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Kevin Ryan
Hear ye, hear ye.
H. Foley
Philadelphia area and the tri state surroundings. The boys are coming Back to Philadelphia December 13th for the biggest show we've ever done. We want to sell this puppy out at the Metropolitan Theater. Come see us.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah. All tickets available@rugarbage.com get the homies, get the bozos, get your mom, get aunt Tooty, get cousin Donna, get everybody. And we'll see you there. Yeah.
H. Foley
Welcome to another exciting edition of Are you garbage? The show where you find out if your favorite comedians are classy individuals or absolute trash. Now, here are your hosts, Kevin Ryan and H. Foley. Hey, everybody out there and welcome back to everybody's favorite podcast. This is are you garbage? Oh, yeah. It's that little show. We sit down with your favorite comedians and we find that if the group to be classy. Yeah. Just a big old piece of trash.
Kevin Ryan
Bah. Soda.
H. Foley
I'm your host, H. Foley. Coming at you on a beautiful day. We're out back here at Tootie's in a new edition. She just got into a big fight with the deli guy at the Acme.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, no.
H. Foley
She said slice it thin.
Kevin Ryan
Not thin enough.
H. Foley
Mike coast is coming at you from right next to me. He is the CEO of Are you garbage? You get what you pay for. He is an international businessman and my best pal in the whole world, and I love him. Give it up for KJ Kevin James Ryan.
Kevin Ryan
Hey, what up, gang? Shout out to you as always, please make sure you review. Subscribe on itunes. Full video available on YouTube. Also full video available over there on Spotify. And we're climbing the charts over there on Spotify. I always say, not the top of the charge, the meaty part of the curve where you.
H. Foley
We're in there, though.
Kevin Ryan
We're not showing off. We're not causing a ruckus. We're just there doing well. Then obviously the greatest website of all time, www.patreon.com. are you garbage? You go over there, you get all that bonus content, gang. 15,000 strong over there.
H. Foley
That's right, Kippy and gang, we couldn't be more excited to have our incredibly, and I mean incredibly special. Who's in sticker shock right now.
Sal Volcano
I noticed Foley's shirt is pressed today.
H. Foley
I just been sleeping in it, that's all. I lay on my back and lay very still, gang. He's absolutely family at this point. You know him, you love him. He is currently on the is fine tour and you can get tickets@salvolcano comedy.com November 14th. He's gonna be where Chicago Theater. The Chicago theater. Theater question.
Sal Volcano
I didn't realize it was rhetorical.
Kevin Ryan
That's big time. That's as nice as it gets. To Chicago.
H. Foley
Here's another one. December 27th. He's gonna be there. New York City, at the Beacon Theater on the Upper west side. Let's go.
Sal Volcano
That's right. December 29th.
H. Foley
December 29th. Day of December 27th. That's not on me. Someone's getting fired.
Sal Volcano
Someone's losing their goddamn head.
H. Foley
I think it's me. And his amazing special, terrified is now streaming on hbo. Max, do yourself a favor. Give it up for the one, the only. He might come in a little al dente, but he's the big zd. Give it up for Salvatore, everybody.
Sal Volcano
Thank you.
H. Foley
Look at him.
Sal Volcano
It's good to be back. It's good to be in the space where I'm known as the bz.
Kevin Ryan
Shout out to hair looks.
H. Foley
It's always look good.
Sal Volcano
What's good?
H. Foley
It looks quaffed.
Kevin Ryan
Got some color, too. You're looking good.
Sal Volcano
Whoa, guys.
H. Foley
Did you do plugs? What'd you do?
Sal Volcano
No, I colored. No, I didn't color it at all. This is my hair.
H. Foley
He looks good, doesn't he?
Sal Volcano
I had a bit of a coif going. I did an air dry today. And then what I did, I left the house with a hat somewhere around.
Kevin Ryan
It's under you. It's under your seat?
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it's somewhere. And then I just. Right before I said, you know what? Let me do au naturel with you guys. Because you guys didn't have it. And so I took it off. But this is just air dry.
H. Foley
Back me up on this. The hat will. Sometimes it's like going to get your hair done. It's perfect.
Sal Volcano
Well, this is.
H. Foley
Why doesn't it come up? Sometimes you put a hat on, you take it off, you're like, holy shit.
Sal Volcano
Yes.
Kevin Ryan
I'm gonna have to sit this one out, gang.
H. Foley
Hey, what are you saying?
Sal Volcano
That's the technique, though. It's like, I get out of the shower, I put on a hat, I wait for it to dry within the hat, really? And get like matted down a little bit. And then I take it off, I put my hand through it, and I hope for the best. It doesn't always work.
Kevin Ryan
Roll in the dust.
H. Foley
Wait a minute. Hold on a second.
Sal Volcano
Like today, you thought it was quaffed and colored. That's not what I was going for.
H. Foley
Wait, you get out of the shower and put the hat on immediately? Well, so you're walking around naked with a hat?
Sal Volcano
Well, Let me tell you. Let me tell you. I usually don't put on a cap. A ball cap, but I put on a. Scully. I put on, like, a wool cap.
Kevin Ryan
This guy's nuts. I don't die. I'm throwing it upside down down there.
H. Foley
In a perverted cat burglar.
Sal Volcano
What? Girls that get their hair done, then they sleep with a stocking over there.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
To maintain, you know, similar vibes. What I don't want is frizz. Nobody does.
H. Foley
No.
Sal Volcano
And so I kill for frizz.
H. Foley
Frizz ruined this country.
Sal Volcano
And so I put that on, and I usually do it for, like, the first, like, 15.
H. Foley
No.
Sal Volcano
And then I take it off. Then I let the air hit it.
H. Foley
Huh.
Sal Volcano
And then after about another 10, I put it back on for about another 5.
Kevin Ryan
Keep it guessing.
Sal Volcano
It's not an excuse. Science. It's not an exact science. Really bites me in the ass. But a lot of times, it's. What? It works.
H. Foley
Does that not itch the top of the forehead?
Sal Volcano
You know what I do? I push it all the way back to the line.
H. Foley
This guy's nuts.
Sal Volcano
So it doesn't bother my forehead at all. And the hat slams.
H. Foley
Wool.
Sal Volcano
So that's a baby sheep. Yeah. That's nice.
Kevin Ryan
That's all right.
H. Foley
I'm not using mutton.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Whoa.
Kevin Ryan
That's classy.
H. Foley
And today you didn't do that today. You broke out the hair dryer.
Sal Volcano
No, I didn't. I let it air dry. Dry. And then I was leaving the house, I was like, oh, I made a. I made a critical error here because it looked. It looked like I just got a new Dyson Air Dry look. Like I.
Kevin Ryan
Have you tried that Dyson Air Wrap? That thing's wild.
H. Foley
What's that all about?
Sal Volcano
You.
Kevin Ryan
Do you drop the Dyson? I heard it. Very good. Yeah, Very classy.
H. Foley
What's the air wrap?
Kevin Ryan
Listen, cool guys are talking over here.
Sal Volcano
I'm sorry. Dyson has a huge product line. A lot of skews. And they've gotten into the hair drying.
Kevin Ryan
Man. First time skew's been dropped on a show. 500 episodes. I wouldn't want anybody but Big Z to do it.
Sal Volcano
That's it. And that's how you do. And Dyson. Now, anything has to do with air coming in and going out. So I got.
H. Foley
I'm making fart machines now.
Sal Volcano
You know what else I did? They have a consumer Dyson, and they have a professional Dyson. And I don't know if it's, like, just for, like, smoking, like, just for, like, you Know like for show. But they want you to put in your information and prove that you're a hair commercial guy to get that version. And I just fudged it, which probably anyone can do. And they make you think like this is probably. You remember the name genius?
Kevin Ryan
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
What's the name of 200 more than the consumer model? And I'm like, you're feeling like you're getting one. I gotta get the professional model because I have an inch long hair that I blow dry every six to eight months.
H. Foley
Did you make up a name for the hair salon?
Sal Volcano
This I probably did. I actually, I did. I think it asked you for a.
H. Foley
Business salon by Sal.
Sal Volcano
I don't remember what it was. This was years ago now. I've been doing a professional Dyson for years.
Kevin Ryan
This ain't new to me.
Sal Volcano
And I. And I remember like I accepted it and I was like, oh my God. I'm like, I have access to the professional dry.
Kevin Ryan
Pretty good.
H. Foley
I write that off too.
Kevin Ryan
I'm such a dirtbag. My wife got one and then I started using it to dry stuff around the house. The baby would like pee and I'd have to wash something and it's onesies.
H. Foley
What is it?
Sal Volcano
I'm sorry. Because you're using. You get using efficiency and using it. It's almost functionality.
Kevin Ryan
I was doing it.
Sal Volcano
You're not a piece of garbage for that.
H. Foley
I don't know.
Sal Volcano
I would say that it didn't feel.
Kevin Ryan
It didn't feel great, if I'm being honest. It's three in the morning. I'm drying stuff with a hairdryer.
H. Foley
Yeah, I use the hair dryer for everything but my hair.
Sal Volcano
Oh, interesting.
Kevin Ryan
We're talking paint B hole. Okay, well, front pack.
Sal Volcano
Let me talk to you here. You should look into a defer diffuser.
H. Foley
Huh? For the hair or for the.
Sal Volcano
For your body.
H. Foley
No kidding.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Because. Well, at least with the Dyson, if you're on the highest setting of power and the highest setting of heat, you want to be careful around the important parts.
H. Foley
Chestnuts roasting.
Sal Volcano
What a diffuser does is it doesn't come out like a. Like a wind turbine, you know, it just comes out diffused. So it's like. It's like the heat is in the air.
Kevin Ryan
Are you working for Dyson?
H. Foley
What have you been doing for now? I should.
Sal Volcano
I should. No, diffuser is not strict to Dyson. That's just so, you know, most air industry term. I'd like that stricken from the record.
H. Foley
And that could be bought by the layman as well. Professionals like me at Sal. At Hair by Sal. Yes.
Kevin Ryan
Designed by itself.
H. Foley
Designed by itself.
Sal Volcano
But you got a great thing going right now. Everything's falling in line. The length is nice.
H. Foley
Thank you.
Sal Volcano
And you got a thing where it looks slick but not in a greasy way.
H. Foley
Thank you. That's the crew forming cream that I use.
Sal Volcano
Oh, yeah, the crew.
H. Foley
Yeah. What do you put in there?
Sal Volcano
I. I. Virtue. Not the signal, but I. I went out the last time I did, like, a photo shoot orever the lady had this one that really. It looked natural even though it was in the hair. It gave me body bounce and volume, but you couldn't find. Could not tell I had product in.
H. Foley
Body bounce and volume. That's what everybody looked pretty good.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Not bad.
Sal Volcano
But that's not in it today. Because if I don't put it in when it's just on its last leg of dampness, then it's also a travesty. What happens. I got dry hair and the vert.
H. Foley
I got you. There really is an art to it. There really is a science and an art to it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sal Volcano
We came in hot and swinging.
H. Foley
We came in hot.
Sal Volcano
Swing topics right off the right. The best.
H. Foley
How we do it.
Kevin Ryan
Also. Classy guy wearing the merch. Look at him wearing the merch. Classy retail for that. I try to do that with you. I saw you do it, and then I. I tried. You got to pay it back. I'll be just. It's a nice job.
Sal Volcano
I've always been so. So humbled and. And appreciative that you have some of my shirts.
Kevin Ryan
I buy. Everybody's just. It's. It's a nice. It's nice.
Sal Volcano
And I sat down, I said, I gotta one day. I remember. I was like. It hit me. I was like, I gotta buy some. Some merch from some of my buddies that, you know, I'm a fan of and all that stuff and wear it and rock it. So this is not just for you. I've worn this on jokers.
H. Foley
You have?
Kevin Ryan
I have, yes. People send us the shots of it. Yeah.
Sal Volcano
You know, I've won it.
Kevin Ryan
I do have to say I got stopped. I was wearing the God bless your. Which I love. I love the T shirts that you use on that. Very classy. Not cutting corners around that. Very classy that you got about two washes, all sales vinyl.
Sal Volcano
It's done me well.
Kevin Ryan
I was wearing it. This is how cool this guy is. I don't know if I ever told you this. I was wearing it. I was at a UFC event and Some guy, he was like you, fighting. There's a lot you don't know about me.
H. Foley
I thought we were doing well.
Sal Volcano
You're in the ring, your shirt's starting to half knot at your belly.
Kevin Ryan
I'm the card girl.
H. Foley
Getting this shit beat out of you by Ronda Rousey.
Sal Volcano
I mean, we would get beat by her, right? Oh, but there's no. There's no doubt, right?
Kevin Ryan
Not even Clyde. But not one of those guys to be like, doubt.
Sal Volcano
Is there any doubt at all?
H. Foley
No.
Sal Volcano
Okay, 100 out of a hundred times.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, maybe. No, maybe if I, like, got her in the spleen or something and she, you know.
H. Foley
You don't even know where that is.
Kevin Ryan
No, but I'm saying it'd be pure luck.
Sal Volcano
I swear to God. Tell me to point to it.
H. Foley
Yeah, where's your spleen?
Kevin Ryan
I'm not saying I'd be going for it. I'm just saying if I land a kidney shot and she drops, maybe.
H. Foley
Okay, all right, you don't have.
Sal Volcano
So you're saying there's a chance.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, that's with anybody.
H. Foley
No, I'd get beat up by the girl from Queen's Gambit. I got no shot.
Kevin Ryan
You'd pay to have that happen.
Sal Volcano
That's a good poll.
H. Foley
She was. She was great in weapons. No, that's something in the other one. Yeah. Never mind. Yeah, I'm thinking of the other girl.
Kevin Ryan
Hey, IMDb, zip it, will you?
Sal Volcano
I know who you're thinking of, babe. You're thinking from the Ozarks. Yeah, she was in weapons.
H. Foley
Oh, that was a movie.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it was a movie and a half.
H. Foley
That was a movie and a half.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Yeah. How do they. Not all like that?
Sal Volcano
You want to give nothing away but the villain. I mean.
H. Foley
Oh, my God.
Sal Volcano
I mean, number one in a long time, I. I haven't seen anyone play a role like that.
H. Foley
Field of Dreams. That's. That's where I first saw her.
Sal Volcano
Uncle Buck.
H. Foley
Uncle Buck.
Sal Volcano
She needs Koblowski.
H. Foley
She is Shanice Kobaloski.
Sal Volcano
I mean, at this point, I'm sorry if you didn't see. They kept it out of the original, like trailers and stuff. But if you haven't seen it now.
Kevin Ryan
They did.
H. Foley
They kept her out of it.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, they did.
H. Foley
They kept the character.
Sal Volcano
They didn't want to. They didn't want to give that away.
H. Foley
Fair.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Yeah. What a home run. But I'm fighting for your life. Go ahead.
Kevin Ryan
No. And some got some kid goes, what? I gotta ask, what kind of shirt is that? I said, oh, it's Sal Volcano. Impractical joker's fame. You know what I mean? And I go, are you a fan? And he's like, no, I've only. I saw that shirt last night. John Mayer was wearing it on stage.
H. Foley
What?
Sal Volcano
Nice. That's cool.
Kevin Ryan
That's the kind of crew he's rolling with. John Mayer's wearing his merch.
H. Foley
Wait, John Mayer's fighting in the ufc, too?
Sal Volcano
Eddie shot Jimmy Walker in the lips.
H. Foley
Wait, what's that from?
Sal Volcano
That says pull from Delirious.
Kevin Ryan
Deep cut.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Yeah, man.
Kevin Ryan
This big Z to keeps you guessing.
Sal Volcano
I got.
H. Foley
I thought you were pulling from Good Times.
Sal Volcano
Grew up on that.
H. Foley
On.
Sal Volcano
On.
H. Foley
Shot Jimmy Walker in the lips. I don't remember that in Delirious.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it's when. It's when the uncle is drunk and he mixes up the story and it ends up being eddie shot Jimmy Walker in the lips.
H. Foley
Nah, I missed it. How did I miss that? That was the first thing that I saw. Yeah, that was. I'll tell you the truth. That's the first comedy thing that I ever saw. I think maybe Bill Cosby himself might have been the first.
Sal Volcano
Those were the two?
H. Foley
Yeah. And then the next weekend, they were on hbo.
Sal Volcano
I had him on cassette. My parents. My dad had him. I don't know. He let me watch him. He let me watch. Yeah.
H. Foley
It was the first time I had. First time I had a sip of beer, and the first time I had a fever of over 103. I don't know why they together. No, wait.
Sal Volcano
I'm sorry.
Kevin Ryan
He watched Delirious, had a drink.
H. Foley
My cousin. My cousin Joe. Shout out to Joe. Flo was babysitting me. He had his boys over. They got delirious. They gave me a sip of beer.
Sal Volcano
You got Delirious?
H. Foley
I got the. And I was. I remember I was sitting there like this, watching. All of a sudden, I'm like, I don't feel well.
Sal Volcano
And if one on three, that's delirious, too.
Kevin Ryan
Triple delirious.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Triple D. Triple delirium. Triple D. We'll be right back.
Sal Volcano
That's cool. Yeah. Thank you, John Mayer. That's very nice of you.
H. Foley
You boys with him?
Sal Volcano
Yeah, I know him. Yeah.
H. Foley
If you're sitting around hanging out with him, will he break out the guitar and do a little something?
Sal Volcano
He has done that once.
H. Foley
He can shred.
Sal Volcano
I'm not like. Me and him aren't attached to hip or anything, but I've known him for a very long time.
H. Foley
Not roommates.
Sal Volcano
He reached. Yeah. It was a cool story, actually. So, like, man, I want to say, this is. This has to be 2006 or something like that.
Kevin Ryan
All right?
Sal Volcano
And we put up a sketch on YouTube called John Mayer Concert Tee. And it was about, like, Q used to wear this John Mayer concert Tee. And, like, sometimes people would make fun.
H. Foley
Of him for it.
Sal Volcano
And so, like, we made it. We built a sketch around that. And, like, the only way that he could, like, redeem himself was to start a fight club or what. Anyway, John Mayer saw this pretty good on YouTube.
Kevin Ryan
They had it back then, too.
Sal Volcano
20 years ago, John Mayer saw this on YouTube and. And reached out and wrote us an email, found our website, wrote us directly and said, hey, this is John Mayer. I saw the. The T shirt. I saw the sketch. And in it we used three of his songs or a few of us. And he goes, in lieu of giving royal royalties for my song, I will please take one tenderloin that. We were called the Tenderloins. I will take one tenderloin. Tenderloin. Shirt size xl, please.
H. Foley
And that's the shirt.
Sal Volcano
No, no, that's not the shirt.
H. Foley
Oh, that was.
Kevin Ryan
Man, you really Hollywood.
Sal Volcano
I said, yes, I'll send it in 20 years.
H. Foley
We'll be right back after these words from Dyson.
Sal Volcano
Another D. All right, so these. So I. We wrote back, how do we know? Thank you. All due respect.
Kevin Ryan
Show me proof of life.
Sal Volcano
How do we know this is you? And he did he show. He texted us back. He emailed us back a picture of him holding his tablet with a picture of us on it. How cool is that guy?
H. Foley
Sorry, that was 2006. That is. That is John Maris. This.
Kevin Ryan
Well, that's prime time.
Sal Volcano
He was very Mary.
H. Foley
Yes.
Sal Volcano
And. And. And so then we sent him a T shirt and we kept in touch with him. Then he's like, we gotta hang out. And then he invited us out one night and we went out and I went out and got dinner with him in, like, la. And then I went out and met him again in New York City. We went bar hopping, and it was just really, really awesome. And then, you know, and then he was, like, so kind to, like, post some stuff for us like that, promoting the show. He used to have, like, a blog back then, and he, like, it was popular, and he posted about the show for us to. In between seasons one and two to help us push the thing. And. And ever since then, I've been friends with him and he. He guest starred on our show like, three years ago. I love it. And. And that's when I gave him the shirt. And then he. He. That son Of a bitch. Took any worn on stage.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, I like the Garden or something.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it was a big one. I think was Shea Stadium.
Kevin Ryan
Maybe it was New York, because I was in New York and the guy the kids like, I saw it last night. So. Yeah, it was.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, he's just a really, really, really nice guy.
H. Foley
It wouldn't be. Are you garbage if we didn't ask if you remember you went out to dinner with John Mayer.
Kevin Ryan
Who picks that checkup?
H. Foley
Who picks that checkup? Who picks that checkup?
Kevin Ryan
Gotta be him.
Sal Volcano
I'm. I don't remember who picked it up. I'm sure he. I'm sure it was probably not even brought to the table.
Kevin Ryan
He probably didn't even somebody.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, but honestly, hold a spell because I'm. I'm. I'm not. I'm the guy that will, I mean, to my bare bones insist that I get it. So I.
H. Foley
We know that about you.
Sal Volcano
I think we might have usurped it and then said, hey, you owe me the next one.
Kevin Ryan
Like that. Like that. Now you got him in your pocket.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
I respect that.
H. Foley
All right.
Kevin Ryan
Respect that.
H. Foley
I like I say class. You see this? I try to teach a young girl.
Kevin Ryan
That's close. Yeah. Yeah. He bought me. You bought me a shot before I knew you as well. Very nice.
H. Foley
I remember that.
Kevin Ryan
Didn't have to do it.
Sal Volcano
I bought you a shot before I knew you.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, we met. You were by. It was so. We were celebrating. So I think Joe DeRose's birthday or something like that bought me a shot. He said, we did the shot. And he said, I know you from your clips online.
Sal Volcano
Yes. I admire you from afar.
Kevin Ryan
I admire you from afar. I'd love to do the show. I said, you're big Zee. You can do whatever the hell you want.
H. Foley
I remember the first time that I met you. You said, can you please get out of my car?
Sal Volcano
That's.
H. Foley
This is extremely awkward.
Sal Volcano
That's true.
H. Foley
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H. Foley
Back to the show.
Sal Volcano
No, I remember, like, Lewis coming to me in the early days, really saying, like, these are good guys.
H. Foley
No kidding.
Sal Volcano
Podcast. And that's the first time I heard of it. And I looked it up. I said, the pod is great. I'd love to do it when I, you know, whenever I can. And then. Yeah. And I think I might have seen you as well. And I feel like we didn't know each other that well here because otherwise I feel like we would have been hanging out that night. I'm sure we were. Did you open for Versi at one of his, like, first special tapings in Levity or something like that? I did, yeah.
Kevin Ryan
So I was there.
Sal Volcano
I was at that. And I remember seeing you and be like, oh, I didn't want to.
Kevin Ryan
Like, you're the guy that bombed and ruined Versi special.
Sal Volcano
David, you were great. And I just, you know, and I didn't know you, so I. I guess I didn't say hello just yet, but.
H. Foley
I think when he went up to you said, so who canceled?
Kevin Ryan
I was available. Very good. Speaking. Speaking of Mr. Verse, he was our previous. Was our previous guest.
H. Foley
Yes.
Kevin Ryan
One thing we asked him that we've been asking. It's a question that's come up on the show. What is currently out. What appliances are out on the. On the. On the kitchen counter right now?
Sal Volcano
This is good.
Kevin Ryan
Do you have, like, in it? What's out there? You know, you got an air fryer, you got a blender, you got a juicer, you got a toaster. What are we working with?
Sal Volcano
Let me talk to you about what's actually.
Kevin Ryan
What do you put away?
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
No. Okay.
H. Foley
Yeah, it's all hair dry.
Kevin Ryan
Whatever Dyson's got. It's like a sharper image in there.
Sal Volcano
They came out with a hot pink model for Breast Cancer Awareness month. I had to snack it up. I. Let me tell you about what's on the counter and then what's in the.
Kevin Ryan
What gets put away.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Because my. My wife, you know, she. She is like, this is not staying on this counter. She is.
Kevin Ryan
Because we've been to the house. Tight ship.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So one of the things that's been on. It's a day one item is a Breville espresso maker.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
Okay. And that's. That's gonna have the grinder that holds the beans. It holds the beans. So we grind the beans fresh there.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
It's got two. Two ports there and it's got the Steamer. And that's the steam.
H. Foley
You could do the milk.
Sal Volcano
Got the steam. You could do the milk hooked up.
H. Foley
To the water line and all that stuff.
Sal Volcano
No, no, no. You add water. Okay. That's fine. I've never been seen it added magically.
H. Foley
Does it now how are you on that? Can you. Can you get the. Can you foam it up?
Sal Volcano
I can do it. I can. There was a brief moment in time when I was. Well, not actually. No. There was a decade where I bartended and they had a big ass. One of those there. And I was familiar. I love that. I really. But I never use it because I don't drink coffee until very, very recently. I used to only have a cappuccino after dinner at a nice restaurant.
Kevin Ryan
That's real Italian.
Sal Volcano
The only time I drank. Whoa. Now in the last. I will call this three. Three months. Ish.
Kevin Ryan
Whoa.
Sal Volcano
I've started drinking cortados. Ah.
Kevin Ryan
They're so good. They're sweet. As sweet as could be.
Sal Volcano
I don't add sugar.
Kevin Ryan
I don't know.
Sal Volcano
Okay.
H. Foley
I don't think you know what a cortado is.
Sal Volcano
Mine's bitter. I like a nice bitter, dark espresso roast. And then they put an equal part steamed milk in there. And it's like. It's not as crazy as an espresso, but it's not as milked up as a latte.
H. Foley
Sure. As a latte.
Kevin Ryan
Cafe latte.
H. Foley
I'm with you.
Kevin Ryan
How many of those cafe lattes have you had?
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
I also worked a very expensive espresso machine at a place I used to work at in these. In the West Village Snack Taverna. Rip Shout out to it. Got very familiar with all that stuff. I would get the technique to foam the milk, and then I would lose it.
Sal Volcano
It's hard.
H. Foley
It was like I had the yips.
Sal Volcano
It's not easy.
H. Foley
One week I could do it, the next week I couldn't. Yeah.
Sal Volcano
The yips.
H. Foley
Portado foam and an espresso shot.
Kevin Ryan
I know.
H. Foley
You don't know. I'm telling you.
Kevin Ryan
Okay.
H. Foley
I don't know why you got attitude problems about this.
Kevin Ryan
Now a question.
Sal Volcano
That's one of the items.
Kevin Ryan
That's one of the items. Let's live on the espresso machine for a minute.
Sal Volcano
No. And I have more for that.
Kevin Ryan
Sure. Now, you said there's a container for the bean. You dump the beans in the top.
Sal Volcano
In the top, yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Where are those beans living prior to being dumped in there? Are they neglect jar?
H. Foley
They question.
Sal Volcano
They're in the bag.
Kevin Ryan
Okay.
Sal Volcano
And the bag is Three drawers down.
H. Foley
Not in the freezer.
Sal Volcano
Not to be confused with Three Doors.
Kevin Ryan
Down, which caught a lot of. Caught a lot of flack. I was a fan of them.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Did they. I love Three doors.
Sal Volcano
I forget what they say, but it might be. It's been a while.
Kevin Ryan
No, it was three Doors down. Was. Dude is holding my hand. Yeah.
H. Foley
Kryptonite.
Kevin Ryan
Krypt. My kryptonite.
H. Foley
Wrote that. He wrote that in high school in class. That guy. I saw. I saw the. Behind the music, whatever it was. Wrote that song at 17 in class. And you'd be surprised how many number one hits were written by guys at the age of 17. Wow. Yep. Give me a ticket for the. An aeroplane. What's it called? Gaming.
Sal Volcano
She wrote me a letter.
H. Foley
Yeah, she wrote me a letter Written when he was seven.
Sal Volcano
Letter.
H. Foley
I think Steve Winwood. Spencer Davis Group wrote Give me. Give me some love at 17 years old.
Sal Volcano
Let me tell you. Shout out Steve Winwood, buddy. I still.
H. Foley
You and me both. Remember that comeback in the 80s?
Sal Volcano
Higher love. Roll with it. But higher love. Right. Right now. Yes. If I hear the beginning drum beat, think about it.
Kevin Ryan
I see him. Got goosebumps.
Sal Volcano
But, but, but confirm that I have a second beautiful moment. Confirm it, please. Because I get it when it plays. I really do. And I just got it when I sang.
Kevin Ryan
That's crazy.
H. Foley
It was a simpler time. What were you rolling around Staten island in around that time? What do you think?
Sal Volcano
Well, when I finally got my license for Silvic Silver Buick Skyhawk.
H. Foley
Driving around with that playing on K Rock or something like that. Come on, you can't beat it.
Sal Volcano
No, they wouldn't play that on K Rock.
H. Foley
Easy listening.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Yeah.
H. Foley
You really jam me up there just because of the cortado thing.
Sal Volcano
167, please. Not 92. Three. No, I know. You know, but no Higher love. I mean, it is something about it that make. Literally makes me like get in. Like just. I feel it in my bones.
H. Foley
I'm with you. So Bruce Hornsby can do that to me.
Kevin Ryan
I love him. I gotta love. I love.
H. Foley
But back to the kitchen.
Sal Volcano
Yes. So I got the beans out and I also have an array of beans.
Kevin Ryan
How many we talking? Three, four beans?
Sal Volcano
I would say. Yeah, I would say there's at least three to four different brands down there. And sometimes I'll pick one up on. On my. My travels. Yeah.
H. Foley
Are you getting any of these at the grocery store from the coffee bins?
Sal Volcano
No, no, no, I have not done that.
H. Foley
Are we. Are they being delivered?
Sal Volcano
I'm not above It Okay. Or I'm not even against it or I, I would do it. I just haven't. No, I like some. I pick up some. She has her staples and then some. Like I'll have a coffee somewhere and be like, I gotta order that or I'll take it home on the road or something. Like sometimes I'm gifted. Something.
H. Foley
Any Arabica? You have any Arabica beans?
Sal Volcano
I believe I do. I believe I do. That's a popular bean.
H. Foley
It's a very popular.
Kevin Ryan
Loves Arabic, does she? The Arabica beans?
H. Foley
Yeah, my mom like chock full of bitters.
Sal Volcano
That's old school. That's my grandpa. Yeah. Chock full of nuts was. I used to have the tins. You know this.
H. Foley
Sure.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Actually that's something that would.
H. Foley
Oh, that would be diesel.
Kevin Ryan
Get on that.
H. Foley
Any of your grandparents do the instant coffee? Like the folds of the, you know, the taste of choice, the taste of.
Sal Volcano
Church and you just.
H. Foley
No, it was freeze dried in a jar.
Sal Volcano
In the orange jar. Yeah, yeah, they did that. Yeah.
H. Foley
That's all right. The Greeks, they do the frappe which they use the instant coffee.
Sal Volcano
Okay.
H. Foley
You want. That's like jet fuel they did use.
Sal Volcano
I haven't thought of that in forever.
H. Foley
But yeah, it's good stuff.
Sal Volcano
So this, this, this, this product, I bought this thing, this Breville machine.
Kevin Ryan
Breville's a high quality, very high quality Bison Breville, top of the line.
H. Foley
This top of the line. Sal.
Sal Volcano
This was 600.
Kevin Ryan
Top of the line sales.
Sal Volcano
Top of the line.
H. Foley
So this is commercial grade.
Kevin Ryan
My wife's got the juicer. The Breville juicer.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
So this thing has stood the test of time. I've had it for a decade. It's still going like day one. I love it and you know, I thought it was expensive when I got it, but I. Things are kind of expensive. I didn't realize it's a. It is expensive. But compared to what you could buy these machines, consumer version, then there's professional versions. But you, you want to get, you know, jiggy with it. As, as, as Jaden Smith said, you can get like, you could spend thousands and thousands. Yeah. Anywho, a couple of years back I got a call from a trusted source.
H. Foley
We won't do any names here on the podcast, but I think you know who he is.
Sal Volcano
Shout out to Eric Lederman.
Kevin Ryan
Shout out.
H. Foley
You ratted him out like that.
Kevin Ryan
Jesus.
Sal Volcano
He tells me that he's got.
Kevin Ryan
This is crazy, dude. Whatever your housewives. I'm in. Dude.
Sal Volcano
You guys bring anatomy?
H. Foley
You were definitely twirling the Phone cord. When he told you this. I'm listening.
Kevin Ryan
He's laying on his stomach. He has his feet up in the air.
Sal Volcano
Oh, you fucking know.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, go on now.
H. Foley
We gotta get a Breville.
Kevin Ryan
Are you saying a rabbit? Continue.
Sal Volcano
You've got my attention. He tells me he's got a lead on a friends and family holiday. 50% off discount at Breville.
Kevin Ryan
Whoa.
Sal Volcano
Oh, it might have been at.
Kevin Ryan
That is a lead.
Sal Volcano
It might have been at Breville or it might have been at. What's that really?
H. Foley
Williams Sonoma. Yes.
Kevin Ryan
Bang.
Sal Volcano
Might have been at. Williamson.
H. Foley
Put me on the board.
Sal Volcano
I think it was Breville, though. I think it was Breville.
Kevin Ryan
Take them off.
Sal Volcano
It was one of those.
H. Foley
So Big Z screwed me.
Sal Volcano
So now this is two years. Exactly two years years ago, Lloyd. So I got a gum guy.
Kevin Ryan
Is it me or is that a lot of gum?
H. Foley
Turns out Lloyd's phone wasn't even plugged in.
Sal Volcano
Deep cut. Gotta love.
H. Foley
I love Lloyd.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, two Lloyds, by the way.
H. Foley
Two Lloyds. I like the first one too.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, I was the second one guy.
H. Foley
Of course he was. Cat, you know, he's funny guy. The other guy was a good looking dude.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Almost had a lane.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Hey, work for Merrick Dinkins.
Sal Volcano
He did, yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Good job. Okay, sorry. So you got the call.
Sal Volcano
50, raise the head, get blood to the feet.
Kevin Ryan
What's an extremity?
Sal Volcano
She was. I mean that guy was. She was out of his league.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, Yankee beans.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, Yankee beans.
Kevin Ryan
The writer.
H. Foley
Oh, yes, yes.
Sal Volcano
I thought you were talking about if I could get his name. If it was a multiple choice. I used to be better at this, but it's been a minute.
Kevin Ryan
He was famous. I got it.
H. Foley
He was famous in the thing. He was a writer.
Sal Volcano
Yes.
H. Foley
Yeah, Luke, you on this?
Kevin Ryan
It's one of my favorite writer, old whatever. Writer.
Sal Volcano
You can't liquefy a cookie.
Kevin Ryan
That and no, but it was. It was the first time in a sitcom I remember a line being delivered without seeing the guy.
Sal Volcano
Okay.
Kevin Ryan
It was the ambulance guy. They had like cut or something. And he went, who? Who put cookies in his mouth? And it was like. I remember dying laughing at that. At the idea that you don't get to. It's just like in the background. So funny.
H. Foley
Look, this is big guy.
Sal Volcano
You find his name, I swear to God, you can give 100 names. I'll get it. But Owen March. Owen March.
Kevin Ryan
You're that friend.
Sal Volcano
That's it. Owen March.
H. Foley
Yes. You're that friend.
Kevin Ryan
The friend died, or not died, but suffered a stroke and a friend's Upper west side friends.
H. Foley
Upper west side apartment.
Sal Volcano
Yankee bean. Yankee bean. I love my Yankee bean.
Kevin Ryan
Goosebumps, bumps.
Sal Volcano
Owen March is your Steve Winwood Yankee beans.
Kevin Ryan
This is my higher love. Okay, go ahead.
Sal Volcano
So my Breville's working fine. Okay. But I go online. I go online because that temptation is.
H. Foley
Oh, this is recent. This is. After you already had the.
Sal Volcano
This was in the last three years.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
So it was two Christmases ago.
H. Foley
All right.
Sal Volcano
Okay. So I look. And the product line, of course, has expanded. They're not sitting on their values over there.
H. Foley
They are innovating over there.
Sal Volcano
They're innovating. Yes.
H. Foley
I'll be flying around on Breville's at some point.
Sal Volcano
I believe that. Yeah, I believe that they're also expanding.
H. Foley
So they are.
Sal Volcano
They're not. Just forget throw out what you think you know about Breville. So one thing I did notice is they hold their value. My machine, which was a decade old, was still being sold and it was still the price point I bought it at, which was very nice to see because like a spare of sneakers or a car, you're off that lot. Depreciation is in caps.
H. Foley
You know what I mean?
Sal Volcano
Yeah. So I was like, all right, but I don't need a machine. But I think. I think popular convention tells me that things are made to break. And even though this has been solid, I have no reason to believe it otherwise. There might be in a year or two, this thing goes south and it goes to the, you know, it goes to the espresso graveyard, of course.
H. Foley
And 50% off is.
Sal Volcano
Is you. There is no higher discount. Unless it's a liquidation sale.
H. Foley
Sure.
Kevin Ryan
And that's not happening anytime soon.
H. Foley
It's got fire damage on it.
Sal Volcano
That's. No. Yeah, that's.
H. Foley
Yeah, that was a flood.
Sal Volcano
That's. That's a. I mean, maybe yard sales. You're getting up to 70, but 50 at a major consumer is like. You can't really turn your nose at that.
H. Foley
But you're not getting 70 of the yard sale until it's around 5:00 o' clock that Saturday. Yeah. And they got to get rid of everything.
Sal Volcano
I got news for you. That's when I arrived life.
H. Foley
When the dad's just had enough. Yeah, yeah, Just take it.
Sal Volcano
I make an offer on every table. On the tables. I say, I'll take the tables with me.
H. Foley
Aren't tables.
Kevin Ryan
Guys, look, aren't you on tv? You and John Mayer.
Sal Volcano
Maybe.
H. Foley
I deal with the Kowalskis down the street for their tables. I drink your table up.
Sal Volcano
So I start looking and they got they have models that go up to like 2500 bucks now, even at 50% off. 2500.
Kevin Ryan
The big swing, 1250.
Sal Volcano
I'm like, I don't need this. Because what I have is suffice. These new ones, they're all new fangled and new dangled, whatever. And it's touch screens now. I don't really love moving away from. I have analog dials. My thing looks like an old Corvette.
Kevin Ryan
You need like a chunk. You like the button.
Sal Volcano
It's got like, it looks like your watch up top. Now this one is like touch it. Touch what you want and everything. So in a way it, you know, it's nice, but in another way it's like, I don't need that.
H. Foley
My dad always said, more parts, easier to break.
Sal Volcano
That's, that's right. And when you start getting electronics, sure. Right.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
So anyway, I still can't, I still can't not get it. So what I do is there's a thousand dollar model. It's, it's electronic and it's one or two models up from mom. Mine, I'm saying I spend 6 on mine with the 50 discount. The thousand dollar model is 500. I'm spending less than the original. I'm getting something worth almost double the price. I put it in storage, which I pay for. I have storage.
Kevin Ryan
What?
Sal Volcano
So that's already taken care of. It's not like I have to get storage because of the machine.
Kevin Ryan
Did you buy this for when the other one breaks?
Sal Volcano
I did.
H. Foley
What is wrong with you?
Sal Volcano
Is there something wrong with you? You're rich. But they hold their value. I could turn around, sell this on the open market for 950. Someone's like, I'm getting $50 off. I'm making 450. And that's not gonna go away. I told you, 599.99 was my model that I bought 10 years prior.
H. Foley
Take it back to Breville. Sell it to them. Yeah, yeah. So what can we help you with? What can Sal help you?
Sal Volcano
Wisdom on trial. So I was like, this is a, this is a win, win. So I bought four. What? Shut up. I did. I spent $2,000 and I bought $4,000 worth of machines.
Kevin Ryan
Why?
Sal Volcano
Well, I gave one to my friend who gave me the tip off.
Kevin Ryan
He's got to wet his beat. That's right.
Sal Volcano
I said to him, you know what I'm gonna do? Don't buy yours. Because he was gonna buy it. I said, I'm buying yours. It just sounds just what I do.
Kevin Ryan
It's Nice. Very nice.
H. Foley
Sweet. You get notice.
Sal Volcano
And then I bought one for me for the day that mine breaks, by the way. Hasn't broken yet.
H. Foley
Your doomsday prepping on espresso machines.
Sal Volcano
And then I bought two more because I thought they'd make really outstanding gifts to the right home and no one would ever know. I got 50 off. And now you're looking like, well, this is. This is. I mean, 500 is a nice gift, but if they think I'm paying sticker price on this, this is like maybe they asked me to be their godfather of the kid or something. So I got. So then I got. So I, I. Since I've given one, I given one as a gift, so one still sitting. I give one to my manager as a gift. God bless him, God love him. And then I got. I still got one in the wings.
Kevin Ryan
You know, for a guy who just started drinking coffee three months ago, you're really fucking.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, I know. I know. I've never told this.
Kevin Ryan
This is 30 grand worth of. Or the worth of machinery.
Sal Volcano
This is an ayg excuse.
Kevin Ryan
It's just in.
Sal Volcano
So I have.
H. Foley
My rebel stock is shooting through the roof right now.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. By the way, can you clip this?
Kevin Ryan
You want to know why? You're good. How long have we been on the Breville machinery? As the first. This is the first head part of the question. To the first. The first answer.
Sal Volcano
I'm good, baby. I'm doing this over here. It's crazy. I had something to talk to about. You said. You said kitchen count. I'm like fucking strapping.
H. Foley
Let me ask you this. What happens if somehow the manager ends up at the guy who gave me the tips house? Oh, this is a beautiful. I had the same one. Where'd you get this? Salva Khanna gave it to me. Did he now? Gave me the exact same one.
Kevin Ryan
But he's.
Sal Volcano
They do know each other. I've introduced them.
H. Foley
Okay, well, you should have never done that.
Sal Volcano
Still spent 500 on it. He's none the wiser. And that's a gift. You go back and you look up right away so they know that that was.
Kevin Ryan
That's a heavy.
H. Foley
You do that. You do that. You go look it up.
Sal Volcano
If I was given a piece of machinery like that, I'd want to know more about it. This is not like. Let me see what this person spent a little bit. That's not 100 of the pie chart.
Kevin Ryan
It's not. Not in a pie chart.
Sal Volcano
It's in there. It's a slice. It's 50 so I, I had offered the other one to someone who told me that they actually have something sim like, like it, and they don't even have the counter space. And so I acquiesced that. And so now I have one. And now I, I say to you guys, what do you got here in. In the studio?
H. Foley
No, what do you got here? Oh, no, that's yours.
Sal Volcano
What do you got here in the studio? What do you got here?
Kevin Ryan
We got a.
Sal Volcano
What are you working with?
Kevin Ryan
We just have a standard Keurig.
Sal Volcano
You have a Keurig?
Kevin Ryan
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
No, you don't. You got a problem? You guys got a thousand dollar retail gravel coming.
Kevin Ryan
Walking in with it.
H. Foley
Just Maddie drops it. Here's your espresso machine.
Sal Volcano
I'm gonna bring this into you guys.
H. Foley
No, get out of here. That's yours.
Sal Volcano
I said it. You know what I was saying that I was really thinking, like, should I say this?
H. Foley
Oh, you got it.
Sal Volcano
I got swept up in the moment. But you know what? Not. It's great. It's a great story. It's. Found a good home.
Kevin Ryan
We were on the road.
H. Foley
We're gonna have a coffee shop built right next to your house.
Sal Volcano
My only requirement is that it sits right here on this table, right in the middle of you and the guest. That's all. That's all you got to do. And it's yours. All right. I put a qualifier on it.
H. Foley
The second you give that to us, yours is going to break. Oh, you do.
Sal Volcano
This is an extra, extra machine. I'm giving it to you guys.
Kevin Ryan
I gotta be honest with you. The second that gets in here, we're gonna have it up on Grand Craigslist for sure. If you think I'm not. I'm not getting caged.
H. Foley
Can you, can you. Can you sign it with a Sharpie?
Sal Volcano
I want you guys to enjoy it for sure. Your guests to enjoy it and the staff enjoy it. And that this is where it's coming.
Kevin Ryan
I love.
Sal Volcano
This is where it's coming.
H. Foley
I love that.
Kevin Ryan
That's great.
H. Foley
Okay, very sweet.
Sal Volcano
I have someone deliver it from one of those apps or something.
H. Foley
I love it.
Sal Volcano
Great.
H. Foley
I love it.
Sal Volcano
Like whatever it is. Like task grabbing us.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you got Uber does it or.
Sal Volcano
You have me on again real soon? Well, let me ask myself. I bring it my kb.
H. Foley
Let's talk about Factor.
Kevin Ryan
Shout out to Factor.
H. Foley
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Kevin Ryan
Running around like bozos.
H. Foley
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Kevin Ryan
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H. Foley
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Kevin Ryan
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H. Foley
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Kevin Ryan
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H. Foley
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Kevin Ryan
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H. Foley
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Kevin Ryan
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Sal Volcano
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H. Foley
At the Home Depot. Let me ask you, we're only at the coffee machine. Let's see what else is on the countertop. We might be in a big score here. Yeah.
Sal Volcano
Let's go.
Kevin Ryan
Let's go.
Sal Volcano
14.
Kevin Ryan
Do you have any sub zero fridges laying around?
Sal Volcano
I have one on the countertop.
H. Foley
If we hear something that we happen to like better, that's on the countertop. Can we trade the Breville in swap this.
Sal Volcano
Okay. All right, well, stay tuned.
Kevin Ryan
Okay.
Sal Volcano
14 to 16 inches to the right. I have a gift that my manager got me completely unrelated. Like two years later. Now, I'm not gonna remember the brand of this thing and I wish I, I wish maybe you could look it up. It's a Japanese tabletop convection oven.
Kevin Ryan
Okay.
Sal Volcano
Now this thing, it works with you put a little water in there so that there is some, some steam in there.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
Okay. I thought so. I, so I open this up and my, my first thing my wife says is I don't. Because I come home with a lot of things. Things, Things I get sent from the plan.
H. Foley
She likes a clean countertop.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. So she's always like. So one time she had mentioned that she like, she would really love to use an air fryer, but it's gargantuan and we don't have the space for it. I made the mistake of mentioning this to Joey Fatone of NSync who he.
Kevin Ryan
Loves is like a Mad Libs.
Sal Volcano
I don't mean to name, but like he loves his air. Air fryer. And he says to me, I'm sending, He did it to me, said, I'm sending you one. I said, said, I love you. Don't. We don't have the counter space. And I, I don't even. I think it would be seen as an aggression.
Kevin Ryan
I got Breville's coming up to my neck.
Sal Volcano
I, she. I got Breville's. I got Breville's in storage. If she sees this thing, it might be. We might be on the rocks.
H. Foley
Sal's warehouse is full.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, I'm like crazy Ed. I, I got, I have so many SKUs.
Kevin Ryan
So shout out to SKUs.
Sal Volcano
It comes the next day. He doesn't even. So it comes the next day. And we've used overnighted it.
Kevin Ryan
It.
Sal Volcano
But it does. It is tucked away. Because that thing was like this big. But okay, so, so I open it and she goes, I can't. We can't. I don't want it. I don't know what to think. I said, all right, well, just calm down. I looked it up. I mean the reviews were through the roof, right. And what this thing does is. And we plugged it in so it has settings.
Kevin Ryan
How big is it? Just ball. So I can get it right here. Okay, right here. Kind of like a toaster oven.
Sal Volcano
It's like a toaster oven. It's not big. It's very, very reasonable.
Kevin Ryan
They're compact. The.
H. Foley
It's Japanese.
Sal Volcano
It's all White. White dials. It looks like something from the future in a good way, not a bad way. Not like. Not like a apocalyptic way. Just like.
H. Foley
It's not a Terminator sitting on your countertop.
Sal Volcano
It looks very simple, you know, like Apple has that aesthetic.
H. Foley
Yes, yes.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
The rounded edges.
Sal Volcano
Yes, it has rounded edge.
H. Foley
Yes.
Sal Volcano
So this thing has some settings. It has toast, bagel, pizza, like frozen. And then right from there, it's got 400, 4, 50, 425, 450, 50. Here's the thing about this thing.
H. Foley
But there's water in it, and it toasts.
Kevin Ryan
Yes.
H. Foley
How does that work, Sal?
Sal Volcano
Okay, let me tell you. So, first of all, if you're doing the.
Kevin Ryan
If you're doing free easy payments, if.
Sal Volcano
You'Re doing I. I should get the brand of this, because then.
Kevin Ryan
Are you having, too, please? Balmuda.
Sal Volcano
Yes. That's it.
Kevin Ryan
Boom. How do you spell over here?
Sal Volcano
I mean, that was another Owen March right there.
H. Foley
We should be doing this on qvc.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Can I take a look at a photo?
Kevin Ryan
I got you right here. That's got to be it. Bamuda. The toaster. What? $309.95. Williams Sonoma out the door.
Sal Volcano
That's it. Okay. Now you say. I don't think I need this for $300. That's crazy. It's a nice gift to give. Okay. My wife tried it. Right? Then I opened it. We put it on the thing. Later that night, the words came out of her mouth. I cannot live without this.
H. Foley
What?
Sal Volcano
Okay.
Kevin Ryan
The Balmuda toaster features a revolutionary technology that combines steam with precise heat control. Its five unique heat modes are designed to bring out the best in any dish. You pour 5cc's of water at the start of each toast, heating more rapidly than air. A thin layer of steam envelopes the bread, lightly toasting its surface while keeping its inner moisture and flavor from escaping. These Japanese are taking over.
H. Foley
What's going on?
Sal Volcano
They've cornered them all.
Kevin Ryan
I'm in.
Sal Volcano
You haven't. Look at me in the eyes, both of you. I'll put one eye here, one eye here. You haven't had toast.
H. Foley
You've had a lot of coffee.
Sal Volcano
Guys, look at me. I promise you right now, let's make a blood oath. No, you haven't had toast.
Kevin Ryan
Buy a cup of decaf, will you?
Sal Volcano
It makes it so that the toast is crunchy on the outside and soft and chewy inside. Every time It's. And you don't have to think about it.
Kevin Ryan
He's not wrong.
Sal Volcano
The 400. The 425. The 450. Listen to the genius of this. There's no preheating. You turn it on, it's 400 immediately. They did away with preheating.
H. Foley
I know because I held my hand in there.
Sal Volcano
It's on. But so when you want to start cooking, it starts that second. Now, the 5 cc's of water is another fun thing because every time I go to make toast, I'm like, I need 5cc stat.
Kevin Ryan
That's fun.
H. Foley
Doing bits, having a good time.
Sal Volcano
Keeps paying dividends. And you get it in the form of a little black mug this big. It looks like something like, you know, I feel like a giant. And then I take it and I run under the water and I pour the five cc's in there and. And dude, pizza. If you're heating up a hero, anything, waffles, anything. And it's so fast and it's so good, like a regular toaster. It's. This is. This is. This is not that.
H. Foley
Do you remember what the missus had put in there that put the hook in her? What'd she make?
Sal Volcano
She probably made an array of items that could be toast. I don't remember specifically.
Kevin Ryan
Well, they got toaster features, a sandwich bread mode, artisan bread mode, pizza mode, and pastry mode mode.
H. Foley
I like that, pastry mode. And guess what?
Sal Volcano
I don't even. I don't even conform to what they say it is. I've tried toast on every mode and I'll try and. Don't tempt me with a good time. I've tried the waffles on pizza mode. I've tried the pizza on bread mode.
Kevin Ryan
I'm looking to reviews. Best toaster I've ever seen. Sal Volcano.
H. Foley
That's weird.
Sal Volcano
So, Dyson, let's just. Was it Balmuda?
Kevin Ryan
Balmuda, yeah.
Sal Volcano
Dyson Breville and Balmuda. Just clip this for me. Me. And then you guys, I'll just, you know, just send it to my business address.
H. Foley
Sal Volcano gave it five out of six cc's.
Sal Volcano
You. I swear to God, you said, let's talk kitchen counter. I got a little chub.
Kevin Ryan
This is great.
H. Foley
Okay, so that's the toaster. That's the toaster oven out.
Kevin Ryan
That's out.
Sal Volcano
That's constantly out. That's used every day. But those two things are used every day, right?
H. Foley
That's the toaster, the toaster oven, the reheat machine. That's. That's everything.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Follow me along another foot, please.
H. Foley
Come on, gang.
Sal Volcano
Follow me along another foot to the corner.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
Okay. The corner.
Kevin Ryan
We've all. If you're doing the math out there, we've only made it about 30 inches.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, I will say to the left of the Breville is just as Runway. There's nothing there.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
There is a little sign there. A little potted plant and a candle. Very. We should talk electronic. So I wasn't, I wasn't gonna bring that up. Yeah, yeah.
H. Foley
You go down potted plant, an orchid.
Sal Volcano
It's actually a cactus.
H. Foley
Okay. Real. Yeah, very nice.
Sal Volcano
We have like 60, 70 plants in the house.
H. Foley
Nice.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
I'm not responsible for any of them.
H. Foley
Sure, very.
Sal Volcano
But let me tell you something right now. It does bring. If you're not a plant household.
Kevin Ryan
I'm a plant house.
Sal Volcano
I mean, I got green everywhere. It's a, there's a vibrancy and a livelihood that it brings in that really, I, I, I really wouldn't be without 50 to 60 plants if I could help it.
H. Foley
I was teasing you out front when you guys were talking about the kids and stuff like that. I do have a money tree that literally started out about this big.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
I don't know, seven years ago. Now he's six feet tall.
Sal Volcano
Isn't it wonderful?
H. Foley
I feel. Is something ever. I remember this, Remember this summer?
Sal Volcano
Saw you grabbing the tree, right?
H. Foley
Yeah. Grabbing the tree, pushing her. Grabbing a cat. She's probably knocking me out. No, when it got sick in the summer, we transported it from one pot to another and he started getting sick. Sick. What did I do? Remember I called that guy.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, you gotta get.
H. Foley
I got a plant over there.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, you gotta do it.
H. Foley
I got a guy over there.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, you had to.
H. Foley
Quincy coming out.
Sal Volcano
They become part of the family.
H. Foley
If something happened to this thing.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
I'm going right behind it.
Sal Volcano
I understand.
H. Foley
So if he jumps, I'm jumping with him.
Sal Volcano
I understand. I really do. You know what I also do? On top of the plants, every couple of weeks, fresh flowers, guys. You add a, you add some color in there and you could buy a bundle at like Trader Joe's for, like, for $10. Do you do this to bring them home? I, I pick up flowers. I do. I pick up flowers.
H. Foley
She loves that.
Sal Volcano
She, she, she picks them up. I pick them up. We pick them up. Or flower household. And then I'll, and then when she breaks them into little bunches and puts them all around and it just really adds a nice touch. An NT makes a house a home. It makes a house a home.
H. Foley
Yeah. It makes the house living.
Sal Volcano
I agree. And if you, you know, if you haven't tried it. Try it and then you know, drop a line and let us know how it was.
H. Foley
Yeah, drop a review.
Kevin Ryan
Hit me up.
Sal Volcano
So if you go to the corner now we have, it's not electronics, but it is a two tier bowl.
Kevin Ryan
Okay.
Sal Volcano
A two tier bowl.
Kevin Ryan
Got fruit in there. What are you doing?
Sal Volcano
We got fruit and veg and some package items like crackers, things like that.
Kevin Ryan
Okay.
H. Foley
I can't picture the two tier bowl.
Sal Volcano
So it's like it almost, it's like.
H. Foley
It'S like a yin and a yang.
Sal Volcano
It's like a metallic bowl. And then like so you can, you can like stick your hand through it. Like it's like a, has like a wired metallic, like a, it's a rose gold, if I'm being honest.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
And then, and then above that bowl is another bowl smaller, like that.
Kevin Ryan
Imagine like a hanging basket.
H. Foley
I got it.
Kevin Ryan
It.
Sal Volcano
Correct.
H. Foley
Which one do you put the fruit in? The top one or the bottom one?
Sal Volcano
She does both. I, I, I tend to like to put the fruit in the bottom.
H. Foley
Okay.
Sal Volcano
Only because. Okay, follow me. When it's in the top and the fruit is getting ripe and soft, because it's a wired bowl, there's really nothing supporting the fruit. If it gets soft enough to start to kind of get into the grooves of the wire, you don't want that. Underneath the bottom one. I got some nice courts there that. So if a banana or something starts to get soft, it's also resting on the quartz and it's not like slipping through there and then ruining its, its shape and stuff like.
H. Foley
I got it. Quartz is very nice.
Sal Volcano
Thank you so much.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
So you know, I put into this stuff. I put on. Yeah, it's a method. And then you go a little bit right from there and you're going to hit the left of the stove where she has a nice little station that has olive oils and different salts and things of that nature that are ready to go though. They're in these like decorative little bowls. And so she has like a two.
H. Foley
She's doing pinch of salt.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, she's got the stuff.
Kevin Ryan
She's just going, dude, can I ask you something?
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
You got a mortar and pestle out?
Sal Volcano
I do right there.
Kevin Ryan
I know he does.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, right there. That go. That doesn't stay out the whole time. That goes back in the thing. But it's out a lot because she's pestering. Fair enough. She's pestilence.
H. Foley
Really? She pestilence.
Sal Volcano
She pestles a fair amount.
H. Foley
Really?
Sal Volcano
What is there too is the, the thing for the spoons.
Kevin Ryan
The spoon rest.
H. Foley
I know what you're talking about.
Sal Volcano
Spoon rest. Yeah. And the ladle rest.
Kevin Ryan
Which, you know, not European.
H. Foley
Yeah, right.
Kevin Ryan
Swear to God, they don't even know. They've never even seen them.
Sal Volcano
Really?
Kevin Ryan
Every European, by every one of my wife's family or friends, different countries that have come over go, this thing's genius.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
I go, how does this not made it?
Sal Volcano
Where have they been putting down their spoons and ladles?
H. Foley
That's funny that you say that because I told you this story. I don't know if I ever told Sal. When I was 12, I worked at our local diner, Gem Restaurant. Shout out to it the best. Mr. Bello, who owner operator. His mother survived an earthquake in Sicily, came over here to.
Sal Volcano
I heard this story. Yeah.
H. Foley
Did you snooze?
Kevin Ryan
We got two stories to plant in this. Jesus.
Sal Volcano
Tell me more about this earthquake.
H. Foley
The plant's this tall. She had a spoon rest. She would come in every Sunday and she would make the red sauce for the week. I was in charge of washing this thing. I broke it.
Sal Volcano
Oh yeah. They can never forgive me. Recently it's her favorite thing and it broke and we crazy glued it. But it's not the same. Oh, I skipped over something in between the bowl. And that is a gift she got me, which is like a little chalice. And it's a. It's a handmade chalice. It's painted and it's really nice. It's like a. It's like a nice item. Item by some like houseware designer. I forget his name. I could. I could find it. Jonathan Adler.
Kevin Ryan
Jonathan get eyes on.
H. Foley
You know Jonathan Adler.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Very nice.
Sal Volcano
And really this is basically looks like a cookie jar, but it's for weed. Maybe type in like Jonathan Adler weed.
Kevin Ryan
Is that what it's for? Weed?
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it says weed on. It's beautiful.
H. Foley
Is that what you put your weed in there?
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, right there.
Sal Volcano
This. This one right here. That's. That's it.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, this one?
Sal Volcano
Yeah, that's it.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, that's fun.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Very fun.
H. Foley
Kids can't read.
Kevin Ryan
You know what he would like made by handmade by our friend Ryan D. Possibly.
H. Foley
Yes, of course.
Kevin Ryan
He makes our friend out there, Ryan makes our director of operation Self. He gave himself that title. He makes wooden spoons by handsome Lades them himself by hand.
H. Foley
Good quality, Sal.
Kevin Ryan
Great handmade. And they have. Instead of being a full round spoon, it's a saucepoon. So the edge is. There's an edge to like the top. So you can scrape the bottom of the pan.
Sal Volcano
I need one.
Kevin Ryan
They're not available anywhere else.
Sal Volcano
I need one in my life.
Kevin Ryan
It's crazy, right?
H. Foley
For deglazing purposes, how do I purchase it? Purchase, purchase, yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Five grand cheaper.
Sal Volcano
I'll talk to him, even swap for the machine.
H. Foley
Wait till Christmas. I'm sending you a promo code. 50% off. You can only buy one, you're not reselling.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it says weed on one side. You see? You see the. There's a lot of detail in that page.
Kevin Ryan
This is. Yeah, this is very much. Oh, wow. Yes.
Sal Volcano
Other side says hash. And I don't dabble there. I did. There's a story on my. On my special Terrified Streaming now on hbo Max, of course, that. Where I accidentally did hash in. In Amsterdam. And that's. So I don't. I don't dabble that. So, okay, so then you got all those little doodads, and then you go chachkis. And then you go to the right side of the stove, and it's the books, it's the cookbooks.
Kevin Ryan
How many you think are sitting there?
Sal Volcano
I'll say ten. Ten cookbooks. Three or four, which I purchased. Really nice ones.
Kevin Ryan
Do you like. Do you know off the top of your head?
Sal Volcano
I got the. Yeah, I got the Jack's Wife Frida cookbook, Famous one.
H. Foley
Just drove by that in Brooklyn not that long ago.
Sal Volcano
Oh, yeah, there's a few. Yeah, it's a really good spot. And they. They make this, like, green, like, sauce that she loves, and I called the place to get the. To get the recipe so I can make it for her, and they said it's in the cookbook, and they sent me the cookbook.
Kevin Ryan
Now, is that a call you yourself made?
Sal Volcano
I made it.
Kevin Ryan
And do you say, hey, because the places aren't ready. I'm not saying that you would throw your name.
Sal Volcano
I DM them from my socials.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, yeah, gotcha. That makes. Because if I called up and said, hey, give me the ingredients. Yeah. What the hell are you doing trying.
H. Foley
To rip me off?
Sal Volcano
There's also a cook named. A chef named Molly Bars. She's a big fan of her. And so I got her that cookbook, and then I got her tickets to see her give a speech with the new. With the new cookbook autograph. So that was really nice. And this girl, she's got some recipes.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, very. She's got one.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, I have comfort food.
Sal Volcano
Do you really?
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, yeah. She's big on a book.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. And then some pass down ones, and it's that and then, then on the right next to those is like the, the knife magnet that's on the.
Kevin Ryan
You got the magnet?
H. Foley
Yeah. Whoa. You got that?
Sal Volcano
I. She got it recently and it is nice.
Kevin Ryan
I love it.
Sal Volcano
But my daughter is getting tall enough to almost reach him now and so I, I am nervous, admittedly. Yeah, sure. Yeah, it is nice. Like I always like fantasize I'm in the kitchen doing something. I don't cook, but maybe I am in that, in the fantasy and like someone comes in like an interesting.
H. Foley
A little doobie. If it sounds like it to me.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Oh yeah. That's where I smoke it because the fan of the oven just sucks.
H. Foley
Dude, you're smoking weed in the kitchen.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. What else am I gonna smoke in the shower?
H. Foley
Coffee machines right there.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. So I fantasize that. I'm like, I can cook. And then intruder comes and I'm like.
H. Foley
I feel it.
Sal Volcano
Me whipping it off.
Kevin Ryan
It's out of a movie.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it's out of a movie.
H. Foley
Yeah, I've done that recently where I've took the knife and done that thing to try to get the.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, that's.
H. Foley
You really got to do it fast.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, I don't think you got it in.
H. Foley
You need a Foley artist on there.
Sal Volcano
So that's it. So the only other electronics. Now that I'm talking out loud that I have on the counter is the.
Kevin Ryan
The Breville and the, the bottom is Bermuda granite.
H. Foley
Countertop.
Sal Volcano
Quartz.
Kevin Ryan
Quartz said that.
Sal Volcano
Oh, the court.
H. Foley
The countertop is quartz.
Sal Volcano
Yes.
H. Foley
Wait a minute, I thought just you had a little block of quartz underneath that. The whole countertop is quartz.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, but well, I mean, you know. I mean. Yes, well, because you could do. You could do granite, you could do marble, you could do quartz. The best you could do formic. I've had Formica in my life. I haven't liked it most of my life.
Kevin Ryan
Sure.
H. Foley
And the side kind of side peels off, you know.
Sal Volcano
Yes, it does. Well, that. But you want it to peel off. Like that's my. That's what was in my grandparents house.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Try to super glue it so I.
Sal Volcano
Could see a Formica peel in this space. But yeah, they said it's man made. They sold me on it because they said the. If you get marble, it's more expensive and it stains.
H. Foley
I think a quartz would be more expensive. And it's man made, I think.
Sal Volcano
Pretty sure they told me it was man made.
H. Foley
We're making quartz now.
Kevin Ryan
Doing a lot making or making diamonds. I know diamonds started diamonds not at quartz.
Sal Volcano
Maybe there's like, a quartz.
Kevin Ryan
People actually prefer man made quartz.
H. Foley
Really?
Sal Volcano
There you go.
H. Foley
What's everybody bitching about? A quartz shortage for the batteries and stuff. That what I'm thinking of.
Sal Volcano
Don't try to throw me. Trying to throw me under the bus. Just a gotcha moment.
Kevin Ryan
They're gonna be. They're gonna be ripping up his. Ripping up his.
H. Foley
His.
Kevin Ryan
His kitchen.
H. Foley
I can't. It's got a sound.
Kevin Ryan
Outside with a bunch of pitchforks.
H. Foley
Don't damage the fruit.
Sal Volcano
They're taking my catalytic converter. Outside the courts on the inside.
H. Foley
Clean.
Kevin Ryan
Okay.
H. Foley
Whoa.
Kevin Ryan
Wow.
H. Foley
Man.
Kevin Ryan
I got to be honest with you.
Sal Volcano
That was one question. This is how I do it.
Kevin Ryan
That was one question. And it was about 55 minutes. I'm not even messing with you. That's my favorite thing we've ever done in my life.
H. Foley
Like 100%.
Kevin Ryan
That's amazing, huh? Yeah. A couple more, please. Sell volcano here.
Sal Volcano
I'm. I got, you know, no hard out, so don't worry about it.
Kevin Ryan
Great. How frequently. This is a question from Brendan, and this is. This goes into. We were talking again with Versi, something I was experienced. It's how it started. How frequently you ask for, like, a cash discount if you're, like, doing something. And how do you go about that?
H. Foley
Cash?
Sal Volcano
Hey, if I pay cash.
Kevin Ryan
If you're talking to a guy who's, you know, he's redoing the deck and he's like, hey, it's 1200.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
You go, what is your case?
Sal Volcano
Yeah, I would say, how do you.
Kevin Ryan
How do you get in there?
Sal Volcano
In those instances where it's like a vendor like that maybe doing some work or what? A lot of times that's offered first.
Kevin Ryan
They'll get. They'll give you the flag.
Sal Volcano
Even if it's in a store, it's like, this is the cash price. This is that price. So they'll offer it first. I. I'm not someone that, like, has that in the back pocket all the time.
Kevin Ryan
I don't like it.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Doesn't make me feel nice.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
I'm not looking to get anything over on anybody, per se, but. But also that's just being a smart consumer.
H. Foley
Sure.
Sal Volcano
Sometimes they pre.
Kevin Ryan
They.
Sal Volcano
Because cash is more than.
Kevin Ryan
I got a promo coach.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Like the guy that I use sometimes. As for a car service, I took that offline. I started just calling, texting him, and just. I pay him the fee. He doesn't have to give a kickback to them. He gives me a lower price. All that goes in his pocket. God Blessed man. You know, that's smart.
H. Foley
Do you have your steady guys? Do you have your handyman, do you have your lawn guy or whoever? Do you. You got you guys all troughed off.
Sal Volcano
That's the. That is the goal. I have, I have. I have a guy. Yes. I. I now have a new handyman guy.
H. Foley
You call him.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Hey, Rusty.
Sal Volcano
God bless him. Voitek, Vortex, Voitek Void Tech.
H. Foley
That sounds gonna one of your companies.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it does. It sounds like a Cricket Wireless or something like that. This biggest competitor.
H. Foley
Yeah, it's Albania.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
My.
Sal Volcano
My daughter's so cute because like he was in the house doing a project for like a couple of weeks and. And so my daughter learned his name and she'd be like, you know, this is like, like literally like a 65 year old like Albanian guy. And she just like morning. He'd already work and she like, hi, good morning, Voytech. You know, and then like one time she'd be like, dad, do you want to play? And I'm like, yeah. And she's like, okay. And so me, you and Vo.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
No, she goes, she goes, do you want to play like building? I was like, yeah. She goes, okay, you be you, I'll be Voic.
H. Foley
You sit on the couch and I'll do everything. Daddy does stuff too.
Sal Volcano
Ali. Voytech. I lost it.
Kevin Ryan
Oh, that's you. Great, dude. I also in my head, I pictured the three of you. You, Vo and her sitting down, having a diagram.
Sal Volcano
I told him. He loved it. Actually, the full story is every like three weeks we have a lady come to do a deep clean.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
In the house. Cuz I'm always on the road. And with its kids, it. It adds.
Kevin Ryan
Saved my marriage. Cuz you, you're. You come home and you're like having cle.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. And her name is Marta. And so she said, daddy, you want to play? You be Marta. I'll be Vo.
H. Foley
Toilet brush.
Sal Volcano
I told Marta and Voitek. God.
Kevin Ryan
All right, let's see here. This I. We got time for one or two more here. This is from Brooks. Kentucky Trash. I don't know if you're familiar with the program. You got to grade the south on a curve.
Sal Volcano
Okay.
Kevin Ryan
Kentucky's a little says. My family owns and operates a pawn shop growing up. And my dad would always trade things to get things paid for the kids. Most notably, he traded our orthodontist shotguns and TVs for part of our braces bill. And more recently met a couple that was opening a pizza place and traded them some TVs for a thousand dollar gift card. Is that trash?
Sal Volcano
How many TVs you got laying around?
Kevin Ryan
He owns a pawn shop.
Sal Volcano
Oh, okay. Okay.
Kevin Ryan
So I guess he's doing what you're doing.
Sal Volcano
So he would take the, the stuff from the store.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
Hey, to get braces paid off.
Kevin Ryan
That's. I mean, braces is nuts.
Sal Volcano
That's actually, that's shotguns. Yeah, that's. I'm trying to. Whatever they want conversation. You're in there with the orthodontist. You're like, let me, let me show you.
Kevin Ryan
Orthodontist in Kentucky too. So you gotta. You know what I mean? It's not.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
Let's go back to the trunk real quick. I want to show you something.
Sal Volcano
You see that gap in between my son's teeth? Take a look at this. Sawed off.
Kevin Ryan
I got a 12 gauge with your name on it.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
See those buck teeth? Saw them off and then take this.
H. Foley
Off.357 can fit right through that. If you could trick it down to about a.22, I want him to be.
Sal Volcano
Able to catch a bullet in his teeth.
H. Foley
Oh, that is trash.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, but that's, that's again, I, it's. He's. He's a smart consumer. I respect the barter system. Goes back to biblical times.
H. Foley
It is. Do you remember anything you've ever traded like that?
Sal Volcano
I, I mean, I'm sure I've bartered. I'm sure I've bartered.
H. Foley
I, I have, but not, not in the good way.
Sal Volcano
Okay.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
No, not talking.
H. Foley
I have a stereo and 5.5disc CD changer at a house down in North Carolina.
Sal Volcano
Five disc is nice.
H. Foley
There's five discs out. It's still nice if you had a couple in there.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. To this day, if you ever get like a, A CD here or there or like you find one, you're like, I want to. For some reason you get one. A lot of people don't have CD players anymore. I have one at home and it's broken. So I. But I still have my favorite, like 300 CDs. I didn't get rid of those, but like if I had a five disc changer, that would be a big time amenity right now to have five in there and then just shuffle it up and stuff.
H. Foley
We're gonna get you one. We're getting.
Kevin Ryan
I could do you one better. I'm in the market now for. I bought my first car ever. 95 Chevy Lumina. Went back and rebought it cassettes for nostalgia. Just for fun a bit. I Think it's funny?
Sal Volcano
Your actual car or just the type of.
Kevin Ryan
The same. Yeah. No, no, not the act. Not the one I had got crashed around it. Telephone pole.
Sal Volcano
Okay.
Kevin Ryan
Rest in peace.
Sal Volcano
Right?
H. Foley
Now, the one that he actually had, they put that in the Smithsonian. All the ladies for Taurus.
Sal Volcano
You know, he has that. He had his four Taurus for, like 30 years, I thought.
Kevin Ryan
But no. So now I'm in the market for cassettes because that's. I want to keep it original. I don't want it because people are like, oh, you can get this plug in your phone. I'm like, I want to be wet. What? Whatever. I have.
Sal Volcano
Yes. So after my 84 Buick Silver BU Skyhawk, the next car I had was a Plymouth Reliant Brown K car. The driver's ed car.
H. Foley
Sure.
Kevin Ryan
Is there a band called Reliant K?
Sal Volcano
I believe there was. Reliant K. Yeah.
H. Foley
We were just talking about that driver's Ed car.
Sal Volcano
And they had a hit, too.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah. Yeah, probably when. I think when I was in high school, maybe around then. Be my escape.
Sal Volcano
No deathbed. No Sadie Hawkins dance.
H. Foley
Are you making these up?
Kevin Ryan
No. Who I am hates who I've loved.
Sal Volcano
They had. They had it, but it was one hit. So if you go to their Spotify, see what's played the most.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah, There you go.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, that. I don't recognize any of those.
H. Foley
Sadie Hawkins is an actor, isn't she?
Kevin Ryan
No. Sadie Hawkins was a dance.
H. Foley
Was it?
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
That's like where. That's like where you went.
Sal Volcano
Sophie Hawkins.
H. Foley
Sophie Hawkins.
Sal Volcano
Sophie B. Sophie B. Hawkins.
H. Foley
Sophie B. Hawkins.
Kevin Ryan
Michael.
H. Foley
Sophie Hawkins. Those Brevilles.
Sal Volcano
Isn't that. Isn't that the lady. That's like when the animals. They're asking to donate for the money for the animals.
H. Foley
No. I don't know.
Sal Volcano
Is it Sadie Hawkins. Hawkins. Sophie B. Sophie B. Hawkins.
H. Foley
No.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. Animals. You see the rib cages? Like, if you could donate a quarter.
Kevin Ryan
And Sophie B. Hawkins pops up on point with Sophie B. Hawkins.
H. Foley
Oh, I remember. That's not her. That's.
Kevin Ryan
No.
H. Foley
God damn it. What's her name?
Kevin Ryan
Shania Twain. Oh, it's a. Yeah.
Sal Volcano
This lady is. When she. They play her music. When you got to donate to the dogs, I think you're thinking Sarah McLaughlin. Oh, that. No, sorry. Yeah, that's who it is.
H. Foley
Yeah, that's who.
Sal Volcano
That's who the lady is with the dogs. Not Sophie B. Hawkins.
Kevin Ryan
Yes.
H. Foley
Sarah McLaughlin. Talk about a crush on her that I had McLaughlin when I was a kid. Not Hawkins. Wow. Sarah B. Breville.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
H. Foley
You like. You don't like Sarah McLaughlin as a kid.
Sal Volcano
That. That era right there.
H. Foley
I'm going.
Sal Volcano
I'm probably skewing more. Skew. I'm sure. Lisa. Lisa Lobe. Loeb. Something like that. Yeah.
H. Foley
I never realized Ethan Hawke directed that. That music video now.
Kevin Ryan
Ethan Hawke. I had a thing for him.
H. Foley
Oh, of course.
Sal Volcano
He's still. He's still gorgeous.
Kevin Ryan
Ethan B. Hawke.
Sal Volcano
Black Phone. Whatever it's called.
Kevin Ryan
Black Phone, too. Just saw a billboard, about an hour.
H. Foley
Yeah, that first one was great.
Sal Volcano
Yeah, it was crazy.
H. Foley
They put that stuff. Put that stuff out around October. We love.
Sal Volcano
I love it. You got it. You got. Because you get the feeling for it.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
What about. Did you see Boyhood? No, I cried.
Kevin Ryan
I don't know.
Sal Volcano
I cry a lot.
H. Foley
I found a great song in Boyhood by Family of the Year, Hero.
Sal Volcano
Okay.
H. Foley
It's the one where they're playing when they're in the truck together and they're driving.
Sal Volcano
I saw it in the theater. I don't. I haven't rewatched it.
H. Foley
Gotcha.
Sal Volcano
But I. I sobbed for five minutes during the credits.
Kevin Ryan
I just looked it up and went, oh, Ethan Hawks in that. That's why you brought him up.
Sal Volcano
But wait, what were we looking at? We looking up Reliant K. Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
The hit was Be My Escape.
Sal Volcano
Oh, okay.
H. Foley
Sing it for us.
Kevin Ryan
Jesus Christ.
Sal Volcano
Okay. Well, I don't know it. But anyway, so. So with that car I had, there was no tape deck and no cd. It was like. It just had on the radio. It just had like AM and fm. Right. And so I used to drive around with a boom box in the front seat.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
Yeah. And I played all my music off a boombox in the front bench seat of that car.
Kevin Ryan
Sure. I gotta be honest with you. When I started this, when this show was already on the air, I was in my Mercury Montego. The CD player was jammed and I didn't have the aux cord.
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
So I would just use a. Like a. What are they? Like a Bluetooth speaker?
Sal Volcano
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
And that would. I would just play it off my phone.
H. Foley
I used to drive around with a band in my car, 12 piece, and just have a play. The keyboard is. Sal.
Kevin Ryan
We gotta wrap it up.
H. Foley
What a fun one.
Sal Volcano
Can I plug one other thing? I forgot?
H. Foley
I'm gonna. I'm gonna redo the plugs again. You play anything with Sal? This is your show.
Sal Volcano
I have a new. A new talk show toaster. I have a new talk show coming out called Minouche Manu.
H. Foley
Yeah.
Kevin Ryan
Yeah.
Sal Volcano
It's short for Minutia. It's Minouche of course, of this really big guest, really small talk. And it's his crazy wack wacky podcast where we go in and out from conversation to sketch comedy. It's just something completely different. It's me one on one with like some really big people. It's gonna be coming out late fall, early winter on my YouTube. And any way you get possum m I n o o s h minouche, I'm really. This is my new project I'm working on.
H. Foley
We love it.
Sal Volcano
I'm putting it out in 10 episode seasons, so expect the first 10 episodes to drop. And then of course, salvo cannon combat calm for I'm always. If you don't see your city up there, I'm adding cities every day.
H. Foley
Is there anybody better?
Sal Volcano
Like, is there any?
H. Foley
Is there any? But look, he's shaking it. That the kid checking his head. There's nobody better than Sal. When it comes out, we're gonna plug it again. I'll plug it when it drops.
Sal Volcano
Thank you so much. Also, maybe I'll come back on. Maybe I'll come back on Sal.
Kevin Ryan
I'm still waiting on this goddamn espresso. I'm upset it's not here right now when it's dropping.
Sal Volcano
I'm coming back. I'm gonna hand deliver the. It feels wrong to send the task rabbits, if I'm being honest. I'm gonna hand deliver it and we'll do the minutia and then that'll be that.
H. Foley
Also, I only have two or three of those. Before you come though, just text me.
Kevin Ryan
I had a PR person reach out. You have Sal Volcano. I said it's not embarrassing. S.O.B. don't text me.
Sal Volcano
No, no, no.
Kevin Ryan
So.
Sal Volcano
So they're doing that. They're going rogue and they're doing everything they can.
H. Foley
I know Sal, lady.
Sal Volcano
I always say I feel bad cuz, like everyone you're texting is my friends. And I don't think that they. I hope they understand that I'm like, not like, be like, talk to this person.
H. Foley
Please hold for Mr. Volcano.
Kevin Ryan
They did it the one time they were like, do you know re Shaer? I'm like, yeah, I know Ari. It must be 40 show 35 times.
Sal Volcano
You don't even know how to say his last name.
H. Foley
Gang. Everything is Fine Tour South. The Everything is fine Tour south volcano comedy dot com. November 14th, Chicago theater. November 29th, December December. What did I say? God damn.
Kevin Ryan
We'll fix it.
Sal Volcano
April 12th, the Ryman.
H. Foley
Oh, is that real? Are you making that up?
Sal Volcano
No, no, that's real. Yeah, I'm ever. I mean, I'm really. I really am in a lot of places. I'm doing Austin February 1st. I'm doing. I mean, AC. I'm going down there. My. For my annual AC. So, yeah, there's like. There's like 30 or 40 cities up. Yeah.
H. Foley
November 14th, Chicago theater. December 29th, the Beacon Theater in New York City. Terrified on HBO. Streaming on HBO Max now.
Sal Volcano
Yes.
H. Foley
Sal, we love you.
Kevin Ryan
Love you, buddy.
Sal Volcano
I. Can you tell how good of a time I have when I come on this show?
H. Foley
The best.
Sal Volcano
I love it. I love it. You have a special thing. You have a special thing here.
H. Foley
Kippy, what do you got for him?
Kevin Ryan
Guys, the big one we are plugging is the main Met in Philadelphia. The Boys Are Coming Home. Our annual show.
Sal Volcano
I saw Madonna there.
Kevin Ryan
Let's go.
H. Foley
What?
Kevin Ryan
Swear to Christ she was out front. But still. All tickets available@rugarbage.com. it's gonna be a big one. Got a lot of fun stuff planned, gang.
H. Foley
We love you. We'll see you next week.
Kevin Ryan
Peace.
Date: October 20, 2025
Hosts: Kevin Ryan & H. Foley
Guest: Sal Vulcano
This episode features the always entertaining Sal Vulcano (Impractical Jokers, comedian), joining hosts H. Foley and Kevin Ryan for a marathon discussion about kitchen gadgets, classy gift giving, and what makes a home (or a person) "garbage" or "classy." Packed with playful banter, hilarious stories, and deep dives into the most (and least) practical household appliances, the episode is part kitchen confessional, part buddy roast, and part ode to over-the-top gift giving. Sal’s growing addiction to high-end espresso machines and the guys’ relentless curiosity turn a single question about kitchen counters into a 55-minute comedy odyssey.
On Hair Drying Techniques:
"You put on a hat, you let it air dry under the hat, and then you hope for the best. It's not an exact science." – Sal Vulcano [03:34]
On Appliance Prepper Life:
"You’re doomsday prepping on espresso machines." – H. Foley [35:21]
"For a guy who just started drinking coffee three months ago, you’re really f***ing committed." – Kevin Ryan [35:52]
On the Toast Revolution:
"You haven't had toast. Guys, look at me. I promise you right now, let's make a blood oath – no, you haven't had toast." – Sal Vulcano [45:06]
(Describing his Japanese Balmuda toaster, which adds steam for the “perfect toast”)
On the Joy of Counter Plants:
"We have like 60, 70 plants in the house... it really adds a vibrancy and a livelihood." – Sal Vulcano [47:54]
On Gift Drama:
"What happens if the manager ends up at the guy who gave me the tip’s house? 'Sal gave me the exact same one.' They do know each other—I’ve introduced them. Should have never done that." – Sal Vulcano [36:36]
On Bartering Trashiness:
"I respect the barter system—goes back to biblical times." – Sal Vulcano [63:19]
00:53 – 03:34: Sal’s hat/hair drying routine and Dyson confession
07:02 – 08:23: Hair products and photo shoot stories
13:09 – 16:08: The John Mayer concert tee sketch and John Mayer friendship origin story
21:13 – 37:40: The Breville espresso machine saga and appliance hoarding
41:14 – 54:55: Sal narrates every appliance and object on his kitchen counter (Breville, Balmuda toaster, plants, fruit bowl, olive oils, mortar and pestle, weed jar, utensils, cookbooks, knife magnet)
59:01 – 61:39: Cash discounts, vendors, and the "steady guys" (handyman Voitek stories)
62:13 – 63:26: Pawn shop barter story and garbage bartering discussion
64:16 – 66:56: Nostalgia about car stereos, boomboxes, cassettes, and 90s music
69:05 – 71:20: Sal plugs new talk show “Minouche” and gives upcoming tour details
The episode mixes real-life homeownership anxieties, blue-collar savvy, and aspirational gadget love, all filtered through the guys’ trademark style: quick-witted, self-effacing, and completely incapable of giving a short answer to any question. Sal’s obsession with both high-end gifts and daily convenience turns what starts as a joke about being “garbage” into an earnest, hilarious exploration of what really makes a home feel special.
For fans, this is a goldmine of Sal lore, appliance recommendations, and proof that sometimes the classiest gifts are the ones you bought in bulk on a technicality.
For more info on Sal’s tour and new projects, visit:
Tickets for The Boys’ Big Philly Show:
“I love it. You got it. Because you get the feeling for it.” – Sal Vulcano, on why he keeps returning to Are You Garbage? [67:24]