Who Are These Podcasts? - Minisode - Opie Meets Ron

Episode Date: May 9, 2026

Adam Busch and I did an impromptu episode because we recently discovered a livestream of the day Opie met Ron the Waiter. It’s wild. Ron stole the show. Opie and Carl Ruiz were getting dinner (before 5) at Pete’s Tavern. Ron sees that they’re livestreaming and decides it’s his chance to become a star. And boy was he right! Before the episode from 2018 we check in on Opie’s Friday morning stream which includes Ron talking about his crazy night drinking and Opie crushing it with his WhoDaMan segments! Watch this episode here: https://youtube.com/live/XycdGcADNaY Support us, get bonus episodes, and watch live every Saturday and Wednesday: ⁠http://bit.ly/watp-patreon⁠ ⁠https://watp.supercast.tech/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Slapparoonie. It's showtime. WATP. WATP. Hello, welcome to a Couser-A-Roo's. Welcome to a very special episode of where these podcasts. Adam and I,

thanks to haste freely, have access to the first. time Opie ever met Ron the waiter. Carl Ruiz and Opie were hanging out at Pete's Tavern, and they happened to be live streaming it, the whole thing. And it's interesting. I understand why Ron stood out to the Opster and why he thinks that he was going to be a star.

So we have a lot of clips from that. I'm excited to play that for you. I also have Opie's show from this morning. He did a stream with Ron the waiter. I thought we could start with that to. familiarize everyone with the Opie and Ron show. You know, it's an important element to go back in history, eight years, understand why this amazing talent became part of Opie's show,

you know, just waiting on them in a tavern. And he's killing it, obviously, as we all know. Is there a Venmo yet? Do we know that? No, not yet. He said he was going to the bank to get that done. I'm curious how that went for him. You don't go to the bank to make a Venmo.

Ron. God damn it. I want to root for Ron, but there's so many reasons why I can't. Well, this will help you. It kind of bugs me out. Today will. If you want to support the show,

supertip.g.g. slash wATP. Also participate in the show. We do appreciate that. Thank you guys for being here. Know this little piggy this week. I know this is our third week in a row. Aaron's losing his mind.

He brings me up all the time. time. He keeps rehashing what's going on with me. The story changes every time he rehashes it. We'll be back again. This little piggy will be back again. We'll talk all about it. I can't wait to because Aaron hates that we're not doing the show ragging on him.

It makes him kind of irrelevant. It's kind of bummed out. Is he making his goals? No. Good. He's changed his whole business model. Things are going so poor. for Aaron Imholt on this little piggy

that he's now saying the donations are only 50% of his income where's the other 50% coming from that's what I'm wondering I know he does like the rumble ad reads which we know from Mersh is like 17 bucks or 28 bucks when you do an ad read because the audience is not there

a couple hundred people who cares so the fact that he's saying oh it doesn't matter if we make the goal or not when he's begging for $500 a day is odd to me. Anyway, whatever. It's not either here or there. We're talking about Opie today. There's not so much come a man can eat, you know?

Good point. All right. Let's get it to the Opster. Opie Radio. All right. Today is Friday. And you'd think it'd be FU Friday, but it was not. Today was just who to man.

Adam, who to man? For me? Could you imagine if I brought you on the show and I'm like, Adam, who did a man? He does that to Ron all the time. I was like, what do you mean? What are supposed to do with that? You go. Yeah, right.

It's so Chip Chipperson. All right, now you go. 17 jokes on who do man. What? All right. I'll try. They start off. This is the very beginning of the podcast.

And Ron is killing it. And he'll let us know about it. Bo pooh, bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo bo. So just to let you know. Oh, hi, Ron. The DMs, dude, I'm getting a, I'm getting some, like, serious, like DMs like, yeah, people are really starting to dig Ronnie. And you know, they actually said, dude, we're, we're, this is growing on us, this thing here.

All right. That is growing on them. I'm growing on people. Like genital warts. He's growing on people. Now, whenever I hear Ron brag about DMs, I think of my buddy Adam Bush. I go, Adam's that you? Are you the one DMing this guy telling him he was awesome?

Sometimes, but not lately. Okay. So it's other people who are telling Ron he's awesome, which is fun. We know what pisses off Opie when he hears that Rod's killing it. I can't get farther enough from the screen when Ron's on. I feel like very uncomfortable. Is he a close talker? Actually, I know the answer to that.

We're going to find out when we see him waiting on Opie and Carl Ruiz later. He's a very close talker. Yes. And getting right up in there. Getting to see how Opie looks now compared to back then, you would say, oh, he's gone insane. Like that opening with a fake smile and that forced, you know, hilarity. You'd say he's an insane person now. So that video is from 2018?

It's from eight years ago, I believe. Yeah, okay. So 2018. Opie and Carl Ruiz. I'm still teasing this. Stick around. Linger longer. They were at a restaurant,

Pete's Tavern, and Ron just happened to be their server. And it's amazing the transformation of Opie because he had just left the radio back then. He was still the Opser. And he talked normally. Yes. And he had a co-hosts.

Yeah. He talked to Carl Weez. Like a normal person would talk to a person. And he's completely out of that now. He can't do it. No. And he gets so excited when he gets a compliment. He has to interrupt the show for a compliment in the chat.

He's feeling a little under the weather because he had two beers last night. Well, the first one was an oil can. Hold on. Breaking news, Ron. Sorry. Gary Garbo, Garbo, Garbo, it looks like. Opie Radio podcast. number one podcast in the USA.

Holy crap. This is breaking news, everybody. Breaking news. Back to you, Ron. All right. Now, I've never gotten a compliment in the chat. Tiger Lily said, could watch Carl and Adam every day.

Hey, Tiger Lily. Shout out to Tiger Lee. Wow. What a great compliment. Could you imagine if we stop the show because someone in the chat said, Hey, I like your show? This is what OP does.

He never sees that. He's so excited about it. He's not used to it. It's just weird. Let's go to the callers. Hey, Opie, I love this show. Great call. Go on.

What else you got? Run. Who demand? Call it. Go. Also, Opie is turning into John Melendez. Now, the last time,

I'll, full disclosure, the last time John Melendez left the internet was the end of 2024. And so we started 2025 by covering a lot of Opie stuff. and Opie was very interesting at the time. And I feel like Opie does this nice thing for me where he goes, oh, you need me to step up? Carl, I got you. He's literally turning into Senator John.

That's the facts, Jack. You know, this is the number one podcast in America. People just don't know it yet. Who says that? What's going on with Opie saying that's a fact, Jack? It's very strange. He's also doing that full fake like John does it. Hi, everybody.

Like they think they're being jovial and they're really just being like an evil clown. Evil clown's a good word to use. I wonder if someone could AI that. What would Opie look like if he were an evil clown? Did you know that these guys have a pre-show meeting? Adam, you and I get out of here. I talked to you for a few minutes before we went live.

I can't imagine what this is like. Fosters? Fosters. is. I'm drinking a fucking foster's oil can out of a brown paper bag like a crackhead on the subway. Wait, because that's enjoyable. Ron, you did not

explain that when we were having our pre-show meeting. So Ron had two beers last night. So he explains early on. I'm a little out of it. I had two beers. And then he lets us know that

he was drinking a foster, is one of those 25 ounce big cans of beer. he was drinking of Fosters on the subway. I was way back from a comedy gig in Manhattan, back to Astoria Queens. And Opie goes, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. This was not part of our pre-meeting notes. I would have had something for this.

What am I supposed to go with this? Yeah, why are you just telling me this now? I would love, I think, Opie, listen to me, the pre-meeting is the show. This stuff you're doing is garbage. No one cares. I want to see the pre-meeting. I want to see Opie and Ron get on the stream at 5.45 a.m.

Nobody's like, all right, here's what we're going to hit today. Gas prices are high. Check. I got a hoon-a-man. All right. Yeah, yeah. Do you got a hoon-a-man? All right, you got a hoon-a-man?

All right, good, good. And you got a few to use? No, no, okay, no-fews. What the fuck kind of pre-meeting would they have for this garbage show that does nothing? No, that's exactly it. And Opey's looking for chances to scold them or not. If they didn't do their homework. I can't even imagine.

You know, all right. Full disclosure. Adam and I do a show every Wednesday with producer Chris. And typically what I'll do is Adam sounds to be a ton of stuff. I do a ton of stuff. And Adam will come out and I go, okay, here's the rundown for the show today. We're going to do Bill Burr and then we'll do Howard Stern. Then we'll do Opie.

I guess I'm sitting there and just kind of run through just so Adam knows, the lay of the land, what the segments are going to be. Sometimes I need him to steer the ship. So that's kind of like our conversation. I can't imagine what Opie's conversation is. before an opi radio podcast that is nothing. Like there's no direction to it. It's directionless.

It's like the AP feed they used to get is now just Opie searching, trending things on X. Because he seems to spend a lot of time online. And he loves Twitter. And I think he just takes the most basic low hanging fruit, baby names, wedding songs. You know, chocolate's bad for you now. now it's good for you. And he compiles all that and he wants to show it off to them. Like he's really done something.

Interesting you say that. So I've done compound media back when that was a thing on the Anthony Coombea show. And Anthony used to go to Sullivan's at 3 p.m. And hang out on his phone and spend an hour prepping his show. And he'd walk over and do the show. And I went over and met him there once before the show when I was on. And I was like, hey, Anthony, what's up, man? Looking forward to the show.

I know you're prepping. I'll leave you alone. And he literally just goes on Twitter and just finds stuff to talk about. He's so much better at it. Yeah. He finds things that are actually interesting, that he has a take on, a point of view on, that he, like, wants to add something to where you're so right, like baby names. Oh, people just be like, oh, here are the top 10 baby names.

Yeah. Bread did. What? You're like, okay. What do you mean? cares. Tony P. came to him with how difficult it is to

twist bread bags closed. I mean, that's pretty good stuff. No, it's not. To me, he sucks. Tiger Lily, liars, we know there's a script, I know. That is true. We've been outed on that. So, we just found out that Ron

was drinking a foster's on the subway. Not legal. Not a great look. You know? Not something a 60-year-old man should be doing. Seems weird. But he's got a good reason for it. What's the last time you had a drink at a

at a comedy club bar? I don't know. I couldn't even tell you the last time I was at a comedy club. It's fucking strip club prices. Are you kidding me? Oh. To get a fucking drink at a comedy club in Midtown Manhattan. Oh, wow. Are you kidding me? So, Ron stopped at a

Bordega. You got a fosters to drink. Because he couldn't afford a beer at the club. that he performed at. Adam, we both have performed at various venues. Half off the appetizer menu.

That's all I'm ever getting. I mean, typically, sometimes you get a couple free drinks. Sometimes it's half off. Like, typically they could do something for the performers. Ron can't even get a beer at the place he's performing at.

It's not a good sign. I know people who like a particular tequila or they just have a thing that they like so they carry a little flat. because they just always want to know. They don't trust they're going to get the good stuff. This isn't that. He went to go buy a Foster's somewhere else.

Yeah. And when you buy a Foster's, you're trying to get the most bang for your buck. Like, what's the biggest container of beer that's in this cooler right now that I can purchase for the subway ride home? I like that he goes,

when's the last time you bought a beer at a comedy club? Was it Opie just at, I know it's on a comedy club, but wasn't he just a? at the comedy show where he was praising Tony P for being amazing at it. Well, I'm sure he didn't pay for anything there. But what's he saying he was getting beers in the back? And wings?

We're in the table. We get beers and wings. That's so funny. He calls him out. What was the last time we got a beer at a comedy? I don't know, man. What is it? 10 bucks? I don't know.

Rod is poor. This is my point. He's not pretending anything else. We're used to having to take people like John down for claiming to be rich. He's not, you know, putting on any airs here. No, it's very sad. It's very sad what's going out with his buddy, Ron. And get a Venmo.

Let's say your Venmo, Ron. You want to help you out. Ron is not well. He's hung over. He had those two beers the night before. And he's talking about what kind of shape he's in. There's 6.4%. And it's not just sad.

They're like, it's a heavy IPA. Right. Yes. So, yeah. I don't care who you are. You are not waking up 100% Fresh. Do you want to just go back to bed?

You look like you're sweating. You look like you're sweating. Opie calling someone out for looking like shit on a morning live stream is rich. Yeah. How does he think he can get away with this? Holy shit, Rod, you look terrible. Opie, you can see yourself on that screen. I know this works.

He looks like a Q-tip. That's insane. And he did that thing again where he says everything twice. Yes. Oh, keep that in mind coming up because Opie has a joke that doesn't land. And we'll find out what Opie thinks about saying the same joke twice. That's a fun thing. Now, Ron is a healthy guy.

We're going to see in a little bit and other tease. We're going to see Ron waiting on Opie and Kyle Ruiz back in 2018. He was heavier back then. You know, like he's lost weight since then. right? Adam. Oh, I mean, I feel like

I thought he must have had a stroke or something because he's so different now. But we're going to find out, without revealing too much, why he seems so different and relaxed and cool in that Pete's tape. And it's very

different from now, and it makes you wish he was like that all the time. See, we did not have a pre-show meeting about this, so I was, I'm uninformed about it. My point is that it seems like Ron's lost weight. He was heavier before, based on what I've seen so far. Yes, he's lost weight and many faculties.

Okay. So this is why Ron is losing weight. He's very healthy the way he lives his life. But not only that. I have, so 25, I have almost 50 ounces of beer me. And then, of course, you just can't go to bed on an empty stomach, but you're not on an empty stomach. So then I force myself to have mashed potatoes and barbecue chicken.

I had a whole bowl of mashed potatoes, Barbie chicken thing. Well, that'll be smart. Soak it up. He drank two big beers. Mm-hmm. And then ate barbecue chicken and mashed potatoes before going to bed. Yeah. I mean, this is something you can get away with in your 20s.

College, no problem. You're getting up. You're going to your first class. This man should plan better. The image of him doing that is so disgusting to me that I feel like he should charge money because other people would pay to see it. Oh, yeah, he can do like a muckbang thing. Exactly. Alex Stein would be all over that.

He likes that. Yeah, he's into muck bang. That makes sense. It does make sense when you think about it. So, Opie's getting depressed hearing about Ron's lifestyle and what he was up to the night before. You know, I think if you're going to have a couple beers, though, you don't have a foster on a dirty. someway back to Astoria. You're making me sad, Ron.

You're making me sad. You know, I don't know if Opie's just realizing this, but I think Ron's life is extremely sad. Yeah, and arguably better than Opie's. Well, that's true. That's a good point, because Ron has a TV show at least. You know, he's got

something to look forward to. They're shooting a pilot. It might get picked up. By the way, Adam, I'm not saying this facetiously. There's a chance that in the fall, we're talking about Ron the waiter on CBS or NBC. There's no chance. Okay.

Anyway, could you imagine he has a sitcom? They paid him in cash. Ron the waiter is famous now. I would love that. Nothing more than that. That would be absolutely incredible. It's not going to happen this season, though. That's good point.

All right. So Opie's like bummed out. His friend's kind of not having a great time and in life. and he decides to scold his buddy Ron. An advertisement on the subway with a glass of red wine. Yeah. But just like a cigarette warning. Yeah.

Like you could have taken out the glass of red wine and put it a cigarette. And it literally said, this causes cancer. Straight up. It's a carcinogen. Ron, you're just a treat this morning. You want to do another 10 minutes on this? Again. for Opie to scold him

for bringing up things that are a bummer is insane this is all Opie does he just talks about things that bum him out that ruin his life he's just like oh you're going to bring up things he don't like is that what you're doing today

yeah he does 40 minutes on parking he opened last week with why won't my eyes open yes I know and he's like oh you're going to talk about cancer drinking wine thanks a lot Rod you're ruining my show I guess All right, so it is who to man Friday. And Opie wants Ron to come up with a who to man.

And he wants it quick. He explains multiple times. Who to man, Ron, let's go. I need to know who to man. Let's see how Ron responds. I don't think so. Alcohol is evil is coming in. All right, listen, Richie Rich, who the man, who the man, who the man, who the man, who the man, who the man, who the man, who the man, who the man, who the man.

Who the man, who the man, who the man. There's an obvious choice today, Ron. Let me see if you got who the man. Who do you got? Who do you got? Who's your obvious choice for who the man? Obvious choice. Let's go.

Three, two, one, go. No, my who the man is one of my good friends. One of my closest friends. We go way back. Yeah. So who the man is is I need to show my support for him. Okay. It breaks my heart.

Okay. But my very, very good friends. Stephen Tyler is going to trial. Jesus Christ. Oh, he's like, come on. Let's go quick. I just need a guy. Let's just say it.

We'll move on. And I don't know if Ron is brain dead. You might have some insight into this. Oh, that had the tone of a kid who didn't read the book. Yeah. Just asked to give a report. Did you see how he's looking around like for a name anywhere? There is definitely a guy that I'm thinking of right now.

He's a guy, no. Very, very well. talented man. I'm a big fan of. Then he's on Arrow. Yeah. Stephen Tyler. Oh, Steven Tyler.

Arrow Smith. That's it. That's the one I was thinking of. So he brings up Stephen Tyler. And I guess Ron used to date a chick who went to rehab with Stephen Tyler, which is why Ron says he's a good friend of his. Is that his claim to fame? Yeah. Wow.

This is an interesting story right here. I've not heard this. This is the God's honest truth. Yeah. My girlfriend at the time and Stephen Tyler. Yeah. We're in rehab together at a place called Sierra Tucson and Tucson, Arizona. It is for the rich and famous.

Yeah. She's rich and he's famous. And they were, and the whole band, by the way, the whole band went to rehab because this is when they were getting clean and sober. But so Stephen Tyler, by the way, the whole band was there for different reasons. Stephen Tyler was there for sex addiction. Yeah. And my girlfriend was there for sex addiction.

Yeah. What do you think happened in the woods, Ron? Ron's girlfriend in the 70s went to rehab for sex addiction. Mm-hmm. Could you imagine? I have to go away for a while. I like sex too much.

I got to get cured of that. You can do that right here. All right. Bye. Come back when you hate sex. See you soon. What the fuck? I'm like, no.

That's why we're dating. Because you like sex so much. What do you mean? That's not cool. Maybe he sent her there because it was just too much. Well, it's funny you say that because we find out what kind of girlfriend this chick was. When I say sex addiction, I'm not being coy about it. Yeah.

I would come home and she'd be like. Shivering. She'd be like she couldn't really walk like like she was doing like leg day. She would have like 30 in a row. Yeah, like a brand new fawn. Like a 30 in a row. She'd be trying to walk like a brain. new fall. And by the way, hot as fuck.

She was Paula Abdul, but 10 times sex here. So right on a girlfriend who was fucking 30 guys a day when he was at work. But she was really fucking hot. So there's that. That's a wild story right there. Not as wild as where Opie wanted to take it. Oh yeah, that's hot like a baby deer being born, like a pregnant deer, pregnant women, pregnancy.

I love it. What? Opie? What the fuck was that? He's talking about how she was getting fucking banged by a succession of men. And she couldn't walk straight. That reminds me of the miracle of childbirth. Or a baby deer being born in the woods.

Again, Adam, your instincts are spot on because Opie is the worst person to have a conversation with in the history of conversations. At 16 years old, he took legal guardianship of her. so she could travel with him on tour. She was only 16 at the time. All right. So it sounds like he was looking for a workaround. If he is found guilty of this, he should get the death penalty.

Let's move on, Ron. No. So he's talking about this trial that Stephen Tyler has, which sounds interesting, right? Nope. Case quote. He played prologue a 16-year-old on tour with them. And in California, there's no statute of limitations.

So there's this trial that's going on. And nobody goes, all right, he sucks. Anyway, moving on. What? He just said two fascinating things. His girlfriend was a sex addict that I'd go to rehab in the 70s. I don't know that existed in the 70s. Did they treat sex addiction back then?

I think that was just like maybe front of a pot. Yeah, right, exactly. What do you mean? And then he talks about Stephen Tyler banging this underage chick on the road. And nobody's like, yeah, whatever. As long as you're docksing Stephen in the entire band, do you have any stories from their time at rehab? It's insane how bad.

Like, his instincts are just off. Yes, because he doesn't want other people to succeed, and that makes for dead air and bad radio. You know what? The second somebody gets going, shut that shit down. Fucking great point. The only takeaway Opie has from the success of Opie and Anthony is that Anthony and Jim are celebrated.

And Opie, when you look back at it, wasn't that great. And he goes, never again. From now on, I'm going to bring on people that no one will care about. No one's going to be like, oh, wow, this guy's like Jim Norton. This guy's as quick as Anthony. He does all the voices. He'll never do that again. And when people start to be interesting, he shuts it down. Yeah. We're not doing that here. Funny people make him nervous and anxious. So any chance he gets, he surrounds himself with people that he's not intimidated by and that aren't like funny in that way even car louise which we'll see he's really interesting and really fascinating to listen to not funny you know he makes opi comfortable and that's

all he's looking for he thinks if he could go back in time i he's like i shouldn't have slept on all those things i was thinking i should have got them out i shouldn't let them walk all over me which is why he'll just shut somebody down to repeat a punchline imagine if ron did that to him excuse me, I was talking about Arrowsmith. Yeah, you're right. Opie has learned nothing. In fact, he has the wrong takeaways from his career. Could you imagine if we did

that to Tony P? He never does that to Tony P. No, no. Tony P. was like, you know Stephen Towers on Tribe? Like, whoa, what's going on with that, Tony? This is awesome. It's so different. I don't know why that is. It's fascinating. All right. I got a bunch more to get to, but first, supertip.g.g.

slash WATP, Carl's Frosted Tips is weighing in for us. Well, my family's gone. I've friends gone, money gone. Time for a toaster bath before the cops find the bodies. But before I go, beef tips tonight at 6 with actual content. Carl, see you then.

Sounds good, KFT. Is that a guarantee? Check out beef tips at 6 p.m. tonight. I'll be off before then. I have to go watch the Buffalo Sabers in game against the Montreal Canadiens. Let's go Buffalo. Last dab or standing.

The fuck, Carl. Another week of not covering me? I need this. One of my main pay pigs left. I need more than a 12 people to donate, or I'm going to fire Johnny. Fuck! I know it's not the real erred,

but you should fire Johnny. He stinks. He's not helping the show at all. 712, Colgate. What's up, Adam? I'm a veteran. Got into a theater and met him. some girlies love watching your ninja vape hits.

I have no idea what you're talking about, 712 Colgate. That seems like we need to investigate. Sounds like we need to investigate into that. Anonymous says Ron uses the camera like he's trying to show you his brain through his nostrils. Yeah. Ricky Bev. You don't do TLP right now. I'm calling the police.

Yeah, have me swatted. Venom Tony 15. Go away up. He didn't order any. Anything. No Tom Petty, nada. That means go way in Spanish. Also, stature. Hire your British cigarette. Go Chris Benoit, you and your roaches like Lenny Dixstra and Opie. Did someone call my name? Since I heard him say British Sig. Since I'm here, what's the best thing about facking with 23-year-olds? There is 20 of them. Get it? Because I'm a PDF file. Never forget it. That's a good one. I was talking to Blind Mike. yesterday on Devilverse Live.

I asked his woke dad back. He's like, I check every day. No woke dad, unfortunately. I was fascinated by that discussion you were having about Rodney's, you two. I so wished I could have weighed in. I was going to call out the chat a lot for disagreeing with Mike. What was your take on it? Yeah, I was with you on it.

I don't want to step into any landmines, but he just, when he's, when that owner said that stuff about Stevie Lou, and he went, oh, is that the guy with a Nunchucks? He went, yeah, that guy's insane. That guy's ridiculous. And Mike just became apoplectic. He's like, that's a comedian on your bill. Who are you to, and I understood where Mike was coming from, but that was not a comedian on his bill.

That was a guy from the audience who jumped on stage and took out a weapon. You skip the big part where they were like, people were frisked and kind of their bags were checked as they came in. He was bragging about how we snuck this weapon into the club, then got on. on stage and took it out. At that point, I feel like the guy can say whatever he wants about what he thinks that crowd is. I wish you were there for that. Yeah. I missed that detail.

Because you're right. Steve Loo was not on the bill. And people say he had the best set, which is not a good thing. Because people love weapons and they love violence and he whipped it out. Stevie Loo got assaulted in Manhattan with a guy with no jokes. I get the joke. If he knew comedy and was into comedy, he could have turned it into a joke instead of just like a sight gag thing.

But I could understand why the guy was, you know, having this opinion on everything going, this wasn't even really a cop, like there was comedy, but it was just like a camp meeting or it was like kids in a theater group taking over the thing, which is fine. But when you're bringing weapons on stage and when no one from the outside is welcome because they're not going to get it, they're not going to know and they're not going to feel welcome. I understand where he's coming from. That was the point I was trying to make. if you have a comedy club and you have people who show up to see comedy and then it's all just inside jokes

about the Dabbleverse, people screaming at you and you screaming back. Yeah. People are going to be like well, I'm not going to go to Rodney's anymore. That place sucks. And it's an entirely different bill than the first Rodney's show. So I'm sure he knows Dabble but I don't know if he knows this guy who these people, like those are real comics.

Chad, Kevin Brennan, these are award-winning comics that have been around a while. You're expecting a comedy show and they could have had one. Kevin Brennan's a very good stand-up comic. In the later years of his career, he opened for Louis C.K. And he could play a theater and crush it. He's a very funny comic.

And the fact that he goes out and hosts the show that's just like screwing out the dabble verse with the audience, I get why the club owner is like, yeah, that was a debacle. I don't want that in my club anymore. It sucks. Which I don't mind either. Like if Kevin hasn't done comedy in a while and he wants to ease his way back in, Do whatever you want. And in fact, if that show, everyone's happy with it, I love it.

All I want is people doing live shows. What kills me is when guys like that are like, why would you go play a gig over there? You didn't make any money. Well, okay, when other people do gigs, it's embarrassing. But when you do gigs, it's noble and it's honorable. That was my only kind of issue with that. Yeah, that's annoying. Yeah.

When he calls up clubs. How many tickets they sold? I actually appreciated the fact that Rocco called up. the cloud bank, how many tickets to be sold? Because that's what KB does to everyone. Stott Chunksta, remember for two months. S.J. painted on that bridge.

I don't want the world, Carl. I just want your half. I know. Comedy podcast clips. He's going to the bank because he recently got a payday, and I assume he is delinquent at the bank. So he has to get that right before he can attach Venmo.

That makes a lot of sense. Yeah, good point. Jay Phoenix. Is this first official point babble point. Oh, interesting. Babel, babble, babble, babble, babbba. Well, bab, bab, bab, bab, bab, bab, bab, bab.

Well, babbap, bab, bab, bab. Adam, are we starting a new show? I think we might be. Okay, I like it. Point babble point. We just recap the FU Friday. Every single Friday. I mean, I can totally do this.

We put them up on the board. This would be great. By the way, I'm not opposed to turning into our own FU Friday. We're like, you call it and tell us what you're mad about. Gas prices, they're outrageous. No, it's got to be like Quadfather. What did he do this week? All right, Dave Taft, my buddy Dave Taft.

Thanks for doing a show that I enjoy. You're welcome. Jeff Moss. Thanks for doing the number one podcast in North America. Looking forward to Depp We've got three, the best live show in the Hemisphere. See, this guy gets it. Dablican 3 is going to be the best live show in the hemisphere. I can't wait for that to happen.

Just waiting for this lawsuit to wrap up. Mike's 62 soup can. Adam needs to get closer to the camera. I know. I need to show you the top of my head more while I'm talking. NS 3255. 10 bucks. Thank you. Youngest dabbler, we at 22, been watching since Tony Alien Days.

Oh, yeah. MSCS. Tommy, right? Is that what you're talking about? Oh, yeah. Or maybe it's a different person. For Jackie the Jokester. Yeah, four years.

Skoll. How do I explain me going to the next Hackamania to my 22-year-old girlfriend, humble brag? Oh, 22-year-old girlfriend. You should definitely bring her to Hackamania next year. And don't worry. There's no sex going on at Hackamania. So you don't have to worry about that. Everyone's going to be cool.

If you want to keep her, don't bring her and don't tell her about it. Neelach says thoughts on Chrissy Mayer getting crushed for the, Melanie Mac interview. I did a whole segment on that yesterday on Devil Verse Live. I over explained it. I presented it poorly at best, but I'm fascinated by it. The quartering and the fallout from that and Brittany Venty versus Melanie

Mac and Chrissy getting involved and the Jesus element that's involved in all of this. And are you following any of this? I'm not. I got to get into this. I got to get into this. I got to get involved. It's so interesting to me. So, Neelax, check out the final segment of Davelverse Live yesterday.

I will too. Michael C. My F.U. Friday, there's a pimple in my nose. Oh, my gosh, isn't it the worst? I've ever talked about this before. I used to have a pimple. Yeah, we know all about it. Opie is the Duke of the Babelverse.

Says, hey, would you blow me? I would love for Opie. You know, like Rob Saul or corky or these guys are just like, the new Duke. I would look for Opie just be like, all right, guys, I'll just be the new guy

you all make fun. I'm like, all right, cool. I'm in. Let's go. Did you know that Opie? This is a wild thing. Remember, this is this morning's episode. So it's not like I

pulled this out of the archive to try to find something that was interesting pertaining to me. Just this morning, Opie went in and described my cock. Wait.

It's this thick, Ron. It's this thick. I know. I know. WATP show at gmail.com, ladies. Get in touch. All right. So, Opie is going to correct the who to man.

Because Opie knows who the man is. And Ron fumbled that. We can both agree. It was supposed to be quick, get to the point. And Ron didn't know what he was talking about. And then he's like Stephen Tyler. And obviously, like, who cares? So who is who to man?

Well, my who to man today is between two people. I'll show you the first one. And then we'll do the second one. Is this the man today? Are you still doing stuff? Is that the Met Gala? Yeah, it's the Met Gala. You recognize who that is, right, Ron?

That's the rock and a skirt. There was a moment, and I praised Opie for this, where he actually pulled up a clip or an image in Streamyard and showed it on the screen. We can all see it. I was like, oh, he'll be prepped. He has this ready to go. He knows how to do that.

He's showing his phone again. Yeah. Remember they played clips and they were going to be a clip show now? That's right. I was all excited. I'm like, oh, Opie's doing stuff. Nope. He's right back to, hey, look at the.

this thing on my phone. Can you see that? Hey, can you see this thing on my phone? I didn't realize this. We'll see more of it later when we get to the Carolee stuff, but I think he likes to drink a lot more than even I am aware of. Oh, interesting, because Opie claims he's not an alcoholic on this show this morning. Yeah, and only alcoholics have to claim that they're not alcoholics. Like, it just doesn't come up. Yeah, I hear John say that a lot, too. You know, he hasn't had a drink since, you know, until 728 p.m. so. Because if you're not, and you drink, you might go, I am really? What do you mean?

Explain. Right. Uh-oh. Am I drinking too much? Maybe I should do something. Speaking of alcoholism, did my cock is thick joke not work? That didn't work for you.

I'm sorry. You're not coming through. It's breaking up a little bit. All right. So let's find out. Let's find out what Opie thinks. What I love about the Opsers, he shows the rock and a skirt and just giggles.

Like when the jokes write themselves, you know. He doesn't add anything to it. He just thinks that that's funny. and he elaborates on this. He's got a tight leather black skirt on. He's not pulling it off. He looks a little foo-foo. A little foo-foo.

I think that's Opie's version of Just Do It. Yeah. He's a little foo-foo. Yeah. He's calling the Rock Gay. He doesn't even know what he's looking at or making fun of. No idea. He's still stuck in like, they're wearing a dress and it's a guy.

Can you believe this? It doesn't matter. The rocks in a skirt. What a gay lord. And he just giggles to his friend. And Ron gives him nothing on this. Rod's not laughing along. He doesn't care.

Because it's hard to even figure out what the joke is supposed to be. Is this really like the 1920s? Like, what are we laughing at here? I don't know. I don't know. And you can tell how spoiled he is from working with greats, because he has that long pause. He was like, now you go make this a thing.

Right. Now you go. Hey, this guy's in a skirt. I'll say it again. He's in a skirt. He's gay. Nothing? Nothing.

And if it were Howard Stern and that we're stuttering John, Howard would be making the joke about what a stupid joke that is. And how the person doesn't get it, John wouldn't realize that and think he was getting last for real. But instead of any of that, we'd get dead air. Which is perfect. This is what the show is, and I do appreciate that. So I don't know if you know this, but Ben Stiller went to the Met Gala and not to the Knicks game. Oh.

And so Opie's got a take on that, which I appreciate. Opie's doing a little prep. And we got a game coming up. So listen closely, Adam. Well, Ben Stiller is getting a lot of abuse online. I threw a couple at him. I threw a couple at him. I think he's, I think we used to call it back in the day.

Let me see. I'm an older gentleman. I'm going to break out a phrase we used to say many, many years ago. They don't really say it nowadays. What did Opie say next? Oh, my God. Choice one. Foo-Foo.

Choice two. Gay. Choice three. Light in the loafers. Choice four. Pussy whipped. Choice five. Bitch boy.

What do you think Opie says next? I think he says, How are you? What does Opie say next about Ben Stiller? Do you have an answer from my... Yeah, he says, uh, gie. Oh, yeah, that's a good one. Pussy whipped.

Remember that term? Sure do. Sure do, Opie. Yeah. Good stuff. he's so proud of himself too when he plans bits he cracks himself up

not really but like anticipation all day like he knew this was going to kill he's been waiting he doesn't want anyone to step on it or get anywhere near it you know if you look at his Twitter it's really funny because when he says yeah I was I was hitting him in the Twitter

his Twitter looks like Rob Saul's if you just go to replies and scroll down it's just him telling every celebrity he can find the fuck off in some really ridiculous unfunfing funny way. It's a lot of hate. Interesting. Adam, I gave you props yesterday on Dempoverse Live

because when we had Rob Saul on the show, I don't follow Rob on Twitter. And I don't know if you saw the segment, but I was playing the clip of when Rob goes, I asked him, I'm like, is this the first time you've like relapsed and gotten angry and

done this kind of thing? He's like, yeah, I mean, I fuck around on the show, but I'm not really angry at all. And your face was like, huh? Oh, he's trying to say it's just an act. Because you see his Twitter and I hadn't seen it. And I went and looked at it after the fact. He lashes out at everyone all the time.

Yeah. It's insane. Yes. It's not funny or fun. He's just pissed. He's just angry. It's very, again, stuttering John because you'll make a very simple comment and he comes back a hundred times, which is what he did while he was drunk.

I would ask have any good dreams lately. And he would just go to town. and he's still having similar instincts, which is why I wasn't sure what the fuck I was supposed to be doing with him on the show. I was so disarmed by him just saying, taking responsibility, I didn't know where else to go from there.

I was expecting a fight, and when that didn't happen, it was just like, okay, well, validate your parking and go. I don't know what to say. But I was so glad you were on the show.

That's why there's two of us. And producer Chris, whatever he does. But that's why there's two of us because I didn't know about that element. And you brought it up. You're like, Rob, really? You think that you don't have anger issues?

You think you've hadn't, that hasn't happened until this incident with you striking past. By the way, passed in the chat. Rob has an anger problem for sure. Yeah. I was unaware of Rob's anger problem. I've seen a show and streams and stuff, but I did not see what he's doing on X, which is bonkers. Yes. And it's going to happen again.

It's not done. Yeah, no shit. So what happens then? Anyway, my point is, Adam. All right. Thank you for being there. I fucked up. I was being way too soft with Rob.

And I appreciate that you like... It's a good... Good cap or bad cop, worse cop. Yeah, yeah. That we're doing. All right. This is Ron the waiter with a saying, a phrase I've never heard before. Right.

Put your shoes in the other foot. Right. They'd be run out of town. Put your shoes in the other foot. What does that mean? Is he trying to put yourself in another person's shoes? Yeah, I think that's what he means. Put your shoes in the other foot is a wild one.

Yeah. But he was drinking all last night, you know, that 50 ounces of beer, and then that barbecue chicken and mashed potato. So he's not thinking, right? That's fine. He's working with a ghost. Opie, as we've talked about recently, has turned down radio gigs. they don't pay enough.

And I was like, why would I take a radio gig? I can make shit money doing my podcast. And he gets very excited when people give him money. He looks like Timothy Sholome, but it's our buddy Jay Warren, member for 34 months. Man, become a member on our YouTube channel. That would help us too. I thought that was Timothy Shilomay, chiming in.

Because if you're a member of my YouTube channel, Opie Radio, every month you're giving me a fiver, and that helps the cause. But Jay Warren writes, Ben Stiller sucks Peter. If you give Opie five bucks, he will laugh hysterically at nonsense. So that's cool. Hey, my buddy Moody, who I usually talk to it this time on a Friday. A mixture of shoes on the other foot and put yourself in another person's shoes. Yeah, I think he confused those two things.

English is not his first language. That's very impressive. And he's from New Zealand. Wow. Yeah. And he figured it out. So thank you, Moody. I'm sorry, didn't Opie just give us the speech about how authenticity is the way to go.

And that's why Tim Dillon is so successful. And people can sniff that out from a mile away. But he's going to act his way through this scene with Jay Warren 333. That's so funny. Ben Stiller sucks Peter? Huh? Who's Peter? All right, good stuff.

So Opie describes our show. and Adam you and I've done a ton of Opie segments together Opie hates the Dabbleverse He has called us out specifically We're just guys in a basement Who are just ragging on successful shows And he doesn't care for it He'll never get into the Dabbleverse

He could do it better than us He said oh it's just Jocktober Repackaged I'm the best of Jocktober If I did it I would crush them And then Opie says exactly what the show is seems to like it. Look, if I see someone walking around the streets in a skirt, I want to be able to point, mock, and laugh.

How ridiculous it is. Yes. Right. Welcome to WATP, OPE. No, no, no, no. There's one more rule he left out. Oh. You're not allowed to do it to him.

Oh, that's the problem. Can we do it to run? I'm sure he's fine with that, right? He loves the hatch. Not Tony. Not Tony Pee. No, Tony, you touch him. You fucking touch a hair on his head.

Of Ron. Nope. I want to point, mock, and laugh. Yeah, yeah, me too. But if somebody, like, I want someone to chat right now, like, your hair's a little messyopee and see him just lose his mind over that. He gets so flustered. Oh, it's another hater.

Block. You know, he's blocking people in real time. And it's that same anxiety. Like, oh, I got to have a comeback. I got to have something quick. They would have something quick. And he can't. And now it's already been 30 seconds.

And, oh, fuck, I hate this. I want to go home. All right. So the Met Gala, big topic of conversation. Opie has a joke prepared. The Met Gala, it's just a cry for attention. Heidi Kloom went to the Met Gala looking like my splooge sock. Now, if you don't know what Heidi Klum looked like, I'll share that.

How many times is Opie coming in the same sock? I usually just come one time in the laundry. Actually, didn't he have the same sleeping bag? for about 20 years? I think you're thinking of Aradibold. You're right. I'm sorry.

Jerked off in his sleeping bag every time he would pull it out of the closet and jerk off. I've got to rip up this graph it makes no more sense. Moody! We need you.

God damn it. Working with amateurs over here. Oh, that's right. He had the magazine out in the woods. That's right. Yes. So Opie

makes a joke about Heidi Klim looking like his spooge sock. And he got nothing for that. He was very upset about Ronnie's reaction and he lets him know. Sploge, sock.

Bad bunny looked like... Bad bunny looked like an old Cuban playing dice. Maybe he wasn't listening. Should I try the line again? Were you listening, Ron? Yeah, what happened?

Did that line fall flat or were you not listening? Because you're sweating Fosters today. I love the fact that Opie's so upset he didn't get a reaction. That was a joke he had ready to go. No reaction. And then he realizes that saying it twice will not make it work.

Opie says everything twice. The idea that his first instinct was that didn't get a laugh. He must not have heard me. Right. Yeah. Obviously you're not paying attention. I just said, uh, spleug sock. How did you miss that joke?

joke, you idiots. And Ron's just like, I'm sorry. Was I supposed to react to that? I do like that about Ron. I do like that about Ron, too. Because Tony P. just goes, ha ha ha ha ha. He's such a weirdo. He's such a fucking weirdo.

But, so Opie didn't get a reaction, and he wasn't sure what to do, and he wanted to laugh, but he didn't want to say it again. That wouldn't work. Thank God. He gets a redemption. Give me the line again. Maybe the line just fell flat. It always works when you give the line again.

First rule of comedy, don't really. I know. No, the first rule of comedy, if the line doesn't work the first time, don't say it again. You know what? I'm going to accept a swing and a miss. I got to accept a swing and a miss on that line. I got to that. That takes maturity.

Wait. Yeah, but Gary Garboo, who gave us the breaking news that were the number one podcast in America. He wrote line of the day, in my opinion. Line of the day. Yes. Thank God. Gary Garbu called it the line of the day. For a minute there, I thought Opie was going to be embarrassed for having a bad joke.

Redemption. If your wife were with us, she'd be so proud. Holy shit. Mrs. Hughes. God rest your soul. Ted Turner passed away. He did. So this is the actual who to man.

You know, Opie was just fucking around with the rock and a skirt. he's got a real hootaman here oh all right so what i can't give uh who the man to uh to the rock i can't there's only one person and i don't even know why we're giving huda man to this person but i guess he was a big deal ted turner is no longer with us i guess this ted turner was a big deal i know he knew how to wear a mustache that's for sure boom hot take okay so um he elaborates On Ted Turner. He's got this prepared as well. He's got some really spicy hot takes on Ted Turner.

Hold on. I'm sorry. It's not just that it's so bad. Like, it takes away. It doesn't just sit there and do nothing when he's unfunny. Like, it makes me feel bad. It takes something away from me that I won't get back.

Oh, Ron's expression right here says it all. Mm-hmm. He's like, okay. What am I going to do with this? I'm hung over. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

Uh-huh. Yep. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. all the reasons why he thinks Ted Turner stinks. Well, I'm trying to have a little fun with it because everyone else is praising the Ted Turner. And I want to focus on the fact that he knew how to wear a mustache.

He didn't tell Jane Fonda to shut the fuck up. And he forced the Atlanta Braves on us. That's a good take, Ron. That's a little different than everybody else that's kissing his ass today. Is that true? He invented the 24-hour news cycle, which is the reason you have a job. That's what he did. Um, no, no, no.

He stinks and he forced the Atlanta Braves. Right. Hanoy, Jane. That's what we all remember. Yes, that's, uh, that's the main takeaway from this. Opie's stream is awesome. I'm sorry. I know it sounds like I'm a cheerleader. I kind of am.

I really like what Opie does for a living. It's insane that this is where we're at. And I appreciate him. Like wrestling and, his battle with McMahon and the rise of all of this kind of soap opera drama stuff like anything anything at all

Opie you can relate to or is it just he's successful in media so fuck that guy in his stupid mustache well that is Opie's thing anyone who's doing better than he is sucks Joe Rogan he sucks he's constantly

complaining about podcasters and oh the guy talks funny so he's like oh he stinks All right. Well, if you say so. Oh, squishy face. Oh, all right. I got a problem going on right now.

I don't know why, but the files you sent me, I'm only getting one of them. What? I don't understand. I see them all in the folder here. Let me try something different. Let me try a different way to download them. Oh, and I'm going to try.

Oh, Jesus Christ. Now Adam's gone. Everything's coming up Millhouse. All right. Supertip. dot g-g-w-a-t-ppepto the world's largest cat coming in topic but i just saw the clip of john singing the carrot song it reminded me of hal nine thousand singing daisy while its mind is being disconnected yes that's actually a good call adam you know about movies i missed him oh all right

Jen Ocean Wolf TWO Tuki Taylorman Remember for 33 months Is that true? Carol, you should make a segment Where everyone can send in short videos Of us playing guitar better than John Great show, boys

I would do that Yeah Let's definitely do that Remember when Opie was taking New co-hosts? Anyone who wants to co-hosts And then nobody did it I think Alex did it once

And that was it Right, Alex Stein was in the running for that And then no one ever got to audition again that's really funny all right I'm trying to download these files give me a second

hey would you blow me hey the rock sucks Peter wow since you gave you two bucks that's great that's really good

get it I do get it hey would you blow me it's really good stuff yeah I mean neither yeah I know I actually don't get that at all

but thank you so much for participating in this special episode of where these podcasts over a thousand people checking us out to see what Opie is up to. I am working on

downloading files. I don't know why my computer hates me right now. I'm guessing it's something I did. Cringe of the week. Cringe of the week. See? Like Opie. Now you don't need to pay for all those bumpers. You're making me look like the fool

right now. Which I can't have. All right, it looks like it's actually is downloading now. So give me a minute. Vamp for me. Adam, talk to me about your first good play. Are you lonesome tonight? I don't know a parade. I get knocked down.

I get up here. Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do. I don't know why I only got one file when I downloaded this. It's downloading now, but it's taking a very long time. Which is weird because I have a very fast internet connection because I don't know if you know this, but I'm a professional YouTuber. Not according to what I've been hearing lately.

I know. I think John's right. Will John come back because of this? This could bring him back into the dabble burgers. I told the he said they should have told him when he was little. They should have said, you're not good at that. Do you see Lady Kay trying to download a file to take him a minute?

That was crazy. All right. Let's see. Do I have it now? It looks like I might have it now. Everything's taking longer because I'm live on there, which is how that works. I can just hold them up on my phone. No, no, no, no, no.

I got all 18 files. Adam, you were checking out. There we go. Opie and Carl Ruiz were at Pizza Tavern. And their very first meeting with Ron the waiter. The reason why he is Ron the waiter is because he was waiting on Caro and Opie. Yes. And Ron had no idea who they had.

Who they were. No. And there's a lot of celebrities that go to this place. It's one of the oldest bars in New York City. It was built in 1850 something. And it's really great. It looks original. It has great food.

You're always going to find artists and writers. Oh, Henry wrote there. The Gift of the Magi was written there. And Ron is a good waiter. And he's one of those like almost for tourists that want a New York experience. He knows how to like turn that New York. thing on that people want to see. He's very good at it.

But there's also a secret weapon working in his favor. But let's start off with just, this is how they do their pop-ups, Ron and Carl. That's what he calls them, where they're basically just eating and drinking and making a tax right-off, basically. Make a duky face? Yeah, how I could make a shitty face to just show that I'm not a big fan of his actually. You look like I don't carry emoji. You look like. And I didn't say who I was or anything.

any of that or shit. But I meant Ryan Seacrest. Wow. Big star in the radio world. Do you look like a star in real life? No, he looked kind of, he looked kind of sad, actually. Like some people look like stars in real life.

No, they put him together. Really? He looked, I looked way on. No, he looked frumpy and just kind of, kind of sad. And no why. No, Opie. Back then, he was still comparing himself to super successful broadcasters.

And so he thought he had a rivalry with Ryan Seacrest? Yeah. He doesn't. If somebody called Opie Frumpy and not put together, he would lose his fucking mind. Why is he so comfortable just calling everyone anything he wants? Ryan Seacrest. This guy is so put together. It's pretty much his only talent.

Yeah, right. He presents well. Any time a day. You see him? Right. There it is. He's ready for it. That's it.

Yeah, this guy, he looks like, shit. Oh, okay. If you say so, I guess. So now they're really getting into the guy talk as they continue to roast Ryan Seacrest. Because, you know, there's rumors that he might be. What's just saying? There's rumors that. Are you serious?

So, you know, if this comes out, out that there might have been some harassment with the woman. Look, it's all the rage these days, but in Ryan Sechrester's case, I think it can help him. Really? I think so. That's a funny way of looking at. Hmm. I'm confused as to what his problem is with Ryan Seacrest.

I think he says Ryan Sechrest has some kind of palsy or maybe a muscular dystrophy, and that causes him to make odd sounds and cut off to the side. Is that the joke? I think you're way off on that. Really? Then what else makes you go, Rang? No, no, no, no.

I think what he's actually saying is something more like... I'll go for it and say, I'm gay. I'm all gay. I think he's calling him gay. That makes a lot of sense. Yeah, nice. I think that's what he's talking about. And Kurt, we was just like,

ah, ha! What a gay guy, huh? We got him. But keep in mind, this is eight years ago. It was still wildly inappropriate and unfunny. I know. By the way, the video quality sucks. It's like, 2018, it was modern times.

I don't know why this looks like shit and sounds like shit. It was a different time. It should be better than this, but this is what we got from Opie when he was hired by Westwood One. Well, right now, now we're going to see the moment when everyone fell in love. Oh, my gosh. This is so exciting. So Ron the waiter comes over, and Opie's just like, hey, we have a live stream going. And you know how Ron is?

Ron's like, ha ha, the camera loves me. So he's excited about it. Yeah, it's so weird. You know what I mean? She looks dope in it? Yeah, she looks good at it. You guys okay? Yeah, we're all right.

I'll take that shot of Jim B brother. Another one? Yeah. You want to say hi? We're doing something here. Want to say hello? Tell me about Pete's Tavern. You like this and dairy?

Yeah, that's where we are. That's the guy that said, I don't drink fruity beers. I love that beer. He can give a bluff. That's too good, bro. Too good. Too good. His belt is right around his knees.

He's all got. I love him. I was texting like crazy yesterday while you're flying because I was hanging with brother weeds, and I needed to get that tequila. We were drinking a guy's place. The Enra Giro, Anjillo. So Ron, that's the perfect amount of run, the waiter. Gets the line in, gets the big laugh, exits stage left, we're good, we got it.

His voice was soft. Yeah. It wasn't high pitched. His face was still. He shoved it into the camera, sure, but it wasn't making a lot of those crazy faces and sounds. Well, Opie invited him in. Like, hey, here's the thing. He pulled it up for him.

So Ron had a line, set it, got out of there. this is what Ron should be doing rather than working at one of those rude restaurants where people go so that they're rude to you and you whatever that is or yeah because that's what they're laughing like like this is wild

this is crazy like real out of towners this place sucks balls like ah come on you're waiting it can't be true for those of you watching this next clip I love so much because now that Ron has gotten the taste of the audience and he knows there's a camera watching,

you gotta watch him stalking their table without them knowing. Oh, interesting. Herbal flavor, it's fantastic. That's just a tequila used. Right, it was very tasty. And you gotta teach me how to make a good margarita. I'll teach you.

I get the lame margarita mix. So, yeah, we're up all night because it's like, back in the old days. Yeah, I'll do you have to do a margarita. I'll tell you how to do a margarita. You take me? Uh-huh. A little bit of ice.

You squeeze a lime in it. That's your margarine. Come on. That's it. Drink like a man, dude. By the way, you're making fun of them. This was his big break in the show business. I mean, it literally is the reason why we're talking about Rod the waiter

and why Kevin Brennan is calling Gebhardt to go, and it's Rod the waiter going to be there. This guy's a star now. Yep. And it's because of this, this mugging for the camera. This, hey, look at how I walk around in the restaurant. Look at me. I'm doing stuff. Do you think they can see him through the camera?

No. Yeah. He can hear them and he's writing and he's waiting. And he's waiting for the moments to pop right back in like he does with this next one. Okay. What do you think agave is? Agave. Don't put a gabber.

You guys mixing cocktails? Mixing cocktails. What do you know about it? I tell you, I make a mean Bill Cosby. What are you saying? I make a mean Bill Cosby. What does that even mean? I don't know.

It's like a rapist dude. This guy wants to be part of our fucking Bobboh. Why is Christine beat me up? Who else got the Bill Cosby joke? I didn't get the joke. Christine's been angry since we started this thing. How do you not get that joke? I like when Ruiz says to him, I think it's like a raping joke.

Yeah. I don't know if you know what Bill Cosby was up to for the last. 50 years. I guess I can explain it to you if you want. I haven't been following since picture page. What's up? What the fuck is wrong with? Opie.

I don't get the joke. I'm surprised that Opie took a liking to Ron the waiter because that was a good line. And Ron was hovering around like you said. He's like, I was talking about cocktails. I got a line for this. Stuck in there. Got his line in.

So now he's two for two. If you ask me, I think he's killing it. Oh, yeah. He's going to get a good tip. if things keep going this way. Well, not from Opie, but if Carl's by, then yes.

Now, this is weird to see because, you know, Opie's still a... Opie doesn't tip his door guy. You think he's giving Ron the waiter a tip? Oh, no, don't worry, Ruiz gets the bill. Okay, good. And Oby comments about how that's a good thing. Anyway, no spoilers.

But Opie really, even then, he's so rude and obnoxious, he starts lifting his phone that's on a tripod up or his camera and shooting the whole room because he keeps, he thinks it's a funny joke to keep saying Louis C.K's here.

Who? At the table. Louis C.K. That's a chick. The guy right there with a mustache next to the girl with the reds. That's not Louis C. That's Louis CK.

That's just a Louis CK, right? Well, we'll know if he works on his dick. I love him. Only New York, man. So, Obie got that one. Yep. There's no Bill Cosby, but he knows Louis C. Okay.

That's good. It's good to know. And again, Ron, three for three. It was quick with that one. He knows how to exit. Yes. That's the thing about Ron. He's lost his way.

Get in and get out. Yep. Very good. Producer Chris is the best at this. President Chris doesn't talk for 25 minutes. Then he says something, but I'll go, that's hilarious.

Assessant, a sniper. Everyone in the comments is like, I have one producer Chris. He's the best. It should just be the producer Chris show. It's like, that's how you do it. Leave him wanting more,

they say. Opie was talking about having dinner with Brother Wees and how he was streaming from it and it was a very fancy wood paneled, which is a sign of wealth here, steakhouse. And he wants to know

What did you order at the steak house? Please tell me you ordered a steak. Okay. This is Cup 7? Yeah. Fucking chicken, dude. I went with a little tuna tartar. Oh, my God.

Oh, you want you to get shrimp in my life. How the fuck did you do that? Dude, don't be a dick. I just let being a dick. I was a pleasure. Oh, it was a pleasure. This is my buddy. Opie?

Okay. Yeah. And I'm horrible. Kyle. No recognition. Yeah. And I'm wrong. Are you from Boston?

You're like a linguist. I am from Boston. Wait, you think, I heard Boston accent. This is how you can tell us someone from Boston. Yeah. Have them say the phrase martial arts. Maschalaz. Or like, or like, oh, that's wicked piss up.

Right. Or if a girl like, if a girl like, you get the big of head, you call her a pickle sniff up. That's true. That's like a real fucking local. Oh, yeah, she's a pickle sniff up. I used to live in Boston. He must have not had a radio.

And he didn't recognize the name at all. What's his name? His name is Anthony Coobion. Anthony! Holy shit. How funny is that? That's crazy. Karl Ruiz was calling the fact that he'd be the next Anthony Coombeer, the co-hosts of the show.

that's hilarious. I can't believe Ron again crushes it how you know someone's from Boston you know he's got to catch phrases

doing the whole thing and Opie's takeaway is how does he not know who I am? Yeah well you were doing like evenings on a rock station

what do you mean? Hey! Hey, yeah, me! Hello, Ron the waiter Oh my goodness Nice.

Did you block that shitty girl? Oh good. It was one of these. Yeah. And there was a lot. Do it with me, Carl. Block. Lopi yoga.

And there we have it. The first mention of Ron the waiter. That is the birthplace of our buddy Ron. And Tony P., the comedian, Ron the waiter, to this day. I'll never be considered anything other than Ron the waiter. Very funny. Who would have thought it would end up the way it is right now? With Carl in that situation?

If we had in that situation. So I was covering Opie in this era. It was my go-to bit on WATP. We're always covering Opie Radio. I'd never cover this stream or this episode because who cares? None of this matters. And yet, holy shit, Carl Ruiz dies. And that guy who's talking about Masha Otz is now the co-host of Opie's show.

And apparently we don't get to see it, but it's been mentioned many time on a show. Carl said to Ron this night, you're going to take my job. Did he really? He did. And Ron's so proud of that. He mentions it all the time. And by the word job, what do you mean specifically? You're going to take my co-host position, more of an internship.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's more of an unpaid internship. You don't get any college credit for it. And this is all well and good and fine, hanging out with your friends, having drinks. It's great. it starts to, you know, eat at you when you realize that he needs this to be a job. He doesn't just want to live like this. He needs to be paid for it.

Yes. Whereas Carl, not so much. Or anyone else in the world. You know, except for Anthony Bourdain doesn't get to do that. So I'm sorry, Opie. That's a good point. All right, where are we going next? This is where that starts to happen and the stakes start to become real when Opie starts to talk about a possible job.

Yoga. That was really funny. No, we're talking. We're definitely talking, but there's an alternative rock station here in New York. So we'll see. We'll see. So can I tell my wife we're going to be on the radio? She kind of likes these because it's more manageable.

It's full-time work. Yeah, it is. Do you really want to do that, dude? I want to do these pop-ups. I like these. We get to go to places I like to eat. I want to do these pop-ups and really develop them. We're slowly developing that.

So tell me about the sushi in California. Wow. Opie's talking about a potential radio gig back in 2018. And we went back and we did the very first Opie radio podcast as a bonus show, patreon.com slash who are these podcasts. It was fascinating to hear Opie say, I want to build this up. It was him and Carl Ruiz and Carl O'Reweez's cabin. It's like, we're just starting a new thing.

We're going to build it up. It's going to become a huge show. This is where we're starting from. And his mindset back then was, I don't need a job on the radio. I'll just do this thing. And we'll make it a huge show. Fast forward to, God, I'd love a job on the radio. I wish I had an income.

I got a few more years left before I run through all my money. I need a job. And I'm sorry, I don't know if this is rude to say. but I think it's very clear that Carl is not being sincere in these moments where he's like, yeah, my wife, she prefers that I not have a job and just do this. You don't want to work. He's not playing him, but he is being a pal, not making him feel pressure, playing it cool, because that guy just dangled.

He said, can I tell my wife we have a job now? And he goes, I don't know about that yet. That was a real question. You're playing coy with him, but these are big deals that change people's lives that I'm almost positive, you'll learn later. He's lying about completely open. Oh, well, that makes sense because Opie's talked about offers. We just talked about one recently back in Boston, W.EEI.

Where the sports radio only station wanted him to be their comedy man. They wanted to bring on Opie and Carl Ruiz. And he had to turn it down because of the commute, obviously. But, obviously. Yeah, he brings this kind of stuff up a lot, right? He's being offered these gigs. Remember when he had that job offer from IHeart? radio or I heart media, whatever they're called now.

Mm-hmm. And he's like, oh, we got a big deal going on. It's going to be huge. No much of it since. Nothing. Like, Opie just tells us there's big things coming and nothing ever comes of it. I guess at this point, he's like, what's a good analogy? He's like the lead guitar player from a really popular band who hasn't, like, formed his new one yet.

Right. So here he is. Are we doing something? Like, what's happening? And Opie knows that. And he's dangling it in front of him and toying with. this guy's life because he just wants to drink. That's the only thing this offers with the studio gig doesn't is he can drink doing it.

I just like doing this. We can write it off. We can have some drinks. What is the difference? Get some more Jim Beam over here. Is it lighting? What is this? So you're saying in this scenario, Carl Ruiz is the bass player who's mediocre at best and just

try to form that super gruel. As a songwriter is like, I don't know what I'm doing next. Maybe I don't want to do anything. Yeah, that's cool, man. But I can lay down the base if you want. Like, yeah, I don't know. We'll see. Or you could write some songs.

I can play bass on them and we can split the publishing like we've been doing. Right. All right. So, um, Opie did not get recognized by Ron the waiter. And he should have. He was a big deal in Boston, right? Yeah, radio people are always recognized by their face. Oh, you're back.

Oh. Oh, I used to live in Boston. When were you up there? From Boston. No, what? No, what? When did you move here? I didn't hear like 10 years.

Do you remember the radio show where they talked about Mayor Menino dying in a car accident? I remember Mayor Minino. But you don't remember the big crime? I don't remember maybe that... Like, did he hit the car accident? No, he used to what it said on the radio. Opie and Anthony. Oh, you were one of those guys?

You know what? You just looked like one of those guys that like spends the day in a bath. You just got yourself the best, Tiffany. You know, you're all like red and shiny. No, that's skin cancer, you son of a bitch. You got it. Oh my God, I got skin cancer. Not really, free, pre-pris skin cancer. I mean, if you're the serious skin condition, I mean, I'm not, I don't want to.

This is pre-pre-skin cancer. Pre-pring skin. Yeah. Where you're your suntan lotion? You're your fit skin. That's right. That's why you probably spend your days in a bath. I'm going to give this kind of a hundred dollars a tip.

He just took a bulldozer to eat, dude. What the fuck? I had one beer. How the fuck do we spend $80? Did we really? Oh, my God. That's hysterical. Ron has talked about this.

He says, when I first met you, Opie, I just figured you were a local drunk who just came to bars and date drink. Yeah. That's literally what just happened. He's like, oh, you were a famous guy. in the radio yeah i don't know anything about that why is obi needed recognition so badly from this guy he needs from everybody yeah 24-7 i mean it wasn't working so rui's had to save him and jump in with the do you know obey and anthony and him going oh yeah are you are you one of them and they just bust out laughing as if he's looking at mickey mouse going oh you work at disneyland like he didn't know

which one right even if you were a fan of the show you might not know visually which guy is which you're asking a question and he just can't handle not being recognized. We have to turn it into this out-of-body experience. Ah, ha, ha, ha, this is so funny. I can't believe it. Wow. That and, all right, I'm going to analyze this a little bit. And I'm telling me if I'm way off base.

Is there something to this where Opie is constantly putting Ron down? He will never elevate him like he does Tony P or any other co-host he has. Is it because Ron didn't. recognize him in this moment. Oh, my God. And he made Opie look foolish. That now Opie has to prove that he's the alpha and the star

from now on. I think it definitely might be the impetus to why he was like, oh, this guy's going to work for me until he knows who's in charge. Yeah. But at the end of the day, as we'll see, even with Tony, the ultimate, he's only building

Tony up to knock him down. He wants everyone beneath him. That's very true. That's a good point. Because if he loved Carl so much, he entertained whatever gig he's talking about and changed this man's life yeah that's true all right so what's going on next uh carl's interacting with ron on here yeah carl that makes a little spill at the table and obi handles it like an adult oh and you can look it up ha ha oh okay oh hey See that open?

I don't get this kid on video. I don't know if he's legal. I'll see him. I love this dude. I guarantee he's not. He just said I guarantee he's not. I'm going to bet him down doing that. All right.

Where did this Ron go? This Ron is. Garving and funny and quick and on the spot, ready to go. What happened to him? He's relaxed. Yeah. He's not over-analyzing. He's chill.

His voices comfortable. He's not spastic. I think we're going to learn why pretty soon. Okay. Where are we going next? Pop right to the next one, or he brings them the check, and they talk about the podcast. We're going to go get to Louis C.K. That's Johnny Bergen.

There he is. Yeah. All right. So listen. Two Jews walking to a bomb. That's all I got so far, but I'm working on it. He's totally talking about us. Listen, you guys are gonna be here for a while?

Listen, I'm leaving it fine. Is it okay if I give you the check? Yeah. And then you can start a new check with the other way to? Be my pleasure. Who am I talking to, by the other end? Just people. What are you doing like a podcast?

Yeah, a little fucking pop-up, I call them. You want to see some much of balls in the filpit fish? He's pulled down a zipper. That might be Louis's good. Kenneth has a question. The new 92-3, are you going there? What's that all about? Do you want me to be, well, they're talking to my ages.

That is the truth. Can I come? Yes, you can, Carl. I'm not even going to fuck around with that, but I guess There's a, no, I know, a station flipped here in New York to alternative rock. I'll give you this. Oh, here. And if you want more, you can start it with the new person.

Oh, here, here. Bro, we used to be famous. Who? He's on the food network, so he's definitely still famous. Yeah. That's Carl from Cal. What kind of, what's your specialty with the food? I cook Jew food. Are you serious?

No. No. You know, you know, I cook a dining food. No, but you look like you cook like halal food. I would believe that. Why are you paying? I got it. I don't mind that people pay these days.

I got you. I know Brother Louise, that was to look like an expensive dinner. I saw the picture. I saw, I know you. Did you see it? No, you don't know me. I saw the wood paneling. Wood paneling.

Yeah. Trigger. I got triggered just now. Maybe that's the real origin story. That's what you like to hate wood paneling. They can't be a real show. They have wood paneling in the basement. Wow.

A lot going on there. Again, Ron, very funny. Um, the fact that his shift is over at five. What time? So they're there in the late afternoon for dinner. Yeah, it didn't get that vibe, right? Because they're so sloppy. I was expecting it to be like 8 p.m. or something, but they're there at 4.45 and.

Yeah. And Ron's been there since 10 a.m. Yeah. Interesting. No wonder he thinks they're lushes. Oh, you guys are those day drugs. And again, Karui's great guy was ordering shots of Jim Beam where he's just like, like, yeah, I'll get a shot of Jim.

He was like, oh, another one? So that's a, I mean, I'm not going to criticize him too much. He did die at 42, but probably not a great thing to do in the mid-afternoon. I love them doing it. The idea that this is a podcast is crazy. Yes, and I love that Ron's just like, oh, what's going on on the other side of this? What are you talking to? What's going on?

Oh, there's a dozen people. But it's worth noting that Opie won't fucking tell him. Right. Like, you just, he's the star of this episode at this point, and you won't even tell him what it is. Like, as a courtesy, make a new fan. Tell him what it is. Well, but also, this whole thing where they need to be famous,

they need to show off to this guy. He's the funniest guy on the show. And they're like, by the way, we're the famous ones. Like, I, whatever, man. Can I bring your check over? President, eat here. Mayor Giuliani during 9-11 came here and gave a speech. That's what he was popular.

Uh-huh. People like it back then. Right. So, yeah, they don't need this. And Ron really gives me that vibe. Like when you were a kid and the waiter would like give you, make little jokes and give you attention. You just have to kind of smile your way through it.

Like, I hate stuff like that. They love it. They love it. They, well, because Open doesn't have an entertaining show. He needs this. He needs someone to come out and make with the Waka Waka. Yes. So he's very happy about that.

So now I think we're going to get. get a little closer to what's happening here. I'm waiting for this table over here. You're a liar. You were supposed to leave already. Well, I'm just waiting for the table here because I fucking, I partied last night. Did you really? Honestly, like, a little devil's danger? Am I going to get myself in trouble here?

No, no, no. I'm actually on television. It was a belated birthday present. I dropped a hit of acid. I had a great fucking time. Wait, you dropped ass of ass last night? Yeah. Oh, shit.

I got like two hours sleep. I had to be here at 10 in the morning. And by the way, I feel fucking fantastic. I'm probably going to have a fucking stroke or a hot attack. I don't give a shit. What are you done? You've done now? I'm done right now.

Oh, fuck home, bro. No, no, no. He needs the table. He needs the cash. No, no, no. I'm moving for them. They're paying out. But, like, soon as they are here,

it's like, I'm literally going to stop fucking pounding. Just to smooth it out. But, I mean, I was, it was 4th through the morning, and I'm tossing and turning. Trying to get the bed so I can be. here at 10 of the morning oh my whatever i'm trying i'm a true bucking right now a little bit no no i know i know i took it yesterday around i took it yesterday around four in the afternoon and at 4 30 in the morning 12 hours later i'm still trying to go to bed you still see like unicorns

flying around no i'm just trying to get hold of some oxygen you guys you guys know anybody no okay shut off the phone By the way, breaking badge is my favorite stuff. I thought it was a documentary. Now I'm gonna get in fucking trouble. My agent's gonna kill me. You're good, bro. That wasn't real. It was all, it was all for the kids.

For the kids. For the kids. It's all entertainment. It's all, you know, it's, it's, it's, I don't know. Totally so tough to get. Totally soft to get. Wow, I love these pop-ups. Isn't this great?

I'd rather do this for the stupid radio show, man. That's a better guest than rolling out you in a fucking year. Instead of being in a stupid fucking radio station somewhere in a studio. Oh, my God. That's great.

Wow. Fucking Ron Berman for the win. I love that. I was not expecting that at all. He's like, ah, you know, a belated birthday party. So, you know, things got out of the hand last night.

I was tripping on ass. Like, whoa, okay. that's fun. I wasn't expecting that at all. By the way, was? He's still kind of tripping. Yeah, well, they asked him. I think he's feeling it.

Of course he is. This is Doc Ellis. Is that the guy who threw the no-hitter? Yep. Yeah, he didn't know it was his turn to pitch. On LSD, pitched a no-hitter because you're so relaxed, you're not thinking. All of those anxious nerves that started to come out right at the end there when he was revealed and he was like, I don't know.

It was all. Press because he's tired and he's not paying attention to that and he's in that sweet spot. Okay. So I have a takeaway from this. Rob Saul was on Coke and Maui and sucked on the show. Don't do those drugs. But Ron, you should do acid more often on Opie's show. I think that'd be a very-

Well, the night before, for sure, because they started streaming at 6 a.m. So go ahead and drop that at 8. See what happens. That's amazing. He's like, yeah, I was tossing attorney at 4.30. Oh, I'm that mattress too. Anyway, and I know that feeling. I know that feeling.

Yeah, it was definitely the same mattress. I got to get up at some point. This sucks. I felt so bad for I was doing the math. I'm like, oh, man, Astoria. It's 4.30. He's got to be there by 10. He's got to take a train for an hour.

Like, ah. But he couldn't be better. There's a thing about athletes and artists performing their best when they're super tired when they can't, you know, overanalyze or get tense because you're just so drained. He was in that spot and it was beautiful to behold how charming it made him

and how it will disappear the next day. You know, it reminds me of the Detroit show that I did where the pizza didn't come in time in the green room. And I had to go and perform at the magic bag. Didn't hear about this. No food at all. Pizza never came.

Everyone else went in the back, ate all the pizza. I never got any pizza. I was starving to death, Adam. And yet somehow, I persevered. That's leadership. And the fact that you never mentioned it again after that, that was the real perfect touch.

It's how you know I'm a hero. Uh-huh. I never bring it up and it's not front of mind when things are brought up like this. All right. Coke cancels out Molly. Is that true? All right. I'll have to write that down to my journal.

I didn't know. So do, I think, antidepressants cancel out Molly. Oh, really? Yeah. I don't take antidepressants. I only take Molly. Me neither, but I've heard about it. I believe you.

Where are we going next, buddy? Scientologists don't believe in antidepressants. That's true. And SSRIs, and I agree with Scientologists on this. I've talked about this many times before. Back when I direct TV, there was a Scientology channel, and I fucking loved it. I watched it all the time. It was just hour-long documentaries about the health care industry.

and all sorts of things. I'm like, I agree with everything they're saying. I think Scientologists haven't figured out. I'm going to send you just some brochures. You just look at them. See how you feel. And I'm not even going to say anything. Don't even...

Sounds good. Let me see them. Sounds good, Ben. I'll make a trip out to L.A. We'll talk. Fantastic. That would be great. Just want to get those Thetons read.

Now, this is really great where at some point he's now reduced Ron to. Okay, which one are you? Opie or Anthony? Fucking tell me. The guy with the shirts. What's his name again? Who? The guy that we loved with them.

So I know, I know, I know, I know, I got, holy shit, yes. Yeah, I'm like simplest. I know a while ago you guys got in trouble. So are you, are you back on the ear? Wait, which one, which one do you remember? One of you, one of you got, like, got off the earways, right? For, yeah. So what are you doing now?

No, that wasn't me. What are you selling cars? I'm doing this. What are you selling cards? Making fun of me, like, it would be better if I was selling cars. Oh, okay, I would love to see you selling cars. I love this guy. All right, later, buddy.

Are you kidding me, have a beer with us? Oh my god, he's like the drunk uncle from Saturday Night Live, like in real life. And he was tripping last night. He's called him still tripping. Look at his eyes. fucking wide open. That's actually a good call, drunk uncle. So Ron went back and did a Google search.

I think he's asking people. We're asking other people. He guys ever heard of Opio Anthony? Oh, yeah, they got fired or something. Because, yeah, he doesn't know anything about this. And I was like going up and asking questions. What the fuck is Opie? Acting like he's the queen of England.

Like he's the, like, you don't know which one. And oh, you heard we? Yes, that's what people heard. They heard Opie and Anthony. They heard scandal. They don't fucking know which guys. Be a human being. They were fired multiple times.

Which time are you talking about? And which guy you both did fucked up shit. Right. Sex for Sam or the racist tweets. What are we talking about here? Was it filming people while they went to the bathroom? Which one? Which one? Right. Opie had just been fired eight months before this.

Now he's like he's above it. Okay. Fair enough. The reason it's better when Ron's around because when Opie's left alone, these are the kind of thoughts he has. on the Food Network. I'm on at 8. Yeah, I'll be watching. Don't you won't.

I'm too busy reading old John Lennon articles. Okay. Gay? Gay? What are you doing John Lennon article? Okay. What are you doing with John Lennon article? He was a fascinating man.

He's dead. He was in the Beatles and didn't give a fuck that he was in the Beatles. I could kind of relate to that. What do you mean? He was done with the Beatles and everyone else wanted him to continue with the Beatles. And he's like, the Beatles are done. have done. You think you should compare yourself to someone that got shot in front of their apartment?

No, I'm not comparing myself to him, but he's an interesting person to read up on. I don't like the Beatles. I'm angry about all of this. Opie just compared himself to John Lennon. I know you've heard Jackie Marling when he was negotiating. The Beatles of Radio. With the Beatles of Radio? He thought he was.

was at the Beatles. And now Opie's saying that he was the John Lennon of the Opie and Anthony show. John Lennon was also on heroin at the time. So there might have been something to that. But whatever, I love John Lennon, great songwriter, amazing musician. The fact that Opie thinks they both lived on the Upper West Side. I know. The fact that Opie would be like, yeah, yeah, I'm like John Lennon.

That's why I read articles about him. What? That's insane. way he can somebody would understand what he's going through that's an insane thing to say and then caro whee's i don't like the beetles i like caroese now i don't we're i'm done with you carol bad take luckily you don't have that much longer to deal with him okay that's good it's good news now uh ron is officially going to make his move okay good so here's what that was a party pal people calling you out on your party foul oh who cares thank you guys it was a pleasure nice to be

Yeah. All right? Yeah. Nice to make you. So listen, I mean, I know your career, so you. I don't know. You probably have a few bucks put away. You need like a house boy or something?

You know what I mean? I guess maybe some nice, like, daisy d'o. You know what I mean? I look like sausage wrapped in roach. You're a food guy. You get that. Yeah, I get it. It's just got weird.

Got weird, right? I'm on fucking fire. I may be the funniest way that you ever had. Yeah. Absolutely. You're good. Yeah. But you just got weird.

You might want to call Ryan Seagrass. Oh, the sushi, the tuna, yeah. Ron wanted opi money way back then. Yeah. Fast forward to this year. Hey, can we do a Ron show? Maybe I make some money on this thing. Eight years later, he wanted to be the house boy.

He wanted a job. He just wants a gig. Like, you're a millionaire? Can we hang out? Can I do stuff for you? We're so lucky we get to see this angle because it's like underwater footage of a shark where like the prey can't see

that the predator is coming towards them. We get to see all of that supposed improv where he was standing there listening and jumping in and he's always playing for the camera, not to them. He's like pushing them out of the way, getting his face right in that camera. He knows what he's doing.

He's does. He lived in New York with artists for a long time. He's hustling for a gig. He's mentioned his agent twice for some reason. He's a stand-up. He mentioned that. Open mics. He said he was on television.

He said all of these things. He's gunning for a job. That's funny. Good for him. Yeah. And it worked out because now he's making, what, tens of dollars a month? Yeah, he should have kept a job at Pete's Tavern. That's a great gig.

That's a good gig right there. You wouldn't be buying a fosters to take on the train with you on the way home. Maybe you would have a job. I'm a drink, but whatever. It's all good. This is really interesting to see how Opie was dealing with the trolls back then versus how he deals with them now. Check. Yeah, Dave, uh, Flew and Mac, give me.

We're doing. Hope he's a failure. That ass all right. We'll block Bill. Bye, Bill. I'm fine. I brush your head. People obsess about me.

It's so fucking weird. It's almost like the three. It's scary. But anyway, is it because you're so good looking and maybe those dudes love you? Just ignore it. He couldn't help himself. I've said this many times.

These radio guys, radio is great because you speak into a microphone and you know what's going off into the airwaves and you don't have any instant feedback. You're just like, people are in their cars loving this. And then as soon as they get on the internet, there's people in the chat going,

this sucks, you stink. I don't like you. Like, what the fuck is all this now? Block, block, block. They can't handle it. No. No, and it's weird because Opie is not handling this well at all. You can't beg for attention from Ron the waiter.

And then question, why are these people so obsessed with me? Why does that person not know who I am? Right. You're just a miserable person. You're just miserable no matter what's happening. He wants it both ways. And his buddy Carl is trying to help him out. And I recognize what Carl's doing.

Oh, it's because you're so handsome. That's why they hate you, O.P. Yeah, that's it. This is what Carl's getting paid for. This is his job to massage that ego and keep him upright. And he knows it. And he can even do it in a respectful way. Yes.

No, Carl was great at this. Yeah. It's a shame how this ends up. It was a lot of work for him, but he was pretty good at it. and they end it with this last one we'll call Who Needs Ant? People are obsessing that I turned down a huge opportunity with Anthony. He gives a fuck!

I'm happy! I want to do this. If you like this pop-up, please share it on Facebook. We're trying to build the numbers a little bit. But the numbers are doing well, man. Yeah, man. I get to see my boy. I used to talk to over a million people a week.

Now I talk to 30,000. That's it, man. 30,000 can start a war. It's like 30,000 on Facebook, and then when I put it on YouTube, it does between 5 and 10. You know, we'll build from here. All right, guys, we're babbling, so.

Play it around, guys. Let me do this. No, no fucking dip. No. Let me dip. No more food. Fucking no dip. Fucking.

Let me dip. No, no dip. All right, guys. What else? There's the room. Pete's Tavern. Gramercy Park. Right?

That's Grammarcy Park, man. Let's call Ruiz. Follow them on Twitter. Sabore Chef on Instagram. Want to thank Louis C.K. For making an appearance on the pop-up. It's not Louis C. I'm telling you that's Louis C.

That's like seeing a girl that read is grimace from fucking McDonald's. Complaining about 30,000 people. Yeah. And now he's talking to three dozen and pulling up all their chats in real time and responding to them. It's fascinating. Yes, it is fascinating. Hopefully somebody, not hopefully, it will happen. Somebody will fast forward to WAPE in 10 years and be like, look at Carl.

It's got viewers. He's all happy with himself. There's no theme song. It's just you going. W8D. I got nothing going out at all. it's going to be pathetic. But I await the day.

Wow, that's a fascinating episode. And thanks again to Haste Freely for sending that our way. We did say on the last WAPE,P, like, what's going on? What is it what we talking about? And Hase freely sent us one of his emails that is 83 paragraphs long. I always love to read those. Thanks so much for including so many words. But he included this link, which was important to us.

so we can get caught up on the origin story of Ron the waiter. I like Free Leaves' words. And what's really special about this is that Opie has been threatening to cover this for the last couple months. He keeps telling Ron, oh, I found the footage. I'm going to show you. You're not going to believe it. I just got to edit it.

I just got to do this and that. It's right there. Ace just sent it to us. Yeah, it's up on YouTube. It was posted eight years ago. It's still there. Yeah, it's awesome. Do you want to hear any of the comments that were written eight years ago?

Yes, I do. Please. There was one that was great about somebody give that old man his oxies. And another one was, why does that guy look like a fat Quentin Tarantino? Okay, yep, I like that. Well, the Gramacy Park Wikipedia page was just visited recently. The waiter was the best. I missed New York City.

Cool pop up. I like the pop up, but I really missed the structured radio show like you used to always do. Can you do that? that's funny yeah any of those from me I didn't check the name I didn't say Lady K anyway yeah good good call

that was my name in John's chat back in the day don't tell him I said that he doesn't know he doesn't no idea that's real quick aside and then I think he gave one more clip on here but John Melendez was claiming he was leaving the devil verse and didn't want to pay any attention

to it literally said I'm changing my number. Don't tell me what's going on. I don't want to know about it. And then he tweeted out yesterday. Oh, I'm hearing people are striking clip channels now. And he called out Rob Saul and, of course, Shulie, and I forget who else, for striking clip channels. He had a whole long post about this.

And he's like, that's a wrong thing to do. The balls on John Melendez to talk about who you should strike on YouTube for copyright and who you shouldn't strike, which I don't know, probably won't go well for him considering this lawsuit that strikes. You shouldn't probably say like, these are the ones I do strike. These are ones I don't strike. And here's why. That's not a good one. That's kind of dumb. Yeah.

It's the whole point of the lawsuit is to be like, no, you're targeting us to shut down our free speech. How did he tweet that if you shut down his Twitter? It's back up. Oh, okay. It's back up. Someone posted in Dead Wars Anonymous. Of course. All right, let's, before we play the last clip,

let's see if there's anyone here telling us anything, Raper But we're doing it. We are doing it, Raper Butte. Dang Lizard, emphasis on 18 files because they're illegal. Come on. Those are the clips I had to pull down. 37. Remember for 33 months.

The most recent Dabler's Live was some of the most insipid content you've ever put out. Fucking yikes, Adam, please tell Carl what insipid means. Adam, help me out? It's like, awesome. Yes! We're killing it on Dabler's lives. That's what I was hoping. I surround myself with yes, man.

S7232S. If the radio stations only offered OP 13 an episode, I'd say he made the right choice by just podcast. Podcasting instead, not worth the commute. Right. It would have to be $13 per episode for it to be. I don't need that. I can just do my podcast.

Jake makes Stad. Ope is it just to do it for comparing himself to John Lennon. That's not a great comparison. He thinks very highly of himself. It's pretty insane. Sorry, uh, Mick Jagger. All right, where do you want to end things off here, Adam? Just keep in mind, we were just watching him dangling jobs in front of Carl Ruiz until the man died as Ron watched.

And now we are watching him dangle gigs in front of Ron as Ron waits for something to happen. Opie here, it's the perfect example of like what you say is what happens. Like he never talks about having a big gig, but he always talks about loving this thing. He never talks in visions sitting there. back in that studio and having it happen. But he talks about how much he loves this, even though we know he doesn't mean it. So what has happened 10 years later,

he's still doing exactly this, and he's fucking miserable in every way. I want you to look at the man we just saw, and now cut you his opening from today's show. To Pete will put you on the big screen if you got a good one. Ron, I'm still going with the intro. Relax, buddy. Relax.

And it's also Mother's Day right around the corner, and I want to bring that up because you're looking at three guys that have problems with their mommies. I didn't talk to my mom the last seven years of her life. That was fun. Ron's mom is a lesbian that doesn't talk to Ron anymore. That's fun.

And Tony P's mom tried to abort him. So happy Mommy's Day to everybody. All right, Ron, go. You were chomping at the bit. You needed to say something. You got your purged. Is it called? pursed lips.

Follow that. Good luck. What do you got? Now you go. It's literally a chip chip or so. Now you go. Holy shit. He's the worst.

We are providing a public service. This is a like ghost of Christmas future past thing that we're showing these people. Opie, if you saw that clip and said, this is going to be you in 10 years. If you don't focus and get your shit together, I feel like you'd be scared and would have done

something differently. Well, he wouldn't. Okay. This is Opie's M.O. Is that he would constantly tell you the bosses loved what they were doing when things were terrible. So when Anthony was fired and it was Opie and Jim, the chemistry was off. The show got weird and wonky. They didn't know what to do.

Opie wanted to reinvent it what it was, but Jim was still bringing in comedian friends. They're just kind of riffing. But Opie's not good at that. And Anthony wasn't there. So Opie just would say all the time. time. I think it was to put it into Anthony's face. The boss is really

loving what's going on right now. They're really happy with what we're doing right now. And Opie says shit like that because it's the opposite. It's the opposite of what's true. Yeah. So this is Opie's thing. I love doing these pop-up shows at Pete's Tavern. This is way better

than having a radio gag with a paycheck. Well, he said it enough. That came true. That's what you get. Mo Stroat, impetus is not the right word, Adam. Hashtag Shirley New. You probably right. The Jake Tucker.

Adam, you coming to Hellmouth Khan in 2026? I hope so. I'll be there. Really? I don't know. Just trying to sell. Just trying to sell tickets. Anything anyone's selling.

Cool. I like it. What do you have to plug, my friend? You have a movie that's up on YouTube, right? Oh, I do. You can catch drones a movie I directed a long time ago if you want to see that because it's for free on YouTube. Very well directed, by the way. I watched drones. Thank you. Yeah. There's a lot of Paul of Tompkins is in it, Mark Evin Jackson, a lot of Sam Levine, a lot of faces you might like. I am working on the return of Richard Marks and Daisy Fuentes for Wednesday.

I'm excited. I'm very excited. They're back to podcast again? Yes, they're promoting his box set. Oh, man. Their relationship is bonkers. I'm convinced that Daisy Fuentes is a fall-down drunk. And so is Richard Barks. Oh, I think they both are and they deserve each other and they love each other. And it's going great. They do. It's very fun. I like what they're doing. And Richard Buc is so angry. He is. And I like when Daisy teaches us how the world works. Yeah. She's got it all figured out. Being a supermodel and being famous, when you're in your 20s.

Doesn't bode well for the rest of your career, it turns out. She's doing great. Good for Richard. Yeah, it's good for him. He's killing it. Adam, thanks so much for doing the show today and pulling those clips. Thanks again to haste freely. Thank you.

For sending that to us. Thanks for checking out the show, everybody. Hit the like button. Hit subscribe. We appreciate you. And check us out. I'll be on WTP tomorrow. That's behind the paywall.

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Great job, everyone. The fuck up ass wife and suck my cock. That's the gayest. I've ever heard in my entire life. You know, who are these podcasts? I don't know. I don't get it. Makes no sense.