Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast - David Wain, Dave Theune, Rekha Shankar

Episode Date: September 2, 2024

Comedian, director, hobbyist magician David Wain joins Scott once again to talk about directing episodes of the new Peacock series Mr. Throwback, his Middle Aged Dad Jam Band, and his clubbing nightlife. Then, local musician Alex Rhythms stops by to talk about his upcoming fireman’s picnic gig. Plus, aspiring mother “Barbara” drops by looking to adopt a son. Get tickets for the Comedy Bang! Bang! Into Your Mouth Tour 2024 over at https://CBBWorld.com/tour Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the Sirius XM App! Get 3 months free using this show link https://siriusxm.com/cbb and code CBB.

I scream, you scream, we all scream before being hit with that truck. Welcome to Cometybangbang. Thank you to Papa Woody. I understand that. I get things and I got that. Thank you to Papa Woody though for that catchphrase submission. I don't think it's going to stick. I enjoyed it.

And I enjoyed saying Papa Woody. Pop, Papa Woody. Is that what is Papa Roach? Is that also a pun like that? I'm asking our main guest who seems just totally checked out at this point. I was going with the illusion that I'm not here until being introduced. And then all of show business. Let me, let me tell you something.

All of show business is an illusion. And we as purveyors of those illusions need to keep them up as long as possible. Is that right? Well, as you know, as many people know, I am also a hobbyist magician. And the illusion that a magician puts forth to an audience, whether it's a rabbit out of a hat or whatever, it's parallel to the illusion that we have storytellers, you as a podcaster, I mean, among so many other things you do. Now the rabbit out of a hat, the rabbits are in those hats.

They're not, and then they are. So that's not really an illusion. Well, as far as your metaphor, like they magically appear in those hats. They're not, and then they are. So that's not really an illusion. So your metaphor, like they magically appear in these hats. So your metaphor is a little shaky. As part of the Brotherhood of Magicians, I cannot reveal secrets, but just, let's just say there is a little bit of a secret that involves the rabbit already being in the hat. No, no. I'm sorry, you're mistaken because the magician shows everyone the inside of the hat.

Not in the way I do it. You never show the, so what do you do? You just have it out and you say, it would be weird if there was a rabbit in this, right? If you come to my parlor show or my stage show at the Magic Castle, I bring out a hat and I'm just holding it like a pot of pasta. And it's moving around and shaking. And I say, and I pull the rabbit out of the hat. This sounds good.

And people, what can I say? People seem to be blown away by it. I'm gonna introduce you and myself in a second, but you talk about magic leads me to a different topic. On either this show or one of my other shows, someone has said they went to go see a movie and you were shuffling cards the entire movie. You sat like two rows in front of it.

Oh, first of all, whoever that was, I apologize. That was probably super annoying. But I would say- But you have to practice your shuffles. Well, I'm sure it was a boring movie that my kids wanted me to take them to. Otherwise, I would not have done that. The only other time I remember doing that was going to see the Hamilton for the fifth time again, because my kids wanted to go and I was like, I can't, I

can't. And so that, and then, so you just shuffled cards all throughout Hamilton? I wasn't shuffling. I was practicing various. I slides. Okay. Very good. Moves.

Let me introduce you. He is the, uh, a tour behind such films as role models and, uh, wet, hot American summer, and they came together. I feel like every time I come here, you don't bother to just pull up the list and then you have struggle. I'm not struggling. These are three. No, that's great.

That was good. That was, these are good, right? That was better than usual. I am impressed. Um, he also co-created a little TV show called Children's Hospital. Jealous much? It's true. I'm not jealous cause I was part of that.

Yeah, you were, are you, but you must be jealous of the other people who got to co-create it with you, getting to hang out with you all that time. Are you kidding? So jealous. I have to say for the record, technically Rob Cordray was the creator. So you had nothing to do with the creation of this? Had a lot to do with the creation of it. But we, we, I was the technically the developer cause he wrote the original

web script that turned into us. Got it. And you, you directed it and you produced it. Is that fair to say? I directed some of them. I directed many of them and I was one of the show running producers. Yes. So it's safe to say that Rob, I wrote a lot of them.

Yeah. Rob didn't have a ton to do with this. Well, the guy doesn't have any hair in his head. Let's be honest. Um, he has a new television show, which he apparently he's going to take issue with. If I say he co-created it, I didn't, I definitely did. Because I believe that David Casp created this show or at least co-created it. He co-created it with Adam Pally, Adam Pally and Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman.

Fan of the Libmans. Of course. It's called Mr. Throwback. It stars Steph Curry. It is out now on Peacock. Please welcome back to the show David Wayne. And it is an unquestioned hit.

That's right. People are all, it's on the lips of everyone around town. The reviews are through the roof. They're almost, dare I say, and I'm not making a pun when I say this, slam dunks. It's the, oh my God. Okay. Having been now working for many months

in the basketball world, I know what that refers to. That's a, an NBA sort of insider reference and I love it. And I love it. Inside basketball kind of thing. But yeah, the slam dunk is where, uh, the, uh, most of the time the players are very tall.

Yeah. They are, uh, you and I, if we were to play basketball, we would be like tossing these balls way high in the air, trying to get them in that hoop. I think that's right, but I'm just gonna text my friend Steph Curry and just double check what is. Double check what guys of our height, how they play.

Oh no, that is what a slam dunk is. That is. Yeah. It's when what? I said, is the slam dunk what I think it is? And he's like, yeah. Oh, great. Great.

So David, welcome back to the show. Great to see you. I have to say every time the, I hear those Reggie Watts notes play, singing comedy, bang bang. I know where I am. That's right. You know, it means that this show is happening again

and you get that, that unexplainable feeling, the churning in your heart. That means there's going to be more conversation and comedy to come. It's just a, like, for example, if I'm driving down a highway and I see the two yellow golden arches, I know exactly what that is. It's McDonald's. Okay. That is so kind of you to say, until about the last couple of sentences, where you veered off into talking about McDonald's for some reason.

But the first part of it was so kind of you, David, and thank you so much. And I feel the same way when I hear you starting to talk, I know I'm in safe hands, because you're one of America's, if not the world's greatest humorists. And to know that you have more work out there in the world excites me because you have a deft touch when it comes to comedy.

Well, I want to thank you for that. And also for your kind words about the first part of what I said earlier. That is so nice of you to say about what I just said to you that I'm humbled. Um, I'm grateful and you know what? I'm taking it all in and I'm trying to let myself know that I deserve it as well, because I think a lot of my nature is to say, oh no, you shouldn't have said that. I really feel like I deserved that compliment right there. And so I'll give you a trick.

Look in the mirror when you wake up in the morning. I always keep a mirror above my bed on my ceiling. Is that for this? For this, for this, this episode. And I say, it's okay. You, what you said was okay. I love that. I love that.

I don't know that I, I have really high ceilings. We took out the top floor just so we could have higher ceilings. Oh, God, that sounds awful. I don't know that I could see myself that far. When I was in my 20s, I lived in New York in a building where my bedroom was also the office. And so my bed was up above the desk. So I had about two, three feet of room. Couldn't sit fully up in my bed. Boy, New York. I mean, these are New York stories.

It's interesting to me that New York seems to be, when you go there, it's like, it's pretty big. But then add all those people and, oh, not a lot of elbow room. I don't know that I've been there with when the people are added, but yeah, I'm sure it's crazy. I'm usually there at the one of those times when they're cleaning. Like an I am legend kind of time. Yeah. But I'm sure with all the people, it's got to be even crazier. I got to say it's pretty packed where you're sort of like, hey guys, my personal bubble is five feet.

Let's try not to get in the middle of that. You know what I mean? What I would give for a personal bubble. I'm not at that level yet, but I'm one day. Dave, tell me, uh, first of all, catch me up on everything you've been doing since the last time you did the show. Well, first of all, I mean, I am very excited because this show just came out, Mr.

Throwback. That's right. It's now, is this about how, uh, Steph Curry, who is the star of the show, Mr. Throwback. That's right. It's now is this about how Steph Curry, who is the star of the show, Mr. Throwback, this is about his signature move. Um, when the game starts, he likes to dribble backwards and then throw the ball underhand over his head, trying to hit a basket that that's his first. I, I don't want to be the guys like, Oh, the host is wrong, but I, I, the fact is, no, that's not what it's about.

That's not what it's about. He plays a fictional version of himself. What does that mean? It's like an alternate universe version or? Yeah, it's in the Bizarro 25 world. If you read the DC comics. The DC universe, yes. And, but I'm going to tell you this, the cast around him

and he's playing himself and he's really good. He's really good. He's really funny. Right. And then we've got comedy bang bangs, own ego, Odum, who I, and she's playing an alternate version of herself. She's playing an alternate version of herself. And then comedy bang bangs, Adam Pally playing an alternate version of himself.

Exactly. And comedy bang bangs, rich summer. Yeah. Playing an alternate version of himself. It's an incredible and Tracy Letts, the Tony award winning Pulitzer Prize winning guy. I mean, it's, it's a really cool. Did he or did he not pen August Osage County? You know what? He's famous for having won the Pulitzer, but I've been, I meant to ask him the

whole time that we were working together. Did you in fact write that? Right. And I just kept, you know, it's like, Oh, it's, Oh, we're heading to the van going back to the hotel. Yeah. Is it, it's gotta be nerve wracking working with a guy who's won the Pulitzer. Um, what awards have you won? It took me not that long to start making fun of him about it. Just be like, you know, he would do a scene and I'd be like, Oh, is that,

that's Pulitzer level, I guess. But, um, and then also Aiden Mayery, she's a great actor who has been in a lot of things. Shakespeare? I love that for you, that show, I love that for you. But anyway, she's really amazing too, in the whole of Grand Theft Auto. So what happens, you get this group together,

at what point do you say like, maybe we should all film a TV show? Yeah, well, first you get the group, all the actors together and then we're like, okay, what's an idea for a show? Right. That's how this works. And then you start shooting and then- And then people think of the idea.

And then afterwards you just think of the idea, then you do all the color correcting and editing. Oh, that's very important because a lot of times the colors come out like a little too dark, a little too bright, you gotta tamp them down sometimes. And then we bring in the writer's room and we write the script.

Wonderful. And then you just dub everything everyone said. Yeah. Wow. Well, cause I'm into like dub, you know, like trans dub, world dub, overdub, underdub. I mean, there's a lot of scenes right now that are pretty big right now.

I'm pretty exciting and I'm like sort of very into it. Amazing clubs that I've been hitting, like sort of deep clubs. You're, you're out there in the clubs to like, oh my God. First of all, I go to dinner 2 a.m. No. Yeah. With a bunch of the final meal of the day. A lot of people, if they're older, they eat at five. Right. No, it's 5 PM. Right. No, I go to dinner 2 AM with like my crew. Okay.

And then we start just blanketing the clubs. Wow. And then what time are you eating breakfast? Like 6 AM? Oh my God. I it's honestly, it's even hard to even say this, but 10 AM. 10 AM. Yeah.

So a full eight hours after you've eaten dinner. Well, what we do is dinner, then like hit clubs and it could be like, you know, rock clubs, you know, reggae clubs, rag muffin clubs, hard, hard dub clubs, any clubs. But tell me, tell me you're snacking in the middle of those clubs. Occasionally there'll be like a friend, this buddy of mine, he'll bring a peanut pack. So, you know, we'll all eat a peanut pack once in a while. And maybe in between, sometimes we're in the car. If we take one of those robo cabs from one club to the other club, they'll all have a peanut pack.

Then. What about a go-go squeeze? You ever get one of those in the middle? Well, if, if I got this buddy Marty, if he comes, you know, he's like packing go-go squeeze is this Marty S Marty Scorsese. Sorry. What?

Uh huh. Yeah. Incredible. He's out there clubbing with you. When he comes to the West coast, he will always be there. Cause he's got a jacket full of go-go squeeze. Yeah. And also he like, he knows all the bouncer.

So when he comes, we'll go to like some of the even higher tier clubs. Have you ever like reenacted that Goodfellas scene where like they go to the club and they, you know, they, they tip everyone and then like they walk through the kitchen. Have you ever said like Marty, let's just reenact Goodfellas tonight? If you're with Marty and anybody who knows Marty, like I know Marty, he'll, he's always dying to do that. And so like you're out on the town and you're like, let's do the single shot scene. We'll set it up, you know, and then he'll run in ahead of us and like, explain it to some, but in the, like, we're going to do this thing.

Like we're pretending we have a steady place, the background actors. And then we'll do it. It takes like six, six or seven hours to set up. Awesome, man. That must be a dream. Yeah. It's a fun, we ended up getting to a lot of the clubs later that, that then, and then they ended up missing breakfast.

Wow. Yeah. So you're a hungry guy. I have been hungry. Yeah, it's a fun, we ended up getting to a lot of the clubs later that then, and then they ended up missing breakfast. Wow. Yeah. So you're a hungry guy. I have been hungry. I was hungry about six weeks ago. Yeah. What happened six weeks ago?

So, okay, this is kind of a, maybe a funny story. We'll see. We'll, we'll judge. Hey, I'll be the judge of this. I was waking, I woke up and I had a breakfast, you know, normal breakfast. Pretty funny already, I gotta say. And then when it was the normal time to have lunch,

I got a phone call from the air conditioning repair guy. I'm listening. And then after I got off the call, I just sort of forgot that it was lunchtime and then I ended up just, you know, playing Fortnite for about an hour. And so you are playing Fortnite on an empty stomach. How does that affect your game?

No, I was playing it on my on my PC. Oh, got it. Yeah. And the meanwhile, now it's like two in the afternoon. What? I haven't had lunch yet. What? So this is like, I'm like, then when I finally dawns on me, I'm like, excuse me, what the fuck?

So what do I do? I go in the kitchen and I make myself a sandwich. And then the bad, after I ate that sandwich, not as hungry anymore. Okay. Interesting. So let me nail down your schedule. Breakfast 10 AM. Yeah.

Lunch sounds like noon or one noon. And then dinner at two AM. Well, that's on a, it's a work, I don't go to clubs every night of the week, like five, six, seven nights a week, maybe at the most. At the most, yeah, maybe eight. Well, you know, all apologies to McCartney and Lennon, but eight days a week is not necessarily

something that adds up to me, for me. We gotta make sure that they hear that apology, if we could clip, uh, I'm just talking to my producer. Can we clip that out and send it to McCartney and Lenin please? Um, also, yeah. And if you need his number, he happens to be a bud. So, wow. Yeah. So you're out there clubbing with Paul McCartney and Marty Scorsese.

For those who might be curious, by the way, I'm not, I'm okay to say it. His phone number is 013328-4289. Wow, okay, and we can just give him a call. Yeah, he'll talk to you. Oh. Believe me, he's a nice guy. Wow. Lennon was not the same, a little more prickly.

Yeah, wow, this is an incredible group. Two 80-year-old guys, you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Clubbing until six in the morning. Sometimes the three of us. Yeah. So tell me about Mr. Throwback.

I know that Adam Pally and our dear friend David Casp co-created this show. I heard that somewhere and- So Adam Pally plays the, a middle school friend of Steph Curry, who Adam Pally in sixth grade was going to be the Jewish Jordan, going to be the biggest basketball star. He was the JJ.

He was the guy who was going to blow up big, but as it turns out through a series of things that happen when no spoiler, uh, Adam Pally grows up to be in his mid thirties, like a loser memorabilia dealer in Chicago and Steph Curry becomes Steph Curry. And then our series begins when they reconnect and funny antics ensue. What is, if you don't mind me asking, the inciting incident? Oh, great. Thank you. Thanks. The exciting incident is the point in the story where something happens to disrupt the order that is laid out in the initial exposition. I've been trying to look it up online and you can't find that info anywhere.

It's so hard to find. You have to pay for final draft before they tell you. Yep. I love how on YouTube they say like, here's a rare video clip, but it's like, it's not rare if it's on YouTube. Anybody can, it's literally everywhere on Earth. It's available everywhere.

Yeah, come on guys. Come on guys. Like let's start being honest. I feel like the guys at YouTube need to get it together. I agree. Like grow up, grow a pair, no offense balls. So this is a drama. It's a comedy.

What? With heartwarming elements. What about it would warm one's heart? It is, it's about family, it's about fathers and sons. Whose family? Mine? Yes. What?

It's weird, it's about your wife and your kids. Huh? Yeah. Did you not know this? I didn't know this. No one called you. No. That's weird.

That's so strange. Yeah. Cause David hangs out with us. Well, sometimes we vacation together. Yeah. Um, he's just been writing notes the entire time. Ago Wodan plays cool up. What?

Yeah. You didn't know this? I had no, this is crazy. Yeah. I got to check this out. No, but Tracy lets plays Adam Pally's father. And then, uh, Aidan plays his ex-wife and it's a whole,'s a family story it's a basketball story it's a Steph Curry story it's a buddy story it's so and it's also a mock documentary incredible that you know I'm

glad you didn't say mockumentary because for me the idea of mocking documentaries is no fuck that very very insulting honestly the idea of even mentioning it is I'm a little yeah it was, we can move on, but still. I agree, I agree. And so if I were to watch this show, I think I caught an episode last night and I turned it on and Steph Curry was, he was dribbling up the court and then he made a basket

and then the other team. He's so good at making baskets by the way. Yeah, he's one of the better and then he made a basket. And then the other team. He's so good at making baskets by the way. Yeah. He's one of the better people I've seen do it. I've been up and close to him in it. When he takes that basketball and tries to hit it near the basket, it often goes in the basket.

Yeah. And the basket by the way is circular. Which a basketball would fit right in there because it's a sphere. Yes. So a lot of people are confused about that, but, um, I feel like I'm talking to the entrepreneur. So anyway, I'm watching this thing and, and I'm like, this is a good show.

And then it keeps going in the other, the other team he was playing against was like a different country. And, Oh no, this, okay. So you're watching a different show. It lasted like two and a half hours. This was, this is a different, Steph Curry has two series. One of them actually ended a little while back,

which is called the Olympics. Oh! Yeah, and now I understand the confusion. That's not Mr. Throwback. That is not Mr. Throwback, but it's on the same network. This is why it was confusing, because I just turned it on Peacock, and I was like, whatever Steph Curry is in, I'm-

Well, my routine since, I don't know, since I'm like six years old is I come home after a day and I turn on Peacock and I see like what's on Peacock. Yeah, I wanna see all those colors. Yeah, and then up until just a little bit ago, it was all about the Olympics. Sure. But now it's like, but I love the Olympics.

I love what Steph Curry did. I want more of Steph Curry, but with laughs. Now you've got Mr. Throwback. Well, this is the thing about the Olympics. They happen once every four years. Well, it's like, and they're huge ratings. It's like, guys, let's put these on once a week. 22 episodes. The Marvel formula. More is more. Yeah, I agree. You know what I mean? It's like, we love it. So let's watch it all the time. I think it should be at least once a month.

The at the very least we should have a month long Olympics. They would have once a month. It would be amortized because there's, there's costs that you don't have to start over from scratch to fill up the pool every four years. Right. Plus the chlorine doesn't need to be replaced in the pool. So we're saving money right now. Yeah. Cause a lot of times, you know, the luge in the, a lot of times when four years go by.

It's pronounced the Louvre. Oh, the Louvre. Four years go by though, they need to get another one. Yeah. Cause they can't even find. The Louvre has been replaced like every four years. And also like apparently the Olympics this time we're in Paris. And it's like, what are they going to do? Ship the stuff to Paris? That's the thing.

Like the, just the, the costs of cargo. If they just did it at a Hollywood lot. Yeah. And then they could decorate it and be like, Oh, we're in, or do it at Epcot center. I can tell you one thing. I don't want to be the person trying to fit that pole vault into the overhead compartment. You know what I mean? You're the one who's got to pole vault up your ass.

Hey, hey, I did take offense at that. Well, now we're even, I guess. Because you said the thing about mock documentaries. I think you said that. Hmm. Let's let sleeping dogs lie. What do you say? Well, but one thing we won't let lie is our love for Mr. Throwback is out there on Peacock now,

and people are rapturously saying that it is probably one of the better series of the year. They're saying like, why did we spend all that time watching the bear when we could have just waited and watched this? Yeah, you know, there is a way that, and I know I've heard some people can do this. You can watch the bear and Mr. Throwback if you want. Really? Yeah, the way to do it is you pick one of them

and watch that and then afterwards watch the other or mix and match. Yeah, what about like one minute of Mr. Throwback then one minute of the bear? No that is not recommended or even I think possible. Have you have you tried to sync up anything with the bear you know how Wizard of Oz syncs up with Dark Side of the Moon have you been out there like looking for albums? The Jay Giles band Love Stinks perfectly really mixes with the bear. Interesting. Yeah. Cause when he's there like slicing the garlic, he kind of waves his hand in front of his nose, like, like, you smelly.

Yeah. Wow. That is like freeze frame click, click different album, but it's still sure. But you know, yeah, still. Well, uh, David, this is incredible. Did you direct all the episodes? I directed all of the episodes. So where does one find the time?

Well, when that is your job, that's what you do with your time. I guess. I mean, when I'm not busy running the middle-aged dad jam band with its growing incredible YouTube channel that everyone's talking about. That's right. You guys are out there rocking hearts all across America.

You were on a tour and now it's a YouTube thing. Well, right now there's a lot of full length cover songs that we're doing in the garage that everyone is saying are like, they make their day every day. Wow. All different genres. And then we'll be hitting back onto the road

in a little bit incredible I cannot wait to be singing one of those songs with your band. I'm presuming you're gonna invite me. Yeah, I Play guitar for one of your Lockdown songs that was wonderful you did we did me a we can't get there from here It took me a week to learn the REM thing and I just think you're you're primed now Yeah, no, that was three years ago, and I immediately forgot how to play it the second that I got one usable take.

But we need to take a break. Mr. Throwback, of course, is on Peacock right now. I hope everyone watches it. I'm gonna throw this out there. Would you mind if I hang around so that I'm still here after the break and just see what's going on? I guess, yeah, I don't mind.

I mean, it's gonna be a tight squeeze in here. Do you mind moving over a little bit? Yeah, well, I'm sure we can figure it out if when there's a will, there's a way. Yeah, all right. We'll be right back with more Comedy Bang Bang, more David Wayne. You're gonna wanna stick around and hear this.

We'll be right back after this. Yeah. Comedy Bang Bang, we're going to want to stick around and hear this. We'll be right back after this. Comedy Bang Bang, we're back. David Wayne is here and Mr. Throwback is the piece of content that he is. I'm plugging it. It's like, what are you plugging? You know, I always thought it was funny because the hair plugs in. Yeah, I get that.

And any hair plugs in. Yeah, I get that. Um, and, um, any hair plugs in, um, Mr. Throwback, does he wear, does he wear hair plugs? He wears a very thick to pay. Oh, the entire show. Is that what this whole life? Really? Yeah. Um, I've never thought that that was incredibly thick, but, um, I might get hair plugs someday.

Really? Well, I think if they just make them a little cheaper and more and less of a whole painful yeah how cheap do you want what's it gonna take you to get these plugs if they get it down to like $75 75 per plug no just for the procedure for the whole thing you know everything everything ebbs and flows it could happen happen. Mm-hmm. All right. We need to get to our next guest. He is, David, you were talking about music. You're out there, you're a drummer. Yes, I'm a hobbyist musician, yes.

You play other things as well, but mainly would you say you're the drummer of the group? Lately, yeah, in the band, I am the drummer. Right. And this is a local musician. Oh, and I'm a big supporter of local music. Yes. I'm a big supporter of live comedy as well. Oh, that's so cool. Yeah, I love it when they come out and thank me for supporting it. At the end of the

show. Let's welcome him. He's a local musician. Please welcome Alex rhythms. Scott. Thanks welcome Alex Rhythms. Scott, thanks for having me. My pleasure. This is David, David Wayne. Alex, so nice to meet you. David, a pleasure to meet you as well. I am grateful to be here.

Thanks for having me. We're grateful to have you. It's so interesting to talk to a fellow musician. I of course played one song on David's COVID lockdown videos. Yes, yes. We're all musicians. Yeah, it's great to, great to meet you.

Thank you. Thank you for letting me be out here. And I don't want to be plugging anything because it was, it feels like a show full of plugs so far. Sorry about that. I know it's, it's really weighing down the front. It's really front loading the whole episode with plugs, which I, David, I wanted to talk to you about.

I know that's not normally the thing, but I mean, how often do I have something come out like once every six years? So we're good. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, okay. We'll talk about it. Yeah.

Anyways, but you don't want to plug stuff. I don't want to, but I'm going to, I'm going to add a little weight to this front loading for your mind. All right. What do we got? I want you to come out this Saturday to Santa Clarita. We've got the fireman's picnic and Ricky and the rhythms are going to be playing it. And we would love it if you all show it up and

support it. Wait. So is this, is this a band, your band? It's Ricky's band. Ricky started the band. And your, your name is Alex rhythms. Yes. And you are you the rhythms?

I am the rhythm guitarist. That is correct. Are there other people in the band or is it just believe we've got candy rhythms on the drums or is it just? You better believe it. We've got Candy Rhythms on the drums. Oh. And we've got Bobby Rhythms on lead guitar. And we've got Carrie Rhythms over on the keyboard.

So you're the only one whose name matches what you play. Yes. Because you're the rhythm guitarist. Shouldn't they change it to like Carrie drums or? Well, you could, well, you could say that she's part of the rhythm section. So it does pertain. Okay.

Are these your relatives? These are names. These are, these are what they call stage names, Scott. Oh, so like the Ramones. Yes, kind of like the Ramones, kind of like the Ramones. Okay. So your name is not actually Alex Rhythms. Nope, I don't, it's not my God given name, but what is your God given name?

Alex Alex Bass. Now, you said you're playing a picnic, is it? What did you say to? Yes. And a creative fireman's picnic we got coming up. All right. It's going to be there's going to be a bounce house for the kids. There's going to be a raffle.

Is this just for firemen? No, people are invited. You have to pay $10 a head to get in. Do firemen get in free? They get in for free. They get in for free. They wear the helmet, they get on in. And who's, who's guarding the city while the firemen are at this picnic? The police department are covering the fires.

They get all the hoses. They got all the hoses. They got their hands on the hoses. So you drop the hoses and stuff off before you head on the way. I'm not a fireman. I mean, the firemen, they do that. Presumably they do, or at least they drop off the keys of the trucks and probably drop off the dog and then they head on the way. Well, I'm not a fireman. I mean, the firemen, they do that. So I'm just gonna say, yes, presumably they do, or at least they drop off the keys to the trucks

and probably drop off the dog. And then they head to the fireman's picnic for a day, there's support and honor. So the dog doesn't get to come to the picnic? It seems like he would really enjoy it. You think he would enjoy it, but there's no pets allowed. Oh, at the park or at the picnic? At the picnic.

Just change the policy. Yeah, hey. You're preaching to the query, all right? He's not running the picnic, he's just playing. But what sort of- Yeah, I got a house full of shenanigans I would love to be able to bring. All right, David.

Well, I'm just trying- Sorry. I am curious if I could ask, what sorts of, is it, do you play original music or cover songs or what? David, thanks for asking. We are mainly a cover band, but we do have originals. Most of the time we're asked not to play them. But from time to time we do break one out and we do have an album coming out, mostly covers,

but we do have a new single, all original. So. Wow, what's the single? It's called Rhythm Rithwe. What? Rhythm Rithwe. It's kind of like a- I repeat, what?

It's like rhythm with us, but rhythm with them, with we, it's a little bit of a mouthful. It's certainly a little bit of a mouthful. I'll tell you what, there's a lot of constant like them and us. You don't ever say like, Oh, look at them. Now look at we. Yeah, but that's what everyone says. Right. So we want this song to stick out.

We want the title to stick out. Don't you want people to understand this? I think it's really cool. I think he's made, it sounds like he's making a comment about the generation gap, right? Yeah. We're trying to bring people together here. Counterculture and like, you know, needing to change things and sort of getting up. I like that you have a song that you're saying something. You're not afraid to like get up there and it's about something. I like that.

David, thank you. And Scott, this song, I'm going to tell you right now, by the way you're responding to it, it sounds like it's a song specifically for you. all right? For me to what? To like, you know, maybe, maybe, maybe, give it a listen. And then maybe you'll understand a little bit more and we can kind of bridge that gap and, you know, come together music's for everyone, my friend.

Okay. All right. What's, what's the genre of music? The genre of the music is it's mostly, I'll say adult contemporary. Mostly adult contemporary. What part of it deviates from that? The refrain. Oh, so it's an adult contemporary song,

sort of like what, like Yeezy, Listening, Gen Z. Yeah, kind of Matchbox 20-like. Oh, got it. Yes, yes, Seth. And then what happens in the refrain? The refrain, we go right to Bach. Bach, okay. Yeah.

Johann Sebastian Bach. So just classical? Very classical. With like a, how big of an orchestra? Mainly it's Candy breaking it down on the drums. So just, oh Bach, done by drums. We like to say Bach and the bongos. Why do you say that? Because Candy plays the bongos for that section, which we put it, we say is part of percussion, part of the drums. So, okay. So she's just playing bongos, but Bach. And that's the refrain. That's the refrain. And I gotta tell you, you gotta restrain her from playing longer because she could go all day on that thing. And is that, is there lyrics? You said, hold on, you said restrain like it was a pun, but we were talking about the refrain.

Yeah. Yeah. You got that right, Scott. That's exactly what I did. Maybe one thing is like, we got to stop her to make her refrain from playing those drums all the time, but you said restrain her. Well, I don't, maybe he wasn't making a pun. Maybe he just was saying, who knows? Tell me the truth. Maybe we could ever find out from him. I was trying to make a pun, but I'll tell you right now, I feel like I'm in a writer's room right now.

We're just kind of like batting around ideas. Like that's what you're comfortable with, right? This feels like I'm in your element all of a sudden and it feels good. Yeah, but what you guys do is like, you know, you're like, I'm in a writer's room right now. We're just kind of like batting around ideas. Like that's what you're comfortable with, right? This feels like I'm in your element all of a sudden and it feels good. Yeah, but what you guys do as musicians, that's the mystery to me. Like I love seeing you guys do this.

I don't know, David. I sometimes think that good writing is like good jazz. Oh yeah. What's good jazz like? It's like give and take. I've never heard it. But like, I think I know what he means. Like say like Ornette Coleman, right?

Or a Blind Lemon Jefferson, right? Or Dave Brubeck. Like what they do is akin to what the Children's Hospital writers room was sort of like, right? Almost exactly. And Jason Manzougas was in both. So you have this big show coming up. Yeah.

And how are things between Ricky and the rest of you? Well, if I'm being honest, Ricky is, I'm not saying this to just throw out some pizzazz to spark ticket sales, but we are having a little bit of an issue with Ricky. As you know, in bands at times, the lead singer can kind of go their own way. Sure. I mean, Journey is having these issues right now. They're suing each other.

Yep. It happened with Sublime. I think Fleetwood Mac definitely had an issue of going their own way at one point. Yeah. At one point. Yeah. They got over it. Yeah, they're over it. Yeah. Yeah. It's like money talks, bullshit walks. So Ricky and you are not seeing eye to eye. What is that? Yeah. I guess I'm all about the band and Ricky is thinking about doing a solo project, but as of now we're still hanging tough, still hanging together and we're hoping that music just kind of, you know, tightens that. What are your favorite of the cover songs you guys play? Oh, thank you for asking. Uh, we just started doing Harvey danger's, um, Blake posted it and I'm

having a blast with that one. Let me tell you what, it's super fun. It's high energy stuff. Uh, we have a great time with that. Then we kind of drop it down a little bit. We go into fastballs the way and we just have a, we just have a ball with that one. You know, it is good times. Everyone knows that they all sing together.

We let the audience sing from a simple blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Can I, can I talk shop like that's the way a blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, right? You're the one who plays it all the time. Scott. No, I don't think that's, I don't think that's quite how it goes. I mean, I'm just in the rhythm section. Anyone can see that road that they walk on is paid with.

Okay, I guess, yeah, you, I guess. I'm sorry, I'm conflating it with Elvis Costello. No, you're thinking of that song. Oh, electric avenue. And then we take it. I find you trying to do that dialect offensive. Okay. I don't apologize. I find you trying to do that dialect offensive. Okay.

I don't apologize. I'm going to ask you to refrain from doing it. See, that's how you. Can I ask you a question? Please do. In a, in a front, one band member to another, just sort of a, this might be an inside baseball to people who don't know who aren't in a band themselves, but where do you guys practice? Uh, we practice mainly we practice in, um, in Bobby's basement.

Mm hmm. And, uh, he's got a basement. He's got a basement. That's fun. Yeah. Super fun. Yeah. Fun.

Was he turning into a bonus room or like a rumpus room? Yeah. It's a bit of a rumpus room, kind of a bonus room. Uh, it was originally for, uh, can room. It was originally for canning. They stored canned foods down there. Canned foods, oh, it was sort of like a bomb shelter? Yeah, originally it was a bomb shelter, but they've kind of turned into a more fun room now.

There's still some relics from the time. A few pillows. Yeah, a few pillows. Is there a bean bag? What's that? Is there a bean bag? There's a bean bag. Well, they were a bean bag. What about a bean bag chair, though? Oh, no, it's just a bean bag. Just a bean bag, just a bag full of beans. Yeah. Oh, oh, oh, they were. What about a bean bag chair though? Oh, no, it's just a bean bag.

Just a bean bag. Just a bag full of beans. Yeah. Oh, oh, oh, I see. So it's still a lot of dried food there. Yeah. Those are Pinto and, uh, yeah, there's still some stuff down there that we just kind of use for ambiance and we also use it kind of for soundproofing and, uh, we have a ball down there.

Is there a pinball machine? There's a pinball machine. You better believe it. Kiss. Ooh, it's a good one. No, we, I mean, we have a ball down there. Is there a pinball machine? There's a pinball machine. You better believe it, Kiss. Ooh. It's a good one. No, we, I mean, we're friends. Oh, I didn't know, okay.

Oh, I thought you, okay. I thought you wanted us to kiss and I was basically puckering up, but well, let's move on. Yeah, yeah. No, yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't know how formal or informal we were trying to be. Oh, that's okay.

No, it's okay. I'm used to guests coming on and asking requests of, and the other guests. Well, we played- But just we're friends and we're not, I mean. Yeah, I's okay. I'm used to guests coming on and asking requests of the other guests. But just we're friends and we're not. Yeah. I'm sorry. I guess I get a little bit confused too, because we played a wedding last week for Nate and Amy Schweitzer and they were having a ball. Well when Nate and Amy Schweitzer come, I mean, they got married, I guess. I didn't realize that.

Yeah. We play weddings. They're coming bustable. Yeah, but then there's times where it was like, kiss, kiss, we get the whole audience kind of, you know, chiming in to kiss. It's a good time. No, but we're not at a wedding now, but, so you guys, how did you get this gig of the firemen picnic?

I mean, do you sing fire related songs or? We do a couple of songs by firehouse. Um, if you recall them, I do finally found the love of a lifetime. And you don't sing. You're not the lead singer. No, I'll chime in every now and again, when I think I got something. It's hard to believe because you have chops. Like, I don't think I've ever heard of pipes like that anywhere.

Honestly, David, there is talk that if Ricky does leave that maybe I take the front and center position, but that's we're not even having that debate quite yet. And what's the what's your connection to Santa Clarita? Is that where you guys are home based or? Yeah, we hail from Santa Clarita, but we will play anywhere. I'm going to tell you that right now. We played a bat mitzvah bat mitzvah for Monica Schmitz. And it was super fun. Super fun. Hey, I'm so sorry. One. Can you hold that for just one?

Just this is. Yeah, David. I feel like you have an audience from all over the world. Sure. And some people might not know where Santa Clara is or what it's all about. OK, that's a good point. Okay, do you know Los Angeles, right? If you're in the southern California area, let's broaden it out. You're right. California, California, actually, the United States of America. Okay. Start there. North America. Okay. Then you go

now now going now zooming back in. Yeah. America. Okay. Okay. Then you go now, now going now, zooming back in. Yeah. Can't enhance enhance enhance California, Southern California, but North of Los Angeles, like an hour away in like the deep sort of developments suburbs. California, by the way, is a very big state. Yes.

And no, compared to, you know, Rhode Island? Sure. Yes and no. But compared to a state of mind. Tiny. That's right. Tiny. Because the mind is infinite. You let it wander. That's right. That's right. So now, um, you think Ricky, is he going to make it to this picnic? That's a good question.

There's word that he has booked a side gig possibly on the same day for all of you coaster heads out there. It's over at Magic Mountain also in Santa Clarita. It's part of the Six Flags family. And there is some worry that he is going to see that one through and actually play it. He's going to play this side gig and it's an afternoon on a Saturday. He has a competing side gig solo gig. Yeah. At a, at a, is this one at a park as well?

This was at Six Legs. Okay. This is an amusement park. So I was not wrong. And you say there's word meaning you've like heard a rumor, but he hasn't actually told you this yet. Well, he's been talking to one of our rival bands and he's asking them if they could. They're called Random Max.

Oh, okay. Yeah. Random Max. No, Ax-A-X-E. Well, it's spelled Max as in M-A-X-X, but you say Random Ax. So like TJ Maxx? Yes. Yeah. So it's Maxx? Yes. Yeah.

So it's rando, and then Maxx, like TJ Maxx. You know what? They spell it random and then also Maxx. Oh, okay. Yes, yes. I thought it was random Axx like an Axx is a guitar. That is such a mind screw for me because there's the actor Randall Park.

Yeah. And then now this. And then this, it's like two, and they're two separate things you're trying to tell me. It's just so yeah what yeah that's an easy one that confuses people for that very exact reason and it has to explain quite a bit. Do people show up thinking it's Randall Park and then they're like they go to their band gig and it's like oh and here's random acts and then people like where's I love you on Fresh Off the Boat but you're a band gig and it's like, oh, and here's random acts. And then people are like, where's, I love you on Fresh Off the Boat, but you're a band.

Yeah, it doesn't make sense. Yeah, they're like, hey, do your line from Larry Crown. They're like, we're not him. What was his line in Larry Crown again? We all see it, we've all seen it. Larry, you're such a nice guy. That's right. Larry was a nice guy. That's right. Larry was a nice guy.

Yeah, they worked together at the kind of Costco like. Yeah. What about that man named Otto? What do we think about him? He was not such a nice guy. Bit of a curmudgeon. Yeah. Yeah.

Kind of weird to have Tom Hanks, one of the most nice, affable actors in the world, playing at curmudgeon. I was a little against type. Absolutely. I only saw the first half of that movie. I hope he turned it around, but I'm dealt full by the way he was acting. What happened halfway through the movie? What went down? Oh, I ran out of popcorn, had to go get some more. I don't know guys. I think when an actor plays against type. Sorry, I didn't mean to- No, go ahead. I just feel like an actor plays against type. Sorry, I didn't mean to. No, go ahead. I just feel like an actor plays against type. Like, did you see Charlize Theron in the movie Monster? No makeup. She's really playing so different than what you thought. Yeah. She decides to do one role without makeup

and then, you know, like we should be giving her an Academy Award for the ones where she puts on all the makeup and changes her appearance. So, right. And then she did the movie where she played Megyn Kelly and that was a lot of makeup. Yeah. It's like, make up your mind, make up your mind. Yeah.

I do feel like I'm in the writer's room again here. This is great. Um, so when do you think that, um, what's his name again? Richard? No. Ricky. Ricky. Ricky.

Ricky. Rhythms. Ricky. When, when do you think Ricky's going to make up his mind? Well, hopefully by show time, you know what I'm talking about? Has that ever happened to you where you just like a couple of times, Ricky and the rhythms. Then you guys start playing and then like five minutes in it it's like, where the fuck are you sort of hoping that'll happen so you can step in?

I mean, I would like a little bit of that to happen, but I'm going to be honest right now. I, I know a few stone, double pilot covers by hearts, but the rest of the songs I'm struggling on. Wait, are they by stone, double pilots or by heart? Oh boy. We got ourselves a barracuda in the room right now folks. I'm telling you what you ever thought about a teleprompter?

Yeah. Charlize Theron in the movie about Megan Kelly, you can see her reading from one. Don't. Yeah. Don't ruin the illusion. There's no way. No, no, no.

I mean, her, her, Megan Kelly read from a teleprompter as a, uh, one of the Fox shows. So you, there's one shot, if you freeze frame, it's sort of like that. Remember in the Mandalorian where you, if you freeze framed, it's sort of like that, remember in The Mandalorian, where if you freeze framed it, you could see that guy in jeans running around. It's sort of like that, if you freeze frame one frame,

one specific frame of that, J. Roach directed Charlize Theron, Megan Kelly movie, you can see that her reading from a teleprompter. If you see in the Mad Max movie that she was in, you can see the teleprompter super clearly in every shot. Right. Because they-

You don't have to freeze frame at all. It's just right there. And famously in the post-production process, they literally, no one caught it and didn't think to cut it out. A lot of people were like, I think it's a car. Yeah, but it had just her lines scrolling on it and you could see it so clearly.

But I guess people just didn't notice. Hey, do you think if they had worn jeans in the Mandalorian or in the Mad Max movies, everyone would have been a little bit more chill about things? That's the thing is like, okay, so people can't wear jeans in the Mandalorian. Right. Like jeans are comfy. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like these guys have fucking laser swords. They've advanced beyond us. They know jeans are comfy. Yeah. you guys are maybe joking around, but like I have left my house for the day just in a pair of jeans and maybe a shirt.

Like a button down. Yeah, maybe a shirt. And it's like, oh, that's my uniform. That's fine, yeah. I've gone to work in jeans sometimes. Okay, obviously not, but that's funny. So, you know, two Stone Temple pilots and or heart songs. I know a few more than two, but I know, but those are my main bands is heart and stone pilots.

So that's not enough to. That's not enough to carry a show. And I'll tell you what, it depends on the venue, it depends on the event, you know, for a fireman's picnic, I could probably get away with it for a little bit, but if we're talking the nurse's ball over in Corona, it's gonna be a struggle because that's not what they're there to hear. No, they're there for party music, I would imagine.

They wanna hear some party music. They wanna hear a little bit of Queen. They wanna hear a little bit of some Bon Jovi. Oh, I love to party. Absolutely, give us a little bit of Jimmy Lopper in there and let's have some fun. I've got one. Journey. Don't stop believing. Remember, we're trying to get that song down, but I'll tell you what,

it's harder than it looks. Yeah. Yeah. Do do do do do do do do. That's the part we struggle with. That part where it goes, doodly doodly doodly doodly. Yeah, it's so hard to play. It's quite difficult to play properly on the drums. I'll tell you. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Candy struggles with it, but we're doing the best we can, what we got. And I'll tell you what we got a chock full of dates summer ahead of us. So we are next summer. Yeah. That next summer, this summer, we're pretty dry. We're heading toward the end here and we're got a couple of straight.

Next summer, you got a ton of dates you say, man, you're not going to be able to keep us out of those parties and those picnics and those weddings and those pool events. Well hopefully you- And Ponzi over here, tons of dates. Hopefully you and Ricky can iron out your issues. What are the main issues between you guys? I guess the main issue would be that Ricky doesn't believe that I'm a capable rhythm player. Oh, I mean, that's your whole thing. So I can see how that would be.

Do you think you are? Yeah, I think I'm good. I think I'm very good. Like how often do you mess up playing in the song? Per song? Yeah. playing in the song. Per song? Yeah. I mean, you can kind of one hand. So like up to five times per song, maximum, maximum, maximum.

What sort of guitar do you play? I play a Fender. It's the old six string. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah, it's one of my favorites. Yeah, it's a good one. Pretty popular. A lot of people heard of of it when we say you're messing up like playing the wrong chord or what or playing? Usually it starts with not plugging it in and then from there I

from there I kind of get back into it for a little bit and then Well, first you plug it in I imagine first I plug it in yeah, and then I get into it then we get start, uh, and then I start playing for a little bit. And then usually, um, usually someone catches my eye in the crowd. And so I'm kind of like, what are they all about? You know, and I kind of wander for a little bit in my mind, just wondering what their life is like. Uh, but then they usually pull me back in and just in time for the refrain.

And, uh, and then sometimes during the chorus, I just kind of like, let's do that chorus one more time in the middle of the song. Yeah. Usually during. Yeah. During the verse. And I was kind of like, man, the audience was singing with us during the chorus. But like the verse, they're quiet. So like, why don't we just get that chorus right back in there? Give it what you want.

If honestly, my opinion, let's eliminate verses from songs. Yeah. You know what I mean? These choruses are what we like. Let's get to the good part. You know what I'm saying? Like when I go out to eat, do I like sifting through salad and steak and yeah, it's like, no, just ice cream.

Let's get right to it. Let's get to the good part. Let's get to the old, you know, Jeremy's spoken. Like I get enough drudgery in my daily life. I don't need it in my music too. Exactly. Yes. That's why we don't play Jeremy.

It's kind of a drudgery song. So we try to skip past that one mostly, but when we do the entire 10 album, you kind of got to play it. So, I mean, I really do hope that you and Ricky can work this out because it sounds like you are, you know, not, not great, maybe lucky to be in the bands. Some would characterize it as, you know, does Rick, do you have a, is this, do you have a day job?

Yes, I do. Um, I don't like to break the illusion that we have day jobs, which are, you know, rock and roll people. But you already told us your real last name. Yes. But yeah, you can find me at Best Buy on Tuesdays, Thursdays, some Sundays and do you work for Best Buy or you just, no, I'm just there. And then I'm trying to get people over to

Target where I do work and say, Hey, you know what? Come on over here. Yes. They've got refrigerators over here. We have summer fashion. Wow. Yeah. He's got to sell these color TV. That's one of the, I don't know what that song is, but, um, then you got to get to this fireman's picnic cause we're gonna play it twice. Okay. Well, well, uh, look, Alex, I, I you got to get to this fireman's picnic because we're gonna play it twice. Well, uh, look, Alex, I wish you the best.

Um, can I just throw in one thing? I know any band that I know is working today's, I'm sure there's an address you want to give where somebody can send a self-addressed stamp, dump it up and you'll send this back at your business card. So maybe just tell us the address and I'm sure the audience will want to. We love sending our business cards out when people ask for them. I'll tell you what we love mailing those things out left and right. We sure got a handful of them. So yeah, if you want to write to us, please do.

And we'll send you a business card. You write us at, uh, you can just get to our, um, 122, uh, Covina Boulevard. And that's in Santa Clarita, California. It's not in West Covina. It's down West Covina. It's 91628. And we'll send you a business card as soon as we get it. And then, and I'm, I think I know the answer to this, but the zip plus four is not required.

It will get there either way. I'm sure. Well, that's the thing is, is a zip codes. They add these forward numbers in order to, I don't know what for, to like sort of give our post people a break or something. Sometimes I look at the government bureaucracy and I'm like, what the what for here? You know? I tell you what, working for the government. What's that Ronald Reagan quote? Do you remember? Like, oh, well, Nancy. Well, a man came up to me and said,

excuse me, I work for the government. And I said, oh, sorry to hear that. Or it was something to that effect, right? Scott, you sound just like Ricky when you talk like that. I'm gonna tell you that. Really? Yeah. Ricky has like a Ronald Reagan kind of voice.

Yeah, he does. Yeah. So what are, so when he's singing, like, like give you a song, like, girls just wanna have fun, he's like, well, I woke up in the morning light. My father asked, what you gonna do with your life? Yeah.

I mean, I think mine was a little better than yours, but. Okay, well, I'm not a lead singer, so I'm just doing my best. But you're angling to be. Yeah, okay, but I'm not doing. Hey, let's not fight about it. Let's just say mistakes were made. All right, well, one mistake we're not gonna make is we're not gonna skip over this break just say mistakes were made. All right. Well, um, one mistake we're not going to make is we're not going to skip over this

break because we have to take a break right now. By the way, if you're listening on a podcast app, don't skip this break because this is going to be commercial is just as entertaining as the program. Yeah, this one's a good one. So don't skip this break. But when we come back, you both can stick around, I hope. Oh, absolutely. And I'm going to tell your audience members.

Yes, definitely stick around because if you've liked the plugs so far, you're going to love these upcoming plugs for these next couple of minutes. I have heard that the next guest is pretty exciting as well. Uh, we we're out of guests actually. All right. Oh, right. Well, anyway. Yeah.

So it's just going to be you guys for, for more of it, if that's okay. Yep. Yeah. Great. Are you, do. Well, anyway. Yeah. So it's just going to be you guys for more of it, if that's okay. Yep. Yeah. Are you, do you have stuff prepared? Yeah. Yeah, I have stuff prepared. Okay. All right. When we come back, David's going to do his prepared bit. What, what, just give us a tease of what this? It's basically 10 funny things about it. Oh, okay. Great. So we're going to count them down and we're going to come right back

with more David Wayne from Mr. Throwback, more Alex rhythms. We'll be right back with more comedy bang bang after this. Comedy bang bang. We're back. David Wayne of Mr. Throwback.

What's the aspect ratio of that? It's like rectangular. Cool. Yeah. It's, do you know the actress Tien Tran? Yes. She's also, she plays the director of the fake documentary. Oh, okay.

And she's very funny. And she fits into the aspect ratio that you've chosen? Well, that's no, that's why you never see her at the top of her head. Oh, that's too bad. But it's, I was funny during the break, I was thinking about, you know, when we're, when I'm working on the videos that the middle-aged dad

Jam Band we put on our incredible YouTube channel. I gotta say, it sounds to me like you're more excited about the middle-aged Jam Band than you are about your big, huge sitcom that you are directing? Well, who wants to be like sitting around working when you can be a rock star? Okay. But I mean, are the people at Mr. Throwback going to be upset that you're spending so much of your time talking

about this quite frankly, pathetic group of- I'd have to call them and find out. Okay. Um, give me one second. Hey, are you cool if I also talk about the band? Yeah, what was? Oh yeah, they're saying they, can they, can I hold on a second?

Can, oh, okay. Because they're doing, they're ordering lunch. Oh, okay. Pretty late for a lunch, I gotta say. Okay, they said it's fine. They said it's okay, okay. Okay, bye. All right, well go ahead and tell us

about this middle-aged dad band. Oh, well it's Ken Marino, who you probably know, and a bunch of other middle-aged dads, and then also a bunch of other people of different ages and genders and all types of people. Are people who are not dads invited to this? Yes. Like if someone comes and says,

hey man, I've been shooting blanks for 20 years. You can be sterile now. We just this week allowed sterile dads to come in, or non dads. Oh wow. This is huge. But then we have a lot of recurring celebrity members of the band like Weird Al Jankovic and many others.

And then we have live shows and we have really fun videos. And you know, it's like a good thing to get involved in. Yeah. I don't know what you mean by that. Well, you could be on our mailing list. You could be subscribing to us on YouTube. You know, you could be good thing for the audience to get involved.

Yeah, that's what I mean. Oh, you could too. I think if you wanted to, I think you could follow us on Instagram. Okay. I mean, what's it, what it's usually, we'd have a very simple, are you sitting there denying any requests? It's a screening process. Okay. I mean, it's usually, we'd have a very simple. Are you sitting there denying any requests? It's a screening process. Yeah.

It's about a two week thing. When you get, we get on a zoom with you, um, which we have to schedule and it's about an hour and we just talked and we were like, why do you want to follow us on Instagram? And then we talk about it and then we, there might be a follow-up zoom. And then if we, we vote to agree, then you get to be one of our followers. So is it consensus? Is it majority rules or is there a cutoff? It's no, we vote to agree, then you get to be one of our followers. So is it consensus? Is it majority rules or is there a cutoff?

It's no, it's two thirds. It has to be unanimous. It's like a jury. Yeah. So sometimes one person will ding it. And then, so far we have four followers. Okay. It's not bad.

The process takes longer than we had originally thought. Yeah, it sounds like it. Wow. Um, and then we have Alex rhythms, local musician. Are you a father at all? Do you have? I am not. I'm not. I musician. Are you a father at all? Do you have? I am not, I am not. I mean.

Are you in a relationship or? Currently in between relationships, I guess you could say I still have a bit of a, I guess you could say I'm in one relationship and that is the romance with the music. Oh, that's nice. So are you, I mean, you've had sex though. Couple of times.

Awesome. Couple of times. Does. Couple of times. Did it feel good? To me. Isn't it nice though when you sort of feel like that's taken care of and now you're not like stressing out like, oh, when am I gonna have sex? Yeah.

It's good to clear that off the books. Yeah, I checked that one off the list. Check. Yep. And now I can focus on what's important and that is the music and Target. yeah yeah just making sure i'm making working enough hours to keep my insurance and target knows you're over at the best buy yeah that's what i was curious about no i'm trying to get i'm trying to move up the old corporate ladder over there so i'm kind of trying to go above and beyond a little bit you know what i mean so i'm

hoping they see it and they're just like he's doing this not because we told him to but because he wants to and that shows you know kind of a go get up and get after it type of mentality. Very cool. Yeah. Thank you. Sometimes I feel like my get up and go has got up and went. That's when I need coffee. Fucking shit. Fucking shit is right. Sometimes like with everything going on with all this stuff happening in Gaza, I mean really. Well, anyway guys, it's great to have you. I guess we should probably end the show since we don't have.

Oh, what? Oh, sorry guys. Someone's at the, come in. Are you Scott Aukerman? Yeah, sorry, we're in the middle of a show. Oh, this'll just take a second. Would you like a little lemonade or a little sandwich? This is weird. This is very strange.

Unexpected visitor. I'm not gonna turn down the sandwich. Okay, good, good, good. Heat it up, heat it up. Okay, hi, sorry. Who are you? Why, I'm not used to taking unsolicited food from strangers. Yes, yes, well, I don't have to be a stranger.

Okay, so I am looking to have a kid. I've been knocking door to door. You're the first person that's answered. Oh, no, I don't think I'll be able to impregnate you. No, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, that's funny. You're funny. It says comedian here. No, I didn't mean, oh yeah, it's on my door.

It says comedian Esquire right on the door. No, no, no. What, no, I'm sorry. I thought that's what you mean. I'm not in the market for providing anyone with semen. If you're gonna be my son, I don't even wanna talk about your semen. Oh wait, you wanna be? I would love to be your mother if you're going to be my son, I don't even want to talk about your semen. Oh, wait, you want to be.

I would love to be your mother. If you're open to it. I'm not able to have kids of my own. That's my pitch. I'm trying to have a kid. No, it's okay. There's a band you're able to join though. Now.

Wait, so you, you, you want to be a mother, which is very universal need. Noble. And you decided to go door to door. No bullshit. You want to be a mother, which is a very universal need. Noble. And you decided to go door to door. No bullshit. You want to be a mother? Noble. Noble whatsoever. I want to be a mama.

Yeah. And what led to your decision to knock on doors of random houses? You're out of options? I'm out of options here, folks. So first, I tried to go the baby route, you know, the, the trad way. Sure. The way where a man sticks his penis.

Blah, blah, blah. And my blah, blah, blah. Hey, hey, let's. Do you know a penis into a vagina? Let's not veer into the rated R version of comedy bang bang. My goodness. We tried that. It didn't take.

Who's this we? You have a. I was trying to meet with all sorts of fellas, the most fertile guys around. It didn't take. Who's this wee? You have a... I was trying to meet with all sorts of fellas, the most fertile guys around, it didn't take. Nothing was taken. Nothing absorbed into my system. These are fertile gentlemen though? Very. Got them all tested. They're all extremely... Healthy swimmers? Big time. Big time. Nothing took. Nothing took. It wouldn't absorb. In fact, rejected. Right back out. Your vagina would spit the semen right out.

The sperm would spit out. Okay, yeah. Wow. I know that about that. Right? Yeah. So that didn't work. And then I said, you don't want, I don't want a baby.

I'm getting older. How am I supposed to pick it up and burp it all the time? That's a good point. I mean, I'm an older father myself. Some of it, I mean, the bigger she gets, it's really, it's a difficult thing. Only because you mentioned the topic. Can you tell us how old you are?

Me? Oh, well, I guess we could go around the room. Alex, how old are you? I'm 48. 48, David? I just turned 55. Did you really? Yes. Sammy Hagar. Right. And I of course am 29. And how old are you? I'm the big six-o. Oh. The big six-o. So obviously the baby route. How recently were you trying these fertile guys?

I was trying the last couple of years. Yeah, you've gone through menopause already. Oh, we don't know that for sure. I'm fairly certain. Well, I'll check it out. But anyway, I've been trying the baby route for a while. And then I thought, what if I have an adult kid? So I go to the adoption agencies. They say, hello, I want to be a mama. And they say, what's your experience? And I go, okay, we got to have experience to get a kid. What? Yeah.

Like, uh, what is this? A job? Yeah, exactly. It's kind of like a job in a way. No, I mean, someone say it's like the most important job you'll ever have. Well, I would know what I've got. I'm so sorry.

I don't mean to lord it over you, but. Well, I tried to prove it to them. I said, okay, I can take care of kids. Let me prove it to you. Did they get, well, yeah. How do you prove something like that? Exactly. I tried doing everything.

I tried getting babysitting gig. No one hired me. No one hired me. They all want those kind of twee British ladies that. Oh, the nanny McPhee types. They're taking everybody's jobs. These nanny McPhee's. Homely British ladies. Well, what's been your source of income up until this period of time?

So I worked at an FAO Schwartz for a while. You know those toys? How many? I mean, I know the one in New York City. Yeah. So I was at the one. Well, I was working at them until they closed. I can't get a gig at the big New York one. They only hire hotshots there, you know, Nate McVeas and all that.

Yeah. What do you, what'd you do there? Um, I was mostly maintaining the bigger animals and things like that. Cause I thought this is good experience for kids. Yeah. Yeah. So brushing their hair, the drafts and feeding the monkeys and stuff, winding up the little duck

and stuff like that. Feeding the monkeys. You feed the big stuffed ape, you know, give it bananas, have kids take pictures with bananas. Gotcha. Wait, so you took that job because you wanted like, how long have you wanted to have kids? Oh, since birth.

I've been wanting kids for a long time, long, long, long time. Why wait then until just the last couple of years when you cannot have them any longer? You know, you ever get kind of, you can get distracted. I guess so. I mean, not so much that I forgot to have kids. You'd be surprised what you can do when you get some really good books. When you sing it and you binge watch when binge watching became a thing. Hello. So like House of Cards comes out.

Kill me. Kill me. I loved it. You're trying to find a person in this case, Scott, who's not so much younger than you, that you will be his mother, even though he doesn't necessarily need a lot of mothering anymore. What's in it for me? You got any problems?

I mean, someone say I'm nothing but problems. Oh, tell me about it. I have a different answer. Who doesn't? Hey, I could have two sons, two knuckleheads. You've heard of my three sons. What about Alex over here? I could have three little rambunctious guys.

You guys all got problems. I got plenty of them. What are you? Lay it on me. I've been practicing. Okay. I never thought of a mother at being defined as a problem solver for adult men? Yeah.

Oh, it's usually the mother is the root of a lot of the problems. I could cause problems if you need someone. Would this be a thing where there's paperwork involved? Like, are you going to, would, would. It might need to be under the table to be honest. Are you, oh, really? Is, uh, what do you have citizenship problems or? Well, not citizenship.

It's more, the government isn't so nice. This isn't so sweet on me. Well, so sweet on you. What does it mean? What's going on? Are you a felon? I'm not a felon. If you go to the park with adults and you are staring at them and saying,

be my son, if the government has a problem with that, then that's news to me. I didn't see that in my civics class. So you were arrested for being a public nuisance or? Nuisance. Gavin Nuisance. I mean, that's good, but anyone can say any word in that tone of voice and make it sound stupid.

Right? Right. So like what's, what's the classiest word in the world? Uh, Marlin Brando. Marlin Brando. Exactly. You know what I mean? And he sounds ridiculous.

Are you taking a tone with me? I I'm sorry. That sounds very ma, ma, ma, motherly, matronly. Yeah. I'm sorry, mommy. I don't mean to do. It sounds like there's a certain comfort level growing here. Whoa.

That felt so good. You remind me a lot of my mother. I have to, yeah, she would walk into my room without, without me wanting her to be there and I'd be like, just waiting for her to leave. Yeah. She would walk into my room without, without me wanting her to be there. I'd be like, just waiting for her to leave. Yeah. That's so nice. You mean it? Yeah.

I mean, uh, she wasn't from Chicago. Yeah. Uh, with the accent. You know, but, uh, yeah. What part of Chicago are you from? Right. You know, um, Chicago, you know, Illinois borders, you know, Lake Michigan. Yeah. Okay.

I'm listening. You take a road straight to the center, Lake Michigan, my hometown. Right in the middle of, oh, there's like an island in the middle of Lake Michigan. And there's a road to the island. Yeah. How interesting. Yeah. I guess I don't know of Lake Michigan. And there's a road to the island? Yeah. How interesting. Yeah. I guess I don't know Chicago that well.

And you don't know islands. You know, islands can have one little road and still be an island. Yeah. So do you want him to move out of his home that he has with his wife and family into your house? How do, tell us about that arrangement. Yeah, it would be temporary. 10 years. You come, you live in my house., it would be temporary. 10 years.

You come, you live in my house. What's going to happen in 10 years? You live in my house for 10 years. Okay. To become my son. Why does it change in 10 years though? Well, in 10 years, you can start using the microwave by yourself. I don't need to be supervising all the time.

I got to say, I want microwave privileges. I. So, sooner than 10 years. Whoa. Within like two years. What are you trying to microwave, Mr. Big Pants? I mean, I'm not gonna turn down like some leftover pizza. You're saying-

Oh, in my house, there will be no leftover pizza. We're eating that whole sucker right in front of a movie. I'm gonna get a stomach ache right in front of a movie. We're going to be watching movies all the time. Whoa, that sounds pretty good. Sounds good. I mean, you microwave pizza, you don't just eat it cold out of the fridge. No, I'd like to microwave it. You're a you're a eat it cold guy.

I mean, you're a cool guy. So I'll buy a whole pie, put it in the fridge, eat it the next day. We can't relate. Eating the whole thing right in front of the movies. Oh, are we watching the movie or our backs to it? When you say right in front of it. Hey, in my house, any way you want to be. If the movie's too scary, back to the movie.

Oh, I have an idea for the movie. Okay. Mission Impossible. Oh, I love them. Yes. That sounds like the theme music to Mission Impossible. Do do do do. Mission Impossible is what I nickname in my diary,

my quest to have a child. Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do. I think that's not, you need to name it something more optimistic. Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do. What do you think? Like Mission Impossible. Do do do do.

Wow. Do do do. Do do. Bum, bum, ba, da, bum, ba, da, bum. possible. Ethan hunt your mission should you choose to accept it with a table of musicians here that really came together. Yeah. I always thought it's funny. His name's Ethan. It's kind of weird, isn't it? Like, yeah, it should be like Slade. Yeah, Alex or like bond James bond.

It's like Jeremy hunt. Yeah. Like, uh, Steve. It's like a nerdy name. It's a little goofy. I would personally never name my adult kid. Ethan. Yeah.

Do wait, do I have to change my name? It yes. Okay. And what do you want to call me? What? I've got a few names picked out after some of the guys that have given me the most opportunities, you know? Okay. So there's Roger. Roger? What was Roger's deal?

Roger was the first fertile man I slept with. Okay. First fertile man. Wait, so did you sleep with a lot of non-fertile men before that? Yes, it came to light. I see. It came to light because I would say show the evidence

what went on and they'd have nothing to show. Got it. Meaning they couldn't even ejaculate? They couldn't produce, okay. Or it was clear, you know? No swimmers. Yeah, clear, Speaking of Ethan, swimmers are not that easy to see.

Tom Cruise is a Scientologist. I know, but also remember that he did, he went underwater to swim into that underground safe. Yes. And water is clear. Water is by the way, water is odorless, tasteless and colorless, but on the other, by the way, water is odorless, tasteless, and colorless. But on the other side of the spectrum, necessary. That's so true. It's very, and you could get as much water

as you needed in my house. This is the thing, I've always said about people, they're like, oh, the color of your skin is this, the color of your skin is this. We're 73% water, that doesn't have color, baby. We're all alike. Wow. Wow, they're teaching% water. That doesn't have color, baby. We're all alike. Wow. Wow, they're teaching you that CRT in school, aren't they?

Aren't they, Roger? I don't know who this big-dicked, semen-filled monster named Roger is. I don't know if I'm comfortable being named after him. Oh, he's a fine gentleman. Shoots deer. With his semen? Oh yeah.

Very fertile man. Big hunter. You all know that when you're kids, again, you're a lot more kind of in your puberty time in your horny, you always go out and shoot deer with your, with your semen. I guess. Is there someone else that I could be named after? I don't know. Absolutely.

There was Caleb. What's Caleb like? British. Okay. Not bad. Royal family adjacent. Okay. So he's a British is he?

You're unbelievable. Oh, let me ask you something. Was he from North London or South London? Perfect. He's from right on the main river there, the Thames. There's a little tiny road. You go right in the middle of that river from a town right in the middle. Oh, wow.

We had a lot in common. We had a lot in common. And I will say I have met some of the most fertile Fertile men of my life on the bus pro. Pro. I have heard that that fertile men do go on the bus. Oh, there's high T on those buses. Yeah. We played a couple of gigs on a bus.

I had a good time. Really? On the bus. You're not just touring on your bus. You play on the bus. We do not tour on a bus. We are in a van for sure, but we did tour for like a city bus. Like the audience was the people riding the bus. We do not tour on a bus. We are in a van for sure. But we did tour for like a city bus. Like the audience was the people riding the bus. Yeah. It was like, it was like a

customer appreciation day. So like they, different buses at different forms of entertainment and old rick and rhythms for one of those forms. Was the city of Santa Clarita did this? Yeah. So they hired a rock band to get in the bus to show the riders that they appreciate them. Yeah. And here's a blast. Blasting music. We had to bring a couple of generators in to get those amps powered up.

We probably fill up about three quarters of the bus just with the band. Yeah, there were very few passengers. We had to like stop. We couldn't even make some of the stops. We just had to keep going. So some people never got to go on their usual route. Most of the people I would say never got to go on the route. Okay. This is the opposite of customer appreciation.

Yeah. Oh, well, the people that were on the bus certainly seem to be having a good time. I tell you what. All right. Cause they were singing along when we played Enter Sandman. That's, I don't want to be on a bus listening to Enter Sandman. Exit bus. Especially by Santa Clarita cover band.

But I guess if I live in Santa Clarita, then they're local. They're local. I appreciate it. You can just call them a cover band. I stopped eating all non-local food. Really? Yeah. Oh my God. All food I eat is shade grown and fair trade, locally sourced and I don't eat meat. What's the radius that you'll call a local food?

It's got to be within three miles. Three miles of your house? Yeah. There's an Albertsons down the street from me. Yeah, that's where I go. Anything There's an Albert's down the street for me. Yeah, that's where I go. Uh, anything from Trader Joe's is fine. Wait, so you're saying, you're saying whatever

you can buy in a three mile radius. But it's got to be local. Okay. Cause my fridge is just you buying it. Well, or if it's bought somewhere else, it has to be brought to me wherever I am. My fridge, my fridge is stopped right now just cause I'm not home.

So I'm not using it, but when I get back, I'll put it back on and then we can get out. We can whip out the pizzas. I don't. You unplug it every time you leave. I don't want to eat anything from your fridge. Excuse. You were talking about fridge pizza all day today

and all of a sudden you don't want to eat any pizza. You're constantly turning your fridge on and off and then leaving for hours and hours? Well, I wouldn't have to leave for hours if someone will let me be their mom. My advice to you, order in. I mean, David, you're joking, but that's- I wish I was joking. That's not bad advice. I'm so close to not joking about that.

But honestly, I know you're saying something really hilarious right now, but I would take that advice for real. I'm like a hair's breadth. So like right on the precipice of actually not joking about that. Yeah, but I know you are joking. Obviously, I'm joking. But that said, I could get there. You could get there. And I would take that advice.

These boys always talk like this. Oh, yeah, they do. Well, I, I mean, I'm a little, I'm a little worried about being called Caleb or what was the first guy's name? Roger. Roger. He's a guy that shoots deer with his, his. Seamen. I don't want to be called Roger.

And I'm a little worried about the, the, the microwave privileges and honestly the refrigerator thing is. We, hey, listen, a house is a negotiation. If you're my son, if you're all my boys, we can talk about when to unplug the refrigerator and when to leave it on. And then it's his, I keep thinking about his own home and family, they have to wait.

Our homes and our family, you're part of this, David. Oh, okay. One of the reasons I'm interested is the fraternity between the three of us. No, that'll be fun. I just, I do like the idea of getting in front of the movie and eating the pizza together. Yeah.

It's nice, right? I think that we should do this together, guys. Okay. So we all- Wow, you just jumped right before they could even agree. We're all in, we're cutting our fingers and we're putting them together? You took their silence as agreement.

Hey, my fingers are, my fingers been bleeding since I got here. Oh yeah. You had to look at the calluses on those things. You have bandages on all 10 of your fingers. I don't use a pick. Well, we'll put some ointment all over those hands. Don't you worry.

I'm going to rub the blood. Okay. Nice. Hey, I have a name suggestion. Okay, for what? For today. She's talking about giving us new names. Okay, sure.

Scott Rhythms, David Rhythms. Oh. Oh. Rhythms. Wow. But then do we get to be part of the band? You better believe it, you do. All right. Oh my God. You can pick the instruments, not ones that are currently being played by other members of the band

How about a tuba? You were in right? I'll take the vibraphone. You're you got it mama Well, I'll play the megaphone because I'm a mom and I'll probably hollering at you guys to get in from the field For dinner. Do you live in a field? That's the classic thing Get in from the field kids time for dinner. Do you live in a field? That's the classic thing. Come on, get in from the field kids. Time for dinner. Quit catching little bugs. Get in. I thought you were a neighbor of mine.

You live. Oh Scott, it doesn't matter where I live or how many States I traveled to get you here. I don't. I, I, you know, I don't know guys. I was really into it thinking about the three of us being brothers, but traveling to another state. Sometimes I think Paris Hilton is in it for the publicity. That's a good point. Man, you just cracked my brain wide open with that one, man.

I never really thought about that before, but damn, probably right. Is it publicity for the hotels? The reason I sit out there is because I feel like maybe you purposely knocked on the door, knowing that this was comedy bang bang happening here and that your message would now be out around the world. When I said there was an open door policy, it's like, I guess I should have been more specific. How so? That there's not one.

You know, my state senator says his door is always open. Yeah. So I go in there and I take a nap sometimes. How so? That there's not one. You know, my state senator says his door is always open. Yeah. So I go in there and I take a nap sometimes. Listen, I can read between the lines. If you think I'm just here is some little ploy to get somebody to officially sign me on as their mom and that I knew this was a podcast house because of the huge antenna Sticking out of the top. That's how it works Wow, then I guess call me call me shrewd

I Thought you're gonna say call me Shrek call me Shrek if he needs a mom call me mrs. Shrek Okay, I don't think I don't think we know what to call you. I don't think we got your name We never got your name miss. Oh my gosh. Hello, ma'am. What is your name? What's your mom's name, Scott? Barbara? Put my name in air quotes and put the name Barbara

in between the air quotes. I'm supposed to sort of say it sarcastically, like, oh, Barbara over here. Yeah, I don't want, I can't steal the valor of being the original Barbara, but I'm for sure a Barbara to here. Yeah, I don't want, I can't steal the valor of being the original Barbara, but I'm for sure a Barbara to you. I'm your mom when you're, you know, wandering around. Don't steal the valor of being the original Barbara.

That's so, what about you guys though? I mean, does she have to be Barbara to you or? What's your mom's name, Alec? Leona. Can you smack some air quotes in the air and stick the name Leona right in between those suckers? Leona, he smacks some air quotes in the air and stick the name Leona right in between those suckers, Leona. Exactly.

It's not Leona Hemsley. Helms Helmsley Hemsley. I'm thinking of Sherman to Hemsley. You don't have Sherman's Hemsley, but my mom is Leona Helmsley. It is. She is really the, uh, what was it about her? She had owned a lot of shoes. No, she, that was a real estate magnet. Yes. And magnet Yes, and and the bitch you love to hate. Yep. I think don't use that kind of language. No, no, you don't

Stop Barbara, I'm sorry Barbara. Yeah, Leona, please Well guys, we're running out of time. Unfortunately,. We've got to finish this some other time then. We're, we're, part two dropping next week, but we do have time for one final feature on the show. That is, of course, a little something called Plugs. Yes. Comedians who improvise, time to capitalize Plug bag, open the plug bag And plug your projects on your website or your Instagram and Facebook pages These plugs ain't making up for the one-pound ones

Open the plug bag if you please Plug bag, open the plug bag Cause all the stars are getting born in a common accord Bang bang, comedy bang bang Wow, that was Sparks Plug by Lot. Ha ha. Thank you. Gosh, Alex, you should try to plug by Lot. Ha ha. Thank you. Gosh. Alex, you should try to try to play that at your next gig. Hey, you better believe it.

I'm the honest is going to love it. Yeah. What are we plugging? David, obviously you have so much going on. What are we plugging? I would like to plug the my web series, wainy days. Oh yeah. Is that still on the web?

Maybe, I think so. You can watch it on YouTube and it's about my romantic adventures as a single man. And yeah, I got a DVD of that back in the day. There you go. Are there new episodes? No. Okay.

All right, Alex Rhythms, what do you wanna plug? Got a few things here. First off, you're going to be in Norwalk. Come check us out at the Maple street block party. We'll be there from 2 PM to 4 30 PM rocking out with everybody there. And, uh, if you're on the, uh, in the local Los Angeles area, come on out to see banger rain improv group every fourth Friday of the month. Um, and you can also check out planet weird at the yard.

Uh, every Wednesday bangerings that you see B and, uh, maybe check out St. Dennis medical coming out on NBC. This. Oh, Hey, I saw a trailer for that. Yeah. What's that one? Um, it's like, uh, it looks like the office, but in, uh, in a hospital,

they're constantly looking at the camera and going like, oh no, I used the scalpel or whatever. They are looking down the barrel more often than they are. More often than not. Yeah. Let me ask you, St. Dennis, is that because like, it's on the side of a building and then someone puts a little line on the D to turn it into a P

and then it's St. Penis? That was what I was imagining. I mean, that's the kind of, yeah, that's the hope. That's the hope of what happens. That's where they want to get, tell me, is that the last episode? So it's like Mercy Hope Hospital? Yeah, yeah. All right, and Barbara, what do you want to plug? Yeah, so if you're looking to have me be your mom, just email me or check out my website.

Or can we write you for to get a business card? You can write me. I'll send you my business card as well as a bunch of the proper forms and a little bloody fingerprint and whatever. And you can kind of match that with your own bloody fingerprint. So check that out. I'll probably be at your door in a sec anyway. And then also, if you're going to be in Edinburgh,

check out Holy Shit Improv and Blood on the Clock Tower. Those will be really fun. And check out Dimension 20, Never Stop Blowing Up on Dropout.tv. Hmm. All right. Good plugs. Those are some good. Hopefully my plugs are going to live up to those. We'll see. Let's see. I want to plug our tour dates. We of course are going to the UK and Ireland. We have, we're going to Glasgow, London, Bristol, Dublin for two nights, Manchester. Those are all here in early September. Those are coming up very soon. So we want to see you out there. Don't embarrass me UK and Ireland. So we wanna see you out there. Don't embarrass me UK and Ireland. I wanna see you out there. And then we added some dates.

We're gonna be in Montreal on October 16th, Troy, New York on the 17th, New Haven, Connecticut on October 18th, Tarrytown, New York on October 20th, New Haven, Connecticut on October 18th, Tarrytown, New York on October 20th, and Red Bank, New Jersey on October 21st. The tour continues. Those are all on sale. Go to comedybangbangworld.com slash tour

or cbbworld.com slash tour, of course, and you can get tickets for all of those shows. We wanna make sure that we see you out there. I also wanna plug the action figures. Our shipping in September available for customers worldwide at shop.figurecollections.com. That has free shipping with a US address. And then in Europe, you have cheaper import fees

at actionfigureseller.com. Right now we have the Sprague and Big Sue action figures out there right now. So you're going to want to get the Sprague and Big Sue action figures. And then we have Randy and Carissa coming up after that. And then we've been planning the further waves after that. So you're going to want to get all those. Anything else we want to plug? I mean, head over to CBBworld.com, of course, for all of our shows. You got CBB Presents, Scott Hasn't Seen, so much great, The Neighborhood List, and so much great stuff over there. Okay, tell you what, let's close up the old plug bag. I still feel espresso Think about me, I don't know I still feel espresso We back in the room and there's nobody left The party's almost done

We look to the door and we go to the left The party's almost done So then we open up the door But that's not the perfect Because you know just what we're gonna do We're gonna see Open up the black bag Something's coming out of the house Something's on the side because you know this book we're gonna do. We're gonna see. F.O.

Hope you like the vlog back. I'm gonna hold something dear inside. Hope you like the vlog back. I'm gonna keep feeling so. Something that you don't wanna know. Hope you like the vlog back. I'm gonna make you late. I mean, that was very masterful.

Thank you so much. That was Plug Espresso by It's Me Espresso. Thank you so much to It's Me Espresso by It's Me Espresso. Thank you so much to It's Me Espresso. And of course, if you have a plugs theme, head over to cbbworld.com slash plugs, and you can be heard on this very, very show. And David, I want to thank you so much for being on the show. Do you know what I forgot to tell you? What's that?

There's a very special, very cool new product involving What Hot American Summer that you can probably see now or in the next couple of days on my website, davidwayne.com. Really? What, gosh, what could this be? Let's say you've already done a book with the script. Yeah, no, it's, I'll just say it.

Fuck yeah, let's just, yeah. We have Wet Hot American Summer Funko Pop dolls. Whoa! They're very cool. Really, really cool. really. So you're going to want to check that out. Okay. Who, who, who, how many characters? I believe there are three. You're just going to have to go on, on, on faith and see, or you can go to wet hot American summer.com as well. I think wet on American summer. You got the.com of that. I mean, back in the day. I mean, back in the day. Wow. That's awesome. Okay.

Well, we got to make sure that we all buy those. Thank you so much, David. You were very engaged. You only grew about 10 doodles during the show. This is my process. And you did not shuffle anything. You did bring cards. And I didn't eat the whole time.

I almost ate right before I walked in. And Alex Rhythms, good luck to you. I hope this works out for you. I'll come check out your gig. Yeah, we should go. I mean, we're brothers after all. Absolutely. We'd love to have you anytime. Hop up on stage, feel free.

All right. Yeah, we should be supportive. We're brothers and Barbara or AKA mom. Thank you. What's my bedtime? Oh boy. Well, when the's my, what's my bedtime? Oh boy. Well, when the movie ends, I guess.

But we're watching movies all night. You said, got to brush your teeth first. You have to brush. I'm not going to tolerate dirty teeth. Okay. No stinky teeth in this house twice a day boys. Brush them. Brush them at night twice.

All right. All right. Can we have sleepovers? No. All right. Can we have sleepovers? No. Why? We want to have sleepovers. No extra boys in the house. But you already have three boys in the house.

And that's three too many. I'm too tired of being a mom. Oh Jesus, all right. It's exhausting. All right, we'll see you next time. Bye. Well, you got 10 years.