1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: You don't concession, I can't take back. 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 2: Ell Arm Mouse speaker, Texas seventy five to ninety two 3 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: says the first few times I rode a public bus 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: as an adult, I didn't know you had to ring 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 2: the bell to get. 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 3: The bus to stop. I just thought people were making 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:23,760 Speaker 3: the ding sound for fun. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 4: No, so you were either on the bus all day? 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, you got off every stop. No, don't feel bad. 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 3: At first, I didn't realize you had to pay money to. 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: Ride the bush. 12 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 3: I just thought it was a free service. Everybody can 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 3: jump on and off. They won it, just like I 14 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 3: pay my taxes. 15 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 4: Was wrong, My mom pays the taxes. 16 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: Yeah. 17 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 5: Public transport definitely has its secrets. Oh yeah, they certainly 18 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 5: don't advertise it. 19 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 3: But we have even more secrets on this segment. 20 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 5: And today one of our listeners wants to share one 21 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 5: of his He's chosen him as his fake name. 22 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 3: So, Adam, welcome to the show. 23 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,199 Speaker 1: Hey, you promised the voice thing is working. I didn't 24 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 1: tell my voice a really weird. 25 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 5: Yes, let's see voice voice changer is activated. You are 26 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 5: the mass speaker. Whenever you're ready, let's hear your confession. 27 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: So back in my early twenties, I moved to La 28 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: you know, I wanted to be an actor, right, it's 29 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 1: so exciting. 30 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 3: Do they do acting? Yeah, California, don't. 31 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: You do this? 32 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 3: I missed that. I guess he was above that. Sorry, 33 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 3: already made it. Yes, Okay, you had a dream. 34 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: I had a dream. And so I go to this 35 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: audition at a local theater and afterwards, this guy from 36 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: the audience comes up to me. He says he's a director, 37 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: and he hands me the card, you know, and it 38 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: was like really strong card stocks, so it like looked legit. 39 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 4: The stiff for the card, the more. 40 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's at least yeah exactly. 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 4: I bet you were like over the moon excited. 42 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, totally. He says that he's extremely I quote, I'm 43 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: extremely impressed with your audition. I was like, oh wow, 44 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: this is amazing. So he tells me that he's putting 45 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: together a stage production. It's a one man show, right, 46 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: and he wants me to be the star. 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 5: Okay, wow, wow, just after seeing one audition of you. 48 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'm like in total shock, right, I'm thinking, 49 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 1: oh my god, this is my being discovered moment. Yeah. 50 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 4: I mean, not only are you getting apart, you're getting 51 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 4: a whole show, yeah, this dream of Yeah. 52 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: So I agree, right, and that night he emails me 53 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: this script. I read it. It's really weird. Okay, it's 54 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: like a seven page monologue. But here's where it gets 55 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: like weird. It's about a really old man. 56 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 4: Okay, and you're in your early twenties exactly. 57 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: But there's a catch. It's an old man who's also blind. 58 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 5: Something about your audition gave old blind man. 59 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 4: You woudn't believe this kid. He couldn't find his way 60 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,519 Speaker 4: out of stage. 61 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 3: Every time I was He's perfect. Okay, that's an odd 62 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: script for. 63 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: Sure, exactly. And I'm completely confused because, like you said, 64 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: like I'm young, and I decide, okay, well, who cares? 65 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: Maybe I just need to try it. 66 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 4: Right, You got to be versatile as an actor. 67 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,959 Speaker 3: You can take the opportunities that are given to you. 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: Brol. 69 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 4: We know you're Matt Damon on the phone right now, 70 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: and the voice changers just disguised. 71 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 3: Amazing. So what happens. 72 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: So over the next two months, I meet with this 73 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: director twice a week to rehearse, and he is like, 74 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: it is so grueling. It is the most frustrating experience 75 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: of my life. That the guy randomly, out of the blue, 76 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: he wants me to do a Southern accent. 77 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 3: Oh oh no, it's an old blind Southern man. 78 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: Yes, an old blind Southern man. But get this. He 79 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: also says that the character of the old man is 80 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: obsessed with the color yellow. 81 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good point. 82 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 3: I like that point. 83 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: That's literally what I'm saying. I questioned the director. I go, well, 84 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: wait a minute, I'm confused. If he's blind he know 85 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: about yellow. 86 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 4: Yes, maybe he senses it, and. 87 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 5: Maybe he's a cold Play fan and he's like listening 88 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 5: to that yellow song. 89 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:37,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's really good. Yeah. I should have asked that. 90 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: I should have asked that, But instead he would just 91 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: put the question back on me. He would say, well, 92 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: why do you think he's obsessed? 93 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 4: So, at any point in this process, are you starting 94 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: to think this actually isn't going to be made? 95 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean I pushed through because there is an 96 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: opening night. 97 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 4: Oh there is, Okay, trust the process. 98 00:05:00,640 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 1: It's the night of the show. I'm backstage in full 99 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 1: old man makeup. 100 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 3: Okay, bright yellow makeup. 101 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 5: Save that for your Tinder page, by the way. 102 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: And this directory. He comes up to me five minutes 103 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: before and he says, Look, so you don't have to 104 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: go on if you don't want to. What what do 105 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: you mean? 106 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 4: Yes, I absolutely is the start of the show. 107 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: I'm like, what why I don't understand it? Why don't 108 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: you look behind the curtain? So I do, and the 109 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 1: theater is completely empty. 110 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 5: Nobody wanted to see the old blind Southern Guy performance. 111 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 2: Or maybe it's art because the blind man must be 112 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 2: blind on stage? 113 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 4: And how is he saying like he should be saying? 114 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 4: The show is canceled. Not that you don't have if 115 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 4: you don't want to, It's. 116 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 3: Like, I still kind of want to see it. What 117 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 3: did you do? 118 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 4: It sucks? 119 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: Well, I said, screw it. I went out and I 120 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: did the whole show. 121 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: But don't you have friends and family that you invited? 122 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: They couldn't come to opening nights for whatever reason, they 123 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: were actually going to come to the second performance. 124 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:20,679 Speaker 4: Did a second performance happen? 125 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: No, we canceled the second performance. That Hollywood? 126 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 3: Oh you quit after that? 127 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: That was it? 128 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 3: That was going to be your moment. 129 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 2: Man. 130 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 4: It was such a tale of grit into termination. 131 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 3: Oh dude, I can't believe you went through all of that. 132 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 4: I want to motivate you to do it again. 133 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll flip it around and the character will love 134 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: the color blue. 135 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 3: I don't that's what it was missing. 136 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 4: I don't mean to actually do that show again. So terrible. 137 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 4: I didn't mean to get into acting again. 138 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: Now I want to see it. 139 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 5: Film yourself doing the whole monologue, the text in seven 140 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 5: eight five nine too. If you have a confession you've 141 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 5: been holding on to, we can hide your identity, ask 142 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 5: your voice, and make you the next mass speaker. 143 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:02,679 Speaker 3: Your phone taps. 144 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:03,559 Speaker 1: Coming up next 145 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 4: Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning.