1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 2: Part of what the show does is get people to 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 2: see people in different lights than the way they You know, 4 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 2: don't have to think of a ninety five year old 5 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 2: woman as like this daughtering old whatever. Like I asked 6 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: her about a Paul and Oscarby. She'd had one recently. 7 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: She's feeling good, by the way. 8 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: In case you're curious, I'm Lyn Hoffman and welcome to 9 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me, a brand new podcast from Buzznight Media Productions. 10 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: The creator of Taking a Walk and Music Save Me podcasts, 11 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me is a podcast showcasing the incredible healing 12 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: power of comedy and laughter. Today, we are so excited 13 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: to welcome the amazingly funny Paul mccurio with one R. 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: Paul mccurio, who's an Emmy and p Vidy Award winning 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: comedian who currently works and appears regularly on The Late 16 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: Show with Stephen Colbert, That Little Show There, and he's 17 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: also worked on the Daily Show, The Colbert Report, had 18 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: his own series on HBO, Yeah Hbo, and his own 19 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: Comedy Central specials and if He's not crazy Busy enough. 20 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Paul has also created a successful Broadway show called permission 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,559 Speaker 1: to speak. And it's directed by the legendary director Frank Oz, 22 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: you know for movies like Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty 23 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: Rotten Scoundrels, The Score. He's the voice of Yoda and 24 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: a puppeteer and creator of the Muppets. It's amazing that 25 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: you have all this going on. Paul mccurial is so 26 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: excited to welcome you to the very first edition of 27 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me. 28 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 3: I am honored to be here. This is awesome. Thank 29 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 3: you so much. 30 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: This is better than better than working with Frank Oz. 31 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: That guy, Oh really, I got just hang you know, 32 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 2: he just hangs on. He just wants He's so needy. 33 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: Please can I work with you? I'm like, Frank, I'm busy. 34 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 2: I can't take it. No, he's the best. He's the best. 35 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: He's like that. 36 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: Does he ever break into Yoda? 37 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 3: He does? 38 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 2: And I slap him when he does that really hard, 39 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: and it knocks the pointy years off his real ears 40 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 2: because he always wears the pointy eears, because you've. 41 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 3: Got to let everybody always Yoda. It's like, Frank. 42 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 2: People notice the sometimes they think he's a balding spot 43 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 2: and I'm like, no. 44 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 3: That's Yoda. 45 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 2: No, he's he's the coolest guy ever and so down 46 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: there and crazy artist, creative like, mind like, and so 47 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 2: to have the ability to work with him has been 48 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: like really cool, really really I can imagine. 49 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Well. 50 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: I want to talk about that, but first I want 51 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 1: to start a little bit back in the beginning, well 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: not too far in the beginning, but what was the 53 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: first moment that you connected with comedy? Can you remember that, 54 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: you know, the time that it really just cemented that 55 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: was going to be your ultimate pursuit in a career. 56 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: Well, it's funny because there's two different answers to that. 57 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 2: One is like I first connected with comedy as a 58 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 2: kid watching it. There's something about like I would ask 59 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 2: to stay up late to watch the comedians. 60 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 3: And then I go into school. 61 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 2: I grew up in Providence, Rorde Island, and I go 62 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: into school, like tell the jokes that I saw on 63 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: TV doing Rodney or whatever. 64 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 3: But I was like a class clown. 65 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 2: Like we had lockers, you know those lockers, ones on 66 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: top of the other. 67 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 3: So we broke the floor of the. 68 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 2: Which would be the floor of the want the upper 69 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 2: locker the ceiling of the lower locker. 70 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 3: So it was like one. 71 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 2: Locker and then I would get in the locker and 72 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 2: I'd pull my pants down and my friends would open 73 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: the bottom locker and people would see my scrunny you know, 74 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: hairless chinchilla Italian legs looked like like a little hairless boy. 75 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 3: Anyway, Uh, don't throw up in your mouth. And uh so. 76 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 2: I was there was something about comedy going on with me, 77 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: but never thinking I was going to do it. 78 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 3: I didn't grow up in a performing family. 79 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: And then I started writing, and it was in law 80 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 2: school and I ended up practicing. While on Wall Street 81 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: doing Igers Acquisition, I started writing jokes to Hobby and. 82 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 3: And I didn't know what was happening, like, but these 83 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 3: jokes are coming out of me. 84 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 2: And then I mentioned Atlanta at a private function and 85 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: I gave him my jokes and I said, I don't 86 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 2: know if you need jokes, but I'm never going to 87 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 2: use these, and he was like okay. He really his 88 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: head moved around like it's a Macy's Day balloon in 89 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: the wind, like you just want to grab his head 90 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: and go just sit still for a minute. And it's like, hey, 91 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 2: it sounds like the heliums like and so a couple 92 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: of days later, my phone rings and it's this on 93 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: the other Lene it's Jay Leno. 94 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 3: It's Paul there. And I'm like, there's no. 95 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 2: Way jay Leno was calling me. So I thought it 96 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 2: was my friend David pulling a prank. He goes, not 97 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 2: really a Shamelano. 98 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 3: I go, David, I know I'm in the middle of 99 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: a merger deal. I don't have time. 100 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 2: He goes, now, it's Sheleno. I go, David sock. He goes, 101 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: it's Shane Leno And I actually said to Jay Leno, 102 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: you do allowsy jay Leno and. 103 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, And he said, what's really me? And I'm like, 104 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 3: oh crap. 105 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 2: And then he goes, I want to hire you to 106 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 2: sending jokes for the Tonight Show monologue and I'll pay 107 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: you fifty bucks a joke. Wow, And he did the joke. 108 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: About a week later, he calls me, Janey's Paul there. 109 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: I'm like, what what do you want, Jay? I don't 110 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 2: have time. I'm busy. 111 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 3: I have a lot of friends. I don't. 112 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: Don't you have friends in Hollywood? I got stuff. I 113 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: go buzz Night online one, I got Hoffman online. Two, 114 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 2: I got stuff going on. 115 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 3: No. He said, I'm gonna do your joke on the 116 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 3: Tonight Show. 117 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 2: Tonight and I got together at our apartment in New 118 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: York with a botish champagne. He did this joke for 119 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 2: fifty bucks and it blew my head off my shoulders. 120 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 2: And so that was the point where I'm like, oh, 121 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 2: maybe I could like do this like for real, but again, 122 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 2: like I didn't plan it. Like people like ask me like, 123 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 2: when you look back, were you funny? I'm like yeah, 124 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 2: they were like I was funny as the kid where 125 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 2: you find like I go, yeah, like I was the 126 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 2: funniest lawyer in the law firm, which you know, I 127 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 2: know it's not saying much. 128 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 3: It's like saying you're the sexiest I guy, you know 129 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 3: what I mean. 130 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: It's like, you know, it's not a it's like engineering 131 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 2: you like my you like my pocket protector? Hey? You know. 132 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 2: Like so that's kind of the moment. I think it 133 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 2: was a combination of something going on with me as 134 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 2: a kid but never thinking I would do it but clearly, 135 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,679 Speaker 2: and then being the class clown and then that joke. 136 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 3: It all kind of came together. 137 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: MELTD. Who are some of your early influences? Who do 138 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: you watch in say, television shows, or well. 139 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: I loved like like I like different communities for different reasons, 140 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 2: So I don't have like one particular favorite, but like 141 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,720 Speaker 2: Rodney Dangerfield for his timing and just how defined that 142 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 2: character was, Steve Martin for his inventive miss George Carlin 143 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 2: for like he could be edgy but also just goofy. 144 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 2: Like those were just some I mean Robin Williams because 145 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 2: of it, and John at the Winters because of their 146 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 2: like complete improvisation, like just grab a stick and like 147 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 2: be funny with it for five minutes. 148 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 3: So I never really discriminated. 149 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,160 Speaker 2: It wasn't like I never liked, like like even Rickles 150 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 2: I liked because he was so outrageous. 151 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 3: The stuffy would say, like. 152 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 2: I was working on a daily show at the time 153 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 2: as one of the writers, and Rickles came on our 154 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: show and we were all like, oh my god, it's 155 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: Don Rickles and he was performing in Atlantic City, would 156 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 2: take the show in New York. So like we said 157 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: to his manager, Tony, of course his manager's Tony, right, 158 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 2: and he go like a Vegas guy with the whole thing, 159 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 2: and we go, we want to see him. So he 160 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 2: set us up like fifteen of us tickets and he 161 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: sat us right down front, and he comes out on stage, 162 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 2: Wrickles with like a tumbler scotch and a tuxedo, and 163 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 2: he's like, he's like a like a cougar prowling looking right, 164 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 2: and he stops and one of the guys and one 165 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 2: of the writers, his name is Jimmerow, really skinny guy, scrunny, 166 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 2: always sickly looking, and he stops and he looks at 167 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,239 Speaker 2: him and he goes, hey you you I'm a friend. 168 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 3: Get a mask. 169 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 4: And he's walking and they were like, yes, Don Rickles 170 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 4: assaulted one of us. We've arrived. It's it's it's all 171 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,679 Speaker 4: of those things. But for me, like you know, stand 172 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 4: up is like about connecting with. 173 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 2: The people, Like it's always you know, you start out, 174 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 2: you do stand up, you come out, you do your jokes. 175 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 2: But I started to find that it was weird for 176 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 2: me to just come out and launch into jokes, like 177 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 2: when you had all these people, it was like you 178 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 2: wouldn't walk into a cocktail party and just launch into 179 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 2: material like So I started talking to the audiences and 180 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: then that led to like a whole bunch of other 181 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 2: kind of stuff that I like to do because I 182 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: just it just felt weird to me to go up 183 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 2: and just go. So I was at Target the other 184 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 2: day and whatever, right, like, so I started going, hey, whatever, 185 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 2: and then my brain goes all over the place. 186 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: Oh wow, So then you can understand women because my 187 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: brain's always all over the place. But somehow I always 188 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: come back to everything, so you know. 189 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 3: You can connect it. I can't. 190 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 2: I go like whatever, and my wife is like, you're 191 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 2: in like, he's very calm, and I'm. 192 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 3: All over the place. Multitask. 193 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 2: I'm multitask in bed, my dear romantic evening is making 194 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 2: love to my wife, and I'm on the phone with 195 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 2: my broker, eating Chinese food, watching a football game, and 196 00:08:46,760 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 2: having a satellite EDIH installed. I'm like, I'm a thousand 197 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:52,719 Speaker 2: shares song. Good that tastes good, Honey, that's so good, right, 198 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 2: there's good. 199 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 3: It's good. 200 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're a multitasker. I love it. 201 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 3: ALTI tasking all right. 202 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: So, not to get too serious, but a lot of 203 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: people that I've ever talked to in the world of 204 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: comedy usually tells me of these just really tragic or 205 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: horrible stories that really brought them the yin and yang. 206 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: It's that whole yeah, making lemons out of lemonade story. 207 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: Was there anything particular that happened to you in your 208 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: life that may have triggered you to, you know, become. 209 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 2: Yes, being the son of my mother, that's pretty much everything. 210 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 3: Being the son of my mom is like insane. 211 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 2: Not in a bad way, but in a crazy way, 212 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 2: because she really she started this furniture business in nineteen 213 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 2: sixty out of a tenement house in Providence, and we 214 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 2: all had to work in the business, and my mother 215 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 2: wore the pants in the family. 216 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 3: My father was like he just took a back seat. 217 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 3: He was like a what avertina, you know. And she 218 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 3: was like, so she. 219 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 2: Didn't have a high school education. She could, they couldn't 220 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 2: afford to send her to college. She felt like she 221 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 2: got screwed out of college. So she's a very strong woman. 222 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 2: And so it was just like everything was built around 223 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,479 Speaker 2: the store, and I think that did have some impact. 224 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: You know. 225 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 2: I wasn't like abused or anything, but it was just like, 226 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 2: you know, just insane stuff. 227 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 3: Like my mother. 228 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 2: You'd go to the store one day and she would 229 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 2: lock customers in the store in the middle of the 230 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 2: day and think it was okay, like I'm not making 231 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 2: this suffer. I go there one day the door because 232 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 2: she has bad hearing, and she's very flighty, and she 233 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 2: likes to do. 234 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,560 Speaker 3: What she wants to do when she wants to do it. 235 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: So the reason she had her own business is she 236 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 2: didn't want to be beholding to a boss, so she 237 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 2: can make her own hour. So in the middle of 238 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 2: the day, if she wanted to go shopping at I 239 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 2: don't know, TJ Max or something, she was just going 240 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 2: to go and lock the store. So one day she 241 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 2: decided to do that. And this has happened more than once. 242 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 2: And there's a woman in the store and the door's locked, 243 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 2: and I'm like, how'd you get in here? She goes, well, 244 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 2: I was looking around to turn to ask your mother 245 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 2: a question I couldn't get out. 246 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 3: I said, how long you've been here? She goes four hours? 247 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 3: I said, what are you been doing? She goes, well, 248 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 3: I browsed a lot, She said, I took a nap 249 00:10:59,280 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 3: on that. 250 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 2: So fa, and she goes your name, Paul go yeah, 251 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 2: she goes, well, the phone rang and I took messages. 252 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 3: She took messages from me. 253 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 2: Okay, so you can never win with your parents, right, No, 254 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 2: So I said to my I said to my like, goh, ma, 255 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 2: you can't lock people in the store. In the middle 256 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 2: of this, she goes, oh, I don't know what you're 257 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 2: yelling me about. The woman took on that on that 258 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 2: hope and she liked it so much she's going to 259 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 2: buy it. I made a sail and I wasn't even 260 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 2: in the store. I'm like, okay, you know I can't 261 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 2: do this anymore. 262 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: I'm done. 263 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 2: Like so, she goes through garbage on Sunday nights, look 264 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 2: up for good garbage. 265 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 3: She found her hearing aids in the garbage because they're 266 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 3: cheap as you grew up in the depression, and they whistle. 267 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 3: Is that me? 268 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 2: You take her for a walk, like within ten minutes 269 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 2: you have a pack of dogs following you down the street. 270 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 2: Just it's like, so, so, I think what happened, you know, 271 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 2: all joking Asidbermen is, my mother was so dominant that 272 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,240 Speaker 2: you kind of needed to break out on your own. 273 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 2: And I think maybe comedy was a wait for me 274 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 2: to kind of step out of the shadows a little bit. 275 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: You know, that makes a lot of sense. I'm she 276 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: left to go to lunch and lock the customers in 277 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: the store, is what you're saying. 278 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,959 Speaker 3: Yes yes on a regular basis. 279 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: I love her. I love her. 280 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 3: Oh you would love her, Oh you you would love her? 281 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, she keeps yeah, she's just just so wow okay, 282 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,600 Speaker 2: And then the other thing was yeah so she so. 283 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 2: I do think that there was kind of just that 284 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 2: thing of like she very much takes over the room, 285 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 2: and like, I think, what you're brought up like that, 286 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 2: then one of two things happen. You either kind of 287 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 2: shrink or you try to break out of the room yourself. 288 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 2: And I think maybe I went in that direction and 289 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 2: that's why maybe comedy was one of the things. And creatively, 290 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 2: I think it was more fulfilly for me than being 291 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 2: on Wall Street and doing mergery deals. 292 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, because now I was creating was fascinating. 293 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, because I was. 294 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 2: Creating something like when Leno did that joke and all 295 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 2: those people reacted to it, I think what And I 296 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:00,199 Speaker 2: took time to figure this out, and millions of I 297 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 2: was worth the therapy to figure out like they I 298 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 2: created this thing out of thin air and then they laughed, 299 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 2: And that didn't happen with me. 300 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 3: As a lawyer, and lawyer, you know, you're. 301 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 2: Executing deals and you're doing you know, contracts and it's 302 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 2: more dry, and I think there was something missing in 303 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: that for me. And plus, you know, I mean, look, 304 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 2: the drugs on Wall Street were great, but not as 305 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 2: good as comedy clubs. Let me be honest with you. 306 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: Did they tell you that, you know? You were They 307 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: thought you were funny? And while you're. 308 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,959 Speaker 3: At the law firm, I really was funny at the 309 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 3: law firm. 310 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 2: But I also was like one of the few young 311 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 2: associates that wanted to do mergers and acquisitions, which is 312 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 2: a very like intense time consuming all nights, and a 313 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 2: lot of the young associates didn't want to do because 314 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 2: they didn't want to stay late or work weekends. 315 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 3: And I didn't care. 316 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 2: I kind of liked I liked the frenetic pace of things, 317 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 2: and that's what that kind of work is, and that's 318 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 2: what kind of comedy is like, especially when you're starting out. 319 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:55,719 Speaker 2: You're running around, you're doing sets, you try to get 320 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 2: bookings and this and that, you're acting, and it's like, 321 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 2: so there's something about me that likes that craziness. 322 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: You know, well, you have to. There is not one 323 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: comedian I've ever met that doesn't work their ass off 324 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,319 Speaker 1: all day, all night, but don't call them in the 325 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: morning because they're up late. 326 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, my friends would say, well, how come you're 327 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 2: sleeping late because you're nine to five is nine to five. 328 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 2: My nine to five is nine and night to five 329 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 2: in the morning, I'm doing shows and then I'm going 330 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: out and i'm you know, I'm you know, breaking into 331 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 2: cars and stealing mine. Now, no, but really you really 332 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 2: just a side thing when don't judge me. 333 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: That's fine. I understand catalytic converters are very you know 334 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: exactly they're they're sought after. What does it feel like 335 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 1: when you're really connecting with an audience? You know, I 336 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: can't ask you about me because obviously I'm an easy audience. 337 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: I love anything funny. I laugh until I cry. As 338 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: you can see, I have a tissue because my tearing 339 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: up your fan communities out there laughing you bring so 340 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: much joy to them. What does that feel like when 341 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 1: you're really connecting? 342 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 2: There is like a zone you get into, like where 343 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 2: you're just it's like having this really intimate conversation with 344 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 2: a bunch of people you don't know, but you're on 345 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 2: the same wavelength that you can even hear and feel 346 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 2: them like reacting, and it can be about it doesn't 347 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 2: have to be about anything heavy that you're talking about. 348 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 2: Like I mean, the other night, I was just thinking 349 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 2: and I was I just said, I out of the book. 350 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 3: I'm like, how do the people make vacaline make any money? Like? 351 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 3: And people started laughing, and then I just. 352 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 2: Went, I mean, I've had the same tub of vasaline 353 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 2: for like ever. My vacaline was handed down to me 354 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 2: by my grandfather in a will. Okay, have you ever 355 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 2: heard anybody say this thing? Hey, honey, I'm gonna go 356 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 2: to get more vasaline? 357 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: Weine? 358 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: No, you could go through every bag of garbage in 359 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 2: your town. You're not gonna find one empty container of vassaline. 360 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:53,080 Speaker 3: No. No, So I don't know what that company's doing. 361 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 2: So I thought of that and I said it, and 362 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 2: it just went over really well. And then that feeling, 363 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 2: it's like you connected with them on an emotional level 364 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 2: and it's not like connecting on an intellectual level. 365 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 3: And a meeting or whatever. 366 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 2: You do a pitch and there's a thing it definitely 367 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 2: and then when you're really in a groove, you. 368 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 3: Can feel it like it just doesn't matter. 369 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 2: You're completely your guard is down and you're just like this, 370 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 2: You're just it's like you're having a conversation with them 371 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 2: even though they're not speaking, but they're speaking through laughter 372 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,040 Speaker 2: or their attentiveness, and so that it's a really it's 373 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 2: a place you get to and when you get there, 374 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,760 Speaker 2: it's like really special and different than like being in 375 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 2: a meeting at law firm like I was. And you know, 376 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 2: people like the document you drafted. You know, it's like, 377 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 2: you know, people are not breaking out champagne or whatever, 378 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: you know what I mean. 379 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 3: But like, I love that font that you you made. 380 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: That document was the perfect font. 381 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 2: Oh my god, that you chose Times New Roman. I 382 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 2: would have gone Ariel for you, mercurio. You're going to 383 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 2: be a partner. You are going to be a partner. No, 384 00:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 2: there's a lot of guts going with the Times New 385 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 2: and you went with the twelve point. I would have 386 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 2: gone fourteen point. Good for you, Good for you. 387 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: Do you think that it's there's something about Do you 388 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: think there's something about it in terms of a therapeutic power, 389 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: you know, not just for the audience but for yourself. 390 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: When you're connecting at that high of a level where 391 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: you're just like you're in the zone. Do you think 392 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: that's like almost a therapeutic power. 393 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:24,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's for both. 394 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 2: I mean I think you know, they talk about there's 395 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:34,119 Speaker 2: been studies and even in cancer like laughter helps cure people, 396 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 2: or you know, there there's definitely you get the set 397 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 2: and there's people come up to me and say, I 398 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 2: needed to come out. I just lost my father. I 399 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 2: needed to come out. Things are so crazy in the world. 400 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 2: I needed to forget about it. 401 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 3: So they need. 402 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 2: It as a as a sort of a safe haven 403 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:52,480 Speaker 2: to just get away from things, to be reminded that 404 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 2: not to take things too seriously. 405 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 3: And then that helps me as a performer too, and 406 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 3: you know, like the in My Stand. 407 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 2: But then in this Broadway show I'm doing called Permission 408 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,240 Speaker 2: to Speak, which is about people connecting with each other 409 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 2: through shared stories. 410 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 3: People have described it as like group. 411 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 2: Therapy because that's fun because I'm talking to audience members 412 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 2: and getting their stories that have been absolutely incredible. Because 413 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 2: everybody has a story over the age of six, and 414 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:21,879 Speaker 2: if you give them a chance to tell it, they'll 415 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 2: tell it. And they're not being judged. They can say 416 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 2: whatever they want. They don't have to worry about being 417 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 2: overly politically correct, whatever. We don't talk politics, but it's 418 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 2: just this and it turned into it started out as 419 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 2: just this idea to just another way to do comedy, 420 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: but it's really therapeutic for people. I've got these a 421 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 2: couple of amazing recent testimonials from people, about one from 422 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: a therapist who saw me in Florida and made a 423 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 2: video testimonial that said, this is really important what you're 424 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,879 Speaker 2: doing in terms of being able to get people a 425 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 2: place to kind of say what they want to say 426 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 2: and get things out, and you should keep doing it 427 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 2: and it's therapeutic and whatever. And so it's been a 428 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 2: pretty cool like offshoot of what I'm doing. 429 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: You know, yes, permission to speak perfect that you are 430 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: going to help me segue right into that because I 431 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: understand you have a couple of clips that you have 432 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: from the show, which I think is amazing because really, 433 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,080 Speaker 1: don't wouldn't you agree that that comedy could heal similarly 434 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: as all music does the same type of thing. 435 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: And I felt that like before I'd started doing this show, 436 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 2: but I'm having people come up to me and say, 437 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 2: keep doing the show. We need a show like this now. 438 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 2: It's why Frank Oz got involved because he feels like 439 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 2: this is an important show to people are making connections 440 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: with each other because they're going up to each other 441 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: after the show and talking about they saw somebody on 442 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 2: stage and they connected to what they said. And so 443 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 2: we're all in our silos and sometimes it's good to 444 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 2: kind of lift our heads out and kind of see 445 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 2: how other people live their lives. 446 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 3: You don't have to agree with it, but like, oh, okay, 447 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 3: that's how we lose. I get it. Okay, it's not 448 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 3: what I would do, but I get it. 449 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 2: And so and the cool thing is in this clip 450 00:19:57,119 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 2: will show this you can never judge a book by 451 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 2: its So there's this guy on stage and you'll see, 452 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 2: I mean, he's a hunter, and he looks like a hunter, 453 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 2: but when you listen to this conversation, he says stuff 454 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 2: that you didn't expect him to say. 455 00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 3: And he's funny too. 456 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 2: And people are very funny, by the way, because they 457 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 2: I think they're comfortable up there so they know they're 458 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 2: not going to be made fun of it, and everybody's 459 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 2: naturally funny. 460 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 3: So here we're just talking about he has a kid. 461 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 2: I have a kid, and we talk about, you know, 462 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 2: raising a kid, and if you worry about making mistakes, 463 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 2: and this is what he says. 464 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 3: You're very funny. By the way, my wife doesn't agree 465 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 3: with you. Is your wife here? That's the hardest thing 466 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 3: about being a parent, always thinking he made mistakes. 467 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 2: Probably I know, right, you have to make mistakes, I think, 468 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 2: do you think so that's how you become a better person. 469 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: That's great. 470 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 3: I've made mistakes. We all make mistakes. The definition did 471 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 3: I make mistakes? At least one right? So that's when 472 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 3: you first look at that. 473 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 2: When you first look at the guy, you're like, he's 474 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 2: not going to be that introspective. Yeah, And then he 475 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: ends up being really introspective and then tops me at 476 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 2: the end because my son's in the audience in the 477 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,360 Speaker 2: back and I yelled at my son, Alex, as you saw, 478 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 2: did I make mistakes? And my son goes yeah, and 479 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 2: then the guy goes yeah, as you saw, yeah, at 480 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 2: least one right, pointing at my son. So he had 481 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 2: the moment, and so everybody talked about him afterwards, and 482 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,359 Speaker 2: people went up to him, and I think a lot 483 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 2: of people were surprised at how introspective he was and 484 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 2: in tune with like the important things about raising a 485 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 2: kid and stuff, And so I'm finding that people I 486 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 2: think out there field nameless and faceless and disconnected. But 487 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 2: if you get together and you share stories, you realize 488 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 2: we have more in common than we think, and we 489 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 2: don't have to be so disconnected. Because I'm never going 490 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 2: to change your views politically, that doesn't happen anymore. But 491 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 2: if you're at the opposite end of the spectrum politically, 492 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 2: but I can get you to see that you have 493 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 2: something in common with the person that's at the other 494 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 2: end of the spectrum, maybe you'll start listening to their 495 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: politics because you realize, oh, he has a dog that. 496 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 3: Crops on the world. I have a dog the crops 497 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 3: in the rood. 498 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 2: He's got a brother who's got a brother in law 499 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 2: who's who's an alcoholic or whatever. And I got like, 500 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 2: then you go, okay, well maybe that person's not the devil, 501 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 2: and I'll listen to their politics. So there's something happening 502 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 2: in the room, because it ends up turning into like 503 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 2: a giant hang like you know, where we're just you know, 504 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 2: kind of exchanging stories. 505 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:33,360 Speaker 1: Where did you come up with the idea? Where did 506 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 1: you get the idea to do? 507 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 2: It? Was from It was from my stand up and 508 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 2: talking to the audiences in like very short verse. 509 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 3: But then I started asking more and more questions. 510 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:45,119 Speaker 2: And the more questions I asked, the crazy are the 511 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 2: answers Because you were digging deep, you know, you into 512 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 2: few people, you peel back the onion and then you 513 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 2: get these amazing stories. And and that's when some producers 514 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,960 Speaker 2: saw me doing it, and they thought that people were plants. 515 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 2: And I'm like, no, They well, how did it work out? 516 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 2: It's like, well, wow, you know, I just whatever. Yeah, 517 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,120 Speaker 2: And then we have a set designed by the set 518 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 2: designer for the Late Show, animation by JJ Settlemyer who 519 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 2: did Beavis and Buta and All, then sl TV fund 520 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 2: us and Frank and I. So to collectively the team, 521 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 2: the creative team has thirty three Emmy Awards and it's 522 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 2: pretty powerful team. And so we ended up creating this 523 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 2: thing that's got stand up in it. It's got my 524 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 2: stand up and stuff and stories for me. But it's 525 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 2: about this one night where we'll never be together again. 526 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 2: The show can't repeat because every show is different, and 527 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,239 Speaker 2: people are like kind of letting their hair down and 528 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 2: taking a breath, not worrying about what's going on the outside. 529 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 3: Well then just going like, oh, okay, this is that 530 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 3: guy's cool. Now that's interesting. Oh my god. I wouldn't 531 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 3: think to think about raising a kid that way. 532 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,639 Speaker 1: But whatever, you know, I'm so reclusive now, but that 533 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 1: that's something that I would want to go to. I mean, 534 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: to get me to go to a show that that 535 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 1: would be. If we're going to be interactive like that 536 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: and you're going to bring people into the fold, that's 537 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 1: even more fun than just coming to see a show, 538 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: because you become a part of the show. Yeah, you're also, 539 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: like you said, find out how much we all have 540 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: in common. It's just really the most important. 541 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, And you know, and then you and then you 542 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 2: hear things like I had a guy goes somebody and 543 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 2: he goes, I, man, I just poke up with my girlfriend. 544 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 3: Why what happen? 545 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 2: He goes, So I told her not to shoplift at CBS. 546 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 2: I go what, He goes, Yeah, I go, did you 547 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 2: say at CBS? He goes, Yeah, yeah, she wouldn't listen 548 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 2: to me. He goes, I taught her how to shoplift, 549 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 2: and I go what, he goes, Yeah, that's how I 550 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 2: make my money. I shoplift, But I shoplift at nice 551 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 2: places like Sacks and Gloomingdales. 552 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 3: Now the audience is. 553 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: Like, what is going on. 554 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 2: People's heads are exploding. He's not trying to be funny. 555 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 2: He's not self aware. He thinks this is normal because 556 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 2: that's how I make a living. I shoplift, but nice 557 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 2: places like Sacks and Bloomingdale's and Neiman Marcus and whatever. 558 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 3: And he goes, So, my. 559 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 2: Girlfriend's nagging me because she wants a nice stuff. And 560 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 2: I said, I'm not going to teach you how to shoplift, 561 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 2: because you're just going to shoplift in stupid places like CBS. 562 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 3: He's not saying don't shoplift. 563 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 2: He's saying, if you're going to do it, do it 564 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 2: at the right place. This is so Now everybody in 565 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 2: the audience says, like, what is going on. 566 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 3: You can't write this. I couldn't write this. 567 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 2: So I go, what happened? He goes, Well, he warmed 568 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,120 Speaker 2: me down. I finally taught her. 569 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 3: What does she do? 570 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,440 Speaker 2: First place she goes? She goes to CVS. She gets 571 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 2: arrested for lipstick and a hand mirror falls me up. 572 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 2: She's in the back of the squad car. 573 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 3: I go, what happened? He goes, I broke up with her. 574 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 3: I go where he goes in the back of the 575 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,440 Speaker 3: squad car. He goes, I don't need this aggravation. Oh 576 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 3: my god, this goes crazy. 577 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 2: I've been and so so it's just been that kind 578 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 2: of ride. 579 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: No wonder why they thought there was a plant in 580 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: the room there, No wonder why how you can't you 581 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: can't pay someone to have that kind of story for real, 582 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: Like that's exactly exactly. 583 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 2: And then and then I try to give a voice 584 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,840 Speaker 2: to kind of people that maybe don't get hurt a lot. 585 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 3: Like we have a clip and this is a woman 586 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 3: ninety five. Her name is Lee. She's from Florida. 587 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 2: And I like to talk to somebody that will because 588 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 2: they've lived life. They also don't give a crap and 589 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 2: they say whatever's on their mind at that point. And 590 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: she was really great and was exactly what I hope 591 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 2: she would because she had a lot of spunk. And 592 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,399 Speaker 2: you can see I just asked her about how she 593 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 2: met her husband and all that. 594 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: All right, let's listen, how. 595 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 3: Did you meet your husband? Were the same homeroom in 596 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 3: high school? That's where I met my wife in high school. 597 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you saw him, you thought he was cute. 598 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 3: No, we hated each other first. Why you know, it's 599 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 3: just you know, just you know, yeah, yeah, it. 600 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:16,160 Speaker 2: Grows on it. 601 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:17,360 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah. 602 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 2: She was going with really dating my best friend and 603 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 2: then they broke up and he I was there already 604 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 2: took me home, not like. 605 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: How do you how do you handle it? 606 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,120 Speaker 3: That's crazy. I just let it. I just let it go. 607 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 2: My favorite part of that clip is when you know, 608 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 2: she's saying, you know, the girl, you know, obviously her 609 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 2: friend you know, broke up and the two of them 610 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 2: got together after her friend broke up with this guy 611 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 2: and she ended up marrying, and she goes like that 612 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 2: at the end, like like because she there was like 613 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 2: a sauciness to her, like that was kind of cool, 614 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 2: Like she wasn't an old fuddy duddy. And so part 615 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 2: of what the show does is get people to see 616 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 2: people in different lights and the way they think. You 617 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:57,479 Speaker 2: don't have to think of a ninety five year old 618 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 2: woman as like this daughtering old whatever, Like she had 619 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 2: it together. 620 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 3: I asked her about a colon oscoby. She had one recently. 621 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,400 Speaker 2: She's feeling good, by the way, in case you're curious, 622 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 2: good good, yes, yes. 623 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:14,160 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, curious mercurio. I love that ye permission 624 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: to speak? Is it sounds like one of the most 625 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: awesome shows that you would ever want to go to, 626 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,280 Speaker 1: comedy wise, because it's not your typical comedy show. 627 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 3: Yeah. 628 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,719 Speaker 1: Let's wrap things up here first of all by asking 629 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: you a question that I'm not sure you'd be able 630 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: to answer, but I'm going to try anyway. Where do 631 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:36,199 Speaker 1: you think the world would be without comedy? Without the 632 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 1: joy of comedy? 633 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 3: Wow? I think I think it would have. 634 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 2: A lot of unemployed alcoholics who were supposed to be 635 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 2: comedians and are just hanging out because they don't. 636 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 3: They can't fear that. It's like I think it would be. 637 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 3: It would be you know, I was like, Wow, this. 638 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: Is going somewhere I wasn't expecting. 639 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 2: Now, you know, I think I think it would sort 640 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,400 Speaker 2: of definitely a more depressing world in the sense of, like, 641 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 2: I think it's a therapeutic thing and I'm glad you're 642 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 2: doing a show like this, and I don't think it 643 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 2: gets credit for that. And I think the mental health 644 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 2: crisis that we're in would be much worse without it, 645 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 2: because if we can get a series for a minute, 646 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:24,159 Speaker 2: I think people need to find solace through comedy that 647 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,760 Speaker 2: others are going through the same thing they're going through. 648 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,679 Speaker 2: So like, if I'm talking about my crazy mother and 649 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 2: somebody's dealing with their crazy mother, maybe they feel a 650 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 2: little bit better because they're not alone. And I think 651 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 2: we don't want to be alone, and so I think 652 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 2: comedy allows people to feel like they're not alone in 653 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 2: their life through the form of jokes and funny stories 654 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 2: and like that in what my show is doing, but 655 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 2: also with stand up does in general, like I think 656 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 2: that would be it would be a much different place. 657 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 2: I think there would be a many more problems for 658 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 2: people at a much deeper level, and it would be 659 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,600 Speaker 2: systemic without it. And I think we take it for 660 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 2: granted because it's just always there. But I can't tell 661 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,959 Speaker 2: you how many people say to me, like not even 662 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 2: necessarily seeing my shoulder, Like I go to comedy sometimes 663 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 2: because I just need a release, I just need a break, 664 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 2: I need to whatever, and it recharges me, you know. 665 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 2: So there's a lot a lot of good that comes 666 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 2: from it, and I think without it it would be 667 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 2: sort of, I think, a much darker place, I think, 668 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 2: And uh, and so yeah. 669 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: I agree, I agree, And thankfully we have permission to 670 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 1: speak to go see and enjoy, and also check out 671 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: Paul mccurio dot com. I believe that's there's another gentleman 672 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: by the same name with yours, so don't make that mistake. 673 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, Paul mercurial from Australia. He's an actor. He's dead 674 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 2: to me the same. I had to change the spelling 675 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 2: of my name because they have He got the Actors 676 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 2: Union before I did, but like, yeah, it's Paul mccurio 677 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 2: dot com. He did, and he was a dancer and 678 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 2: he like really tight clothes and people saw a picture 679 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 2: of him and he had like a water bottle and 680 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 2: he saw a picture of him and they thought it 681 00:29:59,080 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 2: was me, Like are you. 682 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 3: Doing an. 683 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 2: You're oh gosh, so yeah, So people go to Paul 684 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 2: mecurio dot com one hour, my last name mbc u 685 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 2: rio and I got tour days out there excellent and 686 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 2: it comes to you permission to speak. 687 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 3: Or my stand up. 688 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 2: But it's a great question about where would comedy be 689 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 2: without you know, where we'd be without comedy, you know, 690 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 2: and like of course there wouldn't be nearly as many 691 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 2: comedy t shirts out there, and those are always hilarious, 692 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 2: like a funny banana. 693 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 3: Like something coming out of the banana's mouth. 694 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,400 Speaker 2: Come on, what's better than that? Like a funny banana 695 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 2: T shirt? Who doesn't love that? 696 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: Thank you so much? So, no, you're not. No, I 697 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: just I love what you're doing because you're melding things 698 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: together that you wouldn't find typically, and so it makes 699 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: total sense why you would be having the success you're 700 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: having with the show and thank you, and why it's 701 00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: such a wonderful thing that you get to feed off 702 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: each other and feel so good and realize, like you said, really, 703 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: I think what it all comes down to is we're 704 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: all much more the same than we are different. And yeah, 705 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: and we got a lot are. 706 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 2: More connected than we think, and we're more connected than 707 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 2: we think. 708 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, I guarantee you. 709 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 2: You know, you sit down with somebody you don't know, 710 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,640 Speaker 2: and within ten minutes you're going to find some commonality somewhere. 711 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,680 Speaker 2: You know, Like I've been in prison, You've been in prison. 712 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 2: People know that a lot of people don't know that 713 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 2: you're an ex con. 714 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 3: And I'm not supposed to know. I wasn't supposed to 715 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 3: say that. 716 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, no, no, damn it. Yeah, that's our little secret. 717 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's exactly right. 718 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 2: So and sometimes I think people like want to put 719 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 2: on a brave face and not admit that they need 720 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,800 Speaker 2: emotional support and help, and you know, so you can 721 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 2: reach out to comedy in a way where it's not 722 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 2: little literal therapy, but it's in a way of therapy 723 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 2: for somebody who maybe wouldn't go to therapy, you know. No, 724 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 2: I think it's a great thing that you're doing with 725 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 2: your show. It's a really smart idea for a show. 726 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 2: So I'm glad you're doing it well. 727 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: Thanks so much. Maybe I'll need a co host or 728 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: something down the road. Do you think you'd be interested? 729 00:31:58,920 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 3: Yeah? Oh absolutely. 730 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 2: I put a lot of Baby Potter on, so it'll 731 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 2: be freaked out by that because I'll. 732 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 3: Smell like a little baby next year. 733 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: That's our Yeah. 734 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,239 Speaker 3: I love the Baby Potter on. I even know why 735 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 3: I brought that up, but. 736 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: I was just gonna say, like, how did I do 737 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: we want to go there now? Or do this? 738 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 3: This is where my brain goes. 739 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: No, I love it. Thank you so much Paul mecurial 740 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: for being on Comedy Save Me and also the very 741 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: first episode ever, which is really cool. 742 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 3: I'm honored. I'm honored, seriously, thank. 743 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: You thanks for being our guinea pig. 744 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 3: I appreciate it absolutely