1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me. 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: There's an art and a science to comedy, you know, 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 2: And I don't think people understand that how hard it is. 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 2: Although Seinfeld once had a bit He said that they 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 2: did a survey of people's top five fears, and number 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 2: two was death. Number one was speaking in public. 7 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: Alen Hoffman, and welcome to Comedy Save Me, the show 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: that explores the healing power of laughter and how it 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: helps us all more than we sometimes even know. Our 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: guest today knows something most of us forget. Laughter isn't 11 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: just entertainment, it's literally survival. The man who gave us 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: here's your Sign didn't just create the catchphrase. He created 13 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: a lifeline for millions of people who need to laugh 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: their way through the absurdity of everyday life. From selling 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: cars in Texas to selling out arenas as a part 16 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: of the legendary I remember this so clearly. Blue Collar 17 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: Comedy Tour was awesome. Bill and is one of the 18 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: biggest names in the business who's turned observational humor into 19 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: cultural movement that reminded us that we're all in this together. 20 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: Stupid signs at all. But here's the thing about Bill 21 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: behind the laid back drawl and the everyman persona is 22 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: someone who deeply understands the transformative power of laughter. He's 23 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,880 Speaker 1: seen it heal marriages, men broken hearts, and bring strangers together. 24 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: He has lived it, breathed it, and dedicated his life 25 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: to it. And today we are so lucky on Comedy 26 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: Save Me to be talking about more than just the jokes. 27 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: We're going to dive into why laughter matters, how comedy 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: has shaped his journey, and what happens when you dedicate 29 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: your life to making the world a little lighter, one 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: punchline at a time. With Bill Angvill next right here 31 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: on Comedy Save Me, Comedy Saved Me. Bill Angvil, Welcome 32 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: to Comedy Save Me. I'm so happy you are back 33 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: in action and you decided to come out of retirement. 34 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 1: This is such big news in the comedy world. Did 35 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: you realize how big this was. 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 2: Not at the time when I In hindsight, what I 37 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: should have done is just taken a break because I 38 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 2: was burntout. And as we'll get into, if I'm burnout, 39 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 2: then it doesn't reflect the show's not as good. And 40 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: I knew when I caught myself watching Housewives of Salt 41 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: Lake City it was trying to come out. 42 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: Of are Oh no, I better check myself then, because 43 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: that's sort of a staple. Thanks for warning me. I'm 44 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: getting close to burnout. 45 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 2: Ah, oh you're fine. 46 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: Well, we're so glad you're back here. Here's your Sign 47 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: bit sort of became a cultural phenomenon that brought millions 48 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: of people together through laughter. In fact, I remember a 49 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: little music video with Dwight Yoakam in it, which was 50 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: It's Still Hysterical. I had to revisit it again because 51 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: it was so good. Can you take us back to 52 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,679 Speaker 1: the first time you saw how powerful lead that Joe 53 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 1: connected with audiences and what it meant to you to 54 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: have given so many people that shared language of humor. 55 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: Well, at first I should probably give you a small correction. 56 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: It wasn't Dwight Yoakum. It was Travis Tritt sang this 57 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 2: song and music. Listen, don't worry about it. It's funny, 58 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 2: that know. The short answer to is that I had 59 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: no idea how big that was going to get. I mean, 60 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: it basically became the Where's the Beef of the nineties, 61 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 2: The thing here with the catchphrase, whether it's here's your sign, 62 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: whether it's you might be a redneck or get or 63 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 2: done or whatever. You can't go into these thinking I'm 64 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: going to write a catchphrase, because you don't know whether 65 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 2: that's going to be it or not. I get young 66 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: comedians all the time asking me, how do I write 67 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 2: a catchphrase? I go, well, that's the deal. You don't 68 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: you write it, but it's up to the audience. And 69 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 2: I remember the first time I heard someone say here's 70 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: your sign and they weren't directing it at me in 71 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 2: other words, like didn't know I was within in proximity. 72 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: I was. I was in a grocery store and the 73 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: little girl that was checking everybody out couldn't get something 74 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 2: going on the cash register, and the manager came over 75 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,040 Speaker 2: and hit like one button and it looked at her 76 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 2: and said, here's your sign. And I went, oh my god, 77 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 2: I go, this is uh, it's it's something bigger than I. 78 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 2: If it wasn't for here's your sign, we probably wouldn't 79 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 2: be talking right now. We got so huge. And when 80 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 2: Travis an interesting story that when we I released my 81 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 2: first album, here's your Sign, it was all I had 82 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: to compare to was Foxworthy and you might be a redneck. 83 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 2: And of course he had hit the stratosphere with that, 84 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: and so I thought when my manager, we had the 85 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 2: same manager at the time, and I remember thinking, okay, 86 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: he said, we're going to release the album. Here's your sign. 87 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: I go, all right, here we go. Let let's let 88 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: the roller coaster begin. And the first week the album 89 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 2: came out, we sold one hundred copies across the country. 90 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 2: That means we sold less than two a state. So 91 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: I was like, wait a minute, we're supposed to be 92 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: getting big and getting our name known. And then we did. 93 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 2: The problem was on the album, the song wasn't on it, 94 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: and so we released the video with the Travis Tritt 95 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 2: singing the song, and it literally went from one hundred 96 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,679 Speaker 2: copies a week to ten thousand copies a week, which 97 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 2: was incredible the power that that song had. Now, that 98 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: was back when CMT was allowing us to do a 99 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: little funny videos with country singers. They loved the singers 100 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 2: loved it, and I loved it because they showed everybody 101 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 2: a different side of these artists. That thing. A quick 102 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: funny story about it when at the time I was 103 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: on tour with Joe Diffey, who unfortunately we lost in 104 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 2: just a great guy. But I went to him and 105 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 2: I said, I was on tour with him and I said, hey, Joe, 106 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: we're going to release a song as won't if you'd 107 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 2: sing it, And he goes, oh, yeah, man, I'd love 108 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 2: to do that. He said, let me get clearance from 109 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 2: the record label. And he went to the record label 110 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: and said, they want to do this song and they said, oh, Joe, 111 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 2: you don't want to. You don't want to be part 112 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 2: of a novelty song. You got a career going here, 113 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 2: and so he said they won't let me do it, 114 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 2: and Travis Tritt did it and it was number one 115 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,720 Speaker 2: for fifteen weeks on the country charts, which was at 116 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 2: the time, you know, other than Foxworthy, was unheard of, 117 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 2: and here we are. We were rolling. And it's funny 118 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 2: because it kind of became my in a comedy form 119 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 2: of if like I remember the Bye by Miss American Pie, 120 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 2: if I I could do ninety minutes of killer comedy. 121 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 2: But if I don't do they here's your sign people 122 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 2: walk out going, oh, he didn't do here's your sign? 123 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 2: So I have to kind of have to. I have 124 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 2: to do it now. 125 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:01,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, I wonder you could probably do an entire set 126 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: of just here's your sign just like together, right. 127 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, you would think so, but I think after a 128 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 2: while people might get a little tired of that. 129 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: I understand. I totally get it, and it's almost like 130 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: a musician, you know, you've got to play the hits. Yeah. 131 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 2: Well, And that was one of the interesting things about 132 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 2: coming out of retirement was I was kind of flipping 133 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 2: out about, oh man, I got to write a whole 134 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 2: new ninety minute set, and in the morning I thought 135 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 2: about it. Now, you don't have to do it, because like, 136 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 2: if you and I were going to go see Aerosmith 137 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 2: on the way to the concert, not one of us 138 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 2: is going to say, oh, I hope they play all 139 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 2: new stuff. 140 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 3: No. 141 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: I can't believe you just said that, though, because when 142 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: I was younger, I used to work at a radio 143 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: station and Aerosmith was is still one of my all 144 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: time favorite bands all time. I'm originally from Boston, so 145 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 1: you kind of have to be an Aerosmith fan. But 146 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: I used to say, man, they're putting out another album, like, 147 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: can't they give room to somebody new to come in? 148 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: And then I realized, no, they've They've they still got 149 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: to make a living, make new things. 150 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: Hey, hey, hold on one second. I don't know how 151 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 2: we're Somebody just rang the doorbell home. 152 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: Oh, go get it, go ahead, go ahead, let's see 153 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: who it is. Sorry, who is it? 154 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 2: Okay? Do you want to know who it is? 155 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: Yes? 156 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 2: Yes, it's the plant lady. 157 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: The plant lady. 158 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: She comes in and waters the plants and stuff when 159 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: we're gone. 160 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: Oh that's so nice. So now she knows she thought 161 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: you maybe weren't home. 162 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 2: No, no, she knew this was her day to come. 163 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: I just didn't pay attention to it. 164 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: I love it. That's great. Last show I did, the 165 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: lawn Doctor came. So I feel your pain about that. 166 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 2: It's uh, it's so funny. How as much as I'd 167 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 2: liked to be Hollywood and stuff like that, this is me. 168 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: This is me, the doorbell ring in, the dog's bark 169 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 2: and the. 170 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: So listen, don't don't ever be Hollywood. It you is 171 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: just so refreshing, And it's like talking to a normal person. 172 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 2: I try. I try to be normal, but you know 173 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 2: who seems like the harder I try. I finally realized 174 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: that maybe sometimes I need to just step out of 175 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 2: the way for a little bit, you know, let let 176 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:16,479 Speaker 2: life happen. 177 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: And get out of your own way. 178 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, get out of my own way, that's the uh. 179 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,359 Speaker 2: But yeah, back to what you were saying about Aerosmith, 180 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 2: it was I was kind of the same way. I 181 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 2: was a huge rocker. A lot of people don't know 182 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 2: that that that I was. 183 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 1: All right, hit me with some of your favorite bands. 184 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: Are we talking like Moley Crue. Are we talking glam 185 00:09:34,559 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: rock or hard rock? Heavy metal? 186 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 2: Or I was I wasn't into heavy metal, but uh, 187 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 2: I was. I'm definitely a classic rocker, whether it's Aerosmith 188 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 2: or whether it's Boston or whether it's you know. And 189 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 2: that's what's hard to accept sometimes is the songs I 190 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 2: grew up with now are considered golden oldies, which, oh please, 191 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 2: that says about me. 192 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: I'm with you, I'm with you all on all of it. 193 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: It's just hard to. 194 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:03,599 Speaker 2: Imagine my most weird band that people go what. I 195 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 2: was a huge Alan Parsons Project fan, one of the best. 196 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: Come on, yeah, that's so cool. I love that. Yeah. 197 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: It's interesting too now because all of these songs are 198 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: coming back in commercials we see on TV now. Yeah, 199 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: that never happened when they were big. It was you. 200 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 2: Got labeled to sell out because yeah, you know, then 201 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 2: all of a sudden, everybody went, oh, wait a minute, 202 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 2: the Stone's got one hundred million dollars for them to use. 203 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that only happened a few years ago. It 204 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: was like in the early twenty twenty one or twenty 205 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 1: two or something like almost every major band from you know, 206 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: nineteen hundred to today sold their back catalog. Yeah, that's 207 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,839 Speaker 1: crazy obviously to commercial companies. Let me ask you, since 208 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: we were talking about this, the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, 209 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: you helped to create this like communal experience that we 210 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: were just talking to and it was it wasn't just 211 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: a comedy club bill. It was arenas full of people 212 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: that you were making laugh and share this experience. Is 213 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: there when you were there going through this at the moment, 214 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: did you what was it that you witnessed about this 215 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: this sort of healing, unifying power of laughter when thousands 216 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: of complete strangers could kind of join arms and do 217 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 1: the same thing at the same time together. 218 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: Well, I think that was one of the keys to 219 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 2: blue collar success. Was we were your neighbors, you know, 220 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 2: we weren't you know, it wasn't this kind of artificially 221 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 2: created group, you know, like the monkeys or whoever Jake Jake. 222 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 1: Is that puppy. 223 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's Jake the He's got a nice bark, but 224 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: that's about all he'd got. So the thing back to again, 225 00:11:55,400 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 2: Here we go, the normal life. The I remember we 226 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: held the record for selling out the Nashville Arena in 227 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 2: twenty four hours, and at that, you know, we were 228 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 2: finally dethroned by bon Jovi, which is two names that 229 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 2: just don't go together, blue collar comedy tour and bon Jovi. 230 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 2: But it was I remember we would get to the 231 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 2: arena and I used to make a habit of this. 232 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 2: As I would walk. They usually had a center stage 233 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 2: and everybody was around us, and I used to go 234 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 2: before they opened the doors to the stage and I 235 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 2: would just look around and go, this is insane. This 236 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: this is not stand up comedy. You know stand up comedy, 237 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 2: like say, it was the old brick wall in front 238 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 2: of the you know microphone. And I remember one night 239 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 2: I forget where we were. We were somewhere in the Midwest, 240 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 2: and for whatever reason, we had all come from different 241 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: locales and the promoter got four limousines, which was silly 242 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 2: because we just rode together in the same car. But 243 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: after the show, so we all had chartered planes because 244 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 2: we were coming in from different areas. And after the show, 245 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: the limousines pulled out of the arena and we went 246 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 2: to this little regional airport and there was the four 247 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 2: jets lined up in a row, and each limousine pulled 248 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 2: off to a jet, and I remember standing on the 249 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 2: steps of my plane looking at Jeff and I said, Dude, 250 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 2: this is as close to rock and rolls we're ever 251 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 2: going to get. And the funny thing was we all 252 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 2: could do. The deal was everybody did twenty minutes and 253 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 2: I don't care how good your set was. What people 254 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 2: really really tuned into and loved was at the end 255 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 2: of the show when we would come out on barstools 256 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: and we would all sit on each corner of the 257 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 2: stage and we would just tell stories. And that was 258 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 2: people's favorite part of the whole show was because I 259 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 2: think what it did was it made us human. We weren't, 260 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 2: you know, we were just four guys. And I think 261 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 2: if you were to ask the guys, they would all 262 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,520 Speaker 2: say that we were just four guys who were good 263 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 2: at their craft. But you know, we were all just 264 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,840 Speaker 2: taken back about how big this had gotten. I mean 265 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 2: there was blue collar dolls for God's sakes at one point. 266 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 1: It's because you were authentic. 267 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 2: People can tell you, yeah, we we didn't try to 268 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 2: be somebody. We weren't. Uh, it was just you know, 269 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 2: and we imagine being on the road with three of 270 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 2: your best buds and you're selling out arenas and it's 271 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 2: stupid money and uh people are you know, people would 272 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 2: dress up like Larry at some point. I think all 273 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 2: of us had kids that would dress up as we. 274 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: Were, you know, the cable guy. There's like an audience 275 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: filled people. Yeah, I love that. So yeah, well it 276 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: was it had an impact. I almost it's like mash 277 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: you know, it was everybody watched it, so everybody had 278 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: the experience together. Everybody could talk about it together. And 279 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: because you're pulling in these arenas of people, that's a 280 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: large swath of people and they all talk to people 281 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: and so on. 282 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 2: Well, and I think that we all really appreciate the 283 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 2: fact that these were working class people. I mean, there 284 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 2: was we hit an audience said Hollywood had heart, you know, 285 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: had basically ignored yep. And I'll tell you one of 286 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 2: my favorite stories to this day about talking about how 287 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 2: comedy has a healing faction to it. I was years ago. 288 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 2: I was at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle in Detroit, Royal Oak, Michigan, 289 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 2: just outside of Detroit. I found this out later on. 290 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 2: But a lady had come to the show, and she 291 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 2: said she wrote a letter to the club owner and 292 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: she said, I don't know, I don't remember his name, 293 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 2: but he was the last one on the show, and 294 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 2: that would have been me. She said, please tell him 295 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 2: he cures cancer. And what happened was she had gotten 296 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 2: diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she said, I had to 297 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 2: make a choice. I could either wallowing this or I 298 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 2: could just go on with my life. She goes, I 299 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 2: went to the show. I laughed for seventy five minutes. 300 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 2: She went back to the doctor the next day and 301 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 2: they told her she'd been misdiagnosed and have goosebumps all over. Hey, listen, 302 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 2: I didn't cure her cancer, but what I did was, 303 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 2: for seventy five minutes, I let her forget some of 304 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 2: the most horrific news you could get. And she said 305 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 2: tell him. I said, thank you, And it was just like, 306 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 2: I'll never forget that as long as I lived. And 307 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 2: that's what I try to tell young comedians, is you 308 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 2: never you always got to do your show, whether it's 309 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: five fifty people or whether it's five thousand people. You 310 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 2: don't know who's in that audience and how you're going 311 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 2: to affect their lives. And when I finally realized the 312 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:51,600 Speaker 2: power that comedy has, it was like the world open, 313 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 2: The comedic world opened up to me, and I realized 314 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 2: I didn't I didn't have to try to be somebody 315 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: I'm not and I could just do be Bill and 316 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 2: that was good enough. 317 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: Wow, that's pretty powerful stuff. Bill. 318 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that was minally Wow. We'll be right back 319 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 2: with more of the Comedy Save Me Podcast. Welcome back 320 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 2: to the Comedy Save Me Podcast. 321 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,639 Speaker 1: You've talked about growing up in Texas and finding your 322 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: voice in comedy. Was there a specific moment, like an 323 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: epiphany you had where laughter, either making others laugh or 324 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: comedy itself for you literally saved you your life or 325 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: hope to get through something difficult. 326 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 2: I think if we're baling brutally honest here, when I 327 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 2: was in the club circuit, you know it was I lied, 328 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 2: loved the club circuit. I had a blast doing it, 329 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 2: but I had a dark side. I started drinking and 330 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 2: it wasn't because I wanted to drink. It was because 331 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 2: you're trying to kill the pain of being away from 332 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 2: your home, being away from the babies, my wife, and 333 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 2: I think the defining moment for me was one I 334 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 2: used to go and I would drink at the club 335 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 2: because they gave free drinks, and I remember I would 336 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 2: go back to the hotel room and I knew I 337 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,679 Speaker 2: had to call Gail, my wife, and I would be 338 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 2: looking at the phone, going, she's gonna know, she's gonna know, 339 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 2: and sure enough I would soon I would say hey, 340 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 2: and she goes call me back tomorrow when you're sober, 341 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 2: when you're sober, and I could have lost everything, her, 342 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 2: the kids, my career, and thank god, I do thank 343 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 2: God for that because I did. I was too dumb 344 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 2: to see what was happening. And then I finally just 345 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 2: I was lucky enough to be one of those people 346 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 2: that could say, Okay, I'm going to stop, you know, 347 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 2: because there's bigger things than work here. So and back 348 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:07,159 Speaker 2: to the retirement thing. I think that's what brought me 349 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 2: out of it was I figured that God had given 350 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 2: me this gift to be able to make people laugh, 351 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 2: and who am I to say, no, that's not what 352 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 2: I want to do. I have. I had to kind 353 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 2: of turn my life over to him, and thank god 354 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 2: I did, literally because it was It's what made me realize, 355 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 2: you have a goal. I know now what my purpose 356 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 2: on this earth is, and it's to make people feel 357 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: That always say in interviews, I always hope that people 358 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 2: leave my show feeling better about themselves than when they 359 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 2: got there. When you can do that, it's it's amazing, 360 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 2: not only what it does for them, but what it 361 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 2: did for me. You know. I love making people laugh 362 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 2: and I love the fact that that people will. They 363 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 2: had a hundred other ways they could have spent their money, 364 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 2: but they decided to come see my show, and it's 365 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 2: my job to do livered. 366 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,400 Speaker 1: What you just said was so huge. And how many 367 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: years did you take off or when you were tired 368 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,120 Speaker 1: and you were a couple of years, a couple of years, Yeah, 369 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 1: And during that time were you ever when did it 370 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: finally hit you that you needed to go? Like, when 371 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: did you realize who what you're calling was? I mean, 372 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: you would have think you've been doing this a long time, Bill, 373 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: so to say just a couple of years ago, was 374 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: when you finally realized what your calling was. That's a 375 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: big deal, right. 376 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 2: It went from being just a job to a passion. 377 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 2: And you know, I love them. I love when I 378 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 2: always say I know I've written a good joke. When 379 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 2: I see a husband or a wife kind of elbow 380 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 2: each other and go, oh yeah, that's you right there, Yeah, yeah, yeah, 381 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 2: that has all the time. That's what made me was 382 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 2: that I got a funny story. One night we were 383 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 2: doing Blue Collar and as after the show, and Ron 384 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 2: and I went down we were staying the night, and 385 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 2: so we went down to the bar. And I've known 386 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 2: Ron since he went up on open mic night and 387 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 2: we were sitting at the bar. I had was. I 388 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 2: tried so many different things. I mean I tried the 389 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: rock and roll opening with the music and the lights 390 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 2: and all that. And Ron White, of all people, said, 391 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 2: you know, Bill, I remember today. I'd go up on 392 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 2: stage and I'd just gut the room and then they'd 393 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: introduce you, and you'd come up there with that slow draw, 394 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 2: and within three minutes it was Ron who And I 395 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 2: realized that Ron White of all people, showed me that 396 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 2: go back to who you were. I was so and 397 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,159 Speaker 2: this is on and I've told Jeff this. I was 398 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 2: so busy trying to be Jeff that I forgot to 399 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 2: be me. Wow, that's a great compliment to Jeff Foxworthy, 400 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 2: because you know, he was who I patterned was. He 401 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 2: was all I had to judge by. 402 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 1: It's the highest form of flattery. 403 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,479 Speaker 2: It's thank god it all worked out the way it's 404 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 2: supposed to, because it's it's you know, I'm having fun again. 405 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 2: And you know, like when I do my show now, 406 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 2: there'll be some new stuff, but then, you know, like 407 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 2: that we talked about earlier, then I'll do some of 408 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 2: the old classics. Uh, and you forget that sometimes there's 409 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 2: people in the audience who may not have heard that 410 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: bad you know, whether it's you know, like you said, 411 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 2: I've been doing I've been doing this for almost forty 412 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 2: five years. 413 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,640 Speaker 1: And it's just turning forty. Now. 414 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: I wish I was just turning forty. I'll be I'm 415 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: on the south side of getting close to seventy. 416 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: So get out of here. You know who you remind 417 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,479 Speaker 1: me of? You always have kind of reminded me of. 418 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: Tell me that people haven't told you this before, but 419 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: a certain lead character in a show called Yellowstone, Oh, yeah, 420 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: Kevin Costner. 421 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, you get that every one. So I actually tried 422 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 2: to get my agents and stuff to send him a 423 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 2: letter saying, hey, you might want to look at this guy. 424 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's a standard as some new character only. 425 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 2: But yeah, it was I get that quite a bit. 426 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 2: I'll tell you a funny story about Kevin Cosser. Well 427 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 2: years ago. I'll tell you how far back it was. 428 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 2: HBO was doing a special on Willie Nelson's sixtieth birthday 429 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 2: and my job, I wasn't even on the show. My 430 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 2: job was just to keep the audience up in between. 431 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: Takes your audience fluffing basically. 432 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was a fluffing for the audience. 433 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, and sit okay, right in. 434 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,479 Speaker 2: Front of me in the stage was Kevin Costner and 435 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 2: Gary Busey, and Gary Busey was hammered, I mean hammered 436 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 2: and just not really the kind of audience you want 437 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 2: to have. But Kevin Costner was laughing and hitting the 438 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 2: table and stuff. And so we went backstage. Somebody came 439 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 2: in and they said, hey, Kevin Costner wants to meet you, 440 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 2: and I said, great, I'd love to meet you. But 441 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 2: this is how far back this was. Dances with Wolves 442 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 2: had just come out, all right, And so Gail's with me, 443 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 2: and we're backstage, and I see Kevin Costner walking towards me, 444 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 2: and I see Gail walking towards me, and they haven't 445 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 2: seen each other yet, and Gail was a If Gail 446 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 2: was going to cheat on me, it would be with 447 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 2: Kevin Costner. 448 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: To be fair, you do look alike, so maybe she 449 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: could have made a mistake. It was dark. 450 00:23:55,760 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 2: I would love to believe that, but the h and 451 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: so I see him, and also I see my wife 452 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 2: see Kevin Costner, and he's talking to me and saying, hey, 453 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 2: I really enjoy your stuff. You're very funny, and I said, 454 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 2: thank you very much. I'm a big fan. And Gail 455 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 2: was standing next man. She hadn't said a word the 456 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:16,360 Speaker 2: whole time, and he grabbed her arm and pulled her 457 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 2: into him and said, and you are such a good sport. 458 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 2: And then he walked off. And I looked at Gail 459 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 2: and I said, why didn't you say something? She goes 460 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 2: because it would have come out. 461 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: Oh my god, he just he made her so nervous. 462 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: I have to tell you, it's a very strange thing. 463 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: I had a similar situation where I ran into Kevin 464 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,120 Speaker 1: Costner at an event because he has a band, right, 465 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: and he wanted to come on a show that I had. 466 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: There was a music show on A and E years 467 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: ago called Private Sessions, and he was like, Hey, I 468 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,240 Speaker 1: want to be on your show. He tells a friend 469 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: and my friend says to me, come over here, motions 470 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: me over. We're at some hotel somewhere and I'm. 471 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,320 Speaker 2: Like, no, no, no, no, no no. 472 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to be one of those people. No, no, 473 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,440 Speaker 1: come here, comarree And I go over and I said, 474 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: what's going on? He said, Lynn, this is Kevin, Kevin, 475 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: this is Lynn. And next thing you know, Kevin has 476 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: my cell phone and he's programming his manager's number and 477 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: it to call so that he can be booked on 478 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 1: my show. And I'm looking across and my husband's looking 479 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: at me like why does he have your number phone 480 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:19,880 Speaker 1: in his hand or what is going on? But he's 481 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: just is he not the most real? Oh he's totally real, 482 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: genuine straight shooter. 483 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I listen. Would if I could have a dream, 484 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,160 Speaker 2: it would be that he and I did a project 485 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 2: together or something, because uh, but I don't know if 486 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 2: that's ever going to happen, but it would sure be cool. 487 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:39,440 Speaker 1: Well we put it out there so you never know. 488 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,639 Speaker 2: By the way, if you got Kevin's number, now you 489 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 2: win the phone poker game. You know. 490 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:47,840 Speaker 1: I haven't even thought to go look until you just most. 491 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,920 Speaker 2: And for a long time I had John Travolta on mind. 492 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: Wow, how did that go? 493 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 2: Okay? Okay? That was another weird That's the thing about 494 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:59,439 Speaker 2: this business. You get Sometimes you get thrown into a 495 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 2: situation and us school, how is this happening? Yeah? 496 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 1: Where am I? 497 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:04,879 Speaker 2: So I had I was coming to Gail and I 498 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 2: were coming back. We flew into LA on a charter 499 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 2: plane and I said, I'm going to go in and 500 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 2: get the bags. And I walk in and there's John 501 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 2: Travolta sitting in the lobby because he's a pilot and 502 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:21,000 Speaker 2: he's going to take his plane out, and I swear 503 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 2: to you. Then he looked at me. He goes, hey, Bill, 504 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 2: how are you doing? And I was like, you know me, 505 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 2: I'm good, John, and he goes we started talking, Yeah, 506 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 2: here's my number. And I was like, I looked at you. 507 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 2: I go I have his phone number. 508 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,160 Speaker 1: Now what are you going to do with it? 509 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 2: Nothing? 510 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: You know what? 511 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,359 Speaker 2: So I can win the phone poker game. 512 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: I know, like, what am I going to really call 513 00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: up Kevin and you're going to call up Travolta? 514 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,360 Speaker 2: John, what's up? When we met at an airport and 515 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 2: he may have been recruiting me, I don't. 516 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: Know, No, but another one of the genuine ones in 517 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: the world, you know, just so. 518 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 2: I think that's you know, I remember when I had 519 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:06,719 Speaker 2: my sitcom, The bill Ing woll Show on TBS. We 520 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 2: had we gave Jennifer Lawrence her first job. She word 521 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:15,439 Speaker 2: my daughter on my sitcom, and I remember she was 522 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 2: I remember one day walking into her dressing room and 523 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 2: I turned to the producer and I said, we're going 524 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 2: to be right in the episode where she goes off 525 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,960 Speaker 2: to college real quick, because you just she had it. 526 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 2: But it was it, and that it was she was 527 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 2: just Jenny. She was. She didn't try to be and 528 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,679 Speaker 2: I think that's why people loved her at the Oscars. 529 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 2: She's fallible, you know, she and blessed her little heart 530 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 2: when she got started getting all these movies. For about 531 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 2: the first two or three of them, she would always 532 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 2: thank me, uh for giving her that job. And she's 533 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 2: done all right for herself, you know. 534 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 1: That's pretty special. I mean that's for you to see 535 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: that too and to want to push her out as 536 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: opposed to keep her. 537 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 2: I lovely kep her, but I knew we weren't going 538 00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 2: to be able to. 539 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's amazing. Well, the world has been through 540 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,400 Speaker 1: a lot since your sitcom there, Yes, and I could 541 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: list a million things nine to eleven, the pandemic, political division. 542 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 1: How have you seen comedy's role evolve as a source 543 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 1: of relief or escape and what do you think what 544 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 1: responsibility do you feel that the comedians have to help 545 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: people when the times are really the darkest. 546 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:30,159 Speaker 2: I think that's when we need comedy the most. You know, 547 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 2: it used to be and people went to a comedy 548 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 2: show to just kind of get a break from life. 549 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 2: And now, you know, there was a period of time 550 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 2: where it's almost like people were coming to the show 551 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 2: hoping you would say something that would offend them, Yeah, 552 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:50,160 Speaker 2: so they could shout out or whatever. And I just 553 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 2: took I just took that to me as like, just 554 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 2: do your stuff, don't you know. My stuff's always been 555 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 2: middle of the road, middle America. That's what people wanted. 556 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 2: They just wanted some kind of stability, like to help 557 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 2: me get through this. As a comedian, I've always felt 558 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,840 Speaker 2: like it was my job to do what I got, 559 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 2: not to tell you what you should think or how 560 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 2: you should because I don't care. I don't care what 561 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 2: your political beliefs are or anything. I just my job 562 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 2: is to make you laugh. And if I can do that, 563 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 2: then we've both achieved a goal. You know that that 564 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: you're you're a little more relaxed now. I'm I'm having fun. 565 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 2: And you know, there's there's a niche for everything. You know, 566 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 2: some people like that kind of in your face comedy 567 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 2: and stuff. I always don't be like, well, if you 568 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: come to my show, just sit back, you're gonna laugh, 569 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 2: and you're gonna walk out of here feeling good. 570 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: I love that. I wish you were my doctor. Imagine 571 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: if your doctor said that to you every time you 572 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: went to an appointment. 573 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 2: We're gonna be fine. 574 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, everything, Just sit back, relax, put on the seatbelt. 575 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: As your understanding of laughter and the power of the 576 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 1: actual physical laughing, has it changed who you are as 577 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: a person, not just as a performer, Like, now that 578 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: you know the power that it has. 579 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 2: I think maybe, uh, there was a period of time 580 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 2: where I like I said, I didn't really, it was 581 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 2: just a job. You know. It was a thank god 582 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 2: it worked out because I was literally not trained to 583 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 2: do anything else. You know, that's where you say comedy 584 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,080 Speaker 2: saved my life. I didn't. I didn't know what I 585 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 2: was gonna do. You know, if this comedy thing hadn't 586 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 2: worked out, I had no b plan, there was no backup. Uh. 587 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:41,120 Speaker 2: And I don't know if maybe subconsciously I knew that 588 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 2: and it made me work harder at it. Yeah, but yeah, 589 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 2: it was. Uh, it's one of those things. And just 590 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 2: the actual if you think about how good you feel 591 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,840 Speaker 2: when you laugh out loud, I mean, there's no bad feeling. 592 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 2: The endorphins kick in and you walk out of there 593 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,840 Speaker 2: feeling great. I think if we can all as a 594 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 2: as a society, just remember that not everybody's out to 595 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 2: get you. Sometimes it's good just to sit back and laugh. 596 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 2: And Uh. I'll tell you a story that my dad 597 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 2: was a doctor at the time and he was telling 598 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 2: me I remember never forget to you know, he was 599 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:21,800 Speaker 2: an anesthesiologist and had done all this stuff. I remember 600 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 2: one morning at breakfast, he said, you know, I've always 601 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 2: wanted to try a stand up comedy. I went, what, 602 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 2: I go, Why you're a doctor. You you've got you 603 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 2: heal people, he goes. They did a study that in 604 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 2: an operating room situation, even when a patient is under sedation, 605 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 2: if the room is light and there's kind of laughter 606 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 2: and stuff, people heal. I think he said, people heal 607 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 2: three times faster than they do if if the room 608 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 2: is you know, somber and people aren't talking. And so 609 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 2: when he said that, I go, Wow, I go, this 610 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 2: is way bigger than than I have. I had then 611 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 2: my comprehension. I think that for that because he reminded 612 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 2: me that your job is to make people laugh, and 613 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 2: if you do that, you're going to be okay. 614 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, even if you're not a brain surgeon or yeah, 615 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: you know you don't have to, you're healing people in 616 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: a different way exactly exactly. Wow, that's pretty cool. And 617 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: that you know that too. It's almost like I remember 618 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: getting into the business when I was a kid and 619 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: always feeling sort of like, yeah, I know, I know 620 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,959 Speaker 1: it's not a doctor, I'm not a lawyer. I'm not 621 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: some you know, philanthropist or you know whatever. And but 622 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: when you realize that what you do can help people 623 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: then it changes and all of a sudden, you don't 624 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: feel inferior just because you're an entertainment or you know. 625 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 2: Right well, and especially live with comedy, because you know, 626 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 2: Rodniey Dangerfield summed it up, you know when he said, 627 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 2: you know, he did that, I don't get any respect. 628 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 2: Comedy is just starting to gain that respect that it 629 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 2: deserves because you know, people my friend and I would 630 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 2: would be on the road and we used to laugh 631 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 2: that people would go, We'll just get up there and 632 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,800 Speaker 2: to your stuff. You know. It's there's there's an art 633 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 2: and a science to comedy, you know, And I don't 634 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,840 Speaker 2: think people understand that that how hard it is. Although 635 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 2: Seinfeld once had a bit he said that they did 636 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 2: a survey of people's top five fears and number two 637 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 2: was death. Number one was speaking in public. 638 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,240 Speaker 1: You're the second person. 639 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, and what you're saying is you'd rather be the 640 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 2: guy in the box than the guy given the eulogy. 641 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: It's true. I never knew that though you're the second 642 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: person in the last two weeks that had said that 643 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: to me. That statistic. 644 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's crazy. And you know, and I tell 645 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 2: you this. The other thing that I love it I 646 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 2: love making people laugh. I love it when people will 647 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 2: come up to me and say, you know what, I 648 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 2: was having a really crappy day and you made me 649 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 2: laugh and thanks. You know that, That to me is 650 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 2: like the greatest compliment you can get. 651 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 1: It's the best. And how can you not want to 652 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: do that. I can't even imagine what you were doing 653 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,839 Speaker 1: when you were retired. Yeah, well like that to me, 654 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,759 Speaker 1: I would need that all the time. I would need 655 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: to know that I was helping and being helped by 656 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: that just by helping others, I mean, right, there isn't 657 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: And also, I want to say something to the listeners 658 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: right now. Bill, you are one of the biggest names 659 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: in comedy, and you are probably one of the most 660 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 1: down to earth people I've ever spoken to in the 661 00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: entire entertainment industry. So I just want to say thanks 662 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 1: for even carving out the time for us today and 663 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: for sharing your vulnerable side and giving us a peek 664 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:45,799 Speaker 1: at what it's really like, because it's pretty incredible. 665 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 2: It's an incredible power. I am just so honored and 666 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 2: humbled the fact that whatever reason, the gods of comedy 667 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 2: reached over and touched me and said you're going to 668 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:01,200 Speaker 2: be the one, and now you know, it's so funny 669 00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,799 Speaker 2: because now every once in a while, like if I'm 670 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 2: working on some new stuff, I'll go to a club 671 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 2: and you know, on an open mic night or whatever, 672 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,200 Speaker 2: just to work out some material, and invariably one of 673 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 2: the young comes ago. I've been listening to you my 674 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:16,680 Speaker 2: whole life, and I'm like. 675 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: What, how is that even possible? I'm just getting started. 676 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's got that power, and you know, I 677 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,400 Speaker 2: hope that you know it's funny you mentioned about the 678 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,959 Speaker 2: being just a kind of a homegrown guy. Somebody asked 679 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 2: me there was a we were playing a game where 680 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 2: they go, what do you want written on your headstone? 681 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 2: And I hope with all my heart that they can 682 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 2: write There's one I told my wife. I said, the 683 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 2: first one I want to have on my headstone is Wow, 684 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,680 Speaker 2: it's more human than I thought it'd be. 685 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 3: She goes, I am not putting that on your headstone. 686 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 3: And the more I thought of my thought, I really 687 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,760 Speaker 3: do hope with all my heart that when people remember 688 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 3: me that it'll be in one phrase he was a 689 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 3: nice guy. 690 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:05,960 Speaker 2: Wow. 691 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: I can't even I don't even know how to go 692 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 1: on to the next thing. With you, because that's just 693 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: first of all, I love the first one though, because 694 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: everybody who would come to visit your headstone you and 695 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: see that that would laugh, and so you would continue 696 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:21,120 Speaker 1: to make people laugh. 697 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 2: Way hopefully they would laugh. 698 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, And then you reminded me of a story real 699 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 1: quick of my grandfather when he was dying when I 700 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,319 Speaker 1: was really little, and they wouldn't let me in the 701 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,719 Speaker 1: room to see him because it was really difficult. But 702 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,920 Speaker 1: I remember standing out in the hall with my whole family, 703 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,800 Speaker 1: and I wonder if this is why I always like comedy. 704 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 1: It was that or Carol Burnette. But I'd see the 705 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:46,200 Speaker 1: nurses coming out of the room cracking up. Bill. My 706 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:50,280 Speaker 1: grandfather he's literally taking his last breaths, and he's joking 707 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: with the doctors and the nurses, and they're coming out 708 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: of the room and they're laughing and crying at the 709 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,279 Speaker 1: same time because they can't believe they're laughing while this 710 00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: man is dying. 711 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,799 Speaker 2: So well, you know what that tells me? He got it, 712 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 2: he did, he got it. 713 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,760 Speaker 1: He did. Yeah. Well, Bill, it's been such a pleasure 714 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: talking with you. 715 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 2: No, it's been my pleasure. Thank you for having me. 716 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: It's so honored. Here's your sign, it wasn't my time? 717 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: Is a tour coming up for you? 718 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the new tour. Yeah. It went for him 719 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,719 Speaker 2: from here's your sign, It's finally time to now it's 720 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 2: here's your sign, it wasn't my time? 721 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: Thugs it rhymes. It's good that you can find that 722 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,880 Speaker 1: at at Bill Angvil dot com. And was there Do 723 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: I see something else? Something about just sell them for parts? 724 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 2: Oh? That was Is that a special That was a 725 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:40,840 Speaker 2: special idea that I really loved. I just loved the 726 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 2: title just because it came from as you get older, 727 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,959 Speaker 2: you start you know, I did you know these things 728 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,720 Speaker 2: start breaking down and uh, you know you're getting older. 729 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,880 Speaker 2: And my fear was the doctor was going to go 730 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,879 Speaker 2: to my wife and go just sell them for parts. 731 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,439 Speaker 1: It's better than getting sent out to pasture, I guess. 732 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: Bill Engel, thank you so much for coming out of 733 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: retirement to save all of us with your laughter. I 734 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,239 Speaker 1: can't wait to see all the new things that you're 735 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,960 Speaker 1: going to be doing. And thank you for healing all 736 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,480 Speaker 1: of us with your laughter and for coming on comedy. 737 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 2: Save me man. It's been my honor, and thank you 738 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 2: for doing this