Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Joe Gatto: From Impractical Joker to Cool Mom

Episode Date: September 5, 2023

LARRRRRRY! When Joe Gatto is in the studio, there’s no holding back from saying the predictable one-liners – especially when you’re an avid Impractical Jokers watcher like Kaitlyn! What started out as four best friends doing comedy turned into a show that people give birth to. The Impractical Jokers have become a household name so Kaitlyn does not pass up the opportunity to ask all of the important questions: How did they come up with challenges? What happens if someone doesn’t want to be on TV? Did they ever plant actors? After reminiscing about Impractical Jokers, Joe dives into his (adorable) rescue for senior and disabled pups, Gatto Pups & Friends. He also shares a handful of important motherly advice, which you can get more of on his podcast, Two Cool Moms. And per usual, they wrap the pod up with a confession that Joe wants to find a support group for. Let us know if there's one out there he can join! Stay connected, Vinos! Watch on the Off The Vine YouTube channel  Follow on Instagram @offthevinepodcast  Join Our Off The Vine Facebook Group  Thank you to our sponsors! Check out these deals for the Vinos: Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/vine . Angi: Your home for everything home.  Honey Love: Get 20% OFF Honey Love by going to honeylove.com/VINE ! Lume: New customers get $5 off Lume’s Starter Pack with code VINE at LumeDeodorant.com.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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I move this to get in because this is a very non-fat guy friendly setup, you have. You have a lot of skinny people on your podcast and you've got to make sure. I expected your belly to be bigger. Did you? Yeah, I did. I get that a lot. I'm sure it's like the optical illusion. I want a picture with you so bad because I do that same thing.

When I first saw you do that on the show, I was. I was like, I do that. Yes, it's freaky because I'm like this tiny human and I can pop my belly out so big. And so when I said I do that, I was like, yes. That's my number one thing that people say to me. He's like, oh, you're not as fat as I thought you were going to be. Oh, my God. I can't believe I said that to you.

No, no, no. It's like, thank you, I guess. It's like a back end of compliment. That's people, not to toot my own horn, but so many people come up to me and they're like, oh, you're better looking in person. And I'm like, same thing. Same reaction. Don't say that.

Thank you. So that is the number one. And I thought the number one thing people would say to you is Larry. Oh, no, that's the number one hands down. Yeah. Number one. I thought I was going to start the podcast, but, uh, no, I feel stupid. I get that all time.

I hate being predictable, but we're starting. So, Larry. There you go. Oh, my gosh. Do people like, wait, are you on cameo? Yes. Yes. I am on cameo.

Do people, is that like the number one thing where they're like, can you say Larry to my friend? Yeah, no, it's really, I, people always, you know, they list like, there's the part where it says, what do the people like know about you and like, and they, and, and, and, number everyone like nine out of ten says they love your larry bit or whatever you know i don't scream it in i've screamed it enough you know it's your overdone bit but i have teardrops tattooed on my fingers so that you can do this and it's like funny like a few times and then but like this has been on my fingers for like 18 years now it's not funny no no it made it come back though right for a while it was like six years it was funny then it stopped being funny

for two years and it made a comeback i also like that kind of humor like family guy where they just like beat a dead horse to the point where you're like am i the chicken fight. I'm still laughing at this. And then you're like, is this okay? And then you're like, oh, shit, it's still going. It's so funny. I love it. I love comedy. I have to say, Mur was on my podcast a couple years ago and promised me I could come on the show and literally tweeted it. Mur. I know. And then nothing. He ghosted me. I ghosted me. Murr fucking ghosted me. Is it weird when people also say to you because it happens to me too where when I was on the show, they're like, I fall asleep to you every night.

Yeah, I'm just saying all the typical things to you. I've had people say, because there's a comfort level with because you get this more than anybody, you are you, right, on the show? Like, we weren't playing a character. I'm Joe. Like, I wasn't like Chandler from friends. Like, I was me. So people would just have like no filter, whatever.

And people would be like, oh, I had sex your voice. No. I met one couple. Isn't that funny? I met one couple that they just had had a baby. And he told me that we were on when they conceived the baby. And then they watched, they were watching Jokers while she was delivering because She was in, she got induced and they had to wait.

So they had Jokers on the TV show. And when it was on when the baby came out, he's like, you've been part of this baby's life more than I? For real. And did they name the baby Joe? No, they didn't. Rude. Yeah, I know.

I was like, that's odd. That's actually really rude. That's so funny. I was like a religious watcher where my producer and I were just talking about this, how we get up, turn it on, have it on during the day because they would play it back to back, to back, where I'm pretty sure I'd probably ask him or this, but I forget his answer. When you guys start doing it that often and the show becomes a, big as it is.

Don't people recognize you in the streets? And then do people pretend that they don't know just to be on the show? Yeah, I'm like, they try, but, you know, you get it. Yeah, because we see people on camera way before. Like, they're on camera. We're looking in the back scene and we're going to pick out. And we see people, like, if Sal was working behind, like, a burger joint, you know, at least behind the counter, you'll see somebody go and they'll walk out of it.

I try to be human. They're like, one cheeseburger, please. Like, it's like, you know what's going on. That would be me. If I saw one of you guys while filming, I'd be like, huh. And I'd be like, huh, trying to get in the show. Like, pick me, I have picked me energy on the show. New York happens, uh, that is an ally because there's just so many people there.

You know, when you do that, like, it's like, you know, this eight million people of half the people don't know you. That's four million people to pick from, you know? So it's like, when we got out of New York, it was a little trick here. I remember one time we were filming at a, uh, we were filming at a, uh, in Jersey, we were filming at this, we wanted to play guest station attendance. We filmed at this guest and then word got around that we were there. And like everybody that pulled up towards doing that, they were like,

And we're like, oh, I need gas. So we literally, the day was like almost wasted. It was like we can't. And I think like the four turns you see are like the four people that didn't know us all day. And everybody else decided to get rid of, yeah. Isn't that funny? Because you're like, well, we've made it. We did what we were supposed to do.

And now it's becoming a problem. We said it took 11 years to sell the show. 11 years to sell the show? That's what he said. Oh, no, we were trying to get. We started in 1999 doing comedy together. And then we didn't sell the show. We didn't film until 2011.

So, but we weren't just trying that show. We were trying other things, and then we stumbled upon our. Look, this is where I blame my podcast producer, because I swear that's what I heard, too. He might have said that. No, but she was like, you just glossed over the fact that they took 11 years to sell a show, and I was like, is that what he said? Yeah, well, 11 years to sell it to get on TV for sure. Well, that's so crazy.

Yeah, it is. We were doing it as like a side hustle. We liked comedy, liked making people laugh. Yeah. And then eventually finally found the format that worked. Like, we tried to sketch comedy show. That didn't work. Yeah.

And then we just said, let's put on camera. about how like we make each other laugh and that's what really just sparked it it's funny because I remember watching it and going why didn't I do this with my girlfriend for sure I bet a lot of people thought that too yeah because everybody's got a friend like and we remind each other people's friends everybody's got a sal or a cue you know nobody has a murmurs ours nobody has a murr it's it's it's a format this shows about friendship more than anything I think did you come up with a lot of the concepts or was that because obviously you have a team involved too that makes tv but you didn't no like first season I called whitecastled all this phone there like I was on the phone with the

We were the location produced. It was eight people working on the show. I love that you guys believed in it so much that you're like that even the network isn't going to throw us a premier party. Like we got to throw ourselves. We threw our own premier party. Yeah. That's so funny. Murray went and found a hotel and they didn't have, they didn't have true TV at the hotel.

So we had to buy it for a day from Comcast to come and do it. So they installed, I swear God, they installed it for a week. We had to buy a week package that they would put true TV so we could stream the show in the lobby. Oh, that's funny. Yeah. So did you ever think it would get to this level? I knew personally I was going to be on television. I knew for me.

young age. I was like, somehow I'm going to make my way on a reality television. But sometimes you don't know, but I'm sure, you know, when you guys started, you're like, this is a hilarious concept. Yeah. Yeah. When we had something, it felt like lightning in the bottle a little bit when we were laughing and then we realized we were just genuinely laughing at each other and we like kind of forgot the cameras were on. Yeah. And that's always a good sign where you're like, yeah. Because I always say like all throughout our career or just me personally too, when I'm making people laugh and I'm, when you watching somebody have a good time, you have a good time. It's infectious. So even if it's

you're just having fun, people are going to want to watch it. You're not trying. You're not, you know. It's like me making out with 20 dudes on camera. I just started forgetting the cameras weren't there. So I was like, I'm going to make out with everybody. That's right. Kind of say, everybody at home is like, I work here. Caitlin, I am 60 and I'm one of the producers.

Touching you up. What are you doing? That is probably where my head was not in a good place. I was probably like, do you have a pulse? Do you have a pulse? Right. That's so funny. What was the decision-making process like when you come up with? Because, like, all the challenges and the pranks and everything are so good. And I just want to know, like, how you come up with these concepts. I mean, we started in the very beginning, it was just like social experiments, stuff of like, okay, what's weird?

Yeah. What could we be weird to do? Like, let's try to hold the stranger's hand. Like, it was literally that simple. Like, who could hold it the longest? Let's try that. And from that, it just stemmed out because I think the thing we learned right away was that the public is game for way more than you think. Like, you think, like, people are like, no, but people are just like,

game to like help you out people are nicer than you think people don't get mad like it's interesting and you could really just kind of manipulate the whole situation and talk to people and make it become a very funny you know thing on the fly so from the beginning it literally was that but then we started thinking about okay it's not all about just talking in your ear and saying something right what's something we could do when we came up with the concept i think it was like season two or three where if you laugh you lose yeah i love that one trying to make each other laugh yeah and that was a whole new spark of inspiration and then we came up with like the presentation bits we ran that so we always thought something different a different way to do something and that's how it really just kept going because

every season would start with six weeks of pre-production where we just sit in a room like what are we doing yeah the challenges of not laughing and while you're all in the same room like i couldn't even stop laughing at home yeah and i'm watching you guys and i'm like i could you know when you tell somebody not to laugh you want to laugh and then you're with your friends in a room with strangers hey do you hear that that's the sound of a sale you're missing out on because you're not selling on shopify and what does it sound like with Shopify? Ah, that's much better. Hear that to ching with me when you start selling at Shopify today. Shopify is the commerce platform revolutionizing millions of businesses worldwide. Whether you're a garage entrepreneur or IPO ready, Shopify's the only tool that you need to start,

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So when you watch a TV show, you think of it differently. I watch it and I go as if these people, and I'm sure this is, again, something people say to you all the time, but I'm like, as if these people, like, aren't actors, which I'm sure they're not because I've actually, I said something on Twitter once years ago, and I said that same thing and people were like I actually my friend like they approached him on the streets and he's not an actor and a lot of people said that but I'm the kids when you're crossing out their artwork oh couldn't believe that that was one of the most cringy things I've ever seen in my life I wasn't even in the room I don't know how Q got through that because I wasn't even in the room we were two rooms away

and I was literally squeezing sad we were squeezing each other like how was he going to do this he did it he did it perfectly to his credit and I don't think anybody else could have done that as well as him because everybody had a different approach, but he just wore it on his face. Like, I'm so sorry this is happening to you. And the kids are confused. He's like, I'm as confused as you are. Like, he just had a thing, you know? So these kids are sitting in room doing their art classes and he's just coming in

saying like, you guys are in his ear saying you got a red X all these pay. And these kids, like, I'm going to reference family eye gang because I always do. But when Stewie like makes his family artwork and they're like, oh, we're going to hang on the fridge. And then he walks away. They're like, oh, my God, if you see how stupid this artwork is, we're going to spit on it. That's what I was. like he's just doing it in front of their faces and I just remember doing the same thing that

you were doing behind the scenes just cringing being like no those are real kids those weren't actors 100% there were kids that we booked a parent and me class to do actually a punishment actually a challenge where it was like hey we'll just be our teachers and be weird so when people came in I just held a paintbrush up and I was like who vans to paint and I was just standing there and people like not me um but then we just did this thing where like all right throw this class and that was just the spontaneity of the show and being comedians and creative and having each other's back, we realized in that moment, like, it'd be amazing when we just made this a punishment for Q where he just had to X out everybody's paintings

and we did it on the fly. Yeah. And it just panned out so great. It's so funny because you think about how each one of you deals with a punishment or with challenges because I feel like Q is like, I don't know how to explain him, but Murr feels like a big baby. No, not Mur. No, no, no, no, Sal, he's like a big baby.

MIR seems like he just giggles through a lot of things. You just dive in head first and just go for it. How would you describe Q? I would say he's definitely got a charm to him, like every man kind of charm to him. So I feel like he's got that going for him when he does stuff. But he also has like a quiet confidence to him, which I really, really like about it. I could see that. Yeah, he does.

Even in like real life, you know. Everybody forgets that. Like, we're friends in real life. Even though that I'm not on the show anymore, like people are like, oh, you're not, you know, are you still friends. I'm like, yeah, we're just not co-workers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You've been friends for 30 years. I've been 25 years before the show.

You even knew we were friends. so but even like in life like you you get to see people's personalities and I think that's why it worked that like wasn't a cast yeah you know what you like you know just people like oh how long could you do this I'm like well think about how long could you laugh with your friends forever forever that's all we were doing so you know I mean but you got to have bad days like there's some days where you wouldn't want to film but I'm sure that turns the beat around when you're like I actually don't feel up to this today but then as soon as you get into it yeah and start laughing you're like oh it's like medicine yeah we would have to take like powwows in the beginning

if somebody had a rough night or day, and they came in. We were just like, kick everybody out, sit down, talk his friends, be like, you're ready? Okay, you go, you go third. Yeah. You watch everybody else go. You see everybody have a good time. Like, when do you want to go? Like, everybody would just take their time doing it.

I remember there was one punishment that I had that I had a bad, I was in a relationship and I had a really bad night. And I think we were just, like, broken up. Yeah. And I was a belly dancer. I had to be a belly dancer. Yes. And it was my punishment.

Yeah. And I was just like, we were talking to the parking lot. He's like, just use it. He's like, it's going to be great. And I look absolutely miserable being this belly dancer. And I was like, if this is any other day, I probably would have owned it and been like just bouncing around doing stuff. I said, but I was genuinely in real life, like, upset. And I was like, I just used it as part of my motivation.

Yeah. How many hours a day would you guys film? A lot. Yeah. It was a very grueling schedule because they did 20, they did anywhere from 28 to 31 episodes of season. And, you know, so we would do, you know, four hours. We at least go for like an hour each to get a turn that worked. And you're probably on the edge of your seat, too, because you're like, what are they going to make me do?

What punishment? Well, the worst part is if the people have to sign at the end. Like, you could have these, we have so many amazing things that happened that people didn't sign up and never show because it didn't sign it. And it doesn't work with a blur. Like, you need to see people's reaction. So half the stuff that we got, like, they had these huge reactions and they wouldn't sign. They're like, no, I don't want to be on TV.

I didn't even think about that. And then you have to go again. And you have to do it again. Damn. That's the worst. So your day's concerned. Like, I remember there was, there was a bunch of days where Sal was, you know, was pretty unlucky with that sometimes where like he would have great turns and then i remember

specific day where we're filming two challenges in the same day and both of sal's people first turns which were really good did not sign so he had to go again twice in the same day so it extends salz turn for how much every i'd start them i'd be like look what's your bed most everything we do you know we'd give people you know we first thing we would do like if we'd buy their food like wherever we were like you got your food you know and then you know try to pay but some people were just like not into it They're like, they're like cheating and, oh, what their day. They're like, I can't be on TV doing this. People take that mistress just to IKEA all the time.

We filmed an IKEA, and I did a bit where I had to run around with a wardrobe, run around and show this guy the wardrobes, the armoires. And I had this guy, and you know how IKEA has that, like, track? Yes. So I'm just start slow jogging, and I start tearing around. This guy's following me. I'm like, I'm trying to find the armoar. I find it.

I get him in it with me. The door shuts. It's just me and him in there. It's dark. And I'm like, do you like it? It's spacious. And he goes, it's nice. And it was hysterical, right?

It's over. We get out. And I say, hey, you know, we're filming this comedy show. He's like, hey, look, this was great. I had so much fun. He's like, but I'm married. I'm like, oh, it's okay. He's like, but this isn't her.

And he was buying discounted Swedish furniture for his mistress, right? So we're like, oh, man, that was terrible. Then somebody else went, approached somebody else, and they were there with their side piece as well. You're kidding. If you look at that challenge, if you look at that challenge, we don't talk to couples. Funny. Because we were like, everybody is out here stepping out. I wonder what the theory is on that one.

I don't know. they have a good return policy? Or they're just like, I know my wife wouldn't shop here. She's not going to like, oh, I picked up, you know, a bookshelf. Nobody knows. That is crazy. Is that crazy? Yeah, it's not.

Fun facts. Yeah. What is the worst punishment you think you ever got? I've done a lot, but I mean, the one that resonates with everybody is when I caught the, there was Noah Sindegaard from the Mets was signing baseballs and throwing them into the outfield and throwing me before the game into the stands. Yeah. And he was in on it and he just kept throwing them to me.

And there was all these kids around. And I took to sign baseballs and I had to put them in my fanny pack and tell people they could buy them on eBay. Yes. And this mother like lost her mind and like screamed at me the most. I think it's probably one of the biggest reactions we got from somebody that shut down like the whole thing. Because normally in your ear you have people, the producers, the other guys being like, okay, this is what you could do? So I just said, guys, what are we going to do here? And as she's going off on me and it's dead silent.

I'm like, okay, so I'm in this by myself. And it was like nobody knew what to do. And she really got really upset. But I'm glad she let you. Yeah, it worked out. We ended up learning her. And that was one of the ones where I was like, you know what, we're going to blur it. But she ended up getting, like, season tickets.

She met Noah, like, it was fine. Perfect. Like, it was weird because she just had given me, like, what they, she had a two-year-old baby with her. And I said, do you want a baseball for this? She's like, yeah, I really want a baseball for my baby. I said, give me her baby. I said, give me her baby. And I'm holding her.

I'm like, Noah, no, and he threw the ball. So I took the ball and I gave her back her child. She's like, thanks. And I took, and I put the baseball away. And she goes, she goes, give me the baseball. I said, well, you could buy it on eBay. two-year-old cell for a baseball. True.

Like, how am I wrong? Yeah, this is on you, lady. That's so, how many people just had the most awful reactions? And then when you tell them it's for a comedy show, are they just, like, mortified that they reacted that way? Some people do get a little bit of the bit. But our show wasn't really about getting people angry. I mean, that was the number one thing.

It's like, besides people getting mad, like, where's the comedy come from? Right. Because we were about getting each other. That's the whole idea. Like, we're going to get you, we're going to make you feel bad, weird, whatever. So people are always like, oh, you need to show the reactions to people, but you see them because it's us. Yeah. You know, so like me cringing to say something or just getting through something or whatever.

That's really what you're seeing. And most of the people just don't we were weird. We're in New York, first of all. Right. Where everybody's weird. Yeah. It's so true. Yeah, you're in good company.

Yeah, for sure. That's so funny. God, I just love it. Okay, this is a weird question, but you'll see where I'm going with this. Oh, here we go. If Mer, Q and Sal were dogs, what dog breed would they be? I mean, Sal's definitely a golden retriever. right yeah big lovable

Sal's got golden retriever energy for sure yeah Mur is like a chihuahua because he's like a specific taste yeah I'd people who love them or don't get him oh that's a good point that's a good point I think you would be like a Saint Bernard like this big or you know a German Shepherd he's like an all-American it's funny German Shepherd American

but you know what I mean like my brain didn't even go there I was like yes I understand what you're saying the most American dog a German shepherd I think yeah I think I like the um what's the Beethoven one St. Bernard. St. Bernard. Yeah, I feel like that's like big, yeah, like comical, big.

Yeah, yeah. Bouncing around, a little lazy, a lot of cute. Yeah, like that. I would say a little messy, really cute. That's, I just know because you love dogs and I wanted to talk about your foundation because I rescued both of my goldens from South Korea. Oh, wow. Yeah.

You have some South Korean dogs up in here. Yes, I do. I put on, like, an app where it spoke Korean to see if they knew, like the sit and stuff commands. No. Okay. But then I was like, sit. And they did. And I was like, I'm confused.

But you have an organization. Tell us about it because I'm very passionate about dog rescues. Yeah, it's called Gatto Pups and Friends. We just formed our, it started off as basically a hobby where me and the missus were collecting these dogs that needed a home. Yeah. And then it started to turn into a passion where like we could really do some help here. So we formed our nonprofit last year in November. It's kind of sort of like out of COVID kind of thing where we just started realizing that we could do more.

more. And now we start doing adoptions and stuff. And we adopt that. We just adopted out our 35th dog yesterday. Cool. Yeah, which is great. Because they're senior dogs and disabled dogs. Mostly seniors, yeah. They like the unwanted one kind. We don't really do puppies. Yeah. We have the ghetto

pups, which are our like seven dogs, which are ours that we have. And then we have a bunch. You've seven dogs? Yeah. I am so jealous. Yeah, that's phenomenal. They're great. But they're all named those are Italian desserts and pasta dishes. Tell me more. What are they? Canoli, biscotti, Tartoufos, Bimoni, Napoli, We have the brother and sister Fetuccini-Alfredo.

And then we have... Fetitini-O-Roh-O-Doh. My dogs are ramen and Pino. Oh, that's great. Yeah. I'm like, I have a wine label, so Pino, and then ramen noodles with Pino-Wine, sounds great. It's a good pairing. It's a good pairing.

It's my favorite pairing. Oh, that's so cool. So when did you... You started in COVID? We started like kind of... Yeah, in COVID was in the idea of like we started taking in a lot of dogs. And then I was like, after that was like, okay, this... You know, I'm one man here.

We got to figure out how to do this. And we started to figure out how to do this. And we started, like, looking to nonprofits. And then we just launched our nonprofit November and started doing the adoptions out, which is good. Was it hard to start a nonprofit? Yeah, not too bad. I mean, you know, you could get the paperwork and stuff is easy. There's a lot of, like, ins and outs of, like, understanding the whole tax code stuff.

But more it's like, okay, now I have, how do I do this? Right. So that's what I've been trying to learn now. We actually just got our first space. We got our, yeah, we got a store front and adoption center in town. Oh, cool. And out on Long Island where I live in Glenhead, there's a, there's a spot. right next to my favorite deli and the flower shop,

which was this perfect little storefront, and we found it, and I was like, hey, and it was up. So we grabbed that. So people could go see the dogs have some footprint in town because I really love my community there. And then... That's cool. I bet they love you.

We got a minivan. We got an official transport now. Gatto Pups and Friends minivan, rocking that. That's so cool. How can people support? So on Instagram is mostly how we do most of our stuff. Or it's Gatto Pups and Friends.com, but the Instagram handle, which is linked in my bio,

and how a lot of people know it, it's just cattle pups and friends on Instagram and you know you could donate through there we take volunteers that come help and play with the dogs because they're all old ones that just like sit around need pets we foster a lot too

because the older ones are really cool because they just sleep all day I would love to foster an older dog it's so fun they were great like it really is like people think it's like harder because they're older but it's not like they go outside they pee they come in they lay down

they fall asleep they wake up and eat and that's it and they just love it and pet and they're just a sweet little companion and like love it oh I love it It feels good, too, you know. Like, it just feels good that you're helping these old ones that are overlooked, you know. They are overlooked. And especially that my girlfriend in Vancouver has a golden who has a wheelchair.

Oh. Oh, it just, and the golden wears a little diaper, and I'm just obsessed. Like, it's, it is so sad that people look over those. We had a couple of those that had Routini was this little hot dog dog we had, that we got adopted out that had, had the wheels. There's nothing cuter because they're still so happy and so lovable and sweet. Oh, my gosh. Sure. Well, that's cool that you do that. I want to, like, start giving back more, and I want to learn more about, like, starting and all of it. Because so my girlfriend and I, we started a book club for the podcast. Each book that we read, we want to take something away from it and find an organization to donate to. Also, you're doing that for us. Thank you so much. Well, that's what I'm saying. Oh, are you?

Well, no, because I'm thinking, I'm thinking, have you ever read the book, The Art of Racing in the Rain or seen the movie? No, I haven't. Well, it's spoiler alert. It's very sad. But then I was like, okay, well, we can read a book. that has to do with dogs and then give back to your organization. I would love that. Thank you so much. It's so sweet of you. Yeah. Well, you just brought it up.

Kind of forced your hand. Don't want to make it look like too much of a drink. You'd be like, no. I was thinking of that. I'm just kidding. I actually was thinking of that. I think that would be amazing. Oh, that's sweet. All right.

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It's me and a comedian friend Steve Byrne of mine. And Steve and I are both had very strong mothers who gave sound motherly advice. And we think we inherited that trait that we did that. So we spent half the podcast talking about like, you know, life and, you know, our kids and whatnot or anything, basically, whatever we feel like talking about. And then the second half, we take fan submitted dilemmas and help solve the world's problems. problems as best we can i think that's actually funny though because a lot of people would think two guys aren't going to know what they're talking about but now that you say that about your moms and how they were you probably do have a lot of good advice my mom was the best yeah she was

fire she was great really yeah she was great she was this italian little i was gonna say what she just that's what i pictured yeah yeah five foot nothing all all sorts of attitude sicilian crazy bat shit crazy but she was fantastic i think i in another lifetime i was supposed to be a batshit It's a silly moment. I actually think that is like me in a past life or in my next life. Or the next one. Maybe we're warming up for it now. Maybe I'm warming up for it.

I mean, I've got a lot of the things down for that to be my next life. Okay, great. You're checking the boxes. Put me in, Coach, up there. Next life, please. Okay, so that's where the idea came from. And then what kind of motherly advice have you given out? So, like, what advice would you give for someone who wants to make friends as an adult?

We get that a lot, actually. You do? Yeah, that's a good one. I am so predictable. about you're great you're fantastic it's a thing that people do i mean i've faced that too you know it's it's like uh the thing that i would always say too is like you have to remember that you don't a lot of your friendship come from out of history and convenience so like you're just like you rely on that's actually like why a lot of people that you not necessarily shouldn't be friends with but aren't really

don't connect with are still just friends in your life yeah you know but you don't really necessarily relate to this version of them right so i think at this point like a big thing it depends about like the phase you're in so i would just say like we always say tap into whatever you're doing in your life where you find people if you're a parent the kids at school there's going to be one father or mother that you like there's going to be one and it all starts with one you don't need a big group you don't need a group no you don't when you're younger you do when you're older you just need somebody you know one or two to get together with but then the other thing too is like community is the big thing like your neighborhood has so many things that you could

not here oh okay yeah so you either move or I got to move because I want I crave community with you know it's nice to be in Nashville there's so many younger people in around the city, but I'm out here. Yeah, you're going to travel inward a little bit. Yeah, I got to go in. I keep putting it off. I bought this house seven years ago, and I keep looking and looking, and then I'm just like, man, I really should have done that three years ago.

But here we are. But yeah, community, that's a good place. Right. Just doing my things. Like, did you make friends here? Yes. Or were they friends from elsewhere that came here? No, so it was the girl who does my Botox.

Okay. There you go. Botox Betty. Botech Betty. And she had a boat day, Botox Boat Day. And she brought out a bunch of her girlfriends, and then I met people through that. Girls do that. How do they do a Botox party?

Yeah. I've heard that. It's a thing. That's so funny. It's a thing. I mean, don't trust anybody out there, please find. The Botox parties, like, where people will throw out. I'm like, please, Lord God, don't do that.

But if your friend is a Botox queen and she owns her own business, then you could have one. You just don't trust anybody out there. If there's a flyer in your car when you're at the Kroger's, steer clear of that one yes do your research i lived in vancouver for 11 years oh it's i was just there five days ago oh right awesome yeah i just toured there i just did i went from victoria to vancouver in a seaplane which i had never done which is so cool when we got when we landed we took a ferry from seattle yeah which was so cool to victoria yeah and then when we pulled into the port there was seaplanes and i was like we had to air can i get on this to go to and they're like yeah i was like canceled air canada

We went on a seaplane. It was so cool. So fun. And Vancouver's great. And where you land in Vancouver? So gorgeous. Yeah. I love it there so much.

It's one of my, like, happy places. And especially when the weather's good, like, were you there when it was nice? Yes. Yeah. It was really nice. Really nice day. Nothing beats it. No.

Get that. We did a lot of shopping, too. Broughts the street. Yeah. Yeah. It was up there. The dollar was in our favor. I crushed it.

Yes. I know. I know. I thought that same thing. I was like, damn, I don't have time for shopping. Wait, what was I going to say? Sorry, I apologize I don't remember

We don't really know each other So we're actually talking Just to get to know each other too I was thinking to say that I'm like I forget I mean see we forget the cameras around That's right Okay well I'm moving on

But I really want to come back to that thought Vancouver ferry No the ferry was me You said you were up in Vancouver five days ago I lived in Vancouver for 11 years Are we talking about Botox Boathe thank you We're back

I was on Robson Street shopping And I saw this med spa Like whatever for the face And I was like I was 24 or 25 and I was like I can get rid of some wrinkles I went up there

and now looking back on the photos oh my gosh I was botched my eyelids and eyebrows were just drooping down completely but I had no wrinkles

on my forehead so I thought that was I was like I guess that's just nailed it check me out look at this this is great guys

I don't have wrinkles anymore I'm like yeah it was bad but yeah don't trust Kroger Flyers is the moral

of the story that's it really okay what about the person who has tried dating apps and can't find a partner what should they do that's always tricky i mean i never really got the app i've never done an app i never did i never did the app stuff i would never did i i hadn't missed that and then i think it's just too late but i would say you know for for me it was like i don't think you meet people in bars or whatnot i think it are at my age

rather because i'm a way older than you but at my age i think like or if you're in the you're 30s and 40s i think it's the best is through friends and just try and make it like an organic kind of I will say, though, my mom who, she was in her 50s when she met my stepdad, Seniors.com. Wow. And it killed her because she is like a beautiful, spicy, like things she's 30 forever. And it killed her to go on Seniors.com. But it worked. It worked.

Yeah, my mom became a, she became a widow pretty early in life. She became a widow. And then when she did, she started her own dating thing in Staten Island. Like it was before this. like she put her ed in the paper said hey you're single come to this restaurant that she knew people came and she started just doing these mixers and she met people that it was like before like the internet was like a thing to meet people the newspaper remember that she did i know she used to rock out the newspaper and she did uh single faces that was the name of it oh i'm never even thought

of this until now single faces was the name and she was all for widow and widowers that got together and stuff yeah she met her half a gangster boyfriend through that uh yeah it's great in stanton yeah that's funny oh that is funny well i guess you do what you have to do is the takeaway you do it You know what? That's the, that's the advice right there. You do what you got to do. Yeah. I would say, too, like, don't be afraid to try, too, because a lot of it is like you get in your own head and you get in your own way, too. Especially when you're older and you think about, oh, then what they're going to like about me or whatnot.

Like, just have confidence and give it a shot. Confidence is everything. Absolutely. How about advice for someone whose roommate smells like B.O. all the time? Oh, that's terrible. I had that in college. I did. I moved.

I moved. You know what? Move. Move. Move. Move. Honestly, get another roommate. Roommate.com.

Like, go, go, go get a sponsorship. get like another roommate. You don't have to like anybody that much. I mean, you could have, I've had talks with friends where it was like, hey, just so you know your breath's bed constantly and something like that. Oh, God, I would love if somebody told me that like. Oh, yeah, like him. Yeah, like, but I, you know, I would hate if somebody told me that, but I

would love it they were up. I'm like, oh, that's my dream. That's a great pickup line. It's the dream right there. But I think part of it is like, you know, you got to be good enough friends with somebody and I'm assuming you're their roommate to do that. But like some people just won't change, too. Some people just might have a stench to them.

Like Leonardo DiCaprio, I heard he smells. I heard that, huh? Yeah. I don't know. I don't know about that on the streets. No, I didn't. Oh, I didn't know from you. I thought you were like, oh, you heard that too, eh?

I was like, oh, no, I heard. Well, he's, I think he's like an all natural kind of guy. Oh, got you. He's got a musk. He's got a musk, which I would drink it if he asked me to. So no complaining there. Someone whose friend is dating someone they cannot stand. I mean, you can give friendships breaks.

You can, like, you can just be like, you're allowed to remove yourself from a friendship for a moment in time. And I think people forget that. And then they end up killing a friendship. So I would say, I would say it's important to remember to get people their spaces or exploring this new thing. And the reason why you hate them, you have to remember this too is like you can't hate somebody for your friend if your friend

if your friend is love in love with somebody. Like it makes no sense. It makes no sense. It's not your, not your certain of my own case. You can always have honest conversations if they're your friend about like setting boundaries. Like, okay, I don't like the person you're dating, but I respect that you like them right now.

So have you ever had to do that? Have you ever had to talk to somebody about? Never. Believable. I'm very convincing. I think, you know, I think honestly, and this is, I think it's a man and woman thing, too. I think men are more accepting of someone's mate just because girls, like girls girl up and they're like, you know, you could do so much better. And guys are like, hey, are you happy?

All right. Yeah. It goes to a different place. I think girls, like, really are women speak to. the potential of a woman where men just look at the state that men are in and I think that you I've never heard that perspective before and that is so bang on thanks see yeah that's real too cool mom check it out I was gonna say I thought they're good advice oh my gosh put that in the clip I think about this stuff a lot yeah you can't help but that's so true I feel like women are constantly like wanting to like evolve

as people and men are just so content with being like well I'm happy right now which is both they're both great both a great perspective Oh, they're great perspectives. Oh, that's amazing. Yeah. Okay, I have a quick game before I let you go. And you're in Nashville because you're doing your live podcast here tonight. Yeah, and I tour with Joe Gatto's Night of Comedy, and that's, I start up again in the fall. So I'll do that. Oh, so you start, the tour starts in the fall.

Yeah, I took the summer off. Is there a website where people can see when you come to them? Yeah, yeah, it's Joe Gatto official.com's got my tour dates and then also my Instagram's got everything. Okay, great, love it. Okay, quick game, this or that, super easy. Oh, here we go. out of these that

well shave off your eyebrows or dye your hair and facial hair green oh definitely die right yeah yeah because I feel like you look less weird

if that's it looks like a bad choice or you could come up with a fun story but no eyebrows that's bizarre yeah that's true well that's a look right now for some people I don't know

is it? Yeah I feel like people are like bleaching their eyebrows and like shaving them off I don't know it's weird walk around Central Park screaming I'm ugly and I'm proud

or sit cross like it in the middle of Times Square. I've done both. So this and that. It just, oh, Time Square is gross. I do everything I can to avoid Time Square. It really is gross.

I'm sorry to take than this. Yeah, okay, that's fair. I don't know what it's, and it creeps me out. Have you been to Times Square lately? Yeah. Oh, I'm sorry. And the people that are in the mascot costume

just traumatizing children taking off their heads all the time and like smoking a cigarette. I'm like. You don't look like Elmo, sir. No, you do not. You're scared. marrying me. You're what nightmares are made of. Yeah, for sure. Okay, try to

convince people on the street to adopt bizarre and imaginary animals as pets or lead a yoga class with inappropriate poses. I've actually literally done both of those on the show. I know. Definitely, the yoga. I mean, my body is a weapon. I love to. My body is a weapon. Yeah, weapon of comedy.

I love that. Okay. Again, this is, you're going to be like, done it. Teach children about dog cremation or paint exes across children's artwork in an art class. Cremation. Tall cremation, definitely for sure. Yeah.

I mean, the X's was tough. Oh, it really was. That was rough, yeah. I still cringe thinking about that one episode. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, oh, confessions. Okay, so this is crocodile dentist.

Do you remember this game? Vaguely. It's like from the 90s, and you'd have to, like, pull out their teeth and he snapped down. Right. But this, you just press down, and whoever it bites has to tell a confession. Whoever it bites has to tell a confession. Yeah. Okay.

So pick it too. that was quick it scares me every time okay you not know that was going to happen how you lose tell me a confession a confession i don't know we're pretty open book i know i thought about this for you and i'm like how is you gonna confess something that you haven't either watched or seen or heard you talk about for sure for sure i will say uh i wet the bed until i was 14 years old oh yeah i know yeah i went the bat i don't think i don't think i really spoke about that too much there you go. Do you want to dive into it? Like, was there something happening? My mom was so

mad. She was like, always, she'd be like, you're 14, stopping at the bed. Were you just lazy? No, I don't know what it was. I think it's actually kind of hereditary because my dad had a problem too. And now I worry for my son, Remington. But you're probably more forgiving when your son, now you're like, I get it, son. I get it.

I'm with you. It's all right. Yeah, my mom wasn't paying the bed when you're 14. For the P in your past community. Oh, my God. That's a support group. Yeah, you do. I'm sure. I'm sure there's a Facebook group for somewhere. I was going to tell, I'm just telling you my confession anyways. It's actually not that bad because I, to try and confess something every podcast is so hard for me to do. But I was like, oh my God, I was so despy, desperado, thirsty on your Instagram live or a TikTok live or something once.

I was like, hey. Really? Yes. I wanted you to notice me so bad that I was like, I don't think I've ever done that to anybody on. And I was just like, hey, do you have a special. Oh, that's what I saw it. I would say it alone, didn't it. I mean, I was so looking forward to doing this.

Well, there was so many comments coming in on your thing. I was like, he's never going to see it. That's why I kept being a loser and being like, did you copy and paste it? No. Can you do that? Yeah, copy and paste it. Oh, I should have done that.

That's the easiest. No, because I knew other people would see. So I was like, at first, I was like, I'd probably said something stupid like, Larry. And they're like, good one. And they're like, avoid all Larry's. Oh, my God. It's filtered out.

You're probably like, that's enough. Okay. Well, I'm. excited for people to come watch you in the fall? Are you going to come back to Nashville? I will be in the area. I'm not going to be to do in Nashville, but yeah, but I'm in the area. You have to come on a road trip.

I, would you like, Mur, and you're just going to ghost me? No, I'll actually keep talking to you if you like, but you have to talk to me outside of your TikTok lives because I'm not going to see you. Okay, that's fair. Well, that's why I invited you today so I can get your number and I don't have to be desperate on your TikTok lives. My God. Okay, well, tell everybody where they can find you.

I'm on Instagram at Joe underscore Gato. on TikTok as well. Actually, if you just go to my Instagram, it's got my link. Got it. Yeah. Yeah. And then you can watch two cool moms old episodes now on my YouTube channel. And then of course, Gatto Pups and Friends is the, give us some support. We appreciate it. That's so cool. I love that you have a dog rescue. I was like, I didn't know that until I did some research for this podcast, but that's awesome. And do you know Ariel Vandenberg? I do. Yeah. We were just talking about you the other day. Oh, are you? Yes. Yes. Thank you for coming. Thank you so much. I'm Caitlin Bristow. I'll

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