On this episode of The Stone Zone with Roger Stone, the legendary Republican strategist and political icon, and pundit, Roger Stone is joined by stand-up comic, actor, comedian, activist, and patriot, Patrick Bette-David, to discuss the importance of comedy in the midst of all the chaos and turmoil going on in the world today. Join the conversation by using the hashtag on social media, and find us on Insta and to join in on the fun! Thanks to our sponsor, Valuetainment, for sponsoring this week's episode. If you like what you hear, please HIT SUBSCRIBE and leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts and other podcasting platforms! You can also join our FB group, The Stonezone, where we discuss all things political, pop culture, and pop culture related topics. We post polls, questions, thoughts, and thoughts on both sides of the political landscape, and the results/comments are featured on the episodes as well! Send your voice messages to sws@whatiwatchedtonight.co.uk and we'll get them on the show! Thanks for listening and share the podcast with your fellow podcasting friends! Timestamps: 5:00 - Who's funniest? 6:30 - What makes you laugh the most? 7:00 8:15 - What is your favorite political moment of the week? 9:20 - Who do you think the most important thing? 10: What's funnier? 11:40 - What do you would like to see me laugh out loud? 13: What would you put in your pants on the next episode? 15:00 | What's the funniest thing you're laughing out loud right now? 16:00 -- What's funny? 17:10 - What's your favorite thing you re laughing at? 18:30 -- What are you looking for? 19:40 -- How do you need to laugh the loudest? 21:20 -- Is there more? 22: How do I laugh the hardest? 27: What do I get the most right away? 26:15 -- Do you like it? 29:10 -- How much do you have a cup of coffee? 32:30 | What do we need to be funny in the morning? 35:30
00:07:15.060And it's—the media constantly gives you this material.
00:07:18.720You just have to have your eyes open to capture it and spoof it and make it funny.
00:07:22.860Yeah, it's actually a good thing that, at least for the time being, the First Amendment still exists, that it's still perfectly legal and you have the freedom to poke fun of our political leaders, regardless of their party.
00:07:36.920But you also comment on cultural matters.
00:07:40.580We here at the Stone Zone, we're big fans of Andrew and Tristan Tate.
00:07:46.400We think they're being unfairly persecuted simply because they stand up for traditional values.
00:07:52.760They tell men to stay sober, get off the weed, get off the booze, stay physically fit, find God, worship God, be industrious, be an entrepreneur, be self-respecting.
00:08:08.560Those are—you would think those would not be controversial things, but unfortunately, they are.
00:08:15.180Now, just this past week, we had a great interview with Joseph McBride, who's the lead attorney for the Tate brothers.
00:08:23.300As you know, they were arrested yet again about a week ago, held temporarily in preparation to extraditing them to the United Kingdom.
00:08:35.960I think the cases against them are all fraudulent.
00:08:39.020I saw the outstanding interview that Patrick Bette-David did with Andrew Tate, but your Andrew Tate parody is among my favorite pieces of your work.
00:30:41.020Welcome back, folks. This is The Stone Zone, and we're here with Vincent O'Shanna, who is a comedian, a stand-up comic, a comic actor, an activist, a Christian, just a great all-around guy.
00:31:00.420He's also extraordinarily well-dressed, I might add. I've actually never seen him out and around without a necktie. Go ahead, Vincent.
00:31:11.020And by the way, one of my really good friends, Roger Stone, one day at church goes, I got a gift for you. And I've been wearing this thing every single time I wear a suit or a vest.
00:31:22.300Look at how, am I in this? Roger Stone gave me this with the right, with the correct time.
00:31:27.540And I'm telling you right now, Roger, I'm not one of those guys that likes gifts. I don't really like accepting gifts because I, you know, I don't like people spending money.
00:31:34.120But this is one of the most cherished things that I wear. And I'm not even lying. Last, at that event that I told you about, the Candace Owens-Chris Cuomo event,
00:31:41.540I walk into the room and literally five people, including Patrick, were like, that pocket watch, chain, the whole thing, amazing.
00:31:49.180Also, even Chris Cuomo gave me a compliment. So thank you, Roger. You got, this adds, if I, if it's not for this, this outfit doesn't make sense. That's it.
00:31:57.060You got to have the pocket watch. And I, and I appreciate you more than you know, Roger. Thank you so much.
00:32:01.320Well, I, I, it's like seeing, you know, an empty space that needed to be full. It's like seeing a blank canvas.
00:32:06.780So I see you wearing a vest with the Brits we call a waistcoat. And I just knew you needed to have it.
00:32:12.740Uh, and, uh, I had to search around online to find the exact right one. Uh, but, uh, they're out there.
00:32:19.040You can find them, uh, you can find them relatively inexpensively. So it's not like it cost a lot of money, uh,
00:32:24.960but it came with a lot of love and respect. And I must say it really does look great. Uh, Vincent, uh,
00:32:32.500who are your influences? In other words, when you look at other comics, other people who do stand up,
00:32:39.260other comedians, uh, past or present, um, who do you, who makes Vincent Oshana laugh?
00:32:46.740Um, great question, Roger. I, um, so I grew up in a pretty strict, you know, Assyrian. We're
00:32:51.800Christian Middle Easterns, A-S-S-Y-R-I-A-N. There's only, we don't have a country, uh, which makes
00:32:57.720one of the reasons why America is so important, uh, to me and my family, my brother, my sister,
00:33:04.040who are both, uh, veterans as well. My sister just retired. So that's why Syrians are so connected
00:33:08.980to, uh, to the country. We, you know, old school, old fashioned parents. We never went out. We never
00:33:13.740went to Disneyland. We never went on vacations, but the laughter in the house, Roger, I'll never
00:33:18.860forget came from watching HBO specials, um, from Eddie Murphy to Richard Pryor. Think about it. We
00:33:26.800couldn't cuss. We couldn't do anything crazy, but they let us watch Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy,
00:33:32.600delirious and raw in the house. And one of my favorites, Roger, and I'm pretty sure he's up there
00:33:37.340with you. God rest his soul. One of the greatest to ever do it dead or alive, uh, George Carlin.
00:33:44.160What, if you followed this guy's body of work every year for 20, 30 years, this guy put out a special
00:33:50.880every single year and it was amazing. And his progression, his, his graduation from just being
00:33:57.140the hippie, the guy that I'm pretty sure you saw him, Roger. And then he started growing and changing
00:34:02.480and started becoming angrier and, and more bitter and started turning, you know, on the
00:34:07.820government and started, you know, he really, really woke up at a very, uh, kind of earlier
00:34:12.960in his career. And it just, it was, it was amazing to watch him take serious issues from all, all
00:34:20.220political from, you know, everyday life from observations and made it funny. And I'll never
00:34:24.540forget Roger. Cause you know, my father drank and it was hard in the house because he wasn't physically
00:34:29.100abusive, but just the verbal abuse was a pretty bad, especially me, my, my brother, especially my
00:34:33.620mom, George Carlin would make my mom laugh. And going back to the lady in the wheelchair,
00:34:38.580I, I gave her that lady an escape for that 10 minutes that I was on stage. She forgot she was
00:34:45.180in the chair. George Carlin gave us that moment because when George was on there and making us
00:34:50.440laugh, my mom forgot, we forgot that, you know, even my dad was laughing, but we forgot that we were
00:34:55.320in a crazy situation with the person that drank and was abusive. So I remember watching my mom
00:35:01.140laughing. And I remember early on Roger, I was like, wow, this guy on this little box is making
00:35:05.940her laugh like this. And I, I, I, I thought it was amazing. So that's one of the main reasons that I
00:35:11.540started doing comedy as well was, uh, was George Carlin. You know, my appreciation for comedy actually
00:35:18.540starts in the pre-internet days. So of course, uh, I loved the three stooges. The three stooges were
00:35:25.100always on about the time that I got home from school. You could see them on television. They
00:35:30.640were on W, uh, uh, PIX, uh, is an independent station, uh, in New York, a show that was hosted
00:35:37.800by officer Joe Bolton, who, uh, was in the persona of a New York police officer. Uh, and, uh, a little
00:35:44.780later, uh, I learned that Mo of the three studios was retired and living in New Jersey. So I wrote him
00:35:52.240a letter and then Mo wrote back. And then I wrote back to Mo. Then Mo wrote me a four page
00:35:59.500handwritten history of the three stooges taking us through their time in vaudeville, uh, the, uh,
00:36:06.660early act with, with Curly, uh, then replaced by Shemp, uh, then ultimately replaced by Curly again,
00:36:15.140then replaced by Curly Joe Dorita, uh, who was the final, uh, member of the trio. Uh, and then
00:36:24.060amazingly, uh, uh, Vincent, when the FBI raided my home in my office in the Mueller witch hunt, uh,
00:36:33.020among the files missing was this thick file of my correspondence with Mo Howard of the three stooges.
00:36:39.860And when all the things that were taken were returned, that was not among the items returned
00:36:46.060lost, uh, to history. Uh, beyond that, uh, if you wanted to see comedians, you had to go to the TV
00:36:52.840guide when it came in the mail, look at what the late night movies would be. Then my parents didn't
00:36:58.440like this. I would set an alarm clock for like three o'clock in the morning. So I could get up and
00:37:03.760watch a Marx brothers movie on TV. I love Groucho Harpo and Chico Marx, uh, or to
00:37:09.840watch, uh, Eddie Cantor or Jimmy Durante. So those were my early comic influences before we had the
00:37:17.420internet. Now you go to Turner movie classics and see all of those on demand. It's, it's a really
00:37:25.040great thing. But when I have a bad day, uh, when I'm a little depressed, I go find an old black and
00:37:31.220white comedy, uh, from, you know, the thirties, uh, the twenties, the thirties, and they, they still
00:37:37.180actually make me laugh. Uh, let's, uh, take another look here at the amazing work, uh, of, uh, of
00:37:45.060Vincent O'Shanna. Your interview, uh, with, uh, with Hunter Biden, uh, has to be considered a classic.
00:37:54.340Mr. Untouchable Hunter Biden. Let's get right into it. Are you high right now? Yeah. Cracker meth.
00:38:00.700Yep. Okay. How often do you hit the pipe? Every night. At least every night. Yeah. The booger
00:38:07.520sugar that was left at the White House. Was it yours? For real? I don't know. Hunt tea? I really
00:38:12.380didn't. I'm, I'm, I'm being as honest with you as I possibly can. Are you crying? Yeah. Why? I guess
00:38:20.920one of the reasons that I'm crying is because... You've gone 60 seconds without smoking any
00:38:24.620cracker bank and any Asian hookers? Yeah. It's hard. You'll be fine. We're almost done. What would
00:38:31.040you say are your greatest accomplishments? I went one time for 13 days without sleeping
00:38:35.980and smoking crack and drinking vodka exclusively. You should be proud of yourself. Anything else?
00:38:43.920I probably smoked more Parmesan cheese than anyone. Wait, wait, wait. Come on, come on,
00:38:49.800come on, come on. Did you just say Parmesan cheese? Yeah. Like this Parmesan cheese? Yeah.
00:38:57.460How is that even possible? Dude, what are you, what are you, a pizza? Do you have like a pipe
00:39:00.960or something that I could try to... Oh, why am I not surprised? He has a freaking apple bong
00:39:05.960in his bitch. Let me try to... Oh, dude, this is going to be freaking wild. Never done this before.
00:39:15.960Beautiful things. Woo! Smells like dominoes up in this bitch.
00:39:19.800Oh, man. Roger, have you ever smoked Parmesan cheese? It's aggressive.
00:39:31.300It has to be a little gummy, I would think, but... Horrible. Horrible.
00:39:36.440Okay, so what are your future plans? Let me ask you this. The venue for live entertainment in
00:39:42.460America, I have to believe that it is contracting, no? Now you add to it this demand for political
00:39:48.840correctness. Are there... I don't know, are there that many comedy clubs that will let
00:39:54.400Vincent O'Shanna come and do his comedy? I mean, I think it was... Where was it,
00:39:59.380Roger? I think in Oregon, three big comedians, Dave Smith was one of them, they were trying
00:40:05.360to perform there and the people were like, we don't want... Their comedy doesn't adhere with
00:40:14.340our view of life and they canceled the show. Another comedian, Kayvon Moezi, who works here
00:40:21.660at Valuetainment, just went to UConn for a show and he landed and somebody, the director or whatever
00:40:27.940said, no, no, no, we're canceling the show because we can't promise the safety of the students and you.
00:40:35.620And it's like, nobody's protesting, nobody's there. And it's like, it's not as wild or rampant, but I
00:40:42.380mean, there are some places though, Roger, that just don't want to hear it. It's just, they're
00:40:47.340protected, they're coddled. And especially as you know, with the colleges, it's like, you know,
00:40:53.260they don't have time to laugh, Roger, because they're trying to teach them gender studies and,
00:40:57.400you know, CRT and they, you know, they don't have time to laugh, Roger, because they're, you know,
00:41:01.380they're too busy teaching them to be racist and to hating the world and telling them that America
00:41:07.140is the worst place in the world. God forbid you make these people laugh and try to show them a
00:41:11.600little bit of sense of humor. All right, Vincent, so tell folks if they want to see more of your
00:41:17.860comedy, what's the best place to go? They could go to all my handles, Roger, on X, on Instagram is
00:41:26.080at Vincent Oshana, O-S-H-A-N-A. I will be performing, I post all my dates on my Instagram
00:41:32.380and my socials. I will be performing at the Miami Improv, April 11th at 8 p.m. They can go to the
00:41:39.820improvmiami.com to get tickets. It's also on my link on my Instagram and I'm going to be putting
00:41:46.700out an X today, but yeah, just please follow me on Instagram, follow me on X and you're going to get a
00:41:52.260little bit of comedy, get a little bit of truth, get a little bit of anger about what's happening in
00:41:57.400this country, Roger. Somebody asked me the other day and I'm pretty sure you saw it. James O'Keefe
00:42:02.620did this moment. He did this talk where he said, you know, what's your price? You know, you of all
00:42:08.280people, Roger, you know about what ping, you don't have a price. General Flynn doesn't have a price.
00:42:12.980And I think that the quote was, if your price is not your life, then you are for sale. If you really
00:42:19.120think about that. And he said, if you are a truth teller, your price has to be your life. So we're
00:42:25.200out there, Roger. And I just want to say in closing, what you do, Roger, what you've been
00:42:30.420through, you're an inspiration. You are one of the people that made me say, you know what? It's worth
00:42:36.820it to tell the truth. I don't have a price, Roger. We both are Christians. I believe in God. And when
00:42:42.300people tell me, Vinny, why do you care? Why are you? I go, listen, because God put me here to make
00:42:47.660people laugh and to also wake people up that are asleep because the truth has to be told.
00:42:52.320And in closing, Roger, before I leave, I want everybody to know this because I'm not going
00:42:55.740to say it out loud. I want people to see what I'm talking about. And this is what I have to say.
00:43:01.260Wow. He still did nothing wrong. Nothing. All right. Thank you very much. And God bless you,
00:43:09.220Vincent O'Shaughn. If you want a teacher like that, you can go to stonezone.com and go to the store,
00:43:14.920go to the shop, stonezone.com. Go right now. God will bless you for it. Vincent O'Shaughn,
00:43:20.660thank you so much for joining us in the Stone Zone. And now we're going to go to one of those
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