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Speaker 1: A Huddle is a production of the NFL in partnership

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Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. Hello everyone, Malcolm Rodriguez, Detroit Lions linebacker. You

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Speaker 1: listening to the El Huddle podcast. Yes, that was Malcolm Rodriguez,

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Speaker 1: also known as Rodrigo. A spectacular guest that we had.

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Speaker 1: We've had great guests every week on the l Huddle podcast.

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Speaker 1: at s AS, we have a very very funny comedian on,

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Speaker 1: Steve Travino. He actually was seen by MJ in person

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Speaker 1: and he's got a special on Amazon Prime. Huge fan

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Speaker 1: of his. We're gonna talk to him about the Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: growing up, his background, all of this and that. And

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Speaker 1: right now we have breaking news and the main I

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Speaker 1: guess only one really that we've been talking about mainly

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Speaker 1: is the Alamar Jackson thing. And Jay still doesn't have

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Speaker 1: a home. It's been very vocal on Twitter about his displeasure,

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Speaker 1: along with reportedly asking the Ravens for a trade. Of course,

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Speaker 1: John Harbaugh is like, wait, wait, what what had happened? Well,

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Speaker 1: this is what happened when he was asked by reporters

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Speaker 1: about the tweet that was sent out while he was

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Speaker 1: speaking to reporters at the annual league meeting. I haven't

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Speaker 1: seen the tweet. That's timegoing process. I'm following it very closely,

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Speaker 1: just like everybody else is here, and uh looking forward

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Speaker 1: to a resolution. I'm excited thinking about Lamar all the time,

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Speaker 1: thinking about him as our quarterback. We're building our offense

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Speaker 1: back to football. I'm confident that's gonna happen. Do you

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Speaker 1: interest rate him being your quarterback in Week one? I

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Speaker 1: do you know? You gotta you gotta planning for all

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Speaker 1: the contingencies for sure, But I'm pretty I'm pretty fired

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Speaker 1: up about Lamar Jackson. I mean, Lamar Jackson is a

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Speaker 1: great player. Lamar came back in great shape last year.

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Speaker 1: He's fired up to play. That's the Lamar that I'm

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Speaker 1: looking for, looking forward to seeing. I can't wait to

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Speaker 1: confide that's gonna happen. So you're following him on Twitter

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Speaker 1: and seeing all the post and now, I don't live

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Speaker 1: in that world, Jerry. You know I'm not. I'm not

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Speaker 1: a real Twitter guy. Have you seen my tweets lately? No?

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Speaker 1: I love that he's like Twitter, what are you talking about?

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Speaker 1: I am not on the Twitter. I am not checking

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Speaker 1: tweets that he's on the snap, face on the book

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Speaker 1: of face on the Graham of Insta. Yeah, that's how

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Speaker 1: I feel. I wish coach. I wish we didn't have

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Speaker 1: to tweet. Um, it's a lot. It's a lot, and

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Speaker 1: it was like a planned move by Lamar. I'm not

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Speaker 1: gonna say, you know I live for the pettiness. Well,

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Speaker 1: yeah you do. Yeah, I'm on the petty train at

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Speaker 1: all times. However, it's almost a little off putting to

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Speaker 1: me because I don't think that an elite quarterback, which

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Speaker 1: in as a former league MVP, needs to be doing this,

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Speaker 1: needs to be tweeting for his life. It's not a

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Speaker 1: knock on him. I understand why he's doing it. There

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Speaker 1: is he doesn't have a representative. Everybody, it's very deeply personal, right,

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Speaker 1: this is your entire career, and he is the one

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Speaker 1: But this is how you know that things have spiraled,

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Speaker 1: because you don't need to be out here defending yourself lamar,

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Speaker 1: because the whole conversation, I think everybody on the NFL

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Speaker 1: planet is like, pay this man, already, get it done.

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Speaker 1: We want to see him paid. We know he deserves it,

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Speaker 1: we know that he's earned it. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: muck right like he's you're too elite for that, Lamar,

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Speaker 1: I think the representation isn't needed. And then what's the

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Speaker 1: endgame here? I mean, they have until July seventeenth to

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Speaker 1: And then is he going to then say, Okay, I'm

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Speaker 1: So so what what what are we doing here? And

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Speaker 1: But they seem to be happy with Jared Goff. I don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the endgame here is for him.

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Speaker 1: That's not it at all. That's not it at all.

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Speaker 1: Like that's just that's just how it is. Like they

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Speaker 1: behind closed doors and when negotiations goes down while he's

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Speaker 1: being in those discussions. And they've been trying to read

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Speaker 1: poorly because in that time we've seen Mahomes get a

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Speaker 1: our next guests. On the other side, we'll be hearing

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Speaker 1: Idle podcast. All right, trying real hard not to fangirl,

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Speaker 1: now it is the legend median that Steve Trevino now

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Speaker 1: big d Well. Why does it look crooked? It looks crooked.

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Speaker 1: I thought you were just trying to be swaggy. I

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Speaker 1: we're together together. If you haven't seen that bit, I

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00:25:19,646 --> 00:25:22,286
Speaker 1: highly recommend that you go and find it. It's about

420
00:25:22,286 --> 00:25:28,486
Speaker 1: a Vegas trip. We're here together together. Yeah. That that

421
00:25:28,686 --> 00:25:32,486
Speaker 1: is what is why I do comedy. I truly do

422
00:25:32,566 --> 00:25:36,766
Speaker 1: comedy because I am a giver. I love the host.

423
00:25:37,366 --> 00:25:41,006
Speaker 1: I love to I love to make other people happy.

424
00:25:41,166 --> 00:25:43,166
Speaker 1: You know, people say it all the time, they go Steve,

425
00:25:43,326 --> 00:25:45,686
Speaker 1: you know you do so much. When it's my birthday

426
00:25:45,726 --> 00:25:47,006
Speaker 1: and you go out of your way and I go.

427
00:25:47,086 --> 00:25:50,406
Speaker 1: But that that's what makes me happy. Yeah, making other

428
00:25:50,446 --> 00:25:53,446
Speaker 1: people happy is what makes me happy. So then when

429
00:25:53,526 --> 00:25:56,766
Speaker 1: I don't celebrate my birthday, all my friends and family go, well,

430
00:25:56,806 --> 00:25:59,086
Speaker 1: we want to do something for you, and I go,

431
00:25:59,206 --> 00:26:05,126
Speaker 1: but that that makes me uncomfortable, like wow, me and

432
00:26:05,206 --> 00:26:08,686
Speaker 1: the giver. I like being the one that makes a

433
00:26:08,726 --> 00:26:12,406
Speaker 1: big deal about somebody else. So when I hear people

434
00:26:12,486 --> 00:26:15,966
Speaker 1: say you saved my marriage, you know, oh my god,

435
00:26:16,006 --> 00:26:18,006
Speaker 1: we were on the verge of divorce and you got

436
00:26:18,086 --> 00:26:21,806
Speaker 1: us through it. Or my wife got cancer and the

437
00:26:21,886 --> 00:26:25,126
Speaker 1: only laughter we got was watching you. Those are the

438
00:26:25,126 --> 00:26:28,806
Speaker 1: things that for me are very special, and that is

439
00:26:28,886 --> 00:26:33,726
Speaker 1: exactly why I do comedy, is for you. So when

440
00:26:33,766 --> 00:26:35,446
Speaker 1: you say things like that, I'm like, oh my gosh,

441
00:26:35,446 --> 00:26:38,006
Speaker 1: that's exactly why we do it. And that's why I

442
00:26:38,046 --> 00:26:42,206
Speaker 1: shake everybody's hand after a show, you know, because I'm

443
00:26:42,286 --> 00:26:44,286
Speaker 1: number one, I can't believe that you came to see me,

444
00:26:44,766 --> 00:26:48,766
Speaker 1: and number two, you are paying my bills because I

445
00:26:48,806 --> 00:26:51,286
Speaker 1: get a portion of that ticket. So I look at

446
00:26:51,326 --> 00:26:54,406
Speaker 1: anybody that buys a ticket as an employer, and what

447
00:26:54,526 --> 00:26:56,766
Speaker 1: kind of employee would I be if I don't shake

448
00:26:56,806 --> 00:27:00,726
Speaker 1: my employer's hand. So that's how I look at things,

449
00:27:00,806 --> 00:27:04,246
Speaker 1: and it's important to me. When you tell me things

450
00:27:04,286 --> 00:27:06,446
Speaker 1: like that, I'm like, oh my gosh, and I wish

451
00:27:06,446 --> 00:27:09,366
Speaker 1: my wife was here. She's out being my life. But um,

452
00:27:10,046 --> 00:27:12,046
Speaker 1: you know, I will tell her that because we are

453
00:27:12,046 --> 00:27:14,486
Speaker 1: a team. Me and her are a team. Me and

454
00:27:14,486 --> 00:27:18,006
Speaker 1: her do things together. And being Latino in this business,

455
00:27:18,366 --> 00:27:20,246
Speaker 1: you don't have a choice but to do things on

456
00:27:20,286 --> 00:27:23,166
Speaker 1: your own and to figure it on your own. Yeah,

457
00:27:23,326 --> 00:27:26,006
Speaker 1: your wife also source material, right of course, so a

458
00:27:26,046 --> 00:27:31,366
Speaker 1: lot of material. How did that come about? Where where

459
00:27:31,486 --> 00:27:34,926
Speaker 1: she's just letting you anything that you guys go through,

460
00:27:34,966 --> 00:27:37,966
Speaker 1: where she's shopping. Because the thing that makes you so

461
00:27:38,086 --> 00:27:42,406
Speaker 1: great and any comedian who's very successful is the relatability.

462
00:27:42,806 --> 00:27:47,086
Speaker 1: And with all the bits that you have, they're so relatable.

463
00:27:47,286 --> 00:27:48,966
Speaker 1: Because I think about that is it's like, you know,

464
00:27:49,086 --> 00:27:54,446
Speaker 1: my wife is buying things and returning things all the time, right, buying, returning, buying, returning.

465
00:27:54,966 --> 00:27:57,166
Speaker 1: At least he returns. I don't even return things anymore.

466
00:27:57,166 --> 00:28:03,046
Speaker 1: I'm just like, well, it lives here now. If I

467
00:28:03,126 --> 00:28:05,966
Speaker 1: come home with deans that, don't think I ain't going back.

468
00:28:06,286 --> 00:28:09,886
Speaker 1: I'm not going back to the I tie her up.

469
00:28:11,606 --> 00:28:15,806
Speaker 1: But the reason the reason it relates is because I

470
00:28:16,846 --> 00:28:21,366
Speaker 1: literally I call it a documentary whatever. I don't make up, like,

471
00:28:21,406 --> 00:28:23,526
Speaker 1: I don't look at my wife and go, okay, how

472
00:28:23,566 --> 00:28:26,646
Speaker 1: can I write funny things about her that doesn't happen.

473
00:28:26,726 --> 00:28:29,086
Speaker 1: I live it in the house and then I take

474
00:28:29,126 --> 00:28:32,046
Speaker 1: it on stage. So there's this one joke right now

475
00:28:32,046 --> 00:28:35,206
Speaker 1: that I'm so happy about, and Renee and I are

476
00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:38,446
Speaker 1: in this argument and then we both bust out laughing

477
00:28:39,166 --> 00:28:41,446
Speaker 1: and I go, why are you laughing? She goes, I'm

478
00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:43,646
Speaker 1: just laughing. She's why are you laughing? I'm laughing because

479
00:28:43,646 --> 00:28:46,846
Speaker 1: you're laughing. And then she goes, I just wrote a

480
00:28:46,886 --> 00:28:51,646
Speaker 1: joke for you, right, And I go right, And the

481
00:28:51,766 --> 00:28:55,446
Speaker 1: joke is, I go, when my wife asked me to

482
00:28:55,566 --> 00:28:58,606
Speaker 1: do something for her, there are no questions asked. I

483
00:28:58,686 --> 00:29:01,846
Speaker 1: just do it. But when she when I asked her

484
00:29:01,926 --> 00:29:05,286
Speaker 1: to do something for me, oh my god, there's questions. Yeah.

485
00:29:05,446 --> 00:29:09,246
Speaker 1: So all I wanted was promoted by two K. Yeah.

486
00:29:09,286 --> 00:29:11,526
Speaker 1: All I wanted was we were going on a trip

487
00:29:11,926 --> 00:29:14,926
Speaker 1: to a water park with some other couples, and the

488
00:29:15,006 --> 00:29:17,766
Speaker 1: other couples were like the other husbands, they go, let's

489
00:29:17,806 --> 00:29:20,646
Speaker 1: get combandas that way we're comfortable. There's a lot of

490
00:29:20,726 --> 00:29:23,646
Speaker 1: us will get two I got you got it. I

491
00:29:23,686 --> 00:29:25,286
Speaker 1: went to my wife and said, hey, baby, can you

492
00:29:25,286 --> 00:29:29,166
Speaker 1: book two commanders? Why don't we need two commanders? Because

493
00:29:29,206 --> 00:29:31,766
Speaker 1: I'm asking, can you please book two cabandas well? I

494
00:29:31,766 --> 00:29:33,846
Speaker 1: don't want to pay for two cabandas well. Baby, We're

495
00:29:33,846 --> 00:29:35,806
Speaker 1: not gonna pay for two cabandas. We're all gonna split it.

496
00:29:35,806 --> 00:29:38,286
Speaker 1: It's gonna be split three ways. Can you get two commandas?

497
00:29:38,406 --> 00:29:40,886
Speaker 1: Are you sure that we need to commandas? Yes? Yes,

498
00:29:40,926 --> 00:29:43,166
Speaker 1: I am sure. That's why I keep asking, can you

499
00:29:43,166 --> 00:29:46,086
Speaker 1: get two cabadas well? One cabanas seas? Ten people? I mean,

500
00:29:46,086 --> 00:29:48,446
Speaker 1: how many people are we gonna have. We're gonna have fourteen.

501
00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:50,526
Speaker 1: We're gonna have fourteen people. That is more than ten.

502
00:29:50,566 --> 00:29:53,006
Speaker 1: Can you please book two cabadas well? Not all of

503
00:29:53,086 --> 00:29:54,646
Speaker 1: us are going to be in a command And I'm like,

504
00:29:54,726 --> 00:30:00,246
Speaker 1: just that, I move my mind. But I literally told

505
00:30:00,286 --> 00:30:03,966
Speaker 1: the story right now, exactly the way it happened, and

506
00:30:04,006 --> 00:30:08,166
Speaker 1: when people they know it's real and they've been through it, right,

507
00:30:08,846 --> 00:30:13,046
Speaker 1: So that's where the relatability comes from, And I mean

508
00:30:13,086 --> 00:30:14,846
Speaker 1: it has to have That's what's so hard for me

509
00:30:14,886 --> 00:30:18,926
Speaker 1: to write material. It's hard and it's easy because, um,

510
00:30:18,966 --> 00:30:20,886
Speaker 1: I don't have anything I told my wife all the time.

511
00:30:20,886 --> 00:30:22,806
Speaker 1: I go, when you're nice to me for a long time,

512
00:30:23,046 --> 00:30:28,966
Speaker 1: it's not good for business. I'm writing any I'm not

513
00:30:29,046 --> 00:30:30,926
Speaker 1: making any money with you being nice to me. Right.

514
00:30:31,166 --> 00:30:33,486
Speaker 1: Stop it. If I go to my wife and I go,

515
00:30:33,526 --> 00:30:35,406
Speaker 1: can you buy two cabanas? And she does, of course,

516
00:30:35,486 --> 00:30:38,366
Speaker 1: maybe I respect you, I love you, and I agree

517
00:30:38,366 --> 00:30:48,326
Speaker 1: with your decisions. End of the career, career, I never

518
00:30:53,406 --> 00:30:56,486
Speaker 1: but but but I also take great pride. My wife

519
00:30:56,526 --> 00:31:01,126
Speaker 1: is Latina, I'm Latino. I take great pride in showing

520
00:31:01,206 --> 00:31:07,286
Speaker 1: America a Mexican American couple that is very normal and

521
00:31:07,926 --> 00:31:11,086
Speaker 1: very you know. I love George Lopez and I always will.

522
00:31:11,606 --> 00:31:14,406
Speaker 1: But George spends a lot of time explaining how we're different,

523
00:31:15,246 --> 00:31:20,686
Speaker 1: and I my whole act is we're all the same. Yeah. Yeah,

524
00:31:20,806 --> 00:31:22,886
Speaker 1: Me and my wife wake up every day. We try

525
00:31:22,886 --> 00:31:24,766
Speaker 1: to be the best husband and wife to each other.

526
00:31:25,166 --> 00:31:26,806
Speaker 1: We try to be the best parents we can be

527
00:31:26,926 --> 00:31:29,406
Speaker 1: to our kids, and we try to get through this

528
00:31:29,486 --> 00:31:32,686
Speaker 1: crazy life we're living in twenty twenty three with a smile.

529
00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:36,726
Speaker 1: And you know we are. We're like everybody else, just

530
00:31:36,886 --> 00:31:39,366
Speaker 1: trying to make it with a little bit of flavor,

531
00:31:39,726 --> 00:31:42,646
Speaker 1: you know, and and you know, my da walking in

532
00:31:42,686 --> 00:31:46,486
Speaker 1: the background, going, oh, who's doing in the cowboys? That cowboys?

533
00:31:46,766 --> 00:31:51,726
Speaker 1: You know. So it's it's relatable and it's real and

534
00:31:51,766 --> 00:31:57,246
Speaker 1: it's honest, and and that's what makes people gravitate to it,

535
00:31:58,446 --> 00:32:00,606
Speaker 1: you know, absolutely love it. You come from a big family.

536
00:32:00,606 --> 00:32:02,646
Speaker 1: I came from a big family too. In MJ and I,

537
00:32:02,646 --> 00:32:06,246
Speaker 1: we talk about certain ways that say, like our moms

538
00:32:06,286 --> 00:32:08,846
Speaker 1: were like, for example, if we were sick, it's all

539
00:32:08,886 --> 00:32:13,566
Speaker 1: about vapo rube, like literally everything, Like you threw vapo

540
00:32:13,646 --> 00:32:16,486
Speaker 1: rube at every problem. It seemed like if I got

541
00:32:16,526 --> 00:32:20,766
Speaker 1: the sniffles, it's it's lights out, baby, it's vapo rube.

542
00:32:20,966 --> 00:32:24,846
Speaker 1: And and you know, abioticos, you know, like that was

543
00:32:24,886 --> 00:32:27,086
Speaker 1: the way to do it. There's no such thing as

544
00:32:27,126 --> 00:32:29,286
Speaker 1: going out and getting day quill or. Now, my dad

545
00:32:29,326 --> 00:32:32,406
Speaker 1: had an antibiotics from Dominican Republic. I don't know what's

546
00:32:32,446 --> 00:32:36,726
Speaker 1: in them, but you were cured well. But I also like,

547
00:32:36,846 --> 00:32:38,926
Speaker 1: I'm glad you said that, because I also like to

548
00:32:38,966 --> 00:32:42,406
Speaker 1: show the difference in generations. Yeah, you know, my wife

549
00:32:42,526 --> 00:32:45,206
Speaker 1: is Mexican American. When she is sick, it is my

550
00:32:45,286 --> 00:32:48,246
Speaker 1: job to take care of her, right and when I'm

551
00:32:48,446 --> 00:32:54,206
Speaker 1: when I'm sick. It's you're being dramatic. You're ridiculous. You

552
00:32:54,246 --> 00:32:57,966
Speaker 1: can't be that sick. Oh my god, you want your mommy.

553
00:32:58,086 --> 00:33:00,046
Speaker 1: And I'm like, yes, yes, I do want my mommy.

554
00:33:00,766 --> 00:33:02,926
Speaker 1: My mom would be here with my mom would be

555
00:33:02,966 --> 00:33:05,446
Speaker 1: here with VIC with a towel on my head, with

556
00:33:05,486 --> 00:33:07,886
Speaker 1: a calling in. She would be doing the well. You

557
00:33:08,006 --> 00:33:11,686
Speaker 1: have to acknowledge that when men get sick, it is

558
00:33:11,806 --> 00:33:16,606
Speaker 1: a melodrama beyond scare. Because we're still no, don't do

559
00:33:16,766 --> 00:33:20,086
Speaker 1: that now. All the producers are thank you sis, because

560
00:33:20,086 --> 00:33:22,286
Speaker 1: we're still up. We're cleaning the house, we're running around,

561
00:33:22,326 --> 00:33:26,366
Speaker 1: we're still running errands. And the guys are like, oh,

562
00:33:26,406 --> 00:33:28,806
Speaker 1: why true, we got We're out. We're out for like

563
00:33:28,926 --> 00:33:32,486
Speaker 1: five days. We're done. I love when I get sick.

564
00:33:32,566 --> 00:33:35,126
Speaker 1: And then my wife is like, you're being dramatic. And then,

565
00:33:35,166 --> 00:33:37,406
Speaker 1: because we're husband and wife, I end up giving her

566
00:33:37,406 --> 00:33:39,726
Speaker 1: what I had, of course, and then and then and

567
00:33:39,766 --> 00:33:45,126
Speaker 1: then she's like take me to the hospital. I'm like, oh,

568
00:33:45,126 --> 00:33:47,086
Speaker 1: now you know what I got. Now you know what

569
00:33:47,206 --> 00:33:49,966
Speaker 1: I got. If she's that hospital level, then you know

570
00:33:50,006 --> 00:33:54,126
Speaker 1: it's bad. But I will say this, I do believe.

571
00:33:54,886 --> 00:33:58,046
Speaker 1: Number One, I believe in God and I will say

572
00:33:58,366 --> 00:34:05,086
Speaker 1: that God always makes the mom get sick. Last, right, well, yeah,

573
00:34:05,126 --> 00:34:07,326
Speaker 1: my wife will take care of the kids are sick.

574
00:34:07,446 --> 00:34:09,766
Speaker 1: Then I'm sick and I don't know how she's doing it.

575
00:34:10,006 --> 00:34:12,926
Speaker 1: She finally all of us and then as soon as

576
00:34:12,966 --> 00:34:16,326
Speaker 1: we're all good, she goes down. And now that's how

577
00:34:16,366 --> 00:34:22,046
Speaker 1: it is, and I'm like, that is God's motherly Yep. Everything.

578
00:34:22,246 --> 00:34:27,086
Speaker 1: There were there words Steve that you would hear um

579
00:34:27,246 --> 00:34:30,886
Speaker 1: from family members that you'd never heard before, ones that

580
00:34:30,926 --> 00:34:33,486
Speaker 1: were made up. Maybe they were in Spanish, like we

581
00:34:33,606 --> 00:34:36,446
Speaker 1: like we had you know in our house. My parents

582
00:34:36,446 --> 00:34:42,206
Speaker 1: were Nicaraguan so they say, yeah, though yo, but but

583
00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:44,486
Speaker 1: those are things like but no one says I if

584
00:34:44,486 --> 00:34:47,646
Speaker 1: I go to Mexico and say they look at me

585
00:34:47,686 --> 00:34:53,166
Speaker 1: if like I have three heads anyway, Yes, I love

586
00:34:53,686 --> 00:34:56,966
Speaker 1: I love more all the Spanish words that they turn

587
00:34:57,086 --> 00:34:59,846
Speaker 1: English words in the Spanish words. Oh my god, yes, yes,

588
00:35:00,206 --> 00:35:08,646
Speaker 1: you know, like like what is the fool like you

589
00:35:08,766 --> 00:35:12,086
Speaker 1: fold me? Is that Spanish? You know, you go to

590
00:35:12,166 --> 00:35:18,366
Speaker 1: Miami and all of a sudden there like yeah, it's

591
00:35:18,406 --> 00:35:22,846
Speaker 1: not brother, by the way, it's broin. Yeah. Yeah, like

592
00:35:23,246 --> 00:35:27,046
Speaker 1: all all cereal is cheatios to my grandma. It didn't

593
00:35:27,046 --> 00:35:30,646
Speaker 1: matter if it was Koco pops fruit loops like Charlo

594
00:35:30,766 --> 00:35:38,766
Speaker 1: mine was posts get it gets and I'm like, yeah,

595
00:35:38,886 --> 00:35:43,646
Speaker 1: what's the post? How about choco? Mean, do you guys

596
00:35:43,646 --> 00:35:46,726
Speaker 1: ever have that Joco meal that was choco? Oh yeah,

597
00:35:46,766 --> 00:35:49,726
Speaker 1: choco chocolate milk you put in the milk? Yeah, yeah,

598
00:35:49,766 --> 00:35:52,566
Speaker 1: choco meal. You know, it's like certain things like that,

599
00:35:52,726 --> 00:35:55,526
Speaker 1: like wait what And then it's funny to me too,

600
00:35:55,566 --> 00:35:59,446
Speaker 1: because everything is backwards in Spanish, right, So yeah, my

601
00:35:59,526 --> 00:36:03,046
Speaker 1: dad would my dad would call burger king the King Burger.

602
00:36:05,046 --> 00:36:08,646
Speaker 1: I'm like, the what and King Burger yellow Man King Burger?

603
00:36:09,166 --> 00:36:11,886
Speaker 1: I go, what the hell is the king Burger King?

604
00:36:12,006 --> 00:36:15,526
Speaker 1: Because if you translated in Spanish, the syntax would flip it. Yeah,

605
00:36:15,646 --> 00:36:20,926
Speaker 1: the syntax always flips. Writer or he would say, I'm like,

606
00:36:24,046 --> 00:36:27,726
Speaker 1: I'm like, what amazing? And then my favorite one lately

607
00:36:28,086 --> 00:36:30,926
Speaker 1: is um he's trying to explain it. He goes, Amy,

608
00:36:31,766 --> 00:36:38,966
Speaker 1: I've been watching the show Jo and Hbos and Dragons.

609
00:36:39,486 --> 00:36:42,926
Speaker 1: I said, I said, I said, you mean Game of Thrones.

610
00:36:42,966 --> 00:36:47,806
Speaker 1: He goes, yeah, yeah, Game of Throns, Game of Throne.

611
00:36:49,726 --> 00:36:53,166
Speaker 1: You know, you know, Game of Throns. Hey, I wants

612
00:36:53,206 --> 00:36:56,326
Speaker 1: they have nidgets. I'm like that, hey, we can say

613
00:36:57,206 --> 00:36:59,566
Speaker 1: it's too much. You know. My father used to say,

614
00:36:59,686 --> 00:37:02,486
Speaker 1: like if he was busy, he'd always say, I'm in

615
00:37:02,526 --> 00:37:05,206
Speaker 1: the middle of people, is what he would say, you know,

616
00:37:05,606 --> 00:37:09,206
Speaker 1: with his accent. Right, So you know, there were certain

617
00:37:09,326 --> 00:37:12,806
Speaker 1: certain things like they couldn't they couldn't say the words

618
00:37:12,886 --> 00:37:16,926
Speaker 1: or there were phrases, right, Yeah, they just couldn't. They

619
00:37:16,966 --> 00:37:19,526
Speaker 1: just couldn't get there, you know, exactly to learn English

620
00:37:19,726 --> 00:37:21,806
Speaker 1: when they got to this country. Do you guys remember

621
00:37:21,886 --> 00:37:29,286
Speaker 1: that English INA's commercial. I don't remember that, one, will say,

622
00:37:31,166 --> 00:37:34,246
Speaker 1: because I grew up in New York, so it was like, yes,

623
00:37:35,326 --> 00:37:39,126
Speaker 1: that's exactly what it was, learning English in Spanish, which

624
00:37:39,206 --> 00:37:42,006
Speaker 1: is if you think about it, brilliant. But like it

625
00:37:42,366 --> 00:37:44,446
Speaker 1: was huge commercial and it was non stopping our house

626
00:37:44,446 --> 00:37:47,486
Speaker 1: because all we watched was like that's all we had

627
00:37:47,646 --> 00:37:50,966
Speaker 1: on in the house. People don't realize. People don't realize

628
00:37:51,046 --> 00:37:54,686
Speaker 1: why the Latino loves the NFL. And I will tell

629
00:37:54,726 --> 00:37:57,846
Speaker 1: you why. It is because the Latinos that moved to

630
00:37:57,926 --> 00:38:01,726
Speaker 1: this country love this country and they love they embrace it,

631
00:38:01,966 --> 00:38:05,726
Speaker 1: and they love the opportunities that they have here. And

632
00:38:05,846 --> 00:38:09,006
Speaker 1: they look at the NFL as a very American thing

633
00:38:09,526 --> 00:38:11,886
Speaker 1: and they want on board and they want to be

634
00:38:12,006 --> 00:38:14,246
Speaker 1: part of it. I mean, you know, my dad served

635
00:38:14,246 --> 00:38:17,526
Speaker 1: in the Vietnam War. He loves this country. You know,

636
00:38:17,646 --> 00:38:20,846
Speaker 1: my dad is proud of this country. My dad watches

637
00:38:20,926 --> 00:38:24,766
Speaker 1: the NFL and loves the NFL because it is very America.

638
00:38:25,406 --> 00:38:29,446
Speaker 1: And that's what I hate about sometimes our society, how

639
00:38:29,526 --> 00:38:31,886
Speaker 1: they look at us and they say, well, you know,

640
00:38:32,006 --> 00:38:35,526
Speaker 1: they must love soccer, Like, no, you were mistaken. We

641
00:38:35,686 --> 00:38:39,846
Speaker 1: love the NFL because we love America and we love

642
00:38:40,486 --> 00:38:44,526
Speaker 1: watching the NFL because it's very American and we get

643
00:38:44,606 --> 00:38:46,686
Speaker 1: to pick our team and we get to root for

644
00:38:46,726 --> 00:38:52,126
Speaker 1: our team. And for whatever reason, Latinos definitely migrate towards

645
00:38:52,286 --> 00:38:56,846
Speaker 1: certain teams. Yeah, you know, you know the Dolphins. You know,

646
00:38:56,926 --> 00:38:58,926
Speaker 1: you want to find Cubans, you're gonna find them with

647
00:38:58,966 --> 00:39:01,726
Speaker 1: their Dolphins fans, right, And you want to find the

648
00:39:01,806 --> 00:39:04,086
Speaker 1: Mexicans where you're gonna find them with the Raiders or

649
00:39:04,166 --> 00:39:09,846
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. You know, there's definitely a something about I mean,

650
00:39:09,886 --> 00:39:13,366
Speaker 1: I'm gonna mention, Yeah, it's a regional thing in Mexico.

651
00:39:13,606 --> 00:39:17,366
Speaker 1: Loves the Dallas Cowboys, you know, and it's just one

652
00:39:17,366 --> 00:39:19,686
Speaker 1: of those things. They love the Niners as we found

653
00:39:19,726 --> 00:39:25,006
Speaker 1: out and a lot big Nitor fans fans, but I

654
00:39:25,126 --> 00:39:28,366
Speaker 1: was also you know, I always tell people too. They go, well, Steve,

655
00:39:28,606 --> 00:39:30,966
Speaker 1: you know, how do you know which players are Latino?

656
00:39:31,086 --> 00:39:36,046
Speaker 1: I go, when you're Latino? You just knows the time,

657
00:39:36,286 --> 00:39:41,486
Speaker 1: you know, you know, we talk about Yeah, Tony Romo,

658
00:39:41,806 --> 00:39:44,766
Speaker 1: we all knew he was Latino. And then and then

659
00:39:44,806 --> 00:39:48,006
Speaker 1: you meet his grandma and his grandmother goes, they go, hey,

660
00:39:48,246 --> 00:39:50,246
Speaker 1: how do you keep how do you keep Tony going?

661
00:39:50,326 --> 00:39:55,246
Speaker 1: You know, and she goes, power, yeah, making every morning,

662
00:39:55,446 --> 00:39:58,446
Speaker 1: you know, and you go, yeah, but you know, say

663
00:39:59,606 --> 00:40:06,806
Speaker 1: Chris Jim kick Chris. I don't know. Oh no, you

664
00:40:06,846 --> 00:40:10,126
Speaker 1: would do it if you was Tony Romo talking in Spanish,

665
00:40:10,166 --> 00:40:12,846
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying? Right, Yeah, well for sure.

666
00:40:13,246 --> 00:40:15,486
Speaker 1: But you know, we're super proud to be Americans, and

667
00:40:15,526 --> 00:40:17,886
Speaker 1: we're super proud to get behind our NFL teams, and

668
00:40:18,446 --> 00:40:22,606
Speaker 1: and we love our players, and ultimately, you know, the

669
00:40:22,726 --> 00:40:26,126
Speaker 1: the American Latino we are so assimilated that it's so

670
00:40:26,286 --> 00:40:31,926
Speaker 1: hard to find us. Because I listened to Mexican regional music.

671
00:40:32,246 --> 00:40:35,966
Speaker 1: I listened to mariachi, I listened to rap, I listened

672
00:40:35,966 --> 00:40:39,246
Speaker 1: to country music, I listened to classic rock. I listened

673
00:40:39,246 --> 00:40:43,286
Speaker 1: to everything because I was raised with everything. Right, Well,

674
00:40:43,326 --> 00:40:45,406
Speaker 1: that's the whole thing. We're not a monolith. And you

675
00:40:45,526 --> 00:40:48,566
Speaker 1: can love soccer and you can love American football and

676
00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:51,886
Speaker 1: you can listen to this. And boys said, yeah, like

677
00:40:52,166 --> 00:40:54,286
Speaker 1: both things can exist at the same time. We talk

678
00:40:54,326 --> 00:40:55,886
Speaker 1: about that all the time and it doesn't make you

679
00:40:57,326 --> 00:41:00,606
Speaker 1: or any less American. Right like the World Cup. The

680
00:41:00,726 --> 00:41:03,566
Speaker 1: World Cup, I'm gonna root for USA and when they lose,

681
00:41:03,606 --> 00:41:09,566
Speaker 1: I still got a dog in the ah that part. Yeah, yeah,

682
00:41:09,606 --> 00:41:11,886
Speaker 1: I got a root for Nicaragua. Right is it? If

683
00:41:11,926 --> 00:41:16,486
Speaker 1: they're in it? Do they have a team US team?

684
00:41:20,006 --> 00:41:23,726
Speaker 1: I don't know. We got well based Ball Classic, Yeah, yeah,

685
00:41:23,766 --> 00:41:26,166
Speaker 1: we did that. We didn't you know. We commented on

686
00:41:26,326 --> 00:41:28,846
Speaker 1: on on the on the coins behind it. I think

687
00:41:28,846 --> 00:41:32,406
Speaker 1: anybody who has a military family, members from military family

688
00:41:32,486 --> 00:41:34,886
Speaker 1: knows exactly what that is. You mentioned your dad served,

689
00:41:35,286 --> 00:41:37,486
Speaker 1: UM and I love that you carry on that legacy

690
00:41:37,646 --> 00:41:40,486
Speaker 1: through helicopters for heroes. Tell us a little bit more

691
00:41:40,486 --> 00:41:43,646
Speaker 1: about that, we um. You know, I have a passion

692
00:41:43,766 --> 00:41:46,286
Speaker 1: for our veterans and and my father being a Vietnam

693
00:41:46,366 --> 00:41:49,806
Speaker 1: vet UM growing up with him, I saw the effects

694
00:41:50,126 --> 00:41:54,246
Speaker 1: of what happens to a man Um who is a

695
00:41:54,366 --> 00:41:58,086
Speaker 1: combat veteran much like your husband, Um, And and you

696
00:41:58,206 --> 00:42:00,286
Speaker 1: fall in love with these guys and you realize that

697
00:42:00,566 --> 00:42:05,126
Speaker 1: what they went through this unexplainable and and very goodicult

698
00:42:05,126 --> 00:42:07,966
Speaker 1: to deal with. So we got involved with Helicopters for

699
00:42:08,046 --> 00:42:11,326
Speaker 1: Heroes about seven years ago and that is my charity.

700
00:42:12,606 --> 00:42:14,886
Speaker 1: And this year we raised over a million dollars for

701
00:42:14,926 --> 00:42:18,286
Speaker 1: our veterans and we are one volunteer and we were

702
00:42:18,326 --> 00:42:20,726
Speaker 1: able to give back ninety six percent of that money

703
00:42:20,766 --> 00:42:25,126
Speaker 1: to the veterans. And again going back, going back to

704
00:42:25,206 --> 00:42:29,366
Speaker 1: staying on topic, you know, a Latino has served in

705
00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:33,806
Speaker 1: an American war since the Revolutionary War. We have defended

706
00:42:33,886 --> 00:42:37,246
Speaker 1: this country since day one, and we are very young

707
00:42:37,326 --> 00:42:40,246
Speaker 1: out to defend this country. And it is important to

708
00:42:40,366 --> 00:42:44,846
Speaker 1: me to celebrate all people who serve this country. But

709
00:42:45,526 --> 00:42:48,886
Speaker 1: people like my dad, who you know, gosh, I'm getting

710
00:42:48,886 --> 00:42:51,486
Speaker 1: a little torn up here because Fourth of July, my

711
00:42:51,606 --> 00:42:53,966
Speaker 1: dad puts his flag on his tree and he always

712
00:42:54,006 --> 00:42:57,366
Speaker 1: takes the picture every year, you know, saluting his neighborhood

713
00:42:57,846 --> 00:43:01,206
Speaker 1: because he loves this country, you know, proud, proud of

714
00:43:01,246 --> 00:43:04,606
Speaker 1: our culture. But we love this country. And that's why

715
00:43:04,646 --> 00:43:07,246
Speaker 1: I got involved with the veterans, because so many people

716
00:43:07,366 --> 00:43:11,846
Speaker 1: have sacrifice to give us a much better life than

717
00:43:12,566 --> 00:43:15,446
Speaker 1: had my I would assume had my family chosen to

718
00:43:15,486 --> 00:43:18,286
Speaker 1: say in Mexico, I think I would be living a

719
00:43:18,486 --> 00:43:22,926
Speaker 1: much different life. And of course they came here. They

720
00:43:23,006 --> 00:43:26,126
Speaker 1: came here for that opportunity. They came here to have

721
00:43:26,246 --> 00:43:29,286
Speaker 1: a home to watch the Dallas Cowboys play after church

722
00:43:29,446 --> 00:43:33,446
Speaker 1: on a Sunday. That's what it was about. Yeah, no question,

723
00:43:33,926 --> 00:43:37,326
Speaker 1: that's that's and that's the I think the driving force

724
00:43:38,046 --> 00:43:40,486
Speaker 1: behind all of us right that we know, the sacrifices

725
00:43:40,526 --> 00:43:43,886
Speaker 1: they made was for this stream, and we were able

726
00:43:43,926 --> 00:43:47,326
Speaker 1: to turn their American dream into our American dream and

727
00:43:47,406 --> 00:43:49,766
Speaker 1: then pass that on to the next generations. And it

728
00:43:49,886 --> 00:43:51,726
Speaker 1: looks like, I mean, look how soft our hands are.

729
00:43:52,006 --> 00:43:55,366
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we're on a we're on a

730
00:43:55,566 --> 00:44:00,286
Speaker 1: podcast right now talking. You know that that is the

731
00:44:00,846 --> 00:44:04,686
Speaker 1: American dream. But you know, and again for the three

732
00:44:04,926 --> 00:44:07,886
Speaker 1: of us, what we're doing right now is one in

733
00:44:07,926 --> 00:44:12,966
Speaker 1: a million, two million, one in five million. I tell

734
00:44:13,006 --> 00:44:17,046
Speaker 1: people all the time, pleased on one hand, show them

735
00:44:17,126 --> 00:44:22,046
Speaker 1: on two hands, show me successful Latino comedians. You know,

736
00:44:22,526 --> 00:44:26,446
Speaker 1: the list is very very short, very very true. Right,

737
00:44:26,566 --> 00:44:30,046
Speaker 1: I was watching Adam Sandler receive the Mark Twain Award

738
00:44:30,526 --> 00:44:34,286
Speaker 1: for American Humor, and I immediately said, ooh, who has

739
00:44:34,366 --> 00:44:38,126
Speaker 1: won this before? Not one Latino has ever won a

740
00:44:38,246 --> 00:44:42,166
Speaker 1: Mark Twain Award. You know, no Mexican Americans have ever

741
00:44:42,366 --> 00:44:45,286
Speaker 1: won an Oscar. Now, so for us to be in

742
00:44:45,366 --> 00:44:48,966
Speaker 1: this business, you know, it is truly an American dream

743
00:44:49,046 --> 00:44:53,686
Speaker 1: because there's not many of us, you know, especially when

744
00:44:53,726 --> 00:44:55,966
Speaker 1: you don't have the blueprint to follow right like, oh,

745
00:44:56,126 --> 00:44:58,366
Speaker 1: I've seen so and so do it like you have

746
00:44:58,566 --> 00:45:02,326
Speaker 1: to believe so wholeheartedly in your success and in your

747
00:45:02,406 --> 00:45:05,926
Speaker 1: talent when there is no no other reference point nor

748
00:45:06,046 --> 00:45:08,806
Speaker 1: their source material, if you will. And I tell people

749
00:45:08,846 --> 00:45:11,886
Speaker 1: all the time, you know, I live in a beautiful neighborhood.

750
00:45:11,966 --> 00:45:14,686
Speaker 1: I do very well for myself. And I used to

751
00:45:14,886 --> 00:45:18,486
Speaker 1: think that these rich kids advantage was money. That is

752
00:45:18,566 --> 00:45:21,726
Speaker 1: not the advantage. The advantage that my son has now

753
00:45:21,766 --> 00:45:24,646
Speaker 1: as a rich kid is not the money. It is accessibility,

754
00:45:25,086 --> 00:45:27,166
Speaker 1: and it is the feeling and the and the a

755
00:45:27,446 --> 00:45:31,366
Speaker 1: feeling of oh, this should be my life. This is

756
00:45:31,406 --> 00:45:33,846
Speaker 1: how my life's supposed to be. And I'm going to

757
00:45:33,926 --> 00:45:37,566
Speaker 1: make this my life. And you know, possibilities are endless

758
00:45:37,646 --> 00:45:41,966
Speaker 1: for him, yet mindset. We were at Legoland and he

759
00:45:42,286 --> 00:45:44,526
Speaker 1: writes this roller coaster and he gets off and he goes, dad,

760
00:45:45,406 --> 00:45:47,606
Speaker 1: we got to put this roller coaster in our backyard.

761
00:45:51,086 --> 00:45:56,046
Speaker 1: I mean, of course, but I admired the heck out

762
00:45:56,126 --> 00:45:59,766
Speaker 1: of him and it made me proud that he believes

763
00:45:59,926 --> 00:46:04,526
Speaker 1: all things are possible. Yeah, yeah, well and that's It

764
00:46:05,966 --> 00:46:10,086
Speaker 1: has been fun to see your comedy evolve over the years,

765
00:46:10,606 --> 00:46:13,726
Speaker 1: love to see the representation. We think you are funny

766
00:46:13,766 --> 00:46:16,406
Speaker 1: as hell and we're so happy that you were able

767
00:46:16,446 --> 00:46:19,406
Speaker 1: to come on the podcast. Also, you got a bunch

768
00:46:19,486 --> 00:46:22,726
Speaker 1: of specials that you've done. You got one an Amazon Prime.

769
00:46:22,966 --> 00:46:28,526
Speaker 1: I mean, you're you're really just a funny, relatable comedian

770
00:46:28,806 --> 00:46:32,126
Speaker 1: and so glad that you're Latino too, and that you're

771
00:46:32,406 --> 00:46:35,446
Speaker 1: you're on this podcast with us. So see if Throvino.

772
00:46:35,566 --> 00:46:39,046
Speaker 1: It has been an absolute pleasure having you on my

773
00:46:39,126 --> 00:46:41,846
Speaker 1: friend pleasure. Well, you guys had my infoe, now you

774
00:46:41,926 --> 00:46:44,486
Speaker 1: had my number. Do not hesitate to reach out? Same

775
00:46:44,566 --> 00:46:47,686
Speaker 1: Sames hanging out? Yeah, I will be in San Diego

776
00:46:47,806 --> 00:46:51,366
Speaker 1: doing the Harris Castino soon. We're booking that a go go,

777
00:46:51,686 --> 00:46:54,286
Speaker 1: So you know, anytime you guys want to comment, very quickly,

778
00:46:54,806 --> 00:46:56,246
Speaker 1: I wanted to get this all I thought when I

779
00:46:56,326 --> 00:46:58,086
Speaker 1: was doing this podcast, I thought about this, and I

780
00:46:58,446 --> 00:47:01,646
Speaker 1: take it very serious. If you ever, if you're watching this,

781
00:47:01,966 --> 00:47:05,646
Speaker 1: and you ever said to yourself, Tom Brady should shame

782
00:47:05,686 --> 00:47:09,606
Speaker 1: on you. Shame on you people. I could not imagine

783
00:47:10,286 --> 00:47:14,086
Speaker 1: somebody telling me to quit comedy. I could not imagine

784
00:47:14,206 --> 00:47:18,166
Speaker 1: somebody telling me that what I absolutely love to do

785
00:47:18,766 --> 00:47:21,886
Speaker 1: and put my whole heart and soul into, then one

786
00:47:21,966 --> 00:47:24,206
Speaker 1: day you come to me and go, you have to

787
00:47:24,326 --> 00:47:27,286
Speaker 1: quit and you are not allowed to play. So good

788
00:47:27,326 --> 00:47:29,886
Speaker 1: for Tom for continuing to play as long as he could,

789
00:47:30,326 --> 00:47:32,566
Speaker 1: and shame on you for saying that he should retire him.

790
00:47:32,966 --> 00:47:36,726
Speaker 1: That's right, Steve. Thank you, go Steve boom. I see,

791
00:47:37,406 --> 00:47:45,326
Speaker 1: thank you Steve. That's it now an official Primo. Yeah,

792
00:47:45,606 --> 00:47:56,086
Speaker 1: thank you Steve. You're awesome. Say hello, thank well. I

793
00:47:56,166 --> 00:48:00,486
Speaker 1: feel like we could have talked to Steve forever. Right y,

794
00:48:01,206 --> 00:48:06,686
Speaker 1: so funny, just interesting perspective on everything, include his beloved Cowboys,

795
00:48:06,766 --> 00:48:10,286
Speaker 1: which now brings us to the final part of the podcast,

796
00:48:10,406 --> 00:48:12,406
Speaker 1: where we put a little bow on things we like

797
00:48:12,486 --> 00:48:16,406
Speaker 1: to call e boomto and for me, my eat boomto

798
00:48:16,606 --> 00:48:21,526
Speaker 1: is I'm living my best life watching my shows session.

799
00:48:22,206 --> 00:48:25,926
Speaker 1: I am watching ted Lasso and watching The Mandalorian, and

800
00:48:26,046 --> 00:48:29,046
Speaker 1: I'm enjoying all of it, and I am sad to

801
00:48:29,126 --> 00:48:31,646
Speaker 1: see that two of those three series are going to

802
00:48:31,766 --> 00:48:35,006
Speaker 1: come to an end. But with all of those series

803
00:48:35,206 --> 00:48:40,966
Speaker 1: which I have, I've loved them, the drama and what

804
00:48:41,166 --> 00:48:45,206
Speaker 1: we've talked about representation that is in that's in a

805
00:48:45,246 --> 00:48:49,006
Speaker 1: couple of them, at least I've loved it. So that's

806
00:48:49,086 --> 00:48:52,086
Speaker 1: my eat boomto just just let me be, let me binge,

807
00:48:52,606 --> 00:48:55,206
Speaker 1: and we're gonna get into some of these discussions at

808
00:48:55,286 --> 00:48:57,086
Speaker 1: some point in time. I'm gonna add one more to

809
00:48:57,166 --> 00:49:00,606
Speaker 1: your life. If you haven't started watching Shrinking on Apple

810
00:49:00,646 --> 00:49:05,166
Speaker 1: Plus YEA good things about that. Yes, fun nominal binged

811
00:49:05,286 --> 00:49:08,286
Speaker 1: it in one day done. I actually no, I'm missing

812
00:49:08,286 --> 00:49:09,846
Speaker 1: the last episode up an alley, so I still have

813
00:49:09,886 --> 00:49:12,886
Speaker 1: a little nugget there. But yes, um, I agree offseason

814
00:49:13,166 --> 00:49:15,646
Speaker 1: life quote unquote off season which doesn't really exist. It's

815
00:49:15,686 --> 00:49:18,366
Speaker 1: a myth for us, um, But yes, Binging a lot

816
00:49:18,406 --> 00:49:22,686
Speaker 1: of shows traveling for sure. Um, I think that balance

817
00:49:22,886 --> 00:49:26,086
Speaker 1: right when you start finding that balance for ourselves, for

818
00:49:26,206 --> 00:49:30,006
Speaker 1: our own lives, to keep everything, all all the wheels

819
00:49:30,046 --> 00:49:32,126
Speaker 1: moving in the right direction. Because sometimes if all you

820
00:49:32,286 --> 00:49:35,286
Speaker 1: do is work. As much as we love our jobs,

821
00:49:35,326 --> 00:49:37,126
Speaker 1: we need that little balance. Well, so I'm so glad

822
00:49:37,166 --> 00:49:40,366
Speaker 1: that you said that. My my epoomtow is actually an

823
00:49:40,446 --> 00:49:44,206
Speaker 1: exclamation point co signing on yours. So I love that.

824
00:49:44,766 --> 00:49:47,166
Speaker 1: That is my plan for the weekend. It's to binge

825
00:49:47,166 --> 00:49:48,806
Speaker 1: as much as possible. If you need me, I'm on

826
00:49:48,886 --> 00:49:52,286
Speaker 1: my couch. That's where you can find right, don't there's

827
00:49:52,326 --> 00:49:55,926
Speaker 1: snacks in close proximity. That's all we're gonna do. It's fine.

828
00:49:56,086 --> 00:49:58,806
Speaker 1: It's March. We got a month to the draft when

829
00:49:58,886 --> 00:50:01,326
Speaker 1: things pick back up for us in full speed ahead.

830
00:50:01,806 --> 00:50:04,126
Speaker 1: M So, so we're good. We're still working, we're still moving.

831
00:50:04,166 --> 00:50:07,486
Speaker 1: But we're also in join um the the after the

832
00:50:07,646 --> 00:50:10,886
Speaker 1: regular season life, so we'll still be rocking with you

833
00:50:10,966 --> 00:50:12,726
Speaker 1: guys here on a huddle. Of course, if you like

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