The Golden Hour - Where is Brendan? | #193

Episode Date: July 17, 2026

Chris and Erik talk about the two-coffee experiment of adding four shots over ice to a cold brew that isn't strong enough, where Brendan's been, finding a woman's hair on the hotel shower wall, the moldy Jacksonville comedy club suite and the freshly shampooed carpet that stayed wet all weekend, dads terrorizing hotel front desks and the 2am fire smell coming through the Everglades hotel, whether skydiving is worth it once you have kids and how much time comics should really spend on the road, Erik's new movie with Pedro Pascal and the six months Pedro spent learning to conduct, the great "acting is easy" debate featuring Christian Bale, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Tom Cruise, Chris getting cut from Army of the Dead because he killed it too hard, Sam Neill passing and reaching the age where the calls start coming, Bryan Callen turning 59 and demanding people check his ID, why voice texting and autocorrect are the two worst technologies ever made, influencers content farming the lettuce diarrhea outbreak from inside Walmart, parasites on blueberries, the study claiming glass bottles have MORE microplastics than plastic ones, the mattress store money laundering theory, the Wayfair cabinet conspiracy and why you can't trust a screenshot anymore, comedians farming beer bottle clips versus real crowd work, the comic in St. Louis getting booed like a standing ovation, Mojo Brooks and the direct-to-consumer comedy boom, Chris's two-month peptide update, Simon Rex and the heist movie with Al Pacino and Vince Vaughn, Erik's upcoming tour dates, and much more!Check out the new podcast Nick is producing, Longevity Universityhttps://www.youtube.com/@LongevityUniversityFabletics: Visit Fabletics.com/GoldenMars Men: Visit MenGotoMars.com and tell them Golden Hour sent you!Get two extra episodes every month at https://Patreon.com/TheGoldenHourPodcastTo submit to the show email: [e-mail] or Dropbox Link: https://www.dropbox.com/request/fqtbexhxyaky9X8f8MV1In the subject line, specify whether your submission is King It or Sting It, Debate Club, Rip My Drip, Relationship Advice, or Flaunt My Aunt. In the body of the email, include the attachment, your name, where you’re from, and in the case of Flaunt My Aunt, the name of your relative.SUBSCRIBE to The Golden Hour Podcast: http://www.youtube.com/c/KingandtheSting Get your King and the Sting merch at https://thicccboy.com/collections/sale-home-pageFollow #TheGoldenHourInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.golden....Twitter:https://twitter.com/the_golden_hrFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/KingandtheStingAnd check out Brendan, Chris, & Erik on social media!Brendan Schaub:https://www.instagram.com/brendanschaubhttps://twitter.com/BrendanSchaubhttps://www.facebook.com/OfficialBren...Chris D'Elia:https://twitter.com/chrisdeliahttps://www.instagram.com/chrisdelia/https://www.facebook.com/chrisdeliaof...Erik Griffin:https://twitter.com/ErikGriffinhttps://instagram.com/erikgriffinhttps://www.facebook.com/erikgriffinc...See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I saw Simon Rex last night. Yeah, I love that, too. He got a great movie Taco Something. I forgot the name of it. It's Taco Something, and he just came out with. And then I was in a movie with him with Al Pacino and Vince Vaughn. Dude, Al Pacino, Vince Vaughn, Simon Rex, and Eric Griffin. Four brothers, too.

We're friends that laugh. We're friends that shout. Sometimes we don't know what we're talking about, but that won't stop. up nothing can stop us you brought two coffees yeah he always does this same thing as last time always two coffees with this guy

yeah but this is different because this is from the same place I wanted to experiment or we're going yeah I wanted to experiment because I like the place you like the place but it's the place right here

oh our place yeah and um folio I know yeah and um I don't No. Where's the other one from? You're not listening to me. You got two coffees from the same place.

Yeah, because I told you because I'm experimenting. This guy, catch up. He got it. He didn't get it. He got it. I think it's insane, but I got it. Oh, it's insane. So listen to me.

Oh, my God. Can I explain? Go ahead. Go ahead. Okay, because I got four shots over ice and cold brew. Mm-hmm. I like cold brew better. Oh.

But I don't necessarily think this cold brew is strong enough that they make. And so I wanted to get four shots over ice and add it to the cold brew until I'm satisfied with the way it tastes. Yeah. That's. I mean, I guess it's crazy, but like it's not really that crazy. It's just I know what I want. Am I autistic? Honestly, do you think I am?

Yeah. You've always been a little bit on the, on, on, on, on. Is that an autistic? I think so. I don't know. I don't know either. That's just kind of, it's kind of weird because I feel like the experiment is really understanding that their cold brew isn't strong enough because the whole point of cold brew is it's not going to be watered down by the ice.

Yeah, yeah. So the fact that do you think that the four shots over ice is stronger than the co brew? Well, I think a cold brew is supposed to be really strong. I think four shots is, I think it's stronger, four shots of espresso if you drink all of it. But my point is, I don't even mean stronger caffeine-wise. I mean stronger taste. it tastes not enough. Right.

Because it's being watered down. Right. Got you. But you know what? Before we continue on, I think we'll be remiss if we didn't, you know, talk about the fact that we haven't seen Brendan here in a while. Oh, yeah. Okay? And then I'm going to tell you why.

Well, if you're a fan of Brendan, you would already know because you're watching a shop show. So if you're not sure, you know, anyways, Brendan has to do now do four episodes of the shop. show plus two fighter in the kid he lives in in Austin so it just became it was becoming too much so we needed to to take a break from it you know and we said hey man we got it we'll just continue on yeah there's nothing more than that okay so yeah yeah yeah you know uh and we if we if we do if we do lives we're still gonna have him and we get we're still gonna you know we got we got to tell him hey man you got come back on and like say hi to the fans or something but anyways we we we just

wanted to continue on and we're here for you love us or hate us we're here okay that's what happened yeah it's good i you whatever dude you know it's like we're gonna still keep doing this podcast yeah and also people are like what happened to theo still so fucking who cares yeah yeah but that used to drive me you know what people don't understand theo called me yeah and said eric yeah can you do the podcast i'm moving bubble i need you to be here every now then it was like you think you could replace Dio. I didn't. That's not what happened.

Yeah. And he tricked me into doing the podcast and then left. And that's fine. Here's another one that would get me. We would walk into the studio and then, you know, the table that we used to have in the old place. Theo would go, eh, man, I don't want to sit here. Yeah. Why don't you sit here this time?

I go, you sure? I was like, this is your thing. He's like, nah, I want to be a guest today. I'll be here. Then everybody's like, what are you doing in the King's chair? You know, I'm like, yeah. Bastards. Yeah.

All right, anyways, whatever. Dude. What? When you're in a hotel. Yeah, which I am. Nick stays in hotels. When you're in a hotel, look, there's a like a, there's a thought process you kind of ignore the fact that, hey, did they clean this place? Sure, yeah.

You know, because you think they did. You think they did. You think they did. You assume they did. You know people have slept here. Did they change the sheets? You're not sure. Yeah.

You know, are these towels really clean? They have to bleach them. That's what I use. It's white because it's so dirty. Right. But you're not sure until you see something that you go, oh, no, I saw something. Uh-huh. It was in New Mexico at this casino with Matt Rice.

I don't think they clean the ones in New Mexico. I go into the shower. Yeah. Just working on a little thing here. And I thought I was home. What? The reason why is because there was woman's hair. I would have thought it was a horror movie.

Listen, on the wall. And it's just like my house because that's what Rachel does. She just puts it all. on the wall. Sometimes I write I love you in her hair. Oh God, yeah. You know. That is like a horror movie. And it was like, I didn't know what to do.

I didn't know what to think. I just was like, wow, this is my worst night. This is what I always thought it is. And I'm seeing it right here. Well, you know that. I just took the water like this and went. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And finish my shower.

What am I supposed to do? Because you know that they miss spots for sure. Okay. And also the comforter or whatever you call call the thing they put over the bed. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do they ever clean that? Right. Do they ever change it?

I try to get that to not touch me. But sometimes you're cold, you know? Yeah. It's a real travesty. And I think that it's probably, I mean, if you put one of those black lights over to a hotel room. Oh, you don't want to tell them. Oh, yeah. I mean, I think it's just one of those things where you just got to, like, charge it to the game and just hope it's okay.

That's what, you're right. But what I'm saying is sometimes the game shows you. You don't see hair. Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes the game shows you. And you're like, oh, no. You help.

Help me out. So I just was like, I don't, have you ever, have you ever been to an hotel room that starts to me where you go, oh, my God? Not like that, but, but it's been to where it's like, oh, this doesn't look so clean. But not like that. Well, it's like there's shit in the toilet or something. I have one, though, terrible one. Really?

I was in, it was in Jacksonville. Another great place. Jacksonville, that club that's in the hotel. Yeah, the Radisson in. Set the Radisson in. Well, Comedy Zone, I don't even have to have it anymore. They changed ownership, but anyway, I get to the hotel, you know, and I go to this, like, they had this, like, sweet they give the comics, right?

Yeah, I've done it. Yeah, I've gotten it. You walk, first of all, you walk in, I walk in, it's dirty, dirty. Like, they hadn't cleaned it from whoever was there before. And I don't know if you remember, but there's like a mold smell. Yes, I remember. I actually do remember. That, like, a mold smell that you go, oh, this feels like, you should have a hazard.

Matt's too on. It's not good a hotel. But that's the only, that, I've never experienced that before where I walked in. Right, yeah. Like, like, that's not right. Like, people's takeout food was on the table. Oh, really? Yeah, it was like that. Bed wasn't made. And so I go down to the front desk.

I go, yeah, the room's dirty. And they go, oh, my God. Yeah, yeah. She's on the, then she's trying to get somebody on the phone. So while she's trying to get somebody on the phone, I'm booking on another hotel. Oh, my God. At another place. Because I said to myself, if this isn't taken care of, by the time I press book here. Yeah.

Then, then I'm just going to go to this other place. And then I, then I had a, but then you got to drive to the hotel? Don't matter. Yeah, I brought out another comic with me too.

And I, and I went to his room just to be like, hey man, we're going to get. And I was like, the smell in there. I was like, oh my God.

I said, come on, we're getting out of here. Yeah. I just used my miles or whatever I had to get another hotel. They reimburse me some of it because they, because they, because they, it was crazy.

But that's the only time I've ever. Where was that? Oh, man, this was like a couple years ago. Okay. When I did, when I did that place, they warned me. I got there and they're like, just so you know, your, your sweet thing is ready. But you, there's also, we did, we shampooed the carpet yesterday and it's still pretty wet.

They were like, so do you want the sweet or we can just give you a normal room? And I was like, well, how wet is it? They're like, it's all right, you know? and I was like, all right, just give it to me. Dude, it was fucking, it was like I was in the bayou, just walking through us. Yeah, it was for real. And I, and I, and I just was like, all right, maybe a little dry by tomorrow. And I stayed there for the night and then it still was kind of wet.

It was wet the whole time. That's what she said. But the fucking, no, I'll never forget that. I fuck my back. Wait, I, I, I, I fucked my back up that day, that, that, that, that weekend. And Linocchi sprained his ankle. So we were hobbling around. Oh, no.

Yeah, it was so funny. But I just, God, what a. what a fucking hotel that place. I mean, you go to the fanciest, fanciest places and you feel like, okay. Well, dirt's dirt. Yeah. It's not, yeah. But I would, I would hate for something to have.

You go to a four-season. Right, right, right. And, like, somebody's panties are in the, in a drawer. I mean, they'd probably give you a million dollars. Be like, oh, we're so sorry. Just. Please don't tell anybody about this. I don't know.

It's weird, man. I just was like, oh, no, that hair really got to. I should have taken a picture of it. Hair is pretty disgusting, but, yeah. I'm not really disgusted by too much shit, honestly. Which is weird because you'd think I would be. I think someone would think I'd be disgusted by things, just the way I am. You know, I got my coffee here that I'm doing.

I don't really, I don't really fucking care. You pull the bed sheet back and there's like a huge stain. Well, I would just call and have them come change it. But it, like, there's nothing of you to be like, oh, get me out of this hotel, change this room. No. All right. I like, I like, I don't know. Whatever, bro.

Yeah, let's handle this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, but, but, like, I always think of Sebastian in those. When Rachel's with me, though, is completely different. Oh. Yeah, I don't think Kristen would give a fuck either.

Oh, Rachel's, yeah. Yeah, I mean, I think it's good to give a fuck, but I just like, it's not worth the time and energy, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes you just go, uh, just be chalked up to the game. Yeah, charge you the game. I didn't get out of the hotel, no, the shower. I just was like, oh, man, damn.

You take the hair, use it. I should have wrote to the clinic. cleaning people. Clean me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know? I, yeah, I don't, I, I don't, I, my dad was, was when we would travel, there was always something wrong with the fucking hotel room.

That, to where I would, before we would get to the hotel, I'd say, as a kid, I'd be like, dad, can you not be mean to the guys, please? Oh my God, that's so going to be me. Yeah. and and and and and and and and he would be like all right all right yeah okay you know and then and then we sometimes you do it be like see I wasn't mean you know but like there were times where and and now I actually get it being an adult because what happens when you're an adult is especially like when you work really hard and you're somewhat of a success right you you you go I know I know it's different

because I have my dream job you know and not everybody has their dream job but like I work very hard I want the audience to be having a good time. I want to get better and better. I get a charge off of doing my work. So like when you go to a hotel and they're just like, what? You go, oh, man, do your fucking job. You know, have pride in your job.

I know you're not doing your dream job if you're working at the fucking front desk of a, you know, but like I get that inclination to be like, this is what I asked for. This is not what I got, you know, which. is what my dad would do. It's not like he would scream at him, but, but, but, but, and I was a very sensitive kid. But like, I,

I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I mean, look at the kids, like, oh, God, did you? It's happening again, Bruce Banner. Yeah, yeah, yeah. His eyes turned green. No, because it was mostly, it was mostly what would happen is my mom and us would hang back. And my dad would be like, we're going to switch rooms. And I would be like, dad, dad, dad, dad, don't be mean to the guy.

And then he'd leave and go down. And he'd be like, we're switching rooms. But then I know, I know, I know he was. Yeah, I don't say mean, but I know he was like, you know, it's that tone that Kristen probably gets upset with me about. But like, it's just like. Dude, this just happened in Miami. We were in Miami visiting in Rachel's grandma, and then, like, there was a fire in the Everglades.

So what was happening, though, is like this hotel, the secret hallway they have, the stairwell, there was no ventilation or something. So I felt like the hotel was on fire. It was like a smell that was like, whoa, this is scary. I was sleeping and I woke up, you know, we were, you know, and Rachel's like, can you smell that too? So I called downstairs.

I go, I think there's a, I think there's something going on. Right, right. you know and they're like oh sir we're gonna check on her security right up i'm like okay then i'm waiting waiting nothing i call down hey this fire smell that would drive me nuts yeah and she goes oh sir it's a fire in the everglades you know i say okay but call me and tell me

i go but it smells like it's in the hotel though what's going on here and i say this is really bad having a two year old right right right right you know and she's like well let me talk to the manager we'll see if there's a room okay i'm already pissed i don't hear from them yeah yeah i know all right so i go downstairs i'm actually proud of myself because

the guy comes out hot because no one's at it's like 2 o'clock in the morning I'm at the front of the I'm like hello you know guy comes out hot like like he's like like he's just in an argument you know what I mean and he comes out like burr and I say yeah man

he's like well it's something we can do you know you know he was just the way he was I looked at it when I said oh I'm not going to get anywhere oh wow okay you know what I just knew you were logical his energy because there was a part of me that was like oh you You know I can match this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

We go be down here and just lobby, like being, being crazy people. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? And I was like, all right. I just went like this. I just walked away from them. You know, I literally just like walked away, went to the elevator. But then the next morning I come down and I go, I know how to handle this.

Yeah. I see the manager guy. Different guy. Different guy. Okay. And I'm like, hey, what was up with the fire thing? Right, right, right. And I go, I just want you know when I came down.

Yeah. I had a, you know. Right. You know, and then the guy was like, I'm so sorry. sorry. We'll move you. They actually did move you. They actually did move. You snitched on the dude or what? No, no, no. I was like, you know, it just, I could tell it was like, you know, I probably did snitching.

All right. I'm not about that. I don't snitch. No, no, no, but it was like, it's just because I was like, I had to say we didn't get moved. It was two o'clock in the morning. I didn't get any information. Well, that's not snitching. It was that kind of vibe. But then they moved me and the guy was like, look, we shampooed the rug in the other place and other room. And it was like, I swear to God, I wasn't being. like, you know. Right.

I just was like, hey, man, I got two-year-old. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, see what happens when you're nice sometimes? I know, and the guy was like, you know what? And I also put $50 on your room. See what happens when you're nice sometimes, bro? For a restaurant, you know, and it was like, but. My dad could have taken a lesson.

But, but part of me was like, oh, it's a smoke thing and it's bad. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I put a towel under the door because I knew it was coming from the hallway. I would have been fun, but, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Rachel. Yeah, she was just like. And also, you're two-year-old. Right.

I didn't know what to, you know, it's so, that changes the game. I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I was thinking about that. I was thinking about that because I was thinking about like skydiving. And I'm like, I would, I would maybe do that. But I'm like, I just don't think I would do it now that I have kids. Yeah. And I'm, you know, just because like what's the, what's the reward and what's the, the downside is you just fall and die? You know what I mean?

And the upside is. Pretty much a terrible downside. And the worst side is you just did it. And it's like, okay, it's a thrill. You know, it's like, yeah, things do change when you have kids for sure. I know, but what about people that are like firemen, policemen? No, I think about that too. All rigors.

Those kind of people that like those those fishermen. I think about that too, bro. Deadliest cat shit. Yeah. It's like, dude. Those people that have that job. Yeah. And they have to do it because that's their income.

And it's like, you know, these, I couldn't. I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, it's a weird thing. Like I'm battling right now between like, should I do the road this much or should I do the road not this much and just be around more? And I won't, I guess I wouldn't have the same money. And maybe I would have to, you know, change what I do a little bit regarding my lifestyle.

I mean, I don't think my actual lifestyle would change, but like I would have to like, you'd be thinking, you're thinking about it. You know what I mean? Like, and I'm like, maybe I should do that, dude. Because like I want to, I want to like do weekend stuff, you know, with like my kids and stuff. But, but I don't know. I don't know. But it's also important for them to see how hard I work and, you know, I get that. But I don't know.

I think that if you're feeling that way, yeah. I think you should trust that feeling. And if not everybody has the ability to be like, all right, could I change a little bit? Yeah. You know, not everybody can do that. So if you have options to do that and you feel that way, you know, you do it. you know but it's just like you know you i think it's a man thing too just to be like thinking about yeah it is lifestyle and all this kind of stuff because then there's single moms with three kids uh you know

making it work on 30 thousand dollars a year you know what i know god bless god bless them but it's like i think that's a part of like you know so and everybody's also the same happy kind of yeah you know what i mean like i i i i have money now am i happier than i was when i was in my 20s when i didn't have what I have? Like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if you can look back in, I don't even know if you can quantify the happiness. Right, right, right. I don't even know if it's, so maybe you're right. That's why it's the same kind of happiness because it's hard to go, well, I was happier because of whatever. Now, you are, there are things that you can go, oh, I'm not as happy because my mother died. Right, yeah, but that's, I'm not as happy. You know, but in terms of like

trying to determine the base level or whatever. The base level, I think, yeah. I saw your trailer, your movie trailer. Ain't that something? Yeah, it is. It's a teaser. Yeah, but yeah, it's a teaser. It's not really, I'm only in it for a second. Oh, I didn't mean.

I missed you. So did I. Really? Somebody else sent it to me. You know what I mean? So it's very, I, it's very cool to see because it's like, you know, you hear your friends do movies. Oh, there you are.

Yeah, baby. That's hilarious. Who you're hugging him? No, it's just, that's actually a fight scene that I was, I'm breaking up. Oh, hell yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It was like I just did, I just did ADR for that scene too. It was funny. So, yeah.

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you know, it looks good. I mean, you know, you hear your buddy's doing a movie and you go, okay, and then you hear, but then you see the trailer. and you're like, oh wow, it's like totally. Yeah, we'll see. It looks great. Like, you, it's a, with all the stamps of the searchlight and the fucking Pedro

Pascal and you see Olivia, whatever wild, it's just a wild, the way it's edited is nice. And then you just go, damn, dude. And you go, you get, you know, I like, I like get proud. Like, I'm like, my boy's in that. That's cool. Yeah, man. Tony Gilroy is great, man. really is just the way he well that movie that he did with is amazing well the thing about this

movie too is you see like that girl that you just saw in the trailer she's actually a like a real world-class musician yeah and actually that orchestra you saw on in the scene those they they they work in Hollywood they're they used even some of the like this girl right here she's not an actor but she had lines in the movie the guy next to Pedro over here to his right on the screen. That guy, you know, there was one guy that was like he's the greatest, you know, bass player in the world. You know, they had, that is really authentic in that way.

Now, how did he learn how to do all this, Pedro. Oh, that's part of what he did. For like six months, he was like learning. Oh, no. When I first met him, we were doing this big club scene and I go into the, you know, we were sharing a green room because it was like at this club in downtown. And he's practicing. Yeah.

You know, and he's got his thing open and, you know, and he was just, you know, he just, he wasn't great at. But, but, but, but the thing. They were really working with him. He could play, he was playing and it was like, it was crazy. And even on those big scenes when we're filming them, he was playing with them. And you, but you can hear him. Right. It's a little, a little, you know, but still.

And then there was a guy in his ear. with a microphone going like a two, three. He was, you know, helping him like that. But it was amazing the work he did to prepare for that. That's cool. I mean, as an actor, I guess that's cool because, like, acting is fucking easy, you know. So when you get to do some shit like that, it's like, okay, you really worked at it. You know, you can see the work.

Like, when Christian Bale loses 150 pounds. Not that, you know, I even think you need to do that for movies. But, like, at least he's, like, fucking working hard at something, you know? Yeah, it's, acting is fucking, most of it is easy. This guy. It is, bro. You just walk and put your keys down fucking nine times in a row.

This guy. You know, how many scenes? This is like a guy at the park going like, man, making the NBA is easy. But no. Then I go, then why aren't you in the NBA? I am an actor. I fucking done a bunch of shit, though.

If that was... I would say his ability to act as in why he's not getting rolling. All you don't think I could act. Oh, here we go It's not what I'm saying What I'm saying is like Getting to that

What got that Like you got parts Why? Because I'm good I've worked hard I'm good I'm saying Affirmations

What Made you good Was you you were good Because it was easy Oh were you good I have talent Yeah Go fuck yourself

But but But That's my whole point Yeah. No, that's my whole point. It's not easy because you're making it sound like any drum, anybody at Starbucks could be like, I can put my keys down seven times. Okay. No, no, you can't. No, there are, if you're the lead of a movie, okay?

Uh-huh. And I'm talking about the lead. There's four scenes in it where you got to be good and it's hard. It's hard. And it's hard. This is all I need. Okay. It's all I'm saying.

If you're an ancillary part. or supporting actor and you don't really need to be that good you don't you don't you don't dude uh you know uh there's like take actors like you know Tommy Lee Jones or Harrison Ford they do that thing we see qualities in them that we like

you know they're not bad but but they they are they're not doing what Daniel DeLuis is doing. He's making it hard. If I had to play a fucking Irish boxer, you know, that would be fucking hard. Well, that's different.

And I agree with you. Yeah. I think there are levels to like, Daniel Day Lewis doing an Irish boxer is equivalent to losing 150 pounds. Yeah. You know, there's like a... In a way, yeah. There's a thing you have to like... Or like how he learned how to play the cello.

You got to be a crazy... Right, right. There's a level of like you go, okay, that's why you go, wow, that's a lot. But I still think that there are people that, you know, if you had a pie chart, you know, there's people that have like, they're good looking and they're charismatic and you have that part of it. But then there's like that talent of being able to make people suspend their disbelief.

That's a real talent. And that's what, that's a real talent. And that's not somebody anybody could do. So as an actor, I just go, every time you say acting's easy, I'm like, okay. I mean generally for the most part, If you're in Scream, it's easy. Maybe. If you're in Scream 7, it's easy.

Well, but again, that's the other parts that apply why you're, while you, why you're in Scream 7. You know, they didn't go to the Starbucks. Sure. Okay. Yeah. Okay. All right.

Let's get this person, that person. You know what it's like? It's like when a comedy club goes, yeah, you know, we had to paper the room. You know, let's say he paper the room, but then it was full, you know. And you're like, they say that they come to me. Hey, well, you know, we had to paper the room. the room. I'm like, oh, okay, so could it open micr? Right,

right, right, right. Oh, yeah, that's a good point, yeah. Yeah, could it open, so that means you can just put an open micr on stage and pay for the room where people are going to show up. No, no, no. Give me some of that fucking drink money, bitch. I have value. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? And that's what I'm saying in terms of like those actors you're talking about. There's value in. No, I know that. I know that.

I know that. I'm not saying what fucking Christian Bill did in the fighter is not hard or good. I'm just saying, for the most part, you can be dog shit at acting and get actual work. You really can. I mean, just turn on any one of those fucking shows, you know? I don't know.

I mean, people think that that guy in Widows Bay is really good and he is, but what he's doing is not, it's not hard. The lead in Widows Bay. And I'm not saying he's not good. That role is not hard. I feel like you're saying it's, I feel like you're saying he's not good.

No, I'm not. He's watchable and he's likable. It's like what, it's like what somebody who, you know, goes to see, uh, I mean, look, Tom Cruise is that way a lot in a lot of his movies. It doesn't look like he's, you know, indigger. It looks like he's good. But, but, but he's, he's, he's just running around jumping. He's watchable. He's likable. He's handsome. I completely disagree with you. I think Tom Cruise is a great actor. Okay. I think Tom Cruise is a great actor. Okay. I think Tom Cruise is great actor. You just contradicted you. No, I didn't. I'm saying the roles he picks. You set it up to make you feel likes. sometimes. I feel like, listen. Jack Reacher. I think that, but I think that what he does, what he does makes you believe that a 5-1 dude

can beat up 10 guys. That's his acting. Maybe Tom Cruise is not the right example, but yes. It's a, it's completely not the right example. Fine. All right?

I understood. But I will say, though, I fucking killed it, an army of the dead. Yeah. I did. That would, that would have been,

they go, oh, I think part of the reason I come out out is because I fucking killed that shit. They couldn't, they needed something.

They needed it. Well, the switch wasn't great. I heard the movie's bad. I haven't seen it, but it was really bad. I don't know. I'm just trying to think of,

did you ever watch the Heath Ledger Batman? Oh, not since, but yeah. I've been thinking about it though. I should. Yeah,

I'm gonna. I'm gonna. I want to watch also Event Horizon. because Sam Neal died. Yeah. Yeah, I've never seen Event Horizon.

And I heard that's great. Have you seen it? Yeah, it's okay. Oh, really? Yeah. I saw that and it was like, I was like, oh, man. But I guess, you know,

he'll always be remembered for, Right, Jurassic Park, of course. Yeah, you know, the Jurassic Park. Yeah, I didn't, that's one of those guys that when he died, I'm like, oh, fucking, he was even, he seemed like he was totally, uh,

like 50. Healthy. Yeah. Even though it was like, you know, he obviously was older, but it's like, man. Dude, I'm telling him what's going to start happening to you. because of your age.

Let's start, okay, first of all of what happens is you get to a certain age where all your friends, the parents start passing away. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's a hard one, you know? Yeah. But then you start, as you get older, you start to go, you start your friends start passing away. Or you start to like see the, you know, it'll be like, you know, 57-year-old such and such dies today. And you're like, oh, my God, I'm 59.

You know what I mean? That's what starts to start. You know what I mean? Every time that happens, you know. So that's why it's like, shit, man. That's why I work out and eat healthy. I mean,

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i try now i have the voice text like this hey chris well that what is the address of the fucking it up bro i have to do it like that and the other one is the uh the the correction that's not so great that correction thing is like you go why you don't you haven't learned from my pattern yeah what's going on here when i say braya it's b r ea i'm a comedian i go to the bray improv a lot. It's not B-R-I-E-A. Always. I'm so in a What fuck is Brea? Yeah. I don't even know a Brea. I'm looking

to my phone. Is there a Brea in my phone that it's changed? No. There might have been. Maybe. 10 years ago. You know what I mean? Oh, here's another one for you guys. All right. Okay. I'm bringing this up now. So, you know, the algorithms on the damn Instagram, man.

Like, whatever is hot right now, people start content farming for something weird. And it's like this diarrhea. outbreak. What? Oh, man. You don't know about this? Specifically, your algorithm. Because you be, you be talking about this shit. No, dude, I'm telling you it's like there's some kind of thing going around and it's like, you know, yeah, dude, it's a big thing. It's like, they're talking about this like, and it's, and then, it's always lettuce, bro. But bugs me about this. It's not just, they're talking about lettuce, strawberries, raspberries. It's all the things

you go that we were told. This is the healthy stuff. Yeah. And now this has. healthy stuff. Bugs got the message, too, and now they're on there, and parasites get in you and shit. It's causing, like, you know, but then now I get, do you ever see these videos

where it'll be like, hi, I'm a chemical, you know, engineer, nutritionist, part-time physical trainer, and I'm at Walmart right now, and here's seven things

you should never get from Walmart. I have a lot of those in my algorithm now. How about when you get that video and you're watching that video, and then that video stops, and another guy comes up and he's like,

let me tell you why this guy's full of shit and you're like god damn it dude exactly and so I just go man it gives you pause like one today I go the ones will be like hi you know they just did a study

of like 45 restaurants and here's the ones you gotta stay away from and seven of them are like I just went to you're at one now oh fuck you know you guys are on this shit I'm wondering like at what you got to diarrhea let us At what point does Walmart go?

You can't bring cameras in here and here. Oh, well. At what point, like, are you going to the aisles of a store and there's influencers just like going like this? Hi, I'm reading the, wow, don't drink this. You know what about the fucking, you know, I go to a higher-end gym usually, so I don't really see too much filming.

But, like, some of these fucking Instagram clips, because I'm into fitness, I'll watch the workout stuff. You'll see somebody doing the workout, filming themselves and behind them there's like three people filming themselves doing the workout yeah that's fucking so annoying yeah man there's no you know there's no safe space i guess you gotta have influencer gyms and not influencer gyms and then you go you don't even need to bring your cameras you pay for your footage we we got guys yeah we have people there's people just filming at all times you have to sign a wait don't know man i just because you like you know what it is like i get what we

talked about earlier when you have a kid yeah now you're like i just we buy and blueberries for my kid. I know, I know. You know, but I still put like the, what is it? You put vinegar and I put the baking soda and I'm washing them and you see the

nastiness that comes off of and you're like, what I just run some with water, but I just feel like these like this content farming man is like. I just fucking, yeah, I had the best blueberries yesterday, dude. Fuck you.

Yes, I'm saying. I had the best blueberries the other day. And, you see a blueberry video and you're going to. I know, but I'm not going to look at that. I can't look at that shit.

Do you think that's going to make the parasite's bill? He didn't look. well no but he's fine guys we can't my point is it's probably going to be okay oh if only you looked we'd be able to invade him but no i just no i think that it's probably just uh uh gonna be okay i'm glad you feel that way and i'm i guess i put this question out to the the audience too does that stuff ever give you pause have you ever seen a video where you go oh no i saw one today where the guy was like these are five things that you you shouldn't eat anymore and And the fifth one, most people do.

And I'm like, okay, number one on the list. He was like, sushi. And I was like, oh, no. I'm clicking out that shit. Show me some tities. I got to jerk off. I was like, oh, no, dude. Oh, no.

Don't say sushi. Then he goes into his little explanation of why. Then the last one was tap water. And this is what the thing's going on. You go, all right, bro. Yeah. All right, pro. You're like, okay.

Don't have arms also. Yeah. I feel like the video is going to be. here's five things you shouldn't do breathe air you're like oh no i breathe air all the time use your back molars yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah i yeah i just got to listen to your body i i i do i do think that a lot of it is listening to your body yeah like if you fucking eat something you feel like shit don't eat it again and that doesn't mean that there's going to be stuff that we ingest that isn't good but like bro the other day i i was like it was my i don't

remember may of my back day at the gym and i go You know what, man? I'm just too fucking tired and sore and I'm not going. And I didn't go. I made myself not go. I rested. And the next day I went and it was so much better, bro. But we don't do that shit, you know?

I know, but this is different though. This is different. No, I know. It's different. No what I'm saying? Because what if it was a kind of thing that, like, let's say there was a certain exercise you did at the gym that you were told, hey, you got to do this exercise. And it's the kind of thing that over six months, it ruined your arm.

Yeah. And it wasn't something that was, that's what these things are. No, I know. I know it's different. But I'm just saying, yeah, like, you know, you think you eat blueberries and you think that's a superfood. Right. You don't know there's parasites on it.

But even more than that. Okay, so I get that. That's just about, hey, we got to just make sure you're cleaning your shit properly. Yeah. The thing that gets me is like, when you go to the supermarket, there's a presumption of, well, they wouldn't sell you. They can't sell cancer in here, right? They don't give a fuck, yeah.

You know, but that's, I don't know, I'm old enough to go, but maybe they were doing it then too, but who knows? I'm just saying, when you go, and then you're like, you see these people going like, they pick up a bottle and go, and they go, they read an ingredient. And they say, that ingredient right there has been linked to. Is cancer. Yeah, it just said, you look on the thigh and go, I didn't read this, eight? Yeah, yeah. Active HIV?

That's a secret ingredient. Yeah. Doesn't that give you, like, you ever think, like, damn, well, what is safe in here? Nothing's safe. They go through their health processes, like someone, when they break something at a party, and they fucking kind of fix it and then walk out of the room. You know what I mean?

When they're like, oh, uh, and they go, uh, okay. And they just walk away and they're like, it's broken. And then you find out a week later, you're like, who broke my shit? That's how they do it. They don't give up. They don't, they go, they go, oh, well, then how to, what are we going to do? Yeah. Not use plastic.

That's going to cost a hundred trillion dollars. And we can't do that. And so it's fine. Yeah, but then you find out, all right, so about six or seven months ago, you probably looked this up too, Nick, there was like, okay, so everybody, they've been talking about plastics and microplastics now for like five years. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. By the way, I don't like microplastics because it's just basically plastic.

Just say plastic. Don't say microplastics. I know that it's going to be micro if it's in water. I can't see it. So just say there's plastic and water. And then they have the glass. Then they were like, well, there's also, there's something in glass. And then you're like, well, then what's left?

what's left you have to wish the water in your body look the caps of glass bottles oh that's hilarious this is crazy then the other one was now I saw a thing the other day about the metal

thermuses this is crazy that they're saying something about the metal thermos well look at this microplastics are present in all beverages but those packaged in glass bottles contain more microplastic particles

than those in plastic bottles like you know you hear one thing and then you go oh fuck i gotta get bottles and then they this bullshit comes out and this is played this is dropped in by by big plastic exactly sigh up yep sigh up because that doesn't make sense this doesn't even that doesn't make it the logic in this makes no sense yeah where's the plastic you know what I mean this how can you read this and go oh wow because you you just trust stuff you know I think a big level you got to realize oh shit you can't trust shit look this that's fucking insane where's the fucking plastic there's more plastic in my anus right now than there is with

fucking nine bottles of water the fact that you can just the fact that you can just say that yeah yeah I know and go unchecked yeah is there can we is there a fact checking on this I just I don't know now now and I think I really am like more hypersensitive to it because my kid, you know. It's crazy. Grass had five to 50 times higher plastic. This is, I mean, come on. This Brian Johnson guy.

He was in Peter Deal's secret group dialogue. Right. It's all big plastic. Oh, but isn't that the guy that's trying to make himself young? Yeah, now he's got some disease. He's got an autoimmune disease now. Yeah, yeah. He's like, but I'm going to fight it.

Did he give it to himself with all the shit? No. Prop, maybe. Who knows? Wow. But I don't like hearing that, man. I don't like going. That's what I'm saying.

Like those are the videos that get you the most too when they go down the rabbit hole of like this company. I saw one today about mattresses. How does this guy find out he has an autoimmune disease now? After all the tests he's done for years and years. I know. I know. I think it just happened.

I think it's like. Oh, I thought that that shit is just with you. No, I think he, I think he. But dude, I saw a video today about big mattresses. You know, but the guy, the guy was, he, he, he said, said there are more there are like he what do you say there's like 15,000 mattress stores okay okay and to put it into context there's 17,000 McDonald's or something like that he was showing and he was like a thing that you only buy once every 10 years right yeah he's like and he was like

talking about like this this could be the biggest money laundering what mattresses mattress stores and it's like also about the it's also about the real estate where these mattresses are mattresses firm and then like this big mattress firm was bought by some big billionaire i mean it's interesting yeah why would there be that many mattresses store exactly so i was like man people be sleeping on the couch yeah then you just go down why are there so many mattresses matches because economically impossible until you see the unit and economic yeah margins are enormous they're enormous they're saying that the mattress that you the most mattresses cost 100 to 300 to make and they sell them for

900% up but still so he said to maintain a store you just need to sell one mattress you know one mattress a week mattress warehouse yeah

but mattress firm and it was just a whole thing talking about the real estate and how they you know this is true you have to go test it out this isn't one of those things you order on the internet

right especially you you have fucking sessions let me try the other one again it's like it's wine Oh, are you kidding me? I'm just in the magistrate. Flutes of espresso. I'm just laying.

I'm a side sleeper. Yeah. You know what? When you close tonight, lock the door, I'll be here tomorrow, I'll let you know. I wish they would let you do that.

But anyways, what I'm saying, though, is like you find out these, like, you know, when the kind of people that do investigating and they go down the rabbit hole this kind of things

and you just kind of go, man, I'm just living my life. I know, I know what I mean? I'm just living my life and you kind of find out like, oh, big plastic is doing this and that.

What was the one with, the cabinets that were named after. Wayfair? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That one is the one that is just like so weird to me. You know that one? Hello, and welcome to Pluto Fo. If you know the name of the movie you'd like to see,

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is so weird to me because I think we're at the point where you can just, if you look into anything long enough, it's just going to seem like it's a slave trade thing or something, you know what I mean? Or what do they call it?

Trafficking, human trafficking. Yeah, but here's the thing, man. Look at, look at Annabelle 5. But what if it's true? Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, dude, honestly, crazy shit has happened. Yeah, that's why.

So, what if this is true? Oh, God. Like how brazen this is. Yeah, but that's the thing I don't understand is the hiding in plain sight. Why would somebody do that? Like, if you wanted to cover it up, you wouldn't name a fucking goddamn filing cabinet of Kyla. You know what I mean? I don't know.

I don't know. Because, like, no one cares about anything. I saw a video today about these. Yeah, that is true. This alien orb that's like been verified that this is an alien object and it's flying through the sky and, you know, you know, it's got 300,000 shares. We didn't, we're not at home hugging our kids wondering if an invasion is about to happen. We're here doing the podcast. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So like, that's what I'm saying. So no one cares. So they said, I bet you someone asked. Let's say this is real. And they're at their like a naughty meeting. And someone goes, someone says what you said.

You, you made a filing cabinet called. the Annabel Wilson. Yeah, you're like, what are we doing? This person disappeared right when it went into production. And they go, no one cares. Yeah, they go, that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Yeah.

I mean, it's crazy. Wow. Yeah, that one's wild. I don't even know. Is this real? I don't know. You know, that's the other thing. It's like just because your screen shots doesn't mean it's real.

Yeah, because I'm looking at that cabinet. I know. That cabinet don't look $10,000. Well, that's the whole thing, though. Oh, that's that's that. See, again, it isn't even the name. It's like you're looking at the doubt. It's all of it, yeah.

So 800, 800, 800 cabinet, 8,500. No shipping details, no instructions, Wayfair LLC. You paid $8,500 to. And this was supposed to be in an Epstein email. Oh. Oh, yeah. Okay. So.

Well, even still though, that somebody can make this up to you. Well, that's what I'm saying. This is, who knows? I can make this on Chat Chobitie. Yeah, yeah. Let's make it Epstein email. You know what I mean? Yeah.

That's weird. Not to say it doesn't happen, but how do you trust anything? I know. I know. I know. I know. Okay, but my thing is like this. Like, is there someone out there?

Because, you know, before you, like, Geraldo Rivera, for instance. If he's doing a story about something, you're kind of going, you have an assumption of, well, this guy did some research. And now he's. breaking the story. Sure. Who the fuck are those? No,

no, no, no, I know, I know. You know what I mean? Just somebody. Like, why are you doing, are you doing this because you think this is important

and you're trying to like, everyone wants clicks. Yeah, so, but that's, that's the sucky part to try to determine because then, then you're making stuff up for clicks.

Or you like, you know, you know, I don't even know what content is anymore. I don't know either, dude, but that's like, even with comedians,

it's like, are you trying to get people to shows? Or you're just trying to fucking get views? I don't know. Like, like, you know,

I've been putting up crowdwork clips because those are the clips that, it's never going to happen again. So I just put it up on it, you know, and they get a lot of traction. But yeah, I saw. Yeah,

I posted one yesterday. It's got like six million. But like, but, and I, and I, and that, even that was like,

I don't, I don't want to, I don't care enough to do it. Now I, now I'm like, if it's going to drive, people who says because when you see what I what I do it's good and you go oh that that's good I want to go see it but there are comics out there that are just relying on somebody throwing a beer bottle at the

fucking back back brick wall and then they go oh we got to clip that they're watching it because they threw a fucking brick bottle you know what I mean and and and that's not going to get anybody to a show they might why you laughing just I'm thinking that's why I want to go just be the person It's like, people who want to throw beer bottles go. Well, you get to fucking throw shit. That's actually a real video. What? Somebody threw a beer bottle.

I literally made something up. Oh, no, this just happened. Oh, seriously. It's helium in Indiana, Indianapolis. Man, I had, I'm literally just saying bullshit. No, I had no idea. Helium and Indianapolis. Look it up.

Oh, wow. They're booing this comic relentlessly and somebody throws a beer bottle. Oh, really? Yeah. There you go. Well, there's probably more than one clip like that. You know what I mean? I'm sure it's happened.

Yeah. But, but so, so this, oh. This is real? This is real? Holy shit. This is St. Louis? No, where is it? Indianapolis.

Oh, yeah. I'm wondering what I see. What? Can I tell you something? This is not what I want to see. I want to see the set. Yeah. Well, here's your thing.

Because to me, let me tell you something. This energy is equivalent to a standing ovation. The what? This energy is equivalent to a standing ovation. So I love how he said, fuck y'all. I want to see what he did to move people to booing him. Because even if you're like a bad, bad comedian, the most response you're going to get is like, people are going to be like,

just looking. They're going to be indifferent. The fact that he riled the crowd up enough for them to be like. I totally agree. I totally agree. You know what I mean? Can't understand how. Well, but then you go like, look at this, there's this comedian.

I just followed him. Moody. He's got a lot of views. He's his black comedian. He looks like juvenile, basically. And he's just like, he's from the South. And he's just, you know, he's killing.

Packed improvs. Yeah. And I'm talking about like 20 million views. But like then I'm like, but he's playing improvs. That doesn't make sense almost. Oh, wow. That's a black.

comic thing. Oh, it is? Yeah, yeah. Okay. There's something about being wanting, like, when you get to, like, that level where you're trying to, like, do theaters and stuff, you're dealing with different types of people and it feels shady. Oh, wow.

Okay. I mean, the guy's obviously making a shitload of money. Yeah, yeah, I know, but it just feels like, you know, it's like, this is less work. It's easier to, like, you know. Yeah. No, I agree. Look. But then when the theaters is like you, they're telling you all this stuff, well, you know,

you have to pay for this. And you got to do that. Don't I know it. You know what I mean? So I think it's a kind of thing where it's like, hey, you go to a weekend and you're going to walk away with $80,000. And you don't have to do anything other than what you're doing. Right. As opposed to being like you've got to like count.

Yeah, that's true. It's a lot of stuff that you feel like. And I think that, you know, black comics have to deal with a lot more stuff. Okay. There's more hurdles, you know. Let me find this fucking guy because it was funny, bro. Does this guy talking about what happened? Mojo Brooks.

I thought that's what it was going to know. Mojo Brooks. You don't know Mojo Brooks? I say, I didn't know who this guy is, but he's huge. But obviously he, this dude, like 2.7 million followers. That's more than me. I tell you. He doesn't look like juvenile.

I tell you, man. I think that the internet has finally filtered into a larger percentage of urban communities. Now, now they're using now. too now is be like, oh, have you seen so-and-so and they're going out? I think that's great. 11 million right there? You know what I mean? I think that's great. You know, it's like, I don't know if this is what it is, if it translates to like doing more stuff, more like, you know, but not everybody like this wants to be in Hollywood anymore. Oh, I know. He's in a Netflix thing coming up, though. That's cool. But that's what happens. You just start to go, oh, okay,

and they go, hey, let's bring this guy in and we'll see, you know. He's obviously charming and funny and people like him. He's good-looking dude. He's like. I mean, this is, this is the new modern way of doing things. And what I like about this, this is a perfect example of direct-to-consumer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, you don't need

a gatekeeper with this. Thank God, yeah. You know, this is not a gatekeeper thing. This guy is like, I'm just putting it out, it hit, and now he's like, hey, it's hitting, let's keep hitting. And he just goes and goes and goes. And then we'll see, you know,

the next thing you know, this is his career. Yeah. You know, and it's great. Yeah. I love seeing it. Yeah, me too. And then I fucking finally started posting shit. And now I,

that was such a diplomat. diplomatic way to say black people got computers. No, no, no. I don't know, but I don't think, I don't think Instagram and podcasting and the, with the stuff that the comedians use, I don't know if that was reaching a large percentage of black people. I don't think it was. And I think now it is.

It's now reaching more, especially with, I think, I think that the black, the basketball players, I think them doing the podcast the way they're doing. and people are looking at that like, oh shit, that shit's huge now. All these, like, you know, Gilbert Arenas and Carmelo Anthony and like, and then there's a lot of great podcasts now from black people that are reaching millions and millions of people. So now it's just in the same way that like, you know, call her daddy, you know, if like five percent of those people that listen to her podcast are male and they're gay,

you know what I mean? And she can get $60 million. You don't need. you don't need the man, whatever that means. It's great. You know what I mean? It is great. So I just think that this is like, you know,

those one guys that were from while and out, they were one of the few that like really blew up. They had, you know, they were, they were out selling out. Because they had that podcast. It's numbers. I don't know what they. Oh, yeah. I know what you're talking about.

You know what I mean? Yeah. And so they were, I think that was one of those first ones to like, like, blow up like that where they didn't need anybody. you know there's and there's there's a lot of church ones that are like this too yeah there's like clean black comics that you know they're in the church circuit and they got millions of views and they got their market yeah you know you're just like damn i gotta get in that that black church

shit that would be funny you feeling anything from your peptides you know i was thinking about it it's been two months now and um i i i i can't i will say i'm stronger you know and if that has to do something I would say it's probably the recovery because I just feel more powerful at the gym which is like great and I am 46 it's not like I'm 25 but

damn yeah what that old you're saying old now I'm just doing that remember what Kevin Hart did to uh what's his name what oh right Don Chito Don Chito John Chito that's one of the funniest videos ever I forgot I did I did see that, I think. But anyway, so yeah, I think it is.

I also notice I'm really, you know, scrutinizing. And also, I had been working out a lot before I started taking them. But, like, I think my belly is getting a little bit more trim. You know what it is? This is the thing that, like, that they just should talk to the general public more about with this. So, you know, you're like, you're already, like, a great meal. And, you know, you're adding, like, some, like, you know. I mean, the main thing that you do is you're working out.

Right. And so there's peptides and stuff that you're doing. How does that enhance that? You can recover faster. You can recover faster. You have more energy. So those are the areas. Because what they're selling to the public is,

you can get buff. The peptides are going to do it. You don't need to do anything else. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I'm not taking RETA, which everyone is saying is that fucking one that just makes you ridiculously shredded. You want to?

I know. I don't want to because. I don't like how you wink. I like how he. The weak made it seem shady as hell. I don't, I don't, hey, hey, it is shady. It's Nick. Hey, I got a guy.

No, I don't want to take redda because, um, I don't want to suppress my appetite at all. Like I know that it makes you want to kind of like not. See, that's, I don't like that. When I was talking to doing my thing. And I, and I, and I, and I, she was like, well, you can also take some pep, this, that, you know. Because I was like, one, I don't want to take any G L, P, whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, I don't want to do that.

You know, you know. I don't want to do it. It's like can I find some self-control? There is. There is. I wanted to get to testosterone up and I know that working out also is to do with that. Yeah. So I just, I'm taking the CJC epimoralin and that's good for building muscle.

And, you know, it doesn't suppress my appetite at all. So it feels good, man. I mean, I just, I'm hitting like PRs when I go do. I was like, oh, I'm going heavier than last time, you know, not every time, but. I saw Simon Rex last night. Yeah, I love that, too. Yeah, and he says, he's guys, hey, man, you're talking about you. He loves you.

He's like, hey, that guy works out. Oh, cool. That's funny. That's all you. Because he's actually a very slender man. Yeah, he's, yeah, yeah, yeah. So he was like, you know, but I think you guys are, is he older than you? He might be.

He's a little older than you. Yeah, yeah, but he was just like, yeah, oh, man, that guy worked out. And he, he, like, loves your podcast. Dude, he loves my podcast. Yeah, we got to get, I'm going to get him on here. Yeah. He texts me, he texts me all about my podcast. that dude. I love that dude.

But he's, he's good. Yeah, he's doing good, right? Yeah. He just won, like, Independent Spirit Award and for, like, a dramatic performance that completely revived his career. Yeah. He's a darling in Hollywood now. He's a great movie Taco Something. I forgot the name of it. It's Taco Something, and he just came out with. And then I was in a movie with him with Al Pacino and Vince Vaughn. Dude, Al Pacino, Vince Vaughn, Simon Rex, and Eric Griffin. What is this on? brothers too.

Power Rangers. That would be awesome. It's a heist movie. What is this movie? It's about to come out and it's made by the guy Nick, Nick, what's the director's name? Nick, oh my God, I forgot the guy's name, but he's like one of these intense directors. You know what I mean?

But it was, it's going to come out. Yeah. But they were like, they're fighting over like distribution versus going to. De Niro's hilarious because De Niro will be in a movie where you're like, I got to see that. And then you'll see Dineiro. year will come out in a movie and you're like, who the fuck would see that? He's just, why is he still, I don't understand these old dudes

that just keep working. Because they, what, that's their passion. They're doing what they love. You know what I mean? You're doing what you love, you do what you love. I guess. You know? All right, I'll be in Miami. I'll be in Washington, D.C., I'll be in Louisville, Spokane, Tulsa, Portugal, Portugal, and Springfield.

That's weird. Ericgurfin.com, guys, I got some new dates coming on to the calendar right now. So I'll be at Rooster Tea Feathers. Then I'm going to be at the Irvine Improv on August 26th. One night, Irvine Improv just got at it. And then, you know, Comedy Store and all that stuff's coming up and some dates with Matt Rife. So check me out, man.

But let's get that improv. It's a Wednesday. So, you know, see what I could do. And if you want to learn more about peptides, I just started producing a podcast called Longevity University. Oh, really? Dr. Rahan Mutilibe and Milan Kostitch, founder of X, X, Y, RX. He's a boxing trainer. Dr. Rahan is a black belt and jih Tjitsu competitor.

And they're super informative. It'll be out when this is out. Sweet. Oh, look at that. Yeah. Maybe we should have those guys on. I'd be a huge help too. Yeah, let's get one of these guys on to talk about peptides with us.

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