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Episode Date: November 30, 2024

Episode #646: Fortune Feimster (icon, legend) joins Bryan & Krissy to discuss her journey, current projects, and, of course, her name! FUBAR Fortune’s 100 city tour Tell us about your terrible holiday! How Fortune got started Finding your voice Storytelling Going from acting to stand up to series to now! Arnold Schwarzenegger  The name Fortune The universe! Creating meaning for others  Special Guest: Fortune Feimster Special: Crushing It  Podcast: Handsome Fortune’s Tour Text us or leave us a voicemail: [phone]TCB Follow Us: IG: @thecommercialbreak TikTok: @tcbpodcast YT: youtube.com/thecommercialbreak www.tcbpodcast.com Executive Producer: Bryan Green Hosts: Bryan Green & Krissy Hoadley Producer: Astrid B. Green Producer & Audio Editor: Christina Archer Christina’s Podcast: Apple Podcasts & Spotify To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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brand new episodes every day. So something happened when I met Jack's that I did not expect. My mom got a little jealous. Yeah, I remember if I would buy Jack something like a scarf, my mom would be like, I like scarves. I'm like, you're not my girlfriend. ["I Like Scarves"] Their birthdays are five days apart, which is my nightmare.

On this episode of the commercial break. When I was born, she really, really wanted my mom to name me Fortune. She's like, that's the name. I'm telling you like that her name's supposed to be Fortune. Then my mom really resisted it. And she said I would have to be Miss America to live up to a name like that. So I'm like, how dare you think I could have. The next episode of the commercial break starts now.

So 30 in the morning! Oh yeah, guys and kittens, welcome back to the Commercial Break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Kristin Joy Hoadley. Best of you, Kristin. Best of you, Brian. And best of you out there in the podcast universe. It's a Saturday and yes, we're here just for you. It's a CCB infomercial bonus episode

with Fortune Feimster here today with us, the very famous, all over the place, can't stop her, Fortune, I just love, I love. Oh my God, I've been a fan for so long. Very excited about this one. I've seen Chelsea Lately and. The Mindy Project. The Mindy Project of, you know.

Now she's in FUBAR. Three stand-up specials now. The next Netflix special is coming out on Tuesday, as this is being released the following Tuesday. Her brand new Netflix special, the first two have killed it. Crushing it. And so the third one is here. And no end in sight for Fortune. Can't wait to talk to her. So thank you for joining

us. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We're still in the middle of it. That's the best thing about Thanksgiving is you get out early on Wednesday and you don't go back to work till Monday. It's just lovely. I love it. I love it. A five day weekend. Who? Lots of food, football, Christmas movies, all that good stuff. Family, if you want it. That's right. If you want it. If you want it. If you want it. If you don't, you're probably listening to the commercial break. Your family has left you or you've left them. And you're like, I really need something to undepress me from my depressing family. Let us be that. With fortune, she'll be here in just a few minutes. I was just reading, you know, she's in that new Netflix

television show, Foo Bar with Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's like an action comedy. And I here in just a few minutes. I was just reading, you know, she's in that new Netflix television show Foo Bar with Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's like an action comedy. And I started watching a few episodes in anticipation of fortune being here and it's really funny. And Arnold is just, he's naturally gifted at being the straight man. You know what I'm saying? And I, I sense that he has always wanted to be a comedian. But, you know, his accent and a lot of his size, he's just that's not what he's built for. But he's really good at playing off people who are comedic. And fortune is great in this show.

I mean, kindergarten cop is pretty fucking funny. It's pretty funny. But he's still like the straight man in the movie. Like even the kids, you know, the kids tell the punch lines, and he'd be like, it's not a tumor. It's not a tumor! Uh, so, yeah, and she's on like this small little tour, and then we'll talk to her about it. A hundred cities.

A hundred cities. Small. No, well, right now she's doing like a smaller... But she just got done with a hundred city tour. That's unbelievable when you go to 100 fucking cities. I know. I mean, you would think that would be fun, but I think by city number 20, you're probably like,

okay, get me back to my own fucking bed. I mean, you know what I'm saying? Like, when I go on vacation, you know, we went to Europe, we went to Spain for a month and some change last year, and by day number 15, I could have used my own bed, even though there were still some exciting parts of the trip, but in that case, changed last year. And by day number 15, I could have used my own bed, even though there were still some exciting parts

of the trip. But in that case, I was doing absolutely no work whatsoever. When you go on a 100 City tour, you are just killing it all the time out there, you know, working. That's, we'll talk to her about it. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know, Chrissy, just so you know if I happen to be moody

over the next couple of weeks, it's because I've started dipping my toe back in the news water. I have started to watch a little bit of news. I had to turn on that morning Joe and see what Joe and everybody was so up in arms. And I was like, wait, I think it's a good thing that they're talking.

But then I'm listening to Joe and I'm like, no, yeah, you're an idiot. Yeah, you're an idiot. Nicole Soule-Nagant I haven't delved back into the actual televised news. Joe Soule-Nagant No. No. Nicole Soule-Nagant I'm just getting mine now from...

Joe Soule-Nagant 40% of us who watched certain channels like CNN and MSNBC and other news stations have turned off the news altogether. The ratings just plummeted and so they plummeted so far that Rachel Maddow, the star of MSNBC, like they call her, uh, I think they called her like a ratings boner or something somebody referred to as a ratings boner because ratings get hard when she, like ratings go high when she shows up. She took a $5 million a year pay cut to stay at MSNBC. First of all, good for her. She knew that, you know, other people needed to get paid and people would probably lose their, $5 million is no small bit, but then I learned that she was making 30. I was like, holy shit, $30 million a year.

She's on one night a week, $30 million a year. That's an incredible job. MSNBC, call me. I know I'm not like a noted newscaster and I'm really terrible with facts of any shape or size. But you do have that inflection down. You could replace that guy. I do, that's right.

The midday guy. Oh yeah, yeah, oh my God. Jose Diaz-Belart, Jose Diaz-bullshit. I mean, that guy is just terrible. I'm sorry, Jose. I'm sure you were great wherever you came from. I think you came from Univision, if I'm not mistaken. I'm sure you were wonderful wherever you came from,

but you are really bad at what you do. I mean, just really bad at it. But then again, who's watching MSNBC at 11, 15 in the morning? You know what I'm saying? Like MSNBC at 11, 15 in the morning, nobody's watching. So they probably got, I guarantee he's not making $30 billion a year. That's for sure. So I just, I wanted to get you back up to speed that I was watching the news.

Okay. Yeah. So I'll keep that in mind. When you up to speed that I was watching the news. Okay, okay. Yeah, so. I'll keep that in mind. Don't be moody here. When you see me, yeah, when you pull up and I'm on top of the roof, threatening to jump, I couldn't make you know why. So yeah, so we hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and you're enjoying your extended vacation.

Please write us in and tell us some funny stories about that, because there's always some. Oh yeah, you must write us and tell us some funny stories about that, because there's always some. Oh yeah, you must write us and tell us about your family shenanigans. We have to know. The crazier the better, the worse the better. I know a few of you out there are really good at writing those kinds of stories, so I'm not going to name you by name, but please write us in, tell us how your family events were.

We'd love to hear what were your traditions. How terrible did they go? How terribly wrong did it all go? Yeah, I only want terrible Thanksgiving stories. Don't write me and say all the kids had fun. I don't give a shit, okay? It's not that kind of show. And then just a small reminder, 12 days of TCB coming up December 13th through the 25th. That's right, brand new episodes of the Commercial Break, even on Christmas Day. So, Merry, Happy Birthday Jesus. Heather, around the tree and the fire. Gather around the manger.

You got any Sonos? Pipe it in. Your Amazon Echo, put it in the manger in your little Christmas, put it in the manger in your little Christmas village and say, hey, play Brian's Got a Boner episode number 688. Yeah, it's good for the whole family. And let us not leave out our Jewish friends. Happy Hanukkah to you too. I think Hanukkah and Christmas actually align together, my wife was saying to me, and Festivus and all, and Kwanzaa and Krampus and all that other shit that you guys celebrate. Congratulations to everybody on a job well done on Thanksgiving.

I'm congratulating all the people who cooked us food before they actually cook us the food so that I sound generous afterwards. How's that? That's a good tactic. I told myself, I was like, let me say congratulations on great cooking for this episode. Yeah, put it into the universe. Yes, put it into the universe. Yes, it is good food. That way when I'm complaining about it, it's like two weeks later and no one's really gonna

know. All right, let's do this. Let's take a short break and then we'll come back with Fortune here on the studio television and we'll talk to her about all the magic of tele-podcasting we'll figure it all out. What do you say, Chrissy? I say let's do it. Let's do it. We'll be back. Brian might have just said it's time to take a break, but some of us have to work right now. And by work, I mean gently nudge, nay, beg you to follow us on Instagram at the commercial break and on TikTok at TCB Podcast

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Learn more about all that UCC has to offer at ucc.on.ca. Fortune, thank you so much for joining us today. We really appreciate it. Hello, Fortune. Hi, you guys. Thanks for having me. It's lovely to be here. Yeah, our pleasure.

So this episode will be airing right after the Thanksgiving holiday. So tell me, I'm assuming you're just spending some time with family over the Thanksgiving? Yeah, it's hard to try to, you know, with two families to get to, you can't do the holiday with both of them. So I try to can't do the holiday with both of them.

So I try to go close to the holiday and see my family. But then I go to Jax's, my wife's family, because they're better cooks and they're better hosts. No shade to my mom, she provides me a lot of fun, quirky material, but cooking is not her thing. Yeah. No, my mom either. It's all, I was telling Chrissy the other day, we were talking about gravies and sauces.

Like, are you a gravy and sauce person? I am definitely a gravy and sauce person. I think that comes from my mother, who's just a terrible cook, and she may have known it, and then she smothered everything in sauces and gravy. Get that barbecue sauce. God forbid they taste the actual pork. And then she smothered everything in sauces and gravy. Get that barbecue sauce. God forbid they taste the actual pork. My brother used to smell the food to see if it was, if it was expired.

And it drove my mom crazy, but he knew what was up. He had a detector, huh? Yeah. He was like, something's not sitting right about this barbecue chicken. Yeah. So when you, do you do like the holiday like round table? Do you like, okay, this year we got to spend

the actual Thanksgiving day with my family and then next year we're gonna spend it with your family. Or is there like a set schedule? I always get fascinated by this with people who have, I mean, a lot of people have. We married partners. We did that for a long time, many, many, cause we're 10 years in now.

Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you. Our first like six, I think we tried to do the like, we'll go to your families and then my family, cause that's what my brothers had set up. And then we realized that we don't have kids and what are we doing?

We don't have to be there. That's right. And the pandemic kinda did that, you know, where we stayed home for the holidays and we were like, oh, this is actually kinda nice because we travel all the time for my tour. So yeah, unfortunately, one of the things that went by the wayside was going to my family's.

But when you don't have kids, I feel like it's just, it's different, you know? Let me tell you something. One of the advantages to being a breeder over here is that when you have children, then you determine, and I have, there's four boys in my family, so I'm one of four. I'm the only one with children.

So I get to dictate exactly how the holidays go. And if you don't like it, fuck yourself. I mean, you're not gonna see your nieces and nephews for the holidays. And I would be like, fine. Some of my brothers do, by the way. You don't threaten me with a good time. I don't have to spend my family holiday at home, watching people rip

through presents in five seconds. Right. Yeah. It can get, it can certainly get annoying. Fortune, you're on a bit of a terror right now. I would say you, you certainly, um, if I feel like you're on a bit of a terror right now, I would say. You certainly, I feel like you're everywhere. Like when they said, hey, you want to talk to Fortune? And I was like, oh my gosh, that's everywhere.

But we've been, I've been a fan for a long time. Back from Chelsea lately. And then I know we- Mindy Project. Yeah. Oh, that's so cool. How are, I know that when we talk to people, sometimes I get, sometimes even I feel like,

oh, people just popped out of nowhere. But there's a lot of work that comes behind that. Oh yeah. There's 10 years of work to get, to have your moment in the sun, whatever it is. So, and you got your start, you were doing comedy when you were in college, is that right?

I did some theater in college, no comedy, but it was in the South, in North Carolina. So it was like us trying to do Shakespeare with these crazy ass Southern accents. Yeah. And it just, yeah, I hadn't really been exposed to the comedy part yet, other than like growing up watching Saturday Night Live and the reruns of the Carol Burnett show.

So like I knew comedy, I loved it, but I did not know you could do that for a living. So I moved to LA 21 years ago, which seems wild now. Wow. And not to pursue comedy, just I had a job that I was going to do and it was just kind of a life experience. And I had a really hard time making friends because, you know, in the South you go into a gas station and chat with people. Yeah, exactly.

It's not like that in LA. Everyone kind of keeps themselves, you don't really talk to your neighbors. It's a little more isolating. And so I started taking classes at the Groundlings where like Will Ferrell and Melissa McCarthy, all these people I'd studied at, Kristen Wiig. And the dream was to be on SNL. But again, it was like, I think that's the only way to do comedy is if you get on SNL. So that was my path for a long time. Once I took these classes, just to really just to make friends, it quickly grew into

a passion and I kept getting encouraged to continue. And yeah, it was like discovering that was, I think, the greatest gift because then my life had a path now. Right. Yes. I get this, my personal opinion is you can't be as talented at what you do

and it just seems to come so natural. The animations, the voices that you go in and out of, the comedic style that you have, I think is just like, you're born with that. And now you can practice it and people can help it kind of bloom, right? By being around other people who have certain sensibilities they can share

and you learn and all that. But that's something you're born with. Or is this, was this in you always? Did you feel like this sense of these comic sensibilities, this timing was always part of who you were? I think I had moments of it. I was a little shyer than people would have assumed. I had times where I was the class clown and making everyone laugh. And then other times I was a bit of a wallflower just kind of watching people. But I kind of came into some of my personality

in high school, and I started watching SNL and would memorize these sketches and perform them for people. So I started to learn to make people laugh by using other people's stuff. I would learn Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving song or Hanukkah song and sing that to people. So I was learning by mimicking at first

and just kind of watching and absorbing and then I'd be really shy then have like the spurt of funny. And then when I got to college that started to come out more. And even though I had terrible stage fright, so my performance on stage was not successful. It was when I moved to LA, I had, I think like you said, that natural ability, but I didn't know how to bring it out of myself. So the one thing I did learn from classes and years of, I think it was at the ground

in seven years, is I learned how to hone it. And when I started Stand Up in 2007, that was at the Comedy Store, I didn't know what I was doing there either. I knew I was comfortable on stage. It seemed like people liked me. And those are two hard things to overcome right off the bat.

So I was like, okay, I've done those right away. Let me work on what is my voice? What am I trying to say? How do you tell a story? And that's the thing that gets better over years and evolves, because this is my third hour that's coming out on Netflix and I can even see my, thank you, I can see my voice and my storytelling evolve in each one.

Yeah, I think, you know, I forget who said this, but it's like, you know, 10,000 hours, right? There's an old saying, 10,000 hours to become a master and expert, the people who do things in this world, the best have 10, and on average, 10,000 hours of doing what they do. I think you, like when you're as gifted as you are comically and as an actress, it's like that energy is there.

It's just either stuck inside or it's very wily and you don't know what to do with it until you start to get those hours, get those reps under your belt. I mean, Chrissy and I are 38,000 hours into this podcast. And I've said this to her before and I mean it and I think it's true and it'll probably be true at a thousand hours from now, but I don't think till episode number 400 did I actually feel like we knew what the fuck we were doing. Oh really? Yeah. Yeah, it's just reps, you know, it's getting in there and trying to figure out what works and what your voice is, like what's the

personality of the show. Yeah. And those two things, I think if you're not creative or you're not in a creative endeavor, it sounds like, well, that's silly. Your voice is your voice. Not really. Like, you know, you have to, it takes a lot of time to figure out how you convey that appropriately or how you use that energy in a way. I love your type of storytelling because it's just, I don't know, to me, it scratches an itch in comedy. There's other storytellers out there that do this really well also. I think of like Kyle Canane or some of these other people. They're really good at this, but you're extraordinarily talented at taking your life and turning it into something really funny and entertaining. Do you fear family get together sometimes

because you use all the material? Well, if anyone watches Crushing It, this latest one, you'll see I talk a lot about my mom. So she gives me a wealth of material alone. And I talk a lot about my wife, Jax too, but yeah, I kind of always am hoping that my mom will say something crazy. Yeah, for sure.

I'm like quickly writing it down. Because there's one story in my special, I talk about my mom falling in a cemetery, and a lot of the stuff I write, I will amp it up, I'll write punch lines, and I do a little bit of that in that story, but 95% of the story is just what she said. And I was like, this doesn't seem real, you don't, this doesn't seem like

what a normal person would say. But that's what makes it so fun. So yeah, I take these like moments in my life and people are familiar with my mom now and I just try to spit them back out in a way that's like, how can I, because my stories are long too. I'm like, how can I keep someone's attention

for eight whole minutes of a story? And that's been my biggest thing to try to work on in home was like, my, every story is like, you know, six to 10 minutes. So it's like, I got to keep your attention on each one of these stories for a whole hour. But it forces me to, you know, work hard at coming up with the through lines and punch lines. And I always try to have a narrative that's sort of a grander theme of the special.

And I always try to bring it back around so that there's payoffs from the early things they're now being paid off at the end. It's like writing a season of television. It's like writing a season of Breaking Bad for your special. It's like themes within the themes, keeping people entertained, but at the end, you know, it always comes back around.

But it's my job to be like, I'm just coming up with this just now. Right, off the cuff. It can seem natural, yeah. That's a great ability, honestly. But you go out on the road a lot, and I'm sure that that's where you say, okay, I have this idea,

let me see if I can punch it for the next five minutes and I'll take notes in my head about what's landing and what's not. Do you still, when you get up in front of an audience at like a small club and you're working on new material, do you still have that fear of the train coming off the tracks, I guess? Oh yeah, I'm writing a new,

every time you put out a special, you have to write a whole new hour, which is like the worst part of this. I'm like, can't I just sing cheeseburger in paradise? What? Yeah. Like musicians have it made. I know, right?

It's crazy, Sam Marill says the exact same thing. And I got it, yeah, he says, listen, the worst part about being a comedian is that- You can't play the hits. Yeah, unlike Guns N' Roses, I can't play Sweet Child of Mine every time. I know. That's why people come.

If they see my special, it's old. They no longer wanna hear it. Yeah, there's like- They expect something new. I still have people wanting me to tell the Hooters story from my Sweet and Salty special, so I'll do something like that at the end. But yeah, you gotta write a whole new hour

because people wanna be surprised every time. Otherwise they're like, ah, we've heard this. So yeah, I'm in New York right now. I was at The Cellar last night. The hardest part is I like to write everything out like a story on paper. I like to know where it's going and add some structure to it

and then I put it on its feet. So for me the panic is I have to now memorize a eight minute story that I just wrote. And it's easier once you've been on tour because you're doing it every stinking day. It gets in your bones, but in the beginning, you're like, wait, what did I write? What was that?

And so you're kind of in your head on stage. I like it when I get to the point where it's just flowing freely, but both these last, especially this last couple, two specials, the last three years, I've been on two tours back to back, a hundred cities with 150 shows each. How does, that's insane.

That material, I think, was honed as much as I could possibly hone it. Yeah, I think, but I see what you're saying. Like when you first go out there and you're working on material, okay, you've, you know, you spent the last whatever, however many days or weeks or whatever writing this out in my head, this feels good. It's got a flow to it.

I'm trying to memorize the beats and the notes so that I can at least get from point A to point B. And at first you're like literally seeing the paper in your head, trying to remember those beats and those notes. So it doesn't come as naturally and maybe some of the comic timing and the other things, the accents that you might put on it aren't there yet.

But as it starts to get deep into your bones, then you can, it's like improv, it's like the Grateful Dead, right? I know I'm gonna go slip not into the Sugar Man area. Oh, they're just like ripping on these long ass songs. Yeah, yeah. You'll get this as a Charlotte, it's like a widespread panic song.

I know I'm gonna go from here to here, but in between, I don't know, I'll throw in some. We'll figure it out. That's where we go. An Almond Brothers song or seven. But it's part of the journey, you know? It keeps me on my toes, from their song or seven. But it's part of the journey, you know? It keeps me on my toes,

because honestly, if people didn't force us to do this, I would wanna just tell Hooters stories every night. So it does, by nature, force me to be better at my job than I might have wanted to be. Right. And comedy really is kind of in a golden age, I think, right now. And I've said this before, and I'll give them shit about all of their live shows, Netflix. But Netflix and Amazon, and to some degree, I guess, Max, they've kind of put their weight

behind comedians and their success. Really, they see this as a vehicle for fresh material that's great content, they can put it out. There's multiple different voices. People need to laugh. People need to laugh. People need to laugh. Yes. And so therefore, now that comedy is really seeing a huge revival, my understanding is, because I was just a kid back then, but my

understanding is not since the 80s has comedy really been as hot as it is right now. And you're selling out. Like I love your Instagram post. It tells where you're going to be for the next five weeks, but then it just says sold out. Here's what I'm going to be, but fuck you if you want tickets. I mean, it's a blessing because selling tickets is so hard. You know, it's, you're in so many cities and there's so many people out there. There's so much entertainment you're competing with.

I think part of the boom is that people aren't going to the movies as much anymore. And studios aren't putting out comedies in theaters anymore. And people still want shared experiences. You know, we've been isolated a lot via social media. You think you're surrounded by people, but you're alone in your room scrolling.

And I miss those days of like being in a theater, laughing at like a bridesmaids movie. It's funnier when you've experienced it with people. So people are getting that by watching live comedy. And it shows me that there's still a big demand for it. And so I'm lucky that I'm in, I'm an actor and I'm a stand up. So where acting is dipping a bit, they're finding their way in this new world of media, the stand-up partially thriving. And you know, it's a dream. You want to, you work so hard on this material,

you want people to see it. So I've gotten to perform in like these amazing theaters, the Chicago Theater, the Beacon Theater last tour were like bucket list ones for me. Yeah, the Beacon. Yeah, so- It's like to walk out in the Chicago theater. I grew up in Chicago by the way, so I know-

That's right, yeah. I know the theater well. You walk out on that stage and there's just a throng of people on their feet for you. Yeah, it's crazy. That's like a 3000 seat theater, I think. Yeah, I think it's like 3,200 or something like that. That's a lot of people.

It's a lot of people. And we almost added a second one and I was like, could I possibly, I don't know. And I got two chicken to try. I'm like, let's quit while we're ahead. So the goal of this tour, I think would try to do too. It was incredible. My wife, I met her in Chicago.

An early day, she took me to the Chicago theater to see Carol Burnett in a Q and A. And I just remember being in that theater and just being like, whoa, this is like next level. And Carol was such a influence on my comedy. It just felt very much like one day I'll be here where Carol's at. Yeah, so that was a really neat thing to experience. I love that.

That's her city and I filmed my last special there and everyone in Chicago has been so crazy supportive of me because I think they feel kinship because Jax, that's her city. And we have a lot of love and respect for Chicago. So yeah, and all the ushers are in like these like cloak, what do you call them? Capes? Yeah, they're like the, yeah. It's very old school, but like cool.

They're making events of it, you know? Yeah, when you go to the Chicago theater, you're at a theater, right? I mean, it's like you're out of theater from 1920 and it's just an experience in and of itself. But then the room, such majesty and like entertainment royalty has come through that theater for a hundred years. Yeah.

Okay. You're a comedian. We know that. But really you're also- I'm a model. You're a model. Yeah, that's right. I'm a comedian, a model. I'm a pragmatic pragmatist. But also you've done very well for yourself acting also. And so tell me of the two passions, I know that probably comedy pays the bills on a regular basis. But acting has got to be also just as exciting. It's kind of a quick hit in and out.

You work for whatever, a couple months or unless you're on a series, you work for a couple months. You make a bucket of money and then you you work for whatever, a couple months or unless you're on a series, you work for a couple months, you make a bucket of money and then you can take a couple days off. Yeah, yeah, it's funny, acting was like such a goal of mine for so long when I was on Chelsea Lately. I remember Chelsea would say, what do you wanna do? I was like, I wanna act, I wanna be on a show. So I wasn't even on the path to be like doing standup

to the extent I am right now. I kind of just fell into that as far as when the acting, I'm a specific type. I can't just fit into every role and every project. So I think I started doing a lot more standup to fill the time between acting. But for me, acting was like, oh, that's my goal and that's what I wanna do.

And I've been lucky to, after I left Chelsea lately, I went and did a couple of pilots with Tina Fey. Those didn't get picked up, but you know, all these nos lead to yeses. And doing that project with Tina Fey led to working with some 30 Rock people, which led to Mindy K 30 Rock people, which led to Mindy Kaling's best friend, Lang Fisher, who they write together. She was on 30 Rock and she recommended me for the Mindy Project and that and the Mindy Project is what opened the doors for my

whole acting career. So I got to do like, you know, cool, like recurring characters in this show called like Life and Pieces. And I did this movie Office Christmas Party. And I'm basically hired to like come into film, a film or TV show and act like a crazy person. And then leave. You do seem to have kind of this, but that's my favorite version of you is when you're kind of like, I don't want to say clueless, but you're like so incredibly confident. Yeah, so overconfident. There's like this weird, vulnerable obsolescence here.

And I love it. I think you play it so well. Oh, thank you. And yeah, now I'm, you know, I did some sitcoms for a while. That was kind of my world. And those are obviously getting made less and less. And now I'm in this crazy action comedy world. I'm doing FUBAR with Arnold Schwarzenegger. I know. That's insane, which is great, by the way. I watched the first couple of episodes over the last week. It's really, that's crazy being in an action comedy with. It's really, that's crazy being in action comedy with.

You know, it's one of those shows you don't have to think too much. We're gonna entertain you for an hour and try to make you laugh and have some cool explosions. Yeah. And I think season two, which will come out in the spring, is we amp up the comedy even more. I think it's a better season

because we didn't really know what we were shooting first season. And now we just have fun with it and there's a lot of talented people on that show. And Arnold's just fun to watch. He knows what he does and he does it well. And he gives you like you wanna see. What's it like working with him?

So good. He's just a very kind, like generous guy, funny. He likes to, he loves comedians. So he loves to tease people and crack jokes. And there's nothing, there's no diva, you know, about him. He carries himself in a way that's, he knows his stature in life. He's been famous for like 50 years.

He's world famous, which is a different kind of fame. But we went and rode bikes in Toronto, people are like, Arnold, I, every corner, Arnold, Arnold, and he's just like, hello. He just lives his life, yeah. He does seem very kind. Like when you watch him on interviews, he seems like he's kind. He seems like he's wise.

Yeah. You know, I've said that, and like I don't love every bit of Mike Tyson and his life story. He's obviously done something very terrible. But when you listen to him now in his older age, he seems like he's learned a few things along the way. Yeah.

And he doesn't seem pretentious about it, right? Yeah. He's not precious about who he is as a person. He gets all his foibles and he understands it. And Arnold seems very much the same way. Yeah. But that's life. You can see in the documentary on Netflix, you reach an age where you start reflecting on... Yeah, that was a good one. documentary on Netflix. You reach an age where you start reflecting on successes and mistakes,

and he owns a lot of those. But he's still so active. He kind of lives his life like he's a governor still. He volunteers at organizations more than anyone I've ever met. He hands out food to veterans, and he has an after-school program for kids. It's raised like something like a billion dollars. I mean, he's always, if there's like, people are still calling them to help fix problems. I mean, I, yeah, I've, I've passed his iPad and there's very important people on those iPads and I'm like, Oh my God. And he's just smoking a cigar,

chatting with this very powerful person. Wow. Yeah. I think also once a, like when you're world famous, like you said, you do kind of become a politician in a way, right? And whether we like it or not, entertainment in politics is often wrapped up together.

And we see that how that played out in this last election for good, bad or indifferent. But I think once you're a politician of a state, a governor of a state like California, people will always see you as someone who can either fix a problem or be part of a solution. I think it's pronounced California. California. Do you think, this is like a question to the left, do you think sometimes that people's names have to do with their destinies? Like, Fortune is a very interesting name. I know you got it from your great grandmother, is that correct? Yeah, it was my great grandmother's maiden name.

And so it's great grandmother's maiden name, but there's like the name Fortune seems to fit you so well. And it also describes like a little bit of your, like you're a fortunate person. You've probably had your sense of troubles, but you really have had a lot of success also, especially over the last number of years. And I was having this conversation with a friend of mine

about three weeks ago. I think sometimes when you name a child, it's almost like that name either comes from the universe or you're placing some kind of destiny on them. I don't wanna like make it sound all hooky-pooky. Yeah, hooky-pooky. Yeah, hooky-pooky. But when you name a guy, Brian,

you're pretty much mediocre life. You're like Brian from Chicago? Yeah, Briany-pooky, but when you name a guy Brian, you're pretty much a mediocre life. Brian from Chicago? Brian from Chicago. Yeah. You're going to be a mediocre podcaster for the rest of your life. No. But what a name, Fortune. Do you feel fortunate to have the name Fortune?

Well, I kind of had to finagle it a bit because my, so my grandmother who I was super, super close to, she lived right around the corner, was a big part of my childhood and, you know, my parents were so crazy busy and had three kids, she really stepped in and was like another mother. And she, when I was born, she really, really wanted my mom to name me Fortune. She's like, that's the name, I'm telling you, that her name's supposed to be Fortune. Then my mom really resisted it. And she said I would have to be Miss America to live up to a name like that.

Which I'm like, how dare you think I couldn't. And my mom loved the name Emily. And to her, that was like the quintessential little girl name. And part of my mom and I, our journey is that, you know, she for so long in my life wanted me to be that pretty little lady, had dresses all over the place and just make up, always being given makeup and for her, Emily was like, that's my daughter.

And I was never Emily, you know? Fortune was my middle name. And so I kind of grew up being who my mom had hoped I would be. And my grandmother died when I was 18. And when I got to LA a couple years later, I had known that she'd always wanted me to be named Fortune.

And I just felt like my grandmother knew me before I knew myself. And she really instilled a lot of confidence and self-worth into me. And so I decided when I started taking groundlings that I would go by my middle name as a nod to her. Like this is in honor of her. Anytime someone calls me Fortune,

it will be like my little like ear pull that Carol Burnett did. That's my version of it. Thinking like you could be, you know, I'll be Emily in life and Fortune on stage and quickly I knew, I was like, oh, I was always meant to be called Fortune. Like, I don't resonate at all with the name Emily.

It never fit, it was never who I was. And so I kind of had to, I did have to kind of step into the shoes of Fortune, but now it just fits so well. And it just felt like that was a gift my grandmother gave me. Absolutely. I think that's such a lovely and endearing story. And like your grandmother knew you were fortunate

before you knew you were fortunate, right? She understood it. She got it for some reason, whatever, the universe talking. Sometimes I think our doors are open to the universe, even though we don't know what the fuck is coming out of us until many years later, or maybe not even at all. And it's just like, you know, that's just one of those stories that I think indicates

that there are greater forces at work a lot of times. You know, there are energetic shepherds in life. I do feel like I'm on some kind of, you know it's, you know, what did you call it? Hooky-pooky? Yeah, yeah, hooky-pooky. I do kind of feel that in a weird way. It's weird to like say it out loud, but it does feel like I'm on this path and I don't know where it's going or why it's going certain places.

I just kind of, I'm big on trusting my gut. I've had many forks in the road where I go, I have to make a really hard decision here and one decision will lead me down this way other path and this one will go here and I just, I have to trust that kind of inner thing and I feel like it keeps leading me to where I'm supposed to be going.

And I just do the hard work and show up and do my part of it and see where it goes. Well, I think you two have a very unique voice. You've never been, at least not in your public life, like since you've been notable for entertaining people, you've always been who you are, you're always saying it out loud, and you probably, like, you do have a path. And I would imagine that path is intersecting with so many other paths, and you're affecting those people in ways that you probably will never know.

And I'm sure you hear it here and there, like, oh my gosh, because of you, you know, I'm free to be who I am, or I tell my own story because of you, you know, I'm free to be who I am, or I tell my own story, or I, you know, I got the confidence, but you're so confident about it, and funny about it, and that, I mean, I guess we all do this in certain ways, you know, sometimes we get an email here, like, oh, because you, you know,

because you said this, it told me that I should do that, or whatever. And that's the story of humanity. We're all just kind of guiding each other in weird ways. And we may not understand, but your voice is amplified. By the time your mom called you from the cemetery. I think that's the coolest part of my job, especially being a stand-up, because my actor friends, they don't get to like meet the people watching as much. So you know, occasionally meet the people out about like in LA or wherever.

I'm in, like I said, a hundred cities every year and a half. I'm meeting a bunch of people, you know, from the airport to the airplane to the hotel, to the Uber, to the, I mean, I am meeting people. Yeah. And it is, and I kind of stick out like a sore thumb, and I have for a while. I'm tall, I'm a larger woman, I have this crazy ass hair and this accent.

And so I do a lot of high fives during the day. And I've just been in a lot of, I've basically been on TV since 2010, every year. So there's a lot of different things people know me from. But the byproduct of that, which I never knew could be a thing, is having people come up to me and telling me these really amazing things that a story or a special helps in some way, like provide levity and really intimate, you're with people in very intimate, vulnerable times sometimes that you don't realize like Sweet and Salty came out during like a month before the pandemic and I'm getting

emails from people talking about being in the hospital or being with loved ones dying, or I also got a lot of people writing me talking about my coming, because that special is a lot about coming out, and I had parents who were, you know, kids were now with their parents again, when I say kids, I mean like 24 and over, yeah. They're hanging out with their parents more during that time, and some of the emails would say, like, I would get from parents saying, my kid, put

on your special to see how I would react. And if I liked it, they got the courage. We kind of knew that they were gay, but they'd never said, and they got the courage to tell us. And I'm like, holy cow. That's I mean, it blew my mind that that it could be, cause it is so hard to have that conversation. I can't believe that special was part of people helping

ease that journey a bit. And I had, you know, I had people say, yeah, I didn't know how to tell my family or friends or whatever. And that helped me. And so, yeah, I never knew it could have that kind of effect. Because I just set out to, I'm gonna tell my truth, I'm gonna tell my stories, this is who I am, I'm gonna try to make you laugh,

and to think you can also help in these little subtle ways, just really means so much to me. And I take that responsibility. It means a lot to me. I don't take it for granted. In that moment, like in that moment, when you're reading those or when you think about

those moments happening across the screen or on the other side of whatever, on the other side of a podcast or whatever it is, it's like every, all the struggle, right, becomes worth it for a second. It's like, okay, this is what I was, I'm obviously here to, I'm obviously here for a reason. And if this helped one person or got one person through something, I mean, we had, I remember one time we had somebody write in and said that they were really low. They had a terrible job. Their boss hated them. It was just a really shitty, like kind of clock in, clock out warehouse job. And they said, I had a moment during the pandemic where I thought, this was just it. Like, this is the end.

And then I found your show for some reason. And I'm 180 episodes in, because we have a thousand of them, and I'm 180 episodes in, and it's kept me at least from jumping off the bridge. And I couldn't believe it. First of all, I was like, who the fuck is listening to this show? Second of all, I was like, Second of all, I was like, wow, that is incredible.

You know, it's just a silly podcast, but to some people, it intersects with their lives in meaningful ways that you could never understand. In that moment, every struggle and every shitty show and every tired eye, not like we did dig ditches for a living, but it becomes worth it and it becomes a little bit clear that your voice amplified has a purpose. And I think for you that must, I don't know, I can only imagine. I had one year, you have 33,000. It must feel good.

I mean, it does. And it's just, you know, it makes me, that's why I think I've really leaned into even more like putting out positive stuff. I know that's like, it feels so Pollyanna, but it is my natural personality, I'm not putting on a thing where I'm like, you know, be positive and then I'm just like, the world's worst. I genuinely wake up with a feeling of the glasses half full, which I know is like such a luxury.

I know people that can't, want to feel that and can't, be it chemically or whatever is going on in your body. And I'm so grateful that for the most part, and not that I don't have days, I'm seeing things through that lens. So when I put out comedy and material, even clips online, I try to do it with the bend of being on the positive side because there's just a lot of negativity.

Really, it's just kind of counteracting what all we're consuming that's so doom and gloom and fear-based and negative. I'm like, I don't, who needs that anymore of that? Let me go in this other lane. Yeah. We, you know, I've tell my children this and this is my language, not the one that I use for them, but I said the world is full of shitheads. We don't need another one.

Yeah. And what I'm saying to them is there's lots of bad in the world. Be the good guy, be the hero in small interactions and big interactions, because there's plenty of negative people. And there's a bad guy around every corner. You don't need to be that bad guy, bad girl, whatever. Right. And so I kind of- You call them poopoo heads?

Yeah. Shit. Yeah. Don't be a poopoo head. Yeah, the other day the dog was barking and I just lost it and I was like, shut the fuck up. And I didn't realize my young, young, young daughter was at the other end of the house and she walks out of the hallway and she was like, boo, shut the fuck up. And I didn't realize my young, young, young daughter was at the other end of the house

and she walks out of the hallway and she was like, boo, shut the fuck up. And I was like, ha ha. Oh no, that's it. The dance was worse. Okay, so real quick, before we let you go, Jax, Jax doesn't like the limelight at all. No.

Assuming from what you've said in the past and what she's told her. And it's getting worse and worse. She wants to be in it less and less. Not worse as far as like it's bad. She just does not want to be famous. Right. I'm the same way.

Yeah. I don't want to be famous. Yeah, Chrissy. Some people, I mean, people in LA can't fathom it. They're like, what? Yeah. I'm like, yeah, not everyone's a lunatic. Yeah.

Yeah, Chrissy wants to have nothing to do with it. If she goes to her whole life without anybody recognizing her outside of this studio, that'd be fun. And that's fine, you know? With Jax, I say the same thing. I'm like, yeah, I chose this career. I love it. It brings me so much joy.

I work all the time. I definitely work a holiday, but I love it. But if she doesn't want, I've had to be more conscious of like, I don't post as much about our personal lives or like her, she'll be in things here and there, but I try to be considerate of not throwing her into the limelight too much. Like unintended, like.

Exactly, yeah. And I get it, like sitting behind a microphone, it's like you wanna tell a funny story about something that happened during your day, or you wanna, I don't know, do something, and then I've also learned there are guardrails, right? You have to protect the people around you because they're not choosing to be behind this microphone.

And that can be hurtful, and I think even in some ways, scary, like I don't wanna be a part of that. Like, does Jax travel with you? Yeah, she travels a lot. I mean, for God, for the first eight years of our being together, she was, I think, at like 90% of shows. Wow, that's great.

And then that last, that first 100 City tour, I wore her out. And so by the time we got to the second 100 City Tour, she was like, you know, you have a tour manager now. Jack's like selling merch in the beginning. She's very shy so I forced her to be out of this cover zone in so many situations just because I needed help. I was a one man team.

Yeah, she wanted to support me and she did. And she's a producer on both, or all three, yeah, the last three specials. And is very active on my team. And she helped come up with the design of the stage for this last special. She's just very smart. And so she's very active and involved,

but I'm fine with her not wanting to be in the limelight. If I was with someone like, that couldn't stop filming themselves, that would be crazy. Yeah, if you and Kristen Wigg, the two of you would be obnoxious together. Yeah. Yeah, we've, Chrissy and I have had this conversation a lot about

like famous people and famous relations, like two entertainers in a relationship. It's a lot. Yeah, I think we were talking to Poppy Liao about this. She was like, we were talking about, if we were in a bunker, what would be your thing, right? If you went down into a bunker, everybody had their lane.

And we agreed that the two, Poppy and I should never be in the same bunker, because we just fight for attention. Yeah. And it would end up being bad news. Oh, anytime I start posting a lot, Jax will kinda, she likes to joke with me. She's like, do you get enough attention?

Is that good? I'm like, yes. Yes. That's great. So she keeps me grounded. Did you get your fix? Did you get your fill? Yeah. Did you get your fix?

Did you get your fill? Fortune's brand new special on Netflix. Number three, congratulations. Thank you. Not everyone can say they've got three Netflix specials. Three hour specials, two half hours, a lot of content out there. Thank you. Keep it going. Thank you.

Do you produce them and then sell them to Netflix or at this point does Netflix come to you and say, give us another hour? I'm in the Netflix family just from, I'm on a radio show with Tom Papa for them. Yeah, we love Tom. We've done for the last five years. Yeah, we had him on too.

Yeah, he's awesome. And so right now they've been through Netflix. So- Yeah. Well, congratulations. I know. Who knows? But yeah, so far it's nice to be part of that family

and it's such a, you know, that worldwide platform is so cool. Yeah. Oh yeah. So yeah, December 3rd, Crush In It. December 3rd, which is this upcoming Tuesday. So while you are- I talk about crushed ice.

Yes. Oh. Crushed ice. Southerners love crushed ice. Yes, we do. So real quick story. So the family wants to go on a vacation right before school starts.

It's like a last minute thing, right? Okay, let's go, let's take the kids and get them the last of giggles out or whatever. And the only place that we can find is a place in Panama City Beach at the Margaritaville that's just open. Oh yeah, you're gonna have to go. Oh my god. I'm a fortunate it was you're gonna have you've been or you already went so here here's here's we walk in there's these beautiful brand new like bungalows right there

brand new they've been open for like a month and we go in and I'm like okay this isn't that bad I thought Margaritaville surely I'm in for some kind of special treat, Red Neckarama, but it was, the places were lovely. And in every bungalow, they had a crushed ice, those little pellets. Come on now. They just kept making, it was a whole bucket full of them. Like Sonic. Yes, and they had a Margarita machine. It was like you just take the crushed ice. A cherry limeade with that crushed ice.

Oh my God. There's nothing better than crushed ice. So when you watch my special, you will see the significance that crush ice comes into my journey. Okay. Crush ice. All right, so December 3rd, this upcoming Tuesday, Fortune's brand new special is out.

FUBAR will have another season. Watch the first season, then another season coming out, release date TBD. Oh, and I announced a whole new, I'm announcing a whole new big tour that's starting April 1st. So another 100th city. You've also got a podcast.

I also have a podcast called Handsome. Podcast? Yeah. The Netflix is a joke with Tompoms for a boob bar. It's a lot. You should see my calendar, It will make you throw up. Well, I'm just glad you showed up here. Yeah, thank you.

This is so cool to talk with you guys. No, it's been our pleasure. And of course you're welcome back anytime. I'll tell you what, when you get ready to go on the next tour and you need to sell a couple tickets, you're welcome to come back. Oh, thank you for sure. Because I have two pages of questions of which I asked three.

So there you go. I love it. I will. Atlanta is a good spot. I did the Cobb Center last time. Yeah, that's huge. Yeah, that show was incredible. So I'll definitely be back.

We'll be there. I can't wait. We'll be there. We'll eat some biscuits. There you go. They crushed ice. That's right. All right, Fortune, babe, mate.

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spread a little joy with us. Sprinkle some of her fortune dust. She's so sweet, you know? You, when people are- She's so down to earth. I know. She's so sweet. She's so funny. She's so talented.

I mean, I- We've said this about 75% of the guests who are on some meteoric rise, which seems to be the only reason to come to the commercial break, you're either on the way up or on the way down. So let's say 75% of our guests have been on the way up and they're all taking it so well, in stride. Maybe they're learning some... Very humble. Yeah, there are no Brat Packers here.

Of course, we didn't have Rob Lowe in 1991. Do you remember when Rob Lowe got busted sleeping with some underage girls here in Atlanta after going to club anytime or something. Wasn't it club anytime or back street or one of those? Rob's learned the lesson though. Yeah, a few face slips later and he's doing okay. Poor Rob. I don't think poor Rob.

What's that? I don't think poor Rob. I think he's doing quite well for himself. He's everywhere, he's in like all these new shows. I know't think poor Rob. I think he's doing quite well for himself. He's everywhere, he's in like all these new shows. I know and I love Rob, I think he's a great actor. Yeah, his autobiography was good. Yeah, but the one too many facelifts, that's all I guess. That's why reading about Arnold Schwarzenegger's

anti-wrinkle diet, I don't know how well it's worked, but you can do it for free. It's like put raw eggs on your face or something like that. Yeah, no, I actually subscribe to his newsletter. Oh, you do? Uh-huh, I get his newsletter every week. And it's really interesting. He's an interesting guy.

There's no doubt about it. That is like one of the quintessential American tales. Come over here from a strange country, don't know a fucking word, and then make yourself the world's biggest celebrity at one point. And still is, like Fortune said, he's world famous. That's a different kind of famous.

But she's got to be world famous too. Like Netflix is in every country. It's not like you can't see Fortune's shows or comedy specials if you live outside of the United States. That's right. For those of you that don't live in the US, go turn on Netflix, listen to her special, watch it. Listen to Chrissy.

She's got all the advice that'll help you out. Her new special comes out December 3rd, that's this upcoming Tuesday. If you would do us a favor and Fortune a favor, tune into that special, I think you'll find it to be pleasant. She's crushing it. And she is a very good storyteller. Like she said, those stories are seven to 10 minutes long,

and she does a great job. I admire this so much, and you are a great storyteller as well. said, those stories are seven to 10 minutes long and she does a great job. I admire this so much and you are a great storyteller as well. Oh, thank you. I think Jeff is, it's a gift. It really is and something that needs to be honed. I mean, you know, it's like when I go to MIMFO and I come back, you say, what happened? And you're like, well would probably have a month's worth of material if I would know how to do the storytelling. Okay, thank you very much.

And I've heard this before from other people, right? I don't know how it all started, but I just learned how to weave a tale. And trust me, like Fortune said, 90 to 95% of it is true, but then you gotta learn how to twist some parts of it to bend your comedic will, so to speak. That's what you have to do. And so thank you. I'm nowhere as talented as Fortune is at it, but thank you very much. That's very kind. Jeff is a good storyteller too. It's not, and that's not everybody's style of talking or style of thinking. But

I, it resonates with me because I am a storyteller, so when I see somebody else telling a story in a really good way, then I love it. You are so good at so many other things, Chrissy. Storytelling doesn't need to be your thing. You are a lovely human being who always looks at the glass half full. You're empathetic to all your other friends and family members. You spread joy in this world. Your laughter is fucking infectious. That's for sure. If we've heard that one time, we've heard it a million times on the commercial break. And quite frankly, people like you a lot more than they like me. So, that's okay. That's just part of the game.

You put yourself out there more. I do put myself out there more. I give people more reason to dislike me. And that's okay. We all have our lots in life and our crosses to bear. And so let us think about that as we head into the Christmas season. Look for those 12 days. 12 days of TCB carrying our cross.

Okay, I'm not even gonna do it. Too soon. Too soon. 2024 years later, too soon. It's too soon. All right, okay, I apologize if I offended anybody, but you know, I'm a comedy show. What can I do? We gotta make a joke here and there.

Okay, Fortune's brand new special. Go check it out on Netflix. Foo Bar season two coming up in the spring. 100, another 100 city tour on the way. Get tickets fast because all of her shows are sold out. All of her shows are sold out. We've gotta catch her when she's here. For sure.

We say that a lot, a lot of people. And then for one reason or another, we can't, we don't go or we can't make it. We've seen a few, but we can't make it to every show. But Fortune is one of those I would put on the map. Definitely. Fortune, well, I'm not gonna name them. But Fortune comes, I would love to see.

Yes. And Pete Davidson is out of rehab, or did he ever go, question mark? No, they said that he never went. Well, that's very interesting. Because right after he got off stage in Atlanta, all of a sudden they said he was in rehab. I know.

But he did tell us when we went and saw him, when he was working on that new material, that he was getting all of his tattoos lasered off. And the tattoo removal is complete apparently. So now you can see him. You can see his arms. There's no tattoos. There's a little sign, you know, little tiny little ink marks here and there.

But that had to have been a very painful process to go through. Wow, a long time, it takes a lot. Yeah. So all the Fortune's information will be down in the show notes, so you can go ahead and check her out on her social media, at her website, links to tickets and all that other good stuff. Christina will put it in there. Hey, listen, now every single episode of The Commercial Break is available on youtube.com slash The Commercial Break. And soon, if it's

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