The Digression Sessions - Ep. 61 - Peter Muth!

Episode Date: January 13, 2013

- In Da Breakfast Club - Hola Digheads! This week, Mike and Josh have the pleasure of meeting and interviewing the funny funny feller, Peter Muth!   We interview a range of comedians that are in different stages of their careers on this show, and Peter is just getting started with the stand em ups. Peter is what you call a “one line” comedian and he’s damn good at it. Coincidentally, he also has a hilarious twitter feed! @TweeterMuth   And wouldn’t you know it? Pete was a contestant on American Idol. And you better believe we talk about that! Pete has the voice of an angel. Check out IrishToothache.com   We also discuss Pete and Mike’s apathy toward Sci-Fi, guilty pleasures like reality television and the Westboro Baptist Church, Breaking Bad vs. The Wire, Josh has never seen the Breakfast Club, and so much more!   PLEASE rate, subscribe, and provide a nice comment on the iTunes!! It’ll help the podcast climb the charts!   WANT TO LOOK FLY AS HELL IN A FREE DIGRESSION SESSIONS SHIRT? EMAIL JOSH – [e-mail]   Have something to say about this ep? Or do you have anything else Digression Sessions related / unrelated to say? Should we start distributing powerpoints with every pod?! DigressionSessions.com !! Follow us on the Twitters:  @DigSeshPod @BetterRobotJosh @MichaelMoran10 @TweeterMuth

If you want to warm up a little, it's yeah. Do some Doremi exercises. Mike and I can, Mike and I'll do it. Thank you. Need me to slap a bass? The Digression Sessions Podcast. Yep. That was it.

That was me doing it. Nailed it. The Digression Sessions Podcast. The Digression Sessions Podcast. All right, check out the Digression Sessions Podcast. Thank you. That's sweet. Welcome to the Digression sessions podcast everybody how are you pokes how are you pokes i think i just combined people and folks accidentally hey how are you cow pokes

i am one half of your favorite pair of earbuds josh kaderna and i am the other half of your favorite pair of earbuds, Josh Koderna. And I am the other half of your favorite pair of earbuds, Mike, the solipsist with the slip to disc, Moran. The slip to disc, there he is. Welcome to the show, everyone. On this week's episode, we are joined by the very funny Peter Muth. Very funny man, very kind gentleman, and from what I hear, an excellent singer as well. That's right, yeah. As you heard in that intro there, he gave us a nice little jingle.

On this episode, we talk about how Pete got into comedy. He's a young comedian. He's been doing it for a little over a year now. His American Idol audition. And then as three guys. You mean there's more? Yeah, there is more. And as three guys are wont to do, they discuss their favorite movies.

That's fun. Just a couple guys gabbing about their favorite film. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong. It's not hurting anybody. You know, just talking about favorite films. It's not hurting anybody. We get into our guilty pleasures like reality TV.

Uh-oh. Dog fighting. That's a little disturbing. And, of course, you know, a little Westboro Baptist Church here and there. We all... God hates fads. God hates... Do they chant like that?

Yeah. Because they should. Like it's a football game. It's down to the wire. They should make it more creative, you know? They should do, like, cheers and, like, call and response things, you know? Don't worry. Who do we hate?

Fads. Who do we love? God. I'll email Fred Phelps later on that one. But if you want some more Peter Muth in your life, check out his Twitter feed. He's on the Twitters, Mike. Don't Muth that dial. At Twitter Muth.

You can also check out his songs and his lovely angelic voice at IrishTuesday.com. And I believe you guys will be performing together Tuesday, January 15th at a one-liner contest. That is correct. It is at the Dark Horse Saloon or Tavern. Okay. One of those two. All right. It's in Bel Air, Maryland.

Yeah, it's a Color Me Funny show. Check that out. You can also find me this Wednesday, January 16th. I'll be hosting an open mic at Mugshots. That'll be fun. Friday night, I will be at Dionysus as a part of the first ever super comedy show. And Saturday,

the 19th, I will be at the EMP Collective, all doing some stand-ups. I'm excited about that. You can find me on the Twitters, at BetterRobotJosh. You can find me on the Twitters, at BetterRobotJosh. You can find me on the Twitters, Michael Morantin. And check us out at DigSeshPod.

Enjoy the episode. As you can tell. As you can tell. I can indeed. Yeah. Morantin. I can hear myself. I can hear myself.

I'm testing. I can hear myself. I'm testing. I can hear myself now. Test one. So that annoying sound check class is going well for you? Doing well? Yeah. Well, I'm not skipping numbers anymore. So I don't feel stupid about that.

Check one four. Check one four. I don't feel stupid about that. Check one four. Check one four. I don't know how to count. How come no one doesn't know how to count? People don't know how to read. Everybody can count. But you had to learn it. You weren't born knowing how to count.

Just for money. That's the only reason. If money wasn't around. Interesting. I don't think babies are very good at it. Yeah, they suck at it. I could totally kick the crap out of any baby accounting, I bet you. Yeah, you could.

Baby face. Beat him up. Easy. Yeah. Any day. Any day. Any day. All right.

Pete, you got to pull it just a little bit closer. All right. A little bit closer right up here. I know it probably feels awkward, but yeah, right there. All right. I'm right up in here. All right. So Peter M closer right up here. I know it probably feels awkward, but yeah, right there. All right. I'm right up in here. All right. So Peter Muth joining us on the podcast.

We've actually met once before. That's right. And I did not know it was you. No? I'm a tough man to remember. No, no. I didn't know you were a comic when I met you. I met you outside of the wind-up space.

I don't think you were there, Mike Moran, but it was Polaroid Rage. Interesting. Was doing music for the You, Me, Them, Everyone, Everybody podcast. That's right. And then Pete was just a nice guy on the street we were talking to. We were exhausted afterwards. So Pete was not performing that night? I was not.

I was checking out the show. And you just now realize that he's the same person? No. It was probably a while ago. I think when I started to see your name i see on facebook and doing stand-up and stuff and i was like i know that guy he's a nice fella i think just music we were kind of bummed out because uh we played music in between guests just like real quick like late late night show style where you play like five seconds right and then at the end we got to do a full set uh-huh and like 20 seconds into our first song everybody's out of the wind-up

space it's like great i'm glad we came out so it's like we played a full set to nobody right and uh and then we're just like so then we had to load the car up and we're just sitting on the sidewalk and pete's like hey i don't think i helped either i'm sorry about that no you were fine i think you came by when we were done. And it was just like, yeah, I could hear from outside. It sounded good. I was like, thanks. You're one of the only people.

And he was outside. Yeah. That's what everybody kept saying. Like, we would have hung out, but it was so loud. Right. Like, yeah, all right. You guys never been to a concert? Okay.

Sure. Fine. Hung around when you did your thing. Jerks. Right. Sorry. I'm harboring some resentments. Why don't we have a resentment list every week? These are people I don't like. Yeah, getting added to the list.

But yeah, and then I was like, oh, he's a comic. And then I was like, wow, we should get him on the show. Let me check out his Twitter feed. The guy's a very funny Twitter feed. He's a very funny fellow. What's one of your favorites that Peter's done? Probably that when he spilled the beans on Osama bin Laden,

a lot of people thought The Rock was the first people to tweet about it. He wasn't. It was Pete. Whoa. Pete. Oh, yeah?

I guess. Is that true? Oh, yeah. You had evidence of Osama bin Laden being dead before the mainstream media? I think so. Yeah, check his feed.

Check it out. I don't know. Twitter Muth. Yeah, that's it. Twitter Muth. Yeah, that's it. Twitter Muth. M-U-T-H. But yeah, thanks for coming on the show. You're also a singer.

And I was like, let me Google this guy a little more. So I YouTube him. And then it says Peter Muth, American Idol audition. Is this what this is all about? You want to ask me about the American Idol? Is that what this is? What does Simon Cowell smell like? Yeah, exactly.

No, it didn't even get that far. Did you have a video of it, though? Yeah, there was some type of video. I documented the day there. Right, right. Yeah, looking back, it's pretty tough. It wasn't too funny or anything. Right.

I thought your audition video was pretty funny. It was you in the Baltimore Inner Harbor serenading people. Yeah, that was like a shortcut. If you submit a video, you get to jump past a certain stage or something. That didn't work either.

Did you get to sing in front of Simon? I did not. It was myself and three 16-year-old girls. You step up to the producers at once. Sing for 10 seconds. Real good so far. Sorry to all of you. And then I walked out with three crying 16-year-olds.

But what happened at the audition? You went home with them, right? Yeah, exactly. Afterwards. Oh, the audition. Yeah, we all made it through. Okay, good. Okay, exactly. Afterwards. Oh, the audition. Yeah, we all made it through. Okay, good. Yeah.

Okay, great. Great. We all have contracts, too. Unfortunately, a lawsuit kept me from attending. We did get the last laugh, you know. From their parents. So do you think they're biased towards people that are really good and really bad? Yeah, that first round, it did seem like when you'd see everybody come by celebrating it was either somebody like ridiculous and like just some costume right or

what maybe was a good singer right okay yeah that's one of the saddest aspects of american idol that first round and you know it's like hey did you see the guy the night before was he retarded or what like he probably was yes and you're all laughing at it i know it's disturbing we've talked about this before how that's so disturbing to me that's like accepted in Was he retarded or what? He probably was. And you're all laughing at him. I know. It's disturbing. We've talked about this before, how that's so disturbing to me that that's accepted in a mainstream primetime TV show. Let's mock these people who think that they're good on national television. When you get to the core of it, it's three millionaires making fun of a poor, mentally challenged person. They're like, next.

Life is horrid. How is that acceptable? I have no idea. It's pretty insane. And from what I hear from the backstage banter, they encourage the really bad people. They tell them that they're great just to get them out there. They did that to me.

But you can actually sing, though. Oh, thank you. Maybe if you were horrible. I don't know that. But I'm guessing because if you're really horrible, I'm sure they would have encouraged you. Yeah. Right. So maybe I got out right where I needed to.

If you're somewhere. Right. You're in the sweet spot, I think. Right. Yeah. If you would have just been a little more horrible. Yeah. You could have been something. I think.

Blow it just a little bit more. Yeah. I mean, that's great advice for anything. Blow it. Blow it big time. Just a little more. Right. Just a little more blow. You're so's great advice for anything right blow it big time just a little more right just a little more blow you're so close yeah you are a singer though i am yeah and you're a good singer i was a decent singer at one time yes right um can we put you on the spot can you say can you just uh can you tell us your views on race nice yes uh by song and could you

could you just uh uh sing the Digression Sessions podcast? We'll just put it in the front, just like real pretty. Oh, maybe. Like gospel style. Yeah, maybe. You know, you can warm up. Do a few takes of that at the end. Okay, yeah.

And I'll be really, it's not quite right. Be really snobby about it. Josh can bust a beat behind it, too. All right. Yeah, because that's how it normally goes with gospel hymns. You've got to put a beat behind it. Right. Didn't you see Sister Act 2?

You start off with the classic. Yeah. and then you throw in the break beat, and then everybody dances, and a few backflips later, everyone's happy. I knew I invited Whoopi Goldberg over for a reason, too. So she's really going to make this work. So I'm excited about that. We did some goofy stuff on, check out irishtoothache.com. We did goofy songs and some parodies, which are sometimes horrible. Do you write parodies?

We did for a little bit. What do you mean by we? You had a group? Yeah, Irish Toothache. We were like a six-man. The interview would really take a turn if you were like, me and Jesus Christ. Right, yeah.

We'll finish this up. Thank you. Me and my co-pilot, Jesus. Yeah. Shouldn't you be Jesus' co-pilot If you're flying in a plane with him He's cool about it He died for your sins He died for your sins He's just laying back

Spoken a doobster Eating a burrito Singing along to Floyd You drive man, it's cool My dad will get us out of a ticket My dad totally owns us out of a ticket if we get... My dad totally owns heaven. Totally owns it.

Yeah, sorry. I didn't mean to cut you off. Not at all. That was the other musical pursuit I had. I saw you. It was kind of fun. You sang the hook for a rapper, E-Double? Yes.

Yeah, it was good. I'm good friends with him. We lived together for a few years. Oh, okay, yeah. I've seen him perform once before. Check him out on iTunes, E-Double. Sang a few hooks together for a few years. Okay, yeah. I've seen him perform once before. Check him out on iTunes. E-double. Sang a few hooks for him.

So yeah, you got the pipes. Just because we lived together. It wasn't like this guy's in real. He snuck a microphone into your room and you happened to be singing a hook. And he's like, oh my god. It's right on beat as well. I would guess that he would form the song around whatever he was singing.

It's like reverse engineer. He's right on beat as well. Well, I would guess that he would form the song around whatever he was singing. That's right. That's how you got to do it. You got to reverse engineer. Yeah. Okay. What kind of voice do you have? When I was singing in the choir, I was a tenor. Right. So, you know.

A tenor 11. Tenor 11. Then we're up there. 12 on good days. But, yeah. Maybe a folky sound. I really tried to copy off James Taylor when I started singing. Uh-huh.

Yeah. Cool. And when did you realize you had a good voice? When Jesus told him so. I was in a, my mom made me sign up for the Maryland State Boy Choir. Uh-huh. So I did that for nine years. Nice.

That was pretty hilarious. Right. So probably around the age of eight or nine. And now are you in the Maryland Men Choir? No. There's no chapter? Are you in the Maryland Castrato Choir? Are you a castrati?

I could do it, yeah. Did you know there is actually a recorded record of a castrato singing? I believe it. There was one still alive in the early 20th century. Yeah, that was the thing where they would cut the boys' balls off. Supposedly they do it in a bathtub of milk for some reason. Really? I never heard that.

Might not be true. That was back when milk was expensive, too. Yes. And then you've got to ruin it with all that ball fluid and blood. They probably just drank the milk. They probably had discount prices, castrati milk. Right. That's why they have that saying, don't throw out the milk water in the testicles.

Don't swallow the testes. If you get a testes in your bottle, then you get three. Testes, testes, one for. It's like when they were finding needles in Pepsi bottles. Did that actually happen? I don't know. It was like needles in diet pepsi bottles huh there was some craze about that yeah yeah also yeah like razor blades and kids candy

yeah was that ever based on a thing no yeah it doesn't even seem like you get to enjoy it you know like ah that kid might eat that yeah well there's never been an incidence of a of a madman putting uh razor blades and or poison candy into trick-or-treaters bags like has often been suggested yeah there was an instance of a man poisoning his own child for insurance money and trying to blame it on a random neighbor whoa yeah hmm those insurance frauds those are nuts the uh did you guys see the house that blew up i think it was in indianapolis uh last month or maybe like two months ago no um it it's just like they showed pictures of it and uh it was just completely gone these people there was an insurance fraud they were trying to blow the house up say that there was a gas leak right so they left you know the

oven open all this stuff and then they had the microwave program to go off. Right. But it ended up blowing. It was, like, a huge. It ended up killing the people next to them. Oh, my God. And they're all, like, people, like, miles away felt this, like, quake. Really? Yeah.

And they did it all as an insurance. Like, they were so obvious, too. They took out a bigger, not, like, claim. But basically, like, you're, like. You got to play the long game if you're going to do insurance. Yeah. You got to take out that bad boy bad boy like a decade before. Right. It was like six months later that they're like, well, now our house blew up.

Go figure. But yeah, they're all caught and they're all going to jail. Do they feel bad about it? They didn't comment. Not yet. Sars. Not feeling good about this one. My bad.

So, Pete, did you grow up in Maryland? I did. Grew up in Baltimore, kind of near the old stadium. Yeah. Herring Run Park area. Yeah. My grandfather lived in that area for years. Yeah.

Herring Run Park. Lakeside. Yeah. Lake Montebello was right there. Yeah. That was a good area. You ever commit insurance called? Lakeside. Yeah, Lake Montebello was right there. Yeah, that was a good area. You ever commit insurance fraud? You know.

Hey, the mics aren't on. It's just us. Yeah, it's just us. Any bodies at the bottom of Lake Montebello you'd like to throw us out? Not that I'm responsible for, but I did leave my window down a little bit during Hurricane Sandy. Is there a reason why the old stadium just kind of collapsed one day? Yeah, I was near it all right which was on unfortunate but uh yeah bad luck yeah my window was down during hurricane sandy so my car just got totally drenched uh-huh and uh it was pretty much on its last legs anyway you were in montana though

when i was in the dominican republic yeah which i was stuck there so i didn't couldn't get home in time to roll my windows down uh-huh so that's why you drove here in that ferrari exactly it all makes sense so yeah i got got some money for that okay uh so i didn't you know maybe i left a few things out conveniently and i got some money sure so yeah that's good on you good on you yeah yeah i got in an accident, a car accident, and they deemed that my car was totaled because it would have cost too much to fix it than what it's worth. And I actually ended up making money on the car because I bought it for like $1,000 less than what they gave me. It was amazing. To get into a car accident and then make money on it was fucking—

Rewarding people for getting into car accidents. Hey, it wasn't my fault that has to have some subconscious psychological effect on you right now you're going to start thinking in the back of your mind just swerve it off roads you're going to see accidents as dollar signs oh hell yeah i text and drive i look at porn and drive is that illegal i don't think so so it's insurance you watch the movie drive and drive. Is that illegal? I don't think so. It's insurance for all. You watch the movie Drive and Drive. Yep. Hell yeah.

Mike, any insurance run-ins? No, not that I can think of. I haven't had insurance in a long time. Yeah, because you just started driving, right? Well, driving again. I've had several cars in my life. This is my third. Uh-huh.

Okay. But this is the first car I've had in a good five or six years. Okay. No accidents or anything? Well, when I was like 19, I drove my car into a wall. Oh, yeah. In reverse? I got a DUI.

I got drunk and got behind the wheel and drove my car to a wall. But you thought you were in drive, but you were in reverse? Is that what you said? No, you said that. That's what you said? I didn't say anything like that. You did it on purpose? Wow.

I don't know. I don't know. I was blackout drunk. Making all kinds of assumptions. You were wearing a cape? It was a Batmobile, right? Yeah, it was Alfred's fault. Should have taken the keys from you.

It wasn't even your car? No, it was my car. It flew? The sides could fall off so you could go down narrow alleys? Whose was it? Wheels would retract. Wait, the penguin took control of it? So is that what you're saying?

It was all a bum rap? Yeah I don't know how he took all that time To mold his own tiny little Batmobile So he could be in it at home He's got a lot of time on his hands He can take care of that stuff He's like, I need to make this Batmobile more phallic

I don't recall Morgan Freeman playing Penguin There it is. No, I'm talking about, remember when Penguin had a replica Batmobile when he was making Batman drive his... I can barely do any fantasy movies. I'm sorry. No, this really happened. Oh, shit. This was a docudrama. This was live footage?

Yes. We're talking about the documentary. I can't do Lord of the Rings. I'm sorry. Batman Returns. We should just start the whole thing with, I'm sorry, I can't do this kind of movie. No, I'm in the same boat as you. And it's hard.

I'm mad at myself for it. Because everybody thinks that young comedians were into nerdy stuff like that. And I'm not really. I can't do it. I tried. I want to do it. Right. Yeah, I'd love to get into Harry Potter or care about the Star Wars universe But I just don't

I like Batman though for the most part Batman's at least like a guy right? Doesn't he a real person? He doesn't do anything magical? He's just good at sports? He got the Heisman And then he became Batman And that was it

He was in the movie Rudy And he fucking kicked ass in Beijing in 2008. Yes, he did. He did a great job over there. No, I don't know. I can't really get into Lord of the Rings either. You must find the ring. Just find it, please.

Just make it replicable. There's got to be other rings. There's tons of rings. Seriously, you guys. I don't know. I can get into some sci-fi right i guess i can get into anything if it's really really good sure but as a genre like sci-fi and fantasy just doesn't really do it for me i mean a great movie like the terminator or or uh i guess that's pretty much it

terminator 2 i like some of the alien movies yeah you, that's what I was thinking. Those are good sci-fi movies. Was there any magic in Indiana Jones? What's that? Was there magic in Indiana Jones? I think in some of them. I believe there are supernatural elements. Yeah, in the most recent one, I know that aliens are involved.

Because I've been banking on that as an excuse for a while. I believe Temple of Doom. That's going to be my excuse. I've never seen it. I've never seen it either. I've only seen parts. I've never seen it like i haven't i've never seen it either i've only seen parts i've never sat down that's weird i was just telling someone that i've never really seen an indiana jones movie all the way through and they were just like floored people just get mad guys don't want to make people what yeah you've never seen indiana jones right

yeah what i'll give you 20 bucks i don't know what to tell you yeah i always like that second lap that second lap too where they're like, really? You're like, you caught me. The second one. You've never seen it. Not once. I actually just went and watched it in the time you asked me that the second time. They'll start giving you details like, Harrison Ford with a hat and a whip.

Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones. Yeah. You've seen that, right? Yeah. All right. Yes. Now I have.

Oh, the counting crows is what you're talking about. Yes, I've seen the counting crows. So Pete, how long have you been doing it? Can I call you Pete? Sure. It's Peter. I don't know why I started writing Peter. Yeah, I do Joshua everywhere, but I go by Josh.

I don't know. Yeah. I don't know. People were calling me Petey in college, and I was real uncomfortable with it. Yeah, it's a little too cute. Exactly. And I was doing my voicemail for my phone, and I was like, hey, what's going on? You've reached Petey.

Oh, Petey. Sorry. No. Pete. Anyway, just please. I was that mad at myself for the Petey. So I kind of in the same way apologize for Peter. Right, right, right.

Pete's good. Okay, cool. What was the question? Listen, Petey, I don't know. I, right, right. Pete's good. Okay, cool. What was the question? Listen, Petey, I don't know. I wasn't paying attention either. Oh, how long have I been doing comedy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did it for the first time August of 2011.

Yeah, right down here at the Mill. Oh, the Meadow Mill area? Stiletto was doing a show down there. Interesting. What's Stiletto? She is a comic from Baltimore. Oh, okay. Yeah. Okay was doing a show down there. What's Stiletto? She is a comic from Baltimore. Oh, okay. Not a stripper? Not yet.

Okay. All right. Stiletto. Kind of sounds like a stripper name. She's a comic from Baltimore. Now coming to the stage, open mic. Be generous, fellas. Peter the Petey Moo. Yeah, and then just kind of thought it was good.

Cool. So what did you do your first time? Did you have a set written? I had a piece of paper with the names of jokes on them. And I kind of knew what to say, but I didn't know. I didn't have it memorized. And I just thought it would be a good place to sneak off and try. Yeah.

How'd it go the first time? I was very drunk, and it went okay. Like, I decided to do it again based off of, like, some complete cricket, some laughter, maybe just how drunk I was. Do you think you would have gone on had you completely bombed the first few times? I wonder that about myself. You know, I was very drunk, so I might have been like, ah, I'll try it sober. I might have made an adjustment. Right.

But no, I had a very short fuse. I wasn't going to try it for very long if I was bad. Okay. And, you know, I've been okay. I'm not breaking any records. Wait, what? I'm not breaking any records. All right, end this shit. You told me this man was breaking records. Wait, what? I'm not breaking any records.

You told me this man was breaking records. I know. He falsified those Guinness. You told me that he did the half a mile in 12 minutes. That was gold. I can't redo that. I keep hitting it by accident, too. I really apologize. That's okay. But if it ever happens accident, too. I really apologize. That's okay.

But if it ever happens again, I swear to God. There you go. We're good. Mike? Yeah. So what made you do it? Have you always been interested in comedy? Yeah.

Hey, Petey, you're pretty funny. You know what, Petey? Yeah, like in... What was that? I was like 24, 25, working in the paint store. And I started this Word document, just tried to put down some jokes. Yeah. Yeah, you're one of the first comedians, and I apologize that I haven't seen perform that we've had on the show. But I hear that you're like a one-liner guy, right?

So you kind of just wrote some things out, and you're like, this like this is funny right i don't have much of a story to tell you yeah unfortunately i'd love to have one yeah no that's fine i think i can do it with this format maybe yeah so that's that's the route i took right on like um yeah no i but that's great i mean you know steven right mitch headberg like those are some of the funniest guys walking the planet yeah those are the guys who you know tickled me the most yeah so i was like i damn sorry mike just knocked mike's mic in the face sorry oh no i think he knocked it again so yeah that's that's all yeah and i mean and there and it takes so long, I think, to find your style. I mean, not saying that you're going to change, but just doing it is fucking awesome. Exactly.

I mean, I've tried a few other things. Like, I sang this song about, you know, faking your own death before Christmas and then showing up as the gift. So, I wrote a little song about that. Hack. Exactly. Big time. Hack City. Everybody's done that one.

Yeah. That's Mike's closer. So that's a song I wrote and played on piano. Yeah. Real short, little ditty. It's like a one-liner song. Yeah, yeah. And you can sing, too.

I can shake a stick at a tune, I think. You can shake a stick and play piano at the same time. That's what I'm going to find out one day that I just can't, and that's going to really be it for me. That I can't even at a tune. You can shake a stick and play piano at the same time. That's what I'm going to find out one day that I just can't, and that's going to really be it for me. That I can't even hold a tune. So you do play maracas as well? Yes, I play maracas, triangle. I'm a percussionist.

So give us a one-liner. What's one of your greatest hits? Hey, Pete, can you stand on that spot? We're going to put you on it. Yeah. I kind of like this phone number joke. Like, you know, I'm not a big fan of alarm clocks. So before I go to bed, I like to call up a hotel and say,

can I please have a wake-up call for room 443-527-5630 and just kind of say those last words a little slow and pray to God that somebody gets what I'm talking about. Yeah, yeah that's good i feel like maybe i've heard you say that before yeah i say that one a lot that's a good one thank you man very funny um is that your real phone number by the way that is my real phone number i have another joke about my phone number too so uh-huh it's gonna be dangerous yeah you should do an entire phone number set yeah i i'm two jokes into it i could say have you heard of Social Security Bit? It's fucking awesome.

He's an all-number comic. Yeah. I mostly do number humor. His security code to prevent identity theft routine is fantastic. I don't like his new blood type stuff, though. It's weird. He needs to get back to his roots. He's sold out.

Yeah, he's got to get back to his roots. His letter stuff sucks. Not later stuff alphabet come on bro um uh yeah i like that's how i've i've been doing improv for a bit took the classes for a couple years and now i've been in the baltimore improv group for over a year i think so i think so yeah like a little over a year now and then um always hanging out with stand-up so i just started doing some stand-up most of it's like kind of like tweets or like one-liners that i'm kind of converting into being uh conversational cool is that how you do it like do you kind of do it like a little

conversational or you're just like joke like kind of like stephen right yeah like sometimes i'll comment in between just yeah freestyle not freestyle but whatever uh you know off the cuff improv no i mean you got the market cornered if you're freestyling in between one-liners yeah that's and shaking a stick oh my god you seen petey moose that guy's killing it that's a good one oh yeah so sometimes i'll just start with a start writing a sentence and see if I can end it funny. Oh, but as far as on stage, no, I mean just if I comment and come up with anything in between, that's it. But nothing planned. Right, right, right.

So sometimes yes, sometimes no. I got you. Do you bring note cards on stage? I did for like that's how I started. The first probably six months I did it. Yes. Without fail. I didn't. And then I can't remember. It was a show I was doing that I thought was like worthy of me, like trying pretty hard

to like be presentable. Yeah. The Apollo. Yeah. Yeah. That a little bit. And just. Was it the Apollo?

Was it the Sandman? It was the Apollo. Yeah. I'm afraid of him too. So I just memorized them, memorized like seven minutes right of it using like uh you know please excuse my dear aunt sally type memorization tools that's that's good i like that yeah because that's i mean with one liner for like remember how it starts material that's a shit ton of jokes yeah so you got all these things like be quapping all these like different just words you gotta be quapping yeah you gotta be quapping, all these different words. You got to be quapping. Yeah, you got to be quapping if you're not here, something else.

Right, right. So, yeah. And then, like I did, if I try new stuff, I will bring note cards just because I want to know if it's funny rather than worried about memorizing them. Right, right. And then you're buddies with Randy Syphax, right? I am, yep. We live together right over here a few blocks over.

Oh, right on. Did you guys grow up together or go to school? Went met in college okay yeah at uh wheeling jesuit university where is that in west virginia oh it's a little too jewish for west virginia it's actually catholic the jesuit word is uh a little too catholic for west virginia exactly that too um yeah so that's actually a an order of priests who are Catholic, the Jesuit priests. Oh, aren't they the ones? They're both at the Jesuit high schools. At St. Ignatius' club, the one he started back in...

First rule of St. Ignatius' club is you do not talk about St. Ignatius' club. No, you do not. And if you do, you'll have to serve Jesus the rest of your life or something. Your punishment, a college in West Virginia. Successfully run a college in west virginia successfully run a college in west virginia it was like uh smart kids from the ohio valley in west virginia and really dumb kids from like baltimore dc virginia okay i don't know why but you're telling me the dumb kids are from west virginia and the smart kids are from West Virginia? Well, no.

We were all the same smartness. But these kids were getting like three sevens in the Ohio Valley. And we were getting like two twos in Baltimore and D.C. And so they figured, you know, these guys got to be as smart as the good students in the bad parts of the world. What did you major in? Business management. Just because, honestly, I just saw a bunch of athletes doing that, and they didn't seem like they were too smart.

So I was like, I think I could do that. Are you doing that now? I am. How's that going? It's good. Cool. Yeah, I've been with a company for like seven years. Company man.

I never thought it would happen. Wow. Yeah. It's too bad. So like right out of college you got that gig huh yes did like a manager training program i manage a store in baltimore nice yeah good deal good deal you know what i mean living the dream yeah hell yeah i podcast out of my office i know what you're talking about yeah i get it i know you do i get it so did uh did randy start around the same time as you or was it like he started like maybe six months before i did uh-huh we had been you know talking about it for a long time and yeah he had

the uh the balls before i did yeah yeah i think that's really good i think that helps having like comedian friends is what i was gonna say yeah like somebody that's like do it yeah i might not have ever tried yeah if you hadn't so yeah it's cool thanks man yeah it's cool to have those training wheels in the beginning somebody's like yeah right yeah so yeah i don't know if i could have done it without the support yeah friends in the beginning who me oh yeah yeah i don't know if i would have like had the balls to keep Because you have to face so much rejection and so much failure. Yeah. You've got to fail in front of people for a while. I was secretly hoping he'd be bad so he'd stop and then I'd never have to try. Right.

But then I was like, oh, man, this looks fun. Shit. God damn it. Fucking Randy, you blew it. Damn it. Holy crap. Right on. Yeah, I remember seeing Mike early on He was funny but I remember you being

Super nervous When did you first see me? Probably like three years ago It was when Jim Meyer was running Bar Bacon At Golden West And Seton Smith was the headliner How long have you been doing it Mike? About three years

Nice Alright Seton Smith was the headliner. How long have you been doing it, Mike? About three years. Nice. Cool. All right. Good deal. Good deal. Good deal. Pete, how were the holidays for you?

The holidays were great. Recording this two days after Christmas. They were fantastic, man. You seem like a Kwanzaa guy. How's it going? Yes. It was fantastic. But no, it was great.

I mean, I just got a couple-hour gig each day. Go to one family member, a couple hours, come home. Did that once each day on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. Hi, Grandma. I love you. Goodbye. It was fantastic. I was back. Validate my parking, please. Yeah, got really into the show Homeland Yeah In my spare time Did you start with the first season?

Yes First season, pretty rad Amazing I have a problem with the season finale Of the first season And we can get into it You want to talk about it? Let's get into it

What do you got? Well, without any spoiler alerts Basically at the end Okay, I kind of have to spoil it. She falls in love with Jordan Catalano. When he dies. When she finds out the terrorist was a ghost the whole time, it's like, come on. When they wipe the memory of one of the main characters. When she gets the shock therapy.

I thought we were talking reality on this type of show. On Homeland. Yeah. Well, she's great. Like, she's... She's bipolar, right? Yeah. I think so, yeah.

How do they wipe her memory? I think she gets, like, shock treatment. I don't know that... Doesn't that make you... But they say that it makes you forget things. Right. There was a chance I think that would happen, but it seemed like it hadn't affected her, I thought.

Yeah, but it definitely, like, slowed the pace. Like, it really bothered me. Like, build up, build up, build up. It's it's like crazy addictive as soon as one ends you're like fucking let's start the next i did them all yeah yeah bang right through the yeah my girlfriend like we seriously watched until like four in the morning one time like it was just on a run that good and we're just like you want to watch another i kind of want to watch another just like yeah me too and then we got to that i just i hate that stuff it's kind of like what they did with lost i wasn't really into that show but when they they're just like, oh, it was a dream, or they were in purgatory the whole time.

I hate that lazy writing. Can you guys tell me right now what happened at the end of Lost? Because I still have no idea. I never watched Lost. Me either. I don't like shows where they're like. Yeah, I heard it was purgatory. Yeah, so they never knew where they were, but basically they're all dead.

And they were in purgatory the whole time. So it's kind of like, you know, there's all this buildup. I really didn't like that show because people would be like, man, then there's a smoke monster. And then there's like this vault underneath. It seems like the writers don't even know what they're writing about. They don't. I don't even know what they're writing about. They don't. I don't like that. It is difficult with something like that, like a mystery where they're introducing all these different elements that are creepy and weird, to give you

a satisfying payoff at the end. It's nearly impossible. To make it that good throughout, the payoff might suck. But I feel like the best shows, and I was starting just to see it in Homeland, but I feel like the best shows, like The Wire and Breaking to see it in homeland that i feel like the best shows like the

wire and breaking bad they haven't they have an arc so they're like we know like some stuff might change in the middle but basically yeah exactly reba uh t and tamara they know where they're headed house of pain they know where they're going so it starts here some shit might happen along the way but but basically the series is going to end like this like the wire they're like we're going to have five seasons, five different sections of Baltimore. We're going to show how it all meshes. One of the greatest shows of all time.

On my list, yeah. It's amazing. Maybe you can identify with this, Pete. I've gotten such an overkill of people swearing to me that I have to watch their show that when someone is like, Homeland is so addictive, I just add it

into the pile. Exactly. It is horrible. It's not good enough to just like a show these days. You have to have an organized file cabinet of your opinions on each one. You have to conspire with your friends to get a single person to watch that show. Yes, that is the case. You can't just like anything.

Oh, it's amazing. I do feel that way about Breaking Bad, though. You're going to have to pick one. No, I feel I'm waiting for, there's eight more episodes of Breaking Bad. If that's, I don't know, the

Wire and Breaking Bad are neck and neck for me for greatest show of all time. I only say the Wire is the greatest because they went five seasons, and Breaking Bad is currently at five and a half. That shouldn't factor in. I don't know. I feel like the longer you do it and how good you are at it should factor in. Well, is it just as good five and a half seasons in?

Yeah. There's no problem. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't know. Well, I'm saying how they end the series. Like, that's a big thing for me. You got to wait and see before how many stars you're giving back.

Exactly. Got to see the finale. Saw Django Unchained today, you guys. Did you? I want to see that one. It was rad. Jaren, do you know Pete? I can't.

I don't know. God damn it, Pete. What do you like, Pete? It's awful. Like, beyond, like, Pete? It's awful. Beyond two or three good shows that I recently got into, such as Breaking Bad, Homeland. It's horrible, man. I love The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

Are you a reality show guy? I wouldn't go there, but those types, yes. We're like the... Yeah the where those hilarious people are on. Honey Boo Boo, not there yet. Season 5. I'm on season 5 right now. Nice. You're waiting to see how they wrap up the series.

I'm not sure if I can put that as best show ever. There's an arc in that one too. See her become a stripper. So you like the guilty pleasures. Love those. We've all got guilty pleasures. I like stuff. I like stupid horror movies.

Right. I like digression sessions. Dog fighting. Everybody's got their thing. We're all different. Go high pitch on that one. Going to soldiers' funerals and protesting gay marriage.

There's a yes and there's a no to everything. Westboro Baptist Church on Sundays. We all have our thing! Right? I like how you funny sketch a little old lady looking for a new church. Okay. This seems nice.

What are we doing? You know the KKK recently protested the Westboro Baptist Church. They're not half bad. Pretty freaking hateful to me. Django Unchained. It's funny you bring that up. It sounds weird to say this, but a hilarious

KKK scene in Django Unchained. They get an argument it's like when they didn't really have the hoods but they just had like white white like kind of like pillow sheets they were really creepy and scary and they wear makeup and stuff yeah well there was no makeup but it was like 30 like rednecks and they had like skulls and stuff on them no this was just basic it looked like they just took like i don't know like i don't know like a regular like burlap bag and just cut holes in it. And they get in an argument over that they can't really see out of it.

I don't want to ruin it for you, but it's actually... I think I've already heard something like that. It's just really good. They're just like, I can't really see. They're like, God damn it. It's so good, man. But Django Unchained has a great ending. It's two hours and 40 minutes long.

So where you think it's going to end, you're like, oh, and it didn't. And now they're going to keep going. It's putting a lot of stress on this ending here. What's your verdict? Good. See it. Better than Inglourious Bastards? I haven't seen Inglourious Bastards in a long time, but I would say yes. Really?

I really liked Inglourious Bastards. Yeah, I did too. Christoph Waltz is in Django Unchained. Who the hell is that? He was the Jew hunter. Okay. But he plays a good guy in this one. Okay, good. He plays a bounty hunter.

Would you rate this above Pulp Fiction? No. I think Pulp Fiction's my favorite Quentin Tarantino movie of all time. So you're going Pulp Fiction one. Yep. What are we doing for two? Probably Reservoir Dogs. Reservoir Dogs.

And then I might go Django just because it's fresh. And then I'll go Inglourious and then Kill Bill. We're forgetting. Jackie Brown, not a fan. So that would be six. Yeah. And you can rate the Kill Bills in two different installments, you know. Okay.

You think so? Yeah. Absolutely. They're two different movies. They're not one movie. Yeah. Yeah. Haven't seen those.

I would say the second one just because of the payoff, but you can't have the payoff without the first part. It doesn't matter. You still rate it on its own merits. Even if you have meta knowledge. Right, right. You still. Maybe I'll go two.

I would go two. But I haven't seen them in a while. The first one has that awesome fight scene where she kicks the 88, the crazy 88's ass. I don't understand why someone doesn't just shoot her. Yeah. Yeah. Or why she doesn't just have a machine gun.

Right. So. That did prove to me that Rodney King could have, if he really tried, could have taken those police officers out. He just needed a yellow jumpsuit and a samurai sword. And spirit. And a little gumption. And a can-do spirit. And would a smile hurt Rodney?

Come on. That's half the battle, buddy. Anyways, Pete. Sorry I couldn't contribute there. I hadn't seen one of those movies. You've never seen the Rodney King video? Volume 2. I'll put it on a picture. I don't know why I was never drawn towards the Tarant a picture. I don't know why I was never drawn

towards the Tarantino movies. I don't know why. Have you watched any of them? Randy actually tried to get me to watch Reservoir Dogs the other day. I was just watching that before you came over. I don't know if it didn't work. What?

I think if I haven't seen a movie, like, soon enough after it came out. Really? That at some point it has, like, an expiration date of, I missed that one. I must not understand what's going on. It must not be. I would say give Pulp Fiction a shot. I'd say they're fairly timeless. Yeah.

They're not the type of movies. Nice. I hope so. I hope I just find out I'm wrong one day. Yeah. It's terrible. I don't feel like it's dated or anything. I mean, you can definitely tell it takes place in the 90s, but it's just specific to that time.

Gotcha. All right. So what movies do you like? Yeah, what's your favorite? Bachelorette. Bachelorette the movie. And IMAX 3D. Bachelorette Strikes Back.

I love Gran Torino. Gran Torino. Oh, yeah I thought that one it was really good but I felt like it could have been great yeah I felt like some of the characters were like just too stereotypical and over the top yeah little kid was a terrible actor yeah the one that tries to steal the terrain like especially when he's when he's locked in the basement. And he's like, hey, let me out. Come on. You can't do this to me.

Yes. How old is that movie? Maybe five, six, seven years old. No? Seriously, I saw it in the theater, and I feel like I just saw it last year. Yeah, maybe three or four years. But I know that it's at least three or four years old. Yeah.

Yeah, somewhere in there. Three or four. Right. Taken's awesome. I know it's just cheesy. It's a Three or four. Right. Taken's awesome. I know it's just cheesy. It's a good popcorn movie. Yeah. I think.

Taken 2 of Electric Boogaloo. I haven't seen the two yet. Taken 3D. What's left to take, right, guys? Come on. Giving. Taken 3. Taken to giving

Yeah That's where his family just leaves They're like you're kind of an asshole And you're ruining life for us We keep getting kidnapped because of you They just follow the girl's music career after that So how did it go? Did you become a famous music?

Yeah I was taken To start up You're telling me you were taken I haven't seen that movie But I like to think that they say the word taken Dramatically many many times You're telling me you were taken? I haven't seen that movie, but I like to think that they say the word taken dramatically many, many times. You're going to be taken. Yeah, yeah. What about in movies when they do this?

I noticed this last night. You want to see something? Yeah. You know what I mean? Instead of just being like, okay, or sure. Oh, they just don't answer in movies? No, no. It just becomes very affirmative. Yeah. Yeah, you know, they just don't answer in movies? No, no. It just becomes like a very affirmative, yeah. Yeah, you know, they're actually telling the truth.

Yes, I do. Yeah. I do want to see that. Nobody says that in real life. What about nobody saying goodbye when they hang up the phone, huh? I know. How rude. Yeah.

I think that would end a lot of relationships. Not saying thank you at a restaurant in movies. Yeah. You notice that? Yeah a restaurant in movies. Yeah. You notice that? Yeah. Right, yeah. The phone ringing way too fast. Whenever the phone rings, it's like...

Oh, yeah. They're not giving it nearly enough time. People chewing pills. Notice that in movies? Whenever they take pills, it's like... No. Yeah. Every time when they take pills.

Yeah, they chew aspirin in movies. Yeah. Yeah, they really do. And when they use the remote control, the remote still clicks. Even if it's made in 2012, it's like click, click. All every movie is just about chewing pills. That's all. I'll take a beer, a pack of cigarettes, and a pack of chips.

Right. Like blow. They're just chewing cocaine. Pablo Escobar is hungry. This movie is good. He is chewing a pack of chips. Right. Like blow. They're just chewing cocaine. Pablo Escobar is hungry. This movie is good. He is chewing a lot of cocaine. In flight, he's like chewing vodka. Eating a whole beer bottle.

You got a problem, bro. What are you talking about? Starts bleeding everywhere. Just leaking blood. I got it. Let's go 17 Magazine. What's your favorite movie, Pete? Number one, all time.

You know, Forrest Gump. Okay. Forrest Gump. Okay. Solid. Mike Moran. I love it. Number one favorite movie or my thoughts on Forrest Gump or my thoughts on Pete?

Let's do all three with one answer. Below! Honestly, if I were to choose what would be the number one in the Mike Moran film, classics film collection. Feel free to say two. Two different movies. Never seen it? Okay, never seen two? Taken two?

I think I would have to say The Breakfast Club overall. different movies. I've never seen it. Okay. You've never seen two? Taken two? I bet. I think I would have to say The Breakfast Club overall. I think for some personal reasons and because I think it's a great movie, I would say that's probably number one. Good choice. Your dad was like, watch The Breakfast Club. Watch it all. Watch the whole movie.

Isn't there a part of the movie where the kid complains about smoking or something like that? Yeah, but he doesn't say anything like that. It's become clear I've never seen The Breakfast Club. I did almost make the tweet. You're familiar with The Breakfast Club, right, Pete? Yes, I am. I almost tweeted you know what my dad got me

for Christmas? He got me a carton of cigarettes, which is actually pretty impressive considering the price of cigarettes these days. That's good. Yeah, that is good. I don't know why I didn't do that. Yeah, you should do it. I would have to say Big Lebowski or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Really? I did not know you were a pothead in his early 20s. They're good movies. I never saw the latter. I've never seen the latter, but i have seen fear and loathing in las vegas that ladder 49 is everything yeah yes yes the movie no i've actually never i've never seen fear and loathing all the way through i i always like thought of it as like the the you know the movie for like all the acid heads and it. It's hilarious. Really? Johnny Depp's so good.

Like, especially if you see how Hunter S. Thompson actually acted in, like, a documentary or something. He got his mannerisms down perfectly. The first time I saw it, I was kind of, I think, the same way you were, where, like, my preconceived notions on it were like, this is for all, like, the druggies. And, oh, aren't we weird? But when I actually watched it, it was on Netflix. Okay. Maybe I'll give it another shot. It's actually really all the druggies. Oh, aren't we weird? But when I actually watched it, it was on Netflix. It's actually really, really funny. Big Lebowski, I am mostly a fan of.

It's amazing. I can see how that would be up there. John Goodman is hilarious in that. And I don't like it because I'm like, man, the dude smokes weed. It's a Coen Brothers film. It's fucking phenomenal. I think the Big Lebowski is one of those where the setup is great, where I'm really getting into it. I'm like, yeah, I'm going to love this movie. It's fucking phenomenal. I think The Big Lebowski is one of those where the setup is great where I'm really getting into it and I'm like, yeah, I'm going to

love this movie. It's got something fresh. It's got a new angle, a new way of looking at life. This is like a new way of telling a story. You sound like a Hollywood executive talking about it's fresh, it's got pizzazz, it's a new take, it has it. That's what it's got. It's got the X factor, yes.

But the story, I don't know, for some reason it loses steam as the film goes on. I don't know. Not for me. I never got bored during it. And I'm asking questions constantly, like how the hell does he pay for that apartment? I'm working my ass off, washing dishes, running food.

Probably either welfare or unemployment or some type of disability scam. Okay. You know, I mean, it's not the nicest apartment. Obviously, he was late on his rent. They mentioned that in the movie. So, and then he gets his $10,000. So, you know, that holds him over.

But John Goodman's performance is one of the best comedic performances of all time, I think. Oh, yeah. He's amazing. Cool. It's a good film, you guys. My dad said he was kind of grumpy on set. Mm-hmm. About Evan Almighty.

Yeah, I would be, too. I'm in Evan Almighty. Oh, no. That was like one of the most expensive movies ever. And it didn't... It was the most expensive comedy ever made. It's like $100 million. It did not return.

Yeah. Wow. It was pretty bad. I don't think It's like $100 million. It did not return. Yeah. Wow. It was pretty bad. I don't think it would have bombed, relatively speaking, but because the budget was so overblown. I remember seeing some of it. It was just really bad. It's pretty terrible.

John Goodman is the evil congressman or something like that, and he's like, I have no arcs in my town. And then when all the animals show up, a bird shits on his face, and you're supposed to be like, ha have no arcs in my town. And then when all the animals show up, a bird shits on his face. And you're supposed to be like, he got his. Wanda Sykes has the sassy black lady one-liners every five minutes. Go ahead, build that arc. Oh, hell no, sugar.

Yeah, but I don't know. So you're saying you have an almighty number three. Long you're saying you have an almighty number three. Yeah. Long story short, I have an almighty number three. But you know why I think I like Big Lebowski and Fear and Loathing? I was thinking about this. Let me get deep on you guys. It's two guys.

Right. Live in life how they want to live it. Right. And they make it work somehow. As crazy it is to other people, they make it work. Yeah. So, you know, and beyond that, they make it work. And beyond that, they're about drugs. Am I right?

420. I just saw the Joe Birbiglia movie. Is that his name? Mike Birbiglia. Did you call him Joe or Joe? Ezekiel Birbiglia.

Is that his name? Deuteronomies. That's a deep pull. Deuteronomies Chopra. Is that who we're talking about there? Genesis Berbiglia. Tupac Coran. Tupac Coran.

I read a song about it. That was good. I thought it was pretty good i at first that was kind of the opposite of the big lebowski for me because at first i was like oh god another like kind of romantic comedy with people that are way too normal for me and like you know they're all like at the restaurant mom and dad are making jokes and uh and uh you know it really turned me off it had that aesthetic of like the the modern romantic comedy right or everybody's dressed nice parents involvement yeah this mediocre kind of conversation

but uh but i don't know i feel like the the arc was kind of him uh getting out of that world and into his true self yes i thought it was really cool it's the most likable guy yeah i've seen in some time yeah i thought they could have taken it a little further with his life becoming a little bit more intense and real as he went on. It stayed a little too cute towards the end for me. I thought it was actually pretty darn good. I wouldn't mind watching it again.

It's on Netflix now. It was good. I think it kind of had its dark moments, especially when he cheats on her. There's that really awkward moment when they're at on her and stuff so and there's that really awkward moment when they're at their wedding and they're like hey i forget the girl's name but they're like do you want megan to be in the picture and he's like uh right they're like yeah of course you do and it's his wife or you know her girlfriend or whatever but yeah i think

i like stories about people realizing that they don't fit in and then following their own path see that's kind of what I'm talking about. That's like Fear and Loathe. When I was just thinking about it, I was like, what are my two favorite movies? And that kind of makes sense. Yeah, and it's kind of like the underdog story, too. It's like, even though the world's against him,

I guess, in a way. But no, I thought it was pretty good. The way he kind of shoots up in stand-up for me is a little unrealistic. Yeah, definitely. But the way... The way he had so in stand-up For me is a little unrealistic Yeah, definitely But the way They don't have so much time, maybe Yeah, and the way they do it in a movie works

But having Marc Maron be like You should say that And he's like, oh, okay And then all of a sudden he starts killing it I'll change from that But as far as It wasn't too weird But they made it work

He just kept Doing gigs and stuff So I didn't like how they Like It was one of those movies Where they like Changed everyone's name

Just a little bit You know Mark Maron Maroney or something It was Mark Mulherin That's terrible Why do that Why just give them

The same names Or change them completely Right Yeah What the fuck is the point of that It's distracting Yeah It takes you out Yeah it's like Wasn like his name like matt bibliano or something and amiglia yeah

that's yeah that's still had iglia in it yeah yeah exactly that reminds you that you're watching a movie yes so does 555 speaking of annoying things like why like don't even throw out the whole number right like if you need to show it on a card, put your thumb over a piece of it. Yeah, we'll kill him tomorrow. Call me. 410-555. Oh, it's a fucking movie. Oh, damn it. Okay, this is the ultimate one.

When a bus goes by and the person's gone behind it, you know? Like, what the fuck? How could that possibly be all realistic? On the other side, just a terrified person, like, latched onto the bus. Like, no! And then dragged along by their scarf.

Shit! But I bet I looked cool! Or when people, like, are, like, right outside of an explosion, you know? Like, they get hit with shit, you know? Yeah. Like, that's what gets you from the explosion, not just the fire. But the shit flying. It will slice through your internal organs and kill you.

Smoke inhalation, that's not good either. So wipe that grimace off your face and run, buddy. You're in trouble. So Sleepwalk's made good. I enjoyed it too. I watched it. I give it three stars probably. Out of what?

13. Wow, the standard Moran scale of 13 stars. I give it a three out of four, I think. Okay. Okay. He's a likable fella. Yeah. Very, very.

He has it. He has the gravitas. Yeah. And I think that movie works well because he's been doing that material for a long time. I don't think that's why the movie worked well. I'm saying that the material is there, that it's been crafted so well. I mean, it was shot well. You mean the plot of the film?

Yeah. Okay. The plot, I mean, well, the plot, like he had a Broadway thing. It was a one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me. Then he wrote a book. Oh, I see. So he's been touring it. He's had that material for so long that he knows.

So he's actually been rehearsing the movie live, essentially. That's what I mean. And then I think they wrote a few different scripts of it. But basically, he knew the overall arch, where the jokes were. When they show him in the car and the jokes that he's making, he's like, what was the one, the guy in the movie? He's like he's uh what was the one the guy in the movie he's like he answered the phone he said who dis like that's all from his stand-up you know what i mean so it's supposed to seem like conversational okay and he has his uh patented mic for bigly uh delivery what i should have said was nothing like i hate i don't

know kind of drives me nuts like how slow he is with everything. Yeah, yeah, but I got into it after a while. Like, I liked his personality, you know. I feel like we've all kind of got that guy inside of us, you know. A little Mike Birbiglia. Kind-hearted, just, like, slowed down. I like to think there's a little bit of Mike Birbiglia

in all of us, you know. This is going to be great when we have him on the show next week. We're just kissing his balls right now. So, Pete, do you have anything coming up that people should go to in January? This might be up in like a week or two-ish. There's something. There's going to be like a one-liner contest with the Color Me Funny guys.

Uh-huh. Oh, yeah. I think that's January 15th, I think they threw out. Uh-huh. Oh yeah. I think that's yeah is that January 15th I think they threw out. I thought it was 10th. Yeah that's I think that's in January. Okay. Okay. Do you understand how that works because I have no idea. I'm just

going to wait and see how it goes. That was just a sounds good. Sounds good reply from me. Right. Can we just bring our Twitters? Yeah I don't think I'm going to you know prepare anything beyond that. Right. Can we just bring our Twitters? Yeah, I don't think I'm going to prepare anything beyond that.

Okay. So if I show up with a list of Twitters, I should be fine. Or tweets. They're called tweets. Sorry. Yeah.

Yeah. They're called tweets. Okay. We just put out a Christmas song. Oh, really? So that's an appearance. I'll put it on this

episode. Yeah. Yeah, where can I find it? IrishToothache.com. Okay. Yeah, it's called Married Christmas. Oh. Yeah.

All right, so I'll put that on. Check that shit out. Yeah, and then on Twitter. I'll put it on Facebook, too. Yeah, you're at Tweeter Moose. On Twitter I am, yeah. On MySpace, you're Tweeter Moose. That's not my real name. That's not my real name.

That is not my real name. Mr. Tweeter. Yeah, I don't know. How does Facebook work? My name's Peter Booth on Facebook. Yeah, that works. Is that what it is? That works. Actually, if you could just give the entire code.

Print it out. Cool. Well, yeah. Thanks for doing the show, man Print it out. Cool. Well, yeah. Well, thanks for doing the show, man. Thanks for coming by. I'm glad that we. This is my first one. Yeah.

Come back anytime. You said you live not too far away? Yeah. I live just a couple blocks away. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. See how much I hate hearing myself and then make a decision.

Sure. Yeah. Cool, man. But yeah, thanks for coming by because we've been trying to work this out on the emails for a while. No, thanks for having me. Hey, when are you free? Like, not this to work this out on the emails for a while. It's like, hey, when are you free? Not this day.

Cool. Talk to you in a week. So cool, man. Thanks for doing the show. Absolutely. Thanks for having me, guys. Mike Moran, your mic isn't working. Well, good.

There it is. There it is. All right. So, yeah, thanks for doing the show. Thanks for listening, everybody. As always, check out digressionsessions.com. We're at DigSeshPod on Twitter. I'm at BetterRobotJosh.

And I'm Mike Morantin. And I'm at Mike Morantin. Well, it's Michael Morantin, isn't it? Yes. Capital M's. Do the capitals matter in the Twitter? No. Okay, good.

No. All right. Do the capitals matter in the Twitter? no do the capitals matter in the hockey world? is what I should say when they're aren't they on strike? what is it? lockout there's no hockey happening really? I think that's always the case

anytime I've ever heard about hockey they're just quitting what? that doesn't make sense that doesn't make any sense they're always just quitting all right well i'm glad we got the sports segment in at the end so all right something that comes up often here no at the uh loser session at the art fag kids session welcome back to art fag. All right, thanks for listening. We're the Art Bag Kids. We'll see right back. Merry Christmas. Not so merry of a Christmas. It's hilarious to me.

Seems like every friend I see is getting Merry Christmas. It's a scary kind of Christmas because apparently everyone is married but me. Oh, look, another Facebook post and it's the kind that I hate the most I'm forced to look at what you made for dinner Potatoes and some

kind of meat, I guess that's what married people eat, I click like just so you feel like a winner And every Christmas it's the same. I have fun while you are lame. But most importantly, I'm free. I feel so bad for you that soon I might start posting pictures too. So you can live your life through me.

Until then it's Merry Christmas Not so merry of a Christmas It's hilarious to me Seems like every friend I see Is getting Merry Christmas It's a scary kind of Christmas Cause apparently

Everyone is merry but me It might have been a big mistake this big commitment that you make you gotta go spend time with your family they're sitting around the christmas tree that's when you really start to see this isn't very fun and i'm not happy then you're and plan a guy's night out But they're all married So guy's night's out So you decide to stay together Next year comes along

And then you realize This ain't fun again Boy, I wish I still had friends But instead Merry Christmas Not so merry of a Christmas It's hilarious to me Seems like every friend I see is getting

Merry Christmas, it's a scary kind of Christmas Cause apparently everyone is married but me Merry Christmas, not so merry But Christmas is hilarious to me Seems like every friend I see is gay Merry Christmas, it's a scary kind of Christmas Cause apparently everyone is married but me Thank you.