Whiskey Ginger with Andrew Santino - Neal Brennan

Episode Date: April 12, 2024

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Ginger. I like gingers. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Neil Brennan! Hi. Back on the podcast. Hey, everybody. Third time. Talking about his phenomenal Netflix special that's out right now on Netflix. I'm handling it pretty well. A beautiful cinematic journey through comedy.

Probably the prettiest special you've ever shot. I think visually it looks awesome. When you showed me the idea of what you were going to do before you shot, you showed me what those backgrounds were going to look like. I thought that's really, really cool. Because most of the specials look the same. I mean, whatever. People don't like, they think it's too busy.

But I don't think, it's like, why not? I don't know. Just give people something to look at. Yeah, it's so funny. All the years, they always kind of, when you have these great ideas, then the production companies and whoever always kind of steps in and goes listen it costs so much to do this and we just want them to focus on you and then you start to get suckered into being like i guess well you hear me yeah it's about me you want to focus oh yeah the background's you baby don't even mic the crowd i'll record myself laughing at my own jokes ha ha ha

who did a special what nobody, with no crowd? A few people. Special to nobody. I want to do a special I think my next special is going to be to people who hate comedy. Just loathe comedy. There's

coasters for what? $40 barrel? $56. $56. But there's coasters because I don't want to ruin it. I don't want to bring the value down. The coaster is more of a...

It's also to cover up these holes. This is me listening. Yeah. It's to cover up these holes. This is like a cop going, no, speak! Yeah. And I'm getting rid of it.

No, it's two drinks. I only had two. No, it's to cover up these little holes. Look at these holes. Oh, all right. Yeah, it's two drinks. I only had two. No, it's to cover up these little holes. Look at these holes. Oh, all right. Yeah, no, most, like I say, most male decorating is defensive. Yeah. I just don't want to get made fun of.

These are just holes in the wall. That's why all these things are up. Well, you still have a horrible anger issue. Come on. I didn't do it. Let's get deep. Go. It's my stock and trade.

Let's go. You must be familiar with my stock and trade. Let's go. You must be familiar with my work. Since I've last put you on the show. Put me on. Thank you. Yeah, well, you're welcome. Our friendship has continued to blossom. You're in love.

And you don't have to talk about it, but I know you want to. It's all I care about. You are in love And it's She's great And You know There's funny things Some things are like

Women's factory settings That you just Kind of can't get rid of So even the best woman Is still like Oh Oh fuck Okay

Yeah they're all programmed A little bit Yeah a little bit So I don't even know why I'm bringing that up. But yeah, no. But the thing with us is we'll tell you up front what the issues are. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you can kind of see them on us.

We wear them pretty. You and I do, yeah. Because we're brave. Because we're brave men. All broken, brave. Yeah, no. So there's... I don't even know.

She's great. And she's a kid, which I was not interested in, and I never wanted to have kids. Have you ever dated somebody with a kid? I have, and I like it because they – I like it if a woman has a kid because they have a primary emotional relationship. They care more about something else than you. They don't look to you as a conduit for another person.

They have that person already, and you can be as the guy you can be what we're meant to be i believe ready for what i believe we're meant to be an entertaining penis person i think that's what we are you down with epp yeah you know me yeah i believe that we are entertaining penis people we're just funny and we'll take them to eat we are entertaining penis people. We're just funny, and we'll take them to eat. We're entertaining, and then we like to have sex. Would you like to have sex with us? We'd like to have sex with you. Almost no question asked.

We'd like to have sex when you'd like to have sex. We have to be ready. Yeah, we are. We're the Marines. We have to be ready. We have to be ready. We always have our warm-ups on. Semper Fi.

Is that the Marines? It's one of them. That's the Marine Corps. Yeah, Semper Fi. We're always ready with our tearaways. We're ready to get in the game. Yes. Yeah.

Yeah, we don't need to warm up. We're ready to go. Ready to go. Did you wear ripaways when you were in high school? I was never that level where I needed ripaways. No, but I'm saying, like, we would also wear them in our daily. Oh, just on the streets? Yeah, like, I just would wear them because they were Adidas pants, you know, the Adidas

track pants. Oh, yeah. And I would have, like I just would wear them because they were Adidas pants, you know, the Adidas track pants. Oh, yeah. And I would have the ripaways to let people know I hoop. This is like a... At any point. You do know I hoop. Yeah.

I do have shorts on under this and I am going to hoop at any point. Sometimes I'd wear shorts under my jeans. I like to hoop so much. That's crazy. Some clumping, I would think. It was a little clumpy. Yeah.

A little clumpy. But it didn't matter. Not back then. Also, JNCO jeans, man. You could put two pairs of shorts in there. Yeah, a couple. A couple on there. No one would even suspect a thing.

No, but the reason I go back to since we've been friends, I've never known you, and am I going to harp on it, but I've never known you to be in love. I've known you to be in relationships, but I think your life dramatically changed in the last like maybe three or four years uh spiritually um and and relationship wise and it's tremendously changed who you are as a person i was of course talking about ayahuasca endlessly dmt endlessly google it um But the unsung hero The last year MDMA Oh, a new beast Yeah, that's the unsung hero

Do you feel like you've conquered the others a little bit? Well, they did whatever they needed to do For my brain Because MDMA used to not work For me Literally, I'd take it and nothing would happen Because I don't think i had any serotonin so the ayahuasca and dmt reset the reset it reset my brain um if you get a chance reset your brain

and it's pretty it's pretty cool as it's happening it's pretty it's it's yeah so the and so i've done mdma probably four or five times in the last year. And that's been the thing that got me pitching to you. Here's what happened. I did it. I did it. There was one in particular in August. Because I've done ayahuasca, everything I've done since then is also ayahuasca yeah it becomes like

a god connection right mushrooms god connection like a i can microdose and be so if i meditate on a microdose it's like it it's i'm i'm in i'm like not on earth, right? So MDMA has taken, it's the same God connection thing. There was one in August where I did it and was able to forgive all of my many enemies. All of them from MDMA? Yeah, in that moment. MDMA brought a sack of forgiveness for you In the five hours of MDMA

I was able to forgive my many Enemies Many many many enemies Two hands ain't gonna do it And I Was And then the next day I was like Why was I able to forgive

Because what I realized is I never have serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin in my brain. The shit that MDMA just gives you. I never have it. Then I realized, well, what do I have? I have cortisol and adrenaline constantly. I think you probably have the same thing. Yeah. That was a little quick.

When I crash, it's bad. Yeah. So I realized that that's what my brain is making. So I realized that that's what my brain is making. And what I call a personality, sort of sarcastic, kind of caustic personality, is just a bunch of bad chemicals. It's like, oh, I make lead sandwiches at this restaurant. And I act like they're good. They're not. And I was serving them to everyone.

Here's a lead sandwich. You're like, all right, thanks. and I was serving them to everyone here's a lead sandwich so I started thinking about how to sort of handle my brain and just I started ignoring the negative thoughts like you

are not your thoughts that and Eckhart Tolle I did the hackiest shit Eckhart Tolle is just like observe your brain you're not your thoughts you're the thing that observes your thoughts. Right. So I've been doing that and I've just gotten on some, and then that led me to like gratitude and writing. I do a gratitude checklist and I did, was doing it once a day.

And then Rainn Wilson on my podcast pitched, why don't you do it four or five times a day? I was like, fine. So I ever So it takes about 40 seconds, and I just write down the facts of my life. The facts of my life. Did you write today? Yeah. Can you give them or no? Oh, I mean, the good ones are,

it's shit I yell at you all the time. Basically, like, how much better could this be going? Yeah. This is a dream come true. It's not only it's your dream come true, it's most people's dream come true. You should. Eight billion people, you get most people's dream. You have a beautiful wife.

You have a beautiful wife, you have a beautiful house, you have two thriving podcasts, you can sell out shows on the road whenever you want, you have a job that you know how to do. Yeah. That's incredibly lucrative. What? One more. Here's the thing. One more. What's incredibly lucrative. What? One more. The thing, here's the thing. And I,

all right. So one more, what's this? Yeah. Then I'll, then I'll buy it. What street did, Oh, it's the, so Santino used to work on the queen Mary, right? That's right. He was a bartender or waiters. No, no. I was the, I was like the halftime relief. It was the most embarrassing. I would like MC. I had to go out and like. MC on a boat. On a boat, yeah. In Long Beach, like an hour away from LA.

On a boat. His MC. So what I yell at Santino all the time. Free salami though, free salami. So right there. I would get free salami and cheese. And if I'm, Santino, as we all know, likes complaining. He likes feeling sorry for himself.

You think he's being fucked constantly. Constantly. The world is constantly fucking him. Out to get me. If the world isn't fucking Santino, it's because it's waiting for the Viagra to kick in so it can fuck him some more. That's exactly right. And so when God, a thing I now believe in, if God hears Santino complaining, God's got to be like, wait a minute. Is that the kid from the Queen Mary?

Didn't we give him the everything package? And he's still fucking complaining? Yeah. All right. cancer it is but i i get but you know i get the complaining bug and the down on myself bug that's just a symptom of my depression overwhelming my thoughts and right drowning me with fear that's all it really is like i'm so blessed and so appreciative and so happy if you just i get scared because you're right but what happens is if you don't if you let your your brain will do it's i read it there was a book called the shallows about what the internet does to your

brain and there's a line you are what you do repeatedly and it's like if you i've noticed in myself if i don't write down the shit I'm grateful for, I'll slip into fucking negativity. Yeah. And so it's getting in the way of your own process. And like, your brain wants to do that. You know it wants to do that. Well, I'm getting better at it. It's science fiction.

Anything negative you say. Science fiction. Is science fiction. You don't have problems well i mean you have a problem which we won't talk about but you get sound off in the comments um but no we all have we all have problems it's just our scale of the problems is relative like actual problems we talked about it's like you saw that netflix world war ii thing where the russians were eating their own horses for food that's a problem depends on how you marinate it but yes it is no you're right but i do think at every level

you're going to encounter pain and suffering it's all it's. But you're way better off remembering the scale. No, I agree. Look, I'm getting better at it. When we talk, you know I get better at it as time has gone on. I say all the time, my mother used to make us, if she saw somebody who was handicapped in public, she would always grab my arm real aggressively. Doesn't sound like a Midwestern mom. Go ahead. And she would say, do you see that woman over there or that person over there across the street? And I'd say, yeah.

And she said, you have to count your blessings. Whatever it is. If it was someone who was in a wheelchair, and she'd always say, I don't want you to complain and remember that you're blessed, that you don't have to deal with life with that kind of handicap, where everything everything you do you take for granted she can't get into it takes her twice as long to get in a car and she would point that out all the time when we were

kids and you're like yeah but she gets the good space yeah she gets her first parking spot and also they treat her better you don't think i want handles on my steering wheel? That I can do with my foot? Yeah, yes. No, but I am more grateful. If you're not, the thing I write is like, if I'm not grateful for this, I'm the asshole. Yeah. It's not the thing. No.

It's me. No, I am grateful. The biggest, the fear or the negativity that I have is always the idea that I will never be able to do this again. And that's just all it is. I just need to get over it. How many episodes is this podcast, Vita? I think we're on 20, 26. How many episodes?

Right. Yeah. And how many of you and Bobby done? What are you afraid you're not going to be able to do? No, I don't know. It's definitely not a legitimate fear, but I do have a fear that like one day they won't want you around or one day it's. They won't. Yeah.

Yeah, I know. And then what are you just going to like. No, no. I'm just going to go. Knew it. That's my problem. I told you. I told myself.

Self look in the mirror. You mean you wouldn't listen. I'm getting over it. Brennan tried to make us optimistic. And yeah. And even then. But it's a symptom of this business, right? This business is like, you're lucky to be here.

I don't think it's the business' fault. You're lucky to be here. I think we'd be like this forever. You're lucky to be here. We get denied. No, I know, but I mean, you're lucky to be here is kind of the phrase for so long. Then you get denied a lot, you know, and that's fine. And then you learn to deal with it.

And then when it does kind of come to fruition, it is sometimes overwhelming. You do get a little scared. You're like, wow, is this, A, do I deserve this? Because I have a guilt complex. I was like, oh, do I even deserve this? And then also, fuck, how long? But the other half is like, I deserve that.

No, I don't feel, I've never, I wish I felt that way. But why are you mad all the time? Why are you mad? If you're mad. I'm not mad all the time. Right, but I'm saying if you're you a lot of it was why are they getting that and i'm not and then not in the more recent years i don't know when i was younger yeah i felt more bad about that stuff about being like man how come i can't

how come i don't now my my fear or whatever you want to say anger whatever comes from uh my lack of self-confidence where i get in a hole where i'm like you're not doing good enough it's not good enough and they're definitely not going to want you around because this isn't good enough and when it goes away it's all going to be your fault anyway because you didn't work hard enough or this wasn't good enough or you didn't put in the extra xyz or i i just like you know i don't know i feel like it's like a blame game well that's okay well then the question is i I need to do Molly. What's the right ending for this shit?

Because you golf with a lot of people that are probably on the back nine of their career, as it were. Good joke. I like that. Not even a joke. It's more of a metaphor. Pick it up. Pick that up.

That's what we say. Which one? Pick it up. Great. Yeah. Great. Take it away. I was a caddy for six years. We say take it away if it's really close. Take it away. Take it up. Pick that up. That's what we say. Which one? Pick it up. Great. Yeah. Great. Take it away. I was a caddy for six years.

We say take it away if it's really close. Take it away. By the way, to transition, I golfed with Ray Allen the other day. What a phenomenal dude. What an interesting— I watched his JJ Redick interview. He's such a deep—I don't know. He was just—not that I didn't think he would be.

I just, uh, it's early in the morning. I just assumed we would just be not talking to each other. I assumed he wouldn't talk to me. Yeah. You know, I'm,

I'm, he doesn't know me and yeah, but man, he fucking right off the jump. He was ready to just chat about everything under the sun. And I was like, man, this,

this is, this is, he has like athlete mind. He talks to you like, you know, he's, he's just, he has a wealth of like experiences. Yeah. So he speaks to you like, you know, do you know this kind of stuff? And you're like, absolutely not.

What kind of stuff? Like sports stuff? A lot of it was about, um, uh, the military, you know, he's an Air Force kid. So a lot of it was about like doing those USO tours, the relative thing of comedy, USO tour thing. That's how this whole thing started. That's how you got into it. And then he got deep into just the respect for military. And he was talking about scenarios that he ran into.

But he was just full bore going into it. And it was fascinating. Although also, there was a piece of me. I'm like, it is 730. Yeah, look. Maybe on the 11th or 12th hole, we'll start talking about this shit. I'm like it is 7.30 yeah like look maybe like on the 11th or 12th hole we'll start talking

about this shit let me just kind of find it can we just chat about you like my shoes or something can we do that I can ask you

a Michael Jordan story yeah he did say that he goes you grew up in Chicago I said yeah he's like it was crazy for you

as a kid growing up he's like what do you think that felt like for me playing with him I was like I mean I can't even he's like who would that be for you to perform with Neil up? He's like, you know, what do you think that felt like for me playing with him? I was like, I mean, I can't even. He's like, who would that be for you to perform with?

Neil Brennan. And he was like, who? I said Neil Brennan. Uh-huh. I said Neil Brennan. Uh-huh, and he said, huh. And he goes. And he was like, you know what?

Let's talk on the back. Yeah. Let's warm up a little bit. He goes, those are good shoes. And then walked away. Great. No, but the guys I golf with are on the back nine

of their career. Yeah, and like, what's the best... Case scenario? Yeah. Because we've talked about this offline, about who does it right on the over 50, over 55, over 60. Romano. Romano. He doesn't do the road.

No, doesn't have to. Yeah. But if he wants to, he can. But he's spoken to me about stand-up. Like, he still loves it. He's one of the best ever. Yeah, but I'm saying, that's what I'm saying. That's a great, that's best case scenario.

Yeah. I'm never going to be that. But like. But what the only difference is. $250 million. Right. Yeah. But without getting too specific, he has an amount of money that he'll probably never spend.

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And I know that, uh, my ultimate down the road goal would just be to, to do this until I genuinely want to quit. That's all. I just want to be able to continue to do it until I reach an age where I'm like, I think I'm okay. I think I'm going to say, I don't know. Does Ray want to quit? No, but I mean, he hasn't really said, yeah, he doesn't really say that. You know what I mean? I've, and I've also never pried. I'm not that close to say like, you're going to quit. Uh, but I, you know, no, I just want to be able to do it until, until I go, okay, I think I can, I can go away. What do you think the achievements are? Oh, that, that, that, see, that's interesting. That I don't give a fuck about.

I don't want anything. So it's just a feeling in you. Accolades mean literally nothing to me. Or achievements. I didn't say accolades. I didn't say awards. There is no, nothing. I just want to be able to keep doing it until I can die.

Until I'm like ready to die. I want to reach an age when I'm like, this no longer is servicing me or those around me or the community is not interested in me anymore. And I can tip the hat and walk away. And that's it. That's all I really want. Which you're like, that's achievable. You're like, yeah, maybe.

I hope so. Well, it's an emotional thing. Yeah. It's like them. It's a lot of them. Yeah, they get to decide. Yeah. Which don't.

Don't do it like that. No. Maybe put it up to you. Yeah, which don't. Don't do it like that. No, I mean. Maybe put it up to you. I will a little bit, but also you're going to put out as much art or whatever you're going to create. Art is the right word. Well, no. Go ahead. It's not always art.

No, but you're going to put out as much of that as you can until people don't need it anymore. That's a natural evolution of the world. Yeah, but I don't think it's contingent on people. You don't think it's contingent on the fans and the audience? It's less so, and maybe it's the MDMA talking, but I'm not so bent on them, and I'm more concerned about, do I like it? Do I like doing it? Am I getting something

out of it and it's not i you probably have more money than me like it's just a matter of you definitely do not i think you do based on conversation with you i don't that's insane i think you do no um right it's not uh, uh, it's less about, I can't keep leaving it up to other people. It's just to makes, it makes you feel powerless. It makes you feel like, uh, uh, like you're living in an alcoholic home. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it does.

Yeah. But also that's, but you're winning this time. This time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it does. Yeah. But also that's, but you're winning this time, this time. Yeah. This time around, this time around, no one's in prison. Yeah. Yeah. And no one gets to not show up. Yeah. I get to show up. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you know why I'm never late to a meeting? Yeah. Cause my father was never there. Yeah, that's right. Um, by the way, I would love to do that in the middle of a meeting, uh, of say to people I'm going to be there but then call continuously as the hours go by of why I have excuses of why I can't be there. And they put you on speaker?

Yeah. Guys, you're not going to believe this. I ran out of gas on the highway. The excuses I used to get as a kid were very funny. That typical when a parent says they're going to show up and they don't show up and the kid's sitting on the steps waiting for their dad or whatever. That would be a funny i literally lived acting

award show yeah the alcoholic excuses the excuses and the best excuse he goes to why he missed his flight terrorism why was it on the news because they're keeping it top secret buddy sometimes it was so big that it was almost like you know how trump will say things and you go i know that's not true but i don't even know how i can disprove that yeah that's like the alcoholics excuses or the drug addicts excuses where they're like oh dude my car got stolen yeah like that's such a huge event yeah are you lying about that yeah that's not like where's the police report yeah i couldn. I think the cops are in on it. I couldn't do it. I bet you they did it. Yeah. And you're like, wait, a car stolen is so big.

Yeah. And your brain goes, I guess this can't be a lie. It's insanely. It's so crazy. I don't want to think half of me can lie like this. Yeah. That is capable of writing this level this level of lie the excuses are very good yeah um by the way hold on i got a comment go ahead you're going no laces anymore yeah you just said fuck laces i got amazon have you ever been on amazon they they website just get yeah yeah uh you get, they got, yeah. But is this all your shoes now? I only got one, one, whatever, one tie.

One, two ties. One, two ties. I need to get more. I just wear the same shoe every day. But this will be a standard for you now. It looks like it's heading that way. Because this is like some old man shit that I do like. I do like the comfort.

I haven't tied my shoes in. I tie my shoes once when I buy them, and then I never tie them again. These slip on and off. You just see what happens. Yeah. I don't tie. Although I don't like pushing the back down. I think it's sloppy.

I think it's sloppy. Oh, you're talking about folding it into the shoe? It's like some little kid shit. I get it. I don't like it. I don't like shoes that are built for that. No. What are we doing?

Like the Skechers that do that or whatever? Yeah. They fold in the back? Yeah. Are we wearing shoes or are we wearing like those Middle Eastern fucking... Oh, yeah. What are those called? Flippy things.

Yeah. I don't know. Slippers, probably? Slippers, yeah. Yeah. You're wearing shoes, not slippers. I understand. Yes.

But this is some old man shit that I've started. There's little old man shit that I'm doing that I see myself doing for convenience and or comfort where I know it's like it's an old man move, but you start to get it as you get older. You go, right, I understand why my dad was a creature of habit of things. Like my dad loves a creature of habit of things like my dad loves olive garden yeah like to a degree that's comical we buy him a hundred dollar gift card to olive garden for any event like my girlfriend said she knew i wasn't an asshole because i met her in thailand and when i i was staying at a very nice hotel and wouldn't let them do my laundry i went on google found a laundromat.

She's like, it was like someone's back house. It's like, yeah, I'm not paying $4 to get a shirt cleaned. I'm going, I'm going to hit the streets. I'm getting a bag like fucking white Santa Claus. From a really nice hotel. Yeah. The most expensive hotel in the city. And I'm like like but i'm

not you're not gonna put your laundry down no that seems a little silly no but what is it is it the money thing or just like yeah it's it's pride such a blatant ripoff right it's an insult that you think i think anything you're gonna do to this shirt is worth $4. Per shirt. Per shirt. That's the thing. You have to itemize it like you're fucking going to prison. You have to itemize each underwear. You'll get these when you get out.

Yeah, like each under two underwears. Do you ever eat the snack bar food? Never. Me neither. I would rather. I'm not drinking the water. Me neither. I would rather, I'm not drinking the water.

I've called down and said, this water that's on the counter. Is it free? What are we talking about? Yeah, I know. I'm remembering another story. There was a, it's a name drop. Sorry, everybody. Now I'm presenting the comments.

Yep. Brought up Dave Chappelle. Yep, I get it. the there was John a clothing line Paul Smith was having a dinner honoring John Legend it's just like he'd spent a bunch of money there yeah rich guy rich guy yeah rich guy shit and um and the thing was in order to you get invited I was invited and you get outfitted with a suit. Great. And I literally emailed the lady, I go, am I going to have to pay for this suit?

Because I'm not coming to the party. I don't want the suit. If I have to pay for the suit. And she was like, no, I assure you that this suit is free. But I still am a little suspicious four years later you are still paying for it somehow some they're charging your credit card they're gonna come i'll get a charge there was a long table uh it was at it was at a long table like a long table probably like 20 people on each side and john legend and chrissy teigen were like in the at Teigen were in the center of the table.

And I was as far away from them as they could possibly be to the point where I said to Kevin Hart was there and I said, Kev, I got these tickets on StubHub. Because they were obstructed view. Third party resale. Yeah, there's a pole in front of you. There was obstructed view. I brought my own beers.

I'm good. No, thank you guys. No, I'm a very thank you guys We're very close friends That is a weird get invited to something Have to pay for something Cause you're like I don't I mean it's a destination wedding basically Yeah why I don't need to do this

You don't want me do you want me here Well it's also like how important do you think you are to me Right That I have to pay for a suit That I have to fly To get into your emotional life You want You're so confident

In your fucking faulty ass emotions That you think I'm gonna fly To the Dominican Republic That's why we didn't invite anybody I didn't invite anybody to our wedding It was family only And also they weren't gonna show up Dad jokes anybody i didn't invite anybody to our wedding it was family and also they weren't going to show up dad jokes i just knew i thought why invite everyone to this thing well why get someone

why we'll throw a party i'm barely gonna keep this emotion i'm i don't know if i can keep this emotional promise statistically most people can't yeah but but come but come please yeah so i threw we threw apart it's just throwing a party seems like the move i just think in the same way that people look at college is such a waste of money these days where some people like it's daunting why would i even do it and i'm like i agree i feel the same way about big weddings i'm always like save that fucking money that's a waste don't do that what would you do instead of college what would i have done instead of going to college yeah if you were i mean we into a personal thing. I would have started this earlier. But I mean, like for young people, if I was like communicating to like his generation, I would say. Chemo Theo.

Chemo Theo, yeah. Chemo Vaughn. That's so good. Chemo Vaughn, it's the best one. He has treatment today. Don't you, buddy? Yep. Don't you, right um i would encourage we're gonna cut our hair too so stupid he is actually he's kind of feeling as a show of support i would i would tell him find it like my buddy's son is 20 years old 21 and i said what have you started to feel like you really enjoy, that you're like, I kind of, I really like this thing, you know, beyond your hobbies, something that you're like in the workforce world, and either go learn that from the bottom level up, or go to school for that, just that, whatever that is, that's what I would do, instead of going to college in this broad, Just that, whatever that is.

That's what I would do. Instead of going to college in this broad, like lost out at sea, hoping that something comes by, that's what I did, stupidly, when I should have just fast-tracked it and started to do the thing I already knew I liked. What did you major in? Journalism.

At what school? Harvard of the West, Arizona State University. I always forget, and then it comes crashing down on me. God bless America. It was just a stepping stone to get to California. I really wanted to get to Southern California. I had no idea how to do it. Yeah. But I think some jobs, they probably won't hire you without some sort of verification. Yeah. But I think that's getting less and less. And also, how can they verify that? Oh, I mean, unless it's at a high level, like an attorney or a doctor, which is

clear they need to know where you went. There's no fucking way anybody knows that he did or did not go to college to get a degree in something. They would. Well, yeah, they're not going to. I mean, if it's a good enough job, they'll probably call. Maybe. I mean, I'm with you. It's a it's a it's a roll of the dice, though.

I know, but it's a good rule. But they work. I feel like it works out. The irony is you end up getting a job that's probably not directly related to your degree anyway and they just shoehorn that of being like yeah i guess you can use some of that skill set for this anyway yeah so it's just like a comfort blanket that you had a fucking bullshit people like it's a $300,000 engaged in the same bullshit they are right it makes them feel yeah better about it it's like oh you got ripped off yeah yeah yeah yeah we both got fucked over so we're both fucked in the

same way fantastic i can't we can you start on monday that is a very comforting thing knowing that everyone that's but that is what i think that's a cultural thing for places like the reason new yorkers get on so well better than la, is because they have to share in the same kind of bullshit. The guy who makes $50 million a year and a guy that makes $50,000 a year, they still have to live amongst one another. They're both on the train. I mean, they used to be. Now they got pushed into tracks. Now they got stabbed, yeah.

But they used to. They have to live amongst each other when they're waiting in line for restaurants for food. Yeah. They still have to. That's the value of New York. and here you never have to see anybody if you don't want to like i've talked about him because i i always liked him i was i don't know tosh but like he i know he lives here he never performs here and he lives probably the most free alone life doing his own thing it's like it's heaven for him you never he likes yeah he lives in malibu yeah it's

amazing surfs perfect and then you could never do that in new york they're going to see you oh in the city no yeah no it's impossible yeah yeah but it's like you have to be a part of it yep he's never doing podcasts he's not doing any of it he does his own podcast yes have you reached out to do it or do, for him to do yours. No, because he specifically says why he's doing it this way. Yeah, because he's getting on friends. He's just getting people he wants to talk to. He's like, I don't want to talk about the road.

He doesn't want to do a podcast, classically done podcast, in any form. But he is doing a podcast The thing with Tasha is like That guy's a fucking Incredible comedian Mm-hmm And you know You forget about him

Like Cause he's not around But like That guy's really good Yeah when he was When he was When he was pumping out specials It was

He was top tier shit Yeah It was almost like He was Better than the machine. So he was like, I'll just walk away for a little while. And then when I feel like coming back, I come back. Well, it's funny because you bring up Romano.

I think there are certain people that reach some sort of goal. Yeah. And then they go like, oh, all right. I thought this was going to be something else. Have you seen Drew Carey recently? Yeah. Nope. Guy used to do spots every night.

I know. And then he just, he did, from what I've heard, well, I won't say what, but, and now he just does the Price is Right. Yeah. And that's probably four days a month or something. I don't even know how many years. right yeah that's probably four days a month or something and five six days a month and then the rest of the time he's enjoying his life and he's not in the race he's not in the he's gotten that guy why aren't i getting that stupid santino shit as it's known he doesn't do the santino uh voiceover and and but i but i'm interested in that i'm

interested in that it's like and then what and you just go no i'll just do it and just tosh is like no i just like surfing and then like yeah i'll think of jokes then i'll go and i'll sell out 4 000 cedars and i'll quietly like we do we have to be engaged uh i do yeah in what i have to be engaged? I do, yeah. In what? I have to be engaged with the audience because I've created my audience. No, no, I'm not saying yes, but I'm saying do we have to be engaged like the in-industry hobnobbing, so to speak. Not even hobnobbing, just like I'm here. To a degree.

I'm in the same bullshit you're in. Well, you don't have to. I mean, you're gone. You're good. Where am I going? Well, I'm saying you're already degree. I'm in the same bullshit you're in. Well, you don't have to. I mean, you're gone. You're good. Where am I going? Well, I'm saying you're already done. You're good. Like, I don't think you have to at all if you don't want to.

I don't? I don't think so, no. I think, like, I still have to go to a couple dinners. For what? Just to remind them that you're here a little bit. That you're like, I'm available if you do. I don't have to remind them because they don't care. They don't care.

They don't want me for a sitcom. They don't want me. So is that why you're doing it? I do it just because I think that I still want to work in television and film. So I'm like, I still want to be a little bit around where I'm like, hey, I do want to do that. And I am trying to make up my own stuff. But if that, in 10 years, if that doesn't yield anything. I'm a young person.

What is a film? I've never heard of this. What is this? Dune 2. Did you see Dune 2, young person? No, I just watch the Zendaya. I just watch her Instagram. Oh, that's a film.

What is? Zendaya's Instagram. Right, so why would I pay Dune? I have to sit there for three hours? And people are wearing fucking eye... We're going to cut it up and we're going to put it on TikTok. Those nose IVs? What do I have to do?

We're going to put the movie on TikTok. Right, but you're like, I want to be in a movie. This is another thing I argue with Santino about, which is he wants to be... He has dreams from the 90s. Yeah. And he wants to be in TV shows and movies, to which I say,

here's what I was thinking yesterday about you abs just nothing is more impressive than this and and bad friends you you guys just set up a channel with no no one watched it yeah and then you just put content on and everything gets a million hits from nothing it's so much more impressive than like than a writer wrote a thing and then they turned it in the studio said how it should be and then they and then and then i came in and then i said i i'll play this and it's it's like, that's fucking nonsense. But I still like the antiquated dream. I still like it for some reason. I'm holding on to the idea that it would be cool to continue to make film and television.

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I mean, I want to do it. I want to make things, and hopefully they catch a little bit of social fire. I think there's some validity to it. You're the guy from Bad Friends? I am, yeah. What are you going to be on that could get 4,000 people to come? Tell me about this TV show. No, it's's not scale but it's not scale to me i don't i i like i always had a crush on like but enter culturally energetics yeah you're on bad friends no i know but like look i still like what zach i get that bobby's

a nightmare yeah it's a fucking worst i get that what's that made. Yeah, he's the fucking worst. I get that. We all know that. What Zach made with Baskets is what I kind of want. I want to do a fun, quirky, weird, off-kiltered show. Baskets? I love Baskets. But, like, what? It doesn't matter the number of people that watch it, the success rate. I just want to be able to make something cool like that.

That's the lame art part of it, where it's like, I want to make a fucking fun, weird, off-kiltered thing. Okay. I like that okay here's the here's the here's my question for that because it's a thing i've been thinking about and then what does that mean about you that's not true now that i'm gonna that i'm just trying to continue to expand but what okay you make a show like baskets yeah i'm he said that i said it with a straight face What does that say about you? That you're as artistic as Zach Alvin Ackes? No, I don't need any I just want to have the ability to try to make fun stuff that I love

Like that Because I love that kind of shit So I want to make that kind of shit You can make bad friends You don't have to think about it Yeah, but it's two different things If you're hearing this My eyes are literally rolling into the back of my head

you can make bad friends yeah it's effortless it's hilarious it's so much fun for the viewer why call 80 people to get one thing to get yeah to then go i'm as good as baskets i don't i guess you're stop i mean but, but I mean that. Because I want to make something that's uniquely mine as well. Another version of it. I'll give you the best example. I'm a professional golfer on the PGA Tour. I win tournaments.

Right. I win lots of them. I still want to play in the Ryder Cup. Because every couple of years, you get to play USA versus Europe. And they fist fight for these positions. So you can see... So guys can wear earplugs and go, yeah. But it's so oddly important because you're like, yeah, it's a cool moment that separates

myself from the thing I usually do. I guess I'm saying Bad Friends is Ryder Cup. No, Bad Friends. Bad Friends is the US Open. Bad Friends is the Masters. Okay, fine. And I want to compete in the Ryder Cup. Let me have my Ryder Cup.

No, I know. I'm just saying, like, why? Well, then I guess we should. I wrote you a role. I guess we're going to take that out. Wait. Yeah, now he backpedals. Look at the backpedal.

Wait, fifth lead. Wait, wait, wait. I can ask you follow-up questions about your plot. If you mean this, that would mean the world to me. I just want you to walk in the room eating chips and go the keys have been there the whole time and then walk in the other room that's what i want yeah and then i'll feel then again the old dream would say like that's something yeah it is cool that's really cool i know are you the chips guy are you chips people driving by chips

yeah and maybe may i would say when it comes to, I'm like a guy who had kids in high school. I'm like, you want to, buddy, I did it. You already did it. Yeah. Yeah. That's my point. You already waded in the water. You know what it feels like. And people really respect me for it. There you go. See?

People really give me credit. That's the thing is, they'll figure out a way to – people will come up with a loophole about why. Like you really didn't. Yeah. People will just go like, did you? Did you do it? Even with Zach, they just go the hangover. Yeah, but that's okay.

Yeah. If they say bad friends to me my whole life, I'm okay with that. But I still want to make things for me. I think Zach made baskets just for him. I think Louie made Louie just for him. I think Louie's bigger than Louie. But I think you make those things because that's really what's for me. I believe.

I want to make this thing because I believe it's going to be funny. Yeah, I guess it's just I get into like what does that then mean about you? What does it say about me? Yeah. Like are you a better person are you oh no no if you're you're a more successful artist you figured out a way to do a television show or 40 episodes or whatever what does that then mean about santino as a person that he continued to want that you want to continue to grow and expand your creation your I want to not have any limits,

so I want to keep trying stuff. And if they work, great. If they fail, fuck it. That's fine. So much has failed. Whatever. I mean, I'm better at failure than success, so fine.

But the small successes are great. I'll take all of those, all of them. Also, I need to do mdma all right that's all i mean isn't that really what this is all dead silence like 30 minutes until you just acknowledge it well no but i will say it does make it does put things in perspective in terms of like because i'm i'm like did i break myself No. A couple years ago, I did think you might have. I had. You were right.

But it came back together. But I'm not depressed. I'm like, am I depressed? I'm like, I'm not depressed. I just am less interested in getting into a food fight about who's the best. And then everyone dies and is immediately forgotten or even not even dies moves moves leaves goes to nashville yeah and then you're good and then you're you just are like well they're just tending to their audience where it's like no we're

all just tending to our audience totally they're doing it wherever they want wherever they want to do it but that's why it's hard when people are like why don't you leave la it's like i do like it here oh i know it's a trade it's one of the best climates on earth you're like how can i it's really nice there's something that happens when you drive when it's sunny in february and you're like i don't know man this is fucking it's hard to beat it's really hard to beat yep like that's the sunshine tax and you want to hear an interesting thing about la weather huh the last the last two years we've gotten more than 20 inches of rain yeah which is the first time that's ever happened in recorded history of la seriously yeah yes wow and it's like because i keep going nice every day this is i know it's but like when it's like, because I keep going like. And it's still nice every day. I know. But like when it's bad, I'm like, this is the worst.

I went to Mexico last year because I was so mad at the rain. I was like, I'm not doing this for a fucking another. This is bullshit. And so, yeah. And it's still great. It's still fine. Yeah. Do you know what state has the most days of consecutive sunshine in the United States?

They call Florida the sunshine state, but it's not. But it's wrong. Arizona? Uh-uh. You're close, though. New Mexico. Still close. Texas?

Like, further away. From us? Further away from Texas. Think, Neil. Think. Think, Neil. Think. Don't be an idiot.

I don't know. Think. Think, Neil. Think. Don't be an idiot. I don't know. Colorado. Damn it. Most consecutive days of sun. Yes, it's true. What does it say? Arizona. No.

No way. Colorado shows, has the sun most consecutive days. Even if it's cloudy in the morning, it's sunny in the afternoon. Here come the caveats. I'm telling you. He wasn't giving times a day the first time. I'm telling you. Most consecutive days of sunshine, it says.

I'm telling you the stats I'm reading. What does it say? Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, California, Colorado. No way. No, this can't be right. It's a lot of snow and precipitation there, buddy. Yeah, but the sun is always out. Even when it's snowing, the sun is out.

I'm telling you. This is where we find out you. I'm telling you, I read this shit somewhere, and I was like, this is incredible. I don't know what you're saying. You know what it was? It was fake news. Yep. Impossible not to verify.

We'll cut all those stats. Anyhow. We'll cut every single one of those stats By the way, are you proud Are you proud of this Netflix special? Yeah, I am proud of it I mean, now having said that I've heard people say that When people on show go say

I'm really proud of this It's like, you're a fucking narcissist I'm proud of it in that It's the, you're a fucking narcissist. You're proud. No, but you should be proud. I'm proud of it in that it's the most potent jokes. There's no emotions. You're welcome. And it's just the most good, the best I've ever been at stand-up with probably the best jokes I've ever had.

I think. But I also have heard people talk about their specials and they say it's their best work i'm like it's not even close to your best work so yeah but this but you know your bet if you like it the most then it's true to you yeah if you say this is better than the other stuff that i put out before i know i was doing something to the crowd that i'd never been able to do before which was a level of it wasn't for the whole show but there was a point in the show where i would be killing so hard it seemed dangerous like a little dangerous it seemed like somebody died no but it's like a little like the

energy certain kind of bird does it almost his whole act yeah like there are certain people that can do it when certain people do crowd work it's like the pitch of the laugh is so high that it seems like the room is on fire yeah there were a couple moments that like that were like outstanding like that so do you have a new hour already no i have 25 minutes and i'm not if you want to know when I'm going on tour, go on neilbrennan.com and put your name down and I'll let you know because I'm not going to rush it. Are you going to go do clubs again

or theaters only? I probably do. They always want you to do clubs up front. I'm working on clubs right now. Yeah. And do you like it? Yeah, I mean,

it takes you back. I mean, it's like a... To three years ago? No, I mean, it takes you back to like doing multiple? no I mean it takes you back to like doing multiple sets a night that is tough well you just feel like you feel like

Crust of the Clown or something the second show where you're like did I do that already? the second yeah the second set always feels like you're just trying you wish you could tell them you're just trying to improve on what you did before they got there you're like I already did this I'm just trying to I'm letting you them you're just trying to improve on what you did before they got there. You're like, I already did this.

I'm letting you know. We're going to try some new lines here. I'm just trying to put a sheen on the turd. It's fun. It's good. It's just difficult. It's wild doing it. Well, that's why the great thing

about comedy is it's so hard. Yeah, it's so fucking hard. And it does not care that the last one you had a swirling energy. No, it doesn't matter. It doesn't care. It doesn't even care that the last time you did the Joker crush. I know. It doesn't matter.

You fuck up a word, it's over. Yeah, meanwhile, if a musician misses an entire. They love it. Yeah. Jazz, baby. They think that's so fun. So cool. And you'll hear musicians go, yeah, I fucked up that whole piece. Woo.

Nobody knew. Yeah. Or they woo it. Or they woo it. Yeah. Or they cheer it on. Yeah. Yeah.

So I'll go out when I have enough material. When you're ready. I don't want to. I don't. I'm not good enough to charisma shit through. Yeah, you are. No, I'm not. They jokes either work or they don't want to, I don't, I'm not good enough to charisma shit through. Yeah, you are. No, I'm not. They, jokes either work or they don't.

That's how you approach it whenever you do stand up at the store. It is funny. You'll look down at your notes and go, that one's going to go. That one is definitely going to go. Yep. Sorry. If it doesn't do good. She didn't make it, buddy.

It's the, I was just saying, it's like in a war movie where they go, look to your right, look to your left. Some of you ain't going home. That's how the jokes are. That's how the jokes are. Yeah, it's like some of you ain't going to, you're not going to be able to kiss your mammy goodnight ever again. It's over. You still physically pen, by the way.

Pen? Yeah. You're still like one of a very small amount of people that physically still pen. Well, I type, then once I... You'll pen it, then you'll type it, right? Or you'll only type? No, type in an app, type it, and then if I'm doing the story,

I'll just put it on an index card. That I'll pen. That you'll pen down after? Yeah, one of my classic pens. Do you keep all your books like a lunatic? I keep my gratitude journal. Is that it right there? This is the

last week. Let me see. Go ahead. Can I keep this? Sure. Yeah, chat. Concert. Liberal. Draft Kings in Israel. That's got to be good.

Who do you guys got? I went on Draft Kings. It won't last. What's the over-under on guys got? I went on DraftKings. Yeah. It won't last. What's the over-under on Hamas? Well, I got Israel straight up, and I got Ukraine plus the aid. World War II, very clear. Hitler, very clear that he was a maniac. Is it? What, really, though?

Yeah. What was so clear? Half a mustache. Left side or right side? Middle. Middle. Fuck. Did you see the video of him bobbing his knee at the Olympics, just juiced up on coke?

Mm-hmm. That's awesome. He was on meth the whole time. Texting, tap back. I don't like tap. It's not a good enough joke for stand-up. It would work on panel. It's not a good enough joke for stand-up.

It'll work on panel. Tap back when you're texting with somebody. Yeah. Then they'll do a tap back, the ha-ha, and then it'll say, Andrew wanted you to know that he ha-ha'd that joke. Oh. And it's a bit like... That's what a tap back is? That thing where you put an emotion behind it?

Yeah. It's called a tap back, and I don't like it's a bit like. That's what a tap back is, that thing where you put an emotion behind it. Yeah. It's called a tap back. And I don't like it. It's arrogant. If we're talking, I'm not going to say, hey, let Andrew know I thought that was funny. I'll just say, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Well, what about hearting? Is hearting okay?

Or thumbs up- Hearting is okay. Because thumbs up, like when someone goes, hey, can you do this? Yeah. Thumbs up. Don't ha, ha me. Right. Ha, ha.

Give me the ha, ha and put a G or an S in there so I know it's real. Ha-ha-zicka-ha-gaz. Ha-ha-zicka-ha-gaz. I'm flipping out. That is, by the way, that is, so the truth of that is it's only when it's ha-ha'd. Up, down. Yeah. Kids openly want attention.

Yep. Yep. The murder. I like that a lot murder yeah murder murder great porn which you rarely talk about I don't like talking about I'm one of the few

comics what is the porn what's the porn thing you haven't seen that uh uh well don't do it then yeah it's fucking it just like

kills so hard at one point I was like I feel bad doing it in a club for the person to follow me it was just so like it's like a hour closer you don't have an hour closer that's so you already have a closer

on that for the hour yeah i mean i may yeah probably jesus christ do you do you do the work backwards thing ever where you put the closer up front you know when guys it's porn so i don't want to be like opening with fucking dicks you can't do that um No, because it's porn, so I don't want to be opening with fucking dicks. Yeah, you can't do that. I like the idea of it, though. Somebody told me Louis did that. Yeah. Of flipping his end to the beginning. Yeah. And trying to work backwards.

Yeah. Again, I've heard people talk about their process, and I know they're lying. What do you mean? I've heard people go, I never repeat myself on stage. I'm like- That's fucking bullshit. Stop it. Yeah, that's it.

So, like,is moved okay okay yeah cool you're great what do you think the average process is for most comics to write struggle yeah it should be struggle yeah And then you, whatever. The whole thing is how that there's one way is just incorrect. That's the thing of like, Louis said, I don't know, Richard Pryor still made the best, you know what I mean? Like, so-and-so still made the best special. Do you think Richard ever wrote shit down?

Ever? He had hunks. Did I ever tell you Georgeace said he would come to the store and do an hour and it was the worst hour you've ever seen like he should quit and then he'd come again the next week and to do the hour and it would be worse and he's like and it was for months it was unbearable and then and then it would just turn a corner that's amazing but he just would bomb all the time but i mean we see guys of high status do that a lot not really there's a couple of guys that just go on and bomb yeah

there's a couple of guys huh there's a couple of guys that i know that'll just go iron out a bunch of bullshit. I mean, yeah. I don't know. I see that. Yeah, but not for an hour and really eat shit. I'm not saying it's bad comedy that's doing well. I'm saying it was told to me it was bad and it sucked. Wow. And the crowd didn't like it.

Take that note, young comics. Mm-hmm. You can be bad and suck for an hour. Well, if you're Richard Pryor. If you're out there and you're Richard Pryor. But this idea of like, so-and-so does it this way, that's good for them. Yeah. No, I'm not saying they should repeat it.

It's just interesting the way that people have their process. Yeah. Like I have bad handwriting, so I can't write stuff down. Sure. It's actually embarrassing. You spin out about how bad your handwriting is? You can't even do stand-up? I should leave. Because I'm trying to get the note out, so I'm like, God, this is a waste of our time. I have such bad handwriting that I can't get it out fast enough that I'm thinking it and saying it.

So I'm like, I'll just voice dictate. I don't understand why more people don't write more. I still don't understand that. You mean physically write? No, just the job is writing writing well it's complacency it's and it's fear of new shit new shit fucking fear such fear-based it's like what a scary thing to have to fucking yeah try new shit because it you think it maybe devalues all the good stuff that works. Which, of course it doesn't. But your fear is like a new joke.

They won't remember. I did 40 minutes last night in Santa Monica on my show that I do every week, and I have for 13 years. The new jokes, new material. In the alley at the West Side Comedy Theater. And like, the first 15 are good, and then there's a dip of 10, and the last 15 are good. And then there's a dip of 10. And the last 15 are good.

And then I end up, so I end up, I have 25 probably. And they won't know or care. No. And I said like, yeah, we're in the dip now. We're in the dip. We're in the middle passage. Kids, we're in the dip. We're in the check drop.

Yeah, exactly. Like these are premises. I put them in the middle because I'll get you back. I'll earn it to you at the end. Yeah, I'll get you back. What'll earn it to you at the end. Yeah, I'll get you back. What did you pay, 20 bucks? That's fine.

Yeah, shut up. What did you pay, 20 bucks? Last week, I joke worked so good, I go, give me $5. Give me an extra $5. That joke was so good. Give me $5. Yeah, $5.

So what's your goal? We're here. We're here. You're alive? No, I'm just doing it. We're doing it. How's it going? Oh, you're living your goal.

You're living your dream. Yeah, I'm here. I'm in it. It's great. I hope I get to keep doing it. Yeah. And if I don't, I do know you have an extra bedroom that is the thing where where i think when people say you know is ellen nice or is when they want every it's like because they're so clearly doing they're living people's dreams yeah so they they want to believe that like a it works

they want to believe that like you can get so successful that you're nice all the time. But it's no one. Gandhi was a racist. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife. Can't be done, guys. Gandhi was a racist? Yeah. I like him so much more now. Even more relatable. Right. He's like these fucking... It's so funny

to hear Gandhi go off. Who was he racist against guess south africans got it black south africans yeah most notably yeah um but uh but yeah so people want you to be they want they i they also just raise the standard of like if i it's like dicaprio i remember dicaprio uh titanic comes out he's getting to all the girls and like i heard he's gay just you just start a new thing like i have a category he lost in heterosexuality i was like no he's doing great no things are he's very talented seems like a decent person sorry I want him to lose somehow I want whoever

well it's easier, well it's more interesting no, easier I think is correct it's easier to deal with it's easier to deal with if you think that whatever, if there's Ellen's not nice, it's like, what? okay

it's the joke i've been doing is like holding dave to a standard and joe to a standard ellen to a standard it's like going like this snickers bar isn't nutritious no shit yeah it's a snickers bar you fucking idiot but you like it don't you yeah but i want it to also be nutritious because I don't want to eat vegetables. The problem is you don't want to eat vegetables. You don't want to watch the news. You don't want to watch the fucking NIH. So you'll watch Joe say whatever he says, and you go, oh, this is better. This is easier.

I don't want to watch the news, so I'll watch fucking Seth talk about Trump or whatever. It's like, okay, I'm at fault here. If the information is bad, I'm the problem. The problem is not the information. The problem is I don't like harsh, bitter information. I want it to be fun. Put some graphics on it. And that's everybody.

Like, yeah, you can get, yeah, whatever. Well, let me give you some love. Okay. The kid once again put out a banger special it's on Netflix we go closer every day he has NBA socks on and he's never played

in the league you too can achieve these dreams if you work hard enough and appreciate it and appreciate him very humble and grateful well no

be appreciative if you appreciate it I believe you'll appreciate it you'll get more. Very humble and grateful. Well, no, be appreciative. If you appreciate it, I believe you'll appreciate it, you'll get more. Because it's like, well, why would I give? We gave Santino the everything. That's why I believe in the given to get, though. I am being more generous with time and helping out people. And that, I think, rewards you more. Well, that I want to.

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