The Commercial Break - TCB Infomercial w. Sam Morril

Episode Date: August 13, 2024

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I'm like, fuck this city. I'll never be back. And then I'm just like my agent, can we get that Myrtle? I think that guy liked me. Myrtle open. The next episode of the Commercial Break starts now. Yeah, boy. Oh yeah, kids and kittens, welcome back to the Commercial Break.

I'm Brian Gray and this is the Lang to my Stern, Kristen Joy Hoadley, best to you, Kristen. Best to you, Brian. And best to you out there in the commercial break. I'm Brian Green. This is the Lang to my Stern, Kristen Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Kristen. Best to you, Brian. And best to you out there in the podcast universe. Today is a TCB Infomercial. Tuesday, could not be more excited to have Sam Marill joining us on the show today.

One of my favorite stand-up comics. I love his humor. Doing what he does today. He is a comic. He's a bold comic. Check out his brand new special on Amazon. You've changed, I've changed. Everybody's changed on Amazon.

And to be honest with you. It was really funny. It was. I know. I watched like five minutes of it and I told Astrid, I was like, you gotta watch this special. And then she watched five minutes of it

and was like, wow, he goes at it. And I was like, he does go at it. That's kind of five minutes of it and was like, wow, he goes at it. And I was like, he does go at it. That's kind of comic I like. He walks a tight, he walks a high rope. But I get the sense that Sam is not one of those guys who's looking for, it's not click bait. He is, that's actually what he, like he says what he finds funny.

No. Yeah, but he. And there are a lot of those comics out there who are just, you know, pushing buttons to push buttons, but that's not Sam. Sam is doing what he finds funny. There's actually a moment and I don't you know I hate to like ever since someone yelled at me for it I hate to tell other people's jokes as they're coming on the show. We'll leave that uh

just bury that one for right now but anyway there's a point in the show where Sam starts talking about something and he gets an instant reaction from like two people in the crowd they're like oh don't go there or whatever about something and he gets an instant reaction from like two people in the crowd. They're like, Oh, don't go there or whatever they say. And he goes, you realize this is a fucking comedy show, right? There's like a punchline. It's going to turn. You understand it. And so I get the sense that Sam just does what he finds funny. And I appreciate that. There's a lot of honesty and authenticity to what Sam does. If you haven't seen Sam, go check him out sammorill.com and then you can check out his brand new Amazon special, You've Changed on Prime. I also want to share that

Sam does one of the reason why I like connected with Sam was he had this viral moment, probably right at the beginning of the pandemic, maybe right before the pandemic, where he went on a morning show, like a local morning show. And he tells the story, I've read it in a, like a trade rag or something, he tells the story that he was just like tired, not really interested in doing and not yet another local morning show

where they ask you all the boring questions. Welcome to the commercial break, Sam. And... This is your life. This is your life. In five minutes. In five minutes. On the show. Yes. Yeah.

And so someone asked the, one of the journalists, journalists, quote unquote, one of the newscasters on the morning show, asked him a question like, hey man, have you always been funny? So have you always been funny? And Sam's like, nah, I don't think I've always been funny, but I did get molested by an uncle once and he was funny. So I think I kind of, I think I got it like a Spider-Man thing. I just got it through my blood.

Yeah. And ever since Sam has been doing this prank on local morning shows time after time again. No one knows what to say. Well, like there were three types of people, right? One that would try and keep up with the joke. Yes. Or either the people that.

People that just had no fucking clue what was going on. And so they would react like almost like a deer in headlights. They didn't really know how to take it. They just move on to the next question as if he didn't say what he said. Like there's one, and maybe I'll ask him about this. There's one where he's in a tour bus.

He's doing like a video call in, right? He's in a tour bus. They ask him how the tour's going. He says, yeah, this tour, we're doing great. You know, we really decided to stay on the healthy kick. We're eating lots of vegetables. We're not doing as much drinking. And then he turns the camera just enough

so in the side you can see the guy that he's touring with is doing lines on the fucking tour bus. Damn. So the newscaster just keeps asking questions as if nothing happened. doing lines on the fucking tour bus stand. So the newscaster just keeps asking questions as if nothing happened. That's fantastic. The one where he's in the airport and he's got the same comic that's touring with him is wrapped up in black tape with handcuffs on.

He goes, well, I like to bring my sex skimper. And they don't know what to do with it. They don't. Number two is they cut away right away. They're like, well, thanks, Sam Morrill for coming. He'll be at the Funny Bone on Tuesday at 8.30. That's like, get the fuck out of this segment. And then there's the third kind,

which tries to keep up with Sam. And that's not their daytime job. Their daytime job is being a smart ass for a living. So they don't do too good. He's great, man. You should go check it out. Super cut on YouTube of all of his morning show pranks. And I could watch it over and over and over again.

I am excited to talk to Sam. So without further delay, let's do this. Let's get awkward transition phase, everybody. I should have like a little noise for that. Awkward transition phase. Let's do this, Christy. Let's take a short break. Then when we come back,

we'll be here with the great Sam Morrill. Talk about his brand new comedy special on Amazon, You've Changed, and all the other shenanigans that he's up to with those morning shows. Sounds good. Sounds good to you. Sounds good to me. We'll be back after I get the commercial set up.

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Got an email from one of our listeners, David. It's car related. I thought I'd share. I love it. Hey, Brian and Hodley. Love the show. Throwback to the Hodley. Yes.

The OG name of Chrissy Hodley. That's right. OG, Hodley. I thought I'd share with you a funny story that happened over the holiday weekend. My wife and I live in central Illinois with our two children. I'm a big car guy and have been customizing cars since I can remember. My first car was actually a Honda Accord, but unlike Brian, that's me, my car actually had a hood. We have three cars in our family

right now, the family Roadster, and then my wife and I each have a smaller car. Both of those cars I've spent a ton of money and time on in the shop. It's not weird to see me out in that garage four or five hours each Saturday or Sunday tinkering around and adding customizations. I doubt this guy actually has children because who has four to five hours on Saturdays? Right, to tinker around. Exactly. I won't get into the details because I know Brian won't have a clue as to what I'm talking about. Let's just say I've spent thousands of dollars on each of these vehicles. One of my favorite things to customize on my car are the tires. I love tires. Each of the smaller cars have thousand dollar tires on them. Thousand dollar tires. Wow. Those are some tires.

I know. Seriously. If I hadn't married my wife, I might have married my tires. We've actually done that episode. Yes, we have. David, thank you. Anyway, my parents live about an hour and a half away from the house. We visit there often and we obviously drive each time we go. And just like you, Brian, I'd love to take the back roads. Every time we get in the car and go to my parents' house, she looks over at me and says, let's see how much longer it will take this time.

So over the holiday weekend, we had plans to go to my parents' house to spend some time with the grandparents and do the holiday thing. A few days beforehand, however, I got some kind of cold, wasn't feeling well and decided not to go. Our family roadster needed an oil change, so I told my wife to take the smaller car and I would do the oil change while they were gone. My wife packed up the car and the two kids and she left about 8 a.m. Saturday morning. About 9 a.m., I got a phone call from her explaining that the car was driving funny.

She told me the car kept pulling to the right and that she could hear a flapping noise. Uh-oh. The old flapping noise. That's an indicator that you shouldn't be driving the car anymore. I instantly knew something was wrong with the tire and it was probably flat. I told her to pull over to the next exit

if she could get there and get to a gas station safely, which she did. She sent me a picture of the right front tire and of course it was mostly flat. A friendly older gentleman approached her, generously offered to help my wife change the tire. The guy changes the tire to the spare and then my wife gets back in the car. She explains that she's safe and about 30 minutes away from my dad's house.

Later on that evening, we FaceTime with the kids and I asked her about the car. She told me that the car drove okay, and she took it slow. I told her I would fix the tire when she got back and explained to her to take the back roads on the way home so she can keep it slow and not bust the spare. The next morning, I woke up early at about 6.30 a.m. to my father's text message saying, I'm gonna help your wife fix the tire, where is it? I responded, probably in the back of the trunk.

He responded, I looked everywhere, tire is not in the car. I called my wife right away and asked her, where did you put the tire? She said, what tire? I said the tire that was flat. The same one that was flat. Exactly, she responded, uh-oh. I said the tire that was flat. The same one that was flat. Exactly. She responded, uh-oh.

Turns out my wife did not put the tire in the car. She left it in the grass at the truck stop in a rush to get out of there and get to my dad's house. She had totally forgotten to put the tire back in the trunk. I love my wife. She's the best thing that ever happened to me, but I've never been so upset with her as I was at this moment. I don't even know why it's a freaking tire. Yeah, it's expensive, but it's a piece so upset with her as I was at this moment. I don't even know why. It's a freaking tire.

Yeah, it's expensive, but it's a piece of rubber with some metal in the middle. It can easily be replaced, but man, did we get into an argument. After my wife hung up on me, I called my dad and told him what happened. After some Advil, I texted my wife and apologized to her for getting upset. I told her that we'll just get a new tire. And while I was definitely still angry, I can't blame her. I lose stuff all the time. I can't count how many times we've had to drive back

to some store, restaurant, or bar to get my phone or wallet. It's kind of weird to lose a whole tire, but I guess I could understand. Anyway, happy ending to the story. My father took the time to drive back to the truck stop and unbelievably the tire was still in the grass. Oh, wow. My dad took the tire to a friend's garage.

He managed to fix it over the next couple of days. My wife was back at home safe and sound. And now we are never allowed to take the back roads to my parents because my wife is scared we're going to blow a tire in the middle of nowhere. And because I acted completely immaturely, I have to agree with her every time she says it. Marriage and cars, man. Marriage and cars. Keep up the good work. Love, David. Thank you, David. Great story. That is, I've never left a tire at least. I could see me losing a tire. That's for sure. But I have never left one, thankfully. With over 122 million parts, you can make sure your number one ride or die stays running smoothly. Brake kits, LED headlights, roof

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how we had a huge negative reaction to my rant about how creativity in movies is dead and everybody's trying to squeeze the ever fucking life out of every dumb movie that ever happened like Twisters, no one asked for it. And we got people texting us left and right being like, hey man, Twisters is a great movie. No it wasn't, never was a great movie. Twisters sucked.

Twisters sucked. I mean the original Twisters sucked and you know Bill Paxton was a great actor. I was a black guy. Agreed. Love him. And Philip Seymour Hoffman's got a great little role in it but like the movie sucks Yeah, there's no I'm creative that they're remaking bad movies. Yeah

Yes, I told Chrissy I said I wouldn't be surprised if someone is dreaming up Dick Tracy to over there I mean, what the fuck are we asking for? Like that's the one we're like by the way if it didn't work with Warren Beatty and Alton Madonna Oh, yes, great actor Madonna. You're right, she's so good. If she didn't carry it. That movie is one of those movies that looked so cool and just sucked.

It did. It did. But Warren Beatty was the, I mean he was the man. He was a legendary coxman, like a renaissance dude. I was, commercial break listeners will know that Brian decided in his infinite wisdom at 13 or 14 years old whenever that movie came out that I would start collecting Dick Tracy memorabilia It did in the McDonald's

It was fucking everywhere, but the movie did suck It was the worst movie ever but I agree with you about like twisters No one asked for it And now it's just like I feel like it's a showcase for Glenn Powell to take off his shirt again. Like, I mean, what are we really, Glenn Powell. Now we're just cock blocking housewives though. We're like, again, he's taking off his shirt. And they're like, dude, we have nothing.

You have to show it was Glenn Powell. That's true. My wife loves Glenn Powell. I have to if you an apology to Glenn Powell because I ripped off my guy. But I'm like, I don't know where he came from. Where did Glenn come from? I will say if anyone is, I said this to you before,

if anyone's like an industry plant, it is Glenn Powell. The CIA was like, he's handsome, he's talented, we can control this, because he was a dude that kind of came out of nowhere. They'd be like, Glenn Powell in a new romance, and I'd be like, who the fuck is this guy? I know. Like I feel like he just kind of came out of no,

of course he had like a journey, because he was in like movies, but then they're like, he was in The Dark Knight, and I'm like, did they edit him into The Dark Knight? Like, they might have just put him in in post, and like use it later. Wait, hold on, Glenn Powell is in Dark Knight? He gets the shit kicked out of him

in like the first scene in The Bank, and I could be wrong, but like, does anyone have like an original Dark Knight? Because I feel like they put him in like the first scene in the bank and I and I I could be wrong but like does anyone have like an original Dark Knight because I feel like they put him in like two years. He has a long storied career in Hollywood he was a Dark Knight. Sam I gotta tell you man you're one of my favorite things in the world is when a new Sam morning show bit comes out. I know you talk about this all the time, man. But I gotta address why the sex gimp.

So for those of you that may not be aware, there are super cuts of Sam going on local, morning television talk shows. And I think- Just fucking with him. Just fucking with him. Just fucking with him in the most amazing and funny ways. They don't know what to do. My favorite might be be sex gim, but the other one that my favorite is.

Yeah. That's my, that's my, one of my best friends, Gary Veeder and we toured together and I one day was like, Hey, would you mind being like a gim shop, one morning nude and just like, we did it. It's almost better when it's a live show, but it's on zoom. So he had to just like, try to pretend to escape behind me. And, uh, did you have him in an airport once he was, yeah, guys are in the Delta but it's on Zoom. So he had to just like try to pretend to escape behind me. And I- Did you have him in an airport once?

He was like, you guys are in the Delta Club? Yeah. We got some looks. People were like, why is there a guy with tape over his mouth, tied up in the Delta Lounge? And I was like,

I'm doing Buffalo Morning Television. That's what. But they usually laugh, but everyone said, that guy did not find it funny at all. Like, was still, cause my friend did that morning show weeks later, and Rachel Feinstein was like, Yeah, we had her on.

And she, and he was like, do you know Sam Morales? She's like, oh yeah, he's like my brother, we're so close, and then he goes, I hate him. And she's like, oh I forgot you did the Gimps Ex Slave Gang on his. But it's just like a it's just so stupid because it's like there's nothing they can do no So I just think they're expecting this like bundled up proper interview It just reminds me of my childhood because my mom is just a very proper woman, and I would just do whatever horrible thing Do it to shock her

But that's like what got me into comedy is like Rodney Dangerfield walking into like the stiff country club and being like just do whatever horrible thing. Do it to shock her. Yeah. You know? But that's what got me into comedy is Rodney Dangerfield walking into the stiff country club and being like, yeah, I bet you were something before, like, Disney, you know? Hey, Wayne, what's up with the pictures? Yeah. So I love doing the morning shows.

It is hard as hell to get booked on them these days. Pam hates you, doesn't she? There's three types of people that get me booked on the, it's like the producer who hates their boss and is like looking to get fired. Oh, nice. A la Nancy Grace, who did like the animals fucking on and she was like, what's that?

And they're like, I quit. That was, that's one type of person that will book me. Another one is like the, just is so bad at their job, they do no research. Yeah. And the just is so bad at their job. They do no research. Yeah. And the third is just like, I think that's it, actually. Yeah, that's just dumb in their job.

The third is maybe like just a fan who is like, they'll get it. It's funny. But they're like, no, they won't. But when they do get it, it's so much funnier, I think. I agree with you 100 percent. Like I was, Chrissy and I were talking about this last week I was like, I think there's probably there's like two reactions to Sam three reactions Actually, one is they have no fucking clue what's going on and they're like a deer in the headlights Just trying to you know, like a little through number two is they're so shocked

They want to get out quickly or number three They try to hold their own with you and that is one of the ones that are some of the most funny because it's like you're not gonna go toe-to-toe with Sam. Well because they can't because it's their job. Yeah yeah I've always said it's like it feels like a bank robbery I call the uber as I'm going on to the set. I need a car waiting for me because they're not gonna be happy. My favorite is when one of my favorites is when you're in the tour bus and Gary is in the back doing the lines of blow. Yeah, that was a good one.

I mean, that got us, Pam, I published this, had to deal with a pretty angry call from a gay Durham producer who just said, Missy, you'll never be on Good Morning Durham ever again. And I was like, damn. to be on Good Morning Durham ever again. Damn. And then we just play Pam, like we would just videotape everything happening after and we'd play Pam calling me on speakerphone being like, you know how much trouble I keep getting into you? And I'm like, well, you could stop working with me

since that works fine. No, Pam's the sweetheart. We know Pam, we love Pam actually. So you've got your new Amazon special out. Oh my God, it's so funny. It's ball-busting, man. It really is. It's so fucking funny.

From beginning to end. Can I share what I really like about you? Is that I think you're a comic who just, you know something's funny and you go for it and it doesn't matter, I mean, I guess maybe it matters, but if it's interesting to you and the subject matter is there, you go for it. And that makes you, I would like to say a little bit,

some people might call it edgy, I don't call it edgy, it's just comedy, you're just being funny. I hate when people say that, but yeah, it's, look, it matters sometimes, when you're working it out, it matters, because when those jokes miss, they're just like, what the fuck is wrong with you? I have a new chunk I'm working on, and people are like, I was like, wow, eight minutes in, I was like,

I guess this is pretty Holocaust heavy. But it doesn't hit you. When you're writing it, you're just writing jokes and you're like, these are funny, this next line works. And then you're up there and you're like, ooh, I gotta find a- A funny joke. Yeah, I gotta find something.

Yeah. Yeah. Do you, what is like the, do you remember like a specific crowd, a reaction where you were like, holy shit, I am just out here in left field and I gotta pull it back with people like yelling at you? Because I imagine that some of your material, people are so sensitive these days.

Like they're so sensitive about every fucking little thing. And that's fine, whatever, that's their opinion. But they don't have to ruin the comedy show for it. But I see, like I also watch a lot of your crowd work. And you know, sometimes you get some pretty rowdy reactions Yeah, I think I tape like every show for the most part cuz I only really go up at the comedy seller in New York And then the road I usually have a camera guy with me just cuz you never know what's gonna cuz like the one time I don't tape something incredible happen. Yeah, you know and then

Yeah Usually it's not my crowd. So my crowd's usually pretty good. I feel like there's a good connection with my crowd. They kind of know what they're in for. But yeah, I did a corporate gig awhile back and it was like, this is what. They paid me really well, so it was kind of like,

in my head I'm like, if I bomb, I'm cool with it. Yeah, because whatever, I'm getting the check. If I move to apartments, I kind of want to get some stuff. So I'm like, my boss my head. I'm like if I bomb I'm cool with it. Yeah Departments I kind of wanted I want to get some stuff so I'm like I'm like, oh well this will pay for this in this room and that you know, I'm like just doing the math as I'm bombing and Yeah, some guy like it was just weird corporate gig. It was like me and Gronk the player Yeah, he's like paid to party with them and I'm like what you you just have to fucking chug beers with him I gotta fucking make him laugh

He just like, you know doing fucking chugs and like he's got a funnel carries with a funnel like He was awesome too. He's so nice. But uh, yeah, but then I had to go up there and I was like, wow This was this was a tough gig Literally, they're just all talking. So it's like a theater. Yeah. So funny, I think Rogan's filming his new special there. And I was like, it's a beautiful theater, but my memory of this theater is just fucking,

just a knife fight. And they're just, at one point, a guy two minutes in is like, you suck. I'm like, in my head, I'm like, this guy doesn't know how hard this is because no one's listening to me. So I'm like, my energy is not, I'm not like, this guy doesn't know how hard this is because no one's listening to me. So I'm like, my energy is not, I'm not like a desperate energy comic,

but I also have done enough hell gigs that I know how to turn it. Yeah. I'm like, in my head, I'm like, just keep fucking zinging, get this guy, get this person, keep building momentum. And after each little laugh, the next joke's gonna get a bigger laugh and you just keep building momentum.

But it was a good like 15, maybe 20 minutes before I got them to start laughing and had to fight through the you sucks and stuff because they were just drunk animals and then It's also a corporate gig like, you know, there's HR department is there It's like, you know people are like, I think some people should I not laugh at that? Yeah, I think it was a theater and some people snuck in because it was open bar. Oh Yeah, I was getting getting some not so corporate, so funny by the way. I've dealt with corporations because I've done specials and stuff with

different streamers and the way they speak is so different than what I'm getting at this show. We found that this doesn't play well with our demo and I'm like, then at this show they're like, fuck you, cocksucker. What the hell happened? This is a weird office. It's the MyPillow people. Oh yeah, that's the wimpy effect, Jesus Christ. So by the end, I was like, all right, they at least respected me, but the best part of these gigs is they were like, all right, he's good.

I think most of them were like, we're assholes, but they wanted me to hang after. Oh, that's a sign that they liked you And I'm like, you think I wanna hang with you fucking assholes? I'd rather get beaten in by a gang than this shit. Not really, I'd rather bomb for 25. I'd rather bomb for 25 than it's two. I was using hyperbole there.

50 minutes is a fucking long time to try to win a crowd over there, man. Everyone's talking over each other. It was like really closer to 25 of just like kind of fighting but then you you figure it out I mean it's just like we've all every comic does and it's like by the way so a bad day at my job is 30 minutes it's like all right it's I can deal with it it's pretty easy yeah I don't do too much complete we don't do too much complaining here either I mean we don't have anybody roasting us I think

that's the big difference between us and I'd like if someone actually walks that lat what do they call the final 15 or whatever when you walk on stage? And it's like, you know, you guys that's a that must do you still get like nervous when you go up there? No, I just kind of likes I just kind of sigh and I'm like this ain't gonna be fun It's kind of like not nervous. I just kind of know what it is. Yeah, I get a little nervous when it's like When you don't have your act to fall back on when it's stuff That's like all riffing, but then I just have to remind myself like I've been doing this a long time Just trust the muscle memory and like I watch a lot of sports and yeah

I'm a big Knicks fan and wall Frazier who oh yeah there He would always he always says when players are shooting badly. He's like they're aiming their shot Which just means they're thinking about it too much So yeah, I think if you're thinking about being funny and you don't just trust yourself to be funny, you're you're kind of fucked. Like I did. I did a couple sets last night on stage of The Cellar with a friend of mine, Mateo Lane. We were just like, oh, yeah, yeah.

You want to just go up and bullshit, like try to find some jokes together. And he was like, yeah. So I brought him up on my show and then he brought me up on his and we fucking were killing. I was like, oh, yeah, I didn't. You forget that you forget that you have that's like muscle memory for you It's like I wrote all these topical jokes like before I went on with him So they may be funny if we get some like you know Kamala Harris jokes are like

Some Biden jokes yeah, or you know maybe about the yellowstone guys or something yeah for the whale that flipped Oh my god. I want about him that bomb so they just didn't get it I don't think to the whale that flip that capsized the boat so I fucking unbelievable I said that's not you know my god can you imagine I said yeah you've only been flipped over by a bear and they just didn't that bomb but then like every line that I just like we were just riffing and playing off each other and it's like you just remember like he's so charming and natural the day was funny yeah he's like, you just remember, he's so charming and natural. Mateo's funny, yeah, he's good, yeah.

You just figure it out. And I think, I mean, to lick your ass a little bit, I think what I like about you. By the way, I don't think that's the expression. Was it kiss your ass? I don't think it's to lick your ass. I think what's good about you, and what I like about you, is that there is this comfortable confidence

that you go on that you do seem Like someone is very comfortable in his skin telling Jokes that you know yeah, you got the room because now you have an audience But you know at some point you didn't when did you start? I mean this is like a stock question, but when did you start doing stand-up? I started my first set I was like 18, so I've been doing this a while, but you know Yeah, you just kind of get used to like my natural energy is this is how I speak So I was like let me see if I can get them

Instead of being like ah bad like the guys who are high energy and have to kill them Let me see if I can kind of kill with my energy. I can get them used to my energy like You know Nate Barghazi was a guy who always kill with low energy And yeah Barry and got there was a lot of great comics in New York Who did that? I was maybe I can just speak in my natural energy. I remember seeing Leonard Cohen at Madison Square Garden musician But he just like held the room with a lower energy in that and that's it's a different skill so you kind of like okay, that's different that's pretty cool and I

Think I'm like other specials of mine there's more of a sense of urgency like a desperation of just being like oh fuck I gotta I gotta kill yeah I gotta grab them you're just used to these crowds that got free tickets on the road and don't give a shit about you and the whole show it's like you got to prove it to me you're funny so I think once you trust them to know that it's gonna be a good show and that they know it's gonna be a good show, you kinda trust your pacing a little more and it's not cool to be desperate on stage. No one wants to be around a desperate, like would you want a fucking stripper who's just

like, come on, let me give you a thing? That's not what you want. You want a natural energy. Yeah, I think you gotta, if that's your energy, to be anything else would come across as inauthentic, it wouldn't be cool, and then you just struggle to make things funny. Like, I mean, I remember seeing Chris Rock

and his latest, whenever he went on tour after the slap, in the room, he was like at the Fox Theater here in Atlanta, and the room was a weird, dull energy when we got in there. I think it was like a Thursday night or something. Everyone was just kind of like very quiet and soft. It was weird for a comedy show. And he came out with his natural energy, and in five minutes the crowd was on fucking fire.

It was just so weird how, not weird, but how he controlled the room, right? Everyone came up to match him. That's very much who he is. And so, but I imagine when you're going out at first, at least, you gotta kind of like find your way to that. And then there's probably a lot of, I don't know, like emotions that you go through just to find out who you are as a comic, what's your authentic voice.

And you definitely have a perspective. I mean, and it's, to me, it's fucking hilarious. Thanks, man. Yeah, Rock is so fun to watch always, but like I do love watching him in smaller rooms because he's not doing the kind of performance. He's doing just- He's not like stalking the stage and running around.

Yeah. He's just kind of talking out the bit. He's just finding the bit. And he's got such an interesting mind that it's cool to just watch him like work it and kind of be like, huh, okay, this line's not right. It's cool to just watch him like like work it and kind of be like huh okay this line's not right it's cool to see him kind of figure it out because yes his angles on social commentary are like as good as it gets. Can I share with you a story and I want to I'm gonna see if this is true so

I think of comedy and I've said this a lot as a kind of musicality right there's like beats and notes and you take a breath and there's intonation and loud and soft and all that other stuff and there's intonation and loud and soft and all that other stuff. When I saw Rock, obviously, Atlanta was one of the first cities he played and so you could kind of tell that he was getting toward the end of the show.

He was wrapping it up, you were seeing this. And right at some point, he told a joke where I felt like that was the mic drop moment. He wanted it to be the mic drop moment, but it didn't happen in the room. It didn't happen. He didn't get the reaction he wanted. So I felt, this was just my interpretation of what went on. He went back to it and wound us up for another three, four, five minutes and then got that moment that he wanted and that was the mic drop moment. In my interpretation of what went on was he wanted this first moment

to be the dead drop But it didn't happen so he kept going until he got the reaction he wanted and that was the mic drop Do you ever feel that you like have like an extra couple of minutes because I didn't get that reaction I didn't get that mic drop moment. That's a really good observation because I think I mean for me I relate to that. I think most of my specials have one long story. Yes, I'm on a short story So that's interesting I think most of my specials have one long story and then another short story. So that's interesting. I mean, I think a lot of albums will have

one crazy long song. It'll be Guns N' Roses, a lot of short songs, and then November Rain. Yes. You know? So, yeah, I think for me, that structure always kind, it was like, it's like a mini, like, all right, here's one more.

You know, like, that was the big one but like let's do one more I also thought like having one in the chamber is a nice thing like if that closer didn't get what you wanted you like all right here's I have a backup it's a nice way to you feel a little more prepared as a comic yeah yeah that's what that's and that's was just an observation maybe he maybe he always intended to do the extra two or three minutes, but it didn't feel like that to me. I felt like, oh, he wanted that to drop. It dropped with me, but it, it didn't drop with him.

Do you know our, Daniel Point, have you ever been to the Daniel Point Improv? I love that club, yeah. Do you really? Yeah. I've been a couple of times. Yeah, Fort Lauderdale, just good crowds. Yeah, I, I use it as a workout it a couple of times. Yeah, Fort Lauderdale, just good crowds. Yeah, I've used it as a workout room a couple of times

and I built a lot of jokes in that room because the crowds are really generous, I thought. Oh, that makes me feel better. Yeah, that makes me feel good. We're doing a live show down there and I was like, I never heard of fucking Daniel Pond. Great staff too, yeah, awesome, awesome club. Oh, fantastic.

Nice. It makes me feel better. Are you on the road right now? I'm doing a casino gig in Hammond, Indiana on Saturday with a few comics, Krista Stefano, Nimesh Patel, and Jordan Jensen. So I'll be out for one night. I'm actually doing the Miami Improv next weekend. Doing Baltimore August 15th through 17th.

I'm doing some casino in, in parlor, like Do you enjoy doing the casinos? The money's good and it's only a night usually, so, uh, I'm alright with it. Uh, and I do, I do find that I get my crowd now, so it's like, back in the day I was like, fuck a casino, but now it's kind of like my people, so I, my people, so I actually like Vegas now for like a night. Oh really? Jews are just not built for the desert. I mean, I wake up like the hangover in the Thor.

Yeah. I just, I shrivel up, I hate it. But Vegas for a night, but then you see like, you're in the casinos, I wanna take everyone out to a nice dinner, and you look at the prices, and you're like, do you think $400 for Tomahawk's Gate seems fair? Right.

Do you think that seems right? It's literally like you made an airport a fucking city. Yes. Yeah, true. It's fucking insane. I agree with you. Vegas gets you from the, I took a flight out to Vegas six months ago, 10 months ago, whatever it was. I took a flight out to Vegas, and I'm 10 months ago, whatever it was. I took a flight out to Vegas and I'm sitting next to

probably what I would imagine are two of the most derelict human beings I've ever seen in my entire life. Like then there are 50. If I go into Reno, you'll find that's the whole city. Oh yeah, Reno. Oh yeah, Reno is a whole different animal. But these guys, they got their bag of gear on, one guy does pants down his ass,

and they are literally betting on the flight. They're watching sports and they're like, I got $10 this, I got $10 that. They didn't even make it, so I follow them out. By the way, this doesn't sound trashy and I do this all the time. I bet I look like a motherfucker. Well, no, but I'm talking, they were like betting in between each other on the sports. They're handing each other money.

Yes, they were doing this on the way and then I've you know follow them out of the flight they didn't not one slot machine went by before those guys were sitting with a fucking drink I was like wow this Vegas got you right when you get in a fucking go by those like cheap slots man I saw a guy cigarette scotch in hand and a hat that said number one dad Number one, but yeah, I think my opener in Reno was boy If you ever want to see fake tests and an oxygen tank on the same You know Reno is I did the casino there silver lake silver legacy a couple times I remember doing it for a week. Like I will never do this again

But you know the next year it's like dry. You're like, all right, I remember doing it for a week, like I will never do this again, but you know, the next year, summer's dry, you're like, all right, fuck it. I'll do this again, yeah. I do that with a lot of clubs, Myrtle Beach, I'm like, fuck this city, I'll never be back, and then I'm just like to my agent, I'm like, can we get that Myrtle? I think that guy liked me.

Myrtle open. Search for ordering trays of Long Island ice tea, and he's like, fuck you, it's not for me. God, this gotta be Myrtle, Myrtle Beach. Yeah, it's a nice town if you're into, you know, go- you. It's not so pleasant. Oh God, this gotta be murder beach. That's a nice town if you're into go-karts and Dolly Parton. Look, the town is fine. It's beautiful. Those crowds did not want comedy,

at my shows at least. But I remember I walked in there at the end of the club and the first thing that happened was the bartender said, hey, can you fix the urinal cake in the bathroom? And I was like, hey, I'm the headliner for the weekend. He goes, so no? And I was like, yeah, that's a pretty firm no. Yeah, so no.

Yeah, I'm not going to repair the bathroom. I'm not going to. I'm going to keep my hands not blue for the rest of my set. But she was like, when she pushed it, she was like, I'm a woman. I can't do it. I'm like, I'm sure there's another man here. Yeah, exactly.

I was like, my face is on the fucking poster. You know what I mean? Bathroom work? Wait, just to be clear, this actually happened? She asked you to change the hair and all? Holy shit! And it was weird, the Booker there really liked me. Like I feel like he was, I was like, all right, you know, I was like a fan of a fun, you know,

I was young when I would drink with them. So they were like, all right, this guy is like, he's a good hang and he's, and he liked my jokes, even though the crowd didn't. And so sometimes you get a Booker who enjoys you for himself, but I'm like, these shows ain't going great. We're not really doing well. And he's like, I need something interesting to watch while I'm working.

Oh, those were wild weeks. In Myrtle Beach, is that like a family crowd? Is that, do you think why you didn't get it? Or is it just more of a like? I don't know. What's those weren't family crowds at my shows. No, they were like they were booze bags I think they were just like I think they just did sometimes on weekends And this is a risk you run as a young comic at clubs that will just like sell tickets, but not for you They're like there for comedy and not for you. Yeah. Yeah, they're just like what Saturday. I want to talk to my friends

I'm like well, you can't do that at the show so there's something like full-blown drunken conversations while you're trying to like Like I need to work on an act. I need to build a new hour, but uh Yeah, I remember at a girlfriend at the time. I was they didn't even put you up in a hotel You're like a comedy condo. Yeah, and I was comedy condo. We were talking to Brian Moses about that yesterday drives she drove through and And comedy condo. We were talking to Brian Moses about that yesterday. Yes, yeah. When she drives, she drove through and she stopped in and I was like, I feel really bad fucking you in this condo.

She's like, yeah, it's all right. It's like, don't worry. So I was like, sorry, sorry, I'm not making more money. Sorry, these sheets probably haven't been washed in 10 years, but I apologize. Yeah. Are you dating someone now? I am, yeah. What does she think about your new special?

What was her reaction? Because you get into it a little bit. I mean, it's not too personal, but. I think occasionally, I have a new joke about her. Tell us. This is usually how it goes with me. They get annoyed at first. I don't tell them the joke the first time I try it.

It's not worth, but hey, is this funny? And then I do it and I bomb. They're like, that joke sucked. Like, fuck you, that's not true. And then the joke doesn't even work. But if it kills, I'm like, hey, I got a new one about you. And I was like, you want to hear it? So I play, what I don't do is I don't tell it to her.

I play it to her with the laughs. So she knows that's funny. Yeah, I have a new one about her where she, it's true. She talks so much. Very smart. I've never dated a woman who talks this much in my life. She's a real talker. And I kind of told her, I was like, you know, I have to not listen sometimes when you speak

because I would never have my own thoughts. Because you just don't stop talking. You mention everything. And I told her, but I'm scared that I I'm gonna miss something big now when I tune you out Like you can come in the room and be like where's my EpiPen? I'll be crazy You know, but that's like like jokes about her oh my god, and she was like fuck you that's not funny I worked on all the shows, but You know I the first joke about her ever her. You know, she's older than me.

So I joked about her in the special, the school girl outfit. She thought at first she was like, I didn't tell her it. It was at one of my shows. And she heard it. She goes, first thing she said, had a great show. Not good set.

She goes, school girl outfit. Really, Sam? But, you know, yeah. Cause I had the joke about her wearing the school girl costume. I was like, you know, yeah, because I had the joke about her wearing the school girl costume. I was like, you know, but she's older, so she doesn't look like a school girl. She looks like a dumb ass guy.

I was like, oh cool, I get to fuck a special ed. I guess I'm not, you know? And she was like, at first, like, you know, fuck you. But then she was like, that's a good one. I had another ex, like, I had a joke about her in my Netflix special, which like, you know, fuck you, but then she was like, that's a good one. Yeah. I had another ex, like, I had a joke about her in my Netflix special, which like, I don't know why this bothered her, but like, you know, she, I had a joke where she

tried to have sex with me during this movie, I was trying to show her a movie. Oh yeah. And she goes, oh, you're not gonna have sex with me because of the movie? And I was like, I'll fuck you during a movie you pick. I don't wanna, you know, that day after noon's in my top five, you know, oh you're not gonna have sex with me because of the movie and I was like I'll fuck you during A movie you pick I don't want to Dooms in my top five And trying to watch them and she was annoyed by that and she was like I didn't do that

I do was doing dumb and dumber not dog day afternoon Well, you fell asleep during dog day afternoon, which is even worse That's even worse. That's the fuck. So I made you look better. But uh Yeah, and you know, and I think the turn of that was something like, I'd rather, you know, I'd rather like you liked the movie than sex with me because I can defend the movie. You know what I mean? That was like a fun angle. That was one of the first, I remember she was like, that's not funny. And I'm like, that's like, it's killing.

It's like one of my favorite jokes in my new hour. And then like reluctant, she was like, that's a good one. I'm like, well, you fucking tried to push me out of it. So you guys, I've had the weird ones. I've dated a lot of people who like, I remember I had a whole breakup set on Conan. Like Conan, this comic and I, you know,

we kept breaking up and she broke, she would like keep breaking up with me and then keep trying to get back with me and I was like, fuck this. So I just did a whole set about it on Conan. She was pissed but she was also like, it was a good set. It was a good set, yeah, you did a good set, yeah. It was like, the jokes were solid.

I mean, they were like, and they were all true. I mean, I wasn't making anything up, so, you know, and she said shit about me too. So it's all fair game. Yeah, I think it's all fair game. I think it's some, you know, we talk a lot about our personal lives here because we do so much fucking content that no one's asking for quite frankly, but we do so much fucking content that it's like,

you know, how you stay away from talking about your personal life. And I have to feel like I sometimes I have to tiptoe around certain subjects of my life because I gotta live with her. So I don't- By the way, are we not the worst generation ever? We have like grandparents have served in wars and just like took like so much to the grave And I'm like I had a bad day

Bad day making ten thousand dollars telling bad jokes for 15 minutes. Yeah, it's a really shitty Yeah, you're so right about this too is like our grandparents. That was my son I have a son and he he said something to me and I said, kid that's just not the way it works. Oh he said, did you sleep, it was thunderstorm, he came in and he slept with us. Did you sleep with your dad when there was thunderstorms? And I said, fuck no, I sleep on the floor.

At best I slept on the floor. And he said, then why am I sucking your dick? And. And I go, listen kid, it's just a different, it was a different time. Like parents didn't love their kids back then and we turned out so much better than you did. I mean, you know, you're gonna be so dis,

you're gonna be so crippled by my love that, what can I do? I can't help it. It's just the way that it's going down. But you're right about this. We bitching complain about everything. Yeah, there's benefits to it too, probably, yeah. I think so, but I guess we won't find out

until he gets to therapy. Right. We won't find out until he gets to therapy. Yeah, you fucked so, but I guess we won't find out until we he gets to right So bad for my mom and so many ways she was a great mom But she does a few things that like bother me so much. I'm like you gotta stop You got us like she'll push me to do shit that I'm like, I don't want to do that I'm an adult and she and then she'll just nag me until Until I fucking am just too busy and fatigued and I cave like I just moved into a new apartment And she was like you need an interior decorator

I said I'm not paying someone to decorate my fucking apartment now She goes you need one talking like 40 emails into that reader I said I'm not paying someone for that and then I was like finally it was like months finally I was like you know, it was like months, finally I was like, you know what? Find someone inexpensive who's good. Do it. This person sends me the first invoice. Do you want to know how much she charges? Talk to me.

400 an hour. What? Oh wow. Yeah, and I'm like, you think you're worth, that's twice what therapy is. Yes. You think you're twice, no one's commit suicide over not having a fucking food decorator. Okay? No. I was like, immediately like, oh you're fired. one's commit suicide over not having a

Okay, I was like immediately like oh you're fired I'm not doing yeah fuck no $400 an hour that's more than our attorney charges. That's fucking insane. I know it's mental and I I was just like just fucking No, no, I got um, how do you really know how much time she spent? I mean, this is one of those very subjective things. Every time she'd come by the apartment, I'd be like, in my head, I'd be like, wait a second. It's an hour. She came by. Yeah.

Just to charge me. You needed $400. The subway got stuck. She was like, that counts. You know? Now I'm paying for the MTA. $400 fucking dollars an hour. That's insane.

You don't need an interior decorator. By the way, did I say subway? She's probably taking a fucking stretch limo here. A little ride. Yeah. Private helicopter. I mean, that's what she's doing. That's fucking insane, Sam. Yeah, I know. There's an interior... There's some student out there who goes to some shitty design school, who's probably just as good, who would do it for the experience. I know.

And fucking Papa John's. I swear to God. No, no, no. I'm, I can take it from here. Yeah, she's like, I'll rectify this immediately. I can take it from here. My mom will come by and be like, she'll look at my place and be like, it's just horribly decorated. I'm like, it's my place!

Yeah! It makes me happy, what does it fucking mean to you? I know. My mom is up my ass, it sounds like just as much as your mom is up your ass sometimes, but you know. Cool moms do. They think what's best for them is best for you. And it's like, they mean well, but I'm like,

stop pushing me to do shit. Yeah. Not interested, mom. That's your idea, not my idea. I don't want to do it. And you're right. If I don't do it, she's always finding a way to make me kind of feel guilty.

Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip. It's not water torture. She just keeps on telling me, keeps on talking to me. And then God forbid I get it wrong. Yeah. God forbid I get it wrong. Hey, I wanted to tell you something. You may not even remember this,

but there's a, you have a TikTok video out there about a guy who claimed he had something called sex omnia. And I was like, holy shit, is that a real thing? Could there really be something called sex omnia? There is something called sex omnia, and I was like, holy shit, is that a real thing? Could there really be something called sex omnia? There is something called sex omnia, and it is when everybody has sex omnia. Does that mean anything? No, it doesn't.

Just doesn't exist, does it not mean it's not insane? What was, does it mean like you try to have sex with people while you're asleep? Yes. I've run into a few of those, and I'm like, I mean, look, it's a great out, I'll tell you that. Yeah, exactly. You're few of those. I'm like, I mean look it's a great out. I'll tell you Yeah, it was it seems like a great out you just start fingering your your girlfriend

When you're like, oh, oh my god, did I do that? Man it's amazing Sam Your new special is on amma. Do you have any indication of how it's doing? I have no idea. They don't tell you that shit? I think I have no idea. Amazon is a little tricky. They're a little sneaky.

Everybody should watch it. Everybody should watch it. Oh thanks, yeah. As soon as it came out, it popped right up for me. Good, good. You know, I hear, it's like certain people are like, I can't find it in Germany. I'm like, you'll figure it out. You know what I mean?

Sam Morrill. People are watching, I'm happy with how it turned out, but you know, it's inevitable you get this kind of postpartum funk after you put a special out. So you're back to the well, you know, just trying to figure it out. Do you now go out and start working on the next special? You work on the next material?

Yeah, it's people messaging me. I'm doing a Euro tour in September, and they're like, is it material from the special? Because I just want to know. And I'm like, I'm trying for it not to be. So I think I'll have at least 30 to 40 minutes of new shit, I would hope. Do people, like people, obviously they want to go,

I'm imagining they're texting you because they want to see something new They're like is it I'm not gonna buy this like what a fucking asshole move I'm not gonna buy the tickets if it's not all brand new material You know I get it I get it like you know, but it's funny like the pressure on comics is very different than that of Musicians who are like Billy Joel can play the same It's incredible and I love Billy Joel too but like I'm expect to have a new act every fucking year and and it's a lot so yeah you know I think I should have it

look and it is good it is good because I can keep kind of it's good for me because it's exciting yeah but yeah it definitely is it's tough I want to I want to have I I'll work on it I'm gonna I'm gonna start doing like pop-up shows the Comedy Cellar and just like do an hour and just look is what I do I read new jokes off a sheet some that a lot of my memorize but sometimes I'll be like hey what about this one off a notepad and I'll just listen to the audio and see what's working and what's not and see where I can build but it's a lot of them all memorize, but sometimes I'll be like, hey, what about this one off a notepad? And I'll just listen to the audio and see what's working and what's not and see where I can build. But it's a lot of trial and error and it's cool, man. It's annoying, but it's good for comedy

that we're all pushed to write this much, but it's a lot. You've got a number of specials that I think are super fucking funny. You know Eddie Brill, the guy who used to help book Letterman? Okay, so Eddie was a friend, and he told me one time on a phone call, he said, Ryan, if a comic gets 45 great minutes, in a lifetime, that's funny and sells out

and audiences love it, he's like, that's a really good earmark. You know how hard it is to do that repeatedly, year after year, two years after two years, whatever it is. He's like, it's probably one of the more difficult things in entertainment is to keep creating a new 45 minutes. It's gotta be such a high too. There's a lot of different types of stuff

that's hard in entertainment. I think, you know, coming up with new music that sounds- I agree, yeah. Is definitely hard. I think writing a new movie, like I think you look at certain screenwriters who are crazy prolific that's impressive to me too.

But the advantage they have I think is that they can tell different stories. Right? Certain writers we all know their voice. We know what an Aaron Sorkin movie sounds like. But then there's certain people that are a little more like, okay, that was a cool different type. Woody Allen's definitely got his own style but he's certain people that are a little more like okay Well, that was that was a cool different type like Woody Allen's definitely got his own style

But like he's made movies that are kind of different. Yeah, like bananas, but also match point Yeah, different stuff. So I think it depends but there's an advantage on writing new stuff But I think writing a script on your own is incredibly hard like It was like I have to kind of do the, I'm my own boss and I'm a shitty boss. Like, masturbation breaks, there's no point in just fucking, I'd be a terrible boss.

But, you know, you gotta kind of be on yourself, like, dude, write the joke. So, it's a weird, it's a really weird life in that I'm my own boss and I'm I'm a bad employee We know the feeling yeah We only person who's gonna make us do something new is us and we're notoriously bad at that because you really there has to Be a place like a center in you that's just so fucking on fire that you got to go do it But then there's like everything else in life There's that there's pushback externally, and all that other stuff.

When you have a boss at a job, they say, do it or you're fired. That's pretty good motivation to get something fucking done, but here, it's not. I mean, you don't get fired. You get fired for being a good employee, though, too. Someone's company's just cut back, you know? We know, that's how we met.

Yeah. I feel very fortunate that I'm kinda my own boss. I do have other ambitions in entertainment, but I love stand-up and I'll never love anything as much as I love stand-up. Yeah. I want to keep my love of stand-up like it's almost like I do this so much that I feel like it's kind of like a relationship where if I spend if I'm obsessed with it then it's gonna fizzle out at some point. Yeah. But if I kind all right, let me take a night off here and there and work on a script or something,

I feel like the love stays. And it's easy to burn yourself out because I love it. And I will say yes to almost any gig if it's like a good deal. I'll just say fuck that. I was happy to be on the road 45 weeks a year for years. If it's, so two questions.

What would you like, what do you see yourself doing outside of comedy? Like, is branching out in some way? I would like to write movies and TV, but the problem is they're really hard to make now. We were talking about this earlier, you know? Maybe I'll write something for Glenn Powell. No, I don't know, man.

I don't want to act. That's not like a real, something that I aspire to do. I find it to be pretty boring, but if it was my own work and I can kind of riff and make it fun, I would be okay with it. So I, you know, I'm working on a TV thing that, you know, with my friend Mike Lawrence and my friend Mark Norma and I wrote a movie with Noah Gardner Schwartz

and Esther Steinberg. So, you know, these are things that like, I would like to do on the side, you know, but stand up is the primary focus and it always will be I love stand-up so much And I think stand-up like you can write the joke this afternoon and be testing it out tomorrow and it can be I'm testing out tonight I mean, that's what I love. Yeah I think the part of the toughness or part of the challenge in

Movie and television is that you can write the script and it can be the best thing in the world. But that, you might take 10 years to get to fruition, right? You might be banging your head around for 10 years. You might never make it. So I mean, I think it's some of the great stuff that like, you know, there's this book I love called Pictures that are Revolution about movies in the 60s,

about the five movies that changed Hollywood. I think it's a cool era for movies that's really interesting yeah and it's uh I found out about my friend Dana Gould loved it and then I heard Tarantino talk about in a podcast I was like all right I'm checking this out so it's about like the five movies that changed Hollywood at the time and it was I think Bonnie and Clyde okay who's coming to dinner oh yeah I do it guess who's coming to dinner? Oh, yeah, I do it Guess who's coming to dinner? I mean and the heat of the in the heat of the night to Sydney party and movies and then Dr. Doolittle which were like sucked but was a huge budget movie

So they just kind of changed Hollywood for a lot of reasons but talk about making Bonnie and Clyde and how it took like five years and Warren Beatty just like one everyone and people and there was a lot of battles like people were like this movie's trash it's just violence for the sake of violence, I don't think it's true no and You know, but he really fought for it and it went through so many iterations like oh We're trying to get you know I think they tried to get true foe at one point to direct it But he was like no and then end up with Arthur Pam

But just making a movie was so hard and you're like that's one of the best movies ever and it took forever so like the fuck am I to think it's not gonna be like a challenge for me it's gonna be it's supposed to be hard stand-ups hard like I see how many great comics have to struggle with the seller and you know they'll there's a lot of comics I know who deserve way bigger audiences so did someone help you like when you, do you feel like there was a person out there, a comic out there, somebody? I mean, I'm sure there's many, right? Yeah. I'm sure there's many.

But do you think, can you like stand out, like one person, one time, you know, gave you a piece of advice? I think, look, people will give you help here and there, but you know, like David Tell would take me on the road and Gary Goldman took me on the road a bit and helped me. He wrecked me at The Cellar. Amy Schumer produced one of my specials at the time, but I don't think anyone would have.

So that one's on YouTube now. I think that's a pretty good one. It is. You know, and so I think, you know, people help you and it's huge, but you have to capitalize. You can't be content with help. You can't just be like, oh cool, I got help. You have to really, you have to parlay that into something. You have to work that into another hour. You have to, you can't get something and just be like, ah cool, let me, let me put my, yeah, I'm here, I've arrived. Yeah.

Let me, okay, what next? And that's kind of how I always felt because I never felt, I didn't get in a standup when it was like a cool thing to do. I didn't know it was going to be this big. So I feel incredibly fortunate that this is like a cool thing to do right now. But when I started it, it certainly wasn't. No.

Yeah. I didn't know there was opportunity to, to make money like this or to get to live like this. Uh, and I'm grateful, but like, I also am aware it wasn't like this a while ago. It could go away, you know, it's true. It's true. I mean, it's the same thing, you know, just to like, I don't know, try and find some perspective here. It's the same thing with podcasting like podcasting wasn't a thing 10 years ago.

No one gave a shit until the pandemic and then everyone gave a shit right or until cereal and worse during the pandemic because no one had a commute to work. And now it did it did really good because people had time on their fucking hands. But you know what the downside was is that every single human being, including us, to be fair, even though we started a little bit before the pandemic, to be fair, everybody else in the world also started a podcast because they had time on their hands. I started one with my ex during the podcast. During the podcast. During the podcast. We started a podcast during the podcast. During COVID, we started a movie podcast because we were just watching movies every night.

We should do a thing where we wreck movies to each other, one you've never seen that is important to you and just make it into a podcast. And it was like, it was fun. Yeah. Listen, it's a ton of fun. And then we've made some money and said, OK, if we do this, but we didn't. There were lots of people who gave us advice and help.

But I think you're right about that. It's like, when you get an opportunity, you have to have the motivation, the ambition, and the foresight to walk through the door yourself. Because people can help you open the door, but they can't walk it through you. They can't walk through it with you. You just have to do that.

And so you've changed, as on Amazon. I know you've got to go. You can't walk through it with you. You just have to do that. So you've changed is on Amazon. I know you've got to go. I don't want to keep you from your next thing. But you've changed is on Amazon. Sam Marill is one, TikTok is one of the funniest guys. I don't mean TikTok the app. I mean TikTok. He is one of the funniest comedians

working out there today. You made us laugh. This new special made Chrissy and I walk in double over. From the get. like from word one, you were really funny. I love your perspective and keep doing it. You're welcome back here anytime my friend. You're welcome. Appreciate it. Yeah, thanks for coming on. Also, you can follow them on TikTok and Instagram, which I'm sure isn't, that's just as important these days as anything else that you do is making sure that you get the socials out there.

But like we were talking to your friend Rachel about, it's like, it's great because now you find your audience and you can talk directly to them where 10 years ago you couldn't, so. Yeah. Pretty cool. All right, Sam Morrill, you've changed, out on Amazon. Go watch it, thanks Sam, we really appreciate it. Thank you guys. Thank you.

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pretty princess, or that you hate me, text us or leave us a voicemail at 212-433-3TCB. That's 212-433-3822. Bye. Ah, the great Sam Morell, just as interesting as you thought. Just as we thought. Yes. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started. I'm gonna go ahead and get started.

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And Sam is one of those comedians that I was like, oh, he's good, but he's sharp, so you gotta stay on your toes. But he's a really likable guy. We didn't wanna get morning showed. No, well I was kinda, I told Chrissy before the interview, I said't want to get morning showed. No, well, I was kind of, I told Chrissy before the interview, I said, if we get morning showed, just roll with it.

Just be one of those that keeps on asking the questions and we'll see how far he takes it. Yeah, how far we can go. Yeah, I'm not gonna try and keep up with Sam. There's no way. The great Sam Marill on Amazon right now, you've changed. I don't know about you, but this one showed up right at the top of my, you.

It did, yeah, when I was, You'll like this. And now I get all, like, I mean, Sam, obviously, they're pushing Sam because he's a big name and they want that comedy special to do well. But now I get every comedy special because I watch so many comedy specials. Now it's just all comedy specials.

And then the occasional, you know, my mom killed my two children or something like that. Right, I know. That's so fucked up. The two people that just got abducted. Oh, the two kids, yeah. Did you see that? Oh God, I couldn't watch it. No, no, I couldn't watch it either,

but I saw it pop up as a thing. We'll talk about this on another episode, maybe tomorrow's episode, but the most fascinating documentary I have watched in a while is about a woman in somewhere whose daughter got kidnapped and she was looking for her, but there was some question marks about,

or she got, she was lost. I'll find the name of it. Let me talk about it tomorrow's episode. I don't want to ruin- I've got one to talk about too. Oh, you do? Okay. Love off the grid.

Oh, love off the grid. Sounds great. Oh, you watch that show? Yes. Oh, I've seen the first season. Yeah, I haven't seen the second season. It just came out in the second season. Yeah, I haven't seen it yet. But anyway, anyway, back to Sam. Sam is great. You can see all of his soup. He's got so much material out there on YouTube, Instagram. He's got multiple specials.

I think a few of them are available on Prime. A few of them are available on Paramount. Maybe one of them is on Netflix. He's everywhere, but watch the newest one. You've changed, available now on Prime. And we thank Sam for coming in and I hope he comes in again. He won't, but I hope he does. They all say that they will. They all say that they will, but so far only one has agreed to come back. To be fair, we haven't asked anybody to come back because I'm afraid of the answer. You know what I'm saying?

I always see Des Bishop out there. I'm like, I love Des. I'm constantly watching him. Yeah, he said he would come anytime. Yeah, he's like, hey, call me. I'll come in anytime. And I just, I think that's, I like to leave it there because if I don't call him and he doesn't respond and I don't have to have bad feelings, you know, I don't have to have hurt feelings.

Yeah. So I just figured just leave it there and on a good note, he said he would come back in. I never asked him to come back in, but he said he would. Now, we'll get Des back in. I think Des might be one of the few who actually mentions it. Yeah, I think so too. Alright, live shows.

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