Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino - Pauly Shore

Episode Date: September 9, 2022

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hit the notification bell so you know, but we post every Friday. We post every Friday. We haven't missed. I've been here for about four years, I think, and we don't miss, and this week we didn't either. Pauly Shore is my guest. The whistle. Incredible dude. What an icon, a legend in the comedy world. His mother, Mitzi Shore, uh, was the, the, the, uh, proprietor,

the owner, the beginner, uh, the mother of comedy from the comedy store. This guy's incredible. So funny. Glad to have him on the show. And I'm on tour. I'm finishing up my tour finally, filming my special September 24th in Denver at the Paramount Theater. Tickets are still available, andrewsantino.com. But also, I'm going to be in Salt Lake City this weekend. I think they're sold out. Tonight and tomorrow, they're sold out. 13th, I'm in Brea.

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See your boy, enough rambling for me. Let's go to the episode. In here, we pour whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk. You're that creature in the ginger beard. go to the episode. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Whiskey Ginger. I like gingers. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Whiskey Ginger. My guest today is one of my favorite people on Earth. I say that for all my guests, but I mean it once again. Today, it is the one, the only, the

we-e-e-e-s. Look at that. Little clicks, dude. Pauly Shore is on the show. So happy to have you here. Thank you for being here. Welcome. We're obviously not happy to have you here thank you for being here welcome we're obviously not gonna have any whiskey whiskey this time because um you don't indulge who says that you want to have some whiskey well yeah why do you wait but why would you say don't indulge because i never really see you drinking yeah well you know you don't know i'm in the not in the back

with the flask are you in the back of the hargus hamilton behind the fucking comedy store van you don't fucking know that shit. Well, dude, Argus usually does, well, he's got a bunch of, he likes to go skiing. Not anymore. No, he's not doing

bumps in the van anymore? No. He does over my name. He's like, here's Paul's name. I'm going to do some cocaine over Paul's name right there. I used to go out

with his mother right there. Is that weird that he used to go out with your mom and he's still around? For people that don't know, Argus Hamilton is a legendary comedian who's still at the comedy store today. And for people that

also don't know, you don't know, but Pauly's mother, Mitzi Shore, ran the store, started the store, was the OG, and she dated Argus. Yes, or he dated her. That's probably true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll go into that. That's a whole other thing. That's later. Do you want some sauce? Yes, or he dated her. That's probably true. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We'll go into that. That's a whole other thing. That's later. Do you want some sauce? I'll do a little bit. Yeah, a little bit. A little bit of rabbit hole? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You say just a little tiny. Yeah. Just a little. Just a little. Yeah, because I don't drink a lot. That's good. That's enough. That's enough.

Yeah, I never see you drinking. That's what I'm saying. I never see you indulge. Yeah, it's interesting. I'm kind of like a – for alcohol and me, it's kind of a spirit thing. It's like where my spirit is. It's not like I'm like, yo, let's all get – you know what I mean? It's kind of like if I have sushi or something, oh, let's have some sake.

You know what I mean? If I'm out and I go to like the Encore Beach Club or I'm in Vegas, I might want to like a vodka like Red Bull splash of crayon but I'm not like going throughout the night it's not yeah you're not a heavy drinker no like I won't even be able to drink all of that cheers to you I'm happy for you

thank you wait that's what the college kids do they do that you know what this is what the fuck is that you just touch the table for good luck yeah but is that what people do right I hope I make it home I think that's what I hope I make it home. I think that's what, I hope I make it home. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers to all the other whiskey gingers out there

and to Joe and Boston. What's up, Boston? Yeah, my editor Joe. Yeah, he's a man. Fall River, Massachusetts. I've done a lot of shows back in the day in Boston. What's your favorite city to go to? Boston is a very, I have a very, very soft spot

in my heart for Boston. Why is that, you think? It was one of my first road gigs with Sam Kennison back in the Mark Parenteau days. Are you from Boston? No, I'm from Chicago. Okay, so you wouldn't know who the fuck Mark Parenteau is. He was the Howard Stern of Boston.

Oh, so he was the radio guy. Back in the 80s. Yeah, he was the fucking man. If you got on Mark Parenteau, he had everyone from fucking Steven Tyler to all the big, biggest bands. So he was the man. So the first time I ever toured

was with Sam Kennison in Boston. He took me to the Mark Parenteau show. And that's when I went. It was crazy. Went to the fucking studio, dude. It was insane. So we do that. And then he's like, oh, there's this guy that wants to take a picture with me. I'm like, okay, let's go, and it's fucking Marky Mark from the Funky Bunch.

So I have a picture with me, Sam Kenison, and Marky Mark when he was like just starting out. When he was the underwear model for Calvin Klein? Yeah, it was even before that. Yeah. Yeah, it was before that. So yeah, Boston, and then I toured Boston for many years. Fucking many years. Do you still know Marky Mark?

No, but he's a homie. Like, you know, I'd see him, give him a kiss. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. For people that don't know who we're talking about, Marky Mark is Mark Wahlberg. I don't think kids, a lot of kids don't know that he was a musician, pop icon. Oh, yeah.

The Funky Bunch. I just did a movie with him. Yeah a musician, pop icon. Oh, yeah. The Funky Bunch. I just did a movie with him. Yeah. On Netflix. I didn't do it with him, really. They did it. I was with Kevin. And then Mark was in the movie.

And then you're in the van. I saw you pull up in the van. Yeah, it was super fun, man. I had a good time. There's so many things I want to ask you. But first of all, congrats to you. We talked about this off camera. But you had the number one movie on Netflix during COVID.

That was like the- That's the only reason why it was the number one movie. During COVID? Yeah, because COVID was- Yeah, but you know what that means? Everyone was watching stuff. So that's a good thing. Also, I wasn't in it. Thanks a lot, Pauly.

I'm mad. No, we're back. I'm mad. No, we're good. We're new friends. We better get in something. Yeah, but we're new friends. We are.

Well, it's so funny. I've worked in something. Yeah, but we're new friends. We are. Well, it's so funny. I've worked your club. I've worked the club for, I've been there since like, oh, I moved here in 07. I started coming around open mics for the next couple of years. And then I got passed. I don't even know. I don't know how long ago I got passed.

Maybe, well, it was Adam passed me. No, no Tommy passed me so Tommy was how many years ago maybe I don't know it's like 10 years a decade yeah it's probably a decade and I've always seen you you've always been this figure we don't know each other that well but you've always been this figure there because you are the comedy store your family is the comedy store so like I've always seen you from a distance but you're you're kind of your own animal and I don't just go out of my way to go up to people

because I don't know I don't want to I don't want to bother anybody when I go there people sometimes think I'm standoffish I just don't bother

anybody until we interact and then it's usually great but I just people Jessalyn and I had said one time

we had done a hundred shows together we'd never met and then finally we met and we got along but I was like I just don't want to bug anybody because comics are

fucking temperamental and I don't want to get in someone's space yeah you did the right thing you stayed away from me just in time and then you came in and you started hovering

and I'm like alright he's good no I'm just kidding I learned how to execute because I just think that there's a lot of positioning in comedy I never wanted to position I just wanted to execute. Because I just think that there's a lot of positioning in comedy.

I never wanted a position. I just wanted to do well, make friends, do the right thing, keep growing and learning. Well, my mom, I mean, you followed my mom's system. Let's just be honest. I mean, you followed, you kind of let things just kind of occur. Let it happen. Let it happen. And that's kind of like, you know, the idea is like Jet Ski, for instance.

She gets it. She's there. She's working the fucking lot. She's working this. She gets the process. And a lot of these fucking kids, which is disgusting, don't get the process. You don't get that it takes time. Like when I say time, it means a lot of fucking time to like you know to develop and to like you know work there

and stuff like that for me it was different because i had to work a zillion times i was like kind of dean del rey dean del rey like he like started late but he fucking like was up you ask him you're like yo how many times you've done he goes 752 times and three you know what you know what i mean so for me i was Mitzi's son so I had to like fucking like you know you know I went straight out of high school

I was 17 and I went straight out of high school and I fucking was like this because I had to add an extra pressure like not only to make it

but I was Mitzi's son yeah so like she didn't like it was really bad me and my mom had a fucked up relationship like when I decided to stand up

when I first showcased for her and that's kind of what my one man show is about. I have a one man show about my childhood and growing up and the attention that I had with her because, you know, it's like she was Mitzi Shore, but yet she was my mom and fuck you, fuck you. And it was a lot of that stuff that you would do with a parent, you know? And, um, so so yeah you definitely have to uh you have to pay your dues and you have to put in the time and you have to kind of develop you know um and she made you do that harder because it was your mom she was super critical i mean tell me this is a lie this is a social rumor did she tell seinfeld that he was a hack she didn't say say he was a hack. Basically what it was, it was, she just didn't like his style of comedy. You know, it wasn't, it wasn't like, cause so for

instance, like me and my mom, we had our house where my mom's house that I lived in was up Doheny, Doheny above sunset up there. And so Jerry Seinfeld live, cause me and my mom would walk her dog Kelly all the time. We would walk her dog, you know, around the thing, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And then we'd go back to the house. It was around a cul-de-sac thing. And I wouldn't say cul-de-sac, up the hill. So Seinfeld's house was up there. So we'd always walk the dog by and, oh, look at him.

He thinks he's funny. You know, he's not happening. You know, and she she kind of shit on him and stuff but i like i like jerry seinfeld but i understand why she didn't like him i get it you know you know what i mean it wasn't her style it wasn't her style and and and and but i don't know she called him a hack she just said it's not happening well here's the deal he came back to the store the reason i ask is he did a spot at the store it's got to be five years ago now and it said he hadn't been back in years and years and years and years and the story that he

told or his version of it was she didn't like him she said he was i don't know if he used the word hack but he said something to the effect of like wasn't it wasn't gonna make it blah blah blah and he goes when i bought when i got my sitcom and I bought my house above theirs he's like my favorite thing in the world was driving by those people and seeing them below me on the street

on the way to my fancy sitcom I mean vindictive huh to my mom's defense my mom's house was a lot bigger than Jerry's house

take that Seinfeld just because Jerry's house was above it doesn't mean it was bigger that's right

so anyways so whatever no but it was't mean it was bigger. That's right. So anyways, so whatever. No, but it was – I mean, my mom was particular. Yeah. You know, she was particular. And maybe she felt a little bit – what's the word? I don't know. Not angry, but a little bit bothered by the fact that Jerry didn't need my mom.

You know what I mean? He didn't need her. He already made it. Yeah. He was already like, you know, rock and roll. It is true, yeah. But, you know, to her defense, she just didn't like that style.

He's very New York. It was just totally different. The last, I'm happy. And it's funny because he never asked me to be on his fucking driving show with his cars. So he's like always in his cars. I'm like, because I'm Mitzi's son. And he knows that like that's going to come up.

It's almost like Jay Leno. Jay Leno and I always had kind of a weird relationship. Like every time I did his show back in the day, it was always kind of, he only had me on because I was famous. It's not like he had me or that I was promoting a movie. He never had me on because he was like stoked to have me. Now Letterman had me on all the time. I did Letterman's show several times

for years and I love Letterman. It was literally so much fun. If you were a comedian, you got to do Letterman. I'm not talking about the stand-up portion. I never did stand-up on Letterman. I was always the couch guy. It was

fucking like, you felt like a rock star, bro. Letterman was the thing. Back in the day, yeah. So basically what you're saying is you hate Jay Leno. No, I don't hate him. You heard it here first. Pauly said he hates Jay Leno and doesn't want him to live anymore. Well, you know, I did strike against his mom, Mitzi,

and Pauly did piss on me. You know, I pissed on the strikers. You know that story, right? I did strike against his mom, Mitzi, and Pauly did piss on me. You know, I pissed on the strikers. You know that story, right? So for people that don't know, there was a big comedy strike, right? And there was a line drawn in the sand over, you know, who was going to cross the line and perform.

This is good shit. Thank you. See, this is good shit, right? This is good shit. You got a lot. We're going to be here a while. We're going to be here a while. Right. Don't put this in the Bobby Lee section over there.

No, no, no, no, no. Well, he can't come near any of the sauce that's hilarious he can't come to the show he walks by it every day this door is locked he's not allowed over here oh really let that out sorry no he's not allowed over here oh my god he's not allowed over there no so so there was a there was a comedy strike and letterman on one on one side is what i've heard lena was on the other side and they crossed uh some of them crossed and youman on one side is what I've heard. Leno was on the other side and they crossed, some of them crossed and you pissed on people while they were outside?

No, on the roof. I was on the roof and I was pissing on the comedians. How old were you? You know what I used to say? Another thing I used to do which was hilarious was saying the word Bud Friedman

in my house was almost like saying the N word now. But when I mean seriously, I mean seriously. Really bad. Like it was fucking tension between the comedies during the improv. And Bud Friedman is the owner of the Hollywood Improv and the Improv Chain for people that don't know. It's another comedy club in LA. And when I first started working the improv, because I had to make money.

I was touring. I was selling tickets, and I was playing clubs. I would take a curtain. It was in my contract. I would bring a curtain, and I would put it over the improv sign because I didn't want anyone to take a picture of Mitzi's son in front of the improv sign and show it to my mom because she'd fucking kill me.

You know what I mean? But she knew you were working at the club. Yeah, but she didn't know where. There was no internet then. That's right. You know what I mean? It wasn't like she saw my Instagram and you're on the fucking improv lineup.

Did she ever book you anywhere? Did she ever like make calls when you first started? No. No? No. You just got in right away. Well, I hit on MTV.

Yeah. But I mean like immediately did you have a booking agent that put you everywhere without her even trying to make calls or any of that shit? She never did anything on MTV. Yeah. But I mean, like, immediately, did you have a booking agent that put you everywhere without her even trying to make calls or any of that shit? She never did anything for me. Zero. Other than being a comedy...

Not abort me. That's pretty much it. Right, I was just going to say. Other than pushing you into the comedy world. Yeah, no, she didn't. But you were born into the comedy world. You were raised at a comedy school. My dad was very funny, too.

My dad, Sammy Shore, I mean, he's a triple OG, dude. He's got a book out called The Warm Up, and you should really read it. The Warm Up. Go check it out. My dad was the number one, number two. So he opened for Sinatra. He opened for fucking – he opened for Engelbert Humperdinck, fucking Tony Orlando, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Milton Berle, Bob Hope.

He was the classiest. Like he was the – like he would go off and do like 20, 25 minutes in front of Elvis Presley and fucking kill. And clean material too. Squeaky clean. Clean, yeah. And he wore cruise ships and all that. And that's kind of how it all started. Was he away when you were a kid a lot?

Yeah, because my parents divorced when I was three. But I mean was he in your life when you were a kid or no of course yeah yeah i love my dad did they ever have a time when they lived in the same house but weren't together just raising right before they got divorced yeah and then it was over yeah when they got divorced then she got the house and because she had four kids a lot of people don't know my mom had four kids yeah it's a lot of fucking kids if you think's a lot of fucking kids. If you think about that now. Too many kids. But if you think about that now, if you meet a chick and you're like, yo, she's got four kids. And she was 40 when she

got the store. So she got it fucking late. So she was 40 years old, four kids, newly divorced and she got the comedy store. At 40. That's, you know, that's fucking crazy. It's not like she got it at 26. Right.

You know what I mean? She already had lived a life and had to rebuild something else after that. Yeah, and she wasn't happy. Both her and my father were fucking miserable. Miserable. Always?

Always. Like, they didn't, like, my dad was cheating and he was on the road and my mom didn't like him and, I mean, you know, it was just weird. It was,

I think my mom married my father because the two, she got pregnant with my oldest brother, Scott. So I have a brother, Scott, who's 69 years old, you know? And

I know it's fucking nuts. Always, yeah. Yo, so, so it was either that she got pregnant, he got, she got pregnant and it was either

they had, they either had the, they either got married and had the kid, or my mom lived with her mom, who is like so depressing to her. It was like living with Anne Frank's addict. She used to kind of equivalent it to or whatever. I don't know if that's a word. What if it was nice? We don't know how nice that addict was. Anne Frank could have lived in the lap of luxury up there, dude.

We have no idea. I'm just using her as a reference. I don't even know if it's true. Anne Frank, we don't know if that's true. Who knows about Anne Frank could have lived in the lap of luxury up there, dude. We have no idea. I'm just using her as a reference. I don't even know if it's true. Anne Frank, we don't know if that's true. Who knows about Anne Frank, dude? Could have been a fake story. Tell me this. If Seinfeld did have you on the show,

what car would you have wanted him to pick you up in? I don't know. He's got so many cars. But no, what would be your favorite car? It doesn't matter what he has. It's like, what would you want? Probably the car that my mom drove all the time, the Jaguar. A Jag, right? Yeah, she had the cool Jaguar.

Yeah. But I like Jerry Seinfeld. I mean, I'm happy for him. He's done pretty well. He's struggling lately. I don't think he's doing well ticket wise, but go see a Seinfeld show. He might need it. Yeah. He might need a couple of bucks. Not doing well.

From what I've heard. Yeah. From what I've heard. Tell me this. Will you ever sell the comedy store? I don't think so. I don't think so. I think the comedy store will outlive all of us. I hope so. I think it's, it's, it's kind of a, I call it the Emerald city for comedians. I think my mom kind of established this place where it's got this system, you know, and then young comics come and they get,

you know, like Jet Ski, they work the door, you know what I mean? There's that system. So it's a proven system. So it's like, that's why even Monday night

was so packed. Last night, it was like fucking, it was like, Jesus Christ, because everyone wants to, you know, be there.

So it's a magic building. It is. I just think that the building itself, and that's the way she set it up. So she set it up that way. So you just leave it the way it was. Somebody told me, was it her idea for the OR to paint the ceilings black?

Because they used to be not black and she wanted the whole thing black. Was that true? I don't know. I mean, you know, it went through a lot of different phases. But wasn't that black years ago when you were young? Yeah, it wasn't. When you were a young kid growing up there?

No, it was different. It wasn't like pink. But it was like, I think there was like, you ever go to like a pizza shop or a pizza store where the, what is it called? The tablecloths, they look like pizza. Yeah, yeah. Pizza place that's red and white. Yeah, yeah, it's checkered red and white.

Yeah, so that's how it was back in the day. Oh, all the tables were like that? Yeah, yeah. I got photos of me like a little infant there on the stage, and it was like dark blue kind of back in the early 70s, yeah. What's your first memory of that spot? Man. Like as a little kid, what stood out to you?

Or a moment that you were like, fuck, man. Well, across the street from the comedy store there used to be this place that my mom opened called the pickle barrel and she owned it and it just sold pickles so as a kid I always had like a white napkin with a

big pickle in it you know what I mean? So I remember that. I remember that. Just give him a pickle. Just give him a pickle. Shut him up. And my sister ran the pickle barrel, and that was like a quick opening and quick closing. But I don't know.

There was a lot of times I remember, you know, the times where Eddie Murphy would roll in with, you know, several Rolls Royces. It seemed like the Prince of Saudi was coming in. You know, Eddie Murphy was so fucking massive back then in the 80s. He would roll in and it was like, fuck Eddie Murphy's here. And then when he'd get on stage,

it was like, it was like Jesus. Yeah. And then, you know, I always remember like when Richard was there and Eddie was there, then Richard always felt uncomfortable because he always really felt was kind of jealous of Eddie because he was kind of coming up and he was like so hot. And he also felt that Eddie was maybe stealing some of his material.

Oh, really? So there was that type of thing, yeah. It's interesting because like, you know, I've been there 50 years. So I'm 54. So I've been there 50 years. And I see all the comedians on and I see the crowds and all that. But people are like, who's your favorite comic I'm like they're all good but it's not like it was

you know like everyone kills like Whitney you know everyone's like up there killing but it's not like it was what do you think is different it's kind of like music what's the difference between Led Zeppelin the Rolling Stones and the Who and fucking the Beatles time compared to the fucking music now

well there's great music now, but it matters in your time. So like what it means to you is probably more meaningful then because it was your time. I do think Dave Chappelle is probably one of the best comics I've ever seen in my life,

even to this day, even to back in the 70s and 80s. What about Burr? He's remarkable. You think Burr, don't you think Burr is kind of like those guys from the past? I think Bill is obviously amazing, but to me, I think there's Dave Chappelle, and I think there's everyone else.

That's just the way I feel. I mean, that's the feeling when I watch the guy. You've also seen comedy go through a million different intonations, which is kind of strange, like different versions of it. So like, you know, you've seen like when it was a super

corporate thing in the 80s and everyone had a comedy club and they were popping up all over and like you watch that happen and you watch kind of like everyone water cooler guys thinking they were going to do comedy then you saw it die out really bad and then this rebirth so to me a part of your love for the older stuff, also because it was that moment in time for you that was like, what's better than right now? Do you know what I mean?

Like, the reason that people loved certain genres of music or comedy or whatever, it's because it meant a lot to you in that time and what was going on

in the world. I mean, there was so much. But I just think movies were better than, I think everything was better than. That's just my opinion. Yeah,

no, you, yeah. You know, I think the Oscars were more important back then. The MTV Awards were more important back then. mtv awards were more important back then i think um you know being a hot chick was more focused playboy uh fhm you know maxim you know it was like that was where you went

now it's like fucking plethora so what do you think it is for you now what do you want it to be now because you've you've you've gone through so many different changes in it well i'm just gonna move to Utah and start my own polygamy thing and just kind of check out pretty soon. Can I join? Yeah, I'm just going to check out soon. I don't know, man. How many wives would you have if you were going to move there and do that thing?

I think six or seven. That's a lot, dude. Have you ever dated more than one person at a time? Like seriously? Like had two or three girlfriends at once? No. I was never that guy. So you have no preparation to do this. How can you be a polygamist? Well because if you're in Utah and you're living

on a compound it's kind of an unwritten law. You just get to pay. That's the reality. Everyone kind of knows that's the shit. Think about it. If you lived here in fucking Sherman Oaks with one dude and six chicks at a house it looked like a porno thing out there it's like fucking common it's chill yeah it's real chill but it's actually very common here

too it's just those are porno things but i'm down for that let people live whatever you want to do with kids right no kids but married yeah no kids yeah do you do you have any kids um i do not uh-oh i do. You thought about it. Are they out there maybe? This is a whole other podcast. Fuck, man. All right, tell me this. If you were going to leave LA,

is Utah, where would you really go? Tallahassee, Charleston, something like where Bill Murray hid out. Didn't Bill Murray hide out in Charleston? I think Charleston, South Carolina. Yeah, I think something like that. That would be kind of your vibe.

But the problem is like I moved to Vegas two years ago and the problem is is I'm in show business and it's hard to be

around people that are not in show business. So in Las Vegas, no one's in show business. And when I mean show business,

I mean shooters, editors, producers, directors, graphics, like all that, like, you know, the writers. It just doesn't exist there. And like in Charleston or places like that, that doesn't exist.

So like L.A. or New York is really the only place where I could speak my language. Like I feel comfortable in L.A. because everyone speaks that language, you know. Why did you move to Vegas then? I just wanted – I was in Maui for the pandemic. I was there for like three months, and then I was watching the news like everyone else, and L.A. was burning. Yeah, it still is.

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and I was just like I want to be around joy I wanted to be around joy I've been in LA my whole life I never knew anything but la and um and i was just like what's joyful and i was just like vegas and then i just got this killer house and i recently um became very close with nicholas cage he's my neighbor shut up yeah that's fun huh yeah he's my neighbor so do you guys hang out we do yeah what does nick cage and paully Shore do when they hang out?

He'll text me and I'll say, let's go get some sushi. And then he'll just pick me up in his $500,000 car. And then I hop in and we go to a private sushi place and just sit down and just look in each other's eyes. And just, you know, I'm in awe of him. You know, like you are, like most people are. I look up to him, and he's like a brother to me. I feel really nice next to him.

I feel we've both been through a lot, you know? Do you ever feel like, because someone at that level always has to live in private, right? Yeah. Do you ever feel like that's, it a it's a little it's a little sad when it's like well he can never just go out and go do a thing do you know what i mean like do you think you still have the ability to go out and just go do a thing i do i go i fly coach on southwest all the time so it doesn't when i tour like a lot of times i'll fly coach right yeah just because you're like who gives a shit I don't care as people say

hi say hi right I don't care but don't you think it's a little tough to be on that side but for him for him he's always been that way you know I've always been the people's person you know his style is not people his style is go from a movie you know to his house and just fucking chill

and that's always been he's not on social media we'll take pictures together he uh he doesn't want me to post anything which i don't and i respect him because that's it that's our um our um um you know our relationship so we don't take you know it's just you know but for emotionally for me it's been really nice to to spend time with him because we've both been through a lot. Yeah. Yeah, we've both been through a lot. You know, when your parents die, your parents are still alive.

They're still alive. Yeah, well, there's two types of lives out there. There's a life when your parents are in your life, and there's a life when your parents are not in your life, and they're two completely different lives. You walk around kind of with the heaviness. Even though you're joyful, ask Bobby, you know. Yeah. I mean, you know, walk around kind of with the heaviness even though you're joyful ask bobby you know yeah i mean you know bobby's been through that and god forbid if that ever happens to you well it's going to at some point yeah yeah and it's it's interesting it's wild

it's interesting it's uh and i was so i was so close with my mom and my dad, both of them. I was super close. I mean, my mom, because she raised me, and I'm her baby. I'm the youngest, so it's an interesting. And then when you're by yourself and you don't have that family, you don't have that thing, you just have your pillow. I stick my pillow between my legs, and I'm like, at night when I go to You know, I stick my pillow on me to my legs. And I'm like, you know, at night when I go to sleep, I think that my pillow is my mom and dad. You know what I mean?

Because I know they love me for me. Yeah. That is true. That's very sweet. Yeah. You think when your parents... And that's why it's hard for me sometimes at the store. What do you mean? When I'm at the store, I'm very emotional.

It's not just I'm at the store. That's very emotional. It's not just I'm at the store. That's my mom. It means so much. It's my mom. That's her club. Yeah. She touched it. She painted it.

Her pictures are there. Her neon's there. I was with Bob Wheeler last night, and we were sitting there, and I said, remember my mom used to stand right there? And he's like, yeah. And we would just start laughing and stuff. Like even though she's physically not there, she's mentally there.

And that's why I think everyone respects the store so much. For sure. Because of her, you know, and because of the rules that she laid down even though she's not there. So it's hard. It's hard. It's hard for me,

but I feel good going there because I feel a lot of love from the comics. You know, when I see Bobby and guys that I've known for so long, and Theo, and I don't know, I'm 50 years of people. You know, I saw Paul Rodriguez the other night, and, you know, I am my mom. Yeah. You know, and, yeah, it's heavy.

What's the last memory of your mom there that you have? Well, we knew she was, you know, she hospice so uh we knew we knew she was gonna die like any day so um me and my mom's caregiver alfred um and and juan carlos uh we took my mom to the comedy store it was two days before she passed and um we had juan carlos uh uh play my mom's music really loud in the main room. Wow. Yeah, and we turned on the neons. Yeah.

You know, we turned on the neons and it was in the middle of the day and we wheeled her in and we put her there and basically I said, Mom, the store is going to be fine. You know, we're so proud of you. It's such an amazing job. We love you. The store, every comic loves you so much. Everything's going to be fine, Mom.

You did wonderful. You did wonderful. And she heard because, you know, when I found out that when you're dying, you know, especially if you have Alzheimer's or Parkinson's or some of those type of diseases, the last thing that goes is your hearing. The last thing that goes is your hearing. The last thing that goes is your hearing. The last thing that goes is your hearing. You can hear everything. It's not like, you know, your hearing leaves.

So, you know, she heard everything and she felt it. And so that was kind of like the last time I brought her to the store. Yeah, it was pretty heavy. That's heavy as fuck. Yeah, it was really heavy. So is it hard for you to go to the main room or no? Like does that change at all for you then? it's sensitive for me there sure it's not like going to work you know fucking you know springfield missouri and fucking you know two weeks right

you know what i mean it's just a thing yeah that's just a thing but when you go the store it's well that's not a thing that's that's emotional for me too because those are my fans and and i've been doing this for so long and those people have been for me for 30 years that's a long time yeah you know they keep coming and coming so it's emotional there for me because those people grew up with me yeah you know but for the story is very sensitive and and it's very delicate for me there it's not you know because of my mom yeah yeah it means so much yeah i mean you say they grew up with you i mean i remember yeah i remember seeing you on mtv and it was fascinating dude because when i i never knew you know because back then too especially because social media wasn't around so what we saw of people on television was all we ever knew so i never knew i was like is this who this guy is

is this his creation from this guy is that who he like i couldn't understand i was like, is this who this guy is? Is this his creation from this guy? Is that who he, like, I couldn't understand. I was like, is that, that's this guy. And in my mind, before I ever met you, I was like, that's who you are. You're always that guy. But then I meet you, you're much more dynamic than just what one person has seen on television. Yeah, that's a little sticky, you know?

No, it's not sticky. It's just you created something that was so, it was like America fucking ate you alive. Like people were in love with you, you know? And it's also that character that they held onto so much that like you're much deeper than that thing is. But when I was young, I was like, I just assumed that's who you were for sure.

I was like, that's him. But then I meet you and I know, you know, you're a much more layered dude. Your comedy is subversive and different than just the one thing that I saw of you. But that thing was so big. It was wild. It's crazy.

I've been putting together a lot of kind of, what's it called? Historical kind of looking back projects, you know, memoir, you know, my one-man show, my show I'm working on with Adam Sandler's company, and then all these things. And I have saved every video. I've saved every photo.

I have thousands and thousands of videos and photos of everything. So I found, this is hilarious, I found a screen test from In the Army Now when I was screen testing all the kids because I was like the hot guy and everyone was screen testing for me. So I found a screen test with Adam Goldberg, Adrian Brody, and Chris Rock all coming in to read for Andy Dick's role in In the Army Now. No way.

It's fucking dope, dude. That's awesome. Chris Rock wanting to be in my movie is fucking hilarious. How old was he then? He was, you know, he's a little older than me, so I was probably in my early 20s, so he's probably mid 20s, but he was trying to act, you know what I mean? And then when I

found the screen test from Son-in-Law, so when he, Son-in-Law. So there's Ashley Judd. So she came in in red and Heather Graham came in in red. And a lot of, you know, so I saved everything. So it's like looking back, it means so much. You have all that footage. I have everything, yeah. What?

So that's all that shit. Where are you going to put it out? Are you ever going to put it out? Yeah, I'm kind of crafting it now. Into like a docu, like a... Well, I have a memoir. My memoir is called How'd You Expect Me to Turn Out? So that's my memoir. So the crazy part about my memoir is I wrote it 25 years ago when I was 28.

So if you ask me about little stories right now, my memory is pretty good. I remember every little thing. But the reason why I wanted to write it at that time is because I didn't want to forget everything that just happened to me. Right. good like I remember every little thing but the reason why I wanted to write it at that time is because I didn't want to forget everything that just happened right so I wrote it like um kind of when I did biodome around that time you know it was around that time looking back but it's everything from like all these little little things like at the store you know the MTV stuff or Beverly Hills High School or you know the the story about my friend that got molested and

he shot the guy that fucking, it was just like, boom, boom, just all these fucking stories. So it's very detailed. So right now, me and my assistant are putting it together, all the images and clearing it through legal and all that stuff. So I'm going to kind of put self-publishing that and I'm going to put that out. And then my one man show, which I've been filming excuse me I've been you know touring it all over America it's called

Stick With The Dancing and that's what my mom said to me after she saw me perform what did she say Stick With The Dancing yeah cause I ended with Pop Locking

cause I showcased from my mom you know at the store just like anyone right cause I stayed away from the store for about two years

and it was finally time for me to showcase from Mitzi you know what I mean and my mom's sitting in her booth with Because I stayed away from the store for about two years, and then it was finally time for me to showcase for Mitzi. You know what I mean? And my mom's sitting in her booth with Louis Anderson and Paul Mooney. Right? And she's got her list.

She's like, who's next? And then Paul Mooney's like, oh, Paulie's next. She's like, oh, fuck. So I come on stage. This guy Carl Edwards brings me on stage. He had three nipples. And I do, like, all these jokes that other comedians wrote for me. And Angel Salazar wrote jokes for me.

Argus wrote jokes for me. But I ended with pop locking. So I started fucking pop locking and all this shit. So I go to my mom after. I'm like, how did I do it? She said, stick with the dancing. And that's when it all. So that's the show. Stick with the dancing.

Yeah, that's my childhood. It's stories of my childhood. So it's kind of like, I don't know if you ever saw the dancing. Yeah, that's my childhood, stories of my childhood. So it's kind of like, I don't know if you ever saw Mike Tyson's Undisputed Truth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just fucking dope. Yeah. So it's, he speaks and there's videos and photos playing behind. Yeah.

So, so I got into, I'm not allowed to say it, but I got into some festival in New York with it and that's going to be in November. So, so yeah, so it's this, while I'm still semi-young, I want to remember this shit. I want to do it and I want to say goodbye to it. You know, because people love the history. You know, they love that era, that time.

What was this? What was that? So that's why I'm doing it. Do you want to make it as a special quote-unquote? Yes. Yeah, and then Sandler and I are talking about something as well so we'll see

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right now that's why I'm in town because I live in Vegas can you say the name of the film yeah it's called Big Trip 2 because I know

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Big Trip 1 was such a hit. Gotta do Big Trip 2. No, I play a bear. I do that a lot. You play a bear a lot? No, I play a lot of anime. I do a lot of animation shit. Yeah, but that's great.

Yeah, it's fun. You can't do it from a studio out by you? You want to come into town? Yeah. Because you know they do satellite now all the time. That's the wild shit. No, I like to work with the director. But you like to have an excuse to come back from Vegas.

Yeah, that too. You get in trouble in Vegas? You go down, you play cards, you go to a titty bar, you have some fun? You know what's interesting is I've been there for two years, and I haven't gambled once except for having unprotected sex. That's about it. No, I have not gambled once. I just don't.

It's because I don't know how to add. It's true. No, like seriously, like if I sat down. You're bad at that. I'd be like, how much is this? Six and a five. What is that? Eleven.

There it is. You got it. But you know what I mean. I'm just not good at it. No, yeah. I'm not good at gambling. I just, it's not my thing. I've never been, I've never been a gambler.

And then as far as other stuff getting in trouble, you know what? I, you know, I learned what not to do by growing up where I grew up, you know? So I have this saying that I came up with, dance with the devil, don't become the devil. I mean, it's okay to get fucked up, but don't become fucked up. Oh, yeah. So I never, in my whole career with alcohol and drugs and all that shit, I never pulled like a bender where it's like, you know, four days, da-da-da, you know, just. You saw it all the time though, right?

Yeah, I saw it all. That's why. That's Jetski. Like, I didn't even get laid once on the tour. No. You know, it's just. No. Did she not help you get laid? No, she didn't. Jetski? You'd I didn't even get laid once on the tour. No. You know, it's just... Did she not help you get laid?

No, she didn't. Jetski? You'd think she would. Yes! Yeah. With Kinison, when you went with him, was he just so fucked up the whole time?

Or was that... Both. There was times when he wasn't that fucked up. Yeah, both. Yeah. Yeah, both. Was he feeding you shit? What do you mean?

Drugs. Was he trying to get you along for the ride or no? I did coke with him once in a while. But it was never a big pressure thing. Because you're the son of Mitzi, I feel like there was people that, in my mind, there was always guys being like, let's get Paulie fucked up.

Let's get him fucked up. No, he kind of used me a little bit, knowing that I would get under her skin. Because he didn't like her? No, because it gave him a little bit, you know, knowing that I would get under her skin, you know? Because he didn't like her? No, because it gave him a little bit of control over her son, you know? Right. So, um... A little bit of a power trip.

Yeah, they had it out. They had a bad fight, a bad falling? Did he die with it like that? No. So it was rectified by the time he died? Yeah. It was just because he showed up with guns. Showed up in the comic store with that? No. So it was rectified by the time he died? Yeah. It was just because he showed up with guns. Showed up in the comic store with guns? Yeah.

Where's Danny Stone? I'm gonna kill him. Oh, oh, oh. He starts shooting and she's like, call the cops. Wait, he was shooting at people? Yeah. Who's the guy he wanted to kill? It was either Angel Salazar or Danny Stone or someone like that. I don't know. One of those comedians. You don't know why he had beef with him? They were fucking his trying to fuck his girlfriend or something. I don't know. One of those comedians. You don't know why he had beef with him? They were fucking his, trying to fuck his girlfriend or something.

I don't know. Sam was wild, dude. You know, Sam was, you know, he went, he was wild. Yeah. You know the story about him with his, with the movie A Took, do you? No.

Yeah, it's funny. So, so, how do we say this? So Sam's career was becoming piping hot in Hollywood. Like he would, you know, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. So it's finally time for him to what? Star in a movie.

Right. That's what happens. Right. So they write this movie for him called The Took where he plays an Eskimo. You know what I mean? And he agrees to do it, the whole thing. They pull the tour bus up. You know, he's on tour with the Outlaws of Comedy.

And they pull the tour bus up to the set, and Sam never read the script. So they read the script while the tour bus is parked on the set, and they're supposed to start filming the next day. So Sam's like, this is a piece of shit. I'm not doing this. This is the worst. Oh, oh, oh.

And the bus just leaves. So United Artists sues him for $10 million. Fuck. Did they write him a check already? Yeah, because they... Well, because they... I'm saying they gave him money

up front before he ever did the movie. I don't know what it was. You know, pre-production, all that bullshit. You know, cameras, you know, contracts. He never paid that money, though. paid that money though fuck no he got sued and then the comedy store uh then he went on tour because he had to pay you know for the i don't know what they settle i gotta burp once i yeah i don't know what they settle with there it is i don't know what they

settled with but i know my mom gave him two weeks in Vegas. And that helped. And she fucking sold that out quick, dude. Yeah. Yeah. That's so wild, dude, to just fuck off a map. And UA at the time, huge, dude. Huge. Huge. And just to be like, fuck off, I'm out.

I'm not doing the movie. I'm not doing it. Have you ever fucked off something like that? Have you ever been like, no chance? No, see, you seem like a very like professional well-to-do like when you were in the business you didn't really fuck around and get caught up no you didn't let it go to your head at all did you feel like maybe when you were going through it you were nervous it was going to go away so you were like i want to stay good and

be right and do the right thing no i'm like my mom and my dad like i'm a workaholic yeah you know what i mean i just love making people happy and i love you know i love um acting acting is you know that's part of the reason why i'm fucking on nick's dick you know what i mean is like and we want to act together he wants the we just keep saying we're going to act together i mean how cool would that be if you and nick cage i mean what do you think the movie would be? I have no idea. Let's do- This guy, God will provide that. This guy that lives upstairs, who?

Upstairs. Your landlord upstairs. Yeah, Marcus? He'll know. Yeah, Marcus. Marcus! Marcus! Write a script!

Write a script! Imagine he comes downstairs. I think a good idea would be fucking like a modern day version of Midnight Run. I think that would be cool where he's stuck with me and he's like transferring me across America. He wants to kill me. You know what I mean? That's good.

That could be good. I think that would be a really funny idea. But I don't know. I mean this is, you know, if it happens, it happens. But back to me being, I love acting. It's one of my favorite things. I love stand-up. I love all that shit. But acting is my number one thing.

Gun to your head. If someone says you got to give up one or the other, you're giving up stand-up. Yeah. Yeah, you are, huh? Yeah. When you were a kid and you were starting stand-up, would you want to always use it as a catalyst for acting anyway? I'm a stand-up too, but you just put a gun in my head.

Yeah. A big one too. A big one. One of the ones that- About two inches like Bobby Lee's little fucking cock. You know I see him at the spa all the time. It's hilarious. Yeah, you go to Wii Spa, huh?

Oh. That's where he likes. No, he goes to one that doesn't even have a fucking name. Yeah, he goes to Hole in the Wall shit. Yeah. He goes to one and last time he was there, he was telling me there was a bunch of girls they brought in. I was like, these are hookers.

Oh, that place. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The karaoke place. Yeah, he was like, really? I'm like, what the fuck? Yes, what do you think they are? What do you think it was? Like seven good-looking women just hanging out

in a fucking spa with old, weird, fat Korean men like you? No, they do the karaoke thing or some shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Well, that's a part of what they do. They do a karaoke thing as a part of what they do. But back to Vegas, yeah. Yeah, but tell me though.

Vegas was a place that you wanted to find a little bit of new age freedom outside of LA. You get there, you love it. Are you going to come back or do you think this is the rest of your life? No, I'm coming back. No, you're going to be back. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You still have a place here or no? Yeah. You do, yeah. You're never going to give that up. Yeah. What about Vegas? You'll sell it or keep it? And when's this airing?

We'll put the address right here. Go to see. This is how his house is for sale. What are we talking? 27, 28 million? No, we'll put a question mark on this part. Yeah, you guys just go ahead and put out a bid. I love Vegas, but it's not for me.

It's a little gnarly. I mean, I met some amazing people there. I got some really nice new friends, and I found out all the cool local spots, the great restaurants, all that stuff and became friendly with the locals. But it's just a little gnarly. And you know if I'm saying it's gnarly, it's fucking gnarly.

It's dry. It's kind of like, you know, it looks like Chernobyl. You know what I mean? It's just dirty. There's mangy dogs. A lot of the homeless are fucking gnarly out there. You know, it's just a little, because it's excess, you know, food, alcohol, drinks, and it's, it's, you know, it's, um, it's one note kind of, you know, there's a bottle service girls, there's magicians, there's strippers, there's dancers, there's, uh, uh, I don't know, you know, there's me.

There's Pauly Shore. Yeah. What do you think? But, but it's, it's cool. there's me there's Pauly Shore yeah what do you think but it's cool it's cool but it's just a little gnarly it's just you're done it's just a little gnarly it's dry too fuck

have you ever been to Lotus of Siam of course that's a great spot that's a local Vegas spot if anybody wants to go out there go to see the go to check out the Lotus I lived in Vegas for two months

so I know them okay I shot something out there and it to see the, go to check out the Lotus. I lived in Vegas for two months, so I know them. Okay. So you know. I shot something out there and it was crazy, man. It was just so, I lived inside Caesar's Palace. Wow. Yeah,

it was fucking nuts. And the saddest shit was like, you know, we wanted a house off the strip, but they wanted to keep us on the strip because it was easier to get a hold of us to shoot stuff. You know what I mean?

Yeah, yeah. So they knew where we were most nights. Wow. And we had security because they, you know, they were making sure that we were kind of keeping...

What movie was this? It was a TV show. It was called Sin City Saints. It was... Or Yahoo did its first television show. Wow. And it just fucking bombed. It was me, Malin Ackerman, Tom Arnold, Rick Fox.

I mean, it was amazing. Rick Fox. Justin Chown, some really good people. Tom Arnold was wild to work. I mean, he was... Because we had to get him out of Vegas all the time because he was afraid of, you know, being around all that bullshit.

So like when we were done, dude, he was on a plane within seconds and had to get the fuck out of there and come back to LA. Well, it's not because, I don't think he was going to like fuck up. I just think he didn't want to be a part of that world. Makes sense.

He was like, I just don't want to be near the shit. Got it. And then one day he saw I was going to the gym in the morning and he was like, he's like, hey buddy, what time do you go to the gym? And I was like, I just don't want to be near the shit. Got it. And then one day he saw I was going to the gym in the morning. And he was like, hey, buddy, what time do you go to the gym? And I was like, I'm like, I don't know, maybe 8 a.m. or some shit like that. Or I don't know, whenever. Would you want to go?

He's like, yeah, yeah, I'll go. So we go down there the next morning, and it's packed. It's packed, which it's usually not packed that often. Most Vegas gyms don't. Which one, LVAC? No, in Caesars. Oh, the gym in Caesars. Yeah, at Caesars. And so it was Most Vegas gyms don't, because most people- Which one, LVAC? No, in Caesars. Oh, the gym in Caesars. Yeah, at Caesars.

And so we're, it was packed, and I don't know why, because most times it's not packed. Most people that go to fucking Vegas, they're just going to party. But it was packed, and he was like,

fuck this, I can't do this, buddy. Fuck this shit. And I was like, sorry, man, I didn't know, you know, I didn't know it was going to be like this. And he goes, come with me to the front desk. I said, okay.

We go to the front desk, he goes, we don't want to work out in that fucking gym. There's too many people. And the front desk. I said, okay. We go to the front desk. He goes, we don't want to work out in that fucking gym. There's too many people. And the front desk guy was like, okay, what do you want me to do? And he's like, get a fucking elliptical machine and some weights. Yeah, get an elliptical machine and some weights upstairs. And the guy was like, to your room?

He's like, oh, yeah. And they did. Wow. And they got him an elliptical machine and like weights and bullshit for his fucking room and I was like, this is the way to do it. I was like,

that's, I was like, that's the way to get it done when you, because I would never, I would never ask for that kind of shit. I'm a pussy.

Even when I've been a part of something where I know I could be a little bit, hey, can I have this? Like, have you ever asked

for something when you're a part of something you knew was a little over the top but you got away with it? Oh yeah, I guess.

Yeah, like, did you ever, like, have you ever done that thing where someone's like, we want a jet. Like, I want to take, give me a private jet to the place. No. You've never done that? That's not my thing.

So what's up with your show, Dave? What's up with that show? We're doing another one. It's fucking great. It's all right. We're doing a third season now, as you and I speak. It's a great show.

They're going to be filming. I'm not filming i'm i'm finishing up so you're not in it anymore no i am i am i'm just i'm not on the first week because i'm i'm touring to do a special right i'm shooting a special in denver on september 24th yes and i need to get tuned up so i got a couple i'm missing a couple of, I'm missing like a week. How's that show to work on? Great, dude. Great. Aside from the Jewish guy, it's really awesome.

Yeah. He's the main guy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. No, I love him to death. No, it's great, man. It's super fun. I mean, it's, you know, I mean, TV.

Did you do a lot of TV or did you mostly do film? I mean, did you do TV? I did a lot of TV. Did you do a lot of TV or did you mostly do film? I mean you all did you do TV? I did a lot of TV. Did you do TV series? A series. I had a sitcom that got canceled. There it is.

After like five or six seven episodes. Did you ever do a series that lasted or no? Mm-mm. This is my first one. This is my first one

that's gone anywhere. Wow. Everything else I did got canned. There it is. Um. But this one this is the first one i've ever been on that like did well you know that that sin city saints one bombed the fucking you know i did mixology was an abc show that bombed i did i'm dying up here that was about the store that bombed yeah i did a bunch of bombs and yet they let me do it again but dave is good man it's It's a fun show. It's just TV is, TV's long. It's not like a movie.

Movies are great because you kind of get in. Yeah, it's like a circus. It's fast and it's done. Yeah. TV draws the fuck out. Wow. It's long. Wow.

It's too much, man. But no, but I mean, I love it, but it's just by the end of TV, you're fucking done. You're tired. Like I don't, I don't know how people do like those procedural shows. I, that's, you know, 40 episodes of CSI or whatever the fuck they do. Yeah. It's a lot, a lot to memorize. It's just a lot to handle. It's just like a lot of like, you know, it's just like long days and it's a lot. But you're at this place right now in your career where it's fucking, it's all lined up. I mean, you check out the

boxes. I'm doing okay. No, it's great. Yeah. No, it's really, it's fucking it's all lined up i mean you check out the boxes i'm doing okay no it's great yeah it's really it's really how old are you 38 you have to think about your layers you're like 38 well because i'm about to be 39 and for a second i was gonna say 39 but then no i'm a 38 year old 38 where were you at 38 crying noing. No, I don't know. Touring or something. I don't remember. I did a lot of stuff after my run. Yeah.

What do you mean after your run? Well, my run of big movies in the 90s. Then I did a whole other run, which is mostly the stuff I did. Like Nicolas Cage's favorite movie that I've ever done is called Adopted. Yeah. Where I go to Africa to adopt a black baby. I know. So I did like in my 30s and 40s,

I did a lot of like self-produced, self-financed, self-directed. Didn't you do that with the last movie you did? Was that you? Did you do a lot of self-financing and producing or no? Guest House? Yeah. With Steve-O and Bobby Lee and all them?

No, that was for lions gate and that was just me starring and that was me kind of helping kind of produce it and uh you helped put it together because i know that bobby and those guys said that you you kind of reached out to a lot of people and were like come do this movie yeah and who said did anybody say no harland williams fuck him dude fuck you harland he's like why didn't you want to do it did he have a reason i don't want to do it i don't know that was no but i love harland he's so fucking talented and he's like such a great comic and actor and i've done a lot of stuff with him and um i'm just a fan yeah you know what i mean so it's like yeah so he's really fucking funny

but um no the movie turned out good guest house turned out good and it did really well for me I'm just a fan. Yeah. You know what I mean? I love him. Yeah, so he's really fucking funny. But no, the movie turned out good. Guesthouse turned out good, and it did really well for me. Yeah. And it was cool. It's a hard R, which was cool. If you haven't seen it or anyone that's seen it, it's a hard R, and I've never done a hard R before.

You know the irony of that? The hard R. What? You know what that phrase is, right? No. You don't know the phrase of that? The hard R. What? You know what that phrase is, right? No. You don't know the phrase hard R? Nope. When people say the N word and they say don't, they said a hard R. Did I just say something racist without knowing?

Oh yeah, dude. Really? No, no, no, no, no, no. Okay. No, when people refer to saying the N word and people say yeah, and he said the hard R at the end. Hard R. Oh. There it is.

I saw it sunk. Yeah, no. Okay, hard R. That's cool. And you never hard R. I've heard you say the N word when you do, you don't ever hard R. So you're fine. Don't worry about it. So, yeah. So, uh, we did that and that was cool. And then, uh, yeah, so I just, it's just one of those things that, you know, when, when someone says no, and I have this saying, a no is a yes. Does that make sense? Yeah, I guess. Yeah. Well, no, if someone says no and i have this saying a no is a yes does that make sense yeah i guess yeah well no if someone says no that's it's actually meaning like it's a yes for something else

for what a yes for someone else something else to create something else so if like for instance if you don't get a part or you know you wanted something like there that means you're supposed to get something else you're predestined for something better. Yeah, whatever, to do something else. So, you know, me putting myself in my career the way it did, I learned how to do everything from scratch. So like I can go into any town and enroll people to, you know, to shoot, to edit, you know what I mean? Yeah.

Like I know how to make stuff from scratch. Because you've done it before. Yeah, I've done it a lot before. Right. And do I like it? Yeah, I kind of like it. You do? It's cool, yeah.

You'd rather be indie than go the other route? I like both. Yeah. Yeah, I like both. Well, they serve us two different things. Indie's tough. It's harder. It's way more work.

It's way more stress. It's way more on your shoulders. But the payoff is probably sexier. But it's, yeah, and it's also, it's your print stress it's way more on your shoulders but the payoff is probably sexy but it's yeah and it's also it's your it's your it's your it's your print you did it yeah it's your print it's your uh your your thumbnail or whatever so print yeah so i'm probably sure is dead to me is probably the best movie i've ever done by far you think i think so no doubt fucking gnarly dude it's a gnarly gnarly movie right it. Because it's really honest and it's fucking dark

and like people are shitting on me. And it's like, you know what I mean? And it came at a time where I was just feeling that. But it helped you kind of. It helped me reinvent myself. Yeah. And it gave me confidence. And I don't know.

It was like it took me five years, you know, to make. Yeah. But it's got like everyone's in it. Yeah. Confidence and I don't know. It was like it took me five years to make. But it's got like everyone's in it. Yeah. You got Dr. Dre and fucking Eminem and Whoopi and Ellen DeGeneres and fucking, you know. I mean, it just goes down. An endless array of names. It's just, yeah. And it was just like it was – they got the joke.

Yeah. You know, when I pitched it to them because it's not like it went through their agent. Yeah, you had to pitch it to them. Oh, yeah. I'm like, yo, I faked my death to become famous again. They're like, that's hilarious. Me going to jail, dude, the stuff that I shot in jail was insane. I don't, did you ever see Pauly Shirt's death?

Yeah. Yeah. So the stuff like where I get, because I get caught faking my death and they throw me in jail. And I had this sign that says celebrity wing. faking my death and they throw me in jail and I had this sign that says celebrity wing and I'm walking with all my shit you know to my cell and fucking Tommy Lee's in jail

and he's with his he's with this gay dude he's like Pauly what's up what took you so long and then I walk by Heidi Fleiss she spits in my face cause I owe her money and then I get to my cell and it's fucking Todd Bridges

so then I'm in fucking's fucking Todd Bridges. So then I'm in fucking jail with Todd Bridges and he's giving me career advice which is fucking hilarious. You know what I mean? But it's all played real. Yeah. You know,

and it's fuck, to me it's like, you know. That's the best thing you've ever done. I think so. Until you do the next thing. Until you do another thing

that you really, I mean, fucking who knows? You're nowhere near done so who gives a shit? It'll happen again. The one-man show could be the next best thing. Yeah, but Pauly Shore is dead.

That's it. It was like, it was it, dude. And then I was in solitaire. I'm trying to kill myself. And the ghost of Sam Kenison shows up. And Adam Sandler is fucking taunting me. It's fucking gnarly, dude. Yeah, it's deep.

It's very deep. Are you touring this one-man show still right now? I am. Where are you going? I'm doing it in Vegas at the Wise Guys Comedy Club there. You know, there's the Wise Guys in Vegas. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, there's that.

I do it there. Where else am I doing it? I'm doing it in New York. Doing it at the store. I did it at the store a couple months ago. Where in New York are you doing it?'m doing it in New York doing it at the store I did it at the store a couple months ago where in New York are you doing it

Asylum oh yeah which is in the I think the I don't I'm not familiar with all this did you ever live in New York

you never lived up there I never did but I wanted to bad huh I fucking love New York me too yeah it's cool it's just

it's like a it's like a adult child's paradise like if you have if you have an it's like a, a adult child's paradise. Like if you have the, if you have an element of like, let's go do it, New York is the best, worst place

because it's, all I want to do is go eat and drink and fucking run around all night long. That's all I want to do is go like see friends and hang out

and go get a drink and go eat good food. And go, then go do a show and then go to someone's house and then go like, it's addicting, it's crack. I think I would die in new york that's why i never moved to new york so with your stand with your stand-up um how long you've been doing stand-up for oh 607 was

probably when i started i mean it's kind of when i started started kind of late what do you mean well no i was 21 22 years old i was a kid okay so you started 20 years ago I started in 2007 about I would say is when I kind of really started to get into open micing

it was 2007 so and then you started in Chicago 15 years ago so no I started out here I moved out here I went to Arizona State

and I moved right from there to here and I started going to shitty open mics all over the fucking city and i would pop by the store and try that mic and that was a that was a tough time like the 07 to 09 oh 10 like 2010 was like uh it was tough the store wasn't doing great it wasn't like selling out a

lot uh the comics that were there the older guys were not the nicest fucking guys it was kind of like a the era was not great. What I tell people about that time, because I've heard that before, is that when the owner is sick, the club is sick. It was. The club was fucking sick, I'll tell you that. Yeah, because she wasn't doing well at that time. It was tough, man. It was just kind of a bully mentality that was around there.

It was a little bit fucking harsher. There was not a reason for me to hang out. So when I would do a spot, I would do a spot. Tommy would say something and I would leave. You know, he'd be like,

do a great job. And then I'd leave and then I started to come around more and more and more and then it kind of helped, you know, my status there.

But I never wanted to hang out because the mood was fucking wild, man. Right. The competition. And then as far as your, your writing process. Yeah. your writing process yeah how do you how do you how do you write you know you i used to only write on stage i used to only like to write on stage but now i like to write you like go to a coffee shop no fuck no no i hate being

around people when i'm writing shit i have to be like here at the studio or at my house or and where do you live at? At a private place. I'll put my address right here. Guys, right here is my address. Send me anything. It's right here. Point to it right there.

That's my address. Send your Uber Eats to him. So what part of LA? I live in the valley. I live here in the valley. Yeah, you look like a val. I'm a valley guy, dude. I'm not going to live on the other side of the fucking hill.

Why? He's got to burp again. You have to stand up to burp. Well, because, you know... Get it out. You on. I'm a Valley guy, dude. I'm not going to live on the other side of the fucking hill. Why? He's got to burp again? You have to stand up to burp. Well, because, you know, you might have to give me a Heimlich. Because you could die from air? Well, you don't know.

That could be your first time where you go like that. I got to tell you something. You die from a burp, I'm letting you die like that. Oh, shit. That's on you, man. That's on me.

I live in the Valley. I lived in West Hollywood my whole life of LA and then I couldn't do it anymore I wanted space and a house well you got your babe yeah you got your babe I wanted some separation

I just wanted to get away and we're not going to stay here forever we're going to split time somewhere else yeah Austin I heard you're moving to Austin no fucking chance you couldn't get me down there if you fucking bought me a house. I said to Rogan, I was like, buy me a house and maybe I'll think about it. So where do you, what's your favorite? Colorado.

Okay. Love Colorado. I have a big crush on Colorado. I have for a long, long time. Yeah. I think the people are great. I think the place is great. I think the weather is fucking great.

Yeah. There's a lot of things about Colorado I fucking love. Yeah, and then what about your babies? Your babe, doesn't she? great. There's a lot of things about Colorado I fucking love. Yeah, and then what about your babies? If I have some babies, if they ever come out, I don't know, we'll place them around the United States in certain places. Pisses me the fuck off, dude.

She does her own thing. She's a little magician. She's a magician. She works in the magic world. That's great. At the Magic Castle. Does she? Yeah, she's a a magician so if i ever want to go to the magic castle hit me up dude she's really she's a magician she does tricks no she's not a magician i'm just fucking with you i'm sorry dude she's not a magician she's a human she's a regular human she sells drugs i don't tell anybody what she does i don't even know what she does. I haven't spoken to her in months. You sound like Bob Saget right now.

I have no idea what she does. R.I.P. to the fucking, to the Sag dog. Were you guys close? Yeah. You were? Yeah. That one was really tough, huh? Yeah, I mean, they're all tough. They're all these guys that die. Some are tough. There's a few people that I was like, alright, good, he's out of here.

No, I mean, I got, I was like, all right, good, he's out of here. No, I mean, I was there with Louie when he died. No. Yeah, Carrot Top texted me, goes like, yo, if you want to say bye to Louie, now's the time. Because he died in Henderson at the, Louie died at the hospital in Henderson. Are you in Summerlin or Henderson?

There's only two places to live. No, I'm off the strip. No. Yeah, I'm right off the Strip. Place called Ranch. It's like, you know, it's a... You like being that close to the Strip? Yeah, but it's in a private... It's its own community.

Yeah, it's a private thing. But I know, you know, a lot of people move out there. They move... Summerlin and Henderson, they move way out. No. You know? No, you want to be near it. Yeah.

You want to be able to smell it. That's what it is. I want to see the Trump Hotel. Yeah, bro. There's a big Trump right there. Yeah, dude. Yeah, well, he'll be back in Hotel. Yeah, bro. There's a big Trump right there. Yeah, dude. Well, he'll be back in office. It's exciting.

He's coming back, dude. Can't keep a good guy down. All right, so check it out. I want to say thank you. I appreciate you so much for coming on the show. It means a lot to me. I could say more, but I'll save it for off camera. I appreciate you.

I love you. You're on tour people go see this man on tour polyshore.com polyshore.com and my instagram and i'll also um be at the korean spa tonight we're going right now we end the show the same way uh one word or one phrase it used to just be a word and some people say i don't know the word i give me a phrase so you look in that camera look in your, and give me one word or one phrase to end the episode. This will go cemented in history forever as Pauly Shore's Whiskey Ginger appearance,

and this is the word or the phrase whenever you're ready into that camera. Are you going to go do that thing, dee-tuck, dee-tuck, you know that thing? No, I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't either. One word, one phrase. One word or one phrase to end the episode.

I like Bobby Lee's penis because it's hidden in pubic hair. In here, we pour whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk, whisk. You are that creature in the ginger beard. Sturdy and ginger. Like vampires, the ginger gene is a curse. Gingers are beautiful. You owe me $5 for the whiskey and $75 for the horse. Gingers are hell no.

This whiskey is excellent. Ginger. I like gingers.