1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Now here's a highlight from Coast to Coast AM on 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: iHeart Radio and welcome back to Coast to Coast, George 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: Norri with you. We're gonna have a little fun for 4 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: the next couple hours. Andy Cowen back with us. He's 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: a who's who in America. Back in twenty seventeen, a 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Lifetime Achievement Award winner with multiple episode, staff and pilot 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: writing credits reflecting more than a dozen comedies and talk shows. 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: He produced, wrote and hosted his Cable Ace Award winning 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: six Minutes for Showtime. Rhode had appeared and knocked down 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 1: a Best Comedy winner at the Southeast New England Film 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: and Music Arts Festival, created and co hosted his comedy 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: therapy show Up and Down Guys in Los Angeles. Performs 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: as a lead vocalist in hand percussionists in jazz clubs 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 1: throughout Los Angeles, and He earned his master's degree in 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: broadcasting from Boston University. Began his broadcasting career in radio 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: and television news in Pennsylvania. And here he is back 17 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: on Coast to Coast. Andy, it's a while. How are 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 1: you hi, George. Good to hear your voice, good to 19 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: talk with you. Looking forward to this. Do some people 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: confuse you with Andy Cohen when they hear her name? 21 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: Of course, my entire life, my last name has been 22 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: mispronounced and U And now I have to read about 23 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: the guy whose name is not mine, who everybody thinks 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 1: is mine. So true, so true. He's from Saint Louis, 25 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: where I go back and forth every once in a while. 26 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: And next time I run into him, I'm going to 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: ask him if he knows you. Ah, well, that's good. 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: So what's what's new with you? Well? This uh boy, 29 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 1: you know, with chunks falling into the sea as you 30 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: were mentioning, Oh my god, round more vulnerable And I'm 31 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: a dunified objects in the air. I mean, no Wonder, 32 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: I'm neurotic. But this podcast, the Neurotic Vaccine Podcast, which 33 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: we have now all eight episodes drop this season with 34 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: Jay Leno and Shark Tanks, mister Wonder a great guest. 35 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: But I seek therapy on the show. I'm seeking immunity 36 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:04,919 Speaker 1: to neurosis and my co host is a therapist, doctor 37 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: Scott Kapoyan, and he's seeking it for me actually, but 38 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: good luck with that. I mean, he's like the placebo effect. 39 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: We both know isn't working. But this show has literally 40 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: been years in the making, and I guess I am 41 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: feeling a little healthier, George, because I am non neurotic 42 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: enough to admit to myself without feeling guilty as I 43 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: draw you know, reactions from the listeners that this podcast 44 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: is unique and special. I mean when we could all 45 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: use a little therapy these days. You know, listeners can 46 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: vicariously sit in for free and have therapy with me 47 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: without needing to spill their guts, laugh. And they also 48 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,400 Speaker 1: get very honest insights into all aspects of life, the 49 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: insanity of dating, growing older, coexisting with a culture that's 50 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: moved on, how families drive you nuts, over sharers on Facebook, 51 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: big issues, little issues. We're even hits in the grease 52 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: of all places, the cradle of civilization. Then again, Hi 53 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: and Greece loved the UNIVERWSE, so what do they know? 54 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: So where did we get the name Neurotic Vaccine Podcast? Well? 55 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: How did I come up with that? Yeah? Well, I 56 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: this used to be as you mentioned. I think in 57 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: the intro, an early version was called up and Down Guys, 58 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: where I was the down guy. I saw the glass 59 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: half empty and my co host therapist doctor Copoyane. So 60 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: I'd half full and we we did this. We initiated 61 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: this in two thousand on the web and got lots 62 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: of interest, and even Lauren Michael's company at one time 63 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: was looking at it for a possible TV vehicle, and 64 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: push came to shove, and all these years later, I thought, 65 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: you know, as I was thinking about a podcast, and 66 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: I didn't want to continue to explain to people. No 67 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: we happened before a Debbie Downer on SNL. And I 68 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: also figured, you know, I'm not a strictly down guy. 69 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm you know, neurotic, and it's a wider umbrella under 70 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: which I could talk about all aspects of things. So 71 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: hence the podcast was born. And this thing has been 72 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: the most creative, empowering, fun thing that I've ever done. 73 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: And you've done some great everything else, and you've done 74 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: some great things Andy, to be sure, Now, what does 75 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: neurotic mean to you? Well, all right, will you tell me? 76 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: George obsessing about this make me neurotic? I complained to 77 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: doctor Kay in session eight about this. The only ones 78 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: who call me these days are bots and butts. Twice 79 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: in the last month, I eaves dropped on a long 80 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 1: conversation my friends having with his wife after his butt 81 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: dialed me. And you keep listening because how often do 82 00:04:58,240 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: you get the chance to eve drop on your friend 83 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: and life? Right? A lot of people butt dial. Well, 84 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: see I take it personally. That means I'm neurotic and 85 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: me on his butt dials me more often than he does, 86 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:14,119 Speaker 1: and they don't know it. Have you gotten a butt 87 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: the dial lately? I've gotten many. They show up all that. 88 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: I get a lot of telemarketing calls too. They drive 89 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: me crazy. Part of it the bot or the butt. 90 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,839 Speaker 1: There're no human beings anymore calling me. That's true, there's robots. 91 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: I'm neurotic about one thing. I think what I have 92 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: an obsession with burned out light bulbs. They drive me 93 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: crazy when I when I go to a restaurant or something, 94 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: then there's a ceiling ball about. I tell the manager. 95 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: I mean, that's how nuts I am about these things. 96 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: You would not like to spend time in my bathroom. 97 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: I have all these balls that have been dead for 98 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: oh my god. See, you know, especially stores that have 99 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 1: signage like Walgreens and the w is burned out or 100 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: something that drives me nuts. Yeah, there's a Mexican restaurant 101 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: in Santa Monica for years that had a letter missing, 102 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: and right away you get a well this is a 103 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: schlocky joint kind of connotation, right the careless Yeah, not 104 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: to mention, it's not advertising the actual name of the restaurant. 105 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 1: It's advertising at minus the letter, so you don't know 106 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: where you're going to eat. We've got some clips you're 107 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: going to play a little bit later on after the 108 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: break from your podcasts, and I won't go through each one, 109 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: and I've got three of them that I pulled. Andy, Yeah, 110 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: I hear. That's great, and we'll be doing that. But 111 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: would you say you're a comedian first, that you don't 112 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: take these things seriously or what? Well, I've always looked 113 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 1: for the humor in neurosis. I mean, it's kind of 114 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: my background. I my undergrad degree with psychology, and so 115 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: when I started doing comedy, I my goal was to 116 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: try to communicate, you know, my own problems in a 117 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: way that hopefully made me unique. And it wasn't cookie 118 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: cutter compared to everybody else, but by the same token, 119 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: the audience could connect with on their own so they 120 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: could laugh and also feel better that, you know, They're 121 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: not the only ones having these problems. So that's kind 122 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 1: of the goal that I've continued in this show, the 123 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: Neurotic Vaccine Podcast. So I'm not sure I answered your question, 124 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: but I think you have to be a comedian in 125 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: your mind a little bit to laugh at the problems 126 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: that encounter you every day, or else you really will 127 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 1: go insane. A friend of mine is a writer in 128 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. He wrote for Home Improvement Billy Reback, and 129 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: he's heard of you. Oh sure, yeah, I know Billy. 130 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: So he's looking forward. He's listening to you right now. 131 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: Probably might even called the next hour when we take calls. 132 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: But you've you've talked to Jay Leno, You've talked to 133 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: a lot of people, the late Tony dow from Leave 134 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: It to Beaver. Yeah, that would that by the time 135 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: our show dropped, he had passed. But Leno was really 136 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: interesting because, um, when our show dropped the first episode, 137 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: he's in Jay Leno. It's a great episode. And uh, 138 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,480 Speaker 1: it actually dropped the day after his burn accident. Um, 139 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: so uh, but I definitely wanted to have him on 140 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: because I wanted to ask him maybe he had some 141 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: pointers for me, because he's the perfect guest for the 142 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: Neurotic Vaccine podcast podcast because he's one of the most 143 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: non neurotic comedians out there, and I wondered, I don't 144 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: know if he had any tip for me. He did 145 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: tell me, whatever happens to him, he never gets too 146 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 1: high or too low, and uh being not getting too high, 147 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: he told me he's never even had a beer. I 148 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: asked him, are you amish? Uh? But uh. He actually 149 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: said something that proved to be a little uh inst 150 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: in retrospect ominous. He said, be glad that bad things 151 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: happened to you. Well, a lot of bad things happened 152 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: to him the last couple of months. You know, he 153 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: just fell off a motorcycle and broke some ribs, everything 154 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: to do with vehicles, these acts. Yeah, before that, he 155 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 1: was in that fire. Yeah, there's some messages there. But 156 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: the reason he said, be glad that bad things happened 157 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 1: he is basically in terms of the stuff a comedy 158 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: performer can share with audiences those bad things to make 159 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: them empathize with them, which is one of the things 160 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 1: I at least try to do in the Neurotic Vaccine 161 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: Listen to more Coast to Coast am every weeknight. At 162 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: one am Eastern and go to Coast to coast am 163 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: dot com for more