Green Light with Chris Long - The Kid Mero Talks New York, Friendship With Desus & Gaming With His Kids.

Episode Date: October 20, 2021

(2:06) - Hello, Layup Line, Thank Yous and MNF Recap. (12:31) - The Kid Mero Joins Chris and Dr. Fax and Talks Desus and Mero, Their New Book 'God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx.' New York Sports Fandom, Gaming with his Kids, Friendship and Working Relationship with Desus, Mero Explains NY: Differences Between the Five Burroughs, Cheese Steaks vs Chopped Cheese, NY Subway Interactions and Waffle House Equivalent in NY. Green Light Spotify Music: https://open.spotify.com/user/951jyryv2nu6l4iqz9p81him9?si=17c560d10ff04a9b Spotify Layup Line: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1olmCMKGMEyWwOKaT1Aah3?si=675d445ddb824c42 Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. http://bit.ly/chalknetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Gambling problem, call 1-800-2707117. He was just asking questions. Like, yo, you buy it hollow point rounds. Like, what do you buy, like, what are you playing on shooting? And then this old Duck Dynasty-looking motherfucker comes out from the back, like, just double man. He's goddamn rat. To the Bronx, New York. Yeah, we got Mero on today.

Desus and Mero, they're famous. Absolutely. Maros joining us next time. Hopefully he goes back and tells Jesus, hey, it was a good podcast, enjoyed those guys. Then both of them come on. And then it's like two hilarious people.

Yeah. And then we got to go up there and hang out with them. You always get your eyes on the prize. Let's find a way. Those guys are awesome. Mero, who I go back and forth with on Twitter a lot, is hilarious.

I love that he tweets in all caps. Like, that to me is just, perfect and it makes all his tweets funnier and we've got him on green light today so we'll talk to him in just a moment or two. My layup line today since we are talking about talking to a guy

from the Bronx I don't know me by now I doubt you'll ever know me I never want to gram me I won't wear a Tony the mic to smash you. I'm going to go KRS 1 MCs act like they don't know they act like they know but they don't know Nate

for me I'm going with slick Rick Yeah, Lottie Dottie. Lottie Dottie. We likes to party. Yeah, featuring Dougie Fresh. Yeah. I once performed that song as Slick Rick at a concert that Dougie Fresh was...

This is a crazy story, dude. Dougie Fresh was emceeing and opening for Dipset when I was like with, I forgot what type of group I was with with my friends. And we went to the Apollo Theater to see Dipset and Dougie Fresh during... his set was doing the beat box of that song and I happened to be in the front row and one of the only people that knew the words and he would put the mic in front of me like during the song so it was pretty cool there's video of this somewhere there is there is these MTV unplugged situation so no not MTV like I'm like direct TV like old cable boxes or something they They used to show like concerts and I used to like once in a while get, get emails from people being like, hey, is this you?

Yeah, dude. We need to find, if somebody out there can find that dip set with Dougie Fresh opening up for dipset, which is such a really good at the Apollo theater. At the Apollo theater, like circa 2000 and through the math. Yeah, I don't know. Early 2000s. Direct TV unscrewed. Nate, Dr. Fax is in the front row, dude. Kid Nate.

A kid Nate, that would have been a funny guy to meet. I wish kid Nate would have met kid Chris. Oh man. That would have, I don't know, we probably would have got along. I think so. I was from a tougher area. Might have been a hard adjustment for you. A couple thank yous here off the top of the show.

Reed has been on my ass to thank Old Spice, which I appreciate. But I'm kind of like, Reed, this is what they want. You know, they send us $36 worth of shampoo, and then they have a podcast with tens of thousands. of people listening and it's basically a free ad and I'm going on 12, 14, 15, 15, 17 seconds talking about Old Spice. Old Spice. Send some more stuff.

We fuck with it. So this is a thank you, but it's also a send us some more shit for this to actually be a business relationship. Okay, I'll talk about your product. Reid, you fell for it. Reed's headed in the show doc. He's been like, thank Old Spice, dude. Which I appreciate it.

I do want to think. I respect it. I, read. I love it. That shampoo, man. I love it that like motherfuckers are walking around here smelling good, dude.

You know what I mean? Taylor, Reed, they've been smelling good around here. They never smell bad, but they smell good. Hey, guys, Grady's New Orleans, cold brew is the name of the coffee spot.

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in coffee factories do you do is it a bunch of people naked like with pasties on like cooking the coffee just like cocaine is it like that them coffee beans are expensive they work money man that caffeine anyways let's talk a little football before we're getting to Merrill. Two things. First off, Whitney Merciless was released. I think a lot of people realize that Whitney Merciless

is indeed still playing at a high level. And they were like, some people didn't even know he's still playing. That's what playing in Houston will do to you right now. Real good player. Ten year vet. He's got 57 buckets on his career. That's a lot of buckets. And he did it all

in Houston. I remember the first time I played Whitney in person, I think, was in 2016, or the first time I I realized I was playing a guy that I really liked watching play. I liked the way he rushes. They came to New England and I got the chance to meet Whitney after the game. And then Whitney and I connected and he came to Africa with me and we did a safari together.

So like we do the for Waterboys, we bring over NFL players to either climb Killy or do a safari kind of that whole deal. So I've ridden around in a fucking safari truck with Whitney Mercilis for like 36 hours, dude, which is it's just as hard as a training camp practice. the roads are bumpy. We powered through. He's a great guy. I hope he gets picked up by a winner, man. And it looks like the Texans did kind of the good on you thing where they say, hey, listen, he's gaining some interest from some teams, Kansas City included.

Like, we know it's not great here. We'll let you walk out the door. And you're like, oh, walk out the door and not come back? Like, yeah, just keep walking. What about Cooks? I need him for my fantasy team. He can't go anywhere right now. He's got to continue playing in Houston.

But Whitney Merciless is that dude, and I hope he catches on somewhere. Real good player. Josh Allen going airborne Monday night down near the goal line is, you know, that game in a nutshell. It was like, whoa. I mean, for a few minutes there, if you bet the under, you thought, and I didn't bet this Monday night game, which I felt like real good going to bed. It just felt like I defeated my vice. like if you had the under for a while there you're thinking hell yeah like i got this easy cover and

then the scoring started and it started with uh that 76 yard run uh by derrick henry look how fucking fast he is just look i mean like they did the fast tracker 20 what how many miles per hour i don't i don't know but it's a it's a vehicle 21 21 miles per hour there are no most like like the lowest speed limits are like 25. That's pretty fast. Derek Henry is a motor vehicle. Like if Derek Henry is running down the street, he can get a speeding ticket. If you get hit by Derek Henry, like you can die, dude. Motorcyclists need to watch out for Derek Henry, dude. Lucky for what's his, what was that safety's name that took that business decision? Dude, no, that wasn't a business. I mean, the only way to tackle him, are you talking about the

guy who actually got him down? 23. Business decision, man. He had to get in front of him. Yeah, well, no. I mean, a business decision usually is what I call when a guy gets out of the way. like I'm making a personal business decision. Oh, no. This is a personal decision. He did what he was supposed to do. He did what he had to do, bro. Speaking for a defender,

we appreciate it that you if they gave out medals in the NFL, they put a fucking something right on that guy's jersey for his sacrifice there. I mean, he just got trucked and he knew it was coming. It's actually, I'd rather be face up with him

than I would be like Mario Addison, who's a big guy trying to tackle him and get stiff-armed in like the first or second quarter, I think it was. And I know you're looking. I know the feeling like, damn, that felt really bad. And he looks up at the Jumbotron. I saw him.

He looked up and he was like, oh, not as bad as Josh Norman. We're good. But like, I'd rather be in the face-up situation, honestly, than the stiff-arm situation. Because he's always going to stiff-arm you in the same spot. I mean, at the end of the day, the worst-case scenario is exactly what happened. But if you're going to truck me and run me over, I'm going to tackle you. Like, I'm going to get you down. And ultimately, that is the whole purpose of the play is to get you down.

You get some wow factors. Yeah. Yeah. But at the end of the day, it's respect. I respect that guy. You know what it is? It's almost the same as taking a charge and getting dunked on. Yeah, that guy basically played for Duke last night.

That guy would turn into Kyle Singler for a split second. Am I right? Oh, my God. So, yeah, like, Henry's ridiculously fast. the safeties didn't have an angle on him. It's incredible. Like, he's enormous. And then you get to watch another freak of nature on the other side is Josh Allen, like all night.

And I know I said just yesterday that not only the bills were going to win, but they're the best team in the league. I still think if I had to put money on a team to win the Super Bowl, just projecting things out the way they look to me, I still think the bills have that ace in the hole when it comes to the playoffs. They've got that quarterback. They've made deep runs now for a couple years, or they've actually pushed into the playoffs. and he's progressed. He's shown that one year, it might be his best year to date, but he'll not drop off into the old Josh Allen.

We knew. So I feel good about Josh Allen. I feel good about the bills. And to be honest, if Jeffrey Simmons doesn't bench press the fuck out of a tackle who Chris Brassar thought was Taylor Luan, then the bills win, and we're saying, like, what a tough win for them. They survived. Like, it was one play. It didn't go their way. It doesn't change anything about the bills for me.

I think what it does is it says Tennessee Titans are really hard to kill, dude. They are like roaches, and I mean this so respectfully. Like Mike Vrable, product of the coach. And I mean this totally respectfully. Mike Vrable is a cockroach. He's impossible to kill.

This team is impossible to kill, dude. They just have something about him where when they're down bad, they just get even closer, and they win games like this. And that's why I'm bummed to see Darren Bates isn't on the Titans anymore, but he's on the Falcons now. Shout out to the Raw Room

and shout out to Darren Bates. She just got picked up by the Falcons. Hey, shout out to the role. That's lit. Yeah, dude. He needs to keep that podcast going. I just think it's more about the Titans saying that, like, we're going to be in this thing this year. Like, we lost the Jets a couple weeks ago.

We've got banged up receivers. Everybody's doubting Ryan Tannehill, myself included. You know, the defense is the defense. But look at us scrapping and going toe to toe to toe with these guys. Now, the only bad thing I'll say is they also beat them like 4120 last year, ambushed them on Monday night. So Tennessee has had the bill's number. I still think the bills are really good.

good. Josh Allen's an alien. Doesn't change anything. The Buffalo special though, fucking Knox throwing the ball with a, uh, with a broken hand. I mean, golly. That is a gritty-ass version of the Philly special. I never thought I'd say that, but that's, that's incredible. And then there was something, uh, didn't you get burned on the Philly special? Me? No. On the Patriot special. No, so I don't have Tom Brady in the flat. I was just, I knew he was running to the flat. So like you watch that video, you're listening to Chris Collinsworth dubbed over it saying, oh, the defensive ends guy, you got let Tom Brady out the back. I did not know my job as a defensive end was to run with a 40 year old quarterback. We all around.

I'm joking. I'm joking. No, I know, but it's for people at home because I've had to talk about this before. My responsibility is the run game. I saw him cross my face and I'm like, what are you doing out here? Patriot Special. So I'm like seven feet behind him thinking to myself like, please, don't catch this ball because all these people are stupid at home and the ball's in in the air and I'm like it's going to look like you got cooked and I'm helping somebody else enough football had a lot of fun with Merrow earlier we're just going to roll the tape I mean we we finished that interview a little bit ago and I got to say this guy is there's a reason he's so good at what he does like I know he wants to talk to us I know he's excited but you feel like you know him you know a good comedian to me in interviewing a few of them and like being like just just observing a few of them can make people feel like they're in on the joke. You know what I mean? Not the joke. And that's what he's good at.

Like when I went on Tom Cigora's podcast, I felt like I knew him. You know what I mean? And that's why this guy's a successful comic. He's a successful podcast host. Jesus and Mero is awesome. His tweets are good. This guy's got to fucking figure it out.

So enjoy this interview. Me and Nate did, uh, maybe a little too much at times. Uh, it was fun. And we'll catch you, uh, class dismissed after this interview because I got to go to the, the doctor's office.

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greenlight today and use the promo code Greenlight to save $10 on your first order of NFL tickets. What's shit? This is Nate. Nate, yeah. Yo, what's good? What's good, my guy? Chillin, chilling, yo.

I'm from Portchester, yo. So we grew up close, kind of close to each other. You already know. New York, New York, you know, we're building. Is that, okay, we're going to start right now. Is that technically New York? Like, because he used to always come down here to Charlottesville and college. He was like, I'm from New York, bro.

Like, not the five birds. Everyone thinks if you're not from the city, you're not from New York. No, let me say something. That's a very common misconception. Upstate New York is more savage than the Five Burroughs. I'll say that right. now because I've been up to like Binghamton

Shows to my brother Tito he lives up in Binghamton Big Bill's fan you know what I'm saying I've been a Buffalo been around there Port Shetso Olam and that is them areas is hood bro they're very hood because it's upstate New York so it's like you go and get you like a little

pipa pow you know what I'm saying like you could end up in the wrong place the false sense of security for me as a guy just bopping around upstate New York if I have to go to like Syracuse or something is pretty high. You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

And that's the thing. Like, I knew it was real when I went, because like my brother went up there and he was just like, yo, they'd just be selling guns up here, bro. And I was just like, I was like,

like that? And he was just like like that. So I went and he's like, yo, I bought like he's buying like rounds or whatever. And the dude at this at the counter is like, I don't know if it was profiling or what, but like he can't,

he was just asking questions. Like, yo, you buy a hollow point rounds. Like, what are you? buy like what do you plan on shooting and and then this old duck dynasty look at the motherfucker comes out from the back like just so much damn rouse I'm like I'm shooting deer with this hollow point imagine how I felt coming to college of Virginia from New York and just realizing you can

culture shot all you have to be is 18 and you can walk into a pawn shop and there's a hundred different type of guns and it's the biggest faux pot thing in New York you got a gun get away from me it's either you with it or you're not like I'm not with that time yeah because in New York everyone knows yo if you get caught with a gun you're doing time so yeah that's

yeah you gotta go bro you gotta go yeah dudes down here riding around with like multiple rifles in the back of their pickup truck in the back of their pickup truck they have gun racks you know like it's a Wayne's world thing but what am I gonna do with a gun

rack. I don't even own I God. So Marrow's with us, Weiss land to Showtime. I remember the Vice Land set well. We've got a raccoon. You see that raccoon over Nate's shoulder? Yeah, that's Nancy. Yeah, you miss

Juicebox a lot. Yeah, just juice box. You know what I'm saying? We lost them in the custody battle, but something like, you know. Yeah, Vice Land and Juice Bog. Yeah. And now the Bodega Boys, we'll talk about that in a little bit, but New York Sports is how I wanted to kick this thing off because I love it when you talk sports, man.

Oh, man. And nothing is more. I would you have more money. Yeah. To get my clericies and shit. You know what I'm saying? I thought. I'm home two hours, bro.

Like, this is, this is, this is, this gives me energy. Let's go. When you were like, you want to do this shit? I was like, hell yeah, want to do this. And we're all three Knicks fans here, by the way. So I think we've talked about this on, online. The main question I want to ask is like, is it okay after years of just being depressed, you know, following the Knicks?

childhood for me, and obviously for you, it's not a choice. For me, it was a choice. I don't know why I made that choice. But to have a side team, you know, to text your side team every once in a while and ask if they're up. Like, I'm texting the Blazers sometimes and asking if they're up. Is it okay to, if you're a Knicks fan, to have a side team? Yeah.

I always put, like, I put it in the book almost, like something to that effect, right? So, like, Mello is my guy. Fellow into the Blazers, the Blazers are now my side team. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm up, you know, it's West Coast. I'm up late night. You know, the Knicks are asleep in bed, you know, like, I'm just like, yo, on the side, like, yo, Melo, you know, what you're doing right now?

Like, coming off the bench. Oh, you got 25 tonight? Oh, that's late. Oh, you got the straight backs. He got the straight backs back. Oh, I love it. Yo, what hat you weren't tonight? You know what I mean?

Yeah, dude. You're just like, you know what I mean? I think it's okay. I think it's okay in any sport. Yeah, dude. Like, especially, because I think for me, I was, we're both pro athletes, it's hard to like really get the loyalty that people bring to the table when it comes to pro sports because we were on the business end of it. So I think like for me I like to play the field. So in basketball

especially. And that's my thing too. I was like I'm not a professional athlete obviously. I'm a professional maker of children and we smoke a but like that's what I always thought of it like you know if you're like a player you can't be like yo I'll give everything for the whoever the you know who have the phone because it's like no like you're just like a product it's different like yeah yeah like yo you roll your ankle fan like we loved you until you rolled your ankle now you roll the ankle

and you're out for six weeks so it's just like I'm not as loyal as some people and that's maybe a fatal flaw when we're looking to the Knicks though 42 and a half is the over under according to our employers at the win we love the win Nate loves the win he's donating to Vegas every week

do you take the over the under on I'll tell you something. Merida Greek will tell you to take the over on that. Okay. The Knicks are going to overperform yet again, you see. I predict. I feel like you might want to fade. I feel like you want to fade the Knicks,

and he's got so many good accents. We should probably smoke every time he does a different accent. It'll be on Mars. I'm looking at the Knicks this year. What's your reasoning? Because last year I feel like they snuck up on people, the old like, hey, if you sneak up on people, which I don't know if that's true or not.

and I've been a professional athlete for 11 years. But can you sneak up on teams? And do you think the Knicks, like the cat is out of the bag that they're competitive? So people are going to beat the shit out of them this year? I think, you know what it is? Like I thought that for a second. And then I watched them in preseason. And Julius Randall is still making those like impossible ass, like mid-range like, you know what I mean?

Jumper is like turn around, stepbacks. He still got it. So it's not a fluke. I was like, bro, like you don't fluke. two seasons in a row, you know what I'm saying? Like, and like, and he's, the office is still running through him. You got two true point guards that could get to the rack. Like, I said this on like, um, like, shot at the CP and next fan TV.

Like I said that on their joint. Evan Fortier is a low, low key, a baller, dog. Like, like, inside out, he could shoot. Like, you know what I mean? Like, you got to respect his Jay. He might mess around and take it to Iraq. You know what I'm saying? Okay.

All that. All that. All right. You know what I mean? And you don't got the man boy no more. They hit him in Orlando, though. That's the thing. Like, you could, like, you can go into witness protection and play in Orlando right now.

Bam, straight up. It's like being in St. Louis. But do you guys both feel is Julius or die? If he's not performing well, we're not, we're not doing anything. It's not fair to him to be the guy. He's like, he's a robin to me, like in one that I respect the hell out of, but he's not the guy. He was supposed to comb our guy's hair. He offered to comb Katie's hair.

And evidently, Katie, didn't hear that and decided to go play for the next. And it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, yeah, and it's evident. He obviously didn't need it. I'm staying out of this, because you can end up on the, on the business end of K. Katie tweet, and I'm not that fucking famous. Katie's my favorite player, bro. You know the thing I like about Katie is he's regular.

I'll find you. He has a burner. He claps back at people on Twitter. I have a picture with Katie in the club when he was 18. I met him in the club, too. He was super nice. At Club Love in D.C. with an X on his hand

a long time ago. Yeah. I love KD and I hate KD for that same reason because I'm like, bro, if I was seven feet tall and an unstoppable force on the air of the court, I would be the same way. Because I'm like, I'm like that and I'm 246-2. Yes, dude.

You know what I mean? And I run like an 8-8-40. 8-8. You know what I'm saying? Like. In Tim's? Yeah, well, that's not bad in Tim's, dude. They need to make Rich Eisen run in Tim's.

You know how they... You need to do... You know how Rich Eisen does his NFL network thing? You need to do the Tim's thing every, every combo. Speaking of Tim's, I ran the flag out, the UVA flag out. In Tim's. I had to represent for New York, yo. Some more New York sports news.

We're going to do some baseball here. I'm going to be honest. I'm just picking baseball up as an adult. Loved it as a kid. But then when they were like, okay, you have to watch this for like 162 games. I was out. Okay. But the big Yankees news.

right now is that Babe Ruth is Dominican. Did you hear that? Yes. Yes. So of course he is. Can you educate the people, uh, listen, the green light listeners? He's out like, yo, there's so many, and you know, back then, like it was like, you know, it was like, you know, you're over here, you over here. Bay, Ruth was in the, was in the hood. Like, he was in the kind club and shit, smoke a hookah, or I heard allegedly, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know what saying. I was out here just in the mix, in the hood with the people,

you know what I'm saying? So dapping people love and shit when it was just like, oh, I'm not touching you. Smooth dab. Smooth dab. Smooth dab. Smooth dab.

No, no, no, oh, what do we do? Ah, what do we do? No confusion. You know what I'm saying? Smooth dab. Very ethnic features. You know what I'm saying? He looked like he'd be one of my uncles.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So, you know what I mean? Like, I'm just saying, like, and I've never heard him talk. No, no. Maybe there's audio of him. Somewhere.

But like, let the audio leak in him being like, yeah, you know, we went in the game today. I got paid $30 this year. Then I'm going to go from the Boston Resort to the junkie. $30. $30. I have this bicarbonate soda that I drink it. Hey, you know how much groupies probably sucked back in the days, bro? like nobody bathed.

Like, you know, it was the worst. Babe Ruth was like, yeah, even if you were a dime, like you hadn't bathed in a week. Fam and you're saying, and you wear like britches? Like, what is that? What are they called? Bloomer's like, blooms? Like, hey, that shit ain't hot?

Like, yo, shuddy's like, hot as hell. Every corner of that woman's outfit is like a bra strap. Like, there's a thing to take apart everywhere. Like, you're just fumbling over shit. Yeah, Babe Ruth had a tough time, low key. It's a tough time to be a star back in that, in those days.

Yeah. Is there anything harder for you? I mean, like I guess I should ask first because the Red Sox are in it right now. Is that the number one team that you hate watch? Like that you, this team cannot.

Oh, yeah. It's not a football team. It's not like another baseball team or anything. Is it the Red Sox? It's 100% of the Red Sox. There's like, there's like a vitriol inside me.

Like I can watch the Patriots win and not be that mad. You know what I'm saying? I could watch the Celtics win. And like that's my hierarchy. It's like Red Sox. Celtics, Patriots. Like, Patriots, I'm like, eh, and y'all taking L's all over the place right now.

What I mean? Like, would that be it said, how do you feel about David Ortiz with him being one of the most popular Dominican players ever? And him being part of that, that organization, and you having that feeling.

How does it, how does it make you feel? I said it when, when Pedro through Don Zimmer, like, like, a Matador. Yeah. I was like, bro, this is so conflicting for me. Because it's so, like,

as a Dominican man, I'm so proud of him. You know what I'm saying? This little Pedro, you know what I'm saying? I don't know what the fuck Da Zimber was thinking either. Like he must have been off that gas.

Like he doesn't have been off that guy. He's giving him like, he really thought he was going to get him. No, Pedro just hit him with the like judo maneuver. Like, yeah. I'm not even going to punch you dog. I'm just going to like use your,

I'll tell you what he did. He neutralized him. Anytime you've beat somebody's ass and come away looking like the good guy. Well, actually, nobody let Pedro look like the good guy, which is fucked up because Don started it. But, like, when you neutralize somebody, like, that's using Kung Fu. That's using their force against you. You're not the bad guy when you neutralize somebody. So actually, Pedro shouldn't have been the bad guy. No, he definitely, he definitely should have. We did that

wrong. Yeah, the media did that long. The media flipped the whole thing. New York football. Okay, so I've read bits and pieces of your new book. Knowledge Darts? What's the name of the book? God level knowledge starts. God level. God level knowledge darts, bro. Okay, so I don't know if this was there or somewhere else, but you said you want your son to be drafted by the New York Giants? Is that true? So I got four children.

I'll bring a little photo here. This is an older photo. But this is Avery. This is my little Hooper. This is Adrian. he's my little brainiac and this is Amari aka the bus

so he's gonna save the giants yo he's like yo he's he's he's he just turned six but ever since he was through he talks like this this is his register all the time

yeah so I signed him up for flag shot to George Foster you know I'm saying Big Foss you know I'm saying he put me on he was just like yo bro let him play flag you don't got to get into the hit and all crazy just yet

because he like he said he would sit down and watch giant stage room yeah but then shout to blake martineers on the giants yeah so he's reading the jerseys and he just says oh martine is like that's like you know in his brain like that means like we're related i was like no no no no i was like nah he's like but i'm like you can you can do that like you know what i'm saying if that's you want to do like if that's your because he's the sports kid like he's like they want to do everything yeah but like he's just glammed on to football like super duper duper hard so i was just like i follow your dreams bro so then he got it to flag

and he didn't realize like i'm explaining like bro this is zero contact like zero contact yeah so then on the first play of one of the like little practices or whatever he just bodies this other kid and i'm just like bro i like oh and it's colvin so you can't get on the field they'd be like yo chill chill chill yeah dude it would have been out of control it would have been a disaster. But then, you know, the coach is like, yeah, no, we're not there yet. You know what I mean? You got to wait until next year, blah, blah, blah. So he's just on some, like, bro, he loves, he just loves the game. Like, he loves to throw the ball, catch the, he wants to play every position. Yeah. So I, like, I just show him like Josh Island clips. Like, yeah, look, you could be

big as hell and be a quarterback. And they'll protect you. And they'll protect you. Like, you won't have to get hurt. And you'll make all the money and you'll get all the glory. It'll be awesome. Yeah. And you won't. Yeah. And you don't have the baby. Ruth crookies, you know what I'm saying? You don't have the Bay Ruth. Everybody has hygiene. Everybody has good hygiene now and there's dating apps. You swipe right.

It's fucking easy. Babe Ruth had to go to like, you know, I don't know where they hung out back. Oh, who knows. Speaky's easy and shit. You had to knock and they had to open a little like thing to get in there. But you said the Giants, though, for sure. He, like, he loves the Giants. He does not bang on the other team.

Okay, so I'm calling Child Protective Services. Like, honestly, you can't continue to enable this. behavior. I know it's like nowadays kids have choices and that's the way things are in 2021 but this is a choice. This might be a bridge too far, dude. I know. I know and it's, it hurts me

inside but we have gone from watching like just the Giants game to just like, yo that is going to put our red zone and open up the fantasy. He knows Red Zone. So you know how you know your team sucks. Your kid is always watching Red Zone.

Red zone. No, the real course ass. If they put a rent-off instead of your local network. Yeah. The real question is what happens

when all the stars align and he gets drafted by the Patriots. Ooh. Oh. Ooh. What are you doing that? Are you gonna...

You gotta get all the gear. You gotta get everything. Yeah. I have to. I have to. I'll be the guy with the full Patriots gear and like the Yankee family.

Like, you know what I'm saying? With just my kids jersey on. Like, yo, like... No, you'll be house divided. You'll be house divided. It'll be like dad on one side of the jersey and your son on the other side of the jersey Like the most self-centered fandom move ever is to do a house divided with your kid because you don't like his team

Usually it's reserved for like the gronk brothers or something the watt brothers or me and my brother my mom could have got the fucking bears But it's gonna be you and it's gonna be your son Hey which New York coach would you want to smoke out if you could because I know you have tibs all the time on those those memes that I don't fully understand, but I love. Yeah, he's, like, I think, I don't want to smoke tips out. Like, I want him to stay right where he is. I don't want him to relax at all. Yeah.

Because he's been doing, like, press, like, interviews and stuff like that, and he's, like, showing a little charisma and stuff. I'm like, yo, cut that shit out. Cut that shit out. Yeah. Stop being funny. Stop being likable. It won't buy it anymore.

You know what I'm saying? What about Joe Judge? Joe Judge could probably use. Yeah, he needs it. He needs it. He needs to just cope. You know what I'm saying? So like, Joe, Joe, Joe, we out here.

I'm in Jersey too now, bro. Like, you come out here and come to the crib. I'll light up some gas. You know what I'm saying? Like, we don't know. I can extend that offer. I don't know that he'll text me back, but I can extend the offer. That's what it happened.

Yeah. Okay, quick, quick smoking question. Are you blunts or papers or are you backwoods or duchies? Bro. bro, I'm gonna show you my waistbasket to show you what kind of head I am, dog. This is just, yeah, and backwards. You see the shit. Yeah, it's just a bunch of backwards rappers for the people at home.

Yeah, we're, we're, we're, we're, I'm a raw cone operation over here and that's just like everywhere here. My producers reminded me the other day that this is a workplace. So Chris, I will say this. I enjoyed the raw cones very much. Yeah. But at the time that I've received a bulk shipment of roll cones, I was not in a financial position to be smoking as much gas as I was smoking. Right. So I realized without like the roll cones, I'm like, like I was like, I see people clipping them.

I'm like, bro, I'm taking this to the grill. Like I'm just smoking every day since I was 13. Like I don't clip nothing, bro. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like I'm smoking this until I burn my fingernail. So I realized I'm like, fam, you're blown through wild bud using these. I had the king size. Oh yeah.

the king's guys. I was like, fam, you're blowing through way too much weed. I was like, you need to go back to the manual. Put the grinder down. Break it up, use of scissors so you don't get the turps on your hands and stuff and keep it old school. Yeah, dude, he loves the fucking, what is it, the backwoods. Backwoods, yeah. I used to be I used to like duchies, but

they changed their leaf at some point and it's different now. It's different now. Yeah, it's like, bro, it's like made out of like Hyman. It's terrible, bro. You can't even like, it should just tears immediately. The funniest shit is I have a co-host who's not here. His name's Macon. And he never complains about the raw cones.

But the minute Nate came in with the backwoods, he started complaining about the set. And I was like, this is racism, dude. You know, but like Nate pointed out that it's just the smell of the papers. It's the backwards smell. And I'm not a backwood smoker.

Yeah. You could smoke a raw cone on the low. You cannot smoke a backwood on the low, bro. Yeah. You can not smoke a bar. backward on a hotel floor on the low. Like, no question. You still smoke at hotels?

You still smoke smoke at hotels? Not in the hotel. Okay, you don't do the towel under the door thing. No, no, no, no, no. Listen, I'm first generation of every, you know what I'm saying? I'm having my name for a flag right here. I ain't paying that fee, bro. I'll pop so with my ass.

He'd be like, yo, you can just go outside of smoke, stupid. Oh, my God. Speaking of that fee, boy, I've got charged $500 from an unnamed hotel in Charlottesville for smoking on the patio. They have a, the room had a patio outdoors, and they had a camera that they told me, don't even try to lie because we have you on tape. Here's what we're going to do. They're probably listening, so we're warning you.

We need like a fucking year of vouchers or we're going to air it out. Okay, next podcast. Because every year. He's going to put you a blast. $500. I want to do an explaining New York kind of segment to maybe. because I am like a foreigner when I come up there. And it's wonderful and terrifying at the same time

and overwhelming and awesome. And I'm like, man, for a day and a half, I want to move there. And then sometimes I just, is the last place I wanna be. And maybe you feel the same way. So what I will say is that everything is, the shot up to the rent is too damn high guy

that keeps running for mayor every year. Like, because he's right. Like the rent is too damn high. That's what made, that's what forced me to move to Jersey because I have way too many children to live in a two bedroom apartment. Yeah. So that being said, like, I love New York, bro.

Like there's no, like the energy, the vibe, the people, everything going on. Like, you'll see some wild shit, but it's just like, you're like, yo, okay, you know, like, I'm just going to work. And the best thing about it is that nobody gives the fuck. Yeah. Like there would be a dude hanging upside down by his nuts playing a flute, butt naked. Oh, that's New York. And people just walking down, like walking out of stuff. It's like going to work.

No problem. And if you're, and if you're. And if you're taking too long to look at it, you're going to get yelled at. Like, get out the way. Somebody's going to bump into you. Yeah, get out the way. Like, what are you doing? I'm like, there's a guy with his fucking balls out playing the flute.

Yeah, dude. I'm not from here, dude. The whole rubbernecking thing, like in New York, like on foot, like this looking at stuff, you get, you get grilled for that. So. So. So. So. So.

Let's take a video. If you're like, on video, like, yo, he's wild. Yeah. Yeah. If you have a, if you have your camera phone out, it's acceptable. Yeah. And you got to say, yo. They wild it.

Like that. Just like that. You think I'll look like the biggest fucking imposter if I try to take your advice next time I go to New York with some khakis on and a fucking Patagonia sweater saying, yo, he wilded. Bro, you'll be surprised. There's probably a bunch of dudes with that same exact fit on doing that. Yeah.

Okay. I'm telling you. All right. So here's the thing I DMed you earlier today. People are fucking on the subway in New York City. they're fucking just out in the open and they're having a great time and I'm just curious why how why what what the fuck is going on there dude yo people like new yorkers like they just get horny bro and like you know it's a fast-paced city so you got to you got to get how you live bro you

you just got to get in there like if you're horny now like you got to act so these guys are pressed for time these guys and gals are pressed for time that's what you're alleging in the video that I sent you and the videos that you sent back you had like four that were just tip of your fingers. So it happens a lot. All the time. So you guys got some, you got some real, Washington football email stuff going on.

What do you mean? You guys said to make videos. No, they're links to tweets. What the hell? I was prepping him for the show. There's a viral video today of somebody fucking in the hallway outside the train. Like there's a hallway where people walk down,

everybody's walking down the stairs. It looks like rush hour in that motherfucker. And somebody's like, I think I'll just, I'll just fuck. Like, I'm in an Italian movie. There was eye contact. Like somebody had their phone out. Yo, they were wilding.

And then fucking, right? And then the people that were fucking looked up and we're like, dude, yeah, like walk around us. Yeah. Like literally. Like in traffic. Go around. Consider us like a wet floors yellow sign.

Like just we are not moving, dude. Walk around us. Yeah. Okay. So there's that. You guys have sex on the subway there. Also, the bodega thing, which Nate's been trying to explain to me these overwhelming, awesome-looking supermarkets that I've never been inside one, but I can't even go in the small convenience stores in New York. It's too overwhelming for me, dude. So like, what's going on in a bodega? Explain a bodega to me. Oh, bodega is just the modern version of a general store. You remember them old, wild west. films, whatever, Western. Shady gravy. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, I need flour and rope and horseshoes and, you know, and a saddle and a baby that doesn't have small pots.

And some cigarettes. You know what I mean? And some cigarettes, you know, with no filter. You know, all that shit. Like, literally, like, you go walk into a bodega, get an extension cord, one condom, like a can of tuna fish, a can of cat food that's mislabeled that's tuna fish. You know what I mean?

Like, literally anything. It's like a mini target The same too Tuna fish and cat food You know what I'm saying? You can buy a hookah that shape like an AK-47 Don't like you can never like Who doesn't need that?

Absolutely can buy that 100%. So give me something you can't find at a bodega Some of them don't And this is me like I don't even know if this is bougie dog Like it's like like like I'm coming from eating chef boy I'd be out of the can so I don't know if this is

Buzzi or this is just like regular baseline like normal human being, but like the honest tea, like the half and half. Oh, yeah. It's just a tad sweet. You know what I'm saying? It's not bad sugary because, you know, shout to my pot. Tito. I love you.

You know what I'm saying? He's diabetic, you know what I'm saying? So I'm trying to get the sugar. You know what I mean? So like, I, you know, I try to cut down. But I love water, but like sometimes I need something with flavor. I'm a smoker, bro. Like, you have a smoke.

And especially if you smoke backwards, like, like you want something to kind of like cleanse your palate yeah to wash it down to wash it down to you know what I can't imagine that shit is like a whole different ball game there yeah you know it used to be like snaples or whatever but then I'm like brow snapples had like little known to us and here you go I'm the same way I like less sugar if I can get it but snapples had 56 grams of fucking sugar nantucket nectar I used to drink them thinking it was iced tea and it's healthy like I imagine And everybody was just dipping the tea bags in there.

Snapple change for me when they went from glass to plastic. It tastes different. I don't know. It's not the same. That's how I feel about Gatorade. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Gatorade from the aluminum cans.

Yeah. I was about to ask you about that because I was watching and y'all had that debate about the cans. And I'm which who I don't know if it was you or some or something. They do not belong in a can. First of all, they do not belong in a can. Yeah. Second of all, that's green, bro. Yeah.

Yeah, dude. Okay. Like, I'm totally, I'm totally with you. Okay, I'm totally with you. I'm like, I'm almost surprised anybody else thinks it's yellow. Okay, thank you very much. This is like the biggest celebrity that I can count on my side of the debate. And you thought I was full of shit, didn't you?

And then we had the color expert on and he said it was green. Yeah. You know what it is? Yeah. It's, you know how Nike has like, it'll be green, but the, call it some stupid shit like vault yeah yeah it's vault yeah like that shit is vault there's just more there's more greens than yellow so green ate the yellow dude and of course we're talking about lemon lime gatorade here so count one in the wind column here it's closer to yellow if not yellow

listen we could we could we could do this in the bottle in the bottle in the bottle 100% in the bottle see and you take the cap off yeah the old the old stuff that you're talking about that that that stuff was green the stuff now is yellow Gatorade naturally we call the gatorade right all right so so explain this to me then these fucking chop cheese sandwiches no disrespect look like cheese steaks to me and i love cheese steaks but what is the difference so the difference is that it's not steakups it's it's an actual burger patty oh like you know what I'm saying like it's ground it's ground me instead of like the slice or whatever oh you know what I mean and that makes a big difference too because with the ground

beef, you know what I mean? You get the fat melting off in there. It's moist. And then you've got the air, you get the moisture and you don't got to go hand with the condiments. You know what I mean? Like you got the lettuce, tomato, little ketchup, whatever. See, he serves it up perfectly with me. So this is

this will be a perfect time for me to present you, Chris, with an idea that we should start a chopped cheese stand in Charlottesville for all these white people in downtown. You're such an entrepreneur, bro. It's ridiculous. this. You know this guy? This guy

Okay, one second And I would love to because that shit looks Amazing. Now I'm sold. I'm sold on chop cheese. Bro, I'm I'm gonna keep it funky. It is the best, the ultimate drunk food. Like if you're If you're blasted out of your mind

And that's what I want to do. Put a little stand right outside of Fitzroy and we'll run it up. Bro, listen. You will run the numbers up, dog. I'm in for I'm in for two percent right now. Put me there. Look, bro. Bang the gavel.

Look at that. Bang the gavel. We've got celebrity investors. Hey, dude, hey, listen, I'm just telling you, if you see a picture of these chopped cheese sandwiches, even if you've never had one, if you've been drunk, you feel like you've had one. Like, it's just, I feel like I've had one of these sandwiches, so I'm ready to go, dude. And when you pointed the difference out, that's big.

He sells stuff on eBay. I was talking about him being an entrepreneur. He sells shit on eBay. Like, as we speak, selling shit on eBay. Yeah, I do reselling. So, like, I go to, I go to thrift stores, buy stuff for, like, $2, sell it for like $40, you know, make a little profit. New York, baby. Hustle, baby.

That's it. Tell them about the shirt that you just had to buy and you have to flip. No, so out here in Virginia, there's a lot of interesting stuff going to some of these tag sales, and I found a pretty old t-shirt that had a Confederate flag on the front, but on the. back it says silly boys trucks are for girls and it had a big truck on the back so what the fuck are you going to do with this thing i'm going to post it online and i'm going to sell it but the most interesting thing about the shirt is the armpits of the shirt are so yellow so this girl wore the shirt like which disgusts me but all i was yeah bro she was in that she was in that fucking f-o-f50 like a she was

racist thing hard every day. Just like an everyday thing for her as a lifestyle. Windows down, AC off. Dude. All right. So here's what I think you do. I think you drag your balls across the shirt. You take a bunch of pictures.

You do, you lay ass naked on the shirt. You sell it to somebody because obviously whoever's buying it is a racist or somebody like you is flipping it. And then after a week and they rate you five stars. you send them all the pictures. Yo. I'm not trying to get it.

Just jerk off into one time. Just fucking send it off, dude. And then just, and then message them like a month later. I'm telling you, if anyone that works for eBay happens to listen to this power. Oh,

now you're worried about your fucking account. Please. Please. Please. I see spookier shit than cum shirts on eBay, bro. That's all I got to say. All right.

All right. Explain to me then. Explain to me the fucking nutcrackers. He told me to ask you about a nutcracker. Yo, so nutcrackers, everybody got their own, like,

you know, special recipe or whatever, depending on where you're at. But it's basically just like, like, like, lokey, it's like a bunch of like bottom shelf liquor,

like mixed together to perfect proportions. Yeah. And mix with some type of juice that's going to take that, like, that burn off. You know what I mean? Yeah.

So that you throw a bunch of ice and I'm of, fucker. Glug, glug, gluck, gluck, look, quick, quick. Next to snow. It's just, it's really similar to jungle.

I told him he's a, like in college down here, jungle juice. Yeah. At the frat parties here, they have this like, you know, it's the bottom of the barrel shit.

And brunette, um, I don't even know the other. George. Yeah. So we just, we just drank 40s and mad dogs, dude.

So we never, like I imagine this might taste like a, a mad dog a little bit. No, you know what it is? A little. It tastes like a jolly rancher. That's the problem.

Which is a red flag. You know the new red flag thing? Yeah. Give me how many of these red flags for something that tastes like a jolly rancher, dude? They're hiding something. And it's like, it's the side. I don't know if they use the same containers like nationwide, but you know, like the Chinese food store. When they sell you the soup, like it comes in like that, I guess it's like a quart.

I'm like, bro, you're drinking a quart. Yeah. Of like Georgie and like wild turkey and like all types. of shit and it just tastes like a cherry jolly rancher, bro. So in this summertime, and now they got them, like the frozen joints. I was telling them about that. Like, that's the ones that I'll get you.

Well, he's no. Yeah, but it's frozen. And when you get it and then when it's real hot outside. Oh, man. You just immediately drunk. And then two hours later, you have a hangover and a headache, dude. Day drinking in the summer, you got to keep it going. Yeah.

And that's what happens. Which is what? Yeah. That's what happens. Instead of that happening, you, You grab another one and you get another one and another one. And the next thing you know, your life is worried about it tomorrow. Yeah.

You're in front of the building with no shirt on. Like, yo, you said, I love you. It's not even a home building. That's great, dude. I want one of these. Somebody who's listening can send us a fucking, can you procure one? Can somebody back home send this one? There's definitely people.

Anyone out there, I mean, he'll shoot it out. I don't want anybody at home mixing it. We'll make a, we'll make a clip of this. and anyone at home that has a Nemo or a nutcracker company that ships free promotions we got to get Chris

to try one and we will love to try one on the pod. Okay. Fuck, we just had how many what would we had, 2-11 a couple months ago, we had a 40 tasting we did some hurricane, we did so I feel good about my chances, dude, I'm good, I still got it.

Those things hit hard nowadays, bro. I'm just saying, dude, it's not like college anymore. I was going to say, that's why the perfect follow-up to that is the chop cheese, because it's literally like just a long- So, all that up. So this is what I need to do. I need to do like, you know, what would I call this day? But a day where I just like take all the things from New York and try them

and just see how I feel at the end of it. Let's do it. Okay. I don't know what we're going to do. It's just a marrow day. We'll do marrow day. Yeah, we'll go up. We'll do a marrow day.

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Terms and conditions apply must be 21 or older and present in state where win bet is available. Gambling problem, call 1-800-2707-1-17. So have you heard of the Waffle House challenge when dudes lose fantasy football? No. Oh, wow. Okay. So I lost in fantasy football last year. Basically, I lost a football bet.

The punishment was the Waffle House challenge. And this might ring a bell when I get going. But, yeah, you've got to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House. Yes. And for every waffle you eat, you get an hour off. So it was like one of the most excruciating things I've ever done. I think I ate what? 14.

14 waffles. So I was out of there in 10 hours. But I got home. I walked the driveway for two hours trying to just stir something up, you know, because I had about eight pounds of waffle in my stomach. What would be like if you had to assign a New York version of the Waffle House challenge, what would it be? said what i said probably dollar pizza yeah oh you know i was about to say either dollar pizza

or like not real new york pizza like papa john like yeah you got to go sit and pop a job for 24 hours beat and drink garlic sauce you know what i'm saying for every garlic sauce you drink you get you get two hours old so the pizza you got to do like a shot so a whole pizza no that'd be too easy bro there's a lot of sodium in there but after like two or three you might get used to liking the garlic sauce a little bit. You might be out in 10 minutes, dude. I feel like it'd be more excruciating for a New York and I have to eat shitty pizza.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, I do Papa John's challenge. And you know that, you know, you know who'd be at that dollar pizza joints too. Who? You know what I'm saying? Muffalo's at a down bad. You know what I mean?

Like the same guy that was playing the flute with his balls hanging out is that that dollar pizza spot. You know what I'm saying? The dude that's jerking off in the two-trade tunnel. He's at the dollar pizza spot Yeah, dude Your shoulder to shoulder with those two I'm not gonna

I'm not gonna lie I used to stop at the dollar pizza spot Because when I play that Listen When I played out of the Giants I stayed in Edgewater So like Before you get on the tunnel

There's the dollar pizza spot Perfectly right there And it's always open You gotta hop out Get three slices and a soda for 350 and you back on the road. The guys he just described all had their testicles out in public. You're a New York giant.

You were eating dollar pizza. And now you're selling shit on eBay, but you eat good pizzas. So what's not computing for me here, dude? He's a giant legend. He is a legend, bro. What the fuck? So, yeah, be the Papa Chunch challenge. Last thing about New York.

And then I want to ask you about your various media enterprises and all the success you guys have had because you i got to i got to say i if i ever want to be in a good mood there's not many people's twitters that cheer me up at most twitter timelines suck ass dude i'm just i i damn near want to be off it but merro's also got a great twitter too so let me let me tease that handle what's the the handle for your twitter at the kid maro no spaces all caps you're one of five people on twitter that's enjoyable to follow give me a mascot for every borough you know i know it's like the Empire State building in an apple. If you're an idiot, like, then you're playing an association game.

That's New York. Give me one for every borough. And it can be a person. It can be a caricature of a person even. Yeah, yeah. 100%. So in the Bronx, it is a dude in a pelly,

pelly leather jacket with no shirt under. Jeanne shorts and Tim's. You know what I'm saying? In August. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So that's the Bronx. Brooklyn is is different out.

I would have said like almost something similar to the Bronx, but Brooklyn now is a dude on a city bike with a scarf on. Now, yeah, Chelsea boots. Yeah. Yeah, and Chelsea, Big Chelsea Boo. JJ Reddick and Tommy. JJ and Tommy.

He knows. He knows. He knows. I don't know if you got to Chelsea boots. Shout out to those guys. I love them, but I always tell them now that they're Brooklyn guys, they fucking look like a thousand other guys.

Shut the Tommy at the top of you got the three button, Henley. Oh, Tomi stays with the Henley, dude. Yeah. It's like, yeah. But yeah, no, it's a dude on a fixie with a scarf in May. Okay. You know what I'm saying?

And he's on his way to go, uh, stand in front of Barclays and be like, I stay with Kyrie. You know what I'm saying? The vaccine thing's confusing me a bit, but I stand with Kyrie. I stay with Kyrie. I believe in his right to

you know, I don't want to nervously like, I don't want to I don't want to say he's not intelligent because he's mad nervous of shit slaving the brakes on a city bike like ding ding ding ding ding ding that little horn or whatever the fuck it is

people ride bicycles up there so we got the Bronx, we got Brooklyn Manhattan is a phlebotomist in scrubs on her way to work you know what I'm saying that's up a bad they probably make good money though the flobotomists for Manhattan dude

especially right now if you're from the Bronx if you if you if you're a hoodbugger like myself from the Bronx that is like that is like your princess Diana B like if you marry somebody that works in a medical field of medical biller

a phlebotomist you know what I'm saying like a dental assistant whatever you know what I'm saying they got the certificate they got the associates you're good you're married You know, bro. Like, phobotomous, the dinner parties, people are saying that all the time.

You know what I'm saying? Like, bro, like, y'all got full benefits. Like, bruh, oh, oh, you, oh, your co-pays, what? Oh, I don't do those. I don't do those. I'm sorry. Deductible, what? That's so good.

Yeah. I go to the hospital. I go to the hospital with my stomach hurt. You know what I'm saying? Like, just cut the line. Oh, fuck. And then, Stan Island, is this guy right here? It's the guy that's in the front of it.

Listen, I love the Yankee games. I would go to more if they were, you know, a little more closer than, you know, like, you know, like a better area. You know what I'm saying? Area. You know what I mean? Yeah. So, listen, I'm going to go pick up some sauce on Victory Boulevard.

Actually, gravy. Gravy. it's from it's amazing and then I'm gonna go pick up my son from the opioid center and then we're gonna all go to a Yankee game

and have a great time all right yo so this is funny because if you ask me what's going on Staten Island I have no fucking idea

like that's exactly what's going on on the side of it right now well isn't oh my God it's just the only thing I know about Staten Island is like what

like is ghost face from Staten Island all that is that yeah that's like that's like that's the wu tang area that's the wu tang stronghold that's the only thing i know about like statin island for white people or black people no idea about statin island so this is cool to learn about it statin island is like where every myp the officer lives okay well that explains a lot then so uh a lot of back the blue going on in old statin island a lot of bumper stickers all right so so the the full bottom If you're married to the phlebotomist, when you have a panic attack rarely at 1 a.m.,

do you have a direct line into the doctor who tells you you're not going to die? Is that also a shirt? Like, you know what I'm saying? Oh, my God. What she knows, like, you know what I mean? Like her dating history, she might have messed around with Dr. Sol &so back in like, you know, when they were a resident or whatever, you know what I'm saying? And now he, he, you know, moved up in the world.

Oh, hot, hot seat, hot, Megan. There might be a, there might be a phlebotomist out there for me. Sorry, babe. you know i don't have anybody to text when i'm having a panic attack you're just like i'm asleep like eat less edibles uh yeah dude my wife's gonna say she's just like just freeze babe i'm like it's not easy no it's that that's not easy dude that's how you do it oh what about queens i kind of have an idea for me the mascot of queens in a really good way is our is my man action broncson so shout out to to action bronson queen queen but who's who's

the mascot in Queens? Queens is like, it's too, there's no mascot for Queens. You know what I'm saying? It's just like a, it's confusion. Like if you're,

if you're traveling through Queens or you're not from Queens, yeah. Like a motherfucker that lives in Queens will call you and be like, yo, Chris, meet me on 69th Street and 69th place.

Excuse me? And you're like, what? Doug, that don't even make sense. Like, Google Maps is like telling me to go home. Yeah.

Like, I don't know what you're telling me. Yeah. But Queens is literally, You know, they called New York a melting pot? Yeah. Quays is literally a melting pot, bro. Like, you'll turn into, like, you'll make a left turn and you'll be in a Greek

neighborhood. You'll make a right turn. You're in, like, everybody's Turkish. Like, it's, it's wild. Like, Jackson Heights is, like, all Colombians. Like, you know what I mean? So, like, maybe, like, a buffet of, like, international foods. That's, yeah.

Like, yeah. Like, yeah, like, yeah, no, I was just in Queens because I went up to see a show at Forest Hills. I love Forest Hills, dude. Like, that's a fun place. to see a show. But you're right. Like you're driving through different areas and there's different types of restaurants

and the whole nine yards. It's pretty nice. I actually texted somebody and I said Queens might be the next great place to live in New York. So I'm sorry to put that evil on Queens. But I thought it was like, it looks good. Queens looks good. Let's move here.

Also, there's two types of gentlemen's clubs. Yeah. There's like the like, you know, like, yo penthouse like, yo, ah. And then there's like the hood trip clubs where. you know, you see a lot of booty meat. Yeah. You know what I'm saying?

And the booty meat is an Astoria, Queens, but it's the, it's the New York stripper capital of the world. Really? Yes. Tell you right now. They travel, bro. They're like pros, bro. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? It's like, you know, when you're coming up in the game, like, and doing sports, you go join the traveling team? Yeah. I mean, like, yo, this kid got it. He got something. This is AAU ball. Yeah, this is AAU straight up.

Competitive. Astoria is. Astoria is Oathia is Oak Hill to Stripers. Wow. Wow, dude. Absolutely. Everybody's looking for that next Carmelo Anthony, dude. It's just like,

you know what I mean? It's one of the most competitive environments in stripping. Dude, that's great. Okay. Good to know. Hey, she's a phlebotomist in a daytime. So it's like, how, how? You know what I'm saying? You're a phlematimist. That's a major level up there. We were just talking about getting

getting paranoid eating edibles. I really liked in your book, you had the drugs chapter that basically described how you felt about each kind of drug. And weed was like the, it seemed like you felt like it was a bit of a panacea in a good way. Like it's, I mean.

Yeah, it was like, it's like, because first of all, I was like, like I said, I've been smoking weeks of 13. Yeah. Daily. So I'm like, weed don't hit me the same that as it did when I was a kid. You know what I mean? Like, like, you know,

you remember being like, hi? Yeah. dumb high hours yeah like dumb high for hours like stuck like yo like you'll sit there and watch like four movies in a row you don't even know what the fuck is going on and not off an edible like off of a joint or something like a joint yeah yeah you're just like you know you just like smack like yo playing monopoly wrong like you know what I'm saying playing monocally with like checker pieces like just fucking everything now I'm like that for 15 minutes I call it the first 15 yeah I'm like after after that face of L, I'm like, I'm that high for 15 minutes.

Yeah. But that's when I jump on Twitter. I'm like, yo. Oh, man. How good do your tweets look when you're stone, bro? Oh, bro. If you catch a 2 a.m. 3 a.m. tweet, you know the zone I'm in. Yes, dude.

You know the zone. I'm in, bro. Like, you know, yeah. Like, listen, I don't know if it's the same for like professional athletes because it's like, bro. Like, you know how they talk about the zone? Yeah. And like, how you're just like you in the zone, bro. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Br, out of sack this motherfucker 18 times. Like, you know what I mean? Like, that type of shit. So, bro, that 15 minutes, I got my phone on me. Like, anything is liable happen. I might get a call from publicist. Like, yo, you're wiling. Stop.

You know what I'm saying? No, dude, I've never seen you cross a line on Twitter. Piece of Vanessa. Like, I love you. So I want to ask you this. Being a Pock and that's a person of color, like you call it. Pock. Okay, I got you.

Some of those, some of those other drugs. Being from our area, like, how do you get into venturing or being like, hey, I'm going to try this? Because I'm 33 and I just feel like I went to private school, but I knew like in my hood in my area, other than weed, everything was like, yo, you're a weirdo if you tried that. Yeah, like acid, acids. Like, you know what I mean? So that was the thing. So like, so I'm in the Bronx, you know what I mean? And I'm moving around.

So like I get to, you know what I mean? And I'm hanging out. And another thing that's crazy, that's wild about New York City is like, everything is different. So like, if me and you from the Bronx, like, we're like, yo, we go, you know, let's go downtown. You know what I'm saying? Let's go downtown and catch a joke. Let's go down to, like, you know, rack some beers or, like, catch some tags or do whatever. And you just run into people.

You run into people and they're like, yo, and they're like tweaking or going whatever. And I'm like, what the fuck are they on? You know what I'm saying? And my pops used to take me to work. And this is no cap. Like my pops used to take me to work with him when he was like when I was like six. Yeah. And he worked on a hunch point.

He's an HVAC technician. Shot to pop. You know what I'm saying? Like hard working like my man got bare pause. If you go on my Instagram, I use a same picture every father's day of him with the like the disco collar, the Coke mail. You know what I mean? The big ass like a big ass like brawling. He's just like holding me like this and he's just like one arm.

I smiled at him. One arm. Like my dad used to hold him. me so fucking recklessly, man. I'm looking back of pictures. I'm like, hey, get a hold of me, man. You're holding me just by the, like, you're holding me parallel to the ground by like the bottom of my diaper. How are you doing that?

You know, you're not supposed to hold me by my neck, dad. I'm free my fault. You know what I'm saying? That's back when babies were sturdy, son. But he used to have me out there working and he used to have me running around in the street and he told me a lot. Like, and it's in the book, too. Like, he would be like,

yo, listen. Like, you see that dude over here? like like like and you would see like a like a like a dope feeling like lean and like where you what area was this like hans point you know a hunts point market you know what i mean like so hunts point in new york is is famous for streetwalkers okay yes okay for like real life like in heels in like out of a movie yes yeah yeah yeah cars pulling up speeding off like it's just out they open yeah remember uh what we they had a whole like mini series about the shit like hook is at the point. Oh yeah.

Like her's at. Was it at HBO or something like that? Yeah. Something like that. Yeah. I think I'm going to hang out in a story. But he had me at there. He was just pointing stuff out to me like giving me game early. Like yo, listen, that's what happens if you smoke too much crap. Yeah. That's what happens if you shoot mad dope. But he never told me about like hallucinics and shit like that.

So the first time I was presented with mushrooms or whatever, I was like, let's get it. like, you know what I mean? And then like, you know what I mean? And then you hear the game over sound. Yeah. And it's a true story. So like, yo.

So it's like a quarter, I think it's like a quarter shrews. And it's like me and like three of our boys. So we eat all these shrooms like one shot. You know what I mean? And we all got, we're all like graffiti kids with like, you know, boosted Norface jackets like our $800,000 whatever. And these are like our prize possessions. You know what I'm saying?

So we're walking to a part. you know what I mean and we walk past the bodega they got the slush machine and shit so we go in there and my man Nate's shot the Nase he's like he just sticks his head under the machine

he's just like ah and like we just it's just mayhem yo at the front of the sun's like my friend what are you doing like because he hasn't seen

the shrooms in action either you know what I'm saying so we walk out of there now it hit me now it's just like pow Like, you hallucinate.

It's time to hallucinate. And I'm just like seeing like trace. Everything is just like, you know what I mean? Like there's like traitors. I believe they're called for everything. Like I'm seeing like lights and shit. Like all types of random stuff. Like I know.

I swear to God, bro. Like there was a street lamp. And I thought I put the shit in the bill too. Like there was a street lamp. And in my mind, it reached down and it was like grazing. on like a tree. You know what I'm saying? I was just like,

I was like, oh, I was like, yo, the street lamp is really a giraffe, me, dude. So then we sitting there watching the giraffe eat and the,

there's a bench, there's one bench, we're in the park, there's one bench, and it's wet, and it says, and it says wet paint on the bench. And there's,

and then there's a big-ass rock. So, like, everybody's standing on a rock, like, yo, like, we all feel like, like we're climbing a mountain like yeah you know you know you know you know you know you know the vibe yeah I know so so I sit so like I'm like I get on the rock I get down and then I sit down and I had a brand

new red North Face mountain guy I was like I never forget it and I just sat down on the bench and I was like yo yo this is a vibe you like before I was yeah whatever it was said in the early 2000 I was like yo I was like yo this is like yo I feel like I feel like I I'm in like a dream. And then I got up and remained. So, yo, you bozo, you got a man, pin on your jacket. Stupid. Ah, you dumb motherfucker.

So then I'm like, oh, no. Like, right. And it was like the most soul-crushing thing that I was like, the way I reacted to this shit was so outsized. I was just like, no, my jacket. Oh, my God. Like, yo, I started bugging. What color is the paint real quick?

That, like, public park, dark green. Green. Yeah. You looked like a Christmas tree with the red and the green. Damn. So that Nace is laughing at me. And like everybody's tripping. So he's just like, and then he looks at me.

He's like switches gears like out of nowhere. He's like, I got to sit down. Yeah, damn. I was like, I was like, yeah, go ahead. Sit down. He sits down right on the bench. Right on the same bench. He was just like, like, throw.

lying me for sitting on. He sat down on, but his Norface jacket was ivory. You know what I'm saying? Oh, no, which actually would I hate to burst your bubble, but ivory and dark green probably looks better than the red.

Better than, yeah. You know what I'm saying? But like in my head, I'm like, bro, I'm like, I can't afford Gucci. You know what I'm saying? Like, the red and the green, like that shit is a, like that is the Gucci. You're right.

It is, actually. I don't know how they pulled that off. Make us fucking spend $1,000 for a T-shirt. And the funny thing is, look, in the resale market, if he had kept those coats with that paint, they might go for three times right now. Especially after this story, though. He could auction that shit off.

If there's someone out there with a Norface jacket with paint on it, you might have a sitting gold mine. You know what I'm saying? Bro, your friend, man. Like, he just saw what you did. But that's the way it is. The season three of Deezer Samarrow is out right now on Showtime, right? It's, uh, it just started with Nas, right? You guys interviewed Nas. And so how the fuck does that feel, dude? Are you intimidated by that project? Yeah, so in my mind, I'm like, yo, I'm intimidated in my mind.

But in actuality, I'm like, I'm just telling myself, I'm like, yo, Mao's is, he's like you. He's like Chris. You know what I'm saying? Like, we're just regular dudes, but we're really good at this one thing. You know what I'm saying? Like, we're regular dudes. We're really good at this one thing. You know what I'm saying?

Or multiple things, but, you know, at the end of the day, we just people. So, like, you know, I sat down with Obama thinking the same. shit like yo bro like he's gonna fry me about the next like you know whatever he does is gonna be cool because it's just yo it's Barry you know what I mean like no doubt you were the president you're mad smart you got books you did this you did

that but at the end of the day you're just in person just like me so that's what I was thinking going into it then I had to ask them I was like bro you did a lot of wild stuff in your career and that's what they that's where the man she like that question I had that in the chamber done just like

since I heard that song So imagine how many years it's been. I had that in the chamber to ask him. I was like, yo, if I ever get to ask now, this is in your notes. Like, you know what I mean? I got a couple interviews in my notes that I'm like,

I have something written down for like Willie Nelson. Like I'm ever going to fucking interview Willie Nelson. But that actually happened for you, dude. I never thought I was going to interview nice, bro. So you might be sitting here with Willie Nelson talking about, man, we must much better. Exactly.

We have Willie Nelson sit right there and do what Nate's doing. I'm back in there passing the blunt or the j-tons. Passing the blunt. And when he'd be like, you know, he's like, I don't throw a backwood here and there. You know, more of a paper guy myself. But he's with Snoop, man. He and Snoop probably.

You go on that bus. You can get a contact high. Oh, man. Hey, so like you guys have been at this thing for a while. You make the transition from Vicerland. You guys have different projects. You have podcasts. You have shows.

But the Showtime thing felt like, for somebody who watched y'all before a line in the sand. We're like, okay, these guys are famous now. And they could be big time if they wanted to be big time. And the product could change. Like, there was a lot of that, right? You know, like,

in, people were like nervous. Yeah, people were nervous. Like in Wayne's World, my second Wayne's World reference in one podcast, I should get fine. But like... Classic film. But it's a classic film. I think there was a part where they got a new set and everybody's like it's not going to be the same. They were rebod

and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. That's my biggest fear. Like I was afraid when I put wallpaper on the wall that people are going to be like, oh, they change. Like, you know, I've been with them through the first year and a half. How do you combat that? And were you nervous about that at all? Like being honest, were you nervous that they could change your guys' dynamic?

So, like, my whole thing going in and like, like, shout to Victor Lopez because he's like the third bodega boy. He's like the behind the scenes. You know what I mean? Like, and we, like, he's been like the steering us, you know, ever since, you know what I mean? Like since we began. And he was just like,

yo, listen, man, like what you, like they brought you here because of what you do. Like, just keep doing what you do. Like, you know,

we could spruce up the set and all that kind of good shit. And like, we could, we could go outside and experiment with different stuff. But like, the heart of the show is like, y'all too, your chemistry,

the way you go back and forth, you're talking about stuff, you know, whatever is going on in the news or whatever viral shit you saw on Twitter or, you know, whatever. And that's like,

the bread of butter, you know what I mean? And as long as we don't lose that, I'm like, we're good, you know what I mean? We can fuck around and do like carpal karaoke or something like that. You know what I mean? And like, deviate from what we like normally do. But like at the end of the day, you know, as soon as you hear that, boom,

boom, boom, boom, boom. Like, we coming in hot with like, yo, you're me, yo, why are you fucking on a train? Exactly. Yeah. Video immediately. Yeah. Yeah, dude. That's the, but that's it. That's the nuts. and bolts. Like, you know, and I know fans were excited. It's like they're the same

dude still. It's the same, it's the same deal. My co-host who's not here is Macon, who's a fucking real estate agent, okay? And he's probably not listening because he hates being on the show. He hates the show so much that I brought on Nate last summer, Nate's the pinch hitter. Fucking, me and him. Yeah, Nate is killing it, dude.

Appreciate them, man. Nate is the jack of all trades, man. Like, we can do serious stuff. We did the John Gruden stuff. He can interview you. Like, Nate's been for a budding, for a young media guy, he's a media star. I'm talking about making me and him have been friends since high school. And we don't really hang out outside of the show now. Like, we've been, we've joked about it honestly that like the show ate our friendship.

You know, and like, is there any dynamic where you're like, damn, our friendship gets strained sometimes? We don't kick it outside of, like, actually entertaining people. that can be a drain. You know, it was wild. It was like, we came in to the game, like, on two different type of times anyway. You know what I mean? Like, he came in single dude, like, you know, was working in a corporate office, you know. I came in one kid, one on the way.

Yo, we got to get it moving and shake it right now. Like, I, like, you know, like, uh, bro, like I'm doing stuff that I'm not going to say on air. You know what I'm saying? Like to make ends meet or whatever. our mentalities like were perfectly aligned you know what I'm saying because like and Victor too like Victor was the one I was just like bro like yo hold on like I know you need $300 right now yeah but like if you chill we'll we'll get way more than that down the line you know what I'm saying so I was like I'm gonna fuck it out and I did and it worked out

but we never like we never really hung out like OD like that in the beginning or at any point because I'm like, bro, like, we have two different lifestyles. Yeah. So we'll get together and we'll have dinner. We'll have drinks, whatever, and we'll chop it up. We'll have mad fun. And that's what makes, and I think it's almost the opposite of that. Where it's just like, like, we hang out so little, like, IRL that when we get together,

that when we get together to do some whatever, it's like, ah, y'all was good, baby, y'all, let's go. And it comes through what we do, you know what I'm saying? That's pretty damn cool. Nate still hangs out. IRL, making IRL, not really. Me and they have fun on the weekends. We have the fun interviews.

Last question I want to ask, and we'll let you go. You keep getting better. You guys keep getting more popular. I was going to ask you if you're famous, but it's a stupid question. You are famous. But at some point, you wrote this in your book. There is a wash period. There is a like, we're too old to do this.

Like, we're kind of out of touch. Like, nowadays I feel like an Andre 3000 just talked about this. He was like, I got out of the game, which I don't know if I believe him or not, because I didn't think I could still hang. Like at some point, the way things are culturally right now, you have to be so in tune with it. Do you guys ever project and you're like, how long could we really do what we're doing right now?

Do we have to do something else at some point in our career? Or do you just think like tomorrow the next day? Yeah, I'm like, I'm very like, you know, Bronx upbringing, bro. Like I'm living today. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, that's not to say that I don't have like, you know, like a five year plane, a 10 year. plan like yo what are your long-term goals you know what I mean because like bro I'm a whole ass dad

and husband like I got four kids you know what I mean I like like I love my wife I love my kids I want them to have everything yeah I'm saying that they need and like you know and and some of what they want you know I mean because you can't get all of what they want because then they end up being little assholes you know what my kid came up to me the other day bro he spent like $150 on like Fortnite I was like bro you're bug those V bucks I will say though your best shot you're and my best shot to stay tight with our sons is to stay good at video games. I'm just telling you that.

Fam, I'm telling you right now, I get on with them. Like, when they go home from school, we sit down, we do the homework. All right, cool. Like, y'all got like a two and a half hour period where you can mess around on screens

and do whatever you want to do. Amari, you know, the former, you know, future, I don't know. The bus, yeah. The bus, you know what I'm saying? Brandon Jacobs. Yeah, yeah, for real.

Like, him? Like, if I say ball, he'll run out. Yeah. But the other two, they'll be like, y'all, like, let's play Fortnite. Then the bus sees all of us playing squads. Yep. Now, he's in there. Now, he's in there.

Now, we're all in there. Yeah. Now, we're all talking. That's the key, dude. Like, doing the e-votes and all that. Like, we want to stay close. I just got my kid on the Sonic racing game. And I'm like, all right, we're going to be cool until he goes to college at least.

And then I'll have to, like, go party with him to be friends. But anyways, you were saying, ma'am. My thing is just like, you know, like I feel like I said Victor's name like 100,000 times, but like he saw me and he was just like, yo, this dude is like there's something here. You know what I mean? And I want to be that for something for the next marriage. You know what I mean? Like, yo, yo, your homeboy like that you're just showing on on an extreme out right now, but you're fucking hilarious me. And like you, you know what I mean?

Like you're, you're on it, you're sharp, you know what I mean? You're smart. This that. And going back to the school, because I'm coming from being an educator. Yeah. And, like, being a paraprofessional and all that stuff. And in the hood where everybody wants to be in front of the camera.

Everybody wants to be future, like rap in front of the camera. But I'm like, bro, the dude that wrote that song got paid more than him. The dude that produced that shit got paid more than him. The director of photography that did the video got paid. The director got paid. You know what I'm saying? So there's so much stuff that you could do within that. realm. Like if you if you really fuck with basketball, if you really fuck with hip hop,

whatever it is. There's so many TV, whatever it is, there's so many jobs in that sphere that are not just like, yo, I'm throwing the ball, I'm catching a ball, I'm sacking a ball, I'm sacking a quarterback, you know what I mean? I'm shooting a three. I'm making a joke. You know what I mean? Like there's so much that you can do and get fulfilled and be in that scene, you know what I mean? And get love and respect. Because I'm sure you have seen people that like a dude that's like a coach or did something that never played yeah you know what I mean but like got gems you know what I mean or like and he'll hit you he'll be like yo Chris let me put you on it's up you know what I mean like or whatever you know I'm saying like and it's

just like bro you don't have to be not everybody could be Mike not everybody could be Kobe you know what I'm saying like like but the motherfucker that's training Kobe is why Kobe is you know what I'm saying like you could be that guy you know what I mean so that's my thing like I want to go back to the schools and and and and give them more of that like like bro like now that I'm inside the beast yeah I could give you like I could give you the the little jewels from behind the scene it's a lot of ways to feed your family and and and be successful so thousand percent and still swagger out and still be at the Christmas party and still be hanging out with fucking uh who future and yeah and get pictures with Kanye too

we'll talk about the next time so uh Jesus and Mero season three is out now. They get an F1 racer coming on on Thursday. Check it out. And thank you so much for your time, man. Yo, my guys. Yeah, I do. Love y'all.

Take it easy. Read, light. Let's go. Let's go.