The Nikki Glaser Podcast - #392 Oversharing In Front of Adam Duritz, Comedian Tricks, Sebastian Maniscalco is Truly a GOAT

Episode Date: November 16, 2023

Nikki spills the tea about 'what happened to Anya?' Don't worry; she will be back to say hi tomorrow. Taylor is in the studio for the hang, while Nikki recounts her time at the Bob Saget Scleroderma Fundraiser. She talks about the comedians she caught up with and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity she had to introduce The Counting Crows. Maybe she gushed a little too hard over Adam Duritz, but it was totally worth it. They discuss which art form is more vulnerable—singing or performing comedy. For Nikki, it's making an effort. She also talks about how blown away she was by Sebastian Maniscalco's performance in Atlantic City and how inspired she feels by it. -------- Subscribe to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts to get this episode ad-free, and get exclusive bonus content: https://apple.co/nikkiglaserpodcast  Watch this episode on our Youtube Channel: The Nikki Glaser Podcast Follow the pod on Instagram for bonus content: @NikkiGlaserPod Leave us your voicemail: Click Here To Record Nikki's Tour Dates: nikkiglaser.com/tour Brian’s Animations: youtube.com/@BrianFrange More Nikki: IG More Brian: IG More producer Noa: IGSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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People have wondered what happened to Anya. And I'm sorry I never announced it. She just was a regular, obviously, on the show for a while. And then I couldn't afford her. Because we don't have a budget for guests. And it's coming out of my pocket. And she felt her worth was more than i could give and i totally agreed with her but then uh taylor stepped in and said i have no worth i'll take whatever you

can literally nothing and coffee fine no um i'm just gonna be back tomorrow she just you know it was something that she was like you know i i either want this or you know she just put her foot down but the drama. There were all these comments like, where's Anya? What happened to Anya? Oh, right. Yeah. No, she's still my best friend.

She's still a part of the show. Her love will never die. It's not like the Andrew situation where it's like, guys, we just need some space. We're going to talk about it again at another time. There's no drama behind it. It is literally like hey I like doing the show but can I get paid more and I was like I don't have any more money to give you

from the show and I don't really want to pay out of my own pocket more because not that she doesn't have value to me it's just like you know I only make so much on this show and she understood that I understood her and I literally said to her, do you want to give less?

Just give less. I was like... Do a half-assed job. I was like... And she's so cute because she was like, I can't do a bad job. You know, I can't phone it in. But I think...

I agree with that too. Like you either... She's like an all or nothing kind of person. So she'll come back to the show when she wants to make a little extra cash or just because she wants to but um uh that's the reason and don't you guys go off and comment like nikki's so cheap i'm not that anyone would say that but maybe i would think that like well you're you have money just pay her more um she's already an employee for me on another thing like it's just it's just too much and it's none of your

business to be honest with you. Not that you even asked, but it's... I'm sharing all of this. In case you do say anything, there's an answer already. Like, too behind. It's too behind. But it's just like, otherwise, I'm going to say, like, what else could I say? I don't know.

Like, but there is no bad... There's no bad blood. We are still friends. But if you want to hear what actually happened, you got to subscribe to Diamond Players Club. Oh, yeah. We'll really give you the dirt. Then we'll tell you the real drama.

We'll tell you how much I was paying her. We'll tell you the amount. And you can go, what? We have a transcript of the conversation that Anya and Nikki had when talking about money. Yeah, what are we going to do for our next Diamond Players episode? We try to do something.

I know. I'm trying to collect more. The problem is not telling them on here because I truly don't have anything to hide. Except the things I don't want to hide or the things I hide now are just name dropping things. I want to know them all just stuff that

I'm going to subscribe stuff that I wouldn't care if that person said it about me but like that person might get hear it back to them no you're an open book

because like I've said before yeah I'm pretty you're like a dictionary on one of those stands in a library I always turn it to dick or penis

you do yeah Taylor works in libraries you turn it to penis yeah I turn it to dick or penis You do? Yeah, Taylor works in libraries You turn it to penis? Yeah, I turn it to penis or like anal or something But maybe they're just thinking you're looking up the word analysis Oh, yeah Like do you highlight the word anal or do you put like the Not, no, I don't do like the Ramsey's did

Where the dictionary was open and pointed The corner was pointed to incest. What? In the Ramsey's dictionary after JonBenet died. Oh my god. It's a true Wait, do they have pictures of it and stuff? No, I've looked everywhere.

But the police wrote it. Okay. I usually rip out the page that says anal and then bring it home with me. Jack off. You're like, I don't anal and then bring it home with me. You're like, I don't want anyone knowing what this is besides me. Wait, Taylor. I'm trying to say Taylor's hair. You just have a little fly on your eye.

Taylor's hair. Oh, that's nice. I thought you were like, you got to ask her about her hair. What's going on with it? When are you going to fix that shit? I know. I saw it and I honestly, there was nothing in me that was like fix it. I just like, I think, there was nothing in me that was like, fix it. I just like, I think I just love you the way you are.

I just know like, Nikki, you always like have told me if there's like a little smudge or something just to tell you, just you'd rather not. So I was passing that on. Yeah.

No, I appreciate it. You were good looking out. I was not thinking, but I did see it. And that makes me question my whole being. Do you ever like catch yourself being called on something and you're like, oh yeah, I totally did. It's like a night and day.

You're like, it's like you're going to a fugue and you're like, I was doing this wrong the whole time. Or no, like you know that you did something, but in the moment you didn't know it was wrong. Yes. I just did that. I can't talk about it on here though. Really? Okay. Diamond players. Or let's just save it for that. moment you didn't know it was wrong yes i just did that i can't talk about on here though really okay diamond players or let's just save it for that maybe you could come on and tell us what it was about um so big lots has happened since the last time i was here i was in arkansas i was in

new york i was in um where were we this weekend oh my my goodness. Rehoboth. Which is also a great name. The Bob Saget thing in New York? Yeah, in New York for that. And then we rounded out the weekend in boy, Atlantic City.

Ah, yes. Oh my God. So many things to talk about. But yeah, I did. I went to New York on Wednesday from Arkansas to be a part of this Bob Saget Scleroderma Research Foundation

annual show that they do to raise money. It's so weird. They started this charity 30 years ago, they started this charity event 30 years ago, and Bob got asked to be on it, I think, after the first year. The second year they did it. and it's for scleroderma it's like this horrible like kind of skin disease that it's no cure and it's really painful and it's awful awful awful and um and he did the he did it the first the second year and then the next year his sister got scleroderma died of it very rare disease so then bob was a part of this whole thing for years and years until he died he you know during the pandemic i did bob called me and asked me to do a song for it i did another thing i've done something for it i think uh two out of the last three years last

year supposed to but i i had the vocal cord surgery so i couldn't talk so i couldn't do the show so i did this year and it was fucking awesome because i flew in i got put up in a nice hotel thank you so much to adam saget um bob's nephew who hooked it up and like made my stay so comfortable and and then the event was in the in the hotel it was like the ballroom of the hotel i didn't have to leave oh yeah i just go down to it and then it's me and ronnie chang who i love is so nice we hung out backstage i've never really like hung out with him he had a story of like oh when i first i went to visit new york in 2010 and you helped me and my friend like get on a bar show and i didn't

remember it it's so weird that you can't remember things but i think i had a crush on his friend he reminded me who his friend was and i was like oh, I think I did that because I had a little crushy poo. But also, you know, I would do that anyway. But I do remember maybe. And then I think, I'm not going to say what ended up happening. But because it's mean. It's not juicy. But no, Ronnie Chang is awesome and so funny.

I had never seen, I've seen clips, but I had never seen his standup. I never sat and watched it. And that's not me being like, I don't care about Stan. Like you just don't see comedians. And I'll get into that in a second when we talk about someone else, but you just like,

I don't know. I just don't watch that much comedy. There's nothing I'd rather do less than go to a comedy show. Yeah. That's the way I used to feel. That's the way I used to feel. That's the way I used to feel. Oh, shit, but it changed?

This past Saturday. Yeah, I think it changed. Oh, my God. I didn't go to comedy shows. But also watching Ronny Chieng, you know why I watch comedy? I watch it like this. Oh, okay, that's really close

to what I'm going to be talking about on my special. Please don't do the joke I'm going to do. Please don't have a take that's better than mine. Please don't have the opposite take that proves my take wrong. Like, oh, God, don't do. because a lot of times you'll hear a joke about a topic that you are tackling and it'll just graze it it'll just like just touch it but it won't dig in but now it's dead because anytime you go into that again you'd have to kind of graze it the way they did to get

deep and people would call you a thief you know so it's dead if someone just like touches a subject that is a little bit of the same it's only if their thing is on a only if that bit becomes like their signature bit and famous no because even in the comedy community i don't ever want like even five people thinking like she saw that at an open mic or whatever like i wouldn't even but there's gonna be things at open mic you're not watching all the open mics i know but if someone can place me at one where i saw one that's why i don't like to watch comedy is because if i don't see it then i could do the joke and if someone accuses me of stealing it i'll be like i don't even watch that person so sometimes i see something i'm like i wish i would have just left the room because i

could keep doing my bit and it wouldn't have bit. And I would have been earnest about it, not knowing that someone else had it. You'd have to protect the armor of ignorance. Yeah, but it's not good because you find inspiration. And Ronny Chieng was so funny. And he was talking about fertility issues with him and his wife. He was talking about having kids. So it was a lot of the same stuff that I talk about. But it was from his perspective.

And nothing touched on anything I did, thank fucking God. It was really funny. He was so good. He was talking from his perspective and it was nothing nothing touched on anything I did thank fucking god it was really funny he was so good he's like he was talking about his dog Luigi he was talking about what it's like to host F. Boy Island a lot of topics were grazed honestly it left me with not much else to do it's just at the end of it

he didn't talk about having you know significant labia so thank god but aren't you gonna like run out of topics in this world then He didn't talk about having significant labia. So, thank God. Yes. But aren't you going to run out of topics in this world then? No. No, it's not like someone does a topic about... Okay, let me...

Two people can do topics about the airplane. Okay, here's an example. I was trying to make a bit about magnifying mirrors in bathrooms at hotels and how they're horrifying and no one needs to see that and it sucks but have I said this before and then I was reading Ellen DeGeneres's book and she starts with an entire all she does is talk about the magnifying mirror in the first two pages of this book I'm reading and she literally covers every joke that could be done about it like she looks like the moon looks like a sandwich looks like. Yes. She just lists all the things. It was so funny and so well done. And I was just like, well, that's done

for me. But if we let's say I had a bit about a magnifying mirror, but it was like my point was, I love them. Or my point was, they make me feel bad about myself for this reason but she's saying oh they make me feel bad because of my wrinkles i say they make me feel bad for my poor size that could we could still do right okay but if we're both saying like it shows you their skin so close up it looks like the surface of blah and she says the moon and i say mars or some other surface that looks like the moon that's you shouldn't do that yeah i think that's the rule kind of at least that i follow but i just said that it looks like the moon, you shouldn't do that. Yeah. I think that's the rule, kind of. Got it. At least that I follow.

But I just said that it looked like the moon, but I never heard anybody stand up. I was really surprised that you got that. I just have to be very careful with what I say to not be a hack. Because no one's going to think you're a hack. Because I'm not on a staget. You're not on a staget. And I won't ever be.

You could be. All of my friends could be comedians, but they I won't ever be. You could be if you want. You could. All of my friends could be comedians, but they just don't need that. Scary. And then why is it scary? To go on a stage. Yes.

Why? Because I mean, I know why, but I just want to hear like, why? Like, I'm interested in like, what is the fear? Well, I have OCD. So I would think that I would pee my pants or something ridiculous that would never happen. Like that one girl at prom, after prom? Oh, yeah. Cassie? Was it Cassie?

I don't remember who it was. I don't remember her last name, but I believe it was something Cassie. But that was what solidified that hypnotists are real and that it's real. It's real ass. Because we were like, no, there's no way hypnotists are real and that it's real. Because we were like, no, there's no way hypnotists are really real. People just want to act goofy and pretend that their chair is of

their husband and pump it or whatever. They're just putting on an act. Because they're helping the hypnotist. They're being part of it. But man, this girl got hypnotized. She wasn't particularly an outgoing person but she wasn't so so shy she was just normal she goes up she gets hypnotized this is

at taylor's after prom taylor's in a grade above me i got snuck in because taylor brought me along i was a junior at a senior prom thing and that's hypnotist said your your chairs are on fire. And she pissed her pants in fear. And then continued to walk around, not knowing that she did it. No. And then she took off her sweatshirt and tied it around her waist. Like her did.

Yeah. Like our friend who has bladder problems and would piss her pants every time she laughed too hard. It's a thing. But that proved it because I was like no one would choose to pee their pants in front of their high school senior class no also there was a girl

um it was i don't remember who this was either but he said something like do your favorite sex position or something or something like that like show me you're making out if you know it was at high school maybe it wasn't sex but this girl who who was like a very Christian girl was like kind of going a little buck on it. Yeah. And then when I remember when Cassie or whoever it was, he went like, okay, ready, set, you're awake and snapped. She like ran. That's right. That's when she did the sweatshirt thing.

She woke up out of it. But she in it, she thought her chair was on fire. And as you would you would piss your pants and fear if your chair or to put out the fire yeah oh that's a good idea yeah oh okay i never even thought about that she was very good smart resourceful yeah resourceful but yeah i saw ronnie chang and then michael che was also on the show and he we didn't hang out backstage but he showed up Che and Chang Che and Chang and Nikki Che Chang

Che Chang and the Chowning Trows the Counting Crows yes so they had music at the end I prefer the

Chowning Trows the Chowning Trows Counting Trows Chosing Time yeah that's is that them I think that's like

what was that band? It's like Fast House or Light House or something. Fast Ball? Fast Ball. Yeah. Okay, sorry. Wrong band. I don't think so, actually.

That's something, though. Yes. Someone at home knows and we're not going to look it up. Closing Time is semi-sonic. Oh, yes. We were so close. Semi-sonic. Yeah.

All those bands. Fast Balls go fast, almost like Sonic Speed. Oh, yeah. So it's somewhere in there. Okay. So Rodney Chang went up. Jeff Ross was hosting. They were doing like an auction.

It was like a dinner. It was this banquet. It was a really like lovely dressy affair. And Jeff Ross,, Ronnie went up. I follow Ronnie. I do so-so. It was fine. Not my best, but definitely got the job done.

And then, and we were all telling stories about Bob, which Ronnie kind of kicked off, which at the end, Ronnie was like, I just want to say, Bob, he told a story about Bob just being really just an amazing person and like seeking out friendship and always wanting to hang and like I really forget because I was like getting ready for my set but he said something nice so at the end of my set I got to share a nice little thing about Bob and then Che went up Che killed Che was hilarious Che also did jokes that I was like stop stop right now stop going there that's really close to what I'm doing and then he didn't go all the way there I was like, stop, stop right now. Stop going there. That's really close to what I'm doing. And then he didn't go all the way there. I was, thank God.

My dogs are fighting at my legs. If you guys want to watch on YouTube, the dogs are wrestling at my feet, which is what they always do. They just need to wrestle on you. And this is when they're the happiest. They're so relaxed because two people they love are hanging in a room and talking.

We're not watching TV. Like we're everywhere. Everyone they love is where they want to be. They are just attacking each other. We will look at them also if they want.

Yeah. And they love it. If not, they just stare, stand far away and stare at you until you reach the position. The stares I've been getting

while watching these dogs for my parents while they're out of town. It's like they just Luigi almost I think yesterday he glared at me. I saw him just like disgusted

with like, you, we should be playing right now. You fucking lazy piece of shit. He doesn't play. Yeah, but he's playing right now. He will play.

Only with Marion. So, but then Counting Crows, I'm flipping out about Counting Crows because I love them. Taylor and I love them in high school. It was Dave Matthews band. It was Counting Crows. It'm flipping out about Counting Crows because I love them. Taylor and I loved them in high school. It was Dave Matthews Band. It was Counting Crows.

It was John Mayer for me. I don't know if you were onto John Mayer that much, but those were like my trifecta. And we went to see Counting Crows in September of maybe 2000. You know it was September? Pre-911. I don't know. It just felt fall. Maybe it's because it was August and everything after.

And everything after started in September. If you were in your flannels, it was definitely fall. We didn't. It was at the American Theater, which I think is something else now. And we were front row because we were. This is the best thing I ever did as a teen. I learned because someone recently was talking to me about going to Eras. And I go, if you're not on the floor and you've seen the Eras movie.

I don't even think it's worth going to. Like, you got to be close because if you've seen the movie, you've had the Eras movie. I don't even think it's worth going to. Like you got to be close. Because if you've seen the movie. You've had a front row seat. And you're good. It's not going to be as good as the movie. Because the experience of the movie is great. Because you're with a bunch of Swifties.

And they're all singing. Like I would say. Oh the movie at home is not as good as experience. But the movie at a theater. Is as good as going to Eras show. On the floor. But you got to sit on the floor. Because once you're up close,

you can't go back because we would always do that in high school. We would be up close. We'd get general admission, we'd get there early, and we'd get to the front because it's the best. And then, um, we're hanging out with Beetle Bob. Oh yeah, there was a famous St. Louis

guy who would go to every concert every single night in St. Louis. He's at every single one. He was a famous St. Louis guy who would go to every concert every single night in St. Louis. He's at every single one. He was. He died recently. And he would dance. And he had a Beatle haircut. And he would dance.

And everyone knew him as Beatle Bob. And he would be at every single show in St. Louis all the time. And we saw him all the time. He recently passed away. Rest in peace, Beatle Bob. I'll tell you the Counting Crows, the rest of the story when we get back because we have to go to break. But something embarrassing happened during that.

I disagree. Wait, why? I'm proud of what happened. Oh, yeah. I think I told you in the girls' show. I'm proud of what's the aftermath. Yeah, it was not my best show. Oh, you're talking about At Your Thing.

I thought you were talking about When We Were Kids. Oh, When We Were Kids. Everything's embarrassing. Yeah, the whole thing's embarrassing. We'll find out about all that when we get back. 2025 is bound to be a fascinating year. It's going to be filled with money challenges and opportunities. I'm Joel.

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We're an army in comparison to him. Listen to The Bunny Trap on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, the dogs are still fighting. So I'm at this event. Jeff Ross is on stage. Michael Che has just gone up. Now it's time for Counting Crows. He's about to bring up

Counting Crows. And I am on the side so excited because I'm nearly front row, but I'm on the side and I'm feeling like I can't believe I get to watch. And it's just Adam and his guitarist. I forget the guy's name, but it's just those two. Adam Duritz. It's not like the whole band.

And Jeff is about to introduce them. And I'm kind of like looking at Jeff like, involve me in this, please. Like, I just want to be involved. And Jeff is like, as they're setting up, Jeff's kind of killing time by talking about like, I love these guys. I've seen them so many times.

They're one of the greatest bands, blah, blah, blah. And he's like, who here in the room is a County Crows fan? And I was like, me, me. And then I was like, can I come up? And Jeff's like, who here in the room is a Counting Crows fan? And I was like, me, me. And then I was like, can I come up? And Jeff's like, yeah, get up here. So Jeff and Jeff is always like, we're buds. So he was like, yeah, come up. So I grab a mic and Jeff and I are on stage.

And I was like, I just didn't plan it right. Okay. I should have had a plan knowing that I possibly could have been speaking into a microphone about my love of Counting Crows and my history of loving Counting Crows. Because I would have just had a beat to think of the punchlines, ease the crowd into what I was about to say. So instead, I ran up on stage and I just go, I love these guys so much. Adam Duritz, I saw you in high high school i was obsessed with you in high school my friends and i touched you we went home we put our fingers on masking tape so we could collect your fingerprints we put them on note cards this has been by the way there are 400 people here all at banquet tables

all old people they don't have any context i'm just like i went from straight up like i love you guys high school note cards dna and then i did you say the dread that you touched no because i think that's i just don't want he's embarrassed of his dress we'll talk about that in a second i chose not to say that instead i said we even stole your water bottle and chugged your backwash because we were like we're drinking his dna i was like i I thought this was funny. I was like, we were obsessed with you. Okay. In retrospect. Okay.

By the way, no one laughed. Everyone's horrified. There is literally dead silence. There's no, no, it's awkward. And I,

so I just keep going. Did Jeff Ross do anything? People laugh every time I tell this story. Did he like comment? Jeff Ross is, no, he's confused too. Everyone,

I didn't give a chance for anyone can i see this a video of this no there i don't think there is one i'm gonna find it it was so so i'm like i don't care i care but i kind of don't care i've just like bombed so many times it's really is not that it doesn't hurt as much anymore so then what i would have done in retrospect, let me just like rewind. This is how I would have said it. Thank you, Jeff. Okay. I am a giant music fan to the point that it becomes obsessive and scary. I've been to nine Taylor Swift shows this year.

It's a little much. I have been this way since high school. I have always taken it to the extreme. I literally had Beatlemania for the crows. I was a Duritz head. I would have said something. I would have just

It was a dread head. I was, yeah. A little on-ramp to the insanity. Yes, because the insanity just came out of nowhere. That's because you love them so much.

It's honest and raw. And by the way, I did lie. I didn't drink Adam Duritz's backwash. It was John Mayer's backwash but it just still, but it took the place

of a, no, Howie Day stole his sweat rag and we like inhaled it like we were huffing. You gotta go either way with it.

You do the on-ramp. You acknowledge that what you're about to say is insane so that they're like, okay, she's joking around because she knows

or you go the exact opposite direction. You go, I drank your piss and I followed you home and i went to your kids room and i watched them sleep either way i did not give them an on-ramp i just flew off the highway flipped the car six times it like wrapped around a tree you didn't know survivors oh god and so then um so i did why i chose to say lie and say the backwash story is a because i would have done that had we gotten his water bottle without question so i didn't feel bad lying about that just because it would have been true had we had it we just didn't have

access you're just combining stories b the real story that's worse than that is that I grabbed his dreadlock as he was singing a song. Yeah, but he's white. So you're allowed to do that. Yeah, that's true. It's not like you're like, your hair is so pretty to someone with- Thank God I didn't do it to Ben Harper. We were all so obsessed with him. But he was just sitting down with a harp on his lap the entire show.

But I didn't grab it. let me be honest with you i just swiped it like drifted my fingers through it like a wind chime you know like i but he looked at me i will never forget he looked at me like get the fuck off me you dumb bitch which i completely deserved so i didn't want to retell that because I didn't want him to remember or be triggered by an assault like that. You know, like I just didn't want to be one of those girls, even though I was. I would tell him this personally one-on-one,

but like in the room before he's singing, I didn't want to bring that up. So then Jeff is, it's kind of just like I'm running out of things to just, I'm trying to dig myself out of it I'm like I was just a huge fan

I wanted your DNA but like then I'm realizing I'm bombing and the sweat is accumulating on my lower back there's a droplet that's sliding down

into my butt crack which always happens when I bomb if it gets to my butt crack that means there's no saving it so there's always a droplet that forms immediately yes

a barometer it's like the ball dropping on New Year's Eve and there's no turning back was Adam responding to this at all or was he just like nodding so Adam's there with his girlfriend so I also would have liked to say some kind of

acknowledgement of like I you know to make it not sexual I think it was too like even though I set myself as a teen I have some girlfriends who would have been like and then this bitch was like going on about how she like wanted his DNA when she and like it would have just been like I didn't need to hear that he's

my man like but luckily I met her afterwards she was not like that at all she was like smiley so nice so sweet but so then I go to Jeff and I was like can i introduce them like as i'm like trying to dig out i was like are we ready no i just turned to jeff i go are we ready because then they're set up for there's you know the plugs are the guys have uh set up the guitar stands and everything and um i go can i do it and then i was like ladies and gentlemen one of the greatest bands of all time which i thought was good just like cut to the chase like counting crows and then i bring them up they walk up, and I'm already looking at Adam like, I'm sorry, that was so weird. And I've never even met him

before except for in 2000 when I grabbed his dread, and that wasn't really a particular meet-cute. He was acquainted whether he liked it or not. He remembered your hand and suddenly he was triggered. He saw your hand and was like, no! And the DNA we got, we have been working

on a clone. So I have that thing in my closet. Where is that? It's in one of our closets. Do you have it? I mean, we went to Leslie Lambert's

house afterwards. I remember. No, I've seen it since then. I love her so much. I'm Jake. I've seen it since then. Oh,

really? It might be in my house. You have it. The clone? Yeah, it's a postcard with all the DNA. She's just like

under the bed. Does it move around? No, he can't talk. Oh, okay. The clone? Yeah, it's a postcard with all the DNA. She's just like under the bed. Does it move around? No, he can't talk. Oh, okay. We fucked it up pretty bad. Oh, really? We have a couple arms. His arms are coming out of his head.

He's like the X-Files where they pull the old lady out from under the bed. I read about that one. I hear it's scary. It's so good. So, yeah, I forgot to feed it. I have to go feed the Adam clone later, but it's just

Does it play guitar at least? I mean, it just does nothing. No, it just like gurgles. He thinks he's playing the guitar, but he only has like one arm and the other one's like kind of a claw. Yeah, sometimes we just set a guitar next to it. I don't think Adam can play guitar actually

I think he's only he bounces around in the music videos and he even said that when he sat down to play piano he said this is the only song I can play on piano

because then he played it's just the voice as we cross paths he says to me he was like here's some more DNA or something like that as he shook my hand

oh cool he made some joke there we go he's on board he was cool and then that maybe that's why in retrospect i didn't give a fuck because he didn't care yeah it was funny i'm sure i love him so much you guys he goes on stage and oh my god i'm like getting goosebumps just

thinking about it he he talks about bob and he talks about this event that he's been playing he's like i'll always play this event he's done it before in the past. It's been going on for 30 years. And then he says that Bob introduced him, like Bob took him under his wing and like really brought him around the comedy community. And he was like, and I got to know comedians. I got to be around comedians. And he talked with such reverence,

which by the way, I just, as a comedian, I never hear people be like, I mean, it's not that I never hear people be like, comedians, like, wow. But like, I never hear someone be like, I mean, it's not that I never hear people be like, comedians, like, wow, but like, I never hear someone who I look at as a fucking seminal artist being like in awe of what we do. And he said,

direct quote, he was like, and man, comedians, what they do is so much harder than what we do. So much harder. And it was like, it was apropos of nothing of nothing honestly there was no reason for him to to say that in that moment i needed to hear it because i have such um i just have such shame about not being able to be a musician that i want to be well he was commenting on your intro oh yeah he's just like. To survive that, to not go up to your room and hang yourself tonight.

To go home and live after this. It's going to be a long December for Nikki. Jesus. Yeah. Rectifying that situation. Closing time. So he said that and he goes, he said, you know, there's, which I would argue with him on this he said that they put themselves out there

in such a different way which I do disagree with because and I've talked about this on the pod before but and I just let me just caveat this also I just heard Joe List's podcast Mental

Metal Jacket or something it's called. I don't know what it's called, but it's really good. It's Joe List's podcast where he talks about mental health. And he had on Henry Phillips, who is one of my favorite comedians and writers and jokes. He's just one of the funniest guys ever. Punching the Clown, a movie that I'm in, and Punching Henry, the sequel, which I'm also in. But he had Henry on. We were listening to that podcast this weekend,

me and my friend Sean. And they were talking about singing and how, because Henry sings in his act, and he also is a comedian, but how singing is, Joe was making the same point I make, which singing is so, I think, much more vulnerable than being a comedian and being yourself.

Because I think it's so embarrassing to be like, I'm going to, he compared it to character work too. Like if you're a comedian doing like voices and like big bits where you're doing act outs, it's so much more putting yourself out there if that bombs and you're, because there's effort behind it. There's clear effort.

Whereas if I'm just on stage telling you about my trip to Starbucks in my normal speaking voice and I have a a couple jokes that don't do well there's not a lot of putting out on the line because i did it i'm not trying whether or not i'm even if i'm talking about my vagina if i'm doing it like this in a conversational tone or i'm talking about something that is like you know seems really like wow nikki thank you for sharing that I'm not trying because I'm just talking like this like it's not like I'm doing it like this and I'm tank like that I realize what makes me nervous is effort yeah because if I put in effort and it fails that's so much more embarrassing than no effort and that's why I do think that musicians for me do something that's harder because especially ones that sing songs that they wrote because it's so and you add sincerity on top of effort and you're like oh my god

singing is crying singing's like is it reminds me of doing sketch comedy which i think is the saddest way to bomb because if you bomb with sketch comedy, I just remember doing shows and then having to pack up all my props that didn't work to put on a plane. Like, oh no, this fake chicken has to go in this bag. No one laughed at it at all. Yeah, Rick Glassman uses a puppet on stage and he says when he gets home at night,

sometimes he takes it out and tucks it in. And he's like, that's the saddest night of my life is taking it out and arranging, where it's like it hinges on me, like remembering this thing and then saying this thing and then doing this thing and then sticking the landing. Like even that I get so nervous because if that bombs, it's so that bead of sweat will start forming. Whereas if I just like shooting from the hip talking about something and it doesn't go well, there's no I didn't lose anything because I didn't try. So you can't be mad at me if it's bad. My whole life is this. I pack my schedule so that if you go, Nikki, that thing sucked that you did.

I'll go, well, I'm so busy. It should suck. Look at my schedule. And Chris the other day was like, you've got to clear out your schedule. You've got to make time to work on the special. And all you do is the special. All you do is the podcast, voice lessons, and the special. the special nothing extra and i'm like i don't want to do that

because if the special's not good i'll have no excuse because you're a three on the enneagram really oh is that what threes do yes if you you start even like being like i think something's wrong with me if you're not busy because you need to be occupied all the time. But is it inherently an excuse for a low self-esteem, which you don't want to be revealed for? Because if you try at something and it fails, that means you're bad at it because you tried. But if you don't try, you can always say, I'm not bad. I just didn't try. Yeah. Ugh.

So then Adam Duritz, this is my second favorite part he goes you know he's like saying comedians what they do is so much harder he was like they really put themselves out there he was like and that's why i'm just i'm in i'm in awe of these guys and he catches himself saying guys and he's kind of like referencing me and ronnie and jeff that are kind of standing to the side che's long gone at this point. But he's like, you know, that's why I'm in awe of these guys. And then he positions himself on the piano to start playing

and he goes, and Nikki. And I was like, yes! Because I don't care when guys say guys for women. I'm not like in the Now and Then movie where it's like, we're girls. Some of us are girls. There's like a line in that movie but um just that he said my name was like yes and so then then this is the cool part okay so he

played three songs the first song was beautiful i don't remember what it was the second song he kept making a joke before each song the first song he did he was like he said something about um at the beginning like all of these songs are about bob i wrote them all about bob but he was like saying like they aren't but like let me just pretend like they are like this is a night for bob so it was kind of established that that was the joke or whatever that these aren't going to be about bob but like let's just say they are so this he goes in the song he goes and so this this next song is also this is a hundred percent about bob saget and then he plays the song and in the song and he goes and so this this next song is also this is a hundred percent about Bob Saget and then he plays the song and in the song is a character's name Bob he's like it's the

song is about a guy named Bob and you can see his face as he's singing it like whoa and then he finishes the song and he's like can I just say I didn't remember that song had Bob in the name it was so weird that I said it was going to be about him. And then Bob, he was like, and maybe if you're not an artist, and I don't mean to be like, as an artist, I can totally relate to this. But you might go, how did he not know Bob was in the name? Sometimes I tell a joke and I have like, there are kids in the room and I don't realize, oh, fuck this joke.

To use the word again, hinges on the fact that i say i squirted all over his face or something i'll like forget that that's in the joke like you know so there's all the time that you have content within these things that you've made and been doing for years that you forget like what it even is you're like thinking of your grocery list so then he was like that was so weird like he's kind of like i can't even believe that and then i just grabbed jeff and i was like that was bob i was like bob is in the fucking room tonight there's no question that bob was like oh you're gonna make a little joke about these songs being about me you're gonna sing a song bitch with my name in it and make everyone

think about me and everyone's gonna tear up because it's it sounds like it was about a tall man named bob like the song was and it wasn't even a- What song is this? Maybe look up the lyrics, Noah. I was after. Like, Counting Crows, Bob, tall. Because I think those were three words that were in it. I'd appreciate it if you would. Just so people could maybe go give it a listen. So then, Jeff was like, whoa, that was.

And I don't like to think of, I just felt Bob in the room. And that's what I said on stage. I was like, I just love this night because I like, I feel like he's here. It's just such a celebration of him. His wife was there, Kelly Rizzo, who I absolutely love.

We got to like hang out and talk about her appearance on special forces, which is that show where celebrities go on and like have to tough it out. And it was really fun to talk to her about that and how I want to do that show someday. Hell yeah. But then after the show someday. After the show ends, then they play Long December. Let me just say

thank you, Adam Duritz, because sometimes he can get a little liberal with what he wants to do with the song. He can change it a little bit and be like, it's been a long December and there's reason to believe

Aquarius ass you could probably Enneagram him but he you know he just does that he like likes to mix it up for himself it's his prerogative but he fucking stuck to the song and he only did one part where it was like and you know what I really loved that he stuck to

was there's at the very end it goes na na na na na na na na na na na and I really didn't loved that he stuck to was there's at the very end it goes na na na na na na na na na na na and I really didn't think that he would stick this part but he goes na na na na yeah yeah he did that part and I was like

yes that's the part you don't we would be okay if you didn't do that because it's an ah ah ah ah ah but it's such an essential part of the song. It was so good. And then afterwards, and everything he said, like, as someone who speaks for a living and just got done being a total mush mouth and literally not making any sense when I did his intro. He was so amazing at what he said. It was all poignant.

It was, like, tear jerky. It was just, like, usually musicians are like zip it like just sing but he really said some good things so afterwards i was like i really want to meet him but i'm like also i kind of said that i wanted his dna and i don't want to go up and like his girlfriend's there i don't want her to feel like i'm like trying to make i don't know i just didn't want it to feel weird so i was like and jeff is friends with him and so i was like jeff will you introduce me to adam duritz which i have i really think this is the first time in my life I've ever asked someone to introduce me to someone.

I am not someone who does that. I think it's kind of annoying. Like, do it yourself. And so Jeff's like, sure. And then I was like, no, that's stupid. I'll just go up to him. Like, I don't know what I'm thinking. Because Jeff's like, I really want to go.

But I was like, no, Jeff, I can do it. And he was like, no, no, no, I'm going to. So Jeff goes over, introduces me to him. And I'm just like, I love you. I was like, I just need going to so jeff goes over introduces me to him and i'm just like i love you i was like i just need you to know you are so talented i felt like his grandmother i was like you have so much talent what you said and i said your voice has not changed i was like your voice sounds just such a you're just the good boy the world. Are they feeding you on the road? Yeah. I just told him

because his voice sounded, it hasn't aged at all and voices obviously age so much. It made me laugh on the girls chat the other day when Hala was talking about aging and Hala was like, I don't care. Hala talks everything like this. I don't even care about that. For those of you who are keeping score, this is the friend who pees when she laughs too hard.

Hala's like, and I know Holla's listening now. Holla's like, I don't even care about wrinkles and my face sagging. I don't care at all. I'm just trying to live and have adventures. All I care is I don't want an old voice. It was making me laugh so hard.

Holla doesn't care about anything except having an old voice. She doesn't want to be like her mom like this but still have an old voice yeah her mom's voice is like this yeah her mom had a girl growing up and we would always wake up to

girls girls would you like some chocolate chip cookies girls I made some graham cracker crust it was always she was like the most chipper woman Girls, would you like some chocolate chip cookies, girls? I made some graham cracker crusts. She was like the most chipper woman. I ran four miles. Would you like three cookies each?

She had a very active mom. And now her mom, Hala's mom, is obsessed with veterans. I don't know why it makes me laugh so hard. Because it's so sweet. But her mom on instagram is constantly posting things about like honoring our veterans she's always doing like a veteran's run a veteran swim like she's always posing next to someone who looks like a corpse like and she's like she's always like leaning down next to their wheelchair like thank you for your service i think it's

probably some way for her to feel connected to her father, who's probably passed or something. But I, I'm better. I saw his veterans day and I wrote Tala, you better fucking wish your mom a happy veterans day. And she was like, thank you so much for this reminder. She was sincere about it. I was like,

oh, I was just joking, but she was like, no, this is going to get me so many points. I'm so mad if I don't. But yeah, I always think about Lisa Holly when I think about veterans.

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All right, we're back. So, Brian, you were saying before, and you agree with me, watching stand-up as a stand-up comedian, no thank you. Like, going to a stand-up show. What was the last stand-up show you went to? That I just bought tickets to? In the seats. Yeah. Yeah.

I can't remember, but years. I mean, I went to see Patton Oswalt in San Diego before we filmed his last special, which, you know, he wasn't, he was, the special wasn't ready. So it was just kind of like watching someone try to figure stuff out on stage for an hour. So not like, not locked in. Well, I kind of like that. Show me, I need to see more of that. I want to see comedians not being amazing. And like, that's what. The show is good.

The show is good. It's just, you know. Yeah, he's one of the best. He's one, you know. Yeah, he's one of the best. He is one of the best comedians of all time. I just saw him early on developing his hour and I was like, yeah, I've seen enough comedy that I'm not interested in seeing someone figure it out. I want to see his bits at the end when they're all finished and like, oh my God, that's genius. Did I tell you about the trick about bringing your notes on stage have i talked about that on here no what's the trick i want to know um okay well i ran into i think whitney cummings i mean i don't think it was i know it

was i'm just trying to think if i should name names but we were talking about someone um we were on a show with or something who had um oh i know what it was i was like when he was leaving i was coming to them brow if we were talking in the lobby she was like oh i'm headed to burbank right now to do flappers and i was like oh god burbank that's a far drive she was like i can't just i can't develop material anymore in hollywood like there could be like the president of paramount could be in the room bomb working on a bit yeah and i was like, I can't develop material anymore in Hollywood. Like, there could be, like, the president of Paramount could be in the room. Oh, yeah. Bomb, working on a bit. Yeah.

And I was like, yeah. And I go, you know what? And this is something I think I shared with her more than we came up with it together. But I was like, I've been seeing certain comedians bringing their notes on stage. And it is not because they need them it's because it gives what i was just talking about if it's bad you can go they were not they were working things out they need to practice so it excuses it but i saw this person using their notes and then i saw them two months later using their notes and doing the same jokes. And the bar gets so lowered if you see someone being like, this is some new stuff I'm going through.

But the person, I confirmed it, did not need their notes. And then subsequently, everyone I would talk to about seeing this person would say, it was so cool the other night. I got to see him working on new stuff and i said it's not new stuff i've been seeing that scene and i go let me tell you the jokes they were working on and they go yep yep yep and i go i've saw i saw that two months ago that is not new that person gets on stage all the time yeah that's but it's a it's it's smart i don't begrudge that person because they have figured out a way to make it. That's alternative comedy, though.

It was this surge of, you know, Jeanine Groffalo brought notes on her special, on her HBO special, to make it look like I don't care because being like you don't care is k. It's k. Yeah.

And so, but I don't like to go to stand-up shows either. This is why LA is the worst Yeah. And so, but I, don't like to go to stand-up shows either. This is why LA is the worst place to do comedy, I think, because the audience is always filled with agents or someone in the industry. I know,

I can't even believe how much people have seen me bomb. Yeah, it's crazy. You gotta go up there and do your best. You can't work on anything unless you're at very specific rooms where you just guaranteed no one's there.

But man, someone like me, it sucks. It fucking sucks. Because it's like no one knows who I am. I go up there and it's like if I don't do my best stuff, their first impression will be you're a piece of shit. And you're white. I think what you do is you got to do your best stuff and then you pull out that little piece of paper

and you go here's some new stuff. And if it's not good, you put the paper back away and you get back do your best stuff and then you pull out that little piece of paper and you go, here's some new stuff. If it's not good, you put the paper back away and you get back to your good stuff. I go up there. I do my jokes. If they start bombing, I pull out a piece of paper and then I go, by the way, I was trying out these jokes on this piece of paper, but if it's doing well, I keep the paper in my back pocket

and I say, I'm just fucking awesome. I brought a paper on stage the other night because I am working on memorizing the order of this one bit and I'm usually just like fucking grab bagging at shit on stage and Brian is helping me very much on my special, like organize it and put

it into an order and so I wrote it all out in an order the other night and I mean it is, it was like a hundred words listed because it's like you know, I need to remember every little joke. So it's a hundred words for like a hundred words listed. Because it's like, you know, I need to remember every little joke. So it's a hundred words for like a 10 minute bit. And I'm just, and I put it on the stool next to me

and I just kept looking down. I felt, I was so scared. Someone was going to be like, she wasn't even ready. But it was like, no, this is more effort than I've ever put in my life.

Like I'm actually trying harder on this show than you think. But it did feel weird to like look down at notes, even though I definitely needed notes for the first 10, I would say, six years of my career. I was like, five. I was obsessed with bringing notes on stage. I would never not. They become a crutch. Then you get to the point where you can't do it without notes, even if it's memorized. Now, I would never bring notes. Bringing notes on stage is crazy to me now. But, and that sounds like a brag,

but it's just, it's just whatever you do, like the habits you form stick. So, okay. Getting to the point. Have you ever heard of Sebastian Maniscalco? I've heard of him, but I don't know.

Okay, that's good. That's good enough. So on Saturday night, I was in Atlantic City. I was at the Hard Rock. It was an amazing show. So much fun. Thank you to everyone who came out.

And also in Rehoboth Beach, you guys were a little rowdy, a little different, but I also appreciate you. And I met one bestie backstage in Rehoboth because it wasn't a meet and greet, but he, um, I forget how I figured out some way to get him back. You know, if you, if you try very hard, you can hard you can find a way um always but if you can't it's not because i like barge you from it um okay and then saturday atlantic city i do my show i do my meet and greet and then matt my tour manager is like hey the um promoter is doing sebastian's show too at the borgata it's's across the way. Do you want to go see it? He's doing a 10 o'clock show.

And I was like, yeah. You know, before the show, he actually brought this up. I was like, yeah. But I was also thinking,

there's no fucking way I'm going to want to go see a show after I've done a show and a meet and greet and eaten too much for dinner and just been like, I want to just go to bed. But I was like,

no, let's go. Because it was me, Anya, my friend Sean O'Brien. I was like, let's go see Sebastian. So we get in a van, we drive over to the Borgata. We get like, no, let's go. Because it was me, Anya, my friend Sean O'Brien. I was like, let's go see Sebastian. So we get in a van.

We drive over to the Borgata. We get like eighth row. And we are in the spotlight. Like there's no way we can get out early. Like this is, I don't sit in seats like this to see. I just, it's never, it doesn't happen to me. But I'm like, you know what? This is like, actually, I'm in a really good mood.

I'm in the stage, just in the center. And then it's, you know, it's in the round. And I'm like you know what this is like actually i'm in a really good mood i'm and the the stage is in in the center and then it's a you know it's in the round and i'm like this is really cool and let me just like surrender to this night being like i'm in the audience like turn take off your little like comedian brain yeah and have fun i can't do that and you would have been able to in this moment i'm not kidding you because i was fighting it the whole time and it kept happening. So then, so Sebastian comes out. And I have announcements. He's my favorite comedian. I think he's, he's up there with Louie. He's up there with Burr.

He's up there with Carlin. He's up there. I mean, he is Patton. We're talking about the Chappelle. Sebastian Mascalco is one of the greatest comedians who will ever live it was so fucking funny and i do say that like him because it was fucking hilarious infectious it was it was so good. It was... All I can say about it is that

if he would have just been standing at a microphone resting his leg on a stool or sitting on a stool, Maren style, Cosby style, if he was raping some girl in the back. If he was just standing there,

it would have been just as funny so i think that i used to have it in my head that sebastian was a lot of like not gimmicks but i think some people can think he's gimmicky because it's very he's very active and he acts out things and he does character voices and he does like weird inflections with his voice final thought sebastian doesn't need any of that shit that adds color and a pastiche i don't know what that word means but it feels right that adds texture to an already a plus set of material and jokes there was if you read it in a transcript you you'd be laughing he could write a book and you'd be laughing and you don't need to hear his cadence but adding his cadence his rhythm his um almost like ballet type uh

limberness and and just choreography through the show was so fun it took me on a fucking journey i felt a rejuvenated sense of like wow this is the best art form ever it was like seeing eras tour awesome it was like it was because he would he would turn around in the round so perfectly he'd be facing you and then he would turn and then it's his backs to you but then you look up and there's a screen and then he's right there so like you're always he's always right there he then did crowd work for a bit the lights came up and he made fun of people and it was so just you know pitch perfect but he also like didn't shy away from being dirty he didn't perfect. But he also like didn't shy away from being dirty.

He didn't shy away from being weird. He didn't shy away from being really inappropriate. He, at one point he made a joke about Make-A-Wish kids that was like in the joke, right? And he was, you know, it was, I'm not going to kill the joke, but he does something to Make-A-Wish kids that isn't that nice, right? He like, he takes the wish.

He doesn't do anything violent, but yeah, he kind of like, he butts them in line essentially is the joke. And then he, you can tell it's like, I don't, I'm not that well versed in his material to know, but I felt like it was like maybe a departure for him to make a joke that kind of dark, right? So then he stops and he's like,

I just want to take a break and say, that was a joke, okay? I don't want any letters tomorrow where you write it. I, I have a make a wish kid. And he insinuated that they put him in line. He goes, that was sarcastic.

He was like, he, which is, is not the first time a comedian's done that to like take a break and walk you through like why that's joke. But it felt the way he did it was so funny and also left no room for anyone to be offended. And he really explained what it was and

that it wasn't um and and he had a venom for the person that would write that he wasn't like i'm sorry there was no like it was like you're a fucking idiot he didn't say that but you are an idiot if you would ever get offended by that um and it was just i don't know and being with anya and like laughing next to her can i just say it's pretty fun to go to comedy shows with friends and like and share laughter with people and like turn around and go like it's so true oh my god that thing you did about venmo i just i heard around me people got guys going i gotta remember that one like everyone is just and then there's couples that are pointing to each other like you're the one that does that. It's so fun and

I gotta say people should go to more comedy shows. I should go to more. And I did feel a little bit like watching how great he was. I felt a little bit like Ashley Simpson at Taylor Swift's concert but I will say I don't say that disparagingly. I am definitely on the same path as Sebastian Maniscalco.

I worked with Sebastian maniscalco i worked with sebastian maniscalco in 2009 or 10 and i don't remember him being this fucking good so in my mind that that is a nice i remember him being good but i don't remember being like jaw on the floor like i feel like right now good and so that that soothes me that he has 10 years on me is 11 years on me and he blew up just over the last like four or five years i can get there and like and that we're all i'm all i'm on that same trajectory like escalator but only if i fucking put the work in because let me say this is the difference between sebastian and anyone else who's been doing it as long as him this guy is obviously very naturally talented.

The amount of work I've been putting in on my special recently is, is indicated to me like, Oh, okay. This is what, this is what it takes to be that. And so it's, it's made me realize that, that this guy works a lot harder than most people and is,

and that's what it takes to be a taylor swift that's what it takes to be the best at what you do is not just natural talent it's like it's work and i i wrote something about him on instagram the next day being like it was so good uh you know on my story and he wrote back like a really nice thing about it's always an honor to have another comedian in the crowd and i know sebastian like i've no i run into him at shows and stuff and i you know we don't stay for each other's sets i just know that he's horrible to follow because it's it's just he's too he's unfollowable because he's too funny and everyone just is like well nothing can beat that because it's just it's too good and it's true um but he wrote

back and um i i i wanted to write to him i fear for you the next time you see me because I am going to be asking so many questions about everything that your process like how you do this and I will be using masking tape on my fingers and putting them on a note card later and I will take your water bottle and swish it around

yeah scotch tape is what I meant not masking tape it was scotch tape so we could see the disgusting cells impregnated with his juices. Yeah, the greasy cells. Dread juice. Dreads.

Yeah, I just... Did I write to you, Brian? I wrote to so many people like, my life is changed. Sebastian is the best comedian in the world. He's so funny. I gotta say like the live show of

I'm gonna fly Chris out. We're gonna go see him like I'm gonna find his show again or go to the because I think he has a residency at the Borgata. It is worth the $300 ticket

whatever it is. It's fucking worth it dude. It is it's a show I'll never forget and I've been to nine era shows and I will remember I will remember this

one as much as all of those. Yeah, you put it all together. He's got the material. He's got the persona. He says things funny. He acts out things funny. And it's just like one of these guys that is like a direct line to you laughing. It's not like, oh, I thought about

that and it's funny. It's like you're laughing at just like the aura of what's happening on stage. Yeah. It's not like, oh, I thought about that and it's funny. It's like, you're laughing at just the aura of what's happening on stage. Yeah. It was just, I don't know. Kind of like Patrice. When Patrice steps on stage, it's just like, no matter what this guy does now, it's going to be funny. His material doesn't even have

to be that good, even though it is. That's what Sebastian has reached, maybe. I listened to Patrice's special in the car on the way to Atlantic City with Sean when we were driving. And it's so fucking good. And I love... He actually has the same argument that I have.

I felt very much seen because I don't... I wouldn't say famously, but I notoriously don't care if my partner were to be attracted to other women, have other women be attracted to him, whatever. And I've always felt weird about that. But Patrice says that women, you should want that because men wanting women is like a fisherman. And you got to go out and fish and you don't keep every fish you get. You just want to reel it in and say, I could get this. And you should want men to want to feel like they still want to fish. And he says, a wife is just a fish that jumps in your boat after you

try to release it and just keeps jumping back in. And then they say, you can never fish again. This should be enough for you. Don't ever, do you don't, and he's like, I just want to get it and then like pose with it. You know, like I just want to take a picture with my catch.

I want to be able to say I could do it so that I feel vital and alive. It doesn't mean I'm going to, and then he has a whole, I mean, his whole thing about we cheat for you.

I'm trying to find some happiness without hurting your feelings. It's for you. It'm trying to find some happiness without hurting your feelings. It's for you. It's so good. Yeah. He's incredible. God damn it. And he does that whole special.

He talks about how he has diabetes and he can't. Yeah. He talks about food addiction. His girlfriend tasted his piss and it tasted like fruity pebbles. Birthday cake. Or birthday cake, yeah. Yeah, she was like, honey, your piss is scrumptious. He was like, that's love.

The fact that he only had one special is just a crime against comedy. It is. He had his half hour special also. Yeah. But when he was fully formed and he did Elephant in the Room, that is the pinnacle of comedy. It cannot get better than that and i can't even imagine what we lost i mean the amount it's just it's the same thing with with him with carlin it's just like gerald oh gerald oh hedberg i think of all the little

jokes that would are yeah just not being written because hedberg's not alive i want to know what their perspective is on what's happening in the world today. That's what we lost most of all. Yes. We lost Geraldo right before, I guess not right before Trump, but we lost Carlin and him right before all that. It would have been nice to... Oh, yeah. Disaster.

But at least we have insert comedian who never says anything about anything to listen to. There's so many to choose from. But at least we still have that person putting out specials regularly. At least we still have Brian Frangie. No, you've got stuff to say. And by the way, Brian will be opening for me coming up in Brea.

I think that's the first weekend in December. Yeah, December 6th or something, 7th. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, 6th, 7th, 8th in Brea, California at the Improv. If you want to come see me there. I will be at the Tempe Improv this weekend, Thursday and Friday with

Pete Lee. Two shows Thursday, two shows Friday. Just added a Thursday show. I know, I'm so excited for Pete Lee. And then I will be in Portland on Saturday night, so get those tickets. And we just announced Florida dates. I will be in Portland on Saturday night So get those tickets And we just announced Florida dates I will be in Fort Pierce and Daytona Beach In January

I think it's the 20th and the 24th Or something like that Fort Pierce, never heard of that I know, I don't know what that is Andrew Collin messaged me and said I could stay with his dad on his farm Oh yeah, when I'm doing that gig So maybe I'll do that and see that little donkey again That we pet.

But, um, okay. So, yeah, you can get those tickets. They go on sale Friday, but pre-sale is on now for both of those shows and you just type in good at pre-sale

and you get pre-sale prices for those Florida shows. So I'll see you on the road. Thank you for listening. Don't be cute. And Taylor, do you want to take this one?

I wasn't prepared to think about it. Just touch a dread if you can. But not on a black person. No, only on a white person. Oh, let me redo it. Just touch a white dread. Just touch a white dread.

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