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to the Chew and Who podcast. I am back. Unfortunately,
not alone. Yes, you heard him. This ugly thing
is back. Hold on, let me get you off here. There
he is. Oh my God. He's back for a second time.
First of all, I wanna say thank you for tuning
in once again with us for episode 261. 261 is
that we're up. So today and episode 269. Yeah,
that takes two people to 69. But anyways, that's
why it's good. But boom, boom. Oh, man. I have
my applause here. My bad. I didn't turn it on
here. You know what? We don't have it. Right.
Doesn't matter. Anyways, moving on. But first
off, first and foremost, I want to say thank
you to everybody who tuned in last week. It was
a very interesting podcast. I'm even more popular.
Oh. I think you and are both popular after that
interview that so yeah, well not when I saw my
email but But that guys great episode last week
a lot of information From not only just hearing
the RG from all over the United States and across
the world We got quite a few emails from that
one, but uh, thank you for all for listening.
Thank you for listening, man But other than that,
I know the mood at that time. We're talking was
kind of really as serious. We tried to lighten
the mood a little bit towards the very end. But
today we have a special guest with us, too. Yes,
we have a special guest with us. A gentleman
is from the RGV, despite my many attempts to
hang up the call so that we could enjoy Fresco.
Oh, yeah. Big shout to Fresco out there. Fresco
going on outside. Yes, they are out there. Enjoying
yourself out there, guys. Enjoy the festivities.
But we're here. Bringing interesting people on
the podcast people that are doing Tremendous
work in the RGB bringing laughs. He's a comedian
the RGB great guy and We were talking right before
the show started about some stuff that he had
been doing for a while and I'm fortunate at the
moment He is in out of commission for a while.
He they rebuilt him into the to the million dollar
man Bionic man. Yeah, Tatey was involved in everything.
So now he's stronger faster and he has a nice
round bottom now after the Brazilian lift. But,
uh, ladies, gentlemen, let me introduce you.
Mr. Anthony. What's going on, man? Payments.
How you been, brother? How you been? I've been
good brother, good, good, thank you, thank you
to everybody for the prayers, the shout outs.
I've been doing good. I had a little surgery
on my spine. Like I did say, I didn't want them
to make me taller so they just gave me a bigger
ass so when I sit down. That usually works, that
usually works. Why did you get taller? Put a
plasma baby. Put a plasma from the bedding department
when they got to choose between renaissance and
an ass. I hate to be part of that repo, I'll
tell you that much right now. You know exactly
how we're representing this thing, right? Unfortunately,
yes. Give me the gag ball. Thank you for joining
us on the podcast, man. I appreciate you. I know
you had reached out. I saw a comment online like
how what's the best way to get on the podcast?
And our name was dropped like a like a like a
bomb on you real quick. And I was happy enough
to reach out to you. And I actually got you for
the interview, bro. And I appreciate you taking
the time, even in the situation you're in, to
come out and talk to us for a while, brother.
Yeah, man, I do appreciate you know, I did get
a lot of a lot of shout out from a popular loner
from Freddy Yeah, I'm really good friends with
Freddy and I asked him about the podcast and
he was always mentioning y 'all So once I saw
like once I saw y 'all on there said I'm I gotta
throw a shout out real quick But yeah, I'm down
for a little bit, you know, hopefully within
about two months. I should be up and at them,
you know walking as much as I can, you know,
try to stay as comfortable as much as I can.
Yeah. I need to get back out there, bro. Like
I see everybody putting on shows and everything
and I get that, you know, that FOMO, you know,
if we're missing out, bro, I just want to get
back at it. Yeah, I hear you. We're all having
fun out here, dude. You hear the music in the
back which by the way, we don't own the rights
to that but there is a party going on outside
of Yeah, I know right Oh crew the next day for
work It was great nice man boss and I saw you
I saw you too but but that wasn't your wife So
you have your excuse and I have my excuse So
Anthony tells a little bit about yourself brother
where you grew up, you know How you know what
made you want to go into the comedy scene the
entertainment business, you know Take us said
take us on a journey man. Tell us a little history
about yourself man. We'd love to hear it I mean
for me man. I'm from hardening Texas bro, you
know hardening, you know all my life and growing
up there was I mean I grew up in a pretty well
-known neighborhood. And growing up with my uncles,
those guys, people always ask me, how'd you get
into comedy? And I'll tell them, I've been doing
comedy all my life. Have you ever made a room
full of dudes all putting needles in that? That
was my first audience, you know what I mean?
Those are the best ones, man. Those are the best
ones. Yeah, man, having the whole crew just laughing,
laughing. You know, I really started doing comedy
because I was a working security guard at a bar
at hard engine Okay, I would sit outside with
the people man and everybody was sitting outside
I just be chopping it up with everybody and having
all the tables laughing all night, you know Just
talking about the customers walking in or just
telling them stories about where i'm from and
everything And I had so many people telling me
you need to stand up. You need to stand up So
I ended up seeing an open mic and heart that
was getting put together in the town in the city
And uh, it was a recall productions and some
real good buddies of mine And they had posted
a comedy show, a comedy show. And so I had never
been to a comedy show. I had never, you know,
done comedy and everything. So I pulled up and
I saw them performing. And I mean, I just fell
in love with them, man. So I ended up staying,
hanging out with the guys, you know, drinking
all night. And they told me, well, come on for
the open mic. So I came out to the open mic the
very next week and I was off from there, man.
Once I got my first big laugh, I was addicted.
Like I was there every week. I was January 21st,
2019. There you go Pre -pandemic. All right.
All right. All right. Yeah pre -pandemic. Yeah,
and you know, so we did comedy and I was just
Coming on as an open mic or I would come hang
out with the guys. We had they had a studio We'd
all hang out with you know artists they would
have rap shows rock shows We would just you know,
mix it up with everybody and we're doing comedy
the whole time So then kovat hit so we already
hit uh, you know, that was gonna be my first
time to air performance You know ray I was ready,
man. I was hype and then COVID shut everything
down. But during COVID, luckily we were at a
venue that was outdoors, had an outdoor area.
We were doing underground shows. We were still
doing the whole social destined team wasn't helping
shit. It wasn't helping nothing. We were doing
it safe as much as we could. The guidelines were...
you know, that would allow us, but we were also
doing them underground with nobody really knowing,
just a couple of people. And, you know, we're
keeping it live, but keeping working. While a
lot of comedians weren't working, I was working.
Me and the comedians around me, we were working.
So, when we came out of the pandemic, that's
when it was off, man. It was off. So, you know,
as soon as we were able to get out of the lockdown,
we started traveling. I started going to open
mics in Corpus, going to mics in Laredo, to San
Antonio. You know, we've even gone out there
to Austin. And it was just, you know, I would
grind as much as I could, man. Any work I could
get, you know, especially, I'm going on seven
years of doing comedy. Wow. Wow, wow, wow. Awesome.
Awesome. Yeah, which in comedy, I'm still considered
a baby. Like, you know, you told any veteran
comics under 10 years. Right, right, right. Look
at my face, you know, so. Right. I love it. Yeah,
I got you. I got you. But I love it because,
you know, as much work as I was putting in. I
mean, I would drive five hours straight out of
work to go do a stage for 30 bucks and a burger.
You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got
you. Yeah, and Austin, you know, show up, do
a show, drive back, be at work in the morning.
You know, but I was getting on any stage that
I could. And I would always tell people, especially
in my earlier years, any stage that I was having
the opportunity to be, I was worth more than
any money that anybody could pay me at the time.
Like, it was me about just getting in front of
people. That's all I wanted to do. That's all
I really want. That's all I really cared about.
I can get some gasoline on the way back. Cool.
If not, I'll figure it out. You know what I mean?
But right and and I fell in love with this game
man And I've been very blessed to work with a
lot of you know, big comedians, you know I've
been you know, I've had a lot of work with you
know, Mario Salazar or Raymond Orta Yeah, which
in go bling, you know, I've had I've been blessed
to work with Willie, but it's and now one way.
Yeah Wow You know, I'm happy the entertainer
like just a lot of OGs in the game that I have
you know, really giving me the opportunity. And
all it was, was getting in front of them once,
doing what I can do, you know, getting the experience,
especially from like Raymond Horta's room in
San Padre. He would challenge me in that room
a lot, man. Like, you know, I'd be an opener
and then, hey, I need you to feature. Hey, now
I need you to host. I'm not gonna be there. I'm
not gonna host the show. I was getting all this
work and all these spots that it was to where
I was shining, especially like if I was just
gonna host for like Tingle Bling. I'm starting
up two hours to the venue. I'm making sure everything
is good. I'm talking to DJs. I'm talking to doors.
I'm moving tables and everything. By the time
the comic gets there, a lot of the comedians
like the headlines were like, man, you already
got everything set up. But that's because of
all the work I would do before that it prepared
me for these opportunities, man, to really take
it. And I love it, man. I really do. I've been
at it like I'd say about seven years and you
know the things that the opportunities I've had
and the experiences I've had from comedy is like
nothing can match it man like you know there's
a lot of times that I'm with my wife in another
city and we're like in a crazy situation we just
look at each other like So when you started when
you started when you started to come into the
business right before you started doing the comment
I know you were hung up with your buddies. Yeah,
they made you do stand up, you know, they motivate
you to jump on it Did by any chance? You know,
what was what was kind of your inspiration bro
to actually, you know, I know I know the las
ganas to settle you wanted to go up there and
do it but I mean was the comedy they start What
kind of what who was your inspiration? In other
words, growing up, I mean, listening to comedy
itself, who inspired you a little bit? And I
and I'll be honest with you, man. I was working
as a night custodian for a school like a school.
You know, I would clean up at night and I would
I had just got into podcasts. I had I didn't
know what podcasts were. So this is about 2018.
You know, about 17. I started listening to The
Church of What's Happening Now with Joey Diaz.
Okay, yeah, and that guy man like I he's truly
my inspiration for comedy because I would every
night You know working eight -hour shifts, you
know, just listening to a two three -hour podcast
time But he was all about, you know, take a chance
get up on stage, you know You're never gonna
know unless you get up there, you know And I've
always took in his words and advice to heart
as like scripture basically in comedy. Right,
right Yeah, like a lot of times, you know, you
get a lot of guys that Why do comedy, you know,
they're influencers. They just go up on stage
and do a lot of crowd work. And, you know, a
lot of, you know, it'll get you, it'll get you
in a lot of rooms. But as far as a comedian and
as far as the art of comedy, you know, every
veteran comedian will tell you that stage is
never going to lie. That stage is going to let
you know how much you're really working and you're
really putting in the work. Right, right, right.
You can't do crowd work for 30 minutes straight.
You know, you got to have the art done. You got
to have the sacrifice in this game. You got to,
you know, take the proper steps, you know, to
be a comedian. And I would listen to his podcast
just overnight. And then listening to his podcast,
his stories, reminded me of my uncles. Reminded
me of me when I'm hanging out with people, telling
them stories about the crazy this matter that
we're in. Out here in the Hardingen, telling
them the crazy stories of being with my cousins,
being with my homies, being on my field. They're
in Las Juarez, they're in just... That's how
I would get that crowd of people outside of the
bar when I was a bouncer. in like interested
in what I was saying because I was not only was
I telling him like crazy ass stories about what
happened, but I was making them laugh. You know
what I mean? Like I was making them laugh and
laugh and just be entertained, not like, oh damn,
you know, who the hell is this guy? It was more,
they wanted to hear more of my story, you know?
So I got a lot of, I got a lot of inspiration
from Joey Diaz because a lot of that's what his
style was, was saying the stories, you know,
the back in 87 or, you know, back in 93 and I'm
fighting the unknown. you know whatever like
that and that's always kind of been the style
that i try to pursue you know i don't want to
go out there and just sound like a comic i want
to be the guy that you can take to a barbecue
hang out with you know and that's what i tell
a lot of people when they want to try to do comedy
or they're like why never gonna bro you know
the stories that you say whenever you're hanging
out with all your homies to make them laugh you
know you know you're gonna start drinking a new
person is gonna come and hey man let me tell
you what Ruben did back in the day you know he
started chopping it up right right with the story
So you're a comedian, like that's what comics
do. We know exactly what to say in the situation
to make you laugh. Right. Right. That's crazy.
Because everybody in the group of friends always
have that one guy that's just, you know, he's
constantly pushing everybody's buttons and making
them laugh left and right. You know, and they're
the ones that they're the ones that are on fire
for the whole night. And you're just laughing
your asses off. But there's some points, you
know, I know for a fact because I've seen, I've
gone to a comedy show a long time ago. It was,
I think it was in San Antonio. One comedy show
went a long time ago and there was a new comedian
come up on stage and man, it was like crickets
in there, bro. He was, I mean, some of the jokes
were great. They were good, but it's just that
nobody was grasping. It wasn't hitting at all.
Have you ever had anything like that? I mean,
something like one night you're like, dude, this
is a tough crowd, tough crowd. Honestly, like
reading my last show before I went to surgery,
it was funny because, you know, a buddy of mine,
Eli, He's also a comedian, center comedian. He
does like a puppet. Oh, badass. Hold on a minute.
Time out. We demand this guy's number and know
where he lives. We're doing endless right now.
He's actually a really traveled comedian, man.
He goes all over the country. He does his shows
in Canada. He comes all over, you know, Vegas,
California. He's really trying to get me out
there and I'm really ready to get out there with
them. Right. Right. Yeah. So he put he put on
a show at a smoke shop downtown. OK. OK. Yeah.
And they're really cool people, man. Shout out
to Valverde Smoke Shop, man. They're really cool.
Every time I go, they show me a lot of love.
Yeah. yeah they come out to my shows you know
and they you know so they've been bigging me
up for like a month and hey I think Neil's gonna
come perform I think he's gonna perform well
they ended up putting a show together with like
man I gotta say like 10 comedians like 10 comedians
it's an outdoor venue and then they tell me well
you're gonna go second to last because we want
the headliners to go towards the end I'm like
all right so how much time we're doing 30 minutes
all right cool no problem So yeah, I'm on the
end of my run. I packed in four shows in two
days before I went to my surgery on Monday. So
I'm on the end of my run. That's my last show.
So you know what I'm going to do? I bought me
a couple of 40s or more. I don't really do it.
I want to show a big shout out to my old sponsorship.
Yeah. And it's funny because I don't really drink
it, but just because I thought to myself, like,
man, it's going to be funny as hell walking in
with, like, 440s. I'm like, who the hell is that
guy? And I'm walking around, bro. I'm 5 foot
3 and chubby as hell, bro. I look like I'm 40
-ounce here. So, uh, so yeah, so I get the man
I started drinking and I started hanging out
with all the comedians comedians from all over
texas You know showing up so i'm out of a kill
tony show from austin They came down so i'm just
networking with everybody talking traveling over
there, but and i'm drinking them i'm drinking
them And i'm not noticing that the show hadn't
started yet. So it's all shoot yeah 10 30 11
people have been sitting outside you know smoking
their cvd drinking their beer eating their food
and then they start around 11 like all right
let's get it started all right shit so they go
through all the comedians man like i said everybody's
outside it's hot it's sweaty the early comedians
are coming up and killing like yeah they get
the fresh energy it's awesome fuck yeah you know
we get down to where it's me and the last two
other people and it's already about one o 'clock
and we all still have to do 30 minutes each and
man the whole night that i'm there people the
owners of the of the smoke shop were bringing
people like man this Anthony Nino we saw him
in the fourth theater like he killed it you know
like we really want everybody to see him i mean
all these people like yeah yeah yeah thank you
thank you thank you and then when it comes to
me it's about 1 30 in the morning oh god kind
of sitting there sweating All the young people
that were there are like gone because it's downtown.
Like they want to go hit on chicks and not get
anything. We're just left with like the family
of the guy that opened the shop and like just
a couple of random people. And man, oh, they
bring me up. Man, bro, I go up there and give
it my best. Everything that I know is gonna hit
them. Your arsenal, all your arsenal. Arsenal,
and I swear, and it's just like everybody's just
leaning back like... Thank y 'all very much.
You know, I appreciate it. Y 'all go ahead and
stay hydrated and I'll see y 'all later. And
of course, this is after my wife already slammed
like a four pack of 24 ounces of Twisted Teas.
So she's in a back party. She's in a back party
with the comedians. With the comedian, like,
I don't know what happened back there. Yeah,
and one of the comics comes up to me right before
I'm gonna go on stage, like, hey, bro, your wife's
back there arguing with one of the comics, and
she's getting a little crazy. I'm like, well,
she drank all her Twisted Teas, right? Like,
yeah, yeah, well, that's your problem. yeah she's
lit yeah i'll deal with that on the way down
from the stage oh my gosh dude see that's it's
crazy because like i said being to me when i
see comedians go on go on stage and do their
act bro It's like, at first, I'm like, oh, come
on, man. Come on, let's go. Come on, dude. You
just could. You got to crack the first one and
get that first half. Once you get that first
lap, just roll. Go, go, go, go, go. And this
guy that was on stage, he's like he cracked the
first one. It was like everybody. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. One guy in the back. Ha ha. You know,
it was last, you know, and you're like. Oh, dude.
And you can see in his face and it's the room
is cool, but he is sweating freaking shotgun
shells, bro. Come off his brow is under the all
wet under here. I'm like, dude, how can you swim
with an LED light, bro? What's going on? You
know, it's it's it's hardcore, man, that you
have to have. You have to have cold veins to
be. You got to be ready to go, man. You got to
be. solid, you know. You got to be able to handle
an ass kicking. Yeah, you got to handle the ass
kicking and give an ass kicking at the same time.
Yeah. Oh, just to let you know, Edward Nino right
here. Shout out to my nephew, Big Dough Anthony.
What's up, man? All right. And also, Hasito,
stop by. Just stop by and say, what's up, guys?
What's up, Hasito? Yes. I'll smack you later
on the chat, guys. Don't worry about it. But
anyways, man. So, I mean, in particular, go ahead,
go ahead. But that comes with, like I said, man,
having to experience that on your come up. That's
the stuff that you got to work with because with
those kind of starts where it's slow, I love
those. I'll take them. A lot of times they call
them cold starts. You don't get an entrance.
You don't get music. You don't get nothing. You
just got to go. And me, when I get on stage,
I got to grab them. I got to grab them quick.
That's always my style. You know, when I get
up there, I wake them up no matter what. I mean,
what's the goal? What's the goal? Make some noise.
Like, I'll start yelling, start getting them
up. You know, let them know, hey, it's a show.
You know, like, I'm here to, you know, to entertain
you. Right, right, right. Me, my entrance is
usually Tejano songs. Like, old school Tejano
songs. So I'll come into, like, Jaime Los Chamacos.
Yeah, I come out to La Mafia. I come out to Estrella.
You know, it's uh, you know Michael salgado and
yeah And that was in texas salute too. Okay back
in the day That's what I tell people, bro. I
miss the Hanoi Clubs because it's not the same
like all these bandas and stuff. I want a club
where you can just yell, yeah, why? In the middle
of the floor for no reason. You know what? You
know, it's so funny. It's so funny you say that,
Anthony. I had the same conversation this morning
with, well, I had my morning conversation with
Ro in the morning with Beefy Boy, Ro. And we
talked about that, about the music scene, how
it's changed so much because he goes, yeah, man,
because he got really into banda. He likes listening
to it. I go, bro, I can't get into it, bro. I
don't I don't know whether I was close to it
too much when I was young. You know, and now
I'm like, oh, God, you know what? Yeah. Yeah.
Finally. Finally, I'm done. I mean, I mean something
that I can stand a big role in the middle of
the whole dance floor. And I would I would laugh
at my deal, bro, because I would go to I six
now at the Maritahano club, you know, all the
time. And he would always like to dance with
the big ladies like that, like, you know, like,
you know, big girls. And back then, like I told
people, we didn't call them tortas. You know,
back then, we call them tanquecitos. Like, those
are the tanquecitos in the club. I used to love
hanging out with my Tio, bro, because as soon
as he would see, like, a pack of them walk in,
he'd get up. Ya empezó la guerra. And I would
tell my Tio, like, hey, Tio, like, why do you...
To him, his only gauge of size was, as long as
when he hugs you, his fingers touch, you're OK.
Like, I can not talk to you. That was his only
gauge. And I would tell him, like, why are you
getting the big ones, man? He goes, what's happening?
Camino, mijo? Shit. Micho, if I'm not bad, think
of saving Private Ryan. Oh, yeah, fuck off. Earn
this shit. The hand was the only music, bro,
that you can dance with the T .F .O. Her bulletproof
vest under her shirt. Bulletproof vest? You're
still lying. Yeah, man. Something you hit around
the money. Yeah, man. It's true, man. It's true.
They're the ones that just sip on button lights
because they don't want that button to pop. Put
it on. Put it on. You look like a gangster bro,
just gliding on the floor. You don't get that
anymore. I want some stuff that's gonna make
that eyelash sweat off of you. That's all I want.
You gotta go to the pool again. Oh my God. Don't
even give me a story on the pool, man. Jesus.
Oh yeah. It's like everybody that I, every time
I'm swiping through TikTok, Facebook, shit, even
Instagram, bro, and you know, through the stories,
it's. always something everybody's trying to
get that out. What I like to call the Bronco
956 fire starter because everybody's looking
for that. And it's not happy. It happened for
one person. That's it. They want a taste of it.
They want to taste it. It happened for one person.
That's it. It's over. That's it. He's already
he brought it to the last. The wick is too small
to light anymore. It's gone. So that's a crowd
too heavy to bear. But they don't. They ain't
ready for that national legend, bro. It was funny
because we worked with, I worked with some comedians,
national touring comedians. Yeah. And we did
a show in Raymond's show and Raymond's room in
Tapadre. Uh -huh. And we, I was hanging out with
them and everything and the guys were telling
me, yeah, we just got out, we just came back
from Nebraska. I'm like, Nebraska? And they're
like, yeah, yeah, that's, yeah. I'm like, oh,
that's awesome, it's pretty far. And then they're
telling me, hey bro, who's this Bronco guy? Uh
-oh, here we go. I'm like, Bronco, you mean?
He's a viral guy in the valley he just would
dance and really he wasn't trying he was just
hanging out that was him every time he would
show up he didn't know nothing about being recorded
and i was like he just went viral like he's a
big name here in the valley i'm like why He's
like bro, we went out there to Nebraska. It's
a it's a place for it's like a company party
There's nothing but white people and he goes
they weren't even happy for comedians They have
booked bronco to go out there and make an appearance
He said when the comedians did their thing. Yes
in Nebraska like the community Alright, ladies
and gentlemen, we have bronco nine five six.
He said the place lit up Are you freaking kidding
me? I brought like wow, we even like rush Raymond
up the stage. You gotta hear it. Like we were
just like, what? Like yeah, Nebraska, Nebraska.
They was all white people, but comedians did
their thing. Like, yeah, that's cool. Whatever.
And then as soon as he hit the stage, man, everything
he went out there doing is, you know, bronco.
They knew who he was. They love them. They're
pictured. They're taking like. That's nuts, man.
Do you know how long we've been trying to break
in in Nebraska? Go to Oscar, son. Go to Oscar.
A big shout out to Ashley. I'm here, brother.
That's what she's saying right there, buddy.
because none of my family has jobs. That's crazy,
man. Like I said, everybody who's anybody and
their grandmamas are out there trying to get
catch that fire. And it's I mean, it's like I
said, that fire has already been lit. It's gone.
And he he ran with it. It's like it was the last
it was the last jug of water. He said, screw
you. I'm out. But yeah, it's crazy I'm gonna
start carrying my son to dad's bro instead of
being in baseball Put a poster of Bronco on the
wall. That's what you need to be like. That's
your inspiration right there. Follow that. Follow
that right there. It's instead of the poster
of Mike Tyson doing Bronco on the wall. But dad,
I want to play for the Astros when they let that
do it. No, you follow that. That's your right
there. You polished off all 10 of your belts
there. So far all these shows that you've done
in in state of Texas I basically the whole state
of Texas and you've been through what would you
say is the one that you Shared the most that
you say you know what this makes the bar this
sets the bar for me This is the one that this
was the best one This is where you know, I lit
it up and it stayed lit the whole night Mean
is there any in particular one? I mean and when
that happened, what was the first joke you cracked?
Honestly, my biggest one, you know that I've
had was when I did the far Lone Star Theatre
You know that was maybe about a month ago, okay
I wasn't supposed to be on the lineup You know,
but I had gone to the open mic and I was getting
a lot of love in that venue Like every time I
would go to the open mic everybody loved it when
I was there I would crush it every time. So the
guy who was putting the show together asked me,
like, hey, man, you want to be on the show? And
I was like, yeah, man, no problem. And then they
wanted me to headline after, like, the comics.
Oh, shoot. I said, you know, like, to me, like,
if it's going to be a showcase like that, put
me in the middle. Put me in the middle. I want
to wait till the very end of the night. Like,
maybe hang out with all the comics, you know,
whatever. Right, right. You know, so. Someone's
traumatized. Someone's traumatized. From years
of showcases, like, man, what's going on? Night
comics later, dude, everybody just held hostage
just looking at me. We have to say, can we pay
for this? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, so it was a Lone
Star Theater, man. So I end up going in the middle.
And it was the guys, the guys are worried about
it. They're like, hey, man, like it's going to
be the intermission. Don't worry about it and
a cold start, you know, like where I gotta go
I'm the one that's gonna bring the energy back
Don't worry, but I'm used to it. Like I'll freeze
you the energy. Like don't worry about that Do
they're in a mission they get everybody coming
back to the seat and I'm in the side of every
time I'm gonna get on stage man It's cuz my uncle
growing up my uncle was a boxer Carlos and you
know There was there was times that I would see
him getting ready for fights and he would just
do that little pacing back and forth or you know
Just just getting in that zone and that's me
before I'm on stage Right. I'm not talking to
nobody. I go out to the side and I'm just - You're
amping yourself up. Let's go. Let's go. Yeah.
Yeah. I can hear it. I can hear the DJ behind
me because it's a sold out crowd. You know, it
is at least like 160 people in a small venue.
It's packed. You know, there's just standing
room available. All the bar area is packed. I'm
already hyped up from that. So I'm on the side
and I tell the guy, just go warm, just go and
let him bring me up. And I'm just pacing. I can
hear the DJ just behind me like, oh shit. Oh
shit. And I tell him, as soon as he says my name,
I need you to turn on. It was Paco Negro behind
Mr. Marcus. That's all. I need you to turn it
on. Just crank it. And crank it full blast. Like,
all right, man. So as soon as the guy says Anthony
Nino at 100 Texas Anthony Nino, they crank it,
bro. And you already know the accordions are
going off. And, you know, I go up there. I do
my little air accordion dance, you know, do my
little cumbia and everything. And I grab the
mic. And I would do my, you know, I need to hear
some noise for Texas. and everything and I told
him I told him you know it feels good to be back
out here in four texas I haven't been out here
since I used to pick a fat chick from mocha space
and you know just you know as soon as I say that
it just lights up bro like it just lights up
oh my god I started just getting into it bro
and I started just going at it and I tell him
you know when I was coming out here to do four
you know I asked the guy like hey man does it
get like good and far is it getting late like
yeah bro it's for texas what the fuck does that
mean I was only supposed to do like 15 minutes,
man, but it was just back to back to back. Just
lighting them up, lighting them up. That's awesome.
I could see people standing up like just laughing
and doing the walk around. I'm just hitting them
and hitting them and hitting them. That's bad.
I'm waiting for the light. I'm waiting for the
light because they're supposed to light to let
you know where you're at on your time. Right.
No light. Oh, shit. So I'm just hitting them
back and forth man. I'm not letting them breathe.
You know, I can just you know, feel the energy
I could I I knew when I know where the laughs
are gonna come and I know how to push it to where
I can get that just big old boot right that big
old big big, you know wave Yeah, and like I just
felt like everything I was saying was just Like
what they wanted to hear man. I was right lighting
them up lighting them up I get off of the stage,
you know, and I go to the back And when I get
to the back, I just see it. I'm walking to the
back. People are getting up out of their seats,
man, just to shake my hand, you know. That's
awesome, dude. Yeah, like, that's awesome. You
know, so I go in the middle, I pick up all that
energy and then I just toss the hot potato to
the next comic. You're up, kid. Shout out to
my boy, Roy. There you go, man. He had a Richie
Valens moment. You're up, kid. Yeah, man. And
it was badass, bro. Like, when the show was done,
you know, people just kept coming up to me, you
know, shaking my ass. So when the show was done,
it felt good being the comic that has the line
of people wanting to just take a picture with
them, you know. And, you know, I've had that
experience when I've worked with, you know, bigger
names. I kill, people love it, especially, like,
I'm from, I'm out of town, like, in Corpus. They
hear I'm from the Valley. I go kill. So I had
people like, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh,
eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh,
eh You know, i've had that but there was just
different that night to have to have the bigger
line, you know I always have like a little the
line that hey, man, you did great my first time
seeing you Yeah, you know, I it took me about
an hour by the time we were done, you know talking
to everybody That's awesome everybody and i'm
glad that my wife was there because she just
decided like i'm gonna start recording them So
she started recording me and like just talking
to the people laughing. They're doing a little
shout out video They're taking pictures of me
and everything It was just so electric. Like
I've killed rooms and I've killed, I've killed
big venues with something about that. Just like
really felt different. It felt like tonight you're
the guy, you know, tonight you're the guys, you
know, for them. I think, I think true. What's
more special is that when, when you're a local
talent, either whether you're a rock star or
a rock rock guy or a hip hop, the Hano singer,
an artist, podcasters, any, you know, anything
that's to do with talent. in comedians, anything,
you know, the entertainment entertain people.
I think the greatest feeling is that when you
get recognized by your own rassa from your own
hometown, the 956, they step up and they say,
dude, you're a fucking bad ass. Your comedy setup
was the bomb, dude. That was fucking funny. You
know, that inside that's that's a notch. That's
a notch inside. Yeah, man. I did it. I did it.
Yeah. Yeah. And that night, like, I'll never
forget it. There's a... I forget his name, man.
I feel bad. I forget his name. He's real cool.
He came up to me after the show. He actually
is a shark wrangler from here in South Texas.
Oh, okay. He has a video, like, being underwater
with sharks... Oh, shit! ...dancing with them.
You know? Like, dancing with them. It's this
white guy... Literally moonwalks, you know, doing,
like, he's doing, like, an international show
showing, and he's breakdancing with the sharks.
And he comes up to me, and he takes a picture
of me. And he tells me what he does and everything.
Oh, man, it's awesome. I shake his hand, I take
his picture. And before he's leaving, this guy
brings me, he's like, hey, bro, you're the Joey
Diaz of the Valley, like, man. Oh, shit. Oh,
shit. That hit me because, like, him not knowing
that, like I said, my biggest inspiration was
Joey Diaz. Yeah. For him to say, like, bro, your
story, that you're the Joey Diaz of the Valley.
Like, ah, bro, like, you know, whether anybody
would agree with him or not, to hear that from
somebody that I just turned into a fan. like
bro that that lit my world up man and like you
said to get that support from the rest especially
down here in the valley you know i've got two
corporates i've got i'll just show the san Antonio
and they'll promote me as a out of the rgb and
people will show up that that you either know
me or like know i'm from the rgb just to say
like hey man there's a valley guy here like you
know and then i i kill and then i got more fans
man i got more family outside of the outside
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Tell me a little bit about your family, Anthony.
What's the support like on their end? I mean,
now that you're doing the comedy thing, you're
on sound. Mom, I know mom's always gonna be proud.
Dad always wants the best, especially with the
men. They want the best for you. Hey, I understand
you like your dream, but you gotta have a plan
B. Tell us a little about that. I mean, what
was, what was that interaction like with your
family, knowing that you're going to the comedy
scene? I've had, I've had a lot of support, man.
And, you know, especially from my parents, because
you know, growing up, my dad would always tell
people that he's either going to be a criminal
or a fucking lawyer. Like that's always, he always
knew that I could, you know, I was, I could talk,
I could handle the crowd. You know, my mom's
always been a supportive mom. You know they they
didn't really like give me a pushback especially
like my dad because i've always worked my ass
off You know i've always made sure my family's
taken care of I always make sure my kids got
what they need my wife got what they need the
bills are paid You know, this is always You know,
it it does take up a lot of time, especially,
you know, I do miss a lot of events I miss a
lot of parties, you know holidays and stuff,
but my wife Supports me because she knows how
much how hard i've worked for it, you know, right,
you know I've always had that support system,
especially from my uncle's I got my family, they
all supported. Once my family found out that
I was doing comedy, none of them were surprised.
They were just more surprised that I was actually
going up on stage and doing it. But I've had
my dad come out to shows and be super proud,
man. And he's told me just to watch you up there
and do what you're doing. You've come a long
way, especially from where I've come from. And
the history that I've had to be doing stuff like
this, to be doing positive. You know, I like
I told people outside like I've had cops that
know me when I was younger See i've gone to my
comedy shows and you know going to shake my hand
like hey, you know i've been and you know shaking
my hand Ashley throw you under the bus is he
calling you a mama's boy, bro. I don't know bro.
I don't know Ashley Ashley's coming out And then
as he says as he says, uh, he got a lot of practice
roasting his sisters like Victoria I got one
more. We are very proud of you, brother. I mean,
you are the Kim Kardashian of the family. I'm
not going to go with that joke. I'm not going
to touch that joke. Is that BBL jokes going again?
I'm sorry, dude. And honestly, my family, bro,
is hilarious. my family we cannot be in the same
place together without like roasting the shit
out of each other bro like people people sit
there and they're just looking at like laughing
at everything we're saying but at the same time
they're like man i can't believe y 'all go that
deep oh yeah like we would tear each other apart
and my wife tells me we should just record you
and your sisters hanging out and you know put
it on put it on tiktok Man, they're going to
cancel this just for, you know, the shit that
we're saying. Let me let me tell you something.
And this is just me talking out loud, man. I
mean, like you say, your family is a funny family.
They sit down, you know, those conversations.
I've I know what you're talking about, because
we've sat down. I mean, my brother and I, we
sit down at the family table with my wife and
my little sister, my mom and dad will sit there
and we start joking and we start saying the most
hilarious crap that you would not believe. And
I always told I always told my wife, I go one
day, I'm just going to put a phone and just let
it record and throw it into a podcast. And my
mom was, you better not, you better not. You
don't know what kind of hurt is coming your way.
If you're not there at Sunday breakfast, they're
talking about your ass. Yeah, that's the kind
of family I got, bro. And it's hilarious because
it's, you know, it's cheese, man. It's everybody
just talking about everybody. But, you know,
when we're all together, it's just a whole big
ball of just comedians, man. Like, everybody's
funny, man. Like, my uncle's the kind of dude.
Like, my uncle Carlos is the kind of dude that
was a breakdancer boxer back in the day. And,
you know, this guy would dance any song that
you put on. I used to take him to, like, go hang
out at the Autobars. And he would give lap dances
to ladies for buckets of beer. There was this
one time there was this girl she was in a wheelchair
and it was her birthday so you know like the
homeboys were there was her cousin and they're
like hey tell Carlos to give her a lap dance
tell him to give her a lap dance so I tell my
Theo my Theo goes out there bro and starts giving
the chick a lap dance she's in a wheelchair in
the middle of the dashboard And it's funny because
she can't really dance. She's paralyzed. So my
field starts telling her, whip that hair, girl.
Whip that hair. We were drinking beer all night.
Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Like, you know, that's
the kind of people that we have, man. You know,
when back in the day, the UFC, they used to show
them at the racetrack here in Orange. Yeah. Me
and all my feels were all go see the fight. And
then we would all tell the they would tell otherwise.
Oh, no, no, no, we're going to go to church afterwards.
We'll see you apply 69 to the Tejano club to
go dance with Senores. And like, it was just,
man, just literally a group of Senores and me
hanging out with them, you know, as a young kid,
you know, just going out to the Tejano bars.
And these guys are crazy, bro. And my feel was
known for that. He would walk up to chicks like,
oh, you want to dance? Buy me a beer. Oh, next
one. I don't know, dude. Something tells me next
time we have Anthony, he's got to bring your
uncle, bro. Oh, bro. We want to meet this guy.
We want to meet this guy. A lot of the stories,
man, that I have that I say on stage is because
of him, man. Like I grew up, you know, I tell
people it's funny because he found out that I
was a gang member when I was like about like
13. And he said, like, no, I'm going to take
him under my wing. Like, I thought this was,
like, my standby me moment. Like, he's going
to show me right from wrong. I'm going to be
a lawyer or some shit. Like, nah. This guy took
me with all of his homies. And he said, like,
I'm going to have a gang member. I'm going to
show you real gang members. So, like, just hanging
out there, bro, and watching all these senoritas
and everything. Like, OGs just talking to each
other. And I seen them just roasting and laughing
and have the jokes and have the scenes. you know
like little stuff like in Las Juarez we had a
midget like he was a little guy in the hood but
he was a señor yeah and that dude like we would
like pick on him like oh can the rollies you
want to throw out rest in peace rollies but like
you know we're like we're like pick on him like
we wanted to fight him and that little guy would
look at you because he had a big old mustache
you would just look into your face and say Pay
attention to the little man. Pay attention. Pay
attention. Also, people, if that guy was at least
5 '2", I would cross the street whenever he's
coming around. As you're saying, your Tio, he
should be the next Bronco 95. No, no. He's not
the next Bronco 95. What he's supposed to be
is a Tio 956. That's what he needs to be, a Tio
956. Oh, my God. We haven't had one of those
yet. Yeah, that's him. That's him. But it's just
like him his brothers, you know my uncle's on
my dad's side Everybody was just funny man. So
the support was always there, especially when
it came to comedy, right? You know, somebody
has to do it. Somebody had to get up on stage,
right? You know, and I and I love it because
you know, I got my uncle, you know He said what's
up earlier like if I stay around that area like
hey man come stay in my house, you know We're
gonna do comedy out here, you know stay in my
house, you know I got the support like if I land
in the city I get the support for my my comedy
family I got primos in San Antonio and Corpus
and everything, you know. Any city I show up
at, anything I need, I just reach out to the
comedy family that I've done shows with all these
years. You know, we all take care of each other.
They, hey, I got a couch for you. Hey, man, I
got a ride for you. Hey, you know, we got the
green for you. You know, like, whatever. Right,
right, right. Yeah, whatever we need, man. And
I love you because there's a... I'm very blessed
to have a good community around me, man, especially
my wife. You know, she would drive overnight
with me, like, you know, help me drive, stay
awake. you know, to go do a show, come back and
work in the morning. And, you know, my kids are
very understanding. My daughter, you know, she's
she's a bit of like an artist herself. And, you
know, like it's hard to, you know, leave your
kids and a lot of times because you're on the
road doing stuff. But they'll be the first one
to tell me, like, we understand, like, go do
it, you know, go do it. All right, man. So, you
know, I'm very blessed in this game. So your
wife is you're pretty much you're right and die
right there. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. It's toxic as
shit. But yeah. Yeah, I tell people as long as
my production team isn't drinking twisted teams,
we should have a good night Show me the one that
keeps me humble rolling Shop after a show and
I had shown up and the guy that was there. He's
like man Anthony Nino's in my shop and then he
looked at my wife like Anthony was in my shop
and my wife just fucking rolls her eyes like
Yes, yes Ashley exactly exactly she's gonna kick
his ass Houston, Texas a man just got his ass
whooped and lost a couple more vertebrates on
the way Right now Saying glad to see you you
better what glad to see you better Anthony. There
you go. I got there That's awesome, bro. Go ahead.
Go ahead. I was just gonna say man Like does
your family ever like like they give you notes
about about your your act man, like Yeah, my
family like like hanging out with like Primo's
and like homeboys and you know family and it's
like i laugh man because there is a there's been
a couple of times where we hang out with certain
people like a certain family and uh they're all
like hey i know that guy i know that guy i don't
want to sound like i'm stealing your material
Like, yeah, man, I get, you know, not really.
You know, that's the cool part about it. Like,
none of them are like, no, you should do this
on stage or, hey, say this on stage. It's just,
to them, I'm not a comedian. To them, I'm still
just Anthony. And they can go toe -to -toe with
Anthony any day when other people can't. Like,
you know, people outside of our circle, like
my wife and her friends have to warn people before
they come around me, like, hey, he's a comedian.
He's gonna get, he's gonna make fun of you or
he's gonna make fun of something. Just don't
take it personally, because he's not going to
care if you do anyway. Now, every family has
one or either a family or a friend have one.
Myself, I have one in my family. I'm pretty sure
you have one in yours where they they say, watch
out, come in. Do you have that one critic in
your life you know they keep it real because
i'm still not showing up with the cases of beer
right right still can't bring a damn case it's
the guy who brings the beer that nobody likes
but he drinks everybody else and he takes that
case back home Hey bro, but all Milwaukee's best
is the best bro, you don't like it. Okay, I'll
put it aside. Let's finish your beer first I
may not be on stage to you, but I'm getting material
I Know recently we had talked earlier that uh,
you were doing a show here at the Chris big shout
out to Rocky over here the Chris Great great
place out here. Do you want to enjoy yourself
some nice fine wine and some craft beer is a
great place to go It was like I think three weeks
ago. I'm not sure three or four weeks ago. You
were down here in Wisco, Texas You did a stand
-up comedy with your buddy Jacob. I believe that
was here and also the lizard man was in town
also What was that like? Being in that that situation
that show how was that show that show go for
you? Well when I showed up I was about a blunt
worth in already That was some good stuff. And
when I got there, Jacob, yeah, it's a lizard
man. It's a lizard man. It's a lizard man. And
I kind of looked it up like, oh, damn, you know,
Guinness Book of World Records, you know, tattoos
and everything. You know, so when I showed up,
like, I don't know why in my head I was expecting
to have like a creepy little voice. He's just
a regular dude. I walked down, like, hey, what's
up, man? He shook my hand. Like, it's crazy because
he's cool as hell, man. Shout out to the lizard
man. You know, give me a lot of advice. He's
a touring comedian, too. But he opens up for,
like, rock bands and stuff. You know, really
cool dude. Really, really down to earth. And
it's crazy because I don't know why I expected
his skin to be scaly. But, like, when I shook
his head and he came in, like, he came in, like,
you know, bad as hell. But I'm like, oh, he's
just a regular person, like. He's not going to
eat me. It was cool, man, this guy. Yeah, you
were thank you, though. Oh, yeah, man. Oh, man.
That's awesome, bro. Yeah, he's based out of
Austin. He's been doing a lot of work in Austin
right now. Oh, right, right. Yeah, the dude just
had a lot of experience, man, a lot of knowledge
about touring on the road, you know, telling
me about doing the shows with, because I was
letting them know I also do shows with bands,
local bands. Like I've worked with popular loner,
you know, I've worked with, you know, a couple
of local rappers, you know, like if they have
album release parties, I'll host the show, but
just so that I can work on different crowds.
And then, you know, if I'm doing like a three
hour set with the rapper, so I'm doing comedy
in between each band, each group, five minutes
in between while they're setting up, I'm keeping
the people entertained. So that kind of works
a comedy muscle of having stuff on the spot.
You know, talk about this, talk about that, talk
about this, and they're hosting and stuff. So
he had a lot of advice on that because that's
what he does. He does a lot of that. And, you
know, it was really cool to hang out with the
guy, man. And, you know, he did he did his whole
like freak show thing, you know, swallowing swords,
popping condoms, like all kinds of crazy shit.
Right. Yeah, I saw the coach crew thing. That
was pretty nuts, man. I saw that. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. And it was it was cool because, you know,
we had done the comedy. They also had a belly
dancer. And you know, shout out Jacob James,
man. He's a really good comedy family member
of mine, man. I call it comedy primos, bro. Like,
if I can see you real good people in your family
and in comedy, you know, I got comedy cousins
and, you know, he's definitely one of them. And
Jacob is just a veteran in the game, man. 20
something years in the game, been all over the
world doing comedy. And it's just being able
to hang out with different types of comedians
and different types of entertainers to just gain
their knowledge, bro. Just, you know, ask as
much questions as I can. You know, I'm not just...
you know trying to talk about myself like i want
to hear about you like your experience and you
know stuff like that to kind of you know see
where the doorways are to get into that to that
lane to start you know branching out that's awesome
man that's awesome yeah it was cool though man
he was uh telling me the history of his tricks
he was uh you know he did the whole like tongue
king taking out his tongue and stuff like you
know and of course everybody's gotta ask like
is it tattooed like yeah it's tattooed right
right i would have made it look like the gecko
gecko Marijuana sounds real good. I want to smoke.
He's smoking. No, man. Well, that's good. I'm
glad. I'm glad that everything's going great
for you, man. I know you're on a right now. It's
a put a pit stop right now as far as your back
surgery and anything getting that done. But I
mean, getting up and doing it again, going across
the state of Texas or here in the valley, wherever
you're going to travel, that's something that,
you know, it's it's they're not just in your
history list. You know, these are scar battle
scars that everywhere you go, man, you get to
talk about those things. That was so awesome.
Is there a certain in particular goal you're
going for? Is this is there the one show that
you want? In through your comedy career that
you really want to do. Is there one that you
want to do? Yeah the list the I want that my
dream is always to do been to do the main stage
and Hyena Comedy Club in for in Dallas forward.
Oh Yeah, because during Colbert when everything
was locked down we went on vacation out there
and we were walking around downtown and everything
and I saw it and I just I fell in love with it
and the owner was, I guess, cleaning up around
there and everything was closed. We all had our
masks on and stuff. And I just told him like,
hey, man, like I was maybe about a year, about
a year and a half, maybe two years in the comedy
and still a punk. And I asked him like, hey,
man, I'm trying to do stand -up comedy. You know,
this is my first comedy venue. Like I've seen,
like is there any way I could check it out? I
was like, all right, man. So he let me go in
there and look at the main stage. And I mean,
I just fell in love with it, man. Like I just
fell in love with it. To me that's always been
the goal, you know a lot of communities be like,
oh it's not that big of a stage to me That's
always been the goal to at least perform there
because I will at least know me I worked hard
from the day that I first saw it to get here
and perform here Now, you know, so right now
it's just about making as much noise as I can
man making as much noise, you know Performing
to my best anytime I hit the stage. I tell people
all the time. I don't care There's six people
in the crowd. This is my HBO special exactly
exactly I got six people, I'm gonna rock those
six people's work tonight. Exactly, yes. I got
a venue full of people, because I've worked with
Chingo Blaine, with Raymond Orta, we've done
giant crowds, man, big crowds. And I'll rock
that crowd the same way I'll rock a little crowd,
because if you're coming out here and you're
giving me your attention, I'm gonna give you
the best. I'm not just gonna brush it off and
say, this is nothing, like, no, I need you to
walk away and say, he was the best tonight. You
know, I want you to, and I tell people, like
I say it all the time, that you may not know
who I am. But by the time you leave, you're never
gonna forget me. There you go. That's always
my goal. That's always my goal. The lasting impression.
There you go. Yeah, yeah. So this is the last
question before we sign off, man. And we bid
you adieu and all the good stuff. When it's all
said and done, Anthony, time goes by 50, 70,
60 years into the future. It's all said and done.
How would you like to be remembered? He took
a chance, man. I took a chance. You know, that's
always the message I've already shown my kids.
Like, whether I failed or succeed in this game,
I took a chance. And I tried my hardest. There
was a lot of things I never did, you know, that
I saw through to the end. This is something that
I'm going to see through to the end. You know,
and I just want people to know that, you know,
I do come from the Valley. I do come from the
Nine -Five -Six. And I take this everywhere I
go with me because I wouldn't be as funny as
I am if it wasn't for the RGB, if it wasn't for
where I'm from. you know that's why you know
and I love this little part of our map man and
you know the personalities the the humor the
sayings that we got down here are what made me
as comfortable as I am on stage because everybody
who's a performer down here man and everybody
has that vibe in the valley of you know that
you know we have our own like you know because
we all you just laugh all the time when you're
here and I love comedy because it's giving you
know me Like I said, I was a custodian listening
to a podcast at night, you know, making minimum
wage to I'm performing in front of this many
people. So, you know, hundreds of people know
who I am, you know, hundreds of people following
me under, you know, people have experienced me
in person and will never forget me. Right. That
means a lot. That means a lot coming from a little
town down here in the corner of the map, you
know, and it feels good to know that my name
is known outside of the valley. You know, I've
shown up to these bigger cities and man I've
heard about you man you know I've heard about
I'm excited to work with you and you know I'm
just a dude from the from the rgv you know and
right yeah and to have people you know bigger
bigger names than myself look at me and and tell
me they can see how hard I'm working they can
you know to have a comedian tell me I would have
never expected that from a seven -year comedian
I would have never expected that from a three
-year four -year comedian you know having that
you know a lot of people a lot of the bigger
guys telling me that you know it takes a long
time for people in this comedy game to get where
I'm at. So I just got to keep pushing. I got
to just keep pushing and evolving. And that's
the only way to get ahead, man. And I hope that
I hope I help I make a name for myself. Now you're
trying to do. There you go. You have anything
to say? No, man. I mean, just thanks for being
on the show, man. I mean, you got that thing
going for you, man. And, you know, just keep
pushing forward, man. We're just know that we're
all proud of you, man. Yeah, I appreciate that,
brother. Yeah. Hell, yeah, man. Keep killing
it. all i can say on my end buddy is that uh
keep doing what you're doing just like you said
man you're blessed to bring laughter to in uh
tough times and stuff that's going on at the
moment that we're not even gonna touch base on
because no we're not talking about it but uh
no but you know all seriousness man you know
The laughter is very important. You know, without
laughter, shoot, it would be a very boring place,
a very sad place. That'd be a terrible world.
And to have someone like you, especially for...
Yeah, man like I said before doing what you're
doing man bringing laughter to the world dude
that's very important you know it's it's it's
good for every human being to have that and what
you're doing is not only entertaining us but
it's also health wise for stimulates our mind
you know to hey man i know you had a stressful
day but laugh bro be happy you're alive you're
breathing you know things are tough but You gotta
laugh sometimes. You gotta giggle to yourself
once in a while and say, hey, you know? Laugh
through the pain. Someone's gotta have it worse.
Hopefully you're back back soon to the RGB will
love to have you in the podcast live for another
interview Maybe next time you come down you bring
your uncle and you bring the your best That would
be one hell of a show That would be one hilarious
But but it's did not matter that I already put
all your social medias that they can follow you
man. Go ahead. Cool. Cool. Cool, man. Appreciate
that. Yeah, man. Yeah. Anthony Nino on Facebook
Anthony Neil 15 on on Instagram Anthony Neil
19 on Tiktok, you know, starting to work on the
videos and stuff. Also will be performing October
3rd and far at the Lone Star Theater again. I'll
be hosting the show. So, uh, we'll be having
marlo salazar man. We're gonna try to pack it
out You know, we're gonna that'll be my first
show back from from my uh from my search for
my recovery So, uh, i'm just right now man just
writing, you know, rewriting some stuff, you
know, just just constantly even though i'm sitting
down i'm still working i'm still working on new
jokes and stuff and You know, it's gonna be good
man. I'm definitely gonna bring back with that
energy and uh, yeah, you can follow me on any
of those and uh, You know, like I said, i'll
be working on some more videos and stuff. So
that's definitely a big must right now If you
want more information on Anthony, you'll go ahead
and click on that QR code takes you straight
to his Facebook page that we can see all the
upcoming shows that are coming on here to the
RGB or anywhere in the state of Texas. Go right
there. Click on that and it'll take you with
all the information that you need, man. I know
I got more people coming down here. It's just
back. Your sister here saying back and better
than ever. Orale. Go cook something. Thank you
so much man to come in on the podcast have a
little fun with us man Continue doing what you're
doing bring laughter to the world man, and just
be you man. Just be you You're doing a great
job. You're doing a great job man Thank you very
much, man. I really appreciate this shout out
to both y 'all for giving me this time Yeah,
we gotta run it back man run it back. I'll bring
out some people make it some more laughs Yeah,
bro. We'll love to have you back on man. We'll
set something up soon and we'll bring we'll bring
you up here man We can have a good time up here.
All right, man. Thank you so much and stay cool,
man All right, we're gonna sign off in a minute.
Thanks Anthony Ladies German that is our podcast
for this week with Anthony no episode 261 great
podcast great podcast I got a new arsenal now
Here you know what you can use it as long as
you want But anyways a big shout out to Anthony
I appreciate you being on the podcast true Great
podcast again today. I know next week We have
a young lady come into the podcast. She is a
taekwondo kid champion That'll be here next week
in our podcast. She's gonna be here with her
dad. That'll be something very interesting You
got some a lot of questions for her, you know,
what made her go into that so kick my dad's ass
Yes! Tune in next week! Great show, coming to
the end of September, already coming, walking
into October. Now that you're here, we did talk
about having next year, we are leaning towards
the wrestling scene. Now we'll be going that,
and it doesn't mean that we'll stop doing local
talent. No, absolutely not. Promotions that we'd
be having each month and the last week of the
month We'll have somebody with a valley talent
to come in and close up the month. So don't worry
We're not shutting down completely as far as
a local time. Don't worry about that. We're still
just focusing on On the wrestling thing right
now wrestling that's happening locally. Yeah,
it's getting very very big very very fast Very
big is very popular. Yeah a lot of positive feedback.
Yes We're just gonna go ahead and lean into it.
Yeah, so but other than that guys. Thank you
so much shoe sign us out I've been to and I am
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Peace out