WEBVTT - Inappropriate Earl 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:05.400 Kaboo. If you've thought more hours a day, minutes a 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.200 week was enough, think again. He's the last remnants of 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:12.879 the old republic, a sole fashion of fairness. He treats 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:15.760 crackheads in the ghetto cutter the same as the rich 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:20.160 pill poppers in the penthouse, to clearinghouse of hot takes, 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:24.040 break free for something special. The Fifth Hour with Ben 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:28.120 Maller starts right now that it does. We are in 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:32.760 the air everywhere, kicking off the weekend, and we thank 0:00:32.800 --> 0:00:36.720 you for finding the Fifth Hour podcast, a spinoff of 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:41.199 the Overnight radio show at Fox, but only available in 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:44.360 the podcast world wherever you get your podcasts, and we 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:48.120 thank you for finding us and supporting the podcast. Five 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:53.559 stars five stars on the podcast as David gascon is 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:58.640 with me for another weekend here of Shenanigans, and it's 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:03.920 our Friday conversation podcast, gas Khan where we bring somebody 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:08.920 in and just shoot the crapolda and have a good time. Now, 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:10.959 I forgot to ask you this, since everything has passed 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:13.640 with the draft, with the schedule being released, and obviously 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.280 the regular season in playoffs being done with, do you 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:19.520 think ratings will continue to climb on this podcast or 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:21.520 do you think they will plumb it because the NFL 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:27.920 is king so that you're saying, like the summertime, it's 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.520 usually the next couple of months are when your favorite 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:34.520 sports radio personalities normally, uh, get out of towns, get 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.960 out a lot of town because you know, the generally 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.440 the month of June, in particular Jen is a pretty 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:44.640 bad month for for listenership. And plus people are doing 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:45.960 stuff in this summer, and I think we'll do okay. 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:49.760 I think we have a solid, solid enough base of 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:53.240 people that have already subscribed to the podcast. But i'd 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.600 like to gross. I want to keep growing the numbers here. 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:58.520 What can we do? Maybe send us a message if 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:00.120 you if there's something that we can do that you 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:04.640 think would enhance the downloads. We've had some that have number. 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:06.800 We had that Tim Donnie he interview did very well. 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.399 Good people love when we talked to criminals. I can't 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:13.360 get enough of that. So there's some of that stuff. 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.200 But this week, let's get right into it. I don't 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.000 want any small talk here, I guess because we are 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:22.960 going to the comedy club is what we're doing right now. Yeah, 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:27.240 we're going to Earl's Cage. A long time comedian in 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.720 l A and he's a he does voice over work, 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:34.640 he's a cartoon character in the Jellies. He's guy's own podcast, 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:38.840 The Inappropriate Earl, and he loves stand up comedy. He 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.280 was in the bench Warmers, right, wasn't in the bench Warmers, 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:45.240 that iconic sports movie from back in the day. And 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:48.880 he's done a bunch of stuff. So I'm excited. Did 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.000 we have we had a comedian on I We've had 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:53.160 people pretend to be comedians, but have we had an 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.760 actual comedian's been on the consider Pat O'Brien or Letting 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:01.160 dixter comedians p o b Yeah, yeah, Well the fact 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:02.760 that p ob said I could state it is a 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:07.000 penthouse apartment in Manhattan, when I know there's no way 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:11.280 I'm staying at Pat O'Brien's penthouse apartment. Man. Yes, that uh, 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:15.360 I think his comedy. But anyway, Earl is here and 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:18.160 excited to talk to her. I love comedy. I haven't 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:20.880 been to a comedy club in forever, but but let's 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.600 bring in in Earl. The comedy clubs are back open 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:27.240 here in California, finally they opened up recently there. You've 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:30.960 been doing stand up, You've been back at the club, 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:33.120 so at the comedy store. What's it been like? Give 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:37.280 me the skinny there, what's the vibe been like? It's 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.920 been heavenly because uh, you know, I did it for you. 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.800 I guess should say zoom or Instagram. Live comedy shows 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:50.120 during the pandemic and uh, nothing be It's during counchlines, 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.520 waiting for the fourth second lag to kick in, to 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:57.160 see if people think you're funny. So, uh, you know, 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.280 just nothing replaces live comedy. And uh, the other night 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.080 I was at the comedy store and you could literally 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.040 feel the love from the crowd, even though I'll assume 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.920 they didn't know who I was. And uh, it's just 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:15.200 just been awesome to be back and and see real people. Yeah, 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.520 what's what's the state of comedy? Though? Every every time 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.799 I flip on the internet, I see that some comedians 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.440 in trouble for this that or the the other thing, 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:26.600 or you know, you can't tell a joke about this, 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:30.320 and how difficult this is like a landmine field. They're 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.680 trying to do comedy these days, isn't it. Well, this 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.360 is all part of my master planned, then, is to 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:40.200 be the only comic who doesn't get canceled, So I'm 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:43.320 in it for the long game. Uh, but it is 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.160 a different era. Um. You know, I grew up with 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:52.920 Archie Bunker, you know, has uh comedy influence, not so 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.160 much for what he was saying, but for how he 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.560 said it and was likable. And of course we mentioned 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:02.240 my love of Jim Healey um, who was one of 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:05.960 my very first comedy influences in terms of his style. 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.599 So uh, you know, I think in regards to recent 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:15.600 events that have gotten certain people canceled, uh, you know, 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:20.760 it's just a different era. So if you're doing what 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:25.080 someone consider anti Asian jokes in the middle of stop 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:31.240 Asian hate, uh, month, they better be really really funny. Yeah. 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.039 I always thought comedy clubs were I hate to use 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.320 the term space safe space because I hate that. But 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.480 I always let you went in there and you you 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:40.600 know whatever, happy was just you're telling a joke, like 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:44.240 and if you're on stage, like, what's what's the big deal? Why? 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.400 I hate that that's changed that even when you you're 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.360 doing a set, because most you've been in comedy for 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.479 a long time. I think most comedians, you know, there's 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:53.960 some truth in it, but there's also a lot of 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:55.720 bull crap. You're trying to get a laugh, right, So 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:00.920 why why are people taking this stuff so serious? It's annoying. Oh, 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.560 it's horrible because we're all on edge in terms of 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.960 can I say this, Can I say that? Um? But 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.840 I think you've got to read the room. And you know, 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:16.120 it's like during some of the racial issues that we've 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.120 had this year, you know, either George Floyd or or 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:23.880 other incidents, that you can have racial humor, but it 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:26.920 better be really, really funny because that's going to be 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.400 the only thing that gives you even a little bit 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.640 of a pass. Uh. You know. It's like I was 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.480 telling them my fiance last night about the famous Chevy 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:42.760 Chase Richard fryor SNL sketch where you know, chevy Chase 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:48.160 said a pretty uh aggressive word on network television. But 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.440 at the end of the day, you know that sketch 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:55.680 was so funny that that saved him from you know, 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:59.920 retribution from sponsors and and people who would have called 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:04.400 amount if it wasn't funny. Yeah. I mean I have 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:06.320 seen like a bunch of the you know, the old 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.800 school comics guys have been around for forever, Like Billy 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.840 Crystal came out and made some comments about this. Uh. 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.760 I think Dave Chappelle did. Even recently, Jerry Seinfeld of 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:22.360 all talked about like the the state of of of comedy. Uh. 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.360 And I guess everything goes in in uh, you know, 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:27.720 ebbs and flows right around the life goes in ebbs 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.640 and flows. Will we ever get back to the you 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:32.720 mentioned Archie Bunker. I don't think we'll get back to 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.600 that period, but it seems so so extreme these days. 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.480 Hopefully it'll roll back, yes, I mean at some point 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.520 here and we can get some of that comedy back. 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.360 I mean, I don't know if it will ever go 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.320 back to the way like you said Archie Bunker was. 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:51.160 Some people may say that would be a step back, 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:53.840 but you know, I grew up with the Dean Martin 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:59.040 roast where you know, I think the difference between those 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.720 roast and may be some of the roast style humor 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.880 that goes on today is that, you know, Don Rickles 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:08.880 could look at uh, Sammy Davis or Nipsey Russell and 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:14.480 say something pretty racially insensitive, you know, looking back now, 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.560 But they loved each other, they were best friends, so 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:22.360 there was love behind the joke. Whereas now I think 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:24.800 some of the comics you get in trouble for what 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.440 they say. There's no love behind the joke. It's just 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.680 I want to say something shocking and hopefully enough of 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.439 the audience likes it where I don't get canceled. So, 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:36.360 you know, I think that's the you know, you look 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.640 at some of the Comedy Central roast. I thought that 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:43.720 Justin Bieber roast was funny because you had Hannibal Burrows 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.800 on it and who is the comic who really got 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:51.760 Bill Cosby thrown into the crosshairs? And he just looked 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.480 at Jessin Bieber and said something to the effect of, 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:57.640 I don't like your music. I'm just here because I 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:02.280 know it will help me. Uh. I think that what 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.920 made the Dean Martin Ross so great was they were 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.360 all friends and now it's just let me say something 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:13.760 shocking and hopefully it sticks. Yeah. Well, and also getting 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.000 a cloud on social media. You gotta get the uh, 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.880 the buzz going on social media, which isn't. But I 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.120 want to go back to Jim Healy because the tape 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:26.040 is a roll in here and Gascon is annoyed because 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.040 there's a bond. You know, when I run into someone 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.640 role that is a fellow Jim Healy fanatic from back 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.880 in the day, l a radio guy. For those around 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:36.719 the country that don't know who the hell Jim Healy was, 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.680 he did a show every day for half an hour 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:40.959 in l A and it was awesome. Was ahead of 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:44.040 his time. But I love that, or I mean, Jim, 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.079 to put in perspective, can you explain in your you 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.840 know you're you're very creative. Obviously, for those that don't 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.840 know who Jim Healy was, how would you describe Jim 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:56.360 Heally in just a couple of sentences. It's so hard 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:00.480 because I would say, Jim Healey, what's the one man 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:05.040 variety show he was? You know, if you ever listened 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:08.360 to the Matt Drudge radio show, he was very similar. 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:12.760 Where Jim Healy had hundreds of I like to call 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:17.000 moles and uh so he had he knew the bartender 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.800 at the Beller Hotel, he knew the valet at uh 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:23.040 you know Jimmy's and Beverly Hills, and so if uh, 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.520 I'm just gonna say Steve Garvey, Let's say Steve Garvey 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:30.480 was out with a woman who wasn't named Cindy Garvey. 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.920 His wife. Jim would do a report on it, like 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:38.120 kind of a Walter Wincheld type news report with sound clips, 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.199 or you know, the probably the most famous clip he 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:45.959 has when uh I forget the sports reporters named Paul Paul. 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.160 Yeah he's he's a p a guy at Yankee Stadium. Now, Pa, 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.760 he had you know, Dave Kingman had just hit three 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:59.319 home runs, drove in nine r v U and uh, 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:01.839 I think we all know Tommy lets sorta when the 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:06.040 Dodgers loss wasn't in the best of moods, and Paul 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:10.120 Holden asked the most simple question, in the most understated way, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:13.920 what's your opinion of Kingman's performance? And for the next 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:18.599 seven minutes, Tommy Lets Sorta gave his opinion of It 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:22.199 couldn't be aired on radio because it was beeped and 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:27.400 Jim Healey would beep it just enough so you could 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:31.800 understand what words Tommy was saying. And it was just 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:34.439 he was a one man show. And I don't think 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:36.920 a lot of people realized that he wrote it. He 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.079 you know, directed what, when, what, clips would go where, 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:44.600 and us just a brilliant comedy mind. So that's why 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.720 a lot of people don't understand he was a comedy 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:50.040 influence on me versus say a stand up. He was 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:55.640 just you know, it's been passed, I think, and uhty 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.040 has never been the same for me. And six o'clock 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.680 when we all would hear the dread at six o'clock tone, 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:04.160 the dress right, the dreaded six o'clock tone, and I 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.480 he was an influence on me too. So I mean 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.920 we're you know, close to the same age, and I, uh, 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:11.720 I have fond memories. Uh you know, I was telling 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:13.959 you off before we started rolling on this, like when 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.440 when I started going to dodgery games and stuff. When 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.199 I got in the media, I was a young guy. 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.440 I was like nineteen and I had listened to Heally 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.560 and I saw all these people that Healy would goof 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.480 on like you know, do updates on the freeloading and stuff, 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:30.240 and I laugh my my ass off. But yeah, he 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:32.199 knew everyone here. That's a great point about how you 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.120 know that the people behind the scenes, and that was 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.240 in the days, it was a stone age before social media. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.880 It's also the technical stuff on how to play all 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.720 the sound bites that he did his own, his own 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.240 sound bites, and he didn't have all the computers and 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.240 stuff that we have to today. So it wasn't much 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:53.839 uh much much different time, and it's really hard to 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:58.000 recreate that. And I try to give tribute sometimes late 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.000 at night, or I'll try to give tribute to Jim Heally, 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:01.920 but you can't. I mean, that's such a unique show. 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.720 You can't. Really the sequel will not be the equal, 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.640 you know what I'm saying. I mean, And that's why 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.320 I was a fan of yours because when I first 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.559 started listening to you on Sunday nights, you know, after Drudge, 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:15.840 I was like, I know this guy was a Healy 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:19.400 fan because it was you weren't copying him, but it 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:22.080 was definitely a tribute, much like you know, a lot 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:25.320 of people when they hear my comedy, you know, they're 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.240 comparing me to Robert Schimmel or Stephen Wright, and I'm 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.800 not copying them. I just was influenced by them. And 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:35.800 he was just such a creative mind and so funny 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:39.040 to me that his dry sense of humor and just 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:42.120 the work you knew he put in of calling every 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:46.199 source he had before show, and and his out and 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:50.319 out hatred of uh. Tommy was sort of the guy 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:54.719 from San Diego Lee heck saw Hamilton's I mean he 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:57.480 would be raped these guys out in the open. And 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.319 I like that kind of honesty, Like I don't know 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:04.160 if you have enemies Ben in radio, but uh, you know, 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:06.240 if you do, you don't really let it be known. 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:11.400 He did. So I like that kind of aggressive humor 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:18.040 of naming names instead of hiding behind anonymous zingers. Be 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.600 sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:24.000 weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Be sure 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.760 to catch live editions of The Ben Maller Show weekdays 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:30.320 at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on Fox Sports 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.440 Radio and the I Heart Radio app Earl this, this 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.240 day has gotten off to a bad start. Um, I 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.080 need to correct some things on this podcast. No, no, no, 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:44.200 you don't need to correct anything. Just well, this is great. Now, 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:47.040 this is a wonderful Why didn't we get Earl on sooner? 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.880 Guess it's a bad job by you, Like bad job 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:52.040 by you man at the beach right now. You put 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.440 all these hacks on, and you could have put Earle on, 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:58.320 who's a quality l a comedian who knows everybody in 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:00.160 the business. And you don't put this guy up. Bat 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.680 job by you. It's funny. But the last time I 0:15:02.760 --> 0:15:06.040 did see Earle was at the Comedy Store pre Pandemic, 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:10.280 and Earl, you were judging one of the roast battles. 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.680 I don't know if many people know about the dynamics 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:14.680 of it, but you need to explain that for for 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.000 the audience, and then also too. We were sitting next 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:23.360 to Justin Turner and Dennis Rodman, who well, I don't 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:25.880 know what he was on, but I've never seen a 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.280 celebrity point in blank get escorted out of the building 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:33.280 like he did that night. Um, what got you involved 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:35.600 in the roast battle first of all, especially upstairs in 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:40.440 that comedy store. Well, I'm no longer involved in roast Battle. 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.160 I feel like Sid Vicious when he left the Four 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:46.320 Horsemen and got kicked out by Rick Flair are and 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:50.360 it's Tolly Blanchard. But uh, you know, Roast Battle was 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:54.680 a show you talk about. You know, Aggressive Humor was 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:58.640 basically a one on one insult show and uh, I 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:02.120 was one of the uh founding fathers of it. Was 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.440 a show was quite popular back in the day. And 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.040 I remember that show you were at. I felt so 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.760 bad at some of the things I said because I was, 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:15.040 you know, doing an archie bunker type character that I 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.920 had to apologize suggesting Turner downstairs. I'm like, hey, man, 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:20.280 I was just kidding around up there, and he's like, 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:25.000 oh man, you were my favorite part. And then Dennis 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.480 Rodman got upset at me when I called him on 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:31.600 our test. I don't think I think Dennis might have 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.920 been on the powdered supplements, if you know what I'm saying. Uh, 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:39.000 and uh he sat in my lap that night, and uh, 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:41.960 I've never been so turned on in my life. Not 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:45.920 just kidding because I'm a wrestling fan. So I was like, hey, 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.600 you were great in the n w O. Just kidding. 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.160 I know the n w O was going downhill when 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.280 him and Virgil were in it, but uh, you know 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.840 it's uh, I guess it's a rose Valley call it 0:16:59.920 --> 0:17:05.359 an ensemble uh roast. Uh it's um, you know, it 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.359 shows not for everyone. But it was fun when I 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.480 was in it, but after I left it, it was 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.240 like Kiss with Vinny Vincent in it, just not the same. 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:17.520 How's that reference? Oh man? This I mean because I 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.040 remember back in the day obviously with Jeffrey Ross and 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.399 some of these cats and you see it from afar, 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.240 but then your point blank and you're in it. I 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.399 had a buddy of mine that performed that night, and 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:29.040 I think he was one of the first two guys, 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.520 and he got absolutely decimated. And I don't know if 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.399 it was because of the audience or if it was 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.600 because his dumbass brought four of his friends, including me 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.239 there and we just heckled the ship out of him 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.440 the entire time and he flamed out, like right before 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:46.760 our eyes. Well it's uh, you know, the show's not 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.879 for everyone. In terms of contestants. Uh, you know, you 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:54.720 have to have a thick skin. You know you're gonna 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:56.480 hear you know, like when I did it on TV 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:59.520 against Jimmy Carr, who's probably like the number one comic 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.840 in the world. Old he plays like arenas he opens 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.840 up for the killers. Uh, you know, I knew he 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:09.000 was gonna have jokes about my parents dying two months apart, 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:13.120 and you know some of my uh you know, bad relationships, 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:14.639 and he knew I was going to make fun of 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:19.720 his dad and his relationships. So h it's uh, it's 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.560 blood sport. It's literally like the octagon. You go in 0:18:22.560 --> 0:18:25.800 and knowing what it is, and uh you know, if 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:30.240 you're strong enough to survive, great, If not, you're gonna 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:33.640 have a Jerry Springer moment for everyone to enjoy. It's 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:35.800 it's allowed you to pivot though, to a bunch of 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.720 different things, right like Comedy Central. You've been doing voiceover stuff, 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:42.440 like You're in a lot of different things, aren't you. Yeah, Like, 0:18:42.640 --> 0:18:47.000 right now, I'm on a cartoon made by Tyler the creator. 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:50.160 It's called The Jellies, and I'm the only white guy 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:55.800 on it. So I played the dad. Uh So you know, 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.960 that's probably the thing I'm most proud of because he's 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:03.600 an amazing He's a kid, you know, said, but he's 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:06.359 incredible with his creative vision. And it's kind of like 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:09.440 the Black South Park. Uh you know if you like, 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.800 uh like edgy or humor, I think people would like it. 0:19:13.119 --> 0:19:15.679 And uh so, how's that? How's that work? Girl? When 0:19:15.720 --> 0:19:18.119 you're the voice of that's cool? I like, like, I 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:20.920 love cartoons and stuff. But you know how how much 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.040 work is it's as easy as it could be? Or 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:26.080 is is there actually some some difficulty in voicing over 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:30.520 a cartoon character? Well, for me, it's easy because, as 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:34.080 you can tell, Ben, my voice is very monotone. There's 0:19:34.119 --> 0:19:36.560 not a lot of level to it. So I'm not 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:39.960 asked to any other type of voice other than Earl. 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:43.680 Just talk and read the line and we're good. Um. 0:19:44.080 --> 0:19:47.600 Where has the guy who plays my son in the show, 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:51.120 Phil Lamar? And he's like the Wayne Gretzky of voice actors. 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:55.200 Like he's been in everything from pulp fiction to any 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:59.880 cartoon or animated movie you've ever watched, He's been in it. Uh. 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:04.280 He can do like seven different voices, seven different vocal ranges. 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:08.159 He's like. Watching him was like uh. And having to 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:11.000 do scenes with him in the booth was like doing 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:13.119 scenes with de Niro. It was like, Wow, this is 0:20:13.200 --> 0:20:16.960 an education. So but I love it. You know. It's 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:20.040 I'm like a let me see, let me think of 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:24.040 a good sports analogy. Uh. I'm like, uh, you know, 0:20:24.080 --> 0:20:26.280 I'm like a kid to coulf. I I got the 0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:30.480 side arm. I can't pitch any other way. So you know, 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:35.119 if you need a deep baritone, growling voice, I'm the 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:39.040 guy fair enough. So you're not. I know that you're 0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:41.399 a near and dear at Pittsburgh Steelers FENC. You're not 0:20:41.520 --> 0:20:43.879 like a Levy on Bell type. You should have listened 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:47.919 to bench show the other night. It was it was nauseating. 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:51.679 He went through a television schedule for his opening monologue, 0:20:52.800 --> 0:20:56.480 the most popular, the most popular television show in America 0:20:56.920 --> 0:21:00.240 that kills the ratings. And by the way, and you 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:02.480 know this, earl, you know, and you just when I 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:07.000 do sports radio, the number one thing is the NFL anything. 0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:09.440 You know, if Roger Gell takes a dump, we we 0:21:09.560 --> 0:21:12.600 can talk about it fifteen minutes if we have to. 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:17.360 And Gascon's busting my balls because the schedule came out 0:21:17.600 --> 0:21:21.479 and I played the hits and I got in trouble 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:27.360 for it with Gascon his instincts. I'm a huge hockey guy. 0:21:27.560 --> 0:21:32.120 Hockey is my favorite sport country mile next to football. 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:36.000 But you know, football is a just you know, it's 0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:38.720 just America's Uh. I think it's America's past time. I 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:41.520 know they say that about baseball, but like, you know, 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:44.440 everyone watches football, Like you know, you gotta put a 0:21:44.480 --> 0:21:47.639 gun to people said to watch hockey. Um, you know, 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:51.240 hockey hockeys like kiss. You know, you put on a 0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:56.320 kiss record any of them. Uh You're like, okay, this 0:21:56.520 --> 0:21:59.400 is okay, I guess, but you gotta see Kiss Live. 0:21:59.480 --> 0:22:01.680 You're like, this is the greatest band ever. Uh and 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:04.920 I think that's like hockey football has just made for TV. 0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:08.879 And uh, you know, even though I totally agree with 0:22:09.000 --> 0:22:12.560 Jim rsay, like who the hell is mel Kuiper? Uh 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:16.080 you know, I'll watch Mel Kuiper for six hours last weekend. 0:22:17.000 --> 0:22:21.160 So uh, you know, I am a Steeler fan. But man, 0:22:21.200 --> 0:22:24.560 we got tough schedule this year, that's for sure. See 0:22:24.600 --> 0:22:26.840 that he wants to break down the Steelers schedules. See 0:22:26.880 --> 0:22:29.480 what you see? This is like so you completely want 0:22:29.560 --> 0:22:32.600 this is is gonna come out and bring the anvil 0:22:32.680 --> 0:22:34.239 on my head? And he would have been nice if 0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:36.840 you did. It would have been nice. I mean if 0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:40.119 I would love to talk about the White Shadow for 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:45.320 the next hour. But uh, you know, football the kids today, 0:22:45.400 --> 0:22:47.119