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Taylor Swift, Cold Reading Jokes, and Bad Movie Pitches | Down with DP Podcast 9-1-25
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Robert and Ron talk about Taylor Swift, Cold Reading Jokes, and Bad Movie Pitches
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Introduction and Host Background
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oh Welcome to the...
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What's the deal? Let me try that again. It's the Down With DP podcast with Robert Dunn and Ron Prendamano in 3, 2, 1.
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everybody.
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thank you. Thank you. Wow. That that was great. Yeah. Hey everybody. hey yeah this is, Hey, this is the down with DP podcast.
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ah My name is Robert Dunn and with me is ron Prendamano. And this is for September First, 2025.
Labor Day Misunderstanding
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Happy Day. Labor Day. Look, we're working. Jesus Christ.
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For all the people in labor today. no i don't think that's what it means. I'm pretty sure that's what it means for all the women out there who are giving birth. Happy Labor Happy. Happy.
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Sure. happy labor Happy Labor Day. yeah Happy Labor Hope it's hopely hope it's short. Labor is work. that that I would say so, yeah. i mean i mean, I've heard. ah yeah i've I've seen some shit, man.
Kidney Stones Anecdote
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seen some I haven't seen anything. I've heard, ah as the the great Brian Regan once said, that the only thing in comparison to childbirth is to break your femur bone in half.
00:01:37
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ah I saw something about like the worst pains in the world, and Like, I think the childbirth wasn't the first. I think getting burned alive was the first. That's horrible. But kidney stones were close.
00:01:50
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I hear kidney stones are one of the closest things to childbirth. How do you get those? Kidney stones? Um, drinking a lot. lot of dehydration. think it's high uric acid. I could be wrong.
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But yeah, I had kidney stones once. Hmm. That's why have a water bottle. Luckily, i have coffee. That doesn't help. But luckily, they were very small. But as small as they were, they were fucking painful.
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Yeah. And that must be like. Yeah. It hurt. Yeah. It hurt. That's a great way to start the show. Ron had kidney stones. Yeah. Hey. Well, um yeah. Thanks for everyone who is still sticking with us. Boy, howdy. Are we excited to have you back? Muchas gracias.
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Yeah, we are. um I mean, i am still trying to figure out how to ah level us the best that we can. Volume wise. Yeah, we are working at it and on it. um I've hired 20 new employees for us and they're all doing a terrible 21. I just hired someone yesterday. 21. Oh, good. OK, cool, cool. um Yeah, well, I hope that they could pick up the slack. So you pick up the slack.
00:02:59
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Anyway, they they always get rowdy. Jesus. You know, so workplace you know violation. My God. That's why we don't hire HR people. Oh, why that's who needs them.
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Yeah. i was like, who's working your HR department? I'm like, what HR department who needs an HR department? And I fired them on the spot and they don't work here. Excellent. Great. so Great. ah um The lawyer called. we We're meeting with the three former employees tomorrow, by the way. just so Oh, wow. Yeah.
00:03:29
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Well, no one could beat my lawyer, which is 1-800-NO-CUFFS. So try your best. Um, but we got, we got
Show Topic Preview
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a few things to talk about on the show today. Yeah, I think it's a, it's it's a buckle up. We got a, we got a show today.
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We got some yeah some stuff on our mind today. Do you like, as people, do you like my Buffalo bill outfit? Oh yeah. You've upgraded your serial yes they went from serial killer to, um, goodbye horses.
00:03:59
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Yeah. Or is that like Tom Selleck? Am I getting that right? It could be Tom Selleck. Actually it's my wife's. I don't I'm Googling Tom. Your wife is Tom Selleck. No, no, no, not at all.
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Not at all. Who? Wait, is it Who's the guy that would have from the 80s who had all the Hawaiian shirts? Is that Tom Selleck? I think so. I'm sure people I don't know.
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He's very masculine. yeah Yeah, I know you're talking. I think it's a man's man.
Life in NY vs LA
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Oh, anyway, get yeah I mean, Selleck is very masculine. People in the comments. You're not the fuck. yeah Okay, I'm sorry. All the Tom Selleck. I think I'm right. yeah because I found a picture of him, a dashing picture of him with a very with the chest hair, with the chest hair and the shirt. Oh, my God. Excuse me for a moment. We might have to pause the podcast.
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JK. ah But yeah, we got a few things we're going to talk about. We're going talk about some movies. We're going to talk about some acting things that annoy us. We're going to get to some penetrating questions. that Some questions.
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Yeah. and And then we're going to do a little segment where I've written some jokes this morning and I'm going to have ah Ron read them. And he's never he doesn't know what any of these jokes are.
00:05:09
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I have no idea. He told me that he wrote them. I don't know. I might retaliate. I might just let him school me or two. i don't know. um We're trying this. This is new. It might be fun. I don't know. where when We think we're entertaining.
00:05:23
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So we'll try. The best jokes that are written are the ones that are written the morning of, as people know. ah not the ones that are worked out and tested with audiences. Nope. Just straight up. Sometimes that is true. I, as a comedian, okay sometimes the best jokes I come up with are the ones on the spot, even during a set.
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And then there are times where I'll come up on the spot and then I'll work on it and make it better or find out that this fucking sucks. Not using this again. Right. Yeah. Well, that's also a little bit of pressure on my end because I'm not the comedian, you know? So no, but you're a talented son of a bitch. So there you go. i don't know. We'll see. We'll see about that.
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But as I don't know if people know, but I am West Coast Ronald or Ron. I'm so sorry. Oh, my God. You use my full government, you son of a bitch. I know.
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Now you're going to get doxed. But ah speaking of doxing, ah Ron is on the East Coast. And I'm on the West Coast. And so you are New York based. I am Los Angeles based city of angels.
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And you are a big fruit apple. some of the Big apple. and Yeah. You know, big, a big, old big. o I just remember that scene in James and the giant peach where we're going to New York City.
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but that Yeah. And then the giant peach landed in in New York and I was like, oh, it's the giant peach in the Big Apple. I never realize realized how much the centipede from Brooklyn made sense until I lived in Brooklyn.
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That makes so much fucking sense. Centipedes. Do you have a lot of centipedes out there? I have zero you get centipedes every once in a while. And, you know, they're just nasty creatures.
00:07:03
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Fast to the. but um Yeah. but um and what do we What do we get? But yeah, you know where we are on each coast, each separate coast. um Originally from Florida. For those who you don't know, we both grew up in the same hometown. Good old Spring Hill, Brooksville, Florida.
00:07:17
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And no Rob, you lived in ah you've lived in a Burbank, in Los Angeles for how many years now? Mm-hmm. Oh, well, Burbank probably going on three years. Los Angeles.
00:07:30
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I try not to count, but over 10 years. Over 10 years. OK. Yeah. you live You were in Florida for then until you went to California, right? Yeah. Yep. And I haven't really lived anywhere else. It's been like Florida, California. Yeah. side meet ah New York.
00:07:45
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That's it. Three different three different boroughs. But yeah, New York. And you are someone that travels a lot too. As a flight attendant, I travel. What was your, like for New Yorkers, like what is your favorite thing about the city that you would say? My favorite thing about New York, now a lot of people think New York is dead, New York has died. um New York has changed. New York changes all the time. I mean, there are neighborhoods that my father grew up in, in Brooklyn, that are not the same demographic. I mean, New York changes. That's what it does.
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My favorite thing about New York, and I think will forever be, is how accessible everything is in New York City. If I need to get to the Bronx at 2.30 in the morning, which I shouldn't have to, um I can do it by public transportation, and somewhere along the way I can get a bacon, egg, and cheese from somewhere.
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Okay. The accessibility is always there. There's also always something going on. You go into the subway, you might, you know, you know, you might see people performing at union square. Okay.
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You get on the F train and Parsons Boulevard, you know, you might, you know, you get to Q gardens, union turnpike. Next thing you know, showtime, what time is it? Showtime. Actually that'd be from forest Hills on, but yeah, you know, those express trains, you get showtime. Everybody knows that. So there's always something going on in New York city.
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That's why I stay here. That's why I love this city. Yeah. You know, people ask me, oh, would you ever move back to Florida? Not right now. No, I have no desire to move to Florida because I don't want to drive. I can drive.
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still can drive. I just drove from Georgia and back. So I still drive. But I have no desire at all to leave New York right now. OK, love the city. So the accessive accessibility is what I love. And the bars are open till four. That kind of helps, too.
00:09:29
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That is nuts. Yeah, the bars are open till 4 a.m. Yeah, most bars are open till 4 a.m. m in New York. But they probably open at 5 something? No, no, they open 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock.
00:09:41
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I think there there's one bar in city that opens. They have like a whole like... I just read about this online. They have like a whole like early morning club or something like that. They open like 8 o'clock in the morning.
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So they're obviously grandfathered in to open at that hour. Yeah. yeah Okay. Yeah, so... Gotta love it. And what about you? What do you love about California, Los Angeles? um Well, I'll say that what i love what I loved about New York more than l la is i the transportation. you know ah l la has one single underground train, ah the Red Line. and is's it really just one train?
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I think. so Well, we have trains, but that's the only one underground. OK, through. I assume it's because of the earthquakes that they can't build like New York where they just have everything underground. I don't know.
00:10:31
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I'm not the person who built them, but that's what I and and I don't think they're 24 hours either, or at least not the underground one. So that's what I like about New York. But what do I like about l L.A. is.
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ah it It kind of has that same vibe that you said, like things always seem to be happening, you know, in the city. And I am, you know, I'm a big film nut and that's where everything is. That's where there's a lot of i mean, New York has this, too. That's why it's kind of hard to think of a different thing.
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Yeah. but LA has a lot of art and a lot of people that are pursuing things creatively. And there's just that kind of like, even where I live now, it's like the Mecca of like Warner brothers is down the street from me. ah Nickelodeon is down the street from me. Like it's that kind of vibe. That's just, um I'm surrounded by. And that's what I like.
00:11:26
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Uh, probably about LA so it's more of a vibe thing but LA too has that same thing that New York has where there's if you want to grab something like you can just you know there's always like a new restaurant to try that you'll you'll never try them all like there's always something new but l LA is a bit more spread apart.
00:11:48
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We do have to deal with a lot more spread apart. are you kidding? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. that I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding. You better not be. that That's one reason why I personally don't like Los Angeles.
00:11:58
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um Wow. Okay. no Sorry. I don't. I mean, I just, I just talked up New York. Yeah. No, I feel bad. You have great weather and the best bit. And the best video tacos I ever had was in Redondo beach. So, I mean, LA has a lot of good things, but,
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for like What I love about New York is I could be on the subway with an actor, with a comedian, with a construction worker, with a lawyer, with that. LA, you have that, but a of guys are actors where you are, right?
00:12:26
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I think so. I mean, you have your everyday people too, but it's like, I don't know. york is We don't acknowledge them. That's exactly my point. Regular people. new york is Also, I think New Yorkers have some of the best spirit, and I'm not saying this. like New Yorkers will come together when shit happens, obviously.
00:12:45
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yeah know Look at the past. obviously and It still happens to this day. Even little things, things that don't make the news. New Yorkers give a fuck. People think New Yorkers have such a bad attitude. No, we don't.
00:12:56
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Because if you deal, we deal with eight and a half million people every day. We don't have time to be nice to everybody. We got shit to do. We got places to go. um But I kid you not. I've met nicer people in New York than I have in Florida.
00:13:08
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And hundred percent it's also known and they're extremely modest. but Yes. yeah yeah Just kidding. No, I I've heard i don't know who said this, if it was Jerry Seinfeld or what, but it's it's like Almost everyone in New York is funny.
00:13:26
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Like, Oh my God. Naturally. Oh my God. I ain't shit. money I ain't shit. Okay. Everyone I know is all my friends have made me laugh at some point, but something that has come out of their mouth, everybody's fucking funny. Even if they're transplants like myself, they're fucking funny.
00:13:40
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Yeah. Okay. Right. Maybe because there's something that drew you there. i don't know. There's like a funny bone you have. Like, it's amazing how many people are just naturally funny. Yeah. If everybody did
Stand-up Comedy Experiences
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stand up in New York, I mean, it would be the most saturated market in entertainment, but it's right.
00:13:57
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Yeah. and I've met so many funny people in New York. Do you find the crowds like, do you find, do you find the crowds are a bit different when you do stand up elsewhere outside of New York? I'll be honest. haven't done too much outside of New York, but um like even going to Long Island, the crowd's a little different performing in Jersey. The crowd's a little different. Yeah.
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So yeah even parts of the city you go to, the crowd is different. so it Is it harsh? No, it's just matter of opinion. Like, you know, you you perform like Midtown, you perform, you'll get a lot of more tourists.
00:14:29
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You know, you maybe go to the Upper West Side, you might get some more locals. it it depends. Yeah. So local, local, where's the cellar? Cellar, cellar is in the Greenwich Village on McDougal Street. Okay.
00:14:40
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Cause that's where I went last time I was in New York. Yeah. And obviously famous club, you know great club, honored to perform. It's, etc you know, it's great club. Yeah. I've never performed there. Like I said, I suck, but yeah. um but No, you' you'll, you'll get there. I did have show last Wednesday at QED in Astoria, which was phenomenal.
00:15:00
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Okay. That was great. That was fun. Nice. Did it go well? It was phenomenal. Yeah. It was fantastic. um I think I saw that actually. Yeah. Somebody posted, I put a story, a picture of me or something like that. I'll attempt to post a video.
00:15:12
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Here's a question. when it comes to you performing material and having someone film it, I've seen some comics in LA, like the famous ones.
00:15:25
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I see their jokes on my algorithm, but then there's some people I just know personally who all they do is just post that they're doing shows, but they don't post their jokes, which I would get the argument for that because they don't want people to hear their jokes. yeah But part of me is like,
00:15:40
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I would kind of want to throw some jokes. So, so to get, don't know, to get noticed. that that That's also part of my dilemma is that I'm very, I'm not a very, you obviously know I'm not a very big social media media person. You've kind of taken the reins on that.
00:15:54
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And I thank you. um Yeah, no, no, So some, some comedian friends I have, they, most of them do post something of their routine online, something of a recent set or something that was, that landed well that they're trying to get attention.
00:16:09
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Um, then I have friends that do not want their stage material online and they'll do sketches and things like that. So I see both sides to it. Um,
00:16:20
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I am not, for me, it's just kind of like, I i just can't wrap my wrap my mind around it to do it, um which sounds like an excuse, but it's just how my brain works.
00:16:31
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So yeah, it's, I'm a little bit of a purist in that sense, but yeah, you should post something, absolutely. And I have in the past, but you should post some type of joke or something like that, you know, some piece of your bit to help get, hopefully get noticed.
00:16:45
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That's kind the whole point, right? Well, here's the thing. Could you, you know, because you're writing new material, some jokes expire and whatever. If you feel that, if you feel like, okay, this joke I'm telling, it is getting laughs, but I feel like it's nearing its end. I recently had that. Do that's the time?
00:17:03
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do you think that's the time to film that joke? Because you're like, well, I'm kind of done with it anyway. Let me post that on social media. No, if it's not getting... if you If you keep telling the joke over and over, and which a lot of us do, you know, you use material over and over different sets.
00:17:18
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um If that joke keeps getting big laughs, then yeah, maybe post that joke. But if it's towards the end of its lifespan and it's not getting that crowd reaction like it did. And I have some jokes recently that haven't gotten the crowd reaction that it used to, which and you hear it like, oh, that didn't get the laugh it normally does in the same room.
00:17:34
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Right. Same people. So. Yeah, you kind of you kind of want to post it when it's doing well. But also, this could be something topical. It all depends on the comedian. It all depends on what you know how that night went.
00:17:45
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That joke may have landed great that one night, but the next night, not so much. It all depends. Well, I mean, you could add ah laughter sound effects and AI audience members. people like I don't know of any of my friends that do that.
00:17:59
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um Maybe they do. I don't think they do. I would never want to that. have to do that. But yeah. that Right. No, I would never want to do that anyway, because then I'm just trying to fool myself. But is a thing. It is a thing. I mean, so comedians use AI to write their material.
00:18:14
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Yeah. Yeah, which is not you're defeating the whole purpose of putting you on stage. you know I thought about just having an AI co-host and then yeah I was like, nah.
00:18:24
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Yeah. I don't think AI is going to make you a five foot four pudgy Italian German. OK, I don't think that's going to spit that out for you. How long until we have full podcaster, just two AIs talking?
00:18:37
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2027. Yeah, it's not. it's not like What's today's date? This is all we got. We've got a couple of years left. That's all we got. Because we're at a point where people just, i don't know.
00:18:48
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People seem to not care. No, no. But ah yeah, that's it. like did you did Did you listen to that ah George Carlin news special, the AI one?
AI in Comedy Discussion
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that No, and I don't know if I want to.
00:19:02
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No. Well, I listen. I listen to it more like from a technical. I'm like, OK, how are they doing this? And what I'm guessing is I don't think any jokes were written.
00:19:15
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i think that a comedian because it was done by what's the podcast? the So we'll Sasso podcast. um But anyway, anyway, I think that there was a comic who wrote George Carlin jokes, performed them, and then it was just an A.I. voice changer. That's my guess.
00:19:33
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But it was like pretty convincing. And I'm not going to say I enjoyed it in the sense of like how I would listen to Carlin normally.
00:19:45
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But I was like, man, for someone who wouldn't know better, sure, they probably would like it. So anyway, not to bring the party. It's OK. You know, just AI is taking all of our jobs.
00:19:56
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Yep. Yep. But ah who I'm forgetting everyone's name. There was someone that was talking about AI jokes and how.
00:20:09
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ah ah Like stand up jokes come from there's a human element, there's experience and AI can never write from experience. Right now, it's a real human experience. But as we continue to teach ai the world, yeah, eventually it might be able to.
00:20:26
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which is terrifying. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. um But you know what? I'm going to, going to liven up the movie right now. You ready for this? Yes, go. So Taylor Swift's engaged.
00:20:38
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Hello. Hello? i look I said get back in there. get I'm recording all the These see fucking employees, man. They're like small brains.
00:20:50
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Yes, we're recording. she Anyway, sorry about that. ah Yes, Taylor Swift is engaged. Yes. Yes. i i didn't see I didn't see that happening. I don't give a fuck, to be honest.
00:21:06
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Ron, tell me how you really feel. I don't fucking care. I don't care. I mean, yay. If it's real, good for them. Great. Taylor Swift. Yes, amazing pop musician.
00:21:19
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Yes, we know that. I'm not crazy about Taylor Swift's music. I'm just not. Some stuff she goes, it's fine. It's okay. it's you know You can listen to it. It livens the mood of you know a party or a bar or whatever.
00:21:33
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Travis Kelsey. Great player. Fuck the Chiefs. I don't care. I'm not a big fan of the Chiefs. I've cheered for them in the past, but I don't care. The Chiefs is a sports team, Yeah, the Kansas City Chiefs are up. Yes, yes.
00:21:48
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They've won the Super Bowl a few times. The Bucs beat them, though. um oh So, yeah, it's's I don't... Good for them. Yay. Yay. But I...
00:22:00
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I don't know. I mean, I mean, I mean, are there are there really people that are just like falling asleep so happy that, oh my God, I'm so happy they're engaged. Are there people? Are you doing that?
00:22:11
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Is that something you're doing? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Not surprised. I wow, I I when it comes to Taylor Swift, honestly, like I I think she's super talented. I'm not like I think it's almost like low hanging fruit to make fun of her.
00:22:29
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I just um I just don't find Taylor Swift. jokes that funny unless unless there's some kind of creativeness to it but uh yeah i don't know i i brought it up as like kind of a joke uh it's obviously big news people are excited as it's something that we knew was gonna happen as as a human being congrats happy for them hope everything works out great but i don't know them so i don't fucking care right So ah something I did kind of want to touch on so that I saw.
Celebrity Lifestyle Perception
00:23:00
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so sorry, it's that maybe a little listen to some. I did say I'm short, but I saw someone post on Facebook or whatever and about how depressed they were.
00:23:15
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by the engagement because it seems like she lives such a perfect life. She's a billionaire, successful. Now getting engaged is probably going to have like the perfect wedding. And it's like, it's that mindset. I understand why people might fall into that. Sure. Of like comparison.
00:23:30
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But at the same time, it's like, man, when it comes to celebrities, it's all a highlight reel. Of course. All a highlight reel. Of course. So I didn't, I didn't comment anything, but in my head, I'm just like, man, don't let yourself go down rabbit hole.
00:23:42
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You how many arguments they've probably had in the past? Yeah, of course. Of course, they're human beings, too. You know, I can't believe you did that on stage. You son of a bitch. How dare you, Travis? like yeah Come on.
00:23:54
Speaker
Right. you know Yeah. I mean, he's an amazing he's an amazing player. She's an amazing artist and a story. they but They're both two separate people and they don't need each other. But if um could it be any more obvious? Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, if it's real, if it's happy, if it's not just for paparazzi and boosting economies of cities that Taylor goes to.
00:24:14
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Great. Good for them. I wish them all the best. Yeah, i I would say that I think Taylor Swift is probably a bit too smart for that, for like, you know, the um ah fake.
00:24:29
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I mean, she has dated a lot of people. She has had sure, but I don't think she, she doesn't need that anymore. Like I'm not saying she ever did, but she doesn't need that. So that's why I feel like this is her status. I'm sure it's probably hard for her to, you know, filter out the people that are real and the people that are just there for an image.
00:24:50
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yeah and I think that's real. I think true with a lot of famous people. It's like, who's real, who's not, you know, and sometimes you do it for the but publicity and you do it for the money and you do it for that. And then sometimes, ah you know, you really want love.
00:25:02
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And I get that kind of like, uh, cause wasn't the Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez. That was a setup. Yeah, I think so. Something like that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Hollywood's been set.
00:25:13
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I saw them. Go ahead. I saw them together on a date once. Really? Yeah. Yeah. And with were you their waiter? Yeah. Right. Yeah. I was like, ah would you like extra butter? ah No, I just saw them.
00:25:28
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I just, i don't even know why I brought that up. I'm sorry. um That's the end of the story. Like I saw people on a date once. Yeah. ah Let me just add to it. Yeah. Then I sat with them and ah yeah. And,
00:25:45
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Yeah, that's the end of the story. Cool story, Hansel. I can't even improv. I can't even improv applause because that's how uninteresting the story. Do want applause? Well, I'm almost done with the story. ah And then ah I sat with them and no, I got nothing. Give me the applause or the boo. I... Here, this one says awkward.
00:26:13
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I see that. Okay, good. No. Yeah. i won't do it again. That's an interesting sound effect. Yeah. Yeah. It's okay. That's the end of the story. start I'm not. Yeah.
00:26:25
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But they're not dating anymore. And I'm not saying it's because I saw them or I talked to them or I sat with them, but ah they are no longer. Oh my God. Okay. But good news. Taylor Swift is engaged. There we go.
00:26:37
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There we go. So bring it back. Bringing it back.
Pitching Unnecessary Movie Ideas
00:26:41
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There was a, there was a one thing that you've wanted to talk about today. That's a, kind of interesting. ah and you ah You mentioned this. You want pitch ideas for a movie.
00:26:52
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Huh? Oh, yeah. So I thought of a... Yeah, kind of. um this is yeah This is something that... i'd also love I would also love if people wanted to you know go on this as well. Comment and whatever. like Email us. yeah random Random ideas for a movie or sequel that we don't need.
00:27:15
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That's great. Right. So that's kind of this was more of a setup, perhaps for the future, unless you have an idea now that we wanted to do a segment soon that would be pitching idea for a movie or a s sequel that we don't need.
00:27:30
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You know, there's a perfect movie that's already made. But guess what? We're. Yeah. which Which, you know, I pretend that movie didn't happen. But there was literally a scene of just bodies raining from the sky.
00:27:45
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Did you see it? No. Oh, it's terrible it it's not the best. Grease 2. But. That is a movie, I know. but Oh, you're. No, no, I know. I went off a tangent. I'm sorry. I'm just naming sequels that really we didn't need.
00:28:03
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Oh, the ones that are actually. A sequel we don't need, Mrs. Doubtfire 2. We don't need that. Yeah, which was apparently going to happen before the passing.
00:28:15
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Yes, I had heard. Yes, which I would have seen, but it's not necessary. Yeah, I think it would have been, you know, Mrs. Doubtfire is such a lightning in a bottle situation.
00:28:27
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Yeah. So. I had heard the plot was possibly that Mrs. Doubtfire was like spying on his daughter going to college or something. But and that's what that's the rumor I heard. don't know how that would work if you know who Mrs. Doubtfire now it's Big Mama's House 2.
00:28:43
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Is that what this has become? That sounds like the same premise as Big Mama's House 2. It's Big Mrs. Doubtfire's house. If it was called Big Mrs. Doubtfire's house, I think I would see that.
00:28:58
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inside yeah let's I still quote that. doesn't? Who doesn't? i Oh, here's another one. It's another Robin Williams movie, but the birdcage too.
00:29:12
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There we go. There we go. the I love the birdcage. Thank you. That is one of my favorite movies. One of my favorite movies. Yes. It, it's It's literally like every minute is laugh out loud.
00:29:26
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It's one of those. But like, what what what what would you do Like Gene Happen character, Senator Keely runs for reelection and you have to do that whole thing. Like, is that what would that be the premise? Yeah. So, I mean, we end when driving away in the car, telling the driver to meet me at this intersection and then it cuts to dancing music.
00:29:47
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Right. So I'm going to guess that they have to sell the club to run out of money. Oh, they have to sell the club. And ah perhaps Nathan Lane is doing drag shows on the side.
00:30:02
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Oh, got like almost like a vaudevillian type, like back alley yeah subway drag performances. yeah he's he's a he's that shitty He's at shitty clubs now, and he's just like, this is not how it's supposed to be. I was once the star of the birdcage. I just got back from Safari, and look, another muff.
00:30:24
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yeah And nobody laughs, it just people just stare at him. Right. He's like in a different part of Florida. He's like where we grew up and like nobody gives a fuck. Yeah. Yeah. He like left.
00:30:34
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But what would Robin Williams have to be perhaps his manager? Yeah, maybe. Maybe. you Or or he's like working at Publix or something.
00:30:45
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um Or you could capitalize on real life as well. And Armand died. And where do they Where does the club go from there? I know, that's a horrible thing. that's so Armand's like the best part of the movie. Armand!
00:30:58
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Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Oh. what so When my wife doesn't go to one of my shows and she got she's very supportive. She comes to a lot of my shows. I quote the birdcage and I look at her and where do you go when I'm killing myself on stage? Where do you go when I'm killing myself on stage? That's good.
00:31:19
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That's good. And then she looks at me and goes, i made you short.
00:31:23
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Yeah.
00:31:26
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Well, what? OK, besides dying, would. So who who do you think is buying the birdcage now? Is it turning to a restaurant? Is it turned into another club? i could see like, don't know.
00:31:40
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bobby flay or something like that like some type of major restaurateur buying that place guy fietty guy fietty buys it out yeah make guy fietty and they they talk right yeah oh yeah and then they kind of talk him into we're turning the bird cage into flavor town like jesus christ yeah yeah exactly uh and i could see them like perhaps trying to pitch them on like drag queen brunch there. Drag queen, bing um, drag queen bingo.
00:32:15
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Um, yeah, there, there's a, there's a lot to be done there. god I hope nobody major producer whatever listens to this and goes, you know what, Nathan, what are you doing?
00:32:29
Speaker
You bored? I don't think Nathan would ever do a birdcage. I think Nathan would go, go. I think they would go fuck yourself and not do it. I heard the ratings for a mid-century modern aren't doing too well. Really? i watched a couple episodes it's good.
00:32:45
Speaker
i like it. It's fun. you You know, I like the idea i like yeah the idea of, you know, what is it? three Three single gay men, four single gay men living together. i mean, it's cool. Yeah, it's the gay golden girls.
00:32:57
Speaker
But that that's exactly it. yeah It's the gay golden girls. The golden girls have already been done. kind of make it a different dynamic that's the only thing however do like the show i do the i you know i do think it's decent love the cast think the cast is fantastic yeah not matt matt bomer um nathan lane i forget the other guy's name he's been in so much stuff and i love his work um yeah i have the internet and then uh yeah and then what's her name she just passed oh yeah mid-sense
00:33:29
Speaker
I remember her as the voice of Eustace mom encouraged the coward. Oh yeah. No, no, no. She did that. I mean, she's been in a lot of other things. naly Linda Lavin, Nathan Lee Graham. That's what thinking of. Nathan Lee Graham. Yeah.
00:33:45
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Matt bomber. Cool. Yeah. Yeah. Linda Lavin. That was the one who passed, right? Yeah. Yeah. I think she passed like midway through the season. She passed December 2024. Yeah.
00:33:59
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Yeah, I wonder if they're still shooting season one. But anyway, that's a that's rough. That's rough. But ah yeah, I don't think you'd come back. No, no.
00:34:12
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So you can't have it without. No, it's duo. I mean, there's not really too many standalone movies anymore. Everything kind of has a sequel now.
00:34:20
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Yeah, I agree. um But i am down to I'm still kind of developing this pitch game.
00:34:30
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And I think as the episodes go on, I'll have it more fleshed out. um You want to try to pitch one every week? You want to you want to have a like for that pitch, huh? OK, see, yeah, um I kind of.
00:34:43
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Yeah, I'll talk to you about how like a kind of So it's more like form, like ah there's a format to it. I'll, I'll, it's top secret stuff. You know, I can't, I can't reveal to everyone. I think we need another personally.
00:35:00
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Another one. Oh yeah, we've only had, so we need, we need seven. um I did think of a shark movie once called Shark Portals, where That's how because one of my little fears, which is totally doesn't make any sense, is a shark in the pool.
00:35:17
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And if there are shark portals, I mean, the truth is the chlorine would probably kill the shark. But I'm just saying a portal opens in someone's pool. That's.
00:35:29
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That's a scene in a movie. This sounds like hot tub time machine meets Jaws.
00:35:37
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That's how I would pitch it to the executives. to That's how I would pitch it to Asylum. ah Yeah. ah We'll step it up. Shark Portals starring Craig Robinson. What's her name?
00:35:52
Speaker
Um, who's, what's her name? That's in all, or it's like in the first one. um Tara read, forget her name. Tara read. Yeah. Um, what other wash, uh, Dean Cain could be, um, D D yeah. Dean Cain. And you know what? just Just to bring him out of retirement, Jack Nicholson, you need it. You need a big name there to sell it.
00:36:18
Speaker
Yeah, I had heard he stopped because his eyesight was going and he couldn't read the script. He's also just getting older. I'm also just saying I have realized that. um But it's also also it is kind of sad seeing a lot of our favorite actors like Bruce Willis, like just how they're deteriorating as they get older. It is kind shitty.
00:36:36
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um It's is. It is shitty. A lot of it like Die Hard is one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time. And if not the greatest Christmas movie of all time, it is a Christmas movie. I will fight anybody on this. I will fight anybody. That'd be a good debate for us because I'm on the other end of that.
00:36:51
Speaker
Guys, this is our last episode of the DP Podcast. I want to thank you. It's the greatest Christmas movie. Thank you. We'll save it for the Christmas special. Oh, sorry. Sorry. Holiday special. I'm so sorry.
00:37:03
Speaker
Holiday special. We can do whatever special. I don't care. We will have a Halloween special. That's where were I'm looking forward. That'll be fun. Yeah, we do. We do have a Halloween special.
00:37:14
Speaker
Because who doesn't have a Halloween special? All right. Yeah. I know. So, Birdcage 2. So, so... so Birdcage 2, not going to happen. But ah we can... i wrote some jokes for you. For me?
00:37:29
Speaker
Yeah, this might this might go terribly wrong. And it might be extremely not funny. You wrote jokes. And then you want me to read them out loud, I presume, right? Kind of like... Yeah, yeah. So, Ron... can update type thing. Is that what we're going for? Okay. Yeah, kind of like an SNL thing. I apologize in advance, everybody. So, Ron is not...
00:37:47
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Ron has not read any of these jokes and, um, and yeah, mm. I'll give you a give you an easy one. This is this is like also I wrote again. I said this earlier. I wrote these this morning.
00:38:00
Speaker
So cut me some slack, fellow comedians who are listening. ah This one's not bad. This is this is more stupid. This is dumb. and All these are dumb. These are all bad jokes.
00:38:12
Speaker
But here we go. Yes. OK, it's not even time for my beer yet. You're already doing this shit. My God. I know. Maybe you should have the now. No, no, no, it's after to work beer. Okay, here. They say honesty is the best policy, which I think only applies if you're good looking.
00:38:27
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If you're ugly, then the best policy is dim lighting.
00:38:36
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Okay. You didn't like that one. All right, moving on. Uh,
00:38:45
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Because they're ugly, Ron. Thanks, buddy. Thanks. Okay, cool. Okay. Here we go. Here's another one. I love bombing. It's great.
00:38:56
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You're better than this. I know you are. Yeah. I've written nothing yet, so I might throw one at him. it's but we're I'm just seeing what he's doing to me. Oh, little long here. right, here we go. Let me see here. Yeah, read this one.
00:39:09
Speaker
I like it. It always seemed contestants on America's Got Talent ah required to have a tragic backstory. When I tried out for the show, I was rejected when the judges asked me how I felt about the dark day my parents perished in a terrible house fire, killing them both.
00:39:24
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My bedridden grandfather and my only son. I knew I dropped the ball when my response to them was, eh, shit happens.
00:39:36
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The fuck is wrong. That's terrible. Yeah, shit happens. That's terrible. I mean, no look, if you're going out for America's Got Talent, you got to have the most tragic backstory if you want to make it. god Oh, God. And you got to sell it.
00:39:55
Speaker
You know, you got to sell it. All right, let's go. I got a few more. Yeah, yeah. You ready? Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. And you said, no yeah, Taylor Swift announced her engagement to football star Travis Kelsey, who received love and support from fans.
00:40:11
Speaker
Back in 2016, Travis Kelsey actually hosted a dating show called Catching Kelsey. So I'm sad to report that the newest season has been canceled, not because of his engagement, but because it's alleged the show went too woke.
00:40:29
Speaker
lastty fake And and and that that's true. That's true. he actually he had it he had a dating show now and the prize was him kind of like flavor Flav, but.
00:40:41
Speaker
Oh, that's awesome. Okay. right. Here. ah can you keep going? i could do I can do this. Are you done? Okay. Okay. Okay. ah here here's Here's another one. here's Okay. Next joke. Here we go.
00:40:54
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Ron has not read these. Despite apparent empty theaters for the blue characters in the last Avatar movie, The Way of Water, it still magically brought in $2.3 billion. dollars Now I'm not saying the numbers are fake, but the Smurfs only made $110 million worldwide, and personally, I find them way more fuckable.
00:41:11
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Okay.
00:41:15
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That was good.
00:41:19
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ah That's probably the best we're going to get. That's that one was good. That one was good. Thank you. Hey, one out of four, ain't bad.
00:41:31
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You got one more? I have one. you yeah You want to leave them wanting more, but give it to me.
00:41:40
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Oh, I got nothing. Here we go. Oh, my God. Here go. Yeah. It's not bad for this morning. Not having coffee yet. All right. Talking myself up. Here we go.
00:41:51
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OK, scroll here.
00:41:57
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Elon Musk announced his latest project macro. What is it? Macro hard and macro hard and software company directly attacking the name Microsoft.
00:42:09
Speaker
Yeah, I know that's why said, my God. When asked, Bill Gates gave a quick response on the phone saying, quote, I'm shocked I'm on Internet Explorer right now reading on it as we speak. And wait, no, I don't want to make it my default browser. Yes, I'm sure. No, I don't want to install McAfee.
00:42:25
Speaker
God damn it, another update? One second, let me open Firefox. End quote.
00:42:32
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That's... It's a little long winded one, you a little long winded, but ah that's all I got for you for today. Oh.
00:42:43
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oh
00:42:46
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It's a little insulting to you, but it's OK. It's It's going to be about my hair.
00:42:56
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That's the sound of Ron typing comedy. Welcome to the podcast. with me, Robert Dunn and Ron's typing. I hope that we're picking up on typing. I think we are. oh This is very Norm Macdonald-esque.
00:43:12
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Okay. Should I write like Norm Macdonald or I don't know. Okay. Sometimes I write jokes in the morning and then I realized it was easier to just kill myself.
00:43:25
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And that is true. Let's do a decent. the than The other one, the Smurfs, the Smurfs. Yeah. That was good. That was good. Okay. Yeah. there' There's one in there. That was my favorite. I should have ended with that one, but yeah. So there we go.
00:43:42
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If you like that, let us know. don't, I don't even care if the joke people read jokes. Yeah. But, and then that slowly understanding, Oh, excuse me. The senses of humor. It's going to be good. It's going to be good. But, um,
00:44:02
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but you did But I will give you credit. You gave something really quick just now. Thanks. So um and ah all the typing you did, i was expecting a paragraph. but I typed like this.
00:44:13
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I'm not a typist at all. Remember we had to take that class in middle school? Yeah, i I did okay. And then I just gave up. And now nobody uses a keyboard. So works out great. Yeah, I remember.
00:44:28
Speaker
Yeah, I remember I had a, I swear the class was just called computers. I think it was specifically a typing class. Oh, okay. Yeah. Those were boring. ASDF, JKL, semicolon. was like, who's going to use a keyboard?
00:44:44
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Yep. I forgot the name of the lady that was like, because wasn't it like a digital teacher? Yes, she was 100%. Yes, she a hologram. Oh, yeah. yes she was in she was a hologram oh yeah ah Uh, she was, she's like the computer lab teacher. I do not remember her name.
00:45:01
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Yeah. I don't know. Anyway, but, um, well, we can, we can get into the next segment of the show, which is a show that we ah take questions from people and I'll explain it more.
00:45:15
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It's called.
00:45:18
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Penetrating questions.
00:45:25
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Penetrating questions. This is the part of the show where we take questions from you, which you can send to us via a easy three question form found on our our social media pages. It's it'll bring you to a Google Doc. And the best part of it is it's completely anonymous. You can come up with any fucking name you want. We won't know who the hell you are.
00:45:44
Speaker
And unless you want it to be a real name. In fact, I think we have a real name in the questions today. So. um So, yeah, we can ah get right into it. We have a couple of questions from listeners and I'll start. I'll start with one. have a someone who's written in before, as far as I know, from who she asked a question last time. We don't know.
00:46:12
Speaker
That's true. They wrote in last time and said, why are men? Which is like, OK, I don't know. What do you mean?
00:46:23
Speaker
And then they wrote back and said, no other context will be gives it. But no other context will be given. Answer the damn question. ah Liking the show. Thank you. So thank you. It's they're coming. I think boobs.
00:46:35
Speaker
Yes. Boobs McGee, I think the best way to answer the question of why are men is because we are. Because we fucking are.
00:46:48
Speaker
That's it. That's all you get. Cause we are. I hope that answers your question, Boobs. um I really, I, I, I really hope your middle name is Areola and Boobs Areola McGee.
00:47:05
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It's nice Italian name, the middle name, followed by a nice Scottish following. it would' have And boobs, I just want you to know. Yeah. Whatever your gender is, whatever you whatever you are, i hope you are.
00:47:18
Speaker
That's all I have to say to you, because I hope you are. I hope you continue to listen the show. Yeah. um Thank you. Yeah. My question to them would be, why are you? Yeah, boobs, why are you?
00:47:32
Speaker
and i and And I'm not going to give any more are you, boobs? Answer the damn question. yeah Why are you? No, but please don't. You know they're going to. You know they're listening to this and they're going to go, ah, these motherfuckers.
00:47:44
Speaker
You know that's exactly what. yeah No, it's okay. I do appreciate you writing in the booze, Mickey. we are we are We love having thank you. Thanks for listening to the show.
00:47:57
Speaker
um We got it to another one. This is from Peggy. And Peggy asks, how do I convince my boyfriend to let me peg him?
00:48:10
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Well, that's a real question. Well, well, well, let me have my coffee.
00:48:16
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that is being asked to two straight men.
Relationship Communication Advice
00:48:20
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How do I convince? perfect Perfectly honest. How do I convince? Not into that. At this point in my life. No, thank you.
00:48:27
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No, thank you. Um, okay. But if it is... You know what? I'm not either. And I can confidently say that. Sorry. I took second. love how family's going to listen this.
00:48:39
Speaker
um I am comfortable enough with my sexuality to say, no, I don't want that. Not for me. No, not at this point in my life. No. However, Peggy, who wants to peg, if that's what you really want to do, then you sit down and you talk with them.
00:48:57
Speaker
You want to, you know, that conversation is key, right? Communication is key. You want to try that? Open up the conversation. Maybe you'll find out that your boyfriend, boyfriend, partner, what they want to do that.
00:49:09
Speaker
It's like, oh, yeah. Why don't we try it out see if I like it? And you know what? That could bit open up a whole new thing of sexuality for you. So I say... Do you think it's fair... say go for it if it. If the other person doesn't reciprocate?
00:49:24
Speaker
If the other person isn't If they want one person to go anally and the other person isn't. think that's between the couple. I think that's between the couple. You know, I mean, if if if one person wants to, you know, wants to do it in the butt and the other person doesn't, I mean, that's between them.
00:49:39
Speaker
That's 100% between them. It could be. if if she If Peggy doesn't want to get it the butt. Jesus Christ, where are we going with this? If Peggy doesn't want to get it in the butt, but you know her boyfriend's okay with doing it, then yeah, go ahead.
00:49:52
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um you know yeah That's between you two. No judgment here. What about, i want to pe i want to peg you, but don't you dare do it to me. That's fair. That's a conversation. That's between the two of them.
00:50:04
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I think that's yes that's fine. It's a conversation. It's something that we all need to be about, you know, agree. That was that was good. I'm sorry. Write more jokes tomorrow morning.
00:50:17
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um That was good. So um i I think what you said was was right. It's a conversation. And ah I don't know if there's a really convincing thing. Yeah, no, they don't want to do it. They don't want to do it per se.
00:50:31
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Exactly. So um thank you, Peggy, for writing again um Yeah. Thank you, Peggy, which I assume is a fake name. So or it's a coincidence.
00:50:45
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um Last one, was I was actually thinking maybe
00:50:51
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that would be embarrassing. um Do you do you have the next question for you or do you pull it? No, if you don't, I know I can pull it up, too. No, no, I'll do it.
00:51:02
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No, no, no, no
00:51:07
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just bear with me people here we go almost there got it i like iping sounds better yeah so chris ah so a real name Chris Moore is um ah comedian and I perform with regularly.
00:51:30
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ah He is one half of the Frat Chat podcast. Him and Carlos Garcia host that show. oh Fantastic podcast. Give it a listen. Those guys are absolutely amazing.
00:51:42
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Chris is also a award-winning comedy writer. He's, you know, he's won a couple awards for a few things he's written and he very funny. um So yeah, the fact that he wrote in something, I thank you so much.
00:51:53
Speaker
um Once again, shout out to shout out to Carlos and the Frat Chat podcast. Thank you guys so much. And um yeah, give him a listen. Do you have an air horn sound effect? No, don't. you have an air horn?
00:52:05
Speaker
Could I be like, shout out to Pratchett? No, don't. Yeah, we'll work on that. We'll work on that. i'll go and I'll get on my fucking staff. Fucking employees. Jesus, fire that one. um Sorry.
00:52:16
Speaker
Yeah, make the sound effect. I'm sorry. So abusive. um Okay. The question is, as members of the biz, how do you navigate friendships to ensure they're meaningful and not with clout chasers?
Friendship vs Networking in Entertainment
00:52:30
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From my experience, it's hard for me to know who's telling me a funny story versus who's participating who's practicing a stand-up routine. Or are they nice to me because they're trying to network? If I didn't have a TV credit, would they even talk to me?
00:52:43
Speaker
What are some red flags like i I can avoid to help make real friends in the industry? Thanks, guys.
00:52:50
Speaker
Brilliant question. It's really good question. No, it wasn't funny at all. Coming from a comedian. Comedians are people too, Rob. I didn't laugh once. I know. I know. Oh, yeah.
00:53:01
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Interesting. Like Taylor Swift. Yeah. Like Taylor Swift. She's person. We're all raw people. We're all just people. Anyway. But yes. um So.
00:53:13
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Yes. You want to take the reins on this one? It does. I can go first. ah I can go first. matter you take You take it. it Sure. Yeah. yeah first Oh, OK, I'll go. OK.
00:53:25
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Well, I understand the whole. um there I mean, as someone who I don't know if I have anything that people would want from me, you know, if like, oh, I had all these like big credits or something and they're trying to schmooze.
00:53:40
Speaker
um I've definitely noticed the difference in networking versus just naturally talking to people. Like, for instance, I personally hate going to networking events.
00:53:52
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And one of the things I used to do when I first was in l L.A. is I have business cards, like actor business cards. And there's nothing wrong with having them. But I stopped.
00:54:04
Speaker
holding them because when I did go to a networking event and I connected with someone, I'm like, oh, this person is really cool. Maybe we could work together. and the second they whipped out that business card, I felt like they were just yeah they were just pitching you possibility.
00:54:19
Speaker
Yeah. And I'm like, I thought you were my new buddy. What is this? What is this card? What is this? um In fact, this is ah not a joke. i I don't know if I have it in my desk right now. It's the pegging device, isn't it
00:54:34
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No, I know that's no. Drawers. um See what I did there? I don't know. I might have thrown them away, but I used to carry business cards and all they said was ah call me.
00:54:50
Speaker
There's no phone number, robert nothing. It was just like if someone gave me their card, especially if it's another actor and they gave me their card, I'm like, what am I supposed to do with this?
00:55:01
Speaker
Fucking hire you. I'm trying to work. So I would give them a call me. And usually it got a laugh. Like, I'm not doing it to be, yeah you know, mean or anything. It it was silly. ah But sorry, I'm getting a little off track there.
00:55:14
Speaker
But how can you tell the difference? You know, I think that just comes with time. um You know, yeah I mean, there's a difference between my friends being nice to me and they're more honest and people that are just trying to like sugar.
00:55:30
Speaker
i think that Chris and I have been doing standup for a while. And I think, I think at this point, I know i can, I can usually tell when somebody's practicing their jokes on me kind of thing.
00:55:43
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like Like, you you're you're you're you can feel them forcing it, trying to be funny. Now, some people are just naturally funny. Some people are just making off-the-cuff things, you know, quips all the time.
00:55:54
Speaker
But then you feel that there are people actually, like, it's almost like they have a recording device on them, and they're trying to, you know, make ah get a whole routine out of just this conversation. Which, I get it. You know, that's how people do it. um It's not organic, I don't think, but...
00:56:08
Speaker
you know, people do it. It's, but I can pick up on that. And usually it's quite a turnoff for me. I'm like, yeah, not here for that. Um, yeah, it's, it's, it's, it's kind of sucks that we have to try to filter out the fakeness in this industry.
00:56:23
Speaker
right. If I didn't have a TV credit, we didn't talk to me. Uh, you know what, Chris, that, that part of it might be true because you do have a TV credit now. And yeah, yeah, yeah I know. yeah We should talk to him. Um,
00:56:38
Speaker
Oh, man. can Does he need a new friend? He's a wonderful person. He always needs friends. He's a great guy. um Just kidding. No, I've seen them. I've seen them. A particular their red flag?
00:56:50
Speaker
Somebody kind of goes like out of me. yeah You feel It's hard for me to call it a red flag. You have to feel it. Like everybody does something a little different. So it's it's hard for me to like just like, oh, that red flag. Yes.
00:57:01
Speaker
um You feel them forcing on it. I think that's a red flag. Yeah, it feels like trying to force himself in that conversation. That's a big red flag.
00:57:12
Speaker
Oh, you're MTV. yeah You do. Oh, do you know I do this? I'm like, oh, OK, you just try to network. Oh, I act, too. I'm a comedian. OK, great.
00:57:21
Speaker
I think if I feel like I'm never challenged in a conversation, that could be a sign that they're just kind of in it to soften me up. ah Is like everything I say, they become kind of like, yes, which is this is not something I've dealt with. I've.
00:57:37
Speaker
Sure, go ahead. You're kind of talking, Like if I was a big celebrity, I could totally see people just yesing me to death because I'm a celebrity. Yeah. To get on my good side because they might be nervous to challenge me on something. And when I say challenge, I don't mean like debate me. It's more of like they're nervous to say no to anything that i should speak of. And I could see that. I used to produce comedy shows for years. and you meet, so you work with somebody on a different show. You like them. You think they're great. You put them on and then they back out last second.
00:58:08
Speaker
And it's like, okay, I thought we had a good thing here. I thought, you know, we were talking about how we wanted to work together and stuff. And now it's like, now you really don't care. And it's kind of like, oh, yeah ah you know you know, or, you know, that's definitely a red flag. i'd be Like, okay, this person obviously was just bullshit me.
00:58:27
Speaker
that you yeah Like you you said earlier, time. Time takes it. Time takes, you know, it's just... yeah Eventually you learn just how to filter it out, I think. yeah It's, you have experiences. And and it is hard to,
00:58:43
Speaker
Yeah. and And it is hard to tell. I think like if you really hit it off with someone, how can you tell that this is actually newfound friendship versus like.
00:58:53
Speaker
and and And I can honestly say Chris is a ah good friend of mine. Chris and Carlos are both great friends of mine. um And that started, i think, organically. It's like, you know, yes, Carlos put me on shows and stuff like that. But all of our friendships, I mean they've been friends forever, but our friend, my friendship with them, it has developed.
00:59:10
Speaker
So it's not. and And that's awesome. I mean, you to make friends in this business is amazing. You know, if they ever needed something for me, they obviously can reach out to me. um No, I don't want to be pegged. You guys, I just want to throw that out there. I don't want that.
00:59:25
Speaker
So throwing that out there. But yeah, so it's organically. all right. so when When it happens, it's awesome. And hopefully you work together, you know, become lifelong, you know, business partners and things like that. and then other times it's like, this guy fucking sucks.
00:59:41
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And that's why I don't really blame, you know, you see like Seth Rogen and Adam Sandler. Oh God, no. You trust all the time. And it's like, because yeah, you trust them. You've built those relationships and you know, I mean, sure. They all probably want to get hired for the next movie who wouldn't want to be. But at the same time, it's like, yeah, but they're also, je especially, and I'm sure people seen it like, you know, Rob Schneider.
01:00:09
Speaker
What Adam, like Adam Sandler's like, he's my friend. I put him in my movies regardless what his opinion And that's, that's what a friendship truly is. If it was just about, you know, yeah, you you know, I'm sure Adam could be like, no, Rob, this is not happening. We're not doing this. You know, I don't like what you said, you know, but he like, no, you're my friend. You're working like, no, I'm going to keep you here.
01:00:31
Speaker
Cause, and that, that's, that's a friendship. That's a good friendship. And I, that's, that's, that's organic to me. Do I? Yeah. Yeah. I, I, maybe it is like a gut feeling, you know, it's like, it's just like, yeah, I feel like this person's being genuine.
01:00:49
Speaker
i don't know. It's some people's radars are better than others. So, but I hope that helps. That a excellent question. I hope that helps. So that was the first serious question we've gotten on this thing. Um, and, uh, yeah, yeah.
01:01:03
Speaker
I want more. think we'll have them on. I think him and Carlos will be on on the future shows. I, uh, Yeah, they're, be cool. Very funny. I'm down to clown. Very funny. That's what I see. Yes, they are. I've checked them out and i am very grateful for their good peeps.
01:01:21
Speaker
Love you guys.
01:01:24
Speaker
Well, as we, um, come to the end of, Oh oh God. oh God. Um,
01:01:32
Speaker
Was there anything else? There was one more thing we want to talk. You want to talk about that? Well, yeah, we can. Real quick, real quick, real quick. Yeah. Oh, yeah. I think it also ties i think it ties into this question.
01:01:45
Speaker
Yes. Yes, it does, actually. And then I guess we can probably wrap it up there, you know. So and we'll go to the fender bender at the end.
01:01:57
Speaker
And I forgot. Fire or fire or a German. word fire i yeah okay so i'll just exactly so uh this kind of ties in where i was i'll ask you first what is what is the worst thing that someone could say but with good intentions they're not trying to like annoy you they they are coming from a good place what is something that someone could say that really gets on your nerves as an actor or a comedian fuck i think i'm gonna sneeze no not that not that i'm sorry um um yeah
01:02:36
Speaker
one of the worst things and i think this goes across the board because it's like you tell somebody to do comedy and then they're like oh tell me a joke no tell me ah that that can annoy me sometimes.
01:02:50
Speaker
And you, and usually it's at work yeah and I'm like, no, I don't want to lose my job today. So I'm not going to tell you my routine. Um, So no, not that, uh, there's that, that bothers, that bothers me.
01:03:01
Speaker
Another thing is, um, Oh, I think this would be good for your routine. You've never seen my routine. How the fuck do you know? Now there are friends. I don't mind that everybody does that. Like, you know, there are friends.
01:03:12
Speaker
I've had friends say something to me recently. Like one friend elaborated on one of my jokes and he brought something, a different element to it I'm like, Oh, that's fucking good. Yes. Thank you. Can I, I'm like, yes, thank you. And he's not even a comedian friend.
01:03:24
Speaker
So That, it depends, like it doesn't bother me, it just kind irks me a little bit. Or another thing is, like let's say you have a friend come to multiple shows.
01:03:35
Speaker
All my friends are gonna list them, and be like, oh shit, is that me? No, it's not you guys, no. Just people in the past, not not you immediate people that have been to recent shows lately, you know you are. Is when they're like, oh, that joke, you maybe you did that joke differently last time. It didn't work. becausere like don't I don't need you to tell me how to feel. I know how it would i know what I did wrong. like I know exactly how it hit, what to hit differently and stuff like that.
01:03:57
Speaker
Just give compliments. Don't tell me what I did wrong. You're not. Even my wife has been on the road. Sometimes she'll say something and I'll get defensive at her. And even she knows better than most people, all people.
01:04:08
Speaker
So, yeah, it's. you You know, yeah like I said, comedians, we know how we do the moment we're on stage. We know in real time how bad we're doing or how great we're doing. So, yeah, we know you don't need to tell us. Right.
01:04:21
Speaker
OK, that and that. Yeah, that's fair. ah When you said um the whole like, oh, you're comedian. Tell me a joke. ah It's kind of like with the I've heard this before as an actor where it's like, OK, cry.
01:04:33
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Challenges in Acting and Casting
01:04:35
Speaker
Like, no. Usually at this yeah I tell people, OK, you don't pay me. yeah Yeah. Yeah. I or I joke. I'm like, is this union or something like that?
01:04:47
Speaker
um I would say ah the thing that I and I know i've I've gotten this so many times and I know they're coming from a good place. So I'm not actually hating on anyone that has said this in the past.
01:04:58
Speaker
But one of the things that gets on my nerves is when someone's watching a TV show or a movie. And there's an actor that resembles me. I'm a white guy with dark hair.
01:05:09
Speaker
And they're like, you know, I was watching this TV show and um I saw this character who looked just like you. And I'm thinking, why didn't they get Robert? Why didn't they hire you?
01:05:21
Speaker
don't know. I don't know. I don't know why ah they they begged me. They, they fucking begged me and I told them right to their face. No, I am not doing your, you and I both know it comes down a lot of times to the nitty gritty.
01:05:40
Speaker
Your nose might've been not what they were looking for or something stupid like that. Or they didn't like a past project you did or because of that past project, you know?
01:05:51
Speaker
Right. Oh, There's a million reasons why you don't get cast. And I bet you anything. It has nothing to do with your performance. There's always. Yeah. um And I will also just to get stick, you know, stick up for actors a little bit. If you and for people who aren't actors, if you see someone in a show like a TV show or a movie and all they say is, may I take your order?
01:06:15
Speaker
Like they're just the waiter in that episode. Those actors had a fight tooth and nail and fight hundreds of other people to say, may I take your order? And it it probably, and it was just the elements worked. It was like, it they wanted a blonde yeah guy in his twenties who was this tall. And here I am auditioning for it and I didn't get it. And it's like, wow, you can't, you you didn't get the part for saying, may I take your order? Wow. You must suck. I auditioned for a friend now for a film thought I was going to get casted.
01:06:44
Speaker
Never contacted me again. I still haven't heard back from this day. So I'm still waiting for the call. Here, this is one of my first yeah film projects. I did a film project at Brooklyn College, hear me and a bunch of friends.
01:06:56
Speaker
And um the person the director was recreating the ah One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest scene of I Bet a Dime with the cigarettes. They're playing the I i Bet a Dime thing.
01:07:08
Speaker
And it was a 35 millimeter camera. So it was all silent. Okay, so he was recreating a sign silent version of that. based on like you know facial expressions, hand gestures and stuff.
01:07:19
Speaker
I mentioned earlier, 5'4 and Pudgy. Excuse me. Perfect to play Danny DeVito's character in that, right? Nay-nay. Perfect. Definitely great.
01:07:30
Speaker
All my friends got their faces on this project, which they could easily use for a quick reel or whatever, right? Because the guy who actually did the Danny DeVito part was friends with the director at the college.
01:07:44
Speaker
He got it. So the only thing you saw of me was my left shoulder right here, baby. That's all you saw. i was the over the shoulder shot, baby. I was the OTS. That's all you saw.
01:07:56
Speaker
So yeah, you made I left that. And then when I saw the video, I was like, you motherfucker. So yeah. Why didn't I get casted in that? Because I didn't suck the director's dick. That's so why I didn't get casted in there Now I know. Now, you know, and we we'll bring it right back to pegging.
01:08:15
Speaker
Now, you know better.
Cider Preferences and Conclusion
01:08:16
Speaker
Um, and with that said, I just want to end this by saying, and, and um And thank you to the listeners for listening. I got nothing else for you, but that's it. Yes. Oh, my beer.
01:08:30
Speaker
My fire oven beer. i Fire oven beer. I'm out of... You always forget this. mean Oh, snap. I got to join you at some point. This is Keys Jingle. This is not a beer.
01:08:41
Speaker
This is a cider from my local grocery store. It's a green apple, angry orchard cider. It's a hard cider. 5% alcohol. okay I think it's better than the crisp apple.
01:08:52
Speaker
Not as sweet. So, um, prost. Bottoms up. Awesome. Well, with that said, a bit of sharing, bit of sharing. Don't go for all this. Yeah.
01:09:06
Speaker
Talk of a friend saying, I think that's, I say don't go for friends in for saying. Yeah. and don Yeah. Choose guys. Everyone. Thank you so much. All right. um I love you guys. We'll see you on the next one.
01:09:22
Speaker
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01:09:36
Speaker
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