1 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:05,319 Speaker 1: Hello Sunshine. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 2: Hey fam Today on the bright Side, we're joined by 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 2: the hilarious fortune Fimestir. She's out with a brand new 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: Netflix special called Crushing It. 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 3: It's Tuesday, December third. I'm Simone Boys and. 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 4: I'm Danielle Robe and this is the bright Side from 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 4: Hello Sunshine, a daily show where we come together and 8 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 4: share women's stories, laugh, learn and brighten your day. 9 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: Danielle, can you believe it's December third? 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: No? 11 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: What do the kids say on Instagram? Take me back? 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: I need a redo on some of these months. I 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: don't understand. I need more time, Simone, I need more time. 14 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,920 Speaker 2: I know, Seriously, I don't know about you. I'm still 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 2: working through my Thanksgiving leftovers, Bait. I know we talked 16 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 2: about Thanksgiving, But weren't you in Miami too? 17 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're really putting down blast here. 18 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 4: My parents are snowbirds, so they live in Chicago in 19 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 4: the summer and then Florida in the winter, which is 20 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 4: interesting for me because I'm used to having cold holidays, 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 4: but now I fly to Florida to see them, and 22 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 4: I have warm holidays. And they live like forty five 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 4: minutes from Miami proper, and so they hate when I 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 4: leave because I don't see them very much. But I'm 25 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 4: always so tempted to just go into Miami. You know, 26 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 4: it's one of my favorite cities. So I did. I did. 27 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: I got in on Monday night, and. 28 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 4: Tuesday we recorded the show remotely, and then I left. 29 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 4: I headed out, went to Miami packed a small bag. 30 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 4: I saw one of my best friends from high school 31 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 4: and I met one of her daughters for the first time. 32 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: She has two sweet, cute little girls. 33 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 4: Spent time with them, and then I went to dinner 34 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 4: with my friend Nancy, who is an entrepreneur and just 35 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 4: like really inspires me, and I just felt so lit up. 36 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 4: And then I got an Airbnb and stayed the night 37 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 4: because I didn't want to like uber or drive back. 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: And it was so gorgeous. It was on the water. 39 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 4: I felt so spoiled, like I shouldn't be there alone. 40 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 4: Was so relaxing, but it put me in a great 41 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 4: headspace because by the time I got back in the 42 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 4: morning to my parents' house, I was ready to like 43 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 4: give all of myself to my family, if that makes sense. 44 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 2: Yes, and we know that they want all of you, 45 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 2: they want one hundred percent. But wait, I actually have 46 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:21,679 Speaker 2: a fun Miami fact that you're gonna love. 47 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: Tell me, miss Miami. 48 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 2: Did you know that Miami is one of the cities 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 2: in our country that has the highest ratio of single men? 50 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 4: Ooh, why did you not tell me this before I 51 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 4: went to Miami? 52 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: Simon, Well, next time you go to Miami, I'm coming 53 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 2: with you. I'm a really good wing woman. 54 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: You know who else I. 55 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: Think would be a really good wing woman probably Fortune Femster. 56 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 2: She is hilarious and she's here today and we're celebrating 57 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: her new Netflix comedy special, Crushing It. You probably know 58 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 2: Fortune from her breakout role on Chelsea Lately, where she 59 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: became a writer and regular roundtable guest, and then, of course, 60 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 2: since then, she's gone on to write and perform threes 61 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 2: solo stand up specials. The third, Crushing It, showcases everything 62 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 2: we love about Fortune, her southern charm, her hilarious characters, 63 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: and of course her dynamic with her mom. 64 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 4: Oh my god, the jokes about her mom really get me. 65 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 4: They're hilarious and I loved seeing her perform at shine 66 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 4: Away last year. You know, she does all these funny 67 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 4: characters on social media, like she'll do an impression of 68 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 4: a Southern housewife named Brenda, which I could start crying. 69 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: It's so funny. 70 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: Brenda's so good. I love so good because everybody knows 71 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: a Brenda. Everybody has met o Brenda. 72 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: We all know a Brenda. 73 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 4: And in addition to her stand up, she also hosts 74 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 4: a weekly podcast. She's in the podcast Club. It's called 75 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 4: Handsome with Tig Nataro, who was on our show earlier, 76 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 4: and May Martin. And she stars in the show Fu 77 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 4: Bar with Arnold Schwarzenegger on Netflix. She's also in a 78 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: new movie with Reese Witherspoon premiering in the new year, 79 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: called You're Cordially Invited. She's got a lot going on 80 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 4: and a lot to share, so we're so excited to 81 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 4: have her here with us. Fortune Welcome to the bright Side. 82 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: Hi you guys, thanks for having me. 83 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 4: Hi, We're so happy to have you. You're really a 84 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 4: part of the Hello Sunshine family. I remember seeing you 85 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 4: at Shinaway Yeah year and a half again. 86 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: It was so. 87 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 5: Fun, it felt special. Wasn't it the inaugural event? Yes, 88 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 5: or or least I told myself that it was. And 89 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 5: you were the first person on stage that wasn't irracking. Actually, well, 90 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 5: stand up at like you know, ten in the morning 91 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 5: is not always the easiest, but they were lovely. 92 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: That's a good point. I didn't think about that fortune. 93 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 4: I'm curious about your holiday traditions because the holidays are 94 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 4: coming up. I feel like if looking at you and 95 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,279 Speaker 4: knowing you a little bit, I'm. 96 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: Like, Okay, it could go either way. 97 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 4: You're either so into the holidays or you and your 98 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 4: wife just pretend like they're not even happening. And I 99 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 4: don't know which one it is. 100 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 5: I see where you could get that, because i'd do 101 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 5: you seem like a person that has like a like 102 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 5: a train going around my house, like in the movie 103 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 5: Big or something. But when it comes to planning, my 104 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 5: wife and I are terrible at it. We always say 105 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 5: we wish there was someone in our life that was 106 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 5: good at like planning parties or like giving gifts, because 107 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 5: we're terrible at both of those things. So I'm gonna 108 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 5: be lucky if I buy a tree. If that tells 109 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 5: you how good I am at planning Christmas? 110 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 4: Do you buy each other gifts or is are you 111 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 4: past that? In the relationship. 112 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 3: We're kind of past it. 113 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 5: We always get each other a card, especially on like anniversaries. 114 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 5: Usually for the holiday, we try to do some kind 115 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 5: of trip. It might not be on the holiday, but 116 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 5: within the month there's something we'll have an experience that's 117 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 5: fun for both of us because at this point we're 118 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 5: kind of we're ten years in. 119 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're like, what do you want? I don't know. 120 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 5: I'm not really big into stuff, you know, so I 121 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 5: like doing things together. 122 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,040 Speaker 2: We know you're from Charlotte, we know you have the 123 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: Southern connection with our girl, Reese Witherspoon. What is the 124 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 2: most Southern thing about you? And I'm curious about this 125 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 2: answer both just like throughout the rest of the year 126 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 2: and then if there's something about you that's like really 127 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 2: southern during the holidays. 128 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 5: I would say my accent's still pretty southern. Even though 129 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 5: I've lived in Los Angeles for twenty years. There's a 130 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 5: lot of y'all's, and you know, these sayings that I 131 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 5: don't even realize I'm saying. 132 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 2: Like, well, y'all is like such a great universal catch all. 133 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 5: I use it all the time because who wants to 134 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 5: say you all right? When you can just get to 135 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 5: the point and say. 136 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 4: Y'all, fortune, I'm from Chicago. Yeah, And if I say y'all. 137 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 4: It just doesn't sound right like I want to yo, 138 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 4: I want to use y'all. Yeah, But I don't know 139 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 4: if it's how I'm saying it. Do you get mad 140 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 4: as a Southerner when people try and bite your y'all's. 141 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 5: No, no, Because my wife lived in Chicago for twelve years, 142 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 5: and now that you say that, I don't think she 143 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:02,719 Speaker 5: ever says y'all either. 144 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 3: She like you guys. Is that did you say? You guys? 145 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 5: Oh? 146 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, we're big with the you guys. 147 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, things like that. It is funny when she says 148 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 5: y'all all, my cre you making fun of me. I 149 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 5: guess it depends on who's saying it. But I don't 150 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 5: know how my accent hasn't gotten much better in all 151 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 5: these years. But I think the Southern, even though I 152 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 5: haven't lived in North Carolina since I was in college, 153 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 5: I think I take a lot of the things I learned, 154 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,679 Speaker 5: like from my grandmother with me, Like she was big 155 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 5: on manners and like looking people in the eye and 156 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 5: shaking hands and holding doors open, saying please and thank you, yes, ma'am, yes, sir. 157 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 3: Like that stuff I find I use on a on a. 158 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 5: Pretty regular basis, and people in La used to think 159 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 5: I was like an alien because they just did not 160 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 5: They'd be like, why are you being nice to me? 161 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 5: And I was like, this is just how how I 162 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 5: was right, So that part of me feels very Southern. 163 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 2: Well, speaking of southern cadence and lingo, we cannot get 164 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 2: enough of your Instagram alter ego, Brenda bright Side. Besties, 165 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 2: if you do not have the pleasure of knowing Brenda, 166 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 2: please run to Fortunes Instagram so you can meet her, 167 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 2: and please go ahead and introduce her to us. Now, like, 168 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: who is Brenda? What is she all about? Where did 169 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 2: this idea come from? 170 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 5: So Brenda, Yeah, is a fun character I'll put on 171 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 5: Instagram once every month or so. She's usually in a 172 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,359 Speaker 5: hot tub in a turquoise colored bathing suit, wearing turquoise. 173 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 5: I came up with Brenda. Gosh, at this point, it's 174 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 5: probably been like eight or nine years ago. I was 175 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 5: filming something, and when you film things, there's a lot 176 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 5: of like getting ready and then sitting around and waiting 177 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,720 Speaker 5: for hours and hours. And they put me in this 178 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 5: like gene vest and these tight jeans, and my hair 179 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 5: was straightened, and I had turquoise on and I'm like, 180 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,359 Speaker 5: who is this woman that's got a lot of blush 181 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 5: and pink lipstick? And when I was bored waiting to film, 182 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 5: I just started taping myself just pretending to be this woman. 183 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 5: And she was like a combo of like five women 184 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 5: that I grew up with who are very exasperated with 185 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 5: their husband and then he does like one thing and 186 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 5: they're like, I love him. 187 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 3: He's the greatest man I've ever met in my life. 188 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 5: And I just posted it on Instagram and people were like, 189 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 5: who is this and we need to know more about her? 190 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 5: So I guess it's if my life had gone down 191 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 5: a whole other path and I was not getting to 192 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 5: live my true self and I had to try to 193 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 5: be a woman of the South, married with kids. 194 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 2: Everybody knows a Brenda. I think that's why she resonates 195 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 2: with people. 196 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 4: One of the reasons we're getting to chat with you 197 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 4: today is because you have a new Netflix stand up 198 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 4: special that's out. It's called Crushing It. Congratulations, thank you. 199 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 5: I'm so proud of this one. I'm excited for people 200 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 5: to watch it. And you know, in these days, we 201 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 5: need to laugh, we need some levity. So that's the 202 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 5: one thing I can provide hopefully. 203 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 4: How hard is it to write an hour of jokes? 204 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 4: I'm curious, Like when you know you're really onto something special. 205 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,959 Speaker 5: The writing of an hour is the hardest part. Now 206 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 5: that this special is out, I have to I'm at 207 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 5: the drawing board writing my next hour. 208 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: Oh wow. 209 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 5: And this is my third Netflix special, my fifth special 210 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,559 Speaker 5: in general, And every time you put out a special, 211 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 5: you have to start from scratch and you spend Both 212 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 5: of the tours that I was on the last two 213 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,559 Speaker 5: years were one hundred cities, one hundred and fifty shows, 214 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 5: almost two years long. So you spend all this time 215 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 5: cultivating this material, trying to perfect it. You put it 216 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 5: on a special, send it out into the world, and 217 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 5: then that's that, and you're like, oh, I have to 218 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 5: now do this whole thing over again. 219 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 3: It's very daunting. 220 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 5: It forces you to dig deeper, and that's I guess 221 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 5: the Even though that's the hardest part, that's also a 222 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 5: cool part because it forces you to try to evolve 223 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 5: as a comedian. 224 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 3: Where am I at my life? 225 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 5: A lot of my stuff is very autobiographical, whereas my 226 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 5: first special, Sweet and SALTYA was about growing up in 227 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 5: the South and figuring out who I was and coming out, 228 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 5: coming to terms with that, how my family felt about that. 229 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 5: Then the next one, good Fortune, was about finding love, 230 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 5: getting comfortable in a relationship, getting engaged, kind of like 231 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 5: dipping my tone in adulthood, and then this one crushing 232 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 5: It is very much I married, I'm an adult. My 233 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 5: parents are getting older, and so there's a lot of 234 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 5: material about my mom, there's a lot of material about 235 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 5: Jack's my wife, and all those stages I think are 236 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 5: very relatable to people who are going through different things 237 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 5: in their life, and this one, I feel like is 238 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 5: the most elevated version of what I put out. 239 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 4: What happened that made you feel like you're an adult now, 240 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 4: you know. 241 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 5: I think just kind of being more into my marriage stage. 242 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 5: Were four years married now ten years together. We bought 243 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 5: a house together. That's a part of the special. That's 244 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 5: a victory and a grown up thing to do. And 245 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 5: having to make decisions for my parents and taking care 246 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 5: of them in certain ways felt very grown up because 247 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 5: before this I always felt like, I think, being a 248 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 5: comedian and being in LA and not having kids, it's 249 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 5: easy to have that kind of Peter Pan thing where 250 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,560 Speaker 5: you feel like you're never going to grow up, and 251 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 5: now in this point in my life where I'm like, oh, 252 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 5: I have responsibilities and I need to take care of people, 253 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 5: and I need to grow up a little bit, and yeah, 254 00:12:59,000 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 5: step up to the plate. 255 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 3: Don't go away. 256 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 2: We'll be right back with Fortune Fimster and the comment 257 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 2: from a fan that had the biggest impact on her comedy, 258 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 2: And we're back with Fortune Fimster. 259 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 4: You know you mentioned the locations of your specials. The 260 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 4: first one was in your hometown in North Carolina. The 261 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 4: second one was Chicago, and I think that made a 262 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 4: lot of sense to me because you met your wife 263 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 4: there and so that was a special place. What about 264 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 4: Seattle is crushing it. 265 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 5: Seattle had nothing to do to do with any part 266 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 5: of my life. I guess it would have made more 267 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 5: sense if I did LA if I was following that 268 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 5: same timeline, because. 269 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 3: That's where we live. But Seattle was more of an. 270 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 5: Energy vibe, a choice of just the audience being an 271 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 5: amazing comedy audience. When I did my last tour there, 272 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 5: I did two shows in this theater, and the vibe 273 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 5: of the theater was so big and positive and fun, 274 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 5: and it hit me in a way that not a 275 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 5: lot of theaters do because it's almost two thousand seats 276 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 5: in there, and when you're in a two thousand seat theater, 277 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 5: the laughter tends to disappear. 278 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 3: The audience can feel it, but it doesn't get to 279 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 3: the stage. So sometimes it will be one of those 280 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 3: theaters going is this working? 281 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 5: And that theater is built in a way where the 282 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 5: laughters hits you like a ton of bricks. I wanted 283 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 5: this special to feel like how I felt on tour 284 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 5: last year and a half. All of these audiences were electric. 285 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 5: The positivity in the room was something I couldn't described 286 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 5: to people. I'm like, it just feels so big and 287 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 5: positive and happy and kind and how do I put 288 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 5: that into a special and make people feel that? 289 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 3: And that room. 290 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 5: Felt like the best version of how I could maybe 291 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 5: try to bottle that up. 292 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 3: This is weird times, tough times. 293 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 5: There's a lot going on, a lot of uncertainty, and 294 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 5: there's not a lot I can do for people. The 295 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 5: one thing I know I can do and try to 296 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 5: do is to make them feel better that once they 297 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 5: finished watching my special they feel a lot better than 298 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 5: they did when they started it. I find myself being 299 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 5: so grateful for the time that I spend in larger 300 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 5: scale in person gatherings and just in person gatherings in general. 301 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 5: It really is you use the word electric, and that 302 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 5: really can be what it feels like at its best. 303 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 5: And I think since the pandemic, I've just really appreciated 304 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 5: like the magic that can happen when you're in the 305 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 5: room with other bodies. Yeah, because I think that the 306 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 5: things that we can do as a community have gotten 307 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 5: less and less thanks to technology. Yeah, Whereas we all 308 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 5: used to go to a movie and be in one 309 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 5: big theater and laugh together, and there was that like 310 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 5: communal feeling of like you're laughing, so that's making me 311 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 5: laugh harder, which is making you laugh harder, and we're 312 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 5: all feeling something together that's happy and big and positive. 313 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 5: And a lot of comedies aren't in movie theaters anymore, 314 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 5: so you're experiencing entertainment a lot more alone, unless it's music, 315 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 5: you know, and going to concerts. So I think stand 316 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 5: up is very popular right now. Live stand up is 317 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 5: people are consuming it more than it's been consumed in decades, 318 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 5: and I think that's because they love that communal experience 319 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 5: that like we're all happy and enjoying something together in 320 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 5: a way that we don't get to do on a 321 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 5: regular basis. You alluded to this a little bit earlier fortune, 322 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 5: but I wanted to probe a bit more. You have 323 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 5: said that you feel like every special you film you 324 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 5: get more in tune with your voice as a comedian 325 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 5: and as an artist. Yeah, I'm curious, what's one thing 326 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 5: you felt like you've had to let go of over 327 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 5: the course of your career in order to really get 328 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 5: in touch with your true inner voice. You know, when 329 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 5: I watched more earlier specials can see that I I'm 330 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 5: trying to make people laugh. 331 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 3: That's the goal. 332 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 5: You're like coming up with these kind of I don't 333 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,439 Speaker 5: want to say lazier punchlines, but it's like the easy 334 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 5: joke where you kind of gough. There's like a better 335 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 5: punchline than that. But when you're early on and stand up, 336 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 5: you're you really are just like, what's the easiest way 337 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 5: to get a chuckle because you're uncomfortable being up there 338 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 5: and having any kind of silence. 339 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 3: Now where I'm at in my career. 340 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 5: I'm okay making people wait for the punchline and telling 341 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 5: them a story and bringing them along on a journey. 342 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 5: So I've stripped away the like impatience of I gotta 343 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 5: get I gotta make them laughing out, like that franticness. 344 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 3: You can feel it in those early things. 345 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 5: I'm like yelling punchlines and I'm pushing, whereas now I'm 346 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 5: just sort of embracing the journey more and I'm to 347 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 5: trust that everybody's gonna come on that journey with me, 348 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 5: and they trust now having seen me for fifteen years 349 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 5: or ten years, they know I'm going to make it 350 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 5: pay off or I'm gonna try. I'm gonna try my 351 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 5: best to at least if it's not hilarious, to at 352 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 5: least be interesting and appreciate that the audience and I 353 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 5: have developed that rapport I think, which started even more 354 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 5: so since my first Netflix special, Sweet and SALTYM. 355 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 3: What do you think happened there? 356 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:31,439 Speaker 1: Like? 357 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 2: What do you think led to that rapport? Well, that 358 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 2: was my first Hour special, and up until that point, 359 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 2: I had been touring. I've been I've been touring since 360 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 2: twenty ten. Sweet and Salty came out in January of 361 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 2: twenty twenty, and for those ten years, it was just 362 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: me telling a bunch of jokes and they didn't really 363 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 2: have a premise or a narrative. 364 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 5: There was no order. It was like, here's a funny thing, 365 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 5: and here's another funny thing. And Sweet and Salty forced 366 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 5: me to be like, what am I trying to say? 367 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 3: And what is the narrative to this? 368 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 5: And I kind of discovered that, like right as I 369 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 5: was about to film it, and so you see it 370 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 5: a narrative start to appear. 371 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 3: And then by the time I got to my next special, 372 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 3: I want a beginning, middle, and end. 373 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 5: Now I know I want this to be about something bigger, 374 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 5: to be a theme, and I just keep leaning into 375 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 5: that more and more as I put these specials out 376 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 5: so crushing. It definitely has that beginning, middle, and end. 377 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 5: It's about something. There's a victory. The end is a payoff. 378 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 5: So you've watched an hour for a reason. It didn't 379 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 5: it wasn't just me throwing stuff against a chalkboard hoping 380 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 5: you laugh. 381 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: Fortune. 382 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 4: One of my very favorite parts of most of your 383 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 4: specials have to do with your mother. 384 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: For treat then your mom is so funny. 385 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 4: You have this famous bit about your mom denying her 386 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 4: love of Hooters. 387 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: This isn't a past bit. Yes, did your mom ever 388 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 1: write your jokes? 389 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 5: She does not mean to. She writes them the old 390 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 5: saying it writes itself. It's kind of that with her. 391 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 5: I have one story in crushing It, that is, I 392 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:29,320 Speaker 5: would say ninety percent the whole story is what she 393 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 5: told me, And I'm just telling the audience what she 394 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:37,359 Speaker 5: told me. And it's about her falling in a cemetery. 395 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 3: And I add my little comedic. 396 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 5: Things here and there, like little I punch things up, 397 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,720 Speaker 5: and I structure the story, and I do her voice 398 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 5: and the act outs and stuff. 399 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 3: So I try to make it entertaining for them, but. 400 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 5: It truly is almost verbatim, her just telling me what 401 00:20:56,800 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 5: happened to her in a cemetery one day, and it 402 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 5: seems made up because it's so the stuff she does 403 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 5: is so quirky and out there, but it is all real. 404 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 5: So there are some real gems in this special. I 405 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 5: think of stories from my mom. 406 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: So on this show, I talk about my mom all 407 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: the time. 408 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, And she listens to every episode and she calls 409 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 4: me to give me her opinion on all the episodes 410 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 4: and all the guests. 411 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 3: I love that. 412 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 4: Does your mom ever feel like you cross the line 413 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 4: or does she just like. 414 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: Being in the mix with you? 415 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,120 Speaker 3: Oh, she just loves me and talked about truly. 416 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 5: I mean, it's her time to shine when like anytime 417 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,159 Speaker 5: I do shows on the East Coast that she's like 418 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 5: within like a four hour drive too. She's there because 419 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 5: she knows she's gonna strut through the audience and oh 420 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 5: me hi. 421 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 3: You know, like she is. 422 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 5: Her big moment because she knows everyone knows about her 423 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 5: because of my material. 424 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 3: Occasionally she'll see a. 425 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 5: Show and say like, oh, I did like that one 426 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 5: part because it you know, she thinks it's putting her 427 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,479 Speaker 5: in a bad light. But I work really hard with 428 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 5: these stories to to never be disrespectful of anyone in 429 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 5: my life. 430 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 3: And it's all out of love. 431 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 4: How about your wife, because I remember from Shinaway you 432 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 4: told this absolutely you had people in stitches at ten am. 433 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, So the story I tell it's how I start 434 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 5: my special. Actually it sets the tone because whereas my 435 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 5: last special it ended with Jackson and I got married 436 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 5: and that's where we ended, this one picks up with 437 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,479 Speaker 5: my honeymoon and we end up going on honeymoon to 438 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 5: the Maldives. And I didn't have any part of the planning. 439 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 5: A travel agent planned everything. We just like honestly just 440 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 5: showed up. And as I'm on the plane, I'm reading 441 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 5: a book about the Maldives and discover that it's illegal 442 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 5: to begin in the in the Maldies. So we're headed 443 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:08,719 Speaker 5: on our gay honeymoon to a country where it's legal 444 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 5: to be gay. And it just felt like, of course, 445 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 5: of course this. 446 00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:14,159 Speaker 3: Is where we're going. 447 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 5: But I'm taking something that's real and showing the like 448 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 5: here's the more ridiculous side of this, and kind of 449 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,240 Speaker 5: turning it on his head of like, well, now I 450 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 5: can't swim in my lesbian swimsuit, which is a pair 451 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 5: of sweatpants and a triple excel T shirt with the 452 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 5: sleeves coff buts you do not swim in sweatpants. Fortune, 453 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 5: that is ridiculous. 454 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 3: That one's a bit of a stretch. 455 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 5: But I'm just taking people through the like more ridiculous 456 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,680 Speaker 5: things of like we stayed six feet apart at all times. 457 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 3: I call her my cousin there you go and cousin friends. 458 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, so I take like something that that could be 459 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 5: difficult in a real life scenario and here's the ridiculous 460 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 5: version of it. And on the way, we had an 461 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 5: overnight layover the overnight layover was in Qatar, where it's 462 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 5: more illegal to be ay, so there's just you just 463 00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 5: try to add on to the like stakes of it all. 464 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 5: So it's a really fun way to start the special 465 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 5: deeper but making people think and laugh so good. Yeah, yeah, 466 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 5: it's like kind of like there's a message to it. 467 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,560 Speaker 5: I remember I was doing my radio show and a 468 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 5: straight man he heard his words, called into the radio 469 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 5: show and he said, I watched your story on Sweet 470 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 5: and Salty about you coming out to your parents and 471 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 5: how hard that is, and he goes, you didn't present 472 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 5: it that way, he goes, But it made me realize 473 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 5: that's a really difficult thing to tell people in your 474 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 5: life that you love this piece of information and you 475 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 5: not know if they're going to disown you, how it's 476 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 5: gonna figure relationship, He goes. It made me cry, he goes, 477 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 5: because I've never thought about it in that way before. 478 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 5: And that was the first time where I realized, holy cow, 479 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 5: like I didn't realize that these stories could have any 480 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 5: impact like that and make someone see someone else's journey 481 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 5: in a more real way through comedy. It had a 482 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 5: big effect on me where I was like, oh, there's 483 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 5: a there's I'm not just trying to make people laugh here. 484 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 5: There is a responsibility there too, to tell other stories 485 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,120 Speaker 5: that open minds. 486 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 2: I think all comedy, maybe not all comedy, but so 487 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 2: much of it is rooted in pain, and we just 488 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,439 Speaker 2: it's like one of our I think one of our 489 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 2: most effective coping mechanisms as humans is laughter. 490 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 3: Yeah. 491 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,639 Speaker 4: After the break, Fortune Fienster tells us how she's not 492 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 4: letting goals get in the way of her happiness. Stay 493 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 4: with us, and we're back with Fortune Fister. 494 00:25:57,520 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 2: Okay, you are returning for season two of Netflix show Fubar, 495 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 2: where you co star with Arnold Schwarzenegger. 496 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 3: Wow. 497 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 2: I mean you're not just in a show with him, 498 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 2: but in an action series. Oh that's crazy, Like, what 499 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 2: what did you learn from him just watching him on set? 500 00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 5: I mean, it truly is a thing, you know when 501 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 5: when someone asked like, could you have ever pictured, You're like, 502 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 5: I've never been a million years. I'm already pinching myself 503 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 5: that I'm a professional comedian. That doesn't seem like a 504 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 5: real job. I remember a town of eight thousand people 505 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 5: that like, what, I'm a stand up that's not real. 506 00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 5: When they called me about it, I truly was like, 507 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,800 Speaker 5: I assume you're asking me to play the part of 508 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 5: someone in a van at a computer giving coordinates, and 509 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 5: they're like, no, you are in the CIA, you are 510 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 5: in the field. You're running around dealing with weapons, you're 511 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 5: running from explosions. 512 00:26:58,840 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 3: I'm like me. 513 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 5: So I love getting to be in this genre that 514 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,919 Speaker 5: many people who look like me don't get to be 515 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 5: a part of. And I get to do a lot 516 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 5: of physical stuff, which is nice because I grew up 517 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,240 Speaker 5: as an athlete. I've played three to four sports a 518 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,199 Speaker 5: year on teams, and it was a side of me 519 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 5: that people didn't really know about. So to get to 520 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,679 Speaker 5: like be more physical in my work is really cool. 521 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 5: And tourism, like Arnold who's I mean, he's been famous 522 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 5: for like fifty years. I mean there aren't many people 523 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 5: in his category of fame, like worldwide. We filmed a 524 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 5: little bit in Prague and oh we also went to 525 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 5: Munich and he walks two feet and one hundred people 526 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 5: surrounded him. It's a level of fame not many people 527 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 5: have this day and time. He's just very conscious of 528 00:27:55,600 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 5: his position and his what he means to people. He 529 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,679 Speaker 5: takes that very seriously. He's very kind to the people 530 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 5: that are fans of his and he's a very motivational guy. 531 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 5: He's very much on set telling us interesting stories and 532 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 5: motivating people. And he has lessons life lessons. 533 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 1: I have a question about that fortune. 534 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, because the last time I spoke with you, you 535 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 4: told me this unbelievable story about how you basically manifested 536 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 4: your career with your friends and Auigi board. 537 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: And we'll save that whole story for another time. 538 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 5: But not a Ouigi board, but a new Year's kind 539 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 5: of going around the table. 540 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 3: What do you hope for the new year? 541 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, and one of your friends held a vision for 542 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 4: you about Australia and no memory, Danielle, I'll never forget it. 543 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 4: It hit me because you had no money. You were broke, 544 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 4: and you were like, if I don't I can't pay 545 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 4: my rent next month. Yeah, your friend manifests this for you, 546 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 4: and that next week Chelsea Handler says, hey, Fortune, we're 547 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 4: going to go to Australia. 548 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: It gives you a job. 549 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, And I remember asking you, what's the prayer? 550 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 1: What did you guys say? I'm curious now that. 551 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 4: You are so far down the line in your career, 552 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,240 Speaker 4: you're not at the beginning anymore, do you stay up 553 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,000 Speaker 4: at night thinking about what you want to have a 554 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 4: vision board that you create? 555 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 5: Actually, Jackson Ivory, new Year's do vision boards and tell 556 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,640 Speaker 5: each other what we hope for the new year. And 557 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 5: she's never she's not really like a hippie dippy person, 558 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:35,719 Speaker 5: but even she's like, it's important to visualize specifics and 559 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 5: what do you want to accomplish so that this all 560 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 5: isn't just in. 561 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 3: Like a vacuum, just like a there's a goal in mind. 562 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 5: And I would say it's been very helpful for me 563 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 5: because I feel very much like I'm on a path. 564 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 5: Nothing about what I'm doing feels accidental or like there 565 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 5: is luck involved, for sure, but I work my butt 566 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 5: off and it just always feels like I'm on the 567 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 5: path I'm meant to be, which makes it feel nothing 568 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 5: feels in vain, and I think that is very helpful. 569 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 5: I want these cool things to happen, but I'm like, 570 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 5: I want to work, I want people to watch my stuff, 571 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 5: I want to make a comfortable living, and I want 572 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 5: to be happy. The happy part is something that has 573 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 5: been more important to me as I get older. I 574 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 5: want peace and I want to be happy and I 575 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:33,400 Speaker 5: don't let crazy goals get in the way of that, 576 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 5: and I think that's something that maybe is different than 577 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 5: me thinking of my goals twenty years ago. 578 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 1: Oh that's interesting. 579 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 3: Are you happy now? I am? I am. 580 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 5: I think just being a person who's doing something they 581 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 5: love is rare. 582 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 3: I think there's so. 583 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 5: Many people that we all have to work, we all 584 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 5: have to pay bills, and not everyone is fortunate enough 585 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 5: to do something they love. 586 00:30:59,040 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 3: They do it because they have to. 587 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 5: And I watch my parents go through that, not having money, 588 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 5: not knowing how we're going to pay the rent. And 589 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 5: I'm so grateful I'm getting to do something I love, 590 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 5: and I'm so grateful to have had success at it. 591 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 5: I have a wife, I love a dog, I love, 592 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 5: so I really do have that piece I always hope for. 593 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,960 Speaker 1: You're quite literally crushing it. 594 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 3: Yes, it's right. 595 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 2: The hope is that we're all going to be crushing 596 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 2: it at whatever our version of crushing it is, that 597 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 2: you're crushing it. Thank you so much, Fortune for bringing 598 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 2: the laughter and the good vibes today. 599 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 3: On the bright side, Oh, thank you guys. 600 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 5: I appreciate you allowing me to be on the bright 601 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 5: side and to look at things on the bright side. 602 00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 3: I love that we live that. Thank you, Thank you guys. 603 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: Seams is a comedian. 604 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,719 Speaker 4: You can watch her new stand up special Crushing It 605 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:05,000 Speaker 4: on Netflix today. 606 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 2: Thanks to our partners at Airbnb. That's it for today's show. Tomorrow, 607 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 2: it's Wellness Wednesday. 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