HEATHER MCMAHAN Took a Month-Long Trip to Scotland

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Yeah, it was just earlier than we wanted. That's getting up at seven. Yeah, of course. Getting a dog out, getting showered on a morning when you could theoretically sleep in. But it was so lovely. It was a gray morning. Sun hadn't come out yet. Beat the crowds, lovely brunch. So nice to see her. It was really great. And I just got us out of the house. It sort of gave us a day that we wouldn't have had other ways. I had, because she was gone, I did not have a single night without one of my children in bed. They just kind of rotated through. Because you don't got those boundaries. We don't got those boundaries, but I will tell you, buddy, I couldn't. I'm actually sad it's over. She's getting back tonight. And it was just so nice. I'm just realizing they're not going to want to do it forever. And I'm like, "This is the best." And they all are different. It's mostly Adian Axel. Ashes, I think he wants to be the big kid and he doesn't want to do that. He winds a little bit about the fact that he keeps forgetting that he could have done it. But Axel wakes up so early, and then just for an hour tries to wake me up while pretending he's still asleep. So he's just a lot of like. - Cartoon noises. - Cartoon noises, and then kick him a little bit. And then I'll be like, "Good morning, Axel." He's like, "Huh? What?" "Hey, good morning, Dad." I'm like, "You little asshole. You little liar." And then Adi, she wakes up and then just will lie on her side, thumb in her mouth, and just staring at you. And so when you open your eyes, she's just like. And it's just. You can't ask her sort of a better tablo. Yeah, let's see in that. And I will say it was the longest Alexi has been away. And the kids were just so good. I mean, I think they knew if they counted on me, it's gonna be disaster. So they're all like, "Let's just do. Let's just take care of what we need to take care of." - That's great. - Yeah. It was very, very rewarding, and I'm very proud of them. On my way home from that brunch, I had to stop one of the producers for my California Now podcast, had grabbed my AirPods case that I had left on a recent shoot in Northern California. And I told your wife, Alexi, this, and she's like, "Oh, do you want to see Seth find my?" - I was worried about that. - And she scrolled through and there's like, Seth Meyers AirPods 9 or something like that. And I'm like, "Nine?" She's like, "This is the second time through. This is 18 because it goes up to 10 and then it re-racks." - Yeah. - Apparently, you got problem. - I got a real problem holding on to my AirPods, and I'm okay with it. You know what I mean? And part of it, though, I need AirPods, right? I also, the same thing would happen if I had sunglasses. And so I don't wear sunglasses. - Right. That's a sunglasses. - No, but I just, because I know what will happen, right? - Right. - Even reading glasses now, I found a cheap pair I like and I have 20 pairs of them. - Yeah, all the time. - What about, with sunglasses or good buddy, Brian Stanchfield, Stanch? He's always rocked the croquis. - He has rocked the croquis. - And apparently, your son Axel wears croquis with like multiple buoys on them. - Yeah, he wears summer croquis. He wears buid, because again, Axel has some very, very heavy prescription lenses in his glasses that are not easy to replace. - Right. - So we buoy him up hardcore. - Yeah. - But you could go, you could rock some croquis, particularly in the summertime. - Yeah. - I think we, if you're just walking around New York City. - I'm almost to the point. I think I might just go like the kind of chains that our grandmother had, he wore. - Oh, yeah. Mackenzie's bought those for me, and she like really wants me to wear them. And I'm like, I'm not. I know. - But I'm closer to that than I am like a cool croquis dude driving around a boat. - Yeah. Okay. I might just be that fair enough. - You know what? - We just, we are who we are, Poshy, and there's no need to fight it. - Yeah. - That's true. - Great conversation today. And I'm very excited for everybody to hear our guests. This is the first time I think either of us had talked to her. - Yeah. Heather McMahon, she's got a great podcast, absolutely not that just hit 400 episodes. She's got a new special by a thread, which is out October 16th on Hulu, not her first special, but her most recent. And yeah, she, she does it right when she, after she shoots a special. She's got a, she's got a plan that she talks about a way that she treats herself and her husband to a little time off. And it's very admirable. So we hope you enjoy it. We certainly did. And thank you as always for listening, everybody. - Here we go. - Yeah. - Hi. - Hi. Heather. How are you? - I'm good. How are you guys? - We're good. We're, you know, we're, I think, coming up on our 200th episode, and then I just looked and you just hit 400? Is that true? - Yeah. - I'm glad you was like, I did 10,000. - All right. That's good to know. - Congratulations. - Yeah. It is both like, I can't believe we're almost at 200. And I'm also like, how's it not 1,000? - Yeah. Yeah. And like, how have I not run out of everything to talk about? And then like, people will come up to me on the street and like, can you talk about this in your podcast? I'm like, did I? I should have never said that out loud. Well, I look, I'm just like word vomiting every week. It's terrible. - Yeah. No, we're, we're learning that as well. It's lovely though. When you find out that there are people in the world who know more, or remember more about your life than you do. - 100%. Yes. Yeah. It's scary. And I'm like, how do I know you? And they're like, oh, you told me your deepest, darkest secret on your very public podcast. Thank you so much for sharing that. And you're like, great. Cool. - What got you into the podcast game? Because it seems like you were fairly early into it. - Yeah. You know, I don't know, just self-indulgence. And like, my, I don't even have a co-host. My podcast is like a solo once a week. I guess I just like to hear myself talk. You know, as a stand-up, it's like, I guess the stories keep coming. But I have like a hotline where people call in. And then I give them like, horrific, unsolicited life advice. So it was originally an interaction with my fans. And then, you know, your publicists call me like, yeah, maybe she'd get some guests on this thing. So now, it's, it's ebbed and morphed since then. But it's been fun. But I've been doing it for like, you know, for years. It's crazy. - As a young person, were you the kind who would give unsolicited advice? - Yeah, every day. I was always the kid who wanted to hang out with the adults. Like, if you had a stepmom who you were a little suspicious about, I was hanging out with Kathy while she smoked menthols during the sleepover. You know, that was, that, I was always an adult kid. I don't even know how to explain it. I never got Disney. I'm like, I want to watch Sally just say Rafael and Ricky Lake and soaps. And I want to know the tea. - Yeah. Yeah. That's very good. You're in the right, you're in the right space then. - Good. - Yeah. And congrats on your new special. Dropping on Hulu on October 16th. - Yeah. Very exciting. - Yeah. That's awesome. It's, do you have that, uh, that window time between when you, film it and when it's out in the world, do you find that the most uneasy time of a special? Yeah, and I'm panicked because then as soon as it drops, like I know in October, I have to start from scratch. So I'm like, you know, you work on this for like a year and you tour and you do all these things and then you sit with it and then when it's released, you're like, well, okay, I got to absolutely start from scratch again. And that's an exhausting, thrilling, exciting time in your life. But you're like, all right, here we go, back to square one. Have you been on the road in between where you're sort of saying farewell to the material? You're like last run with it? No, absolutely not. I take the summers off. I don't touch comedy for like a month because I tell you very strongly, you have to go live. I go to Europe with my husband for at least three weeks. And then we obviously get into some sort of fight while we're there. And that's how I have a new special. Exactly. Where how many years have you guys lived by the spend the summer in Europe or three weeks in Europe? I should say. I mean, we've only been able to afford living in Europe in the summer for like the last six years. That's pretty good though. Yeah, did you have it? Was there a favorite destination over the course of the last six years? Yeah, we're big Italy people. I got married in Italy. I studied abroad in Italy. It's just, it always calls to me. That's where, you know, I've got a tie-in route. So does my husband. That's just where we go and thrive. Like if I have an apple, I had a feeling McMahon was telling me. It's on my mom's side. But there's something about getting like a fresh cook zero with a lime, you know, in Italy. And then I smoke a vacation sick. And I'm just a whole person. That's what I need to really take off the edge. Where did you study in Italy? Florence. So did my wife. I've still never been where married. And we still haven't taken our honeymoon. And that's sort of the dolomites, Florence and Venice is our plan. And we just need to find the time to go. Heather, I'm going to reach out real quick for some unsolicited advice here. How many years after your wedding? Is it no longer honeymoon? It's just a vacation. Because Josh is coming up on two years married. And yeah, and I appreciate how hard it is to schedule something. But if it's like five years after they got married, is it actually a honeymoon? Yeah, no, I do think this is we're just in vacation territory. Yeah, which is fine. I think of vacation with someone you love very much. That's great. I will say, if I may, just because this is my life, we at our wedding, we asked for like a honeymoon funds. So we have an account with money in it that is like dedicated for the honeymoon. So it will be probably more than we would spend on a typical trip. And it is only because it is our honeymoon. You didn't want a crock pot. We didn't need a crock. And you guys have it in a high yield fund right now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What's the, oh, yeah. Are you? I'm that Josh. I'm fine with all that. I'm just saying, if it's three and a half years after getting married, I don't want to hear that you guys are getting the free piece of cake at dinner because you're telling the waiters. It's your honeymoon. You do. Well, you might have to hear that. I can't, I don't have to worry about your gentle soul about hearing about my wife and me getting a piece of cake. I just feel like you are in most things. You are highly ethical. And I feel like this is stepping in the line of ethics. Well, I have to admit, my dad died 10 years ago. And I still use that my dad just died to get free stuff all the time. And I always tell women, yeah, go to a makeup counter. Like go to Chanel, right? It's super expensive. You go in there. You look a little sad. You say, Hey, my, you know, my dad's dad, I need to get some makeup for like the service. You walk out of there with hundreds of dollars worth of free samples, and it's not technically lying because they're dead, you know, but I use that to my advantage all the time to get free things. Do you think your dad would approve? Absolutely. Okay. And I approve. In a way he's still giving you gifts. If if your dad was the kind of guy who liked this, how crafty you're being, then I think that's okay. Yeah, 100%. He'd be like milk it for as long as you need to. Yeah. It's fantastic. So you grew up, you're from Atlanta? Yeah. Okay. And grew up there, like born and raised. Born and raised grew up there, moved back there recently. Like my husband, I lived in New York, we lived in LA, but no, now I'm back, I'm back in Atlanta. And I just moved out of my childhood home. So for the last six years since COVID, we left our apartment in New York City. I moved back into my childhood home with my mom and we just moved out until like our first like real, like adult home. And we've been married for five years and we were living our our honeymoon phase in my mom's house. Yeah. How does your mom feel about your departure? She's devastated. Hate set is at my front door at my new home every 15 minutes, you know, trying to rearrange furniture, telling me I have horrible decor style. So yeah, she's she's a bald. How far away? How far away did you move? She we moved 15 minutes away. Okay. And I'm this close to buying the ranch house next door so that she can be next door, but not in my home. Yeah, you should insist on decorating the ranch house next door, uh, much to her great dismay. Yes, I will. I absolutely will. Is this how you thought it would go when you moved out, were you aware based on your relationship with your brother that should be over? Yeah, without a doubt 100% and I miss her and my husband, we have we don't have kids yet. We have like four guest bedrooms upstairs and he's like, she's not moving in. We need at least a year because we didn't get to live out our honeymoon phase. I was in my childhood bedroom and I'm on the road touring all the time. So it kind of worked. Like my husband, I would have these like sexy rendezvouss. We'd meet, you know, somewhere on tour, but it is hard to have sex in your childhood home with your mother like four doors down. Yeah. And at one point, my financial advisor was like, Heather, you're not doing bad. Let's just buy a home. Yeah. Or at least a, or at least a different bed. A different bed. Yeah. Because that was my wife and I spent basically like the first 10 summers, we had a couple together, at my in-laws summer house and her childhood bed, which was like a real creaky squeaky thing. Just not okay. Do you, when you're on the road just logistically, does that mean your husband is in your childhood home with your mom, just the two of them staring at each other, waiting for you to get back? 100%. And the kind of the relationship of like, Leah Remini and like the King of Queens with his dad, like kind of that vibe, but they're their best friends. But here's a fine thing. My mom is from Boston, my husband's from New York. So they speak in a very like Yankee language together that as a southerner, I'm like, why is everyone screaming? You know, and they're just having the time of their lives. But my husband's the best. He take my mom to Korean barbecue and all these fun little dates. But now that we are out, we're having our new honeymoon phase. I was like, I can walk around my house naked, you know, we've been doing the sex in all the places. Like it's we're back in a honeymoon phase. And we've been together a very long time. So we're having fun. Great. I think there's something very nice about how different people from Boston and New York would say they are. But if you put a third people, third person in the room from Atlanta, they're like, we're the same. We're 100% the same. There's no difference that us. What were we ever talking about? Everyone's screaming. Everyone's fighting, but they're not fighting, but they're happy, but they're they're also kind of sad. Like I don't, I can't ever read the room. And as a comic, I feel like I'm really good at reading the room. And I'm like, I don't know if you guys are getting along. I want to kill each other. And they're like, we're having the time of our lives. Leave us alone. I'm like, fine. All right, bye. Hey, we're going to take a quick break and hear from some of our sponsors. Support comes from Audible. Hey, Bashi. Hey, Sufi. It's no secret. You and I are both huge fans of Audible. Yeah. I like the odd, well, it's not books on tape anymore. It's just audiobooks, but we were we come from book on tape stock. We do. But it's, you know, everything is developed in a wonderful way. I mean, the voice actor is better than ever. I just listened to a wonderful book called The Sun by Philip Meyer. 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And my dad was a private pilot for fun. So we had this tiny little Cessna airplane. And on Friday afternoons, he'd pick us up from school. We'd have a tiny little duffel bag. It was like a four-seater airplane. We'd hop in the airplane. We'd fly an hour and a half down to Hilton head. And that's what we did every weekend. So we were never like a road trip family because when your dad's a pilot, you just get in, you know, you grab a duffel, you get in and you go. Yeah. Yeah. Did you ever have any hesitation of getting in the plane with your dad? Or did you just grow up having faith in him as a pilot? And had full faith in him. And this is really wild. The Grandfather was chief pilot for Delta for like 20 years. And he won the Dadaian Award for Safety and Aviation. He saved this plane that almost crashed at LAX. So my grandfather was a pilot. My dad was a pilot. Like that's all I knew. It was just like I felt very comfortable. The tiny or the plane, the better. Like my 13th birthday. This is so nerdy. I'm such an aviation nerd. I got in a biplane. And I was dressed like a million airheart. And I got in an open airplane. And that was my 13th birthday ride. Like cheesy. So nerdy. But awesome at the same time. I mean, cheesy, but also fantastic. I imagine the pictures from that birthday must be off the charts. Yes. Epic. Trubby little Heather with my, you know, little leather bomber jacket on. Yeah. But it's funny because, you know, growing up or when I got older, my dad would fly to college and pick me up. And then we'd fly off somewhere and go to lunch. And my friends could not believe it. And I'm like, that's just what I know. My, I have a friend with eight year old twins and he took them on a, like this sort of state fair biplane ride because they really wanted to do it. Yeah. And he said that before each, he went up twice with them. And before each time he had to go into a porta potty because his daughter's going to crap himself with fear. And he said, and then he was, he was, I was hoping the first one would hate it so much. And when we came down, they would like tell the second one, like, you don't want to do it. And they were like, it's the best. And he was like, ah, be right back. And I just go crap myself a second time. Yeah. I, I feel so comfortable in little planes. And, you know, my dad always said, because I have friends that are afraid of flying. And I say the pilots and the crew want to get there just as safely as you want to get there. So that's what I constantly remind myself. And also, you know, you know, for me, it's so much of the fear when I do little plane stuff is weather. And that's when I remember, I'm like, they also don't want to go down in a storm. Right. Yeah. They don't care about my vacation that much. Yeah. Exactly. Also, I get very territorial over gate agents, like I am their security protect them. Then the mat I travel when I see somebody yelling at a gate agent because something's delayed because of weather. I'm like, they can't control the hurricane. What is wrong with people? Yeah. Like, stop yelling at the gate agents. They're just delivering messages. Yeah. I'm, I'm a psycho about weather. And, and because you know, when you're flying in a tiny sessna, the bumps, you really feel them. So, yeah. We, a dear friend of ours, her parents retired to Hilton head island and she would go visit them and bring her kids. And she says, it's just amazing because you can just cut kids loose there. And there's like bike paths and like, you don't, there's no fear of like, are my kids going to be okay? So, were you just like free wandering kids? Yeah, we maybe shouldn't have publicly just said that. So now all the, the curves are going to show up at Hilton head. Well, they can't, how are they going to get those bands off the island? Yeah, great. And these, these bike paths that they sort of off. Can you see them from the road? Yeah. Behind Paul Meadowdooms. No, Hilton head was the wildest place. You know, and, and as a chubby little eight-year-old, I would hit the outlet malls. Like, they have the most epic outlet malls ever. If you don't think that my little grubby chubby fingers were trying to, you know, get some sweaters 50% off at the J-Crew outlet. That, that was a perfect Saturday to me. And I'd get, uh, fro yo, and go play golf with my dad in the afternoon wearing his golf outfit. Because at that point, we're basically the same size. So, um, yeah, Hilton head was just this free place. It was insane. Just the best. And one time when we were down there, I was very little. And there was a bunch of boogie borders. And this guy starts to boogie board. And my dad realizes, he's like, okay, this guy can't see me because I was tiny at the time. And my dad jumped in front of me to save my life because I was about to get decapitated from a boogie border. Boogie border runs in the back of my dad's kneecap, you know, breaks his knee, the whole thing. My dad's being drug onto the sand by a lifeguard. I'm waiting for the news crew to show up. Like, all I care is about getting on camera and being a star at, you know, six years old. But, yeah, so I've almost died in Hilton head. Thank God, my dad had the foresight to jump in front of this guy, or I would be headless. What a hero. And I feel for the headline writer who has to describe how somebody got to capitated by a boogie board. Because it's obviously very serious, but you still got to write boogie. Boogie. You're sister older or younger? Older. Three years older. Three years older. Were you guys buddy buddy when you would go down to Hilton head? Yeah, buddy buddy. We would tear up the kids club at the pool. Yeah, we were all these getting into stuff. And we were also big cruise families. So, growing up, you know, when your parents worked in the airlines, you got amazing discounts on cruises. So, we would do a lot of the celebrity in Disney cruises and like run the kids club. And my sister kind of acted as my agent manager early on in the day. Like, there was one particular Disney cruise we went on. We were doing the kids club, big performance at the end of the week. It was a little mermaid. They wouldn't let me be the starfish. And my sister said, the McMan sisters will not perform unless my sister is the starfish. And that was my first taste of being like, okay, somebody has my back. You deserve your 10%. Yeah. Yeah. That's great. What, where were your favorite places to go on cruises? I mean, those Disney cruises I've heard are something else for kids. Like, and for like parents, parents, I've friends of mine have gone and they were like, I was kind of shocked at how great it was. [BLANK_AUDIO] The Disney cruise in particular is amazing for parents because the food's great and they're also as great entertainment for adults. Oh, well, you know, talking about safety, you could just let your kids run a mug. Whatever private island, which now that sounds sketchy as it comes out of my mouth, but all these cruises had like their private little island for the day. So you knew nobody could get away, you know. Yeah, those are my favorite stops. We're also a big Turks and Kiko's family, though, too. So we've been going out of the Turks. You've Kiko's? Hell yeah. We have Kiko's. You prefer Turks, right, Posh? I'm a Kiko's guy. Yeah, I'm a Turks. I'm a Turks guy. Yeah, okay. Can I ask about like the one thing about Hilton head? How far is Hilton head from Savannah? And it seems like those are two very different vibes. Um, I like an like if you're driving like an hour and change. Got a half. Yeah. Did you ever do Savannah? Oh, yeah, you always stop at Savannah. You get lunch, you get your first shrimp poe boy, you know, and then you maybe go on a quick pirate tour. And then you head back down to Hilton head. Yeah, that was always the point where you were like, I know, I know we're almost there. Is Savannah fancier than Hilton head? Or are they both sort of touristy? Um, Savannah's now had a had a moment. Savannah's got some uh, missile install restaurants down there. No, Savannah's cool old southern Georgia and South Carolina's cut, you know, Hilton head, the Zucker line. It's kind of wild. Like, you just once you get on the island, it went through like a weird phase where it was a lot of retirees. And now like all these rich people from LA are buying houses and Hilton head. It's very bizarre. It's, it's, it's, it's having a moment. It's bad. I feel like I went for one batch of party a long time. We go like to Hilton head. Yeah. Like 30 years ago. Maybe. Okay. 25. But I, it was a lot of like T short, t-shirt shops. Like that's kind of what I remember. Okay. Yeah. The salty dog cafe. You had to get a t-shirt there. Yeah. I mean, that was the guy who got married love t-shirts. That's why when you guys would go to the Turks, the one thing I would say of someone who's, who's been there is there's not like, there's not a lot to do other than like where where you are. You kind of like we went to like a nice restaurant somewhere, but it was a long drive and it was it's kind of like where you are is where you are. Yeah. You went to Amanyara. That's where you went. I'm sure. I think we did. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And it was amazing. It was beautiful, but it was a pain to get to. So what were you, what were you guys doing down in the Turks? What you need to know about the McMahon family as a whole is we're not activities people. Okay. When we go somewhere, we sit our asses in the sand. It doesn't matter what age you are. I have a, if I was, you know, 13, I had a virgin peanut collada and I was sitting doing nothing baking in the sun. So that's why we love the Turks. And we would fly in, we'd stop in the Bahamas, refueled and fly down to the Turks. We've been going to the Turks since they were like limestone roads. And then my dad ended up developing a hotel down there. So that was like our thing. But yeah, you go down there, you eat a bunch of conk and you drink a rum runners and you don't do anything. Your dad would fly to there. He would fly down to Turks as well. Yes. He would fly to the Turks. Wow. And you're in one of those little planes. Are you in your sister? Are you guys reading books? Are you talking? It's a little bit louder, right? Yeah. We're doing, you know, makeovers in the back so that when we show up to vacation, we're ready for the fish fry. Yeah. We would read books. She would read more than me. You know, I was never a great reader. But we would play games. And it's like, it's really like four and a half hours to get down there. So you would stop in the Bahamas, refuel, then then land in the Turks. And the cool thing about the Turks is once you land, you're on the beach in 10 minutes. It's not like customs is easy. Yeah. And you're you're living your best life. But yeah, we would we would do all sorts of stuff in the back of the plane. Was your dad a golfer? Big golfer. Yeah. We go play golf in the Turks. They just now got a golf course. But my sister and I both played competitive golf growing out. So that's one of the reasons why I've always went to Hilton head. But then I quit playing golf because when I had to play like at a varsity level in high school, my dad would be hiding in the bushes. I wouldn't let him come to any of my tournaments. And I always knew where he was because I would hear diet, can coke, crack open in a bush. And I'd be like, Kyle, get out. You're banned for my tournament. Why? So you just did you just feel like you would be stressed out if you knew he was there? Yes. He was a pain in the ass. He went, you know, he had two daughters who were playing his favorite sport golf. And then I thought I could maybe go somewhere with it. And I quit. I was like, this is not fun anymore. I feel so bad for your dad. It's like a monkey park curse where you wish for your daughters to be good at golf. And then they won't let you come. He was a nightmare. So I just got to pay for clubs. Yeah. Yeah. And I won like a junior club championship at my country club. I mean, I was really dialed in and then it quit being fun. And I was like, I'm going to go to do comedy. And then then he died. He was like, well, if my dream is over, then I shall die. Enjoy as a free makeup. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. I quit playing in high school because then, you know, when you're playing varsity, it's like, you're either going to go to college and try and be the LPGA. And my golf coach was like, I developed late. And he's like, my boobs got really big. It messed up my swing. I was like, I'm out of it, you know, and now I play with my husband just to, you know, ruin the one thing that brings him joy, which is to be out. Are you better than him golf? I could get there. If I put in enough time, you know, I don't know. As somebody has to go on tour and make some cash. Yeah. Is he golfing with your mom? Does your mom golf? Yes. He's not been golfing with my mom recently. Okay. But I did have a bet with Jeff last year. I said, I need about nine months to get really good again. And then if I beat you, you have to give up golf for one year. And then his friends were like, well, then you're not even going to want to live with him because he's going to be such a miserable monster. So I said, one month, you can't watch a YouTube video. You can't get in the simulator. You don't see him. My husband is so obsessed with golf. He has three different coaches. He plays in tournaments. He thinks he's going to be on like the senior tour. I'm like, you're 38 relax. Yeah. It's, it's embarrassing how dialed in. He is for not making any money at it. You know, did your sis, I like by the way that you ended up going on tour, just not the LPGJ, just a comedy tour. What is your, did your sister play longer than you? Or did she give up it around the same time? She gave up around the same time too. We were both like, this is absolutely miserable. We are not professional athletes nor do we want to be. And like we're done. Yeah. Josh stuck it out. I mean, did you play high school golf? She did. I made the high school team. I'm in the yearbook in the picture, but I never played in a tournament because you weren't in the top, whatever. No, I just like, I think I like, I was in a play and yeah, I just was like, yeah, I'm like, and the code, they would have taken the picture again, but they had already taken the picture. And it was like, right, right, right. I wasn't worth it. But yeah, so I made the team. And it's tough when you, when you ride the fine line of being a theater kid and an athlete, because I did the same thing. I was like, I've got a one-at-competition play this weekend. I got to go. Yeah. I can't imagine. Like being a kid these days and just the way the sports work and the focus and the amount of time and the off season and the travel schedule. And it just seemed so much gnarlier than it used to be. Yeah. It's been a real blessing watching each of my kids show no coordination. My boy's got like a real shaggy tennis camp. Like real shaggy. And it's sort of end of the summer. And I was, I just dropped them off today and I was kind of watching them hit balls and I'm like, all right. Like, not like better. But like kind of like a fun recreational thing as opposed to like, because again, I think too many parents now, you know, and to no fault of their own, think like, oh, this will help pay for college. And you just realize like, there's just not enough slots at these schools for all these high school kids who are spending a fortune to play high school sports. And also, I'm like, is college going to be a thing in like 10 years, you know, like, it might just be for sports. College might just be very expensive place to send kids to do sports. Yeah, because then they can make money and pay for their tuition. Right. Exactly. And I went to the University of Mississippi. Okay. Like it wasn't like I was trying to get into Harvard. And I'm like, I know what I'm going to do. I'm going to go to the University of Mississippi. I'm going to party. I'm going to join a sorority. And then I'm going to go do stand up. Like I was, I said, so you knew it. You knew at that point, like college, you knew stand up would be in your future. Yeah. The first time I did stand up was actually at my junior senior prom. And I roasted the senior class. And then I lived in the same neighborhood as Jeff Foxworthy. And I burned a DVD of my standup. And I dropped it in his mail. And he called me one day. And he was like, Hey, this is really funny. Like you've got tenacity. Not really thinking I'd go anywhere with it. And then he gave me my first internship because he was shooting the blue collar comedy tour. They have like a sketch comedy show in Atlanta. And I got to be a writer's assistant and a PA for the summer. And now like, you know, I see him all the time, which is so sweet. But he gave me kind of my first break. But I was like 16 in my school uniform, putting my little mix tape in his in his mailbox. It seems like a stereotype that the way you get your break as a Southern comedian is you put a burned DVD and Jeff Foxworthy mailbox without a doubt. And I had to wait on Larry the cable guy and his fans were psycho. These women would drop off like envelopes full of their underwear. And they'd be like, can you get this to Larry? And I'm like, yes, sure, I will. You know, so I deliver like a Chick-fil-A party platter. And you know, some women's underwear. And I'm like, here you go. The fans love you. Yeah, it was bizarre. It was the wildest first off. - That's fantastic. I mean, it's just real fun to know there was a period of time. And maybe it's still ongoing. I don't mean to cut it off or anything, that Larry, the cable guy, was a sex symbol. - Yeah. - Which just speaks to how expensive cable was and you know what people were willing to do. You know, this is before the time where people were cutting the cord. So you had to have cable. - Right. - There was no one that we had. I get the vibe that with going from, you know, some, you know, fufu cocktails that were maybe virgin cocktails then moving into rum runners. I get the vibe that as a family, you were maybe like having cocktails together when you were a little bit pre-drinking age. We were the same way. - Yeah. - I don't know if I'm right about that. But like, was that? I imagine that just opens up so many good times. I'm not fully endorsing. Like everyone drink with your kids before they're allowed to. But it was, yeah, like we would definitely sit around and have some beers or have a cocktail. And, yeah. - Did you, I don't know about y'all, but like when I found out my dad smoked weed 'cause my dad didn't really ever drink. And so I was like, oh dad, you know, but he's like the most fun guy and every, all my guy friends in high school wanted to come to my house after a football game to hang out with my parents 'cause they were so cool. And finally one day my sister was like, Heather, you're an idiot, like he's, he's stoned all the time. He always just had a one-hitter that looked like a cigarette and I was like, eh, okay, that's what that is. So my dad was just the chillest, most hysterical cool guy. And then my mom was hit in the red wine at like 4 p.m., you know, the Bostonian blood. She's like, I gotta have a dry more low, exactly when it turns four. Yeah, we were always having a good time with our parents. They were cool, they're like, do it in front of us so we know what you're up to. And then when I got to college I think I was normal because I wasn't trying to like burn the candle at both ends. I was like, I've been doing this since I was 15, y'all relax. I also think our, and my parents were clocking that we had alcohol. Like they weren't like introduction to alcohol. I think they were more like, okay, you guys have crossed the bridge. But I think you would come home from college and like if you were watching a game that'd be like, do you want a beer? I don't be like, okay. But it is, I definitely like, I'm finding out more things about your dad that it would maybe less excited to fly with him and do one thing for him. I always had a one-hitter. But that was the thing, that was the thing. When he was on vacation and as a pilot you don't do anything from like, you know, 12 hours, it's like 24 hours before and he would hang out with some of these pilots and he was like, don't ever fly with that. Like my dad was like, that guy drinks too much. Nope, nope, the guy with the 17 Margaritas, you're not getting on that flight. You don't do. How did your parents meet? Did they meet in the travel industry? Yeah, they met in Miami international airport at baggage claim. They were both working. So, 'cause my grandfather worked for Delta back in the day, they had the nepotism clause where you couldn't hire, you know, anybody in your family. So my dad had to get a job with Eastern Airlines. He flew the lavatory truck. My mom was working baggage services. She said he walked in, he had a hat on. She just remembers he was super cute and he came to introduce himself 'cause he heard there was a new hot red head working at Eastern. So, fun fact, my mom is 11 years older than my late father. So she was like the original cougar. Great. So the next day she finds out what department he's working in, calls and he said when he answered the phone, they're like, it's Kyle, there's a woman looking for you. He's like, my mom doesn't even know what department I work in. And it was my mom saying like, you were cute. Let's go to lunch and the rest is history. Wow. Yeah, so they both worked for Eastern. Mm-hmm. That's fantastic. Yeah. Love a baggage claim cougar. Baggage claim cougar, yeah. And the wildest thing is so they were working in my, my mom was living in Miami, my dad was in Fort Lauderdale and she said they've been dating like a month. She comes home to her apartment. She's like, the place has been ransacked. I have none of my Eastern uniforms here, what's going on. She calls my dad and he's like, if you want a clean uniform, you better come to my apartment. He had moved her into his apartment while she was like on a work trip to Brazil. That nowadays would be like, you're a stalker. You're insane. Yeah. That's crazy. That's like the head of Eastern HR is like, hey Kyle. I mean, this one's not on the line, bud. This got no, no written all over him, man. Like what? I said, mom, did you not call the authorities? She's like, no, it was romantic. I loved it. And they were happily married for 30 plus years. I mean, that's it. You roll the dice. I feel like you're like, look, it's either going to be fully over today or I know I know I got somebody who's at the exact same level of enthusiasm about me that I am about them. Yeah, either need a restraining order or this is marriage. Yeah. Perfect. Support comes from in mobile. Hey, Baji. Hey, Sufi. Kids are back in school, you know what I mean? Oh, yeah, yeah. The traffic's worse in L.A. because those kids are really gumming up the works. And now they're back to school. I finally have time. 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We're so spoiled being a hub people, three hubbers, three hubbers, like three different hubbers. Yeah. We can really like the amount I can wait till like Josh and I are having a college reunion weekend. And I still haven't booked my flight. And one of the reasons I haven't booked my flight is like, there's just no rut. Like, you know what I mean? Like it's, I mean, I have so many options leaving you. Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. I'm going to get it. Yeah. I mean, I have the highest level at Delta, like I'm in this secret club called 360. And I had to fight tooth and nail because living in Atlanta, they don't give a lot of people. You know, they were like, if you move to like Tampa, you'll get it. And I make the amount of money that I spend every year, I want to be in the secret club. And I begged for it. And then they finally gave it to me. I went and did a corporate gig for them. And I did stand up. And I like razzed all of their, like, call center employees. And then they came out with his giant banner and they're like, you're 360. Most like see sweet level execs just get an email that's like, congratulations, you're 360. You got out pyro, sparklers, the whole thing, Ed Bastion's there. And I'm like, wow, I've been this desperate to get to this exclusive level where I just get more global upgrades, you know, whatever it takes. And you got it. So, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What a dream come true. Just must be the best thing in the world to have the highs. I mean, there was a time where I used to dream about that and that dream is dead. I don't travel. I don't travel enough. Now that I have children. I know. Now that you have children. I don't travel with them, but like it's not like, I can't be a road dog. Also, no one's going to be like, hey, we're going to give you credit for bringing these three little monsters on my face. No one's looking to give you more. I'm like, do I earn miles when they travel? They're like, actually, the opposite. Yeah. A little bit of miles away from you. So you do ski trips, occasional ski trips, any other places you guys would go? Yeah. We would go skiing every year. I mean, I haven't skied probably in 15 years because the knees are clicking. You know, I think the cartilage has gone there. Yeah, we would go on ski trips. We did a lot. We would go to Europe. Our big, we did it one month in Scotland, one year with your family with my family. It was just my nuclear family. My mom, my sister, my dad and I, my dad took us all over Scotland. He went on like this brave heart retreat and just really was really trying to get in touch with his like, Highland roots. Yeah. We found out our families from like Donnie Gaul, like Northern Ireland and then went to Scotland. So yeah, we all had kilts. We learned about our clan. It was a whole thing and it was, it was the middle of July and it was cold wet and rainy and rained every day and we were all drunken and a pub by noon because there was nothing else to do. I mean, I will tell you and Josh will know where I'm going with this. Sounds like the greatest vacation of my life. Yeah. Like first of all, I think Scotland is really beautiful and really green and it really pops when it's raining. Yes. And also it's got that pub life. I mean, hub life, pub life, it's very hard to say which one's better, but yeah. I'm very into the pub life. I agree. But we were like, I was a freshman in college, my sister was a senior and we're like, can we go to Greece? Like, what are we doing? Yeah, I will say. Yeah. Nobody goes back to, I mean, I will say like, I would imagine a sorority in university Mississippi is not psyched when one of their sisters comes back from like a month of pub life in Scotland. Well, girl, girl, and that you have no color. You literally have no color. Have you just been eating vision gyms in the rain? This is, we need better from you. No, I had to really get a full makeover before rush. It wasn't great. They were like, let's get a spray tan, some hair extensions, like you look unwell and like dad wanted to buy a castle in Scotland. And he said he was, he should have done it. And this is kind of one of my dreams to like buy it. I'm so happy. He should have done it. He wanted to buy it. He said, I, he would move to Edinburgh somewhere outside Edinburgh. If he could have a castle and then a waffle house next door to it, that's all he needed in his life. And so he was somehow nine. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Two children in college, but he was a nine year old boy. Yes. Yeah. He had a little plane, little airplane. Yeah. He was like, oh my god. Castle is my plane and a waffle house. I'm going to take it. I'm going to fly my plane to my castle and then I'm going to have waffle. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Josh and I have talked about this. We stayed in a real damp castle in Scotland of a few years ago. And yeah, I would say, you know, it's like a boat, have a friend with a castle, don't have a castle. Fully agree. Yeah. But a month is such a long time to be spending, were you moving around a lot, were you doing two days here, two days there, were you plunked down everywhere and my dad's drive in. And now we all have matching family killed our Christmas card that year. My dad was in like art clan, you know, and in the South, like, I don't love clan. You know, but he's in our family clan, map is in guilt. And then we, my mom, my sister and I got just the Burberry print because we're like, we're not wearing this. So our Christmas card that year was just like him sitting and he were like, you know, the coin purse, the socks, the dagger, the whole thing. And my dad was a portly guy and then we're all standing around in our little matching Burberry killed. It was mortifying. But yeah, we traveled all over and my dad would cry everywhere we went. He was just like so emo the whole time because he felt his ancestors there. I'm like, oh my god, dad, this is mortifying, but we had a great time. We had a great time. How old was your dad at the time? I mean, like 40s? Maybe. Yeah, 40s. I mean, say it's something very funny about a 40 year old man getting emo because he saw Braveheart. Yes. I mean, did you not get emo when you saw Braveheart too? Dude, if I was, if we had Scottish blood, I would have been full emo of Braveheart. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm not. No judgment. I just liked the fact that he's like, take away my freedom. Yeah, we went to and growing up in the south to my dad would take us to all these like battle sites and, you know, it would be the middle of August and we're in Beaufort, South Carolina on our way home from Milton and he'd be like, we got to check out a piece of history. And I'm like, can we go to the mall? I'm a leaven. Like, I don't want to be here. What are we doing? He was a history buff. But yeah, we would go on these long-winded trips and tours. I told you, we're not activities people. So it was only to indulge my dad, you know, I'm like, I don't want to do this. It's similar. I mean, despite the resistance you're showing now, though, it seemed like you guys were pretty beautiful daughters. It felt like. We were. And one of the fun things we did in Scotland is we went on every like whiskey distillery tour and like, Scotch and I, like, I came back to Ole Miss being like, who'd like a McAllen 18? You know, they're like, Heather, what are you doing? So Josh and I did a whiskey tasting. My takeaway is like, I don't really, I can't really tell the difference. I mean, like, I could tell the difference, but I'm kind of like, it's all fine. Yeah, but it's a lot of different. I think that a lot of those distilleries are beautiful. And then you just get a little buzz on. And that's just nice. Yes. I have no, I'm not anti-wisky tasting. Scotch, whiskey tasting, I'm just at the end of it. I'm never like this one for sure. Were you guys, I mean, I just know sort of with the South and SEC, did college football play into your grow, your childhood at all? Oh, yeah. And listen, my dad and my sister went to Georgia Tech, but when I went to Ole Miss, this was like, truly like the Wild Wild West. And my dad, you know, in Ole Miss, in Oxford, Mississippi, we're known for like the best hillgating in the world. Yeah. It's a whole nother level. I'm pressing your Sunday best, people have chandeliers hanging from their tents. It's fine. China, you've got a seafood tower. We don't mess around. Yeah. And my dad flew. He had a king air at the time. He had upgraded from the Sesson of the King Air. So he flies into this, our little college town. And he shows up and I pull up with one of my sororities sisters. She's driving a Porsche Cayenne. And she pulls up to the little private airport. And my dad gets out of his king air and it's Gulfstream, Gulfstream, these giant jets. My dad lets down the stairs from his airplane. He's like, where the broke his people here? He's like, who are all these people in Mississippi with this money? I'm like, honey, they're oil tycoons from Dallas and their daughters are all in my sorority. And me, one of them right now, this is Michelle and her daddy gave her a Porsche when she graduated high school. And it was such culture shock for my dad. He was like, this is insane that everybody here has so much money and it's just so opulent and it's the best. Yeah. So Josh and I went to Northwestern outside of Chicago and it was some November and we've gone to our tailgates, which were the opposite of what you've described. Just like freezing rain and just like gray hamburgers and people wearing like flannel pajama pants like disgusting grotesque. Yeah. And then we kind of all rolled back like pretty, you know, already getting hungover from how hard we've gone at the tailgate. And there was an old misgame on TV and we were just watching these beautiful people in the sunshine and we were like, why did we, what have we done? Why did we come to Florida? Why did we do this to ourselves? My husband, border. raised New York or went to Penn State. He's always like big 10 guy Penn State, the white out the whole thing. He now owns a home in Oxford, Mississippi. He came down for his first game. He's like, we got to put roots down here. This is fantastic. You know, I mean, just he thinks he's a Southern bell. We were just in Oxford. And he's like, I got to live here run for mayor. He is obsessed. I would love that's a place I've never been that I would love to go. We always talk Josh about. Yeah, there's got to be a year where the the 12 college buddies are going to go to a CC game. Yeah, because we've just not done it. And it's got it. It looks different. It looks like it hits different. Yeah. It hits so different. Did your was there any sense that you did your dad care that you weren't going to Georgia Tech? Was he that kind of dad? I think once he saw my SAT scores, he just knew like that wasn't going to really happen for me. Now he did try and get like pay my sister to take my SATs for like the fifth time swear to God. And she my sister and I looked nothing alike. And she was like, yeah, no, I'm not going to do that. Also, I'm already like a soft more in college like I'm not going to take Heather's SATs. And I was real like I was student body president. I was head of all the clubs. So I knew how to like work the system. I was very presidential. But I was like, yeah, some we'll figure out the back end with the grades and the test scores. And I did show up to Ole Miss. I hadn't even visited. It was my last option for college because I thought I was going to go to Pepperdine and do theater. And I didn't apply to anywhere else. So I find out I don't get into my dream school, which is Pepperdine, two weeks before graduation. The only two schools that still had rolling in mission that had theater departments were Alabama and Ole Miss. So I visit Tuscaloosa. I call my dad and I said, "Pick me up in the sassana. You couldn't pay me to stay in Tuscaloosa." And I said, "Looks like I'm going to Ole Miss." And I showed up the first day of orientation, never having even visited the college. And I arrived and it was like the gates of heaven opened up and somebody ran over and they're like, "Do you want some pimento cheese?" And I was like, "This is God's country." And then I never left. What a great result from such a such poor planning. Yeah, truly horrible planning. Yeah. Oh, that's awesome. And do you, are you someone, when you tour, when you do stand up, are you someone who takes advantage of seeing the world or are you someone who just like shows up, you know, sort of bears down, thinks about the show all day and hotel rooms and then goes and does your thing? So a little bit of both. Like obviously with touring, I've gotten to see the world New Zealand, Australia. We're out and about. We're doing the most. But you know, it's like I've been to Cincinnati 65 times. You know, it's one of my favorite places to perform. But we've seen it. And if one more person's like, you got to go get, you know, the chilly spaghetti, I'm like, you know, what are you're not supposed to eat before you perform? Yeah. Chili spaghetti. Like what are we talking about after you perform or you know, yeah, and then you're on your next flight to like Kansas City with just horrific ass reflux at 7 a.m. the next morning. I also love Cincinnati no shade, but that is one of those things. And like Josh and I are from our dads from Pittsburgh. And yeah, I feel like this is a spaghetti and and chili thing is a little bit like the French fries on sandwich like really fun one time. But like there's a reason other cities haven't picked up on it. Yes, you know what I mean? Like Buffalo did, you know, Buffalo wings and everybody does it now. They were like, yeah, yeah, yeah, we can do this too. We make it awesome. People can put french fries on sandwiches, but they're like, we're gonna let you let them do that when they visit you. It's wild before all my shows. I'll get Tino tags from because my audience is like really strongly female. And they're like, girl, we're across the street ripping shots like come by. I'm like, I have to do a performance. Like I have a professional thus being how dare you think that I'm drinking on the job? You know, maybe a white wine spritz before, but it is like after a show. It's also weird where you're like, I don't know. Yeah. I mean, the answer is I don't, but it is fine. But like if you want to come, we're doing it. I'm like, in what to what end? Yeah. Yeah. I get invited on a lot of like bachelorette party buses. Yeah. I was doing a show actually in Indianapolis. I walk off stage. I'm changing out of my costume because I like to wear glitter and feathers and really, you know, dress up for the occasion. Some woman somehow got backstage. So I am totally naked. She opens my dressing room door. She got past security. She's dressed in head to toe cheetah print. So security was just like, Oh, this is like one of, you know, Heather's friends. And she just goes, I found you. And I said, let me cover myself. I said, you sure did. Can I help you? And she's like, don't worry. I'm not going to touch you. I just, and I'm like, that's the second thing you don't want to hear. Like I'm not going to touch you. She's like, I just want, she's hammered. She's like, I just want to see if you want to come on our party bus. We got 50 girls, you know, go into the club after this. I'm like, I'm good. Let me put on a bra and then we'll chat. Thank you for coming by. Hold on. I'm not done. There's 10 more details that make it worse. 100% on the new special. Can't wait to see. It's been so lovely talking to you, Heather. Absolutely. Y'all are the best. Thank you so much. And this was kind of, this is really warm and endearing. This is set my day up for success to go down memory lane and think of all the wonderful wild things that I do with my dad. Shout out. I shout out to your husband, Jeff. I feel like. Yeah. You know, a New Yorker in Atlanta, be at a good son-in-law. I really hope he makes it on the senior tour. I feel like his wife isn't supporting him in that, but I think he can do it. And all my love to Jeff. Thank you. He will so appreciate that. Thank you. Before you go, Josh has our speed round questions. Let's do it. Okay. Here we go. You can only pick one of these. Is your ideal vacation relaxing, adventurous, or educational? Relaxing. What is your favorite means of transportation? Jet. Very, very good. If you could take a vacation with any family, alive or dead, real or fictional, other than your own family, what family would you like to take a vacation with? I'd like to bring Joan Rivers back from the dead and I would go on vacation with her because it'd be fabulous. It sure would. Can I tell you real quick? I had Joan Rivers on my show once and I just enjoyed telling the story, which is, you know, sometimes you have guests on your show and you know, you ask them questions and there's a conversation. Whereas like Joan Rivers was literally like, just say like, how's your family? Or like, have you traveled recently? And the inside of her arm, you know, again, she was older. It was like memento, the amount of like keywords she had. And hit it the whole time, like knew it, but like just the amount of glancing and never slowed down. Her pace was as ratatat as it always was. And I was just like, I love that you love this so much that you are going to use every, you're like a, a pitcher who lost their fastball and it's just junk ball, like whatever you need to do. It's like Vaseline on the hat, like and it was just, you know, it was something. Iconic. The best. Good choice. Good choice. Truly. If you had to be stranded on a desert island with one member of your family, who would be? It would be my husband. Great. Yeah. What is your dream destination for a family vacation? Ooh, I want to take my whole family back to Japan. I just did it in March and it completely changed my life. I think Asia's the greatest place on the planet. So I want to take everyone to Japan. Great. Great. You are from Atlanta. If you had to get more families to come visit Atlanta, what would you tell them about that city? Oh, well, Atlanta's full. So we don't want them. At all. Please don't come. We're done. Like everyone's moved to Atlanta and, you know, there's a 10-year wait list at our country club. So please don't come. What would I tell them though? It's the, to me, it's the greatest place on the planet. It has Southern hospitality. We have great entertainment. The best food and our airports insane. So you can get anywhere in the world that you want to go. Yeah. Good sales pitch and start for the wait list. Yeah. The staff has our final questions. How there have you been to the Grand Canyon? I haven't. Do you want to go? Not really. I just, this, this to me is like, I find such warmth for people who have no hesitation about it. They don't feel bad about themselves. You and I are two of the same. I love this. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you for that. That was the last question. That's the last question. And you answered it right. So you were going to send you a sweatshirt. That's the best question on the planet. And you know, a lot of people get it wrong. A lot of people, the worst answer is when people are like, yeah. Yeah. I do. You know, you don't just doing this. And I don't want to be on a road trip with my family going to see those sites in that part of the country. I'm good. I'm great. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Thank you, Heather. Continued success and just did a light talking to you. Hey, so nice to meet you guys. Thank you so much. I appreciate you. Bye. I have a great day. Bye, y'all. 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