Are You Garbage? Comedy Podcast - Gary Owen!

Episode Date: February 8, 2026

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And gang, we couldn't be more excited to have our incredibly. And I mean, incredibly special guest here with us today for the first time. he is a legendary stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster, and you might have seen him in, but not limited to. Now, I got to hold this up, I don't know my contact lenses and gang. Strap in. But get ready for this. You got the Wayans Brothers.

Uh-huh. Daddy Daycare. All right, you got a little man. House of Pain. Who made the potato salad, which has been brought up multiple times on this year program as one of the funniest movies ever. Think Like a Man, Meet the Blacks, Undercover Brother 2, BET, Comic View, the Soul Train Awards.

Good Morning America. The Late Show, Rachel Ray, Steve Harvey, hip-hop squares, wild and out, the D.L. Hughley Show. Mori, the Breakfast Club. He has his own podcast, gets on the evening here every week. And his specials include...

You ready for this? He's got a goddamn worker. Broken family, black famous, doing what I do. I got my associates. I agree with myself. True story. Breaking out the park.

And he's on his tour right now. the No Hard Feelings Tour, ladies and gentlemen, the one and the only, Gary Owen. That's what really accomplished. You should. Like, man, I'm sweating after that. He hasn't read that much in 20 years.

I know, right? Buddy, we are fucking huge fans. I appreciate it. I love coming out. This is awesome. That's, you know, what's so, yeah, what's the background a little bit?

Yeah, give us the backstory of the origin story. We know it's been covered a little bit, but we want to hear it. Ohio, boy. Cincinnati? Cincinnati proper or Alts. skirts of Cincinnati. Outskirts. Well, in the beginning, it was Cincinnati proper. I always say it's depending on who my mom was dating. You're kind of moving around, right? Strike number one on the show.

Welcome to the show. And then, uh, I was 10, we moved into a trailer park outside of Cincinnati. Where were you before that? Like, what kind of a, what kind of housing? Apartments. All right. Apartment hopping. Uh, we had a little, little house at one point, but nothing big. Pretty much apartments. And then, uh, trailer park. A small town called Hamilton, Ohio, which is, right outside of Oxford, Ohio, which was if you're on the outskirts of an outskirts, that's pretty bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then, um,

joined the Navy when I was 17. I was in the Navy for six years. And then, uh, started doing stand-up when I was in the Navy. So I always knew I want to be a stand-up. I just didn't know how do you do it? What it was, yeah, exactly. So how do you, I was like, how do you do that? So you guys remember Ray Combs?

Used to host Family Feud, committed suicide. Yeah. He was like in the 90s. Oh, man. We are in it right now. Right? So, he. So he had a comedy club in Cincinnati, and it was a funny bone, but I think he owned it.

And I used to go, right, my senior high school, and then when I was in the Navy, when I would come home on leave, I'd go to this comedy club and sit outside, and I was too young to get in at first, and I'd listen to comics outside at the door. Oh, shit. So I can just imagine who was coming through there at that time.

I was talking early 90s. So I just remember I'd be raiding them, and I'd never been on stage yet. I'd be like this. Oh, that guy's terrible. Or I'd be like, oh, that guy's really good. That guy's a hat. You got to know, like, all that guy's going places.

It's like a Ray Charles story. And then, but there was a funny because there was a black door guy. I just remember he had a ball head and had a big hoop earring, almost like a black Mr. Clean. But he would always ask like, what are you doing here? I was like, I'm a stand-up. And never been on stage before. All of the confidence.

He would sit me, he got so cool with me, he'd sit me at his little high top that he'd sit in the back of the room. And he'd always like bring me Pepsi. and burgers and I didn't have any money. That's awesome. And we'd be back to rating comics. Two guys never been on stage. This guy's terrible. This guy's awful.

But you're not, you're not, that's who you want this, you know, you want the staff's validation. Of course. Because they've seen everybody. Everybody. And they've seen everybody 20 times. So it's like if you can get the waiters and the waitress staff, that's a good. I think, you know, it's an underrated part of our business.

And I think it means a lot to me personally is when the way staff comes up and thanks you at the end of the week. I've literally had a waiters. come and goes, you paid my rent. We've gotten that as well and it's very nice. It feels great. We've got a lot of boozers in our crap. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You guys do? No. I've known you guys five minutes. I know.

You serious? Let's go back to your child. Is it just you and your mom? Are you an only child? For a while. It was me and my mom. And then she got married this dude named Rodney. It's never a good name. Rodney's never. Rodney and Randy's are bad

news. Right. Look, I assume you didn't can get along with Rodney. Nah. The way you said that. Listen. Don't, if you have, those of you that don't have kids yet, don't name your son Rodney. Because as an adult, you will get this phone call. And you hear what happened to Rodney?

I grew up with Rodney. He was a good friend of mine. Shout out to Rodney Klein. He's a good kid. What's he doing that? Caught him a hot rod. He's a, uh, uh, uh, making something up is what you're doing. He's a gym and health teacher at a very, at a very good high school.

Well, that does very, very, very much. That's the only halfway successful Rodney I've ever heard of. Now, I will say this. Rodney as a stepdad is a tough look. Yeah. I'll give you that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's up, Rodney?

So, yeah, that was a bad look. From jump, from jump. I was like, ah, this guy. And how long? Were you in the trailer park from 10 to when you left for the Navy? Mm-hmm. And was Rodney in there with you? Yeah.

Did Rodney have kids? He had one daughter, but she didn't live with us. Okay. That was Michelle. Michelle was cool, though. Man, you are a mess. The show is cool. Dude, if there's anybody built for the show,

Mr. Owen. And then they had, my mom and Rodney had three kids. Okay. Really? All right. And then my dad, who I didn't really know that much, he had twins. At the same time, around the same time? No, a little bit after. I was so, my mom and dad had me in high school.

So I was so much older. They were older. Then I don't know, I'm not, than all my brother and sister. Of course. So much older. Yeah. I don't have that whole. we grew up together.

Yeah. Rough house and I don't have those stories. What's the biggest gap? I'm sorry. Between you and a sibling? 19 years. 19. So, Jesus Christ.

Yeah. When Rodney and your mom had the three kids. Yeah. Were all five of you living in that trailer? Yeah. Double wide? No, that'd be six. Three, Rodney, my mom and me.

Six of us. Okay. And then his daughter would come in every now and then. Or seven. So, yeah, break that down. Where's everybody sleep? Well, I, it was funny. You look at me like, I'm crazy.

I know. Like, this is a normal story. So I had my own room. All right. Wild. Mom and Ronnie had their room, obviously. So, the other three was in, in the other room. They were close to day.

They're bunk beds. Gotcha. And the two boys slept together. And then my sister slept on the. That's not bad. What were the vacations like growing up? Oh, there's no vacation. Not one.

Not one vacation. Hold on. One vacation with a Cocoa Beach, Florida. Okay. That's why I saw my first hooker. I'll never forget it because Rodney had an Uncle Frederick. And just my chance, Uncle Frederick woke me up and goes, hey, we went for a ride on the beach and stuff. And then I saw this guy walking in the gas station get one of them tall boy Budwisers. And I go, it's awful early for a beer. He had two of them. And he went in the car and this girl was like sitting outside the car and he handed it a beer and she was smoking a cigarette. And he looked like the happiest guy on the planet.

Fast forward, like six hours later, we're driving around Cocoa Beach. And I see that girl in the middle of the road. And I go, hey, Frederick, that's the girlfriend to get. He goes, oh, she hook it. She hookin. I go, what? I'm 10. What does that mean?

Or 11. Did you ride back to the gas station to find your husband? I go, that's the first hooker I ever saw. Coco Beach. She hooking. Was Rodney white or black? White? Okay, I did not think that.

No, Rodney's white. But he had every black bad sterell sounded black too. You got a lot of balls asking out. I wanted to know. I wanted to know. But he, Rodney had every bad black stereotype. Uh-huh. Every time you, he, every stereotype black people that get upset about, I go, that's Rodney.

That's it. No job. I'm talking in and out of jail. I get it. I know. I know the stereotypes. Oh, my God, dude. So when black people was like, too much season.

I was like, whatever, I was like, wait a minute, that's Rodney. Wait, the vacation was you guys drove to Cocoa Beach, Florida. From Cincinnati. From Cincinnati. Yeah. But you didn't pick up on that, Kevin. They drove. No air conditioning.

Talk about hell. What was the family car at that time? Do you remember? Station wagon. It was like a blue one that was like, I don't know, I'm sure it was a piece. Who drove, your mom or Rodney? They switched off and on. They switched off and on.

And you stayed at his uncles. Uncle Fredericks. Uncle Fredericks. I assume this wasn't on the beach. No, it's there. This was a bit inland. On the outskirts, as you might say, Mr. Owen. They couldn't see water for a minute.

I guess the plan was when I was like, why did we move into the trailer? I guess the plan was Ronnie paint it, right? Like not like. Yeah. No, like. We didn't think he's doing still life. You paint like things houses. No, no, you paint like signs and stuff.

Oh, really? Okay. So he was talented. Talented, yeah, yeah, yeah. Uncle Frederick was also a painter, so it clearly was a family trait. The plan was I found out later. So how do we get stuck in this trailer? Ronnie convinced my mom, because Ronnie didn't have a job,

to get the trailer and then we'll move the trailer down to Cocoa Beach. And he's going to start this sign business with Uncle Frederick. Not bad. That's all he took the vacation. Well, Uncle Frederick died. A year later after the Google Beach. So that went away. Damn.

All right. He didn't get anything from Uncle Frederick's estate. No. I got some brushes. Some paint brushes. Two gallons. A primer. He had to go down and get him.

All right. So he would paint like in the front window. Like if it's Christmas time. Yeah, yeah. That type of stuff. I love that kind of stuff. All right. Fair enough.

What did your mom do for work? I worked at a factory. She worked at a factory. What kind of factory? It was called connectors. I don't know what they connected. But it was called connectors. It looked like one of the factories from an officer and a gentleman.

Way to go, Paula. Way to go. That's what reminded me open. I would go visit her at work. Rodney walking in and carrying her out. Well, that's what they met. Rodney worked there. Really?

And they met at connectors. Wow. And then he quit because he can't handle people telling him what to do. Uh-huh. He was one of the guys that would try to fight and argue with everybody. So he quit, but he met my mom there. Okay. He's like officer to a gentleman.

That's wild. And how long did they say together? They're still together. They're still together. I did not see that coming. Good for, shout out Rodney. How are the kids doing? Okay.

We're about to get dark? Whatever. This is a dark. One brother died, heroin overdose. Sorry to hear that. Other brother was dealing and using. And he got, they found him in a parking. lot of a Myers grocery store.

He got beat up really bad by some drug do as he ripped off. So he's got like the brain of a four-year-old now. Sorry to. And then I got my sister. She's a kindergarten teacher. All right. That's it. Are they still in the trailer? No, they're in a house now.

Nice. All right. But I don't talk to any of them anymore. Anybody at all? No. Mom, Rodney, nobody. Not even the parents. No. Hey, good for you.

Yeah. It got a similar. situation good for you it got sticky in 2014 i did an article for buzzfeed busfeed dot com and they were the article was about how did a white guy become one of the top black comics in this country that was what the article was about sure one paragraph of an eight-page article that you can look up go to bus feed you can look it up is about rodney and all i said was the the guy that did the article he went back and he interviewed he interviewed my mom he interviewed like my principal old military everybody just all these people at different stages of my life

Ronnie wouldn't get on the phone he goes dude your step that won't get on the phone and I said oh he's an asshole he's an asshole he's not getting on the phone we put that in the article which I don't I didn't care and then when it came out Ronnie that's why my mom and Ronnie went left my mom especially because I kind of the family secret got let out Ronnie's an asshole but everybody knows he's not going to like this program that's what he was worried about and then a buzz how did your mom find

BuzzFeed I don't know But then I'm, that's what I'm saying. I got 20 bucks that's right. I don't have a computer to read. Yeah. So I just remember my mom texts to me saying, you know, how could you do this to us? You know, you don't know all the emails I'm getting. And, you know, the sarcasm just came out the wrong time.

So I looked at my mom. I said, mom, let's be honest. Two or three emails. It wasn't a bunch. I go, look at the article. There's literally like 16 comments. It's also like there's such. There's so much positive about you achieving stuff.

And it's like they get caught up on the wall. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's kind of like the family secret out, though. Yeah, of course, I get it. You know what I mean? What? The Rodney's the asshole? That's the family secret. That was the family, but everybody knows it.

I know. I guarantee you, when he passes away, you could, you could have had the funeral here. Nobody's showing up. Back to child. Were you a good student? Average. Average. Okay.

I take a lot of pride because I think my, I remember my graduating class. was, let's say, 250 around there. And I was 125. And I remember telling people, I am the only guy that's in the top and bottom half. The meaty part of the curve. Right in the middle. Look at it.

Not showing off, not falling behind. Yeah. As George Kiss. Average is. But I was pretty popular. I was prom king. No shit. Yeah.

Athlete? Nope. Class clown. Class clown. Most obnoxious. Okay. I was really upset, though, that I didn't get, most likely to be famous. Like, it really bothered me.

Because I used to host all talent shows. And it went to this guy named Chris Jones who was going in the Air Force Academy And I remember at graduation I said hey Chris Pilots are only famous when they wreck Oh A little bit of Rodney channel in there

Yeah A little bit of an asshole yourself Holy shit I like you Hey man you're putting your environment Whatever happened to the guy I think he's a college professor now Okay

He did well You're way more famous I don't even know that guy You said you were the prom King. Who'd you take to prom? Was it a date or would you go with friends? I wasn't going. I was going to go to Reds game. And then I got on prom court, so I kind of had to go.

Okay. So we just kind of found me a date. Huh. And here's the funny part, because all the girls were taking at my school. So everybody, I got phone calls from different girls and guys like, go over here, date her. So they found this cute girl that went to another high school. She said she would go with me. It wasn't like I I really asked. She just said, yeah, I'll go, right? So I didn't really

know her. Well, here's the funny part. We go. She was cute. I was like, oh, she's cute. I thought we were viving. I get the prom king. I'm like, you know the king? Come on.

It doesn't get better. I got the crown, the sash. I'm like, little prima nocta. I'm thinking we're making out something. You go to prom. Then after prom was at my buddy's house and we went in the basement and I'm not lying. There had to be eight couples and they're all making out holding each other.

I'm going, what's up? And she goes, why am I going? And I went, what? she left right I said well she's my brother lives whatever I'm a walk I saw walking she she goes no no no you don't need to walk me I was like huh so fast forward 17 18 years later the funny bone opens up in Cincinnati guess who my groomroom waitresses no shit the fuck out of the girl from prom and I went I she walked in I go I looked at her and I'm like she looks familiar because I only met her once really one night sure she kept looking and

And I go, did I take you to prom? And she's like, no, no. And I go, I think I did. And I go, it's cool. And then she admitted to it. She goes, I thought you think I was a bitch. And I go, no, no, we were freaking 17. I'm not tripping.

She was cool. But I was just like, I can't look and like, there's no way this is happening right now. That's why. Talk about a full circle moment. That is full circle. And she felt bad too. So, you know, she goes, did she give you any reason why she bounced or anything? I mean, it's obvious.

She wasn't attracted. I mean, I picked it on. It's obvious. I can lie. You gotta rub it in the guys. She wasn't attracted to me. Specifically, did she say what it was? She wasn't attracted to?

No, I don't know. How's wrong with you, I don't know. Sorry, I'm sorry. That's obvious. Hey, you really struck out there, Gary. Bit of a loser. No. Camp, what's talking about ORRA, ORRA, ORA.

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Strawberry farm. Dude, who are you? Yeah, that's crazy. First of all, you know, you weren't going to go to a prom. You were going to go to a Reds game. And then one prom game. Just the way you said Reds. Yeah.

You're garbage. I never think I ever, like, really met a Cincinnati Reds fan. Shout out to them. I love them. Die hard. Wow. Man. No, I, um, there was a strawberry farm.

And, um, in Ohio? This is right after my freshman year of high school. So going to solvers, I was 14, 50? Yeah. Um, but I got really good at it because, you know, the strawberry is real low. The plants are low. So what we would do, we had these trays and you could fit eight quarts on a tray. So 16 courts, right?

So I would, I got to, I would get elbow pads and knee pads because I'm crawling. I'm not getting up. And I would twist them and pick them, twist and pick them and you fill it up, take them in. So I think we got 35 cents a quart. Wow. If I'm remember correctly. I can go through, I could do 32 courts an hour. What's that?

Like $11. hour right yeah something like that what's point three five times 32 dude strawberry math right now 1120 1120 an hour damn it's not bad that's pretty good 15 year old that's great that's more than what i was making before this took off but i was i was i was good i was quick and then um it was literally it was on a farm and the the the farmer's wife they were a little older she would always come out it was like i i had this big old tree and a picnic table and all of us would go lunch and she always make these

like great like chicken salad or tuna salad sandwiches and she had the ice tea with the whole no shit. The big glass cups and the big glass graft. Like for lemons and stuff? It was like, lunch was amazing. It's like a John Steinbeck novel. Yeah. That's crazy. And then

we always got paid under the table on Fridays was payday. And the girl that paid us would give you, she'd give you your money and she'd give you a payday candy bar to go with it. She's like, it's payday. It was kind of a cool job. That's adorable. That's so cute.

Yeah. You know what I mean? I was going to start trashing you. I know. Like you couldn't find a busboy job somewhere? Yeah. Wrapes of wrath? I had so much money because I was like at that age.

Oh, yeah. Because I was, man, I was there before the sun came up because you want to get a couple hours before the sun came up. Because once the sun came up, you know, July, August. So you get a couple hours in and then lunch and then, you know, it was easier when it was dark out. Mm-hmm. Jesus. That is something else. What did you get in the SATs?

I never took it. You do ACTs? No. Never took it down. How'd you get in the military? Isn't that something they check? No. Just the ASVAP is all you take for the military.

You just have a high school diploma, right? That's it. Was that your way out? I assume? Yeah, well, my senior high school, I would say December, it was around Christmas time. My best friend is still my best friend of this day.

He had already joined the Navy. He literally woke me up on a Saturday morning, and he was like, Gary, get up, get up, get up. And I go, huh? Still there's day. I don't, how he's day. I don't, how he got in the trailer. Like, my mom or Rod had to let him in.

And like, what are you doing? He goes, he literally got me. He goes, you got to get out of here. You got to get out. I said, what are you talking about? He goes, what are you doing after high school? I go, I figured it out. I always said it was going to be a comedian, right?

You got to get out. So him and his dad drove me down to the recruiting station. And I met with the Marines, the Army, and the Navy. I don't know where the Air Force and Coast Guard was, but they wasn't in that building. So I met with all three. And the Navy guy was the most honest. And I was like, that seems the safest, too. And I told him, I said, I'm not big on outside.

Like I don't want to be outside painting a ship because I heard a horse story. You got a strawberry field that I'm all in. I know, but I want to be in the desert with guns at me. I go, what I do? We got so many jobs in air conditioning. I was like, all right. So I joined the Navy. But that's why I joined because I was like, and then I was like, all right, I thought you had to become a standup.

You had to live in California, live in L.A. I didn't know you could start whatever town you live in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I was like, who's got the most bases? I go, I think Navy is on the coast. so I can get to California. I'll be all right. So that's how I joined the Navy and the rest of the history.

So you joined the Navy? First of the station was Washington, D.C. I was in the Honor Guard. So we were like, you see the funerals and the parades? Yeah. Spinning the rifles. That's what you were doing? From Jump Street?

Yeah, because when I was in boot camp, I was going to be what they call a yeoman, which is basically a secretary, right? Mm-hmm. They said anybody over six feet tall with a 34-inch waist come down the field house. So it was 62, I was skinny. went down there and they did this whole video of what the honor guard's about and it makes you just be like every guy wanted to join so everybody signed up four of us made it only four of like a hundred guys because what we didn't know they were doing background checks on you because you're on the white house lawn you're really close to the president yeah they can have somebody freaking out so i didn't know somebody going rogue yeah right so i didn't know they were doing all this because you know we did this like the second week of boot camp boot camps eight weeks so it was

like the week before. So it was five weeks later, they said Gary, you made it. I said, made what? I forgot all about it. They go, the honor guard, do you still want to go? I was like, oh yeah. So I didn't know they went back and checked like police records. They interviewed like the

chief of police, my principal, all these people. I didn't know. They vet you, yeah. They vet you. And then I got in. And then when you get to D.C. you uh there's like maybe 60 guys I think less than 20

made it the whole two years because you do anything wrong you're out any drunk and disorderly something smart mouth a cop pulling you over you're gone so what exactly did you do like the military funerals in Arlington cemetery? Yeah that type of stuff you would do the

thing yeah those are called body bearers the body bears you carry the casket. It depends on your body type. So body bears were the bulky ones. They would do this. And then the drill team was like, like the Navy seals of, Oh, could you flip the guns around and shit?

I could, but I wasn't on the drill team. You learned the basic movements of the rifle. Tight, you know, but you don't, I'm not the whole throwing it this way. That was the drill team. That's, I didn't do that. But I did, yeah, we did the inauguration for Clinton. No shit.

the White House? Yeah, we're on the White House lawn. Yeah, I'm just saying you're probably the first guest that's been to the White House. Well, we never went in. We're on the lawn. And then they had a little shack we used to hang out. But we, so when you, what happens is when you get to D.C., you got this thing called train a platoon. You never popped in once.

They never let you in. No. With the lunch in the ice tea. It's like the funny boat. Billy, it's me, Gary. So is they're all Clinton. What was cool about it, though, was like, so when you get D.C., you got this thing called train a platoon.

Which is another two months of training to become a guardsman, right? But then when you cross, so they say you cross. So you cross, you get a jacket, and it give you a nickname. My nickname is Smiley because I was always smiling. And the back of the jacket says, U.S. Navy Presidential Honor Guard has the seal on it. So you wear that everywhere. You're trying to get girls with it. Damn, yeah.

You bet the mall just hanging out. And when you went to the White House, they always had M&Ms. put the White House with the presidential seal on it, right? We would take those M&Ms, put in our bag, and you know, you'd just sit there in the mall with your jacking the M&Ms, like, hopping on me, yeah. It's trying to me, girls.

What are you doing? That's a year. I was at Pennsylvania Avenue, right? No big deal. You know what I mean? Not a big deal. Yeah, Dick Cheney smells like Old Spice. Does he?

He does. That's awesome. Holy shit. Wait, so how long did you do that? Two years. Two years. And then where'd they send you? San Diego

Okay, not bad So two years in honor guard If you make it two years Through the honor guard You get to either This time pick your duty station Or pick your job That you qualified for

Gotcha So I was like I just wanted to make some money And I wanted to get to the West Coast And they was like I was like Master of Arms Which is a cop They just opened it up

So I was like Oh yeah I'll do that So I went to the police academy In San Antonio What? And then I got station shined out in San Diego. Wait, was it a Navy Police Academy?

Yeah, Navy Police Academy. Okay. But it's regular Police Academy. The Police Academy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you know, bases, we have base housing. We have nightclubs. We have everything except we don't get a lot of murders, obviously.

But you get domestic violence. You get DUIs. It's a little city, self-enclosed. But you know everybody. So you're not pulling over a guy you don't know. You're pulling over like, bro, what are you doing? Rodney, you again? Oh shit.

That's awesome. That's why I let everybody go because I knew everybody. Like everybody. Gary's numbers were terrible. Yeah. Larry, you got to write one ticket. I know, right? And then you did that until doing your five years were up?

Yeah, I did that for four years. And then I was out. But I started doing stand-up while I was in the Navy. So when I got stationed in San Diego, I was like, all right, I'm going to get in the phone book. I'm showing my age and start looking at comedy clubs. Uh-huh. My first day in San Diego, I would call this place called a comic castle. Okay.

said, hey, how's it going, man? You got Open Mike? The guy goes, hold on, let me check. I'm like, huh? He comes back. He goes, I can't find him. What? What are you talking about?

He goes, I can't find him. I go, wait a minute, is this a comedy club? He goes, no, this is a comic book store. He was looking for a superhero name Open Mike. That's great. He gave me the number to the comedy store, though, and said, dude, if you're trying to be a stand-up, call the Comedy Store. So, call the Comedy Store, Open Mic with Sunday nights.

Is this the La Jolla one? Yeah, La Jolla. Gotcha. We love that room. Great room. Open mic was Sunday nights and went up the first Sunday and did about as bad as you can do. Been there, Daddy, yo. Because.

Was there last night. Oh, really? Well, I did bad because I was 20. So I wasn't of age. So, you know, Open Mike, I never been to one of these. I'm going up at like one in the morning. At this point, there's 10 people in the audience, but there's still 20 comics in the back. The comics aren't heckling, but they're doing.

what comics do to disrupt you so if i would do like a setup they'd be like ha ha ha i hate that but we'll let me get through the point i'm going like this and i can hear them like every they wouldn't get let me get through a joke and i only got these five minutes i've been working out my brain i don't i can't go right or left so i just remember i had a beer in my hand and i said hey all you comics in the back i go go ahead and keep yelling out and heckling i go i'm only 20 years old i've been drinking this place all night why don't i call the cops and shut this motherfucker down. Jesus.

When I say the lights went off, the mic went off, two guys came out of nowhere, grabbed me by the back of my shirt, and literally wanged me out of the front door. I did like a front roll. I'm a cop, God damn. I remember there was a guy named Fred who he had the crutches. He won America's,

he won the $100,000 on America's Funniest Home Videos back in the day. He was the GM of the place. I just remember he has little crutches, and he stood over me, he goes, don't ever come back. And I was like, So I got up, I dusted myself off, and I went, all right, I can't come back here, but I know I can talk shit. So I took a little solace out of it.

So it took me about almost a year to get back on stage because I didn't know where else to go. So then a couple guys in the Navy, I started talking to him about it. And they was like, man, you can go here, here, but it was black guys I was hanging out with. So it was all black rooms. A lot of white comics didn't want to go there. So that's really what got me started, quote, unquote, being, and all the black shows and everything. Enter Gary Owen.

Yeah. Crazy. I love it. But that's where started. And then Wednesdays though, there was a place called El Torito. They did karaoke on Wednesday nights. So I would start going there and tell jokes instead of singing songs. That's always crazy.

It came kind of cool because the first day was a little rough. But I was ready because I already got kicked out of the comedy store. This is like probably eight months later. I'm getting the nerve to go back on stage. But I remember thinking, all right, I already know what to do now. So just power through your jokes. They're probably not going to be paying attention. You're good.

So mainly I was ready. Karaoke, the bar is in the same room as the microphone. So I was like, I fought through all the chatter. Got a couple laughs. I go, okay, I'm in the game now. And then I kept going back on Wednesdays. Did you tell them you were going to do jokes? Yeah, yeah, I told the guy.

Okay. I was going to say. What music do you want, sir? I don't need any music. No, I did straight up. But he brought me up right. It got to a point That's fun

Where months later People will get quiet Because they'd be like This is good Funny dude He's gonna tell jokes And it was kind of cool Because literally the host

Would be like All right you all right You guys I know what time it is Gary's here And then I start bringing Other comics You know what I mean It became like half karaoke

Half comedy That's crazy But here's the crazy part That guy was black Right Yeah that guy His name was Randy. Randy's every time.

So you know what time it is. Here's the cool part about that time frame. Nothing better than that. I got back into the comedy store. I went back and humbled myself and apologized. I said, man, I was getting heckled. I'm really sorry. He goes, all right.

It's big of you. He goes, come back Sunday. Same guy, Fred. He goes, I'm going to put you up for five minutes. Let's see what you got. So I went for five minutes. I got off. He goes, all right, Gary, you're good.

You know. Well, when I would do the comedy store and got to know all those comics, Bobby Lee was there, open mic and that time. When I would do the black rooms, Nick Cannon was there. So those were the two comics in my world at that time that hit. There was obviously a ton of other open mic that did. So there was a chance you could have been a Korean comic if you didn't. Korean and Nick Cannon, yeah.

Or Miramarai Carrie. Or the other. Exactly. Man, man, what a tale. That's fucking nuts. Let's talk about now. Where are you living now? Houston.

You live in Houston, Texas. That's a black-ass city, too. Kind of car do you drive? 75 cattle. Has your sugar? Not good. Yeah. Same with ours.

Okay. You live in Houston. Yeah, how long have you been in Houston? Five years. Okay. Houston proper or outskirts? Always outskirts. That's a little nicer.

The suburb. I'm sure the suburb. Oh, Sienna. A suburb, not the outskirts. There's a difference between the suburbs and the outskirts. That's the suburbs. Yeah, yeah. It's a good neighborhood.

Yeah, I figured you're doing quite well. There's no Rodney's in the neighborhood. You're doing quite well. Okay. You got a pool at the house? It's being built right now. There is not. Be ready.

Middle March. Did you build the house or bought the house? Built the house. You did. Look at you. See? This is what we're talking about. Love it.

This is what we're talking. All right. All right. So the pools are pretty big. Yeah. Nice pools are a pretty big subject. We don't have them, but. Are you doing salt water or fresh water?

I believe fresh. I'm not sure. Okay. I got to find out. Okay. In ground pool lights. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What the fuck?

I don't know. Okay. Are you doing like they call it the beach entry? Like where you can walk. No sand. No, it's not sand, but you can walk into it. You can walk into it rather than like you, you know what I mean? Not steps.

There's no stairs. It's a gradual. It's a real highfalut. Yeah. It is gradual. Yeah. Yeah. There is a drop off, though, at some point.

Yeah. Yeah. What's the, is there a hot tub connected to it? Nice. Waterfall flows over. Yeah. Nice. Gary.

A little outdoor setup. There is. Nice in place to watch the game outside. What I always wanted, and this one is good because I always want the sunken area to watch the game. Mm-hmm. But this one's got the pool and then it's got the little sunken area that's covered because Houston's hot. And you can just watch the game out there, relax.

What game are we talking? Is it? Football. Still a big Reds fan since then you reds? Well, I'm more a football I'm more a football guy now. Okay.

Bengals are my team. Of course. Understandable. That overhang, the cover that covers it. Is there a fan? There will be a fan. Yeah. What did you build the house?

Two years ago we moved in. Two years ago we moved in. Very nice. All right. And what is the car, day-to-day car? Mine's an Audi. I like the, I got the S-8. I like the Audi.

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I do July 4th and they do Christmas at the Bahamas. The Bahamas. The Bahamar. So I'm always there because nobody's working on Christmas. Nobody's working on July 4th. So we'll do the show July 3rd, the night before, and we'll do the show Christmas. Eve and I just go there twice a year. They take care of everything, the family, all the rooms.

We bring her whole family, so they give me like seven, eight rooms. So we just spend July 4th, and we spend Christmas in the Bahamas every year. Really? You do a show? One show. On July 3rd. And December 24th. That's old school working shit.

Man. That's old road comic shit. But it's a beautiful resort. Oh, wait, you do the show there? Yeah, at the resort. We're not leaving nowhere. I thought you were doing, like, that was the last show then. go to the venue.

No, no, no, no. You're doing a show there. The resort is taking care of everything and we're there. Oh, Gary. It's beautiful. Love that. And that's your spot. That's the spot.

And this is how it all came about. We were there on vacation one July 4th. And one of the guys that worked there goes, Gary Owen. I go, yeah, I started talking. He goes, man, we got a brand new, like, jazz club. We bring musicians and we haven't had comedians. Hey, I said, he goes, you should come. I said, shoot, call him a manager.

I was bullshit with him. He calls some GM over. The guy comes over. We sit down and has a cup of coffee in a coffee shop. And he goes, so do you want to go up? And I go, I mean, I can't do it for free. He goes, well, with the visas and work permits and the Bahamas, if we get complicated, he goes, so I can't pay you.

I can't really say you're here. He goes, but, you know, give me your account and I'll take care of everything. So he wiped out everything, the rooms, the food, the drink. So you're just on vacation. Do you want to go up? Like, do you want to, like, what does that mean? Like a guest spot. Huh?

Like a guest spot. But I'm in the resort. When was the hell? How long ago was this? This is last July. This is last July this happened. Yeah. So they were doing comedy there.

No. No. It was just, they had a new jazz club that opened up that has a stage and a microphone, great acoustics. Right. So he was like, you want to do it? And since then, he's had other comics. That's a crazy part. How long were you going to do?

How long did you do? It wasn't a guest spot? Oh, so like, it. Instead of having jazz tonight, we're going to have Gary Owen. And my opener is one of my best friends, so he opened up. He was with you? Yeah. We take family vacations together.

I like how. It worked out perfect. That's sick. Was it crowded? Sold out. What do you mean? It only like it. It only holds like 300.

Gary Owen. I know, but did they do that? Did they promote it right away? Just within the resort. They said Gary. He was going to be here. He's going to be here, whatever Tuesday night. Meanwhile, you're at the pool bar during the day.

During the day. Gary Owen. Get the fuck out of here. That's how it was. worked out. That is the classiest dirtbag shit I ever heard. You're on vacation. You're like, I don't want to pay for this fucking thing. Right. Wipe it up. I'll do 45.

Yeah. You're not doing shit. That's awesome. And now the whole family goes. When you got realized, you know, the resorts, I got the prize on everything. So we're eating like kings. We're drinking. They give me a cabat at the pool. Yeah. Of course they did. They just took great care of us. That's awesome. And so now every year you go back to take great care of you. When you do Christmas there.

Same deal. Well, where's the tree? You don't do a tree? In the room. You have a tree in the room. Yeah. They give me the big room. I don't think he's not on his second floor. Okay. He's doing.

He's got the Christmas tree in the resort room in the Bahamas. That's the classiest shit I ever heard. Whoa. That's man. That's not even classy trashy. That's just classy. Look at you. Good for you, Gary.

Yes. Good for you. Back to the house. What are the, you got a sub Z? You got a Viking range. What are we working? You've got stainless steel appliances. Stainly steel appliances.

Yeah, I think. Dude, I just live there. Is the refrigerator hidden? Can I, what I know it's the refrigerator? Okay. But does it have like the, what am I trying? The cabinet doors on it? Yeah, like does it match the cabinets.

Oh, no, it doesn't match. It's silver. Gotcha. It's steel. It's a big steel. Okay. Nice. Very nice.

I typically ask, you know, do you know how to tie a tie, but military, the whole, you for sure. How many suits do you own, do you think? Six. Six suits? That's good. Anything we'd want to hear about? Armani.

Anything like that? It's funny. I listen to George Clooney right when I got in this business. He goes, I've been on GQ's best dress list for 11 years. It's the same black suit. I just changed the undershirt and the top. He goes, they have no clue. I've had the same Versacee suit for probably 15 years.

You get it tailored. It doesn't. It is true. you get what you pay for. Because the fact that I still wear the same black suit. That's great. Every, any kind of black tie event, it's the same suit. And then sometimes, you know, bring the waist in, you bring the waist out.

You know, depends on what the style is at time. Tighten it up, cuff it up. But it's just like, it's the same suit. And I get other suits and I wear the black one, though. I always go back to it. I'll get like a blue one. I'll go back to the black one. Who's cutting your hair these days?

That's been an issue. Why? What the fuck? You know, you have no issues. You got a Christmas tree in the goddamn hotel room. I'm in Houston. Here's the problem with black barbers.

They take a long time and it's an event. Sure. And I just like, I just want my haircut. I don't want my haircut and the phone comes out. And they're videotaping. I'm like, dude, I'm ready to go. And then they sometimes they show up late. I'm going, oh my God.

And one guy is so good. Cuts me so right. But he's like, it's like a $135. I go, dude, what are we doing right now? So I have great, I got a great barb I know in Pittsburgh. I got a great barb of know in Cincinnati. There's different cities, but Houston, I haven't found the person yet. Gotcha.

How often are you getting your haircut? Every two, two and a half weeks. Where did you get the haircut last time? These Mexican guys in Houston. Okay. But just like a regular shop? Here's what happened. I went to New Orleans, got my haircut in New Orleans right for, right out.

after Christmas. And the guy. Well, you just into what you were in the world's working. And how do you link up with that guy? Yeah. I asked the GM of the building. I was at a theater. And I said, I got to get a haircut.

You know where I can get a haircut? And she was like, this guy's fucking awesome. She set me like two options. She goes, no, this one's the best. This one's the best. And I walked in this barbershop and it felt different. I go, oh, they take their time here. Yeah.

It had a vibe to it, right? And I like barbershops that have black people and white people in there. I said, they can do everything. Because black barbers alone don't do well with scissors. Sure. They beast with the clippers. And then sometimes white barbers don't get close enough on the sides. And I was like, oh, okay.

So I went in and the guy literally, I got done. I go, God damn, dude. You killed it. He goes, yeah, I go, type in my phone and the notes what I need to tell barbers. I never know what to tell him. The way he typed in it, he goes, you know, raise the edges round this, this. Now I'll just go I'll be like

Yeah, do that I just show them it But I got this Mexican I know we spoke English But is it bad or good No, it's good It's great Okay

You ever had a haircut in the green room? A couple times Not a lot I heard Luke go wow Yeah That's cool guy Not a lot What uh

Speaking of the green room You know What's on the rider It's funny The older you get The easier the rider gets Because I don't I don't want to have a bunch of shit

That I'll just munch on Because I don't want to just be munch on So it's just berries Those blueberries raspberries Blackberries Masa chips

I don't know Yeah Don't well Masa chips Water not in a plastic bottle Glass or can Oh what's your favorite

What's the favorite water You get your choice You're like Mountain Valley Mountain Valley Yeah It's money But the problem is They'll

Sometimes they'll fuck up And they'll get the sparkling Because it looks so similar I think I need water Yeah I'm like Guys it's wrong water So, and then I, we got in there, I'm going to order something from a nearby restaurant.

Gotcha. Because you just don't know. So I'll just, they'll send me like four restaurants. I'm like, all right. I'll choose this one. Usually I'm just getting chicken or steak and vegetables. Real simple. Sure.

And that's, oh, we do a bottle of wine and a bottle of vodka. What kind of wine? We gave them a list of like eight to choose from. Just get whatever one you can get. Are you a wine guy? No, I have a wine thing at my house. So this is, I usually take a bottle home. I put it in the point.

Ms. Pat does too. Ms. Pat does that too. It's like 100 and four. And I think I'm at like 98 and I think I've bought six of the bottles. It's literally been that many bottles over the course of. Are they nice bottles? Do you know what they are? Of course, there's Camus.

There's Joseph Phelps. Uh-huh. There's one called Dow. That's it. Duane Wade got a couple of, I supported him. I bought it. Dwayne Wade's wine support. I got Shacks.

Yeah. Jacklishes, Beanoir. There's a, um, there's a couple that I really like, but I can't think of it. I'm looking at the bottle right now.

I can't picture it. When you're out at a restaurant, will you get the, will you do the bottle of water? Like when you're eating. Depends on the city. Really? Yeah.

If I'm in like, Park City, Utah, yeah, I'm taking that tap. Okay. I'm in Philly, no offense. I'm getting the bottle. Hey. All the Pepsi.

Yeah, well, you get that spark? You're still still still you're not a sparkling guy not a sparking guy all right I respected how do you get the steak cooked medium rare plus okay not bad gentlemen not gentlemen hmm this I mean I don't know if you guys like me or not oh you're not fucking love you I want to boozy no no boozy no it's this this is this is the this is the you started a you started a ride Rodney and a goddamn trailer park. You're allowed to ask for the mountain valley water.

Yeah, what are you crazy? Who you flying with you, Delta Man? It used to be, but now I live in Houston, that's United's Hub. Okay. So it's United most of the time because you can get everywhere direct. Everywhere direct. I flew to Dubai direct. Jesus.

The hell are you doing over there? Oh, I went to a wedding. Free vacation. You went to a wedding? You went to a wedding in Dubai? Yeah. Terrence Jay, he was in entertainment. He was in Think Like a Man with me.

The Two Think Like a Man Mo? Okay. So I always wanted to go to Dubai and this just gave me a reason. And he, it wasn't like, oh, yeah, that guy. I didn't know him by his name. Yeah. It didn't hit me like, it was like a month. It was like eight months in advance.

We got the wedding invitation. I go, oh, let's go to Dubai. That's fun. I get that. You know what I mean? And it was a great trip. You flying up front? Yeah.

Once you go up front, you can't go to the back. Can't go back. Take your shoes off on a plane? Not a lot. Put the seat back? Depends. I see who's behind me. I'm very cautious because I don't like it when somebody just goes,

you know? They get aggressive. So I'll look and if somebody's asleep, I'll slowly. I still go slow. I'll do it and I'll do in increments. I'll be like, yeah. Does he say anything? I hate it when they just immediately.

The next time this gets brought up, everybody says they keep it so black and white, they keep it so, should you put the seat back or not? No, I never put the seat back. Yes, I put the seat back. That's what it's there for. That's the right answer. Yeah. You look to see who's behind you.

You gauge it a little bit. Maybe you give them a... So listen, if you got a mom and she's got a baby, I'm not pushing a seat back. You know, give them all the room they can handle. Sure. You know what I mean? God damn gentlemen.

Now, here's my pet peeve with flying. I like the window, right? It never fails. I always get the person right here that leaves their window up and the sun is hitting you. I'm like, just put your shit. Shade down, bro. You can't watch the TV or your laptop because it's got a glare.

And it's just, it's always, it comes in hot. That would be me because I know I drive people crazy with that. He's a window open guy. I'm, I'm not just a window open guy. When I'm watching my movie, when I got, you know, fucking, uh, kept me if you can going. I close my window.

But I like to see. If we're flying over somewhere cool and it's today, I'm going to, I'm going to yank that up. You know, I'm fine. I'm fine with the takeoff. I'm fine with the landing. I get it. But the whole flight, I'd be like, Dude, if you're humming at 40,000 feet, you can close that.

I'll give you that. What are we doing? Will you bring food on the plane? Not like meals, but I'll bring like snacks. You know, protein bars or something. Before, you know, when you first started doing well, it didn't even necessarily have to be that well, right? Maybe first big check or something where you went, oh shit, this is, you know,

we leveled up a little bit this weekend or whatever. Was there a dumb purchase where you look back on? Would you do with the money, Gary? shouldn't have bought that. Well, my ex-wife spent all of it. You know what I mean? I'd say the first thing I bought, two things I bought when I came into a little bit of money early on my career. And what was that money from?

The first one was BET's Comic View. Because I got a movie and I got BT's comedy Rough about it. I got the Hose album BET and I got this movie of Jamie Fox. Boom, boom. So I went from no money to, oh, I got a little bit of money. About seven figures or anything like that. 100 grand? The BET didn't pay me that.

And the movie didn't pay me that, but combined it came over 100, right? And I got them at the same time, right? But you got the checks at the same time. Yeah, they were coming in around the same time, right? You didn't get them all at once. It's a good month or whatever. Yeah, it's a great couple months, right? But I just remember I went and bought a Rolex.

And it wasn't an expensive one, but I was like, all right, about a nice little watch, right? So then it wasn't like $140,000. No, yeah, yeah. It was nice. And this is 20-some years ago. But I remember I got a TV deal with Quincy Jones. And I can say the money now because it's so long ago. So it was, he gave me a $150,000 holding deal.

Nice. That's a 90s. Awesome. This is like 992,000. That's awesome. Prime holding deal era. So that's your money. They were holding everybody.

Holden deals was they give you money. You can't do any TV for the whole year. So you can't go out on auditions or nothing. They have you. To put you in to try to either make something around you or put you in one of the things they already have in development. So how Quincy saw me was kind of random. I did the Montreal Comedy Festival.

This and they were giving out huge deals back then, right? I'm on the new faces. So I'm on the first show of the entire festival. Everybody's there. Every TV exec, every producer, everybody, Quincy's there. I only know Quincy's there. We drew numbers out of a hat.

I drew one. Fuck. First comment. Tough spot. First show at the box. It's cold. Domarera was the host. Shout out, Tom.

He goes up. They're not really laughing at him. And they're so old and super white. Like literally blue hair. I saw blue hair. I'm not just saying that. I was like, I'm going to switch my setup for this crowd. I'm switched my complete five minutes set.

And my age at the time is like, don't, don't, don't. We got all these people here. But the networks are here. They're primed to hear your point of vision. view, but don't switch it up, right? I go, I don't think they're going to get it with this crowd. I listened to my agent, did my five minutes, ate shit. It was awful.

I didn't get a chuckle. I got off stage. I went out the back door. I walked like two miles back to my hotel. And my ex-wife was just my girlfriend at the time. They were like, oh, you know, like NBC wants to meet him. And I remember she was told him, oh, he's not coming out. I locked myself in my room for two days.

before I went up again. So this is like Wednesday, I didn't go up again until Friday. And I went, because I'm thinking, I'm gonna walk around and all the comments like, that's the guy the bomb, that's the guy the bomb. That's what I'm thinking in my head.

So I'm not leaving the room. I watched so much CFL football in two days. I knew everybody in the Montraultz. Shut up to the Argonaut. Toronto Argonaut. I knew all of them, right? I go, oh, that's Jean-Pierre. Yeah, he's from Calgary.

Hell of a middle lineback. So I go back up Friday. This is the first time I've seen comedians or anybody in two days. The other seven comics were all complaining about the audience. I didn't realize everybody bombed. All eight comics ate it. And they were like, dude, that audience, man.

And I go, what? It wasn't just me. They go, dude, they ain't left for nobody. They didn't left for Dom, nothing. I was like, ah, go up. Live to fight another day. Been watching a highlight for two days. Yeah, right?

Did a different five minutes a second night, right? Because I had got enough local stuff at that point. Then Guy Tori missed his flight for the urban show, which was Saturday. They said, Gary, can you stay an extra day? Guy Tore you can't make it. I was like, yeah. Stayed, did the urban shows.

Now, the early urban show was promoted as kind of cleaner. The late urban show was the dirty urban show, right? So basically, I did 20 minutes total in Montreal, but I did four sets that were different, four or five minutes sets that was different. That's how I got my deal. Because when I left there,

a week later they said, Quincy Jones wants to meet with you. I said, what? Get the fuck out of here. Now, I don't know he's been to all the shows. So he saw all the new face. He was looking for new talent. So, of course, he went through the new faces. Then he went to the urban show.

So he saw all four of my sets by just circumstances. I go to his house. I meet with them. Quincy Jones. Get the fuck out of here. So we're at his house, and he tells me how he decided he wanted to give me a deal. He goes, look, I went to so many shows in five days. He goes, you were the only guy.

I feel it sounds. off I feel so cocky saying this. He goes, you were the only guy I saw that switched it up and you kept getting better every set. He goes, I saw you didn't do well the first night. I saw you came back two days later. He goes, oh, he did a different five minutes. Oh, okay. Then I saw you do the urban show.

You did the clean stuff. He goes, then I saw you do the dirty urban show. He goes, you and you're white. And you played to the white people and the black people. That's how I got to deal with Quincy. Jesus Christ. So he gives me this deal for 100, if you're not. $150,000 and literally goes like this

and TV deals don't work like this he goes hey what's the deal again and they go this is like after meeting them for months right they go it's $150,000 he goes somebody comes down brings out a checkbook he wrote the check and hand it to me and my manager goes oh this never happens

yeah are you all these meetings are in his house at his house he doesn't go anywhere you meet in his house in his office in none just his whatever this room was it had all the Grammys no shit there's a wall of Grammys and then there was a big page Andrew him and Michael Jackson.

I've seen that house on the, on the documentary he did on Netflix. That was the second house. That wasn't the house we met it. Okay. He was built in that house. It's next door. No shit.

So this is how Ballard Quincy was. Too, man. So the street he lived on when we were meeting, there was five houses on the street. One was his house. One, Chris Tucker. One, Girls Gone Wild, the guy.

Because that was big. And the other one was the, one of his baby mom, Natasha Kinski. Okay. So he moved her across street. So he still regulates. He's his daughter. He lives here. And then he built, was built his house at the very end of the street. And that was the big house from the documentary.

It's Quincy Jones's block right there. Yeah. Crazy. That's awesome. Man. It was so cool. The TV show, we obviously didn't get picked up everything. But it was just cool. Like, I literally spent like six months and probably was at his house.

twice a week. That's wild. That's sick. Wild. And the stories he told, I'm not going to share all of them. Sure. But they're true. He's not exaggerating.

He's not lying like Frank Sinatra and Orson Wells and Michael Jackson. And, you know, I asked every question you would want to ask about Michael Jackson. He answered them all. But I'll keep that between Benz and Quincy. It was dope, though. God damn. Hmm. Have you ever saved the Crown Royal Bag?

I'm sure I have. Yeah, everybody has. I'll see a wild crown royal bag story. Early in my career, I met this girl after one of my shows. She came. No, not stripper. I met her a sports bar. Okay.

She came back to my room. I'm saying because that's what they put them in. She came back to my room. I just remember she pulled out a crown royal bag out of her purse. I thought there was crown royal. I was a little pistol. And I went, why do you have a gun? I'm like, I'm naive to the business at this point.

She goes, oh, you know, you don't know who comes at you. She might have been a tripper. Whoa. Why do you have a gun in a criminal? Crown Royal bag. Excuse me, miss. Is that loaded? Dude, I went from the cool white guy that picked her up at the bar like, yeah,

girls, yeah, like, why do you have a gun in your bag? God damn. I mean, I got a couple more quite, you know. What was the first concert you went to? Good one. As a kid, I didn't go to any concert. So as an adult, a summer jam in D.C. And that was like SWV, Key Sweat,

Jade, Silk, Shy, Rob Bass. H-Town. Do do da-da-do. Yeah, that was a great concert. I just remember I freaked out that concert. Not freaked out, but the first time I saw, like, a lot of celebs because you were in D.C.

That was the shit. And I saw, I remember I saw Alonzo Morning and Patrick Gowing walk in. Whoa. You know, it's Georgetown. And then I saw Riddick Bo. This was back when Riddick Bo was finding Vander Vanderhield. And I was like, oh shit, Redick Bo!

There's Vendezer Foh. And I didn't see Van der Bo. There's Rennik Bade of Vitton. There's Alonzo. Morning. And I've gotten cool with Alonzo and Patrick Sins. I always telling the story. I go, dude, I saw you.

You're friends of Patrick Ewing? I'm not saying friends. We're cool. See each other out. Because you do the charity events and stuff. I don't know, no. I have his number or nothing. I didn't say friends.

He recognized me. That's an end when you can go talk to him. For sure, for sure. How old were you when you got your passport? I'm assuming when you joined the Navy. Yeah, Navy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 18.

You keep it pretty tight as far as the food goes, right? You eat pretty clean? Yeah. He pretty good. Do you still eat fast food? No. Never. I can't realize how I had fast food.

No shit. Look at you. Gary on, keep it tight. That's how he does it. Huh. That camera likes on my fast food. I'm trying to think. Do you snack on anything?

Do you have an indulgence? Not real. You know, it's probably a cheat. You know, the mustard chips we talked about, right? Sure. So I like making nachos with the mustard chips. Not bad. That's classy.

Very classy. You know what I'm making your own nachos. Natchez is easier. You just throw cheese. I know. But I say basic nachos. You throw cheese on them, put in the oven for like five minutes. The oven.

The oven. The oven. The oven. The oven. The oven. It's all melted. The oven. No, no.

The oven, man, gets the chips crispy. The cheese is crispy. Put a little sour cream on there, a little ground beef. Okay. Huh. You have a glass of wine at the house sometimes? Not a lot. Once in a while.

I'm more of a social drinker. Like, of other people around. Because I always tell my garage that I get horny when I drink. So I don't want to just be drinking by myself. You know what I mean? Like, oh, what do I do with this? So then what are all the bottles of wine for at the house? Just to collect.

Yeah. It's right when you walk in. It's just there. Wait, it's not down in this basement or anything? No, it's right. When you walk in the front door, it's just like a display. That's horrible for the wine. Yeah, but it's temperature controlled.

What? You have a little room? It's in a glass thing. You've got to open the doors to get the way. They're not just sitting on the open. All right. That Airbnb we were that. Yeah, they had that.

In L.A. had that same thing. Huh. Have you ever seen any of your parents fight anybody? Rodney. I figured. Did he win or lose? You got to fight my real dead at my wedding. No.

My first wedding. Yeah. I mean. Gary. Yeah. Sucker punched him at the wedding, bro. The wine cellar at the front of the house. What are you doing?

Patrick Ewing. Now you're bringing this up. God. He's his trash. Yeah, Ronnie sucker punched my real dad at the wedding. What? Where was the wedding at? Oakland.

Why? That's what my ex-wife is from. There's some ghetto church too, bro. Here's a funny part. The wedding, let's say 300 people were there. It was 250 white black people, 50 white people, and two white guys got to fight? That's crazy, yeah. Damn.

So. What was the beef? Ronnie said my dad looked at him funny. And I said, I went, I went, what? Looked at you funny. He was, nah, Gary. It went a normal face. He looked at me like, I fucked your white before you.

I went around with Gary's growing up, and I'm still at the money. Ha, ha, ha. I was like, that's a hell of a face. Yeah. I got to see that face, bro. complex face. Was it just one sucker punch and that was it? It got broken up immediately.

Okay. Ronnie went in, sucker punched him. Luckily, somebody saw him, so they kind of caught it. So it kind of grazed his chin, really hit his chest. And then it got broken up. Yeah, yeah. Ronnie got escorted out. He was trying to talk shit, but he realized there's too many black guys here.

I should probably leave. Sure. Because now that black people was like, well, fuck, you fucked up a wedding. The wedding got fucked up, yeah. So. Okay. Yeah. I saw Ronnie get a lot of fights growing

And that's the problem When having a stepdad That isn't cool but can fight Because you'll tell You'll go to school And be like Man, fuck you stood there They go man

He beat his ass, man I said I can't I can't He can fight He swings first They never show that story In the movies Yeah

The Stead there That can actually Fucking throw hands You know what I mean? I saw him One hit or quitter A couple people I was like

No shit Just Bing I mean, he can fight. A guy named Rodney works in a factory, lives in a trailer park, I gotta get through hands. He can go, he can go. He can go. He can go to his hands, man.

What are you doing? He's soft. What are you do? I will fuck you up. It's like whiplash, too. I got to do a mural in the morning. He can't fuck up the money makers. Speaking of weddings, let's say you go to a wedding now, friend of yours, you know what I mean?

Family member or something. You're a guest? What are you, what's that, what's going to be in that envelope? What's that check going to be? Is it going to be check? Is it going to be cash and how much? Depends on who the person is. Sure.

What you have done for us in our life. Okay. Can you give us a range? If I can call you, when the shit hits the van, if I can call you, I just need you to be there. Yeah, you're going to get a decent gift. You know what I mean? You've been there for me?

I don't know you. Nah. What are we, what's some, okay, let's go. 20 hours? 20? No, you're joking. You're doing 20? You're kidding.

100? 100? 100? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. 20 bucks at a wedding, Gary? I don't know. You crazy?

I feel like his wife probably does handle it. I know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so let's say it's somebody tight. We're talking... Depends on who it is, man. Five figures? Five figures?

No, four, sorry. You're my guy. I'm girl, you know. You're that close to me. Five figures. is nuts. I miscount it. Whoa, that was a decibel point.

Yeah, he's not great with numbers. Nine figures, really? Count in the sense. Will you dance at a wedding? Yeah, it's been the liquor and everything. Okay. I got a question for you. Will you dance at a black wedding?

Because it's got to be a little more. That's easier. Really? I'd be way. No expectations. Yeah, the expectations. All they can do is hit one move. Oh, shit.

Okay. Yeah, there you. Hey, listen. No matter what you do in life, whether you're playing basketball. You're telling jokes. You're at a wedding dancing. If there's nothing like black people hyping you up. I know.

There's nothing like it. Oh, shit. Play basketball hit a three. Okay, I see you Larry. Yeah. I see you Larry. Like, what? You're Larry.

Of course he's mad. Football, anything, man. You got the black guys hyping you up. It feels good. That's great. It really does hit different. Honestly, you're walking down the street, right? You got walking down the street.

Of course. White guy goes, are you garbage? I love your fucking podcast, guys. Thanks, man, thanks. Black guy, are you garbage? I fucks with you. You're gonna be like this. Yeah.

Dap up. You're literally like I guess. It's going to get something like this. Man, I feel good. We need more. We need more shit back here. I mean, listen. Is he garbage, though?

That's the question. I would say now? No. No. Classy gentleman. Hey, you know. Operator. He still walks in both worlds.

Of course. You know. He lives in Houston. The wedding almost killed it, didn't it? That was close. That was close. I mean, you're classy shit now. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You came from a, you know, not fantastic upbringing. You're from garbage. Yes. You're garbage. He's all trying. What are you talking about? That guy's driving. He's doing shows for free vacations for him and his old squad.

But it's a classy resort, though. It's a classy resort. Nice resort. So now, so is the deal now? Is there a little grease on top of it or is it just just for the vacation? Can't get paid. Taxes. All right.

You got to do work permits and stuff? I'll probably get in trouble now with this podcast. Probably just went away. We can snip it. No. The only reason I would do it is because it's doing it on a day that you never work. Yeah, of course. Nobody works for Christmas.

Do a show, relax. Family goes. And it's a nice little family tradition we're starting. You like to have a drink in the pool? I will. A cocktail. My Thai. Pina colada.

I like Bloody Marys at the pool. You do. Do you like bloody marries. More beach or more pool guy? Pool. All day. I like the salt water better. I like the ocean water better.

But the sand gets everywhere. I just want to stick by the pool. Listen, I respect it. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Gary Owen. Am I garbage or not? I mean, listen. You picked strawberries and you grew up in a trailer park yeah yeah i can be like recycle you was a prom king you've made you didn't hook up with

your date you don't make us do it gary man yeah you're trash you're trash buddy good the great kind of you redeemed yourself but you're dirt you're a dirt bag god damn gentlemen these days we love it buddy congratulations all your success we are huge fans we love you to death thank you so much for coming in and sit with us gang if you if you haven't seen gary go to gary owen dot live check out his tour dates one of the absolute best Kippie, what do you got for? Guys, we're on tour right now, back on the block tour. Shows are selling out. Get your tickets now. We can't add

them in all the cities because of the routing, so good. If you snooze, you lose, we love you. Gary, is there anything you wanted to mention? Nope. Fumbled at the goal line, big man. Gary, we love you. We'll see you next week.