The Church of What's Happening Now: The New Testament - #100 | SAMSON MOEAKIOLA | UNCLE JOEY'S JOINT with JOEY DIAZ

Episode Date: September 22, 2021

Welcome to The JOINT..... It's Wednesday, September 22nd..... Today we talked with SAMSON aka Young "Big Pussy" on The Many Saints of Newark! Coming to Theaters & Streaming OCTOBER 1ST! Follow Samson on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/samsonmoeakiola https://www.twitter.com/samsonmoeakiola This episode is brought to you by DraftKings, Zip Recruiter & Stamps.com.... Download the DraftKings SportsBook App & Enter Code: JOEY https://www.DraftKings.com/sportsbook to receive $150 in Free Bets when you Bet $1 on UFC 266…. Go to https://www.ZipRecruiter.com/JOEY & Try it for FREE! Go to https://www.Stamps.com Use Promo Code: JOEY for a 4 Week Trial, Free Postage & a Free Digital Scale! Follow Uncle Joey on Social Media: https://www.Twitter.com/madflavor https://www.Instagram.com/madflavors_world And don't forget..... The Mind Of Joey Diaz on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/joeydiaz #JoeyDiaz #Madflavor #UncleJoeysJoint #TheJoint #SamsonMoeakiola The JOINT is Produced by: Michael Klein aka @onebyonepodcast on Social Media: https://www.Instagram.com/onebyonepodcast https://www.twitter.com/onebyonepodcast Huge Thanks to BEN TELFORD for the Tremendous intro video.....

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that stamps.com promo code Joey never go to the post office again the join is also brought to you by Uncle Joey let's get this party started right now cocksuckers I'm all confused this shit here on a Wednesday morning what's happened you bad motherfuckers Uncle Joey here welcome to Uncle Joey's joint Wednesday the 22nd of September. I'm fucking excited today. For the last two years, I started working on the Many Saints in Newark

in March or April of 2019. And here we are, September 22nd of 2021. And the movie gets released tonight. I'm very fucking excited. What doesn't get released tonight's the premiere? The release is next Friday, October 1st. I cannot tell you how fucking relieved. I am. I just want this to be over with. I want to watch the movie with the people I shot it with.

Most importantly with my wife. A few of my friends bought tickets. I, you know, I was against it, but a few of my friends paid all the dough for tickets. They could have just waited and saw the movie for 1250, you know, but they want to be around and hobnob with people, whatever. I'm excited. I thought about the work I put in to get this. This was a 22. three-year journey for me, concluding with this movie. I took this movie and I was so proud of doing it that I ended up moving to fucking jersey. I was so proud.

You know, I was very proud of me for what I had done, you know. Today's podcast, the guest is Samson Mukaliki. I don't know what his last name is. He's from fucking Samoa or he's Hawaiian, whatever. He's a great kid. You know, everybody always says to me, you know, Joey, thank you. for doing what you do, you inspired us and stuff. And I never get the chance to return that favor, you know, to people, you know,

like to say to you, believe it or not, you inspired me by putting that video up or whatever. When I first got to Many Saints in Newark, the first couple days, you know, there's always a doubt. When you're on a project for the first couple days, there's a doubt until you get into the rhythm. I had to get into David Chase's shooting style and into his mental psyche to understand what was going on. you know when i and i wasn't struggling on anything to find it i just went on the set and i didn't really know you don't know you know mike said something to me today about he was thinking about putting a video up and he goes i just didn't know you know you just don't know you know um how to do things so sometimes there's somebody there you know when you go to something like uh

you ever go have surgery or something you go to hospital and while you're sitting there you're a little fucking scared you're kind of like out of your comfort zone but you start talking to somebody And that person tells you, like, I've done it before. It's fine. And all of a sudden you feel a lot better. That's what I'm saying. Like, sometimes there's always somebody there to ease your anxiety. When I first got on this film, I knew John Burntall, and I knew a couple of the guys, you know, lightly from different projects.

But I didn't really know anybody, you know. I didn't know Alessandro. I didn't know Corey. And I didn't know Samson. And Samson was just a young kid. He was there to play big pussy. but his enthusiasm, his eyes, you know, his work ethic inspired me.

Like I went back to the hotel room after like the second day I had worked with him and I'm like, fuck, I got to pick up the pace a little bit. You know what I'm saying? These fucking kids are savages, which is good. It wasn't that I was doing bad at all or I didn't know what I was doing. I just, everybody needs that little push once in a while.

You know, it's like when you open up a fucking jar that stuck. Like the other day, you got pickles or something. You try to fucking open it and it don't open. And all of a sudden I go to like my grandmother and my grandmother's like, and she takes it right off. Sometimes you never know who could do that, you know. And like, you're like, Graham, you're strong.

No, she just held it right or whatever. I didn't know what I was doing. You know, I knew what I was doing. But I was kind of like out of it. It was the first two days, three days on the set. And just watching Samson, his enthusiasm was fucking contagious. And I could tell his enthusiasm. was rolling over on other people, you know,

because we were all talking in between scenes and stuff. And he was just a great kid. And the thing that made him more special was how young he was. Like, you want to go up to him and go, do you really want to fucking get into this shit right now? You know, you should be out chasing fucking skirts. But you know what? This is great.

This is great. This is what you do. I wish I would have started acting at 21. I wish I would have started half the things. I started at fucking 18 or 15. but I was too busy fucking snort and coke and jumping up and down and thinking I was cool now I'll know for the next time when I fucking make a comeback

I don't know I'll probably come back as a fucking lizard or some shit and won't let me do the fucking opportunities I want to do but it's funny man being an actor like while I was talking to Samson on the interview I was thinking about a story I'm going to tell you guys how fucking fired up I was in 2003 Like, I really wanted to do this. I really wanted to succeed.

It wasn't money. It wasn't that I wanted to hang out with boats with bitches and, you know, you know, girls gone wild and that that's not. But if you know anything about me, that's not who I am. I didn't want to go to a bar. I didn't want to, you know, that's not what I wanted. I just wanted to find a little bit of success with something. When I say success, I mean something that makes you happy,

something that makes you proud. I've never been proud of anything in my life. I quit basketball, my mother died. I quit high school. I quit everything I started, I quit. This was the only thing I fucking stuck with. And I stuck with it because I loved it. And there was a way for me to contribute back to society,

to let society know I was healed. I wasn't a piece of shit junkie anymore, and I wasn't a fucking thief. I wanted to succeed. I wanted to see my name on the fucking side of the credits. Again, it wasn't to be a millionaire or to have a boat or to have a butler or to tell people what to do. That was never my intentions. It was just to succeed at something, just one fucking time.

You know, so for me, Robert De Niro was my everything. You know, today he's a shell of what he was. But Robert De Niro was everything when I was coming up. You know, De Niro, Pacino. You know, before that, it was Steve McQueen. It was all those guys. So my first big break, honestly, was Robert De Niro's analyze that. Again, it's not an Academy Award winner.

Who gives a fuck? I pulled it off. That's all that matters. Did I audition? I read. Nobody gave me dick. And I did it. I did it.

Nobody else. You know, that takes a certain type of pride. I never used to sit back and smell the fucking roses, but now I am. Now I'm seeing what Catherine Narducci said. You know, people change you. You talk to different people, and it heightens your intelligence sometimes. It heightens your way of thinking, you know. But I always had that sense that, you know, yeah, it's not an Academy Award winner, but it's a movie.

You know how hard that is? You know how hard the process was for me to keep it together enough to go in there, focus and fucking go in front of fucking somebody and not be nervous? That's a lot of fucking steps. There's a lot of fucking moves. There's a lot of different pieces in auditioning. But you do it and you fucking, and this is what we do. But I still remember getting analyzed this.

And my scene was with Anthony Lompoli, who was, at the time, was a great actor. I don't know what the fuck happened to him. I just saw him a few weeks ago. He must have gained like 80 pounds. Like he looks like the guy from Gladiator. Have you seen the guy from Gladiator got a movie on fucking Netflix? Holy shit. He's been eating cheeseburgers for the last two fucking years.

I'm no fucking physique de la more now, but fuck. Jesus. But anyway, I'm getting psyched up about this De Niro movie, and I can't wait. I'm trying to book, this is 2003, 2002. I'm trying to book, you know, I'm trying to book comedy shows. So I'm trying to call the fucking agents and say, listen, or the club owners and go, listen, I'm coming out on this movie. I think I analyzed that came out December or something like that. So I was trying to get dates around it.

So people were like, you're in a Denaro movie? Come on, Joey. Stop bullshit me. So I had to fucking prove it to these people that I was on the thing. I contacted the producers. They will not give you your reel before the film gets released. Nobody will give you a reel before the film gets released, you know. I don't care about my scenes now.

I can care less. I'm not looking to add things to my acting reels or who gives a fuck. You know, you want to see me, you watch. the many saints, you know, that's all I got for you. But, so I needed this real, you know, to book other things. I wanted to get on the Sopranos. I wanted to get, they were doing a lot of mafia movies,

big end, the high-end mafia movies. So I called the producers. They told me they couldn't give it to me. I called the production house. They said they couldn't give it to me. And one day I'm doing a show in Atlanta. This is how fucking weird life is. I'm doing a show in Atlanta.

And there's a nice little dude there. African-American, America. American dude, he's in the service. We're talking. And I tell him my dilemma. I'm like, I'm trying to get this clip from this movie. And he goes, I get it for you. I go, what are you talking about?

He goes, listen, I got a friend who could hack right into their fucking streaming service and take a piece out for you. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, you're going to hack the fucking studios movie system and get me the real. And they're like, yeah, we do it all the fucking time. Like, all right, send me the reel.

Well, a week later, I get an email with the reel and the phone rings. And the kid goes, look at your email. I got you the real. I go, oh, thank you. I owe you. He goes, there's only one problem. It's backwards. Because they send it backwards so nobody could steal it.

So when you do steal it, you've got to change it around. So it's like, I'm standing here and he's standing there, not in this scene, with Cross and it was a fucking nightmare. So I'm like, oh my God, I got this fucking thing and I got my scene. I'm so fucking excited. But now I got to flip it around. Nobody knew how to flip it around.

I must have called 20 fucking people, savages, nobody could flip it around. I'm like, how am I going to send this tape out? So I finally called this dude. Somebody told me, call this dude, he'll help you. He can't help you, nobody can't. And this dude fucking, says come on down bring me the CD

I bring him the CD with the thing I taped off the fucking email you know I have no idea what I'm doing and the guy looks at it and he goes he goes this is this is a property of whatever United or I don't know who the company was he goes we can't turn this around we're going to go to jail I go listen who gives the fuck I go you got this boring ass job anyway the guy lived in a fucking garage I swear to God the guy lived in a fuck

he had a little cot next to his little computer and he would just sit there with his little cat and fucking do like nasty things and fucking, you know, cut videos and stuff all that. I think he was like an editor slash hacker or whatever. He's like, I can't. I'm fucking scared of that. I go, listen, dog, you better fucking do this

because I already told this guy I was getting it. So he did a bunch of things. I saw him hitting computers and cutting and fucking transferring to other computers. And he goes, you're going to have to go home. I have to mail it to you. because, you know, it was on a CD. I took it off the computer, put it on a CD, a DVD,

and then he was going to send it back to me. I got it all the way home, two hours in the fucking garage. I opened up my computer. I'm ready for fucking the headline. The fucking thing flipped again. Like, you can't even describe this thing. It had it flipped again and separated us more. So I said, fuck it.

They're going to have to wait until December to get the real. And that's my fucking story about fucking my friend, into the studios to try to get my reel and it came out backwards and shit. Is it to fix these days too? Is it? Yeah, I did it on my phone, man. Nobody could fucking fix it back then. It was 18 years ago.

Anyway, cock suckers, I'm excited about the many saints of Newark. I know a lot of you guys are excited about the many saints of Newark. Here's my man, Samson, who's playing. I love them in the trailer, in the trailer, the new trailer, because I think they got like two trailers out. I saw the one trailer last night during Monday. they football and they're like, what do you call yourself? Pussy. I fucking love that. People at home must have fucking flipped their wigs. Let's watch Samson. I'll see you guys afterwards. Stay black.

Happen, you bad motherfucker. Who's living in life, you know? Look at my little brother looking fucking younger. You look younger, dog. How are you, Sam? Yeah, how you doing? Yeah, putting the pieces together. Excited for fucking tonight. You know, this is what we all put the work in for two fucking years ago. living on the streets, walking around every fucking night, eating pizza, you know, the whole fucking thing. It's coming to the...

I'm very proud of you and I'm happy for you. You know, this happened for me at 58. You know, this happened for you at 20-something. This is the beginning of your fucking career and how to balance it from this and people busting your balls and, you know... Ready for it. I'm getting ready for it. I think I'm ready for it.

Yeah, man. It's, listen, you can't get... ready for this fucking life. You just live it, go. You're going to get hit from time to time. You're going to get some fucking ass kickings. But you have a rose beef sandwich. You get up and you do it again.

Fuck them. You know, and you go back and get what belongs to you. Like fucking fuck nut and fucking gladiator. You know what I'm saying? He came back. Fuck it. Missing fingers. I don't give a fuck.

I'm taking what's mine. How's it going? How's New York looking? It's cool, man. I think it's only like my, I think, maybe like my fourth or fifth time year. You know, when we came to shoot the movie, it was my first time ever. Really? Yeah, first time ever.

And then we filmed, I had, I want to say one or two days in Jersey. And that was my first time in Jersey, too. So, like, that time, and then I came back for the rap party. We had Alessandro's premiere for Art of Self-defense. came to that and then reshoot. Yeah, so this is literally only like my, I think this is like my fourth or fifth time ever. So

I'm always before this when I'm here. I was like, you know, fucking I was like ho-hum on this movie in the beginning. Yeah. But you really motivated me. Like, that's where you know, it's like

when you go to, yeah. It's like when you go join a jitza school or karate school or something, they always the school will always sell you on, you know, the camaraderie and this and they'll say, you know, staying young. Like, not staying young. They don't put it in those terms. They say that keeping your mind young, you know. It's really important.

Like when I was looking at this website the other day from the Jiu-Jitsu school I'm going to, and they had a thing when you're older. You know, when you're older, it's good for you to go to a thing because you stay, not that you stay young, Not that I'm walking around with fucking skinny jeans and trying to be cool with blonde hair and a streak and fucking tattoos on my cheek. You know what I'm saying? Like, people try to stay young by looking young.

You know, yeah, I dye my hair to fucking shoot shit and stuff like that, but that's it. Like, I don't, you know, I don't wear like a fucking hat and take pictures of me smoking a cigarette, like all mysterious and creepy. You know, that's not what I'm about. But just trying to keep your thought brushes. Yeah.

Yeah, trying to keep your thought process young. And when I met you and we started talking, I would see your enthusiasm and I would go, this poor fucking bastard. He doesn't know. He doesn't know what he's fucking did. It's so funny. It's so funny.

Everyone, like, most of it, because you know everyone on this is a bet. This is my first thing ever. Michael's first big thing, you know, his first feature. And he's, you know, playing such an iconic character. But it's like us too, and then there was a bunch of vets. And it's funny because like a handful of you guys have all said, like,

remember you being excited to come to work one day and it's like, yeah, bro, chill out. And I was like, what, man, I'm happy. Like, it's fun. Like, the film, we're making a movie. We're making a prequel to the soprano. It's like, why, how are you not excited to like, oh, my gosh? Like, this is just so dope. Like, everything about it is so sick.

Like, what people understand is we would have done. it for free. Oh, 100%. Like, I wouldn't have sat there and fucking negotiated with somebody. Like, I'll do it for free. David Chase, directing, learning, teaching, you know, see what the fuck he does. You know, I would have done it for free. Like, it didn't even bother me.

At first, I was like, the money, uh, I got the hotel, three weeks without my daughter, and I was like, and it was. He flew in and flew back to LA and the back out, right? Yeah, I flew out three times. I flew out to L.A. I

flew out to Milwaukee one time in Minnesota, and then I had to fly back for Sunday because I was shooting Tuesday. Thank God I didn't have to shoot Monday. I was fucking beat the fuck up. Four shows in theaters, and then another flight and another flight. My back was hurting.

And then I flew back and I came back and shot the last seven days maybe. Yeah. And I think it was fun. It was fun for me. I really had a great time. I always had a blast one. working. I mean, it's

I had a blast every day. I mean, there was even days where I wasn't working, I still went to the set. I saw that. I'm like, this motherfucker's loving it. I thought you were going for the free food. Because that's the only reason I go to the set to business. I came to see you shoot your scene. Get the fuck out of here. I came for that steak,

that free steak. They give you a pedium. You got to milk that fucking pedium. You know what I'm saying? They give you $55. You got to put that in your pocket and fucking, you got to take as many cookies home as you can. The fucking longest yard they had so much food did they?

I mean, dude, that was and the Sopranos had a lot of food too. The many saints had tons of fucking food. But the longest yard had 25 people that needed to be fed. I was going to say, you guys had like football. They were gorillas. The wrestlers.

You guys had. I never forget the big guy, the leap. I'll never forget walking down to get the van with him at 6 in the morning. And before he would get in the van, the guy at the restaurant at the hotel, would just hand them a to-go thing. Do you know what it was?

It was like 15 hard-balled eggs. He would sit in that van eating hard-balled eggs, and I could smell those fucking eggs. I would tell him, DeLeep, knock it off with those fucking eggs. You stink terrible. What's going to come out of your asshole is going to be even worse. He would just, because they're Indian. They love eggs.

They love hard-balled eggs. I didn't even put the correlation together until years later when my daughter was in daycare, there were these two little Indian girls that would eat fucking eggs every day, hard-bowled eggs. And you would walk in there and you could smell shit in the whole daycare because I go, and I go,

who's fucking shit like this? It smells like an eight-foot man. And they would say, little Indian twin girls. They were the cutest fucking things. They were so cute. I could have quit my job. I could have quit everything and just walked these two Indian girls into Disney

and lived off the 10%. They were twins and they were five. They were my daughter's eight. They were beautiful. but they had kicked to them. They were kicking them. They were kicking them field goals from the 80 yard line.

They was thinking up a storm in that fucking bathroom. But, you know, that's the whole thing. When you do a movie, you're like, I'm excited to fucking eat. Like, if you do a movie and you don't gain weight, you're a loser.

Playing and simple, I'll spate in your fucking face. That's what movies are for. I never ate more. I never ate more than, and it's funny because, like, you know, you have crafty, and then there's lunch,

and then there's all kinds of different things. And then I remember, I forgot what we were doing, but we were at base camp. You remember this day? It was like me, you, McGarro, somebody else who was there. And it was taking so long, and you ordered us pizza.

It was tremendous. You got his pizza while we're at base camp. I was like, fuck it. All we're fucking doing this eating at now, bro. Oh, my God. We got some pizza from Brooklyn. That guy used to fall asleep. There's a guy in Brooklyn that has a pizza par.

I don't know what his fucking name. is he's an old Italian guy and the guy from the Green Book was the guy that told me about the pizza place. He was going. Yeah, Nick, Nick, Nick was it. That's right, so yeah, it was me, you, Nick. Nick.

There was like some, I think there was like another, like, a feature that was hanging around with us, too. I thought it was Paulie. It was Billy there? I think it was Billy. It might have been Billy. It might have been Billy.

I just remember, because we all just sit there and I don't know where it's like, I'm ordering a pie. I'm like, all right, yeah. Fuck. Yeah. And the one day we ordered gyros shit with fucking me and burntthal. We were ordering food. I don't give a fuck. And I was, you know, I was working out.

I was, but I was eating. I wasn't eating none of the sweet shit. That little truck that they had that you went in with the little Mexicans. That was deadly in there. That motherfuckers were not fucking around. Their job was to fatten you up. I think I went over with ice sheet up for like seven times in one hour. They're like, what do you want this time? I'm like, I got to stop.

I got to relax. I remember we shot in Brooklyn. and I just started walking. I went to Carvel and I bought fucking those flying sauces and I gave them to the girls in wardrobe and makeup and they weren't fucking nuts. I was giving them refa

and fucking flying sauces. They were so happy. I came back. I would buy a whole thing of flying sauces. Eat one and just give it to them. I think that day, that particular day, I ate it with John Berndtto and me walked over to Carvel.

It was right down the corner where we shot those last scenes, the bar scenes and all that. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. I remember one night we went to eat dinner and it had to be two in the morning. And the only thing that was open were those fucking bars where you smoked that shit from. Oh, hookah.

The hookah bars. And how many fucking hookah bars are there in Brooklyn? Everybody's smoking a hookah. Get outside and smoke weed, you fucks. Every fucking hookah. Dog, I went back to L.A. Going, what the fuck? I forgot about New York that at two in the morning, there could be 30 people, the bodega.

We would go eat dinner And I remember we had to go to the school And then get out and then walk Yeah I remember one night We must have walked two fucking miles To go get dinner Through fences, through yards

Down the stairs I'm like what what the fuck I remember that I remember because I Yeah we had a walk over And like you know Everyone on this movie was so sick So dumb

Everyone was cool And they were like Oh you guys want rides or whatever And I just remember I was like Yeah I would take one in and print I was like No we'll walk

And I was like But I guess we're walking I was like, all right, here we go. But yeah, I remember that was, that was, those were, those were the days. Like, I remember filming and I remember having such a blast, like being a character and, like, being on set and being around. But it was like, it was just being around everybody that kind of made me love this movie even more, being a part of it, you know, and making these relationships. And I felt like that was kind of, I mean, that was what I took away from it the most, you know. I'm like, man, this is just unreal.

This is, this is my life now. I think that was kind of one of my favorite things about film events too. How was the process for you of this film? How long did it take from you finding out about this film to you auditioning for it, to you to finally being on the set? Mine was so wild. So at the time, I only had a manager. I had moved to L.A.

I had been in L.A. maybe like a year. I'd been in L.A. a year. and my manager got the audition and it said untitled New Jersey Project and I was like, all right, cool, whatever. And then, you know, I don't know how other actors operate with. Whenever I get like a breakdown and like the sides of, you know, to audition or self-tape, whatever, I always look at, you know, who's directing, who's producing, the writers,

kind of do my research, kind of what's going on. And I saw, you know, Alan Taylor and then I saw David Chase and Larry Conan. And I was like, David Chase. Oh, man. This is a soprano's prequel. And my manager was like, yeah. So I was like, oh, shit.

But it was funny because I was reading, you know how David is. I was reading for the role of butter. That was my character's name. Butter. So I was like, all right, I don't care what it is. I don't care if I die. I don't care if, I don't care if, like, I'm only in a scene. Like, I want to do this.

So I remember I got the sides on a Tuesday. And I hit up one of my boys. And I was like, yo, can you run these lines with me? It's pretty big. He was like, yeah, let's do it. So we were running the lines when we went through it. It was like three or four pages. And I'll never forget.

He was like, yeah, this isn't going to work, man. We sound like big and smalls. And I was like, oh, shit. I was like, because I didn't know. I don't know how to do like the mafia, you know. So we watched the pilot that night. And I watched a pilot of sopranos. I had never seen it before.

And I watched a pilot and I kind of like got a feel for it. And then we ran it again. And my boy was like, yes, do it just like this. So I memorized it. I went in the next day and put it, they put me on tape because they had sent it to LA to find butter. And I read, they liked it, gave me some notes.

I ran it one more time. And we chatted for a second. And then they were like, best of luck. And then that was on a Wednesday. And then that next week, that next Friday. So like, you know, 10 days later, they hit up my manager and they were like, hey, you're our guy. And so we did that, you know, we did a contract, we did everything.

And then they were like, also here's your NDA. You're playing a young version of Big Fussie. And I was like, oh, shit. I was like, this is wild. This is crazy. So it happened so fast that those 10 days felt like forever. But, I mean, it happened really, really fast. And then they were like, all right, what's your, you know, what's your availability for, you know,

we want to do the table read can come out in March before we started filming, blah, blah, blah. And it just all happened, boom, boom, boom, boom. So it was pretty wild. It was kind of insane how fast it happened. But the funniest part about all of it was I started watching Superramers after I got it, after I got the audition. And I think I was like halfway through like season one. Maybe I had just finished season one. And mind you, I'd only been in LA for a year and I only had a manager.

I called my manager. I'm like, hey, there's this guy in the show, Vinie Peps Toll. I was like, I kind of looked like him. I was like, I want you to call them back. And I want you to say if there's a young version, big plus, I want to audition. And my manager, Ryan Glasgow, great guy. He was this 50-year-old gay man. He goes, listen, sweetie, calm down.

That's not how this works. And I was just like, all right, my bad, my bad, my bad. I was getting a little too ahead of myself. And then that's why when the news came, we were ecstatic. He was like, I hope you understand exactly what you're stepping into. Because he was a huge soprano fan as well. And ever since then, it's just been, so it was a really good process,

but I mean, I'm excited, David, they had the confidence in me to step into this world, you know? I remember when we first did our first scene together, I was looking at you, and I'm like, your excitement was contagious. And that's what I've always told people that, you know, when you get excited about, like, I have to read sponsors for this podcast, you know,

and you have to be excited. That's what makes other people get excited to go, fuck it. I need me on these. Fuck it. I'm going to put a bed in tonight with draft kings, you know. Excitment creates excitement. And I remember how excited you are. And I'm like, you know what?

I got to get fucking excited like this fucking guy. You know, when I got the audition, I heard about the film. I called my agents because they're fucking sleepy. You know, they'd rather keep me on the road and they shoot a movie, you know. Yeah. So I called them, beat them up a little bit.

Like, yeah, I got to read for this. You guys fucked up with the Irishman and you fucked up with something else. You didn't get me into that. I didn't even read for Green Book. I don't know what the fuck you guys are doing, so I'm taking control of this shit. I want an audition for this.

Well, I'm going to get somebody to get me an audition for this. Then they sent me to paperwork and they're like audition for this role. And I remember looking, at it and for me it was looking at it and figuring it out. I had heard about David Chase's writing for years. You got to remember, I went to New York in 99 and I was passing out tapes to different comedy clubs

and casting directors and my manager called me. He goes, you got to drop a tape off at this new show, The Sopranos. And I'm like, I can't sing. I can't fucking sing. Why am I going in for the Sopranos? And then I forgot all about it. And when I'm in Cleveland,

and all fucked up at the hotel and I turned it on, the TV on, and it's the Sopranos. And I'm like, I read for that. And it was, by that time, it was like episode 4 or 5. I didn't watch the trailer or the pie. I didn't know nothing. I was a fucking comic at 99.

It was a whole different world in the 99. It was a whole different fucking world, you know, and I came to New York with no whatever of auditioning for the Sopranos or anything, and I did the New York Comedy Festival. and her assistant saw me on stage at 1230 at night and came up to me after my set and said,

can you read for the Sopranos tomorrow, 11 o'clock? I go, no, I'm leaving for Buffalo. She's like, well, you just got to make it there. I need Georgine walking to see you tomorrow. Yeah, I audition for them. For Gigi, the FBI agent, and for Bacala's role. Didn't get any of them.

And then they contacted me, put a comedian on tape and I didn't get that one either and then a couple years later I got hit up for the part of Big Pussy's brother and I put it on tape and I got fired. I was shooting Spider-Man too

and they called me when I'm at Sony going Georgine called me Georgine walking Christopher Walken's wife and she's like we need you to lay this audition down and I'm like well you know I got to wait till I get home and I fucking I book it and I got fired. A lot of people don't know that. Yeah, that's news to me.

Yeah, for lack of confidentiality agreement because they said I told somebody I was auditioning for the Sopranos. Oh shit. Yep, so that's why when and there was a certain person that ratted me out, you know, so I was like, wow, you know,

I just, when she called me, I took the hit. I was a little upset. I knew I'd never get on the Sopranos and I moved on. So when I got the movie, I went home like one the first break I had and I'm like you know what I'm not even mad at that rat anymore that ratted me out because

he did me a favor I would have done the Sopranos when I wasn't ready yeah do you know what I'm saying? Sometimes you got to be ready for something sometimes you're going to get a few projects you're a young guy I ultimately still fuck that guy but yes I feel you know what I'm saying

like you're going to get a role in the future that you're going to call me one day and go remember the conversation we had on the podcast seven, eight years ago, I just bumped into that situation. You're going to shoot something that, I don't know, you're not going to feel it. You know, it's funny because since, you know,

since we wrapped on this and everything and, you know, my career has been moving, there's been so many, and I, it's so frustrating. There's been so many, like, me and one other guy, me and one of the guy, me and one of the guy. me and one of the guy and I'm like and all of them have been really really dope projects and it's like man I could do this I could do that but wide range you know I mean all over the place like one was for you know you know working in military one is like a vampire one is you know this guy was so it's all over the

place but it's always been me and one of the guy and and one of like some of the advice I keep giving from a lot of you know events it's like it when it when it's time it's time. That's just, that's how it is out there. That's how our industry works. When it's, when the moment's right, when the timing's right, it'll happen. I think that's, it was the same with this when I, to play a young Vinnie and then it was right. And then it's just, it's got to, it's got to take time. That's why the longevity of it, of people's career is, and the people that make dope shit, it's like, it was the right moment in their careers, you know. So I think that's kind of why, it's, it's giving me comfort, you know, it's giving me, you know, it's good

some comfort because I'm like, fuck, I want to work. I want to be, I want to be number one car sheet. You know, like, I want to be that. I want to do that, you know. So I think it's, I think that eagerness is kind of, it's a little, it's a little bit of a little bit of a bad thing sometimes, I guess. No, it's natural, brother. You got to be aggressive.

You're in fucking L.A. That's what the problem with L.A. is. A lot of people go to L.A., and they're not aggressive. They're not aggressive. I'm going to be honest with you. I wasn't that aggressive in my first four or five years. there and I'm aggressive. I'm an aggressive,

motherfucker. I get up in the morning and I go, you know, when Mike walked into that, I was putting an audition on tape, I do my work, you know? Oh, yeah. But you could be aggressive and then you could, there's a certain way of being aggressive, working smarter, you know. Yeah. And I fucking was aggressive

as fuck. Like, you couldn't tell me no. Like, they told me no for the longest yard. Do you know that? What? We don't even want you to read for it. What? But Doug, this is what, this is what I'm, you're going to run into this, where people are going to go, we really like Samson. But he's not going to read for this. And you're going to think about it.

You're going to go home, smoke a joint, go out one of your friends. You're going to tell one of your actor friends, hey, I wanted to read for this. And they go, you'll be perfect for this. Who told you no? And you're like, they said they didn't want me. And you go, fuck you. I'm going to hire somebody and put me on tape. For the longest yard, I went and bought extra small T-shirts and extra small football helmets.

And I put them on, like a two-year-old football helmet on my head. I had a headache for two fucking weeks. And I got a shirt that was six sizes too small for me. And my gut was huge. The shirt was ripping. As I was doing the audition, I could hear the shirt going, but I didn't give a fuck. I'm taking this role because the roles were going to be offered to Tony Saragusa or Vinny Paso. Sure. Both of them, sweethearts. Both of them great guys.

But the one thing both of them aren't are comedians. So how are you going to order, how are you going to give two roles in a comedic film to two guys that are not comics? They're great actors in their own perspective. Sarah Goose is a funny dude. You know, he was with football, with the fucking whatever. But when I let that settle, I put it on tape and I nailed that movie because you're not going to tell a guy like me, no. That's never going to fucking happen.

Not on my fucking clock. I fucking love that. And that's the, that was the difference of aggressiveness. That was the difference. I was kind of aggressive. How long had you been, like, what number was that movie-wise for you?

Had to be like number 25. I'm saying like, like, for like a big role, like, I mean, that's how deep into your career was that? 23 years later. Was it? I started acting in 97, so it took me three years to get my feet under me. I did a couple projects, and then for like four years, three years, I just did college films. Yeah.

I just did all those UCLA, USC films that nobody would ever going to fucking watch. Nobody's ever going to see those. Three people. The director's grandmother. Now we got to do some homework. Yeah. Yeah, the director's grandmother, his mother, and his uncle is. gonna watch the movie.

Ain't nobody else gonna watch that movie. You know what I'm saying? Let's be honest with yourself. So no matter how badly I fuck up, ain't nobody gonna see it. So that was my mentality. But at the same time, I was auditioning for big shows.

Colke's, you know, shit like that on NBC, ABC, and nothing was happening. And then one day it clicked. And I booked a four-episode arc on a show. And the first two shows, I was trying to get, you know, I was waking up out of my fog. and then when I finally woke up

the episodes I was really good at was seven and eight guess when the show got canceled six you got it you got a career as a fucking path read a palm read the cock sucker episode six

how do you tell that to your friends like my career's on fire I got four episodes on NBC the first two you're just like a mutt you don't know what you're doing you're just like see you know whatever the fucking line is after that you go home and you're like

why am I acting that way? I got to act more like a fucking, and now you're going, you do a breakthrough, you do your fucking, you know, Steve McQueen, and the fucking show gets canceled

episode six, and you're like, yeah, that's great. That's great. I would have been mad as shit. Dog, and that happened to me eight times. Do you know what I'm saying?

Like, that's part of the fucking drama. That's part of the tears. You know, how about, I'm on fucking, my name is Earl. I got four roles recurring. He pulls me over.

after the last episode for the Christmas break. And he goes, dog, you're doing all of them next year in the prison. So I'm going to be on NBC during pilot season. That's fucking tremendous. That's like stealing. You just write your own fight. You know what I'm saying? What happened?

There's a fucking writer strike, January 12th. No fucking episode. That's it. No pilot. No fucking Greg Garcia. No nobody. So these are the little things in the business that fuck with you. The best is when you audition for something

How about these when you audition December 3rd? Remember, they used to be pre-reads. You know that, right? I mean, yeah, I've heard of it. They used to be pre-reads where you went in there, the motherfucker didn't talk to you like a midget read with you. Some guy with like an eye patch on read with you. And then if you got past him,

then you read with the fucking casting director. Then if you got past the casting director, you got a call back. You came in and you had a call back for the thing. And then they called you again and you had to read with the other actors that were selected. And then they called you again

and do the word lines backwards. You know. And then, oh my God, they would put you through hell when I first got to LA. It was a pre-read first in a room with the people with bad breath, you know, those people with ugly headshots

that they got like their grandparents to take a picture of them, you know, with like sunglasses on and shit. it's them. Oh, it was a nightmare. It was a nightmare. And so now you go for an audition December 3rd. This is for the people at home. I just want to give you a little,

a little taste of our lives. Next time you see Angelina Jolie with the eight fucking kids, think of what she had to put up with to get those eight fucking kids. So you read for something December 1st, okay? December 3rd, you get the call back for the casting director.

Then December 8th, you get the call back for the fucking producers, right? And they love you. Now they start mixing and matching. Let's go back to Four Brothers for me. Remember that movie Four Brothers? One of my favorites. Marky Warburg.

When I did the longest yard, they called me right into Four Brothers. For 18 weeks, they mixed and matched. Me, Marky, whatever, and at the end of the day, I lost a role to a black guy that was a star. So what the fuck did you put me through all this shit for? 18 weeks of meeting people,

talking of foreigners, black people, go to Detroit. Yeah, they spent 10,000 not to hire me. unfucking believable. It's the truth. 10,000 not to hire me. I've had people tell me, they've read me 18 times.

They were like, this role is you. And all of a sudden, they tell you you didn't get it, and you look at the roll, and they give it to a black midget. Now, I ain't got nothing against black midgets, but where the fuck did they say black midget on the breakdown?

They weren't even looking for a black midget when this fucking show was fucking written. all of a sudden during my fucking audition is when they decide on the black fucking midget. So now I got to sit there and watch this TV show I almost got with a black fucking midget. Again, I got nothing against black midgets. I'm just saying this is the life of a fucking actor.

So when you see me on the many saints and you see Samson on the fucking screen and you're like, that's so lucky. Not really. We've been through hell to get here. You understand me? I had to go to Delaware and get breathed on

by the fucking COVID. in Delaware to get here. And on top of all this, you got to stay positive. Like you gotta go, today's my lucky day, cock suckers. I'm gonna rub my balls

and sniff my fingers. That's how, in the process of all this, people fuck me here, telling you, the best is when you read the whole month of December, because the project starts

January 24th, and then you go read the last time December 19th and you call your agent December 20th and go, what's my status with the show and they go, I don't know, they're going to contact you

after the fucking winter break. You have no fucking idea what it's like. Fuck you and your fucking driving job at Uber. Let me tell you something. You don't know what it's like. Christmas, you break the tree. They did that to me three years in a row.

I just lit the tree on fire. Fuck Christmas. Be cool. Get Shorty and there was another TV show that put me out on. Oh, the movie with when fucking Ving Rames fought

Spade, whatever, Blade, whatever his name is, Wesley Snipes. It was supposed to be when Mike Tyson went to prison and some guy beat him up in prison. There's a movie that, it's a Walter Hill film. It doesn't really matter. That was one of those motherfuckers that Walter Hill came to see me at the comedy store.

He had me in there every day reading with another guy back and fucking forth. And all of a sudden, December 18th, he's like, I'll let you know January 10th. What? I'll light your fucking Christmas tree on, fire, Walter Hill. How are you going to leave me hang out? You can't even open up a present without crying. You're fucking, you're looking at the sweater from grandma going, I wish I would have

got that fucking roll. It's a fucking night band. I had something so similar, and I had been in LA, had it been four months. So I had been in LA, and I got, I got the audition, and I went to, boom, and they loved it, went back from a callback, and then I had a second call back. back and they were like, A. It was for like a big AMC show. And I was like, all right, though, that was for, you know, for a season, they already had, I think it was like eight, 12 episodes. And I was like, man, here it is. Like, let's go. No, that's a lot. Not four months. I had been in here probably like eight months. So I was, I was like, all right, let's get it. I'm like, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, my career is, I'm here. Like, I didn't have to wait

nothing, but. And then I'm learning it as I go. So it had, it's the initial audition was before Thanksgiving. So then I had to wait like a whole two weeks to get the call back. And I got the call back. And then I went two more. And then I had another one. I think it was like, yeah, like December like 15, 16, 17, 17. And then right in there.

And they're like, dude, yeah, you're got, are you available? Like, you know, are you unavail? So you're available for, from January to June, right? Like, everything's cool. I'm like, yes. Like, let's do this. Like, I'm ready. I'm ready.

Okay, well, we'll contact you after the holiday break. I'm like, you want me to go home and tell my parents after I just moved to L.A. I have a, you know, and I'm excited. I'm getting everybody. So that's when I learned. I was like, all right, so I was like, don't say shit. Don't express shit because, like, you got, oh, man, it was the worst. And then I ended up losing it.

And they told us, I think, and they told us, like, this is like January 12. So from that whole month, I'm like, this is mine. Like, I'm going, I'm going up north. Like I'm filming in the North East. Like I was like, hey, that's my grandparents. Like, yeah, family up there, right? Like, I could go see them. Like, it was done.

Like, it was like, hey, oh, we love you. You're a guy that's locked this contract in. That's that. Nothing. But the funniest part about it. The funniest part about it is fast forward. So that was like, you know, before Thanksgiving is 10. So fast forward like another two months, month and a half.

I got this audition for soprano. for many since. So had I booked it, you know, I mean, like, you know, everything happens for a reason, but I was, I was, that's when I was really excited. I was like, oh, man, I'm going to be on this show series regular. Like, I'm like, four on call sheet. Like, this is my life about to change.

Nope. And then I was like mad, you know, for a little bit. And then all of a sudden, I get, uh, I get this audition for this movie. So worked out in the end. What are you expecting tonight, my friend? What are you expecting to say? And I mean, you saw it, right? Yeah.

Yes. I saw it. I'm excited for people to see it. I'm excited for it to finally be out. I'm excited for, you know, mostly tonight. I'm excited for people to see Michael. You know what I mean? Me too.

There's been so much, so much hype, so much expectation, you know, and so much, you know, I don't know. I don't know the word for it because I can't imagine what it's going through. I mean, that's one of my best friends. It's my brother. I love that kid. You know, I love him so much. And I just can't wait for the world to see it. Not only is he a great person and a great actor, but, like, he meets the hype.

You know, I mean, he really does. And I'm excited for the world to see this and then for his career to just kind of move. Because, I mean, let's keep it real of his father. He's one of the great actors at all the time. That's just, I mean, that's just a fact. And, you know, it's, I always compare him and I talk about all the time. We always kind of compared things to sports. You know, I grew football.

I grew up playing football. And so I kind of relate everything to that. And it's like, you know, being the son of, you know, a Hall of Famer, you know, you kind of got to live up to that height. You know, you know, any sport. You know, LeBron's kids, like, they're playing basketball. You got to live up, you know, the father never wants that for them. And, you know, the world is kind of like if you,

but it's like, it's, that's just inevitable. You're going to have to live up to the height. And Michael does a phenomenal job. And I'm excited for the world to see it. Alessandro is, you know, he's amazing. And then somebody for the world for him to just, not his career, that just, boom, Michaela. And everyone just did a phenomenal job.

I'm just, I'm excited for soprano fans and new people to come and watch this and then fall in love with Spanel. Although I think that's kind of. the whole vibe that I can't wait for because, I mean, just sitting down watching the show, I was just like, man, I can't believe I called myself an actor and I had never seen one of the greatest shows of all time.

You know what I mean? So I'm excited just to be a part of this whole entire universe in itself, you know? You know, for me, man, I'm from Jersey. I can't imagine what it must mean for you. Oh, for me, it's like, I'm from Jersey. I'm very proud to be from Jersey.

I'm very proud that I grew up here. I made the most of my childhood. I robbed trains. I fucking robbed jewelry stores. I had a great fucking life. I almost drowned in seaside. I almost died at seaside park. I hit an acid on the fucking, on the water slides.

You know, I fucking, I took advantage of this state, everything it had, you know. And number two, the state was the second highest. population of Cubans behind Miami and they fucking, you know, I, listen, when I came from Cuba, I went right to New York City and I went to grammar school in New York City

but my foot was always in Jersey. You know, like I used to get mad at people when they talk shit about Jersey, you know? Yeah. And I told David Chase one night at like three in the morning we were shooting one of those long fucking nights. You know, he asked me something about the Sopranos and I go, listen,

man, you did something that Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi couldn't even do. You know, people love Bon Jovi. Yeah, and people love Bruce Springsteen. Yeah. But I still remember in 1998 signing with an agent and she said, give me your bio. And when I wrote North Bergen, New Jersey, she called me and she goes, you got to take New Jersey off.

People don't like it if you're from Jersey. So she filled in Hell's Kitchen. and one of my friends saw it when he came to see me and he's like, dog, what the fuck? And I go, you don't understand. You don't understand that these fucking people don't like Jersey. Really? And within two years,

the Sopranos had taken that whole bad taste out of people's mouths. Just flipped it around. Now Jersey's a hot spot. Even the fucking Jersey Shore. Yeah. TV show couldn't make people really see what Jersey was. is four. When you see the Sopranos, I mean, even in our movie

when you see the Sopranos, they inflict Catholicism in there. You know, something that you never do with a show. But in Jersey, Catholicism is so big. You're either a Jew or a fucking Catholic. There's no in between. I'm a Lutheran. No, you're not. Not

in Jersey, you're not. Unless you live down there with the Martians down with that fucking, that shit past, whatever. Exit 4, those people that have like clear eyes. They're albinos. and shit. You know, there's some weird motherfuckers in Jersey. Munaqui, New Jersey got the ugliest people you've ever seen

in your life. Everybody got a big head. They walk weird. When you're in Munaqui, it's like the Twilight Zone. The only good thing about Munaqui is Sagovi restaurant. I have to take you there. How long you stayed in town for? You know, I don't have a flight back. Okay, the 27th and the 29th, they are doing

movies in Eaton Town and Mammoth. Okay. And they want all of us to go down there. Me, you, Michael Gandafini, it's the wall something film festival.

Oh, okay, yeah. So Michael agreed to it. He called me again this morning, the guy. He's like, yeah, we spoke a few weeks ago. You know, he sent an invitation to Alan and David Chase. What are their chances of going into the heart of New Jersey?

So I want to know who's going to stick around for a few days. They're doing one Monday night, the 20th. Yeah, it's Monday at 615 in Jersey and Wednesday at 615 in Jersey. It's the Art House Film Festival. Oh, yeah. So they want us to do some type of Q&A.

So it would be you, me, and we'll see if Alessandro wants. We'll bring everybody. I don't give a fuck. We'll get some dinner at the Osteria. I'm eight. I'll take it to the fucking Osteria and we'll get some fucking,

you know, world. I just live in. That's it. Fuck it. So I'll see you tonight, ready to go. You want to smoke some refit tonight or what we're doing tonight? No, it's funny. It's funny because all my friends find out that, you know, I was working with you and stuff.

They're like, you know what? Like, does he really smoke? He'd be smoking and we did. I said, and I have one of my funniest stories was when we're sitting at a table and it was like, I don't know. I think they were doing a different setup or something. And we were sitting there and I just remember, like, hey, Samson, I want to see the devil. the devil.

And like you pull out, you're like, what was it, like, little edible thing. It was like 200 milligrams of a thing. I remember you said you like, you snuck it to like your cousin or something. He was passed out of the bushes like three hours. And everyone's like, are you kidding? And I was like, he just, I'm like, he's,

his tolerance is unreal. I'm like, this guy is just like, I was like, I can't smoke with him. I can't hang out with him. I can't be around him when he's smoking weed because I know I'll just be I'll be slump. I was like, there's no way.

I might hit a joint with you, but yeah, bro, I can't. You keep it over there, bro. You keep it over there. Yeah, we'll bring some edibles tomorrow night. I only got 100 milligrams now. So if we go, you got to go. You know what I'm saying?

It's not like a 10 where you put your foot in like a Cuban. You know, like when you land in the United States, you got a foot in the ocean, you got a foot on the beach, and you're an American. Nah, we don't work that way. We put both fucking feet in. I don't know. We fucking jump.

What was that? What happened that day? Remember we were filming and then we wrapped. And you and I went back to the trailers and we were waiting for our ride. And I remember one of the PAs came up and unwrapped you. Oh. Oh, I was pissed. I will never forget.

We're just sitting there waiting for our cars. You're smoking to enjoy and you just like day off, changed out of the suit, got the sweats on. Sitting outside of the trailer, there's smoky, Joey, I'm so sorry. We're going to have to unwrap you. I just looked at her like, are you fucking serious? And I'll tell you, out of all the nights,

like sometimes at night I smoke pot and I don't get high. Like, because I burn the fucking candle on both edges, you know, so. But on that particular night, whatever was in that joint, toenail, polish, whatever the fuck was in there, fucked me up.

And she came back to me, and she's like, you got to rewrap. It was like, two in the morning. It was late. It was late. I'm like, what the fuck? I'm on the corner in Brooklyn. There's not a soul out. I'm by myself waiting for an Uber. This little

poor little Hindu girl came. That was just the cutest thing in the world. And they're like, nah, you got to go fucking unwrap. And I remember going, I am so fucking stoned. And I had to take my clothes off, put the heavy artillery on, the vest, the white shirt, the tie,

the jewelry. And I I walked in and I remember that I wasn't mad as much as, uh, it was funny to me because I walked in and all of them were like, like a little prepared for me to go off or whatever. And I was like, what the fuck just happened? I go, this is the most unprofessional thing I've ever seen in my life. Do you know that? Alan just looked at me. He's a sweetheart. Him and the other guy that I used to call the Arab or whatever, the fucking Swahili guy.

I'm like, I'm like, you are out of your fucking mind and so are you. I go, this is the most unprofessional thing I've ever seen. You for calling me back after two hours of being wrapped and me for being as stoned as a fucking Tommy Chung. I was high as fuck. I didn't have no lines. They just wanted me to stand there. It was somebody else's fucking scene.

What are you going to fucking do? You know what I'm saying? I'm excited for tonight. I'm excited to see what happens with you in your career. You're a young guy. And you got all the tools, brother. I wish you all the fucking luck in the world. And hopefully tonight

will be the beginning of a fucking great career. So I wish you all the luck. I can't wait to give you a hug tonight and sneak an edible in your soda. And by the end of the movie, you'll be sitting there. What prequel!

Tell my girl, I said hello? Are she coming to the premiere? Yeah, yeah, she'll be there. Okay, send her, tell her I'll see them tonight. Tip, top. Magoo ready to go and then we're going to the after party. Then there's an after after after party. I'm at all of them.

I'm at all of them. That one is at a Chinese fucking opium den in fucking Chinatown. I'm taking you to. Okay, maybe I'll skip that one. No, we're going to the opium den. They give you egg rolls and opium. You can't fucking lose. You understand me?

A Chinese guy rubs your feet. You'll feel like fucking brand new. I love it. I love it. I'll see you tonight, brother. Thank you for coming on the joint. Bless, bless, bless. Don't forget to follow Samson on Twitter, Instagram.

Wherever the fuck he's from, you're going to love him. He's tremendous. It's going to be a great time tonight. Take care, Samson. Love you. All right, that was a fun interview. As you could tell, we're all excited. We're all fucking giggly about tonight.

I just got a call earlier. They're doing a dinner if I wanted to go to the dinner beforehand. This is going to be great tonight. I appreciate all you guys encouragement. I appreciate everything you did for me during this time. You guys know that this is a special

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I can't wait to tell you about the premiere and how it went. I'll see you guys Monday morning. Tip-top, motherfucking Magoo. Ready to go the last week of fucking September. We're on to the fucking winter. By the way, happy spring. It's spring today. Wash your fucking asshole.

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