The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 093 - America's Hilarious Sweetheart, Solving The Music Industry, & FOOTBALL'S BACK

Episode Date: July 25, 2019

On today's show, Pat and the guys are joined in studio by comedian, AGT Superstar, and America's newest sweetheart, Ryan Niemiller, fresh off the most recent round of judges cuts on America's Got Talent. They chat about his journey thus far and what still needs to be done in order to reach his goal, the influx of opportunities that he has gained since being on national TV, some of the things that go on behind the scenes on America's Got Talent, what his relationship is like with some of the other acts on AGT, and where he see's his career going from this point forward. It's another hilarious and heartfelt interview that will leave you wanting to vote for Ryan as many times as possible (3:39-47:41). Also joining the show is up and coming country musician, and all-around hilarious human, Mitchell Tenpenny. Mitchell and Pat chat about his road to where he's currently at, what it's like being a non-traditional country artist, what made him decide to start his own label and go for it on his own, his songwriting process, how hard it is trying to make it in a place like Nashville where the music scene is competitive as can be, and what some of his hobbies are whenever he's not making music. You're going to like this guy. (53:07-01:13:23). Pat and the guys also discuss the NFL being back as several teams have started to report for training camp. They cover some of the things making waves around the league, and dive into Taylor Lewan being suspended for the first four games of the season, and why testing for certain supplements has become a slippery slope in the NFL. Today's a great one. Come and laugh with us, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Let's go. 31. It is Thursday,uly 25th and today we have two guests that are going to make you laugh very hard we got america's sweetheart on the show ryan knee miller the comedian from america's got talent hashtag club nub great conversation with him about life and And then following him up, we have a rising country music sensation. Mitchell Tempe. I knew nothing about this guy. Just like you listening, you probably don't know enough about him

or know anything about him. I knew nothing about him until his name was passed along through a record label through Nick Moroto. Is that right? Yeah. Ipso facto facto that's about what happened a record label reached out to you you said nick deal with this doubtless now we get an interview yes that's what he said so nick in this company had a conversation and they said we think this particular guy on our label sony would be a good interview for you guys they sent a name over nick took a screenshot sent it to me and said i don't know who the fuck the guy is and i said me neither then i searched his music

listened to a couple songs i said i would at least like a couple minutes of this guy's time i would like to hear where this human is coming from. And he's a funny guy. I like him a lot. So good. I like him a lot. Big, big fan. Literally FaceTimed us from pickup truck in the middle of Woolwich.

Just a normal guy. A very normal human being. He's got a good story, too. So today, a couple great stories from very cool individuals. Speaking of cool individuals, you could be one of those. When you buy a ticket to a live event, that is right. Shake it right now. Everything must go.

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$20 off. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to be inspired. Not really. I mean, I don't think it was really that inspirational of a conversation. It's time to laugh while we talk to another human who's not normally in here. Sorry you had to hang out, Ryan.

Oh, no worries. I knew it. Whatever, man. Like I was telling them, I don't hate you guys, so it's fine. Ladies and gentlemen, the voice you just heard is the man who is gonna win this season of america's got talent hashtag club nub he's been a comedian only for a couple weeks that's all it's been and he's gone straight to the top for summer vacation pick up a hobby. A hilarious individual, ladies and gentlemen, Ryan Nemiller. Hey, what's up, guys?

Ryan, on Tuesday, America's Got Talent got a chance to display your work once again, much to the chagrin of not only the judges, the people in the audience, but everybody watching at home. You are America's sweetheart, Ryan. How does that feel? It's pretty nice. I was all over that damn episode. America's got Ryan Neiman.

That was a lot of me. It was all you. I did not expect that. It was very cool. It's still kind of like we talked about last time I was here. It's stressful because you don't know what it's going to look like until it airs. Editing-wise? Yeah, that was the first time I saw all that, like how it actually

was going to be presented. So you were nervous when it was going on? Oh, absolutely. I was terrified. Ryan Niemeyer visited us a few weeks ago, and he lied right to our face and said he didn't know what was going to happen. Oh, I knew exactly what was going to happen. He lied to us.

I don't hate you guys, but I don't like you enough to not lie to you. That's what I'm saying. We get it. Non-disclosure. We'll take everything you've ever had. Did they make you sign one of those? Oh, absolutely.

And what was in it? If you did tell us, what would they take? Pretty much, they would take the rest of my fingers. And I can't chance that. I can't chance that. I can't chance that. It's too risky. For those listening at home who might not know, can you explain what that joke,

why that joke is so hilarious? I'm a human lobster. That's about it. That kind of explains it. From the elbow down, it's a nightmare, basically. But yeah, I don't have all my digits. And this is a, you were born this way. Yes.

It was a, it's a physical disability that you have, that you've worked into a beautiful way to not only thrive, but dominate in this world that you live in when others might not be able to do it so i think you are and i think this is i like that america's got talent kind of understands this too not only are you one of the funniest humans i've ever heard in my entire life you're also representing something that isn't represented a lot and i think that is a fucking awesome thing for you do you feel like that type of pressure now that you're almost not almost you're definitely

somebody that little kids are looking up to right now for sure oh absolutely like there's pressure to it but it's what i wanted to do when i did this like i i don't want to have to be like i wish i didn't have to be that kind of like role model or that kind of spokesman but they won't let anyone else do it so i might as well i think we talked a little bit last time too about like when i was growing up there was jim abbott that was the closest thing was jim abbott and there was no one else that had anything even close to what i did so like i didn't know what i could do you know like yeah like when especially when you're young you start to you look at people that are kind of like you and you're like oh if, if he can do it, I can do it. And there was

no one really that was a, if he can do it for me. That's hope, right? When you're a kid and you see somebody either make it from your hometown or from your area, or you can connect with somebody on television who's made it, or maybe you have a run-in with a lawyer or a doctor, you meet them and you're like, Oh, you know what? I think I'm like that person. If he can do it, I can do it. If they can do it, I can do it. And for somebody who's physically disabled, there's not a lot of that on television. So there's not a lot of like, Oh, I can make it in showbiz, which is one of the most scrutinized business in history. I mean, that's if you have a weird eyebrow, you're screwed. You know, so let alone did stand up comedy. Was that something you

knew you were going to be forever? Like, um, like um i honestly i it was pro wrestling was what it was going to be let's go really when i was really young that was that's where the crippled threat came from that's where all that was that was going to be the wrestling that that was that was always the dream and my body just couldn't take the training that was it was what about commentating commentating i being in hindsight yeah but at the time i like, I wanted to be a wrestler. Like, when you're 16, you don't want to be a commentator. I told Michael Cole that right to his face. Michael Cole was like, I've heard you've been interested in getting into the business with WWE.

And I was like, yeah, I get, like, in the ring. You know, you know, like with the big intro and like the music and like the, the microphone in the arena, never really thought about, you know, sitting on the side there where nobody hears you or likes you. Never. At best, they nothing you. And Cole started rattling off all the positives of being a commentator. And I was like, I was wrong, obviously. Michael Cole, I was completely wrong.

You're right. Commentating is a great fucking gig in the WD. Oh, yeah. One of my best friends in the world, Johnny Loquasto, he just got signed by NXT a few months ago. And he's a commentator down there. And he loves it. Yeah, it's awesome.

Because he's an old stand-up comic, too. And he loves comedy. But he's like,ator down there and he loves it yeah he's an old stand-up comic too and he loves comedy but like he's like yeah this is awesome i get to sleep in my own bed and i still get to perform yeah and you're hosting the show like michael cole is the host of monday night ralph that's he he's the host him cory and renee they just carry three hours of television basically and whenever you start looking at that way you're like oh you know what yeah i think i would like that actually yeah pat mcfAfee hosting Monday at Raw. Yeah. I love that.

Three hours of guaranteed TV time. And yeah, that's gotta suck. That had to be tough for him at first though. Cause he replaced Jr who everybody loved. And I remember when Cole first came in, he was not universally liked. And I think he still carries that chip on his shoulder there,

but he hates him by the way. Cause I'll literally walk in public with him somewhere before an event and they're like mr cole an autograph please and he just keeps his head down and walk i'm like why don't you a sign for that kid like he's gonna kill him he's a he probably said something terrible about me on the internet no i was like i found that guy's tweet i was like no no michael cole i think you're much more like than you think he's like is that right, Pat? That's what he says to me. And then he's like, you want to look at my mentions?

And I was like, no, I'm not going to dig into that too much. But I can understand because he's basically an extension of the company, right? He is the company, basically. He's speaking for the company. He's the voice of the WWE. And on SmackDown on Tuesday night, he got a chance to do color. Or not color. Yeah, he got to do color instead of play-by-play.

Tom Phillips is doing play-by-play. He did color. So he got to just be like a smartass. He got to be like a little bit looser smartass. And I searched his name on Twitter, and it was all like, hey, Michael, am I mistaken, or is Michael Cole very entertaining right now? There was like six, seven tweets like that,

so I screenshotted it, sent it to him. I'm like, look, man, start taking pictures of little fucking kids. Yeah, when he just gets to be him, because there's been a couple of the events. I remember the Tokyo WWE event where it was kind of a lot looser. He was great. He's a charismatic, funny guy. I want to say this after meeting him. Good guy.

Yeah, absolutely. Now, granted, I should have expected the story I told about the WrestleMania where he almost kicked me off the show for having shorts. Like, if people know actual Michael Cole, that's funny to hear. But to the fans that don't know actual Michael Cole, they're like, oh, what a fucking asshole. That's kind of how it went. You should have wore only shorts.

Yeah, exactly. That's right, that guy. Exactly. That's what everybody was like. Oh, you should fight Michael Cole or whatever. whatever i'm like i don't think you get who michael cole is like this dude is an awesome individual well that being you started stand-up comedy uh at what age i was 24 when i officially started oh what was the job before that what do i was uh finishing up uh my theater degree from indiana state so six years? Yeah, well, five years of school,

one year of not being at school. In the middle of that. Got a master's in theater. So you start stand-up, and how'd it go immediately? Way better than it should have. That is one good thing about having a disability. It's unique enough that people will at least give it a shot, at least initially.

Icebreaker. Exactly. They'll be like, oh, at least this is different. And when you're only doing a five to seven minute set at the most for your first couple years, they don't have the time to judge you. And it's a shitty little show, one of those places that even though comedy was there that night or whatever, and it's going to be 10 of us going up.

It's a laundromat. Yeah. When they look at me. Clink, clink, clink. They look at me and they're like, well, he's fucking interrupting the Pacers game right now. So they're pissed. And then they look at you like, we have to pay attention. Wait on me.

What is happening here? I am not going to be a bad person. I got to listen to what he has to say. I think they're fake. And then by the time they could get. If we were sitting at a bar, just me and my boys, and you got up there,

we are all so pessimistic about everything. We'd be like, that's fucking fake. His arms are in his sleeve. He's the best magician we've ever seen. But we would listen, though. But it would stun all of us, right? We'd stop and listen.

And Todd used to say this to me about big name people that do stand-up comedy right because i always which is true i defer and a lot of comedians said this about me too like uh because i was a punter for the colts that's why my stand-up shows are selling right and todd knew that that got to me right when people were saying this and todd's like yeah but how many shows does that count for, Pat? You know, you can't be 20-some deep and people are still buying tickets because you punted for the Colts. He would always try to make me feel that way.

It's true. Like, they would come the first time. Yeah, that lets them show up once. But they wouldn't come the second time. The first time, they'll be like, oh, let's see what the novelty of Pat McAfee is. And that's what I'm thinking about for you, too, right? You get their attention. Like, you would get our attention.

And you would have probably, what, two minutes. We'd be like, all right, let's give this guy our attention. Then once you have it,? You get their attention. Like you would get our attention and you would have probably what? Two minutes. We'd be like, all right, let's give this guy our attention. Then once you have it, you have to keep it. And the ability to do that, which you have done here for decades now, is fucking awesome. And I think the fact that you're getting on America's Got Talent and America's Got Talent is pushing you too, right? It has to feel good instead of being pushed away by the same company, even all like the same business you've always tried to make.

Seems like they're pushing you know you enjoying that oh it's it's kind of the opposite of what my general experience in comedy has been that's what i'm saying it's been so much of me you know clawing and scratching and you know just trying to get someone to get behind me and then for such a gigantic show to get as behind me i mean i was i gotta bring it like i had to do my part they're not they didn't that's what they didn't pick me out of a hat hell yeah he's our chosen cripple but it is like it is though because it's about to happen us right so i've always been in the same position you are with a little bit more on the internet no big no main any like characters really gave us a push but now this upcoming fall we're about to get a hell of a push and it's like okay now me both now that you have hey but now

that you have the push like the confidence to know that you can deliver is a cool one and without all those years on the road i'm not sure you have that confidence that you're going to show yeah yeah and that's the great part of it too where as much as much as those, you know, I'm almost 13 years in. As much as those, you know, last 12 years have kind of sucked. It's hard. The road is not fun most of the time. Yeah. It's pretty terrible, actually, a lot of the time.

But just to know that, like, had I gotten this opportunity, you know, eight years ago, I would have crashed and burned. Because I wasn't, you know, I wasn't as good a performer at the time. Wasn't mature enough to be on the road and have these kind of like expectations of you. Because, you know, people are coming to see me on purpose now. That's weird. When you have, you know, 12 years of just being like a happy accident. Like if someone comes to a show and they're like, oh, that guy was great. I should have listened to his name.

I'll never find him again. A lot of those people, when they saw you on America's Got Talent, they're like, honey, it's the fucking guy. I told you, it was the weirdo.

It was, it was the lobster man. We found him. So, so now for having people come on purpose and still having that, and know that I can handle. It has to feel good to know that you're ready though like absolutely for instance because that's a real conversation you have to have with

yourself right like am I ready for what's about to happen and I don't know if the rest of the boys have but our fall is about to be gigantic and there was a cool moment where I was like yeah but I'm ready for it like I I feel like I'm in a position now where I'm ready for it where you're still anxious you're still nervous about it you still have that little bit like oh this is gonna be but like yeah this is what i've been doing yeah exactly when i got on the americans got talent stage like when i got out there it's a it's just a show at that point yep it's a big opportunity but like as far as the performance i've done that thousands of times been here done exactly yeah that's a cool feeling i know i can deliver that but comedians never won

america's got talent before nope runner up i think three times yeah and you shy away from it but i honestly i think you're gonna win um he doesn't want to say because he doesn't want to jinx himself yeah i think everybody in this room thinks and as somebody that watches that show normally you can tell who's gonna go you're getting a cool push right now yeah it's a cool push i've never seen someone featured that much in one episode before it was like literally like every i don't know seven minutes they were like where's the ryan cam where's the ryan emiler camera yeah even my mom who i was watching where she was like jesus christ ryan and she's like the most supportive mother on the planet.

For those that didn't watch, it's a two-hour show, but they always do these behind-the-scenes shots and clips and stuff, and they feature – normally it's all the people they think are going to probably move on, and normally it's a rotating shot. This time Ryan got a lot of love, and it was like it's not normal because they're trying to introduce you to everybody before the thing even starts. They're trying to get the crowd to be like oh we like this guy a lot he's cool backstage he's great on and then your story was shared a little bit too which i didn't know that your uh your dad and you shared a love of stand-up comedy and one of yeah that and the

cubs those were the two things that let's go. And he obviously has passed away, but you made a comment that like, I think my dad would have enjoyed seeing me on TV. Like, I almost started crying when I was like, man, that's fucking awesome. Like, everybody on earth is like, this is the guy. Yeah, yeah. And that was like, because my dad and I weren't close, really. Like, by the, he just, like, I kind of explain it like i loved my dad but i didn't like him very much you know like you don't i wish it had gone differently but i mean alcohol is a

real bitch you know like once it gets you it's not that's just what it is sometimes and true but but that was a thing like i always remember like growing up like that those were like you know cubs games were always great anything sports was was usually awesome. And then just like stand up. My dad would let me stay up late, you know, to watch like, you know, Robin Williams and he loved Gallagher and, you know, and things like that. So getting to stay up and watch, you know, those specials, it was like a cool time where it's like, oh, he's, this is fun, dad. This is kind of how it's supposed to be.

And so then I kind of learned a little bit like the power of like, you know, comedy and things like that. You can, like everyone likes to laugh., you know, comedy and things like that. Oh, yeah. Like everyone likes to laugh. Like it's pretty universal. Right. That people enjoy that. The thought that you two shared that, right?

So maybe not all great times, but the things that you did enjoy or your positive memories of your dad, then getting a chance to do that inside, that has to be quite a fulfilling feeling, honestly, because it's probably, I mean, what do you chase standup comedy for, for 12 years? Is this, this is it, right? This is what you're chasing for 13 years. I didn't want to half-ass this, you know, when I did it, like I, I don't have the time and the brain space to like, not go full out on what I'm trying to do. And I mean, that's been a lot of my career has been trying to, I have a huge chip on my shoulder, you know, just proving people wrong. You know, the amount of times that, like, I mean, I mean, I get, I get a little guff. It's been mostly positive and we talked about this before,

but, but, you know, people are like, oh, he just, all he talks about is his disability. Well, that's my life, dummy. Like, if I have to deal with all the negative parts of it, like, I'm going to like I'm going to put this as much in your face as possible. I'm going to turn this into something. If you're going to doubt me, you're going to immediately downplay me all the time because of it. Well, here we go. That's a good conversation. Do you ever wonder where your ancestors are from? All the time.

I was watching Shane Lowry win that golf tournament, and he's from Ireland. Yep. And I know that I'm from Ireland, and I often wonder if any of his ancestors used to throw down some pints with any of my ancestors. Good chance of that. Am I connected at all to the guy that just won the cup?

The Open Championship. The Claret Jug. There it is. It's not a cup. Did your people make the seasoned salt? Because it's good. My people? Lowry's.

Oh. See, I don't know if my people did it, but I wonder if they're from the same neighborhood as where Shane Lowry and Lowry Salt is from. And you can track that type of shit nowadays, which you could never track back in the day. Nowadays, there are things where you get this little tube. You spit into it in the morning. Not let it have water beforehand, which is kind of weird because you don't have a lot of spit in your mouth.

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related because comedy related is a personal thing it's either your perspective on things right like oh this is my perspective on something that everybody sees uh this is my life story it'd be impossible for you to do comedy without talking about having to deal with that yeah and and i i don't want to talk about it forever. I don't want it to be the only thing I do. How about that beard? We should start talking about that beard. His beard is luxurious. You got a good beard going right now.

My beard and hair game was on point last night on AGT for sure. I look good. Will they have a fashion person or a stylist for you? For the live shows, yeah. They clean you up. I can't wait. I can't wait to see what you end up looking like. I think I'm going to

try to get one of Terry Crews' suits. I'm going to see if I can get that. No shirt underneath? Oh, just flexing the pecs. Damn, I can't wait. He was telling me out there they have a whole set coordinator for you, so he kind of gets to pick his set and stuff like that. Yeah, they let you kind of be a little more you, which is nice.

What are you going to do? Are you going to set up like a – I don't know yet. I don't know. Part of it is no spoilers kind of thing, but part of it, I'm still figuring it out. I want to – it's a big chance. Your shadow puppet thing. You do the shadow puppets.

I do the shadow puppets. Okay. Put those up there. All right, hold on. You do the shadow puppets. I do the shadow puppets. Okay. Put those up there. All right, hold on. You do shadow puppets? That is hilarious. I do one. It's a dinosaur. Maybe a goose or a spawn if you're fancy.

If you're fancy about it. It's an incredible opener. No, I think that's the closer. Hey, ladies and gentlemen, to wrap. I mean, the shadow art acts are cool. So if I went out there and just started doing it, and it was just all a dinosaur the entire time. They're called the shadow something.

Verba shadow. So do you get to meet all these people? Yeah. For that round especially, you are with those people all day, every day. Somebody loved that shadow one more than I did. And I think it's because I've watched AGT so much. I've seen so many incredibly talented individuals that I've gotten, I don't want to say numb to it,

but it is like I've gotten numb to the incredibly talented people that I didn't even know existed a couple years ago. And then you watch it and you're like, I'm not as good as the Jabberwockies. You know, it's like hard to do that. It's hard not to compare. Oh, like for me,

it was super fun because like when you're on the road doing comedy, you don't get to see this stuff. Nobody gets to see this stuff. I don't get to see dancers and I've never been to a magic show. I only see it once a year when AGT comes out.

Exactly. So for me getting to actually be there, plus they're my friends now, so getting to watch your friends do something cool that you can't is amazing. Less than 1% of people on Earth can do what some of those people do. Did you see the dude that had the chair, and then he curled his legs around the back of the chair, so now his shoulders are on the ground. He's over the back of those people. Did you see the dude that was, he had the chair, and then he curled his legs around the back of the chair, so now his shoulders are on the ground.

He's over the back of the chair. Held his wife up with both hands. She's standing one foot in each of his hands. Did a fucking setup, so he's planked now in the chair, and then goes to a full standing position with her. On top of the chair? Yes. Yeah.

It's fucking incredible. I was going to close with that, but they went on before me and I was like, well, now what do I do? Is there any, because granted, you said you didn't know the editing.

Was there any like showbiz, like were they trying to spin anything in the back or do they ask you questions like prod things out of you or anything like that? I don't know how much of that i can talk about oh um it's not i will say i they let me be genuine nice so i i can't speak for anyone else uh everything i said and did was as genuine as i could possibly do given the circumstances yeah you're on a major television show like hey we're trying to entertain yes so no one's exactly you know 100 themselves it's impossible when a camera's on but well yeah i think now that we're entertaining yeah we live

in a much more woke society i think we very much understand that that is how things go now right like hey we understand that that is they're not sitting up on this platform with perfect lighting on them with a microphone in between them just casually you know like i think the world knows now that there's something yeah i i will tell you for me though like all those interactions were as as real as could possibly get though because because they're your buddies and i'm like one of the things i was really glad about is they got to show me being friends with my friends on that show. It wasn't me being like, oh, I hate this guy.

He's my confidant. They just let me be buddies with my buddies. I was texting with some of the contestants on my episode last night during the episode. How do you feel about the judges? Don't try to get me in trouble. I thought D-Wade was incredible. He was very fucking funny. He's taking notes, bro. He was writing things down.

I was like, okay, Dwayne. When I found out that he was going to be the guest judge, I just kind of shrugged. You don't know. The other guest judges, like last week, it was Brad Paisley. You can have a pretty good idea of probably what he knows. How does he get on TV but but at least if you hear brad paisley like okay he probably knows a

lot about music so he's gonna look at the singers and he shouldn't be on tv though like i like brad paisley's music he's a west virginia guy too so i like him even more every time he's on tv every interview he does it's always just like i don't know if it's him or the way it's edited, but it's never great for the Brad Paisley. Peyton carries him in the commercials. Those commercials are pretty good, though. I mean, maybe I should take it back. Maybe I should take it back.

Maybe I should. Hard Knocks was tough. Do they talk to you backstage, any of the judges? They try to keep you separated. You are completely separated from that. Jeopardy James said he wasn't even allowed to talk to Trebek. Yep, we're not. The only times I've talked to any of them outside of terry cruz because you do a little bit more with him because you're doing interviews is on stage so what you saw on television is my interaction with the judges they don't want to

make it look like they have favorites or whatever yeah yeah because the competition is very real there is an actual cash prize involved with this. So there's no, you're not fraternizing with any of the judges or anything. They keep you far away. A lot of money. Even if you're in top five, you're going to make money for a long time. Yeah, you're doing all right. It's like John Dorenbos. He didn't win. I don't think he was top five or top three. And getting on that big of a stage, it opens so many eyes to your talent. I'm so excited for you to hit the corporate circuit at some point. If you add like a,

just a little tiny bit of motivation into your comedy, you'll be getting booked for these corporate events that we went and saw dorm boss down here at the convention center. We watched you. He had like 7,000 people that were there for a convention and he was motivating them with his magic. It's just like that, that stage opened so many awesome doors.

It's going to be great. I've already been hit up by a few, you know, like, you know, kind of like disability awareness and like advocacy groups and things like that. So I'm working on it.

Like it's, it's going to, it's going to be fine. Cause I can just be a genuine guy. Who's not afraid to talk about his life. But my comedy has never been about motivating like on purpose you know like i didn't like i didn't start this to be an inspiration yeah that stuff drives me insane yeah i don't think you should turn into like uh what's his name the tony robbins tony robbins but if you just add like

one and that's why you can be anything you want to be you can go ahead and put motivation stand-up comedian motivation it's funny that you would mention that exact line because that used to even That's why you can be anything you want to be. You can go ahead and put motivation, stand-up comedian, motivational speaker. It's funny that you would mention that exact line because that used to, even as like a child, like five years old, that was an immediate red flag of nonsense every time I heard that.

Because you have to be self-aware. I don't think you can be anything you want to be. I'm never going to pitch in the majors, everybody. That ship sailed. Oh, not with that mindset. That's how people treat it. They're like, well, Jim Abbott did. He didn't win a raffle.

He also had one arm to throw with. You should just figure out what you're good at. Fail at some stuff and then figure out what you're good at. You're good at something, but you can't be anything. I know you played football. Yes. You didn't play baseball. I did for a few years, really young. Okay. So what are some things that you've tried that you're bad at? And what are some things that you've tried you're better at this than I thought I

was going to be? So baseball, I was really, really good as far as an eight-year-old can be really, really good at baseball. Kind of physical limitations sort of caught up at me as everyone else got, you know, throwing faster and stronger. I just wasn't going to throw faster. I just couldn't keep up eventually. Got it. I played basketball for a year. I was terrible.

I played – I'm surprisingly bad at soccer. That's one. That's one. I'm surprisingly bad at soccer. That's one that I've been. I'm really good at video games. That's something I probably shouldn't be good at, but I am. Like surprise, like you went into it expecting not to be great. Well, I've never went into anything expecting to suck at it. I just have enough self-awareness to know that if I do suck, it's fine. Because there's other things I'll be good at.

Yeah, I gave it a go. Ryan, you gave it a good go. Exactly. This just isn't for you. Yeah. I wish a lot of people in comedy would realize that at some point. You gave it a good go. Hey, that's all right. I want to talk about that for a second. Pat and I talk about this all the time. So what keeps some people going? And I'm not being mean.

I'm not mentioning one specifically. But we've all seen them everywhere. 12, 15 years in, never really get any kind of sizable laugh. What keeps that person going? I think part of it is just having a you know if it's always been your dream it's hard to let go of and i think with something like stand up specifically you know if your dream was to be in the nfl there's a very clear point where you know that's not going to happen you know right or that it hasn't happened exactly yeah you know like if you're you get to be 37 38 and you've never you know yeah got there you're like okay well i'm just

physically i'm not talented enough there's the xf because but with comedy you can like anyone can literally do that today yeah any any person listening to this right now can just go hey and now i'm a comedian yeah so you can be physically doing the thing you're terrible at. And say you're that. But if you want to be in the NFL, you're not – they don't let you come and open mic at training camp. I'll get some throws in. Yeah, just really grind it out with the pros. They don't do both comedy.

I mean when I was just starting and I had no business there you know i did a show with robin williams six months into comedy yeah you know you sort of you can accidentally fall into situations where you think you're killing it more or things are going well and if you don't have strong self-awareness it's hard to fight against i get it but you, but you had aptitude, right? So there's a difference. I have a theory that there's two different theories. One is if you never really competed ever in your life, you don't really know what success feels like. You don't know that if three out of 40 people laugh,

that's not good. This has been deep conversations. We've had these conversations. We've had these in depth. And, and then also, you know, I've always, I've seen that comedian that gets off stage.

He's like, ah, felt pretty good about that. And I'm like, what gave you that idea? How are you not hearing what everybody else is hearing? You know what I mean? If they have the ability to just zone that out,

I don't know. I don't know what's going on. Like, I'm not as strict on stuff zone that out. I don't know. I don't know what's going on. I'm not as strict on stuff like that, too, because I also, even though I would settle for nothing less than making it as big as humanly possible, this can also just be a fun hobby. So even if you're terrible...

I can appreciate that. I know people who are terrible at knitting who still love to try to knit because it's therapeutic. Yeah, but their knitting isn't ruining 150 people's night. Maybe their hobby

is just making people miserable. And that is a way to do it in bulk quickly. And I've seen that person too. They're a regular at the open mics but that person knows they're not doing well.

They just enjoy the camaraderie. Yeah, they're like hanging out with the comics, you know yes and it's like a bucket list thing they do for it there are some comedians though where i watch and i'm like man if i would have done that in any of my shows i would have never got on stage if i would have heard if i would have heard the only like two people after the whole thing that i obviously brought that i obviously brought i would never get on a stage again. And that's how weak I am. That's how weak I am. Yeah, I mean, 12, 15 years in, Ryan.

And they've never had any level of success in one single show. Yeah, yeah, it's impressive. The persistence is unbelievable. But no, this isn't even specific because this is probably literally 40% of stand-up comedy at every local scene. Oh, you're going to become instantly an OG face of stand-up comedy, by the way.

Yeah, you're going to become like an instant instantly. Because you look at the big-name comedians. You look at Rogan, Dave Chappelle, obviously, Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, of course. You go through this list of OG comedians, Jeff Foxworthy, Ron White. You do the Blue Collar Comedy Tour people. These people that are notable comedians, people that have made it into a lot of people's eyeballs as stand-up comedians. You immediately, to the other stand-up comedians,

become like the OG, like you're the old face of comedy. Are you excited to kind of be a mentor almost to some people yeah it's cool will you do that because in the nfl a quarterback starting quarterback a younger quarterback gets drafted his eventual successor and not somebody should go lock that no you're good the um not every starting quarterback is willing to help the younger one like teach them right it came out ben roethlisberger was not teaching the younger quarterback. They tried to talk bad about him. But if you think about it from a business, it's like why would Roethlisberger give away all these secrets

and it took him like 45 surgeries to learn. Hey, what can I do to help you replace me? Anything you need. But in comedy, I feel like those older guys take a lot of pride in like helping the younger comedians. Is that something that you're ready for and prepared for and accepted for? Yes, and mostly because when I started, people reached out to me and did that when they really didn't have to. That's awesome.

I think a good chunk of it is just who helped you when you started, like kind of how you came up. It's that nature versus nurture kind of argument. Like if you were nurtured well in comedy and then you don't pay it forward, you're a dick. Todd said this about cops. Todd said this about cops. Like the veteran cops have to teach the young cops how to act because if not, they'll just turn into.

If you're an older cop in the same way in comedy, same the nfl or anything and a new person comes in and there's no desire in you to you know if you're just like oh fuck them they'll figure it out on their own you're a piece of shit because they probably won't like you you develop a lot of bad habit because there's so much um i am with anything i obviously i only know comedy habits because there's so much – and with anything. Obviously, I only know comedy, but there's so many intricacies and nuances and unwritten rules about etiquette and things like that that you don't learn unless you either have someone that was kind enough to kind of tell you, hey, don't do that. Right. Or you screw up.

Yeah. And really embarrass yourself and ruin. The unwritten rules of places are things that, man, if you don't know them, you can really get yourself on the bad side of some PR problems. We had a couple of young football players that came in that were just like unwritten rules. Obviously, it might not say that is Robert Mathis' parking spot, but if you see Robertbert mathis's truck

in that spot every single day let's just assume that he fucking took claim of that particular parking spot he's got dibs yeah let me make your life way easier let's just assume i saw a kid's car get wrapped in saran wrap one day uh because he in the spot. And we don't know who did that, obviously. I was not involved, but neither was Robert Mathis. It was everybody else took up for Robert Mathis. I don't even think Robert knew it happened. That's when you know you have respect.

Oh, yeah. When you don't even know you've been slighted because people have already corrected it. That's the respect that I want. Then it happened again and the kid's car got shipped to Montana. They bought a fucking freight truck from the parking spot to Montana. It was awesome.

It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in my life. That is amazing. I have a question along that vein. Do you feel like a sense of accomplishment in making it this far? Obviously, you want to go on, and you want to win the whole competition. But just getting to this level, you're obviously seeing some bump in notoriety you're getting booked for other shows do you feel that like that sense of accomplishment uh yes and it's just giving me a taste for more though like that's the blood and water yeah that's the and i think like i don't

think that's unique to me but a lot of like anyone that's in any field like you don't just want to like this was the goal for now you know like that was it was the first goal was to get to this and now that i've got this okay how do i make it bigger nobody dreamed of being a one-hit wonder exactly exactly yeah like i would like another one of these that'd be great yeah by the way shout out billy ray stuck at it for 25 years that is a hero story if there ever was one. But for me, you know, like, again, I think it's about that self-awareness. If I get eliminated next round and I'm never on TV again, I still got to do something that no one gets to do in a big, big way. It's not going to happen.

Yeah, we understand. So it's not like I would be like depressed but like i would be lying if i said i was content right now i want to win the damn yeah let's go oh i don't want to but i think what nick is saying is you probably you've already won the like you've already won the thing i think that is something in certain aspects yeah oh my career in comedy terms you're one yeah you've won i i have major tv appearances which will theory, lead to other TV appearances down the road. You know, agencies want to work with me now. Bookers who would never return emails before.

You and Terry Crews would be in the new reboot of Lethal Weapon. So how good does it feel, man, when bookers or clubs or whatever that were ignoring you before when you would email them, now reaching out to you and then, hey, Ryan, we had a fallout. Will you take this weekend or whatever? Are you just gouging those motherfuckers on price? Because I would. I would be like, all right, here's twice what I think I should make and book me or not. I'm more kind of just silently in my apartment just going like, hey, hey, hey. Put it on mute.

Evil laugh. Just like any business, though, if you spent your time trying to get back at everyone that's wronged you at some point, you would get nothing else done. Sure. But it feels good, right? Oh, yeah. It is very validating to get an email response within 10 minutes of sending it as opposed to 10 months. Right, right.

That's awesome. I think you're going to go on and win it all, too. I think it's only going to get brighter and brighter ahead. So thankful you came by, brother. Yeah, I'm glad that you guys allow it to happen. New material on AGT? Some of that's been newish. Yeah, I'm not going to say brand new. I didn't write came by, brother. Yeah, I'm glad that you guys allow it to happen. New material on AGT? Some of that's been newish. Yeah, like I'm not going to say brand new.

I didn't write it for AGT. But it's been like a nice combination. I've done jokes that I wrote some version of 10 plus years ago. A concept. And I've done some jokes that I wrote six months or so. Yeah, I was going to say, I've probably seen you perform, what, 2,000 times in my lifetime? And you had stuff on there I hadn't heard. Yeah, the drive-through, the thank you bit,

that was relatively new. That's based on a true story that happened about six months ago. And the little bit of improv. Whenever you said you were single, and ladies started throwing their panties verbally. Oh, God. As far as my set goes,

I was probably most proud of that. And it was just one small little thing but like especially for comedian too it just shows how it helped me show how like diverse I am and like how multi-faceted I am it was just one small improv line but being able to be comfortable in a moment of something unexpected happening you know because like if you're doing your acrobat routine that's kind of what it is you know if someone responds in a weird way or something happens you're still doing that lift or yeah if you're a juggler and what happened with you is if you're a juggler somebody from the crowd threw something in the guy juggled it threw it back and then he just hacky sacked it back yeah that's boom jump into the other thing. Yeah, you just hacky-sacked it back. Boom.

I think it's like I've never obviously been in the sports entertainment industry, but I would assume if you get your first match in the WWE, you had best already behave like a champion if you ever hoped to be the champion. You know what I mean? Yeah. And I felt like you have that advantage. Yeah, act like you've been there before. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Because that shows that you're quick. subconsciously when people hear that that just adds another level to the like oh yeah this guy's a funny guy yeah because i mean ultimately with stand-up a lot of the really really good ones are you want to make it sound like it's the first time you've ever been saying that you know like obviously i've said those jokes hundreds upon hundreds of times. But I don't know how you do it. I don't know how you do it. I talked about this with Brendan Schubb. I don't know how you guys I think that is the difference between an elite stand up comedian is the ability to do like he's doing six, seven sets a week telling the same exact thing. And I'm like, holy shit.

I don't know how you do it. Whenever I tell the story, it's like a celebration. Like, OK, this story is being told for humans for the first time and then, okay, we got to do it one more night. All right. And then it's like by the third night, I'm like, I'll tell you what, I'm sick of this story.

I hate me. Yeah. I don't know how anybody's laughing. Like the third night, I tell a story and people laugh and I'm like, don't fucking laugh. Don't you placate me. How dare you. But that ability to bring the energy and freshness and juice and deliver and patience and everything like that,

that is the true talent of standup comedians. I mean, cause like, like Simon sort of hit it right on the head. Like when I'm on stage, I'm having the time of my life. Like that is where I have the most fun ever.

You know, like anywhere. For me, it's a privilege to get to be out there and do it. It doesn't matter what the show is. I try to work as hard for a crowd of four people as I would 4,000 because they showed up. They did their job, so I'm going to try to give them a show. I'm going to

have fun because no one has to like me and no one had to be there. I did their job, so I'm going to try to give them a show. I'm going to have fun. Because no one has to like me. And no one had to be there. I think they do, though. Especially after listening to this. I think America's going to like you a lot. I think you have not that this show will help you at all. America's Got Talent is massive, and you're the highlight of the show.

Still vote. Still vote. But our people. Please don't assume anything. A lot of incredibly talented humans have lost talent shows because their fans get arrogant and say they don't think they need them. I think Ryan Niemöller deserves us. I think Ryan

Niemöller is going to show up and perform and I'm so thankful that you came through here again. Ladies and gentlemen, hashtag Club Nub. At Cripple Threat 8, there were seven others. Ladies and gentlemen, club nub at cripple threat eight there were seven others ladies and gentlemen ryan neemiller thank you guys love that guy man he's really cool he hung out here for a few hours too i appreciate him doing that but he's um no honestly he waited to get in here. It was awesome with him. We were very busy. I'm pulling hard for him.

Super nice dude, too. The best. I'm literally pulling hard for him. I feel like he is at a stage of his life, too, where he's excited about, where at one point you could potentially be nervous about what's happening. He feels like he's really taking in the whole moment. Yeah, yeah. Couldn't happen to a better comic, better person.

I like him a lot. I like him a lot. Before we get to Mr. Tenpenny, we have to sell some stuff. Ty Schmidt gave a speech this past weekend at a wedding. I've heard rave reviews. Ladies and gentlemen,

from Waterloo, Iowa, Ty Schmidt. Listen, guys. You can get as many massages, do as many stretches, and take as many ice baths as you want. If you're not getting a good night's sleep, you're just not recovering properly. Amen. You're just not doing it. I think the thing about it is you're right. Yeah, exactly. Luckily, our friends at CBDMD, a trusted leader in the CBD industry, understand the importance of sleep, which is why they have a product

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Yeah, Ty just kind of dunked on you there. Right in your face, Zito. I know now. He called you layman. Sorry, you there. Right in your face, Zito. I know now. He called you layman. Sorry, Z. That's a perfect term for Zito. Was I just a lame that's in? No, you're a lame that's out. But we also

got CBD gummies. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. We got delicious CBD infused gummies that come in a 30 count of four mixed flavors. We got tropical, mixed berry, strawberry, and orange, which is my personal favorite. I saw you smuggling them out of the office. Yep, exactly.

Same deal. All I got to do is take them an hour before bed to help me relax and unwind. They work perfectly. Night-night. Night-night is right. By the way, it makes you feel good not to have to just take Tylenol PM every night yeah exactly I have changed I've changed the way I view myself before going to bed except for swallowing pills I just take a couple drops on the tongue and I'm like yeah this I mean I'm no scientist but it just feels like uh it feels like this is better for me than just housing pills you look at yourself differently

when you wake up in the morning well you're a big tincture guy. You are. People talk about that tincture. They do. We actually got some CBD oil tinctures here, which is very similar to the CBD PM, but it doesn't have the melatonin or the other herbs. What's that other herb that's potentially in there? Velveeta.

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Right? I passed out. I missed the whole thing. I think that was on purpose. Oh, they don't even massage? Yeah, the lady's probably just like, for 90 minutes, just one of these. Is that good pressure? He's fucking out.

It doesn't matter. Oh, are you sleeping? Oh, she's sleeping too. Yep. Be back in 30 minutes. Slapping her back. I think that happened. Anyways, you team that up with the melatonin, though.

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I'm thankful they're here. The rolly stick is nice. Yeah. Yeah. These are my hands. You know what else is nice? A good rising country music. Oh, yeah. Ladies and gentlemen,

joining us now is a man that I just learned of recently. His debut single, Drunk Me, which we will talk about because the lyrics in the story will hit home with a lot of dudes out there, is an RIAA, which I have no idea what that means, platinum certified song. His newest song, Alcohol You Later, is also a heater. I knew nothing about this man a week ago. I am a big fan now.

FaceTiming us from his pickup truck in the middle of the woods. Ladies and gentlemen, country musician Mitchell Tanpany. I like that accent on Tanpany. That's good. It's impossible to say Tanpanny I like that accent on Tanpanny that's good it's impossible to say Tanpanny without is that your real last name

yeah my daddy gave it to me okay so I was doing a little research your peoples reached out to our peoples and said

hey we think this guy would be good on the show cause we're you know we enjoy music we do a lot of music show uh because we're you know we enjoy music we do a lot of music on our show we enjoy country music we got some country musician friends and they're like you're gonna enjoy this guy and we started doing some research the first song i listened to was alcohol alcohol alcohol you later and i was like this guy this guy's got some real

gems in there and then drunk meunk Me, I listened to that. R-I-A-A, what does that mean? Recording Industry Association something. I don't know. Oh, so it means something. Big deal. It's a platinum song, and I listened to it. It's incredible.

How long have you been doing this country music thing, and why haven't I heard of you yet? This is 100% my fault. Oh, well, first, is that a crag behind you? Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. That's incredible. I've always wanted that as a kid.

Well, you got to send it over to Mo. Wow. Sorry. I'm a little sidetracked. That's awesome. It makes sense. Yeah, I've been doing country music since I was born. I mean, I grew up born and raised in Nashville.

All this stuff, man. I'm so jealous. I have wrestling belts, too. Nashville. All this stuff, man. I'm so jealous. I have wrestling belts, too. Look, y'all are awesome. I'm going to put it right in. But yeah, man, just since I was born, I've been in bands. I've gone from screaming, hardcore, emo bands to country music to pop. I've done everything.

And more in the last probably six or seven years, really focused in on country and came back home to how I was born and raised. Got all the teenage things out of the way and started doing this. Yeah, because you're from Nashville, born and raised, from my understanding. And it almost feels like in Nashville, there's so much talent down there. I mean, you just wander around and there's probably a future CMA artist of the year performing in some little dive bar. It had to be difficult to kind of find your footing there in the music world. Is that why you bounce around all the different genres or was that just your interest at the time?

No, it was just interest at the time. But I mean, you're right. I mean, the people, you know, serving you food are probably better than you. It's just the way everyone's like really good and it's it's just about being persistent and doing it over and over until people are finally like shit man i'm just gonna give you the record deal because i'm tired of seeing you coming here i mean literally it's just about being persistent because everyone it's true everyone's so talented i mean it's crazy okay so do you write your songs are you part of the production of the songs? And let's start talking about some lyrics here.

Yeah, I write every song I cut. I co-produce with my best friend, Jordan Schmidt, on all the records. And it's just something I love to do. I've always done that since I was a kid. How long have you known Jordan? I've known Jordan for five years maybe now. That's awesome. Yeah.

You guys are like a little tag team over there writing songs, making songs? Yeah, we write a lot of songs together, produce them up. I have like my core group that I write most of my songs with. And then, you know, they're just some of my best friends in the world. So we kind of get each other.

It's easy to write with. A lot of your songs involve having a good time. It feels like you like to party a bit. I do. That's why I apologize. I was a little hungover. I put an offering on a house and we got a phone call late last night That they accepted so we went to the bar

And had a good time Is this your first house? Congrats It's not my first but it's my first with my girlfriend We're moving in together Hey forever's a long time man Go ahead and put a ring on it i'll start pressuring you because i got pressured for three fucking years to do it and i just did it uh congrats on the new house congrats on having a good time with that drunk me is the platinum song from the recording industry

and it makes sense because it is a song that relates to so many humans like whenever we were playing it in here everybody was listening it was like oh yeah back in the day old drunk me used to make terrible decisions sober me used to hate drunk me um how did that all come to be i assume you or one of your friends made a a vital air late night texting and then it was like all right let's change this whole thing about yeah man i mean it comes down to that you go to the bar after you break up you try to drink them off your mind and it just never really works out that way and i just i want to write that song about you know quit drinking for a second to like stand a chance of getting over them and then like when you get over then you call up your buddies and go party but like for a second man because every time i'd go to the bar

and try to drink it just made me want to call them more and i was like shit this ain't this ain't fucking working man do you have to so like in stand-up comedy you hear a lot of comedians do observational comedy that everybody will understand okay so you make a joke about something that everybody goes through everybody feels is it the same thing whenever you're writing a song or trying to write a hit it's like i can't be the only one that feels this way yeah i mean i just try to write about my age group what i see every day and what i hang out with the problems we're all dealing with and just be honest with i mean shit get drunk drunk dog that happens all the time and you know people don't say it or admit it all the time but i will shit i've done it let's um let's fast forward to another song you have out that has a youtube video currently

um called bitches uh shit sorry yeah it's it's yeah yeah well i'm happy you picked it up there called Bitches. Shit, sorry. Yeah. Yeah, I'm happy you picked it up there. In the country music world, you would never in a million years think a song from a country musician would be named Bitches. But you have a song titled Bitches and the YouTube video was highly enjoyable here at the office.

Jeez. Yeah, man. Fuck it, you know? I just, I say it how it is, man. And again, it's not about calling girls bitches or not bitches. It's about calling bitches bitches. And man, it just, sometimes it's the only word that evokes that emotion and i just you know i played for a minute trying to be safe i was like i don't

deal with different things and i was like no man it's fucking bitch it's like that's just that's how you feel and people resonate with it somehow man i don't know i was nervous everyone was a little nervous i was like man if i'm gonna do this artist thing i'm gonna do it the way i want to do it and thank god they believed in me and let me do it Because it's one of my favorite songs to play live It's always a fun song, everyone sings it back And it's just a cool moment When everyone's screaming bitches at you I can imagine, I mean Too Short had that run for a while

What's my favorite word in everybody No matter who they were, old white people Young African American Bitch, come on, say it like short It's true man We got four year old girls down at like old grandmas, man. It's just the weirdest thing, but I love it. It's fun.

Has the music in it? Because I'm surprised that song got passed because it feels as if country music is a machine, right? You talk about this, you talk about this, you talk about this, chorus hits, you talk about this, we all make a lot of money. It feels like that's what country music is. That like a potential not all of country music but there seems to be a portion of country music right now that's just set and repeat recipe it's going to be a banger people are going to like

it let's all get rich has it been tough to get your own creative freedom um see no because i started my own label to put out bitches. Let's go! I like a good independent story, entrepreneur story. Yeah, and so I did that to do it my way. And then, you know, luckily we built up a fan base and played a CMA Fest show. And Sony happened to be there and saw everyone singing back, you know, bitches and a couple other songs. And, you know, once that happened, they let me do me. Which, again, if I would have walked into Sony office or Universal or one of the big record companies a couple other songs and you know once that happened they let me do me which again if i would have walked into sony office or universe one of the big uh record companies and showed

them they would laugh me out or told me that would never happen but i went and did it myself and started my own comp label and did all that and it was just kind of teed it up for them to see like hey man this is you know it's it's working country market wants to hear this i mean i i still believe that you know the country market they're tired of people telling them the way they were raised is wrong you know like yes they they think this way too but the media always says this shit all the time and everyone's got to make everyone feel so happy and shit i don't give a fuck about that so i just want to say it how it is man hey bitches got you signed to Sony, man. That's insanity.

That's incredible. Good for you. We interrupt this conversation with one of your new favorite country musicians for a reading by Zito. Oh, geez. It says go off script. Good start. Hmm. Not many go off script. Good start. Hmm.

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because it's taking up space in your already small bag. And now with the bird dogs. Leave them out. At least two days of trip I don't have to match because I can wear two pairs of bird dogs. And no underwear. And yeah, they got the underwear for you. Growing up, I always hated the underwear in there i've always hated it poop catchers but just like yep the poop they say just like your taste buds change like every five years

i do believe my thighs changed because i used to i think i used to not be able to handle it irritation wise now they're good to go i'm a big bird dogs guy i'm all bored the bird dogs train bird woof dogs.com forward slash america yep and get some nunchucks nunchuck it up respect back to the conversation with mr tan panty uh do you have another album come out your debut album was up for a couple you were up for a couple nominations for cma awards uh for new artists and breakthrough artists and your video got a lot of love are you working on new album right now that's kind of how it works right new album tour award season repeat that's country music world am i right it is man yeah we're uh we're already starting on the new record we got a new song released on friday two more songs that will go on a bonus record.

And then I hit the studio in like a month to start recording for the next record. Can I get a part of a writing? Can I be a part of a writing circle? Please, come on in, man. You do it. We'll drink whiskey and write something. I don't know what it'll be, but we'll figure it out. I'm not doing a lot of the drinking anymore, but I'll bring all the vitamins you need.

I'll drink for you and you eat need some vitamins what's the song let's drop it on friday it's got a song called anything she says um about to announce our tour friday as well our first like headlining tour which will be this fall and we're taking out a band called seaforth so we featured them on the song and i wrote it with them so how um how big are the places you're playing how big are the venues uh i mean it depends anywhere um i mean right now we're on all the festivals i mean they could be that's awesome you know 30 to 60 000 people that's awesome it just depends on what what town or what festival it is i was listening to a rick ross rap rap song recently and he was talking about the young rappers bragging about

being in festivals because they're not getting any decimals i believe was the words he rhymed uh the fest the festivals um that feels like that's just an incredibly good time how is it for business wise though too yeah i mean festivals pay the bills too i mean that's where you how you make your money um when you go on your own tours you got a lot of cost you you know you have to bring everything you have to bring your setup all the sound all that stuff and you do that for your fans and it obviously get bigger but festivals bring everyone in at once all country music fans or all whatever genre you're at they love the music and you're set up to make you know actually make money on the road because again you don't

have to carry as much gear and equipment does that make sense at all yeah because when you're a small operation you gotta gotta put everything together yourself so it's right you reduce those costs right you take away what's going on and you multiply what's going in mr ten penny that's how you collect a ton of pennies. You know what I mean? I love it. You know what I mean? I know exactly what you mean. You playing at Bogart's in Cincinnati?

No, I might be. I don't know. I never know where I'm at or where I'm going. I'm just saying you should play there. Bogart's? Bogart's in Cincinnati, yeah. It's not great for comedy, but I think your type of music would crush in there. Yeah. Crush. Hell yeah.

They got three bars in the venue. Oh, that's perfect. Yeah, and Tom Petty's played there. All the greats have played there. I think you should. I'm going to get you in there for sure if you're not there yet. I'm going to tell them. Come on, yeah.

They gave me a medal for playing there. It's pretty awesome. It's pretty awesome. And I got a brick there got a brick there yeah it's pretty good i'm gonna get you in there they sell out you get a brick and a medal yeah it's a pretty cool thing all right well mr ten penny i appreciate you so much we're about to have a pretty big show uh announcement intro song how much would i have to pay pay Mitchell Tenpenny to make a 30-second intro song? 30-second intro song? Well, I'll do what you need. Okay, we'll talk off the air. I think the way your songs go could be a great intro song, too.

I think we can make it hilarious. Hey, you're good with words, man. Hey, well, thank you, man. I appreciate it. Yeah, we'll come up with something. Come on. I like that a lot. How long would a 30-second intro song take you? Because we hired someone else to do one. It took like six months. Wow. Shots fired.

I give you six minutes. I don't think it should take you. Well, good luck on everything. Good luck on the song release. Good luck on the new album. I can't wait to hear it. Good luck on the new album. I can't wait to hear it. I mean, anybody that's just going to start their own record label because they write a song that they think is going to work, that nobody else will think it works, then it works. And that song gets you a real contract. I mean, that's a fucking cool story.

I enjoy that type of human. So I'm excited to be a fan of yours, Mr. Tim Penny. Well, thanks, man. Fairness, I didn't know what i was doing so i can't take all the crap it's pretty stupid but it worked out so i'll accept it you a sports fan oh biggest sports sports fan man predators and titans all day long let's go penguins let's go colts the predator is getting good has to be great for the city though right i mean everybody was turning out for that

It was insane It was the most electrifying I'm not biased on this It was like the Stanley Cup Finals when we went against the Penguins It was the most crazy sporting event I've ever been to in my life Like the whole downtown Nashville, Broadway It was packed with 200,000 people watching on a big screen They'd shut it off

And then inside the arena I was fortunate enough to go to all the games. It was just nuts, man. Nashville being your hometown, watching it grow into what it's growing and perform the way it's performing. Like at the draft, Nashville performed. Like the city itself showed up, right? Because the way it's built, the bars, the humans that are running the bars,

the cops, the city of Nashville showed up for the bars the cops the city of nashville showed up for the draft and for the stanley cup finals and it's just blowing up all you see is those goddamn uh what those things cranes all you do is see cranes everywhere in nashville it's just blowing up you have to be pretty proud of your hometown i am man no one gave a shit about us growing up i hate the traffic that's the only thing i mean all all we fucking have are Logan's Roadhouse and Chili's. Now we got all this great food. It's just good, man. So I'm loving it, dude.

It's in my city. You know, they put it on the map. And it was sports that did it. So when we got the Preds and Titans and it took a minute, but it kind of brought a new audience in there. It cleaned up Broadway from brothels and everything and making, like, trendy bars and, you know, places to and so it's just it's just blowing up man it's nuts hey sports do good don't they oh yeah yeah sports do good they do bad too

but sports the titans have been doing bad for a long time excuse me hope this is our year though I can feel it you said it not me man the um especially if Tom Brady's suspended for, you know, cliff jumping with his car. Hey, if he didn't pull her that hard, she probably hits off a rock. Now, granted, if he lets go, she probably didn't jump at all. So there's, I mean, he's in a bad spot, too. I mean, I care less.

Do you have any kids? I do not that I know of. Hopefully not. Every Father's Day that passes, no card. Good day for Tim Penney. All right, man. Thank you so much. Good luck with everything.

I hope to hear from you soon, brother. Is this your number? Yeah, absolutely. I'll call you anytime, man. All right, we're going to hit you up. Ladies and gentlemen, new music dropping tomorrow. New album dropping soon. Going to be at festivals.

Have a good time with this guy. I can't wait to watch you grow, man. Mr. Mitchell Tanpany. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. Love that guy. I'm a big fan of him. I hope everybody listens to his music.

Bitches got him signed. That's awesome. What an incredible story just fuck it i'll do it myself like you always say it's your book i is your book i enjoy i enjoy whenever the person being interviewed knows that i know nothing about them you know what i mean yeah he knew that i knew nothing about him going into that thing except for the riaa certified platinum song which i didn't even know what RIAA meant. And I think that really, the fact that he handled it the way he did says a lot about him.

It does. You know what I mean? Cool guy, humble guy, one of our guys. I like him a lot. I think he's going to maybe do the intro song. Oh, that'd be awesome. The electric. It would be.

I think it could be good. Yeah. We'll see. Well, that's the show. Football's happening. It's all kicking off. Good pun. Kickoff.

First day of camp and I already knew this. What happened? Taylor LeJuan. First four games suspended. Our guy? Friend of the show, Taylor LeJuan. Been on the show before. Our guy? Yeah. Friend of the show, Taylor LeJuan. Yeah. Been on the show before. Jalen Ramsey shows up in a Brinks truck. I like that move.

The guy announcing him could have done some work announcing. I don't think he was ready for the moment, but he might have been the Brinks truck driver, and he said, I could do it for you. But I liked him showing up in the Brinks truck. Time to get the money. You know what I mean? Time to get the money work, man.

I like it a lot. Packers cut Mike Daniels. Yeah. Scumbag move. Ty? I'm not sure who Mike Daniels is. I don't love it. He went to Iowa.

Very good D-tackle. Oh, no. Yeah, very good D-tackle. His wife posted something about how excited she was for him to be going back to camp. He got cut like four minutes later. Oh, no. All right. Not great. Money issues. Someone minutes later. Oh, no. Not great.

Money issue. Someone's going to pick him up. The guy they signed to replace him, I don't know if that's the answer, but that's neither here nor there. You're an owner, though. Yeah, I know. The owner's meeting was today, actually, or yesterday. Did you call in? I should have, but the GM spent 40 minutes thanking Mike McCarthy,

and I want no part of that. I'm an owner. We're on to the future, bub. Yeah, exactly. The past is making us $0 today. You're an owner, businessman. Goddamn right. Anything else? Adrian Peterson news?

Because of his going broke thing, the pictures of his 30th birthday party from a couple years ago are going viral again. Pretty awesome looking party. Oh, I bet it was. At least he knows from a couple of years ago are going viral again. Pretty awesome looking party. Oh, I bet it was. At least he knows where a lot of that money went.

At least he enjoyed it. He had like fucking snake charmers and like a 50 foot ice bar. Oh yeah. Let's go. He rode in like on an elephant. I thought it's a nice expensive. So he had a party planner do this. These types of people are the people that can drain you by the way.

Yeah. You definitely need to ride an elephant. Yeah.'re right aren't you yeah adrian will get that back somehow though happy for him taylor lewan i didn't expect that especially with being a when you're a vocal person right which he is he has his own podcast busting with the boys it does well yeah but maybe you'll dip i mean julian edelman had one last year he ended up being Super Bowl MVP he said he didn't know that he took it or whatever it was and then he said he took a polygraph test

that proved that he didn't know by the way very real thing that I think the NFL is wrong about is they say you are responsible for whatever you put in your body we would also like you to be faster we would also like you to be stronger we'd like you to do all. We'd also like you to be stronger. We'd like you to do all these things that supplements could potentially help,

but supplements aren't FDA approved. So you can take a supplement one day. It's good, good, good. And then that factory just so happens to get tainted with something somewhere, wherever it's being thing. You take the same supplements with the same ingredients on the side of the thing, and all of a sudden, boom, you fail a test. That is really possible. I'm not sure if this is what happened or what happened with other guys, but it is a real thing because they're not FDA approved. So those things can have whatever they want. They don't have to have any marking on the outside at all.

They do it to make you feel as if they're doing something. But those supplements do help. You've got guys that are trying to get faster, bigger, stronger, everything like that, and then they're told, yeah, man, just kind of a roll of the dice though what you put in your body we have zero uh pool for that and then they tried to take care of it with this app where if it was nflpa approved so if the if the supplement was nflpa approved you could put it on like a little square thing where it would read the number in the app, and then it would give you like a green light or a red light, right?

It would give you like a thumbs up or a thumbs down. And the only things that got thumbs up were like, okay, fiber to make you shit. We got this. Like nothing that really had anything in it. And it was companies that were probably just paying for their shit to be okay. So it never really caught on with the players because the players were like,

well, the only thing that's okay is special Kellogg's. What are we supposed to do? Because you guys could be taking just normal-ass pre-workout, and you don't know if that fucking brand slipped something there. That's illegal for you. Well, and that brand might not know it either because they're doing it from a factory that could potentially have to make a new product,

and it accidentally just gets on the thing. You have no idea. And they're not worried about the limited... I mean, that's a very small market or inactive nfl players so not worried about if their recipe interferes with your job or not but you know what everybody in the gym likes i think there's been a couple lawsuits from nfl players that have taken a supplement and because they hand over the supplement to the testers too like i think there's a even a whole process of handing over here's the supplement that i took and then they go and grab a couple other ones that seem to be around that same time

so i do think there's some investigating that happens because i think there's been some lawsuits that happen but i think that is a tough thing for players to have to deal with i mean you got guys that are just trying to get better and then if they accidentally take the wrong pre-workout that they've been taking for 15 years all of a sudden boom they're suspended for games and their image not so much now as it was then back in the day used to be tainted your image was ruined if you failed something now it's like becoming like a much more woke society where they're like oh like i probably didn't know he took adro yeah it's probably in vegas yeah it's got four days i feel like i feel like that's starting to become more prevalent but the supplement game for pro athletes is a scary one.

It really is. And I'm assuming that what Taylor did is exactly that. He was taking something, had no idea it was in it. That's why the polygraph thing is like, he feels probably a little validated. You know what I mean? So after you fail a drug test, automatically you take a polygraph?

No, I think he said he would. Oh, gotcha. I don't know if he said he would or he said he did. He might have offered it up, like everybody on Maury. No, gotcha. I thought he said he would. I don't know if he said he would or he said he did. He might have offered it up like everybody on Maury. No, I'll take a poll. You're the father? I'll take a poll. Because it is frustrating because he's not getting paid those four checks.

He's not allowed to be in the facility. You train your ass off all offseason, and then you only get 16 games anyway. So now they're taking away four of those games, especially if you're a pro bowler because – He's a leader of that. A leader of the team, everything. It sucks whenever you getler. Because he's a leader of the team, everything. It sucks whenever you get suspended. And he's probably very upset.

Like, well, I've been doing the same thing I've been doing for fucking 10 years. What do you want me to do about it? And then they're like, oh, well, it's your responsibility to know what's going on in your body. It's like, what do you want me to do, fly to the factory? What do you want me to do? You know what? That's what I'll do. I'll fly to the factory, and I'll do a little finger test.

And I'll make sure there's nothing in there that could potentially set off some meth bombs. So what happens? They just send you an email like, by the way, you can't have B vitamins. What do you mean? Like for like pills and stuff. Like if you're taking a supplement

and then like next week that supplement's not, you're not able to take it anymore. So like how do they update you as a player? Oh, you get a list at the beginning of every season. And most people just like look right past it. But going to be no stuff that you don't know a little ingredient within that supplement that they're not listing on the they're not listed so guys know the supplements that the things that are not allowed in their body yeah guys know their bodies especially people that are in the nfl have been in the nfl for a long time guys they say know what's going in your body

i would argue that professional athletes are trying their best to know everything that's going in their body because they, hey, just like the fucking deer stuff, the deer antler stuff at Ray Lewis, right? That wasn't being tested for, but somebody came up to him and said, hey, this definitely helps with this. So is it illegal what he did? No, I think, but you could prove that Ray Lewis knows

what's going in his body better than anybody else. He's like, well, I know this shit isn't getting tested for it. And as soon as it got started test for, he stopped taking it. And I don't, I know a lot of people bury Ray Lewis for assortment of things. And that thing was, he was kind of getting a bad rap for a little bit, but as somebody who never took supplements, but respected people that did, I think that was him just doing everything he could to get better. And got no problem with that.

Yeah, exactly. And when they tested it, he stopped taking it. But guys look for everything that's on that list. You have to. And most people, not most people, but some guys have nutritionists who put shit together for them too. It's very interesting.

It's an interesting thing, the way people get their bodies to peak performance. It's like Instagram. I don't know how those dudes all look the way they look on Instagram. They don't have any fun. No fun. They're all smiling the way they look on Instagram. They don't have any fun. No fun. They're all smiling in their pictures.

Four smiles. Let me ask you this. Have you ever seen that many six-packs sitting on Instagram? No. I saw a person with eight packs. Everybody on Instagram has a fucking eight pack. It's sick. It makes no sense.

Because their oil prints are making them fucking smile. They fly them over. I don't think that's how it works. and smile when they fly him over to oil princess i don't think that's how it works who's driving the all right so they're always someone is always investigating and identifying new performance enhancing substances right so like the general public the fans everybody else would be happy like all right i think we've already you you're covering most of everything we know about and now you're adding things we don't even know what they are who's driving that you know why that research you know why that is right that's because the wealthy players who have these doctors who can get them around the rules they're benefiting

from it where other players who can't afford to do the research can't, right? So you have the guys who have their nutritionists and dieticians and scientists working on their bodies in the offseason. Those guys are always trying to find something that isn't being tested for that they can take, and that's considered a performance advance. I'm not saying this is the case with him, but that's because he's the number one quarterback in the league. Let's say Tom Brady, and he's a vet, and he's older. So say he's the number one quarterback in the league let's say tom brady and he's a vet and he's older so say say you're the number one quarterback in league you have more money than most everybody else and you're starting to age so you can afford good

science to work around all these things it would benefit you to to lobby to get all these other substances that are you have to get through supplements and shit to get those added to the list no i would say that tom might know something or tom's people might know something not i'm not saying this never but i'm saying for the sake of what todd and i are talking about he's people would know something that could do something to your body right so tom is benefiting it from it and then people other people would see that and be like oh well Tom's benefiting from creatine. Let's say creatine back whenever creatine was a big problem. Only a couple people knew about creatine being

a muscle performance enhancer or whatever and then it became banned there for a little bit because only a few people knew about it not everybody. So that's how it's making the list. Like when McGuire put Andrew. That's what happened with Balco because those players can afford that science and to be able to do that.

Okay. So they're driving the creation of the new substances. Correct. That makes sense, and that's why they're adding the list because somebody big time starts using it. Yes. So it gets notoriety. Or maybe not even big time.

Maybe I have a friend who's a scientist and I'm a rookie, and I have a friend who's like a weird chemist or something. I come from a weird school. I'm a tight end and my friend's a chemist. And he fucking can somehow come up with some potion or something, mixture that makes my testosterone get raised, blah, blah, blah. And it is all natural. They can't test for it, all that shit, right?

That would be an interesting situation, right? Because nobody else can use it. But probably nobody would notice unless you were performing exceptionally well. Well, then I think that's what could happen, right? And then people are like, well, how is this guy doing it? And all he does is tell somebody like, oh, yeah, I got this guy that does this. And then that guy tells somebody. And then they're like, all right, this is now banned because nobody else has it.

Okay, so that's what's driving what makes the list. In my head. That's a beautiful explanation. No, it has to be how it happens. But then who's driving the people behind wanting those new things on the list? You know what I mean? Who's like, we don't have enough things on the list.

We have to constantly strive. At what point do you're like, stop. I don't give a shit anymore if that person found something brand new. I already know the HGH and all the big ones we got them identified. Nobody's ever failed an HGH test, by the way, in the NFL. But I already know the big ones, right? So why do I give a shit that there's a brand new one

that only three people know about? Why do I care if that gets on the list? Well, I think it's because the equality, the fairness of the sport the sport yeah but who's the body players nflpa nflpa the nfl front office people probably i mean if that player isn't on your team that is like think about the business right think about the business and all the billionaires sitting around with all their um their lawyers around them and it comes out that somebody on the New York Jets, their team, three of their players have this new thing. That gets mentioned somehow in the owners' meetings.

If you're Ursae or Ursae's guys, you're like, well, wait a fuck a minute. How come they're the only team that can use that? And that's definitely helping their team. I would assume that's how. So there's not like a government body or some health-raised entity that's dr brown is a guy who's the head of the uh substance of abuse and i believe the performance enhancing thing his name is dr brown and he heads a team

of piss testers and all that stuff and everything like that yeah okay but it is another i mean it is a it's a whole big operation now i mean they're they tested me what eight times a month for 27 months and I'm not the only person that tested there's a lot of piss getting collected at all times and the HGH test got added

because it was the new thing everybody's like oh everybody's taking HGH everybody's recovering faster blah blah blah they're getting stronger they're like alright we'll start testing for HGH

then they learned that the baseline for HGH amongst professional athletes and amongst humans that they were getting the baseline from like very different, but they couldn't back out of testing because they said they were going to test it. Nobody has failed for HGH. I've not heard a single human fail for HGH. And I think they're testing. And that's almost to a point where it's like, are you really just drawn blood just to figure out like, Hey, we are testing for HGH or is there

any way to even test for it? They don't even know if they can actually test for it. I think I don't know the behind the scenes of it. Maybe nobody's taking it, but it just feels as if the big argument was, well, they don't know what their growth hormone levels are versus professional athletes, growth hormone levels,

because it could be different. Obviously we're bigger than most people. That could make a lot of sense. Yeah. So if any fail happens, I think the NFL sees like, Oh, this is going to be a massive,

this massive war, but we still have to test for it to say we test for it right you know what i mean yeah so i think it's very interesting the game but you gotta remember there are some athletes that will do absolutely anything to get an advantage and i would assume there's a lot of incentive financially if you're the guy who did come up with that privately for one person to approach some big assass high-dollar supplement company and be like, hey, I got this thing you can add to your formula there. Or, bang, the gym rats are going to go crazy over it. Or just 10 other of the highest-paid NFL players, and they'll get in your program, and that's what happened to MLB.

And then the word gets out. Yeah. But athletes are trying to get to the top no matter what. That's where the money comes from. That's where everything comes from. That's why they're the best. They're at the top. By the way, if they play you in chess,

they're probably going to flip the board if you're anywhere near checkmate. It's just a different level of competitive human being. And I'm not saying everybody's Lance Armstrong or everybody's like that, but we can assume that in professional sports across all walks of life, those are probably the most competitive individuals that we have on this earth. Yes. If we had to guess. And competitive people will do what they got to do to win.

There's different levels to competition and competitive levels, but boy, some of the humans I've seen, it's. Those are business owners who make it big. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. They're cutthroat, man. You know what I mean? Those humans are just a different level.

It's an impressive group of humans, but boy, it must be difficult to be those humans though. You know what I mean? Those humans are just a different level. It's an impressive group of humans, but boy, it must be difficult to be those humans though. You know what I mean? Like every single thing you do, if somebody gets off, uh, like walking in a subway in front of you, like you're pissed off. Like every day is like, ah, fuck that. I used to be, when I was a kid, everything was a competition cause I was so bored. Right. So like, uh, my brother and I, if we're going to do something, everything was a competition. I viewed everything as a competition. I'd say I was a super ultra competitive human being. But then as you grow older, you're like, all right, not everything.

There are some people that are professional athletes that everything, every single thing is a competition still. And it's like, I don't know how you still got it. I don't know how you still have that gene. Because I had it. I think I still and it's like i don't know how you still got it i don't know how you still have that gene because i had it i think i still have it a little bit but whenever each step you take in your daily life like step on a crack you break your back like i bet you if you tell that game to a professional like a couple of the competitive professional athletes and they never heard it before they won't touch a crack for the next 10 years. What's the record for this? Yeah, I can do that.

It's fucking easy. Seven years just bouncing. It's just the way it goes, man. It's a cool group. Sucks for Taylor, though. But as an offensive lineman, I mean, four weeks of not getting beat up has to be filled. True.

There is some silver lining in this whole thing, but the Titans are going to need them. Yeah. Everybody's hoping they're going against the Titans in the first four weeks. Taylor's a very good football player. Very good at football. That's tough, man. Yeah, that sucks.

Just going on a polygraph immediately afterwards is a big baller move, by the way. All right. How about you, fucking piss test guy? All right. That's the show. Can't wait to get this fall started. Got a lot of great shit coming we might go silent for like a week because we might have some remodeling to do and uh this fall

not gonna be a lot of break time for um for your boys here and we're about to run now we are about to get a running like forrest gump and once we hit the ocean i guess we're just gonna turn around and run again. What's that, Z? You're going to say something? No, I was just going to play a song on the soundboard. What was it? Let them run wild.

You sounded like Clayton there. Thank you. That means a lot. All right. The show's over. Ty Schmitt hit the music. My daddy always told me to be aware of my surroundings. Yeah, I got eyes all over this town

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