If I Were You - 245: Weird Science (w/Dan Levy!)
Episode Date: November 14, 2016Comedian/Friend Dan Levy joins us to discuss long distance relationships and college comedy shows.This episode is brought to you by MeUndies, BlueApron, and Indochino!See omny.fm/listener for privacy ...information.
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I don't ask for opinions, I don't give my friends a crud
I have a nice family I don't listen to
Damn, I'm only just these two guys I've found on the internet
Wait until you hear all the dope advice that I get
What do you gotta say and shake?
And I really wanna hear from you, Amir
Cause it's advice that I need
Oh, if I were you, show
Yeah, alright!
Thoughts?
Well, I love Sublime
And that's the most I'll compliment this lady
I love her leaping off point
The idea was great
Dan Levy in the house
Yes, headgum studios
That's the third Jewish voicey here
So in case it sounds like there's three people talking there is
I should say that song was written by Grandmaster Kate
Grandmaster Kate
Yeah, as you said, it was a...
Santeria? No
Santeria
Oh yeah, it is Santeria
Yeah
Alright, Santeria parody by Sublime
Dan Levy
Guys, you know, you don't lead singer Sublime died?
What?
When?
I mean, the election stuff sort of taken away from him
But he's dead
Yeah, I think it might have been in the 90s actually
Really?
Yeah, nearly 20 years ago
No, cause when did The Wrong Way come out?
Yeah
12 years old, do two more, she'll be no more
What year do you think Bradley from Sublime died?
1994
1994?
I'm gonna say 96
96 is correct
Oh, what do I win?
Thanks for coming on When Did These People Die podcast
You know what, 94 was Kurt Cobain, I think
Oh yeah, you should really mix those two up
Someone's not a music snob like me
I like Yellow Card
What did the guy from Yellow Card die?
He's died today
Ryan Key?
Whoa, you know his name?
Let me check
My old roommate in college was obsessed with the Yellow Card
Yeah, Ryan Key
Is he alive?
Ryan Key is still alive
Still alive, I love that
There's a place called Ocean Avenue
I love all that kind of music that I found out
I found out that that guy was an asshole
Really?
I heard through the pop punk world
It's not like Woody Allen, we're like
Now I don't know whether we appreciate his art
I found out that Ryan Key from Yellow Card
was an asshole, actually
Now I don't know if I can listen to Yellow Card
I heard in the pop punk scene, he was selfish
and with trash hotel rooms
and just didn't respect the other bands
Isn't that every musician?
No, but I think...
But he didn't deserve it at all
Yeah, and they were at this moment where Yellow Card was blowing up
and he kind of went nuts
This is all hearsay from people who don't matter
But anyways, apparently...
It's a river started by the starting line
So when Yellow Card started going down, no one cared
Yeah
They were like, fuck you
Yeah, fuck you
But I still love that song
Ryan Key
Ocean Avenue, yeah
Dan Levy, how would people know who you are?
Why are you on our show?
Obviously we're friends
I mean, you're here for a reason
Yeah, I'm here for a reason
I'm here to promote my comedy special
So you are a comedian
I'm a comedian
You're a jokester
I'm a jokester
You're a professional jokestman
I'm a professional jokestman
In what capacity?
I do stand-up comedy
Old school shit
Old school shit
I wear a suit
Remember when Jake and I did like old college humor live shows with you?
Oh, I was thinking as I was driving over here
Yeah, that was fun
College humor...
The other day I got an email from Tumblr
That said, you haven't been on college humor live lately
College humor live
College humor live
God
Meanwhile, those shows were amazing if you look back
Yeah, that was fun
We were on the shows
Zease was on the shows
Yeah, John Mulaney was there
Me and Jake did not deserve to like emcee this night of comedy
We had never like performed before
We did a show with like you and Anthony Jessamick
Pete Hosell's on a bunch of them
They were so good
I remember there was one that I did with John Mulaney and Nick Kroll and Colin Quinn
Oh yeah, Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn, I hosted it
And Reggie Watts
That was the show
Jesus
It was the day that Owen Wilson tried to kill himself
Holy shit
And we did this show in like a basketball arena
And Colin Quinn came out
And it was like, I think it was like half full or something
Half empty
Half empty
And Colin Quinn came out and he was like, ugh
Owen Wilson tried to kill himself today
He should have my career
He should have my career
It was the funniest, I was like screaming laughing
But that was the thing with college humor live shows
Like they never knew like what would happen
It was the mid-2000s, we didn't know better
Yeah, they were like, college humor is popular
Why don't you guys perform in the arena?
We're like, no, no
Wait, wait
Why don't we do a theater?
Not everyone is going
And it was just college humor like thematically
Like you didn't work for college humor
You were just a college comedian type
I was just like a comic who was in my 20s
And then like me and Jake were just like sketch writers
Who were like 23
And Jake and Amir were, it was really bad for us to go on stage
And Amir was like, I love chicken nuggets
Sorry
Why is this good?
I'm here to see Pete Holmes
Yeah, it was
Then Kumail Nanjani comes out in slays
And we have to go back out after him
Yeah, I'm like, hey, you guys like that video of us in our cubicle?
No, fuck
Shit, because we were going to show a yet to be released one
One that wasn't good enough to put out
And I remember I had to do a similar thing
I did comedy one time for MTV spring break
But I had to warm up the crowd in Atlantic City
And remind me of that because I had to go out on stage
And they were like, hey, you know, this crowd doesn't really want stand-up
You should probably just like, you know, give them some candy
And just like have them clap
They're trick-or-treating, not really at a comedy show
And I was like, no, they want my comedy
And they're like, no, no, no, they just haven't seen me
They're going to be into it once I really get them going
And I went out there and I was like, so, I forget my jokes
We want candy
No, literally, I was like, so I, who likes having sex
Or whatever my stupid jokes were at that time
And then they started like booing me and I was like, give me candy, give me candy
And I ran off and I got a bunch of candies
Throwing candy at all these kids
You loved you
It was so embarrassing
I saw the best comedian ever yesterday
I don't know any of his jokes, but at one point he chucked a tootsie roll pop
I just remember one of the shows we did
Do you remember the one we did outdoors at NC State?
Oh, that was terrible, so cold
Yeah, it was freezing, it was so cold
And it was kind of raining too, right?
Yeah
It was very uncomfortable and like, and we were trying to like warm everybody up
And like some dude was like raised his hand and I like put the mic on him
He was like, we're all having fun, but we need to respect what happened at Fort Hood
Oh, yeah
A shooting that day
Yeah
I remember that show because it was so cold and so dark
God, yes
So bad
That did so many bad shows during that run of shows
That could be another podcast that you're talking about coming up with a podcast
Oh, yeah, just bad
Terrible gigs
Terrible gigs, yeah
Because you must have done over a thousand shows?
I've done over a thousand, yeah, definitely over a thousand shows
I did a show at the time
Over a thousand colleges
Over a thousand colleges
Yeah, because I was, I mean, you guys might not remember and the audience might not know
But in 2001, I was the funniest college comedian in America
Wow
Oh, shit
Were you college aged at that time?
I was 20
Wow
Yeah, I was a sophomore in college
Holy shit
And I got Crown King
Wow, that's pretty huge
Where did you go to college at Emerson?
Yeah, I went to Emerson
Damn, dude
Yeah, it was, so because of that, I was like, you know, doing all those nacka shows and everything
And I remember I went to one school, it was like Skidmore, some college I went to
And they were like, hey, you're gonna open up for this comedian Liam
And I was like, Liam, I was like, first of all, I'm the funniest college kid in America
So I'm definitely not opening up for anyone
No, I was like, there's an asshole I called my age
You were the Ryan Key of comedy
Especially because you had an electric fiddle
Yeah, so I called my age, I was like, hey, who am I opening up for?
Have you ever heard of this guy, Liam? Who's Liam?
And they're like, I don't know, it's fucking bullshit
You're a fucking college comedian in America
So then they called the college to complain, like that was how stupid it was
And then the college was like, no, no, no, it's this guy Liam, he's very famous on YouTube
And this was early when people weren't famous on YouTube yet
And turned out he was the guy with the viral video, Shoes
Remember that video?
Oh, shoes
Yeah, oh my god, shoes
Oh my god, shoes, yeah, it was a really funny video
So I was like, he needs to open up for me because people are really amped to see the shoes guy
And I was like, fuck, what the fuck, fine
So then I go there and I meet him, he's actually super nice
But again, I had the attitude of like, I'm gonna go on first
And I'm gonna just do my jokes if you're gonna love me
And as soon as I get on stage, I'm like, how's it going?
They're like, Shoes!
Shoes!
Don't they know that song two minutes long?
No, the best thing about, I swear, what happened?
He played it ten times
Oh yeah
Oh god
Yeah, he came out
That guy's American, I thought he was British
He came out, this guy Liam
Yeah, Liam Sullivan
Liam Sullivan, he was really funny, he came out, he sang this shoe song
Oh my god, shoes
Oh my god, shoes, people are crazy, right?
I'm watching and I'm like, oh, this is pretty good
Then he's like, check out this movie, then he played the shoe song
On the video of it, people were still going crazy
Then he was like, who wants to sing the shoe song?
And the kids were going crazy, they didn't bring people on stage
They sing the shoe song
Oh my god
And I'm in the back, like, you know, Edie and Granola are being like
Are you fucking kidding, this guy's probably being like $20,000
He's doing the same set, three minute set, eight times in a row
Part of the set is just other people doing his set for him while he hangs out
These shoes suck
These shoes suck, these shoes are great
So Dan, I don't know if you know this about us
But this is actually an advice podcast
You do know that
Yeah, yeah, so basically, people will email us
And they're in sticky situations, asking for our guidance, our advice
They'll email ifirishow at gmail.com
Jake and I combed through tens of thousands of questions
Come up with, let's say, three to four interesting ones
Try to answer it, sometimes just us two, sometimes we have a friend in the house
Today we have you
Yes
You're slightly older than us, probably slightly wiser than us
Oh, I'm so much wiser
You're a father of two
Father of two?
What, two? Yeah
I didn't realize you had a second
You're not following me on Instagram?
I should
Yeah, yeah, I have two kids, I have three-year-old and one-year-old
So there we go
Are they both boys?
No, one-year-old's girl
That's awesome, dude
Yeah, it's very cute
It's so cute
Having kids is very cute
That's my advice to you guys, have kids
Who's your favorite?
Abe's pretty cool
The girl hasn't done much yet
She's one, so she is just kind of like
She's playing catch-up
She basically just sits around and eats hummus with a straw
Oh, that's awesome
She is Israeli
Yeah, she is very Israeli
You going for three?
No
Two for two and down
Four is two and out
No, three is too many
Three is too many
You can't take any home
Yeah, I don't understand people who have two
And they're like, let's get one more
No, I just, I'm so tired
I can't even
What would three do?
I don't know
I don't know what to do with third one
Well, at a certain point
Abe would be old enough to watch the other one
He's three, it's gonna be a long time
Oh, so you wait three years?
We do for like ten years
Yeah, you gotta wait like eight years
And then have another set of two
Yeah, because like today
I'm with Abe
We went to the mall
Hung out at Disney Store
And did a bunch of stuff
And then Rachel is with Romy
And then, you know, we had a third kid
Who would be the third kid?
You needed a third parent
Yeah, you needed a third parent
You got maybe, or maybe just a kid
Who comes here to pose a podcast
Make some money
Oh, you and Abe should have a podcast
Oh, a baby cast
That's the idea
Alright, alright, let's try to answer some questions
These people are in need of our advice
Let's start with someone
This is a love question that seems to be up your alley
We're gonna give this guy a fake name
Just to preserve his anonymity
If you have a fake name for this guy, it could be anything
Dan
That's really original
Oh, that's gonna be confusing
You're right
Okay, how about Owen?
Owen is good
I like that
Okay, Owen
Owen Dan
Owen Daniels
You guys are absolutely hilarious
I'm wondering if it's time for me to say
I love you to my girlfriend
Right to the point
We have been dating for over a month now
And to be honest, I feel like I'm falling in love with her
That being said, the idea of saying I love you to someone
Scares me because I feel like it takes the relationship to a whole new level
And I don't know if I'm ready for that level of emotional commitment
She has never said I love you to me
But she has started to call me love
She'll say things like good night, love
So it seems like she's setting me up perfectly
To confess my love for her
Also, I feel like in every way
She's the quote-unquote man of the relationship
She was the one who asked me out
She pays for herself on dates
She made the move that led to our first kiss
Plus, she's six foot three and way more athletic than I am
Oh, shit
Awesome
She even told me that she used to get in fights in high school
I've never been in a fight in my life
I'm softer than a sponge cake
Do I need to man up and tell her that I love her?
Please help
Thanks, love, Owen
Whoa, this guy has actually seemed like he's in a lot of help
He's confused for sure
Yeah, he's, uh, I think
I like imagining him sort of like Thumbelina
Oh, it's a really, really tiny
Two inches
Yeah
First of all, she's so tall
My question is, is like, how old is he, though?
Uh, because
Oh, there we go
The next email says just some background information about me
Nice
I am a 19-year-old and a college student
This is my first girlfriend
She lives about an hour away
So our conversations are over text or Snapchat
But we see each other person about once a week
Okay, I would not say I love you yet
Yeah
They've been dating a month
They see each other once a week
We've seen her four times
We've seen her only four times
Definitely don't say I love you
Because you don't
Because you definitely don't
And also, you're 19, so nothing matters yet
That's how you talk to your son
Holy shit, what just happened?
Oh, no, oh, no
Something crashed
Yeah, you can't, it's just, it's hard to, your life
Yeah, I mean
You're three, nothing matters yet
Nothing matters yet, just, you know
So, would you say a month is too early for even somebody older than 19?
I would say if like you're in your 30s
And you've been sort of like dating and you're trying
And you know exactly what you want
Then maybe a month you might be like
Oh, I think I'm like falling
I'm falling for you
I think I'm falling in love with this person
I don't think every month you go
I love you
I mean, Owen needs to fucking get his shit together
Because I don't think he is in love with this person
I think she's maybe intimidating him
Because she's seven feet tall
She's done like everything first
So he's trying to beat her to just one thing
Which is not a bad idea
Yeah, yeah
Do you remember saying I love you for the first time to your wife?
Um, I think so
But it wasn't like, it wasn't so, it wasn't like as memorable as proposing that you remember every detail
I think she said she knew what time when she was sleeping
Oh, a sleep love
She said it to you while she was asleep?
Well, she was asleep
She thought I was sleeping
That's so cute
It's pretty cute, right?
So, do you remember how into the relationship was?
Would you like, I got you
Uh, no, I just was like, oh shit
You know, I guess it was
Really pretended to be asleep?
I pretended to be asleep
Yeah
Really fake snoring
Yeah
I wonder what percentage it is that girls say at first versus guys
You think it's mostly guys or mostly girls
I think it's probably, you know, I have no idea
It's a hard one
Probably guys
Because girls are like maybe more willing to talk about their feelings
Yeah
So like, dudes at this age are like, you know, whatever
Like, I don't know
Well, I think girls are more willing to talk about their feelings
But I also feel like guys, girls are also, I guess when a girl is like very aware of like how men are
I feel like she's not gonna say I love you
Because she knows that will be, that could scare them off
Right
Which means they got him
Like he said, it takes it to a new level
Yeah, it does take it to a new level
Does it? Do you guys agree with that?
Not when you're 19 though, because oh, and your life doesn't matter
It's just so very clear about Owen's life
I mean, at 19 you weren't even the college comedy student of the year
No
You're a year out from that
You're away
Do you recommend waiting until it's like a more real relationship?
If I was gonna be like real serious with him
I would say, Owen, you're basically in a long-distance relationship
And you're in college and that's my biggest mistake in my life
Because I had a lot of long-distance relationships
So I would not only sit, I would say not only not in love with her
I would break up with her
The full 180
The full 180, you agree with me?
Your relationships are the worst
I do, I advise anybody in college in a long-distance relationship to break up
I'm so mad, I didn't have an older brother who didn't just say
Hey, don't date your high school girlfriend for a year in college
And then don't meet another girl and date her while you're in Boston, she's in Philadelphia
And then when you break up, don't start dating someone in Canada
How did you do that?
I'm a fucking idiot
It's your touring, dude
I mean, yeah, I would go so far as to say don't even have a girlfriend until you're like 26
Oh, wow
I was more of a relationship person though, I was more like Owen
Yeah, sounds like it, if you had a girl in Boston
I was too, but I looked back on my life and I had Canada
I think I was having more fun when I was single than when I was in relationships
Well, yeah, but you were just always, yeah, but that's who you are though
Some people would say the opposite, they have more fun in relationships
That's true
That's crazy
They have more sex in relationships
That's crazy
But it's definitely a large part of the population
I mean, I've been fucking all day, guys
Hell yeah, dude
Awesome
You know what I'm talking about
How long have you been married?
I've been married six years, although my special, I said seven
I was wrong
Rachel was there and she was like, and I did two shows
And she didn't correct me
Oh, really?
And she was like, I don't know why he keeps saying seven years of marriage for six years
And I was like, oh, fuck
Not that anyone cares about that
Seven sounds pretty good though
Seven sounds more legit
Six and seven are so interchangeable in terms of relationships
Exactly
Plus we've known her longer than that
We've been together for a very long time
Yeah
Anything we haven't said about the topic of saying I love you?
Yeah, no, don't say it, break up, I'm with Dan
All right, there you have it
All right, here's a less relationship you question
Different guy's name
Oh, Theodore
Theodore
Right
I'm in a quandary that could soil my reputation forever
I've had my Twitter for five years now
And I've never come up with a good bio
Wait, sorry, start this over because that's insane
I'm in a quandary that could soil my reputation forever
I've had Twitter for five years and I've never come up with a good bio
I have a filler right now until I can come up with something great
I'm thinking something witty, memorable, shows off my personality
I don't want to do the classic bio that lists a series of descriptions about me
I want something different
You two seem like you have a creative mind to help me out
So here's my question
How do you guys create your Twitter bios?
Do you go for something funny or straightforward?
Also, if you have the chance on the podcast
Could you look at mine and give me advice on how it could be changed
Ooh, is this a suicide note?
A suicide tweet
Without outing who he is, I looked up his Twitter bio
Okay
Danger enthusiast
Uh-oh
Biting off mine a little bit
So, Dandy, know your Twitter bios?
My Twitter bio, I think
I can tell you what it is right now
Yeah, it is
CISO comedy special, Dan Levy, Colin Lyon, November 17th, number one king on Snapchat
That's true
That's true
That's what my Twitter bio is
Number one king
Number one king
I'm the number one king
But that is a fact
Don't Google it
Jake's is
Wait, I just want to say that this guy
I think took his Twitter bio from my Instagram bio
Which is just enthusiast
Oh, that's a good one
Oh, that's a good one, though
Yeah, it's a nice Instagram bio
But my Twitter bio, I don't know
Your Twitter bio is I am a comedy writer
Who loves Annie's macaroni and cheese
Accurate
Pretty good
My friend, Annie
She loves writing people's Twitter bios
So we can maybe hook this guy with
Oh, really?
Oh, shit
She told me that my Twitter bio should be goofball with an edge
I love that
She's a Twitter bio expert
Goofball with an edge
Theodore could take that
That's pretty good
Yeah, you could take that for you
So what does that mean?
That means silly but
It means you're silly, but like, hey
I'm also serious
Like, yo, I'm the number one king of Snapchat
Exactly
Go on my Snapchat
I mean, I could definitely
You're wacky, but you're cool
You have a bomber jacket on
That's hip
Should I fucking delete my entire thing?
I was waiting to do it
But I, you know, gotta promote the special
Yeah, no, you should
I mean, wait, what's your Twitter bio?
Mine is ChillDude
Which I think it was when we made the Twitter account
For the video we made in like 2007
I think the funniest thing about your Twitter page
Is just that the top is a giant cookie
Yeah, my...
What is this called?
Headline photo?
Yeah
It's just a hi-res image of a chocolate chip cookie
I love chocolate chip cookies
It's a good thing, people
Who doesn't like chocolate chip cookies?
Do you have a pinned tweet?
I do have a pinned tweet
Do you have a pinned tweet?
Yeah, I do
Yeah, do you have a pinned tweet?
Me? No
Yeah, there's a lot of ways
I mean, I haven't tweeted in a while
I got trashed during the election
And that was the first tweet that I tweeted
That wasn't like a promotional one
Hey guys, it honestly helps if you get drunk
Was Jake's election night tweet
I really was very drunk when I tweeted
You were so drunk you tweeted
I didn't know what else to fucking do
So can we think...
Can we think three comedy writers?
Can we think of a goofball with an edge for this guy?
Okay, so what does he do?
What does he do?
What's his brand?
What's his brand?
God
Come on
Let me look up his page
I think he's a coal worker in West Virginia
Awesome
No, I don't think so
He's from South Carolina
He seems to be kind of cool
His picture is like a black and white
Oh, he looks like a cool guy
Yeah, sort of a cool guy with a beard
Oh, that's a solid bio
That's it
Cool guy with a beard
Cool guy with a beard
That is it
Cold guy with a beard
Oh, COL
No, cool guy with a beard is pretty good
Cool guy with a beard
Cool guy with a beard?
Yeah, or just don't judge my beard
Oh, what about coolest guy with a beard?
Or judge me by my beard
Judge me by my beard
Judge me by my beard is great
I like Judge me by my beard
I love that
Coolest guy with a beard too is good
Yeah, that's sort of
I like calling yourself the best
Like how yours is number one king of Snapchat
Yeah, how about best beard
Best beard in Hollywood
Even though he hasn't lived in LA
Oh, that's good
Voted best beard by
Yeah, voted best beard by beard monthly
Oh, that's pretty good
Want to see his beard?
Can I see how good it is?
It's not that good, actually
I mean, it is a good beard
But it's not like a beard beard
How about number one beard in northeast?
Exactly
You can't throw people off
That's edgy
Alright, hopefully we gave him something
Let's take a break
And come back with more
With Dan Levy
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Let me ask you one more
Advice question
Since we only have you for so long
Another guy's name
Uhhhhhhh
He's hoarse
He's shitting it out
He's shitting it out
Hoarse, hoarse, hoarse writes
Should I be up front with my
I don't know what I want intentions
Or should I just be in the moment
Thanks for the help
Insert fake name here
Which is hoarse
Hoarse
Yeah, so this guy's basically asking
He's out of a relationship
He's going out on these dates
Does he have to like
Clarify right off the bat
Hey, I don't want to be
Anybody's boyfriend
Or does that just come up organically
Hmm
Hmm
This sounds like an Amir Blumenfeld problem
Yeah
It feels like
I don't know
I feel like
When do you bring it up basically
It's hard because it's such a
You're going to be an asshole
Either way
I feel like if it's
I mean I never did that
So I just don't know
I feel like
You went straight from relationship to marriage
Pretty much
Yeah
I almost feel like
And I feel like maybe you could
Answer this better than I can
But it's like I almost feel like in those
If you're the
If you're only looking to hook up
And quote smash
Yeah
Then it seems like you should just be doing
Like the
Quick like
I don't know
Tender bumble things
And don't keep on hooking up with the same person
Because I feel like
Once you're
Once you're hooking up with the person
More than once
Yeah
Once you start going down the line
And then you say
You know what
I'm really only looking for something casual
Well what we've been doing for
Months and weeks isn't casual
We've been dating
I have a friend who's always
Was always like
Oh yeah, I'm dating this girl
And now she's like
I'm dating these moms
That were hooking up
It's like
Well yeah because you're really good catch
And then
And then once you're like
Oh I want to be serious
Like wait but like
We've been together
Every night
Because guys are so terrible
That's what they do
They're like
I don't get it
It's like
I mean what
She meets my parents
And now like I have to be her boyfriend
Yes
Exactly
That is a
That is a dilemma I faced before
Or it's like
Oh I like hanging out with you
But I don't want to
Be in a relationship with you
But I still want to
Keep hanging out with you
But if you are
Hanging out all the time
You're in a relationship
With that person
Right
But not if
I guess then
At a certain point
You have to cut it off before like
There's like milestones
So let's say I was hanging out
With someone for a couple months
And then their parents
Come into town
And I'm like
Oh that seems like a big deal
Like I don't necessarily
Want to meet the parents
Maybe I should have this conversation
But have you seen the
Ben Stiller movie
You know
Meet the parents
I have not
So what I've been doing
Is I've been
Cutting things off way too soon
I'd rather cut it off too early
Than too late
But then you don't know
If you're with someone
Who you could be falling in love with
Exactly
That's the rub
So I'm cutting off
Maybe mediocre potential
Good but not greats
And I don't know what they're
Capable of developing into
Because I fear
Getting too far down
The relationships that
I don't necessarily
Want to be 100% invested in
Well you want to be alone
In your house in Silver Lake forever
That's the goal
I mean obviously
That's a dream
But I don't know if I can
Make it a reality
I don't know
In my brain it's like
I will find someone
That I do want to meet their parents
That doesn't freak me out with
And then that's the one
Have you ever had any of the people
That you've been with for many years
Ever
Like had you ever known that
Right away
I guess the ones that
Lasted several years
I was excited to take these
Next steps with
But I was also like 22
25 and 28
So like
I was younger then
So I just like
I felt like this is
This is part of the plan
Sometimes I worry about you
I don't think you're going to
Give anybody a shot
Yeah I have
In my brain it's like
It has to be great
And I know
I don't know if you think
The same thing about him
Because I don't know
Your personal life
Really
I know everything
I feel like what happens
Is as you get older
And you know
You're more successful
And stuff
And like
You start to have these
Things that you expect
The girl to have
And I feel like these girls
Who these guys
Are sort of like
Creating like weird
Science thing
They become possible
Oh like
I want a girl
Who's great here
And also great here
Yeah cause now
You're getting older
And you're like
Experience different things
And you're like
Oh I like this person
But not this person
But like
When I was 25
All I cared about was this
But then
I really like the term
Weird science
But it's so true
You really are trying
And I have friends who do this
Like you're trying to weird
Science as a perfect girl
But the truth is
Like the perfect girl
Happens when you're together
And you guys like
Become weird science to them
Yeah you can't just like
Right cause you're
You're not the kind of guy
That could be weird
Science into existence either
But I'm a very specific person
So like if you're looking for that
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
I'm looking for a beautiful
I'm looking for a beautiful
I want her body
With her religion
Super
Business savvy girlfriend
Who likes a guy
Who's kind of annoying
This is my personal at
This is my Tinder bio
And fuck it my Twitter bio too
Twitter bio
How's that goofy with an edge
Yeah so this guy's specific question
Is should I be up front
Or not mention it
A lot of it is also like
How you date someone
Like is it like
Hey midnight come on down
And meet me and my buddies at a bar
Or is it like
Hey 7pm on a Tuesday
I want to take you out to dinner
The expectations there
Are probably different
So I feel like
If you're taking someone out to dinner
Or like
Hanging out with them at a museum
During the day
Those feel like
Legit family
Not family
But relationship steps
Right
But if you're just like texting her
At 12.43
Hey are you up
Then it's like
The unspoken rule of
This is probably not a serious thing
Is conveyed
Without him having to say it
Yeah I think
That you're better to ask this question
I will take up
Ass
Cause I will tell him
That I think that he should
Not be up front
And just date these girls
And see if they're actually like
Cool
And then just date them
For real and get married
And have two kids
And live with them
I do that a couple times
I do that a couple times
Like I don't think you have to
Say anything up front
As long as you're honest
Sort of throughout
Like nobody's
It's not a rule that you have to
State your expectations
In the beginning
But like as they come up
Then it's good
It's the pure heart rule
That I talk about
I also I benefited always from like
Having a despicable
Reputation
So nobody ever like
Thought that I was trying to date them
What about girls on Tinder
That don't necessarily know
Your reputation
Like
How do you
Do you say your reputation out loud
Do you hope that they just know it
I've subconsciously
I don't think I've ever had a problem
With people
Figuring out my reputation
In the very early stages
Of like a Tinder date
Also Tinder is like
That's way more casual
I think if you're
Matching and going out with somebody
On Tinder
Then you don't have to like
Your bio on Tinder doesn't have to be like
I'm looking for something casual
That's what everybody's doing
It is kind of weird
Like the idea of casual
Like
I'm going on dates with someone
Like is that casual
Or is that normal
It's still the same amount of dates
There are still dates
I'm still hanging out with someone
What does it mean that like
What's casual about them
I think casual is just
Like a nice way of saying
Like hey I just want to hook up with you
Yeah exactly
It's basically saying
I don't want to be in a relationship
What I like Tinder for
Is the amount of people
That I can fuck
Yeah Tinder seems
There are plenty of girls
That like Tinder for that too
Tinder is just like
Uber for fucking right
It used to be but I think
Now it's used as a dating app
So like people
It's not
It's not a foreground conclusion
It's everything
I thought bumble was a thing
To actually meet people
Yeah I think
I mean
I think they're all
Sort of for trying to meet people
And sort of for trying to fuck people
And everybody's using them
For their own purposes
So and it's pretty easy to deduce
Like
The kind of
Date it's going to be
Yeah and it's also
I guess I agree with what you're saying
Like if somebody says
Let's go take a walk in the park
I would probably be like
This isn't
There's also girls that seem very sweet
That I feel like
Those are the ones that I like
Want to like be up front with
Because they don't look like
Party girls that are down to
Hangout casual
This is the thing I don't understand
Is that really all you want though
Well not necessarily
Party girl?
No no I'm just saying
You do mostly want a party girl
Right now I do mostly want a party girl
Really?
But at the same time if I met
But hasn't it been right now
For the last three years?
Yeah
But I haven't met anyone
Where I'm like
Oh I'd be down to be in a relationship
Like Party girl
But isn't that because you're
Is it girls who like
Do coke off your day or something
Like what are you talking about
It's someone that
Wants to casually hook up
Without necessarily like
Meeting my family
Oh okay
But your family's so close
I know that's the hard part
They're always in town
You can run them to Pierre Jo's
Like fuck get out of here
I'm in the pretzel aisle
Yeah I don't think I've met anyone
Where I'm like
The ladies that I've cut off too early
I don't think I
I don't ever regret being like
Shit what if she's like
The one that like
I could be engaged to right now
But you also
Don't meet with the girls
That you think are sweet
Because you think that
You
No I wouldn't say
I cut off sweet girls
Before I meet them
I meet everybody
And some are sweet
And some are more like
But you don't follow through
On the sweet girls
Sometimes I do
The lady that I hung out with
The last several month period
Was a sweet lady
She wasn't like
A crazy party drunk lady
Social security number please
Yeah
Wow
But it is a
It's a weird grey area
Where you want to
Date someone
Like
I don't want to like
Not go out on dates
But at the same time
Like this person doesn't
Want to be in a relationship
But dates invariably
Lead to relationships
So like
When do you cut it off
When do you state the case
So I guess my general advice is that too
Don't lead them on
In terms of like
How you're meeting them
Okay
A lot of late night
A lot of inebriated meetings
Rather than like
Sober afternoon movies
Like let's get a coffee
And go to the movies
And then swing by
You see now and
Say yeah
Say hi to doctor
I think yeah
That you should save for
When you're ready to be in a relationship
Yeah
Is my advice
Yay, nay
Thoughts?
Pros?
Cons?
Yeah
I guess I would
Probably abstain from inviting people
To like sober-ish dates
But I think you could do
Something in between like
Midnight meet up with me
And my friends
And let's go sit in the park
Drinks
Yeah, I'm just so like
I can't
I'm so far away from that
I don't even know
Are you jealous
Of people in that relationship
Or are you like so happy
You don't have to deal with this shit?
No, I'm just
Like
It seems too exhausted
Too exhausting for me
But only because I'm already exhausted
But these are problems
That don't matter
And this is like what
Single people have the most fun doing
It's not actual anxiety
I don't think
I think this is like
The most fun thing you
Like we're thinking about
The different people
This guy gets to fuck
That's like
That's the single person's joy
That's the exciting part
You have like actual problems
Like raising children
Like if your son
Has an ear infection
That's the
Like oh no
Yeah
My son has to know about
Donald Trump as president
When he's like
Elementary school
You have to like get that shit right
Like if this guy fucks up
Then he like sort of has
One person that's mad at him
And then he gets to
Adjust moving on
You fuck up with your son
And he's there every night
Yeah
If you take your son
To the movies
And he thinks it's casual
But like you're down to see
Other three year old boys
Like that's gonna get weird
Very soon
They can't weird science a new son
Can I get a son?
I'm gonna go on Tinder
And be like
Ah what other kids
Are in Los Feliz right now
I kinda want someone who's
A little more athletic
Alright Dan
Yes
Tell us about your schedule
Special before we leave
Oh well
It comes out
On Thursday
In a couple days
Holy shit
So this is Monday
November 14th
Your special comes out
November 17th
Thursday November 17th
Yeah
It streams on CISO
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Which is you know the new
NBC streaming comedy platform
Of course
Of course you guys know
We did CISO ads
Oh awesome
Yeah before
Yeah no it's awesome
They've been in CISO's great
And I just feel that
Special's gonna be good
Is it
Was it your first special second?
It's my first hour special
I did like the commutantial half hour
I did a commutantial hour album
But this is my first like
Hour special in a theater
I filmed it in Seattle
Damn
And when you're a stand up
That's the holy grail
That's the end point right
Is this hour special right
Yeah I have no more jokes
But yeah it was good
I mean I did you know
I really because of like
Writing for the sitcom and stuff
I haven't really been like
Touring in years
So like last year
I kind of like got my shit together
And you know went on tour
And you know went to all these
Different cities
And got the hour ready
And then filmed it and
It was six months ago
I can't believe it's already coming out
But I'm proud of it
I think it's good talking about
You know everything you need
To know about me
Hell yeah
My wife, my kids
Seven year marriage
HGTV
Yeah
My seven year marriage
And yeah my love for real estate
The big five
The big five
And again that special is called
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Dan Levy Lyon
What's your favorite HGTV television show
Property Brothers
Property Brothers
Yeah I love those guys
What's your favorite
What's your favorite
What's your favorite
You like Chip and Joanna
I like Chip and Joanna
The problem is and I talk about this
And the special is
The problem with all these shows
Is that living in California
It's very frustrating
Because everything's so cheap
Oh right
When Chip and Joanna fix up
Like a house in Waco
That costs $90,000
I mean literally a house in Waco
Is as much money as you guys pay
For the rent at the head office
So it's like every episode
Is like we're looking for
A six bedroom house
Six bathrooms
Seven acre
And their rental budget
Is like double what they pay
For the house
It's literally it's like
And our budget $2,000
Well if you do that
I might as well live in
Fucking Waco
No
But I don't want to do that either
I don't want to eat either
But no I do love
I like Chip and Joanna
I love the prod bros though
Because I like the structure
Of that show
I love seeing the computer images
Of what they're going to do
I love those guys
I like those guys are great
They're great
That show is funny to me
Because like don't they
They give the family a tour
Of a house that's perfect for them
And then they tell them the price
And the families
Like a whole man
Yeah it's almost like a prank show
We love it we want it
Ha ha you can't get it you're poor
Let me show you this show
Let me show you this house
But then the reality is
They take a house
And they fucking make it awesome
Yeah that's cool
I actually ran to a couple
That I recognized
Who were on house hunters
And took a picture with them
They're so funny
Celebrity couple spotted
I know I was like wait a minute
Can I
Are you on houses
Like I take a picture
They're like okay
It's so weird
Why did you choose house number two
Yeah what's wrong with you guys
I heard those shows are like
So fake that like
They literally move couples out
Of their own home
Show them three houses
And then move them back
Into the house that they already
Showed them
Oh I'm sure
Cause also the show
The HGTV is like so fucking popular
Now that like they can't keep up the content
You guys know where to make content
Imagine they're like
Fuck it just go into this house
Tell them we're gonna reno it
And we'll put up posters
Next house
It took me like four months
I mean it took me a year and a half
To find a house
I know
And then once I found the house
It was like five or six months of
Have you seen miniature house hunters
Where it's like house hunters
But for like tiny homes
I think tiny houses
Oh god
This is perfect for me
It's like a bedroom and a cot
That impresses me so much
180 square feet
They're like
Do you want to kill yourself in this one
This one
Or this one
This is my reading chair
And also a compost toilet
Wipe out
Alright
Dog fuck off
Dan thanks for coming by
Thank you guys for having me
I love it
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