Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast - EP 245: Felipe Esparza (comedian) plus Doom Flamingo

Episode Date: November 14, 2023

Andy and the boys are preparing to head to Europe! WIll Andy get arrested in Germany again? We hope not, but keep track of our boy while he's abroad, will ya? And what an opener we have for you today. Andy's joined by members of Doom Flamingo, Kanika Moore & Ryan Stasik! Go and get your Doom fix in. On the Interview Hour, we got extremely funny dude & new buddy, Felipe Esparza! Andy & Nick sat down with him on Bert Kreischer's comedy cruise and heard some insane stories about overcoming addiction and a border wall! What darkness resides in the heart of Andy Frasco... Find out by watching this episode 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 if you think one can get addicted to mushrooms: [phone]  Check out our new album!, L'Optimist on all platforms 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: Arno Bakker Shawn Eckels

Now, a message from the UN. One, two, three, four. I've been working here. One day it'll be a year. And I can't recall the day when I didn't want to disappear I keep showing up helping on growing up

if it takes a lifetime I'm learning how to be alone fall asleep with the TV on and I fight the earth to live inside my telephone Keep my spirits high Find happiness by and by If it takes a lifetime

I got too far from the rays And I forgot where I come from. The line between right and wrong was so fine. Well, I thought the highway loved me, but she beat me like a drum. My day will come if it takes a lifetime. My day will come if it takes a lifetime, the light day will come. If it takes a lifetime, yes it does. All right, and we're back. Andy Frasco's World of Sand Podcast.

I'm Andy Frasco. How's our heads doing? How's our minds? Are we staying out of trouble? Are you not letting the demons get you the fuck down? That's what I'm talking about. We're out here. We're out here in these streets saying,

Not today, devil. Not today. I'm backstage at the Variety Playhouse today. I'm on tour with Doom Flamingo. We got Kanika in the building. She's just singing like an angel in the bathroom while she's doing her makeup for the show. We have like 20 minutes before the set. We're running a little late.

I'm trying to get one more Opening in Before I head to Europe Yes, I'm going to Europe, baby The Jew is going to Germany Let's fucking go We're back, baby I'm not going to try to get arrested this time God damn

It still haunts me going to a German jail I don't know why Maybe it's just in my blood Maybe it's just in my blood. Maybe it's just, maybe it's just, you know, the past anxiety of the past. But I fucking love Germany.

The Germans are so nice. They're sweet people. And it's just such a blast going to Germany and Netherlands. It's going to be so fun. But enough about the tour, because we have Doom Flamingo. This tour has been so amazing with these guys. I just, you know, when you find your people, you find your people.

You know what I'm saying? I was talking about it last week. I found my people in the comedy group, and I got my people here with my music people. You know, I got Ryan Stasek. I got Ross Bogan. I got fucking Kanika Moore. The best in the business.

And when you're surrounded with people that push you up, inspire you, of course you're going to do your best. That's about life. You got to surround yourself with people who are going to put you in a position to be the most authentic, be the best you can be. So ladies and gentlemen, I told you this last week. I'll say it again. It's never too late to find your people.

If you don't like your homies, get the fuck out of that situation. Bye, Felicia. Not today. I'm going to find some people who love me, and we're going to get out there and fuck shit up together. Because life is too short to hang out with people we don't fuck with. Am I right, Kanika? Yeah. Fuck yeah.

She's in the bathroom doing her Maryicopa I'm just yelling Doing motivational speeches In a basement dressing room In Atlanta But let me see if Stasik Stasik Stasik you there I guess she's not in there When Kanika gets out of the bathroom

We'll get her on the show But yeah How's everyone doing I feel fucking great Band's kicking ass Hey Hey, Kanika, what do you want? Come in here. Come here. Kanika Mora, everyone, ladies and gentlemen. Kanika Mora. Hi, baby.

Hey, queen. Come over here. Come over here. Camera's here today. Oh, shit. This is going to be all titties. Oh, shit. Right here. You're all titties. Titties in that video. Hi. Hi.

How you doing? I'm good I always love hanging out with you Same How is it? Do you feel okay? I mean, you've been on a fucking tear with the talk band and then this Like, are you tired? Like, you gotta be fucking tired

No No, I'm not tired You know, the problem is, it's like having the energy Because you know you need to do it And then getting off of the road And then readjusting to that That's the worst Yeah it's like the in between

That I have a problem with I can give the energy And I can hold it in when I need to But like Is that when you're most depressed? When you're off the road? Yeah Cause I'm like

Now I gotta do like normal shit Like everybody else does And I'm like I really suck at that We're not born to be To do normal shit Functioning I'm like I really suck at that We're not born to be To do normal shit Functioning I feel like that

It's like It's harder to be a regular human Than to do what we do You know Like everyone's like God it must be so tough traveling Like this is where I'm fucking alive Yeah

You feel that way too? Yeah I do What's going on in your head? You got a You got What are you doing? We got Atlanta

And then you got Raleigh And then what? You go back to Doom Tour? You go back to Talk Tour? And then I go back with Talk. Are you making money? Yeah. Let's fucking go.

That's what I'm talking about. Let's go, queen. We out here making that money. Go get them. Yeah, just make sure you don't burn out, because I need you around for 80 years. Because if you lose energy, then I'll be like, what the fuck am I going to do? Because you're the only person I look forward to. I feel the same way

about you. I feel great. If you ever tap out of energy I'm going to be like well. Remember that time I almost quit and I talked to you

and you told me not to quit and I said okay. I actually told you about the benefits of both sides because I wanted you to make a decision for yourself.

Right. You made a good one. I made a good one. We're back. I'm glad you're still here. We're back baby. Do you need to get all your gear? Do you need to get set up?

I got like, actually, I got like 20 minutes. Yeah, yeah, go do it. I'll talk. Yeah, go set up. Go that way so no one watches you change.

Okay. And I won't look either. I know there's a mirror there, but I won't look. But yeah, you know, it's right. You gotta, of course you gotta give your energy out

to the things you want to do, but you've also got to save your energy for the recharge. It's so important to recharge because if you don't recharge, then what are you here for? You're not going to make it long enough if you don't just keep recharging. Keep staying

inspired. Keep being who you want to be. If you want to burn the candle of both, it's fine. But you're going to have a couple days where you're going to have existential dread. And if you don't know what existential dread is, it's fucking miserable. Do you agree, Kanika? Yes, yes, I agree. Oh, my God, I agree. Existential dread is the word.

Because it's not you who is trying to quit. It's just your body. You have no dopamines to pick you up. So when you get to those moments, take a deep breath and realize it's just existential dread, and we're going to get through it. All right. We have Felipe Espranza on the show. Yes, comedian, last comic standing.

He is fucking hilarious. I met him on the Burt Kreischer cruise. I'm going to start rolling out these comedian podcasts. He's the best. He's from Los Angeles. His story is crazy. He was a crackhead. And he was a gangbanger.

And he was in a gang. He watched a bunch of people die and stuff. He tells you this crazy story of his life, and he finally cleaned up, and he's been doing the best comedy he's ever done. And for that, we thank that he's alive, and we thank you for the art. But I think you're going to love this interview. He's from Los Angeles. We vibe hard on L.A.

And comedians, like I said last week, A comedian could just do the whole podcast for an hour I don't even have to say one thing And they're just so good at podcasting Because it's just in their blood to talk Musicians You gotta rev the engines To get anything out of them I just said so tell me about LA

Well someone died and I was in a gang I'm like holy shit keep going And it's so and I was in a gang. I'm like, holy shit. Keep going. And it's so funny. I was crying. It was just laughter and tears. It was a heavy conversation. So I think you're really going to love this one. Alright, so is Stasek here?

Stasek! Shut the fuck up. What's up, Brian? Stasek's in the fucking building. Let's go. Shut the fuck up. Hey, Ryan. What's up, buddy? Hi. How you doing? Sit down right here. Sit down in my office. It's a face made for radio. I know.

You having fun? Dude. It was a blast. Dude. Right? The best. I'm telling you. All I wanted to do was dress up like Floyd today and I ended up... Oh, it is a video. It is. I ended up dressing like Eccles. You really? Yeah. You actually are wearing the Eccles shirt. Unplanned. Oh my god. See? Do you have fun on these Humphrey Frasco

tours? I mean, do Frasco tours as much as you have fun on those Humphreys tours? No, the Humphreys tours are pretty bleak. It's like Suicide Tuesday when you come home. It's rough. Sorry, guys. Oh man, I'll do that. Here we are.

But it's been nice to hang out with you in this type of setting, not when you're on a tour bus and I got to knock on the door like little Oliver Wood. Like, hello, sir. May I please come into the tour bus and hang out with you, Ryan? No, this is the best, man. I'm grinding it. I love it. And the energy, it's so much fun to sit

in and play. And you're just some of my favorite people. I'm not just saying that shit for this. You're the best. Are we going to have Ambien Thursday? We're going to do Ambien Olympics on... Tomorrow. Tonight. Oh, we're doing it tonight?

Ambien Olympics? Yeah, everybody gets five milligrams and four shots. And then two hours later, you have to do a piano solo and some other sort of Olympic events. But we have to have a sober person. We're not crazy. Yeah, Bo will be the sober person. Oh my God, Ambien Olympics is tonight?

It's tonight. Let's fucking go. I'm so excited for this. Oh yeah. We got Felipe on the show, comedian. I know you love comedy. I love comedy. I'll tell you a real quick story one time.

Humphreys had Hannibal Buress open up for us. Oh, sick. And like a bunch of dumbasses, we were playing in a college town, DeKalb, Illinois, and we didn't announce him or tell anybody that there was going to be comedy before the show. We just said, Hannibal, go out there.

Hannibal did a jam band show? He did. This was a long, long time ago. Basically, he had to stop because nobody introduced him. He just went out and started talking to a bunch of college kids and they're basically, he had to stop because nobody introduced him. He just went out and started talking to a bunch of college kids. And they're like, what the fuck is going on? Legendary Hannibal Buress.

Was it funny? Did it kill? Of course it killed. He's great. I forgot he's from Chicago. Did he like your music? Probably not. I was really disappointed that we weren't professional enough to give the man an introduction. That's what you gotta do when you have a comedy act.

You got to go up there and say, hey guys, this is a special moment. We're having a comedy. So everyone shut the fuck up and start laughing. That was always one of my favorite parts of Bonnaroo was the comedy tent. And even when Chris Rock did the main stage before Metallica and stuff,

getting both of those together is great. But you have to advertise and let people know. You just can't give a guy a mic and be like Good luck Because they'll think it's some guy trying to just Jump the stage and try to get some Stasic time or some shit By the way while I have you on the pod

How was the 20 drummer palooza It was drummer palooza over there at Humphreys McGee It was great On a serious note as a bass player It was one of theooza over there at Humphreys McGee. It was great. It was great, right? On a serious note, as a bass player, it was one of the most educational fun things to do to really understand what my role is as a bass

player playing with different drummers who have different dynamics and different approaches to our original music. What'd you learn? I learned nothing. Same. I bet you fucking... No, man. They all put in the time. They shed it. They put in the work. It was just... It was really fun.

And the opportunity to play with just different people each week keeps you on your toes. It was refreshing. It was great. It was great. But Chris is healing. Chris is getting better. You just announced that Chris is back in January. Hopefully, Chris will be fully healed in January.

We miss him. We love him. He's... Yeah, we miss you, Chris. I can't believe this is going to be a long-ass tour I've never seen you guys do this long a tour in a long time It's been a while It's been a while

But January to March, I mean, boys You guys going to kill each other after that? We'll see Only time will tell Ryan Stasek, thanks for being on the show Yeah, go fuck it up I know we have to play in like 10 minutes So go out there, go warm up

I love you. Ryan Stasek, baby. Let's fucking go. Ryan, baby. We love you, bud. That's what he said. It's an educational process, he says. That's what we're talking about. If you're feeling like you've just been doing the same shit,

hanging out with the same circles, go out there. Change some shit up. It's okay to change things up Do you agree, Kanika? Yes, I agree I approve this message We're all in a fucking hurry today We're all trying to get the year up

Everyone's trying to do some gigs So I'll leave you with this Do you want to do the motivational speech for today? At least, Kanika? You can do it from there so you don't have to I know you're doing You find yourself in an awkward place And you put yourself there.

I want you to take a look around because all those people inspired that moment. If that moment does not serve you, then find another moment. How the fuck did you pull that out of your ass? I don't know. I got makeup in my eye. Let's fucking go. Go, go. Take out the makeup. Go, go, go. Get out of here.

It's true. It's true, people. You are in control of your destiny If you like it or not, so what are you going to do about it? You going to just marinate in your own shit? Are you going to get out there and take Take the bull by the horns Or whatever the fuck that saying is, right? Right, Kanika?

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And for him to win last comic standing and for him to just get through his addictions, to be happy, and now he's found love. It's just beautiful. So I know you're going to love this interview. All right, guys. I'm on my way to Europe. The next interview you'll hear, I'm going to be in Florence. I changed.

I'm not going to Japan anymore. I'm going to Florence. My whole family bailed on me, so I'm going to fuck it. I'm going by myself, too. I'm going to see the Italian roots of me. I'm going to eat fucking pasta. I'm going to smoke so many cigarettes. I'm going to drink so many espressos that I won't even have to think about cocaine

or mushrooms for seven days. Okay. All right. I love you and be safe. And Kanika, this has been the time of my life touring with you. You're the best. And forever friends and forever your buddy. All right, guys. Enjoy Felipe. Bye.

Where's the weed at? Yo, where's the weed at? Yo, where's the cocaine at? We just got back from the Bahamas. We didn't port today, so we couldn't get any. Felipe, how you doing, buddy? Good, man. What's the world on the street? Oh, that's doing good, man.

Pretty good. Oh, yeah. Grab one. I want to talk a little bit about Los What's I want to talk a little bit About Los Angeles I want to talk a little bit About Mexico And talk about comedy

But first What I was so fascinated about Is being born in Mexico When did you move to LA? Oh man We were like four My brothers and I We came with my mom

Snuck in Fair and square Yeah We came here legally snuck in fair and square. Yeah. We came here legally. Snuck in fair and square. Really? Yeah.

What was that process like? Well, my dad, I was born in Mexico. I'm actually from Sinaloa. I'm from Sinaloa. I'm from a little town Smaller It's called I don't even know The name of it But

It's not my birth certificate If you want to see it Smaller than this boat Smaller than this boat Dude It was a small town I remember being I'm keeping it

It was a small town It was all dirt I remember being little And like This water truck Passing by and just wetting the ground. It's going to be windy, so it's going to be throwing dust everywhere. So they would wet it to make it muddy so there's no dust to fly around the town. And we had a bathroom outside, like an outhouse.

My brother and I, we would play And just throw rocks in there And watch shit Shit splash We were in Mexico What else we gonna do Yeah And I got We live in I'm having flashbacks

Of how I lived Because I was so little We live in like I'll call it like a villa Of five houses And they were all owned By our family They were all owned by our family. They were all like family members.

I don't know if they rented, but my mom's dad lived there. Her mom lived there. Her sister lived in the other house. There's another house over there where my aunt lived there with a man with one arm. We call him Mocho.

We give each other, Mexican, we give each other nicknames, man, by how bad your body is. If you were with us, they'll call you Chino. But it had nothing

to do with Chinese because your hair is curly. Chino, right? They'll just call you Chino. So why was Mocho named Mocho? He had no arm, man. I think he fell off.

It was cut off by a train or something I don't know Or he injured So we lived there, man And I don't remember much about living there It was just hot And we needed to get out of there My dad went to Mexico, America first And then he came back and grabbed us

But when we were living in Mexico, we crossed first time with a coyote, a smuggler, and then we got arrested. We got pulled over. Because there used to be like a... Once you cross the border back in the late

70s, you're not really scot-free yet because they had like San Clemente County Sheriffs. you're not really scot-free yet because they had like um um county um San Clemente County Sheriffs

oh right yeah and they were doing their own border checkpoint on the freeway oh wow so they were

randomly stopping cars so we got stopped and the man was left free and we went to um a little jail

my mom went to a little jail. My mom went to a jail. I don't remember much of it. I just know they gave us peanut butter jelly sandwich. It was chips and we were watching Disney cartoons. We were happy. So every time you came back to Mexico, did you have to pay again to pay the smugglers? I don't know.

I was little. It was not paid by me. So I was just dragged along. It didn't make you pay them back. When we finally made it, my aunt said, man I was just dragged along. Didn't make you pay him back. So when we finally made it, my aunt said, man, you're getting busted. So my little brother, we dressed him up

like a little girl. And we borrowed our cousin's passports to cross the border legally. So my brother, for two weeks, he was wearing a little dress, like three or two years old.

No, your name is this. We're giving him the fake, the name he's going to use. Right. So he's gay. No, he's not gay. He's gay now. He didn't come out of the closet.

He came out of the country. So how do you convince a kid that your name is now? How do you do that? I don't know, man. I have to ask him. That's fucking nuts. But he was little,

but we had no choice. So he had to walk with a little dress and while we were playing marbles, he had a dress, riding bicycles, and then when he got to the border for his first acting debut and he had a dress, riding bicycles. And then when he got to the border for his first acting debut,

he got the Oscar winner. He got a SAG card after that for crossing the border. Yeah, man. That's pretty wild. So when you get to L.A., how old were you after the third time? Oh, that time I was probably five, six. I remember we went to kindergarten. Yeah? Yeah.

And we got our measles shots and everything. Did you speak good English or was it hard? No. We learned from watching television. What was your favorite show that taught you English? Luke's the Hazard. Hell yeah. So we had a southern accent. Are you serious? That's hilarious. No way. That's hilarious. No way.

That is insane. We were saying words nobody understood. Like, yeah, homie, catty corner over there. Nobody knew what we were talking about. Oh, my God. Damn, Dukes. So how long did you get picked on as a kid or what? Well, everybody gets picked on, you know, but later on, like if you're funny, you get

to hang around with the bullies, you know? Yeah. They don't bully you, but they bully your friends, you know? Right. Yeah. They're like, yeah, no, he's with us now. When you hang around with those guys, they keep messing with me. Yeah.

You're saying y'all and shit. They're like, my jokes, y'all. What's up, y'all? We're in a Confederate flag, Jack. They're like, my jokes, y'all. What's up, y'all? Wearing a Confederate flag jacket. Dude, I had one. No. I found it somewhere and I pasted it on my jacket. The fact that everybody had that, man.

I think Iron Maiden was big, right? Some people put British flags, you know. But I found a Confederate flag and I put it in my jacket. Nobody said anything. I love that show, man. Fucking Daisy Duke is hot. So what about, so you get older,

you're getting older, and you're older. How hard was it to, basically, your family, like, was it hard for them to get jobs and stuff? Like, what type of jobs were they getting when they were a kid? When we got to America, my dad already had a job. He was working as a, I don't know, like a machinist. He was like an arc welder. He was working with steel all the time, cutting metal.

So he had a job already. And most of my family, my brothers, my dad's family, they were working in the record business, but not producing music, pressing records. Oh, vinyl? Vinyl. Oh, sick. They were putting vinyls in the thing and putting it in the machine.

The machine would put the paper on it, the plastic. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so I don't know whether they worked for Warner Brothers, but they worked for a place where they pressed records and put them in. They were stacking them. So we had a lot. My cousin, Patti, she had a lot of albums, bro. Like, without her, we don't know nothing about music.

She had everything. She had Peter Frampton live. But not the album. The album that had his photo on it. Oh, shit. It was an album that had, like, a picture of Peter had his photo on it Oh shit It was an album That had like a picture Of Peter Fratham on it

Yeah The first pressing Yeah It was The whole album was blue With long hair like that Probably worth a lot of Probably worth a lot of money now

Actually Did she keep it? I don't know what she had right now But I used to just go there bro Like it was her record store Like going through everything So what were the first records

That you fell in love with? Fucking Foreigner But whatever she had Hot-blooded Can't you see? And I don't know the other band But they just I don't know the other band

Hot child in the city She was like 18 I was 12 Don't dance with her That's not fun Hitting her stomach. When did you start getting into like

East Low's music? No, I really got into like punk first. It's sick. Like what? Like, I was mostly into

Iron Maiden. Hell yeah. Because when I was in seventh grade, I had a teacher named Mr. Root and he was like a half Mexican,

half white dude and he went to that, he was proud that he Mexican, half white dude. And he went to that. He was proud that he went to Kent University. Yeah, yeah. He was there when the shooting. He was there. Holy shit. So one day, like, we were not paying attention to him at all, bro.

Like, we were throwing M&Ms in the room. It was an English class. And then he said one day he said You know what man Everybody bring your favorite album Your favorite rock album Your favorite music album So I didn't bring nothing man My mom said

Don't take shit to school You're gonna break it No no no You can't take my You can't take my Tira del Norte over there So a friend of mine He brought Iron Maiden album

The number of the beast Right? Right And the first song he played was Run to the hills Okay The whole The club was all Mexicans bro

Like Like three There was Cholos Goth Mexicans And Stoner Mexicans Heavy metal Which was me. And then there was one white dude named Paul, blue eyes, the only white dude in the hood. And man, we fucking run to the hill, started.

What is that thing that America is trying to stop people to learn? Yeah, running. Oh, no, no. What is that thing that Christopher did? Like, they don't want you to learn about the real history of America?

Oh, yeah, yeah. See, critical race. Critical race. Whatever. Critical race. CTR. This is why

they don't have this, bro. Sarah's great. This guy plays Iron Maiden, Run to the Hills. And then he started breaking down Every lyric Like poetry

You know like When you write poetry They tell you how to write poetry So he broke We got a copy of Run to the hills The lyrics He played it

And it was Started off with The white man came Across the sea He brought us pain And misery He killed our tribes So then he goes He goes into this across the sea. He brought us pain and misery. He killed our tribes. So then he goes into this,

I don't know, man, this debate. And he starts getting all political, all Chicano. And then he looks at Paul, you motherfucker! I think that's what we're doing right now. Were you wearing a Confederate patch?

Fucking, my whole pocket's up. He goes, fuck you, asshole. And he fucking runs out of the classroom. We never saw him again. And then,

and then he goes, and then Mr. Rue goes, that's why we don't teach this dog here. Can't handle it. They think we're lying. But he was crazy, dude. He started breaking down every lyric from Run to the Hills.

Man, we didn't even get to the other albums. We didn't get to her Saturday Night Fever. You're in the middle of the classroom. We didn't even get to that. We just talked about Iron Maiden. Just white history. Yeah, man. Then he started talking about,

oh, then, and then, he brought his homie in the classroom. There was this dude that would just show up. He was like, his, Mr. Roots friend.

I guess he worked, he's a screenwriter or something. But he would sit in the classroom next to him while he's teaching. Stoned as fuck, bro.

Just read a newspaper like this. Like, who invites their homie to just sit there hard? It's like the guy on the couch at half-past. I think that's why I'm here. Yeah, so that was like

the best class I ever had. When did you start, like you said, you were one of those stoners. When did you start smoking weed? Oh, man, I started smoking weed until I was, like, 20. Oh, really? My dad would say, that's for the devil.

Oh, really? My dad said you're going to be a bum or something like that. But you were in a gang? When were you in a gang? Everything started when I was 20, bro. No shit. That's a good year for you. So, like, what happened?

Why did you decide to join a gang when you were 20? Oh, I was hanging around with these guys. Well, I got my girlfriend pregnant like in 11th grade or something. And, um... So you were fucking. That was your drug.

Yeah, man. I was fucking, bro. No condom. Yeah. I had no skills, bro. I was just coming. I was having sex when I came, bro.

No, no, like, I was bringing my shoulders in like I do now. I was leading on stuff. Just straight coming. Just gravity. Just gravity. Just fast, bro, like a colonizer, bro.

Just fast. Let me get you a next native. Spanish Armada. Dick. Fast, bro. It was like holding a knife, you know? So was it scary when she said, hey, I'm pregnant?

When she said she was pregnant, I said, man, that's fucked up. Yeah. All right, I got to tip out. She said, why the fuck do you raise this baby by yourself? I'm going to go smoke weed with my homie. You weren't even smoking when you were 17.

But when she got pregnant, I was like, fuck, man. I was trying to save up money for an abortion because they were like 100 and something back then. Or a hanger or whatever. Yeah, yeah. Jesus fucking Christ.

This is exactly what we need, Felipe. But you know what's funny My friend He loaned me the money But I never had $200 in my pocket before So fuck that went to the movies with her You went on a date night before the abortion No I spent the money on movies And we

I looked at her. I said, you know, we're going to keep it. I want to see what it looks like. Oh, no. Yeah. Did you talk to your parents? No, no, no. You're like, fuck it.

I want to keep the baby? No, no, no. We're keeping it. I just told my mom one day, she's pregnant. And she said, you fucked up. I said, no, you fucked up. Your grandma is 35 Oh my god

That's so good That's part of my bed But that's what I felt At the time of your birth But I know That's what the parents Are thinking They're not thinking about

You getting pregnant They're thinking about You made me a grandma Motherfucker Or they're thinking You're going to make me Support this baby Because you can't afford

To support this baby Free babysitting That was a part of people Like people I got to ask my mom To babysit You don't ask You just show up

With your kids And then when they're Fucking eating You fucking dip bro You got this mom Alright cool I'm going to go hang out with the homies. You leave your cell phone there and everything. And they try to call you.

I forgot my cell phone, too. Okay, so maybe that's the reason why you joined a gang. Yeah, man. I needed money, man. More babysitters, too? Yeah. What happened was I was hanging around with these kids. And I say kids because they were younger than me. 13, 14, 15, 16-year-olds. I was hanging around with these kids. And I say kids because they were younger than me.

13, 14, 15, 16-year-olds. And I was 17. And then there were other kids that were 19. They were too old, man. But one day we were hanging out and we were at a park. No, we were at this place buying burritos. It was like seven of us. We only bought two.

We were going to share them. But then there were these other guys who had money. They were laughing at us. Like, oh, these fucking poor-ass motherfuckers. They're going to all take one bite out of that burrito. Then my friend got all mad. I was already outside in the parking lot just waiting. I had no money, but I was going to get the last bite.

You know, the broach, the bottom of the burrito. The burrito roach. The best part of the burrito, by the way. It really is. As well as the sour cream and avocado sticks. Fuck yeah, dude. The heel. The ass.

So you're like, maybe I don't need money. I can just get the broach every time. So we left. They got into a fight with those guys in the restaurant. I remember they got into a fight With those Those guys in the restaurant And I remember They got into a fight with those Like a fist fight All of them And those guys ran in their car

And took off And then we were on foot So we decided to go to that park Hollenbeck Park Where'd you live? Pearl Heights Oh okay cool Hollenbeck Park

Where you used to live Andy? You're in San Gabriel Valley. Close enough, bro. There's a hardcore gang. They're called Sangria. They don't fuck around. They don't fuck around. And so when I crossed the bridge,

there's a little park, a little lake, a little ham bridge on the lake. So I go to the guy, hey, man, I'm going to cross the lake. And if I see him, I'll let you guys know. So I crossed the lake. So I go to the guy, hey man, I'm going to cross the lake. And if I see him, I'll let you guys know. So I walk, I cross the lake. And as soon as I got up to the hill, I turned around. Bro, those two guys, they were chasing all my friends with guns, bro.

They were shooting at them. What? For what? For that fight. Oh my God. For that misunderstanding at that. I didn't think it was going to get down like that. Right. It's a little bit. I didn't know how bad that fight. Oh my God. For that misunderstanding at that I didn't think it was going to get down like that. Right. It's a little bit. I didn't know how

bad that fight was. So when those guys are running like this, there's another kid that was with us, but he wasn't with us at the fight. He's running towards the guys that were shooting. Right? So

as soon as he runs towards, they start to turn around around It's too late bro They fucking They shoot him right there I watched the whole thing They shot him like Point blank The two guys

They shot him Like he was 14 years old Rafa What do you think of like Was that like The first time You desensitized death I had seen it before

But not like In front of me. I'd seen someone on the floor or someone OD'd or someone jumped off a bridge. I saw it happen. Then my other friend, he picked him up because there was a

hospital right across where I was. I remember watching blood come out of his eyes and his mouth and his nose And it was like foam bro Like I never seen somebody suffocate He was suffocating with his own blood

Oh fuck And it was hard cause I kept looking at him He had a twin brother And he was there too right And he was not shot I kept looking at him like, fuck. It could have been you, you know?

But yeah, that was like the core of it. What was the twin brother doing? Running. Oh, freaking out. He was running, bro. He was around with those guys. And I saw it from the top. I don't believe in signs, you know, but somebody told me like that. Oh, man.

That was like when Samuel Jackson in Pulp Fiction where he gets shot, but the bullets go through them, but they didn't get shot. I felt like somebody intervened, you know. God had better plans.

Yeah, but I didn't get shot. But I remember we went to long story short, man, the guy who did it, he's doing like 32 live, right? Wow. He's doing 32 live. And I was doing a show one time, man.

A lawyer came up to me. This Asian lawyer, this Asian lady. And then she... I've never really talked about this. I only talked about it once with our Berry Cats podcast. But it was like,

I couldn't really get through the story. Yeah. Because I kept breaking up, you know. But I did a show one time on terror improv. And this lawyer comes up to me. And then she says, she starts talking about

what I'm telling you guys, right? Because I didn't know she knew. Yeah. Right. Right? She knew details. Long story short The guy who did it

He was trying to come out of prison On the innocence program Oh Oh fuck Like you know Like trying to say that he's innocent Right right The whole time

But he did it you know Yeah But Cause most of the people That were witnesses To the crime at the time They went on to Grow up to be

Hardcore criminals Right Yeah Except me They can't talk Except me Oh so can't talk. Except me. Oh, so they tried to get you to rat them out?

No. To say that it didn't happen that way. Oh. Because he's trying to come out. It was his lawyer. Yeah, his lawyer. Trying to get him off. Trying to come out on an innocent program. Right.

Because there's a lot of people that were falsely accused of a crime. Right. But he put his name on that list as someone that was falsely accused. But nah, motherfucker, you were there. Yeah, I saw it. I saw you there. Were you nervous to say? When she came up to me, I was like, you meet people after a show.

It's small talk, you know? And then somebody starts to talk to you. Hey, man, I'm from third grade, Mr. Rude, whatever. You're just going to go, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Move on. But then I got a call And this and that And Then the sister

Tried to come up to me What? My brother At your show? My brother's a good man What the fuck? Like he's a good man I don't know about that

You know He's changed his life He's Christian now Oh oh Yeah but in my head I just see a 14 year old guy Dying That's the only memory I have

Yeah right I don't give a fuck If you fucking Say Cured AIDS Right fuck If you fucking Say Cured AIDS Right If you killed a child Yeah

So did you say Did you say no I sent him a letter I said that That I've been That That day Has been

Troubling my whole life That was the reason I smoke crack You know It was true It's true Is that the reason I smoked crack. You know, it was true. It's true. Is that the reason why you started getting into drugs?

Because there's no PTSD. There's no, when you grew up in the neighborhood or like, even the school shootings, they barely got classes to deal with this.

Or therapy or anything like that. Or therapy. There was none of that when we were kids. Yeah, right. You just tell you. Suppress.

Suppress. Therapy's like 8 years old. A joke I have, I say that if somebody would have talked to me back then and dealt with it, you know, hey man, but I never dealt with it.

I was just shocked. Holy shit, dude. But I think about it sometimes. So he didn't get out then? No, he didn't get out. We were all witnesses, though. We were all witnesses to the crime. We all got arrested that day.

Do you think, oh, that's why you got into comedy? To desensitize how hard life is? But I always wanted to be a comedian, man. I went to rehab. After a year later, man. I was cracked out. Were you selling crack, too? Yeah, bro. Salad and smoking it, breaking even.

Wow. Yeah, man. I live in a neighborhood where it was like the hottest. Like, if you wanted, back in the days in the 80s, late 80s, Thai bud. Yeah. Like Thai stick. Yeah. Real Thai stick. Right. You got that fake one? You did? You bought it in my bud. Yeah. Like Thai stick. Yeah. Real Thai stick.

Right. Not that fake one. Like you bud in my neighborhood. Yeah. My neighborhood was called Thailand. But nobody

from Thailand lived there. And later on it became Tis Crack Land but it was before that it was

people would drive by bro Asians Everybody Thai bud They'd get a little stick of bud So when Does that

Kind of the reason Why you joined a gang To like kind of like Get free crack And sell it And just have a community With you To be okay

I wanted to But I really had no choice There was a My neighborhood And The neighborhood That I Like there was There was my neighborhood and the neighborhood that I was... There was gangs, but somehow you belong to the bigger gang. There was a gang called Pico Stoners, right?

And that gang, it was just a bunch of guys playing football. It was football jerseys and they just wrote Stoners 13, you know. But they played football against other guys that were into heavy metal. But those guys, there was a bigger gang in my neighborhood called Cuatro Flats, Four Street Flats and then Primera Flats,

Torres Tortilla Flats. And those guys ended up being from that gang later on, you know. And the gang that I was in, the biggest gang around where I grew up, where I was, this gang was at, where me was all Crips.

First Street, East Coast Crips. Because Boyle Heights was covered with black people, man. Yeah. Before shit went down. So our gang was connected to them, you know? Yeah. So everybody thought we were like a gang that's trying to be black. Oh, okay.

They used to make fun of us like the Mexican Crips. They thought you were under the Crip umbrella. Yeah. But you weren't under the Crip umbrella. But we were. But, yeah, that was the thing, man. We had that stigma. Yeah.

But did you feel like you liked it because it was a form of community? That was the thing, man. We had that stigma. Yeah. But did you feel like you liked it because it was a form of community? So, what happened, bro, when I got jumped in, I was already 19, which is old man in the neighborhood, right? Right. So, they were going around looking for, I don't know, deserters, right? Right. People who don't hang out with the gang, but they're part of the gang. Okay, yeah. So, we were looking for them.

Hey man, we haven't seen you in three months. Four months. So we had to take you to court. So we just jumped him, bro. You just get beat up if you don't show up for six weeks. Beat him up to put him back in line. Let him know that you're still from the hood.

And then while they're getting jumped, and if they want to get jumped out, it just becomes a longer beating. Yeah. Yeah. So they're like, oh, I'm still in, I'm still in.

Just to get... Oh, because they don't want the beating to keep you on. They're like, fine, I'll stay. So do you have to get jumped out? I was part of that beating. Even though I was not in the gang. Oh, shit. I was beating all those guys up, even though I wasn't part of the gang.

Wow. So one day, the same night, some guy looks around and goes, what's up, Batman? You want to get jumped in now? You've been coming to meetings for a while now.

So I thought it was like being part of the band, but you're not really part of the band, but you say you're part of the band. He's like the side guy. Yeah. Our poser, eh? So I said, yeah, man, I'm down.

Then they just jumped me and that was it. So what about jumping out? How hard did your ass kick? Oh, man, I never jumped out. No? You just kind of left? Yeah. But I still hang around with them. I still respect them and I see them.

They come to my shows. That's awesome One time There was a table Like this table And I was like Wow it's a big table Oh

Friends Really And I looked at the I looked at the The Reserve for And they had the gang name Whoa

Oh shit That's fucking Official Oh my god That is definitely reserved. No, those seats are taken. So... I got hooked on crack during those times.

Did you ever overdose? No, man. I guess it was never that good. Oh, yeah. Couldn't get good enough drugs You know what it is man When somebody OD's next to you Like if you're already partying

You try to find out where he got it from Cause you wanna be like that Yeah really? Is it like that? Yeah Heroin? Cause it's good If it's good

If somebody OD's On the heroin You know that it's really good Right So you cut it up Smaller now So you wouldn't end up dead like him What about fucking on heroin?

Is that good? I don't know I only did heroin in Amsterdam And I smoked it Like opium? No, like aluminum foil straw Oh, fuck Yeah, yeah, yeah

Like the crack version of heroin Yeah, man What'd that feel like? I don't really know Because I was on crack too I just know that I peed Out of my ass Immediately

Like it was like a painful Yeah Watershed man It was like Amsterdam When it Got home hooked bro Hooked

They're gonna clip this out How did you not do it More than once If like Isn't it pretty addictive? I was drunk. Every drug I've done, I've done it drunk.

Oh, yeah. I've never been like sober going, man. You know what? Today I'm going to smoke crack. Yeah. Right, right. Is there any drugs

you still think about as being a sober man now? Crack. Yeah. You love crack. Yeah. What do you... When I see like a copper, like a passport. Yeah. When I see a copper,

I pass by the store, and I see a Borrello pad, I start playing, trying to make a little ball. No way, really? Bro, I remember when I was in Texas, Houston, Texas. They give the artists a hotel. Every artist stays at this hotel because they have a contract.

I made them lose the contract, bro. Really? What happened? What'd you do? I was staying at a hotel that had a jacuzzi with a suite. And I was jumping from the bed to the jacuzzi over and over. You know. And the floor was soaked.

And I was partying, man, from the moment I got there. Yeah. I got there on Thursday. I partied a little bit, but from Friday to Monday, I didn't even sleep. Yeah, so. And I, man, it was. And you were doing comedy back then? Yeah, I was doing stand-up.

I was performing every night And coming home Damn you're like The Mexican Sam Kinison Yeah man I remember My nose was all like One of my nose was bleeding

You know On stage? No We were hanging out In the hotel room And there was no more I was like Fuck this

How are we going to do this? You know How are we going to get more high Because my nose Can't take it anymore. Right. What I should have done was, I should have just put the coke in a little bit of water, you know? Like a squirt, like a water gun.

That's the new thing now. Everybody's doing it with the nasal sprays. Yeah. When was the first time you were starting to make people laugh? Always? Your whole life you've been making people laugh? When I was a kid I guess The teacher asked Why is Iran and Iraq fighting?

And I yelled out my hand Because they can't decide how to end the word Fuck you it's a Q No it's an N Pretty good joke for a 12 year old The teacher laughed And she couldn't give the real answer anymore What was harder

To make people laugh People in your gang Or white people I think people in the gang Yeah Yeah Why Cause you know

Some of those fools Don't wanna laugh You know Yeah They don't wanna laugh They think it's a sign of weakness Really Wow

So they're definitely not crying Yeah So I see a fool With a mustache You know like this sign of weakness. Really? Wow. So they're definitely not crying. Yeah. So I see a fool with a mustache you know like this. I was like oh man I like this homie.

He left it on the inside that's where it counts. Yeah. Not cold at home it's the heart. Yeah. No but the hardest show that I've ever done

were the ones where they give me a list of things not to talk about or not to say because most of my act I think that the hardest show I ever did was I did a show for the

the Sam Walmart employees oh yeah Sam Walton yeah yeah oh in Arkansas yes Fayetteville in Fayetteville oh yeah Ben

we play there all the time Benville yeah I did one for the the West Coast Latin region managers. So the whole show was all Latinos. You know, manager from Tulare, from Texas, from South Padre, Walmart. All these guys.

And I couldn't say, shit, dick, pussy, ass, bitch. You don't know that shit. They're like, why did you hire me? And it was like the most I ever got, man. I felt like a sellout. But those people, it's funny how they tell you not to be clean, but then they wonder why you're so clean. Right.

Yeah. Because they told me to be clean. Your boss told me. Because I have a joke where I say, you know, it's time to lose weight when the girls start sucking your tits. So I said, man, it was time to lose weight When me and this girl Were kissing And she was Playing with my She was squeezing my boobs

Yeah Squeezing Oh wow It does take some of the Bite out of the joke Yeah how do you approach Yeah so like when So you're like

Alright they give you These guidelines How do you approach The jokes Like that Like that So you read every joke In your head

And say alright How do we clean them up Like I try not Before all of my jokes Were about fat chicks You know And people get offended. So now it's just turning it to me.

Right. Now you're the fat chick. I say, yeah, man. The other night, I opened up my pants, and it opened up like a life raft. Because normally the joke is, I went home with this girl, man. She opened up her butt thing. That bitch opened up a life raft. Yeah. You ever get caught home with this girl, man. She opened up her butt thing. That bitch opened up a life raft. Yeah.

You ever get caught with crack? No, man. I've never been arrested for anything like that. Really? I've never been arrested. Because I smoke it all, dude. Yeah. But how do you bring it to Texas?

I never traveled. No, you can try to get it. I never traveled with... You can find it. I never traveled with drugs because I look like somebody that already has it. Yeah. Oh, because you've been touring. Yeah. I look like Somebody that already has it Yeah Oh you Because you've been touring Yeah so they

I look like somebody With like Looking for drugs Like And they see dogs People talk Oh they're going to get him They're going to get me

Yeah How'd you It must have been tough To like You know It's like you were like Ah this is a great joke And your friends

In the gangs were like Yeah they're trying not to laugh And like Did that How'd you approach Your self confidence in comedy You were like, ah, this is a great joke. And your friends in the gangs were like, yeah, they're trying not to laugh. And how do you approach your self-confidence in comedy when people aren't laughing at your jokes? Oh, man. First of all, just stay sad up there. Yeah. You don't know what to do, man. You just stay quiet.

Your mouth gets dry. Yeah. Start feeling hair on your back. Yeah. Man, I did a documentary Just on bombing Like now getting laughs Really

It's called Dying Up Here Or Oh yeah I'm dying On Amazon I think Yeah that's it And I talked about how

Me personally I said bombing on stage Like with nobody laughing It feels like Your dad Smacked you in the face In front of everybody And then you gotta go Play now And everybody Like you didn't just get hit It was like your dad smacked you in the face in front of everybody.

And then you got to go play now. And everybody, like you didn't just get hit. And you're like this. Yeah, I want to play. Exactly. You got hit at the beginning of the party. And you have to sit down and they're going to sing happy birthday to you after your dad slapped you. Oh, my God.

When did you realize you had a problem with crack? And when did you feel like you needed to go to rehab? I never went to rehab. I went to rehab when I was younger, in my 20s. And I was 10 years sober. Like, no drugs. Oh, wow. No marijuana.

No cigarettes. No nothing. And then one night, dude, I just got bummed out. I said, fuck this. From what? I don't know. I just wanted a drink. I went to a store. From what? I don't know, just wanted to drink. I went to a store. We've all been there.

Frozen mudslides, bro. I started pounding them and next thing you know, I'm back to being, like, back to being devious, bro. Like,

I guess when you've been doing, if you're like a real addict, like a guy that parties, that's what's dangerous, you know, because you try to go back to the same time in your life

when you were smoking like that. And you always do, man. I remember like in Ralphie May, this comedian would make fun of me because I thought it would be a secret,

but I guess everybody found out. When I was in Texas, I called a room service and I asked for a baking soda and a big ass spoon. Are you serious? Holy shit. Did they

give it to you? They brought it. I'm making muffins. What? You asked, was it a nice hotel? No, it was like a residence inn. I like that they had it. It's probably theirs. It's already half used.

And then it took two people to bring it in. Wow. The guy gave me like a baking soda from the kitchen. And he gave me like a nice fat spoon. That's so funny. And he has security with him. I said, how come you brought him? Oh, man.

This wouldn't believe me you ordered this. He wanted to see how you look. We want to know if we could come in there and hang out. Oh, my God. Yeah, man. So I was like chilling, man, in my hotel room, trying to get this powder and it's cracked. Trying to make powder, trying to make crack in my hotel room before the get this powder and it's cracked. Trying to make powder trying to make crack

in my hotel room before the show or after the show. How do you make crack? I don't know. Well, if you want to learn, that's it.

You got the internet? Just get powder and throw a little bit of water in it and there's usually enough baking soda because of whatever cut that person made.

Right. But if you burn it like this, you start forming it and you start seeing it, bro. It don't turn out of the way. There's other stuff you got to do. But I used to smoke with this guy that was like a crack scientist, bro. Really? He would get these big rocks and big crack. He goes, man, we got big ass crack. Oh man, fuck that shit.

These shit are weak. So he would like put the crack in the spoon with a little bit of water and burn all the bad shit out of it. Oh, right. And then it'll just become one little tiny rock. Like washes it out. Yeah, and then that little rock is good. Why does baking soda like...

It just puts it together. Right. Okay. And then you can smoke it? It's a bonding agent, basically. You never smoked it? I never... I smoked Coke in a cigarette.

Freebase. Oh, that's good. A Freebase. Primo. That was pretty tight, actually. But I knew... I didn't know that I'd like this too much. I had to stop completely.

Yeah, that's why I stopped, man. The second time I quit doing drugs was for 2009. Right. 2009. I've been sober since 2009. That's awesome, man. The second time I quit doing drugs was 2009. Right. 2009. I've been sober since 2009. That's awesome, man. No alcohol. That's fucking good.

I'll clap to that. Yeah, man. Go, baby. Clap and say it right there. I've been sober ever since, man. But, you know, and I'm vegan, too. So that's another battle. Especially shit, man.

Oh, my God. How do you battle. Especially the shrimp, eh? Oh, my God. How do you eat on this fucking cruise, dude? I have to ask the guy, where do gays eat? Oh, my God. Where's the gay restaurant? Who's gay? Oh, my God. Where do you send the people with the nicer toes to eat here?

Oh, my God. The shortest shorts on the ship. There's like three gay guys on the birthright. Where do you send people to eat who don't have M6G t-shirts? Right, right, right. You know, so. It's sad in the hotel, man. You know, it's sad.

I saw a couple here, man. Like, they've been trying to swing all week, bro. Really? Yeah, they fucked. Yeah. No, they can't find another couple. They're too ugly, bro. I saw that. Our friend, everyone keeps thinking she's Carter Cruz, you know? Yeah, they fuck? No, they can't find another couple. They're too ugly, bro. I saw that

our friend, everyone keeps thinking she's Carter Cruz, you know? She said a couple hit her up thinking she was Carter trying to get him to have a three-way with her up in her room. She's like, sorry, you got the wrong girl. There's been like seven girls who look like Carter and that girl you're talking about. Exactly. Yeah, because the other comedian

looks like her, too. Oh, yeah. Catherine. Yeah, because I think somebody was taking a picture with a girl you're taking with thinking it was Carter. Yeah, for sure. That was her costume yesterday. She had a t-shirt. Oh, man.

I got two more questions. When I was in rehab, the first time is when I really quit using and I wanted to be a comedian. Yeah. When I was in rehab the first time, that's when I really quit using and I wanted to be a comedian. You know how Nacho Libre, he's not a priest, but he's a brother,

like a Catholic brother. He's sworn to the church. That kind of person will never get married or he's just devoted for servitude for the Catholic Church. He can never be a priest because of his education or something. Maybe he had a wife, but he's just going to be like a messenger boy. So when a priest, like if you're a household, like you have money, if you need help, the main priest will go to your house. But if you're poor or you don't have no money, they'll send like a Brother Juan.

Yeah, yeah. Brother Jacob. So Brother, this guy, Tim, he came to our camp and he was talking to other men, you know. Our rehab was non-denomination. Live again. Every Sunday, everybody went to different churches yeah you know so he said um i want you guys to write down five things you always wanted to accomplish in life or five things you want to do in the future when you get out of here so a lot of a lot of the guys

and myself we've never been asked this question before. So we're writing down like, you know, like some of men, some of these guys were in their 50s who'd never been asked it. They were writing stuff like when they were little. I always wanted to be a clown, you know. I always wanted to be Spider-Man or I want to be this. And then she said, no, no, no, no. Don't write like

when you were an age. Just write what you want to do in the future. So people were writing down different things. So I wrote down first thing I wanted to do. I said you want to do in the future. So people were writing down different things. So I wrote down, first thing I wanted to do, I said, I want to be a comedian. Really? Yeah. And then second, I said, I just want to be sober. Third, happy.

And then fourth, I like the Godfather, man, and Goodfellas. So I stay out in Olive Garden. So I want to go to Italy. The best movie of all time in the world. Yeah, dog. And Goodfellas So I stay in Olive Garden So I want to go to Italy I like Godfather And Olive Garden Yeah dog I like the best movie And the worst restaurant I always wanted to go to

The Italy man Yeah have you ever been? No Oh you gotta go But I've been to Olive Garden Many times Yeah They got the breadsticks

The plate of Italy, right? So, so now, I wrote, I thought we were going to give it to him and we were going to read it and we all laughed. But now he said,

no, no, no, don't give it to me, just keep it. Just keep it in your wallet and whenever you find yourself with nothing to do and maybe you want

to do drugs, just look at your list. Maybe you want to do drugs, just look at your list. Maybe you want to do one of those things instead. Yeah. So we have goals and a purpose now. So when I came out of rehab, I went to the Los Angeles Public Library to look for books about comedy. Yeah.

Like comedy writing. And I walked up to the librarian The older white lady And she told me I told her about comedy And she took me to the bottom of the library There was all these sections of comedy Like Dante's comedy It was bullshit I'm not that bullshit, you know

And then now George What's his name? George Cullen All of them And John Fonte But then it finally went to comedy writing Charles Collins. Charles Cosby books. Oh, yeah. All of them. And John Fonte. But then it finally went to comedy writing. And I saw this book by Jean Perret.

Comedy writing step by step. Oh, yeah. Took it out on loan and never took it back. Did it help you with your bits? Yeah, man. It had like how to write jokes, bro. Like how to write a joke. I remember I said that. That guy used to write for the Tonight bro. Like how to write a joke. I remember it said that like if you don't... That guy used to write for the Tonight Show, the guy who wrote the book.

So I guess Johnny would tell him, I need jokes about dogs. Right. So this guy would do like he'd write dogs on the top of the page and write like four columns. And then he'd start writing on one column. He'd write all the dog names he could think about, like Chip, Boxer, Junior, whatever dog names you could think of. And on this section, he'll think about all the type of dogs he could think about, you know, like Cocker Spaniel, Doberman Pinscher, Chihuahua.

Then right here, he'll think about a situation where you put a dog to, like, dog park, dog hospital, veterinarian, blah, blah, blah. And then funny things you've heard people say to a dog,, like, dog park, dog hospital, veterinarian, blah, blah, blah. And then funny things you've heard people say to a dog, sit down, you stupid motherfucker. Right. You know, get over there. Yeah, speak.

So then with all these columns, you start putting sentences together into bits. Oh, sick. That's how you write a job, basically. Oh, yeah. Fucking awesome. Yeah, so if you do that every day, you're going to be a comedy writer. But now I can do it in my head.

Do you feel like You're a better writer On crack Versus sober Or vice versa No sober Cause I started doing Stand up sober Oh great

Yeah I was never Later on After the show I got hooked But I was never really like On crack While doing stand up Yeah

Only one time I was up for like five days And had a show What was that show like Standing ovation, bro. No way. Are you serious? You're like, no, I don't want to know

that I'm good at this on crack. Are you serious? I was out there, bro, like this, bro. Like the penguin. You know, with purple sugar in your mouth. Just. No way. You can hear the mic shaking in the PA.

I put my head in the sink, and I got all cleaned up with cold water, and I dusted myself off, and I got ready for the show, and I remember the promoter of this comedy said, hey, man, you should stop, man. You should think about what you're doing, man. There's a lot of fucking kids out there.

A lot of people are here, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I said, fuck off. Too late. You're stupid, dog. So I went up on stage. Bro, I don't know what I said, man. I was being funny, man. Like, I remember this little girl with a broken arm.

And she was sitting there with her dad. And I remember doing crowd work about real bad hard work. What happened? Your dad broke your arm, huh? You're not so childless, but he broke your arm, huh? Why you bring your daughter's arm, motherfucker? Because she didn't throw a curve? She got through a curve on her hand?

You're shaking. You wanted a son? Damn. You like girls, right? And then like everybody was dying, bro. Then what happened at the end of the show? You just didn't walk back? I walked up to him. I said, man, bro, next time you give me advice, you ask yourself, can you do get a standing

ovation with five days of no sleep? And I haven't slept since. That's wild So when you got sober And you realized Like ah Now I'm in a groove I'm learning how to I'm just becoming a master

Of myself Do you think You felt more comfortable With yourself You didn't need coke Or anything Yeah man You found love

When I started Getting sober in 09 I was like focused You know You start loving yourself again like focused, you know. You start loving yourself again? Yeah. And, you know, I don't know how it is with a band, but as a comedian, you know,

like when a comic is bitter or is sad or is talking a lot of shit, a lot of people will say, oh, fuck that guy. Right. But I'm not like that. I email and go, hey, man, I know what you're going through, man. You've been doing comedy 12 years. Right. You wake up in the morning and you see people who are making it and started with you and you say, fuck that guy.

Right. You know, I'm funny in here. Oh, yeah. You are, bro. You are funny. Yeah. You should be there. But it's going to happen.

And if you get past this tough time right now It's gonna happen Don't quit How many shows do you do a year? When I do the clubs It's like six shows A year? A weekend

So do like an hour a night An hour and a half So you do two hours Like an early and a late Three times a week Isn't it lonely being a stand-up? Like you're always by yourself. You're in the band room.

The band apartment. It's got to be lonely. We have seven guys traveling with us. Sometimes it feels like the only people you talk to are the front desk and the bus driver. Yeah, I bet. Everybody else is just here to see the show. Exactly.

They're crazy. But just the boredom, man. Yeah. see the show Yeah Exactly They're like It's crazy But think like What uh Just um The boredom man Yeah Like before the show Yeah I turned out to get in trouble Yeah

Like people tell me You should go jet ski Nah that hurt my ankle I have a show tonight Yeah exactly I don't want nobody Sitting down talking Just go to a museum

Or something Yeah And there's only so much Porn you can fucking watch Yeah Yeah man Like I watch all the porn bro Like I watch bloopers now

He finished Pornhub Really Like when you go to Pornhub Or X-Villain You put bloopers And you see like the Cut versions Of the bloopers

Is it really that Hilarious What they fall down and shit Bro Nah bro This is one I'm gonna start I'm bored with porn

This chick This girl I won't say her name Blooper She's got a fucking A rim drop Blah blah blah blah blah And he farts right I'm bored with porn. This chick, this girl, I won't say her name. Andy's waiting for porn to come out. She's giving this guy a fucking rim drop. And he farts right in her mouth, bro. Oh my God.

And she fucking runs. You fucking asshole. You fucking piece of shit. And you come to this. And you can see him like this. I don't even know. Sorry, man. Oh my God.

They had fajitas for craft service. And then she has to go back to the scene. I wonder if they have the little sign like, it has been zero days since someone got farted. That's a good one, dog. Yeah, man. So that's a good one, you know. And this is one where there's a gangbang.

And I guess his brother doesn't get a turn. They start fist fighting each other, bro. And this is what gets you hard. There's another one with this chick. She's blowing this guy. She falls. She bites him.

Oh my God. Shut the fuck up. Is that a blooper? Is this real? She's got a little bench like that blowing up and then the bench breaks and then she falls

with his penis in his mouth. He goes, ah. That's not a blooper in my house. That's Thursday. Felipe, I've been talking for hours. I'll let you go. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you for having me, man.

What's up, fool? What's up, fool? Check out my What's Up, Fool podcast. I don't know when this airs, but I'm coming to Boise, Idaho next week. Let's go. And Humphreys by the Bay, you perform there? Oh, Humphreys is great, dude. Hell yeah.

Oh, nice. That place is sick. Man. So what? Are you doing like theaters now, too, or what? I do some theaters, man. Like I'm with a new agent now. So we do like some theater Like in Arizona Or Tucson

A small town Odessa, Texas Yeah Sick God Felipe You're the GOAT dude Thank you sir

Do you have a website? Oh Felipe'sworld.com Also check out my other podcast My friend and I started History for Fools Oh yeah F-O-O-S

Also Check me out on that movie I mean in these movies I'm like Five seconds there man Like you can't If you blink You can't see me

You people Blue beetle Scale I love it Well thanks for being on the show Have fun out there And if you want to take some mushrooms Let's do it

Let's end it with a bang tonight I'd love to man We're out of there Okay we'll get you He's got them right there for you Andrew Detroit Lions baby Detroit Lions, baby! Detroit Lions, baby!

Monday Night Football tonight. Let's go watch it. Oh, yeah. They're playing tonight. All right, buddy. Thank you. Love you. Hell yeah. You tuned in to the World Cipher Podcast with Andy Fresco. Thank you for listening to this episode. Produced by Andy Fresco, Joe Angelo, and Chris Lawrence.

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