In this episode of "Tuesdays with Stories," hosts Mark Norman and Joe List engage in their signature casual banter, covering a range of topics from comedy anecdotes to cultural observations. They open with a story about a woman at a Cleveland comedy show who was escorted out after objecting to a joke suggesting Jesus might be "dumb," sparking a discussion on religious sensitivity and audience behavior. The conversation then shifts to Japanese surnames, with Joe revealing that "Sato" is the most common, leading to playful comparisons with other cultures' naming conventions. Joe shares a recurring frustration: bombing during the fifth show of a weekend despite strong earlier performances, and they debate possible causes, including crowd demographics and fatigue. They also reflect on how young comics today may lack reverence for veteran performers, attributing this to the internet-driven focus on personal success. Mark recounts a stressful travel day involving a late Uber, a stuck tree branch, and airport security delays, while Joe describes a painfully slow Starbucks drive-thru and a nerve-wracking high dive jump. The episode concludes with praise for a viral Nate Bargatze sketch, mixed thoughts on Larry David's new show, and promotional plugs for upcoming gigs and projects, maintaining the show's lighthearted, meandering style.
Hey Mark, fake banter for the intro.
That's all I know how to do.
Great.
Good to be here.
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Hit her in the face with a surfboard.
And then the duck fell out of his bag!
Surf's up!
And she didn't even flush.
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Mark Norman and Joe List!
Yeah!
This is Tuesdays with Stories, everybody.
No, that's terrible.
This is supposed to be cheesy.
Holy hell, we're here, we're back, we're queer, we're doing it!
We're here.
What episode number is this?
How many episodes of this goddamn show have we done?
And what month is this coming out?
This is either 664 or 665.
Wow, almost 666.
Wow, yeah.
The devil!
How about these devil people?
Oh, Jesus.
That was the devil!
The devil!
How about this?
Sarah did a big. We're in Cleveland.
Flight to Cleveland?
We're in Cleveland Sunday.
She's at the Hilarities.
Yeah.
And you know, we sold like 40 tickets, so they fill it in, you know, they paper the room a little bit.
Sure.
Which is very. It's actually nice when you don't have the tickets.
You're like, yeah, throw people in there.
Why not?
Love a paper.
So she does a bit about. Paper money.
She's like, maybe Jesus was just kind of dumb, like very sweet, dumb guy.
You know, there's like these people that are really sweet and kind, but they're just kind of idiots.
And then, I don't know, she was just riffing.
And then like eight minutes later, she's on to a different bit, and some woman goes up,
Jesus is not. They had to like escort her out.
How funny is that?
Imagine being a person, whatever your beliefs are, believe your beliefs, but going, believing
so much in Jesus that you go to a comedy show and somebody just out of a notebook is like,
maybe Jesus is dumb.
Wouldn't that be funny if he was dumb?
Yeah.
And then it doesn't happen immediately.
You're just sitting there.
Right.
Boiling.
Weird.
And you get up and go, fuck, Jesus ain't dumb.
And leave.
Yeah, I could see if you were at church.
And the priest is like, maybe Jesus was dumb.
They're like, whoa, whoa, we're at church.
Yeah, yeah.
We're supposed to be blowing Jesus.
You're the Jesus guy.
Yes, but at the comedy club, we make fun of Jesus.
I can't imagine caring about anything.
I know.
Like if somebody came up and said, hey, the Red Sox suck.
I hate the Bruins.
I would never be like, or whatever.
I don't know.
Oh, yeah.
There's only a few things I believe in, but I just cannot imagine.
I know.
Well, I've always thought that, because religious people go, hey.
Yeah.
Hey, don't talk about my guy like that, you bitch.
But you believe in gravity.
Sure.
If somebody was like, gravity's not real.
The earth is flat.
And you go, huh.
And you walk away.
Yeah.
You don't go, wait a minute.
Yeah.
I'd just be like, oh, that guy's stupid.
Yeah.
That's what she could have done.
Jesus, dumb.
What are you, retarded?
And then just go, let's see her the next bit.
Exactly.
You go, yeah, I saw some comics.
She sucked.
She thought Jesus was dumb.
Yeah.
You write the review, and you move on.
Which is a funny.
Like, premise.
Because a lot of times you meet, because it's kind of the idea, the joke was kind of like,
a lot of the people you meet that are like the nicest, sweetest people, they're just
a little dumb.
Right.
Like a, bless your heart.
Yeah, yeah.
Some dumb lady.
They're just kind of dumb-dumbs.
So that was the premise.
And then the idea of this guy being the savior for a billion people or whatever.
Yeah.
And if you could go back and see him, he's just a little bit like, huh?
Right.
What's that now?
Right, yeah.
You know?
Because a lot of these people that are like, you want to borrow my truck?
Yeah.
You get to talking to them, they're like, I don't know.
Right.
Yeah, true.
They just like to be nice.
So anyways, it's a funny premise.
I think it's going to be a big bit.
He got ratted out by one of his boys.
That's not too smart.
Right.
Judas.
Judas.
Yeah, Judas Priest.
Yeah, the devil.
Wasn't that a thing?
A guy killed himself for listening to Judas Priest, and everybody got mad at the band?
Or was that beefs and butthead?
I think so, yeah.
Judas Priest, I think, had a thing like that.
There's been a few things like that.
People get upset.
Yeah.
Cop killer, Judas Priest, the devil.
I think he's gay, too.
The lead of Judas.
Oh, big time.
Yeah.
Halford.
Halford.
I think is his name.
Ian Halford.
No Gelford.
Something like that.
I think he nailed it.
I think that might be it.
Everyone's named Ian over there.
It's all Ian and Ronnie's in Britain.
And so there's some, what's that?
Nile.
Yeah.
Like the river.
And Guile.
Guile.
Guile.
Guile.
Giles.
I think it's Giles.
It's Giles.
Jackie Giles.
You know what I just found out?
Yesterday, I'm watching the Japan game, or whatever, three weeks
ago.
I don't want to give too many time stamps here.
I tried to do your thing.
I don't speak fake Chinese.
So I was watching the Japan game, and they said, there's three guys
named Suzuki on there.
I want to get your thoughts on this.
Well, they said Suzuki's the second most popular name in Japan.
Wow.
And I was fascinated because, to me-
What's first, Yamaha?
Well, I thought Yamahama is up there.
It's Fright Night.
Is that right?
I think it's Yamahomo.
Or Yamahama.
Oh, wow.
You're going to hell for it, the Yamahomo.
So I was like, first, I tried to think of it myself.
And I'd like to hear your guesses on what number one is over Suzuki,
because there's a hockey player named Suzuki.
There's a vehicle named Suzuki.
There's Ichiro Suzuki.
There's three players on the Japanese team named Suzuki.
Wow.
So I'm like, what's a more popular name?
I couldn't think of it.
Can you?
And if you come up with it, I'll blow you,
because it was a name that I was like, really?
In Japan.
Yeah, most popular surname in Japan.
It's not Nguyen.
No, good guess.
But that wasn't in the top 10, surprisingly.
But I know more of them.
Well, Korea's all Kim.
Wait, Nguyen is Chinese, I think.
Oh, fuck.
Yeah, because Japanese is all vowels.
It's like Italian.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, Yamaha, Maguchi, Yamaguchi.
Christy Yamaguchi.
Yeah, Yamakuchi.
Yamahomo's a great gay Asian.
Yeah.
Yamahomo.
Yamahomo.
Also a good thing, Yamahama.
Yamahomo.
Why suck your dick?
That's why they bow.
Oh, bow gang.
Bang a dong.
Okay.
So what do you got from most popular?
Over Suzuki.
Over Suzuki.
Well, I'm trying to think of any Japan person I know.
This is what was so fascinating.
Benny Hana.
Hana.
Hana.
No, honey, I shrunk the kids.
Hana, Hana, I shrunk the kids.
Hana, Hana.
Hana ain't going to work here anymore.
Shit, I don't know.
I don't know Japan names.
Sato.
Oh, I would have never got that.
And then it said there's between 1.2 and 2 million Satos.
I don't know a Sato.
I don't know a Sato either.
Where are all these Satos sottin' around?
There's no Satos on the team.
There's Sato Night Nights Alright for Fighting, but I don't. Have you heard Sato?
I can't name a famous Sato.
No, Sato.
Yeah, what are you doing, Satos?
Is that like Smith?
I think it is.
Yeah, I think it's more popular.
I don't know.
It's like top number one.
Sato.
Number one.
Number one.
I also looked up top ten last names in Mexico.
Doesn't it feel like there's like eight Spanish last names or Mexican?
It's like Gutierrez.
Rodriguez.
Gonzalez.
Rodriguez.
Sanchez.
Santos.
Santo Maria.
Yeah, what's the. Gonzalez, we said that.
Gonzalez.
Yeah, there's only. It feels like there's literally like 12 last names down there.
That's true.
Maybe there's a lot of incest.
Garcia.
Oh, yeah, that's a good one.
Muñez.
Muñez.
Muñez, yes, yes.
Estevez.
Estevez.
Well, that's not that popular.
That's true.
There's the three guys, but two of them aren't Estevez's.
Two of them changed it, yeah.
Shit.
What do you got?
I mean, I looked up all the people they. Sato.
I looked up Sato, like famous people.
There are famous people, but they're all Japan.
Like one of them is. Sato is an actor.
One of them is a race car driver.
Yeah, that's what I mean.
They haven't carried over.
Then there's Kai Nishikori.
He was a tennis player, but that's not Sato.
Interesting.
Well, Japan is weird because it's a little clit of an island.
Yeah, well, it's long.
It's got a little. It's like Florida.
It's like two Floridas, I feel like.
That's not much.
No.
These other countries are tiny.
Like, what?
Ireland is tiny.
Tiny.
Well, it's interesting.
There's been these empires from 12 countries.
Yes.
Britain's this big.
This big.
Japan's this big.
Right.
In the Philippines, it looks like. It looks like a Pollock shit.
Yeah, it's a big cum shot.
It's a big cum shot.
It's a scatter ball.
Mm-hmm.
I'd like to go down there.
I don't know if they'd welcome me with all the Russians.
They'd love to have you.
I think so.
You could go there right now with that shirt.
That's true.
I got this free shirt.
I feel like I have to wear it.
Yeah, why not?
But anyways. I'm going to sell it to you.
I don't know any Satos, but maybe there's something. Sato, the last. You know, like here, Armstrong is like guys that were strong back in the 40s or whatever.
Or Sato, maybe they were people that nestled.
They stayed home.
Yes.
The Suzuki's are out.
They're out traveling.
Living life.
Riding fences.
But it's weird to think that we have all these. Taylor, Cobbler, is that a name?
Like, what's the last name?
The Smith, Blacksmith.
Smith, yeah.
But thank God we don't still do that.
Right.
Because we'd be like, Bob, data entry.
Yeah.
You know, the names just suck.
Marty Comedy.
Marty Comedy.
Well, that's a cool name, actually.
That is pretty nice.
Nice, yeah.
Marty Comedy's a killer.
You better be funny, though.
Chuck's kid would be, you know, Larry, not that much.
That's what he does for a living.
It was a singer.
Oh, not that much.
Not that much.
Oh, I see, I see.
I'm saying you don't do that much.
I thought it was a weight joke, and I was like, you're way off.
He's much.
Chuck is furious.
Not that much.
Larry, not that much.
Ooh.
I'm saying that's what you do for a living, is comedian, comedy.
I'm saying Chuck, not that much.
I see.
But you went with Larry.
So I was like, who the fuck?
I went with his kid, because I went Marty comedy, Larry not that much.
So it was a double joke.
Double joke.
He's going to name his kid Larry, and he doesn't do that much.
I literally can't make eye contact with Chuck.
I feel like I really hurt him.
No, not that much is fine.
No, no.
He looks bummed out.
After the show, he's going to be like, I edit, I post, I'm gay.
Comic Steve Jeff.
Do we hear back from anybody?
No.
All right.
Anything?
What does Sato mean?
Sato.
Because it's probably an occupation from back in the day.
I don't know if they did that.
I think we're retarded here, and they're like, Armstrong, Armstrong.
But Sato probably means the legend of Billie Jean King or whatever.
Not my lover.
It does mean something.
Sato.
It's like a word.
So it means help, wisteria.
It's a wisteria flower.
So the sa means to help.
Sato means to help, and to refers to a wisteria flower.
Okay.
I don't know what that is.
In Japanese writing, woman is like a plus sign.
They got all those crazy writings.
And noisy is three of those women.
Oh, really?
Isn't that fun?
That is fun.
So you got the women, and then three of women is noisy.
Yeah.
Well, anyways.
Any farts.
Japan, last name is very fascinating stuff.
Now, did you hear, speaking of the kickball there,
did you hear that Uruguay, you are, Aguay,
they got kicked out, they lost,
and the president was so mad he made them fly home commercial.
Oh, that's fun.
He said, no private jet, no PGA, you didn't earn it.
Oh, that's fun.
So they all had to fly coach.
That's kind of cool.
Made the rule made by the coach.
Oh, that's interesting.
Yeah, fun.
Yeah.
And then he goes, you know, in Colombia, they killed a guy.
Right, that's right.
You heard about that?
Oh, yeah.
He kicked the goal in the wrong goal?
Yeah, own goal.
Own goal.
But I think he was also mixed up in some stuff, too.
Oh.
I believe.
I saw the doc, and I can't remember anything.
Doesn't it suck when you don't retain stuff?
Ah, I hate to retain.
People are like, hey, what do you know about this?
And you're like, I read a 900-page book about it, but I got nothing.
And so you don't even have the credit for reading the book.
I know.
Well, I got to tell you, maybe I'm getting older, I'm getting gayer,
but I'm getting really into history.
Uh-huh.
What's up with that?
I don't know.
What is it?
Something about men, when they hit a certain age,
they start sneezing loudly and get into history.
Well, I think you want questions to answers to questions, you know?
Well, you know what it was?
What hit me was you go, Netflix has Jefferson, FDR, Teddy, Lincoln,
Washington, they put all these mini-docs out about these guys.
And you start to go, wow, Washington, what he did was crazy.
He fought the biggest Navy in the world with a bunch of ragtag farmers.
He was just.
He was just a guy.
He was a guy.
He was just a random schmo on the fucking sidewalk.
And he was like 26.
I know.
He's like a god.
The guy's like, ah, yeah.
Yes.
I was jerking off three times into a cup and drinking it when I was 26.
Exactly.
I filmed it.
But yeah, he's the guy on the dollar bill.
You shove it into a stripper's panties.
But you're also like, holy shit, this guy's got balls of steel.
The fact that he went up, these 400 Navy ships pull up to New York City.
He goes, we got this.
Uh-huh.
There's a bunch of.
There's a bunch of retards behind me who farm tobacco, who wear dirty clothes with a bad
musket.
And we're going to win.
And how about this?
They wanted to be king.
They're like, King George.
He was like, no, no, no.
We don't want a king.
He didn't want to be president.
Let's be gay about this.
Yes, yes.
So pretty good.
Pretty good.
I mean, the fact that they won that is insane.
I can't stop watching history.
There you go.
So yeah.
My shoe flew off.
It's like I got hit by a car.
Shoe fly don't bother me.
But yeah, really fun stuff.
I can't get enough of this.
Now I'm going to watch the Jefferson.
He's a little shady, that guy.
Yeah.
I didn't care for him as much, although he wrote the deck.
Is that right?
He wrote the whole thing.
All by himself?
Yeah.
Well, they edited it.
He had a whole thing about black people.
They went, let's take that right out of there.
All right.
It's like a Tonight Show set.
No black jokes.
By the way, Ryan Hamilton, our buddy, new Netflix special.
He did the Tonight Show.
And then every comment was like, how the hell could you?
He led a rapist on the show because they had Conor McGregor on.
I had no idea.
I missed all of this.
So this poor guy does a Tonight Show.
And then everyone's just writing like, you fucking rape apologist piece of shit.
Doesn't that suck that this is how the life we're living in now?
And the guy was on the show a week earlier.
It wasn't even the same episode.
What?
Yeah, because they all get together.
They're like, all right, just everybody flock to the Fallon comment section.
I see.
And then it becomes this.
It's like Fallon, he had Conor McGregor on.
He was.
Must be a rapist.
I know.
He's a jump frog.
I'm Jimmy.
Yeah.
No rape.
I'm Jimmy here.
It's true.
But fucking Hamilton, man, that sucks.
But this is how sad the internet world is.
I'm like, that's engagement.
Isn't that horrible?
That's where I go to?
Yeah, I guess so.
So maybe some people will watch and be like, I like him.
Like, yeah, if Kramer was around now, you'd go, you get that clip?
I mean, that's going to go viral.
Sure, it'll be bad, but you're going to get all kinds of crazy fans.
Yeah.
Well, I think Hamilton, he didn't know about the controversy.
Sure.
I didn't either.
I didn't either until last night.
So he goes on and goes, hey, let's see how I'm doing.
Yeah.
And it's just like, you piece of shit.
You're vile.
You're horrible.
You should die.
That's hilarious.
And he's like, the hell is this?
Yeah.
And this is like the cleanest cut, sweetest boy in the world.
Least rapist of all time.
Yeah.
Well, he's got to be tied.
With other people?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
There's got to be millions of people tied.
I feel like he's-
You and me are in there.
Chuck's probably just a notch higher than us.
He's a little less rapey than most people, I'd say.
I guess so.
Might be.
Have you seen him with a woman?
Ryan?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Absolutely.
Didn't know if he was a Yamahomo.
I don't think so.
Okay, okay.
I think we would know.
Well, he's very well-dressed.
That's true.
But there's a lot of well-dressed heteros, for sure.
Is that right?
Have to go to London.
Everyone in England.
Sarah and I always talk.
Chuck, it's hard.
You must be hard for women to realize they're dating a complete dipshit, because everyone
dresses so nice over there.
Right.
Oh, interesting.
You meet a British guy.
He's got a vest on, a two-piece suit, and he's all put together.
And you're like, wow.
In America, you see a guy like that.
You're like, this guy has a job.
His life is together.
He's a good man.
He's solid.
Over there, you can see it.
Because here, you meet Chuck.
He's got a Blink-182 shirt, and you're like, well, I don't want to deal with this guy.
No, no.
He doesn't do much.
Larry, not much.
Chuck, you look really upset with me.
I'm trying to be Silly Goose over here.
You do a lot.
I'm joking, I meant.
I'm a silly guy.
Larry Silly.
I like to be silly.
Yeah, Joe Silly.
That's your son.
We talk about this a lot.
I hate these comics that have no silly.
Give me silly.
I want a lot of silly.
Love Silly String.
I was just talking to Rick Glassman about this last night.
He goes, all these comics now are making points.
Bring back the silly.
That's why we got a Rory Scovel.
Sean Patton or somebody who keep the silly a lot.
Brian Regan.
I hate a point.
No point.
You like a point.
Give me a rounded, fucking soft, squishy.
You've quoted points to me where you're like, that's big.
It's stand up?
Yeah.
Well, here's the thing.
We think of a point as like this big political statement or something about race or whatever.
But Aaron Chen going, isn't that weird that I got to put in 78 passwords?
Oh, yeah.
That's a good point.
That's a good point.
My bank code is four numbers.
Yes.
That's a good point.
That's a point.
I like a point.
It's just not a grandiose, pretentious, cum guzzler point.
Right, right, right.
I guess I like a point.
I take it back.
Points is good.
Because most of comedy is points.
It's going, this is stupid.
That's my point.
I guess so.
I'm making a point.
And it doesn't have to be this, I'm on a soapbox bullshit.
Now, what's pointed?
It's a bit pointed.
I think that's targeted.
Your Larry Not Much was pointed.
Larry Not Much.
Oh, pointed.
Give me a pointed.
Give me a definition.
Exactly.
Give me an exact definition of pointed.
It's also weird that it's fingered, and then it's fingered.
Uh-huh.
You know, like the cop's like, he fingered the third man.
Right.
And you're like, jeez, what kind of night did they have?
You don't really hear fingered as much.
Yeah, he pointed someone out.
Yeah.
Or you make a lady cum.
Right.
I would also say the name Dick has dropped quite a bit.
Oh, yeah.
Dick used to be Dick Nixon, Tricky Dick.
I mean, everything was Dick.
Dick, Dick, Dick.
Right.
Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick, Dick.
How many dicks is that?
A lot.
Reservoir Dogs.
Pointed.
Uh-huh.
It says expressing criticism in a direct and unambiguous way.
Ah.
There you go.
Pointed.
That makes sense.
Unambiguous.
Boom.
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can I throw a fun tail
at you? Throw? I'd love to get some tail.
I've been trying hard, but my wife
won't let me. We're married. Either with my looks.
So,
do a fun
weekend at Royal Oak, Michigan. You were in
Royal Oak? Comedy Castle.
I had no idea. Oh, I love that place.
I like sliding the door.
Yes, yes. It feels dramatic.
I feel like you're going on to the
Carson show or something. It's very exciting.
I probably say this every single time,
but Mark Ridley, who owns the club,
Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle,
is credited with inventing the
three-man show. I hear he
came to the show, and he mentioned that. He came
to the show? He came to the show. I've never seen him
in my life. He's a sweet, sweet man.
He put on a nice button-down, came backstage,
shook hands. You know two of his kids have Emmys?
Is that right?
He's got a talented couple of queefs.
Talented Mr. Ridley. Hey!
Hey! Count it!
That's how you get to the top, folks.
There you go. I'm a bottom.
So, yeah.
Had a great weekend. By the way, I had
Mike Cronin opening Meat. Meat! I love
Meat. Love Meat. I've known Meat for almost
20 years now. Wow! Isn't that crazy?
Bone, steak, thick worm. He just asked
me if he could open for me in Tampa, and I said
no. Don't answer that one.
But good guy. I responded. Really
funny. I don't want to give his act away, but he had that. Have you heard his joke about
having two boys and shooting a load?
I don't think so. Maybe, but I tuned
it out. It is full of points.
Bone, steak, three.
Yes, that's him. Check him out. Very funny
guy. I don't want to give away his material, but
it's fun sliding that door. Every
show I make the joke, like, this feels like how they feed
Lizzo. Ah, you just throw food in,
you slam the door. We're having a good time.
Take that, you fat slut. Yeah, she's losing
weight, but still a big cow.
So, these
pants, they ride! I can't. I got the same
pants, by the way. Look at this. I got red,
you got green. I love Fab, but
Jesus H, this is a real camel
toe hugger.
A C-T-H.
So, we're doing the shows.
Great weekend, but I
gotta run this by you. You've been doing comedy
68 years. It's a long time now,
yeah. So, I'm running this new hour.
We're getting there. We're building. It's kooky. It's
wacky. It's up. It's down.
I always say new material is like eating out a girl.
If I hear a noise, I'll just keep going that way.
That's not bad. But
I have this thing now, and it's
three weekends in a row, maybe four.
I do five shows.
All four are
great. First show, second show, third show,
fourth show, great. Fifth show,
I bomb.
Every time, in a row. Why the
fifth? Why the Saturday late?
I have some theories, but I'd like to run it by you.
Well, first of all, I think
people, the people that are like,
here he comes, we gotta get the tickets, they're buying
up the early show. So, the later
shows, possibly later purchases
are, so maybe they're not
as big of fans.
That's a theory. The early shows,
that's the first show.
We've got to see Mark. We never miss
Mark. Saturday 8,
gone. Gone. And then the people,
then the next round of people buy up
half the seats, and then the second half,
it's like, oh yeah,
Norman. I saw him on
Howie Mandel's pod.
He had a couple lines.
Let's go check him out. Okay. So maybe they're
going in, going, alright, let's see.
Yeah. That could be.
That could be. That's a theory. My only argument,
to that, because I thought that myself, but then I
realized, we put
a 4 o'clock on Saturday. We added a
show. So that would sell out
at the, that was added, because
the other ones were full. So you can't say
that was the last show
to be full, because this was
the last show to be full at 4. Interesting.
Now, how about this? Maybe the
4, those people, thought
they were shut out.
So the gratitude gives them a little
extra zing. They go, fuck, we missed
Mark. We love Mark.
I didn't get a chance. I didn't sign up for his
punchup.live.com
email. Patreon. That's the best way to
know. Here, here. And then they go,
well, we missed him. That sucks. Then they
go into the black market, or the
African-American market, whatever it's called,
StubHub, and they go, $800?
Suck my dick. And then,
whoop, hi there. We've added
a show. We got
on! Can you believe it?
We're going! We're back! And so now
they're so jacked up and cracked up
and crazy that they're hot.
Yes! I like it. These are theories.
I don't know. I'm not saying this is right or wrong.
Well, I told a friend this, and he
goes, no, no, it's you.
You've done all these shows all weekend,
so you're wiped. So by the last one, you're given
the worst performance. It's like
that departed line. It's not
supernatural. You're just tired. You don't give a shit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, see, I feel
that's also an excellent theory, by
the way. But I feel
I feel like the last show is
sometimes the best, because I'm so
loose and wacky. Yes, that's what I said!
You're getting the best version of me.
That's what I said. The less you care,
the better the show, in my
opinion, for me personally. I agree. I agree. It's like
hitting on a girl. If you're all jacked up,
I'm in love with this whore. Oh, my
God, here we go. You're gonna blow it.
You're in your head. That's why I'm so good at getting
laid now. I'm fucking
every weekend now. Hey, wow.
Yeah. Worst case scenario, I just go
back to my wife. Good point.
Easy. Hey,
write that down. That's pretty good. That's something.
All right. All right, so. And now here's the clinker.
We've done. I've done three of these in a
row where the last show was bad. So now
I'm going, I'm bringing the goddamn
heat. I'm turning up the knob.
I'm going to 11-year-olds.
Here we go. And it
still sucks. So
my theory is, what I can. The only thing I can
conclude
is these are
just real people, like regular people,
and my act sucks. And the other people
are just being nice.
Yeah, that's not bad.
I was hoping you'd poo-poo that.
I don't hate that. Damn it.
Chucks, you're shaking your head. You don't believe that.
No, I think it has more to do with. to do with the fact that the people that bought
tickets late are just like, let's do a thing.
It's Saturday. Let's
go do a thing, just like watching a movie.
But I should be able to make them laugh.
But also, maybe they've been
whacking back cocktails all day.
Yeah, whacking back. My crowd drinks.
Well, and
you know. I was whacking back at the hotel.
I don't want to be too
controversial, but
you may have brought in a certain
amount because of all the Rogans.
You may have brought in
a small group of
people that are total
fucking retards, also.
I feel like I'm seeing more and more comments
that are like, it's so crazy. I hate comedy,
but I love podcasts.
I see a lot of that.
Maybe you're an appearance to them.
If Snooki was there, they'd be like, I want to go see Snooki,
even though they're not really. So maybe they're just like, Norman from the
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Interesting.
And when the bigger you are, the higher
percentage. of every group there is.
So,
you're extremely popular, so you're going to get
more black people, more Asian
people, more gay people, more women,
more fucking idiots
that don't understand comedy.
You know what I mean? You have a higher percentage of people
that are like, what?
Got it. Huh?
Okay. It's like if you do a stadium full of people,
there's going to be 9,000 people that are like,
what's he mean by that?
I get a lot. I can see the
woof right over the top.
Well, that's the thing. It's like papering
a room. Now the room is packed, but one
of the people is going to be like, Jesus
isn't dumb. Huh?
So, that's
part of it. With success comes
fucking Nimrods. Yes, yes.
Which is why the. Don't chop my head off here,
or my dick, but the biggest comics
are the most broad.
You got your Sebastians, your Fluffies,
your Kevin Harts. There's a lot of
big movements, a lot of
loud voices, a lot of. It's very surface level. They're not really digging
deep. Right. That sounds
bad. I know what you mean, though.
These are all great comics. Don't get me wrong. They're just not
maybe as cerebral.
Right. You know what might be part of it,
too? Think about this. This is a good comparison.
Comment section.
When you're coming up and people love you,
it's all positive. They're for you.
The bigger you get,
the more negativity you get because
you're exposed to the general public.
It's very similar. Right, right.
Okay, okay. Maybe we got something here.
So that's a big part of it.
That doesn't quite explain why they're all at one
show, though. But also
Saturday, they've been drinking all day.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, okay. I had to run
that by, but. And just, sorry,
numbers-wise,
Michael Jordan scored 18 points
one night. Sure, sure. But it's always that
last show, which is why I never understood.
I did a weekend in Philly.
I did seven shows.
Six were unbelievable.
Seven was like, wow.
It was like silence.
Wow. And I got a comment. I posted
an Instagram clip the next day just as a goof, and one guy
goes, bummer, man. I saw you
in Philly. You ate it.
I was like, well, thanks.
Jesus is dumb. But
yeah, I was like, all right. Jeez.
Thanks for coming. Well, that's the thing that sucks about comedy
is you're only as good as whatever show they were at.
I know. I know. Exactly.
And you can't go, you guys sucked.
You know, he's going to go, what do you mean I sucked? I went to see
a show. How did I suck?
I was in the crowd. I sat there and I bought a ticket.
That's my job. Well, I've told this story
before many times, and you probably remember the weekend.
There was a weekend probably
16 years ago that Doug
Stanhope did Caroline's, which is so funny to think
about. He was at Caroline's comedy club.
He did the whole weekend, and I
went to the Sunday. There was a few comedians that went to the Sunday
show, and Attell was there
hanging out.
And Stanhope was soberish
and brought the heat, and he was amazing,
and it was one of the best hours I've ever seen.
Whoa. And so then I was going
down to the water cooler being like, I just
saw Stanhope's new hour.
This guy is on top of the world.
And everyone would go, what are you, nuts?
He was drunk. He was high.
He was rambling. He was murmuring,
mumbling. What? And there was like
20 people with that. They all went Friday
and Saturday. Oh. And that's
the thing about Stanhope that's interesting
is you're going to get whatever mood he's in,
that's the mood you're getting. Right.
At least back then. Sure, sure.
Now it might be different. Back then, he'd be like, well,
I decided to eat mushrooms this morning,
so you're getting the mushroom show. Yes.
And my theory was that Dave was there,
and he was like, all right, I can't act
like an asshole if Dave's going to be here.
Yeah, yeah. Well, he's the first comic I ever
paid to see, and I love Doug.
I'm a huge fan. I know his whole catalog.
But Sean Patton
opened, which was like, oh my God, our buddy's opening
for this legend. And he was drunk
as a skunk in New Orleans,
six cigarettes in one hand, four beer
bottles. He had a hockey jersey on.
He had one shoe missing. It was
bad. He could barely walk.
He could barely talk. But I do remember
being a young guy being like,
what a job. I want to do this job.
Right, right. Because he's trash and getting paid.
Well, what was interesting about it was
talking to other comics about
the shows, you could
tell it was more than just
my preference,
my opinions versus their opinions.
Because they were describing something. They were like, it was horrible.
Right, right. And I was like, what?
And then you slowly realize, you're like, oh,
it sounds like he was doing a totally different
performance that night. Because I watched it, and I was like,
that's the best show I've ever seen in my life. It's not like
a movie where you go see Obsession,
every episode is the same, or whatever.
Right, right. Every theater.
Screening. Screening. But
funny you say that.
Just you saying 16 years ago
a guy was in town
and we all had to go see him,
that is so foreign now.
How different is it in the comedy community now?
How many comics would go do
Gotham or some headliner club
and all the other young comics
would go see him? But do we have a headlining club
now? Gotham doesn't do it anymore. Caroline's
is gone. Probably not, but even
if we did, I still don't think they'd go.
I don't know.
I could name eight young comics who would not go.
I think if Chad Daniels came
and headlined a weekend at Gotham,
there'd be many comics there. I think you
would go, hey, he's a friend. I might pop in
and go, hey, I want to say hi to Chad. But I don't think a young
comic would go, we gotta go
watch this guy. He's very good. He's older
than us. He's been around. He's experienced.
We could learn a thing or two.
Here's why I disagree. I hope I'm wrong.
I was just in Calgary
and there was 14 comics
in the back corner. Now
granted. This is Calgary.
So you think just New York specifically
young comics don't have reverence?
Yeah, a little bit, yeah.
That's interesting. I don't know. I hope I'm wrong.
I think everywhere we go
people are trying to get a glimpse
at you going, oh my god, I'm a huge fan. And then they go
I know because half the
people I meet who are like, I'm a huge fan.
I want to get in front of them. And then they go, I've been
doing open mics for two years. And I go, oh Jesus
Christ, this guy's not going to buy a ticket. Don't you think?
I know what I'm saying. I don't
think in New York.
What do you think it is? I'm picturing 15 guys
20 people.
Maybe I'm putting people. I'm older, so I'm putting people who are
actually already kind of established
and calling them open micers.
Maybe that's my problem.
Now I did Town Hall last
year. Daniel Simonson
and Louis C.K. sat in
the crowd to watch the show.
Oh, that's crazy. It was pretty
amazing. They were like seventh row. I could see them.
It's flattering, but yeah, that's
that's crazy.
That Louis C.K. came to your show.
That's cool.
That's not proving my point because he's
155 years old.
And a friend.
I don't know. I think young comics are
trying to go see people
just as much. Now what would be the reasoning
that young comics would no longer
go see? Because they're up their
own ass. They're doing their own clips.
They're not worried about your career and what they
can learn from you. They're worried about how many views
am I getting? How is my career
doing? How many clicks am I getting?
Interesting. I don't know. I hope I'm
wrong. Maybe I'm jaded. And then I was at the cellar
last night and Bobby Kelly and I were smoking
cigars out front and like nine different guys
came. They're like, oh, hey, how's it going? But they kind
of did like a kiss
the ring. Yeah. Good. Good.
I thought they were all fans and everyone's
like, there's a new comics. That's a comic.
This is my other observation. Every dude
that's new at the cellar
is hot. That's weird. It's just
handsome men. I'm like, they're like, oh, that's
Pete Scooby-Doo-Boo. That's Donnie
Duppity-Boo. Sadookie.
Yeah. Oh, boy. Well, I'll have to
get back over there while these hot guys are hanging
out. A lot of handsome boys over there.
Weird. Well, Sean Murphy has the
theory that comedy is hot now
because of the internet. You get
the Matt Rife syndrome where you go,
who's this guy?
I'll scroll away. Look at the jawline
on this cum guzzler. Holy shit.
Maybe I'll watch his video and now you're a fan.
That's why I get the same thing all the time.
My jawline brings him in. People say that about you
and your chin and the teeth.
But yeah, he thinks
comedy used to be ugly. It was Louis Anderson. It was
John Panette. It was Stephen Wright.
It was
fat bald men. True.
And now it's Matt Rife, Jeff Dye,
Sam Murill, the other guy.
But you also had John Stewart,
Alan Havey. Both very handsome
men. I guess.
I mean, Jerry was ugly as hell.
Oh, Hungarian hebe.
Who else was
handsome back then?
It was Dennis Wolfberg.
Jakov Smirnoff. Smirnoff. Hideous.
Dennis Leary's got something.
He had a little attitude.
Hicks was ugly.
Yeah. I'm telling you.
Things have changed.
Eddie Murphy was hot as hell.
He was a
phenom. Yeah.
Well, comedy, as I always say, the most
diverse profession in the world.
I truly believe that. Thousand percent.
There's no plumbers that went to
Harvard Law. Right.
Comedy, you have literally,
homeless heroin addicts
and lost
A degree Ivy League people.
You have people from rich backgrounds, poor backgrounds, black, white, African, Asian.
Oh, yeah.
Indian.
The Indian comedy world is booming over there.
I don't even know what job would even come close in diversity.
We have women, trans, gay.
I was going to say UFC fighter, but I don't think there's a lot of PhD.
No, no.
But diversity.
They got Uzbekistan versus Nigeria versus the Russia versus Brazil.
Yeah, yeah.
That's something, the nation-wise.
But I think the upbringing, something went a little haywire somewhere.
Yeah, dad was fingering, diddling or something, or beating.
But yeah, you're right.
I mean, especially the background.
Right.
The background world in comedy is unbeaten.
Unbelievable.
I mean, so many people that literally don't know how to read.
And then, you know, you have Greg Giraldo and whoever the fuck.
Demetri Martin was, I think, valedictorian and all that shit.
Went, got out of law school to be a comedian.
Right.
At Harvard.
So there you go.
All right.
So speaking of older comics, had a fun moment.
I think you specifically will queef on.
I can't wait.
I love queefing.
So drinking Michigan, you got drinking Royal Oak, cute little town.
There's a main street, you know.
Love Royal Oak.
Great.
Great.
Great town.
I get out of there.
You go to bed.
You go, OK, I got a flight at 10 a.m.
Here we go.
Delta.
Boopity boop.
Every single thing went wrong on the way to the airport.
Everything.
So did the Uber.
What do you call that?
Well, you schedule it.
Schedule.
Uber.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Yeah.
Schedule Uber.
Yeah.
Schedule.
Didn't show up.
You're like, all right, well, that's a little annoying because you just you go, oh, that's
done.
I don't have to worry about that.
You brush your teeth.
You're hungover.
You're taking a shit.
It's sloppy.
It's bloody.
So then you're like, all right, well, now I got to now I got to worry about Uber.
And it's a good what?
Royal Oaks outside of Detroit.
So you got to get to Detroit.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's a it's a ride.
I would say a half hour.
I'm guessing from memory.
Yeah.
So you know better than me.
We'll say 38.
OK.
38.
Call an hour.
Sure.
Fuck it.
So I go, all right.
Well, I lost some time.
So I go, oh, let me shuffle.
Get an Uber.
It's Royal Oaks.
And they go, Uber will be here in 12 minutes.
You're like, ah, fuck.
All right.
Get to the Uber.
Big wreck on the highway.
So then I had the wild lady who goes, huh.
Maybe I'll get off here and we'll do some back road shit.
And you're like, yeah, OK.
But she was a lady of color.
So I didn't want to press.
I didn't want to be like, no, no, let's just ride this out.
Right.
By the way, wreck on the highway, back streets, both Springsteen sucks.
Is that right?
Fun fact.
She could have taken Thunder Road.
Oh, hey.
Well, we.
Took E Street.
OK.
That's all I knew.
So I'm trying to think of more.
What is it?
A flight to nowhere?
Flight to nowhere.
No.
What is that?
What was the name of the movie?
Oh, what was the name of that movie?
Road to Nowhere?
Something.
The movie went nowhere.
I didn't see the movie.
OK.
It sucked.
But OK.
So we get off the highway.
That was a mistake.
So now we get back on the highway.
Then we finally start moving.
And we hear.
And she's like, what the fuck?
Oh, no.
Big old tree branch stuck under the car.
Oh, wow.
So now we have to get off the highway.
Like, flashers on.
Pull over.
She's going nuts.
Beep, beep, beep.
Looks like a Carnival Cruise video.
She's fighting the shit out of this tree branch.
I'm out there helping her.
Did she try that thing?
Yeah.
We're going to shake it loose on the.
We tried.
Michael J.
We went loose, up, down, left, right.
That thing was not budging.
Wow.
That tree branch was in there.
Like a pinky.
And the pooper.
So we pull over.
And I'm like, I got a foot on the bumper.
Like, gah, gah, gah.
Finally, I get that fucking thing out of there.
We really bonded, me and this lady.
We get back in the car.
So I'm like, gah.
And she's doing the, what time's your flight?
And I was like, 10 AM.
She goes, ooh, shit.
Which you never want to hear.
No, no.
So finally, we get to the goddamn airport.
It's crazy busy, which you hate to see.
Crazy busy.
So I go, well, I got to go.
I got clear.
They always do that.
The driver goes, you got clear?
I'm like, yeah, I got clear.
But it's still going to be tight.
Well, Detroit's a hub.
Big Delta hub.
Big hub.
Hate a hub.
I've got a hub chub.
So I go, all right, here we go.
We go to clear.
Blah, blah, blah.
I got the lady in front of me with 17 kids, 48 strollers, 6 bags, and 19 bottles.
So she's got to break it all down.
We're breaking it.
I'm helping her break it down.
Because we've got to get moving.
We're already boarding.
We're boarding.
Now, I can't do the thing where you go.
I'm boarding.
Can I get in front of you?
No.
I just can't do it.
Nor should you.
That's on you.
You should have got here earlier.
Also.
Well, the tree branch.
People do that.
You save 60 seconds, maybe.
Is that right?
I don't know.
Unless you jumped 50 people.
Right, right.
But I've had people be like, can we just jump ahead of you?
And then I'm like, sure.
And then they jump ahead of one more person.
I'm like, what is that?
We're looking at you.
40 seconds, maybe?
Look at the back of your head right now.
We're in the same boat.
Finally, the lady gets all her shit through.
OK.
I'm starting to get to the end.
My bag is in the retina scan.
MRI.
So I go through the.
Oh, randomly selected.
Always.
And you go, come on.
What is this?
A Buster Keaton film?
You had to do every bad thing.
We got a tree branch.
We got the lady with the stroller.
Now we got a random select.
So I go, God, you had all these grand visions of going to the lounge and eating a piece of cheese.
A muffin and all this stuff with a cup of coffee and lounging.
Nope.
Dreams are scattered.
And I got to piss like a goddamn bitch on Third Street.
So finally, we get through the random select.
Now, here's the thing.
The guy goes, all right, wait over here.
So you go, OK, here we go.
They're going to touch my dick.
But they go, Bob's coming.
I go, who's Bob?
They go, Bob's the dick toucher guy.
And I go, Bob's not even here?
And they go, we got to wait for Bob.
He went on break.
What's his last name?
Up and down in the water?
His last name's not much.
So Bob has to come back from break.
He comes back.
He's got a banana here, a muffin here, and a croissant here.
He's like, oh, yeah, big fat guy.
And he goes, all right, here we go.
You know, that whole thing.
He fingers me.
I finally get through.
I run on the plane.
But I got to piss so bad that I don't have time to pee first.
I have to get right to the flight.
I'm zone two.
They're on zone eight.
Oh, Jesus.
It's crazy.
There's like an Eskimo.
There's an Eskimo with skis over his shoulder and a guy with a chicken coop walking in.
I was like, oh, my God.
The lady's like, you barely made it.
She's like holding the door.
I slide in.
You get on that, what do you call that, the jetway?
Yeah, the jetway.
The jetway.
Fell off the jetway again.
Dumb and dumber.
So that's a great shot, too.
Him on the cement, that aerial view.
It's great.
It's great.
So get on there.
Now that's full.
Then you finally get on.
I throw my bag up.
And I go, OK.
I'm in 10A.
But the bathroom's at 34.9, 34B.
So I go, OK, OK.
Let me go back to 34B, take a piss, and then high tilt back up to 10A.
I'm walking back at about 23A.
I'm waiting.
I'm in line, in the aisle.
Guess who I see?
Take a wild guess.
Comedian.
I was thinking Sam Raimi because of Royal Oak.
Comedian, 23A?
Yeah.
Yeah, it better not be a successful.
It better not be a successful comedian.
I'm going to say Phil Hanley.
No, no, no.
No, he'd be in first class.
Let me take one more guess.
Keenan Ivory Waynes.
Wow, 23A?
Boy, he's really struggling.
Well, I don't know because it's got to be shocking.
Oh, boy.
And it's got to be someone that's known, I feel like.
I don't think it has to be shocking.
I'm not saying it's shocking.
Oh, OK.
No shock.
Final guess, I'm going to say Matt Ruby.
Ah.
Uh, Todd Berry.
Wow.
So Todd.
He doesn't want anyone to know he's in 23A.
I'm outing him.
You're going to have to bleep his name.
Maybe it was 19C or Q, QAnon.
I don't know.
Wow.
But he was in there.
So we're chatting.
I go, oh, what'd you do?
He goes, I did a rock club in Detroit.
I go, oh, I did Ridley's Comedy Castle in Royal Oak.
Da, da, da.
And we're doing the chat.
And then he goes, eh, I'm going to tell everybody you're in the back of the plane.
And I got to go, actually, I'm pissing.
And I'm like, I'm way up there, bitch.
Wow.
Nice.
And he went, ha.
And he went back to his gay book.
And now it's good for the goose, it's good for the gator, because you're telling everyone
that he was in the back of the plane.
Yeah.
How do you like that, TB?
Ugh.
That's funny, because I was in Cleveland, and I think his opener was Sarah's opener,
because he just got back from doing a one-nighter with Todd Berry.
Oh, fun.
How about that?
He's doing a Midwest run.
Well, look, Todd, I'm a big fan.
I have all your albums, too.
I look up to you, you know, good energy, medium energy, whatever the hell it's called.
But boy, was that a fun thrill.
That's fun.
Being able to, he zinged, and I didn't have to zing back, I just told the truth.
Right.
Actually, I'm up there.
I'm coming in your neck of the woods just to take a piss on your lawn.
Wow.
Well, we love you, Todd.
You're the man.
TB.
One of the greats of all time, in my opinion.
Thank you, Lucas.
Yes, big fan.
Funny guy.
Hogging.
You go there.
No, no.
I mean, I had one of those.
This weekend was just so fun and easy.
I don't have a lot, but I got a couple.
Couple me.
So I was out in Cleveland, flight to Cleveland, which, by the way, I am moving.
Final answer.
Oh, I've heard this before.
Austin's out.
Whoa.
It's too much crime, too much homeless, too much heat.
Yes, here, here.
Too much controversy down there.
Oh, my God, Austin.
What are you, a right-wing fucking filthy fucking animal now?
Fuck you.
And DeRosa.
Austin's out.
Out.
L.A., earthquakes, gangs, yuck.
Hobos, traffic.
New York, too expensive.
Who needs it?
Ah, communism.
Cleveland.
The Indians.
Believeland.
Yes, Chief Wahoo.
I mean, sure, you can't fly direct to anywhere at all, and the winter's nine months long
and brutal.
Cleveland rocks.
But, you know, there's. They got bars.
They got some stuff.
Yeah, they got a highway.
I got a children's museum I went to that was pretty cool.
I'm banned.
So I flew.
I fly out to Cleveland for the week, and I go Wednesday through Sunday, hang, Sarah's
working.
It was great.
Beautiful weekend.
I go to a Starbucks.
We go to the. I went to the Guardians game Friday and Sunday.
Legal.
I spent the whole weekend at the ballpark.
Uh-huh.
Took Marty there.
His first big league ball game on Sunday, which was very exciting.
And that's the best kid ballpark.
Is that right?
Oh, yeah.
They got slides and a band.
It's like a mosh pit.
Hell, yeah.
It's fucking unbelievable.
They have the hot dog race.
It's fucking the coolest thing.
So we go out there.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Was it packed?
It was pretty packed.
Okay.
I just wonder.
Why?
I just wonder.
Because you hear about baseballs going under.
No.
I think baseball's all right.
I hope so.
I don't want it to go under.
No, I think it was. I mean, I don't know about packed, but it was pretty full.
Yeah, it was kids' day.
It was fucking awesome.
Okay, great.
It was great.
We had a blast.
I mean, no one in the family. We sat down and watched about an inning and a half.
Marty's doing overhead clapping after every pitch.
He's loving it.
He's like Bruce Springsteen's drummer.
We had hot dogs, ice cream.
It was fucking amazing.
So then afterwards, Sarah has a show that night.
So I'm like, all right, I'll drop you off.
On the ride home, he falls asleep.
It's hot.
It's hot.
He's been running around, the whole thing.
Love it.
He's asleep in the car.
I drop her off so she can get ready.
So I'm like, I'll cruise around a little bit.
Cruise.
I'll go to Starbucks.
You know me.
I love Starbucks.
I live for Starbucks.
Now, we've probably talked about this before.
People that know me know I hate the drive-thru.
I don't get the drive-thru.
Don't understand it.
I did not know that.
I like to go inside.
I like the dopamines.
I like the serotonin.
You meet someone.
You bump into someone.
Maybe you get a premise.
The drive-thru always has 15 cars.
I go in and out, and I always make note.
I'm like, all right, you watch where that car is, that blue sedan.
Keep an eye.
I'm going to go in, get my drink, come out, watch where it is.
And it's up one spot.
Love that.
I am anti-drive-thru.
Really?
Even with fast food?
Fast food's different.
I'm talking Starbucks specifically.
But fast food, I still like to go in if I can.
Got it.
Drive-thru's a little quicker with food.
And I like to eat in the car.
It's fun.
That is a nice time with the fries.
So I go, well, I'll just gump in the drive-thru because I could mobile order and run in.
But even if I'm two minutes, I don't want to leave the kid with the car running.
So I can jump and go.
I don't want to turn the car off.
So I don't want to leave the kid in the car for a minute and a half, even if it's 30 seconds.
I'm just not into it.
No, especially with the carbon monoxide, the hose.
Open the window.
I don't want to wake him up.
So I go, well, I'll pop in the drive-thru.
I got nowhere to be.
Sure.
Nothing to do.
Sarah's shower.
We're having dinner in a little while.
I'll pop in the drive-thru.
Okay.
This is in, I think, Shaker Heights, Ohio or Beachwood.
I don't know what the fuck.
Uh-huh.
Hop in the drive-thru.
There's a few cars, four cars.
Yada, yada, yada.
It's one of these drive-thrus where there's a fence along the side so you can't get out.
I want you to take a guess how long between entering the drive-thru, and I sent a text,
so I have a time stamp, and leaving with my stuff.
Take a guess.
18 minutes.
28 minutes.
Oh, my Lord.
You ever hear anything like that?
That's an episode of a TV program.
It's longer.
It's a TV program plus a Fallon set.
Right.
And plus a minute of me in bed with a hot lady.
It's like I have no idea what was going on, and there's not even a story.
Nobody was like, we're so sorry.
The coffee machine exploded.
9-11.
Wow.
There was nothing.
There was nothing.
I'm just sitting there.
It was 14 minutes before I made it to the window.
14.
Is the boy sleeping?
He's sound asleep.
Thank God.
The nice thing was, I literally, I was very pissed because I had just come.
It was like an amazing weekend.
We had so much fun and did all these activities.
We just left the ball game.
I had nowhere to be.
Sarah had plenty of time to get ready.
He was asleep.
So it was one of those things where I'm like, this is the only situation where I wouldn't take a life.
Because you could lose a joker.
You could get fired, divorced.
Yes.
28 minutes.
Wow.
You could miss the flight.
So it was, yeah, I think 14, 17 minutes before I got to the window.
Then I'm at the window for six full minutes.
The whole front of it, everything in front clears out.
Everyone's gone.
And I'm just sitting there.
I'm like, what is going on?
Weird.
The lady goes, hello?
Have I taken your order?
Whoa.
No.
I'm the only one here.
I'm just sitting here.
Right.
I go, no.
Then I go, I'll have a hot, small, tall emperor's club.
It's tea.
And I go, I'll have a chocolate brownie if you have them.
She goes, oh, I'm so sorry we're out.
And I'm like, no problem.
That's better.
And she goes, oh, you hear this?
What?
Oh, hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Oh.
OK.
Yeah, yeah.
OK.
We have some.
Let me just double check.
And I'm like, no double check.
There's 350 cars behind us.
Right.
Right.
And I go, no, no.
Don't worry about it.
She's like, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Two minutes pass.
OK.
We got a chocolate brownie.
And what was the other thing?
An Earl Grey?
And I was like, no, no.
Emperor's clouds.
Oh, my god.
So I go up there.
And all I get is that the lady had tattoos of crucifixes on her face.
Jesus is dumb.
A little post Malone.
And she just goes, there you go.
Sorry about the wait.
Ah.
I was like, I thought I was going to get up there and be like, our boss has AIDS.
He spilled AIDS blood into the coffee.
We had to re-coffee everything.
I burned my labia.
I'm suing.
28-minute drive-through.
Cuckoo.
But there's no urgency.
These people, they just go, hey, you're here.
We'll take our time.
Well, I was talking to our friends out in Ohio.
And they said, they were like, you cannot believe how slow and lazy everybody is.
It sounds like they ain't up.
And our friend is a doctor.
And he literally was like, even at the hospital, people are like, all right, x-ray.
We'll get the x-ray.
So I think it's just pace of life.
I don't know what it is.
Interesting.
Because I think people are zipping around out here.
Well, in New York.
That's why you move here.
It's for the fast coffee.
I think so.
That's about it.
But that was wild.
And then just real quick, we went to the big town pool.
This is like a very fancy, nice, suburban Cleveland suburb.
Which, you know, I think of Cleveland as kind of like the Randy Newman song, factories.
Gritty.
Yeah.
But you go 20 minutes outside.
It's spectacular.
Beautiful.
We go to the best town pool.
And you've got to be a resident.
So it's kind of exclusive.
OK.
We had guests.
They had water slides with the fucking tube, the spinny tube.
This is kid heaven.
A high dive.
When's the last time you jumped off a high dive diving board?
88.
I don't think I ever had before.
No, I'm scared.
So I was scared.
So I went up there.
And our friend goes, hey, it's a tradition.
First time.
You've got to go off the high dive.
Whoa.
And then you look over there.
And you're like, huh.
All right.
Well, yeah.
First time.
There we go.
Yeah.
And I went up there.
And it's quite a lot.
I don't know how high it is.
20 feet.
It's up there.
It's high.
It's crazy.
So I was doing a bit, because they're all watching.
All the families are watching.
And I was doing a bit where I'm like, I'm nervous as a gag.
But you were really nervous.
Well, I wasn't.
And then I got halfway out to the diving board.
And I'm from the 80s.
So Greg Louganis pops in.
Oh, big AIDS.
And you can slip.
You slip.
You knock your head.
Boom.
I think they did a movie where AC Slater played Greg Louganis.
I believe you're right.
It's like a made-for-TV.
Mario Lopez.
Hey, another Hispanic name.
Lopez.
Lopez.
Good point.
San Tropez.
So I'm walking out there.
And as I'm about six inches away, I'm like, this is really high and slippery.
Plus, it dips.
You know, I'm fat.
Yes, yes.
It bends.
So now I'm like, my wife is watching me.
My son's watching me.
Our friends are watching me.
What if I slip and fucking bang my tailbone or my face bone?
Yeah, or worse, bitch out.
Have to go back down the ladder.
Well, I can't.
I don't have that in me.
So I can't do it.
I did a big, bouncy somersault.
What do you call it?
Cannonball.
Cannonball.
Not a somersault.
Not a somersault.
Cannonball.
And I was trying to be funny.
I did like a wave.
And I should have held my nose because I'm going 75 miles an hour.
And I'm right up the nostrils.
And you go deep.
I didn't realize that.
You feel the pressure.
I'm deep.
Oh, yeah.
It hurts.
And it was kind of like, one of those things are like, whew.
Yeah.
That was a little more frightening than I expected.
Of course.
Of course.
You get these people who jump off the bridge.
Yeah.
Well, because they always go.
Right when I left, I regretted it.
That's the classic thing when you commit suicide.
People are like, everyone's like, oh, my God.
They try to throw up.
They try to sew their arm up.
Right.
That was a great Artie Lang point in his book.
He was like, I kept waiting for that to happen.
It never came.
Ah.
Because he had heard about that.
He's always heard when you try to commit suicide right away, you're like, I regret it.
And he was like, I sat there and I was like, I don't know.
I don't regret it.
Damn.
That's heavy.
And here he is still alive.
Hey, he's heavy.
I haven't seen him in a minute.
Wow.
Jack Cannonball, too.
You're worried about the ball bag hitting that water.
Well, I held the ball bag.
with one hand and I did the wave with the other hand
so my nose was just
and you gotta pretend you don't have like
a headache and eyes squirting out
you're like that was cool and I was like Sarah you gotta go
and she was like no
you wuss come on Tolomash
but they had a lazy river
three water slides a whirlpool
and then kid
a wide slide a silly slide
a big slide they had the buckets that fill
and dump on your head
it is heaven and that's it
I'm heading out there
hell yeah we're moving
Cleveland why not maybe I can be the Joe Rogan of Cleveland
oh get a big pod going
Cantor's out there
sure that's one
I'm going in a week
I'll see you there
Jim Tooze might move back there maybe I don't know
he's from Cleveland
Brendan Ayer
oh yeah he's Cleveland but he lives in Maine
ah Bain Street
man that high dive I'm nervous for you
just thinking about it I'm like could I do it
it was slippery and bouncy
and high
wow you're like Eric Clapton's kid
going off that thing
yeah and it was very Sandlot vibe
it felt very peppercorn or whatever her name is
Wendy
love that vibe very 50s
the exclusive pool I went to a pool when I was a kid
in Baton Rouge Louisiana
and my aunt goes
yeah it's very exclusive they don't allow blacks
and I remember being like ah
even as a kid I was like this is crazy
yeah you're kind of like
this is 1991 or something
1991
1990
I was like ah okay
I lived in a black neighborhood at the time
the idea of no black people was bananas to me
right
maybe wrong choice of words
but you know what I'm saying
yeah absolutely
have you seen the new Larry David show
no but I saw some clips and I'm excited
oh okay
I haven't seen it but I have a dear friend who I love
not Ronon
oh thank god
and they were like this is one of the worst things I've ever seen
so I'm gonna give it a sniff
it seems sniff worthy but
it's a great premise because there's so many people
so many funny moments in history that are jokey
well my friend said he's like
it's just the Nate Bargatze George Washington sketch
as a TV show
oh that's tough
which came well before
well before
so you worry that
in his old years was like
this could be a show
ooh
yeah
ooh
but I haven't seen it
this is just a friend
but it's a friend that he knows stuff
well I gotta confess
I've never actually seen the George Washington show
George Washington
oh
can you give me a
Cliff's Notes
well first of all it's great and hilarious
it's a kind of
premise that I hate
that I talk about
that I hate in movies
but it works as a sketch
okay
where these movies
I've talked about this before
the movie Air
like the Nike movie
where they do jokes like this
they're like
hey nobody is gonna wanna watch
Charles Barkley talk on the television
and everyone's like
ah ha ha ha
get it
because they do
same with like an Android movie
where they're like
hey look at this
nobody's gonna wanna walk around
with a fucking computer in their pocket
right
ha ha ha
get it
because we do
yes
I kind of hate jokes like that
okay
but this is so well written
and well executed
but it's just
they're sitting around a campfire
he's dressed as George Washington
and he's saying things that are
obviously have happened
and they're like
but why would we call it that
it's like you know
we'll have you a ball
where you throw the ball
and you catch it
and you hold it and run with it
what would we call it
football
but use your hands
why would we call it football
but it's much better than that
Mikey Day I think wrote it
he's great
okay
and Nate nails it
so it has nothing to do with
being a president
I thought it was a whole political sketch
no I think it's like
he's like a leader
and he's like
this is what the country will be like
whatever
oh okay
all right I'll watch it
I'll watch it
I mean it kills
and it builds and builds and builds
and then the setup
and then they did it at the Oscars
and
oh wow
they've done a few of them
so it really
hit I mean
it just took right off
crazy viral
but it's just
but it sounds like
the show is like
and my friend also said
he's like
Larry is just like screaming
he's gone very big
ah yeah
I hate big
so I think he's like
yeah I don't love that
but again
I have not seen it
ah now I'm scared to watch
there's a huge Larry
psycho
did they send you the pie
yes
that was pretty good
pretty good pie
that's fun
we had a hook up
they sent us the big pie
I got the pie as well
I was hoping for like a hoodie
I just realized
they sent us a
I hate the pie
a gift
probably so it'd say nice things
about the show
ooh
you got a point there
great pie
love the pie
well the pie was awesome
the dish is amazing
beautiful dish
and I have not seen the show
I'm just relaying
what somebody else said
about the show
and I'm excited to see it
I'm pumped to see it
love Larry
well Larry's
you know we know
he's the guy
I mean he's the
he's the blueprint
of the program here
here here
LD
now what else you got
you got another thing
ah
I had a
oh shit
I had a
I had a
premise I wanted to run by
not a premise
but I'll save it
maybe we'll do it on the Patreon
because it's kind of heavy
alright we'll tease it
we'll tease it
get to that
the Patreon is
rocking and rolling
I might have one other
quick little gay thing
give me a gay little thing
let me see
high dive
oh this is just a funny
quick thing
I hope it translates to story
it might not translate
to story form
okay
but I'm at the Cleveland Airport
yesterday
there's a Brugger's bagel
which I don't like Brugger's
I don't ever
I never went in there
that and what's that other
the reindeer bagel
I don't know reindeer
you're not reindeer
they got them in DC
you know what I'm talking about
kangaroo bagel
I don't know that one either
kangaroo coffee
caribou
oh caribou
caribou
I know caribou
I know it's a four legged cunt
I know caribou
yeah this is Brugger's bagel
I think their bagels suck
there's one in Royal Oak actually
ah Brugger
I'll send you the video of the egg
I sent it to my friend
we have a group text
and I was like
50 bucks
whoever can guess what this is
and my friend said
deep fried chamois
and I was like
that's damn funny
I'll see the video
to see it I guess
anyway
I go there
and there's a little
it's a long counter
you know like a New York style
counter with the
the spreads and stuff
bagels are back there
spreads are up here
big sign that says
pay here
hang it
that's the only sign
I've seen that
and there's only two of us
in line
it's a good looking
heavy thick lady
who I wouldn't mind
having sex with
she's in front
sure
I'm standing there
and then the
the kooky coos
Cleveland lady goes
you guys waiting to order
and we go yeah
just us
we're the only two there
yeah
line starts down there
the order line
is down there
so you're like
well why don't
you should have a sign
that says order here
they usually do
they usually do
so I'm like
why would I know
to go down there
this is where the register is
this is where you are
so we both walk
15 feet down the end
I swear to god
this is true
we walk all the way down there
the lady
who just told us
the line starts down there
goes
what can I get you guys
I swear to god
that's like a comedy bit
it's like a sketch
oh my god
and I go
what
and so then we all
we both walk
all the way down to her
oh
and I go
you know
we were just standing
and you told us to go down there
I'm kind of like laughing
because it's so crazy
and then the other lady
you know they work together
they're a union or something
this lady's spreading
and she goes
well the line starts over here
ahhh
but I'm like
alright
well
oh my god
that's comedy
we're looking at her in the eye
she makes us walk
way down there
and then she yells
to us down there
see that sums it all up
it's not about
rules and regulations
it's about
do what I say
Suzuki homo
yeah
do unto others
as Sato would have Suzuki
yeah
it's
I got the power
that's what it is
I'm in charge here
you go over there
and then you yell at me
Konichiwa
that was weird
anyways
we gotta wrap it up
Ruger
where you gonna be there
bagel
6,679 episodes
when's this come out
August
40th
July 20th
July 20th
oh wow
July 20th
lay it on me fatty
where you gonna be
in a year and a half
Jesus Christ
I have no idea
July 20th
uh
oh I think I'm in
Tacoma this weekend
one of my favorites
right by Spokane
Tacoma Comedy Club
and then uh
August
I'm going back
to the Pacific Northwest
doing Portland Helium
uh
check out Tom Dustin
Portrait of a Comedian
still on Punch-Up
go buy that
six bucks
great flick
or you can get it
with all the bonuses
for nine bucks
all the fixings
nine dollars you can get
the movie
with the um
commentary
deleted scenes
basically a comedy special
from Tom Dustin
there's me performing
a full
Joe List comedy special
whoa
shot in Key West
for nine dollars
on punchuplive.com
while you're there
hot dog
sign up for my uh
email list
anyways
uh yeah
do that
and then I also have
Philadelphia coming up
St. Louis
uh
bunch of stuff
Rochester
I have so many gigs
coming up
go to punchuplive.com
all right
all right
all right
I'll be in San Francisco
at Cobb's Comedy Club
Houston Improv
uh
we could use you out there
that's a
it's a big club
going to Zany's Nashville
love the Nash
and the Gash
Pittsburgh
Improv
hello
and uh
Calgary
following your footsteps
there
sloppy jalopy
Acme in Minneapolis
and Comedy Works
in Denver
Madison, Wisconsin
at Comedy on State
and Helium
Portland
also going to
Charleston
for one night only
is that South Carolina?
yeah
I love Charleston
me too
I always say
it's New Orleans
I went to college
what do you got there?
Larry not much
check out my podcast
Fun Bearable
but more importantly
we're still working
on this film project
we are in post production
right now
if you want to hit me up
at Discount Chuck
we are still looking
for backers
for something
really really cool
behind the scenes
I can't really
reveal it yet
but it's a
it's a great project
- Great project, Joe and Mark have both seen pieces of it.
That's awesome.
It's going to be awesome.
So hit me up at Discount Chuck, Twitter, Instagram.
Here, here.
We're clear.
We'll see you in hell.
Praise Allah.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The hosts discuss a comedy show incident where a woman was escorted out for objecting to a joke about Jesus, highlighting religious sensitivity in comedy.
They explore Japanese surnames, revealing "Sato" as the most common, and compare naming conventions across cultures.
Joe List shares a recurring issue of bombing during the fifth show of a weekend, debating causes like crowd composition, fatigue, and audience familiarity.
The conversation covers the decline of young comics attending veteran performances, with theories about changing comedy culture and internet-driven success.
Mark Norman recounts a chaotic travel day involving a missed Uber, a tree branch stuck under the car, and a stressful airport security ordeal.
Joe List describes a frustrating 28-minute Starbucks drive-thru experience and a scary high dive jump at a suburban pool.
They praise the Nate Bargatze George Washington sketch and discuss Larry David's new show, with mixed reviews from a friend.
The episode ends with promotional shout-outs for upcoming shows and projects, including a film by Chuck.
Summary:
In this episode of "Tuesdays with Stories," hosts Mark Norman and Joe List engage in their signature casual banter, covering a range of topics from comedy anecdotes to cultural observations. They open with a story about a woman at a Cleveland comedy show who was escorted out after objecting to a joke suggesting Jesus might be "dumb," sparking a discussion on religious sensitivity and audience behavior. The conversation then shifts to Japanese surnames, with Joe revealing that "Sato" is the most common, leading to playful comparisons with other cultures' naming conventions.
Joe shares a recurring frustration: bombing during the fifth show of a weekend despite strong earlier performances, and they debate possible causes, including crowd demographics and fatigue. They also reflect on how young comics today may lack reverence for veteran performers, attributing this to the internet-driven focus on personal success. Mark recounts a stressful travel day involving a late Uber, a stuck tree branch, and airport security delays, while Joe describes a painfully slow Starbucks drive-thru and a nerve-wracking high dive jump.
The episode concludes with praise for a viral Nate Bargatze sketch, mixed thoughts on Larry David's new show, and promotional plugs for upcoming gigs and projects, maintaining the show's lighthearted, meandering style.
FAQs
The podcast is called 'Tuesdays with Stories' and is hosted by Mark Norman and Joe List.
A woman in the audience got upset when Sarah joked that Jesus might have been 'dumb' and had to be escorted out of the show.
Sato is the most popular surname in Japan, with between 1.2 and 2 million people having it.
He theorizes that late ticket buyers may be less dedicated fans, or he might just be tired, though he also notes that less caring can make for a better show.
He had a series of delays, including a missed Uber, a tree branch stuck under the car, a long security line, and a random selection for a pat-down, making him nearly miss his flight.
He performed at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, which is credited with inventing the three-man show.
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