories. I do that all the time. It's just something nice. It's like, hey, if you. Here's new music, I mean, that's a. It's always nice to get new music.
[00:01:27] Speaker B: Yeah. And I'll bump like, if I had people who I like and I know I've got music tastes like, if I see it, I'll listen to it.
[00:01:32] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:01:33] Speaker B: But I've also been posting it because, dude, I.
I don't want to say I'm dumb, but I like keep kind of forgetting how many days it's been.
[00:01:43] Speaker A: Since you got sober.
[00:01:44] Speaker B: Yeah. Because it's that thing where it's like, okay, I got sober on a Saturday.
[00:01:48] Speaker A: That's a wild day to get sober.
[00:01:49] Speaker B: The worst day to get.
I like went to my. I remember I was at my second A meeting and they were like, you know, like, they're like, how many? Who's counting days? And I was like, this is day two. And afterwards someone was like, what do you have? Like a Wild Friday?
[00:02:02] Speaker A: The worst Friday of my life, actually.
[00:02:04] Speaker B: Yeah, it's just like, Saturday, such a bad day to get sober. I should have just done Sunday.
[00:02:09] Speaker A: Yeah. At that point you may as well just like, how much more can you fuck up?
[00:02:12] Speaker B: Exactly. I might as well just be like, eh, alright. I'LL try tomorrow and see how it goes. But, like, there's this thing where. Okay, so you know how when you're like, oh, it's been a week.
I don't know what it is with counting days, but that's not the case. Like, it's always a day off. Does that make sense? Like, I got sober on a Saturday, and then today is a Saturday, but today's my 22nd day sober.
[00:02:36] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:02:37] Speaker B: Which doesn't make any sense. Cause it's been three weeks.
[00:02:39] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:02:40] Speaker B: So it should be my 21st. First day sober.
[00:02:43] Speaker A: That's what I would think. Yeah.
[00:02:44] Speaker B: But it's not.
[00:02:46] Speaker A: You know, I have trouble with that, with. With months. Like, when someone's like, oh, we've been together six months. And I was like, wait, hold on. Is it six months? Like, you know, let's say we're doing February, January, February, March, April, May, June. We counting January, or is it January to February, February to March, Then you're five months.
[00:03:00] Speaker B: Yes, dude.
[00:03:01] Speaker A: It's.
[00:03:01] Speaker B: It's day or it's. It's thing to thing or just thing.
[00:03:04] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:03:04] Speaker B: And that fucks me up. And so by posting songs on my Instagram story, I remember how many days I'm so.
[00:03:13] Speaker A: That's mean. No, do whatever it takes to remember. That's. That's what you got to do, man.
[00:03:18] Speaker B: So if you see my Instagram story today, and it's 22 by Taylor Swift, it's because.
[00:03:23] Speaker A: Oh, you're literally picking songs with the number I just thought you liked 18 by. That was your 18th day, so. Oh, my God, dude. What the are you gonna do? There's not songs for every number.
[00:03:35] Speaker B: I know. Michael texted me, and he was like, what are you gonna do on day 3194? I was like, I don't know. But I have day 3005 already picked out that childish Gambino song.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: Oh, I know that song.
[00:03:46] Speaker B: Yeah. So.
[00:03:47] Speaker A: Wow. Holy shit, dude. That's a fucking wild.
There's got to be a. I mean, there's so many songs out there. There's got to be like, you know, numbers for everything.
[00:03:55] Speaker B: Yeah. But eventually I'm going to start posting songs that I've never even listened to. I'm going to be like.
[00:03:59] Speaker A: They're going to be like, wow, he's. This is like sitars and shit.
Riley really loves this sober thing.
[00:04:05] Speaker B: Like, 40 days. I'm just going to post, like, the Noah Ark story from the bible on day 40.
[00:04:11] Speaker A: That's probably more effic.
[00:04:13] Speaker B: Yeah. Doing, like, less songs and doing more. Like, yesterday, I could have posted, like, the movie 21. You know, that could.
[00:04:20] Speaker A: Yeah, that's a good one. 21. I forgot. That's that blackjack movie.
[00:04:23] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:04:23] Speaker A: Yeah. Be sober and then post about a movie about a gambling problem.
[00:04:28] Speaker B: Dude, I went to the casino sober already.
[00:04:32] Speaker A: What casino?
[00:04:33] Speaker B: I went to a bachelor party in, like, the Poconos, okay?
Like, week two or three of being sober, and we went to the casino.
[00:04:46] Speaker A: That's awful.
[00:04:47] Speaker B: It's just not when you lose money, because you're always gonna lose money.
[00:04:52] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:04:52] Speaker A: You never win.
[00:04:53] Speaker B: And you're drinking, you're like, all right, I'm gonna go get another drink.
[00:04:57] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:04:58] Speaker B: I mean, but when you lose money and you're sober, you just sit there and you're like, well, my money's gone. Like, what do I.
[00:05:05] Speaker A: Well, I guess kill yourself is the next thing.
I got to go hang myself in the room.
[00:05:11] Speaker B: Yeah. There's no. There's no appropriate way to handle losing a blackjack hand when you're sober.
[00:05:18] Speaker A: No. And it's not. And it's not as exciting to win. I feel like when you're sober, it's really not.
[00:05:24] Speaker B: It's.
[00:05:24] Speaker A: You're like, all right, I got a little dopamine, but that's cool.
[00:05:29] Speaker B: It doesn't feel the same at all.
[00:05:31] Speaker A: And if you win, like, a big sum of money, like, your first instinct is, we need to get up now.
[00:05:36] Speaker B: Yes. Drinks are on me.
[00:05:37] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:05:38] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:05:39] Speaker B: I do it, and I'm like, oh, I guess rent will be easier to pay this month.
[00:05:44] Speaker A: Still. Still pretty miserable.
[00:05:46] Speaker B: But you guys want to get the restaurant over there, The Guy Fieri restaurant. I'll buy the apps, man. That's about as good as it gets.
[00:05:54] Speaker A: Get a Sizzler plate, man.
[00:05:56] Speaker B: Yeah. So there's definitely, like, things that I'm realizing because I did a sober stint already.
[00:06:02] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:03] Speaker A: How long did you do?
[00:06:04] Speaker B: I did three years.
[00:06:05] Speaker A: Oh, that's right. You and I spoke about that when I got sober. You came up to me, and you're like, hey, man. Like, I respect what you're doing. You were one of the few people that were, like, very, very supportive, because I was like, yo, I just can't. I need a fucking break. And you were like, it's gonna suck. You're like, it's gonna suck hanging out with the guys. And you were. You were right. It did suck.
[00:06:27] Speaker C: So, yeah.
[00:06:27] Speaker A: You were sober for three years, and, dude.
[00:06:29] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:29] Speaker B: I mean, well, speaking of your sobriety, too. Also like that. I mean, that was impressive as hell because, like, not everybody can do it.
[00:06:35] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:35] Speaker B: And, like, I want. I remember seeing, like, hearing you talk about it. I was like, I got it. Yeah, I got it. Because Getting commended for it, it's like, we don't. We're not. We don't do it for, like, people to do that. But it helps when, you know, when people who are like.
Because you think, like, all my friends drink, and you're like, oh, fuck, I'm gonna be the only one that even thinks this is, like, a cool thing to do.
[00:06:58] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:59] Speaker B: But hearing it from, like, a.
Like, it's so helpful, dude.
[00:07:03] Speaker A: The positive affirmation. I mean, it. It keeps you. There are days where you're like, I want to just fucking get blasted. And then someone says, like, hey, man, I think it's really dope. And it helps get to the next day. And then there are days where you don't need it, but it's.
Yeah, man, it definitely helps, dude.
[00:07:16] Speaker B: And I respect that you did it because. I mean, it was fucking. Because you. It was like a joke also at first.
[00:07:21] Speaker A: Well, here's the thing, dude. I started off. I was getting.
I had a weekend where I was. I was just like, a fucking wild, wild week. First of all, I had put on a lot of weight. I was like 15 pounds heavier than I am last year. And I didn't realize. And I looked in the mirror, and I was like, what the fuck happened? Holy shit. And to some people's standards, it would be like, yeah, go, like, go fuck yourself. You didn't really look bad. But I had that. And then I had a weekend where I did. I did cocaine. I drank, and then I did cocaine, like, three nights in a row. And I.
I was on a date, and I left the date. I walked the girl to her house, and someone hit me up. A comic who was a. Yo, I'm in Williamsburg. I got a bag, and I literally was like, I. Get the fuck out of here. I walked her to her door, and I was like, bye. And then went to go do blow at a bar, and I'm like, that's not fucking what priorities are all out of completely fucked up.
And then I was like, all right, time to get straightened out. And it was. Honestly, dude, the best thing I ever did. Because I'd never been sober ever, like, you know, since I could drink. I was always drinking, and I never felt like I had an issue, but I always, always, always was drinking. And now. And after that, I had never been so clear. My fucking sleep was better. Everything was better. I was lonely as shit.
Yeah, but it was, it helped, dude. It was a fucking great, great experience. And I'm like, there are times I'm like, I would love to just not drink anymore.
[00:08:43] Speaker B: It's a lonely road. Fucking sucks. It sucks, man. That is, that is one of the benefits of like doing a program this time around, as opposed to like last time when I just did it and then tried to live. Because you do it. And then you try and go and hang out with your same friends.
[00:08:57] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:08:57] Speaker B: And put like you're still living the same life. You just cut alcohol out.
[00:09:01] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:09:02] Speaker B: And so it feels like you're isolated from everybody because everybody else is doing this thing. And then they all look at you a little different or they talk to you a little different.
[00:09:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:09:11] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:09:12] Speaker B: Sometimes it's pity, sometimes it's confusion. Sometimes it's even like a little envy, like for hangovers and stuff. And you're like, I don't want to feel any of that. I want camaraderie. I want, dude, like, I'm glad I'm going through this with you or I'm glad we're celebrating this with you type shit. And being sober around people who drink, you don't, you don't feel that anymore.
[00:09:34] Speaker A: And then you get those people who are like, dude, like, come on, just fucking have a drink. That's not helpful, man.
[00:09:41] Speaker B: Peer pressure.
[00:09:42] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:09:42] Speaker B: Like, no, there's, there's little to no responses or dynamics you can have with your drinking friends when you're not drinking.
[00:09:51] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:09:52] Speaker B: That make you feel as good or anywhere close to as good as you would have felt when you were drinking with them. You know what I mean?
[00:09:58] Speaker A: Of course.
[00:09:58] Speaker B: And so that is hard. And so doing a program this time around is so helpful because it's like I'm literally, I go to a meeting and I'm surrounded by people who are doing the same thing, you know, who are trying to be sober. And like, I meet people close to my age and you see that there are avenues to like, have a good time.
[00:10:18] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:10:18] Speaker B: When you're sober. Not that I can't have a good time when I go out and shit, but like, you know, it's different.
[00:10:23] Speaker A: Of course.
[00:10:24] Speaker B: So the program is helping. It's making it way less lonely this time around. So I'm trying to do it right this time.
[00:10:30] Speaker A: I told you this before with the programs that I have a very, I'm very weary of like, what goes on there as far as like. Cuz some of the guys like you, you didn't destroy your life. You know what I mean? Like, you, you May feel like it's. It's. It's like, crumbling, but you're still. You got a job. You have. You don't have, you know, crazy. Whereas a lot of those guys have lost absolutely everything, and they think that you're in that same place, and maybe you are just on a different threshold. And that's the part where they. They're like, hey, man, you can't fuck up. Whereas, like, I'm not saying if you had a drink, it would be.
It wouldn't be the end of the world. I mean, it sure would fuck you up in the sense of, like, why couldn't I stick with this?
[00:11:07] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:11:07] Speaker A: But it wouldn't be like, your entire world has fallen apart again.
[00:11:12] Speaker B: Agreed. No, I know you mean, like, it's not. I didn't. I didn't lose, like, my license. I didn't lose my family.
[00:11:18] Speaker A: Yeah, you go to jail.
[00:11:20] Speaker B: Yeah, I didn't. Nothing is court ordered. Definitely not. I feel like me specifically, I caught, like, my father was an alcoholic. My aunts and uncles, like, I have.
[00:11:29] Speaker A: I didn't know that.
[00:11:30] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:11:31] Speaker A: Okay. So you have the gene.
[00:11:32] Speaker B: Yeah, I got the gene. Heavy dude.
[00:11:34] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:11:34] Speaker B: Riley Flanagan, dude.
[00:11:35] Speaker A: I mean, Flanagan. That name alone comes with alcoholism.
[00:11:38] Speaker B: It was like the rock at the center of Ireland, and they engraved Flanagan on it. And they were like, you will drink and will not be able to stop.
And they cast a spell on my family. And I was like, oh, shit.
[00:11:50] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:11:51] Speaker B: But, like, it's so. It's in me, but it's very, like, yeah, I could go have a drink right now, and the fallout would be that I would just drink all day and, like, probably, you know, just do something stupid.
[00:12:05] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:12:06] Speaker B: Not to the level of like.
Like you said, I didn't fuck up my whole life.
[00:12:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: There's. There's. It's not beyond repair, of course, and there are people in the program who have fucked up their life. Beyond repair.
[00:12:18] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:12:18] Speaker B: And that was. I was like, yeah. I was, like, so wary about it. I was like, oh, shit. Like, am I not overcorrecting? But am I? Like, am I. Is my level of alcoholism warrant? Like, is it warranted to be in the program?
[00:12:32] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:12:32] Speaker B: And I. That was a huge question for me because I felt, you know, you hear some stories and you're like, that's. I'm nothing compared to that guy. Like, I shouldn't share. I, like, feel ashamed that I even think I have an issue.
[00:12:44] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:12:45] Speaker B: And then you hear other people who have stories that are really similar.
[00:12:49] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:12:49] Speaker B: They're like, no, I just like, you know, I couldn't stop, and it became unmanageable. And the main thing is that they had a desire to stop drinking.
[00:13:00] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:13:00] Speaker B: And so there are people like that, and it makes me feel like I am welcome.
I'm welcome in the program to do it. But I know you mean, like, there's the wariness of, like, people being like. So, like, would you.
[00:13:15] Speaker A: Yeah. You're like, well, I. I said something mean to a girl at a bar, and it's like, oh, really? Well, I. I killed my family.
[00:13:26] Speaker B: Really? Dude, I feel you. It's like, it's. So what are you in for?
[00:13:31] Speaker A: White collar crime. Dude, please. I raped three women. Come on.
[00:13:34] Speaker B: Exactly. I was like, oh, I was wrongfully accused. You know, I'm zero from Holes, actually.
From Stanley Yelnads, dude. A pair of shoes fell out of the sky and I caught them, dude.
[00:13:45] Speaker A: A Holes reference. Oh, my God.
[00:13:48] Speaker B: And the other guys are like, I stole cars and beat the. Out of kids.
I'm in juvie right now. Yeah.
[00:13:55] Speaker A: What are you doing here, man?
[00:13:57] Speaker B: I'm Shia LaBeouf from Holes, Dude. But no, I know you mean. There's definitely wariness, but it's cool because it's like.
I don't know, you. Like, there is, like. There's a lot of we in aa. There's, like, a lot of unity and community. But, yeah, you do get to work it a little bit. You know, you get to tailor it to yourself a little bit.
And, like, I'm still selling, though. I still have some worries about shit, you know, shit I'm not ready to do. There's shit that I'm, like, afraid of down the line, like, commitment and service and stuff, man.
Like, you got to do. All these guys, they love doing service, man.
[00:14:32] Speaker A: Well, that's that thing of, like, helping others is the best thing for yourself, right?
[00:14:36] Speaker B: Yes. Yeah. And that's. That scares the fuck out of me.
And I also have a little personal resentment towards it, dude.
[00:14:42] Speaker A: What do you mean?
[00:14:43] Speaker B: Cause, like, my father, he.
He wasn't, like, around a ton when I was younger, you know, and he.
He, like, would spend a lot of time. He worked a lot, which, you know, like, you gotta work and stuff. And I get that. But he also spent a lot of time helping AA dudes.
[00:15:01] Speaker A: Oh, really?
[00:15:02] Speaker B: Yeah. And so it was kinda like the. Like, you got a family, but you also are helping other people.
[00:15:07] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:15:08] Speaker B: And I knew that. And so, like, I. It's weird. I had, like, a little bit of a resentment towards, like. Well, like, what you.
[00:15:13] Speaker A: Why weren't you helping us?
[00:15:14] Speaker B: Yeah, something like that a little bit. And so that kind of is really an odd scenario.
[00:15:21] Speaker A: You piece of shit. Look at you helping everybody else.
[00:15:25] Speaker B: I'm like, and now I'm fully on. Now I'm starting being in the program. I understand it more now.
[00:15:29] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:15:29] Speaker B: But when I was a kid, I was like. I was like, who's that guy?
[00:15:32] Speaker A: Yeah, who the fuck is Bill?
[00:15:35] Speaker B: I'm like, what do you. You're picking that guy up from a hotel, and you're going to go get breakfast with him. Like, why?
[00:15:42] Speaker A: We haven't eaten in days.
[00:15:45] Speaker B: So it's like a. It's a lot of different, like, emotions going on with it.
[00:15:49] Speaker A: But that's good, though, to work through that shit, because it's like, yo, there's clearly some. Like, that's therapeutic. I mean, that will make you a better person. I'll make you more understanding of where your parents come from. Because a lot of times when, you know, with family especially, like, a lot of people sit and they.
[00:16:03] Speaker C: They.
[00:16:03] Speaker A: They let that shit eat away at them of, like, my dad wasn't around, or my dad did it, rather than going like, all right. My dad was also growing up, as you know, and figuring out what the right thing to do is. And sometimes you go the wrong way. The right way. And you got to understand that every day is new for them as it is for us.
[00:16:19] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:16:19] Speaker A: And it's fucking scary. It's like, yo, they don't know what. Like, they don't know any. Sure, they know more about, like, where I'm at right now, but they don't know any more about their future than I do. So it's like, I'm gonna try. They're trying to do the right thing also. And if they fuck up, it's kind of part of the process.
[00:16:35] Speaker B: Yeah. They're a person.
[00:16:36] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:16:36] Speaker B: And I feel like that is. That's a huge part of growing up. I feel like it's, like, starting to come to terms with how the adults or, like, the people in your life were acting and starting to, like, you know, understand it a little bit more. Whether you agree with it or not is one thing, but, like, to just be like, all right, like, I see a little bit more now. Yes, I get it. A little bit more.
[00:16:58] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:16:59] Speaker B: That's huge. Steps, dude. This is the Most. We're so 30.
We're so 30.
[00:17:06] Speaker A: There are podcasts where people are getting like, let's get blasted and talk about. Which I do sometimes, but this is the most adult episode I've ever done. In my life, dude.
[00:17:15] Speaker B: Or so 30s.
[00:17:16] Speaker A: I love it. I. Dude, this is the type of. Though, like, that's why, like, when you would call me up, yeah, I want to. Come on. I was like, please. Like. Cuz I know that you were ready to, like, let's get fucking. Let's talk about some real shit, dude.
[00:17:26] Speaker B: We could talk about real shit. I'm down, man. That's another reason I was, like, pumped. I was like, I heard that first thing and I text you. I was like, that was beautiful.
[00:17:33] Speaker A: Thank you.
[00:17:33] Speaker B: I was like, you know, and like, I love talking, you know, I love talking with all the guys that we have in the scene and everything. But I was like, all right, me and you are gonna go. We're just gonna, we're gonna dive in.
[00:17:44] Speaker A: The thing is, with the comics, dude, everything is surface. It's like, if you even try to get deep. What are you fucking gay? And it's like, yeah, a little bit. Can we maybe, like, talk? It's like, no, we're not gonna talk. I want to kill myself. And we do that.
But no, dude, I, I, I recognize that with you immediately. Especially when I got sober long time ago.
And I was like, all right, Riley. Riley has that, that muscle, the, the empathy muscle where everyone does, but it's like, yours is obviously clearly more. You've worked it out.
[00:18:16] Speaker B: Yeah, I can dive, dude. I can do a little. A little dive in. And it's funny because I also can super say the dumbest thing.
[00:18:24] Speaker A: Oh, well, that's. Dude, that's my fucking forte. I mean, I, I think that if you're able to talk about some wild, retarded shit, then you're also capable of having a really deep conversation whether you want to. That's a whole different story.
[00:18:38] Speaker B: Yeah, it's more of a choice. Yeah, it's like, all right, am I cool with, like, diving at this moment? It's a vulnerability thing, dude.
[00:18:44] Speaker A: It's very vulnerable. I mean, in this shit. I mean, not that any, like, fucking 50 people watch this shit, but it's.
[00:18:49] Speaker B: You never know, dude.
[00:18:50] Speaker A: I mean, who knows? People watch the episode with Cam, myself, and Joe on YouTube. The full episode has 1400 views now.
[00:18:57] Speaker B: Fuck yeah.
[00:18:58] Speaker A: And it's like. I'm like, who's what? I mean, it's fun, it's exciting, but it's. It was shocking to me.
[00:19:05] Speaker B: You never know, dude.
[00:19:06] Speaker A: You never know.
[00:19:06] Speaker B: You never know.
[00:19:07] Speaker A: But. So, okay, what about dating sober? Because when I was sober, I didn't go. I went celibate, dude. I didn't have sex I didn't drink. I smoked cigarettes. I didn't do nothing. No drugs and nothing. And I could not go on a date to save my. I was like, I'm not doing this. There's no way I'm sitting there not drinking. One, they're going to think I have a serious problem.
And two, I'm like, I don't want to. I just don't want to do it.
[00:19:31] Speaker B: Yeah, it's. I feel you on that. Because it's very. Like when you say I'm an AA to a stranger, immediately that's it.
[00:19:39] Speaker A: They're like, oh, this guy's got a real issue.
[00:19:41] Speaker B: Yeah. Or even just saying, like, oh, no, I'm sober.
Like, there's always the, like, why? What'd you do? What'd you do? You know, and there's a way. I don't know, there's like a.
There's a piece of sobriety that is that you respect a lot. Like, as someone who's not sober, like, if you have empathy towards it, just being like, what. Like, that's impressive that you have that self control.
[00:20:03] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:20:03] Speaker B: So it's like a little bit of a. Like, on a day, it could be an attractive quality. But you're also like, you're right. People are like, hmm.
[00:20:10] Speaker A: Well, if you. If you have. If you go on a date sober, let's say, and then you stay, you're dating the person for like, let's say six months, seven months. And then. And you don't have an extreme issue, but you're like, I want it tonight. I want to drink and get fucked up. They're immediately. Because they've never seen you.
[00:20:23] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:20:23] Speaker A: Like that. They're going to go, well, what's going to happen right now, dude?
[00:20:26] Speaker B: It's like buying. It's like going to like a black market zoo and buying a caged wild animal.
[00:20:32] Speaker A: 100%.
[00:20:32] Speaker B: And you're like, oh, I love this wild animal. And then one day, the animals, like, I'm going to open the door and.
[00:20:38] Speaker A: I'm going to rip your fucking face off.
[00:20:40] Speaker B: And you're like, what?
I've only known you in the cage.
[00:20:44] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:20:45] Speaker B: And so it's very. Yeah, there's definitely a scary element to it. But, like, I actually. I had a long talk with Michael about this and we were like. Cause I was like, dude, being sober, you know, any future, like, now that I'm single and everything, like, in the future, like, when I do start to, you know, if I, like, start to try and date, it's definitely a factor.
[00:21:08] Speaker A: Of course.
[00:21:08] Speaker B: It's a big factor. And like. And you're right. There's nothing. It's weird being at a dinner with a stranger and being like, can I get. Can I get a Shirley Temple?
[00:21:18] Speaker A: I mean, you should just get water. Dude, don't order the Shirley Temple.
[00:21:22] Speaker B: I need them to know who I am right from the jump, dude. I'm like, let me get a Shirley Temple. Or I'm like, let me get a club soda and can you squeeze a lemon and lime in it? And then they walk away and I look at the date, I go, that's called an all natural Sprite.
And they go, check, please.
[00:21:36] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:36] Speaker B: All right.
[00:21:37] Speaker A: This is called over.
[00:21:39] Speaker B: Oh, no, no, that's called, you ruined the date.
[00:21:43] Speaker A: The crazy part is, is that if you.
If you're on a date with a woman and she's drinking and you're not, and she's like, game to go home. That's the other part. Like, you go, well, how much did she have to drink? Does she really want to do? Like, you're thinking very logically. Whereas if you're both fucked up, you're like, yeah, whatever, let's just go, fuck.
[00:22:01] Speaker B: Yeah, we're on the same plane.
[00:22:02] Speaker A: Yeah. Whereas if they're drinking and you're not, it's like, what's the where boundary here?
[00:22:07] Speaker B: Yeah. Especially if, like, you don't know, tolerance and stuff. You want to be super respectful.
[00:22:11] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:22:11] Speaker B: Because like, you said, like, when you're drinking together, you know, there's a unity of it. There's like, oh, like, we had a great time and we're making this decision together and everything. And when. When the state of minds are. Are not on equal planes, you know, you don't want to. You would no way want to be, like, even. You don't even want it to look like you're like, someone's taking advantage of someone ever. Ever. You don't even want it to. You don't even want that to be a possible thought in the sphere of anything.
[00:22:40] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:22:41] Speaker B: And so, yeah, that's like. That's really important.
Yeah. And that's why I think, like, it kind of limits. Not. I don't want to say limits. My options. That sounds like a psycho.
I'm, like, shopping for paint color.
Oh, well, the floor is blue, so, you know, that limits what we're going to buy.
[00:23:00] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:23:00] Speaker B: But, like, I think it does have. It's going to have heavy influence.
[00:23:04] Speaker A: Have you been on a date since. Since.
[00:23:06] Speaker B: No, no days. I. Dude, I've always been really bad at dating. Drinking was a Big thing. Like, I would meet people out.
[00:23:12] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:23:12] Speaker B: And it was, like, really organic. And we would either, you know, I would know them for the day or, like, it was more like we would see each other out. Like in college. It was like, oh, I'd see you out and things would happen. Like, we would. I think I've been on.
I think I've been on a date with three women in my life.
[00:23:29] Speaker A: Get the fuck out of here.
[00:23:31] Speaker B: An actual date.
[00:23:31] Speaker A: Like, a full. Okay.
[00:23:33] Speaker B: Like, going to dinner and everything. And it was my two ex girlfriends and one girl from Philly.
[00:23:38] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:23:39] Speaker B: Who showed up blackout drunk to an Applebee's.
[00:23:41] Speaker A: I mean, that's a Philly move. Yeah, that's a pro Philly move. Dude.
[00:23:46] Speaker B: She was great. But I was like, why are you so. I was like, have you ever heard of AA?
We were like, 22 at the time, and it was like.
And then I was like, the crazy part was across the street from my apartment, and I was like.
I was like, why did you.
[00:24:02] Speaker A: Like, you're looking and going, I could carry this bitch. It's not that far.
[00:24:08] Speaker B: She's like, I'll. I'll drive us back to your place. And I'm like, it's across the street.
[00:24:14] Speaker A: Like, I don't even think you could drive across the street. Right?
[00:24:16] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't think you could make it to your car, let alone the apartment. It was crazy. Dude, that was a nuts one. But, yeah. So I'm. Is going to be a whole new world for me.
[00:24:27] Speaker A: Yeah. Dude. I mean, as it should be. I mean. And you can't date in the program. Like, that's what I've heard. Or you shouldn't. Like, it's like, hey, like, that's a recipe for disaster, right?
[00:24:35] Speaker B: Yeah, I haven't. Yeah. I feel like it's a bad idea. You know, it's very. That's why, like, I know that sponsors, they usually keep, like.
Like, I. I have a male sponsor.
[00:24:48] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:24:48] Speaker B: And like, so. So I know sometimes they don't. Or at least this is what my dad explained to me. And I talked to him. I went up telling him that I was in aa and he. Yeah. He was like, that's why they don't do. They don't mingle. Like, sponsorship. I think you can. I don't think there's, like, a rule, but they tend to not.
[00:25:04] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:25:05] Speaker A: I've never heard of someone who's like a female having a male sponsor or vice versa. Like, I've never heard of that.
[00:25:09] Speaker B: I think I heard a story once and I. And I heard it, and it jumped out of me. I was like, oh, interesting.
[00:25:15] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:25:16] Speaker B: Not that it'll always default in, like, that happening, you know, but the thought is there. The thought is that, you know, there's very, like.
And it's. Dude, it's. They called the disease of more, dude. So, like, you always want more from people.
[00:25:28] Speaker A: Of course.
[00:25:29] Speaker B: More from things or like, I haven't noticed. They pointed out. They were like. Someone was like, how do you eat?
What? I was like, what do you mean? And they were like, when you eat, like, how do you eat?
And this is. Dude, this is crazy.
[00:25:40] Speaker A: What does that even mean?
[00:25:41] Speaker B: So when. When you eat, dude, like, do you.
You know. Have you ever had Pop Tarts?
[00:25:46] Speaker A: Love Pop Tarts.
[00:25:47] Speaker B: Love Pop Tarts. Right.
What's. What's your feeling when you're on the second Pop Tart?
[00:25:52] Speaker A: I'll have fucking 12 more, dude.
[00:25:54] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:25:55] Speaker B: Yeah. We're on the same plane.
[00:25:56] Speaker A: Yeah, dude. I'm like, this is not enough. I need more.
[00:25:58] Speaker B: When I eat the first Pop Tart, it's the greatest feeling in the world.
[00:26:01] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:26:02] Speaker B: Because there's a second Pop Tart.
[00:26:07] Speaker A: That is such a good point. Wow. Okay.
[00:26:10] Speaker B: There's a second Pop Tart. So I'm like, oh, sick. Like, this is the best feeling in the world when I eat the second Pop Tart, bro. My. My stomach falls.
[00:26:19] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:26:20] Speaker B: Because I'm like, oh, no, this is the last Pop Tart.
[00:26:22] Speaker A: I know that feeling.
[00:26:23] Speaker B: I need more Pop Tarts.
[00:26:25] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:26:25] Speaker B: And so you get another set, and you're like, oh, my God. This first Pop Tart in the second set is the best Pop Tart in the world.
[00:26:33] Speaker A: And you go down that vicious. Oh, my God, dude. I never. I never thought of it that way.
[00:26:38] Speaker B: Other people just eat Pop Tarts, bro.
[00:26:40] Speaker A: No, I can't do that.
[00:26:42] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:26:42] Speaker B: And that's because I, like, you know, like, I think you. You get it. Like, you feel the. The more.
[00:26:49] Speaker A: The excess. I. Well, you know what? I have that with. And this is. I figured this one out recently, too. When I watch a movie and it's coming to the end of the movie, and I've seen the movie before, I have to find another movie before those credits start to roll. I go, I need something. This is too much. No, no, no. And I got. And then I get a new movie, and I'm like, oh, okay. Thank God. I'm back to.
[00:27:09] Speaker B: Because we can't. We're so bad at things ending. I keep saying we. I don't know. I do.
[00:27:14] Speaker A: No, no, no, no, no. It's. It's true, man. I had that. That realization not too long ago where I went, I. And I always knew it, but I would run back to things from my past a lot. Those were things I like, you know, whether it was a girl that I really loved or just things. I'm a very nostalgic kind of person. And I realized recently a situation I had, I went, oh, my God. Like, it was. It was kind of. The closure was happening. And I went, I can't say goodbye. Like, I don't want to. It's like that thing of like, we should still be friends. Everyone knows that doesn't work.
[00:27:44] Speaker B: No, it's just like a. You can't separate.
[00:27:46] Speaker A: You can't. And it's the idea of something ending. It's like, oh, no. But really, the normal way of looking at it is like, well, that was really great. And I've worked. I'm still working it out always. Of like, whenever I start to feel that way, I got to go, no, no, this is the exciting part, because who knows what's going to happen now?
[00:28:04] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:28:04] Speaker A: But that end is like, I can't deal with things ending a lot.
[00:28:07] Speaker B: It's really hard because you want more every time. It's like, no, more, more, more.
[00:28:12] Speaker A: Yeah, I want another drink. I want, I want, I want. This night needs to keep going.
[00:28:16] Speaker B: Yes, I need, I need another one. More so than you. Like when somebody suggests it being over.
[00:28:23] Speaker A: It'S, what do you mean, you fucking buzzkill? Get the fuck out of here.
[00:28:27] Speaker B: Yeah, and it's like, oh, you don't want. What do you mean you don't want another drink? Or like, like, what do you mean you don't want to. You don't want to keep going?
[00:28:35] Speaker C: Like, what do you mean?
[00:28:35] Speaker B: Like, all this stuff and I. Yeah, and it applies, like you said, in different aspects of life, relationships, just like things where it pops up and you're like, you don't notice it until you notice it. And then you're like, oh, I just keep asking for more, dude. Like, what the fuck?
[00:28:53] Speaker A: Well, you know, it's funny. So, like, you quit the drinking and I am now on day two of no Instagram or like, any social media.
And, oh, dude, I'll tell you. So I told you, I'm hungover today. I had a night.
[00:29:07] Speaker B: I got home.
[00:29:08] Speaker A: I got home very. I got home at 430 in the morning. I haven't got home at 430 in the morning in a very long time.
[00:29:14] Speaker B: Respect.
[00:29:15] Speaker A: And I was like, all right, I Woke up at 10 today. I still went to the gym. I did what I had to do.
But normally I'd wake up, I'd scroll through Instagram for fucking, you know, half an hour, and then I would feel awful. My dopamine's depleted. I'm already fucked up from, you know. Yeah. Yesterday. And today is day two of no social media. And the last two days, I didn't deactivate because I was like, you know what?
[00:29:39] Speaker B: Let.
[00:29:39] Speaker A: Let me. Let me be as far as, like, I could still get views and do all that.
[00:29:43] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:29:43] Speaker A: Deleted off my phone. I don't check it. I don't have any notifications, nothing. So to me, it's not there.
And I have never felt better. I realized I'm like, oh. When I was drinking, a lot of the. Part of it, too, was social media of, like, who did I message?
What's everyone else doing? Oh, that person I haven't seen in a while. I miss them. And I saw they were out, and it makes me feel like shit that they're. Maybe they're not thinking about me. The whole. This whole plethora of shit. Whereas today I woke up hungover in my bed, and sure, I didn't feel great, but I felt 30 times better than how I normally would feel if I had the Internet. I've been just so much more fucking present.
[00:30:20] Speaker B: It's crazy, which is sick. Respect, dude. Honestly, big respect for doing that, because it's really hard.
[00:30:25] Speaker A: It's fucking. Dude, we are so brainwashed. Like, I. We're not enjoying any moments of. Of our day or our nights because we're constantly. I didn't check my phone, not once last night.
[00:30:37] Speaker B: It was great, which is very impressive. And it's also. I mean, how funny was it when you. I'm sure that moment happened where you looked around and everybody else was, oh, yeah.
[00:30:46] Speaker A: And I looked and I was like, why? I don't have anything to look at. And I'm like, all right, well, I guess I'll stand here for a minute and kind of just enjoy.
[00:30:54] Speaker B: And you're like. You're like, I'm present, but nobody else is. So, like, what's the difference?
[00:31:00] Speaker A: It's basically, you're.
[00:31:01] Speaker B: You're.
[00:31:01] Speaker A: It's the same exact fucking thing, but.
[00:31:04] Speaker B: But you feel way better afterward.
[00:31:07] Speaker A: Way better.
[00:31:07] Speaker B: Because you're just kind of sitting there and you're like, oh, okay. Like, everybody else is doing their thing, but, like, I'm here. I'm at this bar or I'm at this club or wherever I am. Like, I'm. You know, I'M present, like you said, which is super. That's super impressive, because we can't do it, especially in comedy, bro.
[00:31:21] Speaker A: So, dude, you know how many people hit me up and like, what are you gonna do about your comedy videos? And I was like, is that more important than me killing myself?
Like, I. I don't get it, dude.
[00:31:30] Speaker B: We're just. We're just. We're just farm animals, bro.
[00:31:34] Speaker A: Keep going until you dance, monkey. Keep dancing. What do you mean you're gonna stop?
[00:31:38] Speaker B: What do you. No, you do not stop. You go until I kill you.
[00:31:42] Speaker A: Yeah, and the funny thing is, is that this is. A lot of people don't even ever like my videos. And I'm like, you.
[00:31:47] Speaker B: You're not.
[00:31:47] Speaker A: I mean, you're watching them, but you're not supporting the movement.
[00:31:50] Speaker B: Like, so, like, what do you. What are you asking me to do?
[00:31:53] Speaker A: Like, you want me to just keep making an asshole out of myself? Is that what you want?
[00:31:56] Speaker B: So you can witness it? Not even. Not even throw it a little heart. Like, what the fuck? Also, this is a totally separate tangent. I'm sorry, I'm going to go. We could revert it back.
[00:32:05] Speaker C: Go, go.
[00:32:05] Speaker B: But I was thinking about this. I wanted to turn this into a joke, but this is insane. I saw a post the other day where somebody's dog died, right? And they posted about their dog dying. And then underneath it, it said like. Like, this person likes this post. And I was like, this. We need to change the verbiage. I was like, I don't. I don't want to like this post because I'm not a fan of this dog dying.
[00:32:27] Speaker A: I've had that before. I've looked at it. And when. This is weird that I'm liking this Death pig.
[00:32:31] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:32:31] Speaker B: And I hate that Instagram will, like, update it with people, you know, it would be like, oh, this dog died. And then I look blown. It's like, Harrison Marks likes this.
[00:32:39] Speaker A: It's like, what a fucking asshole.
[00:32:40] Speaker B: I'm like, you love that this dog died. Anyway, I just thought of it with, like, the likes and stuff. Stuff.
[00:32:45] Speaker A: No, it's true. There's got to be a way to, like. Well, here's the thing. Also, the insanity of. Of the social media is that when you look at someone, they post a picture, they. They write. And I do this, too. I'm. I'm so guilty. I post everything on the Internet. And you're like, you know, grandpa, I missed you. Or, you know, you know, my dog. You know, lucky, my dog, I miss you so much. You. You were the best dog ever. You're essentially writing a letter to this.
[00:33:07] Speaker B: Person for everyone to see.
[00:33:09] Speaker A: And it's like, the person who died is never gonna see it.
[00:33:13] Speaker B: No, it's more like telling everybody else how you feel.
[00:33:16] Speaker A: Yeah. Which is. I Like the. Essentially, it's become the norm of, like, I need to do this. But to me, it's, It's. There's an insanity to it. Like, what are we.
Why are we writing this to this person who doesn't exist anymore?
[00:33:28] Speaker B: Yeah, it's very. And why are we doing it so publicly?
[00:33:30] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:33:31] Speaker B: And it's very. I don't know. It's very like, yeah, like you said, everyone. It's the norm now. So it's almost like I know people who are like, I gotta make this post about this person. Otherwise it looks like I don't feel anything towards them.
[00:33:43] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:33:43] Speaker B: And I'm like, that is so beyond not true.
[00:33:45] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:33:46] Speaker B: Meanwhile, I'll do the same fucking shit. You know what I mean? Like, it's. Hey, I'm posting day counts on social media.
[00:33:51] Speaker A: That I do. When I quit the Instagram, I made a whole post and I was like, I'm did this sucks, yada, yada, yada. And I'm like. And look at me. I literally wrote. The last sentence was, look at me posting about this. I feel the need to post on the Internet. How up is that?
[00:34:03] Speaker B: I heard that in your voice when I read it too. I was like, I'm. I'm picturing you just doing this whole thing and then have it me like. And I'm still posting about it.
[00:34:12] Speaker A: It's. It's a crazy, crazy thing, but it. It really makes your life.
It just. I. I don't know, man. I'm like, this is what. Whatever's happening right now is just in this living room. And. And I. And when I was out last night, I was like, no, I'm having the best time ever because I'm not worried about. Oh, maybe. Maybe something else is happening I should be doing.
[00:34:32] Speaker B: Yeah. Like, you're not looking at. At stories of stuff going on because it always glorifies it too.
[00:34:38] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:34:38] Speaker A: And it's never as much fun as it seems.
[00:34:39] Speaker B: No, man. And I feel the same way about, like, that parallels to drinking, dude. It's like, you see, there's nothing worse than. You see a picture of, like, people booze in, and you're like, damn, that looks fucking awesome.
[00:34:49] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:34:49] Speaker B: And then when you are boozing with people and you look back and see a story of yourself and you're like, Oh, I bet you people think that that was awesome. But, like, it was pretty fine.
[00:34:58] Speaker A: It was. Yeah, it was. It was okay.
[00:34:59] Speaker B: It was so fine.
[00:35:01] Speaker A: It was good.
It's a fucking. It's a wild thing, man, what we. What we perceive and how our brains, like, just. Just see things now. It's so.
We're all so out of touch. And the problem with it is now is that Instagram is your resume for your life, whether it's your business and if you feel the need where you can't. My buddy hit me up. He's a real estate agent, and he goes, dude, he saw the post that I made, and he goes, dude, I've been thinking about doing this for so fucking long. But I just was like, this is my business. And I was like, dude, just.
I don't know. Maybe I'll be back on the Internet. I mean, I want to post about this. You know, I'm trying to figure out the balance of, like, oh, maybe if I just go post, like, post the things I need to and just stay the fuck away from it. Otherwise. But he was. He was saying, I don't know what to do. I was like, take the weekend off. I just fucking.
[00:35:45] Speaker B: Just take a few days. Just a little recalibrating.
[00:35:49] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:35:49] Speaker A: Just to. Dude, your mind starts to get.
I. I was thinking about things. I was getting manic, dude. Like a cokehead, where I was like. I literally. I felt my eyes were, like, bleeding, and I'm, like, sitting there going, oh, if I edit this video, there's a. Oh, this got a thousand views. Maybe it's gone viral.
Fucking junkie, dude.
[00:36:08] Speaker B: Yeah, it's such a. You said you get, like. It throws off your brain chemistry completely. It literally fucks your brain up, dude.
[00:36:15] Speaker A: I bought a book on Amazon the other day. I bought this Carl Jung book. I really like his shit, and I never really read any of his books.
He was a psychologist, and I think it's called a man and his symbols. Like, it's basically like how he. How dreams and your subconscious, like, sort of like tell you a lot about who you are. And I took my phone the other day, I put it on the island. I sat out there for 40 minutes. I heard my phone ring a couple times. I'm like, fuck it, I don't give a shit. And it was. I haven't sat down and, like, read a book and was so there in fucking forever.
[00:36:45] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:36:45] Speaker B: Yeah. I respect that you can do that. It's so hard.
[00:36:49] Speaker A: It's fucking.
[00:36:49] Speaker B: Dude, it's so hard. I find myself Going from my phone, like, so many times, and I'm like, why do I have. Like, why am I. Why, why, why? I'm like, where's my phone? Where the fuck is it? And leaving it even for 20 minutes, you're like, oh, God damn it. Like, what if you start panicking?
[00:37:02] Speaker A: It's an addiction.
[00:37:03] Speaker B: It's an addiction. So I respect you do it. But I was. You know what I love the most about it? And this is something that not a lot of people. This is something that I also personally struggle with, is the fact that you were like, it might be for a day, or it might be for a week, or it might be for a month.
[00:37:17] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:37:18] Speaker B: Is that. Because that's not an absolute.
[00:37:21] Speaker A: Exactly. It's like, I will be back here. And that's. That was what I want. Because a lot of people. And a lot of times, if I. I'm like, oh, if I said I'm going to. I said, I'm going to do a month, and I got to do a fucking month. Like, when I got sober, I was like, 100 days. I made that the count. So I was like, I have to do that.
[00:37:35] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:37:36] Speaker A: Then, exactly. Whereas with this, I'm like, I know I'm going to have to be back on here. So I'm not going to, like, sit here and go, no, I'm doing this. I'm like, hey, look, I'm going to try it. And this. This may go really well. May go fucking bad.
[00:37:47] Speaker B: But you're like, being. You're being honest with the fact that, you know, there's nothing is an absolute.
[00:37:52] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:37:53] Speaker B: Which is ideal and absolute. So hard. I don't know if it's. If. I mean, I thought it was the Italian, but I guess I was like, dude, I am. I'm so. Like, the first time I quit drinking, I was like, I'm never drinking again.
[00:38:08] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:38:08] Speaker B: And I remember my girlfriend at the time was like, why are you saying.
[00:38:12] Speaker A: Don't say that.
[00:38:13] Speaker B: Yeah. You never know.
And I was of. And I'm always of the belief. I'm like, that's. It's such a problem. The balance. Like you said, balance doesn't exist.
[00:38:23] Speaker A: It's very. It's. It's tough.
[00:38:25] Speaker B: I'm like, I'm never doing this ever again. Not a single time. There's no chance.
Because I feel so emotionally like, I feel so much emotional conviction in the moment, which has its pros, you know, that could be really fun. But it's also. I'm like, I will never do this again.
[00:38:42] Speaker A: It's not feasible, dude.
[00:38:43] Speaker B: It's just not feasible. It's also because I watch anime growing up, and they always make fucking vows. And, you know, like, a kid will be, like, five, and I'll be like, this is my dream, and I'm gonna work at it. And he does it for 20 years, and then he does it, and I'm like, that's sick. I want to do that.
[00:38:57] Speaker A: Well, there's romance involved in that. It's romantic.
[00:39:00] Speaker B: Yeah. You love that. You're in love with the thing you do.
[00:39:03] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:39:04] Speaker B: And so I'll be like, I'm never doing this again. And then a week later, I'll be like, why did I say that? You know, I want to do it so bad.
[00:39:11] Speaker A: I had. I had friends who did. I used to do that all the time. And I'd be like, dude, that's it. And then the next week. And then people. The worst feeling is when someone comes up to you and goes, dude, I thought you weren't doing. And you're like, dude, fuck. He noticed.
[00:39:23] Speaker B: It's the worst because then everybody's. It's. It's not Boy who Cries Wolf, but everybody's just like, your conviction is zero.
[00:39:28] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:39:29] Speaker A: It's like, you can't commit to shit if you're going to say that you can't commit.
[00:39:31] Speaker B: And, like, why would I ever listen to you? And I'm definitely at that point, there's people in my life who are like. I'm like, dude, I will never. Michael took a video of me when I. When I was drinking really hard. There was a moment in, like, the last three months where I was like, I have to stop. And he took a video of me where I was like, my name is Riley Flanagan, and I am declaring that I will be sober until this date. He took that video. I was drinking two days later, and he walks in. He walks in. I don't remember. I was. But he walks in, I was, like, having a beer, and he just shows me the video.
[00:40:02] Speaker A: I was like, God damn it, you motherfucker.
[00:40:06] Speaker B: Because I just, like, in the moment, I'll have so much fun.
I'm like, this is never happening. And I feel it so strongly, but it's an emotion, so it changes.
[00:40:18] Speaker A: Well, dude, I'll tell you this, man. Everything I said I would never do, everything in my life, I ended up doing.
When I turned 30, I had, like, this fucking. I wrote. I was writing down a lot of thoughts as I thought. Life is changing. And I said. I was like, Everything I said I would never do, I ended up doing. And I went, all right, that was kind of a turning point where I'm like, I just don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do. I really don't. And today I am very AA oriented in the sense of like how I think now where I go, look, today I am not gonna do that shit.
[00:40:47] Speaker B: Yes. It's a 24 hour goal. Yeah, 24 hours is like, you're like, today, I will not do this.
[00:40:53] Speaker C: You know?
[00:40:53] Speaker B: Or you say like, please, like, do not let like help me not do this today. Yeah, like you do one day at a time.
[00:40:59] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:41:01] Speaker B: Yeah, dude, I think, yeah, you, you, you are, you have that specific trait where I feel like you, you have a very solid understanding of yourself.
[00:41:13] Speaker A: Took a while, bro. I still am trying to figure this shit out. I don't know.
[00:41:16] Speaker B: I mean, again, it's cuz we're fucking 30, dude. It's.
[00:41:18] Speaker A: It's a weird.
[00:41:19] Speaker B: Everybody else is like 25.
[00:41:21] Speaker A: Yeah. A lot of the guys. Yeah, you, you're. You, you. And I kind. There's an understanding, like where we kind of like nod. We're like, I get it.
[00:41:26] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:41:27] Speaker A: Get it.
[00:41:27] Speaker B: It's like you, you kind of start to figure stuff out and you've, you've done the rodeo enough times where you're.
[00:41:34] Speaker A: Like, I.
Dude, when I hear like the 22 year olds talking about love and, and I'm like, and like how they up and what they're gonna do, I just go, I'm like, oh, dude, you're gonna deal with this like seven more times.
[00:41:45] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:41:46] Speaker A: You're gonna just be up shit's creek.
[00:41:48] Speaker B: And it does it, it has a little bit of impact on like bits and stuff, man.
[00:41:53] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:41:53] Speaker B: Because there's a sense of like, there's a sense of authenticity that needs to be there. And so when like a young person gets up and says they're in love, I'm like, that's. I don't know, dude.
[00:42:07] Speaker A: Like, if you say so.
If you say so, fine.
[00:42:10] Speaker B: But so everything after that, I'm like, you know, I'm not all there.
[00:42:13] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:42:13] Speaker B: But if a person gets up and they're like, I'm young. I have no idea what love is. I'm like, thank you.
It's like a self awareness thing.
[00:42:19] Speaker A: Of course.
[00:42:20] Speaker B: I'm like, fuck yeah. Thank you. And now I will listen to everything you have to say.
[00:42:23] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:42:23] Speaker B: Then they're like, and so my dick. And then I'm like, God damn it.
[00:42:26] Speaker A: Well, that's fine. I do that.
I have. That's the Thing I appreciate on stage more than anything is someone kind of just going. And I think you do it and I do it. Where there's this sense of like, this is what I. This is what you got. This is what you got for the next 10 minutes, right? This is. I don't know what the it is. And I'm like, I don't know who I am. Where is there people who come up and I know it's an act to a certain extent with everything, but you see some guys and they're like.
I don't know, they just. They. They have a different. You could see them go, all right, now I'm going to put this mask on. I was myself right before I walked on stage. I'm going to put. Put this on.
[00:43:00] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:43:01] Speaker A: And now I'm. And we're like, oh, dude, come on. Like, I'm. Now I'm not listening.
[00:43:04] Speaker B: Yeah, take it off. Yeah, it'll help.
[00:43:06] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:43:07] Speaker A: It'll only make people more interested.
[00:43:09] Speaker B: Yeah, I think.
And I think that's like a.
How do I. How do I phrase this? My blood is all black coffee right now, so my heart's about to fucking. It's not even. Like. I think my heart is just used to it by now, but it's just funny because, like, I feel my veins swapping the blood cells for black coffee.
[00:43:29] Speaker A: That's good, man. That's good. That's Trader Joe's right there, dude.
[00:43:32] Speaker B: It's really good.
I love black coffee, dude, because it just.
It rips you.
[00:43:38] Speaker A: It does. Dude, I have three shots of espresso in my coffee every morning.
[00:43:42] Speaker B: Wait, you put three shots of espresso in an already existing coffee? Or you put.
[00:43:46] Speaker A: I go to 7:11, I get the three shots, and then I fill the rest with coffee and a little bit of half and half.
[00:43:50] Speaker C: Dude.
[00:43:50] Speaker B: Dude, it's.
[00:43:51] Speaker A: It's the most diabolical shit.
[00:43:54] Speaker B: That's great. I was like, oh, so it's an Americano. Nope. It's not.
[00:43:57] Speaker A: It's not.
[00:43:58] Speaker B: Because that's three espresso and then water and then.
[00:44:01] Speaker C: No, yeah.
[00:44:01] Speaker A: This is full on drip coffee and three shots of espresso. And I'm like, we got. We got to get today done.
[00:44:06] Speaker B: Do you know what that is? That's. That's a. That's a Jaeger bomb, but with three shots of Jaeger.
[00:44:13] Speaker A: Nine to five Jager bomb. Yeah, yeah.
[00:44:16] Speaker B: That's what that's called. You got to start. Yo, can I get a 9 to 5 Jager bomb?
You want a what? I want to drip coffee. With three shots of espresso in it.
[00:44:24] Speaker A: Wake up, fucker. Let's go.
[00:44:25] Speaker B: Come on. Starbucks. And boy, fucking, let's see. You never heard of a 9 to 5 Jager bomb?
Well, now you have. You coined that.
[00:44:32] Speaker A: But I want to ask you. So. And tell me if we. If you don't want to talk about this, we'll cut it, but.
So you were.
[00:44:39] Speaker B: You were.
[00:44:39] Speaker A: You were in a relationship for quite some time and you're not anymore.
[00:44:42] Speaker B: Yes. Yeah. It was a long, long time. Seven years.
[00:44:44] Speaker A: Seven years.
[00:44:45] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:44:45] Speaker A: And it ended.
[00:44:47] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:44:47] Speaker A: And now you're sober.
You know, for a minute there, I remember when you told me things were over, you were. You were drinking quite heavily, and I remember talking to you, and I was like, hey, man, maybe I wasn't telling you to go AA because I didn't realize the extent of anything that was happening. But we were talking, I was like, hey, maybe just get sober for a little bit to reevaluate.
Do you feel like it hurts more now that you're not drinking? Or like. Because a lot of times the hangover hits and then it hits like a ton of bricks, and you drink, you feel good. Hits like a ton of bricks. Whereas now it's all kind of. You're on the same, like, ekg, where it's like, beep, beep, beep, beep.
Now do you feel it? Like what. What feels worse? You know, I'm saying, I think. Or do you feel more? Do you feel less?
[00:45:28] Speaker B: I think I feel more. I think.
But it's different feelings, you know, because when you're drinking, I feel like, at least for me, my emotions are very, very high and very low.
[00:45:41] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:45:42] Speaker B: So I felt things very strongly or not at all. Yeah.
And so it was an imbalance of how to feel. And so now, after a few weeks sober, it feels more real and less, like, fantastical. Not fantastical in the sense that it was amazing, but you know how fantasy type stuff, you know, romanticizing, drums everything up.
[00:46:06] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:46:06] Speaker B: Movies and media drums everything up. And that's. I was raised on TV movies, basically. And so that when I was drinking, you know, everything felt like it was the end of the world or it was the greatest day of my life or whatever. And so now the realness of it is hitting.
[00:46:20] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:46:22] Speaker B: So whether I feel it. So I feel it differently. And it does.
There's a. There's a. Of, you know, like, you've seen TV movies up. There's a real somberness to reality.
[00:46:34] Speaker C: Oh, yeah.
[00:46:35] Speaker B: You know, when you're living in a fantasy it's definitely a lot more.
You have to accept at one point that you're in reality.
[00:46:41] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:46:42] Speaker B: And so that is a whole new wave of feelings. But I would rather this. Yeah, 100%. I would rather have to face it head on and, you know, figure out my life without the extremes of the booze than be living in a facade, you know, of just drunk haze and hangover.
[00:47:09] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:47:11] Speaker B: So it definitely hit the. It definitely hits.
But, hey, I have Fix you by Coldplay.
[00:47:18] Speaker A: Well, apparently people are cheating to their wives to Cold Ways. I don't know, you know, could go either way.
[00:47:23] Speaker B: That's the thing, dude. It's like, I genuinely. That song, I texted my friends the other day because, like, I remember I was listening to that song when I was fucked up, and I was like, oh, this is the best song ever. It's helping me a lot. But now that I'm like. Now that everything is balancing. Dude, I sat in the shower one day and I listened to Fix you by Coldplay and I wept, bro.
[00:47:41] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:47:41] Speaker B: And I don't really. I don't cry a lot.
[00:47:43] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:47:44] Speaker B: And I fucking. I wept.
[00:47:46] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:47:47] Speaker B: It was crazy.
[00:47:48] Speaker A: Fix. You will do that, man. I cried to that so many times.
The best song ever.
[00:47:52] Speaker B: That's why I don't get why Coldplay gets such a bad rep. That I think that's the greatest song of all time.
[00:47:56] Speaker A: That's a new thing, the Coldplay thing, getting a bad rep. I don't know, man. I grew up in Coldplay was like the. Yo, when you're in love or you're heartbroken, Coldplay is like, yellow. Like, I love a girl so good. It's amazing when. When Fix you comes on and you're going through a breakup, it's a fucking beautiful song.
[00:48:10] Speaker B: You fucking cry, dude. Then performing it live, I think.
[00:48:13] Speaker A: Oh, I saw it live, too. It's amazing.
[00:48:15] Speaker B: Michael showed me a video the other day of them performing in. In, like, Rio. And, like, all the lights are on.
[00:48:20] Speaker A: And I'll guide you home. Are you fucking kidding me?
[00:48:22] Speaker B: It. It hits.
[00:48:23] Speaker A: So I can't listen to it a lot because, like, it'll get me to a place where I'm thinking about real sad shit.
[00:48:29] Speaker B: Yeah, it's very. That's. I think it's. I think it's the best song I ever made.
[00:48:33] Speaker A: It's probably.
[00:48:34] Speaker B: I want to go on the record.
[00:48:35] Speaker A: And one Iris by Google Dolls is also up there.
[00:48:37] Speaker B: Dude.
Iris by the Goo Dolls was the first song I ever listened to on repeat.
[00:48:42] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:48:42] Speaker B: And that might not just. That might just Tell you everything you need to know.
[00:48:45] Speaker A: That's we're gay.
We're kind of super gay.
[00:48:48] Speaker B: And, like, emotions are pretty apparent in our life. Like, what am I doing as a fucking nine year old with an ipod? Just like, Iris made me feel something.
[00:48:58] Speaker A: As if you were like, you knew what love was.
[00:49:01] Speaker B: And I'm just singing it. And I'm like, my mom's like, what are you listening to?
[00:49:05] Speaker A: And I'm like, Little John in the east side Boys.
Shut up, Ma.
[00:49:09] Speaker B: Leave me alone. My friends are like, is that. I'm like, oh, it's move, Bitch by Ludacris. I swear.
[00:49:15] Speaker A: Get out of my way, fucker.
But so, okay, so you're. You, you. You go and you feel it, though. It's seven years. I'd never been in a relationship that long in my life, dude. I've been. The longest relationship I ever had was probably two years, and I've had a few of those and most of the others were like, you know, seeing someone for a month, two months, and I'm like, the same for me, or maybe six months.
But yeah, dude, it's not a.
I'm. I'm big to me relationship. I mean, it shapes, it changes you. Like, there's a. I look at my life in relationship chapters where I have. Okay, there was that girlfriend for that many years. It was that girl. If that was that era. This girl was that year. I. That's how I am able to go, what was the time period, the timestamp? Because sometimes I'm like, it's such a blur.
[00:49:59] Speaker B: Everything.
[00:49:59] Speaker A: And I go, oh, no, 2009-2. Well, I was chasing this one for way too long. But for. For a long time, I was like, oh, that was that era. I remember. Okay. And then this year, you know, so and so, because you, you spent your, your. Your building block. I mean, your building blocks, the 20s, with this person.
And it's easy and it's interesting and I give you a lot of respect. I don't know how it ended exactly, but to go, hey, we're not the same anymore. We grew in different directions. And it's super important to know that rather than get married, a lot of people are like, oh, well, we've been together seven years. Like, let's just do that.
But we don't even know who we are anymore.
[00:50:38] Speaker B: Yeah, I think. I mean, you're.
You're right. It's. It was the building blocks, dude.
[00:50:42] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:50:43] Speaker B: It was so much of, of my life. It's a giant chapter.
[00:50:47] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:50:48] Speaker B: But I think, I think In a similar way, like, you know, like I. My relationship with a specific person is kind of how I base like a lot of my life off of.
And what does that say about us? You're like, what?
[00:51:00] Speaker A: We're fucked up, dude.
[00:51:02] Speaker B: What does that say about us? Somebody's like, oh, well, what were you doing in 2012? And I'm like, well, I was. I think I was seeing this person.
[00:51:09] Speaker A: That's how I literally got my. I was dating that one. So I was probably okay, yeah. And. And that's probably not normal.
[00:51:14] Speaker B: It's a benchmark. It's because it's how know our relationships with other people, I think we value over our relationship with ourself probably a lot of times.
[00:51:23] Speaker A: That makes sense.
[00:51:24] Speaker B: Yeah. It's like, it's like a self value thing. I don't know. I'm like, I'll be. That was an. I'll beat myself the fuck up, dude. I'll fucking. I'll tank myself.
[00:51:35] Speaker A: Which is interesting because I do the same thing. And we're. And you and I are pretty very. At least out in the wild, a happy go lucky guys of like, oh, good time, you know, Riley's good times hanging meanwhile, like in your head. It's this.
Just this fucking boxing match with yourself where you're just fucking yourself up, dude.
[00:51:53] Speaker B: I got Pacquiao in my fucking brain. Just.
[00:51:56] Speaker A: And you're going, yeah, yeah, I deserve that one. I deserve that one.
[00:51:59] Speaker B: Yeah, it's definitely.
It's like a self love thing for sure. I remember I did therapy for a little while. My therapist was just like, can you be nice to yourself? Like she like almost broke. I remember it was like a. You know, because they like, there's a lot of professionalism to it, but I'm really casual and I feel like I can bring a lot of casualness out of people. And I don't know what I said that brought it out of her, but she was just like, can you just stop this yourself? She was like, what are you doing? Like, say something nice about yourself. I was like, I said something. She was like, no, no, say something real about yourself. Like something that's nice and genuine, not like a joke.
[00:52:33] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:52:34] Speaker B: And I was like, ah, fuck.
[00:52:35] Speaker A: Okay, that's. That's my problem too. It's always got to be like this fucking like, like throwaway, funny thing.
[00:52:42] Speaker B: Yeah. Be like, I'm a stud. What are you talking about?
[00:52:43] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. And that just translates to I'm a worthless piece of shit.
[00:52:49] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:52:49] Speaker B: It's crazy. But then I, and then, you know, Then, then you look at a relationship that you have with another person, like a dynamic you have, and you, you put that over, like, you prioritize that over how you are or how you feel.
[00:53:00] Speaker A: Yep.
And you're only as good as how that. How you're making that person feel. They're not happy anymore. Then you're a piece of shit.
[00:53:07] Speaker B: And that definitely is like a root of doing comedy and trying to make people laugh.
[00:53:11] Speaker A: Of course, dude. That people pleasing thing.
[00:53:15] Speaker B: Yeah, dude. I'll never forget the first time I made a group of people laugh.
[00:53:19] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:53:19] Speaker B: It was in a history class. I didn't think I was a funny person. I like, I was funny around my family. I remember like, making my family laugh because we would go to the mall and I would fake trip.
[00:53:28] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:53:29] Speaker B: And they were like, that's the funniest thing in the whole world.
[00:53:31] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:53:31] Speaker B: And I was like, okay, interesting.
And I started learning. But I'll never forget when I made a history class in high school laugh.
[00:53:38] Speaker A: And I was like, oh, we got something.
[00:53:40] Speaker B: I was like, hang on. I was like, I feel that was awesome.
[00:53:44] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:53:44] Speaker B: I was like, everybody had a. Everybody smiled. Yeah, that was sick.
And it just went from there, dude. But it's definitely. It's like almost like a defense mechanism.
[00:53:54] Speaker A: Of course, dude. It's. It's the, the. I had the same shit in school where I was like, I wasn't a good looking kid and I was like, how do I get people to like me? And I was like, if you figure out, you go, oh, if I make people laugh or if I do something stupid, even if I have to hurt myself doing it, then I'm cool. Like, they're gonna be okay with me.
[00:54:11] Speaker B: I literally would like bruise my arms, tripping, jackass stuff.
[00:54:14] Speaker A: Like, you know, guys watch and they love it. People get a kick out of it.
[00:54:17] Speaker B: And you just are like. And at one point it's just like, I'm hurting myself.
[00:54:23] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:54:23] Speaker A: You're like, oh, no, I'm in danger. But it's like everyone likes me.
But over the years, I'll tell you this, man, like, and this is my problem with, with comedy, as I got older, last couple years, and like, they're doing psychedelics, doing some therapy, doing other shit, where I end up. Teacher, I had mentioned this before, said to me, he pulled me aside as an acting professor. I was in my mid-20s. And he goes, why do you need everyone to like you? He literally looked me dead in the eye and I went, I don't need what. I'm like, fuck you. Dude, I don't feel that way. And it was the truth. It was like, deep down.
[00:54:52] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:54:53] Speaker A: And with comedy, with the way I do it, I. Because I stopped people pleasing a couple years ago, I just went, you know what? I can't fucking do this shit anymore. Like, that's why with the Instagram, I felt myself going, I'm not doing this for me anymore. I'm doing this for fucking other people. And when I get on stage, I'm a pretty.
[00:55:11] Speaker B: I.
[00:55:12] Speaker A: You've seen, I say some. Some. Some sick shit. And it's about like, this is who I am. And either you're gonna like it or you're not gonna like it.
Whereas I see a lot of comics and I've said I'm repeating myself. Just go like, well, are people gonna like this? It's like, well, if you like it, that's what you got to go with. You can't go with the joke that you think everyone's gonna like. You got to go with the joke that you love the most.
[00:55:34] Speaker B: That'll make you laugh.
[00:55:35] Speaker A: Exactly. And if it doesn't work on them, maybe they weren't right audience, maybe it's not funny, but there's a million reasons. But at least you can walk off the stage going, I did what I wanted to do.
[00:55:43] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:55:44] Speaker B: I was being myself. I was doing it for me.
[00:55:46] Speaker A: Do you have a bike? Do you feel like when you're on stage, sometimes you're like, constantly. Is there, like, a part of you that's like, oh, no, I need them to. I need them to love me? Or is it like, I'm gonna have fun and I'll be happier that way?
[00:55:57] Speaker B: This is. It's a. It's been a big transition the last couple weeks or maybe like months. And it's something that, like, when Michael and I have, like, sat down to write and stuff, it's like, I'll write something and he'll just be like, stop. And I'll, like, be in the middle of writing. I'll be like, just go. He's like, everything you just said to me was authentic to you. Just go up there and talk about it.
[00:56:15] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:56:15] Speaker B: And like, that's been a big thing. As opposed to being like, oh, I need to say this in a way that everybody's going to love now. It's like, no, I'm going to do it for myself. Like, I'm going to talk from my gut and just say how I feel like, for myself.
[00:56:30] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:56:31] Speaker B: And people will hopefully enjoy it along the way, you know? Yeah.
But I think that's one reason that I like, like you said, you're like, you'll go up there and you'll say some wild shit, but I respect it coming from you because I know that you're up there.
Like, you have the self awareness to know that like, like you said, like, you'll say something and you'll be like, they might not like it, but you do it in a way where you, if you wanted to, you could go up in people. Please.
[00:56:58] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure.
[00:56:59] Speaker B: You have the ability to do that, but you have a talent on stage and you're like, I want to use it to do what I want to do. And you're doing your comedy.
[00:57:07] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:57:08] Speaker B: And I think that's. I respect that more so than people who will do similar jokes, but they'll do it like almost like on purpose.
[00:57:16] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:57:17] Speaker B: It's like not what they actually want to talk about.
[00:57:19] Speaker A: They think that, that. Oh, maybe if I get edgy, I guess. Fuck. Then that's. Maybe people, you know, whatever.
[00:57:24] Speaker B: Versus you're going to there and you're just being authentic.
[00:57:26] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:57:27] Speaker B: Like, I'm never, I've never seen you say a joke that I knew you liked. That if like the audience didn't like it, that you'll just smile and be like, oh, you guys didn't like that.
[00:57:36] Speaker A: Yeah, that's my bad.
[00:57:38] Speaker B: Sorry. Which I was. And that's. Dude, that's hard. That's so hard.
[00:57:43] Speaker A: It's. It's a. It's. Thank you for saying that. I appreciate that, man. It's a, it's a. Well, I see you go like, I. Because I've been coming to the Rodneys late nights and when you go up and host, you like you were talking about how you're like, just go talk about. You are literally going up there and talking. And I love it. And it's sometimes, yo, if. Even if nothing funny to the audience, you're. You're going, this is, this is. I think you'll learn more about being funny by just talking and like go five minutes with no laughter. You get more from that than hitting that. That thing. You know what I mean?
[00:58:16] Speaker B: 100%. I don't like, I don't love doing material when I host Mike's because it's like when I'm up top, like when I go first.
[00:58:22] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah.
[00:58:23] Speaker B: Once you're second, you're kind of.
[00:58:24] Speaker A: Everyone's greased up.
[00:58:25] Speaker B: It's like you're. You're hosting, but you're kind of just. You're another comic on the line exactly. Versus when you go up top, it's like, hey, like, what's. What's the temperature of the room? Like, what's the energy? Like, And a lot of people have different philosophies about doing, quote unquote, crowd work and open mics and stuff, but I'm like, especially the late night ones. I'm like, I want y' all have some fun.
[00:58:43] Speaker A: That's. Yeah, it's 9:45, dude, on a Wednesday. Let's. Let's just have a good time.
[00:58:46] Speaker B: Let's just fucking. Let's see what's up. Yeah, let's just talk, you know? Like, I want everyone to feel welcome and comfortable so they can come up and say the heinous that they were playing.
Sometimes I'm like, I think that guy feels a little too comfortable.
[00:59:02] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:59:05] Speaker B: I'm like, I should have done material outside.
[00:59:07] Speaker A: Like, this guy really just went off the rails.
[00:59:10] Speaker B: Yeah. And I think it's. What it's also helping with is a blend of. Because, you know, when you go into a bit and, like, some people do it different than us. When you go into a bit, dude, you could hear it, you know, like, I could hear when somebody's in a bit. Yeah. And that's another thing that, like, I talk about with, like. Like, me, Michael and Marielle were talking about it on the train the other day, and I went to tell them something, and as soon as I started, one of them looked. The other one was just like, oh.
[00:59:36] Speaker A: He'S doing a bit.
[00:59:37] Speaker B: Yeah, he's in bit mode. I was like, God damn it. And so not doing bits and just kind of talking up top helps you sort of, like, blend the. The attitude of both. You know what I mean? You're in.
[00:59:51] Speaker A: You're in your living room talking to your boys now.
[00:59:53] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:59:53] Speaker A: And that's the shit that people get sucked into.
[00:59:56] Speaker B: Yes. And so when you start to do material, you kind of are like, all right, I want to do it, but in this fashion.
[01:00:02] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:00:03] Speaker B: And so it's casual. That's. That's what I. I like to. I like a casual sort of setup. You know what I mean?
[01:00:10] Speaker A: It's the best, man. It's the fucking best. I was trying to think Rodney's last week when it had, like, 25 people.
[01:00:18] Speaker B: Yeah, that was.
[01:00:21] Speaker A: There was. You did it.
I saw a couple other guys. There was this. I don't know if it was something in the room or whatever, but there was a casual. A sense of like, I. I prefer watching. I. Don't get me wrong. Punch setup. Punchlines, they're great. If they're funny, I'll laugh. But when you're just talking to me and sometimes you'll do the joke or whatever, it has some punchlines. But I'd rather hear a really interesting story where I go, what the fuck?
[01:00:47] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:00:48] Speaker A: Then. Then hear like, you know, what's the deal with, you know, cell phones or whatever?
[01:00:54] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:00:55] Speaker B: And I think that is where, like, you know, kind of crafting, like a premise is important. Because if your premise is casual.
[01:01:01] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:01:02] Speaker B: Then you're, you know, your punch is going to be relevant 100% versus if your premise is. I mean, I got a premise where I talk about themed restaurants. I don't know how to work that in ever to like a, like a actual casual setting, which is funny in and of itself that I'm just like, so who likes themed restaurants in here?
[01:01:21] Speaker A: Well, you know, I mean, I always. My thing is lately I'll get up, I kind of get, oh, shit, we'll have to go in like 10 minutes or so. 10, 15.
There are times where I'll go up and this is lately, and I'll have the premise. And I'm a very, like, I like thinking about. I'm philosophical with things. I started to go like, well, yeah, what if it was like that? What if it's like this? What if it's like that? And I started going up now and I go, like, if I was talking about themed restaurants, like, what the fuck is. Dude, I went to a theme restaurant the other day and I was like, the fuck is going on? And I thought, like, what if, like a. Like, I'm just going, I'm not stealing your ribbon. Like, fucking. I was in a Disney themed restaurant. Like, what if Mickey Mouse walked in and, like, had a beef with like, fucking Yogi Bear? Like, this is like two different. And you just ask these questions and there's no punchlines. I ask a lot of questions out loud on stage now. And sometimes that's funny. I was just like, dude, I wonder what the fuck that's like.
[01:02:17] Speaker B: Yeah, this is what I'm thinking.
[01:02:18] Speaker A: Yeah, like, this is what's going on. And then eventually a punchline may come out of it, but there's that casual nature of like, I have no idea how to make this casual. But if I just ask you and talk to you as a friend of like, dude, like, when you're super high and you're talking to your buddy, you're like, yeah, what if like meteor hit right now and you're like, oh, that would be wild. Like, we would have to. Where would the fallout shelter be? Like, I don't know, dude. Is it. What's a full out? You know?
[01:02:42] Speaker B: Like, is. Do we think munchies would be open still?
[01:02:45] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly. It's like, oh, like, you go down this rabbit hole, and I think that's.
That's how I had the. Who's cock Is this thing?
[01:02:54] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:02:54] Speaker A: Where I was like, who's. And I sat. I was high. I was sitting outside on my balcony, and I go, whose is it really?
It's like, oh, maybe that's it.
[01:03:03] Speaker B: Yeah, it's yours. I guess that's how I got no conviction in this. It's yours now. I love that joke. I think that's so funny, dude. Yeah, I think.
No, I'm with you. I think I ask a lot of questions, too, dude.
[01:03:15] Speaker A: Yeah, I've noticed that. I've noticed that. And it's. It's really helpful.
[01:03:20] Speaker B: Ask a lot of questions. And sometimes, you know, like, I love. It's because I'm not. And it's like. It's something I have to work on because there is a balance to it, but, like, I'll do. I remember one time I have a joke about, like, being, like, a divorced dog dad.
[01:03:38] Speaker A: Yes, I remember that. I love that.
[01:03:39] Speaker B: It's fun, but, like, one. At one point, I remember I was at, like, an open mic. I was like. I was like, do you guys know what a divorced dog dad is?
[01:03:45] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:03:45] Speaker B: And afterward, I was like, why the fuck did I ask them that? That's so specific.
[01:03:50] Speaker A: Yeah, that's too specific. You know what I mean?
[01:03:53] Speaker B: The questions are fun until you get to a point where you're just asking them the premise of your joke.
[01:03:58] Speaker A: Well, that's. There's. That's the difference. Rather than just going, like, so, like, I got divorced recently, and she got the kids, and. And, like, by kids, I mean the dog. Fucking dog. Because, you know, it's whatever.
[01:04:09] Speaker B: I'm like, who has a dog in here?
[01:04:10] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:04:11] Speaker B: Boom. You know, it's like that type of stuff. But, yeah, I like asking questions because. And it could. Yeah, I could shoot myself in the foot sometimes. But the thing is, it's just a part of who I am. Like, I'm very.
I want the audience. I don't want to perform for the audience. I want to be a. Not a part of the audience, but, like, yeah, I want to perform, but it's like.
I don't know. I want y' all to fucking feel like you're a part of this.
[01:04:33] Speaker A: Well, you are the Technically, the brain or the heart in this body that's in this room, there may be the fucking lungs. And. And that group is the. Is the. You know, is the liver and the kidneys, but you. There's. If you're the heart, you're pumping blood to everything.
[01:04:47] Speaker B: Yes. And. And yeah, you're. You're keeping this body alive. And. God damn it. Riffing. Some stuff is so fucking fun, dude.
[01:04:54] Speaker A: I love it.
[01:04:55] Speaker B: It's.
It feels so authentic in the sense that I don't like crowd work where I'm like, what do you do for work? I like crowd work where I ask them my thoughts.
I did a show at Eastville, like two weeks ago.
It was a show called Guys Night Dude. And this guy, dude, he packed Eastville. There was 80 people. Yeah, it was awesome. But I kept. I asked these questions and there was one guy who kept raising his hand. I mean, like, me. And like, not a lot of other people were. And I made a comment on. I was like, that guy's the man. Like this guy, he gets everything.
[01:05:30] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:05:30] Speaker B: And then I closed with my themed restaurant. Medieval Times joke.
[01:05:33] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:05:34] Speaker B: And I was like, who likes themed restaurants? And I looked right at the guy who kept raising his hand and he, like, did something so funny. And I went to the audience, the rest of the audience, I was like, guys, the guy who's been saying yes to everything just went like this. He just went.
And it.
Everybody died laughing because it was so unique to that experience.
[01:06:00] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:06:00] Speaker B: Versus doing a joke I've done so many times. You know what I mean? It added its own authenticity. It's the fact this guy was like, yeah, me. And he was like, yeah, me. And then that was the one thing.
[01:06:08] Speaker A: Where he was like, no, I'm not going with you.
[01:06:11] Speaker B: He's like, I don't like themed restaurants. And I'm like, oh, Jesus.
[01:06:15] Speaker A: Like, these, they. They must really be bad. This guy says yes to everything except that.
[01:06:19] Speaker B: And it was so fun. And I was like, that was so specific to that audience. I'll never be able to replicate it ever.
[01:06:26] Speaker A: Which is. That's the beautiful part about comedy and live performance. It's that moment that you'll never get that moment. And like, that's why a lot of times comedy doesn't work on the Internet, like the stand up clips, because you had to be in the fucking room. You had to feel it. It's funnier when you're in the moment. Some things need to stay there.
[01:06:41] Speaker B: Some things need to stay on stage and in the room, and I love that. Man. Because that's always been the best part about being funny, is that my brain does the work on the spot.
[01:06:50] Speaker C: Yep.
[01:06:51] Speaker B: You know what I mean? And I just kind of. You feel it in the moment. And nothing sounds more authentic than an authentic moment.
[01:06:57] Speaker A: Nothing. Nothing.
[01:06:58] Speaker B: You know, like, you can replicate it. You can know your bits in and out, but nothing will ever feel as authentic as me watching that guy shake his head and, like, do, like, a tight arm cross. And I lost it in my head. And I was like, I need you all to know what.
And sometimes it's not gonna work. Sometimes, like, what you think is funny in the moment you won't be able to portray. But, fuck, I'll take the seven misses for that one hit.
[01:07:21] Speaker A: Fuck yeah, dude.
[01:07:22] Speaker B: I'll take.
[01:07:22] Speaker A: It's worth it. It's like, the best. I. What? I don't know why I thought of this of, like, in a very dire situation of, like, where everyone needs to be serious and then someone just rips a loud fart.
[01:07:32] Speaker B: It's so funny.
[01:07:33] Speaker A: It's so fun. Like that. That moment. It's like this.
That's authentic. There's authentic.
[01:07:38] Speaker B: It's unreal. Yeah.
[01:07:39] Speaker A: Because you can't force yourself to fart. If you do, you'll.
But you know what I'm saying, There's something about that.
[01:07:45] Speaker B: Oh, it's such a. Yeah. And it's just like a. It's a moment that's unique to everybody in the room.
[01:07:50] Speaker C: Yep.
[01:07:51] Speaker B: And I mean, what's funnier than sharing a funny moment with someone?
[01:07:54] Speaker A: There's nothing better. There's nothing that laugh that you idea. Like when you think back on a relationship. And, like, there's sometimes your. Your brain will do the slideshow and that one thing of, like, where you were laughing at the thing that you thought you'd Forget, you know, 10 years later. And you go, holy shit. Like, I remember that exact moment. And it was like, the most unimportant thing at that time.
[01:08:14] Speaker B: Yeah.
[01:08:14] Speaker A: And it becomes such a.
Just a important memory that you on your deathbed will have that you'll remember.
[01:08:21] Speaker B: That you store it.
[01:08:22] Speaker C: Yep.
[01:08:23] Speaker A: That little. Oh, I remember we were laughing on the couch and that thing happened. It was just dumb, but it was fucking great.
[01:08:28] Speaker B: It was so dumb, but it was so amazing. And then the best is. And here's how I know it's special because. Have you ever tried to explain one of those moments to somebody else? It's physically impossible.
[01:08:38] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:08:38] Speaker B: And I love people that are like, I did it. I explained a moment that, like, me, Michael and Our other roommate had the other day, and Ben Gold was like, I love Ben. I love Ben. And he was so honest. And he, like, he didn't laugh at it. He was like, yeah, it sounds like it was really funny in the moment.
I was like, thank you for that answer, because you were right.
[01:08:58] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:08:58] Speaker B: We were dying in the moment.
[01:09:00] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:09:00] Speaker B: But the more I explain what happened.
[01:09:02] Speaker A: It ruined it for the other person.
[01:09:04] Speaker B: The less funny it actually kind of is.
Oh, my gosh.
[01:09:09] Speaker A: But it's those moments that keep. That make life really, really good. And it's. Those are the moments that, like, when you're thinking about the bills got to get paid, you just go, like, I can't do shit right now. But I had that, like, this is good. This life is. Which makes me want to. I want to ask you, like. And this is a very loaded question, and we're going to have to cut it in a few, but are you happy?
[01:09:37] Speaker B: Yes.
[01:09:39] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:09:40] Speaker A: Okay.
[01:09:40] Speaker B: I'm happy.
But I'm also. I'm happy.
I'm sad, you know, like, with a lot of stuff going on, and it's heavy.
[01:09:51] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:09:52] Speaker B: But I think you could be happy and sad at the same time.
[01:09:55] Speaker A: I've been struggling with that my whole life, dude.
[01:09:57] Speaker B: Yeah. I think that, you know, there's a lot that you could be happy about.
I mean, sitting here with you talking about, like, the shit that I love to do, like, it's. It's great. And there's gonna be a moment after this where, like, you know, like, we're gonna drive up to the city and then I'm gonna be alone on the subway and, like, sadness might wave over me.
[01:10:17] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:10:17] Speaker B: But, like, in this moment, I'm happy.
[01:10:20] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:10:20] Speaker B: And I'm pumped about that.
[01:10:22] Speaker A: That's. I mean, it's a good way to put it. It's. Happiness is a moment to moment thing. It's not a. It's not like a blanket thing of I'm always gonna be happy.
[01:10:31] Speaker C: No.
[01:10:32] Speaker B: And that's. It's. That's fine.
[01:10:34] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:10:34] Speaker B: You know, you just. It's. It's a sense of resilience. Like, if you just keep going.
[01:10:42] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:10:43] Speaker B: You know, you'll find happy moments for sure.
And it's cool to just. Like you said, it's cool to share these authentic moments with people. And I love that I get to go on stage and just say stupid shit. That's, like, really fun, man. And, like, you know, I like that I listen to Coldplay songs and cry in the shower sometimes, dude. Like, you know, I like that.
I've like broken down over the last couple months and been a disaster. You know, it all is leading to all, like, to, to good shit, even if it doesn't seem like it.
[01:11:19] Speaker C: So, yeah.
[01:11:22] Speaker B: Also, it could just be the black coffee talking. Like, I could crash in an hour and be like, I'm gonna kill my.
[01:11:28] Speaker A: Actually, I sprinkled some Percocet.
[01:11:31] Speaker B: I was like, I recognize this feeling.
[01:11:33] Speaker A: Why do I feel so good?
[01:11:34] Speaker B: Right? Yeah. Oh, my God. I was like, I've had back issues for like a couple months. I could do a backflip right now, dude. I'm like, jesus, what is in this? He said this was Trader Joe's.
[01:11:43] Speaker A: That's. Yeah, Trader Joe's, man. That's. Again, everyone. I dose everyone up on the podcast so they can open up.
[01:11:49] Speaker B: That's it. I feel like it, I feel like I, I swear to God, I was telling a story on this and I blacked out and I blacked in. I was like, am I still telling this story?
[01:11:58] Speaker A: Like, what did I. You're gonna leave here. Like, I was sober, but I don't remember what I said to him.
[01:12:01] Speaker B: Literally. We're gonna get in the car and I'm looking, I'm gonna go. Was there a moment where I just wouldn't shut the up?
[01:12:06] Speaker A: No, dude, you're great. I, I. There are certain people I've had conversations with, and it's just like, you, it's like pulling teeth, man. You're like, come on. Like, let's just have a fucking conversation, dude.
[01:12:18] Speaker B: Say words. Say words.
[01:12:19] Speaker A: Some people expect shit to be like. I mean, the way that this is formatted is not an interview. It's like we're just chatting and like, maybe it'll relate to someone will relate to this shit. And that's it.
[01:12:29] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, it's also, it's the aesthetic, dude, the couch. I've been in this lean back position for an hour right now, and it's pretty, it's cool, dude.
[01:12:39] Speaker A: It doesn't feel like we're doing podcast. At least I don't feel like it. Maybe because I'm used to it, but.
[01:12:44] Speaker B: No, I'm with you. It feels like we just sat down with mics in the camera and like, you know, it's also like, no headset too. It's like, yeah, it's pretty. Pretty freeing.
[01:12:51] Speaker A: There's something about a studio sometimes where you go in and you're like, like.
[01:12:55] Speaker B: It'S two different vibes. Like, I love to doing cam's podcast because Cam's podcast is, you know, I Love Cam. Yeah, I love Cam. And it's. It's the aesthetic, you know, and it's. I like that this is a different aesthetic.
[01:13:04] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:13:04] Speaker B: You know, and so it's cool. That's another good thing about knowing all these people in the scene, dude. It's like, people do podcasts and shit, and you're just like. It's a different experience. It's a whole different.
[01:13:13] Speaker A: Totally, man. It's. It's. It's. It's. It's fucking great. And I know everyone has a podcast now, but it's like, it's. It's cool to hang out. It's just like, that's another thing of, like, hey, we get to hang out and talk shit. And what's better than that?
[01:13:25] Speaker B: Yeah, and it's like, I. Like, I did Harmon's podcast and, like, me and him had not, like, hung out really, one on one. And it was like. It was a nice time. I was like, oh, this is good time.
[01:13:32] Speaker A: He's a very misunderstood person. He's a really good guy.
But you look at him and you. If you take him, like, just how you see him, it's like.
[01:13:41] Speaker B: Yeah, there's a lot of, like, surface level stuff, but I like having that one on one conversation was, you know, it was really nice because, like, we hadn't really had that. And I agree with you. I think it's like a. Yeah. Like a misunderstanding. But I'm like. I'm like, no, you're. You are a good. You're very. You're a good dude. Yeah, like, there's. There's lines that he won't cross.
He drove me nuts a couple weeks ago with a bit he was doing.
[01:14:03] Speaker A: Dude, which one?
[01:14:04] Speaker B: He, like, just pretended to be fucking, like, handicapped and, like, talking to me. Like, I was like, his music. He's like, hey, why we. And I got. I got so mad at him, dude. And I feel bad cuz, like, I feel. I mean, he fucking. He kept doing it, and at one point, I remember he was like, I'm. It's too far gone. Like, I can't stop.
[01:14:22] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:14:22] Speaker B: And I was like, no, you can.
[01:14:24] Speaker A: Yeah, but you don't want to, bro. You. You're not fucking handicapped.
[01:14:28] Speaker B: Oh, dude. But it was. It was crazy. I got so mad. I was having such a bad day already, too.
[01:14:32] Speaker A: But I had. I went to Fear City one time, and I saw a dude go up and he was like this.
Like this in a suit, full suit, and goes up and doing this, and I'm looking, and he walked in, like, that. And I was sitting there, and I'm watching him, and he starts, like, putting the mic in his mouth while he's talking and licking it. And I'm like. I start going, what the fuck, dude? I was like, getting like. I'm like, what the fuck? Like, come on. This is. That's disgusting. Because in my head, I went, he's faking it. This guy ain't real, bro.
[01:15:03] Speaker C: This is.
[01:15:03] Speaker A: I'm like, this is the best acting I ever seen. And I. I. And he gets off stage, the whole thing, and. Because he kept doing, like, literally like that. And he gets off stage, and I go up, like, two people after him, and he goes and sits in the back, and he's still in.
And I look at him, and I go. And I got a lot of. For this, because other people didn't say. And I go. And I go. I said, I don't know if that's the best. Like, I don't know if you're actually handicapped, I said, or if that's the best acting I ever seen, I said, but I don't buy it, bro. And that's a really crazy thing to say when you don't know if someone's actually handicapped.
[01:15:35] Speaker B: Yeah, dude, that's. You were like, this is how I feel. I'm dying.
[01:15:39] Speaker A: I'm like, yo, that. And I'm like. And if I'm wrong, I apologize. But I just fucking. But I know retardation when I see it, and that ain't it.
[01:15:48] Speaker B: That seems like fake.
I'm imagining you, like, following this dude for days, and this would be like, I'm gonna catch him.
[01:15:55] Speaker A: You want to know something? I found his Instagram.
He's not mentally handicapped.
[01:16:00] Speaker B: No way.
[01:16:00] Speaker A: And I got shit. I got shit. People were just kind of like, like, damn, dude. How could you go up there and do that? And I was fucking right, dude. I was fucking right.
Like, this motherfucker had me feeling like fucking asshole.
[01:16:13] Speaker B: Yeah, you're Mr. Crocker from Fairly Oddparents. You're like, he. He has fairies, dude. And I know it, and nobody believes me, but he has fairies, bro.
I fucking believe in fairies, and that guy has fairies, dude.
[01:16:26] Speaker A: Dude, it was. It was one of those moments. And, like, kudos to him. I mean, yo, just stay in character. Like, you want to do that? Fine. I have no problem with it. But, like, I broke, dude.
[01:16:35] Speaker B: What? I would have broke immediately.
[01:16:37] Speaker A: Yeah, I can't do that.
[01:16:38] Speaker B: I mean, it's.
[01:16:39] Speaker A: It's almost like doing blackface.
[01:16:41] Speaker B: It's. It's just touching blackface but you can't break blackface.
[01:16:44] Speaker A: No, you can't. You just gotta. If you're sweating, you'll be.
[01:16:48] Speaker B: Oh, my God. Did you use cheap makeup for blackface?
You can't do that, dude. If you're gonna do it, you have to use, like, heavy duty.
[01:16:56] Speaker A: You gotta go to the beach, dude, and get a good tan.
[01:16:59] Speaker B: You can't sweat away, bro. That's so funny.
[01:17:03] Speaker A: But, yeah, man, that's. Is there anything you wanted to touch upon that I didn't. I didn't hit?
[01:17:08] Speaker B: No, dude, I was just. I'm pumped to be here. Thank you for having me on, Dud.
[01:17:12] Speaker A: I. Seriously, I love you, man.
[01:17:13] Speaker B: You're.
[01:17:14] Speaker C: You're.
[01:17:14] Speaker A: You're a wonderful dude, a great comic. And I.
Whenever, like, when I saw you going through it, like, I. You were one of the. Like, there are people you see going through it. And I'm like, all right. Like, I. I like you, but I'm not gonna. I'm not. I don't.
[01:17:27] Speaker B: You know.
[01:17:27] Speaker A: But with you, I was like, yo, hey, man. Like, truly, like, if you ever need a friend, you ever need to talk, I'm.
[01:17:33] Speaker B: I'm here.
[01:17:33] Speaker A: I support the sobriety thing. I. I really, like. I'm very, like, impressed by everything that you do, man. Seriously.
[01:17:40] Speaker B: Thanks, bro. I love you too.
[01:17:41] Speaker A: Fucking. You're the man. And you want to give the socials or.
[01:17:45] Speaker B: Oh, sure.
My socials are.
What's my Social Security? Now I'm at Riley and Flanagan.
You ever. You know Raymore and Flanagan, the furniture store?
[01:17:57] Speaker A: Really smart.
[01:17:58] Speaker C: Yep.
[01:17:59] Speaker B: Well, quick story. I moved out to LA for a little while and I had a big group of people at, like, a production meeting. I was a PA on, like, a reality TV show, and. And I was like, this is going to kill. They're like. I was like, telling jokes and everyone loved it. And they were like, riley, what's your email? I was like, you guys are going to love this. It's Riley and Flanagan.
Nobody laughed.
[01:18:16] Speaker A: No. Fucking LA idiots.
[01:18:18] Speaker B: But I was like, why is no one laughing? And they were like, what is that? I'm like, you know, like Raymore and Flanagan. And they were like, what, dude? Apparently it's regional. I had no idea, Raymore.
[01:18:25] Speaker A: It's an east coast thing.
[01:18:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I had no idea.
[01:18:27] Speaker A: I know. Exactly. Raymore.
[01:18:28] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:18:29] Speaker A: Did you like la?
[01:18:30] Speaker B: Nah.
[01:18:30] Speaker A: Fucking awful. How long were you there?
[01:18:32] Speaker B: Six years.
[01:18:33] Speaker A: Holy shit, dude. That's a long time.
[01:18:35] Speaker B: Yeah, it was a long time. Yeah, man. East Coast. I'm an east coast kid. I figured out. And I.
[01:18:39] Speaker A: You're From Jersey.
[01:18:40] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:18:40] Speaker B: So I'm glad to be back, dude. Dude.
Yeah, it was tough.
[01:18:44] Speaker A: What years were you there?
[01:18:46] Speaker B: 2017 to 2022. So five years, I guess. Again, that's the thing. Is it five years or is it six years?
[01:18:53] Speaker A: Who was I dating?
[01:18:55] Speaker B: 2017 to that?
[01:18:56] Speaker A: Two.
[01:18:57] Speaker B: 2018 is one. No, 2018. You see what I mean? That's why I have to post it on my Instagram story, because otherwise I won't know. Dude.
Oh, dude. So Riley and Flanagan and then bowl cut comedy.
[01:19:10] Speaker A: Show me Michael co host show Michael Fleming. Another really great comic. A wonderful guy. Just a happy go lucky.
[01:19:17] Speaker B: Yeah, he's a good dude. He's been. He's also been helping me out a lot and so shout out you.
[01:19:26] Speaker A: What? When's the next bull cut?
[01:19:28] Speaker B: Next Friday.
[01:19:29] Speaker A: Next Friday. But this will be out before then, so, yeah, next Friday. Bowl Cut comedy. Where's it gonna be at?
[01:19:34] Speaker B: It is at Cafe Balerca.
[01:19:36] Speaker A: Oh, and Williamsburg.
[01:19:37] Speaker B: Was that North 11th, North 10th Barry street and 44 Berry Street.
[01:19:41] Speaker A: 44 Barry. Okay, but that's the cross streets. Like North 10th, North 11 something.
[01:19:46] Speaker B: I'm gonna go with yes.
[01:19:47] Speaker A: Yes.
[01:19:47] Speaker B: I'm gonna believe you over me.
[01:19:48] Speaker C: Yeah.
[01:19:49] Speaker B: My Brooklyn knowledge is very low.
[01:19:50] Speaker A: I'm gonna come to that. I'm gonna. We're.
[01:19:52] Speaker B: Fuck. Yeah. It's gonna be a fun one, man.
[01:19:53] Speaker A: Yeah, dude.
[01:19:54] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm excited. All right.
[01:19:56] Speaker A: Thanks for tuning in. This was Riley and Flanagan.
I'll see you guys later. Thank you.
