wellRED podcast - #334 - A Vermont Cab Driver Gets Dark! + The 20 Year Anniversary Of Janet Jackson's Boob!

Episode Date: August 23, 2023

This week Trae fills the boys in on his trip to Vermont wherein a cab driver shared mayyyybe a little too much! The boys discuss the 20 year anniversary of Janet Jackson's nip slip Corey shares some gas station stories (including some bowel movement stories) and Drew talks about how doing stand up in Austin briefly changed him   If you havent already, we sure would preciate you pre ordering Trae And Corey's New book Round Here and Over Yonder!   You can do so at TraeCrowder.com where you can also find dates to see Trae on the road!   Go to DrewMorganComedy.com to see Drew in a city near you!   Corey does bonus stuff at PartTimeFunnyMan.com and he sure wishes youd subscribe! If you cant afford the 5 bucks a month, you can subscribe for free and get all the essays, podcasts, videos, and more completely free (oh no, socialism!!)   We hope you are enjoying all the podcasts in the extended Skewwniverse: Puttin On Airs, Weekly Skeews, Gravy Baby.... and if youre not... well... you ourt be!   Love yall!  

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Thank you, Corey. I needed that. Rolling. Rolling. Thank you. What's up, everybody? How are you guys doing? Good, man.

How are you? Survived the hurricane. You did. We all made it in. Yeah, you're flattening it. I didn't hear from you, so I didn't think. No, yeah, I was, you were just talking before we started about how you're always right about things that are terrible.

I was so utterly convinced that I was going to not make it home because of the hurricane. I changed my flight for the same reason. First West Coast hurricane in 70 years or whatever, and it's going to cause me to get stuck in Burlington, Vermont, which I love Burlington, but still, I need to get home. Katie was leaving, all this stuff. So, like, I just knew it was going to screw me, but it didn't.

I made it in. It was raining pretty bad, but it hadn't really even started yet. But, I mean, did it ever? It never really did. I don't think it flooded, which is what I was worried about. I think by the time I was looking at changing my flight, I was not worried about the wind. You know, I wasn't worried about, like, a hurricane landing.

near the airport, but I was like, you know how Atlanta can't handle snow or they couldn't like 10 years ago? Because they're just not used to it. LA's like that with rain. So I was afraid like, oh, there's going to be flooding that's going to affect people getting the work. The airport's going to slow way down for these reasons. Yes. And I was still worried about that even when I woke up that morning because that can happen in a flash with those hurricanes. You can just get four inches in a second. Hey, that's my sex life. Four inches, one second. And, you know, it can really mess up the situation. So I got up at the ass crack of dawn after drinking

until the end of the night. Yeah, that hurts. I mean, it doesn't, it don't. What happened? How, I said I was in Burlington. We've been to Burlington together before. Burlington's lovely, beautiful. They don't talk like this here. I don't know why I did that. It just sort of sound like Burlington. But anyway, it is lovely.

They sound Canadian. Yeah, that's, I feel like the word, the name Burlington feel, like I said, I just want to go Burlington. I don't know why. I was named after a guy like that. Yeah, for sure. Lord Burling or Burrell. Lord Burl. Lord Burl. God, that's your ancestor.

Yeah, right. That's fucking Trace. Great grandfather, if I've ever heard of one. Fucking Lord Burl over here. Yeah, no, it had to be just... That's just how his wife addressed him. Lord Burl. Anyway, how big do y'all think, having been there before? Yeah. Like how populous you think Burlington is? I think it's like $2.60.

25,000? Wow. That's very different. I was just... 25,000. Yeah, I know that's not right. I was just throwing something out there. Isn't there a school there?

There's two. Okay, we've got to count those in my guess. My guess was when the kids are there. 260, I would have told you, I would have said by 125, 130. Right? While, if I didn't know the answer, 25 as I would be like, what? That's crazy. There's no way.

There's no way it's that. It's 44. It is the least populous. Price is right. I win. I didn't go over. That's true. I'm so, why? Was that literally just random? Because 25,000 is like, that's like Fort Oglethorpe or something. It's like 25,000. It's just that I knew by the way that you framed it that it was going to be smaller than you'd think. You know what I mean? I just, anyway, it's the least populous, most populous city in any of the 50 states. So all the 50 states got the most popular. city in that state. You list them in order of size. Burlington is 50 out of 50. It's even smaller than like Cheyenne or wherever the hell in Alaska or Montana or those places, which I thought was wild. So Burlington is like super rural or Vermont's super rural. That's the biggest city and it's not very big. It's super rural Vermont, but also super, you know, blue and queer and crunchy and stuff. I don't think upity. That's like because it's like hippies. Connecticut's upity. Yeah, but

I just think that that's like, that's wild. I talked about it on stage a little bit. I was like, how the hell did y'all figure that out? You know, I thought the Supreme Court ruled against that. Like, I ain't supposed to be possible. Right. Like, usually the smaller thing is the more...

I mean, it's definitely homogenized. Like, it's super white there. Okay, you know. White and rural. Okay. Right. Right. But not red ass as fuck.

That's... Right. I just want to say... Odd. It doubles when the University of Vermont's in school. That's why it seems bigger than it is. because I just looked, it says 10,000 kids enroll every year, which is 40,000 over four years. We're not even counting people who were there for seven, which I've met them woodchucks.

There's at least a few of them. And there's probably PhDs. So there's at least 40,000 more people there during the school year because they never count that. And the only reason I'm bringing it up is I think that's why it seems bigger. Like college towns seem bigger than what you read about their population because it swells so much during the school year. Yeah, I mean, I feel like Athens doesn't seem that big. but there's a shit ton of people there during that, yeah, period. Yeah, and I've only ever been there when they're out, when school's out,

or there's only a few of them because it's about to end. And everyone's like, do not choose to move there until you go there during the school. You do not know anything about the city. Dude, that's so accurate, man, because I've been both. Like, when we were touring, they weren't in school, but most of the times when I went there, you know, it was during football games or whatever. And, like, bruh, I mean, it's like downtown Athens during college football is,

like being in Times Square. You know what I mean? It's just fucking elbow to elbow. But when they're not in school, it's like, what a quaint little place to write a novel. Yeah. Burlington sort of like, you know, it's a quaint place to write a novel.

Is it a college town? I know it's also the capital, or not the capital, the most popular city, but is it a college town? Would you define? I mean, I think if it's half the population, you've got to say that, right?

Yeah, I think so. Because I think like those are like, again, there's two colleges. I think it's Champlain College and then University of Vermont. I didn't look that one up. But when I was leaving Vermont, when I was leaving Burlington, I had to leave at 4.45 a.m. to get that early-ass flight to try to beat the hurricane back or whatever. And I had to call a cab because I didn't trust Uber in a city that small at 4 in the morning on Sunday. So I called a cab. My cab driver was this grizzled old some bitch, just an old salt, even though we weren't like on the sea. You know what I mean? And, you know, they're on that lake there. But he was like, a big time oversharer? Mm.

Where you all add on those people? Hey. At four in the morning? Fuck them. Yeah. Sometimes it's fun, though. I have to be like, I drunk at a bar. Because sometimes they share like wild shit and it's entertaining.

You know what I mean? Well, on that note. I mean, there you go. It depends on the person. Like if you happen to run across an oversharer who's insanely entertaining, that's the greatest thing in the world because it's like, hey, I don't even have to download a podcast today. I got one in real life. But like when it's a boring motherfucker just drolling on about their problems, no good. But also at four in the morning,

I don't give a damn how entertaining they are. Right. That don't hit. I am especially that early. I don't want to, I don't ever want to talk to anybody really. Like, it's got up socially awkward. Like, you know, Uber's got that thing now where you could click, please don't talk to me. Hitting this thing they've ever done. I love that so much. So you click it? Hell yeah, I click it. Dude, what? Y'all be talking to him? No, I get that when I...

I haven't Uber since that option was available. Okay. And it's not a... It's not a... It's not a... It's not like how you deign to speak to me. You know what I mean? It's not like one of those.

It's just like, oh, God, let's please not do this. Like, small talk. It's just painful to me. I just... I'm just an introvert or whatever. Have you had them disregard it? No, it's a relatively recent thing. I've taken a handful of them and I've clicked it

and they always are shut up. up the whole time, which hits. But you can't do that with this old fuck. With Lyft, you can, if you get the top one, then it's an option, but it's not otherwise, which I think it's funny. It's like, are you willing to pay five more dollars? Actually, right. So somebody was shut the fuck up. And that's funny. That is true. Yeah. And in Austin. In Austin, just a quick one, one of mine was deaf. Like, when I got in, she just turned around and had a note. That hits, too. And I literally said, hell yeah. Yeah, exactly. And then I felt terrible. Like, she probably read my lips. I went, Hell yeah.

Anytime I see that the driver is deaf, I'm like, fuck, yes. She went like that with a piece of pepper, and I went, hell yeah. And then I felt bad. Same thing with me, but with Chinese. Like, if they can't speak the language, that's great too. But they probably start talking to you, right? People often mistake you for speaking the language. Specifically, the woman at your gas station, who you probably grew up with and knows your parents.

Some people think Corey's Asian sometimes. And if, you know, look at his eyes, you know, like he's the big cheeks. He looks, what we say, Korean. Korea. If anything. Yeah. That's probably true, though. Yeah.

Well, Tushar said it, and Indians are Asian, so he's allowed. Tushar is constantly doing things that are racist towards people from the Orient. And then being like, I'm Asian. Well, that's like Asia's whole thing. They love that. They all do that. They stay doing that. I just love how he's like, no, it's not offensive.

I'm Asian. And he's doing a Japanese accent? Yeah. Well, I mean. Okay, we're American. So can we do Mexicans accent? It's literally the same. thing. North American. We're white. He's Indian and they're

Asian. They're all people of color. Oh, okay, maybe. Two Shar's fine. He is. He can't say anywhere. I feel like I should give a little context on what you just said about the gas station lady. For everybody that don't know, because I don't think we've talked about this on here. Oh, I thought we had. Um, my guess, what, Drew? I thought we had. So, well, in case you hadn't, for some reason, every time I go to the gas station, there's a specific lady that works there. And when I give her, my candy bar or whatever and pay her and I say

thank you see you later she always looks at me and goes oh thank you oh dang dang and I thought she just did it to everybody and then I kept going back in and like just watching her with other people and she never does it to anyone but me have a blessed day praise you all that

like sweet old southern lady shit and then you walk up and you're like huss ah yeah like it's so funny because she's racist and stupid. Yeah, right. They do go hand in hand. They do, yeah.

Yeah. Well, it's like, dude, you know, y'all fucking, the guy who owned the club that we both started at, Bobby Jewel and Sitespoly. I'll say his name. I don't get a fuck. Bobby Jules. Like, nobody's out. Like, he's not in the game anymore.

Matter of fact, I've been told that now the sidespleters in Tampa is like a super hit and club that comics love, which I was like, well, God damn. That's literally the only place I told my agent I would not go because of the owner, Bobby Jewell, who is not there anymore. But anyway, also the Improv and Tampa hits for me. But Bobby, drunken, lunatic, just like a cliché of a sleazy club owner relic of the boom or whatever, as you both know. But he used to, for a while, I had shorter hair and a longer, I barely have a beard right now, but I had not even that long of a beard, but like a little bit of a beard and shorter hair. and he used to call me Muhammad

and make terrorist jokes about me. Like, I'd come in the room and he'd be like, oh, la, la, la, la, la, like, do shit like that, you know? And I always just look at him and confusion. I would say about Bobby, you know how I talk, you know what I mean? Like, I'm white trash, you know, but he would just be like, ah, fuck off Mohammed, you know, whatever,

and then hit me with some more racist against Middle Eastern people. Corey, do you think that when Tray first started breaking on the internet and someone showed Bobby, he went, fucking called it. I fucking called. I knew that piece of shit hated America. It would be funny if that's just what he meant the all time. I hate America because I can tell me queer.

You need to tell your story because we've teased it. And then Corey and I got you off track. My apologies. The cab driver, right? No option to tell him not to talk, right? So you get in and he's like. Not one you could live with. And immediately he's like,

he's like, yep, I've only been doing this partner for the year. won't be long now though. Do he die? I guess. I don't know. We're retired. It seemed like he was talking about retired. I don't know.

But I was like, oh, cool. And he was like, yeah, it was a real bad alcoholic for the first 24. So, I mean, like, he was an active drunk while driving a cab in Vermont for 24 years. And just, you know, saying that. So far I'm in. Yeah, right. Listen, I'm not saying this don't hit. It's just wild.

Yeah. So then he keeps going. And, of course, to all this stuff, I'm just like, yeah, man, wild, you know. Were you hung over? He's like, a little bit, yeah. And tired as fuck, two hours of sleep, whatever. And I'm not the most chipper person in the best of times, in the best of days. But especially in that scenario, yeah, I'm just actually like right on, yeah.

And he keeps going. He's like, yep, just started talking to my brother again after 37 years. his wife died last year got cancer brain cancer started in her breast they cut both of them off but it moved to her brain she's dead now she was my ex she was my ex

and he goes did you catch that part I said she was my Yeah, I caught it like she caught cancer. He was like, we were together since sixth grade. My brother got her pregnant. It took the son of a bitch 36 years and heard dying of cancer for him to apologize to me. But I guess we're all right now, right? I mean, that's some wild-ass family drama, dude.

I just met this dude. It's 4.45 in the morning. This is apropos of nothing. This is a BoJack Horseman episode. I know. And then it took... pretty hard turn, which also didn't not hit for me. He was like, he says, like, he says, well, he's like, she's dead now. So what do you do? And I said, and, you know, Corey, like,

he lies, which I respect, but, you know, I just, I can't. I can't. I don't want to get, to take a chance to get caught in a lie, even though I don't hit for me to tell people I'm a comedian, because, oh, tell me a joke or whatever. Or this happens. He asked what I do. I said, I'm a comedian, and he just starts telling me jokes, right? And they're all, old man, book jokes, right? So I'm so worried. They're about to get, you know, real rough at a certain point. Worried or excited? You know, a little column A, little column B, right? But like, they were almost all about this town called Milton, Vermont, which is funny to me, because it's like, does this

dude not realize that he knows I'm from Tennessee, live in California, he knows all that, he knows I just visit here. Does he not realize that most people don't know what Milton, Vermont is? But, to be fair to him, I picked up on the context clues pretty easy. because he started, I think the first one was he was like, how do you compliment a woman from Milton, Vermont? Nice tooth. Right. And then he's like, what do you call 32 Milton women in a row? A full set of teeth, right? And then it was a, how do you circumcise a little boy in Milton? And I knew this one. I knew this one. I'd heard this one before. How do you circumcise a little boy from Milton? You hit his. uncle on the top of the head? He said, I said, kick his sister in the chin. That's what I thought

was. That's the version I always hired kick his sister in the chin. It's usually Alabama if you're from the south. It's how he circumcised an Alabama man, you know, whatever, kick his sister in the chin. So I say kick his sister in the chin and he goes, he goes, his mother, kick his mother in the chin. It's funnier if you say mother. I was like, okay, sorry. He don't want, he

don't want to hear about anyone fucking each other's siblings. That's hard for him. I guess that's a good point. I didn't think about that, but that's funny. And then he did some more, which I can't remember too early in the morning, but he did a bunch of them, right? This is like a 12-minute trip, by the way, and all this is packed into it. We're getting close now, and he's like, yeah, I do a little stand-up myself, you know, back there at the club. He's like, first time in there, they threw me out. I guess they didn't like the racist jokes I was doing.

There we go. He said, they weren't funny. I said, they are funny. You don't know what's funny. You know, or whatever. Then we get there, and I'm so worried this whole time because I almost never have cash, right? As soon as I see this dude, I'm like, a card is going to be a fucking problem. Because you're not using Uber, you're using like a small city cab services.

That happens a lot. They don't want to take a card. You can make them usually. But we get there and I'm like, what do you call a credit card in Milton, Vermont? A pill chopper. He probably loved that. That fit right in. But it was like a stolen.

We get there and I'm like, do you take a card? And he was like, sure, sure I could take a card. And I was like, okay, great. And he like opens up the console and pulls out the machine and starts like tapping on it. It's doing nothing. Like nothing at all. And he's like, well, what's wrong with it? You know?

And then he like finds the cord plugs it at and he's like, this thing ain't doing it down. I don't know what to do about it. I feel like an asshole, you know, whatever. And I had $100 bill, right? No. And I was like, do you have cash? He's like, well, sure, I got cash. I got plenty of cash.

And I was like, the trip was $30. I held up the $100 a bill. I said, you just give me $60 and we're good. So I'm giving him, I'm tipping him $10, giving him $40. And he was like, well, I don't have that much. Who has that much? And it's like, well, how much do you? And he sits there and counts it out.

Most of it's in ones and fives. And he's like, seven, eight, nine. I'm sitting at the airport dying to get out. Yeah. And he's like, I look, I've got $40. And he gets to, he's like, $40. one, I thought it was 40. And he flips it over and starts counting through it all again.

He hustled you. And no, he had $40. Like, there wasn't anything left in his pocket or whatever. He told me, he was like, you, do you come back here off? And I said, you know, every couple years or so. And he's like, well, next time you get a free cab ride on me. And I was like, you already told me you're going to be dead in six months later. That's what you opened with.

You know what I mean? But anyway. He got jail from murder. his brother. It's just wild, dude. Like, people, like, and I know old people, like, you know, they can be real chatty and shit. You know what I mean?

And a lot of them get into that profession because they like that. Right. Yeah. But it's just so wild to me. I used to, what's even worse than that, I used to work with a server at O'Charlie's when I was in college and she did that. She was this, you know, white, sweetheart, but, you know, white trash, a bigger girl.

And she just, like, strike from the trailer. and she'd just be like, you know, you want super soured with that. You know, my boyfriend's probably going to jail again for pills, but we're doing okay, you know, shit like that. Like, literally, no context just out of nowhere. And people, these like churchy-ass people in Cookville, Tennessee were, it super did not hit for them.

And she did not pick up on it at all, not even a little bit. Ended up getting fired if memory serves and couldn't understand why. A lot of those people, too, amongst their talk, they, like, for some reason, they think that everybody wants to, to hear about their bowels. I've noticed. Like another gas station thing. There's this girl that works at the gas station.

And she, too, bigger gal. She's super sweet. I went in there one night. I remember I went in there one night and I got, like I was drunk and I got like some Cheeto mac and cheese. I put it up there. And she was like, oh, oh, man, you had this? I was like, yes.

She goes, oh, man, I love this. Me and my roommate split it for dinner the other night. And now I'm feeling bad. I'm like, oh, Jesus Christ, you know what I mean? And she goes, but I tell you what, it tore me up. And now I'm sitting here in picture and her taking shit, you know, then I come back in there. Then I come back in there a couple days later, and nobody's in there, right? And so I get up to the front and, like, I just wanted a Gatorade.

And I'm about to just like literally leave a note, like, hey, Corey was here. He got a Gatorade. I'll get you back later. Then she comes out of the bathroom and she's just like pat and her belly. And she goes, wait. Yeah. And I was like, hey, and she goes, I don't know what it was, but something tore my ass up. It's spank, too.

And like, I don't really know her except for getting fig Newton's at two in the morning. And I just have to expect that she just tells everybody about her bowel movements. I don't know. There again, it's kind of like the other thing. Could be you. Like, right? He looks like the kind of guy that's like this guy knows about shitting hard and stanking. He's also got.

He comes in here. He eats trash at 3 a.m. every goddamn day. Like, this dude knows what it is to blow a turlet up. Also, look at his face. Well, he has such an inviting energy, which we've talked about this before in terms of, like, what you do on stage. You are aware that people feel, you know, generally comfortable around the roundness. It's like the opposite for me. And sometimes I feel bad about, like, that people, like, look at me.

And they're like, nope, that's a cop face and I don't like it. And then I hear stories like this. And I'm like, nah, it's worth it. I'm glad no one fucking. You're so right. There is something about me that, like, if I had wanted to, I probably would have made a really good therapist because people do feel comfortable opening up to me. I look like a person that. Do they open up or just share shit like that?

Because I feel like for me, dark shit people will throw them. I get trauma dumped a lot, but I don't ever get, like, let me tell you about my shits. And I thought you were Chinese, so I'm just going to make an accent towards you. Yeah. I get like, there's darkness in your eyes. Well, all right, here we go. I feel like I don't often get either, but obviously I just got a whole bunch of that

from that old fella and per... But he definitely was the type... It's wild that he's like saying that presumably multiple times a day. Yeah. At least pretty frequently, he's telling that story over and over to strangers. I mean, you know, that'll weigh on you.

Dude, you know, your brother's... I've never was a bad. And ruins your family. And then, you know, she dies of cancer 40 years later. Was her death fresh? He said last year. So he's processed. and maybe that, and that's why, because, like, I think that people do that.

Like, there's a time period where they... Well... Dude, I definitely accidentally found myself telling people about my brother. Comics, not like strangers, but just, like, me sitting around in the green room, and I'd be, like, halfway through the story and realize, this is horrific. Nobody wants to hear this. What am I doing? Well, you know what I do, do?

Because you've seen it a lot, and this is worse than that, I think. And it's talking about two other comics specifically, is I'll get in a mode where I'm trying... Or other, like, writers, happens with writers a lot. I'll be like, trying to like commiserate with them. So I start bitching about like... How awesome your life is. The industry and stuff.

Yeah. About things not working or whatever. But usually it's two people that like, you know, do not get hit as hard as me or whatever. And it's a really weird and not cool thing to do. And I'm totally oblivious to it the whole time. You know what offends me? I did that this weekend in Burlington I was doing it. To the feature. Yeah.

You know what offends me is that you couldn't decide if I was a comic or writer during that story you just told, man. That's what upset me. What do you mean? The joke was that you do that to me. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't, but that was the bit. Yeah, I was going to say that's why, like, our friendship is grown even stronger over the past seven years, because we're the only ones in each other's life that knows exactly how it all.

Like, we can share our bullshit because I'm with you. Like, if I ever, you know, some of my comic friends from Chattanooga, like, they're still my comic friends, but I find myself bitching about something. And I'm like, oh, you would love to have this issue. Dude, I just realized I did that all weekend in Austin. We do, and you don't even realize it. And what's funny is my takeaway, I realized I was doing it. I shouldn't say I just realized I did that.

I realized I was doing it, but my takeaway was because what I was talking about was like, look, you know, Well Red was awesome. We sold a TV show. I went on the road by myself. I made some money. I don't know if it's enough. I'm giving L.A. a shot.

And then I'm going to be honest with you, fellas. I might back out of trying. Like, I'll never quit stand up, but I think I might move back home and stop, like, trying to get the industry to give a fuck about me. and just do stand up, you know? And my takeaway at the end of the weekend, when I realized I'd been doing that was,

did you got to stop telling these kids on the come-up that you're going to quit? Like, they might look up to you. They might like bring you in on one of their projects, but they're going to write you off. And my takeaway should have been, hey, dude, stop complaining to people who are hungry for like everything you've got. Yeah, yeah, right. Dude, that was actually, that was actually like a thing, like in therapy,

one of my exercises that I worked on, which was like, Anytime you want to bitch about a problem, imagine yourself as 18 to 24 year old Corey what he would think. And usually the answer was he'd be so stoked to have this problem. You know what I mean? And then I would go, okay. I do that. Does that help that much?

No, no, not for me. That's what I was going to say. For five minutes. I didn't need a therapist to tell. I do that to myself. I always say that to myself. And then I'm like, yeah, it would hit for Younger May. Younger may don't know shit.

Fuck, him. Well, listen. Not to be eat, pray, lovely. I do think, like, quote unquote, practice and gratitude. Like, if you'll say out loud or just in your brain, these are the things I'm truly grateful for, absolutely helps your life. It helps mine when I do that.

It makes me feel way better. But it doesn't make me feel any differently about the problems that I have. It makes me feel better about my life, but the problem still exists, and it's still annoying, and I still want to commiserate. and I was trying to commiserate, the mistake I was making was commiserating with young comics who, in retrospect, some of them there in Austin

are, like, getting success. They don't realize that I'm, part of the reason I'm telling them is that I'm jealous of them. Like, one of them was KC, she writes for S&L. You know what I'm saying? It's like, oh, you don't even process that part of the reason I'm doing this is I'm jealous of your life because it's all ahead of you right now.

You know what I'm saying? And then, yeah, I had to go to my hotel alone and think about that, but, yeah. Yeah, but dude, it's so ahead. for us too. Like, you know, like, I'm fucking, I'll be 36 in a couple months, but like, I feel like I've always felt like 43, 44 is when my career's really gonna fucking take off. Like, we're white men in comedy. Imagine how sad we're all gonna be when it don't work. When it don't happen. But I also, you know what I mean? And now we're 44. But that's for future of.

Yeah, I know. I know. Okay, but can I just say something to? You're already a headliner. So like, while there's many other dreams you want to accomplish, the fact that you're moving tickets to you are and Corey I think you probably could be at this point with the files you have or close to it like like that's you're always going to have that to fuck like even if you're like in 40 and you're like fuck I still don't have a TV show but you're going to own a house yeah like I'm gonna be renting a garage if I don't do something new yeah yeah well dude all of it's sign up for gravybaby patreon dot com yeah I'm I'm genuinely fucking so excited about where my career is at like I I feel great about it.

But hey, speaking of being young, I did want to talk about one thing today that's going to probably make you feel super old. Or at least it did me. Maybe I'm wrong. So did y'all know that this coming Super Bowl will be the 20-year anniversary of when Janet Jackson got her titty pulled out by Justin Timberlake? I didn't know that. But as soon as you said, did you know Super Bowl, I knew what you were going to say. Really? And I'm like, I'm like, damn, but I'm not that shot.

Does that make sense? I'm like, damn, I'm not that shock. I thought it might be like Brady's first one or something, you know, like when he started the sentence, I'm saying, which was around that. That was like two or three years before that. Oh, and I knew it was going to be about tidies, baby. How far. What's up?

Yeah, I mean, I like Drew, just because I remember, that's a flashball moment for me. I remember where I was. Me too. I was in Cory Barlow's dad's trailer, right? and so I was like that means I was like late teens for sure which was you know 20 years ago or whatever

yeah people I guess like timber like I don't remember I wasn't real plugged in at the time I was like oh shit did it came out whatever but like didn't did he sort of like just throw her under the bus or whatever yes he didn't like say oh my God why'd she do that he just pretended like he didn't know it was going to happen like he had no part in it was so

obvious that they planned. And he got away with it all. I think here's what the thing is, is that he didn't like say anything like blaming her, but he also didn't come to her defense or anything. Like he just sort of let her take all of that and never once was like, hey, why isn't anybody saying anything about me? You know what I mean? He didn't drag her out from in front of the bus when he had a solid minute and a half to do so. Right. He's just saying like, oh no, the bus is going to hit her. Yeah. Oh man, look at this bus slowly coming towards her. Uh, here comes the bus. And he definitely had the power, especially

even in later years, he definitely had the power to make a statement and be like, hey, it's kind of fucked up that when everybody talks about that, they only talk about Janet and not me, the one who fucking did it. I like Justin Timberlake and I don't think he's a horrible person, but I think anyone who's seen him

like in interviews or on punked when they stole his dogs knows that he's a fucking pussy. I mean, that's probably like saying so good. Yeah, he was an in sync. Yeah, he's like a musical theater guy or whatever.

Yeah. Yeah, he's a Nickelodeon kid. Yeah, right. Like, the toughest one is Ryan Gosling. Yeah, that's so funny. And he's a doll. He was sweet. Yeah, he was sweet to my mom once at a store, so naturally I like him.

I know, I like him too. But I'm with you. But I'm with you. But I'm with you. It got scary. If everyone would have loved it, he would have absolutely been like, yeah, man, when we planned that, you know, I knew it was going to hit. He's just a pussy.

No, and also, like, like, he's just a pussy. Like, there's a lot of stuff with the Brittany shit. You know what I mean? Like him sort of like, him and Britney's whole breakup. And then in like 2007, Brittany had a, which if what happened to Brittany in 2007 happened to her today, I would like to think that as a culture,

we would react to it different because we treat mental health a little bit differently. But like when Brittany was clearly having a crisis of health, he sort of used it as an opportunity to be like, see, I was the right one in the relationship. ship and he puts out all these songs about him and shit. And like, yeah, he, like, great entertainer. I maintain that, like, speaking of Disney kids, Gossling and Timberlake are two dudes who if they had decided to go into comedy, they probably would have made it there, too,

like as comedic actors, they're super talented. But, yeah, Timberlake's probably a little bitch. I would argue Gosling sort of has. I mean, he's in a lot of funny stuff. But having seen Barbie, yeah, dude, he's like, he's like, he's like one of the funniest actors there is, including, like, you. straight up comedic actors. Like, he's like, he's that good.

That thing you're talking about is so true, but I also think that's just Hollywood, man. Like, I'm not, in no way am I trying to let Timberlake off the hook for doing that. But that is quite literally how this machine works. You know, there's that famous Dave, Dave Chappelle story. He said no to Comedy Central, and he flew back to Ohio. And when he landed, there were three stories out about him being crazy. Like, that's just how the machine works. You know, his PR people.

They might not even ran it by him. They probably did, though. Again, I'm not trying to let them off the hook. That's true. And also, to be fair, when all this stuff was happening with Brittany, social media wasn't really that big of a deal. So in order for someone to say something or make a statement, it literally had to be during like a fucking press conference or something.

It's not like Timberlake could have sent a tweet. Those people, they'd have their publicists, like, put out a statement. Right. So that person would call their contacts with people that work at these various outlets. and shows and magazines and stuff and like release a statement is how they used to do it. Let's also go back to that time period and how not only did we not know how to deal with mental health like in terms of a famous person, we didn't know how to deal with in our day-to-day lives.

And you guys have seen Brittany on social media lately. She's clearly got something going on. And it's clear that like some version of the industry, her parents, her handlers have done this to her. Like she was a very bright young lady and now like there's something, there's a disconnect there, right? my point with all that is, and again, I'm really not trying to fucking defend Justin Timber. Like, I called him a pussy earlier, but that might be a natural reaction to that before we all learned about mental health.

Of like, he might have actually genuinely been like, see, I've been trying to tell you all there's something wrong with her. Right. Yeah. And honestly, I understand that reaction, like, going like, listen, you know, I told you she was fucking crazy. Like, we all did that younger, when we were younger. Like, it's just fucking crazy. It's just like, you know, know, yeah, but like now with the Britney Spears thing like sort of unfolded and it's like, okay, by our definition of crazy, yes, she is mentally unwell, but like it's not her fault

and like it's deeper than that. Like I'm not, again, I don't, I genuinely don't think Justin Timberlake is a horrible dude because I think if he was, more stories would have come out about him. But like, you get what I'm saying. Dude, if you just don't rape, no stories will come out about you. Yeah. Just don't rape. If you're that talented, all you got to do. It is. It's like, it seems to be the main rule. Or say the N-word. And some of them, dude, can't handle it. Even then.

Can't handle that, you know? Yeah. They just got to rape. Well, it's kind of why they got there. You know what I mean? It's almost like it was the driving force for years. I wanted to ask y'all, so Katie left this morning, not forever. Sorry, buddy.

That'd be wild, if that's how I told you all that. Especially after that fucking story. On the podcast, yeah. That's absolutely. You went into that character because you were uncomfortable sharing your feelings? Yeah, yeah. I told the whole story by that guy 40 minutes in to a random episode. I'm like, so yeah, she left me this morning.

It's over anyway. I don't know. But no, she flew back to Tennessee, and this is still very raving. She might be leaving. She flew back to Tennessee to do, finish the work on the house I grew up in while I stay here with the kids, as is my place, right? So, like, I'm here cooking, cleaning while she's, like, pulling out insulation and putting up drywall and shit like that, right? like because that's that's how it works in our but also like dude she's a fucking white woman she loves that

hg tv shit she's a fucking hog heaven dude she loves the shit i don't i hate it that's worse also you've got shit to do that's true i know but so anyway and we scheduled this along in advance during a break in my schedule so i could be so she's gone for like 10 days how do y'all operate in a similar scenario just generally speaking now i have kids y'all are new to that i think the kids changes everything

it's like almost like there's almost no way to like commiserate with you because it's so different. So because every time, so I know, and Chad Daniels had great bits about this dynamic. I've heard a lot of other people pointing out, but Katie is very much one of those people that's like, she just thinks I am just utterly incompetent in every capacity. Like anytime she leaves me with them, it's like she's texting me the whole time. It's like, and she might as well be texting me like, hey, you remembered that we have children, right?

You know what I mean? It's like, yeah, they're fucking 11 and 10 years old. Like I remember, you know, she's like, you remember what school. is you know how like kids go to school they eat three meals you're gonna yeah right they need three yeah exactly it's like don't let the cat die and make sure the kids are like that type of shit and it's like Jesus fucking Christ so

what I do is like I'm so powered by spite and so many things like out of spite I like go into overdrive and like when she comes home everything will be like in immaculate condition kids have new haircuts everything is great like much more than when she left it, right? And it's all just to, like, prove a point. But I realize it's also like,

wow, I really showed her. I was fixing to say. Yeah, I was about to ask you. Do you think you're winning this? No, I don't. I'm aware of it. I'm saying it's like she's got me manipulated or trained or whatever so well. She goes and gets to a clean bath. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. Amber has gone back to work. You know, when we first had the kid, she was off for the summer and I was, you know, off not doing anything. Well, now she's gone back to work. So like, from until Amber gets home from her elementary school job at like four, it's just me and the kid, which by the way, I've fucking loved it. It's been awesome. She, you know, Amber leaves. She wakes me up at 7.30. I get him. We have our bottle. We take a nap.

I take him in there. We do tummy time. Then, you know, we watch our, you know, we watch our stories. We do a little bit more tummy time. He eats. We play around. It's fucking great. But I too have been like, she thinks she thinks i ain't doing shit she thinks that i'm not a man you know so like i've been doing the same thing where like i've also been cleaning the fucking house i've been mopping and shit i've been getting stuff done to prove your manhood right do what but it's also the element of like to prove your manhood right and i totally get that but it's also to prove my I feel like there's also an element of like see i'll show her it can be done god damn yes yes yes that's it that's it and i and i and i do it

And it's funny because I've felt the same what. Now, part of me is genuinely just like, hey, if you are going to be the one that's at home, this is, you do need to take care of the home. Right. Like, that's what you need to do. Like, man or woman, this isn't, this isn't man or woman's work. This is person who's at the house the most work. Right.

Now, when she gets home at four, I then go to work. Like, I then start my work and do all my shit. And I work from, like, four to about. about 8.30-ish, and then I come home and relieve her the kid, and then we put him to bed or whatever, and then I usually go back to work. But, like, yeah, there is this part of me that's like, I'll show fucking her how much I can get done. And it's like, yeah, she comes home to this pristine house, candles smelling everywhere. It's been mopped. And, like, and at no point is she thinking, boy, that motherfucker really showed me. Exactly. Right. Yeah, you're sitting over there

like, yeah, you see, you see that? And she's just like, this is great, you know, just, it's, It's just so raving, man. This is a hell of a thing for me to say, but you guys fight a lot of ghosts. Sure. Yes. Right. But also, hey, do you do the thing that I do?

Whereas, like, it's possible that you could clean the kitchen, like, and, you know, like, really wipe it down. But maybe she wouldn't, like, notice somehow. So you have to leave, like, a rag or the cleaner sitting there somewhere. That's a Jeff Foxworth's a joke. Oh, is it really? He's talking about how, like, men have to take credit for every chore that they do. Yeah.

And the act out is so funny. A woman can be out repaving the driveway. Yeah. Man, walk out on the porch, baby. Don't worry about cleaning out that ass train of den. I don't got that. Yeah. I think I'm going to take me in that, man.

I'm pretty tired. Hey, you need to smooth that out right over there. You just totally forgot about that. But that's exactly what I do. That's exactly what I do. Like, when I fucking mock. The king. Like when I mop, what I'll do is I'll leave, like, so our mop is in this like, it's in this like closet in the middle of our like hallway.

So what I'll do is I won't put the mop back in the hallway closet. I'll just leave it right outside like, oh, I forgot to, damn, I forgot to put the mop back in. Clearly I mop, but I forgot to put the mop back in. My bad, baby, I'll get that right after your ass. See it. Yeah. Yeah, I say stuff. Like I, you know, like, I'll be like,

hey, I need a knife for this thing. Can you, they're in the, there's clean knives in the drain because I did the dishes. But if you could bring me a knife, so I can cut this box open. Oh, yeah, scissors. Good idea. I didn't even think of using the scissors that were right there.

My fault. Yeah. And I mean, but like I also, and then, too, you're right, dude, we fight so many ghosts. But then, like, I also have to make it a point to be like, and you know what? After I did all that,

my ass went to work. You know what I mean? Like, it wasn't like this was my only thing. I then went to work. And I'm telling you, dude, and I'm going to get in a lot of trouble for saying this, I am going to get,

I don't care. I don't give a fuck. If you're a single mom who has to work and also raise a baby, that is difficult. But if you were fucking blessed enough just to stay at home with a kid,

and that's all you got to do, I find that to hit real fucking hard. I find that to be great. I don't. I find you need to shut the, fuck up is what you need to do. Yeah, you really went there in the end. I love it.

I mean, what's it? I mean, that Bill Burr's got that legendary bit about these, like, these mothers out here bending over at the waist, putting DVDs in the DVDs. DVDs. Yeah. Now, now, now, let me preface it by saying this. If you're a woman who lives in an archaic marriage where your husband is forcing you to do this, but you would like to do something else, that's bullshit.

all I'm saying is if you chose to be a stay-at-home mom and you're afforded that luxury because your husband makes enough money, then like, oh, boo, they puked on you. Change your fucking shirt. You don't have to do anything else. It's fucking fine. I love it. I mean, yeah, you know. Spitting fire there. Oh, it's because it's like I just always used to feel like, especially when I had the day job working for the DOE, because I had my kids then, too.

And, like, I would, I'd come home from that, and that job super did not hit for me, you know, of course. But I could come home from that and then do a bunch of that type shit. You know what I mean? Like, I was never the type of man just come in and like, you know, immediately start on a six pack of beer. That was great timing. Immediately start on a six pack of beer and just, you know, kick my feet up on the couch and like, you ain't got dinner yet, great yet, goddamn. You know what I mean? Like I'd come.

I cook, too. I know, me too. That's what I'm saying. I think it's... Where are these angels? But anyway... I know. But, yeah, so I know exactly what you mean.

Because I used to say, it's like, I'm doing a lot of the shit that, you know, goes in that bucket while also doing all this other shit, too. And then, you know, get emasculated for not wanting to, you know, fix a clog toilet or whatever. When we rent the fucking house. Anyway, sorry. I didn't want us to... Anyway. I think it's also like a time... It's hilarious.

I think it's a time period thing. Because me okay, you're doing great. for the record right now. I'm really... Me and Amber are doing great. Corey's like bringing me taking me back down memory lane and shit right now. It's fucking earlier in the goings with the kids

and the marriage and stuff. I do think it's a time period thing. I think that like there was a time where keeping a house was a different job than it is now. You know, you have four kids. There was no restaurants around. The grocery store was miles away. You had to mill fucking flour to make

the bread. If you didn't have it spotless, you'd get tuned up at 5.30. That's right. Amber's not coming home and beating me. So that's pretty sweet. That is pretty sweet of her, because she could. She fucking could. All right, speaking of reverting then back to the past, which is what we've been

doing for a while here. It's what I wanted to talk about this week. So I went to Austin this weekend, and I had a show, I had supposed to have two shows at Vulcan, and one of them got canceled. So I had a show at Vulcan, but I went there a few days early, and I just booked a bunch of, like, random shows.

And I know you haven't been, Corey. I don't think you've been to Austin maybe once since the pandemic ended, but probably just to do your show. Damn, I don't think I have been to Austin since I. Last time I went to Austin, we was doing mushrooms. I'm going to, I'll be at Vulcan, September 15th and 16th, by the way, go to trackrider.com. So it's coming up soon.

I'm looking forward to it. So this weekend was the last weekend we could do anything, like, sort of safely and like not needed to be close to the midwife and all the stuff because of the baby, right? So it was going to be like a baby moon, but as Annie was like, I don't want to do anything. So I was like, all right, I'm going to go to Austin. I've been meeting to check it out. So I didn't have time.

I just booked the one thing. Like, it wasn't a headlining spot, right? So I was like, all right, I want to check it out. I'm going to try to get a mothership show. Sam Talent, shout out, got me one on Sunday, but I didn't want to hang around for it. But I spent Wednesday through Friday just hanging out, seeing old friends, making new ones, going to the creek in the cave,

which is there now instead of New York. Is it the same people? Like, you go there and you know the people there? I know some of the owners and stuff. Yeah. I mean, like the bartenders didn't move. Yeah. Some of them may have.

Right. And it is so very just an imprint of Joe Rogan and Dave Chappelle. That's what I've heard. It is, the scene is, and not that there's not all, not that there's not great and smart comics, but the imprint of Joe Rogan, L. Cunning. There's so many, there's great comics, but there's so many bad comics who just like, they're just doing a joke about their, who they're, they're, they're just doing a joke about their, who they date. and they just want to work the F slur in. It has nothing to do with anything. They're just like, they're just being edgy.

Right. So, like when we started. I always hated that shit. All the Bill Hicks lights that were out there. It was Bill Hicks and Louis when we started. Yeah, when we start, I was about to say everyone was suicide. When I started, it was, when I started it was Mitch Hedberg and Bill Hicks. Yeah.

And then, and then, so like, yeah. And like, there's nothing more annoying than seeing whatever the new generation copying this part. But this one is like, God damn, like at least Bill Hicks and Mitch Hedberg were like original heady thoughts and shit. This is just like we're all supposed to just say a slur and we're all supposed to just what?

What's the new thing? Well, they also all got podcasts and they are way more focused on that. That's all they talk. They don't talk about jokes. They talk about their podcasts or whatever. But listen, I don't want to make it like it was awful. It's not like everyone there was just fucking Joe Rogan or his worst guess.

I made a joke about one guy in particular who I don't like I don't want to say his name because I don't want to get any of that stuff and the comics I was with like fucking loved it. They were like yeah we hate that fucking guy too. So I'm not trying to paint it like it's just a nightmare of a thing but what it did remind me of

and I noticed this as I drank more, hung out more. And by the way, shout of the people who fucking hung, your boy Maverick and I hung out, Dean Stan Stanfield who I fucking adore, showed me around. We had a great time. But I absolutely became more broie. Like, I absolutely reverted back to college, Drew,

and part of it was, like, a defense mechanism. I realized, like, now looking back on it, part of it is, like, these are the people who made me funny. These are the only people who ever tried to, like, pick on me or give me shit. I was, you know, the queer who played football. Like, they had to give me some respect because I was as good at football as them,

but they were constantly ribbing me. I used to have the joke. My nickname in college was liberal lef slur. Liberal faggot. Yeah, there it is. So. Thank you, Corey. as the week progresses, I get brolier and broier.

By the time my Saturday show rose, again, this is all in retrospect. I'm not processing any of this. By the time my Saturday show rose around, I've been doing the same set all week. I didn't change any of the jokes, but I have become more jockish or whatever. And I'm saying all this to say that then, like, I had some fans there. Shout out to everybody who came. I met Sarah after the show. Sarah, you were very cool.

You invited me hang out at a boy. are you and your girl. I hope I didn't offend you. Like I, I realized like when I started meeting the fans, I was like, oh man, I like became an old version of myself. And in my mind, it was like going after, I'm going to tell this story. This is a confession. And this is not going to make me any friends with our fans. But this is like to bring the point home. There was this kid, Corey, who had like a guest spot. Trey knows the story. And he closed out with with that as a punchline. Uh-huh.

Like, that, like, I don't even remember the joke. It's just like, then he just said fag it. Yeah. What I like to do is I like to adopt this accent and say fag.

Because over there, he didn't, he wasn't talking about cigarettes. He wasn't talking about cigarettes. He meant, you know, homosexuals. Right.

But he said fag. It did. Right. Repeatedly. Repeatedly. Right. And he comes off stage. Not a troller.

I'm not proud of this. But I had reverted, you know. And he walks by me and I said, hey, mate. Nice set. Good set, faggot. That's exactly what I said. Shut the fuck up.

And it was like, I was not trying to bury your joke. I was trying to hit. That's literally what I said to him. And then he like sincerely thanked me and it was like, whatever. But I told, like, I told that story to some of the, like, I feel ashamed. It was that thing I have in me where like, fuck these pieces of shit. And I'll beat them at their own game. But it's like, now you lost because you became them.

Yeah, because he's just like, oh, thanks, bro. He literally did that. It made me so fucking mad. Yeah, it's so funny. It made me furious. Yeah, that's hilarious. And then I was processing it like in the hotel room, stoned, sad, you know, the end of the week, whatever. And I was like, man, it took four days for me to revert to the person that I don't want to be anymore.

and what's fucked up is I convinced myself I did it to show a guy who's like 20 in an idiot probably like you know what I mean? I hope this person never sees I don't even know who they are who's so insignificant in my life and in the world of comedy

dude in a couple weeks that shit fucking happens though in a couple weeks we got to make sure and say cun a lot I think we're on a good little with Australian though yeah right kind yeah but yeah you know

we had our word two weeks ago this way. We've got to stop. Well, well, no, dude, no, no, no. I mean, yeah, we're going to stop before we get to the N-word, obviously. But I'm saying we can go a little further. Well, we were making a point, and your point is well taken, because I've been Well, the point was that I'm an asshole, because I

said it. No, I know. No, no, no. No, no. I mean, yes, yes, yes, and me too, but the point is, is that it is easy to slip back into old habits that you used to, it was no big deal, or whatever. And, like, I felt,

the same way around some of my buddies at home. Like, you know, I have matured and I know like, hey, you know, homophobic jokes ain't cool or whatever and this, this, this, and this. And so it's like, I won't make them. But, like, there for a long time, people around me would still be, like, kind of making them and I would just kind of like, you know, going about my day, whatever. And, like, dude, really only until, like, pretty recently have I ever called any of my buddies on some of it where I'm just like, hey, okay, that one wasn't even a little bit good.

You know what I mean? Sure. Like, if you're going to do it, at least make it good. Well, that's how you got them in the past was you beat them at it, right? I mean, that's how it was for me. It was like, I was like, I'm better than y'all at this. Y'all are dumb and you think that, like, that's the whole joke. But another thing that I want to explain to you guys, too, to be clear about, like,

so I have a joke that I've been doing right now about, it has a reference to that Black black-eyed piece song that was popular. Uh-huh. Let's get retarded. And the joke is a solid joke, and it doesn't offend anyone the way I tell it. Sounds a little 2000 and late. Yeah, it is a little. Yeah.

Hilarious. Sorry. Getting out of it. But what I realize, and then I have another joke, it's about this very thing, about, like, toxic masculinity and how broken men are. But in it, I use the word gay as an insult, but, like, in character. I guess part of my point is I'm doing 12-minute sets. Both those jokes were working as I,

I tried, so those became, you know what I mean? It's like, I'm being fucking molded by this place. After 13 years of doing comedy and very much not wanting to be, not only this comic, but not someone who gives you shit what the audience thinks, because I'll tell you what's funny. And again, these are my jokes. I love these jokes. I stand behind them, but it's certainly not two I would choose to do in a 12-minute set necessarily. It's like, these are for the 25-minute set, so you get to know me first.

That's like unavoidable, in my opinion. Fair. You, like, I've talked a ton before about how, like, coming up where I, where we did, and like the South or whatever, like, all the types of shit that I do, the, like, you know, progressive redneck shit or whatever, then and there was, like, super, super subversive and all this type of shit, which is what hit for me about it, you know what I mean? But then, but, like, out here, everybody's just like, yeah. Oh, you don't like the Confederacy?

That's the very bare minimum. Yeah, yeah. You want a cookie? Yeah, right. Exactly. Yeah, and it makes you start wanting to go the opposite for just a second, but then you remember your actual core values. And you're like, well, okay. But a crowd, you do shows in a certain scene that has a certain vibe about it. Like, it's going to, I don't think you can avoid it, like, shaping you in some way. The most toxic part about me is that I have to win. So, like, part of it was just like, I, y'all think I can't do this? Right. You think one of the little rednecks can't make Austin laugh when it's not his crowd? Yeah. I don't need.

a loaded bat, motherfuckers, watch. Yeah. But then I realized, I'm doing what you guys have been doing with your wives. I just realized this. Like, that kid came off stage and I said that to him, like, I'll show you. Yeah. And he was like, hell yeah, dude. Yeah, right.

I'm a pound it out, dude. But, like, dude, we've all three been like that. Like, we tell everybody all the time that, like, you know, when we do a show in San Francisco, we do our thing a little bit different where, like, I know when I'm in San Francisco, I make fun of liberals more than I do when I'm in Tennessee. But I kind of did the opposite this time is what I'm saying. Now, it wasn't our crowd, but you see what I'm saying? Like, I kind of like, I let it like mold me and it was subconscious. Yeah. Yeah. That shit happens though, dude. I mean, you know, it does. Well, I mean,

it does. Shout out Tony Camel for coming out, our boy. I mean, according to him, you know, according to him, he didn't see none of it and I murdered and all that. Thanks, buddy. He's a good guy. Lovely. He's such a great fucking. musician too, man. If y'all don't follow Tony Camel on Instagram like, brother, it's, that motherfucker stay noodling on reels. Dude, I embarrassed him, and I feel bad about

this. We went into this one place. It was like another club. We were just bouncing around. He wanted to go see it all or whatever. And they were letting me in because I'm a comic, even though they didn't really know me. I just, again, I had that fucking energy. I was like, yeah, dude, I just did a set at the Vulcan. Like, let's just go hang out. We're going to go to the green room. And he goes, is this guy a comic? And I go,

that guy's a fucking Grammy winner. That's great. Speaking of stand-up, I'm going to go ahead and plug. I think we should wrap it up here. Like I said, actually, because Katie's out of town, those are my next shows, are the ones in Austin in September. And then after that, I've got a big-ass Ohio run, five cities, five days, and a bunch of other stuff after that.

Ontrechtruder.com, get you tickets. You know, watch me in Smart Mark, talk about politics and shit on weekly skews. I got a Patreon, so on and so forth. Pre-order the book, around here and over yonder. also on trekkruder.com. Corey can tell you about the other stuff after Drew goes right ahead. Oh no, buddy. All I got coming up is an appointment with the midwife. That's right. So I think my next show outside of L.A. or San Diego is going to be, maybe San Francisco, and I'll let y'all know, it is going to be when Well Red comes home for Christmas as we do.

Nice. Corey. Yeah, as Trey said, please pre-order the book around here and over yonder. You can do that at Treycrowder.com or Corey Ryan Forrester.com. And if you go to Corey Rory, Reinforcer.com. You'll also get a link to my substack, which is where I'm doing a lot of cool things, a lot of bonus stuff. It's $5 a month. I'd appreciate it if you supported me on that. And putting on airs, me and Trey show about fancy people and their culture. We just ended a three fucking week run on the history of the Barbie doll, which was pretty popular. So thank you all for doing that. And I believe that's it. thank you all for listening to the well-read show.

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