Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson - Bert, Annie, and Kottie Kreischer

Episode Date: March 31, 2021

Kate and Oliver sit down with comedian Bert Kreischer and his sisters Annie and Kottie. They chat about everything from growing up in Florida to anxiety to Bert's title as "the top partyer at the Number One Party School in the country."Executive Producers: Kate Hudson and Oliver HudsonProduced by Allison BresnickEdited by Josh WindischMusic by Mark HudsonThis show is powered by Simplecast.This episode is sponsored by Sakara and Home Economics (Premiering 4/7 on ABC @ 8:30/7:30c)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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No, no. Sibling rivalry. Don't do that with your mouth. Sibling Reveory That's good We're lucky enough To talk to Bert Kreischer

Cotty and Annie Bird is such a funny comedian Oh my God You got to watch his show actually on Netflix I think it's called Cabin It's something like that Anyway, it's hysterical He brings all of these

comedians up to this cabin and does all this crazy shit with him it's it's really funny obviously bert is the is common commandeers he's got a lot to say the guy the guy doesn't seem like he's able to keep quiet and we soon learned maybe why you know sometimes i find comedians when you when we talk to comedians and their families that there is a lot of interesting material which clearly is why they're comedians it's like you know and in this one And it was a lot, we had a lot of talk about anxiety, which I, you know, Ollie, we, when we were done with our, you know, two-hour session with them, that was the one thing we talked about. We wanted to say, like, let's bring that up in the intro, that anxiety was a huge part of this interview, big theme, and how, how common it is. And I think that people are more apt to be open nowadays with some of these feelings.

feelings. But I still think it's a scary thing to admit. And there are levels of anxiety. You know, I mean, there's your just day-to-day feeling anxious for something, having fear. I mean, I went through a period where it was just debilitating. It came in waves, you know, waves of insanity. And then I'd kind of get a little bit better, but I wasn't able to leave my house. I mean, I was feeling it. And everyone, all three of all three of these siblings, they had, they were experiencing anxiety. I mean, I think they still do. I think they try to keep it at bay. You know, Bert would have these anxiety attacks when he was younger, but he didn't know what they were.

And the parents didn't know it was anxiety at all, which probably is pretty similar to you, Oliver, at times. I bet you had a lot of anxiety that nobody really knew was anxiety, you know. I think there's a theme happening in humanity. I don't know why we're all fucking so anxious, but, you know, we are. But it was a, it was a wonderful conversation. Bert loves to talk. So he basically talked the whole time. Yeah, but I love how open bird is.

And you know, the thing is, he took over in the beginning, right? And we were kind of waiting to hear from the sisters. Towards the end, though, they seem to, they seem to, you know, they were more comfortable expressing their opinions and maybe Burt gave them a little bit of a little bit of space to say what they needed to say. But, you know, what a great family. Just a cool group. But we had a great talk about the teenagers and this crazy world we're living in right now. Obviously they love each other like crazy.

You can just tell. They're great supports for each other. And it's fun, man. It's nice to see it. It's nice to see. Yeah. So here is Bert, Annie, and Cotty Crescher. My name's Bert Crescher.

I'm a stand-up comedian. This is my sister, Annie Crescher. She's two years younger than me. This is my sister, Cotty Crescher. She's an accident. My parents had sex after mowing the lawn one day. She walked in on them, and then we got this. But it's a really, you know, it's a really fantastic.

dynamic because and by the way I will overshare and you'll watch my sister's cringe is um I'm in a period of time our parents our parents split up and and it kind of really brought the three of us really close together at the time

I was in Tallahassee at Florida State Annie was at TCU no no TCC what's it what's the I was Georgia Southern Georgia Southern and then we all ended up in Tallahassee and then Cadi was in like 10 years old at the time

and she just drove up to school with me and live with me for a month while my parents were going through that. And so at one point, we were all in Tallahassee together and she should have been in grade school. That's crazy. But your parents, your parents divorced and then they got back together? They split up, took some time apart, and then got back together for better for worse. Are they still together now? Oh, yeah, they're still together.

Oh, man. Okay, wait, we got to go. We got to work ourselves to this. So you're born in Florida. Yeah, St. Petersburg, yeah. And your sister comes along. Did you have the Oliver moment of like, what the fuck just happened? I should be the only person in this house.

No, although that is my personality. That is definitely my personality. I think, you know, I think that people knew so little about raising weird kids back then that they just kind of I think we were really close too and so I was and I was just some weird kid who called himself wild boy and lived in a speedo or a or a

yeah like and I just only wore speedos and was this like as a toddler yeah yeah oh up until I think up until like I was 10 years old. Three years ago Bert it seems to be the guy that I wish I was you know what I mean? It's my inner

self there. I love the Speedo sort of wild. What would you, what was your, what were you called again? Wild boy. There was a very popular, there was a very popular show on television around the Sid and Marty Croft genre called Wild Boy and Bigfoot.

And it's the only, have you ever run into someone that remembers that show? All of a sudden you bond with that man immediately. And you're like, hold on, you remember Bigfoot and Wild Boy? And they're like, are you fucking kidding me, I was wild boy. And then you're like, I was wild boy too. So I was definitely wild boy. So the age difference between you guys is 10 years then. So the youngest to the oldest

is 10 years. I was 10 when she was born. She was eight. Their relationship is insanely close. Like they're sisters, but they're really, I mean, they live together when they first moved to L.A. and now they live on condos above each other, below each other. Oh, wow. Yeah. It's not weird to us. Like the way we are, like when my wife had to enter the family, we have a nickname for each other. We call each other big team as our uncle gave it to us. And we thought it was so ridiculous that we started making fun of it.

And then it became who we called each other. Big team. And yeah, and I remember at one point, Leanne was like, am I going to be a part of big team? And we were like, no, no way. Like, no, we're big team. You're not, you can be friends with a big team, but you can't be a part of big team.

Like, we're big team. And I was like, I was like, that's even rude for you to ask. And then I think she was like, well, look at the pit viper trying to get in on big teams. And then we started calling my wife pit viper. And she didn't like that. Well, so you guys grew up,

so you grew up in Tampa Bay. I mean, my, from what I know is, first of all, congratulations on the Super Bowl win. I know that's probably exciting. If they care, I mean, is that your, is that you still Tampa fans? Oh, yeah, yeah. I don't know.

It made it worth watching, but I mean, not married. to the team. Right. I am. I am. As a young man who is a bucks fan when they sucked, I was extremely happy.

Yeah. But to me, Tampa, I mean, I was there once for spring training. And I kept thinking to myself, like, I wonder what it must be like to grow up in Tampa. Like, what is there to do? Well, it revolves around the bucks a lot, a lot. But also you have like, Ebor City. it's just like lined with bars and clubs and restaurants.

So you kind of, that's kind of what you did if you went out. You went to Ebor City. Which was also a little, it could be a little shady too. Like when we grew up, Ebor City was really shady. And when you, it was for you? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, you never ventured off the main strip.

And then when I started doing standup, they opened up an improv in Ebor City. And I was like, fuck that. And my dad's like, oh, you should go, buddy. It's actually pretty nice. Yeah, no. They started. And now it's like, it's been Disney-fied and it's, it's lost its thumbprint of this authentic, you know, Ebor City was where all the Cuban immigrants came and moved and started rolling cigars.

And so all their big, big, the old, the Tampa Improv was a cigar factory. And so it was like a literally a big cigar factory. And so, so it's cool, it's really cool architecture, really cool heritage, but it's kind of been subtracted out with the wet willies and the, you know. Was there a lot of structure growing up? Meaning with your parents? Or was it pretty free-for-a-allie? I don't know.

It wasn't like free-for-all, but we're not like the most structured of people. I think I got structure. I definitely got fucking structure. Yeah, I wasn't allowed to have a... You got no structure. She got such little structure. She would wake up at 2 in the morning

and start vacuuming looking for structure. She would wake up. What's that noise? You're like, it's just my sister vacuuming. Oh, my God. Does someone parent me? I was going to say,

it's kind of like a great strategy as a parent. Like, don't do any. It's like the reverse psychology, you know, you end up having like a super structured kid. Right. Fent for yourself.

Right. Oh, I had zero structure. I remember telling my parents, I was like, just ask me to make my bed. And they were like, all right, make your bed. I was like, no, get, no, like really, want me to. They're like, we really want you to make

your bed. And I was the one that cleaned the house. Oh, God. You're like creating a chore chart. Seriously. It was like your own stars. Yeah. She punished herself. I guess I set myself to my room. So what did your parents do?

My dad is a lawyer. I really couldn't tell you what my dad does to this day. He's a lawyer. No, he's a lawyer. But like I know, but I try to explain it to someone and I got it wrong. And then my mom is a teacher and is now an early childhood development. So there's an analyzation on anything you do.

My mom could break it down and figure out why you do that. Oh, okay. Oh, that's fun. She's a much better, much better grandmother than she was, mom. I was telling someone that the other day, I was like, oh, she's like an extremely active. By the way, I just said this the other day. and they were like, for real, my mom was a very, very active grandma, still is, literally flies out. During COVID, I had my tour bus pick her up, take her out. They wanted to be here. But as a mom

growing up, she wasn't necessarily an active mother. She's going to hate hearing this. She's going to hate hearing you're saying it wrong. She, let me just say what I say. Okay. Correct me. Yeah. My visualization of mom growing up is looking at her, her looking off in a space and going like this. Well, yeah, she did do that. Yeah, like that's like, but I don't, she I don't remember, like, getting on the floor and playing with me as a kid. Well, no, because I think, well, that was like back in the 70s, too. Yeah. So, like, stuff is totally different now with parenting.

Like, now she gets down with the kids. She's playing with the kids. I mean, she literally, when I had kids, she was so fucking active as a grandmother that you're like, that I remember looking at her going and telling my kids, like, this isn't who she is. Like, right. This is an act. I don't know what she wants from your guys. And then you're envious.

You're like, why didn't you do this with me? Why didn't you, you know. get on the floor and roll around with me. You didn't want, yeah, you definitely didn't want my mom rolling around on the ground with you when we were kids. But it's interesting to see how active she is. And then my dad's the opposite. My dad, who was a pretty active dad with kids, he's like literally arms distance. Like, okay, all right, enough.

Who wants to go out and have a cigar and a drink? Yeah. And everyone's like, he finally made it to where he can do that. It's like, I always say, like, what's going to happen when all the kids are out of the house? You're either, like, devastated that you're an empty nest or you're just like, stoked to party. Oh, they built a new house. Like, what, how many years ago?

Five, four, five. They built a house five years ago. And I remember I said, why would you do that? And my dad was like, because we're not dead yet. And I went, what? He goes, we're still living our life, Bert. Like, we want to build a new house. Why can't we? And I was like, I don't know. By the way, funny sidebar story to this.

I did the Tampa Improv. I used to these calls six of work shows where I'd go in, do a show in the morning. I do morning radio, drink on air, and then go to the club at 10 a.m. Tell everyone, call and stick to work. Don't go to work today. Meet me at the improv.

And they were insane. Sell out in seconds. They were insane shows. But I would get hammered drunk. And this show, I don't remember. I don't remember getting off stage. I don't remember getting paid. I don't remember any of it.

I know that I gave out like two of my friends phone numbers on stage, but I don't remember any of it. I don't even know. I wake up. in a house I've never been in my entire life. I wake up and it's Tampa and I'm like, what the fuck? I don't recognize anything. I get up and it's a nice house. I'm like, hello?

No one's there. I'm like, fucking where am I? I can't find my phone. I'm still in my jeans. I'm like, son of a bitch. And I start looking around this house. I'm like, oh my God, they've got a picture of my daughter in here. They've got a picture of me in here. Oh my God. The front door opens. It's my dad. It was their new house. I'd never been there before. I thought I was in a super stalker's house And I was like, this is your new house

He's like, oh, this is your first time seeing it? And I was like, well, other than walking through it this morning When I was blackout drunk, yeah Oh my God So when you were kids, so what was it like? I mean, were you kind of latchkey? Were your parents gone working all the time? No, he kind of got dramatic about it.

They were, they, you had like the basic structure But our parents weren't like, do your homework. need to do your homework. It was like, is your homework done? Okay, cool. We're good. Yeah. Well, what was the house? Like, what were the interests? Was it a creative family or was it more like sports oriented? Was it traditional in that way? I'm interested to hear their answers first and then I'll correct them. Go ahead and answer this. Sports. Yeah, sports, sports. For me. Yeah. But no, but for you, what was it like for you? I went to your practices and your games. And what was it like for you? You had, you had your dance. I did. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was.

I was alone. I didn't have you guys. So I had my own thing going on. Yeah. That was nice. Until they separated them. But no. Like, yeah, it was all sports.

And there wasn't much structure, but it was still like, I look at their parenting compared to mine. And I'm like, I'm doing an awful job. Like, at least we had vegetables. Like, you know what I mean? Like, there's certain things I noticed, like, stupid stuff that, like, we never had dessert. No, we didn't have, like, junk food around.

Like, we never, when we went out to eat, we never, ordered dessert. We never really had junk food. Oh, interesting. But, like, no one forced us to drink water. We were drinking, like, diet Coke's at a very young age. We were, like, yeah, we were like the opposite. You know, I was thinking about this, literally, I was walking with Danny the other day. And I'm like, we had so much crap, like, Oreos.

We had, like, every, I mean, we just ate. Golden Graham's, life cereal. Oh, it's terrible. We had terrible eating habits. I mean. yes meanwhile mom was drinking green juice and being super healthy but you know we ate all we were like eating fritos um my dad would my dad would make a burger and he would make it rare and if and you couldn't really give him much pushback because he was like you're going to be fine just eat it and you'd be

like and now adversely I love rare meat like I love rare meat yeah yeah so you played sports what did you play bert uh baseball at what position all over the map predominantly like catcher was it high school ball yep played in high school played all growing up played in high school and it's interesting because I don't

I'm I speak in hyperbole so when I say something it's always going to be up to here but like I'm not as I'm not that active a parent in my daughter's extracurricular life like I'm trying to be kind to myself but like I never coached any of their teams

and my dad coached all my teams I've never I don't I'm I'm on the road a lot, so I seldomly go to, that went to their games. But if I was in town, I went to the games. But, like, I just missed a lot. And the opposite was my dad. My dad was that coached every team at every game.

If he wasn't coaching, at every baseball game. And it's interesting because I thought that's the dad I'd be. And it's not. Well, it's kind of hard when you're. Just because you're on the road? Or is this, you just don't have it in you, you know? No, I will. First of all, I'm very competitive.

and I try to hide that. I don't let people know about it. So early on when Georgia was playing softball, I had to take a vape pen into the outfield and get in the outfield because I got so angry at the way the coaches were coaching. Because I played like competitive baseball, meaning like went to go play college,

was recruited by a couple colleges. Like I, and legit know what I'm talking about when I play baseball. And I'm watching a coach, fuck with my daughter's swing. And I'm losing my shit. And my wife's like,

make a vape pen to center field and chill the fuck out and enjoy your daughter's soft. Annie, so what about you? I mean, did you play sports? I did volleyball for a while for a few years. And I did track. I tried basketball, but I didn't like it at all.

It was a little too, like, aggressive. And then did you guys, did you always know, was Bert always the funny guy? You know, it's hard because you grow up with it. it so that's just who he was but now looking back you look and you're like okay maybe i mean chain like chains and speedos like it just to me that was just like oh that's my brother you know or it's like none of the other kids in the neighborhood were really but is comparative to the other kids in the neighborhood were you like my brother's nuts um i think it was interesting

i'll i'll tell you a word that you used to say when i when i was being myself or being a larger version of myself she would Annie would go stop showing off and it would fucking shut me down yeah I would be like I'm trying to get friends for us we're new to this fucking neighborhood well yeah I mean it was a lot of

it was a lot of like you're showing off or that didn't happen that was the other one but it wasn't like none of it was intentional it just was like me genuinely being like, that's not the story. That's not what happened. They still do that. They still do that today.

I try and stop myself now because you're the storyteller. Were you a decent student, Bert? Or were you like, I am, just want to make people laugh and get through this? Yeah, I was not a good student. I was not. I said this day, I never understood how to take notes. Like, and they were like, all right, take notes. I was like, what part do I write down?

Yeah. Yeah. How about, were you guys, were you guys, did you have, I was, I was reading notes here the levels of anxiety that your dad put upon you talk about that a little bit yeah we all deal with anxiety why why is that what does that come from oh does it come from she's these two have probably handled it the best but she probably has the worst anxiety I know but when we talk about anxiety are we talking about actual like clinical anxiety where it's because I had that for almost a year of not being able to leave the house and feeling like sick to my stomach and like losing

my fucking mind pretty much, you know, and then of course there's your, you know, you did. I had that two years ago after I had my first son. I had it like six months after I had him. But, you know, I work at Disney. So I was going to work every day and I knew if I stopped going to work, I would never go back. So I just, I just white knuckled out. Wow. So were you, were you going to work anxious at work trying to manage your day. I was going into like conference rooms, shutting the door, crying, calling a psychiatrist. Like it was really bad.

And then I didn't really know what to label it as, but I was just having panic attacks at work. And then it makes it so much worse when every family member calls you at work to check on you. I'm like, you guys are making me feel legit crazy now. Like to make sure I'm still around. I was like, can everyone stop checking on me? I'll figure this out.

Do you remember the moment it was triggered? like, you know, six months after the kid and you're like, wow, I feel weird. Or did it hit you like a ton of bricks? It just hit me. It just hit me out of nowhere. And that's the worst kind where you can't label it. There's nothing that triggered it. You're like, wait, oh my gosh, I really am losing my mind.

Oh, my God. I had the same, I had the same thing. I had the same thing. I was going to crazy girls, which is in Hollywood. Yeah, yeah, on LaBria, exactly. Good for you. And I was walking in, and my friend John was ahead of me. and I felt like my heart just exploded.

I mean, I dropped down to a knee, and I couldn't breathe. And, you know, that I just got flushed with adrenaline, and I was just like, oh, and I was like, John, you couldn't hear me. And I got my shit together. And that was the beginning of the end, honestly. It was that moment that then set it off, you know. And then you just wait for it to happen again. Yeah, then it's just like waiting.

Oh, God. But at some point, you have to, I mean, I would think in order to really, because I've never, I mean, I've had anxiety, but I've never had like, I've never suffered from anxiety, you know. So I would think that if you do, and at some point you have to kind of do the work to figure out where the. That is totally coming from someone who's never suffered from anxiety. Right. But you have to kind of distill it down to like where it could be coming from. I mean, in order to really understand it. Or you could just start drinking.

Or you medicate. Yeah, like, it's the problem with panic a lot of times. And I'll say this from growing up. I had them when I was younger and I didn't know what they were. So, like, I didn't know what they were. And I would just be like, I'd go to my parents' room and be like, I'm watching Johnny Carson and Johnny Carson's yelling at me. Like, I feel like he's yelling.

And his head's real small. I feel like his head's tiny and he's shouting at me. and I and my the parts of my toes right here where the nail meets the skin I feel like it's folding in and my and my dad would be like you're fine go to bed like not clearly and I don't think there's an over exaggeration my parents weren't uncaring but they just did they didn't know it was anxiety they were like you're just go back to bed you're gonna be fine and so I mean I remember one time very candidly I had a realization that one day my dad would die I was watching watching TV and someone died and I went I thought holy shit one day my dad's gonna die and I can't stop that and I start spiraling out I'm probably 10 years old I know that because I was sleeping in your room I we never by the way I never I didn't start sleeping by myself until I was probably like 14 okay oh really oh yeah I slept up until I was 10 and then at 10 we moved in a new house and then me and her slept in the same room all of us all of us and then and then it at like at when I went to high school I was like maybe I should probably I start, you know, get my own room. But I remember realizing my dad was going to die and I went into his room. I was 10, I had to be 10 years old. I went into his room and I woke him up and very accurately.

What, what is it like if you wake dad up? What's his reaction? He jumps. He was motherfucker, fuck, fuck. And I said, dad, dad, I just had a weird thought that one day you're going to die and I can't stop it. And he looked at me and he goes, yeah, and you're. you're going to die too. Go back to bed.

And I went, I'm dying? And all of a sudden, I'm like, fuck! And then, and for me, it was the actualization that one day everything is going to go black and I can't stop it. And I, yeah. And so panic attacks have gone through our family and I think we've all dealt with them. And coronavirus has made it exponentially worse. Even for you now, currently? Oh, currently, yeah.

You wake up every morning and do like a, okay, throat feels good, no temperature, no fever. No, but then I go, does it feel good? Does it? Is that allergies? Oh, shit. Let's go get tested. Wait, where did you guys get this? You guys have like, so it's almost like you have this collective anxiety.

Right. It's like a codependent anxiety. We all call each other and we're like, you're fine, you're fine. But you should go get tested. Right, right. And it also sounds like you were super close. I mean, you didn't leave her room. you shared a room together.

Were you protective of your sisters? I think so, but I was also, I wanted the protection also. That's a good question. Were you protective of Bert? But your personality, it didn't seem like it needed protecting. My personality was like sink or swim. I realized, like first grade, I had horrific anxiety attacks that my dad dropped me off. I realized, what if he dies going to work and I never see him again?

And I had a horrible separation anxiety. And so I cried, I cried aggressively all through the first week of first grade every day to the point where Mrs. Thompson had to sit me at the front of the class and at a desk facing the class and hold my hand while she taught the class. Wow. And I just cry, looking at the other kids going, what if they don't come back? and then slowly they'd be like, our parents aren't coming back?

You send the whole fucking class into a massive anxiety attack. Yeah. And so I think my personality was, and I would say Annie is a shy person. And I think inherently I'm shy, but I think my personality is almost like, shit, I don't get the luxury of being shy. I need to start being somebody.

I need to start. I don't know. It was, it was, I was trying to explain this to my daughter, Ila, taking her to school the other day. And I was like, hey, first day of high school sucks is they were doing like a distanced thing. And I was like, first day of high school sucked. And I was trying to tell her my first day of high school. I went to an all boys Catholic high school. She goes to an all girls Catholic high school.

I said, it's never as bad. You think it's bad for you. It's bad for everyone. Everyone feels the same. And I told her, I, and this is how bad my parenting is. We're driving. You're going to die someday. worse. I said, I said, listen, my first day of school, I went to Alvoz Catholic high school,

I didn't know any of the kids. I knew like four of them. The day I get there, one of them is chewing tobacco, Pat Fagan. And I'm like, okay, clearly he's older than me. He grew up with him. Yeah, but he was chewing tobacco. And I'm like, I don't chew tobacco. I'm not that grown up. Like, I'm still a child. And I go, first period was P.E. I'm like, I'm good at sports. I'll just get into a game with some kids, and that's how I'll make friends. And these kids were all Cuban with mustaches dunking. And I'm like, fuck, I'm not even good at sports at the school. And so we go into the locker room and he's like, hit the showers.

And I'm like, hold on, we got to get naked in front of each other now. Like, I'm not ready for that. And I look in the showers and there's 10th graders, 11th graders, 12th graders and 9th graders. And I'm 14 years old. There's 18, 19, probably 18 to 14 in this thing. And I'm terrified. And now Isla's like, good God, what happened? I said, well, what I didn't realize is all the other boys were terrified too.

So that's the lesson I'm trying to teach her. I go, just as scared as you were, you're in your head. They're in their head too, baby. But it's so funny, just going back for a second, you know, that I remember as a young kid, probably around the same age that you were, that I would think about what death was and that it was just pure blackness. And I couldn't wrap my head around this idea that I wouldn't exist anymore and where would I be.

And I used to drive me insane where I'd have to shake my cobwebs out and, and, start over because it would take me down a rabbit hole. You're talking about every, every morning at 4 in the morning for me. In the morning, I wake up and I think one day it'll be black. Oh, gee, really? This is so dark. Why do you have to think about it? It's just a reality.

Now let it go. Yeah, but whatever, whatever, yes. Or you need to, like, go do Iowasker or something. I can go on a tour. Go on a journey, man. This is me thinking ayahuasca. Sip, sip, sip. I don't think I want this inside me anymore.

Do you guys smoke weed or eat weed at all? I haven't during the pandemic, really, because I'm trying to preserve my lung capacity. Right. Well, I'm just wondering because sometimes that helps anxiety. I mean, sometimes it can. exacerbate it, but then some, but other times it can actually settle you down, you know. Yeah. I have a friend who says, I like to do it because I like to confront my anxiety.

And I'm like, I definitely don't feel like confronting anxiety. Oh, God, no. I'd like to find the one that settles you down. Yeah, I keep going into a weed stores going, do you have one like Xanax? Yeah. And they're like, well, you can take Xanax. I go, yeah, I don't want, I already have that. I need the one that feels like Xanax. Right. But Coddy, did you, did you get through it? I did. I went to a CBT therapy or cognitive vehicle therapy like six months. Oh, good. Yeah. And it was a game changer. A total game changer. Isn't crazy? Our brains are so fucking nuts. Now, Cotty, when you were born, so you're 10 years younger than your brother,

eight from Annie and you know did it change the dynamic for you guys when Cotty was born like was it very different

because she was such a baby and were you helpful were you more helpful to your parents? I was I mean not that you weren't they were good together I was like I was seven

seven eight so it was like I had like a baby a baby doll you know So that was the fun thing for me was it's like, ooh, there's a baby in the house, you know? You two were more like, you guys were pretty close. Yeah, we were such a big age difference.

Like, I remember when I had separation anxiety in fourth grade, that's when you went to college. Mom and dad were like, if you can make it through the week, like do the full week, then you can go visit Bert in Tallahassee this weekend. And looking back now, I'm like, that was so selfless of him because I would never. Oh, whenever he would go back to school, Yeah.

You have, my parents had to take her to the gas station down the street because they would pull over so that she could say goodbye again. Yeah. Yeah, we, I forgot about that. Yeah, we were really close. Cotty being born brought a lot of joy to our family, I think. I think our family was fun. We were good, but we were like typical boy, daughter family. I see families now that they just have a boy and a girl.

And I go, you're not, I always think you're not going to go for one more. Like two girls, two boys are a different dynamic. But with us, when Cotty was born, all of a sudden, our family was like a lot funnier, a lot funner. Like, because Cotty was a little different of a person. And to this day, I always thought Cotty was the funniest person in our family without a doubt. I am. But she was very grown up and the way she would, like my friends would come over and they would, like, Cotty would. kind of fuck with us. And my friends were in high school and she would, you know,

she would say, it was like a perfect example. I took her to a party in college when she was maybe in fourth grade. In fourth grade. And we put a fake monkey around her neck and she went and collected money for the keg and she collected like $400. And we were like, oh, we have a gold mine. And so we just took her to parties with a monkey around her neck and she just made cash. And then she'd call up, like, on a Sunday and be like, hey, in Tallahassee, she's in fourth grade. Hey, we're at the bowling alley. And I'm like, what? She's like, yeah, we're at the bowling alley. I'm here with the Tridelt's. You should come over and bowl with us. All of a sudden, all my friends are like, fuck. I mean, she was a lot of, a lot, brought a lot of levity to our family. That is weird. Like,

I met one girl at one of your parties late night. And she's like, do you want to come to our house and hang out? And then I went to the Tridout House the next day. She moved into the Tridelt House. That's so weird that I was in fourth grade. It is pretty crazy. Where was mom and dad? At home? Yeah, it was weird because... They would let me fly, remember that?

Yeah. I think it was like the time was so different, you know? So you're at college, Bert, you were considered the top partier at the number one. I read that. What is that even mean? In the country. Yeah, Rolling Stone. Now, is this like something we're proud of?

Yeah, it's the reason I'm sitting here today. Are you kidding me? That's right. That's right. I actually tried to move past it when I moved to Hollywood. And I had a buddy very wisely one time say to me, he said, hey, man, I noticed that you're kind of like trying to ignore that article was written. In Rolling Stone magazine, they wrote a six and a half page article about me calling me the number one party animal at the number one party school.

And it was a really big deal. Oliver Stone optioned the rights to my life. I moved to New York. Will Smith discovered me within doing stand-up from six months, mostly because of this article. And it gave me a career. I started doing television and had my own TV show, followed by another development deal after development deal after TV show.

And my buddy said to me, I feel like you're really kind of like pushing this article away, like you don't want to acknowledge it. And I said, well, I'm past that. That's not who I am. He goes, no, no, no. You should never think that. He goes, if you hadn't moved to L.A.,

I wouldn't be in L.A. And he goes, and you wouldn't have moved to L.A. without that article. So you need to be grateful that that article was written. Cool. Let's go back for two seconds. Like, this article is written about you in Rolling Stone. How does this happen? Like, how does Rolling Stone write an article about the number one party or at the number one party school? How does, how do they find you?

So they were trying to write an article about Florida State. And so they called like four people at Florida State. And they said, we want to write an article about Florida State. It had been just voted the number one party school in the nation. and they're like, do you have someone we could stay with? And it happened that the four people they called were all friends of mine who thought I was fucking with them. So they called, they said, oh, call Bert, call Bert.

So this guy at Rolling Stone called and my buddy Blair answered. I was in the middle of a bong hit. We were about to go play Frisbee golf. And he pissed himself. My name's Eric Hedegaard. I'd like to do an article about the school. I need a liaison. Everyone's recommended you.

Would you be cool with me staying with you for a week? and I exhaled my bong hit, and I was like, sure. He was like, were you just doing a bong hit? I was like, yeah. He was like, dude, you're perfect. So then he lives with me for a week. We party a lot because I don't know that I'm, I don't know the article is going to be about me.

They go to write the article and then they just kind of thought it would be a better article if it was about a kid. And so I was 26 years old. I would, 25, I'd spent six and a half years in college. And so they just wrote an article about me. And it changed my life overnight. Like overnight, yeah, it gave me the confidence to try stand-up. I tried stand-up.

And then, like I said, everything kind of made sense to move to New York and start doing stand-up. And, you know, six months in, Will Smith discovered me. And it was, and then all of a sudden, I was off the races. And did Will Smith discover you at a club? Yeah, his people did. His people saw me, and they're like, I think Will would like you. And I've told the story a number times.

But then I met him in a studio. And we hung out for the day. We went and saw a movie together. And, uh, what did you guys? When you guys think when that was happening for your brother, did you think that he was going to have the kind of career that he had and has? No, no, I remember you getting offered like a job to be a radio host in Tampa or something. Dad's like, you should have taken it. You should have taken it.

It sounds, yeah, it sounds weird. Maybe I don't know if you guys, and I'm speaking respectfully, but I don't know if you guys can wrap your head around how foreign the idea of being in the entertainment business is to the average person. like the idea that you would move that you would have the balls to move to new york i mean i think i think i do this for a fact if i ever run into anyone from tampa in l.a i take a second extra to be like i never run into people from florida here like there's a young lady went to a same high school katy did academy of the holy names and she works at the Starbucks by my house and i take a minute to be like hey don't give up like no one no one ever does this you know and so the idea that that you could my dad I remember when I the first time I made more money than my dad and he was like I don't know what to tell you I don't know why people are paying you to do this at all like I don't I can't give you any advice like I don't know how to parent this sure you know and so so like I and so I can definitely it's it's almost like not not crack the code for Hollywood but once you work in Hollywood you go oh you just got to not give up that's it that's all it is

and not be a dick, don't hurt people's feelings, just always show up on time, be friendly, don't get too drunk, have a good time. Like, there's something, the cheat codes aren't that difficult. Yeah. But so many people come out here with so many issues that, like, regular people look at it and go, and we go up very regular, the idea that,

I remember seeing myself on TV for the first time. You don't know what that's like, meaning, like, the idea that you got on television? Like, I'm one, like, I was walking by a television, and I was on television, and I was like, shut the fuck up. I'm looking at me on television. Like, that's a mind fuck.

A mind fuck. What was your experience seeing your brother for the first time? Do you remember what that was? I didn't think much of the Rolling Stone article. I was like, meh. It just kind of had. I remember my alarm went off.

My alarm went off for work and it was about, like, they were talking about you on the radio. And I was like, what? That's a weird way to wake up. And then I just went to work. And then like the FedEx guy came in and they were like, hey, are you the same cry sure?

And so that happens. Like, so that starts happening in life where they go. But you have no, you didn't have any like joy or excitement or anything for him. You're just sort of like whatever. Yeah. I was like, okay. I like nobody cares. Like, this is weird.

I mean, I remember in college you were on the X show and I went down to the lobby because I didn't have cable in my room and I was like, this is too hard, but I'm happy for him. And then I moved out here. You know what? It didn't start resonating for me until recently. Isn't that weird? Yeah. No, no, yeah.

Until recently. Until recent. But it's honest. Like, like, it was recently that I was like, wherever I drive, I see billboards now. And I'm like, that's weird. I wonder how that must feel like to be him. Yeah. What was interesting is I remember moving out here.

I moved out here at 22, right when I graduated. And he told me, just go work at an agency. Work at an agency for two years. And then after that, you can do whatever you want. And everyone kept telling me when I moved out here. They're like, you're going to be a publicist. Just go to work at a publicity firm. And it irked me where I was like, I never want to be in publicity.

I work in a publicity department now, but it irked me. And I was like, no, I'm never going to work in publicity. But it's a weird feeling when you were raised in a normal town and then you moved to L.A. And you start noticing the competitiveness amongst like even normal peers at like agencies or management companies that it's unsettling. And I always remember watching Bert help his friends and being genuinely happy for people when they succeeded. And I was like, that's so rare. I felt like that was so rare just in Los Angeles.

So it always made me happy now that he has it for himself. I'm like, you know what? That really paid off that he always wanted to help people get jobs or, you know, like I always I was like, you're not like genuinely happy for him. But I feel I do not feel that way. No. But yeah.

I was like, you know. I'm genuinely happy for you. You busted your ass to get where you are. Yeah. And we would have fun with you when we were, you know, visiting you in New York and changing our sleep schedule to be at a comedy club all night. But you know what I mean?

Like you really busted your ass. So it's been cool to see you evolve to where you are. now when you went to new york annie what were you doing oh where was i i have no idea i think i was in Hawaii i was in school in why i went to a few schools and then landed in Hawaii to kind of wrap it all up was it great yeah i like the way you put that that's good yeah i had to wrap it all up and then i and then i moved out here so did you guys all come out like sort of one by one to l.a i mean and this is where home is now yeah he came out first And then I came out maybe a year or two later.

Yeah. And then Cotty came out a year later after I came out. And then you guys are all like pretty tight right now. I mean, you see, you get to see each other all the time. Do you make it a point to be together and, you know? Yeah, I would say, I would say probably, probably more than the average siblings. When we, when they first moved out, they moved into. together down the street from me and my wife.

And they were like... No, I lived by myself for a year. For a year. Had your first, when you had Georgia. And I was with you guys, I think, every day. Every day. Every day. And then she moved out.

I mean, I was still with you guys a lot. Oh, that's right. You guys lived over there. But they would, like, we would Monday nights, we'd go to their house and watch Monday night football. And they'd come over. We'd grill. And I would say, honestly, my daughter.

are way more affectionate, 100% more affectionate with them and have a very, very, very close relationship with them, more so than with me. I mean, my daughters don't hug me, but with either of them walk in the house, both my daughters go to them immediately. Like, they love their aunties. Yeah. Does everyone have kids? Cotty does. I do not. Cotty, how many do you have? Two. Three, three years old and four months old. I have baby Bert, we call him. Baby Bert. Oh, do you?

He's 100%. Bird's like, how did I not have this kid? It is Bert. But it's not the, it's like some, it's the good parts, but it's a lot of the parts where you're like, oh, that's something Bert does that drives me nuts. And now I'm living with it. It's karma.

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It'll be something like Leanne or them will say, oh, this is going in your act. And then I'll be like, oh, shit, yeah, it is. Like, I'll walk right past it. But usually it's like a story, a story will happen or something will happen and I'll just I'll have to take it on the road

and really work it out on stage a lot trying to think of a good example of something do you write do you write shit I mean do you write down or do you just you put it in your phone or you got memory you just memory stuff I write I write some stuff like and then I'll put it down and then

it's a little seeds you plant little seeds all over and then when you start to work an hour you take these big tent pole stories of that you know work Or sometimes you're right a joke. I'm not really much of a joke, joke guy, a more stories. And sometimes, like, little things.

Like, I misread words. Sometimes I'm dyslexic, so I'll read, ingenious, and indigenous, or muscles as Muslims. And so I, little things like that, and when you build an hour, little things like that add in great on big stories. So if you can get the laughs per minute up on a big story. but like I but stuff will happen and then you'll just write it down trying to see if there's anything

I wrote you do you girls do your sister your sisters do you just do you tell them straight up I mean are you like Bert that that's no good that sucks I mean are you involved in at all in his world of of writing jokes or does he does he try them out on you guys at all or no not really no that's bad no they've it's I don't think like my dad's never seen me perform live. Really? Yeah, yeah. Really?

Yeah, he won't. He doesn't want to watch me. Why is that? Because it makes him very uncomfortable. Makes him nervous. Like, he would absolutely hate to do it himself. Mm-hmm.

So it makes, like, he almost experiences the anxiety of being forced to do that. Yeah. Yeah. And he's like, I just, so if anything on TV,

anything, he'll have somebody else watch it. And once you say, no, dad, it was good. He'll go, okay and then oh wow that's so interesting but i don't think he who's watched any of your special yeah would you be would you be if your dad was coming to see a show would that mess you up or would

you be excited about something like that it doesn't even register i i wouldn't i wouldn't yeah he just never has and it's like it's almost like if you like you talk to a kid who grew up without a father and he's like i don't know i just never had one and it's not i don't mean like it's that dramatic but like right he's never watched me for him so it doesn't matter and if he did watch me that I guess that would be fine. I don't, I've done it so long now that I, that it wouldn't affect the way I perform at all. And but you, you don't care one way or another. I don't care. Whatever makes him comfortable to watch me. And I imagine it would make me uncomfortable watch one of my daughters do stand up about me. That's the other thing is like when I do stand up

when you talk about my process. I, whatever, I was explaining someone, whatever, however I hear, However I remember a story, I just remember the funny parts. I don't remember some of the details that maybe are important in a story. Like, I just remember the shit that made me laugh. And that's the part of the story I tell back to you. And sometimes with my dad, he'll be like, that never happened. And I like, no, like, I remember one time I was telling the story about first grade. And I said, my dad drove a van.

And he goes, never had a van. And I was like, he did have a fucking van. But the thing I remember is the fucking van. He doesn't remember the van at all. Oh, God. And so, so yeah, but yeah, but oddly enough, the last time I was in Tampa, I was doing the Tampa Theater, and they had planned out that my dad would come run out on stage. He was in the green room. He'd come out on stage, rip his shirt off, and get a picture with me.

And you could feel him shaking. And they videotaped it. And so he came out, ripped his shirt off, put his arm around me, his arm's trembling, gives me a kiss. And he goes, I love you. And then he gets off stage and he was high. I mean, he was, and they had the camera on him and he was like, oh, like he really felt a, he was like, and he was like, and then he called me. He was like, they went crazy when I took my shirt off.

And I was like, yeah, they did. You're like, now you know, dad. I didn't know he's going to do it, yeah. You're like, now you know why I do this. You were the first comedian to do all the sort of drive-ins and socially distance shows. How was that? Was that, was it weird? The first one was weird.

The second one was, the first one was weird, but it was so beautiful. It was in North Carolina. It was like a slice of Americana pie. It was a grass drive and tiered in the middle of a rock quarry. It was in the middle of nowhere, trees everywhere, beautiful sunset. And everyone was tailgating. Everyone had their chairs out. They had big inflatable couches, beds in the back of their trucks.

One dude filled up his truck with water. and as a performer I tore through my hour in like 35 minutes because I wasn't getting the response I get normally in a theater but then as you start doing them more and more you get more and more comfortable with what you understand the response to be

meaning the laughs I need to hear to know I'm doing well you just had to change your bar on where it needed to be and I ended up loving it and I mean this sounds a little virtue signaling but you know I ended up loving it And it was offering work to, you know, 20 people a night that would work on my show.

Because we had a big production. And to my tour bus driver, all my friends. And it was allowing people an opportunity to get out of the house safely and feel like they were a part of something. My sisters came out. I did the Hollywood. I did the Rose Bowl. And my sisters came out. And they were like, and they called me right when they were leaving the parking lot.

And they're like, that was so cool to be able to get. you say what you said but it was awesome you felt normal like for someone who had been quarantined we'd been hardcore quarantined because i was pregnant and it was shortly after i had lola and it was like so nice it was like all we needed just the two to three hours of being out and even you didn't leave your car it was just all you needed to feel like you had social interaction again yeah it was really fun yeah we went to a we went to a drive-in at my daughter's school um the other night and i fucking loved it. And I've been doing them. I've done like, I think 60 cities. I did a ton of them. I did like four, four runs this summer. And, and I did, I went to my first drive in and we

watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off. And I had such a fun fucking time with my family. Like we all brought subs and we were laughing. And I was just thought to myself, if I was drinking, this would be a blast. All right. I know. I know what you mean. I'm kind of want to get into some of the things you guys are working on and I mean Bert, you've got Bert cast the Go Big show, the Birdie Boy tour. I mean, what else do you have going on? Well, what's the

cabin? What is that show? A cabin is my Netflix series. I just invited it was like a retreat into the woods for me to take care of my mind, body, and spirit, my soul. And so I'd invite comedians and people

sometimes just famous people I didn't even know really. I had Caitlin Jenner come. And we'd spend the day in the cabin doing stuff like crystal therapy or or sound baths or coffee enumas or polar plunges. And it was a blast. It was really a blast. And, you know, I brought a really eclectic group of the funniest people, I think, along with some great people like Joe McHale and Kelly Cuoco and Miss Pat. And it was a blast. That's an awesome idea.

I like this whole unscripted world. It's really fun. I'm sort of dabbling in it right now myself. The more that the more closer we can get unscripted projects to be what we're doing right now, the better they are. And I think really in essence what the cabin was, was a very elaborate podcast in a weird way, with cameras following you around. I think why it worked so well was so many comedians are so comfortable on podcasts.

Like as a guest of a podcast, I know what I, I know what I want when I'm a host. Right. So as you tell things, and it's interesting to do this with my sisters because I've been on so many podcasts. I mean, I've been doing podcasts for 10 years.

And so it's interesting when they tell a story or when you tell a story, I immediately go, all right, I got to move things forward. I understand that I want to make sure that I give them everything they need. And that was what the cabin was, was a lot of people that got podcasts

and had done a lot of podcasts. So when the cameras were on, they treated it in that energy, that space of like, I'll give you everything you need. I'm not going to stop talking. I don't need you to cue me. I got this. I can play with you.

We'll have fun. How much of it was like, you know, I know it's unscriptive, but how much of it was, okay, we're going to set this up and we got to do this, this and that? Or was it just real free for all unscripted stuff? I would say it's all free for all. There was like, this is the, you know, when I, you would say scripted like at one point I waxed my asshole and.

I've done that twice, by the way. I've done it twice too. And so I was waxing my asshole and my friend Nikki Glazer as a comic was walking up the stairs and the idea Your sisters just didn't do anything when you said that. You're like, oh yeah, I waxed my asshole twice And your sister's...

Total straight face. Not even fazed. No, it was unscripted but in a moment like that when I'm about to wax my asshole and I know Nikki's walking in and I know she's my friend I know my boundaries but I still want her to feel comfortable on a set and around with people filming her,

I had to go, Nikki, like from a different room. It's Bert. You're about to see my asshole. I would love for you to be a little shocked when you see it, but I want you to make the choice whether or not you'd like to see my asshole because I wanted to be your choice.

And she was like, I appreciate that bird. I'd like to see your asshole. I was like, all right. And I was like, that was about as scripted as we got. That's amazing. Okay, ready? Let's do the speed round. So one word to describe Bert from each sister.

Big words, big words. The girls are like, oh, shit out. Generous. That's a good one. Generous. Very generous. Sensitive. Very sensitive.

Very sensitive. Very sensitive. Okay, one word to describe Annie. Grounded. Really? Yeah. I mean, you're the most normal of us all. Really?

Oh, yeah. 100%. Oh, really? They're completely broken compared to you. Oh, really? Yeah. That's so interesting. Annie's.

Big thing is Annie's big thing is just a, eh. Yeah, no, well, she does feel like this sort of grounding energy over there on that side of the frame. You know, she's like, she's cool, like, cool as a cucumber, it feels. If one of my sisters had to call me to tell me my father was his dad, I'd want it to be Annie. Really? Yeah. Cotty, how do you think about that? Back to dad dying.

Okay, yeah. It always comes back around to that. Okay, one word to describe Cotty. funny cool cool cool yeah what do you mean I mean not temperature wise no I figured you're cool cool all right I'll take it yeah I would not describe her as cool I

she Cotty is 10 times funnier than I am very funny really 10 times funnier than I am and like when we they came over to clean my closet my closet was a mess so they came over like we're gonna help you clean your closet they did the same thing to my man cave and she's very quick with her wit. Like I got a pair of these, I don't even know what you said, these shoes that were just like orthopedic shoes

that ultramarathoners used to run. But they make your feet look like duck feet. And Cotty just looked at me and goes, what are you going to be doing? Kissing walls with that? And I was like, what? She's like, there's boots, those boots you're wearing. Like very quick witted.

Yeah, yeah. So do you put that into use at all? Or is that just, I mean, as far as, no, you don't. No, never. I tried. I tried so hard. I was like, come out here. This is called nepotism.

I will get you in this business. I will get you opening. You're a cute young girl. You can get spots everywhere. I will help you with your material. Get you up and running. Trust me. And she was like, nope.

Last thing I want. I mean, yeah. I get it. If you guys could all think of one word together that would describe your relationship, what would it be? Unhealthy? I'm healthy. our relationship. Unbreakable?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Do you guys fight? Do you guys fight ever? I mean, or not really. Never? Not really, no. Even like what, like, we had a Thanksgiving

where everyone was fighting at the table. Oh, yeah. Oh, that was so awkward. Every Thanksgiving. Yeah. We fought this Thanksgiving because dad was opening nice wine and he's like, he just guzzles it. And then you got all sensitive and you're like, oh, drink the shit wine.

I'm dramatic. My dad opened a bite in a nice bottle of wine and then he's like, well, you gotta sip it. You're not going to just guzzle it, are you? And I said, well, give me the cheap wine because I want to enjoy my night. He's like, why am I even open up the expensive wine? And then I was like, fine, I'll have the fucking expensive wine.

He's like, but don't guzzle it. And I go, don't tell me how to drink. And I go, don't tell me how to drink. Who would your parents say was the naughtiest child who broke the most rules Annie. No, Cotty. No, it's Cotty. It's Cotty. It's Cotty. It's definitely Cotty. Oh, really? Cotty stole a car at like 13. Yeah.

Wow. Cotty I feel like Cotty's sitting over there like she's got a badass vibe but she's kind of the quiet assassin in a way. You know, like she... Well, I think they're just so used to Burt talking all the time that they just, they just like they know they're going to say something of Birch's going to take over.

Yeah. Yeah, pretty much. Here's the deal. If you're going to a wedding and you're sitting with the Chrysers, here's what you want. If you're sitting with us, if you want to have a fucking time of your life

we're going to wake up and go, oh my God, that was the greatest night I've ever had. I can't wait to look on Instagram and see what I did. You want to sit next to me, okay? If you do not like the bride, and groom and you want to talk shit about them

throughout the entire night and laugh hysterically you want to sit next to Cotty. Okay. If you are sitting the bride and groom's brother next to someone and you want that brother to go away and go, man, that was a great wedding. Sit them next to Annie. Because Annie is just a generous, kind

person. Cotty's the person that you can, she will trash someone with you, like roast someone with you and it's hilarious. And I'm the person that you're going to get you shirtless on a table. Right. And you'll be like, oh my God,

What a trio. I love that. This is so great. I love that. That's such a perfect way of like getting to know you guys, you know, or describing what it is like getting to know you guys. Okay. Who was the big tattletail? I don't think any of us were tattletails, but Burt definitely lets things slip easier.

Yeah, I fuck up on accident. But not in a tattletail where it's just like, why would you ever say that? Yeah. I'm the person that gets interrogated and they're like, you know, they're talking. talking about you. I was like, they're talking about me. Well, let me tell you what they did. And they're like, and then I get back in the cell and they're like, you didn't say anything, right? And I was like, right. You didn't say anything. Yeah, you have the tendency to stir the bottom that's like, yeah, that's like in Goonies when Chunk is like, and they're like, you know,

tell us everything. And he's like, when I was poor. Well, that's me. I, um, who was the most anxious kid? Oh, easy. Cotty. And then adult. now like right now I think it's a tie between me and you. Not even close. See my anxiousness is weird because I power through a lot of it and just

like I just go like I had a problem flying and I went to the doctor and was like I have a problem flying he was like when was the last time you flew I said yesterday he goes then you don't have a problem flying and I was like oh cool I guess I'll just drink at airports and he was like yeah you can do that great doctor great doctor

Who's this fucking doctor? Oh, man. Okay, who, which sibling has the weirdest habits? It's got to be me. It's got to be me. I'm a weird, I'm a weird, weird person. I collect knives, but I have knives and hatchets all over the place. I, uh, yeah, I'm a very weird person, I think.

That's cool to me. Annie, do you have any? No, not really. just have one. Not that I can't, what is it? I put toilet paper over the hole every time. Oh, you're afraid of snakes in the toilet. Yeah.

You're afraid of snakes in the toilet. No way. It's a big Florida thing. It's a Florida thing. Right. So you put toilet paper over the hole so you can't. Just one square. So if it were to come up, I guess it would be blinded time.

Yeah. And I can't shit in a porta potty because I think I'm afraid a rattlesnakes going to bite me in the ass. Really? Wow. Wow. I guess I guess if you put the square over the state. Nate comes up and then he can't see because he's like, ah, shit.

Which is the most extroverted? Sometimes this is surprising question. Not that surprising. It's not that surprising. No. I overshare. I overshare. I need you to like me.

I want you to walk away going, God damn it, that was an exceptional human being. And so I have a problem with that, I think. And in doing that, like I strike up conversations with people that you shouldn't talk to like just oh my god overshare is your wife like let's go let's go yeah and certain things I'm a very curious person so like so like if you tell me something that I find interesting I can't let go of it I chew on it nonstop yeah you just have to ask every question yeah when you were kids what would you have

thought each other would have done or been for a living I knew you wouldn't be sitting in an office? I thought you'd be in an office. I thought you'd, I thought you'd be in an office. And I thought, I never thought you'd be in an office. I never thought you'd do what you're doing now. Like that's the last thing. Uh-huh. Oh, yeah, not at all. I think, I thought I would be, I kind of thought I would be like sell something, like sell cars or something. Because I just, I'm good with people and I, I'm not good at selling things. But I thought, like, coming out of college, as I was like, I don't know what I'll do. I guess I'll sell carpets in East Georgia.

Yeah, you're like a people person. Right. Yeah. Connecting with people. I thought Anne would work with like dolphins or something. Yeah, I thought Annie would be working with dolphins. Yeah, Annie, what do you do, Annie? I haven't even asked you that.

I'm a nanny. Oh, that's fun. How old are the kids that you're working with? Well, I just stopped working for a family. Oh, I mean, not to suit her own horn, but Annie would never. tell you anything about herself she's very, Annie would rather hear you talk about yourself than tell her about your herself. But what's that like though? You know, I mean, leaving a family after such a long time. I mean, is there heartbreak that goes along with that? Well, no, because I still like,

I'm still in contact. You are. Okay. And it really, it's not like, I, nannyed friends of theirs, had twins when I first moved out here, maybe a year or two after I had moved out. out here. And it was just something that I kind of like fell into. You know? So they had twins and I was with the twins for like 10 years. Oh wow. Wow. And I'm still like now they have like phones and Instagram. So I'm like still I can still text and talk to them. We used to call her Zayze because my she's like Xanax to people. She's very relaxing. So we call her Zsa. And that's what my daughter's call her is Zayze. And she's now like this like this like aunt to like, like, three other families that were the kids literally consider her their aunt and uh and like i said

she really she's the people that people that she has worked for the people who have asked her to come work for are people where i'm like oh my god get that job and then tell me everything about that person and she's like yeah it's not what i do we went we went me and my wife had to shoot something on saturday and my oldest daughter was birthday party had to go to a socially disson birthday party and my youngest daughter we're like, she's like, I'll just stay home by myself. We're like, no, that's not have it. You're 14. You're not. She's like,

what's the worst can happen? I was like, you're not predicting the worst. That's why. Like, you don't know. You don't know the guy that knocks the door. Help, I'm hurt. Let open the door. I'm bleeding. I need help. And you open. He's like, you're not your mind, little girl. And so I go. So, no, it's, yeah. It's awesome. It's so great. And she goes, well, can I

just have Zayzee, can have like a Zayze day where I just hang out with Zay and we were like yeah and so she just hung out with her for the day and loved it and was like in hog heaven you know Bert just you're such an open book right you overshare you know is what you see what you get man or or is there is there something that you keep for yourself that people don't know about or a personality trait or something that you just hold on to you know or you just balls out no no Yeah, I get, yeah, what you see is what you get, warts at all. Like, I'm not a really good listener.

So, like, I remember my best friend is a comedian is Tom Segura. And we have a podcast and we've been best friends for a very long time. And he said something to me the other day and I was like, oh, you, how many sisters do you have? And he was like, how do you not know? And I was like, I don't know. You got one, right? And he was like, wait, how many do you think I have? I was like, I couldn't tell you.

I don't really pay attention that much. And he's like, I know everything about you. How do you not know this about me? And I was like, I'm just focused on you, buddy. Oh, my God. What was your first celebrity crush, all of you? Probably Wonder Woman. Oh, Linda Carter?

Yeah. Are you shitting me, dude? That's me. Like 100%. Wait, who was your first celebrity crush? Jordan, New Kids on the Block. Jordan, New Kids on the Block. I don't know.

What if she said Quincy? The crud fighting coroner. Matlock. Colombo. Columbo. Do you remember a show called Benson? Not Benson, but the governor. Oh, my God.

Bunny. I love. I love Benson. I have no clue. No clue. Well, who's your celebrity crush right now? Oh, I've been into Magnum P.I. lately.

Tom Selleck. Like the Tom Selleck. Weren't far away, you know. Before. Venson Magnum P.I. We're in the same world. First concert. It was the Whitney Houston and the Beach Boys.

Yes. Starship. Yeah. Yeah. Whitney Houston and the Beach Boys? Sarah. Star ship. We built this city on.

Yeah. Storms going to win in your. I remember who we went with. Sarah. I just remember our family. Maglions. Oh, that's who that was? Did I go to town?

You had to, yeah. You guys all went to the same concert. Yeah, Tampa Bay Stadium. It was for Fourth of July or something. Yeah, it was Fourth of July. And Whitney Houston fucking brought the thunder. You were playing her national anthem the other day, and I was like, fuck, man. I cried.

I was on the treadmill, and I cried watching it. Oh, my God. It was so good. It's a two part. We ask all this, all siblings, the same question. The first part is, You know, if there was just, you know, there's three of you, so figure that part out, do the math. If you can take something from your sibling that you admire, something that you wish that you had as a part of you, what would that be?

And on the flip side of that, if you could alleviate something from your sibling, take something away that you think would make their life a little bit easier, what would that be? let's go youngest to oldest so let's start with what you guys would like to take you know with with cody i'd take away her i'd take away her anxiety easily yeah definitely and i would take i would take i'd steal her her quickness i'm not as quick as she is yeah if i had that wit on stage i would destructive uh well definitely anxiety yeah yeah i think we'd take that away from all of ourselves yeah that's good answer put that out there oh is that is that is that that the universal takeaway. None of us want it.

Hopefully you'd want to give that for me. Her like, she's a ball buster. You know? Yeah. Yeah. I could use a little more of that. Yeah. Like chinty cat.

No, not chinty cat. Like the ball buster. Yeah. Okay. All right. What would we take from Annie? I'd take your, I would take your ability to be grounded in the moment.

Just be able to just be chill. I would love that. And then what would I give you? Like your self-assurance. That's what I would take. Yeah, I'd take that. And then what would you take away from her? I'd tell you I'd take away some of your shyness.

Yeah. Yeah. If you'd just be a little bit more like me, I think you'd be a great person. All right. Now, what do you guys want for the big guy? Your work ethic? You're going to say my workouts. Yeah, your workouts?

your body um yeah your your work ethic and i would say you're like the comfort in your own skin yeah i wish i could walk into any room and just you can walk into anything any room which is the nice thing about you if like you're with if you're someone with you you don't have to worry about anything you know especially being an introvert yeah like you're like oh i can just coast along what would I take out of you drinking problem

what would I take away from me probably how sensitive you are I would love to get rid of that I would love to get rid of that I get your head so much I mean every time I call you like a bad day with Georgia I'm like sensitive meaning like you just you just take things personally

oh so across the board yeah so personally like some guy can make a video where he doesn't like me or leave a comment and it i mean eat him up for days oh my god yeah but it's but it's a good trait too that i'm glad i have it because you know adversely i you know if i go into a room like the back of the comedy store and i see someone that doesn't know anybody i take a moment because i know what that would feel like and i take a moment to go hey you know yeah i'll introduce to everybody and and then i do that and then they feel a little more

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