On this episode of Search and Destroy, we sit down with writer/comedian David Cross to talk about his early days at Vice and how he got his start in comedy. We talk about the early days of Vice, his time as a stand-up comic, and his time working with the band Meatloaf.
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00:00:43.000You know, when Vice first started getting into TV, we were doing these DVDs that we were selling through Viacom.
00:00:50.000And I went down to Britain, and me and Jamie, this kid Jamie, did a little mini dock on the garage scene, you know, with Mike Skinner and Eskimo, what's his name there, Wiley.
00:01:04.000And not only did we interview all the seminal figures, but we also found these pirate radio stations.
00:01:10.000I mean, the reason they called it pirate radio, it was literally pirate radio.
00:01:13.000They had an antenna on the tops of the council of stites, and they would drive to where one of them was, and then they would all like listen to the music and in their cars, on their cars.
00:01:27.000They would set up the cars, open the doors, and they would all have like a party rave, not a rave, but like a hangout at wherever they could pick up the signal for this pirate radio station.
00:01:40.000And then we went to the actual stations where those guys were doing the things.
00:01:44.000It would be like in someone's living room.
00:01:45.000They had changed their living room into a studio and they made these great sounds.
00:01:52.000And then we even interviewed and followed the guys who would rip down these antennas, these aerials.
00:02:22.000We went there to build American pies, where when you take out, they have an American flag in the middle, and when you take it out, it plays a Star-Spangled Banner.
00:03:16.000We did a thing where we told a local bar we were a hot band from New York City and we got a gig and we said our equipment was confiscated at the border.
00:03:26.000So they said, great, okay, you can use the other band's gear.
00:04:25.000You know, they would get along swimmingly when, like, Jim wasn't there, they would have to get along, and Sam would kind of lubricate the conversation, and then they would just start having fun.
00:07:43.000Like, he doesn't know if he's talking to Ryan Ketzy, Rivera, or Tony Soprano.
00:07:46.000So there was like, I don't know if you know who you're talking to, mate.
00:07:48.000And I was like, I know I'm fucking, I'm always an asshole.
00:07:51.000I don't care if I'm talking to the biggest fucking murderer in the world.
00:07:56.000So they were kind of intimidated by me.
00:07:59.000They were wrong, but they were like, the way this guy's talking to us, I'm going to assume he's in organized crime because he's a dead man if he's not.
00:11:30.000The only question with these dummies is, do they know that what they're saying is absolute fucking horseshit?
00:11:36.000Surely a lawyer has said, they need a bank account for us to sue.
00:11:41.000You need money to get money from someone.
00:11:45.000Independent Office of Attorney General for the District of Columbia is filing the first civil lawsuit by a state or municipal government to hold accountable the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, and more than 30 of their leaders and members for conspiring to terrorize the District of Columbia,
00:12:07.000for unlawfully interfering with our country's peaceful transition of power, and for assaulting our men and women in blue who valiantly defended the country, the district, and our freedoms.
00:12:22.000Specifically, we're bringing this lawsuit pursuant to local and federal laws, including the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871.
00:12:32.000He doesn't know how to pronounce Ku Klux Klan.
00:12:41.000And by the way, on January 6th, D.C. was cool-less in that there was no coup.
00:12:46.000He should go home and play a board game.
00:12:48.000Maybe they want to recoup the coup costs from Ku Klux Klan.
00:12:54.000We specifically allege that these vigilantes, insurrectionists, and masters Of a lawless mob conspired against the District of Columbia, its law enforcement officers, and residents by planning, promoting,
00:13:10.000and participating in the violent attack on the United States Capitol.
00:13:52.000And he's like, we're taking these myths, pretending they weren't debunked, and then suing random people with made-up bank accounts where we're going to...
00:14:02.000At the end, he goes, wait, wait, turn it up.
00:17:47.000This guy chose, I think he was a successful finance guy or something.
00:17:52.000He's like, sorry, I need to get back to broadcasting.
00:17:56.000He tells people who are beginners, and I really wish somebody had told this to me, is that all of us who do creative work, like, you know, we get into it, and we get into it because we have good taste.
00:18:06.000But it's like there's a gap that for the first couple years that you're making stuff, what you're making isn't engaged.
00:19:01.000Didn't have the special thing that we wanted it to have.
00:19:04.000The thing I would say to you is everybody goes through that.
00:19:06.000And for you to go through it, if you're going through right now, if you're just getting out of that phase, you've got to know it's totally normal.
00:19:11.000And the most important possible thing you could do a lot.
00:22:03.000Here's a couple trying not to laugh in the 1800s.
00:22:06.000People tend to forget that the original cameras, I believe, it was almost like a sun spot thing, where I think you had to sit for like five minutes.
00:22:16.000So if you've got a good relationship with your wife, you're going to be cracking up, I'm afraid.