WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600 Hey guys, welcome to Good News York. Yes. It's 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:06.639 Tuesday? It is Tuesday. This show might actually 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.439 tell me, give me an idea of what day it is. I 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:11.039 don't usually know what day it is. It's like 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:12.619 Facebook. Everyone's like, I can't believe you 00:00:12.619 --> 00:00:14.179 remembered my birthday, thanks. And I'm like, 00:00:14.380 --> 00:00:16.679 that's because Facebook told me. Yeah. But this 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:18.519 show tells me what day it is. And I'm a little 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:20.699 extra fired up today, Matt, and you know why. 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:22.780 Because we have someone coming on that I'm very 00:00:22.780 --> 00:00:24.260 excited about. Oh, I thought you were talking 00:00:24.260 --> 00:00:26.719 about like a stomach issue. Yes, I have IBS and 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:28.600 you took me out to lunch yesterday for Danny's 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.299 birthday Danny Love you and I have been shitting 00:00:32.299 --> 00:00:34.719 like a goose ever since but it was well worth 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:37.100 it because it was delicious bull and bear Bull 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:39.399 and bear Jesus Christ. Oh wait, I probably shouldn't 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:42.119 do that, right? I said I'm shitting. It's not 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:46.219 because of hailing bear Hey, there's a best endorsement 00:00:46.219 --> 00:00:48.320 in town. They're gonna sign up as a client Wow 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:52.109 today bull and bear is fucking phenomenal I'm 00:00:52.109 --> 00:00:54.130 shitting like a goose because my plumbing is 00:00:54.130 --> 00:00:57.270 fucked up. It's not bull and bear. Should we 00:00:57.270 --> 00:00:58.909 start that again? There's a 30 % chance that's 00:00:58.909 --> 00:01:02.030 gonna make it to the episodes. I'm very excited 00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:05.129 because Ryan E. Miller is coming on today, a 00:01:05.129 --> 00:01:08.510 friend of Phil Fardas, and Phil's a friend of 00:01:08.510 --> 00:01:10.790 ours, and you may have seen him on such shows 00:01:10.790 --> 00:01:14.310 as AGT. He was one of the finalists on America's 00:01:14.310 --> 00:01:17.790 Got Talent in 2019, but he's - Noice! Yeah, he's 00:01:17.790 --> 00:01:20.329 very unique. He's got a disability and he plays 00:01:20.329 --> 00:01:23.719 into it. Yeah, March 21st, Burrstone Inn on Burrstone 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:25.879 Road in Utica, New York. We're such a fan of 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:28.420 this fella that we're already all over it. No, 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.500 and this is not a joke. I emailed him, hey buddy, 00:01:31.959 --> 00:01:33.760 we'd love to have you on the show. Just fans 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.640 of yours. We have a mutual friend. Two days later, 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.340 Phil got ahold of you and said, hey, I booked 00:01:39.340 --> 00:01:42.159 Ryan Neemiller in Utica on March 21st. And we're 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:43.900 like, there's even more of a reason to have him. 00:01:44.019 --> 00:01:47.040 There you go. Yeah, we wanted him before he got 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:50.549 booked. God damn it. We did it before. We're 00:01:50.549 --> 00:01:52.530 ahead of the game. We're ahead of the game. Progressive 00:01:52.530 --> 00:01:55.069 here at the old Good News York. Old Good News 00:01:55.069 --> 00:01:57.290 York. GoodNewsYork .com. Which, by the way, we 00:01:57.290 --> 00:02:00.489 are now streaming live at 5 p .m. Eastern. That 00:02:00.489 --> 00:02:02.730 is what we have decided. We are on at 5 p .m. 00:02:02.909 --> 00:02:07.189 Eastern. GoodNewsYork .com. Sure. Yep. Yep. You 00:02:07.189 --> 00:02:09.710 can also check us out on YouTube. We've got TikToks. 00:02:09.710 --> 00:02:11.949 We've got Instagram. We've got the Facebook. 00:02:12.430 --> 00:02:15.090 The Twitch. The Twitch. We've got... You can 00:02:15.090 --> 00:02:17.900 find us everywhere. Good News York. Yeah. Good 00:02:17.900 --> 00:02:19.580 news. You're at good news York on most of those 00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:22.659 platforms. Absolutely. I'm very, very pumped 00:02:22.659 --> 00:02:31.000 up for today. Yeah. I like watching Mike think 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:33.599 in real time. You can see the gears turning and 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:35.500 stuff. And then sometimes they just get stuck. 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:39.120 I have a tell where my family, I fold my ear. 00:02:39.819 --> 00:02:41.599 I have really weird ears. See now you're telling 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:44.259 us that. I know I'm telling you my tell. Yeah, 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:47.780 I guess when I fold my ears, I'm thinking way 00:02:47.780 --> 00:02:49.180 harder. I appreciate that you're one of the only, 00:02:49.180 --> 00:02:52.580 like, 90s band guys who didn't stretch your earlobes 00:02:52.580 --> 00:02:54.599 so, baby, you could fit a bowling ball inside 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:57.979 them. That was like... That was a weird thing. 00:02:58.180 --> 00:03:00.060 I had one, two, three, four... I had six earrings 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:02.819 and a nipple ring. That was weird. So, whatever, 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:05.500 I had that stuff. Thank God I had that switch 00:03:05.500 --> 00:03:08.699 inside me that told me, like... That's ear stretching 00:03:08.699 --> 00:03:12.280 shit. That's a bad idea. I agree. I had no, and 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:14.139 whatever, it worked for some people and I had 00:03:14.139 --> 00:03:16.659 friends that did it and they look good. But that 00:03:16.659 --> 00:03:19.319 was absolutely not. Did they look good? They 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:21.020 did. They look cool. They were cool as hell. 00:03:21.219 --> 00:03:23.259 I'm not gonna lie. The people that did that generally 00:03:23.259 --> 00:03:27.580 had also a crazy style. Yes. Typically they put 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:30.000 some effort into it. Had my tongue pierced as 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.180 a teenager. What? Yeah. It's true. Hit it from 00:03:33.180 --> 00:03:35.259 my parents for a year and a half. How'd you hide 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:37.639 it? Just kept your mouth closed? Yeah, they didn't 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.340 notice. How they noticed is I went to lunch with 00:03:40.340 --> 00:03:43.300 my dad one day and sitting across the table from 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:46.080 him eating. Ah, yeah, that'll do it. That's how 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.620 he noticed. But aside from that, as long as you're 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:51.560 not looking straight on, it was pretty easy to 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.659 hide. Yeah, the similar thing happened when I 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:57.759 was like 17. I got my nipple pierced, me and 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:02.169 my buddy. Yeah, and so when I got home, that's 00:04:02.169 --> 00:04:04.710 a weird buddy activity. I know I don't remember 00:04:04.710 --> 00:04:08.030 how it came about but Sounds really fucking stupid. 00:04:08.050 --> 00:04:10.169 Those are wild days. They were well this but 00:04:10.169 --> 00:04:12.870 I remember coming home and it was like for some 00:04:12.870 --> 00:04:17.089 reason that day My mom wanted a big hug. We were 00:04:17.089 --> 00:04:19.129 just standing in the kitchen and I was real sore 00:04:19.129 --> 00:04:21.490 and I had a baby Jesus and she's oh my god Come 00:04:21.490 --> 00:04:23.949 here and give me a hug and I'm like, no and she 00:04:23.949 --> 00:04:26.430 hugged me and I was wearing a white t -shirt 00:04:26.430 --> 00:04:29.410 and oh so I start talking to her after And she 00:04:29.410 --> 00:04:33.170 goes, what's your bleep? And my nipple was showing 00:04:33.170 --> 00:04:36.490 blood. Yeah. And so the cat was right out of 00:04:36.490 --> 00:04:38.410 the bag there. Immediately. Yeah. What am I going 00:04:38.410 --> 00:04:41.089 to say? No, I just lactate blood, Bob. How long 00:04:41.089 --> 00:04:43.449 did that last? The piercing? How long did you 00:04:43.449 --> 00:04:45.930 have it? Yeah. Oh, I had it for Christ, over 00:04:45.930 --> 00:04:49.129 a decade. Oh, wow. 10, 15 years. Yeah. Absolutely. 00:04:49.129 --> 00:04:53.430 You were really into it. Yeah. Danny got his 00:04:53.430 --> 00:04:56.529 butthole pierced. Isn't that true, Danny? One 00:04:56.529 --> 00:04:58.759 of the first in New York state. That's some Good 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:02.079 News York. Little bell rings every time he poops. 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:07.339 He does. Oh my God. Anyway, should we take a 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:09.980 break and get Ryan in here? Yeah, let's stop 00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:12.519 this nonsense and let the guest stop waiting. 00:05:12.660 --> 00:05:15.779 We'll be right back on Good News York with Ryan 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:19.139 Neemiller, comedian extraordinaire, AGT, one 00:05:19.139 --> 00:05:21.720 of the finalists. Live from California. We made 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:24.699 the dude wake up. I know. That's the one part 00:05:24.699 --> 00:05:27.810 of this job. with the booking part that I've 00:05:27.810 --> 00:05:30.389 never done, so I'm learning. Booking people on 00:05:30.389 --> 00:05:32.209 the west coast comes with a tremendous amount 00:05:32.209 --> 00:05:35.050 of guilt. To be fair, it is an optional thing. 00:05:35.389 --> 00:05:37.949 And here's the other thing. Anyone who's in the 00:05:37.949 --> 00:05:39.750 business and lives on the west coast, they know 00:05:39.750 --> 00:05:40.910 that kind of comes. That's what they get for 00:05:40.910 --> 00:05:44.230 living wrong side of the country. Come to New 00:05:44.230 --> 00:05:47.889 York. Things are great. Alright, we'll be back. 00:05:48.410 --> 00:05:52.529 Peace out. Alright, welcome back to Good News 00:05:52.529 --> 00:05:57.370 York. I am personally thrilled Uh, to welcome 00:05:57.370 --> 00:05:59.490 our, I would say this is our first celebrity 00:05:59.490 --> 00:06:01.430 guest. It definitely is. It's our first celebrity 00:06:01.430 --> 00:06:04.110 guest. Just don't tell Sean Kelsey that. And 00:06:04.110 --> 00:06:08.089 somebody who I admire greatly as a comedian myself, 00:06:08.089 --> 00:06:10.889 I am a big fan of America's Got Talent. They've 00:06:10.889 --> 00:06:13.750 done a lot of great things for comedians. And 00:06:13.750 --> 00:06:17.050 especially for this next gentleman, our friend 00:06:17.050 --> 00:06:20.569 Ryan Neemiller is here from America's Got Talent. 00:06:21.069 --> 00:06:23.889 He was one of the finalists. And in my book, 00:06:23.889 --> 00:06:27.910 I say winner because When you get to the last 00:06:27.910 --> 00:06:32.930 five or 10 people, you won, right? You won in 00:06:32.930 --> 00:06:36.129 a way, because of the exposure you get. And so 00:06:36.129 --> 00:06:37.750 we are thrilled to have you here on Good News 00:06:37.750 --> 00:06:40.629 York. Ryan, welcome to the show, my man. Thank 00:06:40.629 --> 00:06:44.149 you very much. I will say, though, having a million 00:06:44.149 --> 00:06:46.269 dollars would have made me feel like more of 00:06:46.269 --> 00:06:49.769 a wisher. I can say that. My career is a lot 00:06:49.769 --> 00:06:52.269 better off because I did so well on that show. 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:54.839 A million dollars wouldn't have been too shabby 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:57.259 to throw on top of that. Just for the record. 00:06:57.879 --> 00:07:00.779 It's so easy for me to say it. Oh, Ryan, you 00:07:00.779 --> 00:07:02.839 already won. You're like, no, I didn't, asshole. 00:07:03.139 --> 00:07:05.519 I don't have the million dollars. The real million 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:07.980 dollars was the friends I made along the way. 00:07:09.220 --> 00:07:12.680 You can't put value on that. See, that's the 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:14.660 official NBC answer. He's going to get booked 00:07:14.660 --> 00:07:17.329 on another show just because he's He knows how 00:07:17.329 --> 00:07:20.110 to spin it positively. I appreciate you guys. 00:07:20.250 --> 00:07:22.149 I just want to let you know, I do love you guys 00:07:22.149 --> 00:07:25.529 because I woke up at 5 .30 a .m. my time just 00:07:25.529 --> 00:07:29.810 to talk to you yahoos. Wow. To know that I appreciate 00:07:29.810 --> 00:07:32.149 you. We appreciate that. That added, by the way, 00:07:32.310 --> 00:07:35.029 this is a part of the gig that I didn't realize 00:07:35.029 --> 00:07:38.889 the amount of guilt that I feel when I have to 00:07:38.889 --> 00:07:41.350 buck someone on the West Coast and they're like... 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:43.839 Yeah, man, it's okay. That's going to be 5 a 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:46.279 .m. here. And I'm like, oh, Jesus, I tried to 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.279 accommodate it, but we do appreciate you being 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:50.920 up this early, bud. Yes. It means a lot to us. 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:53.540 In all seriousness, my one and a half year old 00:07:53.540 --> 00:07:55.620 would have had me up in about 30 more minutes 00:07:55.620 --> 00:07:58.759 anyway. But this way I can make you guys feel 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.920 bad and you'll be nicer to me during the interview. 00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.560 That's fair. That's right. This is a wise gentleman 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:06.319 right here. He's a wise man. He is. Stage, I've 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:09.920 been doing this a long time. Absolutely. Ryan, 00:08:09.980 --> 00:08:11.300 why don't you tell us a little bit about that? 00:08:11.339 --> 00:08:13.899 So obviously we're talking about you on TV, but 00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:17.060 your career started obviously before that and 00:08:17.060 --> 00:08:19.180 has continued long since that's happened. So 00:08:19.180 --> 00:08:22.000 tell us a little bit about you that we don't 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:25.160 know. Sure. So I've been doing comedy almost 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:28.920 19 years now. It'll be 19 years in October of 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.019 this year. My comedy career can now officially 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:35.679 do porn. That's what we're going into for this 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.139 year. In some states and a lot of states can't 00:08:38.139 --> 00:08:41.200 do that anymore. in some states it can not live 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.340 in california that's one of the cool ones yeah 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:46.899 yeah yeah i've been doing it 19 years i started 00:08:46.899 --> 00:08:49.960 in la because i was dumb i didn't realize that 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:53.240 you didn't have to start there uh it's one of 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:55.120 those things that like there's so many little 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:57.980 things with any career really but comedy especially 00:08:57.980 --> 00:09:01.799 where you don't know until you know sure i grew 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:03.440 up in indiana i grew up in a real small town 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:06.100 in indiana i went to school in terra jota indiana 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:08.700 not exactly the mecca of entertainment by any 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:11.139 means not also the home above of the love sponge. 00:09:11.179 --> 00:09:14.899 Surprising. Oh, wow. Oh, yeah. And Larry Bird 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:16.639 is that that's the two things we're going for 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:21.000 there. Okay. And I knew comedy existed elsewhere, 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.159 but it sounds dumb now. I thought you had to 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:27.639 go to New York City or LA to get started or you 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:30.120 train. It's like going to bootcamp where you 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:32.649 got to do that. And then You then you get to 00:09:32.649 --> 00:09:37.549 go to Owensboro, Kentucky or whatever. So yes, 00:09:37.549 --> 00:09:39.710 I started out there. I made it about three years 00:09:39.710 --> 00:09:42.309 in LA. I just couldn't, it was going from a small 00:09:42.309 --> 00:09:45.070 town to that was way different. Then I really 00:09:45.070 --> 00:09:47.230 started getting going in the Midwest back in 00:09:47.230 --> 00:09:49.929 Indiana. And then, yeah, it was, it was a long 00:09:49.929 --> 00:09:53.750 grind. 12 years later, I got AGT. That was 2019 00:09:53.750 --> 00:09:56.049 for me. And then it kind of, luckily I haven't 00:09:56.049 --> 00:09:58.269 had to get a real job yet. That's my goal is 00:09:58.269 --> 00:10:01.480 just to every year not have to. I'll put on a 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:04.240 tie. That is success. It's funny. You're talking 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:06.019 about moving to LA and New York. That's something 00:10:06.019 --> 00:10:08.840 that haunted me throughout my career is I didn't 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:12.200 have the means back in the day to go to those 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:14.159 places, but we live close enough to New York 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:15.879 where I've traveled and performed there quite 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:19.820 a bit. And I know the grind and how, how intimidating 00:10:19.820 --> 00:10:22.840 that can be. Don't beat yourself up too much 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:25.860 because Back when I started comedy was actually 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:28.460 Phil Farta, who you know, and I started at the 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:31.820 same time in the same comedy club. And back then, 00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:33.659 you know, there was two routes you could go, 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:36.320 right? You could go to New York and L .A. and 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:38.519 try to be seen by producers and get your own 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.720 show, get a spot on The Tonight Show, you know, 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.360 or you did the circuit thing where you played 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:48.539 in Terra Haute and you could make anywhere up 00:10:48.539 --> 00:10:50.899 to six figures just being a really good club 00:10:50.899 --> 00:10:53.629 comic. I don't think you, you necessarily made 00:10:53.629 --> 00:10:55.649 the wrong move. I think you made the right move, 00:10:55.789 --> 00:10:58.389 but yeah, you don't know until you're there, 00:10:58.409 --> 00:11:00.889 how overwhelming it can be. And maybe it's not 00:11:00.889 --> 00:11:02.990 all cracked up what it's cracked up to be. Yeah. 00:11:02.990 --> 00:11:05.009 And it's one of those things too, though. I don't 00:11:05.009 --> 00:11:08.970 regret the decision, but you know, it's, I would 00:11:08.970 --> 00:11:13.389 have made a different path because I enjoy doing 00:11:13.389 --> 00:11:18.090 like New York and LA, but I don't feel special 00:11:18.090 --> 00:11:22.450 there. If that makes sense. If you go to Des 00:11:22.450 --> 00:11:25.389 Moines, Iowa, they're pumped to see you. Oh yeah. 00:11:25.970 --> 00:11:28.830 Yeah. They love that you came to go see them. 00:11:28.830 --> 00:11:31.750 A hundred percent. In LA, I'm going to be potentially 00:11:31.750 --> 00:11:34.570 the sixth most famous person on a five person 00:11:34.570 --> 00:11:37.149 show based on the nature of what happens out 00:11:37.149 --> 00:11:39.690 here. Right. I still have fun. You can still 00:11:39.690 --> 00:11:42.549 have a real good time, but like for your ego, 00:11:42.669 --> 00:11:45.990 you feel like a real big deal in Oklahoma. Yeah. 00:11:46.409 --> 00:11:48.649 Cause you're. That's fair. You know, to them, 00:11:48.649 --> 00:11:51.179 they don't. You know, LA and New York, you know, 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:54.559 they celebrities and people on TV all the time, 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:56.919 but in the middle of Iowa, it's, oh my God, the 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:00.179 guy from America's Got Talent is here. Look, 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:03.179 LA and New York are the spoiled rich kids and 00:12:03.179 --> 00:12:07.059 the people in the middle of Iowa are the kids 00:12:07.059 --> 00:12:10.259 with humble upbringings. It sounds like there's 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:12.320 probably a good chance that those audiences not 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:14.899 in the major cities also maybe pay a little more 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:16.919 attention. Is that fair? Do they actually get 00:12:16.919 --> 00:12:20.100 into the act a little more? Yeah, they care. 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:23.799 I'm generalizing here a tiny bit, but like when 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:26.519 you go to those type of town, and I'm not saying 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:28.320 this to talk down to them, like they're small 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:30.980 folks. My hometown was 3000 people. These are 00:12:30.980 --> 00:12:32.899 my people. Like these are the people I associate 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:35.940 with. For a lot of these people, if you do shows 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:38.639 in LA, for instance, there's a good chance that 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:42.080 a large chunk of that audience is going to be 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:45.139 people who also are like struggling stand -up 00:12:45.139 --> 00:12:47.620 comedians or struggling actors or struggling 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:51.000 they're there for that if you go to the middle 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.100 of Kentucky for instance there's a chance that 00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:57.019 like you're performing for a couple who it's 00:12:57.019 --> 00:12:59.320 their one date night they get every month or 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:01.519 two yep so they're just they're gonna have a 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:04.639 good time damn it no matter what it takes we're 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:07.360 gonna enjoy this night we finally found a babysitter 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:10.470 we have jobs that we have, they're real people 00:13:10.470 --> 00:13:12.789 who have like real issues they got to work through. 00:13:12.789 --> 00:13:14.909 Yeah. And so they're just like so appreciative. 00:13:14.909 --> 00:13:18.129 So they're going to do their best to welcome 00:13:18.129 --> 00:13:20.710 you in and let you do your thing and enjoy the 00:13:20.710 --> 00:13:22.830 night. Cause they don't get those as often. I 00:13:22.830 --> 00:13:25.049 see. I love that. You know that. Cause I recently 00:13:25.049 --> 00:13:27.990 went to a show in a small town here in upstate 00:13:27.990 --> 00:13:29.870 to see the wall flowers. I don't know if you 00:13:29.870 --> 00:13:34.830 remember the wall flowers. The second most successful 00:13:34.830 --> 00:13:38.049 Dylan. That's right. Jacob Dillon was so fucking 00:13:38.049 --> 00:13:41.190 drunk. Oh, really? But he was that drunk to where, 00:13:41.429 --> 00:13:44.870 like, you couldn't tell is he drunk or is something 00:13:44.870 --> 00:13:48.769 wrong. Something was off. It was the most horrible 00:13:48.769 --> 00:13:50.990 show. Then he started, like, turning on the audience 00:13:50.990 --> 00:13:53.450 and being like, you guys aren't real fans. And 00:13:53.450 --> 00:13:56.110 wow, I thought there was a row behind me where 00:13:56.110 --> 00:13:59.289 I heard them say, God damn it, we got a babysitter 00:13:59.289 --> 00:14:02.320 for this. We traveled from 200 miles away. And 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:03.840 that's what you're talking about where it's, 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:05.639 it's almost an added pressure. If you're doing 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:07.879 it right as a performer, Hey, I got to bring 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.320 my A game in the middle of Iowa because these 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.500 people, this is their one night out possibly 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:15.340 for the month. They deserve it. Yeah. That's 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:18.240 right. It is a new story after AGT. That's when 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:21.340 I officially became a headliner before that I 00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:23.899 would headline shows, but it was the type of 00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:27.720 shows where it gets promoted as comedy promoted 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:30.000 as Ryan Neemiller show. It's just, we're having 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:33.169 comedy. I did a lot of Phil's show, for instance, 00:14:33.289 --> 00:14:35.889 and they were all fun, but they were just coming 00:14:35.889 --> 00:14:38.490 out because Phil promoted good shows and it was 00:14:38.490 --> 00:14:41.190 comedy. Correct. You know, now people are coming 00:14:41.190 --> 00:14:44.070 to see me on purpose. That's awesome. And that 00:14:44.070 --> 00:14:47.049 does add an extra pressure. It's nice, but at 00:14:47.049 --> 00:14:49.370 the same time, man, if you're headlining a small 00:14:49.370 --> 00:14:51.990 show that no one knew who was going to be there, 00:14:52.190 --> 00:14:54.529 or you're a feature, for instance, man, that's 00:14:54.529 --> 00:14:57.409 one of the easiest gigs mentally for you because 00:14:57.409 --> 00:14:59.649 nobody was expecting anything from you anyway. 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:02.059 That's right. If you bomb, they don't remember 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:04.700 because they don't care. If people liked me on 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:07.460 television and spend this money and people have 00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:10.899 traveled the 200, 300 miles to come see me for 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:14.919 stuff before, I can't just go dick around and 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:17.759 be like, I'm going to get drunk. You're not a 00:15:17.759 --> 00:15:21.639 real fan anyway. You guys are assholes. I got 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:24.159 to try, man. It's a different pressure. That's 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:26.570 right. So Ryan, I got to know you, you talked 00:15:26.570 --> 00:15:28.690 about the length of your career, almost 20 years. 00:15:28.830 --> 00:15:30.570 Sounds like it took you from like your twenties 00:15:30.570 --> 00:15:33.929 to your forties. How has your act evolved over 00:15:33.929 --> 00:15:36.049 those two decades? Are you talking about the 00:15:36.049 --> 00:15:38.230 same things as you were when you started or? 00:15:38.789 --> 00:15:41.529 Ah, not at all. When you start as I think my 00:15:41.529 --> 00:15:43.889 first actual standup, I had done improv and some 00:15:43.889 --> 00:15:46.470 theater stuff before that, but I started standup 00:15:46.470 --> 00:15:49.110 when I was 24. That's the tail end of this, but 00:15:49.110 --> 00:15:52.289 then it's a lot of It's a lot of dating's hard 00:15:52.289 --> 00:15:55.350 and here's my really smart masturbation joke 00:15:55.350 --> 00:15:57.769 that I'm changing the game with. It was stuff 00:15:57.769 --> 00:16:00.070 like that. And obviously I have a disability. 00:16:00.289 --> 00:16:02.889 Part of it is, you know, early on I could do 00:16:02.889 --> 00:16:05.610 shock and awe with that because there's nobody 00:16:05.610 --> 00:16:08.809 who looks like me. So nobody knew who I was, 00:16:08.830 --> 00:16:10.730 but when that would be on stage, they'd be like, 00:16:10.730 --> 00:16:12.570 oh, this is different. And I could play with 00:16:12.570 --> 00:16:16.889 that. Now I'm a 42 year old man with an almost 00:16:16.889 --> 00:16:19.779 two year old son. Life's different now. I'm a 00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:23.379 married dude with a menace of a baby. That's 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:26.600 a lot of what I'm talking about now. A lot of 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:28.440 what I do is still peppered with a disability 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:30.759 because it's my point of view. It's my life. 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:34.259 It's not a gimmick. It's who I am. And so that's 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:35.879 where I always try to put the unique spin on 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:38.179 things. Cause there's a lot of comics who are 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:42.200 dads. Being a dad with a disability, there's 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.059 a lot to unfurl from that onion, so to speak. 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:47.799 Yeah. And I love that you lean into your disability 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:51.320 and you know, for as somebody who does stand 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:55.240 up himself, like I get that mentality of I'm 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:58.360 not going to not talk about it because it's quite 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:00.700 obvious, but I'm not going to always, you know, 00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:03.539 my whole life isn't going to be about that. It's 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:05.960 a delicate balance and you do it brilliantly 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.420 and I got to commend you because, and I could 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:12.559 be wrong, but before you, I don't remember seeing 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:17.259 too many comics or people on TV with disabilities. 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:19.440 And you've been part of Paving the Way. I've 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.140 seen comics since who have disabilities or even 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:25.420 singers. And I feel like you're part of the Paving 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:27.359 the Way for that. And I commend you for that. 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:29.380 That's got to feel good. Yeah. It's one of those 00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:32.140 things that I'll be perfectly honest with you 00:17:32.140 --> 00:17:35.440 guys. When I got into doing this, it wasn't to 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:39.519 be that. Like anyone who says, I'm going to go 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:42.640 inspire people. Yeah. So who the hell are you? 00:17:42.859 --> 00:17:44.680 You don't get to make that call. You don't get 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:47.240 to go in to do that. I wanted to be on something 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:48.980 like America's Got Talent, for instance, because 00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:51.500 I'm an attention whore and that's millions of 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:53.400 people who get to watch you. And it would help 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:55.599 me make more money. But once I, especially right 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:59.539 after my audition aired, the amount of like emails 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:02.119 and messages and all that type of stuff that 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:04.519 I got from either people with disabilities or 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.940 parents with people with disabilities who are 00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:10.480 like, Hey, thanks for. being honest up there 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:12.759 and, and being you like really started thinking, 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:16.339 Oh, this is a little bit bigger than just me 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:18.980 trying to not have to work at Starbucks again. 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:22.259 Like it was, it's a little bit, so it's, I'm 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.940 not going to claim everything I do with that 00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:26.480 is that, but it's nice to know that like the 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.400 only person I remember ever seeing that had a 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:30.440 limb difference on television was Jim Abbott. 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:33.839 Oh my God. I love Jim Abbott. Picture for the 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:37.000 Yankees. Yeah, that was the only reference I 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:40.720 had and I enjoy pizza too much to be a good athlete. 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:43.779 So I had to go a different route. And I was like, 00:18:43.799 --> 00:18:45.500 if there's not going to be anyone on TV like 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:48.019 me, I'll try to do it myself. Yeah. For those 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:50.559 of you that don't watch baseball, Jim Abbott 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:52.740 was a pitcher who, and correct me Ryan, if I'm 00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:55.660 wrong, he had an issue with one of his hands, 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:58.259 correct? Yeah. Yeah. One of his hands, he was 00:18:58.259 --> 00:19:01.599 a from birth amputee. So he was missing his right 00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:04.619 hand. So he would put his glove. he would rest 00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:07.980 his glove on the hand with the disability and 00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:10.779 he would throw the ball and then quickly put 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:13.740 the glove on. Wow. It was wild. Especially this 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:17.799 was early 90s, I think. Yeah, it was 80s, 90s. 00:19:18.440 --> 00:19:20.099 Yeah. Yeah, that's incredible. He pitched a no 00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:22.440 -hitter for the Yankees. He was a good athlete. 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:25.180 He has a career hit. There's some pitchers who 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:27.740 never got a hit. That dude got a hit. It was 00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:29.660 always funny because I grew up playing youth 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:31.380 sports. I played little league baseball until 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:34.150 I was like nine or 10. And there would always 00:19:34.150 --> 00:19:36.009 be people who would be like, oh, you have a chance 00:19:36.009 --> 00:19:38.450 to get in the majors because Jim Abbott. And 00:19:38.450 --> 00:19:42.990 I'm like, he's there. It's not the greatest make 00:19:42.990 --> 00:19:45.970 -a -wish of all time that they just roll with 00:19:45.970 --> 00:19:48.769 it. Like he's also a freakish athlete. He happens 00:19:48.769 --> 00:19:52.630 to be missing hand. Like he's great. I was not 00:19:52.630 --> 00:19:56.410 a freakish athlete. He's also an athlete. It's 00:19:56.410 --> 00:19:58.890 not like I can go do that because I have a disability. 00:19:58.930 --> 00:20:01.099 That's hysterical. I did not expect the gym. 00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:03.259 It's so funny, the mentality of people, because 00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:05.380 I even got some of that. Most of the reaction 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:07.680 when I was on AGT was positive, but you get people 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:09.460 that are like, oh, they're only laughing because 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:12.839 they feel bad for him. And I'm like, you overestimate 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:15.099 people. They don't feel bad. You think people 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:17.960 are nice just for the sake of it? Yeah. No, that 00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:20.200 maybe gives you the initial 30 seconds where 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.359 they're going to be like, let's see what he can 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:23.819 do. If they didn't think I was funny, those people 00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:26.200 would have turned on me in a heartbeat. Absolutely. 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:27.819 That's when it comes to that. Have you dealt 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:32.430 with a lot of trolls? More than anybody else. 00:20:33.089 --> 00:20:38.089 I wish I had more creative trolls, frankly, because 00:20:38.089 --> 00:20:42.730 if someone sees me, here's my general rule. If 00:20:42.730 --> 00:20:45.309 you don't think I'm funny, that's fine because 00:20:45.309 --> 00:20:49.190 comedy is such a subjective thing. You're not 00:20:49.190 --> 00:20:50.869 going to be for everybody. If you just don't 00:20:50.869 --> 00:20:54.130 like what I do, I think you're wrong, but that's 00:20:54.130 --> 00:20:56.589 fine. But it's people who are just, cause there's 00:20:56.589 --> 00:20:58.250 going to be two things that people try to troll 00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:00.549 me with and it's the same unoriginal shit every 00:21:00.549 --> 00:21:04.789 single time. It's you're a T -Rex or let me use 00:21:04.789 --> 00:21:08.109 my strong hand. That's the two things that they're 00:21:08.109 --> 00:21:10.789 breaking new ground. You're not going to hurt 00:21:10.789 --> 00:21:13.230 my feelings if I don't respect you because you're 00:21:13.230 --> 00:21:15.890 a hat. I don't care about that type of stuff. 00:21:16.230 --> 00:21:19.879 If you're going to insult me, be creative. Yeah, 00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:21.579 exactly. Make it hurt. Go for the thing. Cause 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:23.180 then I'm at least going to be like, you put some 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:24.880 effort into this. That's right. You just say 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:28.680 T -Rex, what are you me when I was three? I understand 00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:31.480 this already. Like I do those jokes so much better. 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.920 You got to bring something a little stronger 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:35.220 to the table. I don't respect, I nothing you. 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:37.619 It's I don't care. Love it. Help me make money. 00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:40.460 People don't get that. No, we were just talking 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:43.759 about that. They believe they're way more important 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:46.799 and effective than they actually are. And I never 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:49.079 understood it too, because I'm into a lot of 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:51.440 nerdy stuff that I'm very passionate about. My 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.940 room is a bit of a mess right now, but you can 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:54.640 see there's a big bunch of video game controllers. 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:57.799 I'm a big video game collector. I love sports. 00:21:58.059 --> 00:22:01.099 I love pro wrestling. I don't have enough time 00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:04.759 in my day to love the stuff that I love. I get 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:07.680 it. I don't understand why I would take a chunk 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:10.400 of my day to be like, you fucking suck T -Rex. 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:13.079 Just don't watch me and go find a comic. There's 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:15.980 not enough minutes in the day. It'd be happy. 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:19.220 Go do that. Brian, that was a great segue because 00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:21.700 what I wanted, I actually wanted to take a detour 00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:24.460 from comedy for a second and talk about your 00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:26.319 love for video games and everything you're doing 00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.900 there. Cause I know, I believe you're doing some 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:30.380 streaming and I know you're just definitely in 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:33.539 that world and we're a bunch of nerds. We love 00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:38.019 sports, video games and wrestling as well. Oh 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:40.079 yeah. Yeah. I've always been a huge video game 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:43.779 guy. I started with. the original NES, I think 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:45.839 probably when I was five is when we got five 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:49.339 or six. And yeah, I just fell in love with it. 00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:53.259 Like it was never an issue where I was very fortunate. 00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:56.519 I wasn't really bullied as a kid, but I didn't 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:59.000 have the best home life. My dad was a career 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:02.500 alcoholic kind of thing. So having video games, 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:04.720 like for me, video games and pro wrestling were 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:07.579 the two biggest escapes. During that time, you 00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:10.740 could focus on something else. Even if the worlds 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:13.240 are clearly fake and cheesy and over the top 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:15.299 or whatever, at least for a little bit, you can 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:17.480 just be like, this is what I'm in right now. 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:21.420 And that's what video games became. And I always 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:23.359 loved them. I was always broke. And then I did 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:25.359 AGT and had a little bit of extra money on the 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:28.500 side. And now I own too many damn video games. 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:30.799 And I have to, I'm starting to move some of the 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:34.140 collection because my son is very selfish. And 00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:36.940 when he was born, he took one of my game rooms. 00:23:38.809 --> 00:23:41.569 What a jerk. Yeah, a little prick. Wait till 00:23:41.569 --> 00:23:43.549 you beat him in Mario Kart the first time. It's 00:23:43.549 --> 00:23:47.150 gonna be glorious. I'm looking forward to destroying 00:23:47.150 --> 00:23:49.890 him in many things like that. But yeah, but now 00:23:49.890 --> 00:23:52.970 I have, I don't know, 15, 16 tubs just full of 00:23:52.970 --> 00:23:56.150 video game stuff in the garage. I gotta move 00:23:56.150 --> 00:23:58.650 some of that, man. I think that happens a lot 00:23:58.650 --> 00:24:01.630 if you didn't have money and you start to get 00:24:01.630 --> 00:24:04.150 even a little bit of money. You over -correct 00:24:04.150 --> 00:24:06.049 and you're like, I'm going to get every fun thing 00:24:06.049 --> 00:24:08.289 I could never have as a kid. And then you're 00:24:08.289 --> 00:24:10.230 just covered in piles of nonsense. And you're 00:24:10.230 --> 00:24:11.769 like, I should probably curate this a little 00:24:11.769 --> 00:24:14.950 bit. Honey, why are there three Nintendo power 00:24:14.950 --> 00:24:18.869 gloves on the front steps? Listen, the best part 00:24:18.869 --> 00:24:22.970 of being an adult is buying toys you couldn't 00:24:22.970 --> 00:24:24.410 have bought when you were a kid. Oh, a hundred 00:24:24.410 --> 00:24:28.339 percent. Yeah. And for me, I just need to focus 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:30.759 more because I'm a checklist guy. I love having 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:32.880 complete sets of things. That's why I was so 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:34.940 into like baseball cards and football cards and 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.880 stuff like that. So you got to get every single 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:39.819 one of them. And it really dawned on me, it was 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:43.019 like, do I need four different versions of Madden 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:46.819 97 in my home? So now I'm thinking of it in the 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:50.440 context of my son. Will Owen think this is cool 00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:52.900 or interesting when he's old enough? And if the 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:56.059 answer is no. I'm trying to send it on its way. 00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:59.000 That's a good way to filter it out. That's fair. 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:01.339 That's brilliant. At the same time, I feel like 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:03.460 what if the first three copies stop working? 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:08.339 That's true. And here's the funny thing. I end 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:10.960 up emulating all this stuff just for convenience 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:14.559 so that I can stream it and stuff. This will 00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:16.859 be my kind of... Because I'm an artist. I create 00:25:16.859 --> 00:25:18.599 things. I don't want stuff to pirate my stuff. 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:23.059 If you give me... the chance to legally buy something, 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:25.640 I will always give you money. That's right. I 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:28.400 will 100 percent. Nintendo, take my money. Yeah. 00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:31.099 I will just take my credit card, charge whatever 00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:34.059 you want. I'll buy those things. If I have to 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:36.319 spend three hundred dollars to buy it from just 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:40.099 some dude, like I don't care at that point. Like 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:42.319 that's it's cool to have physical stuff and have 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:44.779 I'm going to keep the stuff I love. But if you 00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:47.220 don't let me actually give the developers money. 00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:50.160 Whatever man at this point like make it available. 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:53.019 I'll give you I'll pay you let me I gotta ask 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:55.279 this and this is this could be a hack question 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:59.559 I'll take a chance. Oh If you could you're stuck 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:03.059 on a desert island. You got one gaming system 00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:07.460 in one game What is it a link to the past for 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:10.160 the Super Nintendo? Wow off the top of his head, 00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:13.000 which means that's either that is a clear -cut 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:16.089 winner for him definitely I'm really bad. If 00:26:16.089 --> 00:26:18.609 you give me a question, name your top five or 00:26:18.609 --> 00:26:21.750 top 10 of anything, I'm going to struggle. I 00:26:21.750 --> 00:26:23.950 have difficulty with that, but I can usually 00:26:23.950 --> 00:26:27.210 tell you my top of something. And for me, it's 00:26:27.210 --> 00:26:30.049 since so far, I'm looking to see if anything 00:26:30.049 --> 00:26:32.150 will ever knock it off its pedestal, but Legend 00:26:32.150 --> 00:26:34.150 of Zelda Link to the Past is my favorite game 00:26:34.150 --> 00:26:36.210 of all time. I still play it probably two, three 00:26:36.210 --> 00:26:38.029 times a year, which is why I don't get through 00:26:38.029 --> 00:26:41.049 my 10 ,000 video game collection. Yeah, that's 00:26:41.049 --> 00:26:44.539 amazing. That's awesome, man. I got to ask you, 00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:46.259 cause you, you just brought up that you're a 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:48.839 wrestling fan. What are your thoughts on John 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:53.000 Cena? Ooh, man. It's, it's one of those things 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:56.059 where it all makes perfect sense. Sure. I think 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:58.140 the story is going to be great. I think there's 00:26:58.140 --> 00:27:00.559 plenty of motivation behind it, but it was still 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:03.980 shocking because there was no way that guy was 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:06.519 ever. He's the make a wish guy. I felt there 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:08.420 was just too much, always too much money and 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:10.819 too much clout involved with him just being that 00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:14.470 guy. Yeah. that now that he's not, I thought 00:27:14.470 --> 00:27:16.789 it was done brilliantly. I thought it couldn't 00:27:16.789 --> 00:27:18.829 have been, I thought Cody played his part. I 00:27:18.829 --> 00:27:21.329 thought the whole thing was great. I'm excited. 00:27:21.450 --> 00:27:26.089 I never thought that as a really actually wrestling 00:27:26.089 --> 00:27:30.170 nerd, that I would be this excited for John Cena 00:27:30.170 --> 00:27:34.990 in 2025. I'm in. I'm so in. Ryan, I'm with you 00:27:34.990 --> 00:27:38.329 because my son is five and he got into wrestling 00:27:38.329 --> 00:27:41.470 a couple of years ago. Which now gave me an excuse 00:27:41.470 --> 00:27:44.410 to buy action figures and pretend that it's for 00:27:44.410 --> 00:27:47.369 him. So he's a huge Cody Rhodes fan naturally, 00:27:47.609 --> 00:27:50.109 but I'm not even kidding you. Within the last 00:27:50.109 --> 00:27:52.390 three weeks we were watching old John Cena videos 00:27:52.390 --> 00:27:56.430 and he's obsessed. And my poor son just watched 00:27:56.430 --> 00:27:59.170 him heel turn and I'm like, buddy, I promise 00:27:59.170 --> 00:28:02.990 he hasn't been a bad guy in 23 years. But here's 00:28:02.990 --> 00:28:05.970 my take. I wonder if because now the McMahons 00:28:05.970 --> 00:28:09.150 are stepping out in a way. I wonder if this is 00:28:09.150 --> 00:28:12.630 the first bold move that the new regime is pulling 00:28:12.630 --> 00:28:14.730 because this would be the equivalent of Hulk 00:28:14.730 --> 00:28:17.549 Hogan becoming a bad guy back in the day. You 00:28:17.549 --> 00:28:21.289 know? Yeah. Yeah. It's probably the most or it's 00:28:21.289 --> 00:28:23.549 a little too early to say because it's like the 00:28:23.549 --> 00:28:25.390 follow -up is always important on these things. 00:28:25.390 --> 00:28:29.420 Yeah. But probably the biggest turn since Hollywood 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:33.319 Hogan. Yes. Yeah. Yes. 96 with the NWO. 100%. 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:36.299 Yeah. I think it was, and it's also, I think 00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:39.740 why it was even more unexpected is just the fact 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:42.440 that, man, who turns heel during their retirement? 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:44.440 Yes. Because everything I understand is this 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:47.660 is like legitimately his like lawn saw. And he's 00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:49.559 just too, he's too busy. He's given his life 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:51.559 to wrestling. Now he's doing all these movies 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:53.940 and voiceovers and everything else. This is legitimately 00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:58.259 his goodbye. And to do this for that is brilliant. 00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:01.140 It is. And I, I agree with you because when Derek 00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:03.279 Jeter retired, they did this farewell tour for 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:05.539 a year. Like this would have been like Jeter 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:08.539 becoming a red sock for his last year as farewell 00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:11.180 tour. And I, my, my whole thing though is I'm 00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:13.500 trying to think in terms of story and character 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:17.140 arc. How, where does it go? Because he has to 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:20.460 finish. He can't finish out as a heel at WrestleMania 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.720 or Kenny. I don't know. Like I'm Do you have 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:24.359 any thoughts on where you think it could go? 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:27.920 My kind of initial thought, and I'm just saying 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:30.220 this as a nerd, I don't know. We all are. So 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:32.900 my initial thought, he's got to beat Cody at 00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:35.119 Mania. Yes. Because you don't waste this. If 00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:37.019 you're going to turn John Cena heel, you don't 00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:40.480 waste it. I think it probably ends. And I don't 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:42.500 know if he's going all the way until next year's 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:45.539 Mania for this. When they say it's his retirement 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:47.359 year, I don't know if they've ever said it's 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:51.019 literally calendar year or just the final ed. 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:54.079 I think it ends with him walking out as a good 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:57.160 guy. Cody probably rebeats him at some point 00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:59.420 to get it back. It's to help elevate Cody even 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:03.400 more to the next step. And Cena, he sees the 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:05.960 light and ends up probably putting the rock in 00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:09.519 his place in some variety. He says he's not gonna 00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:11.980 leave as a piece of shit. No, that's what I mean. 00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:14.099 And also, I don't think the fans will let him. 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:16.740 I honestly think that he's gonna... Everyone's 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:18.599 wanted this for so long. I think he's going to 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:20.839 get cheered during a lot of this because hardcore 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:23.240 wrestling nerds are going to be like, finally, 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:26.400 this is what we wanted. Like, I wonder if they're 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.460 going to have, because him and Orton were huge 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:30.619 rivals. I wonder if Randy Orton is going to be 00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:33.839 a part of the story. We'll have to see. They'll 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:35.819 cross paths at some point because before he leaves 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:38.839 it, the no brainer kind of matches in my eyes 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:43.319 are Orton. punk, AJ Styles, like people he's 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:45.359 had these histories with that he can still wrestle 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:47.859 that are still around. You've got to do something 00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:50.960 with all of them at some point in there. Maybe 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:52.839 you just made me realize maybe that's part of 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:55.460 the reason they had him turn is because a lot 00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:58.460 of his longtime rivals are now baby faces. So 00:30:58.460 --> 00:31:01.000 maybe they had to make him bad to make it make 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.920 sense. I don't know. But I'll tell you this. 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:05.059 If someone tells you, oh, I totally saw this 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:07.339 coming. They're full of shit because nobody did. 00:31:08.520 --> 00:31:11.859 I will be honest, I had tongue in cheek predicted 00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:16.000 something like this, but it was done with the 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.079 cadence of, this will never fucking happen. Wouldn't 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:23.059 it be neat if this happened? Got me hooked. It's 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:26.079 hard to, especially in the age of information 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:29.460 and technology, it's hard to legitimately shock 00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:32.420 people in wrestling anymore. And I felt this 00:31:32.420 --> 00:31:35.220 was pretty shocking. It was. It was. Do you have 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:37.079 a favorite? I call it pay -per -view, but now 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.900 it's main event. I've always been a Royal Rumble 00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:41.660 guy. What's your... Oh, yeah. Easily Royal Rumble. 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:44.960 That's the show that got me into wrestling. Same. 00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:48.140 Same. The very first... I got into wrestling 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:50.539 during one of the lamest times to be a wrestling 00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:56.160 fan. 1993. Oh! You're close to me. Yeah, yeah. 00:31:56.180 --> 00:32:00.799 93 to 95 is generally considered one of the roughest 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:03.559 periods of major professional wrestling. Yeah. 00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:06.500 It's brutal. You and I are just... Same age. 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:10.519 So I, I too remember my first one was WrestleMania 00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:15.000 five Savage versus Hogan. That was what got me 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:19.140 hooked. Yeah, for me. I remember my buddy had 00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:21.700 a tape that had WrestleMania five and six on 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:24.500 it and I watched it a ton, but for whatever reason 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:27.259 I watched those, but it didn't make me want to 00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:30.460 seek out the TV shows for whatever reason. I 00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:32.359 just, Oh, this, this is fun. I really like this. 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:35.400 And then what actually got me was visiting my 00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:38.680 grandma one time. She was in a real small town 00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.900 in Southern Indiana. And we'd always get to go 00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:43.259 to a little local store. It was called Ben Franklin, 00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:46.259 a little kind of, I think like a cheap Walgreens. 00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:51.279 Okay. And, oh, here's $5, go buy whatever you 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:53.559 want. So my brother and I went to the store and 00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:57.240 they had the WWF, it was at the time, WWF magazine. 00:32:57.319 --> 00:33:00.519 Yeah. And on the cover was Yokozuna, just looking 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.210 giant. He had just won the 93 Royal rumble. Yeah. 00:33:04.289 --> 00:33:06.730 For whatever reason, I went, yep, that's the 00:33:06.730 --> 00:33:08.710 thing. I'm going to buy that magazine. And I 00:33:08.710 --> 00:33:11.170 found all the TV after that. So I, I got in at 00:33:11.170 --> 00:33:13.650 like episode three of Monday Night Raw, just 00:33:13.650 --> 00:33:15.309 cause that's happened to me when it started. 00:33:15.849 --> 00:33:17.509 Yeah. And I've been... That's awesome. That's 00:33:17.509 --> 00:33:19.569 fucking great. You know what I miss? The only 00:33:19.569 --> 00:33:23.009 thing I miss about the old days is remember you'd 00:33:23.009 --> 00:33:25.089 watch on like Saturday mornings or whatever it 00:33:25.089 --> 00:33:28.130 was. And it used to be where they'd have a superstar. 00:33:28.450 --> 00:33:30.849 So you'd have whatever. Whole Compton verse. 00:33:30.990 --> 00:33:34.069 Jim Wilson and it was just like a guy in blue 00:33:34.069 --> 00:33:36.869 like whatever you call those Bottoms. Yeah, and 00:33:36.869 --> 00:33:38.730 you knew they were just like you knew they were 00:33:38.730 --> 00:33:42.410 gonna lose which opened the door for When razor 00:33:42.410 --> 00:33:45.470 Ramon got beat by the one two three kid on raw 00:33:45.470 --> 00:33:48.589 and lost his belt That was like the biggest deal 00:33:48.589 --> 00:33:51.190 in the world because the one two three kid that 00:33:51.190 --> 00:33:52.910 wasn't his name at the time He was just like 00:33:52.910 --> 00:33:56.190 Chad Johnson. Yeah, I think too because I remember 00:33:56.190 --> 00:33:58.450 that pretty vividly that was one of the early 00:33:58.450 --> 00:34:01.240 moments of raw He had just had a different name. 00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.799 They were making fun of him because every week 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:04.599 he was something like one week He was the lightning 00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:08.059 kid what he wrestled as in GWF at the time. Yeah, 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:10.739 then he was cannonball kid Oh my god, I didn't 00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:13.300 remember that that week. He was just the kid 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:16.320 the kid and then he got Nicknamed the one two 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.880 three kid, but it was mind -blowing because it 00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.300 was like that never happened the no -name guy 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:22.900 We all know we pretend what if and then they 00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:25.460 get their ass beat But it was like the big it 00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:28.300 was the biggest deal. It was the Washington generals 00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:33.699 That's exactly right. That's perfect. Oh man. 00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.820 We should probably bring it back to comedy for 00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:38.260 just a minute because we can probably talk about 00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:42.119 this forever. The good news that your state needs 00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:47.900 is John Cena talk. We got to get that drop. You 00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:50.539 ever see that that old classic radio bit where 00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:52.440 they they keep calling people trying to give 00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:54.719 them tickets to the John Cena show and they know 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:57.300 we'll find it. It's phenomenal. Okay. I like 00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:59.320 it. One of the few fake radio bits that I actually 00:34:59.320 --> 00:35:03.000 will give some attention to. There you go. Let's 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:05.099 talk about some comedy again because one of the 00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:07.420 reasons now, first of all, spoiler alert. I want 00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:12.300 folks to know that Mike and Ryan were in conversations 00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:16.190 to set this up before the show that you're going 00:35:16.190 --> 00:35:18.369 to be on in Utica was put together. That's true. 00:35:18.409 --> 00:35:21.590 We wanted you on just because we love you. We're 00:35:21.590 --> 00:35:23.309 going to talk about that, but I just want folks 00:35:23.309 --> 00:35:26.130 that we were into Ryan before it was locally 00:35:26.130 --> 00:35:31.329 cool. Before it was called Utica. But he is coming 00:35:31.329 --> 00:35:34.769 to Utica and our man Phil Farta is the comedian 00:35:34.769 --> 00:35:37.010 and the promoter and the crazy dude who puts 00:35:37.010 --> 00:35:38.949 it all together. Phil will actually be on the 00:35:38.949 --> 00:35:41.349 show tomorrow to talk about this some more, but 00:35:41.349 --> 00:35:44.750 the main man will be there. Ryan, just tell folks 00:35:44.750 --> 00:35:46.869 just a little bit about what they might expect 00:35:46.869 --> 00:35:49.250 if they come out to see you here in Utica at 00:35:49.250 --> 00:35:52.710 your show. It's going to be fun. Like I always 00:35:52.710 --> 00:35:55.030 hate when I have to like, when I say this, because 00:35:55.030 --> 00:35:58.130 I think people think I'm blowing smoke, but legitimately 00:35:58.130 --> 00:36:01.909 I love coming to Utica. So it's been probably 00:36:01.909 --> 00:36:04.570 five, six years at this point. Yeah. The biggest 00:36:04.570 --> 00:36:08.670 reason this got set up is that before I did AGT, 00:36:09.070 --> 00:36:11.190 Phil booked me for stuff out there all the time 00:36:11.190 --> 00:36:13.440 when I was just, when I was just a dude. It's 00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:15.019 awesome. I like it. And they were always fun 00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:16.860 shows. Phil has always treated me. I've always 00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:19.019 had a good time. I don't think it's still open. 00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:21.360 It was Cavallo's. That was the. Yep. They just 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:23.840 recently closed down. Yeah. That was usually 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:26.480 the big show. You put me on three or four things 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.739 and some of them more successful than others. 00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:30.760 Some of them were, I remember there was a couple 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:34.059 of like old folks homes, I believe. Phil's one 00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:36.579 of those dudes. Phil's a grinder man. And he'll 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:39.480 try to make everything work. And some of them 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:41.780 do, some of them don't. But that dude's going 00:36:41.780 --> 00:36:45.039 to try anything and everything. Yeah. That's 00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:47.300 why I always appreciate them. That dude hustles. 00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:50.440 For sure. And it was one of those things that 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:52.920 I haven't been out that way in a while. I'm going 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:55.960 to be doing a college in Albany the night before. 00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:58.639 Nice. And I was like, Hey Phil, while I'm out 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.739 here, I haven't done this in a while. Do you 00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:04.019 want to set something up? Perfect. And I'm excited. 00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.860 It's nice too. A lot of new doors opened up for 00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:09.670 me when I did AGT. But one of the things that's 00:37:09.670 --> 00:37:12.869 important to me is keeping the old doors open 00:37:12.869 --> 00:37:16.550 as well. Nice. Because once you get on TV, it's 00:37:16.550 --> 00:37:18.829 easy for people to be your buddy then. Sure. 00:37:19.130 --> 00:37:21.510 Oh yeah, come on out. Of course you can do our 00:37:21.510 --> 00:37:23.969 club now. Yeah. I want to remember the people 00:37:23.969 --> 00:37:26.730 who, when nobody gave a shit. You know, the people 00:37:26.730 --> 00:37:28.929 who actually gave a shit. That's great. I want 00:37:28.929 --> 00:37:30.750 to still be as cool to them as possible. And 00:37:30.750 --> 00:37:32.929 Phil's an old buddy of mine. Will Phillips is 00:37:32.929 --> 00:37:35.429 going to be on the show as well. Love Will. The 00:37:35.429 --> 00:37:38.099 cool thing about Will, it's a crazy thing. I 00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:41.619 actually have known Phil or Will since 1996. 00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:43.559 Yeah. He was out in LA, right? With the same 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:46.500 time as you? I knew him before that. Oh, wow. 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:51.840 We met Will on IRC in wrestling channels. Holy 00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:55.840 shit. Yeah. We are both like 14 years old. So 00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:59.619 I knew Will online for a decade plus before we 00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:01.679 ever met in person. Holy shit. Yeah. Will's one 00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:03.800 of my legit, one of my oldest friends in the 00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:06.519 world. through nerdy wrestling stuff. I love 00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:09.760 it. So I'm always excited to get to see and it's 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:12.659 incredible. Man, if he would have pushed harder 00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:14.960 with actual stand up, like he's so brilliant. 00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:19.860 He's hilarious. One of the best writers legitimately 00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:23.440 I have ever met and worked with. He's so clever 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:27.039 and smart and brilliant. I did. It's a good show. 00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:29.820 I did a show with him where he closed with the 00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:31.619 12 days of Christmas bit. Have you heard him 00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:36.679 do that? Yeah. Genius. Absolutely genius. I love 00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:42.179 that man. He has a few Halloween bits like the 00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:44.559 awkward house or the uncomfortable house instead 00:38:44.559 --> 00:38:48.960 of a haunted house. Oh gosh. His carbon monoxide 00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:52.039 joke. Just please come see him. Stay for me. 00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:55.599 He's so funny. And he's a local boy. I think 00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:57.860 he grew up in Saratoga Springs, I want to say. 00:38:58.380 --> 00:39:01.360 And he's lived outside of his time in LA. He's 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:04.559 more or less been... He's a local yokel as they 00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:07.619 say, he's legit. For sure. Not to derail it too 00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:11.679 much, but years ago, Will and Phil Farda had 00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:14.239 this bit, this whole YouTube, I think it was 00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:17.920 a podcast series called Comedians in Coffee, 00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:20.960 where the two of them sat in a bathtub filled 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:25.840 with coffee and told jokes. And one of the reasons 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:28.440 I bring this up is recently I was on Twitch flipping 00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:31.659 through and I saw this streamer, these two dudes. 00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:34.460 We're sitting in a tub telling jokes. They didn't, 00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.780 it wasn't filled with coffee, but it was totally 00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:39.119 like, I took a picture and meant to show it to 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.619 Will go, Hey, these guys are ripping you off. 00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:42.480 You definitely invented this years ago. Imagine 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:45.320 being that lame that the thing you steal is sitting 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:48.059 in a bathtub with another dude. Listen, they 00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:50.260 made it hilarious. They did a whole second season, 00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:52.300 I believe, where they had like a bathtub in a 00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:55.480 field. Like sometime you got to talk to Will, 00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:58.400 we'll get them on here and talk about that. It 00:39:58.400 --> 00:40:02.340 was a parody of the Jerry Seinfeld show. And 00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:05.059 I learned full suits, just sitting there telling 00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:07.679 weird jokes about Ric Flair and stuff. Oh, it's 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:10.340 so funny. It was so funny. Why have we not seen, 00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:12.079 I have not seen it. It's a phenomenal series. 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:14.500 It's so good. Drastically underrated. Yeah. But 00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:17.139 anyway, growth mode content is actually a sponsor 00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:19.539 of this show coming up in Utica. So in the links 00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.519 and in the description, all that will be the 00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:23.940 links, but we will have some free tickets to 00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:25.880 give away to folks as well, which are pretty 00:40:25.880 --> 00:40:32.440 cool and will be there. March 21st. Okay, I believe 00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:34.019 I'm saying this right thing. It's birthstone. 00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:36.760 Yeah. Yes, where it's March 21st You can see 00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:40.260 Ryan E Miller with Will Phillips Phil Farda at 00:40:40.260 --> 00:40:42.780 the birthstone in on Burstone Road in New York, 00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:45.300 New York So yeah, we'll have links to get tickets 00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:47.300 a good New York calm. So right near the Great 00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:49.900 Burstone Yeah, and I think that's your birthstone 00:40:49.900 --> 00:40:52.960 is a Burstone. Yeah, yeah pay homage to the Burstone. 00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:59.699 Yeah. Yeah, absolutely Rub it for good luck Ryan, 00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.960 what, what are some places we should tell folks 00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:04.139 to check you aside from the show that's coming 00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:06.440 up? Give me some websites, stuff like that. Obviously 00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:08.599 the show would be first and foremost because 00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:11.280 that diapers are expensive. My son from shitting 00:41:11.280 --> 00:41:14.800 on the drapes, which he likes to try. He's very 00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:18.840 advanced. Yeah. Human feces is his favorite art 00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:22.380 medium. That's beautiful. But yeah. So cripplethreat 00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:26.099 .com is the website. Any dates on there? Awesome. 00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:27.500 Cripple threat was going to be my pro wrestling 00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:29.219 name, by the way. That's where that came from. 00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:31.860 That is the best. I mean, it is absolutely the 00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:34.059 best name and the logo with the Jurassic park. 00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.940 And for those of you listening, in case you misheard, 00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:39.199 he did not say triple threat. He said co -ripple 00:41:39.199 --> 00:41:43.679 cripple threat. I love it. I love it. Dot com. 00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:46.300 Well, yeah, one of the best things I've I've 00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:48.260 it worked out well for me. I've got a lot of 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:50.920 mileage out of that there. All the social media 00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:53.559 is cripple threat eight. Uh, cause there was 00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:57.320 seven before me, but I was in the power. I am 00:41:57.320 --> 00:41:59.840 their leader now. It's a, it's a pump situation 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:02.519 where one dies, a new one gets it. That's kind 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.760 of how it works. I am the captain now. Yeah. 00:42:05.780 --> 00:42:07.539 White smoke starts billowing from the top of 00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:13.699 the Shriner's hospital. It's, it's very... You 00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:15.880 can find me on there. Uh, like you said, like 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.059 I'm trying to rebuild that kind of social media 00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:20.440 and stuff. The last year I was working a little 00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:22.239 bit, but I was more or less stay at home dad. 00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:24.500 and this is me really getting back on the road 00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:28.820 and doing it. So please, comedy in 2025 is very 00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:32.219 different than even when I started in 06. Comedy 00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:34.440 used to be, you'd show up in a cool place like 00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:37.780 Utica, hopefully do well at your show. People 00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:40.539 at the show would go home and be like, hey, you 00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:43.239 gotta go see this guy next time he's here. Hopefully 00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:45.980 the next time it's more and more. Comedy in 2025 00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:48.500 is tricking algorithms to show your dick jokes 00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:51.539 to more strangers. So please follow, comment, 00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:54.059 share, if you like anything on there. And then 00:42:54.059 --> 00:42:55.920 the other thing I'm doing, like you alluded to 00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:58.400 earlier, getting really back into Twitch streaming, 00:42:59.059 --> 00:43:01.179 kind of make use of my large video game. So if 00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:03.320 you want to actually come and hang out, try to 00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:06.829 make it a fun chill. above average at video games. 00:43:06.829 --> 00:43:08.929 I'm not going to say great, but for having half 00:43:08.929 --> 00:43:11.730 hands, I think I'm pretty damn good. A lot of 00:43:11.730 --> 00:43:13.590 retro stuff, a lot of cool stuff. So if you just 00:43:13.590 --> 00:43:15.550 want to come hang out and talk on there, that's 00:43:15.550 --> 00:43:18.409 twitch .tv slash cripple threat eight. That's 00:43:18.409 --> 00:43:19.550 awesome. I'll be following you for sure, man. 00:43:19.750 --> 00:43:23.409 That's awesome, man. Ryan Neemiller is coming 00:43:23.409 --> 00:43:26.309 to town. We're going to talk about that. My favorite 00:43:26.309 --> 00:43:28.670 old Christmas Carol right there. Yeah, that's 00:43:28.670 --> 00:43:31.429 right. It's a great song. Yeah, Ryan Neemiller 00:43:31.429 --> 00:43:36.119 coming to Utica March 20. First. Did I get that 00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:38.539 right? You pulled that out. I did. March 20th, 00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.880 we should probably have that shit ready next 00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:42.079 time. March 21st, Utica, New York on Burrstone 00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:43.960 Road at the Burrstone Inn. Ryan E. Miller from 00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:49.880 AGT. Gamer. Comedian. Drape cleaner. And guy 00:43:49.880 --> 00:43:53.119 who's had sex at least once. Guy, we have proof. 00:43:53.460 --> 00:43:57.280 He's had sex once. You can never say. He's probably 00:43:57.280 --> 00:44:00.079 a virgin. He's got a child. We checked with... 00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.579 What's the show where they used to do the paternity 00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:04.239 test? Maury Povich. We're all set. This guy fucks. 00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:06.920 This guy fucks. That's actually what it's gonna 00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:09.539 say. Cripple threat. This guy fucks. That's on 00:44:09.539 --> 00:44:12.059 the posters, I think. Ryan, thank you so much 00:44:12.059 --> 00:44:15.000 for being a part of Good News York. And we love 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:16.739 you, man. We'll see you... Come back anytime. 00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:18.360 Anytime. Seriously. And we'll see you on the 00:44:18.360 --> 00:44:21.380 21st. Alright, see you guys tomorrow then. Alright 00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:23.699 buddy. Alright, thanks guys.