Artie Lange's Podcast Channel - 20 - KEVIN BRENNAN

Episode Date: January 20, 2020

Artie Lange and Mike Bocchetti interview stand-up comic Kevin Brennan!  Presented by TheComicsGym.com  Thanks to MyBookie.ag - If you're going to wager this weekend go to bit.ly/MYB-Artie and use code Artie to get a 50% signup bonus. Thanks to Blue Chew. Go to BlueChew.com and get your first shipment FREE (just pay $5 shipping) when you use the promo code ARTIE”.  Thanks to Tommy John Underwear.  Visit www.TommyJohn.com/Artie for 20% off your next order of the most comfortable underwear ever!

All right. Save it, Mike. Save it. Save it for the... We're back on the air. Audio lags halfway. I actually just heard Mike bantering with our guest, the great Kevin Brennan. Amazing. What's up,

Kev? What an honor. Who canceled? Oh, no. We must have canceled. Yeah, but nobody canceled. Tommy Coy texted me 15 minutes ago. Oh, did he really? Maybe someone did cancel. I like your chic new look. You look like a bad villain in the B movies in the 80s. Like one of those high school chick flick

films. Yeah, right. Do you know Mike well? Pretty well. Yeah. New early 90s. I love him. He was a good friend of me from day one. Well, is that true? That's what he says.

That's what he says, but I don't even remember. Do you remember being a good friend to Mike? No. You remember being a good friend to anybody? No. No, I did a show called The Freak Show, right? Yeah, she brought me to Queens with Jay London. I did a show called The Freak Show. And that Yeah, she brought me to Queens with Jay London. I did a show called The Freak Show.

And that's the show that you thought about Mike for? Yeah. He wasn't the top freak, but he was one of the freaks. How long ago was that? 93. In the 90s. And then Comedy Central made like a pilot or like a mini pilot or something? Yeah, yeah.

They were. That must have been like the one of the first. Isn't that when they first started, 93? No, they were like a little. They didn't have, yeah. They were, that must have been like the one of the, isn't that when they first started, 93? No, they were like a little, they didn't have anything yet. Uh-huh. 95% of it. They didn't have anything,

anything that was popping yet. But yeah, that's so they, I try to do a show. The show was like, they were, I would let, a freak show,

I would let like freaks perform and then I would interview them. Yeah. It was like the Tonight Show. Right. But it was like, it was actually like a good idea. It was like a,

But like what other kind of freaks besides Bojetti? Oh, he's some real psycho. Just like a cross was like, it was actually like a good idea. It was like. But like what other kind of freaks besides Bojetti? Oh, he's some real psycho. Just like a cross-dresser, cross-dresser and stuff like that. But no, but it was kind of like the, it was like American Idol, but loser. Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? He had Freddie Elfman, but loser.

American loser? He had Freddie Elfman, but from Howard Stern. No, I didn't. Did I? Yeah. Is that true? I don't remember. But he wasn't on Howard Stern, was he?

Yeah, back in the early 90s. Of course he was. Then I didn't have him. I don't remember anybody from Howard Stern. He was there. Oh, he was? Yes. Oh, he was on the show or he was just with you?

He was sitting next to me. I didn't know him at the time. Did he perform? I think he might have. Cat was stealing from the Stern show? No, he had a call called. One guy, my favorite guy was Bingo Gazingo. Yes, an old guy.

He was really awesome. He was like 80. What did he do? He would just go up and like, do you remember, not the, what's that fucking guy? He used to be on Brother Theodore. You remember Brother Theodore? Yeah, I used to love him. He was on Letterman all the time.

Yeah, he was like a Brother Theodore type where he would just rant. He would go on and rant. I saw Brother Theodore had a one-man show like that on some theater on 13th Street that was so fucking hilarious. Yeah, he was great on Letterman. He would go on and rant. I saw Brother Theater had a one-man show like that on some theater on 13th Street that was so fucking hilarious. Yeah, he was great on Letterman. He would just insult Letterman. Letterman would say something to him.

Is that a Bandlon shirt? He would go, Ha ha ha! Brilliant! That's fucking great. He would just banter with him. Anybody that shit on Letterman was fucking classic.

Even Pee Wee Herman would shit on him. It was fucking great. He would shit back. It was actually great. Well, and then he would shit back. It was like actually a mean show. No, it was great before they tried to fix it and bring it to 1130.

No, but this guy was always calling me, Bingo Gazingo. He would always call me and be like, hey, what's going on with the pilot? I'm like, no wonder he's anxious. He's 80.

He's going to fucking die any second. What's going on with the pilot? And how'd you let him down? No, I don't know what I said. Dude, it was just a pilot? Or it got on the air? No, they made it, then we edited it.

I think that was the end of it. It was in 93, no, 95. When did you start doing stand-up? I don't even know. Please, we can't go there. Who are you, Barbara Walters? Yeah, I'm curious. I passed at the Improv in 1988.

In Hell's Kitchen? Yeah. Yeah, okay. All right, there you go, 88. And I'm only good now. I really only think I got good now, for real. I'm not just saying that. I like my act now better than ever because I feel like it has more personality.

Before, I was just doing jokes. I remember you being really funny in the early days. Yeah, I don't remember that. I remember I had periods where I was like, I would do well, but I never felt like I was like, I never felt that good. I feel better now because I got more shit to talk about. Plus, I'm more like a dick, you know, on stage.

More like a dick, absolutely. No, but before I was like hiding it. Because you try to get on TV a lot and just be like, you know, do your jokes and then hope that fucking Conan will put you on, you know? What was your jokes and then hope that fucking Conan will put you on. What was your first TV spot? You did Conan? Conan, yeah.

Did you do a lot of that? Yeah. Conan was nerve-wracking. All those shows were nerve-wracking. Yeah, I did a few. You walk out. No, but you did panel usually, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's easy to do panel because of the joke bombs. They just make fun of you. Yeah, no. They get – I did stand up on The Tonight Show once with Fallon, but the panel is... Especially with someone like... Conan. Because this audience loves them so much.

Yeah, plus Conan wants you to bomb because then he can make fun of you more. So you think the goal is to bomb? No, but it's like when Norm would bomb on Conan. Those were the best shows. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Because when you do an inappropriate joke or whatever. Can I say the N-word here?

Get ahead of myself. I thought Conan was cool. I seen him coming out of St. Patrick's. I thought Conan was cool. I seen him coming out of St. Patrick's one day. He's cool. I'm saying he is cool. He's talking about his talk show.

Not just seeing him on the street. I thought you meant just seeing him on the street. I thought you meant on Thanksgiving Day Par Parade he was one of the floats. He wants you to bomb when you come up to him on the street. One time I was on Conan one time, and I had a last joke. I want to get to the last joke. The second to last joke, they were like a delayed applause.

So I was like, I was, so they finally all applauded. Right. And I was running out of time. Cause they were holding up a one minute. So I go, I go,

thank you. Like, thank you for fucking making up your mind. Well, so, so everybody stops. The, the,

the, the cue card guy drops his cards. Everyone starts walking towards me. And I'm like, so Conan comes over He goes I go I'm not done He goes no you're done So that's funny though

But they cut that out So that's all on the air And then I come back And Conan goes They left all that in? No they took it out But then when I come back Then they came back

And I tell him Conan goes He goes well I go am I going to do the last joke now? On the chair? He goes We'll see So he comes back And then he goes we'll see so he

come he he comes back and then he goes okay really mean or is your mind you know cuz I'm like so he goes he goes uh so he comes back from commercial he goes you know sometimes we got mixed up here and Kevin didn't do his last joke okay so then he goes can't see you to come back so then he goes Kevin do the joke and I was like, what? Like, luckily, I thought of it, because you can't just get into a joke. Yeah, but you remember the joke. I don't know, but I got it out or whatever. What was the joke?

I don't even know. But I remember it was a callback. You remember the fucking joke. No, it was a callback, too. So I was like, what the fuck? Oh, then it's impossible. So then afterwards, I'm in the dressing room, and Max comes by, and he goes, hey. The drummer. Yeah. Max Weinberg. Max Weinberg. He goes, I go, yeah, I really in the dressing room, and Max comes by, and he goes, hey. The drummer.

Yeah. Max Weinberg. Max Weinberg. He goes, I go, yeah, I really fucked it up, right? Max goes, we love it when things go wrong. That must be for the band, absolutely. Yeah, so then Conan comes by a couple minutes later, and I go, sorry, Conan, I really fucked it up.

I said, Max says you guys love it when things are wrong. He goes, yeah, but don't listen to Max. He goes, we don't get our comedy tips from Max. I said, Max says you guys love it when things are right. He goes, yeah, don't listen to Max. He goes, we don't get our comedy tips from Max. I was like, but they do. They don't mind

if you fuck it up. I was on a sketch on Conan. He was the funniest guy in Springsteen's band, but out of the... I was on a sketch on Conan. I played the letter O as a football fan.

What'd you say? I was on a sketch on Conan. I played the letter O during the football... Well, that makes sense. Were you always big, Mike? No, I'm not insulting you are you, Barbara Walters?

No, but you're O. I mean, is that an insult? No, it was fun because I played a great football fan. I played the letter O. In what word? Spelled the word Conan out, his name. Oh, that's right. I remember that.

I remember that. Were you with no shirt on? Yeah, it was letter O. Like, paste. Who was C? Oh, they painted you. Who was C? I don't remember. Do you guys hang out when you're not doing the show?

All the time. That's how we get the rapport going. Imagine if you guys hung out. You guys are roomies. I fear that more than anything since I started working with Mike on a bit. Because eventually when Mike's mother dies, someone's going to have to take care of him. I just feel it's going to be me. Does everyone still live at your house? Yeah, yeah.

It's a fabulous 50-ish. What's going to happen when she passes? Well, that's what I mean. And again, I met the woman, an extraordinary woman. How's she doing? How old is she? 81. She has four sons over the age of 55.

That's not a reality show. That's mind-boggling that no one's put some cameras in your house. I don't want them in the house. That's a great idea. It'll not a reality show. That's mind boggling that no one's put some cameras in your house. I don't want them in the house. That's a great idea. It'll be a smash hit. Now, why wouldn't you let that happen? Your mother wouldn't let that happen. I think she would love it.

She would love to drop the criminal activity. No, no, they would love it because they'd love to be on camera. What else is there to do in Staten Island? They'd love to commit crime. They'd love to be on camera. You can't get anywhere. It takes an hour to get anywhere. No, it is.

In the morning. The fact that that's a part of New York City get anywhere. No, it is. In the morning. The fact that that's a part of New York City is astonishing. No, it's a fucking joke. Has anyone looked into how that even happened? No, it's so close to New Jersey, it's fucking ridiculous. Yeah, the Verrazano Bridge is, you know. That's the biggest moneymaker for Staten Island, right? That's your biggest export is the bridge?

My mom loves being on Camry. Yeah, 20 bucks I think it is now. But I'm saying, Kevin has a good point. Maybe you should do a reality show. Have you tried to sell it? Like a freak show. I haven't thought about it. You don't want to do it to your mom, right?

No, no, no. People would love it. She'd love it. I'm talking about her. No, fuck her. Anyway. I don't mean it like that. I mean that she's going to die anyway.

You guys need money. Does any of your brothers, are they do anything? Sean's being retired? No. I thought he was going to say retarded. No. Well, that's right. They're retired.

He's retarded. My brother's retired. I'm retarded. No, no. Do your brothers, do they have a pension and stuff like that? I mean, why do they live at home? But they're all, for real, retired? Yeah. But they're cops and garbage men and stuff? No, no, but do your brothers, do they have a pension and stuff like that? I mean, why do they live at home? But they're all, for real, retired? Yeah.

But they're cops and garbage men and stuff? No, no, they wish they would get that foreign life. One was a cook in a diner, but how do you get a retirement plan from that? Like, I mean, you know. He worked in various, I don't get into this stuff. So he's really retired. It sounds like a criminal activity. No, it's not a criminal activity.

No, he's seriously retired? At what age? Go give the rundown. Who exactly is living at home, for example? They get mad at me when I talk about it. No, it's not a criminal act. No, it's not a criminal act. No, he's seriously retired? At what age? How did he go? Give the rundown. Who exactly is living at home for Kevin? They get mad at me when I talk about it. Don't worry about it. I'll handle this.

I'll handle your brother. Kevin will make two phone calls. You handle my brothers, I'll handle yours. All right. I'm not going to play with Neil, who buried me with people. No, don't worry about it. You're not doing that good. There's really not that much damage to do to you.

But wait, so how old are your brothers? Are they older than you? No, they're real young. Young people. Young people. Young people. Young people. Young people. Young that much damage to do to you. But wait, so how old are your brothers? Are they older than you?

No, they're real young. Young 50s. And they're retired? I don't get it. They're in their mid-50s. I don't know. They get mad when I think about them. Well, Mike's 58.

They're in their mid-50s. But I'm saying the thing is they all still live in the home you grew up in. No, not the home we grew up in. We grew up in another house. But you all lived together. Yeah, it's fun, actually. I like it. And with one of your sisters and her boyfriend, her husband. No, her husband passed away. Oh, okay. But a dog, too.

This show gets better and better. You got a five-pound chihuahua. So your sister lives there. And a five-pound chihuahua. There you go. Wait, your sister lives there? Yeah, upstairs. Yeah. No, I think it would be, again, you got to be respectful. I'll sell it. I'll sell it.

Get out there, Kev. Neil can sell it. Kev got mad at us. Get him out of the phone. Get him out of the phone. Kev was listening to the show the other day, and he got mad at us for saying that Neil co-created the Chappelle show. No, you said created.

Okay. If you say co-created, I'll give you that. But no, the other night we did a gig together and you were saying that. He didn't create the Chappelle show. Right. But isn't that what you're saying? Is he co-creator though? Huh?

He's a co-creator? Yeah, that's what they do. One guy creates it. The other guy writes the stuff down. They say they did it together. First of all, Mike, Mike, you're, you're, you're. I was going to say something bad. First of all, Mike, why would he create one show like that and not create more?

Why would, why would he stop? Like the guy who did, the guy who does fucking. Oh, you're right, like Norman Lear. Yeah, Norman Lear, good example, Mike. Even, even Mike came up with a good one. How about the guy fucking Chuck, Chuck Lorre. Chuck Lorre. Yeah, the guy has like nine shows under his belt.

Two and a half, big thing. Yeah, yeah. He has like, why, why would Neil stop at one if he's a fucking genius? I would think, why would he not just bless us? He keeps creating more shows. Shut up, Mike. Why would he not bless us with more shows? Like, it makes no sense, right?

We're talking about 15 years. You think maybe five years you'd be like, ah, I had a nice run. Maybe I'll do another. Let me do another. Even Larry David. He's like, you know what? I got tons of money. Let me make another show. At least the Sherry's

a movie. Do something. Now he's fucking directing Michelle Wolfe. It's like directing a comedy special? What do you do? You stand over there and then look over there and then do that joke everybody likes. Are you fucking kidding me, Mike? Mike, can I finish?

I took the one train here, so don't fuck with me. One train sucks. Go ahead, finish. No, that's the point. It's like he directs commercials, and it's like not hard. Create another fucking great show. We'd love to see it. I would watch it.

I'd see it with my children. Can I ask you what happened? It is annoying because my son, he likes basketball. Right. So he likes Alan for some reason. Because I guess he sees clips of Allen with Kobe Bryant and basketball players. So he's like, and my wife kind of tipped off that. He likes Allen?

No, he likes Allen because she has basketball players on her show. Okay. She's a lesbian. Yeah, I know that. I got that news. My son is always like, I guess my wife said, oh, yeah, Kevin's brother knows. You mean his uncle? Yeah.

The kid's uncle? Can I ask you what happened with you and your brother? Nothing happened. He doesn't live here. I know, but there's insane vitriol that comes out of your mouth. No, what happened was, it's very simple. What happened was, I was in L.A. 2011, 2014. How much older are you than him?

12 or 13 years. Oh, okay. So you weren't close growing up. No, no. It's not like we were sharing a bunk. I'm the third of 10, and he's the 10th of 10. Wow. It's like I'm like his dad.

Right, okay. I'm more like his dad than his brother You seem very fatherly So, I mean, but it's really when you speak about No, so he's Neil's a cunt Listen, you want to hear a story? I know Neil, he seems like an alright guy to me I lived in LA 2011, 2014 My son was born in 2012

Right In LA, I lived like probably 3.9 miles because i i drove at one time yeah how far i was yeah i live three point i live my house is 3.9 miles away from his house he never came over to see my son now and my son's like my favorite guy in the whole fucking world more than i like that is a little weird for an uncle but was there something that preceded that no nothing nothing i didn't i like i think we had like a... He never acknowledged that you had a son? No, and then we... And still hasn't.

And then we went to a basketball. He took me to a basketball. He actually took... I remember, I don't know exactly when it was, but he took me to a basketball game at the Clippers game because he got tickets. He's friends with Blake Griffin. So we went to the game, and then my wife was pregnant at the time, so it wasn't even that far past that. So we never came the game and then my wife was pregnant at the time

so it wasn't even that far past that. So we never came over and people were like and my mom was like well did you invite him? I'm like I don't have to fuck imagine

I mean it's like that's what's wrong with the Irish. The Irish are like the Italian even if your Italian brother has a kid

you go over. Even if it's bad blood. But I'm saying it's like even if you're going to murder the guy because you're in the mafia you're still going to go over when they, you do. Even if it's bad blood. But I'm saying it's like... Even if you're going to murder the guy because you're in the mafia, you're still going to go over when they have a baby.

But I grew up with a lot of Irish kids from big Irish families. It doesn't seem like there was that much, like, you know... I mean, I know a lot of Irish guys who would go over and see the kid. Who wouldn't? You would.

Yeah, you just go over because you're fucking... I mean, I don't think that's an Irish thing. Because it's a very white thing to do. Anyway, so... So then when I moved back here, I was on Opie and Jim. It sounds like you never even knew them. It sounds like you never, like, I mean, you're making it sound like, you know, you don't have any relationship.

No, but I just, when you have a kid, you're not like, oh, you're not inviting people over. They come over to help out. It's a big thing in life. To say hi or whatever. Send flowers. So I was on Opie and Jim the first time I was people over. They come over to help out. It's a big thing in life. To say hi or whatever. Send flowers. So I was on Opie and Jim the first time I was ever on. And then I was just shitting on everybody from LA. I was shitting on Neil.

And Neil was doing stand-up. And then they showed a clip of Neil doing stand-up where he's wearing a purple T-shirt. I was like, what is this, a Robin Thicke look? Like, what the fuck is this? And then Twitter went kind of crazy because I'd never been on the show so they were like is he for real?

Is he really shitting on his brother? So then I texted Neil I go I go you know I threw you under the bus a little bit you know trying to sell some tickets at Stress Factory. So he went crazy.

He was mad. And he's always been a fucking baby. He's the youngest of ten. He's the biggest I remember he sent me a script one time. He sent mad. And he's always been a fucking baby. He's the youngest of 10. He's the biggest. I remember he sent me a script one time. He sent me a script. Jesus Christ. He wanted my opinion.

I gave him, like, a constructive criticism. And, like, genuine. I wasn't even know about his movie script. Oh, okay. He sent it to me. I read it. I go, why don't you change this? It was about an athlete or whatever.

So I said, why don't you change it to this? It makes more sense. And he goes, fuck you. I should have never said. I'm like, fuck you. It sounds like there's a lot of... No, he's a fucking baby. Your youngest of 10 is always a gigantic fucking cunt baby. I almost said the N word. I don't know about the youngest of 10.

No, Gaffigan's a fucking... He's like the youngest of 8. He's a fucking baby. His wife is like, he's a fucking baby. Jim Gaffigan? Yeah, his wife is like... Gaffigan's like the youngest of eight. His wife is like the oldest of nine. So he basically married his fucking mom. And so it works out perfectly.

He's having a good career. I don't give a fuck about Gaffigan. I'll fucking, I'll say it to his face. I don't give a fuck. What happened with Gaffigan? Nothing. I'm just not afraid. I don't give a, no, I love him.

I love him, but I just don't give a fuck. I don't give a fuck if it gets back to him. Don't take his name out. Put it in extra. Well, listen, we're not going to take it out of him unless you want us to. I'm just saying. That's what I started doing. I just started saying whatever and then people are like, oh my god, he fucking says whatever.

You are the most honest guy about comics. I just don't give a fuck anymore. Comics are babies. They're all fucking babies. You say one thing, they fucking Gary Goldman, get Chris Red babies they're all fucking babies they really are they're just you say one thing they fucking Gary Goldman Chris Redd

they all fucking confront me I'm like I said Chris Redd there's a lot of podcasting going on people say shit

and like just no one says anything they say oh so and so and then they won't say the name I'll say the fucking name I don't give a fuck and then they come up to me

like what are they gonna do like comics they don't even fight. What are they going to do? Chris Redd knocked a cup of tea out of my hand. Chris Redd knocked a cup of tea out of my hand. Did I spit that out properly? What did he do?

He confronted me. He threw me up against the wall at the Village Underground bathroom. He's a big guy. Yeah, well, he's a Jew. Anyway. You know they can't fight. You get afraid of Jews. No, they can't fight. So did you fight them? No, they can hurt you in show business, but they can't fight. Yeah, that's he's a Jew. Anyway. You know, they can't fight. You get afraid of Jews. No, they can't fight.

So did you fight them? No, they can hurt you in show business, but they can't fight. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You better be careful. Well, keep it along with this theme. You know, you've had your issues with me as well. Yeah, but we have. I never have had an issue with it at all.

I find it funny. Kev used to have a burning Bridges show, and he would burn the bridge to me a lot. But he never could because I love Kevin. I like that he's funny I was a little can I read some of your tweets about me? I have them right here oh no

this is gonna be brutal you started it I don't know what the fuck I said I don't know what the fuck I even said on Good Friday he started talking shit I'm with my kids in Hoboken I never meant to say anything about your kids. No, you didn't say anything, but you

brought them. Anyway, I was with my kids. It's Good Friday. My fucking cunt wife, I mean, my lovable wife, my lovely wife. She's a lovely lady. She's a big fan of Artie's and yours. That is weird. Yeah, I know that. But anyway, so she was working. Good Friday, another fucking day off for the

kids because they go to public school And Artie Artie says something about me And then his fans All pile on They're attacking me I'm like What the fuck did I do?

How do I control What the fans say? Yeah well that's what What do I want to say? I just fought back a little bit Okay so I guess maybe in retaliation Lenny got mad at me

When his friends Got cunty with him Who? Lenny got mad at me When his friends Got cunty with him Lenny Lenny Marcus? Yeah me when his friends got cunty with him. Who? Lenny got mad at me when his friends got cunty with him. Lenny who? Lenny. Lenny Marcus?

Yeah, yeah. Maybe you should say Lenny Marcus. I thought we thought Lenny Bruce or Lenny Dykstra. There's 52 Lenny's. In New York. Hey, remember Lenny? Lenny Marcus is a funny comedian. Is he?

Well, yeah. He's got a show with him, too. Yeah. I thought he was an okay guy until I started doing a show with him. So me and Kevin worked together at Compound Media, which is another Bridgy Burn show. Not together. But we worked on the same network. We're the same network.

We're the same network. When I was on Anthony Comey's show for a while. And here are some Kevin's tweets about the fact that I was on the show. Are they taken out of context? Well, I don't know. He could take these out of context. John Belushi had the good sense to die at 33. Artie Lange is what happens when you don't.

I wrote that? Yeah, I guess you did. That's not bad. Artie. I don't even understand this one. Wait a minute. Artie is a hero because he's famous. All other junkies are what?

Pieces of shit. Oh, okay. Wait a minute. Let me read that again. I fucked it up. Artie is a hero because he's famous. All other junkies are pieces of shit. I'm basically saying you know what I'm saying.

I know what you're saying. Okay. Keith and Opie. Keith said Opie was coming to Compound Media when I started in 2017, but they ended up hiring Artie Lang and Bill Schultz. Opie is not a junkie, so he probably won't be working there. They hired. Turns out they hired Bill Schultz.

You know why Bill Schultz comes? Bill Schultz looks like Mick Jagger, like in the satanic days. Yeah. You know what happened to Bill Schultz looks like Mick Jagger in the satanic days. Yeah, you know what happened to Bill Schultz? What? He got fired at Red Eye, at Fox News, for doing coke and not going to rehab. They said, go to rehab or else get fired. He goes, I'd rather get fired than do coke. I would have made the same decision.

Yeah, absolutely. That guy from the Dolphins just said, I'd rather smoke weed. That's a no-brainer. That one guy from the Dolphins who's been making $2 million a year is a running back for the Dolphins.

I'm going to keep smoking weed. Yeah, how about the guy who was doing the coach who was doing blow-off his fucking memory I mean, it's fucking football and sport. How come you can't do cocaine

and play football? Yeah, that's a very good point. How come you can't do cocaine and be on Red Eye? Right. You're not fixing brakes in a plane. How come I can't do coke and be in red-eye? You're not fixing breaks in a plane. How come I can't do coke and be in show business?

And be on the Howard Stern show? It's supposed to be inappropriate. You're not operating on a fucking operating table. I'm not done yet. I like your point, though. That's a good point. I'm not doing this fucking surgery. I don't know about red-eye.

It was a political show, right? Yeah, but it was at 3 in the morning. It was all late in the morning late at 3 a.m. God forbid you do something immoral in the political world. But in sports, yeah, I could see. The guy should do fucking coke. How come Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden couldn't do coke and play baseball? It makes no fucking sense.

Dwight Gooden couldn't. Well, yeah, it ruined him, actually. Yeah, because he was a great pitcher. Some guys were better on him. Yeah, oil cam boy. Howard went soft after Artie. I said that to me still. But who can blame him? He got tired of working with junkies.

Compound Media is smart enough to hire Aaron Berg comedy, yet dumb enough to hire Artie Lang and Bill Schultz amazing. That's the whole tweet? That was disappointing. It must have been attached to something. Wait a minute.

Now I'm starting to feel bad. Don't worry about it. Okay. You have a good point here. This one is an excellent point. I might be late for Burning Bridges with Kevin Brennan today, but it's okay because Brian McCarthy and Chad Zuma can cover for me. Also, Artie Lang

was a month late one time and he wasn't fired. That's true. They were a month late. They kept the seat warm. They did. They were tolerant. It was like Epic Man not showing up for a month. That was like, you talk about a drug problem.

My fucking schedule was four days a week from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Yeah. And I couldn't keep up with it. Well, the best part was when they had your

announcement party, you were the only one who was late. Keith didn't think that was going to be a problem. I'm like, come on, Keith. Oh, wait.

Well, I thought that would be cool if the one guy who's late is the guy. I guess. It was actually a bit I was late. Oh, I didn't know that. It wasn't a bit.

I wish it was. It sounds good now. No, I know. Looking back. It all looks good looking back. John Belushi had the good sense to die at 33. I don't know what happens when you don't. Ladies and gentlemen.

We'll go right to commercial. I have in my right hand Tonight's top ten Kevin Reinhardt tweets That's when you go to commercial Right after you read the final Right Mike? We're just goofing No I see

You know what I like As a comedian Who You know I'm telling you right now I would listen to your podcast When you would shit on me And I

Again I don't I do get the baby thing with comics I understand what you're saying. Well, it's good. I appreciate you took it well. No, I took it well. It was fucking hilarious. Plus, you were detained most of the time, so you couldn't even get out of here. I didn't understand

how to get the show even when I was free. I don't know. This show right now, I'm currently on a show I don't know how to watch. There's like fucking four year olds getting it no but the way I just

I just made my show different because I would name names look name names the Aussie well first of all you were on Anthony's show

with me and Anthony once talking about Jimmy Fallon in a way like this is a comic talking about the fucking host of The Tonight Show holy living Christ

I admire the balls I admire how funny it is first of all cause look this is where I give you balls. I admire how funny it is, first of all. Because, look, this is where I give you credit. You're not just saying it. You are funny when you say it. You're not just being some dick. You're being funny.

Well, I appreciate that. And when I would listen to you shit on me, people on Twitter would try to go, aren't you, man? I'm like, this is the funniest podcast I've ever heard in my fucking life. It really was. I'm like, you and that Chad Zuma guy. Chad, who I like. And the chat would try to chime in. Well, I don't know. I thought like, you and that Chad Zuma guy, Chad who I like, and then Chad would try to chime in.

Well, I don't know. I thought Artie does it all right sometimes. Shut up, you hack. Like, you just call him a hack? Oh, yeah, because I would say, I think I said, you know,

he goes, Artie, I think Chad was like, Artie killed last night. You were mad, didn't you? I go, I go, killed, Chad?

I go, I go, like, Mike Vecchione killed? Mike Vecchione is a funny comedian. No, he's great, but I just. But out of nowhere, you just fucking shit on Mike Vecchione, or was I. No, he's great. But out of nowhere you just fucking shit on Mike Vecchione?

No, I said no. I was complimenting him. Oh, okay. I was saying like Mike Vecchione killed. He killed for like 20 minutes killed. Chad goes, you know, I've seen him kill. I go, get the fuck out. I would just dismiss people if I didn't agree with them. He disagreed with you, so you got married.

But your relationship with Chad is not unlike, I'm sure you and him hang out like me and Mike do. You have a Chad? A Chad? I like Chad, but he would try to say something

like, no, hack. Like this is... Oh, Brendan had a roast, Chad. Oh, yeah, that was funny. Oh, I'm sorry I missed that one. Why was I incarcerated for that one? I want to fire my lawyer for that. I couldn't get out

for the Brendan roast. It was good, though. It was funny. See, why wouldn't Neil come to that? That would be fantastic. You got a new fan now. Would want to fire my lawyer for that. I couldn't get out for the Brennan roast. It was good, though. It was funny. See, why wouldn't Neil come to that? That would be fantastic. You got a new fan now. Would you go to a roast for Neil? Yeah, yeah.

I'd just let that around. Yeah, right forever. You got a new fan now that Brennan loves him too. Rips. Oh, Barry Rips. Barry Rips, yeah. He was at the gig we did the other night. Oh, yeah.

Me and Kev did a benefit the other night for the PBS. He shows up, yeah. That was something else. Barry Rips shows up everywhere. He said you told him to show up Oh, he's an idiot Now he asked me, could he get on Then I said, I'll look into it Then I said I can get on

I said don't tweet it Because I didn't want to go back to Tommy He tweeted it, then tagged me and you And I didn't want to get back to Tommy Because then Tommy might be like Oh, we can't put him on the show, so I was kind of sneaking him in. I know Tommy doesn't care, but I mean, I'm saying

Tommy's our manager. Are you working with Tommy? I hope so. Is that a big announcement? You're late for the announcement. I thought it would be a good bit if I showed up late for my own announcement for it. That would have been fantastic. Why did I really think of that? Ribs rocked the house in Brendan's Roast. He did. He turned it into Andrew Dutch Clay. What was he. Why did I really think of that? Ribs rocked the house in Brendan's Roast.

He did. He turned into Andrew Dice Clay. What was he saying? Can you remember any of that? Everybody's like Andrew Dice Clay. He was funny.

He was on Trial, right? No, but so, yeah, so I just told him, I said, don't tweet that you're going to be at the show. Just show up. So then he tweets it again.

I go, are you fucking stupid? He goes, the guy, the promoter told me. I'm like, don't listen to the promoter. Listen to me. I'm the one getting you on the fucking show. You could hear people clicking off. I go, are you fucking stupid? He goes, the guy, the promoter told me to... I'm like, don't listen to the promoter. Listen to me. I'm the one getting you on the fucking show. You can hear people clicking off. I hate when people... Because we're having a 20-minute Barry Ribs. No, I'm just saying.

I did a gig one time. I told this guy at Governor's. I go, do 15 minutes. Then he goes, 10. I go, why'd you do 10? He goes, I thought I saw the light. I go, I brought you here, you dumb fuck. Don't worry about the club. This is one club. Now you're, it's just, right, Mike?

Yeah. Just take orders. It's etiquette. Yeah, take orders. If the headliner tells you to do 15, do 15. Don't worry about the fucking light, because you're not going to work at the club again anyway, governors. How annoyed do you get by middles on the road? They can be a little... No, the worst is when they're good and they're young and the crowd likes them.

The worst is when a guy opening for you on the fucking road, like a middle of the club, kills with local references. There is nothing. I was fucking in Minneapolis once at this place and this fucking kid, this chubby kid gets up and the walls were moving. People were laughing so hard because he's doing stuff. You ever go out to Lake Winnetouba and you buy bait? He goes, a specific lake.

He goes, you ever go to Lake Winnetouba on the ice and people go, ahhh! And they go, you ever buy bait from Elaine's Baitfish? Like, you know, specific. And Elaine's daughter. And then he goes, Elaine's daughter, Beth, works the counter. She's got a hair lip. They knew who the woman was who worked a specific counter at a bait shop.

And I'm trying to think of Vikings names. Like, local. That is, and if they don't listen to us. Carl Eller. How about that Alan Page? And Chuck Foreman still playing? Hey, Brent Tarkin, then he could really scramble. Talk about Lake Waddamantoba.

And he had a super Lake Watomantoba ice fishing. I don't know. Some guy said when he... What the fuck was his name? I worked with him one time. But he said he did that one time when he had the local guy who was crushing. Yeah.

The guy would have clothes with a crushing bit and the crowd would go nuts. And then he'd bring up the headline. He goes, you know what? I'd like to see more of that feature so let's bring them back up for an encore but if you just give up the like of two hours thank you no I taught I tell you to complain to me because I used to talk to a tell a lot on the phone you know and then uh he would always complain I used to to do

you need to tell to do you have a tell shit? Well, I don't talk to him. Why? He's crazy. Why don't you talk to him? He's insane. Him and Jessica, are they still going to have a baby? They're still going to adopt a baby? That was their thing.

They were going to adopt a baby, and then I was like, do you guys have to fuck in front of the judge to show that you're gay? No, it's like, right, Mike? You look like you're upset. No, they're going to pretend they were gay so they could adopt a baby, so they could raise a family, because Rosemarie said no, right? So he wouldn't let them adopt him. Plus, he's got a good apartment.

Is that true? So you don't talk to Dave? No, I talk to Dave. I see him, but he's crazy. You can't have a fucking conversation with him. Well, I've had conversations with him. No, I mean, you can at a deli, but then he's going to go have a cigarette. But you smoke, too, right?

I do smoke, yeah. It's a perfect time to talk. Yeah, you guys walk outside and smoke. But is there anybody you'd call a friend, like a friend that you confide in in comedy? Or, like, you know. Correale? Who do you talk to? Correale?

No, I don't. He moved to Buffalo. I had a falling out with Correale. Oh, no. Who haven't you had a falling out with? Mike, have we had a falling out? You've tried with me. I won't let it happen.

Correale Brewer? What about Jim? Brewer? No. He's got no trouble. Brewer. People that are close to Correale. I like Jim.

I like Brewer. Brewer's a good egg. He's a good egg. There you go. I was going to say. There you go. I was going to say, Atel used to always complain about his opening acts. I go, who's your opening act?

He goes, Big Jay. I go, well, why don't you just get somebody else? He goes, I think you should be able to follow anybody. I go, not if you bring the guy. Bring somebody. Bring like a black lady with a limp. Oh, sure, because he was too good. No, he was too good, and he was similar to Atel.

Like, a lot of times when you bring a guy after a while, he starts to do your act. He's influenced by you because you're great and then he sees you. Gaffigan said he would bring a guy and he'd start doing the side voice. You know the lady side voice?

I'm a fucking high school dropout, longshoreman from North Jersey. When I was opening for Norm, I started talking like him. Yeah, you can't help it. How the fuck am I talking like a Canadian farm boy right now? Yeah, so if your father will tell you, you're going to start talking like a teller. And as great as Big J is,

he's still influenced, but it tells like so dumb. I'm like, just switch to get somebody else, you know? You don't have to fucking use the same guy. So these are the conversations we'll go? And that's why you were frustrated with him? No, because he would always talk about... It sounds like you were

jumping down his throat. No, he would always talk about dumb shit and then I'd have to be like, oh, Dave, come on. He's an idiot. He's like Michael Jackson. He's a savant on stage.

Off stage, he's a fucking moron. I don't think that's true at all. He's an idiot. He's an idiot. Get him in here. Ladies and gentlemen,

Dave Attell. I don't think that's true at all. No, he idiot. He's an idiot. Get him in here. Ladies and gentlemen, Dave Attell. I don't think that's true at all. No, he's my best friend in comedy, but he's a fucking... He is? He was. He was. I thought it was Jim Gaffigan. No. Attell used to bring me up. If he emceeded a club, he goes, this is my best... When we first started,

he goes, Kevin Brennan, my best friend in comedy. I go, why you gotta fucking qualify? Why can't you just say my best friend? He's trying to be nice. Just say your best friend. You have to say best friend in comedy I like why you gotta fucking qualify why can't you just see my best friend so he's trying to be nice yeah I said just say your best friend you have to say best friend in comedy

like the crowd gives a shit like is he his best friend for real or just in comedy but fuck what the crowd thinks you don't want to tell so that probably just means best friend to him

I don't know but I'm like just don't fucking what do you think he's got a couple of the nicks he hangs out with or something you know how he is

I mean you don't see that side of a tell. I do see that side of him. But he's a good friend to you, though, right? Yeah, sure. Dave is... He's been... He helped save my life. Yeah.

I love the guy. Who do you like more, Russ or Dave? I like them both equally. I might have a baby with both of them. You should be someone's mom. That's what my mom says about her kids. What do you want? That's a Sophie's choice for me right now.

It's not you guys. My favorite is Natalie. Natalie. There you go. I love that. Yeah. I brought him to fucking Cincinnati for me to open for me one time. And I told them, they said, we were coming on different flights.

So they said, what does Natalie look like? I said, he looks like Milhouse from The Simpsons. Without the glasses. So they picked him up, and then later that night, the guy who picked him up, who's the manager of the club, told Natterman the story. He goes, Kevin said he looks like Milhouse from The Simpsons, and Natterman goes, they did come right for me.

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Blue Chew is the better, cheaper, faster choice and we thank them for sponsoring the podcast. So when you travel, how often do you do the road now? No, I don't. I go through spurts where I sell tickets. When I did an HBO half hour, I sold some tickets and then it fucking

dries up, right Mike? Did part of you ever think like, look, Neil's my brother. Let me give him a call. Let me try to work it out. No, but we did do stuff. We did do stuff. Yeah, no, but like. Now?

It almost makes me a little sad. No. It does. I never even think about it. I never even think about it. Clearly you think about it all the time. No, I just knew you would bring it up. No, you brought it up.

Actually, it was fucked up because. You mentioned his name. Right outside this fucking studio, I put my, there was like a bus stop and I put my bag down because I wanted to see what Tommy said

was the address and I put my bag down and right against the wall is a fucking mural of Michelle Wolfe's fucking Netflix thing. And you directed that? He probably had

something to do with it because he smelled her fucking taint, if you know what I'm saying. He was a star fucker of the highest order. And now you've got to give him points for that. He is amazing at it.

He should teach a fucking class in star fuckery. You could not teach that class. No, I'm not good. I'm socially awkward. I mean, I'd hang out with Mike after 15 minutes. Mike would be like, yeah, I'm going to head home, Kevin. I mean, he would fucking shoot me down. Yeah, but Artie thinks that I like star fuckers like hanging out

at Lago in LA and that kind of guy would turn it out there. No, he's talking about a different thing. But you think... Neil's just great at it. He was kind of groomed to do it because he used to, when I used to work at the improv, he would come up, he was like 15, 16 years old and he would just, he kind of just knew nothing else.

Now, but did you ever like try to put your arm, throw your arm the kid and say listen let me try to help you out or we owe you who knew yeah you probably know i got him the fucking job at fucking boston comedy which led to all everything he only got he only was friends with chappelle because he worked at boston comedy where did it go wrong with you and him like how did how when when we were like when did it become this we were never tight so then it was like you know what i mean it this? We were never tight. So then it was like, you know what I mean? It's like we were never tight. So I'm like the brothers that I was closer in age with, I'm still friendly with. Any other brothers in comedy or did they do a brother?

How many, what's boys and girls? What's the breakdown? Big boys, four girls. And no one else is in showbiz? Just Neil? My brother, my brother, no, here's a Neil story. My brother, Danny. Here's a Neil story.

Do you know Danny? No. Mike? Danny Brennan? Yeah, you know him? I know Danny? No. Mike? Danny Brennan? Yeah, you know him? I actually know a few Danny Brennans that are not related to him. Where'd you go? He used to work in Philadelphia.

He used to work in a... Danny used to work at the comic strip. People know him because he used to play cars. He was hanging out at Eddie Brill's house and whatever. Anyway, Danny auditioned for something on the show. How old is he? He's a two-year... Him and Neal grew up. They're nine and ten in the order. How old is he? He's a two year, him and Neil grew up,

they're nine and ten in the order, so they grew up together. All right. Neil, Danny auditioned for something in the Chappelle show and they didn't give it to Danny,

but what Neil did as a favor, Neil sent Danny the clip of the guy who got his audition date to be helpful and Danny wanted to fucking kill him, because Danny's bigger than Neil. But who isn't? Mother Teresa's

bigger than Neil. So fucking, so Danny wants to fucking kill Neil, and then my mom gets involved. I call my mom, I go, yeah, that's kind of fucked up. And she's like, well, you know, he was trying to be helpful. I go, you're a star fucking cunt too, you fucking cunt. I hope she doesn't watch this show.

I don't think she's a big fan. Wouldn't it be great if your mother was like the biggest Artie Lang fan? Artie Lang of all time. That's horrible. Shouldn't have been the tape who got it? Huh? Shouldn't have been the tape who booked it? Yeah, because he wanted to show the guy like why he got it because he was better.

He thought it would be like an instructional video for Danny. Do you think it was a hostile thing or like he really thought it was? No, but he thought he was doing him a favor. Danny was like, why are you fucking rubbing it in? You don't hire your own brother? That is an odd thing. You don't hire your own brother and you fucking, and then you send me the reel of the guy who got it? Does your mother get involved with these feuds a lot?

No, if she gets dragged in. Like, what if your mother did hear this podcast? Would she be all freaked out that you're talking about? I mean, you're both her babies. She knows she's a cunt. Anyway, is that what you think she'd be upset about? Mike, relax. It's not your mom. That's right. We didn't get to her yet. Now, she's a cunt. Anyway. Who do you think she was? Mike, relax. It's not your mom.

That's right. We didn't get to her yet. Now, what about your dad? Passed. Now, what was your relationship like with him? You know, whatever. He was, you know,

whatever. My relationship was probably better with my mom. It sounds great. It was probably better with my mom. I like my mom, but, you know. What did your old man

do for a living? He was a lawyer. Oh, wow. No, but he... Did you grow up with money? My dad died with money, but we didn't have money growing up because they were very cheap. Because they had 10 kids. They had to be fucking frugal.

I was going to say, that's a lot of work. But here's another thing. When we were growing up, the older kids, if we wanted to go to college, we had to stay in the city we were at. Did you grow up in Philly proper? No, in the suburbs. But if we wanted to go to school, we had to go to school in Philadelphia. We had to live at home. And the later kids,

they paid Neil to go to fucking NYU film school. And I confronted my parents. I go, what the fuck? I go, what the fuck? I go, no, because I wanted reparations. The bitterness is like insane. I'm like, you're paying him to go to New York and go to NYU fucking film school with those Jews?

So he goes, so my dad goes, my dad goes, my dad goes, they let me pay with my American Express card. I got points. I go, fuck you. Your dad said that to you? Yeah. So I made them, yeah, I got 25,000 points. His name's Joey. So I said, well, he's a lawyer. So he's influenced by them. So I made them, yeah, he's got 25,000 points. So I said, well, he's a lawyer, so he's influenced by them.

So I made them give me money. I go, give me two grand. Wow. Yeah, because I was fucking furious. Emotional blackmail. No, because it's like. It sounds insanely toxic. No, the way.

Like it's the most dysfunctional thing ever. The way they treat the older kids versus the way they treat the younger kids. Because they have more money and now they're like a normal family. Before you're like in the military. What's your relationship like with Danny, Brandon? Tight, tight. He's outside. He came here right over.

I was going to say. He lives in Chicago. I'm friendly with him. I told you. I had an argument about ribs about you. I knew you from Philly. You are from Chicago. No, I was never from Philly.

I was not from Philly. I didn't come here from Philly. I came here from Chicago. Oh, I was never from Philly. I was not from Philly. I didn't come here from Philly. I came here from Chicago. Oh, okay. You went to college in Chicago? I went to school in Philly. My parents are from Chicago. Where'd you go?

So when I graduated high school, they moved back to Chicago. I stayed in Philadelphia. Then I went to Chicago, started stand-up, and then I came back here. Where'd you go to college? St. Joe's. St. Joe's University. I was so long ago. It was a college back then. Joe's. St. Joe's University. I was so long ago. It was a college back then.

For real. They changed the university when they got the Final Four. Harvard College. And then Neil went to NYU. NYU. To be film school. It sounds like if I may be Sigmund Freud for a second,

it sounds like the older brother and the baby got more opportunities than you. No, through me, through me. There's no way I got him the job working at Boston Comedy because he dropped out of film school. And then I got him the job. Jason Steinberg. And then he meets Dave Chappelle. Jason Steinberg and Barry Katz ran the club.

And then Neil started hanging around. And then there's no way he meets Chappelle unless that happens. Right. So you're angry about that. No, I'm just saying that there's no way he gets Chappelle unless that happens. Right. So you're angry about that. No, I'm just saying. There's no way he gets the job as just a NYU kid. He got the job because he was my brother. Right.

And then he met Chappelle because Chappelle just got to New York. So Chappelle didn't know anybody. He sees his kids the same age. They were the same age. They were both 18. Chappelle, like nobody even knew what to do with Chappelle when he got here because he was so good. Yeah. He was one of those guys that was like brilliant from 18 years old, which is very odd for Stan.

Yeah, his 10-minute set, his 15-minute set was great at 18. Oh, yeah. So, and then I remember he asked, all the other comics were jealous of him or like, and they didn't, and he was so young. So, nobody was his age. So, we'd hang out with Neil and then just by default, Neil was like, hey, so nobody was his age. We'd hang out with Neil, and then just by default, Neil was like, hey, that's funny, Dave. I've seen him in writing sessions. After season two

of the Chappelle show, when things blew up, I was breaking up with my girlfriend at the time, so I was staying at Neil's. I was mostly staying with my new girlfriend, which turned out to be my wife, but I was leaving my stuff at Neil's house. What details?

So I would come home, and him and Chappelle would be working on stuff. I mean, it was basically Chappelle talking, and Neil would go, that's funny, Dave. I'm not even kidding. It sounds like I'm doing a bit, but it sounds like...

You give him no credit at all. No, he would go, that's funny, Dave. Right. I mean, Dave would do most of the talking. It's called Chappelle's show. I mean, Dave would do most of the talking. It's called Chappelle's show. I mean, I know, but so you're making him creator. Well, I didn't make him anything.

You and Gino did. That is the fucking, Gino Biscotti. That is the. Where's the camera? That's the going. That's the going. That's the going rumor. No, I know.

That's what people think. Is his credit created by, co-created by? Yeah. Okay, so? No, I know. So how am I a fucking asshole? Why not? I'm just looking at the fucking show.

No, people send me clips. Not the credits. People send me clips just to get me furious. Is that true? No, people go like, Artie and Gina were talking about your show. I go, send me the clip. You have one thing you said before you were sure.

It's so easy to send a clip. And then I see him in a gig backstage before we go on. He's like, eh, fucking, you know. Yeah, but you sure, right? That co-created. That whole rant he just did backstage. Like this fucking 23-year-old shit comic. I get it all off my chest.

I don't carry it around. It's good that you do that. I don't care. I used to carry it around. Dude, if you don't get it off your chest the way you do, the anger you have, you'll spray them all with bullets. Yeah, right. He said this right before.

If he was like, great, right? Why don't you have eight more TV shows that are that good? Thanks, Mike. Thanks for doubling down. You know what? Let's just fucking isolate that and make it believe Mike is the only one who said that. Now you're done, dude. Now it's going to be your fucking...

Now it's going to be your opinion. Not Kevin's. Let it be my opinion. I have balls for this fucking thing. Yeah. Who are you fighting? Who are you feuding with? Mike always...

He said he invented the George Foreman grill before George Foreman. Really? The Mike Breschetti grill? If I'm not mistaken, I told Artie... It adds fat to it.

If I'm not mistaken, I told Artie... I thought that Jeff Dunman invented a helicopter. No, Mike's always... Whenever I tweet something, Mike's always like,

yeah, Kevin, let's get him. Me and you together. I'm like, who are we getting? Oh, wait a minute. So when Kevin tweeted, let's get him. Me and you together. I'm like, who are we getting? Wait a minute. So when Kevin tweeted, Artie is a hero because he's famous. All of the junkies are pieces of shit. So when Kevin tweeted that, did you say, let's get him?

I might have. I was not on Twitter no more. No, on Facebook. Whenever somebody on Facebook goes. He got kicked off Twitter. How the fuck did you? Because he doesn't use commas. They won't tolerate it.

No, but it wasn't because of grammar. I got banned six months now. What exactly did you do, Mike? They don't miss you. They the fuck did you... Because he doesn't use commas. They won't tolerate it. No, but it was because of grammar. I got banned six months now. What exactly did you do? They don't miss you. You're better on Facebook. How many followers do you have on Twitter? Not enough. Honestly, I'm a fan. Even when the anger

is directed at me, I'm a Kevin Bray fan. No, you're a good sport, though. No, but you've been through a lot. You guys are kind of from the... I'm just saying, the fucking analogy to comics or babies

is absolutely... But like, you know, you and Norm and all the shit you've been through, you guys just kind of laugh it off because you think,

you kind of, you guys kind of think everything's funny. What else is good? Well, that's not true. No, but you know what I mean, like if it's...

I'm not offended by much. No, you said on your, you said backstage the other day other day which basically is true is like all the pockets are the same It's a lot of good natured ribbing which is which is redundant. So I'm like, I'm like on the names I'll get into fucking feuds Okay I got banned from the cellar for a month the fucking the stand didn't use me for two months like I don't even know why Well, you're right that that that like tamenesseness, that insane gluten-free muffin-type niceness talking about health and yoga. And women comics are funny.

Like, all this shit they feed you. You're like, fuck it. Michelle Wolf, give her a fucking another special and a billboard. And let Neil direct that, too. Yeah, yeah. Because that's hard. Hey, Michelle, wear your hair like this. Curly.

You fucking cunts. You know what's funny? Eddie Murphy raw, like Robert Townsend directly. I was like, who your hair like this. Curly. You fucking cunt. You know what's funny? Eddie Murphy raw like Robert Townsend directly. I was like, who cares? I know. It's not like fucking Goodfellas. No, you probably get a nice paycheck, and it's the easiest gig of all time. And it's promotion.

You say it's directed by the creator of the specials. A stand-up special is like, do the jokes that people like in a good order, and then that's directing. Or just not even give them that. Just do your act yeah like this I did a couple of companies others but I don't listen to those people yeah I mean what the fun I watch her I watch your full set the other night it was really good I was like if I would have had any tips I wouldn't really had it if I was directing I would have been like maybe do this or you thought about but it's the easiest fucking money you'll ever get. You are real men among men. Especially if it's a good hour.

If it's a good hour, how can you fuck up a good hour? Well, it's like fucking Phil Jackson coaching Jordan Biffin. He's a real man among men. I respect him because... Are you talking about Phil Jackson? No, you're right. If Neil was my brother, when it comes to money... If Neil was your brother, he'd be living in Staten Island, that house.

With all your other brothers. The Buschetti family brings you down. You don't bring them up. They drag you down. I'll take you to the ferry. Can you imagine if all the Brennans were still in that house? You're all jumping on the ferry. Where's Neil going?

Let's follow Neil. Neil owns the ferry. What were you about to say? Just give Kevin a compliment. You are a man among men because most people... No, I'm not. I'm a coward. No.

I'm not the biggest coward. No, but most people would buckle to Neil and go and be like kissing his ass for no blue sushi and breaking his balls. You know what I mean, right? I'm not the biggest coward. That's true. You're not. Yeah, sometimes I...

There's true. Sometimes I've been nice to Neil when I needed something, you know? Well, what, like what? Like one time I said. Did he come through and get you something? Yeah, one time I said, I said, I was doing a pilot. I was doing a pilot. And the guy, the guy said, that was when the Chappelle show was still going on.

It was an HBO thing. It was like a half hour and a pilot. So I said that. And then he said, can you, it would probably help if Neil like directed the pilot or whatever or something. But that's a big time commitment too. So you asked him to direct the pilot? No. So I said, I asked Neil for something.

Like I asked him for the favor that the guy told me to ask for. And then, so Neil goes, Neil goes, I'll direct the pilot. That's it. Because he goes, if you direct the pilot, then you get residuals forever. Is that what he said? No, because he knows. He knows if you direct the pilot, then you get residuals forever. Is that what he said? No, because he knows. He knows if you direct the pilot episode.

Absolutely. It's almost like created by. Yeah, you get paid forever. Another creator. Wouldn't it be crazy if the Kevin Brennan show created by Neil Brennan? Dan, do you want to see anger? The Kevin Brennan show created by Neil Brennan. That would make me mad every day. And Danny Brennan.

And Danny Brennan. Well, I think one day you guys are going to get over this. I do. Me too. I think one day he's going to meet your kids. Has he ever met your children? He met my, I think he met my daughter, but he's never met. Does he have kids?

Listen, I love my kids. Does he have kids that you know? Huh? Does he have kids that you know? What do you mean? Does Neil have children? No. Fuck no.

His dick don't work. Okay. But let's negotiate't work. Okay, I'm sorry. But let's negotiate a piece. Yeah, right. It might be like what Sinatra was to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Yes. What did he do? What did he do?

It didn't work out. Well, you know, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin didn't talk for like 20 years. I know. He made them. He brought them back. Sinatra brought them back together. But they still didn't work together. I mean, Jerry Lewis telethon.

Oh, he did? Well, they're both dead at this point. We'll meet at Kettle of Fish and I'll bring a steak over and you guys will start talking to each other. What does that mean? I don't even know either.

What does that mean? Kettle of Fish. Explain what you just said. Meet at Kettle of Fish downtown. Oh, that's not there anymore. The bar? Oh, it's gone? Yeah, it's gone.

That's something else. That was a good story 10 years ago. Not even then. Even then it was questionable. It's gone? Fuck. No, I'm not worried. Yeah, but I don't believe it

because if Neil were sitting here, he'd kiss his ass even more. You'd throw Kevin under the bus. He would. Probably, right? I'm just trying to be immediate because I like both of you. I like Neil a lot.

He's always been very nice to me and you. Yeah, because every time he met you, you were famous, so of course he's going to be nice to you. If you're famous, he made, you know Elon Gold? I know Elon Gold.

Neil did that stupid fucking movie that Jeremy Pippen was in. Oh yeah. Can you be more specific? He made The Goods, it was called. You're talking about Serendipity? He made Elon Gold. He said, Elon, you know, you've got to

read for this fucking line. One line? He goes, it's not me, it's the studio. Elon goes, fuck said, you've got to read for this fucking line. He was going to be in one line. He goes, it's not me, it's the studio. Elon goes, fuck you, Neil. Neil's looking for every shortcut in the fucking business, but he wants Elon Gold, a guy who's been in comedy 20 years, to read.

Elon's like, fuck you. Neil's a cunt because he won't help anybody. If I was in quicksand sinking, he'd be like, tough break. But if John Legend needed a fucking roll of toilet paper to clean his fucking dirty ass, I was going to say dark, to clean his dirty ass. I said on one of my shows, I said Neil would go to Africa to meet Chappelle's kid, but he wouldn't come 3.9 miles in fucking West L.A. So he's a star fucker.

Did he fly to Africa to meet him? If I was famous, he'd be fucking kissing my ass. So it's my fault for not being famous, right, Mike? Don't give me that look, Mike. I'll fucking cut you. Well, maybe you should move

your kids to Africa. Maybe you need a little seat. Yeah, right? Is that true? Did he go to Africa to see Chappelle? No, he would, though. He would do anything. Now you're spreading ugly rumors.

He's going to be nice to you because you're famous. So it's like, that's how he is. He's a star fucker. I mean, I'm not the kind of famer where he has to be nice to you because you're famous. So it's like that's how he is. He's a star fucker. I mean I'm not the kind of famer who has to be nice to me. You're pretty famous.

You're pretty famous. I don't know if you remember you used to be a fucking rehash. Here's how famous I am. That's why I'm a hero. All other junkies are pieces of shit.

We didn't see you for a while but you were very famous and you deserved it. You're a funny fucking guy. But Neil knows. Neil knows. Neil doesn't mess around.

He's nice to you. If you're a regular comic, a struggling comic, you wouldn't have fucking ever met. He wouldn't have said boo. That's a fact, Mike. There you go. Mike, at the end of the podcast here, try to rebut that. I'd like to settle peace between the Brennan boys.

I would do it for a Patreon episode. Let me tell you something. I think you can get both of them, if they can come in with a camera, to your house to do it. If you can get all the brothers. Mike, seriously, think about. Let Kevin produce the show in your house. Think about the show at your house. Actually, me and Neil at one point.

Think about the show. When we were doing family stuff, me and Neil said we should Think about the show When we were like When we were doing Family stuff Me and Neil were saying We should do a reality show Just the 10 brand Yeah it sounds like

Your house is a bit of a show Yeah but We don't live together They all fucking live together That's a cheap shot That's a cheap shoot The fact that With the mom

Under one roof Huge house And now the sister And a sister The sister with you With longer hair Yeah And a dog Actually your brothers with you with longer hair? Yeah.

And a dog. Actually, your brothers don't really look like you that much. No, no, thank God. Have you been to his house or you just met them? No, no, no. I was never at his house, but on my old direct TV show, I had the entire... Oh, right, right, right. It should have been on fucking PBS, dude. Yeah, but when he called...

That was Emmy Award material. I had all of my shows. I'm with the mom. Were they talking or they just sitting there? Yeah, they went after me. My mom went after me on TV. Why? She of my shows. I'm with the mom. Were they talking? Yeah. They went after me. My mom went after me on TV. Why? She like roasted them. For not cleaning your room?

She roasted me on TV. She brings them up like plates of raviolis in a bucket, and he leaves the plates under the bed, and then she has to come get them. Why do you do that? Well, I mean, you know, it happens. Why'd you do that? I was telling these guys before I did this. Why'd you do that?

I was telling these guys. Oh, forget it. I can't even say it. What? Say it. Now you can't even say it. What? Say it. No, when I said before. Now you can't say something? When I said before the show, when somebody sent me a clip of you saying to Mike, Mike,

so what are you, retarded? I was like, when you guys worked at Erwin before you started the show? Mike, officially, what are you? In the auditions. No, I was saying about Arnie. I know what you are. You're just a lovable oaf. Of course.

No, Mike is my good friend and my co-host. Mike is my Neil friend and my co-host. Mike is my Neil. Mike is my Jim Gaffigan slash Neil slash Attell and Russ. Yeah, I should make up with somebody. So out of this, Corey Elliott falling out with you said... Yeah, but it's not even like, whatever. I just

listen. I think for too long I was like... Do you think you start off with what you say, like joking around, being mean, and you hope people react kind of like I do, where it's like, you know, like you love Norm, you and Norm are friends, right? I'm friends with Louie. I do dates with Louie, and you know, but you know...

So you're Louie's only friend? No, I didn't... No, I know, I just know how comics are like... Has Louie ever jerked off in front of you? Not yet. Are you pissed off about that? I don't know. No but the point is

that like I just I'm like I'm not listen who's funnier than Attell? Nobody. Okay so if you go by that theory if you go by that theory

then what do I have to be afraid like I'm not I'm not intimidated by comics. Okay you can make the point that Norm and Attell are the funniest guys

of all time. So I know them both I know Attell way better but I and Attell are the funniest guys of all time. So I know them both. I know Attell way better, but I know Norm a little bit. And so I'm not intimidated by comics because I know the guys that are geniuses. Attell's a fucking genius, and Norm might be too. I don't know him as well, but Attell's a genius. I'm not intimidated by these comics, you know? Yeah, but you're a very funny guy too, so that's why you know you're funny.

But I'm not like Dave Chappelle or Dave Attell level, you know, or Norm Macdonald level. But I'm not intimidated by these guys. I think you're up there, Kev. Me too. I'm going to say, I think you even hate yourself. I have always put you up there in the upper echelon. I'm not. But again, I don't care, but I'm saying I'm not intimidated by these guys.

I'm not intimidated because most comics— I'll say it tells a piece of shit because he is. I mean, I love the guy, but I'm saying I'm not intimidated by this guy. I'm not intimidated because most comics- I'll say it tells a piece of shit because he is. I mean, I love the guy, but he's a fucking idiot. He's like the direct opposite of a piece of shit. No, he's- He really is. He's a moron. He's just a moron.

Like, on stage, how would it go from being a genius on stage, and as soon as you get off stage, you don't even know how to light a cigarette? Like, he's a fucking idiot. I've seen him light many cigarettes. I sent him a text. I sent him a text. 48 hours later, I'll be like, okay. Maybe it's not.

I'm like, 48 hours. That is true. Give me something more than okay. That is true. Be a fucking, be white about it. Sorry again. That is true. Be like, because we've been together a long time.

So like, I can't get better than okay. Well, what do you want him to say? You want an emoji or something? If I ask him to do a gig, he'll be like, oh, let me know. I go, I just did. Well, what do you want him to say? Like four he'll be like, oh, let me know. I go, I just did. What do you want? Just be a fucking normal person.

Just be a normal person. A lot of comics are not normal. You're not normal. You think you're normal? I'm trying, I'm working through it. You're not even close

to normal, bro. I'm trying. Which is why you're in Argylang's halfway house. Nobody's normal in this room. That's a segue.

Nobody's normal in this room right now. Nobody's normal in this room. Yeah, that's a good room, segue. We brought her right back. Nobody's normal in this room right now. Huh? Nobody's normal in this room. Yeah, it's a good room, though. I think Bocchetti's the most normal. Well, this is why. But, Mike, think about it.

Talk to Tommy after the show. Think about it. You could probably sell it. Absolutely. Like Kev and Neil created. I'm in, I'm in. Whatever you need me to do. Yeah, but how's Neil to work with?

No, not Neil. We're not going to, you don't need Neil. You don't need Neil. And, of course, maybe Danny. And, of course, you know not going to... You don't need Neil. You don't need Neil. And of course, maybe Danny. And of course, you know... Danny, bring Danny on as a writer.

Yeah. Forget the Neil? Forget Neil Jelen? No, no, bring Danny on as executive editor. And then hire somebody else and send Danny the script that got hired over his...

It's classic Neil. He thinks he's doing a favor. He's being the biggest cunt imaginable and he thinks he's like, no, I did my brother a solid. My brother that I grew up with, basically grew up with. Just the two of them in the house at the end.

Just him and my mom and my dad and Neil and Danny. And he still is like, hey, let me fuck over Danny and pretend I'm doing him a favor. Right, Mike? Yeah. Well, listen, I got it. No, I'm okay. I'm okay. I know.

I know. I know you're okay. I'll tell you already, because for a long time, I was worried. Like, oh, this guy. You know how I got on Crash? I used to always shit on Crashing. Yeah, I know. And then you're okay. I'll tell you already because for a long time I was worried. Oh, this guy. You know how I got on Crash? I used to always shit on Crashing. Yeah, I know. And then I got on Crashing.

I'm like, hey, maybe that's a magic formula. Just shit on a show. I think a lot of... I would respect a guy more in comedy. Again, the constant ass kissing gets to be... And the constant fear. You got to be afraid of the club owner or this guy or that guy or the Tonight Show. Or you're constantly living in fear.

Constant, and it's constant asking. It's constant niceness, niceness, niceness. Yeah, and as soon as they leave they fucking talk shit about the guy. I just do it on mic. Right! And I- But people, everybody talks shit about the comic. As soon as they leave the comedy cell, whoever they don't like, see what fucking this guy did or that guy did. I'm like, I just fucking, I just, right? Live, give me a live mic. I'll fucking name names. And you're doing it here. I like you name names because there's a lot of dickheads.

Name one, you fucking coward. Big neck coward. And again, I'm wishing now, I'm wishing like now, like John Belushi, I had the guts to die at 33. All right, Kev, what do you want to plug? You want to plug something? Plug, uh. Besides your hair.

Yeah, I'm going to be at the Tommy's Club in Vegas, uh Club in Vegas Super Bowl weekend, whatever that is. That's nice. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. That's always a good gig. And then listen to my podcast, Mizzy Loves Company. On this network. Yeah, but it's not on here yet. So just go to my Twitter, KevinBrandon666.

It's all there. You can find it. It'll be off this network a week after it gets on this network. And Bill Schultz and I will be here. I guess they're not hiring junkies. Again, those tweets are my favorite. Mike,

your thoughts at the end. Name people you hate and I'll just nod. He just named 4,000 the last hour. Name somebody you hate and I'll just nod if I hate them.

Mrs. Bocchetti. No, I can't do that. Do you like your mom? You love your mom. He loves her mom. Do you like her though? I love my mom. But do you like her?

No, come on. Just name people you hate and I'll just nod if I hate them. No, you can. If? You love your mom. He loves your mom. Do you like her, though? I love my mom. But do you like her? They'll come to me. They'll just not if I hate them. No, we can. I don't know. If you give me a list. Don't. Don't. A list?

Schindler's List. Bocchetti's List. Angie's List. All right. All right. Thanks, Kev. That's a good joke. Angie's List.

Schindler's List. That's good stuff, right? Yeah. Listen, thanks for coming. Go see Artie. He's very funny. No, because I feel bad because sometimes I took shots at you. But I never saw you do a long set.

I always saw you do 10 minutes comedy. Don't worry about it, Kev. It's all good. All right. It's all good. I love you. All right, Mike. Thanks for having me.

Take care, right? Take care. Brush your hair. We'll see you next time. Thanks, Kev. next time.