WEBVTT - EITM interviews Derrick Stroup

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<v Speaker 1>You're extruded, my man. How are you, sir man? If

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<v Speaker 1>I was any better, I'd be twins buba. How you doing?

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<v Speaker 2>I am doing excellent? Thank you?

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<v Speaker 3>All right, listen, I know I only have a limited

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<v Speaker 3>amount of time and I got a ton of stuff

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<v Speaker 3>to cover. Uh, but let me start.

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<v Speaker 2>We're already out of time.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 3>Always good to talk to you, Derek. Yeah, No, it's

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<v Speaker 3>gonna be good. Good luck at the lyrics. I hope

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<v Speaker 3>the whole I hope the whole town shows up. No

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<v Speaker 3>can I can I tell you right off the start, dude,

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<v Speaker 3>you're you're You're special on Netflix is so goddamn good.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, thank you, buddy. I really appreciate that. I'm proud

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<v Speaker 2>of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, just beginning to end. There are so many

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<v Speaker 3>just really really hard laughs the whole way through. And

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<v Speaker 3>isn't it killing it for Netflix? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>It is. I'm so glad you bring that up. Because

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<v Speaker 2>the Internet is social media is just you. You wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>know it because we're not allowed as comedians.

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<v Speaker 1>Humble is the game.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not allowed to go on there, which is tempting

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<v Speaker 2>every day, especially when I get a couple rounds of

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<v Speaker 2>caffeine and me to get on an Instagram and go, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>y'all may not know this because social media is delusional,

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<v Speaker 2>but my Netflix special is doing better than ninety five

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<v Speaker 2>percent of your favorite comedians.

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<v Speaker 1>Have a blessed day. But I'm not allowed.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not allowed to do that, so I you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you just play it humble. But yes, it's doing great.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm really I'm I'm stoked out of my mind how

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<v Speaker 2>it's being received. And I kind of I figured that

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<v Speaker 2>he would do decent because I you know, you get

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<v Speaker 2>in front of crowds, you work this in front of

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<v Speaker 2>the entire country. I live in New York City. I

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<v Speaker 2>can only have dark joakes that land here, So to

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<v Speaker 2>have that validation has been cool.

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<v Speaker 3>So wait a minute, when you when you say you're

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<v Speaker 3>not allowed, Derek, when you say you're not allowed to

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<v Speaker 3>get on social media and say anything, is that like

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<v Speaker 3>is that because you're you're like as in the comedian

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<v Speaker 3>world you're not allowed to say anything, or like contractually

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<v Speaker 3>you're not allowed to say anything.

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<v Speaker 2>In the in the the comedian world, just so you

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<v Speaker 2>don't okay, like a monster and I mean and it

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<v Speaker 2>just there's this, you know, just like with a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of things in your business. My business, there's these politics

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<v Speaker 2>you got to play, you know. I mean, I'm sure

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes you want to get on the air and go, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I know y'all like this other radio station, but we

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<v Speaker 2>found them every quarter.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for hanging out. So uh but you just can't.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just it's not a reality. But uh, it's tempting

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<v Speaker 1>because social media.

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<v Speaker 2>Is all these smoke screens and all these lies. This

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<v Speaker 2>comedian has a million followers and he's constantly in your

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<v Speaker 2>face and YadA, YadA YadA. You would never know that

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<v Speaker 2>my Netflix special I got two hundred thousand followers and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to come up is crushing theirs and views

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<v Speaker 2>and retention rates.

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<v Speaker 1>Just not allowed to talk about it. But when I

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<v Speaker 1>get on the radio, you pay what everyone let them know.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, because I was gonna say, I don't feel like

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<v Speaker 3>you're shy on social media. Hell, you'll slide into a

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<v Speaker 3>professional basketball players DMS and just rip.

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<v Speaker 2>Them an ass. Oh I absolutely will. Now when it

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<v Speaker 2>comes to something like that, you know, it's a different entity,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but you're just talking about just running my mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>I will show up. There's no doubt.

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<v Speaker 2>Kendrick Perkins is gonna hear from me. There's no doubt

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<v Speaker 2>about it. That guy's an idiot. But yeah, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just somebody. I am who I am, and people can

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<v Speaker 2>take it or leave it. I mean, if you come

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<v Speaker 2>into the comments and you say something insane, it's not

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<v Speaker 2>somebody from my office or a robot. I'm responding and

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<v Speaker 2>I would like a word with you.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's just how I am. Now.

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<v Speaker 3>I want to going back to the special for a second.

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<v Speaker 3>When you talk about after a hard meal or after

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<v Speaker 3>a big meal that your family and then the family

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<v Speaker 3>meal that it looks like a carbon monoxide leak hit

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<v Speaker 3>the living room.

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<v Speaker 2>Dude, It's so funny how that's like one of the

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<v Speaker 2>most relatable bit I get emails about. And you ought

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<v Speaker 2>to see the pictures of living rooms, I get.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it looks people are just slumped over furniture

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<v Speaker 2>and they're like, look at this, what's going on? It

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<v Speaker 2>happens to all of us, man, you know. And then

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna wake up in another twenty minutes and you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be like, I could go for something sweet if

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<v Speaker 2>you got it, And can I tell you the other?

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<v Speaker 3>Can I tell you the other thing that made me

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<v Speaker 3>laugh really really hard. Is you get into this whole

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<v Speaker 3>thing where you're talking about how we need to bring

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<v Speaker 3>cigarettes smoking back and how much better things would be

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<v Speaker 3>even though you don't smoke, your parents smoke like crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, But you need a camel in.

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<v Speaker 2>A long walk, Carol. That made me laugh so hard. Absolutely, No,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I come from a smoker's family. That's probably

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<v Speaker 2>why I do not smoke. I mean, when you're surrounded

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<v Speaker 2>by it and your jan sport just was drenched in it,

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<v Speaker 2>it pushing you the other way. But I cannot run

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<v Speaker 2>from the fact that some of the best people I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever met in my life were holding a cigarette. So

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to do a bit that kind of highlighted

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<v Speaker 2>that in And I'm telling you, man, I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>was just in Lexington, Kentucky, and I'm working on my

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<v Speaker 2>new hour, but I had to bring back the smoking

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<v Speaker 2>bit in the tobacco state. And if they weren't weaving

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<v Speaker 2>so hard, they'd have been laughing their best off.

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<v Speaker 1>I can promise you that.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, Derek, let me let me ask you this were

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<v Speaker 3>you're like, like you said, both your both your parents smoked.

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<v Speaker 3>And by the way, I love I love that your

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<v Speaker 3>mom is in the is in the special. But the

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<v Speaker 3>man did your parents because my parents smoked. Listen, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>doing my part to bring it back. Trust me, I

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<v Speaker 3>do smoke the But do did your parents do what

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<v Speaker 3>my parents did? Like before they would go to bed

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<v Speaker 3>at night? Would they lay in bed and have like

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<v Speaker 3>one last cigarette together, like it was their last thing

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<v Speaker 3>before they went to sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>No? No, but that is a hilarious visual. I love

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<v Speaker 1>that your parents are.

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<v Speaker 2>In bed knocking down a sig. I had two different

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<v Speaker 2>My mother and father are garage smokers, okay, so they

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<v Speaker 2>never smoked inside. It was either detached garage or the

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<v Speaker 2>garage that was attached to the actual house, So they

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<v Speaker 2>never smoked in the uh and and my dad smoked publicly.

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<v Speaker 2>My mother was a pretty private smoker. So when I

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<v Speaker 2>came out and told the.

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<v Speaker 1>Whole world that she smoked, Stacey was.

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<v Speaker 2>A little shook because she just she was always the

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<v Speaker 2>one that kind of would take a walk and kind

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<v Speaker 2>of disappear, and you know, my dad's out there, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean blowing smoke into you know, somebody's holding.

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<v Speaker 1>The oxygen's hank. But never never in bed. That's that's

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<v Speaker 1>hilarious though.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, No, it was it was they they'd have Johnny

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<v Speaker 3>Carson on, they would have a cigarette, they would finish,

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<v Speaker 3>they turned the TV off, roll over and go right

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<v Speaker 3>to bed.

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<v Speaker 1>It was great.

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<v Speaker 2>Right next to the ASHTRAK. It was awesome. Hey.

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<v Speaker 3>So wait, God, when you when you said you were

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<v Speaker 3>in Lexington and you were working on working on stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>So when you when you come through at the Lyric

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<v Speaker 3>your showed for the Running Hot Tours October ninth, that's

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<v Speaker 3>a whole new hour that has nothing to do with

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<v Speaker 3>the with the with the Netflix special Nostalgic.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the Theater Tour is all brand new material.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still doing clubs because you know, we're growing the

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<v Speaker 2>new Hour. I'm about thirty thirty five minutes in. But

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<v Speaker 2>when I get to uh, you know, September, that's a

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<v Speaker 2>whole new hour that's nothing from the Nostalgic special.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it did the did the success in how that

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<v Speaker 3>that special did? Does that? Does that make the the

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if pressure is the right word, Derek.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a high bar to have to hit, knowing like

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<v Speaker 3>I just watched the special, I'm gonna go see I'm

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<v Speaker 3>gonna go see Derek in October. It's gonna be better.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a high bar, dude, Yeah, it is.

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<v Speaker 2>It is, and you feel a little bit of that pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>But you just gotta trust yourself and you gotta you

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<v Speaker 2>gotta realize that you know that it wasn't a fluke.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I've been writing. I got an album that

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<v Speaker 2>I put out in twenty twenty three called Dinner Twice,

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, just after I wrote some of those bits,

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<v Speaker 2>I go, man, it's gonna be hard for me. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's and it's not. Your career grows you. You you

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<v Speaker 2>get better, more prolific. I mean, comedy is one of

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<v Speaker 2>those fool things where we all have different ceilings, but

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<v Speaker 2>there's no denying that the more you do it, the

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<v Speaker 2>better you get at it, the better you're writing gets.

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<v Speaker 2>So I have my next hour will be even better

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<v Speaker 2>than the last one, and that's what's really really exciting.

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<v Speaker 2>You do feel the pressure. This is the first time

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<v Speaker 2>I've ever wrote another hour under a timeline. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>in the past, if you if you don't have any heat,

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<v Speaker 2>you can kind of move at your own speed. But

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<v Speaker 2>once you have some demand, you get put on the clock.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's been and that and it's still worked out good.

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<v Speaker 1>For me, just more disciplined.

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<v Speaker 2>You just got to do things with more intention. It

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<v Speaker 2>was just a little bit of adjustment on discipline. But yeah, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I got my new hour. I mean I already got

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<v Speaker 2>some jokes and just Lexington some new stuff have people

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<v Speaker 2>spitting their teeth.

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<v Speaker 1>So awesome, I'm excited.

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<v Speaker 3>Awesome, Hey can I can I ask you this? I

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<v Speaker 3>know you're from Harvest, Alabama, and then you then you

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<v Speaker 3>ended up moving to Denver, and then like you said,

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<v Speaker 3>New York. What is the where? Where does where?

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<v Speaker 2>Does where?

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<v Speaker 3>Does a kid in Harvest, Alabama? Where does where does

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<v Speaker 3>comedy come from? Like there's no comedy club in Harvest?

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, But honestly, man, Southerners are some of the

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<v Speaker 2>funniest people on planet Earth. I mean the way that

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<v Speaker 2>people all the time will come to me and they

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<v Speaker 2>go you know, there's something about how you say things

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<v Speaker 2>on stage, the way you word them, the phrases you used.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all from growing up in the country, right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like one of those things where you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>and I like to consider myself I'm a modern day

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<v Speaker 2>Southern man. I'm not like somebody if you come to

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<v Speaker 2>the show, you're not gonna get anything. Because I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a pitchfork and overall's on. I just happen to have

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<v Speaker 2>a Southern accent. I mean, I'm I'm Bill Burr, raised

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<v Speaker 2>in the woods up there.

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<v Speaker 1>We're we're very current and then we're on the move.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's uh it. It is an interesting process

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of find your voice and figure out how

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<v Speaker 2>to how go about it. But my comedy resonates. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole country is my market.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh sure, let me be clear. I wasn't. I wasn't

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<v Speaker 3>trying to make a comment that somebody from Harvest couldn't

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<v Speaker 3>be a comedian. I'm just trying to think, like, where

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<v Speaker 3>is where's a comedy club, where's an open mic to

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<v Speaker 3>go try something out?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it would be at the mechanic shop. And

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<v Speaker 2>this guy Yim, Yeah, he left school in the ninth

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<v Speaker 2>grade and for some reason he can't spail. But everything

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<v Speaker 2>he says is a damn zinger. It's from the history teacher,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in the eleventh grade class, This country dude

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<v Speaker 2>who's teaching history and making up a few outcomes on

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<v Speaker 2>his own. You know, you kind of pick it up

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<v Speaker 2>along the way, and I think you're born with some

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<v Speaker 2>of it. I was talking to somebody earlier and they

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<v Speaker 2>were talking about timing. They were like, you're timing on

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<v Speaker 2>stage and your haadence they go. They were telling me that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, complimenting me on it. And I think some

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<v Speaker 2>of those things are kind of born with because there'll

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<v Speaker 2>be a seven year old that you'll hear him say

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<v Speaker 2>a couple things funny, and you can tell that seven

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<v Speaker 2>year old in the back of your head, you're like that,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know where that kid's life is headed, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's got some timing and so, uh, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, some of that should pick up along the way.

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<v Speaker 2>But the South is a funny place, and I grew

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<v Speaker 2>up in a unique place Huntsville, Alabama. Harvest is right

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<v Speaker 2>outside of Huntsville, Alabama. So it's a it's a smarter place.

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<v Speaker 2>It's per capit of most engineers.

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<v Speaker 1>In the country.

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<v Speaker 2>You got NASA Missile Defense. So it's this unique place

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, people in lifted trucks that have rocket

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<v Speaker 2>science degrees.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, by the way, and I know that you say harvested.

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<v Speaker 3>So what years did you live in Tyson's Corner?

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<v Speaker 2>It was probably one two years old. My parents got

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<v Speaker 2>married in Tyson's Corner. I was born in Charleston. My

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<v Speaker 2>grandfather was a professor at George Washington for a few

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<v Speaker 2>years and Kenneth's Strup and then we lived in Tyson's Corner.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's why I'm a lifelong I'm a huge

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<v Speaker 2>Commanders fan.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to the Monday night game.

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<v Speaker 2>This year against Cincinnati. I know I'm not in the

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<v Speaker 2>right market to be. You know, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>from you know, the lyric, I don't know if all

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<v Speaker 2>these people are gonna love this. Oh yeah, no, no.

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<v Speaker 3>You're totally fine.

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<v Speaker 2>You are totally fine. But yeah, that's kind of where,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, where that kind of comes from. We would

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<v Speaker 2>go to practices as a baby, and then my whole

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<v Speaker 2>family Commanders fans just from kind of that Tyson's Corner

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of years being over there.

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<v Speaker 1>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, a couple of other things real quick, and I

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<v Speaker 3>know we're gonna run out of time. The the the

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<v Speaker 3>you talk about like not driving for fifteen years, and

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<v Speaker 3>I guess there was the dui stories may be true.

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<v Speaker 3>Didn't you just recently didn't you just recently start driving again?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? Yeah I did. I finally did.

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<v Speaker 2>I gave it up for almost sixteen years, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was just one of those things where I'd never even

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<v Speaker 2>had a ticket, never been in trouble. Sixteen years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>I get two DUIs and then just in the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>I knew an immediate fix was to just never drive again.

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<v Speaker 2>I go, I bet you, it'll be hard to give

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<v Speaker 2>me a DUI if I'm walking. And and so that's

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<v Speaker 2>all true. And people they'll ask me, they'll go, so,

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<v Speaker 2>did you quit drinking when you got those duys?

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<v Speaker 1>I go, Lord, No, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Had to get through them, you know, I mean, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't get through them sober. I did quit drinking about

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<v Speaker 2>four years ago, and it had you know, had nothing

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<v Speaker 2>to do with the DUIs. I just ran out of steam.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, those are those are for true, for sure

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<v Speaker 2>true stories. Now now I'm back behind the wheel. We're

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<v Speaker 2>actually about to hit the road this afternoon. I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 2>fired up, man. Good for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Swim gems and a gatorade. Gip hey.

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<v Speaker 3>Last thing, last thing is Tony Johnson, a real friend.

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<v Speaker 2>His real name is Tony Spinelli, and that's that's I

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<v Speaker 2>had to change it to Tony Johnson for the special

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<v Speaker 2>because I couldn't do my boy like that, even though

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't hate the story.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be honest, it's a great story.

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<v Speaker 2>So what he got pants? He got pants, and and

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<v Speaker 2>you know he was ahead of us. But yeah, Tony

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<v Speaker 2>Spinelli and you can tell by that name. Tony'll never

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<v Speaker 2>hear this, but what a short stop Tony Spinelli was

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<v Speaker 2>in the fifth grade. My goodness, graceis the guy can

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<v Speaker 2>eat it up up the.

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<v Speaker 1>Middle, all right.

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<v Speaker 3>Derek Strup will be at the Lyric in Baltimore. The

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<v Speaker 3>Running Hot Tour will be there October ninth. His special

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<v Speaker 3>is running on Netflix. It's called Nostalgic Derek. It is

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<v Speaker 3>goddamn funny. I can't wait to see you in October.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man, thanks for having me. You guys were great. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll see you all then. Appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Derek.

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<v Speaker 1>Gee buddy,