We Might Be Drunk - Ep 172: Dave Attell & Ian Fidance

Episode Date: March 25, 2024

Great episode with the legend Dave Attell and Ian Fidance. So many great moments, enjoy this one folks! Hot Cross Buns from Dave Attell Hits Netflix on Tuesday March 26th, tune in! Dave Attell: http://daveattell.com/ Ian Fidance: https://www.ianfidance.com/ Sam Morril: https://www.sammorril.com/ Mark Normand: https://marknormandcomedy.com/ Support the show and get 20% off of Joymode at https://www.usejoymode.com, promo code DRUNK Shop: https://www.wemightbedrunkpod.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wemightbedrunkpod Bodega Cat: http://www.bodegacatspirits.com We Might Be Drunk is produced, recorded and edited by Gotham Production Studios. Head producer: Matthew Peters https://www.gothamproductionstudios.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mrmatthewpeters/ If you want to start a podcast contact [e-mail] for a discount on services when referred by WMBD!

David Tell hot cross buns all right Tuesday hey back on my go to my clip I posted it today oh great I think we saw that with the recorder yeah that's a great great promo I'd say like you mean it that's great. Well, what do you think Winnie? Stick your tongue out if you like it. There we go. Look at that. You gotta start from the beginning. Give it up for graphics. That's some good clean comedy fun.

You can put more laughs in there, right? Yeah. Where did you shoot, SF? What's that? You shot an F. Yeah. I shot an F. Yeah.

I shot an F. Yeah. I shot an F. Yeah. I shot an F. Yeah. I shot an F. Yeah. Oh, that's a good clean comedy. But you can put more laughs in it, right? Yeah. Yeah. We shoot SF.

What's that? You shot an SF San Francisco. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. We all saw it. All right. Cubs.

So when I last was on the show, it was party. Oh, now he's divorced. And Matt was the photographer. Now I see he's an unpaid intern I don't know what your next job is But things have changed You're moving on up buddy used to pay you I think we yeah, are you still paying? He told me not to oh buy me dinner anytime we're out still haven't done that either Wendy's after the show on their dollar menu

Yeah, I shot the special in San Francisco at cops and you guys both love that club Oh, yeah, and the audience was hot. I mean that SF audience. They were really good Yeah, and been playing there for decades And I said, hey, can we shoot it here? And they're like, you know, not many people shoot stuff there. I thought like a bunch is, not really. So it's like one of the last untouched venues, you know?

Totally. Do you find that SF has gotten a little groanier or is it about the same? I don't know. I think my crowd comes out for the jokes, you know what I'm saying? But I think they're kind of done with that. Like the, you know, they're done with that kind of like,

you know, you shouldn't laugh at that, you shouldn't laugh at this kind of thing. I think they kind of had it. I mean, they really kind of, you know. Well, enough smash and grabs will get you to. Exactly, you know, roll your windows up in your car. Remember those days? When a joke stops working in SF,

I think you still got like a few years in like, thank Lewis, you know. I was just in St. Louis. Yeah, they those days when a joke stops working in SF. I think you still got like a few years in like Yeah, they'll laugh though they won't groan it yeah, they're they're beyond that I don't know. How's the road treating you fellas? It's great. Right living the dream. You guys are really so hardcore I mean, I'm so impressed every weekend every weekend. That's how I feel like if I'm selling tickets. I'm gonna go get them and every weekend. That's how I feel like if I'm selling tickets, I'm gonna go get them. And how many, like what would you say is the best time to go back to the same venue?

Like a year? Give it a year, a year and a half. Yeah. Depends who you ask. I don't know, I mean some people are like, you gotta make them want you, but I'm like, I'll miss, they'll have me back. I don't give a shit.

Wow. You just can't stop though. That's what it is. I'm stopping. I just taped a special over the weekend. So I'm done for, I don't have anything on my calendar right now, but I'm really really I need to write a new act. I don't have it. Yeah, but that'll take you like what three months I mean you're the most you guys are the biggest turn out turnover guys. I've ever seen that you can turn it out

It's crazy. No you you fucking you and Quinn are like the reason your comedy is what it is Oh, I see you guys a stagnant reason your comedy is what it is. Oh, as you guys say, stagnant. Don't throw pollen under the bus on that one. No, you guys like it's it's like sports. It's like you look up to like the people who, you know, oh, that's nice, who are hardcore. And there's a reason your comedy is so good.

Like sports, he can't get out of bed. Yeah, but since you did, I could see when he is moving so that means he could smell a lie No, I was gonna say Colin was my role model I always looked up to con cuz he was the funniest He was the smartest he was the quickest and I know that he does like a show pretty much You know, he's always working on material too. So, you know, when the crowds are popping, there's nothing better. So, you know. Do you go out early ever anymore?

I'm going on early. I'm trying to do that now, break that habit of like always going on late. The crowds are a little different. You know, sometimes they're a little more, I guess you could say adult, you know, that kind of thing. But, you know, I don't know. I think that going out every weekend

is probably the best way to go now to work on material. You know what I'm saying? Like you'll probably get more done on the road in front of your crowd. And I always thought it's better to bring it in front of like a crowd that doesn't, you know, like just a regular crowd. But it seems like that's where you get a lot

of the moans and groans now. Is it just this showcase crowd? That's a real eye-opener. When you have your crowd and you're kicking, you're shucking and jiving it and then you do another crowd That's not yours. You're like, oh, I'm the devil. Yeah Is terrifying and their note their ears are bleeding I gotta make some changes and do you question the material after that a little I mean you want to kind of meet halfway

Mm-hmm. When it's new you question it for sure. I think yeah. Well, that's another thing It's like when do you throw it away? You know, that's- I know. Well, since you guys are turning it over, like, you know, honestly, it's like, it's like a hot sheet hotel with you guys. You guys are changing sheets every couple of hours with your material there. I mean, do you feel like, by the time you put it on tape,

that the joke is done, or are you still like, have that regret when you see it? Like, ah, I could have said it that way, or? Well, you always get that regret, right? Because you're gonna do a few of those jokes to survive the next few weeks, and then you're like, fuck, there's a tag. And then you cut it from the special,

or do I leave it, I don't know. Oh, see, that would be the best if you could cut it out and then kind of rejuvenate it. I love that, that would be really good. How about you, is there anything? All of them, every one of them got better the minute they said cut. Like every joke I thought was like,

oh man, I should have said it that way. Right. And also like, you know, technical problems, all that kind of stuff where you're like, you know, the guy who directed my special, Scott Gallagher is great, and he really, we did a lot of time with editing, and I think specials are made in editing.

I really do think that editing, you can cut out a lot of the fat, you can move things and that you have every right to do that, to make it a better show. You know? Yeah. I mean, honestly, if you're free forming it up there anyhow, like, you know, the way you think it's going to go is never the way it goes. That's true. Yeah, that's true. And then how many did you do? I did four when I shot a special. Four is the, is the, is the money. That's the best way to go for you to four. Yeah. It's Nate Bargassi goes, And then how many did you do I did four when I shot a special two fours that is the is the money shit

That's the best way to go for you did for yeah It's Nate Bargassi goes if you can't get in two I will lose respect for you Well, I'm doing four yeah in my defense I shot on st. Patty's Day weekend so the first Moot that was too much. I did Thursday Friday, so I was like third I need at least a weekend night, you know? Yeah, for sure. Oh yeah, why'd you go Thursday Friday? Because someone was at the Wilbur on Saturday.

Damn you. That's another great venue for a shoot. Man, that place is everything you want. It's a theater, but it's small. I mean, it's like great sound. Three tiers right at you, you're like, oh, that's fucking, that's pretty cool. Did you shoot anything at the garden when you played there?

I shot the show, but I didn't yeah, that's what it looked like look pretty cool. Yeah, that's really good Is that a aisle? Man an opening constricted in that suit I not used to wearing a suit so I was like fucking Hitler said I was just Guys are right on the same page I was I was John McCain. I couldn't get higher Look at that that's a beauty Man, you look like a senator. Yeah, and you're wearing a suit too. Mm-hmm. Whose idea was that? That was I like Nate that was another Nate. He was like wear a suit. You never

Love her specials like fuck it. I'll do it. You were blazing of your specials you did. Yeah, but that was back in the 90s We all had to then right it wasn't it wasn't a captain miserable Well, whatever it was we they kind of were like you got to dress up, you know, right But I don't think that you know me wearing them going up there wearing a three-piece purple suit is Change the audience mine on me, you know Me dressed as of course course, a preacher in peach. You know, I don't. What about the summer nights coming up?

Because you got the headband, the hat, the jacket, the boots. Well, you know, as we say at the car wash, that'll be great if your dog growled. That would be a tell. His life on the streets. May I? Go ahead. Go ahead.

Well I don't think you guys are that drunk. I think you guys are really kind of growing up a little bit. Well I'd like to be, but I didn't want to rub it in your face. Go ahead, rub away. So coffee's bad enough right now, but... Are you guys coming off a hangover? No, I have an ulcer right now, so I'm... Awesome!

Yeah, not fun. Welcome to the club. That's great. So how often you get them? Do you think it's a stress one or is it from booze? Probably both. Yeah That's cool. Cuz people are like wow this guy must be really really like tense if he's getting an ulcer coming It's just like yeah, maybe we should be eating all that brine at the bar. You know I OD on Tom yum soup Yeah, come on. That's your next job Glass really walk wingy. Yeah save the energy for when you clean up and

Well, are you taking care of yourself or not? Yeah a little bit You well this guy's aegis. I mean look at him now Honestly, you really are doing it. I don't know which bald when you you you kind of represent, but acting lately for you guys. I mean, honestly, what does Nate tell you to do? What is your muse? What? How about you? You taking care of yourself? Look at me, guys. Come on.

It's like wenge a little bit. It's so funny when I walked in the hospital, people actually thought I was the walking inpatient. I got a live one here. I pulled the gurney out. You exercise, right? Don't you do kettlebells and stuff? I used to do that, then I had a shoulder operation. Don't do it unless you're supervised.

This whole like, hey, I think I could figure it out by watching a couple of tapes. You gotta have somebody who knows how to do it. I do a little, you know, some shadow boxing before I walk out on stage. Maybe some jumping up and down to get some of the nerves out. Yeah.

I do some stuff. What do you miss more, the blow or the booze? That's a good question. I guess in these times, both are kind of passe, correct. I would say would be fentanyl now fentanyl Yeah, I kind of wish I kind of stuck in for that game that would have been really a great Well now the kids like the adderall which really sure about that pussy boy coke. You know it's like the college coke Hmm, I like that pussy boy coke you like the adderall I like that yeah I like I like to you can write a little bit on

That that's true your brain is like Roy. It's well. You know what they say. There's no day off in heroin, so How about this the other night had a long flight flew to Tucson two flights middle seats both flights brutal Do a show we go out drinking and I go I'm getting some sleep tonight Hotel I take a pill I thought thought it was a sleeping pill. Adderall, stayed up all night. Oh god, and what'd you do? I just laid there and jerked up. You finished your essay?

Wow. Yeah. Bruel. You didn't just like, you know, cause I have to go outside to smoke in these hotels, they're non-smoking. Oh yeah. Cause that's how you guys wanted it. So, it's always the person working the front counter at night, that person, that weird person.

I've seen you like go out and then come back in and then you're like maybe I should say something like hey it's kind of chilly out there and then you're like no they're in their own head. You know they're waiting for you to do something. They probably have a panic button under there. Yeah I hate that. That's why I don't like a doorman because I don't like it more man I don't want them knowing me going in and out

who I'm bringing in I don't want any of who are you bringing in your wife they just think who's that do you make your your wife do the perp walk when she comes in she puts her coat over her head yeah like a Chinese porn I like a doorman I'm out of town for ten straight days. I get some packages. I know someone didn't steal them Yeah, what about your merch? You know you gotta have someone there for the merch Yeah, the package we had a lot of packages stolen yeah, that sucks, but that's okay I think you're keeping it as they say real. Thank you. I'm in Sex and the City, did she have a doorman? No.

She might have. Her boyfriend did. I think it was like Ant or Mario Cantone or something. Ant. Remember Ant? Yeah, sure. He was on the show, I used to like that show. That was the times when you can get

a reasonably priced brunch, am I right? Oh, and just sit there and throw lines and I guess shade on each other Cosmos Todd Barry was on I mean they had everybody on that shit made a lot of careers Gaffigan sure did yep pull that those all comics back then yeah cuz it was a New York show and it was gay written by gays so easy wow it was really funny have you seen the new one? It's brutal Yeah, the new one is the kind of like sorry. We've never had anybody but white Privileged people in the show. Yeah. Oh the old episodes are crazy. One of them bangs a black guy and they all make fun of her That's like a whole episode

It was a hell of a show and he was a hot dude. I know that guy was a he was a handsome dude the 90s Yeah, also was like women fucking this iss. Yeah, also like women fucking Also, you knew they were fucking thrilled they killed off Chris Noth like the day. He was me, too Yeah, how do they plan that with a peloton? Yeah? Well, let me ask you this so what's your ideas now for sitcoms because you must be getting approached by multiple platforms Let's start with you getting approached no YouTube hasn't reached out to you How about telephone? Or Chan hit me with you getting approached no YouTube hasn't reached out to you how about telephone or Chan hit me I hear Newsmax is news max I'm gonna do a comedy special them I think yeah Roseanne's on board so now that you've done like how

many specials do you think you've done them? This is six geez now This would be the time to do let's say we're musicians and not comics. Okay. This would be the time We put out like a Sam Morel essentials Bits from the other ones and you want to get paid like it's like, you know from each one of them like just like another Ten minutes like hey, that's cool. I didn't do anything The must-haves yeah That's why I didn't do anything the must-have yeah

Because the music you really there's a lot of great dodges in music You know I'm saying and then you can get somebody else to sing your tune Oh, you get paid on that too right Billy Joel vote one new song in the last 30 years and everyone's like He's got a song and a lot of these bands do the the reunited tour and they do that like eight times That would be great. You could reunite with one of your openers and go it's back right here we are again yeah what was your name we need to break up so we can reunite that would be great now we're talking we gotta have like a people of like a fake beef yeah yeah you fucked my wife well you know six specials yeah how many it's, whoa, this is awkward

Don't tell his doorman. I just didn't win his eye. So let me ask you this okay? Six specials, so how many how many did Carlin do? 14 no way really more 14 hours. I think I was like 20. I was in so many really Hold on Matt's doing the thing isn't he the reason I'm talking Carl and not AI Carl Cuz that's what you got to do that's that's you have to go for now 20 specials what does that say his first 14 standard specials for HBO boom wow? 77 the autism I mean it's a lot, but that is, you know. 14 back then was unheard of. Yeah, that's crazy.

I mean, and like, you know. And there's a lot of... I always wondered how he worked out that material. I think he wrote it all and just like went up and did it. I saw him live and he did a lot of working out. It was rough. Really? He got heckled quite a bit.

Where did you see him? I saw him at the Biloxi Casino. Oh, nice out it was rough really he got heckled quite a bit. Where did you see him? I saw him at the Biloxi casino. Oh nice. It was rough not where you want to see one of the grids No, I was the only thing I got a four and I could drive there from New Orleans and he Do the dirty words and he was like shut the fuck. Oh, I love that. Let me work on my poem Let me tell you what's wrong with the power grid Even though we're in a casino right now. But it was a lot of that time where he was doing like, I'm uptown, but I'm downloading.

But I'm back home, but I'm front-facing. You know, it was a lot of that limerick-y shit. I like that. But that's hard to work out if you're getting heckled. At a casino by a bunch of toothless Mississippians. But it's funny to see on Twitter now, the Republicans and the Liberals are both claiming him. Yeah. Oh, really? Well, every time there's a bit, they're like, Republicans and the Liberals are both claiming him. Yeah.

Oh really? Well every time there's a bit they're like, see this is him making fun of liberals. So like that's making fun of Republicans. They're like they both think that he's theirs, which is like kind of great. I know that's where you want to be. But don't you feel bad because like the new people, like young people like, so like who do you, who did you like? And you'll say like Carl or something like that and then they'll go and listen to him.

I feel like it's so out of their wheelhouse. Like I don't blame them not getting it or wanting to watch any of it because It's it's too dry for them. I think you know it's dry and it's angry. It's yeah It's super angry. It just seems like you know that's not their their style the way they are presented with things now You know but it's like a music you got to find which one to start with and then you kind of work your way Yeah, like jamming in New York is such a fucking classic well I personally I personally like the earlier stuff just because of the joke writing ability and his ability to like

Like it was a what you call a complete chunk of material. Yeah, I was like wow I wish I could do something like that. He also was great at tough remember that um Muhammad Ali joke he had that was incredible How does that go that pull that up the carlin Muhammad Ali one? It's basically about how he dodged the draft but it's a killer bit. Yeah he's like he would be he was allowed to beat people up but he wouldn't kill people. Yeah. They got in trouble for not killing people so they won't let you beat people up. Something like that. Yeah. So would you say that

Nate and Shane are the guys who are like honestly taking it to the next level right now? I think there's a ton of people. mean, there's a ton. I mean you guys are in that crew But like I was talking about the comedy boom and how like, you know, I thought it would be over by now You know, my joke is like, you know put all that time at the juggling or you know all the next thing What's the next thing after comedy? Yeah, but like for you guys like I just seems like it's endless, you know Yeah, hopefully I mean, I don't know we're're in a boom for sure, and who knows when it'll end, so I think just keep capitalizing on it. For sure, but I think you guys powered the boom,

you know, it's not like it's just like, whoa, it's happening, it's like you guys powered it. Well, you see this shit like Bert Kreischer doing arenas with the fully loaded. Bert, awesome, yes. Like, well, what's going on? This is a new thing. And there's just so many avenues to get comedy now.

I mean, I guess it's harder to make a comedy movie, but these podcasts, people just consume this show. Oh, they love it. But isn't that the other thing? It's like, they actually will come out to see you. So that's the beauty of it, right? Oh, yeah. So it definitely is like a loop where they get to know you

and then they come see you. So I think that's great. I think it's great too. It's good for everybody else too. Right. Because hopefully it's not just a fan of one person But of comedy which is I think most of my fans are of comedy They go see multiple people's you know when it's just of one person you kind of question that person

You know, it's kind of like, you know, I don't know if they're like like a store like it's like a whatever connection So it's like comedy in general, you know I'd rather have the fan of a lot of comics than just that one person. I feel like a Taylor Swift fan is not gonna be Katy Perry, Madonna, and Taylor Swift. It's just Taylor Swift. Whereas our people, I think, you kinda, I don't like to give LA a lot of credit,

but they kind of started that, it was like you had Theo, and then Theo and Santino are friends, and then he's friends with Bobby Lee, and then they're friends with whatever, and they all kinda co-mingle, and then now're friends with whatever and they all kind of coped Co-mingle and then now you like sagura now you like Brad Williams now. You're it's awesome. Yeah, a lot of crossover It's like Hamas and his baller

I think that's I think that's true I also think that you know The more the more good comedy that gets out there the more like you can help everybody, you know Yeah, yeah, but it's all up again when you started right because back in the day You're kind of going for this one spot and now you can kind of all but it also was a hack fest And I still have some of the hack in me But I'm just saying like so the whole idea of like what was good comedy and what was bad I mean it is subjective of course

But like there's enough fans now the way they can I think they can smell the easy joke Or the kind of like tired premise, you know Yeah, well, that's one place America shines because you go overseas and you're like, wow You're still doing the all the plane made out of the black box really still over here I think also this this stuff has hurt audiences attention spans because it's so there's so much shit out there that they've become spoiled So now you know you listen to a Podcast you throw it on the background you're not paying full attention And I think that sometimes carries over to a live show where you're like not fully invested interesting. That's true

I agree because as a guy without the podcast I kind of see that in the crowd too where it's like The people that heard about it on a podcast Don't really get that now they're in a live performance And they just kind of want to sit and take it in and it's like that that energy suck ruins it makes it harder it's just not not as fun you know yeah you'd almost prefer a little rowdyness and then that just kind of listening I miss comedy movies too I hope that comes back it's like hangover was on TV when I was in the road I was like I hope they make movies like this

again this is a fun movie yeah there, there is, why is that? Why do you think that happened? Because they don't, I don't think they see a turn on it. They see, they make money on like in the theaters, they make money on horror and superhero. They don't make money on a $20 million comedy. I heard it was DVD sales used to power comedies after they were in theaters.

They would have a small run in theaters and then DVDs would go crazy. Now people don't buy DVDs so they don't make them anymore because they don't make money. But if it can go right to streaming, just put the shit on streaming. I think Bill Burr's movie did great numbers. Yeah.

But no one's gonna go to a theater. What about Burden, what's his name, the other guy who did a comedy movie recently, so those are comedy movies. Yeah. But like, I know what you're talking about where it's like the Hard R movie. But those, yeah, they're really. Yeah, know I don't think that's gonna happen you know

get out scoot over hey sit down this is gonna this is gonna sound a little a little weird but Ian you left your water bottle in my car That's the name of my comedy movie Adventure a buddy is that Ashton Kutcher? That's Thanks for keeping it safe Dave. I left my wallet my jacket in ecto one from the Ghostbusters last night I'm leaving you see the Ghostbusters Ghostbusters movie No, it's coming out on the 22nd, last night so I'm leaving my shit everywhere. Did you see the Ghostbusters movie? No, it's coming out on the 22nd. Okay.

But I filmed, what'd you say? I said so are you. No, I'm like the first one, I've already been out. And I was born in 84. Hey! Well I'm gonna leave. You and Norton were ahead of the game on the trans. Yeah, well Norton crawled so I could walk so DeRosa could run Play that call in bit again. You remember earlier when the podcast was about me

Yes Norton does like to be on all fours, but he's he's married to one now. I love it that gives me Do you wanna your move on to burn some books Yeah, yeah, why not we only have one shit here use this can No, yeah, yeah, why not we only have one shit here use this can You missed a lot of great stuff Adderall we were talking about a lot of road stuff, you know Yeah, you guys used to I used to open for Dave to Ian used to open for yeah Dave used to open from at all No time to time. Yeah, yeah mothership this week next weekend. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's the way to do it Sam is definitely one of my most successful protege Sam Amy oh

The way to do it you were the best open for man. You just like go on truly It's really the best gig. I really do have great crowds and they You know it really he'll tell you like anything goes with these people, they get it, you know. They really don't take offense on anything. And they really love jokes. I think that's really the hard crowd to find out. Because a lot of these younger crowds, I think when they smell a set up,

then they kind of feel like they have the right to turn off because this is not your personal truth. It's something that you've manipulated to touch them somehow, you know? So I'm like, you know. But what do you actually molest to Dave? Well, that's the point of it. It's like exaggeration, all that kind of stuff. If you're using it for funny, I think it's part of it.

Because we have very few paint brushes in our easel, whatever it is there. Like telling a story is difficult to begin with. Nate is a great storyteller. I think he's probably the top, I mean I've never seen a guy so comfortable and so fluid like that. And like honestly it's beautiful.

But like for what we do, especially like, you know the fucking, you know, scoot and move kind of comedy, you know, it's difficult because you're changing randomly, going from one thing to another and all that kind of stuff. Now you, of course, as a physical comic, I can only imagine the amount of stretching you have to do. Trying to include everybody.

The first time I pitched a joke to Dave, I was like, well, I was thinking about doing this thing, he goes, uh-huh, now make it funny. Everybody has all these tough love stories on me. Burt brought that up to me too when I did Burton Toms. He's like, yeah, you gotta you got to bring new material and I said And I go these are the stories you should tell while I'm waxing your tour bus You're a winner

No, it's a mess it made me so much better of course you need that you need someone to be like be funny Well, you know what him coming after you? As you because you got to open so he gets to go on after you and well Say whatever he wants but then it's like that's I do want him coming after me So I rise to the occasion sure sure and then I'll be on stage Just wait till I'm dead with all this talk about be like I it's called a new jokey and try it From the states the best No, not a lot of I don't say that my dummy does

No, not a lot of I don't say that my dummy does No, but not a lot of people that you're opening for care enough to be like do new shit this show and yeah Dave will say that yeah, well, it's also you're the middle and there's like the sweetest spot So you might as well like yeah throw everything out there I mean you don't have to close this you don't have to open it So you have the best spot on the show you might as well like take advantage of this great crowd or whatever it is You know yeah, I used to open for Louie, and you'd say something humorous at dinner. He's like you got to open with that best spot on the show, you might as well like take advantage of this great crowd or whatever it is, you know? Yeah, I used to open for Louie and you'd say something humorous at dinner and he's like, you got to open with that.

I'm like, we're doing a giant arena. I'm not going to open. I can't open with the N word. That's different. He loves the N word. So I would open with it would bomb. Well, that's balls though, like in an arena to like to do that kind of stuff. So that's super comfortable. You know well. He was I think toying with me, but yeah sure it never worked out Not once that it hit hmm, and then he would go can I use it now that you?

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I just did two and a half months of clubs that tighten for the special, I love the clubs. Sorry, I should have done some research. You miss the outdoor pandemic common rooms. That was what really shined, I think. Yeah, those parking lots. Yeah, next to the pigeons and the homeless guys peeing. That's me at my best, yeah.

I kind of liked it in a way, because it made me have to do a bunch of stuff that helped me later. I couldn't just stand there when a mic goes out, and I'm like, why am I even writing the chair? I'm in Central Park. Yeah, I can jump off So I like would like walk through the crowd just like yelling people I was like Oh, this is a lot funner than like just try it like one time

I ate a sandwich during my second Shane Tours dared me to I was like, all right Did they do them in Central Park? Oh, yeah, that a few. That's the worst because if somebody hates it, you can see them walk away for a long time. Like a walk out, like, oh, I think he's getting in a cab. No, no, no, no, no. It was a nightmare. Mark had a great line. He was like, I played a show in the park.

I bombed a joke. I actually heard a cricket. Literally a cricket, yeah. I did a field, yeah. But really, those outdoor shows, some people were doing well. Those drive-through gigs, they looked horrible. They honked the horn.

They did R.F.K. Stadium. That to me was like. That was a nightmare. That was, yeah, I dragged those guys out on that one too. But that was, it almost was like an apocalyptic world of where the car people and this crazy lighting and it was like a re-education camp, you know the car people and there's crazy lighting and like it was like a Re-education camp you know like up there and like you have no reaction coming from them

And then you hear like some honking starting and you're like okay, you know I got them I got them honking was big and if you're really killing you got the wipers. Yeah Yeah, and then of course the pop the hood yeah And then the flashers get the fuck off the stage then a sideshow and then the next thing you know there's you know someone's lame in blood on the street I was getting emails from my agent like I got you a roof I'm like we did so many though we did a ton of roof together you and I we had fun I kept I tried I taped a special on a roof with Matt and and Ian and I mean every

night I'm like we got it We'd like celebrate and get drunk and then I'd be like that was terrible. We gotta keep we'd have to keep doing it We did like what a month of roofs Yeah You remember that one roof we did where you had to take your shoes off and be like barefoot up top because they'd fake like They were like tech people. Yeah, yeah, you had to climb up a ladder. They're taking your shoes off. Yeah Wow, no way. It was a fancy fancy roof we were all over with grimy roofs nice roofs all kind of stuff wow yeah yeah you were real Batman and Robin

but you really are like you know we all learn so much about comedy from you because you were just a dude who would kill with good jokes. It was no agenda at all, Dave. It was really, yeah, for real. I like them, you know, as I get older, I think, like I can't even put two thoughts together now. So it's just like, they go from silly to like, just sad these jokes, you know.

A lot of them are really just like, when you think about them, they're just just sad and do you ever like say something like off the cuff and like you're like the crowd really laughs and then you're like well that's a hit and then you listen to tape you're like okay I got it then you do it again you realize it was just in the moment you had them in your timing it had nothing to do with any thought process like they weren't even think they just went right to like muscle memory and it's sad because they're like okay I thought that was like a keeper

It's not trying the riff. Yeah, you can't recreate it. You never can this guy's really good on his feet now I train them up You two together is gold now. I love really is Yeah, it's making him laugh on stage is like the best thing in the world. It's not fun I do have one of the best fake laughs in They wanted me at the Oscars come out to sit in the front row Yeah, what do you guys don't get like tap to do any of that kind of writing? Oh, that's I mean you do it You want to do the run a few things but never like hired. I never like flew out there anything

It's always like writing jokes. He went out naked before John Cena just to see There anything that's always like writing jokes, right? He went out naked before John Cena just to see That's the water. I was the best with ever on Twitter be like see see they make it's it's the ritual Yeah, what do you think that's a right that I didn't hear any people people think it's a humiliation ritual that John Cena went out there naked. They're like there. He's not a dress in his movie It's like black conspiracies are bleeding over to the whites Looks incredible. He probably wants to do it really it would be different. It was a fat guy right right exactly Oh, that would be funnier, but yeah look at this ripped but he was presenting like costumes any any waddled out and then paused with great cameo timing the first thing he said is

Costumes and it like blew the room. Yeah, well, it's I Don't know we'll get stop roast out there You wouldn't even need something to cover He's already got a sandwich there Yeah, he takes a bite then he then he announces yeah Do they have like a best comedy now like do they have that? Oh, that's at the other Did you guys see Ricky Stanicky seen his movie? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I saw the and your Santino Zach. It's really funny. Come on fairly, dude. I'm telling you watch it

It's like a 90s comedy. Well, it's hilarious. Okay, really really good scene is amazing man. He's a great He's a great blockers. Remember? I saw that with Mike Lawrence and we both cried Well Ian you're in a movie right yeah What is that line come on my back We'll be right back everybody. Sorry. That's one of our riffs Office race it was office race really Really so Comedy Central. My line is uh, I'm yelling at Beck Bennett. He's like running. Oh, and I roll him in a truck and I go nice shorts jerk off. Hey!

You know, we claim the fame. Office race. Yeah. All right. I give you Sal. Sal Vulcano's in it. He plays a chicken like running in the marathon. It's fucking hilarious. It's a great cameo, yeah. I thought it was about affirmative action. Holy shit. You've been here how long now? How many names have you dropped? Well, I just mentioned it. I counted Beck and Bennett.

That was two. That was a... Santino's, Dina. But the Oscars, let's face it, the 96 Oscars. Ah, guys guys come on I feel like they used to be cool, and now it's just like who no one cares You just wait for the Twitter or whatever they're gonna buzz from it. You know they just take you see Pacino flub He flubbed we flubbed he's supposed to name all the nominees. He just went Oppenheimer

95 huh I was he's old enough to nut in a woman 50 years younger than In LA and I saw him shuffling down the street like a homeless man yelling on this phone really That is like kind of that's like part of being famous. I think is just yelling in your phone I said I like Baldwin doing that one stick. What are you doing? Oh, that was cool Would you go to an Oscar party though of course there you go for the salary? I'm yelling into your phone. I saw Alec Baldwin doing that one. He's like, what are you doing? I'm like, oh, that was cool. Would you go to an Oscar party though? Of course. There you go.

Yeah, for the story. Yeah, Vanity Fair, come on. He looks got a full head of hair. He looks really good. I think he had a stroke. Yeah, he sounds like R.F.K. Jr. I thought he was the president of Venezuela. Who is this guy?

Right. C. Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer take it all back That's acting people The age how old is he I'm gonna guess anything no he's gonna be all thinkin 90s He's in no I think in 90s eighty-eighty-eighty-eighty-eight. He's in his 80s 83 See all the headlines being like 83 year old knocks up 30 year old Yeah, I just saw the video The headline that's great Wow is that the gal why would oh what?

Shit granddaughter good for him certainly hard You don't want to deal with a 30 year old when you're that old unless she's your nurse Yeah, but she'd be like enthusiastic about changing you and stuff. Yes But don't you think that soul patch takes years off Brooklyn barista College coming off a protest? Girlfriend? Not even married? Has no plans to marry him? Wow. Wow. Well that sucks for her.

I know right? That's a gold mine waiting to happen right there. By the looks of it, she probably can't be married to him because she won't have enough time protesting Israel. Get it out of you. I really stumbled halfway through it. I thought, Woody, where are you going? Well, that's good.

I'm glad we got through that one. Did you ever write for the Oscars? Did you ever write for SNL? No, no, I just wrote for SNL and I was not a good writer. And I realized that, like, you know, the good thing about that was like, it taught me like, you know, anything I'm writing, I want to write for myself pretty much, you know, and it was just at that point where I anything I'm writing I want to write for myself, pretty much.

And it was just at that point where I was kind of learning how to write a joke for me. And then it was like, I was in this big job. But I think that show, what was I gonna say, it's a dream of a lot of people. Is that, you saw Shane there. Oh yeah, he was awesome on it. Yeah, that was his dream.

I thought he killed it. To be on that show at one point, right? Who, what? Yeah, he was great. Shane Gillis, that was his. I thought he killed me on that show. Yeah. At one point, right? Who? What? Yeah, he was Graham Gillis. He was at the Oscars. No, no. Oh, I was going to say. Yeah. Wow. I missed that. Shane won best actor for Oppenheimer. Oh, gee. He killed it.

That guy is a great actor. He was the bomb. Yeah. Cillian Murphy. He's always a guy from Ireland or England or something like that. It's always one of those guys. Oppenheimer was good, I thought. Yeah, it was good. Little long. Do we need an hour after the bomb? Should just been a bunch of people like ah fuck yeah, and no Japan point of view either

Would like that yeah, just like oh no something Oh, how old? Not too good. There you go. Well what about this Godzilla minus one? Have you guys seen this yet? I hear them raving about it. I figured they would get it out to the podcast community to spread the word. It's called Godzilla minus one? Yeah. It's supposed to be incredible.

Really? He's acapella. No... No Mothra? No Mothra, no. What's it about? I think it's Godzilla. It's Godzilla and his love hate with... Who's the one? Is it World War II or World War I time?

I think it's World War II. Oh, there's your Japan. I was more of a Godzuki man, remember her? Yeah, that was the good stuff. More of a God-preacher. We didn't land on the moon! That was the good stuff. Remember when I... Or a God brief. We didn't land on the moon. Alright, so this is their version of Godzilla,

because they haven't done one in a while. We kind of took it, you know. You got the air. We appropriated it. The living creatures of that monster are too many unknown things. I want to say this is great. Oh wow. Hey, are there any other long things you want to show?

A lot of build up. Do we get to see the? Yeah, really. I hate when, see if they shot that in Texas they would stay in their ground Come on come on lizard man The lizard people Following you since Hillary Clinton Because it's like thinking like no too late to get rid of it though. It's already born

Damn look at it. Oh Mikey look at him go Hmm. They didn't take the vaccine. I love it There you go. Hey, who's that? Yeah, what's his name? His name is George fatty Hackett. Hey baseball 450 pounds Hmm. All right. I like back in baseball. They could just call people fat and right. Oh Chubbsy McGee Yeah, that was that was like before the whole issues with who gets to play what sports so it was like he's a fat kid He was allowed to play like why is that was there any probably good? What happened to him anything?

I mean, I'll look him up. Yeah, I'm thinking Cardiac arrest I'm thinking something something Chris Christie Sorry guys. I'm dry. What do you have? cardiac arrest Sorry for that wait a minute Hall of Fame. Oh, you see got a Hall of Fame for like Oh, is that near the Comedy Museum upstate? Or football. Oh.

Well there you go, he's huge. Okay. He's the original. I thought he was in for camel toe. Look at that guy. Oh my God, he's got a hoopa. Put your pajamas on and get out there. He's just stuck in the hall.

That's when they paid a man, what, like a dollar to play the game? I know, right? He gets hit by every pitch, he's just always on base. Look at that. Oh my God. Lookin' baby Huey Huey that was before that was definitely before the integration of baseball like when a fat white man could Pants you know they're saying this is the guy's the incarnation of that guy now look at that Alright, he's Christy. Oh it is yeah, it was I thought it was a triple a league Triple patty triple bypass there we go was he throwing that ball at Biden or wake up

when are you going back on the road Dave I'll be out there next I'm going to Austin do the comedy mothership you guys have all done that now it's yeah yeah Ian is like that's like his home club now how many times have you been there? Oh man, a handful. Yeah okay so there you go. I did a five o'clock show on a Sunday there I just texted EGOT like hey can we do a I'm bored on Sunday can we do a five o'clock? Sells out in two seconds. Amazing. Yeah. Just a fun room. I give Joe the most credit for that because like to like stick stick to your guns Like I'm gonna do it my way and like to make a big move like that and to like start in the town

Let's raise it also was always a comedy town, but it was never like what he what it is now I mean like it really is it is like at the front and center of comedy So people are moving there like crazy all these young kids are moving there like it's the new LA Yes, either that or national which would would you do? I might go Nashville. Really? Really? Yeah, I feel like everyone's gone to Austin, so I'll bob and weave.

And Nashville's a cool town. What about your hometown, New Orleans? When is that ever gonna happen? No comedy. Comedy city. Why can't it take off there? I don't know, I think people wanna get drunk, they don't wanna listen to your bit about cereal.

You know, they wanna get hammered, they wanna listen to some music and dance. Nashville is kind of the same. It's better than New Orleans for comedy That's true, but it's not like a great comedy city. It's a music city. All I know is Zany. Nashville's Zany. That's a good club I'm just saying the Ryman's great. Ryman's amazing. A lot of albums at the Ryman But I do think the culture of the city is music you walk down the streets like people just fucking blasting tunes That is true, and there are a little God fearing over there, which is bad for God. But not the people that come to the show, like the people that move there.

I feel like they're kind of LA light, actually. I've forgotten some moans and groans down there. I agree, it's getting a little seeny. Yeah, Posing's. That's why Huntsville, Alabama is the way to go. Yeah, they got massive. They have that museum, yeah. The Braun. Braun, yeah. The Braun.

The Nazi astronaut. I was just in Vegas at the New Wise guys and that was a great one. I was there, there were so many comics that live in that town now. And also Jeff was in town so I brought him out and we had some fun. The locals really dig it because they don't want to go down on the strip. They don't want to go to those shows. They want to go to their own thing. Even one of the locals are like, man this is great, it's kind of just for us.

So, you know, I had some good shows there. So you guys, I don't know where you play in Vegas, but you might want to try it. Yeah, Wise Guys, I was just there in Utah. That's a great club too. That's a big comedy, I feel like that's another one that's gonna pop really hard. Yeah, they got two clubs there, or three.

And he's got a scene, he built another room for the Young Comics and in the downtown one He fucking cares and he and you're doing a dry bar soon That's such a lie about Utah by the way that whole like they don't drink or anything like that Oh, they party yeah, but it's like yeah, we didn't drink. We just want right to meth. You know totally Totally hard. I think that's you toss over Don't chase you on the street have you seen the fucking people down there? Oh? There were no n hinged yeah zombies. Yeah, oh you mean

Not for like a that for like to read a Bible or anything I wish I was just in Springfield, Missouri. That's a meth town. Yeah. Oh really? Oh, yeah, every town is a meth town I know just everywhere well San Diego You played the comedy club there right here. That's a great one, too No, I played the American comedy. Oh, yeah great time there. I wasn't allowed to play There's a lot of great clubs man. They're actually like they also have benefited from the you know like the boom they deserved it You know so especially the ones like the holding the line clubs. You know sure Well, those are the ones that are doing well. Well. What happened to you with the American comedy or our old agent? He called her a c-word and

They were like knowing it William Morris can play there anymore, so we're like marriage no More money over there. Oh my was it an old cap see word What are we talking here? I'm sure they I'm sure was that years ago or something. Yes, I'm sure they would know I'm sure it's fine now So now you have to play the theater and look down on them You know like that's always the I remember playing that La Jolla rooms pretty cool to that comedy store. Yeah a beach Mmm, it's kind of fun. It's such a mind-fluck coming from New York City with rats and hobos, and then you go to that La Jolla room is pretty cool to that Comedy Store. Yeah a beach Mmm, it's kind of fun. It's such a mind-fluck coming from New York City with rats and hobos and then you go to that La Jolla It's right on the beach and sunny beautiful even the homeless look like Hugh Jackman. They're fucking they are good-looking

Yeah, great looking they really do take care of themselves, you know Let's see. I'm going to Austin I'm going to Brea. How about Brea? And is that's also like a weird town, you know Orange County Let's see I'm going to Austin. I'm going to Brea. How about Brea? That's a great room. You like it? And is that's also like a weird town, you know Orange County. Yeah, it's a different vibe out there It's a lot of like, you know, my dad played guitar my mom, you know, it's like a lot of LA I mean, uh Orange County stuff, you know, yeah like skateboarding is more important than you know reading There's a good gun range by there, Oh, really? Yeah. Tarrant tactical. That's where they try and do you do that on the road

as much as I can. I love shooting. Really? I feel like I get one I'm good. I don't need to keep going back. I enjoy it. I enjoy it because you can calibrate your mistake in the moment. It's all about like focusing your breathing and concentration. And I just like like, I don't know the hobby of it. And this place here in tackle, that's where they train Keanu Reeves for john wick and everything. Whoa, they give you like a tactical range, you can go around and like change guns. And it's really right before you

walk in, they kill your dog. And again, it is a good shot. Yeah. I enjoy it. Veeders a good shot. We really hit the gun range in that's wrong Sorry, and uh, do you do shoot Dave? I'm an axe man I'll throw it at your head No, yeah, I've gone with Ian. He's really he's really good at it. And I always say like it's just a shame You're too old for high school Yeah, like a written house over here but earlier I didn't know you were a gun guy.

You got like a written house over here. But earlier, what did you say again? Like you focus and control your breathing. What were you saying again? You can focus and you have to control your breathing and you have to work on like your grip because if you grip too hard you can calibrate like alright. Sounds like a facial to me.

Bullseye is just a man's ass. Ian, stop licking the target You gotta hit right under the tramp stamp But it is funny at the gun race the guys that come that I think we were at one and this guy was doing The quick reload like he was gonna fight like Superman What is everyone able to make my wife come, but I... Like, oh, oh god, oh god. Like I was wondering in his mind what the situation he was, you know.

I like to say, fuck you, dad, right before I shoot. Cuck and roll. Was this one sick, huh? No, I'm gonna smoke again. What are your favorite cities to hit, Dave? Well, San Francisco's great. I'd say DC is probably my best town. Love DC.

I mean, like those crowds are great. Great crowd, they need a laugh out there. It's kind of a stuffy town. It's a stuffy town, but the people that come see me are coming out of Virginia. Oh. They're the people who live around the government and they kinda don't wanna hear about it.

Some of them work in the government, that kinda thing. Do you think they're stuffy because they're like, oh God, we don't wanna hear about it. Some of them work in the government, that kinda thing. Do you think they're stuffy because they're like, oh God, we don't wanna hear about politics, or they're on guard? Yeah, I think it's a lot of HR, a lot of government jobs. They just wanna, they gotta stay in line. So when you come in there talking about jizzing in a guy's mouth,

you're like, oh, I need this. Thank God. They are smart and they also, they're like the best of the South like where it's like, you know They're smart, but they also are southern. So they like it like a little greasy You know and I was thinking like I would say Charlotte and those towns are really popping now also, you know I was in Atlanta played a theater down there I haven't done like Atlanta a long time and I'll tell you like I miss it

That was a great town for comedy man with a punch line there, it's really sad what happened. There was a picture of you at the old laughing school, it was you, Lewis Black. And Mitch, right? And Mitch, right? Yeah. That's a crazy story. That's a long time ago now.

That's probably over 10 years, 15 years. I mean, he's been dead for a long time. And I know that there's talk of doing something about Mitch now. I think it's way overdue. I always see a lot of influence in people by Mitch. So people always say, oh, people sound like you. I go, no, Mitch is really the guy.

I think he really did influence a lot of people. Definitely. That style, his cadence. Joke writing wise, I'd say that he does his own thing. People don't do it so esoteric like him. But other people are like, what is this? What is he doing? I'm like, it's like Like you know now like pop culture is so big and all that kind of stuff

But it's like beyond that, you know, it's like like Zen joke writing. I think yes You know, it's Shang Wang has a little Chang is great too. That was one of the specials that I really enjoyed watching I mean like the guy is a pleasure to watch. She's so funny. He's great We did the Burt Kreischer cruise and Shang Wang was on it. So I was like, let me go watch how these drunk, white trash people enjoy this smart Asian man. And he killed. He really did.

He's road tested. Oh yeah, oh yeah. But it's just funny seeing him with the long hair and the glasses. He looks like he's there to like give you a foot massage. And he's just killing with these fucking yokels. and he's just killing with these fucking yokels. Mitch was opening those shows though, right? He was, but that was only because he was the last add-on, but that was another one where we rotated a bit.

But I think it was three different crowds coming together, which never really works, by the way. People want to see their person. Like I'm the drunk insomniacniac guy and then Lewis was his thing and then Mitch had his people so I think it was a Adam But he was like kind of up and down in terms of like you know where he was with his problems and everything So you know but I I felt especially when we did Minneapolis He should have closed that show like that's his hometown his people come to see him Yeah, you know that he should have done it And then there was like for some reason he didn't and I think that upset him and you know, whatever But he was a rock and roll comic

Oh, you know like people forget that about him like he really was a rock and roll comic So yeah and Geraldo to some extent to yeah Definitely who is probably when you think of like writing and like all that kind of stuff like, you know His his stuff holds up. Oh, it really does I can't say the same about mine, but his stuff really does he really like you know his stuff is tough tough jokes You know smart smart jokes Just to be on that many drugs and still pumping out such great material Yeah, he was he really brought it you know and he's another guy who like I think

If he was around in these times like Patrice and everything like that playing big theaters and all that kind of stuff It would be amazing to see them in these other type venues. They're just clubs, you know Do you feel like you still get the the insomniac? Psycho booze bags coming out to see you or is that kind of faded? No, they're they're grown up now But it's mostly the people that were like in high school who would watch that thing at home who are now older that right? They come out, but I I think that um, you you know they've all been kind of like you know like we're all beaten up and old now that they Get it like you know this is uh you know the one thing I that used to like help me with a lot of these clubs

They'd be like all right you didn't sell out, but our booze sales is like beyond imagine They still drink pretty, pretty, pretty, you know, good. But yeah, but I'm sure you probably taught me now in terms of like people going out and drink. We get the real hard work sometimes to a fault where you're like, all right, guys, you got to let me get this fucking thing. It makes it harder on you. But I guess that is part of the experience.

And you guys feel like do people offer? They all probably want to do like a shot or. All day long. Yeah. I hate the shot offer. Cause you wanna be nice. Yeah, it's tough. But I would be on the floor if I took every one of them. Yep.

And yeah, I used to go shot for shot with these people. But it's smart to like not get into that battle, you know? But do you do one like at the end or something? Oh yeah, oh yeah. I mean more than one. Well, there you go. So that's good. You did that special with Geraldo and Dan Cook

and Sean Rouse. That was Cami Central's, like I said, you know, I remember them yelling at me about that one because I thought Dane at that point was the biggest touring act in America. And like, I don't know why he did it, but like for the rest of us, they kind of like threw us in there.

And I got Shane, I got Sean, Sean Rouse in it because I was like, well, if it's going to be another guy, I want one of my guys to do it, you and Sean needed a pop you know he was like going through No horrible rheumatoid arthritis and all that kind of stuff But I would say that up You know if you look at that like you could break that up into four pieces and like that's probably a better ride than the All of it together you know it was so different and it was really

Dane Dane's the one guy who kind of like had to lower the bar for it because it was his audience. I mean he could have done his own thing, the rest of us I think we were just part of a deal. Sure. But that was when Comedy Central's at its most powerful. Yes, yeah, they would do a lot of packaging. They would like to put comics together for some reason. Yeah, they got everything wrong except for the digital.

No, that's the thing. Ah, the digital. No, that's Horrific yeah, we just saw the blue collar guys and they're like we'll do our own Well, they were always trying to recreate that and then I think the kings of comedy actually seems even more Organic and right than whatever, you know any of us could come up with but they still like the audience pushes that everywhere I go they're like bring Sam next time. And I'm like well then we have to split the check and then he's over here doing his show. If we did like four of us it'd be cool. Yeah I mean I would love that.

I'm doing a gig with Chris DiStefano in AC. I'm like I think it'll be fun. I think we could do it every once in a while. That's a good thing to do after you've done your own touring and now you give them that. But the problem is every time with me and Bumping Mikes and everything is that you always get the one guy who? Wants to see the bumping mic show and I'm like dude. Where were you where were you at Catalina?

We had them all you know it's like we could have used you then man. Yeah, so true But yeah, I love working with Jeff. I also like work with the other comics at this point It's more interesting to have like so many different people on the show You know I was trying to use locals and everything, but like Just For Laughs, I guess you guys must have had a two part emergency episode on the downfall of Just For Laughs. Yeah, RIP.

So, when's the first year you guys went there? We were together, I think it was 2013, Mark? I went there in 2010 to do some bullshit show, but then the new faces was 2013. You probably already could smell the downfall right at that point Oh, yeah, because we were hearing stories from the 90s where they're like I got a I got a seven-figure deal or whatever And we're like well. I got an agent. Yeah. Yeah, right Guys that went with you were like we had a good

Your crew was awesome. We had a good year, but I like how the deal got worse and worse year It's like oh, yeah at first it was like, hotel travel, it's on us. Then it was like, fly yourself up. Then it was fly yourself up, put yourself up. Then it's like, feed yourself. It's like, you know, like, we're gonna, basically we're gonna drop you in the middle of town.

You know French? Cause you might need French to get to the venues. I remember you're waiting for like a 40 person shuttle. You're like, oh yeah. Where's the pickup for this thing? You just go to the airport. I know. And some of the shows had no people.

That was how they go with what they were paying us is the question. That is true. I think it was offshore money. I think a lot of it. I think it all went to Gadamela or whatever. All the money goes through us and to Russell Peters. One Frenchman. Yeah.

No, but it was always a fun time and the people who run it did really love comedy. I guess the business of it didn't hold up. For sure. How many comedy festivals are there now? Like a hundred? Yeah, there's a lot. I think the Netflix one swallowed up a lot. Oh, yeah.

I don't know how the city holds on to that. It's like we're going to go see Seinfeld, Gaffigan, Joliss, Nate Bargazzi, me, Harry Konda Boo Boo. You know, it's like, how do they have enough people to go see all these acts? John Mulaney, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle. It's crazy. And what? You know, that's another hardcore. It's in L.A., you know, and we all know those crowds.

I mean, like that's a tough one. I guess people fly in or come out of Bakersfield Well now it's gonna be like a fest because there's so many and people are gonna fly in for it Oh the the fact that they're doing all the shows at the Hollywood Bowl I mean like that's cool that I think is what it should be about you know yeah Nate the Oracle He's at a Hollywood Bowl twice. He's both sold out already Wow with Seinfeld and Sebastian It's more of a manger when he plays I'm doing the Hollywood improv labs So this out I'm gonna kill myself

In the Hollywood improv The saddest suicide note ever I couldn't fill 90 seats The saddest suicide note ever I couldn't fill 90 seats That's a name's gonna come in handy That's always weird when you walk through the improv in LA the Melrose and they have the lab going and like you know You're like hey Somebody's inventing something in here Somebody's inventing something in here. Like a test tube getting bored or something. An Indian girl is talking about being molested.

We keep towing around so dark. What is going on here? So when's the last time you thought about relapsing? What was the closest? Vegas, last week. Oh really? Oh sorry. When you met P. Diddy recently. Hmm Vegas last week no really sorry

When you met P. Diddy recently No, I never I'd say that the cigarettes and the coffee are pretty much the way to go right now But I think down the road like after the comedy because I'll be at 40 years in like three years So I think after that I'd love to come back by the way I got to say one thing is that like you know at 40 when I hit 40 That's when I should really like just start like power like you know blow Which cough syrup all that kind of stuff? Hell? Yeah, that's great all right So no, but I don't I don't really I don't know I don't know but if you're if you're a sobriety kind of stinks, too He'll tell you like it's a long day

I love it. I love well your your high on life. Yeah Just love life and guns in the Second Amendment But what about the other 23 hours a day like you when you're laying alone in your bed Calling people trying to get outside of my own head I Love the road doing like activities and everything like I've been bringing my like childhood best friend with me He's not a comic really and yeah his wife left him. He got divorced. He is all this free time So I'm like dude. You got a good job come out and he does He's sitting behind Salik you

Know it's the best man. We like do a bunch of shit together, and we hang out It feels like being a kid we share a hotel room watch movies at night, so I'm not out getting pussy It's fucking great Well, we will we go on a ski trip every year me Ari Gillis all these guys and you came and you were a breath of fresh Yeah, we wake up. You're making breakfast at a nightie, and you know everybody would tell us stories Yeah, you know you would drive everywhere, because we were all hammered. Yeah, I loved it.

Yeah, activities keep me all right. When I start to isolate and I don't do shit, that's when I'm like, huh, a drink would make this more fun. Wow. I remember, I think it was in town when you guys actually cock-blocked me with some shows, because you were like, oh, I'm like,

can we add a Thursday at the at the wise guys in Utah It's like no Norman and Aria coming in for their ski adventure And like it's already sold out. It says all right. I go. All right. Well, how about this? I know they'll be back from their adventures Compress and make some money or I'm like, okay, that's a year. I won with you guys I did the weekend with you. And then my flight kept getting delayed. So I was like, I'm just gonna hang in the green. I got, I'm getting kicked out of the hotel. And then you guys are like, you're coming on the ski trip.

It all works out. Cancel your spots. I'm like, but Esti, you're like, what are you gonna do, the lounge? Get out of here. Well, did you get arrested that week? I did, yeah. What happened?

I got arrested for a class four felony weapons charges They found brass knuckles on me at the airport in Newark and my one call in jail was to him Yeah to go hey, I'm gonna miss the first show But my criminal defense that I worked airport security Boston on 910 My criminal defense attorney J Bones my childhood friends brother got me a criminal mischief misdemeanor, so I'm good Hell yeah criminal mischief is such a funny Now we call that punch a cop Why do you have brass knuckles on you yeah cities and shambles? You know what I?

Hear that the man Sam grew up here, so he could actually tell us Like when you were a boy getting mugged is it different as a man now? Well dude a bunch of comics were getting assaulted on the way home in the cellar like a bunch Yeah, just Joe list well Tom Ticard. Oh, you Rogers Sean Donnelly really got a type. Yeah, wow unthreat threatening whites yeah, I Mean less what even he goes straight from his house to the front door of the club I know he's a nervous now. He's gonna start walking around with the gun out and what is he hiding the shed like the rest of us? That shed in front of the club really shows like class operation right?

What shit the food show outdoor shed it from for another. Yeah, on you shed just for Steve and tobacco or tabasco or whatever his name is at night to pass go. Yeah, people are sketchy all around. I get bringing a weapon man. Well, they I forgot I had it in my in my coat. And I'm like,

you can throw it out. And then they found another pair in my other pocket I was like fuck chew brass and well you know you got your hands and then um double and then I'm like look I'm not a threat you found in the same pocket as a donut like and a mustache comb like I'm a clown Let me go toys. Yeah toys tango and cash Jordan and Jensen Depends op I got it sir But I'm glad you're okay. Yeah hell of a ski trip It really why we thought about that because whenever you play hilarities in Cleveland they give you that that yeah

It gave me brass and up either like give you a little set of brass Yeah, yeah, and a baseball bat I'm like am I allowed to case like you'll be fine And I just heard about you and I was like am I gonna be yeah, thanks for directing that Coming Hey, so what about like I said to aria go this ski thing is great You guys should get like a show like a travel channel like you guys ski around the world or something So what's going on? No? It's just for fun. That's what's the best part about it's just like going out and having a cabin

Having fun and not worrying about like content. Yeah, we make dinner. We play music on a special and trash it Yeah, yeah, we did Captain Miserable Crazy I said I love that one dude. I was watching the Yeager commercials the other day. That's a classic bit. Dude, the new one, I'm telling you, was right up there with it. It's so good. I heard Louis Cat was braving. All Dave's stuff. I mean, you've seen him.

I never really, I never... Look at that. Yeah. Did you show them the preview for it today? It's insane. Yeah, they saw it. Oh, you did the trailer? It's insane. Ian's in it. Yeah. Oh, nice. show them the preview for it today? It's insane. Yeah, they saw they know you did the trailer It's insane Ian's in it. Yeah. Oh nice. He does the announce yeah The outro hey don't give it away Yeah, I like it. I think that that that would make also like a good pointing at a seafood restaurant to the bathroom

Pointing at a seafood restaurant to the bathroom This way matey's and the last is going here I'm questioning the mayor. What are you gonna do about? Well, thank you fellas what a what a what a great up what a great ride I cannot wait for the special I can't wait to them and you know I Wish I could see you guys more because I always love watching you guys work on the material everything Tim You guys really are like the pace cars now I think of of you know especially writing and something that but you guys man the commitment honestly we talk about on the road all The time I'm like how you guys pump it out and turn it over and all that kind of yeah

It's always can't you be more like mark marks doing no I mean, but you know I don't know how you shake yourself out of the dry spells But I guess you guys get them as well correct. I'm in it right now. Yeah, I got it. You got to just do weird shit I think she's gonna do an activity. We say that and then I'm watching I'm like this is fucking great Like even like the shit that you're throwing at the wall so funny well you dust off an old one you couldn't crack You got to just keep what I did Yeah, I was so worried and I started to do old stuff and adding and I'm like oh, okay

Cuz I don't know if you guys feel this way, but I hate myself, and I'm like sure yeah We're gonna make anything again. I guess that's how I feel every joke like I write the really yeah Oh, yeah, no, I love that. I mean at the cellar that I had nothing yesterday He's like that's what normand always says and I was like yeah Well, we fucking both are just after you've dump shit you're used to bombing you know also What's the alternative going like I got so many ideas? Better to be this way If we weren't trying to produce now

I feel like you gotta grind the material till it just like, the way to break out of the funk is to just grind the stuff that you hate till you're like, okay, now I can't even physically say these words anymore, I hate it. So now new stuff has to come out of that asheap. That's what the road does to you. I mean, watching you every night at the cellar for years

just doing new shit every night You know I got it right jokes Well, you know you do and you guys like I was I think the last time I saw you is with the Stephen Hawkins thing I was like oh, that's oh perfect. Yeah, that was right. That was a real That was a real perfect hit you know and you know I would say that You know probably the ones we throw away There was worth bringing back to like re-examine them Lewinsky chunk I can I'm not giving up on I

Was in Vegas, and I'm like looking at my I always bring my old notes on the road now See maybe there's like something there and save you know Schindler style Maybe bring this one back you know back into the light yeah, and it was like I thought I was like oh yeah Vegas You know like they blow up the buildings you know, back into the light. And it was like, I caught it, I was like, oh yeah, Vegas, you know, like, they blow up the buildings, you know, when they're done with them, it's like, like that's so cool, and then I realized I had the same joke for like an 09, and then like 05, you know, it was like one of those things.

Just never turned into a joke, but it was just like, even my ideas are old, you know, even my fails are old. I was like, oh, that's it. Do you have like old documents, like notebooks? Terrible, terrible. You've never seen me at a Panera Bread, leaving for endless amounts. What's the code again?

I have to go to the bathroom, excuse me. Your Wi-Fi's down. I don't know if anyone else told you in here. Sitting uncomfortably between two lawyers on lunch. Well, Hot Cross Buns, Netflix, one of the best ever. Thanks for having me, fellas. And I gotta say one thing about Ian. I've been working with him for, how long have we been working out together?

Since 2018. I see big things for Ian. Ian is so funny, naturally gifted. We love Ian. Ian is so fun to watch and so funny. And so, Ian at the cellar, you don't host there as much anymore, but when you used to host there, it was like, oh, we're following someone who's killing,

but being personal. And then you put the crowd in such a good place, man. Yes, great energy. Always have so many funny bits. Thank you, I appreciate that. And I was in the outro of his special, he's in the outro of mine. I have a special coming out.

When's it coming out? In April, it's called Ian Fyodance Wild Happy and Free Woo baby! You wanna know the difference? I paid him. Not even a cop. Thank you. Well you gotta come back. Yeah oh man I'd love that you guys are the best.

Hell yeah and you hosted I Got This. You hosted my special I Got This and my On The Roof one. That's right yeah.. Yeah, yeah, man That was the coolest thing. I just like being around Ian's energy man. Good energy man. Thank you. Yeah people love you so much I was getting shine from just like hosting your special people were like loving it man Yeah, it's well, wait do I get to you Markey? Where's that gun you have yeah It's you Markey

Where's that gun you have yeah? All right there you go folks check it out hot cross buns on Netflix and see Dave on the road He's gonna be in Pittsburgh, Philly Where's that Welch Welsh Minnesota? Yeah casinos, baby. Has your island? Yes Salt Lake City wise guys classic look at that New York Then may want to stop the steel I want to recount Tour oh Chicago at the den that's a good degree now you you hit me to that room I take that room Yeah, that's a beautiful beautiful gig. That was a great special. Thank you, man

Alright, Ian. Where are you gonna be out here? We got some dates. Yes, Ian firedance.com for all my dates May 5th I'm at the Hollywood improv for the Netflix is a joke festival Awesome Creek in the caves the 5th and 6th of April and I just added a bunch of stuff Zane in Chicago April 19th and 20 So am alright and the specials on YouTube comm Thank you, I'm really so Improv labs creaking the cave See him at the port authority. I'll be I'll be standing in front of the stand I'll be I'll be standing in front of the stand

All right, I Asked yeah, I want to see your date. No, I'll be in Atlantic City with Chris and June. I'll add more stuff I got a right neck first. I burned everything. That's all right You got 10 15 in the bank 10 maybe okay, that's something me too like about 15 minutes That's about it. Oh boy 10 if I'm being kind to myself I don't really even have a good do you tell people on the road like I'm building and so then I would do like a show Yeah, yeah, I would after I do like an hour. I'd be like alright. Here's some new FD say no refunds, right? Let me see tell you what you were part of right now Lock the doors

It's like a rebuild year for a team, you know, it's like hey, we gotta see who's good at what blow that up a little Like let's see yours over here All right, all right. Oh good. Oh boy. You know I did a rad Albuquerque Memphis a little rock nice. Oh Knoxville Chattanooga Syracuse Buffalo. I'm doing the sad tour No, that's a great. That's a new good Knox. Oh Oh really? Two of my favorites. Oh great, I'm feeling horribly. This is the connecting flight tour, I think. That Arkansas one. Good luck with the Arkansas, buddy.

Yeah, I know, right? God damn, need a prop plane. Minneapolis, Madison, Bloomington, Evansville, Hitey. Madison's another great town. Great common town. Great club. Marigolds for breakfast in Madison. Marigolds, okay.

Get a good little omelet and mmm. Canada, west side of Canada, Royal Oak, love Royal Oak, Fort Wayne, West Palm, Fort Meyer, New Haven, you, you, marketoamancommedy.com. Fort Meyer's rough. Wow, dude. That's a lot of dates. Every weekend. Oh yeah. Wow. What else am I doing?

Well, I got it right so I can get back to it, man. But yeah, Bodega Cat Whiskey, bodegawiskey.com. Yeah, how's that going fellas? We're very close to having New York distribution in the next in the next two months is gonna be done it seems Hey, you have my word if I ever relapse it's on bodega. Yeah Clip that We love you guys check out Dave special and look out for Ian's coming, and naked Samuel is feeling dangerous. I'm out to lunch here in New Orleans.

This woman doesn't look like I remember her. And I get down in the same way. We might be drunk.