WEBVTT 00:00:22.459 --> 00:00:26.100 All right, good Monday. Happy Monday. Oh, good 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:29.829 Monday too. Mike Brindisi here. Good news York 00:00:29.829 --> 00:00:32.509 kicking off the week brought to you by ads on 00:00:32.509 --> 00:00:35.890 the go get ads on the go calm Shout out to our 00:00:35.890 --> 00:00:39.130 man Zach. I am flying solo this week Matt went 00:00:39.130 --> 00:00:42.509 on vacation I don't know some some island that 00:00:42.509 --> 00:00:44.810 some socialite used to go to it's been in the 00:00:44.810 --> 00:00:47.969 news I don't know he's visiting so it's gonna 00:00:47.969 --> 00:00:52.409 be me and Danny producing and I'm gonna get right 00:00:52.409 --> 00:00:56.609 into it One of my favorite people is coming on 00:00:56.609 --> 00:01:01.890 the show today He's a friend of mine. He is the 00:01:01.890 --> 00:01:04.450 founder of Homebrewed Comedy, the Homebrewed 00:01:04.450 --> 00:01:07.189 Comedy Circuit, which I'm very honored to be 00:01:07.189 --> 00:01:09.950 a part of. Mr. Mike Peters is here. Let's bring 00:01:09.950 --> 00:01:13.909 him on. Bring him on. That is a lousy applause. 00:01:14.090 --> 00:01:16.849 I love that. Thank you. I know. It's such a weak... 00:01:16.849 --> 00:01:19.629 I just... I watch these shows where they bring 00:01:19.629 --> 00:01:21.730 the guests on and everybody, but they have a 00:01:21.730 --> 00:01:24.549 full crew and it... Yeah. It's almost like if 00:01:24.549 --> 00:01:27.500 someone tips you... like 50 cents if you're a 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:29.299 server and you're like, you know what? No tip 00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:31.980 would have been better than 50 cents. Maybe I 00:01:31.980 --> 00:01:35.480 shouldn't clap. You know what? I am a sucker 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.780 for any adulation. Yes. So, like, if you give 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:41.640 me... Oh, listen, not every clap is good to have. 00:01:41.980 --> 00:01:44.560 But if you give me a small one, then I'm happy. 00:01:44.900 --> 00:01:48.040 So I'm fine with it. Mike, as you and I both 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:51.780 know, comedians have holes inside of us that 00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:55.310 can never truly be filled. No, no. Dude, I just 00:01:55.310 --> 00:01:59.530 did a show outside of a racetrack at Tiger Downs. 00:01:59.650 --> 00:02:01.870 Okay. And, like, we had, like, I mean, there 00:02:01.870 --> 00:02:03.849 were a bunch of people there, but, I mean, they 00:02:03.849 --> 00:02:06.150 just lost money on a horse race, and they don't 00:02:06.150 --> 00:02:09.990 expect to see a comedian. So, like, a few people 00:02:09.990 --> 00:02:12.509 paid attention, and all I needed was a few people 00:02:12.509 --> 00:02:14.430 to pay attention to me. And I had a fantastic 00:02:14.430 --> 00:02:18.250 night. Dude, that's right. And, uh, that is a 00:02:18.250 --> 00:02:20.550 hilarious... Just when you think you've heard 00:02:20.550 --> 00:02:23.550 all the stories... of like stand -up comedy shows 00:02:23.550 --> 00:02:25.770 and all the different crazy shit that can happen. 00:02:26.530 --> 00:02:29.789 I never thought of doing one post -horse race 00:02:29.789 --> 00:02:31.909 where everybody wants to kill themselves because 00:02:31.909 --> 00:02:35.169 they lost their money. That is... No man, neither 00:02:35.169 --> 00:02:38.889 did I and the guy got a hold of me and he was 00:02:38.889 --> 00:02:42.550 like, I organized it for him last time and all 00:02:42.550 --> 00:02:46.449 it is like for for six people last time they 00:02:46.449 --> 00:02:48.750 had to do like three minutes between horse races 00:02:48.750 --> 00:02:52.120 like And so I'm like, well, I'm busy, so I can't 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:53.819 do that. And he got to hold me this time. He 00:02:53.819 --> 00:02:55.560 was like, hey, we're thinking about changing 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.240 up a little bit. And if you're free, we need 00:02:59.240 --> 00:03:00.879 someone to headline it. And I'm like, yeah, I 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:04.280 can do that. So I got 20 minutes between races 00:03:04.280 --> 00:03:05.379 eight and nine. And I'm like, you know what? 00:03:05.379 --> 00:03:07.840 That's fine. The other two guys got three minutes, 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.360 which is harder to do. And that's shorter than 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:16.020 the horse race. Pretty much, yeah. And so what 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:17.620 they did is they had the horse race, and they 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:20.139 replayed the horse race. And then they had the 00:03:20.139 --> 00:03:23.520 comedian on the big screen. And then, you know, 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:25.919 they were basically, you had to stay isolated. 00:03:26.240 --> 00:03:27.780 You can't move around. You can't do crowd work, 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:29.800 really, because nobody can hear you and the horses 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:33.840 don't talk back. So that's useless. So like that 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:35.379 three minutes done and then they'll give you 00:03:35.379 --> 00:03:39.319 a wrap up side of done. So I, I walked down there 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:43.360 and I've got like, I'm headlining it. So my picture 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:45.960 is the only one down there and they're advertising 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:48.699 to go stay for headline and Mike Peters. Which 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:51.120 is really nice. But I'm thinking like, they do 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:55.599 not care about me. But not at all. You can say 00:03:55.599 --> 00:03:58.639 my name. I can be Jim Gaff again. And suddenly 00:03:58.639 --> 00:03:59.960 they're not going to be like, they're going to 00:03:59.960 --> 00:04:04.240 be mad. Yeah. Like they just lost race eight. 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.280 Yeah, right. I'm just going to let them out next. 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:09.180 But it was fun and they paid me and I'm good. 00:04:09.979 --> 00:04:12.740 So, you know, I get to go home. I saw your pictures 00:04:12.740 --> 00:04:15.310 from that. I was wondering what the video screen 00:04:15.310 --> 00:04:17.709 was. So were they performing to a crowd in front 00:04:17.709 --> 00:04:20.490 of them or were they just alone in a room? What? 00:04:21.329 --> 00:04:25.649 Yeah, so we were on the track and they were in 00:04:25.649 --> 00:04:28.230 front of a cameraman. Oh, and there's like a 00:04:28.230 --> 00:04:30.790 director there who gives you the microphone and 00:04:30.790 --> 00:04:34.329 they're broadcasting us like we're telling jokes 00:04:34.329 --> 00:04:38.569 to the people on the track like the. Yes, in 00:04:38.569 --> 00:04:41.519 the grandstands. Yes, now I get it. And then 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.639 like a few people are coming down to watch like 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:46.439 I had like maybe ten people come down the stairs 00:04:46.439 --> 00:04:49.399 to watch me closer. So which is whatever a compliment, 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:53.759 but we're also broadcast on the big screen the 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.740 jumbotron in the you know where they do the replays 00:04:56.740 --> 00:04:58.459 of the horses and everything. Yeah, so they're 00:04:58.459 --> 00:05:00.639 gonna be following everything and then we're 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:04.600 also broadcast into the casino not the casino 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:07.959 part, but like the the dining room right and 00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:11.089 everything else. So like we can be heard. But 00:05:11.089 --> 00:05:14.750 like, that means almost nothing to any comedian 00:05:14.750 --> 00:05:17.829 who just wants to hear the feedback of the audience. 00:05:19.189 --> 00:05:21.129 I love you. I mean, you want to talk about paying 00:05:21.129 --> 00:05:23.990 your dues. You've done anything and everything 00:05:23.990 --> 00:05:26.829 you can to make shows work. And this goes back, 00:05:26.889 --> 00:05:28.550 and we've probably talked about this. I know 00:05:28.550 --> 00:05:30.029 I've talked about it countless times on the show. 00:05:30.110 --> 00:05:32.629 It might have been with you. How just certain 00:05:32.629 --> 00:05:36.470 people think that you can just do a comedy show 00:05:36.470 --> 00:05:39.089 anywhere, anytime, and it's completely going 00:05:39.089 --> 00:05:43.689 to translate. Man, I saw this past, I don't know, 00:05:43.910 --> 00:05:47.769 six months ago, three people from SNL, Colin 00:05:47.769 --> 00:05:50.350 Jost, headlined at Cornell. And they did it in 00:05:50.350 --> 00:05:55.709 this big airplane hangar called Barton Hall. 00:05:56.449 --> 00:05:58.810 Amazing place to go see concerts. But as you 00:05:58.810 --> 00:06:01.970 know, a lot of times, comedy is intimate. Like 00:06:01.970 --> 00:06:04.490 you hear about comedians that, like a Bill Burr 00:06:04.490 --> 00:06:07.430 type or, you know, back in the day, Dane Cook, 00:06:07.509 --> 00:06:10.009 who went on to do stadiums, right, or arenas. 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:12.660 And they're like, you know, even at my level, 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:15.439 I hate doing arenas because you don't a lot of 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.459 times you got to be in like within proximity 00:06:18.459 --> 00:06:21.160 to see facial expressions and it just it doesn't 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:25.300 connect. So being on a horse track, just like 00:06:25.300 --> 00:06:28.060 talking to a camera. I mean, I just feel like 00:06:28.060 --> 00:06:30.420 that is you are up against it, man. God bless 00:06:30.420 --> 00:06:32.600 you guys. Yeah, it's a little different because 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:35.600 like any more like I'd say within the last six 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:38.579 or eight months, I. I haven't changed my act, 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:41.160 really. I mean, it's always evolving, and I've 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:43.980 got different material. But like, me as a comedian, 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:48.259 the biggest change I've made is that I now talk 00:06:48.259 --> 00:06:50.160 to the audience a little bit more to set up a 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.620 joke, or to like, maybe I don't know how to start 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:55.319 a joke. And I'm like, all right, well, if I talk 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:58.279 to the audience, I'll have a conversation, maybe 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:00.040 it'll be funny, and then I can dive into that 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:03.019 joke, and they will know I don't have a beginning 00:07:03.019 --> 00:07:06.029 to it. Right, right, right, right. Like I'm working 00:07:06.029 --> 00:07:08.949 a bit now and I didn't do it on Saturday, but 00:07:08.949 --> 00:07:13.149 I, I do host trivia now and like I had to do 00:07:13.149 --> 00:07:16.189 Star Wars trivia and I don't know Star Wars. 00:07:16.610 --> 00:07:20.209 So I didn't have a beginning to this joke. And 00:07:20.209 --> 00:07:22.350 like, how do I get into that? Like, do you like 00:07:22.350 --> 00:07:24.610 Star Wars? Do you not? Has anybody not seen it? 00:07:24.829 --> 00:07:27.509 So I'm like, I just figured screw it. I'll ask. 00:07:27.910 --> 00:07:30.209 And I asked the audience like who here has never 00:07:30.209 --> 00:07:34.120 seen Star Wars and like very few people. will 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:37.779 raise their hand. And somebody will. I'm like, 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:40.519 why? And I'll ask a question because I want to 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:43.600 know, like, the reason I haven't seen it is because 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.300 people keep telling me I have to see it. And 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:49.800 I like it's like that punk rock, like anti. Yes. 00:07:50.060 --> 00:07:52.180 I don't want to be part of the trend. Yes. So 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:54.660 I'm like, that's why that's because this reaction, 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:56.620 because you're mad right now. That's why I'm 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:59.019 never going to see it. That's it. And the joke 00:07:59.019 --> 00:08:02.100 I wanted to start with is like, you know, and 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:04.420 I think it's a good joke, but like I've never 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:07.319 seen Star Wars, but I've seen Spaceballs, which 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:10.699 is the Cliff Notes version of Star Wars. Yeah, 00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:15.519 it's great. Like, if I'm quizzed on it, I think 00:08:15.519 --> 00:08:18.259 I could pass the test. But if we get the conversation, 00:08:18.339 --> 00:08:23.139 I'm screwed. Yeah. So what happened was, at the 00:08:23.139 --> 00:08:28.939 trivia, the joke is like, if you ever want to 00:08:28.939 --> 00:08:31.459 make a Star Wars fan mad, all you have to do 00:08:31.459 --> 00:08:33.710 is... mispronounced something from their little 00:08:33.710 --> 00:08:37.029 fantasy world. And it's like, so I'm like joking 00:08:37.029 --> 00:08:40.990 around and I'm like, they have a thing, like 00:08:40.990 --> 00:08:44.129 a town or a borough or whatever called Tatooine. 00:08:44.669 --> 00:08:46.830 I don't know what it is, but I think of the planet 00:08:46.830 --> 00:08:51.330 or a city on the planet, whatever. And the first 00:08:51.330 --> 00:08:53.070 thing I did at a trivia night, where I didn't 00:08:53.070 --> 00:08:54.850 write the questions, I hadn't written for me, 00:08:55.070 --> 00:08:58.289 was I had to say Tatooine, but I mispronounced 00:08:58.289 --> 00:09:03.629 it and I called it Tatoonie. Which like everybody 00:09:03.629 --> 00:09:06.850 was mad at me. Yeah, you had a riot right right 00:09:06.850 --> 00:09:10.950 away and So like it's just I'm like you haven't 00:09:10.950 --> 00:09:13.250 felt the you haven't lived until you felt the 00:09:13.250 --> 00:09:17.289 ire Yeah, he dorks dude. I'm a hundred percent 00:09:17.289 --> 00:09:20.250 with you I Every time like a lot of the guys 00:09:20.250 --> 00:09:21.929 I work with here are big Star Wars fans, and 00:09:21.929 --> 00:09:24.429 I don't make fun of them. I almost envy it I'm 00:09:24.429 --> 00:09:26.669 like it's like religion like I envy anyone's 00:09:26.669 --> 00:09:29.669 really like I wish I could love Star Wars, but 00:09:29.669 --> 00:09:33.070 I just don't Do you know? Okay. So I don't think 00:09:33.070 --> 00:09:36.190 it's our fault necessarily. Okay. I think you 00:09:36.190 --> 00:09:38.529 and I, because we're, you're 42, right? Yes. 00:09:38.529 --> 00:09:41.330 Same age. Yeah. Allegedly. So I think we missed 00:09:41.330 --> 00:09:44.450 it. I think we missed it. We, because if you 00:09:44.450 --> 00:09:47.269 think about it, Star Wars, like they were really 00:09:47.269 --> 00:09:49.990 big in the mid seventies, like to early eighties, 00:09:50.110 --> 00:09:53.710 right? It is true. We were born in 83. Right. 00:09:53.889 --> 00:09:56.549 So like, and then we, obviously the moves are 00:09:56.549 --> 00:10:00.149 always there, but like the resurgence. was when 00:10:00.149 --> 00:10:02.830 we were in high school. So if we didn't latch 00:10:02.830 --> 00:10:05.850 on there, we were too old for the toys. Hundred 00:10:05.850 --> 00:10:09.409 percent. So I think like we were like really 00:10:09.409 --> 00:10:12.669 in the baseball. Dude! Or women or whatever. 00:10:13.269 --> 00:10:15.649 And Star Wars even then was still like a dork 00:10:15.649 --> 00:10:18.309 thing for me at least. It was. So I think we 00:10:18.309 --> 00:10:20.549 just was like my brother is six years younger 00:10:20.549 --> 00:10:24.169 than me. Loves Star Wars. Because he was like 00:10:24.169 --> 00:10:27.009 the prime age for the marketing. You are so - 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:29.720 I think that's part of it. And then there's always 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.820 that, like, oh, I don't need to watch it. If 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:33.519 I don't want to watch it, you can't make me. 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:36.759 Right. But we absolutely could have gone back. 00:10:37.059 --> 00:10:39.980 But I really think our generation, our age especially, 00:10:40.700 --> 00:10:43.100 kind of missed it a little bit. Dude, that checks 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:46.379 out because I've also said before that, do you 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:49.179 ever notice that all your heroes, whether it's 00:10:49.179 --> 00:10:53.750 athletes or actors, whatever, singers, If you 00:10:53.750 --> 00:10:55.710 go back, you're like, oh, man, all the ones that 00:10:55.710 --> 00:10:57.870 I'm, like, truly, like, obsessed with, right, 00:10:58.309 --> 00:11:01.990 are when I was, like, from 12 to 17. Oh, yeah. 00:11:02.389 --> 00:11:04.789 Yeah. So if you miss that window with something, 00:11:05.110 --> 00:11:07.850 it's never gonna catch on like it does with some 00:11:07.850 --> 00:11:10.769 people. I'll do you one better. If you could 00:11:10.769 --> 00:11:14.350 think about it, like, let's pretend that you 00:11:14.350 --> 00:11:16.830 love your wife and your family, okay? Whatever. 00:11:17.029 --> 00:11:19.690 Let's pretend. Let's just pretend I do. But, 00:11:19.730 --> 00:11:23.690 okay. Okay. What do you think your favorite years 00:11:23.690 --> 00:11:26.409 of, like, if you can go back and repeat a couple 00:11:26.409 --> 00:11:29.029 years, what do you think it would be? You could 00:11:29.029 --> 00:11:32.350 go live them again. Well, certainly not the newborn 00:11:32.350 --> 00:11:36.730 years. I would say, like, right now, my son is 00:11:36.730 --> 00:11:40.950 five or six. So I would say from, like, three 00:11:40.950 --> 00:11:44.690 to six, seven, like, you know, with the innocence 00:11:44.690 --> 00:11:49.269 and the, you know, hilarity. Yeah. I think for 00:11:49.269 --> 00:11:51.659 me, it's like... that it's the 12, that's 10 00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:54.100 to 12. Okay. Because if you think about it, and 00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:56.240 it's kind of like that, we had no responsibility. 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:59.299 Like all we had to do was go to school, come 00:11:59.299 --> 00:12:03.480 home safely, hopefully, uh, and then play with 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:07.159 all your friends, watch TV. We had, we had no, 00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:10.000 no girl problems. Nope. We had no bills to pay. 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:13.299 We had no job. I mean, those are my favorite 00:12:13.299 --> 00:12:14.899 years. And then you go back and you're like, 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:19.220 okay, well that for me, it was like 1993. So 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:23.299 like, let's say 96, 97, like that era, it's where 00:12:23.299 --> 00:12:25.279 all of my favorite TV shows are. That's where 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.139 all of my favorite music is. That's where all 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:29.740 of my favorite movies are. I mean, it's like 00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:33.899 that, I think we hold onto that so dearly. You 00:12:33.899 --> 00:12:35.799 are, you're dead, I screwed up. That's one of 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:37.679 our favorite years. I thought you were asking 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:39.960 me as a parent, what are my favorite years of 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:42.080 my kid? Oh, no, no, no. No, and I'm not just 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.340 saying this to hop on. If, if I had... answered 00:12:45.340 --> 00:12:47.480 that correctly I would have said anywhere from 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:50.379 like 8 to 12 years old because I'm too young 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:53.200 to get all caught up in chicks you know I just 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:55.200 want to play with my friends watch TV listen 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:57.740 to music and I've always said if I could relive 00:12:57.740 --> 00:13:01.600 from like 1992 to 1997 over and over at this 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:04.759 age I totally would I mean everything everything 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:08.240 was in its prime I've said this before like music 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:10.840 every genre was in its prime pop you had Mariah 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:13.059 Carey Whitney Houston country you had Garth Brooks 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:16.820 Alan Jackson Hip -hop, Dre, Snoop, I mean, the 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:19.960 movies, the box office movies, Independence Day, 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:21.919 you know, Jim Carrey was, like, everything was 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.519 just fucking awesome, man. Sandler, I mean, you 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.700 think about 94, like, for music and TV, music 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:32.120 and movies, I mean, those are glorious, 92, 94, 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:36.940 96. Yep. Like, I am a firm believer that the 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:40.000 90s were probably the best decade, and... We 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.720 peaked. I don't know... It's really pathetic, 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:48.000 because I go back and I'm arrested there. I'm 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:51.580 just there. So my girlfriend and I will talk 00:13:51.580 --> 00:13:55.220 about pretty celebrities, like sexy celebrities. 00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:58.460 I will always go back to the 90s. Jennifer Aniston. 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:00.659 I don't know why. Is it always Jennifer? Yeah. 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:05.440 It's the Jennifer of some sort. But Alicia Silverstone. 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.379 I cannot... Kelly Cabal or Tiffany Ann Batista. 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:11.539 But I cannot... not think of somebody from the 00:14:11.539 --> 00:14:16.779 90s. That's such a, you know, my grandfather 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:18.940 used to do that. Like, I remember being a kid 00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:21.320 and being like, you know, he'd be like, oh, I 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:24.220 remember Scarlett Grace Johnson. She was a real 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:26.799 hottie. And I'm like, she was a hottie. What 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:28.940 are you talking? She used to show her ankles 00:14:28.940 --> 00:14:31.620 on camera. You know what I mean? You have grandma. 00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:35.799 Yeah, exactly. So I think we're just doing what 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:37.620 our parents and grandparents did, which is like, 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:40.659 our time was the best time. But I really think 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:45.159 the 90s were. I really do. I don't know. Anyway, 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.360 I could talk. I could do it. By the way, this 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:52.539 just means we're old. I know. I fucking know. 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.139 I know. Dude, I walked an 18 hole golf course. 00:14:56.639 --> 00:14:59.360 I did a charity golf event with some Buffalo 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.570 Bills media guys a couple of weeks ago. Walked 00:15:02.570 --> 00:15:05.950 18 holes as a caddy and the next day I woke up 00:15:05.950 --> 00:15:08.710 and I was like an old German Shepherd with hip 00:15:08.710 --> 00:15:12.289 dysplasia like I I Couldn't like I couldn't move 00:15:12.289 --> 00:15:15.870 and I'm like all I did was walk like what the 00:15:15.870 --> 00:15:19.629 fuck is going on Anyway, I don't like my girlfriend. 00:15:19.649 --> 00:15:22.409 I just went to a concert last night. We saw newfound 00:15:22.409 --> 00:15:26.129 glory. Yeah has an all swing and So good, but 00:15:26.129 --> 00:15:29.029 like we got we were in the field like the lawn. 00:15:29.049 --> 00:15:32.179 Yeah cheap we were in the lawn for Newfound glory 00:15:32.179 --> 00:15:34.580 and you know we were there for a storm and everything 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:37.919 and then somebody came around with upgraded tickets 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:40.200 because they wanted to fill the amphitheater 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:43.220 so we got in there and so we're in seats now 00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:47.440 and i mean we're we're standing to watch gme 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.840 world we're standing to watch the offspring but 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:53.220 like every four or five songs we sat down and 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:55.360 my girlfriend we're in the car she goes yeah 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:57.740 i wanted to stand up but i couldn't i go babe 00:15:58.369 --> 00:16:02.549 We're just not young anymore Like it's it's not 00:16:02.549 --> 00:16:04.190 that like we're out of shape, which you know, 00:16:05.070 --> 00:16:07.230 I need to lose weight for sure But it's like 00:16:07.230 --> 00:16:11.809 we're just our bones. So yes, it's not working 00:16:11.809 --> 00:16:14.389 You know, it's not you know, we don't we don't 00:16:14.389 --> 00:16:17.250 want to stand we don't we don't want to get up 00:16:17.250 --> 00:16:19.809 and get the remote You know, it just it it's 00:16:19.809 --> 00:16:23.029 just science really. I'm so glad you went to 00:16:23.029 --> 00:16:25.169 that show That's another amazing thing about 00:16:25.169 --> 00:16:27.269 the 90s was the pop punk era which you and I 00:16:27.269 --> 00:16:29.730 are in love with So if you had to, I hate doing 00:16:29.730 --> 00:16:32.490 this, but if you had to pick, so it was Newfound 00:16:32.490 --> 00:16:34.690 Glory, Offspring, and Jimmy E. World, right? 00:16:35.250 --> 00:16:37.549 Yeah. So who was your, like, who do you think 00:16:37.549 --> 00:16:40.210 was the best? Or like, was it just all perfect? 00:16:40.889 --> 00:16:44.850 I think, man, it's hard to say because... Who 00:16:44.850 --> 00:16:46.649 were you there to see, really? All of them or 00:16:46.649 --> 00:16:49.570 was there a... I, in order, I would have gone 00:16:49.570 --> 00:16:52.129 to see the Offspring, then Newfound Glory, then 00:16:52.129 --> 00:16:56.230 Jimmy E. World. Okay. I think Jimmy E. World 00:16:56.230 --> 00:16:59.450 probably sounded... Man, it was Jimmy World and 00:16:59.450 --> 00:17:01.649 Newfound Willard's Time of the Best. Offspring, 00:17:01.769 --> 00:17:04.589 they really needed to raise Dexter Holland's 00:17:04.589 --> 00:17:07.130 vocals. Okay. Because we couldn't hear a few 00:17:07.130 --> 00:17:10.589 songs. They're older. At least two of them, like 00:17:10.589 --> 00:17:14.170 Noodles and Dexter are in their 50s at least. 00:17:14.250 --> 00:17:16.069 They didn't want to be standing either. They 00:17:16.069 --> 00:17:18.829 were old. No, Dexter brought us a piano so you 00:17:18.829 --> 00:17:21.509 could sit for like four minutes. Exactly. So 00:17:21.509 --> 00:17:25.670 we're vibing there. My favorite of the three 00:17:25.670 --> 00:17:29.299 bands is the Offspring. Okay. And I think maybe 00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:31.619 if Newfound glory could have played a headline 00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:33.980 set, you know, they probably would have been 00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:35.779 the best band of the night, but they only played 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:39.339 eight songs. Right. So and Jimmy world, I'm just 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:42.200 not as big a fan of their music. I love the music. 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:45.079 I just don't know it as well. So I know three 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.380 albums pretty well. And the other was I'm like, 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:49.420 all right. And I tried to track set lists that 00:17:49.420 --> 00:17:51.839 I'm like having to like hang on to like three 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:54.000 or four consecutive words. Yeah. Then Google 00:17:54.000 --> 00:17:57.250 that with Jimmy world on the song. Yeah. So But 00:17:57.250 --> 00:18:01.430 they were great. I made a joke on Facebook, but 00:18:01.430 --> 00:18:04.670 I was watching GMA World and one of the, I don't 00:18:04.670 --> 00:18:07.490 know if he's a regular member or a touring member, 00:18:07.950 --> 00:18:11.170 but he had like a horseshoe ball pattern. Oh. 00:18:11.630 --> 00:18:13.930 And I'm like, I think the joke was like, there 00:18:13.930 --> 00:18:16.650 comes a point where all of our favorite musicians 00:18:16.650 --> 00:18:19.549 look like our 10th grade history teacher and 00:18:19.549 --> 00:18:22.950 nobody's ready for it. It's true because it seemed 00:18:22.950 --> 00:18:25.309 like if any of your teachers were going to be 00:18:25.309 --> 00:18:28.230 like, Semi hip and edgy. It would be the history 00:18:28.230 --> 00:18:30.309 teacher Like if they were gonna have any sort 00:18:30.309 --> 00:18:32.410 of it wouldn't be the English teacher It wouldn't 00:18:32.410 --> 00:18:34.289 be the math. It would be it would definitely 00:18:34.289 --> 00:18:36.089 be the history. It certainly wouldn't be the 00:18:36.089 --> 00:18:38.890 math teacher No, hell no. They're all girls dorks. 00:18:38.950 --> 00:18:44.670 No. Yeah I I'll be honest Jimmy world. I I found 00:18:44.670 --> 00:18:47.109 them late when they came out with it was a bleed 00:18:47.109 --> 00:18:50.069 American. Yeah Yeah, that that is what I that 00:18:50.069 --> 00:18:52.049 might be in my top ten favorite albums of all 00:18:52.049 --> 00:18:57.000 time. I so good they are That album is unbelievable, 00:18:57.259 --> 00:19:00.259 and I heard a rumor I should fact -check it now 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:03.880 that we have the the interweb But I had heard 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.920 that that Tom DeLong from blink 182 Actually 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:10.259 had found them like I don't know if he discovered 00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:12.240 them and got him signed But he was like a fan 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:15.000 himself and like he invited Jimmy World to play 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.539 his own birthday party and then they ended up 00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:21.519 blowing up but Yeah, I'm a big blink fan and 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:25.529 and Jimmy World's amazing I know they, I think 00:19:25.529 --> 00:19:29.269 they timed along Mark Hoppus' list, Jimmy Eat 00:19:29.269 --> 00:19:32.089 World's influences, so the timeline probably, 00:19:32.410 --> 00:19:35.430 it might sync up, but I'm not sure. But they're 00:19:35.430 --> 00:19:38.250 both from California, I believe. No, Jimmy Eat 00:19:38.250 --> 00:19:41.109 World's Arizona. Oh yeah, you're right, you're 00:19:41.109 --> 00:19:45.390 right. They're Arizona, but yeah, I got a chance 00:19:45.390 --> 00:19:47.849 to see an Alan Blanken out, as I always do. I 00:19:47.849 --> 00:19:49.529 forget the singer's name for Jimmy Eat World, 00:19:49.769 --> 00:19:53.789 but - Jim Eakins. Thank you. He came to Ithaca 00:19:53.789 --> 00:19:59.289 in like 2011, maybe 12, 13, somewhere in there. 00:19:59.730 --> 00:20:02.130 On a Sunday night, he came to play The Haunt. 00:20:02.210 --> 00:20:04.410 It was a Sunday night show. There was probably 00:20:04.410 --> 00:20:09.430 40 people there. And he, it was just the coolest 00:20:09.430 --> 00:20:13.490 move. He walks in, like literally walk, there's 00:20:13.490 --> 00:20:15.750 no opening act. There's one little light on him. 00:20:15.950 --> 00:20:19.440 He walks in. sets his amp down, plugs it in, 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:23.059 takes his guitar out of the guitar case, puts 00:20:23.059 --> 00:20:26.839 it on, tunes up, and just plays. No roadie, no 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:29.519 intro music. It was just like he came in off 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:31.220 the street, and I just thought, and it was a 00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:33.380 great show, and I just thought it was the coolest 00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:35.039 fucking move, man. And then after the show, he 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:36.839 came out and just was talking to everybody, and 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:40.980 I was just like, this is amazing. I saw Elko 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:44.299 and Trio years ago in Baltimore. So good, live. 00:20:44.589 --> 00:20:47.569 But the opener was Cursive. I don't know if you've 00:20:47.569 --> 00:20:50.450 ever heard Cursive. No. But they're awesome. 00:20:50.710 --> 00:20:53.069 They're an indie band from, like, I think Omaha. 00:20:53.410 --> 00:20:58.349 Okay. And they're now the ugly organ that is 00:20:58.349 --> 00:21:02.009 just a masterpiece. And they're just, like, a 00:21:02.009 --> 00:21:05.950 little bit prog, but, like, they're dark, just 00:21:05.950 --> 00:21:09.789 fantastic. But they came on and didn't say a 00:21:09.789 --> 00:21:13.799 word. And then they played, like, 12 songs. 14 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:15.759 songs, whatever, like you're on stage for like 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:18.640 a half an hour, 35 minutes, and then didn't do 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:21.579 any banter at all. And if you're used to like 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:23.599 a blank shell, like we grew up to that, like 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:25.420 they're going to say fuck every once in a while, 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:27.240 they're going to swear. Hey, Mark, your mom jerked 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:30.859 me off. You don't say nothing. Nothing. So the 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:33.940 only words they said outside of the songs were, 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:37.819 thanks, good night. And I thought that was awesome. 00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:40.349 You know, like Oh my god, that's like the the 00:21:40.349 --> 00:21:41.930 quiet cool thing, you know You don't need to 00:21:41.930 --> 00:21:43.930 impress you you make a good point cuz like when 00:21:43.930 --> 00:21:46.549 I was playing music with my band I was always 00:21:46.549 --> 00:21:50.390 a banter guy like blink, you know, I love Yeah, 00:21:50.630 --> 00:21:53.509 I know I love to interact with the audience the 00:21:53.509 --> 00:21:56.089 whole thing, but then I would go to shows like 00:21:56.089 --> 00:21:59.569 Incubus and Dave Matthews band where they barely 00:21:59.569 --> 00:22:02.009 talk and they kind of keep this mysteriousness 00:22:02.009 --> 00:22:04.309 about him and I always thought that is such a 00:22:04.309 --> 00:22:06.470 cool fucking move But I just I could never do 00:22:06.470 --> 00:22:08.190 that I could never do that. I don't think I could 00:22:08.190 --> 00:22:10.950 either. If I was, I know I couldn't. You couldn't. 00:22:11.029 --> 00:22:13.950 No way. Not with a comedian in you. There's no 00:22:13.950 --> 00:22:16.210 way. But I think like, it's not even that. It's 00:22:16.210 --> 00:22:19.809 like, I don't like silence at all. Like, and 00:22:19.809 --> 00:22:21.569 yeah, that's hardly okay. Well, I need laughter, 00:22:21.769 --> 00:22:24.589 but like, if I'm in my house, I need sound. Yeah. 00:22:24.890 --> 00:22:27.549 I need TikTok video. I need, I need TV in the 00:22:27.549 --> 00:22:29.549 background. Something. I need something. Music. 00:22:29.730 --> 00:22:33.869 Yeah. If I edit a podcast, I am watching... a 00:22:33.869 --> 00:22:36.569 Mets game that I haven't seen or Boy Meets World 00:22:36.569 --> 00:22:39.349 is on. Like, I need something to draw my focus 00:22:39.349 --> 00:22:41.609 away. Like, it's something that I've seen before 00:22:41.609 --> 00:22:45.089 or whatever. Like, I just have to have something 00:22:45.089 --> 00:22:48.089 where I look down at my phone and I don't want 00:22:48.089 --> 00:22:50.450 to hear nothing. Right. You're not, like, watching 00:22:50.450 --> 00:22:52.670 Law and Order SVU or you got to really pay attention 00:22:52.670 --> 00:22:56.349 to the plot. Well, now I would because I've memorized 00:22:56.349 --> 00:22:59.150 every episode. Oh, you're one of those? Yeah. 00:22:59.190 --> 00:23:00.630 My girlfriend and I would go to sleep to it. 00:23:00.750 --> 00:23:03.420 Dude. We actually, I wish I had known, we have 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:06.039 it here. Matt surprised me with a, he got me 00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:08.500 the Law and Order gavel that goes bom bom when 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:10.200 you hit it. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, yeah. But 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:14.339 I do have this. I have the... He got me a sad 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:18.599 trombone as well. Dude, I used to say I could 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:21.339 write a pop punk song at any moment. Like, I 00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:23.839 used to do it in the van with the band. I would 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.799 have my guitar and I'd be like, give me a topic. 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.319 Actually, give me a topic. Just give me a topic 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:32.880 real quick. It could be anything. Hardwood floors. 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:38.859 Great. All right. I was riding around on my hardwood 00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:45.059 floors, hardwood floors. Hardwood, hard the floor. 00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:48.359 Hardwood, it's hardwood floor. All right, maybe 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:52.140 that wasn't great, but... Well, you had the spirit. 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:55.180 You just got to get the hook in there and then 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:58.380 you're set. But... Also, I thought of a good 00:23:58.380 --> 00:24:00.799 way, if you do another Star Wars joke, just be 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.940 like, maybe this is kind of hacky. I don't know. 00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:06.799 Just be like, hey, who here are Star Wars fans? 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:08.460 And then whoever raises their hand be like, well, 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:11.819 now we know where the virgins are. I mean, that's 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:14.440 a softball. But anyway, let's talk about what 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:17.539 you actually came for. It used to be. That used 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:20.660 to be it. Now people watch Star Wars. They get 00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:23.880 laid because they've seen Star Wars. They actually 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:27.259 fuck while watching Star Wars now. No. OK, wait, 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:30.119 my amazing producer Danny just brought this. 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:36.299 Oh, wait, hold on. Is it broke? Oh, did you hear 00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:38.960 it? Oh, the coughing. I got to get you one. I'm 00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:40.720 going to get you one and send it to you. Oh, 00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:43.740 that's fantastic. But anyway, enough about my 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:46.420 bullshit. Oh, I'm sorry. So you can see this. 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:49.759 I forgot I had this. It's a hat that says executive 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:54.079 producer dude That hat is way cooler if you know 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:57.259 what that's all about because in that era every 00:24:57.259 --> 00:25:00.500 great crime show every great drama Finished with 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:03.799 executive producer Dick Wolf, and I'll go a step 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:07.740 further music by Mike Post You know okay, so 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:10.480 do you know what other famous show Mike Post 00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:14.640 did oh? I do I do There's a bunch, but like the 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:17.680 one that I'm thinking of is I go ahead go ahead 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:26.059 Doogie Howser Lum Doogie, dude, he was a fucking 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:31.599 wrecking ball He gets paid for don't don't dumb 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:36.380 the whole thing makes money. Yeah. Oh I dropped 00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:39.680 it But he's getting royalties every time he had 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:43.819 that gavel. It's amazing. Um, oh to be Mike Post 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:47.880 so The reason we're having you on other than 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:50.039 because we love you and we love homebrewed comedy, 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:53.579 which seems to be going great. You've you've 00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:56.740 you know, I've watched the homebrewed comedy 00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:59.759 circuit kind of keep growing. I mean, I've been 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:02.079 a part of it. So I I've experienced it firsthand, 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:04.619 but also watching from social media, seeing how 00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:07.400 much the roster of comedians has grown and the 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:09.819 venues and how you're traveling farther. But 00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:12.119 you started to do these. I think I'm saying it 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:13.940 right. These don't tell comedy shows. Is that 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:16.039 what's been going on? Yep. Don't tell comedy. 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:19.460 So tell me, so don't tell me, but actually tell 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:22.940 me about these don't tell comedy shows. So they're 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:26.839 secret shows. So they're running all over the 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:30.359 nation, say 150 plus cities, probably more than 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:34.400 that now. But basically what it is is like you 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:37.319 get a showcase, you got four or five comedians 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:40.319 on a show, sometimes more, but usually four is 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:43.460 the minimum. And you don't know where the location 00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:46.460 is. You don't know what the lineup is. You buy 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:51.400 a ticket, 25 bucks, and on the day of the show, 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:54.619 like 24 hours, you will get an email saying, 00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:59.039 hey, we're at Dunkin' Donuts on Main Street, 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:03.420 let's say. And then you show up there at 6 .30 00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:07.200 for a seven o 'clock show and you've got sound 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:10.240 equipment, lighting, you've got a nice little 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:14.339 don't tell sign, and you've got 50 of your closest 00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:18.230 comedy buddies. there to see the show. And it's 00:27:18.230 --> 00:27:22.930 just a really cool environment. And we're basically 00:27:22.930 --> 00:27:26.829 bringing comedy shows where they're not usually, 00:27:27.369 --> 00:27:29.829 they usually aren't art. Right. Let me try that 00:27:29.829 --> 00:27:32.069 again. Let me, in English, we're bringing comedy 00:27:32.069 --> 00:27:34.309 shows to places that we're not used to seeing 00:27:34.309 --> 00:27:36.250 them. Did you just have a stroke? Are you okay? 00:27:36.890 --> 00:27:39.329 I had a lot of strokes. Yeah. Okay. It's been, 00:27:39.329 --> 00:27:41.089 it's been rough. It's fair. Rough couple of years, 00:27:41.269 --> 00:27:44.440 but no, it's... They're, they're fun. The energy 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:48.279 is usually really high. They show us their secrets. 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:51.799 So like the audience you get as a comedian, the 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:54.240 audience you get, they want to laugh. They want 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:56.480 to be part of this. They have no idea what they 00:27:56.480 --> 00:28:00.059 expect. You could have comedians and I've booked 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:02.559 comedians on the shows from Philly, New York 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:06.019 city, Boston, and then Syracuse, like local guys 00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:09.420 too. So you never really know who you're going 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:12.940 to see. And the good part would like. Like, I'm 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:16.019 bringing one of the shows to Syracuse. Good part 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:19.160 is, like, you might get comedians who are at 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:22.019 the FunnyVone at the show. Sure. Like, feature 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:25.240 acts, hosts, I mean, I don't know, headliners, 00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:28.000 but we'll see if they have time. But, like, you 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:31.000 have no idea who's showing up. But what you do 00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:33.259 know is that you're gonna get a really fucking 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:35.160 good show. That's awesome. And you know what 00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.859 I love about it, too, other than, I mean, the 00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:39.539 whole gimmick of a don't tell is awesome. But 00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:43.099 it's very hard nowadays to create any sort of 00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:46.799 anticipation. Unless you're like a crazy like, 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:48.839 again, like a Bill Burr or some huge comedian. 00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:51.539 You know, at this level with up and coming comedians, 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:53.359 it's hard to create anticipation because not 00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:56.019 everybody knows. So I just like that it creates 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:58.619 this natural anticipation of like, oh, man, who 00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:00.940 are we going to see? Is this something you came 00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.599 up with or is this a nation? Because you said 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:07.589 nationwide. How does that work? So I just. applied. 00:29:07.950 --> 00:29:10.710 Like my buddy Paul Spratt is a very funny comedian 00:29:10.710 --> 00:29:13.490 out of like the the Wilkes -Barre. I think it's 00:29:13.490 --> 00:29:16.210 in Lehigh Valley now, but in Pennsylvania. He 00:29:16.210 --> 00:29:18.730 started working with them and the business has 00:29:18.730 --> 00:29:22.450 been going for a few years, but basically created 00:29:22.450 --> 00:29:25.750 as a way to like, I don't know, bring some more 00:29:25.750 --> 00:29:29.089 excitement to the comedy landscape. But he helped 00:29:29.089 --> 00:29:31.130 get me involved with this. I just started working 00:29:31.130 --> 00:29:35.849 with him in January and I started producing shows 00:29:35.849 --> 00:29:38.779 in Binghamton. And I've done like two a month 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:40.980 in Binghamton and then I just got approved for 00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:43.579 Syracuse. So they've been on, in fact, they have, 00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:47.440 I think three of the board members on Don't Tell 00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:50.299 has Syracuse ties. Like they grew up there or 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:53.920 went to school at college. So university, I don't 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:58.220 want to disparage it, but they, they're big proponents 00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:03.440 of like just a party atmosphere and well, professional, 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:07.859 but they want to bring. They want to give people, 00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:11.640 uh, an alternative to club comedy. I love it. 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.579 Like if you don't want to go to the funny bone 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:15.519 and I love the funny bone, I wish they'd booked 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:17.900 me more, but I love the funny bone. But like, 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.519 if you don't want to go there and, and buy, you 00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:23.000 know, wings beer. And the cool thing was don't 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:26.000 tell a lot of them are BYOB. So you can bring 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.440 a sit back or whatever and go hang out in a yoga 00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:33.619 studio. And yeah, I mean, I've done other shows 00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:37.859 in yoga studios, coffee. shops, a jujitsu studio, 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:43.720 you know, some bars, but like, it's just so much 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:47.480 fun. Dude, you know, the irony, though, is that 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:50.599 don't they know that that's kind of what the 00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:53.000 comedy scene has become, you know, at this level 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:55.940 is like, because you're ahead of the time. I 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:57.759 mean, you've done shows at breweries, you did 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:00.019 shows at diet bars, you know, you kind of did 00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:03.339 that thing, you know? Yeah, but... Kind of, but 00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:05.380 their marketing campaign is much different than 00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:08.140 mine. They're a national thing. So like they 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:12.019 can, they've got a bigger instep than I do. And, 00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:14.420 you know, it's frustrating because like I am 00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:17.920 running my independent shows at bars and breweries 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:19.960 and I love doing that. I'm still doing that. 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:22.819 Yeah. But the difference between the Don't Tell 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:26.980 is that I'll get people at the Don't Tell shows 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:30.819 who don't know that comedy is happening in Binghamton. 00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:34.579 And I want to strangle them. He was like, I've 00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:37.000 been working at it for nine years and haven't 00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:39.420 got through to that person, which is fine. You 00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:43.140 know, people find comedy in different ways. And 00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:45.160 that's kind of the magic of don't tell where, 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:48.359 you know, they have, uh, you got a national campaign 00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:50.920 going. They've got a big email following. They 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:53.960 have don't tell specials where people can find 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:56.440 out about them, click on their link, follow them. 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:58.920 You can subscribe to their email list and so 00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:01.009 you can get updates on. if and when the show's 00:32:01.009 --> 00:32:02.750 coming to your town. That's something I don't 00:32:02.750 --> 00:32:06.890 have. And it's just, there are different audiences. 00:32:07.109 --> 00:32:09.049 I mean, I love my audience. I love the Don't 00:32:09.049 --> 00:32:11.529 Tell audiences, but it's like a behavior thing 00:32:11.529 --> 00:32:14.450 a little bit. And I don't mean at the show, like 00:32:14.450 --> 00:32:17.329 both audiences are great, but when I'm setting 00:32:17.329 --> 00:32:19.569 up for an independent show, the Homeward show, 00:32:20.349 --> 00:32:22.369 I'm like nervous that people aren't gonna show 00:32:22.369 --> 00:32:25.450 up and they do, but they get there almost at 00:32:25.450 --> 00:32:29.109 show time. Whereas the Don't Tell, they will 00:32:29.109 --> 00:32:31.470 get there a little bit before the doors are supposed 00:32:31.470 --> 00:32:34.109 to open. And I just want to be like, why can't 00:32:34.109 --> 00:32:37.750 you do that at my shows? I know. So I'm not nervous 00:32:37.750 --> 00:32:39.930 for another half an hour that nobody's going 00:32:39.930 --> 00:32:42.210 to show up and the comedians think I'm a failure 00:32:42.210 --> 00:32:44.930 and won't ever work with me again. So they're 00:32:44.930 --> 00:32:46.470 a little bit different. I know there's a lot 00:32:46.470 --> 00:32:48.130 of reasons that I'm a failure and don't want 00:32:48.130 --> 00:32:50.289 to work with me again. But the audience could 00:32:50.289 --> 00:32:53.869 help me out. But it's just, they're two different 00:32:53.869 --> 00:32:57.309 things. And I don't know which one I prefer. 00:32:58.029 --> 00:33:02.849 Don't tell is fun. Don't tell is like It's kind 00:33:02.849 --> 00:33:05.690 of like a shot in the arm like like maybe maybe 00:33:05.690 --> 00:33:07.849 a home bridge show Didn't go as well as I want. 00:33:08.170 --> 00:33:09.670 I mean it could be happening the other way around 00:33:09.670 --> 00:33:11.849 Maybe don't tell show wasn't as good as it should 00:33:11.849 --> 00:33:14.490 have been and I need every room is different 00:33:14.490 --> 00:33:17.950 every show is different But I know they're they're 00:33:17.950 --> 00:33:20.930 total fun. I love love running it That's got 00:33:20.930 --> 00:33:22.930 to be frustrating when like you you get done 00:33:22.930 --> 00:33:25.349 with a don't tell show and in Binghamton and 00:33:25.349 --> 00:33:27.430 someone's like You know, this what's fun. You 00:33:27.430 --> 00:33:29.630 guys should do this more. You should do comedy 00:33:29.630 --> 00:33:31.509 down here and you should do this. You should 00:33:31.509 --> 00:33:34.450 be a comedian. You're like, bitch, I am. This 00:33:34.450 --> 00:33:38.069 is what I do. Like, listen, if you want me to 00:33:38.069 --> 00:33:39.829 do a show in your living room so you'll turn, 00:33:40.069 --> 00:33:42.890 I will do that. Absolutely. I just did a horse 00:33:42.890 --> 00:33:45.250 track. I know. I will do a living room show. 00:33:45.470 --> 00:33:51.410 Dude, I mean, that is wild. Listen, the don't 00:33:51.410 --> 00:33:53.049 tell thing, though, which is kind of cool. It's 00:33:53.049 --> 00:33:55.529 like you're almost like franchising, but it's 00:33:56.869 --> 00:34:00.150 I think part of the reason that maybe people, 00:34:01.190 --> 00:34:03.289 you feel like you're getting a different and 00:34:03.289 --> 00:34:05.450 kind of cooler reception with Don't Tell is, 00:34:05.750 --> 00:34:07.890 and again, it goes back to what we just talked 00:34:07.890 --> 00:34:09.510 about when I've talked about a million times. 00:34:10.050 --> 00:34:12.730 When people would, I worked at a bar where I 00:34:12.730 --> 00:34:17.130 was the assistant manager and it was a music 00:34:17.130 --> 00:34:18.849 venue, but they wanted to start doing comedy 00:34:18.849 --> 00:34:20.550 shows and they're like, we should just do comedy 00:34:20.550 --> 00:34:23.179 during happy hour. You know, I went on that whole 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:25.340 thing about it just doesn't people aren't gonna 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:28.340 if they're there to drink and Then the jokes 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:30.860 are second. It doesn't you have to do a ticketed 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:33.420 So people because what happens is people show 00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:35.719 up when they know it's a comedy show and they've 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.920 paid for a ticket They without even knowing they 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:40.820 know that they're coming to laugh So they're 00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:44.380 already ready to laugh if you just pop up a show 00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:46.400 While they're drinking they're like what what 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.440 the hell is this and it could work eventually 00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:51.719 but so I think the don't tell thing it just It 00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:54.480 creates that anticipation and it gets people 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.159 excited. Like, who are we going to see? Let's 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:58.960 get there early, you know? And it works. And 00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:02.079 I think it's great. It is funny because, like, 00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:03.679 I don't know if it's difference in the audience, 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:06.099 but, like, when... I mean, obviously, if you're 00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:11.239 paying $25, you value your time. So you want 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:17.019 quality. And typically, when I do a show, like 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:20.510 a free show at a bar, over $10... We don't have 00:35:20.510 --> 00:35:23.969 people who want to sit in front. The don't tell? 00:35:24.670 --> 00:35:26.429 Man, the people who get there early are getting 00:35:26.429 --> 00:35:28.929 there early to get a front seat. Oh, shit. Because 00:35:28.929 --> 00:35:31.269 they want to be part of the show. And that, I 00:35:31.269 --> 00:35:33.630 think, is different. And maybe that's because 00:35:33.630 --> 00:35:36.210 the don't tell specials they've seen, or any 00:35:36.210 --> 00:35:38.929 of the clips online, are crowd work clips. So 00:35:38.929 --> 00:35:42.070 they want to be part of that magic. But like, 00:35:42.230 --> 00:35:44.329 I don't know, the energy is a little bit different. 00:35:44.750 --> 00:35:47.449 And I think a lot of that is the monetary value 00:35:47.449 --> 00:35:50.300 that you're placing, because... they're now invested 00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:53.960 and they're having a good night. Yes. Emotionally 00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:57.679 and financially. Before I let you go, I mean, 00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:59.340 I want to hear about the shows, but I got to 00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:02.460 ask you, you talk about crowd work. So as you 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:04.559 know, kind of the new thing, if you're a comedian, 00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:08.480 you've probably noticed that like crowd work 00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:11.179 is the new thing, you know, and a lot of the 00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:14.440 younger generations I've been told just assume 00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:16.539 that crowd work is what stand up is. And I don't 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:18.699 know if it's that drastic. Have you noticed, 00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:20.860 because I mean, you see so many comedians with 00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:23.579 homebrewed comedy and the Don't Tell shows, are 00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:28.039 you seeing a shift in more crowd work? A little 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:30.719 bit, but I don't know if it's a cognitive thing. 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:34.000 Like, I know there's some comedians who are actively 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:36.719 working on it. Yeah, I am. And the hard part 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:39.659 for me as a comedian is like, and a producer, 00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:44.639 is you want, like if I book you, I want like 00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:48.030 your... 30 best minutes like I want a material 00:36:48.030 --> 00:36:51.150 because I look at anybody I book like a ringer 00:36:51.150 --> 00:36:53.710 like I'm always doing different things Different 00:36:53.710 --> 00:36:56.230 jokes because I've been here every month Yeah, 00:36:56.250 --> 00:36:58.530 you're trying new stuff out all the time as you're 00:36:58.530 --> 00:37:00.869 doing it constantly right because I don't want 00:37:00.869 --> 00:37:03.269 to give the audience the same 15 minutes I did 00:37:03.269 --> 00:37:06.090 last month and like I feel like I don't want 00:37:06.090 --> 00:37:08.289 them to come to the show and be okay with tuning 00:37:08.289 --> 00:37:12.829 out the first part of it, so I Look at it like 00:37:12.829 --> 00:37:16.590 a comedian It is incredibly difficult to get 00:37:16.590 --> 00:37:20.389 better at crowd work at an open mic. Yes. Because 00:37:20.389 --> 00:37:23.329 the open mics largely are with other comedians 00:37:23.329 --> 00:37:26.110 in the audience and you know them. And it's very 00:37:26.110 --> 00:37:28.909 hard to do organic crowd work with people you 00:37:28.909 --> 00:37:31.949 know. Especially if they're comedians and they're 00:37:31.949 --> 00:37:34.409 trying to out -funny you. Because you're not 00:37:34.409 --> 00:37:37.150 going to get anything from that. That's a worst 00:37:37.150 --> 00:37:39.769 case scenario is you call on someone in the crowd 00:37:39.769 --> 00:37:42.530 and they're another comedian. Oh, man. I've had 00:37:42.530 --> 00:37:46.730 that in shows where And Steve Brown is bad with 00:37:46.730 --> 00:37:51.550 this. He's not as bad anymore, but he is so supportive 00:37:51.550 --> 00:37:56.710 that he will show up to the shows and if nobody's 00:37:56.710 --> 00:37:59.570 volunteering for a crowd work piece, he will 00:37:59.570 --> 00:38:05.329 volunteer. And it sucks because you know he means 00:38:05.329 --> 00:38:10.090 well, but it's like, dude, not you. Because now 00:38:10.090 --> 00:38:18.440 you're a plant in the audience. Right. if it 00:38:40.110 --> 00:38:42.030 are trying to get better at crowd work and they 00:38:42.030 --> 00:38:45.289 have to do it at the shows. So I'm seeing them 00:38:45.289 --> 00:38:47.670 be kind of raw with it and not good with it. 00:38:48.289 --> 00:38:49.889 And there's nothing you can really do because 00:38:49.889 --> 00:38:51.710 like the only way you're going to get better 00:38:51.710 --> 00:38:55.349 is by fucking up. Right. So, and then even if 00:38:55.349 --> 00:38:57.090 you're good at crowd work, like you're not going 00:38:57.090 --> 00:39:01.469 to ban a thousand. Right. So, so I have seen 00:39:01.469 --> 00:39:03.969 like comedians definitely try to put a little 00:39:03.969 --> 00:39:08.769 more effort into doing crowd work, but I mean, 00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:11.659 I would say in your first five years, you're 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:14.820 largely afraid of the audience and you have your 00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:17.619 material and you're hoping that it goes well 00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:20.000 and you're thinking too hard about it not going 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:23.420 well to really throw in another variable and 00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:26.380 gamble on that. It's like, so the only way I've 00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:28.440 gotten better at it is by doing that leading 00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:31.280 question. Like, okay, who hears that and why? 00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:34.059 And you ask another question and hopefully you 00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:37.260 trip on something funny. And like, you just want 00:39:37.260 --> 00:39:40.389 to like... Are you a Seinfeld fan? You know what? 00:39:40.530 --> 00:39:43.989 I hate to admit this on the air. I'm not a fan, 00:39:44.190 --> 00:39:48.489 but no, I wasn't. You know, it didn't help me. 00:39:49.449 --> 00:39:54.610 There's a little bit in the show where George 00:39:54.610 --> 00:39:57.809 is bombing at these meetings. He'll get a joke 00:39:57.809 --> 00:40:00.449 to work, get a big laugh, and then he sticks 00:40:00.449 --> 00:40:03.110 around and tries to outdo himself. And Jerry's 00:40:03.110 --> 00:40:05.670 like, no, you got to end on a big laugh. It's 00:40:05.670 --> 00:40:09.880 showmanship. But with me, like, if I get something 00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:11.900 to work really well in crowd work, it's like, 00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:15.840 okay, I have to retreat. So not like leave the 00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.579 stage, but like I have to stop doing the crowd 00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:21.860 work because if I get greedy and gamble, I might 00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:24.280 look like an asshole. Yeah. Yeah. That's where 00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:26.300 I'm like, the comedians have to learn that a 00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:28.760 little bit more. And then eventually you can, 00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:31.179 you can master it and be better at it. And I'm 00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:34.940 not there yet. I hear that man. And obviously 00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:38.659 same here. My whole thing with with crowd work 00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:40.340 like if someone was like, what would you tell 00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.860 someone? Who's gonna branch out and do crowd 00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:44.420 work? I would always say keep three or four things 00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:47.880 in your back pocket that you can rely on it because 00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:50.420 you can't you know You call on someone they might 00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:52.980 be a fucking gem and it becomes a whole other 00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:55.599 thing You might get a flat crowd that doesn't 00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:58.039 have much so you can kind of steer that into 00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:00.760 it and the other thing I would say is Always 00:41:00.760 --> 00:41:03.079 be able, like, know your material enough to where 00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:05.139 you can, no matter how far down the hole you 00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:08.739 go with the crowd, you can steer it back to where, 00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:10.980 to go right back into your act, you know? And 00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:15.699 it's hard to do. And I failed so many times, 00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:17.800 but my girlfriend would tell me, like, she'd 00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:21.440 come to occasional shows, and she's like, your 00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:24.119 crowd work is the best part. And I think that's 00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:26.019 because she knows the material so well. that 00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:28.440 it doesn't work on her anymore. But she's like, 00:41:28.659 --> 00:41:31.059 I always laugh at your crowd work. See, I also 00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:34.679 think that that's a compliment because that means 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:37.159 that's you just being you and naturally funny. 00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:40.619 I've always thought me being me is funnier than 00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:45.599 me doing material. But I think there's something 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:48.159 to be said that if your material is really funny 00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:49.980 but your crowd work sucks, it's like, OK, you're 00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:52.159 a good writer, but you're not good off the cuff. 00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:55.380 So I mean, I don't know. I like it. So tell me 00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:58.380 about... And I think that's exactly what it is. 00:41:58.519 --> 00:42:01.800 It's you. Yes. Because you are being authentic 00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:04.820 right then. We all write in the voice we want 00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:07.980 to have. But the voice we have is who we are. 00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:12.739 That's right. You nailed it. I was told back 00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:15.159 in the day that the difference between a comic 00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:17.480 and a comedian is like a comedian is someone 00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:21.360 who's almost always on. They're themselves. Or 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:23.380 an exaggerated version of themselves. A comic 00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:25.909 is like... They have an act and then off stage, 00:42:26.110 --> 00:42:29.449 they're not that act, you know? Yeah. But listen, 00:42:29.650 --> 00:42:32.530 before I let you go, let's get to it. What are 00:42:32.530 --> 00:42:34.349 the shows coming up in Syracuse and anywhere 00:42:34.349 --> 00:42:37.889 else? And let's do the plugs, man. All right. 00:42:38.210 --> 00:42:41.170 So, can't tell you a lot of specifics. All right. 00:42:41.309 --> 00:42:42.989 Don't tell. Because of the nature of it. But 00:42:42.989 --> 00:42:46.670 the first Don't Tell show in Syracuse is going 00:42:46.670 --> 00:42:51.789 to be on Friday, August 22nd at 9 p .m. Okay. 00:42:52.050 --> 00:42:54.789 So... the ticket link will be available soon. 00:42:55.210 --> 00:42:57.849 It has to be approved, and it will be, but it 00:42:57.849 --> 00:42:59.230 has to be approved, and then it'll be on their 00:42:59.230 --> 00:43:02.010 national site. So I can send you guys the links 00:43:02.010 --> 00:43:04.250 if you wanna spread it that way, that's fine. 00:43:04.289 --> 00:43:07.389 We will. But probably will be up in the next 00:43:07.389 --> 00:43:10.630 couple days. And then what I'm looking for, if 00:43:10.630 --> 00:43:15.150 you own a business, if you work somewhere where 00:43:15.150 --> 00:43:18.969 you think that a show might work, we usually 00:43:18.969 --> 00:43:22.159 sell out the shows. So if you have a space that 00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:26.619 can hold 35, 40, 50, 60 people, we can bring 00:43:26.619 --> 00:43:29.119 that to your business. It would just need to 00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:31.500 be a private show. So if you have like a basement, 00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:35.119 if you've got a yoga studio that's not, you know, 00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:37.519 it shuts down at eight o 'clock, we don't want 00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:42.320 to affect your business negatively. We want to 00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:46.219 add to it. We want to bring more eyes onto your 00:43:46.219 --> 00:43:48.719 business. If it's a small startup business, you're 00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:52.219 local. We want to bring 50 people to your coffee 00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:55.679 shop, you know, and hang out at eight o 'clock, 00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:58.440 seven o 'clock, whatever. I'll work with you. 00:43:58.539 --> 00:44:02.500 We'll get everything handled and we clean up. 00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:05.500 Everybody's respectful. So it's been a lot of 00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:08.260 fun in Binghamton and we're doing really well. 00:44:08.579 --> 00:44:11.840 And Syracuse is much bigger with more people 00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:15.739 and a younger type audience. So like, I think 00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:18.340 it's a really good way to get people involved. 00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:22.920 And I mean, I've got a coffee shop. We do things. 00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:24.500 I mean, a bunch of them down in Binghamton and 00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:27.360 like they do so well selling pastries, selling 00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:31.460 coffee after hours. So it's just an added revenue 00:44:31.460 --> 00:44:35.059 stream. So but I'm looking to places in Syracuse 00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:39.460 now and I've got one down and we're hoping to 00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:41.840 go weekly in Syracuse. So you might get three 00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:44.719 or four a month. I'll tell you what, I think 00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:47.639 you're coming to the right place. I think. I 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:53.420 think this area is ripe for a Don't Tell series. 00:44:53.820 --> 00:44:57.039 So if you are a business owner in the Syracuse 00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:59.579 area, you heard Mike Peters, they are looking 00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:01.960 for a venue, whether it's a coffee shop, a yoga 00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:04.519 studio, whatever you've got that's gonna, they're 00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:06.860 not gonna take your business over. They're gonna 00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:09.380 add, you know, we can work if it's after hours 00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:11.139 during business hours, but they are looking for 00:45:11.139 --> 00:45:13.059 a space to host these great comedy shows and 00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:15.960 I think everybody wins. Mike, what's the link 00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:19.639 where they can get these Don't Tell tickets and 00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:23.619 info? It's Don'tTellComedy .com. Don'tTellComedy 00:45:23.619 --> 00:45:26.599 .com. Don'tTellComedy .com. And then search Syracuse. 00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:29.300 And like I said, it's not up yet, but it will 00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:32.559 be soon. And there are shows in Rochester and 00:45:32.559 --> 00:45:34.699 Binghamton, too. So if you're out of the area, 00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:37.239 it's all over the place. But Buffalo as well. 00:45:37.500 --> 00:45:41.539 OK. And then... And we've got tons of great comedians 00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:43.429 coming to your town. So you'll... You'll get 00:45:43.429 --> 00:45:44.909 a good show regardless of what one you choose. 00:45:45.190 --> 00:45:47.869 And as far as homebrewed comedy, your circuit, 00:45:48.210 --> 00:45:49.690 you got anything you want to plug with that? 00:45:51.210 --> 00:45:55.389 Just I just have, oh, you know what? The show 00:45:55.389 --> 00:45:58.610 isn't until October, but I know this is largely 00:45:58.610 --> 00:46:03.070 based in Syracuse, but we just we're doing Old 00:46:03.070 --> 00:46:08.170 City Brewery in Oswego. Nice. We're starting 00:46:08.170 --> 00:46:13.099 there in October. So the show is, I think it's 00:46:13.099 --> 00:46:17.579 October 9th. I'm checking now, but I'm pretty 00:46:17.579 --> 00:46:22.719 sure it's October 9th, the 3rd. So yeah, hopefully 00:46:22.719 --> 00:46:25.619 we're gonna do, we have to do the first show 00:46:25.619 --> 00:46:28.159 first, but I'm hoping that it goes on a regular 00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:32.719 basis. And then I've got on August 8th, I have 00:46:32.719 --> 00:46:36.860 Karen Antowski doing McGraw Box North. Oh, she's 00:46:36.860 --> 00:46:40.550 great. And Karen Antowski and... Eric Bissell 00:46:40.550 --> 00:46:44.110 from Buffalo nice. There'll be a McGraw box North 00:46:44.110 --> 00:46:47.269 Brewery Company and North Syracuse I had seven 00:46:47.269 --> 00:46:51.530 o 'clock August 8. I I just went to I just went 00:46:51.530 --> 00:46:54.110 to Oswego for the first time for my nephew's 00:46:54.110 --> 00:46:57.150 graduation What a cool little fucking town, man. 00:46:57.489 --> 00:47:00.610 Yeah, my holy hell My best friend Jeff he went 00:47:00.610 --> 00:47:03.050 to college there. So for it was the best four 00:47:03.050 --> 00:47:05.090 and a half years of his life Oh, dude, it was 00:47:05.090 --> 00:47:06.809 always known as a party school for sure. But 00:47:06.809 --> 00:47:09.719 like oh The town itself, though, was just like, 00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:12.280 I was like, this is so great. I absolutely loved 00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:15.360 it. Yeah, it makes sense to go there. The only 00:47:15.360 --> 00:47:18.340 thing I remember is that we had Chinese, we had 00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:22.360 Chinese food and I fell asleep in his lobby wearing 00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:27.139 my boxers. So like, wild night. That is, I think 00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:29.280 that's, I mean, look, if you're going to sum 00:47:29.280 --> 00:47:31.860 Oswego up, it sounds like a night out in Oswego. 00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:35.519 Should end that way. Mike Peters, you're amazing. 00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:40.860 I do have one quick thing. I think find a way 00:47:40.860 --> 00:47:43.480 to, this would be hilarious. You know how they 00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:47.420 do hot yoga? What if you did hot stick comedy 00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:51.179 in a yoga studio and everyone just fucking sweats 00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:55.059 the whole time? So you get a workout. The only 00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:59.380 thing I was told when doing these is like my 00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:01.940 buddy Paul, he goes, yeah, the only thing you 00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:05.309 have to worry about is how hot some of these 00:48:05.309 --> 00:48:07.969 rooms get. Yeah. That's the only thing Don't 00:48:07.969 --> 00:48:11.690 Tell will get mad about is that people are like 00:48:11.690 --> 00:48:14.889 hot in the room. So like, they'll complain. Yeah. 00:48:14.949 --> 00:48:17.269 Because content, whatever, they'll bitch about 00:48:17.269 --> 00:48:20.190 a joke's not working, whatever. But temperature 00:48:20.190 --> 00:48:23.730 in the room is like their number one. So I will 00:48:23.730 --> 00:48:27.289 pass it up. There you go. If hot yoga comedy 00:48:27.289 --> 00:48:31.269 is what they want, I'm gonna guess no. Go yoga. 00:48:31.730 --> 00:48:34.489 Maybe. Goat yoga, for sure. Goat yoga comedy 00:48:34.489 --> 00:48:37.269 might be able to work. I hope a lot of people 00:48:37.269 --> 00:48:39.449 fart, too. You know, people fart here in yoga. 00:48:39.510 --> 00:48:41.849 Well, come on. People are farting in there anyway. 00:48:42.010 --> 00:48:44.429 That's true. Just can't hear it all the time. 00:48:44.869 --> 00:48:47.449 Mike, Peters, there's only one way to end this 00:48:47.449 --> 00:48:53.190 interview. There we go. Mike, you know I love 00:48:53.190 --> 00:48:58.250 you, man. Mike Peters, Homebrewed Comedy, DontTelComedy 00:48:58.250 --> 00:49:01.719 .com. Go to those sites. All those shows are 00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:04.719 coming up. If you are a business or a venue of 00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:08.460 some sort in the Syracuse area and you are interested 00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:12.440 in hosting a Don't Tell Comedy show, I really 00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:15.280 think you should get a hold of Mike or us because 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:18.940 it's a win -win. Everybody wins. Mike, anything 00:49:18.940 --> 00:49:22.260 else before you go, buddy? No, man. I appreciate 00:49:22.260 --> 00:49:24.400 talking to you. I mean, any time I get a chance 00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:27.239 to look across and into those eyes. Oh, man. 00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:30.500 Just really, it completes my morning and probably 00:49:30.500 --> 00:49:33.739 my life. Man, my pants just got tight. I'll tell 00:49:33.739 --> 00:49:38.260 ya. Listen, I wish I could say the same. No. 00:49:39.360 --> 00:49:41.739 Dude, you know I love you, and I've made good 00:49:41.739 --> 00:49:43.579 on my word. I told you, any time you wanna come 00:49:43.579 --> 00:49:45.719 on, I will get you on, and I did, even though 00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:49.099 we made you wait 45 minutes. That's fine. I was 00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:51.440 just happy Matt wasn't here. I know. God, that 00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:55.280 guy. He's the worst. Mike Peters, I love you. 00:49:55.300 --> 00:49:58.719 Good luck. And homebrewed comedy, don't tell 00:49:58.719 --> 00:50:02.059 comedy. And we will not be back. That is the 00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:04.320 end of this episode of Good News York. Again, 00:50:04.320 --> 00:50:07.239 I'm flying solo this week. So you're going to 00:50:07.239 --> 00:50:10.260 get just me and some guests this week. We do 00:50:10.260 --> 00:50:11.980 have a bunch of guests coming up this week, but 00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:14.500 also I've got some segments on my own that I'll 00:50:14.500 --> 00:50:17.119 be sharing some cool shit. So thank you for tuning 00:50:17.119 --> 00:50:20.420 in to Good News York brought to you by ads on 00:50:20.420 --> 00:50:22.559 the go get ads on the go dot com.