Gianni Paolo ｜ This Past Weekend #202
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Actor Gianni Paolo joins us to talk about how he got his start in Hollywood and how he became one of the most sought after actors in the business. We talk about his early days in the entertainment industry, how he fell in love with the business, and why he decided to pursue a career in comedy.
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He is also a rising actor in the Hollywood scene.
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And how we met him is absolutely fascinating and came to be in his life.
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I mean, it's just, it's, here he is, ladies and gentlemen.
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It's kind of weird because we set everything up and we usually like get everything together
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and then I just go sit over there and chill and it's weird being in the seat.
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I know you, so for some of our listeners that don't know, Gianni is an actor and Gianni just
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hit up the podcast like maybe what, a year ago and just said, hey man, I like the podcast.
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So I filmed the movie in Mississippi kind of where Theo like grew up a little bit and
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then I just remember talking because I always talk about comedy.
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I was listening to the podcast on set like a while before like I would go and film my
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I'd be listening to this past weekend and one of the PAs came up to me, my friend Jared
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and he knocked on the door and he's like, are you listening to Theo?
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And he's like, oh, like Burn, like the guys at Smoots down there, like they all know
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Burn is the drummer in Bishop Gunn, whose dad I used to work on his farm in the summertime
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So he was working as a PA or as a transport or something on the movie that you filmed.
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And then so you ran into one of his buddies and he's like, oh, Burn knows him.
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And then I was like, I'd love to help, you know, help the podcast.
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So the movie is Octavia Spencer is the lead of the movie.
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And so the movie is called Ma and it comes out.
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And you can see Gianni who does all of like, who does all of our book.
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He's going to, he's going to check with the publicist.
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But yeah, if you want to watch a little bit of it.
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So let's, let's take a peek at the trailer and we can, uh, no sex or booze.
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You're free to do whatever you want down here, but nobody will upstairs.
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So we got a bunch of white kids going to drink in a black woman's basement.
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We have one, one, uh, there's another African-American with us.
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So, and is there any, like, is any of the movies that, like, uh, is there racial stuff in the
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Um, towards the end, there's like, uh, you will see it in the trailer.
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It does, um, touch on it a little bit, but it's not, it really has nothing to do with,
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Like, it's just more like, uh, yeah, like a black woman can be a serial killer too.
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I'm just saying, like, like, it's possible for a black woman to be like a villain.
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Well, I guess even just growing up, they didn't have like a lot of black characters in, in a lot
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of movies, I'm trying to think of, like, a black villain that they had.
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Well, see, what I find interesting is like, I like would look in the internet and people
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like, um, would get upset that they'd be like, well, why is the African American the villain?
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I'm like, no, that's like the total opposite of like what Octavia wants.
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Like, she wants to, everyone can play every role.
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Like, there's not like a, she doesn't have to play a nurse or a maid in every movie.
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Yeah, and there's always black, like, there's this thing out there that's
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Like, anytime a black person, like, open, like, breathes, somebody's like, oh, why do
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Like, a black person, like, oh, they have to breathe in the same planet as white people,
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So, sometimes you just get that black anger out there.
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So, so you're one of the, what do you play in the film?
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He is a, it's one of the teens where we party with Octavia.
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And, yeah, and we meet Octavia and she starts buying us booze and alcohol.
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You have to, like, you have to, like, also, there's also a scene, there's a clip of it
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on the Instagram where I, like, drink the water and I go, ugh.
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And I'm like, it's just literally water, but you have to, like, I guess, play it as if it
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But the worst part was the fucking joints, like, because I smoked the whole movie in
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And I'm smoking the joints and it's, like, fake tobacco.
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So, you're, like, I'm waking up, my lungs are fried because I'm smoking it for, like,
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Would you have rather have been just regular tobacco?
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I would have rather it have been, like, maybe, like, like, like, vape juice or, like, something
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Like, not because they would roll joints like that.
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Like, I would rather have just vaped the whole movie instead of, like, just legit, like,
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because you're still smoking, like, the spliffs.
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All my names have been Brayden and Power, Chaz, Brian, I forgot there was.
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I feel like those are, like, white slave names, I feel like.
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And so also, just to clarify, so also Gianni's done all the booking.
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Gianni Kimmel has done all the booking for almost all the guests that we've had, really,
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I've gotten a couple hitters, but yeah, for the most part.
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And you guys put up with me a lot of times, which I know isn't easy, especially over text
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And name five guests that we've tried to get that we haven't gotten.
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I'm just trying to think of the ones more recent.
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Like, those are the people who I have reached out to just because they're kind of in that
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Pretty much in the group, everyone who's been like, we really want him, I'm like, I tried
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And that's a joke if anybody's roommate's ever died.
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So we found almost that not, like, are we strategic about it?
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What's it like to reach out to somebody and, because you do that, you know, it's like,
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So I just read that to publicists and I'm like, let's, well, see, I was talking to Nick
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It kind of upsets me, the whole, like, what's going on now?
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Because a lot of people to go and promote movies, they're going on Kimmel.
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They're going on like weird cable, like cooking shows and to promote things the generic way
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And that's not the way people are listening anymore.
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Like, those are the ones that, that's what's getting the listens from the millennials.
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And that's what this movie's about, which is why I've been going on podcasts to promote.
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I mean, I wouldn't go on Kimmel anyways because I'm not big enough, but like, this is it.
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Like, this is where people are going to, you know, go to.
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Like, if they're listening to a clip on Jimmy Kimmel and they're talking about Zac Efron,
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you know, his dick came out in a movie scene or something like that.
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He kept trying to pretend he was all tired when he was walking by every time.
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I was like, you can't be that tired and walk up in the aisle three times, dude.
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Like, he was almost a cheerleader by the end of it.
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Like, where was this when you went to New York?
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But, so was it, did you send yourself an email to get booked on here then?
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Who was the one that Gianni, we missed him because Gianni dropped the ball.
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He knew, Brian knew that he was coming on this past weekend, but it conflicted with
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So, like, they're right across the wall, so I assume they're going to do their episode
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and then just come, he's going to walk in here after, because I confirmed with him
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And then he went on Rogan, so he was like, oh, you forgot, forgot about Theo, but you went
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Yeah, I think if you hear the word Rogan, you just forget about everything.
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It's like, I'm going to go to Rogan, I'm going to go to Denny's over here, where these
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guys are fucking shoveling bootleg CBD oil out.
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Well, dude, first of all, I just want to say thanks so much, man.
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It's almost like we backdoored ourselves into a guest with Gianni, you know?
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Yeah, I worked for 52 weeks just to get on this podcast for free with one MeUndies a month,
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I got one pair they're supposed to send you one.
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I'm telling you, I've really adapted to these mediums.
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Yeah, dude, I didn't get my May fucking thing yet.
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But we definitely should get you some more pairs.
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So, when you're shooting the film, like, how long does it take to shoot a movie?
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Yeah, and then because it's a Blumhouse film, so they do, like, smaller budgets, you know,
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not as, you know, big and crazy as, like, the action movies.
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Yeah, this was about four weeks, but then we did go back and do reshoots because they
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wanted to, you know, fix some stuff at the end.
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So, total about five weeks, five and a half weeks.
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And was that the most, the first time you'd ever spent really a lot of time in Mississippi?
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Yeah, it was the first time I'd ever been to Mississippi, and I loved it.
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Like, honestly, like, I would consider getting a house there because I loved it that much.
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And do you, so, now, when you're on these sets, they look like they had some ladies in
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Are you guys, like, is there a lot of, like, chicanery going on behind the scenes?
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Like, a lot of, like, you know, people, you know, meeting up at night?
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Well, we, since this was such a smaller budget, like, you're filming, like, for 13, 14 hours
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Like, that whole day is to film, and, like, you gotta be up in the morning and get going.
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Like, people would go out to bars and stuff and party that night.
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I'd go right to bed, make sure I was off book for the next day.
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I had a personal trainer because I had to get naked in the movie.
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I was like, yeah, are you sure you don't want me to take your clothes?
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Everybody's going out to parties, waking up at 4.30, training.
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Do you know where the Magnolia Bluffs Casino is?
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That big hill that goes up to where the hotel is?
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And then I would go to my personal trainer and lift.
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It seems like you're a very incredible hawk-ish.
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Like, what was some of your first thoughts whenever you were there?
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So, we went to the hotel and we, like, kind of went around the town a little bit for the first, you know, couple days.
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We stayed at the Magnolia Bluffs Hotel for a couple weeks.
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So, we walked around there and I thought it was incredible.
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Like, we went to this place called the Pink Pig, the barbecue place.
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Like, I can't stress enough how much I love Mississippi.
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And there is an urban gentleman, as you would say.
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And he starts, like, like, he's probably fucked up on something.
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And he's, like, yelling, like, you ain't filming no fucking movie in front of my house.
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But that was kind of the only, like, negative experience.
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And then I would, like, if we go to the markets on the weekends, I'd be leaving.
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And I'd be, like, to the people with the carts full of stuff.
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And everyone would be, like, oh, thank you so much, man.
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And then the next day, like, when I came back to L.A., I went to the Whole Foods.
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It's just, like, there's more value on just, like, but do you think that that kind of stuff is real?
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Sometimes I wonder if it's, like, genuine or if there's just that people, there's more time for people to spend with each other so they even enjoy the smaller things, like even waving goodbye to someone.
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Mississippi is probably, in some ways, from the places I've been, one of the, like, it gets really slow there.
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Like, if you pick up a seashell off the ground, you can definitely hear slaves in the back and deep in it.
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Like, they still have, there's Civil War reenactments in the back of every, like, Chevron.
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And some lady burned her hand in the cobbler, I remember, and they had to call the paramedics.
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But, yeah, it has an old school vibe, doesn't it?
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I think people are, like, brought up with those values in Mississippi.
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And not so much L.A. because no one really gives a fuck about anyone else but themselves in L.A.
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Like, in Mississippi, like, there's really, like, not much more to do.
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Right, so values and stuff like that are important.
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Yeah, that's so crazy you got to be down there because, I mean, who else even gets to go there?
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Because it used to be, like, a major stop on, like, for the gambling boats and all of that.
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Like, I truly think that was, like, one of my best experiences of my life so far.
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Now, the nights where you do get a little lonely out there, because I know if you're
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working out hard in the morning, you're sweating all day, and you're, you know, I mean, you're
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You're shooting a movie in a small town, you know?
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You have somebody with a walkie-talkie walking around with you.
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You know, I know what it's like, you know, to at least have, you know, you get that, you
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When you get on a tender in a place like Mississippi, you get on a bumble or a bumble fuck, is
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Because you're out in the rural sticks there at that point.
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They should have bumble fuck for rural areas, shouldn't they?
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Yeah, bumble fuck for anybody who's trying to get laid outside of the city limits.
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Did you say if you have, if you open those apps up, what's it like out there?
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My Instagram was popping pretty, like, in, like, the requests.
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Like, this was, I think it was around the time where all the Me Too stuff happened.
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And it was, like, people were just getting in trouble, like, doing stuff on movie sets.
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Like, and I was just like, listen, I'm not even going to put myself in that position.
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Like, to even, like, be with a girl alone, like, who was an extra in the film or something
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Like, I'm not going to, like, worry about a girl.
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Like, and I'm not going to get myself in trouble in any way.
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I was pretty, like, dedicated for these, like, four weeks.
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But, um, so I got a, uh, I got a Pornhub or a Brazzers account.
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Dude, how did you, it's, I don't even think it's 4G in some of their LTE in some of those
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But it was so funny because I checked, um, on my account, like, three, on my credit card
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And I called and I was like, hey, guys, like, um, why, like, like, what, what is this
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Guys just, uh, guys just discussing their Brazzers expenses.
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But I had it on speakerphone and I was with one of my, like, buddies who's, like, not super
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Uh, and I was like, what, like, what's this charge?
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Like, I didn't do this because I was just trying to figure out my finances.
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And he's like, oh, did you sign up for a Brazzers in Natchez, Mississippi?
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Dude, it must have been pretty cool, though, like, being, so Octavia, obviously, an African-American
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black woman, to be a lead on a movie in Mississippi, we're probably a hundred years earlier, you
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know, like, people in those areas, like, especially, like, you know, people with her skin color were
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probably having a much tougher, you know, a tougher time.
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They still do in a lot, especially, like, in some rural parts of, uh, of that state, you
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Yeah, and Louisiana, yeah, it must have been pretty cool, kind of.
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Yeah, it actually isn't, like, I did not think of that.
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Like, not, like, in a, not in any sort of, you know, negative way, but did she, like,
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But, I mean, it's definitely, like, incredible.
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Like, honestly, because on Power, like, the showrunner for me is a black woman, too.
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So, like, that's a show that I'm on, like, for a long period of time.
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And I'm doing this movie, and, like, the lead's a black woman, so it's kind of cool.
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Like, everything that I'm doing are led by black women.
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Yeah, it is definitely a time where it's, like, you gotta have more, like, yeah, especially
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now, it's, like, America gets, like, more diverse than it was when we were kids, to have more
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people, like, putting their influence on things, you know, so you can get different perspectives
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So, if, what's another type of movie that I would see, and then I would be, like, oh,
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It's a little bit, like, it kind of has elements of that, but it's, I would say it's more psychological.
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So, it's, like, I would say it's, like, Get Out and Screamish, like, American Pie combined.
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Like, it's, like, I'm telling you, it's a lot of fun.
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Like, if you're in college or high school or, like, young like that, that audience, like,
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they're gonna fucking love this because it's just, like, crazy.
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It's, like, a party movie and then it turns, turns deadly.
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Is there any breaks in it where you can make out with somebody or not?
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No, I'm talking about if you're in the theater.
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Um, yeah, I could see, like, a scene or two where you fucking, you know, you could just
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Trying to get that over the pants handjob, you know what I mean?
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Nothing gets me going like Octavia Spencer stabbing someone.
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Nothing gets me how fired up like seeing a white freshman getting burned with an iron in Mississippi.
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Oh, man, I mean, sit me in the erection section.
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You know what they say when a plane's going down?
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And you already get airplane boners, so I can't even imagine.
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But so much so that I get them that people fucking complain about them.
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So, so how do you start to, so you're going to be in a film.
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Like, what do you, how do you try to, like, like, what are your expectations of, like, what your career is going to be like after this?
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Because this is like, I mean, well, people, you know, watch Power, you know, that's a popular show.
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But this will be, you know, this is like a film.
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Like, does your brain have you, like, in, like, a hot tub in two weeks in Aspen?
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Like, I'm just trying to think, because you have a young brain, you know?
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I got an old brain that's like, oh, dude, you'll be definitely still working for us in a month.
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Yeah, he's like, we're going to, I'm going to drop him like a bad hat.
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Like, I hope this launches me into just something, like, that I can consistently work on a show for, like, four years.
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Like, if something were to, I'd have to, like, shoot away, like, I would still find a way to, like, remotely book guests and, like, work with you guys.
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Because this is, like, the most fun part of, like, my job.
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Like, the reason why I am an actor is because, like, I like to have fun.
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I like to, like, joke around and, like, you know, it's fun.
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I wish I was in a good mood as much as you are.
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Dude, well, maybe one day we'll do a movie and you can lead it, you know?
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Like, and that's just something, like, that I like doing.
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I know so much about the podcasting world and, like, other people.
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So, like, honestly, like, after this movie comes out, I'm hoping that I get a TV series for a long period of time.
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It films in L.A. and I have, you know, like, a couple hours a day free where I can podcast and come in and, like, do this.
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Nick, do you think once Johnny starts to pop off a little bit, you know, and he starts buying jewelry and stuff like that, dude,
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and buying his brother, like, fancy necklaces and stuff, you think he'll still come in with us or no?
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He was listening to it before he worked with us.
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I see him squealing his tires outside of the studio where we're trying to record, you know, a year from now.
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This is our last guest in the studio, so it's actually fitting since you've booked so many of them to come in and close it out.
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Yeah, I think I started right when you guys moved in here.
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Like, I think my first day, like, you had had one guest in here, and I think it was Jay Moore, and I wasn't there for that.
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I think of all the guests that have come through here, you know?
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Yeah, that's like 120 episodes since he's been here.
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We should do, like, one of those graduation videos where it's like, dan, dan, dan, dan, dan, and it, like, cuts to all the guests.
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Yanni gets older, but he never looks any older because he still looks 14.
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What's the youngest you can go read for in a film, honestly, and legitimately play?
00:28:00.660
Now, do you take supplements and stuff to keep your hormones down or keep your hormones at bay?
00:28:11.400
No, I could see it as, like, Abe Lincoln's, like, young son who's, like, leaving the family to go play rugby, you know?
00:28:19.540
You look like you sell snake oil on fucking Hollywood Boulevard, dude.
00:28:24.000
Oh, dude, I definitely look like a fucking, I look like somebody that gets shot in one of the, uh, oh, I look like somebody who's looking for something by a stream in Red Dead Redemption.
00:28:32.840
Yeah, you look like Paul Rubin and Rubin Stutter, like, come on, come on, dude.
00:28:37.880
Dude, I used to have this joke, it was Rubin Stuttered, no, he didn't.
00:28:44.260
No, I never told it to anybody until right now.
00:28:48.400
Look, dude, here's another 14-year-old boy, here's Justin Bieber's son.
00:28:51.920
That's my castmate, Corey Fogelmanis, on, um, on the movie.
00:28:58.300
This kid's, like, a teen heartthrob, he's got, like, three million followers.
00:29:02.620
Yeah, he was, uh, so, you know Boy Meets World?
00:29:05.200
They did a reboot, and he was the lead of Girl Meets World.
00:29:18.120
Actually, the whole cast of Boy Meets World did, because I, I had this friend who would tweet
00:29:21.820
at them constantly, like, they were actually their characters, and, uh, I, I jumped in on it.
00:29:28.260
Danielle, when are you and Corey getting back in?
00:29:29.840
How am I not surprised Nick is blocked by a bunch of teens, dude?
00:29:39.120
And I can't remember the dad's name, but he, he blocked it, too.
00:29:41.920
I love when we're all in court a year from now for Nick.
00:29:44.840
And they're just flashing through all the teens that have blocked him on Instagram.
00:30:15.400
He was on that, uh, that Netflix show, um, uh, what was the one with, um.
00:30:20.060
Uh, no, no, with Nat Faxon and, um, uh, Keegan-Michael Key.
00:30:30.340
Uh, let's see, what's the young man's name again?
00:30:40.080
I just first want to say I'm so excited for Mala.
00:30:44.000
Uh, I think it looks incredible and you look so great in it.
00:31:04.960
But you know who I'm going to say is 50 fucking cent.
00:31:19.280
Otherwise, you're just saying, who's the most famous person you can think of right now?
00:31:35.340
When they were hanging out more around the movie to watch Gianni's Instagram stories and
00:31:39.240
Gianni's like, he just bothers Corey on his Instagram story.
00:31:45.540
Because we go to like, like, it's pretty crazy.
00:31:47.820
Because you go to a Walmart in Mississippi and none of these people are expecting, you
00:31:54.940
So like, Corey would walk in and like, a family would be crying.
00:32:00.880
And like, I'm sitting there like recording it because I think it's awesome.
00:32:07.920
Like, like you see like, like Octavia and like, like I stayed for Thanksgiving at Tate's
00:32:12.440
So like Jessica Chastain was there and the director of the movie, Tate Taylor.
00:32:16.400
And so I stayed for Thanksgiving and they would go to Walmart, like all of them.
00:32:21.040
And it's like, you're all A-listers, like in a weird, like town in Mississippi, like
00:32:46.780
Now you're making me feel like I should have done that because I went and met that guy,
00:32:55.660
The guy that did the movie The Butler and the guy that does that show Empire.
00:33:12.920
He's like, he's like, who's that guy, like that comedian on your Instagram?
00:33:20.340
Well, he is married to the producer of the movie.
00:33:31.860
They're all, they're pretty much beautiful women.
00:33:35.640
Oh, if you're a gay man in Mississippi, you're the mayor of wherever you are.
00:33:40.180
Like when we went on, for Thanksgiving, he like left in the car and he like, he went.
00:33:47.180
He has like this white Cadillac with, with like.
00:33:55.600
He has like this Cadillac and it's like, he's got in a fedora and he's buying guns and shrimp
00:34:01.020
and alcohol and propane and he's just driving down the thing.
00:34:03.860
He's like this, this gay man with a fedora and a white Cadillac, no roof on it.
00:34:08.920
That sounds like a casserole he's making, dude.
00:34:11.040
You put a little propane and some shrimp in a bucket and fucking shoot it four times,
00:34:22.940
It's so cool you get to go there and just spend time, man.
00:34:24.840
It's such like a, it feels almost like when I go to Mississippi a lot of times, especially
00:34:34.720
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Because you work with Johnny sometimes because he's here,
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he mills around, he loiters, I like to call it.
00:37:59.180
We rip on each other, but he's super fun to have around.
00:38:03.700
I'm working here by myself a lot, so his energy, it's great.
00:38:09.340
And I'm just super impressed by it because we haven't even said,
00:38:28.020
especially since you get to see what the podcast world is like
00:38:30.460
and then also see what the Hollywood world is like.
00:38:33.500
It's like, yeah, you'll be able to probably learn enough
00:38:36.360
to kind of hedge one against the other at certain points.
00:38:41.440
You know, to probably, if you wanted to produce your own thing
00:38:43.520
or make your own film that you wanted to star in,
00:38:45.780
it's like you know where you can find an audience for it
00:38:53.020
and it's going more towards like it's in your hands.
00:38:56.160
Because like I'm writing and trying to, you know,
00:39:04.080
You don't need Hollywood as much as you used to.
00:39:07.020
Yeah, it's like you can really make your own Hollywood kind of.
00:39:10.440
I mean, you got to have, I just, I can't see how it's not going to go more that direction.
00:39:20.280
Like these other streaming services are getting like more money behind them.
00:39:23.500
Like, I mean, this is sports obviously, but like that DAZN channel,
00:39:28.180
like it's the, it's now on par with the quality of content that like ESPN streaming service is putting out.
00:39:38.000
Honestly, that's their biggest problem is the branding.
00:39:39.900
But like they signed Canelo for like 300 million.
00:39:48.780
you're going to find a place and someone who's going to give you money to produce it.
00:39:51.860
And it doesn't have to be through the traditional channels.
00:39:54.180
Because it's almost like, like MeUndies doesn't go to a store anymore.
00:39:59.880
And that's what the content creators are doing.
00:40:02.200
Well, it's weird because it's also like the whole, like Louis C.K.
00:40:07.080
He just has his own website and people go in and listen to his special.
00:40:11.960
So it's like he doesn't need Netflix to buy a special.
00:40:19.220
I think he, did he sell it, sell the one that was already up on his thing back to them?
00:40:24.800
Well, because then he made double the amount of money.
00:40:26.700
He sold it to everyone and then was like, okay, I made all my money.
00:40:35.920
And if he would have, we might have said this on the podcast before, but if he would have
00:40:39.840
had like a podcast during the whole time, he could have even not went away and like still
00:40:44.440
had like this groundswell of people in his corner that like, I don't know, like, yeah,
00:40:50.480
he did something wrong, but we're not going to just drop him completely instead of going
00:40:53.800
dormant or whatever for the last year and a half.
00:40:56.960
It's kind of interesting to like, you know, it's kind of interesting and it's kind of
00:41:00.040
like scary to think about like, yeah, like what, you know, like what's going to be next,
00:41:08.160
how it's going to change, how are like the, you know, how are, cause so many people listen
00:41:13.700
and watch podcasts and go to more than cable now.
00:41:17.100
And go to see those entertainers, you know, and the, and that, those are the entertainers
00:41:20.640
that people go out to see, um, yeah, it's just kind of like, it kind of like, it doesn't
00:41:25.660
plague me sometimes, but it just has me thinking like, well, what are the possibilities of like
00:41:29.060
creating our own, you know, network, making stuff that we think is good.
00:41:33.540
And then just getting advertisers attached so that we don't have, you know, notes and
00:41:40.480
Well, I'm super excited about your special because I mean, I don't know if, I mean, most
00:41:44.260
of you guys have probably seen Theo on the road, but dude, your fucking hour is incredible.
00:41:49.620
It's like, it's like the best hour I think I have seen maybe ever.
00:41:56.300
Like that was great, but like, this is a whole new level.
00:42:01.920
Cause like, so incredible Ari Manis, he follows you on the road.
00:42:06.300
He sends me the footage and sometimes there's whole shows on there and I'm trying to find
00:42:10.680
So like, I'm listening to it on like two times or three times speed, but like you listen
00:42:18.200
Like you can just, all of a sudden there's laughter.
00:42:19.880
Theo says something, there's laughter and it's just this constant wave.
00:42:26.080
Well, every time you like, cause I have your email on my computer because you know, we book
00:42:30.220
guests and every time like a, like a clip from like the ice house will come in, I'll be
00:42:37.260
It's like, I just like, I think I truly, that's how I first like knew of you.
00:42:41.880
Cause I went to the comedy store one night to watch, um, Delia and Sebastian.
00:42:45.540
And I think you had a later spot cause at this time you like weren't as big as you were
00:42:52.400
And you had like an 1130 spot and I was going to leave.
00:42:54.680
And then you came on and I was sat in the front row and, um, like everyone around me
00:42:59.700
had already gone and I was like, who the fuck is this guy?
00:43:03.500
Like, like this is the most unique, like interesting.
00:43:07.860
It was just so different to me and I was laughing my ass off and that's how I just knew of you.
00:43:13.200
And then I started, like, I went to a couple of your shows and I started listening to the
00:43:22.620
I know that I've been hard to deal with sometimes over this year, which has been tough, man.
00:43:26.420
For me, it's just been, you know, it's been fun to have a lot more work and stuff, but
00:43:29.760
it's been, it's been such like a level of like just stress, I think in fear, you know,
00:43:35.300
like working like so long in an industry and like, you know, not, you know, not really
00:43:41.420
getting much traction and then like, and then like, yeah, getting a lot of traction, but
00:43:45.820
also like it's your own traction kind of that, you know, that we've created here with
00:43:49.380
the podcast and, you know, not alone, but with, so it's just like kind of scary.
00:43:54.880
It's like, and then suddenly everybody wants to come and like get you to do stuff and you're
00:44:01.920
Well, when I first started working here a year ago, you had, I think it was 68,000 followers
00:44:12.300
Like, and that's all through the podcast and comedy.
00:44:14.520
You haven't, it's not like you did a fucking studio movie.
00:44:17.500
It's not like you're on a TV show that is all through comedy and podcasts, which is what
00:44:22.200
Like that it's the podcast world, which is like, and social media through Instagram, like
00:44:28.760
It's like you can, you did that without Hollywood.
00:44:37.400
And even like, you know, moments today, like this morning, you know, sometimes I'll wake up,
00:44:42.440
And then the other way, dude, I'll wake up and I'm a fucking lose.
00:44:45.400
And I can tell right when you text me which one it is.
00:44:54.480
Well, look, there's energy that goes into that screen.
00:44:57.220
So I'm glad some of it's coming out the other side, man.
00:44:59.780
When he wakes up, it's either like, hey, man, good morning, like ready to get today going,
00:45:05.060
And then it's also like, hey, man, what the fuck is going on?
00:45:15.500
Yeah, dude, you think those fucking two plants can survive in there?
00:45:26.700
We'll put some of the footage on to the Patreon.
00:45:29.580
Because Gianni just started helping out, like kind of get, trying to get to our Patreon
00:45:32.920
to like a better level where you guys can see some of the behind the scenes stuff that
00:45:37.660
And we'll put like those videos of whenever we went over to the new studio and checked
00:45:45.940
There's going to be just a place where you can put stuff.
00:45:51.020
Yeah, I mean, if we, I think we could find talent and kind of, it's going to be hard to
00:45:57.520
get any show to the level of this because you're a unique, unique talent.
00:46:02.520
But I think we could find people who we think have potential that aren't seen and produce
00:46:07.680
their own pods and recreate kind of the formula we have, like the Clips channel and the Instagrams
00:46:14.240
And then with our connections, the other pod, get them put out.
00:46:17.120
And I think we could, we could have our own network.
00:46:27.420
Our own potential, potential like production company, like Onward Productions.
00:46:38.000
And it's like a collaborative, creative experience.
00:46:39.800
You know, it's not like you have to deal with some guy in a fucking suit telling you
00:46:48.540
You know, I think my fears are just, you know, doing too much other stuff.
00:46:52.180
So I can't do standup that much or I don't do it.
00:46:55.080
But I do think it's like, use your umbrella though.
00:46:58.580
Like don't necessarily pile on you more stuff, but it's like, use your umbrella to put on
00:47:04.900
Like you start, you start growing, like you're just branches off and it doesn't always have
00:47:09.440
You like, when we have someone with a show, you're their first guest and stuff, uh, kind
00:47:18.020
It's like the same thing, like what Kevin Hart does.
00:47:20.160
I mean, he has heartbeat productions and he does so many different shows and like executive
00:47:24.720
produces them and like creatively, you know, helps them, but he has really not much to do
00:47:29.040
It's just kind of his name and his brand will help get it out there.
00:47:32.300
He has LOL network too, which like a lot, a lot of, it's, it's more urban skewed.
00:47:39.140
I, I, uh, actually interviewed them before I was at funny or die.
00:47:42.300
Um, and I almost had it, but I think I didn't know it was as urban as it was.
00:47:45.620
And I kept telling him like, they have all this just for laughs content.
00:47:49.040
And I was like, Oh, that's like where you want to go.
00:47:52.500
And, uh, so I think that's kind of where I, Jerry Seinfeld.
00:48:00.260
Have you heard of this guy, Theo from Louisiana?
00:48:03.520
Cause you, you, you got that swag, but, uh, yeah.
00:48:11.040
Uh, there's been 11 that have come to the shows.
00:48:15.680
And they're always like, Hey man, just want to let you know you have some black
00:48:20.140
And one of them is my friend Stan that came to two shows for him.
00:48:24.280
He's like, I told all my friends about you and they beat the shit out of me.
00:48:35.440
Like, like if you look at black and white audiences that go to see entertainment, you know, a lot
00:48:41.080
of, there, there's still a lot of like, a lot of black audiences go to see black stuff.
00:48:45.080
A lot of white audiences go to see kind of white stuff.
00:48:47.000
I think, I mean, I think it bends in some places.
00:48:49.320
Music is definitely a place where it bends a lot.
00:48:51.560
Well, I think because I like Post Malone, I don't think a lot of black people go see
00:48:57.180
Post Malone, but like Drake, like, like black people go see Drake and like white people go
00:49:02.520
So I think it's more of the black artists that the white people love.
00:49:05.600
But I feel like sometimes when it's a white artist, like there's not support from maybe
00:49:11.620
Cause like, Oh, he's like, he's like white, like trying to like take like what we created.
00:49:16.000
So I think like, that's kind of what Michael Rappaport.
00:49:19.140
Like you don't see like Gary Owen a little bit.
00:49:21.680
Actually, black people really puck with Gary Owen, but he married also a black woman.
00:49:27.100
Like Neil Brennan, he, he married Dave Chappelle.
00:49:41.400
Like, it's like, remember I was drunk driving at the McDonald's.
00:49:44.040
It's like black people were like, no, we don't remember that.
00:49:51.680
They have a YouTube channel and they'll watch like white comics stuff.
00:49:55.460
They've, they've done one on you and they just absolutely loved it.
00:50:03.680
I wonder if there's like a, um, I think it would do thing.
00:50:07.580
I think it would, if there were more, and maybe this will just happen with time where
00:50:12.780
more black people support white things and not think that it's like they're, cause a
00:50:16.820
lot of white people aren't like support my stuff.
00:50:18.640
I'm like a, you know, like they don't have any, there's no ego, there's no racial ego
00:50:24.180
I think there's sometimes there's probably like, you know, when you've been like a community
00:50:28.580
that's been like historically kind of like held, held into such a place and not had
00:50:33.480
opportunity, then you probably think like, oh, yeah, this is our opportunity.
00:50:43.060
But out here on the West coast, I see a lot more guys who were just like, it doesn't really
00:50:47.900
And even just as, as time goes on, I see a lot more people.
00:50:52.400
That's where I see it going where it's like, like a lot of it now is that like, you want to give
00:51:00.500
But it's like, like, I'm hoping in like the next like 30 years where it's just like, no
00:51:11.020
Like, yeah, we want it to be diverse, but like, it should be like, that shouldn't matter.
00:51:17.820
It's been, as long as everybody has the opportunity.
00:51:21.520
And also I think one thing is like, you know, a lot of like with struggle comes.
00:51:27.520
Without struggle, you don't get any, you know, you got to have some to get to have something,
00:51:33.820
You know, like you don't get a dime without some pressure.
00:51:36.040
Like, I think like you're going to see a lot more softer black athletes over time, you
00:51:40.480
know, as like, yeah, once like great, like once you realize what it's like to grow up in
00:51:46.100
an area where, you know, like you have sweaters all the time and shit like that, dude, you're
00:51:51.060
going to have good black guys that can't even dunk.
00:51:55.500
Jimmy Butler, when he was on the Wolves, like he hated his teammates because they're all
00:51:59.620
like younger millennials and they would play video games constantly.
00:52:02.960
Like they're always playing Fortnite and he fucking hated his teammates.
00:52:07.060
Like he's fitting in way better in Philadelphia.
00:52:09.460
He screamed at him one time at a practice and like it made a bunch of news.
00:52:15.160
And then he demanded a trade and he left because Jimmy Butler is old school.
00:52:21.860
I mean, it's definitely like, yeah, it's going to be, I mean, I do look forward to a
00:52:26.060
day where maybe there'll be an opportunity for a white man to be able to start on a basketball
00:52:29.740
team, you know, just because, you know, like, because.
00:52:38.560
They said that they found him in an ice, in an iceberg, thawed out.
00:52:57.860
He was top five this year and he's a, he's a seven foot, like two huge thick center in
00:53:13.000
Go deep into like those, you know, like the, just the crevasses of Europe, you know, to
00:53:20.140
really find like a white guy who can play basketball.
00:53:23.980
We got a white guy that wants to ask Gianni a question.
00:53:43.000
About time you found your way on the podcast, boy.
00:53:50.500
I also want to know what it's like to work with Theo.
00:53:53.800
I know that you must think that he's super funny, just like we all do.
00:54:01.720
I know that y'all must have some good times and have a bunch of laughs.
00:54:18.060
Uh, we probably should do more activities as a group, you know.
00:54:20.660
Maybe we'll have more opportunity to do that in the new studio.
00:54:29.720
I think it's so much cooler being on a black show than a white show.
00:54:32.780
Because, like, you show up to a white show and everyone's just like, kind of like.
00:54:36.140
Like, when you get, like, the cast and crew of, like, a black show and they're laughing,
00:54:41.500
like, at what you're doing, it feels better almost.
00:54:46.220
It's like when you're wearing, like, an outfit and, like, a white guy comes up to you
00:54:50.600
And you're like, okay, dude, get the fuck away from me.
00:55:02.820
If a black guy even pats you on the back or accidentally bumps in you in the elevator
00:55:08.100
I think there's just like, because I think, you know, I think for me anyway, let me think
00:55:15.880
Black guys just seem more confident and comfortable.
00:55:18.680
So, you feel like if, oh, you wish you had that.
00:55:24.400
So, if they like, if they think I'm that way or something, then.
00:55:29.460
When's the last time you seen like a black guy with like a disease?
00:55:38.660
You know, like, yeah, a cool black guy's not going to talk about his disease, dude.
00:55:48.320
But no, look, I think there's always been something that, you know, like, or for me,
00:55:52.400
it was always something that you wanted to be accepted by the black community.
00:55:55.340
Also, making any other community laugh is also a fun thing.
00:55:59.060
The only community I had around growing up in my area was black and white.
00:56:03.520
But yeah, if you're like, you know, you're in a group of Latinos, you make all those guys
00:56:13.660
Well, I mean, working with 50 Cent is literally like a dream.
00:56:16.980
Like, if you told me when I was 10 years old, 12 years old, that you're going to be on
00:56:20.580
a show with 50 Cent, I would be like, you can kill me afterwards because I don't need
00:56:28.760
He is, so the first time I ever met him, so I went, for season six, I went to go film
00:56:34.320
episode one, and we were doing the table read for episode two.
00:56:38.300
So I saw him come in, and he's way bigger than you think.
00:56:40.880
And the table read is when everybody gets together from the cast and reads.
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So we did that, and then I like saw him a little bit, but not much because he was directing
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Um, but, because he's, his character is dead, and he's now just an executive producer on
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I didn't really meet him, and I left because I had a meeting right after in New York.
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So then I went, um, the next day I had to film episode one, and I went in the gym upstairs
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of the studio because we film at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn.
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So there's a gym up there, and I'm lifting, and I'm listening to 50 Cent, no word of a
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You should listen to a movie while you're in the gym.
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So he walks in, and he starts lifting next to me.
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His arms are bigger than my head, like no joke.
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And he's, like, in, like, jeans, like, just got off, like, set.
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He's got to help out that guy that just asked the question.
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If you want to know, yeah, go read that Men's Muscle Fitness episode with, uh, magazine with,
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He was eating fucking Twizzlers on set all day.
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So, so he came up to me, and he was just like, you film yet?
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He, like, came up to me, and I was like, oh, shit.
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And I was like, I was like, no, um, like, I'm going down after this.
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Like, it's, I don't have a call time till three.
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And I was like, are you starting your pre-production for directing?
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And he's like, yeah, we started doing all that.
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And then, I, so I filmed episode two, and I, uh, and I, I actually filmed two and three
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Did you hold water in your mouth from when he was thirsty?
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But, so then, we came at, at breakfast, and we had already filmed one day, um, for episode
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two, and then we had another day for episode three.
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So, he comes up to me at breakfast, it's like 6 a.m., because I went and lifted early, and he
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comes up to me, and he's like, dude, like, your shit is, like, super funny.
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And that was, like, kind of, like, maybe one of the coolest moments ever.
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Like, 50 Cent tells you, like, that you're funny.
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And, like, he, like, I'm at breakfast, I'm alone, and he could have easily just walked
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It kind of seems like he keeps coming over when you're by yourself, though.
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Yeah, they're just, all of a sudden, like, 50 Cent's, like, fucking you.
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Does he have a lot of ladies around him, or not?
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We actually got an email that came out and be like, no one's allowed to come on set,
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because this is when the whole 6ix9ine shit was happening with, like, he was getting shot
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at and stuff like that, and 50 Cent's friends with him.
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So they're like, no people allowed on set, like, that aren't approved.
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But, you know, the craziest thing was, fuck, I forgot what I was saying.
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Like, I booked him, and then he came in, and I was filming Power.
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Yeah, I was watching the live in my dressing room.
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So 50 maps out the scene that we have, like, what the director does.
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Like, does that feel comfortable for you when you say this?
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And you kind of work with the director with that, you know, but as for the listeners.
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And so we do that, and I go upstairs to go watch the live feed.
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I had, like, 20 minutes to kill, and I had to change my outfit.
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And all of a sudden, I look on Instagram, and he bought, like, the first two sections
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And, like, bought those tickets so no one would be there, and then posted it on Instagram.
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And, like, caused, like, a major issue, like, a major beef again.
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And then he puts his phone down, directs us, like, we do the scene.
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We get off set maybe, like, an hour and a half later, and he's like, yeah, like, that
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And then he goes, oh, shit, I just fucking called out Ja Rule and forgot about it and,
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like, went on his phone and was like, oh, shit, like, I totally forgot I did this.
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50 Cent Bites, 200 tickets to the Ja Rule concert to keep seats empty and ongoing.
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October 30th, because I was, um, I would film the episode on Halloween.
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Like, he is a true, that guy knows what the fuck is up.
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Like, every time he has something he wants to promote, something goes in the news.
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So, when you're around him, it seems like, what does he seem like?
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He's, he's got, like, he's, he's very similar to, like, like, Shob and, like, that kind of
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whole, like, like, that tough guy, like, comedy.
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I know I don't want to give Brendan that satisfaction that he's, like, 50 Cent, but-
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Oh, Brendan probably definitely can hear this wherever he is, dude.
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Brendan can always hear people talking about him, no matter how far away they are.
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And the guy also asked what it's like with Theo, which I did want to comment on this,
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It is fucking hilarious, which is why my laugh ruins episodes.
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It's like, and the Anthrax challenge, like, it's, you guys are laughing, like, imagine being
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in the room with it, like, it's fucking hilarious.
01:02:35.600
Like, my laugh is annoying, I get it, but it's hard because it's funny, you know what I
01:02:40.580
Yeah, you definitely, your laugh was egregious in the beginning.
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Jimmy Tantrop, so that was the, that was the infamous one.
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And then Theo texted me that morning, like, hey man, got a lot of problems with the fans.
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A lot of people are like, okay, like, it's good.
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Like, so I got my microphone back and no more laugh.
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Because people can experience a little bit more of the joy.
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And, and yeah, it's, yeah, man, it actually is really a blessing.
01:03:29.100
I'm glad that you and Nick have a good rapport, you know, even when I'm not around.
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Because, yeah, I think if it were, yeah, I just, I know I couldn't keep, yeah, I don't
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even know if we'd probably still be together if it wasn't for Gianni passing through with
01:03:51.000
Well, that's originally why I wanted to start with you.
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Like, I mean, I'm not going to say, I'm going to say, like, I saw, like, so much potential
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because I, like, like, I think, I was like, this guy is going to be fucking huge.
01:04:05.200
Because I assumed it's, like, pretty fucking stressful.
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So that's when I originally came and was like, I want to help with social media stuff.
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Like, there are companies that, like, people pay thousands of dollars to to, like, get guests for them and stuff.
01:04:29.680
Like, and especially if we're trying to hit a specific day, like, it's not easy.
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And I'm super glad I don't have to do it, to be honest.
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I mean, I guess I don't know if I was planning on doing it.
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Yeah, when I came in, we only had Jay Moore and a Greyhound bus driver.
01:04:58.320
Like, if we can look back, like, the guy who had Tourette's, which we don't really know if he beats Tourette's.
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And then we found out later that he was involved in a sex cult where they all got convicted.
01:05:14.480
And the crazy part is, one day, these same people are going to be, probably, maybe sooner than later, are going to be emailing you back to book you.
01:05:21.760
They'll be like, yeah, we'd love to have that person on.
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Yeah, which is funny because now I do have a publicist because, you know, a couple months before the movie comes out, you want to, like, I go on podcasts because I want people to see the movie.
01:05:37.120
And it's kind of interesting because, yeah, that is, like, I email other people, like, Bobby Lee.
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But, yeah, like, before I'm emailing, like, hey, George, can we get Bobby on this past weekend?
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Like, hey, do you want to come on, like, Tiger Belly?
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And Gianni's getting cornered by the shows he goes on.
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They're asking you why aren't you on Theo's show?
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They're asking me why they aren't on Theo's show.
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Well, the funny thing is now, like, even David Spade the other day, like, he's like, hey,
01:06:20.720
man, I think I need some help with this podcast thing.
01:06:23.880
And I'm like, that's just crazy that Dane Cook just texted, hey, man, I'd love to come back
01:06:28.400
Dude, we're going to have him go on to the studio.
01:06:34.840
Yeah, it's like, and we can make good content and stuff that's more fair, I think, you know,
01:06:41.060
Because it's kind of bullshit that no one owns, like, the stuff, like, you're a showrunner
01:06:44.600
and you don't have any say in what happens to your show.
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Like, this is my, people do 20 years of development to get stuff made.
01:06:52.920
And these personalities, like, when they go on networks, usually they get stifled and it
01:06:59.020
Like, David Spade could have an awesome podcast if he really, if he wanted to, he could be
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He's saying, like, who would be a good co-host for me to do one with, you know?
01:07:19.200
Dude, I, the other night, so, you know, obviously name dropping here, but I went and met up with
01:07:24.840
And I'm walking up to the restaurant to open the door and Swartzen comes running up behind
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He's like, dang, you were so scared, I just shit myself.
01:07:40.020
But then we stood around and talked for, like, two minutes, and it was literally one of the
01:07:45.620
See, well, that's the stuff that I fucking love.
01:07:48.020
Like, I, when I'm going on set with actors, like, it's not that I don't get along with
01:07:54.320
But I feel, like, out of place, because they're, like, very, like, PC, and it's like, you have
01:08:00.860
And I trained at Juilliard, and that's not the way I am.
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Like, I fucking chill with you, and, like, you know, like, when I went to the comedy
01:08:06.560
store that night, Bobby Lee and Chris D'Elia and Sebastian are all standing around, like,
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that's, like, I'm not saying, like, that's, like, who I think I am, but, like, that's,
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like, the crew that I, like, feel, like, a part of.
01:08:15.960
Like, and then I go on set with other people who are, like, actors, and they're just, like,
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Yeah, you don't take it as seriously, you know what I mean?
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You take it seriously in your work, but you don't take it as seriously in your ego, and that's
01:08:32.320
Like, they're told, like, be here, say this, do this, and I feel like it bleeds into it.
01:08:36.720
Like, most of them, that's why you don't have, see actors on this show a lot.
01:08:41.580
They don't have a ton of life experience, like, stuff.
01:08:48.060
I mean, look, Gianni could be the hottest twink in this fucking city.
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You don't see a twink pound for pound as a, you know, and a twink is a sort of a lean.
01:08:59.220
Um, it's more like a young, hairless, um, kind of, like, a little, skinnier, uh, boyish
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They hire them to, like, carry muffins around and, like, fold drapes and stuff.
01:09:13.120
My mom actually was like, why does, why is everyone commenting on your Instagram, um,
01:09:19.160
Like, she's like, why are people, why is everyone calling you a twink?
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And I'm like, why don't you fucking ask the dude with a mullet?
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Why don't you just be grateful to be in Hollywood?
01:09:33.540
Uh, thank you very much, Nick, um, for putting up with everything and for getting us this
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Like, I love being here and we have a great time.
01:09:46.820
Well, I'm excited to see where your career goes, man.
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And I'm like, I just hope that we don't lose our booker.
01:09:51.880
But for real though, everyone, um, so the movie will be coming out tomorrow, um, when
01:10:05.340
Now there's a great opportunity for you to have, you know, to, to let Gianni know what
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And it's so weird because you go on set with an, like, she's a prime example of someone
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that I did gel with because she's not a typical act, actress.
01:10:25.680
Like she is an Oscar winning actress and then you get on set and she's crazy and she's funny
01:10:30.740
and she's doing accents and she's like, like putting on wigs and stuff like that.
01:10:35.340
So that's what I was super nervous about going into.
01:10:38.800
Like I have to do a scene with her where she fucking pulls a gun on me.
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But then you go on set and she makes you feel comfortable and it's great.
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Gianni, thank you for being here and thank you for everything you do for this past weekend.
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Now, I'm just floating on the breeze and I feel I'm falling like these leaves.
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Oh, but when I reach that ground, I'll share this peace of mind I found.
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But it's gonna take a little time For me to set that parking brake And let myself unwind
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Shine that light on me I'll sit and tell you my stories
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And now I've been moving way too fast On a runaway train with a heavy load of power
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Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Jonathan Kite And welcome to Kite Club
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01:12:16.440
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