Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast - EP 225: Josh Blue (Comedian)

Episode Date: June 27, 2023

Listen. We're just a humble podcast; not trying to tell ya what to do. But having said that, truly, I think you should listen to this episode. It's featuring comedian Josh Blue on the Interview Hour, and that dude is WILD (plus: he's opened for Chapelle like, at least 50 times). Catch him on the road in a town near you joshblue.com oh yeah, and we got updates from INSIDE the tour van. Find out what the band's been getting up to on this summer tour theyre on...  Don't forget to keep tabs on their whereabouts! americanaquarium.com Watch this episode streaming now!! Psyched to partner up with our buddies at Volume.com! Check out their roster of upcoming live events and on-demand shows to enrich that sweet life of yours. Call, leave a message, and tell us how you really feel: [phone]  Check out our new single, You Do You streaming on Spotify and Apple Music now! And while you're at it, give a big middle finger to the bigots in your life Follow us on Instagram @worldsavingpodcast For more information on Andy Frasco, the band and/or the blog, go to: AndyFrasco.com Check out our good friends that help us unwind and sleep easy while on the road and at home: dialedingummies.com Produced by Andy Frasco, Joe Angelhow, & Chris Lorentz Audio mix by Chris Lorentz Featuring: Travis Gray

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Josh Blue. What up, brother? How you doing? The legend. Wow. You are a legend, bro. Oh, shucks. You guys.

I mean, one of the great comedians in our scene and um you know i am a big fan uh my biggest my biggest comedian uh that i love is dave chapelle and you've opened for dave like 50 times yeah at least 50 man he's he's the greatest of all time, I think. What conversations do you guys have together? Do you guys talk a lot? What's going on? He's just chill, man. He's the dude you see on stage. He's that guy. Just an easy hang.

For being the biggest comedian in the world, he's just so fucking easy. Yeah. You know, it's interesting because musicians and easy. Yeah. You know, you know, uh, it's interesting because,

uh, uh, musicians usually that big are hard to talk to. Right. Or a comedian, they're like,

Hey, Hey, I have a cigarette, you know, the other way around. Yeah. It just, he couldn't be more

generous than his like writer is pretty easy. You know, like you go in and he just has six packs of cigarettes and some vodka or something right the basics yeah yeah all you need to perform yeah do you get like the symphony sympathy card because you're disabled i i mean sometimes but like at this point you know either you know who I am.

Right. Or you think I'm like some drunk homeless guy walking by. I live in this dual world where it's like. It's fucked up. I'm super famous or people still think I'm a homeless guy. What's like, give me a story when someone's like thought you were a homeless man. I mean, it happens pretty much like weekly. Really?

I mean, it happens all the fucking time. Are you serious? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Fuck these people, dude. I'll be walking down the street, and people will like, I'll see a couple, and then the guy will move his lady to the safe side. And I'm like, hey, man, there ain't no safe side. I'm going to get your lady.

I'm going to get her. That's fucked up Even in Denver Yeah it still happens And like you know Tour all over the country and world And it happens every single place I go So fucked up When I was in Paris

They wouldn't even serve me at restaurants What? That checks out for the French Yeah yeah God Yeah you're American And you're disabled And I speak French pretty fluently So I really explain that in French. You're American and you're disabled. I speak French pretty fluently.

I really don't explain that in French. Get the fuck out of my restaurant. It seems like your dad was a language professor, right? Yeah. You learned a lot of different languages through him? Yeah. I speak three pretty fluently. He speaks 13.

What? Like fluently? Yeah. Wow. Which one does he do when he's pissed at you? He tries to mix them all in together. He's going to invent his own language just for being mad. Well, he's done that, actually.

Really? He has created languages. He was a professor. He taught French and Italian and linguistics, and he had his students create their own language. Pretty crazy. So have you ever tried to do shows in French? I did in Montreal. I was there for the

Montreal Comedy Festival. And you did it in French? There was a guy there named Mike Hall and he owned a French club and he asked a French club and he asked me to come do it. I say I'm fluent,

but then when I go to do stand-up, it was the most terrifying thing I've done. It was like your first time on stage again because all your tools are gone. You can't just directly translate a joke. It doesn't work that way. So you have to come up with new material. And he just asked me that day.

So I'm like racking my brain of like not only what to say, but how to say it in a funny way. And I got some laughs, but I lasted, I think, one minute, 38 seconds. Oh, Jesus. I mean, you gave me two minutes. That's pretty good, though. Well, that's good for two minutes. Right. So, but yeah yeah it's terrifying

And I would really like to do more of that Because it was so exhilarating Yeah because we had Phil Hanley on the show And he's comedian He's like a Canadian comedian And he said the timing And how they understand jokes are completely different Different humor

What did you learn What about like Because you were born in Cameroon right And how many years were you there understand jokes are completely different. Different humor. What did you learn? You were born in Cameroon, right? How many years were you there? I don't remember Cameroon. I was pretty little when we left. We went to Senegal when I was 15. What the fuck?

I was there for a whole year, homeschooled. That's why I speak French pretty fluently. Because it's a French colony. And then the native language there is Wolof. And I speak that pretty well. Yeah? It's my favorite language to speak. Give me some. Give me some.

I'm deaf. I'm deaf. Alhamdulillah. It's just. Oh, sick. It's like. It's really like playful. Yeah.

It's also very ball busty it's all about like busting your friends chops why are we so sensitive Americans about being you know busting chops yeah I mean like look at Australians or the English they're always like shitting on each other

I love that sensitivity that means I like you if I'm shitting on you yes 100% I love it but it's pretty wild i mean you've then you grew up in minnesota right yep and well that's when you started uh you're the youngest of four so how old are your brothers so uh my oldest brother is 10 years older than me. He's like 54. He lives in Vietnam. And then my next sister is...

I don't even know how old they are. Turned 51 maybe. So how many... Five years younger than all of them? Yeah, my closest sister is five years. Yeah, that's wild. So did you feel like you were always a loner when you were a kid because your siblings were kind of older than you?

Or were they close? I mean, you know, they started going off to college one by one. So you lose one and then lose another one. But then they did leave me there with my parents. And my mom was going through menopause. That was a fucking delight. Nothing like being the only child around hot flashes. Yeah, dude, it was insane.

No, but I've always been the very social dude. I was actually in special education until the fourth grade, and then the public school system was like, we've got to let this guy out into general pop. General pop. Yeah, something's wrong with him in a different way. But your brain, you're so smart. Why are they putting you into special ed?

Just because of your disorder? Yeah, I mean, because with cerebral palsy, I can't write physically. So I needed a scribe or someone to write for me. And then they told me I couldn't read, so I never did. And so now I can't read. I mean, I can read, but it wasn't smooth and quick like the other kids. I mean, most of the other kids. There were some dumb motherfuckers in my class, for sure.

You're still beating them. It's like, damn, dude. Get your shit together. I could beat them verbally and in a foot race. It's pretty wild. I mean, was it hard for you to kind of laugh about the disorder? Did it take you a while

to talk about it? When I was in high school, it was the all-consuming like i'm never gonna find a girlfriend because i got palsy or you know just what am i gonna do for a living but i also like it's weird i always felt like i was gonna be somebody yeah like when i was a kid i was, I wasn't worried about it. Yeah. Like, I knew I didn't want to do, like, a day job. And my good buddy in college, after I became a comedian, he was like, hey, man, I always knew you'd find a way to be successful without doing anything. You're like, fuck you. Yeah, exactly.

Let's see you do what I do, motherfucker. Yeah, exactly. Like, who taught you the chops of comedy who was your first inspiration like what why did you decide comedy so i actually i started doing stand-up in in college but this is really where i remember distinctly one time and i think it was my senior year of high school, the teacher came in. And looking back, he was super hungover. That's why he didn't want to teach that day.

He was just like, I don't feel like teaching. And he put on Bill Cosby himself, which obviously you can't like that guy anymore. But at that young age, I remember watching it and all the class laughing. And I remember just going, I could do that. Right. And I don't think most people watch somebody like a brilliant performer and go, ah, I could do that, and then actually be able to go and do that. But that was my first inkling of like, oh, that's a thing somebody could really do.

You don't know that when you're a kid you just see a comedian you think there's entity on tv yeah or like no one really could do it right and then it wasn't until i got in college i was like let me fucking try this did you bond the first time or did you do good or what was so i did open mic on campus for, it was for music and poetry. Yeah. And then I went up there like, what's up, motherfuckers? And I was so nervous. That was my big thing.

I've always had stage fright when I was a kid because of the palsy. Everybody's looking at me and this and that. And then I just realized like i still get stage fright if i have to give like a speech on some particular topic because you can fuck the information up right whereas what i do is i can't fuck this up because there wasn't anything prepared anyway were you ever like a preparer i've never I mean if it's a big show I'll write down or like have a bullet point

but I always said this if I ever like tried doing comedy I might be really good but like people are like Oh what's your procedure of getting ready for the show

I'm like I smoke a joint I'm ready Drink a couple of Budweiser I'm more ready Who was the first person who thought you were funny That gave you the confidence to like even try it An open mic in college Well I think I mean

Growing up I was always a funny, quick on it guy, you know, so I had a best friend. He had palsy, too, and I could make that guy laugh until he would puke and piss. Really? It wouldn't be both, but when you got both of them at the same

time, I was like, yes! Where'd you meet him? So we were in special ed together, and he was the other disabled kid to be mainstream we were the first disabled kids in the minnesota public school to go through really wow so we're getting ridiculed through the process you know it wasn't necessarily the kids it was a lot of the time the teachers that had been teaching a certain way for 20 plus years. Yeah. And then we come in.

It wasn't that we didn't understand the, the concepts. We just had to get there a different path. Yeah. And they couldn't, but I just remember my mom would come to school and make my teachers cry. Yeah. She would get up in them.

Yeah. Your mom was like a tough bitch like cry. Yeah? I mean, she would get up in them. Yeah. Your mom was like a tough bitch like that? Yeah, she was very, a huge advocate for me, for sure. Yeah, so she basically probably taught you confidence. Yeah, I mean, don't fuck with Mama Jackie. Do you remember any time where some kids were making fun of you when you were a kid and your mom just beat their mom's ass? Well, it wasn't, you know, it was interesting because I feel like I tried to keep a lot of that

from my mom because I thought it would make her sad and mad. But like I said, I was always just in with almost everybody. So I was the guy in high school who could go between cliques. A good example is at the lunch, I sat at the all-black girl lunch table. Nobody fucked with me. No one's fucking with Josh. I attribute a lot of my comedy to those ladies, too. Great.

Because they were unafraid, and they would say the craziest shit. You think they taught you how to talk shit? Yeah, definitely part of it. And, you know, like, they took me in as one of their own, and that's a cool, like, again, nobody fuck with me. And then I had other friends in all groups, so if anybody would fucked with me. And then I had other friends in all groups. So if anybody would fuck with me, I would just tell the baddest friend I have. And they'd just...

Beat their ass. Yeah, I mean, trip them in the hallway. I mean, all kinds of shit. So I was super not... If anything, I was a bully. Right. I mean, because, again, maybe physically you're better, but I would just verbally bitch slap you in front of the whole class

where you just look like the dumbass. Yeah. Have you ever done that? Oh, yeah, man. Give me an example. Oh, man. So there was a kid in my, I think it was like economics. I don't even remember what class it was.

And he just would be in my ear talking shit. Really? Like what? What are you saying? Like being an asshole? Yeah, like making fun of the palsy. What the fuck? You know, I'm like, to me.

What a loser, though. It's just like such a loser thing to make fun of. Well, and that's basically what I did. I was like, listen, man. You know, you're making fun of. Well, and that's basically what I did. I was like, listen, man, you know, you're making fun of something that I can't control, whereas you are just an ugly fuck, and you're always going to be that. Yeah.

And, you know, just, and other people heard that, and they're like, ah. And they started crying. And I've always had Pretty impeccable timing That's my thing My timing is real good So like in class The teacher would say something

And then I would just Pop one out real quick And I never went to detention Because they don't want to send the palsy kid to detention It's a defense That's fucked up. So what, so your,

your teachers, when you're like stabbing jokes at their, at their shit, they're like, fuck this guy. Oh yeah. I mean, I remember one time I said,

fuck in class. The teacher was like, Hey blue, do you kiss your mother with that mouth? And I go, no, I kiss yours. And the whole class was like, blah!

And the teacher was like, ah! Because the timing was just instantaneous. I said it without even... That's back when you could say stuff in schools and not lose your job as a teacher. Do you think the funniest people are the saddest? I don't. I don't know.

Because, I mean, I am really not a sad person. I'm a happy person. I feel like Chappelle is a pretty happy person. And, like, you know, I know tons of comedians. And, yeah, we're dark. But I don't think it has to be born in that. So why is there a stigma that all comedians and yeah we're dark but I don't think it has to be born in that so why is there a stigma that all comedians are sad

because people are jealous because they're funny and they're good observers funny on command it's amazing I don't know I mean there's definitely a group of sad comedians gone too soon.

Robin Williams. You could find that in any profession. Do you think Chris Farley was sad? When he was dying, I think. Yeah. Last half hour, I think he was crazy. This is sad. Jesus Christ.

It's wild I mean you talk about the reason why I asked that because you said in high school you were kind of in this sad didn't realize you were going to have a girlfriend didn't know what you were going to do so I'm wondering if people picked on you your whole life I don't know that it was necessarily

picking on I don't feel like I was really picked on you your whole life? I don't know that it was necessarily picking on. Like, I don't feel like I was really picked on too much in that way. Like, I'm a scrappy dude, dude. I'll fucking punch you in the head. Fuck yeah. You know, if I think I can take you, I'm going to punch you in the throat. Yeah, yeah. Have you ever gone to fight?

Yeah, it's usually pretty quick Because I'll just punch you and run away I used to be pretty quick And I don't fight anymore But as a kid, you stand up for yourself And all my friends were able-bodied people So I was like, I'm not fighting other disabled people So I'm used to getting the real treatment

Friends don't treat you differently if they're your friend Right. So I'm used to getting the real treatment. Yeah, totally. Friends don't treat you differently if they're your friend. Yeah. What about your best friend who had palsy? Was he sadder? Did he have it? He's a pretty happy-go-lucky guy, too. But he's more, like, he has trouble walking, but he can write. Yeah.

And he drives a car. I don't. Yeah, I don't think he's necessarily sad. I think what it is for me that was most discouraging in life is like what we said is people just judge me by the way I walk. They just assume I'm a homeless person because of the way I walk. So fucked up. I mean, I could be wearing a tuxedo and people still think I'm a homeless person because of the way I walk. So fucked up. I mean, I could be wearing a tuxedo and people still think I'm homeless. And they think you're homeless and crazy too.

A homeless guy got a tuxedo. Right. You know? And I think it's the other. The thing is for me is being prejudged. Like you just assume I'm this way because of my appearance and you know oh cut your hair or your beard and i'm like well i still look like this like this is the way i move kind of like racism right yeah ableism i guess ableism yeah but the other thing about that is at this

point in my life i I just find it amusing. If you think I'm this way, I can play that character to a T. I will give you a run for what you're afraid of. You ever ask him? You want to be afraid of me? I'll let you be afraid of me. Just start asking him for money. Oh, yeah. Oh, I do. You do? Oh, hell yeah.

Like what? When they start thinking you're homeless? Hey, just a couple bucks, man. I made 30 bucks today. Come on, man. I paid for all my gas. You get a 20 and then you roll out and you're a little escalated. I want to grab an Uber.

Your Uber XL luxury. You drop your iPhone 14 out of your pocket. Yeah. Exactly. It's like judging a book by its cover This is what's wrong in our country, I think Is this like First cover of racism

Like you could tell right away Yeah, and there's so many levels Of that goddamn thing You know, I've been Kicked out of hotels That I was staying at like what uh i mean that happened in i think it was new york i went and sat in the lobby to wait for my ride and the guy came up with what are you doing in here i was like drinking my starbucks waiting for my ride

he goes get out i was like what what are you what are you saying did you like get him fired and then he i mean it was unbelievable like what the i was i went uh what a loser i said hey i'm a guest here and he goes show me your room key and i was like and he goes get out what so now he still thinks that I just found a key in the hallway or something what a fucking asshole and I looked at the lady at the

front desk who had checked me in and he goes is he a guest here and she goes yes and then he goes I don't believe it get out and I was like, oh. Fucking New York? Coastal elites.

And we wrote letters and had lawyers and shit. Oh, good. Nothing ever come of it, but you still can. Embarrass the guy, at least. But the problem with that is he probably isn't even embarrassed He's too dumb You know it doesn't Like again after I show you the room key

Maybe drop the fucking Right yeah Maybe when your co-worker's like yes He signed the thing I gave him maybe believe her I'm so incoherent What did the co-worker say She looked mortified She was like what are you doing

She should it's like really embarrassing And that's happened so many times What did the coworkers say? She looked mortified. She was like, what are you doing, man? Well, she should. It's really embarrassing. And that's happened so many times. Really? I mean, yeah, tons of times. That's fucked up, Josh. To me, it's not bullied. It's more that type of behavior.

It hurts. Who's teaching us that? Who's teaching our society that it's okay to do that? Well, I guess... who's teaching our society that it's okay to do that well i guess uh i don't i think there's so many things in the news every day about crazy people and that you just that's what you're expecting that right that's what you see yeah and like uh you know again i'm so fortunate that I see it the way I see it I'm not saying it doesn't hurt me but I can

take it to stage and you know make it funny whereas how many millions of disabled people does that happen to and they don't have to stop and then you're just like well I don't want to go out anymore

yeah so I think that's sad. Yeah, so I think that's what I get to do is go and bring it to the stage and bring light to it. You're probably a huge inspiration. But it's still rough. I mean, so the other day I was at a sushi restaurant with my girlfriend. We were sitting there, and my girlfriend's bombshell beautiful. And the server

came up and she had a little cup of white rice and she put it down in front of me and she looked at her and she goes, I just thought you'd want some white rice. What the fuck? What? And the thing is, she wasn't wrong. I did

want some white rice but You should have put down your credit card. I did want some white rice. You should have put down your credit card. So then the thing was, we couldn't figure out if she recognized me. It was just like, here's a little treat. Right. Or she thought my girlfriend was my sister caretaker taking me out of the home for the day. Oh my fucking God.

I'm just imagining a scenario where someone's thinking you're homeless and then a fan walks by and recognizes you as a famous comedian while the person is thinking you're a crazy homeless guy. That's happened? Give me that story. What he said is somebody's

actively like it happens at bars a lot where I will get 86 before I've had a drink. What? The bartender's like, you're clearly too drunk to be here. And then there's a line of people going, hey, can I get your picture? You know, it's like. You're like, no, I'm too drunk. Yeah.

Well, that usually works to my benefit, because then when the bartender does figure out, they're like, I'm so sorry. Here's free drinks. Well, exactly. Well, that usually works to my benefit because then when the bartender does figure out, they're like, I'm so sorry. Here's free drinks. Right. Exactly. All right. All right. Sweet. Okay. Tell me about the first set you did when you were talking about your cerebral palsy. How'd it go? Well, you know what's

interesting is I really, when I first started in college, I didn't talk too much about it. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It never dawned on me. Like, I just told stories because I already had the interesting life going, you know, born in Africa, lived there. And I was a camp counselor at a camp for inner city youth.

I was like the only white counselor. And, you know, so I'd tell stories like, you know, I'd tell the kids my name was Chopsaw. We'd go canoeing, and the kids would be looking at me and looking at the canoe like, you want me to get in a boat with this dude? Like, fuck that. I didn't want to get in a boat in the first place.

He's the one in charge of us for three nights on the river. Chop saw a guy. So I'd talk about stuff like that. And then I wasn't until like... Was this when you were volunteering at the zoo? No, that was

before the zoo thing was... That was an internship in Senegal. Oh my god. I heard this crazy story about you but go keep doing this. Keep talking about this. So I feel like I didn't really get into the talking about the disability till

I got to Denver. So I got here in 2001 and I found the comedy scene about like late 2002 I sort of found Comedy Works and their open mic night. And I'm just like, I've never looked back. Like, it's just like, since show one, I've just been, I don't want to sound cocky, but I've just been a star.

And like, I have a weird gift. I don't know what it is but i would shine among yeah other shiners you know right and i still get to do that you know it's a really weird gift that i have but i i found the scene and then i started talking because here's the thing i didn't realize by watching other stand-ups like on on videos and shit. Yeah. When you're first starting out, you don't realize that they have practiced that joke a hundred times. Right. Where I thought they were just saying it for the first time.

So I would just do that. I would just do new jokes every week. And then somebody was like, hey, man, you know you're supposed to say that joke again and make it better, right? And I was like, oh. Oh, okay. And then I started diving into the palsy stuff and what i found is that everybody is disabled in their own way right i just have more yeah i mean look at you and uh i just feel like i do look a little touched

definitely a soft spot yeah in your head yeah um so then i realized like me being truthful about the disability it really rung home for so many people because i try to make it obviously it's about palsy but it's a greater message than just my specific disability and what's the greater message fuck if i know i'll tell you in six years when my hour's done yeah i mean it's just about like people having preconceived ideas of who you are who who you are, despite appearance or whatever it is. So when, when your buddy or whoever told you, Hey man,

you should be like fine tuning these jokes. And I'm just saying, all right, that was funny. I'm out. Yeah. Cause that's very like, um,

I think Denver would appreciate that. Cause it's very like jam band desk. Like, you know, it's like, you don't work on the same set. You just forget it. And people think you're homeless.

And people think you're a yammy too. So, who gave you that advice that you should... You know what? It was a guy that I didn't even know really. He was just... It was actually like one of my last shows on campus before I graduated.

You went to Boulder? No, I went to, it's called the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Oh, my friend went there. You can create your own majors. I studied stand-up. Oh, you could create your own majors? Yeah, so my senior year I created a course where know, Richard Pryor and got high. And then I, as part of the curriculum was I said I'd find my own show.

Right. And do a weekly show for whatever, four months. And I found this band that was playing a coffee shop. And they wanted me to middle the 10 minutes between changing the equipment out. And the first week I did it, there was standing room only in the fucking thing. All my friends, people, I advertised it well, and people showed up. And I did my 10-minute set, and then everybody left. Oh, man. Let's go. Let's go. left. Oh man. Let's go.

Let's go. I fucking love it. Let's go. Yeah, fuck those other people. Yeah, fuck that other guy trying to make it. Exactly. We're not in this together. Fuck them. And then I did it

again the next week and the same exact thing happened. Oh man. So it was the next week, and the same exact thing happened. Oh, shit. Oh, man. Maybe you should go last. So it was the guy that invited me to open for him, and then he was just like thinking it was full for him, and then everybody leave.

And the owner of the coffee shop was like, hey, man, they're clearly here for you. Let's have your own night. Every Wednesday I had the Josh Blue Hour And I'm telling you I did a different hour Every fucking week Were you just improv-ing?

That makes me sick to my stomach, bro I can't even fathom that I wish those were filmed I have some of them And now going back, are they still funny? No You're like, oh my god I can't watch that trash man And now going back, are they still funny? No. You're like, oh, my God.

I can't watch that trash, man. It's cringy. It's painful. And I used to sit down behind a table. I wouldn't even stand up. I was so nervous. Oh, why? Because you didn't want to show your arm? Yeah, I was just like, I didn't know how to stand.

I didn't know how to have the confidence. Right. But I would just Bill Cosby style tell stories. And people would be laughing. I mean, I look back and it's horrible, but people were, the timing was there, the cadence was there, it just wasn't. Maybe that's like those weekly gig gave you your confidence.

Right. And then as part of the curriculum, I said I would find a real comedy club and go do open mic so i did two minutes at the tacoma underground comedy club how'd that go and i mean what i remember is the host of the show it was like an open mic so it was probably 12 comedians on yeah and they gave me two minutes and I met the host right before he went on and he was a cop

comedian, which in my book is not like a thing. Cop-median? Yeah. It's just that every joke was like, I pulled the guy over and then I hit him in the head with my billy club. That's not a joke, man. No. You committed assault against a minority. That's not a joke.

That's a crime. Right. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly, bro. It was that kind of cringy. Right. And then, like I said, I had met him for like one second before a show.

He asked me what I wanted him to say about me. And then he does his set and he goes okay are you ready for your first comic oh he's a very special friend of mine Jesus fucking Christ and I went up there and I don't know that motherfucker fuck that guy

and it got a huge laugh like and then I don't remember anything else I said I got enough laughs To go oh yeah that was something It wasn't killer But it wasn't like eat shit For two minutes

But that opening line It got like it would collapse Were you sitting down at that show too? No I stood up And started standing from then on. I did one last show, like a final show on campus. The flyer said,

it's not the palsy, it's the pot. That was the name of the show. I love that. That went really well. I moved to Denver on a whim after graduating. Right. And I didn't realize this, but Denver is one of the top comedy cities in the country.

Isn't that wild? I've heard that too, yeah. Top, man. Comedy Works downtown, that's one of the best clubs in the nation. Really? I played pretty much all of them. Before I talk about the years after Calls, this story is so fascinating when you were in Africa,

you were the volunteer at a zoo and one day locked yourself in a cage for eight hours. That is an exhibit slash joke. What was in your mind? What's talk to tell me about the story. Again, this goes, uh,

I was still at evergreen. Uh, this is my, um, junior year at evergreen. And I created a course where I went back to Senegal which I had lived there. I speak Wolof in French like I said.

My dad knew somebody there that worked at the zoo. I've always been an animal guy. I thought that might be what I was going to do. What year was this? This was 99 maybe.

Oh yeah because they were worried about Y2K. This was 99, maybe? Cool, cool. Oh, yeah, because they were worried about Y2K. Oh, yeah, right. I thought I was going to get stuck in Africa. Which, well, I've been fine with that. It's a cool country, right? So I lived on the zoo grounds with the head of security and his family. And they spoke limited french zero english it was

all wolof household so it was like all of a sudden i'm just like well you better learn some fucking wolof here and uh so basically i did an internship where i was like an apprentice of one of the zookeepers and he taught me all this stuff about caring for animals, feeding them. And zoos in Africa are way different than here. What are they like? A lot less restrictions. I mean, day one, I was in a tiger cage cleaning tiger shit up, and the tiger was like like it was in a smaller

cage with bars every time I'd sweep by it would pet the broom no fucking that'd be so scary dude it was insane I have a recording of that have you ever been bit or anything oh yeah like what I've been injured by more animals than most people

can identify like what give me all of them. So I got clawed by a lion. Who hasn't? It's the tiniest little one claw mark, but it could have been much, much worse.

It was an immature female lion that the zookeepers had raised since it was a cub. And they they knew it they let me pet it the day before then the next day i was walking around by myself and i jumped over the guardrail because i thought i knew it and it like came up and it jumped on his hind legs and it was like taller than me and i was like oh but then it went down and it started purring and rubbing its body along the bars and i was like oh it's purring so i reach in and it was like i just see the five

claws come out and it battered me and it was like a baseball bat with nails in it or something and it just hit me right there one claw and uh the thing about cerebral palsy is we have a very wicked startle reflex. Like loud noises, sudden movements. We just like pull back. And I think that saved me because I was like kind of crouched down. And when it happened, I sprung back. And I don't remember jumping back over the guardrail. So what if you didn't crawl back, he would have bit you?

Yeah, there's bars, so he would have been able to just hold me. But they're so strong and athletic. Right. I don't know that it could have got its mouth through to bite me, but it could have pulled the arm in to bite or something. Oh, shit. Yeah, I got you. Sorry. It could have seriously that. Oh, shit. Sorry.

It could have seriously fucked you up, though. I mean... Their claws are like razors. See, you're helping the disabled. That's so kind of you, sir. Do you have any white rice for me? Do you have a little bowl of white rice? I'm actually the co-host of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

I love that podcast. What other one? Give me another one. Let me tell you the craziest part of that thing. If you fall down or something, your instinct is to look around and everybody see me. Nobody else saw me except all the other

animals in the zoo that could see me and they were all staring at me like we know you got hit motherfucker like you could cut the tension it was that was the creepiest part of the whole thing every single animal that could see me

was making direct eye contact sounds like the prison yard or something did he bark back after he slapped you or like he was ready to go for you I mean I think she was disappointed that she didn't get more of me. Oh, and then I looked down and it was just one perfect claw mark, but I could see my bone underneath. And then I didn't want to tell anybody because I was embarrassed I did that.

And then the host mother saw me bandaged up and she's like, what are you doing there? And I told her what happened and she lost her shit on me. She was so mad. Yeah. And I got a little bit in trouble. Yeah, yeah. So any snake bites or like anacondas?

Snake? Anacondas. I'm so scared. Yeah, they have a reticulated python oh yeah all that i was doing a black and white photo uh shoot of all the animals that was part of my oh that's cool and um they took out this python and for the photo shoot you know you have the i have the pentax k1000 camera the old school like yeah shutter camera but i had one of those things you could squeeze it to take the picture. Sure.

And we had the snake out, and they put it around my neck, and it started wrapping around my neck. So there's a picture of me like... Oh, my God. I wasn't scared that time because there was five zookeepers there, and they peeled them off. The one that really messed me up the most was the chimpanzee though oh yeah that one they can turn and get mentally

fucked me up like what do you mean so they had four chimps at the zoo uh this one is probably you know teenage chimp he was raised in a french family and they spoke french to it so it understood you could do tricks like a dog but like way more more like you know like you know if it wanted you to scratch somewhere on it it would put its hand your hand where it wanted you to scratch yeah like wild they're like eight-year-olds or something yeah yeah super smart so there uh i was you know i knew the chimp pretty well uh you know fed him every day and you know got to interact with him but then one time there's an american visiting the zoo i was showing her around like kind of showing off like flirting with this lady

and I got to the chimp and I jumped over and the chimp knew that I was using it to show off it was like that that's smart and there was this thing where you say

which means give me a kiss and the chimp would like lean which means give me a kiss. And the chimp would like lean in and give you a little kiss. And I was doing that trick for her amusement. And I said it. It didn't do it. I said, And I leaned in. And then he leaned in like he was going to do it.

And then both arms came out. And he grabbed the back of my head and went, and just slammed my head against his head. My head against the bars. Whoa. And like, I mean, I was basically unconscious on my feet. Yeah. And I had a bloody bar mark, like, where it just demolished my face. And I was standing there like, and then the zookeeper saw that he came running over

yelling and he only did it once i mean it could have just checked you he could have killed you it could have just destroyed me they're so strong they're so smart too um and then the zookeeper yelled at it and then it looked embarrassed and sad that I'd done it. And then he said, come here to me. He said, the chimp wants to apologize to you. And I was like, I ain't going back the fuck over there. Give me some time to heal. How's the chimp?

No. Bring him over here. And then I went over over and it looked sad. He looked like he was sad. He reached out and he touched the blood on my face. They use their bottom lip as an appendage.

It's like a super sensory thing. He touched the blood to his lip and then he went and pouted in the corner the rest of the day. It's really weird. My dog does that when he gets in the trash. Yeah, it's that kind of thing. Except you smash my head in.

Yeah. So how'd the flirting work out? That's so crazy. Yeah, I didn't see that lady after that. Yeah, the date didn't work out. She ran out. That could go the other way though. She might have felt really bad for you. How long did you last out there in Senegal? That time was uh three

months sick um but i went there like i said between high school and college for three months and then that one year when i was 15 what like what uh diseases are they most worried about like as a foreigner going to africa uharia. Malaria. I got malaria. What? Yeah. What happens? How did you know you had it? Because it felt like I had done.

I mean, yeah. Do you like shit blood and shit and all that? It just, honestly, it felt like I had fallen out of like an eight-story building and then got hit by a Mack truck. Like every single joint was just like throbbing aching you could get out of bed oh no i had like 104 temperature yeah and then somebody finally like you know this poor host family probably was like called somebody like it was one of my dad's really hey you better come get your white man he's dying in her house you know and then i went to the hospital oh this is another funny fucking story all right this is full circle all right so i went to the hospital the doctor was

lebanese he gave me a shot for the malaria in my butt right yeah yeah yeah and then i was like, hey, man, if you ever come to the zoo, bring your family, and I'll give you a tour. You know, a nice guy, super nice guy. Now, fast forward. I remember you asked me about being locked in the cage. So there's a 400-pound gorilla there named Pakala. I became one of three people in the world that could pet this gorilla. That he loved. Pakala loved you.

Yeah. And I got the idea to have myself be put on display on a Sunday, which is the busiest day at the zoo. And I had my zookeepers lock me in the cage next to Pakala. And I took off my shirt. I was only wearing shorts. You just sat there? Yeah.

I mean, I had been studying primate behavior while I was there, just interacting with these guys. And I took a vow of silence. I didn't talk. I just made monkey noises. And I swear, my cage was... I mean, there were people

surrounding it. This was before cell phones and people must have been going out like, hey man, you gotta come see the white man in the cage. That would have went viral if you did it today. It would be totally viral. I mean, it was like, and I, I mean, it was one of my best days ever.

Just, I mean, people were bringing me peanuts and throwing me oranges and I was eating like a king. Hold on, what about the ape? What did he do? He was pissed. Why? He was jealous that I was getting all the attention and food. Really? So what I would do is

I'd get an orange and I'd take a bite and then I'd shove it through the bars to him and then he'd eat the other half. And then he would collect peanut shells and then get a big handful and just fucking throw them as hard as he could at me. Really?

And I'm the crowd. So if you were on the other side of that, he would have killed you. I don't think he would have killed me. I think he was displaying for them. He wasn't really pissed because he was my buddy. I felt like I was in his circle.

I mean, I have another story I could tell. I mean, one time I was walking around the zoo, and I came around the corner, and the zoo was pretty abandoned. There was five teenage boys. They were collecting rocks to throw at the gorilla. Oh, my God. Idiots.

Just total dicks, right? Fucking idiots. And I came around the corner, and I was like, hey, boy, no idea. And she was like, what are you guys doing? And they were like, nothing. And then they Willow's like, what are you guys doing? And they were like, nothing. And then they looked at me like, what the fuck is this?

And they puffed themselves up like, what are you going to do about it? And the fucking gorilla ran up and slammed his shoulder into the cage and it made the biggest boom and those kids fucking scattered, man. And he protected me from them. That's sick.

Shout out to that gorilla. Yeah. Let's go. Such a big and strong. He's amazing. Our show pony. He's amazing. So I felt like there was that connection with him.

Anyway, the whole day was just amazing. I felt like so many things about that day changed my life because I realized I had done something that no one else had probably ever done in the world. Right. Being in a cage next to a gorilla on display. If you take palsy out of context, I already already look crazy but then you put it in a cage with no clothes on like what the fuck is this and the zookeeper was telling people they captured me

in the mountains of the congo and they said uh call me the boo-boo monkey and uh anyway would you ever do that again oh i would love to i I've asked the Denver Zoo if they'd let me. They're like, no. They're like, we're going to get canceled if we do that. Yeah, that's... But then, I'll just say this last thing. I'm there in the cage eating my peanuts, and the fucking doctor shows up with his family

that had given me the shot. I wasn't talking, and he was just... I could see him evaluating, like, did the shot not work? Is he delirious? He's like, do you remember me? And I was like, ooh. You must have got the Johnson and Johnson malaria shot.

I made the symbol of the butt shot that he had given me. And then he just ushered his family away and I never saw him again. Oh my God, Josh, you are amazing. It's like an episode of Kirby enthusiasm or something.

But I'll tell, I'll say this, that to me was, um, the turning point in my life. What do you mean? Because I, like I said, I was,

I was overly, uh, like conflicted with the disability and the girls. And then I couldn't have put myself more on display. Like, okay, this is what I am. Look at me. I'm half naked in a cage for you to come and stare at and say things about me and whatever.

And something in my brain, it sounds so stupid, but I've actually said this in a speech, a day in the cage equals a life on stage. Because after that performance, the rest of the shit's easy, man. It's like, change it. It just, something changed me. I tell you, man,

you got confidence, you fist pounded a gorilla, and you got some African pussy. Let's fucking go. I fucking love it. Let's go, Josh. Let's go. Our guy is living. This sounds great.

I'll clap, I guess. What? I'm just scared. I'm just kidding. My question is before we get out of the Africa world, do you have time to talk? Yeah, man.

When you say like only three people in the world can touch this gorilla how many trial and errors were there of people dying we know that there's only three definitely cannot yeah i don't i don't know the the statistics on that like like all i know is other zookeepers were like i can touch him and this guy can touch him. And then I became someone else. Did he know sign language?

No, but he did smoke cigarettes. Oh, well. The gorilla smoked cigarettes? It was the craziest thing. Hold on. That's my dream. I want to puff a cigarette with a gorilla? Sounds awesome. So basically, people would come to the zoo, smoke cigarettes,

and then eventually, I mean, this was before I was there, somebody threw a cigarette in the cage, and he mimicked it, and then, oh, that feels great. And then it just became a thing people did. It was like, go to the zoo, give them a cigarette. And part of my job was to like... What the fuck kind of zoo is this? Yo, I got to go to Africa, dude.

This sounds amazing. I want to fucking throw cigarettes at gorillas. And part of my job was to try to extinguish the cigarette. So they give me a hose and I would try to spray the cigarette out because they didn't want to smoke it. But he had such a big hand, he would hold it like this and just cover it. There's no way to get water out of that.

He probably vapes now. He probably does vape. So with this confidence, then look at the second phase of your career. Oh, fuck. Oh, yeah.

God damn it. No worries. I got you. You got to do it. I got you. I can't see it. And even if I could, I probably couldn't do this. So now you're getting into the world.

Five years later, you're on Last Comic Standing. Yeah. Give me the audition. What happened? Why did you pick Last Comic Standing? Was. Give me the audition. What happened? Like, why'd you pick Last Comic Standing? Was it... So, I mean... Were you starting to get, like, a rhythm with it? So, I started...

Like I said, I found the Comedy Works. Just embedded myself there. Comedy Works has a new talent competition. And I won that my first go-through. Like, there have been people doing it for 10 years you know longer and i just won and like decisively won you know like there's no question i was the winner and that thing if i just had this buzz going uh people were talking about me people were saying this is a dude to see. I'll just say the comedy works embraced me.

They took me in, and I lived a 10-minute bike ride from there. I was there six nights a week. Sick. I would just go there. Other people would go out to bars. I'd go to the comedy club, buy five Budweiser's in a bucket and sit there and watch the show. And whether I was on the show or not, they would just let me sit in the back. And I got to observe the whole scene from the back of the room

and watch how the servers interact with the comics and how the servers talk about the comics after the night is over. Hey, this guy was cool. He stayed out of our way. He didn't try to fuck us. And just like little things. And then I get to watch these headliners. Brian Regan, Mencia.

All these huge name comics coming through and watch them. I'd watch every show. So cool. Five shows in a weekend. And I'd watch how people would grow in a weekend. Oh,

he said it different that time. Oh, this guy said the same verbatim shit. Every fucking joke was the same timing, same placement. That irritates you. It does, man.

I can't, I can't do that. I can't. Yeah. You're never? It does, man. I can't do that. I can't. Yeah. You've never been like that, huh? No, I can't. I couldn't. If you asked me to say the same jokes,

I just couldn't physically remember what I said last night. But I just got to watch this whole procedure and machine and how I fit into the machine. I'm a cog that helps the machine go and then now i play clubs all over the country and i still feel that way like you're already the machine that's there i'm just the one that's making it go this yeah right like basically you understand how the machine works right it's crazy how many different ways there are to do same like fucking awesome some people are like that yeah i always say this too about being a successful comedian.

Surprisingly, being funny is number four on the list of things you need to be. Yeah, right. What are the first three? It's knowing your surroundings, knowing where you fit into the machine. So don't do stupid shit that doesn't help the machine go. Because you can be as funny as you want to be, but if you fuck up

how the machine runs, they won't bring you back. Right, right. You know, they don't want to deal with it. There's plenty of other comics they could book. They got drinks to sell.

Right. And then, it's, you know, Well, I could think about that with my music career. It's very similar,

I think, yeah. What's the second one? It's just, like, being, again, you know um well i could think about that with my music career it's very similar i think yeah what's the second one uh it's just um like being again it's like being polite like being don't cause drama right just be part of it because i hear horror stories of comedians they're just assholes yeah and like i saw so many comedians They sold tickets but they were dicks To the staff And they were hard to work with And then I hear the way the club Talks about them when they leave

And I'm like I don't want to be that guy Right right You gotta be easy to work with And then obviously being really funny helps Bo will you tell those guys to delete The last weeks episode Please We were just talking shit about everybody Bo will you tell those guys to delete the last week's episode please we were just talking shit about everybody

last week yeah it's okay they deserved it though to be fair what's your take on shit talk I love shit talk I'm a huge shit talker here's my thing I am the biggest shit talker in the room but I mean no harm yeah Yeah, same.

That's my thing. I will bust your balls so you don't have no balls no more, but I'm still your friend. I don't mean it. But I do mean it, you know? It's a weird line of like, ah. It's a gray area. What made you decide to go on America's Got Talent

in 21? So, well, I won Best Comic in 06. Yeah. That was a long fucking time ago. And honestly, my career has been awesome since then. And I would have never auditioned for America's Got Talent on my own. Like, I've already done a reality show i wouldn't even think that was a thing i could do but they came to me and asked me to be on it which is um

it was it's an inside job basically yeah i mean it's reality tv so they they like to make you think they found you on the street right Right, right. I'm already an established comic. And then another thing is it was season 16. Eventually you're going to run out of unknown people. Right. Yeah. But there is some weirdness to that too. It was like you would never ask, you know,

some other comedian that's well-known to do it. So there is a little bit of stigma in my mind of being a disabled comedian that they feel comfortable asking me to do the show. And again, if you give me an opportunity to be on the world's largest stage, why the fuck wouldn't I do that? How'd you do? I got third place. Holy shit. Let's fucking go! That's Howie Mandel on that one.

Yeah. So, how'd you feel you did on your set? Again, it's a weird, interesting show because it's comedy versus whatever. Do you think you're funnier than a little

girl that can sing Pavarotti? I sure fucking hope so. Oh, fuck, bro. I felt... I fucking killed it, man. I really did destroy it. And a lot of people said I would

have won if I hadn't have already won last comic. Oh, right, right. Because people were like, you shouldn't be allowed to be on there. You're already established. Are there some haters? Oh, yeah. Tons of people.

What, comedians? No, like people, audience. Oh, fuck them. And they're just like, why are you allowed to be on there? You've already been. And I'm like, they asked me to be on the show. you don't think they know that i've already won a reality show right and then but they don't realize it's like a lot of the singers are on the voice or on american you don't see that shit you know yeah but um honestly third place. Primo, baby. The best spot to be. I agree.

No contract. Exactly, yeah. So the first two, you get a contract? Vegas or something? It had to be in Vegas. Oh, fuck that. Oh, that's the best of Post World. You got...

You revivalized your fan base. Now you're probably selling out to a different crowd. Dude, I'm moving into theaters now. Let's fucking go! Let's fucking... Let's go! It's great, man. Let's fucking go! Yeah, yeah. Let's fucking, let's go! It's great, man. I'm fucking pumped for you, Josh. What's cool is, like I said, my career has been really good for fucking over, you know, almost 20 years.

Yeah. And then this happened, and now I'm, like, taking another step up and just, it feels really fucking good. It does. And ego aside, you know, like we said, third place is great. Did I want to win? Fuck yeah, I wanted to win. But the thing that really bothers me about this situation is, do you understand how humiliating it is to lose to a fucking magician?

They are pathetic, aren't they? Yeah, they're fucking assholes. I've never been more embarrassed in my life. They're weirdos. Fucking hater. David Copperfield. Josh, this is unbelievable. So now you're doing theaters.

What's the difference in doing comedy in a comedy room versus a theater? So, I mean, I like clubs, honestly, because it's so much more intimate, and I'm really good with the hecklers. So if you dare to say something to me, I'm going to fuck you up. The problem is when you move into a theater, you have to assume for every 200 people

there's two hecklers. Right. Then you get to 1,500, that's a lot more heckler. Right. Where it's not like I don't enjoy doing it. It just takes away from the show because if there's two, I can make an example of you. Whereas in a theater, then the next wave comes in

thinking they're going to be the one. And sometimes in a theater, you can't see them to pick them apart. Right. Exactly. See why they're ugly or whatever. Yeah. Or what they're wearing or whatever. Let's see why you're ugly.

Yeah. I know you're ugly, but I don't know why. Have you ever had to do a stadium? I've done, yeah, I've done some. It was one in Greeley or something. I used to open for Ron White. Oh, sick. They got rules.

Yeah, so. Pre-ayahuasca or after ayahuasca? I mean, who knows? That guy's been on so many drugs. Yeah. He seems like he's a functioning alcoholic. That's like how I feel I am. He's sober now.

Yeah, he's sober now. That's why. He did the ayahuasca and then he's sober. He rolls the best joints I've ever seen. Really? Oh, yeah. It'd be funny. We'd be at the theater on his tour bus.

I'd be about to go on and he'd be like, you want me to roll you a couple of joints for when you come off? Yeah, right away. That's fucking amazing. God, you've had such a life. Well, you said it all, Josh. Thank you so much for being here. By the way, Broccoli Rules, your special fucking rules, bro.

Thanks, man. I'm obsessed with it. Where can you watch it? It's on Amazon Prime. Okay. And I just filmed my fifth hour special. What's it about? More of the same.

It's called Freak Accident. I'm not sure where that's going to come out, but we're in the editing process now. How many shows do you have to do of that special until you feel comfortable recording it? Usually I give it about two years. Oh, word. Really? Yeah.

But doesn't that piss you off because you don't like doing the same show every night? usually I give it about two years oh word really damn but doesn't that piss you off because you don't like doing the same show every night well that's the thing about it it constantly evolves I think jokes get better I do a lot of callbacks so then I find new ways to

tie it together so it's constantly evolving sometimes if I come up with a joke that i really love early on in the two-year process i'll shelve it for a while and then bring it back for the special so it feels new again for me a lot when are you going when are you playing connie works uh july 2nd and 3rd okay yeah that weekend cool you better come oh yeah i'm coming to show people this thing. Oh yeah, yeah. Let's do it.

Where did you record your newest special? Oh, mother. I got it. It's a Christmas miracle. Where did you record your special? At Comedy Works South. Home club. Broccoli was filmed at Comedy Works Downtown.

So now you're also in the weed game. Yeah. Josh Blue's Dream. They're in the stores and dispensaries. They are in Colorado and Missouri as well. Let's go. Even let Missouri a little bit, a little piece of pie. Hell yeah.

Hell yeah. My guys are mogul. Yeah, they are. Paralympics. Get a weed sucker. Comedian. Gorilla talker. Gorilla talker. Gorilla talkerer Like Cesar Chavez for gorillas

Yeah man That's so wild That gorilla thing is wild He loved you And he was getting pissed that you were getting more fame than him I'll send you some pictures man I would love that He's the funniest guy in our podcast

My name's the show I'm the gorilla You're the good looking guy though So where can you buy this? funniest guy in our podcast. My name's the show. I'm the gorilla. You're the good-looking guy, though. So where can you buy this? Oh, yeah. So they're in dispensaries all over Denver and Colorado. I think they're in 40 different dispensaries.

I know Spark has them, so check it out there. Awesome. And while we're at it, we should, because this show is sponsored by Dialed in Gummies. Speaking of edible. This has been such an amazing interview. I don't even think we need an opening. No, I don't think we do. Dialed in Gummies. Go grab

yourself some Dialed in Gummies if you're in the Denver area. If these are all sold out, they probably will be because this guy's a goat. You'll probably have to get some Dialed in Gummies. Or you can get both. They're different things. Yeah, they're different. Yeah. You know Dialed in Gummies? I believe I've had some. I can't quite remember. Yeah, Denver's... Yeah, they're two different things. Yeah, they're different. Yeah. You know Dialed and Gummies? I believe I've had some. I can't quite remember.

Yeah, Denver's... Yeah, they're two different things. You can get both. Grab yourself some Dialed and Gummies. Grab yourself some Josh Blue's Dream. And it's the best. Alright, guys. We've said it all. I have two more questions. I'll let you go. Do you regret anything? I regret being sad

when I was a kid about palsy. I really think I could have been just enjoying life instead of fretting about what could be what. Right. Yeah. It breaks my heart too, bud. It's all good. I'm high now.

Let's go. He's selling out theaters, haters. Yeah. Suck it. Suck it, haters. You think he's homeless. You can't even afford to get into his show. Yeah, you can't even afford to get into his show, bitch. Losers.

Yeah, don't you ever fucking call him. You can't have one of the suckers either. Yeah, no, we're not. They're not for you. Ableist. Ableist. Assholes. Thanks, guys.

No problem. Service fees. I mean, there's a lot of service fees. I feel protected. Yeah, we got you. I got you. I'll be the gorilla. I mean, there's a lot of service fees. I feel protected. Yeah, we got you. I got you. I'll be the gorilla. I'll be your new gorilla. I got you. We got you. My last question is,

Josh, when it's all said and done and we are just a speckle in time of sand that just gets winded into wherever we go to what do you want to be remembered by? I think just a dude that

loved life and like embraced the shit out of so many things and like I would say I want to leave my stain on the planet let's go I just want you to see all the things I've done and with or without cerebral the things I've done.

And with or without cerebral palsy, I've done a lot more shit than most people will ever do. So I think it's cool that I have that legacy. And again, palsy aside, but then when you put palsy into that effect, you're like, holy fuck. Right. I'm not even disabled and I can't do my laundry. You're like an astronaut

or something. What's next? From Paralympic to astronaut. Josh Blue will do it all before the end of his life. I love it. Why not dream like that? Why are people afraid to dream like that?

I think that you've been taught that it's impossible to do things. I think that's the truth. People always say, oh, you're so inspirational. I wish I could do whatever it is I love to do. I'm like, well, then fucking do it. You can. The only thing that's stopping is you saying you can't do it. You want to be a painter? Buy some fucking paints. It doesn't have to be good. Just do it. The only thing that's stopping is you saying you can't do it. Right.

You want to be a painter? Buy some fucking paints. Yeah. It doesn't have to be good. Just do it. Yeah. You don't have to be a famous painter. You can just be a painter.

Yeah. Well, you heard it. I'm going to be a pitcher for a minor league baseball team. It doesn't quite work like that. You don't have a fucking chance. Yeah. I think. Let's aim your sights. It doesn't quite work like that. You don't have a fucking chance. Let's aim your sights. Let's get more realistic.

Calm down, Koufax. I thought you could flip burgers. I would love to see you work a normal job for like four hours. Local Jewish man dies for four hours of honest work. Mushrooms too strong. I had a panic attack. I had to call my friend Phyllis to come stay at my house because my mouth was dry.

You're not going to be a pitcher, man. Wait, what? I didn't tell you that. We'll save that for when it's just me and you. I already got 20 minutes loaded on that. Okay, guys. Good night. Thanks for being on the show, Josh.

Go check him out. Go check his special out, Broccoli. Go check him out. Go check a special out. Broccoli. Go check out his stand-up. Get a sucker while you do it. Yeah, get a sucker. Josh Blue's Dream. Amazon Prime.

Josh Blue Comedy on social media. Yeah, go get him. Yeah. It's been a pleasure. Fucking, I love you, man. I'm a super fan of you, bro. Thanks, man. This is great.

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