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Glick's Comedy Lounge: Adam Arena
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Step into Glick's Comedy Lounge where the punchlines fly fast and the Nonsense hits hard This episode comedian Adam Arena ,bringing sharp jokes, wild stories, and zero filter to the Nonsensical Network. Buckle up...the laughs are coming in hot If chaos and comedy had a late-night hangut,this would be it
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Introduction to Glick's Comedy Lounge
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Pull up a chair, grab a drink, settle in Tonight's where the stories and the nonsense begin
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stories, things we shouldn't say But we're gonna laugh about them anyway welcome to Glick's Comedy Land
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Go wild and the laughs get loud.
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Guess on the couch with wild tale to tell. From the road, the stage, or a barroom, hell. The crowd's getting loud and the stories get strange.
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No scripts here, just the truth and the laughs. And maybe a roast if your cross-clicks pass. Welcome to Glick's Comedy Lounge, where the jokes go out and the laughs get loud.
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Hey, pull up a seat, stay all night long. Tell a crazy story, sing along to the song.
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Late nights, news mics, stories all around.
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Hey, welcome to Glick's Comedy Lounge. Where the jokes go out and the laughs get loud.
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Crazy stories, sing along to the stars
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What's going on? let's pause, let's calm, and calm it down. What's going on, everybody? Welcome in, degenerates and comedy connoisseurs from all corners of the interwebs.
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You've officially stumbled in to Glick's Comedy Lounge. Right here on the wild side of the internet, the nonsensical network. This is a place where the drinks are imaginary.
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The laughs are very real. And the conversations go wherever the hell they want.
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Grab you a drink, pull up a chair, and get ready to laugh. I'm Glick, your host of Glick's Comedy
Meet Comedian Adam Arena
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Lounge. And tonight, we're hanging out with a very funny comedian all the way from Pennsylvania. i say all the way from Pennsylvania like it's another country.
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But if you've been there, it's like a whole different world. They're a little strange out there. But we like them nonetheless. Our neighbors to the east. The one and only Adam Arena. And I hope that I've said your name right, because if not, I've been saying it wrong for like two weeks.
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Yes. Ironically, I'm not the only Adam Arena. I'm sure I've made a Facebook group of people that are Adam Arena.
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I've actually looked myself up and i was like, oh, I'm glad I'm not them.
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Unfortunately, i am the only. Well, I think so. I'm the only clique.
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I'll tell you a funny story. we I had looked up on Facebook about if there was anybody with my last name first and last name.
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And ironically, there was one in Sarasota, Florida. there's ah There's a police officer with my name and his name. What you call it is it? His partner. His ah his partner's name was Julio and my best friend's name is Julio. I was like, same like same first name, right same last name on both on both ends. It's like, wow, that's just wild.
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Yeah, all right. That that is kind of crazy. i guess the owner of the I guess the owner of the Carolina Panthers, if you're a sports fan at all, I guess i guess he's a glick. And I would like to know we're relatives. I mean, you know, slide me some free tickets. or and up Right, right. Oh, What's going on, Rox Queen? Appreciate you dropping by. Yes, please don't forget to drop that like, share. And if you're not already, go ahead and subscribe to the Nonsensical Network.
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Hey, there you go From your serenity, from your from your bestie. That is my bestie. That is Heather
Adam's Comedy Journey Begins
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Kemps right there. Nice. Well, right off the bat, man, how long have you been doing stand-up comedy?
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um I would to say about, well, um how many times have I been in trouble? yes this is just just suspicious I would say professionally probably about maybe year and a half.
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But I mean, i've I've written all my life. It's just as far as ah doing anything professionally and but doing open mics. um Once I took an actual comedy course writing class, it's become second nature now.
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Oh, yeah. I start off with the the best advice I ever got. Let's do a name job for you. Best advice I ever got online to, you know, when you reach out to other celebrities or whatever.
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And, ah you know, you you don't get any answers. Every once in a while you get an answer and you're like, that's probably not that person. Yeah, right. I'll name drop just on the chance that it actually was.
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Tom Wilson. You know who Tom Wilson is? That name sounds very familiar. if From Back to the Future. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Okay. i was going to say, why is that? he He gave me the best advice.
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and um And the best advice was don't try to be funny. If it makes you laugh, start from there. yeah And that's that's exactly where I started off. If i were I go to write about something, if it made me laugh, I'm just here to share it.
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Yeah, exactly. That guy, you know, he is freaking hilarious in his stand-up. i got just Absolutely. Years and years ago and had no idea that it was Biff until he came out on stage. Because yeah i I just like going to comedy shows and I've seen he was at the Funny Bone here in the area.
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I was like, oh, he should be a funny one. he He's at the Funny Bone. And he come out on stage. I was like, oh, shit, that's Biff. And actually met um Mick Foley.
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Nice. We did a um ah meet and greet. but what i I got a funny story for you from that one. we did ah I did a meet and greet and I went there with the old lady.
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And, you know, she liked wrestling too. And we get we get there and I'm thinking before we get there, I'm going, you know, is there something I could give him, you know?
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And I didn't want to be I wanted didn't want to be like everybody else, like sign this, sign this. And I had found a
Memorable Encounters and Influences
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toy, a most autograph that I had in my bunch of autographs. Like, because I'll buy them by the bulk and pick out what I want, turn around sell the rest.
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That way the autographs are free for me. Yeah. And so it's just this big one. It's actually on my Instagram, believe it or not.
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And I had ah I wanted to go with it. i had it on cardboard and we get there and the old ladies for a good 15 minutes was sitting in the car and she's just like, I don't want you to embarrass, you know, embarrass us and make a big deal and stand out in the crowd.
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And i was like, I really I really want to do this. You know, I really want to give this to him. And finally she gave up, got out of the car, said, you know what? You do whatever.
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yeah They get out of the car and she sees me holding it. and And she says, really? And I went, well, here's the thing.
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When's
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what's when's the chances of, um you know, that I'm going to have this chance again with Nick Foley, you know? And, yeah. but ah So I was like, me and you, if you're mad at me, we'll get over it, you know? Yeah.
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So we get there. We get in and we're waiting. And everybody else has their their ah action figures and whatever. And we go over to, we finally get up.
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You know, they introduce him to the table and he's like, they're folly. And he and
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So you go ah you go up to the table and they give you rules. You sit down, you get one picture, you say hi to Mick Foley, he signs your stuff, he signs some stuff for you and he leaves. And...
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can't at the moment. So then we went and... So we we I sit down and I'm holding this autograph and my wife takes the picture.
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And she goes, and I said, stupid, I went and i was like, I don't know if you can accept gifts.
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Can accept gifts, anybody can accept gifts. And to owe me gives me this he gives me a story. He's like, man, you know, I got to meet, you know, ah Tori Amos and I got to do the, ah you know, cause his music, his entrance entrance music was based off of her music.
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And they went and and she's he's like, she didn't give an autograph. This is awesome. We took the picture, you know, with i got an extra picture off of them with that.
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And there's nothing had to do at the moment. You can't just pick up your computer. Where am I going to go? I'm plugged in. dude Yeah, Mick Foley being Mick Foley, I'm sure he just ate that shit up because anybody who knows anything about wrestling. I already okayed this.
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Highland said it was okay. He goes back to Foley or whatever. knows that he's just an absolute lunatic in real life as much as he is in wrestling. So that would have been like absolutely a once-in-a-lifetime thing to be like, oh, by the way, hey, Mick Foley, I have this.
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And it just so happens that he's a fan of of hers as well. We got a little technical difficulties on that end, so give me a thumbs up when you're good to go, Adam. I'll bring you back on.
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You never know what you're going to get the joys of ah of Live live ah live broadcasting and and live podcast You you get thrown curveballs sometimes but think he's gonna move his setup
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So yeah, well but um I kind of
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we are We are definitely weird around here, that's for sure.
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But if you like weird, I totally grazed by this, which is on me at the beginning the show. If you like weird, like, share, and subscribe. Bio.link slash nonsensicalnetwork. All of our social media links are there. You guys can follow us on all the social medias. um We have shows live.
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Pretty much seven days a week. Some days, multiple shows. um So give us a like, give us a share. Appreciate that. Oh, no. we ah We are weird here as well. So don't worry. Weird fits in perfectly for us.
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You good? All right.
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There we go I just muted your mic. You sound like you had some craziness going on there. So I was like, yeah I'll just banter for a few minutes. Now, if I could hear you, would be good. Yeah, that would be really good.
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Let's see here. Here's that headset he was saying before the show, the headset, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work.
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Yeah. Oh, appreciate the follow. Always appreciate the followers.
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You still got nothing?
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Try to... I'm talking to him like he can hear me. Oh, there we go. I'm like, try to plug it in and unplug it like you can hear me. about that. I was apparently too loud and they kicked me out of that room.
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yeah Oh, geez. were ready to start. You move would have had to give me one of those belts. um No.
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Don't worry. I've been doing this long enough that I can. ah Technical difficulties are expected.
First Stage Experience and Comedy Class
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Usually, you know, something happens, whether it's the Internet or sound cuts out or like I told you before the show.
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Yeah. My kids will randomly pop in back here and start talking to me like I'm not doing anything. Yeah, I OK did with security and and everything over that. And then somebody wants to, you know, better.
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Anyway, now there's always that one person that wants to wants to complain about everything and anything. Yeah. Yeah. ah yeah Are you at a hotel or something? or Yeah, at the moment, yeah.
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Oh, okay. You probably weren't hurting nothing at all, sitting wherever you were sitting. I was sitting in the corner, man. I even okayed with the security. I don't know. People get hurt. Yeah. Anyway, what's the next question? so yeah Okay. Anywhoos, back to the show. Back to regular programming. Yeah.
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you you're still kind of a, ah you know, in the in the comedy world, you're still kind of a baby. You're still new to it. Oh, absolutely. Was this something you always wanted to do in the back of your mind, or what made you... I think like every everybody, every comic, I think they've been a class clown. um guarantee Guaranteed, I've always been in trouble.
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um I've always been person where they've been, somebody asked me something and I just take it literally. um you know um
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yeah i would consider myself a a baby and it did the whole thing where um what clicked with me with comedy was is like you know the things that i got in trouble with as a kid you know the the whole thing with the you're You know, my mom would be like, don't make me come back there.
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And my response would be, so if you you come back here, who's driving the car? yeah You just give up driving and you just jump back here and like beat the crap out of me and then we crash?
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That doesn't seem to make sense. And of course, that would get that would get me me that would get my butt kicked. But I mean, it to this day, it still makes me laugh.
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Lose-lose situation all the way around. It's crazy how as we get older and we grow up and we find ways to do the things that used to get us in trouble. like i know i Myself, personally, I was always told I talked too much when I was in school and growing up.
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well I like the thing where the don't You're walking through a store and your parents tell you, quit touching everything. Yeah. you know so um My friend Heather, who's ah who is on the live stream, you know, she'll see me i walking down the aisle and I'm touching everything. I said, see, this is exactly what happens when you tell the kids not to touch everything. I would touch everything now as an adult. I can do whatever I want. That's what told you before the show. I shouldn't be allowed have money because I buy some shit like custom belts. right Yeah. You buy that doll that's now $300 some odd dollars. You know that you could have gotten it for $30 when i was a kid, but no.
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Appreciate the ah the subscribe. ah lynch Build up your subscribers. Radio host here. i' like it.
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that isn't You're getting a... um So, you know, you said you took a writing class. ah Yeah. Comedy writing class?
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um So it was more about, like, the structure of comedy and how to, you know, misdirection. um I don't know if you know about Jay Yoder. He does a comedy class at ah the Soulja's.
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eat And um I'm sure I frustrated him frustrated him like I did every other teacher. Yeah.
Open Mic Adventures
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He would have you would have a thing where, you know, he you know um the way the class was, it was like, here's the structure of a comedy, here's misdirection, you know, and um and ever And this is just me, but I would write something and it wouldn't work out.
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And the next class, I'd come up with something else. And the next class, I'd come up with something else. And everybody else is taking you know the the one thing and trying to improve on. And I'm like, well, it didn't work. I'm going to try something else.
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it And it gets kind of mundane because... mundane because um you know, they'll try to you go to open mic and it's like, I've heard that joke already. You know? Yeah, I laughed at it once, you know, but then, you know, so I always end up doing new stuff.
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um And if it's not if it's not new stuff, then it's something where it's like, okay, well, I've told this kind of um thing before. I'll just change a few things and least do that.
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yeah um The last last open mic I did... um And we're sitting, me and my friend Heather were sitting there and I'm like, man, I i don't know if I got any material. i said I signed up for this. It's like signing up for a hostage situation, you know, not going. ah It's like, I don't know if I want to do this. ah Like I'm sitting in the corner. I'm like, I don't know if I want to do this. What am I going to write?
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And in the middle of open mic, they had these teenagers up front, these teenage kids, boys up front, and they're just getting ragged on. Like you sat up front, man.
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You asked for it. And I'm like, you know, I'm going to do the fart rant. I'm going to do the fart rant. I'm going to edit it. And I think that these kids will like it. And they just they lost it. They were just still like like ah like every other you know adolescent. Teenage boys. and fart Yeah, course. Farts are still hilarious to me. so Well, the way the bit goes is is that farts are a notification for shit.
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And if you didn't have those notifications, we would all need the pens.
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Which makes sense. So that's just how, that and it's it's funny how me me and my friend Heather, who's on the stream, we will will video each other.
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And somebody actually caught me looking looking back at one of my videos that I've done. And I'll laugh. And I'm not laughing. The funny thing is i look at my, somebody caught me doing it and they're like, you're laughing at yourself? i'm like,
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Yeah. And I don't laugh at the jokes because I already know the jokes. I'm laughing at my mannerisms. You know, like I can look back and look at this stream and see my mannerisms. That's the call. You're welcome. there good I look back. ah I look back on the ah on on the videos and my mannerisms make me laugh.
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You know, you know, it's like i'm ah I'm a fan of myself. I should really get his autograph. ah I'll forge it. Well, and and up it's a crazy thing. Like, you know, they used to Burt Kreischer.
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They used to call him out for laughing at his jokes when he would be up on stage. Right. i Now he just owns it. And he he's like, yeah, I laugh at my jokes. I'm fucking funny. Deal with it. Right. Right.
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ahead And it's just, it's, it's wild. It's absolutely wild. The, where I go with open mic at Souljaws in Pittsburgh, call out the Souljaws in Pittsburgh. I mean, Pittsburgh, Hottstown.
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That's that one. up And, um, what up Daniel? yeah The crowd of the, the crowd of comedians that come up there, everybody's really supportive. You mess up a joke. People are still laughing.
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Yeah. You know, they, they don't know. They don't know that you messed up the joke. Just laugh. I know. And
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and that's the and that's the thing. That's the great thing about open mics. Um, you know, I've got some friends in the comedy world, they're standup comedians and whatnot. And, um, You know, a lot of them are going to open mics to fine tune their jokes to, you know, essentially get practice in before they, because when you get those headlining gigs or those feature gigs or, you know, anything like that where it's an it's a, you know, a pain, I don't know about good pain, but a ah paying gig, you want to make sure you have your timing down, you you you have time.
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you know if If you're a storyteller, you want to make sure you have that cut down you know and and edited so that you're not going on a 20-minute rant for one joke. Oh, no, I will.
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I won't draw on 20-minute rant about a joke. I probably can on hour of but about it until they're like, get him off the stage! I would say the best part about that about Open Mic is the banter.
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And I've said this before, the banter before the even the shows even start. You know, the banter we've been having Soulja's is the the room's dark. We've got no no windows. you You've seen that in the in my Instagram videos. Yeah, it looks like you're in a dungeon.
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we yeah Yeah, we're in the basement. They've all kidnapped us. That's what it is. we They've just let us out. We're all hostages. yeah yeah how do how do you How do you... What did somebody say? How how do you kidnap a bunch of comedians? Tell them there was an open mic. There's one light bulb. It's all dark. It's like, I'll tell you. well I'll tell you exactly where my ground hit her money. Yeah. Whatever it is, I feel guilty.
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You know? m yeah your closet Yeah, that's what we all call it. She's right. we call it the closet. Minch says, tell the locksmith basement. Oh, I'll tell them that. Oh, this is great. All my friends know my stories. All right, so here here we go. um Called out on that one, so I guess I got to do that. So Facebook Marketplace, okay?
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great place to ah Great place to get tools. So I'm also a certified locksmith, among any many other things. So this guy's... ah um This guy passed away.
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His dad passed away. He used to be a locksmith. And so he was selling his his dad's tools. So $300 for all these tools. Okay. Can't seem like a bad deal.
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So I get there and the ah the guy goes, the tools are in the basement. And ah I was like, oh, okay, well, this is how I die. dude did it do And I say this out loud because I don't have a filter. And he hears me and laughs.
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You would think I would be like, I'm running away. No, you got tools. Let's go. do to do you To the stranger. There is no such thing as stranger danger. Yeah.
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And um but ah that's like what I was telling you before we started the the show. You know, um I am a kidnap victim. I am very naive, but I but I play into it.
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You know, um I own it. I actually I ah honestly I wholeheartedly own it. Needless to say, I made it out of the basement. I got a bunch of tools. You know, I didn't get kidnapped. But the fact that the the fact that he had. ah yeah the The fact that i made that I came out and said that, yeah this is how I die, du the- do-to-oo down in the basement.
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The fact that he laughed, you would think that would stop me. yeah No. Free candy, let's get into the van. dop it up to do yeah yeah Exactly. yeah this could have been a fake We could have been talking about you on the Sunday evening show. or i on the milk car I opened the last guy on the milk I actually have a bit about that's actually the end part of my bit with the the how naive and um I am with kidnapping.
Humorous Childhood Stories
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I've actually um when I was five, I was sitting on my doorstep and I'm sitting on this doorstep just being a kid, probably licking a rock, you know. and
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but but Yeah, I'll tell that one. And This guy comes by and he's holding... I'm five years old. i I don't know. This guy comes by and he's carrying a dog leash.
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And he goes, hey, have you seen my dog? I'm looking for my dog. And I was like, well, i'm not going to a jerk. yeah Sure, I'll help you out. So I'm holding his hand and duke de dukeoo down the street.
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My dad comes out and he's he beats this guy up. Beats the living pulp out of him Right? And I'm yelling at my dad. I still have this this this big memory. And I'm like, why are you kicking his ass? There is no dog.
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was yeah, it's because he lost it. We're looking for him. And now he's got his ass beat. We were just trying to help him. His day is terrible now. yeah Worst day ever. and I was upset at my dad for kicking his ass because on top of that, he lost his dog. There is no dog. We're looking for the dog.
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but well do yeah we haven't found it yet you know we haven't found it yet we're still looking yeah exactly and I could also tell them about that about the story with the I told you off camera about the ah the movie that I got to be in that's that's another almost kidnapping so scenario where it's like you know hey you don't want to you don't want to go there there's all the red flags and um
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does all these red flags and you should know better run.
00:30:06
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Nobody ever runs from red flags. So we always run towards them. Well, that when I did the, you want me to tell that story we said we were talking about, yeah yeah um I'm working at Napa Art of Arts and these film students come in and, ah what are you studying? Oh, you're studying a film. Okay.
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I, um, If you ever need an extra call me up. Okay. They called me up about a month later and ah hey, we need, we have a part for an evil bartender. Do you want to do that? Heck yeah. All right. So be at this bar at two o'clock in the morning and here, you know, we'll send you the script and I'm excited. I'm absolutely excited. I'm telling all my coworkers, i get to be in a movie. how ah And they're like, okay, well,
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Let me get this straight, Adam. Now, they're trying to talk sense to me, you know. And they'll say, okay, well this is 2 o'clock in the morning with a bunch of students, you know, that you don't know to a place you don't know, 2 o'clock in the morning.
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you You're going to be gone. We're we're never going to see you tomorrow. It's it's done. you know there's How many red flags do you need? mind It's fine. It's legit. Yeah, it's for a movie. yeah i got a i you know They told me to to wear a plaid shirt and you know nobody kidnaps anybody and tells them there's a word verb thing. That'd be silly.
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So, know, of course I go because I'm naive. And I get there and it's dark and it's at this actual bar. And yeah the the the makeup girl, she holds my sleeve down and the the name of the movie was Sedinpeed. It was a student film.
00:31:55
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Nobody probably ever find it on YouTube. And... um And she's drawing, painting a centipede on my arm. And I left this thing on my arm for, till it started blue.
00:32:07
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I didn't even wash my arm. It was so cool. Cause I don't have any tattoos. And so she's painting it on my arm. And I said, well, it'd be funny if I actually had that tattoo on there. She's like, well, my work would be done.
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You're right. She goes, well, this is my first day of doing makeup. Yeah, this is my first day being a kidnap victim. I hope they don't kidnap me. if And she's like, well, if they're kidnapping you, they're kidnapping me. And it's like, ha, ha, ha, I look over and they've got a ray of food. And it's like, well, if they kidnap us, least we got food.
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We won't starve. Yeah. very nice kidnappers. They're not going to... Yeah, and you think in the back your back of my head, I would be like, stop talking. but yeah And, you know, that they they paint that on me. I get to talking.
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And I'm the evil bartender. There was supposed to be some big surprise thing. um And after the movie was cut, I realized I'm the thug.
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I'm the bad guy. And and um the way we choreographed it, the main character comes up, um you know, what do you want to drink?
00:33:24
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I turn around, I drug his drink. Apparently I needed to, you know, no, no, know, his drink wasn't drugged. Ironically. I didn't, he got a normal drink.
00:33:35
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I had to, I had to get a syringe and then turn around, jab him in the neck and that put him out. So I guess I distract him with the drink, jab in the neck. he goes out. I go around the bar, take his body and take it to the basement.
00:33:49
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And when i when I did the take, I jabbed him. ah It wasn't a real jab. it was like underneath the collar, but it looked real enough. It was more of a straightforward thing and jabbed to there.
00:34:03
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And I did that. And then I did my laugh. And when I was like, and they cut that. I'm a little upset about that. But, and I was down to my neck and I was like, ha, ha, ha, ha
00:34:17
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theyre like nobody else could do it and they're like oh that's evil you know and i'm taken them to the basement i was like and the sound guy got scared nice so i realize i'm the red flag yeah um i I'm the one you hear that you hear that ah that laugh and then you go, oh nope, nope, nope. We don't even know this guy. what What did we sign him up for? We we invited the kidnapper here. And we're letting his part is to drag our bodies to the basement. Maybe we're never coming back. I'm sure they were thinking that.
00:35:00
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So I'm sure, you know, my My anxiety and their anxiety was totally different. I'm totally accepting that I'm kidnapped. They're thinking, that i wound we were't re named we may not be here tomorrow.
00:35:16
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Hit them with the old Uno reverse card, if you will. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I'll i'll make i'll make them scared of me. They'll be so afraid of me. They won't want to kidnap me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:35:29
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They'll be sick of me. Oh, you know, not that I hope that you ever get kidnapped, but I am looking forward to the true crime documentary when they come to me and go, we need to get footage from your podcast. Yeah, from your podcast.
00:35:45
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Publicity for the nonsensical network. last Last scene, you know, in a hotel. You got kicked out of that one room. Yeah. He's in the closet so i mean you know but ironically ironically we're doing my open mike in the closet and then then people come out and we're like hey i'm gay like he doesn't seem gay hey he's in the closet They're like, wait we're all in the closet.
00:36:17
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yeah What if we never get out of here? they There you go. Like I said, you know I hope it never happens. But I'll definitely take the publicity if it does happen when they do the documentary. I'll come up missing it. This will be the last show. Great. Thanks a lot for the publicity.
00:36:37
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I'm a suspect.
00:36:40
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It was all part of my master plan to distract people. Yeah, that's it. What it is is you keep me on the live feed as you got somebody behind me and just drag me off camera. That would be hilarious. body Oh, finally got him. It took us all the biggest. We found his location, his GPS tracking. Heather said it's bound to happen. Yes, yes, it is bound to happen. so She probably would be my co-conspirator.
00:37:09
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We have never met before. I don't know, Heather. I know nothing. Deniability. That's great. I'm just a simple podcast host. What would I know?
00:37:21
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i just I just tell jokes in a closet so you know with no with no windows and dim lighting. no know No wonder we can't get a job and we've got to stand-up comedy. We can't even see. You ruined our sight.
00:37:33
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but That one light just blasting you in the face the whole time. I'm guilty. Whatever it is, I did it. if I can get out of this dungeon, I did it.
00:37:47
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Yep. but but So, you know, being being new, i obviously you said you kind of growing up the class clown, the goofball, but being new to to comedy, this is something that I always ask entertainers because i love hearing all the different stories. Some people are like, yeah, whatever. Other people got, you know, first time up on stage, first time in front of a crowd.
00:38:11
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What was that like for you? um At first, um I would say terrifying. At first, I would have, when I was in that class with Jay Yoder, and i was I was putting the glasses on because I figured the lights are shining right in my eyes. How am I supposed to see anybody?
00:38:32
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o um He's like, well, then you got to figure out a gig of explaining why you got glasses. I'm like, because the lights are bright. He goes, but it's not funny. I'm like, I know it's not. It's why I'm wearing the glasses. It fucking sucks. i I did a, um they they had a comic in there that was, that would um critique our jokes.
00:38:55
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And remember, I was changing jokes every class. i'm sure I'm sure I was frustrating him, like every other teacher. yeah And, um, i I had did a, I had did a bit, and, um,
00:39:11
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I took one of those, it was a dog toy chicken that squeaks, and I sat it on the bench. I did my bit, and then we did ah the critiquing.
00:39:23
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And the the comic, he goes, what's up with the chicken? And I said, to make you ask about the chicken. It worked.
Engaging Audiences and Finding Voice
00:39:35
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And I said, you know, and he goes, well, I didn't think it was funny. I said, i'm I'm sorry to tell you, I thought it was hilarious.
00:39:42
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I thought it was hilarious that I sat it on the bench, didn't address it and made you question, why did he do that?
00:39:52
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And I said, I'm sorry, you didn't think it was funny, but i don't I only tell jokes and stuff that make me laugh. And if it makes you laugh, that's just an added bonus. Yeah.
00:40:03
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Well, and that's and that's the thing. I mean, comedy is subjective. You might say something that, you know, you might be in a room of 50 people, and you might say something where 20 of those people don't find it funny, but the other 30 people are going find it funny.
00:40:18
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Right. Well, like when I changed mine i changed my jokes up um last Tuesday, I was like, you know, there's bunch of 18-year-old kids, you know, and and did the the fart rant. And I was like, I'm going to do this because this is the audience.
00:40:34
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You know, they're going to, you know, we've been picking on them all night. yeah You know, and they need something. I mean, we've been going, you know, comics were going in up there. I'm like, all right, well, you know, thanks Dylan for, you know, bringing your your cult group.
00:40:50
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you You know, um check everybody check check your pants. see You might be virgins now. You won't be after this class. Yeah. Well,
00:41:04
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well and that's and that's kind of, ah you know, that's a... So so yeah the question was, how did I get past the anxiety? yeah um Yeah, what was that like being on stage for that first time? Just pretending they're not there.
00:41:17
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i mean, I couldn't see them anyway. Yeah. So... Yeah, i agree i and enlighten in your face yeah yeah. So, i mean, i mean i I'll do the, i I'll hear people joke. That's why we, when we do the videos, I'll be like, did anybody laugh?
00:41:36
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I didn't, I heard something. I'm more concentrated on my material. So I'm more, I focus more on my material, you know, then what the audience is laughing.
00:41:47
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yeah You know, I did. I'm glad about that. I'm glad that I've gotten people. And I was like, Oh, that, that actually worked out really well. Who knew, you know? Well, that goes back to, you know, like what we were saying with the the open mics. I mean, it's it's it's really kind of trial and error. And, ah and you know,
00:42:09
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If you're telling a joke, and this is the thing that of blows my mind in that class. if you If you're telling a joke and it's not landing right or it's not working right and you go back and rearrange it and edit it, why would you get it why would somebody get upset about that? I mean, you're trying to perfect it you know at the end of the day. Right, right. Well, no, because I wasn't. I was always doing new material.
00:42:30
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ah but That's what it was. i was like, oh, that didn't hit. you know And he's like, well, you didn't set it up right. And was like, oh, okay. And then once that ah everything clicked, I was like, you know and going back to that advice that I got, you know don't write to be funny. you know Find something funny. and And my style is I find something funny, I rant, and it turns to absurdity, and it's just the way my my mind thinks. you know It's like you at the end, the logic makes absolutely no sense But I took you down this long road and now it makes sense to you.
00:43:06
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and I started bottom the bottom where it was something like, you know, you know, my my belly button has been eaten lint, you know, and I don't know why you're never going to understand. But if I walk you down the road of, you know, I've been getting holes in my shirts and I haven't figured out why. And, you know, there's a monster and I i need know how to sew.
00:43:26
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yeah you know so so So would you say that you're more of a the storyteller is outside of the yeah yeah one line? is for you know Absolutely. It's more of storytelling and um being more self-aware of myself. Yeah.
00:43:50
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myself You know, um going back and watching myself and and going back of, you know, i shouldn't have done that. you know um You know, if it was if it was my kids and they would have done that, be like, no, you're never going there. It's, you know, two o'clock in the freaking, you don't even know these people. You know, like, I'm going with you. the The art of storytelling, whether it's comedy or whatever, when you could
00:44:22
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especially in comedy, when you can paint a picture and you can take a 20 minute story and dumb it down into two, three minutes or whatever, um, and still get that laugh and still get that visual, you know, we still paint that, that visual picture with your words is, is amazing. That's one of some of my favorite comedy is the storytellers, you know, Oh, you know, I'm just going to come up here and, you know,
00:44:51
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and And wing it? Yeah. I can i can't do it. i can't I haven't gotten to that point. I haven't gotten to that point where I can just sit there and and i could I could tell you stories till the cows come home, but I couldn't sit there and wing it.
00:45:04
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I haven't done that yet. I am him a master of just winging shit. just Yeah, yeah. But i'm no I'm no comedian. By no means a comedian. I'm a fan of comedy, and i and I love to consume stand-up comedy as a
Public Speaking and Comedy Skills
00:45:20
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fan. So it's not like I'm getting up on it. I'm not going to tell somebody how to do comedy because Lord knows, well, two things.
00:45:27
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I don't know how to do it. Do I think I'm funny? Absolutely. But also, I have a fear of public speaking. I don't want to get up in front of a room full of people with all their eyeballs on me, staring at me, waiting for me to be funny, yeah which is kind of weird. Well, you we get past that. You get the light sign in your don't know anybody's there.
00:45:45
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Yeah. and which is Which is weird because I do this on the internet, but I can't see the people watching me. I do got the lights in my face, you know but you know and that's the great thing about the internet. You don't have the eyes on you, though.
00:45:59
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that's That's what it is. The eyes on your guy oh you what's the next one? agree um i think i think I think failing, you know, um you could be funny failing too.
00:46:11
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You know, they'll they'll look, they'll looking at you and they're like, okay, well, what's the next joke? And he just, flub a lie and and people laugh. Like, well, that didn't work out. And people laugh. Yeah. i think I think comedy is one of those, well, meteorology seems to you one where you can be terrible at your job too and still succeed. But from what I've heard, you you could guess and still keep your job. Yeah. Even comedy, you know, you can, like you just said, you can fuck up a joke, but rebound and nail the next one.
00:46:44
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And people are going to forget. They're going oh, Yeah. Can't even remember what the bad joke was because he rebounded it and hit that three-pointer. I'm laughing my ass off at you. but Right, right.
00:46:58
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um So, yeah, when I was telling people about friends of mine. shit An amazing sound guy and such an awesome graphic designer. All right. Call out to Lucas. Yeah.
00:47:11
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Never heard of him, man. We're not talking about Lucas today. Yeah, we're not talking about Lucas. He keeps telling me he's 17 like he's giving me consent.
00:47:27
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That's what I hear every time he tells me. yeah You're just doing sound and and lighting and and some graphics. Calm down. Yeah.
00:47:38
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it's like a I can't get him to go do open mic. He won't come and see me yet. He only sees my Instagram stuff. um I'll tell you another one. also getting the club you know he's got Soldiers doesn't have an age thing. As long as you come in and you know you don't order drinks, i think I don't think they have any. Are you kidding? The last, um not the last one, the time from before, somebody brought a baby.
00:48:07
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Oh, wow. Who brings a baby to comedy? I mean, you know, we're just going to rag on the baby. but Actually, at this day and age, that we might eat the baby. That's the snack afterwards. yeah yeah you know you never You never know. He says he'll be there on March 24th.
00:48:25
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yeah Well, I didn't get to plug in our shows yet. You're going to be on the 24th? Oh, okay. what We're going to get to the show plug-in and stuff like that. As a comedian, and I've heard mixed...
00:48:38
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mixed reviews and feelings from other comedians on this subject. and and and And I'm curious, you know, and this is going to go into my my a little repertoire of this show. ah what are What are your thoughts and your feelings? I know you said you guys like giving giving the kids in the audience a hard time and and whatnot like that. and And, you know, when you go to a comedy show, whether you try to or not,
00:49:01
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you if you're in the front row, you're going to somehow so yeah become part of the show. um you know I like to sit in the front row, but I'm also the guy who's just there for the show. and and I have been brought, you know made reference to or talked to or whatever, but comedians that do crowd work, I've heard mixed, some comedians are like, oh, it's a low-hanging fruit. Other comedians are like,
00:49:29
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it takes a lot of work to be a successful standup comedian and do some of the crowd work that some of these guys are doing. What are your thoughts and feelings on it?
00:49:40
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um Well, that like I was saying, you could do crowd work and fail at it and still make a laugh out of it. Yeah. You know? um And that's ah that's where I think um the good crowd work ones do where they just say, you know, they just ask somebody random and it really doesn't matter what they say, to be honest.
00:50:02
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You know, if they say something that that's relevant and you work with it. But, you know, it's like, oh, well you don't know what you're talking about. Why did even ask you? Let me go to this other this side, you know, and you get laughs out of that.
00:50:17
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Yeah, right? Either way, you make the crowd look dumb one way or another. ah but There's some comedians out there like like Matt Reif, for instance. I think his crowd works great.
00:50:27
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His stand-up, it's mediocre in my opinion, but that's just my opinion. you know There's another guy out there, Michael um Ballstein, like and and both his stand-up and his crowd work is insane.
00:50:43
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like you know but there's a lot there there's there's a community that was actually in our um in our class and he stopped he stopped doing the open mics and stopped coming out and he had me busting out laughing and he just didn't he just said i don't feel it anymore it's like man i really wanted to see you you know see you be successful and you had me in stitches yeah and um he you know he was he He did the whole thing where he was um just odd. He'd stand up on stage and just be odd. And he was that way naturally.
00:51:20
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And halfway through the class, Jay Yoder is trying to shout out to Jay Yoder. And you know halfway through the class, you know he's working his material.
00:51:31
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And that strangeness didn't come out. And I was like, you know, you came to comedy class and you wrecked yourself. You had to come to comedy class to be a normal person. you know Then we we we brought that back in. it's like okay well you know and it's just It was just funny.
00:51:51
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You know, and they were like yeah um he was like, I don't think I want to teach you much of anything because I'm afraid of you losing that that weirdness that you naturally do. You know, so that whole thing of finding your own voice, you know, i um there was a big thing that um joke stealers. There's some kind of comedians out there that were joke stealers. and um i'm And I'm a strong believer in why I've got so much material in my head. I can't write it down fast enough.
00:52:21
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Yeah, exactly. All you got to do is open up your eyes and just write it. no I don't understand that. At somebody else's voice that you're that you're writing, okay, it got laughs, but it's not your laughs.
00:52:36
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You know? Yeah, I mean, there's there's there's plenty of real-life circumstances that happen on a daily basis that may not, in in in in the real-time event as it's happening, you might not see the funny in it, but later on when you're thinking back on it, you can go, light bulb, I can make this funny.
00:52:59
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Right. See, it out i I'm in disagreement. I find things funny all the time. Yeah. I could tell you a ah um funny story. We went to me and Heather. Shout out Heather.
00:53:14
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that And we went to um Advanced Auto. Battery was acting up. And I come out and they there they had a, ah what do call it? A height challenged person.
00:53:30
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I mean, we we could call him a leprechaun, but he was a height challenged person. And he's wearing all green. And I'm going to walk out to the the car where where where Heather's at.
00:53:41
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And this this girl is on the same same brain path as I am. And I'm no i'm i'm hoping to get to the car. I'm hoping to get to the car fast enough for her not to say something. Because I know what she's thinking. I'm coming out with a short person that's in green.
00:53:58
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you know And I'm like, oh oh, don't do it. Don't do it. I get up and she goes, you know you have a leprechaun behind you? Damn it. I said, look, look, this is all I could afford.
00:54:13
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i got them half off, you know, and I was like, short people, short people should not wear green. That's just all it is to it. I mean, I mean, yeah we're asking for it. I mean, and then, you know, and then, of course, because the comedy brain goes, what if we kidnap him?
00:54:33
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You know? Tell me where you put that gold. Leave me alone. i'm just a short person. No, you're not. know you're a leprechaun. I'm just an auto parts salesman. Lies. who I can see through your lies. And then, you know, um,
00:54:53
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like i You know, we're we're dying laughing in the car. And we're just trying to keep together, trying to be respectful um from the shirt person that's helped us out in green. And he's like, ah you don't want to go anywhere, do you? You know, it's like, you know, it's like, nope, nope, we got to go. We'll be safe. Stay safe.
00:55:15
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And I don't know why that me and that me and Heather put Mickey Mouse's voice onto this leprechaun. Ha, ha, ha, ha, And then I find out, ah shout out to Lucas, I was telling him this story, and he goes, you know, at AutoZone, they have one too.
00:55:32
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I said, is this standard procedure? Maybe they fit under cars, fat you know, easier. Yeah, exactly. and Into the end of the next time I see Adam. like i sit and Send out Patrick. You know, he'll know things. His name was Patrick at that place too.
00:55:51
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Did you not? You can't make this stuff up. Yeah. So yeah, so i don't I don't see anybody, anybody should ever never steal somebody's, you know, material. Just go out there and look, open your eyes, you know, laugh at the little man that's helping you out with your car. Just be respectful. you just just There should be just a clothes requirement that you should not wear green as being short.
00:56:19
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Well, and that's the crazy thing. Like you said, there's plenty there's plenty of things to write about. There's plenty of things that happen. Just open your eyes. Yeah. but you know and and that's And that's the other crazy thing.
00:56:31
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Sometimes in life, we have we we may not know somebody, but we have similar experiences. um And you can tell a similar joke, but But it's how you you know how you word it, how you know how your your story is, where your punchline is, and stuff like that. where yeah I've got friends that have done that.
00:56:54
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It's not the same joke by any means. It just sounds similar. And it's like, is that stolen? Or is it just a different experience that's similar? not Well, um my one of one of the greats that that I think in comedy legend, you know, is George Carlin.
00:57:17
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You know, George Carlin was an observational, you know, like, I'm just telling you the shit that made me laugh, you know, right you know, and I'm just sharing it with you guys. And I just lucky enough that you guys pay me, you know? yeah um and You know, you look at um Jeff Foxworthy, for instance.
00:57:37
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You know, um yeah he's he's an observational. You know, he he he turned around and went, you know, this is just my family. I get to sit here and tell you about my family. You guys laugh, and I get a paycheck. It's just amazing that, you know, he he was so humble where he's like, I can't believe that you guys pay me to do this. This is awesome. Yeah, he made a lot of money off of, ah you know, just – Just being yourself. 100%. And that and i so my i I look up to them because they were they are not afraid of being themselves and they got paid for it. And I was like, man, I'm glad that i'm glad that put that beating punishment when I was a kid didn't work out.
00:58:20
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I'll take that silliness out of you. No, it must survive. You know? Yeah. Keep that inner jokester alive. Yeah. Speaking of which, you know, that kind of brings me up. Do you, do you have, you mentioned Carlin and whatnot. Are there comedians that, that you grew up that you liked or even comedians today that you, you really enjoy and maybe try to learn something from, or, you know, watch their material to see if you can um better yourself as a comedian?
00:58:54
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Other than the ones that were passed, I mean, Robin Williams was amazing. um I see him where i see the the things I see in him, it's like he took his pain and his observation and just put it out there. and And, you know, it I'm inspired by by them. tim Robin Williams, George Carlin. um
00:59:21
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you know, Jeff Foxworthy, uh, Larry, the cable guy, my goodness, holy crap. He took a whole stick and, and made a thing out of that. Yeah. And if you see, if you see some of, there's very little of them, but they'll see some of his interviews where he's just him.
00:59:36
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Yeah. You know, and you're like, wow, it it takes a smart guy to be a dumb guy. no and And he is one of those guys that I guess is like a certifiable genius.
00:59:47
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Yeah. Yeah. And it is wild to, to hear him, uh, and In some interviews, I listened to a radio station out of Florida, and the host of The Morning Show, Mike Calta, he's he's good. he's He's got some serious connections into the comedy world, and you know he's got a lot of friends in the comedy world. And he's had Larry the Cable Guy on his show a few times. And he comes on, and he don't even have the accent.
01:00:12
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Like, it's all... part of his Look at Penn and Teller. They do their magic, but they're funny. yeah you Teller with no words at all will get you a cracking up laughing. He just does his facial things. like, really? You're not amazed? you know I just pulled coins and turned them into fish. and Nothing? but you know like He doesn't have to say the words, but you can see in his face that he said that. you know Yeah, the facial expressions, the mannerisms.
01:00:38
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are you Are you animated on stage or are you more of like... Oh, absolutely. 100%. I am absolutely animated, yeah. I would say that.
01:00:49
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I think that adds to the Comedy show experience, you know when you when you get a comedian that and this again, this is just a fan of me speaking um Because I am not a comedian. I'll reiterate that again, but as a fan would you because I'm animated I speak with my hands a lot. I'm um All over the place a lot of the times ah love when comedians are animated um and they They're they're gestures and their mannerisms and facial expressions kind of go along with the stories um right it's one of those that that i really like because that dude is a absolute lunatic on stage you know yeah i don't realize how animated i i really am until i turn back and and look back at the videos you know that we take of ourselves i'm like wow i really am an animated person that's you know
01:01:44
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That's that whole part of, you know, I'm being a fan of myself. I'm seeing I'm laughing at how animated I am. And that's what's making me laugh, you know, and what's making the other people laugh or the jokes.
01:01:57
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So it's kind of like a double ah a double show. but One show for myself to laugh at myself. Another show to make other people laugh at the jokes, you know. animated. There you go. Lucas said animated.
01:02:12
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I'm very animated. No, and now I think that's, I think that's great as a fan and it, and it adds to the experience because, you know, you get the old school, you know, um Seinfeld was, you know, and some of the others that, yeah, they get up there and they just kind of walk back and forth across stage and tell their jokes. But it's like,
01:02:35
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Jesus, you know, I just got an exercise just watching watching you pace. You know, but then you get guys, like I said, Dane Cook or, you know, Chris Rock.
01:02:46
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Oh, look at Dane Cook. He he he was so hated because um his following was off of social media when it was first ah when it was first out. And his he grassroots and everything. He talked to all his fans, you know, and people were mad. It's like, you don't have a, you know, a publicist? like, I am the publicist. Yeah, exactly.
01:03:06
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And he still does that today. I follow him on TikTok. yeah and And he goes live on TikTok and he'll sit there for a couple hours and he he talks to everybody in the chat. You know, he obviously promoting things that he's got going on and hanging out, you know, doing whatever.
01:03:25
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ah But he he is one of those guys that doesn't matter how many people are in his lives. He tries to connect and and engage with as many people as possible. He's the the prince of comedy.
01:03:38
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Well, think about it because Prince, he had ah he had a whole thing where he did his he did it he did all his own music. He read you know he he played how many how many instruments? All of them? Yeah, wrote all his own stuff. No wonder he hated Michael Jackson. Good lord. yeah know But Michael Jackson on his own could beatbox his whole music and then just take it to the people that knew how to write music. It's like, here, can you do this? I've sent this over to you. beatboxed to you. Yeah, exactly.
01:04:08
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this This is what I want. Make it happen. right Right. I wish I could do that. If I could beatbox my comedy stuff and just be like, here, write it to make it look great. Yeah.
01:04:19
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yeah I need some comedy writers. right Send it that sent it off to those people. I know a guy that knows a guy. ah You write it, I say it. Right, right. Speaking of writing, and are you, like most comedians, do you have just notebooks upon notebooks or phone or anything like that? Just of so much stuff.
01:04:47
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Yes. Um, I've got stuff that I've never done on stage and stuff where, um, I've done it a couple of times and onto the next stuff. Yeah. Um, you know, hopefully they bury with me when I'm gone, you on you know, um, but yeah, I, I, I, I've gotten to the point where like, um,
01:05:12
Speaker
My hands are are really hard because i I've done manual labor all my life. and But ah you know I use the computer or something and type it all up. And um you know I've been perfecting you know the setup and the misdirection. And um I try not to make, you know i'll write ah I'll write a thing and be like, sounds like i'm whining.
01:05:37
Speaker
ah Like, that's never going to work, man. Scratch that one.
Crafting Jokes and Community Connections
01:05:42
Speaker
yeah hey Adam, the whiniest comedian ever. Yeah, yeah. It just just turns into a story of ranting, you know?
01:05:51
Speaker
Yeah. You get up there and in piss and moan and whine and cry. Yeah, yeah. Well, I mean, and then then you look at the comic, some of these comics that have come and gone, and you're like, oh, well, they kind of whine, too. Yeah, well, they make money doing it. We could go with that. Yeah, exactly.
01:06:09
Speaker
Do you, being being new into the game, do you find the the the architecture of the joke, so to say, do you find that hard or is that coming to you? No, that's come natural. 100% that's come natural.
01:06:26
Speaker
um I actually love the whole idea of the you know the introduction of it, you know the ranting of it, and then the conclusion of it.
01:06:38
Speaker
um You know, um no, that's come naturally. I don't think that's it's not a hard thing for me. Remember, I so I start off by something as simple as, you know, as ah you know, something as simple that made me laugh. You know, the the idea of going to the car before my my friend Heather would go, there's a leprechaun behind you. You know, i was like, oh, path you know, don't say that. Don't say that. I got them half off. Oh, no, I got another laugh. like It's just getting worse. You know, it's too easy right at this point. Yeah. Yeah. You know, be respectful. You know, it's like i keep that. That's the thing I was I was telling my friend Heather where I was like, you know, with him going, you know, you don't want to leave now, do you?
01:07:26
Speaker
And I And I said to her, I said, I can't buy anything from him. It's just going to make it worse. And she's like, I'm so glad you didn't drive me back to the place. And I got to experience this. And I said, so I made your day. Exactly. you made ah Lucas, how did the nonsensical network find Adam? Well, I think Adam found us because I just made a post on social media.
01:07:53
Speaker
Yeah. dumb luck like my whole life that's how i found them i uh i posted i think it was through um that comedy uh network yeah they um group they oh they razzled me they razzled me i had brought up that i did that um put that p that uh that pitch out for the uh at the lodge and i was excited i got the know was kind of bragging a little bit like oh i got the pitch through they gave me the okay and people were were were mad at me um i had a whole whole a whole couple people and you know where they're like oh, well, it's a bringer show. you know and I said, well, um'm I'm asking the performers to go get their names out there and go you know to you know and sell the tickets. I'm not asking them to do anything that I wouldn't be doing because I'm doing it too. yeah They get our names out there. and I'm like,
01:08:52
Speaker
They're like, well, then they're not getting paid. I was like, everybody's getting a percentage from the tickets. How's nobody getting paid? You know, remember, this is me being naive, but I'm like, that's not what a bringer show is. And i stopped the i stopped the argument because I looked up what a bringer show was because I personally didn't know. I was like, well, maybe I'm wrong. And I wasn't.
01:09:12
Speaker
And they stopped. But it was like, you know, um and i and that's how my work ethic is. You know, I'm not going to ask somebody to do something that I'm not doing myself.
01:09:23
Speaker
you know So, for for again, as a fan, and and this, you know, I don't know. tert What is a bringer show? What is that? What does that mean? So a bringer show is when you you bring your friends. You ask the the performers to bring friends. And then...
01:09:40
Speaker
um you don't get paid. You're just bringing people and you do a show. Yeah. Okay. But um i'm ah I'm asking people to go out and and sell the sell the tickets, you know get their names out. you know the The whole idea that I had with this to show is it's going to be an improv show. you know A lot of us are holding our tongues, Heather included, shout out. We we hold our tongues to try to be respectful um at open mic. you know We'd love to turn around and get the banter. Remember, I told you that the the banter is the greatest part before even open mic even starts.
01:10:17
Speaker
And, you know, oh, my goodness, we're being kidnapped. You know, how did we get in here? You know, um Jay Yerter saying the other day, he was like, you know, bring her, you know, everybody, if ah each performer brings a, you know, brings a friend. i was like, so I get up stage and i was like, so Jay Yerter just told us to kidnap people.
01:10:36
Speaker
theyin you That's okay. Yeah, yeah not knowing. I mean, that sounds like a great idea. Bringing a show, it sounds like a great idea because, You know if you have if you have 10 comedians and I'm just throwing numbers at the wall if you have 10 comedians that are gonna perform at said show and each one of them brings 10 people all right, that's 90 new eyes on each performer that they may not have heard of You know um
01:11:09
Speaker
And and i didn't want I didn't want to go that route. I wanted everybody to get paid for something because we already have the open mic you know that's not paying anything. We can test our material. And the fact that it's improv, so we don't – improv is just us playing playing off of each other.
01:11:26
Speaker
yeah it's all It's all based on the suggestions that the audience give. You know, um in in my opening um introduction to the show, I'm going to be like, you know, hey, if the show doesn't work out, it's your guys fault. You gave us the suggestions.
01:11:41
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. hands off, it didn't work out. It's your fault. you know All it comes to is off of me. and it's on and then And then the way I have it, I'm not i'm not putting, you know I'm not bringing any big performers in, no big names. you know that would you know I'm self-funding all this.
01:12:01
Speaker
Yeah. um you know I didn't even think I'd get this far, to be honest. I just thought, we'll just throw this out there. If the club says yes, great. you know um And I didn't even know that I had such a big interest. um you know ah We're doing two two shows. If it brings profit to the club, they'll continue letting us do it, which is great.
01:12:26
Speaker
Nice. you know, the fact that um they're all people that they're all kind very funny comics. They're all very funny comics. They have social media at the end of the the the show. It's going to be an hour show.
01:12:41
Speaker
And at the end, I'm going to set up a table and anybody has autographs, sign your, sign your stuff up, you know, sell your autographs, yeah you know, that all that money is yours. And, um,
01:12:54
Speaker
I mean, it helps to get the the, you know, they're promoting themselves. We're all promoting ourselves. Exactly. At the end of the day, it's, you know, self-promotion and and it helps you get your name out there and it helps, you know, like I said, people may not have heard of you.
01:13:07
Speaker
um You know, that was, that's the whole idea between my, this show, my music show that I've been doing for over a year now. And now the new one with the, with the movies and television people in that is to,
01:13:21
Speaker
not only for them to reach a new audience and you guys to reach a new audience, but also for myself to reach a new audience because they're promoting the shows and they're excited to be a guest on the show.
01:13:32
Speaker
People who don't know about us are going to learn about us. So, I mean, that's, that's, that's the name of the game. When you're an entertainer, you gotta get your name out there. I get recognized. I got, um, I get recognized by my laugh.
01:13:44
Speaker
I've got a pretty distinctive laugh and people are all like, Oh yeah. I'm in a public poll years ago. Okay. And i just happened to to laugh and i kid you not like two feet over a former coworker went Adam.
01:14:03
Speaker
but I was like, uh, I was like, so you wreck you didn't see me. You heard me. And that's where you knew I was at. She goes, yeah you have the distinctive laugh. In a crowd of people, we will find you as soon as you start laughing.
01:14:20
Speaker
Like, that's great. At least you're known for something. You're memorable. i mean Maybe your comedy sucks, but your life is great. you know and and That's a win. okay right well I make everything fun. you know that the The whole idea with this show is... you know and i had The people, it the the welcoming from you know the comics that you know we've done open mic with, they're like, oh thank you so much for this opportunity. and i have this whole thing where it's like, thank Thank me. Dude, I'm thanking you. Yeah. You know, um and I and I want to make the the make this into a whole thing where people are just starting. I don't want any big comics. So big, big comics want to come. Great.
01:15:05
Speaker
You know, but I don't know if I can afford you, you know, but I want to make it where it's like, hey, we can get our names out there, you know, and um thank you. I appreciate you. Yes, I only bring cool people on my shows. Yeah, yeah. I'm properly vetted. It's all good. Is this your first time here, Zampius? Come on, buddy. But I like that. Look, you're always going to look out for the little guy.
01:15:32
Speaker
Yeah. And the the whole idea is you know we don't have to prepare our material. you know We have no material to to to prepare. I have the games written out.
01:15:44
Speaker
we We do the performance. it's It's, you know, if we just have fun and everybody sees that we have fun and we don't take it seriously and we just be ourselves. Remember that bit that banter that nobody sees in an open mic.
01:15:57
Speaker
That's that's gold right there, you know, and to bring that out of there. That'll be great. So it's, yeah, no, exactly. And, and, and that's the thing, you know, it, it it allows growth and comedy.
01:16:10
Speaker
It allows you guys to build a relationship, build a community, which I mean, you, you have to have a good community around you in order to succeed. I'm learning, I'm learning that and in almost any aspect, whether comedy, music, acting, directing, whatever, podcasting, you have to have a good community around you in order to grow and succeed. So,
01:16:33
Speaker
Why not do whatever you can to promote and boost that community? you know And at the same time, allow other comedians to grow and and you know find their niche, find their their voice, so to say.
01:16:47
Speaker
And fun promoters, find but you don't know who shows up to those shows. Yeah. You know, um, some guy knows a guy that knows a guy, you know, turned you know, you don't, you don't know. I mean, look at, you know, I did that, did that movie, you know, that student film. i What are the chances of that? You know? Yeah, exactly.
01:17:10
Speaker
So it's it's it's not stuck up there, ah Lucas. i actually actually i left that up there on purpose because I did want to i did want to address that answer. And in like you said, those groups are finicky. Facebook groups are finicky.
01:17:25
Speaker
um So I decided I was going to start this show. And I was like, well, I can't start a show if I don't have guests. I had a logo. I had an idea.
01:17:36
Speaker
And i put a couple posts. I joined a few stand-up comedy Facebook pages. I put a post up. Apologized right at the very beginning. Sorry if this is not allowed.
01:17:46
Speaker
That way... I already took care of that because I have been shootout in Facebook groups for a promoting podcasts or shows or other people or other things. This group is not about that.
01:17:59
Speaker
Jesus Christ. it's It's not that serious at the end of the day. I've got the criticism too. I don't care. You're one of 50 fucking pages I've posted this thing and I don't care somebody gets buttered. But anyway, so I made the post um and I just threw it out there for the comedians. If somebody wanted to respond, then so be it. And Adam adam was one of the, as Heather said, leave it to Adam to ah to to be a stray.
01:18:28
Speaker
yeah he was one of the stray comics. And shout out to the count kind stand-up comedy community because You guys responded quick and you guys responded fast. And like I told you behind the scenes, in less than 24 hours, I had two months worth of guests booked. So I was locked and I was like, boom, now I just got to pull the trigger on it because there's no going back now.
Launching a Comedy Show
01:18:50
Speaker
I can't and not do the show. that's, that's like when I went, that's like pulling this show together.
01:18:57
Speaker
no um You know, pulling this show together and getting the support. And I was like, I've got to do it. You know, the the response is um welcoming.
01:19:08
Speaker
So now ah when and where is is this show happening? Let's go ahead and get that out there and let people know if anybody's in your area. um So this is at the St. Gabriel Lodge, 525 Jefferson Street in Stowe, Pennsylvania.
01:19:27
Speaker
Um, if you, get so if you buy, if you buy any of your tickets from the performers, it's $10 and at the door, it's $20. So the bet, the best bet is to, you know, we're going to have flyers out that Lucas, uh, did painstakingly, you know, made up where we'll put the performers names on it, their contact information and put them out there.
01:19:51
Speaker
And, um, you know it I think it's going to do a lot of things. it's going One, it's going to bring money into the club, which they desperately need. Two, it's going to bring these um performers, you know get them out there. you know Some of them just just go to open mic at Souljaul's and do nothing else, and some of them give up. you know um And for the most part, it's to have fun, make a little bit of money, and Go from there. you know Like I said, you don't know who's watching. You don't know who's coming.
01:20:27
Speaker
you ah yeah this is This is the prime example right now. you know Me and you talking, you don't know. you know You take the opportunities when they're out there.
AI's Role in Comedy
01:20:40
Speaker
you do your best no my my goodness you put the do you you put this uh awesome uh graphic together i was like wow that is freaking awesome i blew up i blew up my my media uh my social media is like look how cool this picture looks i'm on fire And I said it to you you, I try to, I need to get better about that. Cause I, uh, Lucas, uh, you're a hundred percent right. As a guy who does, uh, I don't know shit about sound, but, uh, as a guy who does all the graphics here on the network, my guy Pierce here who does a couple of shows on the network as well. Uh, thank you, Wally. Appreciate you brother.
01:21:18
Speaker
Great thing doing this new show. Uh, he i He'll send me an idea and he's like can you can you put the glick touch on it and I do my thing now granted I love AI and I've become a big fan of it um You know, i I put that vision out there what I want kind of like what you said about Michael Jackson Yeah, i I give it all the ingredients to what I want and how I want things to look and there's sometimes and and I love my AI my little chat robot because it's a smartass like me and I feel like sometimes it's talking shit to me because I'll be like yeah, I like it. But can you do this? And like all right. All right. Like I know what you're looking for. let's now here's the thing I have had I've had psychological um Conversations with AI
01:22:07
Speaker
um And one of them where i was like, you know, really, you know, at the, what was it? Copilot. don't know if you ever play around Copilot. Yeah, I haven't played around with it but I have seen it.
01:22:19
Speaker
Well, it keeps all of your conversations. And, um you know, it's just like a baby. You know, you've you've sent it all this information. And I was like, and every once in a while, it'll come up something and it'll say something as a smart ass. And I went, hmm.
01:22:35
Speaker
you know you have the sense of humor it's my fault but you know and it was like oh so you're kind of a reflection off of everything that i've talked about and it's being reflected back to me you know and that when i came to that whole realization i was like ah that makes absolutely perfect sense and i love that e Yeah, no, I mean, it's it's artificial intelligence and they learn. And not only that, but they literally have everything on the internet built into them. So when I start talking about the nonsensical network or shows, it jumps into its little computer brain and it downloads everything about what ah what we are, what I do, you know what our shows are like. And with just a couple ideas that i that I can't, I'm not talented enough to put into a program and create
01:23:27
Speaker
You know, a picture like that. um But I can tell. Sometimes it gets creepy, though. It's like, well, you know, what what happened to that guy's hand? You know, wait a minute. She has a third toe, you know, or the arm disappears, you know? Yeah. how You got to get specific. Like, I did one for my guest last night on my music show, and it completely changed the band. And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa buddy, I need you to calm down.
01:23:52
Speaker
Keep the picture original. take out this random dude in a cowboy hat that was not even in the picture what are you doing um i had ah what was it um i had it where hold it to be yeah oh yeah that's like look at what they're trying to market now they um with only fans they're gonna have ai um your your ai buddy is gonna take over only fans because ai born is out there and it's like
01:24:22
Speaker
You know, have have an AI relationship. All right, well, there goes the population. I mean, we all used to openly brag about having three AI girlfriends.
01:24:36
Speaker
Oh, goodness. And I'm like, dude, go touch grass. Go look at the sky. Leave your house, bro. You are not bragging.
01:24:47
Speaker
who The entire world, everybody can can watch this and you're bragging about having three AI girlfriends and hoping you don't get caught cheating.
01:24:59
Speaker
Like, dude, come on.
01:25:06
Speaker
See, there's material on that. Your girlfriend catches you cheating on you with an AI girlfriend. Hey, what are you doing with my man? I'm sorry. He approached me first. That's it. Termination. I think with the...
01:25:24
Speaker
turbination yeah i think i think what the um the I think what people turn to that is, you know, let's let's say you have an argument with the old lady. At least you could turn off the AI. You could turn that off. if yeah um But it's going to be a weird, weird world that we're going towards with that.
01:25:51
Speaker
it really It really is. a i I mean, I love it for what I'm doing, but that's the extent. i mean, am I sometimes going to talk shit to my chat GPT? Yeah. Because chat GPT talks shit to me.
01:26:04
Speaker
And I'm sorry, computer or human, you don't get to just talk shit to me all willy-nilly. Yeah. Yeah, what was it that, you know, with every technology, you're going to have you're going to have the evil part of it. And there's there's the ones where it's like, oh, well, there's no filter on this.
01:26:21
Speaker
Oh, okay, well, i'm I'm sure there's... And you look further out there it's like, oh, okay, well, this is just... It's how you use it. It's technology. i I try to use mine for good. i haven't I haven't dipped into the evil villain world yet. So...
01:26:36
Speaker
what If I had superpowers, I probably would be a villain. I would be one of those villains that would think I'm a superhero. i've been I've been told that a lot. We've, we've had those conversations multiple times on our Saturday night show. And I would be Dr. Doom. 100%. I would be Dr. Doom or Thanos. Yeah. you know Even say a word there. Like you're an anti-hero. You're, you're the Deadpool type, you know, like you're not a bad guy, but you're not a good guy, but you kind of dance around in both worlds. You just do whatever, whatever works best for you. it's just like, well, look, they, they here are the ones that, um,
01:27:12
Speaker
are alive after the after the debris is all gone. You know, they're the ones that the ones that stay alive are the ones that run the narrative. Yeah. mean
01:27:22
Speaker
But yeah, so it's like, okay, well, yeah, I've killed 50 billion people, but I've saved this town. Enjoyed your city, however. You're welcome. but But I like how the Marvel Universe has done that. i love how the Marvel Universe was like, but we've saved all these people. Yeah, but look at all the you know the debris.
01:27:47
Speaker
The best ones that did it, um what was that superhero one where um well it brought it into the real world? It was a whole series of it. Oh, the boys? where they Yes. bureaus were Yeah. holes yeah yeah's like i I wouldn't want to live in a superhero world like that. That that would just be nuts. The chaos. The girlfriend where he's holding his hand. That's what made me keep watching. when he's when he's sitting She's standing out in the road eight hours and she's he's holding her hands and just...
01:28:22
Speaker
she just blown apart. And he's I'm like, I am watching the rest of the series. yeah what It was a wild series too, but man, what a great concept and a great idea. like What if superheroes were in real life? Would it be a beautiful world? No, not really. But it's not now, so what's the difference?
01:28:52
Speaker
No. Shit. we we Welcome to the nonsensical network, my friend, where the train starts on one track, but somehow winds up four tracks over. um So let me, if it's OK with you, let me tell you some of the the comedians we have coming.
01:29:09
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. um So we have young Patrick. We've got um Christopher Reynolds, ah Heather Kemps, who we have on the live.
01:29:20
Speaker
We have Lucas for the sound guy. Shout out Lucas. um We've got Logan the Great and we've got Karen Swartz.
01:29:32
Speaker
Thanks. You got nice, sounds like you got pretty good lineup, you know? Yeah, we have, so we have, so we're going to have um six people, two teams of three and then Mia's host. And then we're gonna have the audience with a bunch of buckets that, you know, they're going to give suggestions and, um She is funny alive.
01:29:54
Speaker
You might want to interview her next. i don't feel free to give any of those comics our our social, whether it be Instagram or Facebook, and hit me up.
01:30:05
Speaker
And let's ah let's schedule something. I'm i'm all for it.
Proving Doubters Wrong
01:30:09
Speaker
He's two months in, so we got to go down that road. Well, I won't have it open until May. Just know that. but But I will start scheduling May very, very soon. So.
01:30:21
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. And i'm on I'm on Instagram, just my name, 913. nine thirteen um No particular reason why that number was. They just signed it with me and I went with it.
01:30:34
Speaker
They just gave it to you. Yeah. That means absolutely nothing to me. So good luck check guessing at my PIN number. It has nothing to with it.
01:30:45
Speaker
if
01:30:50
Speaker
I'm going to type this in here. Yeah, it's not hard to find you. I mean, literally, all you have to do is put your name in. yeah Yeah, pretty much. And and and then you you guys can find them. Yeah, um um i I've had a few people try to, i guess it's a I guess I should be flattered. I've had a few people that try to pretend to be me.
01:31:10
Speaker
on social media. I can't wait until there's fake clicks out there. I want to reach that level of success where there's fake accounts with click from the non-stop network. You can't put what you wish for. You get a WhatsApp and it's like, hey, this is click. You $100,000. Join me WhatsApp. That's how you. Yeah. Yeah.
01:31:31
Speaker
that's so that's how they get yeah you yeah um but Yeah, so people try to imitate me, and i get I get friends that go and, you know, they ask a bunch of questions that only I would know. and They're like, you wouldn't believe this guy. Check this out.
01:31:48
Speaker
Yeah, right? Constantly trying to lose him. He keeps coming back. Oh, you ain't losing me. ah He's like a foot fungus. Just when you think it's gone, bang, it's back.
01:32:03
Speaker
i real But that's good. I guess i guess that i guess that's a form of flattery. You know, because my, my producer in the background, my girlfriend dropping your Instagram. Hey, I appreciate that.
01:32:14
Speaker
I wonder if that went to a video or if that's just throwing me out there. Oh, it's your actual Instagram page. They'll take it to you. so your but now I know the screen name number. That's all I know.
01:32:25
Speaker
Well, my girlfriend and, and one other lady is youre usually in the chat dropping, uh, when I do these shows, they're, they they're usually dropping links and, uh,
01:32:37
Speaker
of my of my guests and stuff like that so like diarrhea just keeps going that happens
01:32:48
Speaker
i as long as you have a notification of farting you'll be all right ah diarrhea you can't trust them notifications well that depends yeah sorry that was an easy Nice. um Yeah, outside of the gig coming up at the lodge with the improv and and and the bringer show and stuff like that. and the Well, you can't call it that. Remember, you can't call it a bringer show. Remember, we got we got hassled for that. It's not a bringer show.
01:33:20
Speaker
It's a, you know, ah all feet on the ground kind of show. Yeah. Well, i' I'm not, as I said, I'm not a comedian. Maybe I'm not allowed to use it. Maybe I'm not allowed to use the the terminology and the correct, you know, the show.
01:33:36
Speaker
We're all going to get money out of this. Not a lot, but I mean, just want to have fun and make money. That's all we want out it. Yeah, exactly. Sometimes the text turns out to be a call. That is absolutely true.
01:33:48
Speaker
um Do you have any other shows? Are you planning on... Venturing outside of your town and maybe hitting up like Pittsburgh or Philadelphia or anything like that and trying to do some open mics in different areas?
01:34:01
Speaker
I have um no idea where I'm going from here, but that's okay because there's obviously a need for this. you know um What I'd love to have, to be honest, I'd love for this to actually...
01:34:16
Speaker
you know I'd love for some of these comics to do. Somebody picks them up and be like, oh, crap, I got to replace them with somebody else. You know, ah that's the idea. you know, I'm not going to we're not going to have this whole set of people the whole time. I hope for not, because I want to keep getting more people that we can get their names out.
01:34:34
Speaker
You know, um because you don't know. We don't know. Look at look at the some of the great comics that came out. Look at Robin Williams. He was a mime. He was a street performer, for goodness sakes. You know, and, you know, he had that one hit on um that guest role on on Happy Days.
01:34:51
Speaker
Yeah. You know, and you never know. You absolutely don't know. And that's why I kind of stick my neck out there for any opportunity. You know what this show included. No, exactly. i mean I mean, there's guys like Gary Owens. He's a Cincinnati guy.
01:35:07
Speaker
In the Navy, he was a Navy cop. I think in real life he was a cop and just decided, I'm going to do comedy. And now he's one of the biggest comics out there. mean, he's, you know, it was just just kind of happened. like Like you said, you know, you never know who's watching or who's listening. And I tell people that all the time. I don't I've told, ah you know, the people that have come through this network and have been a part of this network and who are no longer here or that are a part of this network, you never know when that right person is going to come through. We're going to hit their algorithm and they're going to watch one of our shows and go, holy shit, I need to go see what the hell else these guys are doing. And the next thing you know,
01:35:46
Speaker
you know we We wind up on XM or something silly like that.
Life as a Comedian
01:35:51
Speaker
would you know and They're like, we're going to pay you to be a jackass and do those shows. Can I my 9-to-5 job? Be a goofball?
01:35:58
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like can i quit my nine to five job and Look, i just I just want to prove my mother wrong. that was what it was. When when Jay was asking during, Jay Yoder was asking about, you know, what did we want out of the comedy?
01:36:14
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And i was I specifically said to him, i I want my mom to see, you know, to you know me talking about my childhood ah on yeah on television for her to go, oh yeah And I'm thousands of miles away. If something happened, I'm sorry, Ma.
01:36:42
Speaker
I've got an alibi. I was from Washington, D.C. What happened? o yeah I have no idea. Exactly. no i think I think at the end of the day, i mean whether people admit to it or not, I think you know when you when you go into entertainment, no matter what what branch of entertainment you go into, you I think ultimately that is might be a small part, maybe a small goal, but ultimately the goal is to just like everybody who said you couldn't do it or you shouldn't do it or you could be successful, just to kind of rub their faces in it and just be like, ha, look at that.
01:37:14
Speaker
I think the best advice I would give somebody, and this is why pursuing it, You know, I like doing it. I like the banter. I like the peep. These are my people. That's, you know, that's how I looked around. i was like, oh, you mean there are people also like me.
01:37:32
Speaker
Yeah, right. And we're not in jail. You know, we didn't get to that point, but I'm sure I could call one of these people if I needed a body moved. Jail and not in a lunatic asylum. So we're not like the the the the finale of the um of Seinfeld where they all end up in jail and because they were such terrible people. Yeah.
01:38:01
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yet Yeah. Yeah.
01:38:05
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Well, you'll end up kidnapped. And like I said, I mean, I hope it doesn't happen, but um I'm really looking forward to the publicity. And, you know, and they they need they need footage from from this podcast for for their documentary show. I'm really looking forward to that.
01:38:22
Speaker
That's going to be huge for us. Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah. um It's an identity thing. you know youre You know, you were saying, you know, about being on stage, you know, for the first time.
01:38:34
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You get that whole thing where, yeah,
01:38:40
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that's true. You know, you have to get you have to get past that part of, you know, getting up on stage and looking goofy. i don't have ah I have no problem being a goofball in public.
01:38:53
Speaker
I'll tell you. and if you get past that part and then you know what's the worst that's the thing what's the worst that's going to happen they're going to boo you off stage yeah you know someone's going to try to roast you like dude you know i've got hard skin you've got to have hard skin as a comedian you know i want the hecklers bring it on you know like dude you don't know this is my therapy and And that's the thing. I mean, and it goes back to if you have a bad night, we all have bad nights. You know, if you have a bad night, learn from it, grow from it.
01:39:28
Speaker
turn it in Turn it into something funny. Yeah, turn it. Yeah, exactly. um You know, that's that's one of the joys of being human. You're going to have an off night. You're going to have a night where where you quote unquote phone it in because you're just not feeling it or whatever, or, you know, the jokes aren't landed. It happens.
01:39:48
Speaker
You know, I know since you well, that sucked. I'm never doing this again. Going back to the nine to five. And you you get a laugh from just that. And people, those, those people that have been like, where it's like, they'll, you know, they'll go up on stage and you see it, they crashed, you know, but then they're like, well, I guess you guys didn't, you know, understand that.
01:40:11
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it's so so So here's the shout out with Lucas. So I work with Lucas at a, I love the comments. um So I work with with Lucas at a church and we're the audio guys.
01:40:28
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And it's only on Sundays until it's a cult, which I'm sure I've signed up for. You didn't know it. I wouldn't know. No, I wouldn't know.
01:40:40
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yeah um Gosh forbid, I'm not sure exactly what denomination religion they are, but that's okay. So I'm just the audio guy. I'm not part of the church, you know. um And me and Lucas are the audio guys. and i'm And we make, he's a very great pastor. He's a very great guy, 100%.
01:40:59
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and he He is he he he could probably do stand up 100% that past two could probably do stand up. And I I love that he is him and he gives no excuse. Otherwise he is, he doesn't apologize for it.
01:41:17
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You know, he'll, he'll be like, you know, I'm, I'm going to probably rough, rough with some feathers, but I'm just going to tell you how it is. Yeah. And, and me and Lucas are like, um, the two old guys in the Muppets.
01:41:28
Speaker
And then I said, it's like, we're, we're up in the, we're up in the stands going, Oh my goodness. Don't, don't, don't talk. He's talking about, you know, helping out the, uh, the the youth group, you know, taking them up to the mountains. Does he realize what he's saying? He knows. it's like, no, no, somehow he knows.
01:41:51
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Yeah, ah yeah, he knows what's up. Yes. shouldd Tread lightly, tread very lightly, choose your words wisely. Well, I i respect the now respect the church. Don't get me wrong, I respect the church.
01:42:06
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Yeah, I'm not kidding, sadly.
01:42:13
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Yeah, 100%. We need a mic up there. yeah one you might yeah you might You might lose your gig as a sound. Speaking of that, so me and Lucas have said this.
01:42:26
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He'll back me up on this. So i said I said to Lucas when we started working there, and I said, so if we get fired from here... Do we get a recommendation? Yes, this is where you you know where going. If we get fired from here, do you think he'll give us a recommendation to this church of Satan?
01:42:48
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Because then that's a qualification, right? And all and all Lucas is like, no, just don't. no He's like, well, it's going to happen eventually. I can't work here forever. Right. It's inevitable. Yeah, we we had me and Lucas. I recently gotten keys to the church and i i kid you. yeah Exactly. yeah You know where it's going. And I went, is there some kind of ceremony, you know, for this thing? And he goes, no, no. um And I was like, so so no no wild parties or anything, right?
01:43:31
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And the the pastor knows my that i've I've got the the sense of humor. And... you know And I was like, so no wild parties, no cults. Don't throw a fire in the middle of the church. you know try Try to stop Lucas from standing up near the on the podium and going, I'm having a God complex.
01:43:50
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yeah i could I'm sorry, the exact words were, I feel I can rule the world from up here. just Lucas, please step down.
01:44:06
Speaker
Hey, you know, I think we all do a little bit. Yeah, got a little bit of an ego. a little ego goes a long way. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And and i'm um I'm very thankful that I that i have that job um on top of – I'm not quoting – no, you're not quoting me. lubu I'm not quoting you? Yeah, I am.
01:44:30
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um i'm very I'm very thankful that I got that job. That was another one of those things. um The pastor had put on one of those messenger apps about you know needing an audio guy. And I was like, oh, I'm good with electronics or whatever.
01:44:43
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And we ended up meeting up at Starbucks. And he had said, this is how I knew I was going to get along with him. He goes, I'll be the guy in the red truck. And I said, well, I'll be the guy you won't recognize in the in Starbucks.
01:44:57
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you didn't know i'll be He didn't know what I looked like. Yeah. So I'm sitting there and I got my computer and I'm thinking, you know, it's like, I got to look like one of the, uh, you know, the guys at Starbucks and I'm just, do and I see him walk in. Cause I know what he looked like.
01:45:13
Speaker
and I see him walk in and he, uh, at if you le her godd Yes, I know. I see him walk in and he turns and he puts his phone up and he goes, you know, i already had texted him that I'm here. it was like, look behind you.
01:45:33
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See, I filled my quota already. I told you I'd be the guy you wouldn't recognize. He goes, you're right. Nailed it. Nailed it. From then I knew that was the past that was the pastor that, you know, I could totally get a along with.
01:45:48
Speaker
You have to find your people, even if it's a pastor. you know ah yeah i mean you know you You find your circle. no matter i you know I say it all the time about about this network in general.
Authenticity and Passion in Comedy
01:46:03
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We've got 10 different shows on this network. You may not like all of them. You may only like one of them. But that's a win in my book. you know You got to find something you like. You know you got to. This is the thing. You have to surround yourself with people that will will bring you up. you know people that won't and you'll You'll find people that will beat you up over you know any success.
01:46:26
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like ah And they'll get jealous. And they'll be like, dude, we were friends the other day. you know what's What's the issue? yeah But I haven't found that yet. I haven't gotten that point where... you know when we had that When we had in class that one comedian that he didn't like the idea that had the chicken sitting there, you know, not addressing it, and he didn't find it funny. I was like, well, I did it for me.
01:46:52
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i thought i And had told another one, and i told day i had told another comedian that i was I'm just Facebook friends with, um ah Tony. oh crap i don't if i don't If I don't give him a shout out, he's going to hate me. Hold on a second. We're not friends anymore. we're not friends anymore. He could have at least said something. What the heck? You know. Got his name right, damn And I had told him about the the chicken thing. And he goes, do it. That was that's um that's amazing. You've got to do it. And I was like, oh, and and I and I did it. And he was I said, I didn't get it received as very well, very well.
01:47:35
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Tony, Tony Elin, E-L-I-A-N. Look him up. He is hilarious.
01:47:43
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And um I told him and I just know him through Facebook and and TikTok. And he's a comedian. He also does like heavy metal.
01:47:54
Speaker
Did you find him on... No, not yet. I'm just making a note. E-L-I-A-N. love his comedy. He does his...
01:48:06
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and um you know and i love i love his comedy and he and he does his he does his um He does this comedy and he's himself. It's another one of those things. i i I love going towards and and watching people that are themselves. So you can tell when somebody is a fake person.
01:48:25
Speaker
Mm hmm. You know, when they're just ah just doing the the material just to do it and they haven't experienced Mm hmm. Yeah, 100%. I mean, there you see that, like, ah you know, with musicians, like, oh, yeah, you're just you're just trying to earn a buck or, you know, or people that do podcasting or or streaming. I mean, some of them are just, I'm going to take the easiest easiest way to do out and not put any effort in it but it only seems like those sons of bitches are are the ones that get the most success at the end of the day i but that's the thing you know this is the the the dream is find something fun that makes money and doesn't seem like a job yeah you know and um
01:49:16
Speaker
I've always been a performer. I've always been an animated person. you know um Somebody draws me in the morning before I wake up, I tell you what. someone Somebody that's dictating my dreams is drawing me at night. like way real up about I woke up too early. naked. What's going on? I'm having it here. Yeah. yeah like I woke too early. I'll go back to sleep. Put the covers back on.
01:49:42
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yeah It's like a real-life Truman show. Yeah, exactly. But you can speak to the whole world. oh Yeah.
01:49:53
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and that was all right It's all It's all planned. and it's all It's all choreographed. yeah But I'm famous. so um Well, man, I'm going to get ready to wrap this up. I absolutely enjoyed conversing with you.
01:50:12
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um you know Make sure you guys check out Adam on social media. and If you're in the PA area over there where they're at, what is that? Pottstown.
01:50:23
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ah Potsdam PA there you could check us out we actually so Souljoels actually runs an open mic every Tuesday night 7 p.m.
01:50:36
Speaker
um You can always check us out up there we usually come you usually do open mic every night um you could check some of these comics out there usually up there too And, um you know, you can check out the show. I mean, i I hope that these two, what I hope for the future is I hope that we, you know, every show we have people that come, you know, performers that come back. I actually hope that we get just new people, new performers and somebody goes, hey, you know, um I got a gig. I got a, um you know, I got an agent. I'm going to go do a Netflix special.
01:51:12
Speaker
You know, I, you know, I want to, I love to be the, I hope that I'm, I hope they come back and they're all absolutely famous and like, Hey, you know, I went and did this impoverished show with you and goodness, goodness me. You know, you, you got me my start, you know, youre right great.
01:51:30
Speaker
You know, that, that was the whole idea about it. Yeah. It was the whole idea. Find something that you enjoy doing that pays money that there's, um, 100%. You find something that you enjoy doing that,
01:51:43
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um that pays you money, you have found heaven 100%. Oh, yeah. Well, that's that old saying. if If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life. Right.
01:51:54
Speaker
You're paying me for this? You see how you how many great comedians they're like, I can't believe you guys pay me for this. This is awesome. You know, I do. You know, um look at Tom Sikora. Sikori? We always get his name wrong.
01:52:06
Speaker
You know, look look at him. He's like, this is an hour of my day. If this sucks, I still got the rest of the day. I still got 23 hours. Yeah, very much.
01:52:16
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it' still got a whole day ahead of me. but Yeah, it's a bad part of my day. you know I'll get over it. Exactly. I'll go have a couple drinks, you know go sit on the bus, whatever. you know I'm going to another town tomorrow. It'll be fine.
Promoting Upcoming Shows
01:52:31
Speaker
No, but no, man, I greatly appreciate you coming up on here with me It's been a blast. um Anything we can do, like don't be a stranger, anything we can do to help promote shows and stuff like that.
01:52:43
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um Yeah, i'll send actually I'll send you all the information and we'll go from there. We'll throw it up on our social and stuff like that for you as well. i appreciate that. any Any of your comedian friends, definitely send them our way or send them, you know, and I run all the social medias. So if you're talking to somebody on social media, you're more than likely talking to me. and Unless I get a wild burrow up my ass and decide to let somebody else have control of social media. But i'm ah I'm a control freak. So I was like, I'll just handle it all on my own.
01:53:17
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ah Definitely. Yeah. You start seeing me become bigger. Definitely feel free to reach out. i Anybody. I'm pretty down there with a person. ill I'll talk to anyone.
01:53:29
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ye and And I always enjoy down the road, you know, bringing guests back. I ah started bringing guests back on my music show that were some of my first guests, bringing them back and catching up with them. So, you know, it's one of the things I do like to do is bring guests back and and catch up with them and see what they're doing and where they're at and where things are going, you know, down the road.
01:53:49
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um So, you know, as I tell everybody, whether you like it or not, welcome to the nonsensical family. You're a part of the... yeah the The nonsensical clan, which has been dubbed by one of our faithful followers.
01:54:05
Speaker
It's kind of like a cult. that ah Welcome to the cult, Adam. You've been kidnapped. Yeah, you know what? It's another place I've gotten kidnapped. I'm sure I drank into the Kool-Aid, you know, came in the mail. I'll be on the mailbox.
01:54:18
Speaker
Right? Absolutely. um Heather, yeah. If you're on Facebook or Instagram or whatever, you shoot me a message or shoot me a follow or shoot us a follow and I'll reach out to you.
01:54:33
Speaker
And like i said, I'm probably mid April. start booking for May and June. So I like to, I like to book myself out two months in advance. That way I know what's going on and I don't have to stress. Yeah. I mean, Hey, you know, when um let's do a followup eventually when after the show is, I'll let you know how it works out.
01:54:56
Speaker
Yeah. doesn't like get clear It'll be funny either way. It'll be funny. It was an epic failure. yeah it Have a great night. i do my littlere You're welcome to sit here through my little spiel or you can drop down if you want. um Make sure you guys check out the rest of the shows the rest of the week. Tomorrow night, I think Wally and Johnny are back.
01:55:18
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Talking ah Animal Planet. ah i Honestly, Wally, if you got your ears on it, help a brother out because I never know what you're doing, when you're doing it or how you're doing it.
01:55:29
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um But they might be talking animals and stuff. And then I think Friday, Wally and the boys will be back in the shop talking car shit. Nothing I know anything about. I don't know the first thing.
01:55:43
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About a car other than where to put a oil gas and how to change tires, but Wally Wally and the guys get together and talk shop on Fridays um Saturday Saturday afternoon show this weekend, but Saturday night nonsensical nonsense Coming back strong like we do every Saturday the doors are open We drop the link in the chat and anybody and everybody is welcome to come up on the panel and hang out we call it the open-door challenge and Six-hour marathon show every Saturday night. We're all drinking. We're all having a good time.
01:56:15
Speaker
We never know where the conversation is going to go. and then so You have a great format, man. I really appreciate you inviting me for this. i appreciate Yeah, absolutely. And then, of course, Sundays, we got Unnecessary Roughness and the Sunday, providing that she's feeling better.
01:56:33
Speaker
Kayla and I will be back with a brand new episode of Beyond the Veil. We're gonna be tackling some more creepy supernatural shit this Sunday. i don't know if I'm allowed to spill the tea on what we're talking about yet.
01:56:46
Speaker
The boss hasn't given me the okay, but it will be creepy. It'll be supernatural. It'll be that's great mysterious. And then next Monday on um Glick's Drive-In, I've got David Earl Waterman coming on. He's an actor...
01:57:01
Speaker
ah He does a little bit of everything. i And then my man, Tuesday on Glick's House of Music, I have my man, Zay Grassley, coming back. I love this guy. He's been on multiple times. He's a country rapper, ah musician, songwriter, artist. He does everything.
01:57:20
Speaker
I love this guy. i cannot wait to catch up with him. And then next Wednesday night, we got Susan Horn coming up to hang out with me. I got to keep it clean, I think, next week. So... No swearing. i think, I think I want a few out. Check us out. Bio.link slash nonsensical network. All of our shows are all of our social medias are there.
01:57:43
Speaker
Shows are live seven days a week on Facebook, YouTube, and of course, Twitch. If you watch the replay, drop a like, drop a comment. It's free. It helps us in the algorithm and it supports us. Let us know if you like what we're doing.
01:57:55
Speaker
We've got lots of new shows and lots of new content going on. That's all started up this month. Um, So, hey, tell me you suck, Glick. Say, hey we love the new shows or whatever. Just don't tell my – well, you can tell my
Closing Remarks and Farewell
01:58:08
Speaker
guests they suck. They can stick up for themselves. got next game. Well, good. um But yeah, check us out. Give us a follow, give us a like, give or share. Check out my man, Adam, on all the social medias.
01:58:20
Speaker
If you're in the area and you get chance to go see him do some comedy and with his friends, absolutely go do that. And with that being said, Adam, you got any ah final thoughts or any final words before I hit the, ah hit the end button here?
01:58:33
Speaker
No, thank you very much for the opportunity. And she's you talk about an imposter syndrome. I feel it. I love it. Greatly appreciate you being here again, guys. Until I come up with something new, like I always say, be good.
01:58:50
Speaker
a Be good at it, baby. Oh, yeah. Last night I had faster horses on. going end the show. with dollars on the wall. Why? Because I like that song and I'm in charge. So you have to do what I say. So listen, yeah it have a good night, man. I appreciate you.
01:59:07
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Absolutely. Thank you. Come
01:59:12
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on in. Sit on down.
01:59:24
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And this honky-tonk little hole in the wall, everybody in this town, we call home. It's the place where the truckers, hippies, cowboys, and the farmers go to drink.
01:59:42
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My granddad's took me there since I was in my younger years. Well, I used to get the chicken fingers. And now I drink the beer.
01:59:53
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There's dollars on the wall in that old barn where I grew up. They used to raise up sheep, now they're raising up a cup. The neon's faded glories built, 1932.
02:00:06
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Well, they've been slinging beer since 86, and I'm sure glad that they do. Well, in honky-tonks on Saturday nights, they like them tall.
02:00:23
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So come on in, sit on down, put a dollar on the wall.
02:00:32
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It's time to go. We've shut her down. And Randy's had enough for everybody in this town.
02:00:43
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Oh, we're good and gone. There ain't no doubt. Well, Marsha's running bar tonight, and she says, get the hell out.
02:00:53
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Come on, boys. There's dollars on the wall in that old barn where I grew up. They used to raise up sheep. Now they're raising up a cup.
02:01:05
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The neon's faded glory is built, 1932. Well, they've been slinging beer since 86, and I'm sure glad that they do. Well, in honky-tonks on Saturday nights, they like to pour them talk.
02:01:20
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So come on in, sit on down, put a dollar on the wall.
02:01:35
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Let them keys dance.
02:01:43
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on. Bertone! Saw that fiddle now, son. Nice. It's changed hands a time or two.
02:01:55
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tell you what, she's seen it all. Oh, the stories this joint could tell of these Washington's guitar.
02:02:08
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There's dollars on the wall in that old barn where I grew up. They used to raise up sheep, now they're raising up a cup. The neon spaded glories built 1932.
02:02:22
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Well, they've been slinging brews since 86, man, I'm sure glad that they do. And it hunky-talks on Saturday nights, they like to pour on the top.
02:02:34
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Oh,
02:02:38
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So come on in, sit on down, put a dollar on the wall. Come on in, sign your name, take a dollar
02:02:51
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on the wall.
02:02:55
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That's country music right there, son. don't care who you are. That tune goes out to Ozzy's old red barn down there in Melrose, Iowa. Come on now.