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Bombing Sets, Die Hard Again, and Negative Comments | Down with DP Podcast 12-30-2025
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Transcript
Introduction and Christmas Recording
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Speaker
Welcome to the...
00:00:09
Speaker
What's the deal? Let me try that again. It's the Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Prendamano in three, two...
00:00:25
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Hey. Yo. Hey. Hey, hey, how's everyone doing? oh How, how was, how was your Christmas? Oh, we don't know yet because we are recording this on the 22nd, but so, so close to Christmas.
00:00:43
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Kind of just stare. I hope everyone. Sorry, I just kind of staring my cat down right now. oh are you having the edible? No, no, I'm not. I can't do those. I work for an airline. Okay. Okay. we We can wait. We can, let me know. All right. She won. All right right right before ah Right before, because I have like this weird dry mouth. So I was eating a candy and Ron said it was like an edible.
00:01:07
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And then I come, then we then we start the episode and Ron's just staring in the space. yeah ah She gave me a dirty look. So i was like, what fuck, yo? you gonna do, sugar? What you gonna do, Atsuka?
00:01:19
Speaker
Love you. What's her name? Oh, okay. Cool. And she's really sweet. When she wants to be. Except when she wants food in the morning and that this is all you see. Uh-huh. It's all you see. And she's just poking at my face. Oh, yeah.
00:01:39
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Yeah, for those of the of for those of you who couldn't see, he
Misunderstandings and Humor with Edibles and Cats
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was poking the screen. So anyway, guys, ah welcome to the podcast. I'm getting my energy up. i don't know if you could tell. i have a coffee in my hand. Boy, howdy. Today is, um ah well, I was going to say this is a Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Prenamano. And ah we are...
00:02:01
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Again, recording, still not Christmas yet, but it'll be Christmas after when you when you listen to this. um But we do have a few things going on. We have ah we have some shitty, like in a funny way, shitty news. um We have our first negative comment and also a new diehard argument related to Christmas. it's conversation i had last night. We'll get into it later, but yeah.
00:02:24
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Yeah, yeah. um Which, by the way, i'm not I'm not saying like, oh, see, I'm right. Like, this is not that approach. You just kind said it is, though. But it's fine, Rob. It's fine. Wow. Wow. Okay. Gaslighting. um And we're going to get into some ah other other things and also a celebration on people that might be smaller than others. So ah without further ado... ah Without further ado, Ron, I don't know if you want to tackle the first one, if you want to get
National Short People Day and Personal Anecdotes
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that. I will go. I will go with the little thing.
00:02:58
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um Today Nash. I saw online. It's national short people day. And as somebody who's five foot four.
00:03:09
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Yeah, whoa, that's cool. Everyone's celebrating. It's a day for me and I love the fact my wife is taller and she punishes me by putting shit on the top shelf.
00:03:19
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So I think that's really nice of her Everyone needs to jump for joy because we won't be able to see you otherwise. not no so Yeah, because they're short. ye see um Also, we have ah I have two cold jokes later in ah the evening, afternoon, morning.
00:03:37
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so depending ah Also, one thing um with the penetrating questions, by the way, ah i'm always I'm actually curious... to ask our listeners, when do you listen to this podcast? Is this on the way to work? Is it on home from work? Uh, I do see people that watch our video. We do have a full length YouTube video of every episode, um, that, uh, you know, I, that I try to make, uh, interesting to watch. Uh, but,
00:04:07
Speaker
Yeah, i'm ah um'm I'm very curious. like how What is your form of watching or listening and when and why? Why do you do this? um from Why do you do this? So i i know a couple of those answers, if I if i may.
00:04:24
Speaker
I'd like to hear other people's responses, absolutely. But i my cousin listens to us um like and her husband, they listen to us when they're like cleaning up around the house and stuff like that.
Dealing with Negative Comments and Humor
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Oh, is this the cousin that's that's the biggest hater? and She's not a hater, no, but we're going to talk about her. She's going to love the fact we're talking about her. I love you, darling. um and then my And then Bradley. We've spoken about Bradley. Maybe we'll have him on one day because he's a lovely guy. He listens to us in the car. He does a lot of driving for work, so he listens to us in the car.
00:04:55
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oh Sugar, where you Champion ROTC Junior. Junior ROTC. Junior ROTC. J-Rotzy, baby. Hold on. Let me count the star.
00:05:08
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Oh, we're stopping for a cat. Anyway, guys, welcome to the Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and no one else. i love me um And Ron's back. He didn't. he It's OK. He didn't need to hear. What did you say, motherfucker? No, no. I'll go in and edit it. I was just like, oh, it's just me. And it's the podcast with Robert Dunn. Anyway, um no, it was all it was all good things.
00:05:31
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um But, you know, I try to keep it positive, but some people don't. Do you love this transition? kind of do. Do you love how I'm transitioning? Do you love how I took two big gulps of coffee and now my attitude has changed?
00:05:44
Speaker
Do you love that? Because I Jesus Christ. Switch to decaf, bro. Look, I... No! Are you kidding me? I am so anti-decaf. I had someone at work who offered me their Diet Coke, which I love Diet Coke. And and I think I've talked about it before. they People call it the fridge cigarette, which I think is so fitting.
00:06:05
Speaker
um You know, it's like, man, some people are like, I need a cigarette. But me, when I get home, I'm like, ah I need a Diet Coke. Take the edge off. But someone tried to give me a Diet Coke at work. and But when she handed it to me, it was the gold can. The caffeine-free one? For those of you who don't know.
00:06:22
Speaker
Yeah. And I was like, I was so disgusted. I'm like, who do you think am? My uncles used to drink that like in the 90s, the diet caffeine free Coke. Well, he he was a diabetic, so that's why they had died. And I guess they were older. they didn't want the caffeine, but they wanted a soda at night. So yeah, I get it. It's just, yeah, doesn't, I don't know. taste but yeah Yeah. if it's if If it's like a health reason or like, hey, I can't get to sleep. Like I get it.
00:06:47
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But otherwise, what what the hell is wrong with
The Importance of Podcast Quality
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you? What the hell is wrong with you? Anyway, um I got off topic bit. Yeah, let's go. um Oh yeah, it was talking about how coffee was making me happy because we're about to talk about our first negative comment Now, that's not technically our first negative comment. We've had some weird ones.
00:07:09
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I've had ones like, and I've had negative comments on just things in the past that I've uploaded. Like I, cause I upload sketches. People know I have a fascination with Kerrygold butter. i I post sketches on that.
00:07:21
Speaker
You're lovely by the way. I think they're, well, thank you. i you know, You know, I'm a creative genius. Just no other way to explain it. But um as Kanye West says, but ah yeah, there I've dealt with comments before and i I have yet to find a comment that I'm... i don't know. Maybe the mood I'm in.
00:07:46
Speaker
i have yet to find a comment that actually makes me angry. yeah like i'm i'm always Like, I'm always ready to, like, double down. Yeah, like, you know there was well but there was one comment. It's not the one we're going to talk about, but there was one comment where...
00:08:00
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the video The video was, we were talking about how the Home Alone movie, ah Home Alone house is completely completely different. yeah And it like, i forget what it said exactly, but it almost like accused us of being racist.
00:08:12
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And i'm like yeah yeah I'm like, we're talking about decor of a house. What the fuck are you talking about? That one, you just we just kind of were like, nah, we leave that alone. Not going to touch that. Well, what was weird about that, it was talking about um hair yeah too.
00:08:28
Speaker
It was like we weren't talking about hair at all. talking about We're talking about wallpaper. Wallpaper, stairs, is flooring. I mean, fuck. Yeah, it was so strange. Really? um i Yeah, so when it comes to stuff like that, I don't even respond because I honestly don't know how. I'm like, I don't know what the hell you're talking about. Turkey sausage. It's just whatever. It's something random to them. Yeah, yeah.
00:08:51
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I'll just be like, sorry, we'll never do it again. My bad. i don't know. um But ah yeah, so but this one. um Yeah, this one. i like see There was another one we got that kind of it was one of our like a but was It was something about Jesus we did. It wasn't even like crazy offensive, but somebody took it to a whole new level. Yeah, it was one of our first little shorts kind of thing. And ah whatever, you know, that there are people going to get offended that easily. It's whatever. This one was kind of just like,
00:09:21
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right at us like it it was just kind of like we're really building it up too and it's kind of a it is but i love it because i've got it i'm like all right i think we're making it because uh they said some i thought it was funny i thought it was funny the comment was don't podcast anymore this sucks no context just don't and i'm like fuck yeah somebody said we suck that's awesome yeah love them I love that for us. And then I think got I think I responded with, ah well, now we have to keep podcast. Yeah. Yeah. it's like like I was going to respond with something along the lines of, um well, thanks for listening.
00:10:01
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At least you gave it a shot. But here's the thing. This is why i don't really i hope we pop up. and Oh, I know. That's how it happens. You comment that. That's why if there's something I don't like, I i try not to comment.
00:10:14
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Oh, I know. I love that. um But, you know, there are everyone has something to say. And, you know, i don't i don't know. i just feel like negative comments are just so way more than positive comments. It's it's it's there.
00:10:32
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So I can't get upset. my phone vibrated um I love the comments. I mean, any comments, a good comment kind of thing. But it was just this sucks. Like, I'm sorry that you don't like our podcast. I'm so sorry.
00:10:46
Speaker
Like two guys talking about shit. Let's see. No one else does that. Do that. Oh, wait. Yes, they fucking do. It's pretty much every podcast. That was our first.
00:10:57
Speaker
That was my first joke, I think, on our first episode. Just two white guys doing a podcast. Yeah. I was like, I'm the only white guy without a podcast. Two white guys from Florida doing podcast who don't live in Florida anymore. Yeah.
00:11:09
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Never been done. Yeah. There was even a joke. I had written a um I had written a short
Die Hard Debate: Is it a Christmas Movie?
00:11:15
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film once and. ah There was some line of dialogue I wrote where it was like, hey, I think ah he's like talking to two of his friends like, hey, I think we should start a podcast. I think that's what people do when they're unemployed. It was just like a throw off the cuff thing. But it's like it was true. It's like.
00:11:33
Speaker
You know, people are podcasting now. It's something. I mean, we do it for the sake of it keeps us fresh. It's something to do. um And if it does take off, hell yeah.
00:11:44
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but Yeah. And I generally have a good time. I sky look forward to doing this. Yeah, this is a lot of fun. I really do. I was saying to my cousin last night, I'm like, if it doesn't take off, that's fine. This is just something I enjoy doing.
00:11:55
Speaker
Yeah. um I've heard... i mean, I don't want to knock on other podcasts because it's not like we're fucking like on any kind of pedestal here. But what I'm trying to say is... I am because I'm short. I mean, we do try our best to... oh well, happy National Short Pearson Day. um We do try our best to bring in quality. like We try... you know Especially like behind the scenes on the technical aspect. you know We're just two guys running a podcast, but we try...
00:12:22
Speaker
I laugh because I know it bothers you. It's like Ron's stuff sucks.
00:12:28
Speaker
Ron's camera is fucking awful. It drives me insane. Your girlfriend comes in. Oh, it was great. Except for Ron's fucking camera. yeah No, no. It's like the audio like stuff. Like I try to make yeah yeah you do it good. If I like our first, our first episode was like,
00:12:47
Speaker
i was I was really upset the audio was bad because I enjoyed the episode, but it was just like, fuck. Yeah. Fuck, fuckity fuck. But that's what happens. And it's all trial and error. Yeah. I mean, if you you watch these influencers and everyone online, it's, ah you know, that everybody's fucking up in some way, shape or form. him There's one guy who I follow and he yeah always forgets to hit record or um excuse me. He always forgets to hit record or something or he has to do like a voiceover for it. You know what?
00:13:12
Speaker
I still watch him because I love the fucking content. I love it. Yeah. yeah oh You know, what if fa him if people really enjoy us, people understand we're human. We're not professionals. We're not in a studio. We're in our bedrooms or living room.
00:13:24
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I don't know if you know this, but I because I do this in my bedroom, I set up and break down every week. Every week I set up my microphone and everything and I break down until I can get one of my rooms cleaned out.
00:13:37
Speaker
Yeah. I set up and break down every week. So it's kind of like, yeah. Wow. So I put you know well i am putting i put a lot into it. I am in a professional studio, but I built a set to look like an apartment thank for those of you who don't know. so um So this is all fake what I'm sitting in. Weird question. What is that by your TV?
00:14:01
Speaker
Oh, here? Yeah. Oh, so for those of you watching the video, I have like a weird um kind of table propped up in front of my TV. It's very strange. And then like a little ah like thing, Christmas thing that is to block my light ah that goes on my face. So I actually have a light.
00:14:22
Speaker
so so dart and And so you would see the reflection on the TV. No, mine's in that. But my head kind of blocks it. it's just a lamp in my room But There you go. So see, you know, basically at the end of the day, we're trying to say we're doing our best, guys, but we appreciate everyone listening. But we can move on to something more interesting. Thank you.
00:14:42
Speaker
Insult us again because you know what? I love it. I i read it. laughed. I'm like, yes. And if you're so brave. Someone thinks we suck. Why don't you write in to a penetrating question? Why don't you tell what? He's probably like a 12-year-old kid.
00:14:59
Speaker
He's probably a 12 year old kid, just bored and like this that. I'll tell a 12 year old kid off. i I have told the child. I have to told the child off before. Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:09
Speaker
Would you like to hear the story? I think you do. this other Yes. Ooh. Story time with Ron. I was actually trash talking a lot this day, but it was all in good fun. ah me and my friend before the pandemic had a small tradition of going to new Orleans to see the Brooklyn nets, our favorite basketball team play the new Orleans Pelicans.
00:15:29
Speaker
Tickets were like super cheap right by the, like not courtside, but a few rows back. And in the first period, the first, the first quarter, or whatever, you know, whatever it's we're getting our asses handed to us.
00:15:41
Speaker
Okay. And this old lady sitting in front of me with her family, she's like, Oh, we got you. Look, we got you now. Oh, look at that. Starts talking shit to me. Next, next, next quarter comes up.
00:15:54
Speaker
We start coming back. We start winning. And mind you, I've had probably about six or seven beers at this point. I look at her and i go, yeah, you quiet now. You quiet now, lady. Her whole family starts laughing their asses off.
00:16:06
Speaker
The whole family. Okay. Okay. So mind you, beers are still going on. and obviously we were pre-gaming before this um we we win we're we're like the only nets fans in the entire arena we win okay ahh hu one kid walking up the steps we're sitting there we're just chilling we're waiting for everyone to go and i just we're not in a rush kid comes up to us and goes all right you got us this time we'll get you next time i'm like all right little man all right other kid comes up and goes right in front of his dad goes you guys suck
00:16:37
Speaker
Mind you, I have been drinking. And I just look at him in a How old is this kid? He's probably like eight to ten. And I look at this skin and I go, well, you're... a Yeah, you can take him. Yeah, right. probably Probably taller than me now. But I look at him' and I go, well, you're a ginger.
00:16:52
Speaker
no And his dad just looks at me and puts his head down and keeps walking. ah You have no soul. Ginger's nothing against him, but that was just what came out of my mouth. Yeah.
00:17:05
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. like Basically like, well, least I don't look like you. I mean, there's nothing wrong with Ginger's. Nothing wrong with that. I'm just saying. Yeah. So that I have told off a child before. I have, I have, I have insulted a child in front of their parents and gotten away with it. must've felt good. It did. That's cool.
00:17:21
Speaker
I wonder if um I wonder if the parents have been wanting to. And so they're you guys. it off I wonder if that happens often. How often do you think it happens when like someone tells off their kid and they they've never done it themselves? They wish they could. Yeah, probably. I mean, and they're like, if you're going to trash talk in a sporting event, expect to get it back. And I think that's the lesson his father taught. It's like, listen, you're going talk trash. You're going it back.
00:17:44
Speaker
Right. There you go. Well, that's that that. I love i like I love that story. You know, that's
Burbank Hero and Local Villains
00:17:50
Speaker
a you know, it's a life lesson, if you will. um So I know that people that are listening, it's past Christmas, but there is a video that came across my feed. I sent it to Ron already, but I want to talk about it because our on our Christmas special, we talked about Die Hard and is it a Christmas movie? And we kind of came to terms about, you know, the music and like if there's Christmas music in it, which I do still like that argument on the soundtrack.
00:18:13
Speaker
there just to give people Just to give people some context, there was a video with Macaulay Culkin being asked, is Die Hard a Christmas movie? And he said no. And I kind of like his argument because his argument was that it if Christmas doesn't have an effect on the plot, then it's not a Christmas movie. because And he made the argument of, I think it was of Home Alone, where he's like, if Home Alone took place during St. Patrick's Day,
00:18:42
Speaker
it wouldn't have, it would have messed up everything. But if Die Hard took place on, because it's about them going on Christmas. maybe they're ah maybe they Maybe it's their family tradition where they get together for St. Patrick's Day and they go and they still left Kevin behind.
00:19:00
Speaker
Well, then it's, then it's, is it, is it a St. Patrick's Day movie? It would be a St. Patrick's Day movie, yes. Right, right and and that is the argument, is that that's what makes it a Christmas movie. Die Hard, if Die Hard took place on St. Patrick's Day, it wouldn't have mattered. It's a Christmas movie.
00:19:17
Speaker
It's a Christmas movie. Okay, you can't just be like, you know what, This brings up to what my cousin was talking about, my cousin Gwen, who I love to death. Okay. um Cool. Deandra, I love you too, don't worry.
00:19:28
Speaker
um That's her sister. ah So we were she was saying, like Gwen was saying last night that it's Christmas adjacent. It's not themed on Christmas. It's Christmas adjacent. Okay. And I'm like, now mind you, I've been, yeah this is like three or four whiskeys.
00:19:46
Speaker
So I'm like, no, that's not true. No, it's a Christmas movie. Christmas, ah it's still Christmas. Okay. You want to talk about the plot? Batman Returns, right? right The Ice Princess gets murdered, right? She gets pushed off a building, right?
00:20:02
Speaker
What is she doing that ends up with her getting pushed off the building? She gets kidnapped by the Penguin, and what happens? She is relighting the Christmas tree.
00:20:15
Speaker
If she wasn't relighting the tree, she wouldn't have been kidnapped and pushed off a building and had Batman framed. Yeah, but she could have been doing anything. What could she have been doing?
00:20:26
Speaker
No, anything that makes her fall. She was kidnapped and pushed. Actually, she wasn't pushed. yeah She wasn't pushed. A bunch of bats flew around her from the penguin. They came from his umbrella. Yeah, no, but she was relight. It was the big relighting of the tree.
00:20:40
Speaker
Right, but I'm saying it doesn't matter what it was that she was doing as long as she fell. It does. why why Why does it matter if it's a Christmas tree? Because that's what it was. It was a Christmas tree. What else is she going to relight?
00:20:53
Speaker
It doesn't, no, my point is, it doesn't matter she's lighting at all. As said last episode, the Red Triangle Circus game came out of a giant present.
00:21:02
Speaker
Ron, I think you, know and I understand. No. I think you just want it to be here's a Christmas movie. Christmas movie. It is. Yeah. i will I will get my friend Victor. I might need him to make a statement on that. Whoa, don't get Victor. Whoa, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
00:21:18
Speaker
Victor, Victor, if you're listening to us, do not. I'm so sorry. love you, Victor. no, this is. But I'm kind of leaning Macaulay Culkin. I'm kind of like. No, that's bullshit because he has one of the best Christmas movies of all time.
00:21:32
Speaker
So he's. And it feels good. Well, you know, it's not a Christmas movie. feels it's there I see his point, I don't. I see his point. No. Bah humbug.
00:21:42
Speaker
but No. There's no point. Oh, I love it. Guys. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, these these arguments will die hard. or Wow. I'm just trying to die hard reference. Wow. Anyway. I'm going to give you a booing sound.
00:22:03
Speaker
that's the It almost sounds like it's cheering, but that's the ah the booing sound. It sounded like they were dying. I mean, i could give you a slap. Ow! Ow! See how I did that?
00:22:15
Speaker
I can't believe you. Oh, yeah. And also, for those of you who watched the Christmas special, Ron got us a copyright strike. Actually, wasn't a strike. It wasn't a strike. like, really? We did get a copyright.
00:22:28
Speaker
Yeah, no. it
Food Critiques and Creative Ideas
00:22:30
Speaker
It's actually really bad if you get a strike on YouTube. But if you get three strikes, you're out. Your channel's gone. But no, we didn't get a strike. But for those of you listened, he played a really cool, I thought it was really fun, little German Christmas song at the end. Why not, Sike? Mm-hmm. You know, can play it again.
00:22:49
Speaker
Yeah. And YouTube was not a fan. And so in the video version of the episode, I had to cut it off. But I think we'll be OK in the audio version. um So but yeah, um just want to put that out there because I was going to play Taylor Swift's new album in its entirety on this episode. But I guess I can't because we'll get strike.
00:23:11
Speaker
Oops. You know. I kind of had a feeling that would happen, but i was like, yeah, let's see what happens. No, no. I liked it. i liked it, you know? um But ah yeah. So um now that we finally settled it and Ron conceded, ah we can move on to the next thing. ah So something I've noticed. My cash app will be in the comments for this episode because of the money I owe. So you can help a Ronald out. I would appreciate it.
00:23:41
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, guys. Like, help Ron out. You know, he's a you know he's living off of crumble cookies right now, which means he's not doing well. No, no, I have a new argument in the crumble cookies. I have a new argument in that. oh Let's go. And I can also hit Chip City for this as well. I can hit Chip City for this as well.
00:24:03
Speaker
Chip City. Schmackery's, shaies however, gets a plus column. okay Now, most of these places do offer like a vegan option, which is great. hu But they do not offer a gluten-free option.
00:24:18
Speaker
Except for so schmackery Schmackerys. Schmackerys offers all gluten-free stuff. So as somebody who is part of that community, they get points.
00:24:29
Speaker
Crumble over here like, we're the best. We have stewards all over the place. But you're not helping anybody. So make a gluten-free cookie, Crumble. Make a gluten-free cookie. Okay.
00:24:40
Speaker
I know cross-contamination is very challenging. I understand that in that environment, but you can do it. If other people can do it. I thought of a cool i thought i a cool name for a gluten-free podcast name. Yeah. You want to hear it?
00:24:53
Speaker
ah Gluten Tog. i think there's I think there's a place called Gluten Tog already.
00:25:00
Speaker
Ron, just tell me if it's a good idea. It's a fantastic idea. Fuck about this other place. don't give a fuck about this other place, Ron. don't give a fuck about that other place. This is most you've ever cursed on an episode.
00:25:11
Speaker
Because I'm fucking pissed off. Sorry, I'm going to my Tracy Morgan. Going to my Tracy Morgan. okay yeah For 30. Oh God. Anyway, people love it when that. They really do. Yes. You run the streets of Burbank. Yeah.
00:25:26
Speaker
Hardcore. Did you know? Well, I was going to, don't know if I should be saying this. can always edit it out later. Well, it's just, I'm going to be revealing a secret identity that I have.
00:25:40
Speaker
So i as ah I'm going to do it, this is my Iron Man moment. You ready? It's my Tony Stark Iron Man moment. I am the Burbank hero. Now, who is the Burbank hero? Well, the Burbank hero is the one that has been fighting crime in Burbank.
00:25:57
Speaker
um And ah one of the things I love to do is, you know, the Citizen app? Yeah. Ron. um So those of you who know,
Comedy Performance Challenges and Family Pressure
00:26:08
Speaker
this is an app. It's just an app that lets you know if there's like crime afoot in your neighborhood. And you can comment on things. And it could be anything. like There could be a fire in a building. It's not just crime. But anytime there's a crime or anything, I just comment, leave everything to me.
00:26:21
Speaker
And my screen name is the Burbank Hero. Oh, man. I'm so glad I got that off my chest. What in the fuck are you talking about? love to go to.
00:26:34
Speaker
Ron, I don't use the Citizen app. I do not use the Citizen app. I think it's a great tool, but I do not use it because i it would be beeping it would be going off every fucking minute.
00:26:46
Speaker
I live in South Jamaica, Queens. It would be going off every minute. Well, you wouldn't need it in Burbank because the Burbank hero is here to protect you. I actually stopped. Really? The Burbank hero? Is that really your your name?
00:27:00
Speaker
yes bur big Yeah, it's Burbank Hero. And I actually stopped a train from hitting a bunch of cars. Oh, yeah? night Yeah, you want to hear about it? I kind of do.
00:27:11
Speaker
This is a true story. ah The train, you know, gate thing. They were like staying up while the thing's going on, like ding ding ding, ding, ding, ding. And it was allowing cars to go through. I called up the number and I informed the Metro guys, hey, we got a situation here.
00:27:32
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We got to get someone down to the train track stat. And ah yeah, I think everyone was fine, but I'm glad I called. So burma ki Burbank Hero saved the day once again.
00:27:50
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Thank you. ah We actually, we weve talked about this before. We actually had like a villain in Burbank called the Burbank butt sniffer. Oh yeah. I think our, our friends at our friends at frat, our frat chat. Yeah.
00:28:04
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i I was calling the frat boy. i don't know. Frat chat podcast. Uh, they were talking about it too. And, um, Yeah, actual villain in Burbank, and um he's kind of like my Joker, the Burbank butt sniffer. you know Which is is kind of fitting, too, because the Joker's silly in Burbank butt sniffer. In all seriousness, in all seriousness, is butt sniffing really a crime? Yeah. I would, yeah.
00:28:30
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I think it's a violation of personal space. That's the only thing I get think of going, because I'm like, he's walking around sniffing asses, and they don't know, but if he's like getting up and...
00:28:41
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Oh, no, he was. There's video of him. Oh, yeah. You got to check it out. Like, it's like, well, I think you probably want that. So, oh, that would be like the comic version. I'm slowly getting nauseous. The Burbank Bustziffer would have a pink eye.
00:28:58
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Do you think he would have like an eye patch and then he would take the eye patch off it would be a pink eye? That would be that would be smart. That would be more villainous. Yeah, that'd be awesome. Yeah. Do you think it'd be funnier if the eye patch was like transparent, like it's a plastic see-through and it's his pink eye? And it's like, don't know, the fact that he's wearing an eye patch that doesn't cover anything. I don't know. I don i don't know. Like I said earlier, I'm a creative genius. There's no other way to explain it. yeah So ah moving on, guys, um because I don't want anyone to steal all my ideas. So.
00:29:27
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so A little funny thing that I've noticed. Tell me if you notice this this too. Because I feel like this is everywhere. New York, l LA, Florida, everywhere.
00:29:38
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Anytime. And we're going to talk about bicycles here. So I ride my bicycle. i have like a mountain bike. I kind of just ride it to the gym or ride it around. It's like if I just want to get some exercise and avoid driving, I'll take my bike out.
00:29:51
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um But anytime I see a grown man. Like a kid, it's fine. A grown man riding one of those, you know, those like little bikes where they're super loaded to ground and they have like small wheels.
00:30:06
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Like, I always feel like it's the shadiest fucking guys that. So I'm i'm trying to picture the bike. It's the seats like really kind of high and.
00:30:19
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not yeah but i'm also thinking of like a clown on one of those bicycles kind of thing. so I'm like, what the fuck are you talking about? But i i know now I get it. um I think those bikes are kind of neat.
00:30:31
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But ah yeah, they it does raise a question. i'm like, why can't you just get a regular but Yeah, I wish I could find an example, but I just feel like it's always the shadiest looking guys riding these bicycles. um Okay, I was hoping that this would be more of a like, oh yeah, Robert, I was thinking about that the whole time. what's really shady with bikes?
00:30:53
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When you see like a grown ass man riding around like oh like a little girl's bike.
00:31:01
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Like, obviously stole that. Obviously, or you told your daughter, screw you, I'm taking your bike today. Right. um Or you're a kid who traveled through time and you steal a little girl's ah ah you steal little girl's. Would you call it?
00:31:18
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um Scooter or whatever. And you have to break off the handle and oh write it like a. ski Oh, OK. That's a plot. Sounds familiar. Yeah, or it's like her hover her hoverboard, you know.
00:31:31
Speaker
Is it really a time travel movie, is time travel adjacent? I think I saw a Valentine's Day card somewhere Back to the Future, so it's a Valentine's Day movie. It's a Valentine's Day movie. I think it takes place in October, right? Yeah, but not on Halloween. If it took place on Halloween, it would be Halloween movie.
00:31:53
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It's close, though. So I think Back to the Future is a Halloween movie. Anyway. Motherfucker. Motherfucker. What I'm trying to say, guys, the the point I'm trying to make that is not connecting with Ron right now is that is this just get a bigger bike.
00:32:11
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Fucking meltdown right now. Fucking meltdown right now. We're off to a good middle. Yeah, and this is, I mean, I don't know what's what's wrong with you today. I really don't.
00:32:22
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Put the coffee down. put that guy i don't know why I went Arnold on that one. Put the coffee down, Robert. I don't know. And then, yeah. Oh, I used to say that ah at a coworker. He would be drinking coffee. I'm like, put that coffee down. Coffee's for closers. ABC, always be closing. A, always BBC closing. Always BBC closing. Yeah, shit.
00:32:43
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Yeah. um I have that whole monologue memorized ah that used to be like an actor monologue. But then I was like, fuck, it's such a famous monologue. Like everybody does. Sure. Anyone rolled it. You know what I used as a
Sports Frustrations and Star Wars Fan Film Memories
00:32:55
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monologue once for an agent to get rep representation. This was for an agency that went belly up because they were screwing over their actors. So I'm glad I didn't get with them.
00:33:05
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But I wanted to get with them so bad. I think at the time they were like the hot agency. But um I did the whole scene from Dogma when Ben Affleck is like ah calling out each individual guy in the boardroom like about like all the shady shit they're doing. How like one of them went to a way. Funny enough, one of them like flew to another country to like diddle people. And like he was saying all these like diddle people horrible things.
00:33:32
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Diddle younger people. um And I did that whole monologue because I just loved it. And um but still didn't get representation. um Boo! You've been following? So. Oh, no. Have you been following sports lately, Rob?
00:33:51
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Never, never, never. Always assume no. Well, you are familiar with our hometown team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, right? Yeah, I've heard of them. um I actually went to school near it. Yeah, we were about an hour away from it. As a Bucs fan.
00:34:09
Speaker
No, I meant like I went to college near it. You went to USF? No, I went to art school. Anyway. Institute was. Wow. I am very upset with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Robert. They lost a big game yesterday to Carolina Panthers. And we might not make the playoffs now because of it.
00:34:30
Speaker
And I'm very upset because Tom Brady is not on him anymore. Probably not. I'm not going to say so. I think Baker Mayfield has done a fine job because we've made the playoffs with him multiple years in a row. But whatever the fuck is going on this year, I am very upset. We we have our full roster back and they're just a,
00:34:47
Speaker
They just, they lost. They lost. And I'm just worried. what I do. That's why I'm wearing my Jacksonville Jaguars hat today. Because the Jags are doing a fantastic job.
00:34:58
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Very happy with them. Very happy with them. They might get the number one seed, which means a bye week, which would be great. So um if the Bucs don't make it, I'm going for Jacksonville, baby.
00:35:09
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I'm going for Jacks. ovo Yeah. ah Yo, drop some W's in the comments if you're for the Jacksonville Jaguars. I mean, honestly, honestly, the Jaguars, weren you know, I've flown to Jacksonville multiple times, laid over there, um have friends there. The best.
00:35:28
Speaker
One of the best fan bases are the Jacksonville Jaguars. Great fan base. I've been in. I shot ah my first film in Jacksonville. Really? And I was out there for like a month. Was that your Star Wars themed thing? ah Yeah. So one of the first things I ever booked was ah ah was a Star Wars fan film.
00:35:50
Speaker
And at the time, I think the people making it were trying to. This was like back in the day when like. people had this idea that, hey, if I make something good enough, George Lucas is going to give me the rights to Star Wars. Like if I make a fan film so fucking good and show it to George Lucas, because this is before Disney and stuff, ah he's going to he's going to fucking go head over heels for it and say, oh, yeah, i think we should make that.
00:36:14
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um That was a terrible impression, but you get what I don't know. What are you doing? Yeah, it really was. Yeah. Uh, what is George Lucas? Sound like, uh,
00:36:28
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all right carter liked I have to work on it, but, that was um, uh, hello. There we go. Nailed it.
00:36:39
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But, uh, basically it was, uh, it was, it was a director who had really rich parents that gave him money to do a star Wars fan film that I think he was pitching it as a pilot for a TV show, but it was basically Firefly meets star Wars.
00:36:54
Speaker
And with all that said, uh, I'm, No, you didn't. Cause I didn't watch it. You might've seen the trailer for I'm like, I remember something of it, but yeah. Yeah. There's a trailer for it. And for some reason they use the saw theme for it anyway, very strange. But anyway, uh, the whole experience was so awesome because it was my first ever like filming experience. And, um, I had met some of the, some of the best friends that I've had through that movie. And, um,
00:37:24
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And I got to have lightsaber fights. But ah
Audience Impact on Comedy Performances
00:37:27
Speaker
yeah, that was all in Jacksonville. And I remember driving past the stadium for the Jaguars. So long that's anytime I think of Jacksonville, I think of like that Star Wars movie. And yeah, it was great. And it's never going to come out.
00:37:40
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um I don't think it ever see it. So which whatever it was my first time acting I think ever. So my performance is probably like questionable. I mean, i only from what I remember, I it was fine. um I think you've grown since, you know, that versus cannibal comedian. Well,
00:38:02
Speaker
Yeah, well, thank you. I appreciate that. All you can do is, I mean, if you were to see my first stand-up ever and then see my most, one of my more recent stand-ups, yeah, night and day difference. Night and day. Right, right. I'm still trying to find myself on stage.
00:38:15
Speaker
I'm like, who am I? I don't know. Right. Oh, I'm sure. And I'm still tempted to do an mic. should. I just don't. You're not far from flappers. You're not far from flappers. I'm sure they have open mics.
00:38:28
Speaker
Yeah. you can ride your bike there. There's a, i I actually literally could. There's also a great club um that's, I think, known for doing good open mics.
00:38:38
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ah It's called The Fourth Wall. Oh, I think we've talked about it or I've heard about it, yeah. um you You know what scares me about... This is funny. You know what scares me about open mics is that I've been to open mics before, and I actually want them to be smaller than they are. Because you would think an open mic is like, that's the smallest you can get, baby. But I kind of want it. I want to find...
00:39:03
Speaker
An open mic where there's like three, four people in the audience. Anytime I've gone to an open mic, it's like a pack. Really? See, every time I've done an open mic, yeah it maybe about 10 to 15 people.
00:39:17
Speaker
but But it's not an audience. They're all other comics just trying to work on their material. So when you do comedy in front of other comics testing material, either they're not listening or they're just kind of, you know, judging you and not laughing.
00:39:33
Speaker
I try, like, if I go to an open mic, I will sit there and I will watch and I will laugh when appropriate because want everyone to succeed. know, comedy's tough, so I want everyone to succeed. Absolutely.
00:39:47
Speaker
You know, that's how I felt about um casting workshops. it know if you've ever been in one of those. So a casting workshop, for people who don't know, um are these, like, there's a lot of debate on whether they're ethical or not.
00:39:58
Speaker
But basically, you pay a fee to go to a studio where an actual casting director ah hands out scenes and you perform in front of them. And the whole point is to get yourself noticed. And they say, hey, don't do this for a job. You're doing this for a learning experience, which no one fucking is. Let's stop that.
00:40:16
Speaker
But they can't. I don't know if it's a legal thing, but they can't say like, hey, obviously they can't say you're guaranteed a job. like So, but I couldn't ever, I couldn't help but feel that when I would perform, because I'm performing in front of other actors and the casting director, and I couldn't help but feel that You know, I don't know, like the cynical side of me felt like the other actors wanted me to mess up because if I messed up, that looks bad.
00:40:42
Speaker
Thus, it makes them look better in front of the casting director. So I never really felt It's a very selfish industry. Very selfish. It's like, you know, if I'm going for the same role and that guy trips and falls, ha ha!
00:40:57
Speaker
You're not going to get the job. I am. And then that guy gets the job because they were genuine and the casting director liked it. So they got cast. Shit happens all time.
00:41:08
Speaker
So um here's my actually question for you. So I'm not going to say why who this comic's name is or anything. like Oh, wow. Okay. um In the same place. wow jeez um' Cool. Cool. Same. ah So there was a comic that I went to.
00:41:28
Speaker
You know, he's not a famous comic or anything, but he wanted to film ah his special. You know, some comics do that. i don't think there's anything wrong with that. You kind of like i have a lot i have a lot of friends i've put out a special. It recently kind of became a thing to do. Everyone does their special now. Like, you know.
00:41:44
Speaker
Yeah. And you put on YouTube. Maybe maybe if if you can, if you have the resources, you shoot it well. Yeah. And this is what this guy was doing. He was just doing his best. He's like, I i i have enough for my special that I'm going to put on YouTube.
00:41:58
Speaker
um And I went to it and here's it. And how long was the special? OK, so. I want to say it was less than an hour, but um but here's the thing.
00:42:12
Speaker
uh, this is why i don't want to say this person's name. They bombed back. happens. The whole, it happens. So, but here's my theory about, and, and, you know, I had other friends that were there and he's like, no, I thought, I thought they were great. And I was just like, dude, he bombed and he, and you could tell like he knew he bombed. He was so upset. And so I'm like, dude, I,
00:42:33
Speaker
Oh, yeah, of course. If anyone knows, it's this guy. So I felt bad for him. But I was trying to figure out, like, outside of the jokes, maybe not hitting. I think I have a theory as to why he did bomb so hard.
00:42:48
Speaker
um And tell me if I'm right here. So when he did a special, he had it at this, like... this bar, but it was like big, had a big room that could set up chairs and stuff. And, but who did he invite his family and friends?
00:43:02
Speaker
So everyone that was there knew him and like personally, and have probably heard these jokes a million times. And if I was a comic,
00:43:14
Speaker
And I was getting laughs, especially for jokes at that that I know they've heard before. I would feel like they were pity laughs. I would get into my own head and I would start to sweat and then I would bomb.
00:43:25
Speaker
And I'm wondering if that's what happened. Do you think it would have been better for this person to invite absolute strangers? Or do you think... what What do you think he could have done to fix this? so Outside of obviously, i don't know. So as somebody who's invited their family multiple times, Gwen, Gwen, she lives in Manhattan. She comes she comes to my shows all the time. um My aunts and uncles have come to my shows and stuff like that. And I love the support from my family. My mom, when she's in town, has come to my show.
00:43:53
Speaker
um So making your family and close friends laugh is always more challenging because they view you in a different light. Okay, like my wife never laughs at my jokes.
00:44:04
Speaker
She thinks they're funny, but she doesn't laugh. I make her laugh, yes, but she's seen my set a thousand times. So she knows what's good and what's not. Or she's just used to it. um You know, you always have to take that risk with people who do come to your shows a lot because they have heard these jokes.
00:44:22
Speaker
um my Like I said, my wife comes to my show. um Another friend, his his fiance comes to the shows a lot and she's heard all our jokes before. And yet, you know, she still finds ways to laugh. She will laugh at them kind of thing. But if your family's always your toughest. script So I have a family story, but they didn't. Yeah, they laughed at me, but they didn't laugh at a friend of mine.
Podcasting, Acting Challenges, and Future Ambitions
00:44:44
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And I don't know if they just didn't find him funny or they were doing like a competition thing trying to make me look better, which wasn't like that. I don't know. But he did an hour set. And bombed for an hour.
00:44:58
Speaker
Oh, that's rough. Yeah. For it. My aunt started heckling him and that was kind of fun, but he, and I've, I know his jokes, his jokes are funny, but he bombed for an hour.
00:45:11
Speaker
he the Do you think just the vibe was off? It was off. I don't know if it was because my family made up a it was a smart it was an intimate crowd and my family made up a portion of it. So like I said, I don't know. They might not have just found him funny. That's very possible, too.
00:45:26
Speaker
But right. right Yeah, it was just whenever you invite family, you got to take that risk. But should he invited strangers? Yeah. Or people that don't go to his shows a lot?
00:45:37
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. and And not to say he, you know, I'm sure he probably tried, um but I think it was a thing where, because he was getting laughs, but I feel like he was too self-aware that they might have been pity laughs.
00:45:52
Speaker
So I, because that's what would happen with me. If I were to do it, I'd be like, oh, I know they're laughing. know these are fake. And so I start to get in my head doing an open mic. And you could tell his performance was getting affected because he was like saying his jokes kind of nervously. And like, I kind of you have a good joke. You go out and you know, it's going to hit and it doesn't. And you're like, fuck.
00:46:12
Speaker
yeah Yeah, it sucks. um But there's it's ah it's different doing a show, especially a special versus an open mic. An open mic, you have no idea how the jokes are going to land. You've never told these before. Maybe you told them once before.
00:46:25
Speaker
You don't know how they're going land. Right, right. So if you are a little nervous, that's okay. If you're doing a set or a special, you know how your jokes are going to hit or you should know how your jokes are going to hit unless you're trying some new material in between.
00:46:37
Speaker
But mean, for the family not to laugh, that was also kind of fucked up. It's like, don't you, whether they're pity laughs or not, it's like, don't you want, like, you know, the joke, you know, the punchline, you know, it's funny laugh. Cause sometimes as comics, we've had people come up to me, us and go, Oh, you were really funny.
00:46:54
Speaker
Why didn't you fucking laugh? I saw you You didn't laugh at all. Why didn't you laugh? So thinking we're funny is one thing. I need to hear it as a comedian. That's the whole fucking point of me getting on the show is to hear you, to make you laugh.
00:47:08
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. i call This is how I call I've called this for years. There are two types of of crowds. People call them other different things, but this is what I've always called them. There's a I want to laugh crowd, which is like they're ready to have a good time. yeah And a make me laugh crowd, like a prove to me you're funny.
00:47:25
Speaker
And those are hard to win over sometimes because sometimes people are so like, no, I'm not laughing at this guy. i don't like his suspenders. I don't like his bow tie. He's pudgy. No, he's not right. Describing myself. Yeah. stage um Yeah. They've already like made the decision. Yeah. i'm like, I'm not gonna laugh at this guy. Fuck this guy.
00:47:42
Speaker
You know, that's how I feel um on i've I've made this argument before where I've, you know, i I think a lot of actors, they've done background work, which is like when you, you know, it's a decent job. You get paid to be an extra in movies and stuff. Yeah.
00:47:58
Speaker
And but you are the bottom of the barrel. yep Like and everyone knows that. And there have been times and this is don't know. There have been times I feel like I've made jokes to a crew member or someone just higher up and.
Engagement, Gratitude, and Future Plans
00:48:15
Speaker
I don't know, man. I don't get any laughs, but I'm like, I feel like it was fucking funny. And I feel like you're not laughing because I'm an extra. Very possible. That makes sense. Very possible. I know that that's a narcissistic take, obviously, but no, you're probably so often.
00:48:33
Speaker
Yeah, it's it's that, like, the boss doesn't want to laugh at the mailroom jokes. I don't know. That's how it feels. Maybe I'm just not funny. Maybe it's just not funny. But I don't know. There's a possibility where I'm like, I feel like it was fucking funny. Yeah, I mean that... You're intentionally not laughing.
00:48:49
Speaker
For somebody who makes who does jokes and gets paid to make jokes, um yeah, you... You know, you you you take your shot.
00:48:59
Speaker
You always take your shot. There are plenty of times where I've said funny shit, but no one laughs. Either it's not registering them, they're not doing it, or they don't find it funny. Or they're like, oh, that's funny, but they're just not laughing. It's a lot of different things. Your situation where you're the extra and you're trying to be funny, they're probably oh, this fucking guy's just trying to get a head ah head up over everyone else, trying to make me laugh. And that could it, too. Right, right.
00:49:21
Speaker
Yeah. um Bottom line, you're not funny. That's what it is, Rob. You're not funny. Thank you. thanks so You suck. Just like that guy said, we suck. 50% of that's you. you know maybe he is saying Maybe he's got a point there. You're funny. Stop it.
00:49:38
Speaker
Oh, stop it. Well, we'll see what happens when I send you. Oh, you have jokes for me. Oh, I have two. I have two cool jokes. So here's another question for a comedian. There have been times I've gone to shows and I hear people laughing, but then the comic is like acting like they're bombing. And I'm wondering if it's, is it hard to hear the laughter sometimes? No. Do you, do you kind of need loud laughs to hear depends how you are away from the audience kind of thing.
00:50:06
Speaker
Yeah, because obviously I'm in the audience so I can hear laughter better. I mean, you should be able to hear the laughter kind of thing. You should be able to hear it. Because I feel bad. I'm like, no, dude, people are laughing. you but like Like you said before with pity labs and stuff, sometimes they might think they're bombing because that joke is usually hits a lot harder and it's not.
00:50:25
Speaker
And you got more of a chuckle rather a big... ha So that also, right. right So it's like, ah shit, that didn't hit well. Why did that hit well? And it could be a thousand different things. Could be delivery, could be the audience.
00:50:39
Speaker
Delivery is a huge thing. um and There was a joke I was working on for a while. Didn't do it, brought it back. And um just the tweaks that I made to it made it so much better.
00:50:50
Speaker
My comedian friends, theyre they're like, that joke finally hit. That's awesome. So, yeah, it's, You know, but if it doesn't hit, you're like, fuck, because I've told my jokes that have big laughs and they don't hit. And I'm like, or I get like a chuckle or a pity laugh. And it it's like, fuck, where do I go from here? So, yeah, I think I'm um right.
00:51:10
Speaker
You're not necessarily bombing. You're just not doing as well as you think. In my mind, if I don't do as well as I know I can, it's a bomb to me, even though it might not be a bomb. But it's also like I'll go to my wife and I'll be like, yeah, I didn't do that well. She's like, no, you did fine. I'm like, that wasn't my best. Wasn't my best work.
00:51:27
Speaker
Yeah. And you feel it. You know what? That actually that happened. ah That even happens, I think, on the acting side where I've I've acted in something that I haven't watched yet, but someone else has. And they're like, oh, I thought you were great. And then I'll see like a clip and I'm like, oh, like I could have done so much better. Like, but but they're like, no, I thought you were awesome. I'm like, we as performers are our toughest critics.
00:51:49
Speaker
Do you listen to the episodes? Yeah. After after they're completed, after you've tweaked them and stuff, do you listen to them? do you Do you want to confess? Yeah, sure. I, I, it's, it's like actors. I can't watch themselves.
00:52:03
Speaker
I, I don't listen to the episodes and not because I obviously not because I'm not proud of them. It's like listening to my own voice. I don't know. There's something about it.
00:52:14
Speaker
Like, although I handle the clips, like all the clips that you guys see on Instagram, I actually have fun going through those. Cause it's like a look back at, Oh, this is what we talked about. That's funny. But to sit in its entirety, I do have trouble doing that. And it's because of the anxiety. Like there's a performance anxiety where I'm like, ah, could I have said that joke better? Oh, I shouldn't have said that. Like, that's the only reason, not because I'm not proud of what we do. I think listened to the first six or seven. Damn it.
00:52:41
Speaker
Maybe seven or eight. I'm not sure, but I've listened to the first few episodes. And um yeah, it's yeah I do recommend going back and listening to us. It did really like early ones.
00:52:55
Speaker
Go back and listen to Christmas. Okay. Any. Okay. Because, you know, what yeah it help it helps. Listening to you, that's one thing as comedians we're always told to do, go back and watch your set. Even though it can be painful, but one of those things as a performer, you have to get over it because you have to know how to make yourself better. yeah You can be your toughest critic, but you have to know how you make yourself better.
00:53:16
Speaker
It's weird because I can watch our clips all day. Like, I don't know why. It's something about that. Like, I may because I know they're going to be short and like I'm not I'm not sitting there for the whole episode, but I can watch our clips. It's yeah. Sitting down with them the whole episode. i don't know. It's a weird thing. You know, yeah I recommend that to anybody who's listening to this or whoever wants to get into performing. Go back and listen and watch your work.
00:53:40
Speaker
100%. This actually just happened. So I don't typically like to talk about auditions and stuff. I feel like that's super overdone for actors and it's like, ugh, like kill me now. um So, but one of the things I was talking with a few friends about is there there was a recent audition I had for this ah this film and I went back and watched my audition the next day after submitting it and I hated it. And I was like, what have I done? And it's like, you know, it was for like a really...
00:54:09
Speaker
I don't know. It was for a really good movie. It was a big movie. Might just be me on the down with the podcast for the next few weeks. It could be me. Who knows? Might be me. You never know. Might guest host. Might just be you. Rob's got to go film. He's got better things to do. Yeah.
00:54:26
Speaker
I hope so. But no, I would still... I would do it from wherever. You have to film something we've done. But anyway... My point is that I was talking to some friends and and they were all like, yeah, dude, I never watch my auditions after I send them. Like, forget that. It does nothing. No, I mean, agree with the audition part of it. Yeah. I mean, that's the audition. That's your shot. It's not like stand up where you're going to tell those jokes again and you need to know how to make them better. Yeah. It's kind of like, Because if you have a monologue that you're doing that that this audition might not require you to do a monologue. They might want you to read one of their pieces.
00:54:59
Speaker
So, yeah. Yeah. That's a little different, I think. You should watch it as reference sometimes, but just just for the sake yourself. If it is a monologue that you use for auditions, you should watch it to see what you've done wrong or what you could do to improve. right Or that didn't come out how I wanted it to. You know, that's...
00:55:19
Speaker
Yeah. But at the end of the day, I got callback. Hey, man! I just got a callback. So I was like, you know, and this is not to talk, again, I don't want to fucking sound like... No, you auditioned, you got a callback, this is your livelihood, that's awesome. yeah Right, but my but but the point of me even saying this at all is that...
00:55:41
Speaker
me hating my so hating my performance obviously had no bearing on whether I get a call back or not. So why, it's already out. You sent it out.
00:55:53
Speaker
No need to go back. Because there's no way, in a I can't think of a certain scenario where I would watch an audition and be like, damn, I'm fucking good. Like, that's never going to happen. Even if it is really good. Even if it is really good.
00:56:06
Speaker
For me, I don't think I could ever... I don't think I could ever be that impressed with myself is what I'm saying. And I don't know what that is. I don't know if that's performance anxiety. Yeah. I would call performance anxiety, but yeah, I mean, yeah, you're not going to, you're always going to judge. You're just your worst critic. You're always going to judge yourself, but there's always like, look at it. You should be able to be proud of yourself when you've done good work.
00:56:30
Speaker
Sure, sure. Yeah, that's, yeah. But it's funny because I was thinking about this the other day too. Like if I watched a self-tape of myself and I, selfe when I send it out, a me myself, when I, before sending it out, I don't ever send out something I'm not proud of. So in that moment, I'm proud of it.
00:56:49
Speaker
But I think what ends up happening, the switch that goes off in my head going from I'm proud of this to now I hate it, I think is the fact that I can't change it once it's sent. It's now out there and I can't change it. And that's when all of a sudden you see the quote unquote flaws is like, that's what sucks. It's like, well, I can't go back now. So now I'm going to start to hate it.
00:57:10
Speaker
But before I loved it. So what happened? And I think it's because I can't change it now. Yeah, I mean, but that's part of the game, man. That's part of the game. Yeah, so it's like, don't even bother. Once you send it out, let it go.
00:57:24
Speaker
Don't. don't Yeah, so i I don't think I'm ever going to watch it again. Maybe if I want to just look back at my progression, go maybe, but it would have to be like it would have to be like over a year down the such a classic actor story. It's like, oh I did this audition, and I'm like, oh, I fucking sucked. It was awful. Oh, shit, I got a callback. Yeah, it's classic actor story yeah same classic same thing with like oh i i gave it up and i was packing and i was going back home and that's when i got the phone call exactly and uh yeah oh shit i was a horrible set i didn't do well next thing you know you got a couple people asking you to be on their shows it's like oh i guess i did all right all of a sudden yeah tonight's show is asking you to be on and oh wow no no no do they they still do comics oh yeah they still have a few friends on shows yeah absolutely
00:58:11
Speaker
Okay, because I know like for a while, Late Night was like not doing that. is is What is left? Just Jimmy Kimmel and Tonight Show? Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, what's his name, Seth Meyers? Is that his name?
00:58:23
Speaker
Seth Meyers, yeah, yeah. There might be one more. there guys left? I think so. and Late Night's a little interesting now. That's crazy. ah Colbert, Colbert, for what we have. Is he still on the air? Yeah, for I forget what his last taping is or last show is, but yeah.
00:58:37
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, then that'll suck because I love Colbert.
00:58:44
Speaker
But um yeah, well you have jokes, you said. Speaking of telling jokes, you have jokes. Speaking of telling jokes, okay, so I have two cold jokes, guys. ah this if For those who don't know, these are jokes that Ron has not read and I wrote have no knowledge of about really quickly. All right, here we go, guys. Joke number one Here we go.
00:59:07
Speaker
And now a joke inspired by the Epstein files. Have you ever noticed that when you board a flight redacted and it's like, wow, that guy's here, but I don't see redacted, but Hey, in the end, I guess it was redacted, redacted. Nice Rob.
00:59:23
Speaker
Was that funny? i I mean I had to take some things out, but I thought it was so funny. Good. All right, that that you know what? That's when you should hit the laugh track at the end of our jokes no matter what. it Fine. Here we go. Please. Okay.
00:59:42
Speaker
okay um
00:59:45
Speaker
Uh, okay. Here's another one. um Um, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm like proofreading it. Uh, okay. Here go. This is like, go this is like, send it and forget it.
00:59:57
Speaker
We just talked about that. Okay. Send it. Oh my God. You're so right. Okay. Here we go. And here we go. I've been reading this book on how not to be a narcissist. And the whole time while reading, I've just been thinking, man, I can write something better than this.
01:00:13
Speaker
That's fine. Rob, I'm... I thought about, like, saying that. That's funny. that's fat I like that one. That's funny. I feel like that's a good, like, stand-up one I want to try. So, I... That's actually... That's actually... That's actually a pretty decent one-liner. That's pretty good.
01:00:30
Speaker
Cool. I didn't write you any cold jokes. However... Huh? huh um My cousin Gwen, her little daughter, five-year-old daughter, i think she's five.
01:00:41
Speaker
Yeah, she's five. Sorry, Gwen, I'm wrong. She told me some jokes last night, and they were adorable. Ooh, how long she been doing comedy? I don't know. She's already better than me.
01:00:51
Speaker
ah She told me some Christmas-themed jokes, so I want to tell them. Aw. Okay? I got two. Okay. These were the two I thought were pretty funny. What's the difference between the English alphabet and the Christmas alphabet?
01:01:08
Speaker
I don't know. Noel.
01:01:12
Speaker
oh Oh, that's funny. Yeah. Oh, why was the okay well into Mrs. Claus?
01:01:23
Speaker
um I don't know. he Slays.
01:01:29
Speaker
that Okay, okay. I like the first one more. Okay, so I have i have some notes. Hi, sweetheart. I know, I saw a door opening. She's coming in. i'm like the um Did we get any questions, Rob?
01:01:44
Speaker
Those are cute. Did we get any penetrating questions? i don't I don't think so this time, guys. We got so many the Christmas specials. I mean, got last time, the fact we didn't get any, it's okay. It's okay. Yeah, I also didn't advertise it. Neither did I. am meant to and I completely forgot because I was hanging out with Gwen. It's your fault, Gwen.
01:01:59
Speaker
Um, yep, that's true. Um, but so I, I gotta put that out there. Um, i love, um, did you remember, uh, I think Brian Regan had a joke from his son.
01:02:12
Speaker
don't know this one. Um, where he said, uh, something like, Hey, why don't dinosaurs talk? Why? Cause they're all dead.
01:02:28
Speaker
That's good answer. Yeah. Okay, okay. Well, you know, I'll insert my own laugh track. I like it. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, laughter, laughter, laughter, got it. Here we
01:02:41
Speaker
That is ear piercing. Okay. um So anyway, guys, if you want to send it. go ahead. No, go ahead. yeah Go ahead. Well, no, I was just going to tell him about if you want to, if you do want to send in a penetrating question, go to the link in our bio. We have a link tree and it's just three questions. It's going to say, are you 18 or over? You're going to give us your name or a fake one and you tell us your story or ask us a question.
01:03:03
Speaker
And we'd love to talk about it on the show. But Ron, what were about? have my fire oven beer because we're about done, right? Oh, we are. Yeah. about done. Let's go.
01:03:14
Speaker
it's a seltzer, part of the seltzer family. um okay I like seltzers. You know, when they came out, I was kind of like, eh. Trulies are okay. I like the high noons, even though that's kind of i do like truly like a vodka seltzer. I've never really been into White Claw.
01:03:28
Speaker
However, I was in the store and this was a flavor I've never seen before. I know it exists, but I've never seen it and I've never tried it. So I wanted to try it. It is a White Claw. i don't know if you've tried it. I've never tried the raspberry flavor.
01:03:42
Speaker
Oh, I've had many of White Claw in my day. i don't know if I've had. That's what I mean. I don't think I've. I'll be honest. They all kind of taste the same to me. Like sometimes the bartender is like which flavor you want. I'm like, it doesn't matter. They also have like really cool malt beverages and stuff, which I can't drink, obviously. But.
01:04:00
Speaker
Oh, it's. Are you allowed to pour White Claw? I don't know, but we're doing it for the sake of that legal. See, I just want to see. if this I don't think I've ever seen anyone pour White Claw. All right. Go to has a truly on tap.
01:04:13
Speaker
Oh, I've seen that. Yeah. Roast. Roast.
01:04:20
Speaker
me How is it? How is that white claw? Tastes like a white claw, doesn't it?
01:04:27
Speaker
it's It's the white claw. It needs to be colder. It's obviously sitting here for an hour. But it's a weird little taste afterwards. But it's not bad. It's refreshing. Oh, You know what I forgot? You know what I forgot? And I bought it for the podcast. I bought a, I bought a Red Bull for the podcast. You do not need a Red Bull today.
01:04:46
Speaker
No. Well, I made coffee. That's that. That's why I had the burst of energy, but I just, I completely forgot about the Red Bull. So, oh, well, damn next episode. We have one more episode left for the year and then we are done.
01:05:01
Speaker
Yeah, I think so. We're going to try because this is this is the time of year. Again, you guys are listening to this after Christmas, but this is the time of the year where ah I'm doing some traveling. Ron's going to be doing the holiday. I'm working on these holidays. I'm flying all over. So, yeah.
01:05:16
Speaker
So, I might be recording from a different location. here Yeah. It'd be cool if we could do some kind of New Year's live thing. We'll talk. People that can join us. Yeah, we can just chat about that. All two people that join us. The guy that told us we suck. Yeah.
01:05:32
Speaker
Oh, hey, he's he's more than welcome. Or her. Maybe she hates us. I don't know. But guys, um yeah, ah this I can't tell if this will be the last of 2025 or not. But thank you for joining us if you've joined us for the year. And ah we will let you know if there's one more. of course. yeah we Always keep up to date on our socials, especially our Instagram. um And yeah, guys, and thank you so much.
01:05:59
Speaker
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01:06:20
Speaker
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