Tell Em Steve-Dave - #619: Buzz, Buzz!

Episode Date: December 16, 2024

Drones, seasonal affective disorder, Bry is elder-abused

Telling Steve Dave sat recording in the comic store, but Bri and Hugh felt that they needed more. Grimwads in Women Adventure and Booze, Bri just wanted to debate how perfect comics do not have to lose. So they travelled, Hugh travelled and hitting pavements, Bri providing abundances or vague navigations but whether they win or lose triumph or fail, Listen to this podcast and they will regale you with details. Space Monkeys! Hello and welcome to this week's edition of Tell'em Steve-Dave, which is actually Space Monkeys.

Hello everybody! That's right, Walt's not here today. Not by our design. No, he's just too busy. He was too busy to make it here today. We said, what about the people? And he was like, I gotta mail out all the Patreon gifts today, so I am still working for the people.

Yeah. So we don't want to hear any bullshit about no Walt, no listen. I mean, you don't have to listen, I guess. Yeah, you don't have to. We've already downloaded it, and that's really all we care about. Yeah. I always prefer Walt here, of course, but I was kind of excited that it was just me and you today. A little bit of a bitchfest. We kind of excited that it was just me and you today.

A little bit of a bitch fest. We don't get to bitch a lot when Walt's here. We don't get to bitch a lot. And like, I'm in the mood for like a little bit of a bitch fest because man, like I can't, I'm going through like a, it's been a bit since I've been hit with the depression stick. Yeah. Fuck, I'm getting whacked this week, man. Well it did go from like 53 down to 23 really quick.

Yeah. Like that's, I find that does it to me is the sudden drop in temperatures, which happens every year. Every year it's just like, oh, it's nice. It's nice. All right. It's not so nice. All right. It's nice. It's nice. Then boom. Then one day you're like, it's never going to be nice

again until the summer. It's so fucking cold. It gets dark at like fourth. Everybody knows of course that this happens, but I just, like mid week, I started getting really frustrated and unfocused and just disconnected. And I didn't even realize it was happening until I was on my third day of feeling miserable. I was like, what is going on? I don't want to do anything. I don't even want to play video games. It's literally like nothing is going to make me happy. Yeah, you wander from one thing to the next. Yeah, and nothing's accomplished well. I'm in the middle of a lot of things right now. I was

failing at everything. I had work that I had to hand in with a writing partner. I just didn't do it. And you can't do that. You can't just be like, I just didn't get to it. But I would sit down to write and it would just, it wouldn't even be, it couldn't even get into first gear. Even now, I feel it. And I wanted to come down and hang out with you and see it. Dude, I left the house, man. Like I feel it. And I wanted to come down and hang out with you and see it. Dude, I left the house, man. In slippers. And didn't realize it.

Look at this, until I was halfway here. I'm like Dr. Farnsworth and shit. Like I'm just, I was driving and my foot slipped off the pedal and I was like, did I not put on fucking shoes? I'm wearing house slippers. Wearing your house slippers around. It's discombobulated, bro.

I'm all fucking off, man. But I'm hoping that now that I named it, I could shame it and make it go away. I'm really hoping. Because this is brutal, man. I haven't felt like this. We used to feel like this all the time. Right. And I haven't felt like this in a while. Well, the holidays are coming up too. That's another thing that tends to get people depressed. I don't know if you're going to be depressed about that.

Usually you don't get depressed around Christmas though. No. I actually, this Christmas, something fun, because I do spend it alone and then a buddy of mine, he's spending it alone too. And it's... So we were a little bit like, why don't we just fucking- Get together. go out drinking in Manhattan on Christmas? That's a bad idea.

Do something like that. So it might have some sort of shenanigans afoot. All right. But if not, my alternative is being home with my cats. Playing video games. Yeah, it's fine, it's fine. It's gonna be good. Yeah, and you get to avoid all the holiday stress

of going somewhere. I know there are people that travel hours to go, going to be good. Yeah. And you get to, you get to avoid all the, like the holiday stress of like going somewhere, like I know there are people that travel hours to go, there's going to be a bitch fast. We told you, uh, I know there are people who travel hours to get to their family's houses and then once they're there, you know, why did I drive hours to get here? Yeah. Yeah.

Like I only have to go a couple, like maybe 10 minutes to my brother's house. But once I'm there, I'm like, I know I'm like, oh, it's going to be crowded and it's going to be hot. I'm going to see my family. Yeah. And it's a little crazier is like, cause they're getting, they're getting older, these parents of ours. And it is like, it is, you know, we don't come in every week and talk about like what it's like with, you know, parents who are getting older, but that's no fun, man. It's a hard part of life. Yeah. Walt doesn't like to talk about that kind of stuff. Getting old, dying. Well, it's like with parents who are getting older. That's no fun, man. It's a hard part of life, huh?

Yeah. Walt doesn't like to talk about that kind of stuff. Getting old, dying, it's not Walt's cup of tea. He doesn't like talking about it. But yeah, having parents, I look at them more and more. I haven't really talked much about it, but Edgar has gotten sick and he has blood cancer. But it's being held back. He's responding well to the chemo and stuff. But goddamn it, doesn't it seem like if you live long enough, if you don't die from something,

some kind of accident or some kind of unfortunate incident, you're dying of cancer. Everybody. Yeah. You just live long enough, you're going to get cancer. Yeah. Yeah, I know. Fucking body fighting against you. I remember when I started the Fire Academy, and I was a young man of 28, which at the time I thought was old. Could you imagine?

And in the Fire Academy in the first few days, they were like, you will get cancer. They're like, on this job, they're like, you're signing up for cancer, you're going to get cancer. Like you breathe in everything and all the chemicals, every, you know. That makes sense, all those carcinogens. Yeah. And asbestos and housing materials. I remember being young, being like, ah, let's go, let's fight fires.

Yeah, I'll fight cancer too. Yeah, and now that I'm getting up there a little bit, going to be 49 in March, I'm like, oh man, I did breathe in that shit for eight years. Is that going to come back and get me? I don't know. But these are not thoughts I should be thinking right now. No, you're too young to be thinking. Oh, I just mean I'm too depressed right now. Like I should.

Oh, yeah, yeah. It's true too. It would probably be best to avoid this kind of talk. It's hard though. I think about it all the time. I was just telling you before the mics went hot that I was elder abused over the last few days. Yeah, you don't want to say it off mic, which I think is a smart choice.

Yeah. I was, every morning when Sage and I get ready for school, we walk down to the end of the driveway and then the bus comes and picks her up. Now she has a real, she has Down syndrome, so she has a real tactile type thing. She doesn't like touching certain things. She doesn't like flowers. Okay. She doesn't like trees. She doesn't like touching, she doesn't mind being around them, but she doesn't touch them.

She doesn't like grass, but usually it's only with bare feet. So when we go out in the morning, we're walking down the little sidewalk to go to the driveway. I'll just give her a little nudge. I'm like, you're going in the grass. I'm going to put you in the grass. She's like, Dad, I know. And then she'll nudge me and put me in the grass. So we're recording this Saturday.

This was Tuesday. I'm bringing her out to bring her out to the bus. I did my normal, I'm nudging her and shit. I'm like, it's good. You're going in the grass. She's too strong. She's too big now and too strong. Stout young lady. Oh yeah. Me nudging her is not going to do anything. I nudged her and we strong. It's a stout young lady. Oh, yeah. So like me, like nudging her is not going to do anything. So I nudge her and we laugh and then all of a sudden out of nowhere, she body checks me. Dude, it was like being hit by like a bull. Like you see when like a bull hits somebody and they flip them up with their horns and

shit. Like Johnny Knoxville. Yeah, yeah. Like I'm pinwheeling through the air. She hit me so hard and it was raining. It was like drizzling out. So like the grass is all wet. I move. I step on the air. She hit me so hard and it was raining. It was drizzling out so the grass is all wet. I move, I step on the grass, my left leg goes out straight in front of me. My other leg folds up behind me, straight down. Now this is a knee that I have arthritis

in anyway so it's not like I'm not operating at full capacity over here. I go down, now I'm soaked, totally muddy in the rain. Is she laughing at you? No, she was like, dada. No, she didn't think it was afterwards. But then she very quickly was just like, you started it. Not wrong. She wasn't wrong. Yeah. Yeah, because that's what people were saying when Mary Beth found out and Pam found out. They're like, you can't be pushing your data like that. She's like, he started it though.

Like you can tell she felt bad, but after a while she's just like, come on. Stuff being such a pussy about it. There's injustice going on here. Yeah, but I was just like, and then later on she brought it up. She was just like, no more pushing in the rain. I was like, okay, that sounds like a good plan. Well, that's sweet. But yeah, for the next couple of days.

This is what you're painting as elder abuse? Well, yeah, a good plan. Well, that's sweet. But yeah, for the next couple days. Like this is what you're painting as elder abuse. Well, yeah, a little bit because the next couple of days it's like I had, I had to bust the cane back out. Oh, yeah. I had to get the cane back out. Really? Yeah. Like it really fucked my knee up.

Now, like I'm probably back like 80% now. Like it's. Yeah. You don't need the cane. I don't need the cane now. Just walking around. But yeah, she, she really knocked me for a fucking loop. Something I was not expecting.

And you're not getting any sympathy from anyone? No. Well, maybe a little bit from Mary Beth because she has to then wait on me. I got to say, man, Walt's not here. Can we talk about get him for a minute? Sure. Because why not? Because I gotta say, I walked in the office today, we're recording at airport Plaza and I did notice, I mean, there's still piles everywhere, but the piles are a little straighter. Looks a little neater in there.

Looks a little neater. He's got the jar to pay us back. It's out. He's got money going into it. He didn't do that before. We kind of let that slide and he remembered and did it. And then I walk into the main recording area here and he is Christmas. He has wrapped the things on the walls. He wrapped all the pictures with Christmas gifts. That was actually, I think that was done for our Christmas episode.

Well, it's really nice. Or Sunday Jeff episode, one of the two. I can't remember. It's pretty. Yeah, it looks good. Festive. I'm already seeing... Get them moving in the right direction. Well, probably because your immediate response was like, we should fire them.

Well, no. I said we should explore. We all know we're not firing them. I mean, I don't think anybody listening to that was like, yeah, he was ready to fire. People on Twitter were like, how can Paul put those guys in charge and get them and then cut their balls off? That's the point. Yeah. That's what we're doing here. We're not fixing ghetto. We're just, you know, being as well. It's okay if I do one bit of business real quick?

Sure. Is that all right with you? Let me thank, I recently went to the urologist, we were talking about water. You weren't here for it. Okay. We talked about water for like 20 straight minutes. It was boring as fuck. It was an episode of Sunday Jeff.

He was like, your blood's too thick, your red cells are too, you have too many red blood cells, your blood's too thick, that's like courting a heart attack. He's like, you got it. How much water do you drink? And I'm like, basically none. So he's like, you got to start drinking more water. So a very lovely listener, Natasha sent me this water bottle. What is it?

It's a Bluetooth water bottle. So you press it, tells you how much of the – like it comes with an app. So you put all your information into the app. And then it tells you how much water you should be drinking each day and then it'll remind you from time to time. And like right now I drank 67% of the water for the day. Wow. It's got a little screen on it.

I mean, how do we feel? I mean, that's great. And I was very sweet of her to send it and I could see that being useful information, but like we're at the point where we're putting Bluetooth and water bottles. I guess so. You know what? I was kind of excited by it. Yeah?

Yeah, because I'm like, that way I don't have to line up all those plastic water bottles. I don't have to use all those plastic water bottles. I just have a big jug of a Poland Spring that I pour in there. One of those is not daily drinking amount of water. No, four of those. Four of those. So it's not one of those is not daily drinking amount of water. No, four of those. Four of those out there. So it's a lot. All right.

Wow. That is very sweet of her to just send that. Yeah, it was very nice. So thank you, Natasha. She sent one, did she? Just one. All right, Natasha. Sent it to the thirstiest guy.

Well played. She could have saved Walt's life had she sent one to him. What a nice. He is drinking one alone these days. Yeah, he is. I like to see you guys being a little bit more she sent one to him. What a fucking nice, he is drinking one alone these days. Yeah, he is. I'd like to see you guys being a little bit more healthy. That got to be, getting old. Just turned 57 on December 7th.

That is nuts. What'd you do for your birthday? Nothing. Well, we went out to breakfast. And then we came back and just sat around the house watching movies and cop cams and white women get pulled over for DUI and Karen compilations. Oh, that's the one I texted you on your birthday. You're like, yeah, I'm watching Karen compilations. It's so great.

Yeah. It's just, they just flipping out. They just, yeah, it's really, it's really strange because you see people do this every once in a while, like on the internet, but in real life, I don't really see it that much. People totally lose their shit and flip out and start screaming at a person who's in a lesser position than they are, or at least they perceive it as such. Over the littlest things sometimes, they just flip the fuck out. It's like they get a wrong order at the fast food place and suddenly they're behind the counter throwing food around and knocking napkin dispensers over. It's just like it's this weird – and I got to say, they call them Karen for a reason.

It's mostly women and it's mostly white women. Same with the cop cams with DUIs. It seems to be exclusively the domain of white women who get pulled over and they're like, hey, you know, have you been drinking tonight? Like, no. You haven't had any drinks tonight? No. Then eventually it's like, well, I had one drink six hours ago.

Yeah. Meanwhile, they're blowing a.24. And then they just flip out. Yeah. Then they get mad and they get indignant. Yeah. It's like, because they try to, at first, the cop cam, the vest cam has really changed the way the cops do business I think in many ways.

And this is one of them where it's like they can't – you know, if you're a guy, you're a young cop and you pull over a hot woman and you're like, oh, I'm going to give her a break because she's hot. It's like that doesn't fuck a wash anymore, man, because it's like you got that chest cam. It's right on her. You can tell. Like right away you can tell if somebody's drunk. You know, you can see that look in their eyes and the way they're speaking and shit.

Their heads moving slightly. But yeah, like a lot of women will try to like be cutesy and be flirty and stuff like that. Others just get like right away. They're like, you first of all, I think people don't understand the cops do have the right to touch you because they're like, you have no right to put your hands on me. Like when they're pulling them, like they won't get out of the car. They won't identify themselves.

And he's like, look, I got it. Do you want to do this battery of tests or not? I need to know. And they won't answer. And they're constantly on their phone. Oh, really? Always on their phone. They're calling their attorney.

They're calling their mom, calling their husband. It's fucking nuts, dude. They're always on their phone. Yeah. And like when you watch this, like you don't, you just laugh. I just laugh. Yeah. Right.

Because I watch it and I start getting anxious. Oh, really? Yeah. I start feeling bad for the cop. I start feeling bad for the lady. I just start feeling bad for everybody. I know it's very, very hip to hate cops and shit and think cops are pieces of shit but man of the the cop cams that I see those guys and Troy also are able to keep their cool in a way that I never could right

I would never be able to the way these people react on the way they behave and I had bread that like you know cops at first hated the cams and then like they came around because they're like, fine. And it started actually being used as evidence against people. And then people were like, you can't have your cops with the cams on. Yeah. All of a sudden, they start working against the populace and they're like, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Yeah. So fuck it. I I gotta get my head together. This is what everything is with me these days. Just get distracted. It's just wool gathering, like constant, like, what am I saying? Well, I did interrupt you with my water story. No, it was good. No, you had to thank her. I like that.

Oh, right. So we put out an episode. If you're not on Patreon, this is to you. We put out an episode on Patreon, a Space Monkeys episode with me, Brian and Jiggy. And we were announcing a little mini kind of comedy festival land cruise thing that we're doing in Key West in April of next year. I wanted to release tickets to the Tell'em Steve David audience first, thought a great way to do it would be like, hey, let's record an episode for the Patreon about it and put

it out. Did not expect it to be the Patreon release of that week. I went on, I broke my rule. I went on Reddit just to see if people were excited about it. I was like, oh, they're going to fucking love this. All the ants go down and like, you know- You went to Reddit looking for love. Yeah, you don't want to put it like that, but like, you know, you just, we're

hoping, but, and it was just like, fuck this episode. You know what I mean? Like, why are we paying? And I don't disagree. They're like, why, why are we paying? Why is this a Patreon release when we're paying for Patreon and you're putting out an info commercial? And I agree.

And, but the thing was, it wasn't supposed to be that. It was just supposed to be pushed out to Patreon with the regular episode. There was a miscommunication somewhere. Walt went in and fixed it. So to those people that complained on Reddit, I actually do agree with you guys for once. Yeah, that shouldn't have gone out that way. And I do apologize for that. And I know Walt fixed it right away.

So thanks for the patience. But the other thing was just on that one Patreon episode that we released over half, half the tickets moved. It's pretty good. I mean, and I, I mean exactly what I wanted at, cause I want it to basically be a talent Steve, like, you know what I mean? Like an aunt meetup, which is why we released on the Patreon, uh, which is why we gave the special price, which is why I'm mentioning it here.

And I'm just going to mention it quick because I don't want to fucking annoy anybody. I want this to be a good thing for us, but we are. You didn't hear the Patreon episode because you're not on Patreon. We're doing a comedy festival called Q West down at Q West. It's going to be the first weekend in April. Tickets are on sale now. If you get them through, tell them, Steve, Dave, you're getting a hundred bucks off. It's this whole thing.

Just go to Q-E-S-T, comedy.com or QScomedyescape.com. They both point you to the Eventbrite page where they're selling tickets. It's already more than half sold out. And that's the only reason, because we were going to let it go on Patreon until the end of the year. But I want also regular Tell'em Steve Dave listeners to have an opportunity to grab tickets well, because I'm here to announce, I wasn't supposed to do any of this until January, but I'm here to announce the first talent, aside from me, you, we're going to be, me and you do a space monkey show like we do on the cruise and this ship, the show you lead on the cruise, every joker's cruise,

every single one when they do the, the fuck's it called? The questionnaire afterwards about what people liked and didn't like. That space monkey show was a number one show five years in a row. I like to hear that. I love hearing that. People fucking loved it every night. It was sold out. Like it was great.

So we're bringing that magic down there. Down the coast. So, but they knew that. But who they didn't know is coming down. Brian, are you sitting? I am. We got the Maverick. The Mavericks coming.

We got the fucking Maverick baby. We got the Maverick and he's going to be doing some, and it's funny because the people I'm building the festival with don't exactly know what every Telling Steve Dave thing is. Right. And I'm like, you don't understand. We can have a Maverick. Now there are events being built around Ming. And I'm super fucking-

Which is great because he's really good at that kind of stuff, like karaoke and leading that kind of stuff. It's going to be fucking great. Yeah. Um, we have the Maverick go to QS comedy, qs comedy escape.com. Either one of those, it'll bring you the Eventbrite. Uh, it's already more than half sold out guys. So if you're thinking about it and after January, the ticket prices go up to full price.

Um, I wasn't even going to bring it up again, but only because we sold so many tickets, I don't want people to feel like they missed out on the opportunity to come hang down. It's going to be fun. It's going to be a good time. We're going to be around a lot. Yeah. Strolling up and down Duval, going to the bars. We're doing, making events, like everything.

There's going to be a lot to do in those two. Even if like there's like, Hey man, I'm not into the fucking Maverick. There's so much other shit to do there. Yeah, it's QS. Like you can just go and do it, but we're going to be, we're programming two full days for everybody. It's going to be great. Anyway, that's just want to put out to our regular audience and to people who are like, this is Space Monkeys.

I'm not listening to it. Shut up. I guess you can go fuck yourself. Not that you'll ever hear it. So go check it out because I felt a little bit bad when that many tickets sold and I was like, oh, fuck it. Like even the non-Patreon audience, I want them to get some. So there we go.

Yeah. Well, there you go, man. Go to Eventbrite and cue West Comedy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it's funny when it's spelled out, it looks like Quest, like Quest comedy. Oh, yeah. But it's, yeah, it's Q West.

But all right, great. That's it. All right. And again, I don't want to annoy anybody. There we go. Yeah. Should I go right in the spots and annoy more people? I love the way you're thinking.

I do. What do we got here? We got, oh, I know people, like I wish Walt was here for this because people want us to talk about the drones. Okay. I don't really know what to say except my feeling is that it has something to do with that Iran boat, the drone boat. It just seems to- Wait, wait, wait.

I have no idea. All I know is that there are drones flying above New Jersey and stuff. Oh, really? And they're the size of cars. Nobody knows who they are. Nobody knows who they are. The government says that they don't exist. They were dismissing it the other day saying that it was mass hysteria. Meanwhile, you do have people being like, well, some of them are low flying jets. Some of them are helicopters. Yeah.

But I have friends, like people who I trust, who sent me a video of drones above their house. Okay. And it's like the car size that I keep hearing? They're huge. Yeah, they're huge. That's crazy. And nobody's thinking aliens? Nobody's thinking aliens, although there was- Look at the fucking world. Covering lights in the sky and nobody's saying aliens? Brian Michelle sent me something. It was a glowing orb in the sky.

It was just like people were like, what is that thing? And it just, it is, it's just sitting there. It's like spinning and it looks like an orb and then it disappears. Yeah, but we know what drones are these days. So drones, we know what they are. It's more likely to be a drone than an alien. And they keep saying that whenever I guess you go near a drone, they're, they're, they're, uh, they're set to turn off, like not turn off and crash, but like, like turn off.

So you can't track them anymore. Yeah. But what radar being what it is. Yeah. They're not going to not get, like, how could it be? They keep, it looks like they keep coming off the ocean. That's why people are saying it's that around. Okay. is, they're not going to not get, like, how could it be? It looks like they keep coming off the ocean. That's why people are saying it's that around. Okay.

Wait, hold on. Now this is something I haven't heard. So you're, they're saying Iran has basically a helicarrier that is launching. That's launching drones. It had a whole bunch of drones on it. And they said that like right around somewhere towards the end of November, bunch of drones on it. They said that right around somewhere towards the end of November, they knew where it was and then it was out of everybody's scope for a couple of weeks

and they didn't know where it went. Is this a submarine or a ship? This is a ship. It looks like an aircraft carrier. Yeah, but think about the battery power it would take for a drone the size of a car to get from offshore to Staten Island, New Jersey. Yeah, I'm not sure what their battery life is. That's a good point though. I'm not sure how often they have to car to get from offshore to Staten Island, New Jersey. Yeah. I'm not sure what their battery life is.

That's a good point though. I'm not sure how often they have to return to get recharged. But the boat would have to be so close. That we could see it has to be right. Like why? So who, wait, so, so why do you think it's Iranian? First of all, Iran, aren't they in the middle of a fucking whole thing right now? They don't like us though.

Well, yeah, I know. But I mean, they're hovering above Staten Island. Like, what are they picking up that Google Earth is not? Here's a fed up New Jersey sheriff sends his own drone to follow mysterious flying objects. What happened next? See, I think this is happening is like now we're dealing with fucking people launching drones. Their own drones. Their own drones. And like, it's like the fucking Staten Island clown thing where it

was like now people were dressing up like clowns going everywhere just to get in on it. Yeah, see that now that's the new headline. I'm not sure where the other headline went with. So what are they, but what could be going on? I don't understand. I don't know. I don't know what, well, Walt said that he had read that they were drones searching for, that it was rumored that a dirty bomb had been smuggled into New Jersey and they were flying around looking for radiation, like hot spots of radiation.

Okay. To see if like, you know, that's where the dirty bomb was. Okay. But who said that? That's what Walt said. He said that he read it somewhere. I can't remember where he said that. Yeah. I mean, look, you can't rule out anything that's, I guess, like that. But we live in an era where it's like anybody with a mic can just be like, yeah, there's a dirty bomb and they're searching for that and like 20 people believe it and

then they convince a hundred people and suddenly Walt's telling you that there's a dirty bomb somewhere in Jersey. Yeah. And what are you supposed to do about it? Nothing. Just wait. I mean, it's almost like I was talking in the shell about it. It's almost like a 50s sci-fi comic where like the aliens are coming down and the government's like there's nothing to see here. Like gaslighting people into believing they're not seeing what they're seeing where it's

just like, motherfucker, like there's drones up in the air. Everybody's saying it. Yeah. So there's video, right? There's video of drones. Yeah. Like Nichelle sent me, he's like, see, there's one, two, three. Now I got to admit these are, it's far.

So it's like, I wouldn't be like, holy shit, they're drones. I couldn't tell. But he said he could tell from where he was. It was much more clear. Yeah, but listen to all this level of like already, like, I can say, I know it's a drone. You know what I mean? Like, not that Nichelle is very intelligent guy. I love it.

But like, but even if it was a drone, it could just be a drone. Yeah, do you usually see them at night though? And you usually don't see them that big. Those are like agriculture. Well, I haven't seen anything with my own eyes yet. You're not looking up at the skies? No, there were in my neighborhood on Staten Island, one of those drones was reported above

it, but I go outside and look and I'm like, I don't see a fucking drone. But people are online going like, there's a fucking drone right now over Richmond town. And you're just like, I don't see it. I don't see it. So I don't know. Yeah, it's getting people spooked. But what's the worst that happens? I don't know. Sorry, so the Iranians are launching drones. Okay, let's say that's the case.

What do you think, like, what is the theory on why they would take their time and money and fly a drone over Staten Island and Northern New Jersey? Well, they could be looking for weak spots to get, because like Earl Naval Base is pretty close to us. Well, if they're looking for a weak spot, they best look somewhere else besides Staten Island. I'll tell you that shit right fucking now. We'll blow those bridges and the rest of the country will sink, we'll be all right.

Yeah, Staten Island. Fuck you, Iran. I mean, I don't know how that's gonna keep the drones away. I don't know either. We have to keep up that attitude. Yeah, you do. Yeah, yeah. Tough guy attitude, fuck everybody.

Fuck them all. Cause they all come after you. They all come after Staten Island. We've been a punching bag for as long as I've been alive. Yeah. I know how you feel. We're Jersey. We were a punching bag too. Yeah. Yeah. It's all right. But people started coming around a little bit, I think. Starting to look at other parts of the city and being like, this is the paradise that

we- Right. Yeah. They look at Manhattan or Queens and- Yeah. And then they look at Staten Island and they're like, wow, everybody's- 60% parks, nice streets, trees taken care of, neighbors taking care of their property. It's not really mobbed up anymore nearly as much. Keeping it a little more quiet. Yeah.

I don't know. Maybe, maybe, maybe we were the future all along. Nobody knew it. I mean, they still don't know it. I'm not even sure. You got to convince them. Yeah. So, we don't know what's up with the drones.

So, but, all right, I'm sorry. I mean, I'm all over the map, dude. I'm so sorry. So, why Iranians? Like, why, what do they think's going on? I don't know. I mean, they could be looking for nuclear test sites. We need smarts.

But what does it have to do with Iranians? I don't know if they want to bomb us or they want to come after us. I mean, we don't have really good relations with them right now, aren't they? Cause Iran and Israel are at odds. I don't know enough about the political landscape to really wax knowledgeable about all this stuff, but I, and if we're with Israel, which I guess we are, right. Uh, that would mean that we are against Iran. Yeah.

But can you imagine, but look what happened after 9-11. They came, they took out two buildings. And, you know, obviously the other planes as well, but like, and we started a war the last 20 years. What do they think's gonna happen? If they come over with drones and shit? And like bombing like a nuclear power plant, like there won't be, then turn them with the glass. You'll see that fucking... People will turn around real fast if that kind of shit starts happening.

It's like you can't, you know, but, but you know, I don't live in, you know, but talk to me. But if I was in, if I was in a country where that the United States missiles blew up my village and family, you know, I might be like, I don't give a fuck if they wipe us out. They already did. Like, let me go get it. So I don't know. I don't know, dude. Just wipe us out. They already did. Like, let me go get it. So I don't know. I don't know, dude.

Just altogether 50 more years. It's all I'm asking. That's all you need? Yeah. That's it. Trump rips Lang extrapper Crystal Magnum for totally fabricating being raped by Duke La Crosse players. That's the next headline down there.

Wasn't that like 10 years ago? Oh, it was longer than that. Yeah, that was- Why is he bringing that up now? Because she's always longer than that. Yeah, that was Bringing that up now She's got nothing better to do at this point in time because she just finally admitted it oh, but I thought they already all knew it they kind of knew it and Then she went to jail for killing somebody. I think she stabbed her boyfriend. Yeah, she's never boyfriend

2011 So yeah crystal magnum finally admitting like, you know what? Those boys didn't do it. And that is why you can't believe all women. It's a nice thought. It's nice in theory. It's a nice, look, the problem is this is women are humans. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know, I'm okay with the cool, with the message of like, look, that means take it seriously. Sure. But then say that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You know what with the cool, with the message of like, look, that means take it seriously. Sure. But then say that.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you know what I mean? Take women seriously. Yeah, yeah. I get that. But I also know people in the industry who I know for a fact lost their jobs and it was a lie. I know it was a lie.

And it's not someone famous, but people I know that have worked on show. People lose their jobs all the time. It doesn't matter. It was like, and I knew the girl, I knew the situation, and I know for a fact she was lying, but it all happened during all the height of that and he was out. Yeah. It doesn't matter if they're lying or not. It's like the benefit of the doubt is going to be extended.

I think now it's- Now it might be a little different. But unfortunately, it happened to him in the heat of the doubt is going to be extended. I think now it's- Now it might be a little bit. But unfortunately it happened to him in the height of it where there was no even looking at it from another angle, which by the way, it's insane. It's kind of insane. But yeah, so it's hard, I don't know, women being humans and all, me knowing what humans are capable of. But at the same time, I also know guys are capable of being fucking total scumbags, fucking

rapey dickheads. So it's like, yeah, let's not pretend that that is not there too. Yeah. But, you know, fuck man, that woman really screwed those guys over. Oh yeah, that was bad for them because she was immediately believed in those guys where they canceled their season. I think they got kicked out of school. That's what kinds of shit. They got a lawsuit now They may yeah this many years later not against her. I guess no probably goes to the school Yeah, because I think the school did sort of put it out and somebody else

Maybe it was Rolling Stone like really put it out on Front Street like here are the fucking evil bastards that did it really? Yeah, it was some magazine. I can't rolling stone did that article on them really? Yeah Rolling Stone, like really put it out on Front Street, like here are the fucking evil bastards that did it. Really? Yeah, with some magazine. Oh, Rolling Stone did that article on them, right? Was it Rolling Stone? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Right.

Oh, wow, man. Well, they got to feel pretty happy. It'd be nice to be vindicated, probably be cooler to be vindicated 20 years, like not 20 years later. Yeah, like on the Daniel Penny timeline where you're like, all right, I'm free, everybody loves me, it's free, everybody loves me. So what do we got there? We're taking calls?

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This keeps it a theme that keeps coming back. Yeah. I guess everybody's dealing with this. Yeah. Something's kind of clicking in this. I hope people aren't hearing it. Uh, Declan. Yeah.

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No. No? Nope. I would tell you. Yeah, yeah. His texts have been awfully like... He's a real terse texter. Yeah, but I mean, I've been texting him, you know, 15 years.

I know that. Lately seems a little bit like, a little bit more dismissive and less engaged than normal. No. I think one of the things that's going on with Walt is that he has been barraged with phone calls from insurance companies. Now, when he says like, he tells me like, yeah, I'm getting these telemarketing calls, these fucking insurance people won't leave me alone. It's like whole life insurance or whatever. You hear that and you're like, all right, he probably gets a couple

calls. Dude, I was here with him yesterday. It's unbelievable. It's one right after the other. He can't not pick these calls up because he does business with China and distributors and shippers. Every phone call he has to pick up and then inevitably you hear on the other end like, hello sir. Oh, really? Yeah. Because he was putting them on speakerphone and they all sound the same. And then he like, he'll say shit like he trolls him. He doesn't just hang up. He sits there and he goes, Oh God, I'm really glad you guys called because I just found out I'm dying. This long pause,

like this long silence, like at the other end end and then he's like, I'm really dying and then they just hang up on him. But he does that a lot. He'll waste their time. He keeps them on the phone for as long as he can, that kind of shit. But yeah, no, no. He's expressed no annoyance whatsoever. Sometimes I think he gets overwhelmed with shit.

So he's probably just texting back and being like, okay, I got that done. Right. Okay. Sometimes I think he gets overwhelmed with shit, so he's probably just texting back and being like, okay, I got that done. Right. Okay. All right. Yeah, nothing like that. Okay, good, good. I just want to make sure because I'm also, you know, with my head space too, I have that

thing where I'm like- You start to get paranoid. I'm a dick. Nobody likes me. Yeah, I'm a dick. I'm never going to do anything good in my life. I find that happens to me if I don't talk to either like you or Walt for a stretch over a week and that's the way I start to get.

Yeah. Why is anybody like me? What did I do? What's wrong with me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Because I spend 99% of my time locked up in my house.

I'm not texting anybody else. I'm doing everything. Could be my fault. Could be. I need the summer. Yeah. Could be my fault, could be. I need the summer. Yeah, that'll be a nice break if we, you know, not if, but one, the Key West thing. Oh, yeah, that's going to be great. That's going to be great.

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We're doing the Space Monkeys helpline? Okay, great. Okay, so first we're going to call- Two depressed aging motherfuckers giving advice out. I don't know how responsible this is for us to do this. It's like what Ms. Cleo used to say, it's for entertainment purposes only. Yeah, there you go. That's a very important disclaimer because as I drove over the outer bridge crossing today to come here, I briefly considered steering

my car directly off the bridge and into the frigid waters of the Arthur Kill Blow. Can't do that. Can't, you know, I don't know if I should be doing that to giving advice, but hey. But you know what? This is a good one. Okay. Because this is, well, not good, but this is, uh, from Nick, uh, writing it because he had to put his dog of 16 years down about two weeks ago. It's the right thing to do, but he's wondering if we have any advice on how

to move on in healthy ways and cope with the grief. Oh, okay. So we're going to call them. I'm going to see if we can help Nick out here. Oh man. That is, that's rough. I'm going to start crying. I know. Hear don't want to hear about that dogs either. This is 100% gonna make me stop. I'm already getting choked up.

You better answer this guy. Hello? Nick? Yes? Hey, it's Brian and Q. Hey Nick. Hey, how's it going? Pretty good, not too bad. Good, them. We heard you had a spot of, you had a spot of the meagrams over there. Yeah. You know, it's been a tough month over here and you know, doing the best I can with it. The gist of it. I'm sure you read the emails. Well, no, give it to us, please. Yeah, for sure. So yeah, I had a uh, a dog for 16 and a half years. And how old are you?

I'm a 36, 36. I got him when I was like 20. He basically was my guy for as like, you know, as a young adult becoming who I am going through heartbreak and learning who I am as a person, navigating New York City, all that stuff. What was his name? His name was Fox. Fox.

He was a, the breed was a Sheba Inu. He kind of looked like a fox. Oh yeah, I know. And they're super cute. Oh my God. Yeah. They're, they're cute. They're cat-like.

They're intelligent. They're a pain in the butt. He was always a pain in the butt, but he was my pain in the butt. Yeah. But yeah, so he had to make the decision recently to put him down. And I'm doing as well as one can when losing someone that important to your, you know, losing basically almost like a family member. Yeah. But I know that you guys have dealt with pets issues in the past and I figured I'd ask if there's any advice that you can give to someone that's just beginning the early process of grieving. Yeah, first of all, sincere condolences on it.

That sounds like a fucking huge loss, man. And I get it. Totally. No, I appreciate that. Thank you. It's really like, it's just kind of enduring, man. Like I found with Benjamin Cat, like I would talk about him constantly and without guilt. I would be like, I don't give a fuck. You're going to listen to me talk about Benjamin Cat. Like I talked about him like without end because I just had to feel and and actually it's so funny And it's not funny, but like last week

um I randomly just started crying thinking about him and i'm gonna start doing it now, too. Um So I get it. I mean, it's not really I mean look I I did like a um What a pottery class thing the other like last week and uh, you know You got to make a bowl or whatever. Fuck it. You know, I was making a pottery class. I went to a pottery class thing like last week. You got to make a bowl or whatever. You went to a pottery class? I went to a pottery class. Okay. That sounds incredible.

It was fine. Trust me, there's a whole thing behind it. I had to make a bowl and I made a bowl with like, and my first thing was like, I got to make Benjamin Cat, like a little ceramic Benjamin Cat in the bowl. That's amazing. And it's like, that is like, that's the level I'm still at. You know what I mean? I'm still like trying to memorialize the guy. I just had a new patio extended on my house and I had it like officially dubbed the Benjamin Cat Memorial. So it's like, it doesn't go away man. Like it's just, I just find just keep talking about it and and don't for a second feel ashamed

Or or definitely don't suffer any fucking put fools that are like it's just a dog Yeah, yeah There's definitely been people that say that sort of thing in my life and I don't know. I'm fairly Emotionally intelligent to know that that's just I don't know people don't get it. But yeah, this dog was a lot. He was cool, man. You know, like he just, he would problem solve like, what do you mean? Like, like he would push furniture around. Like if I had like a first birthday, I'd have a cake on the table. He would push furniture to be able to jump up and get it. He was such a little asshole. And like, you know, like I would complain about him constantly to everyone.

I was like, this dog is going to be the death of me. He would bite me. He would just be a jerk. And I've never in a million years thought like when he died, I would be this broken up. But I'm like, ah, you know, it's just, it's tough. I'm beside myself. But I do talk about him as much as I can muster, as much as people will allow me to talk about him. But it's tricky, especially being a male in society. I don't want to like, I don't know, there's just all that internalized misogyny of just like, yeah, you can't feel your emotions and just stupid shit like that, which I don't subscribe to. But there's still a level of like being careful because not everyone can deal with hearing about it. You know?

That is something like that. That's an interesting thing because we you grew up in the seventies, eighties, I grew up in the eighties, nineties, and there was no, like, nobody was like, even back then, nobody was like, you can't talk about your feelings. I wonder where that comes from because I've never felt I couldn't talk about my feelings. Oh, I did. Really? That's great. The way I grew up, yeah, like unless you were happy, you did not want to hear about it.

Oh, I don't mean talk to my parents about that. Oh, right, right. Yeah, I'm sorry. I should have clarified that. Yeah, but like friends and stuff, yeah. Friends and stuff I never once was like, they're going to think I'm gay or some shit like that. It just never occurred to me. I was always pretty open for it.

I never really understood that. You feel that you've been dealing with that, that men aren't supposed to cry about dogs. I think it comes from family upbringing, not necessarily from the people I associate, friends and stuff. But there is that level of just like, getting yelled at when you're younger, just like, no, just man up, that kind of thing. I was born in the eighties and I feel like I dealt with that. Maybe it's just because I'm, I don't know, my parents were Greek and I'm like first generation American. So there's some level of that. Oh, where'd you grow up? I grew up in New Jersey, a place called Jackson, which is where Six Flags is.

Oh, sure. Not too close nearby. Is that where you are now? No, no, I've been in New York now since 2006. I thought you meant at Six Flags. I used to work at Six Flags, but no, yeah, I'm in Brooklyn these days. Oh, cool. Cool. Wow. And so Greek parents are like that, huh? They're like, you shall not cry about this dog. Yeah, at least Greek men are like that, I would say. Yeah.

But yeah, even now though, like my dad just become a softie. He's like, you know, I talked to him and he's like, ah, I'm so sorry about the dog. I'm like, where was this when I was growing up? You know, kind of environment. Um, so I don't know, I'm just trying to figure it out. And I think, you know, I'm generally doing well. It's just, man, there's not a day that goes by where I don't know, I'm just trying to figure it out. I think I'm generally doing well. It's

just, man, there's not a day that goes by where I don't cry. I went probably a couple years without crying until this happened and now I'm just like, well, the floodgates are open. I did try grief counseling and that was okay, but I don't know. I think something more active, like you're doing pottery classes, Q. That sounds pretty cool. Something like that might be a good way to use my time. Yeah. What do you do with mental patients? Put them to work doing shit like making pot holders and that kind of stuff. It was for something. I always used to say that. Yeah, it wasn't just me going to do

a potter's book. But, oh, what did I, oh, you know what I, this is, and look, when Benjamin died, it was really one of the most devastating things for me. And I was like, well, I'm not gonna get another cat, right? Just, that's not even an option. And then, I will say this, Boris was born in my yard, like a year later, it was about a year later, and I ended up taking him in and I didn't want to.

I say to Boris all the time because we're maniacs, we talk to these fucking cats, but I tell him all the time, I'm like, oh, I would sacrifice you to the devil if it would bring Benjamin back. But the truth of the matter is I wouldn't do it. I now have a new kind of best friend. And look, I have Chessie and I have Brooklyn and I love them and I don't talk about them as much because they're just, I love them. I never loved them any less than Benjamin, but there was just something special. So Boris has become this new kind of best friend and

it does, and like I said, I just cried about Benjamin last week and I did the potter-y thing, so he's still on my mind all the time. There is something to having a new cat. How long has it been since Fox? His name is Fox? Yeah, his name is Fox. I think this is the three-week mark now. It's still very fresh. Yeah, it's a little too soon. How long is very fresh. Yeah, it's a little too soon. How long is it? Three weeks? Three weeks. Oh yeah, that's very recent.

Yeah. I would say though, before a year, I probably, in retrospect, I probably could have done it in about six months, but I didn't want to do it at all. But Boris, man, he fucking missed a personality, he came in and just won me over. So I know it's way too early to be thinking about that, but I think when the time comes and you start thinking about it, you should pull that trigger, man, because that hole in your life, Fox wouldn't even want you to be alone. Yeah. No, no, true. Yeah. I think that's good advice. I think I'm going to get some craziness

out of me first, do some more traveling before getting another pet. Yeah. But yeah, I bought tickets for Q West. I'm excited for that. Oh, sure. Yeah, you're coming down? Yeah, me and my girlfriend will come down and yeah, we'll party it up with you guys. It should be a good time. Oh, that's pretty dope, too.

We just talked about it a little bit. Thank you. Thank you for doing that. We were just talking about it. We announced that we have the Maverick. The Maverick is coming down for the weekend. Oh, really? That's huge.

Wow. I can't wait to hang out with the Maverick. You will? You will be hanging out with the Maverick? Do you want to or not? I think I saw on Twitter that your Indian friends are going down. They are. Yeah, he said it wouldn't be a party without them.

Yeah. So it's really like becoming like a fun Tell-Em-Steve-Dave get together. So that's great. But thank you, dude. That's going to be a party without them. Yeah. So it's like, you know, so it's, it's really like becoming like a fun, tell them Steve, Dave, uh, get together. So that's great. But thank you, dude. That's going to be great. I can't wait to, uh, to hang out. You could show me pictures of them.

Yeah, no, that'll be great. And, uh, yeah, guys, I really appreciate you giving me a call. Is there anything else you want to talk about before I go or, or is it, do we kind of put a nice little bow on this? We, we good? Real quick. What's your theory on the drones? You know, I was just talking about it. I, you know, I think it's, uh, it's Bezos

doing some, uh, some Amazon delivery testing, right? Or the other thing I saw was that it's, uh, uh, I mean, I think Donald Trump posted this, that their picture of a McDonald's dropping off, uh, packages to, uh, what is this named? Chris Christie, just like burgers going to him.

And I was like, oh, that's actually pretty funny. Yeah, there was a tweet or a truth or whatever social network he's on. And I was like, man, I hate it when he is that funny, but he is funny. You know? He does have a good gag, I guess. But that's a theory I haven't heard yet. He does know how to a good gag, I guess. That's a theory I haven't heard yet. All I've been hearing is crazy theories like that.

Right. When did you think the government would know that like Amazon would have to say to the government, look, we're testing out these fucking SUV sized drones to deliver stuff to people? Not that the government would be like, we don't know what's going on. Yeah. You would think. I don't really know exactly what it is. That's just what I've heard. I don't know. I wanted it to be something more overkill driven, something really out there.

Yeah. Sometimes the simplest solution is the real one. You're a good man, dude. Hey, did you book your hotel for down there yet? I did. I didn't book through the link that you guys know the US hotel sold out of rooms real quick. They just they just opened up another block of rooms at the discount rate. So where I'm saying but it is pretty nearby. So he was so small, dude. There's no bad place to stay. Like anywhere's good. I'm excited to just like rent a bicycle and just like ride around, you know, man, that'll be good time. All right, man.

Well, thanks so much, dude. Thanks for writing in and my condolences on Fox. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. And yeah, I'll catch you guys in Florida. Yes, sir. All right. See you then. All righty. Bye. Oh, I love that, man. I love that he's coming down for it.

Yeah. I mean, I was surprised like right away. Yeah. That's great. That's what I was looking for when I went to Reddit, like a community of people talking about what they were going to do down there and how excited they were to go down and how cool that I actually fucking did something for once instead of just talking about it. So thank you, my friend, for delivering me that little shot of enthusiasm.

Well, this one is looking for help, but there's no problem here. So do we just risk it? Yeah, let's see what it is. There's gold at the bottom of that either way. All right, let's see. It's a male female. Doesn't say. Wow, this is going to be exciting. Hello. Hey, it's Brian and Q from Tell'em Steve Dave. Hey, how are you guys doing? Pretty good. How are you? Hello. Awesome. So we got your number but we don't know what your problem is. So we're going in blind. We're hoping it's a good one.

Or your name. Yeah, or your name. Oh, okay. My name is Kerry. My wife Liz is here. Hi, I'm Liz. Hey, Liz. Hey, Liz.

With two Zs. With two Zs, yeah. The problem is we spent $800 on tickets to hang out with you guys in Key West and now we don't have money for presents for the kids. So I don't know what to do. Pete Slauson Well, what's the pro- I don't understand what the problem is. Jared Slauson It's not really a problem for me. I'm just

talking about the kids, you know. Pete Slauson Well, the kids are going to have well-adjusted happy parents who are going to have a great time. I mean, that's the greatest gift of all, isn't it? Pete Slauson Yeah, happy parents, happy life. Is that what they say? Jared Slauson That makes perfect sense. Lauren Ruffin Yeah, but we're only happy when we're not around them.

So what do we do when we come back? Basically the problem is we can't have an abortion this late in the game. So I don't know those, those, those people are, those Democrats are pretty liberal. What state do you live in? Am I work out? So there is no problem. There's no problem. There's not, there's no problem for the kids more than us.

So really you're short on money because of Chris, because of the Key West thing? We're not short on money. I'm just blaming the kids for everything. I'm trying to cancel Christmas here. Oh, okay. That I understand. You did not let me do it. Oh, Liz with two Zs.

What are you doing over there? Cancel that shit. Well, that's exciting that you guys Keep trying to sell the pinball machine though. That's his biggest problem. Which what pinball machine do you have? Mandalorian Not this like mid-level one you guys can afford pinball machines and trips to Key West Well, how are you not able to afford a shitty stocking stuffer for your kids? Yeah, how many kids you have I just afford a shitty stocking stuffer for your kids?

How many kids do you have? I just kind of wanted to blame the children for this. What are you blaming them for? I don't know, the lack of more pinball machines. Dude, I just ordered the Evil Dead one last week. Oh, you fucker. You swear to God, really? Yeah, I ordered the Evil Dead pinball machine.

I have to sell one of my other ones, but I'm in the process of doing that. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, when I saw Evil Dead, I was fucking, I was like, I gotta get sell one of my other ones, but I'm in the process of doing that. Yeah, when I saw Evil Dead, I was fucking, I was like, I gotta get that one, man. That's what it's all about. But hey, you guys are coming to, you're coming to the Q West thing. That, that's amazing. They're going to start thinking that this is all planned. Yeah, this is another commercial. The caller before you is also coming. So thank you guys. Thank you for, and I'm going to tell you what we told the guy before you is, uh, we did secure the Maverick.

The Maverick will be there. Oh, awesome. Dude. Yeah. That's awesome. So we weren't there for a spring five day and we were like the, what, second or third people in line, you weren't there yet. Q.

Okay. Yeah. We missed out on you. It disappointed us. Well, you're going to be sick of me in April. I can't get away from this guy. Yeah. This guy's fucking everywhere. He's in my hotel. Nice. Well, cool. Did you book your hotel yet? No, not yet. All right, that key West Hotel block of rooms just opened up again. They released more rooms that the one that we're getting a discount. All right, let me

let you guys go. Very excited to talk to you you guys and I'm excited to see you guys down in Florida. Thanks for doing that. I see but We gotta get someone with a problem and this isn't looking good, this is a major problem, okay All right. This is that I Was gonna give him some business about wasting that time, but then they bought tickets to QS. I was like, I can't do that. They just wanted to talk. He's supporting me. I got to do it.

Endless. We're going in blind. You know the problem. I know what this one is. Okay. Your call has been forwarded to a call number. Oh, man. Oh, well.

It was a juicy one? Yeah. It's a 28-year-old guy. He said he doesn't know if it's too heavy to approach, but his problem is that he's strongly addicted to alcohol. Whoa. He's been drinking pretty much every day for about three years now, and once he starts, he can't stop.

He's also been hiding it from his wife the whole time. I've intended to stop many times, but I don't know how. If you guys can give me some advice, I'd appreciate it. If not, no worries. Your podcasts help a lot. Wow. Well, you struggled with addiction. I did, yes. Not alcohol, but opiates. I did them every day for probably longer than three years. I didn't hide it though. With alcohol, it's rough, man. I think alcohol is probably tougher than opiates to get off of.

Yeah. One, because of just how freely it's available. Right now, if I'm like, hey man, I want to get back on Oxy, I want to know the first place to look. I don't know anybody, I don't have any connections. I wouldn't know. The uphill battle is enough of a buffer alone to- It's enough to make me say, fuck the Oxy. Get that volcano out. Raise the volcano.

Exactly. Yeah. Get the volcano out. But I found that the way I did it was only when I was like, I can't take this anymore. Yeah. Yeah. It was the way I was treating the people around me, the way I was treating myself, the way I was treating Sage. Not so much the way I was treating the people around me, the way I was treating myself, the way I was treating Sage.

Not so much the way I was treating the girlfriend. She deserved whatever she got. But yeah, it was just like one day I was just like, I can't. And it wasn't rehab because I still took them after rehab because then I got the surgery done. So they put me back on it and then back on Oxy's and shit. So that got me back into it. And we were actually discussing recently on a Sunday Jeff show,

like what we were afraid of. And Walt brought up, he was like, do you fear ever getting like re-addicted to Oxy? I would be shocked. Which if I did? Yeah. Yeah, you would be right to be shocked because I said no, absolutely not. The only possible way I can see taking it and even that would be in like moderation would be like if something tragic

happened to Sage and I'm like, I need to totally just like cut off from everything. And even then I would be like, I don't know, it's like, is it going to be worth it to get back? Because it's hellish. It was hellish to get out of that hole. And anybody who's been on pills or like Xanax or alcohol and has gotten off it, they know what I'm talking about. It's like, it's not something you can really explain to somebody if they haven't been through it, it would be like me trying to tell a woman what it's like to have an abortion. I've never been through it. I can't experience it. I don't know what it's like. I can tell you what it's

like to be on pills and how bad it sucks and how expensive it is. My God, I look back at all the money I spent. I'm like, if I had that right now, I'd be living in Key West. That's Sling TV. Yeah, I know. I'd have Sling TV if I wasn't such a fuck up. Can you imagine? That's where it got to. I sold a Sling TV, and the guy at the door was like,

I know who you are. That is rough. Yeah, that's a low point. Yeah, that was definitely a low point. But hey, man, that's what it took. I'm like, I don't have any money until whenever yeah, I got this sling TV that I'm not using and It was like I remember I put it on Craigslist and the person was like well I could come down tomorrow like no

I got to sell it today. Yeah, that's where is that's how fast you need that those pills. I'm like tomorrow I'll be a withdrawals and miserable. Oh, that's hot. That is It's crazy and you were kind of dealing with it on really on your own. I mean, you know, you, you didn't have a support, like this gentleman with the alcohol sounds like we don't know what his relationship is, but he's got a wife and he's hiding it from. My first thing would be like, you got to tell your wife, right? Like you got to be like, I mean, isn't that supposed to be your teammate? It is.

I can see where he might be afraid though of like, say this has been a problem in the past and she's like, hey, you better not start drinking again. If I had to go to Mary Beth and be like, hey, man, I'm back on Oxy, that would be a very tough thing to do. I've been hiding it from you for three years. That guy's a pretty good, he's pretty good at hiding shit though. Three years, that's a long time. Once you go to bed, I know some girls go to bed at like nine o'clock at night or eight o'clock at

night and then the guys are up later. Yeah. I, but I would say like, if he was serious about getting off, like just put it out, just like the reason, like if you, I don't think you are serious about getting off until you tell your wife, cause you're hedging your bets, like I'm going to try and stop, but I could also have a drink if I need to. She's not going to bust my balls. If you go to your wife and you're like, look, this is a problem I'm seeing developing. I want to go to AA. I want to go talk to a doctor

and now I'm accountable to my wife. I think your odds are way higher that way. Yeah. What do you think? Yeah. It would be good, depending on how supportive she is. Yeah. What do you think? Yeah. Yeah. It's, it would be good. Like depending on how supportive she is, yeah, it would be good. That would be nice to have somebody in your corner. Right.

Which I feel you didn't have. No, I didn't have, I didn't have that in my corner. I had somebody who's like, give me some. Taken 51% of them. Yeah, exactly. Um, yeah, I don't know what to say except that I think you're right. I think as hard as it may be, you have to tell your wife and it's going to be even tougher when you're like, I've been lying to you for three years by omission by not

telling you that I've been drinking. But you know, it's like I am a believer that it's a disease, that it's like people are like, oh, just stop drinking. It's like no, because then you go into seizures or you die or something. You can't just, like if you're, depending on how serious this guy's problem is, yeah, you can't just do that. All right. Got to wean off and shit and sometimes get on anti-anxiety medication to help come down

and then you get addicted to that shit. All right. Yeah. Yeah. Stick with the alcohol. Yeah, just have a drink. Yeah, I would say, dude, you can't handle it on your own. Don't even try to handle it on your own. You have a wife, that's what she's there for.

Go see a doctor, get medical help. Like, don't fuck around with it. Why fuck around with it? Do it the right way. Do it the way that's gonna work. You know it's a problem and you are ready to face it or you've tried to face it, but yeah, maybe you're not just, maybe you just can't do it alone. Like when I did it, I was like, I was tired of it.

Like I said, I was tired of treating the way the people, the way I was treating them. I went to the doctor. I'm like, let me get on Suboxone, which is like the opiate replacement therapy. So like if you take Suboxone and then you take an opiate, the opiate is not going to get you high. But then the Suboxone is incredibly addictive too. So it's like you have these strips that are like maybe like the size of one of these things that you're looking at right here. About four inches long? About four inches long, about an inch wide. Yeah.

And you would put like their sublingual, so you put them under your tongue, it dissolves and then you don't feel – you don't go through withdrawals. But that's just a bandaid because eventually you have to get off of them. And I got off of them, dude. When I tell you that the piece that I was taking towards the end – because it had to be a lot of psychological addiction there. The piece that I was taking at the end was like it was about a tenth the size of a dime. There was nothing to it.

And it still helped? Like the corner. Yeah. At least psychologically it helped until the day that I ran out and I'm like, I'm not going to get any more. That's it. And then it was like a month of insomnia, feeling achy and feeling shitty and being like, I wish I had some Suboxone. But after about a month, you know, and I talked to Muse. He said he went through the same thing. He's like, he's like, it's going to suck. You're going to, you're not going to be able to sleep.

You know, this is going to happen. That's going to happen. He was right about all of it because he was, you know, on the junk. And I'm like, fuck it, Muse can do it. Oh, it took him a long time. But I also think his wife was... Oh, his wife was instrumental. Yeah.

She's very, very good person. She's the fucking best. Yeah, actually when I saw Muse at Comic Con, I was like, I gotta call her. I miss her. She's always just awesome. But yeah, which is why I would say this guy, it's probably better to involve your wife. And if not, if you're like, hey man, I can't go to her because it's going to fuck up my marriage or whatever, go to a close friend.

Yeah. I mean, I can't believe I'm saying this, but if you're like a religious person, go to your pastor or your priest or something, maybe they can. Yeah, don't do it alone. Yeah, doing it alone is too hard. That's why they have meetings. That's why they have AA, because it's a bunch of people with a common problem that are saying like, look, I can't deal with this on my own.

So there's strength in numbers. Yeah. They had, I have, I'll tell you, I'll tell you who later. They won't matter to the audience. It will matter to you. I had a friend who I had a falling out with 20 years ago, reached out to me recently and being like, I'd love to go out and talk to you about, cause they went through AA and alcohol is anonymous and they have to make amends and stuff like that.

Are they going to have some amends making to you? And it's like, I want to explain why I behaved the way I did. And I know I blamed you at the time, but I want it so I got to, so I behave the way I did. And I know I blamed you at the time, but I want it so I have that ahead of me. And I said on the text, I was like, dude, I was like, I don't care. We started talking again a few years ago, we just never addressed it.

And I was like, I don't care. I was like, it's fine. I was like, if you want to do it for you, I was like, yeah, of course. But I don't have any hard feelings anymore. So it's that fucking long of a road sometimes. So hopefully you're not at a, maybe this guy doesn't have to make amends. Maybe if he's been keeping it quiet that much, he didn't really fuck anybody over or anything.

But I do think that it just seems to work for people that take it seriously and do it. It does. Yeah. Yeah. Like people who are hardcore about it, it seems seems to work for people that take it seriously and do it. It does. Yeah. Yeah. People who are hardcore about it, it seems to really work for them. They have a mission in life. I guess that should be his. Yeah.

Get off the alcohol. It's not easy. We know, but that would be the first thing. Start being honest with the people around you and then only then can they help because if they don't know there's a problem, they ain't helping. Yeah, they just think in fact, they might be like, hey, you want to drink? Yeah. You might not even know.

Oh man. All right. Well, we got, well, we got more, right? We got one more. What do we got? We got to talk to someone. Let me read this fast. Okay.

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Although that was, that did get surprisingly in-depth. Let's see, that's Tommy looking for a phone number. That's the one we called. That's Nick, the dog guy. And this is the alcohol guy. That's all we got. Oh, all right. That's all we got. Well, hell man, I think we cleared our docket. We cleared the docket.

We've, we've done it again, buddy. We did it again. Helped some people definitely made people aware of the Q West comedy. Yeah. I didn't mean to go that heavy on it, but what are you going to do? Um, the Maverick. Yeah, I didn't mean to go that heavy on it, but what are you going to do? The Maverick. The Maverick will be there.

I did get these, I thought they might have been bad luck. I said this to Mary Beth, there were people that lived in the house before us and sometimes we get their stuff and we got flowers one day and it said like deepest sympathies, blah, blah, blah. And it was to the lady who lived in the house before us. They were older couple, probably in their seventies or eighties. So you think the husband died? I think the husband might've died. And so now we have these, you had these flowers in the house. I told Mary Beth, I was like, get them out of here. I don't want any death flowers

in this house. Really? Yeah. I thought't want any death flowers in this house. Really? Yeah. I thought they might've been bad luck. Oh, I thought like, I would've looked at it like, wow, I'm getting away with this. No, we got away with others. Bad luck for thee, good luck for me. Yeah. I looked at it as like, I don't know, man. There's just something weird about death funeral flowers being in the house. I don't house. She wouldn't get rid of them.

She kept them because she liked them. Nobody listens to me. Peace, assholes.