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Glick's Comedy Lounge: Hannah Abney
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The laughs are locked and loaded as Glick's Comedy Lounge welcomes comedian Hannah Abney for a night of comedy, stories from the road, behind the scenes of stand-up, and whatever hilarious nonsense unfolds once the cameras start rolling. No scripts. No filters. Just great conversation, big laughs, and the unpredictable chaos you've come to expect from The Nonsensical Network. 👍 Like, comment, and subscribe so you never miss another episode, and let us know where you're listening from in the chat!
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We'll be right back.
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Comics and friends, yeah, the mic's turned on.
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Half the jokes playing, half totally wrong. Backstage stories, things we shouldn't say, we're gonna laugh about them anyway.
Welcome to Glick's Comedy Lounge
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Hey, welcome to Glick's Comedy Lounge, where the jokes go wild and the laughs get loud.
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Pull a seat, stay all night long Tell great story, sing along to the song Tell us how it went down At Glace Comedy Lounge
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Guests 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 Every single night the chaos rearranges No scripts here, just the truth and the laughs And maybe a roast if you cross Glick's path Hey, welcome to Glick's Comedy Lounge Where the jokes go wild and the laughs get loud
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Pull seat, stay all night long Tell a crazy story, sing along to the song
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Late nights, lose mice, stories all around.
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Hey, welcome to Glick's Comedy Lounge. Where the jokes go wild and the laughs get loud.
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Pull up a seat, stay all night long.
Introduction and Audience Engagement
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Tell a crazy story, sing along to the song.
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Oh, what's going on, everybody? It's such a goofy song, and it's just going to play again. It's my first time here.
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What's going on, everybody? Happy Hump Day. Welcome to the Nonsensical Network and Glick's Comedy Lounge, a little comedy unleashed for you.
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Always hanging out with some funny comedians and that's not different tonight, but before we get to that if you guys aren't already go ahead and check us out everywhere Make sure you guys like share and subscribe bio dot link social little have bio dot link slash nonsensical network It really is my first day on the job ah and All of our social medias are there everywhere you can find us everywhere you can listen and watch and you know keep up with all the things we're doing around here because I can't most days but Enough about us, ah enough about me.
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Let's go ahead and get right
Guest Introduction: Hannah Abney
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into it. We got a very funny young lady joining us tonight with, ah and she's got a very special co-host who might be my new best friend before the end of the night. Miss Hannah Abney is coming to hang out with us. What's going on? Hello, hello.
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I love that ah intro song. That was fun. It was so goofy. I just needed something that I was like, oh, I can jot something down. And, you know, I abuse the English language every day for the last 45 years. So I scribbled some stuff down, some thoughts and ideas and said, hey, chat GPT.
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whatever Correct my grammar and make this sound right. about that I just realized you said used the English language. I thought you said abused. things oh I said abuse. i said abuse google and I was like a feel like people have sorry puppy. This is Paxi.
00:05:55
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Paxi. Hi girl. She's a big comedy fan. She's a fan of mommy. I love you too. She's making a debut. Yes.
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we We love the doggos, all the animals here on on the Nounsensical Network. They're always welcome. I do want say thank you for taking a little bit of time out of your evening and coming you're out with me. I couldn't do this show without you. Otherwise, I'd just be sitting here talking to myself. so laugh It's funny do you say that. I say that at the end of every show when I host a stand-up show because it's like the same thing with our live audience. you know It's like That's the beauty of the art of stand-up comedy is you can't do it without an audience. Otherwise, you're just schizophrenic. You know? well i think
00:06:42
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Yeah. it She agrees. You need people to hear your ideas and laugh with you. Yeah. No, I could say, you know, if i start talking to myself again, I'll get to go hang out with my friends. and as the old At the my home. They have subsidized medicine. no Okay.
00:07:00
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Lovely, all white padded rooms. Amazing.
Nostalgia and Taste Preferences
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treat you like royal bring them out the walls you can just have a time. you of Coke? I am. so for please by by the way you having pepsi and insteadta coke ah am Fuck yeah, I love that. I grew up on Pepsi. My dad and I would call it black gold, like liquid gold. I grew up in California and then I moved to Texas and I was like, oh, that's just oil.
00:07:25
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We would call Pepsi oil. We were like loving it. We were sad. It was like my mom's a canola mom, you know, like in California in the 90s. And so like anything with sugar was like a big fucking deal. part of my So us getting to have like a Pepsi was like, whoa.
00:07:43
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Yeah. a That is the nectar of the gods, as I like to say. Love Pepsi. I'm obsessed with Pepsi, especially when it's like sort of frozen and not.
00:07:54
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yeah like Yeah. Yeah. We yeah we were out of town a few weeks back and I got way too excited for this because, you know, you go and I'm sure you've experienced this being a comic.
00:08:05
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You go on the road, you stay in a hotel, you never know what that fridge is going to be like in the hotel. Is it going to be a refrigerator? Is it going to be a microwave? you You don't know. And we'd come and drop some stuff off and Went down to the pool with my son for a little bit, and I came up and I grabbed a Pepsi out of there. And I was like, well, it still feels cold. That's good.
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And I cracked it all, but it took that first drink, and it had just that little bit of layer of, like, slush on top. And i was like, oh, this is going to be a good fridge, and it's going to be a good weekend. That's so awesome.
00:08:38
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Yeah. i am I am a fan. colder, the better. um does not. it's literally all I drink. I should probably mix in more water, but yeah. That's still coffee. I always joke that I just drink caffeinated water.
00:08:51
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like i Like, you know, I want to be at the point where I'm doing comedy for a living, like full time and and I'm doing comedy, I'm doing well,
Hannah's Comedy Journey
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but it's not like paying my bills. Right. And so my day job is I wait tables and I bartend and I joke that my bar back, like he's like,
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He knows he's like my spirit Guatemalan. Like he just knows me like and he's always a costing me like he'll come on show to be like, hanna how many, how many coffee you had? You know, it's always like three or four. And he does like the sigh of like, you know, like he's like judging, but not too much. But he's like, hey, I drink so much coffee. So I'm right there with you. I need to drink more water.
00:09:33
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I try to. I really do. It's just water. pepsi It's in coffee. You know, is how we lie to ourselves. Yeah, exactly. 100%. how long have you been doing the comedy thing?
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yeah so how long have you been have you been doing the comedy thing Yeah, it's you know it's complicated. like um So first time i ever got on stage was 2012. I grew up in California and then I moved to New York when I was 18 for acting school. And my first ever job was at a comedy club. And so that's how I found out what standup comedy... I grew up watching Sex and the City, by the way, I was obsessed.
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um that's the reason i moved to new york i was like oh my god and then you get there and you're like fuck you you can't wear dior and like work one day a week and just eat takeout noodles every night like this they lied to you yeah she's lying but um i was there and my first job was at a comedy club and that's how i found out about stand up because like i'd seen like miranda on a really bad day at a comedy club on the show. And if you know the show, you know what I'm talking about. And I was like, oh, I never want to do that. I never want to. That's awful.
00:10:42
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Then I worked at a comedy club and then I found out about stand up and I ended up doing their like, you know, stand up class there. And so I started doing like the new talent nights and stuff like that. And I would stop, start, stop, start like early 20s, like figuring out who I am. And and ah and my parents are both like older, so they were never like they never had the Internet.
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um And I've always been like more blue in my comedy
Family Reactions to Comedy
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style. So I'm a little bit more inappropriate. I talk, ah you know, I swear I talk more about like sexual stuff. And ah my mom, I knew I was irrelevant.
00:11:16
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when My mom stopped Googling me. oh I first started doing comedy. My mom would Google me. Like she'd hear that I had like a sketch show. And if you're in the industry and stuff, you know that like, just cause you have a show, like,
00:11:31
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it's it's nice that you're working and you have a flyer but it doesn't it's actually like a big deal you know what i mean and uh but my mom would just see that and be it like she'd call me from california and just be like why am i not invited to your show hannah hannah you gotta to give me i'll fly and see it and it's like that's so sweet but also mom it's in the basement of a pizza hut like don't and uh But so like my mom like found some of my stuff and she sends it to my dad and my dad's like, oh, hell, Hannah, you it's I haven't seen it looks disgusting, you know, and so I was just caught with card all the time. And um so I so like first time I ever, ever, ever hit a comedy stage is 2012. But I don't really count my time there because I wasn't serious, you know, like I would do the thing.
00:12:18
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a lot of people do when they start off or a lot of people who are like coming from a background of like sketch or like act straight acting like me uh where it's like you do a comedy show like an open mic once a week um and you're like i'm a comedian and um and anyone who's a real comedian is like that's not what it is um but i got on and off stop start on and off forever and um I moved to to ah to Houston in 2020 and then I got on stage in Houston in 2023. And I've been like hitting the ground running since then. Like I've been on stage, gosh, minimum three to five nights a week, every week since then. So I count.
00:13:01
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So I only say like three years, but technically speaking, I've, you know, been in the comedy world a lot longer. But I only really count my experience in terms of when I was really taking it serious.
00:13:13
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Yeah, your question you were up you were dabbling i will Exactly. Yeah, dipping your toes in the water in the and early years.
00:13:25
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Yeah You know, no, that's that's crazy. I mean that you know what's going on chatter's box. We see you guys. How y'all doing? Shatter they're saying hey to everybody about it um No, you you know, it's.
00:13:42
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I know in Houston, I've had some people on from Texas. Is is the scene pretty good out there
Houston Comedy Scene
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Houston? Obviously, you're on the stage three to five nights a week. So that's damn near a full time job in itself. Yeah, I mean, you know, the Houston comedy scene is really awesome. It's been growing a lot.
00:13:57
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We've got ah the improv is like a staple that's been around here. ah Riot Comedy Club is getting a new venue. There's Houston Comedy Club that just opened. a Punchline just opened maybe almost two years ago now. Wow. And then we have a lot of like independent rooms. So Houston's a great scene. well Something I like about Houston is how diverse it is. And like, you know, California is diverse, New York is diverse, any major city is diverse. But what I mean in terms of diversity is like it's so spread out, like Houston 600 square miles. yeah And when first moved from New York, it was, I was, but this was before I was doing comedy. I was teaching yoga. It was during the pandemic. And I was just like dry. I was doing private sessions at people's homes. And my boyfriend at the time was like, you're fucking crazy. You know, cause I get a gig and they'd be like, Oh, six miles from the apartment. Like no biggie. You know, cause commuting in from Queens to like Manhattan and being, ah, that's gotta to be several miles. Right. You know, and so I was like,
00:14:55
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i was like good And then you're driving and it's like, oh my God, how did like five miles take me 45 fucking minutes? you Just because of how spread out the city is. And so, um, so that's a nice thing. i mean, it can make it difficult in terms of hitting multiple spots a night, but it's really nice in terms of diversity because it's like, Hey, you're in Houston, but you're like, you can be in the Metro city, like where it's like, you know, like denser in terms of like the actual city itself, but they can be further out in the burbs and you're still in Houston. And so you get to and put your material in front of a very wide um audience. You get so many different types of people and, you know, people from different classes. even And views and different viewpoints, you know what I mean?
00:15:44
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And I love that. And so it's like, you know, like playing to any any group and like, will this dick joke hit? yes are The door of the jokers, but, you know, yeah. yeah No, that's that's awesome. is it Now, you doing as many shows as you're doing and and and in that area throughout the week, are you constantly always writing or are you using same material? No.
00:16:09
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That's a great question. You know, I'm trying to find the balance. um When I first started and the mistake I think a lot of newer comics do is you just get up and you're like, let me talk about this thing that I'm excited about and see what happens. and um And a lot of it is like the writing is important, obviously, but then also the energy behind the delivery of a joke.
00:16:31
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And so when something's like new and exciting or more fresh, it's going to land better have have after you've done it like 10,000 times. Right. But so part of the art is having that same joke and making it hit the same time every single time.
Balancing New and Old Material
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yeah So when I first started doing it in Houston and like, I'll do this sometimes that open mics is like, okay, well, what, ah what am I excited about? What just happened? What do I think is funny? And I just start talking about it. and it goes great and then you try to bring it to a show and you're like oh but this killed it this open mic and then it just bombs and so um when i'm doing open mics i've been trying to find the balance of like because there was a time where i was going out like i'd work a 12-hour shift
00:17:15
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at the bar and then I go to an open mic right after. And then the next morning, i everyone jokes I'm Jamaican because I have like so many jobs. like tada I teach yoga to senior citizens. I bartend. I wait tables. um I'm really bad with my money. So hey if you ever want to go out and have a good time and have someone be like, no, this round's on me.
00:17:41
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it's just i got I'm all yeah. Hi, hit me up in Houston. I'm awful. My boyfriend would be so mad. He's like, get your credit together. I'm like, what are you talking about? It's just a number. I don't have 14 jobs for nothing. I got this. No, I have a truck payment. It's crazy. I'm five foot with a truck. Whatever.
00:18:01
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But the sales guy was so hot. But so I digress. and when i When I'm at open mics, I'm trying to like, I'm trying to go out less, but be more intentional when I do go out. where I'm i'm going out I'm going out because I want to work this bit and there's whatever areas I want to tweak. Because for a while it was going out, I was kind of burning myself out where i was like, I just got to get up as much as I can. um And and then after a while, I was like, okay cool. I'm getting practice stage time. But what am I actually working on?
00:18:35
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um the material and when i do a book show especially a weekend show and like you know the audience is paid i'm getting paid that's when i'm like i'm doing my material that i know works so i am doing the same material i'm trying to get better at like throwing in maybe one new joke a set for myself because i i personally have a bad habit of having like a lot of stuff i'm working on and just never feeling like it's good enough for a show you know what i mean but if it's getting laughs at an open mic consistently after a while, you got to try and bring it to a show.
00:19:09
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So, um, yeah, if if that answers your question, I do think ultimately though, it's like everyone kind has to find out who they are and not only who you are, but where you are in your process. Right.
Building Confidence in Stand-Up
00:19:22
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Like for a while, the thing for me was just getting up on stage as often as I could. And I think the real practice in that for me and what I needed was getting comfortable and confident on stage. yeah result Now, unless I'm having like a really bad night, like I'm really tired, maybe I'm getting over being sick, something's off. I go on stage, even if I haven't been up in a couple of nights and I feel confident.
00:19:45
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because I've been up so much. yeah And so now, like, the practice of what I'm working on when I go on stage is different. No, exactly. What do you want to work on when you go on stage?
00:19:56
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Yeah, right. and And doing this show, and I'm learning talking to the comedians that have been on, a lot of them are saying, you know those those first five years, ah you know, is a lot of,
00:20:08
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learning, you know, your stage presence, learning, in you know, learning how to be on stage and all that. And like you just said, and, and and you know, i i always ask, you know, for you, you brought up the open mics. um Do you enjoy doing them? Or is it more like, oh, I guess I got to, because as a comedy fan, I've gone to open mics and sometimes it's like,
00:20:32
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if somebody don't get this jerk off off stage, I'm going to choke slam him because his four buddies in the corner need to stop lying to him. He needs real win. but then awesome yeah I have a bad, I have a wicked sense of humor. I say wicked to the Boston people if you have any of But, uh, I don't know. I feel like it's like your first five years is like 18 to 23. It's like, yeah dumb you haven't got herpes yet, but you might just figuring out what you like and what your style is. You know, um but but you know, it's like just getting into dating. Right. And so, um,
00:21:10
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Do I like going to open mics? Sometimes I do. It depends on my mood. You know, it's it's kind of like anal, I guess, you know. Sometimes I do. and Depends on who's in the crowd. Depends on who's running it. Depends on what I'm working on, right? Sometimes I'm like, man, I really don't want to fucking go to this open mic. And i I think that's where I'm trying to find the balance. Because when I was first starting off, and when you are just starting off, um half the battle is the hang.
00:21:37
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and it's but especially if you're like i'm in my 30s now when you're older the hang sucks because it's a bunch of 20 somethings that are all like i'm autistic um and it's just so annoying and i'm like i don't i don't think you're autistic i think you just got beat as a kid and you don't know how to deal with it and that's okay um but you know it's fine but that's Sorry, I'm awful. tell but Tell me to shut up. It's okay. a oh you chose me You fit right in here on the on this network. okay Whatever. you know hey i don't really care what you are or how you Just be funny about it. you know what yeah
00:22:14
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Just be funny about it. um But... It's hard, but part of the, and and I knew this, I heard this a lot because I started the first time i ever got on stage, I was 20.
00:22:26
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um But i heard a lot of it was the hang. And that is a big part of it when you're just coming up. It's not necessarily even being funny right off the bat. It's just hanging out at shows, at open mics, after shows, so people know you and they know who you are Because a lot of the people that are going to booking you when you're just starting off and you're not funny yet are your friends.
Networking in Comedy
00:22:47
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who get a room, who going to run to the ground because they're booking you because they're your friend and you're not funny. But in the meantime, you're getting stage time, right? And that's the whole thing is you want stage time. And like, you know, the real clubs aren't even, you're not even on their radar until you've been in the game a minimum of like, a minimum of five years. yeah You know know, clubs that like, they won't even consider looking at you unless you've been doing standup for seven years. Because, yeah, because so many people start and then they stop, just like I did, right? So many but anyone can say, oh, I'm a comedian, you know? and But if you're a major club and like, you've got a name behind you and you've got big national touring acts,
00:23:27
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Why do I need to give you the time of day if you're not serious about this? Right? Because there are so many people that are serious about it. So um do I like going to open mics? Sometimes, yeah, it depends on the mics. Actually, it was funny because you were saying you're a musician. one of my favorite Some of my favorite open mics are the music mics. And I don't say where they are or what they are because the comics come and they ruin it.
00:23:50
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Because the comics come and they want the musicians and the music music crowd to be a comic crowd. And you're right. And a music crowd is like, you're jamming. You're having a killer set. I'm so talking throughout your entire set. I don't even know what you look like, but I've been like, this is a great fucking beat. Right. because that music is But stand up. You need to be quiet and you need to like laugh and give me. Yeah. If if I'm going to see a concert, I don't.
00:24:20
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um'm I'm drinking. I'm hanging out. I probably went with some friends. right and don't want some idiot to go, hey, I got some dick jokes to tell you. No, bring the band back out because that's why I'm here. But if you're but if you're an open mic, right, an open mic's rehearsal. If you're music open mic.
00:24:38
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And you're going to give me as a comedian time on your stage.
Open Mics: Music vs Comedy
00:24:42
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A, I'm super grateful. But B, um I love it because I tend to get more time because music open mics give you more time because musicians get more time because a song four-ish minutes. Whereas a stand-up open mic is like three to five minutes. So if I go to a a music mic, I could get like the equivalent of three mics in one set.
00:25:03
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But the audience probably isn't listening to me. So I have to and if I'm really really funny than they do but I have to know that coming in but I don't I love the music mics but I don't ever tell the other comics because a lot of them will come and they get mad at the audience because the audience is the music crowd.
00:25:23
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they're not listening you know they're having a great time and they'll tell you a good job after your set but they're not going to laugh during it because they're not listening during it necessarily unless you're really funny.
Exploring Podcast Genres
00:25:33
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It's ah it's a different mindset when you when you go to a, you know, if you're going out to see comedy, you know, and I and i speak on a band's perspective because i don't do either. I'm just a guy who enjoys comedy and enjoys music. I was like, this guy has a bass guitar. i i I really don't. No, I am just a fan. i'm ah I'm a big nerd when it comes to the entertainment world. I mean, I do this.
00:26:00
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um So it's kind of my way of being in the entertainment world with podcasting. But God, I have no desire to get up on stage and talk to somebody or talk to a crowd or sing a song. ah yeah So what's the most interesting thing that like a performer, like a standup,
00:26:17
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has like said in terms of the art of comedy that you like has stuck with you. Oh man. Just curious for myself. Yeah, no. ah yeah no Um,
00:26:29
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Probably the biggest thing is, because this is something I struggle with, but probably the biggest thing that, you know, and and a lot of them say it because I have, I don't like to get up in crowds, in front of crowds and talk. I don't, I, you know stage fright, whatever it is, I have done it.
00:26:43
Speaker
But, and it's always great. And I always get that adrenaline, but it's all, it's the, just do it. You can't be afraid. You just got to get up there and do it. You know, um I had one guest who's like, you should try and stand up. And I'm like, that's the last thing anybody wants. I got like,
00:26:59
Speaker
one really good story. And I don't, I'm not, I'm not Bert Kreischer, I'm not going to be able to make a living off of one story. And I, you know, like, I'm not really, I'm not really good at writing jokes. Just sometimes shit happens. Yeah.
00:27:14
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but but that That is the truth. All right with any in any art I want to say or any endeavor you really want to do is just fucking do it literally just straight because I'm I was talking with a friend who's also a comic he's talking about like ah a vision he has for his show and It's also easier set said than done because I'm queen of overthinking but but Like, just do it.
Taking the First Step
00:27:37
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You literally just have to do it.
00:27:38
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You just have to do it. Like, anytime I produce a show, um and even now, it's like I produce a show in June. It was great. and And I'm, like, making a big deal about, like, got to find a new venue. It's going to be just great. It's like, just set the beat and just fucking do it.
00:27:53
Speaker
And just do it. And, like, everything will fall into place and it's either going to work or it's going to be ah it's going to be a disaster and that's okay. But you just have to do it. um Because there's there's nothing like just doing it. You have to that Yeah, no, and I'm guilty of saying that to people just stop talking about it be about it and and yeah mean i had I Had to I had that mindset once upon a time with podcasting. I talked about it for years and and I finally had a friend go dude When are you gonna do it? I'm like, you know what? You're right.
00:28:24
Speaker
I should stop talking. This is be about it. So then I made it It wasn't great. I mean i I sometimes debate going back and deleting like the first four years because there are some ah doozies out there. But then it's like, no, because I can look back at that and go, you know, four or five years ago, we were a bunch of jackasses. now we're jackasses one night a week.
00:28:51
Speaker
and not three nights a week. And the rest of the week, I actually have shows that are content-driven, which is great. Well, and it shows your progress, too, right? Because it's like a six like there's a saying, it's like success happens overnight.
00:29:06
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But it doesn't happen overnight, but it looks like it happens overnight, right? Like the Tom Hollins or Zendaya is like the A-list celebs where everyone's like, oh, my God, I never – where did this person come from? They just came on this show and like, whoa. But they've been at it for like – years yeah and they and just finally somebody like they got an opportunity and like bam and now now you know who they are and so it's like if you look at i'm sure same with your page or anyone's youtube page if you go back and they've got all these followers and you go back to the very beginning it's god awful you know
00:29:40
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ah hospital it and and i And I learned and I realized, like, we're habitual line crossers. we ah How we are not cancered canceled, I don't know, because there's no topic that's off limits with us. ah And now, you know, it's like, all right, we're a little bit more mature. let's Oh, YouTube's going to give us a little bit of money now. Okay, now we've got to play by their rules a little bit. but a few weeks back, we were on our Saturday night show. We were barely five minutes into the show, and we were already...
00:30:11
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making anal jokes and talking about anal. And one of the guys in the chatterbox is like, well, this is probably a new record for Saturday night, five minutes in, and we're already talking about anal. It's going to be a night. I'm so sorry. That was me. I'm literally up here making those. Oh, no, it's you're right on par with me. There's a reason why it's called the Now. Now we we tiptoe the line, and sometimes we we jump across it just just a little bit, just to let people know, hey, you know, we're we're still not not right the head.
00:30:42
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Who is, you know? Who is? i do a lot of like the yoga and like ah crystal, like meditation, like life coach, like spiritual stuff. And um for the longest time, because I started doing comedy and then I stopped, started, stopped, started. and um And I was always having like restaurant jobs, you know, like waitress. Like I never had like a full time day day job. um and a lot of it was because i was like oh i gotta to keep keep my schedule open for like a comedy gig or something but i wasn't doing the thing but i kept myself available for years but i wasn't doing the thing right and um which like you know i don't i think people take for granted how much that personally hurts you and your own confidence in your own psyche when you're telling yourself and you're telling everybody else that this is what you are and this is what you care about but then you're not actually acting on it but um
00:31:37
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I was working. I would do, I literally, I would do these like Reiki. And if you don't know what it, just think like a sauna, sauna, cool. They run up for white people. Okay. Like it's just like, yeah and she just breathes heavy and puts her hands on you and like, yeah palsies the energy out. I always say on stage it's Dragon Ball Z for women. Okay. if been inim But I would do all these exercises. And for the longest time, I'm paying these women that I've met online, like hundreds of dollars to just agree with me and be like, we're getting ready to be ready.
00:32:13
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i'm ready to be ready you know to like and be ready to like just take the step and do the fuck thing right i got to a point where like literally i had this um spiritual lady who sounded like mickey mouse like she was very like like oh my god it's like soft-spoken and she's like screaming at me after reading my cards and just being like You are divine being.
00:32:40
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Why can't you understand that? She's having like a breakdown. She just can't get through to me. um
00:32:47
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It's ridiculous. But I think, I don't know, I feel like you have to find like a little little whimsy in it.
Pursuing True Desires
00:32:53
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Like we're all on our own journey and whatever you want to do whatever you really desire to do, because I think we put a lot of emphasis on what we're, on meaning, but whatever you actually really, really want to do, you're going to do, ah whether you say you're meant to or not. So whatever it is you really, really, really want to do, you're going to do and when you're ready.
00:33:16
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And that's it. And God willing, you'll be ready in this lifetime. and I'm a firm believer. Everything happens when it's supposed to happen. You know, you said you do the ah you do the yeah the yoga and the crystals and all that stuff. But then, like, on the complete polar opposite flip side of the coin, you do the stand up. Yeah, and I found tequila. And...
00:33:44
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And my Guatemalan bar back knows when I've had too much to drink because he'll come in and be like, I am that peachchi baracche see they what's the beautiful.
00:33:56
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yeah but I mean, like, well that's the thing. That's the beauty in it, right? We're all human beings and we're all so, um so diverse. Like, and I think that's like, you know, the blessing in social media is that we can all be more connected than we ever could be. And we all have more access to creating and making it more easy in terms of like, you know, ah back when I was growing up and I'm sure you too, it's like you needed like a big production studio or a big budget to think about podcasting or having anything out there. So that's a blessing. Um, but on the flip side, it's like, people want to put each other in this one box. Like you're just this, you're just that you're in.
00:34:34
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So many aspects to every individual. Um, and so I just think treat life like improv. Yes. And. Yes, I meditate and I do yoga and I have the tequila shits maybe. And I just spent the night doing dick jokes, you know? Like, yes, and I meditate with a bunch of ladies at a senior center and I go up and I say some really terrible things that I'm trying to make funny on stage. Yeah.
00:35:07
Speaker
yeah Yeah. Yeah. Like, um, like stretch that, you know, I'm like an onion, many layers. but said Yeah, absolutely. Many layers. That's why, you know, sometimes people are sweet. Sometimes they make you cry. yeah No, I get that. That's, you know, that's the cool thing. You know, uh, that's me. I, I've never wanted to be locked in and pigeonholed into like one, one thing. And that's why i do the music show. I do a comedy show. We do the free for all. My girlfriend and I do a show, ah about paranormal and true crime. My son and I do, I'm dipping my toes into every freaking genre of podcasting I possibly can. because
00:35:46
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Why lock myself into one, one box? Like this is what you do, you know? Well, it's like ah you bring your own flavor to anything, you know, it's like, I would say vanilla. Cause it's an easy example. Like you're vanilla, but then when you're in true crime now, maybe you're like a,
00:36:03
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a French vanilla. and French probably isn't the right example, but because, you know yeah you know, you're adding like a little flavor to it, and then you're doing the comedy, and now you're a different add-on on the vanilla. Like, it's is it's still you and the essence you bring, but now there's a different topping involved. Yeah.
00:36:20
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So, was comedy something you always knew you wanted to
A Brave Move to New York
00:36:24
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do? I know you said you went to New York, which was, how was that to to go from California to to New York. I mean, again, go big or go home. Yeah. i mean You know, it's funny. It's one of those things like hindsight is 20, 20 and everybody always says, i don't know. It's like, is it bravery or is it stupidity? Right. And, um, I, cause I moved when i was 18. It was like fresh out of high school. Didn't know anybody. and Um, I, I, you know, if you told me at the moment,
00:36:58
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bravery or stupidity, I'd be like, fuck you, I'm brave.
00:37:03
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I'm 34 now and I'm like, no, I think it was pretty fucking dumb. You know, I think it was really dumb. um But I mean, it was it was really hard at first. You know, most people move within the first two years. A lot of people would have like panic attacks just because of how crowded the subway is.
00:37:20
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um I drink a lot of coffee, as mentioned. My boyfriend jokes that I have the heart rate of a hummingbird, like I'll work an eight hour shift and then I'll make myself a coffee. And I'll come home and I'll be like, I need to go to bed, but I have to finish this coffee first. But I have 14 cups of coffee in me. So I may go to bed next Wednesday. I don't know. who knows Maybe I need a new liver because of all the coffee, but my, my heart just won't stop. I have no fucking idea. But, uh, it was so, it was definitely hard at first, you know, it was definitely an adjustment. Um, I was very blessed to meet a lot of really great people on the way, a lot of great friends. And, um, I yeah i love that I moved when I did. was like 18. I say I was raised in California because I was there until I was 18, but I grew up in New York. like The city like really made me like the adult that I am today because I made a lot of great friends and you know a lot of people from all different ages, different walks of life. When I moved to New York, I didn't know what the fuck a Puerto Rican was, which is embarrassing. I... i
00:38:24
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i grew up in california and the only latinos i knew were mexican and then i new york and now i'm in texas i'm over here where the fuck are my dominicans i want some tostones and so like funny how things change but it was uh it was definitely a life experience and i'm grateful that i had it i very i i think i would be really if not i think you know a lot of people would say i'm obnoxious still rightfully so but i think i would be more obnoxious if uh I didn't go there when I did.
00:38:55
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Yeah, no New York is, ah you know, I've never been to the West Coast. I've known lots of people from out there, you know, through the years and whatnot. It always seems like, you know, most people out there are kind of chill and laid back. And I've been to New York. I've been to New York a few times.
00:39:10
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It's a whole other planet in New York. Yeah. That was a perfect. Yeah. You know, but you it's ah it's a strange combination of people. um now i got like a four-day limit for New York. You know, after four days, i'm I'm done, especially if I'm in the city. I'm done. I'm over it. Okay. You know, time to time to go. ah Well, it's um yeah. I mean, I was young and dumb. I was in my 20s, you know, and like, you know, when you're in your 20s and you're a lady, it's like everybody wants to hang out with you. And like I I had all these guys were like money. you know, and being like, oh man, I'm like, you know, I got a yacht. I got, uh, I, do you do for a living? Oh, I'm an entrepreneur. I didn't know what the fuck that meant. Uh, was like, oh, so you're broke. You know, like I could have met, I could have met like young Elon Musk and I would have spit in his face and be like, get out of here. You dumb ass.
00:40:06
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but that's but fifteen years later i um know but it was But it was fun. It was fun. It was a great experience. It's good to be there in your 20s. Would I want to be there in my 30s? Absolutely not. um And california California is beautiful. But it's like, what's great about New York, I think, especially moving there and not knowing anybody, is because you have to be around so many people, you're going to meet people.
00:40:31
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you know, like you're going to meet people, whether you like it or not, there's going to be someone that you don't even want to look at. Who's jerking off to you in front of you. on be train and It's crazy. Cause living in Texas, people ask me all the time. They're like, do you miss public transit? I'm like, you couldn't fucking handle it. You know what I mean? Cause in Texas, ah an unsolicited dick pic is illegal, which by the way,
00:40:53
Speaker
and Ladies on your stream, who the fuck has ever solicited a dick pic? Never. um So I'm just a dollar soft. I have spoken out about that so many times. i don't get the... I've only ever sent two, and they were two people that I was dating, and they had to beg me for them because this is like this is the most awkward thing I've ever done in my life.
00:41:15
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and Yeah. You know... you know I'm like, why do you... Dark saterhood. You know what I'm talking to about? It looks like a dark helmet.
00:41:27
Speaker
I want to do like a napkin with googly eyes. Like, I do want a picture of this. You know the things you've done already? You don't need a picture. Why you asking me for this? It's so dumb. But I just think, you know, like for Texans that are like, oh, need public transit. I'm like, you're too soft.
00:41:44
Speaker
yeah Try public transit because you're going to see it unsolicited constantly on your way to work. And it's like so I definitely don't miss having to take the subway. But like California like is very different from the New York in the sense that you're driving everywhere. And um the thing I always love about New York is the honesty. Like if if someone doesn't fuck with you,
00:42:07
Speaker
It's obvious. You're not going to beat around the bush. hu You know what I mean? And that's the thing. People always think New Yorkers are mean, but we're not mean. and We're just in a hurry. You know, like I had plenty of times where I'm on my way to go to work and I'm walking to the subway and someone who's,
00:42:23
Speaker
not from there is trying to ask me directions. I try once or twice. They still don't get it. I'm moving on. I got to get to that train. And then they're like, oh, New Yorkers are rude. It's like, no, we're not rude. we're we I'm out of my apartment because I have to be somewhere, dumbass. yeah In California, they'll be nice to your face, but they don't mean what they're saying. So I'd much rather have the honesty.
00:42:46
Speaker
Yeah, no, I did. You know, that's that's one of my biggest quote unquote downfalls is I'm I'm blatantly and but very bluntly honest with, yeah you know, if if I don't like it, you're gonna and if I don't say it, my face is gonna say it.
00:43:01
Speaker
what house is This is fucking whatever it was. Not everybody's gonna get along. You just gotta to be civil. You know what saying? Like, it's simply like, you know, in music, comedy, any entertainment industry, um there's a saying like the people you meet on the way up are the same people you meet on the way back down.
00:43:19
Speaker
You know, everybody gets their 15 minutes. And there's a lot of that with ah social media and stuff where everyone's like, oh man, I got on Kill Tony, I got this, you know, and now they think they're the big hot shit. is Okay.
00:43:31
Speaker
enjoy your 15 minutes still be nice around you because The people you meet coming up are the people you meet with coming. Don't forget the ones that were there You know on Tuesday, you know like for me I say all time I'm grateful for our core set that are here on you know They're here seven days a week whether they're here for five minutes or they're here for the whole show and then you know Saturday nights we we do a six-hour show and so people stay the whole six hours like Man, we're not that entertaining, but you know those are the ones who were there when you were when you were coming up, and they you know hopefully they're still around when you make it, and at the same time, when it all goes to hell, those same people are going to be there as long as you don't forget about them.
00:44:14
Speaker
1,000% life is all about relationships, you know, and there's, um you might think what you're doing for those six hours isn't that entertaining, but there's a lot of people that I'm sure just love feeling like connect, feeling connected to you and feeling a part of community.
00:44:29
Speaker
and huge ego and And I know everything I do is great. So but yeah, there you go. no No, but yeah, no, I mean, and that was the whole mindset.
Escapism in Comedy
00:44:40
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And I think a lot of people, as I've been talking and doing these different shows and interviewing people, you know the you you turn on the TV, you go outside, you talk to people. The world's going to hell in a handbasket. We all know it.
00:44:53
Speaker
yeah My mindset was, i'm goingnna i want to do something that for a couple hours a night or you know when we were first starting, you know a few days a week, we can do a show, we can have fun and give people an an escape.
00:45:06
Speaker
you know And and yeah a lot of the musicians I've had on, some of the comedians, they're like, yeah, I get to go up on stage for 10 minutes and make people forget about, I just had a shitty day at work. Or, oh, my ah kid's got to get braces, you know? I think that's the problem with comedy is like just focus on being funny.
00:45:26
Speaker
yeah Focus on being funny. And you do have to care about the audience. like I have to remind myself, and we're all guilty of it, um where sometimes we might get like a big gig and we're like, oh man, it's about me And it's like, it's actually still not about you. Like, unless you're, even if you're the headliner of a showcase, unless your name is on the marquee, nobody came for you, you know, like still a customer service position. yeah And so I, I tried to, and I failed sometimes cause we're all human, but I tried to remember,
00:46:03
Speaker
just like when I'm waiting tables or bartending, it's like, this is customer service. Like I want whoever came so be feeling good, if not better than when they got here. Right. because that's the whole thing. Have a good experience and and be able to go, you know, I was having a rough day, decided to go out to dinner with my girlfriend and that waitress, man, she killed it. She was great.
00:46:23
Speaker
She, yeah. yeah Or, you know, whatever the case may be a comedy club or, you know, yeah. i am A few years back, I kind of went off on somebody who came up trying to cause some troubles. and We don't do drama on our network. I don't believe it. It's pointless. and I kind of lost my cool. and I was like, it's it's my goddamn show, motherfucker. I'll do whatever I want. well Then it turned into a running joke where you know if the guys would go on and I'm like...
00:46:58
Speaker
you know but i don't have that I don't have that swinging big dick mentality. No, but I totally get that because I had that this past weekend. I was like headlining a showcase and I was like, it's about me, my show. It was like half the audience was with me, the other half wasn't. And I was just a bitch at the end and that's not cool.
00:47:20
Speaker
ah Like ultimately it's like you're responsible for how you show up and you know what your best is. So it's like it's not I mean it is about them. It is about making the audience feel good. But at the end of the day, it's also like about being feeling good with what you did. Yeah. know, when you act out of character and and I mean, I feel like the people i like like, you know, yourself like who care about what you put out and care about your audience know when you do that. And there are some assholes that go up and just really genuinely don't give a fuck about the crowd.
00:47:50
Speaker
And those are people I don't book when I do a show.
Kindness and Professionalism
00:47:53
Speaker
ah Because I'm like, I can't trust that you're going to care about the crowd. And and like, whatever. It's like Patrick Swayze you said in, in, in Roadhouse, be nice.
00:48:06
Speaker
I love Patrick Swayze. You know, after Dirty Dancing, after Patrick Swayze he passed away, Dirty Dancing, and didn't watch it for years because I was like, I can't. I'll get too emotional. I love that man. He actually, um he's from, i don't think he's from Houston or maybe he grew up in Houston, but he like, like did a,
00:48:25
Speaker
ballet classes at the JCC and Houston and stuff. It was so cool. I just heard there's a lovely thing about this show. I told you. it's a we we talk about whatever. It's a hangout. It's not a strict, boring interview. I just heard the other day that I i guess it's the 50th anniversary or something that at Dirty Dancing. Oh my god.
00:48:45
Speaker
I'm wearing a watermelon. I'm sorry. the resort that they filmed the movie at is doing a whole big thing. you can come and they're doing a whole big... I was like, I wonder if I can swing that because I love that movie. you know really yeah you know and that It's funny. my know you you to I know the whole playlist. but but my My middle daughter, a couple years ago, she found The Outsider. She discovered The Outsider's movie in the book. I think they read it in school.
00:49:19
Speaker
and She came downstairs and she was like, I just think you should know that I'm crazy for Swayze. And I'm like, well, he's dead. And she was like, what? I was like, oh, I thought everybody knew. my bad. Okay, so I'm going to...
00:49:34
Speaker
My dad was born 49. So, uh, I'm 34. He's like 76. He was older when he had us. And so I was like, Oh, if I know older movies, this will be cool. Like daddy will relate. And so I, um, I had him watch some embarrassing. I was like a teenager. I had him watch dirty dancing with me. Cause I was obsessed with the movie at the time. And you know, it's like,
00:49:56
Speaker
parents are divorced so it's like it's our day together I'm like what are we gonna like I wanna watch this movie and so we're watching it and the dance scenes come on and my dad's just like over there like covering my eyes but like not movie pretty much with your dad I guess I didn't i was like they're just dancing don't think but for him growing up in the 50s it's like whoa this is the Elvis type dance stop moving your pelvis like that stop who with your pelvis like that Yeah, i had I had one of those moments with my daughters. That series, Shameless.
00:50:30
Speaker
Oh, yeah. was just talking with some friends about that. Yeah. ah apparently i'm a I'm a bad dad, apparently. i don't know. or I blame their mom. I'm like, you guys watch this at your mom's house, clearly. um They were talking about it one day, and I was like, ooh, I don't think that's a show you should be watching. like I mean, I've watched the first season, and the very first or second episode, old dudes, full frontal, you know, got everything. And I was like, I don't think you guys should really be watching that.
00:50:59
Speaker
And my daughters go, Dad, we're already into season two. And I'm like, Oh, well, fuck it. it's i have ah I have officially failed as a dad because you definitely don't need to have no talks with me about anything. That's definitely a mom thing, though, like ah like a divorce parent, like a single mom thing to do with the daughters is to be cool.
00:51:21
Speaker
and be like let's watch this film because like when i turned 11 my sister and i had like our birthday party and my mom let us watch the sweetest thing our movie right with uh cameron diaz and uh christina applebaum and selma blair And my mom's all like excited because it's like, hey girls, it's okay, I trust you. you know It's all good, but we're cool. And then you know we're six sixth grade. We go to school the next day, singing the song where it's like, that thing's too big, too thin in here. We're not even in high school yet, you know, and so that's very much a mom thing to do.
00:52:03
Speaker
yeah Yeah. They'll be fine. I mean, my oldest one's 21 and my middle daughter is 17. So, you know, it's like, they' fine I grew up watching horror movies and slasher movies, Freddie, Jason, and they, you know, they all got the sex scenes in them. So my kids have grown up and I always like, I know it's coming. So I'll just skip through it real quick. Yeah.
00:52:22
Speaker
And then it finally got to a point where, you know, my son's 13 and I'm like, I was 13 once. I knew I, I can't tell you how many movies I've seen at 13. So if you want to watch, watch. If you don't, then don't, I don't care. I'm not fast forwarding it anymore. wow Well, and then they're going to grow up and say they never saw it. Cause my dad showed my sister and I deliverance. Um, and like the famous scene in that movie, my dad,
00:52:49
Speaker
fast forwards and covers our eyes. So everyone's like, oh, did you see Deliverance? I'm like, my daddy just dirty danced me. You know, he did the same thing when that happened. Yeah.
00:52:59
Speaker
And then when he did it to Gary dancing, I was like, really, I don't know what happened in either, but I really don't think that this
Parental Guidance and Humor
00:53:05
Speaker
is... yeah I don't think you need the visual and deliverance. You know what's happening. Yeah, absolutely. But, like, let me watch the movie. Don't take it away from me, you know? can infer.
00:53:17
Speaker
In English, I think I can understand what's happening. Yeah. Well, it's it's it's funny. you know You think you're doing the right thing. i don't know you know. Unfortunately, being a parent does not come with an instruction manual at the end of the day. so it's just like, i look, I'm literally, I'm just fucking winging it here. all right. I'm doing the best I can. you know All parents are. of the beauties I think of getting older is like realizing that your parents are people, you know, like you're all the pictures and all that you should known better that you put on them. You're like, I do the exact same thing. And like, um i i mean i'm a dog mom but think like because you know when i was little like my mom was always talking about like who going to marry when are you going to get his grandchildren i do the same thing to the dog because my puppy doesn't have her tubes tied and uh the childless woman in my 30s i don't want to take that option from her you understand and so like it's my boyfriend i drive him crazy it was like a year ago we're walking up'm walking her and we meet this gorgeous like red-headed labrador like flowing lots and he starts and like they hit it off and i and me and the mom hit it off i'm like my god pax he's gonna have a baby um And then, you know, they had a falling out, didn't see each other for months. And, you know, she was heartbroken. I was heartbroken for her. And then I saw the dog walking. and I was like, I came home i'm so excited. I was like, he still has his balls. He still has it.
00:54:47
Speaker
It could still happen. Like, I'm just, and he's just like, shut up. Like, we're not,
00:54:57
Speaker
Trying to get my puppy to like, you know, I want a grand puppy. And I'm like, oh, I got to know where my mom was coming from. She's just like, I'm so excited.
00:55:06
Speaker
You were more heartbroken over the breakup than your dog. Oh, a thousand percent. If I had an address, I would have been sending all the kibble, all like the heartfelt messages. like Standing outside with the boombox. with the Yes, with the boombox and just like a big T-bone. I'm sorry. She did not mean to nip like that. It was an accident. She got overstimulated.
00:55:37
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didn't drop, drop by. She couldn't help it.
00:55:43
Speaker
but Oh, man. I, you know, sometimes it's, ah sometimes you see on social media that people are, you know, I'm a dog mom. I'm a, I'm a, I'm a cat mom or a cat dad or, you know, and I'm like, oh, you have it so easy.
00:56:00
Speaker
They're not going to talk back to you. They're not going to sneak out in the middle the night. Call anyone. No one has to know.
00:56:11
Speaker
3 o'clock in the morning because they were out drinking with their stupid friends. Yeah, but yeah I will give my dog a beer at a bar. Nobody calls puppy protective services. yeah If you leave her at home for a little while, you're not bad guy. Yeah, I don't have to leave a number for round table pizza. Yeah.
00:56:36
Speaker
I'm very jealous. no Sorry, kids. My kids watch the show. I love my kids. i you know I love them very much. But it's a lot of work. It's a lot of work. i only know what i used to teach kids cooking classes, and that was like a little like a where I was like, man, it's you know it's a cliche, but it's nice to get to play with them and then send them.
00:56:57
Speaker
and that's That's the great thing about having nieces and nephews. or It's a lot of work. my girlfriend will be at walmart or you know whatever and she'll oh look at the baby clothes i can't wait and i said the only one that would barely get away with it right now is the oldest one the other two better not be coming home anytime soon with uh hey dad uh listen i want people to raise them okay she's ready well I can't wait to be a grandpa, but you know in a few more years. you know i got six years until my son went to high school. Give me a few years to not have any babies or any kids around. and let me yeah so but I get parents
00:57:42
Speaker
like i get more as i get older why parents want grandkids Because it's like it cause then you get to just have fun. You get to just have fun. You get to like embarrass.
00:57:53
Speaker
You don't have to worry about anything. just send them back. And you're like, this is what you did to me. You know what I mean? It's like the ultimate payback. Right? like I ah get it.
00:58:04
Speaker
but but you yeah Here's a ton of sugar. And hey, you got to come get your Yeah, my boy. wow That mosquito bite looks like it's inflamed. You should go home.
00:58:21
Speaker
I have no idea what happened. Sounds like a you problem. You don't have insurance. I think dad knows. No, exactly. ah See, this is a great thing. I told you before we started, I go off on tangents sometimes. Me too. like like Half the time, i you've been great, but half the time I've like started on top something, I'm like, fuck, what was like I? had a point.
00:58:46
Speaker
I'm trying to bring myself back. No, it's the choice of ADHD.
ADHD and Humor
00:58:51
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You know, I tell people all the time that one side of my brain is going in 900 directions at 4,000 miles an hour. And the other side of my brain is just, just hanging on for dear life. Oh yeah. I don't even know which part's working in all honesty. Yeah.
00:59:10
Speaker
we We have a thing on Saturday nights that we say that we, you know, are regulars. There's a group of us, a core group, and we all share a brain cell. So we fight for custody on Saturday night of that one brain cell. so Have you made brain cell?
00:59:27
Speaker
Yeah. But let back on to the subject of comedy, let me ask you, because this ah this is kind of the new thing now. You see a lot of Matt Reif is one of them.
00:59:38
Speaker
I'm not a big fan of Matt Reif. I think his crowd work is great. But you see a lot of these comedians are doing the crowd work thing. Now, you being new and coming up and still doing your thing.
00:59:50
Speaker
Do you think what's your thoughts and feelings on that? Yeah, a great question. um So.
01:00:01
Speaker
I feel like, I mean, crowd work is a great skill to have. I host a lot of shows and a lot of people that are doing comedy and that are maybe like just coming up like me. It's great to get to get into hosting because um not everybody can be a good host. And if you can be a good host, then you can work. And when you can work and stage time is the only way you get good at stand up is stage time.
01:00:23
Speaker
like you can tell your friends jokes you can tell your colleagues jokes you can tell you can write jokes but the only way you know that they work in front of a crowd in any crowd is just by doing them on stage, right? Because the thing that makes, you know, because stand-up of those arts where everyone's like, I could do it. Because everyone can be funny in conversation with their friends. But what makes stand-up different is you're standing in front of a group of people don't know you. in acting terms, right, in acting, if you're into, like, my story, there's, like, a saying, like, a moment before, like, the scene is going and we're seeing the scene from here, but the scene has been happening. Like, these characters didn't just appear. So in your moment, what's your moment before what happened before you enter the scene and we see you to like give your character than art.
01:01:11
Speaker
In stand-up, there is no moment before. You literally just enter cold and this is who I am laugh with me. And that's what's so difficult.
01:01:22
Speaker
And so the only way to like work that out and get good is stage time. So it's really valuable to be good host. And so I want to get better with crowd work in the sense of like being able to talk to the crowd for hosting. But a lot of people will say and I would agree with this. Don't do crowd work as a host yeah because that sets the expectation for the audience that everyone behind you is going to do crowd work.
01:01:45
Speaker
Right. And for people that might not be familiar, crowd work is I point at someone in the crowd and i go, hey, how old are you? Where are you from? And I want them to give me a response. Right. yeah um And so what I've been trying to get to work on is crowd pool pooling or cow crowd polling where I'm go, hey, clap if it's your first time here.
01:02:08
Speaker
Yeah. If you know you're celebrating something great, you know, and so like I'm getting everybody engaged and getting their attention. but I'm not picking on one particular person. And I'm not having a dialogue with one particular person because there the other comedians coming behind me might not want to do
Popularity of Crowd Work
01:02:29
Speaker
crowd work. And if I set the expectation for the crowd that that's what's gonna happen, then I just kind of fucked everybody else on the show. yeah That being said, the Matt Rives and like the trend with a lot of comics and like social media, because a lot of people aren't necessarily great at standup, but they kind skipped the line because they have a clip go viral.
01:02:49
Speaker
And so a lot of the clips that go viral are the crowd work clips. And a lot of the people like Matt Rice and whatnot that are posting clips are posting their crowd work clips, not their jokes. Because and this is one of those things where I personally disagree with it. Like I put I post my whole fucking set on YouTube. I do it because I'm bad at technology and I'm lazy. I always run out of storage. So I record my act and then I'm like, let me just put it on YouTube so I have it. But I can put it on my phone.
01:03:19
Speaker
um But a lot of people don't do that because they feel like it's burning jokes. They're like, okay, my joke out of the open. Now I can't use that joke again. um And I would agree with that to an extent. Like, I think if you're at like a Seinfeld, um,
01:03:37
Speaker
Jim Gaffigan, if you're at like a headliner level where people are planning to come see you, yeah, don't put your jokes online because then when people come and see you, they're going be like oh, already saw these jokes.
01:03:48
Speaker
Nobody's like, I'm at the point where nobody's like, Hannah Abney, I'm going a little rock to see her. You know what I mean? So I don't have to worry about that. So I think it's kind of like who you are and where you are in your career. But I think the reason why so many people are getting big with ah crowd work and so many people are focusing in on CrowdWork, is it's a great way to get put clips that you can post online for action and to build audience without giving away your jokes.
01:04:20
Speaker
Feed the algorithm monster, as I call it here. 1000%. I think that's the reason it's becoming so big. And so many people are leaning into it is because they just want content that they can put out that isn't putting out their jokes. I don't see anything against that. My only, um,
01:04:37
Speaker
issue I think is that a lot of people, cause standup's really big right now. People are getting really into it because of social media and like views and clips likes and just things appearing on their feeds. And so a lot of people, particularly younger audiences are thinking that standup is just crowd work.
01:04:55
Speaker
you And so they've seen the Matt Rives, they've seen like the crowd work clips. And now they're out with their friends. What do you want to do? Oh, let's go to a comedy show. And they pay and they go to a weekend showcase where they paid. Everybody else paid to be there. The convenience or professional, they're being paid and they're expecting a crowd work show. Yeah. And now they don't actually,
01:05:18
Speaker
A, enjoy what they're saying, and B, they don't know how to be a part of the audience because they're expecting the comedian to, like, poke fun and talk with them rather than give them an act. And they're not really there to listen to an act, if that makes sense.
01:05:33
Speaker
i yeah And it definitely, I mean, and in my opinion, again, as a fan, I feel like it almost, you know, because like you said, you get people that go and they expect that. it it and And then they want to be part of the act. So they never shut the fuck up. And, you know, for people who are going there for the comedy, it kind of ruins the show for you. Yeah.
01:05:53
Speaker
and And I've said it a million times and I'll continue to say it. Matt Rife's crowd work is great, it's funny, but his actual stand up, he's mediocre at best. There's a lot of comics that nowadays are leaning on the crowd work over the act, right? And so crowd work is like, it's this good skill. It's kind of like improv, right? like Because i mean, crowdwork is good crowd work is improv.
01:06:15
Speaker
It's good to have the skill to be able to like be present in the room, respond to what's happening around you in the room. You know, like if if you say something and then maybe someone makes ah a loud noise or has a ridiculous laugh when you say that, to be able to respond to that in the moment is great. But to rely on crowd work instead of your act yeah is amateur and and nobody worth anything in the industry will respect it. Because like the old heads that know it, know what that is. And there's a difference between okay, something funny just happened in the moment and responding, or I'm trying to find somebody to lean on in the crowd because I don't actually have it. I yeah like a crutch. I know last time I was at a show for one, ah you know, a big name. um
01:07:03
Speaker
i I didn't even mean to. I didn't even think I was that loud, but we were up front. We're from Ohio. She was talking about Ohio and stereotypes, and I was just kind of at our table, and i was just kind of like, hell yeah. She was like, where is it at? and i She's like, what did you say? I said, hell yeah. She was like, so randomly throughout the show during her joke, she would look over and smile at me and point, and I would have to go, hell yeah.
01:07:26
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. you know and Her fiance was the main comic that night. So when he came out the first thing he said is where's the hell yeah guy okay guy Yeah, I do think if someone is like you have to find the balance right because there's like it's almost like a pick your battles right is someone loud and belligerent and like really ruining the vibe Or um or is someone like maybe talking a little bit and like, because because another thing too to remember is like, when people are, and it's hard to remember, but like, this is your job, right? When you're doing comedy, you're so used to being on stage or being at a comedy show that you forget that a lot of people coming, they don't ever do this. Like this is maybe their first time coming or maybe this is their first night out in months. And like, super excited. and like maybe overstimulated and they're sitting down and now they're like to their friends like
01:08:25
Speaker
i the cross is talking during your set but it's not like in the intention of like being part of the show and so that stuff i try to just kind of like talk over it anymore um if someone's drunk and they keep yelling out and they are wanting your response you kind of have to like gauge where you're at in your act and your comfort level if you're going to call it out.
01:08:48
Speaker
Ultimately, think like that sort of stuff is for the host to address. ah ah It's uncomfortable because like the host is like the host of the party when we're friends with everybody. I try never when I'm hosting a show to address and anything unless absolutely necessary and in my set. If I notice someone's doing something repeatedly in everybody else's set, then in comics, that's what I might politely kind of go to them and be like, Hey, what's going on here? You know, like we're doing this, you know? Yeah. should Yeah.
01:09:20
Speaker
ye yeah I don't know if you know or not, but there's a comedy show going on right here. on this demo And also like, you can be a part of this as much or as little as you want to be, but if you want to be a part of it, like we're nasty and we're all comedians, like you're going to get your feelings hurt because nobody's happy talking right now. Yeah. You know, like,
01:09:39
Speaker
Nobody wants to go to a comedy club and see mom and dad fight. No, absolutely not. No, absolutely not. And that's what it feels like sometimes when the comic goes off on somebody. It's like, oh, this is kind of awkward. like what do we do? You don't ever want
Handling Hecklers
01:09:59
Speaker
to lose the crowd. You don't ever want to turn on the crowd.
01:10:02
Speaker
um and it's it it's hard i'm not gonna lie and like i'm like i i have a joke about i'm tiny but i'm full of age you know like i'm super sweet but you make me mad and i am like i'm a cunt i am just like fucking eye li up and stuff like that makes me really fucking mad and so it's it's hard to keep your cool and uh stay professional but that is the job too so Yeah, no, I mean, you know, you're you you're coming out and in your head you're already running through things, you're excited, you're anxious, you're nervous, whatever the case may be, and it doesn't take much to kind of throw you off a little bit. And, you know if you come across a bit dicky well, when you go back and think about it, well, maybe they deserved it.
01:10:49
Speaker
You know, like just because you're having a shitty day don't mean you have to ruin everybody else's day. All of the journey, they got what they needed. Yeah. yeah Well, I think like most of the time in my personal experience, the people like in terms of hecklers that are the worst are the people that are the sweetest and the most excited to be there. Like they are literally the most excited to be there. And because they're so excited, they got super drunk and they just want to be a part of the show. And it sucks because when you have to be like, you try to like politely call them out, but they don't get it because they're drunk and they're excited.
01:11:28
Speaker
And then, you know, God forbid you do have to get a little stern with them. Now you just kind of ruined their night and it sucks because it's like, ah, you were like one of the most enthusiastic fans. You just didn't understand. you just didn't know the rules. You didn't understand the assignment. Yeah, yeah. So it's it's hard. It's hard. I don't want staff to do it, but it is one of those things, like I deal with this when i I teach yoga all the time. It's like the ultimate question, like the few over the crowd, right? Where it's like, hey, everybody else paid the same amount to be here and is following the protocol of listening so that we can laugh and enjoy the show together. And so if I just kind of let this rock and let you keep tagging my jokes and therefore kind of like stepping on the laughs, I'm I'm letting you have a great time and I'm impacting everybody else's experience. Just like a class where it's like, OK, doors close at this time.
01:12:32
Speaker
everyone's meditating and trying to get ready. Everyone paid the same amount to be here. If I'm going to let you for whatever reason show up 10 minutes after doors close and now interrupt everyone's practice, is that really kind or fair?
01:12:46
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. 100%. We were, this kind of goes along the lines of, of this conversation. We were talking a little bit behind the scenes before the show. And,
01:12:58
Speaker
and Knowing your crowd, knowing your room, because, you know, the crowd in and Houston, Texas, downtown Houston, Texas, is going to be a lot different than the crowd in middle of nowhere,
01:13:15
Speaker
uh utah you know ah yeah i was in orange texas which you know if you're you don't know where that is neither do i in all honesty i just followed but it's not downtown but yeah no in your room have you have you had any uh uh crazy or bad experiences where it's just like you go somewhere and they're like they're just they see you come on stage they're like oh yeah i mean i would say that was you're gonna talk about then you're like because i come in on you know like i'm very uh
01:13:51
Speaker
I'm inappropriate, you know, like I'm not clean. I mainly talk about like spirituality and like yoga stuff. I talk about my family a little bit, dating a little bit. But my main shtick is like, hey, I'm doing this like meditation where the whole exercise is to like breathe into my vagina. Isn't that crazy?
01:14:12
Speaker
and and But it's also like, it's true, but I'm making jokes about it. And so i typically, when I'm performing, I like to wear like a hippie outfit. And I do this show last weekend out in Orange, Texas. And it's like with this guy who like really caters to like, a a very you know alt-right audience.
01:14:32
Speaker
and And I come out, I'm the only lady on the show and I'm in a hippie outfit. And usually I do that. <unk>t Even if I'm in like downtown Houston or if I'm like further out in the city, even when I'm in Little Rock, the women get excited because they're like, yay, there's a woman here. yeah Even the women are like not happy to see me on stage. They're like, we very much assume a lot about her and we don't like what we assume. And- You know to be fair I was tired I don't think it was my best performance but um it was definitely one of those where I was like oh man they are not.
01:15:08
Speaker
there Yeah. What is this dirty hippie doing on stage?
Being a True Hippie
01:15:14
Speaker
percent I'm a hippie in the truest sense. i'm like I feel like a lot of people have like ah commandeered that word. I'm like I'm like a real hippie like just be cool bro.
01:15:25
Speaker
Just be cool. we You know like just be cool. i don't care. So I think that's like the truest hippies. Anyone wants to say they're hippie and believe otherwise can fucking suck it. is No, no, I mean, and that and that's the other
Challenges for Female Comedians
01:15:44
Speaker
thing. And, and, you know, and, and the last several few years, ah you know, we, there's always been female comedians and women comedians and some of them, you know, they, they,
01:15:54
Speaker
they'll try to rely more on their looks and they'll kind of slut it up rather than their comedy. And then others are like, well, never an option. So yeah, to, to, to to make it, they gotta be super vulgar. But in the last several years, female comedians have really been, I mean, stepping up and really kind of taken over. um But I'm sure still, and, and and being young and in the comedy world, being a female, it's probably gotta be hard for you because you really don't know,
01:16:22
Speaker
what expectations people are, you know, like, oh, if I come out and I'm too vulgar, are they going to like me or, you know, do I, pretty it's one of those things where like, there's a lot of people that get out of the way you want to do an all woman show.
01:16:37
Speaker
Um, Because they're like, oh, yeah, Women's Month and Mother's Day, or whatever. But the lady comics were some of the dirtier comics, which yeah I'm sure you are know do what you do. Like, as I remember when I first started, I did an all-woman show. And like, halfway through, the guy who ran it, God bless him, was like, oh, my god. He did not know what he signed up for. Because it made me really, really nasty. um I do think, like, ultimately, like I want people just get booked because they're funny.
Talent Over Diversity Quotas
01:17:05
Speaker
Like ah I see a push where people are like, oh, I have to like click this box and and have a lady on. And I love like the the desire to have a diverse lineup. I love this sentiment. But like put people on because they're funny and you want them on the show. I think that's the only reason to have anybody on. Because otherwise it dilutes it for everyone else, you know. um But there definitely is like a little bit of a double standard, I would say, in the sense where like, a lot of the guys that are like, I'm, you know, I'm more clean cut, you know, blue collar and I don't, I don't cuss like that, but they all have a big joke and like, they're fine. But if I talk about my Yoni, which means Hindu or Hindi, sorry, i have a lot of Indian friends that are like, that's a religion, not the language. sorry but
01:17:55
Speaker
But, ah you know, if I talk about my, my downstairs, it's like, whoa, you know, so it's just like, there is a little bit of a double standard.
Generational Humor Differences
01:18:05
Speaker
Yeah.
01:18:06
Speaker
But, it is what it is. is or You know, more i don't care. More power to you. I'm a firm. I had a, yeah had a comedian on here, a comedian a little while back, Dawn, and she's amazing red. And she was a granny, and just right out the gate.
01:18:28
Speaker
Oh, the grannies are great. The grannies are so fun. They don't give a fuck. Yeah, it's just fun. Right out the gate, as soon as the show starts, she just starts going on about her vagina.
01:18:39
Speaker
And the fact that she's like, she's just banging dudes left and right. like she go get And I'm just like, all right, I know where this show's going tonight. 1,000%. mean, yeah, like, you know, STDs, STIs are like on the rise of those homes. Get it.
01:18:59
Speaker
Yeah. get it hello on it yeah I don't know it because like a lot of women and I do do like the online spiritual courses where it's like, you know, you've got crystals and you've got them in your yoni and you're, you know, you're pulsing for strength and and I make jokes about it on stage, but, ah but there are a lot of women who've never ever looked down there, which is crazy. so i think Yeah.
Empowerment Through Comedy
01:19:23
Speaker
Yeah. Like for me, it's more of just like a women empowerment thing. know Okay. Fucking. own your body, own your power, like know yourself.
01:19:30
Speaker
um So that's where I'm like, Hey dudes, like your nets. Cause it's a lot of women that are like, we're the hardest on ourselves and we're the meanest to each other. yeah Comfortable. But it's like, you I don't think, i don't see anything wrong in talking about it.
01:19:44
Speaker
No, and early on when I was doing my music show, I remember the first guest I had, the first female guest I had, and shout out to Jules, love you, girl. I was so nervous because I'm like, don't want to say the wrong thing. I don't want to say something and be misinterpreted. I'm like, I'm going to look like a fucking idiot on the internet because I'm going to say the wrong thing to this girl.
01:20:11
Speaker
right out the gate. She's like, so let me tell you about the story. I went to BDSM club here in l LA, first time ever. And I was like, oh, and this is a musician. and And I was like, so I'm good. yeah She's been on several times.
01:20:25
Speaker
um She's become like family here. But but ever since her, it was like, oh, yeah I can have females on there. i mean
Gender Perceptions of Humor
01:20:31
Speaker
they're just like us. You guys are just as perverted as we are. so um and percent I think we're just more honest around it.
01:20:38
Speaker
I like like keep it under wraps a little bit like because they're like, oh, man, they've had hard drives stolen. um And women don't know how to how to use hard drives. Otherwise we have stolen, too. But I'm just not tech savvy like that.
01:20:56
Speaker
Yeah, it's you know, it's so different. i mean, i think we're a little dirtier in all honesty. i You know, I think so. I think so. Like I said, you know, I was nervous because i didn't want to say the wrong thing and be labeled something that I'm not.
01:21:09
Speaker
But I'm like, I'm i'm a host of the show. um I can't not have. a can't just be like, oh, sorry, you're a female. I don't want on the show because I'm going to labeled a perv when in actuality. Because I just have to, like, when we open, I just have to be eating a fig. I just have to be eating a I just have to have big golf oyster at the start of his show, and I just can't. I'm just like, oh, well, I mean, there's been a few ladies that have been on my show where I've had to just turn my chair and take my money.
01:21:46
Speaker
I was not expecting that. That was funny. Yeah. Yeah. yeah and I think it's great because, you know, like I said, guys do it. Why, why can't you guys, why can't you go up there? I mean, we're going to go make dick jokes and why' open talk about your lady bits. The whole thing too, and stand up. And this is like kind of what we're talking about in Houston being a diverse, like a city and like how like big it is in terms of like different demographics and audiences. Like you need to be able to make everyone laugh because you don't know you're to be in the audience. Um,
01:22:20
Speaker
And it actually happened the other day. Like so a lot of times, like I'll go up and I'm doing a, you know, a show that really could just be an open mic during the week. And there's like a couple of people there and it's just all dudes. And I'm like, it's going to be 10 minutes and it's going be rough for both of
Relatability in Comedy
01:22:36
Speaker
us. You know what I mean? it's This is like, this is a gangbang I didn't want to be a part of. Okay. I'm the only lady. in record world Bear with, I apologize before I... yeah I don't know if you're gonna relate to any of this. And then this past week I did a show and it was like that, but it was reverse. It was like maybe five ladies in the crowd and all guys and I'm the one lady and all of them are feeling what I have to go through where I'm like, yeah.
01:23:02
Speaker
good luck. You're going to go up to what you're going to talk about. You're going talk about your girlfriend being fat or something. They're not going to hear it. So, and and like everybody has that, right? Cause you have who you are and your experience and that's part of what your standup is. But like, can you make jokes that are going to be relatable for everybody?
Awkwardness of Sex Jokes
01:23:21
Speaker
yeah And there's certain jokes, particularly sex jokes. um I know this from experience cause love sex jokes. um where a couples don't want to hear them couples don't want to hear because like the lady doesn't know if she can laugh or the guy doesn't know if he can laugh so they just can't be comfortable so like you know if and a lot of times if you do an audit you do a show and it's a great crowd in the sense that they're big and they're attentive but it's just all pairs of twos and that's when it's like okay the sex jokes probably aren't going work with these guys unless they're real freaking freaks uh because they're not going to be comfortable to a laughing about you know and so
01:24:01
Speaker
it's like shit to like i think It's so funny in this day and age. and and And you see it, you know, if you go out, the amount of people that are still kind of ah ah freaked out if people only talk about sex.
01:24:15
Speaker
Like, it's 2026. how and You can't get on the internet without, i you know, I can't scroll on Instagram without seeing six different girls doing God knows what with home appliances, you know, to to promote their OnlyFans. And I'm like, I'm I'm just looking for comedians and musicians and to promote my show. Why am I seeing this? ah I'm not Googling this. It has a solar panel on it. You need to see it. This is like a new butt plug.
01:24:47
Speaker
but you You could power your kitchen. but yeah Put this in and go sunbathe. and it's it's a But yeah, it blows my mind the amount of people that are
Discomfort Discussing Sex
01:25:06
Speaker
know It really does. It blows my mind the amount of people that are uncomfortable when sex talks comes up because it's like, well, we're all doing it. Don't act like you're not, you know? Well, you know, I personally feel sorry when people are because I'm like, it's just if you are really that uncomfortable, I think it just and I mean this with no hate because we've all been there.
01:25:27
Speaker
um I just, you know, you're probably in know not getting what you want to be getting right now um or the way you're wanting to be getting it or you're not feeling comfortable with yourself in that way right now. and That sucks. I've been there. It's not fun.
01:25:43
Speaker
hmm. Yeah. It's, I was going ask you something. that Totally. Let's talk about solar panel butt plugs.
Absurd Innovations in Comedy
01:25:54
Speaker
Yeah. Honestly, I think this could be a great business endeavor. Who wants to buy it? Shark. I'm going to slap a nonsensical network on him. Get your official nonsensical network solar panel butt plugs.
01:26:07
Speaker
Seriously, sharks. Come on. No. No.
01:26:13
Speaker
well um With your comedy, you know, because everybody has their style, are you more
Debating Comedy Styles
01:26:20
Speaker
of a joke? Like, I'm hit you with a you know, I got a bunch of jokes and punchlines. Are you more of a storyteller or a little bit of a combination?
01:26:28
Speaker
a little bit of a commentation combination i'm trying to be more like uh shorter jokes with punchlines just because especially in a shorter set um it's easier to drop people's attention quick with like quicker wittier jokes um but naturally i am more of a storyteller i'm more like uh i'm always like this happened to me or this happened and this i did this because of how i felt that's what crazy right but it's funny too right like i'm not i'm typically not trying to poke fun at anybody but myself and my own uh yeah a lot of stories kind of go in with that yeah yeah no no and and unfortunately we live in a world you know uh tick everybody's got tiktok brains so i think it's getting harder and harder to be a storyteller because you've got to be able to
01:27:17
Speaker
throw those, you know, every so, you know, if you're telling a long story, you got to be able to close, throw those quick, you know, punchlines in every few seconds to people paying attention. Like, hey, shiny object right here. yeah you're but If you're telling a story, but you're doing stand up, it's not the mo moth, it's still stand up.
01:27:38
Speaker
So you still want to laugh every 10 to 15
Storytelling vs Quick Laughs
01:27:41
Speaker
seconds. And so it just, I think it's one of those things, just kind of like know the art that you're doing right now. If you're if you're a story and that's it is a struggle, it's hard to figure out, especially at open mics, because, you know, you only have a couple of minutes. They don't know you and like you want to get a laugh right up top. So they trust that you're funny and they want to go to this thing that might already be five minutes because it's a longer story. But unless you're doing like one of those storytime specific shows like The Moth, ah where the goal is to tell a good story and not be funny, you're doing stand up, but you have a story. it still needs to adhere to the rules of stand-up where you're still getting a lot every 15 seconds or so.
01:28:23
Speaker
yeah That's where I would have problems because I have a tendency to... I grew up and i grew up in a country, so there's no such but Long story short or long story long sorry five minutes at least yeah but like my My dad's a hog farmer from Missouri and I recorded him one time because like his stories are so ridiculous where he's specific like my dad had a pet paraplegic pig named Chuck and And so I recorded him telling this story and he starts and he's like, oh hell, it was midday, you know, wasn't too foggy, you know, probably midday, you know, sun was maybe mid-sky, like what does this have to do with the story?
Challenges of Detailed Storytelling
01:29:06
Speaker
Like he's really painting the scene, like wizard boss style, you know. You know
01:29:11
Speaker
ah you know we got all pigs all the far but oh daddy was bad with the tractor and doing all around you know ah dady ran over to his legs know yeah yain't going fix legs on a hall yeah forever to get to the point of how this
01:29:37
Speaker
old Farmer Brown, you know Earl's cousin, Bill is I don't know who any of these people are. Why is this part of the story? and That's me.
01:29:47
Speaker
That's how I grew up. Exactly. 1,000%. That's how my dad tells the story. It's so silly. It's fun, though. It's silly. I think the biggest challenge and like the most fun when you crack the code Stand up is like talking about experiences you've had with people you've known in your life and being able to sum them up in a sentence that's quick and funny where everybody gets the gist.
01:30:12
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I'm having to have been there.
Efficient Humor in Storytelling
01:30:14
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a So like just get to the funny quicker. Yeah, because, you know and a crazy you know, we all have we all have friends. We all have that one friend that, you know, you can relate to We all have that ignorant friend that does the dumbest things for no reason you You might have a friend that, you know, he's never been tested, but you're pretty sure he's borderline retarded. you know, those people, you can smell them. Yeah. So it's just like, yeah, you you kind of relate. You can understand. a thousand percent Yeah. that's, that's awesome. I, I, I love it. But, um,
01:31:00
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And see ADHD brainer over here 900 miles an hour but but but Um for for you um is is doing the comedy kind of like you know ah hi for you know like You hear a lot of musicians like, man, I love being up on stage. It's it's like a drug.
01:31:20
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yeah Well, you also did 14 pounds of blow before you hit the stage. you know but but know Is that like a drug for you?
Comedy as a Calling
01:31:29
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Is that like an adrenaline rush that you look forward to every time?
01:31:33
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Yeah. You know it's... <unk>s a great question i was telling a friend earlier i kind of feel like a bit of a masochist in a sense it's like if it goes well oh my god you feel like such a high and when it doesn't go well it's kind of i feel kind of like timon and puma like like like you who would like hold him back hold me back hold me i'm like no let me get back out there i'll do it again you know um like and so uh i don't know I wouldn't necessarily call it a high, but I would call it like a calling for sure. It's like something I have to do and something that even like for the years when i wasn't doing it, where I had stopped started, i was still always identifying as a comedian. And I tell people all the time, it's like, you know, and I've spoken with people too that have stopped starting that we kind of, kind of agreed that like, doing standup, it's almost like being an alcoholic. It's like, okay, I'm not drinking right now, but I'm still one, you know? You're still one. Yeah. Like once you start, if it's really something that you want to do and like, uh, it doesn't ever leave you.
01:32:42
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yeah So, when i When I have a great show, like, yeah, I feel on like on a high there. And when I don't have a great show, I you know i listen to four non-blondes and I cry. And sometimes I'm like, maybe I should make a wrong turn. I don't know.
01:32:59
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Or I just want to get back on stage as soon as I can and try to make it right. so no that's Yeah, no, I agree.
Performance Passion
01:33:06
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when you When you enjoy what you're doing, I mean, that's how i am with this. you know If I take ah take a week off or you know take take a couple weeks off like I've done you know this summer with the Saturday night show last weekend. It was the first time back in like three weeks. I'm doing the Saturday night show. i still doing these shows. but I was i was like ah almost fiending for it. I needed it. I was ready to be back because I missed it so much. yeah
01:33:33
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so yeah i mean it you know When you enjoy what you do, it really is kind of like like a drug. or yeah know and Even if you're ah kind of an off night or whatever. youre like, I can do better next time. I'm just going to stop. but That's my bump, right? Get me there. i'm just going to stop this show and restart here in five minutes. I can do better.
01:33:57
Speaker
I mean, i look, I've always just done like weed or like mushrooms and I just have bad anxiety. So in all honesty, it probably is like a drug, but my drug experience, which is just I'm really anxious and I shit myself and then I pass out afterwards.
Physical Comedy on Stage
01:34:11
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can't
01:34:14
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It says sounds like something a thedo dog would have that has separation anxiety. but Yeah. this Why do you think me and my puppy get along so well? We're more bonded.
01:34:24
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Trauma bonding. A thousand percent. with that yeah yeah so One of the things I always like to know about you know entertainers and comedians, are you are you the type of person that oh you know you you have got energy for days, obviously, as we discussed you drink 14 gallons of coffee a day. are you Do you use the full stage to your potential? Are you kind of all over the place? are you Not only are you doing comedy, but you're also kind of putting on a performance as well?
01:34:56
Speaker
Yeah, that's a great question. I want to get better with that. um I definitely do a lot of act outs. I'm a very physical performer. and My act outs are intentional in the sense of like, I know where I'm acting out, what I'm doing for this joke. but in terms of when I'm just doing like a straight set up punch, like less story, less act out that I've been working on. Um, I want to be more intentional with my youth of the stage because like, sometimes I stand there, sometimes I'm pacing, but I don't feel like I've necessarily really thought out what I'm doing and why. And a lot of things I find that work on stage, I find just from being on stage
Unscripted Comedy Moments
01:35:34
Speaker
and like having like a spark light,
01:35:37
Speaker
You know, where it's like I say something that I'm thinking that's funny and people get it all of a sudden. And now I feel the freedom to play with it. So it it just comes with time. Like one of my best jokes right now was just a line that I was just always say for years, even when I wasn't doing comedy in conversation. And I was hosting a show one night and I was kind of grasping for straws because I was new to hosting. And I just said this line and it got a laugh.
01:36:05
Speaker
And then from there, I was like, well, now where do I go? And so now now there's like tags. And now it's one of my best jokes. Nice. The accidental. Awesome. Yeah. The accidental. So I got to ask you because this made me laugh way too hard.
Unique Humor Anecdotes
01:36:21
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ah you Doing a little social media scrolling. Oh, yeah. Okay.
01:36:27
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And your your cat Oh, Wario R.I.P. I actually have a chain for her man Oh, that's all that's really I like that Her bar mitzvah slash consumer. Oh, yes. Oh, my God.
01:36:44
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love that you saw that because so many people didn't see this. So this was my... So Oreo passed. And my ex-boyfriend, the reason why he's an ex, part of it, you know, he just couldn't wait for another kitty. And I was like, I'm not ready. Because I'm like, cat chooses you. you know i feel like a cat chooses you. Nobody...
01:37:05
Speaker
nobody just saw it nobody and if you've ever tried to be with a woman that you know right nobody's just is like hey you're mine now and the cat warms up the cat comes to you yeah and so my girlfriend's cat was my girlfriend jokes all the time she's like she's not even my cat anymore she doesn't even like me yeah i'm like all i did was come over and sit down and then yeah you know and I'm not, I mean, and don't get me wrong. I like cats. They're cool. They're assholes at the end of the day. ah But then you find the asshole that's your asshole and Oreo is my asshole. yeah
01:37:40
Speaker
Cleo, I threw her a quince mitzvah. She was my cat and ah I first moved to Houston with my ex and like, I have a joke about it where it's like everyone ends up in Houston for two reasons, work or penis.
01:37:54
Speaker
as You know? ah either way involves drilling, right? Like working oil, wrong but and but I moved with him and we were living with him and his uncles and so for the for insert the pandemic so i would just like keep myself busy i was throwing fiestas for the dog pool who was like a chihuahua i was just throwing yeah and i i became a great potty planet like
Pet Event Humor
01:38:23
Speaker
i had like a whole menu i had a whole playlist i had perhaps the first year i throw this fiesta for pulga the whole family's like
01:38:32
Speaker
p loki You know, like, and what what's this gringa doing? And then the party was so great that after the party, everyone was like, why wasn't I invited to pull this fiesta? That they didn't get an invite to this chihuahua's party. And the irony is, the chihuahua doesn't like people. he cannot touch this chihuahua. Like his dad had to have, like, hawk gloves if he was going to pick him up. Chihuahua.
01:39:02
Speaker
And then we get this cat and you know, I'm Jewish and my ex was Honduran. So once she turned two, it was like, okay, I do like a whole like fusion. I make us a masable soup. I did like...
01:39:17
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I did a bagel and Lux poured. I did pastrami tacos. I did a pe pickle pico. I did like whole thing. I brought everyone over.
01:39:28
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I did wine for the cat, as you saw. Yeah. so Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't even get your question. i was just like, let me tell you wrong cat. And then I went on a tangent. I came across it.
01:39:43
Speaker
because She's got her dress on and a necklace and you you had her little speech for her. I was just, I was laughing so hard. I was telling my girlfriend about it before ah the show tonight as I was setting up the computer and everything. And she's already laughing because because she would totally do the same thing. And I'm like, I laughed way too hard at this video for way too long. I think I watched it like three times just laughing.
01:40:09
Speaker
I love that. but but And I could don't know why. It was just great. was one of those things that I was just like, ah Yeah. Yeah, I was just very much like into my potty planning era and everyone's like, you should make a business as a potty planner because I'm so good at like potties. And when I say potty, I know it's like New York accent, but I mean potty P A W T Y. Like I grow a potty. I have a menu. I literally like have a playlist.
01:40:41
Speaker
i so I have like little booty bags for the kids for Pulga. We have like a little pinata. Uh, I have a o cake and a dog cake or cat cake.
Viral Content vs Planned Clips
01:40:52
Speaker
And yeah, it was fun. well you know It's one of those things too, as crazy as it sounds, because, you know, most people are going to go potty planner, like for yeah insanity, but there's plenty of people out there that are going to call you and go,
01:41:13
Speaker
can you do this for my dog? he you know like That's what people told me. And I've just been like, I don't know what I would even charge. Cause I do it for the love of it. Like I love puppies and kitties too. I love animals, you know? Yeah. I just, I love them.
01:41:31
Speaker
But so I threw a key to say mitzvah for her and, okay I love that you've done that. It's one of those videos, you know, and I'm sure you you do this too, or from like being on social media, what you do, where it's like you put something up and you're like, oh, this is going be the one.
01:41:46
Speaker
Everyone's going see this and this is going to be it. And I was so proud of that. I was like, this is so great. And like maybe 2,000 people saw it. And then it was something that like you didn't even try about. Somebody got you like not even paying attention. And then you get like 6,000, 10,000 views and ten thousand view and like two like a couple more like followers, all these 200 likes or something.
01:42:10
Speaker
You're like, didn't have to try here. What is going on? What is the algorithm? I posted one video, and it still strikes me that people still watch it and
Unpredictability of Viral Content
01:42:19
Speaker
like it. and they like It was one of those videos where – I'd been drinking most of the night, you know, we had done the show and then I went and played on Tik TOK live. So I've been, and I'm sitting at my desk and it's like, it's just stupid little saying, I got in trouble with HR for,
01:42:36
Speaker
telling my co-worker fyi apparently you can't say fuck you idiot or whatever it's gotten like almost 700 000 views and i'm like that's the one we're gonna get thousands of followers i think we got like 200 followers and then i'm like all right now we're on fire i'm gonna post another video a couple days later because this one's still hot and i posted the next video got like 20 views and i'm like well what the hell crazy isn't it crazy it's so like why i I posted and I just got on TikTok and I posted this video of like, it's like a year old, but I was like, what do I post? So i was like recycling posts that I had from Instagram and my puppy, Waxie, doesn't her tube side. And when I work out at home, sometimes she gets really, really excited. And so I was doing like an exercise video and I'm doing like walking pushups and she is like pumping. And i record I'm like, you know what? I'm going to keep going. i' and I'm like, this this is mom life, you know, like the baby is like humping me in the corner and I still working on my summer bod. It's hot girl summer coming up. but Don't mind the dog in the background. I posted that and I got like 6,000 views and a lot of people didn't get it. They were like, this is beast town. I was like, you don't understand the joke. Like I'm not, I'm not into this. I'm still working on my fitness. But, uh,
01:44:07
Speaker
It's like, I'll have like a joke that I think did great or a crowd work thing at like a comedy show and I'll clip it. and' like This will be great. And like 300 what do you what Come on, man. You know, we we we talk about feeding feeding the algorithm monster a lot on these shows, but that's the double-edged sword with social media. You know, it's a necessary evil if you're in entertainment. you You hate it, but you love it at the same time. And you do that dance of,
01:44:35
Speaker
Oh, man, this video did great. All right, i'm up for we're on fire. Let's post another video. And then that one just like, its it eats absolute shit. And then it's like, screw it. I'm not doing any more videos. i get I'm putting all this time into all these other you know actual shows. I don't have time to do your goofy 15-second clips. And it's like, man.
01:44:55
Speaker
yeah there's like take on it like I find what does the best is the stuff that's just like organic that brings you joy and you just have fun making it and you just posted it.
Authenticity in Social Media
01:45:09
Speaker
Because those ones you didn't think about that you didn't like edit that you didn't really try to coordinate and then everybody like I can't plan when my dog is going to hump me while I'm in a plank. had my camera up I got it I was like this is hilarious. You know?
01:45:25
Speaker
but and i think it's like i think that's the real key is just like but that's what's hard to um stay in right yeah giving yourself the permission to stay open and just be yourself but i think the best selling is just be your fucking self yeah mar but that's the most valuable.
01:45:46
Speaker
Yeah, and you know I would love to, you know I do all these shows, I would love to have the time to sit down and and make clips and post them, because most everything on here, it's real, it's raw.
01:45:57
Speaker
Yeah, well, that's why you follow it, people that will watch you for six hours, because you're real, you know? and But I don't wanna fall into that hole of being clip famous, you know? Like, thank you for, you know I'm glad that 20,000 people watched this clip of the show, But only 50 people actually watched the show and only five stayed the whole time. Like, this is what I want you to watch. I want you to watch this content, not me doing a stupid TikTok dance. because You know?
Fixating on Details
01:46:28
Speaker
That one I don't have an answer for, but I do feel like it's just human nature, right? Because it's like I get this where I'm at work all the time where it's like, People ask you, like, you know, people order a sandwich and you ask what they what type of bread they want it on or like if they want coleslaw or potato salad. And it's like a small thing that they get hung up on. I'm like, but you came for the sandwich.
01:46:51
Speaker
We're here for the sandwich. Like, why are you acting like if you're going to have it on white or wheat bread? it's the biggest, most important decision. You know what I mean? Like you can't, but that is, it's something funny on that in like human nature, right? Cause it's like, you'll put this amazing piece out and then just one clip and everybody gets fixated on that one little thing.
01:47:13
Speaker
What it's about, you know? Yeah, it's, I don't know. like i you know you put a yeah You put a clip out of one of your jokes and then people come and that's all I want to hear. It's like, but I have 20 more minutes.
01:47:29
Speaker
Or they come and they're like, i don't want to hear that at all. i already heard that. And you're like, fuck you.
01:47:38
Speaker
Well, that's why you're here, because you heard it. Now, shut up and listen. Seriously. Because don't the like just Come on It's one minute. It's one minute. Get out of here. Get over it.
01:47:50
Speaker
What are you going to do? Yeah, right.
01:47:54
Speaker
No, you're 100% right, Waldo. Content is current. Yeah. Hey, Waldo. That's a friend. Yeah. 100% accurate in that. Yeah. Content is currency these days.
Seizing Entertainment Opportunities
01:48:10
Speaker
It's the world we live in. You know, it's, it's a lot different from being back in the day where, you know, and and I think this still stands true.
01:48:17
Speaker
Um, I say it all the time. You never know what eyes or what ears are going to be at a show or watching you on the internet or, you know, wherever, where you're going to get that moment of, Hey, uh,
01:48:33
Speaker
i't Bill Burr, i don't know why i said Bill Burr, first comedian. He's seen you on on a podcast and loved you. And now he wants you to open for him across the country. Well, that's a pretty good one. Well, and it's one of those things like, um like I was saying, like a ready to be ready.
01:48:51
Speaker
um And they saw they say this, and I think it's in the artist's way. i might be this photo with your say book like, I think that's the book. But inspiration finds those who are working because and i use this all the time when like uh my reiki practitioners that sound like mickey mouse would just yell at me for like being so hard on myself but like ah whatever in whatever magic you have to share with the world you have whatever gift you to put out um it's only gonna find you when you're working
01:49:29
Speaker
yeah Right. You can be like the most amazing musician, the most amazing comedian. And if you could be at home with all these amazing ideas and you could know you're the greatest. But unless you're out there putting yourself in the ring, no one's going to find you. So you have to just.
01:49:45
Speaker
And a big thing I've learned to like speak in the industry is like, and I tell people this is like, i mean, it's a balance, right?
Choosing Career Opportunities
01:49:55
Speaker
Cause you want to like pick in You get, you can get to a point where like, you need pick and choose your gigs a little bit more wisely in terms of what's financially feasible. Like if someone asks you to like travel 600 miles for a show this weekend, but you're not getting paid, yeah maybe not the best deal for you. Right. Yeah. idea ah You know, there is like, when you first start off, you want to say yes to every opportunity, but that doesn't mean you have point, you have to realize, okay,
01:50:23
Speaker
just because it's an opportunity doesn't mean like it's an over opportunity to say yes to. But at the same time, I think just being kind and respectful and open to any opportunity because like I said earlier, the people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down. So just because you're meeting this person at an open mic or they're running like a show that you team inferior because it's at a bar and maybe it's mismanaged because it's their first show. doesn't mean that in like five years they're not going to be selling out arenas you never know where anyone's going to go so no 100 you know um and and people don't forget you know if you if you shit on somebody on your way up uh if they happen to catch steam before you do
01:51:10
Speaker
They're going to remember, no, so-and-so is an ass. I don't have time for them.
Excellence in Comedy
01:51:16
Speaker
A thousand percent. and the work way the worka away around all of that is just to be uneniable, right? To be so good that nobody can like be that petty with you. um But if you're not that good, fucking don't give people a reason to be with you. Yeah.
01:51:33
Speaker
you got a chapel you know If you're not not ah like Jim Gavigan or Seinfeld or anything like that, Shane Gillis, don't.
01:51:48
Speaker
give people a reason to be petty with you. You speak of Shane Gillis, man. There's a lot of people kicking themselves right now, you know, because they tried to down early and now he's like one of the biggest things out there.
01:52:03
Speaker
He sold out like what? 80,000 seats. oh yes He broke a Guinness record, which is like great. Good for him. And he's just like down to earth, regular dude, you know,
01:52:15
Speaker
i think I think that's one of the biggest things is, you know, it don't matter how big you are or you know, how big you get or anything
Comedian Relationship Dynamics
01:52:22
Speaker
like that. Just i always always remember who you are. One last percent, yeah.
01:52:27
Speaker
um i know we're getting close to time here but i do want to ask you one of the things i you know i'm always curious about when you do a show are you are you wanting to kind of hang out and and and mingle with with the with the people that are there if they want to come up and talk to you and chat with you yeah i think you know think it depends on the show right like if i do a set and i feel like oh man i ate ass i'm probably out uh because i feel awkward standing there like you know because you see because people will come up and be like to it like you'll be standing talking to a comic on the show and like someone will come up to the person you're talking to and just like you were my favorite and like you're right there and then they'll turn and be like you referred to or they'll just be like thank you
01:53:12
Speaker
oh You are right. Yeah. You know, don't quit your day job. seriously So I think it depends on the show and how it went. Um, but also sometimes it's, I'm never against it, but a lot of times I have to like, you know, God will God, God willing. If, if I'm lucky enough, I'm booked and I have one show and then I'm onto the next show and I can't actually stay for the end of the show.
01:53:35
Speaker
So, um, God willing, that's always the case. And then like, as much as I would love to, I can't say, But if if I can stay and like the show went well, I'm more than happy to. And like, even if I didn't do great, but I'm hosting, then I have to stay till the end. But if I didn't have to stay till the end and I didn't feel great about it, then I'm just like, peace. speaking the back door market I am very, very hard on myself though. So like, I don't like to type unless like, like I remember like seeing a quote or something about Chris Farley and his like comedy coach telling him to like kill him with laughter. And I very much like feel in that camp where it's like, unless I feel like they're dying from laughing, I feel like a failure.
01:54:20
Speaker
and my boyfriend does stand up too. And he's so he's always reminding me. He's like, what are you talking about? You did fine. You were fine. So I'm like, oh, they didn't, they they had time to breathe. you know i I didn't do great. So... You did fine. What do you mean i did fine? Just fine? you know know Absolutely.
01:54:42
Speaker
a woman, I know what fine means. Fine isn't fine. Fine is miserable. yeah I grew up with four sisters and all female
Driving Dynamics with Partners
01:54:51
Speaker
cousins. I'm the only boy. I'm no dummy. I so i speak woman. Yeah, you know exactly what it means. The other thing, too, is like once you're like you know when you're dating and you're with a guy and they know your signs, I love to just over stupid things just be like
01:55:10
Speaker
be like... I feel like I get to like control driving because like when he if if he drives like the whole time, I'm just like, like I don't have to say anything. I just have to make faces and I feel like a queen. you know like I just get close
01:55:27
Speaker
to close. He's like, are you okay? i'm like oh yeah I'm like, oh, yeah. My girlfriend does that. I'm like, everything's going to be all right. We're going to make rob You just ran over the rumble strips. Yeah, I know I'm still on the road Everything's gonna be fine. I could still die of a heart stacking okay no So What's that like for you, you know with your boyfriend being a comedian as well you guys do you guys bounce stuff off of each other and you know
01:56:04
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, we we do sometimes.
Creative Support Among Comedians
01:56:06
Speaker
and It's funny because we both have such different styles, you know, ah like he's killing it. Like he's at the top of his game. He's like touring. Like he's like, oh he's doing it for a living. um But like we'll write jokes together every now and then, but it's always random. Like we're just up late at night.
01:56:24
Speaker
drunk baby and we're joking and then we're like, Oh, that's a funny idea. And then, and then he's going on something or I'm going on something like shit, get the notes out, you know, and then it's legible the next morning.
01:56:36
Speaker
and, uh, and if it is gay, but it's, I don't know, its it's, it's fun. It's really fun. It's really fun. I like, uh, being with someone that's like in comedy too, cause they get it. Cause it's like, it's hard cause it's like you're out late just about every night.
01:56:52
Speaker
yeah with a lot of dudes, you know, this is a lot of dudes in comedy. ah And so I think it's hard for people that aren't in that industry to really understand. So he gets it and he's super supportive because there's a lot of times where I'm like, I'm tired. I just worked. I don't want to go out. He's like, no, you have to, we have to get better. You know, and so wait one of my like main supports. So I love that he taught me too. I do wish I was better at like taking feedback and advice. This is very funny.
01:57:22
Speaker
But I'm very headed and like we would joke can sorry. can say that misguided. I can't say the word. W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W-W i I get like literally like vomit right now. I don't know. Can't say it.
01:57:43
Speaker
It's the effort that counts. can't say it so but see effort that counts I can apologize like nobody's working business. He said, no, not going to happen. So I do it. um But yeah, so he does have a lot of great advice and feedback and like, well,
01:58:09
Speaker
come up with jokes together. and I'm just like, yeah, it's not my style right now. It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun. Yeah. No, that's, that's awesome. Um, I hate to cut this short. I could talk to you all night long. You're awesome. it's been a lot of fun i did your five I would love to have you back again down
Guest Enthusiasm and Collaborations
01:58:31
Speaker
the road. That's one of the coolest things about getting to do these shows is, um, you know, getting to meet so many really cool people. And, um,
01:58:39
Speaker
And then down the road getting to bring them back Because then the next time you come back It's just like We were just shooting the shit tonight But we really get to just shoot the shit when you come back ah But Before I let you go um Let everybody know where they can find you and on On social media And also if you've got any Upcoming shows Or anything like that So people know where they can come and find you And all that stuff You're so sweet. Um, so my Instagram is pro I just got on the tick talk. Um, but I'm a millennial and, um, I, I was raised by boomers and Jen, like, like from the forties. I don't, i'm I'm, I'm behind. Okay. So I don't even know.
01:59:22
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Um, I don't know the tick talk, but I don't, I don't know how to use it. Um, my Instagram is my first name. So it's Hannah, H A N N A H A six five zero.
Social Media and Show Promotions
01:59:34
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So Hannah.
01:59:35
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H A N N A H six a. Oh fuck. I said it wrong. you so Hannah palindrome Hannah with an a six five zero. That's my Instagram. That's the best way to catch Cause always post like in my stories, you know, what, where I'm going to be at for shows.
01:59:52
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But I also run right now it's quarterly. i want to get it back to monthly, but I run a comedy show where comedians perform and then we read their astrology chart after. So it's very tarot, very hippie, very like woo woo vibes. But like like I said, like hippie in the true sense of like just be fucking cool. ro ah's here google go Yeah, no, for real. um But it's called, um and and that's on Instagram too. It's called new moon comedy show.
02:00:22
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And so our next show, my birthday is October 10th. Our next show is October 9th. So come celebrate. Yeah. Her birthday weekend too. Are you a little bit too, did you just say?
02:00:36
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Yeah, October 10th. um you Are you October 10th, too? Are you really the 10th? Are you the 10th? Yeah, I'm the 10th. Oh, my God.
02:00:49
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I love that. Yes, I'm the 10th. Yeah, hell yeah. That's awesome. Happy birthday. yeah Birthday, twins. that's where you can find me. and love it yeah let's remind me Yeah, awesome. And and for those of you guys who are illiterate like I am, if you're following us already, awesome. Thank you. If you're not following us, shame on you. Go follow us because I've tagged Hannah and everything. And I'll have to get on our ticky-tocky and follow you over there. And I'll put a post up and tag you there as well so people know where to find you and and how to find you. I try to make it easy for the folks because Lord knows I'm a big, dumb animal. Yeah.
02:01:32
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You're amazing because I don't know how to find people on TikTok. I literally just got on it so embarrassing. I was bragging to girlfriend earlier. I was like, I have 39 followers. I'm kind of a big deal. That's awesome.
02:01:47
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and so that's awesome ah No, i even I even stumbled across your your your youtube channel ah which which made me laugh So we're following you there and I tagged the YouTube channel on this live tonight as well. so You're amazing.
02:02:09
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Thank you. tried to do a little bit of homework. You're great. You're great. This is so much fun. No, guys, make sure you go follow Hannah. Go check her out if you're in the Texas area. If you're in the Houston area, it's a very big area. And I know I've got friends out there in Houston. So go see Hannah and be like, hey, Glick sent me. I would love that. Oh, my God. That would be so cool.
02:02:34
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I know. That would be really cool. But, you know, thank you guys for watching and hanging out with us tonight. Hannah, you are amazing. Can't wait to have you back again. Tune in tomorrow night. What is Wally doing? Wally is doing Speedway Stories.
02:02:50
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Wes is back tomorrow night. Wes has been on a few times. So if you guys are into the motorsports world, Wes is back. Wes is awesome. Then Friday night, we will be more than likely streaming our boys, the lazy shaman show from their channel onto ours. Like we always do Saturday. I'll be doing double duty. If I can get cash convinced to do his wrestling show because we've got big things going on in wrestling and he's being lazy.
02:03:15
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And then, of course, Saturday night, we're back doing our shenanigans and bullshit and fuckery. And then we start all over again next week. Yay. So you our go ahead and check us out. Bio.link slash nonsensical network.
02:03:28
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<unk> yeah Yeah, I said that. All of our social media is there. You can see the shows live. And you can listen on the podcast and platform. So appreciate y'all listening.
02:03:39
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Hannah, thank you again so much.
02:03:43
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Thank you for having me. This was so much fun. Absolutely. ah With that being said, thank you for watching Glick's Comedy Lounge right here on the Nonsensical Network, little comedy unleashed.
02:03:57
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and yeah We're going to hit some buttons and hope for the best. Oh, yeah, what am I playing tonight? A couple weeks back, I had Brandon Jones on the music on the House of Music. ah so We're going to leave out of here with a little party.
02:04:10
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Brandon Jones. yeah Hit some buttons and hope for the best.
02:04:32
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We'll be right back.
02:05:07
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Dancing on the tables, people everywhere. The long nights, the long legs, the long, long hair. Cruising through the room just to check it out.
02:05:20
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We're in the right place, people, there's no doubt. We got a party. Looks like we got here. Right on time.
02:05:33
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Everybody.
02:06:11
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Train Party
02:07:22
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Oh, buttons.