WEBVTT - i have a big announcement

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, folks, it's Lyle. I'm dropping in to let you

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<v Speaker 1>guys know that I'm going on a gigantic tour across

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<v Speaker 1>like forty five cities around the US, Europe, the UK, Canada,

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<v Speaker 1>and Australia to do my Therapy Gecko Show Live and

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<v Speaker 1>tickets are on sale right now at therapy geckotour dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of you might be wondering what exactly is

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<v Speaker 1>this live show. I don't do stand up comedy anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't play music. I don't recite lizard poetry, although

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<v Speaker 1>that would be an interesting idea. Basically, how these shows

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<v Speaker 1>work is it's me bringing folks from the audience up

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<v Speaker 1>on stage and talking to them, just like I do

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<v Speaker 1>on this podcast. So before the show starts, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>phone number up on a screen, and people who want

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<v Speaker 1>to come on stage and talk text the phone number

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<v Speaker 1>with their name and what they want to talk about. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm backstage reading the texts and kind of screening out

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<v Speaker 1>who might be interesting to talk to. And we bring

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<v Speaker 1>those folks up and we talked to them for about

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<v Speaker 1>an hour or so, and that's the show. So every

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<v Speaker 1>show in every city will be completely different and for

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<v Speaker 1>each one. I have no idea what I'm getting into,

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<v Speaker 1>I have no idea what people are gonna want to

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<v Speaker 1>come up and talk about. And it's been kind of

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<v Speaker 1>terrifying but also the most fun part of the whole experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Last year I did about fifteen of these shows around

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<v Speaker 1>the country, and they were all incredibly fun and surprising,

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<v Speaker 1>and the crowds were great and supportive, and the energy

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<v Speaker 1>was immaculate. And you know, this format of doing my

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<v Speaker 1>fucking gecko therapy thing live in front of an audience,

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<v Speaker 1>it became my favorite way to do it. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I was having more fun doing this than even with

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<v Speaker 1>the phone calls or the street stuff. You know, crazy

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<v Speaker 1>things would happen. Man, a girl brought a cake and

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<v Speaker 1>sat on it in front of everyone. I made these

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<v Speaker 1>two twin brothers arm wrestle each other. I'll tell you

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<v Speaker 1>this story, which I might have told on here before,

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<v Speaker 1>but at the show in Philly, this guy came on

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<v Speaker 1>stage and told a story about how he came out

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<v Speaker 1>as gay to his girlfriend of six years, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was a fascinating story. He really kind of built up

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<v Speaker 1>the emotion of it. He was talking about how they

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<v Speaker 1>were gonna buy a house and have kids and all

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<v Speaker 1>that stuff, and he knew he had to tell her,

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<v Speaker 1>but he couldn't do it. And then he took acid

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<v Speaker 1>and that made him realize that he had to, and

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<v Speaker 1>so he did. And then things were rough at the beginning,

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<v Speaker 1>but they stayed friends afterwards and all worked out. And

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<v Speaker 1>now he goes to these orgy parties in the woods

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<v Speaker 1>and has a great time. And he told that story.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I do these meet and greets after the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and the guy who came up on stage came and

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<v Speaker 1>met me during the meet and greet and he told

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<v Speaker 1>me that. After he got off stage and the show ended,

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<v Speaker 1>another guy came up to him and was like kind

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<v Speaker 1>of crying and was like, dude, that story that you

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<v Speaker 1>told up there, that same thing happened to me, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was kind of like a bonding moment. And I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, my holy shit, that's amazing. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even I don't even have anything to do with that.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just kind of facilitating this whole thing. But anyway, amazing, crazy, wild,

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<v Speaker 1>weird things like that have happened at all of these

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<v Speaker 1>shows so far. And if you're a fan of the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast and you're near by a city, that I'm doing

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<v Speaker 1>one of these things in you should come. I am

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<v Speaker 1>ready and excited and kind of terrified for the challenge

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<v Speaker 1>of doing forty five of these this year, and I

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<v Speaker 1>would love to have you on the journey. Tickets are

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<v Speaker 1>available now at therapy geckotour dot com, along with a

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<v Speaker 1>full list of all of the cities I'm going to,

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<v Speaker 1>which include Phoenix, Vegas, Salt Lake City, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Detroit, Columbus, Indianapolis,

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, San Diego, Nashville, Atlanta, Tampa, West

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<v Speaker 1>Palm Beach, Denver, Colorado, Oslo, Norway, Copenhagen, Denmark, Berlin, Germany, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Sweden, Lisbon, Portugal.

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<v Speaker 1>Who listens to this shit? In Portugal, Dublin, Ireland, Belfast, Glasgow, Scotland, Manchester, Brighton, London, Vancouver, Canada, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco, Honolulu, Hawaii, Toronto, Canada, Charlotte, North Carolina, Greenville,

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<v Speaker 1>South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, my hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, Philadelphia, Brooklyn,

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<v Speaker 1>New York, and Los Angeles, California. Unfortunately, we do not

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<v Speaker 1>yet we have tickets available for any Australian dates, but

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<v Speaker 1>we will soon. Please stick around for that once again.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to get tickets to any of those dates,

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<v Speaker 1>you can go to therapy geckotour dot com and get

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<v Speaker 1>them now before they sell out. Thank you very much

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<v Speaker 1>for listening to this rant. Thank you very much for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to this podcast. This is a fucking crazy thing

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm doing, and it's been an honor to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to do it, and I truly do hope to

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<v Speaker 1>see your face soon. Catch you there,