We Might Be Drunk - Ken Marino & David Wain w/ Mark Normand & Sam Morril - We Might Be Drunk Podcast

Episode Date: June 29, 2026

Ken Marino and David Wain join Mark and Sam to talk about writing and directing movies, Party Down, Wet Hot American Summer, The State, New York in the '90s, movie theaters making a comeback, comedy careers, and the making of their new film, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sexpass. Plus, Knicks heartbreak, mugging stories, favorite films, and plenty of classic comedy tangents. Sponsored by: Text DRUNK to 64000 for 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Order now at https://drinkwillies.com and use code WMBD for 20% off your first order + free shipping on orders over $95. Try Quo free plus get 20% off your first six months at https://quo.com/WMBD. To get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://Hims.com/DRUNK. 🎧 Subscribe to We Might Be Drunk: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToWMBD 🛒 Merch: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com/ 🎬 Clips Channel: https://bit.ly/WMBDClips Sam Morril: https://punchup.live/sammorril/tickets Mark Normand: https://punchup.live/marknormand/tickets ⸻ 🎙️ Check out That Sounds Right — the comedy panel show hosted by the producer of WMBD: https://www.youtube.com/@thatsoundsrightshow Produced by Gotham Production Studios: https://www.gothamproductionstudios.com @GothamProductionStudios | Producer: https://www.instagram.com/mrmatthewpeters #WeMightBeDrunk #MarkNormand #SamMorril #KenMarino #DavidWain #GailDaughtryAndTheCelebritySexpass #PartyDown #WetHotAmericanSummer #TheState #ComedyPodcast #StandUpComedy #BodegaCatWhiskey00:00 Summer Vibes & Knicks Drama 03:01 Game Night Stories & Arena Adventures 07:03 Knicks vs Spurs, Fans & Controversy 12:13 Team Banter, Drinks & Welcoming the Guests 16:34 Middle-Aged Dad Jam Band & Movie Talk 20:27 Inside Indie Filmmaking: Advice & Anecdotes 27:52 Writing, Acting & Breaking Into TV 33:36 Movie Production Tips & Lessons Learned 38:13 Ad Reads & Sponsored Segments 41:43 Comedy Careers & Career Uncertainty 46:39 NYC Stories, Changing Neighborhoods & Food 51:25 NYC Mugging Tales & Street Smarts 55:10 Movie Plug: Gail Dory & Celebrity Sex Pass 01:01:02 Editing Comedies & Last-Minute Movie Advice 01:05:04 Directing & Choosing Your Crew 01:10:07 Old TV, Commercial Nostalgia & Childhood Icons 01:13:18 Legendary Guests & Surreal Hollywood Moments 01:20:49 Working with Icons & Celebrity Encounters 01:25:09 Upcoming Projects, Comedy Tours & Final Shoutouts 01:26:21 Outro Song & Podcast Wrap-Up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, hey folks, here we are. We're back. It's a sunny summer day out there in Manhattan. I'm sweating. It's hot, buddy. I'm wearing all fabletics, top to bottom. I love that stuff. Great stuff.

Thank you. I like free stuff. Yeah. And this is better than anything I own. It's like nicely made and there's no stains on it. Yeah, when do I'm so cheap? Yeah. It's good stuff.

They're hooking it up. I'm hurting, dude. I'm just like this Nick series is taking years off of my life. It's crazy. I know. I know. It's like a. Shakespeare drama, the ups, the downs, the hate, the fighting, the joy, the cities of buzz.

There was a brawl in Bryant Park, by the way. Then the Trump stuff threw a wrench in it. It's like, this is like a movie. There's so many layers. It took a long time to get into the arena because of the Trump stuff. I bet. Then he fell asleep. I know.

Tylen L. PM, Prime Minister. Dude, it was, that was wild. I went to game one in San Antonio, flew down. Tex-Shane Gillis. I was like, are you going tonight? And he goes, nah, the ticket. are too expensive. I don't want to say.

And then he's like, they just went down. I'm going to go. Oh. So he's like, come over. I'll get a party bus. We'll go together. Whoa.

McCusker, Shane. Oh. Tommy Pope. We had a crew. My boy Chase was there. We, uh, pounding white cloths on the way. Shane's,

it's a good sports drink because they go down easy. It gets the buzz going. Then he gets the switch to something else. All right. All right. I'm a high noon man. That's all the same shit. Yeah.

One is vodka. One's malt liquor. High noon is vodka. vodka? Yeah, that's the beauty of it. It's like an RTD. It's a vodka soda. I didn't even know that. Yeah, yeah. I learned that the hard way. But, well, yeah, we're going down, Shane, he's blasting like New York State of Mind. He's blasting like nods. What a night! You know, uh, playing how he went from, I'm not spending any money to, I'll buy tickets and get a party bus. Yeah, those party buses aren't, uh, aren't cheap. Yeah, it was pretty wild. And that game was

crazy. Spurs fans were pretty cool, honestly. They were pretty respectful. They were fucking with me a but it was playful. It was cool. Somebody had the great tweet. Did you see that when the Wemby and all the guys are walking into the arena out of the bus? One guy looks like, this looks like the integration of schools. Because like the black kids and everybody's like, fuck you, bitch, fuck you. All the way like New York, Long Island guys are like, kill yourself, bitch.

And they're like, it was. It did feel like a bit of a work. After the game, everyone was cool, but there were some, all the Knicks fans kind of banded together. We're all like high five and shit. And then a few of those hardcore Latino, uh, First fans are like, motherfucker, you better watch yourself. Like, we're all circling each other. Oh, that's great.

It was wild. But, yeah, it was an experience. I've never, I kept chickening now, and I was like, it's now or never, man. Yes. You don't have to tell us what you spent, but was it more than 10? No. Okay. More than five.

That's about the conversation. It was a lot. All right. Well, you got no children or pets. You're fine. No, no roommates. You got nothing. Oh, geez.

No, this is AI. This isn't real. You sure? Looks pretty real. It's real. Good for this guy. Not good. What are you doing, New Yorkers? Come on. That's disrespect. We're not an open carry state.

If that's the referee, then you do it to the referee. Yes. You don't do it to them. You want to hear some shit. I see Josh Safdi at the next game. Mark Davies, the ref who fucked us in game three, walks over him and hands him a card and goes, you're my son's favorite director. He's a filmmaker.

So now I'm fucking, I know this about Mark Davies. I'm in heckler's ass. Your kid's work is derivative. He's a trash filmmaker, bro. Your son fucking sucks. He's a hefty. Yeah, you wish you were Josh. Damn, dude.

Wow, that's great. Good for the kid to have a favorite director. That's good. Oh, I guess he's in film school. Yeah, he's in film. Who cares? I'm just saying. He screwed us.

We played like shit. We played like shit in game three. You think? We didn't play well enough. I thought it was pretty gutsy. There was some fucked up calls. They're protecting Wembe like a motherfucker. I mean, that neck throw now was crazy.

Crazy. Because he gets one more flag when he's suspended, so they're protecting him. Oh, interesting. Because he's gotten too many. Yeah, I mean, it's fucking crazy. He's got no experience. He's a very good player, but he's very talented. He's too young and dumb.

Although you see that photo of him sketching in the park? It's starting to annoy me. We get it. You're a fucking jack of all trades. You're a renaissance man. Enough. But that's the French in him, clearly. No American black guy's like, let me paint this flower, this lilac.

Look at this kid. I mean, I kind of... He's a really good player. I love that. But he's starting to annoy me. Like, I think people are going to start to see he's pretty dirty. It's also like, you can't be 7-5 in dirty. Yes, exactly.

He can't be the best. I agree. It's like if Clooney was roofy and women. You're already super hot. Stop. That's a good point. Just do it on your skill. Yeah, exactly.

You have the skill. Yeah, also, you're that tall. We're going to see it. And Brunson's a shorter guy. So it's like the height and imbalance. It's a power. balance. It's not fair. It's fucking annoying, dude.

Run's as tough as nails. You see what the aviators on and the press conferences? And he's still like, what's you think? I mean, look at this shit. And it's like, and his mom's 6'3 and his dad 6'7, which feels like they did it on purpose, which is also annoying. Yeah. It feels like, like, you know, they're trying to make the greatest. Like, it feels very eugenics.

It completely. It feels like Hitler would have loved this shit. Yeah. Hitler would have been a Wembe fan, guys. Wow, that's quite a push. Jesus. I don't care for it. I don't care for it.

I saw one clip. What does this show become? WF-A-N? What are we doing here? I don't care for it. That's the tagline. I don't care for it. Well, that's just the last thing I'll say was the coach went up to the refs.

Like, what the hell are you doing? He goes, yeah, you're right. I know. I was like, what the hell? You just admitted it. I know. I'd never seen that in sports history. Tony Brothers is just as bad.

Hopefully by the time this comes out, it's changed. Damn. That's crazy. But the city's a buzz. and I hate to say it, nobody wants to hear this, and this is blasphemy to say this out loud. You're not going to like it. You're hungover.

You're a fan. You're at the game. But I think the fact that they lost one adds a little more gas on the fire. Now the stakes are even higher. Now there's a tension in the air, because before it was kind of like, oh, we might sweep this. Yeah.

So now it's like, okay, drama. Yeah, now every game, you could lose the next game and it swings the series. Now, next game becomes a must win. Exactly. Exactly. So this adds a little more, it's like when you go down on a girl, you kiss the thigh a little. You don't want to go right for the clit? Same with this. I want the clit.

All right. Give me the clit. No, it's maddening. It was a maddening. Yeah. And it's always, it was like. But no, violence. Don't attack fans. It's fucking craziness. What are we doing? Well, the funny thing is the Knicks got to fight with each other or the fans. No, you got to use us to bring us up and bring us together. Yeah, here, here.

I think Trump really fucked it all up. Love them or hate them. It was just, it screwed up the vibe. It was all joy before. Of course. It turned into the fucking, I've never seen security like that, dude. It was awful. Yeah, yeah.

You couldn't have a watch party, so Mondani had to move the watch party to the Bryant Park, and then it changed everything. It screwed up the vibes for sure. I was on the road watching all the videos of the fans, like, doing hilarious shit. What do they say? My God is black. My wife is gay. my Christian Dior, my, my mayor, my mayor of Muslim, my bagel Jewish, my Christian Dior Nixon IV.

That was it. Now we got to change it to something else. Yeah. Because it's not Nixon four, but true. What are you going to do? Oh, is our guests here? I guess so. You need a drink?

How are you feeling? I don't know. How about you? I mean, if the guests drink all of a drink. Okay, okay. If not, I'll probably chill. I heard a fun fact about, oh, it's got a pee, about sleeping. Yeah?

I slept like seven and a half hours. which when you have a kid is a miracle. And I woke up and I feel so tired. I feel wiped. And I looked it up and it said you actually feel the way you feel from the night before sleep. Is that true? The day before. Hey, come on in.

Come on. Come on. Yeah. That's how we do it. You're talking right now? You jump right into the origin. You're recording right now? Yes, sir.

This is happening right now? Holy sure. In front of your eyes. It's in the bathroom. So I'm not ready to go. No, you come right here and he'll sit here when he's done pain or pooping, whatever we're doing here. That's true.

That's true. It could be doing a line. I said pee and or pooping. Hey, hi. Nice to be. A great head of hair. Thank you. It's very nice.

Oh, thanks. Really? I'm thinking you guys are just riddled with hair. Riddled. Hey, ladies. How are you? Hi, hi. What is this?

This is our studio. You got a talking to the mic. You've done this before, right? Yeah. You guys are unorthodox. I was talking over there. I don't know what the hell is. He's Jewish.

Yeah, we got a fun studio. If you want to drink, we got you, ladies. If you need a cocktail or a water. Where do you want David to sit? Right there. Oh, shit. We spread it out. Split it up.

All right, ready? Airplane mode. Please. Hey, man. Bam, that's it. All right. Just like Emerald Lagassee, except with not food, but with just a phone. Bam.

Yeah. Airplane mode. It doesn't work as well with the phone. Well, it's for you. Yeah. It's funny. the Knicks are cooking, and then we have my friends in town for the Spielberg movie premiere. Yeah.

There's a lot of stuff going on. Alien movie. Disclosure date. David, sit right here. Something like that. Yeah, yeah. Disclosure's a different movie. I have to, um, I'm going to chomp in this phone, so I have to get rid of this gum. Oh, yeah.

Throw in the ashtray, maybe. Is that real smelling something? Yeah, take a hit, it'll wake you up. I saw Josh Hart hit that. Is that what, is that's what I was like to do? Don't put it too close to your nose, dude. It's strong. Yeah, it'll fuck you up.

Oh yeah. Yeah. That'll do it. Yeah, I saw Josh, I was like, what the hell is that? That's what he does. That guy's got energy. Hey, David, what's up, Sam? Hey, Mark.

How you doing? Good. Thanks for popping in. Right now, David, it's recording. We're on. Here we are. We slide right in. Oh, you got a garbage right here.

Hey, you guys are all energy. I like to slide right in when I'm talking about SS. Zip Zop Zop. You guys are in a band. Are you? We are in a band. Yeah. It's called the middle-aged dad jam band.

Middle-aged dad jam band. That's what it's called. That's right. Mad-J-M. Mad J-B. You're looking at it right there. We're singing, oh, Greece. Yeah, that is.

Hey, a couple of dulfs. I love that song. Yeah. We do a whole variety of songs from the past. All right. I'm very uncomfortable. It's uncomfortable. Wow.

Why is it uncomfortable? You guys are grooving and vibing. It's, We're comfortable for you? Yeah. Why? You haven't too much fun. It's awkward.

Is that a new shirt? Yeah. Still got the creases. Yeah, yeah. Oh my God, we're twins. Twinsies, two black shirts, how many? And you've got a black shirt. Hey.

Look at me. It's slimming. I got a white shirt on. Yeah. Corteroy in the summer is ballsy. Listen, I just needed a light pant with a dark top. Wait, on the screen there, on the right, is my niece, Allie playing the violin. Mm-hmm.

She, in the hot 98-degree. Greece in L.A., she's wearing a sweater with a leather jacket over it. Yeah, and by the way, just speaking of Greece, Arthur Fonzarelli wore a leather jacket always, even skiing. Well, because he was cool. Exactly, Mundo. Let me just say. How much for this? That's yours.

Let me just say something to you. Oh, you can ventmovie. I walk in, I thought I was a guest. I thought this was a safe place. It's very safe. Right away, you're attacking me about wearing corduroy in the... I'm not attacking. I'm observing.

I just want to say, I went into... to Buck Mason yesterday. Oh, quit bragging. That's a hot new store. I have to tell you what happened. I said, can I wear corduroy? I asked two guys working there. Can I wear corduroy in the summer?

And the guy says, yeah. Well, they're trying to make a sale. No, I'm buying a corduroy. It's like asking a stripper if you're attracted. Buck Mason are known, they're known for lying to people. You done asked the wrong guy. Well, if you translate Buck Mason into English, it means bold-faced liars, which I just found out today.

Oh, I didn't know. know that. What is this? That's a soda water, seltzer water. Oh. Do you guys want a cocktail or something or no? You play your cards right. You might be able to join the black t-shirt mafia. These guys. B-T.M. Now, how long, have you been drinking today? No. We haven't. But he's hung over.

What the hell? You might be, yeah, you were at the game. Where were you watching? Take two. I was at the game. No, you weren't. It was. You got tickets? game? Was it second row? Fourth. That counts. Oh my gosh. They played like crap in the beginning. I don't know what was going on. Was it so loud that they couldn't hear each other and that's why they were passing?

It was loud. They were more nervous to me. They seemed more nervous than the spurs in the beginning. Then they got their shit together. They always take a minute. They start slow. They're like an old car. Then they're cooking. They haven't been starting. Not necessary. Sometimes they got to rev up. Just get their game going.

Exactly. It's like a 40-year-old with a moment. Anyway, there's some crazy-ass fouls happening. Thank you. I know, thank you. Like, what are we doing? Oh, Julie Klausner. Hello.

Anyway. Another wrong with that. Nothing wrong with that. Oh, who's at? Voomski, Julie Klaus. Are you guys sports guys? I'm a Nick fan from way back, and I've been a Nick fan and I've watched every game this season.

Hey, quite a run they had. I'll tell you what. Like of not losses. Oh, I thought that was like some sort of backhand, like it's over now. No, no, I'm saying like quite a lot. a run of wins in a row. It's impressive. He said they've had, so it's not over.

Yeah, that's true. Well, they lost, I mean. Quite a run they've had thus far. Yes. There we go. Thank you. Which was implied, I suppose, and I just didn't pick up on it. Yeah.

Hey, here we are. We might be drunk. Is there a theme song? No, but you guys could help us with that. Okay. Yeah. We might be drunk. You're going to go, I'm going to go low, you go, hi.

I'm going to take this. Oh, boy, it's going to be back at an improv camp. That's a lot of work. You don't have to improv. You just hang out and just sit back and relax. Well, I'd like to be a part of it. Well, in a way, you're part of it right now. All right.

Cool. Well, hey, welcome, guys. Thanks for coming in. Where's a cold beer? Oh, we got that. You want a beer? Yeah. We don't know.

Look. Not alcohol. Oh. What do you want? I don't have beer and this is a fucking drinking podcast. How about some high lives, Corona, Modelo? What do you have? Everything.

Except beer. Well, we do have beer. Oh. Oh. All right. What do you want? I don't go to the store and get it. It's on the bottom floor.

I'm with some hard liquor. You make it a drink. Do you have ice? Yes. All right. Let's do a ginatonic. Tequila. And you want a tequila.

I'd like a tequila as well. Yeah, just like a little gin and tonic. Okay. Yeah. I'll do... We have our own whiskey. No, no, no. Really?

We have our own whiskey if you want to try it. No, I have a gin and tonic. I'm looking at you guys. I don't know what's going on in term. Can you think about your whiskey that you guys made making? Thanks, but no thanks. It's right there. Bodega cat.

Oh, you are Nick fans. Or is that before? It was before. I don't understand. It was a kismet. You know, we have our own beer coming out from a... Dogfish head, middle-aged dad beer. Oh, hell yeah.

Yeah. Dogfish head. You guys are really leaning into the middle-aged dad thing. I'll have some of your whiskey. All right. We got the big cubes. Everybody loves a big cube. What are you doing?

Well, I guess I'll go whiskey as well. I thought we were on a clear liquor train. I think Dave wanted the tequila. We'll all have a little of those. I got whiskey. So tell us about, so tell us, so what, so scale doctrine in the Celebrity Sex Paz movie is coming out? Tell us about that.

Oh, yeah, it looks good. Yeah? We just had Thomas Lennon on talking about it. You did? Yeah, he was on last week. He's in it. I know, he was raving. Yeah.

That's fantastic. Tom's a great guy. Funny as hell. Funny as hell. Great guy. Very talented. Yeah, underrated. Wrote night at the museum for Pete's sake.

Writes novels. Writes novels, writes plays. Wow. Has a house of Wisconsin on the lake? That's right. You guys wrote this movie, right? That's correct. Yeah, all right.

We wrote it together. in fact. Yeah. How was that? It was great. We've done it many times. We've written several movies together. What else?

You guys didn't do any research. Wow. We know about Molly Shannon's in it. Nope, she's not. Damn it. The daughter? Molly Shannon's daughter? He was on a show with Molly Shannon, too.

We know some stuff. That's okay. What's going on over here? I like the corduroy. Yeah, yeah. Ken Morino and I wrote some of these movies together. The Ten, Wanderless. I love models.

Nice. Yep. And then this one. And then we've written some other ones that haven't gotten made. Wow. To the celebrity sex past. Actually. To the celebrity sex pest.

Yeah. Those are, that we rewrote those. Anything we've written has gotten produced. Hell yeah. That's impressive. We just wrote a movie and it's been a nightmare getting it through the machine. How are the reviews? Well, we haven't made it yet.

We're planning on shooting end of a movie. of July. Your whiskey's great. Whoa. Thank you, Dave. Appreciate it. Do you guys have a hard time getting a movie made and like finance and stuff? Yes. It's crazy, right? This one took about 10 years. Wow. Oh, look at that guy. You got a... I think it's never... Sterling. Never easy. Thank you, sir. You see me in the back with the facial hair?

I thought that was Joey Fetone. No, no. Looks like a no. And you got Bobby Lee. That's great. So when you guys write a movie like role models... at Sundance. When you write a movie like that, like, you got, it was just you two, no one else?

Yeah. And when you kick it around, like what's the, like what's the, how do you start going with that? We have this thing we do. We get together for seven days. We have no idea.

And then at the end of the seven days, we promise ourselves to come out with the first draft. And then we spend the next, you know, a number of years honing it and rewriting it. And we continue to do that

until the movie gets financed. And then it gets made. And then we continue to do that in the editing process. And then until we lock picture, we're constantly rewriting. But those first seven days, we have a first draft. Hmm.

That's impressive. Do you try to do like a page count per day? 20 pages a day. I love it. The first two days, first day we break the idea. Second day, we outline the idea. And then the third, and then the last five days, 20 pages a day. Do you go away somewhere?

We usually don't. We did, we did at Ken's house. I feel like we. Wanderlust was at my house. The 10 was at your house. No, I think that was. in New York and then I think I don't know who knows yeah what I do I do what do you guys do do when you hit a wall when you just like sometimes I break a knuckle I did that one time

just like Mitchell Robinson oh yeah big Mitch think about like if you're doing like a maze right and you're trapped in a maze then you hit a wall you got to go right or left yeah so you just zigzag yeah try something new go back take a walk well you know the trick of getting through a maze right if you have all the time in the world. Just put your hand on one wall and then just never let go of that wall. Just slide your hand and follow until you get out. I went to one of those mirror mazes at like a carnival or like an amusement park

and got really lost. Could not get out. Same holds true with the mirror ones. Just put your hand on one walk. There's a lot more fingerprints on the wall. I mean, no mirror, but dirty it up. Can I ask a weird movie question? No.

A weird booby question? Movie. Oh. So this obsession and backrooms, you hear about this? Yeah, yeah. Yes. Oh, obsession, yeah, yeah. The movie?

They're changing the game. It's a couple of YouTube guys, and they're saving theaters. Yep. They're making hand over fist. They said obsession this much hasn't been made in 40 years in a movie. Yeah, because it was made for under a million dollars, and it's made. $7.50. Well, soon the conversation is going to be this thing.

It's obsession, backrooms, and Gail Dottry and the celebrity sex. Yeah. Because we made it for very little. Good. Apparently, according to all the tabloids, it's going to make like two to three billion dollars. Holy shit. Wow. I heard under two billion.

You heard under two billion? Unbelievable. You were being conservative, but I think that once people get a hold of this movie, it's going to make five to six billion dollars. Did you guys see those movies? I love the obsession. I just saw it two nights ago. Yeah, me too. I had some problems with it, but I thought it was good.

Okay. The acting with the India is her name? The girl. Unbelievable. She's going far. She's going places. All right. All right.

Incredible. Keep it in your pants. But one of the guys that was such a bad actor took me out of it and I have found eight plot holes in the movie that bugged me, but really good movie and it's all worded them out. They did more money in the third week than the first week. I don't think it's about the plot. Let me say this about that movie.

It's not realistic because if you make a wish, that's not really going to happen. I accepted that part. You know what I don't like, though? I didn't see it, but my friend sent me a thing. Like, every horror movie has this thing now where you're, like, you're hitting your head with, like, a pan or you're banging your head. There's a lot of that. Tom and Jerry, it was originally invented by Tom and Jerry.

For comedic effect. Not to scare. But then there's another one where the head, like, kind of contorts, like, I don't like, I don't like, it's like all these tricks. It's like all these tricks. It's like, no, I'm just kind of like, I've seen it a million times. What I loved about obsession is it, I think it consciously wasn't reinventing any wheel. It was just doing it really well and makes it.

and having a great time with it. I agree. I agree. I had a blast. I'm going to see it. Saw it in the theater, jump scares. Everybody's freaking out. I looked around.

Everybody's doing this shit. It was fun to see. And I'm not a huge horror guy, but it was, yeah. And moments of comedy in it, too, a lot of comedy. Totally. Funny. Well, the guy who did it is a comedian, you know, he's been, he was on, um, Portlandia, apparently.

Did a lot of funny stuff on Portlandia. He comes from, I have to go back and watch Portlandia now, knowing that I've seen him. Yeah, there he is. Great guy. 26. He looks like Carrie Kenny's brother. Yeah. I got a little Daniel Sloss, too.

Look, there's lips. I know. He got some lips. I wouldn't mind kissing him. Yeah? All right. I would, I would. I'm thinking about it.

I'm good. But, yeah, very fun. And it's cool. It's all word of mouth. It's all just people talking and just shows if you make something fun, people will go see. It's cool that a Star Wars. Was in the radio business. And they had a saying, which is it's in the grooves, meaning you can promote, promote, promote, but ultimately it's got to be in the grooves.

Meaning, meaning, if you got the good. The song's good. baby it's gonna find the tonic listen to that that pop tune baby sing it I feel like party down was kind of like that that was like a word of mouth show I like that's a good segue

thank you so much I appreciate great show because I definitely that was a show I had friends who were like you gotta watch this show and you know look how many people are on that one I think a lot of stuff that we've both been associated with both together and apart has had that thing of like not a ton of people saw it on a global scale

but the people who find it really spread it and feel loyal to it and feel ownership over it and want to spread it around. They saved my relationship during COVID. We ran, we watched everything on the earth and we're like, what's this party down? And then we fell in love with it.

Oh, you discovered it during COVID? Yeah. Party down actually ruined my relationship being COVID. It was weird. We were on the rocks. You think it was the last push. It got it, yeah. Why, she didn't like it?

No, I was kidding. Did you see all three seasons? Yes, many times. A couple times. Yeah, we had to watch it over and over so we didn't have to talk. The second season, one of the episodes is directed by me. Yeah.

The one with the play. Yeah. The play. Oh, yeah. I fell off on that one. Oh. But a good show all around. I thought it was terrific.

And what a cast. Yeah. Oh, don't get me started. Jane Lynch is. Do you ever look back to one of these movies and you're like, there's a couple where you're like, I wish I did this like differently? I don't, maybe one you don't like as much as others. Do I look back on my career and look specifically at movies or just any,

acting choice that I've made. Either, yeah. You know, some of them are, some of them are to pay the bills, and some of them are more than that. Ah, which one would it was to pay the bills? I don't know, I mean, it's, you know, pretty obvious when you, like, you get an IMDB, and you can go.

Let's see. That one paid the bills, and that one was because, you know, he enjoyed it. Oh, look, there. Those are all good ones. You got a good one. These are good. Thank you. The babysitter.

I don't know what that is. Oh, babysitter. is a fun horror movie, fun comedy. Oh, yeah. Directed babysitter and babysitter too. Terrific director. I mean, I have known you. He's bound.

Probably talked to you almost daily for the last 40 years. Yeah. I've definitely not seen all this stuff. Dawson's Creek. Who were you on that? I was Professor Wilder. I was having an affair with Joey. Hey.

When she went to college. A lot of people thought I was a creepy professor. There I am. That movie, In a World is great. I just saw that not too long. There I am. Good looking guy. And I had a, and then I would quote Flaubert to her.

And then I can give you my first line of Dawson's Creek because I still remember it. We shot it. I don't know. When was Dawson's Creek? Wouldn't that come out? It was the only line that's stuck in my head. I'm terrible lines, but you say something. I'm a lit professor.

Sure. Okay. And I want you guys, you're one of my students, and you say something bad about Judy Blume. Let's see if I remember it. Judy Bloom, you know, it's kind of for kids, isn't it? Hey, don't knock Judy Bloom without her. Hey, don't knock Judy Bloom. Without her, my younger self would never have been able to decode the random acts of madness

perpetrated by that fascinating creature known as the teenage boy. Girl. Great. Thank you. I almost had it. Perpetrated by the fascinating random acts of madness perpetrated by the fascinating creature known as the teenage boy. And cut, Ken, that was great. And we're going to just, let's just do another.

one though just we got it but we'll let's try it again get hey don't knock judy bloom without her my actually we got to move out we got it we're losing light sorry oh just turn it's weird for a college professor to be teaching judy bloom oh okay well he wasn't he was he was teaching but one of the it was somebody mentioned judy bloom and somebody like dis judy bloom and he's like hey man yeah and i think that that's what got joey potter oh he likes judy bloom he's not just a he's not pretentious he like He likes the girl novels, young teen novels as well. So do you think about that? Do you remember wifey?

You were the screen love of a woman who in real life married Tom Cruise, a.k.a. you are like Tom Cruise. Yeah, I think about that all the time. I'm thinking about it right now. Mostly because you just said it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can see Tom Cruise now? Fucked Brendan Frazier.

Ooh, I can see that. You can see that? Right here. Right here. You can see Tom Cruise fucking Brendan Frazier? Right in front of me. I see it all the time. whenever I go out.

I see when I close my eyes. Whenever I go to the, the, the, the, that's not a bad combo to look like. Tom Cruise and Brennan Frazier. I'm talking pre-whale. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, okay. I'm not, I'm talking school ties. You're talking Tarzan.

Yeah, no, no, yeah. School ties, out of Florida, yeah. Yeah. What about Delirious with Elizabeth? What about Mummy? Oh, Hurley. Hurley. What?

Elizabeth Hurley. Delirious, remember? Elizabeth Hurley and Delirious. Delirious is Eddie Murphy. Bedazzle. Well, I know. He's... Oh, bedazzled.

Yeah. Oh, yeah, Hurley. I really had a run. Come on, that's all Marino. Oh, my God. Look at that. I was also in a movie called Delirious, though. Oh, weird.

Yeah, it's a little more of an independent movie. Yeah, that's right. It was. Yeah. Boy, oh, boy. Gina Gershian, who is being celebrated at this Tribeca Film Festival for the 30th anniversary of the movie Bound with Christopher. Oh, my God.

Love that movie. Great, great movie. He's amazing. Joe Pantileone is amazing. It's like a farce almost, too. Yes, yes. Jennifer Tilly and Gina, oh my God.

Great film. Great movie. Watch Bound. I will. Great, great movie. That's one I keep telling my son, you got to watch it. And he's like, yeah, yeah, I'll get around to it.

I'm like, you got to watch it. It's really good. I feel like the 90s had so many of those, like hidden awesome. Yeah. Oh, my God. There was a run of like lost. Yeah. Simple plan.

Yeah. That's a great movie. It was a book that was really big. The movie came out. Who directed it? It had swear tone. This movie? Really great, but one of the, one of the most tense scenes in the middle of that movie is insane.

That like tense scene in the middle with the gun and the, da, the, uh, yeah. Incredible. And then Billy Bob Thornton is unbelievable. Unbelievable. Dude, that monologue in the car. Unbelievable. Beautiful. Yeah.

I feel like the 90s had these types of movies, like another one's like Red Rock West. That's another sleeper. Oh, yeah. And I feel like it's kind of coming back now. I feel like indie films are going to have a research. I think so. What was the movie, the indie film, the ball, making a movie with Steve Bouchemmy that was directed by Timoschilla.

No, no, it was, uh, there's two words. It's two words. Oh, I know what you're talking about. Peter Dinklidge is in it. Peter Dinklage is, yeah. It's so great. Yeah. It's, uh, living in a blizzard.

That's it. Yeah, it's a good one. I think it's the best movie about making a movie that there is. Yeah. But also. What about the Kevin Costner one? Last time I looked up living oblivion, I wanted to show somebody, it's nowhere. It's gone.

Really? You can't stream it. Well, give us some advice. This is really the first time we made a movie together. Tooby together. Tooby. Yeah. What do you got?

Anything? We don't know what the hell we're doing. Well, also Paris, Texas. Great movie. It looks like late July right now. Yeah. You got money. We got money, believe it or not.

All right. Are you to the stars of it? Yeah. Unfortunately. Who's directing? Is that for sure? Yeah, unless you guys. You can play me.

He could be an intern at our show of the state. Oh, really? Something like that. Get your shine box, dude. Wow. He's been around that long? He was a little kid in that time. Really?

Wow. How old is he? I know. He looks young as fuck. I thought he was 34 or something. He might be. Okay, yeah, there he is. How cute is he?

Yeah. Oh, that's horrible. Any advice you have making a movie. Oh, 35. I would say, get there, you know, on time. Yeah. In the morning. Okay.

Tell, like, talk to all the crew and call them by their first name. Okay. And, uh. This is any job so far. Follow your music. I don't know. Come on. Hold on.

So you wrote the script. Yeah. Yes. You feel good about the story? Yeah. Yes. So you're ready to go. It's a joke a second.

It's a lot like bound, but with two men. Okay. So you're going to shoot it. How long is the shoot? I think like 18 to 20 days. So it's a short shoot. Quick. So running gun.

That was 21 days. So you're running and gunning. Just make sure in pre-production that every, you know, whoever your first idea is, you really kind of taking care of like, where the locations are, make sure that that guy keeps the train running. And then you go over, leading up to that, go over the script. So it's nice and tight and you believe in it and you know what it is.

And don't waver. Stick to what you believe is funny and shoot it in those 18 days. And don't stop believing until you get to edit. And then you're going to edit it. And you're going to then rip it apart and try new things because some of that shit's not going to work. But you're still going to stay focused. and you're going to work through the moments where you're like, oh, this isn't exactly what we thought

it was going to be, and you're going to fix it, and you're going to still believe in it, and you're going to work hard on it, and never give up, and then until you lock picture and lock sound, you believe in that movie, and then you put it out there, and then you wash your hands of the whole goddamn thing and walk away. But I would say, nothing's great advice.

That was really well said, I think. But I would also say that you've got 18 days to shoot a movie, spend every second you can between now and then, trying to figure stuff out, because when the clock's going, you're not going to have much time. But now you have time to listen to it, read it out loud, rehearse, talk about it, break it down. Think about what you might cut out in editing and don't shoot it.

Like, you know, like try to make those decisions. Think about those things now. In pre-production. Because when you get to set, there's no time. There's no time. So think about it. You don't have time to talk about shit. You got to shoot it.

Oh. Yeah. So pre-production is super important. Do all your work. Get it all, answer all your questions. Have every decision made. And so that when you get to set, if something changes, you have an inspiration, great. But if you just stick to exactly your plan as you have it, you've got something.

When you're directing a movie like role models that's way bigger, what's the difference between that and one of these smaller movies? Time. There's obviously much more time and money, but... To riff and stuff, you mean. Sort of, but ultimately it's less different than I thought it would be. It's basically the same idea. You're with your cameraman and your cast and your crew and you're trying to just figure out what, okay, let's shoot this like this. The only difference is, yeah, if you want, you can just be like, okay, now let's keep rolling and try more things and, you know, just keep going and going.

Yeah. But sometimes I find that limitation is helpful, you know, to not just endlessly do things like. Just believe in the shit you wrote. Okay. Go over it. Don't be like, we'll figure that out. We're on set. Figure it out.

Figure out how you want it to look. Talk about it with each other. The tone and everything? The tone, even visually, like what you're looking at. And talk about it with your director and your DP. Yeah. Get your D.P. And be like.

Here's how I see it. Pull up references of other movies and be like, this is what I want it to look like. And you don't want to get on set and you see what they've got set up. And you're like, oh, that's not quite what I had in mind. Yeah. Now it's a little late to like, shit here, you know. Make sure that the person who is running your production design,

your wardrobe people, your DP, and your AD, and you guys are all on the same page in terms of look, look, visual look. It's a visual medium. So everybody knows exactly what the movie is going to look like prior to showing up on day one. And you're all on the same page because you don't want to have that fucking conversation where like David was saying, you walk on set. And you're like, this is not, no, no, the beer cans are supposed to be like super big,

not regular size. And they're like, you didn't say that. And then all of a sudden you're screaming and tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. That said, though, you do happen to get to set and something really is off. Don't be afraid to be like, sorry, I know what. waste time, but we've got to fix this. Yes, speak up. Okay, that helps.

That's helpful. Thank you guys. And then at the end of the movie, of course, you've got to put a card up that says Finn. Hell yeah. Special thanks to Ken Marino and David Wayne. Oh, shit, okay. Not particularly in that order, but I do like that.

For sure. By the way, this is a consultation that we give other filmmakers and we usually get 10% gross for it. For you, five. All right, all right. We'll get some money together. We'll put it all in the movie. You should see the points we've already had to give up on this shit.

Yeah. All in the movie except for the 5%. All right, okay. Who was helping you guys with this when you were starting? Who's giving you advice on making movies? Each other. Yeah. Our mentors a lot were each other because we were in this group of 11 of us that we met in college.

And so we learned a lot from teaching each other and stuff. But I didn't have a lot of... I mean, you went to film school. And, you know, we went to a school where we learned how to act and produce and write. Oh, yeah. And then we were in a sketch comedy group where... we luckily got our own TV show coming out of college and we sort of felt like as Dave was saying, we were like thrown into the deep end and we just learned as it was happening.

Damn, but pretty great you got a show that quick. That's got to feel good. That was very lucky. Very cool situation where MTV was a growing network. Yeah. We had an in there and it was just like, have. happen to fall into really good timing over there. Now, you guys are very young, so I'm wondering, do you even know what show we're talking about?

The state. Okay. Nice to watch it. I still remember the scene with the... I didn't know about him, I don't know. Oh, I was a big fan. All right. Hey, hey, folks, IQ Bar.

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But, no, but I still remember a lot of the jokes. The state was the best shit. It was great. Since the mid-90s, we've been sort of coasting on that. That's what I was going to ask. Like, you're behind the camera. Yeah. you're in front of the camera.

When you get a show like Party Down, are you like, oh, thank God, I have a gig. I have a stable gig for a minute. And then when you're in a movie, you're like, hey, I got to do this movie. But then what are you doing the downtime? Because we can just go hit the road, do stand-up. Do you guys get nervous?

Did you tour a little bit? No, I don't do. Well, we tour with our band now. But you do, didn't you do a tour with the state? The state did a tour. You did a tour just for one, no, no, like two years ago. Oh. He did like a.

Brian, Hugh. Hubbard's my tour manager, so he said he worked with you guys. Yeah, we did a small, it was not a profitable show, but they were big, they were big fun shows in big venue. We did the Nokia Theater in Times Square. Nice. But we didn't do a lot of shows. We ended up not doing a lot of shows. And so, so the question is, what, like, when we get a show, are you happy to get a show? And then when it goes away. I can answer you. Ken, yes, gets nervous. Okay. After 40 years of working consistently, he still's never sure if he's going to have another job. Yeah. I don't do that as much. You're not nervous. I just sort of feel like, what can I do? Yeah, very zen. I do go long

periods without working, though. I know, that's nerve-wracking. And what do you do? The answer is you start a band. I start a band. There you go. Hang out with my kids. Direct to play. Yeah, direct-to-play. I do. We always got projects of different types going. Most of them are not lucrative, but sometimes one- Soul-fulfilling. Works out. Yeah. But I would say I have, I personally have favored doing something that's creative and with people that I want to work with over something that's making money and that's how it's worked out.

Nice. Can I put my foot up in you? Of course. I know this is a nice piece of... You're not that nice. Oh yeah, it's IKEA. Did the tape originally come with it or is that... We found on the sidewalk.

So there you go. There you go. Look at that. I thought it was four drawers, but it's just one. It looks like four. That's how they get you. Oh yeah And so they get you

When you're on something like Eastbound and Down When you get a gig like that I mean that must be awesome To get a gig like that Especially when the show is like Already proven as being hilarious Yes

But is it also stressful going in You're like fuck this is such a good show But they brought in the ringer I Well he killed him But I'm just saying going in I don't know I mean look

At the time I was a huge fan of the show Yeah And I thought Danny McBride Was like The funniest guy And still do Think he's the

funniest guy around, right? Very funny. So I got a, I got an email or a phone call or email from him being like, would you want to, no, I know, I put myself on tape. I went in an audition or I put myself on tape. Then I got a call from him and he was like, so we want you to do the thing. Will you, would you ride a to a jet pack? And I was like, yeah, of course. And so, and then that was the reason I, that was the only thing that he said to me.

And I was like, yeah, I'll fucking do a jetpack over the thing. And then was I nervous? I don't know. I wanted to do right by, you know, those guys, Jody and Danny. And so I tried to do, you know, the best I could. I came and prepared and I tried to create some sort of character that they, you know, lean into the character that they created. And it was a really good one

It was a fun one You know I mean it was a good part It was a great part you killed I mean that I feel like that show didn't really strike a false note ever Like some people should on season two But I love season two I think it's like Season two is Mexico

Mexico yeah No they're all good I will say personally I think one is the best And I think my season is Probably number two for me Another great show by the way Breaking Bad

Sure I'm not in that one No I know I'm saying it's a great show No it's a great show You were great on it though No I'm not in that either. No, you were good.

You were good, man. You fucking killed it. You were good. Sopranos, good show. Oh, my God. We just listen to good shows? Yeah. Great show.

Yeah. Honeymooners. And how bad? All about domestic abuse. Yeah. And we still loved it. No. To the moon.

That's fucking far, dude. You guys, don't forget about plays like King Lear. Oh, shit. Get out of here. You guys completely forgot about this. Also, there's commercials, like, people shit on commercials, but some of them are really funny. Where's the beef? And, like, Me and Joe Green, throwing that.

I'm crying throwing the jersey. I must be in the front row. That guy, right? Catch. The was-up commercial? Nah. Those are banged. You know, so when you hit it, you hit it.

You guys, you're forgetting about all the promos. Like, hey, up next, it's the NBA All-Starks. Let's not forget about just your music in general. Oh, my God. You got the Rolling Stones. You got the Beatles. God, what a list. Yeah.

British invasion. Oh, Titanic. Right. I get it. Hey, don't forget, bud. Flat duo. Eyes. Thank you.

Classic. Do you guys do that kind of thing on the road? We do a lot of commercial talk. Yeah. We try to incorporate the audience. Do you open up with the, do you guys, so you do a two-man show? No. No.

You do separately. We're stand-up. And so who, when you go out and do shows, right, and are you ever building the same, like, night? And a club in New York will maybe do the same show. Yeah, like comedy solo up in the same show. And like if one guy opens earlier, you know, for the other guy, do you, like, rib him about it? Like, I open for you. Eh, not really.

I bet you anything. And tell me if I'm wrong. I might be wrong. Do you ever do a show, like a stand-up show, some city, some town you're going to go and then. Doesn't matter what town. Doesn't matter. And then someone, does anybody in the audience have they heard you on this podcast? Not usually.

No. Okay. It's got it. Never. No, okay. They're like, we know you from I miss. That's what we usually get. Yeah.

On Imus. We were big on Imus. Morning 66. WNBC. Is that what it was? Yeah. Yeah. I was more into 10-10 wins.

Yeah, yeah. Ah, yes. What about cars for kids? Oh. Great tune. Please don't get me started. Give it to me. 1-800.

We haven't sold cars for kids. Yeah, yeah. I think they turned out to be a scam. Yeah. By origin? By the way. What part? Manhattan, originally.

Where? Originally Chelsea, then Upper East Side. How about that? How about you? Oh, you're New York and New Yorker. Yeah, yeah. Nice. Where are you guys from?

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio, but I lived in Manhattan for 26 years. I grew up on Long Island and then lived in Manhattan from college until I was 30. Nice. The 90s? Yes, sir. Was it all they say it was and more? The hookers, the... The Hookers and Blow were great.

Yeah? The Times Square, the porno. I mean, that was there. It was changing. It was changing right when we got here. When we got here, that was all not Disney-Fied. It was just starting. And it was startling for, you know, an 18-year-old teenage...

Suburban boy. Yeah. It was startling, and then the change was starting. Got it. So you got the little of both. That's wordplay. I got here at 0708. I don't remember you getting here.

I didn't make a splash, really. But I got mug three times. Oh, yeah? And I remember the East Village. But still had that heroin chic, you know, you had Mars bar and all those old pieces of shit. Yeah, I was living in a... Topkin Square, right? That was cool, yeah.

The rats are still out at night. That's true. That's right. I worked at 2 boots on Avenue. Oh, yeah. I ate there many times. I think they just closed. Two boots to go?

Do you just close? Cozy soup and burgers closing this month. Dude. I saw that. Wait, two boots is closed on everywhere? On Avenue. Yeah. On Avenue.

And 7th Avenue. No. Cozy soup and burgers closing. That's a brutal one. That one hurts. We're thinking about going to lunch there tomorrow for the last time. Classic. That's a great idea. I might do the same.

I'm probably going to get the cheeseburger deluxe with fries. Dude. Usually what I get is cheeseburger, what I got when we went to college is cheeseburger deluxe with fries and put some gravy on those fries. Hell yeah. Wait a minute. What about the split pea soup? That's what I get.

Yeah. There's soup and burger. Love that fucking soup, dude. What about the Mo Pitkins? Remember that place? Oh, that was a great bar. I saw Jimmy Fallon there. once.

What about Corridistro? Still there. Still there. That's a great area. Cash owner still, right? Yeah, that's West Side. One of my favorite memories corner bistro was during the great blackout at 2003. Every whole city was shut down.

They had the gas grill going. Woo! And they're passing out burgers for free. Damn. Great. You ever got mug in this town? I got a gentleman mug, which was I came out of, I went up town to meet my girlfriend at the Times father at a museum.

And I got out of the subway and I was sort of dressed. I tried to dress nicer, you know, and I put on the nicest jacket I had. It was a long coat. And it was sort of like the fall. And I went and I saw a guy clock me as I got out of the subway. And I'm walking up the thing and I could see him following me. And I got a little nervous because I was new to the city. It was like, you know, first couple of years I was there.

And I got out and I made a wrong turn. and you go to a busy street. I went, while I'm walking on the side street. And he walked up to me, and he goes, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. And I turn around. And he goes, um, he goes, hey, hey, man. And I go, hey, hey, hey. And he grabbed my hand and he's shaking my hand.

He goes, how much money do you have? And I was like, you know, I don't know. I don't know. He goes, why don't you take out your wallet and tell me how much money you have and give it to me? And I was like, okay. You did it? Yeah. I was scared shitless.

And so then, uh, I took out my wallet and I gave him my money and he goes, thank you. And then he left. He's a gentleman. Gentleman mugging. Was he a scary looking guy? Yeah. Oh, okay.

I bet he walked away. I was like, I can't believe that works. No, I was petrified. You think he had it. He was a big man. He had the backup. Yeah, he had big hands. Hasidic Jew.

And when he grabbed my hand, I was like, oh, he can crush me. Oh. So do you think he just looks like, I'm going to go out in half an hour and get a few thousand bucks. I was like, yeah. He's like, I just know he's going to beat the shit out of this guy. I'll just take his money. That feels like an impractical joker's moment. I'll go up to somebody like your size.

Yeah, you're not a little man. I mean, I was the same height, but I was like 20 pounds lighter. I was a teenager. I mean, I was, oh, okay. Now you don't know who knows MMA though. That guy could shake a guy's hand and just get the shit kicked out of him. Yeah, maybe. Wow.

But sure. It's worth the risk, I guess, if you need the money. I get it scared, but I think you could have walked away from that. I had a guy come up to you once. I don't know. Maybe. I would have now. I would have just been like, yeah, yeah, sure.

And then it ran. But I didn't know where I was up town. So I could have ran, you know, I could have been running in the wrong. Wow. Did you tell the girl and the dad that happened or do you keep it in? I think so. I think I was like, I think I just got mugged. How much money?

I didn't have a lot of money at the time. You know, maybe it was like 60 bucks or something. 60 bucks at the time. Back then, that's a lot. That's like five mil. But also, you can't really mug anymore. You'd have to make them go to like an ATM or something. Good point.

That is the, that is true. There's a, it's a, it's a Vemmo a mugger. I had a hobo with Venmo recently. Electronic. Yeah. Yeah, I had a guy come up to me. I was eating with my wife and this guy came up with his kid. He's like, we need some money.

I was like, yeah, we're good, we're good. And he goes, you got any cash? I was like, I have no cash. He goes, I take Venmo and I went, fuck. So I had to Venmo. He had a little placard with his handle on it. Jesus. He got me.

So he's got a phone? Yeah. Hobos have phones now. You couldn't report that to Venmo? Oh. I didn't think about that, did you? I mean, I see you're thinking about it now. I wonder if I can pull that back.

Context clues. Chin rub? Yep. That'll do it. And then also... He's a good actor. Vocally, you're going, huh. He is a good actor.

You should make a movie in July. That's the plan. Okay, let's do all the prep work before you start shooting. We won't have any time. Stop lecturing him. Just let him have fun. Thank you. Appreciate that.

Hold on. I had a thing about the bugging. Oh, yeah. I had a guy come up to me in the village and he goes, run your pockets. That's what he kept saying. See here. Run your pockets.

he was completely shit house he was like run your pocket and i was like oh god and then it hit me like wait this is just a guy he's trashed and i went nah and i just kept walking and he was like all right so it just goes to show you like go to the next guy it's scary at first but then when when it all hits you like this is reality i learned yeah yeah i'm not giving you shit reason to bail he will you just have to also you just have to read this situation if someone's giving you a bad vibe you just got to walk away yeah i was on the train with the outside steve from the car cellar we're on the there's a crazy guy fucking with people and he's like he just fucks with him back and I was like what are you doing that's crazy we're gonna get fucking like that's you go to the other car

yeah there's no no upside to that yeah what are you gonna change the guy's mind it was fun it was fun it was fun he got sodomized but it was it was yeah sometimes that's fun it was yeah sometimes it can be yeah he's a gay man it's outside steve friend yeah wow we really shut it down with that comment oh yeah You guys, I guess it's homophobic. Well, the movie's coming out. Yeah, the movie's coming out. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, a movie. What's the dog treating the celebrity sex pass? It's in theaters. July 10th. I don't know. When does this come out? All over the world. Two weeks.

I mean, all over the city. Oh, two comes down in two weeks? This show. Yeah. Oh, yeah. So Gail Daughtry and the celebrity sex pass coming out July 10th. Hell yeah. Do you want know what it's about?

Please. It's about a woman who lives in the Midwest, and she has a celebrity pass agreement with her fiance. Oh, yeah. Which means that, you know, he can have sex with a particular celebrity if he happens to have the chance. As it turns out, he does have the chance and he takes it literally and he does it. And it puts this woman, Gail Daughtry, played by Zoe Deutsch, into a little bit of a

situation. So she ends up in Los Angeles, where a psychic convinces her that she needs to even the score by finding her celebrity pass, John Hamm, and then she goes on this journey, epic journey, to go find John Hamm and fuck him. Oh, fun. That's a great premise. Yeah. I'm hooked. Yeah. Now I've

Gotta know if she fucks ham. Well, you're gonna have to tune in. You're gonna have to go to the theater. If you want to know what happens, you have to buy a ticket to the film. Let's go see it. Let's do it. Let's do it. July 10th, we're going.

Yeah, please. Theater's are back. Tell everybody on this podcast to do the same. We will. Buy a ticket to see this movie. Yes. What's a lot of theaters? It's opening up in or what?

It's like decent number of theaters. Yeah. The theaters are back, baby. People are going out. Classics. It'd be all over the country. If you like to laugh, and I can tell that you guys like to laugh. See? Exhibit A.

Love that. Context clues. I could tell because he laughed. Go see this movie. And I have a little bit of an announcement. This is exclusive to this podcast. Oh, shit. Here we go. Tickets for the movie are going to be available on internet. Oh, my gosh. Wow. Breaking news.

All right. Very exciting. And what do you think they're going to go for? Well, I have a special deal just for your listeners. Please. You buy, pay for the full price for two tickets, you get two tickets. Promocode WMBD. We might be drunk. Use that code, guys.

Yes. Now, what's the back end deal? What are we talking? We got fucked. Well, we'll get into that. All right. On a different show. Okay.

I mean, when we come back. Is theater, we don't know anything. Here's how the movie business works. If you pay, say, $12 for a movie ticket at the theater, $11 goes to me and Ken. Wow. Oh, that's pretty damn good. The rest is split among, like, the theater and the distributor and advertising. Marketing, yeah.

Well, we're going, hopefully, I think, to a streamer. Yeah, I don't know what the plan is. Yeah, I don't even. We haven't even shot of yet. We have no idea. Theaters are scary now. And then I assume you guys are a little scary. When's the last big comedy?

I think that's what's... Naked gun. That was huge. That was a good one. That was an existing IP already. Listen, I'm just answering your questions, man. I don't want to. fight about it. Just answer. You asked a question. I answered it, man. That's true.

I would say, don't worry about where it's going to come out yet. Just worry about making a good movie. Yes. I like that. I like that. I like that. I like that. Do it for you. I like that. Do it for you. Well, we are. We're not making shit on this movie. We're doing it as we're making any shit on this movie. We never make any money. It doesn't matter. Is that what you're doing it? No, no, not at all. We're pumped to make a movie. We're stamped comedians. And we don't do stand-up and we don't have a podcast. So it's all that. Got milk. Another great commercial. Did you shit yourself?

Maybe. Well, it sounded a little immersed. Get a bar rag, will you? I'll let you know if he shoot himself by what comes over to me. I'll smell it. I got a whiff us out. I'm close. I've been eating a lot of...

That's a dangerously wet. Do you do that thing when you're like, oh, and they're like, oh, Sunday brunch. Yeah, I could if you want. We all should. Here's the thing. I now get to experience your insides. Like, basically, you... farted.

Yes. That odor and the little particles from that odor are floating in the air. I'm inhaling it. It's going into me now. I don't like this. And so to you, I say, thank you. You're welcome. He delivered that like Neil deGrasse Tyson, too.

Yeah. That was beautiful. Thank you. But I would argue if we're in a sim, I'll tell you that. You're like the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of podcasts. Of farting. I would argue I have the boxer. and pantaloon filter going.

Oh, so you filter, but... You're not getting coffee grinds in the coffee. No, this isn't like this is, but this isn't, they're not like those masks that we wore during COVID. This is more. She'll come through it. No. What am I wearing fish nets?

I don't know. You tell me. Let me check. It might be. I have medical grade undies. Oh, you do? You got like 800? Well, I make them out of the old masks that I'd never use during COVID.

Oh. Yes, gas molecules pass directly through your panes. which is why you can smell a fart. The fabric essentially acts as an odor filter. Thank you. But if you're worried about the gems or solid matter, clothing serves as an effective shield. Research shows that unaffected flatulins can produce microscopic particles outward,

wearing clothing completely blocks the particles from escaping. Well, all right, thank you for filtering your farts. You're welcome. I can not wait until we move on to the next thing, whatever it is. Oh, I don't know. This is the second half of the pod usually. Let's go back to Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pairs. A reason we're here, guys.

You guys will mix it up, but we usually talk about Mark's ass at this point. Yeah, we can. I have to mix it up. How cool is John Slattery? He's the cool. He's so funny. He plays himself in this movie. What?

Yes, he plays... A version of himself. It's about a group of people that are all looking for John Ham, one of which is the real life John Slattery. That's hilarious. We've got Ben Wong. He's the new karate kid. He's a great guy.

Whoa. We've got Miles Gutierry's Riley. Sabrina and Pachetori. I mean, it's an amazing cast. Joe Lutrullo's in it and Mather Zickle and... Oh, wow. Nice. And a whole bunch of celebrity cameos.

Yeah, Latrulo. Latrillo. He's good. Yeah, a lot of surprises. Zoe, I met her at a Birch and Shaq show in L.A. She was really cool. How'd that work up? I didn't do great.

What happened? It was forced. It was a crowd work show. No, L.A. Yeah. No, I think it's just at a certain... It's hard to do crowdwork, crowdwork, crowdwork every comic. It's like, you want to throw a joke in.

Oh, that's weird. It was tough, yeah. They shouldn't do it. I got a few zings on Shaq. There you go. It's cool to meet Shaq. Yeah. Sure.

He's talking about a fucking handshake. Yeah. He mugged you. Did he get any money from you? No money, but he could have broke my fucking hand. Sure. He could have said. Jack could do that everywhere.

Yeah. Yeah. That's true. Yeah. I'll take that. Thank you so much. Just, no. Oh, no.

Oh, that's what happened. No. He didn't grab my hand in the beginning. He goes, how much money he got? And I'm standing there. I'm shaking. And he goes, and I take it out. He goes, give it to me in a handshake.

That's what it was. Whoa. And so I gave him my 60 bucks in a handshake. So it doesn't look like a mugging if people are looking smart. And I gave it to him a handshake and he takes it and then he left. I hate this guy. I'm furious about this. Who do you think I like him?

I hope he spent out something good because that's really obnoxious what he did. I agree. It's better than the mugging that like Tom Lennon got. What happened to him? He got punched in the face and he had a black guy and like a... You feel like Tom Lennon's been mugged multiple times? Yeah, he got mugged like multiple times. I thought he said John Lennon for a second.

I was like, oh, I heard it was worse. Yeah. Yeah, that was worse for a John. Didn't know about that. I had a guy when I was on 9th Street once, he had one of those big machetes and he sliced my head off. Oh. You had your head clinging cut off by a machete? Massive, very sharp machete.

When you were mugged, somebody cut your head off with a machete? Yeah, he said, give me your money. I'm like, before I could think, he's like, Jesus Christ, can we get back to the fart stuff then? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's a little not my cup. That's scary to me. Yikes. Don't, don't, I know.

Scary. By the way, I'm going to let you all three of you off the hook now. All right. That didn't happen. You son of the bitch. Oh, man. Because I'm trying to figure out how does this guy get his head cut off in a mugging? But here he is.

That was scarier than obsession. That is crazy. Fictional story, guys. That is bullshit. We're going to look it up. When not being funny, it's supposed to be funny. Oh. No, David Wayne did not have his head cut off.

He's alive. Think I'll we have a fact checker on this podcast. Oh, we do without Google. That is so weird. Went hot American. Summer. Good movie. 25th anniversary coming up.

Whoa. It's flying by. The summer is the 25th anniversary and it's going to be re-released in theaters, actually. What? That's super cool. How much do I get from that? How many points do I have on that? I think you get...

Nothing. ...of the gross or something? Oh, 20%. Are you getting mailbox money these days? Is that still a thing? Like residuals? Residules? Because he used to be able to live on those.

As the Italian say, Anato so much. All right. You get a lot. He must get something. You've been in a ton of stuff. Get off my back. I just gave you my answer.

In Italian, no less. Okay. Just curious. How much much... American Summer, like, that must have felt so good because it's clearly not a huge budget, but you just made a funny movie

and it became this hit. Huge hit, cult class. I think we hit profit this year. Oh, wow. So was it not a success? I mean, it just felt like a success when it came out. Camarino made very little money, likely no more than a few hundred dollars in minimum or scale, nothing at all on the original wet-hound American-American summer. Better than us in our movie.

How does it know that? That is true, but how does it know that? It's AI. It's taking an educated guess every time. Oh. Zero box office returns. How many days did that take to shoot Wet Hot American Summer? Three.

No, that took about 28 days, but you have to understand. 35 millimeter, one camera, prime lenses, like... Guys, you must understand it. Which means all three of those things made it go a thousand times slower than it would. How many cameras you're shooting with? We got to figure that out. Five? I just threw out a number.

Probably two. And then sometimes three. That's what a... All right. I almost said one. Who's your DP? You got anybody? I don't think we have anyone yet.

You thinking about anybody? David? Is there anybody... that you that you watch where you're like, I like to look at that. I think Jonah's got someone.

Jonah's got somebody? Yeah. Yeah. Do we trust Jonah? Should we call him? Let's call him. Give him a call. Get him a call,

Peters. Put him on the blower. Pooh, boopo poopo pooh. Hey, man, what's up? I'm still sleeping. The Knicks were fucked up last night. John's over, man. What's up?

Jonah's made some romantic comedies. Yes. He's really a very enterprising, smart young man. He's good. Yeah. Very ambitious. What name some of his stuff?

Pull it up. I mean, you didn't even know where to start. He just did the new one with Spade and Theo Vaughn. He just directed that movie. Bus boys. Yeah. Yeah. Sure.

What else did he do? What else did he? He did the one with Djibuki and Jerry Ferrari did that one. Oh, oh, okay. He just did one called, uh, what about X-Mist? Did he do X-Mist? Did you do dating in New York? Yeah.

At midnight. Yep. Yeah. Oh, that's the Djibu-Mid night. We'll let it all hang out. He's a, he's very active on TikTok, too. He does. Oh, really?

Talks a lot about his process, and, you know, he's very open about the financial side and the... This is the DP? Who is this? No, the director. Jonah. Jonah, the best. Who used to work for us? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I love Jonah. Wow, Pokemon Riders Room. Yeah, watch out. Get out of here. Damn, Airbud 4. Whoa. What sport are they on now? Can I be honest with you guys?

Yeah. Of the earbuds, four's the one. Is it? I like four. Four's the one. They figured it out. They cracked the code for Airbud 4. Wow.

He's got volleyball now. He's playing volleyball. And who's the raccoon? He's playing golf. The raccoon is his best friend. Airbus is a real industry. Now it's a trans dog swimmer. Did they ever make a movie with Spuds McKenzie?

No, I guess not. That's stupid. I heard he was hard to work with. Ken. Wait a second. Spuds McKenzie. Next script. Dale Dachin.

Meet Spuds McKenzie. Oh, Spudge McKenzie and Ken's Marinos. Yeah. Together for the first time. Wow, they went from a dog to a trans lady to Shangillis. But lights really got range. Sounds like my life. It sounds like my dating life.

There we go. Wait, man, who's the weird kid holding him? Sorry, now we're just on the internet. But, yeah, Spud's McKinney was a good time. Remember girls would, like, blow him. stuff in the commercials they would get all no they would well they would they would cozy up to it i was like cozy up to them i was like cozy up to them because everybody likes a cute dog and the ladies love a cool dog yeah but he was getting puss no he was just hanging out with the

ladies oh okay well i got a little intimate well i don't know what commercials you were watching pal but whatever's on tv yeah i couldn't choose them you sometimes i feel like growing up the tv was my mom. The TV was my dad. Yeah, the girls are all over. Look, but they're all about, hey, check it out. Oh, well, that is a cool damn dog. Oh, she's in his ear. I call TV the plug-in drug.

Here, here. Hey, look at this dog's surf. He's a cool dog. He's cool. Oh, he's going home with three whores. Look at this. Oh, my God, I talk. Who's that?

Whoa. Is that a red rocket? Oh, man. That was a cool-ass turn, though. Did you see that turn? That's a great turn. Oh, my God. Honestly, the ladies aside, is this dog

drinking beer? Yes. Because the dog was on the float with a beer. How about that little tank top he's got on? Look at him. Rubbing him down. I'm telling you. This dog is... They're putting peanut butter in between the legs and he's devouring it. They're like singing with the dog, but why is the dog

drinking beer? Well, he's a party animal. But McKenzie is a very weird... We're drinking whiskey. It's phenomenal. Oh, he's in the Cadillac. Oh, he can do country as well. Good for Spuds. Sorry about it up. Yeah, I'm sorry you brought it up too.

I feel great about it actually. Oh, I'm happy you brought it up. Same. Sammy, yes, man. He's got to be dead, right? Spuds? No, no, he's alive and well. There's absolutely no chance. Give me a year, a date of birth and a day of death.

I wonder how much of the guy made with his dog. Whoever was that dog owner? Find out next time. I love this format. You just get to. to see what the internet says about everything we're talking about. Yeah. Died in 1993.

Oh, that's a shame. Yeah. Party animal. Liver failure. Yeah. Kidney failure. The bud. Of course.

Oh, you called it. You know, the kids who were in the little rascals. Yeah. One of them passed away. Oh, finally. I think maybe all of them actually. Yeah, I would say so. I mean, that was in the, what, the 30s?

20s. Yeah. I have to imagine they're all... No, that's a new little rascals. What are you doing? Yeah, we want the original cast, yeah. Ah, here we go. Oh, man, Darla.

Oh, love that, Darla. Look how cute Porky Lee was. Oh, my God. Anyone else hard? Yeah, that's right. Every kid wanted that hat back in the day. Tommy Bond has seen... Tommy Bond did not age well.

Yeah, froggy. Robert Blake also, unfortunately... Apparently, a really good guy. No, no, turns out not so much. Really? Robert Blake shocked his wife right at the front door of the house that I lived in. Get out of here. I lived in it later, but in Los Angeles.

Does that help or hurt the resale? I was renting the house. I see. Smart. For Blakeheads. Yeah. Maybe the best doc in the last 30 years? What do you say?

Blakeheads? The jinx. That wasn't him. That was Robert Durst. Oh, shit. I got them mixed up. Ah! But they both killed somebody.

And they got a similar vibe a little bit. Yeah, pull up a Ders Blake side by side. I'm telling you. You ever see the Robert Blake versus Orson Wells on Carson? No. It's a nice little 15. Oh, is that when he's like not, because he refused to wear a tie. Like that was like Robert Blake's thing was I don't wear a tie.

Really? Yeah. That's his thing. He called him, he called him fat in Orson just zinged. That's right. That's right. That's fun. What does that have to do with it?

That's something. He's doing some research. He's doing some research. Oh, weird. Yeah, Robert Blake is this... And he was in the original... What's the Capote book? The famous Capotee book?

In Cold Blood? Yeah, he was in that movie. As a murderer. That's right. Oh, shit. That's correct. Yeah, dude. I didn't know that.

That's all full circ. I'm making a jinx part two? It was good. How? It came out. Oh. It was fucking awesome. I missed that one.

I mean, where do you go from... What happens? The Jinks? Best Doc ever! It might be the best true crime ever. Yeah, it's pretty good. I don't like true crime shit. I mean, this is...

But it's that good. It's well done. It's that good. It's the best. Did they ever let that kid off from making a murder? Oh, the slow guy. That was too stretched out. Of course.

That was like too many episodes. Do you think there's murder and Gail Dautry and the Celebrity Sex Pass? You're going to have to find out? Oh, you think there's intrigue? You got a murder at the box office. Let's hope so. Well, we hope you guys crushed the box office, man. That'd be awesome.

Jeez, that's a long name. I hope so, too. Yeah, it's a very long title, but that's, you know, It's part of the fun. That's part of the fun. What other shows are you going on to promote? Well, Johnny Carson, of course. Nice.

It's hard to get on this is. Apparently Johnny's not going to be there. It's going to be Joan Rivers. We have this. I've been booked on Colbert, I think we're going to do. Yeah, we're going to do Kobe. Oh, fun. And then, what else?

Leno. There you go. Yeah, Steve Allen. Steve Allen. We're going to do a thing of Steve Allen, yeah. Steve Allen wants us to do the whole bit with the dark board. And then, oh, we're going to do something. some sketch. We're going to go on that

late night comedy show Fridays. Oh, Michael Richards. Yeah. Good time. You couldn't get Ferguson? You couldn't get Ferguson? We're still waiting back to here from Ferguson. We're doing the Magic Hour with Magic Johnson. Oh. And then Cheppy Chase. We're doing Chevy Chase. Oh, yeah. Then Kilbourne.

We're doing Joan Rivers. Yeah. Yeah. So we'll get out there. We'll get our shit out there. But it looks abada. I'm going to wait to see it. But it sounded like you just said, it looks abada, Abada. Is that what you said? Yeah. That's my...

Is that a catchphrase for the show? Abada, abada. Abada. That's what I see. It looks abada, abara. Abra. In all sincerity, being objective, it is really one of the funniest movies ever made. Wow.

Okay. That's a hell of a blur. Is it really hard editing these things? Like, is there so much stuff you want to keep that you're just like, fuck, we got to just... Because you want to keep a comedy pretty tight, right? It's hard. We keep it in 93 minutes.

That's good. That's smart. Yeah. But it's hard, right? Lean. There's a lot of stuff you want. So you've got to say goodbye to some of your babies. Let it go.

Let it go. Let it go. Go for the whole. Abort. Yeah. You know the expression. Let it go. Let it go.

Go for the hole. That's what she said. Ouch. Ay, aye. How funny is that ham? Handsome and funny. Yeah. He's got it all.

Yeah. I mean, the way you're saying that, you interest, I mean, you want to, I can introduce you. I mean, I wouldn't kick him out of the bed for eating crackers. He's married? Yes. What's he thinking? He's going to be cleaning up. I'm in love.

He has a wonderful wife. I'm eating here. What do you mean? Wow, this guy can be... Are you married? Yeah. But I'm not ham. Yeah.

I'm deli meat. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice. I like that. I am not married to Anna Osceola. No, John Ham is. I know. Yeah.

That's why I'm not. Yeah. Anna Askeola is one of the best makers of cake. Like she makes cake. What kind of cakes are we talking? Any kind. Fruit? Yeah.

Sat a strawberry cake. Okay, how about, um, Bunt? I don't know, tomato cake. No. That's not a kick. Come on, where'd you go to improv? It's a bad cake.

I never heard of tomato cake. It is a fruit technically. It was true. He's playing the game fair. I bet there is such a thing as tomato cake. Would you mind looking it up? Oh, my God. Oh, geez, this is going to be some bullshit in the Scandinavia.

There you go. Thank you. It's a frittata. It's not a cake. That's clearly a frittata. Being on this podcast feels like me sitting at home trying to write. like it's like surprisingly delicious moist dessert that tastes remarkably like spiced carrot cake or gingerbread cake thank you i wish i had some i'd like to try it now actually

you can make cake out anything oh yeah i mean uh uh uh fruit yeah establish that tomato of course butter cake who's been on this show that comes to mind just the first you think of is like the one of the most exciting yes who people go to what's got the most hits Seinfeld was pretty cool that was a pretty cool episode Yeah. You want to hear my sign bill? Yeah. What's the deal with crackers?

That's great. Burr was big. Bill Burr was fun. Oh, you want to hear my Bill Burr? Yeah. Hey, Boston, what's your deal? Why are you guys being so shitty right now? Hey.

Christopher Walken. That was a good one. Yeah. Sure. I'm Christopher Walken. Nice. Okay. We had Paul Gi-A-Madi.

Same, same. I approve this message. Oh, that's nice. All right. Good stuff. So you got Giamatti on here? No, no, we were just trying to show. You had Christopher walking?

He was setting you up to do impressions. We did have Seinfeld. How was Seinfeld? Oh, you said a great episode. So what was a moment that Seinfeld gave you that even when you think about now, guys, gives you the goosebumps, the chills. What is it? I mean, it was sincerely great. I know you're making a mockery, but it was awesome.

He's making mockery. I'm not making a mockery. I'm not making a joke. I'm not making a mockery. I'm asking you, what did you? I was making a joke of how I asked a question. But what was the, we go deep into comedy nerd joke writing. And it was really enlightening.

We love that stuff. So let me ask you something about joke writing. When did you get into comedy? We both fell around 20 years now. Yeah, 20 years ago. What made you do it? What were you doing before then? I was a waiter.

Then I moved furniture. construction, and that shit like that. But I moved up here. I'm from New Orleans. There's no comedy there. So I had to come up here to try to be a comedian. From New Orleans. I love New Orleans. Hey, great town. Great town. Most original, not original, but unique city in America, I'd say. Without question. One of the, some of the best food. I love New Orleans. Great food in the world. Some of the best food in the world. Very good. I miss it. You can't get it here, which is weird. You can get Ethiopian food. No. But I can't get Creole. You can find a couple of spots. I've looked around. I've looked around.

It ain't, it ain't, it's not made with love. Who's like a person you guys have worked with here? Like, holy shit, this is pretty crazy. Henry Winkler comes to me. Whoa. Alan Aldo. Hey. Come on.

That's pretty cool. Anytime you work with somebody like that you watched growing up and you were like, oh my God, I'm watching, you know, MASH or Happy Days or like taxi, like, you know, Elaine Nardo, a Mary Lou Hennar. Sure. You know, like she was on Party Down, if you remember. Yes. Ed Begley Jr.

Like all these people are. grew up watching and then all of a sudden they're in scenes with you or you're directing them in something It's pretty amazing. It's it's a weird fuck. Mind fuck. It looks amazing by the way. Yeah. Who's that?

Ernie Hudson. Oh yeah. Crazy. I remember once I was shooting a pilot that all the characters in it were older people. It was like about old people. And so at like the entire cast of Barney Miller came to audition and the entire cast of the Love Boat came to audition. And I was just like

This is my... That's crazy. Wow, that's insane. I just... I shot a Christmas movie with Eddie Murphy. Whoa! I walk into the middle of the first scene of the movie. I walk into the middle of the street.

Eddie Murphy... You all right? Sorry. Eddie Murphy... I got excited about Eddie. He farted again. Eddie Murphy walks out of his house. I walk out of my house and we meet in the middle of the street and we have a scene with Eddie Murphy.

See, that's legendary. That's incredible. Was he cool? Yes, he was cool. Like, you know, you hear like he's to himself and he wants. was like to himself because he's Eddie Murphy right he's got nothing to prove and he just he's kind of he's like but he was like super nice you know like when we got into conversations he would like just talk about stuff like he was a really cool guy what do you talk about with

Eddie Murphy well once I got to like because well he would show you know he would show up shoot a scene and then leave right so but there were times we had I had a son so the in the movie and so sometimes because of time, you know, the kid, we had got to let the kid out in 20 minutes, Eddie Murphy couldn't leave. And so we were just standing on set waiting to reset, you know, the cameras or whatever. And we got into some conversations. And we talked about who his favorite director was, just like growing up on Long Island.

Whoa. Yeah, it was cool. Who's he loved? What's that? His favorite director was who did training places. Landis? Yeah. He's like, I thought they hated each other.

He goes, Landis was like one of the greats like Stephen Spielberg and Scorsese, all those guys coming out of there and goes, he doesn't get his due. He had a run in the 80s. He really just never came back, though. Yeah, it's true. Landis, we talked to Landis when we were trying to make Wet Hot American Summer and he was going to help us produce it, put his name on and help us find money for it. And it sort of felt fizzled away, and that was the end of it. Wait, what did you say? After what?

What happened? He had that incident on the movie. Because of a helicopter because of a creep show. Is that mean? No, because Twilight Zone was... Twilight Zone. No, but this was all after that.

This was in 2000. Oh, okay. Went hot American Summer. And he just, he was trying to connect us with some financier or whatever and just never really happened. All right.

I think we got to wrap up. Sorry, we're getting the signal. Well, no, I got like a 10, I got like 10 more hours of stuff that I wanted to talk to you about. Oh, okay. June 26, Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle. No, no.

Go see Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pets Crazy cast. It's in the theater. It's going to be hilarious. He says it's the best comedy at all time. Mark and I are going to go see it in the theater. We will go see it. If you're on the East Coast in July, check out the middle-aged dad jam band. We'll be on tour. That's me and Ken. I'm the drummer. He's the lead singer. In the Middle East? We're doing, yeah, we're doing Roebuthith. Then we're doing Amagansett. Amagansit, New York City, and then we're in Irving Plaza here in New York.

And then we're going up to Rhode Island and Connecticut or something. Hell yeah. And Maine. Boy, you guys are living. The thing about it is that it's also our tribute to Wet Hot American Summer 20th anniversary, so we have like songs from the movie and... Whoa. It's going to be really fun.

Cool. Yeah. All right. And then, of course, I just want to say that this is probably the best installment of the Gail Daughtry movies. This is the best one. Nice. Okay, great. Awesome, guys.

Well, hey. Thanks. It's all fun to meet you. Thanks for coming on. Yeah, we're going to go see it. And you should all go see it. There you go. Tell them we say you.

Yeah, well, guys, thanks for listening. By the way, shout out Jezelnick, Red Stoner, enjoyed it. Oh, really? I liked the book. You couldn't get through it, you said. I guess mixed reviews. I thought it was good, Peters. I enjoyed the book, and it was, I thought it was solid.

Slow burn character study type thing, but, like, very well written. And at the end, I put it down, like, huh. He knows books. He's a reader. I enjoyed it. Yeah. And another quick shout out to my buddy, Joel Wolkowski. Yes.

wrote a book Honolulu Blues. Really good. He wrote it? He wrote it. It's about his life as, you know, the struggles he's had, his relation with his father, this troubled relationship he's had with his dad, and his relation with the Detroit Lions and, like, how losing shaped him and who he is. So if you're a Detroit person, you've got to pick this book up.

And if you're, you know, just a sports fan in general, it'll resonate, just like the ups and downs. It's a touching book. All right. So shout out Joel, my basketball buddy. Proud of you for writing that. Yeah, very impressed. Wrote a whole book. Good for you, man.

Yeah, yeah. That's awesome. So, Mark, where are you going to be? Hey, going out to Royal Oak Michigan for Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle. Great club. Great club. Low tickets. Hilarities.

Another great club. Oh, my favorite. Yeah, I'm on a generational run unless we shoot this movie. Well, you're going to have to cancel. Let's get this going. Happy to cancel. Emerald City Comedy Club in Seattle. Never been, but I heard it's great.

Sides, but it's in Tampa. And the clubhouse at East Hampton, those are fun, bringing the wife and kids. I'll go to the beach. Cobbs and San Fran. You canceling all these, buddy. Austin, Houston Improv. We'll see. None of these are going to happen.

That'd be a great problem to have Zanies in Nashville. Cancel it. Improv in Pittsburgh and Casino Regina, Regina. And then the last stop in Calgary, we're going all the way to Canada, the Great Way, Acme in Minneapolis. Oh, man. I haven't been there in years. Great one. Great.

Club and then comedy works in Denver. Look at this. Look at it's good to be back. My comedy on state, Wisconsin. I got to get, I feel like I finally have a base of new shit. I guess it's got going to keep rolling. Hell yeah. It takes forever and it's a slog, isn't it? August 30th, I got Lisbon. Can't wait for that festival. I got Athens, Greece, tickets moving, baby. Then we got Budapest. Tickets are very slow in Budapest. So come on guys. Help a brother out there in Budapest. Buy some tickets in Hungary. Zagreb, looking good there. We got Vienna, Warsaw, out of the show in Warsaw, my Jewish brother. That's my, that's my 23. and me herited you guys better show at poland's awesome helsinki can't wait uh stockholm sweden and

uh copenhagen and uh that's all in uh september so i can't wait and hopefully we're shooting this movie very soon that's hope so pray no allah buy some bodega cat whiskey and hey if you're still listening guys certain clubs are not carrying our our whiskey that we've played for many years that we support and that we like and we like to play again yes we're talking about you funny bone Funny Bone, what happened? I thought we had a good relationship. If you like the pod and you like Bodeca Cat Whiskey or you just like us, flood the comments on Instagram for all the Funny Bone Clubs.

Why aren't you carrying Bodeca Cat? Say, please, carry Bodeca Cat. We want Bodeca Cat in the menu. Be respectful. Be nice. But just say, hey, it'd be cool if you carried Bodecaat whiskey. All the Funny Bone Instagram handles, all that shit. It'd be nice.

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