884. Full Length: Bad Thoughts Ft. Tom Segura

On today's episode, Andy & DJ are joined in the studio by Tom Segura. They discuss Tom's new Netflix series, "Bad Thoughts", the importance of staying in shape as a comedian and entrepreneur, and the concept of cancel culture in today's society.

Speaker names marked ? are inferred from speaking time and the show’s known hosts — they are not voice-verified.

• 0:02Andy Frisella?

  What is up guys? It's Andy Frisella and this is the show for the realist sake of out of the lies, the fakeness and delusions of modern society and welcome to motherfucking reality. Guys, as always, we have DJ. Yeah, there he is. Uh, special full-length episode today. We got a special guest, Mr. Tom Segura. What's happening, brother?

• 0:37Speaker 01

  How are you? Good to have me, man.

• 0:39Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, man. It's great to have you here, too. Uh, he's in town doing the Fox Theater. How is it?

• 0:46Speaker 01

  It's amazing, dude. Uh, it's one of the most beautiful theaters in the country. I've always, I've been playing St. Louis like my whole career, you know? I, I, I think my first stop here was at Helium.

• 0:56Andy Frisella?

  Mm-hmm.

• 0:57Speaker 01

  And I've done like, uh, variety of different venues. I've been to the Fox a few times. It's one of the best. It's one of the best theaters in the country.

• 1:05Andy Frisella?

  It sucks when you came in though, man. We had the fucking storm.

• 1:08Speaker 01

  Yeah, it was a

• 1:09Andy Frisella?

  Almost took you out, man.

• 1:10Speaker 01

  It was a, it was actually a gnarly, uh, descent into St. Louis. Yeah. We touched down about 10 minutes before the tornado and you could tell something was happening.

• 1:19Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:19Speaker 01

  Um, but, uh, yeah, we made it through it and, you know, people, people were fun last night.

• 1:25Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. Was it good?

• 1:26Speaker 01

  Yeah, it was great. Yeah, it was great.

• 1:27Andy Frisella?

  Say, look, I mean, dude, look, we gotta get left off the list of a lot of things. Let's be real.

• 1:33Speaker 01

  It's real.

• 1:33Andy Frisella?

  Uh, you know, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fucking war zone that we live in downtown, but, uh, we always appreciate you coming through and

• 1:40Speaker 01

  Absolutely.

• 1:41Andy Frisella?

  Doing your thing, man. So what's been going on? Got a new Netflix?

• 1:44Speaker 01

  New series out? Yeah. It's called Bad Thoughts. It's on Netflix. Um, it was the most fun I've ever had, like creatively making it, you know, because it was kinda like It really was the thing you dream of where where the the studio, the network in this case was just like pretty much like just make what you want, you know, because I've been through other development processes and pilots where, you know, the first time you meet with executives, they're like, yeah, make what you want. And then a couple of months in, they're like, take all this shit out.

• 2:14Andy Frisella?

  Not like that.

• 2:16Speaker 01

  Yeah, yeah. And it's a it's a real bummer of a process when it's like that. So this was like the opposite where we got to make, I mean, pretty wild stories that we wrote. It's basically anthology. So it's like these self-contained stories. And we we got to make what we wanted. So it was it was really fun.

• 2:36Andy Frisella?

  And nobody stepped in and said, hey, wait a minute, dude, this is like a little too much.

• 2:39Speaker 01

  I mean, there was a couple of times where they were like, this is pretty, they're like, this is pretty crazy. You know, in the writing process, very like very few notes. And then in the edit, you know, they were like, this is particularly gruesome. Can we can we dial this back? And we were like, maybe.

• 3:01Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, but dude, isn't that the isn't that the like, isn't that the point? Like, isn't the point to walk the line and push?

• 3:07Speaker 01

  Yeah, I think, I mean, also, I think, you know, in the stories we were making, we were making pretty crazy stories, you know, one is about a guy who goes to a barista and they put in, he asks for a splash of milk and they basically give him like a cup of milk. And so he's like, hey, can you remake this? And the barista is really rude. And so then the guy kills everybody in the, right?

• 3:33Andy Frisella?

  Well, I mean, we've all been there, bro.

• 3:36Speaker 01

  It's like wish fulfillment.

• 3:40Speaker 01

  Everybody has encountered a retail person where you're like, I'm gonna fucking kill this guy. I want to.

• 3:45Andy Frisella?

  And everybody else.

• 3:46Speaker 01

  Yeah, exactly.

• 3:47Andy Frisella?

  All of you.

• 3:48Speaker 01

  So that was like the fantasy of the story. And then they were like, hey, this is pretty violent. I was like, yeah, that's the whole point. It's a violent fantasy. And then they let it go. I mean, I rip a guy's jaw out of his face in the thing, so.

• 4:00Andy Frisella?

  Probably deserved it.

• 4:00Speaker 02

  I've learned not to fuck with my baristas, though, man.

• 4:02Speaker 01

  I know.

• 4:03Andy Frisella?

  You should never fuck with people that fuck with your food.

• 4:05Speaker 02

  Food specifically, but like, you know, the they thems like, bro, like, they'll get you.

• 4:08Andy Frisella?

  The they thems, bro, listen, they will get you, bro.

• 4:11Speaker 02

  Like, I've learned just to leave it alone. Even if it is fucked up, I just leave it alone, man.

• 4:14Speaker 01

  You just leave it alone?

• 4:14Speaker 02

  Leave it alone, bro.

• 4:15Andy Frisella?

  The problem is, dude, is the they thems will get you for for not being a they them.

• 4:19Speaker 02

  My my, they like me.

• 4:21Andy Frisella?

  Well, that's because you're black.

• 4:23Speaker 02

  That's true, I'm bi-pot.

• 4:24Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 4:24Speaker 02

  No, I do get a pass.

• 4:27Speaker 01

  You definitely get a better treatment than we do. How, oh, how things have changed.

• 4:35Speaker 02

  It's a little different now. Yeah, it's a little different now. Um, dude, that's sick. I was thinking before the show, though, like, because there was, first of all, Bad Thoughts is fucking awesome.

• 4:44Speaker 01

  Oh, thanks, man.

• 4:45Speaker 02

  It is absolutely. If you guys have not seen that yet, you need to go watch it, like, right now.

• 4:49Speaker 01

  Please.

• 4:50Andy Frisella?

  Um. It's definitely in line with our audience, for sure.

• 4:53Speaker 02

  Oh, dude.

• 4:53Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. We're, we're no stranger to fucking crash the fucking line.

• 4:58Speaker 02

  How, well, I want to ask on that, like, how did, so were these just like, how much of, I want to, okay, that's my question is, how much of that stuff was like real shit that actually happened to you? Or like, are these like, or was it just like, okay, like, let's just create the funniest shit we can possibly think of?

• 5:11Speaker 01

  I mean, there's.

• 5:12Speaker 02

  Is there some reality in there?

• 5:14Speaker 01

  You know, like, the coffee thing came is, is like, it's like this cathartic thing to, to write, because you go, like, it came from the, the whole thing where I'd seen so many times, I'd go, hey, can I get a splash of milk? And I'd see them go like, one, two, three, four. I'm like, you don't know what a fucking splash is? Like, a splash is a splash, you know? And so, you know, you can talk about that, you can think about that, but the most fun thing to do is to write a story where you go, this thing happens to me all the time.

• 5:44Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 5:44Speaker 01

  Here's like, a different version of how, you know, it's like, it's a fantasy, right?

• 5:49Speaker 02

  Yeah, for sure. So it's a, it's a war plan, right?

• 5:51Speaker 01

  Yeah, but it's also like, it's like the healthiest way to channel, like, those feelings and emotions. You go like, well, you can just complain about it, or you can like, write a story about this fantasy. So that's like, one version of a story, right? I mean, there's a bunch of different ones in there. Like, there's the me with the twins. I don't know if you, so that's the black and white one, where I just had this, I, I had this idea where I was like, hey, what if we do one where a woman, uh, sees me in a window and tells me to, like, waves me in? And then what I pitched was, the woman is drop dead gorgeous. And then she's like, do you want to have sex with me? And I go, yeah.

• 6:34Speaker 01

  And she goes, okay, well, first, you have to fuck somebody as gross as you. And I go, what? And then what we were gonna do was have a woman come in and we were gonna deep fake my face on her. So that it would be a sex scene between me and me, you know, like that was the idea. And then one of the other directors, Rami Hashash, he was like, what if it was a conjoined twin? And I was like, oh, and I liked it more. So we wrote the story. So I play Joseph, who looks like me. And then I also play the twin on the back of her, on her back growing up. And so then I do kinda have sex with me. Like that was the whole it. So these were just.

• 7:18Andy Frisella?

  I mean, it's no different than, you know, every other day. It's Friday night for me.

• 7:25Speaker 01

  You know, so they were all like, they came from all these different places, but yeah, it was all. A lot of it came from that writer's room, just like throwing ideas, which is like the most, the writer's room is like this. Where you just sit down, you have a board, everyone's writing shit down and you're pitching and then every few, I don't know, every hour or something, you go like, oh shit. And then when you get excited, you're like, I'll be back and you run out and you just sit and write and write and then you bring it back to the room and you guys read it together. And it's like, it's a very fun, like, kinda atmosphere.

• 7:54Andy Frisella?

  It's just like a hangout.

• 7:55Speaker 01

  It's like a hangout with like, super funny comedy writers and like, it's the best because you, you're getting like eight, nine different people's minds on the thing. And then you kind of, you know, you, you end up, there's no, you, you let your ego go. You don't go like, well, this was my idea. You, it's whoever has the best idea that you kinda go like, that's it. Yeah.

• 8:16Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. I mean, dude, that's, you know, that's in line with anything, I think, great, right?

• 8:20Speaker 01

  For sure.

• 8:20Andy Frisella?

  Great leaders, you're, you know, you're the leader of your team. It's, it's, you know, it's about picking the, the best product, not the fucking idea.

• 8:28Speaker 01

  A hundred percent. And like, I think a production, like a show is not unlike.

• 8:35Speaker 01

  Kind of running a company in a way where the best thing you can do is is try to surround yourself with the best talent. Like you want the like, I want the best production designer, you know, director of photography, like all these people that are in charge of different departments and you want people to like be great.

• 8:53Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 8:53Speaker 01

  You're like, fucking go kill it.

• 8:55Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 8:55Speaker 01

  Like your ideas, yeah, like let's, let's hear them, let's do them.

• 8:59Andy Frisella?

  I think that's the difference between, you know, uh, I mean, dude, you know, a gazillion entrepreneurs and, and I really think that's the, the biggest difference between great entrepreneurs, great business people.

• 9:11Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 9:11Andy Frisella?

  And, and shitty ones is like the shitty ones think that they have to have all the ideas and they don't want to surround themselves with better people.

• 9:18Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 9:18Andy Frisella?

  And the great ones are like, fuck dude, everybody's smarter than me here.

• 9:21Speaker 01

  That's right.

• 9:22Andy Frisella?

  Like that's what I, I want everybody to be smarter than me.

• 9:25Speaker 01

  That's, I mean, if I have like any gift in what I do, it's identifying great people.

• 9:31Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 9:31Speaker 01

  And being like, hey, come work with me.

• 9:33Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 9:33Speaker 01

  You know, like that's, that's what I try to do well is I, I go like, I'm okay, you're great.

• 9:39Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 9:40Speaker 01

  You come work with me. Like that's what I want to do is

• 9:42Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 9:42Speaker 01

  Have great people around.

• 9:43Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, bro. And, and you know, it's, it's interesting because like people will come here and they, you know, they're like, oh dude, you know, everything's so cool. You're doing such, I'm like, bro, it's them.

• 9:53Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 9:54Andy Frisella?

  These guys are fucking good, you know? So I always feel like a little bit guilty because I'm like, I get a lot of the credit, but my team is fucking amazing.

• 10:00Speaker 01

  I feel like that with the, the show entirely. It's like, it's my face and my name.

• 10:04Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 10:05Speaker 01

  And everybody kind of like goes like, it's you, you, you. And I'm like, well, it's partially me, but the reason it is what it is, is like these 50 other people.

• 10:12Andy Frisella?

  Do you look at it like, uh, do you look at it like, hey, man, this is just my role on the team?

• 10:18Speaker 01

  Yeah. I mean, I feel like, um, yeah, you know, you have a role. I think in, you know, the thing is about like, it's so different. Like stand-up is so singular, right? It really literally is just you, you write the stuff, you perform it.

• 10:32Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 10:32Speaker 01

  You hold a mic and it's just you on stage and it's a very kind of, like the only way a tour works is with a team, but stand-up is very singular. But a show or a movie is the absolute polar opposite. It's like, it's like running a business.

• 10:48Andy Frisella?

  Right.

• 10:49Speaker 01

  Where you're like, maybe you're the, in this case, like the CEO of it, but then you have to hire an entire team and you. If you are like, no, no, no, everything runs through me, whatever you make is definitely gonna suck.

• 11:01Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 11:02Speaker 01

  You know, you really have to like empower people and go like, you run this shit too. And you kind of, you run your department, you know, you have to let them, encourage them to like, take over in what they do. That's the only way a TV or, or, or film, like TV show or film is gonna be entertaining.

• 11:22Andy Frisella?

  Well, you, you, you run your own media, right? Like you, you have everything.

• 11:27Speaker 01

  Yeah, we, we have like a Y M H Studios.

• 11:29Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 11:30Speaker 01

  So like, we produce a lot of podcasts. We produced the show Bad Thoughts. We're producing a feature film. So yeah, it's, you know, it runs through our company, but it's all about like, hiring great people.

• 11:43Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, for sure.

• 11:44Speaker 01

  Thousand percent.

• 11:45Andy Frisella?

  It's sick, man. Well, I thought something else was interesting, Tom, that we, I've been noticing too. You, you've had like a transformation journey.

• 11:52Speaker 01

  Oh, a little bit, a little bit of a glow up?

• 11:54Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, let's talk about it.

• 11:55Speaker 01

  Yeah, well, okay, sure.

• 11:57Andy Frisella?

  Let's talk about it. I mean, it's because, I mean, Well dude, it's like a group effort, man. You got Jelly Roll down, uh, you know, 200 pounds.

• 12:04Speaker 01

  Down 200 pounds.

• 12:05Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, dude, he looks fucking great. I just saw him in concert this past Tuesday at Busch Stadium with Post Malone. He looks amazing.

• 12:12Speaker 01

  Yeah, well, we did the 5K two weeks ago.

• 12:14Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 12:14Speaker 01

  And I hadn't seen him in person since the 5K, the previous year, which was like almost exactly a year to the day. And he was down 130 from 130 pounds from last May, and 200 overall. And then at the 5K, he was like, next year at the 5K, I want to be down another 100. I want to be 240.

• 12:36Andy Frisella?

  He'll do it.

• 12:36Speaker 01

  I totally believe it.

• 12:37Andy Frisella?

  Dude, I'm glad he's doing that, bro. Cause like, he's such, he's so good at what he does. And all I was thinking when he was like big, big was like, fuck, it's gonna be another dude that,

• 12:47Speaker 01

  That dies.

• 12:47Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 12:47Speaker 01

  I know. I mean, also, I'll tell you this, like, so we got to, Raymond James, where the Bucks play, that's where we had the 5K. And, you know, like last year we did the Rose Bowl. And so they had us start in the parking lot in Pasadena. And they laid out this track like on side streets, right? And then you kind of run back through this parking lot. And I was like, I was imagining something like that. I don't know the layout of Raymond James Stadium, right? So I just show up and they're like, hey, there's a lot of uphill. And I go, what do you mean? And they're like, well, it's, they made it all within the stadium. Well, the only way to hit 3.1 miles in the stadium is you kind of follow this path. And then you take the corridor, like the ramps down. And then you take them up nine stories all up.

• 13:32Speaker 02

  No.

• 13:33Speaker 01

  Right? And then you go across the stadium down again and then up again. So I was like, yo, this is like half a mile. That's just all incline, which like, you know.

• 13:43Speaker 02

  Well, that's hard enough to do when you've been drinking beer all day.

• 13:45Speaker 01

  It's hard enough to do, honestly, like if you're like, if you're like moderately fit.

• 13:50Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 13:51Speaker 01

  Right? And so like when I heard he was coming, cause I knew he was coming, but they're like, he's coming later this afternoon. Cause he had flown in from a show. We were out there, I was like, yo, I don't know if he can do this, man. Right? We were like, you know, he's, he's still a big dude.

• 14:05Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 14:06Speaker 01

  And then I was thinking like cardio and knees. I was like, man, it's going to be 90 by the time it degrees outside by the time he gets here. And I go, this is like fucking all incline. So I was like actually worried. And then like, when he got there, I was like, all right, well, you know, I don't know if we'd tell him or like.

• 14:23Speaker 01

  He crushed it.

• 14:25Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 14:25Speaker 01

  He, he did it at, at 340, like all these inclines and yeah, he crushed it.

• 14:30Speaker 02

  Yeah, that sounds like Camelback Mountain for us.

• 14:32Andy Frisella?

  Oh yeah, fuck that.

• 14:33Speaker 02

  Well, you ever, you ever did Camelback in Arizona?

• 14:35Speaker 01

  No.

• 14:36Speaker 02

  Don't.

• 14:39Speaker 02

  Bro, that was miserable.

• 14:40Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, dude.

• 14:41Speaker 02

  That was fucking miserable.

• 14:41Andy Frisella?

  We got a, we got half, dude, we, we started, so we had this big event. There was like a couple hundred people, like a, like a group thing, sort of like a group run club, right?

• 14:50Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 14:51Andy Frisella?

  And they were all meeting down there to do Camelback and DJ and I got up early. We had been fucking drinking all night. And I was like, all right, let's get there early so we can like, get like up the mountain so nobody sees us fucking dying, right?

• 15:02Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 15:03Andy Frisella?

  Cause I knew it was gonna be hard.

• 15:03Speaker 02

  We were polling people before, you know what I'm saying? I think that's where we're fucked up at. Cause we were polling people and it was like a 50 50, like, hey, how is it? And we either got, it was death, or it was the easiest fucking thing they've ever done.

• 15:14Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 15:14Speaker 02

  You know what I'm saying? I think that's where we fucked up at. Cause like, I'm like, we didn't really know what to expect.

• 15:18Speaker 01

  I will say there's this thing, I mean, it's not like a new observation, but like, when you're doing it, cause when I was doing the actual this run, I feel like if I had been just alone, I'd been like, man, fuck this shit.

• 15:30Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, oh yeah.

• 15:31Speaker 01

  The fact that there's like thousands of people.

• 15:33Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, you can't, and they're there for you.

• 15:35Speaker 01

  You hit that turn and you see the, I had no idea that it was nine incline ramps up. I was like, mother. And then you just, you just do it.

• 15:43Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, peer pressure.

• 15:45Speaker 01

  It's peer, the peer pressure really does help. And then I found like, I'm on this path, like, you know, it's all mapped out and I see this guy and he's like, shirtless and kinda yoked, like, like midway. And he's, let's say, I don't know, a hundred yards behind me. And then I got it in my head. I was like, I can't let this fucking hot guy pass me. Every time I would like, wrap around and I'd see him come and I was like, you cannot let this guy beat you. And then you just like, keep running hard. And every time I was like, man, I wanna like, slow down, catch my breath. I'd be like, that fucking hot guy's gonna beat you.

• 16:24Speaker 01

  And then it's just gonna, it's gonna make you upset. So I just, and I told him afterwards, I was like, I didn't want you to fucking pass me, man. He was like, really? I was like, yeah, dude. Like, he was my motivation. But I feel like if I was alone, you'd just be like, I'm tired.

• 16:38Speaker 02

  Fuck this.

• 16:38Speaker 01

  I'll stop. Yeah.

• 16:39Speaker 02

  Well, we started like 30, 45 minutes before everybody else.

• 16:42Andy Frisella?

  I didn't wanna see everybody see me die, bro.

• 16:44Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 16:44Andy Frisella?

  So like, I got like, I wanted to get like halfway up before we started. This motherfucker shows up with walking sticks, like he's in all this equipment, like he's going up fucking Mount Everest.

• 16:54Speaker 02

  Be prepared.

• 16:55Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 16:55Speaker 02

  You know what I'm saying?

• 16:56Andy Frisella?

  So we get like, we, we, we're like, dude, legit, we're like struggling.

• 17:00Speaker 02

  It's hard.

• 17:00Andy Frisella?

  We're like up there and I'm like, fuck, we gotta be, we gotta be close. And he, and he taps me on the shoulder and he points up at the thing and I see this like, little line of what looks like fucking ants. Like go, and I'm like, fuck. So, so dude, I'm like, dude, me and Ever stand there, I'm like, dude. Maybe we should just go back down. No one's up here. And right as I said that dude, the group was coming up. They're like, Andy, are you on your way down? And I'm like, fuck. So we ended up doing it, but.

• 17:32Speaker 01

  How far is that?

• 17:33Andy Frisella?

  Dude, it was on like, it's just like straight up.

• 17:36Speaker 02

  It was three miles, but straight fucking up.

• 17:38Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. And it's like, you know, there's not a path, bro. Like you're like using your hands and shit.

• 17:43Speaker 01

  Trying to find a way.

• 17:44Andy Frisella?

  I'm not built for that shit.

• 17:45Speaker 01

  No dude.

• 17:46Speaker 02

  Yeah, I was not big boy friendly.

• 17:47Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 17:48Speaker 02

  But uh, but no dude, your transformation's been sick, man.

• 17:50Speaker 01

  Thanks man. I mean, I think it's probably like, and you know, like anything where it's just kind of what you prioritize. You know, like you think, you think you prioritize things, then you realize that just thinking about it is not a priority. Like you have to do things. So I think I just put more of an emphasis on uh, training more and you know, like eating is obviously like such a big thing, especially when you travel for a living, cause you're just in different cities and you know.

• 18:18Andy Frisella?

  It's hard man.

• 18:19Speaker 02

  Hotel gyms and.

• 18:21Speaker 01

  Hotel gyms. I mean, food is, is I think for us, the biggest thing, right? Cause like when I started my career as a stand-up doing the road, you know, comedy clubs are notorious for like, you know, it's bad food. It's not good for you. It's like, it's mozzarella sticks and chicken wings and, and that's kind of, and where they're late. And that was just like, I don't know, I'm 23. You don't even think about it. You just start eating that shit. And then 10 years go by and you're like, you've gained 50 pounds and but you're also just like, and this is what it is. You just kind of resign to like, you know, I'm up late, I sleep in, we eat like shit, I'm on the road, I'm a comedian, who cares? And then all of a sudden you're like approaching 40 and you're like, what am I fucking doing with my life?

• 19:05Speaker 01

  You know, like you're just kind of a mess. Really you're on a, you're on a path that you realize can go a certain way. And I think especially in comedy, like we kind of like romanticize it. We're like, like we make it cool to be a slob. Like I'm a comic.

• 19:21Andy Frisella?

  You laugh about it.

• 19:22Speaker 01

  Yeah. You're like, who cares? We drink beer and eat like shit and sleep in, but then you're like, yeah, like you don't have to do that, you know, to, to do stand-up. Like it's not a prerequisite, even though you kind of let yourself.

• 19:36Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, it's a justification.

• 19:37Speaker 01

  Yeah, you justify it. And then you're just like, I don't know. Then you just hit a certain point where you're like, this is not a great way to live. Like you can. Take care of yourself and then I think the biggest thing is you end up, you know, people always see you physically transform, but you just feel so much better, you know, like you physically and mentally, you're like, I'm thinking more clearly, I feel better, I'm happy, like.

• 19:59Andy Frisella?

  You're probably able to create better shit.

• 20:01Speaker 01

  Oh my God, like now, I, I, I tell people, it's like, a lot of my days are really slammed with like, you know, a hundred things, right? And I go, when I come into my office, we have like recordings and interviews and ad things and then like, you know, we're, we're gonna shoot things and we got meetings, it's like a full day. I, I've learned that if I work out first, like before I go in, I'm just like a so much better version of myself. Like I come in and like, sometimes like even staff are like, damn, like you're in a good mood and I'm like, yeah, I just came from the gym, like I feel good. And then I, I actually feel like I have energy for that day.

• 20:39Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 20:40Speaker 01

  Whereas opposed the other way of like where I just show up, I feel like I'm dragging that day.

• 20:44Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, and, and dude, I did the exact same, about two years ago, I fit, I would come in here, cause we always talk about what the fuck's going on in the world and I get super pissed off.

• 20:52Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 20:53Andy Frisella?

  And like, I would come in here, bro, and like, I'd be so fucking pissed off. And then I figured out, if I trained right before, like I was, that's, you know, what I was doing right before this, I trained right before, even though I still get pissed, like it's, it's like, it's like not nuclear, it's like, it's tolerable.

• 21:11Speaker 01

  Yeah, you need it, you need it dude, it's like, yeah, I, I think we all, you know, everybody thinks of a, or a lot of people think of that as just like, like working out is just like for your muscles, you know, of like, oh, you're trying to, you know, stronger whatever, which is obviously good for you, but I think the, what it does to you mentally.

• 21:29Andy Frisella?

  Totally agree.

• 21:30Speaker 01

  Is, is like, there's, there's like, there's just, the fog of sleep goes away.

• 21:36Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 21:36Speaker 01

  Things just fire faster and I actually literally feel happier.

• 21:42Andy Frisella?

  Me too.

• 21:42Speaker 01

  Like I actually, I'm in a better mood, you know?

• 21:45Andy Frisella?

  I'm not like a naturally happy person.

• 21:46Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 21:47Andy Frisella?

  So I have to like. Like I, you know, actually, to be real, dude, like naturally happy people kind of fucking annoy me. Like, I'm like, what the fuck is wrong with this person?

• 21:56Speaker 01

  What the fuck you happy for?

• 21:56Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, dude, like, but, but.

• 21:58Speaker 01

  Are you Russian or something?

• 21:59Andy Frisella?

  No, I do. I don't know. Like, I don't know. I'm Sicilian, but like, I don't, I don't know what it is, bro. Like, the chipper people, you know what I'm talking about?

• 22:07Speaker 01

  Yeah, I know.

• 22:09Andy Frisella?

  It's like, fuck, man.

• 22:10Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 22:10Andy Frisella?

  What the fuck did I do wrong?

• 22:11Speaker 01

  I know.

• 22:13Andy Frisella?

  So, but yeah, dude, working out does it, man. Like, it definitely helps me a lot. So, did you guys, like, all get together and, like, who was the ringleader of, of this?

• 22:23Speaker 01

  I think it was like a slow.

• 22:25Andy Frisella?

  Cause Burt lost a shit ton too, didn't he?

• 22:27Speaker 01

  He's, he, yeah, he has, he goes up and down quite a bit.

• 22:31Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 22:32Speaker 01

  So, like, he was, he trimmed down and was looking great in his special that he shot. He shot it in November, so it's been like, you know, six, seven months. And in just those six, seven months, I think he's put on like thirty plus pounds.

• 22:47Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 22:48Speaker 01

  Uh, but he also, you know, he's, he's kind of a, he's a weird athlete too. Like, he's somebody where if he was like, alright, today, I'm just gonna clean it up. You know, in two weeks, he'd be down fifteen pounds.

• 23:01Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 23:02Speaker 01

  And like, he, he just bounces back real quick and then he falls off, cause he just.

• 23:07Andy Frisella?

  Bro, I relate to that.

• 23:08Speaker 01

  He parties, like, he, you know.

• 23:09Andy Frisella?

  It's fun.

• 23:10Speaker 01

  It's fun. He, he's on the road. He drinks. He eats like a psycho. And then he gains all this weight and then he just like pivots back. Now, I think it's, you know, the older you get, you're more like, dude, this is crazy. Like, just hang out in one weight group.

• 23:23Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 23:23Speaker 01

  But, uh, but yeah, he just does that. For me, I just feel like I, I still can gain and lose, but I have like a, a tighter window.

• 23:33Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 23:34Speaker 01

  Where I, if I'm, like, right now, I feel like I'm at my max. I'm like reining it in, being like, oh, this is too much. You know what I mean? Like, I don't want it to go.

• 23:43Andy Frisella?

  You know what it's like to let it go.

• 23:44Speaker 01

  Exactly.

• 23:45Andy Frisella?

  And how much work it takes.

• 23:46Speaker 01

  I'm not gonna do another ten, like, I'll rein it in now.

• 23:49Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, it took me, it took me about forty to figure that out, dude.

• 23:52Speaker 01

  Yeah, it took me the same.

• 23:53Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 23:53Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 23:54Andy Frisella?

  I was like, fuck, this is not worth it because I would get in shape and then I would go like I would get down to like 250, which is in shape for me. And then I would fucking be 350 and then I would be 250 and then I did that like three or four times.

• 24:06Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 24:07Andy Frisella?

  Fuck.

• 24:07Speaker 01

  I think it's, I mean, yeah, there's a certain age where you're like, I can't do this. Like this not, it's just not good, but I don't know, man. It has to stay on your mind. Like nothing will, nothing will just like happen, you know, like I feel like a lot of people, they're like, the, the curse of it is that you can think about it all day and not do anything.

• 24:27Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 24:28Speaker 01

  Do you know what I mean? Like there's people who like wake up and they go, I'm really unhappy physically, like with my body and all this shit. And go to bed with the same thoughts and like not change anything.

• 24:37Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 24:38Speaker 01

  Right? Like they just like this forever.

• 24:40Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 24:40Speaker 01

  It's just like a version of insanity.

• 24:42Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. And then they end up telling them, they end up selling themselves on some fucking bullshit like, oh, well, this is just the way it is.

• 24:48Speaker 01

  Trying to find a way around. Yeah. It's like, I, yeah, I mean.

• 24:52Andy Frisella?

  Eventually you get tired of telling yourself that shit.

• 24:54Speaker 01

  You get tired of telling it and you just go, you also just accept that like, okay, Ben, like I'm going to have to eat this way.

• 25:01Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 25:01Speaker 01

  If I want to eat the other way, then you accept what comes with it.

• 25:04Andy Frisella?

  Right.

• 25:05Speaker 01

  So, yeah, it's a lot of like.

• 25:06Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, man.

• 25:07Speaker 01

  Lean protein and you know, it's like, I, I want the pasta, but I'm like, no.

• 25:13Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 25:13Speaker 01

  And then the workouts I feel like are, um, they're not like, I don't resist the work. Like I like the workout, but the work of it, I think is you still have to find the time, you know, like that's the big challenge.

• 25:26Andy Frisella?

  When you're on the fucking road, dude.

• 25:27Speaker 01

  Yeah. You gotta find the time. So a lot of it is just like, I mean, that's why great, like Sean comes with me is that, you know, sometimes I'm like, well, I guess there's not enough time to work out. And then he'll be like, what the fuck are you talking about? We can just go right now. And you're like, okay. Like that kind of shit, right?

• 25:42Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, dude. Cause the truth of the matter is even a 30 minute quick workout is still get the job done, man. In terms of like clearing your mind.

• 25:50Speaker 01

  If you hit it.

• 25:51Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 25:51Speaker 01

  You can make 30 minutes go a long way.

• 25:53Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 25:53Speaker 01

  For sure.

• 25:54Andy Frisella?

  Definitely.

• 25:54Speaker 01

  That's real, man. Well, uh, one of the other things we, so we talk a lot about like, you know, culture stuff, things are happening right now, right?

• 26:02Andy Frisella?

  Um, and you know, since we have a fucking global figure in comedy, I wanted to try to, I guess, ask you, what's your take on cancel culture in comedy? And what, what have you seen the ebbs and flows go in that?

• 26:15Speaker 01

  I mean, I feel like the big.

• 26:20Speaker 01

  Conversation piece of that was like a few years ago when that idea kind of was floated. But I also feel like it's kind of, here's the difference between the world today and 30 years ago. Like 30 years ago, if you were a comedian or somebody and you said some shit that upset people, maybe there'd be a news story about it, but it's mostly that some, like it would mostly be, somebody was mad, they would just tell somebody else. There's no way you knew they were mad, but there's also no way that back then people weren't mad about shit.

• 26:58Speaker 01

  Do you know what I mean? Like you just, the difference is today, we have all these devices where people can tell you that they're mad about what you said. And I feel like, like some, like a lot of comedians will be like, oh, you know, like they're, they're complaining that someone's upset about what they did. And you're like, yeah, that's part of the thing, dude. Like you're, you can't, you can't be a comedian who goes, I'm going to say whatever I want to say. And it's not cool if somebody gets upset. You're like, that's how it works. Like, you know what I mean? Like you're, you're the one who's actually being super complaining right now. Like you have to let people say that they don't like what you said.

• 27:40Speaker 01

  Like that's the exchange. I'm going to say some shit and like, yeah, you, every comedian wants you to love everything they said. That's just the way it goes. Even the ones who, they all want you to, so some of them are just complaining that, hey, people got mad about this. That's bullshit. You're like, no, that's part of how it goes. Like you're the complaining little bitch right now. Because you're upset that people are upset. Because my thing is like, what, where is somebody really being canceled? In, in stand-up, let's say, I'm talking in the comedy space. Cause some of them will be like, oh, I can't say this. Like, yes, you can.

• 28:15Andy Frisella?

  Sure.

• 28:15Speaker 01

  You just can't dictate that everyone will love it, you know?

• 28:20Andy Frisella?

  Dude, that whole saying of you can't say this is so fucking annoying.

• 28:23Speaker 01

  It's a, it's a tired trope now. Yeah.

• 28:25Andy Frisella?

  Like, oh dude, they won't let us say, who won't let you say that? You won't let you.

• 28:30Speaker 01

  What they're really saying is they're like, I'm, I'm mad that some people are mad about what I said. It's like, that's the exchange.

• 28:38Andy Frisella?

  Bro, I've never seen someone get canceled that didn't come out bigger. I've never seen it happen.

• 28:43Speaker 01

  Yeah, cuz it's like, it's a made up kinda like, you're not really canceled. I mean, are there a few examples? Pro- probably, I can't even really like, where you go, you said some shit and now you can't get work?

• 28:58Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 28:58Speaker 01

  Like, cuz that's really what canceled means.

• 29:00Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, right.

• 29:00Speaker 01

  And I think, look.

• 29:01Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, there, I mean, yeah, there's.

• 29:03Speaker 01

  The people, the worst people, I think, in society are people who go, like, you said something? I'm going to try to contact your employers.

• 29:16Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 29:16Speaker 01

  So that you lose your job. That's a weak piece of shit person.

• 29:20Andy Frisella?

  Fucking bitch shit.

• 29:21Speaker 01

  That's, that is the worst. And I, and I have like zero respect for the person that goes, I don't like some, something somebody said. I'm gonna try to make this person lose their li- like their livelihood. That's insane.

• 29:34Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 29:35Speaker 01

  But I'm like, in comedy, like, who's, who's stopping you from selling tickets, bro? Like, say whatever you wanna say. Also, if you don't, if you stop selling tickets, that's on you.

• 29:46Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 29:46Speaker 01

  That's not like somebody attacking you.

• 29:49Andy Frisella?

  No, you just fucking suck.

• 29:50Speaker 01

  The market is dictating why you're not selling it. So, I just don't really buy that like, comics are being canceled. I really think that like, if you say wild shit and it's really funny, guess what? People will be like, that shit was really funny. So, it was crazy.

• 30:06Andy Frisella?

  And let's be real, dude, like, the best comedians in history, the best standups in history, when you go back in like, the fucking eighties, like Eddie Murphy before he was like, a dad on TV, you know? The guy was fucking raw, bro.

• 30:19Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah.

• 30:19Andy Frisella?

  And like, delirious, and like, bro, go, like, these kids these days with their little fucking vaginas? Like, go fucking watch that shit, bro. Like, and you know what, you know what, like, then you look at Chappelle, like, when he was doing, uh, Chappelle Show, and like.

• 30:32Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 30:33Andy Frisella?

  These things made culture stronger, because it taught us that we could all laugh at each other and make fun of each other.

• 30:38Speaker 01

  Well, the Chappelle example too, which was like, great, was that like, he put out a special, and then everyone. You know, there was people like walking out of Netflix and like it was all in the news and people were calling him transphobic and they were like, oh, he's being canceled. And you're like, what are you talking about? Like, I mean, you go to the show. I went to a show with him the following week.

• 31:00Speaker 02

  Oh, after that shit happened?

• 31:02Speaker 01

  Yeah, I was at, I was at, I was, I was opening on that show. And there was fucking 18,000 people at the show.

• 31:08Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 31:09Speaker 01

  And you're like, yeah, I don't think this cancellation is like working.

• 31:12Speaker 02

  Cause me, this shit is awesome.

• 31:14Speaker 01

  That's right. People were like overusing that term and it's like, you know, I don't, he doesn't need me to defend him. But it was like one of those things where I'm like, no, no, like you're saying he's being canceled. What you're, what really happening is that some people are really pissed about something he said. And that's fine. Like that's how the world works. Like not everyone's going to be like, yay for everything you say. But he's definitely not canceled. Like, he just had, you know, there's a, he's, he's doing stand up in an NBA arena right now. And there's, it's completely sold out. Like I think it's working out.

• 31:50Speaker 02

  Yeah. Yeah. No shit. Makes it worse too, bro. Cause like they're like Dave Chappelle comedian says, you know, trans people aren't whatever. It's like, he's a fucking comedian.

• 31:59Andy Frisella?

  Well, the reason it's funny is cause fucking true, bro. Like that's the fucking thing. Like it's true. That's what, that's why comedy is funny. It's fucking true.

• 32:07Speaker 02

  You're able to say truths that everybody's thinking about. Everybody knows and just laugh about.

• 32:10Andy Frisella?

  That's why it's so important to culture, man. Like everybody's, you know, the, all this tension and shit. This comes from people being too serious about shit and taking things to, to fucking, you know, much to heart and like.

• 32:22Speaker 01

  A lot of times the people that are the most upset about these like stand up things. The funny thing is not only have they not been to see that stand up live. Sometimes they don't even watch the special and they write the article.

• 32:36Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 32:36Speaker 01

  So it's like, they're not even actually, they haven't seen, they haven't seen the actual performance. What they'll do is they'll read an excerpt, like lit, like read it. So they just are reading the written word and then they write an article about that, which is like, it's just this clickbaity bullshit, man. It's not real.

• 32:57Speaker 02

  It's the world we live in.

• 32:58Speaker 01

  It's not real. It's like, it's, it's like this manufactured thing where like, then people read that person's article.

• 33:06Speaker 01

  Who also haven't seen the thing. And the funny thing is, all those people that are like the most upset, dude, they wouldn't go to that show anyway.

• 33:13Andy Frisella?

  They would never buy it.

• 33:13Speaker 01

  They're just commenting on some shit because it makes them feel like they're doing something to to express how wrong these other people are. And it's like, dude, they're not even going like, it's all just. My point is, it's just all noise. Like, it's just this sideshow thing that's not. You can be distracted by it, or the better thing you do is you just ignore it and you just realize that like, it is somebody trying to get attention for themselves.

• 33:39Andy Frisella?

  That's right. They don't have anything creatively to create on their own. So it's like all their fucking reaction videos on the internet, which some of them I like, but like, dude, some of these motherfuckers, their whole fucking thing is, all I do is react to other people's shit. Like, bro, that's not creation of anything.

• 33:54Speaker 01

  I know.

• 33:55Andy Frisella?

  You know, and and that's like a cheap way to get attention, in my opinion.

• 33:58Speaker 01

  Yeah, it's like, yeah, that that is a whole lane, but it's it goes like those people. You see the reaction video, so you know what it is. Half of the people that write articles, they're doing reaction articles.

• 34:10Andy Frisella?

  Same thing.

• 34:11Speaker 01

  And they don't even watch the thing to react to. They just pick a word and they go, I'm gonna write an article about this. And you're like, okay.

• 34:18Andy Frisella?

  It's crazy, man. So you're so you're on tour right now. Um, I was looking at the like, it's a long tour. You're going on for.

• 34:25Speaker 01

  This two years. It's a two year tour.

• 34:27Andy Frisella?

  Fucking crazy.

• 34:28Speaker 01

  I I, you know, my last tour was actually even busier. Um, but this one is like, uh, yeah, I mean, you basically hit every major North American market. And then you select other global markets to do. And you take your time, like, I like to take my time, like, there's no point of like rushing a tour.

• 34:48Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 34:48Speaker 01

  So it's like, yeah, I'll just take a couple of years, you know. Uh, uh, next week is my last week of spring tour, and then I take most of the summer off.

• 34:58Andy Frisella?

  Okay.

• 34:58Speaker 01

  So it's like, you know, get some rest, hang out with the family. Pick up in the fall. I'll shoot it in the the next special in the fall. And then next year, 26, I just have like some things to film, but I won't actually like tour.

• 35:13Andy Frisella?

  Tour, tour.

• 35:13Speaker 01

  So it'll be like a much different like schedule for me.

• 35:16Andy Frisella?

  What what's the best and worst cities you've you've had to do stand up?

• 35:20Speaker 01

  Well, the funny thing about.

• 35:21Andy Frisella?

  You ain't gotta say St. Louis. It's fine.

• 35:23Speaker 01

  No, no, no. The funny thing about picking back best of worst is that. You learn over the course of time that sometimes you have a bad show in a city and then you go, this city sucks for stand up and it really was just that night.

• 35:37Andy Frisella?

  You suck.

• 35:38Speaker 01

  You know what I mean?

• 35:38Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, right, right.

• 35:39Speaker 01

  Yeah, or like conversely, you'll go, this city is great. And so in your mind, you go, it'll be great. And then you show up and the show is like, okay, and you're like, what happened? It's like, those things, those can change year after year. You can go to a place where it was great and it's bad and bad and now it's great. I think what you fall in love with are cities almost like separate from the show. You know what I mean? Like, it's always fun for me to like, I love going to Denver because I like the city of Denver. I like, I like the atmosphere, I like the restaurants, like I have a good time. And then the shows have usually been really fun for me. It's always fun to, I like big cities, so I like going to New York. I like doing London, I like to, you know what I mean? Like, but I have a lot of great places that I, I mean, I love the beauty of like, like British Columbia,

• 36:24Speaker 01

  you know, like in the, in the Northwest, like the Vancouver area. I just like being in that atmosphere and, you know, Chicago's always been like a super fun city for me to go to and like crowds have been fun, so I have fun in a lot of cities, man.

• 36:39Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. So you're like living life as you go to?

• 36:42Speaker 01

  Yeah, yeah, you're trying to like, you know, you know, a lot of times you don't have time to do that much shit. A lot of times we're doing like Thursday, one city, Friday night. So you don't really like get to enjoy the city that much.

• 36:54Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 36:55Speaker 01

  But, you know, sometimes you do have a little more and like, like New York, for instance, I just love the fact that you can walk the streets and you feel like you're in this vibrant city, you know?

• 37:05Andy Frisella?

  It doesn't matter what time.

• 37:05Speaker 01

  It doesn't matter.

• 37:06Andy Frisella?

  I love that too.

• 37:07Speaker 01

  It's like, it's.

• 37:07Andy Frisella?

  It charges you.

• 37:08Speaker 01

  It charges you up and I'm usually there for like a couple of days. So it's just so different than where I live in Austin and, I mean, been going to New York like most of my life and it's just, you know, it's just still like the greatest city to visit and have fun in.

• 37:23Andy Frisella?

  Totally agree, dude. It's my favorite place to go to for the exact same reason. Like dude, you could walk out on the street at fucking 2:30 in the morning, bro, and it's like it's noon.

• 37:32Speaker 01

  And also like you realize that it is funny that you can literally bring up anything. And they're like, oh yeah, we have a store. You want elephant's feet? Yeah, we have that. Like, anything that you bring up, like New York, any cuisine, any type of store, whatever you're looking for. Like, you could be like, I want pencils, or, you know, I want fucking pens made from metal that are crafted from the 18th century. They're like, yeah, there's a store over here. You have that. Like, anything you want, that city has, which is like, it just feels like you're, I don't know, like in this manufactured city, almost. Like, almost doesn't feel real for me, still.

• 38:08Andy Frisella?

  What's your favorite place to do, to work outside of, outside of the US besides London?

• 38:14Speaker 01

  Well, I mean, I, when I started touring as a stand-up, I would do Canada. That was like the first place to, to leave the country, even though it's not that big of a departure. And it was always fun to do those shows up there. Australia has great, just, they're very fun people. Australians are fun. So I think it translates to their crowds. Like, I've had a lot of really fun shows in Australia. The people and the cities are great. But I've done, you know, I've done stand-up in South America, in Argentina, in Chile. I've done Mexico City. I've done a lot of European cities, and I've done Asia too. I've done Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore.

• 38:58Speaker 01

  So all those, like, the Asia tour was fucking just so cool because those cities are so different than what we're used to. And like, the food is unbelievable. I've never had better food in my life than in Tokyo. I had, I knew that it would be good. I didn't know that, like,

• 39:18Andy Frisella?

  Did you know what it was, though?

• 39:19Speaker 01

  Well, yeah. I didn't know, like, how amazing, like, you order a salad in Tokyo, and like, every bite, you're like, this is the best salad I've ever had. That's crazy. And then they're like, you order a fruit plate, and you take a bite of a strawberry, and you're like, what the? And then you realize like how poisoned our food is in this country, which is like, one of the most backwards things. You're like, why is our food so bad? You know, we're just spraying everything with pesticides, and then, In Tokyo, I mean, I'm not kidding dude, like you just, you order an omelet or like in the hotel. You're tired, like we're not gonna go out to a nice crazy, we're just gonna go like here in the hotel in the lobby.

• 40:03Speaker 01

  And you order a sirloin steak and you tell you're like, this is the best fucking steak I've ever had in my entire life. Like every meal was like that.

• 40:09Speaker 02

  Damn.

• 40:10Speaker 01

  Everything we had, we were like, this is amongst the best food I've ever had. And it was every day, no matter what we had. And then you order a cup of coffee and you're like, Jesus Christ, this is the best coffee I've ever had in my life. That's what it was like to eat in Tokyo.

• 40:23Speaker 02

  Shit.

• 40:24Speaker 01

  Yeah, it was incredible.

• 40:24Speaker 02

  Tokyo, man, I like food.

• 40:26Andy Frisella?

  I've never been to Asia at all.

• 40:27Speaker 01

  Oh dude, let me tell you, man, like there's, there's a lot, first of all, I should say, there's a lot I haven't seen. But in the place, those, those places that I've been, I mean, Hong Kong is a spectacle. It is like New York roided up, like it literally, you, like you think you're seeing the downtown skyline. And then you go like around this bend and you see something like 20 more, times more buildings. And you're like, what is happening? Like it's this massive, thriving, alive city. Not that Tokyo isn't, but the thing that stands out from Tokyo is like the Japanese people, the culture. You know, everybody in Japan, like the cashier at the 7-Eleven takes great pride in being, in his, in their job.

• 41:12Speaker 01

  And you, like you sense it, you know what I mean? There is no like, I don't know, man, fucking throw, like, there is none of that. People have like, so you, this, this whole Japanese culture and way of being, like it really is impressive. You know, the, the pride people take in excellence. It's all about, the reason like some of those foods are so great is they're like, yeah, that guy, he makes coffee. And he's done that for 45 years.

• 41:37Speaker 02

  He takes pride in it.

• 41:38Speaker 01

  And he takes so much pride in it. It's like this meticulous, like perfect thing. And you see that kind of in all parts of life. They are like gracious, like for a city with so many people.

• 41:48Speaker 02

  Lot of people.

• 41:49Speaker 01

  I mean, you know, on the morning commute, like there's this famous thing you could find online of like the rush of the subway and you don't, like it's all organized. There's no like people like fucking off and like being like, they're like, oh yeah, no one's being an asshole. Because they know it's rude to be an asshole in the, you know what I mean? Like in the morning commute, like things like that where you're like, wow. Um, and then Singapore is the cleanest, like, you know.

• 42:18Speaker 01

  Like ma- almost make

• 42:19Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, it's because they beat people's asses.

• 42:21Speaker 01

  Yeah, they don't fuck around at all.

• 42:22Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, bro.

• 42:22Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 42:23Andy Frisella?

  They fucking cane your ass, bare ass, right in front of the whole.

• 42:26Speaker 01

  There's this thing when you land in Singapore where there's signs and you're going up, you're walking up to do, you know, customs and it's just like drugs punishable by death.

• 42:37Andy Frisella?

  Oh, Jesus Christ.

• 42:38Speaker 01

  And it's like, it's like all over and then they hand you the form and it's like, we will kill you for drugs. And then you're like filling it out and you're like, do I have any drugs on me?

• 42:49Andy Frisella?

  I ain't do drugs since 99, but fuck, I need to check real quick.

• 42:52Speaker 01

  Dude, you start to panic. You're like, I gotta go through my backpack real quick. What if I have like a edible on me? They're like, oh, they will hang you.

• 42:59Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 43:00Speaker 01

  Like, oh shit. But then you get into that city and it's like, I mean, it's like, it's the cleanest place you've ever been. People again, super polite. It's just, it's a, it's a really cool experience. I mean, I can't encourage you enough to do an Asia trip.

• 43:15Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, that'd be sick. Dude, I got invited to, uh, by one of the guys on Instagram. He runs like all the elephant reserves. He invited us to go over there and, uh,

• 43:24Speaker 01

  Let's go.

• 43:25Andy Frisella?

  See the elephants. They'd be cool, man.

• 43:27Speaker 01

  Yeah, let's go.

• 43:28Andy Frisella?

  Elephants are fucking sweet.

• 43:29Speaker 01

  They're big.

• 43:30Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, well, they're smart too, bro.

• 43:31Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 43:32Andy Frisella?

  Super smart.

• 43:32Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 43:33Andy Frisella?

  I hope I don't get like confused for one. You could, you'd probably be able to ride one, man. I know you can't ride a horse.

• 43:40Speaker 01

  Okay, I can ride a fucking horse.

• 43:42Andy Frisella?

  No, you can't.

• 43:43Speaker 01

  Oh.

• 43:43Andy Frisella?

  You fucking kill the horse.

• 43:46Speaker 01

  Um, time you got, you got two, two boys, right? I have two boys, yeah. They're, they're, they're not like little kids though, right? Six and nine. Oh, they's just young. Yeah. They're young. That's right. Has that changed like your outlook on comedy at all? Um. The shit you talk about maybe? I mean, for sure you talk about it because, excuse me, uh, I, I always felt like you should just talk about whatever's going on.

• 44:08Andy Frisella?

  Actually happening.

• 44:09Speaker 01

  Yeah, so like, you know, when, you know, your first.

• 44:14Speaker 01

  Hour set is you like you're in your twenties. It's just like observations and it's like TV shows. It's going out, you know, drinking part whatever. And then, you know, it's like you're you get engaged. You're like, well, I'm gonna talk about that, you know? Like you're married, like you, you know, those things that are whatever you're experiencing. It's like, you know, my dad died. Talk about that. You just talk about whatever's happening. So like kids, sure. It's like, I don't want to do an hour on having kids, but like I always have something because they're they're part of life. They're part of my life and, uh, you know, they're two little wild dudes, man. They're just just ruining everything we have, like basically. They're such little shits.

• 44:56Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 44:57Speaker 01

  And they're both in jujitsu. And it's just like, it's so funny because the older one, he's like, I think I'm stronger than you. I'm like, you're definitely not stronger than me, dude. And he's like, you want to try? I'm like, yeah, sure. I mean, you're nine. I will fuck you up. And then he'll try to like, you know, mount me and I'm like, just pick him up and put him down. He's like, oh, wow, you definitely are still strong.

• 45:20Speaker 01

  I know this doesn't have like a no expiration date, but I'm gonna, I'm gonna remind you of this for a while.

• 45:25Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 45:26Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 45:26Speaker 02

  You gotta make it so bad to where he doesn't even try it again.

• 45:28Speaker 01

  What's that?

• 45:29Speaker 02

  You gotta make it so bad he doesn't try it again.

• 45:31Speaker 01

  No, he's like.

• 45:32Speaker 02

  It's coming.

• 45:32Andy Frisella?

  It sounds like he's gonna keep trying.

• 45:34Speaker 02

  It's coming. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

• 45:35Speaker 01

  Every day I get home, he takes his shirt off. He's like, and he goes, I'm gonna be so fucking jacked.

• 45:42Speaker 01

  And the thing is, he has like these like, he's like lean. You know what I mean? Like he's already like kind of muscular and I'm like, I, I don't want to tell him, but I'm like, yeah, you probably are.

• 45:50Speaker 02

  It's coming.

• 45:51Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 45:51Speaker 02

  It's coming. Yeah, man.

• 45:54Speaker 02

  You're also an author.

• 45:55Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 45:56Speaker 02

  You wrote a book. We got a, I like to play alone, please.

• 45:59Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 45:59Speaker 02

  What's that about?

• 46:00Speaker 01

  Well, it's a collection of like stories and essays and my first, my oldest, um, he was doing a lot of like two cent, two word things when he was like a little kid, you know, and. Kind of like mixing around certain words. It's like waiting for him to say his first full sentence. And then, you know what I mean, like he'd be like, I do, I know. And I'm like, oh, he's not like, we were waiting for like that first full sentence when he's like, I don't remember, man. Like 18 months or two or something like that. And then one day I got home and I sat down next to him like in the playroom and he just looked up at me.

• 46:44Speaker 01

  He goes, I'd like to play alone, please. And I was like, okay. I was like, that was really exciting that you said a full sentence. It's also like, he was like, get the fuck out of here.

• 46:55Speaker 01

  So, but the, the book is just a whole collection of stories. You know, some of them from my, my days as a comic, some of them from before then, but like all, all types of different stories. Yeah.

• 47:08Speaker 02

  Geez, man.

• 47:09Andy Frisella?

  What did you do before that?

• 47:10Speaker 01

  Before?

• 47:11Andy Frisella?

  Before comedy?

• 47:12Speaker 01

  Before comedy, well, when I graduated college, my actual first, first thing I did is I went to Boston and I, um, my friend was doing real estate and he was like, he's like, this is a crazy, easy way to make a lot of money, which for like a fresh college grad, I couldn't believe it. The whole system was that if you, Boston has 61 colleges and universities in the Boston metropolitan area, which is crazy amount. And all those people need housing. And so the way it works is like, you just, if you work in a real estate office, people just come in and they're like, I need an apartment. And then you show them an apartment. I don't know shit about Boston. I don't know. And they're just like, here's this one.

• 47:55Speaker 01

  And then if they sign up for it, they have to pay first, last and another month equivalent to the real estate office. And then as an agent, you get half of that. So it's like, you know.

• 48:08Andy Frisella?

  Free money.

• 48:09Speaker 01

  Bro, it was just like this thing. I did it for a few months, but it was one of those things where I was like, even though it was like, to me, it was a ton of, I mean, I'm 21 and like, they're just like, here's $4,000, here's eight. I was like, holy shit. I was also like, oh, I know I don't want to do this. It was like a real life lesson because I was like. If it was just about the money, I should stay here and just keep doing this because it's like crazy amount of money. But I didn't want to do it. So then I went to DC and I actually worked for America's Most Wanted. That was like.

• 48:39Andy Frisella?

  Really?

• 48:40Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 48:40Andy Frisella?

  A show?

• 48:41Speaker 01

  The show, yeah. So I was.

• 48:43Andy Frisella?

  Were you like out fucking hunting people or what?

• 48:44Speaker 01

  I mean, I was a, I would, I was a researcher. So like what they would, I had interned there in college. And then they offered me a gig and the job was like, you had, I had to read all these like stories about like fugitives and, and different crimes. And then I would go in like the bullpen and pitch to like our story editor. Hey, we should do, uh, we should profile this guy. And you'd give them like the whole story in the background. And then they would discuss and then they would go like, okay, we're going to do that story. So then you'd be kind of like an associate producer on this particular person. And I did that for our, my first day was September 10th, 2001.

• 49:27Andy Frisella?

  Oh, fuck.

• 49:29Speaker 01

  So, yeah, it was a Monday and,

• 49:34Speaker 01

  and then, yeah, we kind of started doing some different shit after that.

• 49:41Speaker 01

  And but after three months of like, yeah, I hope we get them too. Uh, I was like, I was like, I don't want to do this anymore either. So I moved to LA and, uh, my whole, my whole desire in moving to LA had nothing to do with standup. I really thought that comedy acting was like what I would do. Like, you know, I, I, I had like, you know, Will Ferrell and all these guys. I was like, I want to do that.

• 50:07Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 50:07Speaker 01

  So I, I kind of went out there with like that objective and I, I was going to the Groundlings, which is like a comedy improv school. And troupe, like they train you and then they put on shows. And when I was in that school. You know, just taking the classes, I met other stand-ups who were like, they were the ones who were like, you should try stand-up. They're like, I think you would like stand-up. And I was like, I don't even know what to do. And these guys kind of took me around to watch them, like, hey, watch them do. I don't know how you even prepare for it. And that got me started doing stand-up. But I always still wanted to do the comedy acting thing, which is like, why the show Bad Thoughts is like so fulfilling to me?

• 50:50Speaker 01

  Because I also remember that that was like my first dream. Like, my dream was to do stories.

• 50:56Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 50:56Speaker 01

  You know what I mean? And so I still love stand-up. Like, stand-up has been amazing for me and I, it is so fun, but I always wanted to do that shit. So in my, in my head, like, making this show feels like, oh, this thing I wanted to do for 20 years. You know what I mean? Like, it's very fulfilling.

• 51:13Speaker 02

  That's real, man. Dude, so I'm a lot younger, obviously.

• 51:17Speaker 01

  Obviously.

• 51:18Speaker 02

  Obviously, yeah. Well, I mean, I know it's hard to tell, you know, black don't crack.

• 51:22Speaker 01

  Plus, you paint your beard. I get it. Keep going.

• 51:24Speaker 02

  I could be like 40, you know what I'm saying? I don't know. But dude, like, I remember the first time I heard about you.

• 51:31Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 51:32Speaker 02

  There was a video at a basketball court.

• 51:36Speaker 01

  That's the first time?

• 51:37Speaker 02

  That was the first time.

• 51:38Speaker 01

  Damn.

• 51:38Speaker 02

  That was like memorable for me.

• 51:40Speaker 01

  Yeah, that's pretty memorable, yeah.

• 51:41Speaker 02

  You know what I'm talking about? Can we talk about it?

• 51:44Speaker 01

  Yeah, sure.

• 51:44Speaker 02

  All right, so I got, I got the clip. This is the OG clip. Let's watch this clip.

• 51:54Speaker 01

  You've never seen this, Andy?

• 51:55Speaker 02

  No.

• 51:58Speaker 01

  Oh, fuck.

• 52:01Speaker 01

  Wait, you're not, the best part hasn't happened yet.

• 52:04Speaker 02

  Oh, fuck.

• 52:09Speaker 02

  Oh, fuck.

• 52:10Speaker 01

  Pretty bad.

• 52:11Speaker 02

  What kind of injury was that?

• 52:12Speaker 01

  Two at the same time. It was double whammy, so.

• 52:15Speaker 02

  Was that shoulder and arm?

• 52:16Speaker 01

  No, what happens, like, a lot of people don't know. So we had been playing basketball for a while.

• 52:21Speaker 02

  I mean, how the fuck do you even do that, man?

• 52:22Speaker 01

  It's pretty crazy, actually.

• 52:24Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 52:24Speaker 01

  And so.

• 52:24Speaker 02

  You do that on purpose?

• 52:25Speaker 01

  Absolutely not.

• 52:28Speaker 01

  So what happened was, this is the part that like, because people only see this clip.

• 52:32Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 52:33Speaker 01

  So, right before this, Bert and I are having a dunk contest, okay? And so.

• 52:42Speaker 01

  We start, it was a rim that you can lower and so we were like, who can dunk higher? So, I'm 247 right there, by the way. Yeah, you were a thickie. So, we do it seven and a half, eight, eight and a half, nine. I dunk on nine, he doesn't, it's over. Like, I already, I won the comp, like, there was, everyone was like, yay! And as we're like, walking away, to do our net, we're gonna do something completely different. One of them was like, hey, man, I think you can go a little higher. And I was like, huh? And they're like, I think, I think you got a little, you got a little more room in you. And I go, I remember internally being like, I don't know, man, that was like, that felt like the, kind of the limit, you know?

• 53:27Speaker 01

  I was like, okay. So, they crank it up to nine, three, so that, like, the hoop is set at nine, three. I'm back here, like, there's a guy off camera, he's like, hey, man, dig deep.

• 53:42Speaker 01

  And I go, I go, alright, yeah. And I remember internally just being like, man, I don't know if I have these extra three inches, right? That's a lot to pull out, man. When I'm running there, when I push off, what, you don't, well, the reason that's like, my left patellar tendon snaps. Oh, fuck. Okay, so the patellar tendon snaps, and then instinctively, like, it's not a thought thing. You're, you know, your body, like, I guess tries to protect your head. This arm goes here, I land on it, shatter the arm. So, it was left patellar tendon and left, um, uh, humerus, like, I mean, that's the, the scar. I don't know if you can see it from there.

• 54:26Speaker 01

  And then I had major nerve damage, so I had another surgery to take a nerve from here and put it in here, so. But that happened, you know, you see the video and you're just like, what is this? But like, it was that we were doing all this shit. The real reason that this likely happened is that I was like out of shape. And like, yeah, I used to play basketball fucking 20 years before then. And then you just show up one day and you're like, oh, let's like, put the demands of like, jumping as hard as you fucking can on this out of shape body. And then your body just goes nah.

• 54:59Speaker 02

  Bro, not today.

• 55:01Andy Frisella?

  That's how it feels though. Cause like you, you remember that you could do shit.

• 55:05Speaker 01

  Exactly.

• 55:06Andy Frisella?

  And you think you could still do shit.

• 55:07Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 55:08Andy Frisella?

  And then you figure out very quickly that.

• 55:10Speaker 01

  Well, there's a, the term that I was told, cause you know, I went to the hospital, I had surgery, then I went to recovery center, all this PT, like all this shit. The term that I had never heard, they were like, oh, you're a, at the, when you're doing this, you're a deconditioned athlete. Meaning like you are, you're so out of shape. That you're, you're putting the demands of what you did on yourself and you're like, oh, I'm 18, this is what I used to do. But your, your body is like, no, we're not at all prepared for this. And then your body just goes, go fuck yourself.

• 55:45Andy Frisella?

  But man, I saw myself on video, this is probably about a year ago. I was, uh, this is so stupid, but I had this fucking rotted tree in my yard and I was like, trying to make a video of like me pushing it over.

• 55:57Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 55:57Andy Frisella?

  And fucking dude, so like when I pushed it over, I like ran three feet and I saw the video and I'm like, holy fuck, bro. Like you cannot move anymore.

• 56:07Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 56:08Andy Frisella?

  And then I showed it to my brother, he's, obviously I haven't heard the end of it, but.

• 56:11Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 56:12Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, dude, I'm, I'm, that, you, you can't, you can't comprehend that. Like.

• 56:17Speaker 01

  I still got it.

• 56:17Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, no, you don't. You never had it, bro.

• 56:19Speaker 01

  Well, this is like, you know, the basketball dudes, men in their 40s and basketball. If they're not continuously playing especially, if they just go, I'm gonna play, I used to play ball, I'm gonna play today. It is the, what leads to like the most, like they go, oh dude, all we see are like ACL, Achilles tears, like all the time. Because it's, it's, you don't. Basketball is so accessible to us, like we all grow up playing, that you don't realize, like what kind of demands, if you're not playing regularly, what force you're putting on, you know, like so explosive, like it's pivoting, it's jumping as hard as you can.

• 56:59Speaker 01

  And if you're doing that out of nowhere, it's, you know, it's, it can really, obviously not go well.

• 57:05Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 57:06Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 57:06Andy Frisella?

  That looked, that looked painful.

• 57:08Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 57:09Speaker 02

  It was pretty bad.

• 57:12Speaker 02

  Let's talk, Y H, Y M H Studios.

• 57:16Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 57:17Speaker 02

  So how long has that been rolling?

• 57:19Speaker 01

  Well, I mean, it's the flagship show for us is, is called Your Mom's House, Y M H. And then we started producing other people's podcasts. God.

• 57:29Speaker 02

  How many do you got now? I mean, it's like fucking 15?

• 57:31Speaker 01

  No, but it's probably like seven, eight, maybe something like that. We, we launched another one, but yeah, I mean, it just became like, you know, we, we sort of slowly built the infrastructure to do it, like, you know, um, obviously you start with like the physical space and then you have a, a team that can produce and like, you know, the, the tech guys and, and the, the social media started to branch out from there. And then, yeah, it just became this thing. And then we, we, we start our own ad sales company. So like, instead of having like an, like a, an outside company, we have an internal company. So we, we built an infrastructure to do all this.

• 58:12Speaker 01

  And then it just kind of naturally became like this thing for TV film too. So it started with that and then it started to branch out. Yeah.

• 58:22Speaker 02

  So is this in Austin?

• 58:23Speaker 01

  It's in Austin, yeah.

• 58:24Speaker 02

  So, so do people come into the building to record their shows?

• 58:29Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 58:29Speaker 02

  So you have multiple studios?

• 58:30Speaker 01

  We have multiple studios.

• 58:31Speaker 02

  That's fucking cool, man.

• 58:32Speaker 01

  Yeah, it's fun, it's fun. And, um, yeah, it's a, it's a fun environment, like it's, you know, it's a, it's a lot of comedians that are popping in and out and like staff is just fantastic there and, um, Yeah, it's like, uh, it's now it just feels like, you know, like the

• 58:49Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 58:50Speaker 01

  The, the norm, but it was a slow, for sure, slow process. Yeah.

• 58:53Andy Frisella?

  That's cool, man. We thought about, we were thinking about doing something similar up here, but then we figured out that, uh, nobody wants to come here at all.

• 59:02Speaker 01

  Yeah. Where? To your office?

• 59:03Andy Frisella?

  It's in St. Louis.

• 59:05Speaker 01

  Oh.

• 59:05Speaker 02

  It's a flyover state, man. That's what a lot of people call it.

• 59:07Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 59:08Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 59:09Speaker 02

  We've got good food and good people here, man.

• 59:11Speaker 01

  I know. It's, it is. I mean, look, it's way easier. It was way easier to book people in LA.

• 59:16Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 59:16Speaker 01

  You know, it's like, it's just easy to be like, drive down here. But yeah, we try to like, you know, you mon- we monitor schedules, like who's coming in to play the venues and all that stuff. And sometimes if it works out, it works out. Some people do fly in for it, you know, which is, it's nice. I think they sometimes have other business in the city, which helps, right? If they're coming in for, for another event.

• 59:41Speaker 02

  Yeah, for sure. Austin's a, a hub right now.

• 59:43Speaker 01

  Yeah, it's been

• 59:44Speaker 02

  That makes it a lot easier.

• 59:45Speaker 01

  It's become really popular.

• 59:47Speaker 02

  Sweet, man.

• 59:48Andy Frisella?

  I love it down there, dude. I, I think Austin's cool as fuck.

• 59:51Speaker 01

  Yeah, it is. It is a good time, man. It's a good time.

• 59:53Andy Frisella?

  I like walking around, like the people, you know, they're

• 59:55Speaker 02

  A little weird.

• 59:56Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, they're, they're a little left, but like, they're not fucking California left.

• 1:00:01Speaker 01

  No, it's, it's like, it's a blue city in a red state, but the thing is, you're still in Texas, dude.

• 1:00:06Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:00:07Speaker 01

  Like, you know what I mean? Like, and the truth is, I feel like it's actually pretty mixed.

• 1:00:12Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:00:12Speaker 01

  Like, when you're in the city, even if you're like, oh, this is a pretty, you know, liberal place or whatever, it's, it's just moderately liberal. It's not like

• 1:00:22Andy Frisella?

  They're cool. They're not fucking assholes.

• 1:00:23Speaker 02

  Yeah, right. It wasn't like this pushy shit. It, it was cool. Cause we, we stayed, we went down there a few, few weeks ago, a month, a month ago, a couple of months ago.

• 1:00:31Andy Frisella?

  What was that? A couple of years ago? A decade ago?

• 1:00:34Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:00:35Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:00:35Speaker 02

  Yeah, I think like nineteen forty or something like that.

• 1:00:38Speaker 01

  Nineteen forty, yeah.

• 1:00:39Speaker 02

  Uh, but we stay right around the corner from, uh, the mothership.

• 1:00:42Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:00:42Speaker 02

  And down there. It was a sweet area. Like even at night, I think it was like on Thursday night.

• 1:00:46Andy Frisella?

  That motherfucker was packed.

• 1:00:47Speaker 02

  Shit was jumping down there.

• 1:00:48Speaker 01

  Sixth Street.

• 1:00:49Andy Frisella?

  Is it packed like that all the time?

• 1:00:50Speaker 01

  Sixth Street is like, that's where the club is.

• 1:00:52Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 1:00:52Speaker 01

  That area is a, is a, I mean, yeah, it's a party area. It's bars and clubs and yeah, it's always bumping.

• 1:00:59Speaker 02

  Man. Um, well, sweet. Let's get it. I wanna, I wanna do some reaction clips with you guys. So I got some viral clips that are happening right now.

• 1:01:06Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 1:01:07Andy Frisella?

  So we're gonna do what we just talked shit on?

• 1:01:09Speaker 02

  A little bit, yeah, that's fine. Um, that's fine. I think, but no.

• 1:01:13Andy Frisella?

  I think it's different if we do it.

• 1:01:14Speaker 02

  It's different if we do it, for sure, for sure. Uh, so I got, I got three clips here for you, um, to, to react to. This first one dude, this, this guy is making, making rounds around the internet right now.

• 1:01:25Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 1:01:26Speaker 02

  His name is Federic, uh, Vosgrove, I believe is his name.

• 1:01:32Speaker 01

  Yeah, he looks Eastern European.

• 1:01:33Speaker 02

  He's German.

• 1:01:34Speaker 01

  Oh, he's German, okay.

• 1:01:35Speaker 02

  He calls himself the, like the German Neanderthal.

• 1:01:38Andy Frisella?

  Well.

• 1:01:38Speaker 02

  Uh.

• 1:01:40Andy Frisella?

  I mean, it suits him.

• 1:01:42Speaker 02

  But let's, let's check this little hype video out from him. Uh, here's the clip.

• 1:02:05Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 1:02:06Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. I kinda like it. I'm gonna be real, that's some savage shit.

• 1:02:09Speaker 02

  Well, I'm not gonna lie, he scares the shit out of me.

• 1:02:10Speaker 01

  Yeah, he, he's, there's different humans out there.

• 1:02:12Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 1:02:13Speaker 01

  And that is, uh, that guy was probably built to do exactly this, to, to laugh like he's got three fucking brain cells firing and, and just maul people, you know?

• 1:02:25Andy Frisella?

  He looks part fucking animal.

• 1:02:27Speaker 01

  Yeah, how good of a fighter is he?

• 1:02:28Speaker 02

  He's amateur, but I think he's undefeated right now.

• 1:02:30Speaker 01

  Undefeated, okay.

• 1:02:31Speaker 02

  He's, he's amateur fighter, he's moving up, but, uh, he's, I think he's at like three hundred and twenty some thousand on, on IG right now. I mean, he's, he's growing for sure.

• 1:02:39Andy Frisella?

  He's up and coming, huh?

• 1:02:40Speaker 02

  He's up and coming.

• 1:02:41Speaker 01

  Yeah, he's a scary dude.

• 1:02:42Speaker 02

  Dude.

• 1:02:43Speaker 01

  That's the kinda dude where you're like, oh shit.

• 1:02:45Speaker 02

  I'll shoot these, these kinda guys. I'll shoot, I'll shoot them.

• 1:02:47Speaker 01

  You'll just shoot them?

• 1:02:48Speaker 02

  I'm not fighting you.

• 1:02:49Andy Frisella?

  See, I see creative marketing play, bro. Like, like if I was like a dog food company, you know what I'm saying? Like, that's sponsoring this motherfucker.

• 1:02:56Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:02:56Andy Frisella?

  Like, dude, this dude is straight up on our shit.

• 1:02:59Speaker 01

  Yeah, yeah.

• 1:02:59Andy Frisella?

  You know what I'm saying? You wanna be an animal?

• 1:03:01Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:03:01Andy Frisella?

  Fucking eat this shit. You know what I'm saying? Like, there's a play there.

• 1:03:06Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 1:03:07Speaker 01

  Gunther's a dog, man.

• 1:03:09Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, that's right.

• 1:03:14Andy Frisella?

  Fucking first human athlete for Blue Bison.

• 1:03:18Speaker 02

  I feel like he like, he looks like a character in the Bible, like a.

• 1:03:22Speaker 01

  He looks like a movie character, like the guy that's in an alley, kind of thing. You shouldn't be in here, you're in Munich for whatever reason, and like, you just turn the corner and he's like, ha, ha, ha, ha. And you're like, oh shit, yeah.

• 1:03:38Speaker 01

  You are, you are black, get out the fuck.

• 1:03:42Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:03:44Speaker 01

  Nah, you better have a gun with that dude, bro.

• 1:03:46Andy Frisella?

  Fuck dude, I don't even know if that'll work.

• 1:03:48Speaker 02

  Yeah, might not.

• 1:03:49Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:03:49Speaker 02

  He needs like fucking silver bullets, bro, like, that's some different shit.

• 1:03:53Andy Frisella?

  That's a different, yeah, that's right, that's a different kind of dude right there.

• 1:03:55Speaker 02

  Fuck, man. Look at his traps, good god, alright, next one.

• 1:04:00Speaker 02

  Let's go to New Orleans, you ever been to New Orleans?

• 1:04:02Speaker 01

  Many times, yeah.

• 1:04:02Speaker 02

  I like New Orleans, bro, New Orleans is sick. Um, they got a new story down in New Orleans, they had ten inmates escape a jail.

• 1:04:10Speaker 01

  Hell, yeah.

• 1:04:11Speaker 02

  Through a cell wall where the toilet was.

• 1:04:13Speaker 01

  I saw this.

• 1:04:14Speaker 02

  You saw this?

• 1:04:15Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah, man.

• 1:04:15Speaker 02

  Yeah, so it was a rectangular hole, uh, in the cell, it was big enough to squeeze through, and then they actually wrote on top of the walls, right above it, saying, "Too easy, lol."

• 1:04:27Speaker 01

  Suck my dick, they wrote, too.

• 1:04:30Speaker 02

  So, uh, let's check this clip, this is from like the news conference, and they're showing them all, all, uh, leaving out and shit, let's check this out.

• 1:04:42Speaker 01

  Bro, what?

• 1:04:43Speaker 02

  What the fuck are we watching here? Oh, they're pulling the door. They're trying to escape, yeah, they broke the fucking doors.

• 1:04:51Andy Frisella?

  I thought he was humping the door.

• 1:04:56Speaker 02

  Cause they're trying to get into that cell, that's the cell that they broke out of.

• 1:04:59Speaker 01

  Oh.

• 1:05:08Speaker 03

  As you know, if you notice, they are carrying blankets with them.

• 1:05:12Speaker 01

  Bro.

• 1:05:14Speaker 03

  This road that they're going out of is behind this building, as I explained. They subsequently go through another door.

• 1:05:21Speaker 01

  Hop the highway.

• 1:05:22Speaker 03

  Here, at some point, you will see them come through here and they scale the fence through this door that uh that's near the construction site.

• 1:05:31Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:05:31Speaker 03

  Scale that fence and then they go down there and escape crossing all lanes of highway.

• 1:05:36Speaker 01

  Way to stay on top of shit, guys. Uh, the cool thing about this story is that they escaped uh around 12:30.

• 1:05:43Speaker 03

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:05:43Speaker 01

  And the sheriff's office there found out at 8:30 a.m.

• 1:05:49Speaker 03

  Oh, fuck.

• 1:05:49Speaker 01

  And then they notified the public after 10:30.

• 1:05:52Speaker 03

  Fuck.

• 1:05:52Speaker 01

  So it's just a cool little 10 and a half hour head start for these guys.

• 1:05:57Speaker 03

  Well, apparently, they caught like two of them so far.

• 1:05:58Speaker 01

  Two or three, yeah, but that means there's like seven dudes out there still.

• 1:06:03Speaker 03

  I'm surprised they had to escape, bro. I thought they just let these motherfuckers out now.

• 1:06:06Speaker 01

  I mean, they, uh, some of them are, are in for murder.

• 1:06:09Speaker 03

  Oh, yeah, for sure, for sure.

• 1:06:11Speaker 01

  There's some wild dogs out there right now.

• 1:06:14Speaker 03

  I say they get, they get Frederick down there to go, uh, go check, go catch them.

• 1:06:17Speaker 01

  Hell, yeah. No, that is, that's crazy.

• 1:06:20Speaker 03

  Bro, that's wild.

• 1:06:20Speaker 01

  They just moved a toilet and just did a, opened a wall and were able to escape and then scale a wall and like nobody sees that? That's really nuts to me. At a jail?

• 1:06:33Speaker 03

  That's our taxpayer dollars, bro. Where to work.

• 1:06:35Speaker 01

  That is.

• 1:06:36Speaker 03

  I feel like a, a Common song should have been playing right there. You know what I'm saying? Freedom. Bro, it's like the Shawshank Redemption. That's what it was, bro. That's what it was. Um, last one, let's go to some sports. But I maybe put this in, alright, so apologies. Uh-huh, let's check this clip out.

• 1:07:00Andy Frisella?

  This is women's soccer.

• 1:07:03Speaker 01

  That's awesome.

• 1:07:03Andy Frisella?

  That is awesome.

• 1:07:04Speaker 01

  I could watch that all day.

• 1:07:14Andy Frisella?

  That's an accomplishment.

• 1:07:17Speaker 01

  Took out two.

• 1:07:18Speaker 02

  Two of one.

• 1:07:19Speaker 01

  That's rad.

• 1:07:19Speaker 02

  Two birds with one stone.

• 1:07:22Andy Frisella?

  That's a, that's an accomplishment. Bro, did you guys see that baseball clip where the two plays happened at the, uh, the two exact same plays happened in the same inning?

• 1:07:32Speaker 02

  Like decades apart?

• 1:07:33Andy Frisella?

  No, fucking one inning after another. It was, uh, it was, yeah, it was the same fucking play. The dude, you have to look it up, man. It's, it's fucking crazy.

• 1:07:43Speaker 02

  Is this like a glitch in the matrix?

• 1:07:44Andy Frisella?

  Yes, a hundred percent. It's unbelievable. We gotta find it, throw it in there. Cause like it's, it's like, holy shit. But anyway, like this, they, they, the dude hits a ground ball at the third baseman, goes off his hip, the shortstop catcher throws him out at first. Same count, same inning. Like everything's the same.

• 1:08:02Speaker 01

  Same batter? No.

• 1:08:03Andy Frisella?

  No, but it's one team does it and then the next team does it.

• 1:08:06Speaker 01

  Oh, wow.

• 1:08:06Andy Frisella?

  Like in the same inning.

• 1:08:07Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:08:08Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, dude, it's like you can overlay the clips.

• 1:08:12Speaker 01

  I don't know, man.

• 1:08:13Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, dude, I'm, I don't know either, man.

• 1:08:16Speaker 01

  Yeah, that's, that's, that's the freaky stuff that does make you go like, what is happening here?

• 1:08:20Speaker 02

  I got it.

• 1:08:21Andy Frisella?

  You got it?

• 1:08:21Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:08:22Andy Frisella?

  Bro, it's, it, for real, like there's shit that's happening and it seems to be happening more and more.

• 1:08:27Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:08:27Andy Frisella?

  It's like, fuck, like, are we really in the matrix?

• 1:08:30Speaker 01

  We know the aliens are coming, dude.

• 1:08:32Andy Frisella?

  Dude.

• 1:08:32Speaker 01

  They're telling us.

• 1:08:33Andy Frisella?

  Dude, did you know, did you know that fucking, did you know that the lady who wrote the, you probably know this, but like the, I didn't know this till recently, but the lady who wrote The Matrix also wrote Terminator.

• 1:08:46Speaker 02

  Oh, I heard about that.

• 1:08:47Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:08:47Speaker 02

  And she said that like, that like it's supposed to be like a fucking sequel or whatever.

• 1:08:50Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, John Connor is supposed to be Jesus Christ.

• 1:08:53Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:08:54Andy Frisella?

  To save the world from

• 1:08:55Speaker 02

  The Black.

• 1:08:56Andy Frisella?

  Artificial intelligence and, bro, the, the interview is fascinating.

• 1:09:00Speaker 01

  Hmm.

• 1:09:01Andy Frisella?

  Uh, I can't think of her name. You got that clip though?

• 1:09:04Speaker 02

  Yeah, I got the clip. Here, here it is.

• 1:09:16Andy Frisella?

  Same, alright, stop. Check this out. Same inning, that's the same game.

• 1:09:21Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:09:22Andy Frisella?

  Same inning, same pitch speed, same fucking count. Same number of outs in the inning, same play.

• 1:09:28Speaker 01

  Yeah, it's weird shit like that.

• 1:09:30Andy Frisella?

  And that's not like, if you guys aren't watching this, it's not like it's a regular ground ball.

• 1:09:34Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:09:37Andy Frisella?

  Play one more time, dude. Watch, watch the position of the players.

• 1:09:47Speaker 01

  Yeah, that's, that's freaky.

• 1:09:51Speaker 02

  That is crazy.

• 1:09:52Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:09:52Andy Frisella?

  What are the odds of that?

• 1:09:53Speaker 01

  The way, especially because of where it went and then the bounce.

• 1:09:56Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:09:56Speaker 01

  To the shortstop on both.

• 1:09:58Andy Frisella?

  And dude, that was one, that's the top of an inning, the bottom of an inning. Same pitch speed, same count, same exact play. Like, dude.

• 1:10:09Speaker 01

  Yeah, I wonder if everyone in that stadium was like.

• 1:10:14Speaker 01

  What's going on?

• 1:10:15Andy Frisella?

  I don't know, man. Like, dude, more and more shit's happening where I'm like, fuck, man.

• 1:10:19Speaker 01

  Do you follow, because my wife is obsessed with all the alien shit?

• 1:10:25Andy Frisella?

  Dude, I.

• 1:10:25Speaker 02

  We cover it, we cover it pretty regularly.

• 1:10:27Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, we cover it pretty regularly, but like, I'm not like super, super, super into it.

• 1:10:32Speaker 01

  Yeah, because she follows like all the congressional, like, because.

• 1:10:35Speaker 02

  The hearings and shit. Well, see, that's the thing, I don't know if it's like real aliens or the government, you know what I'm saying?

• 1:10:40Speaker 01

  But like, it's, one of the things that's really crazy is like you, we used to have this thing where you'd be like, what if, you know? And then you have these whistleblowers that were like, you know, working in top secret places in the government. They came out and they go like, here's all this shit. And then they need like security because they're scared they're gonna get killed. And they basically go, you know, we, we do have, um, you know, uh, whatever, UAPs and we have, uh, alien bodies, basically, and we've had them for years. And then you're like, why, how come nobody is reacting?

• 1:11:21Speaker 01

  Like, it's so weird that everyone's, like, they confirm it, they're like, we do have this, and everyone's like, yeah, anyway. And you're like, wait, this doesn't freak people out anymore?

• 1:11:28Andy Frisella?

  Right.

• 1:11:28Speaker 01

  I always felt like it was strange that you would have somebody confirm this stuff, and we've had these, and so has, China has one, and like, you know, different governments have these bodies. And and has this technology like with reverse engineering technology and then everyone's like yeah okay.

• 1:11:47Andy Frisella?

  Dude, it was weird how they did that. They did that shit during covid.

• 1:11:49Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 1:11:50Andy Frisella?

  Like, you know, all this shit was covid was going on and they fucking running the death count and all this shit. And then they're like, oh, by the way, aliens are real.

• 1:11:58Speaker 01

  Aliens are real.

• 1:11:59Andy Frisella?

  And no one said anything.

• 1:11:59Speaker 01

  And nobody cares.

• 1:12:01Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, that was weird.

• 1:12:01Speaker 02

  Yeah, we've communicated with.

• 1:12:03Andy Frisella?

  Dude, for our lifetime, that's been the big debate. Are aliens real or are they not?

• 1:12:07Speaker 01

  Of course.

• 1:12:08Andy Frisella?

  And it's just like, yeah, you know, uh, it came out and then people are more worried about their fucking TikTok dances to even, they don't even mention it.

• 1:12:15Speaker 01

  Yeah, even it actually even makes it feel more uh like deliberate and calculated that they would kind of like slow play it during a time of unrest and and have it just kind of like, you know, here you go. And then everybody's just like, yeah. And then you have people going, wait, don't you want to?

• 1:12:33Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:12:34Speaker 01

  Make this a bigger deal and they're like, I don't care.

• 1:12:35Speaker 02

  See, I don't know if it's like a real thing or if it's fucking like the government, you know what I'm saying?

• 1:12:40Speaker 01

  Well, I mean.

• 1:12:42Andy Frisella?

  Preconditioning shit, man.

• 1:12:43Speaker 01

  I don't know. It seems like there was a lot of people that didn't want like these, these, the whistleblowers were terrified.

• 1:12:50Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:12:50Speaker 01

  You know, so I don't think that like, it doesn't feel like the government was trying to say like, go ahead and do that, you know? But the funny thing is that these guys were terrified to to say what they said and then basically people were like, I don't care.

• 1:13:05Speaker 02

  Yeah. Anyways, like, does Michelle Obama have a dick or not? Like, that's what they're worried about.

• 1:13:09Andy Frisella?

  Yeah, bro.

• 1:13:10Speaker 02

  It's crazy.

• 1:13:10Speaker 01

  No shit, dude.

• 1:13:11Speaker 02

  Yeah, it's weird. Uh, it is weird, man. Um, Tom, can we do another game? I got another game for him.

• 1:13:18Andy Frisella?

  Wait, what's the game?

• 1:13:19Speaker 02

  WWTD.

• 1:13:21Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 1:13:21Speaker 02

  What would Tom do?

• 1:13:22Speaker 01

  What would Tom do?

• 1:13:23Speaker 02

  Mm-hmm.

• 1:13:23Speaker 01

  Sure. Okay.

• 1:13:24Speaker 02

  Um.

• 1:13:27Speaker 02

  Let's just.

• 1:13:29Speaker 01

  All right.

• 1:13:30Speaker 02

  All right. So I got three scenarios for you and I need your real reaction to what you would actually do here.

• 1:13:36Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 1:13:36Speaker 02

  Okay, your son Julian joins Antifa.

• 1:13:41Speaker 01

  Cut him out of the will, that's for sure.

• 1:13:45Speaker 01

  Like, what the fuck are you doing? He's such a fiery little dude. It's absolutely hilarious. We call him Joe Pesci at the house. He's always like, the fuck is this shit doing?

• 1:13:57Speaker 01

  Why? How do you talk like that, man?

• 1:13:59Speaker 02

  Have you ever had to deal with Antifa at all?

• 1:14:01Speaker 01

  Have I had to deal with them?

• 1:14:03Speaker 02

  No.

• 1:14:03Speaker 01

  No.

• 1:14:03Speaker 02

  You never had like, like, because I'm sure you get like countless fucking, you know, hate, whatever you want to call it, hate comments and shit like that. But you never had like fit, like actual issues?

• 1:14:11Speaker 01

  No, I've never had anything like that. I also am trying to picture my youngest. He's like, he likes, he sleeps with an eye mask. He's six. He's like, I need an eye mask. I'm like, dude, like he's, he, it's way too uncomfortable for him to join. He would be like, wait, we have to go where? He's always like, he's like, he's six and he's like, can I get a massage today? I'm like, a massage?

• 1:14:34Speaker 02

  He's cush, bro.

• 1:14:35Speaker 01

  Yeah, he's, he's, he's living a good life.

• 1:14:37Speaker 02

  Oh, that's funny.

• 1:14:38Speaker 01

  He's not joining. But, um, I don't know. I think I'd be so impressed that he actually was willing to be there.

• 1:14:44Andy Frisella?

  Sounds like your older one would be the fucking leader, bro.

• 1:14:46Speaker 01

  What's that?

• 1:14:46Andy Frisella?

  He'd be the leader.

• 1:14:47Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah, yeah.

• 1:14:48Andy Frisella?

  He'd get him in shape, bro.

• 1:14:49Speaker 01

  Thank, that older one, I think he would be like, um, the one who would be like, oh, fucking, we're gonna break shit?

• 1:14:58Speaker 01

  He's like, yeah, I'm in, bro. No, hell no.

• 1:15:02Speaker 02

  All right. Uh, next one, your dog, only response to gender neutral pronouns.

• 1:15:08Speaker 01

  We're really big when people, we have a cat now. And when they go, she's beautiful. We always go, don't misgender my cat. So we, we, we would definitely stand up. Yes. We like to take it seriously.

• 1:15:23Speaker 02

  Yeah, that's real.

• 1:15:24Andy Frisella?

  We do that shit too, bro. Everybody thinks Charlie's a boy.

• 1:15:27Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 1:15:27Andy Frisella?

  Everybody, we got two Bulldogs and everybody thinks the girl one who is very clearly a fucking girl.

• 1:15:32Speaker 02

  Very clearly.

• 1:15:33Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:15:34Speaker 01

  Yeah, we always correct them. Don't misgender my cat.

• 1:15:36Speaker 02

  Bro, there's this dude, I think, uh, what's his name? Uh, I think he's a, is Gino on Instagram? So he does this thing where he hops in trans people's fucking lives, like live streams. Like, oh, I see you have a dog. And I was like, yeah, this is, you know, Bruno. And I was like, is it a girl or a boy? I'm like, oh, Bruno's a boy. And then he's like, how do you know? And they get so pissed. Like, it is the, like, I absolutely love that content.

• 1:16:03Andy Frisella?

  It's very easy to troll those people.

• 1:16:05Speaker 02

  Dude, it's so easy.

• 1:16:06Andy Frisella?

  Yeah.

• 1:16:07Speaker 02

  It's so easy. Um, I got one more for you.

• 1:16:10Andy Frisella?

  Okay, you find out your mom has been catfishing men on Facebook using your headshots from your Netflix special.

• 1:16:15Speaker 01

  Dude, I applaud her.

• 1:16:20Speaker 01

  Yeah. Just for being crazy and like.

• 1:16:25Andy Frisella?

  You can know some awesome content with your mom.

• 1:16:27Speaker 01

  Yeah, she's a, she's a, she's a real piece of work. So, uh, she's got a lot of personality. So, yeah, we bring her around a lot. She's very disapproving of most of the things I do, which is kind of fun, you know, like she hated the show so much.

• 1:16:42Andy Frisella?

  Really?

• 1:16:42Speaker 01

  She hates. She called me. She goes, I finished it and then was just quiet on the phone. And I go, what'd you think? She goes, it's horrendous. She goes, it's the worst thing. She goes, I have friends. You know how embarrassing it is? That I have to see my friends after this? And I'm like, I don't know what to say. And she was like, anyway. I go, that's what the phone call was just to tell me you hated it? She was like, yes. Geez. Okay. So, yeah. And then she always says this shit. She's like, I go, that's really nice. She goes, well, I can't help but be myself. And I go, you could try. You could try to be somebody else. I think we would all appreciate it if you weren't you.

• 1:17:17Andy Frisella?

  Thanks, Bob.

• 1:17:18Speaker 01

  Yeah. I would love if she was into catfishing people.

• 1:17:22Andy Frisella?

  That'd be solid, man. That'd be solid. Sweet, man. We kind of did this on short notice. Uh, Tom was coming in to get swole.

• 1:17:30Speaker 01

  Yeah, man. I can't wait. Your gym looks unbelievable. Thank you for letting us work out.

• 1:17:34Andy Frisella?

  Oh, bro. Listen, man. Anytime, dude. Anytime you come through. Hit us up. Uh, thanks for sitting down with us, man.

• 1:17:40Speaker 01

  My pleasure, man.

• 1:17:41Andy Frisella?

  It's a little short podcast we did on short notice this morning. Um, but dude, I really appreciate it.

• 1:17:46Speaker 01

  Appreciate you too. Thanks. It was a lot of fun, guys.

• 1:17:48Andy Frisella?

  Yeah. And, uh, dude, you know, I really fucking appreciate, I just want to say this. I really appreciate how not just good you are at what you do, but how meticulous you are about it. I think it's fucking awesome, dude.

• 1:18:04Speaker 01

  Oh, thanks.

• 1:18:04Andy Frisella?

  And I don't think people understand like how much work and attention to detail and, you know, uh, strategy and everything goes into like what you guys do and learning more and more about it. It's, it's fucking cool, man.

• 1:18:17Speaker 01

  Thank you, man. I appreciate that. Really appreciate it.

• 1:18:20Andy Frisella?

  All right, guys. Tom, thank you, brother.

• 1:18:22Speaker 01

  Thanks so much.

• 1:18:23Andy Frisella?

  All right. And we will, uh, we'll see you next time. Don't be a hoe.

• 1:18:26Speaker 01

  Sure.

• 1:18:28Speaker 04

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