Denny Love Gives Dylan Sprouse Psychological Damage
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Denny reflects on his life and career, highlighting how comedy has been both a creative outlet and a source of deep personal connection. He shares how his friendship with Dylan, rooted in humor and shared experiences, has shaped his journey—from stand-up to acting—and reinforced the importance of community and authenticity. Denny credits comedy with giving him freedom to express himself without the pressure of performance, and he emphasizes the value of playful roasting and intellectual debate in their group dynamic. He also shares personal milestones, including his upcoming wedding, a shift toward meaningful relationships, and the emotional weight of finding stability in love and life. Denny contrasts the isolation of touring with the comfort of real human connection, especially in his growing family and friendships. He acknowledges that comedy, while a powerful tool, can’t replace genuine emotional bonds. The conversation ends on a joyful, celebratory note with Denny’s birthday, a tour announcement, and a reflection on how humor and personal growth have defined his path. Ultimately, Denny sees himself as both a comedian and a real, evolving human being, grounded in both laughter and love.
-Guys, this is what I do, Dylan. [bleep] -You see what [bleep] I call it, do you have, man? [bleep] -I knew it! I knew it! I didn't see how it did. -There was no edit. -He is going through, man. -He is going through, dude. -Next guest, very exciting. -Very funny, dude. -He's the best. We've known him for, what, six years now. -Yes, he's a brilliant actor. -Great stand-up. -Great stand-up comedian. Altogether, just a great guy. -Child gap model. -And a great friend. -Yeah. -So, without further ado, why don't we welcome Jenny Love? [ Cheers and applause ] -I don't like the fact that I came in. There was no music. I didn't see any fireworks. -I couldn't. -No, you should have known. I like to enter in with music. -With fireworks? -Okay, you want to walk out some. [ Cheers and applause ] -That's what I'm saying. -That's what I'm saying. -Maybe a beat, maybe like a beat. -A beat? -Because you know when I walk in, I walk in. You know what I mean? I would have -- -You're just farted. -You're just spitting. -I was the best beatboxer in Sarasyska. [ Laughter ] It's a high bar, man. [ Laughter ] -Not Oakland. -You don't have Oakland. -Not Oakland's crazy. -Why did you have to go to Oakland is my question. -It's close to Sarasys. -Probably better beatboxer, sir. -If fair. So when y'all are just walking in your day-to-day lives, you don't have a soundtrack going. Y'all just beat the music. -I listen to music. -But you've heard new crazy guy music. I'm talking about when you go, "Hey, what is the sound?" -Don't do this, Brendan. You embarrass yourself. Stop, stop, stop. [ Laughter ] -Nonstop up there. Why, why? [ Laughter ] Just on your walk. -Please, me's not again. -I appreciate that. -I appreciate that. -Oh, that is a visit. -I love when you got white people working. -That's my favorite thing. That's how I know I'm doing good in my-- -All right. Cheers. Happy birthday, Brendan. -Cheers. -Happy birthday, Mum. -Happy birthday. -Kernels here? -No. -What is a young ginger man wish for on his birthday? -Peace and quiet. -Brown hair. [ Laughter ] -Well, how do you feel when you found out that black people have adopted y'all into our community? -I was very thankful. I've been begging for years. I've been sending emails to my congresswoman. I was like, "Yeah, just please." -What did you say? -I said, "I want-- I want-- "Can the blacks accept me?" -You can't attack me. Why have you attacked me? You told me no, man. -You know. [ Laughter ] -Wait, wait. -I read this online. A lot of people texted me. It did say, "I was accepted in." -It did. -Does that come with perks and privileges? Any downsides? -Look on the perks, would you like? -No, it's specific. [ Laughter ] -I'm real like there's a very specific person. [ Laughter ] -What do you think that is between genders and blacks? Why do you think we have a connection? We're made fun of a lot, I believe. -Yeah, I mean, it's-- -Definitely the minority of the whites, for sure. -Blacks don't get made fun of them. -Well, you guys could back it up. -You can make fun of us, and we can't do anything. -Yeah. -I was just Irish guys. -That's true. -You've seen his stand-up, then. [ Laughter ] -That was a fun time, though. I was running around to all my genders in my life. Like, "Man, how many do you have?" -Two. -Two, you mean-- -You and your sister. [ Laughter ] [ Laughter ] -I forgot about Luke. -Luke is probably one of the least black people I've met. -He's an opposite of black. -Yeah, he's just whimsical. -He's a pale guy. -Yeah. -Luke is actually like a fairy-like creature. -100%. -He's a mythical even. -Yes, mythical even. -That's all you guys met, right? -Yeah. -Luke was directing the duel, which I think is one of my favorite of Dylan's movies, my favorite Denny movie. -Wow. -I think your performance is hilarious. I think you and Harder the funniest people in it. You're a nice, strong, solid core in the middle. -That's his short hand for him being like, "You're all right." -He's not wrong. -He's not wrong. -He's not wrong. -I thought it was a mid. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. -I made it in general. -But I met Denny before I watched the movie. Because you guys finished the movie that took like two years to come out. -Yeah. -But you filmed it in one house, right? -Mm-hmm. -How'd that go? -I think there was actually a clever of Luke and Justin to do is put the four best friends, because it centers around four best friends and put us all up in the same place to stay while we were filming in Indiana. And that fast-tracked or dynamic, I think, in a really positive way. -Yeah. -100%. I remember getting hit up for the project 'cause I had known Luke, the director, because his sister and I worked together for looking for Alaska. -Oh, yeah. -That's why I said the crib before. -I loved that show. -And I was like, at a time where nobody was working. I'm like, "Bro, I just need to get out of this house." -You were in 2021? -Yeah, was that the way I was? -It was COVID. -Yeah, it was COVID. -Yeah, it was COVID. -I remember when it started. I got jealous, 'cause Dylan's like, "Yeah, I'm leaving town for a month." I'm like, "F**k." -Well, we were in the most random. -I don't know if you would have wanted to live there. -It was. -Well, were we at Indy? -We were right outside of Indy. Were we in Bloomington? -Yeah, I think so. I think so. Somewhere super random. I remember me and Hart flew on the plane together. Did speak to him at all. -No. -You know Hart is very cool, calm. I remember him getting in the car. And I'm like bro, are you in this movie? He's like yeah, what's up man? I'm like what is it who I don't you say anything to me? Say a thing to me. So I'm like oh this dude and now the irony is like one of my best friends now when I go to Arkansas now I stay with his family. I go to say in general like the group that we had living together like I could call on for anything and I know I go like these are some of my best friends. I know without a doubt like that fast track that was such a fun time. I still think about it. And I'm like that was some of the best time I had. How did you get did you with the zoom audition? No, I did not. Yeah, that's what I don't ever do second. I don't audition for this. Hey, heck is that don't? This is my breathable air device. It's a fume and that's the fume. See it has an umlaut. So it's it's German, right? I don't know if it's made in Germany, but it's so this is you know on my way to having the baby I want to make sure that not me personally. But on my way to have the baby a lot of hope. 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It seems like maple pepper, peach blush, black licorice, white cranberry mango. You can choose anything you want. You know, I think it seems like they have all the popular flavors of the things that you don't want to be smoking anymore too. So I think this is like a really good kind of next step for you to get into if you're looking to kick that habit. And also just kick the feeling of just having something around pulling up. It's a replacement, right? So instead of reaching for whatever you're smoking. You reach for this. Reach for the fume. Yeah, and you can have this on you at all times. It requires no batteries. Nothing? No, nothing. It just has these little, these little kind of, almost they look like charcoal logs that you put inside of it. Which is kind of cool. But yeah, you don't have to charge it. You don't have anything like that. So you're not worrying if it's, you know, filled up and potentially giving you an opportunity to be like, "Well, I need something now that is working." You know, more than a million people have already chosen fume to quit differently. The only question is whether you're ready to take the first step. Remember, addiction is really good at saying later. Don't let it. Head to trifume.com. That's tr-y-f-u-m-dot-com. To get 30% off the good habit pack. Use code wildmen@checkout to get your free fume topper. No, they just hit me up, I think, just as seeing my work from looking for Alaska. And he's like, "I just think you would fit this role." What was your first impression when you met me? I'm so curious. You didn't even give me time to make a first impression. Really? Yeah, because I was like, "All right, I'm going to get to know him." Because you and I, particularly, are playing best friends with movies. 90% of the scenes that we have are together. Facts. And immediately, you said, "Hi, I'm Denny." You said, "Sit down." And I said, "Sit down." Yeah, you said, "Sit down." And then you pulled out that game that you flick the things across the table at each other. Oh, yeah, yeah. Little hockey game. And you're like, "I'm going to whip your ass right now." And that's the first thing you said. And I was like, "Well, it was your first movie. I remember that." And I was like, "I like 'em almost rules." Yeah. I played by J.L.H.L.S. rules. I said, "Yelling, he don't think that he the big dog in here." Oh, I need to dominate him immediately. Just don't do that. I just don't ever think I'm going to dominate him. Because that's what I do. I dominate. I've never lost. First time I met you. Everybody else. I beat me. You have never beat me in rock races. You don't even play with me on camera. I will beat you right now on camera. You go play me on camera right now. I'll rest. I'll rest. I'll beat you right now on camera. - In Japan, did you tell them that? Is the job looked that out? - 'Cause I looked it up. It seems to be a game of 99% chance. - That's not true, bro. - There is psychology. Do you think you could win this? - Without seeing the other person? - 100, I'm not gonna look at him when I plan to. - I'm gonna look directly at you. - All right, all right. - Yeah. - This is what I do. - Let's stop right there. Everybody seeing that? We caught that up camera. - I'm gonna commit a murder on my website. - All right, we're gonna stop right there and we're gonna evaluate, just have it. - Did he win or did he lose? - He lost pretty quick. - Now what? - Did you do, okay. - You pull the scissors and then you immediately follow the-- - I'm gonna tell you after work. - You have to pay for it. - I'm gonna tell you after work. - I'm trying to get a game plan in here. - Okay. - I don't know. - I'm gonna be real. I really don't want you to win for your ego. - I don't think it's gonna be good for anybody here. - Ask him if he's ready. - Are you ready, don't? - Yes. Come on. - Guys. This is what I do, Dylan. (beep) You see, (beep) psychology happens. (beep) - I knew. I didn't see how I'd say it. - I was going to (beep) - He is going for him, man. - He is going for him. - He's going for him. - I didn't ever, I never stopped from rock. - Oh, jeez. - I never moved from rock. - But you moved from scissors to paper on the first game. - Yeah. - There's too many levels here. The thing about Dylan, he's a manly man. So he'll always try to throw something like powerful, right? He don't want to be closed, so he's going to want to cut. - Yeah. - Right? - Or he's going to want to envelop me. I know that about him. He wants to envelop me. - I don't know. - I want to get enveloped. - I just want to give you a hug, man. I know that about him, right? - Okay, so what you're witnessing is what I also learned while we were in Indiana. - Denny is a prolific shit talker when you're playing anything. - I do want to get into this a little bit with you. So I'll say, we were talking about this before a little bit, too. I personally am very proud of you because I mention this to friends. Because I think as an actor, as a young actor, there's this impulse to relate your well-being with how often you're working. - Right, 100%. That's a bar. - Now, I witnessed us work together, and I do truly stand by this. You're one of the best rock paper scissors players I've ever met, but you're also just a phenomenal actor. And I've worked with a lot. And when I remember when we were sharing all those scenes together, I was like, "God damn, he's going to explode. He's going to go crazy." And then where you told me once you were like after that, it was a few months after we finished filming the duel and it was COVID, obviously, but work was hard for you. - 100%. - And it slowed down a bit. And I remember, instead of falling into defeatism, which I know a lot of people can naturally fall into, you made one of the most pioneering quick changes into something that you knew you were already good at, which was comedy, and you went gun hoe because if your agents weren't calling, then you were gonna build it for yourself. - 100%. - And I'll say, like, that takes, number one, it takes a lot of balls, but I think at the same time, it's also difficult to do. And it's been an immense success for you. You have a tour coming out later this year. - Show love tour. - Show love tour, I mean, that's crazy. So to go from us sitting down at wherever we were eating and you're like, "Yo, do you got this dinner?" (laughing) - That is day, to this day. And now you're like, "I have a tour, "you will still ask me to pay for dinner." (laughing) But that is, it's a pretty crazy transition. And I'd be interested to just hear in your mind how that all worked out or how it feels for you to do that. - Man, I think you know this better than anyone. This, the acting game is just ebbs and flows, bro. So the things that you think are going to pop for you, like I thought looking for Alaska was gonna pop. - It was huge, too. - It's John Green, like it's a book that is a renowned book, people love it. - Everyone's, I'm playing one of the, you know, the title characters, it's my first series regular. I'm like, "You were phenomenal in it." - You're like, you said, "I've done it." - And that's what, that's what, that, this was nice leg by the way. That's what, really, and you do. That's what, really, that's what my favorite thing is about you. That's what, that's what, really, mess with my head, dog, is I'm like, "You go out there with you, too." - I know, I know. - And they're like, "The game of potatoes, it was great." - I love it, and I'm just like, "Why didn't that, why?" Like, why didn't, I thought I was out of there at that. - It is not up to you. - How you feel today? - I feel very good. - Really? - Yeah, and it was just my birthday weekend. - We had some beers last night. - I know, I know, but before I had the beers, guess what I had. - And you didn't tell me. - I know. - I woke up feeling tired. - I'm not giving you any of my Zbiotics, dude. - Well, you think I've just given it a lot. - 'Cause I had one, too. - Oh, dude. - I feel great. - Yeah. - I'm really pumped up. - How great do you feel? - I have so much energy right now. - Dude. - I just, I just feel normal, honestly. I don't feel, you know, I just feel like I didn't have a couple brusquies last night. - And speaking of, I mean, we're 33 now. Nothing feels normal anymore, but now. - We're both 34. - Oh, shit. We're both 34. - As of two days ago, you know. - That's right, yeah, that's true. And, I mean, imagine that. - Yeah. - I was, I was clear-headed enough to remember our age. - Yeah, exactly right. - So, if you can think about that. - Z-biotics pre-alcohol probiotic drink is the world's first genetically engineered probiotic. - It was invented by PhD scientists to tackle rough mornings after drinking. - Here's how it works. When you drink, alcohol gets converted into a toxic byproduct in the gut. - It's a buildup of this byproduct, not dehydration that's to blame for rough days after drinking. - Pre-alcohol produces an enzyme to break this byproduct down. - Just remember to make pre-alcohol your first drink of the night, drink responsibly, and you'll feel your best tomorrow. - Mondays don't move for anyone. Pre-alcohol works overnight, so you can have a real weekend and still show up sharp. Z-biotics.com/wildman, code wildman for 15% off. (upbeat music) - So, you just aren't in control of the result. You're in control of the process. Being present and joining your time on set, really soaking it in, learning from the other actors, but the result, you just have no control over. The beauty about comedy is that I don't have to wait for nobody. - Yeah, I can get on a stage at a dive bar, get on stage anywhere and just work on my craft. With acting, it's a little harder to really just do it, to do the thing that you love to do. So, comedy just gave me freedom. I was like, you know what? I cannot keep waiting on this phone ring. I just want to create, I just want to go do what I love. And I think one thing's actors are falling into, especially in this day and age, is thinking that there's only one way. I'm like, bro, I don't care how I get there, as long as I get there. So, I'm like, if comedy is the thing that's working, I'ma just follow that tide. So, I'm like, man, I'ma just start producing my own shows. - You should. - And I just started doing these shows called "Dinny and the Gang." I would be, to be me and my funniest friends. - We would do a couple of those dinings, bro. - I remember some of the first people that I would help put wind in my sales, because I'm like, man, if I can just blow up with comedy and make myself a brand, make it way easier for acting producers and whatnot to be like, we just want to hire this guy, 'cause we know he can put asses in seats. That's ultimately what they want. - Okay, that's a great point. And I want to talk about that a little bit too, which is like the brand of comedy, right? Because I think another thing that I've noticed a lot of actors are a little afraid of, especially even when we're like being like, hey, do you want to come on the podcast and talk to us? - Image. - Yeah, no, it's huge. - A lot of actors have been kind of like, will they don't really ever talk truly like myself? I go, well, first off, you should. Because that whole got smashed, I'm calling that. - Yeah, I know, it's like that man. - I think we're right. - I think that's good. - It's the generation of actors off podcasts. - He's actually broke podcasts. - Miles Taylor came out today and said he won't do interviews anymore, like personal, very personal, 'cause GQ called him like a prick. - Really? - Yeah, and it's tough to pull themselves out. - So, I will say this, I do think as an actor, you're a little bit in the firing line for, if you take yourself seriously at all, you sound like a dickhead. - 100%. - 'Cause like, you can be the nicest hardworking guy, but if you're like, I really love the substance of the scene and I want to get down to the end. - So, the craft, the craft. - The craft, just get 'em out. - Never say the word, the craft. You just gotta be vanilla, bro. Everything has to be vanilla. The thing I love about comedy, again, is the freedom. Like, I never feel like I have to walk on egg shells. Acting makes you feel that way, 'cause you kind of become a bit of a politician. You have to be brand friendly. - Well, so to that point though, 'cause I've met a lot of comedians in my day, most of you, but I've met a lot of comedians, and I've noticed that there's a little bit of a divide. Some are like, I'm going to be my true self out here, which obviously it's still a performance. So, whether you're doing five minutes or whether you're doing two hours on stage, it's still a performance, right? So, there's always that element, but then you look at someone like a Shane Gillis, who feels really like himself on stage, right? And then you have performers or comedians that you look at and you go, this is definitely a character you're doing. This is a persona, and they're brand, they've identified those one or two ways, right? They're either the kind of every man.
you know or they're the brand comedian or the character. In your case, I feel like you're correct me if I'm wrong, but you're definitely leaning more. - Your first star. - Big deal. - Big deal. - Big deal. - Game changer. - You feel like you're name and generation old talent. - Yeah, that's what I was, that's what I was trying to say. - You've seen a life time talent. - That's what I'm saying. And the game is missing that. You all remember the days of like Eddie Murphy. - Yeah. - Martin Lawrence, where people showed up to a movie theater or watch the TV show just for that guy. - Yeah. - You will not look the same in a Red Leather suit. - I'm telling you, I'm not good at my skin. - Look at my skin. - Red. - Red. - Leather. - You don't see. - The pants, everything. - What, bro? I've been squatting for that part. I was thinking about on my tour. - Yeah. - Just showing up sometimes with like classic leading outfits, you know what I mean? - Well, they, where would you even get that commission in the short and small store? - I don't, this thing's like a setup. - They're like, "Yo, drop me here." - Did this all roast? - You know what everyone's problem with me on the shows? - What? - I wear the same five shirts constantly. - You do. - I do. And it's like, there's like logos all over them. They look, they don't look professional. - And they don't even really fit you that well. - Nothing really does until I got quints. - You ordered that recently, didn't you? - I just got a full cashmere polo, and it looks sick as hell. - And you know, after I saw you wear the previous stuff that you bought, not this new one, which I'm excited to see, but after I saw that, I actually ordered some kind of like more fitted teas, 'cause, you know, I don't get the fitted. - Well, no, I fluctuate a lot. - Yeah. - Yeah, wait. So I can't wear fitted sometimes in my life, but other times I want to be ripped as heck, dude. - Yeah. - I'm a big, strong guy, and I need a shirt that shows that. - Yeah. - Yeah, occasionally. It's rare. - It shows it well, the 100% European linen clutch in your biceps. - Oh, I love it. - It looks absolutely pumping my shit up. - Well, that's every time I go to bed, I think about you and your tight shirts. - And I think about you on your quince linen, which I had to get, 'cause my fiance requested 'em, for her birthday, and I bought a whole set of quince pillows, quince linens for my bed, and I go into bed every night, it's like I'm at the Ritz car. - I do, I know, I've been there. I've been in there, I understand. - You like the sheets? - I love the sheets at your place. - I think, you see who's watching the house. - Yeah, I was watching the house, for sure. - Yeah, we were watching. - Thank you, quince. - Upgrade your summer essentials with quality that lasts. Head to quince.com/wildman for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. It's every day of the year, 366, I'm leap years. - Now available in Canada too. That's q-u-i-n-c-e.com/wildman for free shipping and 365 day returns. - Mm-hmm. - It doesn't even roast the Kevin Hart, by the way. - Do you think that comedy can go too far? - Okay, I was gonna ask you about it. I was like, 'cause I've been hearing some opinions about it. Do you think it went too far? - I think what ends up happening, especially as black comedians race, becomes such a big thing when it comes to the jokes. - Yeah. - Not Kevin the person, but Kevin the black man. - Yeah. - I think so much of those jokes, if they're coming from people outside of the culture, the microscope is so much sharper than anything else. - I would definitely agree, I think, to a degree though, I think it seemed like a lot of the comedians from the clips that I've seen, 'cause I haven't watched it in full. - Well, I think you get the gist. - Yeah, from what I've seen, it was also seemed like there was an intentional movement to try and push the boundaries a little bit as the time went on. - Yeah. - And maybe they're trying to set the scene for the next wave of comedians or whatever the f*ck it is, but there's certainly a momentum there in from what I've seen. - There's a lot of shock value. - Yeah. - There it is. - You yourself, you do tackle race a lot. - 100%. - 100%. - I love it, bro. - You just love most of my clips. - What? - Yeah. - Sit down, white bitch. - Like that. - Like that. - Like that. - Like that. - I understand that because I think what comedy in the world is missing is the fact that when we were growing up, bro, we would roast each other no matter your race, religion, your ability, it's like that to me was a family affair. - Yeah. - Like me roasting you was how we connected. - If you think about our friend group, the wild men. - Podcast men. - That is. You see how I did that? - That's what it literally is. - It is. - All generational terms. - Did you see what that was? - We literally roasting each other is our love length. - Or is when we were younger, that was just what it was. - Yeah, that's true. - And I'm from Wisconsin. So the whole race thing like growing up, we are intermingled. Like I got white homies, that's my brothers. Latina homies, that's my brothers. And we bust each other's balls. That's just a part of the culture. And I think that's what's way cooler about being in the comedy community as opposed to the acting community. Actors take ourselves too serious, too often. It gets a little ridiculous at a point. Comedians, bro, it's the wild man. That is what the comedy community is. - You don't need it. - 'Cause you're a very good actor too. So you don't need to take yourself seriously, you know? - I will say, I read that some quote, which I'm gonna butcher, I'm sure. But it said that the only true form of payment for a comedian is the laughter of his fellow comedian. - I told you that, didn't I? - You know what I'm saying? - Is that a quote from me? That's a piece of. - I'm not saying that quote, bro. - I like that quote. - But you loved the audience too, right? - Do I love the audience too? - I think it depends, bro. It's performing in different cities. It is a different vibe depending on where you at. Like jokes you can get away with in Austin, Texas versus like Seattle. It is different, bro. - Especially wherever the political climate is. Do you get the most love in like Chicago, Minnesota? - I think Midwest is the perfect balance of that southerness where you can kind of be free to say whatever you want, but it doesn't get too politically correct where people get offended. 'Cause comedy is that line of like, how far you can go. - The comic's voice is supposed to be the voice of the unheard, the voice of the people, to be able to say the things that you can't say at your job, but I can say it at my job. - But it is funny to think that that's literally like a state-by-state line. - Yeah, bro. - So when you're a true ring and you're a true ring. - Do you have to do research? - I do. - Mentally search. - Mentally search. - How many Dodge Chargers are in this state? - If I go to a state and it says we love Jesus, I could probably get away with saying whatever I want to say. Which is ironic. - Yeah, I keep it going. - 100% bro. - But I think about that a lot and I've really tried to just, sometimes I do get nervous about it. Like, damn, if I got a clip that's crazy viral, but a casting director sees it. - Yeah. - Will they see me in a light as like a young doctor or something like that? I do think about that. - Dude, but you've already done it. You've accomplished, you've like overaccomplished. Because on mayor of Kingstown, you play a prison security guard. - Yeah, I know. - Which is just knowing you is the farthest reach possible. - No, I know. Bro, he's as big as his baton. - The wind blew you. - Oh, you as a cavity check right now. - It's my birthday. - I would ask for it. - Sign me up. - Happy birthday to me. - No, you right though. - So you've already gotten a heart to balance the two. People see me as a true dramatic actor. But how do you see yourself? Like, what kind of roles do you look at? And you're like, 'cause I think you have a tough situation. Because you do a lot of projects where you're perceived as very serious or like action star. - Which is very good. - But you're one of the funniest people I know. - I've actually struggled a lot with this, just in my life in general, because I've noticed that, well, first off, casting people perceive you a very different way than you perceive yourself. - 100%. - Obviously. - I've seen people are perceiving me and Cole at the same time. - That's how I was going to think. - That's interesting. - And I'm also very different. - Exactly. But they're perceiving us similarly or they're trying to do away with their perception of one or the other, right? And, you know, I think maybe we talked to KJ a little bit about this, but we talked a bit about that being a bit of a hurdle to climb over because, for me, you never know what you're getting. Like, I'm walking into an officer, I'm talking to a casting director, and they're like, they're either looking at me, like I'm 11 years old in the sweet life of Zach and Cody, or they're like, "Yeah." - Yeah. - Yeah, he's like, "Yeah, I want to kiss him." - That's most of them. - But I look at that and I go like, "Okay, I'm in for a bit of a challenge." The only thing that's made me come to pieces, I go, "I just want to put the character that I feel I'm reading on the paper and see where they go from there." That's the only thing you can really do. - I will say you also are dealing with the perception of who you were, like your span of life, which is a crazy thing. People already know you when you're auditioning. I think I still have a bit of anonymity in any audition where they don't truly know what. - You're an unsound generational talent. - That's what you're hearing. - I want to hear from your perspective. - I was going to ask you a question. - Oh, is what? - The King of the Neples. - Yeah, that's a place for you. - What are your challenges? - My challenges? - Well, luckily I met Dylan in college, and he invited me on a podcast. - Get married soon. - My mom goes, "Brennan, you need to go to the dentist." - Have you been like six years? - You got a nice teeth though. - What the hell? - Well, I never-- - No, no, no, no, no, no, no. - Show me those things. - Well, my mom said they need--
Elder goes there to be whined a bit. I call the dentist, 507, PM. Normal time to call the dentist. - Yeah. - Closed, no one answers the phone, just rings for like 20 minutes. - That's a bummer. - You know what they need? - Quo. - Why? - A.I. agent, answers the phone calls, makes appointments, no hassle. - No hassle? - No hassle at all. - No hassle? - You could set up a teeth whitening anytime. - So I could have called it 322 AM, and I'd still would have gotten through if they had quo. Really weird time to think about whitening your teeth. - 322? - You had a nightmare about it. Imagine having a nightmare, you walk it down the aisle, everyone's laughing at you, gross teeth. You go, wake up, and then the dentist goes, hello, appointment please. - I really like the way that you're selling this. You know, to that point, most customers are not waiting around for a call back. You know, they're trying to book an appointment at 322 after a nightmare, maybe it's not the dentist, maybe it's a vet. - A vet? - I've needed that last night, I'm gonna use that too. - See, that's why today's episode is brought to you by Quo spelled Q-U-O, the business phone system built so you never miss a call. - You know, the longer you wait, the more calls you miss. That's why you gotta try Quo today. - Try it right now. - Money is on the line, always say hello with Quo. - Try Quo for free, plus 20% off your first six months when you go to Quo.com/wildman. - That's Q-U-O-dot-com/wildman. - Try it now. - Now today. - Now. - Well, Denny Host had your roast. - What kind of food? - Oh, you'll remember. - It was a sweaty roast, right? Yeah. - I'll explain a little bit, I'll say one of your, I wanna get this. - I wanna get this set. - The Johnny's set. - Oh, Johnny's. - Oh no. (laughing) - Oh my. - 10 pages. - Are y'all gonna have him? - Yeah. - Oh my goodness. - He set up what it was. - Okay, well, so. - For my second. - 30, 30th? - 31st. - I think it was 30th. - I had a dead guy birthday. - Mm-hmm. - Kind of a very actor. - I know, well, I'll just remember. - I remember some people didn't want to do that. - My dad was dead. - Yeah. - Yeah, so dad wasn't very happy with it. A few of the sticks in the mud were not happy with it. But I'll explain it, I'll explain it. Okay, dead guy birthday is you lie in a coffin and you pretend you're dead. - Insane. - And people give you legacies to use. - Insane. - I know, I made it up. That's why it's fun. And you lie in it and people give you legacies for you. And if you laugh at the things that they say, - Yeah. - They would have to do that. - That's fun. - In the coffin. - He had an actual casket by the way. - I know, somebody rented a real casket. - By the way, you flash some photos of it. - You can't rent a fake casket, by the way. That's not like, no one's just making a proper - Yes. - Spirit store? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - No, but those don't really-- - Those don't really-- - Those don't go to come out to their quality. - I mean the real, horrible casket. - Don't wait, he used one. - And here's my thinking. Because I like to think that death has a sense of humor. And if you can make death laugh, you're prolonging your life. - All right, dude. - Okay. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - See, anything as deep, right? - That is deep. - If you can make death laugh. - It's not a guy. - There's a sick sense of humor. - They go, all right. - He's just like a guy. - He's just like, "I don't think that's just funny." (laughs) - Hard of death. - He's like, "You know what, I think the roast of Kavanaugh would have been too far. You're dead, too." - But Danny would have MC in front of the casket. - Yeah. - And you had a little podium. - I remember. - That was the worst-case podium. - But all of our friend group are not as funny as others, a lot of people's significant others. And I do, I will say, a lot of women don't base their sense of humor off making their friends feel shitty. That's what we do to each other. A lot of women don't do that. They don't walk up to that girl. I mean, like, you fat bitch. Like, I say that to Dylan once a week. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - I just send him a voice memo. You bitch. - I do that. - He deserves it. - I do that. I don't think women operate like that. A lot of it is big in each other up. We don't do it. Think about how many stork calls he'd be like once a week. And he'll call me, he'll FaceTime me. And I'll pick up and be like, "I'm so excited to talk to Danny." And he'll just go, "Bitch, hang up." - That's funny. - I don't, I just hope in, he having a good day. And I want to earn it a little bit. - Yeah, a little bit. - I want him to stay better. - It doesn't get to happen. - And then if he calls back, I will not answer. - Just joking. - Yeah, he'll completely ignore me. - That is one of my favorite things to do. - Yeah, no Johnny. - Who would you think a comedian? - I would say, I don't think that there was anyone funnier than Prime Cat Williams. - Yeah. - Cat is so cool. - When his, like, Cam Chronicles, bro. - Yeah, I used to watch that. - He has the perfect storm of everything. I think you need to be a great comedian. A great voice. - I was gonna say the voice. - It's so pretty. Anybody could hear Cat Williams and be like, that's Cat Williams. - You know, it's good. - Even in reference to, like, Patrick Warburton, too. - Oh, yeah. - Iconic nature of some of his voice. - Yeah, we're in the movie The Dual. - But to that point, like, such an iconic voice. Cat has such an iconic voice. That will make things funnier than Prime's percent. Just the way he says things. But he has that. He had a swagger, like, a aggressiveness to his comedy, which I grew up watching like "Death Jam" kind of like, in your face comedy, which I pulled from a lot, with my crowd work, like, I want to grab you and pull you into the fun. Cat is that, the whole time, and he does act out. One of the big things I've noticed about-- - He's a great physical comment. - White comics, that black comics do way more is act out. Like, you, like, Shane will let-- Shane Gillist stands like this the whole time and the lyricist is just, that's the whole time. But if you watch, like, a cat, or a cow who's a Martin Lawrence when he's coming, they're doing everything. - Because closest is, like, Sam Kinnison did a lot on stage. - And his dad was a preacher. - That makes sense. - And that's what-- - 'Cause a lot of the talent from the black community comes from the church. - Well, I was gonna read it. - You have to be able to move the church. Like, that's why some of the best singers, like Whitney Houston, they come from the church. You gotta get those people to get out of their seats. - Exactly. - That's why a lot of black preachers, you hear 'em. Everybody, blah, blah, blah. - They have to move you. Same thing with comedy. 'Cause every, doing comedy in Chicago is the hardest. 'Cause black audiences are the hardest to make laugh. 'Cause they come to the show, like, make me laugh. 'Cause I guarantee I got a cuss and funnier than you. (laughing) - They probably do. - They mean I love you 90% of the time. That's probably true. They probably do have a 100% so they, like, you gotta prove to me that you're funny. That's the way I learn how to work a room. 'Cause I'm like, I, it's almost like a battle. Like, I'm at war with the audience for their laughter. You gotta prove it, bro. So, Kat is that in your face comedy, he got the image he wearin' a pimp suit. He got the boys. He got the actouts to me. He had everything. And he's a lot smarter in his writing than people give him credit for. - I think, and this is my general thinking. I think in order to be a successful comedian, you have to be bordering genius level. Look, on the level of really, really funny, at least your perspective has to be so different on things that you can get people to laugh at it and notice those things with 100. And to your point, that can be offensive to people. Because in order to think differently from the herd, you have to be comfortable offending people. I've seen you do it. You're perspective on things. People are like, how do you think like that? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - And it's like, I just don't think like you. I think a lot of people, they go along to get along. They'll be like, "Oh, I agree with your opinion, just because I don't want to offend you." - The other friend, the wild man. That is why it's so fun being in that group because you have so many, we just battle, we battle, intellect, right? Let me just be different, just to hear your perspective. I wanna hear you argue with your head. - I'll get against anyone in the room. - Even if I agree with them, I'd rather disagree. - 100% I'd rather disagree. - I have heard him in a room full of strangers, making the first sentence of conversation and say this exact line to someone and I went, "Oh my God, he goes through." - No, you were talking to them and you go, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." And I was like, "Ah, that's insane to say to someone you've just met." - Why not say that and see how many? - Yeah, she'll do the same, she'll like that. - Only to people I know for a long time. - When I meet someone new, I'm the very nice guy. It takes me a while. - You and Hark also have a thing though that I've noticed. - I can neither are the closer you get. - They're so breathable. But they also have a-- - My mom calls them againsters. - Againsters. - She goes, "You're being an againster, Brandon." - Yeah, she goes, "You're being an againster." I was like, "Yes, Brandon." - Brandon and Hark have a sort of wincy to them that allows them to get away with saying shit that I could never get away with to be part of. - 'Cause Hark don't do this to you. - Yeah, Hark, Hark, Hark. - I know there's so much he loves it. - Or he'll like, "Jump around and do jazz." - How the fuck did you just say that? - Yeah. - That's the worst thing I've ever heard. - It's a certain level of charm to it. I think I'm a bit of an againster. - Yeah. - And Dylan knows is about me. - You're an againster. - Whenever you're trying to give me rabbit, do you remember that? - To eat rabbit? - He's trying to, you know, that's certain shit. I'm like-- - I try to make people think about it. - They want to get a look too Caucasian for me. - Yeah. - I'm like, even the funeral, I'm like, if my black friends saw me doing this, they would think I was joining a cult. Like, why am I in this backyard with a pseudo? And he and a cab, I'm like, this is like some secret society type shit. Dylan will take me there from downtown. In the rabbit was just like, when I pulled up and you were just stewing some rabbit, I'm like, this is good. - This is a Hungarian stew. - This is, I mean, look, every Easter, I make Hassan Feffer stew.
- Every- - Every- - You started a coffin, sir. - He's making a Hassan Fetfer. - Oh man, I've been- - Hey guys, there's a mom. - I'm a realist. - I'm a realist. - Oh, I tried at Hassan. - I was dreaming about it. - I've laid at Hassan Fetfer for a while. - You guys didn't think about by saying that. I knew this was gonna open it up. Okay, I'm realizing Hassan Fetfer was not a safe place for me to say it. - Oh. - Are you- you're engaged? - Well, I was gonna do the oyster to you and ask him if you're engaged. But yes, I'm engaged. - John, I just wanted to give it to my friends. I need some news right now. - You married Secret Married? - I'm about to- - What? - I get married on- on the 25th. - We've five days? - Yeah. - Oh my lord. - Well, this will come out after you're married, so. - How are you excited? - Oh bro, can't wait. We're headed to Hawaii on Friday. - Oh, are you with Maui? Maui was showed to Grandweiler? - You don't need to know all that. - Let us know when you're in Hawaii. - I'm gonna come to join you, yeah, yeah. - You don't have to fun with you? - You're not- we're doing a- it's just me and her. We ain't even- - I'm in love. - Are you doing vows? - He's gonna try to be funny during his vows. - He's gonna do like it's quick 10 minutes. - She would shut you down so fast. - That I could do that when I proposed. I was like, man, I ain't going right now. - Yeah, I'm just going from the heart. - Bro, taking away. - Minute, my knee was about to hit the floor. I'm like, no, he's just lost it, right? - 100% bro, that would love will bring a man the place that he'd never do exist. - Also because 100%. - I think all of our inclination is naturally like, okay, well, we can make light of something. - We can do this. But as soon as you do the ritual of going down on the knee. - Oh, that's different. - And you wait, I'm opening the box and do it and you win. - Oh, this is way above me. - You have any advice, bro? I'm about to jump into being a married man. - I gotta be really. - So we got a baby two marriages in one room. - I gotta be real. - I gotta be real quick. - 'Cause you get married for what? - Four and a half. - Three, three, coming on three. - Three, yeah, coming on three. - Three and a half, what? - We both, bro. I'm four, you were yearning. - Well, I don't know. - Oh, no, sit about, they print. - I was like, I was like, it feels like hungry. It was a day away. - Yeah, I know. - I will say, advice, you guys, I have a good amount of friends. You're the last two way really feel like I need to worry about it. You'll be fine. You both have the thing about you as men in relationships where you go like, and I've noticed this with a lot of you, you're not, you don't stew in question about the long-term things too much. And I've noticed a lot of guys in relationships do their swethico. Yeah, but what if I'm not this by this time, and what if I have to do this then, and what if you're able to live in the moment of being with your partner and say, "Oh, here's the things I know I need to do." - Yeah. - I wanna get married, I wanna eat dinner tonight with her, I wanna cook this, I wanna go on a honeymoon. You're not overthinking it, and I've met a lot of young guys who are in that position, overthinking a lot, whereas you guys go, I know I'm in love, I know I wanna get married, and here's when I have to do it. And I will say this, when you do get married and you're done with the wedding, even if you're just the most lax guy possible, you will feel like a shroud comes off your shoulders a little bit where you go, the weight of the world of the preparation is now done, and it's the best time ever after that. - So the best is after the wedding's over? - I mean, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. - I hate to say it, but it's like, think about even your wedding, it's gonna be a lot of family. - So much family, I'm my family so big. I mean, I have like, have a scar a couple. - Everyone that I've talked to about the fact that I'm in Loping that's been married is like, best idea. - That's the way I wanted to. I mean, no, Britt was more into it, and then I was, I had the Catholic side. My mom wants all her family, you know, especially, and the Britt family wanted our family to be, if Amy wanted to do a big wedding, I would've, but she didn't want to do that, so I'm like, cool, perfect. - Honestly, my thing is, then you'll realize too, like, as long as your mom's there and your family's there, those are the people who you want to see, you get married. A lot of wedding is like, it's 20% for you, 80% for them. - 100%. - And, yeah. - And I think Loping makes it more about your love, which is nice. - Well, can I remind you of something? You may not remember you said to me. I remember this like it was yesterday, because I was like, damn, this dude's a real friend. You know, a lot of people say you're a shitty guy, but not you. - Yeah, yeah. - I would never say that. - Thank you. - Because if they know, though your whole staff knows. So, they told me. So, the thing that made me go, damn, this dude is like, he's a real one, you're very perceptive, 'cause I remember before Amy came into my life. I was at a place where I think all men get to this place, where comedian Ron G says this, you reach a point where you're like a husband, where you're tired of being in the streets, but you're still dating, 'cause you feel like a husband. - Yeah, a husband. - But you're really ready to be like a husband, you want that. We started to think about family, legacy, just trying to settle down with somebody. And you had that before, like the large majority of our friend group. - I loved that. - So, I think in a lot of ways you were leading the way. And I'm looking at the life you were building, we're all around similar ages. I'm like, damn, but I was still outside dating, but it just wasn't getting me nowhere. Now remember we were sitting in the sauna, and I think I was cracking a joke about dating and all of that. And you just stopped and you were like, let's talk about that, 'cause I feel like you actually are, you're yearning for something, but you always are masking it through comedy. How do you actually feel? And you know me, I'm doing bitch. - Shoot 'em. - Shoot 'em. - Did you take a second? - I literally did, and we started to have a real conversation about it. And I remember being like, nah bro, I do, I think I do want something real. I think I do, especially where my life has had it. Comedy is a lonely sport, bro. It's you, your headline, you're on the road, you're going everywhere, you're by yourself, you make it back, and you're by yourself. And I remember being like, man, even if I reach the heights of the success that I want and see for myself, if I don't have nobody to share that with, it is an empty feeling, which is why so many comedians or drunks, and you just around that environment. And that was the first time I actually sat and thought like, I do, that is what I want. And it's okay to mention that, 'cause then the universe goes, okay, maybe you're actually ready for that. That's the first time I addressed it. - I'll say this, I've never met, and I've talked to a bunch of these assholes, 'cause I've never been this way myself. Dude, you were like, yeah, dude, I've been single for like four years, and I love just playing in the game. - The best dude. - I love it. And I go, I've never met a guy who like, on paper, who would be like, yeah, oh, you know, he's got this huge body count, and he does all this, he's got money, and he does this, but I've never met a guy who hasn't been like, well, even in that crash of an area of dating, who hasn't been like, yes, the best intimacy I've ever had has been with someone who loves me. - Every single time. - Every single time. - It's like someone I said next on a train, and we had a big conversation. - Yeah. - This is what I'm gonna do. - One lock it in, one lock it in. - Especially once you cross over into your 30s. - Oh, yeah, dude. - You're like, "Dinies, what am I doing, bro?" - I'm at the club. - The Barney's being here. - I'm going to go to the club. I'm going to go to the club. - I feel like an alien. I'm looking around. I'm like, no, the people don't even dance. - No, no, no. - They're just on their phone or in a section. I'm like, no. - No, no, it's crazy. - Is this what I want for my life? - No. - One lock it in, bro. - Ten more years than you think, bro. - When I see, if I meet dudes, and they still are only just talking about the women they sleep in with, I'm like, we ain't gonna be cool. 'Cause you gotta get that orange in high school, bro. - Yeah, yeah. - I would assume as a grown man, you getting laid. - Yeah, I don't need to hear about. - Hopefully, yeah. - You're on stage every night in front of women, and you can get laid. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, you must be a (beep) - Yeah. (beep) - It's just, that like once I locked in with this woman, like my life really did change. - Yeah, you remember I was living in the darkness. - My whole crib looked like a day. - Bro, I have never seen a more monotone apartment. I remember saying this to you, I walked over. There's like this wooden graving of like, Africa on your wall. - That was my grandma, man. - And everything else I looked around was like, dark mahogany. And I was like, this place is so huge. - You know, men don't have that. - When we come here, it is I. - Just wooded Africa. - No, no, I was there. - Yeah, yeah. - And I was like, this place needs a woman's touch. There's like a spilled thing of like fruit loops on the counter, I had a whole basketball hoop in the corner. It was definitely a bachelor pack. Now my crib is so much lighter, we got green. - No windows that feel better. - I know, I was never windows open, I got shades open. - 100% - It's nice, dude. - It is a game changer, bro. (upbeat music) - I Googled my dad as a files. - Was he there? - I had to. I had to. I just, I just-- - What? - What? - And then it found out, I found a, there was a hit. He rented home alone. - No way. - Yes, mm-hmm. - Yeah, so it's like, yeah. - It was rented by Jeffrey Epstein, home alone. - Really? - We could Google it. - Yeah. - Dad, so bad. (laughing) - Dad is so bad. - Dad is so bad. - Chris was classic. (laughing) - No, that is a movie about trying to capture a child. What are you talking about? - That is research. - He wasn't in them, so I was very happy. - But I thought I'd be him, he got a rope. - He got a rope.
the script to learn how to do it. He watching this, like, "Can't make that mistake." You can take in notes. -Wait, let's finish with some tour dates before-- -Let's talk about something nice. -How do we go back to the fact that you're getting married. You're both getting married soon. -And-- -Let's keep it talking about Mido. -So we have-- (laughing) -Come out of your door. -I'm touring from August through April. I'm gonna be everywhere. They are working me to death, but I'm super excited. -That's great. -This is my first headline in tour, bro. -Eight months? -This is my first, yeah. -I'm outside because that's-- -She's at Christ. -I'm leaving it in, and I'm not going on a road for a while. So I'm just running it up, do what I can, and I'm really trying to get Dylan to do a promo with me. -Oh, he'll do it. -If he agrees to it on this podcast, I'll tell y'all I'm gonna do it. -I have to see the nature of the contract. -You see, I-- -He comes out here for two hours. -You see how he doing. -I already agreed-- -I already agreed to do it. -Breaking news. -Breaking news. -Uh-huh. -And he won't do it. -I already agreed to you. -And you know I did a week ago. -I just needed on camera. -That was good. -Can we end it with this? -Oh, yeah. -I'll loosen 'em up. -Who you got, Luis? -Where was it? 1, 2, 3, shoot? -Oh, yeah. -Yeah, that's my paper scissors shoot. -Are you ready? -Yeah. -Look me in my eyes. -Okay. -I'm working your hands, so I got the timing right now. -Look me in my eyes. -Oh, right, dude. -Easy. -Easy, dude. -One. -Oh, my God. -One, oh. -Who said that? -Hey, Jenny. -Hey, Jenny, are you ready? -This is where I'm ready. -Hey, Jenny, you're ready? -This is when I do what I need to do. Hello. -Oh! [ Laughter ] -Welcome home. [ Laughter ] -See you, Doug. -See you, buddy. -See you good. -Hey, you want me to get you a ride? -Maybe I can get you nervous on the way back? -Midch, you lost. -And ambulance. -I'll get you an ambulance on the way home. -2 out of 3. -I had a feeling. -That was good. -I have a feeling. -It's my birthday. -Yeah, it's my birthday. -It's my birthday. -It gave it up. Awesome. -Danny, Danny! [ Cheers and applause ] -Amazing, guys. -I love you, buddy. -I got a friend and a little present coming. -Oh, yeah. -Oh, my goodness. -That was the present. -To you. -Oh, thanks, guys. -Happy birthday. -Oh, my. -To you. -I got some groceries. -Oh, my. -Happy birthday. Dear, brand day. -Oh, my God. -Jinger, jinger, jinger, jinger. Dude, I'll toy everything today, too. -Jinger, jinger, jinger. -Good, good. -Favorites. -I'll toy it. -You have 'em forever. -Oh, my God. -And tic-tac. -Tic-tac, orange. -And what, guys, this is the nice thing anyone literally is ever gotten. -You'll never have to be up. -No, this is great. Oh, thank you, guys, so much. -Thank you. -Thank you, audience. -Well, that was a pleasure. Who won? -You did win. -You did win. -Made my day. -And by the way, -my birthday. -Just as fast as I could have ever had. -Two little rounds. -Yeah. -Best out of three got 'em in two. -I mean, if that feels so gratifying me. -Think of game seven, though. -Because he has beaten the shit out of me, so often at rock paper scissors. I remember the maddest I've ever seen, Denny. And heart. Heart, particularly, is when they used to play horse while we were doing the duel outside of the basketball hoop. -Because they had kind of known each other a little bit. -In the pooler outside. -No, they're playing basketball. And I always play horse in the pool. -What? -Yeah, that's like the main horse plays to play horse. -Is that where most people-- -No, that's weird, right? -He's talking about wrestling horse. -No, no, I'm talking about basketball horse. -What? -Yeah, I always used to play in the pool of a grandma's. -Okay, everything about what you're saying is weird right now. Am I crazy? -No, everything about what you're saying is weird. -Because horse is a game of crazy shots, right? So it's more fun if you play in the pool. You can jump off the diving board, take a shot. There's less risk of injury for horse. I just think there's also less basketball hoops attached to pools. -Okay. And 90% of my horse games have been in a pool. I wasn't sure if Denny and Hart were the same way. -No, they're not that way. -They're playing outside. -They're playing on a real court. -They're playing land horse. -They're playing a land horse. -Yeah, that's fine. -Yes, best fight next time for the viewers at home. -Yeah, viewers at home, it's land horse, land horse, and Denny, as you saw, being a prolific shit-talker when playing games. Made Hart angrier than I've ever seen him. Hart would have to sit down quietly in the kitchen while he's making eggs. And he would have to decompress for like 45 minutes after playing every day. -With scrambled eggs, just like-- -Scramble eggs, sure. -I saw him make it on the grill once. This is how I knew he was doing poorly at horse. He was actually like-- he was spiraling. -He put eggs on a grill? -How? -That's what I say. -We're like hard-boiled? The shell was touching the metal? -No. -What? Eggs cracked eggs on a grill. -They wouldn't they just go through. -Well, they did. A lot of it. He cracked an egg onto like a flat thing that was put on top-- -It wasn't a pan. -It wasn't a pan. The power went out in the place that we were staying. -Oh, so gas was still going. And I remember him using a, like, a basting brush to do it. And I think he was just doing it to be an asshole. -He does all of eggs. -He does love eggs. -He does love eggs. -He does love eggs. -He'll eat 45 eggs. -Did he win in any one every time? -He's actually like a good skillsman. -He's actually a really good basketball player, too. -Really? -I think he like-- he has some funny stories. I think he might have told this in some of the stand-up that we've seen. But when he was in high school, he wanted to either go into basketball or football. And very quickly knew he couldn't play football because the guy who he was trying to tackle with a ball just ran with him hanging on his waist. And he knew it was over for him. -He's like, "I got to go into theater." -He's held him and then you straight up. -But he ran full speed with him hanging around his waist and he's like, "I can't do this anymore. It's not for me." -Well, now he went to theater and now he's the biggest stand-up in the world. -I know, dude. -I actually texted Denny and I was like, "Hey, Denny can't wait. You know, I just got tickets at Cops in San Francisco." I was like, "Hey, Denny, what the fuck are you seeing me in San Francisco?" I go, "Oh, because I'll be up there with my family." I go, "But why?" -He's like a self-safety. -I think he wants a big show in Los Angeles. -We got to get together and go out. -Denny's playing legit clubs and he's headline. He's huge now. -I know. His tour, I think, is by the time that this releases, I think his tour tickets might be on sale. -It might be sold out. -It might be sold out, so you definitely jump on that. -You just called wild men to get one for free. -Denny's going to be mad to say that. -You can never, never. -Are you guys, can you hear on Mike how much my tummy is rumbling? -I just heard it rumble. -I can't hear it. -How much my tummy is rumbling? -Are you hungry? -I am. I did eat just a little bit though. I'm pretty hungry. -He's fiercely rumbling right now. -Should we give you something to do? -Can we in the post, can we crank up the rumble? -I did go on a date years and years and years. -I was thinking it was a yesterday. Years and years and years ago with a gal who was fiercely embarrassed her tummy rumbled on the day. -Really? -With like, oh no, I'm so sorry I'm like, dude. It happens to everybody. -Church, tests, elevators, airplanes, quiet movies. That's Brendan's tumble rumble. -Tumble, wait, wait. That's a new shirt for me. Brendan's tumble rumble and pool horses got to be two things. -It was always, when it's quiet, either my nose starts dripping a lot. -Really? -If I'm really nervous. -If it gets quiet and get allergies? -No, I don't know. -Tumble, rumble, rumble. -No, it is embarrassing. I've ever got it. -I mean, I'm getting it down. -In a movie theater with random people, you know everyone here. -I think if it happens to you in a public space, I think you also have to let out a ground. -You're like, oh no, I'm so hungry. -I think it's a popcorn. -You could get free popcorn. -Can you hear this? -No, never ever. It's when you're alone. -No, that's true. -Always when you're seeing people. It's an embarrassing thing. -I mean, I would lobby about 50% of the time in my life. Pretty 50/50, it's either because my tummy's upset or it's hungry. -It's all, yeah. -You sound like you're a hungry tumble rumble. -No, it doesn't make any noise otherwise. It's just when I'm starving. -Really? -It almost never happens. -I just thought it was funny to be embarrassed by it. Like that's like -- -I've just rumbled again. -We got to crank this noise up, dude. -I almost want to put a mic there. -It's just raising cans or something? -I'm hungry. -You know what I was thinking about the other day? -What? -More than anything. -What now, Dylan? -One of my biggest dreams. And I actually had a dream about it. I want to make a Godzilla movie with you. Right, a Godzilla movie. A spectra for Godzilla. -I know you love Godzilla so much. Sometimes I can't understand Godzilla. And it should be because I love monsters. I love big monsters. My big thing, I'm a big minion guy. Not the yellow guys, but like minions and movies. -Yeah. -So when I was a kid, when I saw a Godzilla movie, I like all the destruction. But in the end, it's kind of like watching an earthquake movie. Where it's mostly a natural disaster movie. I like when there's little guys that can chase you. -He is a Godzilla is a natural disaster. -Yes. -So you'd have to come in from that point.
but sometimes it takes itself too seriously. - And this is so exactly what you're gonna say. Growing up of watch like every Godzilla movie, that's not a joke. My dad used to have every one on VHS and that was actually how he got us to be like quiet as babes. Like we would watch, he would put in a VHS and we would watch Godzilla and we would just rock back and forth and rockers and watch Godzilla. We love Godzilla, both Colin and I are obsessed. The older movies had a distinct element of comedy at certain points in the life span. - And the two little twins. - The two little twins, hilarious. I don't think they were trying to be funny with the twins. I think they were like 20 series. But what I will say and I always thought was actually really funny, was there was like the alien threat in a lot of the old Godzilla movies and the aliens were integrally linked to Kingidora and Gaigan, who I think are like obviously the nemesis of Godzilla and Angerus, who was like another cool monster. But like Angerus was like. I stung just rumble. - Did it? I don't know why. Talking about Godzilla. - We're like, what are the interrupts continue? - Okay, like if Godzilla started a Wildman podcast Angerus would be you? - They're boys. - Yeah, they would be boys. - See, I'd like that. I'd like to see Godzilla fighting for the people maybe. I love a specific room I thought was sweet. - And they're trying to do that with King Kong, right? They're trying to do that with Kong, who I think like it works. Definitely. - Yeah, they have to kneel with Godzilla. I didn't like that. I was team King Kong. You're like a big monkey guy? - Yeah, big time. - No, no, I'm much more of a Godzilla guy. - I could be related by blood to King Kong, but I couldn't be related to Godzilla. Cold blooded versus someone I might have evolved from. - So wait, so your love of King Kong has to do with the fact that you like-- - My DNA problem is genetic cancer. - My DNA problem is genetic cancer. - I'm not gonna root against him. - Not because he's a cool big gorilla. - No, Godzilla is like a lizard that got hit by a nuke. - Yeah, but King Kong's just a dinosaur. - Live, dude. No, no, Godzilla is the king of monsters. - Yeah, Hollywood made him the king of monsters. If it was real, he would have kicked Godzilla. - I don't think Hollywood made him the king of monsters. I think the Japanese film industry made him the king of the monsters, okay? And a lot of that old stuff. - And then he came to America and beat up King Kong. - Cool as hell. - Mr. Empire State Building. - Dude, your King Kong in the original movies was like minuscule compared to Godzilla. Godzilla was towering over. - I know, he's big. - He's a big guy. He's a king of the monsters, he's a lizard. And he shoots a atomic breath. - Yeah, that's the thing. - You don't like that. - He's powerful. King Kong has flaws, loves the ladies. It's biggest flaws, he loves blondes. (laughing) Just climbs up, you could have had the world, man. (laughing) - I've learned a lot about you in this episode wrap up. First off, pool horse is still weird. - Pool horse is still weird. Did you like siblings do this too? - Oh yeah, we always play horse in the pool. I wish Denny would still hear or could still ask about it. - In Chicago too. 'Cause my mom grew up in Chicago. - Isn't Chicago cold most of the year? - It was so hot in the summer. - When my grandparents had a pool. - Yeah. - And then they just had that like little pool hoop. - Well, as you guys might be able to tell who are watching or listening, we're trying a new format now where we're putting the hang at the end of the episode for people who actually want to hear us ramble on about our tummies rumbling. - So when they click on Denny love, it's not us talking for 20 minutes? - Oh yeah, that's a good idea. - That's nice. - Interesting. - So if you want to stick around and listen, you always can't come on that. - We're here for you guys. We'll hear for you. - This is where actually I found like a lot of our clips kind of spawn from those. This is where we say the dumbest shit. - Yes. - 'Cause we're embarrassed around other people. - Yeah, we actually just need to gather now. - We just need to be really close, look each other in the eyes and have a tumble rumble. - Together. - Together. - We should go get you some food.
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
Denny and Dylan have a close friendship built on humor, shared experiences, and mutual respect, often bonding over playful games like rock-paper-scissors.
Denny reflects on his journey from comedy to acting, highlighting how he transitioned into stand-up and comedy as a path of creative freedom during difficult times.
Comedy provides Denny with a sense of authenticity and freedom, allowing him to express himself without the performance pressure common in acting.
Denny emphasizes the importance of community and roasting each other in a friendly, generational "wild man" culture, which is central to their dynamic.
Denny shares personal milestones, including his upcoming wedding, a growing sense of emotional connection, and a shift toward stability and real relationships.
He discusses the role of humor in navigating life’s challenges, from loneliness to dating, noting that comedy helped him realize the need for deep, meaningful connections.
Denny values authenticity over image, rejecting the idea that comedy must conform to political correctness or industry expectations.
The conversation ends on a celebratory note, with Denny’s birthday, a successful stand-up tour, and a strong sense of personal growth and community.
Summary:
Denny reflects on his life and career, highlighting how comedy has been both a creative outlet and a source of deep personal connection. He shares how his friendship with Dylan, rooted in humor and shared experiences, has shaped his journey—from stand-up to acting—and reinforced the importance of community and authenticity. Denny credits comedy with giving him freedom to express himself without the pressure of performance, and he emphasizes the value of playful roasting and intellectual debate in their group dynamic.
He also shares personal milestones, including his upcoming wedding, a shift toward meaningful relationships, and the emotional weight of finding stability in love and life. Denny contrasts the isolation of touring with the comfort of real human connection, especially in his growing family and friendships. He acknowledges that comedy, while a powerful tool, can’t replace genuine emotional bonds.
The conversation ends on a joyful, celebratory note with Denny’s birthday, a tour announcement, and a reflection on how humor and personal growth have defined his path. Ultimately, Denny sees himself as both a comedian and a real, evolving human being, grounded in both laughter and love.
FAQs
It's a humorous tradition where someone lies in a coffin and receives legacies from friends, often to provoke laughter. The speaker believes making death laugh prolongs life and reflects a playful, deep-rooted sense of humor in their friend group.
Denny sees comedy as a source of freedom and creative expression, allowing him to perform without the constraints of traditional acting. He values the spontaneity and authenticity of comedy, especially in connecting with audiences through humor.
He believes actors often feel the need to be 'brand-friendly' and take themselves seriously, while comedians can be more unfiltered and 'wild,' allowing them to roast each other openly and freely without fear of offense.
He acknowledges that comedy, especially when rooted in shared experiences, allows people from different backgrounds to roast each other in a safe, generational way. He values this as a form of cultural bonding, saying it was a family affair when he was growing up.
The game symbolizes their long-standing, playful rivalry and mutual respect. It reflects their competitive yet friendly dynamic, with Denny noting Dylan's strategic patterns and their shared history of banter and challenge.
He is excited about his first headline tour, which marks a major milestone in his career. He credits comedy and self-expression as key to his success, and he plans to collaborate with Dylan to promote the tour.
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