Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade - Jo Koy

Episode Date: September 13, 2023

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Yeah, he's become a superstar stand up and he talks about his journey to get the standard world to pay attention to him, a whole story around Netflix, that's you, Tetsurandos, and his success. So it's a really interesting story. He's a very likable guy, lots of energy. Yes. Yeah, has a big following and very light in his feet,

very fun to talk to and great stand up. We think you will like this episode, so stick around. Joe, do you remember when we first met? Yeah, and I cried. And I cried. That was very... I never forgot that. So Joe was opening for I never forgot that. So Joe was opening for John Levinz. John Levinz.

In San Francisco. Yeah. And Joe was his opener and unknown then, basically. And then when I met you, got very emotional. I thought it was really sweet. I tried to understand it and take it in, but it was like, and then now I've watched you marching towards Superstardom. So it's kind of cool. Could you cry? You crying. I am right now. What do you think I have these glasses on? I can't even look

at them. No, you know, it's, you know, I was just talking about this the other day to my video guy Josh and I was just like You know you meet people Like like you know, it's hard when fans walk up and just say hi to you. It takes a lot It takes a lot for someone to just go. Oh my god. I love your work And sometimes we we don't understand that you know because we're on the other side right yeah, but but understand that, you know, because we're on the other side, right? Yeah. But, but, um, but to experience that with you, now I understand where my fans are coming from because what you meant to me is the reason why I'm doing what I'm doing.

Like, I, when I, when I was in love with Saturday night live and watching stand up, just every single day and, and watching you make me laugh and go into school and and watching you make me laugh and go into school and imitating you, you know, the next day, imitating whatever bit that I saw you do. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche.

Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche.

Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. Churche. It was my escape from reality. And it was also like, I was going through such a depression with my family at that time. You know, my mom and dad divorced. My brother dealing with schizophrenia and going back and forth. And hospital, like it was my escape to just enjoy laughter.

And I needed people like you and Dennis Mueh, and spayed and everybody. I, and I'm not just saying that to Santa because you're here, David. It's like for real. Like, and it meant a lot. And when I saw you, once again, like the childhood came back in the emotion,

came back that I didn't know I had inside me. So it came out. It was just like, oh, here's my hero. I, you know, and also, and you're now on the other side of the fence, but when I would meet people like Martin Short, who I saw at SCTV when I was in college, and I'm thinking he's awesome. He kind of looked like I could be his cousin, and I want to do what he's doing. So when you see someone who is doing what you want to do before you do it, you always kind of are tricked out whenever you meet them.

You know, there's like hierarchy. And now you have people coming up to you that are getting emotional and you don't understand bro, you know, and it's very sweet and you have to just take it in because as performers we're always thinking, that wasn't so good or I got to get better, you know, we're always have that self-deprecating side. But anyway, it was nice. But tell me about your divorce and this gets a frendia in your family as a, uh, no, but how to great transition.

Wait, I, I want to say I get star struck two and I, and Dana, we all do. And I think that's good that we're not so jaded because whether it's in the comedy world, of course, the Steve Martin's, the people you grew up with, Eddie Murphy, anyone from SNL, I would see. And even like bands that mean a lot. And the hardest part is when you do get the balls to say something, oh, thanks. And you're like, no, you don't get it. Yeah.

When people say to me, I try to give them a second or something because I try to want them to understand that I get it, but you don't know how to handle it on this end, or McCartney, or I get it, I don't, but you don't want to handle it on this end with a McCartney or I remember Jack Nicholson and people go, have you met him and I go, well, I've met him, but it's not met him. It's like shook his hand in a group like,

hey, this is, and then one time got to sit next to him. And then if you talk, you really ultimately, selfishly, you want them to know you now from something and then like it. And then if they light up a little bit, then that's the most fun. If they go, oh, I saw you and you go, oh, and then it's, it feels like a little more even than, than just like, oh, thanks. It's like, oh, I think the key and I, I've coached people about it because they'll ask

me, what do I do when I meet a celebrity? And I said, be very specific. Don't say I liked your work. You know, say, uh, Joe, in your second special, when you did your mom in this part, that, uh, me and my friends share those rhythms. We do impressions of you and we're bonding over your comedy. That's, that's kind of the ultimate complement, right? When people are moved by your specials in your comedy Yeah, share it and want to tell you love that Yeah, I love that when I get it from someone that's like in the entertainment world as I am and they say stuff like that But I I can care less

You know why I am or not like when I met David I That was the first thing I said to David like like I love you, like, because I mean it. It's like I care less if you know my work, I don't care. It's like you're the reason why I'm doing what I'm doing. I watched all your stuff when you used to do any of the improv, I watched all your funny Phoenix, like that one moved me when you did the one at Phoenix. It's just like, and it's was just like, I don't care.

I don't need validation from anybody. I'm going to tell you that what you meant to me is special, because there's things that motivate people, and there's things that inspire people, and without those things in this world, no one's going to be motivated to do anything. I knew that. I had the same thing, Joe,

what I was guest hosting for Kimmel and David was guest the second night. And I didn't plan this, but Quentin Tarantino, I'd ask for him, well, who do you want? I go, well, Quentin Tarantino. So then when he came out and I'm the host and they're all applauding for him, I just instinctively said, I love you.

Because I know you from your work and you're speaking to me. And I didn't know if I was too gushy or embarrassing, but to your point, I didn't care. This is just the best role. Care, emotional thing. So, yeah. Well, I'll do one more and I'll stop. But no, I don't want to hear.

I was in New York and we were just shopping and a Chris Rock acknowledged me walked had full on conversation and I know this is your guys this guy But he was my hero too like you know me bring really was such a big special in my life and When he acknowledged me I didn't go to him He came to me and was like acknowledging my work and what I do and I was just like wow. I was floored I was like the king like what do you what's going on right now? So that that was a Spatts deployment that does mean a lot though It makes it all in your head. You're like fuck so people do see this shit

I do yeah because you sometimes just do it and you get nervous and you move in the next thing Yeah, and it's lonely and it's stand-up is lonely. Like they don't understand what, but how many hotel rooms we've seen and how we gotta have that, we need that instant gratification. Like the applause break and the laughter, that means, oh, okay, you like that, you like that.

And then for some reason in the industry, we don't get like the same type of love or acknowledgement right away. It's weird. So when you get like, you get somebody like like you or Chris saying, hey, I like your work. It means a lot to us. Yeah, because emotionally with the people around you, handlers, agents, managers, whatever, you could do the craziest special and get booked on two arenas, two or just stuff happening to you in the last few years.

And then it's like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, now we got to work on the next thing. You go, wait a minute. I'm playing the chase center, motherfucker. Yeah. Yeah. Can we? Can we toast?

So toosh, toosh, can we just take a knee for a bit? Because the first time I got a million dollar checker something in the 90s. All right. So that's that. I go, wait a minute. Can we just say a prayer? This is a day. You know, Dana used to tell me when I would talk about like gigs or if money was coming in and he was saying, you know, when we go to the improv, you do these shows and sometimes they'll kick you two hundred bucks or, hundred bucks or you grew up getting cash. Like I drive to a gig, I get 20 bucks. And it is on. Then I got older, I got like 75 for a gig.

And then you get cash and sometimes you do a whole week at a club and you get like three grand cash. But that meant so much. But now, Dana was explaining, she goes, it's not as much fun with everything. It's a number on a monthly statement. And there's some numbers that just moved around. You're like, does that mean anything?

Like I just wanna have it in my hand. I don't really get it anymore. You don't get the feel of- No, I did comedians in cars. Oh yeah, you're right. Cold heart cash. Give me, I just wanna hold. Jeremy Seinfeld understands this.

If you do the car show with him, he hands me an envelope. I won't say the amount. With all cash. And I felt like that was the highest-paint thing I'd had in 30 years. I put't say the amount with all cash. And I felt like that was the highest paint thing I'd had in 30 years. I put it in a box. I used it for months tips. It feels real. Yeah. And it goes close the envelope. They're looking. It was the film crew. Don't let them see. Come on. But anyway, Joe Coise our guest today. And jump.

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I don't know where exactly you were in the world, but did you remember seeing SNL and feeling like that was something that clicked with you? Yeah, it was my life. It was everything. And from, you know, especially when they switched the hands over when it slowly went over to the young guys, when it went to David and that whole, that whole span of back was.

You were there, you were sort of in the Dana, Dennis Miller, love it. That's where we started watching. I go way back to Piscopo and, oh shit, okay. Okay. That was such a huge watching. I go way back to Piscopo and Oh shit. Okay. I was such a huge fan of SNL and STTB. Yeah. Yeah.

And there was another show called Friday's. I don't know. Oh, of course. Remember that? Yeah. Totally. And then of course, you know, kids in the hall that came, you know, that was later. Oh, yeah. But it was just I was so like in love with the freedom that you guys have with your sketches like I love sitcoms

But I love what what you guys were doing with sketches like I was just enjoying The how do I say it but you would get a you would get away with a lot like now That's funny. Well, we thought was risk a back then is like G rated now It's nothing but back then it was like back then is like, G rated now, it's nothing, but back then, it was like, I can't believe they're doing this. Like, like, would you picture yourself, would you ever think that's something you'd want to do? Or, when I watched SNL, sort of what you were saying

about an escape earlier, I'm a divorce family. I think we're all pretty beat up with childhoods and comedy in general, but I had, I don't know if I realized it then, but maybe looking for that happy days or sitcoms at night or this or watching us know, it wasn't escape because it was fun people having fun and there was no problems. Yeah. It was all happy.

Yes, church lady, just like, or Whitney did Wayne's world, it was just like, what is this? You know what I mean? It was just like, I knew what public access was and then you guys did a sketch on public access television. We were just like, this is crazy. Like I was so in love with that idea.

Like it even made people think like, oh well then maybe I can do like a public access show. You know what I mean? Well, the emotional underpinning of that thing because people have asked me and I've thought about it, is that the two kind of two guys in a town live with their parents, have an AMC Pacer, and they're like the happiest people in the town

because they're ritualizing everything. So it's such a feel good thing. I want to be Garth. I want to be the loyal best friend of the guy who's like Bugs Bunny, he's smarter than everyone in the town, you know? So, and you reflect people watching it because I'm like in a basement watching a show going,

oh my God, that's like me and my stupid friend. And so people watching go, that's cool, that's us. That's so true. And that literally those two characters were at high, you know, they were in high school with me. I knew those two guys. And I also loved how how the intro came on, where was that public act? Yeah.

Okay. I think it was a little hard. Yeah. You're watching public acts. Yeah. Yeah. It was so good. And then like spade, like everything like everything that you did man with with Farley and of course Samler It was just like this chemistry that you guys had was like

It was like friends. It was just like I was it was like you were in on something You know what I mean? And it was like this school. It was like you you felt like you were a flight on the wall Is that the name of this that is? Yeah, we give away prizes from people to say fly If you work it in yeah, good job crazy You get you a Rolex and a Gucci bag. Yes, I did research you last night I appreciate that because you learned it But no, I really felt like watching something cool here the way you guys with laugh you know break character every now and then even though John didn't like it when

people break character John love it's what always say that yeah yeah sometimes a great character and I don't get it I don't like it and I don't get it it It's not funny. It's called a dash. Action. Sound. It's not good. Where did John love its comfort? At all. Where did that race like from 1930? I know.

I'm trying to figure out what is he laughing at. He's always genuinely perplexed. What's so funny? What's so funny? You know why they didn't put the sketch on, don't you? Why? Because it's funny. They don so funny. You know why they didn't put the sketch on, don't you? Why? Because it's funny. They don't like it because it's too funny. It's a bit of me west almost and sort of a 1940s type announcer voice. It's so funny. Where did he come from? Yeah, he's the greatest. I always thought

I always thought that was an act, you know, doing stand up when he started to stand up at the lab background. I was like, oh, he's doing like this character. And he really does on SNL. And then he called me, I didn't even know he got my number. He got me into his sauna. And he called me and he goes, I'm going on tour. And I want you to open for me.

And I'm like, oh shit, he really talks like this. Oh, wow, did you do it? Yeah, I'm too funny. That's a that's a problem. You're too funny. I'm talking about you. You know his opening for me down you Joe Coit no no no and I'm not even disagreeing because no no. He's really funny. He's really gonna be big you know That was sweet. That's awesome. I thought you were so strong that night, and John was still new to stand up. It was almost like he had to pull up his socks

to hard to follow a polished, good act. Yeah, because you were already into your, you were a kick ass stand up. This is like the early knots or something. I don't remember. Not, 2000. Can I give you my favorite John Love It story? We would love nothing more.

He's a friend of the podcast. Okay, you're gonna love this. Okay, I'm opening for him in Hawaii. He loves Hawaii. That's a worse place. We're opening up for Hawaii. And he goes, let's go to the beach. I need the tent.

Cause he's got, he's got psoriasis, right? I know. Yeah, oh, it does. I need to tan. Let's go to the beach. I need the to because he's got he's got psoriasis right? I know. Yeah. Oh, he does. I need to tan. Let's go. The beach. I know the beach. I We're laid down and the and this guy walks up to us right. I don't know who he is. He's like an assistant or something. He goes, hey, John. Hey, hey, John, Casey from Casey and the Sunshine Band. He's huge fan of yours, but he's so scared to come up to and talk to you and he's performing on the island as well.

Is there any way you can say hi to John? And John's like, of course, I love Casey and the Sunshine. For us, who does it, right? So we walk up, we walk up, we walk up. The best story, man. And here's Casey and he's like, hey We walked up. The best story, man. And here's Casey. And he's like, hey, John, I really love you, man. I was just so nervous to say hi.

And he goes, oh, I'm a huge fan of you. This is Joe Koy. You ready? This is the first thing you sense the Casey. This is Joe Koy. He does a really good impersonation of me. Take it away, Joe. And I go, what do you want me to say?

He goes, exactly. It's epic. And that was it. That was it. We have to reboot. I mean, love it. Let's if Ted Sarandos is listening, maybe Joe, you could produce it, David.

John Love it should just be in a cartoon as John Love it's on Netflix walking around doing exactly what you just Now I know what do you want me to say he goes that's exactly what I want you to say and I'm not on me to sketch with them. Yeah So he goes me he goes David, I'm sorry about your attitude. I heard about it. It's so funny, but he says, hey, I, he, he always buys a new car and he pulls up and he steps out of it and he goes,

how can I get you in this car? It's an insult to me. You know, you're a little pixie. How are you? That's what he calls me. You're a little pixie. How are you? That's what he calls me. You're a little pixie. How you doing? Yeah.

I'm jealous. God, he is funny. He's shitin' all over. And he's got a little dog, Jerry Brookheimer, his trusty trusty dog. His dog is not cute. I hate to break it, everyone. I tell him.

Personality is adorable, but the underdog. I like every dog. Undercut. Yeah. I love all dogs. So Joe. Yeah, ask the underdog. I like every dog. Undercut this. Yeah. I love all dogs. So Joe, yeah, ask Joe real questions. I want to ask. So this, so your mom is your biggest fan and really wanted you to go into show business or just got a sense. Nope. She wanted fuck with a pdf. No, no, so she wanted like, you know, Filipinos are, you know, have a lot of talent in

the family. I don't know how this happens, but there's always a lot of talent. There's always a singer, there's always something to dance with. And the parents love to showcase that talent. And it's just like, whenever there's a party, it's like all the parents got their kids and they make them all perform. And they brag about it. It's like it goes on for years.

Like I was really good at impersonating Michael Jackson, but like where Michael Jackson was even doing Michael Jackson anymore, but I was. And she would make me impersonate Michael Jackson all throughout high school. And that she would brag about it. But the minute you get your diploma, it's like, okay, enough of the talent. Now you need to think about life.

It's about to say, where's the impression? I got to hear more. So a talent show for all your childhood, all the way through high school. Now that's up. And that's up. After high school, now you have to go to college, think about your career. There's no such thing as becoming an entertainer that there's no money to be made there, Joe said.

And that's a reality. I swear. It's pretty true, though. It's very true. She's not wrong. The odds are stacked against us. But what was your response to that? I'll show you or what?

Yeah, I just, I was in low with standup. I couldn't get enough of it. I love the, I knew I was going to be a comedian When did you get up on stage? What age were you 18 right out of high school in Vegas? Oh, no Joe no My mom would kick the bed and go did you give your Applications out today you walk out of the applications? I go, I go, and she goes, are you doing standup? You have to focus on something.

I go, she goes, you go to basketball, and I'm just like, I win, and no one's hiring. Meanwhile, everyone's hiring. I go, she goes, go again, I don't think, I don't believe you went, go show me your filled application. I go, gosh. You were like the point of,

I'm dying in the day. Yeah, I was. Whatever I want. John, get out of here, this is my room. The polling dynamite. You were like the point of working the day. What are you doing? Whatever I want. Get out of here, this is my room. The polling dynamite. So 94, and you dreamed about it like as a little kid then, basically, 9, 10, 11,

you started this thing about it. I was in love with it at like 9, 10, and I saw Eddie Murphy at the Seattle. He's good. He's good. I called a CO. He's a Seattle guy. He's 87 at the Seattle Coliseum. I bought the tickets with my mom's credit card

and I went to that show and I saw a lot of my life. Live Eddie Murphy. What did that do to your brain when you saw Eddie up there? Okay, so I knew stand up usually the biggest would be a theater. Yeah. Like, you know, you see Carlin in a theater. You see Carlin in a theater.

Yeah. And then here I am in an arena where the supersonic display. And I remember sitting in this seat with my friend and looking up a 300 section going, wait a minute, what? Like there's people up there too. There's a lot of concert. Yeah, yeah.

One? Yeah, we're the mic. One man, it was crazy. And I don't know if you went to Raw, but the beginning of Raw, he stands behind this red screen, right? It's a little bit of... I saw it in New York.

Oh, you went to Raw, you saw it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You remember the beginning of that? It was all the highlights of what he's done. And then it turns red and he's standing behind it. And like, to explain that to kids now, it's like nothing, but in 1987, that was, it was incredible.

Like my mind blew up. Like I could believe I just saw a real like that with his body of work in front of me. And then now, and he's right there. And then he comes up, his confidence city is not explainable. That 19 or 20s of fully born superstar on Saturday Live.

I was a much longer journey. And so in your case, you got on stage. Can you tell us about your first night? Your first night going up. My first night going up with your first set. Oh yeah. I know exactly where the venue is. It's on Tropical Cannon, Eastern and Vegas.

It was a talent show. I remember it took me about two weeks to grow just a little bit of hair on my upper lip and then I colored it in with my mom's little eyeliner thing. I made it really dark. I swear, I looked like this. It was in a 21-in-up place or could you get in it? Yeah, it was a bar.

Oh, so you had to pass for 21? Yeah, I was like one of the Marks brothers, man. It was just like this obviously painted mustache. And uh, and uh, yeah, I went up, I bombed. Um, it was so funny because when I wrote the routine, I thought for sure in my head, when I was visualizing me on stage and like the bar manager calling someone from Hollywood, like, I think we found a kid's incredible. He's crushing right.

Holding the phone up. Yeah, listen, I tell you we don't have enough alcohol to serve the people they blocked a bar. Listen, he's getting an encore for his three minute set. Yes, he's doing six minutes and three. This is unbelievable. So God, three minutes has an eternity. It was literally everything that I wrote disappeared in my head.

Right when I got on stage, I forgot everything I wrote. And then I didn't want to get off stage. I just kept bombing for three minutes. Like I kept like, get off. I wouldn't get off. Awful. And then I get this stupid joke about a condom not fitting. You know, that's all I knew. Sure. Because the size of the organ is too big or too small.

It doesn't fit. Yeah, it's too small. But you know, it's the obvious, right? Sure. Got it. Got it. And then now my tongue is sticking to the roof of my mouth. And my mouth is dry. And I say to the crowd, you ever, your mouth, you ever get so dry or your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth. and the lady at the bar goes, put a condom on it and crushes. So the crowd is crushing. She absolutely destroys

the joke I burned on. And then I walk off stage, sit down next to the guy that did Lionel Richie, he did a Lionel Richie song and he sounded just like Lionel Richie. And I'm sitting right next to him. He won that night, by the way. And then literally he looked at me, he goes, he goes, hey, don't be too down on yourself. He goes, I just want you to know you had really good stage presence. That's what he said to me. And if he didn't say that to me, I probably would have quit comedy, but traumatic, honest. Wow. No, wow. I had a similar situation, right?

That's so true. How was yours, Dave? Well, I just quickly, this is supposed to be about you, but whatever. David likes to talk about himself. I do. I'm gonna go back 40 minutes before the show. I've only heard this 11 times, so I'm good.

No, what I was, I did my, it was at Chuckles and Tempe, which Dana might have played They always have funny names Yeah, I like when they call a girls-a-day comedians chuckle fuckers because it's the funniest term and I never had any But there were zero chuckle fuckers of the night anyway, so I go on to do my three and I After three minutes I'm like, you're my dream man. They have to three minutes, that's right. Three, you can end it right there.

They're a no chuckle fucker. I should have opened up and go, where am I chuckle fuckers I am? Chuckle fuckers. So I go and do three and I'm bombing. And then in between, like I did one about mustard and I go, I don't even know why I eat mustard anymore. And then I go blah, blah, blah, and so I get off completely bomb.

And of course some extra from the movie is like a skinny tie manager. It's like, where have you run into a stage man? But he just manages the bar and I happen to walk over and stand next to him and he goes, that was tough. And I go, yeah, that's first time known. And he goes, yeah, and then he goes, he's like looking away and he goes, actually, this stuff you say between the jokes is fun here. And then he walks away. And I go, and I go, yeah, and then he goes, ah, he's like looking away and he goes, actually this stuff you say between the jokes is funnier, and then he walks away.

And I go, and I go, wait a second, and that was my, now that's my whole style for the rest of my life, things between the jokes, that's a comedy album, because I would comment on what I just said to myself, and then you get it, and then I thought, oh, it just made me think, so there's something like you said, so there's something there.

Yeah, you should have, you should actually go back and give that guy some money. He kept me going, like you said, you're, he kept you going, Lionel Richie knockoff. Yeah, he kept you going, but that was nice. Anyone take a second? Back, but David, I hate to interrupt you, but that note right there on you is like, that's. I mean stage presence that's kind of like okay you

look good on stage generic. He saw you generic it's not generic team it was actually very good I agree. He was throwing that around everyone. It's a stage presence. It's a little insane. He didn't say to Lionel Richie forgotten for sure. No, but that note on you is that, that's a great note because that is you. That's your whole act. It's like, I think every time you just say on whatever's on your mind, David, it's so funny, man.

It's like, spawn on, it's always been you. That's what I mean. But it made me think like, what is he talking about and then the longer You know like you get it now and we all understand that that's even in movies I was sort of what I was in cone heads my first or second movie and they had me just With Michael McKean and I would just kind of repeat what he said or say something back under my breath and he would keep talking And I go that is kind of it because sometimes the joke you're going for that you think is the big one. And then you say something after like a tagline is funny, you know, and that kind of stuff. Yeah.

So whatever that guy that just made me think of it, because your guy said something new and we were talking to Nick Crowe, where he had his audition for us. No. And then a random stage man, he said something, but it threw threw him and that's just someone doesn't realize this is such a big moment in your life and they're just saying something randomly but you remember it look at this years later we both remember hi I like that my 13 year old ex like a puppy again almost overnight she's a different dog. Perfect poops.

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15,000 seats or something? 12,000? I did, you're not gonna believe this. I sold it out four times and I don't believe this. I don't believe this. Yeah, it's crazy, right? That's so crazy. Did they pay you a lot of money?

Well, I do all my promotion myself. So my promotion team, we go in and take, we go into these. Oh really? Yeah, that's where the money's at. You got to do it yourself, especially when it's at that level, you don't want to go in as a paid act. You lose money that way. Really? I don't even understand this. When you take it on all the risk, yeah, you're going to make more when you do it that way. I played the forum day and what happened is it wasn't selling. And so we curtain it off. So it only held about 200. But if you have the all the curses up and everything, it's still, you can say it's the far. I played the bar. I played the bar at the forum. They put a little

stage in the corner. It's about 45 people. But I I for walled the whole thing because it's a lot of money to make money. But Joe, you're okay. So where did you get this business acumen because they said, my research on you, is that you couldn't get a Netflix special. So you said, I'm going to produce one in Seattle. I'm gonna take pretty much all my savings, put into it, produce it.

I guess that quality that you would know they would accept and then you sold it to Netflix Very you know it's rare and I hate to interrupt you. No, that's all I wanted to say I do it but not only did they say no to me they said no to me the whole year This is the year that they were gonna make original specials right yeah working on license anywhere they're gonna Make it and they made this huge announcement, they were gonna do a special every week, and they were going after everybody, you know? And they didn't even approach me.

And I was like, I didn't get it, because I was killing on the road. You were doing well, right? Yeah. And I just like, this hour is hot. Like, and I kept inviting them to come watch the new hour. They never came. And then finally, like they just said, we're gonna go and pass. And I was inviting them to come watch the new hour. They never came. And then finally, like they just said,

we're gonna go ahead and pass. And I was like, what? And then they go, our calendars pool. And we already got everybody, but we'll look at you next year for the year after that. And I'm like, I need to get on now, 45. I don't have three more years. No, I need to do this now.

So I was like, screw it, I'll shoot it myself. And we were gonna do a small scale. But I'm like, if we do a small scale, then was like screwed. I'll shoot it myself and We were gonna do a small scale, but I'm like if we do a small scale then it's gonna look like I shot it myself I mean if I want them to buy it from me. It's got to look like they paid for it So we went big and I did it in Seattle at the more theater and And I put on every single hat man data. I did all my research I Scattered my directors, I did everything. And here's the best compliment I can give anybody. And it's to you, Dana.

Really? I'll tell you. I studied everyone's specials. Yours too, David. I studied everyone's special. The one you did at Phoenix was so amazing. Oh, that whole, yeah, that HBO and yeah, I love that one. And then, and then so I would study because I was trying to figure out what what my stage should look like.

I wasn't looking at it for the content. I was looking at it like the set design, the light design, how they light up the audience. You know, where they came from, cameras. And the one special that made my mouth drop was your special Dana because... Which one? It's the one in Santa Rosa? Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa, incredible theater. The one you crushed it, but your sound was the best sound.

Wow. Every single special that I've seen, One you crushed it, but your sound was the best sound. Wow. Every single special that I've seen, and I watched, I think I watched a hundred specials, and that's the one, I told my director, I told my sound guy, and I told everybody I go, can you please watch Dana's, because I don't know what he did, but it doesn't sound like anyone else's special.

I go, it sounds like I'm in the audience with him laughing. That is so interesting. You bring that up because now I'm remembering that I was disappointed in the sound when I heard the first cut. And I did, because I get possessed sometimes about things. So I actually did get in the room with them. And I said, I wanted, I wanted I love Lucy sound. Can I get I love Lucy sound?

Because you can hear the individual laughs. And so they worked with me. And I never had got direct feedback from anyone till now about the sound on that thing. Because I don't watch it again. I've too self-conscious. But I remember it was a thing really frustrated because in the old days they'd have the one mic down there and then it would create this thing, you know, like Cosby early comedy albums, just so crackling. And then they have

all these mics. And so they had to turn some of the mics up. They did work on it. And so the fact that you've mentioned it now made by day,'s many years later because I really really worked on that That's amazing to get the sound did you copy it or what did you do to get it? What you just said is what I is what I heard and And I didn't hear it any other special because whenever I watch out any other special I would just hear audience laugh just a roar of yours was so like How's it dude? I can hear everyone like I'm hearing everyone is so full in there Mm-hmm. What did he do and my servant we we ended up miking the entire audience all the way up to the roof

But I bought so many microphones and uh and and when you watch live from Seattle and it's so funny because people go, oh, he, did he add laughter? And I'm like, no, as though I added microphones. Yeah. You don't just hear the phone, bro. The balcony and you don't hear that laugh. You're just getting the floor or you're getting boom mics on the front of the stage and only getting the first five rows.

I got every single seat in that special and that's why it sounds like that It's and it's from your special. Cut. Did you always have this drive because like you're like you You're shrewd your clever. You're driven. I mean, yeah, I mean at age 45 I wish you were broke I mean you were I mean broke as a nationwide figure world figure really because you were doing really really well But then that first special live Seattle, just you went up like a rocket and you went to Hawaii and you were selling 20,000 or over. Yeah, you just blew up.

I broke, yeah, that was crazy. After that special, it was, it was over. Well, really, so that was it. So there was a change. Sorry, Joe. So that comes out. You sell it to Netflix. Yeah. And then it comes out. You sell it to Netflix.

Yeah. And then it comes out. And how long to take? It starts sinking in where you're like, the gigs are filling up and you go, oh, we might have to move to a bigger venue instead of a club or where you start selling out a club, three nights, four nights and you go, ship, I bet we could do two thousand seats. But can I, I hate to say this, Dana and David, don't get mad at me when I say this. No, we love to hear success stories

I might get mad but before but before live from Seattle and this is this was my frustration with Netflix I was breaking records at the improvs. I was I was selling like 30 shows out in a row like he should I was a 400 cedar big improv yeah, yeah, and I was and I would literally have to stay in a city for three weeks. I would satisfy your fan base. Joe, I'm not mad. I'm so embarrassed. I knew you were big. I just knew that I would be like at the Irvine improv, which is a huge one. And they go, Gabriel Glaises is here for the last week. And I'm like the last week. And there's acts like this, like Joe, and they were smoking out on the road

and you go holy shit, you know? So that's more discombobulating of why Netflix or any streamer doesn't just say, we gotta get this guy bottle it and throw it on our place and take credit for him. Yeah, that drove me crazy. I got a, I have a plaque on the wall at the Irvine improv.

It's like a hundred sold out shows. I'm like, it's unreal. That place is hard to fit. That's big. Did you just get a small apartment down there? Or did you get really, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was,? The more I just did the more, I think. Yeah, I did the more and for the taping, I just sold two shows out on the same day, just for the taping.

Yeah. And it didn't make sense to me that they weren't giving me the special. And then after the special aired, that's where we noticed that instead of selling out like shows out in like two months in advance, it was selling out the whole calendar year. It was gone.

Like my whole calendar year was completely sold out. And then we were like, okay, wait a minute. Wow. We're like, wait a minute. So the whole calendar year, so let's add a show and then we would add a theater and then that would sell out. And then we go, all right, let's try Hawaii.

Let's just do two shows in Hawaii and that's sold out in like a minute, like literally like one minute. And then we added a third minute and then now the news is getting involved. Joe Koi's coming to Hawaii and the computers are coming down and all this stuff and then adding another, and it ended up being like 12 shows in a row. It was like 24,000 tickets. And I broke Mariah Carey's record. It was like the crazy thing.

They moved to the big island because it was the biggest island that could hold everybody. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was in a volcano. I'm performing in the island of Caino. I'm playing a D in the audience.

So then you just started. You just started. That's what you knew. But that's a big moment in your life that you can't ever get again. You go, holy shit, I'm selling out. I was doing improvs where I would do and honestly, I'm not really as known as a standup because I do, I'm an international star in other areas. And I'm just going to get that into. No, but I do other stupid shit. So, but when I go to stand up, I always do it as something between a movie

or a TV show. And so I would go to the Irvine improv. What is the other thing? I don't know. I don't know. is it that what is the other thing? I don't know. I thought you were just stand up. I knew other movies. He was in. What was the one with Dio Parade's? Do over. Do over on Netflix without it. I did Ben Swimmers. So when you're doing stuff, he's an international icon. And you go to a club. And then you remember Joe like and Dana knows there's this year's

first year I'm doing a theater tour because when I when your eyes on the ball and you're not a stand up a thousand percent of the time I'm just like hey I have these two weeks off is it too late to call like Irvine improv I love or can I go do uh wherever club wherever club and they go okay and we figured out and we fill them up but it's not in the records but it's just we fill club, and they go, okay, we figured out, and we fill them up, but it's not any records, but it's just we fill them up and I go, great. And then after all this time, I go, is there any, like, a theater I can do? So I just do one show instead of more.

And then they go, yeah, and then I realize, like, Nick Eglaser and Theobon and, you know, Sigura, Craig, all these people are filling up theaters in Napier,atsi and I go, and you and I go, and you're doing even bigger ones, but I go, I gotta get in that mix. Like, why am I still doing clubs and I go, oh well, if you want, we can do a whole theater. I go, yes, what I just spent five years too long just they go, but you got to focus and you got to do like 40. You got to start with 40 in a row so they can set it up and you book the gig and you put a hold on the theater all that

shit. So I'm just like Florida and you put a hold on the theater all that shit. So I'm just like Florida. You were way ahead of the game on that. You're like getting go bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger. Joe Koype started leap to theaters at 45. Printing one. One age. Did you leap to theaters? I never just now just in the last year. So many.

It seems like we had John Malayny on our show and he was very humble in an awe of the fact that he's doing, you know, Madison Square Garden for Night Center Row. And how many are there of you that can do one, two, three arenas, like you did the chase center twice? What do you, I mean, there's Malaney, there's Bill Burr, there's you, there's a very select group of arena comics right now, right?

I mean, I think it's crazy too that like, where are the arenas are as well, right? Like, it's like, you know, you know, where, like I'm doing two now, I'm doing two San Francisco, two San Diego arenas, two. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle. Seattle.

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Yeah. David, it's kind of fun. David, we'll just fix this to Joe. We'd be fun to hang out with you now. We could be your openers or whatever. And next time you're playing like a some giant arena, I'm just kidding. No, aren't you? But Joe, aren't you? We could be your openers or whatever and next time you're playing like a some giant arena I'm just kidding. No, you know arenas are but Joe arenas aren't they come out? Please what you wouldn't have to you wouldn't have to pay me. I would just wave and go. I'm almost a day He got a good night, but what I would now I wouldn't even put you on the flyer if you walked out that would be incredible You two David I want to put you on the flyer till anybody.

If you walked out, it would be insane. I would love to just get applause and leave. Yeah. That's all I want. You love Irvine so much, David. I'm doing it to Honda centers, like coming up right away, right? Fucking huh? Yeah. Yeah. I'm doing it doing it's better. We're the ducks play. Maybe I'll pop down. I was watching before I knew we had you on the podcast. I was watching your Hawaii one, coming in hot.

Yes. And I don't know. I mean, Tain is reading it. No, no, I want to say, I got him written here, 2017, 2019, 2020. I mean, the amount of specials in a compressed period of time, but you're at a top, you're a high level Joe. As a pure standup.

Do you not want to flip your jokes around though? Like when I started Joe, we would see like Denny Johns and there's comics I thought were great to read Dana Nuzle's guess. You could travel, and this is not a knock to them, because it's just the way it is. You could do 10 years with your same hour. You know what I mean?

And you travel different cities. And that's someone who's just getting lazy, honestly, and just saying, this works. I have a job, this is my job to do this hour. And they just do it, and they come back to that city two years later, but different people come. But nowadays when you do a special, and then where are you on?

I think I know where you fall in this of flipping an hour to a completely new hour. Do you repeat stuff they love or how do you do it? No, I don't, once it's on Netflix, it's done. I'll never do it. You throw in the fucking garbage, that's tough to do. And then you get a whole new hour.

You gotta go to clubs to work that. They are right. I work them in between the top. And then you get a whole new hour. You gotta go to clubs to work the hour. I work them in between the sets. So, I'm on tour and I'm already, like I shot that special in March. I was already working on that before I shot it. Okay. So I had the hour in the bag and that was already

working on a new hour before I shot that hour. And now I have a new hour. Well, let me ask you a question once I'm fascinated by. Like the idea of confidence, and you're like, okay, you're floating around, you could look back and go, maybe I was 88% confident.

But now when you go out there, after these specials are out, you're kind of, I don't know what other words to use. Like a superstar level or something because you've got your name as a hundred feet high behind you, which I think is the same. I get him or a fee, yeah. And you is a hundred feet high behind you, which I think is where I get him. I'm here for you.

And you're coming out and they love you so much, but I was watching your technique and your commitment, your theatricality and you're sitting on the stool, you're doing a Vimini's character. You're so in the pocket. Do you feel like you're the most confident on stage you've ever been or can you get more confident than where you're at? Because I want to cry right now Just a day and studying your special I just I just enjoy and I called my son who's a huge fan of yours

And I just I just saw it. I don't watch a lot of standard but I go this guy is it the top top Tippy top of what a stand-up can be I'm being sincere. being sincere. I'm just being honest. I love you, man. Just, aww. That was awesome, man. You don't know what that means to me right now. That was wild. But it's kind of true, right? Yeah, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just,

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The bigger it gets I started playing bigger and I had to be careful of like, I don't want to change things too much because it's just, they sort of, they wouldn't listen as much if I went too long telling a story or too long. No, it's hard to be in a big place. It's so exciting to be like a music crowd, you know, they were some fucking action. Yeah, that would be difficult. Joe, you are a lot of dynamics, Joe, when you get them rolling, then I see you sit down and you get very intimate.

It's got voices and he moves. But then you're going to go explosive and, you know, it's just fun to watch. I'm just happy for it. It's fun to be confident on stage, because then it's just, you know, that second voice gets out of your head and you're just in the flow. Yeah, and I tell like other comics that I take on the road, that's the one note I say. It is so crazy you're saying all this stuff to me. One, the second voice, I always tell them trust it. Like, trust your gut, you know, just like what David said about the stuff you say

in between. it's like, that's what you bring to the stage. And like, I don't care if I already have a set ready and we're about to shoot it. If it comes to me at that moment, I'm saying it. I don't care. And if it fails, it fails. And I'm gonna stay confident.

I'm gonna stay in the pocket. Yeah. And I wanna commit completely. And when I become my mom on stage, or if I become my son on stage, I become them on stage. And yeah, I always trust my cut, that's why I'm not scared to drop the hour. I don't care, I really don't.

Well, it's working off and you gotta a feel for you're like in a rhythm of like Because you're if something's not right or it's not working It's not gonna make the hour because you and your head are gonna go that's not strong enough. I got to get rid of it Yeah, yeah I never know I never want to be in that in that zone that I've seen certain comments because Because like you said, when I used to go and watch comics all the time at the clubs, and I would see a comic that would come back a year later

and they're doing the same act, and that would always frustrate me. Because I'm like, I would never do that. I would never, ever do that. It's just, I don't mean. That was just a thing back then, because there was no specials really. And then, I mean, the first specials I remember were raw.

I remember, I think, young comedian specials with Rodney or something of Jim Carrey. And I was like, holy fuck Sam, Kenneth's in blue my mind, all that shit, and then, and Jim Carrey obviously. And then, you started to see like, when I got my HBO special, maybe there was, I don't even think I knew back then,

it was a really big deal, but, I knew it was a big deal, but there's probably like four or five a year, you know, so those resonated like the early, like when we were on SNL, especially Dana, a little farther back that that's one of the only game in town where you get to go, oh, here's comedy. And when you get HBO special, it's only the networks and HBO. And that's really almost it. Maybe on TV. Now there's 3000. So it's very hard to make an impact. So if you can cut through as a standup where you are and still get to everybody and have these things mean a lot and just keep on a rotation like new material, it's unreal. I kind of am in awe of people who can write really great jokes like Dennis Miller

when he does a special. He's got to have, you know, 200 really great one liners, you know, and if you have a theatrical bent to you and you can extend a rhythm with your son or your mom, there's just, that's more like jazzy. And all of a sudden you got 10 minutes because you're following yourself down this thought about a character they follow with you. But that being said, it's really hard to get a great hour

that works every year. That's just a lot of work. And I get it in the commitment. Yeah, it is. I think the first two were easy with me with Netflix because I waited so long for a special that I already had the two hours ready right back to back. Wow.

And now this one, after this one dropped, yeah, now I'm like, okay, I got it, I got it deep in the bag right now for this one. But do you stress out or do you go, I want to wait and then maybe wait two years for the next one or, or I don't know what you do. This is your fourth, yeah. In five years.

How close were the first two? First one comes out. It's a hit. 17 changes. Think so how fast you go. I'm putting it in there. I was like, I think it's a year and a half. And they call you and say, now we want to do. Yeah, they call me a year after, but I was ready right away. Cause, you know, I, I'm like, here it is. Right away. Yeah. I was like, I have to drive.

I'm just going to do something that didn't make the first one. That's the stuff Jay Leno always said. You know, these guys come on to tonight's show and they got one. They got seven minutes and they do it. And then they ask them to come back and they don't, they don't even have another seven. You know, you got to go back to back. That's what you do.

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You bomb, you're not coming back. Give everything you got. And then if you don't, I think you bust your ass to get more, but don't save anything. And I saw I did every best joke I had the first time. And then, I'm like, I'm a joiner. And then, I'm like, I'm a joiner. He just out of the Las Vegas and I'm like, I'm quite a a quite a splash on the comedy scene. Please welcome Joe Koy Everybody I just want to do to have that experience in case you never had it

Uh, yeah, that was incredible. Oh wait. I have a question on Easter Sunday, Joe Just for the people at home. I've done movies and some are very very hard to get off the ground Is it one of those that was easy or is it? People don't know hard is just to get a movie going. Was it harder or easier? Okay, here it comes. Covey and hot comes out, right? Yep. Okay.

My second special comes out. We get a call from Amblin. Wow. Spio, I go into Amblin thinking that it's a general, right? It's a general meeting. Spiober's company. Yeah. So I go into Amblin, that it's a general, right? It's a general meeting. Spearbirds, yeah. Yeah. So I go into Ambulin, it's me, my manager.

We think it's just a general meeting. Right when we walk in, someone goes, Steven can't stop talking about your special. Wow. Oh, okay. Thank you, and I hug, and then next person, yo, Steven loves you. Next person, Steven can't stop talking about,

Steven, that's Steven, that's Steven. Then I Next person, Steven can't stop talking about, Steven, Steven has Steven at, then I get to the meeting with Holly and Jeff, the two execs over there, and they're like, Steven loves your stuff, and then I try to do this joke all the time, but I'm like, are you mean Steven from accounting, right? Yeah, ha, ha, ha, ha, because there's no way it's Mr. Spielberg.

You're talking about Steven from accounting. It's a Philippines that we're good. Which is still good. And they're like, no, it's Mr. Spielberg. He loves you. And he wants to do a movie with you. Do you have an idea? And I pitched Easter Sunday, which was something that was already with, you know, another producer, a great producer named Dan Lynn. It was in the works, but we just didn't have anything attached to it. So I pitched that in the room. And they bought it in the room. Wow. And literally

like six, oh, then the pandemic hit. So everything shut down. So I thought, oh, there goes my dream that I've been waiting for. And they called me and like, hey, don't worry. It's going to open back up. And we're still making this movie. And the minute vanclerc was up, we were already filming. We were were we hit the ground. She knew it was all because of Steven. Wow. Yeah, he does cut through butter a little bit more than most people. It's harder to get.

And he only made two movies. It was a Jurassic World in Easter Sunday. And he released them at the same time in the summer. He released against himself. So you're. It was just such a compliment. I know better the legacy Jurassic world with my son and my trailer is running before it. Wow.

All because of Steven. What a incredible. What a thrill. Yeah. Any more questions? No, that's it. Joe is great. Joe, thank you, buddy.

Joe. Yeah, well, yeah. Joe will be playing the state of Arizona December 2nd. There's a stage 40 miles south of Prescott, and the Canadian gentleman is playing the Grand Canyon. He plays Canada one night only. He's in Saskatchewan on a vertical chopper. He's gonna hang them up. Anyway, Joe, congratulations on all your success.

And you're inspiring, you're focused in love of standup and the level you've gotten at is very, very cool. And I'm gonna end it on that though. No, we're not. What about Chelsea Handler? What about Chelsea? I was just talking to this guy. Okay, what's your note?

We're gonna end it on this though. Okay. What's your note? We're going to end it on this note. Okay. Thank you, Dana, and thank you, David, for what you guys do on stage, because if it wasn't for you, too, there would not be any of these comics that you see now. Not just me, all of them. You guys do it for anybody else before TikTok, before Instagram.

You guys were the dogs that paved the way for us, you guys were the dogs that paved the way for us and you were the best of the best, man, like you inspired me. You made a little kid that was going through a lot when he was a child, smile. I remember I heard when you were seven years old, seven years old, he was only selling out 400 cedars. That's how sad, that's so sad to hear.

That was a sad time. I don't even know what to talk about. That's how sad. That's so sad to hear. I was sad. I don't even like talking about those. Only little tiny theaters. Joe, we appreciate it, buddy. And I'll see you out there. And I might see you at the Honda Center. I love, yes. I love you. And Dana, please. We're going to show up at one of your gigs and just say a low back stage right before you are about to go on and go on a long story about you on our podcast. No. We'll see you around campus, but nice to see you again. And I teared up a little bit.

You teared up a little bit. David, did you break water? I stayed normal. You stayed normal. I'm known for being tough. Maybe you teared up. I teared up a little bit when I realized I'm still playing club. His nickname is Teardrop.

He doesn't tell you that very often. Okay, Teardrop, nice to see you. that very often. Okay Teardrop nice to see you Joe Koy love you guys peace out This has been a podcast presentation of cadence 13. Please listen then rate review and follow all episodes Available now for free wherever you get your podcast. No joke folks for free wherever you get your podcast. No joke, folks. Fly in the Wall has been a presentation of Cadence 13, executive produced by Dana Carvey and David Spade, Chris Corqurin of Cadence 13 and Charlie Feinand of Brillstein Entertainment.

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