History Hyenas with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas - 133 - Nate Bargatze is WILD

Episode Date: March 27, 2020

Old best friends, now arch nemesis? Nah just playing! Bargatze is in town and comes in to fill for Chrissy! These two had a podcast together called It Could Be Better back in the day and this one gets tense. Nate Bargatze is one of the funniest comedians around and now moves tickets! Wild ep!Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD!Follow us!: 🙆🏼‍♂️🐕🙆🏻‍♂️🙆🏼‍♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website🙆🏻‍♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips

what's up, everybody? Welcome to another episode of It Could Be Better with Nate Bargatze, Giannis Papasan. We're joined, as always, by Chris Laker, who still looks homeless at this point. Yeah, that would be, if he came out from behind a curtain. That would be something, huh? You just see the people you left behind in comedy. Yeah, I see you guys every day.

Yeah, well, if you're thinking to yourselves right now, fans, is that Chrissy D? Did Chrissy D move to the South and become a Southern kid? No. That is one of my oldest and best friends. You probably know him. He's doing great in comedy. His name's Nate Bargatze.

And this is another episode of History Hyenas. We are minus Chrissy. We do have Venetia, the screwed in Greek piece. And we do have Zach Isis here. We're down Mike Emojiface. So it's just me and Nate. This is just like Marc Maron. Yeah. Except, you know, our fans are firefighters.

Except I'm not doing better than the host. Exactly. Yeah. Exactamundo. So, you're doing good. Yeah. Does anybody remember that no one would know that we did like the story with Exactamundo So you're doing good Yeah Now This is It could be Does anybody remember That no one would know

That we did Like the story with this I know everybody's like Thanks to you You know You and Christy D Discovered a podcast You guys are hitting it off

It's going great You're fun and funny And all that But we were The original Of fun and funny And we did it We did podcast

Giannis did podcast When podcast was brand new Yeah It wasn't Cool to do No one was doing Everybody You know

Everybody thought like What are you a loser You're doing a podcast Bobby Who's Made this entire thing Yeah That generates

Hundreds of dollars a year Yeah Yeah Yeah Bobby Before Bobby So when did bobby start his podcast well let's do it by the arithmetic let's do about 1200 total so it's probably about yeah 2010 bobby way 11 240 240 is that 300 now so yeah we were uh we were early It was your idea And it was my first chance to make it as just a white guy And I didn't take it seriously

It's just Giannis has never made it as himself Not yet I was actually We just sold out the Gramercy Theater We got two shows Thank you everyone who bought tickets And I was actually just thinking

I have sold out comedy rooms of various sizes as different things that are not me that are not completely me so the least popular thing about me is me like yeah it is the least popular thing about me is me it's almost like anyone who listens to my comedy just wants a splash of me yeah they don't want the full me the The full me is too much to take. I'm a tough hang. I'm Yanni Longdays, they call me. Because when they go on my Twitter and they see a rant, it's like it's going to be a long day.

Yeah, here we go. It's going to be, yes. It is. You're a lot. You're a lot to deal with. You're a lot to like, you know. You're very curious. I always said I thought, you know, you would be Howard Stern.

You're very curious. You're very, curious. You ask a lot of questions. You told me I'd be good at something else other than this business. The thing you do on stage, you got to put it in a room and do what Sam does from Jim and Sam. That's what you're good at. Yeah. But just ask people questions. You like doing that stuff. You like going like, where are you from? What just do like but just ask people questions like you like doing that stuff you like going like where are you from like what's that like

what's your what's your brother like how's this so you just ask a ton of stuff I'm curious because I I want to I want to be able to know everything about a person

so I can study them and I can I think I can feel safe knowing that they're that they're who they are who they really are that they figured out

yeah I want to figure that's a lot yeah to about everybody I think I do it about everybody out. That's a lot. Yeah. About everybody? I think I do it about everybody. Now, I got a question for you. You're a clean comedian, 100% clean.

So what crimes are you hiding? Yeah. None. Nothing? That's what you've always said. Yeah. Because that's what you wanted to be. I'm joking.

I know, but that's what you've always said. You like when a clean comedian does something bad. Yeah. Because you think that you hate us as clean comedians. We're not bothering anybody. No, you're just minding your own business. Minding our own business. A few roofies and a few drinks.

No biggie. No big deal. Still minding his business. There's one guy. The way he did it was minding his business. Minding his own business. Yeah, you're asleep. I'm minding my business.

You know, you don't even, I'm not even bothering you. Don't even know. And then, but you don't like, God forbid there be a clean comedian, even existing. No, I love gaffing. I love you even bothering you. Don't even know. But you don't like, God forbid, there be a clean comedian even existing. No, I love gaffing and I love you. But let's be honest. If you weren't as funny as you are and you're drop-down funny, you always have been. I mean, as a white guy today, you got to make it either in your 40s.

We were talking about this. You got to be 20. 20 years or 40. You got to be 17 either in your 40s we were talking about oh you gotta be 20 yeah 20 years or 40 you gotta be 17 like pete davidson or 40 and be or 40 or 40 in your 40s yeah i'm 40 nobody makes it uh i'm saying in your 40s to just give myself hope yeah yeah or in your early 50s yeah early 50s 60s 50s a new 40 yeah 50s a new 40 yeah you really have to become just better than most people at it to get noticed um when you're a white guy in this era it was uh i always said 20 like we're trying to get say who

has made it at 30 who what white what white straight white male has made it at 30 which is right i'm not saying like right or wrong or whatever yeah i don't i don't care it's just interesting in this that we know i'm sure there's somebody but i'm sure there's someone going like i think i made it i love how you're just saying like you're not soda you're like he's not there yet you know he's no soda's 35 soda's there he's there i would say once this hbo special comes out which we went to last night soda like soda will make a leap yeah and soda will be he'll be late there he'll be above the 35 mark yeah so he's so he's basically like a baby and let's be honest his liver is like 44.

Yeah. So if you take the average of his liver, you could have made it if you would have stuck to that podcast. Or if I would have just stayed here. If I would have just stayed this

and just kept doing that. I was with you for, do they know that I was the fans? I was with you when you did Maurice for the first time? That is the truth. The story of the character Marisa

was we were, you know what's funny? You know what's really funny? First I'll tell the story and then I'll say what I think is funny, but the story is me and Nate, and it was funny because it was your idea. You were like, let's just do this show. It'll be a good look. It was a radio show. I was doing stand-up on a radio show.

Yeah, well, it was a live radio show doing stand up On a radio show Yeah Well it was It was a live radio show That the guy wanted to do Which I'm saying is funny Because it was almost Prodigious in a way That now that's coming back Yeah

It's like that's what Everyone's doing Yeah It's like podcasts Are basically a radio show Live and people come out Like what we're doing At the Gramercy

Is exactly what that That kid was doing What was his name Andrew Cohen I think Yeah Yeah So we had to Yeah yeah, he had, he was putting together this live radio show

that he wanted to shop to people and then maybe take to Vegas. So he had a big dream and he gave us like 50 bucks, remember? Yeah. It was like 50 bucks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we rehearsed.

It took a lot of time. Yeah, it was, yeah. But that was back then when you were going like, maybe let's just give it a whirl. We went to a diner before. We went to a diner. We went to that diner soup

on Broadway, Benetia. You want to get diner. We went to that diner soup on Broadway, Benetia. You can grab all. You want to get on a mic? You don't have to sit in the back. Yeah. I like how the blazer's back. You look like Rachel from Friends. That's back now.

Style is cyclical. Right? It's all about the baggy look now. Are you loving my outfit? I feel like that's all about the baggy look now? Yeah. I'm here. Are you loving my outfit? I am loving it. Yeah. I feel like that's where the shirts my mother would get me

when she'd come back from Greece. Oh, I didn't interrupt your story. No. Yeah. Where were we in the story? Oh, so we went to soup, and we had to think of like a few characters as fake call-ins for the radio.

So we had these like Southern guys. I remember we were going like, get off my property. Yeah. He's like, look, you can do whatever you want. It's all about your property. Whoa. This is my property.

Whoa. Whoa. Yeah. Guys, guys beating your wife up. You're like, you can do that over there. But as soon as you step over this line, you're on my property. The idea of like that people like properties, like, you know, it's like, it's like no one can ever come on your property.

We like the police can come on your property. People can't. But they think like, no, no, no, no, no. This is my property. The police can come on your property. People can. But they think like, no, no, no. This is my property. I do what I want. Guy's just got someone on the floor and he's just skinning him alive and he's like, it's my property. It's my property. Get off my property.

I do what I want. I'm a property. Over there, you're fine. Get off my property. You step over here. These are the laws of me. Yeah. You're my property. Don't tell me that. You're on my property. Your property. Yeah. So we had those guys. I can't remember the other ones. I think it was like some sort of like frat guys or something, or I don't remember. And then the other one was you had somebody and I had more Risa.

So I don't think I had as many. I'm not as good as character. Different versions of Nate. Yeah. You're like, I'm a fast talker. I'm doing this property. And then I go, oh, I'll be a, I'm, how are you doing? I'm Wall Street.

This is Wall Street. Stay off my Wall Street. I just stay with uh yeah property wall street yeah i don't venture out yeah no but you were a man of uh many voices schizophrenia yeah scared to be themselves yeah you had like uh yours was like a version of nate who stayed in tennessee one who moved to new york and one in chicago remember the uh ditch films that we did where i did the impressions that was one of the funniest things but like i want to find that i know jack nick it was jack nicholson was just like hey i'm jackie yeah i need devito hey hey what's up it's any devito it's just the same voice we laughed so hard hard doing that. Yeah. Dude, the few sketches we did, the films with Jesse, we would laugh so hard.

You can go watch them. They're on. I put them up. All the old sketch I put up on the Instagram. We did Cop Face. Yeah. We did the one. Cop Face has Ali Wong.

Ali Wong in it. You. Mike Vecchione. Vecchione, one of the funniest. One of the funniest. Yeah. And we did that one For a good time

Where we went to Coney Island That one still makes me laugh It's kind of funny That one's very funny And remember that was a guy That came up and said He would bleed for us Do you remember that?

It was like Hobo in Coney Island Like just like a Like you know Like a crazy person down there And was like What are you guys filming? And we were like

Yeah yeah And he's like I'll do stuff for you And he was like, what are you guys, filming? And we were like, yeah, yeah. And he's like, I'll do stuff for you. And he said if we paid him, he would bleed. He would cut himself or he would fall on something. We could have given him 20 bucks, and if we wanted him to run through glass, he would do it. Yeah, I think he might have been just one of those guys who saw a camera crew and he's like, this is my shot. And he was like, I my shot you know and he was like i'll do i mean guys i think it's a guy that's crazy yeah and like i was trying to see the

positive in it maybe but yeah he was just a crazy guy yeah you think a guy that had hollywood dreams is on coney island walking around during the day yeah it was like i told my family that coney island was the place to move to you never know what narrative's going in a guy's head. I mean, that could be, obviously. Well, going in, it might go in his head. Yeah. I'm saying he's crazy. He's crazy. Yeah, he was crazy. Especially saying that we could cut him. We could cut him. We should have done it.

Yeah, take it back. Just to be like, we cut him. This was during a time you could cut a guy. You could cut a guy. And no one would be, you wouldn't, you know, no one would get that upset about it. Yeah, you could. Nowadays. Nowadays you can't. You can't just cut a guy. can't cut a guy back then actually this was like before twitter yeah yeah yeah this was twitter's only been around what if we killed that guy no one even know what even know there's no one tweeting no no one back then we were right next to the ocean i tell you what you could let some opinions fly back then oh yeah not yeah. Not that long ago. Yeah, not that long ago. You could let...

You could openly... You could openly let some things fly. Yeah. That was like 2009? Mm-hmm. Right? It was like 10 years ago.

That was when... Yeah. That was ironically when I watched Burr at Town Hall, which I was just talking about, which I'm now doing. How amazing is that?

Pretty crazy. Sold out, too. Two of them. Two sold out shows. We saw... I'm just saying that because we don't pretty crazy sold out too two of them two sold out shows we saw and I'm just saying that because we don't talk about it but it was

me and Soder went and watched Burr in town hall in 2009 no that's what we're here to talk about you're here to you're here to plug sold out show which is great which is how you know

no this is how you know you're doing us a favor by coming on is because like you know usually you come on you're like you plug a date and like here you're going like you're, we don't have to talk about it.

It's like, you know, it's like, I'm just, I just remember it because of the birth thing and that's weird. But it's all showed out. Just don't worry about it. It doesn't matter. Yeah. You guys want me to tweet this? Yeah.

I go anyway. It doesn't matter. Yeah. It doesn't matter. I'll tweet this for you. Two sold outs, just two dozen. Yeah. But no, that's amazing.

That's gotta be a moment. That's gotta be a moment. Mine's a lot smaller scale, but I remember when I had to sold out Weekend at Caroline's because that was this place I did my first set I remember I had a moment where like that's a cool thing

where you're going like you're remembering you're going like well I remember going to watch you and you had to sold out I mean I was there

yeah and I remember like we couldn't like you know because you could always go stand in the back yeah and we couldn't stand

in the back because every seat was gone they were hard sellouts yeah they were they were you know and you made a lot of money i remember like you like we first time we even heard about money yeah like were you like golly i was kind of the first one of our crew from to shoot to shoot up and make money and sell made like real tickets like you know like where it's like something crazy yeah it was uh you know you had a cup of coffee in the big leagues i had a cup of coffee in the big leagues. I had a cup of coffee in the big leagues.

And then I, yeah, I'm like bull Durham. They were like, you know what? We got to send you back down. You got a lot of help. A lot of these young kids get up there.

So I started, I'm catching now. I'm just a catcher for kids who throw 90. Yeah. I'm like, all right kids, this is what you want to do. And the golf,

like a guy, like a coach, like a pro. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, I was in the big leagues for a week. Yeah. You just tell.

Yeah. Let me tell you about governors. Yeah. Yeah. Let me tell you about governors. Right. Yeah. I had, I had my ex-girlfriends.

It was mascara. We made that into a mustache. And then I had a wig and a dress. And that wig was a million dollar wig, kids. So find your thing. Used to bring it in a paper bag grocery yeah and now you bring it in like one of those ones that like a real bag you know that they change like whole foods that they change you like but when you first started it was a paper just

paper bag it was a paper bag because that's all they had back then yeah now it's one of those recyclable bags recyclable bag that you can use over and over again. Yeah. And that's what I carry my makeup and wig in. If you see the wig, the wig now is just on the floor in my bedroom with clothes. It deserves more respect. I know. I just, cause I, I throw it on for cameos now. Yeah. So I'll do like people who ask me for like a birthday shout out.

Yeah. And it's now, it's funny now because I've gotten so like, I'm over it. Like it's been so long. Like, so I used to like shave, like Chris was saying it's true. I used to like shave down. Yeah. Now I'll just throw the wig on. It's like crooked. And I'm like, like it's been so long like so I used to like shave like Chris was saying it's true I used to like shave down now I'll just throw the wig on it's like crooked and I'm like happy birthday Clarissa it's Marisa and it's like I got a

beard a cigarette in my mouth like that's just what it's gonna be. A mix of Panos and that yeah I'll throw it I'll just you know I'm half paying attention. Well what if you know go back to like what if you would have just stayed with it could be better that was going I know to go to our podcast yeah that's an interesting thing we got so much to talk about first of all me and nate we go way back to the beginning we kind of started together when i

started i started really doing stand-up around 2005-6 that's when you moved to new york you had been in chicago for two years yeah so you came in 04 we met like a year after you've been here i guess at new york comedy club 205 or something like that. And we became good friends ever since then. So, yeah, we started a podcast. It was your idea around 2009. End of 2008, 2009, right? I think it was very early.

I don't remember. I don't think Bobby was doing his. I don't think so. Bobby was very early too. Yeah. Like John Fish and Dan Shack. They had one. They had one. They had one.

My mayor, I don't think, started his yet. The podcasts were an idea that people were doing. But I remember if you said, oh, I'll do my podcast. I remember it being very weird. Someone would have been like, you're doing what? It wasn't as cool. It wasn't as something that you should do. Right.

You were adamant about it, though. You saw it. I knew that we had to be, yes. You saw it. You saw the potential in it. Yeah, yeah. You were adamant about it. You asked me to do it.

Yeah. But you were like, you saw it. Yeah. And yeah, to your credit, back then, maybe Burr had just started. Yeah, maybe. A couple years. Yeah. Maybe Marin. Rogan. Like, I don't know if anybody was yeah and i don't know that it was very they were they were all very new

they were we were in the and not with none we were not as big as any of those people that were mentioning those those guys are were way more if we did it if we did it right hands down obviously if we did it right did your life would be different we would well yeah it would be like you know we'd be selling out from that yeah for sure the podcast from 100 we had a little tiny bit of a following we didn't even know how to the first remember 10 podcasts we did we uh the mic wasn't even plugged in we would record over the computer yeah and like someone would like email me so do you understand what he's saying? we had a mic which was that snowball mic for 10 or 15 episodes we would plug it in

but it wasn't working we were recording our podcast through the fucking laptop till fans, some fans were like hey guys we can't hear this and then Laker figured it out that's how illiterate we were, Laker somehow figured it out like hey guys the mic's not on were. Laker somehow figured it out. Like, hey, guys, the mic's not on.

So we did like 15 episodes with no mic. Yeah. Yeah. Unbelievable. Yeah. And then, yeah, I mean, dude, it was very funny. Like, it was, we were very funny. Remember we had Rory came on, Nick.

We called Nick, no, Vicky, our buddy Nick. Remember we called him and told him that he was trying to collect money from him. Yeah, yeah. And he believed it. I mean, lot of very it was very funny it was very funny if you would have stayed and i couldn't ever wrangle you to come do it i could never because i said we i go we have to be consistent yeah it has to come out every week now it can't be and i could never get you i remember one of them i was so mad at you we did the one with that MMA. When I did the MMA classes. Yeah, I wasn't there. We interviewed that guy.

Yeah. And you showed up. You never showed up. I never showed up, yeah. Yeah. And you're paying for it right now. I'm paying for it. No, what happened was, you know, everyone has a different path.

Everyone has a different path. You had a path that was handed to you. And then you were too lazy. No, here's the thing. I didn't see it no here's the thing i didn't see it here's the thing i didn't which is crazy because i was ahead of a lot of other stuff if you look at what schultz is doing now you know and like even tim's starting to do it and other people are doing it it's exactly what me and jesse were doing in 2000 from 2002 really to and then when we started like really doing 2005 you know two guys like you know schultzy has his guy alex and now dylan's guy's guy ben and they're just like fucking

shooting shit and putting it online like me and jesse scottoro ditch films we were doing that you know we shot our first thing like 2001 2002 put it on youtube you know pano started going viral around 2008 then 2012 I had a big one hit with him and then 2010 Mauricio hit but we have we were shooting sketches

and things for this was like the 50th 60th thing we shot so I was ahead over there I kind of saw that coming but for some reason I didn't see the pot

even just the trans thing like Mauricio was early that was not in the that was not in the cultural conversation at the time. And then it's everywhere. But for some fucking reason, I just didn't understand the pot. I just missed it because I didn't get it. Yeah, I just kind of.

But, you know, in my defense. There's no defense. I don't know what your defense is going to be. Me and Jesse were doing other stuff And then Maurice Ampano's hit Back to back So that's why you couldn't do it It could be a better podcast

No it was stupid But it was like It wasn't I was ahead over there It was like So you're like I don't need to be wasting my time No I just didn't see it

I didn't We did it We did a whole bunch of episodes If you were I feel like if you started a podcast back then You're almost guaranteed to be a huge podcast just because you were just new. And we were funny. And we were funny.

So we'd have been good. But like, you're just almost guaranteed. Yeah. But you know, I mean, just think, dude,

you could be, I mean, if we would have kept it going. Yeah. Which who knows how long it would have lasted. Yeah. My life changed from us doing the last one. Well,

we're going to tell that story. We're going to tell that story we're going to tell that story we'll come right back from our sponsors whatever Ryak has got us some penis pill thing no but here's the thing what was the premise of the show

it could be better it was it was back in the day where like it was just comics kind of talking and that would have been okay

we would have comics on yeah and that would have been okay because it was like it was essentially this yeah or you know

whatever yeah we do history but it's like it was at a time where like that was new so it was like

we would have been one of the only ones of comics talking you know yeah oh yeah just the I mean like

straight up have three comics on like yeah yeah and we had the segment what was the thing uh with chris laker what was it oh yeah it could be better as the name of the podcast because we thought we were going to get ahead of you saying our podcast is not good yeah i agree and that we know it could be better yeah we were eight mile in it yeah and

then uh yeah like uh chris we had the chris laker awards yeah well the chris laker Awards was like one of the most punk rock things that's ever happened in New York comedy. In New York comedy, it's one of the greatest. It's amazing what we did. Never been touched again. And I'm glad we didn't. I'm glad we didn't either. Even though I would love to like one day, like, you know. Maybe just do it again for fun after like, you know.

You'd have to do it like. Yeah, I mean, it's wait a little bit longer. We have to know when it feels right. But it almost had to be done where it's like we can't it can't be. No one can film it. No one can do anything. Yeah. No.

And that would be actually a cool thing. Rule for it. Yeah. I could just sort of break from, you know, because it really is a punk rock thing. So what happened was there was this thing called the ECNY Awards at the time that all these comics started stressing out about. And whenever that's happening, it's like, you know, something's wrong here. You know, whether it's a book or whatever, a lot of comics are stressing about. It's like Best New York Comedian.

Yeah, then it's like we got to destroy it because that's what comics do. Well, that's what it was. because that's what comics do well that's what it was uh well a big inspiration was it was for it was because ted alexandro got best new york comedian and didn't accept it because he said these awards are stupid that they're he's like these awards are just making everybody go crazy so that was like a big inspiration for like he ted like denied this thing because it was like the it was the list was ridiculous yeah where it's like most lists are where they're listing people you're like that guy doesn't even do comedy. Right.

And then that's what it was. So Ted was just, we just saw Ted deny that award. Right. Ted Alexandro, great comedian. Offers for, opens for Gaffigan all over the world now. Great comedian. But as his own. Oh, Ted's one of the greatest.

One of the greatest. Ted's like one of the, and one of the best guys. One of the best guys. Yeah, but definitely one of the best comics. Yeah. For sure. He's just hilarious. So yeah, Ted was voted best comic and he rejected it.

Rejected. We were all flipping out. We were joking, me, Nate, and Chris Laker on our podcast. We were joking about this thing. We were like, we should be best fucking podcast. So we were pissed because back then there was only like two podcasts so it's like they should have just given it to us yeah yeah you know what i mean yeah and um we didn't get it so we were pissed and then somebody said as a joke i think it was chris laker it's chris chris goes uh if i can you

know if i'll do the chris laker podcast i mean we'll do the chris laker awards and i went we there was like a moment it hit me and i was like yeah no we're gonna do it and we all laughed and i went no yeah we're gonna do it and then for some reason we all just got on board and we fucking followed it to fruition we had a banner made we wrote the whole show we organized it we had bits me and you hosting it we did this funny thing thing where he presented every award, but we pretended like we were bringing up someone different. Yeah. Remember?

He would get off, and then we'd come, all right, for our next award, we got this presenter. Everyone give it up for Chris Laker. Yeah, yeah. We did that like 30 times. I mean, everybody's there. Soda's there. Soda.

This was before everyone popped. Everybody still drank. Yeah, and this was, everyone was drinking, and nobody was big yet. Yeah. Nobody quit drinking at that point. Like, this was like a good, like, everybody's still super fun. Super fun and super fucking-

Yeah. Like, climbing up and coming. I mean, climbing up and coming. Like, these are, I would say everybody is, I mean, killers. Yes. Like, you know. Soder, List, you were there. Me.

Ted came. Ted, Alexandro, Joe DeR there. Me. Ted came. Ted Alexandro. Joe DeRosa. Yeah. Henry's about. All those kids were there. I mean, it's hard to remember. It's hard to remember.

So what happened was. There's people there that we don't even know were there. Don't even remember. It got packed. He couldn't even get in. It was at Bar 4. Bar 4. Yeah. It was packed.

People started drinking. It just turned into like a huge comedy party. We wore a tie. We wore ties. Everyone had to wear it. We had like a fake comedy party. We wore ties. Everyone had to wear it. We had like a fake red carpet. We were making fun of comedy award shows. And we did it successfully.

And it was such a great night. And everyone had such a great time. And it ended up being such a party. And it was so cathartic for shitting on this thing. The award we gave Ted. That was epic. That was epic. That was how the night ended.

Yeah. So the night before we give it, what was the best female comedian? The best female comedian. By the way, our fans who listened to the Joe List episode, this was the night that we talked about where he admitted he had herpes to a whole room. To the whole comedy scene.

He made a speech to the comedy scene at the time. And he just goes, we gave him some award. I can't remember. They were all bullshit awards. We were handing out. They were all funny. And at the end of the speech,

he goes, it's great year. You know, I did this, this, whatever. And he goes, and I got herpes like for real, seriously,

I have herpes. And he went good night. And everyone was like, what? And it was just, that's punk rock. What other award show guys just going to tell the crowd? I have herpes And I just got it

I just freshly got herpes So that was the Joe List Joe List got some award that was that night Do you remember Drozda's award? I don't remember Yeah I forget I remember best black comedian was John Moses He's a white guy who does black shows.

Yeah. Yeah. And for best female comedian, which was the best gag of the night, we thought of every female comedian we could think of and put their names in hat. And then we were like for best female comedian. And then Chris Lake, we shook it.

Oh, it was like a fishbowl we shook it and we just picked the name out and that's who were the best female it's so insulting

it's horrible it's so funny it's like that's how important it's that important no award was real though I mean like we were given like yeah it was all just like but that's how important, sex is that important. No award was real though. I mean, like we were given like, yeah, it was all just like.

But that's what a comedy award show should be. Oh yeah. Jerry Seinfeld's right about that. It's like, we're not the guys who are taking ourselves seriously and self-congratulating. We're constantly shitting on each other, shitting on ourselves, shitting on everything to keep everybody honest and pure. That's our role in society. It's like hey man you're full of shit you're just a human you're just flawed like me you have too much power we

need to cut you down your ego's out of control need to be cut down and we need to do that to ourselves and everybody else that's what we do yeah award shows and comedy are antithetical you can't do that so we did it the right way and it was was all a fucking, it was, we were shitting on everything. Yeah. It was, I mean, ourselves, like it was like, uh, everybody,

it was, it really was. Then at the end, it was your FLA just started like, well, that happened organically. And it always reminded me of when Jesse's Gatoro told me he went to his cousin's wedding in Staten Island.

It was a bunch of guidos. You remember that story? And they started, it, you know, it was all his, it was a wedding. And then it turned remember that story? And they started, it was all his, it was a wedding and then it turned into

a fuck Iraq chant at some point. It was like the guys just got so juiced up on the dance floor and it was just Italian kids from Staten Island that eventually

at the wedding they were going, fuck Iraq, fuck Iraq because it was the early 2000s. So that's what happened at the Chris Laker Awards was at the end, we gave the Ted

Alexandro Award. We made fun of Best Comedian. Who then Ted, I mean, for the ECNY Award did not go accepted. He did not accept. He came to us in a tux. Came to us in a tux and wrote like a beautiful, like, just like funny

and like, I mean, just like poetic, like just real thing that was like, you know, Ted's like our leader. Like, you know, like it was just such an amazing like speech that he, you know, that he wrote for accepting the, I mean, we were the only award that he accepted. Right. And it was called the Ted Alexandra Award. So it's just, he's getting his award, that it's his name.

And it was, like Nate said, it was just this like poetic moment that you had to be there for, especially now in modern times or everything, everyone's trying to record the moments. And like, this was a moment that's just in our memory and it's gone. And that's why we decided to never do it again because the purpose of it was to kind of destroy

the hubris of those award shows and we did it the ECNY award they never did it again and it had to have something to do with our thing because I remember that one of the people who did it was there and it was like they were just getting in on the fun we just kind of shit all over it we shit on

the whole thing and tell Alexandro speech at some point where he was started he got into like how award shows are bullshit and how he came to this one because it's in the spirit of comedy. Remember, that's the essence of the speech was like, I came to this one because this is what it's supposed to be. And at that point, everyone's been drinking. We're an hour and a half in. Everyone was drinking when Chris Laker, he's an alcoholic. So he used to drink orange slice with vodka.

drinking when chris laker he's an alcoholic so he used to drink orange slice with vodka so we had orange slice the the soft drink with vodka and they were like a dollar shots so people were pounding orange slice vodka shot everyone was hammered at this point the vibe is going there's music in between people ted alexander just starts giving this speech about how this is what it's supposed to be and then the mob that mob mentality just came over us. Everyone was cheering. And then somehow while Ted was on stage, it turned into a fuck LA chant, which had nothing to do what was going on. Yeah.

But it was amazing to have all these New York comics. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's the most special memory of New York comedy. Yeah. Is that. It's the most realist, like, we were like just a scene.

It felt like it was a scene anywhere in the middle of the country, like anywhere, like every scene, every comedy scene in the country, I feel like has something, has moments like this. And we were just such united, like, front, like, just, and doing it, being like, we're all New York comics united like front like just and doing it being like we're all new you know we're all new york comics we're all just crying in it everybody's from different places no one was even for you know that's what's so crazy like i mean you're from there you're the one that's never left yeah you're home uh yeah uh and i would tell you about culture right

yeah yeah yeah yeah that's yeah you'd always tell me like you don't know what culture is the guy that lived a block from his mother uh, you don't know what culture is. The guy that lived a block from his mother. But I don't know what culture is. Yeah. But yeah, it was an, it was an unbelievable experience. Yeah. Now you actually move, you move back home. You move back to Nashville.

Yeah. That that's kind of like a, what's that? The alchemist where like you go on the journey and you end up, you end up where you started. You used five words. Culture. That's a culture thing. Nah, it's just a guy trying to hang on to his education that's right you went to american university and i went to the university of america here's another interesting thing about me and uh nate that's very interesting like really a fun like history thing for for us was we did this like little short

lived tour. We did like eight schools way back. I mean, the only thing that either one of us done, you had just done your first Conan, which was a huge deal back then. Yeah. But you had, what I mean, just did it. I mean, you, you still had your jacket hanging in the car. I think you did it. And then that wasn't a tour. That was no, no, that wasn't the tour. That was your show at your bar that you made me come do after I did. No, no, no, no. No, you're forgetting.

I'm talking about the damn for Galette thing. I know that wasn't after we didn't, I didn't have the jacket in the car. I came one. No, you did. Cause you said to damn for Galette, you were like, what's this? And you're like, oh, that's my shirt. I wore on Conan Conan. And you get, you want to smell it?

Cause it smells like fame And I died laughing That was when you said that I'll always remember that The other one where you made me come do your show after I did Conan And then I yelled at you yeah You yelled at me because I didn't want to come And then I bombed And I was like we're still on the grind man

Treat us treat us well Which is true which is right You were right But I remember like it was like such a big moment. But I understand, I understand why you were that way. Yeah. Because it's like you, you're going like, I'm going to make it now. It was that day.

And you're going like, I don't need to do this anymore. Yeah. Yeah. That's how, you know, that's how it used to be. Yeah. You did that thing and you're like, I'm not coming to do it. You're like, when you drive down, you're probably going like, I don't emotionally want to go back.

Because when you're coming up as a comic in those rooms, it's a little traumatizing. And once you get a taste of like the beautiful, you know, like that's like eating a filet mignon. And then I was asking if you wanted to come meet me at McDonald's. Yeah. And you were like,

Hey guy, let me just enjoy the memory of this filet mignon for a second. And then I had to go. Yeah. I was like, no, come down to a set. Yeah.

There's three of us. There's Charlie everywhere. Bring your gun. Yeah. And I had to get, I bombed. Yeah. And's three of us. There's Charlie everywhere. Bring your gun. Yeah. And I had to get a bomb. Yeah. And then, and I mean, I already taped Conan and it hasn't even aired yet. And I've already bombed.

I know. It's funny. After that. That's comedy. That's comedy. I was, it was, that was, you were right on. We got a big, we got a fight on that on, on the Could Be Better podcast. Yeah.

Remember we did. We got into a few on that. Yeah. But that, but after that we did a podcast on that on, on the could be better podcast. Yeah. Remember we did, we did. Yeah. But that, but after that we did a podcast and it was terrible. We did it. It was just terrible. And it was because there was so much tension between me and you about that Conan thing.

Cause you made me come do that and we weren't talking about it. Yeah. And then we just re-recorded another podcast immediately after that was terrific. Cause we just got out. Yeah. Like the, cause we were, I was so mad at you.

You were mad at me. Yeah. We weren't talking. Lakers having to deal with both of it. Was I like really mean in what I said or I just kind of yelled and was like pissed? No, you were yelled at me, but you thought you were mad that like I was like. Phoning it in. Yeah. Like I was phoning in like, like I don't care.

Not the podcast, the show. The show. I remember. The show. And it was a show you shouldn't care about. No. Yeah. But back then we did. Back then we did. And you were, and it was show and it was a it was a show you shouldn't care about no yeah but back then we did and we did and you were and it was crowded it was packed and you were uh and you were you so you were mad at me for that yeah and then when we did the podcast it was very uncomfortable i think we did a podcast after the show yeah and then it was very uncomfortable

and because and because we were not talking about the obvious thing we should be talking about and then we just stopped it and then immediately talked about what happened, which then was a great podcast. I was like, is Chrissy here? Yeah, that was a, that was, I remember that. That was, you know, these are interesting things, man, on the climb up.

It's such a like magical time. You know, even I just saw it. Soul Joel opened his own club and it brought back all those memories. Like, wow. Like going to do his show for 150 people, perform for his grandpa. I remember I did one show in Pittsburgh where I drove nine hours and we did a show. It was literally his grandfather and like two cousins showed up in a ballroom. Yeah.

But it was like trying to make something happen. You were around people and you yourself was trying to make something happen. So I think you came down to this show and me and you always had a different approach to the climb. You were kind of like, you were getting your five minutes together doing the late night thing, which was great. And it was working.

I was getting tight. You were long. Yeah, I was getting long. And I was also kind of like a self starter. I was like, I get a room and I promote it and do like A self starter I was like I get a room And I promote it

And do a show And host And so I Yeah I'd worked hard And you were one of the Funny people on that show So I was like The show's gotta go good

And you went down And you're like Hey guys You know Fucking I just did Conan I don't need this And so I just

Afterwards I was just like I yelled at you Yeah Yeah And then I remember We like walked away Like you walked off Somewhere

Yeah And like went and got a drink It was like a real Yeah it was a real fight Yeah no we never really Cleared the air And then we went And did a podcast And then But remember we like walked away, like you walked off somewhere and like went and got a drink. It was like a real, yeah. We never really cleared the air. And then we went and did a podcast. And then, but then cleared it on the podcast.

Cleared it on the podcast. Just always remember though, that, uh, the podcast could have been huge and you messed that up. One thousand percent. Yeah. But you brought it down.

I made a million dollars on a wig after that. I got a TV show. I bought a house. I'm about to buy another one. I mean, it's not like I'm not doing it. sold out the grammar seat doing this that's like you i'm one of the most versatile and talented people like i just bought a house gonna go buy another one like you're uh fucking throwing down no it's uh but that's like being like i've had

like i've had four apartments three you're just naming the things that you've had in your life that makes it sound very good like I think I've had seven cars. I have all this. Comedy has afforded me to be able to buy property one way or the other. It has. But you, that's the Fallon thing.

Well, the Fallon thing was that was the last. Then we just got into a fist fight. We never settled that fucking thing from Belleville Lounge. I remember the name of it still. Yeah. I think I called it Filthy Drizzle or something. What an era.

Yeah. What were you saying anyway? Well, the last time we did that podcast was when I met Fallon. Yeah. Well, that's the two stories we got to tell, which are great. I mean, we could go on forever. You know, me and Nate always have a good time. But, you know, we're missing Chris.

Is this what it is? He wanted to call in, but Nate's just blocking it like you know what that's crazy that he yeah like him not being here well he had to do something he had to do something important that's why

this is not the time we record I just wanted to grab you while you were in town yeah what could he what's important his dad's dead oh really

no but I just wanted to make you feel bad yeah you know what still he could get through can I get a water please Venetia uh give me a Can I get a water, please? Venetia?

No se me ligo negro. Ligo nera aquí para caló. For our Greek fans. There's no Greeks that listen to this because Greeks don't support me or else I'd be famous. You know? And if another Greek comes up to me and says we thought there was going to be

more Greek material, I'm going to fucking take out the cobaloy and shove it in your asshole. You're going to strangle them with the cobaloy. Yeah. So, two interesting things that happened with Nate.

I want to tell this story before we get to that because that's the best one to kind of finish on. 2008, we did this little tour that this kid, Dan Frigolette, put up. And we went to these colleges in Maine. And that was one of those instances where we were made. For then, we were making sick money. It was like 500 bucks, 1,000. No, then we made, it's the most money we've ever made.

What did we make? Three grand each. Three grand each, which back then was nuts. Three of us was like, for this tour. Yeah, I mean, which then it might've been three grand. I've never even seen a check that much. Yeah, and who knows what, Frigolette was pocketing. He might've been pocketing 20.

Well, he said he was making three. He said he was making three, but that was the story. Yeah, it was real funny when we ordered breakfast for him and hung it on his... Well, I don't know the order you're telling.

All right, let's get back to the... Tell the order of the story. Because that's a funny story, too. Hey, guys. Well, that was... All right, so Dan set up this tour. Dan Frigolette was... He also does this...

Does he do the Staten Island... Hoboken Comedy Festival. Hoboken Comedy Festival. He's done it for every year. He always texts me and says, well, I'll come back and do it. I just don't respond is my answer. I don't respond to him at all. And I think that's a solid answer to him.

But he's the type of kid, he's such a go-getter. Like, he'll ask the next year. We told him, he'll ask you the next year. We told told him to be uh but always tell him to be an agent yeah you're like you should just be an agent yeah like instead of doing comedy yeah we were basically saying like you you have no talent for this yeah which if he wasn't a white guy could have worked out for him this era yeah yeah yeah he did uh uh so when we did uh what were you saying so we did When he booked this He booked this show So he was making

At this point he just started He was unbelievable at booking things So he booked me and you to do a Total scam He made this video Where he just cut it together And called it the two faces of America And he cut it in a way that looked like

We knew what we were talking about Politically Yeah Well we don't And then he put It was the election It was Obama It was the Obama election That year

Yeah he would do a gig Obama McCain right Yeah Was it McCain he ran against Yeah Who was I don't even remember Who he ran against

Who was that Don't answer it Yeah He did the show in Syracuse The Italians of Comedy Yeah And he had me on that Cause I'm Italian Bargetzi.

And I was like, I have one Italian joke. I go, these people are not expecting all Italian stuff. And he goes, no, dude, he's just a name for whatever. And people walked out because it wasn't Italian. And I was like, you told me they didn't matter. And you're like, you sold this whole show on the fact that this is Italian. One of the greatest greatest when we did promotions for that we went and did uh like a morning show at syracuse like um syracuse good morning whatever

it is yeah and uh i remember going to do it and the guy that hosted he had his co-host was this very pretty woman like that host on the show and they had his wife on the show too and then uh so his wife like came on the show and she's usually not on the show and so they were they had his wife on the show too and then uh so his wife like came on the show and she's usually not on the show and so they were they they his wife stayed his wife just is like not on board with like being on this show but it's almost like she wanted to be there because she didn't like that he was on the show with this attractive woman yeah and so she's on there and i remember this woman came on to sell bracelets and so we're waiting to go up and this woman's like i got these bracelets whatever and. And the guys,

being a good host, is like, oh, wow. You know, like they do, like these bracelets are beautiful. Like we need to buy some of these, right? You just say, I'm going to buy whatever you're going to, if I brought you something as an ad,

you would say, I'm going to buy it. Right. Whether you want it or not. It's a live show. Right. And he goes, he goes, right, honey,

we need to buy these bracelets, right? Don't we need some? And his wife goes like, no, I don't. We got enough bracelets. And you're like lady he's not making you pull your credit card out on tv like it's just like just go with it right and she said no we're good we don't need them and then they didn't and then me and uh then me and friglet got on there and Friglet made spaghetti. I remember seeing those. Yeah. And then he cooked spaghetti.

So you guys are Italian and I'm just standing off to the side. Yeah, you go. I remember you did your one bit. You were like, well, you know, my name is Italian, but like, you know, it's like you did that one bit you had. It's like they just landed and my guys kept on walking. Which, by the way. I wouldn't be accepted by the mafia. And you just went and did a bit.

I did my bit. Yeah, that was it. By the way... I wouldn't be accepted by the mafia, and you just went and did a bit. I did my bit. Yeah, that was it. By the way, I just did 23andMe. Yeah. 0.0% Italian. Wow, what are you? Like, just whatever, Irish, British, like, just normal, like, you know.

Makes sense, because you're not a warm... Italians are warm. You're a cold-hearted kid. Yeah. Yeah, you got that kind of, like, Northern European kind of, like... I have darker skin. You got that kind of like Northern European. That darker skin. Like that's what.

Yeah. But you get a brew in you. You're going to, you're going to wipe out some indigenous people. You're going to go and you got some opinions. Yeah. I go in. Yeah. Yeah. You take, yeah.

You'll be like, you know what? I don't like what y'all are doing around here. There's like a billion of y'all. So let's just clean this place up. You got, you got a little bit of that white evil in you. Yeah. Yeah. You guys. So now that makes sense that you're British because that's kind of a British way

they go in and they're like interesting so this is what y'all are doing what's going on we're going to do something different now come here we're going to change things around here and that makes sense so so we're doing this so things around here. Yeah. And that makes sense. So we're doing this.

So he sets up this two-college tour. Yeah. Two Faces America. In the same way that he did the Italians of America. It was just kind of a thing. Yeah, like just me a hook to get it made. And then so we're meeting. I would do stand-up.

Then Giannis would do stand-up. We'd go to these colleges. And then afterwards, we would just take questions from the audience for like maybe three minutes. So then we, we start like doing these questions. We did a mock debate, which by the way, is what like everyone does at college shows now, which is like, we were, we were doing that back then. Now, like all everyone who does a college show cause college shows are,

are brutal. So the best part of a college show is just doing a question and answer because they're not, they're not like, they don't need comedy and you can't say any words or people go like oh my god i gotta have any therapy dog or whatever yeah so it's like i just wanted to say that we were doing that way back then 2000 this was 2008 because it was the election year yeah we were uh it was unbelievable i mean it was uh we would do this show. We would, we would do stand up. And then we started getting so good just being on stage that we just basically would do five minutes of standup and then do an hour of us on stage. Like just do the standup just so they get our rhythm. And then we would go up and then, uh, it was a good show. Like, and then Friglet would moderate the thing. And I remember telling Dan, Friglet, he's hosted. I go, look, just go up. I go, when you ask some questions, I go, throw some softball questions up top.

Just because it'll ease us into it. And so we're in front of a crowd. And Dan goes, all right, I want to throw you guys some softball questions real fast. And he says it. And you're like, no, you're like, no, you don't. That was behind the curtain. Yeah. Dude, like, you know, the moderate doesn't say that.

Just ask the questions. Yeah. And he just said, I'm going to throw you guys. Yeah, I'm just going to give you guys some softball questions, get you started. Get you started. Because the guys wanted me to warm you up. And, you know, here's a little few tricks I'm going to do to get you warm. Dan would like be, he just started comedy.

We stayed at his parents' house. He just started comedy and then told him the money he made. Like I said, you shouldn't, I mean, I like, he shouldn't make three grand ever. Like in comedy. I don't know. Like, I mean, at that point you were, I was like, this is, it's insane that you're even making money.

He hustled that into his own pocket. He deserved it in the fact of that. We did, we would, we stayed in a hotel. Me and you shared the rooms a lot. And then. There's some cool photos that are on my Facebook from that. And then, so we, you know, you stay at a hotel where you can do the breakfast. You can fill it out and leave it on your door.

And they bring it in the morning. So he goes to bed. So when we go and just. So we shared a room and he went to his room and we were drinking. We were having a good time. And we filled out the card for him. We did as much as we could do.

Yeah. And probably $50, $60 worth of breakfast. I mean, we checked everything. It was one of those things you hang on the knob and you fill out what you want and they just bring it to your room. So, I mean, we lit that thing up like an sat test i mean every bubble we could put we gave them like a juice a coffee yeah we were like eggs

croissant muffins i mean everything everything the next morning nothing we had it well we wanted it delivered at 5 30 a.m yeah is when we checked the time you can check all the times we said 5 38 yeah he had an early flight so you gotta get at 5 30 and then the next morning we're when we check the time. You can check all the times. We said 538. Yeah, he had an early flight, so you had to get at 530. And then the next morning when we're leaving, I just remember he just goes, he goes, did y'all get breakfast sent to y'all early in the morning? He just asked us. No idea that we, he just thinks that's a hotel thing.

He's like, did you guys get breakfast in Dior? Yeah. At 530. And we're like, what? And I go, what happened? He goes, I just, at 530, he knocks on the door. They had all this breakfast. And I was like, I didn't order breakfast.

And then they took it back. He said, yeah, I was trying to tell him I didn't. He was like, they had a really tough time not giving it to me yeah they were going they were going like no you ordered it he was like i didn't order it they're like trying to explain to him it's like it's on your door dude yeah it was hanging here it was hanging here that's your door like yeah that was funny that was real funny but we were actually on stage at one of those main colleges i can't remember we were on stage at one of those main colleges. I can't remember. We were on stage in the middle of the show when Obama was elected. So this kid ran in during a show, packed show. We had on a projection screen behind us,

like this thing that Dan did was like Bargatze Pappas 08. Cause that was the, the whole kitsch was like, this is the election. He's from a red state. I'm from blue state, whatever. And a guy walks in. I remember, I remember it like it was yesterday. He went, Oh my God. Remember he kid walks in and he goes, Oh my God, he won. And the place like erupted of course. Cause you know, it's a college. And, um, and that was, we were on stage doing comedy when Obama was historic, you know, first black president, you know? And, um, it was,

it was an interesting thing to be on stage doing a show about that when the election happened. It was just a memorable moment, a historic moment that because we were doing something so interesting, like and unique. Well, you just I can remember it like I can see it. I can see the kid. I can see it. So that's what we did there. Now, what Nate's talking about with this, which is so fascinating to me. Yeah.

So we did the podcast, and then we didn't do it for... It could be better. We didn't do it for a while. We didn't do it for a while. You were getting much harder to get a hold of. Well, because I was selling tickets and making a little money.

You were starting to sell tickets and make a little money. I was well into selling tickets that year. Yeah. Yeah. So it was like... Because we're talking about 2000 at this point, 12,

I think. Yeah. So we had, we hadn't done the pockets in over a year. Yeah. You just left us behind. Yeah. To go put your different wigs on.

I was throwing wigs and stashes on. Making money. Yeah. You know, done with us. Not really. I mean, we hadn't,

the podcast, yeah, the podcast kind of ended yeah we didn't do it for a while you were you were you were this is how much you've given up as far as that how down you looked you looked on us at this point yeah uh you showed up to that podcast in crocs and sweatpants i did i in plastic pants and crocs yeah plastic pants and crocs with socks i basically and this is going to come in handy for what's happening next i looked like a I did. Plastic pants and Crocs. Yeah, plastic pants and Crocs. Crocs with socks. I basically, and this is going to come in handy for what's happening next. I looked like a chef who went out for a smoke break and tried comedy. Yeah, yeah.

I just didn't go back. Well, yeah. And so that's what he wears to do. We're recording this final podcast. Now, the reason we're recording this final podcast is for some fucking strange reason. Probably your OCD. Because you do wear wear do you still wear Vanderbilt shorts

under your pants? Not anymore but I did. Yeah but what did you do something Vanderbilt on you? I don't now I'm able to get but I yes

for a long time I wore shorts. You have a mental illness like the rest of us like Chris when he Chris goes to the bathroom he runs the water and I asked him today

I was like why do you do that? He's like I don't know and I'm like I'll tell you why you have a mental illness like he runs the water. And I asked him today, I was like, why do you do that? He's like, I don't know. And I'm like, I'll tell you why. You have a mental illness. Like he runs the water for 40 minutes while he's taking a shit. And he can't shit without running the faucet of water. We all have some sort of functioning mental illness. He used to wear like full fucking Vanderbilt uniform under his clothes.

By the way, didn't go to Vanderbilt at all. Like barely got three credits in a community college. I mean. Had no credits. No credits. And just grew up in the area where Vanderbilt at all. Yeah. Like barely got three credits in a community college. I mean. Had no credits. No credits and just grew up in the area where Vanderbilt is and he had to have,

he had this OCD thing where he had to have a. I still wear it on stage. I have Vanderbilt socks that I wear. There you go. It's still, some weird thing.

So, he had this thing where he was like, he was asking me and Chris, he was like, I want to do one last podcast so I can. We had some fans. We had some fans.

We had some fans, and you just wanted finality. We had like 12 fans, dude. I know, but we wanted to end it. It was hard to. You wanted to end it. I wanted to end it properly, and it was hard to wrangle the talent, the diva that Marisa was, to get, you know know to get him and her to come

and Chris says that's the real me and this is just an act and we wanted to do it and so it was a very weird moment to like why we were even getting to do it that day I was supposed to I already moved to Los Angeles I moved LA and I came back that's supposed to do new year's

eve show in like massachusetts and it uh and i got stowed out and so it was like well then we need to be doing this podcast so then we were set it up to like we're going to do the podcast we're going to do at the stand we're down at the bottom before i was doing a show that night at the stand and so we go down there we record this this final podcast, and, you know, you show up in your Crocs, your plastic pants, you don't respect us, you don't care.

No. Still don't. Still don't. Yeah. I know. But, like, you don't,

at that point, you're, you know, and by the way, I'm bigger than you were at that point. At that point, me coming to do this is, you're low.

But you see how I'm, I respect it. I know. No, you don't. I wear, yeah, I do. No. I'm here properly You see how I respect it? No, you don't. Yeah, I do. I'm here properly in jeans. I'm dressed like a normal person. Yeah, but you're coming to do a podcast that has some fans. We had no fans.

I could have sold at the Garden at that time. No, you couldn't have. I absolutely could have. The Garden? I could have sold at the Garden. We sold 10,000 tickets the first year. 10,000 tickets the first year in New York. Yes, I know. We could have. The Garden? I could have sold at the Garden. We sold 10,000 tickets the first year. 10,000 tickets the first year in New York. Yes, I know. We could have done one show at the Garden.

That's the amount of tickets I sold that year. No exaggeration. That was the first year. I mean, this is... We could call Jesse right now. I'm not saying that... You remember it? I remember you having the fans, but saying that we could do the Garden.

We could have sold as many tickets to fit the Garden. 100%. How many tickets did you get? If you're talking about in general. No, if we did the Garden at that time, we would have sold it out. Yeah. We would have sold it out. Because you sold 10,000 tickets in one weekend?

One year. I know, but see, that's a big difference. That could be repeating. All right. Not really repeating. All right. All right. weekend one year i know but that the see that's a big difference that could be repeating all right yeah for this not really repeating all right all right for this so yannis this is you didn't even want to give me that you didn't even want to give me that i want this is the ego i'm trying to wring in the guy that in his head is at home telling himself that he can sell out the garden yeah uh that's what i'm trying i wasn't doing that at the time i'm now i'm doing it in retrospect

going like you know what i could have put that wood gun and. I mean, it would have made a lot less money. Yeah. Yeah. Well, whatever. I was giving it all to Jesse May and Sergio and Angela at the time anyway. Yeah. Yeah. I was traveling with like 10 people.

I made no money. So anyway, but it was fun. It was fun. So I'm trying to bring that in to do this final podcast. And so we do it. And then at the end, when we get done, we're just sitting downstairs. By the way, I was never bad. I never had an ego

it wasn't bad you wouldn't show up to our podcast but that was before Maurisa it wasn't because of Maurisa I was never bad I know but you

literally wouldn't like we had that I mean the time with the guest that's embarrassing to have a guest but that was before Maurisa I'm just saying

I was an asshole before I had anything it's like this by the way Chris D not showing up and then same scenario well he just said he didn't want to be here because he can't stand you I know I get it I'm just saying I was an asshole before I had anything. It's like this, by the way, Chris D not showing up. Yeah. And then same scenario. Well, he just said he didn't want to be here because he can't stand you. I know.

I get it. I'm just kidding. That's a joke. That's a joke. It was just a private conversation I wasn't supposed to make public. I'm joking. It's a joke. No, I swear it's a joke.

So we did. So we do the podcast. So we're sitting there. And then afterwards, we were just hanging out. I remember being on stage. No one's come downstairs yet for the show. And I'm just talking on the microphone to you and chris and then fallon comes in yeah fallon comes in where i'm like hey what's up man and then i don't know him you got

to do more details oh then you do it yeah well it was like yeah this was like it was a brand new club the stand had opened up we decided to record it there because they had equipment there we went there in like six o'clock that That makes it even weirder. We're way away from showtime or whatever. So we're just down there. It's just us down there recording this last episode.

We finished the episode, which is important too because we were in the middle of it and he came down. He would have left or whatever. He wouldn't have talked to us. We had finished the episode

and it's still like 630 or whatever. There's like a show at like eight or something. I'm on that show. You're on that show. still like 6.30 or whatever. There's like a show at like 8 or something. I'm on that show. You're on that show. I'm not. You're not.

My manager's on the club at the time. I'd just gotten with them. Fallon walks downstairs because he lives like a block or two away. Jimmy Fallon walks in. And he walks in, and he's just like, hey, guys. And it's just us down there. And he's just curious because he wants to see the new club. And he's going like, this is how wild chicken get.

In retrospect, dude, this made sense for you. Like, you know, like I got heckled. My set went bad. I'm wearing Crocs. Well, don't get it. I won't give it away. But when you look back, you're going like, this is how like that makes sense. You know, it's like you're the guy.

You want to say, not the guy, but if you want to say like when you always say like luck, what is it? Luck is like preparation meets opportunity. Yes. And it's like a moment like that where it's like you just like, you know, there was nothing that was. You're polished by the time. You're his style.

Very clean. You're very funny. Very good. You're like specifically what he's going like. I love that. He was like just getting the tonight show at the time no he was doing late night late night still doing late night right he's just doing late yeah here's the story it's so fucking fascinating so we finish and then he's just hey he's like i just wanted

to check out the new club nicest fucking guy in the world he sits down with me and nate right um we're just talking about like he's talking zany's in nashville the guy that owns it brian dorfman like found is was friends with him and came to Nashville. So I told him I was from Nashville. And so we talked about that. You talked about we just talked about doing comedy. Just awesome dude. It just felt like, you know, you're

talking to just a normal guy. I mean, he's just such a normal good dude. And like you were talking to him a little bit more, but we were both talking to him. And then he was like, I'm going to stay for the show. So he decided to stay for the show. Um, so your managers are like, well,

then you need to go. I'm on the show. Yeah. You're on the show. So they put me on the show. My set went, but like, I got wearing.

Yeah. I was wearing Crocs and plastic. Because like, that's like, yeah, it wasn't my moment. If you would have, if you'd be wearing what you wore right now,

you would have been different. But because your ego was showing the disrespect for us having to come do this. You didn't want to do this podcast. No, I did not want to do it. You didn't want to do it. So you showed up in just the most offensive Crocs, socks, and plastic pants. It wasn't meant to be my night. Because we were wasting your time.

It wasn't a waste of my time at the time, yeah. It was a waste of your time. Because that podcast was going nowhere, even if we tried it. But it didn't matter. We didn't have the right chemistry. No, I'm just kidding. We had a great chemistry. We had a great chemistry.

It was a great, great podcast. But this is better that it happened this way. You know what I mean? Like for you, it ended up happening. Like you, maybe you put, because this was your idea, the podcast. Maybe you put it together to get it to this point. It's kind of weird how that happens we did that last episode he comes down they're talking he decides to stay we all do sets

um you do a set crush it yeah as per usual we all did good i didn't do bad um in the paper the next day it was funny because we made a joke because in the paper it said fallon came to watch me with so we made a joke about that whatever and uh i thought that was really it was just a podcast but we were done yeah we were done but it was really just the fucking publicist who paid like i think it was the stands publicist and they just said that it was nothing but anyway six months go by maybe eight in la yeah you're in la months go by nothing out of nowhere he gets a call like from that like going like and then that changed his whole life from there on he was on the path to where he is now and it's nuts i mean tv deals with fallon you've been on a show you've been on the tonight show how many times i've done

i think 13 of them four were conan and the rest have been fallon so he's been on the you know we make jokes that like when he like stops into like, it's like he's telling Fallon like, hey man, you know, can I come work out on TV? You know? It's like, I got a new five. So he's done like Fallon was like really behind him. And that really, all his Fallons did great. You're made for that though.

So it was like, it was going to happen one way or the other eventually, but this is how it happened. And then your career start really started there like started started like you know where it got to that next level and then you know got to where it is now

but nothing just turned it wasn't like a perfect story of everything you met Fallon then you host sitcom now you're the most famous person it's like

some other comics that did happen for it and that was 2012-13 and still there's some comics who did like one Fallon and then it's like Here's the keys

And they're funny too but it's just like That's just not And there's nothing against Let's just be honest about it It's not the straight white male era Because the way they look at it is like That's been done we've seen that And that's fine let other voices in

I think it's a positive thing I don don't know. I don't care. I really don't care. It's a good thing. We're grinding it out. We're grinding it out. And you know, what's meant to be will be. But that's a very interesting story, a showbiz story of how like the moment of opportunity and preparation converged because you had been grinding it out.

You'd done a Conan already by that point. Just one though. Oh, you did four by that point? No, I did three. it out you done a conan already by that point just one though four oh you did four by that point no i did three and then i was after my fourth one yeah is when i got a call the next day asking me to do fallon uh to do late night with no but how many had you done that i've done three you've done three before and then i just did the fourth one and then i then literally the day after i did the fourth conan yeah uh i mean the exact day uh Fallon called and said, we want him to do Late Night on the Fountain.

And we said, I just did Conan last night. And they're like, well, you got to wait three months. And then, so I waited three months and I came back to New York. And then I did Fallon again. And then we, you know, their relationship began. Yeah. So I was like, and those, those Conans were good. They did good for you, but they didn't do yeah nothing i mean all of it i as i always say it's all uh you just

have to be around yeah for us like it's a you have to be you have to like overwhelm with like just you're you're around you have to do 10 13 15 late night sets just be around and you build and then you slowly build this audience but that's ironic for you because you left being around 10, 13, 15 late night sets. Just be around and you build, and then you slowly build this audience. But that's ironic for you because you left being around. You want me to pick it up? No. Yeah, let's just see what's going on.

You know, but be done. Yeah. Hello? What's up, guy? What's up, guy? We're on the podcast right now. Nate's pissed you're not here. Yeah, how's it going?

Yeah, Nate. All right, yeah. Just make sure you ask some questions. Who cares about any of his things just we need to search for nate yeah we got him no it's gonna we'll get a few of his fans make sure he knows it doesn't matter you know like it's not gonna we don't care we're just using his name yeah we're basically just having you here because like that's our marketing plan we had burr on we had gaff again and now yeah and then you got to have some girl fans.

The girl fans are definitely going to stick around to look at Chrissy D. Yeah. If it's like, oh, you know, how'd the podcast go? Okay, he can do a plug, whatever he wants. It doesn't, we're going to cackle over it. We just need him for the search. Yeah, well, he's got two sold-out shows at Town Hall. He made sure to let me know about those.

That's what I'm saying. Well, no, I'm saying the kids, there's no denying the kids sell tickets, but. Kids fucking selling tickets. The kids sell, so we got to convert his fans. I mean, you know, I mean, the guy's, you know, flying into Surprise Soda. I mean, he's an egomaniac nut job, you know. Yeah, I mean, like, who does he think he is just coming in? I'm going to Surprise Soda.

It's like, just text the guy. He's your friend. You're not the Pope. Who are you, President Obama? I mean, guys, just, yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah. You hang out with Nick Novicki.

Just relax. Yeah, no, it's true. Yeah, but what do you— He's a good guy, yeah, you know? But, yeah, no, I love that kid, Nate. He's great. And let me tell you something. Nate's one of the—I've never seen a kid get so much more handsome in the last five years.

I mean, the kid Nate is, he is a dime piece. He's a good looking kid. And a couple years ago, I used to say he looked like the most handsome kid with Down syndrome at a Down syndrome school. He looked like the kid like all, he looked like he had Down syndrome a little bit. Does that kid got Down syndrome? You're like, you sure that kid's got Down syndrome? Yeah.

No, he used to look like a woman. I'm being serious. He used to look like a full woman, like a bloated woman. He looks like a trim, he looks like a trim, sexy golf coach. Yeah, no, he does. Yeah. He look like a woman. I'm being serious. He used to look like a full woman, like a bloated woman. He looks like a trim, sexy golf coach. Yeah, no, he does. Yeah, he looks like a good kid. He looks like a good kid. He looks like a good kid. You see it, like, in the lobby of a Hilton when you're checking out,

and you're like, this kid's, you know, he's from here, and he's here for a convention or something. I don't got to put my credit card down for incidentals. Yeah, it's all taken care of. You look like you're there for it. I'm in the park. I'm in the park. I'm pushing the kids on the swings.

I just wanted to make sure that we knew that, you know, we were using Nate for what we needed. Yeah. And now you just let him know that you didn't make this podcast just because you had family stuff. I tried to tell him that you had, that you got, I don't know, that you got the movies. No, I didn't believe he had it. Well, I do. I do have a meeting coming up. Yeah, because he thought it was highly disrespectful that you didn't show up for him because. I thought it's crazy. It's my do. I do have a meeting coming up. Yeah, because he thought it was highly disrespectful he didn't show up for him because.

I thought it's crazy. And I just. It's my kid. I'm here with my kid. And I had to, and at Barney Rubble, I had to do a meeting with Barney Rubble. Yeah, he under, Nate understands because he's a kid. No, Nate's a family kid.

Nate's an absolute family kid. Yeah, I get that, you know. But, you know, I also think that's why you're at where you're at. Yeah, he also thinks that's why you're, you have to do a podcast with me because you're're not putting the the at first oh yeah yeah i guess i guess yeah i grossed 1.5 million this year but i guess yeah let's let's cackle that out yeah yeah that's it got too real so let's get let's cackle all right let me go i'm pushing the baby all right love, brother. Yeah.

We definitely have to cackle that out. I mean, the kid's wild. Yeah, gross. That was gross. That was gross what he did. Tell us about his gross. Yeah, we got to cackle that out. Yeah, I mean, his kid's wild. You guys just got into a swinging dick match.

That was hilarious. I remember making hilarious. No. Yeah. He was just like... I know. I remember making 1.5. It's an exciting time. Yeah. No, it's a good time. Yeah.

Yeah. You remember it. I never made 1.5. We got to stop because we're going to have to cackle all this out. You told everybody... Look. We can't talk about what we made.

Here's what I've been told. We're not talking specific numbers. Hold on. Chrissy D's told. We're not talking specific numbers. Hold on. Chrissy D's told me he's making 1.5. Giannis thinks he could sell out the garden. At the time, I could. At the time, I could. I could have done it.

That's how popular it was. What's an athlete that had won? You're like a... I'm like a one-hit wonder. I'm a one-hit wonder. What's his name that The one hit wonder. Uh, I'm a one hit wonder. What's his name? The plate played for the Knicks. And there was that one year he went crazy.

Uh, the Asian kid, Jeremy Lynn, you're Jeremy, you're Jeremy Lynn of comedy. You had like, I mean, everybody got real behind you for,

for a year, for a season. Yeah. And then you got traded. Except I had two things that hit bad. And now you're good. Now you're, now you're back playing in your home,

Brooklyn. You went back home and play. Yeah. No, it's, look, it's... When you got traded, when I break, it's going to be big. It's going to be a big break. When you break. When I break. Yeah. Yeah. Or it won't

happen. But... It could have happened already. You told me when I met Fallon the first time, you said, this is your this is your break you go this is your time if you don't do it now then i was wrong it's never gonna happen well no i was i was kind of right no i didn't say it wasn't gonna happen i was just like this is these are these are important i was wrong we were walking yeah well you know we're taught you know we're taught coming up well the era ended that we were you know what's interesting

about us we were on we were the end of we were the generation that was an end of one era and a beginning of a new one. And we had one foot in both. Like the era now is what I was doing back then. It's like all that. You can do, say what you want. You can do 11 Conans or 11 Falins. It's not going to do anything for you. I mean, it might get you on the road a little bit, kind of.

It may get you some college gigs, but as far as the goal of selling tickets, it's not going to really do it. You know what I mean? It's like now the kids who are selling tickets, it's all internet stuff. No, but you still do specials. Yeah, but people see the special online.

Even now on Netflix, most of the Netflix, if you do an hour on Netflix, it's like not a lot of people see it because it's so saturated. A lot of people see it because it's so saturated people still see big I mean you know it changes it changed my life Netflix the half hour no the hour

did too the hour did dude it literally changed everything I think it's a combination for you I think it's being around like I said yeah but Netflix is a gigantic, gigantic dude. It swallows up. People don't even, I talked to

Jeselnik about it. Jeselnik said people don't know that he did Comedy Central specials. They only know that he did Netflix specials. And they don't know that he did these other ones. Yeah. Well, it's the internet. I mean, Netflix is the internet. Yes. I'm not saying it's not the internet. Your clips online are also like, have a lot of views and they're up there. Yeah, I'm not saying it's not the internet Your clips online are also like

Have a lot of views And they're up there Yeah I'm not saying It's a combo of everything But it's You can still make it But it's not TV It's internet

All the stuff that they've Yes Where they've gone and clicked And watched you It's whatever Yeah Yes So that's the era now

Like that's the era now And we were in an era The reason I brought it up Is because we were At the end of an era Where it was like you thought you heard like there's a break, you know, like that moment. So that was a hard thing to – kids now don't even think about that. That are coming up now, they don't even think about that. They're going like, let's get a podcast going or whatever.

But we came up in an era where it was like we talked about to bring it full circle. You did that Conan. You thought you made it. We all thought you made it. You know you said, like we talked about to bring a full circle. You did that Conan. You thought you made it. We all thought you made it. You know, we're like, he's about to be on TV, but it was like the end of you were at,

you did it. It was still men a lot, but it was not where it's like, holy shit. You did a late night set and you were like, you know, cause that's what we heard. Right.

Am I wrong? No, no, you're right. You're right. Yeah. And then that era kind of changed. So we were in,

we had, we were in that era where you still had to have like a resume on the back of your, like, remember when we started to staple your resume on the back of your headshot and like send an actual tape to a booker. I have my first three times on stage or VHS. Yeah.

Mine too. Mine too. It's fucking wild. Anyway, guys, that's, that's our episode. Nate,

the great Nate Bargatze it's been a journey glad you tuned in can we check out your podcast your guys it could be I think I want it

to be gone forever who knows what we said back then who knows yeah I mean yeah we probably

shouldn't have brought it up I mean it's good because we could have said anything on there I mean that was yeah that was a't have brought it up. I mean, it's good. Because we could have said anything on there. I mean, that was, yeah, that was a time. That was a time you could say stuff. I love this photo. Yeah, it was cool.

We paid 50 bucks for that, I remember. We got D-Money to do it. Well, we bought the snowball. We mean you split it. We split the snowball. Yeah. I think it was $100. $100.

Back then, it's like, yeah, we split it 50-50. Yeah, yeah. And we paid 50 bucks for that logo And didn't use it the first 10 episodes I mean yeah the podcast was never gonna get big Frankie We have Frankie Gallo The podcast could have been big if we had kept it going

Yeah but that's like saying if my grandmother Had a dick she'd be my grandfather No that's not We didn't even know how to fucking record it No but then we did figure it out. And then if we had just kept being consistent, we would have been one of the first. You don't know.

I mean, we'll leave it up to the fans. What do you guys think? You heard me and Nate here. How's our chemistry? Would we have had the same chemistry that me and Christy are about to get huge from? No, look, I think it's better. You know, I think it's like, yeah, you and Christy did great.

Christy's amazing. Like, you know, I'm a big fan. You know, I think it's like, yeah, you and Christy DeGray. Christy's amazing. Like, you know, I'm a big fan. I think both of you are super funny. You're very fun to be with. Coming from you, that means a lot. Well, it's very, I'm not trying to, you know, it's, you guys did it. This is, and it could be better. This is where we're happy to see that you, that Chrissy D took you on.

Yeah. He brought me up for the ride. He brought you in. Yeah. And then it's, you know, guy makes a lot of money. 1.5 gross.

1.5 gross. Way song she ain't. Yeah. We're going to have to cackle. We really have to cackle actual numbers. It's a little tacky. But they're both doing good. You guys are both doing good.

I've had better years, but even in my worst years, I still did pretty good. So I'm okay. You're doing great. I'm all right. We've all done. Okay.

And most importantly, I'm excited about the future, especially thank you guys who bought tickets for the Gramercy theater. It's sold out. Thank you. You bought tickets for the sand. It's sold out. These are our first shows that we've ever done. Thank you guys, man. We appreciate it. Go check sold out. Thank you. You bought tickets for the sand. It's sold out. These are our first shows that we've ever done.

Thank you guys, man. We appreciate it. Go check Nate out. I mean, when he's on the road, he's always on the road. Go,

go to your website, right? What is it? Yeah. Nate. I thought you were about to say nate.com. I was about to say the kid's ego is out of control. Matt,

you just, if I could be nate.com. I remember you were just like, it's just Nate. I still just find it. Uh, nate.com. I'd love to get nate.com. Uh, so natebargat Nate.com, that would be great. Yeah, I remember you were just like, it's just Nate. I still just check it. Just find it. Nate.com. I'd love to get Nate.com. So, NateBargazzi.com.

Follow him online. If you haven't heard of Nate, now you have. One of the funniest guys in the country, man. Absolutely hilarious. And like we said earlier, it's- We have a good group of friends. Laura, my wife, just said, because we you know, we were talking about Soda Special, and then we were there last night, and you and Christy, and, like, we got a good group that's, like,

it's pretty crazy that out of the friends that we all have, I think everybody's real, real, real funny. Yeah. It's, like, legit. Like, no one's bad. Everybody's really good. Yeah. And we have a good group. I mean, you know, it's pretty crazy.

Pretty crazy. And so I think, you know, Christy was like a generation after us, and he's doing real well. I mean, Christy hasn't even been doing it 10 years. Really? Yeah. The kid started in like 2010, I think, or not. He's about 10 years, but a little less.

Yeah. You know? So, I mean, he's doing real real good years, but, but a little less. Yeah. You know? So, I mean, he's doing, he's doing real, real good. I mean, the future is bright.

I'm just trying to hang on to his coattail. Yeah. It's what it is. Well, you got your, your, your very funny, uh,

as you've always been. And, uh, you did, you've had a, you've had him use SNL like you, uh, when you first started.

Yeah. It didn't go good, but I know, but it's crazy. You've been done a lot of different things. I've done a lot of different things. And my seeing when you first started. Yeah, it didn't go good. But I've done different things. I know, but it's crazy the stuff that you've done. You've done a lot of different things. Yeah, I've done a lot of different things. But you're seeing when you show commitment,

here's what you have right here in history, Hyenas. That's correct. You have this going good because you show commitment. That's correct. You finally got, I didn't get you with commitment. I'm like an old girlfriend that was like, I knew it was there, but you wouldn't commit. Yeah, but you got to let it go. It was the best thing that ever happened to you,

that fucking thing not working. But I enjoyed our time commit. Yeah, but you got to let it go. It was the best thing that ever happened to you. That fucking thing not working. But I enjoyed our time together. And yeah, we still have time together. No, you don't answer. You're like a little, you're a little obsessive. It's like, you got to let it go. I'm let, I've let it go. Now the people who are listening to this going like,

this kid's got to let it go. He's selling out theaters. He met Fallon. It's like, they're going to go, go listen to what could be better and just hear how bad it was. We could have figured it out. Look, I'm glad it worked out the way it worked out. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, it's like I don't want the weight of you on my shoulder. Exactly. Would you have wanted to go on like, hey, can I put on a wig? And you're going to we're just doing the podcast live. And I'm going, but listen, I have this thing I want to do. Let me just let her out. Yeah.

Let's do it. I think it worked out all the way it should have worked out. But it's, you know, but this is you. This is you. This is the Giannis that I knew could do if he stayed committed to something. Yeah. Well, look, I haven't broke big, but I have sold out many shows. And what I what I think is interesting and I do pat myself on the back is I've did it four different ways.

Completely different, which is not good because I didn't dig in on anything. Yeah. But it is something that like four different, completely different crowds who have no idea what about the other one. You're like a guy that played all the sports in college. I'm the guy. Instead of just choosing one and going to make it. Yeah.

You're like, no, no, he played baseball and basketball and football. Yeah. And you know, went to a smaller college, but played all of them. No, there, no, he played baseball and basketball and football. Yeah. And he went to a smaller college, but played all of them.

No, there is a- And if he would have just stuck with one. I actually said about you, it's a, I think it's, it was a, it's a blessing that you're only good at one thing. I mean, it's kind of true. It's like you focused on one thing.

Well, I knew try to be great at one thing instead of trying to do a bunch of things. And you know, because you just can't do anything else that well i can't you're right yeah so you just don't have the skill set so what you can do is be you you can be you really well and so you didn't you weren't burdened with like oh i got a lot of talent yeah i just have this talent have this talent yeah and so i ring out the most right so for a guy like me it takes longer but i mean when i hit i'm'm just going to be, it's going to be overwhelming how talented I am. Oh, it's going to be through the roof.

No, it's too late for me. We all know that. When these new internet sites are like, you know what we need? A 50 year old white dude. Yeah, it's over. But listen, I had a good time. I've had a good time this whole time.

And you've met a lot of very successful people. I've met a lot, a lot. You know, what's crazy is like all my friends have blown past me when i went up first which is always interesting including like ally like everyone seems to have made it which is which hurts no i'm kidding look it doesn't matter if you're lucky enough to make money doing this it's amazing this is what people who aren't doing good have to tell themselves. Go look. I'm living my dream, man.

I'm living my dream, and it's great. No, seriously. It's not about the, we're all lucky. Seriously, in seriousness, you know, we're all lucky to do this, and we're lucky to have you listen to this. And I'm just trying to wrap this up now. We're going to go get something to eat. Thanks for coming on, man.

Yeah, man. Yeah, go follow Nate. Go watch his clips. And I love you guys. And we'll see you at the Gramercy Theater. Did I forget anything else? Historyhyenas.com for merch. Yes, and go to iTunes to review Five Stars.

We appreciate positive feedback. Yes. You know what some of the feedback we got about you is? They say that you're too... They can't hear you. They can't hear me. But that's because you're not a performer. And thank God for that.

Quiet Greek girl on the mic, you know, but after. After, yeah, she goes fucking wild. Everyone loves everyone. Zach, Venetia, Mike, they're all going to be with us for the live shows. And we're going to do more. We're going on the road. We're setting up dates now for different cities. Yeah, go to historyhyenas.com.

Follow us on Instagram. And yeah, thanks for listening. Thanks for listening. And any new fans who are here for Nate, that was the plan all along. ស្លាប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់បានប់វានប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប់ប� Outro Music