1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Comedy Saved Me. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: When you have an idea, a good, strong idea in 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 2: the beginning, all the time another line will pop in 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: or another part of it. Oh maybe they could be 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 2: doing this, but you know, a lot of times it's 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 2: a fake out. But at the same time, you know 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 2: it celebrates the human spirit, like you ain't getting shit 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 2: for Christmas. 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to another episode of Comedy Saved Me, the show 10 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: where we dive deep into the wild, weird and wonderful 11 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: world of comedy and the people whose lives that have 12 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: been shaped, shaken, and yes, sometimes even saved by laughter. 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Lynn Hoffman and Lucky Me. Today's guest 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 1: is a true legend in the world of comedy music, 15 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: Red Peters. Now, if you've ever left out loud at 16 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: a song that was just a little too outrageous for 17 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: the radio, chances are Red Peters was behind it. He 18 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: is known as the King of comedy music, and his 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: career began in the mid eighties when he and his 20 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: writing partner Ed Grenga started recording off color double entaundra 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: songs as a way of blowing off steam from the 22 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:13,759 Speaker 1: buttoned up world of commercial music production. Red's irreverent boundary 23 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: pushing songs have earned him a loyal following and two 24 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: best selling comedy albums. By the way, So whether you're 25 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: a longtime fan like myself or just discovering Red's unique 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: brand of musical mischief, get ready because this comedian will 27 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: literally blow you away with a conversation that's as funny 28 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: as it is fearless. Welcome Red Peters to Comedy Save Me. 29 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: I have to start off by saying, I'm a huge fan. 30 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: It's an honor to meet you. I started off in 31 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: radio back in Boston with John Lander, who introduced me 32 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: to your wacky, amazing stuff, and I've been a fan 33 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: ever since. 34 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: So welcome, Thank you, Thank you. I've been around a 35 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: long time. Yeah, but no, I enjoyed you on the 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: radio myself. You know, I've known your name from a 37 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 2: long time. For a long time. 38 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: Red, You're killing me. This is so amazing. I'm so 39 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: glad we got to meet. Thank you. All right. Well, 40 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: I want to start with you because I know you're 41 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: a busy guy, so I want to get right into it. 42 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 2: Is that, all. 43 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: Right, let's start off with the early days. Take us 44 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: back to the beginning of Red Peters. What what first drew 45 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: you to comedy and music, because that's an interesting combination. 46 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I've always been into comedy, but I also 47 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 2: had a music production company. We created music for advertising 48 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: and for films and that sort of thing, and during 49 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 2: the pressure of doing this, we would blow off steam, 50 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: if you know what I mean. 51 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: I get to have a room shot in here. 52 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: After after an intent couple of weeks of recording for 53 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 2: various corporations, we started messing around. We'd always if we 54 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 2: were doing a commercial, and of course we'd hear it 55 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 2: a hundred times in the recording studio. Before long we'd 56 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: change the lyrics ourselves and start marking the what they want. 57 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 2: And that's pretty much how One day we were rehearsing 58 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 2: for that in Boston and my co writer Ed Grenger 59 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 2: and I came up with our first big hit in 60 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: nineteen eighty four, you Hardly Know Me song, And shortly thereafter, 61 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 2: in around two thousand, we wrote and created or created 62 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 2: and wrote How's Your Whole Family? So that's how it 63 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 2: started with those two. And you know, they hit the 64 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 2: jukeboxes across the nation and people went wow for them, 65 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: and they even back then DJ's could play them on 66 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: the radio before they were you know, either find told 67 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 2: not to play it anymore. So from there we recorded 68 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 2: our first album. I left, I cried, I fudged my andies. 69 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 2: I toured the US, played all the morning shows for 70 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 2: six months, eight months, and you know, spread the word 71 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 2: and you know it's still going strong to this day. 72 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: It was so much fun. I mean, were you a 73 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,559 Speaker 1: fan of weird Awl by any chance? Was that around 74 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: the same time? 75 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,839 Speaker 2: Actually, I took my daughter. My first concert I took 76 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 2: my daughter to was a weird Al concert. Other than that, 77 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 2: you know, I mean, I've followed him over the years, 78 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 2: and of course Doctor Demento plays my songs and so 79 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 2: I've heard all his material. I was more of a 80 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 2: George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Frank Zappa, Bonzo Dog Band. The 81 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 2: comedians I liked, even like because I watched Ed Sullivan. 82 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 2: Of course back then was Jackie Vernon and Noam Crosby. 83 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 2: I loved them. So you know, whether they influence what 84 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 2: I do what I did, I'm not sure. But I 85 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,200 Speaker 2: sure enjoyed them, oh. 86 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: Boy, and we sure enjoyed you. I have to know, 87 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: was there something in your life personal that happened early 88 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: on that impacted you to sort of led you down 89 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: the path of comedy. 90 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 2: Yes, I went to Pinocchio School for a couple of years. 91 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: I was in Aulti Roy. I even studied to become 92 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 2: a priest, believe it or not. 93 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, for real. 94 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 2: And I was going to be a veterinarian when I 95 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: graduated from college. But I went to Massart and that's 96 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 2: where it all congealed, so to speak. 97 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: It all started at mass College of Art. 98 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it was during the student strikes back then 99 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: and against the Vietnam War. So I was extremely rebellious, 100 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 2: joined in all the riots, in the protests and this 101 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 2: sort of thing. So I've sort of been maybe from 102 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: my Catholic upbringing, I'm not sure, but I went all 103 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 2: out on it, you know, not in an Antichrist type 104 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 2: of way, but definitely took some chances. And I've been 105 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 2: having so much fun ever since. So I would say 106 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 2: it was my Catholic upbringing. But then also my grandfather 107 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: played the piano. He lived in the same house as 108 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 2: us for five hours a day, so maybe that influenced me. 109 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: Wow, who knows, that's so cool but so rebellious, but 110 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: still you know, you're having fun. But it was definitely. 111 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 2: Probably Now I tampered down the rebellious part because you know, 112 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 2: you could get arrested really easy. 113 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: These days, we can't have that. 114 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 2: My friend, one of my friends the other day referred 115 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:18,679 Speaker 2: to me as angelic, So yeah, now I'm angelic. Wow, 116 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 2: But I'm still crazy, you know. 117 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 1: Well, you got to be a little crazy otherwise you're 118 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: not normal. 119 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm definitely not normal, but I love it. 120 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: That's good, all right. So I have to know, is 121 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: there a particular moment when you realize that comedy was 122 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,440 Speaker 1: going to be more than just sort of a hobby, 123 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: that you were going to make a living at it. 124 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 2: Well, I found it and produce the Comedy Cruise in 125 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 2: Boston Harbor for many years in the eighties. So I 126 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: had all the greatest local and traveling comedians on the 127 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 2: Comedy Cruise for several years. So I had that going, 128 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 2: but I also had the is it going? So at 129 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 2: one point I came to a juncture where I thought 130 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 2: I had to choose between comedy or music. So I 131 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 2: chose music, but and I also took comedy into considerations, 132 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 2: so they merged and the song started flowing in the bits. 133 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: What made you decide to blend the I mean, what 134 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: was that moment where you realized, wait, I could do both, 135 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 1: I could make it the same. 136 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well I really wanted to. I thought like, okay, 137 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 2: I'm choosing music, but I was still doing comedy and 138 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 2: involved with the comedy scene. I couldn't just shut it 139 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 2: out right. So it just naturally happened where I blended 140 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 2: them both, and you know, we started writing some great 141 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 2: songs at that point, and my rebelliousness continued. You know, 142 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 2: Howard Stern picked up on it. So I was a 143 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 2: guest on his show. I premiered several of my singles 144 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 2: on his show, and at one point, I'm not sure 145 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 2: what it was, somebody he put out a call for 146 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 2: people who might want to have shows on his network. 147 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: So I sent them a one page and like two 148 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: days later, yes, you have your own show now on 149 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 2: the Howard channels. So I had never done any radio before. 150 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 2: So here I am, you know, a producer of music 151 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: and creator. Next thing, you know, I'm confronted. I don't 152 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 2: know if that's the right word. I said, holy shit, 153 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 2: now I have to I had to produce a one 154 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 2: hour special every two weeks. Wow, and with no experience 155 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 2: except in the studio recording that sort of thing. So 156 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 2: I a buddy of mind taught me pro tools and 157 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: I was on my own from that point. Wow. And 158 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 2: you know I've increased my chops quite a bit technically 159 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 2: in that sort of thing. So I think I produced 160 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:29,800 Speaker 2: around seventy five one hour specials on the Howard channels. 161 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: That's a lot. Yeah, did you ever have any resistance 162 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: from in the beginning just because of the content? And 163 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: also how were you able to write songs and comedy? 164 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: I mean that's like doubly putting pressure on yourself to perform. 165 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 2: It's a craft, I have to admit. Like, let's see, 166 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 2: let me pick a song, well, the two Gay Irishmen 167 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 2: that took about three months to write because we research names, 168 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 2: research geograph graphy. In over three months we put that 169 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 2: song together. Same with I Want to Poke a Poka 170 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:12,720 Speaker 2: and Ballad of a dog named Stains. They will all 171 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: worked and worked and worked until they were perfect in 172 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: our opinion. And you know, how's your whole family just 173 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 2: flowed out? Blow me? You hardly even know me, just 174 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 2: float out? Pretty much. All the songs flowed out, but 175 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 2: some of them needed extra attention to fine tune. Them, 176 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:39,040 Speaker 2: so the comedy comes through at the right time and 177 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 2: the point gets across. So it's been a lot of 178 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 2: fun and it continues. 179 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, you have quite the legacy. Did you expect it 180 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:52,959 Speaker 1: to take off the way that it did? I mean, 181 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: even before Howard Stern it was pretty popular. 182 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 2: And yeah, you know, I like I say, I traveled 183 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 2: the morning shows after the first album, and I worked 184 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 2: with all these different DJs across the country, including Man Cow, 185 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 2: who was number one in Chicago at the time. I 186 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 2: went on his show a bunch of times. So then 187 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 2: also Stern was coming into the picture, so I knew 188 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 2: if I jumped to Stern, I was going to lose 189 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 2: Man Cow, but I figured I'd go with Stern, So 190 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 2: I think it was a good choice and he gave 191 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 2: me a lot of great opportunities. It was. It was 192 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:38,559 Speaker 2: really good working with him, and Tim Sabian was very 193 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 2: supportive of me. He was the program director. Yeah, and 194 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 2: who I still talk to today. 195 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: Does he sell like steaks now? 196 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, he saw together a probably a billion dollar operation 197 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 2: of steaks steak So it's kind of unusual to jump 198 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 2: from how I would star into stakes, but. 199 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: Talk about a complete one eight. 200 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, who knows. Maybe I'll take a turn 201 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:11,960 Speaker 2: at some point, and who knows, maybe I'll go back 202 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,679 Speaker 2: into the priesthood thinking about it. 203 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 1: But what they let you after your career, that's the question. 204 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: Well, they're very forgiving, I understand. 205 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: So let me ask, how do you walk the line 206 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: speaking of being edgy and stuff and potentially offensive in 207 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: your songwriting, especially in today's world. It's a tough line 208 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: to walk. 209 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 2: Oh, there's not much I can do about what I've 210 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 2: already created that's out there, true. But I am writing 211 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 2: a new song right now, for a new Christmas song. 212 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: Does anyone know about it yet? Have you told anyone? 213 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 2: I don't know if I've told anyone yet. I mean 214 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 2: I just began working on it about a week ago, 215 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 2: and I think this is going to be another like 216 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 2: a dog named Stains or you know, it's going to 217 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 2: be a lot of work to get it, to get 218 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 2: it to the punchline. But I have some great ideas 219 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 2: going to contain sound design, which you know, I'm using 220 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 2: my skills that I've developed since first starting with pro tools, 221 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,640 Speaker 2: and hopefully it's going to be very funny, and it's 222 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: going to be on a vinyl red Peter's Greatest Hits 223 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 2: and just you know, Late Fall probably, but that's what 224 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 2: we're putting together right now. So that's what I'm working on. 225 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 2: And this will be the bonus track on the on 226 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: the Greatest Hits album. 227 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: So that's awesome. Can you give me any hint as 228 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: to the song working title right now? Seeing how you 229 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: always incorporate. If I told you the title, you'd have 230 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: to kill me. 231 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 2: Somebody would definitely grab it and write there on song. 232 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 2: But I'll tell you off the air after Okay, okay, 233 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: it is. It's such a unique time but direct title 234 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 2: that even the title is hilarious. Let me just say that. 235 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: All your titles are hilarious. 236 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 2: It's definitely one of the most sophomoric songs, although that's 237 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 2: a pretty high bar, that's true. It's so silly and 238 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 2: stupid that I'm really psyched about it, so hopefully people 239 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:28,760 Speaker 2: will agree with me. 240 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,359 Speaker 1: Is there a bell weather like when you're writing it, 241 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 1: when you get to that point where you're like, oh, yeah, that's. 242 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. The other night when I let the idea flow 243 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 2: and it was like eight hundred and sixty words, which 244 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 2: is way way, way too much, I'd be like a 245 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 2: five six minute song I was when I was writing it. 246 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 2: You know, I was on a roll, I think Sunday night. 247 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 2: While I was writing it. I was definitely laughing to 248 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 2: myself and thinking, oh yeah, this is great. You know 249 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 2: the you know, the section I was working on like 250 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 2: i'd have a breakthrough and it just psyched me up 251 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 2: to keep going. So I did a beginning, middle, and 252 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 2: end in one sit down, like say, a two hour session. 253 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 2: And then now I'm working with one of my writers, 254 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 2: Artie Johnson, and he's going to help me punch it 255 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 2: up and get it ready for recording. We'll probably record 256 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 2: it sometime in late summer. Also, we'll probably record another 257 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,479 Speaker 2: couple of songs too, but we haven't decided on which 258 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 2: new ones yet, so I'm not sure what's going to 259 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 2: happen with them. But to answer your question, this has 260 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 2: no profanity in it. It's a foolish little song, Christmas song, 261 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 2: you know, so it can the foolishness continues. 262 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, So basically when you start cracking up to yourself, 263 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: you know. 264 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, oh it felt good. I knew I 265 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 2: was on the song. 266 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: You were onto something. I can't believe there's no profanity though. 267 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: That's that's really cool. 268 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 2: But no, but it's still it'll turn people. 269 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: Off double onnon. 270 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 2: Except yeah, no, I know there's no double on time either. 271 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 2: It's a nice little story. When it gets to the crescendo, 272 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 2: that's when it turns a. 273 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: Little uh takes a left turn at Albo. 274 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: Comfortable uncomfortable for some people. For that, I think it's 275 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 2: so funny, it's ridiculous. I've been preparing this for at 276 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 2: least six months in preparation for the big payoff. So 277 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: but that's a conversation for another time. 278 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: I can't wait. I would love to hear more about 279 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: it when you release it. But do like making people 280 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 1: feel uncomfortable, Not in a negative way, but you know, 281 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: with the comedy, I. 282 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:17,159 Speaker 2: Think it's just my rebellious streak and weighing good and bad. 283 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 2: You know, I push the envelope a little bit. But nowadays, 284 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,879 Speaker 2: like he was saying, I don't want anyone to be 285 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:27,439 Speaker 2: knock on the door and take me out of the 286 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 2: house and handcuffs or anything like that. Never yeah, yeah, 287 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 2: well I'd fight like a bastard. But oh my gosh, 288 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 2: but no, it's a tricky. It's tricky now because there's 289 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 2: so much to use an old term political correctness and 290 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:51,680 Speaker 2: morality and all this I mean underneath it all, I'm 291 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:54,439 Speaker 2: a good person. I care about people, but I like 292 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 2: to make people laugh. I can't help it. That's who 293 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 2: I am, how I am, and I don't think I'm 294 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 2: going to change. So it's me from this point on. 295 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 1: Well, please don't go changing. Don't go changing. No, But seriously, 296 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: that you bring up a really good point, because if 297 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: something's funny, it's just funny. It doesn't matter the content 298 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: or the topic, or the person or the event. If 299 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,080 Speaker 1: something's funny, it's funny. 300 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 2: Yeah. 301 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:28,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's not meant to hurt. 302 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 2: No, it's not meant to hear it. And you know, 303 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 2: my songs are goofy. A lot of my songs are goofy. 304 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 2: You just reminded me. I do have a new double entendres. 305 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: Song, what's it called? 306 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: Which maybe we'll recruit that one too. It's foolish, it's funny, 307 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 2: and I'm sure it will fake people out somewhat, but 308 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 2: the payoff is always innocent. So just like I am now, angelic. 309 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: Angelic, you're hiding your wings, but I know they're back there. 310 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: Yeah they are. It's uncomfortable in this year. 311 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 1: But I'm sorry, I won't keep you much longer. 312 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 2: But it is really it, And keep me as long 313 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 2: as you want. 314 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 1: Oh I love that. All right. Well, let me talk 315 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: to you about your creative process a little bit more. 316 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: First of all, where do you find the inspiration for 317 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: your outrageous songs? I'm almost a little scared to ask, 318 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,120 Speaker 1: especially with some of them. 319 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 2: You know, they a lot of them come from that 320 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 2: mysterious place that you know where you talk to a 321 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 2: lot of songwriters and this sort of thing in your 322 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 2: other shows. But you just at some point they just 323 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 2: hit you. You know, a line will hit you, and then 324 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:50,159 Speaker 2: you know if it's a worthy concept, you know, I 325 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 2: begin to develop it like that new double en Tender 326 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: song I worked on for several months to get it 327 00:20:57,680 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 2: just right. They just comes out of nowhere, you know, 328 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 2: the ideas come out of nowhere. What can I tell you? Maybe, 329 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 2: of course, my attitude about life and my observations in life, 330 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 2: you know, seeing people at the at the market, or 331 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 2: you know, seeing what people look like or whatever. It 332 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,239 Speaker 2: could could come from anywhere, but it comes. And what 333 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 2: can I tell you? You know, and uh, it's a 334 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 2: challenge because sometimes you have an idea and it goes nowhere. 335 00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 2: And then other times like this new Christmas song, which 336 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,639 Speaker 2: I've been wanting to do for actually more than a 337 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 2: year since last Christmas. They take a lot of work 338 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 2: and they have to soak into your brain. When you 339 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 2: have an idea, a good strong idea in the beginning, 340 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 2: over time another line will pop in or another part 341 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 2: of it. Oh maybe they could be doing this, but 342 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 2: you know, a lot of times it's a fake out. 343 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,720 Speaker 2: But at the same time, you know it celebrates the 344 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 2: human spirit, like you ain't getting shipped for Christmas? Where 345 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 2: the parents the parents prepare for the son and daughter 346 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 2: and their family to come to the house, and then 347 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 2: they bang in at the last minute. The daughter wants 348 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 2: to go to Hawaii, and the son's going to myrtle 349 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 2: beats no, no, somewhere down there, and so the the 350 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 2: old man and and his old wife sitting there, and 351 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 2: then they spew out you know, the eventual line, you 352 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 2: ain't getting shipped for Christmas. You can stick that fruitcake 353 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 2: up your ass because both of them sent them fruitcakes. 354 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 1: Did this really happen? 355 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 2: No? 356 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: No, this this is great. 357 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. I wanted to paint a picture how the 358 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 2: kids were ingrates and the parents were preparing a postcard Christmas, 359 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:12,199 Speaker 2: you know, and with gifts and hanging the stockings and 360 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 2: making sweets and bread and this sort of thing, and 361 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:24,719 Speaker 2: the kids just didn't show up. So that song, I 362 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 2: really love that song. That one's a sleeper too, Like 363 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 2: on YouTube, you know, it's really popular there where people 364 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:38,080 Speaker 2: get on and they comment about it and they get 365 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 2: in fights with themselves. Some will make a comment, some 366 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,880 Speaker 2: will jump in, and then you know, all the way 367 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 2: down people are fighting about you're an asshole and this, 368 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 2: and you know, it's unbelievable, you know. On the other hand, 369 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 2: a song like holy shit, It's Christmas with the New 370 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:03,439 Speaker 2: CHRISTI hamsters, O, what a what a recording session that was. 371 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 2: I think they were on something or they were drinking 372 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 2: or whatever, but they were uncooperative. But in the end 373 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 2: that song turned out great. We had a lot of 374 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 2: fun doing that. One that plays now bleeped on a 375 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 2: lot of get out here on terrestrial station. 376 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: Oh I get that, Okay, Yeah. 377 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 2: I have a bleeped version and everywhere else it plays. 378 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 2: You know, I think someday the words ship will be acceptable, 379 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 2: you know, it's like ready almost at the press, you know, 380 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 2: it's ready to go over into mainstream. 381 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: The word ship it's been for crying out loud? What 382 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: if everybody boops? So why can't you say ship? 383 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 2: Well, I'm looking forward to that day because then they'll 384 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 2: be able to play holy shit, it's Christmas and you 385 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 2: ain't getting shipped for Christmas. And then this new song 386 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 2: and the new song I think it will play everywhere. 387 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: Awesome, awesome, I will say. 388 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 2: You will be right back with more of the Comedy 389 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 2: Save Me Podcast. 390 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Comedy Save Me Podcast. This is 391 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: what I wanted to ask you two things. First of all, 392 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 1: this morning, I was listening to a local radio station 393 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: and I heard someone say asshole twice on the air. 394 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: But it was funny because it was during a really 395 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 1: funny comedy yeah on the radio, and my husband and 396 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,679 Speaker 1: I both looked at each other and we were like, 397 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: do we just hear what we think we heard? That's 398 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: that's great because again it's body part. 399 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 2: I have something. 400 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: And also, let me ask you certain words. Yeah, you know, 401 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: like is that what will spark? How you can pull 402 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: them apart to make them play like for example, dictation? 403 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 2: Yeah? 404 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, Like is that working? 405 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 2: I'm not even sure if people know it. H dictation 406 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 2: machine is any woman. 407 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: But no, no, I'm sorry. That was my favorite one 408 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: of all because I wasn't ready for it. 409 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 2: You know, take your pants down to the cleaners to day, 410 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 2: take cue pants down. So that was one of my 411 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 2: favorite lines. But of course, how's your whole family? Even 412 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 2: when we're recording that song, I forgot if you you know, 413 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 2: go to the near the end of the song. It's 414 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 2: more explicit. And while I was writing it, I said, oh, 415 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 2: I can't think of that line. I mean, that's that 416 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 2: line in the song. And I knew. I loved it. 417 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 2: One of my girlfriend's friends at the time knew it. 418 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 2: She remembered it, and she told me, and so it 419 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 2: got to be in the song. You know, it's probably 420 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 2: the rudest line of that song, but in some cases 421 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 2: I cut that one out and just have the rest 422 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 2: on the stupid ones. How's your dick Tasi machine, I'm 423 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 2: going to do your ass trilogical sign, you know that 424 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 2: sort of thing. 425 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a craft, it's definitely. 426 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 2: It really is a craft. They did don't come out 427 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 2: fast and we don't think about it. Like when I 428 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 2: was doing the Repeaters Comedy Music Hour on Howard. People 429 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 2: would send in the songs, and believe me, you would 430 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 2: not believe the songs that people sent me in. Most 431 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 2: of them were poorly recorded in so extreme it would 432 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 2: offend everyone no matter what. And then so I had 433 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 2: to pick through them and find songs. Some of them 434 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 2: were still over the top and extreme, but there was 435 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 2: something clever about them, and they did a nice recording 436 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 2: of them, which to me is the bottom line. They 437 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 2: have to sound good, you knows. As you know, we 438 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 2: spend quite a bit of time polishing our songs and 439 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 2: using the latest production techniques and make them sound as 440 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,440 Speaker 2: great as they can be, you know, whether we're emulating 441 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:24,239 Speaker 2: a big band or country, you know, zoom in on 442 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 2: each one of them and make them as authentic as possible. 443 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 2: So I'm hoping that for my new song, my new 444 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 2: Christmas song too. 445 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: I'm so excited about the Christmas song, because you always 446 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: need new Christmas songs come on. 447 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, but you know, ones that maybe stick out a 448 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 2: little bit more than others, and this one, well, definitely, 449 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 2: I think this one could be good. But we'll see. 450 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 2: You know, I don't want to make any predictions, do 451 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 2: you do? 452 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: You have to be able to this this is confounding 453 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: to me. How I don't know if that's the right 454 00:28:57,960 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: word or not. Sometimes I like to wish the big 455 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: But do you have to be able to laugh at yourself? 456 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: Number one? And number two? What would you say to 457 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: someone who gets offended easily? Like how could you help 458 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: them to understand how to loosen up a bit or 459 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: maybe not take it so seriously? 460 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 2: You can't You can't know sometimes, Like I went to 461 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 2: a wedding in Chicago a few weeks ago, and I 462 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 2: got in the conversation, you know, the bride's father on 463 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 2: the breakfast, you know, at the end of the thing. 464 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 2: He was a straight guy, but he said, have you 465 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 2: ever been to Chicago before? I said, oh, yeah, I've 466 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 2: been a bunch of times. I was on Man Cow 467 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 2: many times. And he went, you were on Man Cow 468 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 2: because he had the number one show in Chicago for 469 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 2: a long time. And he goes, well, what kind of 470 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 2: songs would you do? 471 00:29:54,760 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: And I don't know what I say? I know, well 472 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: what did you say? 473 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 2: I'm telling you I feel guilty in like, why did 474 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 2: you do that? Why did you do that? He said, well, 475 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 2: what kind of what kind of songs should we good? Well, 476 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 2: I said My first hit was blow me. You hardly 477 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 2: even know me, and he was he didn't, he didn't 478 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 2: react extremely. So I foolishly told him blow me. And 479 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 2: my favorite when I jerk off, I think of you. 480 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: I felt that you told him that. Yeah, I told 481 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,560 Speaker 1: him that all of the ones they had. 482 00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 2: Just got married, it was they were so wonderful, the 483 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 2: whole family. And at the end I revealed that to him, 484 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 2: Oh my god, and I felt like a real ship 485 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 2: hell afterwards. 486 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 1: You know what was his reaction? 487 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 2: Not not at me for you know, a week or 488 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 2: two thinking oh, Red, why did you do that? 489 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: Why? You know? 490 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,960 Speaker 2: So I have to be very careful. So you know, 491 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 2: I'm not reclusive, but I'm keeping things more to myself 492 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 2: right now until I release them to the public. So 493 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 2: that's right, that's where the angelic comes in. You know. 494 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 2: I avoid conflict and just try to be creative. 495 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: That's really that's a sad thing to say. 496 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 2: Right now, it is, but I mean nowadays you don't know, 497 00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,440 Speaker 2: you know, if something bad is going to happen to 498 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 2: you or you know what I mean. So I just 499 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 2: have to be very careful. I remember when Greg Hill 500 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 2: and his crew over at AAF I had bumper stickers made, 501 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:03,840 Speaker 2: and you know, they went everything from Red Peters rules 502 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 2: to free the sperms, and I put ans on the 503 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 2: sperms and as on purpose. But I had a whole 504 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 2: bunch of them. You know, blow me. How's your whole 505 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 2: of course? Yeah, yeah, I can't think of all the 506 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 2: other ones. But LB put them all on the back 507 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 2: of his car. He got pulled over. Of course she 508 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,120 Speaker 2: made him peel them all off. 509 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,920 Speaker 1: What yeah, when did this happen? What year? 510 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 2: The nineties? What year are we talking about in the nineties, 511 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 2: I would say no, actually it might even have been. 512 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 2: My second album, All Blue Bolls Is Back came out 513 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:44,720 Speaker 2: in two thousands. 514 00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 1: Just saying it's funny. Come on, I played these songs 515 00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: for my mom read you know. I mean, she's not 516 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: easily offended, but still she finds the humor and the 517 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: way that you it's so creative. You're not trying to 518 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: hurt anyone. You're just saying, I'm trying to have fun. 519 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 2: When the Ballad of a Dog Stains came out, you know, 520 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 2: I remember my mother of course, oh dog lists, you 521 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 2: have those filthy songs, Oh my gosh, you know, but 522 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 2: she was supportive. She came to all my premieres and 523 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 2: that sort of thing. But her next door neighbor in 524 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 2: her listen to the album and when it came to hold, 525 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 2: when it came to you know, listening to the whole song. 526 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 2: I think the woman was like seventy eight years old, 527 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 2: and she thought it was a real song. And a 528 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 2: lot of people think it's a real song, a real 529 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 2: sad song, right, And she was crying at the table. 530 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 2: She cried like for fifteen minutes after hearing the Poor 531 00:33:54,480 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 2: the story of Poor Bobby and his dog stains. 532 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: It's like gold yellow. 533 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that's all we studied, Uh, what's his face? 534 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 2: Walter Brennan. We started Walter Brennan, uh closely and listened 535 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 2: to all his songs and the orchestration, and we tried 536 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:27,000 Speaker 2: to make a tear jerker but with a thinly veiled, ah, 537 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 2: you know, off color punchline. So that's probably one of 538 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 2: the best, such Howard Stearn's favorite. It's a lot of 539 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 2: people say, and my license plate his stands, Oh my god. 540 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:48,319 Speaker 2: A lot of people, oh are you are you in the. 541 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: Carpet cleaning business? 542 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, whatever, I just go, oh no, it's a 543 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 2: tribute to my dog I once had. 544 00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 1: Oh that's funny. Everyone can relate to that, though, I 545 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: mean when I mean anyone who has animals. Correct me 546 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,959 Speaker 1: if I'm wrong, but like you've got stains all over 547 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 1: your house no matter what, like it doesn't matter, so 548 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,919 Speaker 1: you can relate in any way to Yeah. 549 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, well the line when Bobby went into the hospital, 550 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 2: stains was back home. Oh wait, now if I sucked 551 00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 2: it up, stains was back home on Bobby's bed. That 552 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 2: was the line. You know again, double on, Tandra. 553 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:42,359 Speaker 1: Uh see it takes a second sometimes. Yeah, that's the. 554 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 2: Beauty of the dog is named stains. So just imagine 555 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,399 Speaker 2: if the dog was out in the ad and it 556 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,879 Speaker 2: was time to come in. What would you what would you. 557 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,719 Speaker 1: Yell Stains get in here? Hey? 558 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,799 Speaker 2: You wouldn't say come stands. 559 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 3: I was letting you do that, Sorry, Camshange, Camshange, Right, 560 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 3: I swear I was thinking to myself when I was 561 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 3: going to talk to you today, I'm like, how am 562 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 3: I going to do this? 563 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: It's going to be also interesting on your side of 564 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: things too, Not to be the the interviewee and talk 565 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 1: about this stuff with people, because it is funny, but 566 00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: it's dirty and funny. And yeah, you know so, And 567 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,719 Speaker 1: I thought he's such a lovely man. You know, I 568 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,279 Speaker 1: wonder how am I going to look him in the 569 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:40,759 Speaker 1: base and he's telling me about it? 570 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know, basically again going back to the 571 00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,240 Speaker 2: word angelic. But you know, the angels on this shoulder 572 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 2: and the devil's on this shoulder. 573 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 1: Yep. 574 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 2: And we'll see who wins. 575 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,760 Speaker 1: I am a feeling I know who's going to win there. Red. 576 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: I have just a couple of more quick questions for 577 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: you before I let you go. Is there a particular 578 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 1: song or a moment throughout your career that you feel 579 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:11,279 Speaker 1: that you're most proud of? 580 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:17,399 Speaker 2: Well, I have my favorite songs, so I really can't pin. 581 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:23,600 Speaker 2: I'm trying to think of what that would be a moment. Yeah, maybe, 582 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 2: you know. I mean performing for like fifteen twenty thousand 583 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 2: people singing blow me. That was good. I think that 584 00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:37,840 Speaker 2: was in New Orleans, New Orleans at some bikey convention 585 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:38,920 Speaker 2: or something. I don't know. 586 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:40,240 Speaker 1: That was amazing. 587 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:46,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I sang the best I could. Holy shit, 588 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 2: it's Christmas. At Rick D's Christmas party on the Sauny 589 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,360 Speaker 2: on the Sauny lot. There must have been fifteen twenty 590 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 2: thousand people there, But that was fun too. Probably the 591 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:05,040 Speaker 2: high point was Howard Stern, you know, liking the songs, 592 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,480 Speaker 2: and that gave me a big boost and I got 593 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,480 Speaker 2: to do a lot of things when I was working 594 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,920 Speaker 2: with him. So you know, I know there's so many 595 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:17,560 Speaker 2: you know, No, that's a. 596 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,400 Speaker 1: Good one that I mean, that opens doors for sure. 597 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:25,279 Speaker 1: You know. It leads to another question though. This is 598 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:30,320 Speaker 1: all difficult for people, you know, when you're putting stuff 599 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: out there, when you're writing songs, write a book, write 600 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,880 Speaker 1: a song, write a movie, whatever it is, you're putting 601 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,680 Speaker 1: it out there to be judged. Yeah, so it's not 602 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,880 Speaker 1: an easy thing. And a lot of people that I 603 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,680 Speaker 1: know who are creative are very delicate minded, so you know, 604 00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:48,200 Speaker 1: it's hard to hear criticism and stuff. And I would 605 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,320 Speaker 1: just be curious to know what you would advise someone 606 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 1: who is embarking on a journey into comedy or even music, 607 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,239 Speaker 1: whatever it is, in a creative way. You know how 608 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:02,920 Speaker 1: they'll be able to get past that. You know, considering 609 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,960 Speaker 1: that Howard Stern took a liking to your stuff and 610 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 1: then now all of a sudden, millions and millions of 611 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,640 Speaker 1: people know who read Peters is so what would you 612 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,960 Speaker 1: say to somebody coming up through the ranks, how they 613 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,280 Speaker 1: would you know, keep forging ahead. 614 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:19,319 Speaker 2: I mean I saw people on the comedy crews that 615 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,759 Speaker 2: were just starting out, and I had everyone on there. 616 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 2: I don't want to listen to names, but you can 617 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:28,839 Speaker 2: imagine the eighties in Boston. Yeah, a lot you know, 618 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:34,920 Speaker 2: Brian Kylie, Jonathan Katz, you know, Craig Shoemaker. 619 00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: Stephen Wright, yeah, Dennis Leary. 620 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, we had a lot of comedians, 621 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:46,279 Speaker 2: so you know, sometimes they would bomb, and you know, 622 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 2: I can't even imagine that. I did a little stand 623 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 2: up and luckily it went over. Luckily, Yeah, luckily it 624 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,240 Speaker 2: went over because I'm thin skinned. But I would say, 625 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:05,760 Speaker 2: just follow your heart and your brain and just keep writing. 626 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 2: It's important to keep writing and develop your skills, develop 627 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 2: you on stage persona. There'll be good days and there'll 628 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 2: be a lot of bad days, and you're gonna feel 629 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:27,120 Speaker 2: like shit sometimes, but you just keep pushing ahead. Some 630 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:31,920 Speaker 2: people can make their way through it and others can't. 631 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 2: But you just have to repetitive on the stage, saying 632 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:44,279 Speaker 2: the same jokes. Sometimes the jokes go over big in 633 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 2: one show, and then the next day you do another 634 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:53,120 Speaker 2: show and nothing works. So it's stand up is tough. 635 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,440 Speaker 2: I kind of. That's one of the reasons why I 636 00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,800 Speaker 2: went with my strong suit to music. Yeah, in the comedy, 637 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,799 Speaker 2: because I don't think I could take being out on 638 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 2: stage and using one of my best lines or whatever 639 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:11,880 Speaker 2: and the people sit there, you know, and no no reaction. 640 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:17,200 Speaker 2: You know, it would be worse than me telling the brides. 641 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:21,600 Speaker 1: What do you do for a living? 642 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 2: Oh? 643 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,960 Speaker 1: My gosh, I look that you still find it funny, 644 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:25,879 Speaker 1: It's hysterical. 645 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,880 Speaker 2: It wasn't funny though, And the next day when I 646 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:34,720 Speaker 2: woke up, I went, no, you didn't, and I was guilt. 647 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:38,640 Speaker 2: I felt guilt for maybe ten days, two weeks. 648 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 1: Wow. 649 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's a tough racket, I'm telling you. 650 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:49,359 Speaker 1: It is, and rackets a good word. Let me ask, 651 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,040 Speaker 1: what's the most surprising reaction you've ever gotten from a 652 00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 1: fan or critic? Do you do you have one that 653 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,439 Speaker 1: you always think of when you're when you're going through 654 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:56,880 Speaker 1: your mind. 655 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:58,080 Speaker 2: Uh? 656 00:41:58,200 --> 00:41:58,399 Speaker 1: Oh. 657 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,279 Speaker 2: In general, people who very nice in the complimentary But 658 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:09,200 Speaker 2: I remember one time in somewhere in the Midwest, I 659 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,719 Speaker 2: was doing it. I did the radio show and that 660 00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:18,000 Speaker 2: night I did a short concert at this club, and 661 00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:24,879 Speaker 2: at one point someone slipped me a note and it said, oh, Read, 662 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:29,160 Speaker 2: I enjoyed you so much tonight. My husband's name was Read, 663 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:34,000 Speaker 2: and he passed away not too long ago, and seeing 664 00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:38,239 Speaker 2: you today just I just felt so great and I 665 00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:43,880 Speaker 2: appreciate you so much. And I kept that little note 666 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:48,439 Speaker 2: for years and years. And then in my latest move, 667 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,919 Speaker 2: I live on cape card now, I was going through 668 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,920 Speaker 2: some notes and I found that note and I looked 669 00:42:54,960 --> 00:43:04,080 Speaker 2: at it and I recognized the handwriting. It was my manager. Yeah, 670 00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,680 Speaker 2: you know, and I was like so proud of myself, 671 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:10,440 Speaker 2: and I'm going, wow, I'm really I'm really helping people, 672 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:12,440 Speaker 2: you know, get along in life. 673 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,719 Speaker 1: How many years went by? 674 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,799 Speaker 2: How many years that son of a bitch? All these 675 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,640 Speaker 2: years I've felt so good about that show, and it 676 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,480 Speaker 2: was it was a fake note? 677 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:25,839 Speaker 1: Did you call him? 678 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:27,720 Speaker 2: Oh of course? 679 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:32,680 Speaker 1: Oh that's hysterical. Wow, wow wow. 680 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:36,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I would you know, these things pop out? I 681 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:38,560 Speaker 2: remember that. That was so funny. 682 00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,319 Speaker 1: Whenever you say things now, I'm thinking like whenever you 683 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,520 Speaker 1: say like when things pop out or soup For me, 684 00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:48,239 Speaker 1: I don't know what happened. Something happened to me, but 685 00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,040 Speaker 1: you know that line, that's what she said. Yeah, well, 686 00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,279 Speaker 1: I do it all the time, and sometimes I get 687 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:56,319 Speaker 1: in trouble for it. So I feel like I'm read 688 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,319 Speaker 1: peters at that moment. You know, it just slips out. 689 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:01,680 Speaker 2: You say what you say, that's what she says. 690 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, if someone says something like they're talking about a 691 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,720 Speaker 1: poll or you know, yeah, and I can't I can't 692 00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:10,160 Speaker 1: help myself, and sometimes it gets me intole. I know. 693 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:16,239 Speaker 2: Mind we're joking around. One of the musicians and co 694 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,279 Speaker 2: writers was living on the north shore somewhere and the 695 00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:23,359 Speaker 2: land would would landlord. A woman would come in and go, 696 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,520 Speaker 2: you know you people, you know you people, she started. 697 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:31,560 Speaker 2: So then we started saying you people as a as 698 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:36,480 Speaker 2: a joke. But actually it's like semi hurtful to some 699 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,640 Speaker 2: people when you say that, really, you know, yeah, when 700 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,880 Speaker 2: you say you know you people, all you do is 701 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:45,960 Speaker 2: cry about things you're ruining the world or whatever. 702 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:46,200 Speaker 1: You know. 703 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:50,440 Speaker 2: Oh, I see to using the term you people. It's condescending. 704 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,000 Speaker 2: But we thought it was very funny and part of 705 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:59,600 Speaker 2: a regular vocabulary. You know. We we use it all 706 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:04,840 Speaker 2: the time, but at risk because you could insult somebody 707 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:10,200 Speaker 2: or make somebody feel uncomfortable. So it's it's it's it's tough. 708 00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:15,759 Speaker 1: Don't let that crap ever stop you, because you bring 709 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,000 Speaker 1: so much joy to so many people, and you bring 710 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:20,440 Speaker 1: so much laughter to so many people. And if and 711 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,439 Speaker 1: if people don't know who you are, thank you very much. 712 00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:27,920 Speaker 1: As a person. At least my goal today was to 713 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:31,960 Speaker 1: make sure that they know that you're a really sweet, generous, 714 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:36,080 Speaker 1: kind normal Yeah. And I think that's not normal. 715 00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's some people think, oh he must 716 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,400 Speaker 2: be a pig, Oh you're just funny or whatever. You know. 717 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:46,880 Speaker 2: And me and this is how I am in real life. 718 00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:51,560 Speaker 2: A'm mellow. I used to have, you know, not an 719 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:55,879 Speaker 2: angry side, but when I was younger, I'd be more 720 00:45:55,920 --> 00:46:00,399 Speaker 2: willing to get in a fight with somebody. By now, 721 00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:05,319 Speaker 2: as an older person, I can be myself. You know. 722 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:06,160 Speaker 2: People come up to. 723 00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:09,000 Speaker 4: Me and they're expecting to go, hey, you read, and 724 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,719 Speaker 4: you'll say something really I fell or use terms that 725 00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:17,480 Speaker 4: even I wouldn't use, you know, and then they're shocked 726 00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:21,240 Speaker 4: that I'm just this smellow person, like a regular person. 727 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:23,640 Speaker 1: How do you want to be remembered? 728 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:28,279 Speaker 2: I just want people to enjoy my songs forever, you know, 729 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,480 Speaker 2: long after I'm gone. And there was a lot of 730 00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,239 Speaker 2: new people. A lot of people today don't know me. 731 00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,360 Speaker 2: You know, the younger people when they when they start 732 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:41,919 Speaker 2: hearing the stuff, they love it. So the alcohol this 733 00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:45,720 Speaker 2: year and moving forward is going to be to reintroduce 734 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:52,759 Speaker 2: me to a younger audience. And you know, hopefully it 735 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:57,200 Speaker 2: will inspire more more great songs. 736 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:01,319 Speaker 1: Well I hope it does. I know it. And I'm 737 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:03,839 Speaker 1: so grateful for your time today and to finally get 738 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,880 Speaker 1: to meet the man behind all the hysterical laughter that 739 00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,239 Speaker 1: got me through the last thirty years of my life. 740 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:11,920 Speaker 2: It's very nice to meet you. 741 00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:16,919 Speaker 1: And yeah, and likewise and let's talk you know, Christmas. 742 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,200 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, thank you very much.