Hey guys, welcome to Good News York. Yes. It's
Tuesday? It is Tuesday. This show might actually
tell me, give me an idea of what day it is. I
don't usually know what day it is. It's like
Facebook. Everyone's like, I can't believe you
remembered my birthday, thanks. And I'm like,
that's because Facebook told me. Yeah. But this
show tells me what day it is. And I'm a little
extra fired up today, Matt, and you know why.
Because we have someone coming on that I'm very
excited about. Oh, I thought you were talking
about like a stomach issue. Yes, I have IBS and
you took me out to lunch yesterday for Danny's
birthday Danny Love you and I have been shitting
like a goose ever since but it was well worth
it because it was delicious bull and bear Bull
and bear Jesus Christ. Oh wait, I probably shouldn't
do that, right? I said I'm shitting. It's not
because of hailing bear Hey, there's a best endorsement
in town. They're gonna sign up as a client Wow
today bull and bear is fucking phenomenal I'm
shitting like a goose because my plumbing is
fucked up. It's not bull and bear. Should we
start that again? There's a 30 % chance that's
gonna make it to the episodes. I'm very excited
because Ryan E. Miller is coming on today, a
friend of Phil Fardas, and Phil's a friend of
ours, and you may have seen him on such shows
as AGT. He was one of the finalists on America's
Got Talent in 2019, but he's - Noice! Yeah, he's
very unique. He's got a disability and he plays
into it. Yeah, March 21st, Burrstone Inn on Burrstone
Road in Utica, New York. We're such a fan of
this fella that we're already all over it. No,
and this is not a joke. I emailed him, hey buddy,
we'd love to have you on the show. Just fans
of yours. We have a mutual friend. Two days later,
Phil got ahold of you and said, hey, I booked
Ryan Neemiller in Utica on March 21st. And we're
like, there's even more of a reason to have him.
There you go. Yeah, we wanted him before he got
booked. God damn it. We did it before. We're
ahead of the game. We're ahead of the game. Progressive
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platforms. Absolutely. I'm very, very pumped
up for today. Yeah. I like watching Mike think
in real time. You can see the gears turning and
stuff. And then sometimes they just get stuck.
I have a tell where my family, I fold my ear.
I have really weird ears. See now you're telling
us that. I know I'm telling you my tell. Yeah,
I guess when I fold my ears, I'm thinking way
harder. I appreciate that you're one of the only,
like, 90s band guys who didn't stretch your earlobes
so, baby, you could fit a bowling ball inside
them. That was like... That was a weird thing.
I had one, two, three, four... I had six earrings
and a nipple ring. That was weird. So, whatever,
I had that stuff. Thank God I had that switch
inside me that told me, like... That's ear stretching
shit. That's a bad idea. I agree. I had no, and
whatever, it worked for some people and I had
friends that did it and they look good. But that
was absolutely not. Did they look good? They
did. They look cool. They were cool as hell.
I'm not gonna lie. The people that did that generally
had also a crazy style. Yes. Typically they put
some effort into it. Had my tongue pierced as
a teenager. What? Yeah. It's true. Hit it from
my parents for a year and a half. How'd you hide
it? Just kept your mouth closed? Yeah, they didn't
notice. How they noticed is I went to lunch with
my dad one day and sitting across the table from
him eating. Ah, yeah, that'll do it. That's how
he noticed. But aside from that, as long as you're
not looking straight on, it was pretty easy to
hide. Yeah, the similar thing happened when I
was like 17. I got my nipple pierced, me and
my buddy. Yeah, and so when I got home, that's
a weird buddy activity. I know I don't remember
how it came about but Sounds really fucking stupid.
Those are wild days. They were well this but
I remember coming home and it was like for some
reason that day My mom wanted a big hug. We were
just standing in the kitchen and I was real sore
and I had a baby Jesus and she's oh my god Come
here and give me a hug and I'm like, no and she
hugged me and I was wearing a white t -shirt
and oh so I start talking to her after And she
goes, what's your bleep? And my nipple was showing
blood. Yeah. And so the cat was right out of
the bag there. Immediately. Yeah. What am I going
to say? No, I just lactate blood, Bob. How long
did that last? The piercing? How long did you
have it? Yeah. Oh, I had it for Christ, over
a decade. Oh, wow. 10, 15 years. Yeah. Absolutely.
You were really into it. Yeah. Danny got his
butthole pierced. Isn't that true, Danny? One
of the first in New York state. That's some Good
News York. Little bell rings every time he poops.
He does. Oh my God. Anyway, should we take a
break and get Ryan in here? Yeah, let's stop
this nonsense and let the guest stop waiting.
We'll be right back on Good News York with Ryan
Neemiller, comedian extraordinaire, AGT, one
of the finalists. Live from California. We made
the dude wake up. I know. That's the one part
of this job. with the booking part that I've
never done, so I'm learning. Booking people on
the west coast comes with a tremendous amount
of guilt. To be fair, it is an optional thing.
And here's the other thing. Anyone who's in the
business and lives on the west coast, they know
that kind of comes. That's what they get for
living wrong side of the country. Come to New
York. Things are great. Alright, we'll be back.
Peace out. Alright, welcome back to Good News
York. I am personally thrilled Uh, to welcome
our, I would say this is our first celebrity
guest. It definitely is. It's our first celebrity
guest. Just don't tell Sean Kelsey that. And
somebody who I admire greatly as a comedian myself,
I am a big fan of America's Got Talent. They've
done a lot of great things for comedians. And
especially for this next gentleman, our friend
Ryan Neemiller is here from America's Got Talent.
He was one of the finalists. And in my book,
I say winner because When you get to the last
five or 10 people, you won, right? You won in
a way, because of the exposure you get. And so
we are thrilled to have you here on Good News
York. Ryan, welcome to the show, my man. Thank
you very much. I will say, though, having a million
dollars would have made me feel like more of
a wisher. I can say that. My career is a lot
better off because I did so well on that show.
A million dollars wouldn't have been too shabby
to throw on top of that. Just for the record.
It's so easy for me to say it. Oh, Ryan, you
already won. You're like, no, I didn't, asshole.
I don't have the million dollars. The real million
dollars was the friends I made along the way.
You can't put value on that. See, that's the
official NBC answer. He's going to get booked
on another show just because he's He knows how
to spin it positively. I appreciate you guys.
I just want to let you know, I do love you guys
because I woke up at 5 .30 a .m. my time just
to talk to you yahoos. Wow. To know that I appreciate
you. We appreciate that. That added, by the way,
this is a part of the gig that I didn't realize
the amount of guilt that I feel when I have to
buck someone on the West Coast and they're like...
Yeah, man, it's okay. That's going to be 5 a
.m. here. And I'm like, oh, Jesus, I tried to
accommodate it, but we do appreciate you being
up this early, bud. Yes. It means a lot to us.
In all seriousness, my one and a half year old
would have had me up in about 30 more minutes
anyway. But this way I can make you guys feel
bad and you'll be nicer to me during the interview.
That's fair. That's right. This is a wise gentleman
right here. He's a wise man. He is. Stage, I've
been doing this a long time. Absolutely. Ryan,
why don't you tell us a little bit about that?
So obviously we're talking about you on TV, but
your career started obviously before that and
has continued long since that's happened. So
tell us a little bit about you that we don't
know. Sure. So I've been doing comedy almost
19 years now. It'll be 19 years in October of
this year. My comedy career can now officially
do porn. That's what we're going into for this
year. In some states and a lot of states can't
do that anymore. in some states it can not live
in california that's one of the cool ones yeah
yeah yeah i've been doing it 19 years i started
in la because i was dumb i didn't realize that
you didn't have to start there uh it's one of
those things that like there's so many little
things with any career really but comedy especially
where you don't know until you know sure i grew
up in indiana i grew up in a real small town
in indiana i went to school in terra jota indiana
not exactly the mecca of entertainment by any
means not also the home above of the love sponge.
Surprising. Oh, wow. Oh, yeah. And Larry Bird
is that that's the two things we're going for
there. Okay. And I knew comedy existed elsewhere,
but it sounds dumb now. I thought you had to
go to New York City or LA to get started or you
train. It's like going to bootcamp where you
got to do that. And then You then you get to
go to Owensboro, Kentucky or whatever. So yes,
I started out there. I made it about three years
in LA. I just couldn't, it was going from a small
town to that was way different. Then I really
started getting going in the Midwest back in
Indiana. And then, yeah, it was, it was a long
grind. 12 years later, I got AGT. That was 2019
for me. And then it kind of, luckily I haven't
had to get a real job yet. That's my goal is
just to every year not have to. I'll put on a
tie. That is success. It's funny. You're talking
about moving to LA and New York. That's something
that haunted me throughout my career is I didn't
have the means back in the day to go to those
places, but we live close enough to New York
where I've traveled and performed there quite
a bit. And I know the grind and how, how intimidating
that can be. Don't beat yourself up too much
because Back when I started comedy was actually
Phil Farta, who you know, and I started at the
same time in the same comedy club. And back then,
you know, there was two routes you could go,
right? You could go to New York and L .A. and
try to be seen by producers and get your own
show, get a spot on The Tonight Show, you know,
or you did the circuit thing where you played
in Terra Haute and you could make anywhere up
to six figures just being a really good club
comic. I don't think you, you necessarily made
the wrong move. I think you made the right move,
but yeah, you don't know until you're there,
how overwhelming it can be. And maybe it's not
all cracked up what it's cracked up to be. Yeah.
And it's one of those things too, though. I don't
regret the decision, but you know, it's, I would
have made a different path because I enjoy doing
like New York and LA, but I don't feel special
there. If that makes sense. If you go to Des
Moines, Iowa, they're pumped to see you. Oh yeah.
Yeah. They love that you came to go see them.
A hundred percent. In LA, I'm going to be potentially
the sixth most famous person on a five person
show based on the nature of what happens out
here. Right. I still have fun. You can still
have a real good time, but like for your ego,
you feel like a real big deal in Oklahoma. Yeah.
Cause you're. That's fair. You know, to them,
they don't. You know, LA and New York, you know,
they celebrities and people on TV all the time,
but in the middle of Iowa, it's, oh my God, the
guy from America's Got Talent is here. Look,
LA and New York are the spoiled rich kids and
the people in the middle of Iowa are the kids
with humble upbringings. It sounds like there's
probably a good chance that those audiences not
in the major cities also maybe pay a little more
attention. Is that fair? Do they actually get
into the act a little more? Yeah, they care.
I'm generalizing here a tiny bit, but like when
you go to those type of town, and I'm not saying
this to talk down to them, like they're small
folks. My hometown was 3000 people. These are
my people. Like these are the people I associate
with. For a lot of these people, if you do shows
in LA, for instance, there's a good chance that
a large chunk of that audience is going to be
people who also are like struggling stand -up
comedians or struggling actors or struggling
they're there for that if you go to the middle
of Kentucky for instance there's a chance that
like you're performing for a couple who it's
their one date night they get every month or
two yep so they're just they're gonna have a
good time damn it no matter what it takes we're
gonna enjoy this night we finally found a babysitter
we have jobs that we have, they're real people
who have like real issues they got to work through.
Yeah. And so they're just like so appreciative.
So they're going to do their best to welcome
you in and let you do your thing and enjoy the
night. Cause they don't get those as often. I
see. I love that. You know that. Cause I recently
went to a show in a small town here in upstate
to see the wall flowers. I don't know if you
remember the wall flowers. The second most successful
Dylan. That's right. Jacob Dillon was so fucking
drunk. Oh, really? But he was that drunk to where,
like, you couldn't tell is he drunk or is something
wrong. Something was off. It was the most horrible
show. Then he started, like, turning on the audience
and being like, you guys aren't real fans. And
wow, I thought there was a row behind me where
I heard them say, God damn it, we got a babysitter
for this. We traveled from 200 miles away. And
that's what you're talking about where it's,
it's almost an added pressure. If you're doing
it right as a performer, Hey, I got to bring
my A game in the middle of Iowa because these
people, this is their one night out possibly
for the month. They deserve it. Yeah. That's
right. It is a new story after AGT. That's when
I officially became a headliner before that I
would headline shows, but it was the type of
shows where it gets promoted as comedy promoted
as Ryan Neemiller show. It's just, we're having
comedy. I did a lot of Phil's show, for instance,
and they were all fun, but they were just coming
out because Phil promoted good shows and it was
comedy. Correct. You know, now people are coming
to see me on purpose. That's awesome. And that
does add an extra pressure. It's nice, but at
the same time, man, if you're headlining a small
show that no one knew who was going to be there,
or you're a feature, for instance, man, that's
one of the easiest gigs mentally for you because
nobody was expecting anything from you anyway.
That's right. If you bomb, they don't remember
because they don't care. If people liked me on
television and spend this money and people have
traveled the 200, 300 miles to come see me for
stuff before, I can't just go dick around and
be like, I'm going to get drunk. You're not a
real fan anyway. You guys are assholes. I got
to try, man. It's a different pressure. That's
right. So Ryan, I got to know you, you talked
about the length of your career, almost 20 years.
Sounds like it took you from like your twenties
to your forties. How has your act evolved over
those two decades? Are you talking about the
same things as you were when you started or?
Ah, not at all. When you start as I think my
first actual standup, I had done improv and some
theater stuff before that, but I started standup
when I was 24. That's the tail end of this, but
then it's a lot of It's a lot of dating's hard
and here's my really smart masturbation joke
that I'm changing the game with. It was stuff
like that. And obviously I have a disability.
Part of it is, you know, early on I could do
shock and awe with that because there's nobody
who looks like me. So nobody knew who I was,
but when that would be on stage, they'd be like,
oh, this is different. And I could play with
that. Now I'm a 42 year old man with an almost
two year old son. Life's different now. I'm a
married dude with a menace of a baby. That's
a lot of what I'm talking about now. A lot of
what I do is still peppered with a disability
because it's my point of view. It's my life.
It's not a gimmick. It's who I am. And so that's
where I always try to put the unique spin on
things. Cause there's a lot of comics who are
dads. Being a dad with a disability, there's
a lot to unfurl from that onion, so to speak.
Yeah. And I love that you lean into your disability
and you know, for as somebody who does stand
up himself, like I get that mentality of I'm
not going to not talk about it because it's quite
obvious, but I'm not going to always, you know,
my whole life isn't going to be about that. It's
a delicate balance and you do it brilliantly
and I got to commend you because, and I could
be wrong, but before you, I don't remember seeing
too many comics or people on TV with disabilities.
And you've been part of Paving the Way. I've
seen comics since who have disabilities or even
singers. And I feel like you're part of the Paving
the Way for that. And I commend you for that.
That's got to feel good. Yeah. It's one of those
things that I'll be perfectly honest with you
guys. When I got into doing this, it wasn't to
be that. Like anyone who says, I'm going to go
inspire people. Yeah. So who the hell are you?
You don't get to make that call. You don't get
to go in to do that. I wanted to be on something
like America's Got Talent, for instance, because
I'm an attention whore and that's millions of
people who get to watch you. And it would help
me make more money. But once I, especially right
after my audition aired, the amount of like emails
and messages and all that type of stuff that
I got from either people with disabilities or
parents with people with disabilities who are
like, Hey, thanks for. being honest up there
and, and being you like really started thinking,
Oh, this is a little bit bigger than just me
trying to not have to work at Starbucks again.
Like it was, it's a little bit, so it's, I'm
not going to claim everything I do with that
is that, but it's nice to know that like the
only person I remember ever seeing that had a
limb difference on television was Jim Abbott.
Oh my God. I love Jim Abbott. Picture for the
Yankees. Yeah, that was the only reference I
had and I enjoy pizza too much to be a good athlete.
So I had to go a different route. And I was like,
if there's not going to be anyone on TV like
me, I'll try to do it myself. Yeah. For those
of you that don't watch baseball, Jim Abbott
was a pitcher who, and correct me Ryan, if I'm
wrong, he had an issue with one of his hands,
correct? Yeah. Yeah. One of his hands, he was
a from birth amputee. So he was missing his right
hand. So he would put his glove. he would rest
his glove on the hand with the disability and
he would throw the ball and then quickly put
the glove on. Wow. It was wild. Especially this
was early 90s, I think. Yeah, it was 80s, 90s.
Yeah. Yeah, that's incredible. He pitched a no
-hitter for the Yankees. He was a good athlete.
He has a career hit. There's some pitchers who
never got a hit. That dude got a hit. It was
always funny because I grew up playing youth
sports. I played little league baseball until
I was like nine or 10. And there would always
be people who would be like, oh, you have a chance
to get in the majors because Jim Abbott. And
I'm like, he's there. It's not the greatest make
-a -wish of all time that they just roll with
it. Like he's also a freakish athlete. He happens
to be missing hand. Like he's great. I was not
a freakish athlete. He's also an athlete. It's
not like I can go do that because I have a disability.
That's hysterical. I did not expect the gym.
It's so funny, the mentality of people, because
I even got some of that. Most of the reaction
when I was on AGT was positive, but you get people
that are like, oh, they're only laughing because
they feel bad for him. And I'm like, you overestimate
people. They don't feel bad. You think people
are nice just for the sake of it? Yeah. No, that
maybe gives you the initial 30 seconds where
they're going to be like, let's see what he can
do. If they didn't think I was funny, those people
would have turned on me in a heartbeat. Absolutely.
That's when it comes to that. Have you dealt
with a lot of trolls? More than anybody else.
I wish I had more creative trolls, frankly, because
if someone sees me, here's my general rule. If
you don't think I'm funny, that's fine because
comedy is such a subjective thing. You're not
going to be for everybody. If you just don't
like what I do, I think you're wrong, but that's
fine. But it's people who are just, cause there's
going to be two things that people try to troll
me with and it's the same unoriginal shit every
single time. It's you're a T -Rex or let me use
my strong hand. That's the two things that they're
breaking new ground. You're not going to hurt
my feelings if I don't respect you because you're
a hat. I don't care about that type of stuff.
If you're going to insult me, be creative. Yeah,
exactly. Make it hurt. Go for the thing. Cause
then I'm at least going to be like, you put some
effort into this. That's right. You just say
T -Rex, what are you me when I was three? I understand
this already. Like I do those jokes so much better.
You got to bring something a little stronger
to the table. I don't respect, I nothing you.
It's I don't care. Love it. Help me make money.
People don't get that. No, we were just talking
about that. They believe they're way more important
and effective than they actually are. And I never
understood it too, because I'm into a lot of
nerdy stuff that I'm very passionate about. My
room is a bit of a mess right now, but you can
see there's a big bunch of video game controllers.
I'm a big video game collector. I love sports.
I love pro wrestling. I don't have enough time
in my day to love the stuff that I love. I get
it. I don't understand why I would take a chunk
of my day to be like, you fucking suck T -Rex.
Just don't watch me and go find a comic. There's
not enough minutes in the day. It'd be happy.
Go do that. Brian, that was a great segue because
what I wanted, I actually wanted to take a detour
from comedy for a second and talk about your
love for video games and everything you're doing
there. Cause I know, I believe you're doing some
streaming and I know you're just definitely in
that world and we're a bunch of nerds. We love
sports, video games and wrestling as well. Oh
yeah. Yeah. I've always been a huge video game
guy. I started with. the original NES, I think
probably when I was five is when we got five
or six. And yeah, I just fell in love with it.
Like it was never an issue where I was very fortunate.
I wasn't really bullied as a kid, but I didn't
have the best home life. My dad was a career
alcoholic kind of thing. So having video games,
like for me, video games and pro wrestling were
the two biggest escapes. During that time, you
could focus on something else. Even if the worlds
are clearly fake and cheesy and over the top
or whatever, at least for a little bit, you can
just be like, this is what I'm in right now.
And that's what video games became. And I always
loved them. I was always broke. And then I did
AGT and had a little bit of extra money on the
side. And now I own too many damn video games.
And I have to, I'm starting to move some of the
collection because my son is very selfish. And
when he was born, he took one of my game rooms.
What a jerk. Yeah, a little prick. Wait till
you beat him in Mario Kart the first time. It's
gonna be glorious. I'm looking forward to destroying
him in many things like that. But yeah, but now
I have, I don't know, 15, 16 tubs just full of
video game stuff in the garage. I gotta move
some of that, man. I think that happens a lot
if you didn't have money and you start to get
even a little bit of money. You over -correct
and you're like, I'm going to get every fun thing
I could never have as a kid. And then you're
just covered in piles of nonsense. And you're
like, I should probably curate this a little
bit. Honey, why are there three Nintendo power
gloves on the front steps? Listen, the best part
of being an adult is buying toys you couldn't
have bought when you were a kid. Oh, a hundred
percent. Yeah. And for me, I just need to focus
more because I'm a checklist guy. I love having
complete sets of things. That's why I was so
into like baseball cards and football cards and
stuff like that. So you got to get every single
one of them. And it really dawned on me, it was
like, do I need four different versions of Madden
97 in my home? So now I'm thinking of it in the
context of my son. Will Owen think this is cool
or interesting when he's old enough? And if the
answer is no. I'm trying to send it on its way.
That's a good way to filter it out. That's fair.
That's brilliant. At the same time, I feel like
what if the first three copies stop working?
That's true. And here's the funny thing. I end
up emulating all this stuff just for convenience
so that I can stream it and stuff. This will
be my kind of... Because I'm an artist. I create
things. I don't want stuff to pirate my stuff.
If you give me... the chance to legally buy something,
I will always give you money. That's right. I
will 100 percent. Nintendo, take my money. Yeah.
I will just take my credit card, charge whatever
you want. I'll buy those things. If I have to
spend three hundred dollars to buy it from just
some dude, like I don't care at that point. Like
that's it's cool to have physical stuff and have
I'm going to keep the stuff I love. But if you
don't let me actually give the developers money.
Whatever man at this point like make it available.
I'll give you I'll pay you let me I gotta ask
this and this is this could be a hack question
I'll take a chance. Oh If you could you're stuck
on a desert island. You got one gaming system
in one game What is it a link to the past for
the Super Nintendo? Wow off the top of his head,
which means that's either that is a clear -cut
winner for him definitely I'm really bad. If
you give me a question, name your top five or
top 10 of anything, I'm going to struggle. I
have difficulty with that, but I can usually
tell you my top of something. And for me, it's
since so far, I'm looking to see if anything
will ever knock it off its pedestal, but Legend
of Zelda Link to the Past is my favorite game
of all time. I still play it probably two, three
times a year, which is why I don't get through
my 10 ,000 video game collection. Yeah, that's
amazing. That's awesome, man. I got to ask you,
cause you, you just brought up that you're a
wrestling fan. What are your thoughts on John
Cena? Ooh, man. It's, it's one of those things
where it all makes perfect sense. Sure. I think
the story is going to be great. I think there's
plenty of motivation behind it, but it was still
shocking because there was no way that guy was
ever. He's the make a wish guy. I felt there
was just too much, always too much money and
too much clout involved with him just being that
guy. Yeah. that now that he's not, I thought
it was done brilliantly. I thought it couldn't
have been, I thought Cody played his part. I
thought the whole thing was great. I'm excited.
I never thought that as a really actually wrestling
nerd, that I would be this excited for John Cena
in 2025. I'm in. I'm so in. Ryan, I'm with you
because my son is five and he got into wrestling
a couple of years ago. Which now gave me an excuse
to buy action figures and pretend that it's for
him. So he's a huge Cody Rhodes fan naturally,
but I'm not even kidding you. Within the last
three weeks we were watching old John Cena videos
and he's obsessed. And my poor son just watched
him heel turn and I'm like, buddy, I promise
he hasn't been a bad guy in 23 years. But here's
my take. I wonder if because now the McMahons
are stepping out in a way. I wonder if this is
the first bold move that the new regime is pulling
because this would be the equivalent of Hulk
Hogan becoming a bad guy back in the day. You
know? Yeah. Yeah. It's probably the most or it's
a little too early to say because it's like the
follow -up is always important on these things.
Yeah. But probably the biggest turn since Hollywood
Hogan. Yes. Yeah. Yes. 96 with the NWO. 100%.
Yeah. I think it was, and it's also, I think
why it was even more unexpected is just the fact
that, man, who turns heel during their retirement?
Yes. Because everything I understand is this
is like legitimately his like lawn saw. And he's
just too, he's too busy. He's given his life
to wrestling. Now he's doing all these movies
and voiceovers and everything else. This is legitimately
his goodbye. And to do this for that is brilliant.
It is. And I, I agree with you because when Derek
Jeter retired, they did this farewell tour for
a year. Like this would have been like Jeter
becoming a red sock for his last year as farewell
tour. And I, my, my whole thing though is I'm
trying to think in terms of story and character
arc. How, where does it go? Because he has to
finish. He can't finish out as a heel at WrestleMania
or Kenny. I don't know. Like I'm Do you have
any thoughts on where you think it could go?
My kind of initial thought, and I'm just saying
this as a nerd, I don't know. We all are. So
my initial thought, he's got to beat Cody at
Mania. Yes. Because you don't waste this. If
you're going to turn John Cena heel, you don't
waste it. I think it probably ends. And I don't
know if he's going all the way until next year's
Mania for this. When they say it's his retirement
year, I don't know if they've ever said it's
literally calendar year or just the final ed.
I think it ends with him walking out as a good
guy. Cody probably rebeats him at some point
to get it back. It's to help elevate Cody even
more to the next step. And Cena, he sees the
light and ends up probably putting the rock in
his place in some variety. He says he's not gonna
leave as a piece of shit. No, that's what I mean.
And also, I don't think the fans will let him.
I honestly think that he's gonna... Everyone's
wanted this for so long. I think he's going to
get cheered during a lot of this because hardcore
wrestling nerds are going to be like, finally,
this is what we wanted. Like, I wonder if they're
going to have, because him and Orton were huge
rivals. I wonder if Randy Orton is going to be
a part of the story. We'll have to see. They'll
cross paths at some point because before he leaves
it, the no brainer kind of matches in my eyes
are Orton. punk, AJ Styles, like people he's
had these histories with that he can still wrestle
that are still around. You've got to do something
with all of them at some point in there. Maybe
you just made me realize maybe that's part of
the reason they had him turn is because a lot
of his longtime rivals are now baby faces. So
maybe they had to make him bad to make it make
sense. I don't know. But I'll tell you this.
If someone tells you, oh, I totally saw this
coming. They're full of shit because nobody did.
I will be honest, I had tongue in cheek predicted
something like this, but it was done with the
cadence of, this will never fucking happen. Wouldn't
it be neat if this happened? Got me hooked. It's
hard to, especially in the age of information
and technology, it's hard to legitimately shock
people in wrestling anymore. And I felt this
was pretty shocking. It was. It was. Do you have
a favorite? I call it pay -per -view, but now
it's main event. I've always been a Royal Rumble
guy. What's your... Oh, yeah. Easily Royal Rumble.
That's the show that got me into wrestling. Same.
Same. The very first... I got into wrestling
during one of the lamest times to be a wrestling
fan. 1993. Oh! You're close to me. Yeah, yeah.
93 to 95 is generally considered one of the roughest
periods of major professional wrestling. Yeah.
It's brutal. You and I are just... Same age.
So I, I too remember my first one was WrestleMania
five Savage versus Hogan. That was what got me
hooked. Yeah, for me. I remember my buddy had
a tape that had WrestleMania five and six on
it and I watched it a ton, but for whatever reason
I watched those, but it didn't make me want to
seek out the TV shows for whatever reason. I
just, Oh, this, this is fun. I really like this.
And then what actually got me was visiting my
grandma one time. She was in a real small town
in Southern Indiana. And we'd always get to go
to a little local store. It was called Ben Franklin,
a little kind of, I think like a cheap Walgreens.
Okay. And, oh, here's $5, go buy whatever you
want. So my brother and I went to the store and
they had the WWF, it was at the time, WWF magazine.
Yeah. And on the cover was Yokozuna, just looking
giant. He had just won the 93 Royal rumble. Yeah.
For whatever reason, I went, yep, that's the
thing. I'm going to buy that magazine. And I
found all the TV after that. So I, I got in at
like episode three of Monday Night Raw, just
cause that's happened to me when it started.
Yeah. And I've been... That's awesome. That's
fucking great. You know what I miss? The only
thing I miss about the old days is remember you'd
watch on like Saturday mornings or whatever it
was. And it used to be where they'd have a superstar.
So you'd have whatever. Whole Compton verse.
Jim Wilson and it was just like a guy in blue
like whatever you call those Bottoms. Yeah, and
you knew they were just like you knew they were
gonna lose which opened the door for When razor
Ramon got beat by the one two three kid on raw
and lost his belt That was like the biggest deal
in the world because the one two three kid that
wasn't his name at the time He was just like
Chad Johnson. Yeah, I think too because I remember
that pretty vividly that was one of the early
moments of raw He had just had a different name.
They were making fun of him because every week
he was something like one week He was the lightning
kid what he wrestled as in GWF at the time. Yeah,
then he was cannonball kid Oh my god, I didn't
remember that that week. He was just the kid
the kid and then he got Nicknamed the one two
three kid, but it was mind -blowing because it
was like that never happened the no -name guy
We all know we pretend what if and then they
get their ass beat But it was like the big it
was the biggest deal. It was the Washington generals
That's exactly right. That's perfect. Oh man.
We should probably bring it back to comedy for
just a minute because we can probably talk about
this forever. The good news that your state needs
is John Cena talk. We got to get that drop. You
ever see that that old classic radio bit where
they they keep calling people trying to give
them tickets to the John Cena show and they know
we'll find it. It's phenomenal. Okay. I like
it. One of the few fake radio bits that I actually
will give some attention to. There you go. Let's
talk about some comedy again because one of the
reasons now, first of all, spoiler alert. I want
folks to know that Mike and Ryan were in conversations
to set this up before the show that you're going
to be on in Utica was put together. That's true.
We wanted you on just because we love you. We're
going to talk about that, but I just want folks
that we were into Ryan before it was locally
cool. Before it was called Utica. But he is coming
to Utica and our man Phil Farta is the comedian
and the promoter and the crazy dude who puts
it all together. Phil will actually be on the
show tomorrow to talk about this some more, but
the main man will be there. Ryan, just tell folks
just a little bit about what they might expect
if they come out to see you here in Utica at
your show. It's going to be fun. Like I always
hate when I have to like, when I say this, because
I think people think I'm blowing smoke, but legitimately
I love coming to Utica. So it's been probably
five, six years at this point. Yeah. The biggest
reason this got set up is that before I did AGT,
Phil booked me for stuff out there all the time
when I was just, when I was just a dude. It's
awesome. I like it. And they were always fun
shows. Phil has always treated me. I've always
had a good time. I don't think it's still open.
It was Cavallo's. That was the. Yep. They just
recently closed down. Yeah. That was usually
the big show. You put me on three or four things
and some of them more successful than others.
Some of them were, I remember there was a couple
of like old folks homes, I believe. Phil's one
of those dudes. Phil's a grinder man. And he'll
try to make everything work. And some of them
do, some of them don't. But that dude's going
to try anything and everything. Yeah. That's
why I always appreciate them. That dude hustles.
For sure. And it was one of those things that
I haven't been out that way in a while. I'm going
to be doing a college in Albany the night before.
Nice. And I was like, Hey Phil, while I'm out
here, I haven't done this in a while. Do you
want to set something up? Perfect. And I'm excited.
It's nice too. A lot of new doors opened up for
me when I did AGT. But one of the things that's
important to me is keeping the old doors open
as well. Nice. Because once you get on TV, it's
easy for people to be your buddy then. Sure.
Oh yeah, come on out. Of course you can do our
club now. Yeah. I want to remember the people
who, when nobody gave a shit. You know, the people
who actually gave a shit. That's great. I want
to still be as cool to them as possible. And
Phil's an old buddy of mine. Will Phillips is
going to be on the show as well. Love Will. The
cool thing about Will, it's a crazy thing. I
actually have known Phil or Will since 1996.
Yeah. He was out in LA, right? With the same
time as you? I knew him before that. Oh, wow.
We met Will on IRC in wrestling channels. Holy
shit. Yeah. We are both like 14 years old. So
I knew Will online for a decade plus before we
ever met in person. Holy shit. Yeah. Will's one
of my legit, one of my oldest friends in the
world. through nerdy wrestling stuff. I love
it. So I'm always excited to get to see and it's
incredible. Man, if he would have pushed harder
with actual stand up, like he's so brilliant.
He's hilarious. One of the best writers legitimately
I have ever met and worked with. He's so clever
and smart and brilliant. I did. It's a good show.
I did a show with him where he closed with the
12 days of Christmas bit. Have you heard him
do that? Yeah. Genius. Absolutely genius. I love
that man. He has a few Halloween bits like the
awkward house or the uncomfortable house instead
of a haunted house. Oh gosh. His carbon monoxide
joke. Just please come see him. Stay for me.
He's so funny. And he's a local boy. I think
he grew up in Saratoga Springs, I want to say.
And he's lived outside of his time in LA. He's
more or less been... He's a local yokel as they
say, he's legit. For sure. Not to derail it too
much, but years ago, Will and Phil Farda had
this bit, this whole YouTube, I think it was
a podcast series called Comedians in Coffee,
where the two of them sat in a bathtub filled
with coffee and told jokes. And one of the reasons
I bring this up is recently I was on Twitch flipping
through and I saw this streamer, these two dudes.
We're sitting in a tub telling jokes. They didn't,
it wasn't filled with coffee, but it was totally
like, I took a picture and meant to show it to
Will go, Hey, these guys are ripping you off.
You definitely invented this years ago. Imagine
being that lame that the thing you steal is sitting
in a bathtub with another dude. Listen, they
made it hilarious. They did a whole second season,
I believe, where they had like a bathtub in a
field. Like sometime you got to talk to Will,
we'll get them on here and talk about that. It
was a parody of the Jerry Seinfeld show. And
I learned full suits, just sitting there telling
weird jokes about Ric Flair and stuff. Oh, it's
so funny. It was so funny. Why have we not seen,
I have not seen it. It's a phenomenal series.
It's so good. Drastically underrated. Yeah. But
anyway, growth mode content is actually a sponsor
of this show coming up in Utica. So in the links
and in the description, all that will be the
links, but we will have some free tickets to
give away to folks as well, which are pretty
cool and will be there. March 21st. Okay, I believe
I'm saying this right thing. It's birthstone.
Yeah. Yes, where it's March 21st You can see
Ryan E Miller with Will Phillips Phil Farda at
the birthstone in on Burstone Road in New York,
New York So yeah, we'll have links to get tickets
a good New York calm. So right near the Great
Burstone Yeah, and I think that's your birthstone
is a Burstone. Yeah, yeah pay homage to the Burstone.
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely Rub it for good luck Ryan,
what, what are some places we should tell folks
to check you aside from the show that's coming
up? Give me some websites, stuff like that. Obviously
the show would be first and foremost because
that diapers are expensive. My son from shitting
on the drapes, which he likes to try. He's very
advanced. Yeah. Human feces is his favorite art
medium. That's beautiful. But yeah. So cripplethreat
.com is the website. Any dates on there? Awesome.
Cripple threat was going to be my pro wrestling
name, by the way. That's where that came from.
That is the best. I mean, it is absolutely the
best name and the logo with the Jurassic park.
And for those of you listening, in case you misheard,
he did not say triple threat. He said co -ripple
cripple threat. I love it. I love it. Dot com.
Well, yeah, one of the best things I've I've
it worked out well for me. I've got a lot of
mileage out of that there. All the social media
is cripple threat eight. Uh, cause there was
seven before me, but I was in the power. I am
their leader now. It's a, it's a pump situation
where one dies, a new one gets it. That's kind
of how it works. I am the captain now. Yeah.
White smoke starts billowing from the top of
the Shriner's hospital. It's, it's very... You
can find me on there. Uh, like you said, like
I'm trying to rebuild that kind of social media
and stuff. The last year I was working a little
bit, but I was more or less stay at home dad.
and this is me really getting back on the road
and doing it. So please, comedy in 2025 is very
different than even when I started in 06. Comedy
used to be, you'd show up in a cool place like
Utica, hopefully do well at your show. People
at the show would go home and be like, hey, you
gotta go see this guy next time he's here. Hopefully
the next time it's more and more. Comedy in 2025
is tricking algorithms to show your dick jokes
to more strangers. So please follow, comment,
share, if you like anything on there. And then
the other thing I'm doing, like you alluded to
earlier, getting really back into Twitch streaming,
kind of make use of my large video game. So if
you want to actually come and hang out, try to
make it a fun chill. above average at video games.
I'm not going to say great, but for having half
hands, I think I'm pretty damn good. A lot of
retro stuff, a lot of cool stuff. So if you just
want to come hang out and talk on there, that's
twitch .tv slash cripple threat eight. That's
awesome. I'll be following you for sure, man.
That's awesome, man. Ryan Neemiller is coming
to town. We're going to talk about that. My favorite
old Christmas Carol right there. Yeah, that's
right. It's a great song. Yeah, Ryan Neemiller
coming to Utica March 20. First. Did I get that
right? You pulled that out. I did. March 20th,
we should probably have that shit ready next
time. March 21st, Utica, New York on Burrstone
Road at the Burrstone Inn. Ryan E. Miller from
AGT. Gamer. Comedian. Drape cleaner. And guy
who's had sex at least once. Guy, we have proof.
He's had sex once. You can never say. He's probably
a virgin. He's got a child. We checked with...
What's the show where they used to do the paternity
test? Maury Povich. We're all set. This guy fucks.
This guy fucks. That's actually what it's gonna
say. Cripple threat. This guy fucks. That's on
the posters, I think. Ryan, thank you so much
for being a part of Good News York. And we love
you, man. We'll see you... Come back anytime.
Anytime. Seriously. And we'll see you on the
21st. Alright, see you guys tomorrow then. Alright
buddy. Alright, thanks guys.