1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me. 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, because I grew up a family of seven kat 3 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 2: like you know, so just you know, I just think 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,320 Speaker 2: the whole ball bosting, and you know that's we're just 5 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: pulling pranks on each other, and just you know, you 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 2: had that tough scame hanging out in the neighborhood with 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 2: all the neighborhood kids and it was one big, like 8 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 2: big community and stuff. And that's just the way I 9 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,920 Speaker 2: was raised as just being like a wise ass. 10 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 3: I'm Lynn Hoffman, the host of the Comedy Saved Me podcast, 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 3: the podcast that explores the world of comedy, the masters 12 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 3: behind the work, and the true power of comedy in 13 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 3: our life. Now, if you like this podcast, you might 14 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 3: like another one called Music Saved Me that I host 15 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 3: as well, and you can find that wherever. 16 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: You get your podcasts. 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 3: Now Today, my special guest is a true original. His 18 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 3: name is Jim Florentine, and Jim is known for his 19 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 3: outrageous prank calls on The Howard Stern Show and his 20 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 3: hilarious work on one of my favorite shows, Crank Anchors. 21 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: But beyond all the laps, Jim's journey is a testament 22 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 3: to how comedy can be a really creative outlet and 23 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 3: a lifeline for many of us. From his early days 24 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 3: as a radio DJ to becoming a stand up comic, 25 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 3: Jim has used humor to tackle life's challenges. Jim share 26 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 3: stories of his career, talks about the therapeutic power of comedy, 27 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 3: and reveals how his unique blend of humor has helped 28 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 3: him through very tough times. Jim Florentine, Welcome to comedy 29 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 3: saved me. It's great to see you. 30 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: It's great to see you. And while I want an introduction, 31 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: I'm mdam. 32 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 3: I left out movies, television, all that. I mean, you've 33 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 3: done it all pretty much. 34 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got lucky here and there. 35 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 3: I don't think so, but we can discuss that what 36 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: insp Let's start with what inspired you to pursue a 37 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 3: career in comedy and how did your early experience shape 38 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 3: your Dare I say sarcastic style? 39 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 2: You know, I was always a music guy. I was 40 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: always in the music and all my friends were in 41 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: bands growing up, and that's what I wanted to be 42 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: a rock star. I just didn't have the talent. I tried. 43 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: I went for singing lessons, I tried to play guitar, 44 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: I was a lefty. All my friends were like, well, 45 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: if you could play righty, I could teach you. I'm like, 46 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: I can't play righty. So and I was like, I 47 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: want to be on stage because I just loved that 48 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 2: whole thing. And then when I saw you know, like 49 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 2: Andrew Dice, Clay Sam Kinnison, and all of a sudden, 50 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: comedians started being like kind of like rock stars. And 51 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: I was always always into comedy. I used to watch 52 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 2: Richard Pryor, Rodney Danielfield and stuff. And then I just 53 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 2: went to an amateur night. One night, I was doing 54 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:30,320 Speaker 2: radio and they would tell me, oh, you can't say this, 55 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: you can't say that, you know, just due to weather 56 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 2: and the time, and bring up the next song. So 57 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: I said, I got to get an outlet where I 58 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 2: could just go up on stage. So I went up 59 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 2: one night and the first night I didn't do well, 60 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: but I knew I got like one laugh and I 61 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 2: felt that energy from that laugh, that buzz, and I'm like, man, 62 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 2: it was amazing. I'm like, this is I never felt 63 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: something like that before. I'm like, this is what I 64 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: want to do, and I just dropped everything else. I 65 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: just went for it. 66 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: Now that's amazing to me because that was actually one 67 00:02:57,600 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 3: of my questions for you later in this interview was 68 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 3: are comedians like rock stars? But you sort of answered 69 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 3: that is it the vibe from the audience you get 70 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 3: or give, get back and forth. 71 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 2: I don't know if we're really rock stars. I mean, 72 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 2: you know, rock stars get all the girls. The comedians don't. True, 73 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: you know, rockstar they could be like a cover band 74 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: down the street, you know, playing this little bar, and 75 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 2: they can get girls. The comedian, you know, girls always 76 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 2: I want to I got it. Laughs makes me laugh 77 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 2: and then you make them laugh for an hour and 78 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 2: they come up to you, go, Hi, you were great, 79 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 2: here's my husband. I'm like that. Thanks. 80 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. 81 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 3: Well I read that you grew up in a very 82 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 3: strict Catholic family. Did that have any influence on your 83 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 3: sense of humor and comedic perspective? 84 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: You suspect yes, yeah, because I grew up a family 85 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: of seven Catholic you know, so just you know, I 86 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 2: just think the whole the whole ball busting, you know, 87 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 2: that's we're just pulling pranks on each other, and just 88 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 2: you know, you had that tough skin hanging out in 89 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 2: the neighborhood with a neighborhood kids, and it was one big, 90 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 2: like big community and stuff. And that's just the way 91 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 2: I was raised as just being like a wise ass. 92 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: Where were you raised in New Jersey? 93 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: Oh? 94 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: And is that where you were in radio as well? 95 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 2: Yeah? 96 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, give him a shout out. Come on. 97 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 2: It was I don't even know if it's around. It 98 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 2: was w CNJ in Hazlin, New Jersey. It was one 99 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: hundred watch station. Basically, I mean, you know what I did. 100 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 2: I went to this community college, Brookdale Community College, and 101 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: they had a good communications program, so I was interning 102 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: on the radio there. I had a little radio show 103 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 2: that I was interning at the station in Keypoord, and 104 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 2: then they went up hire me. They let me at night. 105 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: They would let me play after like six o'clock. It 106 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 2: was an open format, so they let me have like 107 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 2: a three hour heavy metal show where I just bring 108 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 2: in my albums and play whatever I brought you, my 109 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 2: friends with me, we do it. They go, look, we 110 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: can't pay you. I'm like, that's I don't care. That's fine. 111 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: And then they liked my voice and stuff, and then 112 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: I wound up be in the morning guy for about 113 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 2: a year, I like twenty one years old. 114 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 3: Wait, you did mornings at twenty one, so most comedians 115 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 3: aren't up early in the morning, so that must have been. 116 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 2: I wasn't even doing comedy at that point. It was 117 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 2: really yeah, but I know it was a six six 118 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: am to nine am, so I had to go to 119 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 2: bed at like eight thirty at night. It was torture, 120 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 2: but I liked it, you know, And I was like, 121 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 2: I can't believe on the morning guy this. You know, 122 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: it was one hundred watts. So if you pulled that 123 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 2: at a station, went like a half mile down the road, 124 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 2: you couldn't get it. 125 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 3: No, that's good though, it really I came from a 126 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 3: background of radio as well, up in Boston. As a 127 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 3: matter of fact, bringing that back to the DJ stuff, 128 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,240 Speaker 3: you said you weren't a comedian yet. What made you 129 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 3: transition into the world of comedy from radio? And not 130 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 3: only that, did you need someone to affirm besides that 131 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 3: one person who laughed at you that first night you 132 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: went up at stand up, I mean that that's a 133 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 3: big deal to get up in front of an audience 134 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: and try to make them laugh. 135 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 2: Absolutely, And I was always afraid of public speaking, even 136 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 2: if I had it really do something high school of college, 137 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 2: I had to go out and talk. I was petrified 138 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 2: maybe I wouldn't even go to school that day. And 139 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: the DJ can hide behind the mic. And I was 140 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 2: also a DJ, like in a rock club and I 141 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 2: have my own DJ business or a DJ weddings. So 142 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 2: but you weren't really out of me. There was really 143 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: hardly any public speaking with that. But then when I 144 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,599 Speaker 2: was on the radio and they were like, no, you 145 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: got thirty seconds to get to the next song. Don't 146 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,679 Speaker 2: even crack a joke. People don't want to hear jokes, 147 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 2: and I'm like, I got to be creative somehow. So 148 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 2: I started writing stuff down, like topical stuff, and I go, 149 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,480 Speaker 2: I should go up on stage and do this stuff. 150 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 2: And then the radio stuff was too too many restrictions. 151 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: You know. I went from playing heavy metal at night 152 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,359 Speaker 2: till like it was an AO AO R station. 153 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: I guess adult oriented rock. 154 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was like I was playing like, you know, 155 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 2: Still Collins solo stuff. I'm like, I don't want to 156 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 2: play this. 157 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 1: Stuff, especially if you're a big and heavy metal. 158 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 3: I was also a rock chick in the eighties as well, 159 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 3: so I totally I think we've loved all the same bands. 160 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 3: In fact, I read that when you were doing this 161 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 3: early comedy you were opening up for heavy metal bands. 162 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: What was that like, because you're opening up for Slayer 163 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 3: in front of an audience that's there to see a 164 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 3: rock show. 165 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, well that was later on. Yeah, it was when 166 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 2: that metal show was on. 167 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: The air, So oh, okay, that makes sense. 168 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was later on, but it was. It was Slayer, Megadeth, 169 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: an Anthrax. I was doing arena is opening for them. 170 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: Wow. 171 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: So I had to do like three five minute sets 172 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 2: between each bands. Because the Jegermeister hired me. It was 173 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 2: like a Jaegermeister tour. So I promote Jega Meister and 174 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 2: then I do jokes. But I had to do three 175 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: different sets. 176 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: In front of an arena arena. 177 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: Arena, that's yeah, I know. And I was like, man, 178 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: I go, you know, and I want to do it 179 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: as a challenge, you know, because I was like, I 180 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 2: see if I could pull this off. But it was 181 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,119 Speaker 2: crazy because at the first set, you know, it's hardly 182 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 2: anybody in the venue. So it was great. You know, 183 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: there's probably a couple of thousand, and they listen the 184 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 2: second set, They're like okay, all right, and then by 185 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 2: the third set, by the time Slayer's coming on, they 186 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 2: don't want any party. You're all right enough, dude. You 187 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 2: know you know when you go to a show now, 188 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 2: you go to a concert and the local DJ goes 189 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 2: on stage and does all these announcements. Yeah, you know. 190 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 2: I was always a drunk guy or a high guy 191 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 2: in an audience. Go shut up already, come on, we're 192 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: going to miss a song. We don't care. So I 193 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 2: know I'm that guy in the audience going, man, they 194 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 2: don't want to hear this stuff. 195 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 3: No, I totally agree with you. You're always showing up like, Okay, 196 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 3: who has number twenty six under their seat? You won 197 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 3: the prize in the raffle before you came in the show, 198 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 3: and no one's listening at. 199 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 2: All, nobody, And by the time Slayer was on, they 200 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 2: were just chant Slayers, Layer Slay or over my set, 201 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 2: And I said, listen, I got to do five minutes here, 202 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 2: so Flayer's not coming on for another ten minutes. I'm 203 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 2: not wasting any of their time. I'm not taking away 204 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 2: a song by me being up here. So I don't 205 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 2: want you to think that. So if you don't like it, 206 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: go to the bathroom, go get a beer. I got 207 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 2: five minutes and do some quick jokes and I'm getting 208 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 2: out of here too bad. So I tried to do 209 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 2: it like that and it was tough, you know, but 210 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:56,079 Speaker 2: I did it for a month. But I just I 211 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 2: wanted to challenge myself with that. 212 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 3: That's pretty cool. I mean, that's quite a big challenge. Now, 213 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 3: going back to your radio career, prank calls led to 214 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 3: appearances on The Howard Stern Show, and eventually that show 215 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 3: I mentioned up front, Crank Anchors that was on Comedy Central, right. 216 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it was on Comedy Central. Yeah. 217 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 3: Can you share some memorable experiences from that time? Just 218 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 3: as a radio brethren here, we used to do something 219 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 3: called Nutcrackers with one of my favorite radio hosts of 220 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,199 Speaker 3: all time, John Lander, up in Boston years. 221 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: Ago, and we got in a lot of trouble. 222 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 3: So I can only imagine the stories that you have 223 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 3: to tell about phony phone calls. 224 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, well, you know, I originally started doing it. I 225 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 2: was messing with telemarketers. They would call my house and 226 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 2: I would just see how long I could keep them 227 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 2: on the phone because I was you know, I didn't 228 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: have a day job. I was just working at night 229 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 2: doing comedy, so I didn't have to go to work 230 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: till like eight o'clock at night. So I'm like, let 231 00:09:47,400 --> 00:09:49,559 Speaker 2: me just see how long and keep them on. And 232 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 2: then I started recording them and I put I just 233 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 2: made up a CD of them, like I produced to myself. 234 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 2: I brought it to a local place I made up. 235 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 2: I just figured I'd get my name out there with 236 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 2: some prank calls after a show, I can hand them 237 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 2: out or sell them. And then I gave it to 238 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 2: the Howard Stern show I knew to produce over there. 239 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: Gary Dellabate. He goes, all right, man, if it's funny, 240 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: well he'll play it. I'm like, yeah, right, whatever, he 241 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 2: ain't gonna play it, you know, he's just being nice. 242 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,079 Speaker 2: And the next day he started playing all the telemarketer calls. 243 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,679 Speaker 2: He's like, oh my god, this is amazing. And within 244 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 2: like a month, there's all of a sudden, there's a 245 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: show called Crank Anchors where they're looking for guys to 246 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 2: do prank calls, so they hurt Jimmy, Kimmeerlen and Corolla. 247 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 2: It was their show. They used to listen to Howard 248 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 2: starn Out in La. They heard the good calls, they 249 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 2: go they tracked me down, like we've got this guy 250 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: on the show. So it was crazy, like it all 251 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 2: happened within like a month. 252 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 3: Isn't it amazing how that all comes full circle now 253 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 3: that we could never do that again. No, because you 254 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 3: have to let people know that you're about to brank them. 255 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 2: Well, it depends on the radio, yes you have to, 256 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 2: but not in real life. We first of all, it's 257 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:54,920 Speaker 2: got to be like a one party consent state. So 258 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,359 Speaker 2: as long as one person there to record in the conversation, 259 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 2: you could do it. So we went to Nevada and 260 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: they were already would do them in California, New York. 261 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 2: That's what we record because we knew they were recording them. 262 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 2: But with a prank call and outgoing, you have to 263 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 2: get permission afterwards to air to call, so someone has 264 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 2: to call back. Hey, you would just prank you. People 265 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:16,959 Speaker 2: will get mad. No, I'm not doing that, Like, come on, 266 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: we'll call you back in a couple of days, let's 267 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: think about it, and then they would probably most of 268 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 2: the time they would sign off on the release. 269 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: They were amazing. I had I had CDs. I listened 270 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 3: to them relentlessly. They were just so fun. Do you 271 00:11:30,720 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 3: I mean, did you ever get in trouble? 272 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 2: Yeah? 273 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: I mean, can you give us one experience? Experience? 274 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 2: And so one it was a you know, the telemarketer stuff. 275 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 2: This woman called me trying to sell me a credit 276 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 2: card or she wanted to transfer some money into my 277 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 2: I forget what it was, but it was some kind 278 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 2: of scam. But she had my address right in front 279 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 2: of me. So she's like, maybe you know you need 280 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 2: some money, you know, maybe something. I go, yeah, I go, 281 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 2: I just hit this old lady in my car and 282 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 2: I got to pay her medical bills. They just make 283 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,080 Speaker 2: up stuff. And then I'm going through all this stuff. 284 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 2: I go, I just visited the hospital and you know 285 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 2: this and that. And then finally she's like, okay, so 286 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 2: give me a bank account number, so I a transfer 287 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 2: of money. So now I have to get out of 288 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 2: the call. I I'm not giving me. So I just go, 289 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 2: I just blurted, I go, you know, I'm just going 290 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,480 Speaker 2: to go to the hospital where she said. I'm going 291 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 2: to go some other with a pillow and put her 292 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 2: out of her misery and then call me back in 293 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,719 Speaker 2: like an hour. And she's like, oh, my god, I'm 294 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:29,200 Speaker 2: going to go, yeah, call me back in an hour 295 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 2: because I had to get at him not giving away. 296 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 2: So next thing I know, a half hour later, I 297 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 2: got two detectives at my door because she had my 298 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: address in front of me. So she thought that something 299 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 2: that she believed. Yes, so she called the local police 300 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 2: in my town and they go, you know, you've made 301 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 2: a prank call. You're pretending you're going to go down 302 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 2: to the hospital. A yeah, I go, look, it's just 303 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 2: a joke. I showed him. I go, look, I have 304 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 2: a recorder off to my phone. I got work on 305 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: this show called Crank Anchors. I go, we just made 306 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 2: prank calls. And they're just staring at me. I'm going 307 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 2: to go give me your ID, and I look at 308 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 2: go at the because you're thirty seven years old, that's 309 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 2: what you do all day. Like they were scolding me. 310 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 2: I'm like, yeah, I'm sorry. 311 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: Will Juvenile. I love it. 312 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: That's pretty scary stuff, though, when you think about it, 313 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 3: you know, you're just trying to entertain people, and then 314 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 3: you realize, oh, I've kind of crossed the line here. 315 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 2: Well I crossed it way more about three weeks later. 316 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: If you want to hear that story. 317 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, please bring it. 318 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 2: So they just said, hey, listen, we can do the pranks, 319 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 2: just don't threaten anyone. We don't want to come back 320 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 2: here to your house. I go, yeah, I promise, and 321 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: I realized I go yeah. I probably went over the 322 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 2: line with that cut to a few weeks later. I 323 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 2: don't know why I came up with that idea where 324 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: I had my friend over and when when the telemark 325 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 2: with a call, I pretend I've given my girlfriend a 326 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 2: home abortion. 327 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 1: Oh no, no. 328 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 2: I don't know. You know, you think that I wouldn't think, 329 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 2: and that we had a vacuum going on, and she's 330 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,080 Speaker 2: screaming in the background. I know it's horrible. I'm going 331 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 2: to hell for it. So the woman's like, what's going on? 332 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 2: Told I go, my friends, just give my girlfriend a 333 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 2: home abortion. I'm just trying to save a few dollars, so. 334 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: Just keep going. 335 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 2: Don't worry about it. I know that a loud, but 336 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 2: it'll be all right. She got She was on the 337 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: punt for like three minutes. I was horrified and hung up. 338 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: Oh my god. 339 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 2: So we started laughing about it. My girlfriend's like, you're 340 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 2: going to hell, Like I go, yeah, I know whatever. 341 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:14,640 Speaker 2: So I leave the house. We go get coffee or 342 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 2: something like that. I come back like a half hour later. 343 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 2: My door is busted in, broken down. The cops came 344 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: to my house because she had my address too. They 345 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 2: thought someone was upstairs in my apartment bleeding, so they 346 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 2: kicked the door down, kick the door in, They go 347 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 2: upstairs and see. So I come back. All my neighbors 348 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 2: are out and outside in the street, but in front 349 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: of my house. I go, what's going on? They go 350 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 2: to cops were here, ems ambulance. I go for what? 351 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 2: I go, I don't know. They came because of some 352 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 2: prank call or something. I'm like, oh, man, yeah, so yeah, 353 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 2: I know. 354 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 1: Did you get arrested? 355 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 2: No, I went there. I made the mistake of going 356 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 2: down the police states. I wanted to tell them, and 357 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 2: it was the same two cops. When I walked in, 358 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 2: they go, what is wrong with you? I go, look, man, 359 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: They go, we just told you. I go, I know, 360 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 2: I wasn't thinking. He goes, So they had like ambulance, 361 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 2: MS workers, cops. They spread down there because they didn't know. 362 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: Wow, And I got to take. 363 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 2: Up a disorderly conduct and I had to go to court. 364 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 2: And I got fined and the judge yelled at me 365 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,200 Speaker 2: in front of everybody. It was a packed courtroom. I 366 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 2: remember that. He goes, you did a prank call where 367 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 2: you pretended you were giving your girlfriend a home abortion. 368 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 2: You had a vacuum going on our background, and you 369 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 2: thought that's funny. And you work for Comedy Central. Is 370 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: that where they pass off as funny? Yeah? I don't 371 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 2: know what I was thinking. I'm biting and I lived 372 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: because I wanted to laugh like a child. 373 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: I was going to say, how did you not laugh the. 374 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 2: Whole because you know front and the judges scolded and 375 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 2: the whole courtroom is packed just here people going oh like, 376 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 2: what a what a jerk? What an evil guy? Like that? 377 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 2: I'm like, what it refined me is like, don't ever 378 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 2: do it again. I had and I had to do 379 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 2: like the walk of shame through the whole court, like 380 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 2: walk right through the aisland. Were just staring at me 381 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 2: like they want to stone me to death. 382 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 3: You did a purp walk and your girlfriend says, you're 383 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 3: going to help, but she participated. 384 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 2: She participated it so funny. 385 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 3: We never got close to that, but we did do 386 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 3: one where someone was dumpster diving for his kids science 387 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 3: project and they had to back up the truck and 388 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 3: he was stuck in there and he called, I'm going 389 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 3: to get dumped, and then the cops were calling from Florida. 390 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 3: Wait thing, We're looking at all the dumpsters to find 391 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 3: where the person was dumped. But the sound effects we 392 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 3: were playing it was nobody was dumped. So I feel 393 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,520 Speaker 3: your pain on that too, But super super fun stuff. 394 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 4: We'll be right back with more of the Comedy Saved 395 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:40,119 Speaker 4: Me Podcast. Welcome back to the Comedy Saved Me Podcast. 396 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 3: Do you think that comedy serves as a therapeutic outlet, 397 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 3: you know, for both the comedians and the audiences that 398 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 3: they're performing to. 399 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 2: I think so. A lot of people tell me after 400 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 2: our show, thanks, I appreciate it. It was a great show. 401 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: I needed this. I got some stuff going on in 402 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 2: my life. I just needed to come out and laugh. 403 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 2: You know. People that are you know, got to you know, 404 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 2: it was sick. You know, people that a lot of 405 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 2: cancer patients, you know, come out like I just need 406 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 2: to get out of the house and laugh for an 407 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 2: hour and a half forget all whatever's going on. So 408 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 2: I really think it is and for a comic for 409 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,880 Speaker 2: me to make the people laugh too. It's a it's 410 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 2: a great a general rush, you know, it really is, 411 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 2: you know, and I love that too, just making people 412 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 2: making people laugh. 413 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,880 Speaker 3: I was going to ask you that question right after, 414 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 3: but but but following it up, when you walk out 415 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 3: on a stage, do you feel that comedians are in 416 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 3: way empathic and paths because you know, you sort of 417 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,640 Speaker 3: vibe off the audience. Can you tell if you've got 418 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 3: to change the audience's mind or if they're going to 419 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 3: be a receptive right away. 420 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: Can you feel that in the audience. 421 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, one good thing about comedy is you can't 422 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 2: mail it in because every set is different, every night 423 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 2: is different. You could do I could do a show 424 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: at eight o'clock and they're amazing. I could have filmed 425 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 2: it for a Netflix special, and then the next show 426 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 2: an hour and a half later, they're staring at me 427 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 2: with the same exact jokes. So you always so I 428 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 2: love that about it, where I just can't go okay, 429 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 2: I'm just going to go up there. I get this 430 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,920 Speaker 2: is easy. It's never easy, and I love that because 431 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,680 Speaker 2: sometimes you have to figure it out. All of a 432 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 2: sudden it's not working, so you have to feel the Okay, 433 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,479 Speaker 2: this crowd's really not going for this kind of material, 434 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 2: so let me switch it up. You're always thinking up there, 435 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 2: which I like, you're almost like a quarterback at the 436 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 2: line before the play calls. You're looking okay, maybe I 437 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,399 Speaker 2: have to change the play here and stuff. So I 438 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 2: love that about it. Sometimes you just don't connect with 439 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 2: the audience. They're just not buying it. They're not into it, 440 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 2: and there's nothing you could do. You could try, but so, 441 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 2: you know, so you have those sites. I just chalk 442 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 2: it up as a bad day of work. Everyone has 443 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 2: a bad day of work, so for me, that was 444 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 2: a bad day of work. 445 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: Well, speaking of that, when you have a bad day, 446 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: who makes you laugh? 447 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think if I'm having a down thet I'm 448 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 2: necessarily have to put on comedy. Maybe I'll just I'll 449 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:59,439 Speaker 2: just watch something that's dumb, like a Netflix here just 450 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 2: his own out, mindless, mindless. Or I'll watch sports, just mindless, 451 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 2: because sports is really mindless, especially if you're not really 452 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 2: cheering for the other team, or like watch Sports Center, 453 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 2: like sports Highlights or something like that, just something really dumb. 454 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 2: I always had it for years. I had to go 455 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 2: to bed I had to have the TV on. I 456 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 2: just for some reason, I couldn't sleep without it. And 457 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 2: I'd always put like Sports Center on because it's just 458 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 2: dumb sports highlights where I don't get into. I can't 459 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 2: watch a movie. I'm like, oh my god, what's going 460 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 2: to happen next. I still have that adrenaline stuff. So 461 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 2: I just the dumbest the better. So if I'm going 462 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:36,640 Speaker 2: through a bad day, not necessarily comedy, but I'll put 463 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 2: on some kind of series and watch that's cool. 464 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 3: Well, what would you say would be the defining moments 465 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 3: for your career, both both positive and negative and how 466 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 3: have they shaped you today as a comedian. 467 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 2: Well, just Howard Stern discovered me through those brank calls 468 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 2: and then have me on the show. Yeah, you know this, 469 00:19:54,720 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 2: it's like two thousand and one, Jack joke Man Martling. 470 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 2: He was one of the sidekicks on the show. He 471 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 2: left the show and they had an open share now 472 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 2: for and then he started having all these young and 473 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 2: unknown comics come in and sitting on the show, and 474 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 2: it was just perfect timing with all of that. And 475 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 2: I was one of those guys. I would sit in 476 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 2: and he would have me on the show. As a regular. 477 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 2: This is when he was on regular radio. He had 478 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 2: twenty million people listening. You know, I was doing all 479 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 2: the clubs, no one really knew who I was. And 480 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 2: then all of a sudden, he say, Jim's going to 481 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 2: be in Pittsburgh at the Improv this weekend. I would 482 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 2: sell out five shows automatically just from him with that 483 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: one plug, just like that, So that took my career off. 484 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,679 Speaker 2: Then I got the crank anchors from being on Stern 485 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 2: and everything else helped through that show because it was 486 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 2: so big and massive at that time. 487 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: Are you addicted to making people laugh or the good 488 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: that it creates? Would you say? 489 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 2: I don't? You know? It's weird with comics. You know, 490 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,440 Speaker 2: usually the guy that tries to be the life of 491 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 2: a party, he's a terrible comedian. The guy who sits 492 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 2: back and is kind of starcastic and quiet doesn't need to, 493 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 2: you know, have the whole room, you know, the attention 494 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 2: putt the lampshater's head. That guy, that guy's not going 495 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 2: to be funny. But the other but the other comics 496 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 2: just sit back and observe and watch. That's how they 497 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,720 Speaker 2: come up with their stuff. So I don't need to 498 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 2: be funny all the time. Uh, sometimes I do, you know, 499 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 2: like I coach my kids wreck basketball team, and you know, 500 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,360 Speaker 2: all the guys that he's like, I don't crack any 501 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 2: of your inappropriate SUPs, saying, oh no, I'm not. And 502 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 2: when I have his parent teacher meeting, I go, I'm 503 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 2: not going to do that. I know when I have to. 504 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 2: And well, I remember, one of the moms goes, I 505 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 2: never knew you were comedian because it's never really that funny. Yeah, 506 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 2: because I go, yeah, because I'm hanging out, we're watching 507 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 2: our kids, you know, play basketball. We're talking about this 508 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 2: the referee and that shot or whatever. I go, I 509 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 2: don't need to command the whole room here. When I'm 510 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 2: on stage. That's the only time they need to do. 511 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: You think laughter is the best medicine. 512 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,639 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean it is for a lot of people. Yeah. Really, Uh, 513 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 2: you know, it gets people in a better mood. You know, absolutely, 514 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 2: it definitely does. And there's nothing like a live comedy 515 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 2: show because you never know what happens at a live show. 516 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 2: You can watch it on TV, it's not the same thing. 517 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 2: It's almost like watching a concert on TV. Yes, when 518 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 2: you're there, it's special and when you're in a people 519 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 2: come to show. Go this my first comedy show. I 520 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: used to watch it on TV. It was amazing just 521 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 2: being in the room because at tension with and you 522 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: saying that is picking on the crowd and working the 523 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: crowd and this guy and not I go, yeah, because 524 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 2: you never know on a live show what's going to happen. 525 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 3: Why do you think comedians are what? I've interviewed quite 526 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,200 Speaker 3: a few in my lifetime, and I've noticed the one 527 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 3: thing that always surprises me is how down to earth 528 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 3: all comedians are. Do you think it's the line of 529 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 3: work or do you think it's how hard you work 530 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 3: versus you know, actors, musicians. It seems like comedians are 531 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,640 Speaker 3: the hardest working people in show business. 532 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, And you know, I guess maybe if you get 533 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 2: to a certain point, your ego gets in the way. 534 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 2: But we just know, like we're just every day we 535 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 2: think that this at some point we're not going to 536 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 2: have a career anymore. Something's going to happen. So we 537 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 2: always had that fear, I do, you know, and I 538 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 2: think a lot of comics do so. And we're not flashy, 539 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 2: you know, actors, that's a whole other thing with the 540 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 2: ego and the narcissism and stuff like that. I mean, 541 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 2: I guess some of the comics, but you know general, 542 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 2: we're just happy that we're making a live and we're 543 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: making people laugh, and we get we're our own boss, 544 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 2: which is huge. We could we could dress the way 545 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 2: we want, say whatever we want, and we don't have 546 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 2: a boss to listen to. 547 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: Pretty awesome. 548 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 3: This is one of those questions that I just always 549 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 3: love to hear the answer to, if you had your choice, 550 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,520 Speaker 3: living or dead, who would you love to headline with, 551 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 3: and what would that show be or look like if 552 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 3: you could perform with anyone. 553 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:51,239 Speaker 2: Rodney Dangerfield he never gets like his catchphrase, he never 554 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 2: gets respect. Yet like a lot of people don't say 555 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,880 Speaker 2: he was an influence on him, Like when they talk 556 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 2: about comedy communiz I was a Richard pryor George Carlin, 557 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: Reddy Murphy. They never put Rodney in there. To me, 558 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 2: Rodney was a huge influence. 559 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 1: It's amazing. 560 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 2: You know. I just love to set up punch, set 561 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 2: up quick quick one liners. I love that, just self deprecating, 562 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: and I would have you know, I met him a 563 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 2: couple of times. Obviously I never did a show with them. 564 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 2: But I would have loved to do to do shows 565 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 2: with Rodney. 566 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: I would have loved to have seen that and. 567 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 2: Just watch him and watch him every night, Like if 568 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 2: I was on tour with them and just watch him 569 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 2: every night. It would be amazing. 570 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 3: Do you do you find that people come up to 571 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 3: you and say, hey, Jim, meet my friend so and SOO. 572 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 3: Go ahead, be funny, say something funny. Yeah, how does 573 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 3: that work? 574 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 2: I just I'm like, look, man, I'm not at work. 575 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 3: And then they laughed because you're sarcastic when you're funny, too. 576 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 2: Right, I just go, I go. You know, I guess 577 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 2: it's not I hate when people do this. When I 578 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 2: have like family members or people that know me, Hey, 579 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 2: you know, introducing me to strange people. Hey, and he's 580 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 2: a comedian. I'm like, you don't have to say that. 581 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 2: I go, please, I go. I didn't say, hey, he's 582 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 2: he does construction when I introduced you, Hey, he's a 583 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 2: law here, you know, so why you don't I leave 584 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 2: that out? 585 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 1: That's a good way to do it. That's that's pretty cool. 586 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 2: That's creative, right, because what then what happens is oh, 587 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 2: really a comedian? Oh you know so, uh, you know, 588 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 2: you write your own jokes? Where do you perform? Just 589 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 2: a million dumb questions? And it's like, I'm not at work, right, 590 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 2: I don't want to answer these. When I'm at a party. 591 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 2: Where do you get your material from? I go, I 592 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 2: get it from you because you bother me and you'll 593 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 2: be in. 594 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: My act tune in tomorrow. 595 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 2: Well I could see, I could. I'm sure. Like a 596 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,640 Speaker 2: doctor goes to a party, I'm sure he's like, hey, doc, 597 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 2: oh you're a doctor. I got a lump right here? 598 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 2: Is this anything to worry about? 599 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: Does this looking affected? 600 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 2: Right? Or is this the root canal? You think I'm 601 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,199 Speaker 2: missing a cap here? You know? So I guess they 602 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 2: get that too. But it's so I always tell people 603 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 2: if I'm in a plane, they go, what do you 604 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 2: do for a living? Because you tell me you're a comic. 605 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 2: You're talking that person for two hours, right, right? So 606 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 2: I just go, Yeah, I do landscaping. So there's no 607 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 2: they're not going to ask anything about landscape. And yeah, 608 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 2: I cut lawns, I mow lawns, and I do landscape, 609 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 2: and no one's going to go, really, what kind of 610 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: mower do you have? 611 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: That's great? I never even thought of that. 612 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 3: When anyone asked me, I would always say I sell shoes. 613 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,880 Speaker 3: That's a good one too, because no one cares about 614 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 3: that either. 615 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 2: No one's going to be like, really, what kind of shoes? 616 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 2: I just work at a store or whatever the shoes 617 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 2: they want with the landscape, and nobody's ever going to 618 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 2: I don't even say I own the business, because then 619 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 2: they go, you own the business? How does that work? 620 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 2: I go, No, I just work for a guy. 621 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, even better. What is my last question for you? 622 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: What I mean? 623 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 3: You've done it really all movies, television voiceovers. 624 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: You're a comedian. 625 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 3: What does it feel like when you really connect with 626 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 3: an audience or even just a one on one, when 627 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 3: when you've really made somebody's day and you can really 628 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,360 Speaker 3: tell that they're having a great day because of your comedy. 629 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: How does that feel to you? 630 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 2: It's amazing, It's the best feeling in the world. It's 631 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 2: like it's equivalent to having an orgasm. Really yeah, that 632 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,640 Speaker 2: you can connect with a crowd and they like you. 633 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 2: And then also if like new jokes work, Like if 634 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 2: you have new material, you just can't wait to get 635 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 2: on stage and do it. And if it works, it's 636 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 2: an unbelievable feeling. And any comic will tell you the 637 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 2: same thing, like, oh my god, I can't believe because 638 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 2: you could come up with ten ideas, ten jokes, and 639 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,199 Speaker 2: maybe four you are going to work six I'm just 640 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 2: not going to work. You have to try them in 641 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: front of that crab. But once they do work, it's 642 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:33,359 Speaker 2: it's unbelievable. It's the best feeling in the world. 643 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 1: I told you that was the last question, but I 644 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: had one more. Is that? Okay? 645 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 2: That's right? All right? Yeah? Sure? 646 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 3: Upcoming projects and themes that inspire you right now? Personally, 647 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 3: how do you see yourself moving forward from here? 648 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 2: You know, I don't you know. I think as a 649 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 2: comic you could just keep working until you know. There's 650 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: no set age. So I'm just going to keep doing 651 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 2: it until I feel like I don't want to do 652 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 2: it anymore. But you know, you don't have to retire 653 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 2: at certain age or any of that stuff. So I 654 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 2: still love doing it. Who knows at some point. But 655 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,679 Speaker 2: you know, my sons now he's fourteen, so he'll come 656 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 2: to a lot of my shows. He's getting into comedy, 657 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 2: just not on stage, but watching. He loves all the 658 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,679 Speaker 2: comics and stuff. He loves being at the shows and 659 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 2: all lot. So it's good that he could see that. 660 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: That must make you feel so proud. 661 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 2: It's great, yeah, that he's like, oh man, next time 662 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 2: you go to Austin, I want to go to Joe 663 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 2: Rogan's club with you. I go, yeah, no problem, you know, 664 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 2: stuff like that. So it's great that I could show 665 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 2: him that. You know so, but yeah, just could you know, 666 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 2: continue doing a stand up. That's one thing. It doesn't 667 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 2: matter how old you get, what you look like, you 668 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 2: can always still be funny. You can make fun of 669 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 2: the way you look, how old you are, whatever it is. 670 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 2: And as long as you can connect with an audience, 671 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 2: you could do it forever. 672 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 3: And he's laughing at yourself. Pretty much the price of admission. 673 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:50,920 Speaker 3: You have to be able to laugh at yourself. 674 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,440 Speaker 2: Absolutely. Yeah, Like if someone comes back with something funny 675 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 2: in the crowd, Like if you're picking on and the 676 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 2: guy says, I'm back there, that's a good way you 677 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 2: got me. You know, I get it, you know, so yeah, 678 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 2: you got to laugh for yourself too. A lot of 679 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 2: comedians are sensitive too, you know, they don't like to 680 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 2: get critiqued. But that's just the way it is, you don't, 681 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,760 Speaker 2: you know, I don't worry about that. Like if people 682 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 2: don't like my stuff, I understand it. You're not gonna 683 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 2: appeel everybody. As soon as you try to appeal to everyone, 684 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 2: you're just you're never gonna make it. You're just gonna 685 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 2: be middle of the road trying to make everybody happy. 686 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 2: Just everyone's not going to get your comedy no matter 687 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 2: what kind of comedy you do. And don't take a 688 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 2: personally of four to ten people don't get it. Just 689 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 2: focus on the sixth that do. That's the way I 690 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 2: always looked at it. 691 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 3: Great advice, really, and uh, great advice for anyone doing 692 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 3: anything in general, really, not just comedy right. 693 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 2: Right, and even bands, you know, if you know, of 694 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 2: course some people aren't gonna like that music, so they're 695 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: not going to get it. Like people always ask me, 696 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 2: you know, but what do you think about these new bands? 697 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 2: You know? Or even like a tail of Swift? They go, 698 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 2: I'm not supposed to like that, so I can't you 699 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 2: know what I mean, that's not even on my radar. 700 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 2: I'm not a teenage girl, so I'm not gonna you know, 701 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 2: or even like Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl half 702 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 2: time show. I go, I'm not supposed to like that. 703 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 2: So my kid understands that and likes that side of stuff, 704 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 2: so I can't trash it because it's not for me. 705 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: That makes sense. That makes sense. 706 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 3: Well, it's been such a pleasure getting to catch up 707 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 3: with you and talk with you. And where can people 708 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 3: find your latest travel so that they can catch you 709 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 3: besides television where you're going to be performing. 710 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: Do you have a website? 711 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I got a website, Jim Florentine dot com. On 712 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 2: my tour dates are on there. My latest comedy special 713 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 2: is you Can't Please Them All. It's on Amazon Prime. 714 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 2: You can see it up there. 715 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,320 Speaker 3: Jim Florentine, thank you for giving us all your healing 716 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 3: gift of comedy. It was again great chatting with you, 717 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 3: and I hope that I get to see you again 718 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 3: soon and I'm sure I'm going to see you on 719 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 3: TV very soon. 720 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:49,840 Speaker 2: I appreciate that, mane. Yeah,